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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
Through a Trap Door.

Special 20 the Globe
ST. CLOUD, Oct. 27.-John johnson,
aged seventy-fye years, fell through a
trap door into the cellar last night, and
was so badly injured that he cannot
survive.
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Bragg In Good Health.

Special TO the Clone.
MILWAUKEE, Wis.,, Oct. 27.-Gen.
Bragg. minister of Mexico. passed
through here last night on bis way
home. His health has improved.
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Probibs Choose a Ticket.

Special to the Globe.
ASHLAND, Wis, Oct 27.-The Prohi-
bition convention held tonight nemi-
mated full county ticket.
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The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
The Indian and the Te,cn,,one.

In Il small town close to an Indian reserva-
ton, one Of the doctors has his office con
nect.ai with his house by telephone y
.,r"at many Indians are in town almost ever
day, ;iin! it takes considerable now to aston.
ish them as theyar very observant and have
good memories.
All important chief named Bob Tail Grow
was i'll town short time ago on some busi-
ness. As he could not talk English an inter
prefer was needed None coul. be found
Finally some one suggested that Charlie
Bla2k the doctors stelson, could talk Grow
de was down at the house. but the office be-
ing handy the telephone was called into
'eInisition. Charlie, who was acquainted
with this particular Indian, was notified of
What was wanted. The instrument was
placed in tie Indians hands and he was in
structed how to hold it. On placing it to his
.aI, he was greeted with a question in t.is
own language. CONSERVATION and astoush.
mcnt were depicted on his countcnance He
asked who it was. On being told that it was
Charlie Blank. he raised his hand carefully.
examined the traEsmitter end everything
connected with it, and then Lurs, cut with,
Show Charlie, he talk. talk. talk me no see
him. Show Charlie On being shown
from the window where the house was and
the wire stretched from pole to pole. his as
Constituent knew no bounds He could only
calculate Ugh" and left The office fully
convinced that the spirits had something to
do with II. His respect for the white ,nan is
increased and he never tires OF telling his
fellow red men about the talking IRON as
they call it-Detroit Free Press.
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
Endurance Of the Persian "y,,,,o. ..

The Persian horse enjoyed prc-cmincnt
reputation in ancient times, and the poets
and historians both native and Greek have
loudly praised his fine build and fiery spirit.
But today the Persian horse is poor, much
abused creature, of ungainly shape, knohbv
head pot l.llic'l, and rough of coat. The
natives call him "yaboo," meaning honcly
Old critter.
Thcanount of work in these animals is
simply astounding For instance, in going
from Icheran to Rcsht N distance of .aIs
miles,, used clnplar rosn horses. the scrub
aud iag OF the yal,oo race Taiin. one at
y sa,aLa, poor little fellow that had done
already what would be thought to he n good
day work in other countries, he made the
twenty three miles to the station on top of
tine khnrzan mountain $4,000 feet bsh),
over rough and rocky path, up and down,
up aud down, after climbing on steep noun
tain sides and down monstrols dccivities, in
three and one. half hours Next morning up
at I o'clock after n luxurious breakfast of
straw and a little barley, the plucky little
beast carried ne an even forty miles to
Mendjecl, under broling sun and over an
cxecrable path, arriving at onr destination
before noon And then, while | sank cx-
ha,is,cd on rug in the chnppar klanc tpost
house,, the little yaboo was still as lively us
n cricket Where else in this world arc
there horsos TO do this, and do it all the days
of their livesNWolf Ton Schierbrand in
The Cosmopolitan.
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
UTILIZING AUSTRALIANS PESTS.
Canned Rabbit for the Laboring tIa,,cs
of EngIand--A Sensible Way.

