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Daily globe., 1879-05-18
Are Animals Sensible to Ridicule?

Mr.. Sidney Buxton, in one of his
amusing papers on animals, in the AnS
NAL World for February, says that dogs
and horses are, as far as he knows, the
only animal sensitive to ridicule, while
cats and birds are wholly unaware that
they are being laughed at. He tells of a
pony of his own which gets very cross
when disparaging remarks are made
upon him, and sbecomes furious, and
stamps about his stall, putting back his
ears, and attempting to bite" if he is
openly laughed at, while praise greatly
pleases him. The truth is that it is only
those creatures which can feel sympathy
with men which can also appreciate ridi-
cule. The horse sympathizes evidently
with many of his riders feelings and
amusements. while the dog can enter
into no small proportions Of his feelings
But birds and cats, though often exceed,
ingly afectionate, and full of attachment
to individuals, hardly ever attempt to en-
ter into human feelings-as Cowper's dog
Beau, for instance entered into the poets
desire to possess himself Of the water lily
The hatred of ridicule always accompan
les a capacity for sympathy. Certainly
dogs, and probably horses, know the diff
ference between being laughed at in de
rision, as we laugh at fools, and being
laughed at in admiration, as we laugh at
good comic actor, and enjoy the latter a
much as they resent the former. 1t i
questionable, however, whether some par
rots do not understand and enjoy the
practice of making fun of their human
acquaintances-do not appreciate the ar
of duping, and take pleasure in it.-Th
| SDectnt0r
Daily globe., 1879-05-18
The blessed rains are our farmers gains.
Crowning the mountains, hills and plains
With bud and blossom everywhere,
Sweet'ing the winds with fragrant air,
While the wind their choral anthems sing
The opening season, beautiful spring"
Shakspeare's Early Married Life.

The Hathaways had lived in Shottery
for forty years prior to shakspeare's mar
riage. The poet, then wholly undistin-
guished, had just turned eighteen, while
his bride was nearly twenty six, and it
is often said now that she did very wrong
to wed this boy lover. They were married
in November, 1852, and their first child,
Susanna, came the following May. Anne
Hathaway must have been very fascinat-
ing woman, or Shakespeare would not
have so loved her; and she must have
loved him dearly-as what woman, in
deed, could help it!-or she would not
thus have yielded to his passion. There
is direct testimony to the beauty of his
person; and in the light afforded by his
writings it requires no extraordinary
penetration to conjecture that his brilliant
mind, sparkling humor, tender fancy, and
impetuous spirit must have made him in
his youth the very paragon of enchanters.
1t is not known where they lived during
the first year after their marriage. Per-
haps in this cottage at Shottery. Perhaps
with Hamnet and Judith Sadler, for
whom their twins, born in 1885, were
named Hamnet and Judith. Her fathers
house assuredly would have been chosen
for Annes refuge, when presently, in 1886,
Shakespeare was obliged to leave his wife
and children, and 60 away to London to
seek his fortune. He did not buy New
Place till 1897, but it is known that in
the mean time he came to his native coun-
try once every year. 1t was in Stratford
that his son Hamnet died, in 1896. Anne
and her children probably had never left
the town. They show her bedstead and
other bits of her furniture, together with
certain homespun sheets of everlasting
linen, that are kept as heirlooms to this
day, in the garret of the Shottery cottage
Here is the room that must often have
welcomed the poet when he came home
from work in the great city. It is a very
homely and humble place, but the sigh
Of it makes the heart thrill with strang.
and incommunicable awe. You can no
wish to speak when you are standing
there. You are scarcely conscious of tn
low rustling of the leaves outside, the far
off sleepy murmuring of the brook, O
the faint fragrance Of woodbine ant
maiden's blush that is waited in at tn
open easement, and that swathes in ma
ture's incense memory sweeter than it
self.
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A Thrilling Adventure.

