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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-31

During the year the ST. Paul 4 Sioux City
company has built new station houses as fol
lows: On the Black Hills division, at Avocs
Dundee, Summit Lake and Woodstock. On
the Rock River division, at Rock Rapids and
Doom On the Blue Earth division, at Gar
den City, Vernon, Amboy, Winnebago City
and Blue Earth City. Elevators, each with
capacity of 80, 600 bushels, have been built
at Winnebago City and Blue Earth City, and
number of grain warehouses; have beer
erected by private parties at others of the
company's stations. On the main line Sc
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-31

In association with the Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St. Paul company, the st. Paul &
Sioux City company will build early this
year spur track to the great stock yards To-
Gated and being built on the river flat oppo-
site the upper levee. The line has been To-
Gated and estimates prepared and the con-
struction will be begun as soon as the
weather will allow. The yards have to be
approached by long pile bridge.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13

"What use do YOU make OF old boo,ss"
"Nell, said lie, "in Paris thcv might
make soup OF them, bat in America we sell
them again. Why many a good pair of
uppcrs are nothing iu the attic or closet
they might be sold for % or 90 cents thus
bringing money In the family az q clearing
the house OF trash that is ON v i'm the wav
We buy mp these old boot legs, pack them
IN boxes and send them TO New York and
Philadelphia. No, sir; We are not thieves
In disguise, and we don't 60 round 10 get \
sight at front bolts that we may be ter
know how TO go about picking locks and
getting into houses That is a mistake
This legitimate business Of ours To be
sure, it isa little low down or olr-coior.
but there isa little money In n and we
might ns well have &C. We get through
here in few days. You sec. there arc
many cheap John shoe stores in the world
| mean such stores were very cheap boots
are sold. Well, We sell the old hoollegs
and new feet are put to ,hcm and the
old lcg is finished up nearly as good as
new. The man who huys them is gencralv
quite poor and it docs him no harm To-
wear that kind OF boots So long as they are
clean. Then again the leather we buy is
uccd for various things and answers the
same purpose as new leather does.
There continued he, holding up a
pair Of boot legs, is pair Of French calf
logs which bought mp street this morning
for twenty-five cents. III Get about seven
ty-iivc cents or one dollar Tor them. They
are In excellent condition. Some day |
can make MS high as four dollars. We deal
with reliable men, and get our cash carly.
Ntsff 4
downs i'm our business, but rs for that. Who
don'ti At some places we are insulted,
and at other points kindly received There
is money to bee made now-a- -dnys i'm our
business, but the panic that has lust closed
compelled men to hangon To their old boots
rather long, and this slackcncd our trade.
have bought at least ten thousand pairs
Of old boots in the past ten years.
"Nha, is your namcV'
'My name is Tompkins, sir. and hail
from New York do not belong 10 n
gang of thieves, and wish you would saw
so in the paper have seen better DAYS.
but when pnching poverty comes | must
make my living the best way can. have
found many high-priced old boots I'm this
city, boots that could not have cost less
than eighteen or twenty dollars, and they
only about half worn out. such ns that
are hall-solcd aud sold for second hand
material 81"
Then you don't belong to the gang
called tramps'
"No, indeed, sir. Neither am n thief
or murderer; nothing but q stranger in
your city, for few days seeking an honest
livelihood. -
AS the reporter thanked him and was
turning TO leave, The buc-cycd man spicd
the mistress of an adjoining house at the
window, when his clear, shril voice echoed
the words from housetop to housctop
ANY old boots or shoes TO sell, madam"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13
= s.rlct Diamond Te.,.

10 is the rule Of Lord Chambcrlains Office
% London 10 send 20 the Queens jewelers.
FOR valuation ail the ornaments which arc
found in the palace after court ball or
concert The day after o state ball q gen
ueman came to the Office and inquired for
diamond necklace which his wife bad
lost the night before. The chief clerk as
surcd him that no diamond necklace had
been found whcrcupou The husband pro
cccdcd 90 cxpaiiaic on the enormous sum
which he had given for the necklace, with
description Of It's various beauties The
clerk listened in silence which much ap-
parent sympathy, aud, just as thc loser was
taking his leave, quietly remarked "Tt i8
n very old coincidence but your uaOklaoe
was Of the same pattern as q paste orna-
mcnt which has been found, but which has
been pronounced of SO little value that 70
was not worth Advertising The paste
ornament was produced, and it ended by
the gentleman signing "a receipt Tor n.
which involved swallowing a large mouth
ful Of humble pie after his circumstanlial
deseriptisp 81 the cost sf g.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13
a Boys Fortune.

