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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
Would Return the Visits.

Rome Tribune.
Bill Cornelius went through the war,
and in one Of the battles rit,e-ball
went into one heel and cut in two the
toes of his other foot. He came back
home, and his foot hurt him SO badly
that he decided to have the injured toes
amputatcd. He went to bed and sent for
Rome's most distinguishes surgeon. The
toes were amputated, and afterward
Bill got well and returned to his duties.
One day bill was sent to him for
amputating SO many toes, so many dol
lars, and for SO many visits SO many
dollars. don't reeollect the amounts,
but think it was $40 for four toes.
Bill said to the collector:
Here's $40 for the four toes, and tell
DR.. - I'll return the viSits.'
Aud he never paid the bill for the
visits up to the time he died.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

in them as long as they remain public
property. In other words, it is proposed
to establish the public land system on a
business basis, and to regulate and OPP
crate it according to ordinary business
principles.
When Carl. ScHURZ was secretary
of the interior he discussed the matter
in this light, in one of his annual re-
ports, and recommended that the pas
t0ral lands of the public domain should
be let out on leasehold tenure. 1t is
now urged, by those who are insisting
upon change In our land system, that
the Schulz recommendation with regard
to the pastoral lands would be the policy
best adapted to the present condition OF
our public lands in general. The
greater parts of the land now owned by
the government are known to possess
all the elements of fertility, excepting
water in certain localities. 1t is also
known that much land which now
seems valueless will be made highly
productive by irrigation. 1t is claimed
that there is no necessity for selling
these lands at their present value. II
they are really worthless, the govern
ment should not wrong the purchaser
by taking his money for them; and, on
the other hand. if they are to become OF
great value, the government is capable
of holding them, and there is no good
reason why the government should not
act upon the principles which would be
deemed wise and prudent in private
business. 1t is urged. however, that if
the government retains the title until
the full value of the lands can be real
lied, still, it is not necessary that the
lands should be kept out of use; but
Mr.. ScHURz's plan of letting them out
on leasehold tenure should be adopted.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
GRAMS OF GOLD.

Cowardice is the greatest giver Of
aims.
Spare moments are the gold-dust of
time.-COle.
He who is devoted to everybody is de-
voted to nobody.
If you note ali the details you have
not seen the whole.
Deliheration too far prolonged defeats
it's own endS.-NelsOn.
Habit renders wrong-doing of any
kind sort of second nature.
Sands make the acknowledgements
make the years.-Young.
Nothing is degrading which a high
and graceful purpose ennoble.
Truth has never yet proved fatal to
any one; there are too many antidotes.
To owe gratitude Expresses coarse
nature; to receive it Expresses fine
one.
There is not enough religion in the
world to admit of the humiliation of re-
ligi0ns.
The gardens of modern poetry too
often betray nearneSS to the drains Of
the cities.
Things never can go badly wrong.
IF the heart be true and the love be strong.
For many natures it is as much duty
of cleanliness to change opinions as to
change clothes.
Not when it is dangerous to tell the
truth will she lack a prophet, but only
when it is tiresome.
Those things which eneag us merely
by their novelty cannot attract US for
any length of time.
Socialism is the fantastical younger
brother of nearly spent depotisln
whose inheritance he claims. ~
Man should command his flesh as. a
slave his master. The dominion Of the
enfranchlsed is the most imperi0us.
Old age is the night of life as night is
the old age of day. Still, night is full
of magnifcence, and for many it is
more brilliant than the day. 9ls
If you have built castles in the air
your work need not be lost; that is
where they should be. Now put the
foundations under them.-Thorean. u
He that boasteth himself to know
everything is most ignorant; and he
that presumeth to know nothing is most
WiSe.-Plato, B. G. 427.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

