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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-30

Usually limited to ninety days. is now the
only remedy. So that the man who now
lacks the minor ingredients of manhood and
becomes so debased as to raise his hand to
natures choicest gift. can carry out his de-
sires to perfection and get off with paltry
tine or a few days imprisonment.
IN ST. PAUL
the vicious practice of wife-beating is not
very generally carried on. and the recording
angel has never been called on to devote
much attention to the st. Paul department
of the ledger devoted to that class of Offend
ers. They are in fact rarity. so much so
that they can be told off on the fingers.
But there are few here who bob up Occa-
sionally, pay their fine and return to repeat
the otfense. Last Sunday seemed to be
their day, so much so that no less than
three were run in for the offense. Their
appearance in the public station suggested
the idea of a sketch Of those most generally
known. Inquiries led to the subioined i'll
formation about them.
An expert in this line lives on Jackson
street, near the Omaha shops. His name
is Patrick Murphy. Murphy is a man de-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-30

void OF all heart. In
fact it is doubtful if the
cavity where his heart
ought to be could be
found were he sub
jected to the test.
He is a middle
aged man, but not old
enough to know better.
Possibly after serving a
ninety days sentence in
the wOrkhouSe he will
reform. He does not
confine his muscle to his
wife, but beats the
whole family. Like
most men Of his stamp.
NIul pIly ID duulClCu 10
drink, and it is while
under the influence of
liquor that he is most
severe. He always
gives the same excuse
that the whole family
turns on him and he is
compelled to beat them
to save himself. But
he strikes his household
down as ruthleSsly as a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-30
THE CALLS FOR HELP

come from all parts of the South. but
especially from the colored people of South
Carolina. Lots of these appeals, too. seem
to come from better and more intelligent
class of colored people. and many of them
are very urgent. The twenty-year's exper-
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
The BOy that Was Buried.

A Madrid (Spain) letter tells this
story of the cholera epidemic: In Ulea,
Murcia, there was attacked a man of
over middle age, the father of a fami-
ly, and also his little boy. aged II,
called Jose Gomez. The father died,
and few days after, at 6 in the after
noon, the boy died also, and was carri-
ed Immediately to the churchyard, at
the same time when the gravedigger
was finishing his days toll. He view
ed the last arrival, but although the
grave was almost filled up he threw in
the dead body and went away. Upon
the next morning, as he opened the
cemetery gate, the first thing he saw
was Jose Gomez, almost naked, just as
he was buried, amusing himself.
"Hullo!' exclaimed the astonished
gravedigger, "who took you out of
that?" Nobody" replied the boy,
cheerfully, 81 came out myself"
"Bueno (good); come here, I wish TO
speak to you" Ell chico (the little
one), believing that he was to be
treated to another burial, began to
run, and did not stop until he reached
his mothers cottage, whom he fright
ened out of her wits, as she believed
he hal come from the other world.
"Where is your father?' was the first
question put by the poor woman. "Oh,
he stayed there; but give me some
thing to eat, mother, for l am very
hungry" The mother broke out into
cries and lamentations, and the neigh
bors crowded in and tried to surround
the chico, who fled and endeavored to
hide himself, believing firmly those
attempts were premonitory of another
funeral. In the end he was caught
and put to bed, all the time protesting
that his one malady was hunger. So
they gave him his breakfast, and now
he is the pride of the village as he
runs about stoning dogs. which, it
seems, was his favorite recreation
before he was attacked by cholera
The final touch in the story is strik-
ing instance of the truth of what the
poet sang: "They change their sky,
not their dispositions, who go across
the seas
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
"Churning" for CLANS.


