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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-20

The Old Printer.
,urdette in Burlington Hawkeye

He began to grow old now. His sorrows
didn't make morose man of him. He was
quiet, save when he preached his little ser
mon on temperance to the boys or expressed
his views on the political issues Of the day.
When he preached or debated, he had way
of sitting at his case, or standing in the alley.
his stick poised In the air, marking off the
emphatic portions of his remarks. The great,
big solemn spectacles came upon his face
now, and the boys occasionally suggested
that he f'open his windows and let in the
air.' He only worked four nights a week;
after awhile he fell into the habit of setting
up good deal of reprint in the afternoon.
Nights when he put on a sub he sat in the
composing-room and pottered around until
midnight, for a man cont break the habits
of lifetime. In the winter he 'stoked, !"
because nobody else knew how to make that
stove draw, and the old man would make
things roar until the stovepipe was read clear
to the ceiling and the room was so hot the
very jour printers, on December tramp in
summer clothes, would sigh as they subbed,
and, peeling their scanty vests, looked long
ingly around for an open window.
He had fashion, now, too, of singing
snatches of old hymns as he stood at his case.
don't know where he learned them, unless
when he was a boy, A printer on morning
paper, who goes to bed about or o'clock
Sunday morning, doesn't feel much like get
ting up and going to church at 1890 Sun
day night he goes with his family, if he has
one, and if he has neither wife nor sweet
heart to take him, it depends largely on the
weather. If he can't stay outdoors he goes
to church; but if the weather is pleasant he
rather thinks that six nights week in the
house was enough. Slug Nine used to call
the old mans case "Asbury Chapel" and
sometimes helped him sing, but Slug Nine's
sacred music was always too vociferous in
its character to please the typos, who made it
rule to ''wood" with their sticks and rattle
him down.
Sometimes the old man would lay down
his stick, take off his spectacles in thought
full way, and stand looking out of the win
dow long time, forgetting that there was
galley that couldn't be proved until he empt-
led looking away off, so far away from click
ing type and the clatter of mallet and palmer
that it seemed a pity to call him back, the
boys would say:
'sThe old mans getting DID,"
We couldn't think he had ever been called
anything but the old man. None of US ever
heard him called anything else, but it seemed
that he must have been christened 1.-The old
man.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-20
The Kingsnakes and the RattIers.
TMilledgeville Chronicle.

Mr.. Tuttle who has killed seventeen rat
tlesnakes on his farm in this county since
Christmas, vouches for this: He and an old
negro cleaned up fence row where many
snakes appear every year. While at work
they heard noise in a stump close by, and
knew that there was nest of rattlesnakes
inside. Presently they noticed a huge. king
snake approaching the stump, so they were
quiet and awaited his motion, old man In
gram remarling: ''Boss das gwine to be a
lively time in dat stump Directly Sure
enough, the kingsnake went in, but soon
bounded out and struck bee line for a little
hill hard by. In few minutes he returned
and had two other kingsnakes with him.
Then all three descended into the hollow
stump, and there followed most tremend-
Gus noise. After some fifteen minutes the
three kngsnakes came out and went off,
and Mr. Tuttle with old Ingram, dug up the
stump. They found five dead rattlesnakes.
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Kno,cn By The Company He X eeps.
TRaston Post |


All the star route thieves are for Blaine
and Logan. Me too Platt, the hero of dis
gushing scandal, aud known to fame as
Conkling's poodle, is for Blaine and Logan.
O'Donovan Rosa, the loud-mouthed brag-
gard and dynamiter,is for Blaine and Logan.
Jay Could William H. Vanderbilt and near
" every one of the great railroad monopollsts
of the country are for Blaine and Logan. All
of the rich political and speculative adventur-
ers Of the Pacific Slope are for Blaine and
Logan. All of the men now living who
helped to count out Samuel J. Tilden are for
Blaine and Logan. The worst part of the
Republican party in New York, headed by
Mike Cregan, Jake Hess, Barney Biglin and
Tommy O'Brien, are for Blaine and Logan
John Roach, the treasury leech, is for Blaine
and Logan. Sccor Robson, the navy wreck
er, is for Blaine and Logan. Kellogg, the
alleged bribe-taker, who escaped punishment
on technically, is for Blaine and Logan
Dennis Kearney is enthusiastically for Blaine
and Logan. s'If had million votes, y
says the demagogue of the sand-lots, would
give them all to BIaine.r Every lobbyist,
bogus contractor, pension shark and carpet
Dagger, in short, every disreputable cuss in
the Republican party, together with some
who have acted with the Democrats, are for
Blaine and Logan, first, last, and always
The Blaine and Logan managers will not
lack for brains, demogogy or hard cash. 1t
would be utter folly for the Democrats to I'M
dertake to match the Republican ticket on
the score of cunning audacity and demaeogy
Neither can the Dem ocrats hope to match the
Republican barrel. The ticket nov in the
field can be beaten but it must be done by
sturdy, honest, self-respecting voters of the
country. The time for the overthrow OF the
corrupt element which has obtained full con-
trol of the Republican organization is at
hand. great responsibility rests at this
moment upon the Democratic party.
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4Er,niuiue Ie,ltiat
From te New York Mail and Ex

