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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
A CANNIBAL CONCRIT.

The cannibsl king of the cannibal isle,
Met Hannibal Hook with an animal smile,
And fingered his topical tresses awhile,
With a smack of his lips and giggle of guile,
And o critical leer in bon vivsnt style
Then the rollicking, frolicking thing,
He bit off the nose
OF Hannibal Hook,
Nor thought, suppose
OF the freedom he took
This horrible, cannibal king!
o, the cannibal queen OF the cannibal king,
Was kind Of languishing lout of thing,
Who strung up her pettcoats short with string,
And walked with grace, and hnical fling, 49,
Her elbow akimbo, her body aswing-
The beautiful, dutiful spouse
She quietly took
OF finger and toe
OF Hannibal Hook,
Without thinking, know,
How tough were his cheeks and his brovs
The terrible teeth of the terrible two lf
Were quick to infringe the feast that they drew
From the lubricate limbs Of the lubberly crew,
Who simply believed they had nothing to Go
But to furnish their flesh for cannibal stew.
So the cannibal couple arose,
And washed in the river &, ett...
Poor Hannibal Hook,
Then looked to the Oliver,
And prayed, and partooh
In way dislike to disclose.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
Indian Epicures.

In the summer of 1876 stood one
evening near the Quartermaster's Office
at Fort Wingate, New Mexico, when two
Kiowa Indians applied for permission to
water their famished horses at the Gov
eminent cistern, offering to accept that
boon in part payment for load Of
brushwood which they proposed to haul
from the neighboring chapparal. The
fellows looked thirsty and hungry them
selves, and while the Quartermaster
ratified the wood bargain, 4 one Of the
officers sent to his company quarters for
q lunch of such comestibles as the cooks
might have on hand at that time Of the
day. A trayful OF I" Government grub
was deposited on the adjacent cord-wood
platform, and the Indians pitched in
with the peculiar appetite of carnivorous
nomads. Ayard Of commissary sausage
was accepted as tough variety of jerked
beef, yeasted and branless bread disap-
peared in quantities that would have
confirmed Dr. Graham's belief in 1atu-
raj depravity; they slipped the cold COT
fee and eyed it with q CLEAN Of suspi-
cion, but were reconciled by the discov.
cry of the saccharine sediment, and the
cook was just going to replenish their
sups when the senior Kiowa helped him.
celf to a vinegar pickle, which he proba-
bly, mistook for some sort of an of.color
sugar plum. He tasted it, rose to his
feet, and dashed the plate down with o
muttered execration, and then clutched
the prop of the platform to master his
rising fury. Explanations followed, anda
pound Of brown sugar was accepted as q
offering, but the children of nature
left the post under the impression that
they had been the victims of heartless
practical joke. - Popular Science
Monthly.
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49, IFralIrn IN 10 - n
BITS OF INFORMATION.

