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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
MOHANIMEDAN INDIFFERENCE TO
SUFFERING.

Irecollected having seen at NikopoEs or
Sistova-I forget which-great piles of
bones ready for expectation, among which
were some human skulls l also recalled to
mind that two months previously, when I
was visiting some chemical manure works
in the north of Scotland, the manager show
ed me his bone stores from the Black Sea,
and said that human bones were often found
IN cargoes from that quarter. Again, a few
weeks, after my visit to the Shipka, 1 saw
number of mems skulls and other bones In
shallow open holes in the Acropolis of
Athens, which the local dragoman told me
were the remains of Greeks and Turks who
had fallen in the war of independence fifty
years ago. That Mohammedans and other
rude races are Indifferent about burying the
bodies Of those in whom they have no spe-
cial personal interest I can well believe.
With them the feeling of sympathy for
physical suffering is almost non-existent.
If SO caDous about the living, why should
they care for the dead? Over and over
again in India I have been disguised by the
cruel way they leave dog, when disabled
by boar, to die lingering death in the
jungle, from starvation, or being eaten while
still half alive by beasts of prey-when
prod with spear would have ended the poor
brute's misery. 1t is the same with bag
gage and other animals. Of the 10000
camels which died during the 1889 At
CHAN campaign, l suppose large ma
jority died in one or other of the above
horrible ways. Of those that did not, we
may safely conjecture the happy despatch
was either due to the humanity of Brit
ish officer, or to the prompGngs of the
Mohammedan stomach. BlackacOOGs Maya
-j31p
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
WHY KANGAROO

Mr.. auckland tells curious story about
the naming of the animal we know as the
kangaroo When Captain Cook discovered
Australia, he saw some of the natives on the
shore with dead animal of some sort in
their possession, and sent sailors in a little
boat to buy it of them. When it came on
board, he saw that it was something quite
new, SO he sent the sailors back to inquire
its name. The sailors asked, but not being
able to make the natives understand, re-
ceived the answer, 81 don't know" or, in
the Australian language, kangaroo. "
The sailors supposed this was the name of
the animal, and SO reported it. Thus the
name of that curious animal is the sI-
don't Know" which is almost equal to the
name given to one of the monstrosities in
Barnum's Museum-the "What-is-it"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
EGGS AS FOOD.

Eggs of various kinds, says Casselrs
Domestic Dictionary" are largely used as
food for man, and it is scarcely possible to
exaggerate their value in this capacity, SO
simple and convenient are they in form, and
so manifold may be their transformations.
They are exceedingly delicious, highly nu-
tritious and easy of digestion, and when the
shell is included they may be said to con-
tain in themselves all that is required for the
construction of the body. It has, been
claimed for them that they may be served
in about six hundred ways, although it is
generally found that the more simply they
are prepared the more they are approved.
Although other eggs than those of birds are
eaten-for instance, turtles eggs-it is gen.
orally agreed that the eggs of the common
fowl and of the plover possess the richest
and sweetest flavor. The eggs of ducks and
geese are frequently used in cookery, but
they are of too coarse a nature to be eaten
alone. The eggs of the turkey and of the
pea-hen are highly esteemed for some pur-
poses.
The weight of the ordinary new-laid hens
egg is from one and half to two and half
ounces avoirdupois, and the quantity of dry
solid matter contained in it amounts to
about two hundred grains. In one hundred
parts, about ten parts consist of shell, sixty
of white and thirty of yolk The white of
the egg contains a larger proportion of
water than the yolk. It contains no fatty
matter, but consists chiefly of albumen in a
dissolved state. ALI the fatty matter of the
egg is accumulated in the yollz, which con-
tains relatively smaller proportion of the
nitrogenous matter, and larger proportion
of solid matter than the white. Therefore,
in an alimentary point of view, the white
and the yolk differ considerably from each
other, the former being mainly simple So
luton of albumen, the latter being a solu-
ton of a modified form of albumen, to-
gether with quantity of fat. Raw
and lightly boiled eggs are easy ofdigestion.
1t is said that raw eggs are more easily d.
gested than cooked ones; but this may be
doubted if the egg is not overlooked. A
hard boiled egg presents decided resist
ance to gastric solution, and has a constipa-
tory action on the bowels.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
MERCHANT AND WAR STEAMERS.