"Well, we have got out of paying rent
for the last six months. and l guess
father is sort Of Spectator. detroit
Free Press.
Miss Houler-And pray tell me truly,
professor, what do you think OF my
voice? Professor-Excusez moi, made
mOiseile, r0sitiveelee could not be so
incourteous.
President Harrison's dog Is named
Dash. The president can relieve his
feelings when the demands of Office
seekers are past endurance by calling
his dOg.-BostOn Times.
Mr.. Young-Peter, did the gentlemen
drink all the wine at dinner last night?
Peter-Yes, sir; an ii it hadn't been
for my fOret'ought when de dinner be-
ginned, wouldn't had none myself. =
Time.
"The dinner last evening wss
wretched, Katie; was positively
ashamed of it." ''Yes'm, the policeman
OH this beat, who never complained be-
fore, said the same thing. "-Fliegenqe
Batter.
The Armenian authorities deny that
a band Of KurdS broke up wedding at
Mouch lately by boiling the bride. Tie
KurdS SOured on the groom, but didn't
phia Ledger.
father brought from Madeira in 1910,
and it's never been opened before.
Tommy Slipping it}-H0w profoundly
your father must have loved his family,
my boy.-Time.
Mrs. Wigg-There's one thing can
say of my husband-he never swears.
Mrs. Figg-Are you sure of that? Mrs.
Wigg-He never sWearS around home.
anyhow. Mrs. Figg-That settles it.
He never SWears at ali.-Terre Haute
Express.
Wiggins-.'If you're out Of work,
Jack, why don't you try to get on a
jury?" Jack Borrowit-"Can't. read
the papers every day, looking for a job.
and what lawyer would accept man
of that kind?"-Judge.
From their standpoint: Mr.. Devon
MISUNDERSTANDING all this dayvlish
fuss about, deah boy?" Mr.. Sevenache
Hawthorne-..I believe these American
fellahs are canOnizing some old fossil
that invented pie or something's
Judge.
Mrs. S. Kelly Tone-What do you
think of my costume, dear? Miss v.
NOmouS-ls it to be fancy dress ball?
Mrs. s. Kelly Tone-No. Miss V. Nom
ous-I thought maybe 1t was, and you
intended to represent gristly bare
Terre Haute Express.
Aunt Mindy-Bress yo' dean ole.
brack heart, Deacon ellis, how's eb'ry-
Ting down t. d. church? Deacon ellis
-Befo' yo' go emmy furder, Miss Wonk-
ley, l wanter s'geSt dat my shadin' don
go quite ser fur in ez yo' remahk wud
seem fer t. himply Thine.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
MISS BEssIE's CATCH.

One morning when Spring was in her teens
A morn tc poets wishing,
All tinted i'll delicate grays and green's,
Miss Bessie and went fishing.
in my rough and stumble clothes,
With my face at sunshine's mercy
She with her hat tipped down to her nose,
And her nose tipped vice versa.
with my rcd, my reel, and my hooks,
And a hamper for luncheon recesses;
She with the bait Of her cOmely looks,
And the seine of her golden tcesses.
So we sat down in the shade of dyke,
Where the white pond lilies teeter,
And went to fishing like quaint old Ike,
And she like Simon Peter.
All day lay in the light of her eyes,
And dreamily watched and waited;
But the fish were cunning and wouldn't aiSe,
And the batter alone was bailed.
So when the time for departure came,
My bag was fiat as founder:
But Bessie had neatly hooked her game
"A hundred and eighty FOUNDER.
Attributed to John Bright.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
DAKoTA,s CHANCE.

