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St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-21

The present weather will not tend to give
very Northern idea to the Southern members
of the Presbyterian assembly in Minneapolis.
Many of these gentlemen came here expect
ing to meet frost and chills and brought all
their warm clothing with him. There was
general shedding of fiannels and heavy gar
ments yesterday afternoon, and members
from the South are now prepared to believe
Minneapolis is inhabitable in winter.
St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-21
CONTRACT WORK,
Sewer on Seventh Street.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS,
CITY OF ST. PAUL, Minn., May IL, 1886.
Sealed bids will be received by the Board OF
Public Works in and for the corporation of
the City of st. Paul, Minnesota, at their Office
in said city, until II IN. on the gath day of
May, A. d. 1856, for the construction of q
sewer on Seventh (7th) street, from Maple
street to Hope street, in said city, to-
cether with the necessary catchbasins and
manholes. according to plans and specifica.
tions on file in the Office of said Board.
A bond with at least two (2) sureties in a
sum of at least twenty (20) per cent. of the
gross amount bid must accompany each bid
The said Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
WILLIAM BARRETT, President.
Official:
r. L. .GoRMAN, Clerk Board of Public Works.
132-142
St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-21

ST am not a chronic kicker by any MEANS"
remarked a gentleman yesterday, "bnt do
feel like making Rome howl and all Minneap-
oils, too, when pass Bracket s grocery store
on Nicollet avenue and receive thorough
drenching from the steam pipe on top of the
building. 1t has happened to me twice now,
nearly running a suit Of clothes and silk hat
There is no sense in allowing this nuisance to
continue. An extension could be put on the
pipe and the waste run off into the alley. I
shall make complaint to the council at the
next meeting"
St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-21

One of the reasons for the formation of
Democratic club is thus expressed by prom
1nent member: ''There is little or no oppor-
tunlty for the Democrats to become ac-
quainted with each other. Thousands of new
voters come into the city each year, and are
helplessly adrift in the political current Such
an organization will take them in, make them
acquainted and enable them to vote inteli-
gently. If for no other reason than this. 1
think Democratic club should be organized
and Sh Ould flourish >,
St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

''We are not boycottinq Capt Babb as q
measure of punishment" said a salooukeeper
yesterday; lin fact, it is not boycott at all
in the general sense Of that word. We are
simply placing our trade with our friends,
that is ali. Capt. Babb is opposed to our in
terests and it would be a little strange, it
seems to me, if we did give him our trade
You nor anybody else would not trade with a
man who was openly not your friend, and
that is the way we regard Capt. Babb.''
St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-21

-. JuugE FrODate.
Attest: FRANK ROBERT Jr Clerk
OLIVIER q FARwELL, Attorneys for Petitioner.
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St. Paul daily globe., 1886-05-21

JOHN TwoHY JR., Attorney for the Assignee.
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Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
TWO MIND.READERS.
A Psychological Interview Between q
Biil-COllectOr and Mr.. Bilkins.

A Psychological Interview Between q
Biil-COllector and Mr.. Bilkins.
"Don't say a wordr' exclaimed Bill
kins, impressiyely, as gaunt, unshav-
en- man entered his Office. Don't
speak; don't utter syllable. l have
acquired the gift of mind-reading. A
mysterious sympathy is established be-
tween us. l read your purpose-you
have come here to collect Keen &
Blunt's little bill. Is it not so?"
lit is. You are quite right" re-
piled the gaunt. unshaven one. 81,
too. have been a mind-reader in my
time. The power is on me now. l
know your thoughts. l can tell you
what the speech you are now framin g
will be. You are going to say: Il am
very sorry. but YOU will have to call
again Am not right?''
"Marvelous!' calculated Bilkins.
IL can GO further" resumed the
prophet. in hoarse whisper. "You
will tell ME TO come up about the mid
die of next week.
Miraculous" cried Bilkins. "But
I have not yet done. l can see into
your very soul. You will answer: 4
have been coming here now every week
for the last two years, and it's high
time You settled up"
"YOu astonish mer'
"Yea, more; you will threaten to
bring suit against me-"
''Just what 1 was going to do; but ]
carry my spiritual communion still
further. You will say: Sue, and be
blanked.'"
my dear sir, you are inspired. You
ought to be weather prophet"
And then, after give you a little
back talk, you will weft me into the
street."
There is no use fighting against
destiny" responded Bilkins, and few
moments later, as the gaunt. unshaven
mind-reader collected his remains from
the sidewalk he was overheard to re-
marx that the next time he mctaphysi-
Can, he woa!d pass him by unno:ced.
Chicago Rambler.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
A SHREWD SWINDLE.
How = Philadelphia Tailor Lost . Fine
Suit of Clothes.

