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St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
A VICTIM OF THE BLIND PIG.

its name is legion. The blind mig
invariably seeks to evade laws
and city ordinances and in Minneapolis is
reputed to have made decided success of
the endeavor. The animal specially de-
lights in tramping upon the patrol limit
ordinance, consecrated to the prohibitory or
ultra cold-water element of the society of
the city. Although blind-pig eStab-
liShmentS are numerous inside the
city, the worst feature in the
illegitimate traffic is presented in the
Minnehaha Falls adjunct. Outside the
bailiwick of the police, the falls have no adj
equate protection. Undoubtedly, when the
State Park association formally takes con-
troll of the grounds, radical change will be
made in the arrangements there in this
respect.
1t is quite appropriate to explain herein
that the saloonkeepers who pay their $500
for the privileges conveyed TO them in a
license are unfriendly to the blind-pig sys-
TEN of conducting a liquor trade. The
blind pigs hold at least two important
advantages over the regular saloons First,
they pay no license-either to the govern
ment or TO the city. Second, they invari-
ably collect in advance for every
drop of ardent spirits dispensed.
Consequently no bad bills are ever con-
tracted, and every deal is profitable one.
In fact, it is more profitable than selling
cheap lottery tickets or running an honest
faro bank
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
A BALD HEAD.
How an Old Settler Lost His Hair at
Twenty.
he Won a Wife by 1t, Though, and
Doesn't Object.

Ihere are good many wavs in which
man can lose his hair besides boi,g
sc"iped' ana he doesn't have to have mother
ni-iaw either, remarked a fifty-piner to q co
ieGt coterie OF old settlers in Third street
toodecO store the other day. ''Soma mon ,,
ne resumed, ''are born bald. some achieve
DaluheSS' .s' and not few have badness
thrust upon them. l belong to the latter
category and | came by it fairly, without
having 10 work the early-piety or midnight
OH chestnut as apologies for nv want of
mar was 20 years old when nv
nar Ie1t me and I'll tell you how it came
I aOout' 10r the memory is as vivid now as
the cerulean tints on a FIorentine Land
scape. L had suffered good deal
from lung complaint and the doctor
prescribed liberal applications of GRO
ton oil for the chest. Well. if worked
Ike a charm, and about the time
was cured up I was attacked
Dy series of fearful headaches. which
lasted two or three weeks. One day it oc-
CURED to me that; as the croton oil had
worked so nicely on my lungs. l would Just
experiment with it on the headache. so I
SoCthe bottle and proceeded to give it whirl.
Oh gong to bed that, night rubbed the
STUN into my hyperion locks, and the
girls used to dote on that hair until I
couldnt rest, and then l went to bed and
siepC the sound sleep of man who felt
conscious OF having performed good act.
soI up as usual the next morning and tha
headache was gone.
STARTED TO MAKE MY TOILET.
ior was as tony as they made 'em in them
uayS, Doys, and while so doing nv mind con-
GelVed tiie scheme of getting up patent
neadache medicine from the oil. maxine, a
oarrei of money and going to Europe ON
my wedding trip. After washing up took
my comb and brush and went to the glass.
made sWath-lille motion over nv head
with the comb. when, holy Moses! my hair
tell out i'll punches as big as your fist. and
before you could say New Jerusalem nv
head was pealed as clean as an onion. Well.
SlrS, there l was, only 20 years old.
counting one of the prettiest girls in the val
ley and not one hair left to rub against
another The croton oil had lifted every
halr by the root, and not all the applications
III ChrlStendom could put it back again. I
went to bed and stayed there month. and
when came out again my mother wouldn't
have known me-"
Dld you marry the girl?n
Il should say l did; she said that man
was OtnO account till he lost his hair any
way, and we were spliced the next year.
Take something with me-"
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
AHUmAN HATCHER.
The Georgia Negro Who IncEbated
Eggs i'm His Pocket.
Albany (Ga-) Advertiser,

