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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
Windows i'm Hot Weather.

Tamboured embroideries on muslin
Or net is novelty for summer curtains.
For simple sash curtains the sprigged or
dotted patterns or those with large rings
Or DAISIES wrought in them are used
without borders, while for the flowing
curtains there is vine or striped border
and scalloped edges down the inner side
and across the bottom. The square
meshed canvas or grenadine curtains are
seen in many of the handsomest resi-
aences for both curtains fixed in
shape next the sash and for the flowing
curtains behind it. The trimming for
these is insertion and lace; either Cluny
Or the antique lace is preferred, and
sometimes the snowy Russian lace is
used. The scrim curtains have very
much the same effect as grenadine cur
tains and are much less expensive.
Colored embroidery in artistic designs
has been added to these white curtains,
forming sometimes dado or else bor-
der on two sides, and occasionally there
sre small figures wrought all over the
curtain. For those who like more color
the Madras muslins are commended.
With their gold, olive or robins egg blue
grounds, strewn with flowers of gay col
3rs. These come in beautifully blended
,olors that give almost the effect of
stained glass. Monte cloth, made OF
cotton, has taken the place of cretonne
;or cottage parlors and chambers, be-
cause it is found to be more durable.
Cornices and lambrequins are aban-
1oned. Poles of wood or gilt, with rings
20 which the curtains are attached, are
1sed for curtains of all kinds, whether
hin or thick. muslin or lace, cotton or
lamask. The rings are sewed dire thy
% the hem at the top of the cnrtainc or
| he Queen Anne cap, made of straight
| width Of plush, felt or other stuff, simply
edged with gimp or fringe, placed
moothly across the top Of the window.
md from beneath this falls the muslin
| md lace curtains.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
At It Again.
Detroit Free Press.1


"Jeptha," said Mrs. Jones refectively
as she noticed askance that her husband
was counting outhis money in aplethoric
roll Of greenbacks, 81 should like a new
satin dress; it would be cool for summer
and satin is really the most economical
material now in use."
81 don't see what you want of another
satin," answered Jones with a sardonic
smile. "Another! I'm sure I haven't
satin dress to my name."
"Why, what's the matter with the
dress you have on?" asked her husband;
sit has been sat in for the lastfi yearsr'
Words failed to relieve Mrs J-'s
mind and she bided her time; it came
she had given Jones pretty dressing
gown few days previous on the ami
versary of his birthday. and it had fitted
him nicely with one exception-it was a
trif1e short, defect she had prepared
for and knew just how to remedy.
One of the neighbors had dropped in to
talk over affairs and smoke a social cigar.
when Jones brought out his new garment
and put it on.
'Why, my DEAR" he said pleasantly,
"you, have forgotten to lengthen it.
You know it was several inches short"
ooh! never mind, love- said his wife
with malice in her eye, sit will be long
enough before you get another''
There was an ominous silence, and the
neighbor remarked that he had forgot
ten to take the shrubbery in, and there
might be frost, and he excused him
self and went home.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
The Loves Of Great Men.

The love-makjngs of men of genius,
before and after marriage, with or with
out 1t, are tempting subjects of inquiry,
and all the information of this sort we
can get, if it sometimes does no more
than amnse an idle curiosity, may be,
and generally is, as instructive as it is
entertaining. With fuller information
than We have about the private relations
between Socrates and Xantippe, we
should understand better than we do the
public works of the great father OF Greek
philosophy. A flood of light, Which
would otherwise be wanting, is thrown
on the mystic scholasticism of Abelard
by the extant records of his dealings
with Elolse. If as much were known,
from their points of view, of Beatrice
and Laura as we know of Dante's and
Petrarch's written praises of them, per-
haps our estimate of the mems manhood
would be somewhat differnt from what it
is, though our admiration for the poets
poetry might remain the same, and for
an authentic biography of Anne Hatha-
way all but the more pedantic Shakes
pearians would be willing to surrender
two or three of his less memorable plays.
Coming down to our own country, it will
suffice to hint at the scientific value of
the little that has been disclosed respect
Clothilde de Vaux in calculating the
position of Auguste Comte as great
teacher. Everywhere and always a
mans worth must be guaged to some ex-
tent. though only in part, by his domes-
ITCHY. Some of the best work done in
the world has, of course, been done by
men of small private worth. A man of
genius is not to be judged by ordinary
standards. Genius is eccentricity. The
duties it imposes on its possessors may
make it their duty to neglect duties i'm
posed by custom, or something more
authoritative than custom on common
folk, and their highest virtue may con-
sist of, or not be inharmonious with, dis
regard of conventional virtues. But for
all that men are men before they are
anything else, whether poets or philoso-
piers, warriors or statesmen, and among
the fundamental conditions of human
life theinstincts that lead to love. making
and marrying are hardly less fundamen-
tai than those that oblige statesmen,
warriors, philosophers, poets and all
such prodigies to eat and sleep pretty
much as plowboys do. If the common
laws of human life are varied from,
there must be reason for the variation
underwriting to men of genius-it is
useful to know, not merely what varia-
ton there is if there is any notable vari-
alton at all, but yet more how it affects
their standing and influence in the
rrorlI
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
Keeping Food For Months.

