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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
A Doctors Liability.

It is related, as legend of the med-
cal fraternity, that the Emperor Angus
tus was once so highly pleased at cure
effected in himself by his doctor, An
tonius Musa, that he raised that gentle
man to the rank of Knight, and relieved
the whole profession from the burden Of
taxation.
Probably at no time before or since
that event has the lot of the physician
been such happy one. In the earlier
days of Rome the practice of medicine
was despised and confined to the hum
bier ranks of society and to slaves. Not
until the influence of Grecian civiliza-
ton made itself felt in the Roman cap
ital did physicians gain honor or stand
ing.
In the middle ages the calling suffered
relapse, to speak medically. Surgery
was in ll-repute, and Sprengel tells us
that In Germany no artisan would en-
ploy young man as an apprentice
without certificate that he was born in
marriage of honest parents, and came of
family in which were found neither
BARRIERS, bathers nor SINNERS, as sur
geens were called.
Even at Inc preSent Gay, aiunOuSn Lilo
meritorious claims of the medical and
surgical practitioner have been reeog-
nized and an honorable social status
awarded him, his mind is not at rest.
The advancement and refinement Of
ideas have begotten deeper anxieties and
feeling of responsibility. So iealously
does the law guard the lives and persons
Of the people, that every time the phys
ician writes prescription, or the sur
geon makes an incision, he takes his
purse, his liberty, or perhaps his life in
his hand. The risk is not all on the
part of the patient, despite popular
impression that the only pocket-book
likely to be depleted or the only life LA
BILE to be sacrificed, is that of the sick
man.-Oliver E. Lyman, in Popular
Science Monthly.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
USEFUL HINTS.

THE system of drainage for dwelling
houses cannot be too perfect.
No DwE1LMa-HoUsE is really habita-
bic unless properly ventilated.
MILK which has turned may be sweet
ened, or rendered fit for use, by stirring
in a'1ittle soda.
SALT will curdle new milk /; hence in
preparing milk porridge, GRAVES, ETC.,
the salt should NOT be added until the
article is prepared.
GLOSSY starch is prepared by forming
the following emulsion, which is added
to one-quarter pound of boiled starch
paste in the proportion of two to three
teaspoonfuls One part spermaceti, one
part gum arabic, one part borax, two
and one-half parts glycerine, twenty fom
and one-half parts water.
OLD tan bark makes q cool and de.
lightful walk under the shade of trees.
It must be laid On dry bottom, or it
becomes very unpleasant in wet weather.
Stag from furnaces, ground up with
ashes, is the very best material for gar
den walks, and the color is far more
agreeable in hot weather than gravel.
Notwithstanding its dark color, it is not
so hot, and it does not pack quite SO
hard as the regular road material. Sand,
on the other hand, though it does not
pack at all, is very hot, on account of
the very hard nature of its particles.
THE following is very valuable
housewives table, by which persons not
having scales and weights at hand may
readily measure the article wanted to
form any receipt without the trouble OF
weighing, allowances to be made for any
extraordinary dryness or moisture Of the
article weighed or measured: Wheat
-four, pound is l quart; Indian meal, i
pound 2 ounces are l quart; butter,
when soft, pound is quart; loaf sugar,
broken, pound is l quart; white sugar,
powdered, 1 pound and ounce are l
quart; best brown sugar, pound 2
ounces are quart; 10 eggs are l pound;
O common tumbler holds half pint; a
tea-cup is l gill; a large wine-glass is 1
gill; 40 drops are equal to l teaspoonful.
ARooM in which there is an offensive
smell may be deodorized by burning
coffee berries or rags, or even brown
paper. The smoke from these sub
stances not only neuralizes the odors,
but really acts as disinfectant to a
slight extent. In burning coffee, paper
or rags for this purpose, care must be
taken to prevent them from burning too
freely. If they burn with free, bright
flame, the proper effect will not be pro
duced. They should be. allowed to
smolder quietly, and they do this best
when they are thrown on hot Goals, or a
hot shovel, and set on fire. An excel
lent substitute for pastils is heavy brown
paper which has been dipped in solu.
ton of nitre and then dried. This burns
freely without flame, and, if it be dipped
in solution of benzoin, the odor is very
pleasant.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
Do Birds Bury Their Dead?

