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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
The Cub Bears Delight.

Little Rock Gazette.
s.My name is Acton" said q man
who visited the Gazette Office recently,
"Acton. Is there anything funny in
that name?"
'sNo," answered the weary brow
beaten of all opposing factions.
''Do you see anything funny in my
appearance"
mo, sir. Do you want to subscriber"
I am going to give you joke, and
then you will be willing to send me the
paper free. In strict accordance with
the philosophy of life, all animals are
more dependent upon the mother. and,
of course, have more affection for her
than for the father. Amt that factr'
Eyes; daily one year,
'.Did I say all animals? mistake.
There is one animal that is equally
dependent upon the father. Do you
want to know what animal that is?
''See the advertising man, will YOUR
''That animal is the cub bear. Shall
I tell you why?''
s.No, sir"
"But will. In the summer the cub
bear sucks his ma, and in the winter he
sucks his paw. Send the paper to Gum
Spring, Wilacut county. Good day."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06

The above includes all of the sales of
land except small quantities in Illinois,
Iowa, Indiana, and Ohio. There are several
points of interest in these figures. among
which are the following: That, while the
sales of public land in the South do not
constitute large proportion of the whole,
LOO, 900 acres of the 2, 100, 900 increase of
1881 over 1879 is in that part of the coun-
try; that the largest sales are in the wheat
growing countries of the Northwest, Da.
kota taking the lead, and showing
an increase of sales in 1881 over those of
1879 of more than 100000 acres, follow
ed closely by Minnesota, Kansas, and Ne
braska; that the agricultural sections
generally are settling much more rapidly
than those in which mining is the chief
or at least the leading industry; that the
states and territories which are growing
more rapidly than the rest of the new
country are Dakota territory, Kansas,
Minnesota, Nebraska, California, Arkan-
sas, Michigan, and Washington terrific
~. It must be remembered that Texas
does not appear in this list, as the sales
of lands there are by the railroads and the
state government. If the statistics were
given for Texas, they would propably
show that in growth it is the rival of the
states and territories which show the
largest increase of population by settle
mont
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06

20 the Editor OF the Globe.
send you translation of the German
song "Lorelei," noticed by Mark Twain
in his "Tramp Abroad" in connection
with the Legends of the Rhein."
The following is an attempt to arrang
the measure to suit the music given il
the Tramp Abroad" and to make
nearly literal translation. B. F. G.
LoRELEI.
know not what it does betoken,
That so sad should be,
And from the olden times alegend
Unbidden comes to me.
The air cool, the twilight's coming,
And calmly flows the Rhein,
The summit of the mount is beaming
In rays of ewes sunshine.
Up there so strange, the fairest maiden,
Doth sit with wondrOus air;
The golden gems about her glisten,
She combs her golden hair.
She combs it with a comb of golden,
A Turing song she sings,
That has melody, of olden,
Enchanting and 80 strange.
The sailor, as his boat approaches,
Beholds with widest love,
IT'S not the rocky reef he watches,
IT'S what he sees above.
know that in the waves will founder
The sailor and his boat;
And Lorelei, by singing yonder,
This sad disaster wrought.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
Absence of Mind as Sign Of yncipiens
Mental Disease.