No ship of war, up to very recent date,
had been constructed with speed and coal
carrying capacity combined nearly equal to
the fastest merchant ships navigating the
ocean, We have built, and SO have our
neighbors, faster ships armed than anyi of
the great lines of packet and other steamers,
but neither of us have built armed ships
which could carry coal supply of 10 or ~
days at speed of Is knots. The CONNER
cial ships of England (the best of them)
have done that and their French competi-
tors have nearly, if not quite, equaled them.
Of course, in the event of hostilities between
ourselves and other powers, it would be pos
sible for the Government to purchase
whole feet of the fastest and largest coal
carriers among the splendid merchant ships
belonging to these companies; and as very
u1limportant alterations and additions would
suffice to convert such ships into cruisers
for the protection of commerce, only against
such armed merchant ships as could be pur-
chased and fitted out by foreign powers for
the destruction of commerce, we may find,
by sacrifice of part of our merchant
shipping, protection for the remainder.
The example given us by Russia in 1878
may show us how to deal commensurate
to the well-de6ned task which others have
set themselves" the destruction of our
commerce" It has been much debated
whether the whole, or at any rate a large
part, of our most valuable unarmed steam
ships might not be made self protecting,
and the Whitehead torpedo certainly offers
to swift steamship extraordinary facilities
for defense. What has been done in this
direction has met with much opposition A
strong opinion has been pronounced against
mourning the losses and accepting the COM
mercial impediments of such system, and
protection by the Royal Navy-and ade-
quate protecton-instead,h has been warmly
advocated. Both systems or methods must
be seriously and vigorously employed and
when all is done, slow steamers and sailing
ships, in which is still found large, though
decreasing, percentage of our trade, will
even then be in most hazardous and inse-
cure position. Robert s. Spencer, in
Nineteenth Century.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
THE BEGGING FRAUD.

The latest curious female fraud is at
Chelmsford, England. She has been fed by
charity for twenty-six years, everybody
thinking she was paralyzed and couldn't
leave her bed without help, praying for her
in church and SO on, all this time. When
no one was looking on, or likely to enter her
dwelling, the "paralytic" woman could
leap out of bed, dress herself swiftly, cook
substantial meal, and eat it with relish.
Some prying neighbors invaded her privacy
at times when they were not expected, and
found her not only out of bed and dressed,
but.making hearty meal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
A CURIOUS STORY.

After the taking of Paris says the Paris
Raped, by the Versailles troops, a Com
munist officer managed to escape from the
burning city. Having remained On the bar
ricades to the last, he had no time to change
bis Clothes and was consequently obliged to
wander about the whole day in kept and
regimentals. with his sword dangling by his
side Toward evening, however, he fell In
with shepherd, good-natured almost to
idiocy, and knowing nothing whatever of
politics. The two men entered into con-
versation, and at the end of half an hour the
refugee, necessarily haunted by the fear of
seeing the gend'armes make their appear
ance, proposed an exchange of costume to
the yokel. Naturally dazzled by the SPLEEN
dor of the others military garb, the coun-
tryman jumped at the offer, never dreaming
of the danger he incurred in DOMINIC his
companions attire The exchange was car
ried out, the two men undressed, re-dressed
and parted.
The pseudo-shepherd made for Paris,
| wearing blouse, canvas trousers and
straw hat. The real Simon Pure, on the
| other hand, calmly went on minding his
sheep, presenting rather incongrous as
pect, with the sword hanging by his side
and the crook in his hand.
What might have been naturally expected
to happen actually occurred. A patrol came
across the unlueky shepherd, and asked him
for explanations about his costume, and,
these not being deemed altogether satisfae-
| tory, the countryman was taken into GUS
| tody, and ultimately led off to Savoy to go
before court-martial there. Our readers
will, no doubt, remember the admirable
passages in the @ NIiserables, +" in which Vic
tor Hugo relates the Champmathieu affair.
The trial of the shepherd bore a great re-
semblance to the latter. The unfortunate
wretch, who had no one to speak word for
him, either did not know or was so daZed
that he could not remember his birthplace,
and, In the end, was sentenced to Transport
tation to the Isle DIES Pins. Amiot, as the
| iii1il 10 uducu, Mto oOAeJ oAA
by August, 1879, he had not been pardoned.
One of his fellow-convicts lately wrote to
say that Amiot was awaiting the termina-
ton of punishment which he did not un-
derstand and was expiating crime which
he had had no intention of committing"
Unlucklly he was condemned for life, and
| whether since hardened or not we are TO-
norant. He may possibly be considered a
dangerous character. Perhaps his very I'M
becility is taken for dissimulation. Be this
as it may, his story, while ithas undoubtedly
a ludicrous side, is at bottom horribly sad
and grave, and appears to US calculated to
cause reflection to those who insist on the
justice Of repression and the necessity for
refusing an amnesty.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
DINING sUMPTUOUsLY WITHOUT
TOLL.