You are all familiar with the story OF
"The Babes in the Wood" and remem-
Der how the robins, finding the babes
lying dead, side by side, covered their
little forms with leaves, wrapping them
in a winding-sheet of natures own pro-
viding.
Did you ever ask the question, "Do
birds bury their own dead ?"
Let me tell you an incident that came
from an eyewitness of what I relate.
In a tree near an old-fashioned farm
house, way up in Vermont, two robins
built their nest. A lady watched them
day by day as they brought straws, a bit
of cotton or thread, and weaved them
deity in, to form their summer home.
One morning she found three blue
speckled eggs in the nest, and, on an
other, three tiny little birds in their
place. How busy the father and mother
birds were, providing for their wants |!
and how prettily andtenderly they cared
for them!
When they were large enough, they
gave them lessons in flying, and herein
comes the point of my story. While
they were trying their wings, one day, a
cat caught one, and, before the lady
could rescue it, it was injured beyond
recovery. She put the poor trembling
little creature back in its nest, and left
it there for the mother-bird to nurse
back to life if possible.
It was Of no use. The cats cruel
claws and sharp teeth had done their
work, and their victim died. flew days
after, the lady, seeing and hearing moth
ing Of the other birds, went to the nest,
and found they had built matched
roof over the poor little bird, and there
he lay on his back, with his claws stick
ing up through the straws. They had
buried their dead and deserted the nest.
- Youths Communion.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
Morning Work.

Lord Egremont once invited Turner
to stay week at Petworth and paint
two pictures for him of some favorite
bits of scenery on the estate. On the
first morning of his visit Lord Egremont
asked Turner what he would like to do,
and the great painter replied he would
go fishing.
The next morning at breakfast Lord
E. inquired again what it shonld please
Mr.. Turner to do; and he replied that,
having enjoyed himself so much yester-
day, he would 60 fishing again.
On the third morning Lord E. thought
he would wait for Turner to announce
his own plans, and was greatly amused
when he quietly said he was going fish
ing.
On the fourth morning, Lord E. un-
able to conceal his anxiety, said:
"Well, Mr.. Turner, I am only too
glad for you to enjoy yourself, but you
are talking of going away tomorrow,
and I felt anxious about the pictures"
Come up stairs to my ROOM" said
Turner, ''and 81 your mind at rest"
Nothing could exceed the surprise and
delight of Lord Egremont when Turner
introduced him to two exquisite pictures
painted as he desired. The great man
had risen each morning with the sun,
and before breakfast had, by a good
days work, earned his pL sure in fish
ing.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
An Excellent Suggestion.

The Literary World gives the follow
ing good advice to publishers:
1--WE have had occasion several times
to commend the enterprise Of publishers
In providing historical and descriptive
works with suitable maps of the terri
tory concerned. We wish now to urge
upon them the importance of providing
novels of certain class with maps like
wise. A novel which is purely domestic
in its interior and imaginative IN it's
scope, needs no such equipment; but in
a novel which has geographical thea
ter, and seeks to produce the effects Of
reality, map may serve as powerful
aid to the reader. By allmeans, let pub
fishers give us novels which have any
geographical basis"
The same idea has probably suggested
itself to many as they laid aside the his
torical novel to look up the locality in a
large atlas.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
The WORLDS Travel and Trat1lc.