The Medical and Surgical Reporter
gives some suggestions and statements in
the article below, which are of interest
and Importance to good many people
1t is essential to skill that the muscles
of the body should work unconsciously,
but the moment they assert, as it were,
their independence of self-conscious-
ness, and prompt to the initiation of eff
forts outside of what they have been
taught, diseased condition is begun
which we call ''absence of mind" Such
habit begins on little things, more
generally by an omission than a COM
mission. Thinking of something else
while dressing, part of the toilet is
overlooked, the necktie is forgotten,
the wrong coat is put on and the hair is
unkempt.
Soon, as the habit increases, absurd
and even harmful acts are committed
The collections of anecdotes are full of
stories of such follies. We know of an
able young lawyer, who, instead of
pouring tonic from bottle on his
desk, carefully emptied the ink from
his inkstand into spoon and swallowed
1t. Another. an ex-attorney general of
the United States, went on fortnight
trip to attend to an absorbing legal
case. His wife packed half dozen
shirts in his portmanteau. On his re-
turn there was no shirt visible. Push
ing her inquiries, she found that her
husband had regularly clean shirt
every other day, but had forgotten to
take off the soiied one, and now re-
turned wearing the whole half dozen!
An authentic anecdote of the great po-
litical economist, Adam Smith, tells us
that when called upon to sign a con-
tract, instead of writing his own name,
he made an elaborate imitation of the
signature of the other party, which had
already been affixed.
Such incidents tend to depreciate a
man, though perhaps unjustly, in the
opinion of those with whom he does
business. They become also a grave
annoyance to the individual himself.
In sense they are mental weaknesses,
which, pushed to certain degree, pass
into mental diseases. Senility and in
sanity are not infrequently marked by
automatic actions, carried out without
the will or consciousness of the doer.
The absent-minded one, like the sleep
walker, performs actions without the
knowledge of them, and neglects duties
which are pressing, Justly, therefore.
it is a source Of anxiety with every
thoughtful person when he finds him
self falling into this bad mental habit
It is usually gradual in its onset, steal
ing over one in moments of intensest
occupation. Unlike other mind weak
nesses it is not the foe of this idle man
so much as the busy one. Yet habits
of revery and day-dreaming MY also
bring it about. Those who feel this
habit creeping over them will do well
to make an early and special effort to
resist it. 1t can be conquered by a
habit of attention, and by severe self
Gliding when the mind Yields to it.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06

An interesting bit of antiquarian
furniture has been picked up by Lasell
seminary. Auburndaie, Mass,-two
globes, celestial and terrestrial. made
in London in 1900 The are yellow with
age, but in good preservation and per-
fectiy distinct. The celestial globe has
the name of the consultations merely,
instead of ailegorical figures, as on the
globes of to-day. The other is of inter-
est as showing at glance the progress
in geographical knowledge during the
past eighty years. The map of the
United States shows the truly wonder
full advancement of our country during
that time. eighty years ago. All be-
yond the Alieghanies was wilderness.
No States are laid down, only the
names of Indian tribes. West of the
Mississippi the name of Louisiana
stretches over vast extent of country
then under the authority of France, and
Mexico reaches as far north as the lati-
tutle of Boston, including the great
State Of California, with all its undream-
ed-of riches.
1t is estimated that it will only take
about twenty years to consume the
original pine forest of Georgia, and it
is thought to be time for the adoption
of some effective measure of protection.
The Macon Telegraph and Messenger
estimates the consumption during 1880
at q little over 100000 acres.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
Gallery Gossip.

Says the Washington Republicans:
There is no place like the house gal
leries for gossip, especially on the open
ing day of the session. The Republican
had a photograph in the reporters gal
lery recently, and secured section Of
this frothy gossip, which twill grind out
for the benefit of its readers.
s'Hello, there's Sammy Cox bringing
his man up to be sworn in," remarked
8 fat correspondent, leaning over the
railing to get view of the floor. "Now,
that fellow Cox keeps up his bright
looks remarkably we'll"
s'When I first came here" chimed in
the owner Of huge plug hat, Proctor
Knott's mustache was black. Now it
has turned quite gray. He does not ap-
pear to be the same man."
'sThe life was taken out of him when
Blaine sat down on him. said third.
.'Why, there was nothing in that to
hurt a man." observed a newcomer.
81 have heard that if his wife says
Blaine at night he hides his head
under blanket"
''There is old Stephens down there"
said another voice. "He's lookingliv
ly."
stephens has not the look of a man
of great intelligence" said the fat cor
respondent. 'sHe has well-cut features,
and that's about all. believe he is one
of the strongest national or union men
in the country. He did not really be-
lieve in secession. The government
owes him much; for, had it not been for
him, I believe that some foreign states
would have jumped in and helped the
confederacy.''
docs he come to the capitol in that
wheelchair?" asked the man with the
plug hat.
"No. He keeps that one here and has
another at his hotel. His colored man,
Aleck, who stays just outside the door,
carries him back and forth from the
carriage"
''There comes Mrs. Hayes" called
out the fat correspondent, and the at
tention of all was directed to the private
gallery which Mrs. Hayes had just enter
ed with bevy of young ladies.
s.Do you know. y observed the PEN
cil-sharpener, 81 think she is the big
gest woman in the country
.'How's that?'' inquired the plug-hat
man.
"Well, she's democratic. A person
can get near her without feeling uncom-
Portable. If 1 were a public man /
would rather own her as piece Of
property than any woman in America"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
Windon,'s Reform, Scheme.
Philadelphia Times.l


