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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
DemOralizing Effects of COrns.

There is more misery concentrated
i'll a corn than in anything of it's size
extant. It reminds the man of its
presence from the rising of the
sun to the going down thereof.
1t involves more positive agony
than a dozen quiet deaths. 1t
makes no noise. 1t lets its victim
make all the noise for it. It de-
stroys capacity for study and all con-
tin1lty of thought. Corns, when in
dulged in by poets, have spoiled poems
which might have thrilled the world.
No minister with a lively corn can
preach perfect love-" A corn seems
to do business at either end. That is,
the end that is inserted twinges while
the outer end aches. A corn converts
a Hercules or an Apollo into an awk-
ward, lingering, hating cripple. It
causes him to halt tearfully on street
curbs ere he attempts crossing, when
before he plunged fearlessly into the
maze OF vehicles and was quickly over.
1t IS continually sending through him
mental twinges of anxiety lest some one
step upon it. It turns a mans whole
thought from the contemplation of the
beauties OF nature and the grandeur
OF the universe to the re-
membeEance Of its abominable
self. 1t changes the beatifc
expression of his countenance to one of
QHerulOusness and anxiety. Yet there
Is no more sympathy for a corn, OF
rather for the peEson attacked by the
corn, than there is for the toothache or
seasiclness. That is because it is sup
posed the corn kills nobody. Yet, if it
did kill, the greater would be the
mercy. A corn cannot agonize dead
man or woman. Dead peoples corns
do not ache. So long as one is alive
and able to suffer, so long no one much
cares. When we are dead ond out of
pain and the wicked corn ceaseth from
troubling and the weary toe is at rest,
why our friends set up their boohoo!
and spend for flowers to put on our
coffin the money that so much when
alive We needed for oyster fries.
4 corn is really a wicked demonin-
carnated in bit of callous skin. It's
mission is to distress and agonize
humanity and to increase wickedness.
Corns are really lost souls and evil
spirits allowed thus to return, and in
this guise to affiict us. You look upon
q corn and regard it as bit of half
dead skin. But within there lives
wicked, glowing, incandescent spirit,
with no other impulse but to affiict, and
with poisoned fangs, hot pinchers and
red-hOt knitting needles to do so.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
1 French Story.

DIR. Tavernier, French hospital ply
slclan, after studying the artificial incu
baton Of chickens, determined to apply
the principle to the foundlings, many Of
of whom died during the first six months
OF their life. He constructed a "cbild
Incubator" on the model Of the chicken
machine Of that name. He selected q
miserably-made infant that had come
into the world at an injudiciously early
period, placed it in the incubator pro-
vlded with a nursing bottle, and kept it
III dark room. It ceased to CIV on
the second day, and although previous
y sleepless child, sank into a deep and
quiet sleep. The child remained there
eight weeks, never once CRYING. and
never remaining awake except when
taking nourishment. It grew rapidly.
and IN sixty days looked like a healthy
infant. Dr.. Tavernier next selected an
ordinary siX-mOnths-old infant addicted
to collie and fretfulnesS. In the incrba
tor 1t never cried; spent its whole time
IN sleep, and after six weeks STAY
doubled its weight, resembling child
three years old. It could actually walk.
DR.. iaVernier constructed an incubator
Of Il capacity of o. infants, and in
this BE placed SEQ infants. The infants
were kept continuously in the incuba-
tor for six months, when they were re-
moved III consequence Of having out
grown their narrow beds.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
Amateur DOctOring.

