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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23
Tennessee Dialect.
Washington Republican,

Referring to the work Of the Revenue
Office, I am reminded of the suspicious
all the country people have of every
stranger they see. Having business up
near the mountains the other day, l
went to the terminus of the railroad
and then set out on horseback. About
noon I saw a log-cabin, and called to
ask for some dinner. After calling,
'.Halloo! halloor' half-dozen times, a
white woman appeared at the door.
sCan I get snack to eat and some
feed for my horse?" / asked.
Dunno" she answered through her
teeth, which were tightly gripping her
snuf-stick.
"But I'm hungry; and see how fag-
ged my horse isl | said.
"Well, l reckon 1 dunno about it, :"
was the only reply,
"You must try to give me a little
bite" urged. 'Tll pay you literally
for it.
"Well, 1 reckon" And she nodded
her head toward the corn feed.
The cabin was of the kind found all
through this country-log, with only
OuC IOOll, uO WludOWc, CtAd OhlJ OhO
door. The fire furnished the only
means of heating and cooking, and the
kitchen utensils consisted of coffee
pot, frying-pan, and one large iron
pot, in which she baked me some hard
biscuits, which, with some sorghum,
fried pork, and coffee, made my dinner.
Had I remained for week, the only
variation would have been hard corn
bread in place of biscuit.
Looking at me sharply as l munc hed
the bread, she exclaimed: 81 reckon
you're one of them thar revenue fellers,
beant youp''
''Why, what makes you think SOP" I
asked. 'tDo you take every man that
comes along for a revenue man?''
"'Pears ike that's jist about what we
do,'' she replied; 'fur it don't STAN
ter mortal reason that any man but
revenuer would be travelin' round this
kentry in SIGH weather an over SIGH
roads as there be now. Soldiers might
a. done it in the war, but the war is
done ft.''
s.Do you have many revenue men
aroundP' I asked.
II calculate there's some of EN-
skitterin' round Almost every day.
There war two men as got their snacks
here yesterday, an I jess knowed they
were revenuers the minnit sot eye on
'em; but they wouldn't own to it, no
more do you.'
Laughing at her little, she finally
concluded she was mistaken, and Civ
ing sigh of relief, burst out:
s'We1, there's one thing l jess du
know for sartin; if you beant revenue
fellar, and I reckon you beant, you're
one o'them thar gospeller goin' on a
preachin' tower"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23

The greatest gain in population, for
obvious reasons, is taking place in the
far West, and when the next census is
ready we shall probably find all of these
States, with one exception, showing
population exceeding a million, while
Texas will be likely to take its place
among the six most populous States of
the Union. Kansas also promises to
rival Massachusetts in the number of its
inhabitants. Whereas there are now
nineteen States with population of ov-
er o million, there are likely to be twen-
ty-siX in 1850.
The growth in the population Of the
cities of the Union has been great and
significant in the last ten years. We
are gathering larger proportion of
our inhabitants in cities than any other
country, and yet we still possess vast
areas of unoccupied land Whereas
in 1870 there were So cities with popula-
lation of $4,000 and over, the number
has now increased to sixty four. That
is, about one-sixth OF our population is
now crowded together in these large
cities. Fifty years ago, including all
cities of 5000 inhabitants and over, the
proportion was only one-sixteenth.
This increasing tendency of popula-
ton to aggregate in the great cities is
one of the evils of modern civilization.
1t breeds social dangers, with which
our municipal systems are now proving
themselves unable to cope, and it makes
the question of city government one OF
the most serious with which the people
have to deal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23
An Unfortunate Mistress.