Two-thirds Of the clans are got by
"churning." The clam gang wades
out over the bed and shovels up mud
and clans and everything that comes
along into big wire baskets. which.
when about full, are lifted out of the
water, and rinsing and shaking
washes out the mud and leaves the
CLAIMS. Two men and boy attend to
each basket, one man shoveling in the
mud, the second getting out the clans,
and the boy "culling" them. Churn-
ing can only BIZ done at about half
tide, when the water is two or three
feet deep. as. by the time the workman
has to put his head under water, when
he bends over at shoveling. he soon
has TO give up the job. The suction
on the shovels is tremendous, and
they are made exceptionally strong.
When there are good tides, on the full
and change OF the moon, the clans
may be raked out after the manner Of
the non professional digger; a shovel
full of mud is turned up at time, and
the clans it contains are raked out
with a clam-hoe. Consideration Of
either of the above methods is suffici-
ent for a true understanding of the
happiness of the clam at high water.
The clam ordinarily lies in the mud
from two to eighteen inches; clam
that would bury itself much deeper
than eighteen inches is not to be look
ed upon with favor.-Procidenc
Journal
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
They Have Their Ears Shaved.

A person unfamiliar with the fash
ion can hardly imagine the number of
people who, each time they have their
hair trimmed, also have the tonsorial
artist shave their ears. Many elderly
gentlemen are bothered with thick
hair on their ears, which would grow
in many cases to considerable length,
and which would naturally attract
much attention. 1t is we'll enough
that they should have the hair trim
med from their ears, but of late years
it has grown to be quite the fashion
among swell young men, whether they
have crop of hair upon their ears or
not, to regularly, each week or two,
allow the barber to lather and shave
their ears. Ali BARRIERS are familiar
with this class of customers. and o
fashionable one in this city said, few
days since. that dozen or more gen.
tlemen customers at his establishment
have their ears shaved regularly
Boston Gazette,
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Hurricanes at Honolulu.

"Talk about tornadoes and cyclones"
said Reserve Officer Stark. "People
living in this section of the country
don't know what they are. In the
neighborhood of the Sandwich islands,
and particularly off Honolulu, which
is at the head of the landlocked harbor,
is the place for hurricanes. The noun
tains back of Honolulu are saw
shaped and they have queer effect
on the atmospheric currents. There
is no anchorage outside the harbor and
vessels that don't care to touch at
Honolulu usually lay off and on as
the sailors have it, while they send a
boat ashore. have seen half doz-
en- ships lying off Honolulu within
hailing distance of epch other-one in
shower of rain, another in dead
calm, with a bright sun shining over
head; third in a smooth breeze, and a
fourth in such gale that everything
had to be close reefed.
different air currents are so close
together and so sharply defined that |
have been standing on the deck of a
vessel with the sun shining brightly
overhead and not air enough moving
to fill the sails, while within ten feet
of me on one side it was raining big
guns, and not twenty feet the other
way blowing a regular hurricane. l
never shall forget one incident. 1t
was about noon and was leaning over
the port rail amidships. There wasn't
air enough blowing to lift a feather.
Suddenly l heard roar and knew
that "a tornado was passing by the ship.
1t was so close that when | stretched
out my hand the wind struck it with
such force that was whirled conf
pletely around. Our port anchor.
which weighed about ton and half,
was hanging on the rail forward, and
the same gust struck one of the flukes.
1t tore loose the fastening. whirleG
that anchor through the air like .
bit of thistle down, and left it hanging
on the main yard-arm. 1t put us to
heap of trouble to get it down again
philadelphia Times.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
The Thistle and the CornstaIk.

A Canada Thistle which had taken
root in farmers garden one day saw a
blade of Corn peeping out of the
Ground, and in a tone of Ridcule
called out:
"What Little one for Cent It's
Wonder you have the Cheek to force
Yourself into my Company"
The Blade continued to grow day by
day, and it was of such bright color
and looked so Thrifty that the Thistle
finally called to the Farmer and said {:
"Really, but 1 can't put up with
such impudence, and l hope you will
Remove that corn stalk at once
"And who are ycu?" queried the
Farmer. having for the first time no.
ticed the Thistle.
"Me? Why, I'm the Biggest and
Handsomest Canada Thistle in the
Business. My Genealogy carries me
back to king"
"Umph !" interrupted the Farmer.
''One grain of Corn is of more value
than Hundred Thstles. Come out
of that by the Roots p
MORAL:-The Thief who abuses the
Law always gives Himself Away
Detroit Free Press.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
COUNTERFEIT EXPERTS.
Women Whose Sense of Feel
ing is Marvellous.
Able to Pick Out Spurious Money as
Though by Instinct.

