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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15
CAVED."

cts caved !" exclaimed Bill Beaver,
bursting into the cabin where I was leis-
urely eating breakfast and reading the
news from last years papers that were
pasted on the wall. "The ground has
caved it came down mighty sudden ;
and little Jimmy was at the breast.
vas further out in the drift, and had the
start of it but it made such a close call
for me that knew he must O. got
ketched."
This technical jargon revealed to me
the fact that our mine had caved, and
had buried one of our companions, for
Little Jimmy" was not an infant, but
a mana miner and friend. He had
been working at the "breast, or fathr-
est end of the "drift," but was now per-
haps sleeping his last sleep in the bot
tom Of the mother of US all.
Three years before We had come to
this creek, we had prospected the "side
gulches" and the bars, and found
" colors everywhere. Indications IA
vorable, so we " staked" q body of
ground along the main creek; built
cabins, organized company, of which
the writer was elected President, and
went to work to open our claim.
ThcSr three years had been years os
toll and privatiOn. We were in the heart
of the Rocky mountains. Our camp was
pitched in q little basin of a valley,
warm and sunshiny, and just at the en-
trance of a deep and gloomy canon,
which we named "The Devils Gate"
and through which our sparkling little
sfyaor, fO.-,,o1 OVID inv, I'LL 1o,,,,, l., A.,
great river, the Missouri. Our ground
was deep and very wet. Drainage WIS
necessary, and We had driven a tunnel for
this purpose through the earth and
powders that filed the prineval bed of
the creek, until we had attained hori-
zontal distance of l 1000 yards; but the
slope of the gulch was so gradual that
we had not reached the bed rock"
where we hoped to find the gold laid in
heaps. "Bed rock, being the objective
point, must be reached; so we sank O
shaft at the head of our tunnel and be-
took ourselves to pump.
As it was couple of thousand miles
to the nearest foundry, and we could not
afford to await the completion of the
North Pacific railroad, pump under
the circumstances was a problem so l
will tell you how We got one. We had
blacksmiths and carpenters tools, which
most Of us could use there was plenty
of timber growing on the mountains,
and a pair of dilapidated freight wagons
supplied our stock of iron. Great slabs
or segments were cut from the fir trees
and hewn and dressed on one side to a
smooth plane. The other side was
rounded to an arc or convex surface, so
that when four such segments were
placed ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, secured with
pms at the edges, which were first
squared and then made parallel, they
formed long, hollow trunk or barrel,
four squares within, but outside cylin-
drical, and tapering slightly from one end
to the other.
Upon this were driven hoops or bands
OF IRON, which forced the joints close
like those of a cask, and thus we had
pumps or pipes Of considerable length
and snliditv 1t was easy to ft to them
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15
First Glimpse of Holland.

A very large opal or the inside of q
mother-of-pearl shell would make a
good background for this thin strip of
distant Holland that lies blinking away
in the early morning light A long, mar
row ribbon Of q picture it makes, with
its little spots and dots and sDlashes of
color here and there, accidental here
and methodical there, as if part Of o
pattern. BY carefully looking through
a glass these dots Of various shapes and
sizes soon resolve themselves into wind
mills, COWS, sheep, Dutchmen, churches
and steeples, and little red-tiIed houses
with green or blue shutters. do not
pretend that this is peculiar or strik-
ing instance Of the first glimpse of a
foreign strand consisting Of COWS. wind
mills, and steeples--I know of other
such places-but I contend that the
Dutch sand slip is cleaner, the COWS ara
sleeker and fatter, the windmills moro
jaunty and active, the cottages more
spick and span and more recently out
of toy box. the specks Of humanity
moro rotund and well-to DO. Never. ex-
cept on some other strip of Dutch
strand, will you see just such specks as
these. And as we draw nearer the
shore, and the bits of color take more
definite form, there is no mistake-this
is Holland. and no other land at all
George II. BroWght0n, IN Hmpe,'s
Magazine
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15
Asserted Her Rights.

1t is very difficult sometimes to tell
what kind of liberty the female advo-
cate wants. Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stan
ton in the North american speaks
with unrestrained pride of a girl she
saw climbing a tree in imitation of
boy, and Mrs. Stanton calls attention to
the fact that the girls confidence in her.
self was greater than her reverence for
parental authority-and she asserted
her rights.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15
4 Novel That Vas Never Written.