Mr.. de X. a young man of 80,
employed in an important government
office in Paris, married young lady
with dowry of 100000 francs. This
marriage was far from being agreeable
to x mistress who, while compre-
hending that the marriage was neces-
sary for her lovers interests, did not
wish to be abandoned altogether. She
wept, and prayed, and threatened, until
at last X-had her engaged in the
house to look after the linen. Nine. de
WAS of course ignorant of the
whole affair. Soon, however, she per-
ceived strange familiarity between
her husband the Engere, and at length
became convinced of his infdelity. In
despair she went and consulted one Of
her friends, who advised her to play the
coquette and make as if she meant TO
retaliate upon her husband by being
unfaithful in her turn. Nine. de X
followed this advice, until one day last
week, weary with assimilation, she left
the house and took refuge at her friends.
Mr.. de x found her there the next
morning in state of violent nervous
agitation. Moved by the grief of his
wife, Mr.. de X-promised to do all
she desired. He wrote letter to his
mistress ordering her to leave the house
Immediately, and the two resolved not
to return home until evening in order
to avoid meeting the girl. At night
they returned, and on asking whether
the girl had gone they were told that
she had not been seen. On going up
to her room they found corpse. The
girl had asphyxiated herself with fumes
Of charcoal on receiving MIR. de * s
letter. A note from her to Nine. de
x asked pardon for the grief she
had caused her, and said that, as she
had loved Mr.. de X with all her
heart, she preferred to die rather than
to be separated from him. The next
day the poor girl was buried, and Nine.
de x followed the bier OF her I'M
fortunate rival.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23
Quite a BARGAIN"

would not for one moment cast q
doubt, says Paris correspondent, up
on the genuineness or origin of GER
tain immense emerald which its propri,
etor is trying to sell to the wife of an
American millionaire for seventy thou
sand francs. 1t is said to have been
presented to an ancestor by a great sui
tan two or three centuries ago. Per-
maps it was; and, as the gentleman who
now offers it bears an unblemished
reputation, I should think the story
true. But can not forget an incident in
which a very high-born lady was very
nearly ruined by a simple act of com
plaisance towards one of her friends,
who was in money difficulties. The tale
is perfectly authentic. 1t was told to
me last night by one of the parties in
volved, and for that reason l shall only
give initials, which, l need scarcely add,
are not real ones. Said the Countess
de L. to the Warehouses de M: II am
requested to sell a lot of diamonds for
the queen Of; do you know anyone
in want of a splendid set; quite bar
gainr' The marchioness did; M. de N.
was about to get married; it would be
the very thing for wedding present,
and she would speak to him. So she
did, and he took her advice, and, quite
by chance, happened to meet an &C
quaintance, a celebrated lapidary from
London, who consented to accompany
him as an expert. The stones were
produced and weighed and examined,
and approved of by M. de N, who,
however, did not conclude their pur-
chase at once, thanks to sign from the
Englishman II can not understand
disapproval,' he said, when they got
out into the street; ''the. diamonds are
magnificent, they are dirt cheap, why
should l not buy them?' Simply"
replied lIr. O., ''because they belong
to me; fortnight ago they were stolen
from my rooms, and it is for their re-
covery that l am in Paris now" No
scandal was made about the affair, as
the countess is too well connected, and
Mr.. O. declined to ruin her family by a
prosecution, being perfectly satisfied to
get his property back, but. as the
coachman of Talnin-Strozzi might have
observed, is not this warning against
oyer-confidence?
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23
How Irish Peasants Live.

The dens, misnamed cots, in which
the peasantry of Galway and Mayo
counties live are merely stone shelters;
owing to the intense ignorance of the
people they are not provided with any
facilities for drainage, and are often in
oomparably filthy.
The floors are of mud; it is rare to find
more than one room in hut, and only
one story. Beds and bedding are luxu-
ries which the poorer tenants do not
possess; old heaps of hay and straw are
the couches on which the lovely brown
eyed, large-br owed maidens of Con-
naught repose. The smoke from peat
fire in a common peasants cabin
spreads through the room, and you mar
rowly escape strangulation on your first
visit. have had this experience in
Herzegovina, and consequently minded
the smoke but little. How family de-
cency is maintained in these dens is q
mystery, and how the people manage to
keep clean-for they look cleans a
puzzle. The pigs run in and out of the
doors-and such wretched pigs! A
North Carolina wild hog would be an
aristocrat beside them! In dozens Of
these cabins sick people are to be found
sick people dependent either on the
charity Of their neighbors or on friends
in America who send them small sums.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23
Old Letters.

