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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
POOR HUMAN NATURE.

An afflicted girl called upon the pastor of
fashionable church, to thank him for the
great comfort his teachings had given to a
friend then lying dead in her house, and to
bear her dying request that he should attend
her funeral. The street, house, and time
was named. The girl wept land the pastor
was deeply affected. The little money of
both had been exhausted in the sickness and
the preparations for the funeral. Every
thing was ready but the grave. Was there
any society that helped bury the dead
There was none. But the pastor opened his
pocket-book and promptly rendered i've dci-
lars to complete the arrangements for the
funeral. The girl would not touch it
would not think of such thing. After an
earnest plea on the pastors part, the visitor
would take it only as loan, to be returned
in short time, and with many thanks de-
parted. The pastor entered the remarkable
case in his notebook, with which to refresh
the saints when they came together. lie
took carriage and started for the funeral.
He found the street and the house very east
ly-but, alas. no corpse. Nobody was sick
nobody had died; the girl was not to be
found, and the whole was deliberate plan
to cheat the pastor out of the petty sum of
five dollars.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
Twenty Dollars Reward.

A gentleman in Conyers, Ga, offers
the above sum as reward to any person
who will, on sight, read the following
without mispronouncing word
"One morning I found myself in a
queer locale, amid vast area Of burn
ing sands. To my relief I deserted an
oasis but, alas it turned out to be a
mirage I could see, as I thought, cas-
cades, geysers and gewgaws indescriba-
BILE. When I complained to an Edowite
of such deceptive land the untoward
fellow treated me with contumely. 1
was only saved by the timely appear
ance of channels from the puissant blows
of the nuisance which leaped up from
the root of a pyramidal cypress, at
which he fired his fuse. This perverse
creature was so maddened by my escape
that he committed felo de Sc. He was
the protege of the King, and had been
for some time his employe in decipher-
ing cruciform inscriptions, and may
have been Chaldean. Though clearly
dressed, he was not clearly. Now
seeking a recess by stream filled with
animalcules, I wrote an exquisite essay,
drawing on my fertile brain, which I
read each alternate day for week, and
then wrapped it up and placed it in an
alcove for safe keeping"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
wouldn't eau Nam es.

Bill Jones had been to sea, and, on his
return, he was relating to his uncle an
adventure which he met with on board a
ship. 81 was one night leaning over
the taffrail, looking down into the
mighty ocean," said William, "when
my watch fell from my pocket, and i'm
mediately sunk out Of sight. The vessel
was going ten knots an hour but, moth
ing daunted, I sprang over the rail, and,
after long search, found the watch,
came up close under the stern, and
climbed back to the deck without any
one knowing I had been absent. !"
William" said his uncle, opening his
eyes to their widest capacity, show fast
did you say the vessel was sailing?"
"Ten knots an hour" replied William.
sAnd you dived down into the sea,
William, and came up with the watch,
and climbed up the rudder chains ;"
eyes, uncle" "And you expect me to
believe your story?" "Of course" re-
Piled William, "you wouldn't dream
of calling me a iar?" civilian" said
his uncle, gravely, "you know I never
call anybody names but if the Mayor
were to come to me and say, Josiah, I
want to find the biggest liar in town. I
would come straight to you and say,
William, the Mayor wants to see you. ,"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
The Art of Thinking.

Too much stress cannot be laid upon the
fundamental importance of perfect command
over thought. How many student finds a
lack of this power the chief hindrance to
progress How many a page must be re-
read, how many lessons conned over and over
to compensate for lapses of thought In the
possession or absence of this power over mind
lies the chief difference between mental
strength and mental weakness. Some men
think as a child plays with hammer, strik-
ing little blows here, there, anywhere, at any
object within reach. The action of a strong
mind may be compared to the stone-breaker' s
sledge-hammer, dealing stubborn blows sue
cessively upon one spot till the hard rock
cracks and yields. The power to classify
and arrange ideas in proper order is one that
comes more or less slowly to even the best
of minds. In proportion as this faculty is
strengthened, desultory and wasted effort
diminishes. When the mind acts, it acts to
some purpose, and can begin where it left
off without going over the whole ground
again to take up the threads Of its ratiocina-
tons. Concentration and system are thus
seen to be the chief elements in the art of
thinking. To cultivate the first, constant
watchfulness to detect the least wandering,
and the immediate exertion of the will to
call back and hold the mind upon the SUBJ
ject under consideration, should be viligant-
ly exercised. To sec pre- the latter, the prac-
tice of analyzing and considering the differ
ent parts of subject, first separately, and
then in their relations to each other, is a
discipline to which every young mind should
be subjected, and which, we are sorry to
say, is much neglected in most methods Of
instruction.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
Broken BOne-Feyer.

