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The Brooklyn Bridge.

Odol LII ulltuc1pula llIQ6S.
The Brooklyn bridge has given more
trouble to its trustees than to the people.
The press is somewhat unreasonable on an
enterprise like this, which has been great
many years under construction. They wonder
thai all the details were not arranged so that
street cars could cross the bridge Immediately
and at every delay they want to know Just
why and wherefore. Cable railroads have
not generally been successful in this longi-
tude. The first elevated railroad in Ninth
avenue and Greenwich street was attempted
to be operated by cables and was a complete
failure. An engineer with whom am &C.
quainted told the builders Of the road that to
operate trains of cars on such long cables
would be impossible with continuity, and
that there was no way to solve the problem
except to put a locomotive that the structure
would bear upon it.
The directors laughed and said the people
would never stand the running Of locomotives
through the public streets. Yet when their
cable failed they came to my friend with
proposition to built them locomotive in
about five weeks, which should weigh only
four or five tons. He built the engine and
by the aid Of Triggers hoisted it to the railroad
and then nearly lost his wits In the attempt
to make it draw blast enough to raise the
steam that would pull it up the grades of the
structure. think he finally said that he had
to make some kind Of bellows to blow up
the fires, and when the engine at last went up
the road he said he felt as if he had fallen on
top of a church steeple, SO Indifferent was he
to everything. Now, il reporters had been
constantly going to that elevated railroad
demanding to know why the engine did not
run or why the cable had not worked and
starting up public hue and cry against the
enterprise, we might not at the present day
have had any rapid transit at all.
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MINNEAPOLIS GLOBELErs.

The Boston Restaurant sets meals at all
hours On the European plan.
TIE State Teachers association meets
this evening at Westminster church.
The Darius commandery gave social
party and bali last evening at the Fest
Side Masonic hall.
The Wolfe Tone ball and exhibition drill
will be given this evening at Turner hall,
North Washington avenue.
The annual meeting CT the State Teach
ers' association opens in Minneapolis this
evening to continue for two days.
The board of water commissioners will
hold regular meeting in the Office of the
superintendent on Thursday evening.
Al. Creigh, the real estate man, had
his horse and buggy stolen last evening
from hitching post on Nicollet avenue.
The German Catholic Church society
has purchased eight lots or Fifth street
north, on which they will erect q church
next year.
At 5:50ias evening Parcher's five glass
hack, attached to sorrel team, was stolen
from in front of Quaidy's hotel, Second
avenue south.
"Fun in a Boarding School, is the best
comedy drama seen in this city the present
season, and the matinee at Pence filed the
house yesterday afternoon.
This evening the Sabbath school of the
Fifth Presbyterian church will have a
Christmas service, consisting of addresses
and rotations, with distribution of pres
ents.
"Fun in Boarding School" was given
last evening at the Pence by the Ellani
Comedy company to fall house, which
vas kept in a continual ro9r by the antics
of Tod" the hayward child and pet OF the
academy.
Judge Mahoney visited the city lookup
yesterday and liberated ell the prisoners
arrested for plain DRINKS. He suspended
sentences, to permit the petty offenders to
celebrate the greatest of all the days of
festiYity of the year.
The Silver King which is being played
at the Grand this holiday week, is beyond
question one of the most thrilling dramas
ever presented in Minneapolis. The COM
pany is strong unusually strong-and the
vast amount of scenery is alone worth the
price of admission.
Private O'Brien, who was made to say in
the Sunday GLOBE, that he would challenge
any one to contest in the sword manual
and musket drill, called at the GLOBE
Office yesterday and stated that he never
authorized anything of the sort. The
GLOBE informant was in error.
A fire occurred last evening about 6
O'Clock On the third floor of the Mer-
chants hotel, PIP Nicollet avenue. An
alarm was sounded by Lieutenant DAILY,
and the department. quickly responded. A
Babcock extinguisher, however, had sup
pressed the ineipient blaze, which is sup
posed to have originated from defective
due. The damage is estimated at 5000,
and Hsaton's shoe store underneath was
dam CAD to the extent of about $50. Fully
insured.
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DAKOqA&
OUR NORTHWESTERN NEIGHBORS.
News Gleaaings and Points Specially
Collected and Forwarded by Tele-
graph to the!DailyIGIebe.
Dakota Justice,

