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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
The Eloquence of Misery.

Leitch Richie, in his Travels in
Ireland relates the following Incl.
dent: ''One man, whom / saw sit
ting on the ground, leaning his back
against the wall, attracted my atten-
ton by a degree of squalor in his
appearance which I had rarely before
observed even in Ireland. His clothes
were ragged, and his face was pale
and sickly. He did not address me,
and 1 passed by; but, having gone a
few PAGES, my heart smote me, and /
turned back. If you are in want,
said I, with some degree of peevish-
ness, why do you not beg?'
Sure. it is begging I am was the
reply. I'll
you did not utter word
No! is it joking you are with me,
sir? Look there!' holding up the tat.
tered remains of what had once been
coat; do you see how the skin is
speaking through the holes of my
trousers, and the bones crying out
through my skini Look at my sunken
cheeks, and the famine that staring in
my eyes! Man alive! isn'tit begging
I am with a hundred tongues 2"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24

dred years after the one in which
Thomas and his master succeeded in
making an iron casting in mould of
fine sand contained in frames, and
with airholes the same process was
practiced and kept secret at Colebrook
Dale, with plugged keyholes and
barred doors.
THE AGE DE THE EARTH.
At the Midland Institute. Birming-
ham, England, the other day, Prof.
Aryton delivered lecture in which
he gave some estimates of the earth's
age. In reply to the question OF
whether the earth's existence was to
be counted by thousands or by millions
Of years, he called attention to the
geological evidences of organic
changes of the earth's surface which
required not less than hundred mil
lion years for the earth's age. There
was, however, better method for ap-
proximating to the age of the earth.
The changes Of temperature belong
ing to the different seasons were less
perceptibly felt as they penetrated the
substance of the earth, until at a depth
of about fifty feet the temperature
was practically constant. If, how
ever, they continued to descend an in
crease of temperature was experienced
at about the rate Of one degree per
fifty feet of the descent. Supposing
this increase went on at the same rate
until the center of the globe was
reached, the temperature there would
be 10000 degrees higher than at the
surface. There was, however, no
reason to assume that the increase did
go on, or that the temperature of the
centre was higher than that of the
motion rock, 1000 degrees or at most
10000 degrees. Assuming this to be
the temperature at the centre. and
knowing by experiment, the conduct
ing power of rock in relation to heat,
Sir William Thompson was able to cal
culate not only the present distribu-
ton downward, but the distribution
at any future and at any past time.
Taking the temperature OF 1000 as
having been once the uniform tenn
perature of the whole body, the result
of the calculations was that the earth
had been hundred million years in
cooling.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
THERE'S 4 LITTLE MOUND.
BY f. W. LOCKE.

BY f. w. LOCKE.
There's fresh little mound near the willow,
Where at evening wander and weep;
There's dear vacant spot on my pillow,
Where sweet little face used to sleep;
There were pretty blue eyes, but they slumber
In silence, beneath the dark mold,
And the little pet lamb of our number
Has gone to the heavenly fold.
Do I dream when in sleep behold her,
With beauty so fresh and divine,
When so close to my heart enfold her,
And feel her soft lips upon mine;
When so loving those gentle eyes glisten
That my vision is lost.in my tears,
And bewildered, enraptured listen
To voice from the spirits bright spheres
There's silence in parlor, in chamber,
There's sadness in every room;
OIL know twas the father who claimed her,
Yet everything's burdened with gloom;
But I'll not be comfortless mourner,
Nor longer brood over my pain;
For know where the angels have borne her,
And soon i shall see her again.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Mahone's Peculiar Tastes.

The statement that Malone is worth
So, 600, 900 is gross mistake Some
persons who know him well informed
me that he was not to be rated higher
than 100000, He owns a fine house
at Petersburg, has four Attorney cows
in his backyard, and a flock of pleas
ants. He cultiyates these birds for
their eggs. Hen eggs are not to his
taste, which is eccentric and dainty.
When railroad president, at a big
salary, he used to travel around ON a
hand-car with a demijohn half as high
as himself. That vessel was supposed
to contain but it did not. 1t
was mineral water, of which he par.
took copiously for severe kidney com
plant.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
Anti-Fat-A Domestic Remedy.

