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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
Palace Of the King Of Rome.

Soon after the birth of the King of
Rome, Napoleon contemplated erecting
a palace for him upon the banks of the
Seine, nearly opposite the bridge of
Jena. The government accordingly
attempted to purchase the houses stu
ated upon the ground. They had OBJ
tanned all except the dilapidated hut of
cooper, that was estimated to be worth
$3.50. The owner, mulish man, find
ing the possession of his hut quite es-
sential to the plan, demanded $4,000.
The exorbitant demand was reported to
the Emperor. He replied: ut is ex-
brilliant, but the poor man will be
turned out of his home; pay it to him."
The man, finding his demands so
promptly acceded to, Immediately de-
clared that, upon further reflection, he
could not afford to sell it for less than
$4,000. All expostulations were in
vain. The architect again appealed to
the Emperor. "This fellow" said Ma
poleon, "trides with us. But there is
no help for it. We must pay the mon
ey." The cooper now Increased his
price to $4,000. The Emperor, when
informed of it, said Indignantly: "The
man is wretch. I will not purchase
his house. It shall remain where it is,
monument of my respect of the law"
The plans Of the architect were changed.
The works were in progress at the time
Of Napoleon's overthrow. The poor
cooper, finding himself in the midst of
rubbish and building material, bitterly
lamented his folly. The Bourbons, on
their return to Paris, threw down the
rising walls of the palace, and destroyed
their foundations.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
An English Dinner.

saw letter yesterday just received
by Brooklyn gentleman from his wife
visiting in England. She dined with
the wealthy proprietor of Addiscombe,
at his pleasant home in Sydenham, and
gives description which I am permit
ted to copy: The dining-room is
across the hall from the drawing-room.
First grace was said, then soup was
served "a piece of bread being folded
IN each napkin. First, though, must
tell you how the table was laid. In the
center Of the table was a glass center
piece filed with flowers. In front of
this, on raised fruit dish, lay an uncut
Spanish melon. On either side of the
hower-piece was dish of ripe English
gooseberries and French cherries, and
opposite the melon dish of white
grapes. Between the dishes of fruit
stood small vase of cut flowers. On
the top OF each dish of fruit was laid
some kind of messy green stuff from
the conVersatory, making it look veyy
pretty. BY each fruit-dish lay golden
spoon. After soup was brought boiled
salmon with sauce; then plates removed
and lobster patties were served: then
plates removed and roast lamb placed
tefore the master of the house. Pota-
toes and green peas were served with
the lamb. Two kinds of pudding were
next brought. with a red wine sixty
years old. After pudding appeared two
kinds OF jellies and dry white wine.
After jellies came the fruit. Then the
ladies' retired to the drawing room,
where coffee was served, the gentlemen
remaining in the dining-room to have
their coffee and smoke."- Indianapolis
Journals NeaU York letter.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
EVERYBODY ADYERTISES.

But There Are Ways Not the Best for Every
Man to Do 1t.
An exchange has the following point
ed article that will do for the businesa
men of every place to read:
The man who says he doesn't be-
ieve in advertising' is unconsciously
all the time doing just what he depre-
Gates. He hangs coats outside of his
door, or puts dry goods in his windows
that's advertising. He sends out
drummers through the country, or puts
his name on his wagon-that's adver-
Using. he labels his articles or manu-
factures-that's advertising. If he has
lost his COW he puts a written notice in
the postofice, or tells his sister-in-law
and that's advertising, too. He has
his name put up in gilt letters over
his door-and what is that but adver-
Using? He paints his shop green or
red; or, if tailor, he wears the latest
styles; if doctor, he has q boy call
him out of church in haste; if an auc-
tioneer, he bellows to attract the atten-
ton of passers-by; if heavy merchant,
he keeps high pile of boxes on the
oAOONa1A III lulu u lis SCOI0-aQQ all
for advertising. A man can't do bust
ness without advertising, and the ques-
ton is whether to call to his aid the
engine that moves the world-the
printing press, with it's thousands of
messengers working night and day, the
steam. engine adding to it's repeating
capacity untold power and miraculous
speed; or, rejecting all these, 20 back
to the days when newspapers and rail-
roads were unknown. But advertising
costs money! So does everything that
is worth having. If advertising cost
nothing, then the second, third, and
fourth class petty shops would stand an
equal chance with the most responsible
houses. If you want to prove to the
world that yours is a frst-class estab-
lishment, advertise. good ADVERTISE
ment in a newspaper pays no fare on
railroads.; costs nothing for hotel bills;
gives away no boxes of cigars to Gus
toners, merino dresses to customers
wives; drinks no whisky under the
head of travelling expenses, but goes at
once and at all times about it's business
free of expense" :.-.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
A MODERN HEROINE.

