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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
WOmen's Shoes.

It has sometimes seemed as if horses
were as badly shod as could be, but
women are even worse shod at the pres
ent day.
Many years ago the school-books
used to contain illustrations of the feet
and shoes of the Chinese ladies, which
furnished an unfailing source of mirth
and ridicule to the American youth.
Now fashionable women in This coun-
try wear very similar style of shoe,
with its elevated heel under the middle
Of the foot and its pinched toe.
Our esteemed contemporary, the New
York Times, says that sensible women
would be very glad to wear shoes Of a
different pattern, but they are not to be
found at the shoe stores, nor is it easy to
get them made to order.
Perhaps in time it will come to walk
ing about on stilts-which the fashiona-
BILE heels of the day approach in alti-
tude.
There is one thing about it; if girls
think small calves becoming, they are
sure to get them by wearing high
heeled shoes. How little women realize
the draught upon their symmetry and
beauty which these high heels make
If they did realize it, no woman in the
country would have one on week from
to-day. -Ne,U York Ledger.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
ScOtchmen and Jews.

Jews are to Germany very much what
Scotchmen are to England. They
come, they see, they conquer. They
invade the country at every point be-
gin their career in garnet and termin-
ate it in q palace. Many of the most
successful merchants, lawyers and ply
sicians in London are Of Scottish extrac-
ton. Lord Mayor Macarthur is an Irish
Scot. DR.. Andrew Clarke is Scott. So
is Mr.. John Fender, and so are score
of other equally eminent and opulent
individuals whom it is unnecessary to
particularize. The Scot has an awk-
wardly persistent manner OF standing in
the Briton's sunlight and of being the
foremost to seize the prizes and the diff
ferent good things of life. His nation
atty is quite as clearly defined and his
instinct is quite as aggressive and pre-
hensile as in the case of the veritable
Hebrew he has fewer amiable qualities
by way of compensation, and he has in
fnitely less sense of humor. Yet En-
glishmen, when they have been hope
lessly distanced by the canny aliens
from beyond the Tweed, try to live in
peace and amity with their rivals, and
have no more notion of making thehome
counties too hot to hold them than they
have of repeating the civil disabilities
relief acts. In art, literature and mon
ey making the Israelite can beat the
Teuton, just as the Scot frequently does
the Briton. Frankfort-on-the-M Main, the
second commercial city in Fatherland, is
more of Hebrew capital than Jerusa-
lem. At Bonn, Berlin, Heidelberg,
some of the most distinguished profess
ors are of the seed Of Abraham.-Lon-
don World.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
The Grand Rush of an Engine to q Fire.

You are sitting at tea when the alarm
rings. You don't know the box, but you
rush out on the street and stare around
you. In a moment the ominous rush
comes on the ear. The horses cantering
out of their stables, the fremen, nimble
as cats, leap to their stations, the wide
doors are thrown open, three policemen
dash out of No. l to see the start, and
bang, ding! whish rnsh G'lang look
out ding dong ding away they go
like tornado. Crash q baby may be
burning. Bang sleeping children may
be smothering. Ding, dong, ding An
old man, feeble and rheumatic, may be
staggering in smoke. Look out the
strong man, blistered with flames, is
yelling for his babies Look out, then
look out stand aside, and let them pass.
Here they come like storm. The driver
stopping down with Stacked rein, speak
ing to the intent steeds that big-eyed,
wide-nostriled and strained, go thunder
ing on. The foreman sitting by his side,
erect and defiant, with arms folded, looks
ion-faced at the sky searching for the
ominous glare. The firemen behind him
clinging like cats to a ladder, dressing
themselves as the machine thunders on.
The ubiquitous reporter taking notes on
the boom-plate of the lofty ladder. Bang,
boom, bang look out! They pass a
crossing like an earthquake on wheels.
The horses, alive and stung with the
same enthusiasm which fills the firemen,
spurn the rough street and dash along as
if prairie on fire was chasing them.
They need no whip, they need no lash ;
their big arteries are churning with hot
blood; their big muscles are strung to
the task they love. The wild horse fol-
lowed fast by fed fire never sped like
they. With ears laid back, with eyes
standing out from the bony face, with
nostrils red as if with blood, they gallop
on untiring.
The BRAKEMAN gets out his key, the
foreman is all ready. Ding, ding, ding!
Another crossing. Ding, dong, swush
The fremen gather themselves for the
final jump. Bang! "We're near the
fire, lads-look out" Crash! All right.
Bang Here's the box. Jump for your
lives Bang! bang bang! They jump.
The horses sides heave like big bellows.
Their noble heads fall between their
trembling knees the sunk tails culver
the pointed ears droop like limp leather,
and the fremen, eloquent with enthusi-
asm, dash into the street, and an old
woman, wiping her hands" The Lord
bless you, gentlemen, but it was only
our chimney; and the Lord bless You, I
=" and the gang go home and play
dominoes. The horses stand waiting
for the next, and just as willing to jump
as the man who had been waiting an
hour for shave. World.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
Something New in Entomology.

