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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
Men Who Influenced Their Age.

The course OF history Is not mere
game played by few great men nor
yet does 1t run in AM infexible groove
which no single man can turn aside.
The great man influences his age, but at
the same time he is Influenced by his
age. Some Of the greatest of men, as
far as their natural gifts went, have been
useless or miscellaneous, because they
have been out of gear with their own
age. Their own age could not receive
them, and they could not make their age
other than what it was. The most use
full kind of great man is he who is just
so far in advance of his age that his age
can accept him as its leader and teacher.
Men of this kind are themselves part of
the course of events they guide it they
make it go quicker or slower, but they
do not thwart it. Can we, for instance,
overate the gain which came to the
newborn federation Of America by find
ing such man as Washington ready
made to its hand? Or take men Of quite
another stamp from the Virginian de-
liverer. The course of her history for
the last 800 years has been largely af-
fected by the fact not only that we un-
derwent a foreign conquest, but that we
underwent foreign conquest OF par
ticular kind, such as could be wrought
only by man of particular kind. The
course of our history for the last 300
years has been largely affected by the
fact that, when English freedom was in
the greatest danger, England fell into
the hands of a tyrant whose special hu-
NOR it was to. carry on his tyranny under
the forms of law. English history could
not have been what it has been if
William the Conqueror and Henry VIII.
had been men otherstha what they
were. One bushes to put the two
names together. William was great in
himself, and must have been great in
any time or place. Henry, a man not
without great gifts, but surely not a
great man, was made important by cir
cumstances in the time and place in
which he lived. But each influenced the
course of events by his personal charac-
ter. But they influenced events only in
the sense Of guiding, Strengthening and
quickening some tendencies and keeping
others back for while. Neither of
them, nor Washington either, belong to
that class of men who, for good or for
evil, turn the world upside down, the
great destroyers and the great creators
of history. Fireman, in FortnightIy
Ro1,jo1u
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
Suicide,

Suicide is crime under the laws of
nearly all civilized countries. This
legislation, however, is relatively mod
ern. It used to be considered the cor
rect thing for man to kill himself if he
so desired. The impression that it is
wicked did not prevail among the an
clients. And, in fact, the Bible says
nothing about suicide. The Old Tesla
ment and the New Testament alike are
dumb, and nothing is found concerning
it in the Oriental theologies or in the
pagan codes. The old philosophers re-
duced the matter to question of OPP
portunism. Cicero thought that "the
true wise man ought to pass with pleas
ure from these shades to celestial bright
ness" whenever he felt like it and Sem
eca said: eff I suffer from. disease. I
should not kill myself to escape from
pain, for that would be an act Of coward
ice, but If I perceive that my disease is
incurable, I should end my life, because
the disease would deprive me Of all
which can render life worth having. It
is cowardly to die to escape suffering.
It is stupid to live in order to suffer-"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
His Testimonial.

Patent-medicine advertisements usu-
ally display such monotonous devotion
to the making Of extravaganza claims and
the relating Of miraculous cures,
that it is refreshing to find one of en-
tirely different character. A catarrh
doctor in q neighboring City closes a
circular, which contains not single
testimonial, with the following Tan
genital fight Of rhetoric: ",When I
look at that vast field, filed with the
pale nations of the dead, and the bend
ing stones covered with moss, I shed a
tear and say: Ignorance ushered
thousands there. They sleep under the
solemn pines, the sad hemlocks, the
fearful willows and the embracing vines.
They sleep beneath the shadows of the
clouds, careless alike of sunshine or of
storm, each in the windowloss palace.
I have one sentiment for catarrhal peo-
pie living or dead. Cheers for the liv-
ing; tears for the dead. "-New York
Tribune
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
The Russian Hangman.

