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St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
Took Away $4,000.

WASHINGTON. June Baldwin j..
Ryan, of the United States Express
company, has left the city, taking with
him three packages of bank notes.
amounting in all to about $4,000. No
clue has yet been found to his where
abOutS.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
Great Iowa Rain.

INDEPENDENCE, To-, June 23.-The
hardest rain storm known in this sec
tion for over thirty years fell last night.
High water marks are erased. Families
have abandoned their homes OIL the
flats. No lives are lost, but several
valuable horses have been struck by
lightning and drowned.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
Fusion Defeated.

sGAkNETr Kan. June 23-The Peoples
party of the Second district at an early hour
this morning nominated S. S. King, of Kan
sas City, Kan, for congress. over y. L.Moore,
the Democratic candidate, thus defeating a
fuse with the latter party. King received
two more votes than Moore.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
The Foe of Labor.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-Hon. White
law Reid, of New York, arrived here
this morning and spent the afternoon
at the White House in conference with
the president in regard to the political
situation. Then he visited the capitol
and received an ovation. ~
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
rHanlan and O'Connor.

tionaI 5double-scull race for the worlds
championship has been contested for on
Prosdue Isle bay. ard Hanlan and O'Connor
will carry it back to Toronto tonight togeth-
er with the citizens purse of SI.506 The
time was 1855. Hosmer and Gaudaur's time
was 81
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
Handy in Some Respects.

WASHINGTON, June. %. - Representative
Davis, of Kansas claims to have discovered
a law upon the old statute books of Illinois
prohibiting the sale of liquor within two
miles of q county fair. II there exists such
a law temperance advocates have only to en-
force 1t to prevent the sale Of liquor at the
big fair.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
The House Ad.journs.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-After read
ing of the journal, Mr.. Mcmillan, of
Tennessee, moved that when the house
adjourned today 1t be to meet on Satur-
day. pMr Watson, of Georgia, raised the
point of no quorum and the house ad-
journed until tomorrow.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
Blaine Homeward Bound,

CHICAGO. June 23.-Hon. James G. Blaine,
wife and daughter. left for home this morn
ing via the Lake Shore road.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
The President and the Sena-
tor From New York
Are Thinking.
But UP to Date They Are
Saying Nothing for
Publication.
Mr. Pettigrew Says Several
Western States Are in
Doubt.
Expressions Of Others Upon
the Invincible Chicago
Ticket.

WASHINGTON, June 23.-It was not
until 7:S0 o'clock this morning that
President Harrison knew for a GER
tainty that eX-President Grover Cleve-
land had again been chosen as his COLL
petirOr in the race for the next preSiden-
tial term. He had anticipated Mr..
Cleveland's selection and would have
been surprised only in the event of a
different result. The telegraphic ar
rangementS at the White house and the
Democratic convention hail at Chicago
are precise ly the same as with the Re-
publican convention at Minneapolis;
but, as the nomination OF Cleve-
land appeared from the first to
be fOregone conclusion, comparatively
little interest was taken in the proceed
ingS OF the present convention. The
president remained in his library until
1890 o'clock last night,
Reading the Bulletins
of the convention, and then remarked
to Private Secretary Halford, who was
his sole companion at the time, that 1t
would probably be four hours before the
balloting began, and ds he did not desire
to lose any sleep over 1t, he would re-
tire. The telegraph operators we're
thereupOn excused for the night, and
the president HedTu nOtIIIllg iHoIc lIOLi
the convention until he arose at the
usual hour this morning. He then
asked his valet if the convention had
reached nomination during the night.
The valet did not know, but said he
would find out. Soon after leaving the
president, he heard the newsboys on the
street calling out Extra" and he
bought paper announcing the nomina-
ton of Mr.. Cleveland Oh the first ballot.
The paper gave him the first infOrma-
ton he had on the subject. An effort
was made by representative of The
Associated Press to induce the preSi-
dent to say what he thought of the nom
ination. but he courteously declined to
say anything at all Oh the subject for
publication.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
The Harrisons' Outing.

Special to the Globe.
WASHINGTON, June 2S.-The presi-
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24

DIR. SCHENCk,S Book on Com
sumption, Liver Complaint and
Dyspepsia. sent Free.
DIR. J. HI. SCHENCK & SON, Phil
adelphia. PA.
St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-24
PURELY VEGETABLE and STRICTLY
RELIABLE.

