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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
THE SPARE BED.

When I go to the country to visit my
relatives, writes NJ. Quad, the spare bed
rises up before my imagination days before
start, and ] shiver as remember how cold
and grave-ike the sheets are put off the
visit as long as possible, solely on account
of that spare bed. Idon't like to tell them
that had rather sleep on a picket fence
than to enter that spare room and creep in
to that spare bed, and so they know nothing
of my sufferings.
The spare bed is always as near q mile
and half from the rest of the beds as it
can be located. It's either upstairs at the
head Of the hall, or off in the parlor. The
parlor curtains have not been raised for
weeks; everything is as prim as an old
maids bonnet, and the bed is as square and
true as if it had been made up to carpen-
ter's rule.
No matter whether it be summer or win
ter, the bed is like ice, and it sinks down
in way to make one SILVER. The sheets
are slippery clean, the pillow-slips rustic
like shrouds, and one dare not stretch his
leg down for fearof kicking against tomb
stone.
One sinks down until he is lost in the
hollow, and foot byfoot the prime bedposts
vanish from sight. He is worn out and
sleepy, but he knows that the rest of the
family are so far away that no one could
hear him if he should shout for an hour,
and this makes him nervous. He wonders
if anyone ever died in that room, and
straightway he sees faces of dead persons,
hears strange noises, ard presently feels
chill galloping up and down his back.
Did anyone everpass a comfortable night
in spare bed? nomatter how many quilts
and spreads covered HIM he could not get
warm, and if he accidently fell asleep it
it was to awake with start, under the i'm
preston that dead man was pulling his
nose. It will be days and weeks before he
RECEIVERS from the impression, and yet he
must suffer in silence, because the spare
bed was assigned to him in token of esteem
and affection.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
vHE APOPLETiC STROKE.

4 middle aged physician said one day to
the writer: GAS l was walking down the
street after dinner I felt shock in the
back of my head, as if some one had struck.
me; I have not felt well since. I fear I
shall die, just as all my ancestors have, of
paralysis. What shall I do ?" The answer
was, Diminish the tension on the blood
vessels, and there need be no fear of tearing
them in a weak place" Now, this ex-
presses in plain terms the exact cause of
apoplexy inthe great majority Of instances;
and it is one, too, which every one has it in
his power to prevent. A blood-vessel of
the brain, from causes which will presently
be mentioned, has lost some Of it's elastic
strength; food is abundant, digestion is
good; blood Is made in abundance, but lit
tie is worked off in exercise the tension on
every artery and vein is at maximum rate,
the even, circuitous flow is temporarily i'm
peded at some point, throwing a dangerous
pressure on another; the vessel which has
lost its elastic strength gives way, blood is
poured out, clot is formed, which, by its
pressure on the brain, produces complete
Inconsistencies. This is the apoplectic
stroke. It viii be perceived that there are
two leading conditions upon which the pro-
duction Of the stroke depends; lessened
strength in the vessel, and an increased
tension on il.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
CAR WHEELS IN ENGLAND.

An effort is being made. thus far without
success, to introduce into England the
chilled-iron car wheel, cast in one piece,
such as have general acceptance and use in
America.
The most popular ear wheel there is one
similar to our locomotive driving wheel,
with steel tire riveted On with four or
eight bolts, an inch in diameter. Of this
class of wheel 100000 are in use. Expert.
ence has shown that these tires will travel
10000 miles ON steel rails and not wear
one inch, and that continued running Of
100 miles will not more than warm the tire.
Of the $4,000 pair of these wheels running
on the Great Western, very few were found
defective or prod uced accidents. Tires
have been run for twenty years, and start
ing at an inch and half thickness, have
worn down to seven-eighths of Oh inch and
are still serviceable.
The introduction Of a system Of fastening
tires by wedges, as invented several years
since by the master mechanic OF the Boston
and Providence Railway, is being adopted
by one or two roads, while a new wheel,
consisting Of sixty nine pieces, has been
adopted by the Southeastern Railway.
There are $4,000 passenger coaches on the
railways in Great Britain, Of which only
1000 have six wheels. The rest have four
wheels. There are 13s,SOO goods or mer-
cbandise cars, which all have six wheels.
Frost is the chief cause for railway acct
dents in that country, the tires being the
especial anxiety. The rivets, being Of
wrought iron, are more quickly affected
than the steel tire, and occasionally snap.
letting the tire run loose. In the winter Of
1862, when the frosts in England were
very severe, wooden wheels were adopted
on all fast through trains, and yet, with all
the severe tests in our American variable
climate with chilled iron wheels, the Eng.
lish mechanics fail to recognize their ser.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
TEE EMPRESS EUGENE.

