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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
A CHILD's PATCH DIRK MAT
When Done it's Pretty. and Refor,
Done 1t Busies Her Mind and Fin

When Done it's Pretty. and Before
Done 1t Busies Her Mind and Fin.
gers.
Home Decoration.
This may be done by very small child,
and will afford her much amusement. be-
sides employing her usefully and giving her
a sense of her own Importance. The work
should be arranged for her and kept in
drawer or box, as the scraps make a litter
III tidily kept room. A ball of not too
coarse Irvine is first required, and large
eyed needle, which will allow the Irvine to
be passed easily through its eye.
Scraps OF muslin, flannel, silk, ETC., are
cut In pieces about an inch square. They
should not be any larger, as they make the
work clumsy; but the shape is a matter
OF consequence. They may be round, square
or Irregular. If the needle and Irvine are
large and coarse, it is as we'll to cut with
the scissors small hole through the center
OF each piece, so that the needle NAV pass
easily through it. The work is now pre-
pared 1or the little fingers, and all they
nave 10 90 Is TO pick up the small bits OF
cotton, etc., and thread them on their ball
OF tWlne. In the course of time this comes
to look like rope made Of odds and ends
with unraveled edges. 1t can be made very
pretty by separating colors and setting
on the different ones together When
about fout four yards of the rope have been
covered in this way. the work Of making it
into mat should be given into older and
more experienced hands. One end of the
rope must be turned back and well fastened
by sewing 1t with linen thread into the
shape desired. The rope is then turned
round and round the center, sewing it
firmly until the desired size has been
reached, when the sewing is finished and
the end of the rope neatly joined and sewed
down. The mat should be laid on large
surface and sheared with large pair of
shears. The end of the rope should all be
clipped down close to the Irvine. The mat
will then look even and like an ordinary
rug, and if the scraps are pressed very
close together on the Irvine. and all is
sewed firmly together, soft, thick mat will
be the result.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
THE REYOLT sPREADING

The reader of the extracts from the state
press, published in yesterdays GLOBE,
need not be told that the revolt from the
Republican party because Of the character
of the nominations it has made for the va
rious state offices, is growing very rapidly.
1t is in fact. assuming the proportions of a
stampede The day has gone by when
voters. and particularly the voters who
breathe the liberty-impregnated atmosphere
of the Northwest, are dumb driven cattle,
to be done with as their self-delegated mas
tiers chose. They have become men who
think for themselves, who know how to
vote without dictatiOn, and to whom indie
pendence is something more than name.
The voters of the Republican party find in
the present campaign reason enough for as
serting their independent spirit. They
have learned by long suffering something
about ring methods, which have for so long
controlled this state, and their desire
for better order of things is str onger
than their fealty to party so little deserv-
ing of allegiance. Every day the detection
increases. Many of the state papers. hith-
erto pronounced in their Republicanism, in
the face of the barefaced presentation of a
candidate for governor who is VIGOROUSLY
the tool of self-seeking politicians, are ex
tremelY lukewarm in the support of the
ticket; others which see in it direct blow
at the farmers through the manipulations
of the wheat ring, speak right out in meet
ing and declare that such candidates should
meet at the polls with the rebuke they de-
serve. Such an exhibition of sturdy indie
pendence and common sense reasoning is
gratifying in the extreme, for it argues
that the people in general throughout the
state are awakening to a realization of their
true interests, and that they will Indicate
it on the I'd of November by rolling up a
good working majority for Next Governor
As1Es and the excellent ticket he heads.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
The sea-serpent to the FORE.

New York Tribune.
The evidence that the sea-serpent not
only exists, but is actually sin our midst"
so to speak, is increasing. If our esteemed
illustrated contemporaries are wise in their
day and generation they will get their cuts
of the sea-serpent in readiness for use at a
moments notice. No one knOweth what
day may bring forth, but public expecta-
tion is all agog, especially in the New Eng
land quarter of the universe, and it is con-
fidently expected that the next hour, or the
next day, or the next week will bring forth
that long expected of many centuries-the
mysterious serpent which maketh his home
in the unknown recesses of the vastly deep.
1t needs no argument to prove that his
serpentship is of the modest not to say re-
firing. disposition. His lack of the nine
teenth century quality known as ''cheekp
is greatly to his credit. Indeed. it may be
said that modesty has marked him for his
own. He courts seclusion, never reads the
newspapers, and is not at all worried by
the attempts that are made from time to
time to obtrude upon his privacy. When
it is alleged by a profane and babbling
generation that he may be only collection
of seaweed or school OF porgies. or even a
grampus. he goes on his way calm and I'M
disturbed, and does not consider it worth
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
THE OF l.. CONVENTION.

