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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08
A Word About Contradicting.

M one likes to be contradicted, even
when contradiction is absolutely neces-
sa1y. a few resolutely amiable souls may
bear it without visible demonstration of
annoyance, but such cases are uncommon
ana exceptional, and only serve to prove
the rule. But too often it happens that
contradiction is not only unnecessary but
supertiuous, as few samples will prove.
Miss A and her sister are calling, and
Miss A is speaking of the death of mu-
tual friend. eyes, saw her in July for
the last time!" says Miss A; whereupon
her sister Immediately interrupts with
ooh, no, you didn't. you saw her in Au-
gust; remember very well it was the
first day of August"
swell, in August then," says Miss 4,
accepting the correction, and going on
with her story. ssShe seemed very
we'll, and yet it was just one week
afterward that she was taken with
"Oh, no, it was eight days after you
saw her; you said so at that time," breaks
IN the accurate sister once more.
Miss A finally closes her narrative by
saying:
"And she left such a young family |!
the baby is only year old now
"Why, sister, how can you say sol that
child is one year and two months old at
the least" is the instant correction. And
SO. the dialogue goes on-every remark
sandwicned between Interruptions of the
SEINE sort the most unimportant dates
and facts constantly re-stated; and the
contradlctor full of interest and compIa-
cency all the while.
Too often the whole point of an anus
ing anecdote, or the force of remark, is
destroyed by some unmeaning and i'm
pertinent contradiction, while the effect
upon both speaker ana hearers is irritat-
ing IN the extreme. Only lately we were
commencing exactness of speech, correct
ness in small details, and the like, but
this is a very different matter from that,
and should never be COMPOUNDED with it.
| -Chrssttan Intelgigencer.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08
A Singular Coincidence.

A pious clergyman in London has read
the Bible hundreds Of times, but cannot ex-
plain away little coincidence ofhis recent
experience. He was preaching in church
where he was not known, and was 50 i'm
pressed with the fact that it was the an
niversary of the death o. a favorite child
that he referred in his sermon to those
who bore upon their hearts the memory
of great sorrows. His reference to the
matter was not more particular than this,
but after he had done, a lady in the con-
gregation sent word to him that she
was very anxious to speak to
him. He found that she was
one with whom he had very slight ac-
Quaintance, and unless she had made it
her business to inquire into his past life
she might be assumed to know nothing
of what was uoon his mind.
Yet she had sent for him to tell him that
she was clairyoyant, and all the time he
was preaching she had seen little boy,
whose appearance she described, standing
by his side, and ever and anon stroking
his hair.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08
Cruel Kitty.
AD1TTY BY JOHN BRoUGHAM.

DITTY BY JOHN BROUGHAM.
Ora! murther, murther, Kitty, dear!
Pm wastin' all away;
By ralson of your cruelty,
My brains has gone asthray.
They tell me sunlight has the strength
For to make the sinses fly;
So nv poor head was emptied
By the bright beams of your eye.
Ora! what's the use in life at all
Since you have served me SO!
have no heart for work or play,
Lie down, stand up, or go.
Just like young tree breathed on
By warm but blightin' air,
Your smile has stole all nope away,
And left me but despair.
Ora would some fairy change me
To purity bird or flower,
That my Kitty's hands may tend me
Every day and every hour.
For her dear eyes to look on me
I'd be some lifeless thing,
More gladly than, away from them,
To be mighty king.
And when you die I'd like to be
Transformed into stone,
With outside smooth and shinin'
But with heart cowld as your own;
That might stand and guard your grave
When calmly there you rest,
And bear my darlin' Kitty's name
Engraved upon my breast.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08
Daniel Webster's Wife.