They act directly and and prompt
ly on the Liver and Stomach. restor-
ing the constipated organs to
healthy activity. and are positive
and perfectly Safe Cure for
Constipation, Liver Complaint,
Sick. Headache, Biliousness,
and all other diseases arising from
a disOrdered condition of the Liver
and Stomach.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15
THE IDEAL AND THE REAL.
A Student Who Swallowed Red Hot Idea.

Astudent Who Swallowed n Red-Hot Idea.
Connected with the men and teach
ings of every college are its traditions.
From class to eiuss come down certain
stories of men and customs which illus
trate the ideas of different years. In
the beginning of the revolution DR..
Witherspoon was president of Prince
ton college He was a Scotchman by
birth, and man of strong common
sense.
1t was the fashion of the time to hold
the ideal theory-a practical denial OF
the existence of matter The ideal phi
losophy taught that external life, and
what we call the material world, are
the creatures of fancy. This system of
philosophy was even more prevalent at
that time than materialism is at the
present day.
1t is said that DR.. Witherspoon, find
ing it impossible to reason upon this
matter logically with people whose
minds were on fire with the ideal the
ory, entered the classroom one morn
ing, and in the course of his remarks
said:
young gentlemen, if you thinl,
there is nothing but ideas in the world,
just go out on the campus and butt
your heads against the college walls!
You will at least get an idea of mat
ter"
On another occasion the students
were at supper, at long tables with a
tutor presiding at each. There was
one student of the class who did not
believe in the theory of ideas. They
had hot mush and milk for supper; all
at once they were disturbed by this
student uttering dreadful cry.
Everybody started up to know what
was the matter The student said:
"Mr. Tutor, ask your pardon.
have just swallowed red-hot idea"
The tutor bowed, and the apology
was received without any evidence OF
amusement Chicago Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15
PIECES OF CARPET.
How n Clever Manager Makes Them Int
Durable and Pretty Rugs.


In homes blessed with an attic and
thrifty "house-mother, pieces of car
peting often accumulate--too good to
throw away, because new or nearly so,
yet apparently too small to be OF any
use In Germany, that "land of econ
omy," clever manager hit upon plan
for utilizing the remnants in her stock,
and her experience may afford sugges'
tions equally available in this country
Her material supplied three rugs, each
durable and satisfactory
For the first and handsomest, tho
best pieces were cut into squares of ex'
actly the same size, six inches. Then,
with strong black linen thread they
were sewed together on the wrong
side and the seams, after be
ing thoroughly dampened, were pressed
smooth with a very hot iron. If this
preliminary work is carefully done the
piece of carpet will be smooth. Draw
in the center of the rug large bouquet
of flowers. This must be something
that is easily worked, so that the va,
DlOSSOlllo Will lOOh DO bhohS II bhNJ
were scattered over it, and embroidered
in laid-work according to the natural
colors of the flowers Odd bits of zephyr
wool can be used in this way. The
seams not concealed by the flowers must
be feather-stitched, the lines running
lengthwise with dark red, the cross
ones with dark olive. The effect will
be pretty to omit the flowers and use
only the feather-stitching. The rug
should then be again ironed on the
wrong side and carefully scwed on
piece OF stout sacling The border OF
the one described was made of band
five inches wide of black plush.
In the second rug the smaller pieces
were cut into the shape of fish-scales
one and one-half inches wide and two
and onc-half long. The rounding por'
ton must be cut into small points or
coarsely buttonhole stitched to prevent
raveling; sew these with stout thread
on a foundation of two oval pieces OF
saclSing, twenty-four inches wide and
thirty inches long. Commence sewing
the scales around the outer edge, let
ting each succeeding row overlap the
other two-ffths of an inch, and finish
the center with a button.
The pieces remaining after the two
rugs above described were made were
cut into strips five or six inches long
and two-ffths of an inch wide; fifty
stitches were cast with knitting cotton
on wooden knitting needle OF
medium size, and a strip of the
cloth was knitted between each stitch
of the knitting cotton. When ten
slSeins had been used, nearly all the
bits of cloth was exhausted, and the
rug had reached the size its maker de-
sired 1t was lined with sacking like
the others. Brussels carpeting could
| be made into the first rug only; the
other two would require three-ply or
ingram, unless the worllwoman had
| patience enough to bind each of the
pieces of the second around the sides
and bottom, overcasting the tops to
prevent raveling. The braid bindings
add to the beauty of the rug, and the
work can be done on the sewing ma
chine Mary j. Stafford, in Good House
keeper.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15
THE SULLEN HAMSTER.
Russians Regard 1t as an Unsoclal AMI
NAL.

