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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
SHORT STORIES,
She, Too, Lived In the White
House.

She, Too, Lived In the White
House.
l saw lady sitting in the parlor of
the Ebbitt house Saturday morning that
in her day was very much written about
by the press all over the country, says a
writer in the Washington Press.
Her sixty-fOur years sit lightly upon
her. She is tall for woman, and her
figure is still excellent; in her youth it
must have been admirable. Her hair,
originally brown, even now has few
silVery threads in it, and the fact that
she is reading paper without the aid of
glasses indicates that the sight of her
gentle blue eyes is still unimpaired.
This lady was dressed all in black, a
white lace collar fastened with brooch
containing a likeness of her late hus-
band being the only relief to her SOM
Der color. There was no jewelry to be
seen about her except her wedding ring
and its guard, which contained single
diamond.
1t was Mrs. President John Tyler, the
first bride of the White house. When
Mrs. Tyler. then Miss Gardner, of New
York, married Mr.. Tyler, in 1913. she
was but a few months over eighteen
years of age. Notwithstanding her
youth, she made most gracious mis-
tress of the executive mansion, and
proved herself fully equal to the eXigen-
cies of her high social position. Mr..
Tyler died in Richmond in 1862 while a
member of the Confederate congress.
Since then she has divided her time be-
tween Richmond and her plantation on
the James river. Besides Mrs. Tyler
there are six former miStreSSeS of the
White house living. namely: Mrs. Polk,
Mrs. Johnson Harriet Lance, Mrs.
Grant, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Garfield and
Mrs. Cleveland.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
IN A NUTSHELL.

A branch houSe-A log cabin.
The hired girl lives out all her days.
Good only when used up-The bal
loon.
Frosts are generally dew before they
come.
The pugilist is very fond of striking
features.
Hush money-the wages of the baby's
nurse.
William PENIS handkerch ief was the
original Penn wiper.
Among the things that are advertised
to go the hustle brings up in the rear.
The man who stands on his own dig
nifty is not the one to sit down on the
dignity of others.
That's a saw spot with me-" re-
marked the tramp as he surveyed the
farmers woodpile.
Lynching may be popular out West.
but the fashionable hangings in the
East are lambrequinS.
The man who lives on the wind must
have his bill of air just the same as the
guests of a restaurant.
Inconsistency - The prohibitionists
want us to pass the bar room, but they
find fault with us if we pass the wine
cup.
Men are usually willing to give their
opinions freely on any subject, but you
mustn't expect the photographer of
rural scenery to give you his views for
nothing.
The only way to solve the problem
SIS Marriage Failure?' is to try it. 1t
reminds US of the story anent the toad
stool and mushroom. How can you tell
a mushroom from a toadstool? BY eat
ing it. If it is a toadstool you die; if it
is mushroom you don't.-Boston Cour-
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

Gen. SHERMAN says that he would
pay 500 rather than be interviewed by
newspaper. There isn't a newspaper
in all the world but would be willing to
take his 500 and let him off.
GROVER CLEVELAND is the guest
of JOE JEFFERSON at the latter's
country place, and jolly time they are
having of it. When GROVER declares
that he has sworn off, RIP AYERS that
this one doesn't count. And then they
drink to each others health, and to
their families good health. May they
both live long and prosper.
President HARRISON has gone to New
England in search of quiet Sabbath.
He ought to try Chicago one Sunday,
What is the use of our long, cold win
tiers when artificial ice is selling cheaper
in the Southern cities than the natural
product sells for up here in Minnesota?
If Col. JACOB KILRAIN should hap
pen to lick the Hon. JOHN L. SULLI-
VAN tomorrow, we will have to enlarge
our national domain. This country
would be entirely too small to hold him.
News of the death of ex-Premier Nor
QUAY was heard with regreat in st.
Paul. He had many friends here, and
we remember the interest he took in
making our first ice carnival a success.
ROBERT BROWNING, the poet, is about
to take a second wife. All those loving
lines addressed to the first wife will
have to be taken down and recon-
structed to suit this second pearl of
womanhood that he is going to wear Oh
his breast.
To be social lion these days man
has got to shoot somebody, and then get
Jury to certify to the correctness of
the deed. DR.. mellow, the murderer of
Editor DAWSON, is an example of how
profitable and popular it is to dye ones
hands in human blood. Nor is this con-
dition confined to the South. The CUR
RAMS, who were acquitted at Waupaca.
Wis, the other day, are as much lion
lied in their locality as DR.. Mellow is in
his section of the country.
"fve No Mother Now, I'm Weeping"
was all the ehimer could get out of the
court house bells last Thursday. The
sad refrain was possibly suggested by
WILLIAM PITT MURRAY'S retirement
from the city government. -
4 r
e @
his horses name to Duluth. That
would keep Proctor Knott sick all the
time.
A Boston doctor says that ice water
is all right if taken with discretion, or
ginger ale. Indiscreet men will thank
| the doctor for the saving clause in the
prescription.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
PERSONAL POINTS.

