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The Largest River.

It is generally agreed among geog-
raphers that the Amazon river dis
charges the greatest amount of water.
Its length is estimated at 1000 miles.
Its breadth at 1000 miles above its
mouth is II miles; at Madeira it is 3
miles !; at Santarem, 500 miles from its
mouth, it is 10 miles, and it preserves
this width to within 80 miles of the
ocean, where it broadens into an estuary
of $50 miles in width. For the last ]. 900
miles OF its course it averages 1852 feet in
depth 1t is estimated that it drains
2,OOO, 600 square miles, and the force of
its current carries the immense amount
of sediment far out to sea, So that it
forms no delta, and stream of fresh
water unmixed with the sea is percept-
BILE very often to distance of 200 miles
from shore. The Missouri, measured
from its source to the Gulf of Mexico. is
about 300 miles longer than the Amazon.
but the discharge of water is not nearly
so great. The Nile. measured from the
Dsmietta mouth to the head of the prin-
cipal tributary of the Victoria Nyanza
lake, is about 100 miles longer than the
Amazon, but it does not send to the sea
anything like as great volume of water
as the Missouri and Mississippi.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-17
Selfish PEOPLE.

"Don't you go there" he said, as he
turned around on the passenger who an
nounced that he was going through to
Idaho: "They are the most selfish sort
of people you ever saw"
"How?"
"Well. take my case. I ran a wild
cat under a school house and discovered
silver mine, and yet they wouldn't let
me do any blasting under there during
school hours for fear of disturbing the
children. I had to work nights alto
gether, and they charged me thirty cents
for breaking window"
"Indeed r.
"And in another case where I staked
out claim, and three men jumped it.,
the Governor refused to issue ammuni-
ton or to let the Sheriff move; and do
you know what had to do? I had to
dig canal from the river three miles
away, and let the water in to drive the
jumpers out, and, even then, the Cero-
ner who sat on the bodies made me pay
for the collins, and charged mo $l2 for
a funeral sermon only seven minutes
long! Don't go beyond Colorado if you
want to be used WE'LL"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-17
Denman THOMPSON.

The appearance of this old favorite in
his speciality role of Joshua Whitcomb at
the Opera house last evening was greeted
by more than usually fair house. Upon
his former appearances in this city Mr..
Thompson has demonstrated his capability
to thoroughly please an audience, and it
is enough to say that he has not gone back
on his record. His impersonation of the
peculiar character he has chosen to repre-
sent is true to the life,and not only evinces
natural adaptation for that branch of the
art, but world of study to admit of such
perfection. From his first appearance the
mirth of his audience was aroused and
throughout he kept them con-
vulsed with laughter and drew
his usual enthusiastic recalls
The support Mr.. Thompson receives
from the rest of the party is good, and the
beautiful ballads introduced by Mr.. Myren
Calm, who has a more than average tenor
voice. and who assisted Mr.. Walter Gale
and Miss Coe and Murilla gave some very
fine quartet harmony and were encored.
were a pleasing addition to the play.
The character of little Tot, crossing
sweeper, taken by Miss Julia Wilson,
and Rounely. a bootblack by Ignacio
Martinette, were both admirably played.
and in their pretty song and dance the
artists were recalled, as they well deserved
to be. People will go each night in the
week to hear Joshua Whitcomb made ia
nous as it has been by Denman
Thompson, but it is doubt
full if any other living man could
succeed in infusing enough of interest into
so common place a scene as TO MERIT such
continued success.
Joshua Whitcomb will be given each
evening this week, and on Saturday after
noon at the matinee, and people will crowd
the house and laugh, and grow fat as they
do whenever they go to hear Denman
Thompson.
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Thought.