How = Philadelphia Tailor Lost q Fine
Suit of Clothes.
He went into the store of one of the
most fashionable tailors in Chestnut
street, and arrayed himself in an ex-
pensive summer suit. Then he said:
Il must pay you by check, but as
you do not know me will not ask YOU
to take one of my own. You are acquain-
ted, of course, with the gentleman who
keeps the drug store on the corner? Let
US go in there. He is friend of mine
and is preparing check for me-"
In the drug store the stranger called
out familiarly to the proprietor, who
was behind the screen: doctor, is
that ready?"
''In moment" was the reply.
Then said the stranger 10 the tailor:
81 must 60 across the street and see that
it is all right
In little while the tailor was hand
ed bottle.
'.What is this?" he asked.
''Your cough mixture"
Il don't want a cough mixture. /
want a check
81 know nothing about check.
Then it came out that the stranger
had ordered at the drug store a cough
mixture tor his dear friend, Mr.. =,
the tailor, who was suffering from a
severe cold. The doctor knew nothing
about his enterprising visitor, and he
has not returned to inquire if the tailor
is better.-Philadeiphia Inquirer.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
DANGERS OF KISSING,
What Doctor Has to Say on a Topic of
Univers I Interest.

vh8t u EoctOr HAS TO say on q TOPIC OIL
Univers Interest.
The custom of kissing has been con-
demned by the wise and frowned upon
by the religious, but has managed to
thrive despite it all, and is still loves
great artillery and best ally. Why tao
tile sensations from a limited labial
surface have been found so very agree
able. and why they should have con-
tributed so much to the poet-race, are
questions quite worthy of full discus
sion. Kissing, we are told, began with
the birds and reaches its most perfect
evolution in man. 1t has a long his
tory, therefore. and may well be con-
sidered a permanent feature of human
society = sOlacing grief, increasing
joys, promoting wedding engagements
and furnishing a permanent source of
inspiration for the artist.
But An enemy to the kiss has ap-
peared in Washington, d. c., in the
person of DR.. Samuel S. Adams, who
devotcs seven columns of the Journal
of the american Medical association to
exposing the dangers of kissing"
mas 40 0sSi n otOC. i uC OdIh
side of kissing. as viewed by DR..
Adams. is both moral and physical.
Among women and between children
and adults it has degencra:ed into an
in.incere, unneaning and common
place salutation, when it should be re-
served only as an index of a;fectionate
feeling. But the weight of the doctors
argument is expended in showing the
possible evils which come from the
promiscuous kissing of babies and
children by adults. tuberculosis.
diphtheria, infectious fevers-all are
possible on actual results of kissing. A
veritabIe instance is cited in which the
drum of the ear was ruptured by . kiss
applied to the auricular appendage! A
kiss of such suction force reminds one
of Benedict's, which had ''such clam
orous smack that, at the parting. al
the church did echo. ."--1edieel Record
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
A FATAL PET.
How NJ. Pasteur's Wolf-Bitten Russian
Patients Received Their Wounds.

