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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14

Petersburg Index-Appeal.]
The particulars of a very remarkable oc-
currence near Brander's bridge, in Ches-
terfeld county, were received here on yes
terday. It seems that a, son of Charles
Harrison and another gentleman named
Biard were out opossum hunting, some
nights ago, in the vicinity of the bride,
when they heard their dogs baying in a
reedy swamp close by. The gentlemen
then concluded to go home and procure a
gun, and on their return found that the
dogs we're after two large bucks,
one with eight points and the other
with ten points. For some cause
or other the buck with the eight prongs
had killed the one with ten points with one
OF its prongs. The prong entered the eye
and came out near the ear. BY some
means the prongs of each of the bucks be-
came interlocked, and had evidently been
so for several days, as the dead animal had
been dragged a considerable distance and
had been killed long enough to become Of
fensive. The live buck, which had un-
doubleday suffered for food, was in very
poor and emaciated condition, and was
shot and killed before The marksman could
recognize what it was in the dark. The
above story may seem incredible, but it is
literally true and can be vouched for by q
gentlemen now in the city.
STORY OF A GEORGIA DOG.
cambridge Democxat.
Bill Sellers of the Flint river store is the
happy possessor of a fine opossum dog of
the stump-tail variety. The dog cost Bill
only 81 and he and Bill Williams say that
one night in the woods with that dog,
opossun or no opossum, will pan out
more fun to the square inch than anything
they ever saw. Bills dog comes up to
what Josh Billings said of the boy to be
born in August: "ae will have one eye on
the main chance and the other on the
collater ais" Which is to say that
while the dog goes on an osten-
sible 'po ssum hunt he doesn't regard it as
y the leas beneath his dignity as dog to
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1882-12-14
Brunson's Addition to St. Paul.
Dawson's Subdivision of Lot IL, Bass Addition
| of Out Lots to st. Paul

Bass Addition of Out Lots to ST. Papl
Snpposed owner and
description. Lot. Benefits.
q 3 Howe and Charles
Marvin. that part nelly
Of st P NJ u NJ R'y off,. q s172 so
Warren & Winslow's Addition to St. Paul.
Supp osed owner and
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The Gift OF Expression.

Men who openly demonstrate their
affection for wife, mother, or sister by
the rendering of numberless kind atten-
tions, may not be any kinder at heart
than cold, silent men who make no show
of their emotions; but they are pleasant
people to have about one, for all that.
and sensible girls like them. They
recognize the fact that if a man pos
sessess the true instinct of courtesy and
kindness, it will develop in a thousand
little acts, which are always sources of
pleasure to those for whose sake they are
INDUCED.
There has grown up of late years
style of literature which makes a man
such a self-contained hero that he re-
strains the gentler emotions, and only
INDUCES at certain odd intervals in over
whelming scenes of passionate express
sions for the benefit of some particular
lady love, who is naturally fascinated by
the contrast; and believes that because
he so seldom shows what he feels, that
he must have a great deal of feeling
which he keeps smothered up like a
sleeping volcano. But the romantic girl
who makes such a man her hero, and
trusts to her destinations to produce an
irruption of emotion after marriage, will
most probably find herself mistaken, and
pay the penalty of her too vivid imagi-
nation in life of domestic unpleasant
ness, for the man who is courteous to
nobody will scarcely be courteous to his
own wife. There is a selfish egotism
about such men that makes them trying
companions. Their thoughts are not of
what is due to others, but only of what
is due to themselves, and in this latter
category they do not include that tribute
to their own vanity elected from the ap-
proval of the world at large.
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New England Churches.