There is but one state executioner in
the vast Russian realm, and he is a par
doned malefacter named FroIof, who, In
the pre- ihilistic days, when the aboh-
ton Of capital punishment was still
maintained in Muscovy, committed three
successive murders, and was condemned
to penal servitude for life. When, how
ever. revolutionary successes rendered
the services of an imperial hangman in
dispensable to the Ministry Of Justice,
Frolof volunteered for the office on con-
dition that an amnesty for his past mis-
deeds should be granted him. His offer
was accepted, and for some time past he
has been busy man. For every g func-
ton" he receives 40 silver rubles-about
$30-from the Russian exchequer but
that official fee by no means represents
the total emolument he derives from the
practice of his handicraft, for he is per-
mitted to trade upon the superstition
still current in Russian society respect
ing the luck conferred upon gamesters
by the possession of morsel Of the rope
with which human being has been
strangled, either by the hand Of justice
or by his own.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
The Origin of the Name "Artemus
s Ward.O

There has been not little specula-
ton as to how Brown came by his nom
de plume, ''Artemus Ward" Dr..
Shattuck says that, having some conf
dental business with him during one of
his last visits to Waterford, he took the
occasion to inquire in particular about
it. Brown said it was in this wise !:
While engaged at the Ploindealea' Of
fee, in Cleveland, Ohio, he made the
acquaintance of all eccentric old gentle
man whose actual name was Artemus
Ward, though assuming some more pre-
tentious titles. This man was in the
show business, having few "wax fig
gers" birds, 'snaix" and kangaroo.
While waiting on the printers for his
bills he amused Brown by telling an
endless number of anecdotes, all of
which were duly treasured up. Among
these were some of the Incidents in
Browns article entitled Edwin Forrest
as Othello." He referred to the follow
ing as one of the contributions of the
original Artemus Ward:
ed was actin at Niblo's Garding,
but let that pars. sot down In the
pit, took out my spectacles and COM
menced peroosin the evenin's bill. +
As was peroosin' the bill q grave young
man who sot near me axed me if I'd ever
seen Forrest dance the essence of Old
Virginny.
"' He's immense in that sed the
young man. He also does fair cham
pion jig the young man continnered,
but his big thing is the essence Of Old
Virginny.'
"Sez I:
"' Fair youth, do you know what I'd
do with you if you was my SUM-
No., SEE he.
WALL SEE I. I'd appint your fu-
neral tomorrow AFTERNOON, and the
korps should be ready! You're too
smart to live on this yearth. >"
The old man claimed himself to be the
hero of this story. Brown, however,
wanted the credit Of correcting the
spelling and OF dressing the stories up
in good literary style. Pleased with the
name, he attacaed it to several of his
comic productions, and, finding that it
took with the public, adopted GA.
Ward" as his own.-Scribner.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
What Is q CtOld2

To enjoy Life, one must be in good
health; and to remain free from disease
is the desire of all. Yet there are some
ailments which do not interfere very
much with the pleasures of life, and
therefore are not dreaded in consequence
nay, more, they are frequently treated
with neglect, although In many instances
they are precursors of more serious dis
orders. which may in not few cases
have fatal termination How often.
to the usual greetings which one friend
exchanges with another, is the reply
given: every well, thank you, except a
little cold" A little cold, and yet how
significant this may be In how many
cases do we find a "little cold" resem-
bling little seed, which may sooner or
later develop into a mighty tree! A lit
tie cold neglected may, and frequently
does, prove itself to be thing not to be
trifed with. Let me, then, pray my
readers to remember that small begin
nings in not few instances have big
endings, and this especially where dis
ease exists. Let us, then, consider what
is a common cold.
In the first place, we must be para
doxical. and affirm that it is not q cold
at all. II is rather o heat, if I may so
express myself, that is, it is form of
fever, but, of course, of very mild
type when it is uncompicated by other
diseases. 1t is certainly in the majority
of instances due to the effect of cold
playing upon some portion Of the body,
ard reacting upon the mucous mem
brane through the intervention of the
nervous apparatus. What is called a
cold, then, is in reality fever and,
though in the majority of instances it is
of such trivial nature as to necessitate
few precautions being taken during its
attack, yet in some cases it runs most
acute course, and may be followed by
great prostration. Even when the pre-
monitory symptoms of cold are develop
ing themselves, when, for example, what
medical man calls rigor, or, as it is
popularity designated, answering is felt,
when we would naturally suppose that
the animal temperature is below par, it
is at that very moment higher than the
normal, thus showing the onset of fever.
Popular Science Monthly.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
K in dness to Animals.

