Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-12
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years.
IF anger arise in thy breast, instantly
seal up thy lips, and let it not forth, for,
like fire, when it wants vent, it will sup
press itself.
GOVERNOR to small hoy-'s Benny, /
shall keep you in if you don't learn
your lessons better tomorrow; Tn go
ing to turn over new leaf with you"
Small boy" You can't turn over new
leaf it's feared out.
A METHODIST missionary, sent from
Chicago to Virginia City, reports as fol-
lows: II made canvass Of the town,
and find everybody crazy for gold, but I
was unable to find Christian, though
the saloons were numerous"
The skull and horns of an uncommon
ly-large mountain ram were found I'M
bedded in a pine tree in Idaho. 1t is
supposed that the beast was caught and
starved in the tree when it was sap
ling, leaving his head to be overgrown
by the wood.
A LARGE Newfoundland dog, accom-
panied by small black and tan, visited
a Hartford police officers yard and de-
iberately killed pet Scotch terrier
belonging to the house. The two
strange dogs carried the body away
finally, leaving it on Windsor avenue
You may say what you please about it,
but there is luck in horse-shoes. A
woman nailed one up against wood-shed
a month ago, and last week her husband
eloped with the hired girl. The man
had not earned cent for more than two
years.
The next annual meeting of theAmer-
lean Social Science Association will be
held at Saratoga, N. Y, beginning Sept.
7, and lasting four days. On the second
day DR.. ]. M. Gregory, late President
of the Illinois Industrial University,
will read an essay on 'The American
Newspaper; Its Relations to American
Education
PRINCE GoRrsCHAKoFF is said to have
made a marvellous recovery. He is now
in Baden, full of health and spirits. Re
will spend the summer there and go to
Paris for the winter. It was but few
weeks ago that he was dying of old age
and complication of diseases. 1t
seems strange to hear that he has gained
new lease of life and is likely to live
many years yet.
To CRAFTY his wife's persistent de-
mand for a summer In the country,
Smith hired suburban villa, of which,
however, the garden was SO small that
one could scarcely turn in it. "But
how do you get the. air in such tiny
garden?' one of her friends asked of
Mrs. Smith. sob, it is easy enough
answered that lady. eve have only to
open the dining room window %
WHEN Mr.. Emerson was recently
reading his essay on the future of Amer
lea to small audience, he happened to
say "the'' instead of "this country
His faithful daughter Ellen interrupted
him. Father" she said, cit is this
country A smile crept over the face
of the Concord philosopher as he replied,
with fine faith in the great republic,
"Well, this country is the country
CHAcH1M PAsHA, formerly Minister Of
War in Egypt, has been naturalized in
Italy, thus transferring his immense
property, generally supposed to belong
to the dissolute ex-Khedive, to the pro-
lection of that power. There is great
disgust in official circles at Cairo over
this piece of sharp practice, and the
Khedive has emphasized his wrath by
degrading Chachim and forbidding his
return to Egypt.
THE Afganistan Princes are likely to
prove an expensive lot to the English,
if they are listened to. Yakoob Khan
wants palace in England and e40, 600
year as compensation for the throne
he has lost. Abdul Rahmas, the most
eligible Of the pretenders, wants $780,
600 to fit him out for Cabul, while Mo-
manned Jan is ready to transfer his
weight to Great Britain for an annuity
and residence In India.
RAILROAD men of Nevada say that
the Union Pacific road is literally lined
with tramps. They swarm at every
water-tank and station ON the road, and
as the train-men have strict orders not
to let them ride they have to count the
ties from station to station. A great
many of them get into sealed cars at
stations and ride until detected or COM
PEELED by hunger and thirst to call for
assistance and beg to be let out.
PROF. RILEY, of the Agricultural De-
partment, is to investigate the army
worm. The pest continues its ravages
in Eastern New Jersey and on Long
island, and has appeared on the north
ern shore of the sound near New Ro-
chelle. In some parts Of the afflicted
districts the worms are so thick that
they cover the roads, SO that the wheels
of passing vehicles seem to roll upon
carpet 1t is twenty years since the