Dongue, or broken-bone fever, also
known as "dandy fever" "Ducket fever
and ''bouquet fever is said to have made
its first appearance as malady in the
West Indies in 1879, at which time it
was also communicated to the Southern
portion of the United States The dis
ease, as has been previously stated, re-
celved the name "dongue" from the
Spaniards of the West India islands from
their word dengue, denoting prudery,
which expresses Stiffness pain in the
bones and stiffness of the body being the
principal features of the sickening dis
ease.
During the past few months reports
have come from every quarter in the
Southern States regarding the prevalence
of this troublesome, but not necessarily
fatal disease. But few, if any, deaths
have been made known from its effects.
Nearly every citizen of Savannah had a
touch-some light, some severe-of the
malady, and not one of them can give a
definite explanation of the tortures of the
disease. 1t has spared no one-adults,
children, little men, large men, black
men, white mer, colored men, business
men, sporting men, printers, editors, law
yers, judges, every one is subject to its
fond embrace.
AS for cure or a preventive for the
little nuisance we are not prepared to say
what is good or what is not good in eth
er case, but leave the matter to the ply
siclans, who by the way, have been reap
ing rich harvest from the unlucky VIC
TINS of the disease. Some persons have
gone so far as to say that the fever is
more violent on those who have defed it
before falling its clutches, but for this we
cannot vouch. We can say, however, that
any one, sooner or later, who are among
its victims, does not wish second battle
in order to show better fight. Probably
for the above reason, more than anything
else, that is its severity on those who de-
fly it, we do not wish to agitate Mr.. Fe-
yer, as our ranks have already been visit
ed by the merciless monster, and to his
majesty we say farewell. ''-Sauannah
No2na
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
Shakespeare and the Bible.

There is way that seemeth right to
man, but the end thereof are the ways
of death. PROF. GUi., 25.
There is no vice so simple but assumes
Some mask of virtue in its outer parts.
-!aerciant Of Venice, ia., q
How can we, being evil, speak good
things. (Seeming virtues proceeding
from an evil source are not genuine).-
Mat. 1ii., 81.
Where an unclean mind carries virtu-
GUS qualities, their Communications go
with pity-they are virtues and traitors,
too.-AWs Wei That Ends Well, l., 1.
Another law in my members warning
against the law of my mind.-ROns.
vji., %.
The tiend is at mine elbow and tempts
me, saying: "Use your legs take the
start run away" My conscience says i:
"No; do not run scorn running with
thy heels" "Budge," says the tiend.
4" Budge not" says my conscience
Merchant Of Venice, IT,, 2.
He that increaseth knowledge, in
creaseth Observation-Disclosures o., IS.
[ had rather have a fool to make me
merry, than experience to make me sad.
As You Like II, a., l.
1, yet not I.-Gol. d.. %.
I have kind of self resides with you,
But an unkind self, that itself viii leave
To be anothers fool.
Troll. and CresS., iii, 2.
But whosoever shall keep the whole
law and yet offend in one point, he is
guilty of all.-J0maes d., 10.
That these
Carrying the stamp, say, Of one defect,
Shall, in the general censure, take corruption
From that particular fault. The dram Of i'll
Doth all the noble substance often doubt.
Hamlet T., 4.
Whosoever hateth his brother is a
murderer. ill.,, 5.
Hates any man the thing he would not
kill ?-Merchont of Venice, iU.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
THE SEAS LOVE.
BY r. e. wEATHEnLY.