from to- New York Mail and Expressl
ssWhy did select this professiongs well,
/ didn'tn' said lady dentist tc a reporter.
'.You see, after got divorce from my hus-
band, just took his business; but, oh I did
not intend to tell you about that. AZ first /
was very sensitive: ron must know, of course,
that lzdies are naturally nervous, and every
time operated upon lady's tooth and she
screamed would cry. But now have got
Ten over that and am almost bari-hearfed.
can saw tooth and hear their screams with
business-like indifference. Ladies' generally
scream when a tooth is being operated upon,
whether It hurts them or not. Very often
the lady who comes with the patient does the
screaming Nearly all Of my customers are
ladies: andI must say in defense OF my own
sex. that they are more punctual than the
gentlemen at ieaat in business engagements.
Ladies generally want me TO administer
gases. bat seldom do ii, because / am afraid,
and besides / want the patient to see what is
going on Ladies are the most constant
customers, and keep their teeth in good con-
dition: gentlemen do not come until the
tooth aches. or they feel the want Of another
eYe-tooth.n
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''Iello, Mose,' cried a white man to a
darkey, 'got back from camp meeting, L
see.''
ayes, sah,' answered the negro.
Have good timeg'
''You can bet we did, boss; nebber seed
so much Mefdis 'ligion 'splayed afo, sen Sc /
bin bo'n.''
sin what way did you enjoy the services
mostl''
''Well, sab, de ting what tuck my eye wuz
de true way de preacher follered de teachin'
oh de seripturs.''
GLOW sop
''Yo' see, boss, grub wus gittin' pow'fur
skace bout de preachers tent, an de good
man wuz comm On easy, wen up toots et
yaller smoke wild sickis' lookin' rooster eb-
Der seed"
,'Sck, was hel"
eyes, sab, sick WANT no name fer him.
an po,' good gracious But de man oh God
tuck him, fel all over, an seed how bony he
wuz, den turnin' roun' to de foks he sed:
sBrederin an sistern, amt rite fer 10 XIII
dis ting, 'kase de Bible saz dat hit waz
rooster whut cr0wed, an fotch old Peter to
repentance, an takin' dis fac' in 'sideration
docs yer want ter mudder fowell whose
forepa called dc 'tenshun OBJ man ter his
sinsr>
"Dis speech got way Wild ZEN, an dey
tuck dat chickun whut wuz den mos ded an,
carried him ter foos' not fur OF, an lef,
him in place oh three nice fat puIits.n
''Sech ackshun as dat, sab. speaks well fer
de 'yaneement Of 'ligion. "--Aaanta Co,sstl-
tuition.
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ITEMS OF CHAT.