A dainty blue cap, with tlutteriDg rib
bons, worn by white-haired woman
caught the eye Of a reporter yesterday as
he was passing the broad portico Of the
Leroy mansion in New Rochelle, of the
Sound. Something in the face
beneath the cap arrested attention
Bright hazel eyes contrasted strangely
with the snowy ringlets of hair and the
pale, almost expressionless cast of tea
| lures. Evidences were not wanting of
advanced age, yeta graceful. form, slight
ly above the medium height, made the
| possassor look stately in her old age
who is that gueenly old lady?" was
| asked Of q gardener working near by.
"Mrs. Webster, sir; the widow OF Dan
iel Webster"
The widow OF. Webster. Seated alone.
at the age of seventy-eight, within TWEEN
ty miles Of the great, stirring metropolis,
link between the busy present and the
dead, historic past.
"Can yon oblige me with an introduc-
ton, sir?'' asked the reporter of Mr.. Will
liam Leroy, who at that moment appear
ed on the ground.
With great pleasure Mrs. Webster
is my only sister," returned the proprie-
tor. But" he added, Z" I am afraid she
can not converse much. Her mental fac
ulties are SO impaired that she is hardly
cognizant Of her surrounding, while the
past is a total blank"
The reporter was presented to the lady,
who received him with courtly grace.
Chairs were provided on the elegant lit
tie piazza, and pleasant half hour was
spent in conversation.
" | am so glad you have come" vas
Mrs. Webster's first remark. 81 know
you admire flowers. Are they not pref
ty? Miss Woolbert has such delightful
little place too; the prospect from nv
window would be better than this if there
were not so many fowers.'
"Do you read much now, Mrs. Web.
ster?" CURED the reporter.
Their was no answer to this question.
but simply puzzled look. She turned
appealingly to her relative.
''The question was reiterated by Mr..
Leroy, who at the same time picked up
newspaper from the floor. Then look
OF intelligence lighted up the troubled
face as she exclaimed. sob, yes; read
it through nearly every day."
Caroline Leroy, the second wife of
Webster, was married to the great ex-
FOUNDER in the City Of New York early
In l847, and was constantly with him
until his death, on October 20, 1852. Mr..
William Leroy and brother living in
Newport, r. l., are the only remaining
members of the family.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08
RACHEL AND RISTORI.
Distinguishing characteristics of the
Great Dramatic Queens.
From Scribner for November.
t(anhnj

From Scribner for November.
Rachel was no fighter. She had no
confidence in herself, and vet, by a
strange (but easily expained@ anomaly,
she was disturbed by the least hostile'crit-
icism, even by people beneath contempt.
at rehearsal she often was thrown into a
panic. The night she first appeared in
New York, she was SO disturbed by the
rustllng OF the leaves as the audience fol-
lowed her, book in hand, that she came
within an ace OF falling into Mysteries.
The least Incident put her out. Hence
the care with which even her custume
was secured against all disarrangements.
Even at the l.eight Of her reputation, ana
when everybody " ho went TO hear was
al enthusiastic applauder, she never
could play unless all the hireling ap-
plauders were IN their usual places in the
pit. In vain the managers and actors
told her that hundreds were nightly turn
ed from the door for want of seats; but
she insisted upon the presence of those
mercena1y applauders. How differea ut
she was from her great rival, Ristcri
Ristori always insisted that there should
be none of these hirelings in the theater
when she played. She said: II am not only
irritated by their horrible, little, mechan.
icai noise, but they hide the public from
me. | cannot follow the public feeling.
Now. it is the public with whom would
have to restle. If the public be hostile.
all the better, the fight will be the warmer.
If the public hiss me, all the worse. I
shall probably have merited those Kisses.
But then on the other hand, if win their
applause, shall be able to say to myself:
''That bravo is honestly and entirely
mine" Nothing disconnected Ristori,
and she was full Of pluck. She fought
for author, for play, for self, all the more
ardently If the audience was hostile, till
the curtain tell . X While Rachel de-
pended on her dressing maid for, the
arrangement of her costume, Ristori would
take large cloth, throw it over her
shoulders and drape it during the play
as suited best with her present pas
sion, now letting it trail behind her with
queenly sweep, then wrapping it around
her like the cloak of nun, or rolling it
around her head like the veil which hides
a broken heart and tear-scalded eyes.
How admirably Guizot portrayed the
characteristics of both actresses, when he
said: zone is the beau-ideal aristocratic
tragic actress; the other is the beau
ideal democratic actress" Nature oftimes
jeers mans vanity; the beau ideal aristo-
cratic tragic actress was born in a kennel.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08

the cham payne. I'll make up the rest,
and we'll go to sea, when you can get a
day and have jolly picnic for our girls,
and I'll do the best to make it up to them
in some way. Some day I'll tell Lucy in
confidence, for should not like to mis-
lead her young mind on the subject"
But whether he did or not, the subject
haa remained a mystery III the neighbor-
hood, as far as ! am aware, to this day,
and during the long winter evenings the
rustlcs often talk Of the "Ghost of Holly
Lodge"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08
A Fall Opening Tragedy,

