St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-12
WHISPERS.

all of them away"
WHISPERS.
Some weeks ago it was announced in
| this column, aprOpOs of the the visit of
President j. j. HILL, of the Manitoba,
to New York, that the probable object
| OF his visit was to negotiate bonds for
the extension of the Manitoba toward
the coast. That the Whisperer was not
| far wrong was evidenced by the press
dispatches OF a few days ago, which
| conveyed the information that bonds of
the Montana Genital, guaranteed by the
Manitoba, had been negotiated in New
York to the extent of $2,000,000. The
Montana Central, you know, is the
Manitoba's western connection, and is
| virtually part of that corporation.
Mr.. Hill. is now in Washington, and [
| learn II is object is connected with the
| same business. 1t is necessary, in order
| to push westward, to cross several
| Indian reservations, and, of course, to
| cross public lands. While congress
| sional bill will be necessary in order to
| secure for the Manitoba the right of
| way it desires, Mr.. HILL, it is under
! stood, has gone down to look the ground
| over and see just what the chances are
| for success. He expects opposition
from the Northern Pacific, which natur
| ally doesn't relish having competitor
| III territory it has been accustomed to
| regard as its own, and wants to check
mate it if possible.
But Mr.. HILL isn't saying much as to
his plans.
Doubtless you have noticed the an
nOuncement that DR.. MAS. the ceIe-
DRAFTED pianist, has been playing in the
| city. Perhaps many of you have had
the pleasure of listening to his superb
performance upon the instrument of
which he is such master. The Whis-
perer is fOrcibly reminded by his pres
ence in the city of the first time he met
him, and the lesson he then taught an
| egotistical fellow, whose estimation of
himself was about ten times that at
which other people held him. 1t was
six years ago in Boston, which city DIR.
| MAS had just made his home, at an
evening party. The guests were nearly
all young people, and, as all were well
acquainted, there was none of that kill
! Joy fornality which usually character
| ICES BoStOn'S social gatherings. DR..
MAS, with his pretty young wife, and
a yloliniSt of some local reputation were
among the guests. At that time, and
| with good reason, Boston was fairly go
ing wild over DIR. MAS playing. As
the evening wore along the hostess. who
was something of viOlinist herself,
produced her instrument and asked the
local celebrity if he would not play
| something for the young people. Draw
ing himself up into an attitude which
he fancied was one of digni-
| ty,, the yiolinist responded Jelly:
Madame, such playing as mine people
pay 81 apiece to hear. 1t is not given
gratis" No one was more disguised
with this exhibition of insolent egotism
than DR.. MAS, whose reputation was
fully ten times as great as that of the
other. The musicians had gone to sup
per; so, quietly walking to the piano, the
| noted pianist, to the delight of the
| young people. sat down, and for half an
hour exercised his great talent by play
Ing dance music, the violiniSt all the
! time Mortified at such a lowering of
| musical dignity.
The man who is great in his own esti-
nation doesn't always find others agree
ing with him.
| While Hon. p. I'll. KELLY was so sick
| recently in New York, he had an anus
ing experience Of the feminine way. of
jumping at conclusions, which, despite
his serious condition, appealed irresist-
| lbiy to his keen sense of humOr. Per-
haps you might enjoy repetition of it.
| In constant attendanceuponM Mr.. KELLY
while he lay i'll were two people who
have been warm friends of his for years,
prominent New York banker and his
wife. 1t is the latter whom the story
concerns. While the sick man was in
the most critical condition his secretary,
ALEN BARCLAY, telegraphed him in
cipher Oh some business matters.
the words symmetry" and ''can-
niba1o appearing in the dispatch.
| Mrs. H, the bankers wife, was in
the habit of reading kilograms as they
came to Mr.. KELLY. When she came to
| the cipher message, her eye caught the
two words referred to. After the man
ner of her seX-charmingly illogical sex
lit at once flashed through her mind
that these words were of direful import.
"Symmetry' to her mind at once be-
came cemetery, and ''cannibal' in some
inconsequential way she recognized as
appropriate to the person who could
send telegram about cemeteries to
haif-dying man. ''Oh, this is awful"
she cried to Mr.. KELLY; 'the idea of
that ALEX BARCLAY telegraphing you
about a lot in Il cemetery when you are
so sick. | should think he was canni-
bal" And then she began stream of
denunciation of such narrowing thought
lessness. Completely mystitied, MI
KELLY got possession of the telegram,
and then went off into peal of laugh
ter that may have had something to do
toward bringing about his recovery.
Does the woman live who is on famil-
| iar terms with telegram?
| / heard a curious story the other day
about the way in which a lady, who is
not unknown in st. Paul, relieves her
| mind when anything exaSperateS her.
Oral maledicti0n yerging upon mas
culine swearing is of course forbid
den the opposite sex. but it is Just as
susceptible to the things that annoy as
is its Sterner opposite when the bare
foot steps on an inverted tack, or
business miShapS Or anything else oc-
ours to disturb the tranquility of mind
and to cause the surrounding air to as
sumo distinctly SulphurouS odor. A
swear word this lady of the Whisper
er'S acquaintance would not use for
the world, but she frequently felt as
though she would like to. Accordingly
she kept ''cuss book" Perhaps. fair
reader, you may gain a sugge stiOn from
it, so will explain. Whenever any
thing particularly eXasperating occurs
she seizes her .scuss book" sits down
and scribbles all the 'darns" and other
imprecations she can remember, to the
extent of several pages After that
she feels better. Her mind is vastly re-
Jieved, and then she tears the Scribbled
pages out and burns them.
lSn't.the idea an original one?
Young men who desert the enervating
South or the conservative and