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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

The newspapers have had much to say
about Mrs. John Beeeher, who was dis
patched with the bow string in Japan said
one account, for INCONSISTENCY TO the prime
minister who was presumptious enough to
consider himself the holder Of her allegiance
pro TEN. Another version makes
her alive, and detached from
oriental ties and intrigues, IN Switzerland
You can believe anything about her except
the accounts concerning her beauty past or
present. Years ago IN New York society she
WAS surely II striking looking woman Of the
yellow variety as TO hair aud skin. and Of a
naturalness in manners which killed of the
least rivalry among other women for only
few would care for conquests on such terms
when thew involved costly couventoaalities
and hurtful conjecture. Men who admire
such women and marry them are usually
quite d:sagreeably surprised that they are
not the other kind, aud they become so
shocked at the discovery that nothing. can
assudge their disappointment save divorce
Mr.. John Beecher got one. Perhaps he
knew he could, and If be failed 10 recognize
the possibilities for it he must have been 4
stupid vital. The Count de
Pourtance next allowed the use Of his name.
but bis tie is said 20 have required no divorce,
and Mrs. ex-Beecher was free to 20 TO Japan
or Guinea in quest of adventures
But she never was beautiful nor even in
teresting, yet she will always be Gale so. as
she will be known to the last as Mrs. Beecher.
which seems 10 be name Of wondrous vital
fly for man and woman.
Historical beauties are rather curiously de-
scribed for beauties at times. Fancy one of
them the Duchess of Burgundy Of Louis
XIV's time, who had goitrous neck and
decayed front teeth, and yet is passed down
to us as 8 beauty.
Marguerite de Valois renowned likewise
for personal charms and eonquests makes
the attractive picture for US OF having had
heavy monkey cheeks, very prominent con-
gested eyes, and thick hanging under lip.
Bishop Ireland's citation Of St. Augustine
in the following extract is timely and peril
nent
The people having the concern for the
public good did choose their own authority
AL VIC VI AAclN
with unmistakeable emphasis too
In Baltimore Monday evening, November 10th,
the Cathedral was crowded 10 hear the Right
Rev. j. ireland, ID. D.. bishop OF St. Paul preach
on the theme: 1.-The Catholic Church equally op-
posed 70 Anarchy and to Despotism, the Guar
dian OF Society, the Defender OF true Liberty"
The distinguished prelate. in closing his sermon,
among other things said: ~ do not say that
Catholics the world over viii profess, or that
Catholics Of all past ages would have professed
my own love and admiration for the republican
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01
To Los Angeles and Retnrn-

Last and best excursion Of the year leaves
st. Paul and Minneapolis December 0. Rates
for round trip $3.50; tickets good for six
months. To secure desirable sleeping car
accommodations apply at once at No. ID,
Nicolet House block, Minneapolis. or No.
159, East Third street, st. Paul
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01
The Plenary Council.

BALTIMORE, Nov. 30. Another solemn
session of the plenary council of the Catholic
church was held at the Cathedral to-day.
High mass was celebrated by Bishop Laugh
lin, of Brooklyn, the music of which was Of
the Gregorian, being sung by two choirs and
forty seminariaus. Bishop Hennessv, of
Dubuque, preached sermon on the sane
tity OF the church, - taxing ss his text the
fifth chapter Of Paul's Epistle to the Ephe-
slams.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01
CUkkEAI COMMEXE.

Mrs. JULIA WARD HOWE is acting as her own
advance agent by visiting New England towns
and interesting the women to appoint local
committees and prepare exhibits for the
women's department in the Worlds fair at New
Orleans.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

In 1867 the Fort Wayne Railway despoiled
gravel pit in Allen county, Indiana, The
owner, T. w. swinney, broughts suit. After
enduring the laws delays for seventeen
years he wac rewarded for his waiting by a
decree of $50, 600 in his favor, rendered last
week
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01
THE MAIL SERVICE.
Postmaster General HattOn Tells
Us ALI About 1t.
The Two Cent Postage Reduces Rev.
enue a Little Oyer Two Million.
The Department Lacks Five Million Of Be
ing Self Sustaining.

