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St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
WEBER AND HIS DOG.
The Little Black Cur Seems to BE
the Better Man of the Two.

The Little Black Cur seems to be
the Better Man Of the Two.
Courier Journal.
Will Webber, moulder, was struck
by an engine yesterday afternoon near
the foot of Eighteenth street. and badly
injured. Webber had been drinking
beer with party of friends and started
toward his home. 1t is supposed that
he became tired from the combination
of liquor and heat and lay down on the
track.
Webber has little black cur which
is always with him, and on this occasion
followed his master as usual. When he
laid down the dog took up a position
beside him, and both were soon asleep.
They were not noticed by ony one until
Engine No. 2, of the Daisy line, came
along on trip up town.
When about 100 feet away the en-
gineer blew his whistle and reversed
his lever. The train was going pretty
Sast at the time, and he was afraid he
til too late. He continued to blow the
whistle in hopes of awakening the man,
but the sleeping man made no move.
The dog, however, saw the danger and,
jumping up, began to bark furiously,
tugging at the coat of his sleeping mas
ter. He tried to awaken his master un-
til the engine was within a few feet of
him. Then he scampered out of the
way just in time to escape being struck
by the engine.
Webber was struck on the back of
the head and neck and knocked from
the track. The engine was stopped
short distance further, and several peo-
pie hurried to the injured mans assist
ance. The dog, however, was the first
to arrive, and, running up to where the
man was lying unconscious on the
ground, began to lick his face and
whine piteously. When Webber was
picked up and placed on shutter the
dog looked on anXiousiy, and when the
man was carried into DR.. Taylor'S office,
his faithful companion followed slowly
behind. Unless he has suffered COLI
cussion of the brain, the doctors say
that he will recover.
Webber and his dog figured in small
scene just week ago. He was found
by Sergeant Cornell on Twenty-firSt
street, near Bank. asleep in the street.
His devoted dog was with him, and
when the sergeant went to awaken him
the dog growled and snapped at him,
and he was compelled to use his club on
the animal before he could touch his
master. Webber was then allowed to
go home after promising to sin no more.
The dog wanted to follow the ambulance
to the hospital yesterday, but he was
taken in charge by the injured mans
brother, much against his will.
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A Simian Paderewski Gould Cover
Two Octaves.

A Simian Paderewski Could Cover
Two Octaves.
Harper's Magazine.
The hands, the fingers, and, above all,
the thumbs belonging to Chico attracted
particular attention. Now, you must
know that it is because man has a
thumb. and for the reason that his
thumb is so beautifully jointed, supple
and adjustable. that he has been able to
overcome all difficulties. The other
fingers are all very we'll in their way,
but it Is the thumb that controls the
real movements of the hand. Without
the thumb you never could WELD
heavy Sledge hammer or the most deli
cate of watch-makers' tools. 1t is not
out of the way to say that man is the
master, holding every other living thing
''under his thumb"
Here is little bit of natural history
which must be remembered about mon-
keys. All the monkeys of the old world
have some kind of thumb. AS st.
George Mivart, a great Zoologist, writes,
ANY Old-wOrld monkey with
rudimentary thumb (that is thumb,
even If imperfecD is superior in that re-
Spect to an American monkey" In
fact, the American monkey has no thumb
at all. Nature cOmpenSates in a meas.
ure in our newworld monkey by giving
him a wonderful tail. This American
monkey tail is prehensile. 1t answers
almost the purpose of a fifth limb. A
South American monkey gives his tail
hitch around the limb of tree and
there he hangs quite comfortably, inde-
pendent of hands or feet.
ChicO's thumbs are superb, being
fully four and one quarter inches long.
The ordinary length of the human
: thumb is about two and one half inches.
Chico's middle finger is trifle over five
iuches long. Mans is three and one
half inches. The orang-outang's hand
was narrow, apparently, but it seemed
about the width of that of human
being, only the sense of proportion was
lost, owing to the extreme length of the
fingers. The knuckles were small and
perfectly in line. The strength of such
hand as Chico's would be enormous,
fully thirteen inches. The octave on
the piano measures seven inches. Ii
Chico were pianist he could with little
effort cover two octaves, and would
leave Paderewski quite in the shade. If
Chico had taste for the double bass,
once that those long fingers of his were
wound around the neck of big fiddle,
what wonderful performer he would
be, providing the instrument would
stand the strain.
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BANK NOTES IN HER BED.
Last Days of Great Beauty of
Louis Philippe's Time.
Paris Letter

