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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22
TOM MARSHALL,S SECRET.

''Tom Marshall, Richard Menifee
and Fran Hunt were all brilliant men,
continued Gov. Magofin, as the CONVEX
sation drifted in that direction. "Hunt
came nearer being the equal of Clay
than any man ever knew. He was a
wonderful man. Marshall had wider
reputation, perhaps. He was singular
compound. 'They talk about my as
tonishing bursts of eloquence,' he said
to me one day, and doubtless imagine
that it is my genius bubbling over. 1t
is nothing Of the sort. I'll tell you how
I do it. select subject, and study it
from the ground up. When 1 have
mastered it fully write speech on it.
Then I take walk and come back and
revise and correct In few days sub
ject it to another pruning and then re-
copy it. Next / add the finishing
touches, round it off with graceful pc
RODS and commit it to memory. Then
] speak it in the fields, in my fathers
lawn, and before my mirror until gest-
ure and delivery are perfect. 1t some
times takes me six weeks or two months
to get up speech. When I have one
prepared I come to town and go TO
drinking. I generally select a court
day when there is sure to be a crowd.
I am called on for speech and am per-
nnitted to select my own subject. Iseize
hold on to the bannister or railing and
confirm the impression that L am very
drunk and speak my piece. 1t aston
ishes the people, as I intended it should,
and they go away. marveling at my
amazing power Of oratory. They call
it genius, but it represents the hardest
kind Of work This was the way Marshall
would talk to his intimates, and I have no
doubt he was telling the truth. Yet,
with all his vanity and faults, he was
man Of unquestioned ability and intel
lectual power of the highest and bright
est standard. Harrodsburg (Ky.) let
ter In Chicago Times. es5or
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22
WATERING SOME GRASS.

A Salopian parish clerk, seeing o
woman crossing the churchyard with .
bundle and watering can, followed her,
curious to know what her intentions
might be, and discovered that she was q
widow of few months standing. In
quiring what she was going to do with
the watering pot, she informed him that
she had begged some grass seed toisow
upon her husbands grave, and had
brought little water to make it spring
up quickly. The clerk told her there
was no occasion for her to take that
trouble the grave would be green in
good time. e All, that may be, . was
the frank reply; "but my poor hus-
band made me promise not to marry
again until the grass had grown over his
grave; and, having good offer, I don't
wish to break my word or keep as I am
longer than I can help. Chamber
Journal
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22

Fauna. If you listen this evening,
you will hear frog in the marsh.
Flora. Tomorrow / shall send
you a basket of cowslips.
Fauna. Thanks. I am just start
ing out hive of bees. Would you
like them to scatter pollen!
There is no cessation of this CORE
spondence throughout the season. The
mutual consent and joint plannings
Of the two friendly godesses are every
where observable. 1t is to be noticed
that for every bird that becomes
whist and moping, after the height of
summer is passed, some plant will be
found putting on sackcloth and ashes,
and absenting itself from Flora's
court for the rest Of the year Edith
Thomas IN Jane Atlantic. t.at
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now MIR. LINCOLN Vas rsEs1DEs7

HOW MIR. LINCOLN VAS PRESIDENT
Lincoln was one of the most amiable
of men. Mr.. Chase was able, distin-
guished. and, in my opinion, one of the
purest men who ever held Office. There
was an Assistant Treasurer at New York
to be appointed, and Mr.. Chase insisted
upon the choice Of Maunsel B. Field,
who was then one of the Assistant Sec
retaries of the Treasury. The Presi-
dent was not in favor of his appoint
ment, and the issue was sharply made
by Mr.. Chase that Field should be
chosen Or he would resign his great Of,
flee. 1t was at a very critical period OF
the war, and when the credit of the
Government was at it's worst. 1t was
no light matter to change Secretaries
then, and especially to lose the service
Of him who had originated and carried
out our systems of credit and banking.
But the issue was made, and the Presi-
dent would not retreat nor surrender his
great function of appointing power
The resignation was accepted, and the
first knowledge the Senate had of the
change was the appointment of David
Tod, of Ohio, for Secretary Of the Treas
ury. The Senate and country were as
founded frightened-for the crisis,
taking the weighty matters Of war and
credit into the case, was most serious.
The nomination of Tod was referred to
the Finance Committee, and that body
waited upon the President, headed by
their Chairman, Fessenden, Of Maine,
to inquire the cause Of the change, and
whether it was not wise to arrange for a
continuance in the Treasury Department
OF Mr.. Chase. The President received
the committee, recognizing their right
to know the cause of SO grave a junct-
ure. He entered upon an entire state-'
ment Of the relations of the head of the
Treasury Department and himself, and
especially the difference arising from the
demand made by his Cabinet Minister
that Mr.. Field must be made Assistant
Treasurer at New York, or he would va
cate the department. There was no
choice left to him but to appoint an OBJ
iectionable man to high Office or to
part company with the Secretary of the
Treasury; and, he added to the commit
tee, sooner than submit to frequent
threats Of resignation, he (Mr. Lincoln)
would resign the Presidency and let Mr..
Hamlin (then Vice President) become
President. Here was one of the most
amiable, kind-nearted and accessible OF
men offering to surrender the highest
Office in the nation rather than to de-
grade it and himself by Illegal and dis
honorable submission. John CONFESS,
=. Doofoa, TI,.o,,o7Ico.
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xEK ENGLAND PIE