Canned Rabbit for the I.aLoring tI,,,cs
of EngIan,l--A Sensible Way.
Many nnarrounial,lc things happen in in
l"lli9"nt communities. The one showing
mcr" than ordinary dizziness Just at this tim"
is the action of England and hci colony Of
New South Wales concerning he simple cir
cumistance Of an over abun!nnr" ni rabbits.
1t is notorious that th" lalpring class of
England are uii;llctn"ltnim sufficient animal
food Longing for meat for themselves and
children, many go by night Z" catch !; rabbit
nr two. Whom gainr-hr"l"rs or polio" step
in h" poor fellows arr. sent t.. prison and
branded 10 poaclicIs. The government ni
New South Wales, instead of securing these
experts in he art of sllarng, and canning the
ln"a, rs fast n, the rabbits are caught ar"
inviting men who, with vl" I,ni>',n ar" about
I" spread disease among the poor creatures,
81 That ih"y may iii" an awful. lingering
death, ,Ii" tl,>l and skin als', isins wasted
Ihc English gusernmont and gentry ar"
at great cXpolis" in watching and puni>lins
the very men in England who would he III
saltabI" in Australia If they would Civ"
these ''p"arhcr, n fic" passage TO Sy,lm.y.
and the heads Of guycrnmcnt there ""rild
take them hv contracting to present them
with II honrS;cad when the rabbits were
caught, they would do it right away. tea
times faster than these poisonous cholera
doctors. By employing artists in canning
millions of dollars might bc made Of the pre-
served rabbit meat. How much more sens
ihic 10 make money of the flesh and skins. If
thequantity should be immense and put the
price down very low much ,h.. better.
The lo;,rl,.r7 would mnk.. money at even five
cents l.r rabbit, rs they would catch on the
average Of 200 every day, and much greater
mEmnr at first. The delicious food could
then r taken 10 England and sold at n price
within reach Of every half starved agricul-
tural "r other lab"rcr. -G"orge Gardner III
NV York Herald
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
nv"rmorkrd Locomotive Engineers.


l'h" greatest prrcaution that railroad cont
litlii'.s hav" taken of late years to guard
against the possibility Of accidents has been
the allowance IL eng incers of eight hours
steep and rest between each trip Many !.
time both my fireman and myself have, una
wares, dropped asleep from fatigue and cx-
hau,tion, while our train was rushing along
ihn track with its precious cargo of human
freight. But none Of those aboard the train
knew of TN" negligence save ourselves. OF
course, wr did not take these maps knowingly
nr ynIrpus"ly. but would drop asleep uGcon-
scipu,lv and not awake till the engine passed
II switch ~ rustic depot causing an cchuing
nui>.. that served tn bring us tn our >n>eS.
This WAS particularly tn" ease in the s.;ts-
on, of "Xcilr>ions when engineer, after
making one long trip, would s" home, eat
his frugal meal and prepare To tax. &; much
needed r"S,. when Suddenly IL messenger
woal,i arrive and summon him to report at
"i!'" for another long trip The order was
Imperative. for if the eng inecr refused lie
would forfeit his position. Many accidents
h;iS.t. occurred in this way which We're at
trlj,l'"l Ia o'cr sources One night | ran
two mills past an important station before
awakening. and when the conductor asked
me ,s.. reason, l replied that the air brake
refused 10 work because the rubber hose had
LutSt. Then had 10 take hatchet and tia
and ruin Il section of hose to verify my re-
port which was made in writing 10 the. otii-
Ger, of the company.-Ensinccr in G!ot.
Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25

A Lincoln man who has just returned
from an "xt"l,d"d tour Of the country re-
Gently struck n small town in Missouri where
tn. elaEtie- composing the metropolis wer"
surrounded hr numerous acres of lani -takcd
oil int" l2>. Before one of III" magnitie.r;
trade "tr!.priIil.s >aI an odd man smoking u
com cob pip and ui!areltl. vinnsel i'll
meditation I'll" Lincoln man assumed an
air Of profound nnnr.nc. and accostcd him,
when this 'lalpgu" rn,ued:
What arr tines" stakes here for
''To"n l'ts. stranger: This hyar t"wn
is jn.t "r c"i:. to have a boo;n. An ol~ry
ltpu,,' ,ill be built thar. If nothn' happens. "
"W!.n"wl this !r.perty:'
"A -yn'iirnt, i'e won't see aTy flies on
th.> town
What i, syndicate"
W., ye see, u s,ndicn. is er lot If fel
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
Character of the Cow,,ov.

