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St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
The Turks Love of Ease.

Diversions of Diplomat in Turkey.
Judging by the thousands of soldiers
whom saw after the emeute in Bull
garia in 1885, and by the physique and
robustness of those who every Friday
pass our legation on their way to the
Salemlik, think that the average Turk
IS in contented and healthy state. He
shows an eQuable temper and regular
life. His religious 6bservances and
grave cOuntenance give to his habitual
reserve not merely the outward sign but
the inward kindness, joined with an
easy manner. Suppose he has the love
of eaSe-suppOSe he is deficient in our
ethics and education; suppose his
mental faculties are not fully developed
and sophisticated; suppose he, does loll
upon divan and pass the time with his
guests in talking of Indifferent things;
suppose he is content with his chibOuQue
and coffee, his mosque, bath and repeti-
tious prayers, his game of chess or back
CANNON: suppose he is eager to listen
to the old tales, proverbs and parallels,
or revelS in the enjoyment of his astrOl-
ogies and his pilaf-it may be said of
him that when he comes down to work
as mechanic or merchant he is honest
and fair in his labor and dealings.
As farmer he Serenely plowS his
fields and reaps his harvests amid the
viciSsitudeS of his lot and his trials with
the tax gatherer. At home he is model
of domestic tenderness toward his
family, and loyal to his sovereign and
religion. In summing up his character,
the qualities of patience, candor, con-
tentment and resignation are conspicu-
GUS beyond those of any Othe race upon
the fOO:Stool. If the religion of the
Koran pervades every act of his life and
mixes with his every occupation; if his
prayer by its frequent dropping, wears
away the stOniness of his heart, still he
preserves the refinement and hospitality
to his guests all that he has-"eggs,
fruit. coffee, bread, fish, honey with Sci %
wine. and all for love NOT for money,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Alser Wants Second Place.

NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Ex-GOv. Russell
A. Alger, of Michigan, arrived at the
Fifth Avenue hotel yesterday. His at
tention was called to dispatch stating
that he had entered into an agreement
with Mr.. Blaine looking to the selection
of the Michigander for the second place
on the ticket with the plumed knight,
and asserting that he had heretofore
been opposed to Blaine's candidacy. He
said that he had the dispatch in question
and there was absolutely no truth in it
SO far as it referred to any understand
ing between himself and Mr.. Blaine.
1884, and now considered him the strong
est man in the party for 1888. -
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
How Billy Patterson Was Struck.

St. LOUIS GlODe-DemOcraC.
About forty years ago, at one of the
medical colleges of this country, the
students had trick of hazing every new
man who entered the institution. They
would secure him hand and foot, carry
him before mock tribunal and there
try him for some high crime with which
they charged him. He would be con-
victed, of course, and sentenced to lie
led to the block and decapitated. A
student samed William Patterson came
along in time, and was put
through the court and sentenced in
the usual solemn and impressive man.
ner. He WAS blindfOlded and led to the
block, and his neck placed in position
The eXecutiOner swung the ak and
buried it in the block, allowing it, to be
sure, to go nowhere near Patterson's
head. The students laughed when the
trick was at an end, but Patterson was
dead. He had died from what we med
ical men call shock. All the students
were put under arrest, and the question
arose, ''Who struck Patterson" On the
trial it was shown that nobody struck
him, but the medical students retained
the expression, and it has come down
through them to the present day.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
A Snake Dimes ON a Rat. ],

Two summers ago we observed one of
these small constructors in an unusual
situation. One-half of his body lay ex-
tended on the roof of a packing house..
while the other half dropped through
hole and on the inside its bright eyes
watched the antics of several rats which
teased it as monkeys are said to do its
bigger brethren, says the Palatka, ella
News. The snake swayed slowly back
and forth and twisted its body in grace
full curves while the rats scurried
drew nearer. Suddenly there was q
quick swing, the long body dropped
downward till only the tail lay on
the roOf-there wasf q squeak of
agony and the snake pulled a. rat
from the rafter. and its1ibody was
swinging back and forth while the rat
bit and scratched vigorously, but
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08

vainly. Gradually fold after fold was
wrapped around the rOdent-then there
was alternately swelling and .contrac-
tiOn of the black belt, and the rat
gasped and died. For some. minutes.
the snake lay still as If to be certain
that life was extinct in its prey, and
then began to crawl backward through
the hole until part of its body again
rested on the roof. Then the head and
throat unwrapped itself from the body
of the rat, critical examination was
made, and by twist after twist the prey
was rolled back till there was room for
action. Then it caught the head of the
rat in its mouth and swallowed 1t far
enough to take a firm grasp. after
which the ratw released from the
coils and the snake crept backward,
holding its prey i'll its jaws and finish
ing the meal at its leaSure on the roof.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
FOOD ADULTERATION.
The Commissioner of Agricultur
Makes Some Disclosures.