The Cinnamon have taken to bicycle rid
ing in California.
Charles Reade wrote generally in a bar,
unfurnished room.
The venerable father of William D. How
ellis, the novelist, resides in Virginia.
Sarah Bernhard is said to be getting stout.
That's too thin.-N. Y. Journal.
Zukertort, the chess player, has ''won his
way'' as far west as San Francisco
Bishop Simpsons family are summering
at Egg Harbor Inlet, N. j., where the bishop
had intended building a summer home.
James Watts workshop, at Heathfield Hall
is preserved just as be last went out of it
even to the leather apron thrown across the
vice.
Justin McCarthy's son is the youngest
looking member of the British House of
Commons, though not the youngest In
years.
Robert Veale is the name of one of the
health officers in Philadelphia. When he
gets promoted to the office of Meat inspector
his first name will be abbreviated to Bob.
Capt Traynor who left New Haven, Conn
Monday for Bristol, England, in a row-boat,
was spoken in the sound Wednesday, still
heading for Bristol and pulling thirty-six
strokes minute.
The aged Barthelemy st. Hilaire, the re-
snonsible author of the Tunis expedition. and
who is known also-and perhaps quite as
well--as a translator of Aristotle, is now liv-
ing comparatively retired life in the pretty
Partisan suburb of Passy.
Some of the most muscular citizens OF
New York say that there is no magnetism
about Lulu Hurst, the Georgia girl, but they
admit she has great deal of muscle when
they retire from the stage perspiring at every
pore after trying to hold her.
Samuel s. Lamb, of Ledyard, Conn, will
celebrate within few weeks the completion
of ffty-one years of continuous school teach
ing. Mr.. Lamb is still teaching in the town
in which he began his career in the little old
red Quakertown school house of oaken bench
es and unknown age.
NJ. de Blowitz, the Paris correspondent of
the London Times. claims to have written in
thirteen years more than three thousand col
umns OF that paper to have interviewed more
than half the sovereigns of Europe and re-
ceiyed twenty-five decorations; but the less
he talks in that way the less appropriate his
name will SEEM
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tied o'nights when the wind blew between
them, and disturbed his sleep. He knows
how useless it will be to go to the public
authorities, so he devises scheme of his
own. He gets a long pole and sponge,
and big bottle of strong acid. With this
magical combination he rubs the obnoxious
wires every night. before he goes to bed.
Three or four days, and they drop in two
pieces. They are mended. Three or four
days, and they fall like roses This is his
line of action for several weeks. At the end
of this time the telegraph company think this
street is very unhealthy, and the climate very
trying. if strong wire cannot exist there,
and the long line is removed
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-20
Ho,c a Lady Should Mount.

The most graceful way for lady to reach
the saddle, and the one that is taught In the
best riding schools, says The American
horse-woman, is by the assistance of gen
tleman. The riders education will not be
complete until she has learned the method
of mounting, which, when accomplished
easily and gracefully, is delightful to witness.
In it the rider will have three distinct points
of support, namely, the shoulder of the gen
tleman, the united palms of his hands, and
her hold upon the pommel The stirrup
having been placed across the shield of the
saddle in front of the pommels, the lady,
holding the reins and the whip, with its
point down, in her right hand-which must
rest upon the second pommel--should stand
with her right side toward the horse's left,
about four or five inches from it, her left
shoulder being turned slightly back. Then,
taking firm hold upon the second pommel
with her right hand, she should with the left
hand lit her riding skirt enough TO enable
her to place her left foot fairly and squarely
into the gcntleman's palm. which should be
clasped firmly together. This done, she
should drop the skirt, place her left hand up
on his right shoulder, bend her knee, and
give the word ready or signal, and at
once spring from her right foot up and "a lit
tie toward the horse. The gentleman, a;
the same moment. must raise his hands, and
move them toward the horse. The lads
must, when rising. press or bear lightly upon
his shoulder, and also Keep iirin mold upon
the second pominel. which she must not re-
linquisli until she is seated. Tie gentle
men should tIcn remove the stirrHp from
the front part OF the saddle, while the lady
transfers the reins to her left hand, passes
her right knee over the second pommcl
and her left under the third. Sine viii then
be ready to have her foot placed In tie stir
r1p
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Nellie White, the Mormon.