How NJ. Pasteur's WOlf-Bitten Russian
Patients Received Their Wounds.
Russian papers publish the following
interesting details of the wolf episode
that cost Mons. Pasteur three weeks of
hard work and the first professional
disappointment. According to cor
respondent of the Norodi. the brute
that caused all the mischief was not q
wild wolf, but domesticated pet, per-
haps the most petted quadruped in
Eastern Europe. Three years ago a
berry-plcking boy found him in the
woods and brought him to the village
of Biely, Government of Smolensk.
where the farmer. Stephen Wassn1ew,
adopted him as companion to mother
less puppy. Before the end of that
summer the whelp had superseded
bisfoster brother. He had an ultra
canine talent for flunkeyism, and
fawned himself into the favor of so
many visitors that his owner was re-
peatedly offered thirty roubles for the
bushy-tailed little sycophant, that
licked the hands of every stranger and
romped with the village youngsters
and billy goats One of the farmer S
girls was his playmate. At the mere
sound of her voice he would start from
his couch at the heartstone and scratch
and whine at the door till his girl
friend entered the kitchen. That
young lady was chiefly responsible for
the ensuing tragedy. On the 23d of
February Dushka -'Sweetheart," as
she called her pet-was bitten by a
saspiaious cur. who forthwith died with
Al - eharactexistic symptoms of hy-
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
A UNIQUE BOOK.
The Legend Connected with the Most
Beautiful Volume IN America.


The most beautiful volume among
the half million in the Congressional
library is a Bible which was trans
cribed by monk in the sixteenth cent
ury. 1t could not be matched to-day
in the best printing office in the world.
The parchment is in perfect preserva-
ton. Every one of its thousand pages
is study. The general lettering is in
German text, each letter perfect, and
every one of them in coal-black ink
without a scratch or blot from lid to
lid. At the beginning of each chapter
the first letter is very large, usually
two or three inches long, and is bright
ly Illuminated in red or blue ink.
Within each of these capitals there is
drawn the figure of some saint, or
some incident of which the following
chapter tells is illustrated. There are
two columns on page, and nowhere
is traceable Il c slightest irregularity of
line, space or formation of the letters.
Even under a magnifying glass they
seem hawless.
This precious volume is kept under
a glass case, which is sometimes lifted
to snow that all the pages are rs per-
feet as the two which lie open. A
legend relates that young man who
had sinned deeply became monk,
and resolved to do penance for his
misdeeds. He determined to copy the
Bible, tnat he might learn every letter
of the Divine commands which he
had violated. Every day for many
years he patiently pursued his
task. Each letter was wrought
with reverence and love; and the
penitent soul found its only compan-
ionship in the sanity faces which were
portrayed on those pages. When the
last touch was given to the last letter
an old man reverently kissed the page
and folded the sheets together Soon
afterwards he died. He had given his
life to this task of atonement, but he
left beautiful book which men for
centuries would love to look upon.
How many lives have attempted far
greater things and accomplished far
lessi
Another though less impressive illus
ration Of the superiority of hand work
Is SuOWu Ill the large CLOCK WHICH
hangs in the Office of the Clerk of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
1t is grand old clock which COM
mands respect and ticks off the hours
with impressive solemnity. Its ma
chinery is framed in case of snow
white marble five feet high, strong and
simple. On the polished marble dial
are two circles, one for the hours and
the other for the minutes. On each
the figures stand in raised gold letters,
brightly FURNISHED, to which shining
gold hands point with unfailing sc-
caracy. This clock was made by
Simon Willard, of Boston, sixty years
ago by direction of Judge Story.
Simon was eighty-five years old when
he made this clock. Time had dealt
gently with him, and left his hand
frm and his eve true. His clock has
counted the minutes and hours for two
generations. and is keeping time for q
third with all the vigor and regularity
Of its youth. Washington CO.. Sos
Francisco Chronicle.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
n.vuT hnA.N-wOn.>.
Why Study After School-Hours Sho1lN
He Strictly Prohibited.

