St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-23
SUNRISE SIGNALS.

This is our busy day.-Many Letter Carri-
erS.
The husks on Gen. Ayers presidential
boom are said to be thicker this winter than
usual.
Now is the time when the foorwalkers
can't walk on account of the crowd-in all
stores advertising in the GLOBE.
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Oscar Wilde says that his Judgment as
dramatic and art critic is considered final"
Oscar talks like one who has been monkey
ing with Gabriels last trump.
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st. Paul may not realize her fond anticipa-
tons of genuine Christmas weather. but
Dame Nature certainly appears to be making
bluff at it.
An editorial writer in the Philadelphia Rec
ord says: THE real lion in ambush is the
Mckinley octopus. And yet the Irish are
accused of perpetrating all the bulls.
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An unpopular Western editor who discov-
cred just before he died that he had not
twined himself among the heart strings of
the community suggested the following lines
for his tombstone:
I'VE are filling long-felt WANT
Murat Halsted. writing from Rome, says
that the city has howled but once since his
arrival. and that was on the day he arrived.
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Editor Charles A. Dana is now bringing to
bear considerable latent literary talent on
THE Decline and Fall Off of the Mug
Wump'
The necktie on the statue of Penn to crown
the Philadelphia city hall weighs 500 pounds.
1t weighs more than the necktie of the aver
age young man of the period, but it isn't so
red.
If Mr.. Bellamy is at present Looking
Backward he doubtless obtains an excel
lent view of the shattered hopes of one
Roger Q. Mills.
Now that the returns are all in, National
Committeeman Conger, of Ohio, will no
doubt tearfuily indorse the pathetic state
ment of Bill Nye. to the effect that 'Proba-
bly, nothing is more painful than to be
stepped on by an adult mastodon."
After all. the Kelley bichloride of gold cure
tooing the temperance pledge on ii mans
arm with indelible ink.
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Dear Patti-Come over soon. 1 have Just
finished heading up my fourth barrel of
American dollars, but there are a few more
left Of the same kind.-Sara Beruhardt
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Now that PETER, single-handed and alone,
in the United States senate represents the
great state of Kansas. the wind fairly shrieks
throug his Kolian whiskers
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The picture of Jules Verne is now orna-
menting the columns of the daily press.
Jules does not look like liar
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A Chicago scientist startles the world with
the announcement that dynamos and electric
lights cause la grippe. Mem. BY extin-
gushing the incandsscent illuminator you
will dy na mo.
1t appears from recent data obtained in the
vicinity of Topeka Kan, that one John !.
Ingalls, did the Achilles act once too otter.
All political sulkers are hereby warned to
keep off the grass.
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That astute political manipulation ''Rhet'
Clarkson, says that 1.-The appointment of FL
kins was the result of an UNDERSTANDING 1t
could not have been worse were 1t the result
of a misunderstanding.
Convention condition in Milwaukee
Plenty of beer but no hall. No hotel accom-
modations, butplenty of beer. Maximum OF
beer and minimum of guarantee fund. In
6nitpSlmal nln Of
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So John L. Sullivan is to have new play.
Well, he won't lack for stars If Prof. Slavin
gets whack at him.
Emin Pasha says he has discovered the real
source of the Nile. S-s-sh Has Emin never
read of the unhappy fate of Capt. GIazier?
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There remain two more days in which to
select this years Christmas presents If you
have not done so it is your duty to stand not
on the order of your going. but go at once
and make a judicious selection. But before
doing so it will repay anyone to glance over
the GLOBES advertising columns. They are
valuable guides to the best assortments and
the fairest dealers who will treat you right
and serve you honestly. We do not say this
for revenue, but because 1t is true; because it
ought to be said and because it is the time to
say it. This is one of our own great original
thoughts upon which we have the only pat
ent, and which can be read as safely by your
fireside and to your youngest children as it
can be in the great business vortex of our
teeming city.
The impeachment of Judge Woods is prop
erly demanded by a Chicago paper This is
lighting fire with fire.
If silence means consent. Jim Blaine has
fully committed himself to the task of put
ting g. Harrison to sleep at Minneapolis.
Criminsl-So am to be hanged at high
noon tomorrow. Couldn't you make it at
daylight?
Sheriff-Why so?
Criminal want to go early aud avoid the
rush.
A sensitive exchange dolOrously complains
that the ballet girls throughout the country
are kicking Ebecause Margaret Sangster has
written poem, THE Girls of Ninety one"
The one who would deny a ballet girl the
right to kick is indeed hard hearted.
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