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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
THAT MILLION OF POSTAGE sTAMps

have reasons for believing that there
have been cranky people who have made
the acquisition of 100000 of postage
stamps condition for the accomplishment
of some vital matter. A legacy may de-
pend upon it. A marriage may depend upon
it. Some old imbecile may have insisted On
having the wall of his bedroom pasted with
LOCO, 900 of postage stamps. 1t is not per-
haps SO difficult as might be thought to
bring together 1000, 900 of used-up stamps.
It might, under certain circumstances, even
be worth while to buy few thousand stamps
to get them stamped. If you have the
waste paper of very busy Offices, you will be
greatly helped in Che accumulation. Most
people who begin such an accumulation
break down after time A lady told me
recently that she was saving up her postage
stamps toward million, and I calculated
that it would take her two hundred and fifty
years at the present rate to complete her
task. If you can't complete your own col
lection, you may make yourself helpful in
the matter of helping to complete collec-
tons of lucker people. A million of post
age stamps is possession decidedly worth
the having. It would have its value in the
universal market-London Society.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
True POlitencss-HaEe Your Heart il
the Right Place.

One cannot be polite and well-mannered
without kind feelings and good heart. All
the rules for etiquette, all the hand-books
and "Guides to Society," in the world are
worthless, if you have nothing within your
soul which teaches you to do unto others as
you would have them do unto you.
You may learn to bow and to shake hands
according to the best rules of department !;
you may pay calls at exactly the right time,
and understand the corners of your visiting
cards thoroughly; but if you have spite in
your heart, and envy in your soul, you will
never be truly well-mannered.
IF you desire to boast, to be conspicuous,
to monopolize attention, to hurt the feelings
of innocent people, and to SOW dissention
between friends, you cannot make a lady or
gentleman of yourself by any number of
airs and graces.
If you are kind and good, and wish peo-
pie well, and prefer to say pleasant things
when you can, you will be polite without
trying to be, and only silly people will criti-
else any hearty form of welcome, any effort
to make them comfortable, that may occur.
Of course you may learn much by observa-
ton and by associating with cultivated peo-
pie; but true politeness can never be learnt
by one whose heart is not in the right place.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
HOW COBWFBS ARE TURNED TO AC-
COUNT.

The trade in cobwebs feeds, it is said,
whole families in Paris No tradesman likes
to confess he has none of an article which
the best people in the trade keep. 1t de-
monstrates he is not one of the best men in
the trade. Therefore, let foolask for Clos
Vougeot, or Chateaux Margeaux, in any
restaurant or winners in Paris, he is sure
to get a bottle so labelled. AS these finer
wines improve with age, and, as the quality
of the wine leaves good many of the es-
sentials of Clos Vougeot to be desired, it is
necessary to call in artists to aid deception.
Thus the demand for cobwebs arises. When
they are placed on the bottle with "giddy
heed" wine, which ten days ago was in the
cask, looks venerable, and seems oppressed
by accumulated interest, raises in every
breast an irresistible impulse to stop inter-
est's running. The dealer in cobwebs has
likewise liquor which softens and colors
the cork to make it assume the stains of
time. He has two essences which give wine
the favor and odor of the choicest vintages.
He does not spread his cobwebs without
preparation on the bottle; they are pre-
viously stepped in gum, which makes them
adhere without losing their appearance.
After he lays them on the bottle, he sprin-
Ees little SCOT on them-there's your Clos
Vougeot, ten years in bottle, for only forty
cents. What delightful wine! Would yon
know how to discover whether the wine
you are drinking has been tempered with ?
Observe if its nosegay is violent, and at
tempts to carry your nose by assault, and
disappears in very short time. In this
event be sure that it is adulterated, and that
this nosegay is obtained by artifcs The
nosegay of pure wine is modest, appears
slowly, and woes the nose.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
HE WANTED SOMETHING "FRIsKY.'

