St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-17
TEA TABLE GOSSIP.


A new reporter was sent to investigate g
rumor, that veil known citizen had be-
come insane. The next morning the fol-
lowing paragraph appeared in the paper:
There was q report yesterday that some
thing was the matter with Mr.. Sanders's
head. It is as sound as it has always been.
There is nothing in it." That reporters
career ended there and then.
At Novomoskofsk, in the province of Eka-
terinoslay, Russia, trial for heresy is about
10 take place in which ninety-two men and
eleven women sectarians will figure as &C
cused. They belong 10 a new sect Of seced-
ers from the orthodox church, which sect
recognizes neither spiritual nor tenn poral au-
thorities, and disbelieves in the sacrement
and the virtue Of holy pictures. Its mem
bers lead sober, industrious lives.
Old Madeira wine has always been popular
in Washington, especially on the tables Of
the justices of the supreme court. For many
years supplies were obtained from mercan-
tile houses in Alexandria which had made
direct importations prior to the revolution,
and In November 1852, many Washington
cellars were repenished at the sale Of the
private stock OF the late Josiah Lee OF Balti-
more. Fifty demijohns Of various brands
were struck OF at prices ranging from $24 10
$40 per gallon, and one lot commanded
$l5.50 per bottle, which at five bottles TO the
gallon is at the rate Of S77.50.
1t takes 1000 roses to yield two grains Of
altar. In the morning the red blooms are
collected by hand and distilled into clay stills
with twice their weight of iwater-the water
which comes over being set TO cool all night
and throwing up the thin film OF oil which
covers it in the morning like cream on new
IL MI fa g.k
fully swept off with feather, and transferred
to a small phial. After repeating this opera
ton night after night and morning after
morning, nearly the whole of the oil has been
extracted, the little which it is impossible TO
separate so favoring the liquid that it Is sold
as ''rose-water F"
The real Queen Anne house was unlike
that of the present "Queen Anne reviyal'
both outside and inside "Wren and Van
brugh would be indeed surprised if they could
see the strange works that are now done, if
not in their name at least in the name Of the
age for which they built their heavy, plain,
solid houses" says Mr.. Justin Mccarthy I'm
in his new history of ''The Four Georges
Inside, the rooms were, as a rule, sparlnglv
furnished. There would be a centre-table.
some chairs, settee, few pictu.es, mir
ror, a spinnet, some shelves, and. OF course.
heavy window curtains. Wall paper had on-
ly begun TO come In use within the few last
years Of Anne's reign.
The Hartford Courant tells the following:
sat the close Of one of the most exciting
campaigns on record it is rather refreshing
TO hear of man who did not know the name
of either presidential candidate The full
beauty Of the story is spoiled by the fact that
he was Informed before election day. but he
had gone on as far as saturday before the In
formation reached him. His discoyerer saws
81 found man up in Trumbull Saturday
morning who didn't know the name Of eth
er presidential candidate. He said he sup
posed he ought TO vote, and had been think
ing some time Of coming down TO Bridgeport
TO see LAWYER Chamberlain about It. and he
believed he'd hitch up that afternoon. Then
he said he voted eight years ago In New
Preston, and supposed he could vote there
again. This man owns a place in Trum-
bull.
A wine merchant died in Paris from the
bite on his thumb by a dog. The wound
healed quickly, but gangrene set in aud
about five days later the man was dead The
LGItter7le recalls a similar case in 1877.
contributor to the PTeSSe had dog which used
To bring his masters copy in his mouth 10
the office, delivering it TO a gentleman in the
editorial rooms. One day the office boy at
tempted to take 1t from the animal, which
snapped at him. causing a slight abrasion
OF the skin. Two days later the youth was
taken i'll. The latter died six DAYS after the
bite. The dog was dubbed mad, hut an en-
inent vet said moi The dog was
kept which showed no signes Of hydroDhobia
and ultimately the doctors came to the con-
clusion that the cause of death was the tartar
of the dogs teeth, which had caused blood
poisoning, the blood of the boy bitten being
already in an unhealthy state.
In a speech. at ''the Celtic dinner, aunu-
ally given in Brittany. " Renan said: "We
are true sons of Peiagius, who denied origi-
nal sin. A censure which the Protestants
are always addressing me is this: What does
NJ. Renan do with sing Mon Dieu! | be-
lieve that / suppress it. cannot under
stand those melancholy dogmas l confess
to you, the more think over it, the more
see that al PHILOSOPHY is summed up in good
humor. We Celts will never be pessimists.
nihilists. On the brink of those abysses a
smile from n ature or from woman will al
ways save US. NV mother, who died at
eighty-seven, ioked an hour before her
DEATH Trust to the experience Of
a compatriot. = will net teach Won
the art of making fortune; that speciality
is unknown to me. But nearing the end of
my life, can tell you something Of an art
in which have entirely succeeded. That is
the art of being happy. There is,
out one receipt for it; don't seek after hap
piness. This is the upshot of my
experience.
A NIONK-LORD