AS Mr.. Jones was returning from
church with his family he discovered q
new and singular looking bug on his
front doorstep. As he was something
of scientist, he was naturally pleased
with the new specimen, and, forming his
pocket handkerchief into sort of cage,
he bounced down on it, and succeeded
In capturing it.
"Bring the microscope, children" he
called, "and tell your ma to hurry
want her to look at it; I'm sure it be-
longs to the Hemiptera class and is a
new specimen. Here, Charlie, put
your eye to the ocular side and tell me
what you see."
"Oh, pa, amt 1T splendid? It's got
four wings, eight eyes, and, oh, my |!
amt it a sparkler, though? Red, and
green, and yellow, and-oh ! it is get.
ting away, amt it pap"
"Then it isn't dead |" cried Mr..
Jones, in ecstasy; Il wa-s-n-n't quite
sure whether it moved or not. Let me
look Yes! it's terrestrial, I think,
after all it belongs to the genus Pen
tatoma-the antenn@ have that pecul-
lar flexible look and yet, now that [
look again, the eyes seem to indicate
that it is phytocoris, in which case it
will be very destructive to your mas
plants, and we must kill it at once. I'll
ask Prof. Sill. 1t will be, in any case,
valuable addition to science. Maria.
where's the chloroform ?"
Cup on the clock shelf what are YOU
going to do with it" asked Mrs. Jones.
who had been giving her undivided at
tention to the baby.
"Kill this bug as soon as you have
examined it, - answered Mr.. Jones in a
lofty voice. 81 shall present it to the
Detroit Scientific Association"
"Well. 1 guess not, Mr.. Jones" broke
in his wife, who was looking with much
interest at the new specimen. 81 paid
81 for that bug last week to wear on my
new bonnet, and I must have dropped Il
off when L came in. 1t belongs to the
genus millinere, and couldn't be any
deader if it had been baked for centu.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
Truthful ,JeemS.

There were three or four old dodgers
seated around stove in the back room
of o Galveston saloon, toasting their
shins and spinning yarns. An old stage
driver named Smoot, with bald head
and long yellow beard, which probably
owed its peculiar color to his habit of
chewing tobacco for the last forty years,
spoke up and said "The best-hearted
man I ever knew in my life was Bob
Hinkley, who used to be Sheriff up in
Nebraska in the early days. lie was
the whitest man I ever saw. He was
the easiest man on prisoners that ever
lived. When prisoners time was up
he always refused to go he had had
such nice time in Jail. By thunder, in
some cases the County Attorney had to
get out writs for trespass, just as you
do in cases where tenant refuses to get
out of house, in order to get those
prisoners out of Jail. Bob Huxley used
to feed the prisoners SO well, and treat
ed them so gentlemanly, that men would
Just shoot somebody for no other pur-
pose than to get in that Jail. 1 was in
there myself for week or so, waiting to
be indicated on the charge of stealing
a hog. Well, one day-it was awful
warm-we sent man who was in for
murder across the street to q saloon to
bring over trayful of drinks. We
waited for good while, and one of us
hollered out from the jail window for the
murderer to bring over them drinks
quick, as we were suffering for them.
But he didn't come over worth cent.
When Bob Huxley came in we said to
him Mr.. Sheriff, that murderer amt
got back yet with them drinks. It was
limited around among us that the MUIR
derer had Lit out, but old Bob
wouldn't listen to it. He burst into
tears, and said: L know that poor boy
hasn't left me. Somebody must have
kidnapped him. I am sure something
must have happened to him. Come,
boys, let's hunt him up And all the
iail-birds, counterfeiters and the like,
turned out and hunted that whole town
over"
"Did they find the missing muir
derer
eyes, we found him. It was just as
Bob said. He never ran away. He
had been kidnapped by vigilance COM
mittee and was hanging to tree. We
all came back to jail, feeling very blue.
After that we prisoners quit strolling
about town and going out hunting, but
Bob Hinkley made it so comfortable for
US that we didn't care to stroll. he had
q saloon fixed up for us in the jail for
fear he might lose some of us. 1t amt
often you find a Sheriff taking such
good care of his prisoners -
The speaker, having finished, got up
and strolled out. One of the other old
dodgers spoke up, and, motioning to the
retreating form of the last speaker, said:
"He amt at himself now, but when
he was younger man, before he lost
his memory, he could lie some, [ tell
you. He is losing his grip, powerful.
IF he don't do better after while, peo-
pie will call him Truthful Jeems. 30 -
Galveston NeaUs.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
The Brayest of the Brave.

