St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-03-17
TALES OF PUBLIC MEN.


TALES OF PUBLIC MEN.
Stories Told Of and BIZ Folks That All
HUE Heard nj.
1t is related Of the late Gen. Gordon that
at dinner in London club one of the
members jokingly accused him of secreting a
bottle of wine in his pocket. Others. observ.
ing that his pocket bulged out, made bets
that they could guess the brand, and chal-
lenged him to produce the bottle. In indig-
nation he drew from his pocket PRAYER
book and said: "This little book has been
my companion for years, and sincerely
trust that you may find comforter and sup
porter in the trials of life that will prove as
true to you as this has been to me. 'Then he
withdrew from the company, and the next
day received many apologies
At sale of ex-President Buchanan's
effects last summer George Kreiner, a fish
dealer of Lancaster, Pa, bought small bag
containing minerals, paying twenty-five
cents for the purchase. Recently he exam
ined the ore, and, noticing that some of it
had the glitter of gold al ut it, be pulver-
lied just one pound of 1t by actual weight
and took it to Edward ]. Zahm, prominent
jeweler of Lancaster, who put the ore in a
smelling furnace. The result was a gold
button, the residuum Of the ore, for which Mr..
Zahm offered Mr.. Kreiner, 5000, its actual
value. Mr.. Kreiner has pound or two
more OF the ore and expects to realize on it..
good story is told of recent experience
of Congressman Burleigh at the Fifth avenue
hotel. He had friend at dinner, and had
ordered a bottle of wine. A stranger was
seated at the same table, who reached over
and took from the side of Mr.. Burleigh's
plate glass Of wine, which he drank at one
gulp. That's mighty COOL" said Mr..
Burleigh. YES" replied the stranger, II
guess It's been on ice.''
Charles Francis Adams was wit The
command issued to Sam Bowles at Cincinnati
in 1872, ''Pull me out OF that crowd ~ was
perhaps playful in its manner, but it was
scarcely witty. ''But when he went as
minister to England and dinner was given
10 him by the premier, one OF the speech
makers, alluding to various classes in Eu-
rope, Our distinguished guest will tell us
that all men are created equal suppose?''
turning with the bantering question to Mr.
Adams. yes" said the latter promptly.
can men created equal?' Eyes, created
equal,' explained Mr.. Adams, ''but shortly
after that the fun begins"
sit was stranger said Thackeray in The
Virginians, ''that in savage forest of
Pennsylvania a young Virginian officer
should fire shot and waken up war which
was to last for sixty years, which was to cover
his own country and pass into Europe. to cost
France her American colonies, to sever ours
from us and create the great Western Repub-
lie; to rage over the Old World when ex-
tinguished in the new, land, of all the myriads
in he act TO
of the greatest fame with him who struck the
first blow.''
That aged potentate Emperor William, who
recently threw Europe into a turmoil by
nearly cutting his life short because of eating
too much lobster at supper, chooses as his
favorite in Lent Russian fish soup, of which
the hideous ingredients are small beer, cider
and picked cucumbers. He is also very
fond of hashed veal mixed up with cinnamon
and cloves, while one of his maiesty's favor
lite sweets is sponge cake stepped in pineapple
rum.
Senator Lamar, so story goes, one day,
after scanning cartoon in Puck represent
ing John l.. Sullivan staggering around Bos-
ton, after killing horse, knocking down a
woman and intimidating the police, re-
hCus kluu vi man is ltuDOSSlOIe
in our Southern country. We could not pro-
duce him, or, if produced, he would not stay
there long,
The Tribune prints the following letter by
Abraham Lincoln many years before he be-
came president, in answer to the inquiries of
New York firm as to the financial standing
of a neighbor: ''Yours Of the 10th inst. re-
ceived. am well acquainted with Mr.. -
and know his circumstances. First of all
he has wife and baby: together they ought
to be worth $50 900 to any man. Secondly,
he has an office in which there is a table
worth $1.50 and three chairs worth, say, 81.
Last of all there is in one corner a large rat
hole which will bear looking into. Respect
fully yours, A. LINCOLN"
Mr.. Henry Clews,a well-known Wall street
man, says that the men who drink whisky
are sure to fail in Wall street. Men in the
stock business have excitement enough with
out alcohol. A glass of wine at dinner may
be well enough but to drink to celebrate sue
cess or to drown chagrin at losses Is TO de
stroy ones chances. When man has lost,
he needs to keep himself in the best of spirits
not alcoholic-to eat good dinners, amuse
himself. and look carefully after his health,
but above all things let whisky alone. He
can always win If the whisky is in his com
petitor instead of in himself This applies to
all business where com petition is sharp. In
deed in what business nowadays is 1t not
sharp!