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St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

other words, the ear may have the ad-
vantage OF great keenneSS and percp-
non, may hear sounds extremely small,
distant, and faint, and yet be always
GEAR TO any noise, however loud and
near. If it is lower or higher in pitch than
the tympanum is made for. Various eX-
periments which have been made, says
Good sWords, show that about the
lowest, or what in musical instrument
would be called the deepest bass sound,
consists of twelve and One-half undula-
tions in the second, and the highest or
most acute of rather more than 5000.
1t should be remembered that
human ears have not all the
same compass. A party of young
people, all with excellent hearing, may
go into the meadows and some will hear
the shrill note of the common grass
hopper, and some will not hear it even
family, but simply hear nothing at all.
DIR. WOllaStOn, great authority on this
subject, believes that ''human
hearing never extends more than
note or two above the cry of
the common Gryllus campestris." The
word cry is not correct, as the insect
does not make the sound with the voice,
but with Saw-like scraper at its side.
lie gives scale of sound which he
found to be inaudible to some ears. He
found that some people could not hear
the cry of a bat, nor the ehirp OF the
house. e.cricket, nor the chirping of the
sparrows, which is four octaves above
f in the middle of the piano-fOrte.
Not to be able to hear this
last note he considers to be very
rare. He believes the whole range Of
human hearing to be compressed be-
tween the deepest notes Of the organ
and the highest known cries of insects,
including fully nine octaves, the whole
of which are distinctly audible to most
ears. His expression, ''the highest
known cries of insects, suggests a curl
Gus thought. There are very few insects
who have to our ears any cry at all;
the humming that we hear is not made
with the voice, but with the wings. But
insects, as we'll as birds, and even quad
rupeds, are often seen, especially the
latter, apparently communicating with
one another, when they are evidently to
US silent. For instance, ants, when
they meet, lay their antenn8 across
one another, but this may be no more
than shaking hands, as with US; they
may also be able to talk. There may,
in fact, be no dumb animals. Only
their voices may be out of the range of
our ears. 1t must be supposed that
small creatures, including quadrupeds,
hear sounds much more acute than are
audible to us, but none of the lower
notes Of our scale. This is, per-
hapS, the case with cats, and
dogs who can obviously commu-
nicate with one another, coming
so close as almost to touch noses, but
making no sound audible to us. Thus
there is not such confusion of noises
as there would be otherwise. The vast
difference of pitch heard by different
great tribes of creatures causes us and
them to have, so to speak, the world to
ourselves.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
1t Went, All the Same.

San Francisco Chronicle.
They were seated as usual. | believe
[ do not need to explain. They had
reached that confidential state when;
after months of anxiety and doubts and
fears as to.whethersshe loved him OF not,
having found out that she was only too
willing, he felt like backing out.
swell, you see am poor, dearest.o -
~ don't care. 1t does not cost much
to keep wife,"
mo, suppose not"
mot when one loves, George
mo. suppose not"
"Ah, you think | am eXtrayagant. T
am not. rs all well when pa paws. Won
know. But if l were your wife-''
''Dearest!'
."Yes, l can be so economical. If
doesn't really cost any more to keep two
than one."
Eyes, suppose so; yes. But it de-
pends upon which one?"
''Oh, can keep house,
"YeS, dearest, but can I?''
81 can cook"
''My love. would not wish you to do
any hard work. l would not wish YOU
to soil your dainty hands. Don't YOU
think. dear, we might live at the restau-
rant untii-until-"
''Until when?"
Until l could brace myself to eat
what you cooked
Even that did not help him.. She said
.All right" and laughed, and the we'd
ding goes.
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Ike to have every A CORRECT CABBY.
thing clearly understood, suppose you
see spruce. tidy, well-groomed rig
and driver coming along the street.
Now, mind you, the street is crowded.
and express wagons choking up the
passageWay, but you observe the cab
man gets his horse through the maze
without swearing; he doesn't get angry,
nor is there to be seen any mud on his
vehicle. and his horse is in good trim.
Very likely he would be your choice
should you need cab. But could you
hire him? That's the question! Try
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A Really Howling Dude.

