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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
Excited His Curiosity.

"Deadwood," said the stranger, put
ting down his half-eaten slice of lemon
pie and taking long pull at the milk.
{" I went there when the first rush was
made for the Hills. Rather a rough
crowd the first lot, you bet; more
wholesome now. When got there I
was dead-broke-didn't have dollar,
didn't have revolver, which a manu
often need out there worse'n o meals
vittles. I was prob'ly the only man in
the Hills who didn't carry firearm,
an I was some lonesome, I tell you.
The only weapon / ked-rm black
smith-was rasp, heavy file, you
know, bout eighteen inches long, which
I carried down my back, the handle in
easy reach just below my coat collar.
Understand? Like the Arkansaw man
carries his bowie knife. I am not ex-
actly temperance man. / just don't
drink an don't NEEDLE with any
other mans drinkin'-- that's all. One
day. hadn't been in Deadwood more'n
a week-I was sittin' in s'loon-only
place man kin set to see any society
when fellow come in, a regular hust-
Ter, with his can full and quart over.
Had a revolver on each side of his belt
an looked vicious. Nothin' mean
about him, though. Askt me to drink.
Not any, thank you,' SEE I. 'Not
drink with mel Mel Bill Feathergill |
When ask tenderfoot to drink ex-
pect him to prance right up an no
monkeyin'! You hear mepI
Well, when his hand went down for
his revolver, I whipped out my old file
quicker'n fire nd scorch feather an
swiped him one right acrost the face.
When he fell I thought I'd killed him,
an the s'loon film up with bummers I
sorter skinned out, not KNOWN what
might happen. Purity soon chap in a
red shirt came up to me. SEE he, You
the man as ke-arved Bill Feathergill ?
Cos, eff SO be as you are, eff you don't
want every man in the Hills to climb
you, don't you try to hide yourself the
boys is askin' fur you now
= 1t struck me that my friend had the
idee, so I waltzed back and went up
and down before that s'loon for nigh
three hours. I'd found out Bill WASN'T
dead an was bad medicine, but it
wouldn't do to let down, Purity soon I
see my man a-headin' for me. His face
had been patched up till it looked like
the closing out display of retail dry
goods store. There was so little coun-
tenance exposed that I couldn't guess
what he was a-aimin' at, so I brought
my nand back Of my collar an grabbed
my file.
Hold on there; there, hold on SEE
he; gimme y'r hand, I'm friendly; I've
got nothin' agin you, not a thing, but
you'll pardon my sity-what sort of
a weepon was that, stranger ?'"-
Hartford CoaIra7at.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
A Test of Indian Courage.

An Indian inter-tribal fair was held,
not long since, in the Indian Territory,
in order to show some of the results of
civilizing the savages. A number of
tribes attended and displayed articles of
home manufacture, such as needle-work,
embroidery, lace-work, and blankets.
Many of the Indians had their photo
graphs taken, and showed g childish
delight in looking at their faces. Others,
however, could not be persuaded to go
near the camera. Yellow Bear, of the
Arapahoes, was the first to pass through
the ordeal of a sitting. He suffered
himself to be properly seated, and the
camera to be brought to bear upon him ;
but when the prepared plate was placed
in the box, and the cloth lifted, he
leaped to his feet with bound, and at
tempted to leave the tent. All attempts
to reason with him failed. At last a
photograph of Cheyenne, taken some
years ago, was shown to him. He
looked at it moment, then went qui-
city back to his chair, and sat there like
a statue while his negative was taken.
He explained that no Cheyenne warrior
was a greater brave than he. The gi-
gantic Osages, on the other hand, would
not approach the tent. They say the
camera robs them of their good spirits.
The Kickapoos gave the same reason,
and the photographer was peremptorily
ordered out of their country on that
account. The Indian is a profound be-
lever in the power of spirits for good
or evil, and takes care never to offend
them. Virginia (Nev.) Enterprise.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
Animals at Different Heights.

