St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-07-13
GLEANINGS.

| Oil-bearing stata exists in the neighborhood of
Sibi, southern Afghanistan and the government
will begin boring next winter.
| The summers sport at Block Island is sword
fishing. Frequently the game shows fight. and
| in such cases the excitement is intense. The
swordfsh caught in those waters weigh from 200
! to 500 pounds, and the swords are from two to
| three feet IN length.
Prof. Francis G. Peabody, of Harvard, declares
for the belief in God ssone of the ineradicable
| intuitions of the mind He thinks that the of
flee of philosophy is to justify and verify the
natural conception of plain minds. that is, 'to
renew the natural points of view at point high
| er up
A man employed at the station, of Tarascon
having been bitten by mad dog, was sent to
Pasteur, who declined to receive him, saying
That he had not pushed his researches far enough
to make things certain and without this his con-
science would not permit him to operate on q
man.
| In the Luray cavern the guide remarks: Snow
Twill show you the browning wonder of all,
and points to a little circular depression in the
rock-a perfect birds nest-and there, to carry
out the illusion, is little white egg, smooth and
perfect in shape reality. There were three,
but some vandal stole the others.
The city of Bamberg is first to practically apply
the law against the public disturbances of piano
playing at untimely hours in the case of girl
who, greatly to the annoyance of the neighbors
practised at an open window. The code pre-
scribes fine or adequate imprisonment The
municipal court let the fair culprit off with dol
lar and costs.
Thackeray's grandfather was the grandson of
DR.. Thomas Thackeray, master of Harrow, who
had twelve children The size of the family
probably prevented its members, as years passed
on, from keeping the of their relatives, and
| the novelist was amazed~and discounted to dis
cover that, in ridiculi4g the public orator of
Cambridge university, he had been abusing his
own near kinsman.
| Joaquin Miller attracts attention in Washing
ington by means of his log cabin In the corner
as you enter the room is an eagles next contain
ing six eggs. Over the mantel are hung photo
| graphs. The logs are gaily festooned with
bowie knives, firearms, swords, hornet nests,
wild flowers. Mexican saddles and hunting para
phernalia, letters from noted personages, and In
dian trophies.
New Orleans, sim-tropical city, instead of
adopting style of architecture suited to the eli
matte conditions prevalent there, initiates the
methods of higher ATTITUDES; resorts to architec-
tural forms which, however beautiful in them
| selves, are utterly unsuited to the place. The
| 1fnes-Denaocrat calls this an endeavor to sen
graft upon the stock of the equator the product
| of the arctlcs," and wishes reformation.
London scientific paper is not sanguine as to
the success of the new Russian scheme for reach
ing the North Pole by means of sledges starting
from the Siberian islands and having depots at
intervals, inasmuch the most northern part of
the islands is 900 nautical miles from the Pole !;
and, judging by the appearance in other parts it
would be no easy matter to haul sledges over the
hummocky ice.
An observer at Richland Springs notes that the
tennis players. especially the young men, appear
in the gayest and most highly colored garments
imaginable. Their jackets are striped with fam
ing red, their stockings are usually in gorgeous
want of harmony, and their get-up is in all res
poets more amazing than that of jockey inten
upon making an impression upon the fair locker.
on from the grand stand.
A theatrical manager, about to produce spec
tacular piece, says that first-rate premier dan
seuse is the hardest component part of the show
to get. There are only few in all Europe, ant
these are seldom out of an engagement They
go from one capital to another and are as inn
portant and high priced as good singers. Then,
they dread coming to America. and increase theil
price for the voyage. Our audiences are not to
their taste. We are not demorstrative enough
to suit them and they consider us poor judges OF
dancing.
the Mosquito kingdom Although an integra
portion of the republic of Nicaragua, the govern
ment exercises but nominal control over it. By
treaty with the British cabinet Nicaragua &C.
knowedges the Mosquito king as sovereign o.
this strip of land, and agreed to pay him sub
sdy of $1,000 per annnm. When that particu
lar king killed himself through rum drinking
the English missionaries elected an illegitimat,
son of the royal family to succeed him. Since
that epoch the Nicaraguan government hal
ceased to pay the stipulated subsidy, although i
figures in each appropriation.
Such of the Egyptian peasants as have re
ceived some little culture know that the waters
of the Nile come from the s'land of the darl
men''-from the mountains of Abyssinia In til,
year 1874 at the time of the war with Abyssinia
it happened that the Nile was slow to rise, and
the opinion was expressed that the King OF
Dabeseh was fulfilling an ancient threat oil
Ethiopian kings to lead off the Nile before its
entrance into Egypt, through canal into the
Red sea. But the inhabitants of the more isolated
inland villages has not such lights as these
Should You ask him as to the Nile and its origin
! he would, with grateful glance toward heaven,
answer simply, min Aiiah!'' that is from God
or from heaven.