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How Andy johnson Won a Vote.

Miss Grundy" gives the following
interesting bit of history in connection
with the death of ex-senator Vickers, OF
Maryland: at will be remembered that
he came into the United States Senate
just in time to vote against Andrew
Johnson's impeachment. At the critical
juncture when he was elected, Mr..
William Kimmel, now one Of Baltimore's
Representatives in Congress, and theau-
thor of the posse-comitatus c]ausein last
years Army bill, was a member of the
Maryland Legislature. There was great
difficulty in selecting man to be sent
to the United States Senate to succeed
the Senator who had died, Henry Win
ter Davis, If / mistake not. The trouble
was to find some one whose record was
such that the radical Senate could find
no excuse for deciding him to be dis
qualified to sit among themselves on the
high court of impeachment, yet one
whom the Legislature of Maryland could
be certain would vote in favor of Presi-
dent johnson. Mrs. Kimmel, who,
from her childhood, had taken the warm
est interest in politics, has told me that
she used to lie awake at night-for
she was with her husband in Annapolis
trying to think Of the right man,
and at last thought of Vickers in the
dead of night, and suggested the name
to her husband, who considered it very
happy thought. It required very nice
management on the part of Mr.. Kimmel
and his colleagues, who desired the fail
ure of the impeachment, "a secure the
election of Mr.. Vickers in time to cast
his vote against impeachment, and the
Maryland Legislature sat day and night
until he was elected, and very skillful
political diplomacy at last won the day.
Then it remained to get him to Wash
ington before it was too late, and this,
again, Mr.. Kimmel contrived to effect,
despite many difficulties. So he and
his wife were potent factors in saving
Mr.. Johnson from impeachment"
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Extraordinary Adventure.

Almost remarkable accident happened
at the Hale & Norcross mine one night.
A cage with six men was coming up the
shaft at II o'clock-the hour for chang
ing the shifts. When about 600 feet
from the bottom, at point where there
is an irregular place in the guides, the
cage suddenly lurched to one side,
throwing the men to the other. Patrick
Holland, who was on the outside, was
crowded off. Instead of falling to the
bottom and being dashed to pieces, he
was safely lodged on wall-plate. The
other men on the cage supposed that he
had fallen into the stump, of course
When they reached the surface they
got the usual sacks and boxes and started
back to the stump to gather up the frag-
ments of the body. As they approached
the place in the shaft where the man
was thrown off, they heard voice below
them telling them to 60 slow. They did
not know what to make of the strange
discovery, never supposing it possible
for Holland to be anywhere else than at
the bottom. When they saw him safe
on his narrow perch they could scarcely
believe their eyes. Any one who has
assembled shaft knows how rapidly the
wall-plates fit by when the lantern is
held so as to bring them to view. The
cage from which Holland was thrown
was coming up at the usual rate of speed.
How the man could possibly have been
lodged on one of these pieces of timber
without being jammed by the cage or
knocked off as it went past him is
wonder. The wall-plate is a square
timber, fourteen by sixteen inches, so
that there was very little standing-room
for Holland while he was waiting for the
cage to come down and rescue him. If
the shaft had been SO light that he could
look down any reasonable distance of
the 600 feet between him and the bot
tom he would scarcely have had the
nerve to cling to his narrow footing.
The darkness of all mining shafts is
point in favor of the miners preserving
their GOODNESS when placed in ticklish
positions. 4 couple of pump-men will
throw foot-wide plank across a shaft
200 feet from the bottom and work upon
it as though they were not five feet from
the bottom. The darkness of the shaft
prevents the thought of the awful abyss
below from being constantly present.
Virginia (Nev.) Chronicle.
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A Roman Treasure.

Early in the morning of the 1st of June.
y lad engaged in repairing the drain of
the house No. 90 Via della Stelletta,
found little shiny piece of metal and
put it in his pocket, waiting for the
chance Of showing it to some connoisseur.
In the meanwhile q good deal OF the dirt
from the drain was sarted away in the
direction Of Porta Angelica. The lad
had his piece examined Ivy goldsmith
opposite, &aG he was Just receiving TWEEN
y francs for If when the head mason and
the owner Of the house, who had heard
somehow ot the affair, come to stop the
bargain "a, the right moment. Search
was made Immediately on tie spot. and
Ia gold coins We're fonud scattered be-
tween The drain and the walls OF the
house. Policemen we're sent after the
carts; they overtooG them just outside
Port angelica, examined The contents,
and fouad fcrty-two more coins,
TO ne great amazement Of The drlv-
ers, who hsd No idea they Here re-
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Burke and the GraSshOpper.