To make this excellent breakfast dish,
proceed as follows: Take suficiency Of
water and q. suficiency OF -four, and
construct bullet-proof dough- Work
this into the form Of q disk, with the
edges turned up some three-fourtbs of
an inch. Tougher and kiln-d,y it
couple of days in mild but unvarying
temperature. Construct a cover for
this redoubt in the same way and of the
same material. Fill with stewed dried
apples; aggrayats with cloves, lemon
peel and slabs Of citron; add two por-
lions Of New Orleans sugar; then solder
on the lid and set in a safe place till it
petrifes. Serve cold at breakfast and
invite your enemy.-Mark TOai'a.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22
NEW WRINKLE IN DENTIsTRI

A NEW WRINKLE IN DENTISTRY.
It often happens that 8 front tooth is
broken off even with the gum, while the
rest Of the teeth remain good This
root may be removed and its place sup
piled with sound healthy tooth, pre-
viously removed for that purpose, and
made to grow and perform all the func-
tionsIof q natural tooth. A number Of
operations Of this kind have been sue
cessfnlly performed by DIR. G. B. Stod-
dard, Of Austin, Texas. As a rule the
teeth are selected from the mouths Of
healthy negroes, and the price paid from
g to SO. Some Of the most fastidious
ladies in Texas have had this operation
performed and are justly proud Of the
fact
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22
Losing Tommy.

Losing Tommy.
"Who wants to go to the sugar
orchard?"
That was Uncle John Tyler, you
might know.
He put his head in at the door one
bright March morning, when, oh me i
Dafy was SO deep in the sulks that it
didn't really seem as if she would ever
get out again and Ben was crying over
split milk, and Tommy was trying to
ride across the floor on a chair, making
a great humping and humping and clat-
ter, and the baby was screaming in his
cradle, and @
That's all it's quite enough, isn't it?
And that is just the way things were
when Uncle John looked in.
"There's good crust" said he;
sand I'll warrant the mother II be glad
to get rid Of you"
Mother smiled, and took up the baby,
and Dafy laughed and ran to put away
the knives she had been polishing, and
Ben began to wipe up his split milk in a
hurry, and Tommy got down from his
chair to hug Uncle Johns knees.
"Me, too lie cried.
eyes," said Uncle John. "Come,
Dafadowndilly, get the little chap
ready"
"Take good care of him Daffy," eaid
her mother.
And Dafy answered "Yes'm," with
smile SO sunny as to make the last
naughty Thought spread its black wings
and fly away-I don't know where-I
only hope it never came back.
1t wasn't far to the sugar orchard, not
more than half a mile, to cut across the
fields. When Tommy's fat little legs
got tired, as they very soon did, Uncle
John took him pick-back, and SO they
all went merrily over the crusty snow
to the sugar-house.
1t was not really house, you must
know only little scamp" put up of
poles and bark and boughs. Before it
there were three great iron kettles swing
ing and swinging from pole, over three
bright swapping fires; and little way
off there was Uncle Johns man, Calvin,
dipping something into hogshead from
q barrel on sled.
"He's been gathering sap, - said Uncle
John, swinging Tommy off his back.
"Where is the sugar Z" asked Tommy,
looking all around and up into the tops
of the maple trees. s. A.
Tommy is foolish little boy" said
Daffy. "He doesn't know any better
than to think sugar-cakes grow on trees
like apples. used to think SO myself,
Uncle John" s.s4.i.
Sc Uncle John laughed, and dipped lit
tie Of the thick, bubbing strip out of the
smallest one of the big kettles, to cool
Then he filed three little bireh-bark
trays with SNOW, and brought out three
cunning wooden ladies from somewhere.
"Here's one apiece, said he. CHOW,
help yourselves eat all you can, and
don't get into the fire."
1--WE might eat it all, " eaid Ben, gaz-
ing with little anxious smile at the
nrup, foaming almost to the top OF the
kettle
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22

