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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
1vIT11 sTATIsTIcs OF MIxNEsor4
The Health of Minnesota--The Number of
Deaths In 1915 and the Diseases--The
Present Population and Their Nativities

The report of Hon. T. NJ. Metcalf, Com
missioner of Statistics, was delivered at the
Capitol yesterday, and we extract therefrom
the following vital and census statistics:
Deaths in 1876.
The following tables show the total NOR
tally of 1876 to have been 1913; 3,739 males
and 1904 females, an increase of 982 over
the total number of deaths of 1875, though
the proportion of about one death to the one
hundred living of population is maintained.
CAUSES OF DEATH.
The diseases to which can be attributed
the taking off of our people, and the number
Of deaths from each cause, will be found in
detail in this statement:
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A Lady Came Smiling

TO the breakfast table the other morning with
the remark: The washing is done She had
bought washing machine at "a Wabashaw
street, Opposite the post Office,
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Advice to Husbands.

IF you want your wife good nntured on Mon
day, buy scientific washer at 50 Wabashaw
street, opposite the post Office. We want no
pay until they are tried.
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THE SUNDAY GLOBE.

The GLOBE will be furnished every day in the
week to city subscribers at IS cents per month or $40
per year.
BY mail the SUNDAY GLOBE will be one dollar per
year in addition to the rate given above for mail
ubscribers.
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House,.

The House last evening was, it was plainly
to be seen, in very little hnmor for business,
as the array Of empty seats testified both on
the opening of the session and throughout
to it's close. The order of business was rap
idly gone through with, and the character of
that transacted was mostly of local and I'M
important character. STILL enough mem
bers were found in their seats and voting to
pass quite a number of bills, thereby making
some headway in the advancement of the
work of the session. About half past nine
o'clock an Intellectual attempt at adjourn
ment was made, which some ten or fifteen
minutes later was repeated and proved sue
cessful.
Below is the
Routine Report.
ST. PAUL, Feb. 12.-The House met at s
o clock last evening. The attendance was far
from being full, though the Hobbies were well
crowded during the session.
Mr. Dresbach, of Dodge, presented petition
in favor of the Merrill text book bill. Several
others of the tenor were presented and
read and these were followed by several others
from Blue Earth, Dakota, and other counties.
b Biii for the modification Or repeal Of the
BILLS INTRODUCED.
By Mr.. Lutz-Amending the special laws re-
lating to incorporation of Lake City.
By Mr.. Brandt-Amending the statutes re-
lating to elections.
By Mr.. Anderson-To prevent the forfeiture
OF life insurance policies.
SENATE BILLS PASSED.
Allowing the catching of fish with nets in
Kandiyohi county.
Authorizing county superintendent SO hold
institutes, and granting the free use of school
houses therefor.
Amending the laws relating to fees of sheriffs
selling lands on decree Of foreclosure
Amending the act incorporating the village
of Wykoff.
Adding certain territory to Luyerne, the
| county seat of Rock county.
Authorizing the draining of certain lakes or
sloughs Of Kandiyohi county.
Legalizing the action of the county commits
sloners of Wright county in leyying taxes for
road purposes.
HOUSE BILLS PASSED.
Organizing the county Of Sumner. Yeas 63,
nays A.
Relating to legal publications, and allowing
the same IN newspaper printed IN other than
the English language, in certain cases. Yeas
60, nays Is.
Protecting mechanics, laborers, clerks and
servants. by making their wages lien upon
property OF employers, engaged IN the business
IN which such persons were employed.
Prohibiting the running at large of cattle in
Sibley and Kandiyohi counties.
Locating State road from Delano to Buff alo
in Wright county.
The House then adjourned.
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only One Sentiment.
)Watonna journal