"Do You think this habit of self-doc-
toring decreases the practice of physi-
cians?"
"By no means. The effect is rather
to increase our work. People who
think to do without the services of a
physician will not only do themselves
harm by the delay, but also with the
medicines which they do not know how
to use. 1t is like man trying to mead
leak in a water pipe by soldering it
with the poker. He generally makes
the hole bigger. It is, of course, the
most difficult part of the physicians
duty to diagnose the disease, to tell
what is the real trouble with the pa
tient. It is not uncommon for even
educated physicians to make mistakes
IN this respect. The science of medi-
cine has progressed so far that every
part of the human body has been
pretty thoroughly studied, and the
treatment of the ailments of each part
is q speciality. It is impossible for one
physician to know all these diseases as
well as the specialists, and it is q COM
mon practice among honest physicians
to refer patients to those who have made
special study of the diseases which
atfiict them. It is not uncommon for
man to go from one physician to another
IN the vain effort to discover his ailment.
Sometimes patient Will be treated by
successive physicians for the wrong all
ment, because some of the symptoms of
different diseases are similar. How I'M
likely is it, therefore, that persons who
have not studied medicine can find out
what ais them"
Which do you think do the most
self-doctoring, women or menu"
Women, decidedly, especially
mothers and old women. The reckless
temerity of some women in this respect
is wonderful. They rush in where
angels fear to tread. Hastily Judging
from few symptoms that a case re-
sembles one which the family doctor
has treated, they will hunt up an old
prescription and administer the dose to
some cOnfiding husband or helpless
child. [ could tell you some amusing
stories OF the mistakes that are made in
this way, as well as some instances
where more serious consequences re-
suited. Take, for instance, a head
ache. 1t may come from q dozen diff
ferent causes-from hunger, from in
digestion, from over-excitement of the
brain, from eating too much, from in
hallng foul air. The remedy for q
headache varies with its cause. Yet
you Will find women who have a uni
versal panacea for headache, regardless
Of the cause. Beware of such women"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
Usefulness Of EnGen.

Snce coffee possesses the quality Of
stimulating the nervous system it IS Il
matter Of course that IN many cases It's
effect is rather injurious. Phlegmatic
people, especially, need coffee, and they
are fond of drinking it; for a similar
reason it IS Il favOrite beverage III the
Orient, where its consumption is i'm
mense. But to persons of eXcitablo
temperament the enjoyment of coffee is
hurtful; they ought only to take it very
weak. With lively children it does not
agree at all, and it is very wrong to
force them to drink it, as is often done;
while elderly people, who are in need
OF stimulant for the decreasing activ-
ltY Of their nerves, are right in taking
as much Of it as they choose.
In households of limited means it is
often necessary to use chicory with the
coffee. We do not pretend to pro-
nOunce this, If taken in moderate quau-
tity, hurtful; but we do say that it is a
poor substitute for coffee, and that there
Is nothing in it to recommend its use.
A far better mixture is milk and sugar:
and there is good reason for it; both
milk and sugar are articles of food.
MIX contains the same ingredients as
blood; and sugar is changed in the
body into fat, which is indispensable to
us. especially in the process of breath
ing. Having taken no food through
the night, the loss our blood has suf-
fered during sleep by perspiration must
be compensated, for in the morning
For this, milk and sugar in coffee are
excellent.
It is good for children to have taste
for sweetened milk or milk-coffee in the
morning. We must not find fault with
them if they like it. Nature very wise
ly gave them a liking for sugar; they
need it, because their pulse must
be quicker, their respiration stronger,
to facilitate the assimilation of food in
their bodies, and also to promote
growth. Not that adults need no SUI
gar, but the sugar necessary for them
is formed from the starch contaiRed in
their food. For this purpose the digest
i've apparatus must be strongly devel
oped. With children this is not the
case; therefore they are given sugar,
instead of the starch to make il from,
Many diseases, particularly ricketts,,
prevailing mostly among the children
of the poor, are the consequence of feed
ing the child with bread and potatoes:
these contain starch, it is true. but the
digestive apparatus of children being
vet TOO weak to change them into fat,
the result is that the flesh falls away,
and the bones grow soft and crooked.
But he who, to. promote digestion.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
A Disease That Grows by what 1t
Feeds On.