TIE old question, @What is love 2" is
again being agitated. Let'slsee. Love
is what you don't get when you marry
for money. Sometimes you don't get
the money either, and then you find
yourself In warm fix. But to return to
the subject. Love is what you find
when you least expect it, always goes
where It is sent and never comes when
you watch for it.-Nesc Haven REGISTER.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22
MANUAL EDUCATION.
What James r. Fields Woufd Do Were He a
Boy again.

What James r. Fields Would Do We're He
Boy again.
[From the st. Louis Republican,
/ think would learn to use my left
hand as freely as my right one, so that
if anything happened to either of them
the other would be all ready to write
and handle things" " just as if nothing
had occurred. There is no reason in
the world why both hands should not be
educated alike. A little practice would
soon render one set of fingers as expert
as the other; and I have known people
who never thought, when athing was to
be done, which particular hand oughtto
do it, but the one nearest the object
took hold Of it and did the Office re-
CURED. yvsets
I would learn the art of using tools OF
various sorts. I think I would insist On
learning some trade, even if 1 knew
there would be no occasion for me to
follow it when I grew up. What pleas
ure it is in after life to be able to make
something, as the saying is-to con-
struct neat box to hold ones pens and
paper or pretty cabinet for sisters
library or to frame favorite engraving
for Christmas present to a kind, dear
mother. What a loss not to know how
to mend chair that refuses to stand Up
strong, only because it needs few tacks
and bit of leather here and there.
Some of us cannot even drive nail
straight, and should we attempt to saw
off an obtrusive piece Of wood, ten to
one we should lose finger in the oper-
alton. .,4.
It is o pleasant relaxation every day
to leave books and studies and work an
hour or two in a tool shop; and my
friend, the learned and lovable Prof. Oh
liver Wendell Holmes, finds such com
fort in mending things" when his act
i've brain needs repose, that he some
times breaks piece of furniture on pur-
pose that he may have the relief of put
ting it together again much better than
it was before. He is as good mechanic
as he is poet; but there is nothing me-
chanical about his poetry, as you all
know who have read his delightful
pieces. An English author not long ago
said to me: "Prof.. Holmes is writing
the best English of our times" And j
could not help adding: eyes, and in
venting the best stereoscopes, tool
A boy ought also to be at home in a
barn, and learn how to harness horse,
tinker up wagon, feed the animals and
do hundred useful things, the expert
ence of which may be of special service
to him in after life as an explorer or
traveller, when unlooked-for emergencies
befall him. have seen an ex-President
of the United States, when an old man.
descend from his carriage and rearrange
buckles and straps about his horses
when an accident occurred, while the
clumsy coachman stood by in hopeless
inactivity, not knowing the best thing
to be done. The ex-President told me
he had learned about such things on
farm in his boyhood, and he was never
at a loss for remedies ON the road when
the carriage broke down. ea,
IF I were boy again I would learn
how to row boat and handle sail.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22
OUR JUVENILES.