Hal, boy ~ twelve, after season Of
discomfort, concluded that he was not going
10 stay at home and work 'for nothing. IS
So no told his little sister that some dark
night, when the wind blew gale. the thun-
der roarcd and the lightning flashed, he was
going 20 eight out 90 seek his fortune,
and was not coming back either until he
brought oceans of money then hc would
Dc considered Of some account, and not told
o. do this, That and the other for nothing
The little Wr became 80 nervous and un
happy, whenever % storm was brewing the
mother noticed b., and questioned her for
the cause, and 80 found out The true story.
There was % family consultation, and Hal
was tOl by his father that II he vas not
satisfied with his home, hc need not wait
for an inclcmcut night, but could go in
broad daylight, right Out of tho front DOOR
with his clothes in now valisc instead Of
tying them up in "a bundle, some money n
his pocket, accompanied by The best wishes
OF hi- friends, and, ii not successful in bis
cndravOrs 90 earn oceans Of wealth.
could return and bc warmly welcomed
homo. lIaI hung hig head but said Doc
bad better hn canning sDmcibiug. Father
s3.I. "fts, IT'S manly tO wish tO work '
ud That hc know OF man in The ncigbb0r
hood who was then hunting some one lo do
"a man work Tor boys wages When told
who the man was Hal looked dlsoonccrtcd.
but said hc supposed hc need not Doc too
particular as it was wages and not thc man
DE was anct "All right, I'u try b., ' was
tbc decision so Hal was on with tho birds
next morning -and tliswas Die experience
When lIol arrived at Mr Van NceCs. Doc
was received with these words $50 y0u
are ON hand your father spoke to INC about
. you Yesterday, and engaged n day work
I for you. lts bargain, is it,'
/ llal said; lcs, SIR bul was too much
7 shoshcd to Bay word about thc wages
'Ilad your breakfast 3:
And when Hal shook his head aid
I "Ihats bad, but come iu. ] s'posc you'll
; have 90 eat something.
/ So Hal went into tho small unlIdy kit
eLsn, sat down at table against tbe wal
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13
Tho oidRedccnt

As lbc old cred cent? has now passed
out of lso and except rarely, like The "Old
oakcu bucket, its history is % matter Of
sufficient interest for preservation The cent
wag first proposed by Robert Morris, the
great Guanccf Of thc Revolution, and vas
named hv jefferson two years after 70 boz.
gan t0 mako 10 appearance from the mint
in 1902 70 bore the head OF Washington
Ou one side and thirteen links on the other.
The French revolution sonn.creatcd rage
for French ideas Zoo America, which put on
thc cent instead f thc head OF Washington
lhc head Of thc Goddess of Liberty "a
French Liberty, with neck thrust forward
and flowing locks Tho chain ON The re-
verse side was displaced by the olive wreath
of peace bat the French Liberty was short
lived. and so was her portrait ON our cent.
The ucNl head of figure That succeeded
tIis-tbc aaid classic dame with % Gllct
around hcr hair-Camc into fashion about
thirty years ago, and her finely chisellcd
Gr.cian featured have been but slightly
altered by the lapse Of time
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13

Throughout creation nature appears To-
delight in rcd. It prcdomuatcs in the
pleasure of tho imagination. for whatever is
beautiful, agreeable, or sublime partakcs Of
red. J Inc rainbow, the rose, and the charm
ing lip and cheek Of beautys self, the sun,
the source Of heat and light, arc all red: ne
is also the fire, the mighty autocrat Of tho
universe The most brilliant flowers, the
most delicious fruits the orange, the apple,
and the peach, arc red Through the an
inal kingdom red prcdominatcs, as in the
king Of beasts. the lion But go further.
Adam. the first Of mankind, was red Tl8
greatest OF Grcoians, Jul tier, Apollo and
Vulcan, were crimson. SAMSON, whose
strength was gigantic derived his power
from hs red hair, and the destiny Of tho
empire of Athens depended ON the red hair
Of Nisus Queen Elizabeth had rcd hair.
so had Spencer and Shakespeare Milton
IS another instance Of the proof Of my pro
position Also Dcfoe, the author Of that
worldrnowued story. Robinson Cusoc
Lafayette had red hair Bonapartcs hair
was oil This lolor, Artamus Wagd bad rcd
hair so have Che Red Indians or else why
% namcdf' etc.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13