Once In the Gays of old,
In the years of youth and mirth,
The sea was lover bright and bold,
Ana he loved the golden earth.
The sun, in his royal raiment clad,
Loved her and found her sweet,
But the sea was content and glad
Only to lie at her feet.
All! that the bard should sing
And wall for the golden years;
Love was and Is but an idle thing,
TITS but wind that veers.
And earth in her beauty and pride
Held her lips to the wooing sum-
He said, "Thou art fair, o, my BRIDE"
And she sang, C. 1 am thine alone"
The faithful sea at her faithless feet
Rolled with broken moan;
go, sun! ~ he cried, "but thy bride is sweet
And am alone, alone"
All! that the bard should sing
And wall for the golden years;
Love was and is but an idle thing,
IT'S but wind that veers.
Oft would the sun depart,
And his bride in her gloom made moan,
And the sea would cry that her loving heart
Should be left to pine alone.
And his voice is strange and sad and sweet,
so! love, not mine! not mine!
/ am content to lie at thy feet,
And to love thee in storm and shine"
All that the bard should sing
And wall for the golden years;
Love was and is but an idle thing,
IT'S but q wind that veers.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
A New Story About j Ohm B. Cough.

John i. Cough, who had faced over
eight thousand audiences, acknowledges
that on one occasion, and one only, he
encountered an embarrassment he could
not overcome. 1t was his own fault, he
says, and proved sharp lesson he never
forgot. In his own words:
I was engaged to address large nun
Der of children in the afternoon, the
meeting tosbe held on the lawn of the
Baptist Church in Providence, r. I. In
the forenoon friend met me and said:
II have some first-rate cigars, will 20
have few9"
"No, thank YOU
"Do take half-dozen.'
81 have nowhere to put them
''You can put half a dozen in your
pscket"
I wore cap in those days, and I put
the cigars into it, and at the appointed
time ! went to the meeting. I assembled
the platform and faced an audience of
more than two thousand children. AS it
was out of doors I kept my hat on for
fear Of taking cold, and 7 forgot all
about the cigars. Toward the close of
my speech l became more in earnest,
and, after warning the boys against bad
company, bad habits and the saloons,
said
"Now, boys, let us give three rousing
cheers for temperance and for cold water.
Now, then, three chreers. Hurrah!'
And, taking off my cap, I waved it
most vigorously, when away went the
cigars right into the midst of the audi
ence. The remaining cheers were very
faint, and were nearly drowned in the
laughter of the crowd. 1 was mortified
and ashamed, and should have been re-
lieved could I have sunk through the
platform out Of sight. My feelings were
still more aggravated by boy coming
up to the steps of the platform with one
Of those dreadful cigars, saying, "Here's
one of your cigars, Mr.. Cough"
Though I never afterward put cigars
in my cap or hat going to meeting, I
am ashamed to say it was some time
after that before gave up cigars alto
gether.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
Curious Petition by Sixteen Maidens.

A curious petition was addressed
in 1888 to the governor of South Caro-
lima BY sixteen maidens of Charleston.
It ran thus: "The humble petition OF all
the maids whose names are under writ
ten, whereas, We, the humble petition
ers, at present in very meanlcholy dis
position of mind, considering how all
the bachelors are blindly captivated by
widows, and our own youthful charms
thereby neglected, in consequence of this
our request is that your excellency will,
for the future, order that no widows pre-
sumo to marry any young man till the
maids are provided for, or else to pay
each Of them fine for satisfaction for
invading our liberties, and likewise a
fine to be levied on all such bachelors as
shall be married to WIDOWS. The great
disadvantage to us maids is that the
widows, by their forward carriage do
snap up the young men. and have the
vanity to think their merit beyond ours,
which is great imposition on us, who
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
THE NEW YEAR, 1881,

Old Time, with his busy finger,
Is turning another page
In the wonderful book OF life
That readeth from youth to age,
Unwritten the mystical story
Untold its marvellous tale
And before its possible reading.
The marvels Of romance fail.
Let us write with higher purpose
Than any the past has known
This fair white page before us,
And make that purposd our own.
At the wrongs that give us battle,
Let US strike with firmer blow;
Let us meet the evils. that would slay us,
with our face turned full to the foe.
Let us love with truer love,
The friends that are ours to hold,
For the gross that passes for friendship
Let US give the hearts pure gold,
Standing now at the threshold
Let us resolve anew,
This year our deeds shall be noble
Our lives shall be brave and true.
And if the future fail us,
Just as the past has done,
The year will still be the better
For bling rightly begun.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
A Great Day for Fishing.