Ex-Secretary Window did not give his
whole mind to cutting the wind from the
Democratic sails in his unique funding
experimentation. He fires Parthian shot
to rankle in the popular breast as he re-
tires He had, he AYERS, constructed an
elaborate duplex system of civil service,
which, administered by his own hand,
would have made office holders sort Of
society of illuminate The broad details
of this boon he had laid before the late
president. 1t was impulsively, even
rapturously, approved. Now, however,
that new king reigns, who knows not
the reforming Joseph, he carries his lit
tie scheme off to wait for the accretion of
Ninnesota's ten votes to make him pres
ident, when he will bring out his
scheme IN complete working order.
The evil that strikes Window most
painfully in the present shacleback
condition of things is the altruism, so to
speak, of the public service and servants.
The tender heartedc congressman, for ex-
ample, finding their clients in Washington
homeless and moneyless, insist on places
for them in the public departments, so
that instead of the pick of the most COM
petent agents the government is really
forced to take up with political tramps
and turn its bureaus into sort of ma
tional eleeymosynrry institution. Broad
ly outlined, WINDOWS scheme provides
for the establishing of state commit
tees before whom applicants for the va
cancies allotted each state must pass and
submit to thorough examination. 1t is
to be hoped that the details held in re-
serve give more practicability to thi:
rather loose generalization. Otherwise
excellent as the suggestion is, it will not
as the French say, march by itself.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06

The rector of Rufford, near Or1nskirk,
Lancashire, recently received letter
written in pencil. and signed '.Ameri-
GUS" asking him to warn the proper
authorities to watch carefully the vaIua-
BILE jewelry of Lady Hesketh and the
family plate of Sir Thomas Hesketh, at
Ruford hall. The letter said that
diamonds were soon extracted and the
gold speedily melted in the crucible of
the London Jew. 1t gave warning to
move all ladders from the neighborhood
of the hall, and to watch all means Of
ingress while the family were dining,
n. Maspero, the eminent professor OF
the College of France, has been ap-
pointed by the Khedive success sor to the
late Mariette Bey as director of the
Boulac museum and Of Egyptian arch
geological researches.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
Santa Ea
Mrs. Lew Wallace, in the Atlantic.

Mrs Lew Wallace, In the Atlantic.
I used to think Fernandina was the
sleepiest place in the world, but that
was before had seen Santa Fe. The
drowsy old town, lying in a sandy val
ley inclosed on three sides by mountain
walls, is built of adobes laid in one
story houses and resembles an extensive
brickyard, with scattered, sunburnt
kilns ready for the fire. The approach
in midwinter, when snow, deep on the
mountains, rests in ragged patches on
the red soil of New Mexico, is to the
last degree disheartening to the travel
er entering the narrow streets which
appear mere lanes. Yet dirty and I'M
kempt. swarming with hungry dogs, it
has the charm Of foreign flavor, and.
like San Antonio, retains some portion
of the grace which long fingers about,
if, indeed, it ever forsakes, the spot
where Spain has held rule for centuries,
and the soft syllables of the Spanish
tongue are yet heard. 1t was q prime
val stronghold before the Spanish con-
quest, and town of some Importance
to the white race when Pennsylvania
was a wilderness and the first Dutch
Governor was slowly drilling TIE Knick-
erbocker ancestry in the difficult eVolu-
ton of marching round the town pump.
Once the Capital and centegpf The Pueb-
10 kingdom, and the archives of the
Territory, kept. OF rather neglected, in
the old Placio del Gobernador, where l
write, hold treasure well worth the seek
ing of student and antiGuay. The
building itself has history full of
pathos and striking incident as the an
cient fort of st. Augustine, and is older
than that venerable pile. It had been
the palace OF the Puebios imms;norially
before the holy name OF Santa Re was
given in baptism of blood by the Span
ISL conquerors; palace Of the Mexicans
after they broke away from the crown.
and palace ever since is occupation by
Ell Grinso. In the stor;nS scenes of the
seventeenth century i. wilhstood several
sieges; was repeatedly lost and won, as
the white man or the red held the victo-
~. Who shall say how many and how
dark the crimes hidden within these
dreary walls9
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
The Grants in Their Nesr York House.