An interviewer recently visited the EN-
press Eugene for the purpose of learning
something of her ideas concerning the stat
us Of Imperialism in France. Her Majesty,
it appears, was slightly indisposed when
the interviewer called. Her Majesty re-
clined among pillows, decked with a dainty
little white lace cap, with blue ribbons, and
a handsome white dress rich with lace and
and embroidery and tied at the throat with
blue tie. Atiny table held cup of choc-
olate and q silver tray of bopbons, while
another little table held draught board,
with the men in position, which showed
that she had been playing. Her Majesty,
we are told, smiled on seeing the interview
er, and after talk about the political sit
uation, the interviewer t'was permitted to
retire. CON going out" concludes the
writer, 81 turned to take last look of the
beautiful empress, who had carried an
hearts by storm, be they of kings or peas
ants. She lay back there, her rich golden
hair loosely caught under the tiny, coquet-
fish bit Of lace and ribbon, the fair fulness
of shoulders and busthaf revealed through
the embroidery on her dress, and the tow
er-like strength Of her round, white neck,
made more marked by the blue tie. The
soft, white hands, are as plump and dim
pied as those Of baby, and her complexion
is still delightfully."- clear and fine. The
profile is clear cut and of high cast of
beauty, and her mouth is marvel of sweet
ness-and sadness, except when she smiles.
She babe me ow revoir instead Of good
bye" and some day 7 hope to pass another
hour with the queenliest queen of all, the
ex-Empress of France.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
Breyity and Business.

Ifyou have anything to say, say it at once
and leave compliments to leisure hours.
What would you think of the man who
would now begin business letter with all
the Anticipated formalities, such as 81 take
my pen in hand to inform you that we are
all enjoying very good degree of health,
except myself, who has been affected with
rheumatic; and send this hoping it may
find you enjoying the same blessing" &C.?
fyou have anything to say, especially to
the public, say it quickly and as briefly as
respectable language will permit. People
don't read long stories, nowadays; they
want something fresh, crisp, sharp, and to
the point, something that makes them say,
"Well that man is wide awake, he's up to
the age, and going ahead I'll give him a
CALL Breyity is not only the soul Of wit,
but it is also the life of business.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
A TENNLsSN re CAVE.

The Great Eastanalle Cave, which ex-
tends under the eminence southeast of
Athens, known as Cleage's Ridge, is liter
ally filed with water which found its way
down the gorge. No one in eur day has
ever ventured far into the dark and nlvste-
rious depths of the great cavern, and little
is known of it further than an old tradition,
now fading away, that a party Of De Soto's
men who crossed the Hiawasse at the Sa-
wanna Ford, where great battle was
fought, were pursued by the Indians and
took refuge in it-only to be walled up and
left to a lingering death. Had the vast
body Of water now gathered in the Fasta-
MALE Cave been added to the creek when
at its highest recently, we are apprehen-
sive that it would have been s'good bye,
john" with several who live in the lower
level of the town.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
A WidOwer's Wit.

