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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
WHAT MANS BODY is COM
POSED OF.

In the ST. Louis Republic of Dec. 6,
1890, was given Prof. Huxley's table of
the chemical composition of maD-in
other words, table exhibiting the num-
Der of pounds, ounces and grains of the
different elements in the makeup of the
average man. The table shows thrice
elements in the chemical composition of
a human being-OXygen hydrogen, car
bon, nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium. sui
phur, chlorine, salt, iron, potassium,
magnesium and silica. The weight of
these several gases and solids varies
with the size of the man. In the man of
the average of 154 pounds there will be
Ill pounds of oxygen, the other ele-
ments scaling down to only two grains,
the last in the table being silica.
The following, which will make an
excellent companion piece to the article
reviewed above. is from the pen of
Justus Liebig, the greatest chemist of
the century: Science has demon
strated the fact that man, the being
which performs the greatest wonders,
is formed of condensed air SOlidifed
and liquid gases, that he lives upon con-
densed as well as upon uncOndensed
air, and that by means Of the same myS-
ferrous agent he moves or causes to be
moved the heaviest weights with the
velocity OF the wind. But the
Strangest paIt of the matter is that
thousands and millions of these taber-
nacleS of condensed air are going on
two legs, destroying other forms of COLI
densed air which they may need to build
up their own wasted tissues or for
shelter or clothing. or, on account OF
their egotism and fancied power, de-
stroying each other in pitched battles,
using implements which are but another
form of condensed air, the material of
which they themselves are formed or
composed. Chemistry supplies the
cIearest proof that, so far as con-
Germs this, the ultimate and most
minute composition and structure,
some of which are so infiniteSimal
as to be beyond the comprehension of
our senses, man is. to all appearances
at least, composed of materials iden-
titled with those which compose the
structural being of the OK or the dog,
or even the lowest animal in the scale
of creation.
Solomon seems to have entertained
the same idea. See EcclesiaStes, ill.,,
10: For that which befalleth the sons
of men befalleth beasts; as the one
dieth so dieth the other; yes, they have
all one breath. so that a man hath no
pre-eminence above beast"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
THOUGHT 1T WAS GHOST.
A Body-Snatching Surgeon Fright
ems an Ancient Mariner.

A Body-Snatching Surgeon Fright
ems an Ancient Mariner.
London News.
Sir Richard Owen used to relate re-
markable ghost story. In his early days,
when he held the post of surgeon to the
prison of Lancaster, negro died in the
jail. ana post-mortem, as well as an
inquest. was necessary. After the in
quest the young surgeon saw the body
put into the coffin and the lid screwed
down, to be ready for the funeral next
day.
Owen had at the time been already at
tracted to the study of comparative an
atomy, and negroes heads were not
plentiful; so he made up his mind that
this one should not be lost to the cause
of science. In the evening he returned
to the prison with black bag contain
ing brick; from his official position he
had no difficulty in getting admittance
to the mOrtu6ry, where the coffin lid was
unscrewed and screwed down again.
During this process the brick and the
negro's head changed places. The
ground outside the principal entrance to
the Jail had considerable descent, and
the time being winter, with snow and
frost, Owen had scarcely passed out
when he slipped and fell all his length
the bag went from his hand and the
head tumblad out and rolled down the
paved way. He Jumped up, caught the
bag. and, following the head, clutched
it Just as it finished its career in "a small
shop where tobacco was sold.
Pushing it into the bag again he
vanished out of the shop with all the
speed he was capable OF.
Next morning when Owen was going
to his usual duties at the prison he was
called in by the woman in the shop
where the accident had occurred the pre-
viouS evening. She wished him to See
her husband, who WAS very i'll. He had
had, she SAID, fright the night before,
that caused him to look wild and dazed
like. The mau, it turned out, was a re-
tired sea captain, who had seen many
adventures among the West India ISL
andS, when many deeds were done that
did not at that time require to be ac-
counted for.
Among these had been the killing of
Il negro, in which he had had hand,
and the transaction had left touch of
trouble on his conscience.
After giving these details the old
captain told of the horrible event that
took place the night before. He was sit
ting in his shop, all was quiet, ana 1t SO
CHANGED that he had been thinking of
the negro, when suddenly he saw his
very head roll into the shop in front of
the counter, and it was followed by the
Gevil, with a black bag in his hand. The
devil snatched up the head, and both
disappeared through the earth like
flash OF lightning. The description was
perhaps not quite complimentary to the
young anatOmist. but it was satisfactory
so far that it showed that his identity
had not been recognized.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
Party Calls.

