St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-12

WTittcu LIE
| An Ill Wind.
Out from the window she leaned and smiled,
| framed picture her fair young face
| A blushing rose in her hand she held,
| And raised to her lips with shy soft grace.
| Up at the window he gazed entranced.
| Held in the mesh of her beauty's power,
| The glow in his heart shone bright in his look
| As his pleading eyes sought the just kissed
| Lightly she bent from the easement frame,
| gentle zepher came through the street,
Her bangs blew off-a sash flew down
| And fast died the echo of manly feet
If it is proper to fiippantly refer to the
Mahdi as Ell Mahdi, why wouldn't it be all
right to speak of the Wheeler as Ell Wheelers
Wales, the prince, never carries purse
when travelling. 1t is also asserted that
he never carries purse when shopping. .
HANDICAPPED BY CIRCUMSTANCES.
Smith ito young physician)-You have
charge OF Browns case, have you not!
Young Physician-Yes.
Smith-Any other doctors associated with
you?
Young Physician-No, am alone.
Smith--Well, how is he getting ons
Young Physician (hopefully)-Fully as
well as can be expected under the circum-
stances.
A REWARD OFFERED.
Whaling masters, when cutting up their
catch, are earnestly requested to keep
sharp lookout for one John Traynor, who
left these shores in dory some weeks since
| and is supposed to have be en- swallowed up
of
dog. A liberal reward will be paid and no
questions asked for the return of the dog
| A Sunday school superintendent in this
city who leads in singing every Sunday Il
Want to be an Angel" hires doctor by the
| year to keep him in good health.
| 1t is very wearing on those people who
| have gone ''long'' on wheat to sit quietly
down and wait for the war clouds to roll by,
| Jennie.
| An article in an exchange describes the
queen of Madagascar's annual bath. If she
takes but one bath a year, it can easily be
imagined that among her toilet articles an
| eight-bar curry comb would naturally occupy
| the most responsible position.
DIFFERENT TASTES.
cit doesn't make the slightest difference to
| me what the private character of an actress
may be-" said gentleman. "Can she act!
| that is the important matter"
ooh, don't agree with you at all, Mr.
81" replied bright young woman.
'sThe acting, then, OF one whose private
| life you know to be above reproach gives you
the greater satisfaction.'
"Well-er-no, not exactly. l think it
| adds so much to the real pleasure OF the per
formance to know that the lady is--er-a
| tri1e galante.''
When a little boy in Iceland gets nice
tallow candle to eat his companions gather
about him and beg for the wick.
1t is asserted that an Ann Arbor policeman
| college graduate) can slip around to the side
door and swallow schooner of beer in five
different languages.
TASTE FOR LITERATURE.
Boston Girl-You are familiar with
Dickens and Thackeray and the Wayerly nov
els of course, Miss Smith.
Miss Smith, Visiting from Chicago)-I am
not familiar with Dickens and Thackeray, but
| the Waverly l read every month. l think
the stories are delightful
EMINENT MEN.
Since his unfortunate accident General
Wolseley,in selecting camels for his own per-
sonal use, ignores beauty and symmetrical
proportions for gentleness of disposition and
smalness of stature.
The Louisville Courier Journal says :
Everybody has a chance in the United
| States" In view of recent results it would
| thus seem that Mr.. Watterson is looking into
| the future with about as manly heart as can
ha 4 o;r ,{o
1t is pretty generally understood that mill
ionare Stanford can pull out as big a lot of
money from the pockets of as shabby
pair of trousers as anybody who dwells
| under the all-protecting wings of the Ameri-
can eagle.
Minister Phelps is said to be an expert
huntsman. When he goes cunning for for
eign missions he brings down only big
birds.
coat, DR.. Mary Walker can sit right down and
sew 1t on again This is one of the advan
| tages of being a what-is-it.
Now that the excitement is over and his
pictures have disappeared from the newspa-
pers, Sir Moses Montefore is moving quietly
on to his second century.
If Mark Tapley were living and could en-
gage in conversation with Carl Schurz little
while and then go away feeling jolly, he
could conscientiously indulge in all the
credit he wanted to.
LOSING FAITH.
"Mamma," said Bobby, ''bas baby sister
gone to heavenP'
eyes, dear"
"Andis heaven way up where the stars
area"
eyes"
Bobby looked thoughtful for moment and
then said obviously:
''Well. it may be that she went all that
distance alone, but don't know whether to
believe it or not. You told me last night at
supper, you know, that there wasn't any
more raspberry jam, and at the time you said
it there was jar full in the closet"
LIFE ON FARM.
An old farmer was unfortunate
enough to have one of his best cows die sud-
denly.
"Thomas,' - he said to the hired man, ~
can't afford to lose that COW. Well jest cut
her up and salt her down."
A day or two later he lost q calf the same
way.
s'We'n salt her down, Thomas" he said.
The next morning his wife was taken sud-
denly ill.,
Thomas, the old woman is sick. You
git TO town for the doctor, right away"
"All right" responded Thomas, with
slacrity; ''but the salts all gone. Shall /
git nuiher bag"
A bereaved widow whose husband was
killed by lightning said to a sympathiZing
friend that the news of poor Johns death
came upon her like clap of thunder.
The New Orleans exposition is to have a