Russians Regard 1t as an Unsocial AMI
NAL
AS the squirrel was said by the old
Norsemen to bring all the news of the
animals to Thor, because he was the
merriest and most sociable of beasts.
so in the talk of the Russian peasants
the hamster is the synonym for all that
is sullen, avaricious, solitary and mo-
rose. Even in color he is unlike any
other animal, being light above and
dark below. This gives the hamster
somewhat the same incongruous az.
pearance that pair of black trousers
and light coat lend to man; in other
respects he is like large, shaggy
guinea pig, with very large teeth and
puffy cheeks, into which he can cram
vast qaantity of rye or beans for trans
port.
Each hamster lives in a large, roomy
burrow all by himself, in defense Of
which he will figgt like a badger
against any other hamster who may try
to enter. Family life he wholly avoids,
never allowing female inside his bur
row, but keeping her at good distance
and making her find her own living for
herself and family. The last burden is,
however, not serious one, for by the
time the young ones are three weeks
old each discovers that family life is
great mistake and sets off to make a
bachelor burrow for itself and save up
beans for the winter. For, in addition
to its other amiable qualities, the ham
ster has that of avarice in marked de-
gree, and heaps up treasures of corn,
rye, and horse beans far in excess of his
own private wants for the winter. His
favorite plan is to dig a number OF
treasure chambers, all communicating
with central guard room, in which
the owner eats and grows fat until the
hardest frosts begin, when he curls
himself up to sleep until the spring.
But this life of leisure does not begin
until the harvest has been gathered.
While the crops afe ripening, the ham,
sters work necessarily to increase their
boards, and as much as three hundred
weight of grain and beans have been
taken from hamster's burrow. After
harvest the peasants often search with
probes for the treasure chambers of the
robbers, and during the present scarcity
in Central Europe they will no doubt
exact heavy tribute from the ham,
sters' stores. Spectator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15
GOODNESS OF SPACE.
1t Is Estimated to be Many Degrees Below
the Freezing Point.

1t Is Estimated to be Many Degrees Below
the Freezing Point.
We rarely realize, think, how easily
the earth parts with its heat, and how
cold space is through which the earth
sweeps in it's orbit. Nor do we COM
monty appreciate how relentlessly space
sucks away the heat which the earth
has garnered from the sunbeams, out
into its illimitable depths. Way out
in space is a cold so intense that we
fairly fail to grasp its meaning. Per
haps three hundred or four hundred
degrees below the freezing-point OF
water, some philosophers think, are the
dark recesses beyond our atmosphere.
And night and day, summer and win
ter, this insatiate space is rob-
bing us of our heat, and fighting
with demoniac power to reduce our
globe to its own bitter chill. So,
after all, our summer and winter tenn
peratures are only maintained by the
residue Of the suns heat which we have
been able to store up and keep hold OF
in spite of the pitiless demands of space
Our margin sometimes gets so reduced
on nights in winter that we can readily
believe the astronomers and physicists
when they tell us that a reduction of
the suns heat by seven per cent and a
slight increase in the number of winter
days would suffice to bring again to our
hemisphere a new age of ice, with its
inevitable desolation. The balance is
really nice one between the heat we
daily gather from the sun and the share
of it which we lose in space.-T Mitch
ell Prudden, in Harper's Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15
One Dollar Per Year.
"wen, I did," was the reply, "w