The more people reflect on Prof. Braff's
discovery that by heating boracic acid
with glycerine compound was obtained
which keeps food perfectly sound and
sweet for months, the greater will be
their conception of the revolutionary
character of boroglycerine. To begin
with, the refrigerating vaults which have
been constructed at Victoria docks, III
which 1900 "muttons" can be stored at
one time. will be rendered useless, and
the demand for refrigerators viii sudden
ly cease. That, however, is one of the
consequences of Prof. Braff's discovery.
A sultry day will no longer be able to
spoil ''the harvest of the sea-" and Lon
don and all the inland towns will for the
first time beableto enjoy a constant sup
ply OF cheap fresh fish. The revolution
will fall heaviest on farmers. Mutton is
penny pound in New South Wales,
and beef one and half pence pound
Ill Texas. If Devonshire cream can be
delivered in Zanzibar as fresh as when
it left the English dairy, the one great
element which has hitherto favored the
British agriculturist in his struggle
against foreign competition will disap-
pear. Rents will fall once more, and
the reluctance of the Irish tenant to pur-
chase his holding will be greater than
ever. Prof. Braf may yet figure in his
tory as the revolutionist who administer
ed the coup de grace to the ancient
landed system OF Great Britain.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
National Songs.

Fletcher of Saltoun wrote wisely when
he penned that sentence which has rem
dered him memorable; ''if man were
permitted to make all the ballads, he
need not care who should make the laws
of nation" In some sense, indeed,
national songs are really sort of moral
ard social legislation. They form and
perpetuate popular feeling; they create
and keep alive patriotism, valor and
loyalty; and they constitute kind of
unwritten code to which millions give
willing adherence. 1t is impossible to
exaggerate the part which songs have
played in human annals, from the tri
umphal chant of Miriam down to the
"Wacht am Rhein." History is full of
tribute to their influence. 1t was the
Song of Roland" which won the battle
of Hastings, and 'Ca Ira" carried the
tri-color of the French Revolution over
Europe. ',Lillibullere" could once, like
Harvey Duff to-day, set OH foot an
emeuete; "Ranz dez Vaches'' makes
Switzers long to revisit their mountains;
nothing stays Highlanders in the field
when they hear upon the bagpipes '.The
Campbells are Coming" ''Tullochgo-
rum;" and the Irish go mad to the tune
Of the wearing Of the Green" Who an
estimate the share taken in the events
Of the last eighty years by Rouget de
L'Isle, the composer of the "Marseil
laise," or the social influence exercised
by the scarcely remembered musician,
buried in q lonely grave at Tunis, who
wrote ''Home, Sweet Homer"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
The Secret II Success.