The usual supposition that in territories
and new countries the laws are less
stringent and the administration of Justice
lacking in vigor, is certainly not warrant
ed by the code or the courts in Dakota.
AS an illustration eighteen criminals as al
legged, were arraigned before the districs
court at Fargo on the 9th. Among the
number were three charged with the rob-
berry of S32 from man. One held a razor
to the throat of the victim while the others
picked his pockets and hasdsd the money
to boy about sixteen years of age. The
evidence is clear ana they will be oon-
vicsed, for juries here seldom aoquit,
ana all the parties will
be sentenced to the peni-
tentlary for life. There is no dis
erection left the court, although it would
look like very severe penalty especially
for the boy, who was probably acting
under oomPulsion. Another of the eigh-
teen will no eeubt be hung, for committing
rape on an Indian reservation, according
to the statute. As it was upon his sister,
no one will pronounce the punishment
undeservsd. A somewhat amusing scene
occurred in the case of one charged wish
attempting to pick q pocket, who was
caught in the act BY tie police. The in
dlotment specified about twenty articles, in
value from five to twenty cents, and the
prisoner remarked to the attorney that he
must be reading the wrong indictment.
The whole theft was only S., and he did
not know the items.
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An Efficient Homemade Fountain
Pen.
[Scientiic Americana

Take two ordinary steel pens of the same
pattern and insert them in the common
holder. The inner pen viii be the writing
pen. Between this and the outer pen viii be
held a supply of ink, when they are once
dipped into the inkstand, that Will last to
write several pages of manuscript It is not
necessary that the points of the two pens
should be very near together, but if the flow
of ink is not rapid enough the points may be
brought nearer by a bit of thread or minute
rubber band.
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Base Fall.

Ca! Money, it is said, will again enter
the bass bali field, playing with one of the
Union association clubs.
The Detroit base ball team for '84 is COM
pIete, and is as follows: Weidman, Shaw
and Burns; pitchers; Bennett, Fred Wood
aud Walker, ostchers: Powell, Maxwell ard
Farrell, basemsn; Richardson, short; Geo.
Wood, Hanlon and one of the cstchers,
folders.
The Chicago League club management
claim that Oorooran, by his telegram of
Dec z, has regularly contracted with the
club, and notice to that effect has been
given by Secretary Young. Spaulding
says if Cocoran does not report for duty
April L, 1884, in Chicago, he will be OK
peiled.
The Berlin City Base Ball association
held q meeting recently at Pipher's and
elected officers for the coming season. The
stub intend issuing shares at 81 each,
which will entitle the person holding
share free admission to the park, etc. An
other meeting is to be held to complete
all the arrangements for having strong
club for the coming season.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Grand Rapids Base Ball club, Horace B.
Philips, late manager Of the Columbus, o.,
club was chosen manager for next season.
Over $4,000 has already been raised, and
at least 81, 200 more is necessary. Mr..
Phillips goes east Immediately in search
of the best players. The outlook for a
team and strong one is encouraging.
The Milwaukee Sentinel thinks they will
have base ball club in Milwaukee this
season and has the following about the
game:
J. f. Mckee, of Rockford, Ill.,, has been
IN the city for several days, undertaking
to organize base ball club in Milwaukee,
and afterwards to secure for it a member
ship in the Northwestern league. He has
been oanvassing among lovers of the
game, and reports that he has received
some substantial encouragement. Fifty
six games will be played here, if = Mil
waukee club is admitted to the league, and
TO insure success it is deemed advisable to
organize stock company with 1000
capital. The annual meeting of the North
western league will be held in Chicago, Jan.
3, aud meeting of subscribers for a
club in Milwaukee will be held in a few
days. Mr.. Mckee has in his possession q
letter signed by s. G. Norton, secretary of
the Northwestern league, certifying that
"there will be no doubt OF the admission
of a Milwaukee club to membership in the
association" The clubs now holding
memberships are Peoria, Fort Wayne,
Grand Rapids, Saginaw, Bay City and
Minneapolis. 81. Paul will also be ad-
mitted, and the Milwaukses will make the
eighth club. The Northwestern league
viii then contain the same number of
CLUES as the National league, with the
same number of games [ifty in the
ScheSu!s,
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THE TOE OF ST. PETER.
Kissing the Toe of the Bronze Statue
In St. Peters Church at Rome.