The Story of Mother Hubbard IN 1881.
Dame Hubbard lived in brown-stone house
With windows of French plate-glass,
And she kept dog, and Wonderful cat,
But never lad or Lass
The doggie was frowsy, wheezy and old;
The cat was fat as pig;
And neither the cat or the wheezy old dog
Would think of dancing jig. g,f
One day Mother Hubbard went out for drive ~
With her neighbor, Grandmother Grey; ge,
The two old ladies wore gowns Of silk, it1
And kerchiefs from far Bombay;
Their hair was pulled, their bonnets in style,
And their goodman dressed so gay,
The boys and girls all stopped and stared
As they drove along that day.
Now Old Mother Hubbard said to her friend,
''Let US lunch-I am hungry and cold!"
30 they drove to place where the best Of cooks
Served ladies with dainties untold.
There they sat and chatted, as ladies win,
About their darling pets;
Mother Hubbard said, " Pussy was quito unwell :"
Mother Grey expressed regrets"
"Poor little dear ~ said Grandmother Grey;
My parrot is poorly, too!
But what comfort it is dear friend,
To sympathize here with you'll
Mother Hubbard she sighed, and wiped her eyes;
81 grieve, as you may suppose,
For my darling dog has the asthma now,
and the cat has a wart on her nose.
sand am so anxious, whenever I'm out
unlock the telephone,
30 the nurse can call the doctor at once
If either dear should moan.
shy cat, she sips her milk through straw;
And my dog has pound day
OF the choicest cuts from the market-man,
Which he eats in the daintiest way.
Sand only think, the dear little pet
Is nervous and restless at night,
So he has three beds of velvet and fur,
And we always burn bright light.
"when he tires of one he goes to the next,
Or cries to be carried, you know;
And he often wakens me out Of my sleep
To tell where he wants to 60.
"Ah, they're wise little pets! Mother Hubbard said
"My cat will have bakers bread.
Her basket is lined with satin fine,
And the lace on her pillow is thread"
"And my dear little Polly" said Grandma Grey
cit would grie7e you much to hear
Her CRY when the children run about,
They disturb her 80, poor dearl
81 told my daughter the child must keep
Out Of sight-yes, out of her way;
Children abound, you know, everywhere,
While a ,,arrot,s NOT fo11nd everv dav
"That is true, my good FRIEND" Mother Hubbard
then said;
"But come, let US 60 and see
II that stupid maid has all complete
Pets blanket she's pointing for me.
SHE has only six now, poor little dearl
Some are done in embroidery fine
Some are made Of velvet and some Of plush
For this precious dog of mine"
Now these sober old ladies went out once more
To drive in the park, it Is said; 7r
And ON the front seat sat wheezy dog
With blanket Of snowy red; a.f
And, close by his side, in a basket gay,
Was pussy, glossy and meek:
poor boy said that the rug on her back
Would buy him food for week.
Now this is the story, and quite as queer,
If you see it as some folks do,
AS the old, old one with lively dog,
Which never was half so true.
Mrs. Kate z. Wood, in Vide Awake.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-05-22

