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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
A HINT TO Underwriters.

Says the american Manufacturer: At the
Crescent Steel Works, in Pittsburgh a steam
pipe two and one-half inches in diameter,
carrying from ninety to one hundred pounds
pressure, was laid underground about three
years ago, encased in common pine boards
about one inch thick. One day recently oc-
casion was had to dig up the pine and the
whole length of the wooden drain was found
to be charred and apparently burned, about
three-fourths of the thickness of the wood,
the other portion being partially rotted.
The whole inside of the drain was turned to
charcoal, with here and there spots or white
ashes, showing that ignition had actually
taken place. It seems probable that if the
casing had not been excluded from the air
by the earth covering it, it would have
blazed and been entirely consumed. It is
generally believed that steam pipe cannot
set fire to wood, but this case seems to prove
the contrary, and it may explain the origin
of so many mysterious fires.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
A NIHILIST PRISON.

The Paris correspondent of the London
Telegraph writes: GA short account of the
celebrated classmates of the Fortress of st.
Peter and st. Paul, in which the Nihilists
are confined Immediately after their arrest
WILL, doubt not, be perused with interest
by your readers. The writer, st. Peters
burg correspondent, obtained access to the
classmates by special order from one of the
Grand Dukes. The easements are followed
out under the Neva, and directly under the
ramparts. Their only window, a little
square hole protected by a thick barred
grating, rises but a few inches above the
level of the river At stated distances there
are iron doors opening into halls filed with
Sentinels, who, with loaded rifle and fixed
bayonet, keep watch and ward over the un-
happy tenants of the cells which open upon
them. As for the tiny prisons, they are
very narrow quarters, square, with stone
walls and floors, and fearfully damp, the
water dropping about in all directions. A
chair, table and a pallet of white wood,
form the only furniture One of the pallets
was found to be covered with a bed of straw
horribly foul, but even this, poor luxury as
was, must be considered as an excep ton.
The visitor was allowed entrance to a few Of
the cells. Their tenants were pale; they
rose as he entered, according to order, but
regarded him with a fixed look of despair.
The writer was shown the famous cell in
which was incarcerated the Princess Tara
kanova, daughter of the Empress Elizabeth,
who fell a victim to her rival the Empress
Catherine H., grandmother of the present
Gar. This unhappy woman persisted in the
cell under the most dramatic circumstances.
The Neva, swollen by the melted snow,
suddenly rose, and the rushing torrent,
dashing with overwhelming strength against
the tiny window, broke in and filed the cell
with water. The Princess was drowned.
The cells of the great State criminals are
lined with mattresses, and rings of iron are
placed in the walls, to which many of them
are bound when they are not strait-waist-
coated. The guide informed the writer,
among other things, that these unhappy
men were asked every quarter of an hour if
they were present. Whenever they failed to
reply, they were barborously punished. He
also states that in the wall of the Emperors
room is an invisible door, communicating
with little passage, very narrow, and lead
ing to subterranean gallery, followed out
under the Neva. The gallery leads to the
fortress, and, in case. of revolution or of
imminent peril, the Gar could disappear in
O few seconds from the Winter Palace, and
few minutes after find himself in perfect
safety in the Fortress of st. Peter and St.
Paul, the guns of which, in a short time,
could reduce st. Petersburgh to ruins The
palace of the Gar Paul l., which is now the
Engineers School, was similarly provided,
but when the assassins entered his room he
had not time to flee, and was struck down
at the very moment when he was about to
disappear behind the secret door, which was |
already open.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
MURDERED BY BRIGANDS.

Horrible news comes from Sicily. Bri-
gands carried away son from his father, at
Vale della Vita, promising to restore him
on payment of 5000 francs. The father gave
information to the police, and by their ac-
tivity the brigands were discovered, and a
cave near Caltabellotta was named as the
place where the boy was to be found The
father and soldiers, on entering the cave,
found the bones of the lad lying about, the
flesh having been eaten away by dogs and
vultures. The boy hid been murdered by
the brigands in revenge for the supposed
treachery of the father in giving information
to the police. 1t is sad to think the Italian
Government will probably inhict no severer
punishment ON the brigands than few
years imprisonment
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
DUEL ON HORSEBACK.