The peculiar fortune that was supposed
by the classic sages to turn the folly of fools
into good luck, had an illustration recently
in the case of German widower living at q
place called Hyde Park, in Pennsylvania.
The wife of this fatuous mortal died not
long ago, leaving him with large family of
young children to cherish; and, as his elder
ly mother, sisters, and sisters-in-law tired Of
the heavy domestic responsibility, one after
another, it occurred to him that second wife
and u step-mother might best answer the
urgent needs of heart and home.
To reach this conclusion and to make it
practicable were two different things. The
overtaxed and bereaved parent did not hap
pen to be acquainted with any lady Of OBJ
vious eligibility for the honor he proposed
comforting, nor did he like to make known
his dilemma to kindred and friends What,
then, does he do bat resort to questionable
kind of New York newspaper, which admits
matrimonial" advertisements to its columns
and quietly search the same, for some femi-
nine application to his fancy Finding one
of these snares for the silly and wicked,
whereof the signature suited his taste, he
made pretext of business to his mother and
children for coming to the great city, and ac-
tually started out to find the address given
by the advertising misunderstood.
And now for the illustration of the cyni-
cal classic prorerb, Fortuna .tavet Fatus.
Reaching the very street of the address, the
misguided widower became confused about
the numbers, and entered the store of a
small tradesman, who happened to be fel-
low-countryman, to make inquiries. The
tradesman knew the occupants Of the desired
number to be such questionable people that
he was prompted to warn his rural compa-
triot against them, and upon being frankly
informed further of the inquirer's matrimo-
NAL mission intimated that he could intro
duce the deluded innocent to woman wor-
thy to be made an honest mans wife. In
short, he had in his home at that moment
penniless orphan-niece only lately come to
this country to earn living, and lost no
time in presenting her to his Pennsylvania
friend as the very woman to place over his
motherless household, She was hearty,
gimple-minded, good lass, with heart in
stinctively warm for any fellow countryman
meeting her in this great strange country,
and it took but few hours conversation to
make her and the widower both quite will
ing to be comfortably married. On the fol-
lowing day, reports the Scranton Republican,
bridegroom and bride took the home at HYDE
Park by surprise. and there the twain are
now living in happiness giving every Pc
mise of permanence.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
Uncle Ben's Mistake.

A planter in Virginia, being dressed for
some special occasion, said to Uncle Ben, an
old family servant: " Uncle Ben, how do
look?" Why you looks splendid, marster {;
splendid. Why, you looks as bold as, as a
lion." " What do you know about lion +?
You never saw one." "Why, yes, did,
marster; Use often seed lion; ofen."
" Where, Uncle Benz" "Why down on
Master Johnson's plantation they's got a
lion, and you seed him, too; I know you
has" "Why, you old goose, you, that is
not lion, it is a jackass, and they have
named him Lion" "Well l don't care
about dat don't care for dat. You lock
Just like him.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16

THE Detroit man who "knew exactly
what to do at fire." when he saw little
flames creeping around the chimney Of
house he was passing by, dashed into the
house, shouted Sire" overturned bureau,
and then bid one of the family go and sound
The alarm. He then snatched up table,
ran into the yard, sent another boy to sound
the alarm, ran in and began to pull bad to
pieces, and ordered the women to throw
everything out-of-doors. Having got the
bedstead down, and ordered third boy to
sound the fre-alarm, he carefully carried
out door-mat ard woodbox. The next
thing was to throw looking-glass out the
window and pull the baby's crib to pieces.
Another man had put out the fire, and came
up in time to prevent him from throwing
Tie piano down into the cellar.
THE crowd outside the court room was
greatly disappointed at the result Of the
Tichborne trial. A reporter for the Daiy
Ne,os ran to cab, and said, 'sDriye me %
the Daily Nacs Office" whats the sell-
tence?" asked the cab driver. "Foartc, n
years hard labor .9Then I'll see yotr
ID neck broke before III drive you am
where" This little dialogue is characters
tic of the crowd. 1t was crowd of people
who had gradually come to consider the
Iichborne case fight between butcher
and the aristccracy, and whose mental COR
fusion WAS too great fo- them to consids.
what that hypothesis involved.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
AN AvroR,s pI0TIrER.

