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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-11
SAW TIE SIGHTS AND SULLIVAN.
Grief OF Granger Who Happened TO
Run Across Some SocfzbIe Friends.
YE~x Vo,-t Ios7--aJ

81 Am aa eccentric man, nistsr," said
jolly-sooking granger to the clerk OF the HoH-
man hoCse, as he deposited his grTpssck on the
counter. Give me q room where [ can see
what's going "a around me. 1 came to this
town for enjoyment. Give ms room where
things are lively"
He wass shown % his room, and after din
ner remarked TO the clerk that he was going
out TO see some fun Somewhere near mid
night dilapidated, torn, weary man stood III
front Of the hotel register. The Jolly look
had facad somewhat from hisfeca, but enough
was EFF IS enable slle clerk to recognize the
man CT eccsntricity.
We'll my friend, what's the mattsrs Ac-
ciient on the essretsd! SDrshup on the
bridgeg~
''No, SIR; the smash-ups On me. I've been
having considerable fun, said the guest, as
be wiped blood from his nose ~Wben left
here saw aquist iopfng man on thecoIer,
who dtfE't seem 70 have eoything 10 do. and
4 stepped up and sshed hm il ssse waseny-
thing lively going On IN town.
Ars yoa locking fU enjoyneusr said be,
Ia soc=abe way. sead him that wa. my
only b1sH-t and Be said be Es1n ez=ss me
IN se.rsa efcer kiar4sy He was pleasant
man, end seen91 70 know ell yoz n~esiz1
Eew YozH<S We rsue up - sbe Nth
AvUE h3G yfsrs hs sztt be sstto
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[A1ithony TrolLope.


But at last feel tl.at have him-perhaps
by the tail, as the Irishman drives his pig.
When have got him / have to be careful
that he shall not escape ne until that job Of
work be done GraduaEy as walk OF stop,
as seat myself on bank or lean against
tree, perhaps as [ hurry,on waving my stick
above my head till, with my quick motion,
the sweat drops come out upon my brow, the
scene forms itself for me- [ see, or fancy
that L see, what will be fitting, what will be
true, 4low far virtue may be made to go
without breaking the link which binds it to
humanity, how low ignorance may grovel,
how high knowledge inay soar, what the
writer may teach without repelling by
severity, how he may amuse without descend
ing to butfoonery; end then. the limits of
pathOs are searched and words are weighed
which shall suit but do no more than suit,
the greatness OF the smallness of the occasion.
We who are slight may not attempt lofty
things CT make ridiculous with our little
fables the doings of the gods. But for that
which we do there are appropriate terms and
boundaries which may be reached but not
surpassed. All this has to be thought of
and decided upon in reference to those little
plottings Of which have spoken each OF which
-~N - $1,000
humor, or of honor or of truth, as far as the
thinker may be able to furnish them He
has to see, about all things, that in his
attempts ne shall not sin again nature; that
in striving to touch the feelings he shall not
excite ridicule; that in seeking for hu1nor he
does not miss bis point; that in quest of
honor and truth he docs not become bonn
baStic and straitlaced.
A clergyman in his pulpit may advocate
an altitude of virture fitted to millennium
here or 10 q heaven hereafter; nay, from the
nature o. hisprUHession he must do so. The
poet, toe, may soar, Il. high as be will, and
if words suffice 70 Inn, need never fear to
fail, because his ideas are too lofty But be
who tells tales in pr,se can hardly hops to
be effective as u teacher unless he binds him
self by the circumstances of The world which
he finds around him. Honor and truth there
should be and pathos and huinor; but he
should SO constrain them that they shall not
seem to mount into nature beyond the orli-
nary habitaJiOns OF lr.en and ,21.ues
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MORNING. NOVEMBER H. 1853
"Come on, you id towards! I can't hurs