Before brilliant window full
A wretched father stood,
And gazed at silks, and lace, and tulle,
In fierce, despairing mood,
Alo peat nus breast and muttered, "foolp'
For there, within that gorgeous store,
He saw his daughters three,
Before counter running DER
With heaped-up fineree,
Keeping the clerks perhaps score,
AS busy as could be.
That father smiled fiendish grin,
Then turned and fed away.
Back &c! home again he meier has been
Those bills he didn't pay:
And his three daughters now take in
Plain sewing by the day.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08

NOR now the wall was built, Ween.
And SO their lives were wide apart,
Although they shared one board, one bed;
A careless eye saw naught amiss,
Yet each was to the other dead
He, much absorbed in work and gain,
Grew soon unmindful of his loss;
hard Indifference worse than hate
Changed loves pure gold to worthless dross.
She suffered tortures all untold;
49, Too proud to mourn. too strong to die;
The wall pressed heavily on her heart;
Her white face showed her misery.
Such walls are growing day by day
'TWlxt man and wife, 'twixt friend and
friend,
Would they could know, who lightly build,
How sad and bitter is the end.
A careless word, an unkind thought,
Aslight neglect, haunting tone
Such things as these, before we know,
Have laid the wallis foundation stone.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08
An Unpublished Poem.

BIZ HALLAeK.-"rHE TEAR"
"On beds of snow the moonbeam slept,
And chilly was the midnight gloom,
When, by the damp grave, Mary wept;-
Sweet maid! it was her lovers tomb.
A warm tear gush'd. the wint'ry air
CongeaId it as it fow'd away;
All night it lay an ice-drop there,
At morn 1t glitter'd in the ray.
An angel wandering from his sphere,
Who saw this bright, this frozen gem,
10 dew-ey'd pity brought the tear
And placed it in her diadem."
-Nutiondl Repository for November.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08

A woman who takes a woman to he
friend introduces her into her life as they
do the bearer of flag of truce into the
enemy's camp unframed and blind
folded.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-12-08

and adventurous and unhappy life, lit
up with CLEANS of romance. poetry, hero
ism, and exalted self-sacrifce, and ending
with self murder.
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SeDaratiOn.

A wall was grown up between the two
a strong, thick wall, though all unseen;
None knew when the first stones were laid,
Nor how the wall was built, I ween.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

THE United States supreme court on
Monday ended suit which has been
going through the various stages Of
law for seventeen years. Thomas Say
lers sued the Chicago s Northwestern
railway company for infringing on the
Tanner brake. The defense was that
the Silvius brake, which was used, was
not an infringement, and the supreme
court 80 decided. Had Saylers been
successful, he would have collected
from the road 81, ,2Oo, 900, and then he
would have proceeded against other
roads, which would have netted him
over s3O, ,OOO, 900. tkS sAtJ -
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

THE grand jury of the United States
court, in session at indianapolis, created
a sensation in, open court yesterday.
They asked the presiding Judge whether
they should proceed in their investiga-
tion Of certain case when the presi-
dent instructed the United States at
torney to drop it. The court said in
substance that the grand jury should
proceed in its duty regardless of the
president's orders. The president has
a right Of pardon, but not before in
dictment. Great interest is manifested
IN the case, which is that Of Carew
Miller, charged with embezzling funds
Oh the First national bank Of Indian
apolis. sse9 Aae ffsQ
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

THAT liberal committee that is paw
ing the way for Beaconsfeld's over
throw, has been refused an audience
with the premier. Thereupon they de-
nounce his determination to carry on a
war against Afghanistan and to wait
for actual hostilities before converting
parliament. They are actively working
up public opinion against the govern
ment.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
DOTS AND DAsHEs.

