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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25
The Petit Journal.
New York SUM-

A correspondent desires toknow what daily
paper has the largest circulation in the world
1t is The Petit Journal of Paris, small sheet
less than half the size Of The Sun It's circu-
lation, which ~ more than half million COP
les daily, extends all over France The,
amount of news that it gives is very limited,
and its editorial articles are mere para
graphs, and few at that; but they are pointed
and sensible. 1t publishes daily portion Of
an original romance, and one is sure to find
in its pages complete report, sent often by
telegraph and at considerable expense, Of tie
most interesting criminal trial that is going
on In the country.
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FRLTZs poe BAyARD.
The Death OF st. Bernard by yyhieEa
HEr. and SHrs. Emmet Set Great
Store
New York SUM-

Mr.. and Mrs. J. K Emmett have lost their
st. Bernard dog, Bayard. He was reputed 10
be the handsonest animal of his kind in the
state. He measured ~ feet from tip TO tip,
and was 81 inches high and weighed I75
pounds.
Mrs. Emmett first saw Bayard at the bench
show in this city about two years ago. He
was then year and a half old. He was val
ued at $4,000 on the catalogue. She asked
her husband to buy the dog. He saw the
owner, and purchased the animal for 50 500.
Mr.. Emmett told the dogs history to the
reporter last evening "He was my wife's
guardian and her constant attendant he
said. He became her friend and protector
the very afternoon that introduced him to
her in my dressing at the Grand opera
house. No one ever dared to come near her
while Bayard was at her side. Our family
physician could not even feel her pulse with
out asking her to order Bayard to allow it.
One night while was playing in Cincinnati
"Fritz Among the Gypsies, :" my wife became
violently I'LL with neuralgia. She lay down
In the dressing room and moaned because of
the pain. Bayard put his face against hers
and howled in sympathy. l came in, and
Bayard then lay down and dropped into,a'
sleep. While he was sleeping l had my wife.
ldkeu W Her uOGel. L lnen went on the stage.
Presently heard a perfectly agonizing howl.
and Bayard came bounding in on the
scene. The actors stood stock still with
amaZement, and there was not the faintest
sign of a Singer in the audience. The dog
looked wild. He ran around the stage and
smelled each actor, including myself Then
he fastened his teeth in his own side, howled
piteously, and bounded off the stage again.
The curtain was rung down. Bayard had
scented out the circuitous route my wife had
taken to get from the dressing-room to the
stage exit. When he reached the door he
threw himself against it with all his force
and paved and yelped. I got my manager
Mr.. Wilton, to take the dog to the hotel. He
put the collar around Bayard's neck, and
away they went. Presently Mr.. Wilton came
back, out of breath. Did you take the dog,
to the hotel asked. No. said he, the dog
took me-"
Mr.. Emmett said that Bayard would re
store umbrellas to their proper places, bring
his mistress her shoes, and do everything else
except talk the English language. The dog
was buried in Albany in Mr.. Emmet's gar
den. A monument, with ife-size statue of
Bayard, will be erected over the grave, with
the inscription, "True dog, love thee"
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An Old "Circuit- Riders" Experiences
Inter Ocean Interview

''Well, here am. 1 did. not die. You
know we did not have to pay anything for
board. We boarded round, as they used to
say, that is, we stopped wherever we hap
pened to be and got our meals and lodging
and feed for our horses. As for clothes, they
were not so expensive then as now We got
the homespun cloth and had the tailors eun
our clothes, which were made at home.
There were very few clothing stores then
had place where l used to stop once ia
three weeks for two OF three days. l never
thought OF having room anywhere, but
prepared my sermons and studied my bible
and Greek testament on horseback sup
pose have read a good-sized library in that
way. l could without difficulty prepare my
sermons any place, and never allowed any
thing to interrupt me when at work I coulos
Slt down in the little cabin of some settler.
and with the housewife at work, the children
playing about me, and the chickens and geesa
in the little place too, and study out my SER
mon.
81 haveslept in the samero with a whole
family, sometimes in bed and sometimes on
the floor. Sometimes | had to sleep in the
garnet, where it was so cold that I went to
bed with all my clothes, my overcoat, my
buffalo overshoes, and my mittens on, With
my ears tied up to keep from freezing Thea
have been in some of those log houses In
Wisconsin with shake roofs, where the snow
blew in. Shake the bed-clothes before going
to bed, and put my clothes under the bed to
keep them dry. l have walked up in the
morning with three or four inches of snow
over me. have also slept il empty cabins,
with no bed but the floor, no cover but my
saddle blanket, and my saddle for pillow
"Once l was caught on the east side of the,
Wisconsin river, and had to spend the night
in a cabin, where slept on the floor, and for
supper had potatoes and beef, and for break.
fast beef and potatoes. 1t was hard life
sometimes, but lived through it and l do
not regret single year"
"Did you have churches to preach inn
every few. We preached in school houses
or the cabins Of the settlers, more often the
latter. The people knew when these services
would be held, and we had larger congrega-
tions at that time than now. They quit work
if the meeting was on a week day, and came
dressed up to church. Sometimes they tray
eled for several miles to attend these meet
ingsn
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Whom Esutler Laughed.
[Charleston IS. CT News /