"Did you have much luck, Uncle
Nose ?" asked gentleman of an old
Galveston fisherman.
"Nebber seed de like. TWAS all day
long jerk up comes a fve-pound red
fish; jerk agin, up comes a six-pound
trout jerk agin, up comes seben-
pound sheephead. It nebber stopped
one second"
elbow did you catch fish that fast
without stopping to bait your hook
Come now, Mose!"
"Bait de hook? All dem fish was ON
de same hook. Oar was no chance to
bait de hook. De six-pound reddish
swallowed de five-pound trout, and seb-
en-pound trout just iobbled de six
pound reddish, and I jest kept on ontil
day was about twenty fish on de hook,
and den I hauled 'em in and put on
fresh bait. Has yer cotched my mean
in ?"-G0Ivest0e MeWS.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
Paper-Making in China.

The commissioner of customs at
Wuhu, China, ina report recently issued,
states that paper is very extensively
manufactured in the numerous little vii
lagos situated in the valleys among the
hills, about eight miles to the southeast
of the city Of King-hein. 1t is made
from the bark called Tan-shu-p'i, the
paper mulberry tree bark, and wheat
straw, which, after being well washed
and boiled with certain proportion OF
lime, is again washed, and then exposed
to dry for whole year, on the sides Of
the hills, in spots where the grass and
brushwood have been previously cleared
away for this purpose. After the years
exposure, it is washed once more, and
then pounded on stone with large
wooden hammer; it is supposed to re-
qulre 400 blows from this hammer TO
reduce it to the necessary consistency !;
after which it is removed to another
building, aud left to soak until it be.
comes quite pulp, IN a large earthen-
ware vessel, containing liquid glue,
made from boiling the branch of tree
called the Yangkowt'eng, a species of
hooked vine. This pulp is then put into
cistern of water, and well stirred up
with stout stick. A finely made .bam-
boo frame, or sort of long oblong sieve, is
taken by two men, one at either end, and
dipped twice into this liquid, which is
made to run equally over the whole sur
face, somewhat after the manner in
which the photographer allows the de-
veloping solution to run over his
plate. By this means, thin and
tolerably even layer is left, which soon
partially dries and forms the sheet of pa
per, and which is removed by simply re-
versing the frame. As soon as a suffici-
ent number Of sheets have been made
they are taken to the dryingroom. This
room contains large brick oven, coated
on the outside with lime, and built up
to within few feet Of the roof. Upon
the top OF this oven the paper is placed,
in pare els Of about foot in thickness,
until perfectly dry; after which sheet by
sheet Is damped once more, and while
still moist, is by means Of a soft brush
made to adhere to the sides of the oven
for short time to undergo its final pro-
cess Of drying. 1t IS then taken away to
the packlng-room and made up into
bales, weighing from 80 to 100 catties
each, the catty being equivalent to 1 1-3
pound avoirdupols. The largest sized
paper is about one chang Q1 ga feet
long, and is worth one dollar sheet.
This particular size Of paper is m ade en-
tirely from the ''Tan.shu-p'i," but the
smaller sizes are composed OF mixture
of tie above mentioned bark of the paper
mulberry tree. and wheat straw. This
paper is known by the name "Suanch1h, -
and is considered good quality paper
in the Chinese markets.-Scientiic
American.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
French MOdesty.

A discussion has arisen in France as to
the costume worn by Charlotte Corday
when she stabbed Marat, and some mod
ern ladies have pronounced her conduct
shocking-not in committing murder,
but in killing man In his bath. Mod
ern modesty need not be shocked. In
the later days of the old French monarchy
ladies frequently received visitors while
enjoying bath. But there was no
improperly. They wore bathing-gowns
of the finest lawn, trimmed with Valen-
cienHes; and the water in the bath was
made opaque by the addition Of bottle
of essence OF Of a jug of milk. But for
the name of the thing, they were more
decently clad in the bath than in the ball
room.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
MONKEY STORIES.


