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St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02

Mrs. LOGAN is much cast down by her
sons loss of position at West Point. 1t has
been noticed in other instances that the sons
of political mothers have ecceutricities.
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02

The following is special venire Of eight
petit jurors drawn by order of Judge Brill
yesterday and made returnable to the court
this mornings. Wm. K. Sloan. Chas. H.
Sherman, c. E. Rittenhouse, Herbert W.
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02

THE Secretary of War states that the cost
of the army for the last year was $42, $780,
SIC. 1t seems that the Brigadier Generals
come high, but the country must have them.
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02
Complexlon OF the Illinois I.egislature

SPRINGFIELD. H., Dec. 1.-The state can
vassing board completed its work to-day and
decided the confess in the Thirteenth legisla-
tive district in favor Of Mulheran and against
Klupp. This viii make the legislature a tie
on joint ballot in case Leman, Republican,
in the Sixth district is seated, or will give q
Democratic majority of two in case Brand,
Democrat, OF the same district is gwen
scat Klupp claims that ninety votes for
nim in the nineteenth precinct OF
the Fourth ward were counted for his
oppou, Mt, anu says be will present the case
10 the United States grand jury, or will con-
test before tue senate. Tue iacts were shown
10 be, before the county and state canvass
Ing boards, that By q clerical error Klupp was
originally given ninety votes too many. AS
bOtn Klupp and Mulheran are Democrats, the
COM pleNiOn OF the legislature will not be
changed in either case. Gov. Hamilton will
announce his decision in the Brand-Leman
case tomorrow.
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02

THE Chicago Times says we cannot have a
respectable navy and Bill Chandler, too.
Thank goodness We have not got Bill for
longl
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02
Thn Rlaine sideshnr.
Especial Telegram to the Gil

Especial Telegram TO the Globe
WASHINGTON, Dec. This week Mr.. and
Mrs. Blaine will move into ex-Secretary
WINDOWS house on scctt circle, which they
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
- MoUNTAIN sLoPE.

DAILY LOCAL NEAss.
Bar. Their. Dew Point Wind Weather.
29.971 $50 31.3 SW Cloudy
Amount melted suow o: Maximum rher-
mometer 4O5; minimum thermometer 26.2: :
daily range 24.3.
River-Frozen.
NorG-8aro.neter corrected for temperature
sue elevation.
p F. Lyons,
Sergeant. Signai Corps, U. s. A.
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02
DAILY wEATHER BULLETS.

OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER
WAsHINGToN, d. C.. Dec l. 1886 p. ~
Observations taken at the same moment Of
time at all stations named
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02

AT Richmond, Va, there are no new de-
veiopments in the matter OF irregularities in
office of auditor Of public accounts
St. Paul daily globe., 1884-12-02

CONGRESS was in session yesterday but no
harm was done.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16

dainty needle book of pearl edged with
gold to accompany the thimble aid the
whole is inclosed i'll an exquisite little
pocket case shaped like book and bound
in satin and pearl
A thimble owned by Queen-Consort Of
Siam is shaped like lotus bud, this be-
ing the royal flower of that country, and
almost everything about the court bearing,
in a greater or less degree, some impress of
the lotus. This thimble is of gold, thickly
studded with diamonds that are so ar
ranged as to form the ladys name and the
date of her marriage 1t was bridal gift
from the King, who, having seen the Eng
fish and American ladies at his court using
the thimbes, took this method of introduce
ing them among his own people.
In Naples very pretty thimbles composed
of lava from Mount Vesuvius are OCCASION
ally sold, but rather as curiosities than for
real utility, being, from the extreme brittle
ness of the lava, very easily broken. | have
heard also of thimbles made of asphaltum
| from the Dead Sea, and of one composed of
| a fragment of the old elm tree at Cam
| bridge, Mass. under which General Wash
| ington stood when taking command of the
| United States army in July, 1775; but do
not suppose that any of these were ever in
! tended to be used i'll sewing.
In the ordinary manufacture OF gold and
silver thimbles, thin plates of the metal are
introduced into a die, and then punched
| into shape. But in Paris the French have
a way of their own, quite different from
ours, for making gold thimbles that are
said to be much more durable than those
made in the usual way. Pieces of very
| thin shect-iron arc cut into disks of about
two inches in diameter. These, after being
heated to redness, are struck by means of a
punch into u succession of holes of gradu-
ally increasing depth to give the proper
shape. The thimble is then trimmed, pol
ished and indented around its outer surface
with tiny holes. 1t is next converted into
steel by process called cementation then
| tempered, secured, and brought to a blue
color After all this is completed thin
sheet of gold is introduced into the interior
and fastened to the steel by n mandrcl,
while gold leaf is attached firmly by pres
sure to the outside, the edges being scanned
in small groove made TO receive them.
This completes the operation, and turns
ont very beautiful thimblc that Will last
for years The steel used in its construc-
ton will scarcely wear out i'll long life
time and the gold, if worn away, is easily
replaced.-[Dorcas Magazine.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16