Prof. Tanner has recently called at
tention to the value of milk in cases
of obesity. He lays down the follow
ing regime
s'First day, three quarters Of the
usual diet and one and three-fourths
pints of milk; second day, One-half
of the usual diet and three pints Of
milk; third day, one-fourth of the
usual diet and two quarts and one
pint Of milk; thereafter three quarts
and one pint of milk daily and nothing
else. Once in while allow a little
solid food to prevent disgust for
milk. If diarrh9a occur, suspend the
milk diet for a while. then resume"
One would be likely to think t hat
milk diet would be just the thing to
build up fatty tissue. But on retiec-
ton it will be recognized that there is
very nice balance of all the true ali
ment in milk, while in the usual sup
ply of food which comes to the table
there is an excess of starch and sugar.
In the dietetic regime presented by
Banting, in his pamphlet directions
are given for the use of such food as
contains the least amount of Starchy
and saccharine qualities. If, how
ever, combining ones self to milk will
effect the same result, the process is
much simplifed. We may feel sure
at the outset that milk contains all
the elements necessary for the sup
port of life. There are many who will
say at once that they cannot use milk,
that it causes billiOusneSS and head
10
that they treat milk as food rather
than as drink. Milk should not be
gulped down by the gobletful. 1t
should be taken into the mouth in
small quantities. and thoroughly in
salivated. To effect this first import
ant step in digestion it is necessary to
move the Jaws as if masticating food.
This movement liberates the sail
varySecretions and by thoroughly MIX
ing these with the milk prepares it for
its des tent into the stomach, where it
meets the gastric juices which are acid,
and which for this reason have an
affinity for the salivary secretions, the
latter being alkaline. Then milk, like
any solid food, will undergo the proper
digestive process, thus preventing it
from entering the stomach as an inter-
loper in a laboratory which has no
apparatus for disposing of it when
taken as beverage. 1t must be re-
membered that babies at the breast or
those nourished on the bottle only
obtain it by tugging away with lips
and jaws, movements which result in
the same liberation of the salivary
secretions. as when full set Of teeth
are brought to bear upon beef steak.
DIR. Foote's Health Monthly.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24
AfN1GHE.
BIZ MAURICE THOMPSON

The moon hangs in silver mist,
The stars are dull and thin.
Sweet Peace and Sleep spread loving arms
To fold the whole world in;
The air is like speel the hills
Waiver, now seen, now lost;
The pallid rivaS wanders by
A vast unquiet ghost.
A horned owl, on silent wings,
From out a cavernous place,
Speeds, like bolt of darkness hurried
Athwart the shimmering space,
Above the vale, from wood to wood,
And leaves no trace behind
Like some dark fancy flung across
A pure aud pious mind
1'7rH aedaa april Lippincott.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24

THERE is kind of lemon which
grows in Southern Europe as sweet as
an orange, but all other species of lem
ons are intensely sour.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24

A BRICK of gold measuring twelve
by seven by four inches is worth about
$4,000. Such brick represents one
months product of one Of the hydraul.
ic mines of California.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-04-24

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creased.
ct found this said he, "and I fear
it throws some light on what has
offended you. / apologize for any
thing I may have said or done which
was not proper but must do myself
Justice while I state that what is
written there was not uttered with
any intention OF hurting your feelings
This is the way it happened: AS
was coming to the house for drink,
I witnessed Aunt Tab reception of
the census taker and the most of what
happened afterwards. When [ was
called in by Uncle Rob came in
through the back room, and thought
I caught the glimpse of two eyes with
more mischief in them than I had
thought certain young lady possess
ed. Thought I, she is gathering
items with which to entertain her
friends when she goes home, for she
never appears to wish to share her
pleasant thoughts with any of us ;
and knowing Aunt Tabs failing, /
perpetrated the deed you resent.
Encouraged by your kindness since
then, 1 have behaved in such man.
ner as to be compelled to apologize to
you, hoping this interview may afford
your friends, to whom you may
recount it, as much amusement as it
apparently has afforded you"
I had not said a word, but my eyes
must have been fairly dancing if they
expressed half of what / enjoyed dur
ing those few minutes; for the dear
fellow looked SO digni6ed. was so GER
emonious, and withal had such a ter
rible opinion of me, that allowed him
to make wonderfully low bow, and
walk nearly to the corner before I
could say:
s.Mr. Dormot. I should like to say
a few words to you.''
He came back, and I went on
SIT is rather embarrassing to be a
party in an interview of this kind
and in order that there may be no
more such during my short stay here,
I will say that if it is agreeable to
you will pay my fine now"
i had expected him to look aston
ished, but he seemed not to under
stand what / meant; so / waited just
long enough to see that he was begin
ming to appreciate my last remark,
and then turned, fled into the house,
threw the hat at him. and locked
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16