Their" is cight hour law in cowboy land /.
during round up time We often count m,r
selves lucky if we get off with much less than
sixteen hours: hut the work is done i'm tho
saddle, and the men are Sp,lrcl ON all th,
time hN TN" desire tn Guido ono another in
fra'S of daring and skilful horScmanship
There is very littl" qlarrrling or fighting:
and though the fun often takes the form of
rather rough horse play, yet the practice of
carrying dangerous weapons makes cowboys
show far more rough courtesy to each other
and far less ru'lenrsS to strangers than i, thc
case 'tf'"ng' Tor Instance, eastern miners, or
even lun',ernrn When quarrel NAV very
probably result fatally, Il man thinks twice
btf"r" going in1"it warlikepr"ple or classes
always treat one another with IL certain
amount ot consideration and p"liteness
Tie moral t"nr of II COW camp, indeed. is
rather high than otherwise. Mcauness.
c""arlir" and dishonesty are not tolerated
There isl high regard for tlthfullcss and
Keeping ones word, intense contempt for anv
Kind "f hypocrisy, and Il hearty dislike
for man who shirks his work. Munv
of the men gamble and drink. hui
many do neither; and the conversation
is not worse than in most bodies com,os,l of
male human beings. Acowboy will not sub
NIT tamclN I" an insult, and is very ready to
nvcngr his own wrongs; nor has he an over
wrought frar of Shedding blood He pos
seSsr,, III fact. few of the cnt;isclllatrd. milk
and water m"raitics admired 10y the pseudo
phinnthr"piSts; hut he does possess to Il very
high degree, tn" stern, manly qualities that
are 50 valuable to Il nation.-Theodore
Roosevelt in The Century.
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
The Babies of Ec,l,any.

There seems tn ir n cnit'ntol community
at BcthanE. in pleasant contrast w!t'l III,
wr"t"lics of .Icricho Tie people politely w'l-
come the stranger; tn" oldest inall'f.lt "X-
illbts til" few attractions ni The town; the
women carry their babies in sucks upvm their
bu"hs, and serve fresh buffalo nli.n to tie
visitor: tl!" children are many. pretty, and
shs Their good traits aro all irlmo nl,-
parent after rnc la, I,pa.; s;oaoal b.. the
ulcilis of Hebron, a.:l lp,trh at by those of
Jerusalem AMI otli"i' places.
Here, at tc'!lnnv. we saw the "iat!cr'
idea illustrated as pret,lly as in th" Arabian
'!cas'lt. If Il child enters an apartment where
it, father is. 1t will not sit down or speak
until the father notices it and bills it be
seated. Moreover. If The children grown up
to som" size cmtcrand find the father engaged
in any labor catii9 cni' i'll til. mortar.
for examplc-tlie youth Will a,,.inc the work
and 20 on with it. Edward l.. Wilson in
The Century
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
a rl", for College Athletic,

Professor Richards makes a new plea for col
lcSe Se;thle;rS. He argues that wocsSentlully
new force, are at work in these dnvs, dies
tined to sap the physical strength out of
young men, and thus ellasclllatiils charac-
ter. These influences are concentration of
population in cities and the increased de.
man'is made by knowledge on brains and
nerves. To show how population is ronccu-
traiing h" gives the followin" figures: In
Yale i'll lsli, of every 100 students, II l-5
came from cities Of .O.OWD inhabitants or
over. In ISL. of every 1Uo students. .l4raIne
from slirh cities. In ls>,, ~ ont of every
100. This is II remarkable showing
But tll" proportion il: Sheffield Scientific
school has risen st more rapidly. lie main
tailS that the .N-t"n of athletics in colleges
and elsewhere helps to oounteract the tlisin-
tegratim2 forces of city life, to strengthen
the young men against i'll health. against the
forces "I nw living, and keep them out Of
crimes against self and society Ii is well
known tiia' base habits are associated with
local physical disorders anl course Of
physical culture invariably is responded To
iy moral gain. 1t is the one most important
lesson in morals our age has to lcarn-Glols.-
Democrat
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
CONCERNING PHYSICAL BEAUTY.
What an Old Painter Said to IL Ihica:
Kcpurter-.in Artistic View,