Paris Letter.
Mile. Humbert, woman whose life
was shrouded in much mystery for
many years, has died in veritable
garrett in the Rue des Martyrs, at the
advanced age of elghty-seven.
In her district the old dame passed as
a mendicant, owing to the shabbiness of
her attire. and people, struck by her
miserable appearance, sometimes spon-
taneously offered her aims in the
streets. She never refused the money,
but was in the habit, after receiving it,
of telling her benefactors to keep away
from the side of her dress In whica she
kept her purse. This extraordinary
conduct was usually set down by good
SamaritanS to craZiness.
Surprise was great when it was dis
covered lately that Mile. Humbert had
left sum OF several thousand pounds
in bonds and bank notes sewn up in an
old mattress, and that, moreover, she
had valuable collection of paintings
by old and modern masters in her garret.
1t has since come to light that the ap-
parent mendicant and female imitator
of Daniel Dancer was great beauty in
the days when Louis Philippe was
king, and that the money and the
pictures were gifts of her admirers, one
of whom was prominent supporter of
the second empire. The eX-demi-
mondaine's property now passes to a
relative, who is naturally overjoyed at
the unexpected and welcome wlndfall.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
HER PRECIOUS BAsK EFT.
She Treasured 1t Too Much to Let
1t Go Out of Her Reach,
Buffalo Express.

Buffalo Express.
A fat woman stopped a down-bound
Cold Spring car last night and climbed
aboard as best she could. She was
handicapped by her flesh and a big
market basket which she was carrying.
The car was crowded, and she had great
difficulty in getting into the vestibuIe.
Madam" said the conductor, II can
find place for that basket over here"
whats that%' she asked. sharply.
81 say that can find place for that
basket over here"
young man, / couldn't think of
letting that basket go out of my hands,"
"But you're blocking up the doorway
with 1t there"
81 can't help that. paid my fare
and my basket goes with me. l would
set it down only l don't dare let it go
out of my hands. Its contents are
valuable"
But you must get it out of the way"
The fat woman Sputtered and scOIded
and wound up by saying that she would
not put the basket down; she would not
get off the car; that she didn't care if she
did block up the. doorway, and the con-
ductor was no gentleman, anyhow, or
he wouldn't speak to a lady about a
llLtle lnlng ike market basket.
Madam" said the conductor after
the fat woman had quieted down, "it
will be perfectly safe over here in the
corner"
81 don't believe it. 1 am afraid to
rust it there. The contents of this
sket are likely to get hurt down there
under those mems feet"
And she stood there all the way from
Bryant street to Swan, and every person
who got on or off rubbed against that
basket. The men swore and the woman
said dear mel" and looked unutterable
things. And the fat woman hung onto
her basket.
When the car stopped at Swan street
an undersiZed man who was crowded
into one corner of the vestibule said:
Excuse me, madam, but if you won't
consider it impertinence, l would like
to know what you have in that basket
that you are guarding so closely?"
The fat woman looked pleased.
WELL" she said. II don't mind tellin'
you, seein' you inquired. They's lot
of old magazines that my daughter let
me take to read"
And the conductor swore seven times
under his breath and than went out and
said sarcastic things to the motorman.
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often as do these Brazilian fighters is
liable to be kicked over when he puts in
an Overcharge.
To be sure, the men he shoots at avoid
all danger by getting directly in front
of him. They are safe. but the awful
peril of the shooter himself is something
that cannot be contemplated by sensi-
tive mind with any degree of calmness.
This war must not be allowed to con-
tinue. II 1t keeps on, many brave SOL
diers will be killed-by old age. We
must not get hardened by custom to the
barbaritieS Of this war. But we are
liable to become so when we read daily
reports of these great Brazilian battles
and get circumstantial and exact ac-
counts of the vast numbers Of the living
and unwounded. We read the thunder
ing headlines about these gigantic bat
ties and we whisper between our gasps:
Tomorrow or sometime, just as sure as
fate, man will be killed in BRAZIL
l am positive. if this war continues
indefinitely, that blood will flow. Some
body will be sure to have the nose
bleed.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
SHE WANTED TO KNOW.
And She Found Out, Too, Before
the Train Struck the Cow.