A merchant wishing to celebrate his
daughters wedding, collected a party of
her young companions. They circled
round her, wishing much happiness to
the youthful bride and her chosen one
The father gazed proudly on his favored
child, and hoped as bright prospects
might open for the rest of his children,
who was playing among the guests.
Passing through the hall of the base
ment he met servant who was CARRYING
a lighted candle in her hand without the
candlestick. He blamed her for such
conduct, and went into the kitchen to see
about the supper. The girl returned, but
without the candle. The merchant i'm
mediately recollected that several bar
rels of gunpowder had been placed in the
cellar during the day, and that one had
been opened.
"Where is your candle?' he inquired
in the utmost alarm.
81 couldn't bring it up with me, fol
my arms were full of wood,'' said the
girl.
"Where did you put it?''
"Well, I'd no candlestick, so stuck il
in some black sand that's in the sand bar.
rel;
Her master dashed down the stairs
the passage was long and dark; his knees
threatened to give way under him, his
breath was choked; his flesh seemed dry
and parched, as if he already felt the suf:
locating blast of death. At the end OF
the cellar, under the very room where hi
children and their friends were reveling
in felicity, he saw the open barrel o1
powder full to the top, the candle stuck
loosely in the grains, with long rec
snuff Of burnt wick. The sight seemed
to wither all his powers. The laughter
of the company. struck his ear like thu
knell of death. He stood a moment, un
able to move.
The music commenced above; the fee
of the dancers responded with vivacity
the floor shook, and the loose bottles in
the cellar jingled with the motion. HI
fancied the candle was moving-falling
With desperate energy he sprang forward
but how to remove it. The slightes
touch would cause the red-hot wick to fal
into the powder. With unequaled pres
ence of mind he placed hand on eacl
side Of the candle, pointed toward tn
object of care, which, as his hands met
was secured in the clasp of his finger
and safely moved away from his danger
Gus position. When he reached the heat
of the stairs he smiled at his previou
alarm; but the reaction was too powerful
and he fell in fits Of the most violen
laughter. He was conveyed to his be-
senseless, and many weeks elapsed ere hi
system recovered sufficient tone to allo1
him to resume his business.
Daily globe., 1879-05-18
Trials of Newspaper Men.

One of the greatest trials of the news
paper profession is that its members are
compelled to see more Of the shams Of
the world than any other profession.
Through every newspaper office, day after
day, go all the weaknesses Of the world ;
all the vanities that want to be puffed all
the revenges that want to be reaped; all
the dull speakers who want to be thought
eloquent; all the meanness that wants to
get its wares noticed gratis in the editorial
columns, in order to save the tax of the
advertising columns; all the men who want
to be set right who were never right; all
the cracked-b Drained philosophers with
stories as long as their hair and as gloomy
as their fnger-nails in mourning because
bereft Of soap-all the bores who come to
s}ay five minutes, but talk five hours.
Through the editorial and reportorial
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Mistaken Kindness.

The father who for great portion ofhis
life has struggled with poverty, is unwill
ing that his children should have sim
liar experience. So he denies himself in
dulgence in even the necessary things that
he may save and make for his family.
The mother, remembering how irksome
household tasks were to her in her girl
hood, permits her daughters to lead lives
of ease and Incidence, thinking that in SO
doing she makes the best manifestation in
her power of maternal love.
AS a natural consequence of this view
on the part of the parents, we see growing
up all around us young men and women
perfectly useless for all practical purposes
of life--unable to cope with misfortune.
Intellectual and moral fibre is inherent; it
must be built up from within, and is the
result of independent thought and action.
The sooner a boy can be made to wait
upon himself, the sooner will the germs OF
true manhood begin to develop within
him. Itls no Kindness to surround him
with such attention and care that he will
not be compelled to learn the lesson of self
reliance, of patient industry, of persisten
hope. The real crowns of this world are
the crowns of labor.
Daily globe., 1879-05-18
Mary WOllstOnecraft.