Different animals ascend to very diff
ferent heights. Thus, for example, the
orang-outang is confined to the hot and
humid coasts of Borneo, while the
most snub-nosed of all apes (Semno-
pithecaJs rOGallG11g) was found by
Pere David amid the snowy mountains
Of Moupin, in Thibet, at an elevation of
5000 feet, in region where frost and
snow last for several months. Most of
the great cats are inhabitants of warm
regions only, but the tiger fourishes in
the Amoor country in an almost Arctic
climate. In Europe, the bear is found
at an altitude Of over 5000 feet, but
the badger does not seem to have been
met with above 5000. The channels
and ibex ascend Gin the Alps or Pyr-
enees) to between the region of trees
and the snow-line; but the fallow-deer
does not extend above 5000 feet. While
the camel is an inhabitant of the plains
the allied American form the Hama
ascends to $4,000 in the Andes, and the
Burrhel sheep Of Central Asia bounds
along at an altitude of II 900, where man
breathes with difficulty. Although SER
penis are creatures loving warmth and
Astounding in both humid forests and
arid plains, yet boas ascend the Andes
5000 feet, and the viper is found
in the Alps 5000 feet above the sea-
The greatest height attained by
any large animal seems to be that at
tanned by the great condor vuIture,
which scars more than $4,000 feet
above the sea-level. As to the inhabi-
tants of different depths of the ocean
we yet know little, as only an infnitesi-
NAL portion of its floor, at greater
depth than $500 fathoms, has been ex-
plored. The great ocean area is that of
the South Pacific, of which all other
oceans and seas may be regarded as di-
verticula or reaches, the most import
ant being the great offshoot constitut-
ing the Atlantic ocean. Until few
years ago, the distribution of life be-
meath the seas surface was supposed to
fade away downward into ifeless, abys-
NAL depths beneath it. It now appears,
however, that there is no depth limit to
life, especially of animal life. No plants,
indeed, are known to live at great
depths, and 100 fathoms seems practi-
cally to limit what is generally under
stood as vegetation. Animals, however,
do live at the lowest depths, though
probably in diminished number, both
as regards species and individuals. At
a depth of 1000 fathems the ocean
fauna presents much richness and va
riety.-S. 2. G. Mozart, I'M Contempt
r0ry Reuiew.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
A Remarkable Family.

A ride of an hour over roads not ofthe
best brought Times representative to
the little village of Norton, in this coun-
| ty. Norton contains remarkable fam
lily. In the doorway of small, low
rooted dwelling stood tall, well-pre-
served woman.
&C am looking for woman 81 years
old, who has raised twenty-four children
and is still in vigorous health, was the
first query.
&C I suppose you refer to me-" she said;
&C. am of that age"
She was apparently enjoying the best
of health. In all her long life she said
she had been sick but one day. Brought
up on farm, and Injured to the rough
work incident to farm life, this woman
had reared the extraordinarily large fam
lily of twenty-four children, twenty of
whom are still alive. The oldest is s.,
and resides on cleanly-kept farm mile
or two distant from the homestead. The
youngest is 80, and is engaged in grape
culture at Hammondsport, N. Y. The
entire twenty children are in splendid
health. Of the four who are dead, three
met their death by accident, while the
fourth died of yellow fever in Memphis
two years ago. The mother still does all
the homework, milks four COWS daily
and takes the produce to market. She
is the financier of the family, and de-
clares that she needs no lawyers to keep
her affairs in order. Every Sabbath finds
all quiet about the farm, and every mem
Der of the circle is required to attend the
quaint old Methodist Church morning
and evening.
els your husband living ?" was asked
Ono, sir; he died five years ago."
"Who is the man, then, of whom it is
reported that he is 81 years old and yet
cuts two cords of wood every day?"
"Oh," said she, as smile Lit up her
face; " that must be Brother Jake. He's
out yonder chopping away for dear life. .
The visitor went ''out yonder," and
sure enough tall, strongly-built man,
with white locks streaming over his
shoulders, was bending over wood pile
and welding an ak In manner betok-
ening no lack of vigor. His four-score
years have all been spent within radius
OF twenty-five miles. He had never been
outside of Hunterdon county.
"I&are nuthin' about seem the world,
sir. Ny own little village here and my
small gathering of true friends is all I de-
sire. [ read the papers regularly, and I
find that there is heap Of bickerin' and
strife outside which we avoid in our quiet
home. remember a good ways back,
and have watched many changes since I
was boy, but all my affections and asso-
Citations are round here. I do not have
to chop wood; oh, no, sir, but I like the
exercise, and it keeps me movin'. I've
never been married, and have laid aside
tolerable neat sum In the Frenchtown
Bank for old age, and at the words cold
age" the sturdy farmer chuckled, as
though 81 years did not bring him into
the period of hoary hairs and declining
days.-PhiladeLohia Times.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
A Very Mean Trick.