To-day the general convention of the
Knights of Labor will meet in Richmond.
While there is no question of vital interest
at present agitating the order, various
questions of great importance will be con-
sidered by it, and the convention will there
fore be notable one. The constitution
NAV be amended in several important par
ticulars, and it is to be hoped that the
spirit of conservatism will actuate the con-
yention to such an extent that the revision
will not commit the order to anything
which might cause it to lose any of the pop
ular sympathy which it now holds. Grand
Master Workman PowDERLY will preside,
and his utterances IN the past give rise to
the belief that if his wise cOunSels prevail
the order will still further commend itself
to public opinion by its action in the
present convention. The Minnesota dele
CATION go to the convention as unit in Mr..
PoWDERLY's support, and will doubtless
have the satisfaction of seeing the man
whom they favor, and whom the whole
country respects retained in his deserved
prominence. But the Minnesota delegates
are also charged with another duty. They
are expected to do all in their power to in
duce the holding of the next general con-
vention in the Northwest. and will not be
found neglectful of the trust Whether
Minneapolis or st. Paul should be chosen
as the place of meeting, the delegates can
assure the convention that very warm
welcome would await them in the North
west, and that no regret would attend their
| choice.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
WHEAT AND SILVER.

We publish, this morning, q letter from
| MoREToN FREwEN on the subject of the
effect of the present low price of silver on
the price of wheat. 1t is unfortunate that
public opinion in this country and Europe
| has not been attracted in larger measure
to the practical importance of the currency
question and the effect of the influence OF
cheap silver in diminishing both the value
and volume of our export trades. Hitherto
the field of the silver question has been
rather looked upon as happy hunting
ground for professors and politicians, but
it is quite time that our farmers and the
business classes of the community which are
dependent on the prosperity of agriculture,
should recognize that the artificial cheap
ness of silver is depriying this country of
the control of the export trade to Europe
of wheat and -four, and is handing over the
entire profit of the wheat trade to the great
Asiatic dependency of the English crown.
Whether as Mr.. FREwRN writes, the cur
rency Juggling at Washington and in
Europe, which has been followed by a re-
suit SO disastrous, is political crime, or
whether it is only a blunder of the first
magnitude is of little importance to the
sorely tried producer: but what is now
necessary is that we should undo without
delay the harm that has been DONE and re-
store silver. as speedily as possible, to its
historic relation as the equal yOke-feIlow
with gold. If the price of beef fell very
considerably we should hardly de-
eide that the best way to re-
store its price was to prohibit its
consumption as food; and yet this
is the attitude taken in this country and
elsewhere by those who are responsible for
the monetary arrangements of the world.
Silver relatively to gold is becoming cheap;
therefore, instead of encouraging its con-
sumption at the minis, we are to forbid our
minis to coin it at all! 1t is not in this way
that the money metal of nearly three-Quar-
tiers of the whole human race can be re-
stored to its value and its position. This
must be effected by those countries which
are the greatest sufferers by its deprecia-
ton. buying the metal and minting it freely.
As silver falls in price. so does wheat, cot
ton and corn. We are the worlds principal
producer of silver, wheat cotton and corn.
1t is, therefore, incumbent upon us, by in
ternatiOnaI arrangement if possible, but
alone if necessary, to give silver such EN-
ployment in our currency that its price may
rise steadily, and with it the prices of those
exports, wheat. cotton and corn, which we
sell to Europe. Our past policy has been
to make silver cheaper aud still cheaper in
the London market and the Asiatic pro-
ducer has come in quest of that cheap silver,
and thus our own action has been our I'M
doing. We have now learned lesson.
however costly the process of education may
have been, and it only remains for US to
reverse our past policy and secure that
silver shall be dear in London and not
cheap, and this can be best effected either
by free coinage or by coinage upon so con-
siderable a scale as to raise the price of
silver bullion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04

