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Concerning Cremation.

Possibly you think that your body
belongs to you; but it does not, or at
least it has been decided recently Ill
England that you cannot order what dis
position shall be made of your 'treualns"
after death, Here is the case; A fine
Old English gentleman directed by his
VIII that within three days after his
death, or as soon as conveniently might
be, his body should be given up to a
young woman to be dealt with as he had
directed in private letter to that lady.
lie also bequeathed to her among other
objects OF artistic interest, a certain
WeagewoOd vase, to be applied to 5he
purposes mentioned in the letter referred
10, and directed that any costs or ex-
p9nses which might beincurred in carry
iIg out his instructions should be paid
10y the executors. The letter directed
that his body should be given up to the
lady after death, and set forth that the
testator would Ike to be burned son, or
rather under pile of wood" '"The
calcined bones, it added "can easily be
collected when the ashes are cold, and l
should like to put then In the Wedge
wood vase have named in the codicil."
Il this would not hold them, the female
designated was to procure any other sort
Of vase, provided it were not metallic,
or If metallic, not precious, for as the
latter wrote, ''you know my preference
for earthenware. The testator died,
and notwithstanding protest made by
his female friend, was buried 'in uncon-
secrated ground" The persistent woman
subsequently applied for permission to
remove the body for the purpose Of Gre
nation, or in order that it might be rein
tered in ''consecrated" ground, The
nrst part of the request was uncondition-
ally refused; but, upon specifying the
spot where she wished the refinement
TO take place, license was granted for the
removal of the body. Having once got
possession of it, she triumphantly took
1t to Milan, caused it to be crenated,
and brought the ashes to England in the
vase mentioned in the will. The execu-
tors refused to pay the e321 expenses in
Cured IN the course of this transaction
and the court sustained them. So the
poor girl had to consume her old friend
at her own cost. Apropos to this matter
Of cremation, the following amusing
story is told: An Australian scuatter
had valuable servant Dick, whose wife
died. Dick came to his master and said,
''1Iust leave, sir. Can't stay where
Kitty is buried, for fear Of her boilya,"
or ghost. The squatter, to keep his ser
want, offered to burn poor Kitty's body.
This was done, and the ashes were stow
ed away in chest. It CHANGED that
some years afterward slight epidemic
vas raging n the family, and, the squat
Ter being from home, the lady Of the
house went to the chest, and took out
and administered what proved to be an
elective medicine. On the squatter's
return, she told him what she had done.
But ii was thought better to conceal
fron the family what turned cut to be
the fact, that the healing powder was
labeled Poor Kitty's ashes"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
Theory of Luminous Paint.

Light is supposed to be the vibration
of an extremely elastic fluid called ether,
which is supposed to fill the whole of
space, and which, set in motion by the
vibration of the luminous source itself,
produces upon our eyes the sensation Of
light. Now, it is thought that the waves
Of light communicate their motion to the
particles of the paint, which start into
energetic vibration, continuing long
after the exciting cause is withdrawn.
When we ring bell, the blow of the
hammer communicates its motion to the
particles of air, which transfer the vi
bration to the drum of the ear and pro-
duce the sensation of sound, which
grows fainter and fainter and fainter, un-
I'll at last it dies away, when the par
ticles of the bell are once more at rest;
so it is with the luminous paint, and all
other phosphorescent bodies, the par
ticles of which. when disturbed by the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
INVOCATION IN A LIBRARY.

o brotherhood, with bay-crowned brows I'M
dauntej-
Who passed serene along cur crowded ways.
Speak with still, for We like Saul, are haunted
Drive the dark spirits from these later days.
Whate'er of hope ye had for man your brother,
Breathe it, nor leave him, like prisoned slave
To starve through bars upon sight no other
Than clouded skies that tighten On grave.
In these still alcoves give US gentle meeting,
From dusky shelves kind arms about Us fold,
Till the New Age shall feel her cold heart beating
Restfully on the warm heart of the Old.
Till we shall hear your voices, mild and winning,
Steal through our doubt and discord; as out
swells
Atiercest noon, above city's DINING,
The Ginning music of cathedral bells.
Music that lifts our thought from common places,
And mean confusions that around Us lie
Up to the calm Of high, cloud-silvered spaces,
Where the tall spire points through the soundIess
sky.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
She Didn't Care to Move.