Not only are the Japanese exception
ally kind to their children, but they
are gentle in their treatment of birds
and animals. My attention was called
to the very important service per-
Termed by the crows and a kind of
hawk which act as scavengers. We
are so accustomed at home to find
these birds especially wild and wary,
that it is somewhat startling sight
to see them perched on the buildings
in crowded city like Toxic, and
swooping down in front of you in
quest of food which might otherwise
decay and vitiate the atmosphere.
The dest-uctiveness and brutality,
generally speaking, of the children OF
Christian nations, lead to the ston-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
Townsend and Winter.

+ AS every body knows, George AL
fred Townsend is the one who, as
Johnny Boquet, lately abused Willie
Winters Bohemians, and who was
savagely abused by Willie Winterafter
ward. They were unaquaintaned, but
a wag of friend of mine recently re-
introduced them, in order to see how
they would take it. Well they took
it thus:
B ssAh," said Townsend, grasping
Winter warmly by the hand, :. you are
Willie Winter, the poet, eha Well.
I'm glad to know yeu. I would have
thought from your lovely and touch
ing verse that you were a-a-rather
pretty looking yourself,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE.

A pretty deer Is dear to me,
hare with downy hair;
love hart with all my heart,
But barely bear bear.
IT'S plain that no one takes plano
To have pair of pears;
A rake, though, often takes rake
To tear away the tares.
All rays raise thyme, time RACES all;
And, through the whole, hole wears.
A writ in writing "rlght," may write
It wright and still be wrong
For writ" and rite " are neither fright"
And don't to write belong.
Beer often brings bier to man,
Coughing coffin brings,
And too much ale will make us all,
As well as other things.
The person lies who says he lies
When he is but reclining,
And when consumptive folks decline,
They all decline declining.
quail don't quail before q storm
bough will bow before it;
We can not rein the rain at all
No earthly powers reign DER it.
The dyer dyes awhile, then dies;
To dye he's always trying,
Until upon his dying-bed
He thinks nomore of dyeing.
A son Of Mars mars many o sun;
All Deys must have their days,
And every knight should pray each night
To him who weighs his ways.
IT'S meet that man should mete out meat
To feed misfortune's son;
The fair should fare on love alone,
Else one can not be won.
Alas, alas is something false
OF faults maid is made;
Her waist is but barren waste
Though stayed, she is not staid.
The springs spring forth in spring, and shoots
Shoot forward, one and all;
Though summer kills the flowers, it leaves
The leaves to fall in fall
would story here commence,
But you might find it stale;
So let's suppose that we have reached
The tail end of our tale.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15

fast locked and strained to her-all who
were present and looked on knew that
she would never part with him more.
And she never did. From that day
out, sign or symptom of the madness
never appeared; though he was long in
recovering his strength, and had to be
nursed and tended like an infant. He
had, you see, bled such power that it
was the worlds work to bring him to.
When the doctor fixed up the cut, he
was almost gone. A minute more, and
'twould have been too late. The doctor
said that oil the poison Of the dogs bite
had flowed away cut of him with the
blood; but what did he know? Anyhow,
there wasn't healthier or handsomer
or finer man than himself in the whole
barony when he came to his full age
over six feet in his stocking vamps, and
broad-shouldered in proportion.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
Grape on the Door.

