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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07

W. II. Baldwin. assistant general freight
agent of the Union Pacific road, is in st.
Paul
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CHAMPIONSHIP PRICES.

places. Perry's face and breast were
covered with cuts and bruises.
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SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

The relative market value Of the different
parts OF the human body has been calculated by
German mathematician with a view 10 dx a basis
for the award Of damages IN case Of disabiement
The loss Of both eyes, arms legs hands feet Is
put Rt O0 that of The right hand NJ 50, Of foot At
80 Of the left hand at 80. the right Lex at 3a1z
eye at 25 the left thumb right f0rsiinger Al Is
te left foredHgeT at 8 and any other finger Of the
left hand "a per cent.
Some one says that a remarkable imitation Of
black walnut may be manufactured from poor
pine, the quality and appearance ofths article being
such 10 defy detection. except upon very close
examination. To accomplish this one part Of wal
nut peel extract T. mixed with six parts of water
and with this solution the wood Is coated. When
the material Is half dry, "A solution OF biChromate
Of potash. with water is rubbed On T. and the made
walnut is ready for use.
- According to FIRE Gnd Water, Fire Marshal
Whilcomb ol Boston, has been recently experiment.
ing with rats and matches, shut up together in q
cage, in order to ascertain whether they were
likely 10 cause fires not Ia the absence of other
known cause, frequent fires have been ascribed to
their agency, while at the same time many under
writers affected 10 sCOG at the idea. The question
may however, now be considered as settled. The
very first might that Marshal Nlitc0mbs rats were
left alone with the matches four fires were caused
and not a DAY passed while the experiment was
being tried that fires not set in this wEy. The
rats were we'll fed, but they seemed TO find some
thing in the phosphorus that they liked Il was
noticed that only the phosphorus ends were
gnawed, and in nearly every instance the matches
were dragged away frOm The spot where they had
bgeu laid
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EDITOR NATIoEAL TEIEuSE. / wish 70 tel
YOU little story Of Col Ed, Haach 2d Eow
Cav. We were on Grants overland Fic1sb3rE
expedition. where we failed, aad had 90 90 back
90 Memphis. Tenn. We c1mpcd near CoGoegiIle,
and were on quarter rst.0as. Col. Hatch drew
up the regiment in hollow square-it was a
hollow square in t|0 Ways-and addressed as
thHs: Boys, we have strict orders against
foragiHg. There is plenty TO get bus let as
be men and obey orders j shall punish any
man Who is caught foragiHg." Changing his
tone Of voice, be said But II any OF you should
get anything, bring rae a piece" The writer
lost no time in dressing q nice, Fat sheep, and
started for quarters with the saddle Of mutton.
As I passed the Coionel's tent I tanned up the
g. and tossed in a quarter OF mutton. The
Colonel was busy writing but be stopped long
enough to say Hold on, for Gods sake; / am
barricaded with more than 1 can eat in q
week" I looked long enough to see turkeys,
chickens and mutton enough for g Commizsary,
and withdrew. Col. Hatch was a brave officer,
a true gentleman, aud beloved by his meu.-H.
K. GoODALE, Band, % Iowa Cav.
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A sheriTs Dilemma.

4 Maine sheriff, who was rather uudersized,
was given a wrtof arrest against an Aroosteok
farmer Having found the owner Of the farm
in the field, he explained his business, when he
was requested to read the writ, which com
menced as usual: You are hereby commanded
without delay to take the body Of" etc. "Au
right" says the prisoner, stretching himself
back on the grass, Pm ready "Oh, but
you don't expect me to carry you 2" " Ger
tainIy, you must take my body, you know "
L" Will you wait uatil / bring a tcam?" Can't
promise. / may recover from my fatigue by
that time" well, what must l do" You
must do your duty" And there he lay inn
movable until the sheriff left, when he left also.
Did he resist arrest2
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I crossed the ocean, uOs long ago, with N
English General of renown, gho mad come from
the Soudan covered with glory and honor. aud
with the Victoria cross to wear upon his breast.
In the very peal Of his tEiumphs he became
conscious that malignant disease was fsstea-
ing itself upon him. His physicians pro-
uouneed ib incurable cancer Of the throat, and
warned him that his doom would come soon.
His resolve was soon taken. He had faced
death in the battlefield, bat he would not face
the long, wearing grief Of an invalid wife, aud
a delicate daughter, nor should they see him
suffer the hopeless agouies Of the months OF
life that lag before him. lie told them that he
was coming TO America TO hunt buffalo. There
arc English people who still believe that the
plains are fall Of buffalo. His speech was al
ready affected wheu he gave his last yeaTniBg
look at the shores Of his English home but his
family suspected nothing. lie died, some fevy
months after up in the New Hampshire hills
among strangers.
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One Yler Of the slarerr OneslIon.


