St. Paul daily globe., 1891-03-27
GLOBE TOWER SHOTS.

Ben Harrison's presidential boom needs
exercise. Consequently he proposes to
travel 1t also needs Il spring tonic But
where will he get it?
The Atlanta Constitution inquiries: "Do
we want Newfoundland AS it is part of
the earth, we suppose you do.
The late billion dollar congress- comes
high, but we trust this is one case where the
people mustn't have it-again.
DR.. Benjamin Harrison edges little way
out of his obscurty to observe that the last
congress was remarkable" So was the
Manhattan bank robbery
Now spring has surely come about,
And active days begin;
The sparrows twit, the gamins shout,
And advertisers grin.
Because their goods roll swiftly out
And customers roll in
E. Berry Wall has been suspended from
membership III the New York club for intoxi-
cation-so we are told. There must be some
serious mistake about this statement, because
the suspension of club member for intoxi-
caton per Sc would soon render his club as
exclusive as the famous French academy.
Ii The report is true, it certainly establishes a
dangerous precedent. There must be some
thing else lowering in the rear of this little
milk and water New York scandal; some
thing like baccarat, eh?
Ten barrels of bottles, mostly empty. were
brought back to Washington by the sena-
torfal committee appointed to escort the
remains of the late Senator Hearst 10 Cali
tornia. The avowed purpose of returning
the bottles isl to get them suitably OK d by
the sergeant alarms in order that no ex-
pense shall fall upon the millionaire junk
eters. And all this time the truly good Sen
ator Edmunds was up in Vermont tapping
his maple trees in bucolic enjoyment and
garnerlng the true sweets of life.
W. Mackay Laffan. of tile New York Sun.
has bought jadeite jar for $1,000. The poor
country editor obliged to struggle along
without jadeite jar to his back now realizes
the horrible mockery of a journalistic life.
Our country's laws are gang agley,
They do not count for shucks,
For spite of them. to our dismay
Bill Cody gets his bucks.
Lord Mayor Savory. of London, has abol-
lshed the Office of city barber, which has
been in existence for more than a century.
1t is understood that this is a delicate inter
national compliment to Senator-elect PETER,
of Kansas.
The resolute Mr.. Parkerson, Of New Or
leans declines in forcible language to write
syndicate articles ON the topic of
Every Man His Own Lynch Lawyer"
1t can, however, hardly be gainsald that
Mr. Parkerson would bring to the work bet
ter qualifications than do nine-tenths of the
syndicate writers for Eastern newspapers
He would, at least know something AKIN to
the subject in hand before attempting to
treat it from scientific or other standpoint.
Great fortunes made by advertising Napo
Icons are often referred to. But who has
counted the moderate fortunes. the comfort
able competencies, and the steady sources of
income that are to be creditcd to newspaper
advertising? To dispense with advertising
would dry up commerce and turn back civil
lzation.-Cincinnati Commercial Gazette.
DR.. Soakem-How's business?
DIR. Bleedem-E xcellent. I have got a
pretty good grip on it at present.
The senatorial 'sTen barrels of bottles in.
cident leads one to infer that other United
States senators are not as particular as is
Gen. Palmer about going TO h-ll via the
United States senate