St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-17

The old masterpieces of literature
read just as we'll as if any number OF
prominent authors had not delivered
themselves of rival masterpieces at Chi
cago.-Milwaukee Sentinel.
Virgins says that comet is coming
soon. one of the greatest ever seen-a
monster of the sky, and of malignant
omen. Prof. Virgins is called prophet
because he never prOpheSled anything
that came true.-Chicago Herald.
Chicago is full of strangeIs.and some
thing should be done for their edifica-
ton Sunday. How would it do for the
preachers 10 fOrego their vacation and
open their churches that day. say for
the next three months?-Chicago Trib
une.
And now the bears are reported to be
eating the cattle up in Vermont. They
have been feeding exclusively OH bulls
in this vicinity.-BoStOn Herald.
The hotel and boarding house people
will hail the advent of congress with
open rms.-Pittsburg Post.
If the revolutionary froth that is COM
ing to the surface among the silver men
at Denver is any indication, the heated
term is early affecting their minds
Cleveland Leader.
The PopuIists of Kansas are arranging
for a partisan state militia, and the old
ebay foot, straw FOOT soldier will prob
ably be revived out that way.-Chicago
Post.
Sir Edwin Arnold, the poet and Japan
csc enthusiast, has undertaken the de-
tense of the American woman in the
English magazines. The American girl
really needs no defender across the
water.-Des MONIES Register.
The long haul and the short haul
question is before the Interstate COM
merce commissioners again, just as it is
before every man and his wife in the
country every time they put their stock
ingS on.-BoSton Globe.
1t may be a comet, but it is quite pos
sible that it is Bedford, 1.-The Red
Headed Rooster OF the Rockies" He is
reported to be in eruption at Denver
New York Tribune.
The Salt Lake comet must have a
great thirst oil, as it Is heading for the
Dipper.-Philadelphi Record.
If the Omitted States should fail to
win its case before the Behring sea ar
bitratlon tribuoal it will not be through
any lack of effort or ability on the part
of the American counsel.-New York
Herald.
Colorado's silver forces must contin-
ue their aggressive work until the
Sherman purchase act is repealed by a
free coinage law.-Denver Times.
Lord Salisbury's latest objection to
home rule for Ireland-to wit: that it
will cause a movement for home rule in
India-is pl practically plea for MAIN
tanning one wrong Tor fear of having to
right another.-New York Recorder.
The controversy between Whitelaw
Reid and John j. ingalls,, as TO which Of
them Is the more truly laboring man,
will strike the real, honest workingmen
as very funny.-KanSas City Times.
No state can pass law making any
thing but silver ana gold legal tender
for debts. So all the state banks issuing
circulating notes under state law
would not have the power to make them
legal tender for debts. Who wants that
sort of currency?-Richmond Va.) Dis
patch.
DIR. Kelley says he does not believe in
the heredity Of drinking which reaches
back further than the cradle. Ii this
theory were generally accepted, many a
fathers conscience might be easier
Milwaukee Journal.