Come on, you id towards! | can't hur5
you"
We all rushed forward now He was lying
right on the spot where we afterwards buried
him, and when we lifted him up the blood
gushed from half-dozen wounds in his body.
''Where's Dave Bornwell, the cowardly
houndY' he asked.
We looked around for Bornwel, but he had
disappeared.
''He has gone to the house, reckon said
one of the men. "We'l carry you over
there.n
''No, no." he answered. "I'm dying. Tell
her-his wife--that 1 remembered her to the
last. I'll settle with him for betraying me
when meet him inshell She is good, like
my mo-"
He struggled to complete the sentence, but
only gasped, shuddered and his limbs straight
ened in death. When we reached the casa
Mrs Bornwell was dead also and her daugh-
ter was crying bitterly. We buried Buck
where he died. Bornwen moved away and I
think went to the states. He never came
forward to claim his share of the reward. It
was not known positively what section of the
country Buck was from, but it was after
wards learned that he had an old mother iy-
ing in Illinois. She saw notice of his death
in the papers and wrote to the commander Of
the Frontier battalion about him. In hex let
ter she said:
81 am poor woman, and Buckner always
took care of me. He was "a good SOM"
A few months ago she died, and on her
deathbed requested that a portion Of tho
scanty stock of money she left be devoted to
marking Bucks grave and that flowers be
planted on it. Her ishes were carried out.
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-=--------=---~- --- 49,
Foreign LaEd-Esuycrs.
IDemorest's MonthIvl

Attention is called to the fact that wealthy
foreigners, including many English noble
men, are purchasing large estates in this
country. They are nlonopolizing sections in
the far west, which are daily becoming more
valuable, due to the increase of population
and wealth Of the country. a Tribune cor
respondent tells of an English lord whose
friends criticised his large outiAys for Ameri-
can land. why" he replied, 81 am looking
out for my children. Under the Gladstone
laws estates in Ireland have become worth
less to the landlord The same result, 1 fear,
will follow in England American law rec
ognizes the absolute right OF the owner to tho
soil.n
Should not the American people, however,
do something to check speculation in wild
land in this countryl The English nobleman
or other Spectator purchases land in large
quantities and Eolls it as an investment. The
neighbcraool becomes populous and gives
value to the soil thus held without any help
from the foreign owner. He thus gets the
right to tax the native American of the next
generation by selling out at high figures.
The California constitution, to break up the
large estates which had created artificial
deserts, enacted that wild lands should be
taxed at the saune rate as improved property,
and it certainly does not seem just 90 levy all
the taxes on those who improve their prop
erty and thus make valuable the adjoining
wild lands owned by the Speculator
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THE STRANGER
Walter Brncel

L
An aged man came late to Abrahau1's tent;
The sky was dark, and all the plain was bare,
lie asked for bread; his strength was we'll
nigh spent;
His haggard look implored the tenderest care
The food was brought He sat with thankful
eyes,
But spake no grace, nor bowed he toward the
east.
Safe sheltered here from dark and angry
skies,
The bounteous table seemed a royal feast.
But ere his hand had touched the tempting
fare,
The patriarch rose, and leaning on his rod,
stranger" he said, "dost thou not bow in
prayer?
Dost thou not fear, dost thou not worship,
He answered, 'sNay." The patriarch sadly
said:
''Thou hast my pity. Go! eat not my
bread"
Another came that wild and fearful night.
The fierce winds ragged, and darker grew the
But all the tent was filed with wondrous
light,
And Airaham knew the Lord his God was
nigh.
.fWherp Is mat aged manr' the Presence said,
''That asked for shelter from the driving
blssts
Who mace thee master Of thy Masters bread?
What right hadst thou the wanderer forth to
castI'
Forgive me, Lord" the patriarch answer
made,
With downcast look, with bowed and trem-
bling knee.
''Ah me! the stranger might with me have
staid,
But, o my God, he would not worship Thee: :"
GIVE borne him long, God said, "and still
wait:
Couldst thou not lodge him one night in
thy gate!"
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LueeD Jay uuuIu ar. OH csiiderbilt ant.
some more of the boya I never saw SO
agreeable fellers-nothin' stuck-up - and
when | asked 'em to take q snack with me l
thought they hadn't had anything to eat for
week. 1t seemed as if l had met old friends.
But" said the granger, thoughtfully, 81
didn't exactly like to see Jay Gould wipe his
face on the table-cloth, and Bill Vanderbilt's
way Of slidin' raw oysters down his throat
surprised me.
"But when my friend asked me if wanted
to see some good sparring, remarked that 1
was at home there, and we went around to
Mr. Hills theatre, where he introduced me to
John l. Sullivan, Jem Mace and fellow
they call the Mayors Eye After indulging
in some mashedcorn potations, put on the
gloves with Mr.. Sullivan.
1--WE only had one round, resumed the
guest, in tired way. "Mister, change my
room. Give me room where the silence of
death prevails. am weary of festivity."
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BRANDY WAS LOW DOWN"
& BOotblaek's Eulogy on q Dead
GOOd-for-N OthIng.
detroit Free Pr