Parson Blesdo of the Austin Blue
Light Tabernacle, paid a pastoral visit
last week to old Aunt Sukey who has
been confined to hez bed for . long time.
and is not expected to get vel. Psrson
Blesdo found Sister Sukey m an m-
amiable frame OF mind, so he tried to
cheer her up by saying,
"You should be filed wid Joy and
blissfulness Sister Sakey, dat soon yer
wit be called away from dis heah vale
oh tears TO climb de golden stairs
EFF I has got tsr climb up stairs wild
dis heah pam in De small ob my hack, !
would Jess as lief stay right Thsr I is, y
responded Aunt Sukey.
Parson Blesdo told her she might 60
to the de7l as far as he was concerned,
and Indignantly took his depaR&me-
TEXAS Siftngs.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
Tho Romance Of the Argonauts.


As the winter Of "48" waned, che
companies, one after another, set sail
for the land Of gold The Sunday pre-
ceding they listened to farewell SER
mons at the church. I recollect seeing
q score or two Of young Argonauts thus
preached to. They were admonished
from the pulpit to behave temperately,
virtuously, wisely and piously. How
seriously they listened! How soberly
were their narrow-brimmed, straight
up-and-down little plug hats of that
period piled one on top of the other in
front of theml How glistened their
hair with the village BARRIERS hair oil
How pronounced the creak of their
tight boots as they marched up the
aisle! How brilliant the hue of their
neckties! How patiently and resignedIy
they listened to the sad discourse of the
minister, knowing it would be the last
they would hear for many months
How eager the glances they cast up to
the church choir, where sat the girls
they were to marry on their return
How few returned! How few married
the girl of that periods choicel How
little weighed the words of the minister,
a year afterward, in the hurry-scurry of
San Francisco life of '49 and 80!
What an innocent, unsophisticated,
inexperienced lot were those forty-odd
young Argonauts who sat in those pews.
Not one of them then could bake his
own bread, turn a fiapjack, reseat his
trousers or wash his shirt. Not one Of
them had dug even posthole. All had
vague sort of impression that Califor-
MIA was nutshell of a country, and
that they would see each other there
frequently and eventually all return
home at or about the same time. How
little they realized that one was to go to
the Northern and one to the Southern
mines, and one to remain in San Fran
cisco, and the three never to meet again |!
What glittering gold mines existed in
their brains even during the preaching
of that sermon. Holes where the gold
was thrown out by the shovelful, from
which an occasional bowlder or pebble
was picked out and flung away.
The young Argonaut- church being
dismissed took his little stiff, shiny plug
and went home to the last Sundays tea.
And that Sunday night, on seeing her
home from church, for the last time, he
was allowed to sit up with her almost
as long as he pleased. The light glim-
mered long from the old homestead
front parlor window. The cold north
wind without reared among the leafess
sycamores, and clashed the branches
together. 1t was a sad, sad picture.
The old sofa they sat upon would be sat
upon by them no more for. years. For
years? Forever in many cases. To-
day, old and gray, gaunt and bent,
somewhere in the gulches, sup North, "
somewhere hidden away in an obscure
mining camp Of the Tuolumne, Stanis-
laus or Mokalumne, up in Cariboo, or
down in Arizona, still he recollects that
night as dream. And she? Oh, she
dried her eyes and married the stay-at-
home five years after. A girl can't
wait forever. And, beside, bad re-
ports, after time, reached home about
him. He drank. He gambled. He
found fair friends among the senoritas,
and, worse than all, he made no fortune.
Prentice Mulfo7d.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
4 French Barber Shop.