In the report OF Postmaster General Hat
ton to be submitted to congress to-day be
gives the following:
FINANCIAL STATEMENT.
The total expenditures made on
account of the service Of the.
fiscal year ended June 80, 1851,
wsre................... .s4s. 4O4. oSO IS
The revenues for the year
IS follows:
/. Ordinary postal
revenue. Sc, s1s.eS5 90
2 Net revenue from
from money order
Business. 5is,4e2 05
a sa3 az OS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01
bCTHtHULs SIKH
INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, Dec. /. a. m.-Indications
for upper Mississippi, clearing and fair weather
in southern portions local SHOWS and partly
cloudy weather; northern portion slight rise OF
temperature; winds generally from south to west
Missouri Valley-Slightly warm, generally fair
weather; variable winds, generally from south
to west
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

CONGRESS meets to-day, and notwitb-
standing Democratic President has been
elected during its recess, it will find the
country is in a state of peace with "all the
world and the rest of mankind"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

THE Republicans OF New Haven have taken
out patent for forcing Independents into the
Democratic party. They refuse to allow any Re-
publicans who supported Cleveland To vote at
their primaries.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

GEN. T. c. CATcHNes will leave the piekings
OF the Attorney Generalship Of Louisiana to his
successor. after February 90, as be has been
elected to the Forty ninth congress.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

The account of the Astor-Wilson wedding,
with pictorial illustrations in some of the
New York papers is suggestive reading. Tue
coat of arms in one picture is a queer be-
longing when one thinks OF the old peddler
founder of the family, John Jacob AstOr, who
once sold knick knacks out of his pack, about
William, Wall and Beaver streets. It would
have been a bold idea 10 have commem-
GRATED that pack in American Heraldry be-
cause out Of it came the vast wealth, and
social distinction Of the Astors Of to-day.
Not one Of them is remarkable for anything
but the towering income from enormous
rents, and the hereditary tendency to care
for little else OUTSIDE the finances Of the
family. Once in while they give thousands
to some worthy charity, Newsboy's Lodging
Houses and the like, which seems large TO
the public reading of such
gifts, but they are in fact
no extravagaut dona atoms In view of the stu
pendous riches of the givers. Mrs. Astor's
dinner to the pstents In Bellevue hospital at
the same time that the grandees were at the
wedding feast in the Fifth Avenue palace
reads like some beautiful benefaction-but in
reality aside from the transient thoughtful
ness II isn't worth the sentimental gush of
the newspapers.
Besides we are informed that Mrs. Astor's
kind remembrance whereby the poor and
sick Toasted at the same time with the rich,
was in accordance with old traditiOn-to in
sure happy and auspicious marriage, which
old tradition with its ensuing happiness and
auspiciousness was in the market to be
bought like everything else with the Astor
money-in Schemerhorn's hands however
The Astors themselves couldn't do It with
out considerable violence TO the peddler's
blood which never spenta dollar for personal
comfort, and as for luxury 1t would have
seemed heinous TO him. but now as an San
cestor'' he has a coat of arms which would
require Thackersy 20 quarter yea and cut
up in a manner hefitting the Asior history
The best part Of this recent wedding is
that the golden Miss Astor loved the fortu-
nate young man she married, who while be
had money enough to have been a matrimo-
NAL prize to other girls, must still have
seemed an INDECENT creature among the
Astor money gods.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

Col. BOB ISGEEsoLL has celebrated his emer-
gence from the Cave OF Gloom by an entirely
new lecture entitled (which wayf" For his
late friend Blaine it IS up salt River.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

IT is given out that Grant is TO receive $50. 600
Tor his Century articles. This is a take ofI-taks
OF about $4,000 OF the sum named.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

IT is said that the lawyers Of Chicago consume
one-tenth Of all the cheap cigars made in this
country. and the remainder drift to ST. Louis and
Cincinnati.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

ELMmA Gazette: The Presidents message is
being ''set up This rePiuds US that a man
who wanted TO write 8 message has been "set
down" In Maine.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

VICTOR HUGO, At the age Of eighty-three, is
buildii 4 house and overseeing the work him
self, so as TO be certain il will stand a lifetime
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

LOUISVILLE claims to be the only city in
the world where women receive letters at the
pOstOfiice and wait until they get home to read
them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