The greatest men have been noted
for the breadth of their sympathy.
Everything, even the most trivial,
seemed to interest them. They gave a
broader meaning to the famous line OF
Terence than he d1d-"I am man,
and think nothing alien to me that in
terests men,"
While Edmund Burke was preparing
for the trial of Warren Hastings, he
made an appointment with Sir Philip
Francis to read over some important
papers relating to the case. Sir Philip
called, and found Mr.. Burke in his gar
den, holding a grasshopper.
what beautiful insect is this!"
said Burke. @Observe its structure,
it's legs, it's wings, its eyes,"
"How can you" answered Sir Philip,
@spend your time in admiring grass
hopper when you have so many things
of moment to attend to-"
"Yet Socrates" observed Burke, aif
we credit Aristophanes, attended to a
much smaller insect, and actually meas
ured the proportion which its size bore
t a, the space it passed over in skip. l
think the skip of grasshopper does
not exceed its length. Let us see."
"My dear friend" replied the impa-
tient and unsympathizing Sir Philip,
Il am in great hurry. Let us 60 in,
and you listen while I read these pa
pers to you"
They walked into the house, and Sir
Philip began to read to the listening
apparently Burke. Suddenly the
reader paused to find a misplaced
sheet.
Il think" broke in Burke, @that nat
uralists are now agreed that locusta,
not cicada, is the Latin word for
grasshopper. What is your opinion,
Sir Philip"
aMy opinion" answered Sir Philip,
rolling up his papers, lis that till the
grasshopper is out Of your head it will
be idle to talk to you Of the concerns
of India" and he walked mt of the
house.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-04
A japanese Legend.

Among the collection OF Japanese
legends published under the auspices of
the Royal -Asiatic Society of London is
rhe following: "In the year A. D. 1884
Nori-yori and Yoshitsune, the brothers of
Yoritomo and the leaders of the Genji,
defeated the Heiti, who fed to Den-no-
ura, in Yashima, province OF Nagato,
taking with them Tokl-hito, the son OF
the Mikado by the daughter OF Kiymori,
the great leader of the Heshj. A great
storm coming on, hostilities we're sus-
pended, and after its becoming calm a
large vessel was seen 10 approach the
shore in the neighborhood of the Geaji
encampment. 1t was soon recognized as
the royal barge. and Il small boat was
seen to put off from 1t containing one
the ladies of the court; she raised and
spread out 4 gilt fan on which was
painted q crimson sun OH no mGru) on the
0plit end Of q bamboo, and waved toward
the shore her ovG AN, made Of thin Ii
no III.
"Yeshitsune observing this called up
on his followers 70 shoot at It with their
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HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY.

RICE CREDIBLE CAKEs.-One cup cold
boiled rice, one pint flour, one teaspoon
full salt, two eggs beaten very light,
milk to make tolerably thick batter.
Beat all together well, and bake.
WHITE MOUNTAIN CAKE.-One pound
CT flour, one of sugar, and n half cup
of butter; six eggs beaten separately,
one cup of sweet milk, a teasoonful of
soda, and two teaspoonfuls of cream tar
tar. Flavor to the taste, and use fruit if
desired.
To RKNovATE A BLACK CHIP Hat
Add to one pint cold water teaspoonful
spirits of ammonia; use with soft
tooth or nail brush; when clean, rinse
with cold water and place in sun to dry.
Do not soak or scrub sufficiently to
destroy the shape. 1t will look as good
,aS new.
WHEAT BREAD.-Boil or bake three
potatoes and mash fine. Soak yeast
cake and add to the potatoes when cool
enough. Add two teaspoonfuls of salt ;
let it stand three or four hours; then
add water enough for two loaves OF
UIcdu. Dull LA AOu1 uAU1A VOi ooAh NV
it stand over night. In the morning
add half teaspoonful of soda dissolved
in water, and butter the size of wal
nut. Knead thoroughly, and then let
it raise very light, and put in bread pans
without further kneading. Let if raise
quickly to twice its bulk when put in
the pans.
PorATo YEAsr.-Boil six good-sized
potatoes. in two quarts of water till
done; then take four tablespoonful of
flour and two of sugar, and work them
together with the potatoes and little
Of the water until perfectly smooth,
taking care to keep the remainder OF
the water on the stove until needed
when sufficiently mashed, add the rest
of the water, and, after stirring togeth-
er, put through colander to prevent
any Jumps in the yeast; when about
lukewarm, add a little stock yeast, and
set in warm place for about half day,
and it will be sufficiently raised to put
in'cans or jars in a cool place.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-01-04
4 Puzzle for Future Biologists.