The sculptor Clesinger married the
daughter of the famous novelist, George
Sand. They fell out, of course, and
the mother-in-law was so enraged at
Clesinger that she threatened to write q
novel for the purpose of depicting him
in the most unfavorable light. A friend
one of those malicious friends who
enjoys telling disagreeable things
peated this remark of the angry moth
er-in-law to Clesinger. very we'll, if
she puts me in the novel I will exhibit
a statue with her head and shoulders
on it, and it shall not have an inch of
drapery on" answered the sculptor.
This counter threat had marked eff
feet
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15
Burgling as al Art.

The methods Of the American thief
are very comprehensive and skillful,
says the Cleveland Herald; more so
than ere those Of the profession. for
such has thieving become, of other
countries. It is commonly acknowl-
edged among the first police officers in
the world that, for a fine Job, the
American thief is far ahead of the other
nations. Why should they be? That
IS somewhat of a mystery, unless to the
training he has received under the
tutelage of the best Of English thieves
he adds the peculiar daring, GOODNESS,
cunning and skill that seems to be in
herent in the fully developed American,
but no matter for what reason, the fact
remains unchallenged that he stands at
the head of the craft. A consideration
OF his ways, gentle and otherwise, will
be interesting to read. He is divided
III many families, but first and foremost
among thieves is the bank burglar or
high tobyman." He is the king bee in
the criminal hive, and affects to be
gentleman when not otherwise engaged
on LAY" The history of nearly every
large and wealthy city abounds in
instances of the bank robbers daring
roguery. He comes and leaves mystic
riously, and his presence would not
have been felt had he not left a Exit" of
beautiful tools beside a wrecked safe or
bank vault, and taken in exchange
greenbacks and bonds that may be
thousands, but more often is millions.
This in his peculiarly sportive moments
he might term fair exchange, and
does; but no amount of sportive wit can
persuade the bank officers into thus re-
garding the visit. Bank burglars are
not in the habit of working alone.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15

New York Times, evidently writing or
personal experience, says: GA newspa-
per man once planned story in which
lady, unhappily married, was to sue
for divorce, and, to make sure of be-
ing correct, wrote to lawyer friend,
stating the case as he meant to describe
it. Back came q postal card: you
could not get divorce on the grounds
you mention in New York; you might in
Connecticut or Maine This card,
handed in by the carrier to Mrs. News
paperman one forenoon, when her hus-
band was away at business, raised a
allayed for some days"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15
A 4-Year.OId'S Story.
The Boy is 4 years old.

The Boy is years old.
What are you thinking of" said his
mother to the Boy.
"Of a story"
"Tell it."
The Boy opened his eyes wide, stuck
his fist in his side and thus re ated his
metaphysical meditations.
Once upon a time there were two
colts in a field. One of the cots be-
longed to a man who had no God This
poor little colt looked over the fence
and didn't have anything to eat. The
other colt grew and grew and grew, Ill
by-and-by he had tail and a buggy on
him. His man had God"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15
An Ingenious Table,

To find the day of the week for any
date within the first thirty centuries of
the Christian era:
From the number Indicating the year,
drop all to left Of the tens. To this re-
suit add its fourth part Regardless of
any remainder), the day of the month,
index Of the month, and the index of
the century. Divide the sum by :, and
the remainder will be the day of the
week, counting Sunday 1, Monday 2,
Tuesday B, Wednesday 4, Thursday 5,
Friday 6, Saturday 0.
TABLE OF EIDICEs FOR MONTHS
Januury May ........4 September. go. l
February..... June........0 October ... 3
March Mars; .....G6 Joly.::.......22 November. 6
For leap year the induces for January
and February would each be one less
than in the above table.
TABLE OF INDICEs FOR CENTURIES
C-IndeX for s, Q, Is, %, o. 80.
Index for l. s, IA.
Index for o. :, Is, II, 81, %, %.
3-IndeX for 6, Is.
Index for ., II, 1G, %, 81, IS.
5-IndeX for t. II, 49, %, 81.
6-IndeX for ), 10.
To find the index, of the century for
any given year, find in the table the
number dropped from the year, and its
index will be the index required.
EXAMPLE.
Required upon what day of the week the
Declaration of Independence was singed, July
4, 177G:
Drop II. and we have &c
Add its fourth part, 10
Add the day of the month,
Add index of the month,
Add index of the century, 2
Sum- 7)1O3
II and remaining,
or Thursday, answer.
"A. G. Palmer IN TeTre Haute Gazette.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15