A man Of rugged common-sense will
change his home from the country to
large city, from simple and frugal sur
roundings to the vicinage of wealth and
fashion, and in most instances he finds
his estimate Of men and things speedily
or gradually influenced by his new
associations. He is likely to depreciate
the simple life from which he lately
emerged, and to place an exaggerated
value on the ostentation and pretension
of the new. This will occur, too, in
spite of the fact, which his experience
and Judgment teach him, that real man.
hood and all the higher qualities of
character and mind are as likely to ex-
list in the one locality as in the other.
This remark is true of all except the
superior few who are able to Judge of
life from their own sufficient conscious
ness.-St. Louis Republican.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
The Notwithstanding Weed.

During the French expedition to
Mexico, Gen. MartrOy was informed bv
native that plant grew in his district
which was largely used in the domestic
surgery Of the Mexicans, and he adj
vised the General to lay in stock of it
for use in the French camp. 1t goes by
the name of the "blood- aching weed"
- the exact native word has not been
placed on record. This plant has the
property, when applied after being
chewed or crushed, of almost instantly
arTesting the flow of blood from a
wound. Gen. Martroy brought home
some specimens of this plant to France
and cultivated it in his garden at Yer
sailles, where it has thriven excellently
ever since, blossoms every year, and
produces a sort of fruit Meanwhile,
It's transportation to European soil has
not robbed it of the quality for which it
was originally recommended to its in
PRODUCER: 2 Its recognized botanical
name Is Iradescantia erecta. Although
1t Is quite the reverse of an ornamental
plant, and is not distinguished by any
beauty Of shape or color in its flowers,
~ n"lAy ueneIN eS, we may IfuSG QUIZ
informant, to be widely cultivated, on
account of its rare medical value. The
practicability of its acclinatization is
now placed beyond all doubt. It's effect
in stanching bleeding is said to surpass
al means hitherto applied to this pur-
pose, and it is, in any case, to be pro-
duced cheaply and easily. Experiments
have been made with it in Vienna. and
the Ne1e Freie Presse, of that city, adj
vises its regular cultivation for medical
use.-LOndOn Globe.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
The Most Prosperous People in the
World,

Col. John A. Bridgland, for many
years American Consul at Havre, in q
recent interview, said: 81 do not hest
tate to say that the small farmers of
France, even including tenants, are the
happiest people, in like condition,
have ever known" "How do you ac-
count for this?" ''In the certainty of
the enforcement of the laws of France A:
III the protection of every human right
to person and property. Nothing on
earth can be compared to the severity
OF the laws, the haste of their aprlica-
ton nor the rigidity of punishment I'M
der them" France owes the largest
debt i'll the world, but Col. Bridgland
Says that "this large debt is held by her
own people, and is payable at the
option of the Government, which about
amounts to no debt at ALL Everybody
owns part of it, from the poor wash
erwOman to the wealthiest banker. The
French people have more confidence in
Their own national debt, large as it is,
than they have in any other security in
the world. At the beginning of each
yf@T, if the Government has not to
place New loan, the people become
clunorous and complain that they have
no way to invest their Accommodations of
last year. [ have seen them stand for
h0uBs in Ene-women with babies in
Their arms and men with mechanical
Instruments, or other appliances, on
their way to worlS-waiting to get
bond. The French people are uni
yersaHy industrious and economical,
aud therefore probably the most pros
porous people in the world.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
The MOcking Bird,

The hooking bird commences to sing
at the age of Z OF weeks. The first
notes are low and unfinished, but as he
grows older his voice increases in vol
ume and compass, and his aptitude for
learning is greatly developed. His nat
ural song is sweet, bold, varied, and in
his native woods he surprises every
competitor He is the great artist: the
other songsters of the grove are only
the chorus. During the utterance of
his song he appears to be in a perfect
ectasy of delight; his constant graceful
motion, expanded wings and tail. and
flashing eyes add to the music vivacitv
and elegance of rendering given only by
this wonderful bird.
His notes are sweeter in his wild
state than in his captivity, owing to alb
sence of harsh noises which he so often
hears when confined in the habitation
OF man. He loses none of his power or
energy of song in his confinement. and
his opportunities for mimicking are
much enhanced by the variety of the
new sounds which he constantly hears
He improves every chance offered him.
and takes as much delight in initiating
a buzz-saw OF rusty pump as he does in
initiating the sweetest of flute notes.
His. repertoire is unlimited; he will
repeat anything, from a snatch of the
latest grand opera to the infnitesimal
twitter OF the humming bird He sings
the songs OF other cage-birds with a
superiority altogether notifying to
them, and his clucks oftentimes can
make the lost chicken forget it's moth
er.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16
Mr. LincOln'S COrnS.