In st. Peters Church at Rome.
D. r. Locke in Toledo Blade.]
Close by the baldachin in st. Peters church
at Rome is the bronze figure of st. Peter,
the toe of which every good Catholic who
visits st. Peters feels bound to kiss. 1t has
been kissed by so many millions that the con-
tact of soft lips has actually worn away
portion Of the metal toe, toe made of the
hardest possible bronze.
half hours observation of the people who
came to kiss the toe of the metal St. Peter
was well spent, as showing the state of feeling
among the Roman people. 1t being grand
festival an immense number of people
thronged the great church, and the metal
toe was kissed that day by thousands.
Who kissed the toes The woman always
a addressed, apparently well-to-do party
father, mother, and children-approach
The mother pressed eagerly forward and
kissed the toe with a fervor that meant some
thing, an earnestness that proved beyond
doubt that the kiss did her soul good, and
that the privilege was a comfort to her. Then
the children were carefully hoisted up-what
mother would kiss anything without giving
her children chance at it?-and they kissed
it one by one. But the father! As rule
he attempted to escape it, but reproachful
look from the wife and the waiting of the
children always brought him to his duty.
He kissed, but he did it in the same spirit
that young man kissed an ancient maid at
party in the course of some game which
has kissing as a penalty or reward, because
he had to. No man of this class did this
willingly, if the expression of his face may
be taken as an Indication.
The peasants from the Campagna, men,
women and children, kissed it reverentially.
and likewise, in the same way, the beggars
and thieves who thronged the church The
more ragged the peasant the more fervent
the kiss and the longer the lips remained
upon the toe. And the women always. They
never failed to 90 through the ceremony with
JUNCTION.
1t doesn't make any difference to the
thron5s of people who most devoutly kiss the
toe of the bronze ST. Peter that the statue is
not OF st. Peter at all 1t is asserted, and,
what is worse, proven, that the statue
dates back long way anterior to st.
Peter, being, in fact, nothing more nor
less than a bronze statue of Jupiter.
and once reverenced by the pagans as Jupiter
the same as it is now by Christians as st.
Peter. 1t does just as well, however, and
those who kiss the toe go away as much
benefited by the act as though the toe was
really that of the fisherman. No one knows
how st. Peter looked, inasmuch as he lived
before photography was invented, and as the
church has labeled it ST. Peter 1t is to the
faithful. 1t is matter of faith anyhow; as
they are bleSt In believing, why not believer
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ART ECCENTRICITIES.
a Satire on the s1mpressionist"
School-.-Explanation Of the
Artists Idea.
New York News.1

One Of the cleverest satireS on the impress
ionists ever heard was LA Cigale," a farce
produced in Paris some years back The
hero Is an lmpressionistic painter. You see
hun ID his studio, surrounded by monstrosi-
ties, paste daubs, and smearS of absolutely no
lntelligibility around him in chaotic con-
fusion He displays them to poor picture
buyer. One immense canvas is covered with
dirty yellow paint. The only object visible
and comprehensive in it Is q knife in the
background.
Every fne," says the visitor, obviously,
".but what is itgn
THAT, my dear sir" answered the painter,
'tis London fog.n
''Ah! to be sure But pardon me. The
knife there, eh2''
THAT IS to express the quality OF the-to
show that it is thick enough to be cut, don't
you sect?
Another eccentricity Of geuius is canvas
across one-half of which is a fiat smear Of
veTmillion, while the other half is similarly
decorated with indigo.
Now, THERE" says the painter, eis my
greatest work. It is my chef d'euvre."
Indeed! Very fine it is, too. But, pardon
me. am not an artist, you know, and look
to you for informationn
Certainly, certainly"
"Now, what does that picture represents"
'Whatl Is it possible that you do not rec
ognlze the ocean, with its sunset sky suffused
with blood, and the great dark sea rolling be-
meath in all its immensity2"
ITO be sure. Fine-very fine, indeed"
"But that is not the best of it, That pic
ture is really two pictures in one. All you
have to do is to turn it upside down. Now
look at itn
Wonderful! Wonderful! But really you
must excuse me if"
"What? Do you not see itr'
"Well, the fact is, I am little near
sighted"
why, it is the desert-the vast and melan-
choiy desert with its blue sky above and its
red sand below"
This is very extravagant, isn't its Yet,
at the last water-color exhibition, one Of our
artists spent half an hour in ecstatic admira-
ton of one of Curriers' contributions which
was standing upside down"
There IS another hit in ola Cigale" which
is too good to be passed by. A canvas is
shown which has no meaning whatever. It
is simply one diaboiical and incoherent
smear. The visitors asks what it is The
painter is il a quandary. He absolutely does
not understand it himself. Suddenly an idea
Eliminates him.
The name must be on the back" he says
The visitor turns it and reads:
ga landscape
'Ahr" says the painter, with a sigh Of re-
lief That's it. 1t is landscape"
And he proceeds to expatiate on its beau
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The Philadelphis Press saws: aWs

