St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-04-24
CURRENT CHIT-CHAT.

IrlNduo AlleU, nulllOTOuS Illelil UGE
of the house, says the New York Trib-
une, was entertaining group of friends
the other night, in one Of the hotel lob
bieS, when the subject of five minutes
debate in the house happened to come
II was very much amused" said Mr.,
Allen, "When Gen. Spinola, of New
York, in recent rough and tumble de-
bate OH the floor incidentally remarked:
Il see my young friend over there
smiles.''
1.-THE discussion was on war matters
and pensions, and Representative Will
son, of the state of Washington. think
ing that the New Yorker meant to con-
vey the impression that he (Wilson) was
too young to have been i'm the service,
arose to correct the statement. Gen.
Spinola then said that he was not re-
ferring to Wilson, but to the gentleman
from Massachusetts, with the Shakes
pearean forehead That brought Mr..
whereupon Gen. Spinola had to tell him
that he, too, was mistaken, as he had
referred to Representative Greenhalge
of the Bay state.
~ could not help thinking added
Mr.. Allen, ''ofa case was trying in
Mississippi. 1t was that of man pros
ecuted for drunkenness. He was
lawyer. and made speech in his own
defense. 'Why, gentlemen of the Jury
said he, "a thing that is habitual is
certainly different from a thing
that happens sometimes. Now, at
nv house we have biscuits
sometimes. but that doesn't mean
that we are in the habit of having bis
cults at our house every day, and be-
CAUSE l get drunk sometimes does not
signify that am in the habit OF getting
drunk. Why, the most distinguished
lawyer in the state of Mississippi gets
drunk sometimes, but he is not in the
habit of getting drunk every day.
There's big difference
'Just then an old lawyer in the other
end Of the courtroom arose, and look
ing squarely at the man who was plead
ing, said: ~
"'You are mistaken, sir; decidedly
mistaken. / get little mellow coca
sionally, but never get erunk.'
"'I am not abiding to you, general, ;
said the defendant
when the case was concluded, the
general approached me-" said Private
Allen. sand said: That fellow claimed
that he was not abiding to me; but
d-n him, Allen, he was. l know he
Was.'"
When the Duchess of Marlborough
goes aorOad in her victoria she attracts
very little attention, says the New York
Sun. The victoria is an exceedingly
graceful one, with wicker body and
dark green wheels. The duchess drives
from one end of Fifth avenue to the
other unrecognized by anybody but her
friends. No matter how closely people
study her photographs. they are still
unable to identify the mistress OF Blen-
helm. This is because the Duchess of
Marlborough has lost nearly forty
photographs were taken when she was
at her former weight, and hence she is
scarcely recognizable. He figure has
improved tenfold, and she looks far
more beautiful than when she left
America. She had shown an inclination
to grow matroniy, but she has resumed
proportions that. are almost girliSh.
S.
The other day. says Chatter. New
York boy asked his father if he could
not 90 across the street and sit up with
a playmate's dead fathers body.
"Why do you want to do that? asked
the parent. THAT is not nice thing
for child to do"
.sAh, well father" said he, "Mr
Behrens, though he was so wealthy and
lived in such comfort, knew only six
men,"
KNEW only six men?" said the father;
''what foolish boy you are! How
could a man live in city of 600. 900
people Tin which 100000 people assem-
Bile daily and know only six men?'
However, the boy sat up two nights
in that house of grief, and the following
day the father went to the funeral and
introduced himself to the widow. He
had lived opposite her for twenty years,
but he took that opportunity to intro
| duce himself to her. +
"Well." said she. "my dear Mr.. Carl,
you can scarcely estimate the kindness
you do to a poor woman in presenting
yourself on this occasion. We will only
have two coaches, because ny husband
only knew six men,"
"Only knew six meG!" said Mr.. Carl
"HOW is thatP'
81 do not know how it was," she said.
''He was born In this city, but he was
the last of his race, and he loved his
violin and his books, and in the day
time he kept sha accounts of large
corporation down town, In whose Office
he had a little glass box where he sat at
desk, and so he knew only six men. :"