There are no heroes now; the race is dead"
The gay and happy Julia smiling said,
Betwixt the changes of the dance, u know
The last were killed by cannon long ago.
And as for heroines-my friend, like you,
They science STEAD of sentiment pursue"
Across the Southland swept bitter cry
Help us! Have pity. for we die, we die!
In every house one lieth.siok or dead.
For grief our hearts can not be comfOrted."
Like Ia: a great sob that prayer shook all the
And gold and strength CT skilltul brain and
Were offered as. to God, to.stay the woe
That DER the7land was going to and fro.
Among the women nurses one. most fair -
There was, blue-eyed, with honey-colored
hair.
where helpis needed most, send me-" she
said.
They sent her to spot whence alhhad fled,
Save the plague-stricEen, poverty and sin
Had wrestled there with all their frightful
kin.
but brave, unhinching, vert the blue-eyed
nurses
To tend and watch sick beggars, thieves-and
worse.
Day after day the dark, warm fog and rain
Made carnival for death, and grief and pain
Waileaup to Goo; yet calm, from bed to bed
She walked betwixt the dying and the dead.
The hot sun. like a, golden fame, shone down
Upon the silent, fever-stricken- town;
And men took heart; but in an attic lay
The fair-haired stranger women all the Cay;
Nov spake to all the weeping folk who came
10 sob fervent blessing on her name.
And long before new day dawned they hid
Her body meath rough-hewn coffin lid,
And quickly buried it, crying: "Alas!
The brave, true soul has fled! Alas! Alasi
/ For sorrow all our hearts are like to break;
We hold all women higher for her sake"
And on the tablet set above her breast
Was written, Julia entered into rest"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
Capture of q SaWGSh,

When riding On the beach at Calves
son, lex, during a visit there I no.,
ticed some Mexican fishermen drawing
a seine to shore to which was attached
q large sawfsh (Pristis G7otiquorAno).
. The animal was not inclosed within the,
net, but some of the meshes had be-
come engaged with the teeth - the,
saw, and by this attachment it was
drawn several hundred feet toward the
shore, the large dorsal fin alone showing
above the water, suggesting that a
shark was entangled in the net; but if
shark it must have been a dead che,
for not the least effort at resistance was
made, nor even signs Of life, for the OBJ
ject drifted in as ifeless as log till it
touched the bottom; then, indeed, it
made few spasmodic efforts showing
terrific power, in which the head and
saw were thrown high into the air
and swung around in a fearful way,
while the tail was dashed about, show
ing that bullock could not have with
stood the blows.
This demonstration did not LAST five
seconds, but it had brought the mon
ster considerably nearer the shore and
into about one foot of water, where she
lay perfectly quiet. The Mexicans then
cautiously approached and slipped a
moose over the tail, which was very
broad, though the body just above it
was but a few inches in diameter.
When an attempt was made to. pull her
to shore she made one more effort,
though but for an instant, when she
quickly resigned herself to her fate.
After she was nearly clear of the water
eight men could not pull her more than
one foot at time, but she was finally
landed well up on the beach. I did not
venture near enough to measure her,
but judged her body was eleven feet
and her saw four feet long. At the
shoulders I judged she was eighteen
inches broad; thence it gradually ia
pered to the tail.
The extraordinary feature was the
immobility of the animal under the cir
cumstances; she was drawn in several
hundred feet by Irvine not larger
than knitting-needle, and she suffered
herself to be dragged through the sand,
tail foremost, without the least effort at
resistance, or the least motion to show
that she was suffering. Iwould like to
know if this is usual with this fish when
captured?
I learned that three well-grown fetal
sawfsh were found in her.-JaIGge Ca
tom. IN american Naturalist.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
A LEGEND OF HARVEST.

