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St. Paul daily globe., 1886-10-10

Speaking about Donaldson there is hardly
any doubt that he is one of the most clever
boxers il the country. He has also what
most of the other "fighting mugs" lack-a
business head, tact and shrewdness. In plain
words, he does not allow the business to get
the best of him, but he is the same quiet, un-
Obtrusive man that he was five years ago
when he first came to Minneapolis.
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Book Learning.

Professor Huxley says do not say
that knowledge is not an extremely good
thing; but if a man is to make a good
workman, or to do anything i'll practical
life, you must give him an education that
fits him for the conditions of life with
which he has to deal, and you will give
him an education by filling his head with
a number of intellectual distractions, or
even by giving him the largest acquaint-
ance with scientific principles. And |
think it is a profound mistake, considering
the career to which the majority of artisans
OF persons in that class of life are neces-
sarily bound, ever to take them out of the
wholesome discipline of practical contact
with the realities of life, for the mere sake
of giving to them greater or less amount
OF knowledge. A man who is inclined to
do so may always pick up knowledge
and he may do so at the same time
that he is getting his education, in
the highest sense of the word, out of his
contact with the realities of his daily life {:
but if you make a book-worm of him, if
you take him away from all that contact
with reality and turn him back afterwards
into it, he has lost touch of life have had
to do with mankind in many stations in
life and it seems to me that what is wanted
in foreman is man of energy, punctual-
ity, business habits, and power of dealing
with men, all of which things are not to
be got out of books or laboratory work.
These qualifications are tie most essential
qualifications in a foreman, and what you
want besides in such man is not book
learning, but an intelligence sufficiently
trained to be able to deal with new condi-
tons, and an amount of knowledge suffi-
Gent to enable him to know where to 90
and find more if he wants it"
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Captain Robert NJ. Lavender, of the
schooner Alice Montgomery, which arrived
at this port on Friday with cargo of ice
from Kennebec, Me-, reported an interest
ing inci2ent. He states that on the 18th of
October, four days before arriving at New
Orleans and southwark of Rebecca shoals,
in the extreme eastern portion of the Gulf
of Mexico, he passed through an extensive
tract of fish, dead and dying. As far as the
eye could reach this spectacle met the gaze
and the vessel sailed through it for twenty
miles. The fish were Of great varieties !;
and another curious feature of the phe-
nomenon was that the sea was yellowish
and streaked on the surface with yellow
scum. The supposition that these fishes
were destroyed by some sudden visitation
of an epidemic disease is scarcely reasona-
ble OF a variety of theories the most plau-
sible appears to be that which attributes
the destruction of the fishes to the breaking
out beneath the sea of volcanic matter and
poisonous gases destructive to the lives of
marine animals exposed to them. Subma-
rine volcanoes are by no means unknown.
The fact of their existence has often been
attested in disturbance of the ocean bot
tom, cases OF the sinking of coasts and
islands into the sea or of their elevation
out of it being on record. The opening Of
riffs in submarine rocks through which
poisonous sulphurous vapors are driven
into the waters above would be entirely in
accord with the rule of new volcanic ac-
tom New Orleans Picayune.
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us; and we were amazed and terrified by
| that which greeted our eyes. The gath
ering dusk was already beginning to OBJ
scure the landscape, and to give a hazy
appearance to external objects but we
could see distinctly white-robed form
| moving along the street. 1t did not walk
rather it seemed to fit noiselessly without