"Well, did," was the reply. "Wc
found an owner the same day
The bright eyes of the boy were wide
open with surprise.
"Wheu we came to balance our ac-
counts for the day, we discovered that
we were short dollar. You see wa
can determine these things when we
balance up"
$50 you conclude that the dollar be.
longs to the bank?'
Eyes, but it's no matter now. ltsan
settled, and you've had The enjoyment
OF what the runaway dollar brought"
"But / have it still" was the reply;
and the banker, who was turning away,
stopped and looked at the speaker,
"Then I'll take it," said the man, ex-
tending his hand.
May be the boy thought just then
that the man was not as liberal-hearted
as he looked.
"Tll bring it In tomorrow" he re-
piled, at length, and with "See that
you do" the cashier walked away.
The finder of the coin turned about
and went home. He had found the
owner of the doller, but something
seemed to hold back his hand when he
went to take it from the little bank.
What if the bank on the busy street
had made mistake and had not lost
the dollar? People make mistakes;
why not bank?
The next day the boy went to the
great building with the dollar in his
pocket.
When he got to the banking room he
found number of people before hnL
and had to wait his turn.
His opportunity came after awhile,
and stepping to the window, he pre-
sented himself. to the cashier, who
looked over his spectacles surprised.
"Here's the boy with the lost dollarF
he exclaimed.
"What~ said the young man who
kept the books of the bank, "the dollrI
we thought we lost some time ago?'
"The same one, Mr. Henry"
Mr.. Henry colored
81 find that ! made mistake, saio
he. 81 overlooked the dollar in maxi
ing up the business for that day. l
confess to you that was careless.
The cashier turned with frown gath
ering on his face but seeing the look OF
the young clerk, he said, not very harsh.
ly:
Banks, as well as people, should not
make mistakes, Mr.. Henry. We must
not contract habits of carelessness. A
little care in everything we do will save
us heap of worry Some of the small
est things of life are of great impor'
tance. | trust the dollar did not run
away for nothing"
As he concluded, the cashier pushed
the shining coin over the counter t"
the boy, with the remark that the ac'
count was settled--it now had no owner.
And the little hand took it back.
Yet that day the dollar was spent for
things that gladdened some childish
eyes in the tall tenement around the
corner, and thus, after long hunt for
an owner, did much good.
The runaway dollar had accomplished
two missions. Besides bringing delight
to some children, it caused a certain
young clerk to adopt as one of the rules
of his business life this motto:
"Never overlook small things, and
don't make mistakes"
think it pretty good motto, don't
you?-Wcelily Magnet.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15
"wILp BEAST" STORIES.
Rumors of Mysterious Animals In the
Rural Districts.


Rural Districts.
Country people are as eager to ac'
cept any rumor of strange and dan
gerous creature in the woods as they
are to believe in ghost-story. They
want it to be true; it gives them some
thing to think about and talk about.
1t is to their minds like strong drink to
their palates. 1t gives new interest
to the woods, as the ghost-story gives
new interest to the old house.
A few years ago the belief became
current in our neighborhood that
dangerous wild animal lurked in the
woods about, now here, now there. 1t
had been seen in the dusk Some big
dogs had encountered it in the night
and one of them was nearly
killed. Then calf and sheep
were reported killed and partly de-
voured. Women and children became
afraid to go through the woods, and
men avoided them after sundown. One
day as | passed an Irishman's shanty
that stood in an opening in the woods,
his wife came out with a pail, and
begged leave to accompany me as far as
the spring, which lay beside the road
some distance into the woods. She
was afraid to go alone for water on ac-
count of the "wild baste." Then, to
cap the climax of wild rumors, a horse
was killed. One of my neighbors, an
intelligent man and good observer,
went up to see the horse. He reported
that great cash had been eaten in the
top of the horses neck that its back
was bitten and scratched, and that he
was convinced it was the work of some
wild animal like panther which had
landed upon the horses back and fairly
devoured it alive. The horse had run up
and down the field trying to escape, and
finally, in its desperation, had plunged
headlong off high stone wall by the
barn and been killed. was compelled
to accept his story, but pooh-poohed
the conclusions. 1t was impossible that
we should have panther in the midst
and kill horse. But how eagerly the
people believed 1t! 1t tasted good. 1t
tasted good to me, too, but could not
believe it. 1t soon turned out that the
horse was killed by another horse, a
vicious beast that had fits of murderous
hatred toward its kind. The sheep and
calf were probably not killed at all, and
the big dogs had had fight among
themselves. So the panther legend
faded out, and our woods became as
tame and humdrum as before. We can
not get up anything exciting that will
hold, and have to make the most OF
such small deer as coons, foxes and
woodchuclSs. John Burroughs in Cen
tnrv
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15
MISS AWDLER.
Find Something to DO and Thus Escape
n Pad Fault,