Detroit Free PresS.
A Western member of congress, who
isn't much OIL society, but whose wife
came home one afternoon in Wash
ington and found her just returning
from round of visits.
"Well, my dear" he inquired, "where
have you been to-day?"
"Out making party calls" she replied,
with very evident satisfaction.
Party callsP" he repeated, in puz-
zled interrogation.
Yes. colonel, party calls"
"He studied over it for minute.
Now, look here, Maria,' he said
earnestly, :" let up on that. You at
tend to society and leave the party to
me. You don't known anything about
politics, even if you are in Washington
with me. and if you get to doing any
party work you'll make tangle of it
sure"
And then Maria gave the colonel
laugh that made him wonder what
he was there for.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
Answers to CORRESPONDENTS.

Reader--lt is not considered the thing
for prospective bride to use the initials
of her future husband in marking any of
her belongings; the clothing, table linen
and silver belonging to her before mar
riage is marked with her own initials.
The silver sent as bridal gifts is marked
in the same way.
Loving Mother--I should not try TO
curb the high spirits of my fourteen
year-Old daughter. further than neces-
sarY to prevent her being unpleasant to
others. Let her be little girl as long
as she will. she will grow staid and
formal soon enough in this depressing
world. y long, sanny child or girlhOod
usually insnreS sweet and lovely
womanhOod.
PerpleXed Young Man-Your friend
Is right. You should have acted as if
you were delighted to take the Young
girl out to supper when her chaper2
one. to whom you were indebted for So
eial fayors, asked you to. IL fact, you
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
THE CRUCIFiXION PLANT.
Traditions Concerning the Mirac-
ulous Origin of Calvary Clover.


ulous Origin of Calvary Clover.
st. Louis Republic
Those versed in plant and flower lore
say that the celebrated plant of Cal
vary" was unknown in the fora
of the world prior to the cruel
fXion of Jesus. According to the
tradition the original plant sprung up
in tine track made by Plate when he
went to the cross for the purpose of
placing that famous little" over the
head of Him of whom the Jews said:
Say that lie called himself King of
the Jews The plant as it is now
known is common trefoil. resembling
the common clover i'll many particulars,
especially in the peculiaritles of growth.
There is but little doubt that. in truth.
it was originally native of Turkey or
India, but Christians who discredlt the
story oil it's miraculous origin still claim
that its native home is Palestine I'm
der the name of Calvary Glover 1t is
known all over Europe. AT present
the three round green leaves of the
plant each have carmine spot in the
center, which looks for all the world
like drop of blood. During the day
the three leaves stand erect, the two
oIuO OlICo ldtSloI ldlhIuS VII dillOSt TIC
exact form of q cross. During the
season small yellow flower appears.
its form and makeup reminding most
startlingly of the crown of thorns.
Early Christian writer's, and not few
of the "vulgar" historians, mention
this botanical Oddly. Julian says that
in his time each of the leaves had a
white center in the form of cross, and
that close inspection would reveal
miniature pictures of figures hanging
to each. The figure on the center leaf
was always clad in white, those on the
sides either in black or red. He also
says that the crosses, figures and bloody
spots disappeared from the side leaves
before the flower burst into bloom, but
that the central one (Which in all
countries was thought to represent the
SAVIOR ''lasted for a good fortnight
after the others had faded from view"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
A WOMAN'S WATCH.
oh. / am q woman's watch, am /,
Rut IUcuId that | were not.