Albany lGa-) Advertiser
On Wednesday night a darky went into
Greer * Floyd's store and took seat on a
kit of mackereI near the front door.
After while Andy FlOyed thought he
heard the chirp of a young chicken. He
heard il several times, and pretty soon Arch
Greer'S pointer dog had his attention at
tracted by the noise. After making a
search for the source from which the noise
came, the dog came TO dead point in front
of the darl1y on the maekerel kit.
Haven't you got a young chicken about
yOu?" asked Mr.. Floyed.
''No, sab; not'z knows of" said the
darky.
But the chirp was heard again. and this
time there appeared 10 be no doubt about the
locality of the thing that was ehirping.
The darky saw that he would have to
''ShOw up" so he went down into his
breeches pocket and brought out an egg.
''Chirp," went the egg.
''BreSs de Lawd. if dis aigg hain't got a
young chicken in it," exclaimed the darky
in surprise.
And sure enough it had. The egg had
''pipped" and it turned out that the darky
was regular walking incubator, for he
pulled out three pipped eggs
Henry Hooks took the eggs, and now has
two young chickens from them.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
HairpinS.

The proof of boys mechanical skill Is
usually what he can do with a jaek-knife;
the proof of q wOman's is what she can do
with hairpin, says an exchange.
"a LADY," said an obServant gentleman
the other day, ''always opens letter better
than a man. A man tears off a corner. and
then pulls a letter more or less to pieces in
getting at the contents; but lady draws
hairpin, inserts one prong at corner, and
rips open the edge as neatly, easily and
quickly as if the tool was made for that
purpose"
With the same tool she can and fire.
quently does button her glove and occa-
SionaIly her boots. She cuts the magazine
with it. She twists it into clasps for
broken jewelry. She uses it to suspend
plaques. She employs it to draw corks and
also to snuff candles. She inserts it in WIN
dOws to keep them from rafting, and to
brace back shades that incline to tumble
down. She succeeds, with It's help,
in turning the hasps OF Win
dOws from the outside, when obliged by
accidental lockout 10 burglariZe her own
house She arms herself with 1t when
travelling to keep disagreeable neighbors at
respectful distance. She files receipts
upon it. She pins up notices to the milk
man with il She even bends 1t
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26

out my application and to call at the Office
at noon the next day, and in the meantime
he would see President johnson and Secre-
tary Of War Stanton on my behalf. When
called he had already seen those men,
aud assured me that there was not an OBJ
stacle in the way. He indorsed my appli-
cation by asking that ii be granted as a
special personal favor to himself.
In the January before he was inaugu-
rated president for the first time paid him
passing friendly visit He then said to
me: Longstreet, want you to come and
see me after l am inaugurated, and let me
know what you want After the inaugu-
ration L was walking up the avenue one
day 10 see him when / met friend, who
informed me that the president had sent in
my name for confirmation as surveyor of
the port of New Orleans. For several
weeks the nomination hung in the senate,
when went TO Grant and begged him to
withdraw the nomination, as did not want
his personal friendship for me to embarrass
his administration. Give yourself no un-
easlneSS about that he said; the senators
have as many favors to ask of me as L have
OF them, and l will see that you are con-
firmed.'
From what 1 have already told you, :"
said Gen. LOngstreet, in conclusion, lit Will
Oe seen that Gen. Grant was a modest
man, simple man, man believing in the
honesty of his fellows, true TO his friends.
faithful to traditions, and of great personal
honor. When the United States district
court in Richmond was about to indict Gen.
Lee and myself for treason. Gen. Grant in
terpoSed and said: L have pledged my word
for their safety This stopped the whole
sale indictments of eX-Confederate officers
which would have followed. He was thor
oughly magnanimous. was above all petty
things. and, after Washington, was the
highest type of manhood America has pro-
duced.'
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26

roughly into the form of an initial and
hangs it in the keyhole of her intimate
friends lock by way of card, when she
has forgotten her card case and the family
are out. The fan has long been regarded
as the object most suggestive OF the Span
lsh women. Ladies of other countries are
famed for their graceful or skilful use of
other dainty, family feminine articles. But
II we were asked to select the thing most
truly representative of the great American
girl, we would name, without hesitation, the
neat, the ingenious, the ineXhaustible, the
magic hairpin.
An important use of the hairpin has been
overlooked in the above, viz: loosening up
the soil in the window garden without injur-
ing the delicate roots of the plants. We
know OF no instrument which makes as good
spade for this purpose as the ''ineX-
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
4 PERSIAN SONG.

