St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-27

repeated every full moon when the sky i
clear, and we venture to predict that the
time is not far off when we shall know more
about the man in the moon than as being al
agent, in English politics.
CURRENT COMMENTS. y
A BERLIN correspondent writes that the NAL
ady OF the Empress of Germany, which has as
sumed a cancerous character, dates back forty
years, to the birth of her daughter, the Grand
Duchess Of Baden. To the repeated recommen-
dations Of her physicians to quit Berlin, she hos
always given the answer: ga home noeds1a
housewife and court Queen Her residence
some twenty years ago at Coblentz is said to have
been suggested in an unmistakable manner by
her husband, in consequence of her having shown
disposition to oppose the views Of Prince Bis
marck. The Empress sufferings have helped
to make her deeply sympathetic with those of
others.
ATLANTA, Ca, has formed ssThirteen Club, y
after the style of the well-known Brooklyn club
of that name. The club is composed Of thirteen
gentlemen of that city, who were rescued from u
capsized boat ut Moorehead City, n. c., July 49,,
1883. The rescue was affected by parties on board
CT small boat known as the Julia Bell, and in
remembrance of this the club will be known as
'sThe Julia Bell Thirteen Club The first ban
quet was to be given last night at the Markham
House. All the appointments OF the club are odd
but very handsome.
A DIV crfT srx yrrita tr ha Nay N q
follows 81 think the severe restrictions which
used to be enforced against eating good and ripe
fruits and vegetables during cholera times
entirely unnecessary. Only unripe and decayed
fruits or vegetables are harmful but even they
will not produce true Asiatic cholera unless they
have been handled by persons already affected
with the incipient stages of true cholera. Then
a piece Of bread is quite as dangerous as an
apple
A SINGULAR custom prevails in France of tax
ing the body of an executed criminal to the gate
of the cemetery as though to make believe that
interment was to take place, and then transport
ing it to the dissecting room. Thus the corpse
of Campi, in whom both living and dead an ex-
traordinary interest has been shown, was at 40
taken down from the scaffold, then conveyed tn
the cemetery, and thence to the laboratory, where
several scientists awaited 1t.
STATISTICS of the industrial progress of the
south for the first half OF 1854 show that in four
teen states nearly $40, 100000 has been invested
in manufactures in the six months ending June
80. The largest amount amount IN any single
state Is $13, SAC, 600 in Alabama, and Kentucky
comes next with $13, $4,000. The industries
cover the entire range Of ordinary manufactures
cotton mills and wooden mills being the most
conspicuous in the list
COLONEL FERGUSON, having acquired fortune
in Mexico, has chosen Washington as his place
of residence and Is having built house modelled
after those in the land Of the Montezumas. 1t
will be a large square edifce. 191 feet long by "a
feet in depth, with central court 4S feet by "a .
This court will be covered by glass roof and
balcony on the second, which will be the upper
story.
A CURIOUS yet true tale is current at Munich.
King Louis, of Bavaria, is eaten up with debts.
Some days ago he tried to affect a loan with the
famous Berlin banker, Herr Won Bleichroeder,
and also with the Darmstadt bank. Unsuccess-
full In both applications, the king, refusing to
comply with the proposed conditions, sought three
Munich bankers and has settled with them by
giving portion Of the crown lands as security
NINETY-EIGHr per cent. of the paved streets Of
Philadelphia are covered with cobble stones
which the board of experts of that city consider
the most dangerous to health of all pavements
made of stone. The board favor square granite,
blocks and asphalt, the latter under GER
tam conditions. Where asphalt is put down upon
streets used by railroads 1t recommends a four
foot strip of granite block next the rail.
ARsENE HoUssAYE has mania for building
chateaus. He now has seven at Beaujon and is
building an eighth. The seven were named res
pectively the houses OF YOUTH ''Love,' -
knowledge, ""Family,' IRE nown," s,Wealth,
and .sWisdom'' The eighth, which he is now
building, is the house of..Death,'' and will be the
mausoleum in which its authors dust will be
placed,
THE managers Of the Republican canvass are
about to revise Mr.. Blaine's correspondence in
order to get some useful campaign documents.
The first letter to be sent ont will be the letter
accepting the nomination The Mulligan letters
will no doubt be examined, but it is doubtful il
any of them will be sent out.
A DISPATCH from fashionable Newport says
that the first disappointment Of the season is the
announcement OF the postponement of the mar
riage of Miss Alice Coates, daughter of Mr..
James P. Coates, to Mr.. Theodore Frelinghuysen
son of the secretary of state. No reason Is given
to the public, but it is supposed to be o diplo-
matte one.
THE Insurance Critic asserts that ''there are
more than 10000 steam boilers in New York
city, attended by 1000 men, OF whom not one
seventh are believed to be trustworthy and
qualified for their responsible work; and
yet dynamite cartridges are terror to many
people,
Mr. BLAINE says il makes no difference
whether this country owns any ships or not
His idea is. keep everything we raise at home
and not sell anything in foreign markets. So
then we will need no ships. Great head, that of
Mr.. Blaine.
MRE. c. +. Brown, the mother OF Artemus
Ward died recently at Waterford, Maine, in her
seventy-eighth year. For his mother Artemus
had the most unbounded affection, but she real
lied very little from the large amount of money
1t is supposed that he made.
THE standing committee Of the diocese of
Nebraska have passed resolutions asking DR..
Eliphelet " Potter to reconsider his declination
OF the Episcopal Bishopric of that diocese, and
hopes are expressed that this appeal may be sue
cessful.
THE state treasurer of New Hampshire has IS
sued notice to the selectmen OF towns that in
presenting claims for bounties woodchucks