Michael Ney was born in Saarlouis, in
1859. His early years were devoted to
the study of law, but, disliking the con-
finement, he entered the army as pri-
waite hussar, in 1857. He distinguished
himself during the first years of the
Revolutionary war, and in 1876 he rose
to the rank of Brigadier General in the
French army. During the reign of Ma
poleon he became Marshal of the EN-
pire, and was created Prince de Ia
Moskwa and Peer of France. When
Napoleon was sent to Elba he retired to
his country seat, and lived in retirement
until the Emperor's return, when he
again joined his fortunes with those Of
Napoleon. Hitherto one motive alone
sincere patriotism-had controlled his
every action, and a personal or family
interest had never been permitted to
swerve him from his love of country.
He professed to think the return Of Ma
poleon would be an injury to France,
and his progress ought to be checked.
On taking leave of Louis XVIII, he
made many protestations Of zeal and
fidelity to the King, and expressed his
determination to stay the progress Of
Napoleon. Arriving at Besancon Ney
found the whole country fastening to
meet the coming Emperor, and at Lyons
the Dukes d'Artois and d'Angouleme ac-
knowledged the fruitlessness Of the en-
deavor to check the popular enthusi-
asm of Napoleon which had seized the
troops Of Ney's command. Impelled by
this popular current, Ney and his army
joined Napoleon, and fought under his
banners until Waterloo was lost. After
the conclusion Of that eventful day, Ney
was advised to leave France, but re-
fused, and retired to his country seat to
await his fate:- He was soon arrested
and brought to trial, but, his colleagues
and companions in arms having declared
themselves incompetent to form court
martial whereby to Judge him, the af-
fair was carried to the House of Peers,
by whom he was tried and condemned
for treason. On the 9TH Of December,
1916, Marshal Ney, one Of the most brill
liant officers the world has ever seen,
who had fought and won many desper-
ate battles for France, but never one
against her, was shot as traitor.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
FACTS FOR THE CURIOUS.

A BLIND boy at Montreal has built a
miniature house inside an ordinary
four-ounce bottle, out Of forty pieces Of
wood neatly glued together. It would
puzzle person with good eyesight to
get the parts into the bottle, to say
nothing Of putting them together.
SERPENTs are said to obey the voice
of their masters. The trumpet-bird Of
America follows its owner like spaniel,
and the jacana acts as q guard to poul-
try, protecting them in the field all day
from birds of prey, and escorting them
home at night. In the Shetland isles
there is a gull which defends the flock
from eagles it is therefore regarded as
the privileged bird.
The cause of earthquakes is to be
found in the molten condition of the in
terror of the earth. This high degree
of heat causes the generation Of i'm
mense volumes of elastic gases, which,
sooner or later, explode and shake the
earth's crust. MI. Rogers theory is
that the quaking is produced by the act
ual pulsation of the liquid mass at the
earth's center. The pulsation is carried
forward by great waves, caused by the
tension of elastic matter which forms
the earth's crust
One of the advantages pertaining to
the new method of engraving.by cleo.
tricity-an electric spark pen having
been invented for the purpose in Paris
is that the artist does all parts of his
work. and with no more trouble than
with working with an ordinary pencil,
and can even operate in dark room,
without any other light than the glare
from the induction spark. If a sheet of
thin paper be attached to plate of cop
per or zinc, it is said that. an engraving
may be made with extraordinary facility
by this device.
BYRON wrote "The Corsair" in ten
days, at the rate of two hundred lines q
day Lope de Vega wrote three hundred
dramas in one hundred days; Voltaire
composed "Zaire" in three weeks and
"Olympie" in six days; Dryden wrote
his code to st. Cecilia " at one sitting,
and Mrs. Browning's "The Lady Ger
aldine's Courtship" was the work Of
twelve hours. Shakespeare, Dickens,
Wordsworth and More, on the other
hand, were slow workers. Hepworth
Dixon rewrote his "Two Queens" eight
times, and Kinglake's "Eothen" was re-
written five or six times.
A SCIENTIFIC newspaper gives some
illustrations of depraved tastes In ami
mails. An instance occurred in sheep
on a British mail and passenger steamer,
which, while fattening for the table, de
veloped a marvellous taste for tobacco,
which it ate greedily. This habit was
most conservative measure. since the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
THREE WISHES.