Perhaps Corporal Tanner will make
up GeneBoulanger's pension to him.
Gov Foraker is a graduate of Cornell,
of the class of 80. He has also gradua-
ted in Ohio politics.
A Pennsylvania coal miner died of
restitution the other day. Nothing was
found on the body but campaign
promise of better times.
Prince Bismarck is aid to take more
pleasure in reeOunting the dueling and
drinking feats Of his student days than
in relating any of his later triumphS in
the field of craftsmanship.
Is John Sherman waiting to see what
'92 may have i'll store for him? Con-
versing with friend recently on re-
iigious matters. he said; Il believe in
God, the Almighty. That is as far as l
have got"
Col Boyd Winchester, ex-minister to
Switzerland, is in Washington. There
is report that he helped to elevate the
morals of the Swiss during his residence
among them by teaching them the fine
points of the great American game of
draw poker.
William j. Hilton. wealthy and
misery merchant of Franklin, KY,
placed nail key containing ZOO in
greenbacks and per cent government
bonds upon ire IL few days ago, ana
laughed joyfulIy as he saw the flames
devour the paper. Family troubles and
business cares had turned his head.
An industrious political student,
whose brain-throbS yeX the air of the
Pacific coast, sends greeting to Post
master Wanamaker, and at the same
time takes occasion to suggest to that
high-priced official that it takes some
thing besides willipuS-wallapu to run
national postotfice. Here is food for
thought between sermons.
Miss May Forteseue, the English ac-
treSS who was fortunate enough to Oh
tain $4,000 damages from Lord Cairns
in breach of promise trial some years
ago, has just succeeded in winning an
other case of similar nature against
Laurence Henry st. Paul Moore. On
this occasion she was content to accept
a verdict of 81, 800. 1t is evident, there
fore. that the preaching of Miss Fortes-
cues affections as pastime grows
cheaper as time rolls on.
A Kansas editor in drawing pen
sketch of Senator ingalls, writes: Mr..
ingalls, is not very pretty; his hair is
very gray and he is exceedingly thin
and would make good clothes prop or
livingzillustration of the DR.. Tanner
theory. His legs resemble a pair of
breeeh-loading single-barrel guns thrust
into gun bags. 1t is a mystery to us
how he manages to carry such big
head full of eighteen-carat brains
around on such an emaciated set of
underpinnings."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
How to See Spirits.

Spiritualism is all the rage among GER
tain kinds of people in Washington, and
it is growing. Several congressman
indeed. one senator from the Pacific
slope-are regular patrons of the seances
which are held in various parts of the
town. 1t has set some of the depart
ment clerks almost wild. and those who
have cavght the mania talk of nothing
else. In one house here there are two
department clerks, one an enthusiast on
the subject of spiritualism, and the
other such an advocate of tariff reform
that he talks nothing else. One ridi-
cules the other when they get together,
and they have hot arguments some
times. The other night the believer in
spirits said to his friend: "You don't
know anything about it. You go with
me some night and pay 81 and you will
see spirits.n
Il can take one dollar" replied the
friend, ''go down to Shoomaker's Ia sa-
loon here and see more spirits with it
than you will see at your hoOdoo' shop
in whole week"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
HOME COLLEGES.

