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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-20
KISCELLANEOUs.

OEvEN PER CENT money on frst-class city
y prog erty. GRAVES & vINTON, cox z. 3d. 67.67
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-03-20

NTANTED-By man of experience, who is COM
w petent to do all general repairing, position as
engineer. First-class references. Address EDWARD
PERRELL, 81 Robert street, st. Paul. 61s
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-22
Useful and Suggestive.

To preserve Gle thes pins-Boil and
quickly dry them once or twice month
Ceilings that have been smoked by a
kerosene lamp should be washed of with
soda water.
Sheets should be three quarters OF a
ward wider than the bed, narrow sheets
being almost as bad as none.
To prevent stoves from rusting- Ker-
osene applied with rag to stoves will
keep them from rustins during the
Summer 1t is also an excellent pre-.
servative to apply to all iron utensils
about farm.
Moths viii. work in carpets in rooms
that are kept warm in Winter as well as
in the Summer A sure method of re-
moving the pests is to pour strong alum
water on the floor to the distance of
half yard around the edges before lay
ing the carpets. Then once or twice
during the season sprinkle dry salt over
the carpet before sweeping. Insects do
not like salt, and sufficient adheres to
the carpet to prevent their alighting
upon it.
Tea drinkers now-a-oays will do well
to apply the following simple test to the
tea purchased of their grocers : Turn
out the infused leaves, and it they are
found good, brown color with fair sub
stance, the tea will be wholesome but
if the leaves are black and of a rotten
texture, with an oily appearance, the
tea will not be fit to drink. The purer
the tea the more the distinctively brown
color of the leaf strikes the attention.
The mixing that is frequently adopted
to reduce prices results in the t 20 kinds
of leaves being supplied together. 1t is
important to see that the leaves have
the serrated or saw.like edges, without
which no tea is genuine.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-22

eters locked UP in your garnet, and that
you 90 out to walk with them every Sun
day, you heartless old heptagon."
ooh, hear that, we saints in glory! oh,
there's bad language from fellow that
wants to pass for jintleman. May the
devil fly away with yon, YOU micher
from Munster, and make celery sauce of
your rotten limbs, you mealy mouthed
tub of CUTS"
"Ah, you can't deny the charge, you
miserable submultiple Of duplicate
ratio"
$50 rinse your mouth IN the Liffey,
you nasty tickle pitcher; after all the
bad words you speak, it ought to be FL
thier than your face, you dirty chicken
of Beelzebub."
"Rinse your own mouth, you wicked
minded old polygon-to the deuce pitch
you, you clustering intersection of a
sinking superfcies!'
"You saucy tinkers apprentice; if you
don't cease your jaw, I'll--," But here
she gasped for breath, unable to hawk
up any more words, for the last volley
of O'Connell had nearly knocked the
wind out of her.
|. "While have tongue, I'll abuse
you, you most inimitable periphery.
Look at her, boysl There she stands-a
convicted perpenlicul in petticoats.
There's contamination in her circumfer
ence, End she trembles with guilt down
to the extremities of her corollaries. All,
you're found out, you rectilineal antece
dent, and equiangular old bag! IT'S with
you the devil will fly away, you porter
swiping similitude of the dissection of a
verteX"
Overwhelmed with this torrent of Ian
guage, Mrs. Moriarity was silenced,
Catching mp saucepan, she was aiming
at O'Connells head, when he very pru-
IDENTIFY made timely retreat.
you have won the wager, O'Connell
here's your bet" cried the gentleman
who proposed the contest
O'Connell knew we'll the use of sound
in the vituperation, and having to deal
with an ignorant scold, determined to
overcome her in volubility by using all
the sesquipedalia verba which occur in
Euclid With these and few signii
can't epithets, and n soothing, impudent
demeanor, he tad for once imposed 81
lencc on Biddy Moliartv.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-22
The Folly OF Eollies.

