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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
Edinburgh Street Boy.

Dean Stanley, at a large children's
meeting recently held in Westminster
Abbey, told the following touching story
Of a little boy from Scotland:
Not long ago, in Edinburgh, two gen
tleman were standing at The door of
hotel one very cold day, when Il little boy
with a poor, thin blue face, his feet bare
and red with the cold, and with nothing
to cover him buta bundle of rags, came
and said: please, sir, buy some match
es." mo, don't want any," the gentle
man said. "But they are only penny a
box" the poor little fellow pleaded.
eyes. but you see we don't want a box"
the gentleman said again. '<Then I will
gle yc twa boxes for a penny the boy
said at last, and so to get rid of him, the
gentleman who tells the story says: II
bought box; but then found had no
change, so I said, 4 will buy box to-
morrow oh, do buy them tonight, if
you please; the boy pleaded again; I will
run and get we the change, for am very
hungry So gave him the shilling, and
he started away. I waited for him, but
no boy came. Then thought had lost
my shilling; still there was that in the
boys face that I trusted, and I did not
like to think bad of him.
Late in the evening, was told boy
wanted to see me; when he was brought
in, found it was smaller brother of the
boy that got my shilling, but if possible,
still more ragged and poor and thin. He
stood u moment, diving into his rags as
it he was seeking something, and then
uoiG. 10, %b,%
bought the matches frae Sandie? Yes
'Weel, then, here's fourpence out O yer
shilling; Sandie cannot come; he's very
ill; a cart ran over him and knocked him
down, and he lost his bonnet and his
matches and your sevenpence, and both
his legs are broken, and the doctor says
he'll die, and that's a. And then, put
ting the fourpence on the table, the poor
child broke down into great sobs. So /
ted the little man, and went with him to
see Sandie. I found that the two little
things lived alone, their father and moth
er being dead. Poor Sandie was lying
on bundle of shavings; he knew me as
soon as l came in, and said: I,
got the change, sir, and was coming back
and then the horse knocked me down,
ana Dotn my legs were broken; and on,
Reuby! little Reuby! am sure am
dying, and who will take care of you
when I am gone? What will you dol
Reuby2' Then took his hand, and SAID
[ would always take care of Reuby. He
understood me, and had just strength
enough to look up at me as if to thank
me; the light went out of his blue eyes
In u moment.
'Helay within the light of God.
Like a babe upon the breast,
Where the wicked cease from troubling
And the weary are arrest
That story is like an arrow in the hand
Of giant. 1t ought to pierce many
heart, old and young. Whenever, dea
children, you are tempted to say what i
not true, or to be hard on other littl
boys and girls, or to take what you ough
not to take, want you to remember lit
tie Sandie.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25

will turn over the property within a brief
period, having lately left New York for
that purpose, it being understood that he
will continue the management Of the
Craig rancho under vanderbilt's pro-
gramme. When it is reflected that last
year forty-tive millions worth Of Ameri-
can meat were imported into England, it
will readily be seen what extensive and
important results in a few years the. en-
terprise Of Mr.. Vanderbilt will produce.
The cattle depot at KANSAS City, alone,
cost over a million of dollars.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
Vanderbilt's Cattle Farm.

The Colorado Cattle Company, which
last fall purchased the Hermosilla rancho
Of Col. Craig, in Colorado, has just con
Guided the sale of the property to W. n.
link in Vanderbilt's scheme for supply
ing the European markets with American
meat, to carry out which he is organizing
direct transit Of cattle between the United
States and Europe. Mr.. Sherwood, presi
dent of the Colorado Cattle Com pany
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
Compost For Roses.

Ifroses do not grow satisfactorily, give
them a good dressing of compost Of which
we'll .rotted COW manure forms a principal
part The more sandy the soil, the great
er may be the cow manure used. Cow
manure mingled with sand and rotted
sods, is one Of the best manures for fore
ing geraniums for bedding out. In fact
on all light garden soils it is good fertil-
izer for about everything in the flower
garden.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
Fashion Notes.

