St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-28

looking up to heaven, poetry is truth flying
upward TOWARD God.
Alligator pears, finely favored, at 81 per
dozen. are arriving from Cuba.
thief in York County, Pennsylvania,
goes about disguised as woman.
The PeaeeDaaker, Philadelphia publication,
is edited by man named Club.
The works OF both Longfellow and Emer-
son are read in the French schools.
The Harpers viii sell nearly 80, 900 copies
of their December magazine in England.
The blizzard, unfortunately, can come
over from Canada without paying tariff.
The President of the New Orleans Exposi-
ton is the largest cotton planter in the
world. e..
Every visitor to Washington should carry
with him return ticket and fat pocket
book.
Col. IngersOll is said to have made s25, 900
from fifty lectures during the last two
months.
The New Orleans Exposition wants but one
thing to make it a success-an attendance
Of $4,000 day.
Charles dickens did more for Christmas
than any man that lived during the last sew
enteen centuries.
new Republican party, Blaine organ is
projected at Portland, Ne. Some people say
Blaine is out of politics.
According to the CELSIUS Of 1880 the foreign
population of Philadelphia was 2O4 SS5, and
of Chicago 2O4,s59.
One-hundred aud thirty-one lives were
lost in the Gloucester fisheries during the
year, leaving fifty widows.
This is good time of the year to let the
newsboy keep the change. You don't feel
the difference, but be does. fLn
The fellows who had Cleveland's Cabine
all fixed up month ago are the same chaps
that predicted a mild winter
The latest libel on Steve Dorsey is that he
writes poetry. How prone the world is to
kick man when he's down.
Rev, George Ball, Of Buffalo. has taken to
the lecture platform. In Boston he had an
audience of less than 100 persons
Prince Bismarck, It is charged. works his
clerks until midnight, and pays them smaller
wages than ordinary mercantile houses.
Kossuth' is a fortunate man. This is the
fourth time he has had the pleasure OF read
ng his own obituary in the newspapers.
The most powerful imprecation which the
inhabitants Of Crete uttered against an enc
my was: ''Ye gods, give him bad habitsr'
The Emperor Of Austria Is noted for hav-
ing the largest collection Of pipes in Europe
Royal craftsmanship seems to run to this
sort Of thing.
P T Bsrnum made glad the hearts of
ambitious school-boys in Bridgeport, Conn,
by presenting the High Schoo. with gold
medal fund Of $1,000.
Miss Gussie Harris, Of Butte county, Cal,
went forth the other day and shot five quail
at one shot, and speared four salnon, two
over four feet long,
The German Reichstsg win this winter dis
cuss the abolition of capital punishment.
There is great deal Of public sentiment in
Germany in favor Of the change.
Times are ''hard" IN Germany, too. but as
the breweries have reduced the price of beer
cent lire the people concluded TO go
ahead With Christmas as usual
The syndicate that was to take the Great
Eastern to New Orleans has run short of
cash, aud has sn-agent in New Orleans try
ing to raise money to complete the project
New Orleans usually has five months of
spring. II Chicago we're burdened with FIVE
months Of spring, accompanied by spring fe-
yer, it wouldn't be as large city as II is.
Mr.. Arthur's Senatorial candidacy brings
TO mind the fact that Andrew johnson was a
candidate for Senator in Tennessee the next
year after retiring from the Presidency, and
was beaten by only two votes.
"ATexAs paper says: "Elder Joe Hard
ing while preaching at revival meeting at
the Christian Church, Sherman, was struck
blind, but recovered his sight next morn
ing.''
Beeeher lau CHS at the idea that be is. to be
Clevelaud's Minister to London. ssRidicu-
lous, absurd" This is the way g man al
ways talks when he isn't sure that he will
get there
h. I. Price, q farmer Of wooIsely College.
in Green county, Tennessee, owns a coat
made in 1888 BY Andrew Johnson, who wes
.Rfterward President Of the United States
The coat Is to be on exhibition at the New
Orleans Exposition.
They make a distinction in England be-
tween the people aud the working classes
Among the festivities at Ripon upon the re-