Some one has gone from this strange world Of ours
no more to gather it, thorns with its flowers,
10 more to lnger where sunbeams must fade,
Where on al beauty deaths fingers are laid!
"There's Grape on the door !"
A mother going by with her darling
involuntarily tightens her grasp OF the
little hand, as she sees the banner Of
death furled so near, and the boy feels
the pressure and says:
What is it, mamma ?"
"Some one is dead, Willie !"
"What does dead mean ?"
The mother looks about her for an an
swer to the child's question.
:" It means-it means-why, Willie,
you remember when your little sister
died and was cold, and we buried her
under the grass"
"And then /" queried the child.
Then she went to heaven"
"Where is heaven?"
cit is where God is, my dear"
Mamma, who made God ?"
Poor child his thoughtless questions
get no more satisfactory answers than
our researches into an older theology
over which we 80 vainly agonize, and he
must remain contented with his limited
knowledge that some one is dead and il
is the custom to put Grape on the door
"a custom beautiful in itself, infinitely
beautiful if we look upon the insignia as
one Of hope and glad acquiescence in
summons to rest.
Some one lis resting from SORROW and sin,
Happy where earth's conflicts enter not in;
One more departed to heavens bright shore
Ring the bell softly, there's Grape on the door.
We do not clap our hands and cry
joyously, sit is the banner of immor-
tality." No We start and walk with
slow step and bated breath, as the heavy
wave of Grape meets our eyes, and we
shudder instinctively in the bright SUM-
shine. The green leaves are coming,
the flowers will bloom, the birds will
sing, and the heart throb with the full
ness of life.
Leaves have their time to fall,
And flowers to wither at the north winds breath,
And stars to set-but all s
Thou hast, all seasons, for thine own, Death!
Custom has decreed that we shall
thus inform the passer-by that death ia
present, and the solemn badge of the
shadowy ambassador guards the portal
from all idle intrusion. No social visits
are paid to the house that shows that
ensign; no call of ceremony is made
while that guest is present nor do peo-
pie linger idly in the vicinity of the
house that is thus set apart from its
neighbors.
The somber fall Of black Grape on the
door assures us that one of mature years
has "passed over" but for young per-
son or a little child, white-the emblem
of purity-is used, but it tells the same
sad story: c
{ Weary with minglng iifes bitter and sweet,
Weary with parting and never to meet,
Some one has gone to the bright golden shore,
Ring the bell softly, there's Grape on the door.
M. Quad.
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IS JOe.''

"Hadn't you heard de news? Why,
sab, he's done gone dead! Yes, sab
bin dead an buried fur a hull week.
OATS de reason he didn't come aroun
any more wild his apples an pop corn.
"What, your little Joe dead?"
"Dat's de truf, sab. Come home one
day all stuffed up wild cold, an In
twenty-four hours we had him in his
shroud. It was awful sudden, an CAM
realize dat he's gone. Las night we
foun' ourselves waitin' supper fur him,
an in de middle oh de night we wake
up an find ourselves calm his name. II
comes powerful hard on us, it does, an
we cart speak of it widout our hearts
swellin' up big huff to bust. He was de
only chile, you know, an we had built
up some powerful hopes on him"
"Joe was good boy"
"Deed he was. He nebber gin us
one hours trouble, an dar wasn't bad
h'ar on his head.
There came pause, and the old man
seemed nervous and uneasy. He start.
ed to go, hesitated, and finally said:
"You don't know muffin bout heaben
fur suah, do you?"
emo"
"Well, has you got any ideas ?"
eyes, few"
"You see, all de wimin' has come in
to console my ole woman, an one Of 'em
says dat de big grown-up folks 60 to one
part of heaben an de chill EN- to anodde1
part. IF OATS true den we can't iine
little Joe when we git up dar maybe
we can't chen see him. OATS what makes
his mudder take on so. We's got purity
old now, an we'll soon git the summons
to go, but if de hope an 'spectashum of
meetin' dat boy up in heaben am taken
away from us we might as well hang our
selves in the woodshed..'
"You need have no fears. Heaven is
not fenced off to separate the young from
the old"
"Al piled in together?"
eyes, and plenty of room for all"
"Will we know our Joe when we git
in dar?"
eyes"
cam he'll know us?
"Yes."
"Dat's de way I hold, but de ole
woman she's kinder 'fraid dat doan'
know fur suah. Say, boss ?"
eyes"
"Please do de ole man favor. Take
your pen an write down dat heaben am
not fenced of, an dat we shall fin our
little Joe clus by de pearly gates waitin'
an watchin' to welcome us as we march
in wild de purceshun. It will make de
Gle woman feel a heap easier and help
her to bar up under dis Fiction"
The certificate" was written and
handed to him, and he carefully put it
away and said as he was ready to go:
Elm tousan' times obleeged, AN de
swellin' in my heart has gone down ober
half. It wrung us powerful hard to see
dat boy on his dyin' bed, but when we
war told dat we shouldn't be able to git
to him up in heaben we was clean dun
fur. Day to you, boss. lie gwine right
off home and chirk up de ole woman wild
de blessed news" IN. Quad.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15
Origin Of Familiar Phrases.