hutc rlelu III BOSTON Herald.
Who is Nellie Whites She is tall, good
looking girl, with brown eyes and beautiful
auburn hair, aged twenty, of English paren-
entagc. Her mother is the sister of Mrs T..
B. II. Stenhouse, who apostatized fifteen
years ago and wrote book on polygamy
which has thrown no little light upon this
divine institution. Mrs. White was so de-
yout Mormon in the old country as to obey
counsel and gather to Zion'' with her child
rem during her husbands absence at sea.
"Join the faithful, urged the elders, s'and
your husband will be sure to folow.n Sister
White was able to do so, for the reason that
her husband made her his banker He did
follow her, and to day both man and wife
are ardent saints. Mrs. White is especially
fanatical, and believes in polygamy as the
sure road to heavenly bliss. Some years ago
when living in the country, she told her hus-
band to go to Salt Lake City and select new
wife. The obedient spouse did as he was
told, found Scotch girl at his boarding
house suited to his requirements, and the
necessary sealing was soon performed
Ihose who know the legal wife do not think
her as happy as in former years, but never a
my. What can be expected of the daugh-
ter OF such mother? Nellie White though
possessed of more than average intelligence
for a girl born and reared in a Mormon set
tlement, and is of religious temperament
believes implicitly in her mother. From her
childhood she has known nothing but Nor
monism She has been taught that the rev
elation on marriage is from God When,
then, Bishop Roundy, of Wanship, aged six
ty-fve, asked Nellie White to become his
third wife and her mother encouraged the
marriage, is it strange that the inexperienced
and obedient girl accepted the proposal?
How many average girls anywhere, brought
up under similar influence, would do differ
emily? 1t is said that Nellie White was en-
gagged to young man before the ancient
bishop entered the lists as sutton, and that
the youthful rival was sent on mission in
order to get him out of the way. This holy
game has been so often played here as to
make it quite creditable in the present. in
stance. That Nellie White should have given
up monogamy and youth for polygamy and
old age is quite possible, considering the in
fuence OF her mother, which would all be
thrown in the religious balance. The
marriage with Roundy occurred, l think,
on Thursday, December Goth, 1888. l heard
OF it through friends of the Whites, who were
very indignant at this violation of law and
decency. know, too, how secretly the seal
ing was consummated. Several days before
this event Nellie White was questioned by a
friend as to the stand she would take if she
ever entered polygamy and the law laid its
hands upon her. "They might send me to
prison, they might do what they liked, re-
piled the girl, with flashing eyes, cpd die
before I'd betray my husbandr' Little did
that friend know what tender ground she had
been treading upon. After five months Of
polygamic honeymoon, Nellie, White, other
wise Mrs. Roundy No. 3, is shut up in pris-
on
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se1ian Hls Wif;e u nn Inaian.
IUnita Chieftan.

It is of common occurrence for an Indian
to buy a Squaw, but for a white man to sell
his wife and children to an Indian is tran
sactiOn which We never before beard Of. The
two principals In the transaction were Thorn
as Kirby Of Amy, pusilanimous little cur,
and a dusky son OF the forest. VINO has been
lettering bereab0uts for several days. It APP
pears that Hirby, by his abuse, had long
since driven his wife from home, who took
up her abode in Evanston, together with her
three children. The first that was known Of
the swap was ON Wednesday morning,
when the Indian boited into the house, every
room OF which he proceeded to examine.
The lady inquired as to bis intentions, where
upon he Informed her that little white man
in Amy sell me white squaw and three pa
poose--two girls, one boy-for ponies. y
The would-be property Of the Indian was so
infinitely described that What be said carried
conviction in the wifc's mind as to Kirby
intentions, and it was only through the per-
suasion of Beckwitb, Quinn & Co.'s team
ster that the irate red man did not carry off
his purchases.
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KnetC HIM bV Hts Touch.
San Francisco Arsonaut. I

friend who was recently travelling by
stage coach over California road told me
an anecdote concerning the driver which
rather amused me. These characters, by
the way, are peculiar people I make it a
point when 60 anywhere by stage coach to
get the box seat and commune with the
driver-whe l can. Sometimes he will not
commune. My friend, Viator found it so.
The driver was dumb as an oyster. There
was even tinge of contempt in his mono
syllable shoppers to conversation. AT last a
station was reached, where, as the jehu tersc-
ly informed his passengers, they were to
''rassle with their hash.n They got off and
"rassled. n Viator was heavily thrown.
When the Fst course was removed, the neat
handed Phyllis who generally oficiates at
wayside eating houses, came to Viator,
whisked some crumbs on his lap and some
gravy on his coat collar, and remarked:
''Piorpuddens" "Pie,'' said Viator,
meekly. The pie was brought. 1t was CON
fected of dried apples incased with horn
Viator excited the neat-handed Phyllis
amused contempt by calling for fork. The
remainder of the guests pried open the pie
with a knife. AS Viator was toying with
this sudden-death Wand, he noticed the
driver regarding him with much interest.
After the meal the journey was resumed,
and to Yiators surprise, he found the driver
completely changed. He had unbent He
was quite affable ahd communicative. Be-
fore the next station was reached they were
fast friends. "Tell me-" said Viator, at last
''what is the reason you were SO indisposed
to converse with me at first! You must have
had some prejudice against me-" ssWall, you
see,n replied the driver, Ticking fly with
great precision from the nigh swing horse's
ear, cat first, we see, thought you was
Methodist preacher; but when / seen you
give that heightened touch on your pie,
knoweG you was gambler"
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Betrayed by a Womdnts Tooth.
lPhiladelphia Telegraph. |