A petition has been sent to our Legisla-
ture praying for repeal of this law This
petition was signed by over 200 citizens of
Steele county. Double the number might
have been obtained. Nearly all of them are
property holders in the country districts.
We would say for the information of the
Pi0neer-Press that this county was not
combed with fine toothed comb and none
of the signers are school nad1ms. Neither
has the State superintendent exerted any I'M
due influence down here nor has the county
superintendent worked up any sentiment
against the law. But one general expression
has prevailed so far as he is aware in regard
to the bill.
Open Letter to ID. ID. Merrill.
To d. D. Merrill, State Textbook Contractor:
SIR: In your pamphlet, printed at the
expense of the State, you have published a
few of my remarks on the book law made
at the teachers convention at Mankato, last
August. You say that you took full notes
and have not in any part trusted to memory.
I hereby say that you have in various ways
misrepresented my remarks You have
omitted things that l said, reported what I
did not say, and twisted what did say. SO
as to serve your purposes and make it APP
pear that am unacquainted with Webster.
If your object in giving my statements in
this was to make it appear that do not like
your law, l will excuse you, for am DESTROYS
to have my views made public. l never
liked the textbook law. and l would have
opposed 1t just as much had the author s
name been John Smith. I hope you will
abandon the idea that | am personally
hostile to you. It is your tyrannical and
dangerous law that I hate; and [ find it
difficult to censure your law, without men
toning your name.
1t appears that you have taken contract
to shut up the mouths of all educators who
fail to commend that abortion of legislation
known as the book law. You will find that
this is a contract" ''as isl contract.
Perhaps it would be well to incorporate a
clause into your law, threatening critics and
fault-6nders with imprisonment in county
ja3ls: I ask nothing for this suggestion,
Though am in the habit of taking compensa-
ton from book publishers for services rem
dered them. Iregret that you think and
say that am paid by book publishers. not
that fear others will think likewise. but be-
cause you are in danger of losing your faith
IN the honesty of your fellow men. There
are many honest people in the world and
some of them have good ideas on the book
question. It is a sad thing to suspect all
men of dishonesty and insincerity. You
have insinuated that I am in the shook
ring. Please don't do SO any more, and
beg of you not to excommunicate us, poor
wretches, who for a few years are doomed to
work for two or three hundred dollars an
nually, and run the gauntlet of ten thousand
foes Let us alone, and we will retire to our
graves long before your contract expires.
Respectful yours, DAVID KIRK
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ANOTHER COMPARISON.

A. glance at the vital statistics for the year
1875 brings out the following comparison
between the prevalence of the same class of
diseases in that year and the year 1876;
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The ages of the persons who died in Min
nesota during the year 1876 are given below,
from which it will be seen that one-half of
the whole number, or 3,5O6, were under five
years of age, and of the latter BIB were in
fants under two years of age. This is Ger
tainly startling revelation, in view of the
fact that in 1875 the deaths under five years
of age were 2,783, or III less than in the
year 1876. In other words, the increased
mortality of last year was owing mostly to
the increased deaths among the little chill
dren. The following is the table showing
the ages of the persons reported:
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Fourteen deaths, in addition, under the
head of violent deaths are put down to muir
der and manslaughter; thirty-one persons
committed suicide, of whom nine were fe-
males. OF these suicides, two died by poi
son; three by hanging: one by shooting; one
IA female) by drowning, and sixteen males
and eight females by means not stated.
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Incorporating the village Of Sleepy Eye.
Incorporating Grove City.
To prevent cattle running at large in Clay
county.
LegaEzing bridge bonds Of the town of Arun-
del, Fillmore county.
Restraining cattle from running at large in
Chippewa county.
Adjourned
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In addition to the foregoing causes of
death, it appears that 375 persons males
and 81 females-met violent deaths during
Last from named nc fnllo,1ps,.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

