St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-01-19
O TOWER HOT

the st. Paul Eye long before it closed upon
the scenes of this mundane sphere. 1t led
an e~ventful career. Previous to passing into
possession of its last proprietors the Eye
was affected with moral strabismus. 1t
couldn't see a creditor three feet away.
Finally a financial cataract formed over its
lackluster retina, and for. a time its sight
was despaired of by the best literary ocu-
lists in the city. For a time it continued its
basilisk glare in the interests Of a morning
daily, but fate overlook it, and the basilisk
glare became the liked stare of death. The
morning daily has lost a fulsome fatterer
and the public a silly-billy, girly-girly mi
tator OF other society journals which do
manage once a week to get something of a
readable nature into their columns.
Anent The senatorial question Gov. David
B.. Hill appears as the modern Julia in Don
Juan Up To Date"
"Apd, whispering L will ne'er consent con-
sented.'"
Jay Gould has been accused of wanting
the earth. The n orthern Pacific is more
modest. 1t wants but little here below, but
that little embraces 10000. 900 acres of land
near Tacoma.
In a few terSe sentences covering a period
of only twelve hours, Senator Faulkner man.
aged to tingIe the ears of the drowsy major
ity in great shape. 1t is understood a Repub-
lisan caucus will be held this evening, at
which will be debated tine question: what
will we do next, and how shall we go about
. it?'
Humbert of Italy says he would like to be
n Tor - 1o not n 1T~~ " PC
the matter with a newspaper man? There is
more fun in being that.
Gen. Longstreet is hard at work on his his
tory of the wal, and expects to have it ready
in time to participate in the next one.
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Printer, at the Dempsey -Fitzsimmons Re-
cital-Is that the "Nonpareil?
Old Sp~ort-Betcher life.
Printer-Well, all I've got to say is he's off
his feet.
Three little governors into Lincoln blew,
They put Thayer out and then there were but
two.
Two little governors with the honors tuyed;
They knocked out Power. and then there
was but Boyd.
On the force bill question Senator Wash
burn is sometimes found training with the
%friendlies. and at others hobnobbing with
the hostiles. Somebody should take away
his gun.
Rev. Father Craft earnestly and emphatio-
ally denies sensational reports to the effect
that he is dead. We believe he is right about
this matter.
The congressional worlds fair committee
calls down the exposition managers for ex-
trayagance in the matter of salaries. This is
why the worlds fair managers laugh.
Sir Charles Dixie is lecturing in the French
tongue. After the social tornado in which
Sir Charles was SO severely wind-tossed. the
public will readily excuse his French.
They are sending the Mt. Carmel air ship
all over the country-by rail.
woodward Kipling accuses Americans Of
inability to speak English. He then airily
adjusts his binoculars. taps a new demijohn
of whisky, applies a torch to his cigarette.
and writes in his last short story: "The car
pulls up the middle of the streets Why
not have the car leave the middle of the
streets alone and pull up the sidewalks?
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Things are not coming Bill Chambers way
when his old enemy, Gallinger. walks off
with the swag after Bill had busted the COM
bination of the safe.
The Indian chiefs drop in occasionally at
Gen. Miles headquarters, sample his cigars,
talk over military tactics. stroll back to the
hostile camp, and report progress. The
"ongwong cordwaul' between Miles and the
big medicine men of the Sioux nation is
great.