Neckties and fChus are made OF bre-
tonne lace in all shapes. A very pretty
fichu is of cream colored Grape isse, EN-
broidered with garland Of flowers in
pale natural shades. 1t is trimmed
around with plating Of bretonne lace.
The great beauty of this tichu consists in
the way in which it is draped. Instead
of falling from the shoulders straight
down to the waist it is turned over near
the shoulder, which makes the drapery
fall full and gracefully. The small caps
for morning wear change continually in
shape and trimming. Sometimes they
form kind of "calotte mauresque,"
made of bright colored silk, trimmed
with gilt and silver sequins, and some.
times they are formed of a twisted scarf
in pale shade with flowers intermixed
All material, such as velvet, satin, surah,
and muslin, are used for these caps.
They are generally trimmed with bre-
| tonne lace.
Among the articles now embroidered
in colors are, in addition to table-linen
| and under-garments, as already men
toned: tea-sets adorned with garlands of
flowers. Pillow-shams are also worked
in this way. The tea-sets are of plain
linen, fringed out on either side Of the
table-cloth and napkin. A little above
the fringe is a handsome blue, red, or
ecru embroidery in open work.
Fans are now made to correspond with
the spring suits Some are of ssPekin sat
ine' in all shades, trimmed on the upper
border with avery narrow GALLON en-
broidered with different flowers. Anoth-
er style, called the Sphinx has just APP
peared and meets with great success. It
is Of black satin and gauze, embroidered
with shaded silk.
Shoes and CATERS are made for spring
use in all fancy styles. They are of kid,
stitched with white, and are very mar
row on the end These CATERS are made
of colored cloths, such as brown, gray or
biege, with black tops stitched with
white, and lacing on the top or on the
side Slippers are of glyve kid, embroid-
cred at the end of the foot with flowers
of every hue, and trimmed with rosette
made of satin loops in all the shades of
the embroidery. Black silk hose are
worn with these slippers, which are en-
broidered on top Of the foot and up part
| VI 1cS Will many COlOIcu uOWcIS.
Black satin toilets are in much favor
for Partisan evening wear. These black
suits are worn without any other color to
relieve them, with the exception of the
colors of the flowers
It is quite common for ladies to arrange
their toilet after the model of some old
picture and thus invent most charming
and artistic costumes.
1 White cravats are "a la Carnage" they
are of white India null or of bishops
lawn, the edges plated with falls of old
lace or Breton lace; they are tied and
worn very large.
i A new indoor garment is of India silk
forming blouse above the belt lines, anG
tight basque below it. It fits closely OF
the shoulders, and is trimmed with cas-
cades of Breton lace.
| Spring suits are made short with
draped polonaise, or deep, close basqu.
and trimmed skirt the founce being xii
plated, or triple box plated, and space
between. With it is worn the straigh
mantelet, knotted in front.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
A Troika Party in Russia.

B..
A correspondent, writing from St.
Petersburg, says: This is the season for
troika parties, had the pleasure of be-
ing invited to party which was given
for one of the distinguished foreign visit
ors at the winter palace There are, by
the way, 5000 people, including servants,
now staying at the palace. A troika is a
vehicle which l do not suppose is ever
seen out of Russia. 1t has two seats op-
posite each other, each wide enough to
hold three persons. There is tiny box,
into which the driver squeezes by climb
ing over the horses. These latter are
harnessed in very peculiar way. One
in the middle is fastened to a pair of
shafts, and he trots, while on each side is
a kind Of independent horse, who gal
lops. There are bells on the harness, and
one is supposed to spin along at the rate
of something like twenty miles an hour.
Once outside the city, with clear road
ahead of him, the coachman emits Sc
ries of warhoops, and starts the horses
off at sweeping pace, while the .occu-
pants of the sleigh keep him up to his
work by yelling at him at intervals I
supposed they were calling him very bad
names, and was quite surprised when it
was translanted to find the following en-
dearing epithets had been used: 500 on,
my dove!' "Go on, my beauty!" and so
on. The troika parties generally 90
about half an hours ride from the city,
and there they all take a turn at the ice
hills. When stood at the top Of the
hill and looked down that smooth prec-
ipice of ice, my heart failed me, but was
not allowed to back out, and with many
misgivings I got on the sled and pitched
off the incline. There was man who
went behind on skates and guided us. ]
remember to have dreamed once that
was falling down a bottomless abyss, anc
certainly thought the dream was being
realized in the few seconds it took me t.
descend that hill. Such a horrible feeling
Of goneness as came over me hope neve
to feel again. Yet people do this TO-
pleasure! It is like reading &C
counts of murders; there is
horrible sort of fascination about it
In any case, it is the proper thing to g
down the ice hills when one goes on
troika party; so, of course, we did it
Then we all went into sort of restau
rant, and after taking some hot tea W
listened to the songs of the Bohemian
and watched them dance, wondering hoy
they all happened to be so ugly. Fo
supper we had many national dishes
One was soup made of beets, which
rejoiced in the name of "batchuk," o
something like that, and afterwa1d W
had bear steaks and asparagus. TIL
coming home was the most delightful par
of the excursion. Rushing through tn
air with only the sleighbells and ga
voices to break the utter stiffness arounl
us, the snow fields stretching away O
either side, the stars shining bright
: about us, and finally the Neva, acros
which we speed, the long row of light
up and down the river on the side of tn
city, the deserted streets, and then HON
and distant clock striking five.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
,erely, censured for such a course