On one voyage across the Atlantic the listen
er's friend fell in with an English baronot who
was determined to see and know America. In
his desire to learn, to prepare to mjngle with
Americans in America, he threw overheard all
tae sristocratic reserve peculiar to bis siafio9,
and sought the eonpanionship of all the Amer
leans. As it happened, the talk at that ti9e
In the American groups was mainly made up Of
war "reminiscences. The baroue5 took IN all
the stories OF battle and siege and march, and
the free and easy exp0siJjOns of constitutional
law which abounded One day, after the dis
cussion of the attitude of the South in anti
slavery days had run on for a long time, aud
the debaters we're anxious for some one else 20
bear the burden. one of the Americans, turning
to the baTonet. said
Well Sir Frederick, what is your view2"
Well, you know, it seems TO me beasHy
stupid, you know, to try % mako them buy
niegers whether they wanted to or not. Why
net let every man choose for himself, say
aud if he wanted some niEEcrs Jet hjm have
'eun, and if not let 'em alone. That's the way
I look al it."
And Sir Frederick resumed his smoking
with the satisfied gravity OF the msn who feels
that he has given decision that forever closes
debate.
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PERSONS AND THINGS.

An ingenious moonshiuer in Kentucky con-
cealed his still in q cave In such manner as to
allow the smoke to escape through hollow tree.
In this way he cluded the vigilance Of the revenue
officers for year.
In the current scri5neT's Gen. Greedy, in his
article about Summer resorts, makes the bIuuder of
saying that the is the earth at the SUM
mer solstiue. Il is singular that the proofreader
allowed him 10 make such a statement, even if the
editor missed it. No wonder weather has been
bad of late
"A paper called Walters Buzz Saw " has just
been started in Milton Fla
The heirs Of merchant OF MOnson received
the other day 80 cents sent by man IN Pennsyl-
yania who wrote that they were 10 pay for four
apples that he took from the merchant store when
he lived there 80 years ago. How unfortunate 10 is
that the people with uneasy conscience never steal
anything worth something Boston Transcript.
A shark following RocElaud lime vessel re-
Gently and eating up the garbage thrown over
board, guiped down a big lump of lime thrown
over by one of the crew. The lime ut once began
TO slake and the shark thrashed about ia terrible
agony and finally died.
A man may be truthful In everything else. but
he always played better game of billiards several
years ago than he does now.-PhHadetphig Call.
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Yak n Maz~e,
I
Hedlcines naa 70 TaEa.

l-~rft'ASie
The old fashioned notion that "physic" "
ought 70 be nasty" and that if IL IS not nasty
it cannot possibly DO the patient any good,
seems now in a fair way to be ranked among
exploded falacies. The Pharmaceutical Jour
nal which has played a conspicuous part in
disPeliing this ancient delusion, tells as that
intelligent physicians and successful practi-
TONERS now recognize The fact that the inhu-
euce Of the mind over the body is such that
the whiIns and fasadioHsRess or patients in re.
spect 10 uagseous and offensive medicines can
not consistently 5e ignored" But there is yet
another reason, as this authority reminds us.
Il is well known that patients often deceive
their doctor by secretly throwing away medi-
cine5 that offend the taste or are rcpulsive in
appearance, and this even in cases where the
successful action or the failure Of the remedy
is perhaps a matter Of life or death As a nat
ural result, if the patient dies or derives so
benefit, the doctor or the drug, or both, bear
the blame After this no one will be surprised
to learn that the past year has shown greatly
increased appreciation Of everything that tends
not only to definite doses, but also to convent
eHce and palatability in medicines
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ZOE TIE LADIES