How the lilies of the valley, says the Lon
don Truth, who neither toll nor spin, nor
have any private means, manage, year after
year, to enjoy all the good things of this
world has always been wonder to me.
Sitting the other day with one of these lilies,
I ventured to ask him to explain to me the
mystery of his existence. "This ISL he
said. chow provide myself with excellent
dinners and pocket money: Whenever a
new restaurant of any repute is opened, I
dine sumptuously there twice and pay for
my dinner. The third time I send for the
proprietor, and telling him that I have for
gotten my purse, ask him to send waiter
home with me, when I will pay my bill. To
this he objects. give him my name and
address, and the next day send him the
price of the dinner Then I dine two or
three times without paying, and pay for the
three dinners together. By this time I
have thoroughly established my credit, and
I can dine luxuriously for long period
without being troubled with the bill. I at
once organize picnics. I beg each guest to
hand me his share of the bill, and I pocket
the money, leaving the entire amount to be
charged to me. A new restaurant does not
Like to commence its career by suing Gus
toner; SO when at last the proprietor is
tired of feeding me, promise to pay him
some day, and then commence operations
with one of his confreres. Jeasously, and q
pleasure in seeing those in the same business
done, prevents any one who has been vic
tinized warning others against me-"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
HOUSEHOLD RECEIPTS.

To remove stains from books Translate
them into better language
To remove spots of grease, Oil or fat from
| woolens-Saturate the cloth with kerosene
or naptha, and press it with o hot iron or
| the wrong side. Then treat it with lighted
| match. This is the only sure way to re-
| move grease from woollens.
To make your chimney draw-Send it te
a Boston school where it can have the adj
| vantage of regulation instruction.
To cleanse brass-Turn the hydrant OF
the sewing machine and book agent that
knocketh at your door.
To preserve woollens from moths Give
them to the poor.
| To keep bread from moulding-G il
to the poor woman who keeps boarder an6
hens.
| To prevent cake from getting dry-Give
the small boy access to the pantry.
To clean lamp chimneys- them il
boiling suds an hour; then rinse in cole
water, wiring out and hang in basket te
dry. Of course, they will be broken into
small bits; but it matters little. They
would have been broken about as soon i
you had not tried to clean them. 1t is con
| siderable satisfaction to know that the pieces
are clean, if the chimney is broken.
To iron starched clothes-The best way
is to keep your iron, somebody else doing
this. So nothing further need be said under
| this head
To make preserves keep all winter-Don't
eat them.
To crochet tidies-No, we shan't tell
We have some regard for our male readers
and we know how utterly man despises
tidy.
To trim lamps-Do not cut the wicl
straight across; this looks too set Cut i
angling, which will harmonic with the bias
fold the fame will have when the lamp il
lighted, besides lending a sombre hue to the
chimney, thus removing the bizarre look Of
the glaring glass If you would see start.
ling effects, trim while burning.
To build a fre-You're fool if yor
learn. 1t is here where ignorance is bliss
indeed.
To bring pump-Get wheelbarrow OF
hire the expressman.
To make hash-'Sh! this is mystery anG
can be only told in confidence.
To make your stove shine-Grease it.
To exterminate roaches-Scatter insect
powder, powdered borax and nitro glycerine
about the premises, then burn the house
down. The reaches will never trouble that
house again, though few of the toughe,
ones will be on hand to move in as soon az
the frame of the new one is plastered in.
To prevent depredations of mice in pan
tries-Kill the mice.
To prevent milk from changing
Change your milkman occasionally.
To make coffee-Take one part ground
rye, one part chicory and ten parts pulver
lied bootlegs This is one of our larges
manufacturers receipts.
We might add many more equally useful
receipts, but these must do for today
| Boston Ironsc71pt.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
A BIOGRAPHY.

