Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-02

Eastern cltles HIS majesty visits us frequent
ly-fOr monarch. He appears to have high
appreciation Tor American whisky and Ia
women.
JEFFERSON DAVIS intimatessthat he will write
a history of the United States for schools,
from his standpoint. Can't some of the gen.
tleman's friends induce him to tell the world
what he knows about farming, or get him in
terested in astronomy?
Mr.. GEO. j. GOULD, son of Jay Gould, has
appeared in Wall street as broker, and his
maneuvros are being watched with curious
interest by those around him. He is smooth
faced youth of 81, but is said to be "up to
snuff in business matters. Paterfamilias
''put up" half million for him. which makes
him an equal partner in firm.
ARTHUR will not change the cabinet, eh?
Why, bless your simple soul, the number of
gentlemen actually offered portfolios to date
as discovered by the Washington correspond
ents-foots up %, 491. There is a slight dis
crepancy between these figures and the num-
Der of the presidents constitutional advisers;
but this trife will not disturb the equanimity
of the average specal-writer at the capital.
| The wife Of Congressman Tillman, of South
Carolina, is one of the most successful female
farmers in the country. She manages her
husbands large plantation in good shape and
rides around on horseback daily superintend-
ing the details of the work. In addition to
this she has the care of large family. She is
treasure to her husband and an honor to her
sex, but she would probably make poor fig
ure at fashionable watering place.
The stupidity of the English newspapers
| touching American politics is almost as dense
as their ignorance of American geography,
which latter has long been proverbial. The
eastern papers are reprintlng some of the
comments of the London press, on Mr..
Arthur's succession to the presidency. They
| are very funny. For example, the Telegraph
asserts that the new president will not dare to
choose cabinet to his own liking, while the
Standard thinks England has no cause for re-
joicing at Mr.. Arthur's elevation to power,
"because he owes his election to Irish votes,
and in New York his constant associates were
| Fenians."
| The tenement house evil is again being in
vestigated by the municipal authorities of
New York. There are 81, 1853 buildings of this
classification in that city, and in these live
or attemptto live-the larger portion of the
population of the place. They are horrible
dens and breed disease and crime in about
equal proportions. The mayor in making a
personal inspection. found room 12x16 feet
in dimension, occupied by fourteen people.
| Many rooms were found to contain three and
four beds. The details of life in these places
are simply awful. The jewellers there are
powerless to remedy the evils which surround
them. They cannot afford more room, when
the price Of single apartment is over one
hundred dollars year. More room is the
first essential to improved health and greater
cleanliness. The city officials and the philan-
thropic citizens recognize the problem as a
tough one, but seem disposed to tackle it.
THE Chinese educational mission in the
United States has been abolished, and the stu
dents sent to some of the New England col
leees by the Chinese governmnt have been Or
dered home. This action siszbased on report
made by special commissioner sent to Amer
lea to examine into the progress being made
by the young heathens. The commissioner,
who bears the melodious title of Woo Kia
Shin, found that, although the boys had not
learned all the useful sciences, they had adop-
ted all the bad customs of America. )" T. King,
one of the students, writes to New Hamp-
shire paper, criticising the action of his gov
eminent He claims that the Chinese students
were doing very well, and says that Mr.. Com
missioner Woo Kia Shin, being one of the ul-
tire conservative party, very naturally looks
with disfavor upon American methods and in
situations, and sent disparaging reports of the
educational mission to his government, re-
CARELESS of accuracy or justice. Mr.. King;
in addition to scientific and literary attain
ments, appears to have learned little more
freedom of speech than is usually tolerated in
his native country, and we may expect to hear
of his being drawn and quartered or immersed
| in boiling oil when he gets home.
The Turkish military are making war on the
brigands. A recent cablegram announces a
series of engagements, resulting in the death
of ten and the capture of sixty outlaws Six
of the latter were killed by jumping over a
precipice while attempting to escape. How
\ this country would be electrified by such ter
mination of the pursuit of some of our bandits!
Imagine ten of the Missouri train robbers kill
ed by militia or sherifFs posse! Gov. Critten-
den would doubtless appoint day of thanks
giving and payer in commentator of of the
event, and would certainly receive the con-
gratulations of forty other governors. But,
alas, our American outlaws seldom get killed
or captured by officers of the law. Many Of
them die by the hand of some fellow-cutthroat.
Perhaps the most regretful fact in this connec-
ton is that these desperadoes are not more
frequently put out of the way by those upon
whom they seek to prey. The prompt use of
| few revolvers would in most instances thwart
the purpose of a gang of train-robbers. 1t
is very encouraging to members of the latter
profession no donbt, to know that three
boys can "go through" train full of people
and carry off $50, 900, as was done in Arkansas
few days ago. There are some circumstan-
cea under which people must protect them