L. ROgan, of Birmingham, Ala,
has lately had some shirts made to order
in New York. If ordinary crossbar
shirts are rather loud, those of Mr..
Rogan may fairly be called screamers.
The material is the broadest stripe that
can be got in the market, and addi-
tional giddiness is lent by the manner
in which it is made up, its proud
owners taste calling for assorted bars
those on one side running across while
the others are perpendicular. Even
this combination is not enough, but one
side must be blue while the other is
red.
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and tried to think we should all agree
like DR.. Watts little birds.
"We didn't.
''Since the day Carrie and George
came home from their wedding trip
there hasn't been moments peace.
Carrie used to be nice
girl, a very nice girl, but
she's changed. terribly changed.
She snubs her mother, and knows more
than any one else on every subject
under the sun, or when she doesn't
know herself she is quite sure George
knows She thinks her mothers ideas
of housekeeping are 'old-fashioned,' ,
and there are constant wrangles over
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
FOUR ACES AND -FOUR KINGS.
An Exciting Game of Poker on a
Boat from New York to New
Haven =

Boat from New York to New
Haven. q
New Haven News.
There is well-known sporting man
in this city who is thinking of giving up
poker and playing nothing but an oeca-
slonal gig at policy. Poker is a good
| to suit his habits. In company
with half dozen congenial spirits
he went to New York recently
to try to pick the winners at the Graves
end races. They had no luck and left
few New Haven dollars with the book
| makers. They came back by boat, and,
to while away the time and partially re-
cuperate their losses, started the little
game of draw. There were six men, in
| Guiding the New Haven men. The game
waXed hot and cold by turns, big hands
part nothing better than two pair showed
up. just as the boat got in sight of
Southwest Light some one proposed
jack pot to close the exercises.
Every one Clipped up 81 for starter.
No one got chance to open for some
time, and the pot grew until each man
had quite pile in it. Finally the New
Haven sporting man picked up the hand
his friend had dealt HIM, and nearly
fell Off his chair when he saw four kings
in it.
"pn open this pot for So he shouted.
Every one went in. The man with the
kings drew one card, of course. The
next man took one, the next three, and
the others two and three each until it
came to the dealer, who took three.
''Bet' cher mother fiver," yelled the
sporting man. Only one man saw him,
the others dropping out until it came to
the dealer.
Fat her up s10," said he. ''The only
way to discourage gambling is to make
it expensive" The other man, who had
drawn three cards, looked at his hand
once or twice and then laid them down
with sigh. "Too rich for me. pass,'
was all he said.
''Raise yer So" fairly shrieked the
man with the four kings.
''That'S suits my gloomy habits, said
the dealer; raise yer SO back"
The man behind the four kings did
not reply for minute. His face was a
study. Excitement, eagerness to win,
and lurking sense of pity to his
friend, were seen struggling with each
other. His good nature finally tri-
umphed, and he said:
beat dead. but I'll only just call YOU
'cause l don't want yer money. see?"
He slowly skinned out his four kings
one by one, and started to pull in the
pot. "What'S the matter with letting
that pot alone?" said the friend. 'I'ye
two pairs"
but Eve got fours."
''Both my pairs are bullets" and he
laid down the kingpin hand. The
sporting man said never a word. He
went on the deck, watched the big,
wheels go round, went inside and
looksd at the big engine. but did not ex-.
press himself in language. As the party
came ashore over the gang-plank he
said to the dealer: Flip, Pm through
with poker" lIt
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
BOOKS AND AUTHORS.
1t is time for fashion to change in one