Little does the world think what ire
nendous capital is required to carry on
its travel, traffic and commerce. The
railroad net, woven all over the globe,
consists of 200, 600 miles Asia, Austria
liza and Africa can claim only the four
teenth part, the other thirteen-four-
teenths being nearly equally divided be-
tween Europe and America. The roll
ing stock in use over this railroad net
consists of $4,000 locomotives, 120, 900
passenger and palace cars, and !, 800. 900
freight cars. The capital invested in all
the railways is estimated at twenty mill
iards of dollars. The commerce on the
seas is carried on by $4,000 steamers
and over 1907 sailing vessels. The
tonnage of these vessels amounts to over
twenty million tons. Teleraphic COM
munication is maintained by 500, 600
miles of wire, of which about fve-eighths
fall to Europe, two-eighths to America,
and fully one-eighth to the submarine
telegraph system. There are 10000
stations, from which 10000, 900 dis
patches are sent annually, or an average
of over 100000 daily. According to
population, Switzerland does the most
telegraphing, there being one dispatch
sent annually for every inhabitant. This
is undoubtedly due to the great annual
influx of travellers and pleasure seekers.
Next come the Netherlands, and then
Great Britain. Russia comes last on
the list, as shei sH1s only forty-five dis
patches per annum for every thousand
inhabitants. The transmission of letters
by mail amounts in round numbers to
about 1000 millions. According to the
population of the several countries, the
Americans write by far the most letters;
next come the English; then Switzer-
land, Germany, the Netherlands, Den
mark, Austria, France, Sweden, Nor
way, Spain, Hungary, Italy, Portugal,
Greece, Russia, Servia, Roumania, Tur-
kew.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
A Straight Answer Wanted.

One of the East-bound trains coming
into Detroit, the other day, was heavily
loaded, and passenger who got on at
Ypsilant walked through two cars, and
finally halted at seat occupied by a
small man and grab-bag, and inquired:
els this seat occupied"
"Of course this seat is occupied" was
the reply.
care both halves of this seat occu-
pied?' was the next query.
"Of course both halves are occu-
pied"
"Well, my friend" said the new ar
rival, as he let go of his satchel. IT
want to bother you with one more query.
Had you rather I would toss that grab
bag out Of the window, and sit down with
you, or chuck you out, and ride into De-
troit with the grab-bag?"
The grab-bag man got mad at that,
and wouldn't ride anywhere else except
on he wood. box.-Free Press.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
Eanturing an EngliShman.

"Once I was filing an engagement at
a London theater," said j. Z. Emmett,
the actor; ga gentleman with buttoned
kids and hair parted in the middle oc-
cupied a private box. He coolly sur
veyed me through his eyeglass. was
feeling pretty good, and was acting with
more than usual freedom. The audience
roared with laughter, but not muscle
of his face moved. He stared at me
like a Gorgon. I was nettled, and l de-
termined to capture him. did lay
best, but there he sat partially turned
toward me in the easiest of positions with
the coolest Of faces. You could fairly
read on his features: well, upon my
soul, expected something pretty bad'
you know, but this is perfectly exec
rable.' I lost my guard, and made no
secret of my effort to capture him. The
audience dropped on it, and became
deeply interested. I warbled 'Wilhel-
nina Strauss and filed it to the brim
with grotesqueness, but the fellow sat
there like stone statue entirely I'M
moved. Apparently nothing would fetch
him. And so the performance progressed,
the audience watching the man in the
box more than it did me. At lastI made
an impression. It was in the act where
I manced around the stage with a little
child astraddle my shoulders. A faint
smile overspread the mans face. he
raised his gloved hands and languidly
clapped them twice. The audience
screamed with delight, and from that
time until the close Of the performance
I had every soul in the house with me.
The n0ivete of the child, combined with
the acting, had been too mnch for him,
and had brought him down."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
The influence of Poe.

Poe, like Pope, threw himself into a
war with ounces. He hit and thrust at
them vigorously; he exposed score Of
cheap popularities he was merciless to
the inexpensive regulations then readily
acquired by every tootler on the whistle
of Miss Eliza Cook. Since the time of
Poe American literature has wonderfully
advanced in the acquisition of force and
polish. American novelists, for exam
pie, almost give us lessons in careful
elaboration of style, in reticence and in
well-calculated effects. American poets
are, perhaps, too numerous. That they
get hearing as they do. and appeal to
a really-large public, says much for the
interest of the people in contemporary
verse. In form, in the mere art of versi-
flying, even the minor American poets of
to-day show wonderful versatility and
dizziness. Commonplace is much less
successful than it was Of old. In fiction,
analysis is almost too careful. We can
not but think that this rapid ripening of
the American muse (who was raw, un-
informed school girl in the lifetime of
Poe) is due in part to the influence of
that critic. His method is as unlike the
method of M. Matthew Arnold as pos
sible. But be exercised the same kind
of influence. Like Mr.. Arnold, he in
troduced some tinge of French thought
and of French literature into the work
manship of his countryman. Perhaps
he was not wide reader, and the ele-
ment of affectation in his nature may be
detected in his quotations of obscure
Latin authors and in his Oriental allu-
sions. It is hard to say how much
knowledge was implied in these allu-
sions-how rich the mine was from which
Poe dug these sparkling fragments.
Still, he judged the writer's of his coun-
try with some knowledge of other litera-
lures. As he was quite ruthless in his
criticisms he did good, but at his own
eost.-Londoo NeWs.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
Senate Eras,