Many persons are accustomed to dis
regard all Slight symptoms of disease,
saying, LET it go as it came But
when one feels the symptoms of Kidney
Disease-such as pain in the back and
loins, palpitation, urinary arrangement,
etc.-lo neglect them is the folly OF
folies. Kidney, bladder, liver and
urinary complaints are always liable to
end fatally if neglected. The true cure
for them is Hunts REMEDY, the Great
Kidney and Liver Medicine There Is
no symptom or form Of Kidney Disease
that Hunts REMEDY is not master of.
Sold by all druggists trial size - cents.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-22
A British Clergyman's Description

We know how far it is to the middle
Of the earth-it is just 1000 miles. So
il hell is in the middle of the earth, it is
1000 miles to the horrible prison of
hell. Down in this place is II horrible
noise. Listen to the tremendous, the
horrible uproar of millions and millions
of tormented creatures, mad with the
fury of hell Oh the screams of fear,
the groans Of horror. the yells of rage,
the cries of pain, the shouts of agony,
the shrieks Of despair, from millions on
millions There you hear them roaring
like lions, kissing like serpents, bowling
like dogs and waiting like dragons
There you hear the crashing of teeth
and the fearful blasphemies of the devils
Above all you hear the roar of the thun-
ders Of Gods anger, which shakes hell
to its foundations. But there is an
other sound. There is in hell sound
like that of many waters. 1t is as if
all the rivers and oceans of the world
were pouring themselves with a great
splash down on the floors of hell. Is
it, then, really the sound of watcrsl 1t
is. Are the oceans and rivers of the
earth pouring themselves into hell ?
No. What is it, them 1t is the
sound of oceans of tears running down
from millions of eyes. They cry for
ever and ever. They cry because the
sulphurous smoke torrents their eyes,
They cry because they are in darkness
They cry because they have lost the
beautiful heaven. They cry because the
sharp fire burns them. The roof is red
hot. The floor is like a thick sheet of
red hot iron. See, on the middle of
that red hot floor stands a girl. She
looks to be about sixteen years Of age.
She has neither shoes nor stockings on
her feet. The door of this room has
never been opened since she first set her
foot on this red hot floor. Now she
sees the opening. She rushes forward.
She has gone down upon her knees on
the red hot floor. Listen She speaks.
She says: 81 have been standing with
my bare feet on this red hot floor for
years. Day and night my only stand
ing place has been on this led hot floor.
Sleep never came on me for q moment,
that might forget this horrible burn
ing floor. Look at my burned and
bleeding feet. Let me go off this burn
ing floor for one moment-only for a
short moment. Oh, that in this end
less eternity OF years | might forget the
pain only for one single moment" The
devil answers her question "Do you
ask for a moment-for one moment
to forget your psins No, not for a sin
gle moment during the never ending
eternity Of years shall YOU ever leave
this red hot floor From Sermon by
Rev. Mr.. Furniss.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-22
An Old Man Restored TO Health.


BATAvIA, n. T., Sept. 10, ISIV.
II. II. WARNER IL Co ROCHESTER, n.
Y.-Gentlemen-"For forty years
have suffered with Diabetes, being
obliged tc void urine as oft,n as once in
thirty minutes, and have also i.een &
great Sufferer from palpitation Of the
heart. l ana now using your D.abe rs
Cure, and can truly say, at seven y
years of age, that it makes me feel like
q new man" PETER SHowEEMAN.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-22

A certain junior has Mt last discovered
one advantage in the faculty. He says
that they write to his parents so often
that it saves him the trouble
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-07-22
From the Quaker City.

E. j. Campbell, OF Philadelphia, under
date OF October 4th, 1879, certified to
the wonderful efficacy Of Warmers Safe
Pills and Safe Tonic IN removing a liver
disease accompanied by chronic con-
stipation and yellow skin.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15

for the years tribute by the assistance of
Arlatlne, the kings daughter, put an end to
1t. She supplied him with sword, with
which he slew the monster, and with silk.
en- thread which served rs clcw to find his
way out OF the labyrinth. Having thus de-
lvered himself and his companions Thescus
sailed away, carrying off Ariadno. Me-
dusa was one of the Gorgons who dwclt in
a region which the ancicnts assigned to
everything terrible, because ii was unknown,
the ocean beyond the pillar of Hercules, or
straits OF Gibraltar. 1t is probable they
had some faint idea of barbarous tribes
living in what we now call England, and
conveyed their idea by representing them
as hideous and dcformed beings. The Cor
gons IN particular were represented to be
frightful females. Instead of hair their
heads were covered with Kissing scrpcnts,
and they had wings, brazcn claws and cnor-
nous teeth. One of them, Mcdusa, was so
ugly that one look ut her was enough to
turn the beholdcr into stone. Pcrscus under
took to slay hor, and to accomplish his task
Mercury and Minerva both aided him. Per-
seus succeeded in cutting of her head, using
mirror which Minerva had furnished him
with to enable him 10 sec her without look
Ing her in the face. The head, with all its
Missing serpcnts, was presented to Minerva,
who placed it in the middle of her shiold,
where 1t is always represented in paintings
and sculptures of that goddess.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15
Advice to q Young Nun.