THOUGHT is the motive power of prog
ress. Without it man is a brute and
Improvement impossible. In every age
the historian finds men whose thought
grasped with problems that were then
but prophecies of possible progress vet
unrealized. These were the Missionaries.
the fanatics of their times. They we're
few and poor and of small reputation.
They were the objects of ridicule. con-
tempt and persecution by the rich, the
great, the respectable and the ssunco
good" Yet the glory of their name, IL
Illuminated by the realization of their
dreams, gilds the age in which they
lived with the golden glow of distant
sunset. The transcendental thought of
one age becomes the basis of the prac-
tical work and faith of the age succeed
ing. Thought is the prime factor il,
Gods plan for redeeming humanity from
Ignorance, vice, poverty, crime, sick
ness and sorrow. Thought is born of
suggestion, hence to listen to or read the
thoughts of others promotes thought in
those who read or hear, but whether
ones thought is high, low, worthy or
unworthy, depends largely upon the
books and papers one reads and to the
society one keeps. Evil communications
corrupt both the thoughts and the man
nerS.
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MIR. 81. W. s. Cleveland, in his impor.
tant pamphlets on ''The Culture and
Management of our Native Forests, y
says that we must learn to initiate Ma
ture in our methods of cultivation, if we
would grow new forests successfully.
The primary point is to keep the trunks
of the trees shaded. Nature does this
by massing the plants closely together
in the forests, so that they shade each
other, or by giving wide spread OF
limbs with low heads to trees in the
open. It also protects the cambium
layer with thick deposits of old bark,
and we endanger the health of the tree
when we scrape this of. Another inn
portant point is to keep the roots well
mulched, as nature does with old leaves,
thick mould, and MOSES in the forest;
and third point is to protect the trees
well from the southwest wind-the
breeze which, with its drying heat, is
the most damaging to the vitality of the
tree. In illustration of the validity of
this rule Mr.. Cleveland points to the
greater luxurance and variety of plant
life on the east side of seas and lakes
than on the west side.
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A Mule Battery in Iudia.

The batteries have each four steel
seven FOUNDER riaed guns, which weigh
200 pounds. They have three grooves,
and their charge is twelve ounces OF
powder, and they make excellent sharp.
mel practice at range of 1900 yards.
One OF their projectiles is ''double
SHELF of fourteen pounds. Each gun is
carried on bed fitting mules pack
saddle; it lies lengthways on the animal
and has long compton inserted in the
muzzle, which enables a gunner to
steady a mule, especially when going
down hill. The gun carriage is borne
by another beast, a third takes the
wheels, fourth takes the timber boxes,
and other supplies and ammunition are
distributed among the others. Each
section complete with ammunition takes
twenty-five mules, and 100 are there
fore required for each battery.
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Fifteen Inches from Death.

The rattlesnake is the most chiyalrous
Of reptiles. He always gives warnin g
before he "strikes." An English hunter.
who camped among the Rattlesnake
mountains, and who had never heard
the sound Of the warning rattle, describes
how he owed his Life to a snakes habit
of giving first the word and then the
blow:
was out after some bighorn
(mountain Sheep, and by hand-over-
hand climbing had assembled steep,
"knife- back cliff of moderate height.
The top, of amazing sharpness,
whence 1 hoped to get good look at
the slope on the other side of the ridge,
was as jagged as saw, offering good
chance to peep over, without yourself
being seen.
had gained one of these craggy in
dentures by wriggling up to it in serpent
fashion. Intent upon sport, I had raised
my head to peep over, when close to my
right ear I heard peculiar sound.
For the first second I paid no atten-
ton to it; but eagerly scanned the
precipitous slope on the other side.
Something, don't know exactly what,
made me turn my head and there, on
level with my face, not fifteen inches
of, lay coiled on protruding slab of
rock a moderate-sized snake, her head
raised and 'forked lightning playing.
instantly ducked my head, and
threw myself to one side; and the snake,
who at that moment struck, over-shot
the mark.
I lost my foothold and rolled down
the entire cliff. The height, some fifty
yards, was sufficient to land me at the
bottom sorely bruised being, "feeling
funny-bones all over"
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Advice of Dan Peters Wife.