So long ago that history pays
No heed nor record of how long,
Back in the lovely, dreamy days,
The days of story and of song,
Before the world had crowded grown,
While wrong on earth was hard to find,
ana halt the earth had never known
The forms and faces of mankind,
When just as now the years would keep
Ihelr terms of SHOWS and suns ana MOWERS,
1t CHANGED that Summer dropt asleep,
One morning, in field of flowers.
And while the warm weeks came and fled,
In all their tender wealth OF charm,
She slept. with beau teous golden head
Laid softly on her weary arm.
She did not hear the waving trees,
The warbling brook she did not hear,
Nor yet the velvet-coated bees
That doomed about her rosy ear.
In many yellow breezy mass.
The rich wheat ripered far away,
And, glitter'nG on the fragrant grass.
Her YER sickle idly lay.
But then at last, one noontide hour.
sorgeoua moth. while lowering by,
Mistook her sweet mouth for a flower,
And Summer walked with startled cry.
She rose, in anxious wonder, now,
TO gaze upon the heightened wheat,
And saw it's plentcous tassels bow
Dead-ripe below the suitry heat
Half craZel, she wandered east and west
Amid the peaceful spacious cline,
Until at length, with painting breast,
She stood before old Father Time.
With tears OF shame she told him all,
While pointing to the wheat unknown,
And said "What power shall make it fall
Ere Autumn's bitter winds have blown?"
Then Father Time, with laughter gay,
Bow all his frame and crooked his knees,
And tossed his white beard like the spray
That crowns the crests of wintry seas.
"Oh. daughter. cheer your heart! " he cried;
"The wheat will fall ere falls the night;
We tW shall NOW it. side by side,
And reap it i'll the stars pale light"
SO Summer cleared her brow Of gloom,
And forth with Father Time she went,
And. haggard Age by Youth in bloom,
Above the tawuy wheat they bent.
Ere tall of night the harvest fell;
But since that season. fair and blithe,
AS ancient annals love to tell,
Old Father Time has borne scythe!
IdgQT T'tIcc5tt. in st. Nicholas.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14

A PARTY of Cleveland youths marched
around town the other day wearing
elegantly-trimmed bonnets. When the
police asked them to explain, the young
men pointed to ladies promenading the
streets with mems hats on, and simply
said, Turn about is fair play"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
The Results ofsthe Construction Of the
Mississippi Jet1ieS,

Mr.. q. L.; Corthell, the resident en-
gineer at Port Eads, in an illustrated
paper in Scribner, writes as follows
concerning the practical benefits of
Capt. Eads' work at South pass:
1t is noSxtoo broad an assertion to
make, that every theory advanced by
Capt. Eads, every statement made by
him in reference to the, channel which
ne should secure, and in reference to
the advance of the bar in front of his
works, has been fully verified by actual
results. These results are all that the
most sanguine anticipated, but the OBJ
jects for which the jetties we're built
are OF far greater Importance, for they
affect the welfare of millions and are
destined finally to. exert an influence
on the whole country.
These objects will be realized in a
development, and in an increasing pros
perity of the Mississippi valley. The
work which has been accomplished will
stretch its relieving and assisting hand
to the ramotest frontiersman, who
knowing that an open river mouth will
makeitproftable for him to raise cereals,
will cut down new forests and cultivate
larger farm. It will induce greater
production everywhere in the Missis-
sippi valley, and with it an increasing
immigration.
Already the grain export of the val
ey is turning into this, it's natural
channel.5 The following table, com
piled from official sources, will show the
tendency to increasing shipments by
the way of the jetties:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
IT is stated that in Eastern Franc

IT is stated that in Eastern France
and the North of England hawks have
learned to notice the railway trains
"put up" coveys of birds as they rush
on, the birds, like unframed animals,
being startled by the noise. The hawks,
therefore, fly after the trains, and, when
the birds have risen in alarm, pounce
upon their prey, and then fly after the
train again.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
"YacOb und Kaderine.',