The Philadelphia Press says: "We de-
sire to repeat our former declaration that
James Russell Lowell would make one OF
the ablest ministers the British govern
ment ever had at Washington. he loves
England, and is never in hurry"
The centrifugal process Of making butter
is bscoming quite popular. A machine
now in use IN Chester county, Pa, has a
capacity of sboet one Thousand pounds oil
milk per hour, and is run by water power
at a speed of nearly two thousand revolu.
1ions per minute.
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HER PICTURE.
poaquin Miller.1
<ho f>,k ill.,

joaquin Miller1
see her now-the fairess thing
That ever Knocked mans picturing.
picture her as one who drew
Aside life's curtain and looked through
The n1iSts of LIES mystery
AS from wood to open sea.
The soft, wide eyes of wonderrnent
That trustingly looked you through and
through:
The sweet, arched mouth bow new bent,
That sent loves arrow swift and true.
The sweet, arched mouth! The Orient
Hath not such pearls in all her stores:
Not all her storied, spice-set shores
Has fragrance such as it hath spent.
l picture her as one who knew
How rare is truth to be untrue
As one who knew the awful sign
OF death, OF life, of the divine
Sweet pity of all loves, all hates,
Beneath the iron footed fateS.
picture her as seeking peace,
And olive leaves and vine-set land;
While strife stood by on either hand,
And wrung her tears like rosaries.
l picture her IN passing rhyme
As of, yet not part of, these
A woman born above her time;
A woman waiting in her plaza,
With patient pity on her face.
Her face, her earnest baby face;
Her young face, so uncommon wise.
The tender love-light in her eyes
Two stars of heaven out of place.
Two stars that sang as stars Of old
Their silent eloquence of song,
From skies Of glory and OF gold,
Where God in purple passed along
That patient, baby face of hers
That won a thousand worshipers.
That silent, pleading face; among
Ten thousand faces Just the one
l still shall love when all is done,
And life lies by, harp unstrung.
That face, like shining sheaves among;
That face half hid mid sheaves of gold;
That face, that never can grow old;
Add yet has never been quite young.
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In Washington.
TPhilaGelDhia Call

Member of French Legation-sI no talk
Anglaise vera veil Ven 1 puy ze wine, vat
I zayg"
Congressman-"You say, Come, let US
smile'"
NJ of F. L.-"Coom letisnile,' vera goot.
Ven ozzer man zay, Coon letismile to me,
vat gay zen!'
Congressman-''Then you say with pleas
ure'n
NJ of F. L." wiz plaisir,' but if I not
want to SMILE vat gay zen?n
Congressman-''Wha are you to say when
you don't want to drinkF'
N. of T. L-"Oui, our
Congressman-"I don't know. I don't
think there is any such expression in Eng
Gsh.n
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A Japanese SchooIhouse.
Yokohama Letter.

Beside the clear, crystal waters Of a run
ming stream and surrounded with lilies, we
noticed what we thought to be a school
house and curiosity prompted us to ask adj
mittance There were some fifteen children
In the room, which was furnished with long.
plain tables. There appeared to be no check
upon the children, who were moving about
and conyersing with each other. The mas
ter was teaching the smaller ones the char
acters OF written language by writing them
on blackboard and requiring them to re-
peat the sounds indicated by them. Some
were engaged in writing upon their states,
Others IN arlthmetical calculations and Others
In reading and committing to memory from
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A Century Hence.
philadelphia Times ]


'T see that Venus s. Saturn telegraph
stock is down again"
Eyes, a powerful opposition has been
formed in Mars, and there is no telling what
may happen"
Chow are railroad stocks to-dayr'
'sWell, the little local lines to the north and
south poles and the cross town Line to China
and Japan are doing well, but the trunk lines
to the planets sire trihe lower The v. L.
D. F. G. II. L K and II. D. c. C. l. [. G.
airline suffered some by the last earthquake
in the moon, but the stock is in good demand
again Mercury, Saturn and Neptune farm
ers have all done splendidly this year,
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books. There seemed to be an entire
freedom from restraint, and we are surprised
at the happy and contented manner in which
they pursued their studies. Bright and in
telligent little fellows they looked, and from
what we have seen of the youth Of Japan we
are convinced that there is much to be ex-
nacted from them.
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Cares of Life.

