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Adulterated Teas.

The word pure" as applied to teas
from Japan and China, appears to be
as necessary to their sale as the omis-
sion of the same word is to Indian teas,
from the simple fact that tea can only
be tea-as if it is not tea, ergo it is
something else and should be sold IN
der another name. The cause need not
be sought for, as it is simply due to the
simplicity of "a too confding public.
The middleman and retail dealer unite
in full force, and the sapient housewife,
who would instanter reject "oleomar-
garine" or "butterine" for butter, will
most meekly accept mixture Of viii
low or other leaves, highly faced with
copperas and indigo or Prussian blue,
as pure green tea, and this when infus-
ion and slight knowledge of the tea
leaf would frequently place all in po-
sition to test the purity for themselves.
Further check is at hand in a sediment
presenting an appearance like its adul-
terant. From most countries COM
plants are frequent that pure tea" is
Improbable at any price. Still, pure
tea is manufactured, but how much of
it reaches the consumer of China and
Japan teas, as such is question. BY
the time it has passed from the bush to
the factory, thence to middleman and
grocer, and finally into the cup of the
confding drinker, its original identity
would puzzle its manufacturer to deter
mine its class, certainly as regards In
dian teas, whose frequent "mixings'
and transformation often destroy all
trace of their origin. PHILADELPHIA
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
The Law of Lean Year.

The Albany Laao Journal calls
attention to an important law relating
to the extra day in leap year, which
business men and others should bear in
mind. The Journal says: GAS leap
year is coming, it is well to know what
the law of leap year is. The law, it is
said, takes no notice of parts CT days,
and, as to the Goth of February, takes
no notice of the whole day. The 2Sth
and 29th are computed as one day
For example, suppose a note is dated
on the 26th of February, 1880, payable
one day from date. Ordinarily it would
be payable on the 4th of March, and SO
it is in leap year, and not on the 81.
In Indiana the question has recently
come before the Supreme Court, in re-
spect to service of process in 1876, the
last leap year. The law there requires
ten days previous service for the entry
of the Judgment. In the case before
the court the judgment was premature
if the 28th and 29th were to be COM
puted as one day. The court said: It
must be regarded as settled in this
State that the 28th and Goth of Febru-
airy in every bisextle year must be COM
puted and considered in law as one dav.'
The question is set at rest by our
statute, 1 r. S. m. p. 61O, S. 3, which
provides that the added day of leap
year and the day Immediately preced-
ing, if they shall occur in any period so
to be computed, shall be reckoned to-
gether as one day This embraces
statutes, deeds, verbal or written con-
tracts, and all public or private instru-
ments."
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
Learning fhe Old Farm.

A farmer near C1rclev1lle, ONO, hung
himself because he was compelled to
move off farm ON which he had lived
since childhood. -RGcharge. And still
there are people who will go on won
dering and inquiring how to keep the
boys on the farm. Here is a man who
had grown up with the old farm and be-
come so attached to it that to leave the
scenes of his boyhood broke his heart,
and he hid his grief in o suicides
grave. There is no sense in talking
about how the boys may be kept on the
farm. To be sure, farm life is not one
continual circus day, as in the city, nor
Fourth of July, and formers can
make their sons hate the old farm home
by subjecting them to all manner Of
drudgery, the same as they would a
''a;: OF yearling steers, and expect them
10 Wear the yoke and never make a
kick. The man alluded to above had
grown up on the farm. He was some
bodv's son, and, no doubt, in his boy
hood days he often had sort of a
yearning to leave the old farm and go
away to the city, and put on boiled
shirt and smoke cigars, and amass a
fortune. But he stuck to the old farm,
and, when he was finally obliged to
leave it, the thought was too much, and
he took his own life rather than CO. No
doubt when he thought of leaving the
old place, the scenes of his boyhood's
happiest hours would arise up before
him, and he could see, in looking back
DER d lifetime spent on the old farm,
the same narrow, winding lane
through which he trudged when
q boy, over the grass and stub
BE covered with the heavy dew
and frost of early morning, and the
thought Of how lie placed his bare foot
down on the early bumble-bee which
nestled among the clover blossoms and
sang it's morning song, came back to
him with old-time vigor. The thought
of leaving the dear old home, around
whose cheerful fireplace he had spent
many happy evening, and then went
to a bed of feathers beneath rafters
laden with dried pumpkin and catnip,
and seed-corn and cob-webs and dried
apples, was more than the poor man
could stand. There is no use talking
about keeping boys on the farm when
they get the roaming fever, but after a
man has been there lifetime he would
not exchange places with King, and
wear crown, and suffer with the govt
and the dyspepsia. There are thous-
ands who know just how that poor man
must have felt, and will pity him, as
they know that it is often better to own
300-acre farm, without mortgage on
it, and q good, sound constitution, than
to be the proprietor of millions, and a
brown-stone mansion, and the consump-
tiOn.=Peck'S SIN.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
About Canary Birds,

