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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-14
Household

For cleaning children's heads, take
half pint of wheat bran in tin dish,
turn quart OF boiling water upon it,
stir it thoroughly, and let it stand and
settle till cold. Drain off the liquor, and
add teaspoonful Of spirits of ammonia.
Wash the head and hair we'll with
sponge dipped in the liquid: then rinse
with pure soft water, and you will have
your little peoples heads as clean and
sweet as you could wish. Dry off by
rubbing with a soft dry towel, and a
good brushing, (Fine- toothed combs are
not good thing to use with children IN
less you are obliged to- I find this
wash for cleaning heads just as good for
grown up folks heads as for children,
and they need it applied quite as fire.
quently.
This liquid will keep sweet for two or
three weeks if a little salt is add ed, and
If it is kept in bottle, either in the cellar
or refrigerator. Try it once to prove its
efficacy, and you will not wish to test
any other recipe for cleaning heads.
When one has fever, and the hair is
falling off, take a teacuptul|of1sage, stepped
well IN quart of soft water; strain off
into tight bottle, with an ounce of bo-
'rax added. Rub the head with it daily
and it Will stop the hair falling off, invig-
crate the growth, and make It soft and
bright, instead Of rough and brashy. I
have used 1t in my own family very sue
cessfully, and recommended it to Others,
and never yet knew it to fail Any such
remedy requires frequent applications and
attention to insure cure. One or two
trials are not of much account, as it takes
time and patience, which in this, as in
most other business matters, will accom-
plish what they undertake. .f..
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-14
Betting ON a Dead Thing.

One Of the frequenters of brokers' Of
fee in this city is man who will bet on
any kind OF proposition. When he en-
tiers the Office in the morning he greets
the gentlemen present by saying, "Morn-
in, boys! Is there anything any Of yc
want to bet on this nornin'?' And he
hangs round all day watching for chances
to bet; and, if man ventures an opinion
about the stock market, hints that per-
haps Sierra Nevada may sell for forty
next week, he will pounce on him like
hawk on June bug, and offer to bet him
hundred that it don't sell for forty in
six years. The other day the boys put
up job ON him. They got fly, dipped
its feet In mucilage, and stuck it on a
sash-trame in the office. Flies arc pretty
thick around this Office. Of course there's
not much for a fly to eat in a brokers'
office; but, between ink, and mucilage,
and the breath of the clerks, they manage
to exc out subsistence. Pretty soon
another fly sailed through the front door
from restaurant around the corner, and
settled down on the sash near the fly that
the boys had fixed, and III few moments
the betting-man dropped in, with
his usual salutation about betting.
And after some preliminary Skin
mishing about not being on the gamble,
being busted in stocks, and OTHER little
by-plays to make the betting man think
they were not anxious for wager, one of
the boys spoke up and said:
"Pard, I'll tell you what will do; I'll
bet you that that fly in the corner of that
sash moves before that other fly about
six inches from him does"
The fly in the corner was the fly from
the restaurant, and the other was the fly
with the mucilage on It's feet.
"1t's whack' said the betting man.
"Bet you hundred my fly moves first"
The money was put up, and all eyes
were intently bent on the window. Prct-
ty soon the mucllage fly made a struggle
to free itself, and succeeded in dragging
itself about half its length on the sash
frame.
my money!" exclaimed the betting
man.
The others did not want to give it up,
as the movement had only been barely
pcrceptible.
''Do you want to keep me here all day
betting against dead f "" said the bet
ting man.
The boys rushed to the window to ex-
anime their fly.
It was dead!
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-14
The Alhambra in Danger.