Although William MarkOe is q sturdy Cath
Ollie be NAV be ranked as a Pantheist when
White Bear lake is in question. His enthu-
siasm for its beauties amounts 10 a species Of
worship, and he has followers of a luke
warm kind who, If they bad title Of his
feeling, would render his earnest appeals
unnecessary. Nothing will so disturb the
Christian fOrbesranee Of Mr.. Markoe as to
see some barbarian hitch horse 10 any OF
the beautiful trees on the lake shore. He
waits for no NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for hat
nor eoat-as he charges out at the offender
Any one who then catches glimpse of his
refined and regular profile will see that it is
vexed and remcnstrant.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

ALLITERATIvE literature is being enlarged.
1t now reads "Rum, Romanism, Rebellion,
Remorser'
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

IT costs Italy 100000 more to run her pri-
sons than her schools, but It is easier TO lock
person up than 10 educate him.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01
NORTHWEST.
NORTHERN ROCKY MOUNTAIN SLOPE.

UPPER LAKBs.
Bar Their. Wind Weather
Duluth. ...... 3O.O5 "a W Cloudy
DAILY LOCAL MEANS.
Bar. Their. Dew Point Wind Weather.
30.077 20.6 1911 S Cloudy
Amount melted snow O.: Maximum Their
mometer 32.9; minimum thermometer 7.8;
daily range 1871.
River-Frozen.
NorE-Barometcr corrected for temperature
anG elevation.
p r. IYONs
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

There is no man that like ''Young Loeb
inTar comes out OF the Vest who is such
suffieing envoy as John Ireland. he is es-
sentia!ly Western man in all the best act
ivities Of soul aud body. To see bis eagle
ish face aud hear him in any phase Of Gods
cause is a revelation Of the manliuess which
we partial folk think has its strongest scope
IN this ampler air-spiritualized in John
Ireland and humanity-serviDg in Abraham
Lincoln.
There is a current anecdote OF some East
ern traveller in a railway train up north who
expressed a curiosity to see a bishop so
widely known, aud the conductor said be
was in the very car where they were.
Walking him down the aisle he pointed out
the bishop taxing furtive nap With a we'll
worn SLOUGH hat drawn down over his brow,
and the man concluded he was indeed a
Western prelate whom no future Disraeli
would putiHtO a novel Of high life.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

With the New York board OF education cx-
tant it will not be- necessary TO wait FOR the
slow crystalizing verdict Of posterity in
settling the fame OF poets and authors.
In a recent session OF this board when the
report Of the committee on Course and Study
and School books came up, Commissioner
Wood opposed the use Of William Cullen
Bryant's poetry in the schools, because 1t was
second rate, and if says be pupils must read
any, il should be the best poetry such as
Longfellow's and Whittier's. He regarded
Bryant favoraby as political economist but
his poetry wasn't worth much, and the board
voted TO exclude il.
'Tis well for the once fairly regarded au-
thor Of ThanatOpsis that his exti1guisher's
name is Wood, and what he affected was
naturally aud narrowly a Board. at eighty
years of age Bryant used occasionally to walk
up the stairs OF the Eye,,ing Post building,
and there are eleven flights of them, of which
there are nine from the street to the Office
where be worked. Perhaps notwithstanding
this set back TO his fame the poet will keep
up the flights of his poetic repute for all
Commissioner Woods disapprobation.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01
DAILY WEATHER BULLETIN.

OFFICE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER,
WASHINGTON, d. c.. Nov. 80, Sc p. m.
Observations taken at the same moment OF
time at all stations named.
UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
Bar. Their. Wind Weather.
St. Paul .3O.O7 &c Sc Cloudy
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01
POSTAL NOTES.

The following statistics of the postal note
business for the first ten months of its opera
ton, from Sept. 3, 1888, to June 30, 1884,
are interesting, inasmueh as they exhibit the
large field which this new means of renting
small sums has already occupied, and show
the relation, in extent of business done. be-
tween the postal notes aud the money orders:
Number OF postal notes issued. :. S,6S9, 237
Amount of postal notes issued. S7,41I ,992 4S
Number Of postal notes paid...... 3,35O,314 90
Amount of postal notes paid. ..... 7,155, 379 SO
Amount Of postal notes repail.... 9S,74l 43
Amount of fees rec eiYed ...... 1IO,282 IS
or the total number of transactions the
money orders comprised 6S per cent. and the
postal notes 80 per cent. The revenue de-
rived from postal notes up to the close of
the fiscal year amounted to $33, S93.39.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

Excess Of expenditures over re-
ceiD's. ...I................ 5000 $50
To which shOuld be added:
I. Estimated amount OF out
standing liabilities. -. s77.471
?. Amount credited on books OF
treasury 70 Pacific Railroad com
psnIes................. 1880. 17O
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01
DEAD LETTERS.