NV letters written in my earnest poyhoou
To one who left us but the other day,
And + am sitting here, and try to read them
Thronrh the tears I do not care to brush
away.
Tears for my FRIEND ana 'earS' "n' n'"NA
more bitter,
For him. myself, the self that is as dead
asbe 70 whom, these faded things were writ
ten
Fer youth and trust had from my living
ned
II was myself, remember that, who wrote
them,
Read them once more, and note the noble
life,
The vast endeavor, and the desperate strug-
gle,
To rise above the grovelers in the strife;
To sacrifice of self for good of others;
The passion at the suferings of the poor;
The angry fight 'gainst pride and SIN and
riches;
The looking onward when the prize was
sure.
Ours, too the hands to ease the overladen,
Ours the strong voices whose sweet words
Should e'er compel hearing from the people
who now but scofed at our impetuous
youth.
The world awakened, soon would grow much
better;
Soon sin and sorrow, dying in the dust,
Would vanish from the earth before the sum-
light
Flashed from our swords, whose blades
should never rust.
Yet he is dead, and am old and tired,
And do not care if all the world be sin;
] listen DULY to my sons loud vauntings
Of that bright future they are sure to win
Ali burn the letters. AS they fall to ashes
Methinks they're like our fading mortal
Dreams
Words upon words, and little of fulfllment
Of all was promised by our youths bright
CLEANS!
All the Year Round.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23
A. T, Stewart.

was talking, yesterday, says cor
respondent of The Atlanta Const,t1-
tson, with gentleman who had been
an intimate friend of A. T. Stewart, the
greatest merchant perhaps that this
country ever knew, and he threw new
light on his history. Contrary to
general belief, Stewart started with
8 comfortable fortune, and did not
work his way from the ground up.
He came to this country as young
man, sent on pleasure trip by his
father. He was close observer and
leisurely traveller, and went home thor
oughly posted as to this country.
Having to return to America very soon,
he recalled the fact that there was a
fine margin of profit between the price
of laces in the old country and this.
He therefore invested 1926, 900, his patri-
mony, in laces and brought them over
on his second trip. This speculation
turned out so well that he had another
lot sent over, and opened shop from
which he might dispose of them.
Stewart was a man of confirmed super
stitions. He would never eat at table
at which thirteen people were seated,
and on one occasion when guest who
had declined coming to his usual Sum
day dining and afterward came when
his place had been filled he declined to
receive him as he made the number
thirteen. He finally determined to
overcome this superstition, and dined
at table at which thirteen were seated.
He died few weeks afterward, but I
very much doubt if that was what kill
ed him. He never wanted his photo
graph taken, saying: people who
buy goods from me think / am a noble
looking man with flowing whiskers and
gray beard. They'd lose faith in my
prestige if they become familiar with
my insignificant face" He was shop
keeper all his life, and the shopping in
stinct never left him. He once dropped
into Tiffany's and saw a friend examin-
ing some pearls that he was thinking OF
buying for his wife. Stewart caught
hold of him and hurried him out before
he had time to close the trade. Once
down stairs he got him into his coupe
and insisted on his going to his store
with him. He hurried him upstairs to
the lace department, took out an
especial pattern and said: ''Now, that's
what you want to buy for your wife" and
he sold it to him. At this very time
Stewart was worth millions and would
have given the friend he had cajoled
into buying twenty times the price Of
the lace, but the selling instinct was
stronger in him than anything else.
learned from my informant that Stew
arts body had never been recovered.
Judge Hilton could have had it at
almost any time, provided he would
have paid the required ransom. He
refused to do this, however, on the
ground that if he did so the business
of grave-robbing, having proved pro-
ftable, would have become popular
among thieves.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23
A queer incident happened il

A queer incident happened in a
Montreal court recently. A certain
man appeared as a witness for the de-
tense in suit brought by physician
against widow. His testimony was
not finished at the time of the noon
recess and during the brief interval the
witness and the widow were married.
Upon his return to the box his evidence
was objected to by the plaintiff counsel,
and the objection was sustained by the
court. The whole of his evidence was
finally rejected as illegal, the first part
not having been signsd and completed
before his marriage.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23
Chapped Hands.