conduct. Girls who support themselves
by taking in sewing do not fare at all
sumptuously if they have work all the
year round (Which is OF rare occurrence)
and when they expend all their meager.
earnings on themselves. To say of a girl
of this class that she confines her expen-
ditures to share necessities" means that
she lives on bread and tea, goes without
proper understanding, and denies herself
the comfortable wrap which she needs to
protect her from cold and storms. She
moreover leaves herself without any 1e-
serve fund, and when work is slack, or
when it stops altogether, how is she to
subsist! IT sickness overtakes her she
is compelled to go to the hospital and add
one more to the host who, through ignor-
ance, vice, and Incidence have become
burdens on the public. Burdens which
you my thrifty friends, are taxed to sup
port. It is the self-respecting, elf-denying
and the frugal in the community who are
taxed for the maintenance of hospitals,
prisons and almhouses. Has any one a
right to increase the pauper class
or to recommend measures which
will land those who +, adopt
them in elemosynary institutions? Be-
sides being burden the poor girl will
not have the care and attention she would
receive at a private house. She will be
very much at the mercy of doctors and
nurses, who are not always the most hui
name of people. Most likely she will be
experimental on by half-fedged physi-
clans, and subjected to treatment which,
although perfectly legitimate, cannot fail
to be extremely distasteful to woman,
however low in the scale of refinement
she may be-. And the object Of all this
self-sacrifice is what? To clothe the naked
or feed the starving? No, it is that a
| certain congregation may have fine
building in which to hold its service. And
then they may have the effrontry to call
this s'giving to the Lord'' Where in the
Bible is it commanded or even intimated
that costly churches are a neces-
sity or that they are particularly
desirable; and where is the chapter
and verse wherein we are enjoined to re-
duce ourselves to abject poverty in order
that the ''Templc of the Lord" may be
beautifed? ''Giving to the Lord,' in
deed! It's vanity and pride and no right
eousness which dedicates piles of marble
and stone that costs from fifty thousand to
one million dollars to the service OF
God.
Christ could be content with supper
rooms," but we of this century must have
our marble fronted buildings finished
with stained glass windows, costly altar.
pieces and expensive upholstry. We
count it, too, as thing worthy of all
commentator that the poor should starve
their bodies and their minds in order that
our church edifices may be artistically
frescoed and provided with all the mod
ern requirements of elegant worship.
"Giving to the Lordn' It's rank bias
phemy to say that.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
Was She to Be Commended.

A religious newspaper lady went into
pious ecstacies, over young girl, who,
though compelled to earn her living by
hard work at machine sewing, yet con
trived by dlnt of denying herself all but
the bare necessities of life, to contribute
quite literally to fund for the erection
of church edifce. The periodical afore-
said, praised the girl most lavishly and
held her up as an example worthy Of
imitation.
/ question whether she ought not to be
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25

She handed him her album,
In which to write line
OF friendship, love and flowers,
Splendiferously fine.
She murmured, as she got it back,
In rather pettish tones,
You might have written something besides
Yours truly, T. A. Jones.
'Tis now the fair maiden
Doth gaze on the sky,
And thinking of summer,
Doth languidly sigh:
"Full soon in the garden
The roses will group,
And then with Leander
III sit on the stoop-
And talk about the weather, etc"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
FUN IN RHYME.