The Earl of Glencairn challenged Lieu
tenant-General Sir George Munro for gross
ly opprobrious language used by him to-
ward the Highland troops, as being "no
other than pack of thieves and robbers. y
They met in a field near Dornoch, "by gray
daylight They were both well mounted on
horseback; each of them were to have one
pistol, after discharging of which they were
to fight with broad-swords. The pistols
were fred without doing hurt. They then
engaged with their swords, and after a few
passes, my Lord had the good fortune to
give Sir George sore stroke upon his bri-
dle-hand, whereupon Sir George cried out
that he was not able to command his horse :;
and I hope says he, you will fight me on
foot Ye carle,' says my Lord, I will let
you know that am match for you either
on foot or horseback Whereupon they
both aIghted, and at the first bout my Lord
gave him sore stroke on the brow, about
an inch above his eyes, which bled so much
that he could not see. His Lordship was
going to thrust him through the body, but
John White, his man, pusht up his sword,
and said,- You have enough of him, my
Lord His Lordship, in passion, gave
John a stroke over the shoulders, and then
took his horse and came to his quarters.
Munro and his brother went to headquar-
tiers, but with much ado, for the bleeding at
head and hand" Their only attendants as
seconds were Lord Glencairn's trumpeter
and valet-his man John above mentioned
and Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Munro
younger brother of Sir George -Notes
and Queries.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
Business MaximS.

A prominent merchant has compiled
the following maxims for his own inquiry
and experience:
l. Choose the kind of business you
understand.
2. Capital is positively required in
business, even if you have real estate
outside and credit ever so good.
3. One kind Of business is as much as
man can manage successfully. Invest
ments on the outside do not generally
pay, especially if you require the money
in your business.
4. Buy cautiously and just what you
want, and do not be persuaded to pur-
chase what you do not need; if you do,
you will soon want what you can't buy.
5. Insure your stock; insure your
store insure your dwelling, if you have
one. If the rate is high it is only be-
cause the risk is great, and of course
you should not take the risk yourself.
A business that will not pay for insrring
will not justify running.
6. Sell to good, responsible parties
only. Sell on specified time, and when
your money is due demand it; do not
let the account stand without note or in
terest for an indefinite period.
Z. Sell at reasonable profit and never
misrepresent to effect sale.
8. Live within your income; keep
your business to yourself have patience
and you will succeed.
9. Competition is the Life of trade, but
in trying to run your competitor out of
business be careful you do not run your
self out.
10. Advertise your business in your
home paper. It pays to patronize the
printer.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
A TRUE INCIDENT OF Welded LOVE

The New Orleans Picayune tells this
story: Make the bed easy, Mister" said
old Uncle Abe to the undertaken, who was
preparing the coffin for his aged wife.
" Make the bed soft and easy, for her old
bones are tender and soft, and hard bed
will hurt them" He forgot for moment
that old, gray-haired man-that she was
dead; that the old bones had done aching
forever. Sixty-four years had she walked
by his side, true and loving wife. Sixty
four years! Just think of it in this age of
divorce. Sixty-four years had they dwell
under the same sorrows of life; together
mourned over the coffin of their first born
together rejoiced in the prosperity of their
sons and daughters, and now she has left
him alone. No wonder he forgot. Her
loving hands had SO long cared for him, for
he had been the feebler of the two. Gun
til death do us part" said the marriage SER
vice that had united them so many years
ago. Death had parted them, but the love
still survived Tenderly had he cared for
her all these years, and now tenderly did he
watch the making of the last bed of this
still loved wife. He had bravely breasted
the storm of life with her by his side, but
now that she was gone he could not live, and
in few days they laid him by her side.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
Extemporaneous Utterances,

We see that at the school commence
ment a favorite selection is IngeTssll's
s"The past rises before me like dream
It is credited to his address to the sol,
diers at Indianapolis. The first time he
delivered it was in this city at the un-
yelling of the soldiers monument. sever
al years before the celebration at Indian
apolis was thought of. 1t was recog-
nized then as very fine effort, but the
celebration was a local affair, and, al
though it was reported in the papers here
and the speech given pretty fully, it at
tracted no special attention and in a
short time was forgotten. When he de-
ivered it in Indianapolis some of the
Peoria people thought they recognized
their old friend, and they went to the
files Of the papers, and there, sure
enough, was s'The past rises before me
like dream" in pretty much of it's old
coloring. he had brushed it up some,
trimmed it down and made some verbal
changes; but to all intents and purposes
it was the same speech. Those who
listened to him in Indianapolis thought
it was the sudden inspiration of the mo-
ment. The fact of it is, the inspiration
of the moment is quite as likely to make
fool of a man as it is to put him on his
mettle. A man does his best work when
he has the time to prepare it, and the
better he prepares the better he does it
as general thing. A friend of niger
soil in this city relates that four years
ago before he went to Cincinnati to
nominate Blaine, he went into Bob's
Office one afternoon and found Ingersou
walking the floor. As the other ap-
preached Bob turned around and said:
''Like plumed knight he entered the
Lists and tore the tongue of SANDER from
the throat Of treason" The friend did
not know what he meant, but when Bob
went to Cincinnati and nominated Blaine
he saw that even then he was coming
over in his mind what he should say.
Those who saw him then fancied that he
went up in the heat of the moment and
uttered the first thing that came into
his head. The fact was that on the top
of all his study, the night before, E. @.
mgersol, his brother, and r. 81. Whit
ing insisted that he should carefully
prepare himself. He sat down at table
in their room in the Burnett House.
There he wrote the speech that is now
historical, gathered up the sheets, read
them over and left them The late John
T. Harper, who was present, put them
place by themselves, intending to
preserve them as a souvenir. While
they were gone to the convention, how
ever, the ubiquitous hired girl came into
the room and ssput it to right" and car
ried the papers away. This is about the
way with all extemporaneous speeches,
although Bob is man who needs as
little preparation as any one.-Peor50
Journal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
SINGULAR RECOVERY OF AN ANCHOR.