The hill above Grenada, on which
stands the famous palace Of the ancient
Moorish kings Of Spain, has recently CIV
ensiggns ofsliding away, so that this splen-
did monument of a memorable epoch in
the history of Europe, made dear by
Washington Irving to the hearts of all
his readers, is in danger of ruin and
downfall even more complete than wars,
earthquakes and time have already pro-
duced. On the authority of the Leattad
newspaper of Madrid, it is stated that the
soil has begun already to slip away in
masses, and threatens to break into pieces
the Alhambra with itself. 1t is further
said that the Alcabaya, spacious and
splendid structure at the base Of the hill,
which was formerly the residence of the
Moorish nobility, is in danger of destruc-
ton from the same causes. The Alham-
bra, which is commonly assigned a
second place among ruins in
Europe, the Colosseum at Rome
being first ana Heidelberg Castle
third, was erected at various dates, chiefly
between 1913 and 1854, and was occu-
pied by the Moors until their expulsion
from Spain in 1892. It was fortified in
the strongest manner known to the be
Rod. The wall is more than mile in
circuit; it is fanked BIZ thirteen square
towers, incloses thirty-fve acres, and is
capable of holding 10000 men. The ex-
erior' of the fortress is not beautiful to
look upon, except IN its picturesqueness
as seen from distance, among the noble
woods that surround it, but the interior
halls and the decorations stand unriyalled
among palaces for their splendor and
their exquisite and costly beauty. In
1862 Isabella, then queen of Spain, gave
directions for the restoration of the palace
to its ancient condition, and while the
the work was carried on with care and
vigor for some time. the sums of money
devoted to it have not been sufficient to
complete the work in a satisfactory man
ner.
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act words OF General Stuart. The ex-
pressions used by Brown have been. I
think, recorded with precise accuracy.
Some of these impressed me as particn-
larly CHARACTERISTIC OF the man; among
others, the words 1--WE eoldiers'' and 81
would as leave die by a bullet as on the
gallows.' The former seemed to indicate
that he associated Stuart and himself to-
gether, in his own mind, as military men,
who we're not apt to be frightened at the
prospect of approaching death, and the
latter phrase showed that he realized
what his fate would be if he surrendered
acknowledgement bullet and
the gallows there was little, il any,
choice.
Stuart having returned to Colonel Lee
and reported Browns reply to the sum-
mons, orders were given to prepare tor
an attack on the engine house, which was
made little after sunrise. A long lad
der was obtained and used as battering
ram by the marines. A line manned it on
each side and twas driven against the door
IN the midst of hot fire from Brown and
his men through the loop-holes. This
1lre was fatal to one or two of the mar
ines, but the door was driven in. and
Lieutenant Israel Greene, who led the
attack, cut Brown on the head with his
sword, and he fell. Many erroneous
statements afterward appeared as to the
particular manner in which Brown was
disabled; but this is a correct account,
derived from Lieutenant Greene. He in
formed me. I think, that the weapon
used was a small dress sword and that
the whole affair took place in moment.
l will add that any statement made by a
person as heightened and unassuming as
Major Greene, is entitled to implicit
faith. The other members of the party
were soon cut down and captured and
the prisoners released from their long
confinement, to the great Joy of their
friends, who crowded around them to
congratulate them. Brown and his COM
panions were placed under guard, and
with this ended the first act of the
| rem arkab drama.
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we said to them but it was long time

we said to them: but it was long time
before any of them would come. The
first to adventure was darkey. As he
was hanging to the bowsprit, we cried
"Let COP and down he came The next
man missed the boat and went overheard.
We got him, but lost our hold and away
he went. One of our crew then said, 60
ashoer; don't stop, but 60 ashore. There
was man over the bow who had pow
erful voice aud just then he cried, Come
back, come along side! who is he my
father asked, and, finding he was the cap
tain said, Let's get him. When he
showed himself on the bow of the ship
he had boy under his arm. He was
pretty slow and pretty clumsy,
but he managed to. get down, and knock
ed my father down as he fell"
Eight men in all were saved. One
hundred and sixteen people remained on
the ship.
"Were they drowned?'' the reporter
asked.
"They froze to death, said the old man
mournfully.
The bodies were washed ashore; about
sixty of them were buried at Rockaway
Centre, where a handsome monument mas
been raised over their remains.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-14
A Pullman Car Incident.

