Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-08-05
TIMELY TOPICS.

known
throughout Russia, says Chambers Jour
nsi' and implies not the abuse of robur or
any spirit distilled from the herb. but that
tue cup which cheers intoxlcates also. if
zealously adhered to. Strong tea is we'll
known to be powerful. though Heetinp
eA0i'ant OF the nervous system; and if the
redoer likes to make the experiment, let
tiiln uelnk dozen Or fifteen cups of tea in
the Russian style-that is without cream OF
sugar. out Favored with drop of lemon
Iulce-ln the space of a couple of hours
ana he may arrive at the conclusion that
there is something rational about such an
epthet as tea drunksrd, after all.
IT frequently happens, says the Boston
Journal of Chemistry, that wheat or rye
bour,in spite of the greatest care in baking.
yields an inferior loaf, and the failure is
commonly attributed to adulteration: but
when submitted to investigation neither
microscopic nor chemical tests reveal anv
adulteratlon. Such -four is returned to
the miller or dealer as unfit for use. The
miller says the -four was injured by the
aeahng of the stones, and the dealer at.
tributes the defect to the circumstances
That the sun must have shone upon the
sacks during transportation. It has been
proved by numerous experiments that -four
cannot bear the action of the sun,
even when not exposed directly to it's
rays. When flour is exposed to the heat
OF the sun an alteration takes place in the
gluten similar to that produced by the
heating of the stones. For this reason it
is advisable that the transportation of
dour should take place, if possible, on
cool days or by night, as we'll as that flour
should be stored in a cool place.
DR. VIM. A. HAMMOND has caused some
thing In the nature of sensation by g
statement in a paper called The North
American, that life insurance companies
refuse to insure women's lives ION account
of woman's inability to be exact in regard
to her age, the diseases she may have had,
her mode of life, and other matters in
which exactness is required" New
York interviewer on reading this promptly
sought out an insurance agent and ascer-
tanned that this was not the precise reason
that women were less fancied as risks than
men. He gave the explanation that it was
bec3use of the difficulty in making phys
zeal examination. They did not take a
mans word for his physical condition any
more than woman's. They had his body
thoroughly examined by surgeon. Of
course women, from motives of delicaov.
would not submit to this. Another agent
declared that the only reason a woman
was disliked for insurance was because of
the extraordinary perils to American wom-
en- in collaborating, the percentage of
deaths being far greater than in any other
nation. 1t appears that the witnesses are
against DR.. Hammond, and that the in
snrance companies do not doubt weman's
ability to state facts.
No TOWN or city can reach large COM
mercial or metropolitan proportions in
the absence of various and numerous
manufacturing establishments. In this
regard ST. Paul is weak-Minneapoli is
strong. The enlightened, intelligent, en-
terprising business men of the latter city,
fully appreciate this fact, and bend them
selves in this dIrec ion with effective force.
They thus gain prosperity and deserve it.
st. Paul lacks foresight in this respect,
and is correspondingly losing advantages
that 1t might secure. Large and booming
speculation in real estate is absorbing a
full share of attention. Large sums are
made or lost in this direction. Where the
best real estate locations are, for advanc-
ing prices. are taxing the sagacity of the
most experienced capitalists. The move
ments of railroads are watched
eagerly, to ascertain early where
yards or depot buildings are
to be established, and the location of ''big
hotel" has been attracting no little atten-
lion, for where a railroad makes center,
or where the great hotel is located, real
estate will make a rapid advance. Thus,
personal benefit, and comparatively circum-
scribed localities, absorb more atten-
ton, than the general interest and welfare
of the whole. A bonus of 100000 is
asked and given as an inducement to es-
t1blish vast metropolitan caravansary.
Large hotels are important, so are rail-
road depots, and large business centers in
a city, but other things are of
equal, if not of greater Importance.
Establish wide range of manu-
facturies, and railroad centers, and large
hotels will be established, naturally and
necessarily, as an Indispensable outgrowth
and general and healthy impulse will be
given to every interest. If st. Paul would
look up manufacturing concerns of various
kinds of which it is destitute, and bestow
bonuses of even half million or more,
rightly divided, as inducements for their
establishment, in no way would capital.
lists, or the general community be so
much benefited, and IN no way could the
city be so much and rapidly
enlarged in its mechanical, mercantile,
commercial and industrial intesests. Thus
its population might be easily doubled in
very short space OF time. While capita
is intent on private speculation, governed
by narrow, personal views, the city will
continue to grow; it has got momentum
enough for that, but not with the rapidity
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