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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13
A Remarkable Tree.

So many curiosities of plant life
have of late years been brought into
public notice that the reporG of the
existence of tree which picks up stones,
bones, bits of wood and other unconsid-
cred triies from the surface of the
ground, retaining them and suspending
them in mid air. hardly excites the
credulity nowadays with which such a
statement would have been received a
generation ago. Thirty years ago stories
of plants whose flowers were furnished
with the means of inclosing flies, or
even pieces OF meat, as a spider seizes
on its prey, and quickly surrounds it
with o network OF gauze, and which
then actually proceeded to eat the prey
thus secured almost as spider would
eat fly-such stories, thirty years ago,
would have been relegated to the cate
cory OF "travelers' tales" But we
have the authority of Mr.. Darwin, and
any one may easily have tie evidence of
his own eyes to prove that the posses
sion of such properties by certain flow
ers Is no fiction, but an undoubted fact.
The same authority who first brought
prominently into notice the remarkable
properties of the Drosera has also
shown that other plants have actually
the power of progression, within certain
limits, from one point to another.
With such instances it requires little
effort to believe the correctness
OF the report above alluded to that some
plants are endowed with the faculty of
picking up loose articles from the
ground. Lieut.. Houghton, who recent
ly visited New Guinea and several other
islands and groups of islands in the Pa
clfic, was the first, we believe, to report
the existence of such tree, though he
did not explain the means by which it
accomplished this unusual feat. It ap-
pears to be species of Fieus, allied to
the well-known banyan tree, which
throws out from its branches air roots
that eventually reach the ground, take
root there, and in their turn become new
stems which perform the same function.
so that single tree eventually extends
so far III all directions as to form a COM
plete forest, in which all the stems are
united by the branches to each other.
The prehensile tree in question similarly
throws out from its branches long fexi-
BILE tendrils, which, touching the ground,
do not take root there, but Irvine them
selves around any article that may lie
within reach. Eventually these quasi
branches contract SO that they fail to
reach the ground, but the finger like
processes continue to closely grip the
substance round which they have twined
themselves, and which are consequently
suspended in mid-air In this way ar
ticles OF considerable weight may be lit
orally picked up from the ground by the
tree and so held in suspension. Colo
MES and India.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13
A Thoughtful Urchin.

Not long since smart 7-year son
of one of our preachers, after service
was over and the family had returned
home from church, said:
Papa, do you ever look at me while
you are preaching ?"
The father, thinking that he was a
little hurt by supposed neglect, said {:
Certainly, my son, I often look at you
and think OF you when [ am preaching"
all ?"
eyes, did, son. several times" said
the father.
swell, papa, did you see me wink at
you two or three times ?''
"No, my son. What did you wink at
me for when was preaching 2"
" l winked at you, papa, to get yon
to stop : you were spinning it out too
long. "-EIchangs-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13
High Heels and Derormed Feet.

prominent Detroit surgeon remarked.
after performing painful operation ON
an interesting little girl whose feet had
been ruhHed by wearing wrongly-con-
structed shoes, "Ths Is the BEGINNING.
OF large harvest of such cases." and
what else can be expected? Mothers
walk the streets with heels on their
boots irons two to three als6l half inches
nigh. and not more than an inch in di-
ameter, and their daughters follow the
same bad and barbarous practice. In
many cases severe sprains of the ankles
are suffered. But these are not the worst
points OF the high-heel torture. The
toes are forced against the fore part of
the boot, and soon begin to assume I'M
natural positions. In many cases thew
are actually dislocated In others the
great toe passes under the foot, and the
tendons harden in that position. and
lameness IS the result, for which there is
no cure but, the knife. When the ininrv
does not take this form, it assumes other
aspects quite as grave and 9erhaps more
distressing.
There are thousands of young girls
tripping along the streets TODAY who in
few years will be cripples if their par
ents do not interfere and remove the
cause. We shall have race of women
almost IS helpless, so far as the feet are
concerned, as those of China.
We condemn the practice of combining
the feet OF children In wooden shoes. and
yet that practice is, NO more injurious to
the feet than forcing them into, small
shoe with an Alpine heel. This is q
matter OF grave and serious import. and
hence we press it upon the mothers and
fathers of the land If they would not
feed the surgical hospitals and have
groups OF manned daughters, in their
homes they must commence q crusade
upon the high heels. No father should
have h1gh-heeled boots in his house any
more than he would have vicious dog
in mis- parlor. When prominent surgeons
from the operating rooms raise their
voices against h-heeled boots it is
time for old and young people to pause
and listen. At this period they can
choose between high heels and the op-
Grating knife. In short time it NAV
be the latter Or permanent Iameness.
Not long since we asked a prominent
chlropodist what made his business.
"Imperfectly-constructed shoes, he an
swered without the least hesitancv.-G
lra0l" Royce, ~. d., IN Detroit Post.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13
How Congressmen Dress.