lDetfOIG FT6o TreSS.
"Brandy is dead!'
So the men said, so the women said. and 50
the children called to each other as d piece of
news.
A drunken, good-for- nothing. A so-called
man whose brain had become dissolved in
liquor, whose mind was enfeebled, and who
had disappointed everybody by not dying in
the gutter, instead of having the roof of a
tenement house over his head.
Why should any one grieve when such a
vagabond passes away? The world may owe
him room for his bones to rest, but nothing
further. So in "Brandy's' case men said
that he was well out of the way, and women
Gathered their dishes in the rooms below,
and cared not for the presence of the dead
When the undertaken came to bear the
body away dozen people crowded into the
room, and among them was bootblack.
Some said that Brandy" looked well in a
coffin; others spoke lightly about his face
having at last lost its ruby color, and the
dead pauper was no more than dog in their
minds, and why should he have been. One
can be man or he can be a vagabond If
he becomes vagabond let him lose the re-
spect of men. All had a heartless remark
except the bootblack He stood at the head
OF the coffin and looked from face to face
and said:
Brandy was low down, and he died like a
beast, and you are all sneering at him Did
any one among you ever give him chance!
Dld he have home when he was a bow
A'id men try to encourage him and guide him
Alright! Is there man in this room who
ever took him by the hand and spoke one
kind worda Didn't everybody abuse and i'll
treat hina Didn't everybody looi, upon him
as dog9
Aye! Brandy was low DOWN. whispered
the boy as he laid bis hand on the coffin. sHe
was ragged and hungry, and poor and home
less, and without one single friend What
man among yen conld have stood out against
it any bsttert Poor Old man! They know
all about 1t IN heaveni Let inc help TO carry
him DOWN.
And when the dead had been driven away.
and the boy bad disappeared, more than one
man said:
After all, we might have made it easier
Tor the poor old man. / wonder that some
OF us never sought TO make a man OF him,
instead Of helping him down"
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STORIES OF FORTUNE.
taow water Wei Became an Oil
Wen and an Oil iygeH Water
bradford Letter in NewYork Sun.

bradford Letter in NewYork Sum-
"Talk about tumbles III the price of oil,n
said veteran operator on the Bradford
Petroleum exchange, nothing like the one
Of the winter of 1860 mas been known in tla
modern days of the trade That was tho
winter that Jesse Heydrick put down tho
old Farmers and Mechanics well, or rather
the company that he formed put it down and
that was the first company ever formed to de-
Velop the oil territory. The well came in
good for about 5000 barrels day, and
half Of it couldn't be taken care of but ran
Gown the creek in regular flood. Oil was
OIL then, and was worth $l3 barrel Pitts
burg was the only market, and we had only
one way to get oil there, and that was by
running it in barges down the Allegheny
river from Oil City. OF course it was neces-
sary 70 have freshets to transport it in this
way. The winter that Heydrick struck his
wei the river was frozen over, but he was
bound to get some oil TO Pittsburg He sue
ceeded in cutting way Through, and ran
ten fiat boats down. lie sold all his oil for
SO barrel. Tic next day thaw set in,
ana IN two days the river broke up. Then
the boats began to run. and in short time
The market was over5tocked, and in less than
week oil wes selling at 90 cents a barrel
The early days Of oil production were at
tended by many curious incidents. One OF
the queerest wa. a streak of luck well owner
struck on the creek in 1863 He had drilled
well down to tire third sand but found moth
ing but water, and three days continuous
pumping failed 10 bring anything else to the
surface, so be abandoned the well in disgust.
The next day a neighbor of his, who was
operating ON an adjoining lease, came over
TO see the disguised well owner, and informed
him, with much excitement, that since the
pumping Of water had ceased at his well great
trouble had resulted at the other well, which
had yiede'l thirty barrels of oil day as long
as the water was being pumped, but upon the
stopping Of the water pumping had filed up
with water and produced no more oil
''The result was that the man who owned
the producing well hired the less fortunate OPP
orator TO keep his pump going, for which he
paid him $40 a week. The producing well
was thus restored TO its former condition, end
things worked satisfactorily for SIX months,
when suddenly one day the well that had
been yielding nothing but water began pump
ing oil. and the one that had yielded oil in
turn became water well. The changed sit
uation resulted in a lawsuit, which was won
by the owner Of the well that had at first
yielded nothing but water"
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Where yvaser Is as Precious as Gold.