New York Dispatch to Cincinnati Enquirer
There is quite f1utter IN society owing
to the announcement that Gen. and Mrs.
Grant are to give an elegant reception as
soon as their new house is in perfect Or
der, and every day workmen and artists
are bringing nearer the desired end. !
understand not single article has been
bought or ordered for the first floor, the
eighty cases of magnificent presents pre-
sented to the general on his forei gn tour
furnishing them throughout, as well as
supplying the rest Of the house with OBJ
iects of art of every conceivable sort.
No two pieces of furniture in the par
lors and reception room will be alike.
Curiously caned chairs, velvet and gold
embroidered divans, and ebony and ivory
fauteuils, upholstered with Gobelin
tapestry and hand wrought brocades,
will take the place of the modern set.
The Oriental hangings and Persian
carpets were made for the ex-president
as gifts, and Mrs. Grant will incur the
everlasting envy of women by using the
finest and most exquisitely woven Indian
cashmeres for the drapery of her own
boudoir. The tables and stands are of
buhl and mosaic work; the mirrors hang
in curiously carved frames cut by the
jack knives of the skillful Swedish cary
ers. Pictures of every variety, and all
of merit in different degrees, have frames
in themselves works Of art, while statu-
airy and articles of vertu ornament the
rooms lavishly.
In Gen. Grants private dressing room
stands miniature house of five stories,
and nearly three feet in height. 1t is of
solid silver, curiously beaten and raised
in queer flowers and odd birds. On open
ing the various doors and windows that
lead out on comical little balconies can
be discovered cases of fretted silver con-
tanning bottles and TASKS of carved ivory
filled with different delicious perfumes.
This was presented to the owner in
China. A pleasant reminder of India is
pair of superb elephant tusks nearly six
feet in length, the polished ivory set of
by elaborate gold mountings.
The wall on one side of the family sit.
ting room is nearly covered by remark
able japanese plcture-a hunting scene.
The ground is of dreamy satin, and the
subject is worked out in varied silk en-
broidery, the figures and foliage standing
out as in real life, and the colors exquisite
and natural
How exceptional a memory Gen. Grant
has is shown IN the fact that he knows
at glance where each of these thou
sands OF gifts came from, the name OF
each city, the donor, and the circum-
stances of the presentation. He does not
exhibit the least complascncy in their
exhibition, but Mrs. Grant shows a wom-
ans natural qualification in them.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
Sensational Elopewsent.

A rather sensational elopement is Just
now exciting attention in London-or at
least as much attention as an incident of
that kind might be expected to create in
a city of 100000 inhabitants. Mai
Grant, well known officer in the Eng
lish army, man 40 years of age, was
married five years ago to a very pretty
girl Of Is, the daughter of a country
squire To all appearances the life led
by the couple was an exceptionally happy
one, but 1t seems that the wife became
infatuated with her coachman, good
looking, lusty young fellow named
George Huntington. Mai and Mrs.
Grant lived at Bodmin, but were in the
habit of occasionally visiting the lady's
and has residence at Trewin Shev-
visits that the elopment occurred. The
major had been IN the habit of coming to
this country every summer, his wife ac-
comparing him, but this year she did
not take the trip, and it was during the
absence of her husband, no doubt, that
the enterprising coachman won her
yong affections. During recent visit
to Mrs. Grants brother that person and
Maj. Grant went out for days shooting,
and soon after they had departed Mrs.
Grant and the coachman, the latter hav-
ing changed his livery for plain suit,
drove to Torpoint, where they paid man
to take the carriage home again. The
fleeing pair then went to the Southwest
ern Railway station, at which point all
trace Of them was lost Mrs Grant re-
Gently become possessed of considerable
property in her own right, so that even
| if the police succeed in catching her the
consequences will not be disastrous
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
The Cookie.
From the American Miller.