A TON of cast iron contains about fv
cubit feet.
- THE very best Of steel is improved by
very slight alloy. OF silver. ace
IT has been estimated that the eartl
has fifty three hundred millions of mill
ions of tons of air, and about 230 time,
as many tons of water as Of air. ri
G If history is to be believed, Phatyllu,
OF Crotona could jump distance Of fifty
SIX feet. q 9safa. so te bn'.
In February, of the year 1717, there
was remarkable snow-storm through
out New England, the snow falling fol
SIX consecutive days and nights.
TIE inventor of gaslignts is said to
have been .Frenchman, Phiilippa le
Bon, engineer Of road5 and bridges,
who. in 1772, adopted the idea of using,
for the purpose of illumination, the
gases distilled during the combustion Of
wood. .elj q bs7lga
The Egyptian obelisk, now in New
York city, was originally set up in He'll
opolis. Herodotus speaks of the two ODE.
isks Zone of which is the New York one
at Alexandria, and Rawlinson fixes the
date Of their remonal from Heliopolis at
14@ B. @. According to that. their age
is 3043 years. The companion obelisk
is In London, England; N
The origin of many of the curious
English tavern signs is explained in Al
the Year Round. What was formerly
Boulogne Mouth has become Bull and
Mouth; Occur Dore Golden Heart) is
now Queer Door; Bacchanals has been
turned into Bag O. Nails; Peg and Was
sail (referring to an old custom) into Pig
and Whistle; George Canning into
George and Cannon, and God Encom-
passed Us into Cost and Compasses. A
gaming house, kept by Frenchman,
bore the sign Pique ct Carreau (Spades
and Diamonds), which, under the next
occupant. an Englishman, who didn't
understand it, became Pig and Carrots.
TAXING the States in alphabetical Or
der their nicknames are as follows Ala
bama, Lizard State; Arkansas, Tooth
pick; California, Golden State Colora-
do, Rover Connecticut, Wooden Nut
meg; Delaware, Muskrat, otherwise
the Blue Hens Chicken Florida, the
Beaver State; Illinois, Sucker Indi-
ana, Hoosier Iowa, Hawkeye; Kansas,
the Jay-Hawker; Kentucky, Corn
Cracker Louisiana, Creole; Maine
Fox, otherwise Lumber Maryland,
Gray Vampire; Michigan, Wolverine !;
Minnesota, Gopher; Mississippi, Tad
pole; Missouri, Puke; Massachusetts,,
Bay State Nebraska, Big Eaters Ne
vada, Sage Hen New Hampshire, Old
Granite; New Jersey, Blue, sometimes
Clam Catcher New York, Knickerbock-
er, or Empire North Carolina, Old
Tar 3 Ohio, Buckeye; Oregon, White
Foot, or Hard Case; Pennsylvania,
Broad brim; Rhode Island, Gun Flint;
South Carolina, Palmetto, or Weasel !;
Tennessee, Whelp Texas, Beet Head
Vermont, Green Mountain; Virginia,
Pitch Wisconsin, Badger.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
A Lawyers Experience in a Sleeping.
Car

I never did, never could and never
will sleep second in a sleeping-car
berth. But all of the party said it was
because I thought I couldn't, and quot
ed many texts of scripture and old saws
to prove that a man could do anything
be resolved upon. As usual, female per-
tinacity and volubility prevailed, and we
tried it I resolved I would omit no
means Of alluring sleep; that I.would
array myself as for my bed at home,
take my usual night-cap Of cold water,
"Lay me down to Sleep" and "pray the
Lord my soul to keep put my boots
outside the curtain, crawIed up to the
top berth, and, after many contortions
OF the body, bumps on the top of my
head and decorations of my limbs, con-
trived to fall in in due and regular order.
I had been told to lie fiat on my back,
and obediently did So. The cars ratified
and jolted over the rough road, stopped
every few miles with a jerk and started
with greater one, until 1t seemed to
me that my soul and ali that was within
me were being agglomerated into one
CONSTANT and uniform jelly. I tried
my right side while and became salts
fed that was the wrong side. Then I
tried the left and was sorry had left
the right. I then thought it was too
light, and got up and shivered around
ten minutes trying to fix my oyercoat as
shade to my lamps. A man who slept
opposite my section alternated between
fearful snoring, strangulations and wild
aAd copious approximations. felt I
had nearly composed myself to sleep,
when it occurred to me that sound and
direction indicated that my boots were
being utilized by my catarrhal neighbor.
I hustled down again and drew them in
from the storm. Then 1 became certain
that my money was in peril, that my
pants andvest which contained my treas
ures must be taken from the pegs and
stored away behind me in the berth. I
tried for two or three hours to fix things
so that I could go to sleep and enjoy
that peace and rest that are the posses
sions Of the innocent and good, bu.
things went on from bad to worse, and
under renewed torti1res to head and
limbs I dressed me, took o cigar, went
to the smoking room, threw myself into
a corner and smoked sullen1y and silent
~ through the dismal night. Related
to the Springfield Republican. -
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
DAY-DnEAms.