Indigestion is the source of a multitude
of diseases. In fact, disease necessarily
follows long-continuei arrangement of the
digestive organs. The stomach is the
laboratory in which the most wonderful
chemical processes are constantly going on.
Whatever is taken into the stomach is at
once acted upon chemically, and the whole
some and nutritious portions go to build up
and strengthen the system. while the etIete
matters are expelled through the various
channels Now when the food is crude and
iudigestible, or when good food is not prop
erly masticated and mingled with the saliva
before it enters the stomach, it lacks Il very
important element, and the Gigesting or
gans are subjected to great fatigue in efforts
to prepare ii for its work of sustaining life
When we consider the difficulties with
which the stomach has 10 contend; of i'm
proper food forced into the stomach in q
crude state and frequently in ex-
cess OF the requirements of the
body; of liquor drinking and tobacco
using; the fact that three adult
persons out of every four are of unsOund
health. and that the average term of human
life i less than half what it should be
under correct methods of living, should
surprise no one. There is not one person
in ten who thinks of or seems to care for
his health until hc loses it. The most alb
surd excuse for neglect of duty to oneself
is, that he cannot always be looking after
his health. In other words, he has not the
moral power To abstain from eXccSscs that
weaken the body and shorten life, as
surely as night follows the day. What
man eats and drinks habitually has much
to do with the condition Of mind and body.
The stomach is the fountain-hcad from
whence the body draws its supplies The
old Roman idea OF manliness was sound
mind in a sound body It's encouraging
to know that the more intelligent OF the
present generation are adopting this view:
and it Is this class that is now paying the
most attention TO TIE laws of health. All
colleges encourage to-day what they con-
demned twenty years ago; rs boat racing,
ball playing, and regular systems
of exercise. If an engineer were to load
the safetv-valyc and build Il fire under a
steam boiler, and keep the fire replcnished
for a time without starting the engine, he
would produce an explosion. If a man
eats heartily, and leads an INDECENT life, a
similar trouble occurs; his body is filled
with the products Of digestion; fat and
fluids accumulate, and the muscles become
soft and weak more blood is made than
the system requires and the excess becomes
a dangerous obstruction in the current of
life. and the explosion may come IN the
fogm Of apopleXy. The remedy is. to adapt
the quality and the quantity of the food to
the daily requirements of the body. Re
member that labor. or active and sufficient
exercise every day, is imperatiyely demand
ed ii We expect 70 keep well, Let the food
be plain but nutritious, and avoid rich
pastry and other indigcstiblc foods Adjust
The food supply to the bodily activities.
journal OF Health.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16