Yes, Iclcmachus, you should use sclf-
control, but at the same time you should be
natural. Cultivate sclf-control until It be
comes natural to you. In itself, l think,
1t sometimes leads to the most uncontroll-
able outbursts. Ono time l knew one of
these men who arc accustomed to self-re-
preston. lie was quiet, sott-spokc cn man,
with the most ungovernable temper that
ever tore human passion into rags. But
he rarely showed it. One day in the au-
tumn he was trying to make a Joint of six.
inch stovc-plpc fit into tho end of five
and onc-half inch length. And during the
struggle he smotc his thumb about midway
between the nail and the joint, with around
backed hammer. lie arose with O. sad.
sweet smile, laid the hammer down softly
on the carpet, changed the lengths of tho
pipe. fitted them and put the pipe up, and
never said word. But he was pale, and
there was a glowing light IN his eyes. And
the next day, about three o'clock in the
afternoon, that man walked out Of town, up
the B q NJ. grade, and stood in the woods
and foaDlcd at the mouth and howlcd and
raTcd about stove-pipes and the people who
make them, until hc frightened thirty-two
ton engine off the track. Sclf-rcpression
isn't self control, my son. DO you control
yoursclf2 Govern your temper, and IL will
come to expect to be governed. 1t won't
die; 1t wont quit and give up; it will try
you every time, but 1t will be more easily
managed. I don't suppose, Tclcmachus,
that yon can change your disposition, but
you can develop your strength.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15
The First Half Of a Century,

During the first half OF the present CEN
tury intelligence travelled by process 80
slow that 1t amuses us now to hear of It.
although 1t Is but rs yesterday since no one
dreamed of anything better. When the
battle of Waterloo was fought, and the dis
patches three days later reached London,
they were printed In newspapers, and the
newspapers loaded into mail-coaches. BY
day and night these coaches rolled along at
their pace Of seven or eight miles an hour.
AT all crossroads messengers were waiting
to get newspaper, or word of the OK
pected news. In every little town, as the
hour approached for the arrival Of the mail,
the citizens lowered about their streets wait
ing restlessly for coach which ratified into
the market place hung with branchcs--the
now familiar token that battle had been
fought and victory gained. Eager groups
gathered. The guard, as he handed out
his mall-bags, told ol the decisive victory
which had crowned and completed our Of
forts. And then the coachman cracked his
whip, tho guards horn gave forth once
more Its notes OF triumph, and tho coach
rolled away, bearing the thrilling news into
other districts.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15
How II Town Got a Queer Name.

What's III name2 A good deal we are
told, and how came Tombstone, Arizona,
TO have such Il namcs 1t was not borrowed
or stolen from any other place on the globe.
nor ever suggested by novel or gazetteer.
The story goes, and 1t Is true, that two
young men, brothers, when about to start
from Tucson on a prospecting tour into the
Dragon mountains, Sonora, CT somewhere
else, were advised to give up tho under
t"A,nB' iof If they pcrsislcd they would
md neither mine nor fortunes, but their
'tombstoncs' instead. The boys bravcly
bade good bye to their friends, though
emphatically warned that they would
never come back alive. The prospcctors
went of, and followed 'that blind trail. I"
already referred to, came to this plain and
made their camp. On looking about they
saw ledge of ore cropping out several
feet, all marked and rich with the precious
metals. eve have found our tombstoncs, {"
they exclaimed, and no other name would
40 to designate the camp. The town has
adopted the name, which, if not poetic or
classical, is certainly original. 4 valuable
tombstone, too, 1t must be confessed, for
these Schleffelin Brothers recently sold
their half-intcrest in tho mine and mill for
$l 600, 600 to parties in Boston and Phila-
dclphia. Now that 80 many mines arc
located In this Tombstone district, this
first discovery is known at present us "The
Tough Nut"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15
Immense Cattle Drive.