Ine Commissioners OF Agriculture
Makes Some Disclosures.
WASHINGTON, Jan. THE commits
sioner of agriculture has just issued the
third of a series of reports on adultera-
tions of food, drinks and
drugs. This report treats of
adulteratiOns of fermented alcoholic
beverages, malt liquors, wine and cider.
The chemist and analyst, by whom the
report is made, concludes that beer is
generally adulterated with acid
poisonous and injurious to health.
Of thirty-three samples of
beer analysed, six American
beers contained salicyic acid, of which
two We're bottle beer, samples of Mil
waukee beer, two from st. Louis, one
from Alexandria, Va, aud one from
Philadelphia, which latter was also
sOured. In the Philadelphia beer
only was hop substitutes found.
Of beers brewed in in Washington
one contained sulphite and one carbon
ate of soda; the latter article was also
found III Alexandria beer. One foreign
beer contained salicylic acid. The
use of glucose and sugar in
malt adulterationS is condemned
as Injurious to health. The preserving
agents used by brewers are still more
severely condemned as means of putting
bad beer on the market. Wines and
cider are also reported to be extensively
adulterated
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
SAVED BY A SHERIFF.
Indignant Citizens Of Jack
son, Mich, Prevented From
Lynching a Man.
His Crime That Of Brutally
Maltreating an Eight-Year-
Old Boy.
Indian ASSaSSinS of Lieut..
Seward Mott Sentenced to
the Penitentiary.
Archie Mcneil, an English
Newspaper Man, Slugged
and Drowned.

LANSING, Mich, Jan. IA painter
named Henry Wyman, who live at
jackson, was arrested here last night on
a charge of committing cruel assault
on the eight-year-old son of Levi Goth
ington, prominent merchant. 1t is
charged that he coaXed the boy to take
a ride with him. and when he got the
lad into his sleigh, tied his feet together,
covered him with a blanket and drove
rapidly out into the country. He then
dragged the lad into a piece of woods
and compelled him TO submit TO an act
of the most beaStly nature. He then
drove back. The boy told his story and
Wyman was arrested. The matter became
quickly noiSed about and threats of
lynching were soon made. Deputy
Sheriff Van Buren, decided to have the
prisoner moved to the county Jail at Ma
son. He was taken to the North LanS-
ing depot and put into the baggage car of
the southwark bound train. At the
Union depot big crowd of excited men
had gathered and several forced their
way into the car. Wyman was dragged
into the smoking car. The indignant
citizens made charge on it, but Officer
SeerS, who was in the ear, took in the
situation at glance and sprang to the
door of the car with revolver in his
hand, while Bates guarded the
other door, also with a cooked
vevolver. and they kept the crowd at
bay until the crowd moved off. Several
windows of the car were smashed. At
Mason the excitement was no less
intense, and when the sheriff learned
that crowd was coming from Lansing,
Company + of the state troops were
called on and guarded the Jail all last
night. There are still mutterings of
trouble. Wyman asserts his innocence,
and his young wife who came down to-
day believes in him, but the COthington
boy, oD his appearance in the police
court, positively identified him as his
aSSailant, and four other boys claim to
have been similarly treated by him.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
BADLY ShakenIIn.

CINCINNATI. Jan. 1.-Two. passenger
trains on the Cincinnati, Indianapolis,
:St. Louis & Chicago road collided at
North Bend last night about O'clock.
President Ingalls, private car was COM
pletely demolished and the president
and his assistant were badly bruised
but not seriously injured. None of the
passengers were injured. The east
bound train was pulling in on the siding
at North Bend, and had 4nearlylcleared
athe main track when the fast Chicago
express, going west. running alta, very
high rate Of speed, suddenly dashed
round curve and crashed into the rear
car, tearing it to pieces. Besides PreSi-
dent ingalls, and his assistant. there
was but one other occupant of the car,
who escaped injury. 80 iJ!>I -
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
ANOTHER YEAR.

