Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-05-17
GLODELETS.

Young LADIES of culchah no longer say
cheese it." They say plug up your phono-
graph.
Presidents may come and Presidents may go,
but Porkopolis is content with the footing at
its musical festival.
Don Piatt has volunteered to defend man
on trial for his life at Bellefontaine. Ohio
Poor wretch! (the man, not DOM
The last official gazette shows that fifty-four
Shermans are serving their country in va
rious capacities from clerkships up.
Thirty thousand people have emigrated from
Pennsylvania Ohio, Indiana and Illinois within
three months, their destination being Kansas.
Pithy and suggestive comment by the Pork
opols EnQuirer-An occasional effort to take
an Emperor's life adds to the popularity OF the
government.
There is said to be county Hart in
Georgia where there is not single general CT
colonel resident. Anybody can believe this
who wants to.
It is reported that Matt. Fl. Carpenter will
return to live in Milwaukee. His friends say
that this move viii have nothing to do with the
election for Senator in place of Tim Howe
The Buffalo Express says that Mr.. Pecksnif
is not President Of the United States Thanks
for the information: but the occupant of the
presidency must be near relation of old
Peck.
The indianapolis Senti,,e! gays that the Demo
cratic county conventions thus far held
throughout the State have placed in non.ina-
ton the strongest legislative tickets ever Sc
lected.
| An examination of Brigham Young's afIsirs
Is said TO show that he owed the Mormon
church abont 81 ,000, 900, which is almost the
full value of his property. The trustees have
restored to the church upward of 100000
The camels imported into Texas from Africa
IN 1854 are doing well and are found to be very
useful Camel-breeding in that State is said to
be profitable. Some of them will travel 100
miles in g. day, and one made $50 miles in
twentyfour hours.
Zach Chambers farm may not pay, but It
has beautiful brook where Zach often goes TO
fish and enjoy still-lifc.-P:;tts5uryh Dispatch
We We're always under the impression that the
still-life that Zach. most enjoyed had no con-
nection with fishing.
The Binghanpton Times says: Great place
that Elmira. They locked a fellow up in
sub-police station near the depot one day last
week, when he stole the lock and bolts from
the door of his cell, pawned them for bottle
of 'taugle-foot, and left town"
In some parts Of Ceylon the people practice
polygandry that is, one woman has several
husbands. The Tamils who cone down from
the Malabar coast to work on coffee plantations
Ioii,
one woman cooking for eight or ten men, and
being regarded as the wife of each.
When Pennsylvania gentleman remarked
that he had at home perpetual motion ma
chine his neighbors thought his fortune was
made and enved him. When, however, they
3 all collected to see it, and he grayely intro
duced them to his wife, simply requesting be,
: to open her mouth and show hcr tongue they
? went home sadder and wiser men.
South Bend young lad, 10 or II years OF
a age, boosted to conlrade that he could make
the switch engine that was coming towards
!. them stop. His bet was taken, and he stepped
:, on the track in front Of the engine and com
y menced looking down the track. The enginee
g whstled, rang the bell. and finally stopped tn,
engine within about two feet Of the youn:
scamp. The boy kicked off the track b:
one OF the trainrncn.
The Washington Star says of the late Prof
y Henry: He was one of the few men who es
capped all breath Of suspicion Of prostitution;
his scientific knowledge for money. lie i
: known to have received hundreds of PROMO
II sitions by which, for the use of his name il
7. the endorsement Of mining projects and otEc
n projects, he could have made himself wealthy
n but they uniformly met with prompt and in
;s dig:lant rejection, ercn where the schemes ha
r. Il sufficient degree Of merit to make them ia;
- business operations.