On board her Majestys ship Euryalus
there was large black monkey with a
long tail for whom the master had par
ticular aversion; he wGs convinced that it
would some day get at and injure the chro-
nometer of which he was in charge, and
he always kept his room fast locked. One
day, however, the monkey creptin, carried
off the chronometer, and rushed up the rig
ging with it in his hand, the poor master
following with the tears in his eyes, while all
the sailors in the ship were set to try and
catch the thief Higher and higher they
climbed, but still the monkey kept above
them, and when they were within an inch
of him he dropped from one part of the
rigging to another, with only glancing
hold on the ropes, where nothing but a
four-armed beast with prehensile tail
could follow At last one active fellow
climbed closer and closer, there was no
outlet right or left, above or below, his
hand was almost Selling the creatures leg,
when suddenly the beast, seeing he was
brought to bay, waved the chromemeter
yiciouslv over his head. raised his arm as
high as possible, and then flung it as far
as he could into the sea. A monkey on
board another Queens ship fell overload
in very bad weather; the sea was so high
that the Captain refused to allow boat to
be lowered; but the feeling of the sailors
for their pet was so great that at last he
gave way. They rowed round and round
in vain, and were returning sadly up the
ships side, when they saw the monkey,
who had climed up by the chain Of the
rudder, mocking and grinning at them for
their useless pains as he sat on the figure
head. Another monkey, one Jocko, on
board the -, much petted by the sailors,
was excessively jealous of white kitten,
which divided their affections with himself.
Ons, day the man on the bridge saw him
creeping very stealthily round to where
the kitten lay asleep in the netting; sud-
denly he stretched out his hand and
chucked her overheard before any one
could interfere "Jocko," said the MARIA
tor angrily, "was an abominable beast. I
could not bear him, he used to get drunk
and play underhand tricks; still he was
not altogether bad. A spaniel on board
had had puppies, with which Jocko was ex-
tremely anxious to play; the mother, how
ever, would have nothing to say to him,
and would not allow him to enter her den.
One day, however, she had left her chill
dren alone for moment and coming
back found Jocko sitting nursing all the
puppies together in his arms, great, fat,
heavy, numbering Jumps which he could
hardly lift" After this proof Of good in
tention, the dog-mother used to take her
walks about the ship, contentedly leaving
her children in his charge, Jocko seeming
to consider himself regularly installed as
nurse.-GOod Words.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
A Romantic Wedding.

Romantic weddings are frequent
enough nowadays but years ago they
might not have been so common. An
anecdote is told of Dean Swift, who, be-
ing overtaken by thunder-snower one
day, took shelter under tree, where he
found party Of young girls waiting for
the rain to cease.
One young girl was weeping, and the
Dean learned that she was on her way
to church to be married to a young man
who was with her. "Never mind I'll
marry you," said the Dean and took up
his prayer-book, and then and there
performed the ceremony; and, to make
the thing complete, he tore leaf from
his pocket-book, and with his pencil
wrote and signed a certificate, which he
handed to the bride. It was as follows
Under q tree in stormy weather,
married this man and woman together:
Let none but Him who rules the thunder
4 Sever this man and woman asunder
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-02
A Knot of Blue Ribbon.

A knot of ribbon, blue as the sky,
Fell on the floor as she 1oated by;
And picked it up with tender care,
For had it not touched her golden hair?
Next day showed her my dainty prize,
Not more blue than her shining eyes;
To her star-sweet face came the bushes fast,
Oh, love-my love, how that summer passed!
With dewy mornings and purple ewes,
And sunlight pickering through the leaves,
While each glad day wore golden CLEAN,
And in all the glamour of Loves Young Dream.
Vanished to-day is the summers glow,
And softly, so softly the flakes of snow
Are falling over each hill and glen,
And the dear Old ways that knew US then.
But Ihold you fast, sweetheart, to-day,
Though the skies of December be chill and gray
And tenderly, as of old, Iprize,
A knot of blue ribbon, blue as your eyes.