The impression seems to prevail quite
extensively in the country that the in
telligent and progressive people of the
Dakotas. in their state architecture. will
introduce some novel and experimental
features. South Dakota has decided
not to change the work done in 1885,
but there is apparently an opening for
the North to secure lot of valuable
advertising, and perhaps start Juror
that will Offset the attractions of the
reservation to be opened in the South,
by Incorporating in the new constitu-
ton some measure that shall strike the
popular fancy. The Globe-Democrat
at st. Louis understands that there is
strong movement in North. Dakota to
provide in the constitution that cult
waited land may be practically exempt
from taxation. and that the taxes on I'M
cultivated land may be sOhigh that they
will for time suffice for all outgoings."
That paper. OF course, finds some OBJ
jections to the scheme, but discusses it
as a Dakota possibility. The Boston
Globe says the ''bustling states show
commendable willingness to strike
out for themselves new paths Of state
craft" 1t has information that among
the new measures in contemplation is
single legislative body, instead of the
double contrivaEce that exists in all the
states. This seems to the Boston paper
as an excellent new departure" 1t
insists that it would puzzle Philadel-
phia lawyer to find any good reason for
senate in addition to house of repre-
sentatives. 1t was an imitation Of the
arlstocratic house of lords in England,
which that country has practically out
grown. The commons are the repre-
sentative body, and even the admins
tration is virtually in their hands. The
senate feature has been allowed to OBJ
tain and grow in this country because
it was part of the structure of the
fathers. The Globe says ''the legisla-
ture has no function that could not as
well be performed by a single house
more directly, simply and expedi-
tiously," and it thinks Dakota can start
a ball that will be felt all over the coun-
try. There will be more than usual
interest taken in the course of the con-
YentiOn in North Dakota,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
Bad BIunder.

Philadelphia Record.
Mabel-Mother, have broken my en-
gagement with Arthur. No woman
could be happy with such brute.
Mother-Horrors! What have you
learned?
s'Last night 1 asked him to tack the
cover on my Work-box and he hit his
finger with the hammer and. mother,
-said-damn."
{, 81 see. He danced around the room
and swore blue streak a yard long and
kicked the work box to pieces and
called you jibbering idiot and"
:, "Why, no, he didn't: he only said
damn and went on tacking."
"What? Is that all? Oh! You fool
ish child! You have lost an angel"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
DO YOU BELIEVE IT?

The clock should be stopped at the
time of death, as its running will bring
ill luck.
If one dies, and no rigor morris en-
sues, it indicates speedy second death
in the family.
If hearse is drawn by two white
horses death in the neighborhood will
occur in a month.
It is unlucky in funeral for those
present to repass the house where death
has occurred.
If rain falls on new-made grave
there will be another death in the fam
lily within the year.
If the grave is left open over Sunday
another death will occur before the Sum
day following.
TO keep the corpse In the house over
Sunday will bring death in the family
before the year is out.
1t is unlucky to pass through fun
eral, either between the carriages or the
lilies OF mourners on foot. =
Ii rain falls into an open grrve am
other burial in the same cemetery will
occur within three days.
At funeral entering church before
the mourners means death to some Of
the entering party. -, (
70 put on the bonnet or hat Of one in
mourning is the sign that you will wear
one before the year is out. II,
If any one comes to a funeral afteT
: the procession starts another death will
occur in the same house.
In Switzerland, if a grave is left open
over Sunday, it is said that within four
weeks one of the village will die.
If, during sickness, pair. of shears
be dropped in such manner that the
point sticks into the floor, it indicates
the death of the sick person.
When woman who has been sewing
puts her thimble on the table as she sits
down to eat. it is sign that she will be
left widow if she marries.
A common saying in England is:
''Happy is the corpse the rain falls on"
This belief exists also in the United
States. Thus it is said that If rain falls
at the time of the funeral it is sign
that the dead has gone to heaven.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
a Mock Marriage.

Clara-Oh, mother, we had such fun
at the party! Young Smith proposed
that he and l should go through a mock
marriage ceremoay-just in fun. you
know and it Was too funny for any,
thing! Afterward, some OF The other
people who heard of it said we were
really married; but we're not. are we?
Doting Mcther-Of course not. Be-
Sides. yoang Smith couldn't support a
wife il he had ono.
.'Oh. it wasn't that Smith. 1t was the
who owns bonanza mine, you known
''Eh? That Smith! My dear, a mar.
riage like that before witnesses is bind.
ing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
A CONVERTED ASSASSIN.
A Weird Tale or q Chinese Jack
the Ripper"