1t is time for fashion to change in one
| particular.
1t is more important that we should
know what the much-abused average
man reads than the titles of the works
penned by Howells, James, Holmes or
Mr.. Gladstone.
The average" man is to make more
trouble in the future as to the arrange
ment OF society than any of the gentle
men named here.
We know that they have attained a
| mental equilibrium hostile to dynamite
| bombs, red flags and the writing of
Bread" on the city wall in blood.
| Not SO OF our average
We know precious little of him. He
is an undetermined factor. 1t is i'm
portant then that we know and make a
study of his literature, and in connec-
ton his literary tastes.
Mr.. Howells might read Nanon
(prObably he has) and escape injury. He
would see in Camille story of bad
side of life.
But our average man reads in earnest.
and so does cur average woman. and
descending, our average child. The pas
sion OF Camille seize them. The
yOluptuOuS gOrgeouSneSS of NanOn's
surroundings fill them with envy. 1t is
bold, black sin, but enhancing. The
canker, shame, dishonOr at the heart are
but dimly perceived. The outward
trappings captivate the average
reader.
Infamed imaginations yield easily to
temptation.
Bright-covered books, suggestive and
indelicate. titles, limiting illustrations.
are bait attached to bad books.
The cultivated reader naScpc tbo,n nm
noticed. The reader in the scale below
him stops, looks, abSorbS. This repeated
by ten, one hundred, thousand, brings
about in nearly all common state of
mind.
1t is of history that bad literature
has been cause to the production of a
bad nation.
And who is the "average" man in
this instance?
The man who buys without Judgment,
reads without thinking; makes reason
subordinate to Imagination. Replaces
the mind with the eye.
De Maupassant: 4 man must be very
mad, very bold, very presumptuous, or
very silly to write at the present day.
FOitaire: LII there is a man of letters
who maintains that his trade is not the
most ridiculous of trades, the most dam
gerOuS, and the most miserable, / want
to see him. In more modern times,
Theodore Barriere used to say, 'I,itera-
ture is a fine branch to hang ones self
from.
At her wedding Amelea Riyes seemed
about five feet four, with strongly
1.-THE figure and fine carriage of head
and shoulders. Her eyes are of a
ehangeable greenish gray under black
1ashes. Her features are well cut, the
upper lip short and curling; the chin
also curying upward. Her voice is rich
and very clear. She wore rich gown
of corded white silk, cut high, with half
sleeves. She carried small white
prayer-bOok, with gold cross and mono
gram, and wore for her bridal flowers
some of the famous Castle Hill roses.
Her only jewels were two pins which
caught her veil, true lovers knots of
diamonds, the one holding in the center
a large ruby and the other a sapphire.
These were the gift of Mr.. Chanler.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

Cdcnt has fIIau6.
And then there is the jerking, squeak
ing. rusty rig, slow-footed horse, and
driver lazy, loutish, impudent, and
worse. Many of the night crimes of a
big city are planned in this style of
vehicle. and more than one robbery
is committed in them. The
drivers chief qualification for his
business is that he knows the location of
the all-night saloons and is able without
seriously troubling his conscience to
charge double or triple rates-whateyer
he can get.
The police have in view much that
style of vehicle when they say a man has
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u
am pooh-poohed at every turn. This
idea is entirely exploded nOwadays.' ,
and that notion, he assures me is quite
out of date My political opinions are
antiquated. and my cigars poor Though
he smokes them). If give vent to an
occasional bad temper he and Carrie
smile at each other in a superior way,
and l once heard her tell him that
poor, dear papa must be humored
now and then-it was the only
way to keep things straight
One evening last week | act
ually wasn't allowed to enter nv
own smoklng,,room because George was
'having card party-a lot of young fel-
lows, you know Well, Eve made up
my mind not to stand it any longer.
Dear George shall have undisturbed
possession for this summer, and after
that he can take fiat. No more combi-
nations for me.
About 10 o'clock last night the re-
porter who overheard the above con-
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
ian has is to convey party of friends

once or twice a
week to a house on
one of the avenues
where a little po-
ker game gener-
ally lasts till a late
hour. The lady of
the house does not
know that her best
parlor is being
used on these oc-
casions as a poker
room, and thinks
the gentlemen who
call on her hus-
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other is as great as
that between one
silk hat and an
other. Take t h e
glossy, shiny vehi-
Gle for example.
Every dude in town
knows that the lit
tie slips of mirror
on the inside are
carefully cleaned,
and that by one look
he can tell the gen.
eral effect of his
toilet and perceive
the last advances in
growth his IN u s.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24


tom, but here the fare once in awhile
looks up to realization that his person
is in danger. When he beholds BOOM
ing, grip car coming along, full freighted
and fast gliding, and he sees that the
driver should turn to the right while
that person has about made up his mind
to veer to the left, then the fare is surely
troubled.
Cabmen like to have steady jobs. And
they are developing business in that di-
rection. Now it is common thing for
a cabman to be called at house in the
residence district to convey some of the
ladies' of the family to the house of a
friend Or to the theater. And after the
call or When the play is oyer the cab
again brought into service, and the cab
make the journey home In perfect Sc
curity. In that manner mashers are
avoided, and SO, for the matter of fact,
are hlghWaymen, garroters, and such
toughs.
One of the incest jobs a certain cab
man has is to convey party of friends
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
"That'S nv