Other precious stones are the chry-
soberyl, called the floating light, "
which is the only one having the prop
erty of showing two colors; the topaz,
with its many colors-yellow, pink, blue,
green and white; the opal, containing
5 per cent. of water; the garnet, tur-
quoise, tourmaline, amethyst, agate
crystal, peridot and pearl.-NeaU York
Tribune.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15

4 CLERGYMAN who had been staying
for some time at the house a friend, on
going away called to him little Tommy,
the 4 year-old son Of the host, and asked
what he should give him for a present.
Tommy, who had great respect for the
"cloth," thought it was lis duty to
suggest something Of religious nature,
SO he answered, hesitatingly, Gil
think I should like a Testament, and
l know I should ike a pop-gun !"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15
Care in the Use of Postal Cards.

Great care should be taken in the use
of postal cards, which should never be
employed if you have anything of an
unusual or ambiguous nature to ccm-
municate. An editorial writer on the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15

MAJOR GALE FAXoN bought a horse
from the pastor of an Austin church,
and shortly afterward the following con-
versation was heard: "You have swind-
led me with that horse you sold me last
week" "How 500" asked the clergy
man, very much surprised. "Weu, I
only had him for three days when he
died" THAT'S very strange. I owned
him twenty-three years, and worked
him hard every day, and neverknew him
to 90 that while [ owned him.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-15

| II and ) remaining,
| or Thursday, answer.
"A. G. Palmer in Teyre H0ute Gazette.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
LITTLE ROCK. ARK. U. s. A. SATURDAY, MAY ao 1885.

child's arm with his great hand. uncon- soious, not to say careless, of its strength, and gripped it so tightly that the boy cried out in pain. Mir. Mulkiule, who preceded the instructor, turned and looked back, when the educator said ,: Why you are a playful little fellow, aren't you"
 "Le, 50 my arm, blame yos."
 What's the matter P demanded the father.
 " He hurt my arm.'
 Don't lie that way" said Mir. Bishley. " Don't you lie to me.n
 Mir. Mulkittle stood in amazemen,. and the boy. freeing himself. cried: "You've been drinking whisky, that's what you've been doing, and here's the bottle" and seizing his coa, tail with ,wis, he turned out "tickler," which fell on the floor with a smash.
 "D- your little hide.' and the teacher reached after the boy, when the minister rushed forward and struck him. Bishlcy squared himself, and regular old-fash- toned stand up and knock down" fight began. The teacher seized the minister, and was using him roughly when the boy rushed to the combat, He was not sue cessfll, for powerful Bishley seized him and together with his father, pressed him to the floor. Mrs. Mulkittlc, who had peeped in at the fight, ran to the kitchen and returned with tea kettle of boiling water, and just as the big brute was con- graduating himself and mastering curses, holding down his enemies during the time. Mrs. Mulkittle poured stream of scalding water on his red head. There was very sudden change in the condi- ton of affairs, for with howl, in suffer ing imitation of wolf. the teacher leaped high in the air, iumbled down the steps, rushed into the street and almost flew to- ward police headquarters. Pretty soon he met policeman, who, noticing the hair slip from his head a, every jump. seized nim. under the impression tha, he was an escaped lunatic, and despite his protestasions led him away.
 Mir. Mulki,tle gathered his wife into a fond embrace. and the boy, looking on, bethought himself of a serip,ural quota ton and said: A woman's the trap door Of hell, ain't she :"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
DE CROW.