the Ripper"
San Francisco Examiner.
City front pedestrians were edited re-
Gently by the eloquence of the first
Chinese evangelist who has made his
appearance in that locality. He an
nounced his name as All Qui. He did
not claim any connection with either
the Salvation Army or the Holiness
band.
'sTen years ago / was a very bad
man." said he. s'What you call High
binders here; that's what / was in Can
ton. / worked for big mandarin fif-
teen years. During that time killed
fifty-One people for money. Twenty of
them were women. / wiilteH you how
was converted. My master set his
eyes on Christian Chinese girl, but
could cot get her, SO was sent to kill
her. was to receive SO for the act. /
found her alone in the house one night,
and Oh her refusal to accompany me to
my master thld her she must die. She
asked time to pray. l was so affected
that the knife dropped from my hand,
and that incident led me to Christianity.
grew to love her. and she became my
wife. The preacher at whose house she
lived married us.
Zone night we were seized and car
ried to the house of my former master.
He ordered me to murder her. and re-
fused to do it. Then he said that an
other would perform that Office and that
could end my days by hari-kari. His
order was obeyed in one case. They
disrobed my wife, and three men bound
her, while a third cut off limb after
limb. She prayed for them while they
were doing this as long as she had
breath in her body"
At this point Qui leaped into the air
and shrieked three unearthly yells,
while the crowd who had listened to the
weird story stood aghast with sup
pressed excitement. He seemed to he
insane for at least minute. Then,
wiping his eyes, he exclaimed:
''The next day I escaped, and here /
am"
The exhortation which followed lasted
for at least twenty minutes, and was in
tenSely earnest. He said that he pro-
posed to go through this land and tell
The story of his conversion to show the
power of grace.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
The Changes of Fortune.

From the Memphis Avalanche.
Ten years ago the superintendent of
an Iowa railroad booted a tramp out Of
bis Office for having the cheek to ask
for pass. To-day the tramp is the SUI
perintendent of the same road, while
the man who lifted him on his boot
keeps a restaurant and sends him over
lunches
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
HIGH SCHOOL TRAINING.

To the Editor of the Globe.
Apropos to your excellent editorial in to-
days GLOBE on high school education,
would like to ask if the high schools would
not do even more valuable work II they
laugh; the pupils to master books Tor them
selves instead of the teaching being given so
universally by lectures!
A HIGa SCHOOL ADVOCATE.
st. Paul, May 10.
We were not aware that the use of
books is discarded in the high schools;
and as a matter of fact, they are not In
the st. Paul High school. Still, a great
of instruction is given by lectures, and
it is probably done with the expectation
that the pupils will study their books
more closely at home. 1t is misfort-
une, however, with great many pupils
to come from homes where there are no
books, and where nobody reads any
thing but the trashy literature that
they get from the library. Where there
is want of this home atmosphere OF
culture, the pupil in the high school is
uIqnestionably placed at disadvan-
tage. If pupil comes from bone
where historical or literary allusion is
never heard. and the only books
that are discussed belong to the yellow
back fiction variety, that pupil is
bound to be at a disadvantage compared
with the boy or girl who comes from
cultivated home; and there is no way
to reconstruct the high school methods
to eQualiZe the home conditions OF the
pnpils. We have no doubt that much
improvement can be made in the
methods of high school training, for
they are not perfect; but it is utterly
impossible that the high school, the dis
trict school or any other school can
take the place of home culture.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
Effects Of Gas on the Eyes.
New York Telegram.


Authorities Cd optics say that any
artificial light is more or less injurious
to the eyes if they are used long
by it, chiefly on account of the
want of diffusion in all arti-
ficlal light. The German Minister
of Instruction issued some time ago
a report upon the influence of gas-light
on the eye. The conclusion arrived at
in this report-the result of frequent
conference with well-known physicians
lis that no evils follow moderate use
of gas if the direct action of the yellow
flame on the eye is prevented. For this
pupose a milky white glass shade is
said to be the best, as it distributes the
light evenly. People whose eyes are
very sensitive may with advantage use
shades of dark-blue tint. When
working by artificial light the best plan
is to LET it fall from above and over the
left shoulder.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