to n breakfast very different. and served I'M
very differently, from the morning meal nj
home. Halls appetite, which the brisk
morning walk had Sharncncd, had suddenly
ahaicd with MIR Van Nests salutatinn. and
wholly departed at his witc's cold look at
the "ucw boy" Tho first order was In
hitch the horse to the plough, then an old
tin bucket was handed Hal and they started
Tor the field. MIR Van Nest said. ''Stick
To Your business to-day, boy; look sharp.
Tor want YOU to pick mp angle worms, as
| turn the turrow, and an that gallon buc-
kot, II YOU re smart and know what's ruod
Tor yourself
Are YOU going fishing 3" Hal asked with
sudden interest
Never YOU mind where I'm going only
follow me and stick to business
ttal did not mind STOPPING over SO many
times IN a minute, at first, though the birds
sang their love songs i'm the trees around
him, and the hrcczcs whispered in his car,
as they famed his check, To Come, come
Der the hills and away, fishing. lie re-
sisted the impulse to tly. aud did stick To
business most assiduously. After while
he vcnturcd TO ask again:
"What are you going to do with all these
worms, sell them TO the studcntsIn
And lac was told again: Never YOU
mind what I'm going To do with them; YOU
Just stick to your business -
When noon CarHc, and they went To din
ncr, poor Hal had became SO dissustcd with
his work, that eating was a farce. Before
starting for the field again, lac made pro
test, but was, "Scc here. boy. YOU and |
madco bargain for n day 'swor<, yon dowhat
tell YOU or ! II make YOU.
Hal waNsuhducd, and marched off. and
went to work. lie was dizzy. faint. tired
hungry, sick, but lac dragged himself after
that everlasting plough. And so the long
afternoon Wore away, for all things have an
ending, and SO did this wrctchcd day
They went TO the barn, unhitched, and the
man took up the bucket, shook his head,
said mot half enough, and putting pen
ny in llars extended hand, said "Now,
clickct Tor home, youngstcr, before dark. "
Hal threw the money at the mans head,
and started on run. How he got over
the ground, hc said he never knew, but he
burst I'm upon his astonishcd family looking
dclHpidatCd enough and very considerably
dcmoraliacd lie sobbingly told the story
OF his wrongs, aud as he sal I'm the large
rocking chair, looking into the glowing cm-
hcrs of a Spring fire, which burned low up
on the hearth, he soliloquizcd thus:
81 don't believe, as long as live, shall
ever care cent for angle worms again,
and you'll never catch me complaining
again, can tell YOU
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13

II Is mistake 10 suppose that man ncv-
or employed as conductor of horse car un-
less he can bring the certificate Of n
respectable physician tcstifying 10 his total
deafness. IL only seems 80 to you because
you happen not To attract his attention when
particularly dcsirous to take his car
Ii is mistake TO think that your actions
or desires have any influence on the Dispen-
ser of weather You should bc thankful
they do not If they did, Old Prob would
60 mad and your fellow countrymcn 90 mad
der.
II Is n mistake TO think your intcrocutor
is listening to what you say. He il think
irg either Of what he has said or is going to
say, just as you were and II he.
II is mistake, young man, when YOU
think the 6 rls are just dying after you. II
is only You who arc thoroughly in love with
yourself.
1t is mistake for preacher to say, Just
one word more, and | am done" lIo but
lcngthcns his discourse by 40 much, without
dccciying any one of his hearers for an in
stnnt.
1t Is mistake TO suppose that everybody
is thinking about you. You do so much of
that kind Of work yourself that you exhaust
the subject
1t is "A mistake to expect direct answer
from politician. His life is giving to dodg-
ing questions before election and giving eva
sivc answers after election.
II is mistake 20 suppose that profess
ing Christians perfect. lie IL very much
like yourself
IT is a mistake to .uppOse that your chill
drcn will be satisfied with your experience
You didn't accept your fathers, but prefer.
red taking term in the same dear school.
1t is mistake to suppose that men do not
mean what they say. There is but one man
OF whom you can positively make that aillr-
nation.
II is mistake TO suppose that the dis
maly piuus man has had change Of heart
The change is ia his liver, if anywhere.
it is mistake 10 suppose that people 90
10 a concert TO hear the music They simp-
ly go 10 exchange receipts for doughnuts
and drop cakes.
IL is mistake TO suppose that your friend
Is COnsumcdly interested In your eloquent
description of your liver troubles On the
contrary, hc is excessively anxious TO tell
YOU Of his catarrh.
10 is mistake 10 with The butcher would
remove thc bones before weighing your
meat How would you like TO be- weighed
that way yourself
u is mistake 10 Suppose thai physicians
know how TO- treat your constitutional diaor-
dcrs as tcll as yourself You know well
well cnOught what is best Tor you, but YOU
dislike tO undergo the proper regimen. You
employ doctor. paying him for shoulder
ing The responsibility Of yonr sickness. and
handicap his efforts with al your unhcalth.
fuI habits and practices.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13
Gastronomrcs In the Tyroi.