Jacob Strauss" said the MAGISTRATE
in Essex Market Court yesterday. An
awkward looking German lad stepped
forward.
Mrs. Catherine Strauss" said the
Justice. A long, lank German lass ad-
vanced.
You are man and wife,"
YAH" answered Jacob.
And you had quarrel?"
Dots so," said Catherine Strauss,
Mrs. Strauss has black eye, which
her husband gave herr"
Und pooty plue und plack eye it
was, said the wife, crying.
But Mr.. Strauss declares that he is
very sorry he hit her, begs her forgive
ness, and says he will not do it again"
So help mel uff I don't you lock
me oop und send for me-"
Will you pardon him, Mrs. Strauss?"
"Vel, don't like dot young man to
get punished SO quick, as only dree
months married." she said, ewing her
spouse askance.
9 Will you be ever so good hereafter,
Mr.. Strauss?"
I don't speak Won word NIT crossness
NIT her no more"
you are both satisfed?"
Yah" together.
Let me see you make up then"
" Yakob," cried the wife, advancing
toward Mr.. Strauss.
"Kaderine," said the husband, as he
embraced her afectionately with one
arm and wiped away tear on the coat
sleeve of the other.-New York Her.
aid.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14

You have seen those chaps whose
handkerchiefs are always full of scents? ?
Such men often have no sense in
their heads and very few cents in their
pockets.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14

A WIT, at party, noticed q doctor in
somber black waltzing with young
lady who was dressed in silk of brill.
liant blue. CAS- I ive!" exclaimed the
wit, = there's a blue pill dancing with a
black draught."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14
WIT AND HUMOR.

A SIGN Of the times: "Shut This
Door,"
PU1 q shutter over your mouth, is be
latest slang.
Is A pulpitless clergyman in quest OF
church engaged in steeple-chase?
WHEN man calls his wife's maid an
angel it is time for the wife to make
her fly.
The King Of the Fiji islands is said
to relish Baby Mine" very much. He
likes it we'll done, too.
"YoU are my precious pearl" he said
as he drew her. to his manly breast.
"oh, john" she sighed, "and you are
my OYSTER
LITTLE Gerty CATER waiting some
timefor DESSERT -"Uncle, don't you have
anything after dinner?" Uncle "Yes,
dear; the dyspepsia"
CARE you building air castles in
Spain, MIR. Jones?" said landlady to
boarder, who was thong htfully regard
ing his cofee-cup. "No, madam, only
looking over my grounds in Jaws" re-
Piled Jones.
A RATHER gayly-dressed young lady
asked her Sunday-school class "What
was meant by the pomps and vanities
of the world?" The answer was honest.
but rather unexpected: "Them flowers
on your hat"
Il DON'T see how there ever came to
be so many words in the world!" ex-
claimed girl who was studying her
spelling lesson. "Why, SIS" said her
brother, "they come through folks quar-
reling. Then, you know, one word al.
ways brings on another"
MOTHER Johnny, why do you loob
SO down-hearted?" Johnny-"Co.
[ haven't got no luck. Jim Woodhead
was the last in the class, an I'd aworked
myself up to the last but one, an now
Jimmy's died to-day, an am the last
again. Boo-hoo~
TEAoHER-"Now, boys, quadruped
and biped, you know, are two kinds OF
animals. Quadruped, animal with four
legs, such as COW, elephant, horse, ETC.
Biped, animal with two legs, such as
we'll, ali. Yes, there is biped,'
POAAoAAAS w I" 6OOoo VI GAAo WALL, duO !
am biped, and you are all bipeds
Now, what am II" Pause. One of the
bipeds-"A goose, sir!"
TRAGEDY.
IT'S night. Two lovers lean
Upon the gate.
nearing form is SEEN
It is their fate.
A piercing scream from her
The welkin rent.
1t was, as you infer,
Her pa-ri-ent.
The lover sought to scoot-
Alas! too late.
He's hoisted with boot
Beyond the gate.
A>GENTLEMAN sent his Irish servant
up to his room for pair of boots, and
at the same time told him to be sure to
get mates, as there were two pairs in the
closet. Patrick returned with two
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14

It is estimated that the jetties, by
partially improving the channel at the
mouth of the river, saved the country
$1,60o,O0O during the year ending
Sept. l, 1878, by production in freights
on cotton alone.
It. must be borne in mind that the
channel through the jetties is only just
obtained. The changes that will take
place in the pl ,duction and shipments
Of cereals and cotton will come slowly,
but in q few years we will see one OF
the greatest revolutions of the century
in agriculture and commerce.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14