[P+sItfte @snra IN San Francisco Chronicle.l
EerM barber inclined to dull razor.
MIKE up foE deficiency in sharpness by
p&ysisa strength. In shaving, it's a
Idhg pan, strong pull and pull al
toeetlvr with him. A French shave is
q 3loGsea sort of assault and battery
Will intent TO half xiii. BaHbeF's chair,
stSaiShs back Suggests garrote. No
csAshio4s. Crotch for headrest. So all
over the continent. as web as In England.
American must go abroad to appreciate
bis torsssfM luxuries at home. Foreign
barber shop is ours rs is shameless to a
paalor. When French BARRIERS shave
seems half over, artist remarks, ''VoilaP'
American sits still. Barber sings out
again, "Voila!' and points to washbowl.
Customers regard Americans curiously.
ISght az last breaks IN upon American.
FEnds out he is expected to arise and
wash father from his own face. Custom
Of the country. Everybody does it.
GHts up and tries to do it. Nothing but
his own fingers given to wash with. No
napkin. No sponge. Washes. Or
tTfes to wash. Leaves latheF N ears or
th@eascBts. Washing oyG. Has cuts
hsedaggd Goes out as if from prize
tight BRbeF's apprentice expects fee.
I'm oQcmnser fm thst purpose. Penny
thss efDeta5sts cfaHRs of 'tMeEcisr' stBien
msrcfsf from AID hands, from the boss
bazber down. Well worth a penny to
hsr such an explosion Of thanks.
HreHsh barber during shaving savage.
Extremity one gives himself IN hand-to-
hani conflict with an enemy. Lathers,
cuts and slashes. BARRIERS wives also
shave customers. Shaved by one this
morning. Small suburban shop. Never
shaved by q woman before, EXCEPT at
church fairs buying four-cent pincushion
for one dollar. To raise funds to paint
steeple and send missionary to India.
Head French barber out on drunk.
Assistant barber shaving French infantry
officer 103d regiment. Red pnntaioons,
long sword, gilt tassel, and LOB wherever
it could be put on him. Sat down and
waited for completion of the operation
on the French army. Woman came
from inner room. BARRIERS wife. Asked
me to be seated IN BARRIERS chair. Sat.
Wondered. Madame tucked napkin un-
der my chin Felt queer. Madame ap-
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
The Beer Problem.

"Boy, do you know what that con-
tains?'' said tramp to o lad who was
hurrying along with tin pail full of
lager.
':Beer," responded the STRIPPING, very
promptly.
Exactly, that is beer" con-
tinued the tramp, ''and that beer con-
tains glucose, occulus indicus, corn
starch, rice meal and raw grape sugar,
all deadly poisons, and enough to Kill
any man."
The lad set the pail down and moved
off little from it, whereupon the tramp
picked it up and was raising it to his
lips when the boy interrupted him to
say:
'.Ain't you afraid of it?''
:'Yes; it is dreadful to die this way,
but I don't care to i've" and draining it
empty, handed it back.
'.He's goner," muttered the boy, as
he walked thoughtfully off. ''Lord,
what narrow escape dad had!"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
lie Remembered.

They were talking about the Black
Friday of Grants administration, and
finally some one addressed the man in
the corner, and asked:
DO you remember the day."
well, 1 rather think so, he replied.
Every exciting, eh?"
AZ didn't notice much excitement"
Maybe you lost heayiiy?"
We'll, no..
"Then you ga;ned?"
az didn't think 81.
well, then. for what 51,enja1 reason
did you remember IT." per>,>teF . g =
terrogator.
WHY, that vas tie d. I Ii .r':-,i =.
widow who had been heeptaE ii. p
s200, 900 show on an incorae OF 81 =
YEAR" sighed the sleculator as Nc l..
b cb.-UaH Street Eelcs.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
f.tsy;,.eu Affection.

:awthorna once said that carcsses or
;oa- Of some K I'd are as neces-
e.; the Ire Of She affections as leaves
rise lie q Z tf,'-. No one would
x os d,spus:cg lbs, and yet how
- Y tenie, Wo:ts a~a sail hy
hers OF tie ';.:.:.if J. -
he Is many woman who has never
i e her courtship heard word OF
love from her husband, until, possibly,
On her dying bed some expression of
love for her has been wrung from
him. Men who are capable of better
things must be greatly moved before
taey express in words half they feel
Ne1r York ECeri7lg Post.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
The Weapons OF Che World.