The cost of keeping canary birds is
seldom thought of The canary is the
pet bird of the rich and the poor; it is
everywhere, and its keeping involves an
immense amount of money in the aggre-
gate. A gentleman who has for several
years been extensively engaged in the
trade of bird seed, and who is excellent
authority, informs us that he has the
statistics to prove that there are now
fully 100000 of these pets in this
country. Each bind will use twelve
pounds of seed per year, if not overfed,
and, unfortunately for them, they gen.
orally get too much. Thus it takes
16S, 100000 pounds of seed to feed
them through year, worth at least
$14,000,000. Beside this seed, as any
one knows, is the sugar, the crackers,
the eggs, and the thousand and one
things that different keepers supply
them with.
Again, We have a great expense in
cages. There are now twenty-five man
ufactories of bird cages in the United
States One of the most extensive of
them turned out 100000 worth of
cages last year, and will this year add
largely to the amount. The whole cost
CT cages made last year is estimated at
nearly 81, 100000. This gives for the
two items of seed and cages the snug
little sum Of ST, 100000.
But, after all, is the bird not worth
ali the people pay for its keeping
How it instills into the children a love
of music; and its example of cleanli-
ness as it takes its Regular morning
bath is beneficial in the extreme It
thus adds beauty, music and instruc-
ton to all our homes.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
The Ostrich Kick.

When a farmer goes into a savage
birds camp he takes with him thorn
pole, with branch or two of the thorny
bush left on the end This is called a
"tuck," and when the tuck is applied to
the ostrich's neck or head (his tender
points, he is almost invariably subdued,
and, after one or two efforts to escape,
bolts furiously off to the other side of
the camp, where he races up and down
to vent his bafied rage. If, however,
the bird gets near enough to his oppo-
nent to give the so-called kick, he lifts
his bony leg as high as his body and
throws it forward with demoniac gro
tesqueness. and brings it down with ter
rible force. His object is to rip the
enemy down with his dangerous claw,
but in most cases it is the fat bottom
of his foot which strikes, and the kick
is dangerous as much from its sheer
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
The Man and the NoUse.

A Man having caught Mouse in a
Trap held him at arms length and ex-
claimed:
"Ah! you Rogue have you at last !!
Only the other Night you ate the Hind
Pocket out of my Pants!"
True, my Friend" replied the
Mouse, "but I did you good Turn at
the same time. L ate up Love Letter
which your Wife got up an hour before
Daylight to look for. But for me YOU
would now be Baldheaded old Coon"
"Shake!" said the Man, as he Drew
down his Left E ye, and the Mouse shook
himself out of the Trap and into his
Hole.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
A Small Story of Two Sons

"Lemme tell yer," exclaimed old Ma
than, arising at an educational meeting
and addressing the assemblage, "dar
amt MALT as much in eddycation as a
man in a moment oh thusiasm mout
promulgate. I raised two sons. jim
went to school an got good eddyca-
ton, but Tom stayed at home an reber
looked inter book, but yit he made a
quicker shown dan jim"
"How?" asked a chorus of voices.
"Why, he beat him inter de peniten.
tiary by two days." exclaimed the old
man as he sat down with the air of a
man who feels that the weight of evi-
dence is in his favor.-Arkansaa Trap-
eler.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
Manner and Manners.

Beauty is generally considered as the
most seductive and irresistible of social
Graces. Yet even beyond the fascination
Of beauty may be ranked the charm of
manner, and the brilliant interchange
OF thought between refined and cult
waited intellects. Manner may indeed
take the first place among social gifts,
for Ii has an ethical value as q refining
influence in all grades of life. It pro-
notes harmony, softens acerbity of
temper, and ditfuses a calm Joy over the
home circle; while in society it dom
mates as no other gift or grace can do.
Beauty may often have fatal power to
draw souls earthward, and conversation,
with all its wit and brilliancy, may be
used to vitiate the moral sense; but
manner is ever noble and enrolling,
because based on the two great moral
rinciples-respect for ones self and
respect for others.
Manner exists as an heirloom among
some races, as the Celt, the Slav and
the Arab. The courtesy of the Celt
approaches reverence, and the Bedouins
have the calm majesty of desert Kings.
All the Latin races generally have sing
ular grace Of idiom and gesture, but
the Teuton is naturally uncouth and
rough. John Bright, in one of his elo-
quent addresses to workingmen, says,
with truth, that manners, far more than
pomp OF luxury, form the chief differ
ences between high and low, rich and
poor, the noble and the ignoble.
If the uncultivated classes could be
trained into habits of mutual courtesy
and politeness, if they were made sensi-
bic of the moral beauty of gentleness,
forbearance, self-respect and reverence,
there would be less of the hideousness
Of coarse language and brutal self-asser-
ton in their ordinary intercourse.
Manner is royal grace that we are ac-
customed to associate with high rank
and high breeding, but it may dwell in
the cottage as in the palace; and it has
this advantage-that, while it can beau
tify all life, it costs nothing, and never
generated an evil thought or word
Lady Wilde, IN Home Journal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
THE PAUL DAILY GLOBE THURSDAY MORNING. H. 1888