Cattle dealers of the cast have purchased
28,0o head of animals In Oregon to be
driven in this direction. To drive these to
the Yellowstone country, where they will
winter, will require 800 head of horses and
the services of 100 men. Most of these
Cow boys" are Kansas men, who have been
In the employ of this concern for the past
six years. Forty wagons will accompany
the drive, and about 100 stand of loaded
rifles will always be on hand, good for about
5000 shots at any band of hostile Indians
that may attack them. The drive will be
cut up Into three squads or bands of cattle,
the first lot having two days start of the
third. This brings them within easy range
OF the rear from the front. In April they
begin to gather for the start, and by the
26th of the month the greatest body of
cattle ever banded together will be slowly
marching eastward. Up to the Goth of June
the drive will be about nine miles per day.
but as the heat of the summer comes along
they will decrease 1t to about five. There
fore a steer travels no more on drive of
this kind than he would upon the range
and Is sure to be in good order when he
reaches the Yellowstone.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15

The California sea shell is regular arti-
Gle of trade among the wild tribes of Indians
on the plains, as we'll as among the civi-
lized ones. The shells are about onc-fifth
Of an inch In thickness, five or six inches
long, and four inches broad. They are
shaped like a saucer, and the outside is pris-
matte, the colors often merging into blue,
green, pink and gold, Near the edge the
shell Is very thin and delicate, but hard to
break. The Indians saw 1t into pieces.
so&c round, others square, oblong or pend
ant, and these they string together by
means Of wire passed through little holes
bored In tile pieces. Brass beads are often
strung on wires as a sort of washer between
different parts of the earring, while those
suspended on sinew form the pendants. A
large brass ring for the ear generally begins
Sioux earring, and to this are hung five
or six pendants made Of beads, supported
on wire; to these pendants are attached a
crosspiece of green, hide or wood, then an
other column of pendants. To these are
hung largo and small beads, then another
crosspicce, and next three large wampum
beads, beneath which Is suspended the piece
OF shell that gives tho earring its value.
A shell will make one pair of rings, and It
generally costs two robes, or SO. They are
something over foot long, and from three
70 four inches In breadth at the widest por-
tion. o What the ears Of the Indians arc
made Of, to Withstand such a strain, Is q
mystery, but pride and vanity tell the story
Of the savage as we'll as the most civilized
dwellers In cities and towns,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15
Queer Signatures.

The practice of signing as mode of Civ
Ing formal assent to written contracts or
charters is probably as old as, and in one
sense we may say older than, the art of
handwriting. Amongst all peoples the art
of authenticating document was accom-
plisled by the most illiterate persons,
either by atlixlng stamp with the signet
ring they carried, or by initiating the pro
cess OF signing by some other and rudcr
device. Conspicuous amongst these more
rustic manGuvres was that which 'Gibbon
mentions us adopted by Theodore, the
great Ostrogoth King Of Italy. lie had Il
gold plate made, in which the first few let
ters OF his name were cut in the Greek
character; aud when Il paper had to be
signed by him the plate was laid upon it
and his Majesty, passing the. pen along the
paper in the lntcrstices Of the metal, traced
by these means the Royal signature, which
he could never remember in any other way
a still more barbarous and 'ungainly de-
vice was that which was Invented, or at
least practised, by the Turkish Sultans of
lconlum, when that town was their capital
They simply dipped their hands in the
bowl Of ink presented to them, and laying
IT flat upon the paper or papyrns, left the
lndelible impress of 1t in a gigantic and
most conspicuous shape. A somewhat
similar habit is reported from India, where
landowners In the Mahratta country arc,
or were until lately, accustomed to dip
their thumb in the sandal dye, and BY
pressing 1t on the paper leave their sign
manual, or, as in this case, it should per
haps be called their sign digni,al. This
was In the case of raiahs or zeminlars.
who could not write their own name; but
q a thnt in rG
Brahmin who was highly educated resortcd
to practice very like that of the Incorian
Sultans whenever 1t was his intention to
make a very generous and comprehensive
grant, the character Of which he thought
would be well typificd by the mark of the
open hand The origin of the ''mark'
with which illitcratcs now sign is cnvelopcd
in some doubt; but it would be quite wrong
to suppose that the cross they now use was
employed in very early times. On the
contrary, it is said that for many centuries
after the Dark Ages those who could not
afford to wear ring or keep signct used
to make some special and peculiar mark,
such as an arrowhead, in which it was
supposed, and perhaps rightly, that their
autograph could be recognized.
1t is well known to any bibliophilc that
William Shakespeare spelt his name in
several different ways In france, Male
shcrhas spelt his in at least five different
ways at different times. Raphael signed
most usually in Latin, but sometimes in
Italian. Napoleon altered the spelling
both of his Christian and his surname. So
Mary Queen of Scots, whose English was
most feeble, signed indifferently rs
MARY, " "Maria" and "Marye." A num-
ber of persons have dropped the conclusion
syllable, either making sort of illcgble
scratch to represent the other letters or
simply omitting them altogether, as did
Theodore.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15
n Trlp in tho Country,