A singular discovery was made dur
ing last years dredging operations of
the Coast Survey Steamer Blake, in the
Caribbean sea; a discovery which should
furnish q lesson of caution to geologi-
cal observers and theorizers.
While dredging to the leeward of the
Caribbean islands large accumulations
Of vegetable matter and of land debris
we're brought up from deep water,
many miles from shore. 1t was net an
uncommon thing to find, at depth of
over 1000 fathoms, and some ten or
fifteen miles from land, masses of
leaves, pieces Of bamboo and of sugar
cane, dead land shells. and other land
debris, which were undoubtedly all
blown ont to sea by the prevailing east
erly trade winds, and frequently masses
OF vegetation, more or less waterlogged
and ready 20 sink, were found floating
on the surface of the sea. The contents
of some of the travis would, indeed,
have sorely puzzled palaontologist if
he had met them in fossil state; amid
deep water forms of fishes, crabs, echi-
noderms, sponges, ETC., would be found
orange and mango leaves mingled with
branches of bamboo and nutmegs, so
that it would have been difficult to de-
eide whether the marine or the land
fauna predominated. Such find in
fossil deposit would probably be ex-
planned as having occurred in a shallow
estuary surrounded by forests. 1t is
not without interest to observe that
this large amount of vegetable matter
thus carried out to sea seems to have
increased in certain localities the num-
Der of marine forms of life.
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Through China.

We passed through by-roads and
fields of millet ten feet high, and could
not see across the country unless where
the harvest was cut. The stocks of the
large millet looked like wigwams. We
heard sad tidings of the famine; yet
here there was abundance so much
that this one province could supply all
the famine-stricken. A measure Of
millet Will support Chinaman for
month; but there is no enterprise
about getting the millet to the hungry,
and the port was soon to be closed by
the winter. There was always some one
on the road, though the houses and
villages were few. Now it was the
postman, with his mailbag slung across
his shoulders, his hands swinging vehe-
mently as he went. Then it was tray
elers on horseback, armed with formida-
BILE spears, with which to frighten, not to
fight, the robbers that infest the roads.
Peasants were trudging to market, a
farmer was going over his land. Fig
ures in white came near the road to
watch us pass, and we knew it was q
family in mourning. Some ladies
crossed by path over the fields to pay
a visit to neighbor's house; a servant
followed them, and they stole shy looks
at the foreigners. Here the reapers
were at work; and, if it was the large
millet, they cut down only one stock at
a time, and then bound them labori-
ously in gigantic sheaves. A watch
man, staff in hand, was patrolling the
fields to guard his masters grain
against the inroads of the poor. There
we saw threshing- foor-the hard,
beaten circuit of ground, the ears with
only short straw spread over them,
and white and lazy mule dragging o
stone round and round. Sometimes
the grain was dashed, but never
thrashed with the fail. Where roads
met there was almost always q small
shrine of mud, a few feet high, raised
to some local god, shabby superstition
that contrasted with the comfortable
look and intelligence of the people.
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A Valuable Witness.

There had oeen great tribulation in a
tenement house, on Battle row, in West
Fortieth street, and Mrs. Kane had got
a black eye and lost couple of hand
fuls of hair through Mrs. Nolan's ten
der manipulation. At length the law
was invoked, and to the Jefferson Mar
ket Police Court the belligerents went
to demand that justice be meted out.
There had been only couple of wit
nesses examined when little woman
with a snap in her eyes elbowed her
way up to the stand, put her arms
akimbo, and with defiant shake of
the head faced the defendant, who was
a perfect Amazon.
e What's your name ?" his Honor
asked.
Bridget McShane, may it place yer
Amer, and I'm not afraid to say it."
This with another defiant dip of the
bonnet.
"You want to testifyP"
II do, sir"
sDid you take part in this trouble ?"
II didn't, sir"
@Did you see it begin?
II didn't, sir"
"Were you there while it was in
progress?"
"Not I, SIR
aNor when it ended ?"
"Indade I wasn't"
well, what in the name of common
sense brought you here if you know
nothing about it,"
"'Twas that big huzzy ithere, sill"
designating the defendant. "She sed
there wasn't woman in the house dare
appear agen her. So KEN to show that
Bridget McShane cares nothin' for her
nor all her breed"
Any further testimony from so valu-
able witness was dispensed with
Neso York Herald.
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4 French Stog.