oh. am woman's watch, am /,
But would that were not,
For if you knew, you would not deny
That mine is a sorry lot.
She'll let me rest for great long while,
Then all Of sudden seek
To twist me up so tight that I'll
Keep going for week.
She leaves me open when she will,
Till I'm sick of dirt and things.
Of pins and things | have got my fill
AID of buttons hooks and strings
There's a four-lesf clover in me, too,
And piece of photograph;
I'm stuffed completely through and through
With toothpicks, cloves and chaff.
Nv hands are twisted too aud fro,
I'm thumped and Jared, alack!
Aud then, if fail to straightaway go.
I'm pounded front and back.
With her hat pin all my wheels she'll pry,
Till she breaks them, every one,
And then she'll say, 81 don't see why
This blamed old thing won't runs"
Detroit Free Press
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
PHILANrHROPIC IDEA.
One That Our Charitable and Sym
pathetic Women May Like.

One That Our Charitable and SYM
pathetic Women May Like.
AS the women of st. Paul seem always
glad of ar idea that will help them to do
good and kindly things for their sister
women, this from the workings of the
"Helping Hand" as to visitors CLUBS"
may be suggestive:
On! how | wish | cOifid get out of
the hot city for little rest and change
this summer! / can't afford to pay cash
for my board; but, indeed! I'd be very
glad to sew or do any kind of work
about the house for it." exclaimed a
bright young women to a sympathetic
customer with philanthrOpic inclin-
ationS. whom she was serving. mo;
l've no one | could visit" she con-
tinued, i'll reply to the natural sugges-
ton that she might visit a friend.
q few days later the customer was
calling at a charming little home in a
pleasant suburb, when her hostess,
aprOpOs Of some pressing duties, said:
IF | knew of some nice young woman
who would like to spend a week or two
III the country, and who would come
and stay here and help me a little with
my work each day, l would board her
chancel 1t would really be a mutual
benefit: she would have an inexpensive
Outing-a genuine outing, too, for |
could easily arrange matters so that she
might have good portion of each day
for recreation and to enjoy this bracing
air and picturesque scenery-and could
get caught up" in some of my sewing,
and nave some rest, 100; and each would
be giving full equivalent for value re
ceived. You're always studying up some
plan to help people .who try to help
themselves, can't you suggest some
thing for my case?"
She of the philanthroDic inclinations
Immediately bethought herself of the
bright young woman in the sitting
city shop. They talked the matter over,
and in less than a week the city girl was
enjoying the longed-for country sur
rOuRdings, while her hostess was
equally happy in the prospect of getting
"caught up" in her work and having
some rest. The experiment proved
*,erfect success; and thus Was SoMn the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
AT THE HOTELS.

At the Brunswick. w. Fullerton, Clin-
ton, Mass. +. q. Cook, Carson, 5. D.; W. Ii.
Dennisou. Duluth; &. z. LOOMS, saltwater;
ID. II. Howard, Winona.
At the Clifton-H Peck, Chicago; John s.
Noble, Ellington. ). D.; }. Schrickart Brook
Ign, y. Y; j. Lippman, E. Lippman, Madi
son, Wis; NJ. Webb. Seattle. Wash b Stan
ton, Tacoma, Wash; S. Madderson. Chilli
Gothic, o.; Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Reads Land
ing; f. A. Dunn. Walter Durham, sleepy
Eye; Ii. Lee and wife. Chicago.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
Nervous prostration

Sleeplessness, Sick and Nervous Heads
ache. Backache, Dizziness, Morbid Fears,
Hot Flashes. Nervous Dyspepsia, Dizziness,
Confusion. Hysteria, Fits, ST. Vitus, Dance.
Opium Habit, Drunkenness, ETC., are cured
by DR.. Miles Restorative Nervine. It does
not contain OpiateS. Mrs. Sophia c. Brownlee,
DeLand, Florida, suffered with Epilepsy for so
years. and testifes to a complete cure. Jacob
Nervous Prostration for four years, could not
sleep, nothing helped him until he used DR..
Miles Restorative Nervine; he is now well.
Sold on a Positive Guarantee.
Book Free at druggists. DIR. Miles Nerve
and Liver Pills, 80 doses for % cents, are the
best remedy for BiliousnesS, Torpid Liver, etc.
Or. MILES MEDICAL Co., ELkEART. IND.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
HOTEL HERMITS,
Men Who Find Solitude in the
Very Center Of Liyeliness.

