St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-12-24
GLOBE TOWER SHOTS.

Having mopped the floor of the United
States senate with the limp form of Ben
Harrison, will Senator Dan Voorhees, now
please tackle some one of his own size.
George Francis Train, Nellie bly, and Miss
Bisland will, all three, take official cognIz-
ance of the fact that they have been beaten
by one of Johnny Wanamakers little measly
postal cards. which made trip around the
world in fifty-three days. ~
Larkspur-Give me newspaper with con-
victions. u
that has recently been convicted of libeling
son of the Prince of Wales. -
Thank heaven. Maj. Mckinley will have to
pay as much for Christmas presents as any
body else.
Speaker Reed alludes to Blaine as "back
number" Still, the secretary is not quite SO
far back in the dim vista of the ''has been
and is not'' as is the fat speaker of broken
backed house of representatives.
In view of recent events in Kilkenny,
Americas motto should be: millions for
starving Ireland, but not one cent for lot
can never come to Ireland through killing off
its most powerful exponents.
DR.. Chauncey M. Depew has had the honor
of having a steam tug with the loudest steam
whistle in New York harbor named after
him. This is next to standing godfather to
fog horn.
Now that the smoke of battle has cleared
away. 1t is easy to understand why Mr.. Hen
messy should have obtained popularity. He
seems TO have tioated into parliament on the
tide of his own brandy.
The Brooklyn Eagle seriously declares that
''Opera is demanded by Brooklyn This is a
trif1e singular. Generally, opera is endure d,
not demanded.
Joe Howard says: christmas is at hand,
and the man who understands what to give
is to be congratulated on his BRAIN" How
would Joe go to work to congratulate dude
on his brain?
The Boston Medical and Surgical journal
objects TO the word lymph for Dr.. Koch
recent discovery, and suggests injection"
as the proper caper Common sense will
take issue with the learned pundit who edits
rhetoric will readily back up common sense
AS noun lymph is tar superior to lin
jection.'' and its use prevents the awkward
combination which would result from the
employment of injection as both a verb
and noun. injection of iy mph" is rather
more euphonious than would be injection
of an injection
New Hampshire is compai ming of her Gen.
sus. Other states are complaining of New
Hampshire's Blair.
Just see what cruel Mai. Mckinley has
done for Sockless Simpson, of Kansas.
Two congressmen, MeSsrs. Blanchard and
McAdoo, have the backbone TO demand a
searching investigation into the taking off of
Sitting Bull and several off his family. The
investigation should be sharp, complete, de-
cisive, and barren of whitewaSh. Its result
will probably have much to do with sending
the Republican party to the demnltion bow
vows in 1892.
Bring the rue, and bring the holly,
Bring the cypress and the jimson;
For the Christmas melancholy
That enshrouds poor. sockless Simpson.
George Frisbie Hoar appears to be the fl oor-
walker of the United States senate. e
The last Indian Messiah to be unear thed is
named A. c. Hopkins, a harmless crank from
Iowa. Twenty-four hours previous one
''Qoetize Ow'' was posing in the same capae-
ity out in Nevada. These, together with
johnson Sides ct al. make more Messiahs in
the field than Richard. III. saw of Rich