Why Study After school-Hours ShoulA
He Strictly Prohibited.
The pleasure of mental acquisition,
of storing the memory with facts, and
of deep thinking, makes the nerves
tingle and the hot blood bound through
the veins. When knotty problem in
mathematics is solved, or any difficult
lesson learned, certain amount of
nervous energy is consumed. It is
true. such consumption can be only
good in its effects, if properly limited.
1t has been shown time and again, by
indisputable proofs, that brain-work Is
heaIthful and conducive to long life.
But brain-workers, as a rule, guard
their physical health carefully and
guage their work by their individual
Capacity. The trouble with school.
work is that individual capacity is al
most wholly disregarded. In dealing
with children, especially where their
intellectual training is concerned, one
fact is apt to be forgotten-mental
depth is not always, perhaps not usual
ly. accompanied by mental euickness.
Lander says: ''Quickness is among the
lowest of the minds properties" and
'.It is easier to make an impression
upon sandthan upon marble" A
school-lesson, therefore, which could
be easily memorized by quick pupil
might be injurious to another of better
mental ability. To establish an ideal
standard for the length of fschool-lessons
would be impossible, but in all schools.
the work required should be below
rather than above the average capacity
of faithful, intelligent and ambitious
students. Very stupid or very careless
children cannot, in this connection, be
given much consideration, because the
good they obtain from school-life de-
pends more upon the lesson assigned
them. And yet it is probably ruling
idea of many school-boards and Of
some teachers, that children are shirks
naturally, and that a long and difficult
lesson is, therefore, an antidote fo9
carelessness. This is so far from true
that the other extreme is reached, and
children are made careless by discour-
agingly long and difficult lessons.
1uc cuuCdtlOu ODl1ilcu Ill LusIuy VI
our public schools is, without doubt,
superficial and snowy, wholly mad
equate to the time and money expend-
ed. But this is not universally the
case. A simplified curriculum might
or might not be a good thing. But
one thing is emphaticslly demanded,
study after school-hours should be pro-
hibited. Six or eight hours of mental
application is enough for any child.
The school-room is the place for study,
home the place for rest, relaxation and
social enjoyment. Children should en-
ter the school-room every morning
with minds fresh and vigorous, ready
TO grasp and to enjoy the facts and
ideas presented to them in their books
or by their teachers. In this way their
minds would attain healthful and
permanent growth, and if in their
school-days something which they
would be glad to know must be left
unstudied, they would be more than
compensated by more perfectly cult
waited minds and big, strong and
healthy, as well as hungry, brains.-
Nary e. CardsciW, IN Chicago Current.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
PAIRING THE HEELS.

A Pernicious Custom Which Is the Chief
Cause of Contraction of the HooE
Among the causes of contraction of
the hoof is the prevalent custom of cut
ting away the bars which ordinarily
support the heels and prevent their
approximation. This method is direct
ly operative IN producing this deform-
ity, which, in some eases, may be
considered in the light of local atrophy
diminished nutrition. Diminished
nutrition generally results from disor-
der in the digestive organs, so that
contraction of the hoof and indigestion
may coexist, although many physicians
deny the co-eXistencc of the diseases.
Contraction of this kind is not apt to
occasion lameness, because there is a
very low grade of vital action in the
parts. But contraction is now and
then the result of deep-seated disease
within the hoof-navicularthr tbs and
faminitis, for example; the animal is
then dead lame while the iafiamma-
tory diathesis lasts.
Treatment-Contrac associated
with intlammatory action of the tissues
or cartilages of the foot must be treated
III the same manner as recommended
for faminitis; in all cases endeavor to
give the frog bearing on the ground,
and in order to do this the shoe ought
to be removed. A dry, brittle and
contracted hoof may be improved by
repeated poulticing with soft soap and
rye meal, applied cold. So soon as the
hoof softens let it be dressed, night and
morning. with turpentine, linseed oil
and powdered charcoal. equal parts.
A run at grass in soft pasture, the
animal having nothing more than tips
on his feet, is the best treatment A
very popular notion exists that cow
manure has a wonderful effect on a
contracted hoof. but filth and dirt of
every kind are unfavorable to healthy
action. If any benefit belongs to such
an Objectionable application it is due
to the property it possesses of retain
ing moisture; therefore cold poultices
and water are far superior. Clay and
most earth placed in the stall for the
horse 10 stand on are far inferior To a
stuffing of wet Oakum, which can be re-
moved at pleasure. In order to keen
1t In contact with the sole insinuate
TWO strips OF wood between the so;e
ana shoe, one running lengthwise and
tne other crosswise of the foot. It af-
lords considerable pressure to the foot
Is cooling and cleanly, and is far su-
Peror to the above articles.-Chacnoo
Herald.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12

AT the funeral of County Clerk
Peachy, of Oroville, Cal, who commit
ted suicide recently, a pathetic scene
occurred. The father of Peachy, a
man gray-bearded and bent with age,
met face to face with his former wife
the mother-from whom h. had been
separated twenty-five years. The father
resides at Los Angeles and the mother
at Oakland. They have married again
and have families Their actions over
the body of their boy were sad to be-
hold. The father tenderly stroked the
hair of his son and the mother kissed
the lips. Both wept bitterly. but neither
recognized the other.-San Francisco
Chronicle.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
In. sAucY SPARROW.
A Claim That ns Nay Bs Coed for Ss0s
thing After Ala.