ad V II tbs e.
ment." said the sad-looking man at the
end of the car.
you don't say so! What under the
sun do you want to so to the suburbs
for?'
More room"
6 But you have good house in town
and more room than most people now."
Not enough for my family"
''Why, how many are you?"
Myself and my wife, my daughter
and her husband.'
"Oh, it's the husband who takes up
the room, eh?''
cautiously dropping his voice. ''Perhaps
you've had experience. of that KIND
yourself?"
mo, but Eve heard of such cases.
81 wish had only heard of them. |
should like to tell every man in st. Paul
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

horrid Robinson girl, who had almost
turned her mother out of her own
house. The mere idea of quarreling
with Carrie was ridiculous, and as to
dear George, he was so nice and re-
spectful and gave so little trouble
that it was quite pleasure
to have him about, and it would
be so nice for me to have some
one to smoke and play cards and talk
politics with, and Carrie might take the
housekeeping for while, the expe-
rience would be just the thing for her,
and it would be delightful to be re-
lieyed of care for few months. The
dear children. There couldn't be a
better plan, etc, etc.
''Well, had my doubts about dear
George as daily associate from the be-
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work he could do
than it is for an
excellent mechan-
ic to be constantly
employed. From
the remark of the
ever busy cab
driver: "1've got
a fare, " not a
great deal could
be inferred as to
the quality OF the
service. That is
because people
don't stop and
think, or least the
man around town
saws S0 This pap-
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

fSISdtiOil. uuIlilg Il
heightened pause
in the operations
of the far-famed
cable, fell in with
a recently married
young man of his
acquaintance, in
the act Of pocket
ing a bottle of beer.
Il like something
to drink at night
sleep b e t t e I you
pyilIainad
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
ASTRIDE THE WHEEL,
Bicycle Riding Not Yet the
Fashionable Fad in the
SANITY City,
But Those Who Have Tried It
Will Take No Other
Exercise.
Two Young Clubs Whose
Members Are Not De-
ferred by Headers.
An Average of IT'S Miles a
Week Covered Swiftly
and Silently.

Ii the youth of st.
Paul do not take so
much to bicycle rid
ing as in some other
cities. Just W h Y
this is it is difficult
to tell. The new
asphalt pavement
with which nearly
every street and
avenue on st. An
thony hill is COW
cred would certain
Iy furnish the very
best roadbed for an
evenings pastime
of training on the
bicycle.
But there are one
or two reasons why,
in this citV in mar
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ginning, but W h a {
was the use of say,
in g anything? He
was a rising young
man, and a church
member and all the
rest of it, and | was
weak-minded enough
not to want to seen,
mean, so l let then
have their own way,
paid $500 for refur-
picbiDv that -a1oOx-a
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it. In most cases his answer to your re-
peated and pressing demands for cab
transportation would be short but
equally convincing observation that he
had something to do at that moment,
and was already engaged.
Now, it isn't a bit. more surprising
that good cab driver should get all the
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

oCCn uOpSu iii u
cab." "To dope" is
a somewhat new verb
which expresses the
act of drugging a per-
son that his money or
valuables may be alb
S ira C tie d. Quite a
number of saloons in
various parts of the
city have on hand a
preparation for "do-
ping" strangers, and,
once un cons C ious
from the effects of the
drug, they are re-
moved from the sa-
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w l&u 10 LILO oliOf'
one. Pay for your
service is at the
root of it, but then;
he admits there is
one kind of cab.
service, and an
other altogether
different. The pay
m u st diff er, or
ought to differ, ac-
cordingly. just to
make this plain, for
men who entertain
deciS i've notions
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that he'd a great
deal better go to
the bottom of the
Mississippi than
have his married
dau g h ter liv e
with him. But |
suppose it would
not be any use if
l did. It's a st.
Paul fashion, this
ON bin a ii o II
house k e e pin e,
and l believe half
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
The Sense ofHearins.