Throughout South Germany the English
traveller is apt 90 complain Of the prominent
place which veal occupies among gastl ono
mic materials, and Tyrol is no exception
to the rule. IL must be- said. however,
that much ingenuity is displayed in varying
the forms i'm which it appears Moreover,
1t is a fact that other kinds OF animal food
arc obtainabc Beef is tOlerablc, ham and
bacon are much better than an Englshman.
who is apt TO think that swincs flesh is
unoatable on the Continent, would suppose.
Chamois when fresh (Which il seldom is.
that served at tables d'hote being preserved
from the previous winter i'm picklc), and
roc arc very tolcrablc. But il is in her
puddings that the Tyrolcsc cook displays
her genius. NJ Albert Wolf Frcnchman
though hc Ia, has rendered homage to the
excellence Of the Tyrol mchispciscn, and
their variety is incXLausuble Let not the
English housewife, however hope 10 "pick
up wrinkle, unless she be ono who can
contemplate without dismny the use Of "a
dozen eggs and pint uf cream 10 q single
dish. 10 is on the unlimited supply Of tho
Ingredients, as VOL as on her own skin,
that the TyrOlcse cook relics. I'm The mat
ter Of drink the strangers will fare as well
as elsewhere. just as iu Switzerland, there
are two kinds Of winc-rcd and white
both very decent when not too new but
they are not, as i'm Switzerland, bottled and
labelled according % the price which the
consumer wishes TO pay. Till recently.
the regular measure was the sCjtlL about
twO-thlrds Of pint but Of late years the
lilre and its fractions have como into geno
raj use
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13
PnInlcsa Denlh

In one Of his lectures Prof. Tyndall spoke
OF the great probability that entire absence
OF pain accompanied death 10y lightning.
IL is probably supposed that an impression
made by the nerves, a blow or pnncture is
felt at the precise instant it is inflicted. but
such is not the fact. The seat Of sensation
is the brain, and intelligence cf the injury
must be transmitted TO this organ through
a certain set Of nerves, acting as telegraph
wires, before we become conscious of pain.
This transmission or tclegraphng from the
seat of injury to the brain takes time, long
er or shorter, according 10 the distance Of
the injured part from the brain, and accord
ing u the susceptibility Of the particular
nervous system operated on. IIelmhOtZ,
by experiments, determined the velocity Of
this nervous transmission in frog TO be a
little over 50 feet in n second; i'm the whale
about 100 feet per second, and in n man
nj an average Of 900 feet per second. If,
for instance, n whale 30 feet long were
wounded in the tail, il would not become
conscious OF the injury nnti half a second
after tho wound had been inaiclcd. But
this is not the only ingredient in the delay.
1t is believed that in every act Of conscious
ness a determined molecular arrangement
OF the brain takes place, so that, besides
the interval of transissiOn, a still further
time is necessary for the brain 10 put itself
IN order or It's molecules 10 take up the mo.
tions or positions necessary for the compile
ton Of consciousness H0lmhoitz considers
that one-tcnth Of "A second is required for
this purpose. Therefore, in the case Of
whale, one second and one-teuth would
clapsc before an impression made upon its
caudal nerves could be responded TO BY a
whale fifty feet long.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13
SHE ONLY SAID GOOD-BY.

Gcod-by, II it please you, sir-good by.
This is a world where the Wild swans AZ,
This is a world where the thorn hangs on
When the rose its time 10 gone, Is gone
-by-Eood-by- goo1-by.
Good-by, II it please you. s,r-good-by
Iou are here and away care .ot WHY.
This is = world where = man has hi. will.
a world whore a woman had test be still.
Gcol-by-EOO sood-by.
Gooi-by. II it Please you, sir sood-by.
This il a wCrld rhCre-we see the Ky,
After while the stars Will fall.
AMI Tie end w.ll-msks An end OF it all
oCd-by-Sood-by- -good-by.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13
Genius ana want
Homer was a bcggar.