Another year" the maiden said,
And laughed in glee-
"Ah much of pleasure, triumph, JOY,
Twill bring to me,
Such as have never known in years now
past!
How can they sigh and say Time goes too
fastg''
Another year." the strong man smiled
In pride of strength,
Twill bring me wealth, position, fame,
And all, at length,
That ruthlessly the past years have denied.
What boots the past, i'll sooth? The futures
wide.'
"Another year, the old mau sighed,
And bowed mis- head;
why should you wish it happy now?
My hope is dead! Fl
And -perchance-somc pleasure may ap-
pear,
To make, unlike the past, a happy year.
90 on they press. the hope the same
For young and old. -
Nor ripe experience. nor age can tame :
Hope in tn untold,
And when it points to gifts we may receive,
Spite of past promise broken, We believe.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Indian Assassins Sentenced

Los ANGELES, Cal, Jan. 7.-At the
San Carlos Indian agency, Arizona, June
: last, Second Lieut.. Seward Mott, of
the Tenth United States cavalry, was
murdered by members of his own COM
mand of Apache Indian scouts, who
then escaped to the ella River noun
tains. The mutineers were apprehended
and after trial by court-martial five of
them were convicted. Brig.-Gen. Miles
has just pronounced the sentence.
1t is that two of the murderers will be
imprisoned at hard labor for twenty
years each, one for fifteen years. one
for ten years and one for two years.
They are now at the LeavenwOrth mil
it3rv DriSon
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Killed With a Ha mmer.

BAY CITY, Mich, Jan. About the
middle of last November William Har-
rison Fisher, an old farmer living near
here, mysteriously disappeared. Last
night Mrs. Fisher and a man named
Wallace were arrested on suspicion of
having murdered the old man, and to-
day the woman made full confession.
She said Fisher, Wallace and herself
became involved in a quarrel and that
Wallace picked up hammer and dealt
her husband a terrible blow OH the head,
killing him instantly. The body was
then carried into the woods by Wallace
and hidden
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08

ing in Bellevue hospital. Guy visited
Sam at the laundry, and Sam invited
him to sleep in the place, as Guy was
out of work and had no home. 1t is
said that while Guy was asleep Sam
fired three shots at him, two taking eff
feet in the head and one in the shOul-
der. Sam says that Guy assaulted him
with hatchet and that he only used the
revolver in Self-defenSe.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
To Open the Indian Territory.

KANSAS Cry, Jan. AT a special
meeting of the board of trade held this
afternoon the following was unani-
mously adopted:
Whereas, 1t appears that the long
cherished desire of the people
of Missouri, Kansas and other ad-
jacent states that the Indian
territory be opened to settle
ment has now prospects of consumma-
tlon,
Resolved, That a committee be ap-
pointed by this board to call meeting
of citizens of Missouri and Kansas to
take into consideration such steps as
they may deem proper.
The Commercial club will cO-Operate.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Two Iowa Fires.

WATERLOO, TO-, Jan. -Four build
ings, occupied by Daniels & Nauman
Furniture company, John Althouse, L.
NJ. Hummels and M. Tipmans, burned
early this morning. The losses aggre-
gate $4,000. with $4,000 insurance.
Later in the day MOrrill's soap factory
was destroyed by fire, involving loss
of $4,000.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
The Louisa Court House Fire.

.. RICHMOND. Va, Jan. THE fire
at Louisa Court House last night result
ed in the destruction of twenty-one out
of twenty-four business houses and
shops in the town. The new hotel es-
capped the flames. The individual losses
are all small and aggregate 5000; in
surance, $4,000. The burned. district
did not embrace the residence portion
of the town, and not more than dozen
families lived in the houses burned.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Natural Gas Explosion.

PITTsBURG, Jan. 7.-Annie Burcher, "a
young lady living with her parents on
South Thirtieth street, went into the
cellar this morning with a lighted lamp.
An explosion of natural gas followed
which partly wrecked the house and
damaged number of dwellings in the
vicinity. Miss Burcher was thrown
to the ground and fatally burned. A
younger brother attempted to rescue
her and was painfully burned on the
hands and face. The explosion was
caused by leak in main, which filled
the cellar with gas. The loss was small.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
County Treasury Robbed.

HUNTINGTON, Pa, Jan. 7.-Shortly
after O'Clock this morning the county
treasurer's office in the court house here
was entered by burglars, who blew open
tile vault doors with powder and secured
Sl00 in cash. The explosion was so
Heavy as to arouse the sleeping citizens
i'll the neighborhood, but all efforts thus
fai 10 detect the perpetrators of the
l!ssrglary have failed. 1t is not thought
tliat the bonds stolen will benefit the
gull y parties, as the bonds were all
A.: though not cancelled
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Mrs. MacauIey Rearrested.