| effort; there was an ethereal, vapory light
ness in its motions, which would have pro-
claimed it thing of air; and yet the out
| lines of woman's figure and habit were
clearly defined, even to the facial Inca
| ments and the head-dress we could almost
detect smile playing about the features.
Slowly, silently it glided by, and descend
ing slight declivity, on whose brow the
house stood, it passed on until it came to
little church-yard in the valley then turn
ing aside it entered, foated about among
the graves fo- moment, and then van
ished.
Horror-struck, we had watched this
strange apparition from the window; no
one could speak from very fear and won
der. At length the mother shrieked, Nv
daughter my daughterr and tainted in
my arms. She had recognized the phan-
tom of the bridge. and seen again in its
dress, form and look the image of her
daughter. Fortunately the young lady in
question was not a witness of this strange
scene. Just before the appearance of the
specter, she had gone upstairs to find a
picture which she wished TO show me.
and was still engaged in her search when
the cry of her mother brought her hastily
back to the room. We had the presence of
mind TO conceal from her the cause of this
disturbance. We gave her plausible ex-
cuse for her mothers fainting, and she was
satisfied. But our secret worried us all,
and We awaited sorrowfully. and with fear
ful apprehensions. the course which events
might take. We felt that we had been
warned ola coming death
" In few weeks from that time we no.
ticed the beginning of the change which
would bring inevitably the dreaded result
The flower, once so roseate and blooming
showed signs of coming waste and decay
its brightness gradually vanished. Through
the long sultry summer months she lived,
the light and agile step faltering
by degrees, the clear and ringing
voice growing weak and tremulous
sometimes in the morning the pict-
ure of health, in the afternoon showing
in her hectic cheek and clear eye coun-
tenance SO beautifully angelic, and yet SO
deathllke. Often OF eventide she was
seen at her chamber window, which over
looked splendid panorama of mountain.
bill and valley, sitting and watching the
sunset clouds as they builded of them
selves gilded palaces of beauty in the |
western sky, while she sang in plaintive
accents sweet'hymns Of praise, or in trem-
ulous tones some happy, long-forgotten |
air of childhood, until at last like the |
convent bell among the lonely mountains, |
which startles the quiet of closing day with |
its vespers' chime, the bell of that little |
village sent pang through many hearts as
it tolled out its nineteen mutfied strokes, |
and proclaimed a life ended 1.-THE States
man
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FOREST INFLUENCE ON CLIMATE.-In a
paper read before the Royal Meteorological
Society of London DR.. Woeikof stated that
the first steps towards scientific investi-
CATION of the influence of forests upon eli
mate was taken by the establishment of the
Bavarian forest meteorological stations
This example was followed by Germany,
France, Switzerland Italy and other coun-
tries. In general, it has been found that
during the warmer season the air and earth
Temperatures are lower in the forest than
in neighboring woodless places; that their
variations are less and that the relative hui
nudity is greater. A discussion of this
question shows that in the western portion
of the Old World extensive forests mate
rally influence the temperature of neigh
boring localities, and that the normal in
crease of temperature from the Atlantic
ocean to the interior of the continent is not
only interrupted by their agency, but they
cause the summer to be cooler in regions
situated further in the interior than those
nearer the sea. Hence, forests exert an in
fuence on climate which does not cease at
their borders, but is felt over a greater or
less district, according to the size, kind and
positions of the forests. 1t follows from
this that man may considerably affect the
climate by clearing forests IN one place and
planting others in another.
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OR YOUNG FOLKS.