All. sad are they who know not love,
But far from passions tears and smiles
Drift down a moonleSs sea, beyond
The silvery coast of fairly isles.
And sadder they whose longing lips
Kiss empty air, and never touch
The dear, warm mouth of those they love;
Waiting, wasting, suffering much.
But clear as amber, fine as musk,
Is life to those who, Pilgrim-wise,
Move hand in hand from dawn to dusk
Each moving nearer Paradise.
Oh, not for them shall angels pray;
They stand in everlasting light;
They walk in Allah's light by day
And nestle in his heart by night.
IT. 3. Aldrich.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
Tom Ewing relIs About His Son.

met Gen. Thomas Ewing of Ohio near
his Office in Lower Broadway yesterday,
with a little newspaper in his hand not
much larger than 4 page of the Tribune,
That's my sons paper" he said. 1.-The
Skagit News, William G.. Ewing, editor.
VIII went into the country over a year and
a half ago. and started this paper at about
half its present size. The Skagit is the
largest logging river in Washington Terri
tory. 1t Is navigable for seventy-five or
eighty miles. 1t has eighteen large log
ging camps. VIII is located at Mount
Vernon. fifteen miles from the mouth. He
has a Norwegian printer for partner, and
writes me that he is doing well. When he
first started his paper the mouth of the river
was blocked by a log-jam. The logs float
ing down had formed a bridge over the
river, so you could walk from one bank to
the other, while the water rushed under
meath. This stopped navigation and busi-
ness. Will started an agitation to clear the
river. got up meetings, raised subscriptions,
got the government authorities to send a
dredge-bOat TO help them, and now the
river is clear. 1t has given him quite a
hold with the lumbermen. His experience
seems to indicate that Horace Greeley was
right about young men going West"
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
Lincoln and Ex-Governor Randall

Ex-Secretary Hugh McCulloch. in some
"reminiscences of President Lincoln, has the
following: The evening of the day on
which the reports of Sheridan's great vic
tory i'm the valley of Virginia were received
l spent with him in company with Mr..
Randall, postmaster general (Mr. Randall
was then assistant postmaster general. He
became postmaster general under President
JOhnsOn), and a few of Mr.. Lin
coins personal friends at the Soldiers
home. Mr.. Lincoln was in the best of
spirits, and Randall was also a good story
teller. For two hours there was constant
run of storytelling leading and
Randall follOwing-a contest between them
as to which should tell the best story and
provoke the heartiest laughter. The sto-
ries were not such as would be listened to
with pleasure by very refined ears, but they
were exceedingly funny. The verdict of
the listeners was that, while the stories
were equally good, Mr.. Lincoln had dis
played the most humOr and skill.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
TRUE LOVE.

There is true love, and yet you may
Have lingering doubt about it;
I'll tell the truth ana simply say
That life's blank without il.
There is love. both true and strong,
A love that falters never;
1t lives on faith and suffers wrong,
But lives and loves forever.
such love is found but once on earth
The heart cannot repel it;
from when it comes or why its birth,
The tongue may never tell it.
This love is mine, in spite of all
This love l fondly cherish;
The earth may sink, the skies may fall.
This love will never perish.
1t is love that cannot die.
But like the soul Immortal.
And with il cleaves the starry slry
And passes through the portal.
This is the love that comes to stay
All other loves are fieeting;
And when they come just turn away
1t is but Cupid cheating.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
AnEndt Bone scraping.

Edward Shepherd of Harrisburg, ILL.,,
says: ''Having received so much benefit
from Electric Bitters, feel it my duty to
let suffering humanity know it. Have had
a running sore on my leg for eight years;
my doctors told HE that L would have to
have the bone scraped or leg amputated. 1
used, instead, three bottles of Electric Bit
tiers and seven boxes Bucklen's Arnica
Salve, and my leg is now sound and WELL !"
Electric Bitters are sold at fifty cents bot
tie, and Bucklen's Arniea Salye at 25c per
box by Lambie 81 Bethune.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
THIS Is A BLIND PIG.

see the animal He wonders if it is one of
the attractions of dime museum, or some
cheap place of amusement where physical
monstrosities are placed on exhibition in a
business way to amasS shekels for the
manager thereof. He revOlves in his mind
the various breeds of pigs he had seen at
the farm of his country cousin. He thinks
of the great, big Berkshires, the fat
Chester whites, and again he remembers
the ugly aspect presented by the wild pigs
he had seen roaming through Missouri for
eSts, subsisting on acOrns and roots, which
the repulsive animal ravenously devOurS.
He recalls other kinds of pigs. ''There is
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26

pig are also almost unlimited. In the Ian
guage of the poet, it is san mgodly
custom grown strong" 1t has an
influence mighty to combat. The strongest
often yield to its impulsive or directing
power, fraught with evil, as it were. The
blind pig, save in the fact of Its blindness,
is no respecter of the law nor the powers
that be- 1t is always springing up in such
localities that have been prescribed, and its
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26