CoMMoNNsENsE IN EDUCATING. - Nine
boys out often look upon school something
in the light of Juvenile prison. They are
more than half right. The idea seems to be
TO command boy to open his mouth and
swallow as fast and as much as he can bite
off, and many of the rules and regulations
are too captious to have come from sensible
men. But, bark you: ignorance means
vice, crime-degradation The man with
out education must make his muscles earn
him s.. The more ignorant the man the
more naturally he becomes q breaker
Education will enable you to compete with
capital. 1t will make capital for you
Only, if you were my boy I'd educate you
in particular and not in general. l mean
by that, that if you want TO be a lawyer
wouldn't let you fritter away two or three
years in algebra, astronomy and the dead
languages If you wanted to become doe
tor wouldn't educate you for a lawyer. If
you had fancy to become It civil engineer
I'd push you in algebra instead of colonial
history. As the case stands in our schools
to-day every boy must study what one
does. No two of them will probably fol-
low the same pursuit in life, but all were
thrown into the same hopper and the mill
set going Free Press.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16

4 patent has lately been granted for the
Use Of ashes in making mortar. 1t has
been found that the fine portion Of domCs-
nc ashes is capable of being converted, with
a small proportion OF lime, into a mortar
having when q month old, n tensile
strength OF from four % FIVE times that Of
common sand and lime mortar or about
- pounds per square inch. Sand-mOrtar
month old las a tensile strength of 20
pounds. Ashes and lime, mixed rs betOn.
give a tensile strength of 40 pounds and
crushing strength Of over 100 pounds per
square inch. II VIII thus be seen that. by
utilizing the SheS for mortar, large part
Of the expense of removal could be saved,
together with the whole cost of procuring
sand for the purpose, and. 1t the same time,
a very superior article of mortar be pro-
duccd. In consequence OF the small guam
THY of lime required 90 per cent? il
would be necessary 10 mix the
mortar by machinery IT a mill and
deliver it ready for use. This practice pre-
walls to great extent in European cities
on account of the superiority of milled
over handmade mortar. ASh-mortar has
the additional advantages of resisting the
action Of water rs soon as it has set in
from two 10 three days., and also the com
bincd action of fire and water. the Quantity
OF lime being SO small and tho chemical
union with the ash 50 complete that the
application Of heat does not produce free
oxide Of lime. as in The ease of sand
mortar, and consequently does not swell
when water is applied to the heated NOR
tar. The ash-mortar forms, when set, Il
sillcate Of lime and alulnina. and hardens
uniformly Throughout, like cement; while
sand-mortar. when set, IS but an imperfect
carbonate of lime, The sand furnishing the
nucleus around which the carbonate forms.
-fCapcntcr and Builder.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16

4 practical joker of the sly order is DR.
Henderson, Brooklyn dentist. The doc
tor does not look unlike pious divine, and
his mode Of conducting himself, coupled
with a sanctimoniouS timbre of voice, com
pletes the deception.
1t is said of the doctor that during one oil
his exciting political campaigns he was hi
in the eye by prize-hghtcr. He was. OF
course, too much of 4 gentleman to engage
in scrimmage when he knew the odds
were against him so he quietly bided his
time. Some months later the prize-ighte1
had a bad tooth and dropped into the doc
tors office to have it pulled. The latter in
stantv recognized his asSailant. but did
not bctray his emotions. BY dint of clo-
duent persuasion he induced the prize
fighter TO take laughing-gas, and when the
ruifian became unconscious the doctor's
old-time fire returned Hurrying over to
his old friend Prof William Clark, he
borrowed i pair of boXing-gloves and then
returning to the Office went to work at the
prize-iighter.
When the latter awoke he had two hand
some black ewes and his nose was bleeding
with delightful freedom
What is it?' asked the prize fighter,
when he opened his eyes.
" Keep perfectly quiet, urged the doctor,
concealing his boxing-gloves under the
chair. you've fractured your jugular.'
Then he put q cork in his patient
mouth. extracted the tooth and charged
him - for the Job, advised him to go home
and 90 to bed at once.
The doctor is always doing very funny
things. but whenever he sees that prize
fighter he has to sit down for about an
hour in some cool place and chuckle
New York Journal.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16
The Careless Boy.

