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

S<1Li1Os
81 think the GLOBE was right in criti-
cising church people for begging so
much" remarked the Old Citizen as he
sauntered into the GLOBE sanctum the
other day. ut is carried to extremes"
he continued, "and here is an illustra-
ton of it. My little boy goes to Sunday
school, and the school is connected with
the richest Protestant church in the
city. Last Sunday morning he asked
me fora dime to take to Sunday school.
| had no change in my pocket, and
couldn't give it to him. The little fell
lows eyes filled with tears, and he said
that he couldn't go to Sunday school
that morning. Why not,' 1 asked.
Because our teacher scolds so when we
don't take money that am afraid to go
without it, was his explanation. Great
heavensv I calculated, has it come to
this, that moneyless children are to be
denied the blessings Of gospel truth?'
And then / thought Of what the GLOBE
had said about these church beggars,
and came down to thank you for rub
bling it into them"
SIS
A noted New York divine, who has re-
Gently been delivering some pointed
sermons against the stage, asserts that
one demoralizing feature of stage
life is that the actors live on the breath
of popular applause, and are conse-
quently always scheming some plan to
keep themselves in public notoriety. 1t
is possible that this preacher will take
ROBERT DoWNING's marriage as a
text fol his sermon to-day. 1t is lam
entable truth that stage people are re-
sponsible for most of the severe strict
ures that are hurled upon the profess
sion.
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1t is not yet settled whether, under
the new administration, wine will be
admitted to the White house. Gen.
HARRISON is a teetotaler, who doesn't
take any delight in the sparkle of ruby
drops. His wife, however, is a lady
with exceedingly liberal views on the
Temperance question; and it is said she
is of the opinion that a state dinner
would not be complete without the mu-
steal pop of the champagne bottle. This
question is now being discussed in the
private cabinet Of the HARRISON fam
lily, with the chances ten to one that
Mrs. HARRISON is going to have her
way.
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The United States geological survey
gives some mining statistics that show
something of the wonderful wealth of
this country. judged by the immense
mineral output for the last year. The
total value of all minerals mined in 1887
was $685., 200, 600. This is $TO,ooo,Go0 more
than the output for the preceding year.
The years yield is not only the greatest
ever produced in this country, but is at
least S10o,00o,GO0 greater than the out
put of any other country, and leaving
out England is greater than all of Eu-
rope.
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An impecunious king doesn't fare
much better in this world than tramp,
especially when he gets beyond the
boundaries of his own kingdom. King
MILAN Of Servia is an illustration.
When he visited the baths of Gleichen-
berg he was arrested for debt. He is
without money or credit, and is in a
great pickle to know how to raise money
to pay alimony to his divorced wife.
M1LAN's ruling passion is for games of
chance, and it is said he would pawn
anything he possessed for the sake of
gambling.
The exports of gold have been quite
large of late, indicating that the prices
of wheat and other articles Of which
there is surplus have been forced too
high to enter into competition with the
world in the transatlantic markets.
Hence, dizziness and falling markets here.
There will be improvement when the
exporting point is reached. Liverpool
does have something to do with the
price of wheat.
SIS
An Eastern religious paper has dis
covered that there are in the peniten-
tiaries of the country 46 prisoners
over eighty and 272 over seventy
years of age, and urges, as an act
of humanity. that a limit of incar-
ceration should be had, and the Grim
inal then go free. This idea meets
with general aequiescence, with the
proyiso that the limit of confinement
shall be placed not below $50 or IT'S
wears. At seventy or eighty years
there may still be great deal of bad
blood in the system.
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EDISON has devised a doll that can
talk a large assortment of sentences in
natural tones. Any number of sets of
sentences may be inserted in the cylin-
der, as usual. 1t is worth something to
add to the amusement of the nursery
darlings; but still, in the inventory of
the worlds great needs, more talk is
not leading feature.
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There are no official statements of the
expenditures of the national committees
in the campaign, but it is asserted that
the Republicans used the round sum of
S2.1I5, 600, while the Democrats had less
than 81, 100000. 1t would not be sur
prising if the proportion were even
greater, as all the trusts and big manu-
factorers, who have fattened at the eX-
pense of the taxpayers, could afford to
pnt up almost any amount; while good
many Democrats who have shared the
protection of the tariff looked obviously
upon tariff reduction and buttoned UP
heir nnekntS