1lay within vine-embowered nook,
And dreamed and whiied the sunny hours away
While every perfumed breeze the linden branches
shook,
And sunbeams Uttered through the whole calm day
The branches Of the linden whispered overhead
Whispered sweet sounds 70 1uu my dreamy BRAIN
Over me the golden sunbeamg meshes spread,
And lay dreaming Of my ships upon the main.
Some great ships that plowed the rushing seas,
Fair ships that danced upon the foam-capped blue
That sped ike graceful swans before the breeze,
And carried treasures o or the main, fair one for
you.
Ny castles ross in grand eur and sublimity,
Il And turrets pierced the ethereal blue above
And there watched my ehips upon the sea On
That Drought rare treasures to my own sweet love.
Andthen Idreamed had the poets magic touch.
And tuned my Tyre to songs Of love and peace; n
lay with tinted dreams like these-eyer such
MID bird-scng, and rustic, and whisper Of breeze.
: Q RACINE, Wis., a9a 8tii 2GisDD iyFuiDAti|
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
The Philosopher and the Humorist.


81 must tell story" writes a Boston
correspondent, ssthat I heard this week
about two literary men of the older gem
Grafton here-two of our greatest lights.
One, also humorist, in conversation
about distinguished philosopher, re-
marked of him 2a ~ saeii97.E
"sYes,, he has great thoughts and
ideas, but he has no sense Of form.
Directly after the humorist depart
ed, in came the philosopher in question.
A gentleman present, with .mischiey-
GUS desire to find out the philosophers
opinion of the humorist, commenced 8
critical estimate Of the latter. s,s5 ysl
Yes, yes, responded the philoso-
pher, our friend is genius; he has q
fine sense Of form, but he whites it
down to such fine point you can't see
1t ia- se ssTa5 rsy 8hE We ~
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faint voice and difficult articulation, hi
said "You have saved my life, and
thank you"
You owe me no thanks, Lieutenant
I should be an migrate did not serve
to the utmost of my ability, the son o.
my friend, DIR. Jewell, the brother OF hii
precious daughter, Lillian"
rs this dream? How-where did
you know my father and sister p
:" Be calm, my near friend; I will
gladly tell you all, but not now. Enough
that have found you, and serve you. b
In my arms bore the wounded of
ficer to my tent, and vigilantly did ]
watch by his side until morning came.
He had lost much blood, and his wound
was painful, but not especially danger
GUS hence, he recovered rapidly, and
within month he was well again. In
the meantime had told him the story
of my impromptu visit to his old Ken
lucky home, and the generous hospital
ity l had met with there. ] showed him
the photo of himself given me by his
sister, and the marvellous dream which
had prompted me to ask for the picture
was rehearsed. doctor, . he said, as
closed my story, 81 don't think l. am
superstitious, but ! believe your dream
was q presentiment, given you by my
angel mother. It was she,- and not my
sister, you saw holding my head on her
lap Lillian is marve,ous'y like her
mother, and could readily have been
mistaken for her, 30 ,isss ngg g4iA Z
si" Atleast, in dream,I added, pleas
antly. KS zrsssrsissi RI. h l. J4'l
eyes. or by moonlight, in the waking
hours. But please don't try to break my
faith in the reality Of that vision of
yours. It has come true almost to the
last particular. Ky F@e t-l.a@ ,'so-A
at has," I responded, "and + believe
In its reality as firmly as you can" IA
1 told the story to Gen. M, and it
softened his heart so greatly that when
I asked permission to take my friend to
his home it was readily granted.
The reader may be safely left to pict-
ure to himself the joyful meeting Of the
long-absent son with his loving grand
parents, father and sister, and the ex-
pressions of gratitude and friendship
.showered upon my humble self. -l
My leave of absence was for thirty
days. spent fortnight of it with my
Kentucky friends, and when I departed
1 carried with me two miniature por-
traits. One of them had golden hair,
and eyes Of heavens own blue, and lips
that rivaled the apening pomegranate,
and cheeks like the sunny side Of lus-
cious peach. Nor was that all I had to
gladden. my bachelor heart The origi-
nal of the picture had said that "when
this cruel war should be over I might
come again, and then she would gladly
60 with me to my Northern home as my
wife, of,Ig .
I have only to add that she is looking
over my shoulder as I write, and trying
to convince me that the public (meaning
you, dear reader) will laugh at me for
being SO silly as to tell how I was capt
ured by rebel girl, and at her fer be-
ing SO easily converted from her secesh
sentiments to unwayering loyalty to
the Union
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ders where his wife is. Then he makes
another trial with similar results, and
finally dashes out of the house, say
ing that if he had nothing more to do
than gadding to the ueighbors' he
would make collars that his husband
could wear. Fortunately his wife is
next door, learning a new crochet
stitch, and does not hear him.-Dan-
burv Neus.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08