A new device for the bothering OF
lovers was operated" successfully in d
third class railway carriage by heart
less young man in Wales the other day.
A couple sat on the seat. before him.
The lady was young and modest, and
the swain wore very large cuffs. One
arm was thrown carelessly along the
back of the seat, and upon this the evil
minded person behind put some phos-
phorous. The affectionate perform
ances of that cuff when the train was
rushing through the kindly darkness of
the tunnels were beheld by all the un-
feeling and tittering occupants of the
carriage, whose cruel enjoyment was
not little increased by the demure
and unconcerned appearance of the
lovers each time the train dashed again
into the light.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
Experiments with Opium Smoking,

One Herr Maclay, in the course of a
stay at Hong Kong, made an experiment
upon his own body which would appear
to be pretty conclusive as to the effect of
opium-smoking. After fasting eighteen
hours, he smoked twenty-seven pipes,
holding in all 107 grains of the opium
used by the Chinese. 1t is interesting
to know that after the third pipe he
ceased to feel hungry, and the fifth pipe
left him unable to walk about comforta
bly,; the seventh brought his pulse
down from eighty-six to seventy; the
twelfth caused singing in the ears, and
the thirteenth q heavy fit of laughter.
Twenty-Five pipes affected his hearing,
but, within an hour after the trial, which
had only lasted about 160 minutes, he
was able to go home and go to bed,
where he slept SO soundly as to wake up
fairly fresh and hungry the next morn
ing. During the whole experiment, he
had no dreams or Authorizations of any
sort whatever.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
Eyes. she is changed. Is she not iust

Eyes. she is changed. Is she not just
perfect9'
Perfect Rather too perfect to suit
me- growled Lennox.
''To-morrow l shall see more of her,
he thought.
But tomorrow and tomorrow and to-
morrow, 1t was always the same, and that
''elegant Miss Irving" as they styled
her, was always IN demand, and poor
Lennox, from the distance at which she
kept him, looked on almost heartbroken,
varying between wrath, jealousy, pride
and despair.
Mamie" said he, one morning, when
he found her alone, show long Is this to
last9"
81 believe you wished me to come here
to improve my manners, Mr.. Ray; to ac-
quire the elegance of society,"" she said,
coldly.
"But, Mamie"
swell, if you are not pleased with the
result of your own advice, I am not to
blame. You must excuse me now, Mr.
Ray, am going to ride with the Count
Beaurepaire."
And with careful gestures OF adleu,
she left him sick at heart.
That afternoon LennoX walked unan-
nounced into Laura room.
~ thought I'd drop in and say good
bye before you went downstairs" said
be. ~ leave to night
"Indeed9 Where are you going9' asked
Laura.
"Oh, don't know was his savage
reply.
"You can take note to Georgia fol
me9"
eyes, if you get it ready" said he.
every well-I will write it now"
Laura left the room, and Lennox stood
modify at the window.
Presently Mamie came in and stood
near him.
care you really going away9" she
asked.
eyes, am,' was the short answer.
"And won't you tell US where?'
II don't know myself where,3 neither
know nor care!" he growled.
She slipped her hand In his arm, with
the old caressing movement he Iemem-
bered so well, and spoke gently, usirg
his name for the first time since he came
back.
"But, Lennox, dear, if you go away of
somewhere, what shall do9"
He turned suddenly and caught her to
his heart.
ooh, Mamie, Nannie," he cried pas
sionately, eff you would only come back
to me and love met I could recover
my lost treasure, 1 would not go any
where. Oh, my lost love, IS it toe
late?"
She laid her face down against his
shoulder and asked
"Lennox dear, tell me which you love
best, the Mamie you used to know, OF
the fashionable young lady you found
here?"
ooh, Mamie darlingp' he cried, clasp
ing her closer. II wouldn't give one
toss Of your old brown curls for all the
fashionable young ladies in the world
''Then you will have to take your old
Mamie back again, Lennox, dear"
And Lennox, passionately clasping her
to him, begged to be forgiven, and vowed
he would not exchange his precious lit
tie wild rose for all the dollhouse flow
ers in Christendom.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
Daniel Webster.