There is a very large amount of
counterfeit paper ahoat, and some of
1t finds its way to the Treasury, when
it is discovered in the redemption
division, says Washington letter to
the Pittsburg Post. 1t is here that all
the money sent in from outside sources
is counted and examined. The
counting and sorting is done by ladies.
and they are the most expert in the
country. They can tell counterfeit
instinctively, with eyes open or shut.
and there is not bank cashier in the
United States, or even among the
large contingent now sojourning in
Canada, who could compete with them
in the matter of determining counter
feits. They can tell a spurious bill as
far as they can see it, and the mere
handling of the paper is enough for
them to decide upon it's genuineness.
The silk paper upon which Treasury
notes are printed can only be made by
expensive machinery, and it is felony
to even manufacture the blank paper
without due authority. Under the
circumstances all counterfeits are print
ed upon inferior paper, which lends
this great facility in the matter of detec-
tion. A guide was once taking a party
of visitors through the redemption di-
vision. and was expatiating upon the
expertness of the fair money handlers
in this respect. He solemnlyassured the
party that one of the girls had detect
ed counterfeit in the middle of pile
Of money six inches thick by merely
seeing the thin edge of it. To stran-
ger it seems more like diablerie than
the possession of trained vision and
delicate sense of touch in the detection
Of counterfeits.
These females experts receive SIS
month for their services. They do
nothing but count from 9 in the morn
ing until 4 in the afternoon, and their
hands move with rapidity seldom ac-
luired by the most expert bank clerks,
But they make no mistakes. A mis-
count or counterfeit overlooked
comes out of the wages of the one
making the error, and two or three
, mistakes month would wipe out
girls salary, as some OF the bills hand
.el are very large. The great draw
Jack of the position is the poison alb
;orbed by the continuous handling of
money. The backs of all Treasury
notes are printed with a pigment
which consists chiefly of Paris green.
Small particles of this substance are
absorbed, and in year or two the girl
who may nave entered the Treasury
smooth skinned and healthy finds her
'elf victim of lassitude, and with her
hands and face broken out in malig-
nant sores. Each employee is fur
aished with sponge to moisten the
fingers while counting. A new one is
supplied every morning, and by even
ing its color will have changed to a
1ull black by the action of the poison.
Notwithstanding this drawback there
IS never any difficulty in filling vacan-
lies.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
HOW Cocoa is Grown.

United States Consul Bird, in a re-
port from La Guayra, Venezuela, thus
describes the cultivation of cocoa in
that country:
Cocoa, or cdcao as it is termed in
Spanish, from which the chocolate of
commerce is made, is the fruit of a
tree indigenous to the soil of Venezuela,
and within this country is compre-
hended large part of the choicest
cocoa zone. The tree grows to the
average height of thirteen feet and
from five to eight inches in diameter,
is of spreading habit and healthy
growth.
"a cocoa plantation is set in quite
the same manner as an apple orchard,
except that the young stocks may be
transplanted from the nursery after
two months growth. No prepara-
tion of the soil is deemed necessary.
and no manures are applied. The
young trees are planted about Is feet
equidistant, which will accommodate
200 trees to the acre. Between the
rows and at like spaces are planted
rows of the Bucare, q tree of rapid
growth, that serves to shade the soil
as we'll as to shield the young trees
from the torrid sun. Small permanent
trenches must be maintained from
tree to tree throughout the entire
length of the rows, so that, at least
once in each week, the stream decend-
ing from the mountains may be
turned into these little channels and
bear needful moisture to trees and
soil. At the age of five years the
plantation begins to bear fruit and an
nually yields two crops, that ripening
in June being termed the crop of San
Juan and that maturing at Christmas
being known as the crop of La Na-
oidad. The average age to which the
tree attains under proper care may be
estimated at forty years, during which
period it will give fair to full crops of
fruit; but of course, it must be under
stood that, as in our fruit orchards,
new tree must be set from time to
time to replace one that may be de-
cayed or blighted. After careful in
quiry it may be safely stated that the
average crop Of the cocoa plantation at
ten years of age. and under proper
state of cultivation, will amount to
500 or 600 pounds per acre.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
Fl i. so. LONDONDERRY THURSDAY OCTOBER 1885.