At the age of "a, when her mind, ripen-
ing late like her beautiful person, was, in
spite of past sorrows, fresh and keen and
deep in its capacity for happiness, she
met Gilbert INLAY, an American of some
talent, and in course of time contracted
with him what she intended to be life
long union. Love had never before en-
tered into her tender and maidenly heart.
Her life had been as clean of thought as
a nuns life; and now her offense, though
a great and grave one, was, in part at
least, an intellectual offense; she set aside
the Divine institution of marriage, pre-
suming to think it unnecessary to real
and permanent tie. We must not be
misunderstood when we say that her Of
Tense was not against puriety. The hon
est woman who out-lives two husbands,
and marries third, is more easily criti-
cised on this head than she; and the ordi-
nary woman of the world, who, though
blameless in her own conduct, is
apathetic as to the profigacy of
brother and son, is, to our mind,
somewhat too indulgently credited
by public opinion with love of virtue.
No such arbitrary distinctions found
place in Mary Wollstonecroft's code of
morals. AS she expresses herself, ''The
obligation Ito check the passions) is the
duty of mankind, not sequal duty"
Taking the following sentences, gathered
almost at radon from her book, it is diff
fcult to think that the hand which wrote
them was yielded, except in dignity and
honor, and faith in the cleanness of
ifc hoe cfi
motives to incite her to preserve chastity
* for her body has been called
the temple Of the living God; of that God
who requires more than modesty of
mein. His eye searcheth the heart; and
let her remember that if she hoped to find
favor in the sight Of purity itself, her
chastity must be founded on modesty,
and not on worldly prudence, or, verify,
a good reputation will be her only re-
ward "My sisters, when
love, even innocent love, is the
whole employment Of your lives, your
hearts will be to soft to afford modesty
to dwell, in close union with humanity"
Still more strikingly she says, in one of
the letters to INLAY, that she prefers the
word affection to slove," because the
former implies temperance and habit.
The man whose wife Mary Woilstonecraft
considered herself (and any Scotchwoman
would be virtuously married with less
form than passed between them) seems
from glimpses in her letters, to have been
a free thinker who had reduced imortality
to principle of conduct. Although she
knew his love of change, Mary watched
the calming of his passion for her with q
noble equanimity, trusting to her OWE
worth to attach her lover forever to her
"You must esteem me!'' she exclaims
with dignity. The story of her desertion
need scarcely be told.
Daily globe., 1879-05-18
ASD8r32uS


You ought to have an asparagus bed in
your garden, and it is high time you set
about making it. Of course you like
asparagus; everybody does. 1t is delici-
Gus; it is healthy; rheumatic people are
said to derive great benefit from its free
use. am not going to tell you how to
cook it, that is not my business, but I
can tell you how to raise it. Haven't
we.a bed, ten feet long and six feet wide,
that furnishes all the asparagus we use
in a family of six, and some to give
away to the neighbors who think it too
much work to make asparagus beds in
their own gardens? 1t takes some work
to prepare the ground properly for
asparagus, but when the bed is once
made it will last twenty-five years.
Mark off bed of the desired size in the
Daily globe., 1879-05-18
"ROmantic Girls"

The papers have recently been unusu-
ally full Of accounts of runaway girls,
elopements, etc. Two young misses, the
children of respectable parents, lett Phil
adelphia for New York in search of ad-
ventures, taking assumed names. Cry
ing and terrified, they were arrested at
night bv a policeman, wandering in one
of the worst purlieus of the city, exposed
to dangers the horrors of which they could
know nothing.
Another girl of sixteen, the child fan
eminent lawyer,in New England, escaped
to New York, and besieged the theatres
with entreaties to be allowed to go upon
the stage in leading parts.
The saddest story, however, Is that OF a
child of fourteen, living in the suburbs OF
New York, whose head was filled with the
romance found in cheap literary papers.
She made the acquaintance with young
man on the train which brought her to
the city every day to school.
Her father was wealthy, and the fellow,
who earned a palt1y sum as brakeman,
hoped to establish some hold upon her by
which he could make money. He was
coarsely bred, illiterate and dishonest,
having recently been an inmate of the
House Of Correction; but the foolish girl
did not look beyond his black mustache
and pastediamond pin. He told her that
he was Russian Of noble birth in dis
guise. They wrote to each other as
"Valdimir" and ''Stella," and finally the
infatuated girl married him.
The fact was discovered at once, the
girl brought home and a divorce obtain
ed; but her name had been dragged
through the public prints, and her whole
life is befouled and ruined by this one
ilreparable mistake.
Now where shall we look for cause o1
these miserable tragedies? Our girls
read too many frivolous and impure
stories. They promenade the streets alone
too much. They are allowed, if not en-
couraged, to talk Of and to attempt to fee
love at too early an age.
On the fashionable thoroughfares o1
every great city, you will see girls in thei1
teens, almost children, who should be in
the nursery, aping the dress, the manners
and the firtations of very vulgar class
of their elders. They apparently have nc
mothers to teach them that every stel
they take on this path diminishes thei1
chances of happiness in the future. They
will find plenty of men to t1irt witt
them, but the most dissolute man does
not choose the woman to marry, whose
heart has been the sport Of a dozen pas
sions or so-called friendships.
A young girl should be secluded under
her mothers protection as securely a
within the convent walls, and We are glae
to observe that among the highest CLASSES
in this country, the old-fashioned rigo
in the seclusion of girls is again the rule
Daily globe., 1879-05-18
Fifteen FOllies.