Paris: The report circulated in Lon
don that NJ. Fourton has challenged NJ.
Gambetta, is untrue.
New York: EdwardsS. Pierpont, ex-
United States minister to England, has
resumed the practice of law In this city.
Constantinople: Notifications made
by the international Roumealian COM
mission In the Turkish project for or
ganic forms have been accepted by the
porte.
Pesth: Prince Orloff's visit to Weis-
baden is thought to be connected with
the efforts Of Russia to enlist the aid of
Germany In favor of prolongation of
Russian occupation.
Berlin: The National Zeitiing reports
that Count Schouvaloff will be appoint
ed ambassador at Vienna, and that N.
Vionkoff, now ambassador there, will
be transferred to London.
New York: Yesterdays panic at the
San Francisco stock exchange had little
or no influence here. Sierra Nevada
stock has not changed hands through
our mining board for some time.
New York: Miss Helen Astor, daugh-
ter of VIM. B. Astor, was married yes
terday to Mr.. ]. Roosevelt at Grace
church. The wedding was very FASH
ionable and elegant, and in every way
notable.
POughkeepsie, n. Y: The Manchester
paper mills, Dutchess county, burned
tonight. Loss $4,000. All hands
were at work; panic ensued, two em-
ployes were badly burned but the rest
escaped. 1t was the work of an incen-
diary.
New York: A meeting of the board
of directors of the Wabash railroad
company was held here this afternoon
to elect new officers. 1t Is understood
that c. X. Garrison has controlling
interest IN the stock, and will be chosen
president; also that the road has con-
troll Of a branch having its terminus at
Chicago.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
ITALY,
The chattering Fool.

Naples, Nov. 19.-Passanante in-
formed his examiners that his intention
was to finish King Humbert, and that
If he had had money enough to buy a
revolver he would have succeeded. He
had no personal feeling against the
king or government. He intended
assassination as a means toward uni
yersal republic.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
ENGLAND.

Where he mas Ihem.
London, Nov. 19.-The act cited by
Lord Beaconsfeld In his letter to Lord
Lawrence, prescribes that when par
lament is sitting any order directing
an actual commencement Of hostilities
by her majesty's forces in India, must
be communicated to 1t within three
months, and if parliamentis is not sitting,
then a month after it reassembles.
Thus the government Is under no obli-
CATION to call parliament earlier than
usual.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

SECRETARY McCRARY, In his report,
asks congress to legalize his action in
supplying fever sufferers with rations.
He also requests that body to either
repeal the posse comitatus clause in the
last appropriation bill, or interpret it
SO that the army can be used to sup
press civil disturbances.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

SENATOR EooTH, of California, is
just as confident that California will be
carried next September by the republi-
cans as Mr.. Luttrell is that it will go
to the opposition. The senator says
Kearneyism is still strong, but all good
people will unite with the republicans
against this common foe.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
NEW YORK.
Grave Rebbers Held Over.

New York, Nov. 19.-Whalen and
Burke, arrested for alleged completely
in the Stewart grave robbery, were ar
raigned before Justice Morgan, in the
Jefferson Market court. this afternoon.
Capt. Byrnes made a formal complaint
against the men, and the counsel for
the prisoners began to cross examine
him. The captain refused to give the
name of tho party or parties who gave
him the information against the ac-
cused, and the counsel refused to pro-
ceed any further. The judge held the
prisoners in s., 900 bail to ans wer.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
MINNESOTA.


st. Paul, Nov. 19.-The official re.
turns from all the counties make the
republican majority for auditor 1904.
The majorities in the congressional dis
tricts are as follows: First, Dunnell,
republican, 5,58l; Second, Poehler,
democrat, 724; Third, Washburn, re-
publican, SOIL.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

AS PART of the contest on the ques-
tion Of removing Indian agents and
giving the care of savages to the war
department, Secretary Schurz combats
the report of Gen. Sheridan, which was
especially severe on the Indian depart
ment. 1t is lengthy document but
highly interesting and instructive.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
cAL1FoRisNrA.
The Stranded Georgia.