Judge Ito witness) Repeat the prison.
er's statement to you exactly in his own
words. Now, what did he say? Witness
My lord, he said he stole the pig. Judge
ImpOSsiblel He couldn't have used the
third person. Witness-My lord, there
was no third person. Judge-N NonsenseI
suppose you mean he said, II stole the
pig" Witness (shocked)-Oh. my Iordl
He never mentioned your lordship's name.
Dismissed ignOminiously.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
TITS IS A BLIND PIG TOO.

Dur artist has given faithful portrayal
of the institution. Mr.. Stranger follows
the injunction of the legible placard and
puts his money in the receptacle, and liquid
refreshments come up pantomime like.
This operation is repeated multitudinously.
and when the stranger leaves the grounds
he has evidently been thoroughly
initiated into the secrets of
the first degree of the order
of the-blind pig, and when he returns home
his wife asks whether there has been a
Democratic caucus or a municipal election.
The blind pig possesses social possibilities
almost unlimited. Its attractiveness does
not consist in its beauty, by any means. 1t
is more probable that its novel character
istics have vastly more to do with congre-
eating the multitudes than ANYTHING
else. It is too much of common, every
day, go-as-you-please event to sneak
through some uptown back alley on Sun
day afternoon and then into a little back
door and quench chronic thirst
The physical possibilities of the blind
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
AnInportant Discoverv.

The most important Discovery is that
which brings the most good to the greatest
number. DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds will pre-
serve the health and save life, and is price
less boon to the afflicted. Not only does it
positively cure Consumption, but Coughs,
Colds, Bronchitis, Asthma, Hoarseness,
and all affections of the Throat, Chest and
Lungs yield at once to its wonderful cura-
tive powers. If you doubt this, get Trial
Bottle Free at Lambie & Bethnnes Drug
store.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
BtsclxIen.s Arnica Satve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chiIblains,
corns and all skin eruptions, and positively
cures plies or no pay required. 1t is guar
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price % cents per box. For
sale by Lambie & Bethune and j. p. Allen.
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
A STREET ROMANCE.
From the Boston Courier.
Pretty uirl

From the Boston Courier.
Pretty girl
So sweet, so NIGEL
Sudden slips
Upon the ice;
Scream OF terror,
Down she goes
Visions of en-
Broidered hose
Youth observes
The frills and laces,
Fancy hose and
Other graces;
Sudden mash
Oh, feeling sweet
Helps the maid
En- TO her feet
Redly, redly
Blushes she:
Kindly sympa-
Thizes he:
Then along the
Street they go;
Married in a
Month or So
St. Paul daily globe., 1885-07-26
BLIND SWINE.
A Sty Wherein the Sightless Pachy-
derms are Said to Breed Wit
Great Fecundity.
Embarrassment of Strangers Trying tt
Gain Admittance to the Presence
of the Animal.
How He F1ourishes and Grows Fat
at a--How to Inter-
view Him.
Some Reflections on the Lax Execu-
ton of Laws That Allow Him
to Exist.

The stranger who visits Minneapolis not
infreuuently hears mention made of bllnd
pigs. The expression is new to him, ana
he is nonplussed. Usually he is curious 10
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-19
4 Story senator voorhees, Tells

n tilt-ilh
Dan Voorhees, tells a good story of him.
self. lie appeared once upon a time in a
lawsuit out at Terre iIaute i'll which one Of
the chief witnesses ON the other side was
the mother Of Senator Booth OF California
In his free and easy way the Tall Sycamore
asked questions that the witness resented, so
it seemed, for though inquiry after inquiry
was prppouHlel not the slightest sign of at
.entiou came from the witness-box Mr.
. voorhees, became impatient and his ques-
tons grew little snappy. Not bit moro
effect was produced
Finally, in dire evaporation, he de.
r1anded in his own all-sweeping oratorical
way whether or not lie was going to be
answered at all. TEen, with ! smile barely
tinging her protest, the lady turned 10 the
lawyer of her friends, Dick Thompson and
asked, VITA a seeming innocence that ruined
all that court-room's sense Of solemnity:
"Mr. Thompson, must | really say anything
t. a man that looks like that" she pointed
to Voorhees, and fairly shuiderei Mr.
Thompson, in his -uave way. advised her to
los brave and answer tho questions II his
Wabash friend. Then, I'll do it with my
eyes shut she said; AMI She did Mr.
VOORHEES, is very proud of this story True
goodness, he insists, does not always Iave
beauty "a i;s index
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-19
A THOUSAND CHEERS.
IR. Fl. Callahan in The Current