The earth, the lake and the streams
have disgorged the swallowed specimens;
the sepulchre and the temple have given
back their offerings; the buried city has
unelutched its relics; the battlefield has
rendered up its vestiges. And from all
these subterranean pillasings the muse
ums have grown full. There is the
Greek sword, 80 curt that it is little
more than largo knife, pre-eminently
fit for scrambling, hacking, strenuous
stabbing in uniinching ciose QTlarters.
There IS the Roman sword, OF differing
lengths almost as various, indeed, as
the countries it conquered. There IS
tie Gallie sword, of such soft, plant
metal that It's users had TO stop IN fight,
after each hard blow, in order to
stTaiehten it under their feet. thereby
enabling the enemy TO knock them ever
uu'ontestsdiy. There are the hooked
scllaitars OF the Turks, with an inside
edge, and the carved Arab y2taghans,
with the edge outside. There is the
cross-handled sword of the Crusader,
with which be prayed and slew alter
nately. There is the weapon whose
ponmel served for seal, Ike that OF
Charien,agne, who Sid, when he used it
to put his stamp on treaties, 81 sign
than with this end, and with the other
I will take care that they are kept"
There are Dutch, Russian, Portuguese,
and Moorish swords, each one of them
with big type Or detail proper TO itself.
There are the glaives of red-clothed
headsmen of the Middle Ages; there are
the Malay krisses, and tie notched
blades of Zanzibar. and old sabers (the
parents of our contemporaneous tribe)
from India, Armenia and Khorassan.
There is the espada Of the Spanish
matador, the Schiavona of Venice, the
Albanian cutlass, the Kabyle 1isse, the
Turkish kandjar, the court sword of
century ago, the claymore of Scotland.
There are all the incalcuiable assort-
ments Of German, Spanish and italian
swords.
All these and thousand others are TO
be found in the collections, with their
capricious varyings of blade and handle.
of pommel, spindle and hiIt, of inlaying
and engraving, of complicated basket
guards, Of every sort OF ornament and
complement and supplement That can be
added to an implement. Damaskeeainr.
particularly (Which is the incrusting of
gold and silver into iron and steel, and
which, though said by Herodotus to
have been invented by GIaGcus ot Chic.
and though cultivated by the Romans,
was not seriously practiced IN modern
Europe till the fifteenth cenmry) gives
a remarkable beauty and artistic value
to many swords; it is perhaps, indeed,
the most distinctive and the most grace
full Of all the adornments lavished upon
them. And the scabbards! Why, they
fopm special race: il they were not. by
the essence and condition Of their being,
a mere adjunct to something else, they
would occupy place OF Their own in the
world. Their sorts and shapes are so
many that they are beyond arithmetic.
-BiacAwood.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
Fourteen Great Mistakes.

1t is a great mistake to set up our own
standard Of right and wrong, and Judge
people accordingly. It Is great mis-
take to measure the enjoyment of others
by our own; to expect uniformity of
opinion IN this world; 10 look for iude-
ment and experience in youth; to en-
deavor to mould all dispositions alike:
not to yield TO ministerial trifes; to look
for perfection m our own actions; to
worry ourselves and others with what
cannot be remedied; not 10 alleviate al
that needs alienation, as far as hes in
our power; not to make allowances for
the infrmities Of others: to consider
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
WORK.
Grading MENDOZA Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, !
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 5, 1883. !

Sealed bids will be received by the Board Of
Public Works in and for the corporation of the
city of st. Paul, Minnesota, at their Office in said
city, until II m. on the 18th day Of Septem-
Der, A. d. 1888, for the grading Of Mendoza
st. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad COM
pany to Seventh street in said city, according
to plans and specifications on file in the Office of
said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties in a
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid.
The said Board reserves the tight to reject any
OF all bids.
NJ. KOCH, President FRO tenn.
Official. r. l.. GORMAN.
Clerk Board of Public Works. 2f9-259
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08

everything impossible which We cannot
perform; to believe only what our finite
minds can grasp; to expect 10 be able to
understand everything. The greatest of
all mistakes is to live only for time,
when amy moment may launch US into
eternity.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08

"Shall we build navy?" is the ques-
ton that agitates the mind of the rural
editor during the summer stiffness. But
the navy is all right. Said one Of the
characters IN an original play at the
Christian union not long ago: "Sure,
we have the finest navy in the wurruld.
Look at all the water We havel All we
want is few ships"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
Janet Home From Church.

Janet was not comely, but an excel
lent servant and especially devout. One
Sunday afternoon, on returning from
the kirk, she mentioned to the ladies of
the family how much she had enjoyed
the services. Shortly afterward, they
heard her scolding at great rate. and
one of the ladies demonstrated with her {:
"Why, Janet, I'm afraid the service did
you very little good, after all, as you
seem to have lost your temper" "Ah,
weel," said Janet, Il left Willum to
look after things, and everything's so
upset it's enough to take the taste O.
prayer out O. ones mouth"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
Wire Goggles for Snow Blindness.