I. gentleman i1reproachably dressed
goes into confectioner's store and
says to the gentlemanly confectioner
Il want $50 of the incest cream tarts
You can make"
a hundred and tifty That is
pretty large order; do you want them at
once"
Within three hours, at the latest
Il can have them ready at that time.
Aheml 1t is customary to ask de-
post on such orders-say 10 francs.
Certainly, my friend: here are your
20 francs
L. About two hours later a gentle
nan irreproachably dressed goes into
tailor's shop across the way from the
pastry cooks and asks to be shown
some overcoats. He selects one of the
incest and asks the price.
'One hundred and twenty-five francs.
sir"
Very well. 1 will take it, I have
some money to collect at the confec-
toners across the way. l presume you
have no objection to letting one OF your
Young men come over with me to
get it?"
"Certainly not A worthy man is my
friend, Mr. Puff"
III. To confectioner enter lrreproach-
ably-dressed gentleman, now wearing
an overcoat, and the tailor's man. The
eonfectioner greets the former with the
respect due to good customer.
-Ah, Puff, I've called round for that
$50. You promised to have them for
me at 30"
You shall have them in five min
utes, sir"
very well. I have to go round the
corner to see man. You will give
this young gentleman 125 of the 150.
I will return and get the other % my
self in few moments"
with pleasure, sir"
". Five minutes later the confec
toner gives the tailor's young man l2J
cream tarts-and bill for the balance
thereon, 81 francs % confines.
One minute thereafter confectioner
and tailor's young man are scourlns;
the reighborhood in search OF an ire
proachably-dressei gentleman with 81
new overcoat, whom the great city, witt
its ceaseless hustle and confusion, has
swallowed up as a yellow dog swallows
an Oyster-eracker.
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"Wanted to Know"

Whether false ringlets can be properly
described as "curls of smoke"
Whether row in a rookery deserves
the definition of " caws and effect"
Whether the sailor who wanted to
know what time it was has gone to sea.
Whether misnaring a baby at a
christening may be called turning rite
into wrong.
Whether the plainest woman alive,
when she reaches the age of II, will be
a pretty old one.
Whether it is not preferable to fall
out with your banker than to lose your
balance with him.
Whether when horse takes his meals
he has them at his table.
Whether sweepstakes are sootable
food for sweeps?
Whether when you give a child bal
it will be likely to give you ba1rl.
Whether dumb man always keeps
his word.
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moving gold from such an unexpected
mine. The treasure sumberS, consequent
ly. II. gold coins of the largest size, per
ftctly fresh, as if they had Just been tax
en- from the Mint. The period Ia which
they belong goes from l450 10 1850; the
earnest are of Plus Il: the Others y! In
nocent VIII. Alexander Vi, Clement
VII. and Paul III. Nearly one third
belongs to Clement W., few CONS to
the Viscontis Of Milan ana the Wand
slaws OF Hungary. am sure some We're
engraved by artists worthy 10 vie with
Donateilo or Benvenuto; they are of eX-
ouslte beauty. The next day Mgr. Cas-
ali. the owner, was offered $4,000 francs
Tor the group. Of course he refused. The
treasure WAS not concealed carefully in
one place; the pieces lay scattered III
more than 1000 cubic feet OF dirt.
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long bows. hut all declined to attempt
the feat; at last Nasu-novOichi Munetaka
of Shimotzuke, the most celebrated arch
er OF the eight provinces, was charged
to support the fame of the Genii in the
face OF the enemy. Taking but one ar
row. and mounting his warhorse, he VOW
ed to succeed, or in event of failure to
commit suicide, and then rode out in
the shoal water as far as lie could toward
the Ogi no naato lfau target). lie then
observed the boat to be SO unsteady on
the water, rising and falling on the
waves raised by the late storm, that his
heart almost failed him, but closing his
eyes he fervently breathed the warriors
prayer, Manu- Hdchimau (Daibo-satz),
and then opening his eyes saw the boat
for a moment steady in the moving bill
lows. He then drew his bow, and re-
leasing the shaft saw the fan rise alOft
to the skies.
A shout of establishment and admira-
ton arose from the shore, and also from
the enemy, and all were congratulatlng
and thanking Munetaka, when one cap
tious and jealons man disputed the fact
of the fan being struck, and accounted
for its disappearance by saying it was
profane to shoot at the image of the sun I;
and the gods had snatched the fan away
to protect it from harm. Munetaka then
stated that he had aimed at the iron
rivit, and not ct the round fun; but this
was dIscredited and set down as vain
boast. Presently boat approached the
shore from the imperial barge bearing a
flag of truce, and the messenger brought
back the arrow and the fan, with COM
pllmentary message from the Ten-O. On
examination the fan showed the mark
where it had been struck by the arrow,
in the metal r1vit, as Munetaka had
boosted. This clever archer was the an
cestor Of the family OF Satake, Princess
of Akita in Dewa, and the family cog
nizancc Is fan with round SUM-
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Thanksgiving Day.