A,GENTLEMAN sent his Irish servant
up to his room for pair of boots, and
at the same time told him to be sure to
get mates, as there were two pairs in the
closet. Patrick returned with two
boots, but odd ones. @Why, don't you
see that these are not alike-one is q
long top and the other q short one?
said the gentleman, out Of patience with
the fellow. "Bedad, your Honor" said
Pat in apology, "and it's true for ye;
but thin the other pair was just so,
tOop
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14

a TRAGEDY,
Ills night. Two lovers lean
Upon the gate.
A nearing form is seem
It is their fate.
A piercing scream from her
The wclkin rent.
It was, as you infer,
Her pa-ri-ent.
The lover sought to scoot-
Alas! too late.
He's hoisted with . boot
BeVOnd the cate
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-14

to fly themselves, is they?"
The people in the Office looked at
each other rather sheepishly. They
were not exactly prepared to discuss
questions from religious standpoint,
but there were those sad, imploring
eyes fixed upon them. One of the
printers, burly, good-natured-looking
man, had stepped in for some directions.
He answered the question:
1--WE heard preachers say, my little
chap, that the Savior and the angels are
always at the death-beds of good peo-
pie, and take their souls to heaven"
eyes, I've heard my mamma say that"
he answered, gravely, "and I s'pose
that's the way she was carried up. But
7 wish they hadn't brought the huss for
'em."
"The huss?" asked one of the gentle
rnen.
"Yes, the black carriage with silver
things on it that takes away the dead. It
seems always a-travelin', travelin' before
me, and see it even when I wake up
in the night. It's an awful thing, amt
it?'
Two days after, he was back again,
and shudder ran through the group
in the Office when the terrible slip was
handed in.
It's Uncle James this time" he said,
in strange, low tones, "and my papa
went to bed to-day. That makes six
dead. I wonder who'll be the next"
His solemn eyes, sunk deep in his pale,
pinched little face, seemed to be asking
why he should suffer thus, and what
was to be the end of it all.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-06
Emma Abbott's Love-Soen mes.


During recent conversation with Emma
Abbott an interviewer said
Some criticism has recently been made
upon your acting in love scenes, Miss Alb
She smiled in answer and said, "Well, I
will tell you about that. detest the con-
vsntional stacy, stupid, love-making
scenes, 30 often depicted by women who
never were in love and know nothing of the
passion. ! think the more vivid and life
ike the representation is the better. l
have been in love and know what am act
ing, forget Emma Abbott in vivifying
my characters. A warm-hearted, noble
woman's passion can only be portrayed BY
enc who has had emotional experience.
No woman who is coquette or designing
iptriguer can properly act such pant.
II recall some comments made in this
regard by Jane Swisshelm of the Chicago
Tribune" said Miss Abbott, laughing.
'Ehe Is the woman, think, who invented
the chemiloon ian undergarment OF tor
ture), or something OF that kind, and has
very set, traditional notions about actors
and actresses. She is Of uncertain age and
cold blooded. Now, think, such an aus
tere person is poor critic of my emotional
setting. do not believe in halfway work
70 when ! grasp my tenor by the shoulder
snd draw him to me pleadiDgly, it is doae
with vim and earnestness which arouses
oil beholders with sense Of its reality.
Try to represent the character to the life
you know"
Paul and Virginia." Masses beautiful
spera, we are to hear at Pixies on Monday
end it bas q great display Of the most tropi
~ love scenes.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-06
y Explosion Of q "Vulcanizer."

Late last evening while two men named
Hugh M. Sands and VIM. Jantz were en-
gagged in cooling "vulcanizer," Ia copper
cylinder used in the manufacture Of rubber
atampsl in the basement of the store of
1sRes Murdoch, Jr., Race street, above
Fourth, the internal thing exploded,
knocking both the men several feet. scatter
ing the debris in the cellar in every direc-
ton and creating big excitement on the
streets. Both the men were badly injured
by the explosion and had to be carried to
their homes. Sands lived on Eighth street,
near Elna, and Jantz on Walnut street, be.
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth.
The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1879-12-06

81 BOWERY, CORNER CANAL STREET, AL.
oert c. Dung.-Established 3s years The records
af the central Medicine Warehouse show that
nave handled more Of the German Remedy, st.
Jacobs Oil, than any ether druggist in New York
,ty; and am pleased to say, after this large ex.
oerience with the preparation, that 1t gives un,
bounded satisfaction, and that customers who
rave tested its virtues speak of It in the most ex.
llted terms Of praise, The st. Jacobs OIL cured
,ne Of our we'll known auctioneers Of rheumatism,
Is well as many other prominent itizens to whom,
have sold it.