Homer was "a bCggar
Spencer died in want
Ccrvantcs died Of hunger
Torrance, the dramatist, was n slave.
Dryden lived in poverty and distress.
Sir Walter Raleigh died ON the scdnold.
Butler lived q life Of pcnury and died
poor.
Bacon lived a life Of mcanncss and dis
trcss.
Plautus the Roman comic poet, turned
n mill.
Paul Borghcsc had fourteen trades, and
yet starved with an.
Tasso, tho Italian poet, was often dis
trcsscd for five shillings
steele, the humorsl, lived lifc of per
feet warfare with bailins
Otway, The English dramaist, died
prcmaturcly, and through hunger
Chaucri01, the child Of genius and mis-.
fortune, destroyed himself at eighteen.
Bcntivoglio was refused admittanoa iul0
% hospital he mad himself erected
The death Of Collins was through neglect.
fret causing mental arrangement
Savage died iu prison al Bristol where
hc was confined Tor thc debt of forty dol
lars
Fielding lies in the buryng ground Of
The English factory at Lisbon, without q
stone to mark The spot
Milton sold hia oopynght Of "Paadisc
Loaf iar seventy five dollars, at three pay.
ucnis, and finished his lifc in obscurity
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13

Goldsmth's "Vlcar of Wakefield was
sold for a triaO - save him from She grip
Of the law.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-12-13

o. is wOu1crm how .Uerta man
can bc Whom hc knows hiscaust d. just.
and how h0i-tcfou. no becomes when
he knows hc s.. Bro tho wrong.
Snow me ihe man whOcarcs no more
Tor one place than another, and J VIII
show you ln that person one who loves
nothing but himself
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22

A dispatch from Savannah an.
nounces that Judge Erskine, of the
United States Court, has decided an
important case covering the most com.
mon point of issue on the civil rights
question. A negro woman took herseat
on the "white" deck of a steamer.
The captain ordered her below, where
accommodations were provided for her
class. She declined to go, and being
put off the boat at the next landing
sued for damages. Judge Erskine de-
cided that common carriers have the
right to provide different accommoda-
tions for different classes of passengers
and to assign each class to its quarters.
As Judge Woods, of the Circuit Court,
has decided in a school question that
equality does not mean identity, and
that separate accommodations may be
provided and insisted upon, this set
ties the civil rights question as far as
Georgia is concerned.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
Shooting ARRAY.

One day last week, on the road from
Tuscumbia to Florence, Alabama, two
lightning-rod men from Mckenzie
Tennessee, became involved in diff.
Guilty. Their names are Pate and Den
ming. Pate drew his pistol and fred
upon Denning, missing him, Whereup-
on Denning presented his revolver
and shot his antagonist three times in
quick succession, the first shot taking
effect in the head, the second in the
arm, and the last crashed through his
right lung. 1t is thought Pate -
not recover. We understand Dem
ming was entirely justi6able. Hun
tixgdon Hudto1tor.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-05-22
ATERRIBLE DEATH.
A Young Man Killed by O RIM
away Mule.

On last Tuesday evening, during
the thunder storm, a most heart-rend>
ing occurrence took place on the farm
of Mrs. Nooner, near Pinson, in this
county. A young man by the name
of Newton Vantreese, who was re-
siding on the place, was plowing, but
observing the threatening appearance
of the clouds, concluded to unhitch
his mule from the plow and ride him
to the house. But the storm was fast
approaching, and before he reached
the house it bursted upon him with all
its fury. AS we understand it, he had
to pass through grove before enter
ing the lane leading up to the house.
Just as he was riding through this lit.
tie piece of timber, his mule (still
ingitsgearing) became frightened
at the loud reports of thunder, began
rearing and plunging in the widest,
manner, and soon threw its rider, but
in the fall Mr.. Vantreeses foot be-
came entangled in the gearing. The
mule then began running. dragging
and kicking as it went the helpless
young man. 1t ran through the woods
and out into the mouth of a lane,
along which it continued until near a
bridge on the Pinson road, when it be-
came worse frightened and turning,
ran nearly halfway back, where it
stopped, and then, as if inspired by the
angry elements, began stamping and
kicking and biting the dead and man.
gled body of young Vantreese. BY
this time assistance arrived land the
parties described the mule as being
perfectly wild with frenzy-on the
terrible scene. The body that few
moments before represented health
and activity, was now blackened and
bleeding mass of flesh, so as to be hard.
ly recognized. 1t is not known whether
he was killed outright in the race, or
was stamped to death by the vicious
animal. Certainly it has not been
our painful duty to chronicle sadder
or more terrible death than this
Juckson Tribune d Sun.