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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Largo Mouths Are Fashionable.

The fashion papers, which are author
ity on the styles, claim that ladies with
large mouths are all the fashion now,
and that those whose mouths are small
and rosebud-like are all out of style.
It is singular the freaks that are taken
by fashion. Years ago red-headed
girl, with mouth like slice cut out of
a muskmelon, would have been laughed
at, and now such girl is worth going
miles to see. It is easier to color the
hair red, and be in the fashion, than it
is to enlarge the mouth, though mouth
that has any give to it can be helped by
the constant application Of glove
stretcher during the day, and by hold
ing the cover to a tin backing in
the mouth while sleeping. What in the
world the leaders of fashion wanted to
declare large mouths the style for, the
heavens only can tell. Take pretty
face, and mortice out about a third of
the front of it for mouth, and it seems
to us as though it is great waste of the
raw material. There is no use that a
large mouth can be put to that small
mouth would not do better, unless it is
used for pigeon-hole to file away old
sets of false teeth. They can't, certain
ly, be any better for kissing. You all
remember the travelling man who at
tended the church fair at Kalamazoo,
where one of the sisters would give a
kiss for 10 cents. He went up and paid
his 10 cents, and was about to kiss her
when he noticed that her mouth was one
of these large, open-face, cylinder
escapement, to-be-continued mouths.
It commenced at the chin and
went about four chains and three
links in a northwesterly direction,
then around by her ear, across un-
der the nose and back by the other
ear to the place Of beginning, and con-
tanning about twelve acres, more or less.
The travelling man said he was only a
poor orphan, and had family to sup.
port, and if he never came out alive it
would be great hardship to those de-
pendent on him for support, and he
asked her as a special favor that she
take her hand and take q reef in one side
of the mouth so it would be smaller.
She consented, and puckered in hand
full of what would have been cheek, had
LII uOt Uc0A IUOuUus LILO 1OOACO az AOA
again and found that the mouth had be-
come very one-sided affair, and he said
he had Just one more favor to ask. He
was not q man that was counted hard to
suit, when he was at home in Chicago,
but he would always feel as though he
had got his moneys worth, and go away
with pleasanter recollections Of Kalama,
zoo, if she would kindly take her other
hand and draw the other side of her
mouth together, and he would be con-
tent to take his 10 cents worth out Of
what was left unemployed. This was
too much, and she gave him q terrible
look, and returned him his 10 cents,
saying: +" Do you think, sir, because you
are Chicago drummer, that for 10 cents
you can take kiss right out of the best
part of it? Gpl Get thee to nun
merry" and he went and bought lemon
ade with the money.-Peck's San.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Selecting Carpets.

French moquette and English brus
sells are the best carpets to wear and
give the greatest satisfaction. Aubus-
son. Administer and Turkey are equally
good, but their price is Of course high.
Tapestry brussels is not as desirable as
a good thfee-ply or an ingram, because
when the gay figures wear off there IS
nothing left but hemp, which is far
worse than an Atwood ingram OF good
quality. A poor, "slimpsy carpet Is
not worth the making and putting down,
except in rooms that are only kept for
visitors and used on rare occasions; and
even then handsome Chinese mating
is to be preferred. And in choosing the
mating the best quality is the cheapest
in the end, for one that costs 60 to 70
cents per yard is far more desirable than
one that can be had for IS or 40 cents.
OF course the expense at first is higher
but then we must consider the expense
of making and putting down, and bear
in mind that after two years wear the
more expensive carpeting is often of
more value than the cheaper one when
first laid upon the floor. Again, in
purchasing drugget or aoor-cloth,
three yards square, you may have to
pay from SIG to $18 for the handsome
quality, while hempen one, stamped
With quite as pretty pattern, can be
had for from 81 to So. Now, do not
take the cheap one. For year it may
look well, but by the next autumn it is
worn and shabby, while the expensive
one is as good as the day it was aid
down, and it will outlast three of the
cheap patterns. Sometimes we can come
across bargains and buy carpets of ex-
cellent quality at low price, but IN
less we are experienced shoppers it is
never we'll to trust to our own Judgment
in such matters, and it rarely happens
that we can purchase such articles be-
low their real market value, except at
auctions, and even then we are very
likely to be taken in. It is far better
way to go to the carpet-rooms OF some
well-known dealer, and then make our
selections according to the depth Of the
purse. The most durable carpets are
closely woven and thick, yet soft and
pliable; and in real English brussels the
colors can be distinguished on the wrong
side, but in the "tapestry" there is
nothing but hemp. The beauty of o
carpet is quite as important as its dura.
bility, and it should be Of kind that
will not tire the eyes. Most Of us pur.
chase carpet hoping that it will last
several years, and desiring it to be ap
propriate for all seasons. Now, the gor.
geous designs that fill the carpet-rooms
and adorn the floors Of the elegant
houses may be very beautiful, but, un
less we can change them frequently, one
soon tires of such styles. Exchange.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
The Ear.