And She Found Out, Too, Before
the Train Struck the Cow.
Pittsburg Post.
She boarded the train at flag station
and took the seat ahead of me. and when
the conductor came for her ticket she
mildly inquired:
Conductor. does this train ever run
off the track?"
Hardly ever. ma'am," he replied. as
he winked at me.
''But it does sometimes"'
s'Yes'm, sometimes"
"You don't know whether it will run
off today or not?"
mo. ma'am. If we strike COW it
probably will"
about where might you strike cow
if you strike one today?" she persisted.
"Well, pretty soon after we pass
Black River, ma'am," replied the Off
cial as he went away with broad grin
on his face.
Black River was twenty miles down
the road. The woman sat very prim
and erect until we reached the town
and left it. Then she turned to me
with:
"Excuse ne, but that was Black
River. wasn't it?''
"And if we strike COW 1t will be
pretty soon, won't it?''
That's what the conductor said"
"Yes. and he ought to know. There's
COW out there now. and suppose we
ought to get ready for the accident"
She got brace for her feet, grabbed
the railing Of her seat, and while the
fat man across the aisle and l were eX-
changing winks and mods and f1attering.
ourselves that we knew thing or two,
there was bump, the front end of the
coach reared up, and next moment it
lurched to the right and went off the
rails and slid down an embankment and
brought up in a marsh. There were
twenty-eight of us in that car, and
every single one except the woman in
the seat ahead suffered severe bruises
or broken bones. The entire train
went off. and there were twelve killed
and about thirty seriously wounded.
The cause of the mishap was an old
spotted cow which had got fast in a
cattle guard. After we had been helped
out by the way of the windows l found
the woman calmly seated OH the grass,
and she was just as calmly saying to a
weeping female beside her:
81 am sorry you are hurt, but you
should have asked the conductor where
we were going to strike cow and so
have-been prepared for it.''
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
THE TWO BOYS.
Things Were Evidently Not
"Evened Up" Between Them. 5

Things Were Evidently Not
"Evened Up" Between Them.
New York Times.
A lady, accompanied by her son, lad
of about twelve years, was riding in a
street car up town the other day. The
young gentleman had OH what was evi-
IDENTIFY his first suit Of ''grown-up"
clothes. His shirt, collar. tie and scarf
pin were immaculate. His Derby hat
was spicK and span. His suit was evil
IDENTITY made by a good tailor, and his
fauItlesS kid gloves were of the latest
shade. He was we'll pleased with him
self, and his mamma was well pleased
with him.
At Forty-second street a newsboy
came Oh the cars, crying his evening
papers. He was rather more wretched
looking than the average newsboy. His
attire consisted solely of a very ragged
shirt and an equally ragged pair of
trousers. whicn were held on by strip
of dirty cotton cloth which served for
suspender. He was hatless and shoe
less. The most remarkable thing about
this newsboy was that his face and
hands were clean. The boy in the good
clothes bought paper. He Immediate
ly began to read it as the men do while
he abSently held out his gloyed hand
for the change.
While the newsboy counted the pen
nies into the palm of the new kid glove
he looked his customer over, not con-
temptuously. as one might imagine, but
rather wistfully. Then he walked
slowly out of the car, looking back over
his shoulder at the well-dressed boy.
A change of h orses was being made,
and the newsboy stopped outside of the
window with his papers under his arm
and his hands in mis- pockets, still look
ing at the boy III the Derby hat. The
wistful expression deepened and grew.
One could read upon his face what he
was thinking, and gentleman who had
watched the little incident said with
sigh as the car started out:
"Things don't seem to be very well
evened up in this world" and every
body seemed to understand except the
boy, who was still looking at his paper,
and his mother. who was fondly gazing
him
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to pose as an alarmist, nor as prophet
of evil, but want to solemnly predict,
here and now. that if this Brazilian war
continues until next July some good
man will be killed. either on one side or
the other-If he doesn't die from nat
ural causes.
The fact that the war has continued
for several months and no one has yet
been Injured should not be used as an
excuse for prolonging this terrible con-
f1ict. Men are mortal, and guns are apt
to kick, and any man shooting guns as
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10

