St. Paul daily globe., 1892-06-18
STORIES OF THE STREET.

There was death in the city "Wednesday
night which has not been reported to the
authorities and no funeral arrangements
have been made. neither will the corpse be
inferred at Oakwood. Patrons OF Frost's
drug store. on Robert and Third streets, will
remember two fine maltese cats which be-
longed to the establishments and sometimes
had voice in the affairs of tho concern.
although generally they were very we'll be-
hayed, with majesty of mien and hauteur
of bearing which fittingly became felInes in
such environments. They were healthy.
too, despite their close proximity
to pills and poultices, seidlitz
powders and soda fountains Thomas and
Tom junior lived peaceful, happy life.
but the latter has gone to the happy hunting
ground where all good kittens GO, and the
place thereof shall know him no more. The
children of the community will mourn when
they s-e only one gray-coated puss CURED
up among the baskets, and will truly say Of
Thomas junior ''None knew him but to love
him; none named him but to praise"
~
The cat which is left as monument to the
survival of the llttest, Is like other people
forgetful that he ever had mate, and gangs
his ain gate, with the solemn majesty of one
who knows that he is ''the great and only"
He is large animal, clad in coat OF French
gray. At his throat he wears Il white clerical
tie, and daylight or gaslight keeps his white
dancing slippers on. But he is the pink OF
perfection and neatness, and his melting
green eyes win the hearts of all passersby.
IT.
should like to preach sermon this morn
ing 'for won en- only" and would take as
my text do not put money III thy purse
but put thy purse in thy pocket" and IL you
| haven't d pocket, do recollect that Dame
| Fashion DEGREES pock cts. and outside ones NJ
| that Perhaps you have never lost that long.
slender pocketbook or metal link coin purse
! you are proud of: but you can't deny you
| have lost good bit of nervous power when
| YOU had laid it down in some shop and gone
| off penniless and poundless To.be sure.
| the Republican politicians have gone and
| the pickpockets with them. but the petty
| thief is indigenous in all towns, and ye have
| him always with you. Do have pocket
put on the outside OF that bell skirt ana one
| of those cute buttoned flaps over IL; tnen
! the next time meet you won't spend any
| of my worrying power (of which, oelng OF
| the genus femina. have goodly supply
| wondering if you had to ped it home III your
| new spring oxfords.
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| Speaking of shoes, the proper caper is
| square, just as square as the base OF the great
| pyramid with a wooden sidewalk around 1t.
| There Is plenty of room for the toes Whicn
| were never designed to go into toothpick
| point They are immensely comfortable and
| Just the thing for walking, which exercise
| YOU ought to take, If you don't. To be sure,
| they look rather ugly at first. but then they
t;eI, ~ kl,n
/ and you can wear narrower last ana DIG
| adeu to chiropodists and corns.
IT.
It is an American fashion to repeat words
| after the speaker who is addressing you.
supposed it was in the constitution of the
| tongue, but last evening when going into
| part of the city was not acquainted with
told the conductor, a stolid German, the
street wanted. and to my surprise received
| only nod of the head. Wonder kept me
Quiet until the car was stopped, and looking
toward the door saw the man beckon1ng to
| me, and never d word spoke he. Did you
| ever hear of conductor with such small
| amount of the gift of CAB? had free ride
! too, as he couldn't change my money; bu
| coming back the conductor counted oul
| nineteen nickels. Such is the law OF com
| pensation.
IL
Dog days will soon be with us again They
come by twos and threes, and will come by
the dozens. Will some one please tell me
how this happened to be MephistopbiliC
| red season, Just as Old Sol had piled on ce
lestial coal and the solar furnace started run
ming at white heat2 Every woman you NEE
has splash of the glowing color; it may be
flower, silk tie, dotted shirt waist, o.
the whole gown is sometimes mazurkf
| in red. 1 don't cry down the
color on a clustering winter day
or when the maiden June has criee
her own eyes red, only that the color, unless
it is of Turkish dye, isn't warranted fast
| and sometimes runs, but when the ther
| mometer registers 100 deg in the shade ane
we are several degrees hotter out on the sun
beaten pavement-well the furnace of th'
Hebrew children would be too cold place
for such transgressors. and l become con
vinced ana not thoroughbred Unlversalist