Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-05-25
Facts and Fancies.

SkOt9 hAku II S1llCAt9s
Trees begin to die at their to,,s-men
begin to die there, too.
Railway frogs never croak, though their
owners often do.
Admiral Dot wants to marry. judging
from his name. his wife will he the girl
of the period.
It's safe to bet that there is q letter in
the San Francisco Post-office for Gen.
Grant from Private Dalzell.
A grave digger buried man named
button, and brought in the following bill
to his widow: ''To making one Button
hole, IS"
The Tom Paine memorial hall in Bos-
ton, IS badly In debt. and there isno
Klmball to raise it.. Send for Inpersoll.
Detroit Free Press:
When a great man receives an ovation
the reflection that twice as big a crowd
would come to see him hung ought to
discourage him, but it don't.
Rector-Those pigs Of yours are in a
line condition, Jarvis Jarvis-Yes, sur.
they he. All, sur, if we wos all on us
only as fit to die as them are, we'd do.
"Brevier," aLong Primer .ssmac
Plea" and "Pica" arc the names of til
four children of the editor of Hawkins
vile (Tenn1 paper. They were all taken
o.the front in small caps.
SIS there any danger of the boa con-
strictor biting mee" asked lady of the
Geological Gardens. "Not the least.
marin, replied the Snowman; che never
bites; he swallows his whites whole.''
I. Whenever new and startling fact is
brought to light in science, people first
say, sit is not true" then that sit is con-
trary to religion, and, lastly, that ssevery-
body knew it before. "-Agassis
| "When do you inted to 90 back, Mike?n
asked an exile of another. ssIf live till
| doye, and God knows whether 1 will or
not, intend to visit old Ireland once
more before I leave this country
In street car. Lady in shabby dress
to animated tailor's model standing in
front of her: evil you please ring the
J bell, sir9" s.Pawdon, madam, I'm not the
conductaw-ah" s'Indeed9 What are
your He gives it up.
\
Two California sharps were playing
game Of cards. ut is very singular
observed one, "that haven't seen a king
yet" 'Not at ALL replied the other;
S'you have one in your sleeve and 1 have
the other three in my boot"
5 A Boston telegraph clerk smiled when
ne gave man this message from his
| wife: "Unto us child is born, nine feet
long by two feet wide;' but the man
understood it meant that he should buy
+ an illuminated Easter text.
An appreciatiye mind can throw a
, world of pathos into very ordinary state
ment eyes," said he, leaning over the
!, fence in communion with neighbor,
''she is dead. She died just as she got
ready for spring cleaning. tits terrible"
elbow sublimely ctheral!' murmured
Miss de Flukey, as she leaned over the
rail of the fine steamer that plies between
Venice and Messina, and watched the
| play of the moonbeams on the waves.
i Chow just too tremendously magnificent
!, l call this Simply joy on Lloydr'
A gentleman addresses another gentle
!, man, whom he doesn't know, at party
+ ''This affair is awfully stupid let's 60 out
i and take drink" II would like to do
: it." was the reply, ''but can't leave very
3 well" "Why not?" why, you see, I am
: the one who is giving the party
II should like to1aave you raise club, y
: said seven by nine book canyasser to a
daughter of Erin, as he stood on the front
f step trying to talk her to death on the
s subject of the "Extinction of the Tribes
: of the Seventh Century 81 WILL said
f Biddy, as she reached around behind the
door, "but bad luck to your picture if
r you're lingering around here when get
o it raised" He didn't linger.