1t is usual to appoint the last Thurs
day of November as day of thanks
giving. Why Thursday was originally
chosen, in preference to other days, is
not certainly known; but the best au
thority gives the reason that shortly
after the landing of the Pilgrims, and
while they were in sore distress, a YES
sci, bearing food and clothing, arrived
on Thursday, for the selection of that
day. At all events, occasional days of
thanksgiving were held at Plymouth
from 1921 to 1850. The custom be-
came general throughout Massachu-
sets, and from there spread to the
other colonies. There was no national
Thanksgiving day until 1884, when
Gen. Washington called one to cele-
brate the ratification of peace after the
Revolutionary war; in 1889, the adop-
ton of the constitution of the United
States. The next year one was called
on account of the suppression of insur-
rection. The successful close of the
War Of 1912 caused another day of ma
tional thanksgiving to be called, in
1915. Some of the days fell on Thurs
day, and some did not. New York has
had Thanksgiving day since 1917 al
most invariably called on Thursday,
and the same is true of Virginia since
1855, and in eight other Southern States
since 1858. President Lincoln issued
proclamations recommending days of
special thanksgiving for victories in
1862, '63, and '64, and since that time
the President has issued such a procla-
nation annually, which has been sup
plemented by the Governors of many
of the States. It is now the rule to call
them on the last Thursday of Novem-
Der.
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WINES AND L1QUoRs-wHoLEsALE.
PERKINS, LYONS l. CO., SO e. Third st.
HAGGENMILLER b KUHL. ITS W. Third st.

Arrival and Departure of mails from the
St. Paul Post Office.
Eastern-Arrives daily at Is m and As p m
except Sunday. Closes daily except Sunday at II 50
q m, and 05 pm.
STRENGTHENING Red Wing. Lake City, waba-
shaw, winona and La Crosse, Wis, arrives daily at
Is m. and closes daily at 06 pm.
Ail1dukee d st. Paul Railroad, Qo1G DiY.)-
Arrives daily except Sunday at 50 m. Closes daily
except Sunday at 90 m.
ST. Paul d st. Louis, NO., Route-Arrives daily
except nonday at 10 m. Closes daily except Sat-
: SPECIALS Harrington, Mortified and Faribault,
closes daily except Sunday at 30 m. Arrives
daily except Sunday at II Is m.
West Wisconsin RaiIr0dd-Arrives daily except
Sunday at As p 10. Closes daily except Sunday at
IL IS
SPEc1ALs-Elroy and Harvard Route-Black River
Falls, Eau Claire, Hudson and Menominee, Wis,
arrives daily Monday excepted at Is m. Closes
daily Saturday excepted at 05 p m.
st. Paul Dc Siour city Reiiroad-Arrives daily
except Sunday at II Is m. Closes daily except
Sunday at 8 90 m.
Fort Smelling, Minn.-Arrives daily at 6 :25 p m.
Closes daily at 7 90 m.
SPEcIALs-Shakopee, Jordan, Belle PLANE, Hem
derson, LIE sueur, st. Peter, Mankato Madela and
and st. James, closes daily except Sunday at 80
m. Arrives daily except Sunday at % pm.
Hastings d. Dakota Railr0ad-Arrives daily e1-
Sunday at Is p m. Closes daily except Sunday, at
6 Scam
81. Paul 6 Pacific Railroad Main Line.Hst
Vincent to ST. Paul-Arrives daily except Sunday
at sop IN. Closes daily except Sunday at 10 m.
SPECIALs-Minneapoli closes daily except Sunday
at 80 m, II 30 and 30 p m. Arrives daily
except Sunday at 90 m, 90 p m and 80 p m.
st. Paul d. Pacific Railroad Branch Line
Arrives daily except Sunday at p N. Closes daily
except Sunday at 80
Fargo, Dakota and BismGrck-Arrives daily
except Monday at SO Closes daily except
Saturday at Is IN.
sPEc1ALs-Anoka. Elk River, Monticello. Alexan-
dria, BIainerd, Audubon, Detroit, Moorhead and
Fargo, Sank Centre, Glyndon and Lake Park, MIMI,
arrives daily except Monday, at Is m. Closes
daily except Saturday at 80 pm.
st. Paul d Duluth RailrOdd-Arrives daily ex-
cept Sunday at 40 p In. Closes daily except Sun
day at Z 80 m.
epted, at 10 Is m, and 40 p m. Closes
ally except Sundaysat7 80 and 80 pm.