The gross receipts of articles of undeliv-
cred mail matter during the year were
4,75l, s72, being an increase Of little more
than per cent over the previous year.
There was decrease in the held-for postage
matter received Of 44,6S1, or Fabout 80 per
cent, which was cause; by the reduction OF
postage on letters (many of those which
were formerly detained by postage in cities
having been actually prepaid by 2 cent
stamp,) and the changed method Of treating
such matter in posIoffices. The new prac-
tice is to postmasters TO notify the persons
addressed that their letters or parcels are
withheld for prepayment Of postage, and 10
forward the articles TO destination upon the
receipt Of the amount due. Under previous
regulations, the matter was sent to the dead
letter Office, and the notice sent from there.
THE CARRIER SERVICE.
The postmasters and employees Of the
service number 71,67l.
The carrier delivery exists in 159 cities
and the carriers number $3.50. The cost Of
the carrier service for the yser was 50, 5O4,-
206.52. The average cost per carrier was
sS9S.7S. The letters they delivered mum
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-01

Gives estimated cost OF service
over the reYenues for the fiscal
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-15
Proud C0bbIers.

Years ago, there was IN New York
city an old shoemaker who had become
wealthy through his trade and invest
ments in real estate. His daughters,
ambitious to move in fashionable life
persuaded him, after much teasing and
coaxing, to set up a carriage. They
then asked that coat-o arms should
be painted upon the carriage-door.
EYES," said the old man, with that
grim humor characteristic of the craft,
"you may have coat-of-arms, but it
must be one of my own designing.
You may paint lapstone supported
by an awl and hammer"
The shoemaker's daughters continued
to ride in carriage not decorated with
a coat-of-arms. But what they would
not allow their father to do--to tell the
story of his business upon his carriage
"a London shoemaker did do. His
name was James Lackington. and he
added to the profits of his cobbler's
stall by selling few secondhand
books Abandoning shoe-making for
bookselling, his success was such that
in a few years he was owner of what
he called "the cheapest book-shop in
the worSa," in which half a million of
volumes were offered for sale. His
method of doing business was peculiar
to himself. 81 found the whole of
what 1 am possessed Of" he said,
speaking of his fortune, ''in small
profits, bound by industry, and clasped
by economy When he set up a
"chariot," as the phrase went in those
days, he put this motto on its doors:
"Small profits do great things" To
the remonstrances of his friends, he
said:
"The first king of Bohemia kept his
country shoes by him to remind him
whence he was taken. l have put a
motto on my carriage-doors to remind
me to what l am indebted for my
prosperity"
When a man who has risen into
fame or wealth feels ashamed of hav-
ing risen from lower strata in so.
ciety, and is anxious to kick into
oblivion the ladder on which he has
mounted, he shows weakness that de
tracts from the respect which his sue.
cess and talents would otherwise com
mand.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-15
MYTHS About Stones.

According to one theory it was
precious stone in Paradise that fell to
the earth at Adams fall, and was then
lost in the slime of the deluge till it
was recovered by the angel Gabriel
1t was originally jacinth of such ex-
treme whiteness that it dazzled peoples
eyes at the distance even of four days
journey, and only gradually became
black as it now is from shame and sor
row for the sins of the world. But ac-
cording to the better opinion it was
not merely jacinth of Paradise. but
the actual guardian angel, who, having
been sent to watch over Adam therein,
was at his fall, and as punishment
for not having more vigilantly execut-
ed his trust, changed into stone, and
driven from Paradise, but destined to
resume his angelic form when the days
of the world are all numbered and fin=
ished. Both Germany and France
still bear vestiges of the same capability
of thought. In the former you may
still be shown upon certain heath a
large stone, embodying bridal pair
and their followers, who were thus
transformed because the mEsicis1s
who attended them continued TO play
festive airs, though taundsTs!ora
broke over them as they were driving
over the heath You uosy ssf1 Learn .
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-15
Hooks and Eyes.

