St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-19
With THE LITTLE PEOPLE.
Youngsters Budget Of Wit, Sense and
Sentiment.
THE TIME TO BE BORN.
A C0mical Acknowledgements Pre-.
scriptfon-- Tired Of Her Fathers
Preaching---Bella's Plunge.


The World
Little Charlie, three years old, coming
up from the beach with mamma one
night, very warm and tired, stretched
himself out on three camp-Stools, re-
CARELESS of the crowd on board the
steamer. A gentleman looking for a
seat spies Charlie. and approaching him
says:
Look here, young man, you don't
want all these Seats"
Yes, does, I'se tired" is the prompt
answer of Master Charlie.
What! Three seats for little boy
like you?'
81 hasn't dot Free"
"Why, Charlie" says mamma, "you
have"
NO." with a decided shake of his
head.
LET us see," said the gentleman,
whose eyes by this time began to twin
kle. Now, that's one, isn't it?"
Charlie mods. "And that's two" An
other nod. And. triumphantly. "that's
three"
NO." said Charlie, "dat'sa STOOL"
UNNECESSARY HASTE.
Youths Companion.
Mamma, DEAR" said Janet, sat what
time in the day was l bOrn?''
AT O'Clock in the morning."
And what time was l bOrn?' asked
Jack.
Not until O'clock
A N TOD
longer than yOurs!'
being born before it's time 10 get up?'
IMMEDIATE REFORMATION.
San Francisco Chronicle.
The young man of eleven summers
had, in common with his younger
brother, a habit of tackling his father
every morning for nickel. The father
thought he would appeal to his young
manhood. One morning when he made
the usual demand the father said:
Don't you think you're most too old
to beg for nickel?"
That's So" said the boy, thought
fully. THAT'S so. Give me two bits"
DOROTHY'S CONICAL INFERENCE.
Woman's Tribune.
TwO-year-old Dorothy has had Sc
we're case of chicken-poX. She came
down with it the very day that the fam
lily had chicken for dinner. Nobody
imagined that Dorothy thought that
there was any connection between the
dinner and the disease, until a few days
afterward, just as the baby was getting
better. turkey was brought on for din
ner. Dorothy refused to eat it, saying:
1.-The chicken made me have chicken
pOX, mamma, and l don't want to eat
turkey and have turkey-pOX."
APPROPRIATE TO THE SEASON.
Boston Transcript.
The little daughter of the family was
being shown DOre illustrations of
paradise Lost" and had got as far as
the picture which reveals Moses on
the law to the gaze of the ISraelite null
titude below.
"What is that, mamma" the little girl
asked.
ut is Moses, my dear"
"Oh, yes; and oh, see, mamma, he's
got calendar"
A VOICE FOR WAR.
Boston Courier.
Bobby was about to make his first ap-
pearance at the public school, his edu-
cation having hitherto been conducted
by 0rn private e. te Fac .+ and dol on the
little fellow for the experience which
lay before him. She told him that very
likely, as he was a new boy, the old pu-
pills would tease him at first and try to
play tricks upon him, but that if he took
everything gOod-humOredly this would
all very quickly cease. He listened
placidly, but his small brother Tom,
only four years old, heard with indig-
nant sympathy.
Mamma, ''he burst out at length, twill
the boys at school treat Bobby that
way?" -.
81 think very likely" was the answer,
''but''-
Bobby" burst out the other, without
waiting for butts OF conditions, you lust
take your gun"
FELINE ACOUSTICS.
Youths Companion.
Kitty was on the lounge, purring as
loud as she could, and Katie was cod
ding her.
.'Oh, mamma" the little girl cried all
at once. my kitty has got dashboard
in her throat and / can feel the noise
rub over it,"
BELLA MAKES A PLUNGE.
San Francisco Chronicle
Little Belle was tired of being neg
lected and left out of the conversation.
things, and they had got to some figures
in picture, to which somebody applied
the term ''wantOn." That was her OBJ
pOrtunity.
"Oh, 1 know what 'wanton' people
are'
"You do?" What are they?"
"PeOple who are always wantin'
something"
TOO NEW.
The World.
A little four-year-old, just learning to
spell words of three letters, was sitting
at his desk looking at book, the words
of which were beyond his capacity.
After trying in vain to make them out,
he looked up and said: mamma. if /
had glasses | guess l could read all
these words" His mother laughed
and said: ''Only old folks need glasses. .
The little fellows face became very
serious, as he said: 'Why, mamma. do
you think Pm too new?"
GRACIE's CUTE OBSERVATIONS.
Boston Globe.
Oracle Wallace, aged four, being kept
in doors on account of rain, became rest
less, and to take up her attention gave
her piece of work that | had finished
sewing from which to pick the basting
threads. After working busily for half
an hour she was called to the dinner
table. After eating few mouthfuls of
string beans she said, II guess God for
got to take the basting threads out of
these BEANS"
Another day she sat upon the floor to
play with her doll, with her foot bent
under her until it became asleep las
it is called. Looking up suddenly she
said: "Oh, dear, my foot feels as if l
was going to sneeze."
Upon seeing pair of English rabbits
she asked, "What makes their noses
| Shiver so?'
THE UNIVERSAL LOVE OF CHANGE.