A Claim That He Nay Bs Geod for Ssns
thi.g After All.
It seems TO be impossible to End
out the truth about the English spar
rows and their usefulness. It is very
much the fashion to abuse them and to
deny that they have any merits at all.
Because they do quarrel among them
selves and with other birds it is thought
improbable that they war upon worms
and other pests, and yet the fact re.
mains that in great numbers they do
get a living. It must be that they live
upon the enemy. for peoples hearts
are generally hardened against them
to such degree that not many meals
are furnished to them by friends. And
in point of fact does not our own ex-
perience show us that there are fewer
of those dreadful worms about than
there were before the sparrows came?
that now we seldom see trees entirely
stripped of their foliage as once We
did? that in our gardens rose-bugs and
tent-caterpillars are fewer than they
used to be, and that even the little
green worms that eat the rose leaves
are not by any means SO numerous as
when few years ago they made rose
bed look as if it had been swept over
by fire. 1t must have been the spar
rows that did it all, for there are hardly
any other birds left near the city. In
places where once the robins jumped
about upon the vernal grass, the cat
bird called from every bush and the
wood-thrush and the orioles voice could
be often heard, none of these old
friends can now be found except at
long intervals. They are gone. and
some people say it is the sparrows who
have driven them away, by eating up
all the food, by worrying them and de-
stroying their nests and young ones.
This may be true, at least in part, but
il it not equally probable that these
native birsls, like the native wild ami
mails, would have vanished anyway
without the sparrows' aid?
The loss of our song birds 10 a very
serious loss. one which every lover of
nature feels acutely. The spar rows
are accused of being one cause of the
loss, and the passion for feather trim
mings is said to be another cause. Both
of these causes are efficient, but there
is another, which is probably quite AS
efficient as either, and which certainly
thould be taken into account, and it is
she growth of the science of ornitholo-
~. Half the children in the land are
engaged in the collection of objects of
natural history, and birds nests and
birds eggs always play leading part
in such collections. A drawer full of
eggs. with which nothing is ever done,
is generally part of every country
schoolboy's property just now. and
when it is remembered that this is 60
ing on all over the land and that there
are millions of school boys, and that
the familiar birds only inhabit the cul-
tivated parts of the country and have
no chance to make their loss good by
retiring out of sight occasionally. as
the fishes do, we need no longer Won
der if they are growing rapidly fewer.
TIE making Of orni:hological collec-
tions really ought to be discouraged
for a while-at least long enough to give
the birds chance to replenish their
numbers. rs.-IhiladeIphia Times.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12
A Freaks Observation-Disclosures.

''Oh, yes," said the tattooed woman,
"my story is sad one. You see my
father and 1 were captured by some
natives of West Africa, who threatened
to put him to death unless he tattcoed
me from head to foot. Pa could tattoo,
you know. My father was obliged to
do it. although it nearly cost me my
life"
''They tell me that some of those
New York tattooers are remarkably
proficient in this work"
''Yes; but they charge awfully for it.
Boggs made me pay $500 for my job"
lid Bits,
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12

William Aimison, of Nashville,
Tenn, the new President of the In
ternational Typographical Union, was
twice elected to the Legislature while
setting type upon Nashville paper.
He is about fifty years old. His father
was Frenchman. his mother Greek,
and he was born at Marseilles.
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12

Prof. Richard A. Proctor, the Eng
lish astronomer. has come to America
to live. His home is to be in Missouri.
He will write . systematic work on -
txon0my.-& Louis Posi-
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12

The best way to settle quarrel is
for the innocent one to take the initia-
tive and forgive tho guilty one. A
quarrel Is seldom healed in any other
Ws;. Try it-M Y Zndspe,,dent
Thomas County cat., 1886-08-12

Anybody that knows q thing be-
@ ,ore is happens is called reporter, -
was the definition written on the slate
o. an e,ght-year-old boy in Q Boston