About the year 100, the meeting
houses IN New England were plain
wooden structures, in most cases without
steeples. The windows were glazed with
diamond-shaped glass, the walls un-
plastered, and the interior without any
means OF heating. Through the storms
of winter the congregation shivered In
the cold during public worship. About
hundred and fifty years ago, In the in
terror OF one of these rough edifices
could be seen the families of New Eng
land. The men were dressed In the
fashion OF the age. They wore broad
brimmed hats, turned up into three
corners. with loops at the side +; long
coats, with large pockets and cuffs, and
without collars; the buttons either plated
or pure silver, and of the size of half a
dollar; shirts with bosom and wrist ruff
fies, and with gold and silver buckles at
the wrist united by link; the neck
cloths OF fine linen, or figured stuff, en-
broidered with the ends hanging loosely.
Small clothes were in fashion, and only
reached to the knee, where they were
ornamented with silver buckles OF large
size the legs were covered with long
gray stocklngs; the boots had broad
tops, with tassels shoes were some
worn, ornamented with straps and silver
buckles. Inc women had black silk or
satin bonnets, gowns extremely short
wasted, with light sleeves, or else very
snort sleeves, with an immense friH at
the elbow. The ministers wore large
gowns and powdered wigs.
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THE ROAD THAT vASDERnnr.
BY NELLIE n. BAILEY.

This is the road that Vanderbilt,
This is the that's in the
Road that Vanderbilt
This is the cut ha hides the curve that's in the
Road in.t Vanderbilt
This is the Spuyten Duyvil town that lies by the
cut that Hides the curve that's in the
Road that Vanderbilt.
This is the parliamentary train that csme 70
that hides the curve that's in the
Road that Vanderbilt
These are the representative men
That came In the parliamentary train
Down to Spuyten Duyvil town, that lies by the
cut that hides the curve that's in the
Road that Vanderbilt.
These are the bottles that there and then
Belonged TO the representative men
Who came in the parliamentary train
cut that hides the curve that's In the
Road that Vanderbilt.
This is the who pulled the bell,
Who drank so free of the fires OF hell
That was in the bottles there and then
That belonged 10 the representative men
Who came in the parliamentary train
Down TO spuyten DuyviI town, that lies by the
cut that hides the curve that's in the
Road that Vanderbilt
This is the engine from TarrytOwn
That in the dark came Numbering down
Straight into the waiting train ~
That was stopped by the who pulled the bstL
Who drank so free of the fires OF he'll
That in the bottles there and then
That belonged TO the representative men &
Down to spuyten Duyyil town that lies by the
Road that Vanderbilt
These are the wounded, these are the slain,
Victims of that night Of pait1,
When the engine from Tarry town,
In the dark t6at thundering down,
And rushed with all its might and main
Straight into the waitingtrain :,
That was stopped by the man that pulled tne bell
Who drank 50 free OF the fires oi nell
That. was the bottles there and then
That belonged 10 the representative rnen
Who came in the parliaInenfary tram
Down 10 Spnyten Duyvfl town. that lies by the
cut that hides the curve that's in the
Road that Vsnderbilt.-I1ts7- o can
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very definite, and said he felt about 81
per cent" Indeed" she said with a
demure look, "are you never going -
par 2" And she got in her work that
evening.
Another young man was saying, as he
scratched a lucifer on the side of the
house, ST like these houses with sanded
paint; nice when you want to strike a
match, you know" "Is that sof she
asked demureIy; "I wish lived in a
house with sanded paint" and then she
looked things unutterable. If he had
asked What for 2" she would have hat
ed him. But he didn't. He took the
hint, and the match was struck then and
there. This method of "giving a hint "
has been put POLITICALLY IN this way:
Young Fred a bashful yet persistent swain,
Was xerx much in.lore7sith Mar Jane,
One night she told him in her tenderest tone
a. 1t ia not good for man to be alone"
Said Fred, Just so, you darling little elf
I've often thought of that same thing myself"
Then said the lass while Fred was all agog,
''You ought to buy yourself terrier dog"
What may be called a physiological
proposal is illustrated by the case of
Miss Mary Flynn and Mr.. Budd. The
young lady-a Boston girl, by the way
was studying medicine and Mr.. Budd
was courting her. One evening, while
they were sitting together in the parlor,
Mr.. Budd was thinking how he should
manage to propose. Miss Flynn was
explaining certain physiological facts for
him.
"Do you know, she said, "that thou
sands of people are actually ignorant
that they smell with their olfactory pc
duncle ?"
millions of EN-, replied Mr. Budd.
"And Aunt Mary wouldn't believe me
when I told her she couldn't wink with
out sphincter muscle -
How unreasonable T.
Why, a person cannot kiss without
sphincter p
"Indeed !"
81 know it is so y
May try il l can ?"
"Oh, Mr.. Budd, it is too bad for you
make light of such a subject.
Then he tried it, and while he held
her hand she explained to him about the
muscles of that portion of the human
body.
willie, whispered Miss Flynn very
family.
What, darling ?"
l can hear your heart beat.
Sc 1t beats only for you, my angel.
And it sounds out of order. The
yentriculaF contraction is not uniform. 3"
Small wonder for that, when it's
bursting for Joy"
You must put yourself under treat
ment for it. l viii give You some med
icine."
3" It's your own property, darling do
what you please with it.
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Feeding Horses Straw Bats.