Each day. bowling toward her politely,
He woOed her with passion Intense
Reproving his little pet poodle
That barked at her cat through the fence
I've question to ask, he once murmured-
Will you be, little woman, my wife?
WITH none but my poodle to love me
I'm leading too lonely life."
And her round. dimpled cheeks were like
roses
Although adore you," said she,
never can marry you-neyer
Your dog and my cat won't agree"
" 1t is true" he said, stroking his poodle.
But then I've been thinking of that
You needn't distress yourself, darling
For you can get rid of your cat"
What Part with my dear little SNOWFALL
never could do it !" she said
You're cruel to ask it. when you, love-
Can give up your poodle instesd."
But he knows how TO carry a basket"
He said. with quivering lip;
And he'll jump through hoop, and-I love
him
Icouldn't dispense with poor Gypl"
-" Then you see how it is. dear ?" she nodded.
. see," he replied, it is Fate -
And until they make up, dear" she added
" The best thing, I'm sure, is to wait"
So each day, bowling toward her politely
He wooes her, with passion intense,
Reproving his little pet poodle,
That barks at her cat through the fence
LIST. Nicholas
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washinpton,s Rules of Conduct.

One of George Washington's early COPY
books contains list of hundred and ten
Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in
Company and Conversation" Here are a
few of them:
Every action in company ought to be
with some sign of respect to those present.
When you meet with one of greater
quality than yourself, stop and retire, es
pecially il it be at a door or any strait
place, to give way for him to pass.
They that are in dignity or in Office have
in all places presidency; but whilst they
are young. they ought to respect those that
are their equals in birth or other qualities
though they have no public charge.
Strive not with your superiors in argu-
ment, but always submit your Judgment
to others with modesty.
Be not hasty to believe flying reports to
the disparagement of any.
Take all admonitions thankfully, in
what time or place soever given; but after
wards, not being cUipable, take a time or
place convenient to let him know it that
gave them.
Think before you speak pronounce not
imperfectly, nor bring out your words too
hastily, but orderly and distinctly.
Speak net evil of the absent, for it is I'M
just.
Make no show of taking great delight in
your victuals feed not with greediness cut
your bread with knife: lean not on the
table; neither find fault with what you eat
Be not angry at the table, whatever hap
pens, and if you have reason to be so, show
it not; put on a cheerful counienance es-
pecially if there be strangers, for good he
NOR makes one dish of meat feast
Let your recreations be manful, not sin
full
Labor to keep alive in your breast that
little spark of celestial fire called con-
science.
These are not unwise rules; they touch
on things great and small. The difficulty
with most boys would be to follow hun
drcd and ten of them. They serve, how
ever, 10 show what was the standard of
good manners and morals among those
who had the training of George Washing
ton.-[St. Nicholas for February.
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FISH Our OF WATER.-Grant Allen re-
marks that the helplessness and awkward
ness of fish out of water have been much
exaggerated by the thoughtless generaliza-
ton OF unscientific humanity While
most fish may prefer the water many of
them cut better figure on dry land than
most OF their critics themselves would cut
in mid-ocean. There are fish that wriggle
across country intrepidly with the dexter
ity and agility of the most accomplished
snakes; fish that walk about on open sand
banks, semi-erect on two legs, as easily as
lizards; fish that hop and skip on tail and
fins in a manner that the celebrated
jumping-frog himself might envy; and fish
that fly through the air with a grace and
swiftness that would put to shame hosts of
their feathered competitors. There are
even fish, like some kinds of cells and the
African mud-tish that scarcely live in the
water at all, but merely frequent wet and
marshy places, where they lie snugly in
the soft ooze and damp earth that line the
bottom.
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CONCERNING Corset, and Cbemises.

Most underwear nowadays is bought
ready made. Whether well or ill-made,
the outlines of undergarments, no matter
what the quality of the materials or price
of the articles, are similar. Wealthy and
poor wear alike knit drawers and vests, by
which is understood long sacque, long or
short-sleeved, high or low-necked chem
ises. sometimes. but not invariably, corsets
and covers; petticoats or short petticoats,
muslin drawers, long skirts and bustles,
all of the same shape. Twenty-Five years
ago knit flannel or silk undergarments were
not the invariable wear, but chemises
were. The chemise of 1860 was a long,
full straight garment. set on a band or
lownecked yoke, had full, short sleeves
and all the fullness of the skirt, which was
not always gored, was permitted to add to
the size of the waist or body, crushed I'M
der the too often tightly-laced corset. Now
chemises are not always part OF lady's
underwear. The corset. soft, yielding
garment, stiffened with cords and coarline
not whalebone all around, as formerly, is
worn over the knit vest and woolin winter
or silk or fine cotton or gauze flannel in
summer, and the corset-cover, shaped pre-
cisely like the lining of saque waist, but
sleeveless, and made oftener high than low
in the neck, takes the place of the chemise.
When chemise is worn it is long, sleeve
less garment outlining the form but loose
ly, and is made, in most cases. extraya-
gantly ornate around the bosom and shout
ders with lace, Hamburg embroidery, tucks
and puffs. The French chemises are simply
embroidered all over the bosom and Shout
der-straps. and frequently fine narrow rib
bon is run in the open-work that edges the
neck and armholes. Bows of wider ribbon
adorn the top of the shoulder-strap. The
skirt is not gored, but falls full to below
the knees, where it is sometimes tucked,
ruffled and lace-edged. 1t looks very
much like the short petticoat which
is worn invariably either with or
without the chemise. But the sensible,
comfort-loving, outdoor exercise loving
women wear the corset-cover only and the
short petticoat, then a hustle and
long skirt, or a hustle skirt
and long skirt over these. In winter a
flannel skirt is worn over the petticoat or
chemise. The drawers worn over the knit
underwear are made full and loose in the
leg as well as around the hips, and
reach Just below the knee. In most
cases they are trimmed handsomely with
tucks, embroidery, rufiles or lace, and fire.
quently all of these trimmings are COM
bined and varied ia the artistic manner
that trimmings and needlework are ham
died at present.-[New York Sun.
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Lincoln and Grant.