Ohio, are being carried on In circu
tent, and with choir Of 200 singers ant
band Of music.
bishop Taebbe, of Kentucky, ha,
issued pastoral letter, in which he de
nounces round dancing, and says nc
good Catholic will waltz.
-R. III. Babcock, who lost his sigh,
when quite young, mastered the science
OF medicine, and was graduated at Chi
cago with high honors last week.
In the new edition Of his Dictionary
Of Americanisms Mr.. Bartlett says that
Mr.. Chase told the writer that he
claimed the honor Of adding the term
greenback % our vocabulary
-" The girls Of our day are very bad
~ educated" said one of the members
Of a committee on education to the Bish-
op OF Gloucester. "That can not be
denied" retorted his lordship. "How-
ever, there is one consolation, the bows
will never find it out"
Hon. A. ii. Stephens speaks very
hopefully Of the educational prospect in
Georgia. They have made ample pro-
vision for the education of all the chill
dren, white and colored, which lie thinks
was an absolute necessity.
Mr.. Chun Lung, of Hieng Shang,
China, has won one Of the prizes in the
Junior class at Yale College, which en-
titles him to be one of ten TO speak for
another prize At the Junior exhibition.
lie has chosen as his subject "The In
iiuence Of Education on Chinese Civil
ization."
The Univerity Of London, which has
for some time admitted women to medi-
cal degrees, now votes by large major
ity Gin convoca.ion) to admit them to
all degrees. "The University, says the
London Times, . has in this course JUS
tilted its reputation for broad and clear
comprehension Of liberal principles,
and the consequences of the experiment
will be watched with interest"
Bishop Bedell, Of Ohio, in reply to
an inquiry as to what is the rule Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church relative to
attendance by COMMITMENTS at public
balls and theaters, quotes extensively
from the early Bishops and pastoral let
tiers of the Church, and sums up the
case thus: "'Gaming,' horse-racing,'
public balls, and theaters have been
declared by the Church to be objection
able, and are forbidden to communi-
cants"
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The Rev. j. L. Lyons, Of jackson
vile, Fla, has received q letter from
parties in the Turkish Empire, who,
weary of Turkish tyranny and oppres-
sion, desire to emigrate to the United
States. They are from the ancient city
Of Damascus. They represent that they
have a few thousand dollars in gold,
and several thousands in Turkish con-
soils, which, however, they consider
worthless. They want to come to
Florida, as the climate is similar to that
Of their own native land. They inquire
about the cost Of land, expense Of the
voyage, the probability Of securing .
home. etc.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-03-29

