St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-17
GLOBE TOWER SHOTS.

Ere the last OF a triumvirate OF great gen
erals-Grant, Sherman, Sheridan-is laid to
his final rest, comes the announcement that
the last of triumvirate of great American
poets-Longfellow, Bryant, Whittier-has
laid aside his pen forever. John Greenleaf
Whittier says that he will write no more. His
two companions of the tuneful trio sleep
well after lifes fitful fever 1t has been
reserved for Whittier, in the sunset of life,
crowned with the bays of well-earned poeti-
cal honors, to voluntarily reinqu1sh the harp
which by the hand of death was rudely
snatched from Longfellow and Bryant.
These three have, so far, stood for the best of
American poetry In his retirement it must
be truthfully. if sorrowfully said, that Whit
tier leaves the field to no rival. And the age
and spirit of the times is not conducive to
the production or encouragement of another
Whittier.
They are now working one day on the
worlds fair buildings and quareling over the
labor question the other six.
On the stand Mr. Gibson will hardly dare
claim that the bottle found in his grip con-
tanned fair sample of Peoria wet goods. 1t
burned hole clear through Chicago towel.
Gov David Bennett Hill could greatly ac-
celerate his presidential boom by calling off
the many Republican papers which are urg-
ing his nomination. Anent this idea, 1t is
not considered good politics to do just what
the enemy wants done.
Visitor in Dime Museum to Freak don't
see anything peculiar about you.
Freak am reading CLERK in a state legis-
lature
Visitor-What is your specially?
Freak read rapidly, clearly and with cor
rectness of accent and pronunciation.
Why should Dr. Blaine, who worked so as
siduouslv to fan the breath of life into reel
procity between this country and Brazil, now
be trying his level best to chloroform reel
proclty between us and Canada?
As we go to press it is not learned that Chi
cago has sent to Rudyard Kipling pressing
invitation to attend the worlds fair.
Down in Missouri an evangelist said to his
congregation: "All who want to go to heaven
stand up" No one rose. Then he said:
"All who want to go to hell stand up" Still,
every one remained seated. There is moral
to this story 1t illustrates how firmly some
ill-advised people can become attached to
Missouri.
Minister Sir Julian Pauncefote. in company
with Secretary Blaine and bottle of green
SEAL has enjoyed another discussion con-
corning seal fishery. The question, it is Un-
derstood, is still in allegiance, but the green
seal was satisfactorily settled.
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The Pioneer Press says: From this time
on, Mr.. Cleveland fights against odds for
nomination. Oh, of course. The P. P. is SO
afraid the Democrats will nominate Grover
Cleveland that it does not get to sleep until
along about the time it puts itself to press.
After that it is sleepy enough 10 suit the most
conservative.
1t is natural for man to look with good
natured compassion upon the street urch1ns
who jostle him on the sidewalk and chatter
in the cable or electric train. Especially if
he consider himself educated does he gaze
with pity upon the little ones. But along
about dinner time he goes home, and his
children can ask him in five minutes more
abstruse questions than he can answer in five
weeks Then, and not till then, does he
fully realize the vast amount of misinforma-
ton he is carrying around as handicap.
The Winnebago (Minn.J News opines that
public sentiment condemns the action of
Gov Merriam IN pardoning 1.-THE notorious
chattel mortgage shark, Adamson, of Mime
apolis. before he had served out half his
sentence But the News should take into
account the fact that Gov. Merriam had
mighty hard shedding getting into the guber-
material chair this last time, and it is pre-
sumed that from now out he will do pretty
much as he pleases. He doesn't want n third
term, and the people don't elect United
States senators.