Fiagstaii year ago was an unredeemed
Inferno; now it is for the most part quiet
and OF good repute. It owes its permanency
70 the timber business. From northwestern
Arizona down to the southeast into western
New Mexico stretches vast belt of 1nagnifi-
cent pine forest Here the belt is cut by the
railroad just under the shadow of the San
Francisco mountains. The trees are of ex-
traordinary height, straight and huge in their
proportions. Between them there is no IN
dergrowth-all is clear and open. Here and
there the openings widen out into beautiful
natural parks, clothed with rich growth of
grass. No finer cattle country could be i'm
aGined, save for the lack of water
Water is almost literally as precious
as gold. Men go out prospecting for
springs just az the miner searches for crop
pings of ore. He who secures q spring can
control thousands of acres of land But the
springs are few, often small, and not always
trustworthy. The Little Antelope spring.
which supplies the cluster of cabins hard by.
sometimes runs dry. Then water is hauled
In barrels for miles and sold like any other
commodity. The saw-mill, which runs out a
hundred Thousand feet of lumber day to SUD-
ply contract of s., 600, 900 feet for the Mexi-
can Central railway, IS run by steam power
Yet for thisi is necessary 30 pump the water
IN pspes from springs nine mihs away At
Winlow The railroad company sunk an arte-
nan vol ], 700 feet and struck salt ~eter. At
ASA Fork they Sunk aaothg waI, which
IEov.d a fixture.
From the hns of New Mexico the railroad
raDs for many mikes through the herryn
vasey Cd The Rio Puerco The rfvr-bsd Is
brssd, but TIE stream itself + only a scnntv
yvuies. Yet whea there CONES one Of the
sFaten, fexos Hs1naer storms peculiar 30 shi,
AZ +soa tic rfains ara flooded, end in an hour
tho r1vec becomes . raging torrent I have
seen this happen again and again, for it 1. the
rainy season now; but In a few hours the
watsr disappears, TIE torrents plunge into
underground vafer- courses, and tbs sands
eEe perched IS befvre. 1t has been suggested
that huge Stone Tanks be Constructed to hold
the wsceZ-, iRstead Of permitting ii % flow OF
Sc once. The s1GyessEon seems a good one,
A-teSian wells have never obtained much
SlcceSs In the western country, and tia water
problem remains one Of vital importance.
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TRUE AND FALSE LOVE.

To sigh, yet feel no pain; to weep, yet know
not why;
To sport an hour with beauty's chain, then
throw it idly by;
To bend the knee at every shrine, yet lay the
heart at none;
To think all other charms divine, but those
we have just won.
This is love-false love,
Such as kindleth hearts that rovei
To keep one sacred fame, through life I'M
changed, unmoved;
10 love in wintry age the same that we in
youth have loved;
To feel that we adore with such refined ex-
That though the heart might burst with
more, it could not do with less
This is love-constant love,
Such as saints might share above
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FUTURE WHEAT SUPPLY.
But little Danger That Our Country
VIII BE Superseded i'm the Markets
OF the World.
[san Francisco Chroniclel

[San Francisco Chronicle1
1t has been well enough known for some
time that the production of wheat in India
was increasing rapidly. A pamphlet on the
subject has recently been published in Cal
cutta, and some facts stated therein are of in
terest The object is to show "the dominant
position India occupies as the source
OF supply of wheat to Europe; the ease
with which the greater part of Eng
llsh grain trade could be diverted from
America to India, and the advantages both
to the English manufacturer and to the
Indian farmer that would result from India
becoming the sole source of supply of wheat
to the United Kingdom" According to the
writer, in 1851 England imported from
America sc, 03S, 074 cwt. of wheat alone at a
cost of about e20, 055, 066 A hundred mill
ion dollars for wheat alone is pretty round
sum. The writer goes on to say that the
wheat trade of England oscillates between
the three countries of America, Russia and
India, swaying from one country to the other
On the slightest fiuctuation of the price. 1t is
to be noticed, however, that these ''oscilla-
tions'' amount to very little, the United
States furnishing from year to year larger
amount of wheat.
Wheat production in this country has not
yet reached its limit, and probably will not
for thirty years or more. The new north
west is a vast country. 1t is just now being
opened up by railroads. All the vast coun-
try, including an area greater than all the
states east Of the Mississippi river, is wheat
producing country. 1t is true that labor is
Gearer i'll this country than it is in India or
In russia 1t is true, also, that agricultural
machinery in this country especially that
used in cutting and threshing wheat, has
been brought to greater perfection than in
either of the other countries. For the pres
ent, at least there does not seem to be. much
danger that the expectation of wheat from
this country to Great Britain will be dimin-
ished by reason OF tine resources which Rus
STA and India possess.
The truth is, Great Britain win buy bread
stutfs and cotton in the best markets. For
these two staples the best market is the
United States. The present area of wheat
cultivated in India is not much short of
twenty million acres, the average production
ranging somewhere between eight and thir-
teen bushels to the acre. Wheat production
in that country cannot be materially in
creased without irrigation. The present asgy
gregate production does not appear to be
greatly in excess Of consumption-that is,
India needs all the wheat produced in that
country for well-fed population. 1t is a
country of extremes There are great
many famine seasons. Two or three have
occurred within a few years, when itbecane
necessary toinport food for the starving in
habitants, and even this expedient did not
prevent great many from starving to
death
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a Million Dollars Depending CT the
letter ..
ICPVeIand letter.