CHICAGO, Jan. Mrs. Ida Macauley,
who killed her husband Christmas eve.
on discovering that he was engaged in
an intrigue with her sister-in-law, was
rearrested this afternoon. Mrs. Macau-
ley'S discharge was recommended by
the corOner'S jury, and she was set free
about week ago. Yesterday she took
out letters of administration for her
husbands estate, worth about, 5000.
To-day the dead mans mother swore
out warrant charging the wife with
murder. Mrs. Macauley was much dis
heartened by the arrest.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
ATTEMPTED Train Robbery.

OTTUMwA, To-, Jan. 7.-An attempt
was made to rob the express car on the
westbound Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy train which left here last night
at l1:l0. Two men! tried to force the
door between Abba and Melrose, but
were unsuccessful. Several shots were
exchanged between the messenger and
the robbers. The latter got off at Mel
rose,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
SIugged and Drowned.

LONDON, Jan. IA pOst-mortem ex-
animation has been made upon the body
of Archie Mcneil, who went to France
to report the Kilrain-Smith prize fight,
and who was found dead on the beach
at Boulogne. The doctors agree that he
met his death by foul play. The ex-
animation revealed the fact that death
was not the immediate result of the in
jpries received, but that he had been
thrown into the water while he was yet
alive, though i'll an unconscious condi-
fiOO
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Buried in the Potter's Field.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 7.-Capt. Amos
Cliff, clerk in the pension Office and
formerly member of Gen. Sheridan's
staff, died at the Providence hos
pital, in this city, about two weeks ago
without the knowledge of his trends, and
was buried in the pOtter''s field. The
discovery was made to-day that his re-
mains had been removed from the GEM
etery and sold to- a medical college. An
will be made.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Two Cars of Horses Burned.

THOMAsvILLE, Ga, Jan. THE
north and south bound freight trains on
the Savannah, Florida & Western, rail
road, between Thomasville and Albany,
collided yesterday near Meigs, fifteen
miles above this city. Both trains were
running thirty miles, an hour. The en-
gineS and several cars were demolished.
Two car loads of horses were burned.
All of the train men escaped with but
slight bruises. The accident was caused
by one of the trains running Off its
schedule time --s
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
A Hotel Burned.

SHERMAN, Tex, JAM 7.-The South
ern hotel and two private residences
were destroyed by fire yesterday. The
following persons were. injured: ~. e.
A. LEARD, proprietor of the hotel; badly
burned about the face. arms and body.
LEE ROLLINS, badly burned and bruised.
Mrs. LEARD severely injured by jumping
from the second story balcony. L a.
Lon I'VE. a fireman. jumped from second
story, cut ard bruised. q ..s- ~
!, AL MEREDITH. a fireman, hands, arms face
and head badly burned. : IA. s.g.gs l.s.....
The losses aggregate about $50, 900;
insurance about s., 1000, -
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
ITO Labor With Corhin

SHENANDOAH, Pa, Jan. IA largely
attended meeting of leading business
men was held here to-day. A commit
tee was appointed to wait on President
Cofbin, of the Reading road, to point
out to him the peril to business from a
long-cOntinued strike, and to urge upon
him the advisability of submitting the
differences between the company and
its employees to arbitration. Telegrams
were sent to all the other towns in the
coal field, urging similar action, and
suggesting that the various committees
call upon President Corbin in a body on
Tuesday.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
No Change at Port Richmond.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 7.-There was
no change in the situation at Port Rich
mond to-day. The interest in the strike
was unabated, but the disaffection
among the miners appeared to over
balance everything else. The company;
still has large supply of coal at Port
Richmond, but the demands made upon
it are steadily increasing. At the Port
Richmond junction large quantity of
coal was received Yesterday and to-day.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Heavy Loss to Lumbermen.

Lock HAVEN, Pa, Jan. I. 7.-Messages
from the head of the Susquehanna river
state that the heavy rain fall of last
night caused the streams to overflow
their banks. BoOmS and dams have
given away and m illions of feet of tim
Der and logs have broken loose. The
loss to lumbermen will be great.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
A Texas Coal Find.

3 SAN ANTONIO, Tex, Jan. THE an
nOuncement was made to-day that
large deposit of bituminous coal had
been discovered some distance north
west of this city. The coal is of SUI
perior quality. The deposit will be de-
yelOped at once,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Increased the Sentence.