/ remember whimsical incident occur
ring IN theatre where the leading member
of the company was celebrated for his mag
nifcent physique. One night he was enact
ing Yirginius, and his mother, who had
never been IN theatre in all her life, hap
pened ON the occasion to be in the boxes.
Fresh from her native Yorkshire village. It
viii be readily imagined that she was some
what bewildered with the novelty of the
scene When her son appeared, she was
amazed at the grandeur of his presence in
feshings, sandals and toga- His appearance
caused great deal Of enthusiastic applause.
When it had subsided, the proud mother,
unable to restrain herself, and to the aston
ishment Of ell around her, said, I'm SO
glad You Ike him. He's my son." The
mother Immediately became the centre of at
traction, and one adnirer exclaimed, swell,
Madame, you may wei be proud Of your
son, for he looks godlike as Roman"
"Ah," sighed the poor old lady in reply,
+" I didn't want him to be Roman. He
would have looked splendid rs police
nan. y IInsleys Magaine.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
THE OLD. OLD HOMESTEAD.

Outlines in memory see the dear old
homestead Oh! how plainly in imagina-
ton the old farmhouse comes up before
my mind and those uncultiyated and
rock-crowned hills, the rude plain, that old
maple and apple orchard, in fancy again
see. The violet and the forget-me-not,
the messy rocks, and laughing rills, the
crystal spring, all these again [ see, and
the happy days of childhood come floating
back to me again. 1t seemed but yester-
day, that father smiled, and mother kissed
her boy, in the old homestead! Oh, those
sunny days Of childhood, they were all too
bright to last, and as I sadly think of the
dear ones passed away, mother, father,
sister, brother, all sleeping in those orchard
graves on the old homestead, and Of the
thousand happy hours spent BY us together,
it seems that death has taken all my earth
" treasures and 1 am left alone at last.
But d voice softly floating on the evening
breeze, teGs me am not alone, and in i'm
agination I ramble over the old homestead,
with the cherished loue OF long ago at
my side. And thus it is, the buds of spring,
the summer flowers come and go, with
their beauty teening, but in memory new
er dying. So with fondly cherished ones,
though in the grave we have their forms so
fair, they ever in memory dwell with us.
The days of childhood, the old homestead,
viii never be forgotten, the past to us, by
mind and memory, will be renewed, the
tuneful birds, with varied songs, the little
brooks that wind along the stream reflect
ing spotless sky, and crystal streams
more fair" and the wildwoods around the
old homestead where nature first her charms
to me displayed, eclipsing works of human
art, these to me are more precious in men,
CRY than all the gems of earth and art,
rude though they be.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
CHANGE OF COLOR IN ANIMALS.

Certain animals possess the power Il
changing their color at will, or accor l.. !.
to the circumstances in which they IRE
placed. This is corvincingly Shown III
some recent experiments made by Mr.
Pouchet, a French investigator He chose
ss his subject the Palgmon serratus, d
species of prawn or crab. These prawns,
when brought asho-e by the fishermen,
have d rose or dark lilly color; but If they
are put into porcelain vessels with black or
white bottoms, they will assume colors
wholly unlike. Those in the white dish
become yellowish, almost eolorless, as if
they had just shed their skin; those In the
dark-colored dish assume a brownish red
hue. If they are changed, the pale into
the black vessel, and vice versa, they again
change their color, in correspondence with
their surroundings. The change Of a pale
one to q dark tint was more rapid than The
reverse. Thus, under favorable circunl-
stances, yellow, red, or blue Palamon can
be created
THERE are estimated to be about 5000
babies born every year in Paris, OF which
number 10000 are put cut to nurse.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
RUINED BY A SPIDER.

Spiders crawling moro abundantly and
conspicuously than usual upon the indoor
walls of houses foretell the near approach
of rain but the following anecdote init
mates that some of their habits are equally
certain indication of frost being at hand
Quarterrnaster Disjonval, seeking to beguile
the tedium Of his prison house at Utrecht,
had studied attentively the habits of the
spider: and eight years of imprisonment had
given him leisure to be well versed in It's
ways. In December of 1894 the French
army, ON whose success his restoration to
liberty depended, was in Holland, and vic
tory seemed certain if the frost, then of IN
precedented severity, continued. The
Dutch envoy had failed to negotiate a peace,
and Holland was despairing, when the frost
suddenly broke. The Dutch were now ez-
ulting. and the French generals prepared to
retreat but the spider warned Disi3nvai
that the thaw would be Of short duration,
and he knew that his weather mentor never
deceived. He contrived to communicate
with the army of his ccuntrymen and ito
generals, who duly estimated his character
and relied upon his assurance that within a
few days the water would again De pa=sabIe
by troops. They delayed their retreat.
Within twelve days the frost had returned
the French army triumphed. Disjonval was
liberated, and q spider had brought ruin ON
the Dutch milton.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
HOW ALPHONSE KARR BECAME A
JOURNALIST