In clearing away the debris of fire
at ST. Louis, it was noticed straw hats
that had been damaged by water and
leather were thrown from the windows
and promptly confiscated by men and
old women, on the street, before they
scarcely had time to reach the ground.
One old man was especially active in
dodging about and collecting mutilated
and charred straw hats. When asked
what he proposed to do with the hats,
he promptly replied:
81 intend to feed 'em to my horse, OF
course"
Don't you think they will make your
horse sick ?" inquired bystander.
"Of course not. Why should straw
hat make horse sick? Straw doesn't
cease to be straw when 1t Is put into a
bed or hat any more than plant ceases
to be a plant when taken from the
garden and put in a flower pot. Ny
horse will eat straw hats. I've tried him.
Hay and feed are very dear now, and
all I save in feeding my horse Is clear
gain"
At this point he discovered several
large broad -brimmed hats floating from
the third-story windows above his head,
and brought the conversation to sud-
den close by placing himself in position
to catch them on the fy.-St. Louis Re
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Ouiet Weddings.

Quiet weddings are rapidly gaining
In favor. There is no fuss, no ostenta-
ton, no show. After the ceremony the
bride dresses in a travelling dress and
bonnet, and departs for her wedding
tour. But even the tour IS no longer
obligatory. If the newly-married pair
begin housekeeping at once, they gen
orally issue few "at-home cards, and
thereby open easy door for future hos
pitalities. Certainly, the once-perfunct-
ory bridal tour is not now deemed es-
sential, and the worcestershire fashion
exists of the taking of a friends house a
few miles out of town for month. The
period of card-leaving after a wedding
is not definitely fixed Some authori-
ties say ten days, but that in a crowded
city and with an immense acquaintance,
would be quite impossible. If only in
vited to the church, many ladies con-
slider that they perform their whole duty
by leaving a card some time during the
winter and including the young people
IN their subsequent invitations. Very
rigorous people call, however, within
ten DAYS. and, if invited to the house,
the call is still more imperative, and
should be made soon after the wedding.
If, however, the young couple neglect
to give their future address, visits must
be postponed until they notify their
friends of their whereabouts. - The
HouseEeeper.
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Juvenile Mortality.

One of the most mysterious phenom-
ena of human existence is the large per
centage of mortality among young chill
dren A fearful proportion of the deaths
everywhere are those of persons who
have lust begun to live. Even when
due allowance is made for faults of nurs-
ing and training, it appears hardly posi-
BILE that any Improvement can offset
the inherited weakness from which so
many children suffer, and, as yet, science
has taught little concerning those cpl
denies which find the majority of their
victims among the little ones. Still, in
telligent care and favorable surroundings
can do much. The English statistics,
much more full and accurate than those
of our own country, show that in the
rural counties the mortality of children
under five years of age does not exceed,
and often falls below, forty In the thou
sand. In the cities and towns the aver
age is much greater, ranging from about
fifty-nine in the thousand, in Portsmouth,
to over ninety-fve in Birmingham and
Sheffield, and to over one hundred and
three in Liverpool. In nineteen large
towns, containing an aggregate OF a mil
lion and nearly twenty-four thousand
children, the deaths for year from their
number were 50, $50. This is fearful
number, and no doubt the figures were
increased through causes which might
have been avoided. Still, had every
thing been done, the little victims must
have been counted by myriads. AS
things are, 1t is probable that in very
many cases continued life would not have
been blessing, but the quaint old cpl
taph,
SO soon was done for,
wonder what was begun for,
will nevertheless suggest itself. Cinct,a-
natl Gazette.
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Charming GIrIS.