quently had both eyeballs taken out,
the end of the optic nerve being left as
a stub in each case. Right here is where
he wonder comes in. Don't miss it.
About a year ago, at his home in Fresno,
Mr.. Bahler suddenly saw the light of
lamp placed opposite to him on the
other side of the room, and the eXami-
nation showed that new eyeballs were
growing on the ends of the optic nerves.
Since that time his sight has gradually
improved until now he can shoot rifle
with considerable accuracy and hopes
soon to be able to see how the foreigners
pay the tariff tax.
Indeed, this is a great country, and
isn't anywhere near developed yet.
Carp milk cows and steal chickens and
green corn right here in Pennsylvania,
but the boundless West contains still
greater possibilities then the East, ami
if old Europe can produce any such
wonders or special newspaper CORE
SpondentS lei her trOt 'em out.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
THE TARIFF FIEND AT A
SYMPOSIUM.

A great symposium was met
OF scholars, bards and sages,
Historians. scientists and wits,
Primed with the lore of ages,
And poets, garland-bound were there,
And artists with dishevelled hair;
Musicians, too, of Wondrous touch,
And archaOloglsts and such,
And orators, whose mighty words
Could stir to hope or mad despair
AS Satan with the sons of God,
The tariff fiend was also there.
The scientist first ampllfed
Upon the feats of science,
Told how it conquered time and space,
And bade them both defiance.
The tariff fieud then said, '.Tin-plate
Should not be taxed its present rate;
But if we have tax on tin,
Why, then free sugar should come in.''
And then, as once again broke in
The scientific lion,
The tiend digressed upon steel rails,
Raw copper and pig iron.
The poet raised his dreamy eyes
And talked of soul afflatus;
The fiend said. I'VE should raise the rates
On salt and sweet 'pertaters.'
Give us free trade in kerosene,
But tax all oleomargarine,
And fate our nations hope decides
Upon this question of, free hides"
The poet closed his dreamy eyes,
His fiowery talk was ended.
The tiend then said, "Our rates on nails
And tar should be amended"
The artist then digressed on art
And told it's heavenly mission.
The fiend then said, Our tariff laws
Must have grand revision"
The artist talked of grand ideals,
The fend of raw materials.
THE weal,' he said, 'of Cuttyhunk
Must be consulted, and Mauch Chunk.
All equitabIy parts must share
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
AN AGE OF WONDERS.
Truly Remarkable Things That
Show How Great This Country
Really Is.

Truly Remarkable Things That
Show How Great This Country
Really Is.
Erie Herald.
This is wonderful age we are living
ina wonderful age, and this is a
wonderful country. 1t is doubtful if
any of the effete Old World dynasties
can produce such things, bordering on
the miraculous. as are becoming almost
everyday occurrences in this land of the
free.
A few days ago the press dispatches
announced that some fellow out in Mis-
souri, had discovered coal. There was
nothing so remarkable about the fact
that coal had been discovered. The re-
markable feature of the case is that this
particular quality of coal emits no
smoke when burned. According to the
report you could build fire Of this coal
in the center of your parlor floor and be
unable to find particle of smoke in the
room. In the words of Colonel Mulberry
Sellers, =" there's millions in it."
But this truly strange case is perhaps
outdone by one which is alleged to have
recently occurred in the salubrious
climate Of Cal ifornia. The veracious
chronicle states that some thirty years
ago one John Bahler, then residing in
Wisconsin, lost his eyesight and subse-
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
These hills may soak in snow and sleet-
III go to Kansas and raise Wheat.n

I'll go to Kansas and raise wheat"
Jack found the weevils in his wheat
Would neither parley nor retreat:
Then said that Kansas was place
Unsuited TO the human race;
But twas most delightful state
From which to skip and emigrate.
TO California he escapes,
And settles down to raising grapes.
When half his yearly crop was lost
BY hard. premature frost.
Jack said: This country is failure,
l ship next Monday for Australia
He found Australia was too new,
Its risks too great, its gains too few.
He said: No longer III stay curled
In this back entry of the world;
And this time l propose to 90
To where my gifts viii have show;
There is city of some size
Wherein a soul of enterprise
Can heap up piles of gold and gain,
And find chance to use his brain,
And reach great afflnence and renown'--
And so Jack sailed 10 London town.
Jack landed confident and proud,
But soon was missing in the crowd;
lie mingled in the general swim,
ana Gladstone never called on him,
And still the queen she sat alone,
Nor asked him up to share her throne;
He mingled in the million rout
And fate refused to sift him out.
Jack vanished; but the rolling world
Upon its axis still was Whirled;
The symptoms of the universe
Were not much better nor much worse:
And when friend Jack appeared again
twas six months later down in Maine.
And Jack he settled down In Maine,
Hoed corn. raised chickens and reaped grain
He'd travelled round the world 10 find
a place just suited to his mind
And found it, after years of doubt
The town from which he started out.
Tine way to get on fast" says he,
rs just to stay right where you be-"
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
BLOODY BRAZILIAN PROPH-
ECY.