-" You think, then, that your husband nol0ageT
loves you as formerly"
% Alas 4 am sure Of IT,"
81 What proof have you?"
80 IS lat proOf2 Why, my dear friend when he
kisses me now he doesn't even disturb my face
p0Wder.-POTis GduJOis.
~ Half mourning Is row vigorously condemned
by Eastern society. The idea that a idow should
say at the end Of a year that she now mOurBs only
half much as formerly was always matter d
rolculc.-DetTDhf fTee tfesS-
-'' thank God - said 1Ir. Horace Davis, IA bis
inaugural address a5 President OI the Caiuornia
State University that the time has come when the
treasures Of the higher education are lsld epen %
women equally with men, and I believe that this
leaven will silently sorA through the whole COM
munity. giving higher tone TO society, and exer-
else benign influence even upon public affairs
Says a Venezuela correspondent: IN the far
interior there churches Of any kind and 81 Is
only at intervals OF D1auy months. even OF years
sometimes taat priests can visit these distant vii
lagos 10 blpt5ze and marry. asd hence results a
curious state Of things far marriage is con
together As husbands and wives ia striCt bOnorFnd
faith until the uElest does come TO maFFF them
Then both Church aad sl-te IegaItze fEe union and
ali children resuEtlazs- and no one huts iau4l i
saw one man in Caracas whose wife had bOrue him
IG sens ia succession before he married her. Then
the opportunity calne, ald they are looked upon
as being entirely Tegle.h
~ Ehe women o. the zEeieut town oT Anjou have
acquired worldwide reputation for t.-elr pro
feeaCy in tc a-t OF folding linen for all purposes.
lheir huge Aueu presses show some marvellous
chef q u5avres Ia ts way Of folded tlble-sllle-l-
At q Vast table cloth folded into trough = sheep
formed Of Medina napkins, are supPose1 70 BE-
drinking, watched by large nEns-il I'd the shape
Of q shepherd aud lslf dozen cOillzs frluztd
taking the forms O! dog Others are ia tlss shape
of castles, miters. towers, Uindmiils pitchers jars
aud boots. II America this art s confined 20 wait
ers and window-dressers.
A Germantown lady. who IS clever, past 20 and
fond Of amateur theItrclAs and compliments alike,
was speaking after the performance 20 blunt buL
popular man Of society. . You acted admirably,
he said. Thanks" " she said, " but did not look
ff ltra =ll
Quite The contrary" replied the gentleman
" the effect was perfect from the end OF the
distance supplied the youth and beauty" i'Ab, %
exclaimed the lady, turning upon her heel, " IN
that case suppose you keep At a distance hereafter
Mrs. Amanda Eyylambs, OF Atlanta, whose for
tune is estimated II $4,000, Is the richest eOOrCo
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BOSOM LelLeT 70 tle FTOr7afhoe J0ltTaai.I
This bit of vicious talk was overheard ia q
dressing room recently between two rival Back
Bay bellies:
Fred is getting positively spooney," one
said to the other, he called me a flower just
before / came up stairs"
:" Yoa had been sitting against the wall for a
long time, was the unamiabie response, deliver
ed with much sweetness, but 1t wasn't nice OF
him to allUde to It."
This reminds one of an old French story,
only thaFit is by ne means as good as that ven
cradle retort:
" Your husband told ne Iast evening" one
lady remarks to oanother, " that my cheeks were
like roses
Yes" retorts the wife, apparently undis
concerted, he said to me afterwards that il
was pity they should be yellow roses"
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way Of tho rarole When I left home / wrote
Covode the Secretary of War, aud others that
j intended to enlist and 20 South.
was told that I should not take the step
until had iEst received their assent, but that
was not my way Of doing things IN 1852 /
acted when tae spirit moved nae, and made any
explanation altervard.
assumed u this case that the assent would
come, but Is never did, officially, uutl L
GOT 4 Cos,=TIssToE A YEAR AFTERwAED
on narcaIueat. beginning with the usuaI words:
"Hayings- elial confidence iu the valor, honor,
patri0tism a13 fidelity Of, j DO hereby ap-
point him second Lieutenant. Signed, A. Lin
coin. Pres dent; E. II. Stanton, Secretary Of
War"
When applied for enlistment I never once
thought g. aa money Z was entitled 10. There
fore viih na .bg act Of enlistment was Ger
taiuly ua- .e1a2rF iu any sense. tn point
CT faol zss not even - So Che draft, as my
parole w0uIl haVe relieved ne from its c1icct II
] bad caaaeH 60 So use st. / volunteered 1rom
motives Ci datE and patriotism IN October.
1852 at & f5ae when volunteering was not SO
awfullv brisk I Uas indebted ta Capt. Rodeu-
bauga tl1aEaltulues- and foresight in secuT-
ing for Ha the same bounty allowances that