The college commandments of the
country are over, and reports are made
public showing the condition of the col
leges of the land. 1t is stated in a gen.
eral way that the year has been fairly
prosperous one for the great educational
institutions, but this observation seems
to be not fully warranted. While the
Eastern institutions are generally richly
endowed, and have year by year been
aided by legaeies and donations from
their graduates, the cost to the student
has been steadily increasing. Cornell
has this year raised its tuition fees from
SIS to S125, and the poor student Is vir-
tually shut out of Harvard and most
other Eastern colleges. Western insti-
buttons have been multiplying, elevat-
ing their standards, aud pl ospering, with
their advantages kept within general
reach. There is no longer any occasion
for the West to send to the East for col
legiate advantages. The home inStitu-
lions are becoming adequate to all de-
mandS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
RAPID TRANSIT.

The cities of this country will reward
and build first-class monuments to any
man who will devise system of rapid
transit that will supplant all the more
or less Objectionable methods now in
use. 1t is the problem of all the big
cities and the future. Philadelphia
and Boston are experimenting and de-
vising. The electric system meets with
more favor in the New England capital,
and seems to be preferred to the ele-
waited line as in New York, although the
speed is less. So far, the storage bat
terry fails to furnish sufficient power,
and there are serious objections to the
overhead wire plan in any city that
does not have unusually wide streets.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
Here Produce Watch"

Congressman "Billy" Mason tells
with considerable zest his first expert
ence at speechmaking. 1t was his
maiden effort at the bar. and, knowing
that he was to address the jury for
week beforehand, he prepared his speech
The eventfuI day came and he delivered
his prepared speech according to pro-
gramme. Then, drawing watch from
his pocket, he said impreSsively, "Bnt
[ see that l have exhausted my time,
and | leave the case in your hands,
gentlemen" ana sat down.. The watch
did not have any works in it, and the
case had been knocking about the house
for years, but, as the speech had been
marked at this place, there produce
watch" he flashed the case on the jury
so impressiYeIy that he won his suit.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
ST. PAUL PERSONALS.

R. G. Brown goes to Chicago tonight
W. Lindsay left yesterday for Miles City.
NJ L. Bristol left yesterday for Portland, Or.
j. R. Russell, of Butte, Neb., is at the Ryan.
C. M. Higgins, Of Cleveland, o., is ut the
Rran.
e; W. Major left yesterday for Spokane
Falls.
j. s. Moore left yesterday for Spokane
WI. Dwyer, of New York, is at the Mer
chants
E. A. Rhodes, of Brainerd, is at the Mer-
chants
W. Richardson and wife left yesterday foI
Tacoma.
J. G. Brinkerhoff, of Stephen Mimi, is at
j. C. Pratt and wife, of Milwaukee are at
the Clifton.
A. B. Given and wife, of Columbia, Pa ara
al the RYAN.
IT Gilbert and wife, of Sioux Falls, ara
at the Ryan.
II. II. Quinlan and wife, of Dubuque, are
at the Merchants.
F. P Harrington, Of Suspension Bridge, N.
Y, is at the Ryan.
DR.. A. G. Wedge, of Albert Lea, was at the
capitol yesterday.
Alfred j. Murphy, Of the Detroit Free
Press, is at the Ryan.
Mrs. and Miss Arnold, of Larimore, OAK,
are at the Merchants.
J. H. Raible and wife and Miss Frieda
Raible. of Alton, ILL.,, are at the Ryan.
A. j. Smith and wife and Miss NJ. C. Pat
ton, of Spokane Falls, are at the Merchants.
A. c. Jones. F. G. Bowman and Maj. j. Fl.
Upham, Of Duluth, were in the city yester-
day
Ross Reynolds Jr.. of Kittamming, Pa.
and r. d. Campbell of Clarion, Pa, are at
the Ryan.
A. B. Copies and wife, and William
Schwing and wife, of Washington, d. Care
at the Ryan.
j. P Dieter, Chillicothe, o.; J. c. Talcott
and P. D. Sampson, of Jefferson, o.. are at
the Clifton.
Miss Ray Mason is the guest Of the Misses
ogden at their cottage on Lake avenue,
White Bear.
Mrs. Mark Ray, of St. Joseph, Mo-. Ia
spending few days with her cousin, Mrs.
DIR. Pine, Of S73 Lincoln avenue.
Mrs Maj. Phil Allen, Miss Ollie B. Rogers
and Miss Annie Leidy, daughter of E. II.
Leidy, of Memphis, Tenn, are visiting Mrs,
w. q. Allen, Summit Place, and Mrs. Col.
Aliens cottage at Lake Minnetonka.
Among the prominent horsemen at the
Merchants are r. ). Payne and II. Fancher,
Chicago; J. n. Johnson, Detroit; Louis Pen-
dill, Rockford, Ill. George Wilde and n. w.
Smith, Polo, Ill. G. W. Smith, Boston; A. A.
Swearinger ana C.. Address, Mendoza: G. V.
Fl. Linscott Boston; G. G. Balzer, Waukesha;
~ j. Aldrich and J. D. Prentiss, Aurora, ILL.,.
j. G. Johnso II, Kentucky; Ed Conley, Dem
yer, and j. II. Jarvis Kansas City.
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the colonel of this regiment. Allow
me, sir, to introduce to you my wife,"
The young man retired in great con-
fusion-but he had the pocket IN his
blouse that he wanted.
M
Jennie The man whom Jen-
ME Chamberlain is
Chamberlain's going to marry will be
very rich some day,
Wealthy though he is believed
to have an income of
Husband. nearly $4,000 year
now. The match has
been largely brought about by Mrs.
Naylor-Leyland. who is very fond OF
her prospective daughter-in-law. Her
house, which thousands of Americans
pass almost every day at this season of
the year when they drive in Hyde
park, lis one Of the finest in London.
1t Is particularly famous for its big
ball room and for splendid collection
of Martins pictures. Young Naylor-
Leyland. as he is called Though he is
getting bald and certainly does not look
young any longer, will get this fine
house some day, and also lot more
money from his very rich grandfather,
Mr.. Naylor. When Miss Chamberlain
is married, she will be relieved of the
annoyance of seeing her name con-
stantly in the newspapers spelled as it
is in this paragraph and as her father
spells it, instead of Chamberlayne, as
she likes to spell it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
FILIdL FAITH.