II you are fortunate in possessing
beauty, my dear girls, be thankful for
the gift, but do not over-rate 1T. The
girl who expects to win her way by her
beauty and to be admired and accepted
simply because she is a lady has the
wrong idea. She must secure a lovable
character if she wishes to be loved, and
my advice to You all is to lay the found
alton of permanent influence. To win
and hold admiration you must cultivate
the gifts that nature has bestowed upon
you. If you have talent for music,
develop it; learn to sing some choice
songs and to perform upon some instru-
ment, for many are charmed more by
music than by handsome features. Pur-
sue the same course with regard to
painting, drawing and designing, and If
you have the power to obtain useful
knowledge In any direction, do it. have
heard young men In speaking of their
young-lady acquaintances say, "Oh !
they look well, but they don't know any
thing. There is no necessity for such
a state OF things books are cheap and
accessible. If you labor all day in shop
or store still at odd intervals you can
gather up an education and contend with
no greater difficulties than did Clay,
Fillmore, Webster and others of our
greatest men. If you go through life a
fitting butterfly, how viii you be spoken
of by-and-by? I own it is nice to eat,
drink and be merry, and be courted and
hattered by all your friends but how
much better to cultivate character, sense
and true womanliness
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ss. he told her all in as shamefaced a
.ov 90 a Eraucbuau pould

res, he told her all in as shamefaced
way as n Frenchman could.
" But Monsieur lie Vicomte, do you
ve-this-woman?" said the aristocrat-
ic beauty, In cold tones, from behind her
fan, when he had told his story and made
some sort of an apology.
Mademoiselle, do love her but,
when [ have known your charming vir-
tues for a short time, pOttf, they viii
drive away her memory What chance
shall 1, who am so susceptible, have in
your presence
But it was evident from the Vieomte's
tone that he had no very sanguine ex-
pectations that such would be the case.
Well, monsieur, before l answer
your compliment, L too have a confess
ion to make. / also have great friend
IN London; she is my foster-sister, and
is dancing mistress, diving IA SIlyers
stkeet, near Golden Square. No, do not
interrupt me / viii hear any reproaches
you have to utter afterward. My father
is indulgent, and L often visit her at-
tended only by my maid. A week ago l
returned unexpectedly from a country
visit, and it chanced that while was
there my foster-sister was called away to
fulfill a business engagement. / STAYED
a few minutes in her room practising
some new music, when a gentleman's
card was brought up 10 me by the serv-
art, who thought her mistress was still
Mt home. Innocently curious, l looked
at it and recognized the name as one
very familiar to me. In a spirit of mis-
chief 1 saw the gentleman, made ap-
pointments with him, and, with madem-
oiselle's concurrence and in her name,
gave him several lessons"
mon Dieu ," cried the Vicomte,
snatching away the fan which she kept
before her face. Adrienne, my dar-
ling, am not happy ?"
" And ?" said she " You have not
forgotten the step?"
Very lucky 1t was that Monsieur le
Marquis did not enter for several mo-
ments. or the lurking distrust which he.
as a diplomatist, felt might have been
considerably strengthened.
A week later the marriage of the vi
comte and Mademoiselle de la Penthiere
formed the most fashionable item in the
Morning Post And as people conned
the description of the dresses and the
presents, they expressed their pity for
the two victims of French marriage Gus
toms.
But not even yet has anything been
known to have happened to them out of
the common-not even yet; for these
things happened in the most brilliant
days of Louis Napoleon.
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Drunkenness in Germany.