From the American Miller.
The cookie is the aristocrat among
the seeds that the miller has to contend
with. It seems to grow in any part of
the country where It takes fancy to
the scenery and climate; to stay as long
as it wants to, and go when it gets
ready. If it is proper to speak of the
s'wheat belt,'' for it shifts and changes
about from one locality to another as if
endowed with intelligence. The cookie
likewise has peculiar shape, different
from other seeds of the field, and when
viewed through microscope, looks
like a vegetable porcupine, clad with
SPURS and spikes. These spikes enable
the cookie to be taken out by means of
cork rollers, as the cookie will stick to
them while the wheat will pass through.
Whether this mode of removing cookie
has proved successful in practice we
are unable to say; it is certainly unique
enough to deserve success. And here
in the cookie shows its aristocratic in
stincts, in that many machines have
been devised for removing it from the
wheat while an ordinary separating ma
chine is deemed adequate to remove
a score of other different seeds that
grow in the same field with it.
The cookie has very long appella-
ton for so small an object, the correct
name being Xanth,Wm St,umarium. 1t
is commoner, however, in one respect,
as it will grow in nearly all parts of the
country, if it feels inclined to. The
stalks grow to the height of from one
to four feet, and have many branches.
At the ground they are sometimes an
inch thick. The pods contain but two
seeds, and are sure to propagate their
kind. The plants are very tenacious
of life and propagate both by seed and
root. They likewise increase and null
tiply very rapidly, and in some instances
amount almost to q plague. Some
years ago the cookie became such a
nuisance in Pennsylvania that the State
Legislature offered a reward for ma
cline that would remove the seed from
wheat. A flannel roller was the result
of this offer, if we remember rightly.
At the last session of the Illinois Legis-
lature a granger from Ford county, we
believe, introduced bill in the interest
of farmers for the extirpation of cookie
which will be known in history as the
..kuckle-bur' bill Its phraseology en-
titles it to be considered curiosity of
literature, while the penalties were ORA
CONAN in their severity. The bill did
not pass. which perhaps is to be re-
GREETED, as the cookie is very serious
nuisance to both farmer and miller.
However, the cookie is thoroughly de-
PRAYED, and perhaps legislation against
| it might only rouse its ire and expand
its powers Of propagation to their
greatest.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
The President aud the Er-President.
New York Sun, Oct. 26.l

We observe with interest that Gen.
Arthur has lately spent a good many
hours in the society of Gen Grant There
is nothing alarming in the prolonged and
confidential intercourse. On the con-
trary, it is highly reas,uring.
Gen. Grant is now the only man alive
who has both been elected President OF
the United States and occupied the Office,
1t is natural that the president should
listen with great interest to the utterances
of his only living predecessor.
Moreover, there Is no living man from
whom Gen. Arthur can learn so much
that he will be valuable to him in the
execution of his duty as from Gen. Grant
If the president should spend weeks with
the ex-president instead of hours, he
could hardly exhaust the stores of ex-
perience and the wealth of counsel which
it is in Gen. Grants power to impart
From Gen. Grant Gen. Arthur can
learn nearly everything that president
ought not to do.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
Raising Ducks for Profit.

1t is pleasing fact that the increase
of the supply Of ducks in our markets
is very sensible in the last few years.
and they are readily bought up at good
prices as change from chickens and
turkeys. Farmers tell us that they ara
as easily raised as chickens; indeed cost
less for food and bring a better price.
especially if the kinds are raised which
look plump and appetizing on the table.
These are the Rouen, and Pckin and
Aylesbury. They are Of good size, and
in their growth they consume almost
anything and really keep the premises
clear of many things that would prove
an annoyance, such as insects, grubs,
offal. wor1ny apples, etc. In October
and November, when their sale begins,
a liberal supply of corn meal or oat
meal mush, feed little warm, mixed
with sour or skinned milk, will in
about two weeks fatten them ready for
market. From every farm from twenty.
FIVE to fifty pairs should be annually
sent to market. the returns OF which
would do q full share in filling the
family purse from the pleasanter and
lighter branches of the farm.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06

It is said that in winter in a Louisi-
ana swamp millions of swallows feed
on species of willow called by the
French swallow trees. The French and
Creoles use the swallows in making
jubles, preparation of rice and meat.
fish or game.