Before the House Committee on Az
riculture, engaged in considering the
bill for the prevention of cruelty to an
imals, Mr.. Prince, of Worcester, Mass.
professional philanthropist, made
some rather sensational statements AZ
TO the cruelties practiced in Chicago.
de denounced the provisions Of the bill
relating TO palace cars, stating that in a
recent trip to Chicago he convinced
himself Of their worthlessness. Dealers
told him that stock sold for rs cents a
hundred less for being carried on these
cars He said
nave seen cows that have been 40
hours on the railroad without water at
the Chicago Stock-yards, permitted to
stand six hours longer without being
watercd. The owners stated that they
would not water the cattle until they
found out whether they could sell them,
and John Sherman, in charge Of the
Stock-yards, whose attention I called
to il, said that II was none of his busi-
ness"
Prince claimed to have travelled from
Chicago to Boston 80 times over differ
ont routes to study cruelty practiced up
on cattle. He says they are allowed
but two and half pounds Of hay, some
Of which is scattered, while IA pounds is
the ration for an army horse. Some
times they are allowed to go without
water for 40 hours, and are then filed
up suddenly, so that they weigh 100
pounds more. The business Of cattle
transportation was mainly in the hands.
he said, Of persons who had no CON
science. The Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Road did its business in hui
name manner. They will not take stock
if they can not get it through in six
hours, and have good fceding-yards at
Burlington. Many shippers 90 by the
Northwestern Road because that COM
pany promises TO rush the stock through
without stopping it. The cattle are
hurried through 10 Chicago where ex-
travagant prices are charged for food.
The New York Central is the most ar
bitrary road. 1t does not allow owners
to feed their own stock, and charges 80
a car for straw to bed hogs. The ma
nure was often afoot deep in some Of the
cars. New England shippers send by
the Grand Trunk line through Canada,
because they get better treatment.
Prince thought Bergh was dilettante
man, who did not care for dumb ami
mails except horses and cats. Vanderbilt
had always overcome him.
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Carlyle works only two hours a day
--George Eliot has cleared 5000, OOt
on !" Daniel Dcronda."
-Swinburne and Longfelow hit on
the same title for recent poems" The
White Gar"
MIR. Tennyson has written a poem
called :. Sir Richard Granville; Ballad
Of the Fleet"
John u. Cough gets an average OF
1927 lecture. II is said that he will
shortly 90 TO England.
Joseph Cookies entire engagements
for the present season are said To be
worth to him $4,000.
Miss Marie T.. Booth, niece Of Ed
win Booth, has made her dtbuf at the
Fifth Avenue Theater.
-Janauschek has been nearly "a years
on the stage. and has never missed an
engagement from i'll health.
"A London correspondent saws that
Mr.. ii. M. Stanley Is one Of the least
popular men in London, because Of his
intense egotism.
Bayard Taylor's appointment TO the
German mission necessitates the cancel
ing Of numerous lecture engagements.
Marie Roze, while singing in Chi
cago, kissed child who handed her a
bouquet from proscenium box. Soon
afterward man handed her another,
and cry from the gallery, "Why don I
you kiss him?" made the audience
laugh.
--Emerson's voice Is so broken that
scarcely 200 persons heard him with dis
tinctness at his recent lecture in Boston,
but his eyes were as sharp on his audi
ence As ever, and are but little dimmed.
Mr. Joseph Jefferson has found leis-
ure in the intervals Of his theatrical work
to paint three pictures for the spring ex-
hibilions abroad. They have just de-
parted-one for the Paris Salon, one for
the Royal Academy, and one for the
French Gallery in Pail Mall.
Caleb Cushing has Just got fee
that ought 70 keep him awhile-no nothing
less than 100000 for recovering the cs-
tate Of Cuban which the Spanish Gov
eminent had seized, with a good chance
for much bigger pile il he wins another
promising claim for S2,000,000 he has
now taken up.
The late George Cruikshank had
made considerable progress with an au-
tobiography, comprising his recollec-
tons Of many literary men, and had
executed number ii illustrations ex-
pressly for the work. Arrangements
have been made for its publication, and
+ will appear under the editorship Of
his widow.
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PRODUCED as strangers. They were both
embarrassed, Of course, upon recognize
ing each other, but in short time were
engaged i'm talking old matters over.
and were upon the best Of terms. She
promised to forgive him, and he was
glad 70 be forgiven, and they both said
that they felt 80 years younger than
they did before the meeting.
William had business in the vii
lage again in few days, and, calling
upon Anna, said that an idea had oc-
Cured 10 him. She wanted 10 know
what 1t was. when he replied:
!" fou see we were engaged more than
thirty years ago, when that unfortunate
quarrel occurred. / was to blame for
quarreling with you, and the quarrel
broke OIL our engagement. The other
day you forgave me: now, according to
law. the engagement is revived. Are
you ready to marry me?''
Anna, Of course, blushed. What young
Illinois widow would not under the cir