1st. To think that the more man
eats the fatter and stronger he will be-
come.
3D. To believe that the more houra
children study at school the faster they
learn.
Sd. To conclude that, if exercise is
healthful, the more violent or exhaustive
it is the more good is done.
4th To imagine that every hour taken
from sleep is an hour gained.
9th. To act on the presumion that the
smallest room in the house IS large
enough to sleep in.
9th. To argue that whatever remedy
causes one to feel Immediately better La
"good for'' the system without regard to
more ulterior effects.
7th. To commit an act which is felt
in itself to be prejudicial, hoping that
somehow or other it may be done in your
case with impunity.
9Th. To advise another to take rem
edy which you have tried on yourself,
without making special inquiry whether
the conditions are alike.
9th To eat without an appetite, OF to
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fed, merely to crafty the taste.
10th. To eat hearty for the pleasure
Experienced during the brief time it is
passing down the throat, at the expense
of whole night of disturbed sleep, and a
weary waking in the morning.
nth To remove portion of the
covering Immediately after exercise,
when the most stupid drayman in New
| York knows that if he does not put
cover on his horse the moment he ceases
to work in winter, he will lose him in
few days by pneumonia.
18th. To contend that because the
dirtiest children in the street or highway
are hearty or healthy, therefore it is
healthy to be dirty; forgetting that con-
tinuous daily exposure to the pure out
door air in joyous, unrestrained activities,
is such powerful agency for health that
those who live thus are we'll in spite OF
rags and filth.
18th. To presume to repeat, later in
life, without injury, the indiscretions, ex-
posures and intemperance which in the
flush of youth we're practiced with impu-
!, nifty.
14th. To believe that warm air ia
necessarily impure, or that pure cold air
is necessarily more healthy than the con-
fined air of crowded vehicle. The lat
ter at most can only cause nausea, while
entering a conveyance after walking
brikly and lowering window will, by
t exposing to a draft, give cold infal
!: libby, or an attack of pleurisy o.
pneumonia, which will cause weeks and
r months of suffering, if not actual deatl
q within four days.
e 18th To remember the Sabbath day
' by working harder and later ON Saturday
e than any other day in the week, with :
e view of sleeping late next morning ane
: staying at home e all day to rest, conscience
e being quieted by the plea of not feeling
8 very well.-HaU
Daily globe., 1879-05-18
DOMESTIC INTELLIGENCE.
TO A COUNTRY DAFFODn..

With hanging head and futtercd stalk,
A golden hcarald of the spring,
Telling how thrushes build and sing
Among the aurels in the walk
Where we have also loved and sung.
Come daffodl and whisper true.
(Hcre among city fog and smoke),
What tidings Of our trysting oak,
Where squirrels sport and pigeons coo,
As though the world were ever young
Tell me how all your brethren fare,
Outstanding in the garden-beds;
And if the snowdrops' modest heads
Look eartllwards yet, or higher in the air,
And if the crOcusses are there?
And if the forest glades are gay
With hyacinths, or silver strewn
With ood-anemOnes, too soon
That bow their heads and pass away
Dying the death Of all things fair?
Tell me all this and something more
What would wish you most to tell
Say, "He is true and he is well,
And still he loves you as before;
Then nestle near me, where you will
Or, if it please you to be seen,
And hold heard above them all,
I'll take you to q royal ball,
Where you may meet a future Queen
High honor fora daffodil!
London World
Daily globe., 1879-05-18
On the Congo.