and so you are drawing from Europe less and
less of the vel ow metal. Now, If / am cor
rect in my deduction, here is Americas best
weapon: Give by Increased coinage an-
creased support to silver for the stimulus
higher rate of Eastern exchange will secure
to your export trades, the more raw cotton
and breadstufrs you export the more gold you
will import. II England has hitherto been
able with difficulty to meet your steady drain
upon her gold stocks (and M. DeLaveleye
shows that she has lost One-hfth OF all her
gold in eight years., large additional de-
mand on your part will bring her to her knees
and will force her to take the initiative In
that system of international bi-metalism
which the Tribune rightly considers so essen
tia to the continued progress of the world.
1t admits of no doubt, and the point was
made very clear to the royal commission by
Mr.. Palgrave, Sir Louis Maet, Mr.. Greenfield,
Mr.. Tidman aid others, that the present fall
In the price OF silver is ruinous to the farmer
of England and the United States by stimu-
lating the growth OF wheat in Asia at the
expense Of the Anglo-Saxon producers the
Indian cannot afford to sell wheat In Europe
for less than ~ rupees per quarter; now
with silver at 80 pence per ounce and wheat
at present (gold) prices, the Indian could only
get II rupees in London, instead of as no W 20
rupees. And it seems to me political crime
for which this country can find no para llel
that currency Juggling at Washington and in
Europe should have SO depressed the price of
silver that the wheat area of Minnesota and
Dakota has been contracted and the pros
perity Of your farmers seriously checked in
order to expand the area of it's growth in
Dude and the Punjaub. Forty millions of
bushels which formerly went to Europe from
the United States, besides immense quantities
of cotton maize and other staples are now,
owinS to your silver legislation, imported from
India instead. Forty millions of bushelsl
Nearly forty millions of dollars, at least thirty
millions of which, in one form or another,
would be going into the pocket of the Ameri-
can workingman, but which is being snatched
from him to be given to the Hindoo and the
Chinaman. Surely here are 100000 good
reasons why you should support the price of
silver by increased coinage.
This is the silver question Of to-day. Let
your farmers and your workingmen look toit.
Yours faithfully. MoRETON FREWEN.
Portland, Or, Sept. %. 1855.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
MIDST THE MADDING THRONG.

'Isn't this pretty warm day for you to be
wearing that long and heavy overcoat?" asked
a young man of his friend whom he met on
the street attired in his winter outer garment.
81 feel very comfortable" replied the
friend, as he wiped the perspiration from his
brow.
You don't look it. Wouldn't you be more
comfortable if you took it OFF,"
mo Stree; wouldn't. You see met with
little accident that has destroyed the out
ward appearance of these trousers. 1t wouldn't
be seen if / sat down all the time, but have
to move about so this overcoat comes in
handy. Ny other trousers2 Oh, they are at
the tailor's."
~
SIT never could have happened in this
growing Northwest" said one Dakota man to
another.
"What couldn't have happened here?" in
quired his friend.
such shooting affair as took place at
Paris, Tex. One man shot another because
he wouldn't play poker with him."
"Served him right. When fellow gets so
he don't know a good thing when he sees it,
it's time for him to die. What time does the
game begin this afteruoon?"
~
"Order in the courtP' exclaimed the Judge
of a Montana circuit, as he observed the &C.
cupants of the room leave their seats and
crowd around the windows.
1--WE must have ORDER" he continued. "Mr.
Sheriff, see that order is maintained. There
must be less confusion or will order the
room cleared"
THE yaller one is getting away with the
other,'' remarked one of the men at the win
dow.
whats the excitement?" asked the judge.
"a dog fight, your honor, replied lawyer,
as he got up on a chair to look out of the
| window.
..Mr. Sheriff." said the court, as he moved
down from his seat in the direction of the
crowd, adjourn court right off,"
THE ONLOOKER.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
A RAD START.