An evening with Alexander FL. Steph-
ems carries one back into the past, and
after it is over you feel as though the
time had been spent with the great men
whose names are so familiar in history,
and whose lives are so indelibly inter-
woven with the inner life of our coun-
try. Mr.. Stephens has no reason to cry,
Lord, keep my memory green" for
the events of fifty years ago are as bright
and fresh in his mind as though they had
occurred but yesterday. He will rum
mage around in the storehouse of his
brain and bring to light circumstances
that happened many years ago, when he
was in daily association with Webster,
Clay, Calhoun, Cass, Douglas, and 9th
er great men. One evening, quite re-
Gently, the conversation turned upon
Daniel. Webster, and Mr. Stephens re-
lated facts, of which he had personal
knowledge, that place Webster in an al
together new light before the country.
He said 81 think Webster was the
worst-slandered man I ever knew. 1t is
the general impression in the country
to-day that Webster was a great drunk
ard. You hear it spoken of even now
whenever his name is mentioned. but it
Is an outrageous SANDER. will tell you
what I know myself. For six years,
while we were both here in Congress, I
lived next door to him. His house was
as familiar to me as was my own garden.
was In there great deal, and he was
as often in mine, and, in all the time of
my acquaintance with him. / never saw
Webster when he was in the least affect
ed by liquor, or under the influence of
it, In any way. I have dined with him
at his house and at mine; [ have met
him at dinners and affairs outside, and I
never saw him in the least inebriated. I
never heard of his being intoxicated but
twice, and on one of those occasions-a
dinner-he was said to have made
speech that was grandly eloquent.
"Then, too, there has been much said
about his incontinency. I think that is
even worse SANDER than the other.
When we were neighbors he was mar
ried to his second wife Ga fine woman),
and, with the exception of Toombs and
Calhoun. I never saw man so devoted
to his wife as Webster was. They were
always together. If he went out to walk
in the evening, as was his custom, Mrs.
Webster always accompanied him. I
used to meet them often. He never was
away from home over night that, his
wife did not go too. He went frequent
~ to New York and Baltimore, but he
always took Mrs. Webster with him. At
the receptions in the city they always
were together, and wherever you saw
Webster you saw also Mrs. Webster on
his arm. It was different then from
now It was not then considered wrong
for man and his wife to keep together
at such entertainments. Now, if man
speaks to his wife at any reception or
affair Of the kind he is thought to be I'M
fit for good society. He must beau
around some other woman, and leave his
wife to be looked after by some other
man. Webster loved his wife, and was
kind and faithful to her.
s'He was, as I say, one of the worst
slandered men I ever knew. Why,
friend told me once that he had known
Webster for twenty years, and In all
that time he never saw him intoxicated. "
Cor. Chicago NeaUS.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
THE strongest Of all known substs

The strongest of all known substan-
ces is iron. Made into best steel, rod
one-fourth of an inch of diameter will
sustain 5000 pounds before breaking;
iron wire, 5000 pounds; bar iron, 1000
pounds; cast iron, 1000 pounds to
5000 pounds; copperwire, 3,000pounds;
silver, 1000 pounds; gold, $500 pounds.
Wood which will bear very heavy
weight for minute or two will break
with two-thirds the force acting long
time. A rod of iron is about ten times
as strong as a hempen cord. A rope an
inch in diameter will bear about two
and one-half tons, but in practice it is
not safe to subject it to strain of more
than about one ton. Half an inch in
diameter, the strength will be one
quarter as much; quarter of an inch,
one-sixteenth as much, and so on.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16
Pay as Y0n Go.