were being ra- ted tv lLe Ssste aHd County at
that tiue a.-lr 1 had 1c1u aI.- tea he secured
for me 5. as z1-l of rfal St money by haT=ng
me crea ite5 -e G'.a Quota of ll .easuy Comfy,
Pa Sci that FFss, after all. bcaa-
Evlvania Erery cent ai tbis bounty
money ez-agEe5 Er 9uce iu She purchase OF a
number a sIts isT my sisters and intimate
friends linE I omitted ANY one per
son who baI 8r claims upon me. Or course
the gifts HeE 51 some cases triLnE. ] tclt 5n
making SHAT it Was the last present they
would receive from nae. because Iu my leaFt
had detorla.rad that ] would wipe cut tae
stain of Oh Capitol at any sacrifice 90 tic fins,
opportuui ] should eet in the field. I may
have been uerhiag al a fool but was moi q
traitor nor coward.
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EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: Ia your issue
Of the 18th of March l notice that ID. Higdon
corrects the statement of the man that says
% lie can tell the Colonel Of the 10th Ind, if
living, who shot his horse at the battle of Port
Republic" Now, there are one of two things {:
Either the man who makes the statement was
not at that battle, or he has q wonderfully poor
memory. The 10th Ind was not at the Port
Republic fight, or any other fight that occurred
on Virginia soil prior to 1864. The Colonel re-
ferred TO was Col. Jim Gavin, Of the 7th Ind.
as brave a man as ever drew a sword His
horse was shot from under him while leading
bis regiment in a charge at the close Of the
battle l am of opinion that it would be diff
ficult matter for any one to tell who shot the
horse-MILo ROBERTSON. First Lieutenant,
Co. G, 9TH Ind ElWood, Neb
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Cincinnati Commercial Gazetts
OF the p widows OF Revolutionary soldiers
drawing pensions from the Government, two
are residents of Ohio, twO of Indiana two Of
Illinois, two Of Kentucky and two OF Michigan
Tennessee claims no less than eight, while
North Carolina has five Vermont three and
Georgia three. The other old ladies are scat
tered about in Maine, Minnesota, Nebraska,
New York, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia
The two oldest are % years OF age, and the
youngest is 60. the average being S.. OF course
the husbands Of these women must have been
middle-aged or quite old men with young
wives. The youngest woman of the list is
Nancy A. Green, OF Versailles, Ind, and the
two Oldest arc Susan Curtis, Of TOpsham, Me-,
and Nancy Rains, Of Carter's Furnace Tenn
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ans al the 76th n. Y. have been to C4ettysburg
to make arrangements for the dedication of the
monument to their regiment. Comrade Taylor
was one ef the detail who carried Gen. Reynolds
off the field after he fell, and says that the
general y-accepted story that the General died
in a small stone house is untrue. lie says:
when we laid our beloved corps commander
in that house, the floor of which is yet marked
with his blood think he was dead. Indeed,
l thought when l looked at him before l took
hold of the army blanket in which we carried
him off the field, that he had died where he
fell, at the spot where the monument erected
by the State Of Pennsylvania 70 his memory
stands"
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"'|-'1--N
A ROca-aad man who owned Z cow made 2
bargain Wita butcher To- xiii and sell il on com
mission. j 50 happened that the FIRST offer the
butcher received Tor the meat was from the
owner o. tho COW, who did not recognize the
carcass. llf-4-quarters of the meat was sold
70 hlm for hrc cents pound, and lie afterwaGd
sold D. acasa ~ q small profit. The next day
he bought Sac remaining quarter beating the
accommodating butcher down on his price, and
B0id that CGartgr for 8 smal. profit When he
settled VITA The butcher for his own cow he
was Indignant that the meat man sold il 50
cheap and Has dumfounded when he heard that
he himself was the purchaser.
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There Is cattle broker iu West Albany who
fears Ce--L u startling degree Ou.y under
c9mpu-=i5u Flll he ride On railroad train. "a
boat, or even behind a horse. Naen De IS q
little OK el sorts j IS . common thing l0 See
him about tie village 81 any hour Of theniglt.
Recently bgt-ted friend ou his way home
found hIm Il TIE street long after midnight
talking ~ himself He asked gIat was the
matter. and the cattle dealer replied &" I'm sick
and ara ataid lm going 10 die, so 7 came out
= get aDllaer look al the earth aad the things
Eboat here lie frequently takes bis last
look al TIC r.rLh
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Needs aad Tezses.
| Foa,ill,s l-l,,nss u Easa. /