Where's my hat?''
who's seen my knife"
"Who turned my coat wrong side out
and slung it under the lounge2"
There you go, my boyl When you came
into the house last evening you flung your
hat across the room, jumped out of your
shoes and kicked EN- right and left, wrig-
gled out of your coat and gave it toss,
and now you are annoyed because each
! article hasn't gathered itself into a chair to
be ready for you when you dress in the
morning Who cut those shoe-strings
You did it to save one minutes time in I'M
tying them Your knife is under the bed,
where it rolled when you hoped, skipped
and jumped out OF your pants Your col
lar is down behind the bureau one of your
socks on the foot of the bed, and your vest
may be in the kitchen wood-bo1 for all
you know.
Now, then, my way has always been the
easiest way. had rather fling my hat
down than to hang it up; I'd rather kick
my boots under the lounge than place EN-
in the hall I'd rather run the risk of spoil
ing a new coat than to change it. | own
right up to being reckless and slovenly, but
ah me, haven't had TO pay for it ten times
overl Now, set your foot right down and
determine to have order. 1t is q trait that
can be acquired. An orderly man can
make two suits Of clothes last longer and
look better than a slOyenly man can do
with four. He can save an hour per day
over the man who filings things heller skel-
ter. He stands twice the show to get sit
uation and keep it, and five times the show
| 10 conduct q business with proht.
An orderly man will be an accurate man.
If he is carpenter, every JOINT viii mt. II
he is turner. his goods Will look neat. II
he is Il merchant, his books will show nei-
Their blots nor errors. An orderly man is
most always an economical man, and al
ways prudent one If you should ask me
how to become rich, | should answer, Be
orlcrly-be accurate. = Detroit Free Press
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16
Odd, but Even.

1t is quite number of years since this
old camel story trotted along the
sands of time, so as the circus season is
approaching it has been suggested that the
Free Press start the ancient animal on its
travels again. This is how it happened :
Abou Ben Eli McGuffin, being full of years,
died, leaving to his three sons hisseventeen
camels for the simple reason that he could
not take them along with him. The will,
duly attested, said the eldest WIGS to have
one-half, the second one-third, and the
Youngest one-ninth of the seventeen camels
The boys were little perplexed at this, as
it seemed to involve the cutting-up of
camel, and camels were worth S. day on
the Sahara that season. But the boys if
not frst-class mathematicians, had level
heads, and did not go to law to prove the
old man insane, but went instead to the
good old Cadi Hassan O'Donohue, who
had taken o medal at mathematics at Ann
Arbor.
Boys" said the good Cadi. reproach-
fully, you should not bother me with
these little matters. Ask me harder
one
But seeing they were troubled, the benev-
client old man asked the hostler to trot out
his own dilapidated camel, which had seen
its best days travelling with Barnum as the
Sacred Gnu of Persia.
Placing the aged brute with the seven
teen camels the boys had brought along, he
said
There are eighteen camels. l shall
now give YOU half of the eighteen, which is
nine How does that strike you?'
1t hits ne where live" said the eldest,
who was slangy, but withal, pleased at get
ting half of eighteen rather than half of
seventeen.
"The next boy shall have one-third of
eighteen, which is six. Are you there,
Moriarity?"
"Bou bet, said the boy.
THE next will have one-ninth of
eighteen, which is two" and so the third
youngster collared his two camels. Thus
two and six and nine made seventeen, and
still was the good Cadi's aged animal left
unscathed. The people marveled, as the
Cadi had given each more than the will
called for which is rather unusual in
Courts of law. And they said one to an
other: That's what it is to be good at
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16

OF all the many varieties of land birds
and water fowl none arc more wary than
Wild geese When they make raid on a
wheat field one of the number has his head
erect, and his sharp eyes are quick in dis
covering the appearance of an enemy
When he thinks he has been on duty long
enough he lowers his neck and gives the
goose ahead a pinch with his bill, when he
i'll turn keeps a lookout.
The brush turkey of Australia is pecu-
liar bird. The female lays her eggs in a
pile and covers them over with pyramid
of earth, twigs, etc. The sun heats the
pyramid and in time the eggs hatch. The
male watches the pile and covers or I'M
covers it according to the temperature
When The young are Matched they are COW
cred up for day TO allow their feathers &c
grow. On the second day they can run
rapidly and on the third day can fly as
well rs their parents.
Penguins in their native wilds have q
habit of braying in chorus every evening
making a noise somewhat like that of q
donkey. When domesticated they are said
to exhibit considerable intelligence.
All small birds consider the owl their
natural enemy and treat him as such when
ever an opportunity offers. Some years
ago. one afternoon, heard great eonmo.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16