BALTIMORE, Jan. 7.-Michael Harrity
and Frank Anderson, convicted of lar
ceny, were each to-day sentenced to the
penitentiary for three and half years.
After having been returned to the lock-
up Harrity made a violent assault on
Anderson. Judge Duffy ordered Harrity
to be brought before him, and increased
his sentence to six and q half wears
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Both Were Full.

Uetr01t FTee PrtSS.
The weather cold and the car crowd
ed. A merry passenger enters, and as
he hugs the stove imagines he has dis
covered a conundrum. He nudges fell
lew passenger and inquiries the differ
ence between the car and the weather.
Fellow Passenger give it up.
Merry Passenger-Why, ones hot ard
t.other's cold. Ha-ha-ha. Don-cher-
sae?"
IF. P.-Well, now, tell me the differ
ence between yourself and the car.
M. P.-DOn't see any.
F. P.-And there isn't any-both are
fulI
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
The Notorious Maud.

CHICAGO, Jan. THE case of the no.
torious Maud Cassidy. charged with alb
ducting Blanche Bonneville, for the
purpose of leading life of shame in a
Wisconsin dive, came up in the Armory
court this morning. and Mrs. CasSiday
was held in 81, 500 bonds to await the re-
suit of the trial,
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Three Miners Killed.

{. MARQUETTE, Mich, Jan. This
morning three men were killed in the
Champion mine, in this county, by the
accidental dumping of the eskip in which
they were riding to the surface. Their
names were John Casey, Carl johnson
and w. II. Craddock. Two men escaped
bN jumping.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
A Fatal ,Junp.

,iOswEGo, n Y, Jan. Jack Dono-
van, thirty-twO years old. leaped from
Utica street bridge into the Oswego
river, seventy-five feet, this afternoon,
and was Immediately carried under the
ice and drowned. 1t is thought he was
Insane. The body was carried out into
tie lake.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Approved the Contract.

Specialize the Globe.
OMAHA. Jan. T-Secretary Worley
to-day receiyedsa letter from Samuel
Morton, president of the Western asso-s
citation, stating that he had approved
the contract OMAHA had mails with
Flynn. of Clitago.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Shot His Partner.

ARKANSAS CITY, Kans., Jan. IA
special from Anthony states that Walter
E. Treadwell, the cattle king, to-day
shot Charles C. Clark, his old partner,
wounding him badly. The cause of the
shooting is not known
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
A Murdcrous Chinania.l.

NEW YORK, JAM T.--Ah Sam, pro
rrietor of the Chinese laundry, 3S7
Bowery, was held in court to-day on a
Charge of felonious assault. His vic
ill.,, Lum Guy, also Chinaman, is dy-
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Murder and Suicide.

CAMDEN, N. j., Jan. Isaac Mer-
rick this afternoon shot his young
daughter dead at their home OH Central
avenue, and then turned the weapon on
himself with fatal effect.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Cigarmakers, Strike.

NEW YORK, Jan. 7.-Indications to-
night are that a big strike will develop
out of the troubles between cigarmakers
and their employers in regard to the in
PRODUCTION of the tenement-house system
and the reduction of wages.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-01-08
Powderly Improving.

SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 7.-Dr. Allen,
the attending physician. said to-day
that Mr. Powderly is improving, al
though still very weak. All visitors are
excluded
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1888-05-05
Wipiug His Gums on the Door Mat.

A clergyman who has spent some time
In Pennsylvania tells the listener an odd
story illustrat ng peculiarly of speech
in that section. The clergyman had
Just arrived and taken possession of a
little country parish, and had been in
vited to take charge Of the funeral of a
prominent resident. As he knew moth
ing about the career and accomplish
ments of the deceased, he was to be as
nsted by farmer of the neighborhood,
who was something of an exhorter. The
relatives had expected that the services
should not begin until Mr.. j., the far
mer-exhorter, had arrived.
He was long time coming, for some
reason, and the clergyman began to
grow weary. He called one of the fam
ily and asked him if he knew where Mr.
J. was.
"He's come now, said the person.
where is he?" asksd the clergyman.
Down stairs" came the response,
''wiping his gums on the door natl"
The thought of the reverend agricul-
turist "wiping his gums on the door
mat" filled the young Yankee clergyman
first with horror. and then with almost
uncomfortable amusement. 1t did not
occur to him at first that ''gums" in
that part CT the country meant rubber
Uvcrshoes.