At the wedding dinner the Princess
Philippine found an almond with TIVE
kernels.
"These stands for you and me-" SHIT
said t. her husband; "you shall have
one kernel and l will have the other.
"Thanks. my love-" said the prince
"Let me have the kernel that repre-
sents yourself and will wear it, that
you may never again be lost away
from me-"
Here is your Philippine" said the
princess. "and with it l give my sig
net ring, that stands for all my posses
sions. for since threw it away and il
was saved for me by aspider, against
all whose kind l have all my life
waged war, it humiliates me every
time my eyes falls upon it. and
think ought to pay some penalty fol
my foolishness and for my ill-treat.
ment of yourself"
"But did l not cry Philippine my
dearest one! the moment my eye fell
upon you on my return" said the
prince,-"to show you that l never
held anger against you in my heart. "
At this all the young people who
found double almonds began to eat
them with some chosen friend, and
since they all had not signet rings tc
bestow, it came to be custom that
the one who should first cry "Philip-
pine" after an absence should receive
gift, and the custom continues
among young people in all countries
to this day.-Sprinatield Republican.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
A Poetic Tail.

A thoughtless boy with a shining
pail went singing gaily down the dale
to where a sad-eyed cow with brin
die tail on clover sweet did herself
regale. A humble bee did gaily sal
over the soft and shadowed vale, t.
where the boy with the shining pal
was milking the COW with the brindl,
tail. The bee lit down on the cow,
right ear, her heels flew up through
the atmosphere-and through the
leaves of big oak Tree the boy sailed
into eternity. y.-Oregon Reporter
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
jects of the exhibition, which Is ex-
pected to form leading attraction Of
the next season.
The Food Of the Persian Masses.

The food of the Persians is very
varied. AS rule, the very poor do
not get meat more than once a week
while villagers and the numerous
nomadic tribes see it very rarely, and
only on great occasions, as at marriage
feasts. The ordinary diet of labor.
ing man is bread and cheese in winter,
bread and fruit in summer. But even
the laborers manage to obtain an oc-
casional bowl of strong soup; and they
vary their diet with conserves, dried
fruits, basins of curds, and hard boiled
eggs, The actual weight of bread that
muleteer or laborer can consume, and
does consume, daily, is very great, sew
en- pounds not being an extraordinary
allowance In the South of Persia
dates are the staple food; they are
very cheap and satisfying. During
the summer, lettuces, grapes, apricots,
onions, and cucumbers form the dain-
ties of the villager, and these. with
bread, cheese, and curds are their only
food. In every large town cookshops
abound. But in Persia, as in the rest
of the East, bread, rice, or dates are
the real food-the meat merely the
sauce or bonnie bouche. Persians of
all ages are very fond of confectionery,
and are constantly devouring sweets.
These are generally pure and good, but
there is little variety in color. most of
them being white, and nearly all are
favored with lemon juice. The low
er-class Persian will eat several
pounds of grapes, cucumbers, or april
cots for meal. They eat onions as
we eat apples. Pomegranates and
melons are in great demand as food;
and the melons, which run to Alb. in
weight, are very nutritious. Cucum-
bers are looked on as fruit, and are
eaten IN large quantities by rich and
poor. They are not indigestible. Sew
en- pounds weight may be often had
for halfpenny. Grapes in infinite
variety and of the most delicious kinds,
from the huge long grape, which meas
ures 2in., to the tiny sultana, sweet as
honey to the taste. The curds, or
mast, is simply made by adding a
small portion of rennet or else old
curds to warmed milk; in few hours
it sets into mass, the cream on top.
IL eaten the first day. it is like junk
ct; if allowed to remain it becomes
sour, and will keep good any time.
In this sour state it is preferred, and is
either eaten with honey, sugar. or
grape sugar. Eggs boiled hard and
dyed gay color are much eaten; from
forty to fifty can be had for Cd. These
things, then. form the cheap and va
ried diet of the working classes. Beef,
too. is eaten by the lower classes; nev-
er by the well-to- do.-St. James Ga
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
PRICE THREE CENTS.
A Good Place for Dentists and Pho.
tOgraphers.