For many centuries past the children
Of Teutons have endured with placid
equanimity the SCOTS and jeers of their
nelghhors, whether of Latin or Slavonic
extraction, aimed at their beer drinking
proclivhes for they were hitherto COM
fortably convinced that the assisuous
consumption of malt liquors was by no
means Incompatible with high standard
of national sobriety. On the other
hand, among Continental critics Of
British manners and customs none have
so persistently denounced the practices
OF hppEng and dram drinking, as vices
peculiar to the natives of these isles,
than have German writer's, grave as well
as gay. The gin absorbing capacities
Of English operatives have aroused the
righteous wrath of many a Teutonic
journalist, "a whose comments upon his
own countrymens amazing feats in the
way of swallowing seven or eight gallons
of ale at a sitting, his readers might III
vain search for any expression of con-
demnatioa. 1t would appear. however,
that whether or not the Germans of
times past were justified by facts in lay
ing claim to cOnspicuously sober
people, the Germans of to-day are un-
questionably open TO the same reproach
that they have been accustomed TO lavish
Ill such profusion upon the Englishmen.
We learn from Berlin that so enormous
has been the increase of Excessive
drunkenness within the last few years
that the Imperial Chancellor has Just
submitted to the Federal Council bill
devised by him for the repression nf
habit which "has become a national
scandal" Hard times and cheap spirits
are terrible promoters of inebriety, and
it is more than probable that the severe
trials though which German agriculture,
commerce and industry have recently
passed, and the low prices at which corn
and potato brandy are purchasable
throughout the Fatherland, may have
brought about thedeplorable prevalence
of drunkenness with which Prince Bis
marck proposes to grapple by exceptional
legislation. York Herald.
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A Social Fraud.

A subscriber writes TO know If ii would
be proper for him to speak to lady
that he has never been introduced TO.
He ssys he has met her on the street, i'll
places of business, and at parties for
two years, that he knows all her family
and she knows his, and that she looks
almost as though she wished he would
speak, but he has never been introduced
TO her, and dares not speak. No, You
must not speak TO her. You may go
along meeting her every day till Gabriel
blows his trump, and she may look as
familiar as your sister, and yet till some
mutual acquaintance says :" MIR. So-and
so, this is Miss So-and-so," you can not
speak to her without society will say you
are an impudent thing. She may wish
she knew you, and yet if you speak TO
her she would feel it her duty to society
TO say % Sir" and look greatly offended,
and then you would be all broke up. If
she should drop her pocketbook, and you
should pick it up and hand it TO her, she
would thank you with q smile, but you
would have no right to speak to her next
time you met. If she should meet you
some day and say "How do you do,
Mr.. So-and-so? have known you ever
since you lived in this town, though we
were never introduced formally, and it
has got SO embarrassing to pass you half
a dozen times a day without speaking,
while speak to those that NAV be with
you, that / have concluded not to wait
for an introduction" some nine spot
with a number six hat on would say
"Oh, my, what fiirt that lady is. She
actually spoke to a man without being
introduced" If you frankly offer her
your hand and say, "Thank you, madam,
for suspending the rule of etiquette in
speaking. 1 have seen you so many
times that your pleasant face is as well
come sight as that of my sister. and
have wanted to know you, bur had given
mp all idea that I ever would, some
simpering female idiot would say "Only
10 think, that bold, awful man has ac-
tually fiirted with Miss So-and-so until
he has got acquainted without formal
introduction. No, young man, go right
along about your business, and don't
try to hurry the cattle. Society must be
consulted, though in some respects So
ciety may be confounded fooL-Peck's
lSflyl
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A long story in one of the papers is
headed, Her First Love" We have
no time to read long stories, but il it
wasreally and truly her first love it is
saf9 y say he got away. 1t takes a
praSsfsed hand 10 know just when to
:Ssssl - pay out more line, and "play !"
him an he can be landed and put in the
basket. 1t can't be done by girl with
her first love, because of the excitement
when she first fees there is one nibbling,
causing her to shut both eyes, pull for
dear life and throw A1m fifteen feet into
the air, when the hook drops out of his
mouth, he falls "slap' into the water
and scuds under some Old root. The
desert of life is strewn all over with the
bleaching bones of first loves, who have
had their jaws torn OFF so they could not
masticate their food.-Peck'S Stta,