Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-09-19

IleS aHu uauSorS OI IHe dCUempt, ana
feel confident can meet and surmount
them"
EDITOR JENNINGS, of the Marshall
Texas) Messenger, published severe
criticism Of the public acts of Legislator
Coleman, who Immediately armed him.
self with a revolver and started out to
get satisfaction. The men met in front
of the Court House. Coleman drew his
weapon and fired, but missed. Before
he could shoot again, Jennings sent
bullet through his heart
AN ostrich long on exhibition at
Rome, having been suffocated by thrust
ing it's neck between the bars, there was
found in its stomach four large stones,
several smaller ones, seven nails, a neck
tie pin, an envelope, thirteen copper
coins, fourteen beads, one French franc,
two small keys, a piece of handker-
chief, silver medal of the Pope, and
the cross of an italian order.
A FRENcHMAN, who resides on farm
near Paris, has fancy for picking up
old animals, has a mule aged 70, a
goose aged 81, COW aged So, a hog
aged 81, bullfnch aged %, and a
sparrow aged 81. This last accounts
for the millions of sparrows in the
world. A couple of healthy sparrows,
producing twenty or thirty young a
year for thirty years, is something sad
TO contemplate.
The annual report of the Chicago
Commissioner of Public Works shows
that in that city, during the past year,
fifty-one miles of sidewalk were laid,
twenty -seven and half miles of sewer
built, and thirteen and half miles Of
water mains put down. During the
same period, the city water supply of
nearly nine and half thousand millions
of gallons was pumped, at cost of
sos per million.
WILLIAM, do you knew why you are
Like donkey?" "Like donkey?"
echoed William, opening his eyes wide;
emo, don't" edo you give it up?
."I do" because your better half is
stubbornness ITSELF" 'sThat's not bad.
Hal ha I'll give that to my wife when
I get home" "My DEAR" he asked as
he sat down to supper, edo you know
why I am like a donkey?" He waited q
moment, expecting his wife to give it up.
But she didn't. She looked at him some
what commiseratingly as she answered
ct suppose because you were born So.
THERE were 20,172 students at the
twenty universities of Germany during
the winter semester 1879 80, an aver
age of more than 1000 apiece. The
numbers, however, were distributed as
follows Berlin, 3,608; Leipzig, 1927;
Munich, 1906; Breslau, 1909; Halle,
1,O98; Tubingen, 1914; Gottingen, 965
Bonn, 8S1; Wurzburg, 848; Strasbourg,
752; Konigsberg, 1877; Marburg, $50;
Grefswald, 531; Heidelberg, SOP; Err
langen, 4s1 !; jena, 451 /; Freiburg (im
BreisgaD, 391; Giessen, 1858; Kiel, 242,
and Rostock, 1913. Among the 2O,172
students, 1924 belonged to the philo-
sophical faculty, 5,132 to the juristic,
1861 to the medical, and 1855 to the
theological.
NOTWITHSTANDING the fact that the
Government Board of Inspectors de-
clared the steamship Gulnare unfit for
Arctic service, that vessel has sailed
from Washington for Halifax, under
command of Capt. Palmer. This Is
known as the Howgate expedition, its
expenses being provided for by Capt.
Howgate The crew consists Of the
mate, and fifteen men, Massachusetts,
whalers. DR.. Octave Pavy is the sci
enlist, G.. w. Rice the photographer,
and Mr.. Henry Clay, grandson of the
great statesman, will be the volunteer
aid Of the expedition. The Gulnare
is British-built vessel, but the Attor-
ney General has given the Captain per-
mission to fly the American flag.
ONE of the bills which Congress did
not pass at the late session, though it
was favorably reported by the commit
tee, was Mr.. Ballou's Spelling Reform
bill, appointing commission of seven
persons to "examine the photography
used in the public documents and in the
public schools vi the District of Column
bia, and to inquire how much its defects
increase the cost Of the public printing,
and how far they are an impeachment to
the acquisition and use of the English
language and to education" The Com
mittee on Education and Labor, to
whom. the matter was referred, reported
that irregular spelling in the English
language causes q loss of two years Of
each child's school time" is "main
cause of the alarming illiteracy Of our
people," and costs "many millions Of
dollars yearly for teachers and for writ
ING and printing superfiuous letters"