In General Grants descriptive account of
Preparing for the Wilderness Campaign, u
in the February Century, occurs this ac-
count of his first interview with Lincoln.
which is followed by a fac-simile letter
from the President, written within a short
time afterward, and of great interest as
showing his confidence in the General-in-
Chief: In my first interview with Mr..
Lincoln alone he stated to me that he had
never professed to be military man or to
know how campaigns should be conducted
and never wanted to interfere in them ;
but that procrastination on the part of
commanders and the pressure from the
people at the North and Congress, which
was always with him, forced him into issu-
ing his series of Military Orders'-one.
two, three etc. He did not know but they
were all wrong and did not know that
some of them were. All he wanted. or
had ever wanted, was some one who would
take the responsibility and act, and call on
him for all the assistance needed, pledging
himself to use all the power of the Govern
ment in rendering such assistance. Assur-
ing him that would do the best could
with the means at hand, and avoid as far
as possible annoying him or the War De-
partment, our first interview ended.
The Secretary of War | had met once
before only, but felt that l knew him bet
ter. While commanding in West Tennes-
see We had occasionally held conversations
over the wires at night, when they were
not being otherwise used. He and General
Halleck both cautioned me against giving
the Pr, sident my plans of campaign, say
ing that be was so kind-hearted, so averse
from refusing anything asked of him, that
some friend would be sure to get from him
all he knew. | should have said that in
our interview the President told me that
he did not want to know what proposed
to do. But he submitted plan of cam
paign OF his own which he wanted me to
hear and then do as i pleased about. He
brought out map of Virginia on which
he had evidently marked every position
occupied by the Federal and Confederate
armies up to that time. He pointed out
on the map two streams which empty into
the Potomac, and suggested that the army
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SMALL WAIsrs.-The Philadelphia Press
shows in few words the costly sacrifice of
health and strength paid by women who
insist upon having small waists Women
must excel in order to be successful. Ex-
cellence implies strengthened spasmodic,
nervous strength, which makes an effort
once in while under extraordinary press
ure, but the strength which can turn off
daily work without excessive iatigue-the
strength which leaves the eye still bright
and the step elastic after long day behind
the counter, over the sewing machine, at
the desk, at the easel, in the kitchen, in
the schopl-room. Such strength as this
does not go with small waist From the
nature of things it can neyer-unless, as it
has been pointed out, in exceptional cases
be found in women with small waists.
Strong back and abdominal muscles
muscles that can do their work without the
deadly props of steel and whalebone now
SO universally worn-a large digestive ca
pacity, rapid and utterly unobstructed
How of the blood in the veins and the ar
terles-these are some of the requirements
OF health and strength. And these things
take up room.
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OUTWARD BOUND.