As We come to them they are received, borne
With and passed over with no more than a
thought, if we are in the enjoyment of health,
but il suffering with piles or skin diseases OF
any kind they magnify hundred fold. A. B.
Wilkes, and E. Zimmerman, and E. Sterile,
The druggists, have DR.. Bozanko's Pile Remedy
aniabso ute cure. Sold at SO cents.
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A Name for a Dog.

New Orleans Times-Democrat
You will remember that when Macbeth
wants the blood of the murdered king washed
off his hands he exclaims, GO Out damned
Spot p Well that is what Swift told the
lady to have engraved on the collar Of her
dear little dog.
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A GorrectiOn.

eyes" said Amy. 81 went to the telephone
and put the thinglsnbob to my ear"
"Thingurlbob." screened the high-school
girl You EaeaG the audituent tube.n
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Dakota and MontGno Notes.
Col. Conrad, the commander of the post
of Fort Tottsn, has gone East to spend
three months.
There is still coed government land to
be had By settlers within fifteen miles of
DEVILS Lake.
A large colony from Michigan is expect.
ed to locate at Staunton in Morton county
in the spring.
Wolves and antelope make lively and
interesting haa.ing in some of the extreme
northern counties Of Dakota.
It is feared that ths herds of buffalo on
the Sioux reservation will ba annihilsted
this wixter, If some steps are not taken to
prevent the wantoa slaughter.
The freight road from Dickinson to the
Black Hills seems to be an established
fact. The second recent outfit started the
past week With 1000 pounds of freight.
The dwelling of Mrs. Mercer, widow
lady with several children, in Becker
county, Mimi, was totally destroyed by
fire last week. Aid for her has been raised
in Detroit.
In some parts of Montana the sheer
men are troubled with wild animals. J.
M. Sharp, on the Upper Tongue river, re-
Gently had ssvsnsy-hve killed in a nj ht
all the work of enc panther.
VIM. Holiday, farm and machinery
dcsler Of sanborn, recently made an as
signmens. The Baeord Piow company
crowded him, but ii is said ne chose to as
sign rather than force collections.
An immense number of the old timers
in Montana are taking advantage of the
new railroad connection to go to the east
this winter, many of them not having Wis
tied their old homes in many years.
The cantata Of Santa Claus" was given
at the Baptist church ia Fargo Christmas
night in style that delighted large au-
dienoe. II is beautiful thing, and all
the participants acquitted themselves
handsomely.
The Edwards vs.. Republican libel suit
was deferred TO the I'd of January, so that
the Jury could take relaxation during the
holidays. Il is supposed that it will have
a full months run. Attorney Westover
has returned to Chicago.
AyoUng man named Cowan, who wss
about Billings year or SO ago, wrote his
parents that he was coming soon to join a
government survey, and they have heard
nothing OF him since. His father is very
i'll at Bloomington. ILL.,, and his mother is
anxious for Information of him.
j.. 7. Dodge, the chief engineer of the
the Rocky mountain division of the North.
ern Pacific, with headquarters at Helena
having completed the Mullan tunnel and
nearly finished the Bozeman tunnel, spend
ing nearly three years in Montana, has
just gone east to stay quite time.
In e1cavating cellar at Billings tooth
was found,the puzzled the local scientists,
and was generally pronounced relic of a
mastodon, or some extinct species, and was
about to be sent to some eastern museum,
when Chas. Gently, contractor, showed
the aching void in his dental regions from
which it came.
H-LI
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ESOR sALE-s2oo-A family horse, 8 years
a old, gentle and sound; top buggy, nearly
new; ageed Portland cutter and a light harness.
A big bargain. Part time will be given to re-
sponsible parties. GLOBE OHiae, South Wash
ington avenue. 295tf
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MINNEAPOLIS News.

oFEICE-No. Washington SAvenne, oppo-
to 10 o'clock p. m.