The riddle which every man in the
world tries to guess is, What is the secret
OF success? Why does Ill luck dog one
man, who is not only good-looking and
attractive but honest and Woodworking.
while tricky, vulgar fellow with q
plebeian brain, gains reputation, happi-
ness and fortune? What peculiar quality
is il IN man which enables him to get
whatever object he sets before him as
best worth having? Our middle-aged
reader out of his experience can tell us
that it is not genius which brings down
the big prizes of life; nor talent and
sharpners, however skillfully trained;
the man born to money or influence
does not always succeed, neither does
the patient drudge, however hard he
strive. Faith in God or lack OF it does
not seem to affect the matter at all. He
does not invariably reward His disciples
with the fulfilment Of their own pet
plains: now it is the saint who is ahead
In the race at college or In the world OF
trade, literature or society, and now the
sharper. You cannot gauge a mans
religion by the amount of his popularity
or bank stock.
w l1bb 10 III U1ISu. w lldb 10 UuO oCCICo
which some men possess which forces
difficulties out of sight and conpels
better and cleverer men than themselves
to work for them; serve as rungs for
their ladder of fortune? We thinkit will
be found that all successful men have
one peculiar trait In common. Each
has only single aim in life, and has
pursued 1t with memorable intensity
of purpose, regardless of outside issues
or consequences. In proportion as the
aim is limited and in proportion as the
whole man is absorbed in directpurpose,
he is likely to succeed. His object may
be the preaching of the gospel, it may
be the selling of patent pillow, it may
be great heroic truth or gigantic
swindle, but if he believes in it abso-
lutely, if he shoulders it with fiery zeal
he will as q rule carry it too; while II ne
lags along, half-hearted, uncertain,
doubling it and himself, he and himself.
he and his cause will fall by the way.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
Victims OF Misplaced Affection.

"People" (says Mrs. Mulock-C raik, }
s'write of the torments of unrequited
love; but greater torment.is to be pur-
sued by the egotistical affection of some
one, whether friend or relative, who
worries your life out with fussy anxiety
over your health; who under color of
aiding you, NEEDLES fatally in all your
affairs. and while calling himself Cor
HERSELF your dearest friend, tries to sep
arate you from every other friend you
have. Surely no moment of pity, Or
even gratitude for masked favors, ought
to prevent such victims from resolutely
throwing off the victimizers and escaping
from their affectionate clutches, by every
means that Christian charity allows.
There are a number of women, old
and young, who go about the world be-
slowing their unoccupied hearts upon
their own sex or the other, rushing into
sentimental friendships or loves, which
are as trying to one side as ridiculous to
the other. We constantly see some
kindly respectable Sinbad staggering on
under the enforced embrace of devoted
friend or attached relative, veritable
old Man of the Sea, unto whom we long
to say: Throw him off and let him find
his own feet, and mar age his own affairs!'
as in nine cases out of ten he would.
People can walk alone; only it is SO
much easier to be carried. There are,
too the people who victimize themselves.
These are they who are afraid of offend
others, who imagine that somebody will
experimenting, an invitation, a visit,
letter, and be much annoyed at not
getting it. Consequently, they are for
ever doing things they do not want to,
for fear of vexing folk who are not vexed
at all; or making endless apologies to
people who never required them, who
perhaps have no time to think about
either the thing orthe person, and it was
only the uneasy egotism of the other
individual which supposed they did"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
The Dog That Went To Church.

Fido is 'Down East" dog. He is
now old, dark and brindled, but as good
as he lis old. He has watched the cattle,
pigs, fowls, the house and Charley-boy,
and kept away the cramps at night for
many years. He is now too old to do
much. He is almost blind, and can not
wear glasses. But he tries to take care
of his young friend Charlie.
Fido is a dog of good habits. He
stays at home in the evening, instead of
being out in the company of bad dogs,
and getting into mischief. On Sunday
he does not go off into the fields and
woods, stealing chickens or chasing the
LANDSLIDE little dears! Like an order
ly and well drought up" dog, he goes
to meeting with the rest of the family.
He seems to know when Sunday comes
as well as Charley does. He does not
like to stay at home. For fear that he
may be shut up in the kitchen, he is sure
to be out of sight when the family get
ready for church; but in few minutes
after the carriage starts, he comes from
his hiding-place. He then trips along
as fast as his aged legs can carry him,
trying to keep ahead. When they get
to the meeting-house-they do not have
churches in the country-he walks slow
ly in with the rest, and lies down in the
pew.
I was once on visit to his masters
house. Asnone of the family were going
to meeting that day, Fido and I started
alone; and as I did not know the way,
he was to be my guide. We went some
distance and came to where there were
two roads, and I did not know which
one to take, and kept on. But Fido
turned, looking toward me as. if trying
to say, as dogs talk, 'that is not the way
to my meeting. This is the right way"
followed him, and soon he turned up O
hill and led me to the right pew. He
went in and lay down till meeting was
done.
will say to the credit of Fido, that
when the family stay at home, as on a
rainy day (F'ido is not afraid of rain), he
goes alone and lies in the pew, and
behaves as well as any of the people.
He is dear, good dog, and knows how
to set good example to others. He
proves that he has been we'll trained by
his friend Charley.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
Remedies for Emergencies.

