Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-10-11
GLOBELETS.

ported.
President Soto, Of Honduras, advocates
q Central American confederacy.
A bronze statue of Ledru Rollin is about
to be placed in the Boulevard Voltaire,
Paris.
"Well no; I reckon not" sWell, then,
major, do tell me who wears your shirts
before they get dirty?"
The Washington Naval observatory as
tronomers have not been able to detect the
alleged split in the comet.
A London cablegram says: Mathew Ar
mold is yet in doubt about coming to the
United States to enter the lecture field.
Mr.. Tennyson's new play, which was or
iginally written for Henry Irving, is said
to be very pretty and simple episode of
real life.
General Sir John Adye has been gazet-
ted governor of Gibraltar for his military
services in Egypt, The annual pay is
$4,000.
It is rumored in the London clubs that
Lord Duferin is to be made a marquis in
recognition of his great services at Con-
stantinople. y
The London iterery world is said to be
very dull at the present time, and few
books of general interest will appear this
season till towards Christmas.
The Rev. DR.. James w. Christian, editor
of the Alabama Christian Advocate, the
organ of the Methodist church of Alabama,
died in Birmingham, Ala, Oct. z.
The cost of the Egyptian war to England
Is placed at from ten to twenty million
pounds sterling, or one hundred million
dollars, and it is to be raised by an income
tax.
Rabbi Pereira Msndss preached at the
Synagogue Sheareth Israel, New York city,
on 'The Folly of Man Blaming God for
Evils which are the Consequence of his
Own Acts, He Being Free Agent"
Congratulations to the khedive on the
suppression of the rebellion are pouring
in from all parts of Egypt. The ulemas
are preaching the doctrine of passive obe-
dience and prove from the koran the sin
of revolt.
The belief is very strong in England
that Mr.. Parnell and his followers intend
working with the Liberals during the ad-
journed session of parliament which is
soon to open, under, it is supposed, a
promise of further concessions next year.
The people of Lisbon have recently paid
distinguished funeral honors to Antonio
Rodrigues Sampaio, the Portuguese iourn-
allst and statesman. He had been four
times minister, with great opportunities,
and at his death - only possessions we're
found to be his books.
No deaths from yellow fever nor new
cases of the disease were reported in
Brownsville, Texas, or in Matamoras, Mex
leo, October 9TH. The fever is very bad in
Camargo, Mexico, and there are no physi-
clans there. Mier, Mexico, keeps up a
death rate of eight to twelve daily.
Mrs. Langtry has been holding sort of
private exhibition in London, of her COS
tunes, designed by the Partisan man-mil-
liner Worth, expressly for her American
tour. Many ladies have been admitted to
see these artistic treasures, and their YER
dict, I hear, is that they are faultless and
will ''astonish the Americans
In the interest of large numbered COL
ored Democrats of New York, for whom
there is no representative newspaper, the
Outtook, large four-page paper, edited by
Mr.. j. W. A. Shaw, has Just issued it's mi
tlal number. 1t contains the Democratic
platform and its editorial page is devoted
to the defense of Democratic principles.
A London telegram says: The follow
ers of Mr.. Davitt and Mr.. Dillon have
scarcely had time to rally themselves, and
their future course is very uncertain. The
probability, however, seems to be that un-
der the double influence of the good har-
vest and the energetic enforcement of the
law, Ireland will be more peaceful for the
next few months than it has been.
For two or three evenings past the Chi
nese OF this place have been paying their
respects to the moon-the Harvest Noon
They light joss sticks, hold them ND to-
wards the moon, towards the four quarters
of the earth, and then plant the sticks to
the north, south, east and west. After
wards there are fre-cracker and tom tom
demonstrations Virginia Nevada Mater
prise.
There lives an old gentleman who is ia
nous for the soiled condition of his linen,
An old friend who had been looking fixedly
at the bosom of the old gentleman's shirt.
spoke out thus; II say, major, I've known
you for the last twenty years and there is
something about you that has puzzled me
very much. Iwould like to ask you about
it IT you have no objection. I hope you
won't get mad?"
Joseph Kautz, of New York city, an ed
ucated German, claims to have invented
two machines by which the air is to be
navigated with such facility and such a
small cost, that soon after their practical
introduction railroads and steamers will
60 out of existence. He has inserted ad-
vertisements in the New York newspapers,
his object being to secure pecuniary as
sistance.
During the last week of September Will
lam Lewis, aged 1O1 years, was buried in
New Radner churchyard, Wales, and his