Two little twins, Louisa and Julia by name,
illustrate in their queer speeches the hard work
which children have in mastering the parts Of
speech:
0ee day their mother missed Louisa, and as
Julia had jast been ont at a neighboy's, she
fsHcied That perhaps Louisa had been with
her.
Julia," she asked, "d;d Loaiza 90 cut with
you
" No. mamma" said the little girl, she
didn5 been; saw her at the window when 1
was a-wentin,!n.
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a1t-iJH De- f-sf-.t5. 'cEu.
TIE cue ~ recent marriage feast iu this
vicinity Tsre Disappointed. DGUsg the even
ing the zaa were aca presented With a small
paper bag Ie6 with peanuts and few pieces
oi candy. a.1 st 3 later hour the bridegroom
annoCEc t7st supper Wogid Je served st the
hotel. s. far all WAS saLisfac. 0Iy; the sur
Prise came vixen each gHezt was asked by the
waiter % H.5. fae bin E5r his supper Aud the
neWiy-LBarrllai individual ia rnr5e honor thc
feast was sqra-l i5 said t5 be worth $4,000.
Could i he -la, tie wedding presents didn' {
pan out ~ ae ezFee1elz
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CT More tbsn Ereu.

A yog4g man failed 10 receive an invitation
% surEEass zI-y ~ which many that he knew
were sPcc.a = Invited. lie br9.aaj over il q
while, ans l-l stole q march ga all be others
~ inviting De young lady 90 whose honor
tie party aas. to 70 with HiI 10 the thc2tcr.
not knowing oi any other arrangement she
glallE ae- ed and after the performance be
Eug=e5.a- llaca- taer-5y making the other
party. kes- waiting igT her return, literally
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A Trust.
f0Huhd World !

Employer-Ah! hem By the way, 8Ir.
Smallwage, you remember / said / would not
need your valuable and highly-appreciated
services after this week.
Secretary-Yes, sir; you said you had found
by advertising that you could get a female sec
retary just as competent for less wages
p" True. / found young lady 80 highly rec
commended that ! engaged her, but this morn
ing l received a note from her declining the
place"
Yes. I know about it. She and I have
formed a trust to lessen the supply Of labor and
keep up wages"
"Eh2"
Il have married her"
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MINIS Hfs Son.

s. c. Rowe Decatur, Tex, is very anxious to
hear of the whereabouts of his son, ?. W. Rowe,
age Is black eyes and hair, who is supposed to
have gone to the Indian Territory or Northeast
Texas. He left his home on the 18th ult. Any
comrade knowing of his whereabouts viii con-
fer great favor on the boys father by ad-
dressing as above,
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S0uth Dakota.
[Bn8aIo Co1sr5er.l

Any man who rises in Congress to advocate
the admission to the Union of a State with such
a name as South Dakota should be at once sup
pressed on the point of order that be insults
tie intelligence Of the United States. A peo-
pie Of such feeble intellect that they are un-
able to invent a name which does not need the
prefix North South" OF New" before
t. are unworthy Of place in the sisterhood Of
States
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Rea.on 81 RedneIng the Force.

Tive coal heavers were discussing the lower
ing Of the price the other day. They were en-
ployed on neighboring wharyes, and Of course
any change in the staple, the handling of which
afforded them livelihood, had a special inter
est TO them Well Mike" remarked one,
" aren't yer glad that the price Of The coal has
dropped!" Bad luck to the Bit am ." re.
greffully responded the other, "for / was drop
ped with it." What do you mean20 oh.
the boss said it was SO low now that fewer men
could handle it,
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CIeared on the CHARGES.
| RicImont q GazeNe. |

James Cooley, OF York, was taken to CoIum-
bus, last week, to appea3 before u S. Pension
officer to answer 10 some charge preferred
against him for certain transactions as a claim
agent, but we are glad to state that Jim came
back, Tuesday, with his skirts clear, no charges
being sustained against him. He will continue
business at the same standP at York
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II yen viii send as your address, we win mail
you our illustrated pamphlet explaining al
about Dr. Dyes Celebrated Electro Voltaic Belt
and Appliances, and their charming effects upon
fhe neryoas- cebiiitated system, and how they
viii quickly restore you TO vigor, manhood and
health. II you are thus afflicted We will send
you Belt aad Appliances on trial.
FoLTAIc BELT Co. Marshall, Mich.
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r. w. TANg1LL s Co.. chicago. iill.

L. ". IANsILL % Co, Chicago, III:
The best evidence of the popularity of your
"Tansill's Punch is that after the first trial
/ have permanent customer. / have sold
them for more than three years, and the only
fault that my customers find with them is that
they can't smoke any other SC. cigar with sat
isfaction.
ROBERT II. CowDREY, Ph. g., Chicago.