Just before the fight at Petersburg, Va, IL
1864, Gen. B. F. Butler, while out in front OK
his lines with his staff, came near being cap
tured by picket squad OF the Seventh South
Carolina cavalry. Some days afterward a
member of the regiment was captured by
Buffers men and by the generals orders.
brought into his tent Gen. Butler asked the
man what would have been done had ne
Butler been taken by his comrades a few
days previous. The man replied that while
he was prisoner he declined giving any
opinion Butler then said he had asked the.
question from curiosity and would protect
the man no matter what his reply should be.
The Confederate then said 'fWell, general,
think that in the event of your capture by
our men you would never be heard of again.
Butler laughed heartily, thinking it a fns
Joke
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25
a Monkey and Dog Time.
Inter Ocean.1


John Moore, of Savannah, owner of a big
stamp-tailed bulldog, met an Italian organ
grinder with monkey. He offered to bet
the musician S. that the monkey could not
whip the dog. Maybe So" be answered, 81
try him" a great crowd gathered as the
Italian tossed the monkey at the brute. In a
jiffy the monkey had his claws fastened like
a vice on the stump of that dogs tail. With
one yell the dog ran away. The monkey held
on until Ratler sprang over fence, when he
suddenly. quit his hold and sat On the top rail
and watched the dogs flight with chatter
OF satisfaction. The Italian shouldered his
monkey, and, walking up to Moore, said:
"Yor dog not well today; maybe your dog
gone off to hunt rabbit. Your dog no ike
my monkey-he not acquaint- Maybe ven
come again next year he come back and
fight some more"
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during Che nn,mer and GAIL, and had brought
in considers bic money-iE ore instancs $500
people coming to single fair to see them,
whose 70-cemt pieces amounted to $3.50. These
animals were five feet.six inches high, as any
one could see by standing up besidethem, and
through the thickest Of the body the largest
wasfsur eet and two inches and was twelve
feet,six inches around the frame. was told
that they would slaughter at rs to so per
cent. beef out of the carcass, making nearly
$500 pounds, worth perhaps 81 200, at the
ordinary price of beef. The keeper said that
the skin Of each animal was worth $50 to be
stuffed. These steers are fed with great regu-
larity on chopped corn. oats and bran. They
were twins.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25
The sage ana the nnourners.
Detroit Free Press. ]


A Sage on bis weary way to Wiscon-
sin. came upon a crowd one day and OBJ
served general sadness in all faces:
why this gloom?" queried the old man, as
lie laid down his bundle and felt for the front
end OF his plug Of tobacco.
'Oh, Sage, we mourn the death Of a good
tnan," was the reply.
"Was ne hsnoredf'
'He was.'
'Sober, upright, charitable and given 30
:eace:"
''He was.''
"Who OF you praised and encouraged him
in lifeF' asked the old man as he looked
around him.
A hush fell upon the crowd, and no one
replied.
Praise that comes after DEATH whispered
the sage, "does not even cut down the under
takers bills Better squander your time saw
ing wood for his widow
MoRAL-The widow viii be expected to
take IN plain sewing to support herself.
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An AGOnizing Scream that ReOpened
Court.
Evening Wisconsin. ]


A highly dramatic scene was enacted in a
Milwaukee court. A little boy named Otto
Rssch, IL years of age, was arraigned for
petty larceny. He was found guilty, and
owing to this being his second offense, Judge
Walther deemed Unnecessary to send the lad
to the industrial school until q years of age.
The court was then adjourned, and as the
justice left the bench the boy clasped his
arms around him and piteously begged for
mercy.
"Oh. judge, please let me go this time. I'll
never, never be a bad boy again. I'll go
right home and always mind my father.
Please let me 60 just this time"
Pushing the boy aside, the justice walked
away, when the lad convulsively chung to
his father, saying, "Oh, don't let them take
me away" at the same time screaming as if
in mental agony. The Justices heart was
completely melted. lie rushed back, re-
opened court and suspended sentence in tbs
Door BOYS case
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25
Thought He Knew Him.