The Republicans are the best-dressed
people in both the Senate and House.
They have better-kept boards, sleek
faces, and look as though they had
from 81 to S. in change in their vest
pockets. They look as though they
think more of public matters than about
how to save 3d. 500 per annum out of
So, ZOO salary. They wear good coats
and polished shoes, and walk with the
air OF men confident of position, and are
above making the matter of personal ap-
pearance subject of study. They leave
external matters to good tailors and
bootmakers, pay the bills, eat good beef
and trimmings, shave often, and have
their heads shampooed so as to quicken
clear thought and smell clean and sweet
to their friends and wives. Some of the
Democrats are just as well kept. and
glide through the House ike gentlemen.
Let US add here that dress does not
make the gentleman, but it attracts gen
tlemen and suggests clean skin. The
plain Democrats who come here from
the people glory in being shod with nail
shoes and capped with a dropping.
SLOUGH. umbrella.like hat. Do these
great fermenting minds stop to think
that the biggest brains lately in the Sen
ate, Roscoe Conkling, left his measure
with his tailor when boy, and never
knows what he puts on except as he re-
ceives package on the eve OF the sea-
sons as they come? Chester A. Arthur
is the neatest man in Washington almost.
and he has some brain, too. Abe Hewitt.
Allison, Edmunds and Randall are wear
ers Of good broadeloth, we'll cut; 50 are
dozens of others. Speaker Kiefer is al
ways ready for day call. Vest, of Mis-
sour, is always in well-shaped goods,
and boldly wears a gold chain around
his neck heavy enough to hold pleasure
yacht. Vice President David Davis is a
picture of responsibility. Old Robson
looks like an English Lord. Members
who get lodgings in the suburbs for 81
per day, two meals included, spend the
time they should be circulating among
their brother members In the frequented
hotels and other quarters walking to and
from their country sour-milk homes.
When they get to their seats in the Cap
itol they feel dull with bad stomachs,
and hardly get to thinking before Calk-
ms, Reed and other bright Republicans
have them in the nine hole Washing
ton Cor. Galveston (1eras) Neays.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13
King Coal.

It has been said that coal is the MAIN
spring of modern material civilization.
Indeed, Prof. Jarvis has even denied our
favorite boast that this is the age of iron,
declaring that coal commands this age
the age of coal. In England coal, in
truth. stands. not beside, but entirely
above all other commodities. 1t is the
material energy of the country. En-
gland has grown rich and numerous upon
this source OF wealth. Over 100000 of
its inhabitants are at the present moment
employed under what is called the Coal
Mines Regulation act, and the annual
product now exceeds 135, Co., 600 tons,
the estimated value of which is $780,
900, 000.-Cor. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13
The Delights of Hanging.

The late Gen. Martin Burke, says a
correspondent who spent some time in
Fort Lafayette. had a peculiar idea of
agreeable conversation. His custom al
ways of an evening, during the incarcer-
alton of one OF the Confederates under
sentence of death, was to call at the
prisoners cell door and expatiate upon
the advantages and delights of the meth
cd by which the prisoner was to be exc
cuted with those formerly in vogue.
Ono shaky trap-doors that you need
be afraid of tumbling through" the
General would cry, warming with his
subject "no sickening sense of falling
and bringing up short, and spinning
round-no, nothing of that sort; but
you are Just standing here, and over
there one OF my men cuts little piece
OF cord and down comes the weight. and
up you SO, soaring like bird, sir-soar-
ing like bird !"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13
Habits Of WOOd-Ducks.

