St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-04-08

of the Northwest could tell an April fool Joke
as far as he could see it. He is married now,
and his glass eye has forgot its cunning.
49,
The good Amos formerly lived at Minneap-
oils, where he served as managing editor Of
the different issues of the newspaper combi-
nation in that city. He knows by sad ex-
perieuce that every year the morning issue
of that combination has an April fool article
that has electrified the reading public. April
would not seem natural in Minneapolis If
the morning paper neglected to perpetraue a
joke On its readers The live and get-up-get
managers know when they strike a good
thing and they never let up on that particu-
lar good thing until death removes them from
this busy world of care. The day on which
the present month was ushered in, the Min
neapolis paper contained the customary
articles. One gave a description of the cav
ing in of the tower of the local suspension
bridge, and the other was a bogus dispatch,
made up in the Office, giving an account of the
death of Clara Belle, the unknown writer
whose articles are generally popular among
the reading public. The dispatch in question
was dated New York, an 1 gave Clara Bellies
real name and her imaginary history.
-
Amos, the Fargo editor, read the suspen-
sion bridge accident in the Minneapolis paper
and straightway pronounced it a canard. He
dashed off an editorial setting forth the in
EQUITY Of such practices and made good and
telling points by maintaining that a papert
lost prestige by imposing on it's readers.
concluded by assuring the readers of the Re-
publican that they would never be deceived.
1t also made bold the assertion that the Re-
publican, having direct communication with
the rest of the world, its dispatches were gen.
uine and never manufactured in the home
Office.
In another column of the page, containing
this editorial, was a special telegram to the
Republican from New York. In it was de-
tailed the life, history and sudden death of
the popular newspaper contributor, Clara
Belle. The only possible explanation of the
error is that the New York correspondent of
the Fargo Republican got hold of the Mime
apolis paper, containing the Clara Belle arti-
Gle, on the day of its publication. The CORE
spondent will, no doubt, be changed at once,
as such imposition on the good and confiding
Amos is most reprehensible.
So
st. Paul woman, the wife of an old set
tier whose wealth and elegant st. Anthony
hill residence are not totally unknown to the
deniZens of the social world, had occasion
not long ago to remember her leige lord on
the anniversary of his birth. An elegant
present was purchased for him. The selec-
ton was made, when it occurred TO her that
perhaps the recipient might not be perfectly
suited herewith. The proprietor assured
her that 1t was not perfectly satisfactory it
would be returned and second selection
made.
"Weil, hope II will suit" remarked the
woman as she started out OF the store. 'but
VIII return 1t if is Unsatisfactory 10 him."
49,
There is rumor current which has Il that
all is not love and harmony among the prin-
cipals OF the Boston Ideals. In fact there