Men VINO FIND Solitude in the
Very Center Of Liveliness.
New York Letter to Pittsburg Dispatch.
One of the most interesting studies in
human nature about the city is the
man who lives in hotels. | do
not mean the commercial traveller,
or the man who is engaged in
business of any kind, but the man who
has nothing to do but to look around
and enjoy himself. lie may actually en-
Joy himself. too, for all know. l hope
he does. He is interesting as an illus
tration OF what some men call enjoy
ment.
The fashionable hotels of New York
and questionable, for that matter
are the shelter of many men who are
not IN business, other than the business
o. looking pretty and observing the rest
o. the world move. ! do not say they
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
THE "MIDNIGHT HOUR"
Prof: TOtten Is Sure of This and of
the Millennium in September.


the Millennium in September.
New York Press.
EX-Professor Totten has not given
up prophecy since his retirement from
duty in Yale college. He has latterly
been engaged in fixing the precise time
described as the midnight hour in the
parable of the "Ten Virgins" By
calculations which he finds as clear as
day, but are trifie too abstruse for
general reading, the twelfth stroke of
the clock which is to indicate the "mid-
night hour" when the Son of Man will
come will sound in the September
equinox of this year.
He does not Wlsth to be understood as
predicting the sounding of the "fn al
trump at the time. He does not
anticipate the end of the world, but only
the beginning of new dispensation
the crisis "tomorrow"-th milenniu m
1.-THE day after" The first resurrection
is not to occur until thousand years
have sped away.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
Blasts From the Horn.

Rams Horn.
A man with bad liver often has a
good heart.
If the tongue could kill, not many
would live to old age.
The man who picks his own cross
never gets the right one.
The easiest thing for loafer to do is
to find fault with busy people.
The diamond has the nest sparkle,
but window glass does the most good.
The trouble with people who can
talk is that they are apt to say too much.
Undertake to prove that there is nc
hell and every mean man will throw up
his hat.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
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1t IS guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
THE ADVENT OF BASE BALL
In week the season opens.

In week the season opens,
Then the old familiar crv,
Put it straight across the plate,
Well get him OH the fly.
Try him with an inshoOt''
He strikes and fans the air,
Another and he does the same.
Now, boys, all prepare.
The pitchers arm is seen to twist,
Then comes mighty shout
He puts it right across the plate,
And the batter he strikes out.
-Phlladelphia:C o
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
DIED.

EDGERTON-At Franklin, n. =, on Satur-
day morning, April Is, Erastus 5. Edgerton,
in the seventy-seyenth year of his age.
BOY LANAI ST. Joseph's hospital. Satur-
day. April Is. at :07 p. M. Mary E. Boy
Ian. Funeral at Hamilton Station, Mimi,
Tuesday morning, April Is, at 8 a. NJ, from
st. johns church.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-17
FACTS AND FANCIES.

The Darby Gas Burner Co.
Is now located at LOT East Fifth street.
Capitalists appreciate good thing, aid
are rapidly taking the stock.
The record-union., 1893-01-23
Special to the REcoRD-UNroS.


