Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-15
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the pupil Of the eye.
WHAT kind of fur did Eve wear the
first winter? Bare-skin.
A MULE is no physician, but he well
understands the art of heeling.
AN Irish cat that had crossed the At
lantic five times died in Marion, Ala,
recently, "a years of age, it is said.
HIRAM COLLEGE, of which Gen. Gar
field was once President, and of which
he is now Trustee, has 200 students.
A MAN thrust his arm into hollow
log to catch rabbit, at Americas, Ga,
and was fatally bitten by rattlesnake.
ELEVEN M11IIoN dollars were spent last
year for hair restoratives, and we can't
see one more hair than the year before.
FR1voL1Ty, under whatever form it
appears, takes from attention it's
strength, from thought its originality,
from feeling its earnestness.-Madans
de Stael.
THE advocates for marriage with a
deceased wife's sister in England are
very actively organizing their ensuing
campaign. They believe that the new
Parliament will give the desired relief.
DURING the past year thirty divers In
the pearl fishery Of the Persian gulf lost
their lives, most of them by sharks. The
value of the pearls taken in the Persian
gulf in 1879 is estimated at 81, 500, 900.
In England there are at present about
$50 Generals holding honorary Colonel
cies Of regiments, costing the country
nearly 5000, 200 year, and doing not
one hours work from year to year for
their pay.
MORE elergymen have sailed for Eu-
rope thus far this season than up to
corresponding time in any previous
year. It is now considered the respect
able thing for every pastor of self
supporting church to go to Europe In
the summer.
THE American trotters now being i'm.
ported into England are attracting much
attention among stud masters on the
other, side. This new revelation in the
science Of horse-breeding will, it is an
ticipated, be likely to create a change
in the attributes Of English sport. The
Prince of Wales is said to express the
greatest interest In this new breed, and
has become the purchaser of one or two
of the fastest horses brought over.
A PROMISING youth recently surprised
his father by asking Father, do you
like mother?" "Why, yes, of course
"And she likes you?" "Of course she
does" "Did she ever say SOP" "Many
time, my son." "Did she marry you
because she loved your" Certainly
she did," The boy carefully scrutinized
his parent, and, after long pause,
asked: "Wel, was she as near-sighted
then as she is now? ?"
CALLS for clergymen are frequently
heard from the frontier, but not often
for the kind described in the following
passage from the Aurora CNev.) Herald:
.We are sorely in need Of preacher,
but we don't want any cheap trash. We
want good, muscular Christian, who
can snatch sinners by the scruff of the
neck and drag them bowling up the
plane of righteousness, and who will not
drink more than he can hold. Such
man will get a right smart layout here"
The British Medical Journal says
that garlic has always had great repu-
tation among anti-hydrophobia rene
dies, and is found as principal integral
portion in q large number Of formulse
long kept secret. A young man bitten
by mad dog was shut up in loft.
In his delirium he seized upon soma
bundles Of died garlic, ate greedily of
it, fell into deep sleep, and awoke calm
and cured.
The Chicago Journal says: "The
representatives of the weekly press who
came from various parts of the country
to attend the convention were not fairly
treated by those who had the distribu-
ton of the tickets. Scores of fellows
who secured tickets on the false pre-
tense Of being representatives Of daily
papers gained admission, while scores
Of bona-fde editors and publishers Of
enterprising weekly papers were very
unhandsomely snubbed. Next time the
distribution Of press tickets for such an
occasion should be placed in the hands
Of men who know what they are about"
A GENTLEMAN well known in Hartford,
~ ond tho ,,rO,ria!or IF ono Of fhn