The experience of Mr.. George Irwin,
OF Mayville, New York, upon the capac-
1ty tor domestication of different species
OF wild ducks, gave him the means of
gaining much knowledge of the habits
of the wood duck, which, although they
would not be domesticated, bred freely
within the Enclosure in which he confined
them. They generally begin to nest
about the middle of April, and always
choose trees with suitable holes and hol-
lows in which to build, prefering for
this purpose rather high elevations, and
lay from nine to fourteen eggs, OF yell
lowlsh-white color, the period of incub-
alton OF which is fo& weeks. When the
young birds, twenty -four hours after being
matched, are ready to descend from their
nests. whether low or high, the old bird
comes to the hole and takes for about
a half-hour, careful survey of the sur
roundlngs, to ascertain, as it were, that
no intruder is near, and utters a low
call. The ducklings seem to understand
the significance of the call and quickly
make their appearance in front of the
hole, which often extends to depth of
from SIX to ten feet. BY means of their
toe nails, which are hooked nearly as
much as those of birds of prey, and
sharp as the point of a. needle, they
easily manage to climb up on the inside
OF the deep holes, at the entrance, of
which they remain few minutes hud-
died together about the old bird. After
this, the mother again descends to the
ground near the tree, and calls upon her
young brood, which now drop, one
by one, from their airy perch, with
out any apparent hesitation; for their
bodies are already SO thichly covered
with down that they seem to fall like
leaves to the ground. When the last
dnckling has accomplished its fall, the
brood gather again about the old bird
and are led by her to the nearest water,
which is seldom far away, and is gener-
ally convenient to shelters and hiding
places.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-09-13
BALD HEADS.
why the Hair Turns Gray and Why
1t Falls Out.

why the Hair Turns Gray and Why
1t Falls Out.
A prematurely-bald physician in New
York was asked a number of questions
about the growth and habits of the hair.
SIN the first place" he said, "do you
know what hair is, anyway ?'
"Only in general way, perhaps"
"Then let me tell you in a word. It
is an elongated epidernic appendage
Its essential structure consists of an
assemblage of epidermic cells, at the
bottom of a flask shaped follicle in
the substance of the skin. supplied
with blood by vessels distributed to it's
walls"
"Can hair be made to grow on bald
head?"
"Not as rule. In debilitated per-
sons the hairs sometimes fall out spon-
taneously, Or with slight assistance, and,
II the bulb alone comes away, and the
sheath and germ remain behind, they
are capable of reproducing the hair,
under proper treatment or favorable
circumstances. The short and pointed
hairs on the scalps of old people show
that new shafts are constantly forming.
The nutrition of hair is effected through
vessels which are in contact with their
tissue, without entering into their
structure, SO that causes affecting the
general health, or affecting The health of
the skin, affect also the nutrition of the
hair"
"What causes premature badness ?"
In great measure the violation of
hygienic rules and the excess of mental
and physical labor in climate foreign
to the race.
is there greater disposition toward
grayness in this country than in 9th
ers?"
"Well, some well-informed people
| think that it is about the same in all civ.
ilized countries, but if there is any diff
ference it is because of the hurried and
unhealthful habits of life and mental ex-
ercise among Americans.
"What is the chemical action which
produces gray hair?"
Accurately speaking, that's one of
those things that no fellow can find out.
The color of the hailidepends partly on
the presence of pigment granules, and
partly on the existence of minute air
spaces, which cause it to appear dark by
transmitted light. In albinos and gray
haired persons this coloring matter is
simply absent.
els it the case that hair may, from
extreme fright or other very strong emo
tons, turn white, as is said, in single
night ?"
sit is an undoubted fact. Just how
the change takes place is o matter for
conjecture, but it may perhaps be ex-
planned by some chemical action upon
the oily coloring matter. This oily mat
ter would be Withdrawn from the hair
under conditions of cold, debility or in.
sufficient food"
"Does gray hair then become dead ?"
mot by any means. The loss of vi
tally does not necessarily follow the
loss of color, for gray hair often grows
vigorously. For that matter, hair will
grow after the body's death. One Of
the causes of premature badness and
grayness is tightly fitting and unyield-
ing hats"
"Are any of the thousand and one
preparations for restoring the hair of any
value %
"Tonics and stimulating applications
are sometimes beneficial. When the
hair is thin and falls out easily, shaving
the scalp will often produce a thicker,
tirmer and darker growth"
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i88sSxz98aH SaxrSs-- -Ese :
Forests in the Southern States.