Speaking of Senators terms the Du-
buque Times says: What is the length
of the lifetime of the United States Sen
ate? We estimate it at about twenty
four years. We measure it thus: On
March 4, 1859, Gen. George w. Jones,
of Iowa, left the Senate. He had been
member Of that body for twelve years.
On the 4th Of March, 1881, he was an
honored guest Of the Senate, entitled as
an ex- Senator to the privileges of the
floor. All the members were new ex-
cept one, Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine,
and the next day even he was gone and
younger man was in his seat. When
Gen. Jones visited the Senate chamber
on 9TH of March, 1881, he saw there the
Senators from thirty-eight States, not
one of whom had sat with him as
brother Senator on the Sd of March
1859. Gen. Jones is to-day the most
historic and perhaps the most remark
able character in the West. He sat in
the Senate with Clay and Webster and
Calhoun, with Silas Wright, Benton,
Crittenden and JEFF Davis, with Sumner,
Seward, Chase and Douglas. In the
early part of the century, when Gen.
Jackson was President, he, sat in the
House of Representatives with Henry
A. Wise and John Quincy Adams. His
district included all of Michigan, Wis
consin, Iowa and Minnesota. It now has
over thirty Representatives in Congress.
He left the Senate, not because Of person
al defeat, but because his party had gone
out of power in Iowa. The intimate and
IL E. i e 4 T. IL L
ner of Daniel Webster, he remembers JEFF
ferson. On terms Observation-Disclosures
with nearly all of our celebrated warriors
and statesmen, he numbered among his
friends and enemies the mighty red kings
Black Hawk, Keokuk and Poweshiek. A
soldier in the war Of 1912, Gen. Jones is
young man yet. He walks erect, without
cane, with light and springy step,
and-claims none of the Indulgence and
immunities of old age.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
A Cartful of Kings.

An amusing incident is told by Ger
man correspondent as having occurred
during an imperial hunt at Hubertu-
stock. The hounds had just been called
off, and the guests were dispensing, when
the Emperor William, feeling slightly
unwel, proposed to return to the castle
on foot. The King of Saxony and the
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg accompa-
MED him. But, when the august party
were about half way to the castle, the
Emperor became fatigued, and a peas
ant, driving a cart in the direction of
Hpbertustock, happening to pass by,
they asked him to give them lift, which
Re willingly did. On the way, however,
the good mans curiosity was excited by
the appearance of his passengers, and
he said, turning to one Of them:
"And who may you bev'
"I am the Grand Duke of Mecklen-
burg"
"Oh, indeed !" returned the peasant,
with wink. "And who may you be ?"
he inquired of the next.
81 am the King of Saxony."
"Better and better p cried the carter.
"And you?" accosting the third men,
Der of the party.
CT am the Emperor of Germany"
swell, them" said the countryman,
Ia high humor, &C. shall tell you who 1
am. L am the Shah of Persia, and can
hoax people as well as you.
But when he drove up to the Castle of
Hubertustock the honest fellow found
that of all the potentates in the cart be
was the only one whose claim could not
be made good.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
A Faithful Dog.