Judge Logan, one of the most prom;-
lcl,t lawyers of the West, was the OBJ
!'~cnt of Mr.. Lincoln in case to be
argued in the Supreme Court of Hi
lois. Mr.. Lincoln had the opening
AMI closing, and had just finished the
opening and taken a seat near the old
ol2n-front Franklin stove in the court
room, listening intently to Judge Lo-
gan's argument. While in this posi-
ton, the Judges on the bench were seen
70 smile, and a suppressed laugh was
lad dyed i'll by the bystanders, caused
b, Mr Lincoln deliberately taking off
:, boot, removing the stocking, taking
80 knife out, and pairing n painful
coo. 1t was very apparent to every
r'd,y that he did not realize Just what
E&s doing, although following Judge
.0-cIn closely through his speech to
80, court, for he turned with surprise
= So:ae remarks Judge Logan had
~ Re when he discovered his predica-
'Hr and begged pardon of the court
il Zee seeming Unconstitutional Re
htii'dU.
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danger of losing his eyesigbt.

danger of losing his eyesight. The
master Of the smack babe the Young
mariner consult white witch at Ply.
mouth, and the sufferer took this ad-
vice The white witch boldly declared
that not the invalid but the whole
smack was under spell and suffering
from the wiles of sorcerers. The mas
ter and the lad visited the witch to-
gether, but the spell could not be re-
moved. The youth then went into an
infrmny, and recovered not only his
health, but wages from his too spirit
ually-minded master. But the witch
will continue to drive trade in Plmouth.
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C0ngreSSmen as Errnnd Rors.

Riding up to the Capitol with a
couple of Iowa members, [ observed
them carrying their morning packages
OF letters-great bundles of them. Said
one OF them: "This is Il very unpleasant
sort CT occupation after all, running
day after day through the departments,
asking this or that to be done. It Just
about reduces the Office of Congressman
to that Of messenger in the department.. 4"
"DO you get any credit for your la
bors in this behalf?"
Every little. The people who write
us seem to think either that their cases
take very little attention, OF else that to
do this sort Of business is a part of ones
duty here, Why, [ have to rush around
the departments every morning with
the greatest of haste to get through the
work that l have to attend to myself,
while my private secretary does a great
deal Of the same kind of work for me
while l am at the Capitol"
Not much satisfaction in being a
Congressman with that sort of work to
do, is there?"
NO, there's not" he replied. and
with a laugh he added: II had a little
instance of that the other day. An ex-
member from Iowa was here, and was
up at the House looking on, when I
asked him if he wouldn't like to be back
here again in his old seat. To nv
amusement he answered that when the
people of Iowa got him to come to
Washington again to do chores for his
board and clothes they would have to
be a good deal smarter than they are
now. His reply struck me as being
very close to the experiences of every
Congressman who comes here and does
his duty.-Vashington letter."
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The GsIden Gate,

The Golden Gate Park in San Fran
cisco comes into shape very slowly. It
vii! be planted with over 100000 trees
and shrubs, but until certain grasses
and grains have fastened their tenacious
roots, and thus prevent the drifting of
sand before the southwest winds, the
growth Of the expected forest will be
greatly retarded. Moisture, to be pro-
vidod by artificial means, will cost for
the water, at the rate of 80 cents per
1000 gallons, over IS, 600 q year.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16

I cross-tie, swap opinions concerning
tue wisdom of the President in concoct-
Ing such plan long before the la-de-da
clerks in the general Office obtain the
merest mixing Of it. If an appointment
IS to be made he will tell you the name
Of the man and the time the appoint
ment IS to go into effect.-Ne,U Orleans
Democrat
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-05-16

"CHARLEs," said an Austin parent,
won must not allow the other boys to
lead you into trouble When anybody
asks you to do anything you do not
think is right, learn to say no" Eyes,
father. III try" "Now 90 out. NV son,
and chop up some frewood." "No."
" "!.;;' 10 YOU say, you young scroun-
dr.. :" . don't think it is right, and [
81 -. ",:t!l! whack! aTIi teach
Won @ j." C.sohedient. TEXAS Silt
ItJa.
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4 NoYel Leg Farm.

