Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-09
GLOBELETs.

GLOBELETs.
The difference between speculation and pee
ulation is only crook-an 8.
The New York Tribune advises that pistols
be SOLD under the same regulations as poison
as medical prescriptions, perhaps.
Thirty Pullman palace car conductors rua-
ming INTO New Orleans were recently dis
charged. No explanations were made.
The supreme court of Iowa has decided that
a district judge may adjourn his court by
telegraphic order if he is unable to present in
person.
Anxious inquiry is made for Jones, Of Ne
vada, the same who, not long ago, promised
great conspicuousness in American politics,
but seems latterly to have taken "header."
Peaches, it is predicted, will be as scarce
next year as they we're the present. Last win
ter the cold hurt the trees and the drought Of
the past summer prevented them from recuper-
ating.
The Sun calls Uncle Hamlin ridiculous an
tedil1vian party hack, but adds the highest
com pliment by remarklng that, with corrup-
ton all around, it does not believe he ever
stoie a cent.
| Lord Pembroke, at a recent volunteer din
ner, adverted to the important lesson Of the
Cape campaign-that good rihemen can, even
without organization, successfully cope with
disciplined troops.
la keeper put in charge for claim OF ninety
eight cents. The owner was obliged to give
bonds of $500 TO dissolve the attachment, and
employ counsel to defend him In court.
The governor of Rhode Island may gain the
appreciation of fApatical Temperance" people
by his refusal to approve bills for the wine
consumed at the dinner to the French guests,
but the world at large will regard 1t as piece
If i'll manners.
The Rev. Mr.. Bouey, who has for two years
abored at Liberia as Baptist missionary, has
returned to this country and will spend q year
or more in imposing upon the Baptists OF
he United states the claims Of the African
work upon their pockets.
Ivan Tourguenief, who is now on a visit to
England, has made great progress with his
forthcoming novel. Its aim is to show how
strongly marked is the line, how deep is the
gulf, which divides the socialism Of Russia
from that of the west of Europe.
| The English Wesleyans cherish as a valu
able relic the pocket bible which Mr.. Wesley
carried with him in all of his journey, and
which is now handed down to each president
of the conference in succession, to be carried
and used by him during his year Of Office.
A journal published at Jewish charity fair
in Cincinnati, takes the ground that it is the
Jews who are exclusive, and tells them they
ought to be more tolerant of Christians. "We
assert ourselves" it says, ''as a peculiar peo-
ple,' and, except in our business associations,
hold ourselves aloof from the Christian world"
If men must point loaded pistols at some
oody, there would be less occasion to lament
the consequence if the example of Joseph
Harrison, of Paterson, N. j., was more gen.
orally initiated. Harrison aimed the weapon
at his own mouth to illustrate the method of
suicide, and the illustration was more COM
plete than he intended. Recovery is doubtful.
| Litta, the opera singer, who made an artistic
success in Europe and here, seems to have failed
to turn her fame to financial account. She
is now at her home in Bloomington, ILL.,, in i'm
poverished circumstances. After repaying the
money advanced by friends for her musical ed
ucation and supporting her mother and sew
eral sisters, she says that all her earnings on
the stage have been exhausted.
| At Hockham, in England, the funeral Of
Joseph Ashton, who was liz years of age, has
just taken place. The deceased was for great
number of years travelling tinker in the east
ern counties, and on the coffin plate were en-
graved a kettle, stew pan, and bowl. Until the
last few days he had never suffered from any
illness which had kept him from work, and at
the time of his death he had possession of his
mental powers.
Moltke, with some thirty officers Of the
Prussiau general staff, 10 schleswig- Holstein,
has, it is understood, resulted in the decision
to begin the proposed fertilization at KEEL, the
chief naval harbor Of Germany, without de-
lay. Eleven separate forts are to protect the
| city on the land side, and their positions on
| the surrounding hills have already been fixed.
The building of the new works will begin
next spring, as the necessary means are on
hand in the imperial fort building fueds,
which still contain q capital Of $4,000 600
marks (s14 ,0OO.)
A touching incident is mentioned in con-
| nection with the loss of William Nisbet, an
English seafaring man who was drowned he
other day at Eyemouth. Nisbet had parrot,
of which he was very fond. The bird appear
ed quite downcast, and preserved an almost
unbroken silence for some days before the
funeral, as if it comprehended something OF
the grief with which it was surrounded.
| On the day of the funeral, however, its ST.
| lence was broken, and throughout The day 1t
kept calling, Euphy, Willie's away, moo;
Willie's away, noo," "Euphy" (Eu phemia)
being the name of the widow of the deceased.
Now that punched and otherwise mutilated
COINS are refused by almost all shopkeepers
and business people, and even by the street car
conductors, it is asked, Who takes them and
what becomes of them? This seems puzzle
until inquiry is made OF the gentlemen who
handle church collections. They report that
great deal of punched silver is received, and