What IN Old Painter Said to ~ (hica;.
Kcp"rter-An Artistic View.
Tho old painter ramhrd along pleasantly
until the scribe abruptly asked:
'Wlmt is beauty, protrSsorr'
"5elutN!' he exclaimed, astonishcd as il
the question had been the simplest one
"Why, the human figure is the most truly
beautiful work of crcation just as the Grccial
temple is tha most scientific specimen of art
Beauty i'll the abstract. Uniforllity and
variety give rise to two distinct kinds OF
beauty, according to the prc,lomnancc ul
one or the other of these principles in the
object. There is Il symmetrical and Il pirt.
urcSque beauty. The former may lie taught
according To what one may call gcomctrlcai
rules Tho latter class of beauty, while per
ceircd by the generality of mankind and
making its effect felt, can only he produced
i'll works of art by men of genius. The high
est degree OF perfection is the result of an
equal balance of both GLASSES of beauty.
Now, the nude human figure we'll Gcv"lorc,l
is an example of this. because the svlnmc..
rical beauty bears to the picturesque beauty
an apparently equal ratio. For instance, the
lateral halves are perfectly uniform to the
eye, and the principal divisions in Il really
Z,
tions to each other.
"'!lnIS, from the crown of the head To Il
line, which in the terrestrial globe would he
called the equator. is onr-lialf of the whole
length. From the thigh Joint to the ki,c,
joint, from the la'tcIto tlic heel, and from
the elbow joint to FI,c end of the longest
finger is each one fourth of the whole length
From the crown of the head to the chm is
onr-rigllth, and from the elbow Joint to the
shoulder joint is sonc-iiitlof the whole length
The symmetrical beauty of the facial sur
face, when viewed in fun front, shows similar
kinds of proportions Upon tho conillaal
diameter of the oval form the eyes are hori-
zontaly placed From the eyes to the end
of the nose. from the latter to- the chin, and
from the top to the bottom of each ear should
,e one four..' * ,i,s whole length Tic
nruh should he placed ut onc.third of tia,
length between ncsa and chin, and the mouth
md each of the eyes shoull he horizontally
onc-tltll of the ccn.iugal diameter
at iscmircly different with the picturesque
beauty of the human form. There are in ih,
first place light, shade and color Secondly
there are the ever varying undulations oi
forms of the external muscles and the change,
OF these forms by the innumcrablc position.
and motions of the members to which thest
muscles belong, and in the third place there
is the expression of conntcnancc depending
upon the operations Of tho mind, and tn,
correspondence between this expression Hn'
that of the attitude and motion OF the whnl,
1i2'lr". MI these points form the picturesque
beauty with which genius alone can deal, for
they arc subject To no rules that can he
taught and lmlons exclusively TO tho imita-
tive art. Chicago Herald
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
A Fortune Teller. Statement.

YES. ~" make our money ont Of the wo-
mon. frar':lv stated fortune t"llcr the
o'h"r dav. Bat when n man is really gone
on !"rtu.i" telling, 50 to speak. he has tlc
fever d, zen time, harder than the 'oI,i,,-i;
sex. Why, have one patron who rp!i,ii.t-
NE daily. and sometimes twice Il day. Bat
the women come III drovcS. and frequently
have to triln ;iirn, a"ay they ar" 50 mtinir-
nu,. \ woman always come, Will :, "p.lI-
lia'iion- never alone: but | know Of but one
in>tanc" in Hiy twenty years experience
where !, man called with a friend. Women,
too. while they are my chief patrons, are not
a. ti!ln Ieicvers in nll say Il, men.'-CLi-
a., 20 T'riInue
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25

lcrs i'll tier city what has money. and TIL.
>"rtcr get together and buy NJ, II farm. ana;
they stake il "if, yr >,c. an start Il boom
That thar land WA ilt"r Wi,lcr Mnguir,
farm hut thr s.mlirut bought ii, and
stakcd il OF.
"An'l how does the syndicate do its louni-
ing
"Wal, one fcllrr i'll thcr svinicut gets con-
troll of II all, We soc, and liescls lu, To am
other t"lrr. an it goes round an round, an
every tim" ii goes round the price is rz.
But then it would never lr sold out of
that lm,lv"
1T wouldn't, ch: Stranger yer wrong.
Finally. ~ lot is sold To some outside fclrr.
and then ii dr,l,lyratr. ye sec, an don't 20
round no more"
Thinks; now know all about it."-Nc-
hr;lsla State journal
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
SrnrChinu II lIiu.inn prin.t

