St. Paul daily globe., 1894-05-06

has DuC MS pay upon which to live but he
lives upon it.; he has the reputation of being
fine officer and has never touched a card.
1t seems that he can even save something
of this small income; for the other day in
Algiers one of his comrades, who was follow
ing him, as they climbed hilly street in
kasba, seeing him give aims to little Span
lsh girl who was sleeping in the doorway,
had the curiosity to look and see what Lucien
had given the little beggar. The curious one
was indeed astonished at the poor lieutenant's
generosity.
Lucien de Hem had put a gold louis in the
girls hand.
l>, FRANCOIS COPPER.
- Is WOODEN rAvEnENrs. )
Their Great Value in Streets Where the
Climate Is Dry.
Although regarded as entirely modern.
wooden pavements are of great antiquity,
and wood has been used for road and street
purposes in every form, from the corduroy
road of the backwoodsman, or the primitive
tree-trunk bridge of the Indian, up to the
Nicholson pavement of various shapes. and
kinds of timber, of the present day. Some
twenty years ago wooden payements were
quite the rage in many of our American
cities, and promised to supersede the cobble-
stone or Belgian blocks, that make American
streets the worst in the world. It was found,
however, that wood, no matter how treated,
or how carefully put down, lasted but a few
years, and, sooner or later, rotted or caved
in. This is no doubt due to the frequent
rains and the constant melting of snow in
the winter time, as well as to the expansion
and contraction Of the material itself, under
varying degrees of heat and cold, moisture
and aridity.
Wooden pavements are now seen in but few
places in America, though without doubt they
could be used to advantage in the rising cities
along the great American Divide. The city
of Melbourne, in Australia, is perhaps the
best paved in the whole world, and every foot
of it, from sidewalk to sidewalk, is composed
OF blocks of different kinds Of gum, or eucy-
1upti. This pavement has been down for
many years, and when in Melbourne, in 1898.
was assured by the Commissioner of Streets
that the cost of keeping the pavement in re-
pair was less than that of any other CITY in
the world. Consul-General Wallace, whom
met in the same city, believes that American
other American products, would find proflta-
bic return cargoes in this timber for street
pavementS, for, where not subjected to frost
it is practically indestructible.
see by French journal, of recent date.
that they are about to make an experiment. in
Paris with timber, for pavement, which is
regarded in America as too valuable for any
other purpose than that of being employed in
the manufacture of the best furniture. This
is nothing more nor less than mahogany,
which French merchantmen are now bring
ing to France in large quantities. as they are
unable to secure more profitable freight.
This mahogany is of the red or Brazilian,
variety, of which tens of thousands of square
miles are to be found along the Amazon and
its tributaries. Mahogany pavement has
in it the sound of oriental magnifcence.
It is asserted by men who have devoted
time and attention to the art of war and to
the battles fought during the days of the
revolution and those fought during the war
of the rebellion, that there were more stub
bornly fought conflicts and severer battles
during the war of 1s61-65 than during the
revolutionary war, but that there was moro
suffering and privation during the former
than the latter; for at no time during the
war of the rebellion was the army of the
union in the condition of the soldiers of the
revolution as described by one writer: 'The
British soldiers had frequently seen the Amer
lean army, with which battle had just been
fought, reduced to mere handful OF half
starved men, who, as Washington said, 'lit-
orally served in the field, since most of them
had no tents to cover them,' and who were so
driven by lack of proper supplies that the
great general at one time declared they would
have 'to starve, to dissolve or to disperse in
quest of food.'"
We wonder how the world got along before
the discovery of America, for that meant the
discovery of that essential tuber, the potato.
Originally, this was small and unimportant
root, which the Indians occasionally ate, but
since it hes been domesticated, like all culti-
to produce varieties. OF these there are
forty in the United States, eighteen in Ger
many, twenty-six in Great Britain, thirty-two
in France, and Australia is said to have
fifteen.
changing Done Here" is very common
sign in all English towns. AS is known, it lisa
method, by pressure, of smoothing out sheets
and other large articles after the wash instead
of ironing them. Until recently managing
has not been known in the United States.
That is why sign on the east side Of New
York reading: "Mangling Done Here" at
tracts crowds Of passers-by, who imagine
that the proprietor Of the establishment is
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