There is class of persons in this
world, by no means small, whose promi-
nent popularity is whining. They whine
because they are poor, or if rich because
they have 20 health TO enjoy their
riches they whine because they have
no luck, and others prosperity exceeds
theirs they whine because some friends
have died and they are living; they
whine because they have aches and
pains, and they have aches and pains
because they whine they whine, no one
can tell why. Now, word to these
whining persons First, stop whining
1t is of no use complaining, fretting,
fault-finding and whining. Why, you
are the most deluded set of creatures
who ever lived Do you know that it is
well-settled principle of physiology
and common sense that these habits are
more exhausting to nervous vitality than
almost any other violation of physiolog-
ical law? And do you know that life is
pretty much as you make it? You can
make it bright and sunshiny, or you can
make it dark and shadowy. This life is
meant only to discipline us-to fit us for
higher and purer state of being. Then
stop whining ard fretting, and go on
your way rejoicing.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16

The towns contain due amount of
tame cheats, but the bold, hectoring
highwayman, the truculent sea-robber,
must be sought elsewhere. All along
the Blue and Yellow River are found re-
tail buccaneers, who hawk at trifing
quarry, and fasten on slender profits.
These poor rogues do not aspire to q
ship of their own; they come padding
out of muddy creeks in the smallest of
sampans, alarmed, ill-clad, but plenti-
fronted, they fly; if grappled by the crews
of the fourth-class junks, which they
select as prizes, they slip Ike so many
cells through the hands that grasp them,
aud their swimming amend for their lax
courage. Seldom any very sinister re-
suits follow one of these attacks. III the
fresh-water pirates prove victorious they
are mild conquerors, and only too eager
TO be on shore again with their booty OF
rice and corn, stray garments, odd frag-
ments of chain, bits of copper and brass
hastily ripped from the poop and cabins,
and perhaps the glorious trophy of q few
rafting strings Of cash. The dollars
and silver bars are generally too well
hidden to be detected by such hurried
searchers; food rather than fortune, is
the object of the foray; and, except in
rare cases of remarkable temptation, no
HE is attempted and no torture resorted
to. With these amphibious, petty-lar-
eeny rogues the magistrates zeal mildly
according to the traditions of Chinese
justice. Three hundred strokes of the
bamboo may be endured by the human
frame. -Four sleepless weeks in the
"cangue," or bamboo pillory, may fail
to madden stolid, unimaginable coolie.
A few minor tortues need only be added
to these two first named infections, and
the culprit is said to have been most ten
derby dealt with. Pilferers in q fair, or
the streets of town, are considered as
still more venial offenders. A vigorous
bastinado and a week of the pillory is
the laws reward in such trivial cases.
Petty raising is sin of the deepest dye;
and the malicious piercing of a neigh
boris dixie, to let in devastating flood,
is punished with extreme rigor. Murder
and reasonable practices, wholesale pir-
acy, and armed brigandage, all cry aioud
for death, more or less slow and painful,
and parricide evokes the sternest chas-
tisement of the Chinese, as 1t once did OF
the Roman law.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16
The Honest. Very Honest Merchant.