II must be discOuraging to Mr.. MCGILL'S
friends and hackers TO see him start into
the campaign on the defensiv And tneh
he does il in such a sickly sort OF way,
TOO. by Slipping off down to the quiet re-
treat of st. Peter. hiring brass band and
ooing ND the street to a hall, where the
Good peonle of the town had cOngregated
ont OF curiosity to see what was going on
and then to shoot off three-minute speech,
the substance of which was denial that
he was a candidate for the wheat ring, and
if old BILL JONES was alive he would be
able TO prove If. The proper time for MI.
NTCGIIL to have made this denial was at
the Republican state convention, when
the PIILsBURYs and the LANGDoNs
and the FLETCHERs were looking
him SQUARE in the eyes. 1t he
had made the denial under such cireum-
stances it would have demonstrated that
Mr.. NCGILL was man Of good deal OF
nerve. But he didn't have the nerve to do
such a daredevil act. and consequently it
was not done. Singularly enough, MI.
NIcG1IL seems to be afflicted with absent
mlQQpQueSS. Il SUIT VI lOl SCbhttiiiS0o "A'~"
is a very common complaint this season
among the members Of the wheat ring.
When he gets to counting up on his fingers
he can't for the life of him recall but three
miI!ers who were supporting him. To an
ordinary observer who looked in upon the
proceedings of the Republican state con-
vention it might have have been mistaken for
q milIers' convention. MillerS were as thick
as fddlers are said to be in the dOminionS OF
Pluto. and they were all in some shape or
other playing on MCGILL strings. An
omen ballot would have disclosed the stand
ing of the delegate millerS but MCGILL' 5
friends. who were in control of the conven-
ton. would not permit it. A secret ballot
was Dart of the wheat ring scheme to
nominate MCGILL. and it was carried out
under the lash of the boss whip. In fact
the whole scheme was intended to be kept
secret. and it is not surprising to hear Mr..
MCGIIL express surprise that it should
have been sprung so early in the canvass
There are a good many surprises yet I'D
store for the timid candidate of the Millers
association, and he will need some nerve
stimulantS before the racket Is over.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
A Sailors Vile.
New Orleans Picayune.

New Orleans Picayune.
Captaid Wallace's niece. young English
girl, married sea captain and went in his
sailing vessel with her husband, visiting
many countries with him. On her tlrsl
trip. when she was yet a young bride, there
was mutiny, and her husband was
wounded or knocked senseiess in his cabin.
The sailors were about to spring down the
cOmpanionway into the cabin, when the
young woman barred the door. pistol il
hand, and promised to shoot the first mai
who moved toward her. She held them
thus at bay till wrath burned out and the
mutiny was at an end. On the next voyage
they were shipwrecked, and this brave
hearted girl, with her young baby. was
lashed in the rigging, and remained there
for several days before they were rescued
They had nothing to eat and the mothers
natural food for the child was exhausted
By some means can OF meat was tished w
from the ship, and the child fed on this I'M
til it was all gone and the little one was
about to starve. But the mother put hel
teeth into her hand. between the thumb
and forehnger, and bit cash in her OWL
flesh, from which the blood flowed. The
child sucked this, and that nigh. the al.
most dying crew and the brave sailor wifi
were rescued.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
A STRONG oUARTETTE.

Minnesota Democrats will be proud of
their delegation in the next congress.
With such men as WILSON, MACDONALD,
RICE and BULLS to represent the state in
the national council, Minnesota is going to
take front seat. They are all men of
ability, honest convictions and dignity of
character. There is not monopoly tool
among them, and that is something that
cannot be said of any other Minnesota dele
CATION for great many years back. The
people are going to get chance, and the
welfare of the state will be looked after
when this strong Democratic Quartette gets
down to Washington.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
A Remarkable Memory.