Leonard Cese, IN. iora.re Old bachelor,
charitable and eccentric, died il this city sew
eral years ago, leaving, be-idas d handsome
legacy for 4 school Of applied science which
bears his name. a large property for his heirs
and next Il kin 10 quarrel over m the courts
One Of the slits now pending in the Supreme
court, tbs court Of last rusczt, hinges upon
the appearance OF the feetsr "F IN the STAT
Utee The other descendants Of Leonard
Cases mother claim shers n tho essnce.
The ssotutes provide that under cereoin con-
tingeneies the estate Of a decreased prFvon
shall pass 30 the ns1t Of En of tho mood Of
ancestors from whom the estsbe caG7e. x Toe
word ancestors" Is TO be construed in rs ful
force, the descerlents OF Mrs. Case caa Oh
1Iin their full share On the sitter hand, it
Is claimed that the letter -" at the end Of
ancestors crept into the statutes through
the carele,s1ress OF some printer or proof
reader. The case will be heard in the 81
prsIae court before hong. The lruperty in
VOWED Is valued at 81 COO 600
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t Was the Paper
[Croffut7s New York Letter. ]

ICTOHuUS NeW OrK Ietter.I
'1 remember" said Mr. George Jones. OF
The Times, 20 me the other day, "when James
Gordon Bennett was knocked down in front
of the Broadwny bank yonder, by somebody
whom the paper had offended-an actor, I
believe. Mr.. Bennets jumped up, brushed off
the din, pfcied UP his hat, and said to the
man, Wei, what's the troubled What are
You striking me forf For your id i'm
pu1enceP said his angry assailant. But
amt fmpudsHt,' pleaded Bennett; fits the
paper don't know whether the man saw
either fhe fosce otthe discrimination or thu
Is.-.:i-s<xae-e szEs
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Reunett IE. You'll.
f''Gah.7

hear that Lieut., Bennett Il Young, VINO
led the ST. ArbeDs raid, IS now President Of
the Chicago branch Of the Louisville & Nash
vile railroad, and Is 80 strict Presbyterian
that he r-eently forbade any Sunday trains
On that rpad, wbercupon a clergyman at
Staunson, Va, Only week ago called him
that man Of God, Bennett Young"
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Kew Bez-r-.c- Ste1snnE Scheme.
Ls->-,--=

Rsfi~ead p1ztes ksve discovered and In
scrls psaoss rsFksd nsTT cche1le fcT obtain
ing possezssa OF valaaoAe beEegs Spot
ting tas s<sss-e- E=fhes, Ia, before it Is lozfsd
into TIE bsGssscar EoEs the truck with
othrGs, defs$y REMOVES The baggage check and
so2stlszS - In OWL, which WIS gveQ for
somo worthless csd sschel 1t the end OF
his rsds. which naF Be ooe bErked nribes, or
any diseanss bsysnd, OF thEsiasof slss trunkis
xigine3 da&Esztzca, hs secures izis FfzDdee
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Understood Her az Once.
chicago Times

NPoor Herbert, bow wish You did not
have 20 slave 50 from morning 70 night. =
rnur1l,ssr-d he's wife, as with fond caress she
seated bersef ON her husbands knee and
gently ssrosed the Auburn locks from his
losss arew. Aod the grave, stern man Of
Business understood her At once, and an
szzeEsf: Web, Susie, what Il il, a bonnet,
or what Don't bv<coherd sa ia forusHy
Il sA1rcT Snan ~vz7
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The Chinese Minister'S Baby.
Inter Oceau.1

The infant born to the Chinee minister In
Washington during the summer, being girl,
has not been allowed 20 leave the house but
once siecs its birth. 1t is carried into the
yeri adioning the legation, but se4s no fresh
air N sey other way. Her little fest are al
ready being barrdaged 60 keep them small