A tall young man of twenty years
landed at the Union Depot with bun
die under his arm, and after three or four
minutes spent in getting his bearings ne
walked up Jefferson avenue and turned
into a clothing store.
"Do you wish to try on some coats
and VESTS for q dollar" asked the pro-
prietor, as he rushed from behind the
counter.
"No, guess not. Do you deal on the
MY trent, dot is exactly What does.
vas so square dot / lose 90, coo last
year. Can sell you an oafercoat for ten
dollar?''
"No, / guess not. Hene is an over
coat that L bought of you four weeks
ago."
bought of me?"
eyes, ] think you are the man. When
l got it home we found it was moth
eaten. l can pick it to pieces in dozen
places.
"Is dot bossiblel Und how much
you pay?'
Eight dollars"
"My sthars And What you want
now?"
81 want my money back"
Vheil-vhell. My trent, I am sorry
for YOU. You seem like an honest poy,
and it vhas too bad"
7'Yes, it was a swindle, and want my
money back"
"Dear me, but wish you vhas here
yesterday Let me explain to you.
You bought dot coat four weeks ago."
Yes, four weeks to-day"
"Vhell, L had sold oudt to my cousin
Philip shust one day before. Philip is
not square man.
What have got to do with Philip ?"
'Let me explain. In dree days
Philip makes an assignment to my brud-
der Louis. Dot Louis Is leetle off,
He would sheat your eye-teeth away
from you.
yes, but l havn't anything to do
with Louis"
Let me explain. Louis kept der
place a week, und he gif shattel mort
gage to my fadder-law, and vhas bounced
out. "
81 do not know anything about that -
LET me explain. My fadder-law
vhas took NIT fit and died, and he leaf
dis blaze to nay wife. My wife vhas
gone to Europe for two years, and she
leaf me as agent. Now you see how it
vhas. | cannot tell you who sold you
dot coat May be it vhas Philip, may
be Louis, may be my fadder-law. 1t
couldn't hat been me, for vhas in
Chicago. If you leave dot coat / Will
write TO nay wife. She is square, shust
like me, and may be she writes back dot
you can take linen duster and two white
vests and call it all right"
"Say, this is q sneaking swindle, >
exclaimed the young man.
1" May be it vhas. Philip was a great
liar"
"I'll go to the police!''
Well, dot ISL AL right; may be dc
police Will help me catch Louis. /
shust found oudt last night dot he cut
all der hind buttons off all der coats il
der store before he left"
"If you'll step outdoors, I'll mash
you -
"Vhell, like to oblige, but you see ]
vhas only agent for my wife,
We'll, you'll hear from me again. and
don't You forget it 70 said the victim as
he went out.
hope sol hope so. like to make
it all right. l vhas only agent for my
wife, but i feel so square dot L take dot
coat back for tree dollars, if you vhani
to trade it out in paper collars. DE.
tr0it Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16
The Wheel-HOrSe.

There is q wheel-horse in every family;
some one who takes the load on all occa-
sions. 1t may be the older daughter,
possibly the father, but generally it is
the mother. Extra company. sickness,
ETC., give her heavy increase of the
burden she is always carrying.
Even summer vacations bring less rest
and recreation to her than to others of
the family. The city house must be put
in order, to leave; the clothing for her.
sojourn demands, seems never to be
finished; and the excursions and picnics
which delight the hearts of the young
people are not wholly delight to the
"provider.
Woman's work is never done. She
would never have it done. Ministering
to father and mother, cherishing her
husband, nourishing and training her
chIldren-no true woman wants to see
her work done, But because it is never
done she needs resting times.
Every night the heavy truck is turned
mp; the wheel-horse is put up in the
stable, and labor and care are dismissed
till the morrow. The thills of the house
hold van cannot be turned up at night,
and the tired house-mother cannot 60
into quiet stall for repose. She goes
to sleep to-night feeling the pressure OF
tomorrow. She must have can eye'
over all until every one is in bed, and
must keep an eye ready to open at any
moment to answer the need of children,
and open both eyes bright aud early to
see the machine well started for the new
day.
There is never any time that seems
convenient for the mother of little chill
dren to leave home, even for a day; but
with little kindly help from her hus-
band, and little resolution to herself,
she may go and be SO much better for it
that the benefit will overflow from her
into the whole household. She will
bring home some new idea and will work
with enthusiasm that comes from fresh
start.
One word for the older sister who
makes the salad for lunch and the desert
for dinner, who takes the position of the
wheel-horse quite cheerfully while her
young sisters make themselves beautiful
and entertaining, and one after another
find "one true heart" apiece to love
them, and leave the maiden to grow into
an old maid. However wiling her sac
rifice, it was one; and nothing but the
devoted love and gratitude of the house
holds whose fires she has helped to kin
die will reward her for what she has
given. Christian Union.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16
The JaDanese.