Find Something to DO and Thus Escape
n Bad Fault.
If there is ever any excuse for david
ling, it is when the thermometer is up
among the nineties.
Nevertheless, girls, don't dawdle!
Believe me, the busy girls are the
happy girls, this rule holds good
in summer as well as winter.
The dawdling girls are u heavy cross,
both to themselves and other people.
Who wants TO carry a weight in tho
dog-days?
sob, dear! Such hot weather."
complains Miss Dawdler, when she
comes to breakfast, and from morning
until evening this is the burden of her
talk as she lounges through the house,
trying now one room and then another
in search of ''a cool spot"
Her health is good and her appetite
excellent Yet-"Other folks don't feel
this heat as dol" she says
If she were an invalid we might be-
lieve it.
Girls, how is it that Miss Dawdler is
so much more uncomfortable than the
rest of her family during the sultry
weather?
Let us follow this young woman in
one of her listless pilgrimages and
find, if we can, an answer to the ques-
ton.
First, the shaded dining-room There
her mother is making cold custard
for dessert.
"Why not settle down to something's"
asks that lady, as she carefully meas
ures out the liquid rennet and stirs it
into the milk.
In the vinc-bowered doorway Of the
shed kitchen sits Bridget shelling the
peas for dinner, the while she croons an
Irish melody.
"Hot, Miss? Sure, that it is--for
thin that has the tonne to think about
it."
Out upon the sitting-room veranda is
Brother Jack, getting his fishing-tackle
sin prime order" for to-morrow's sport.
For goodness sake, sis, find some
thing TO do. This is the third time in an
hour you've been botneringe me about
the heat. Keep busy and you won't
think of the Thermometer.
Need we continue any longer in Miss
Dawdlers company? Have we rot
found the answer to our question. -
| Good housekeeping.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15
HUMAN LIFE IN INDIA.
The Little Value Placed Upon 1t by Son
of fba Eafi-a

The Little Value Placed Upon 1t by Some
of tho Native Races.
Human life in India was not valued
very highly up to the time of British
domination. In fact the history of the
country is filled with wholesale trag-
edies in the shape of massacres, pesti-
lences and so forth. Some princes
were so fond of killing that they would
go hunting for their own subjects in in
tervals of leisure, destroying them by
wholesale simply for amusement. In
one respect the doing away with these
causes of death has worked unfortu-
nately, inasmuch as it has resulted in an
increase of the people beyond the power
of the country to sustain them. The
population of Bengal has actually
trebled Ia the last century Inas-
Ipuch ns very early marriage is a re-
lIgious obligation binding on every
Hindoo, quite irrespective of means for
supporting. family, the misfortune
goes on progressively. 1t is reckoned
that, taking the whole of British India,
forty million people go through life
continually hungry, not being able pos
s;bly 10 procure two full msals daily.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15
MUCH IN A NAME.
But Sometimes 1t Is Not Altogether Ap-
propriate.


propriate.
Come, Mousey," he called from the
head of the cabin stairs as the boat
landed.
The passengers watched, wondering
meanwhile if Mousey were black and
tan, or Skye terrier
"The boats nearly there, Birdie" he
called again.
Were there two of them? All eyes
were strained, but nothing answered to
the call The whistle of the steamer
blew, and again the man peered
anxiously down the cabin stairs over
the heads of the up-rushing crowd.
"Ducky," he called, loudly, "aren't
you ccming?"
No "DuclSy" put in appearance and
again he callod in a pleading tone;
Baby! why don't you hurry?
Well be the last to get to the boat"
Then woman weighing at least two
hundred and fifty pounds appeared on
the stairway carrying a big lunch
basket, two camp chairs and several
shawls and rugs.
I'm coming, hubby" she said placid
", and everybody who saw her got out
of the way as they recalled Mr.. Shaks-
peares pertinent inquiry; "Whats !p
. uamss'"-petyot Free exssA
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-09-15

The lynching of the Ruggles
brothers at Redding, Cal, presents
some novel features even to the careful
observer of the methods of vigilantcs.
1t is probably the first case on record
in which the mob spent an hour and a
half in opening the sheriff's safe TO get
the Jail keys Then, again, this was
doubtless the first time on record that
men were hoisted into the air by means
of crank Add to this the silence of
the avengers and we get a unique oc-
currence, such as it is to be hoped will
not have parallel again.