AT tho appointed time l chcerfully took
my scat beside Uncle George, and we start.
cd for the bay
Abont two miles from the parsonage,
Uncle George drew mp by the side of the
road to speak TO two men who were setting
fence posts, when ui. following funny con.
vcrsation ensuod
The older man of the two, Dan l., q
big, rough, jocular fellow, cried out, ;sSce
mere, Elder, 1t seems to me you preachers
have pretty easy time of it. On rainy
days you stay in the Eouse and enjoy your
selves, and on fine days you jump into your
buggy and 20 driving around the country
TO annoy your friends. should like to be
preacher for SPELL"
"Wcl, said Uncle, In his quiet way, 81
will change with you this minnie. III dc
your work if you will agree to do mine"
"Agreed," said Dan.
"All right" So saying Uncle George
stepped down from the buggy, and seized
the mallet. ''Now, Dan," said he, "this
IS the business you want me to do, isn't it Z
We'll, now, II ls the preachers business to
pray and to preach; prayers always come
first, so, my friend, you can begin by got.
ting down on your knees and saving your
prayers. With that Uncle George raised
the mallct and fell TO work in vigorous
manner, clearly showing he was no novice
at that kind Of labor.
"Hold on said Mr.. L., sT guess I'll
back out; | don't think could say my
nrnXers as gracefully IA You handle that
mailct; It's something haven't been lsct
to-"
$50 much the more need for you to be-
gin" said Uncle. "You need not be &C
modest about it, for wc are not heard to1
our ttne speeches; and if you will only &c,
down on your knees and pray earnestly fo1
te'- minutes, Ill whack away at these posts
foi you till sundown."
OF crurso Uncle did not succeed in hold
ing Dan to his bargain, so, with some kind
words of advice and warm shake of the
hand, he took his seat again in the buggy,
and we started once more for the bay.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-05-15
Romance of Spring.

1t is moonlight on the Hill. From out
the trees gentle zephyr creeps to rob the
hyacinth OF itsperfumed breath, and adown
the garden walk the whippoorwill lends his
monotone of sadness unto tho balmy night.
Sleep, with brooding wings, sits silent DER
the scene. But, bark It is the tinklinp
guitar strummed by the lonely Augusta.
tie comes. Beneath the vine clad window
In the ghostly cleaning he pauses, and I'D
the flowcr-trellised wall he shoots q melan-
choly tenor fraught with the passionate in
quiry, "Must I leave thee here alone ?''
No answer returns save the haunting echo
and the low clinking of distant door. The
scene changes.
1t Is the back yard tablcaux. A white
rebed old man bends above a chained dog
and sooths his too eager spirits as he looscns
the collar. A low voice says, .'S-cc.c Geek
him, Bull-take short cut round the rose
BUSH" A fash, and the old man Is alone.
The clatter of fallen guitar comes from
the front; a sound like the rush Of a steeple-
chase nearing hedge Is borne back, and
neck and neck two figures cross tho picket
fence to disappear down tho dim perspective
of the deserted street. Then the old man
meets Bull as he returns on the outer walk,
and removes in discouraged manner a
dark object from his .foaming mouth. while
the ANIMAL retires to his kennel. The door
opens and shuts upon the whitc-robed form,
and all Is still again But as he gets Id bed
and shoves the old lady's feet out Of tho
warm place, he mutters "Bull ls getting
old, an serenades don't pay dlyydende like.
they used to, but If the business keeps up, /
think you will be justified In startin' another
patch work quilt, Maria. That last fellow
left real cassimer."
"What sortcr sample did you get9"
'Tolerable fair. There was a long strip
with pistol-pockst hangin' to It, and one
gallus' bptt'n,