A writer in the Lumber World gives
The following interesting summary Of the
timber supply now in the South:
In Virginia and West Virginia, there
are 40, 900, 900 acres of land, only 15,-
01O, 900 of which have been improved.
Most of this vast region is yet dense
undisturbed forest of mighty timber
{ trees awaiting the ak of the spoiler.
Though the ceaseless chopping of the
all cong 1ering ak has been heard on the
banks of the James river in the Old Do
minion for the last 27O years, yet the
timber there is apparently inexhaustible
still, and presents formidable appear
ance." The large number Of rivers as
well as railroads now makes much of the
Virginia timber accessible, as they are
tidal streams almost to the very base Of
The Allegheny mountains. "The entire
region pierced by the Virginia and Ten
nessee, and Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
roads is full of the grandest and widest
scenery, and yet untrodden by the foot
Of man, with countless thousands Of
acres Of white, red and black oak, yell
low and white pine, ash, maple, cherry,
chestnut, poplar, spruce and yellow and
honey locust timber" The vast district
in the East, known as the Dismal swamp,
will always furnish an inexhaustible
supply of timber, which springs up as
rapidly as it is felled. The value of the
| Virginia lumber trade is fnow upward
Of So, 100000 year. Timber land in
! the East is worth about S15 an acre, and
in the interior about So. The making OF
nail-keg slaves, fruit boxes, etc., is a
rapidly increasing industry.
| North Carolina, Immediately south,
is one of the greatest single pro-
ducing regions in the world" The State
is famous for its enormous supplies OF
turpentine, tar, resin, charcoal and pine
lumber and timber.
The many rivers of South Carolina,
adjoining, afford an inland navigation Of
thousands OF miles, excluding rail
roads. Her stock of timber trees is am
pie, consisting of live oak, pine, palmet-
to and laurel. ON tide water, and oaks,
hickory and pines in the upper regions.
"Her stock of hickory is just being
drawn on to supply the world with ham
mer, ak, spade, pillow, mallet, Ratchet,
pick and sledge handles in almost In
calculabIe quantities, to say nothing
of cogs, pullies, spokes, hubs, rims,
tongues, shuttles, bobbins and many
other labor-saving purposes.
But of course it is useless to enumer
ate the millions of acres of most valuable
timbers in all the Southern States. The
supply now on hand and rapidly grow
ing up would seem to be ample Tor al
future time, even if we of the North art
the spendthrifts we are accused OF being
When the price of metals falls to reason
able figures, iron will be largely used
instead of wood, for cars, bridges, rail
road ties, plows, wagons, vessels. build
ings, ETC., as it is in other countries, ant
will be greatly preferred. The soone
this becomes the case, the better for u
all. In the meantime there seems t.
be no immediate danger of lumbe
famine.
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Municipal Court.
before Judge Cooley L

james Johnson, drunkenness; paid ST.
Rasmus Olson and Peter Pierson, drunk
enness; committed ten days EACH
James Green, indecent exposure; paid
S75.
John @. Dudley, larceny; dismissed
Edwardo Espanosa, cruelty to animals.
continued until this afternoon at O'Clock
William S. King, cruelty to animals; dis
missed.
John Crawford, larceny; dismissed.
Charles jackson, drunkenness dis
missed. .
W. N. Barnes, drunkenness; dismissed.
Charles Blslo, assault and battery upon
John Jurgens; pleaded guilty and paid a
fine of $40 and costs. The second case
brought was dismissed
John Raus, saloon open on Sunday:
continued until this morning at 8 o'clock.
Edward Mccarthy, assault with danger
Gus weapon upon Michael Kennedy with
intent to do great bodily harm; continued
until this morning at 8 o'clock.
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Cold June Of 1915.