1t was in a Pullman "sleeper' between
Albany and Buffalo. Among the passen-
gers were middle-aged couple, evident
ly on their first Journey, and a sour-faced
old maid, rather dessicated IN her gener-
al effect, who was travelling alone. The
couple had an upper berth, and the maid
en- we'll stricken in years the upper berth
in the adjoining section. In the same car
were couple of frol1csome youths, ready
for any kind of mischief. Bed. time came.
and all hands retired. But the husband
could not sleep. Whether it was because
of the motion of the cars, the noise or
the novelty OF the situation, he could not
tell, but, try as he would, he could not
sleep. Atlength it occurred to him that
he was thirsty. The more he thought of
it the more thirsty he got. So he called
the porter, who brought the ladder and
helped him down. Now, while he was
gone for the water, one of the "bovs"
stepped out of bed and shifted the ladder
SO that it rested against the berth in
which the ancient maiden was Sleep
ing, and then returned to his bed to
note the result. In moment or two the
husband returned, and crept quietly
up the steps. anxious to make as little
noise as possible, so as not to awaken his
wife. The occupant Of the berth, thus
rudely intruded upon, awokc with start,
and screamed. The husband, supposing
it to be his easily frightened wife, tried
to reassure her, and said, "It's only me.p
"Only you, you old scoundrel," said the
venerable maiden, I'll teach you a les
son. and with that she seized him bv the
hair of his head and screamed for help.
Then he howled with pain. Then his
wife, awakened by the noise, discovered
where her husband was, and raised her
voice!in lamentation, heaping reproache
upon her faithless spouse. Then the
passengers all got up and demanded an
explanation of all the commotion, and
foremost among them the wretch who
had caused it all. Then the husband
covered with confusion, and utterly I'm
able to account for what he had done.
climbed down from his perch and slunk
away to bed; where he was soundly lee
tured for his faithlessness. Altogether it
was most uncomfortable though ludic-
rous situation, and the glances of def
ance that were exchanged between the
wife and the old maid all through the
next day were study. The cause of all
the trouble leaked out, but it never
reached the ears of those chiefly affected
by it.
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ABUDAH.
BY WILLIAM c. RICHARDS.


In days Of old princely merchant had
His palace mid the palm-trees OF Bagdad;
While from that stately dwelling-place afar,
His costly traffic filed large bazaar,
Where dainty fabrics of Arabian looms,
OF georgeoes dyes, and heavy with perfumes;
And precious gums and tiligraines OF gold
Will. pearls OF wondrous size and worth were
sold.
But neither palace in the palm-grove's shade,
Nor all the ceaseless revenues OF trade.
With high renOwn, that grew with wealth's
increase,
Brought to Abudah's heart the boon of peace
For every night horrid shape pursued
His sight, and his chambers solitude,
Stood DER his couch with skinny hands out
spread
Clutched at his draperes close-but nothing
said.
Ia vain he closed his terror haunted eyes
In vain to Allah rose his piteous cries,
Thre' close-shut lids and mists OF tortured
prayer
The ghostly grimace Of the bag was there!
Impalpable to touch; to all but him
Unseen, unreal, the phantom Of q whim!
With the first flush Of morn the fury fled,
But neverfrom his breast her memory sped!
Through all the traffic of the shop and street.
The dread was there of what he had to meet:
A dread that chilled the eager heat Of trade,
And could not be, with lure lof gain, gain
sayed.
To drive the spectre thence all cunning failed,
No yig1lant care and no device availed,
To bar its entrance to the victims sight,
Whenever or how, he sought for rest at night
At length the torture of his bosom wrung-
This plea to Allah from his trembling tongue:
"Set me, o Allah, from this bondage free,
And whats oever thou wilt III yield'to the"
Stretched on diyan, faint and weeping sore,
His deeds and dealings he lay thinking DER;
Close were the jalousies upon his room
And fading twilight wrapt it In soft gloom;
When suddenly light supernal broke
And thus a voice from out the splendor
spoke:
Thy VOW is heard and pity waits on prayer;
The way of thy release 10! Ideclare.
FeaI God, Abudah and his commandments
keep;
And nevermore shall Terror haunt thy sleepw'
The CHICAGO Standard
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-14
NIGHT.