The life of Mafuka, who lived some time
OF Dresden, is among the most instructive
of photographers, as illustrating the ap-
proach of the anthropoid to the human
mind. Knowing how to unlock her cage
with the key, she stole and hid it for future
use; she took the carpenters brad anvil and
bored holes with it through her own table
when pouring drink from a jug into her cup,
she would carefully stop short of overflling
it. Her death had an almost human pathos;
she threw her arms round the neck of the
director, Herr Schopf, kissed him, and then
putting her hand in his, lay down and died.
Mature.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
HE WON THE BET.

Soon after two o'clock yesterday the sash
in the fourth story of a business house or
Woodward avenue was raised and a mans
head and shoulders appeared in sight
Next he thrust out an arm, and pedestrian
saw small rope in his hand. Twenty mer
halted in less than minute. A plank wa.
lying at the curbS and the general line Of
reasoning was that the plank was to be
drawn up through the window.
you'll break the glass if you try it !! >
shouted one of the fast-growing group.
"That cord isn't stout enough !" yelled &
third
Why don't they carry it up by way Of
the front stairs?" demanded man as he
dourished his gold-headed cane around and
seemed much put out.
The cord came part way down and stop.
ped. Some ten different persons volun-
tered the information of s'more yet" and
presently it was lowered SO that one of the
crowd could grasp it. He pulled down and
the man above pulled up, and four or five
men seized the plank and brought it to the
rope.
"Lower away!" yelled the man at the
rope.
"Pull down on it cried dozen voices.
The man above let out more rope and
waved his hand.
"He wants it over that hitching- post, u
screamed q boy, and it was carried there.
"No; he wants it fast to the hmp-post, ~
shouted man. and it was carried there.
et-that-rope-alo 4" came from
the man.
Six men had hold of the plank, ready to
boost on it, and three more had hold of the
the rope.
"Do you want the plank?" asked one.
"No!"
"Do you want the hitching- post?"
"No."
Well, what do you want ?"
81 want you to let that rope alone. I
had bet of the cigars that it was long
enough to touch the walk, and I've won 'em.
What's the row down there-somebody
dropped dead.
The plank was hurled away, cuss-words
INDUCED in as toes were trodden on, and in
fifteen seconds the crowd had melted away
to squint-eyed boy and an organ-grinder.
-Detrot Free Press.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18

Love is the weapon which Omnipotence
reserved to conquer rebel man when all the
rest had failed. Reason he parties fear he
answers blow for blow future interest he
meets with present pleasure; but love, that
sun against whose melting beams the Win
ter cannot stand that soft, subliming slum-
Der that wrestles down the giant-there ia
not one human being in a million, nor
thousand men in all earth's huge quintillion,
whose clay heart is hardened against love.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18
Il FRAGMENT.
BY MRS. j. V. H. Rooms.

Oh, the hundreds of broken lives!
Oh, the number of weeping wives,
Starving, freezing in misery's gives
Oh, the children that hunger and cry
For bread, but receive not and die!
Oh, the sights that see as stand
On the outer side of the churches grand
That heavenward tower in this Christian and
Sights too sorrowful here TO pen
OF wounded women and dying men,
Whose places will soon be filed again
With squahd poverty's boys and girls,
Whose signs and groans and pitiful noise
Are drowned IN the solemn and musical swell
OF the clear, sweet tones Of grand church-be1!
Oh, for the coming of Christ again
Oh, for the time when women and men
Will practice the virtue He taught them when
Among the lowly and poor he trod!
No wonder they thought Him the Son Of God
iuNoIE CITY, Ind.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18

The town of Littleborough-b by Rochdale,
containing about seventy-four acres, with a
population of about 10000, has just been
sold to a Yorkshire gentleman.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18

Never respect men merely for their
riches, but rather for their philantrophy; we
do not value the sun for its height, but for
it's use.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-07-18

Peoples intentions can only be decided
from their conduct.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-06
CAMERON'S WASHINGTON
HOME.