For more than a dozen years the
manufacture of hooks and eyes for
women's and children's dresses may be
said to have been dead, buttons hay
ing superseded them. But there are in
dications that hooks and eyes are again
10 come into use at least to consid-
.rable extent. If this should prove to
20 the case, it will gladden. the hearts
If some who have preserved their ma
chinery from the scrap heap. Thirty
years ago the state of Connecticut had
manufactures within her territory
that produced these little articles to
the value of $4,000 annually at fifl
teen cents a gross. Previous to 1880,
or thereabout, hooks and eyes were
made by hand, and sold at $3.50 per
gross.
The machines for making hooks and
eyes are quite ingenious, those for the
hooks being capable of making ninety
per minute and those for the eyes one
hundred and twenty per minute. That
for making the hooks takes the wire
from reel through a straightener,
cuts off the wire to the exact length,
when blade strikes the piece in the
middle of its length, and two side
blades moving simultaneously bend
the wire double, laying the two halves
of its length close together and paral-
lei. Then two pins rise, one on each
side of the ends of the vile, to form
the eyes of the hook, and two semi-ro
tating pushers bend the ends around
the pins, making the eyelets for sew
ing the hook on to the fabric. Th
unfinished hook is still perfectly fat
when horizontal pin, and vertica
bender working upward, curve the
double end of the hook, and pressel
fattens the end to "swan BILL" The
eye is formed in another machine, but
by means of similar appliances. Brass
wire is used for silvered hooks ant
eyes and iron wire for the black or ia
panned goods. The silver coating is
made by mixing an acid precipitat,
of silver with common salt and tho
cream tartar of commerce to produce
a paste. Certain proportions Of thii
paste and of the brass hooks and eye
are placed in tumbling barrel. anc
by attrition and affinity the brass and
silver unite. The articles. as they
come from the tumbling barrel, are OF
a lusterless white. but arc polished By
being placed in cotton cisfa bags with
bar soap sni rub5sd With hot water
Under tbs vibrating arm Of q washing
machias
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1884-02-15
An Odd Washington Character

All Vuu washing tCu Suui dCtCl
Caleb and Joe Willard are among
the wealthiest of Washington's most
wealthy men, says correspondent
They came here when they were boys,
and worked at odd jobs until they to-
gether leased tavern where Wizards
hotel now stands. Here they kept ho-
tel and made oceans of money. Joe
Willard is one of the characters of
Washington. All sorts of stories are
told of him, and he is often denomi-
mated the hermit. He lives on Four
teenth street, near the Ebbitt house, in
great brick house of dirty white,
which looks like tomb with its tight
ly-closed blinds and it's forbidding ex-
terror. He has a wife, but he never
goes into society, and he is thought by
many to be man-hater. A negro
servant always answers the door, and
it is impossible to gain admittance.
Recently called on him at his busi-
ness den. Going through a narrow
passage over an uneven and dilapidated
floor, was shown by the negro jani-
tor up pair of steep stairs. and soon
stood in the presence of Joe Willard,
the millionaire. A queer looking man
with big head covered with the whit
est of white hair and the blackest of
black eyes that ever looked into mine,
rose from an old chair as l entered.
Tall, dignifed. and rather good look
ing, thought him, and l noticed his
great bushy white brows overhanging
his eyes, his big nose and his strong
jaws. He was beyond doubt man of
character. He was in a talkative
mood, and, like many other rich men l
know, his hobby was making money.
He discoursed for an hour on Jay
Gould, Vanderbilt and others, giving
me interesting passages in their ca
reers, and interlading his remarks
now and then with a metallic laugh.
Joe Willard's office is peculiar
place. Its walls Is cracked and the old
est of broken furniture stands about
the room. Agrate of blazing coal is
framed in wooden mantel, and on this
stand in row fifty or sixty glass ink
bottles, which cost, when full of ink,
perhaps five cents piece. An old
brick or two lies on one table, broken
horseshoe on another, and the floor be-
meath has neither carpet ncr rug, and
age shows many crack. On the wall
above the rIantel are numerous news-
paper clippings about wealthy nen snd
how they had acquired theif miIfoas.
! " IL a curious den."