THE past week prophecies have been
heard that it is to be a cold, wet sum-
mer. The hot and dry men. however,
have not changed their states. These
are the bulls and the bears. The
bovines will go on giving creamy milk.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

THE German emperor gives a rather
unexpected indication of sagacity in
the role of arbiter between the striking
miners and the coal companies. Per-
haps he will realize that the only secur-
ity for royalty in these times is in get
ting near to the popular life.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

THE suicide of the New York printer
who lost his $500 by betting on the
wrong side of horse race should sug-
gest to the craft limitations in their
wagers, as horse races are always I'M
certain, unless you know which horse
Is going to win. That is the case in
most kinds of betting.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

CONVERTS Of the Rockford Christ in
some of the churches have the absurd
notion that they can assert their views
in their old communion, and have caused
some disturbance in few instances.
All such should be led out if they per-
sist in their course. A generation OF
two ago sect sprung up in some of the
Eastern states who deemed it their right
to share the services in the churches
they had become apostates from, and
their leaders were repeatedly dragged
out by the police. These disturbers
have no rights to exercise to the annoy
ance of others in any religious gather
ings.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

The danger is not that the really de-
serving will be paid too much, but that
the men who never earned place on
the list will swell it to unreasonable
promotions.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

IF BLOOD counts for anything. Baby
MCKEE will grow up to be constitu-
tional oficeholder. Both of his grand
fathers get their living out Of the
federal treasury.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

THE president has recently made a
visit to Mount Vernon. BE heard some
thing in New York about a former resi-
dent there, and he can profitabiy spend
a good deal of time about that tomb.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

WHILE there are different views as to
the race problem in the South, it may
be noted that the colored people are
picking up good deal Of property, and
making quite hopeful progress in sew
eral essentials of good citizenship.
Judge ToURGEE states that in ten
years they have gathered $4,000, 600 in
savings banks, and to-day hold property
valued at S100,000,00O. They own
million acres of land in Georgia alone.
Nearly majority Of the mechanics in
the South are negroes, and they raise
more than half the cotton. The per-
centage of illiteracy is growing much
less among them. They have 12,GC0
Methodist churches, and contribute
100000 year for religious purposes.
They increase in numbers faster than
the whites, and there is believed to be
growing disposition among them not
to continue the tools Of selfish politi-
clans. They will, no doubt, eventually
learn to exercise their political rights
as intelligent citizens, without regard
to race, when the friction of the past
will greatly disappear.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20
To-DaY,s WEATHER.

WASHINGTON, May 19.-For Wisconsin,;
Local showers; warmer in eastern portion,
stationary temperature in western portion;
variable winds. For Iowa. Minnesota, Da-
kota and Nebraska: Light local showers:
northerly winds, becoming variable; siighi
changes in temperature, except in NEBRASKA
and Dakota slightly warmer.
opSEHyATrONS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

OUT of the sixteen contested election
eases in which papers have been filed
for seats in the next congress, only one
contestant is Democrat, and he is said
to have withdrawn his papers on a re-
count of the votes. One contest is from
Indiana, and the other fourteen from the
South. Probably in nearly every case
the claim is made, not on account of
errors in close count or petty tech
nicalities. but on the general ground
that Republicans should be counted in
because there was large colored popu-
lation, relying upon the partisan ma
iOrity to seat the claimant.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

SEVERAL pamphlet editions of Bishop
PoTTER's centennial address have been
called for. Neither of the calls ema-
mated from the White house.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

A BANQUET such as legislatures in
Minnesota are believed to be willing to
participate in at times was lately given
by the bankers at Topeka, Kan, and
it is related that when the reverend doc
tor said grace, and uttered the familiar
words, '.Bless these comforts to our
use," he opened his eyes and glanced
Iongingly in the direction of the claret
punch. There is evidently good deal
Of human nature, even in the prohibition
stateS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

THE Illinois legislature is still in SEES
sion. Probably it is holding on with
the expectation of being annexed to
Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-20

THE work of evangelizing Africa has
encouraging features. Recent dis
patches speak Of $4,000 AbysSinians
being killed in battle.