i sit and watch the ships go out
Across the widening sea
How one by one in shimmering sun,
They sail away from me-
know not TO what land they sail,
Nor what the freight may bear,
/ only know they outward go.
While all the winds are fair.
Beyond the low horizon line
Where my short sight must fail.
Some other eyes watch viii keep,
Where'er the ships may sail
By night, by day, or near, or far,
Ger narrow seas or wide.
These follow still, at loves sweet will,
Whatever may betide.
So round the world the ships will sail,
To dreary lands or fair:
50 with them go, for veal or woe,
Some dear ones everywhere.
How viii there speed each tagging
When homeward it is laid
Or watch will keep DER surges deep,
If there grave be made
o human love, so tried, so true.
That knows nor mete nor bound,
But follows with unwearied watch
Our daily changing round
. Love divine, o Love supreme,
What matter where sail.
so ] know, where'r go,
Thy watch will never fail
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might be moved on boats and landed be-
tween the mouths of these streams We
would then have the Potomac to bring our
supplies, and the tributaries would protect
our tanks while we moved out. l listened
respectfully, bat did not suggest that the
same streams would protect Lees TANKS
while he was shutting us up. / did not
communicate my plans to the President,
nor did ! to the Secretary of War, or to
General Halleck.r
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Being entirely vegetable, no particular
care is required while using DR.. Pierce S
Pleasant Purgative Pellets" They OPP
crate without disturbance to the constitu-
ton, diet or occupation. For sick head
ache, constipation, impure blood, dizziness,
sour eructations from the stomach, bad
taste in mouth, bilious attacks, pain in re-
gion of kidneys, internal fever, bloated
feeling about stomach, rush of blood to
head, take Dr.. Pierces pellets" BY
druggists.
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ANGosTuRA BIrTERs, the world-renowned
appetizer and invigorator, imparts deli
cious flavor to all drinks, and cures dyspep-
STA, diarrhea, fever and ague. Try it, but
beware of counterfeits. Ask your grocer
or your druggist for the genuine Angos-
tura, manufactured by DR.. J. G. B. Siegert
& Sons.
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WE do not sound needless alarm when
we tell you that the faint of scrofula is in
your blood. Inherited or acquired, it is
there, and Ayers Sarsaparilla alone will
effectuallv eradicate it.
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Contagious.

I am a native OF England and while was
in that country | contracted terrible blood
poison. and for two years was under treatment
as an outdoor patient at Nottingham Hospital
England, bnt was not cured. | suffered the
most agonizing pains in my bones, and was
covered with sores all over my body and limbs
FINELY l completely lost all hope in that
country, and sailed for America and was
treated at Roosevelt in this city, as well as by
prominent physician in New York having no
connection with the hospitals
l saw the advertisement of Swift's Specific.
and determined TO give it a trial. took six
bottles, aud can say with great joy that they
have cured me entirely. 1 am as sound and
well as ever was in my life.
L. FRED. HALFORD.
New York City. June r. 1885.
In March of last year QSS4) I contracted
blood poison, and being in Savannah Ga, at
the time, l went into the hospital there for
treatment. | suffered very much from rheu-
matism at the same time. l did not get well
under the treatment there, nor was cured by
any of the usual means. / have now taken
seven bottles of Swift's Specific, and am sound
and well. II drove the poison out through bois
Oh the skin. DAN LEAHY.
Jersey City, n. j., Aug. :, 1855.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed
free.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drawer 8, Atlanta,
Ga; New York. Isl W. 23d st. fe5-1y&wly
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There were no cattle lost through expos
ure or want of food in Arizona during the
recent storms,
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The Irish Parliamentary fund in New
York has reached $4S 900.
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ACHING limbs and teeth are relieved by
rubbing with St Jacobs Oh. Fifty cents
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CHEESEMAN'S Specific Mixture.

With this remedy persons can cure themselves
without the least exposure, change of diet or
change in application TO business The medi-
cine contains nothing that is of the least injury
to the constitution. Ask your druggist for it.
Prce, u bottle. NJ lyTuS