Dan," said Mrs. Pelter, as she
looked up from her work patching the
seat of Chubby's little trousers, and
fixed look at him over her cracked
spectacles, have ye paid tibet 81. 10 that
ye owe Nh. Flasher %
"No, he don't need it an faint no
count ter him."
"Now see here, Dan, that amt no
way ter du. Eff We doan't have the name
OF payin' yer bills We won't be tho't
nothin' on at all, an won't have no
credit an won't be nobody but Dan
Pelter. Pay yer little bills anyhow, an
if We can't pay all tn once then pay the
littlest ones first jest as fur as yer
moneyn go, an then yell have less
number O folks that'il call We ole Dan
Pelter. Jes longs We carry that 81. 10
that blongs tn Flasher in yer pocket yer
IN danger O losin' on it on so Is he. Pay
up eff yer want people ter think thet yer
smart. "-Hetroit Free Press.
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OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS.
Vacation Of Part Of Block Il, Dayton
and IIginG'S Addition.
CITY Clerks OFFICE.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, October 10, 1882. !,


ST. PAUL, Mimi, October 10, 1882.
WHEREAS, petition has sbeen fled in this
office, as provided by law, by order of the Com
mon Council of the City OF st. Paul, asking for
the vacation of the strip of lard forming
the entrance to Maiden Lane, in block II, of
Dayton l. Irvine's addition to St. Panl, and
described as follows: Commencing at point
on the nOrtherly line of Lot 26, in Block II. of
Dayton & Irvine's addition to st. Paul. twenty
four feet westerly from the northeasterly corner
of said lot; thence running southwesterly along
the southerly line of Maiden Lane 1917 feet to
the northsasterly corner Of Lot 49, in said block;
avenue, to the southerly line of said avenue;
thence running easterly to the place
of beginning. The petitioners state that
they are he owners of ma
jor1ty OF all the property owned on the line of
said Maiden Lane, and on the line of property
asked to be vacated, and the facts and reasons
for such vacation are as follows: That said
avenue at an Obtuse angle, making it, if so used,
announcement of access and difficult to drive
through the entrance, that the portion of land
forming the entrance to said lane has never been
used as driveway, but entrance to Selby ave-
nue. has been made through a piece of ground
lying Immediately west of the entrance to said
lane, which land the owncr thereof proposes to
deed to the city ''as public highway and as an
entrance of said Maiden Lane to Selby avenue -
should the vacation asked for be made.
Now, therefore, notice is herby given, that
said petition will be heard and considered by the
Common Council of the City of st. Paul, on
Tuesday, the 2lst day of November. A. d, 1882.
at 80 o'clock p. m, at the Council Chamber,
in the City Hall.
By order of Common Council
THOMAS A. PRENDERGAST, City Clerk.
oct 11-wed-4w.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-17

" boys were ;:lec:Ui.T SKI ';'.3t
>a''g ID cog i,iaa lad IL ~.
-.-,:. ii :, got,..;sy - III y i;,r =. <rtsi;.
- lat are 5ui! 60 sig i-.:.. 40 :: ~.
l.y,l.
1trr consumption" replied o.e T..
Ae trys. For d 81 biit, SAL TIC
IL =.
!. was finally * planned that ,naavres s.
-,'>n.s OF the cast size OF the c,tty firmly
pe-ieve that dog lat is al infalEbio cure
ior consumption.
The boys told you the truth" said
DT. Ennavcr, the veterinary stationed al
tie pound, who was next questioned.
a great many people believe that dog
fat and even the flesh of dogs is sure
cure for consumption, and on an average
one dog week is taken from here and
reduced to medicine"
"Who comes after them ?'
Generally women, either Germans
Or Jews. They come up here, and,
after carefully examining all the dogs,
select one that seems to be healthy and
fat. They then point out their selection
to an attendant, who ties string round
its neck or marks the animal in some
way SO as to identify it. The woman is
told on what day that particular beast
will be drowned; she returns at the time
specified, gets the body, and turns it
over to some of the hoodlums round
here, who for dollar or two skin it and
take off the fat. If she wishes the car
cass they dress it for her just as butch
er would a lamb or calf. No, yellow
dogs have no value in this way; black
dog is always chosen in preference to
any other color, if he is fat and healthy. -
Chow do they take the medicine, as
I suppose they call it?"
elm different ways. Some reduce it
to oil and take it as a liquid by the
spoonful others fry it out, and then af-
ter it gets cold spread it on bread as you
would butter and eat it So"
"Do they eat the meat, too?"
eyes and, as matter of fact. it's
not bad eating. I've tried it myself,
though 1 was not aware of it at the time,
1t looks like young VEAL"
"Have you any regular customers ?"
owe have one, Mrs. Farley, who
used to live at the corner of Avenue A
and Sixteenth street. She was pretty
far gone in consumption, but she used
to come every other week for five or six
months and get nice fat dog. I have
not seen her for some time, but don't
think she's dead. Some one told me she
was living over on Ninth avenue. But
as general thing we don't know our
customers names. This superstition is
so general on the east side that many of
the drug stores keep dog fat or oil in
stock. There are any number of these
household remedies for different dis
eases. Through Vermont and New
Hampshire the fat of skunks is used as
cure for Group and rheumatism. Then
at the South negroes use dogs flesh as a
cure for rheumatism. The dog must be
jet black or the medicine is without eff
ficacy. When the animal is chosen it is
fed on nothing but the lungs and livers
of raccoons until it is so fat it can hardly
walk, when it is killed and eaten. After
that. if the patient is not cured, he is
perfectly assured that his pains and
aches are attributable to some other
cause. "2WeaU York World.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

- TATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAM
y sey-ss. In probate Csurt, special term, Octo-
Der 9, 1882.
In the matter Of the estate of Edwin A. G. Hatch,
Edeceased.
Notice is hereby given that the Judge of Probate
of the county of Ramsey, will upon the first Mon
day of the months of December, 1882 January, Feb
ruary, March and April, 1888, at ten O'Clock a. M,
receive, hear, examine and adjust all claims and
demands of all persons against said deceased, and
that six months from the date hereof have been
allowed and limited for creditors to present their
claims against said estate, at the expiration of
which time all claims not presented OF not proven
to its satisfaction shall be forever barred. unless
for good cause shown further time be allowed
By the Court, HENRY O'GORMAN,
lis. Judge of Probate.
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Notice to Creditors.

State of Minnesota, county OF Ramsey-ss. In Pre-
bate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF Hester A. Singleton
deceased:
Notice is hereby given to all persons having
claims and demands against the estate of Hester A.
Singleton, late Of the county of Ramsey, deceased
that the judge of the probate court of said county
will hear, examine and adjust all claims and de-
mands against said estate, at his Office in ST. Paul
in said county, on the first Monday of the month of
December A. D. 1882 the same being the fourth day
of said month, and that six months from the 2Sth
day of September, 1882, have been limited and
allowed by said probate court for creditors to pre-
sent their claims.
Dated this 2Sth day of September, A. D. 1882.
ALBERT P. WARREN.
Administrator of the estate of Hester A. Singleton
deceased. oct 2-5w-mon
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He WAS Wen Posted in Chemistry.

A fool negro is the biggest fool in the
world. and bright negro is always as
smart as steel-trap. To this last class
belongs "Sid." who is we'll known to
patrons of large Broad street drug
house. Not long since Sid figured in q
little incident that is well worth pub
fishing. He had bought basket of
potatoes, which he placed in the back
part of the store, to remain there until
his daily labors should be over. Suon
after leaving the basket negro fellow.
workman, who had in some way secured
four hard-boiicd eggs for his dinner,
placed his indigestible prizes atop of the
potatoes to await the noon hours COM
ing. and went his way. Sid, who il
seems has an especial fondaess for eggs,
soon returned, and espying them quick
ly made away with them and carefully
removed all traces in the way of shells.
SO that his track would go undiscovered.
At IL o'clock the rightful owner of the
eggs went for his property, AMI was
fingered and disappointed to find them
gone. Sid was Immediately sought out,
when the following ensued
"Whar's my eggs ?"
"What eggs ?"
Eggs what I put on top Of your po-
tatoes.
"Ain't they there?"
"Deed dey amt"
SWELL, you're de biggest fool to bin
around a drugstore as long as you has
that ever saw. If you knowed as
much about ministry as I does you'd
know them potatoes done absorbed them
eggs toe long ago to talk about"
"Clar to goodness !" answered the
misguided victim, "d'ye know, I forgot
all about dat" and he ambled Off salts
hed.-SelanG (Al0.) Tribune.
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CTATE OF MINNESOTA, COUNTY OF RAMSEY
O-ss. The State of Minnesota to Dennis Bren-
nan. Defendant:
You are hereby summoned to be and appear be-
fore the undersigned, one of the Justices of the
Peace in and for said county the 9Th day of No
vember, 1882. at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon, at my
Office in the city of st. Paul, in said county to
swer to the complaint of John .Horrigan, in civil
action.
Should you fail to appear at the time and place
aforesaid, judgment will be rendered against you
upon the evidence adduced by said John @. Horri-
gan, for such sum he shall show himself entitled
to.
A. d. 1882. s. v. HANFT,
Oct17tue4w Justice of the Peace.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-17