The Stranded Georgia.
San Francisco, Nov. 19.-The inves-
tigation into the disaster to the steamer
Georgia, was recommended to-day. C.
c. Comstock, first officer Of the Geor-
gia. was examined. He testified con-
cerning the course of the ship and
other details prior to the disaster, and
exonerated Capt. Howard from the
charge Of drunkenness.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

A SCHEME has been conceived of
placing Gen. Grant in nomination for
the United States senatorship from
Illinois. Some of his friends think 1t a
nice way of killing his chances for the
presidency.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
NEVADA.
The Mines all Right.

hS fAhSo ah k>i6ht-
San Francisco, Nov. IA number
of well known experts visited the Sierra
Nevada to-day and all make encourag-
ing reports. The ore in cross-cut No.
2, on the twenty-one hundred feet level
is improving, and in the cross-cut on
the twenty-five hundred feet level, the
ore nearly covers the face, extending
upwards as progress is made. 1t is be-
lieved in stock circles here tonight
that the worst of the panic is over.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

IL ITALY the police are attempting
to prove their value and their loyalty.
They have arrested Signor Melillo,
editor of the Censor, because he was q
friend of Passanante. And they have
also Gagged the luckless shopkeeper who
sold the would-be assassin his poniard.
The next step'is to arrest Passanante's
mother because she gave him birth.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
PENNSYLVANIA.
An Unfai.hful Servant.

Philadelphia, Nov. 19.-C. e. Whip
pie, for fifteen years clerk to the secre-
tary and treasurer Of the Union League
club, has disappeared, leaving behind
him letter in which he confesses to
having appropriated 80, 300 belonging
to the club.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

THE conscripts and the "conscript
fathers'' Of Riga, Western Russia, have
been indulging in good sized rows be-
cause ''they were drafted right into the
army" Last night many of them oc-
cupied the crowded prison cell in con-
sequence.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
INDIANA.


Responsibility at Discount.
indianapolis, Nov. 19.-Warren Tate,
shot and killed William Love ia the
court house this afternoon. Love had
been witness in a case wherein Tate
is plaintiff. Love was a prominent
real estate dealer and Tate is of fam
lily the best known ip the state.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

ONO has an unsavory reputation for
grave robbing, but is trying now toIget
even by Furnishing the criminals. Three
Of them, men of respectability, were
indicted by the grand jury yesterday in
GAINESVILLE.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

RUSSIA has honored the powers by
asking for an extension of time In oc-
cupying Turkey, but they refuse. She
may find plenty of excuses to stay as
long as it pleases her own sweet will.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

THAT meandering earthquake scared
the people of Little Rock, Ark, as well
rs the Memphians. Perhaps 1t Is the
forerunner Of reactionary political
tidal wave.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

MINISTER FOSTER, Of Mexico, has
sent lengthy report to the state de-
partment on the question of establish
ing trade with Mexico. He says the
two great obstacles are the almost pro-
hibitory tariff and the revolutionary
condition Of Mexico. Still there is a
limited field which even now might be
filled by United States manufacturers.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

HE undertakers, druggists, doctors
and ice men claim 49,, 900 from the
Howard association, of New Orleans.
The association requests subscriptions
to liquidate the debt.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
OHIO.
Indicting Grave Robbers.

Indicting Grave Robbers.
Cincinnati, Nov. 19.-The grand jury
Of GAINESVILLE have found indictments
against the grave robbers Lyman East
man, Capt. Hilliard, and DR.. Hegt. 1t is
thought Hilliard, who is much affected
by his position, viii make a full con-
fession.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20
INDIA.
"Forward, March /"

Bombay, Nov. 19.-The Gazette an
nounces that several regiments have
been warned to hold themselves in
readiness to advance from Quettah i'm
mediately, and that all are ready.
Merchants from Central Asia say no
indications of the Russians moving
toward Afghanistan are observable.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

A DISPATCH to Paris paper says
that Manuel Pordo, ex-president Of
Peru, has been assassinated. Peru Is q
line country to emigrate-from.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-11-20

ALL Of those one horse assassins of
Europe think if they had killed their
intended victims it would result in re-
publican form Of government for their
country. As If there was not tribe
Of the royal line in each kingdom to
succeed to the throne In case of vacancy.