"Got something frisky?" he asked, as he
walked into Every-stable and called for a
saddle-horse-" something that will prance
about lively, and wake fellow out of his
lethargy? I used to ride the trick mule in
circus, an reckon I can back anything
that wears hair"
They brought him out calico-colored
beast, with vicious eye, and he mounted il
and dashed off.
Before he had gone two blocks, the ami
NAL bucked, crashed through a high board
fence, and plunged into cellar, tossing his
rider over the top of an adjacent woodshed,
and landing him on the ragged edge of a
hwn-mower.
They bore him home, Strengthened him
out, and three surgeons came in and re-
duced his dislocations, and plastered him up
with raw beef.
few weeks later, he called at the stable,
and said if they had a gentle saw-horse with
an afectionate disposition, a bride with a
curb-bit and martingales, and saddle with
two horns and crupper to it, he believed
he would go up in the haymow, and gallop
around little where it was soft and it
wouldn't hurt him.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
A NEW SCRIPTURAL INTERPRETED.
TTON.

There were two men IN the Mississippi
regiment commanded by Col Stith, of Bal
timore. One Of these men commended that
the Scriptures were of divine origin, and the
other said they were of human invention,
and asked his opponent, in one of the argu-
ments which they were continually having,
if he believed the story of Jonah and the
whale, to which the other replied, Eyes.
"Do you also believe that the three Hebrews
passed through the fiery furnace without
feeling the heat?" persisted the infdel
eyes" came the answer again. "Do you
believe" 0me sharply, that Samson slew
all those thousands of Philistines with the
jawbone of an ASST" It was just after the
battle of Shiloh, and the believer In the
Bible had just had some tough experience in
the difficulty of fighting only four or FIVE to
one. "Well," he answered hesitatingly to
the last home thrust, 'sI-I-always re-
garded that story as mere camp rumor! +"
-Neao York Tribune.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
AN ANCIENT LAND GRANT.

The Chicago Tri5une prints an interesting
old document, conveying to the whites from
the Indians an immense tract Of land, in
Guiding the whole of Illinois and large part
of Wisconsin. The consideration paid for
this territory is thus expressed IN the deed !:
Two hundred and sixty strouds, two hun
bred and fifty blankets, three hundred and
fifty shirts, one hundred and fifty pairs Of
stroud and half-thick stockings, one hun
dred and fifty stroud breech-cloths, five
hundred pounds Of gunpowder. four thou
sand ounces Of lead, one gross of knives,
thirty pounds of verrnillon, two thousand
gun fints, two hundred pounds of brass ket-
ties, two hundred pounds of tobacco, three
dozen gilt-looking glasses, one gross of gun
wor1as. two gross of avis, one gross of fire
steels, five hundred bushels of Indian
corn, twelve horses, twelve horned cattle.
twenty bushels Of salt.and twenty guns.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
ROUGE EFT NoIRITHE CIsOUPiEK.

As most people know, the croupier deals
out one row of cards for rouge, and stops as
soon as ne has passed 81 and another row
of cards is dealt for aa0i1 in the same way.
The row which reaches 81 by the lowest
number of points is the winner. 1t is on
record that rouge once made 80, On extremely
good point; that "a had been dealt for
zodre, and that seven aces in succession were
laid down, making aso;re the gamer with 81.
The disappointment of the hackers of rouge
may be imagined. 1t is odd that, among all
the desperate people who shoot themselves
at Monte Carlo, not one has spared bullet
for the croupier, who deals out destiny.
Very lately some traveller CHANGED to knock
OF the door of lonely American
shanty. No one answering, the traveller
entered He saw a dead man sitting at a
card table, with the blue mark of bullet
wound in his forehead. The murder was
easily explained. The dead man held four
aces in his stiffened hand. Opposite him on
the rough log-table lay four kings, with
which his opponent had hoped to win, and
being met with four aces, had taken hasty
revenge. Now, confirmed gamblers believe
religiously in the good and bad effect which
certain croupiers exercise on their fortunes.
One croupier always deals in such way
that there are no regular "runs," or series,
not even run of alternate blacks and reds.
Another is more fortunate croupier when
his hand is in, ''runs are not infrequent.
As the dream of gambler is to back a run,
and see his capital doubled at every coup,
this croupier's luck is eagerly followed, and
he receives elegant presents of cigars and
champagne. 1t is unnecessary to add that
these observances are as purely superstitious
as the red mans dance round his red cedar
tree. Croupiers know the value of their
place too well to try the trick of substituting
arranged packs of cards for those of the di-
rection, and theories of their luck are Who'll
ly fantastic.-I1e Saturday Reuieso.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
DYING TOGETHER.