The internal ear is an exceedingly del
icate and complicated organ, and is
therefore specially susceptible to dis
trrbing influences. Hence earaches;
assesses Of the ear; thickening of the
drum, rendering one hard of hearing;
bursting of the drum, causing deafness;
and gatherings within the ear of solid
plugs of wax. The close connection of
the ear with the brain very often results
in an extension of an inflammation from
the former to the latter. pl
Ear troubles begin early. The child
is inclined to put small things into it.
such as beans, coffee kernels, pebbles.
etc. These, if they have been unno.
ticed, irritate and infame, and may be-
come sources of most serious mischief.
Older persons are hardly wiser who pick
their ears with pins.
The ear-wax should be let alone-ex-
cept in cases when removed by an expert
physician. It is needed where it is, to
prevent the ingress Of small insects and
dust. 1t commonly takes care of itself.
The bather too often does himself Sc
rious mischief by allowing water to enter
the ear. Thousands of bad cases occur
yearly from this cause. The trouble is
increased if the water is salt, as it's alb
sorption leaves hard, irritating crystals
behind. One should never dive; and the
onset OF the surf should always be re-
ceived at the back.
In winter, the steady blowing of q
strong current of air upon the ear is
dangerous. The cold air penetrates to
the blood-warm interior, congesting and
inAaming it. It is not always easy to
avoid such current, and it would be
well, when likely to be exposed, to wear
in the external ear pledget of cotton.
A little care may save from excruciating
pain and permanent harm. - Youths
Companion
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
A LaMyer,s Recovery.

We once heard story OF an eminent
legal advocate, which is by far too good
to be forgotten. Once in great while
our friend might, on B brilliant social
occasion, take little more wine than he
could comfortably carry; and such
thing had happened on certain day,
when, on entering court, he was re-
quested to defend man who had been
accused of forgery. The case was ex-
planned to him, and he declared himself
thoroughly conversant with it.
But, when it came time for him to ad-
dress the court and the jury; he had SO
far forgotten, or got things mixed, that
he utterly mistook his side Of the cause,
and opened with a powerful, scathing
and searching plea against the very man
he was to defend!
The lawyer who had engaged him was
thunderstruck; athe poor client himself
sat like one with the ague-in torture !;
while the counsel on the other side
laughed in their sleeves, whispering to
one another that their opponent had
beaten himself.
At length, however, but not until the
advocate had literally annihilated his
own client, his friend managed to reach
his side, and whisper into his ear what
he had done. you have been plead
ing against your own client r
For single instant the advocate was
taken aback; but quickly his wits came
to him, and, pushing his associate away,
he turned again to the court, and to the
jury, and said
Your Honor-and Gentlemen of the
Jury-such is the case which I am very
sure my brother on the other side will
present to you! I have been careful to
look at this matter from his standpoint /;
and / have shown you with what sophis-
try and falsehood he might regale you.
But, gentlemen-What are the facts
All Now we come to the truth, and
you shall see how different it is |"
And then he went on, taking up, piece
by piece, the speech which he had just
made, and utterly demolishing it. And,
as he had, in the outset, presented the
case almost word for word as the coun-
sci for the plaintiff had planned to pre-
sent it, he had left them without whole
rag upon their spars. His presenta-
ton of what he was pleased to call the
truth was simply mastery; and we will
only add that the case was his from that
moment, beyond the power of the oppo
sition even to attract serious attention
from the jury.-NetU York Ledger.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01

the wife cannot earn enough to keep
3hem in liquor, or refuses to give them
more, and overrun the country as
tramps. It is these 1nen who are fos-
tering Communists and fasten them
selves upon. every honest movement
of labor for reforms in hours Of work
or for needed and just demands for
better wages. Who can have any
great amount of sympathy for q man
who swallows a garden-patch in the
morning before breakfast, and who
whineS for bread before sunset!
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
The Imperial Crowns of. Russia.

The crown of the Gar of Russia is in
shape as much inter as crown; it
thus suggests the double functional
once the head of the church and head
of the state-which the Russian EN-
peror is supposed to exercise. It is sur
mounted by cross formed of five beau
tiful diamonds, and supported by an i'm
mense uncut but polished ruby. The
ruby rests upon eleven large diamonds,
which in their turn surmount rows Of
pearls. More magnificent even than the
crown of the Emperor is the coronet of
theEmpress, which is supposed to pre-
sent the mostbeautiful mass of diamonds
ever brought together in single orna-
ment. In this constellation of glittering
stones four large diamonds of the purest
water are especially remarkable; the
other diamonds, some sixteen or eigh-
teen in number, are of secondary at
tractiveness, and there are beside seventy
or eighty diamonds which would have
to be placed in third category.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Marvellous Instinct.