A companion Of Schwatka informs MS
that goggles of wire gauze without glass
are effectual against snow blindness, and
that they were largely used by the
Franklin expedition, many of them hav-
ing been found among the relics at bur-
ial places of the victims, and at other
points in the Artic regions where re-
mains are found supposed to belong to
that unfortunate party. The glasses
sometimes used, of various hues, become
80 logged by the moisture from the
breath of the wearer as to completely
obstruct the vision, and they cannot be
used in hunting. Snow blindness in the
northern latitudes is severe malady.
The inner coat of the eyelids becomes
infamed, accompanied with impairment
of vision and intense pain, requiring
sometimes several days within doors for
its cure. Nearsighted people are said
to be less affected than others.-[Scienti.
fic American.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08

waves of ether, yield light Cor time,
which decreases in brilliancy, as the par
ticles grow less and less; they, too, like
the particles OF bell, require periodical
renewals Of the force that affords them
their motion. Progress of Science.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08

SCOT falling On the carpet from open
chimneys or carelessly-handled stove
apers, if thickly covered with salt, can
ne brushed up without injury to the car
ret.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
Supposed owner and
deecription.

Supposed owner ana
description. Benefits.
F NJ Gembe, Commencing at " corner
of Twelfth and Pine streets. thence
WHY along Twelfth street 100 #, thence
My at right angles so #, thence Ely to
Pine street at middle point between
Grove and Twelfth streets, thence 10
beginning; being part of block 1, Kit
sons Addition to st. Paul ......... .S45 90
Augusta Young, Commencing at E cor
ner of block l, Kittson's Addition to ST
Paul, thence along Twelfth street SO
#, thence WHY along Gembe's line &c #;
thence My at right angles with Grove
street to Grove street, thence Ely A 4
fiji beginning, being part of said block1 Is co
All objections to said assessment must be
made in writing and fled with the clerk of said
Beard at least one day prior to said meeting.
NJ. KOCH, President pro tenn.
Official: 2. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works. 25O-252
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08

Some facetiors writer declares that
the greatest puzzle Of the age is the
strawberry shortcake sold at restaurants.
The puzzle is TO find the strawberry.
and thousands OF people have given up
the search in disgust.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08

ONCE year the little Hindoo girls
destroy all their dolls by throwing
them into large tank filed with water.
This is done so they viii have mo other
gods before their eyes during the Fes-
iyel of Dasserah."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08

''Show me man eating lettuce"
said Lord Beaconsfeld, sand I Will tell
you what manner of man he is" The
highest epicurean authorities all agree
that to cut lettuce is to ruin it.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08
Confirmation Of Assessment for Grading
Pine Street.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 5, 1888.

CITY OF ST.. PAUL, Mimi, Sept. 5, 1888.
The assessment of benefits, costs and expenses
arising from the grading OF Pine street, from
Fourth street to Grove street, in the city of
st. Paul, Mimi, having been completed by the
Board of Public Works in and for said city,
said Board will meet at their Office in said city
at 2 p. m. on the 18th day of September A. D.
1889, to hear objections (if anyl to said assess
ment, at which time and place unless sufficient
cause is shown to the contrary, said assessment
viii be confirmed by said Board.
The following is list of the supposed own
ers' names, description of the property bene-
flied and the amounts assessed against the same,
to-wit:
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-09-08

We seldom find people ungrateful SO
long as we are in condition to render
them service.-Rocheoucauid.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-26
Parity the Blood Now.

1t is not claimed that BROWNS
SARSAPARILLA and Dandelion,
with lodde of Potassium, will cure
every disease, but it has been proven
in thousand cases that no other REM
edy can compare with it in curing
Scrofula, Tumors, Kidney Diseases
Ulcers, rheumatism, Cancers, Dys
pepsia, Fever Sores, Syphilitic
Diseases, Boils, Constipation, Erysip-
elias, Sick Headache, Salt Rheum.
Why is Browns Sarsaparilla best for
curing these diseases? Because it
purities the blood, corrects the inaction
of the Liver and Kidneys, and cures
constipation and dyspepsia by giving
ten, to the stomach so that all food is
readily digested. Use only the best
medicin S. DIR. Brock, Bellevue, a.
Rupert, Haley, and l. l. Lewis &
Son, ketchum, sell Browns Sarsa-
parilla.