The steamer Florida, on her way to Sa-
vannah, was caught in storm of Cape Ro-
name, and had to put into one of the many
bays on the coast of Florida. She cast her
anchor and made everything snug, but the
storm continued to increase until her cable
parted, and she drifted about mile out.
As soon as steam sufficient was raised to
force her against the wind, she put back,
and again cast anchor. After the storm
was all over, they hauled in the anchor, and
brought up with it, hanging to one of the
fukes, the one lost the day before, showing
that the second anchor was cast in identi-
cally the same spot. something which
could not have been done Intentionally once
on thousand trials, having nothing to
guide them except landmarks. : Columbus
(Gn.) E,a02lia,er
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
NOVEL DUEL.

A novel kind of duel was fought lately in
the Indian Territory, near Atoka, between
two Mexicans, cattle drivers, returning home
from drive to Colorado. One was Don
Juan de la Cruz the other Pedro Garcia,
md both were in love with the same woman
"a circumstance not confined to Mexico.
While discussing their claims to the posses
sion of their mistress, they quarreled-of
course-and declared in the hottest of hot
blood that the world was not big enough for
both of them. They determined therefore,
that one of them must be extinguished, and
were on the point of a personal encounter
with revolvers, when common friends in
terfered, and persuaded them to adopt the
native weapon-the lariat or lasso. Having
taken position on the open prairie, at GER
tain distance apart, they wheeled their
horses-they were finely mounted-and
dashed toward one another, lariats snugly in
hand, and crouching on saddle to avoid the
flying moose.
The lassoes were simultaneously cast.
Cruz missed his aim, but Garcias lasso fell
with unerring precision over the head of his
adversary, who was jerked to the ground
with the intent to break his neck. Cruz
fortunately was thrown on his side and
would certainly have been dragged to death
for the horses were at full speed-had not
the lasso snapped with the sudden strain.
AS it was he was SO seriously hurt as to be
unconscious and he may not recover. The
lasso generally used in South America for
capturing wild horses and cattle is dissimilar
to the lasso employed mainly in Mexico.
The former, a long, stout thong of skin with
a leaden ball OF each end is SO thrown that
when it strikes neck or leg, it coils round
and restraints the flying beast
The Mexican lasso, or lariat, has q slip
moose, and requires more skill in manage
ment. The lasso was frequently directed
against the Spanish soldiers during the
struggle of the South American Republic
for independence, and also by some of the
Russian tribes, during the Crimean war,
against the French sentinels, but with poor
success. Occasional attempts were made
with the lariat upon our own troops in the
Mexican war, though they were speedily
abandoned, as the Americans proved much
less tractable than the native wild cattle.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
TIE WHISTLING TREE.

In Nubia and the Soudan groves species
OF acacia are described as existing, whose
scientific appellation, as we'll as their popu.
ar name, is derived from peculiar sound
emitted by the branches when swayed by
the wind. The Arabic name is the sssoffar, /"
or pipe; and the specific name of .fstuzo,
also meaning pipe, has been given to it
for the same reason which prompted the ma
tives to give it its local designation The
tree is infected with insects, whose eggs are
deposited in the young shoots and '.extremi.
ties of the branches. A sort of gall-like ex-
crescence about an inch in diameter is pro
duced at the base of these shoots, and when
the larva has emerged from this indus, it
leaves small circular hole, the action of the
wind in which causes it to produce whist
ling sound like that produced by flute or
by blowing into any hollow pipe When
the wind is violent, the noise caused by
thousands of these natural flutes in grove
of acacias is most remarkable. The descrip.
ton given by DR.. Schweinfurth of these
bladder like gals leaves it uncertain whether
they are true gall-nuts or whether they are
the secretion of species of lac insects
The valuable Indian lac insect thrives on
two or three species of acacia while one
variety (the 4. Ara6aca) also produces a
pod or gall-nut, which is useful for tanning.
In either case, these natural whistles of
ticle of commerce if they could be easily and
regularly collected and exported
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
SLIM.