He had come 10 the city within the year,
and entered into business with a young
man named Wellington, the son of a
wealthy broker. who was at the time travel
ing in Europe On his return and intro
duction to Ralph Merrill, attracted by his
fine physique and pleasing address, his
cultured mind and generous heart, he in
vited him to his elegant home, introduced
him to his daughter Edith, fair and grace
full girl and showed desire in various
ways to be his friend.
Not long after Mr.. Wellington return
from abroad some of his intimate business
friends planned to give him banquet at
Delmonico's. Everything that could give
pleasure or grace to the entertainment was
ordered. Rare and costly wines helped
largely to make up the carefully chosen
menu The guests invited were gentlemen
prominent in the commercial world the
Younger Wellington and Ralph Merrill
were among them because of their relations
with the honored guest of the evening.
When the time appointed arrived the ban
quet was found to be all that could be de-
sired. After the substantial viands were
enjoyed, variety of delicious dalnties were
set before the guests. Just then 1t was
that Mr.. Wellington spoke to Ralph, whose
seat at the table was not far removed from
his own.
"Mr. Merrill, will YOU not take wine
with me2' at the same time sending to
him the waiter, with the bottle Of rare
wine from which his own glass had just
been filled. Ralph indicated to the ser
want that the glass beside his plate was not
to be filled. Mr. Wellington saw the mo-
ton, and the quick words came:
What, Merrill not take wine with me?
Why not sir ~
For moment there was no reply; for n
moment the young man listened to the
tempting voice within, listened while it
said: You cannot announce your ten
perancc principles in this company. Mr..
Wellington will be angry, and with his
large influence he can ruin you financially;
and Edith-you know how charming you
think her. Anger her father now, and you
will see her no more; refuse now to drink,
and YOU make shipwreck Of your dearest
hopes. 1t is only for this once. Yield
Yield
But moment and then courage, God
like, came to the front
Steadily, YET nodestly, his dark eyes met
those of Mr.. Wellington, in which an omin-
GUS halt-angry light had gathered. The
attention of all at table was on the two.
and in their midst there was 4 brief silence.
On that silence the young mans voice fell,
low and firm:
"Mr. Wellington. when | was boy, too
Young to write, my mother took me TO the
old Methodist church in our village, and
putting pen in my little hand, guided it
with her owa, and so signed my name to =
temperance pledge. That pledge | have
never broken Shall l break it tonight
Over the face of Mr.. Wellington a wave
OF emotion swept Give me your hand,
Merrill Why, my boy, ! would rather lose
all am worth than to see you break that
pledge Far better go to your grave, were
the first words his lips could frame Truly,
truly Merrill, You have proved yourself a
hero !" were the next and they were spoken
with misty cyes.-LThe Morning and Day
Of Rrinrm
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-08-16

OREGON MAPLE SUGAR.-It appears that
Oregon is commencing the manufacture of
maple sugar. The Grocer and Gamer says ::
\ gentleman now living in Oregon, but
who formerly lived in Vermont, which is q
large maple sugar producing State, recently
tapped some of the maple trees on his
place in Oregon, and obtained a flow of sap
which equaled that Of any section of the
East. Upon boiling it down, he was agreea-
bly, surprised to see it grain into perfect
sugar, closely resembling the Eastern pro-
duct in appearance and in flavor being ex-
actly alike This gentleman lives in the
Nahalem valley. He says he can tap 500
trees on his place each spring, and he thinks
they will yield 1900 pounds of sugar. If
this is true, as it is no doubt, maple sugar
manufacture bids fair to become prosper
Gus industry in Oregon.