Let us examine the marvellous instinct
of the solitary wasp In providing for the
worm that will issue from her egg after
her own death. She, brings grubs-
food that, as wasp, she never tasted
and deposits them over the egg, ready
for the larva she will never see. The
life history of every insect exhibits in
stincts OF this perplexing description.
Look at the instructive character of bees
in their far-sighted provisions for the
future. Witness the caterpillar, how, at
the proper time, it selects a suitable
situation and spins for itself a silken CO.
coon. Marvellous instincts are met with
outside Of the insect world every little
bird is its own skillful accoucher. We
once observed the self-delivery of the
chicken. The prison-wall IS not burst
in pieces by struggles. By a regular
series of strokes the shell is cut in two
Clipped round in perfect circle some
distance from the large end. The bird
has special instrument for this work
hard, sharp horn on the top of the up
per mandible, which, being required for
no other purpose, disappears in few
days. Obviously, each individual bird
no more acquires the art of breaking its
way out than it furnishes itself with the
little pick-hammer used in the opera
ton and it is quite clear that bird
could have never escaped from the egg
without this instinct. How were eggs
Matched before birds had acquired the
instinct to sit upon them? A fowl that
never before willingly shared a crumb
with q companion win now starve her
self to feed her chickens, which she calls
by a language she never before used
may have never heard-but which they
are born to understand.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
USEFUL HINTS.

To TAKE fresh paint off wooden gar
ment rub the spots with stale bread un-
til removed.
LEMONS can be kept sweet and fresh
for months by putting them in clean,
tight cask or jar, and cover with cold
water. The water must be changed as
often as once every other day, and the
cask kept in cool place.
To DESTROY ANTS. Stake carbolic
acid diluted with water-take one part
acid to ten parts water-and with a
syringe throw this liquid into all the
cracks and holes where they nest, and
ants will soon vanish. Cockroaches are
also driven away by it.
WHEN sewing buttons on children's
clothes where there will be much strain
on the button, the danger from tearing
the cloth out will be greatly lessened by
putting a small button directly under
the larger outside button. This applies
of course, only to buttons with holes
through them.
1 An exchange says: "For worms and
flies infesting house plants, several read
ers recommend watering them with lime
water. Close the opening at the bottom
of the pot, fill with lime water and let it
stand for an hour or two, then remove
the plug at the bottom and drain it of.
If one application is insufficient, try a
second"
To GIVE beautiful gloss to shirt
bosoms, procure two ounces Of fine
white gum arabic and pound it to pow
der, put it into pitcher and pour on to
it a pint or more of boiling water, &C
cording to the degree of strength you
desire, and then, having covered it, let
it set all night. In the morning pour it
carefully from the dregs into a clean
bottle, cork it, and keep it for further
use. A tablespoonful Of gum-water
stirred into pint Of starch that has
been made in the usual manner will give
a beautiful gloss to shirt-bosoms, and to
lawns (either white or printed look Of
newness to which nothing else can
restore them after washing. It is also
good for thin white muslin and all kinds
of laces.
To CLEAN MIRRORS. Take news
paper or part of one, according to the
size OF the glass. FOId IL small ana dlp
| it into basin OF clean cold water; when
thoroughly wet squeeze it ont in your
hand as you would sponge, and then
rub it hard all over the face of the glass,
taking care that it is not SO wet as to
| run down in streams. In fact, the paper
must only be completely moistened OF
damped all through. After the glass
has been well rubbed with wet paper,
| let it'rest for a few minutes, and then
|. 90 over it with fresh dry newspaper
folded small in your hand) till it looks
clear and bright, which it will almost
/ Immediately and with no further trouble.
This method, simple as it is, is the
best and most expeditions for cleaning
mirrors, and it will be found so on trial
giving a cleanness and polish that
can be produced by no other process.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Go West, Young Man.

