Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-06
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thought beyond the sphere of their own
outlook, remind one of the Hindoo
maxim: s'The snail sees nothing but his
own shell, and thinks it the grandest
palace in the universe"
The model of the statue of Mr.. Glad
stone, which is to be erected in East
London, has been completed by Mr..
Bruce Joy, of Fnlham. 1t is a little
over nine feet high, and represents the
great statesman in the act of addressing
vast assemblage.
Shocks went home the other night
very tired. He sat for some time with
his sleepy gaze riveted on Mrs. Shocks,
and then complacently remarked:
s.Well. do declare if you two gals
don't look enough alike to be twins.''
WaU Street Gazette.
Montreal real estate was in so little
demand year ago that it could only be
sold at sacrifice, but it is now in brisk
demand. Two auctioners disposed of
100000 worth to actual buyers one
week recently, and a prominent capital
list has just invested $4,000 in build
inc lots.
The Cumberland Valley road, in
Pennsylvania, wants to utilize the
weather reports for the farmers along
its line, during the harvest season and
fall, by sending up rockets from central
points at o'clock every morning. The
road wants the weather bureau to fur
nish the rockets, different colors being
used to indicate clear, variable, OF
rainy weather.
The engines of the Kittywar State
railway are worshipped by some of the
simple folk out there. A potter at
Limri having failed to get relief from
any of his gods, at last contracted to
place certain offerings before the
s'engine god," if that medium would
bring him relief. And sure enough the
fever abated. So the potter offered a
cocoanut to the 'sgod.'' to the astonish-
ment of the guard and the driver.
The Mexican people are said to be
the best judges of cotton, linen and silk
goods on the continent. as the govern
ment impost regulations have been
based on the principle the finer the
goods the lower the imposts, which has
induced German, English and French
factories to send their best goods. The
Mexicans are like the negroes, however,
in preferring bright colors.
The case of William Beach Lawrence,
of Newport, r. l., against Richard M.
Staigg, the artist of Boston, which has
engaged the attention of the courts for
nearly twenty years, has been virtually
settled in favor of the defendant. All
the judges in the State have heard the
case from time to time. 1t grew out of
real estate transactions, Mr.. Lawrence
selling MI. Staigg a part of his Ochre
Point estate in Newport. All the lead
ing law journals of the country have re-
ported the case during its career, and
Mr. Lawrence has printed several vol
umes in regard to it.
A member of the Canadian Parlia-
ment, who had his coat stolen from
him in Ottawa, borrowed one of
friend, and as it was much too small,
was arrested by the police on his way
home on suspicion of having stolen it,
and taken to the police station. While
he was there the thief who had stolen
his coat was brought in. Explanations
were made, the member was released,
and the thief was the next day senten-
ced to prison for one year.
The Mentone papers report two sui
cides at Monte Carlo. Some days ago
. man rushed out of the gaming-room,
exclaiming: Il am done for; have lost
200, 000f." On the staircase he drew a
revolver from his pocket and blew his
brains out. The other man, wandering
on the shore, was seen to sit down on a
rock and rest his head on his hand. A
minute after detonationw as heard. He,
too, had blown his brains out.
The debt of Virginia in round
numbers is 100000 consol bonds
bearing tax-receivable 6 per cent.
coupons, and $8,OO0'000 1910 (Mc-
Culloch) bonds bearing 8 per cent,
interest, making S23,000,00O of the
debt on which the interest is secured
by tax-receivable coupons, all of which
must come into the treasury during the
year and offset or intercept about ST.
100000 revenue. The ''peeler'' and
ssold bonds represent S12,000,000
more, with unpaid interest for more
than ten years.
The Pennsylvania supreme court has
decided a case growing out of the
manner which the Philadelphia horse
cars were packed during the centen-
NAL. Bernard Walling was crowded off
the platform of a car on the Germantown
line, and the damages awarded his
widow are now confirmed by the
supreme court, which thus describes the
the packed cars of that time: Conduc-
tor, driver and passengers acted as if
there was room SO long IS q man codld
find rest for his feet and place to
hold on with his hands.
Mr.. Froude writes of his first term at
Oxford: eve did pretty much what
we liked. There was much dissipation,
and the whole manner of life was need
lessly extravagant. We were turned
loose at Is, pleasures tempting us on
all sides. No dean or tutor ever volun-
teered to help our inexperience. The
prices which we paid for everything
were preposterous. The college authori-
ties would take no trouble, and their
own charges were on the same extrava-
giant scale. The wretched novice was
the object of general plumber till he
had learned how to take care Of him.
self. | remember calculating that
could have lived at boarding house
on contract, with every luxury which /