The raw winds of late autumn often
produce in the hands of those who are
much exposed to them that roughness
and cracking of the skin known as
chapping.
If nothing is done to prevent, and
the person is obliged to have his hands
frequently wet and dried, the cracks
will often get deep and be painful,
Corn husking is frequently accompanied
by sore hands from this cause.
As both precaution and cure for
chapped hands, we have used the follow
ing with benefit: Wash the hands and
the face, also, if it is inclined to chap,
with borax water; and afterward rub
with an ointment made by melting NUT
ton tallow Cor suet, and then gradual
~ adding an equal quantity of glyce-
rine, stirring the two together until
cool. For the hands this mixture can
be best applied at night, using it freely
and warming it in by the fire, after
which an old pair of gloves can be
put on to keep the bed clothes from
being soiled, and also make the skin of
the hands softer.
An excellent glycerine ointment for
chapped hands is made by melting,
with gentle heat, two ounce of sweet
oil of almonds, half an ounce of sperm
acct and one drachm of white wax,
When melted remove from the stove
and add gradually one ounce of glycer-
inc, and stir until the mixture is cold.
The ointment may be scented with any
perfume to suit the fancy. Keep in
wide necked bottles.-Anaesscan Agri-
cultu,1st
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23
"Kensington."

Mrs. Julia Hawthorne has been writing
to Ho7per'S Bazaar describing the meth
DDS of work at the South Kensington
school of art needle-work in London.
The designs for the school, she says,
are made by the first artists in England
as labor Of love, and the treasures of
antique needle-work gathered together
in the South Kensington and other
museums are freely loaned for their
benefit. The ladies conr ected with it
are always on the search for new designs
or stitches, and modern work from Jap
an, India, Turkey, and Greece is
brought over to aid their invention or
give them new hints in coloring. One
lady was engaged upon the last of eight
pairs of curtains, which have occupied
her for three years. These are for the
MUSHROOM of large house in London,
and cost $500 pair! The body of the
curtain is of dark blue velvet, the bor-
der of paler blue satin, with design
chiefly in applique work of two darker
shades of blue velvet, outlined in gold
bullion, and arabesqued with gold
thread. The more delicate parts of the
ucSlSu WcIc III SlihS VI FdIIOuS oHdtCo VI
yellow. The gold thread used in the
school is all imported from Japan, that
being the only kind which does not
tarnish. The gold bullion cord, which
is about the thickness of the largest
piping-cord, is, by a late invention,
lacquered, thus preserving its bright
ness. -.
In another small room are the silks,
crewels, and gold threads used in the
work, arranged in shallow drawers,
'Lady Gordon said, when we remarked
what delight the colors alone gave,
that on foggy days, or when she felt de-
pressed, she had these drawers opened
for her, and the exquisite gradations
and tones of color induced such a
thoroughly happy state of mind that it
carried her triumphantly through the
day." This last touch is really delici-
GUS in its glimpse into the mental at
mosphere Of British aristocracy.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23

A case Of miscegenation has come to
light at Cleveland. Samuel Oswald,
colored, married Mamie Maher, a beau
tiful white girl of 10 years, last May. The
marriage was disclosed during quar-
rel between Oswald and John Maher,
the girls brother. Mamie is the daugh-
ter Of a well-to-do stone mason. She
was Catholic church member, but her
church accommodated her. Oswald
is wellpaid employee of leading
photograph gallery. The parents OF
Mamie will try to annul the marriage:
is there q letter here in scented
envelope for my wifeP" he asked the
postmaster, while the green fire from
his eyes made the Office look like leafy
forest. Eyes, sir" answered the post
master, as he handed it out. The jeal-
GUS man tore it open at once, when, 10
and behold! it was the milliner's bill
for 900. The end.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23