When first in life 1 started, father gave me
good advice
Regarding things of which didn't know;
He said the world was very full of danger
and device:
believe it, for my father told me so.
A horse race is thing that's mighty good to
let alone;
A tip is risky-handle it with care.
The man of good address who comes and
strikes you for a loan
Should be told You haven't any cash to
spare;
The poker game is festive and the player
must be spry:
On ace high one should ever go it slow.
But when you once attempt to bluff, stay in
and don't say die
believe it, for my father told me so.
Merchant Traveller.
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support, but may say a support that
did not derive its entire value even from
its singularly decided character in refer
enee to the principles of Liberalism. but
likewise from the eptire character and
action Of the man who has been success
full in making Liberal principles hon.
Ored by the whole house in association
with active parliamentary service rem
without respect to party, while at the
same time he has been one, no doubt, as
he has said himself, of the most intelli-
gent upholders of the principles OF
party as being a necessary, though
secondary instrument for promoting the
benefit and the work of the empire"
1ChparS
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
4 RHYMING REVERIE.

1t was dainty lady's glove
A souvenir to rhyme with love.
1t was the memory Of kiss
So called to make it rhyme with bliss.
There was month at Mount Desert
So called to make it rhyme with hirt.
A pretty girl and lots of style
Which rhymes with Happy for while"
There came rival old and bold
To make him rhyme with gold and sold.
A broken heart there had to be
Alas! the rhyme just fitted me.
Tom Hall in Life.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

other good citizens were. These have
been regular institution in Phila-
phia, and immensely popular. The
practice of evening concerts in central
locations during the week, as in this
city, does not seem to be in vogue
there. Some people, however, have an
idea that good music sounds little bet
ter OH Sunday than on any other day.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
He Had Reasons.

"Ive had my bosses and wagon
stoIe." shouted an excited farmer as he
rushed into police headquarters yester-
day, says the Detroit Free Press.
"Where from?"
Fright out here on the square,"
An officer was detailed to go with him
and investigate, and as they reached
the market the farmer said:
II left 'em right over there about
fifteen minutes ago."
There's team around the corner
there" replied the officer. bod you
have a woman with yOu?'
"Yes-my wife. Say. by COLL that's
my rig as sure as you livew
"What's the matter, Sam?" asked the
wife as they approached.
Thought the rig was stole"
81 just drove around to be in the
shade"
You 90 off the handle pretty easily,
l should say" observed the officer to
the man. why didn't you look around
a little?"
SAY said the man, as he moved a
few steps away, 81 was little hasty,
but | have reasons for it. That woman
sitting right there, humble and demure
as she looks, has run away from me
three times, and Pm expecting the
fourth calamity every mint in the day.
Go kinder light on me. She may skip
lie yIt before git out o. town."
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A Long Sentence.