"My cash discounts keeps my house
hold" was the sententious reply made
by retail merchant, when asked how
his cash buying and selling had sue
ceeded. By this he meant that he saved
enough to maintain his family in the
discounts taken off his invoices, be-
cause he pays his bills at sight instead
of giving notes for them. The expert
ence of this store-keeper may help the
weak faith of some others, if they have
the pluck to do as he did.
Beginning business about 1860, on a
few hundred dollars, he lived anG kept
house on $500 per annum; sold to no
one except for cash; bought nothing he
could not pay the money for at the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16

time. The result is that to-day this
gentleman is well-to-do, and has an ex-
cellent trade.
Another dealer in the same county,
twenty years ago began small shop with
5000 worth of goods, paid for. He, too,
sold for cash, worked hard and lived
cheap in early years, making his pur-
chases all the time with ready money.
In thirteen years that man retired worth
$4,000.
What these men have done can be
done by the men of to-day equally well /;
but there may be hard road to travel;
and they must pull off coats and roll
up shirt sleeves"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-05-16

"WHAT is political science?" asks an
exchange. Political sciencel Political
sciencel Oh, yes; we see. When you
can make the people believe that you
can hold Office better than the man who
is in. and they have the confidence to
put you in his place, you have demon
strated about all there is in political
science.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30

pies pears and other small fruits; sowod
grains, such as oats, rye, barley, etc, are
cultivated only as incidental crops. Have
about forty acres of cultivated land including
the grass land that NOV pillow from ten to
twelve acres, two acres potatoes, two acres
roots, four to five of sweet corn, the balance
in sowed grains, having beside good garden.
The making, saving and applying manure is
as follows: stable my cows every night dur
ing the year, save all Of the urine by absorb
ing with saud mixed with the solid, from day
to day, and from the first cutting of hay in
June until late in fall, the manure is from
time TO time carried out on the farm, and
spread on the grass lands as top dressing; in
the fall my fruit trees are oil banked around
with manure, which in spring is spread on
the land under the trees the winter manure
is drawn out every week. and placed in large
heaps on grounds that are to DO plowed in
spring, and before blowing is spread, and
then plowed in not over six inches in depth.
Make on an average one good load of manure
each day in the year also use some composts
made on the farm, Of ashes, hen manure,
sand and plaster have used no artificial ma
nure for several years.
have cider mill for my own convenience
and my neighbors use steam power for
making cider, cutting wood and roots, and
other purposes. have made this year about
$50 barrels of cider; the pomace all being
utilized by feeding to my cows, while fresh,
from day to day, and think it good food
when properly fed. As convenience on the
farm l have made an artificial pond for bath
ing in summer and getting ice from in win
ter, also for the purpose Of keeping fish As
my farm is a broken, uneven surface, full of
boulders, facing rather to the west, there is
still great opportunity for improvements,
which l am trying to make from year to year
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-01-30

After using ashes on my farm for many
years, both leached and unleached, consid-
or them valuable fertilizer for grass or
grain. have used large quantities of leach
ed ashes, generally applying them to land to
be seeded down. first prepare the ground
for sowing, then spread 100 or $50 bushels
of leached ashes to the acre, then SOW wheat,
barley or oats, as the case may DO, and seed
down, narrowing thoroughly, and when the
crop natures, am always pleased with the
result. l use 30 bushels of unleached ashes
to the acre. Ashes whether leached or I'M
leached, make very fine top dressing for
meadows and pastures, and in every case
where l have used them the result for grain
or grass has been very satisfactory, there be-
ing large increase in both quantity and
quality of grain or grass.
My mode of using ashes for corn is to ap-
ply them to the top of the hill, before the
corn comes up. AS soon as the corn is plant
ed, put about gill of unleached ashes on
the top of each hill, always preferring to get
my corn ashed before a rain, so that the first
shower will carry the potash from the ashes
down into the hill, for the corn roots to feed
upon. apply in the same way for potatoes.
1t takes, as Iapply them. from Is to 20 bush
els to the acre, and think the ashes thus
used are worth half dollar per bushel. l
am satisfied that ashes, either leached or I'M
leached, are the best fertilizers the farmer
can use. For immediate effects l know of
nothing that is equal to them and they are
also lasting. They do not leach through the
soil like manure, but after an application is
made to grass or grain, the following crops
for many years will show the results
should judge that the relative value of
leached ashes would be about ono-half that of
unleached While the teaching of ashes ex-
tracts most of the potash from the ashes, it
leaves them rich in nitre which, as a fertili-
zor, is very valuable. 1t is claimed that TO
mix ashes and plaster together, makes the
mixture worthless, the one neutralizing the
fertilizing qualities of the other If any one
doubt it he can try it, and satisfy himself
Cor Country Gentleman