A dog in New Mexico, returning one
evening with his sheep to the fold, dis
covered that his master was still in his
shanty, and kept very quiet. The next
evening it was the same. But after PEN
ming up the sheep the dog smelled about
the door, scratched, barked, and even
howled, as he was getting very hungry,
but his master did not move. The dog,
true TO his appointed duty, went out with
the sheep ON the third day, but that night
when he drove the stock into their pen
the last one to attempt to get In became
the victim of the dogs appetite. This
method of providing for his own wants
became part of the faithful dogs daily
uty. Every evening the last sheep to
try to enter the fold was seized by him
and served for supper and breakfast, and
for dinner the following day. The ranch
to which the dog belonged was in soil
tary part Of the Territory, and out of the
track of travel or visitation. For two years
from the time of his masters death-as
ascertained by data left by the latter-the
faithful dog tended the flock committed
to his charge, and had fresh mutton for
his supper every night. The flock was
not decimated by this steady drain upon
itsresources. Ont contrary, itincreased
in numbers, and when, at the end of
two years fromithe time Of the death of
the proprietor, the ranch was visited,
and the remains of the owner found, the
dog was still at his post of duty, jealousy
guarding bis flock, and driving them to
the best pasture every day and to the fold
at night, before which he slept, to keep
the wild sheep of the plains at B.
civil distance.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
NOblemen as Walters.

A story is afoat to the effect that a
foreign authoress who went to Delmonl-
co.'s uptown restaurant to dine found
that the waiter who came forward to wait
upon her was her own brother. The
item was shown to the manager at Del
monico's and he was asked if there was
any truth in it. He shook his head and
smiled.
'Every now and then, he said, ''some
story of the kind is set afloat. General
~, however, it is about waiter who Is
nobleman."
els it not fact that occasionally you
have nobleman among your"
'It is not at all unlikely. There are
plenty of nobleman abroad who are very
poor, and sometimes are hard put to it
for good meal. In such cases they
often drop their titles. If they come to
this country, why should they not work
at waiting as well as any other business?
Then there are fast young noblemen
who run through their means and emil
CRATE. They have not been brought up
to any business; they are unacquainted
with the American ways of life. But
they know about table service, and a job
as waiter is the thing they are best fitted
for. Noblemen are not scarce in the
Old Word. In Germany the title goes
to all of the SONS of a nobleman. Ihave
no doubt there are noblemen jerking
beer in the Bowery. We have had
noblemen occasionally among our corps
of walters. There is nothing surprising IN
it. We see men-merchants, brokers,
etc.-who make great deal of money.
They live fast, spend freely, and make q
big figure in the world fo: time, and
then comes smash, and they disappear.
Perhaps we may afterward hear OF them
working in mine or herding cattle on
the plains. There is nothing to surprise
anyone in finding that the waiter who
takes your order is baron or count. "
-FNew York Sun,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-01-22
The Father Goes to Bed.

Who would believe that there was one
single tribe, however silly in other re-
spects, which should carry it's folly SO
far as to demand that on the birth Of
child the father should take to his bed,
while the mother attended to all the
duties of the household. Yet we are
told that there are few customs more
widely spread than this, attested by his
torical evidence during nearly 1000
years. Marco Polo found it existing
among the Chinese in the thirteenth
century, and the same custom was still
liz practice few years ago among the
modern Basques This absurd custom
is also described by Du Terhe as in use
among the Caribs in the West Indies.
When child is born the mother goes
presently to her work, but the father
takes to his hammock, and there he is
visited as though he were sick, and un-
dergoes course of dieting which would
cure Of the govt the most replete of Al
dermen. How any one can fast so long
and not die is perfectly wonderful. For
six months he eats neither birds nor fish
lest the child should participate in the
natural faults of the animals on which
the father had fed. For instance. if the
parent were to have an Aldermanic taste
for turtle, the child would be deaf and
have no brains. The only explanation
of this mystery is to be found in the
pages of Punch, wherea great fat nurse
is depicted going up stairs with the baby
in her arms, the real master of the
house, while the nominal owner is seen
meekly getting himself out of the way.
Without exaggerating the treatment
which a husband receives among our
selves" says Mr.. Max Muller, sat these
interesting periods, not only from moth
ers.in-law, sisters-in-law and other fe-
male relatives, but from nurses in fact,
from every servant in the house it can
not be denied that, while bis wife is suf-
fering, his immunity from pain is gener-
ally remarked upon with jealous anger,
and if anything goes wrong for which it
is possible to blame him, he is sure to
hear of it. If his boots are creakng, if
his dog is barking, if the straw has not
been properly laid down, does he not
catch it?"-TAe ArgOsg.