Nights shadows fall;
The pale moon glimmers through the shadel
About the poplars tall!
The rivers waves amid the reeds
Like wan, gray serpents crawl.
A hushing wind doth 20
In secret where
The rushes bend with the waves flow,
And the reeds twist like hair
Slow stealing, till it shakes the ashen boughs
With sudden gusts of air.
Somewhere, a too-late bird
Makes shrill sound;
Close by, marsh frogs are heard
Upon the weedy ground;
A white owl fits on ghostly wing,
And the bats swarm around.
The quivering planets shine
Through the black night;
They seem to hang like fre-fies on
The tree-tops all alight;
The rustling topmost leaves all CLEAN
With silverY white.
The pale moon grows apace
A warmer hue;
It draws veil across the face
OF night, which looketh through,
It floods the hills and hidden dells
With misty, yellow hue.
Like pale gold dew it lies,
On half-seen trees;
With broad and yellow sheets it clads
The sloping fowery leas;
Its misty smile in the fair skies
Lights up the restless seas.
A hushing wind doth go
In secret where
The reeds within the rivers flow
Wave like twisted hair,
A nd dies in silence On tho Inc
OF lilies lying there.
Good Words
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FARM NOTES.

It said that every ton of dried tobac-
co leaves carried off exhausts from the
soil in mineral matter, as much us is con-
tanned in IA tons of the gra1r Of wheat.
The manure of cows and pigs resists
decomposition for a longer time than.
that of the sheep and horse both the
latter being dryer than the former and
decomposing more readily in the soil.
Only three things cat the tobacco
plant, the Angora goat, the tobacco worm,
and-man =, american Cuttayat0r.-How
about horses, deer, etc. The fact is, a
number, both of insects and animals, eat
tobacco.
Wild chickens numbered by thousands
are hunted as wild game in Comanche
county, Texas. A few years ago a large
number of domestic chickens were de-.
serted for some reason, by their owners
when they took to the brush, and the
woods are now full of them.
French feeders, It IS said, find that
feeding the fowls with boiled or steamed
carrots, chopped into small pieces, rapid
ly fattens them and imparts an agreeable
flavor to The flesh, greatly relished by
epicures, and the fowls thus fed sell more
rayidly than others.
That clover should be cut during the
early Towering OF the plant will be seen
by the following quotations from Wolff,
the well-known German chemist, who
says: ''Red clover cut when it begins to
flower, contains 55.43 per cent. Of nutri-
tive food; if cut in full flower it contains
1907 per cent.
Wheat-growing on large scale has
only been carried on in the Argentine
Republic for two or three years, and yet,
at last accounts, forty vessels were in the
river La Plata loaded with wheat for
Europe. Immigrants from Italy, France
and Germany are fast filling up the coun-
try, and their grain shipments may yet
rival those of the United States.-Neu
England Farmer. Those who know the
capability OF the West will smile at the
! tropical and hiliy Argentine Republic
rivaling the United States in growing
grain.
Imitation meerschaum pipes are now
manufactured from potatoes in France.
A peeled potato is placed in sulphuric
acid and water, in the proportion of
eight parts Of the former to 100 of the
latter 1t remains in this liquid thirty
| six hours to blacken, is dried with blot
! ting paper, and submitted to a certain
pressure, when it becomes material that
can be readily carved. The counterfeit
is said to be excellent. An imitation
ivory sufficiently hard for billiard balls,
can be made by still greater pressure A
| resemblance of coral is obtained by treat
| ing carrots in the same manner.
Sometime since we stated that DR..
Manly Miles, late professor of Agricul-
ture at the Michigan Agricultural COL
lege, was to take charge of Houghton
Farm, Mountainville, Orange county, N.
| Y. We now understand that the owner,
Mr.. Lawson Valentine, intends to insti-
tute and carry on scientific experiments
there, somewhat on the plan OF those at
Rothamstead, England. The director
ship has been given to Dr. Miles, whose
previous labors in this direction, and
many valuable contributions to scientific
agriculture, most e1cellently qualify him
for the position.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-09-14