ROME, Jan. 22.-Dynamite bombs ex-
ploded almost simultaneously this after
noon before the Hotel d'Angleterre and
in the garden of the proprietors of the
house in the Villa San Claudio. The ho-
tel was partly wrecked. Nobody was in
jured, although the hotel had more than
100 dodgers at the hour of the explosion.
At first the front wall was expected to
fall. After examination, however, the
commiSsary announced that there was no
immediate danger, and the dodgers might
return and pack their trunks. Several
women refused to return, and their be-
longings were cared for by the police.
Before evening all had left for other ho-
tells.
The proprietor said this evening that
the hotel and contents were almost total
loss. Not whole piece of furniture was
left in the building. The walls Of houses
near the hotel were cracked and all win
dows in the Villa SIx Claudio more or
less damaged. All the windows were
smashed for 100 yards on every side. No
walls were wrecked, however, and but
for the breakage of glassware, crockery
and furniture little harm was DONE No
body was injured, as the family had left
for the afternoon.
Immediately after the explosion re-
port went abroad that anarchists were
again at work. The proprietor of the Ho-
tel d. d'Angleterre, however, says he is con-
vinced that both explosions were caused
by man whom he had discharged re-
Gently from his service.
The record-union., 1893-01-23
JOHN LUNING.
Exact Facts as to His Sudden Mental
Derangement.

Exact Facts as to His Sudden Mental
Derangement.
LONDON. Jan. 22.-The exact facts as to
the sudden mental arrangement of John
Luning, son of the late San Francisco
millionaire, and his subsequent removal
from the yacht Alert at Nice to Paris, are
as follows: Luning began acting pc
culiarly when half way across the At
lantic. He grew rapidly worse until his
arrival at Nice, where friends whom he
was entertaining decided that for his own
welfare they ought to place him under
restraint. They telegraphed to Charles
Peters, formerly Luning's schoolmate in
San Francisco, and now a student of art
in Paris, the details concerning Luning's
condition. Peters, Frank Unger and
Harry Gillig went to Nice and took
Luning back to Paris. They summoned
to the hotel DIR. Warren Bey, an Amer
lean physician, and subsequently called
DIR. Charcot. Upon recommendation of
both physicians Luning was removed to
private asylum. His friends then cabled
to London for an English physician, and
the physician will bring Luning to Lon
don shortly. A dispatch from Paris says
Luning was planning to marry in Paris
young woman from New York, who was
there awaiting his arrival. The dispatch
adds that Luning was a conductor on the
New York Elevated Railway when by
his fathers death he became heir to
s., ,000, 900.
The record-union., 1893-01-23
A LETTER FROM CoRBErr.
Denies the Statement That He is Look.
ing for Easy Marks.

CHICAGO, Jan. p. = James J. Corbett
gave out to-day a public letter denying
the statement of Pat Sheedy that he is
looking for easy Marks" and says if he
was he would pick up some of the chal-
lenges of men who are chasing him
around the country. In referring to
Sheedy's further allegation that pugilists
are given larger purses than they have
any right to receive, Corbett says uni
form rate of $4,000 would be an injustice,
for when pugilisus are capable of drawing
a crowd they will net profit to the club
giving a fight from $4,000 to S45, 600. and
the pugilists should have portion of the
profits. Corbett declares he has right
to act as he chooses, and as it is worth
$50, 200 to him to do so, he would be fool
ish to allow so much money to pass him.
Corbett says Sullivan defended the cham
pionship twelve years by fighting every
four years, therefore he argues that he
has right to wait year before fighting.
In conclusion Corbett says he is ready to
fight the champion of any country, but
none but champions. He prefers
Mitchell, but if he will not fight then
Jackson, and if he does not come up he
will fight any man in the world, barring
no color or nationality, the fight to take
place in the fall of 1898.
The record-union., 1893-01-23

fourteenl States, which ought to have
been delivered by special messenger into
the hands of the Senate before the fourth
Monday in January. None ofthem cameto
hand to-day, but intimations are received
that mostof them are on the way, and may
tie expected tomorrow. The failure of
so many States to comply with the OBJ
viously necessary precaution in matters
of such vital importance as the election of
President aud Vice-President has called
attention to the advisability of the pas
sage of general law to regulate the form
of certificates 10 be used in such
cases and also in cases of cleo
ion of United States Senators and
members of Congress, and bill to this
effect will probably be introduced during
the week.