A touching incident occurred in the death
of two aged people, Mr.. and Mrs. Dickson,
at Oskaloose, Iowa, recently. For conve-
nience in attendance during their illness,
they were placed in separate bedrooms.
The heads of the beds were placed agains5 a
thin partition, which, having an open door,
permitted the two old people to converse,
though not able to see each other. The
night before the husband died his wife
heard him grooming, and was very anxious
to be with him, but was unable to arise.
Soon she was informed that ne was dying,
and in order to be near him the beds wore
moved SO as to bring them parallel with The
partition, the heads opposite the door.
This done, the fond wife reached cut,
grasped her husband by the hand, and held
it during his last moments. Thus death
found them as nearly or quite ffty-one
years before the marriage ceremony had left
them, hand In hand
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
ROMANCE OF A COMMUNIST.

A remarkable episode in the arrival of the
ananestied Communists brought home by the
Loire recently deserves notice, writes Paris
correspondent. Among them was ia man
named Gilbert who, ten years ago. in the
Spring of 1870, loved and was beloved by a
charming girl, whose father held post
under the Empire. The young couple
agreed to be married, but the old Imperial
list, aware of the Republican tendencies of
his daughters sutton, gave an absolute re-
fusal to Gilbert's demand for her'hand, and
there was no hope that he could ever be
brought to change his resolution. At this
point the story turns into romance, and its later
incident might form the subject of novel.
The lovers resolved to prove the depths of
their attachments by dying together, and ac-
cordingly proceeded to little inn at village
on the banks of the Marine, and there, having
decked themselves with flowers and ex-
changed last kiss, Gilbert fired one barrel
of a revolver at his mistress and Immediately
discharged another into his own breast.
Both were severely wounded, but neither
fatally; they were tended, cured, but not
pardoned. The father took back his daugh-
ter. and, it is said, persuaded her some little
time after to marry one of his colleagues.
AS for Gilbert, his despair knew no bounds,
and when the war broke out he went to seek
from Prussian bullets the death he had failed
to infict by his own hand. But he escaped
unscathed, and then, in his madness, threw
himself into the insurrection, to be again
spared death, though he fought desperately
against the Versaillais, exposing his life in
the most reckless way. He was arrested
and transported to New Caledonia, whence
he has now returned pardoned for his poll
teal crimes, but not for the attempted muir
der. No sooner had he landed at Brest on
his return home than he was arrested by a
couple of gendarmes as he was taking his
first meal on French soil after eight years,
exile. The sympathizing correspondent
from whose letter Isderive these particulars
says Gilbert was at the last moment offered
the means of escape, but he refused to avail
himself of them, declaring that he pre-
ferred to stand his trial, and he is now in
prison at the disposal of the Procurer Of the
Republic.
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A DETECTIVES IsUsE.

A young man was wanted by the police,
says the London Sporting and Dramatic
Neacs, and his skill in the arts of making
up" and lodging his would-be captors was
so considerable that for long time he es-
capped detection. At'length clever detec-
tive was put on his track, and first of all he
began to inquire about his associates One
of the most intimate of them was, it ap-
peared, certain young woman, and about
her he first of all found out everything. He
had reason to suspect that she was ac-
quainted with the fugitives hiding place; SO
the first thing to be done was to follow her
on Saturday afternoon when she was free
from her employment. An innocent young
detective in the guise of q carpenter was
told off to watch, and endeavored to strike
up an acquaintance, in which design he was
not very successful, though he ascertained
that Kingston was her destination that after
noon. To Kingston he went, and traced
her to house occupied by an old man,
oOOoe ~uo1u tuc uclSuUOIo huCW liz AlOIo
than that he was an old man. He was an
elderly invalid, never went out, never went
to the door, saw nobody, and how was he to
be caught and examined? There was moth
ing known about him to justify the police in
entering the house, and the detective walked
round the place, in company with the
carpenter" wondering what to do next.
At the back of the house was a garden, in
which was a kennel containing big dog, or
rather not containing him, for he was lying
out in the sun at the end of his chain No
sign of life was visible in the house. Jump
over the wall and kick that dog; then hide
behind the house." said the detec-
tive to the " carpenter" In moment the
young man was over the wall, and the dog
was bowling from the effects of kick in
the ribs. Neighboring dogs joined in the
chorus, and at the window appeared the old
gentleman. No one was about; the dog
continued to howl, and incautiously his
owner came down the garden to see what
was the matter. Beneath the well-made
gray wig the detective recognized the object
of his search, and in moment the arrest
was made.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
CHINESE NEWSPAPERS.