Guibal, the assassin, has just been con-
yicted at Perpignan of the murder OF a girl
named Marie Cerbere. The evidence which
proved him to be her murderer was very Gu
rious. Guibal had been suspected of having
killed the girl, as she had never been seen
since one day when she was known to have
been in his company. But he strenuously
denied all knowledge of her. and the case
was about to be abandoned for want of proof
when girl came forward who had been Ma
rie's intimate friend. search among the
possessions Of the accused, she said. land
see if you can find among them gold ring
set with wonan's tooth instead of stone
The tooth was mine-here is the space from
which it was taken-and | had it set and
gave it to Marie Crebere as token of friend
ship. The ring was found among hoard
of trinkets belonging to Guibal. and on hear
ing of its discovery he at once confessed.
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NIGHT AND DAY.
IN. Y. independents

The innocent, sweet Day is dead.
Dark Night hath slain her in her bed.
Oh! Moors are as fierce to kill as to wed
s'Put ont the light - said he.
A sweeter light than ever rayed
From star of heaven or eye of maid
Has vanished in the unknown shade.
''She's dead She 5 dead!' said he.
Now, in wild. sad after-mood,
The tawny night sits still to brood
Upon the dawn-time when he wooed.
81 would she lived ~ said he.
Star-memories of happier times,
OF loving deeds and lovers rhymes,
Throng forth in silvery pantomimes.
''Come back, o Day.'' said he.
Sidney LGnier.
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The First Shot for the luton.

II pulled the loekstring Of the gun that
fired the first shot in the late war in defense
OF the Union," said Captain Blake TO a num-
Der Of the gentlemen who sat on deck Of his
vessel. 1T was fred from the revenue
cutter Harriet Lane.''
why you must have been off Charleston. -
said Collector SelIman.
"lndeed, was, said Captain Blake.
II was there, too, soon after that said
SeIlman.
And so was u said Dorton.
Then all hands began to tell their adven.
lures on sea and land. Captain Blake com
mands the United States revenue cutter
Guthrie, and he and his guests we're en- ioy.
ing the Fourth On the river.
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rAfrn.
Systematically Union.

will not think the last farewell we hear
Is more than brief good-by that friend saith
Turning toward home that to our home lies near;
will not think SO harshly OF kind death.
l will not think the last look OF dear eyes
Fade with the light that fades OF our dim air.
But that the apartment glores of the skies
Weigh down their lids with beams too bright
to bear.
Our dead have left us for no dark, strange lands,
unwelcomed there, and still no friends to meet;
But hands Of angels hold the trembling hands,
And hands of angels guide the faltering feet.
will not think the soul gropes dumb and blind,
brief space through our world, death-doomed
from birth
l will not think that Love shall ever find
A fairer heaven than he made earta
- dkenhane BeattY
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He Beats the T'efegraph Conapanies.
ffst,fcaqo Rambler

On several OF Boston's best streets the en-
eroaehing Of telephone wire posts is looked
upon as grief and insult, and as such must
not be. There is one man who lives not far
from BoyIstDn stseet who has a way Of bis
own for settling 3nch little triaes. A little
while ago there was put marching line Of
poles a-down his short street, laced together
with several short strings Of wire, that whis-
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thing but agreeable. His face was furrowed
with hard lines, and when he looked at you
out of his only eye the expression was that Of
a basilisk. The entire front OF his clothing,
from his chin downward, appeared as but
freshly soaked in snuff, which he chewed
incessently. The wonder grew until his
death, in 1881, how so small man could
consume as much snuff as Girard did and it
not kill him.