cumstancesP She blushed, said that
William was not TO blame for the quar-
rel; but for the sake Of form, and to
make the engagement legal again, she
would grant the forgiveness.
They were married about a week ago.
and now are living in Mr.. Goods fine
city residence, as happy as two people
can be. They say that they feel as
though life was just begun to them, and
the neighbors think they are really silly.
But what do neighbors know about true
love, which has long run in troubled
stream, returned to its own proper
channel againP
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new cotton mill has just beer
started in Natchez, Miss, the operative.
going from Georgia.
The spring cattle drive in Texas
according TO the San Antonio Express,
will number 3,4O0.
u the "a sugar rcfneries in tho
United States, 16 are located in New
York.
~ The copper product Of Michigan fol
lo' foots up to 10000 tons, or d little
IN excess Of that Of the year before.
The Central Pacific Railroad has
recently employed 400 men at 81 per
aay-the lowest price ever paid in that
region.
Tampa, Fla, wants marmalade
factory. Thousands Of oranges and
lemons are allowed to grow and decay
SIMPLY for the want Of some means TO
make them productive.
--Ex-Governor Bullock, Of Georgia,
who has been elected treasurer Of a cot
ION factory at Atlanta, says that Georgia
1 IN a better condition than any other
Southern State, owing chiefly to its in-
ternal improvements.
M. Fabre has introduced 10 the no
uce Of the French Academy of Sciences
an American vine Of the species riparia.
which Is not attacked bv phylloxera.
gives cuttings readily, can be grated
easily from French species Of vines,
thrives In almost any kind Of soil, and
grows rapidly.
The ship Brown Brothers, has
Just arrived in Boston from Port Madi-
son, Washington Territory, with car
go q Oregon pine, the second Of its
KIND ever sent from that part of the
country to New England. The timber
resembles the Norway pine and Is in
tended for ship-building purposes.
The Governor OF Minnesota has re-
celved BIOS applications for seed grain
rom the grasshopper districts Of the
o'ate. The amounts to be distributed
are, 1896 bushels of wheat, 80, 1874
bushels Of oats, and $50 bushels Of bar
icy. The number of acres 10 be sown Il
estimated at 1913, 226.
Herman engravers and watchmak-
ers harden their fine tools IN sealing
way, by the following operation: The
= hca'eu 70 wniteneSs and plunged
lnto the wax, withdrawn after an in
slant and plunged in again, the process
ICING repeated until the steel is too cold
~ enter the wax The steel, after this
process, becomes almost rs hard as the
diamond, and, when touched with
l'',le OIL or turpentine, the tools are ex-
nellent for engraving, and also for pierre
ing the hardest metals.
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A sick baker Is a weak-knead man
-Hackcnsack Republican.
A good place for holding the polls
barber-shop.-tficd Observer.
A Schenectady clergyman is deliy-
ering sermons on g Heaven IL has
seemed 10 us for some time that some
thing ought to be said on that side Oft
subject.-N. Y. Observer.
old Marshal Canrobert was sent 10
Rome TO represent the French Republic
at the funeral of Victor Emanuel. The
appropriation for his expenses was &c.
600 Of which he returned $500, to the
surprise Of the French Department Of
Finance, which had never known such a
thing to be done. The old soldier, how
ever, insisted on covering the amount
into the Treasury, saying that il there
was any stealing 70 be done some one
else must do it.
A young man, recently married,
who has been an enthusiastic collector
Of coins, found that his wife, with the
charming freshness characteristic Of
brides, has been drawing on his cabinet
for change, and among other things
had passed out an old penny, for which
he paid $50, for cents worth of
yeast. That yeast ERASED" more in
that household than any previous in
vestment Of the same amount of money.
Springfield Rep.
A young man in an Austin, New.
barber-shop was particular about hav-
ing his moustache nicely perfumed.
Going to call on Dung lady, sup
poseP" the barber asked. The Young
man with much dignity replied: \" See
here, my friend, do you suppose l put
perfume on my moustache because I'm
going TO see a man, or boy, or an old
woman, or BAH IN arms? DO men
gather grapes Of thorns or figs Of this
ties P"
The new Pope complains that he
doesn't receive the Herald regularly.
We can assure Mr.. Leo that the fault
does not lie At our post-oflice. No doubt
the postmaster at Rome loans il to his
friends, who sometimes forget to return
". And we have complaint also from
the khedive of Egypt. He wants as 10
use much heavier and stronger quality
Of paper. He says by the time eight
hundred Of his wives read the Herald it
i 50 ragged and illegible that his other
one hundred and fourteen wives are do
priycd Of perusing II, and they grumble
awfully about it. Hereafter we shall
print the khedive's copy on parchment.
-Norristown H,rald.
vERSAL WARNINGS.
Azcphyr from the southwark
Through the open window blows.
With its prophecies OF jessnminc.
Mignonettc and rose
But u voice from II a. calling
Don't leave on your winter clothes"
Though the softncss ~ tile tropics
~ the wings of Marchi set.
AND the bluebirds ana the pansics
Their appointed time forget:
Comes "A warning with the blnndncss
wear your winter fianncls yet"