The King Poo, or news of the capital,
which is the official gazette of the empire,
dates back certainly as far as the Tang dy-
nasty, which reigned from the seventh to
the tenth centuries of era. This journal OF
rather gazette, for it is hardly more than q
record of official acts, is bound up in PAM
phlet form, and is about six inches in length
by some three inches broad, and has ineach
number twelve sheets, protected by a
covering of yellow paper. Besides this gov
eminent publication, there are two other
somewhat similar periodicals, the Sich Pen,
in manuscript, and the Icbang Pen, and a
quarterly called the Fla Using Kiw Shin, or
annual of the Empire. These, however, are
all gazettes rather than newspapers, and the
institution of anything more. nearly re-
sembling the latter form of publication is
due to the English editors of the Daily
Press at Hong Kong and the North China
Herald at Shanghai which some consider
able time back sent out from their offices
some veritable newspaper printedin Chinese
characters.
The Shnm Pao, which was long the most
successful of the Chinese journals, was also
the work of an Englishman and the first
Chinese papers, properly so-called, were the
We Pao and the I Pa0, having similar
shape and form to the Sham Pao, and thus
resembling an English paper, but advo-
eating in their columns, instead Of progress
and iberality toward strangers, a very op-
positc policy. They were both outdone in
their hostility to foreigners by the Sin Pa0,
daily paper, which was called the organ OF
the native fumctionaries, and which, by its
successful rivalry, soon put an end to their
existence. They had, however, previously
shown their loyalty to the court by the de-
vices they adopted at the time of the change
of emperors in 1875. Upon the death of
Toung- chi in that year the Steam Pao as a
sign of mourning, printed the whole num-
Der in blue ink, and on the accession of
Konang-sou the same journal was entirely
printed in black ink on scarlet paper, while
the VIE PGo contented itself with using
bright red ink on The usual white ground.
London Globe.
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My WOoins.

Down through the sloping meadows
Winds the rivulet fair,
Win tangles of long grass waving
Above, like beautiful hair.
Lilies along its margin
Wave in the morning breeze,
And swing their golden censors
Beneath the poisoning trees.
Once. when the summer was dawning,
Down through the slope of green,
With roses among her tresSes,
Wandered my beautiful queen.
Her footstep was slow and stately,
And down at her glancing feet
The fair flowers swayed and quiVered
at touches so soft and sweet.
Scarcely I dared to whisper
The love fast filling my heart;
For feared her scornful glances
Would bid every hope depart.
But her lids dropped softly downward,
And a rose-flush stained her cheek;
And read, in her sweet confusion,
What her dear lips dared not speak.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
A Hint about LOOking-Glasses.

1t is fact well worth knowing, but which
does not seem to be generally understood,
that the amalgam Of tin-foil with mercury,
which is spread on glass plates to make look
ing-gasses, is very readily crystalized by
actinic solar rays. A mirror hung where
the sun can shine ON it is usually spoiled !;
It takes granulated appearance familiar to
housekeepers, though they may not be ac-
quainted with the cause of the change. In
such state the article is nearly worthless,
the continuity of the surface is destroyed,
and it will not reflect outlines with any ap-
proach to precision. Care must therefore be
exercised in hanging.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-09
EARLY USE OF COAL.