n. II. Callahan in The Csrrenul
A thousand che,rs for the blignted life.
TIE lonely one-we daily meet,
The sad, sad lot-a knj., INT in the strife
Is troiden down by rapid feet
He nesds our hand IN the heartless race.
Inc voice Of love might calm his fears,
Our smile might brig aten his care worn face,
Inspire his life with thousand cheers
A thousand cheers for the sewing girl!
With her tired haais and her heavy
heart
Though pure in soul-unknown in the whirl
W money makers in city mart
y beautiful fJwer on the toil,orne path.
y Jewel rare for the weary ewes.
- thought sublime that her toiliny hath
y thousand cheers from the starry skies,
i thu and cheers for the honest boy,
Jnlearnet III schemes of fame ami wealth,
" hose steps are heraids Of restless joy
The restless joy Of rugged health.
The clouds may shadow, some sunny day,
Thi, picture giit with morning iignt,
But honor ON earth still finds a way
And room enough for a deed of right
A thousand cheers :or the man Of might,
Who bravely strives when others fail,
" no marches on TO the losing fight
" hen rig hts go down and wrongs prevail.
The man who bears the scorn and the frown
And Censure's bitter blasting breath,
Receives, at last, a dear bought crown.
A thousand cheers at the gates Of death
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-19


Who shall say that the love II the beauti
full Is no, gradually permeating all sect ms Of
the community when Wa find railway com
pany supplying their employees with regula
Ia ton necktie> Of Il uniform AMI artist,
type, This is what the Southwestern Raa
way company have just done, and doubles
other companies will follow the example
that has bsen set The ueckties in question
are in color brilliant red. and have the eff
feet Of making the Southwestern porter
look almost picturesque.
But the Jet O. the red necktieS i partlv
aesthetic and partly unitarian They are
supposed 10 provide a ready made and easily
accessible danger signal Ii ordinary sig
mails SO wrong the Southwestern guari OF
porter has only II dives; himself OF his neck
tie and and wave il in front OF an aiyanc-
ing train 20 indicate that danger is aheai
Travellers by this line will pray that the &c
caSions when porters' nsckties have - do
duty as emergency danger signals usy be
few and far between In the meantime
anything which hrishtens up ones every
dsy SURROUND inss i a matter for gratitude
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-19

scientific American
The following method Is adopted by aud
taught u the firemsn Of the Lo.don fire
brigade: \ small platform some forty or
fifty feet high, has been erected on the roof
of one Of the buildings in tbs drill yard
One-haf Of the men who are drilling 60 up
t. this platform. ami prostrare themselves
in all kinds Of peculiar attitudes some on
their hacks, some on their faces. some on
their sides, and some curlei up he other
half have 10 20 up AMI fetch them down
single handed
The rescuing fireman first straightens out
the seemingly lfeless body Of his comrade,
ami rolls II over On to the face. Then, tax
ing hold under each armpit. he raises the
body on 10 his right knee. so that be can put
his arm round the waist, and the arm Of the
insarsi bic msn round his own neck Taking
a firm hold, he suddenly strsightsns himself
up. and walk away with his burden in an
upright position, sni the whole weight Of
the other body supported and hooked, as i;
were. by the arm He has then 20 carry his
comrsie through the window Is best he
can AMI shoe; him down the escape
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-06-19

Mary entering library where Mrs Know
nauSht i seatsii-I found this book up
stairs ma'am. and Was told 70 bring /: down
T. the library. Does it mako any difference
on which shelf put il,
Mrs knownauSat-Why. all the differ,
ence in the world, Mary We have had the
whole library classified works.
religious, fiction ami - on VIA: i the
book Won have therei
Mary -~Ths Pursuit OF Happiness,
na'am.
Mrs. K.-Weli, then. that goes right IN
with the books of travel