There was young maiden named Mary,
Whose characteristic vagary
Was to play the coquette,
For man never yet
Popped" to her that she didn't says"Nary."
Philosophers sometimes say
That women were made for talking,
Let this be as it may,
Which philosophers sometimes say;
But most people think to-day
That women were made for walking.
Philosophers sometimes say
That women were made for talking
/ Full soon on the Powerful meadow,
The lambkin will gambol and play;
Full soon in the aisles of the orchard,
The blossoms will fall in spray.
Full soon in the domicile scrubbing,
The girl will wax angry and faint;
Full soon we shall see on placard,
Look out for the paint.
He murmured in Clarinda's ear;
e "Twould heighten much my bliss
If you would kindly give me
One tender little kiss"
And she turned round and said to him:
g! like you muchly, Bill;
So, if your really wanta kiss,
Sail in and take your fill.
That's the kind of hairpin am"
f. The swallows happy, blithe and gay
Are flying round in hocks,
The merry hearted VIM. goats
Are frisking on the rocks;
The zephyrs over Central Park
Are stealing from the West,
And each young fellow soon will don
His festive white duck vest,
And snowy necktie.
b. = sfss
serenely by the woodland brook
The yiolets are blowing,
And brightly on the breezy meads
The buttercups are glowing.
Above the trees right merrily
The happy robin passes,
The while the maiden, tall and pale,
Takes sulphur and molasses
To purify her blood.
@ The bluebird sings in the dells,
Its annual love repeating.
The rosebud burstward swells-
The bluebird sings in the dells,
While the average husband yells
As he thinks of the carpet beating.
The bluebird sings in the dells,
Its annual love repeating
This is about the time,
When robins in the grove pipe,
And the paragrapher tries
To write about the stovepipe
Something which has not alread
been written.
She handed him her album,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25

The quality of bechamel may be increased
by using cream instead of milk. A sauce
Robert may be made from the stock, less
mushrooms, by adding a teaspoonful of
mustard, tablespoonful Of vinegar, in
which a little tarragon has been added,
and the juice Of half lemon; with the
same stock an addition of celery can be
made, which is excellent for boiled fowls.
A sauce piquante is readily made with the
same stock, adding a half teaspoonful Of
white pepper, and wineglassful of vine
gar and little thyme. An infinite variety
of sauce may be made, providing the stock
is on hand. It must however; be remem-
bered that good sauce is the reward Of
constant vigilance, and that there is a
happy moment which must be seized, tC
end the process, which exactitude is only
to be acquired by practice. There is nc
Spent up Utica" Of sauces. any body with
the least gastronomic taste can improyist
them. All that is required is that {
sauce should be even, homogeneous, and
except in sauces picquante, that the flavor
should never be violent, but be happil,
blended. A sauce tartar is really nothing
else than a mayonnaise, and made witt
lemonjuice, mustard, cayenne, and som,
onion. Here is good receipt for it
Chop up half an onion as fine as possible
and add to it tablespoonful Of chopped
parsley. Ia e the yolks of two eggs AM
q teaspoonful of Durham mustard, a tea
spoonful Of salt, and a half saltspoon
full Of cayenne pepper. Rub these al
perfectly smooth. Then add two table
spoonfuls Of oil and the juice of thre
lemons. Tartar sauce being very hot, j
! good only for very rich food, such as frie,
eels and pork chops. Mint sauce is
relic Of the earliest English cookery, AM
about this time of the year, when mint
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25

Full soon on the Powerful meadow,
The lambkin will gambol and play;
Full soon in the aisles of the orchard,
The blossoms will fall in spray.
Full soon in the domicile scrubbing,
The girl will wax angry and faint;
Full soon we shall see on a placard,
Look out for the paint.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27
Effects of the Cheese Fly.

Shippers are Matched from the eggs
of the cheese fly. The cheese fly is a
very small insect, one of the smallest
Of the fly family. The fly is most
troublesome in hot weather and in Sep
TENDER. 1t lays its eggs usually where
the bandage laps over on top of the
cheese and on the sides; often, too, on
the board, which hold the cheese. If
there Is a small crack or crevice the
shippers lei to work into the
cheese, and when cheeses are what is
termed loose or porous, they work into
the cheese rapidly, and If not arrested
will work in the center and through
the cheese, spelling it. They require
air, and this fact is taken advantage of
by the dairymen in covering the sur
face of the cheese with a CREASED paper,
~plastering 1t down securely on the
cheese or hole where they are working
This brings them to the surface, when
they may be removed. One of the OBJ.
.iects Of rubbing cheese smartly every
day is to rub off or destroy the eggs of
the fly. The tables in warm weather
should also be washed off with hot
water, or with soap and water and lye,
in order to remove the grease, so that
the fly will not lay eggs on the boards.
Never heard Of the fly depositing egg
on cheese cured and by that means get
ting into the center of the cheese. Do
not think they could live and hatch In
the center of cheese for want of air.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27
Something OF a Joke.