Whether Mr.. Gladstone is quite so
good manufacturer of sentences as
William NJ. Evarts can be decided per-
haps from an examination of the OPEN
ing sentence Of a speech delivered at
Birmingham. He said: ''Sir Charles
Foster and Gentlemen: 1t is a great
thing and a great praise to any con-
stituency that it is able to maintain that
standard of judgment and appreciation
and attachment which Walsall has
maintained for so long a period while
represented by Sir Charles Foster, to
whom owe debt of gratitude for what
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
Advice to Messenger Boys.
Boston Courier.

boston courier.
''Under this stone
Lies Easy John
His body's now at rest;
His only rhyme
Was take your time,
For quietness is best
As through this sinful world you go
Go slow, young man, go Slow
We do not, however. believe, that the
messenger boys will take this advice.
They will hurry, hurry, when they are
given message to deliver, even If u
kill them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

The Boston Herald. however. thinks it
the best plan tried as yet, and favors
trunk lines on the leading streets with
cars to come from the side streets and
be Joined to the train, as in the case
with the cable on Seventh street in this
city. Inventive genius will, no doubt,
cnlva tho OrohInm
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
A Snake in Court.

If there is any one i'll the world who
can beat a backWoOds member of the
legislature eating roasted ground peas
that person is the average Superior
court bailitf, says the Albany (Ga.(
News. Now, there is a bailitf in AL
bany who is no exception to this rule.
One of his friends knew this and he set
a trap for the bailiff. The friend fixed
up small bag with few peanuts and
a small dead snake in it. He walked
into the court room eating away on
some ground peas that he had in his
hand; the bailiff, like war
horses centing battle, caught one Whit
of them. 1t was too much for him;
he couldn't stand it; so, getting up from
his seat. he walked rapidly by his
friend. jerking the bag, snake and all,
out OF his hand. With chuckle of de-
light off went the officer to corner Of
the court room. He turned up the bag
to pour the coveted COOLERS into his
hand, when, horrors! out came the
snake. The man just gave one look at
his hand-the snake seemed to move
and with the single exclamation of 'Oh,
my God! the peanuts were scattered
over the floor, and now Jim Greer
swearS that he will never eat another
ground pea in court as long as he lives
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

IT'S difficult to think of Germany as
a power without seeing BISMARCK.
Still, it was proposed the other day to
reduce his salary. which is but S13,5OO,
and meager as such things 60 in the old
governments. 1t was not successful, of
course. but it looks as if there were a
SCATTERING in high places when such an
idea could even be preached.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

Mrs. QUINN, who died lately at the
age of 1O4, used tobacco for seventy-f1ve
straight years. Her picture may be a
good advertisement in a tobacco store,
but it is probable that she might have
been quite as old at her death had she
never LIGHTED pipe.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

WHILE the trusts are reaching round,
there is said to be corner being worked
in hnman hair. Whether this covers
the accessories to the usual growth on
the female head, is eonundrum for the
solution of which there are no ready
data
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

IT Is said that the superannuated or
WORKOUT Methodist ministers of the
country number 1900. The denomina-
ton puts them on a pension list and
provides for their support. which is one
of the humane features of the ecclesi-
aSticaI system.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

A WASHINGTON dispatch speaks of
the appointment Of JOHN NJ. CRAw-
FORD, of Ohio, to a consulship in
Europe, sin order thet he may prosecute
his studies in literature" That is in
line with the theories that now obtain.
The offices are private eonveniences.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

THE election of BoULANGER in one of
the French districts the other day does
not quite look as if he were a defnnct
force, even if fugitive. The present
government may not have a complete
sweep at the elections soon to come off.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

AFERvENT speechmaker asks, "Who
are the drunkard makers?' That does
not look hard at all, but may have some
secret spring to it. The fellow who
drinks the liquor, unless he is dummy
orautomatOn. All the dealers in the
country could not make drunkard if
the man did not drink.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07

HENRY GEORGE held debate in
London with HYNDMAN, the noted En-
glish socialist. and GEORGE is credited
with a signal victory. He seems to
have captured the socialists by showing
that his scheme sought the same results
by methods more feasible. The social
lists had not understood him.