A NAN in Albany having announced
that he "had o historical pitcher"
fourteen baseball clubs have written
him asking what the pitchers terms
were for the season.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08

well. but have purpose and having
it throw such strength of mind and
mBscle into your work as God has Civ
Ell YOU.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08

+ SoH persons are born with strong
natural instinct to be just. But it is also
habit of mind which may be increased
and improved by study and reflection,
and which should be sedulously Guilt
vate6,
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Gloomy Thoughts.

Dull, depressing, dingy days produce
dispiriting reflections and gloomy
thoughts; and small wonder when we
remember that the mind is not only a
motive but a receptive organ, and that
all the impressions itreceives from with
out reach it through the media of senses
which are directly dependent on the con-
ditions of light and atmosphere for their
action, and therefore Immediately inhu-
enced by the surrounding conditions. It
is a common-se inference that, If the
impressions from without reach the
mind through imperfectly- acting organs
Of sense, and these impressions are in
themselves set in minor aesthetic key
of color, sound AM general qualities,
the mind must be what is called
moody" It is not the habit of even
sensible people to make sufficient allow
ance for this ratio male of dullness and
subjective weakness. Some persons are
more dependent on external ,circum-
stances and conditions for their energy
than others but all feel the influence of
the world without, and to this influence
the sick and weak are especially respon-
give. Hence the varying temperaments
Of minds changing with the weather,
the outlook aud the wind. 4a
What Is a Cold?
In the first place, we must be para
doxical, and affirm that it is not cold
at all. 1t is rather heat, ii I might
so express myself that is, it is form
Of fever, but, of course, of very mild
type, when it is uncomplicated by other
diseases. It is certainly, in the ma
jority of instances, due to the effects of
cold playing upon some portion Of the
body, and reacting upon the mucous
membrane 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 o trivial nature as to necessi-
tate few precautions being taken during
it's attack, yet in some cases it runs a
most acute course, and may be followed
by great prostration. Even when the
premonitory symptoms Of cold are de-
veloping themselves-when, for exam
pie, what medical man calls a rigor,
or, as it is popularity designated, a shiv-
ering 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 Chambers Journal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
The ANGEL OF. SHILOH.

BY AN Ex-ARMY SURGEON.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-08
TribuIations of Amateur Poets.


