St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-10

The New Year commences on Friday 1t
promises to be unlucky-for the Republican
party.
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Friends of John L. Sullivan are consider
ing the ACCESSIBILITY of placing him under Dr..
Keeley's care. This seems a sad waste of
bichloride of gold.
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AS truth is stranger than fiction, SO I'M
conscious humor is more humorous than the
patent. machine-made variety The ex-
change editor of the Chicago Evening Post
culls with the deft shears of an expert the
following rare excerpts from some of the
young but ambitious weeklies which are, in
reality, the sturdy pioneers of Western jour
nalism:
SPIRIT OF THE RURAL PRESS.
: As we go to press it is showing u gale.
Martin Sughroue, of Pleasant Valley, has
been counting here this week.
Eta j. Smith, the abstrRcter. has erected q
very neat sign in front of her office.
Guy Preuitt has discontinued his studies
with Mrs. Greenleaf on account of trouble
with his eyes.
Thanksgiving was Labor day in this Office.
but good turkey dinner helped materially
to carry US through all right.
Inc editor was presented with an apple
last week taken from tree on the Harrison
farm. 1t was of the Romantic variety. and
was large and excellent.
AS we write southeasterly winds winds ara
playing havoc with the snow and sleighlng
but we are in hopes that more snow will fall
so that the young man anu his best girl
may not be disappointed about their sleigh
ride.
ALovely Damsel, passing through the Room
Of Her elder Brother. saw a 3S-caliber Car.
fridge and a Bull Dog Revolver living on a
table Side by Side. Pausing for an Instant,
the Lovely Damsel pensiyely addressed the
Cartridge as follows: Excuse me-Brt--can
You give me an Idea of the internal Meehan-
ism of that Bull Dog Revolver Upon this
the Cartridge spoke in a sharp. Percussine
Voice: My dear Young lady, really | cannot
Impart the desired information; 1 am Not
in It,"
Dom Pedro was good emperor living in
an exceedingly bad period for emperors.
Even poor Tom Reed got place" in the
speskership race.
Death won in the game Of Pedro.
49,
What the Republican papers do not know
about the tissues involved in the speakership
contest" amounts to very little ANYWAY
The Quadrennial attack of big head to which
the Republican party is painfully subject
has made its appearance unusually early in
the campaign.
More than one professional politician in
Chicago has had occasion to acknowledge
the wonderful versatility of Carter H. Har-
risom. His political versatility has never been
questioned In his capacity as editor and
proprietor of the Chicago Times Nj. Harrison
jumps into the ring with a new. novel and
startling innovation upon old-time Journal
ISM which indirectly stamps him as one of
the most versatile and accomplished editors
of this or any other age. lie reduces dry
market reports to the jingling. rhythmic ca
dences of rhyme. He brings in change and
POLITICALLY ideaIizes and etheTealizes the fiuc
tuations of the market in a manner which
prove him a master of idyliie composition.
Listen to the weird melody of the market
harp when Carter sweeps the strings:
Corn has been bobbing up and down
In a manner decidedly frisky.
It's shame TO employ for the bulls and
bears Joy
Good grain that makes excellent whisky.