Old Bob, who was close to the river,
caught sight of a little colt which had
fallen into the water and was being
rapidly carried down stream in spite Of
its struggles. Old Bob trotted to the
edge of the river, and, with loud neigh,
plunged in, swan to the poor little
chap, seized him as dog would rab-
bit, and, after fight with the stream,
landed the little fellow safe and sound,
not much the worse for his bath. I
think Old Bob is entitled to unlimited
freedom and grass as long as he lives
and the happy hunting grounds here
after.-Lo1adO7, Field.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
POstage-Stamp Portraits.

The portrait of Benjamin Franklin on
the 1-cent stamp, in the imperial ultra
marine blue, is after a profile bust of
Rubricht The head of Jackson on the
2-cent stamp, in vermillion, is from a
bust of Hiram Powers. The Washing
ton head on the green Scent stamp is
after Houden's celebrated bust. The
head on the Scent blue stamp is that of
Zachary Taylor. The Lincoln profile,
in red, on the 5-cent stamp is after a
bust by Volk. The 7-cent stamp, in
vermillion. gives the head of Stanton.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17

CLARA had been practicing one piece
for at least month, until mamma de-
clared she was perfect. When she was
asked to play for the company, soon
after, she had to be pressed a little be-
fore going to the piano, and of course
after playing her piece she had to ex-
cuse herself, because she Hint read
music very fast and she Ia ever tried
it before; but she wasn't ont pleased
when Professor Fugue remarked in q
sympathetic way: $50 perceive"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
Old Bob.

That white-faced bay horse you see
looking at us from among that bunch
of mares and colts is quite celebrated
character in the neighborhood, and If
the Royal Humane Society gave gold
medals to dumb animals [ am sure Old
Bob deserves one. One rough, stormy
day, after a succession of rainy days,
which had swollen the Little Laramie
river till it became raging torrent run
ming level with the top of its banks.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
A Medical Opinion ON kissing.

Promiscuous kissing has been inf
fnitely more productive of disease or
various kinds than the public eve
dream of, and it is practice that should
be discountenanced. The people should
confine their kissing propensities to
members of their own families, and
even then it is not always safe.--Medj-
cal and Surgical Reporter.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
A Considerable Grandson.

Pete, the grandfather of Mashesh,
the Basuto chief, had the misfortune to
be eaten by one of his friends, or enc
mics, the story does not say which. The
cannibal was captured and brought be-
fore Mashesh, who was urged to kill
him. NO." said Mahesh, "why should
l disturb my grandfather's grave?"-
Letter from South africa.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17

BILL NYE is not Mormon. He gives
ont as his platform, Zone country, one
flag and one wife" Bill says he "has
never pined to make the marriage regis
tec Of his family Bible look like a hotel
register"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17
Central American Women.

Just wHhin the courtyard of a white
marble palace, in the leafy shade of a
mango grove, hangs a silken hammock
lined with the brilliant plumage of
tropical birds. In it reclines a Great
IRE whom to call divine would be base
tiattery 70 the gods. Note the classical
features, the delicate, very light olive
tint Of her skin; see the long black
siiiie9 tresses, in which an immense
diamond-headed pin holds rose; see
the long lashes, half shading those
lustrous orbs, which give forth all the
varieties of expression of refined
thought as she listens to her maids
reading from Espronceda's poems.
Her shoulders, arms and bust are
covered, bat not concealed, by the
finest OF lace, and long white skirt
trails the ground, but allows one micro
acoDical foot to peer forth, just enough
to show tie point of a gold-embroidered
slipper. The gentle breeze gives ever
SO slight a motion to the hammock,
ami each little movement of its ravish-
ingly beautiful occupant reveals
thousands of new charms. What
wonder that men, especially those
possessed by tropically infammable
'emperament, become inspired with the
divine afiiatus-sing of her, rave about
her aye, kill for her?
Ine traveller from the cold North
who has visited the tropics, upon read
ing the preceding lines, will continue
the perusal of this sketch, to ascertain
how OlltrageouslyI can disregard trutb
fo- the foregoing imagery can be found
Only IN ideal descriptions Of Central
american women; the real ones are OF
Il far different type.-Fred c. Tale,e-
tine. i71 the Continent.
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An Age of MOnOlOgue.