Very few young mothers are able to
control their nerves so completely as to
keep from being startled when confront
ed with cut finger with dripping blood
and the loud cries which announce O.
catastrophe. Sometimes she cannot COL
lect her thoughts sufficiently to recall
any of the good remedies with which she
is familiar. One way to avoid this is to
write out list of help in trouble, and
tack it upon the door of your room, after
the manner of hotel regulations.
There is nothing better for cut than
powdered resin. Geta few cents worth,
pound it until it is quite fine, and then
put it in an empty, clean pepper or spice
box with perforated top; then you can
easily sift it out on the cut; put O soft
cloth around the injured member, and
wet it with cold water once in while.
1t will preventinfammation andJsoreness.
In doing up burn, the main point is
to keep the air from it. If sweet oil
and cotton are not at hand, take cloth
and spread dry -four over it, and wrap
the burned part ih it.
1t is always well to have some simple
remedies in the house, where you can get
them without a moments loss of time; q
little bottle of peppermint, in case Of
collie; chlorate of potash for sore throat;
pepsin for indigestion, and bottle of
pure brandy. Have them so arranged
that you could go'to them in the dark
reach the right one, but be sure you
never do it, even if you know they have
not been disturbed; always light lamp
or the gas, and make sureyou have what
you are after. Remember that pistols
are always loaded, and that poison may
be put in the place of peppermint.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
Saved the Most Valuable.

An excited individual rode bareback
horse at breakneck speed into Norwich,
Conn, and dashed up to the freight
depot. He jumped off and went prowl-
ing about among the trunks and baggage
muttering and swearing the while and
acting so much like lunatic that the
agent overhauled him and asked him his
business. It turned out that the mans
wife had eloped and taken the furniture
and other earthly goods with her. 81
don't want anything of the women, but
I do want my best trousers, and I'm
going to have them!'' exclaimed the be-
reaved husband, and after while he
found his goods billed to Worcester
man. Among the stuff was trunk.
He pounced upon it, and, wrenching
open the cover, he took out apair OF
second hand pataloons. ''Now they can
go and be durned!" said he, as a smile
swept over his ce1ntenance; and he
rushed for his bareback horse and made
off, saying, triumphantly, ono othe,
man can wear them trousers"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
A Renaissance Of Hood.

My friend Amyot introduced me to
Theodore Hook, then a newly elected
Fellow. After little pleasant talk we
parted, and secured back seat which,
being elevated, gave me good view of
the whole room, which was, of course,
very crowded. Presently Hook returned
to me, and asked if I could see blanche
anywhere in the room. At that time it
not my good fortune to have the &C
quaintance of that pleasant and accom-
plished gentleman, and I told Hook so;
adding, with view of looking for him,
the inquiry, "What sort of man is hep"
''Short," replied Hook, land bald.
He used to cut his hair, but now his hair
has cut him.
This is the first bit OF humor ever
heard fresh from the lips of Theodore
Hook, but not the last of many.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
Called His Bluff.
lChicago Tribune.1


