St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-02-10
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

yesterday that Senator ingalls, had
plaglarlzed his peroratiOn from John
Philpot Curran, and cited the page and
passage of the great Irishman's speech,
as quoted in new book called Justice
and Jurisprudence" published by the
Brotherhood of Literati, through j. B.
Lippincott. Inquiry was at once made
at the congressional library for the
book. but it proved to be- "out' with a
member of congress. whose name the
librarian declined to furnish. The book
was found at last at MorriSon's, and the
passage run down.
MIR. ingalls, is ignorant of plagiary,
but it is quite evident that he had read
the book and partaken OF some of its
spirit before he wrote his speech. AS
to Curran'S quoted speech. there is
fragment that suffered slight copying.
mo matter what complexion incom-
patible with freedom an Indian or an
African sun may have burned upon
him. etc.. says Mr.. Curran.
''If it appears that the complexion
burned upon him by a tropic sun is in
compatible with freedom, ETC., says Mr..
Ingalls,.
One night last week, says the Chicago
Herald, as e. Il. Sothern was hopping
about the stage in the second act
of Lord Chumely," singing out:
where's my other slipper" he acct
IDENTIFY kicked off the one he had on. He
tried hard to find it at the time, but
failed. A thorough saareh of the stage
after the act was finished proved like
wise in vain. The following afternoon
the comedians mail included small
parcel which, upon being opened, was
found to contain the missing slipper.
Upon the inside of its sole was fastened
piece of paper, aud on it was written
in delicate feminine hand the words:
Here's your slipper" There was no
hint or suggestion as to where it came
from, or how the unknown person send
ing it had obtained it:
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Congressman Paul Edmunds, of ' ir-
ginia, is new member. When the
regular standing committees of the
house were being read from the clerks
desk in December, says the New York
Tribune, he kept wondering where he
would be placed. Finally the clerk
came to the committee on revision of
the laws. and the name of the new men,
Der from the LYnchburg district of Vir-
glnia was read out near the bottom Of
the list. Mr.. Edmunds is a lifelong
farmer by occupation and says he
doesn't know the first rudiments of law.
But he got nothing else, and tine MEM
bers of his delegation have been joking
with him good deal by asking how
many laws he has revised up to the
present time,
Not until few days ago did Farmer
Edmnnds meet Speaker Reed. He did
not have formal introduction, but sim
ply met the Maine statesman in the
lobby of the house and said to him:
II am Mr.. EdmundS. OF Virginia, Mr..
Speaker. | would like to know how
you happened to put farmer like my
self on committee to revise the laws.
| know nothing about law. Why, nave
been farmer all my life. However,
can go back to my people and tell them
that a Republican speaker put me on
committee purpesely to prevent me
from doing anything for the great cause
of agriculture. You have done me
service, and l ought probably to thank
YOU. got 1000 majority in 1888. and
ought to have 5000 majority this year."
Really" said Speaker Reed, 81 had
so much worry in fixing up our own
side that many Democrats had to be put
on any committee that had room for
one more man. During my first term
in congress was placed on the commit
tee on territories, and | pledge you my
word that / would not have known a
territory if l had met one On the ave-
nue."
The speaker and Farmer Edmunds
had very satisfactory talk together,
and Mr.. Reed was so pleased with the
genial Virginian that he hunted up
Congressman Harry" Tucker and
asked him to tell him more about that
rare old fellow"
The recent sale at auction Of the
stock in Shiilingston'S old book store,
says the Washington Post, was attend
ed by an incident that illustrates the
preneness of human nature to buy
something simply because it is being
sold at auction. a large family Bible
was knocked down to negro at price
that would have left very fair margin
of profit for an ordinary retail sale.
"Well, George" said bystander. as
the negro walked proudly away with
his prize, 'you have made quite pur-
chase"
''Yes. sab, it's good and big. but yoh
KANT allus tell. isn't looked on the
inside of 1t, an hit mout be er Irish
Bible fob all knows"
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There is much that is engaging and
gentle in the character of Mai. "Biil''
Martin, from the Palestine district of
Texas, writes New York Tribune cor.
respondent. In spite of the fact that
more fun has been made of him than of
any other man in congress, he is SIM
cere, single-mirided man, and one who
has never failed in any undertaking.
His career has been Achilles-Iike in its
successes from the time he left his farm
and undertook TO clear his county of
deSperadoes. That was at the close of
the war, when vagabonds and cut
Threats fiocked to Texas.
1t was quite joke in that day to
shoot an officer Of the law when he
came to serve an Indictment. and of the
score of dapper young Eastern chaps
who had been elected to the Office, ten
had been shot aud ten had been given
twelve hours notice. Affairs were
booming at lively rate, and the re-
spectacle neighborS were about to move
out, when one suggested that they elect
a man who knew less about the law and
more about firearms to serve warrants.
Maj. Martin was the man. He was
respectable farmer, but he had studied
law short time and was eligible TO the
place. He accepted the honor the
franchises of the people had put upon
him, bought hGrSe-pistOl and, with a
writ in one hand aid revolver in the
other, in less than two months brought
down the average Of killings from half-a-
dozen a day to as many week. Some
OF his Texas friends tell me he rode all
over the county sternly offering des-
peradoes the choice of paper or cold
lead, and before he resigned the Office
his county was as clean of crime as
New England village. That little actof
sBilI's' mace him popular, and he soon
dropped his farm and took to the prac-
tice OF law.
No situation is so serious that a little
joke cannot be worked in by some wag
or other, says the Washington Post. The
roll is called alphabetically. After sew
eral roll calls in the house on Thursday,
Charley Hayes, the Associated Press re-
porter, went to the reading clerk and
told him that on every call he had left
out name. AS the Democrats were on |
the lookout for any inaccuracies or
o missions upon which they could dis |