Stanley's men had no less than thirty
two battles with hostile native tribes on
the river Congo, good many of their
men being killed first and last. And
they also lost considerable number by
drowning, as the river has great num-
Der Of rapids and whirpools, and is a
dangerous one to navigate. In one in
stance no less than nine men were drowned
in single afternoon. 1t was sometimes
necessary to haul their boat and canoes
for long distance round these rapids, a
Daily globe., 1879-05-18

task which was very slow and difficult.
frequently it was necessary to cover a
road all the distance with limbs and brush
from the trees, and even then all their
strength was needed to haul the heavy
loads. Nobody can read Stanleys ac-
count of his travels, without feeling 1t to
a wonder that he lived to go through SO
many perils.
Daily globe., 1879-05-18

have spoken them you cannot recall them.
Help the sick, especially when they are
poor, for poverty and illness are indeed 9
heavy burden. Perform all acts of loving
charity which fall day by day in your
path, remembering Who it has said, aye
shall in no wise lose your reward
Daily globe., 1879-05-18

ressnss.Nl the follies and shams of the
world ~ seen day after day, and the
temptation is to believe in neither God,
man nor woman. 1t is no surprise to me
that in this profession there are some
skeptical men. l only wonder that jour
nalists believe anything. De Wit Tai
mace.
Daily globe., 1879-05-18

Keep it before the people
That the earth was made forman!
That flowers were strown,
And fruits were grown,
To bless, and never to ban;
That sun and rain,
And corn and grain,
Are yours and mine, my brother!-
True gifts from Heaven,
And freely given,
TO one as well as another!'
Daily globe., 1879-05-18
An unknown thief in Chesterfield sent

An unknown thief in Chesterfield sent
a letter to the man whose poultry house
he had depleted, saying: "Mr. Britt i
must not forget to tell you that the
Black Hen was very tough We could
neither roast nor boil it it was disap-
pointment as I had asked friend to
come to dinner and with pulling at the
old Black hen he Loosened all his Front
teeth the cock was very good and ten
DER Sheffield Telegraph.
Daily globe., 1879-05-18

A young girl in Michigan, about to
elope, and knowing she was too young to
be married, doctored the record in the
family Bible and took along the sacred
volume for proof.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-07
PROSPECTUS.

The subscriber herewith announces his forthcomi Il
volume literary odds and ends, letters etc.
be entitled,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-07
FOR SALE.

OFFER NV "Ou-E STU tTED ON
Curry Stree between King AMI Mu;Ser for sale
Also NV urni Sew - machine, library, &c. Buver
inv ted to view the pr ,mi,es A. WAITZ.
Carson My q, 1870.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1879-08-07

Notes and QueresMoro Notes and Que ueries-Learng tc
,lioke-rhe Littl Men-The Confessions of . fibl
lraniac-Piutes sIiners and B,ys-Somewhat Ow ,h
-Glemings-Datst and Mares Milk-A Chapter on
Canes, Etc.--Tom Thumb, Etc-Something Critical
Random ShotS-ScraIs-Findin Money in the Ashes
Our Good Takers Of the Far West-BTe Monday -
a Barometer.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1879-06-14

left bank of Bayou Lafourche,
'about one-half of mile below the
village of Labadieyille, measuring
three quarters of an arpent front
on said bayou, by depth of three
arpents and a half, bounded above
BY land If Widow Welsh, and be-
low by lane belonging to the sue
cession of Balthazar Triche, togeth-
er with all the buildings and inn
provements thereon and thcreunto
belonging as well as the rights.
ways, servitudes and privileges
either In favor or against said tract
OF land, including the right of q
road in favor and for the use of Va
lery Use.
Terms and Conditions:
CASH, on the spot.
A. j. ECHEVERRIA.
Sheriff.
Napoleonville, May II, 1879.
Pioneer of Assumption. (Napoleonville [La.]) 185?-1895, 1879-06-14
STATE OF LOUISIANA.
PARISH CoURT.
-
PARISH OF ASSUMPTION.
R0SENOND TRICHE,
rs. No. COS.
LOUISE F'RE'1IIN,
aoite Of Aa5iu j, Boarg.

By virtue of and in obedience to
a writ of seizure and sale issued In
the above entitled and numbered
suit by the above entitled Court, eiit-
ted the 9Th day of May 1879, | have
seized and will offer for sale at pab-
lie auction, at the door of the Court
House, Eapoleonyille, to the last
and highest bidder, on
saturday, june 81, 1879,
between the hours of IL o'clock A.
II. and 2 o'clock p. H., the follow
ing described property to wit:
A certain tract of land situated in
the Parish of Assumption, ON the