A Cincinnati reporter, returning from tho
Latonia races, reported a mutual recognition
~ follows: "a party of Kentucldans, com
posed of judges, colonies, politicians and 9th.
ers, were joined by gentleman known ia
one Of the party A general introduction fol
lowed. The new conner stared hard at one OF
the judges, as though be recognized a familiar
face. The judge felt sure that he had mel
the gentleman before. oh, were you not in
Louisville at the spring meeting, judge?
Light broke over the Judges countenance
oh, now l know; of course-ys-though
knew you. Beat three kings for me IN jacs
pot at the Calf house. Come IN and tale :
drink'n
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25
A Small Centennial Fund.
Portland mel Press.1

The Portsmouth On. H. Journal said that
in February, 1892, the centennial celebration
of Washington's birth took place in that city.
The surplus, after paying expenses, amount
ing to S. 81, was deposited in the Portsmouth
savings bank. The dividends up to Jan. l.,
1882, brought the ss.67 up to s1455S, and if
the accumulations continue through the en-
suing fifty years in the same ratio, the sum
will amount, in 1932-the next centennial
to s., 800, good SUM toward that celebra-
ton. The Hon. Lory Odell was the last sur
viving trustee. He has died, and Mr. R. O..
Conant, of this city, administrator of his
estate, will forward the handbook to the new
trustees
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25
IA MEETING.
yTafenaIa Butte Smedley in CourieS.5oa1r

'NfeEsliSt Butte Smedley in CourieTs5 oarnall
:. Two that wrecked each others hope
Parting.csidly in their prime,
Met upon the downward slope,
Taught bv tears and Gained byafime,
Under autumn's perfect trees,
: Dropping bright refnembrances.
There they spread their stories ,oat,
Face to face and hand to hand,
I, Looking back with wistful doubt,
Into the forgotten land,
Where the wheels of life went fast,
Hardly seen till they were past;
! Looking where the dawn had been,
Till each gray and pallid line
: Shivers with a sun unseen,
Which may never rise and shine,
And the moment lost and Nalns
Comes before their souls again.
: Saving softly: eyes, think
You were there-you came at Ten.
SIN your hair was something plnih-
How hate the tint since them
:. sHate a harmless ribbonE' -''Nay,
: have pardoned it to-day"
ST remember what you said"
,9Put you laughed, and despa!reo."
"f'Did laughs was AFRAID -,
You perhaps might think l cared"
.tBe content, your pride shall be
,ScatheleSS as your heart forme."
@tsSomething in your voice assures
You have angry feelings yet"
Something told me then in yours
That you would not quite-forget;
=. Just one foolish moment Lit
.Hope-=the laugh extinguished it"
."Sure the fame was very weakp
't'Twas your silence let it die"
f1f a mans hope will not speak,
Can woman's heart reply:"
t'Had spoken?' "Do l know?
iIt was very long ago"
Fac to face and hand in hand,
Lou ing at those eastern skies;
Is the i hit along the land
Only borrowed from their eyes
Can a song of birds be drawn
From memory of dawn:
.Lo! the hill, the.2ca the plain,
Flushing with familiar rosei
look away, and look again,
But the color strays and grows
Wherefore stand amazed and dumbs
Knew you not that morn must comet
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25
Cupid and the Fish
fCincinnati Erouirer.1

An actor, who had an excellent opinion OK
bis own ability intellectually and artistically,
was cast for the part of commander in the
'Pearl of Savoy" In one Of the scenes he
uses the following lines: 'The fair chariner.
how sweet she looksi We are like Cupid
and Psyche" To the horror of those who
listened, be said: eve are like Cupid and
Fish, and / am the Fish" Unconscious of
the cause of the laughter, he contin aed the
scene, satisfied at its conclusion that he had
hff
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25
A Big steer Story.
Iaca.L,:, =, No. Xnrk Trifr1na 1