! The water in the Straits of Gibraltar,
at the depth of go fathoms, is four
times as salt as at the surface.
Excessive cigarette smoking has kill.
ed a young idiot at Tonawanda, New
York.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23

twill be seen that whereas these eight
great states contained just about one
half the total population of the Union
in 1870, they now fall short of it by
nearly 100000.
They have not gained in as great a
proportion as some of the far Western
states, as, for instance, these:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-10-23

estimated at 100000 francs. Nine.
Theirs bequeaths $4,000 francs to the
| city of Paris; orders the erection Of
some institution or other on her land in
the Bots de Boulogne, but without any
| definite direction as to the employment
| of the money or the nature OF the In
stitution in question. The other rela-
tives of Nine. Theirs have nothing, not
even Gen. Charlemagne.
Col. G. C. Jones, Jr., of Augusta,
Ca, has translated from the French,
and published at his own expense, a
memorial presented to the duke of New
castle, secretary Of state, upon the con-
dition of Carolina and the means of its
amelioration, by Jean Pierre Purry, of
Neufchatel, Switzerland, who founded
the now extinct village of Purisburg,
or Purrisburg, on the left bank of the
Savannah river. One hundred and
seventy poor Swiss came over, and
afterward two hundred more; but the
settlement did not flourish. A subse-
quent paper of Purry's, of similar
character, was translated and published
in The Gentemdn's Magazine in 1882.
The paper which Col. Jones has trans
lated has never before appeared in
English. Only two hundred and fifty
copied are printed.
When a child's body was presented
for interment at a cemetery in Sheffield,
England. recently, the sexton demand
ed seven shillings. The relatives told
him it was an excessive fee and they
would not pay it. He closed the church.
yard gates, and, after waiting two
hours, the mourners took the coffin
away with them. It was taken again
for interment the next morning, when
it was found that the grave had been
reflled, and the sexton could not be
seen. A number of volunteers reopen
ed the grave, but in the course of their
work they were interfered with by the
sexton and two of his sons. The for
mer they hustled into the grave, and
was subsequently forced away. When
the grave was ready for the interment,
the body was carried up to it. followed
by the relatives and other friends, and
the burial service was read by an inde-
pendent preacher.
, 1881-08-03

Ntir rorl Ifonr, dig. L.
"Ilcre we 20 up, tp. np," ,y.ts tho stock cry
for tim Vast TWO ygafa. Nuw we 10 down.
down. down. may bp tho tH,lo tor the next ycnr.
This tlliit list ycnr r'e were importing gold,
to-iny. We aru cxportInY tho yellow lnotal. IL Ii
prcert!G.l urcey advance III stock values, a,d
whe1t tho golden strcnltl Inns stopped, We havo
bud lulluoss and 4 t1rt4nlny mHrket.
: Speculation ts finding It's way Into genera!
merchandise nnn tho n,etnls. All manufactured
prudsUts nre rising In value because Ut tho In.
crGhse In wages.
What IL ali this nouaenso about tho bears be-
tnx wrcehera: TfuEe Ar0 always tw., parties III
tho stuck l:xctinnEc, III thtro ara twO political
organizations Ill every freq government. IL
takes twn tn iilakc Il lurgu!u ntsl 1t Is "hau-
CLING" or Tho tnHrket whtch gives tlS true fn-
sieE'l Of fictitious quotations.
who wishes him to buy Mt nbs,lr.liy high figures.
II IL tho llcnr who protects tho n1Arkut lrun
tlctittol,sy hHh quotations.
lNlt. ua InRtter uf fhtt. tho speculative bill
and tho sjATuntfvc bUnr nre both Knnleors.
One bi!ys what hp cunt pny for, aid the osher
sclls whit l,e i,aR nut t.ot.
Tho central Arfxnnl 1cnl was n very prolltn-
bic ono tH tho Elk CheuE0 apugtlAt0rs vino wcro
tl!0 original oWHGrs nf tho stock, And who inntlt-
uEAtct It On thfa market. 1t Gust them less than
6O GENTS II share. :rhoro we're :n0lsu ahgrcs suid
tatnrS could arurtl to suIl 1t for Gs1s cohtS, ll
MnkD II YnOh profit. ,--
". II. Vanderbilt Is BOUND on one point. 11G
drllot,uceH construction companies us lrNuda D
Tho Investing public. Thoy build n rohtt for
$iO0 mile, then stuck It aud lni,tl It fur $sb,.
UWl tn $italtU0 mile, tito ilait1urs, OF coutBc
porkDttnX t1iu dlHGrGncr. i
, 1881-08-03
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