The Japanese are models of cleanliness
and battle daily. In the upper classes
agreeable people. We were invited to
visit a japanese merchant, with whom I
was much pleased. Our reception was
as curious as it was cordial. We had to
remove our shoes at the door, and enter
and make our visit in our stocking-feet.
Our host introduced us to three of his
wives, l do not know how many more he
had. 1t will give you some idea of the
elegance of our entertainment if / tell
you the tea we drank was made before
us in golden tea-kettle. In all Japan
csc cities there are countless groves,
which are very attractive.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16

No principle is more noble, there is
none more holy, than that of true obe-
dienee.
The praises of others may be of use In
teaching us, not what we are, but what
we ought to be.
Not mother, not o father, nor any
other relative, will do SO much for us as
o we'll directed mind.
No man was born wise; but wisdom
and virtue require tutor, though we
can easily learn to be vicious without a
teacher.
A good temper, like a summer day,
is the sweetener and soother of disqui-
etude. 1t sheds brightness over every
thing.
He who is false to the present duty
breaks thread in the loom, and will
see the effect when the weaving of q
lifetime is unravelled.
Reflect upon your present blessings,
OF which every man has many, not on
your past misfortunes, of which all men
have some.-Charles Dickens.
Earnestness is the path to immortal
ty, thoughtlessness the path to death.
Il
those who are thoughtless are as if dead
already,
A certain amount of opposition is a
great help to a man. Kites rise against
and not with the wind. Even a head
wind is better than none. No man ever
worked his passage anywhere in dead
calm.
Hearts, more or less, suppose, most
of us have, but we keep them SO close
cased and padIocked-we wear an out
side SO hard or dry-that little or none
of the love that may be within, escapes
to gladden. those around us. And so
life passes without any of the sweetening
to society that comes when affection is
not only felt, but expressed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16
An Honest Restaurant.
Waiter, what is this 2"

Wa1peT, WlldJ Is Uillb /.
1t was man sitting at table digest
ing that matchmaking dream, that
mockery of restaurant mockeries, mo-
dern oyster stew. Calling the white
aproned darkey to his side, he pointed
down into the dish and said
Waiter, what is this ?"
CT beg yah pawdon, sab ?" queried
the waiter.
"This thing must be Investigated. 1t
appears that you have given me an
oyster stew with an oyster in it. Come,
this is hardly fair. And l am stranger,
too"
"Hey 2" asked the puzzled waiter.
"Irepeat, you have given me an oyster
stew with an oyster in it. Must pay
anything extra for the OYSTER"
"No-why-"
"Well, that's all right; I'm glad of
it," smiled the stranger, Strengthening
up. "Only, L don't see how You can
make any money at that rate. You pay
dollar gallon for oysters and then sell
stews at sixty cents. That's barely living
profit, whereas if you put an oyster in
the stew-well, it beats me how you can
afford to do it, suppose you'll be put
ting chicken in chicken salad, ham in
ham sandwiches, and veal in veal pie,
next. Then you'll be so rash as to give
a man a clean napkin, besides putting
vinegar in the vinegar castor when it's
run out. You folks will bust up with
kindness il you're not careful. - WI.
Transport Breakfast Table.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16
A Truly Deyoted Wife.

A woman in New Orleans found her
husband lying in state of intoxication
in an alley. Instead of being exasperat-
ed she gently turned him over to a COM
Portable position, and, running her hand
into his vest pocket, she extracted $40
bill, and remarked: 81 reckon I've got
the deadwood on that new bonnet I've
been sufferin' for" She made straight
streak for the millinery store. Strong
men wiped the moisture from their eyes
at her heroic devotion to husband who
had, by strong drink, brought himself so
low as to neglect to provide his wife with
the common necessaries of life. New
Orleans Times.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-12-16

band now uses made in Paris In Lon
don any clerical tailor would have un-
derstood the kind of gown desired, but
not SO in Paris; wherefore, after many
failures, Mrs. Miller gave instructions
to the fashionable modiste who makes
her toilets. who was entirely successful
in making the gown. The gowns, which
are always of the best quality OF silk,
cost upward of 500. When the Supreme
Court was, first organized, the Justices
wore quite gaudy gowns. A portrait in
oil of the first Chief Justice, John JAY,
now hangs in the robing-room opposite
the Supreme Court room, in which he
is represented as weering black gown,
with broad, bright-red border around
the neck and down the front. Wash
ington ID. O. Star.