['Gath" IN New YORK Ir1DuneJ
A man may be excused, even on Broadway,
for telling big steer story. l saw during
the past week two steers raised in Ashtabula
county, Ohio, Of pure Durham breed, which
weighed together 1890 pounds. They were
On private exhibition at ueighboring fair,
-. lad been moved an over tie cr--|-
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southern Eioquence Not ON the yyane.

r [Peroration In Kentucky Court
Gentlemen, you may hang the ocean on q
grape vine to dry, lasso an avalanche, pin
napkin to the mouth Of volcano, skim the
clouds from the sky with teaspoon, paste
"To Lett on the moon and stars but never
for moment delude yourselves with the idea
that this charming girl IS guilty Of the charge
preferred against her.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25

Globe-Denorat: Chinese are no great BE-
levers In love. The cares known as kissing,
which plays 50 important part In our love
making, Is entirely unheard Of to them.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-25

the viole-S, and conversation tagged again.
We tried various subjects-Russian dyna.
mite, Scalchi; ell failed.
'tHew good Aunt Emily Isl" cried Anita at
last IN enthusiasm; $50 full of thought for the
poor end needy. l wish had ever done any
one any good"
You saved my life once,n said. mus;
have said it very earnestly, for Anita flushed
and then paled.
''Why must You JEST with me in this way
to-day2 You are breaking our friendship"
Il want 40 friendship from you. 1 am
glad to break it. I will tell you how you
saved my life if you will say yes to a ques-
ton am going to ask But you must look
at me and not at the violets."
And 80 all the debut went Tor nothing, and
the sweIls and the lordlings that had hung
about got their congo, and 1 got my moon.
light, for the girl with the long upper lip
who, by the way, is now my couSin-was
right, and Anita was the moon Anita to her
lover.
In the course of time we married. Such a
bald statement of an idylic factl But that
is all that words can do-only half tell any
| tale. Our secret and our love and bow she
looks to me still are all told to Us silently by
picture that hangs over the Fireplace in our
nursery, for there is a nursery as well as q
studio, and the picture is picture of q moon
with face in ir, and in bold black letters
the name Of the artiSt-Thomas Eaton
A certain brown-hairei baby boy. on be-
| ing held up TO warm his wee toes by the open
fire, always stretches his hands toward the
face in the moon and calls: My mammal
my mammal
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24
THE CHARM OF LETTERS.

One of the most charming chapters in
that most charming book. Crawford, con-
tains the description of Miss Matty sorting
her letters. Letters have curious vital
ity about them they carry US back with
one bound to the days in which they were
written. Time softens so many things,
changes so entirely their aspects, blots out
30 many lines, that our memory scarcely
serves us. But letters catch the thousand
and one little trivialities of. everyday life,
and preserve them long after the hand
that writ them is dust. The wit and scan.
dial and gossip of the court of Louis XIV. are
kept as fresh for us as though they belonged
to yesterday, in the pages of Madame de
Sevignes letters. We pass calm and I'M
eventful days with Jane Austen in the
little Hampshire parsonage that stood on
the edge of the open chalk downs, nesting
among the neat hazel copses. We smell
with William Cowper the sweet penetrat.
ing scent of the mignonette in the flower.
bed opposite his window, or wan.
der with him and Mrs. Unwin
through the pleasure grounds of Wes-
ton. Or we discuss household affairs
for the benefit of her "Prueship with
kindly Richard Steele, while Sc the brats
stand on each side of the table,
and 'Miss Moll has taken upon her to hold
the sand box, and is SO impertinent in
her office that the honest man cannot
write more" For the very essence of
letter is that it should not merely contain
news, but that it should bring with it a
touch, an aroma, a subtle something,
which is individual to the writer. And
the best letters often contain the least
news, but have been written as they are
read-without effort. They have no pur-
pose, 40 design, and their very art is the
" art of simplicity" 81 believe l am GO
ing to write long letter, and have there
fore taken a whole sheet of paper, writes
johnson. "This will be a quick return
for yours, my dear Cassandrs, writes Miss
Austen to her sister, 81 doubt it's having
much else to recommend it but there is
no saying-it may turn out to be very
long and delightful letter" And it does
turn out to be delightful letter, like all
those given to us In her memoir-letters
OVERLOOKING with gentle humor and keen
appreciation of the little comedies which
are forever being acted, free of charge, on
the stage of this world Temple Bar.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24

