Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-02-22
All Sorts OF Paragraphs.
ONE has only to die to be praised.

WRo Is every lilcn Ii AlnS.
EVENTS are not in our power; but it
always is to make good use OF even
the worst.-BerkeIey.
IT is said that child born on Christ
mas viii always hate turkey and goose,
and lean toward goldfish and bacon.
IN Ithaca little gir,, attempting TO
describe an elephant, spoke of it as
that thing that kicks mp with is nose.
As MANY women learn to know thei
husbands, they wish they had learner
IL No" tAen when they were only
sEeethearts-
The naughty boy that sticks pins in
has tanlriy pew must feel that there is a
painful necessity for religious upris-
ing among his relatives.
SYMPATHY comes near and speaks
low. Ii does net shout through q tin
trumpet and hail mourner from the
top of passing omnibus.
INrural Germany very small men are
il special request rs servants, because
their military services would not be de-
manded III special emergency.
INN GINGEKBREAD.-Boil one Quart
m0iasseS -; a6y minutes; add lmme-
diateiy one tablespoonful soda, one cup
OF butter. ginger 10 taste, flour 10 make
paste to roll.
BEFORE the invention of pins both
sexes Used rbands, loop-holes, laces
with points and tags, clasps, hooks and
skewers of brass, silver and gold. They
were made in England in 1913.
s ~
wko is rather uninercifully teasing the
kittens-"J Isabel, my child, you must
not do so. don't like to see it," Isa-
bel-"Well, don't look, mamma"
: cONToRTIoN1sT was performing in
a New Haven variety show when the
police made raid He leaped over an
officer and from window twenty-five
feet TO the ground, finally escaping.
~WHAT," asks correspondent,
causes the hair to come out?" Before
we answer, we must know whether you
are married or single. This is impor-
tant to true understanding of the
case.
The first newspaper published Ill
North America was the Boston Ne1rs
Letter, commenced April a, 1704. Il
vas a half sheet of paper, twelve by
eight inches, two columns on page. Ii
survived seventy-four years.
IF children were taught to say
mother" instead OF INA" the blood
c5rdhng cry of young goat in the adj
Joining field would never cause an anX-
1ous parent to rush out to see what was
the matter with her darling.
a MAN who sat up four nights wrest-
ling with it asks this conundrum:
What is the difference between a sail
or and d fireman." Now, hold your
breath. "Cne plows the water, and the
other hose the water"
THE most celebrated lighthouse OF
antiquity was the one erected by
Ptolemy Soier at Pharos, near Ale1-
ardria. Egypt, 2S5 B. c. 1t was $50
feet high, and could be seen at g dis
lance of forty-two miles.
A GEORGIA rat was seen carrying q
full-sized ear of corn in his mouth,
while at the same time his tail was
wrapped around another larger ear
which he was dragging behind him.
Georgia always did produce some queer
old rats.
A CAMDEN n. j. paper asserts that
the following notice was found on the
door of business firm in that city:
"To our creditors-We have busted.
As everything else is going up, we trust
you will not feel surprised
AN old oyster digger who had caught
billions, and eaten millions of the de-
icious bivalve, was delighted with
dish given him at church fair called
"oyster stew" He said it was SO new
to him-he was sick of oysters.
LoGIoAL.-His Honor "Prisoner,
you say you are homeless?" Prisoner
Yes, your Honor" His Honor
you have no means Of existence what
ever?" Prisoner-"No, your Honor"
His Honor-"Very well. Aftera pause
The court condemns you to pay fine
OF So"
THOMAS WILSON, Of Baltimore, left
$1,000 to the Society of Friends, and
said he would have left them more if
he thought they needed it. But he put
his largest bequest where he thought it
would do most good, namely, into an
orphanage and asylum for the poor To
this he gave $715,0G0.
A CORRESPONDENT of leading Lon
don weekly points out that there were
in Ireland, in 1870, 526,62S tenants at
will-that is, without any certainty Or
security of possession. Taking the Az
erage of each household a. four, this
gives 2,106,512 persons who are depend
ent upon sufferance for home.
To SOME men nature is like some
women, inasmuch as it may be neces-
sary to thrust them into her acquaint-
ance and imprison them there before
they will learn to appreciate their
worth, but then, so great is the revela-
ton, they will call themselves stupid
for not loving her before.-Good Com
pGny.
LEAP year originated with the astron-
omers Of Julius Cesar, 45 B. G. They
fixed the solar year at 365 days six
hours, comprising, as they thought, the
period from one vernal equinox to an
other. The SIX hours were set aside,
and, at the end of four years, forminga
day, the fourth year was made to con-
sist Of 500 days. The day thus added
was called intercalary, and was placed
day before the oath of February, the
siytb of the calaDdS which uas reok.