The general policy of fnon-interference
which our governmenteXercises towards
the affairs of foreign governments is
one which is, in the main, commendable
and should be continued.
But there are many patriots who are
beginning to think that the United
States ought to interfere in the present
terrific civil war which is being waged
in Brazil.
Ii this mad fratricidal strife is per-
mitted to continue for many months
longer some man, either Oh one side or
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10

Our grand protective bounty,
The citizens of Yuba Dam
And Cattaraugus county,"
The arch@ologist discussed
Cuneiform inscriptions,
And talked of old Etruscan pots
And praised the old Egyptians.
The fiend then grasped his buttonhole
And talked of Nova Scotia coal,
And asked him If he did not hope
For duties on imported soap;
Then asked him IF tax on lead
Wouldn't boom the trade in bullets?
And heavier duties placed on eggs
Would not encourage pullets?'
Then heaven-born poesy took flight
Sweet music then departed,
And art with lofty mien Withdrew
The f1end he never started
And when the laureled rout had gone
The tariff fiend talked on and on.
Then out beneath the stars he stalked,
And talked and talked and talked and
talked
And gestured 10 the Pleiades
And argued to Orion
About the rates OIL binding tWine,
Petroleum and pig iron.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
A Bright Pupil.

Good News.
Teacher-What is the object of polar
expeditions?
Pupil-To find northwest passage
for ships.
Teacher-What can you tell me about
the latest attempts?
Pupil-They are now hunting for the
northwest passage with dogs and sleds,
cause there isn't any northwest passage
that ship can get through.
Teacher-Go up ahead.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10

Spasmodio generosity will not meet
the demands of the poor during the
winter. They must be fed, housed and
made comfortable during the entire
winter. and steady supply must meet
the steady demand.-Detrolt Free Press.
St. Paul daily globe., 1893-12-10
More Than 200 Contributors.

Governors OF the different States
other ladies' position and influence have also
of choice Weried Coming
country Maine
cookery
locality contradiction
present the Home Queen the grandest aggregation
variety introduced into cook
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Pretty Well Over the Universe in
Six Months, Only to Land Back
in Maine-A Bloody Brazilian
Prophecy-Darwin Among
Monkeys-Tariff Fiend at a
Symposium.
copyright, 1S93 by Sam Walter Fossil
Jack Dawson lived way down in Maine,
Hoed corn, raised chickens and reaped
grain,
But said that Maine was not designed
For men of mastery and mind;
And said man of any soul
shouldn't vegetate i'll such hole;
''Vermont's the state" says he, II want,
And FL raise Dutter in Vermont"
At butter then Jack took a turn,
But found 1t too hard work to churn,
1.-The air here in Vermont" says he,
'tIs much too rarefied for me;
No man of enterprise and dash,
" no bankers after fame and cash,
Will browse around this barren peak
And grind his nose down to q bea6;
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HOW INDORSED.

More than 1O of them have contrib uted directly the Recipe
parmen contributions having secured for
State and Territory the Union Alaska excepted
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and contains sos pages The Book only sold by subscrp
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cay and death. Premature Old Age, Barred
ness Less Of Power ih either sex, 1hSS,1hs
tary Losses and spernatorrhea, caused III
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purchaser Our written guarantee to rekaiz&
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AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURES.

The autograph signatures of the contributors with their address
official position WILL nearly instance be found
attest their
taking of the book These signatures pro-
cured engraved
expense
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MOSSLESS ROLLING ST ONE
THE PILGRIMAGE OF RESTLESS JACK
DAWSON, OF MAINE.

WHY HE FAILED TO GET ON.