By day, no biting cares assail
MY peaceful, calm, contented breast;
By night my slumbers never fail
OF welcome rest.
Soon as the sun, with orient beams,
Gilds the fair chambers Of the day,
Musing, I trace the murmuring streams
That wind their way.
Around me nature fills the scene a
With boundless plenty and delight,
And, touched With JOY sincere, serene
] bless the sight.
I bless the kind creating Power
Exerted thus for frail mankind,
At whose command descends the shower,
And blows the wind.
Happy the man who thus at ease, 4,
Content with that which nature gives,
s Him guilty terrors never seize,
N He truly lives. ~ ~
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Dub Ouclo JOnu laugneQ again, ana
said he guessed there was plenty. IF
there wasn't, he said, he would melt
some sugar for them.
They dipped and ate and chartered
and laughed, until the. woods rang with
the happy sounds, and the snow-birds
in the maple-boughs flew away m
flock. i
But after while the little birch-bark
trays were filed oftener with fresh snow,
and the little wooden ladies began to
dip very lazily indeed into the big black
kettle. s. ~ agc.
81 can't eat any more now" sighed
Ben at last "and it doesn't look as if
we'd taken out one bit. Lets play hide
and-coop, Tommy. I'll blind"
But just then Calvin came up with a
barrel OF sap and he said one kettleful
of strip was ready to sugar-off.
Ben forgot all about binding, and
stood around to watch Calvin and Uncle
John lift the kettle off the fire, and stir
the sirup until it began to grow thick
and granny, like hasty- pudding, and at
last dip it into the molds and put it
away to cool.
It was when she and Ben were picking
the morsels of warm crumbly sugar off
the sides of the kettle that Dafy
jumped up and looked around.
"Why, where's Tommy" she cried.
Sure enough! There was Tommy's
birch-bark tray, and Tommy's sticky
little ladle; but where in the world was
Tommy's self?
All in minute he had gone.
Tommy /" Daffy called, her poor
lips a-tremble with fear. "Tom-naee ."
But Tommy didn't answer.
Uncle John began to look sober. He
made trumpet Of his hands and shout
ed ~
"Thomas Halo |"
The call went ringing through the
woods, searching all among the big tree
trunks for Tommy.
But it couldn't find him.
"I'u go take look" said Calvin.
So Calvin went off down the wood
road-looking for Tommy. And Uncle
John went off up the wood road with
Ben ct his heels looking for Tommy.
And Daffy, because the crust had grown
soft and there was nowhere for her to 20,
sat down on big log near the fire, and
cried for Tommy.
"And promised mother to take good
care of him, +" she walled. go Tommy.
Tommy where are you?"
"Why, why, here be I u" said Tom
my.
| Daffy screamed, and snatched her
apron down from her eyes.
There was Tommy standing in the
wide, low door of the little camp, all
tumbled AID tousled, and winking his
blue eyes sleepily.
How Daffy kissed and shook and
Rugged himl "Now, Tommy, Tommy
Pulsiferl" she cried and laughed togeth-
er; amt you ashamed Wherever have
you been?'
"In there" piped Tommy, between
the shakes and kisses. "Igoed in box
to play coop, and then I coed to sleep,
wouldn't wonder"
And it wasn't Tommy's fault, was it,
that no one had once thought of looking
for him in the box which Calvin used to
pack away sugar in?
"You little tyke!' said Daffy; and,
getting upon the log she put her hands
to her mouth as Uncle John had done:
Giles come-back!"
By great good luck Uncle John and
Ben and Calvin heard her, and came
back, too. And Uncle John laughed, as
he shouldered Tommy:
CT guess you'd better have your nap
out in your crib, young mani
But Tommy was fast asleep again be-
fore he got home.-Ada Carleton, an
Youths Companion.
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A xouas gentleman once sent has
ket Of apples to his lady-iove and told
her to. read SolomoA Vi., 5. It reads
"Stay me with fagons, comfort me with
pples for am sick Of love-.
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A YOUNG man in pressing his own suit
frequently wrinkles the girls.
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ADVANTAGE OF QUAcK SODA New
Jersey farmer, writing to the Country
Gentleman, tells as follows how to use
and how to get rid of quack grass ::
"7Siticatna repe'ss is like fre-a good
servant but bad master. It serves an
excellent purpose as q pasture and as
lawn grass. My lawn has been seeded
with blue grass, red top and creep
ing bent, and I have good sod, but o
neighbor's lawn, which has naturally
seeded itself to quack, is far better than
mine, having deeper green color and
keeping its color better. Where the
moles disturb my grass the sod dies and
q bare brown streak is left until it is re-
sown with white clover; but when a
mole throws up the quack sod it COW
ers itself in q short time, and is as
green as ever. For pasture it holds
good for twenty. years, and how much
longer I do not yet know, and it fur
nished q bite all through the dry
weather Of last summer. When it gets
into the garden and the plowed field it
is very troublesome unless rightly man
aged. But when well managed it is no
more trouble than any other grass, and
not nearly 80 much as the annual rani-
Gums and other so-called crab grasses.
To getrid Of quack it must be buried and
left to rest in peace. IF the harrow,
tears up the sod and brings the roots to
thsxurface, evssy fragment viii riseagain
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-05
DO YOUR BEST.

When honest Davy Crockett said,
BE sure you're right, then 20 ahead"
He crystalliZed q maxim true
"He buifded better than he knew
Be sure you're right; or come ~ near
The right rs mortal may steer;
Who does his best, exbausts his store
angels themselves can do no more"
Be high your aim; then il you miss,
Your consolation comes with this:
II did miss, missed the sun,
And 30 has many prouder one.
Be not discouraged; work away;
Worlds are not builded in day;
Though clouds enwrap you far and wide,
There's sunshine on the other side.
The needle whose magnetic soul
Forever searches for the pole,-
Even this will vary: Judge We then,
IL constancy can dwell with men.
Perhaps the storm may by its force
Compel n little change from course;
Yet change with care, aud when You can
Resume Your ION, straight on" again.
Prank j. Ottarson.
Claiborne guardian. [volume] (Homer, La.) 1877-188?, 1881-10-05

Answer not q word when uujustly
accused, and you are the Conquer
or.