Scan you not answer me Gwendolenp''
Up from the meadows the soft breezes
OF perfect June evening were waiting
the faint perfume of the cowslip and .
dead horse, and as George w. Simpson
and Gwendolen Mahaffy stood near the
gate whose decrepit appearance told with
more eloquence than could mere words
OF the deathless passion that enslayed
their souls, both felt that a cricis in their
lives had arrived--a moment had come
which would in the misty future that
stretched away before them, like one of
William NJ. Evarts' letters, be either a
bright beacon of hope and Joy to look
back upon with gladness, OF a desolate
landmark like the lightning riven trees
that one never beholds without FEELING,
OF sadness. Secure in the consciousness
OF his own merit-that sterling merit
which always lies in strong arm. clear
brain, and large feet-and vet with d
modest diffidence in las own worth tbe
young man stood there in the cleaning
with half reluctant cat on-the-back-
fence expression that lent an added
beauty to his pure young face, and made
more pleadingly tender the earnest.
neutrality-suspicious. look
with which he regarded the beautiful
girl who stood by his side. He had ask
ed her to be his wife-to leave parents.
sisters, brothers, and all the endearing
influences of "a happy, Christian home
where two girls are kept, and 90 out
with him into the wide world as help
meet and companion. He had told in
tervid sentences, of the great love he
bore her-a love that would ever be the
guiding star of his life, he said, cheering
him when the black clouds of adversely
and despair hung heavily in the horizon
OF his hopes, without which his whole
existence would be one arid, trackless
waste on which lay the whited skeletons
Of Ambition and Hope--ghastly rem
nants of a life whose final wreck was all
the more sad because of the happiness
which it might have held had Love not
down away with hooking laugh when
pleaded with so passionately.
When 1t came to ornamental living.
With two rows OF futing up the back,
George took first money.
Gwendolen had stood in graceful poise
as he spoke, one ear thrown slightly for
ward. and her right foot covering tie
door-mat, and, now that he had finished.
was looking down in maiden shyness.
while the rosy bushes that chased each
other under her dazzling complexion
would have told, if anybody could have
seen them, of the emotions that were
agitating her young soul. But no words
came from her lips-thoserosy-ripe por-
tails that opened with such languid grace
when there was pie in the house0and
George began to fear that perhaps he
had talked ,her to sleep. Presently, how
ever, she drew quite close to him, put
her hand in his and resting her cheek
upon his shoulder, she said: sYes.
George, [ will marry you"
"Bnt when?" asked the Young man.
horrible fear that his bluff was to be
called chilling his very blood.
81 will marry you" repeated Gwen
1olen, when a bicycle rider is elected
President.
Turning away to hide his emotion.
George muttered in low. practical tones:
Thank Heaven, I am SAFE"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
Notices Of Thoughtful Men.
Health and cheerfulness mrtu

Health and cheerfulness mutually
beget each other.-Addison.
Beignorance thy choice where knowl-
edge leads to woe.-Beattice.
Censure is the tax man pays to the
public for being eminent.
He who tenders doubtful safety to
those in trouble refuses it.-Seneca.
True friendship between man andman
is infinite and immortal.
Trust that man in nothing who has
not conscience in everything. -Sterne.
Occasions do not make man frail,
but they show what he is.-Thomas A
Kempis.
To tell men that they cannot help
themselves is to fling them into reckless.
ness and despair.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-09
Certainly He Would
From the Detroit Free Press. !

IRON the Detroit Free Press. .'.-..
AS muscular citizen was passing a
house on Montcalm street lady, who
stood at the gate called Quito him:
'Sir! [ appeal to you for protection!'
"What's the trouble?" he asked as he
stopped short.
There's man in the house, and he
wouldn't go out doors when I ordered
him to-"
'He wouldn't, eh? Wen see about
that"
Thereupon the man gave the woman
his coat to hold and sailed into the
house splitting On his hands. He found
man down at the supper table, and he
took him by the neck and remarked:
Mice style OLA brute you are, eh?
Come out O. this Or I'll break every bone
in your body!''
The man fought back. and it was not
until chair had been broken and the
table upset that he was hauled out doors
by the legs, and given a fling through
the gate. Then, as the muscular citizen
placed his boot where it would do the
lost hurt, he remarked: "Now' then,
you brass-faced old tramp, you move on
or I'll finish you"
Tramp! tramp!' shouted the victim,
as he got up, ''I'm no tramp! own this
property and live in this house!"
"You do?"
eyes, and that's my wife holding your
coatl"
'Thunder!' whispered the victim, as
he gazed from one to the other, aud real
lied that the wife had got square through
him; and then he made grab for bis
coat and slid into the darkness with his
shirt bosom torn open, a finger badly
bitten, and two front teeth ready to drop
Out