De ole crow caws as he flies OCT de lan' An he watches de pigs dat sleep in de san :. An he looks mighty sly when he turns an
 cries, Fur he wan'ster ketch de pigs an peck out
 da eyes. He pulls up de co n when n's jus begin ter
 sprout, An kills young chicken when de hen aint
 about. He's late as de owl an as airly as de lark, An Noah oughter died ease he tuek him in
 de ark. He'll go wid de buzIard an eat dead
 dawg, An run wid de hawk fer ter ketch de live
 frawg- He'll fish w:d his head an scratch wid his
 feet, An Lawd. dat bird is fun ob deceit. l amt got d bit CT use fer de crow. An ef eber ketch i'm. let i'm go; Fer he smells ter me like meat dat's spile q But de eanserdate sometimes eats him billed
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
" WHAT'S owINETER orr

The other morning old Aunt Silvey wen, to the house of lady to whom she formerly belonged.
 Lawd, missus," the old woman cx- claimed, had sich a terrible dream bout yer las, night. dreamed dat yer was dead, an now to come heah dis momin' an fine da, it ain't true, fills me wid joy"
 No, Aun, Silvey, I'm no, dead, thank the Lord
 The old woman stood for a momen, and said: -What's gwineser gi, fur all dis. Ain',yer gwine,er give me nuthin' fur takin' sich interest in de family? l thinks dat l'se desarsin' ob a dress fur all dis All right den. Arer dis yer'll hab to take care ob yerseE Yer acks like l neber did berlong ter yer, nohow. $
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
WOULD WHIP HER.

If you shove that cup of the table I'll whip you said mother to her daughter The gih showed the cup of. "Pick up that cup or I'll whip you good" The girl did not pick up the cup. -Co and sit down there or I'll whip you" The girl didn't go and si; down. Come here to me" The girl didn't come. Ains you ashamed of yourseN."
 "Yessum."
 No, you're not. I'm great mind to whip you for telling me a story. Oughtu', to whip you, say:"
 Nome, for you tell stories You said you'd whip me and you didn't, and she kicked up her heels asd scampered away. Mothers should be careful 10 speak the truth.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
SUSTAINED HIS HONESTY.
How the People of Rural District Tes,
 Principle.

\ gentleman while passing through a rural section of Arkansaw, stopped at spring house. entering and aAer remain ing awhile, came out and continued his journey. He had no, gone far when he was overtaken by several men who halt ed him:
 "stranger," said one oi the men. you wen, into that spring house back thar. didn't you Y'
 "ves sls.
 Did you sec them stone jars ot milk set,in' around g''
 "Ies, sir"
 Did you drink aay of the milk y''
 No. did not
 We wan, the truth about this matter for i, is an important affair
 ]" i'm telling the truth. I'll swear ,ha, dldn', touch the milk"
 Wall. that's what wc wanted to know. because we've got plan in this com. muni,y by which we can dlskivcr when mans honest. The man what pretcnda to bc so powerful homes, Is nearly always . sly buck and only wants good chance, and when we ke.eh any ot 'rsn. ~e bend him over a log and give him forty lashes with hickory. You are one of them sly bucks Come an here and hump yourself"
 " Gentlemen. you mistake me. l am an honest man. but have never made any presensions."
 q You still say ,ha, you didn't drink none oi the milk f''
 "Yes."
 "NuH said. you are our man. Any. body tha, can go into spring house and sec milk all covered with cream and not drink any oi II is a pretender and only wants a chance ,o steal a horse. An homes, man would take a drink of the milk. Come on cap'n.'
 " Gentlemen, sad the stranger, hold ing back, since you place so fine con s,ruction on the affair. believe did take q swallow Of the milk"
 "Ali right. then eap'n, you can gc, on. A man wha, ou,en honesty won, drink milk ou,en stone jar, is either a horse-,hiei os has misapplied the privi- leges granted him by the church"
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
WITHOUT A HITCH.

"i have warned the people of this state nos ,o apply for divorce, " said an Askan- saw judge who was approached by . troubled gentleman for the purpose oi dissolution consultation Undsr the law there are but lev grounds ios divosce.
 "i don't know, judge, that any one has ever gotten a divorce on similar grounds, but, sir, think that have the best cause in the world. My wife is a very sweet tempered woman and never gives me cross word. She has always been devoted and true and we love each other dearly.
 Then why do you wans divosee!"
 Because she's A singer.
 "A singesss
 Yes, ssf, singer. Every tinae shereN festival in the nighi5orhood. she has to sing. Why, sir, she'll leave my bsesches with patch half sewed on 10 go out some where and sing. don't hear any thing but songs. When there's charity concert any where within reach, she has to go and sing. she's 70 given to the habit, that when ask her qasssioa, che sings si me. She posss out eoises by note and pats her ioos when che hands around the bsssd What do you think of these gEoundsf"
 New, but ssrikisg. Yoar ease vsil go through the courss without . hisch.s
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