The contributors to the Figaro had de-
manded more pay, the editor had refused,
and the result was strike. At that time
writers of the highest order were paid at
the rate of five francs column, or less than
q sou line, and what they struck for was
an increase Of two francs per column. The
first day Of the strike Bohain and Nestor
Roqueplan wrote the whole paper between
them; the second they hunted among the
outside contributions put aside for possible
consideration, and, coming upon N. Harris,
filled the paper with them. The description
Of the way in which political articles were
manufactured was evidently not over
charged. Bohain and Roqueplan constantly
urged 81. Kari to pay more attention to
politics, and one day they applauded him
some Minister. "You see," said Nestor,
" I told you it was easy enough. But"
replied M. Karr, ~ know nothing about
such things as these. 1t was in the columns
of the Figaro that first read of this Min
isters unhappy fondness for drink" "Do
yon sappose," said Roqueplan, "that your
colleagues know any more about such
things than you do? As to this disastrous
propensity, don't see why you shouldn't
have invented it as easily as Brucker did,
for it is probably not true. Not true?"
asked M. Kari, astounded. Well, it
would perhaps be going too far to assert
positively that it is not true; all that is
quite certain is that we know nothing about
little SATURDAY he0ieao.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
KISSING THE DEAD.

The danger from contagion and disease,
of the practice of kissing the dead is shown
by an occurrence at Mt. Vernon, New York,
where the inhabitants are congratulating
themselves on having escaped the horrors
of an epidemic. 1t appears that young
lady named Carol, returned to her fathers
house in that village, a short time since,
and died in day or two afterward. Dur
ING the wake which followed, a large num-
Der of persons kissed the corpse. 1t has
now transpired that the girl died of small
pox in It's worst and most malignant form.
None of Mr.. Carron's other childred hav-
ing been vaccinated, the cantagion soon
spread among them, carrying off all but
two out of seven. Nothing could be done
to restrain the inmates Of the pestilential
abode from going at large and informing
ling with the community while the dam
gerous infection existed.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-16
TEXAN SPORTS.

Sportsmen find an agreeable abiding
place IN Texas. On the prairies almost
every kind of wild animals abound. In the
north west are the wild horse, or mustang
and the fierce buffalo. The deer and the
antelope, the moose and the mountain
goat, are plentiful, not to mention the ja-
guars, the wild cats, black bears, ocelots,
wolves and foxes, and such smaller game as
peccaries, opossums, hares, rabbits and
squirrels. A special feature of wild life is
the prairie dog ormarmot. dwelling in holes
burrowed in the ground. Their numbers
are SO great that the traveller may jour
ney for days together without losing sight
of them. The feathered tribe are also
abundant, including birds of prey and birds
of sport. There is the bald-headed eagle
and the Mexican eagle, yultures, owls,
hawks, wild turkeys, wild geese, prairie
hens, canvas back and other ducks, teal,
brant, pheasants, quails, grouse. woodcock,
pigeon, cartridges, snipe, plover, red birds
and turtie doves. By the waters are also
found the crane, the swan, the pelican, the
water turkey, and the king-fsher. The
smaller birds are numerous, and among
them many Of the most brilliant plumage,
as the oriole, the paroquet, the cardinal,
the whippoorwil. and the sweet-toned
mocking bird. Black birds abound, and
wood-peckers, blue-jays, starlings, swal-
lows, martens, and wrens. In the rivers
and bays there are all the varieties Of water
life, from alligators to perch, pike, trout,
green turtle and oysters.