GA few warm days" How eagerly
all classes looked for them in that mem
orable cold time sixty six years ago. It
was called dry season. But little rain
fell. The wind blew steadily from the
north, cold and fierce. Mothers knit
extra socks and mittens for their chill,
dren in the spring, and wood-piles, that
usually disappeared during the warm
spell, In front of the houses, were
speedily built up again. Planting and
shivering were done together, and the
farmers, who worked ont their taxes on
the country roads, wore overcoats and
mitteas. in town in Vermont, flock
OF sheep belonging to farmer had
been sent, as usual, to their pasture.
On the 10th of June heavy snow fell,
the cold was intense, and the owner
started away ut noon to look out for his
sheep. "Better start the neighbors af-
ter me soon, wife," he said, in Jest. be-
fore leaving being the middle of Juno
1 may get lost in the snow" Night
came, the storm increased, and he did
not return. The next morning the fam
lily sent out for help and started in
search. One after another the neigh
bors turned out to look for the missing
man. The snow had covered ND all
tracks, and not until the third day did
they find him. He was on the side of a
hill, with both feetfrozen, unable to move.
A farmer, who had large field of corn
in Tewksbury, near Lowell, built large
fires around it at night to ward off the
frost many an evening he and his men
took turns watching them. He was re-
warded with the only crop of corn in the
neighborhood. Fears that the sun was
cooling off abounded, and all picnics
were strictly prohibited. -Bostoa Tran
script.
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Col. King and the Dare DeriI-Cog. Kino
Discharged.
At nine o'clock yesterday morning the
case against Col. W. S. King, impleaded
with Edward Espanosa, the Mexi-
can dare devil, charged with
cruelty to animals, was called
in the municipal court before Judge
Cooley.
A. n Merrick appeared for Col. King.
while the states attorney was 4. B. Oyitt.
the attorney for the society for the pre-
vention Of cruelty to animals.
Col. King was charged with owning and
controlling the horses, of permitting Es-
panosa to brutally whip and pound those
horses, etc.
A. c. Jordan testified on
the part of the prosecution.
He saw Espanosa whip his horses unmer-
cifully, first with a whip and then with a
cane. The cane was broken to pieces on
the horses. He struck them ON the head
as well as on their sides and TANKS. One
of the animals, which appeared to be
blooded and spirited, seemed crazed by the
blows, and whirled around and around upon
the track.
Col. Alng was next sworn for defense. He
testified to being president of the asso-
citation, but claimed that he had no control
of the horses. They were in the charge of
trainers. He did not even feed them. Did
not think they were cruelty treated nor in
jured in any manner. The court held that
inasmuch as it was rot shown that Col.
King had control of the horses in question.
and that he had testified that he had no
control Of them whatever. there was no
case and consequently discharged Col
King.
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: of the county committee.
H. c.. MORSE, Chairman
Democratic Caucus calls.

Democratic Caucus CATS.
FIRST WARD.
The Democrats of the 1st ward will hold
a caucus on Thursday evening, September
14th, at o'clock, to select eleven delegates
to attend the county convention to be held
on Saturday at Il o'clock, in Harmonic
hall. J. l.. LEE,
Chairman Dem. Ward Com.
SECOND WARD.
The Democratic caucus of the Second
ward for the purpose of selecting four
delegates to the county convention, to be
held in Harmonia hall, at II o'clock noon,
on Saturday, will be held on Friday even
ing. September 18th, in Cataract engine
house at 1870 o'clock.
SoLON ARMSTRONG.
Chairman Dem. Ward Com.
THIRD WARD.
The Democrats of the Third ward will
hold caucus on Thursday evening in
Teutonia hose house, on Plymouth avenue
for the purpose of choosing eleven dele
gates to attend the county convention to
be held in Harmonic hall on Saturday, at
noon. EDMUND EICHBoRN,
Chairman Ward Committee.
FOURTH WARD.
The Democrats Of the Fourth ward will
hold caucus in Third street hose house
between Nicollet and Fourteenth avenues
on Thursday evening al 7:30 o'clock. foI
the purpose of selecting thirteen delegates
to attend the county convention to be held
in Harmonic hall on Saturday, at noon.
ID. N. GILMORE.
Chairman Ward Committee.
FIFTH WARD.
The Democrats of the Fifth ward will
hold Il caucus at the hose house on the
corner of Third street and Sixth avenue
south, on Friday evening at o'clock fol
the purpose of selecting thirteen delegate:
to attend the county convention which viii
be held in Harmonic hall on Saturday a
- O'clock noon.
R. 2. BENNINGTON.
Chairman Of Ward Committee.
SIXTH WARD.
The Democratic caucus for the Sixth
ward for the purpose Of selecting thirteel
delegates to attend the county convention
to be held in Harrison hall on Saturday a
noon, VIII be held at No 5 hose house. OF
Thursday evening at 7:3O o'clock
MATTHEw WALSH.
Chairman Of Ward Committee.