"There is no comfort in talking now
adays," sighed nice old lady, recently ;
"even the best-bred people interrupt so
that one can never finish anything.
Everybody wants to talk, but nobody
is willing to listen" Perhaps the mat
tention of her hearers to some pet story
had rufled the speakers usually placid
humor, and undoubtedly she stated the
case somewhat strongly, but there is
unfortunately far too much truth in her
remark that in these days everybody
wants to talk and nobody to listen. 1t
is partly because it is an age of prolific,
II not always profound thought, and the
simplest Of our acquaintance are seeth-
ing with ideas that jostle each other in
their eagerness to come to utterance.
For the most part these ideas, like DR..
Holmes moral, run at large, and are
caught from the air, but none the less
do they compel speech, and the result
that conversation has we'll nigh become
Il lost art. and we live in an age of
monologue. Two OF more people sit
down together, and each utters his
monologue, more or less brilliant, as the
case may be, paying no especial heed
to the words Of his companion, and only
in the faintest degree modified by them.
Epigram, anecdote, smile and wise OBJ
servations are poured out to unheeding
ears. not for the sake of being heard,
but for the sake of utterance. We have
become like SO many Cassandras, and
bear about the burden of prophecy with
an inward necessity of declaring it
which is mightier than we. We read,
we talk, but how seldom do we listen
Boston Courier.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17

THERE are Generals in the German
army who have as high as thirty-six
medals Of honor, and yet find it hard
to keep out of debt. When you desire
to honor man, give him the cash.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17

A MAN ought to keep his friendship
IN constant repair. I look upon day
as lost in which do not make a new
acquaintance.-Dr johnson.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17

PHYSICIANS are the only professional
men for whose exclusive use the Gov
eminent provides at Washington a free
erraiating library, supported - the
DahEc eNnense.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17

SOME Of the London hosiers are sell
ing "digitated stockings, " or foot gloves,
but not even the Endorsement of n.y.
CHEMISTS has made them popular.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-17

INFINITE toll would not enable you to
sweep away mist, but by ascending
little you may often look over it alto
gether.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-17
SALTWATER GLOBULES.

Potatoes are coming in quite freely and
are sold from the wagon at thirty five
cents per bushel.
An insane man, whose name could moi
be learned, was placed in charge of Sheriff
Holcomb yesterday. A medical examina-
ton will be made to-day.
The trotting match will take place. this
afternoon if the weather and track is suit
able. 1t is understood that number OF
other races have been arranged to come
off after the principal match is over.
A young chap who was under the i'm
preston that he was out on the great
plains, commenced showing off with re
volver on Monday night in an uptown sa-
loon There is no telling what fsats he
would have performed had not Chief Short
all interfered and deprived him of his
shooting iron, which has been carefully
laid away to prevent accidents.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-17
The A.LeGed Prison Escape.

The whole story of the missing prisoners
at the penitentary on Monday evening
last, grew from an exaggerated report,oi
the hiding of one of tho convicss. When
an event of this kind occurs the prison
authorities require increased vigilance on
the part of subordinates until the missing
culprit is found On Monday evening
one of the convicts, known as Murphy No
2 secreted himself in the tower and WIS
consequently missed when work was over
for the day. No great time elapsed be-
fore the man was discovered. The above
SO far as is known, was made the basis OF
the false statement, which was currently
reported on the street between $50 and
O'Clock on Monday evening. The true
state OF the case was not discovered until
too late to communicate with the Office al
st. Paul.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-10-17
Death Of NILES s. Thompson.

Miles S. Thompson died at his residence
on north Third street at Is minutes past II
O'Clock Monday evening. Deceased was
born in Smithield in the state of Maine in
the year 1916, and was at the time of his
death in the 38th year of his age. All OF
Monday evening ne was perfectly rational.
80 tho question if he would Ike to get
we'll he replied shat he would" He was
then asked if he had committed the act of
Friday night last, he replied positively
that it was not done by his hand,
or words to that effect. He was asked if he
knew by when the deed was done. He re-
piled that he did not. All who are &C
quainted with the facts know that Mr..
Thompson was mistaken in his first state
msnt, which may be attributed to the
prostration of mind and body, brought
about by his own act. The illness com
planned of on Friday is thought by the
physician to have been the beginning of an
attack of brain fever, by which his mind
was Temporarily affected. Mr.. Thompson.
it is now known, was in no financial dis
tress. IL he had any debts he was album
dainty able to pay them at any time. His
domestic LIE has been of unsiloyed hap
piness, 80 thst to disease alone must be
attributed his untimely taking off. The
funeral occurs at o'clock this afternoon,
and will be under the auspices Of ST. Johns
lodge A. F. & A. III.