An acre of government land costs
$1.25. A grocer hanger-on will easily
consume five ten cent drinks OF ten
five cent drinks per day. In. two and
one half days he had swallowed an
acre of as fine land as lays out OF
DOORS" If he average two days and
half of loafng per week, he consumes
a fair sized farm every year. IT his
tobacco and cigars average a trifie
over half as much, he has squandered
a quarter section. And these are the
men who in cities can find nothing to
do, are continually complaining of
hard times, desert their families when
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01

You have trouble. your feelings are
INJURED, your husband is unkind, your
wife frets, your friends do not treat you
fairly, and things in general move un-
pleasantly. Well, what of it? Keep it
to yourself. A smouldering fire can be
found and extinguished but when Goals
are scattered, you can't pick them up.
Bury your sorrow. The place for sad and
disgusting things is under the ground
A cut finger is not benefited by pulling
off the plaster and exposing it to some
body's eye. Charity covereth a multi
tude of sins. Things thus covered are
cured without scar but, once pub
lished and confded to meddling friends,
there is no end to the trouble they may
cause. Keep it to yourself. Troubles
are transient and, when sorrow is
healed and passed, what comfort it is
to say, "No one ever knew it till it was
over
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
Remarkable Deformity.

The Glasgow (Ky.) Times hears
this curious story of deformity from
Monroe county: A family named
Bland in that county has little three
year old child which has its two thighs
terminate at the knees in foot each.
The right foot has four toes, two Of
which are seperate and natural, and
two webbed, while the left foot has
three, all webbed. The right arm has
it's full complement OF fingers, the
thumb and little finger being free,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01
THE AMATEUR TENOR.

They're parted in the middle
His locks of auburn hue,
A bland smile on his visage,
And eyes of wat'ry blue;
Who'd think so mild creature
Could ever cause alright,
And that, like birds of evil,
He'd be "plague by night?"
Yet women brave will shudder,
And strong, firm men viii quail,
When he is seen approaching
In gloves and swallow-tail,
With scores of mildest ballads
Wrapped in dainty roll,
At sight of which an anguish
Sinks into every soul.
He sings the " Maid of Athens"
And songs about the moon,
With improvised additions
Which are not in the tune.
He loves "the sentimental"
Sings Abt and Claribel;
His high notes have terror
Worse than an Indians yell.
Would that pneumonia's clutches,
Or diphtheretic cough,
Would seize his vocal muscles,
And kindly shut him OF.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01

while the balance are webbed. The
left hand has four fingers, they all be-
ing joined. Otherwise the child is
hale and vigorous, and as lively as the
ordinary charge of that age. At the
knees the child has superabundance
of skin flap, which drops over the foot
and conceals it, leaving only the toes
peeping out. Altogether it is curl
osty rarely heard Of.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01

The youngest of our Presidents at the
time of Inauguration was Grant, who
was 46. The oldest was Harrison, who
was 81. Our military heroes were chiefly
advanced in years, jackson being 81 and
TAYLOR IS.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01

A New ENGLAND pastor called upon
one OF his deacons with whom he was at
q variance, and, with an air of great SOL
emnity, said: Brother, it is shame
that this quarrel of ours should bring
scandal upon the church. have prayed
earnestly for guidance in the matter,
and have come to the conclusion that
you must give in, for Icannot. "-Louis.
ViUe Courier Journal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01

WHEN . woman becomes laundress
late In life she may be said to have
reached the iron age.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-01

| It'll, WINS dU0OxuUOly 4uIACOS GO4 AAOAO
than three years he had only maintained
his credit by ruse. Not a thousand
francs could be found in the house and
his liabilities amounted to 81, 500 francs!
This austere, middle-aged man was in
the habit of specializing largely, beside
| having many other expenses not known
1 to the world at large.
The magistrate had just noted down
all this information when Magloire en-
tered, very pale and out of breath.
"Have you heard the news, Mon
sieur cried he. ,45.s3g3s,s.E
81 know all .e. .a5
"Tarot is innocent /"
ct believe it; and yet that visit-how
do you explain that 2"
Magloire shook his head sadly. HI
am only fool, said he, "and Lecoq
has just proved it to me. At the Cafe
Turc Mr.. Jandidier spoke of life insur-
ances, and in France they do not pay
the policies of suicides. Do you under
stand me, Monsieur"
Thanks to Mr.. Gustave Schmidt. who
is shortly to marry Mile. Therese JAN
didier, in spite of former obstacles, the
house of Jandidier has not been made
bankrupt.
Tarot and his wife have been set at
liberty and have been started IN busl-
ness by the same Mr.. Gustave, and are
more economical than they were.
But what has become of Monsieur
Jandidier?
A thousand francs reward to any one
who can give news of him
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-09-21

I'm future we will not deal gently
with those who are sent into our Of
fee to spy into our affairs, but will
insert No. 8, box-toed, shoe, just
below the coat tail.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1881-09-21

The Brass Band re organized on
Monday night last, and we learn
will lend their services on Tuesday,
October 4th, at the Races TO be run
on that day, over the Fair Grounds
Race Course.