St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-07
POLLS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

During a hilarious gathering OF con-
Vivial spirits the other night one ex-
cited individual hauled off and hit an
other tremendous smash on the jaw
with sufficient force to cause the recip-
lent Of the jolt to strike the floor with
the back of his neck. The assaulted
party righted himself and then inquired
with some show of bel!igerency:
Did YOU mean that?"
"Oh, no." replied the amateur John
l.. Sullivan. THAT was only Joke,
whereupon they shook hands and were
friends again.
This little tale drawn from life quite
well illustrates the exceeding mlrth
which Commissioner GjertSen affects
whenever Babb's ashington interview
is mentioned. He throws back his head,
heartily outlaws, and says, "Why, it's a
good joke on Babb, don't you see?" and
then everybody "smiles."
The Easter bonnet did not materlallZe
Yesterday. Like the retrenchment OF
the city administration, it could not bear
exposure.
The man who wears a variegated
complexion this morning will indig-
nantly deny that too much egg nogg did
it. No. He broke Easter eggs last night
and got some of the dye on his face.
A telegram from Des Moines. received
late last night, stated that Gov. BoleS
has ordered out the militia and formed
double Gordon of soldiers around the
state house. The Hawkeyes are afraid
'Wily Sam Norton will steal the state.
A caller on Prof. FoIwell last even
ing, found him working with compll-
Gated diagram. something more difficult
than the "Spider and fly puzzle. He
was trying to figure out how many more
offices Minneapolis would get before re-
ceiving her full quota.
There is some talk of matching the
four-legged girl with S. G. Lewis Ill
kicking contest.
'tBob" Evans and the editor of the
Journal are negotiating with Z. L. Bar
nun for his WORKOUT circus tents.
This movement is made necessary by
the probability of Minneapolis getting
the Republican NATIONAL convention and
the lack of place to put it. The
y
A gentleman at the Grand opera
house the other evening eXtricated
himself from quite serious predca-
ment in manner that indicates how
quick necessity can become the mother
of invention when circumstances de-
mand. He was taking quinine for
spring fever, and the time had come for
him to take another dose, five-grain
pill, about as big and hard
as marble. he swallowed
the pellet and it stuck in his throat.
Swallow as had as he could it would
not go down, neither could he eject it.
His eyes began to prOtrude, and he
gaSped for breath. Finally his agony
caused him to rise, with the idea of
getting drink of water to wash down
the pill. He was in the center of long
row in the parquette, and he saw that
it would take him fully five minutes
to reach the aisle, and he was GER
tain he would expire before that time.
He was in desperate fix, and thought
very quickly. He tore off piece of his
programme, chewed it up, and gulped
down the choice mOrSel which carried
the pill with it. The victim sank back
in his seat. relieved just in time to con
vince the people seated in his vicinity
he was not going to have fit.
In speaking on the mayoralty ques-
ton, A. j. Blethen cited st. Paul as an
example of well governed city, and
deplored the fact that Minneapolis is
not run on the same plan. But st. Paul
is but one among thousand cities
where the peace of the city and the dig
nifty of the law are preserved, but not
at the expense of honor and decency.
No community as large as Minneapolis
can be regulated by irOn-clad ordinances
and live. Laws are not made to lay
down a line which all persons subject
TO them must follow strictly; they
are made to preserve society from
the encroachments of the dangerous
classes. Violations of the law should
be punished, but the officers of the city
should not be allowed, nor permitted,
to resort to practices which place pre-
MUM upon the crime of certain individ-
uals that the misdeeds of others may be
published. 1t may take thief to catch
thief, but it is not necessary for the
thief taker to rob bank, and be pro-
tected for it in order to catch the perpe-
traitor of another robbery.