Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-10-17
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.

The disappearance of the Atalanta
has given rise to q suggestion in the
Pail Mall Gazette that every seagoing
vessel should be compelled to carry at
least one of the so-callcd "Sea-messen-
gers" The messenger is cask
made in various sizes of "copper" in
compartments; and, according to its
size, letters, dispatches, ships logs,
jewelry, and other valuablcs can be
inserted in it. The cask can be quick
ly Theoretically sealed so that no wa
ter can get in, and may then be thrown
overheard with the assurance that it
will remain afloat for very long
time.
The Toxic Times says the education
of japanese girls in American schools
is not viewed with favorin Japan, and
the practice of sending young ladies
to this country for this purpose is not
likely to become settled custom.
The reason is that on returning to
Japan the girls find their education
and acquired tastes utterly antagonis-
tic to the social customs to which, of
necessity. they must conform. Japan
is practically new and strange coun-
try to them, and its sex restrictions
and humiliatiOns revolving. The con-
ventiOnal laws can not be set aside
and they are forced to become Japan.
csc again.
At the celebration Of the eighty.
seventh anniversary OF the Richmond
Blues, the following letter was read
from Gen. Burnside "Whilst I was
glad to have captured your corps
when last had the honor to meet it
on Roanoke Island, 1 would be very
glad to surrender to it on the 10th
inst, at Clark's Spring. am sure of
one thing, and that is that my constant
hope and prayer is that union and
confederate soldiers may in the future
be found shoulder to shoulder in de-
Tense of the rights and prerogatives of
our beloved country, and that no evil
spirit will ever again arise to put them
at swords points on sectional affairs"
Hitherto when professional diver
went under water, a tube has supplied
him with air. But MI. Fleuss has
patented process by which an ex-
perienced diver can remain under wa
ter for hours, having within his he'll
met and dress a supply of compressed
oxygen gas, diluted with nitrogen,
which is naturally present in his lungs
and i'll the diving-dress when he as
sumes it. The exhaled carbonic acid
being brought into contact with caus-
tic soda, the deadly gas is transformed
into simple carbonate Of soda. 1t is
asserted that numerous experiments
and tests have conclusively proved
that Mi. Fleuss' system is attended
with no Inconvenience, and the ex-
pense is one-half that of the old meth
cd. MI. Fleuss is only %. His pro-
cess has been brought out since the
Tay bridge disaster.
A few evenings ago an exciting in
cident occurred in the laundry of Hon
Woh, Chinaman, located in Broad
way, New York, growing out of the
tender of a trade dollar by customer
in payment for wash. John Powell.
the patron of the laundryman referred
to, unaware that Hop Woh had speci-
fiCally declared he would not accept
trade dollars on any terms, innocently
offered one to square his account. The
surprise Of MI. Powell may be ina
gined when he suddenly found him.
self confronted by Hop Woh, who
had closed and locked the shop door.
and his three assistants hidden by
their employer to the front door. The
three at once assumed an offensive at
titude, two of them having hot
smoothingirons in their hands and
threatening by their movements to
polish Oft the offending customer.
Though realizing that he was in dam
ger, Powell summoned courage to ask
what the demonstration meant, and
was informed that his money was bad.
He insisted that the dollar was good.
to which Hop Woh replied that it
might be goou for Melica man but 10
good for him. Understanding by that
that Hop Woh wanted grecnDack or
silver, MI. Powell promptly set mat
ters straight by handing over one of
Uncle Sanl'S promises to pay, and so
escaped scalping.