Did you contribute any ef the forty five acrcss" asked.
 No, foot" he repeated. "hu, no, because did not favor the project. i am surveyor, possess far degree of intelligence and shall be more than pleased when you have worked up d good circulation.
 "You will of course subscribe
 "oh, yes, for two eopies.
 "l must insiM on pay in advance" said, when aaer a few moments he still made no r,.~ements toward handing ou, the money.
 "Yoa are right" he replied. i've always though, that newspaper men were indiscreet in giving credit. Say, there's little balance on our accosn,. You see surveyed the forty-6ve acres"
 Good day, sir" and with an indigna. ton tha, len, agility to my legs. walked away. Soon afterwards me, the mayo, who subscribed for ten copies on the strength oi the mule. and little further on me, a man who wanted 10 bc pa, down for siN months because he had fed the mule.
 .'i decided to seii the iand and ono day went out tor the first tune to estimate is value. IL was on one side of noun. tain and stood an its edge. \ thrifty German. who owned farm adjoining my land, said ,ha, he piowed by means of ~indlass al the top of the land. When the plow was wound up. he would throw i, down, and a man stationed al, the bottom would arrange it for another furro~. Just as ] was about to close a trade with the German. the sheriff came out and seiscd the land for non-payment of taxes. l went back to town and offered my office for sale. when one ol the leading citizens mounted stump and said
 This is the return we ge, far kindness, fellow citizens We started him in busi- ness, gave h,m lands and stock. now he wants 10 desert us. We'll give hun hf- teen minutes in which to leave the town ''
 .'l wen, 10 the stable 10 get my mule. He was lying down ,n the stable when 1 entered, but aroused him. put bridle on him and leh. The mule began to stagger and by the time had gotten two miles from town, he laid town and died. Then l started on foot and after walking sisiy miles reached the railroad. l still own the office, and am willing to sell a, a reasonable figure.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
ON ACCOUNT or RELATIVES.

And are you here again, MikeS z" said the police judge.
 ANor, sor, not ag'in, for is wzs me father that vas here the Last toim.r
 ..Weil, who is it this fime:s
 its me brother, sor."
 I'll iass fine your brother five doIiars.r T "Oh, the divil, an its me that is always ge,tin' into ihrublc on account ay me filefiycsn
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

Marked paragraph in a paper that wants to exchange: Whose horn did the fly blow?" The man who wrote it is probably in bad health, and there is doubtless more hope for his readers than careless observer might think.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

Kentucky is the great state of revenge. ard the invention of the double-barrelled shotgun was great thing for that state. l, enabled eolonel 10 kill two men without any inconvenience In Askan- saN the revolver is preferable to the gun. and in Ohio arsenic IS the :" boss Ev- cry state has it's characteristics.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

There IS a small town in Arkansaw known as Hogwash, and the society re- ports from that locality are looked for with great deal of interest.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
JENNINGS.

Many man who raves if he has 10 wait ten minutes for a train, can sit all day and fish without getting bite.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
. Ny liver is oat of osdes, docsos. . said

My iiysri is out of order, docsoss said . man entering the olice oa psemiasas physicisa. -l usdsusand,S the docsss replied, producing boesis esd tsmb- Ter. "Take some q thiA- The pAaisss complied. but had oaiy sassad = tke iiqsss vhes he exclaimed. Why shis is whiskyT Yos arc not n Asfaassw man, see," said the physiciaa. Nc, ! am q new eomes.v yell then, the pkysi- clan continued. I'll prescnbe tcs you.,
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

De mos corrupt men Is sometimes dc highest. De bu,zard sails heep higher den de pa fridge.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

De s,ricter de law. de better de coun- try. Oar ain't no law dat is so0 hard on a good man. bat any law IS hard on de bad, so, dar'fo', de stronger. de better. De dog vii gnaw rope but he won't bite chain.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26
PLANTATION PHILOSOPHY.

Day doxes in dc ebenin' but al mid night dreams.
 De twilight is de smile ob nature de sun shine Is de laugh.
The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-05-26

The Arkansaw press on ske edssodsi ercursion--As the public will piease sxcuss the lf-shees this week.