The Farallone ialands are about thir-
ty miles from the mouth of San Fran
cisco bay, and they are the home nf in
Vulnerable sea fowls. When San NJ
cisco first began to be q city, is con-
slant cry was for eggs. To supply the
lack Of eggs, the project of stealing
those of the gulls and the muhrs Of the
Farallone islands was undertaken, and
it proved successful and has ever since
been maintained. The birds are too
plenty to count or to estimate, as may
be inferred from the fact that the egg
gatherers bring in often, or used to
gather, 500 dozen a day, and a great
many Of the nests are inaccessible. q
great many others devastated by the
rivalry Of the birds themselves, and, of
course, large part of the birds at any
one time are not laying. The egg sea-
son is from May to August, and. if even
400 dozen is the rule, the harvest would
be pretty near 100000 eggs. The
quarreling between the gulls and the
muhrs leads to the loss of good many
muhrs' eggs, which the gulls at every
chance destroy. The egg business is
conducted by a company, which has
the right. 1t pays egg-gatherers 5
cents a dozen and sells them in San
Francisco at a considerable advance.
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Witches in the Vest of England.

Witches are still common in the West
Of England. A Plymouth witch has
lately caused a good deal of discomfort
o 4 sea-faring young man. He set sail
With a smack-owner Of Brixham, as a
member CT the crew, but his health
uttered in his maritime adventure, and
1lAvsiciall advised him that he was in
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STRICT hygiene, supplemented by the
wisdom OF such physicians, does much
for the girls who Will be women in ten
Years. School life has not always en-
bodied hygiene nor Taught them physi-
ology.-IlllerEatiOnaL Reuielc.
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takes coffee Immediately after dinner,
does best not to use sugar or milk-for
both, so far from helping digestion, are
an additional burden to the full stom-
ach, and disturb It's labor more than
coffee can facilitate it.-ECchduge.
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IT DO wish you would come home
earlier" said woman to her husband.
II am afraid to stay alone. I always
imagine that there's somebody in the
house, but when you come L know
there amt. "-ArkdnSa1U Traveller.
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A WESTERN farmer advertisos that
he wants a frst-class potato-masher;
there are lots OF Washers in Philadel-
phia, but they are all of the small
potato order.-PhilddelphiG Item.
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4 VERY colored New York man who
entered complaint against another for
GS"au.t,ng AID battering him upon the
heal. W. told by the Justice: Il don't
see any marks" Does We s'pose he
h.t me wild piece of chalk?" was the
Indignant rejoinder. The case pro-
cepGpG
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Is IT true that kissing is cure for
freckles Edith. We should not think
so, but at the same time simple little
receipt like this is worth trying. Call
after business hours.
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EVERY year an increasing number of
Congressman find that their election
does not eatitle them to recognition in
that circle OF society which is con-
staptly becoming less Congressional"
nQd "maro a1'istocratic" in Washington.
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A MISSOURI quack not only promises
to cure nasal catarrh at one sitting, but
max es the astounding statement that he
Will remove the catarrh and place it
on a saucer"
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LITTLE WILLIE, having hunted in all
the corners for his shoes, at last gave
them up, and climbing, on chair, be-
took himself to dictionary. "Papa
always looks in it to find things, and
I'm looking into it to find my shoes. "
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AN ostrich at Cape Town has broken
three ribs for one man and two legs for
others by kicks delivered straight be-
mind. He'd make capital army mule
ii he only had bray.