St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-15
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

huSSell ddrrlSOn visited the once or
the Judge the other day to talk with the
Arkells, says the New York Sun. He
had occasion 60 ring up messenger
while there, and bright chunk of a
boy responded in a shiny suit of rub
Der, for it was raining hard. Russell
gave the boy the errand and the exact
price of it. The boy looked at the
money and then at the man, and then at
his trousers
Say, gimme 10 cents, see? I hain't a
goln' to walk in this rain"
Russell gaZed at the lad blanklv,
while the office boy gasped with horror
at the check of the messenger.
"1a-ah go on, gimme 10 cents. 1t
won't hurt We, will it? don't wart to
walk in this rain, do I?''
Some Of the spectators began to show
signs of giving the messenger the
money, and thereupon Russell drew out
his purse, carefully picked over the sill
yer till he found dime and gave it to
the boy.
Outside the Office door the Office boy
grabbed him.
imp"
Nav. He was no good"
Say, OATS de son of de president.
The messenger boy pulled Off his cap,
SAW that the Oilcloth obScured the num-
Der, looked relieved, glanced at the
door, ga5ped and fell down stairs as if
ill fate was after him. The Arkells
tell it as the best sort of joke on the
great grandson OF a great man.
Senator Ingalls, has been a somewhat
testy mood since his return from Kan
saS, writes New York Tribune CORE
Spondent, and his friends all lay it to
the influenza. They all fight Shy of
him, and do not dare to cOmmserate
with him since one of the nearest of
them has related his experience in try
ing to console the Kansas senator.
Says he:
II was coming down the avenue the
other day and l saw tall, thin man
coming toward me, with overcoat but
toned to the chin and soft beaver hat
pulled down over his eyes. 1t was SEN
ator ingalls,, and as happened 10 re-
member that he had the grip, con-
Veyeu my sympathy III a gentle fash
ion, saying:
Elbows this, senator; hasn't the grip
let up on you yctH
'Catechu, catechu, catechu,' he
sneezed, and kept it up for thirty sec
ondS, and finally giving ne a terrible
look, muttered:
'Confound you. man, what made you
remind it of itself?
''He passed on, and l noticed that he
walked like Eugene ArauI, stunning
all mankind"
Some few months prior to the death
OF Long John" Wentworth, says the
Chicago Herald, party of his ac-
qualntances were ''slttin' round"
listening to some of that old veterans
"reminiscences, when, among others.
the name of the late Judge Kncker-
booker was brought up. There is an
Industrious chap" said Mr.. Wentworth,
as he exhibited his teeth in character
istic grin. why" he went on, Il re-
member little 'Knicky' when he first
came up here from McHenry county, as
fat little runt with the ha seed stick
ing out of his hair. He used to stand
on the corner sometimes, watching the
people on their way home, and he was
asked so often if he knew of a lawyer
or notary who could fix up some papers,
that he saw chance before MIN.
'Knicky' was smart, L tell you'll He
saw that lots of business could be had
when the dlnner-pail brigade was COM
ing along. Most of the fellows would
close up their offices along about or 5
O'Clock, and when man wanted to
have his papers liked up he had to lay
off half day or more, and this cost too
much money. So what does little
'Knicky' do but he ups and gets no.
tary'S commission and ii seal, and ever
after that you'd find him at his office
at ali hours. Why, his doors were like
the gates Of hell-they never closed.
Well, you see, he got all the dinner
pail trade, for one man would tell an
other about him, and so on.'
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Why do canvaS3ack ducks cost 81
apiece this year? l asked this question
yesterday, says New York Star re-
porter, of young Wolstenerott, of PhiIa-
delphia, who is one of the most noted
hunters and crack shots in this country.
He lives on the water most of the time
during the hunting season. His reply
was: For several years the supply Of
canvasbacks on the Chesapeake has
been growing smaller and smaller every
year. This is due principally to two
causes. First, because the waters of
the Chesapeake are so easy of access
that they swarm with hunters in the
ducking season. Second, the canvas
back is very arlst0cratic duck. 1t
will not eat the class of food that
most ducks will live on. 1t feeds
almost exclusively on will celery; that
accounts for its richness of flavor over
all other ducks known. Last spring the
water was so high in the rivers and
along the fats where wild celery grows
that there was no growth of it worth
speaking of. Then the high waters
washed the sand on to the shores, and
when the ducks came to their usual
feeding ground they were disgusted, and
Immediately migrated South, almost be-
ore the shooting season began. have
been hunting number of years and
never knew them so scarce before. That
is why they cost 81 apiece OH the table.
l fear that they will be dearer before
they are cheaper. They are very
strange bird, and difficult to please with
food and locality"