We can do a great deal to cultivate
the ear. But we can do nothing to alter
the pitch or extend the range of sounds
which the tympanum can receive. In
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

the arrangement
of new curtains,
or the proper way
to serve reddish,
or the mixing of
salad. AS f or
George, the fel-
lows unbearable.
II h e beautiful
Difference with
which he used to
treat my opin-
ions has utterly
vanished, it, s
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
PARENTS OBJ

1.HO'F PIttIIiOI OD-
the I. m. V. M, 'but JEcT.
you see we live with my wife's parents,
and l have to be careful; can't keep
beer in the house. Take my advice.''
impressively. land when you marry
steer clear of your wife;s people. Bet
ter live in two rooms of your own.
That's what I'm going to do next year."
.'Com mbination housekeeping then"
sis dead failure.''
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and they could
have the alcove
room as easily as
mot: we could move
up stairs; she al
ways did like the
top story, there
-waS such a lovely
view, and as to
not getting on to-
gether, why that
was absurd? Thank
goodness, Carrie
wasn't like that
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
been said there are cabs and cabs. Some
of them have a Shnpi-iron covering over

GAAS NhtsoA4 0Oes4 -
to prevent the
horse kicking
his feet through
at the fare.
o t h ers are
springless. cush-
i o n | e S S and
about as pleas
ant to ride in as
an oX-cart.
These drivers
carry to the
4 3 verge of ex-
jtreme, a mystic
rious d e s i r e
which prompts
them to turn to
the left. In some
parts Of Europe
that is the cns.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

A PRIVATE CAB. loon in cab-hence
the doper's cab. Other cabs are run
by men who. while not brave enough
to take a chance of the peni-
Tertiary by committing assault
and robbery, are yet willing
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

LIGHT. tleman, from long
experience and observation, entertains
a peculiar theory as to cabs. He says
there are as many styles of cabs as
there are of plug" hats. So far
as that variety of headgear goes
though all cabs have two wheels with
the driver perched aloft in the rear, still
the difference between one cab and an
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

cabman? The answer comes from an
authority. The authority is that
essential Ingredient in the COM
position of life in big city-a
man about town. And it is he who
says the cabman is not appreciated.
What ic h
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st. Louis Merchants Exchange
$125, ,O0O During a Festive
Little Game.
''Four Thousand Dollars /
Can Draw the Highest
Club"
Detailed Account of One Of
the Most Remarkable
Games Ever Played.

Asst Wedn S d a Y
night the wives of
| st. Louis business
members of the Mer-
chants exchange and
wholesale merchants,
awaited anXiously Y
their return to their
family re id e nc e S,
while the wife of a
gentleman visiting in
the city doubtless
fondly imagined him
sleeping peacefully
the sleep that comes
after a hard days
work. The eight gen
tlemen were seated
around a table i'll a
leading hotel, piles of
checks in front of each
of them, and seemed
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24

Roou,e to let ads. in the GLOBE are seen by
e the most people.
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
GOOD AND BAD CABS,
An Expert in Their Use Tells
How to Choose the Pro-
per Vehicle.
dehus Who Never Fail to
Take the Wrong Side
Of the Street.
The Jewel Who is Always
Engaged--Poker Play
ers' Cabs.
Going Home Late at Night
e5 How the English Cabby
Drives.

OUR cabdriver is
a much misunder-
stood m a n. 81 e
does extra work on
the byways = he
doesn't get paid
for it. If he ran
all the time on the
main line Satur-
day night would
see him weather.
than he is, b u t
what has that alb
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the families III the
city have tried it,
that nineteen out ,
to grief each year.
the bottom of it. L
a family in the wo
itself more aimal
The Smiths
and the JoneSe.
we certainly shall,
was with us, / kno
course Carrie ant
with us-it would
them in the house
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WITH her PARENTS.
A Modern Custom of Young
Married People Which Does
Not Work Well.
An Old Man who Found that
"Dear George" Was Not
His Style.
= Both Sides Are Apt to Find
Fault, and Then Trouble
EnSueS.
The Mother-in-Law Thinks
She Is Snubbed and Makes
Things Uncomfortable.

-ANTED for
t h e summer
months a small
f IL + n i S h e d
house in Mer-
riam or st. An
thOny Par k.
Address FL %,
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Hoj, in plenty may be mad
ssSF BY inserting hera an ad.
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A VICTIM OF THE
PRACTICE.


1 spite Of the fact
+ every twenty come
It's conceit that's at
lon't suppose there's
Id that doesn't think
lie than any other.
don't get on
can't agree, but
That's the way it
V. My wife said, of
George must live
be charming to have
a little Young life
St. Paul daily globe., 1888-06-24
HUNTING THE BOAR IN CUBA.

A Sportsman's Exciting Expert
ence in the Depths of the For
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and Brown had solitary four spot,
taking the 1856. 1t was discouraging
play to Jones. He owed the banker $3.50
and had all even 81 l,0G0, and to get out