g. You cannot say boo l. to a goose. =
When Ben Jonson, the dramatist, was
introduced to nobleman, the peer was
so struck with his homely appearance
that he exclaimed, 6 What you are Ben
Jonson? Why you look as If you could
not say boo 7 to goose" "Boo 7 ex-
claimed the witty dramatist, turning to
the peer and making his bow.
Giles peg too low" Taking man
down peg" may be traced to the peg
ging, or marking the drinking cup,
which was introduced by st. Dunstan to
check the Incorporate habits Of the
times, by preventing one man from TAX
ing 9 larger draught than his compan-
ions. But the device proved the means
of increasing the evil It was intended to
remedy; for the most abstemious were
required to drink precisely to peg or
pin, whether they could soberly take
such quantity or not.
"Blue Hen" is the nickname given to
the State of Delaware. The origin of
the term is this Capt. Caldwell, an
officer of the First Delaware regiment in
the Revolution, was very fond of game
cocks, but maintained that no cock was
truly game unless its mother was a
"blue hen." AS he was an exceedingly
popular man, his regiment was called
s'The Blue Hen" and the term was af-
terward transferred to the State and it's
inhabitants.
There's many slip
Tween the cup and lip.
The ancient Greeks had the following
story as to the origin of this proverb !:
A King of Thrace had planted a vine
yard, when one of his slaves, whom he
had much oppressed in that very work,
prophesied that he should never taste of
the wine producedin it. The monarch
disregarded the prediction, and when at
an entertainment he held a glassful Of
his own wine, made from the grapes OF
that vineyard, he sent for the slave, and
asked him what he thought of his
prophecy now. To which the other re-
piled, 6 Many things fall out between
the cup and the lip, and scarcely had
he delivered this singular response be-
fore the news was brought that mons
trous boar was laying waste the favorite
vineyard. The King, in rage, put
down the cup which he held in his hand,
and hurried out with his people to at
tack the boar, but being too eager the
boar rushed upon him and killed him
without his having tasted of the wine.
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interviewing.

interviewing has reached its lowest
depth when we find newspaper reporters
dancing attendance on cat's-meat man.
Yet this is what has happened in Amer
lea, and we are compelled TO confess
that the reporter found the purveyor Of
skewered victuals far more interesting
than most of the notabilites who are
interviewed on the public behalf. The
particular /" cat-man was indeed some
what of heroine of the sef-made
men of whom cities are 80 proud when
they die. It appears that when he be-
gan catering for pussy he went his
rounds himself, but he has now grown so
prosperous that four assistants carry his
baskets for him. His cat customers do
not heed the change, for they remark
only the quality Of the meat purveyed
and not the quality Of the purveyor.
Left to themselves, the animals, though
having the run Of large warehouses,
would starve, for American rats and
mice will not remain IN dry goods stores,
which are lean ivings, SO long as they
have choice of fatter incumbencies; but,
mice or no mice, the cat is an institution,
and 80 the "cat-man" drives thriving
trade. A wicked rival tried to ruin our
hero by hawking fish instead Of meat,
and pretending to pussy's owners that,
as fish contained much phosphorus, and
phosphorus made brains, no one could
expect to have q really.smart cat that
was not fed upon fish. But the Goat
man p promptly checkmated his rival by
distributing q handful to the effect that
fish, made cats NANCY, whereas meat
gave them sleek and glossy coats As
proved in the sequel, the New Workers.
prefer fat cats to smart ones, and tho
fish fellow had no chance against his an
taoonist. Telegraph
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ing of dogs, cats and birds of all kinds.
In Japan such thing is unknown,
and stone thrown at dog Il speak
from experience) is generally an
swered by an inquiring look. Hens hop
out OF the way and even cats do not
take the hint! Then again, the crows
and hawks are never melested, and
the result is that all carrion and other
stuff left in the streets are pounced
upon and carried off Immediately.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-15

Winter accepted the hearty shake
very languidly, and slowly adjusting
his eyeglasses scanned the face OF
Townsend quite attentively for a mo-
ment.
"Ah, Mr.. Townsend he said,
slowly, "Gath, I believe. Ya-as.
But 1 would have aw-thought, you
know, from your writings that-that
you. were more-ah--more idiotic
looking. "-New York Star.