South Branch, Watonwan county. While
on his way home from st. James with his
children in the wagon, he determined to
kill them by throwing them out. Fortu-
nately. ID. l., Hudson was with him and
prevented his harming the children. Be-
ing a powerful mau, however, the
maniac oyercame Hudson who was
obliged to run, and thus eluded him. Com
ing to Mr.. Hewitt's place, he pitched into
him like tiger. but Mr.. Hewitt managed
to protect himself until Hudson rode back
to town and got help. 1t finally took three
or four men to capture and secure the un-
fortunate victim.
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TIM following saying of the late Sir
Henry Bulwer about tho national char
acter of the Turks is good: When the
Turk does anything, consider what is
the reasonable, straightforward inter-
probation to place on that act. Then
eliminate absolutely that conclusion.
Any other may be possible; but that
certainly will not be-"
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Confirmation Of Assessment for Paving
SiDlGy Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Oct. IL, 1882.
The asses: ment of benefits, costs and expenses
arising from the paving of Sibley street, from a
point la feet south of Third (3rd) street to
Fifth 5th) street, in the city of St. Paul, Mime
sofa, having been completed and entered Of record
by the Board of Public Works in and for said city.
said board will meet at their office in said city
at p. m, on the 9th day of October, A. D.
1882, to hear objections (if any 20 said essess-
ment, at which time ard place, unless sufficient
cause is shown to the contrary. said assessment
viii be confirmed by said Board.
The following is list of the supposed OWL
ers' names, desert ption of the property bene-
flied, ard the amounts assessed against the same,
to-wit:
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No man can go into bad company
without suffering for it. The homely
old proverb has it very tersely s'A man
can't bite the bottom out Of frying pan
without shutting his nose"
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS-STATE OF MINNIE.
~ sofa, County of Ramsey-ss In Probate
Court, Special Term, September II, 1882.
In the matter of the estate of Mary R. Millette de-
ceased:
Notice is hereby given that the judge of probate
of the county of Ramsey, will, upon the first Mon
day of the months Of October, November, Deem
O'Clock NJ, receive, hear, examine and adjust all
claims and demands of ell persons against said es-
tate; that six months from the date hereof have
been allowed and limited for creditors to present
their claims against said estate at the expiration of
which time, all claims not presented not proven
to it's satisfaction, shall be forever barred unless
for good cause shown further time be allowed. BY
the Court, HENRY O'GORMAN,
r.. 81 Judge of Probate.
sept 12-tues5w
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Secretary Folger resumed his duties al
the treasury department this morning.
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Confirmation Of Assessment for Paving
Fourth Street.
OFFICE OF TIE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,

OFFIcE OF TIE BOARD OF PUEBLO WORKS,
NJ CITY OF ST.. PAUL, MINI, Get. II, 1852.
The assessment of benefits, costs ard expenses
arising from the paving of Fourth 4th) street
from jackson street to Broadway in the city of
St Paul, Minnesota, having been completed and
entered OF record by the Board OF Public Works
IN and for SAID city, sad Board will meet at
their Office IN said city at Up m, on the 9th
day of October, a. D. 1882 to hear objections
Ut any, to said assessment, at which time and
place, unless sufficient cause is shown to the
contrary, said assessment VIII be confirmed by
said Board
The following is a list OF the supposed own
ers names, description OF the properly benefited
and the amounts assessed against the same.
tO-wit:
St. Paul Proper.