IL. j. Ramsdell, in a letter from
Washington to the Philadelphia Sun.
day Times, thus describes the home
which Senator Cameron is building for
himself in Washington. The mansion
stands diagonally, so that the radialing
line Of the circle passes through tho
hallway in the centre building, max.
ing a very pretty effect perspectively,
1t is three stories high, with basement
and attic, with four bay windows run
ming the entire height of the super.
structure. THERE'S a handsome granite
block paved carriage drive from the
street, passing directly under an Gle.
giant porto cochere. The window.
sill, etc, are of brown brick. The
buildings present four fronts, well
faced with pressed bricks and finished
in the finest style The windows of
the principal story are glazed with
polished plate.gl and the residue
with English crystal sheet. On the
main floor the Senator will have an
office. The first, second and third floors
will be, when finished, properly de.
Tended, and laid with Georgia pine.
The front door, vestibule and vain.
scoting is finished with polished oak.
The grand hall on the principal floor
is 25x35, with stGircases running up
from the rear portion and large fire
place across the northeast corner, with
seats on either sde-one OF the pret-
uost features Of the house. A dumb
waiter, for hosting trunks, etc, runs
from the basement to the third story.
Electric bells, steam heating apparatus
and all other modern conveniences
will be supplied. The basement is be.
ing prepared for kitchen, laundry, serv.
ants and other purposes The first, or
principal floor, contains the office,
entrance ana grand hall parlor, dining
room, library, pantry, silver closet and
a cosy cloak and hat room TO the left
Of the yestibule. To the right are
toilet rooms, closets and elevator en-.
trance. The parlor, 35x23, dining
room, 32x2O, library, 2OxlS, and office
are connected by sliding doors of hand.
some pattern and are flanked by bay
windows. The second and third floors
are divided into five bed chambers,
eight closets, four bath rooms, a large
hall and elevators The attic floor is
designed for servants quarters, linen
closets, etc. Tho principal rooms are
finished with elaborate cornices and
centre.piecos carved mantels and hand
somely designed wainscots, The tiling
of the halls is noticeable feature and
produces wonderfully beautiful and
artistic effect The appliances for
ventilating, heating, etc, are of the
latest design and the structure will be
one OF the handsomest residence in the
city. Its costs,completcd, willapprox.
innate 100000.
Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1880-10-06
TICKLED ALL OVER.

The Chief Of Police of Detroit re
Gently received visit from an old
farmer living on the Central Line road,
who had story to tell. After two or
three efforts he began;
81 vas goin home last night ven |
overtakes two men on ter roadt.
Dose fellers laft und salt would | gii
EN- ride. lait too, und say chump
in.
"Pooty queek one feller lal and
salt he likes Dutchmens, cause his un.
clio vas Duchmans. Dot vas all
right, und so | shakes all oafer.
"ln little While one vellar wants me
to change a seven toller bill, so as he
could gif some money to der orphan
asylums. Den do odder ieller he grabs
me py der collar, und pulls me down
behind, und says dey looks in my
pockets for stheamboat dot vas sto.
len from Deatroit. Dot makes us all
laf like some good shoke.
"Dose fellers looks oud my wallet
und counted der monish ! had schust
ten dollar, und doy laft, und salt dot
they must 60 on some trips to der sea
shore nit dot. Dot ticklcd me some
more, und | laft too.
"Well, den dey shumped out und
put deir fingers on DER noses und says
goot pye old Dutohmons, und away
doy goes like some horse races"
"And you didn't laugh at that ?" re.
marked the Chief.
"Vell not pooiy much. | vas all
ready TO, but | shtopped. If dem iel.
lcrs was robbers wants you TO catch
'em, und git 'om some pieces of my
mind like dundorl"