San Francisco Post.
An Eastern clergyman who is visiting
California for the improvement of his ply
steal and spiritual health. was introduced
the other evening to prominent actor.
I'VE have met before, and under happy
circumstances, said the smiling preacher.
'lndeed!" murmured the actor, with no
recognition in his glance.
Yes, sir; | married you, and have
watched your career ever since with inter
est and pleasure. Yes. sir: married you"
ut may be so, it may be So" said the
genius, thoughtfully. when was it?"
why, in 1869. of course" replied the
man of God, greatly astonished
land whereof
''BordentoWn, n. j."
Can you recall the lady's name?"
Certainly. 1t was"
''Ah, yes, yes; now [ do remember the
circumstance. What memory you must
have, sirI In 1869, was it? What mem
ory."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04

Has Larger Circulation than thar
Of Any Other Newspaper Prin'e"
Northwest of Chic2 O.and il is stead
lily and Rapidly Increasing. Keeping
Pace with the Growth of the Great
Citv of which the GLOBE is Admit
tedIy the Journalistic Representa-
tive.
Itssthe Rest Advertising Medium
for Those who Desire 10 Reach All
Glasses Of Newspaper Readers in the
Great Northwest. and Especially III
minnesota and Dakota.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
To Suburban Residents.

New YOrk Times.
Get on good railroad that runs fire.
Quent trains.
Get your house near the station,
whether you buy or rent.
Get rid of all notions about farming.
"Get an acre of land if you can afford it,
but no more
Get a small house at first 1t is more
pleasant to go up than come down.
Get near good schools, churches and
stores.
Get over any desire you may have ia
'paralize the natives with your wealth and
style;' you can't do it; they are jusl as used
to nice things as yoS are.
Get drain in your house, a furnace in
your cellar. and tank in the attic"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
Contrast the TWO.


LIE Sueur Sentinel.
The Republican candidate for governor
shows a marked contrast with the Democratic
candidate. McGill wears heavy mustache
which he carefully colors and wakes every
day. in regular dude fashion. Ames presents
a rough and rea dy appearance, as man OF
the people, every day the same big-hearted
friend OF the iowly, and is hated by the aris-
tocrats who shrink from shaking the hand of
toll. McGii lives the easy life OF a leunger
at the state capitol, drawing regular salary
from tre peoples taxes. Ames is very busy
and i've in relieving the sick and wounded,
with without pay, and 10 overseeing the
affairs Oh great city, and earns his own
living.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
A Terrible Storm i'm barbados in
1850.

Hartford Courant.
The recent blow in Texas, which has
been so destructive, is not by any means
without precedent. In opening an old file
of the Courant. the following was found
under date of New York, Dec. 9. 1880:
Extract from Letter from st. Kits by the
Minerva.
On the 10th of October, about 10 p. M,
came on to blow tempest until a. m. on
the 18th. Barbados is laid smooth! No
vessel, house, sugarwork. tree or winged
fowl left ON the island. About 5000 souls
persisted
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
An Arkansas Verdict.

I1d-BltS.
Arkansas Coroner-Well, gentlemen, II
has been proved that the stomach of tha
deceased contained about two quarts Of
pure turpentne. What shall the verdict
be? Remember he was hard drinker.
Foreman latter consultation coroner,
we don't see any other than the usual ver-
dict, that the deceased came to his death
through natural causes.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
Diplomatic Peddiilag.

st. Louis Whip.
Colonel Bowser met jerks the other
day and asked him what he was doing for
living.
Selling a deodorizing powder"
floors"
Il know; now I'm going round to the
same houses selling this disinfectant to get
smell of the insect-powder out of the house.
Next week I'll loom up with mixture to
drive away the smell of the disinfectant."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04

sun for farmer or a laboring man to vote
the Republican ticket The Democratic
party is the only tarlf-reform party in this
country, and the only way to accomplish
tariff reform is to send Democrats to con-
gress. There can no longer be any misun-
derstandlng in the minds of the people
about this matter.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-10-04
BulI.Dog Ants ina Surgery.

Jacksonvi1le Times.
A citizen of Valrosia, Fla, wants to send
some of the big red ants of that region,
called bulldog" ants, to surgeons for use
in fastening wounds of the intestines. He
says that if the edges of two pieces of soft
paper are held together and bulldog ant
held so that he will clutch both sides, and
his head be then quickly twisted off, the
ant becomes fixture in that position. He
says that the Spanish surgeons use the bull
dog ants as sutures in that way.