In Il temple within the palace rncln,tlr. ~
daily offering of II goat is made To the hnnl
loving goddess "kaIi" We did m, sr. he
days sacrifice, hu, tho hluu was Vet 1r,.>,
which flowed from th" neck "f tn. lii;l.
offering. which is >rNrle,l l,y one blow from
the high priest. l. wa, looking ut he gn,l,l, :,
with her necklace If skulls through r,v
opera glaS> saw the priest suspected me If
some 'liSrr>lc"t 9TH" deity. | savr him TIN.
glass. He marvrlrd nj the huge siA,. the
inla%c assumed. then turned tlr, glass aud
made him lc"l. through the diminishing. end
"W"w! Wow W.n-wt was hi, rxrlama-
ti"n of surprise.
Afi"r making our Offering I WAS about to-
light my cigar in thu court with IL magnify -
ing on sun glass. saw his srcNrrrncr wanted
tn ST." the thing. o.i"lr him IL. hold out
his hand. Iii, face wore an expression of
sweet iiil"",'i'r" rs the ray of 1l, sun began
4" l'r2htrii "m the nrk of hi, list. hut when
they g", t"a illl' l,',',l; ;,ml sllu, u hot spike
into his brown skin IT." uttered :llr,tIlrr
Wow! WOW, OH wow W ~ w" never.
'aw such m"l'lmvni ~ he other priests and
attendants exhibited aud the, .suu,l old chan
seemed hugely T." relish the Joke But |
noticed that every NOW and then III. would
look ut TN" LITTLE roasted spot and rub il with
his other hand. ilr will know IL sun glass
hereafter tarl"r Harrison in li,4gu Mail.
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
TIL. So Called Grape curc.

Among the most ancient Of the methods Of
treating disease by special modes Of diet is
the SO called grape cure which may be
traced i'll history since the days of Moses In
the time of Nero the curative virtues Of
grapes were highly laudcd by one of the best
medical writer's whose works have come
down to u.s. But GRAPES We're not the only
fruits given with view to their medicinal
effects. In the Middle Ages We find mention
of maniacs cured by diet of cherries, while
straw berries are credited with having eff
fectcd many wonderful cures. Later, in the
course of our own civil war, u diet of ripe
peac!las mas often succeeded, after all mcdi-
cation had failed to cure the obstinate bowel
troubles SO common among the volunteer
so,diers.-Globe- Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
Good in Either Case.

House Hunter-It isn't bad looking house
for the rent you ask.
Zeal Estate Man-1t is given 70 you, you
nay say. The rent is ridiculousy low, bas.
the on.,i cares more for having good ten
ent thai: tnr getting rich out of it.
II. H.-W!:at kimd of q neighborhoo1 is it!
T. L. M.-CAcllaled. Is your wife bor-
rover or {. lo,l.ier:
H. H.--Wha- DO You mean.
Z z. I.-If she's in the habit of lending
eroccres ard domestic utensils to her neigh
bors, s:lo can havo {: r. st, for there arc no
borrowers Ca tue ether hand, il she is i'll the
habit Of boi'i'o"in, silc will have Il monopoly
of the entire ne! -.lJoriool. So you see it Is
o desirable locality any way you take it,
Boston Courier.
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
The IYnrl.l.. nrin;,,..

The yearly production of !ninine is csti-
mated ~ w. about 4.3oo.po ounces. This Is
chiefly furnished by eighteen factories-ore
if Holland, two in England, two in Italy.
three i'll France, four i'll the United States
and six in Germany. Quinine is also supplied
by the government plantations in India, AMI
experiments III producing it in the vicinity of
Tihis, i'll the Caucasus. have been s., success
full that the Russian government is arrang-
ing for the cultivation OF c;nchona on an i'm
mense scale.-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Dickinson press., 1888-08-25
I'll. "1.r.r s.i>r," A,,r,n.

Slraliin., of fires, one occasionally hears
the Remark that ll!r nl"rm sounded ''ihrcc
sizes. Now what is meant hy "thrnc sixc,''
Is an enigma 1" most persons. 1t is rp;,ll-
larlN supposed ii l. IL general ;inrnI ;tlrl viii
lh1ng to tho s''"ii'"i action all the fire an
l,arAlIlS i'll tia" city. rhi4 i, Il mi>t,ke. The
''ihrrH sN"e ;r,' '>rll,,lant iailN ~lulynrni tua
douhl" third alarm. Fir" alrl Mater, ~
Journal devoted la the rrllrls interests.
explains THAT ordinarily II third alarm call,
ntii an aNrra@" ut eleven cugin" rnnIa,lioS
and -four hook lnd lni'or companies. Ti.
"thlc" siNrs sen, oui ai.tr;' II thirl alarm Els
been sent in will bring out. ordinarily,
twenty stw" engines, eight hook and Iaddc,
companies, iw" water towers, the riict two
assistant chiefs anl several chiriS Of bat.
tali"n> These numbers isht vary Il little,
according 4" the l"c.,'ium "i The fire
The fun f"r"eof tho New York city de-
lsirtm"n consists al fifty five engine com
l:inir>. eighteen hn"k and ladder companies,
two water towers, two fiji" ln,Il5. one chief
III departments, two assistant chiefs and
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