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

The money spent for tobacco in this
country, according to the Retailer, ex-
ceeds in amount the expenditure for
bre esYloon ,,,o,n;nc po.,.;,,, -, ho.,.
got new coat at last, but it seems to
fit you rather too much" "Och, there's
nothing surprising in that; sure, WASN'T
there when was measured for it."
The length Of degree of longitude is
at the equator 69.16 statute miles; at
latitude 20 degrees, 65.015 miles at
latitude 80 degrees, 1884 at 40 de-
grees, 53.053 miles, and at 30 degrees,
1892 miles.
SETH GREEN advocates frog culture.
He says that many farmers have fortunes
in frog ponds, and that little care and
cultivation will produce crop Of frogs
large enough for family use, after supply
ing the market.
CONDUCTOR, why didn't you wake
me up. as [ asked you? Here l am
miles beyond my station 81 did try,
sir, but all could get you to say was,
All right, Maria; get the children
their breakfast, and I'll be down in a
minute"
EVERY particle of iron rust may be
removed by soften1ng it with petrole-
UNI, and then rubbing well with coarse
sand-paper. To paint iron, take lamp
black sufficient for two coats, and mix
with equal quantities of Japan varnish
and boiled linseed oil.
ROWLAND HILL rode q great deal, and
by exercise preserved vigorous health.
On one occasion, when asked by medi-
cal friend what physician and apothecary
he employed to be always SO well, he re-
piled: "My physician has always been
a horse. and my apothecary an ass p
: AN old lady from New Bedford visited
Boston recently for the first time, and,
while viewing the attractions of the pub
lie garden, was pointed out the bronze
statue of Charles Summer. "Well, I de-
clare" the old lady remarked, az never
knew Summer was colored man before.
"DoN'r waste your time clipping off
the branches" said woodman to his
son, "but lay your ak at the root of the
tree" And the young man went out and
laid his axe at the root OF the tree, like
o dutiful boy-and then went a-fshing.
Truly, there is nothing like filial obedi-
ence.
WHEN making cake or omelette, take
your discarded egg-shells, crush them
into small bits, put them into your de-
canters three parts filed with cold wa
ter, and thoroughly shake them. The
glass will look like new, and all kinds of
glass washed in the same water will look
equally well.
MISTRESS -" Who were you talking
to, Jane?" Cook" Only my eldest
brother, mum. He's-he's in the per-
ice." Mistress" Indeed! What is
his name?" Cook" John Smith,
num-" Mistress" But your name is
you see, he's-he's bin married.
THE baby rolls upon the floor;
Kicks up his tiny feet,
And pokes his toes into his mouth
Thus making both ends meet
The dog, attached to tin PAIL
Goes bowling down the street;
And, as he madly bites his tail,
He maketh both ends meet.
The butcher Stays the pensve pig,
Cuts off his ears and feet,
And grinds them in q sausage big
Thus making both ends meat.
PROFESSIONAL pomposity is well taken
off in the following anecdote: Shields
doctor Cooking learned and speaking
slowly)-"Well, mariner, which tooth
do you want extracted? Is it the molar
OF incisor?'' Jack (short and sharp
eft is in the upper tier, on the lArboard
side. Bear hand, you swab, for it is
nipping my jaw like lobster %
Chow long has she been dead ?" in
CURED bereaved husband as he stepped
into the room. ''About five minutes"
answered fearful bystander. "Well,
it's all right. I never got q chance to
see any Of my folks draw their last
breath. IF hundred of my friends
were to die, 'twould be just my luck to
miss it every time" Grief viii assert
itself.
THE old practice among farmers of
annually scraping the trunks of apple
trees AID afterward applying coat of
whitewash is not so common nowadays
as it used to be. Still the good results
following the labor will well repay one.
Underneath the dry and dead bark
countless numbers of vermin make their
home; when the bark is removed and
whitewash applied the destruction of all
vermin is certain.
A LITTLE effort is necessary to teach
calf to take its first grain dry, but it will
soon learn it. Beginning with small
quantity and gradually increasing it
after a week or two, OF when the calf is
four to six weeks old, give it all it Will
eat of these light foods, feeding it i'm
mediately after it has taken its milk. A
good increase on one good calf well pro-
tected is better than half one on two
calves poorly cared for.
PANIC, term often used, has singu-
lar origin. Mr.. Bullfnch, in his "Sto-
ries Of Gods and Heroes" describes
Pan, the god of woods and fields, as
having been dreaded by those who
passed through woods by night, for
gloom and loneliness Of such scenes dis
pose the mind to superstitious fears.
Hence, sudden fright, without any visi-
BILE cause, was ascribed to Pan, and
called Panic terror.
OF our points of punctuation the
period is the most ancient The colon
was introduced about 1885 the comma
about 1921, and the semi-colon about
1870 In Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia %
published in 1857, they all appear, as
well as the note of interrogation, asterisk
and parentheses. The ancients do not
appear to have had any system Of pune
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