And this closed the interview, which 1
have given in nearly, if not quite, the ex-
The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-11-07
A iO-ssamp NH in prssoott-why nos'

We second the motion of the business men who propose ;he erection of ten- stamp mill in Prescott. Tbeenterprise is not only one which is very much needed in the town bat ii is DO less needed in the sid of the mining interests adjacent. Fuel and water can both be obtained at a trifling COST. and there are plenty of mines in sight of town that would furnish the ore 10 keep it running.
 In Colorado. mIner can derelope his property however poor he may be, because he can fEnd a market for the product of his mine. Be it one hundred or thousand pounds. be can sell it for its assay value, aud with the cash thus obtained. get the means of subsistence and resume bis wnrk of developing bis property. In this way, b undreds of mines are beng opened that w ,uid never prove valuable at all
 Here ia Arizsua. a man may have q mine worth large sum Of money. buE he is not able to bay the food to sustain life while he performs inc labor of sinking shaft to sufficient depth 10 prove Its value
 Let the mill bo erected and purchase the ore of these men.
 Let the comP4ny huy the productof these mines as merchant buys the produce of the farmer.
 If ore enough was not at once fuEn- ished tn keep it going, the company could lease or purchas mines aud make it very profitable investment.
 The Isabella mill at Globe City hss oaIy five stamps. and yet it is turnisg out some 10000 ounces ofhullion per week r. has in- fused new life aad hope in the Globe Dis triet, and the success has caused the erec- ton of three or four OtLeT mitls in that lo- cality.
 There is plenty of capital in Prescott and the business men are not wanting 70 make II marvellous success. There could be DO Better investment in Arizona than q mill of this kind. Lsi the company be organized at once. Who will inaugurate the move -mentl
The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-11-07
Good Reports from Altar District.

Tucson Citizen: Mr Manuel vasquez with his family returned from a six weeks trip south, which extended as far a5. Guay- mas, on the Gulf. Mir. Vasquez reports politics and business dull, with the exUep- tion of the Altar District In this district times are more prosperous and the outloc k more promising than for a long period past. Among the great resources of this district arc the extensive placer mines, which Mir. Vasquez thinks it Will be impossible to wash out in 300 years 10 come. Many poor men are trusted for an outfit for the placers and in a few days return with sufficient dust to pay up and buy more. As an evidence of what is being done, Mir. Nssquez brought with him S0is ounces of gold dust and bullion, valued at sl ,449 The gold taken from the Altar dIstuct is all of a very high grade.
 Besides mining there are important graz ing and agricultural interests, the merchants are all busy, greenbacks are quite numer- ous and are much preferred to silver. Al together the present condition of Altar dis trict is very encouraging and considerable geld may be exported from there this year.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-11-07
Supervisors Meet.

The Board of Supervisors met this morn- ing for the purpose of settling with the District Attorney and receiving the list of delinquent tax-payes for the year 1878. The Board examined the list and found it cor rect. The list IS to be published and if there is a single person whose name appears in the list that holds receipt it is his or her duty to notify the Clerk of the Board. We hope the list will appear soon.
The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-11-07
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, 1879-02-27
STOP DRINKING VINEGAR.

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have ruined their health by drinking vin-
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MI undue assimilation Of the fatty ingre-
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COLORADO SPRINGS, COL, July Is, 1878.
BOTANIC MEDICINE Co.. Buffalo. n. Y:
Gentlcmen-I lost three pounds while
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Yours truly, MRs. NJ. b. MYERS.
, 1879-02-27
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BALTIMORE. Nd. July 18th. 1878.
Props ALLAN's ANTI-FAT, Buffalo n. Y:
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