Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-08-01
FACTS AND FANCIEs

TIME is ship which never anchors.
TRIPLES make perfection but perfec-
ton itself is no tri1e.
The civil engineer would like to be
monarch Of all he surveys
IT takes live man to pull up stream,
but dead one can drift down.
TRUE honor is to honesty what the
Court Of Chancery is to common law. q
SENATOR EDMUNDs is an enthusiastic
angler, and makes a trip every summer
to the salmon rivers of the North.
IT is impossible that an ill-natured
man can have public spirit for how
should he love 10000 men who never
loved one.
A HORSE will not bite crib made OF
hemlock lumber, nor will rats, mice or
other vermin gnaw through it. So says
an exchange.
A MAINE paper remarks of contem-
porary, that cit has got to be tri-
weekly. It comes out one week, and
tries to come out the next"
MIR. GLADSTONE has for the first time
made "advanced age," in connection
with pressing engagements, an excuse
for not attending meeting.
"I HAVE had a surfeit Of mock turtle
since I have been married, therefore eat
the soup yourself, my DEAR" said a
young married man to his wife.
The Queen Of Sweden is suffering so
severely from long-seated disease of
the heart that only the slightest hopes
of her final recovery are entertained.
IT is awful hard to realize that a
woman is an angel when one sees her
pick up clothes-prop fourteen feet
long to drive two-ounce chicken out of
the yard.
elf I should meet the dastardly rebel
that shot me-" said Boston war vet
eran, on drawing 81, 800 in pension ar
rears, "he'd have to swallow half bot
tie of wine."
"DocroR," said despairing patient
to his physician, "I am in a dreadful
condition. I can neither lay nor set.
What shall I do?" 81 think you had
better roost," was the reply.
JOSH BILLINGS says: 81 never argy
agin success. When I see rattle
snaik's head sticking out of hole, I
bear off to the left and say to myself
that hole belongs to that snaik."
A CHICAGO widower has fine house
of brown stone and brick, and he wants
to know, before choosing second wife,
whether blonde or brunette would
best harmonic with the colors of the
structure.
EVERYTHING in nature INDUCES in
amusement. The lightning plays, the
wind whistles, the thunder rolls, the
snow flies, the waves leap and the fields
smile. Even the buds shoot, and the
rivers run.
The State Legislature of New Jersey
has offered premiums for the produc-
ton of fbers, now largely imported,
such as jute, ramie, flax and hemp, and
many experiments are now being made
with fair prospects Of success.
A FERocIoUs bulldog broke his chain
at Wheeling, Va, and attacked very
old woman. She made all the defense
she could, but he threw her down, bit
her with savage fury, and finally killed
her. Her son, maddened by the sight7
chopped the brute to pieces.
In the Russian village Of Elizaroff;
province of Moscow, during the services
on Easter day, a wolf ran into the chapel
Of the Old Believers and assailed the
worshipers. The latter, in their fright,
made so terrible noise that the wolf
beat hasty retreat, leaving four per.
sons wounded.
Dor was monkey, brought by James
Wardlaw, of Calf, Canada, from India.
It suffered from toothache for several
days. One day the pain was more than
ordinarily severe, and the monkey re-
solvedt to undergo dental operation. 1t
found a string, fastened it around the
aching tooth, seized the end Of the
string with its fore feet, drew up one OF
his hind legs between its fore feet, and
gave sudden shove, which jerked the
tooth out and sent it flying halfway
across the room.
The works Of Cologne Cathedral have
been renewed since the winter with
great activity, and it really seems, in
spite Of adverse prediction, that the
building will actually be finished at
last While one part is being COM
pleted, however, another falls into decay
and needs to be restored. Works of
restoration, indeed, are being carried on
at the same time as the works of COM
pletion, especially beneath the south
tower, whose foundations have to be re-
newed while its summit is being fin
ished.
DEACON JACKSON, of st. Louis, called
sister in the church can old COW.
She had him arraigned before commit
tee, which recommended his suspension,