St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-03

bath school, happened to be at his grand
mothers when the minister called.
Like all grandmas, she was anxious to
show the child Off to the best advantage.
So she told the minister to ask him
questions concerning the past few Sab
bath school lessons and see how much
he could remember for child not yet
four years old. The lessons had been
on Joseph, his childhood. bondage. etc.
After numerous questions. all of which
he answered readily, the minister asked:
'And, now, can you tell me what kind
OF coat Joseph had?' After moments
hesitation came the answer: Chow do
L know? | was not there!'
Des Moines, 10. Mrs. II. A. K.
ARTHUR GETS EVEN.
HaIrper's Young People.
Arthur, who has been forbidden to
speak at the table, had his revenge the
other day. AS dinner began he was un-
easy, and finally said, Ma, can't l speak
just one wOrd?''
"You know the rule, Arthur"
Not one wOrd?"
mo, Arthur. not until your father
finishes the paper"
Arthur subsidized until the paper was
finished, when he was asked what he
wished to say.
ooh, nothing; only Nora put the
custards outside the window to cool
and the cat has been eating them up"
CONFIRIAToRY.
Religious Record.
Il had my picture taken to-day" said
little Christine. 81 crossed my arms
man put my head in some longs"
s'Why, you must have looked like
lump of sugar in sugar-tongs," laughed
papa. ''Why, so | must have" said
Christine, delightedly, ''cauSe the man
kept saying, what sweet little girl"
SERMON BY A LITTLE COLORED BOY.
Lowell New Moon.
A little colored boy in South Carolina
made an attempt to write an excuse to
his teacher for his absence as follows:
'Daer Affectionateiy Teacher: Ise
sorry couldn't come to school on Fri,
day, but l couldn't cause it rain and
daf's de way it go in dis world. If de
Lord shut de door, no man can open de
door. If de Lord say open de door, no
man can shut de door. If de Lord say
it rain,' no man can stop it rain. But
de Lord, he do all things well. And
you oughn't to grOwl about it,
MIND READING.
Boston Transcript.
80 mamma, mammar exclaimed lit
tie Edith, returning from Sunday
school, tive had real nice time to-day.
Mr.. GOOdly came in and told us lots of
Interesting things about heaven and the
bad place; and he said that me and you
and papa was going to heaven, and that
lilly Jackson and Bill HOrner and
Mamie Saunders was going to the bad
place"
"Why, Edith, what are you talking
about? Do you mean to say that Mr..
GO0dly mentioned anybody that you
named?''
'.Well-no, mamma, he didn't say
right out, but then L knew who he was
talking about"
INQUIRED AT HEADQUARTERS.
A little rosebud blooming in the
wilds of New Jersey appeared one day,
dOllie in her arms, at the house of a
friend living a few blocks away from
her own dOmicile. "Tan / tum in and
muse myself and 'ou little while?"
she inquired. Kisses and hearty re-
spouse gave her assurance of welcome.
An hour or more went by, when her
father appeared, searching for her.
why did you do so, rosebud" he
asked reprovingly. ''YOu must not go
out without permission; you must in
quire of your mother if she will let you
go visiting" sob, | knew she'd say
L
'quired of myself"
A PLEA FOR THE DOLLS.
Boston Commonwealth.
The good women who are so busy re-
forming the world have taken up the
doll enOrmity now, and are to make
public sentiment too warm for it.
''Hamlet'' with the Prince left out
would be spirited and entertaining
compared with little girls universe
that was doll-less. There is queer
little element of tenderness in the rela-
ton between the inanimate pet and the
live one, that we saw amusingly and
touchingly illustrated the other dav.
A small girl was holding herlargest and
most beloved doll well outside the win
dow, and her mother protested, saying,
''You will drop your big dollie; why do
you hold it out there so long?' Il was
showing it to God" said the baby, and
the mo Their did not find, for the time
anything more to say. 1t might be as
well to do away with few other abuses,
good women, before booming the doll,
THE NEXT THING To IT.
Boston Globe.
A little five-year-Old was visiting at
the house, and the little daughter was
showing her the different objects of in
terest to all of which her invariable
comment would be: my mothers got
one, too" At last she was shown two
companion pieces of dogs, which She
studied very infinitely for a few mo-
ments and then burst out with, s'My
mother has got a picture of two dogs,
too, only one of them is cat'
Gladstone in London.
Mr.. Gladstone's London house is
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