In Houston, Texas, the other day, at the
Pinafore matinee, long, gaunt individual
with legs as thin as Whitfield matches,
came into the theatre, and stood in front OF
some gentlemen, shutting out their view of
the stage, One of the party said eff you
guess what that is before us I'll put label
on it."
{" It's a plumb line somebody has dropped
down from the family circle" remarked
another, and the thin man began to move
aside.
"Next to boarding house soup, it's the
thinnest thing I've seen," said third
party, and the slim man got uneasy and sat
down
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IRISH POPLIN.
before.

Singular to relate, Irish poplin, fabric
much admired abroad, is held in low esteem
in Ireland. Exertions to stimulate the home
trade are made in vain. The Dublin ladies
will not wear Irish poplin. They will not
initiate the example. with which history
abounds of feminine sef-sacrifce for coun-
try's sake in matters of this kind that are
near to woman's heart. They have heard
of how the ladies of Berlin despoiled them
selves of their ornaments to help the Father
land after Jena they read of the ladies of
Lima casting their trinkets into the Peruvian
Treasury in order to keep up the fight a
little longer against Chill. But they feel
themselves unequal to similar act of devo-
ton for the good of Ireland; in short, they
will not wear Dublin poplins to save the pop
lin trade. This contempt for everything Irish
in the shape of inery-for this is really at
the bottom of the Dublin ladies' disinclina-
ton to wear poplin-is SO deeply rooted that
it seems lost labor to try to eradicate it.
And yet this beautiful fabric stands alone in
excellence nothing like it is made in any
other quarter of the globe.
Wisdom is not found with those who dwell
at their ease; rather Nature, where she adds
brain, adds difficulty.
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THE BURGLAR PANIC.

There is On aspect of a burglar panic
which is far from comic When, after an
hours peaceful sleep, one is disturbed by
ones wife, ones troubles begin. We ask
what she is doing Listening" is her re-
ply The suggestion that she should lie
down and go to sleep is snubbed by an au-
thoritative but alarming, Hush" Nature
asserts itself, and we again doze, to be i'm
mediately awakened by the words, 81 am
quite sure I heard a noise" We offer to get
up and take walk through the house to see
if any thieves are in it. sob, no, for good
ness sake don't do that" is the reply. Of
course, one gets a refreshing nights rest
after this little episode. On another night,
at 2 in the morning, one of the dogs is
heard to bark. We look round, and finding
all quiet, give it as our opinion that he must
have heard the gamekeeper walking round
the house, or that, if some thieves had come
with burglarious designs, they have been
certainly frightened away by his barking.
His furious noise gradually subsidies into oc-
casional melancholy "yaps," until, after a
dismal howl or two, he becomes silent At
last we drop of to sleep, but in few min
utes we are once more disturbed with, MY
dear, there is that dog again" On one oc-
casion there could be no donbt that noise
had been really heard, and we had been al
lowed to venture forth with plenary powers
After examining the lower part of the house
we had taken dark lantern and had sailed
forth and made tour of the outside of the
building. After a fruitless search for
thieves and vagabonds, we had returned to
our room, and just settled down again with
a satisfactory sense of our virtuous and gal
liant conduct, when we are aroused by a
violent knocking at the front door and
jingling of the hall bell. On going down
stairs-we may observe that not one of the
servants heard the noise-we found two
of6cious policemen at the porch, who had
come with the valuable information that they
had lately seen man with dark lantern
walk round the house and enter little
SATURDAY. RevieW.
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Tea as a Harvest Drink.

A story is going the rounds of the
English papers that large agriculturist
has been giving his harvest hands cold
tea instead of beer to drink in the har-
vest field, and that the results were ex-
tremely satisfactory, there being none
of the sullenness, excitability and rude
ness that had previously been observed
and attributed to beer. An Illinois
farmer tried the same experiment, but
on returning from dinner found that the
hands had organized kind of male
sewing circle in one corner of the field,
and were discussing the minister's wife,
fall bonnets, etc. The deleterious eff
fects of tea upon those not accustomed
to its use cannot be overestimated.
Chicago Tribune.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-26
A CHILD'S TOYS.


was present the other day, at Rome,
when the cinerarium of boy,a certain Hyl-
Ius, page to Tiberius, was discovered His
poor little bones had been inclosed in vase
together with his favorite toys. There was
a small terra-cotta chicken, painted in bright
colors, and fragment of a puppet, in the
shape of our pulcinellas, with clay bust,
arms and legs of wood The wood naturally
was gone. Who would have thought that
these miserable playthings of an obscure
child should have, centuries after, the unex-
pected honor of being exhibited in one of
the most famous museums Of Europe ?-THe
At7seaaguna.
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The most manifest sign Of wisdom is con-
Hued oheertulnese,
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Do good with what thou hast, orit will do
thee no good.
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Wisdom is not found with those who dwell
at their ease rather Nature, where she adds
brain, adds difficulty.