One day recently a respectfully dress.
ed man carried a well-grown child.
mutiled up and apparently sick, into
one of our hotels. He placed the child
on the stairs, and began to talk to it In
a very unkind rough way. The atten.
ton Of the guests was attracted, and
they gathered around.
"You are able to walk up stairs by
yourself" said the man, 81 wont carry
YOU"
"Oh! obi" the child sobbed, edo car
ry me up-please pa, do! You know
ever since / was run yer by the cars,
and lost both my feet, l can't walk up
stairs alonep'
"That's all stuff" the man answered.
sect up at once or I'll make you'll"
The poor child began to sob worse
than before, and the brutal man gave II
a severe thump over the side Of the
head. The child moaned ~piteously.
The Indignation of the ~bystanders was
excited, and one of them said to the
man:
"Is thai child yoursY"
"What's that to your" answered the
man. 81 wont tell you'll"
"He's-my-fatherp the child sob
bed, "and-he-killed my mother-just
ashes Observation-Disclosures"
The man doubled his fist and made as
though he was about to give the child
a savage blow. One of the bystanders
interfered and said, "Say If you don't
stop this, I'll call a policeman. / never
saw such a brutal father in all my
life"
The man began to tumble In his peck
cts, and the child cried out "Take care
He's going to stick you"
Sure enough the man produced a
knife and opened 1t. The crowd slip
ped off one by n except two.
"Brlng an officer" n Of these cried
TO a friend.
am to be arrested, 4" the man said.
at shall be for something" And
thereupon he plunged the knife into the
body of the child. The child shrieked
"I'm murdered! Pm murdered !" and
a crowd rushed to the spot. The man
quietly raised the child in his arms,
and removing his hat, said:
"Gentlcmen, this is a wooden child
I'm a ventrlloquist, and any little Offer
ing you may be pleased to make will be
very acceptable"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1879-03-27
The California Tea Fields.

A great deal has been said and writ
ten lately on the subject of the cultiva-
ton of the tea plant. We have had
glowing accounts OF the wonderful sue
cess of the Scotch planters in the island
of Ceylon, the extent of their gardens,
and the large yield they will be capa-
BILE of throwing into the European
market in the ourse of a few years.
But very few persons are aware thai
there is at this moment a far larger tea
field than the whole island of Ceylon
doubled twice oyer, where Chinese and
japanese are arriving by thousands to
cultivate the tea plant, and where the
climate is so salubrious, and the soil SO
rich, that in the space of twenty years
from now it 10 confidently anticipated
that they will be able to supply the
whole of the New Continent, and that
the Americans will not only not have
to send to China for one ounce of tea,
but that they will be able in the course
of time to send large ~consignments to
Europe. And this too is only fifteen
days run from Liverpool We are
now speaking of the Great Sacramento
Valley, California. The valley is 400
miles long by so broad; where no rain
falls; it is watered by heavy fogs,
which roll In from the Pacific Ocean.
Along the entire stretch of this valley
run the Sierra Nevada, or, as they are
more commonly termed, the California
range of mountains. Here you can get
any climate rising from perpetual sum
uer, in the valley, higher and higher,
colder and colder, till you reach per-
petual nov on the top. 1t is along the
base of this range of mountains that the
Chinese and Japanese are now busy
%cultivatlng the tea plant with marked
success. On a visit there, some nine
months ago, the writer had the pleasure
of tasting the produce, and found 1t Of
excellent quality. The plant car be
gathered, packed, sent to England, sold
In Mincing Lane, and consumed by the
general public, all within one month /;
and the opinion is expressed that with.
in a lifetime the novelty will not ba
American meat but all our grocers-
windows will be filled with California
tea slxpence per pound"