Three little maidens out on the grass srs.,i.a
Had gamboled the horrs away;
The summer was sweet, and the hours were fleet
Gwendolen, Maud, and May.
They had worked at their play the liveong day
As hard as maidens can;
So when six little feet were tired with the heat,
Then three little tongues began:
"What shall we do next?" cried the three, per-
picked,
"For we really must have more fun.''
And they all thought deep, till plan did leap
Full-blown from the brain of One
"Let us ask of the fairies "-'twas Maud that ex-
claimed
The tallest and fairest was she
6 Let us ask them to grant whatever we want
And to list to wishes three
The sweet little maiden May;
The weakest was she, but her spirit was free
And as gentle as the day;
" Oh, fairy Queen, whom never have seen,
hope address you Alright
If you have one to spare, should like to wear
dress of invisible white!"
Then the second one prayed for the fairies aid,
And different wish had she;
Maud was her name, and she felt no shame,
For she knew what her wish would be.
Her limbs they were long, she was rosy and strong
Such maid as extol,
Yet she begged for a prize that would shock the
wise
GA wonderful magic dour'
Now, you are the eldest, and what do you want,
Little Gwendolen, g faithful and true;u
With your face like saint, and your manners so
quaint,
Now what shall be done for you?
"Oh fairies" said she, " let me cut off the head
Of the giant that sups upon men;
Let me grow strong and bold, like the heroes of old
For now 1 am only ten ~
So the quick years few, and the maidens grew,
And how do their wishes fare?
Do the fairies forget the childish debt,
Or reward the childish prayer?
Oh, kind is the Queen of the Fays unseen
And to Maud, welded bride,
She sent such doll mothers extol,
That toddled, and prattled, and cried!
Nor did Gwendolen miss her longed-for bliss.
A giant to conquer and slay;
There are human needs, there are heroes deeds
For heroic hearts to-day.
But sweet little May, she vanished away
Beyond the fairies sight
So the angels gave what the maid did crave
A robe of invisible white.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
POPULAR SCIENCE.

1T is proposed by DIR. Oppermann to
construct roads in this way: First, bed
six to eight inches thick of coarse be-
ton with hydraulic mortar, is laid down,
and then on the top Of this bed thin
ner layer of smaller beton, cemented
with mixture of lime and one-half part
of Portland cement or Boulogne cement,
and one-half part of Stag.
FRICTION tapers are made in England
from mixture of one ounce saltpetre,
one-half ounce powdered orris root, one
eighth ounce minimum, and one ounce
phosphorus on the latter being dis
solved one OF two ounces Of castor oil
are added, the quantity varying accord
ing to the resultant tenacity or fexibili-
ty required.
The Consolidated railroad is building
at its shops in New Haeen, Ct, new
palace car, in which there is device for
keeping out the smoke, dust, and Gin
der. that come in at an open window.
1t consists of an extra outer window,
shaped somewhat like curved bay win
dow, in which the glass is only half the
width OF the window, and slides up and
down. When pushed to the front side
it presents a curved surface against
which the cindars and smoke strike and
are thrown outward, while air can enter
from the open half.
The effects of professions and trades
on mortality are great, the term of life
varying from 65 years II months for
clergymen to 40 years 10 months for
photographers and copper engrayers. In
England, according to the census-office
statistics, the duration of life has been
found most defective among the steel
workers, polishers, and grinders and
next to these the life of the collier-that
fearless deliver in the bowels of the earth
is least secure, owing greatly, no
doubt. to the occurrence of accidents in
the mines.
In memoir published at Christiana
Herr Sophus Tromboldt considers that
it may be accepted as certain that the
aurora borealis is local phenomenon,
circumscribed by very narrow limits,
and occurring not far from the surface
OF the earth. The light, he finds from q
careful comparison OF a large number OF
observations, is generally white, though
sometimes red OF green but further
north than Bergen the aurora often pre-
sents spectral colors. Hebelieves, also,
that there is now evidence enough to ac.
cept the statement that auroral displays
are sometimes attended with sound.
Some late inventions ought to be able tc
set this last alleged fact beyond dispute.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09