At recent meeting of the Historical So
ciety of Pennsylvania, Mr.. William J. Buck
read a paper on "Fhe Early Discovery,of
Coal in Pennsylvania which contained
many interesting historicalfacts. The first
mention of coal was in letter from Mr..
Samuel Tighlman, dated August IA, 1866.
which speaks'of finding can abundance Of
small coal in the Wyoming Valley, which
may sometime be Of great value" Obadiah
and Daniel Gore, blacksmiths, first put it
into use by using it in their FORCES about
ITO. From the Penn manuscripts, from
which these facts are drawn, it appears
that Pittsburgh was laid out as early as
1869, and that the existence of coal in the
adjacent hills was known at that time; also
the fact that petroleum, which has SO lately
been utilized, was known to exist in Ven
ango county several years before there was
any knowledge of coal. There has been
much discussion as to who was the
discoverer of The Schuylkill coal beds, the
date Of their discovery being generally set
down as about 1890; but this discussion
seems to have been unimportant, as map
dated ITO located coal beds in Schuylkill
county. The first successful attempt to
burn anthracite coal in CRATES appears to
have been made by Mr.. George Eel, an an
cestor of ]. Gillingham Fell, at Wilkesbarre
in 1908. The commencement Of the coal
trade is set down as 1920, in which year
three hundred and sixty-6ve tons were sent
to Philadelphia.
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A JOvial Yankee.

In 1647, some English officers were sta
toned at the fort of Accra, on the coast of
Africa, and it was of course their duty to-
suppress the slave trade as far as their power
extended. One day rakish-looking schooner
appeared, and from it landed very agree
able Yankee skipper. He was asked to din
ner, became very jovial. and invited all the
officers to accompany him on board his ship
for few days. ''poggi" fishing.
The invitation was accepted, but next
morning the officers remembered in time
that it might be rather awkward for them
to be found by an English cruiser on board
of a ship which was well understood to be a
SLAYER. Their withdrawal was lucky, for
next morning appeared II. M. S. Devasta-
ton, which Immediately gave chase to the
schooner. After time, the schooner was
overhauled, and brought into the roads of
Accra. No slaves were actually on board,
and the Yankee captain had taken good care
to have his papers in order. Accordingly,
another dinner took place, including the Of
fcers of the Devastation, as we'll as the
previous party.
Dinner was very lively, and was followed
by game Of ieapfrog; after which the
guests tried how many chaifs they could
clear at standing jump. A good many
falls attended these postprandial athletics;
as the fun grew boisterous the Yankee skip
per avoided liquors and withdrew. The
naval officers returned to their ship little
before dawn. When they got up next day
the Yankee schooner had shipped her cargo
and departed in safety.
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DRESSING ACCORDING TO LAW.

The laws of Massachusetts, colony for
1861 regulated apparel" MEN or wo-
men of mean condition should not take upon
them the garb Of gentlemen by wearing
gold and silver lace, or buttons, or pants
at their knees, or to walk In great boots,
or women of the same rank to wear silk or
Thfiny hoods or scarfs, which, though al
lowable to persons of greater estates or
more liberal education, yet we judge it in
tolerable in persons of such like condition"
Penalty, ten shillings for every offence
against this lawi
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have dared to love you. I"

have dared to love YOU"
She spoke no word, butlooling o moment
in his eyes, stopped and raised first one then
the other to her lips
"There is but one man," then she said,
"te whom will belong, and he it is who
for nay sake washed his hands in blood.
Alex, it needed this to lay bare our souls one
to the other.
Then she burst into bitter weeping, but
her tears fell on his breast.
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secret of the eagerness of SO many persons
to receive the condolences of their acquaint-
ances is, that they are thus enabled by all
laws of fairness and reciprocity to retaliate
by inAicting their condolences in turn.
Hence what appears like disinterestedness
is nothing better than rapaGous egotism.
Manners, after all, are but the outcome
and symbol of the larger morals. An age
of bad manners is always an age of selfish
ness, in which small and personal interests
reign in mems minds to the exclusion of
wider and higher interests. When the
whole tendency of society is to make head
long competition for cash the rule and slim
ulus to action, narrow and narrowing selfish
interests will preponderate, and the effect
of this preponderance will show itself no.
more in an INSCRIPTIONS readiness to drive
hard bargains, than in profound inconsid-
erateness for the feelings of others in the
so-called smaller affairs of social life. It is
only by possessing broad interests and
hearty concern for the public veal that a
man acquires the two great elements of fine
manners-dignity and unselfshness. To feel
that you influence in part the direction of
the affairs of nation-this makes a man
feel his own worth and respect the person.
ality of his neighbors. Human life acquires
new height and dignity. Manners have
been the finest when men cared most for
some large national or religious interest
which gave an ennobling tone to thought
and life and manners.