A MIscHIEvoUs PARROT Opposite the
residence of Polls owner there was some
buildings in course of erection, and the
men at the top OF the scatfold were in the
habit of calling to those below for such
material as they wanted, more brick, !"
"more mortar" and so on. In very short
time Polly had these by heart, as well as
in the gruff tones in which they were ut
tered. MISSIONER did the Irish laborer re-
heve himself of load than the everlast-
ing cry, more mortar" assailed his ears.
He bore it with exemplary patience till the
mortar board at the top Of the scaffold was
piled, but again the order for mortar
more mortar" was given. Then, to the
delight of the parrots master, who was
standing by, the Irishman flung down his
bod and making speaking trumpet of his
hands, bawled to the bricklayer above,
" Is it MORTAR mad that We are? Sure a
man may have as many legs as centerpig
[centipede] to wait on the like o yez."
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24

THE BEGINNING OF ART.-The more we
study the past the more surely do we re.
cognize the truth contained in those myths
and traditions which betray the influence
exercised upon Greece by the people of
Egypt, Syria and Asia Minor To confne
ourselves to the plastic arts, the historian
of Greek art discovers survivals, forms
and motives, which had been employed in
previous centuries and earlier civilizations,
in exact proportion to the accuracy of his
researches and to the number of his ele-
ments for comparison. He also finds that
the Greeks borrowed frem the same in.
structors those industrial processes which,
although not in themselves artistic, are
among the antecedent conditions of art
namely, metallurgy, ceramics, smiths
works, glass-making, weaving, embroidery,
stone. working, and carving-in word,
all those trades which seem so simple
when their secrets are known,
but which, nevertheless, represent the
accumulated efforts of countless unknown
inventors. Even after Greek art had
reached perfection, and was in the full en-
joyment of her own individuality, we still
find traces of these early borrowings. Some.
hines it is decorative motive, like the
sphinx, the griffin, the palm.leaf, and many
others, which, invented on the banks of
the Nile or the Tgris, were transported to
Greece, and there preserved, to be handed
down to our modern ornamentists. The
nearer we get to the fountain head of
Greek art, the more we are struck With
these resemblances, which are something
beyond mere condolences. We find ana.
Joyous methods of indicating the human
skeleton, of accounting its articulations, of
representing the drapery with which the
forms are covered. Greek taste had not
yet so transformed the details of or.
namentation as to prevent us from
recognizing the motives which commerce
had brought for its use over the Il gean or
the mountains of Asia Minor The Fort.
nightly Review.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-03-24
gvoLurloN OF MAN.

At the January meeting of the London
Archaeological Institute, w. S. Duncan
read a paper on the probable region of
mans evolution. Starting with the as
sumption that man was evolved from a
form lower in organization than that of the
lowest type yet discovered, and that his
organization formed no exception to the
general law of evolution recognized as &C.
counting for the appearance of the lower
forms of life, the author said that man 8
most Immediate ancestors must have been
similar in structure to that of the existing
Anthropoid apes, although it was not nee.
essary to suppose that any of the Anthro.
poid apes at present existing belong to the
same family as that of man. The science
of the distribution of animals showed that
the higher types of monkeys and apes ap.
pear to have had their origin in the Old
World, the American continent being en-
tirely destitute of them, either alive or
fossil. The distribution of the greater por-
ton Of the animals of the Old World was
shown to have taken generally southwark
direction, owing to the gradual increase of
the cold, which eliminated In the last Ice
Age. This migration was, however, inter-
rupted by the interposition of the Mediter-
ranean and other seas, and thus, although
q few of these animals were enabled to
journey on until they reached tropical re.
gions, the majority were compelled to re-
main behind, where they had to exist under
altered circumstances. The temperature
was much lower, and as result of the con.
sequent diminution of the number of fruit
forests, a change in the food and in the
manner in which it was obtained by the
apes occurred. a considerable alteration
took place also in the manner In which they
were forced to use their limbs, and it was
to the operation of these and other causes
that the ape form became stamped with
human characteristics such as the curvature
of the spine and an increase in the breadth
of the pelvis. For these reasons the au-
thor regarded the south of Europe as the
part in which it was most likely that the
evolution OF man took place.