A MEAN householder in Toronto re-
fused to allow the body of woman who
had died on his premises to be removed
for burial unless he was paid $50 for
rent and attendance. He also presented
another bill for $25, alleging that the
visitors to the deceased had worn out
his carpet. At the request of the Off
ciating clergyman, a policeman was de-
tailed to be present at the funeral, with
instructions to arrest him If he created
any trouble, which he was prudent
enough to avoid.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09

MANY of the Hindoos still think that
the leader of the Sepoy rebellion, Mana
Sahib, is yet living, and that he is in
America, region as vague to them as
the dominions of Prester John were to
the mediavalists. Although his death
was announced twenty years ago, the
truth or falsity of it was not then, nor
has it since been, ascertained. He
might be alive, 80 far as his age goes,
for he would not now be more than 90
wears old.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
TELL-TALES.

Oh! don't you remember,
Long time ago,
When the path was in December
Covered DER with snow?
Then we had little walk,
Then we had a little talk,
But Jealous eyes did soon divine
The footsteps there were not all mine
OH the snow,
The tell-tale snow,
Long time ago!
Oh don't you remember,
On that evening fair,
When the jasmine flowers you braided
In the raven hair!
Homeward then / thoughtless strayed,
And the jasmine flowers betrayed;
For well the jealous glances knew
No jasmine in our garden grew;
Oh . the flower;
The tell-tale flower,
Long time ago!
And when we were both forbidden
Ever more to meet,
Slyly, little notes were hidden
BY the willow seat.
But vainly for note We sought
Could we each other have forgot p
All! others knew as well as we
The secrets of that hollow tree
oh the tree, the hollow tree,
1t betrayed both you and me,
Long time ago!
Sam mel IOrcT.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09

DAVIS BURTON was returning home
from Waco, Tex, in wagon. He
stopped at Mills store at Hog Greek,
and asked the clerk to send him out a
cigar. The clerk was busy, and sent
another man, well known in the neigh
borhood. The latter brought out a
cigar and handed it to Burton, at the
same time presenting six-shooter to
his head and demanding his money,
which Burton gave up to the amount Of
$40. The robber was not arrested.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09
Try to Please.

"What is the secret of the success of
Miss -?"-one of the bellies in Wash
ington-we asked of a friend. "She
does not appear remarkably intellectual,
and she is not very beautiful"
"No," said the person addressed,
"but she tries to please people,"
And this was the secret of her being
loved.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09

SOMEBODY has said that "We ought
always to believe less than we are told. I"
This may be safe maxim for general
use, but when woman intrusts youth
confidence, of course-with her age, you
may always believe great deal more
than you are told.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09

MAMMA" said little chap, as his
indulgent parent gave him a second
piece of pumpkin pie, mamma, I guess
this is locomotive pie" "Why SOP"
queried his puzzled parent. "'Cause,
mamma, it goes so FAST! And in two
minutes he passed his plate for third
piece.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09

IT is rather satire on this country
that the Mormon Temple will be the
most expensive building on the CONT
nent. The cost is estimated at 1927, 000,-
900, and our national Capitol occupies
the proud position as the second edifce
to it.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-01-09

IT is estimated that the cost of sup
porting the INDECENT and criminal
classes in the United States amounts an
nually to 500, 900, 600.
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ry. Science will have to get along
without it, Jones, it's already classified" "
Poor Jones Free Press.