St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-06-17
MEN AND SAYINGS.

Zone of the strangest things that ever
came under my notice happened few years
ago in Tasmania remarked Capt. Kelly, an
ex-British army surgeon, at the Ryan yester
day. ut seems impossible and improbable,
but am assured that the statement of facts,
rs given by the man principally concerned,
is correct
"a native, while travelling through desert
portion of the country, became lost in the
wilderness. His food was soon disposed Of,
and there was no chance of obtaining any
thing to eat in the manner OF game or even
roots or herbs. He went for fonr days with ;
out food, and he had almost tainted from
hunger. He succeeded in getting some water
TO drink in brackish pool, but there was
absolutely no vegetation there. Finally, 7
in fit Of desperation and insan-s
ity, for a man could not do such !
thing while in his proper senses,
he took his sharp dagger and commenced
cutting strips of flesh from his left hand. He
stripped three of the fingers. and then. after
building a fire, broiled the flesh on the Goals
and ate it. This gave him new strength, and
he continued on his way; but the following
afternoon he felt the effects of hunger to
such au extent that he repeated the expert,
ment of the day before.
when he arrived at his village he had
eaten the flesh from his arm 10 the elbow,
and he stated that he had taken five meals
from his own arm. He was in half -crazed
condition bvt rapidly recovered from the
effects of the terrible exposure and awful
torture which he had been subject to. He
phiiosophically explained that he considered
1t better to lose an arm than to starve in the
desert and leave his whole body there. 1t
does not seem possible that man could have
the nerve to do such a thing"
Said prominent st. Paulite yesterday:
"Our good friends up the river. DESTROYS OF
deriving the advantages accruing from the
go-ahead spirit which peryades St Paul, are
endeayoring to persuade themselves that the
western tier of sections of this city balong
to Hennepin county. and consequently to
Minneapolis. Such, at least, is the gist OF
wordy article in the GLOBE recently. 1t is
claimed that the act Of 1856 establishing the
boundary lines of Hennepin county includes
territory lying one mile east of, and all along
the hitherto established county line, which
territory everybody fondly believed to be i'll
Ramsey county until the legal acumen of
Minneapolis discovered otherwise. If this
claim has established anything in its exposi-
ton and argument it is the fact that
the annexation act of st is void for
uncertainty of description of the lana
sought to be affected, which leaves the lines
of Ramsey county as existing before its pas
sage This would place East Minneapolis in
Ramsey county, with the state university,
expositionb uilding, Pillsbury hall, and other
noted structures lying in the First, Second
anG Ninth wards OF our sister city. Though
not intended in this light the gift of Min
neapolis to the city of st. Paul should be
accepted with thanks. 1t may occur to our
neighbor that there is such thing as prov
ing too much, when it comes to realize the
position it has assumed.'I
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A party OF Nebraska business men passed
through the city yesterday, en- route to the
mines and hunting grounds of Minnesota.
The forenoon was spent in looking over the
city, and in the afternoon the party boarded
St. Paul d Duluth train for Duluth. They
will visit the mines for a few days, after
which they will spend few weeks in hunt
ing and fishing. The party is under the
guidance of Webster Eaton. now Of Lincoln
Neb, but formerly of Minnesota. The party
is composed of A. R. Murphy, Broken Bow;
F. NJ. Cook, D. Schilling, Webster and o. V.
Eaton, William Hackney, T. j. MAORI and
tyuo coDs Dr Dnp1, and r n KNIGHT