Rodney Mcclellan has been compelled
to pay verdict of $500 in breach-of-
promise case at Barrie, Canada, the evil
dence of his promise being the following
verse which he wrote to the plaintiff
Long have loved, but some strange spell
I Forbade my heart its tale to tell.
Here, take this card, and simply feel
The love my lips dare not reveal.
Henry Horace Dade, of San Francisco,
sent an enemy postal card on which was
written an original and highly personal
song, with this refrain PEP @
Everybody, everybody knows, knows, knows,
You're the very biggest beat that grows.
Dade's effort cost him fine of $50.
W. r. Newhouse, of Philadelphia, wrote
some rhymes about the tckleness of
William John and circulated them in
printed slips Here is a sample verse
If you center your affections youth like William
. John,
Youth be likely to discover the foundation thy arc
For fascinating cruiser Ike this Individual
Isn't apt to be con.snted with solitary gal.
A threat of a lawsuit induced New
house to sign an apology, and collect
and destroy all the copies he could find.
Milton, the Great Poet.
John Milton was biue-eyed, yellow
haired Saxon boy, the type of the En-
glish race. He was somewhat short,
stout and healthy his eyes were bright
and sparkling in his youth, before he be-
came blind. But he inherited weakness
of sight from his mother. He was born
in 1909, in a pleasant house in Bread
street, London, almost under the shadow
of Bow Bells. It was back in court. Z
His father, who had made a fortune as
scrivener, was fond Of music, books and
literature, and his son was carefully edu-
Gated at st. Paul's school. Milton re.
lates that he frequently studied in the
house in Bread street until after mid
night, and his bead ached and his. sight
grew dim with these late vigils. Hewas
then about IL years old. HGa
He was one of the best scholars at st.
Paul's school, and loved study as most
boys Ike play. He was eager to know
how me =, lived. and acted In Greece and
Rome, what they thought OF, and what
they discovered, He studied the rise
and fall Of empires and republics, and
became republican in the midst Of
Kings and Princes. He was always fond
of poetry, and soon began to write fine
verses. One Of his earliest is his code
on the Nativity. p Harper's Young
People.
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AVA dAo .OWA Sdhc duu dS TSWdTO, III
part, for the great kindness L have ex-
perienced at the generous hands of his
family"
The young Lieutenant's handsome face
bore striking likeness to that of his
sister, and for that I priced it and cher
lshed it. I wore it constantly in an
inner pocket of my vest The stirring
scenes intervening dimmed somewhat
the memories of my vision as time
passed, but could not blot it from nv
mind. ssta4 <1 80
The battle of Shiloh had been fought.
and during the. whole of it my mind
reverted to the dream. It seemed but a
repetition of a tragedy of which had
witnessed the rehearsal. Impelled by
some strange impulse I could not resist,
I wandered out upon the battlefield at
midnight. Every spot seemed familiar
The dead faces were those that had
seen in my dream. A groan-aye, the
same groan had heard on that ever
memorable night of january, 1862. I
hurried to the side of the poor fellow
from whose agonized lips it came. He
was prone upon the cold earth, with his
head resting upon his left arm, while
with his right hand he was striving to
check the flow of blood from gunshot
wound in his left breast. y sqesge
A glance told me had found the son
of my friend-th brother of Lillian.
Fortunately, I had with me the means
of stopping the flow of blood also a
canteen of water and flask of brandy.
No word was spoken until ! had done all
that could be done at once, when, with
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WRECKED IN PORT

"Ah hal |" said Jones, ga billet doux!
I.know from some sweet maiden, fair;
Methinks it bears q perfume now,
Straight from the breath of kisses rare.
L know it's rash
It's sacrilege to break the seal
Of this white envelope that wraps
And yet, to see who tits so leal,
fain will open it-perhaps
I've made mash I"
1t read: "Dear Sir-You owe this bar
An x, and must have my pay;
You've hung me up too long, by far;
And III not wait another day
4-t ", I'm talking cash ~
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1881-04-23
Assessment Notice.
NORTHWESTERN CONSOLIDATED Mn

NORTHWESTERN CONSOLIDATED MIN.
IN ing Company.
reka, Nevada.
Location Of works, Eureka Mining District,
Eureka County, Nevada.
Notice Is hereby given, that at q meeting of
the Board OF Directors, held on the Sixth
day OF april, A. d. 1881, an assessment mo. II
OF one-half cent per share, was levied upon the
capital stock Of the corporation, payable imme-
diately, In United States gold coin, to the Sec.
Rotary, at thu Office Of the Company, in the
District Attorneys office, in the Courthouse,
Eureka, Nevada.
Any stock upon which this assessment shall
remain unpaid on the Seventh day Of May.
A. D.. 1881. will be delinquent, and adyer.
tised for sale at public auction and unless
payment Is made before. will be sold on
Tuesday, IN seventh Day Of June,
A. ID. 1881,
to pay the delinquent assessment. together
with costs Of advertising and expenses Of sale.
By order OF the Board Of Directors.
VIM H.. DAVENPORT, Secretary.
onice-District Attorneys Once, Court
house, Eureka, Nevada. ap7td
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Has been sold in all the Eastern States. and
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1coUNTRY ORDERS promptly AT.
TENDED TO.
CAUTION None genuine unless labeled
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G. sIMMoNDS, Sole Proprietor.
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S. DANA HAYES,
State Assayer Of Massachusetts,.
ST.. Louis, No, September 6, 1s7S.-G. Sim
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400, 600 cases Nabob Whisky sold on the Pa
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Also sold by DIR. j. Schneider and
W. III. StOweIl, Druggists, Main
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