Throughout South America all the
dentists and nearly all the photogra-
pliers are immigrants from the United
States. and if there is any one among
them who isn't getting rich he has
nobody but himself to find fault with,
because the natives give both profess
sions plenty to do.
Nowhere in the world is so large an
amount of confectionery consumed in
proportion to the population as in
South America. and, as natural con-
sequence. the teeth of the people re-
quire great deal of attention. AS
usual thing Spaniards have good teeth,
as they always have beautiful eyes,
and are very particular in keeping
them in condition. Hence the den-
lists are kept busy, and as they charge
twice as much as they do in the United
States, the profits are very large. In
these countries it is the custom to
serve sweetmeats at every meal
dulces, as they are called-preserved
fruits of the richest sort. jellies, and
confections of every variety and de-
scription. Many of these are made by
the nuns in the converts, and are sold
to tie public either through the con-
fectionery stores or by private appli-
cation, A South American housewife,
instead of ordering jams and preserv-
es and jelies from her grocer, or put
ting up supply in her own kitchen
during the fruit season, patronizes the
nuns, and gets better article at
lower price. The nuns are very in
genious in this work, and prepare
forms of Gelicacies which are unknown
to our table.
The photographers as well as the
dentists are Americans, and have all
they can do. The Spanish-American
Delle mas her photograph taken every
time she gets new dress, and that is
very often. The Paris styles reach
here as soon as they do the North
American cities, and where the ma
tional costumes are not still worn,
there is great deal of elaborate
dressing. The Argentine Republic is
the only country in which photographs
of the ladies are not sold in the shops.
Elsewhere there is craze for por-
traits of reiguing beauties, and the
young men have their rooms filled
with photographs of the girls they ad-
mire, taken in all sorts of costumes
and attitudes.-NeDY York Sun.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
A Mighty Sentence.

The opening sentence of the Bible,
"In the beginning God created the
Heaven and the earth," contains five
great universal terms, and speaks of
as many boundless totalities-God,
Heaven, earth, creation and the begin
ming. 1t is, perhaps, the most weigh
~ sentence ever uttered. having the
most gigantic members. In its compre-
hensive sweep it takes in all past time,
all conceivable space, all known
things, all power and intelligence, and
the most comprehensive act of that
intelligence and power. This sentence
is declaration on nearly all the great
problems now exercising scientists and
philosophers. Independent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
A River Dream.
The blue, blue sky above,

The blue, blue sky above,
The blue, blue water under,
Two eyes more blue, and heart that's true,
And boat to bear me with my love
To lands of light and wonder,
The sunny fields around,
The river rippling by us,
A smile more bright than MONDAY light,
Our brows with meadow garlands crowned,
And never care to try us.
A drifting with the tide,
A wind that whispers greeting,
An isle of rest in the faded west,
With only the waves on the shore beside
Ani two hearts fondly beating
II. E. Bouiioa, in CasseiPs .Mayasine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
Willing TO Work.

Country girl addressing robust
tramp)-Why don't you go to work !?
Tramp Cooking hungrily around y
I would if l had the tools.
Country girl-What sort of tools
do you want?
Tramp Knife and fork.-Rambler.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08

One of the English railway compa-
MES has supplied all its employees with
red neckcloths. the wearing of which
Is to be compulsory. The object of
this regulation is to furnish porters,
guards or switchmen with red flags
that are always at hand, and can be
employed in the event Of any sudden
accident or the arrangement of the
regular signals.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08
TOPICS OF THE DAY.

A New York physician "who is taken
by everybody to be ten or fifteen years
younger" than he is, attributes this
favorable condition to the use of lem
onade taken regularly four times a day.
He has used 5000 lemons a year for ten
years.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08

Dude-"You love me, then, Miss
Lydia?" Lydia-"Love is perhaps
somewhat too much to say. At least
i have sympathy for you, because your
face resembles so much that of my
poor dead Fido,"
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1885-10-08

The safety of mountain travel in
this country is proved by the small
number of accidents reported each
year. Compared with the results of
an Alpine season, or even of sum-
mer among mountains in Wales, the
sum of the season among our noun
tain resorts is most satisfactory. Per-
haps Americans are more careful in
their ventures in Notwithstanding.