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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
VALE. THE CRINOLINE.
[Mritten for the Globe. /

A regulation hoop-skirt lay dying in Algiers
There was lack OF woman's nursing. there
was dearth of woman's tears;
And comrade stood beside 1t, twas the best
that he could do
He had learned the song of Comrades" and
he sang it through and through.
The dying hoop-skirt faitered at the close of
the refrain,
And he said II never care TO hear that melody
again;
Send a message by the A. D. 7. to some old
friends of mine.
For was born at Pigs Eye and my name is
Crinoline.
Tell the darn fools that are bowling from
Atlanta 10 the sea.
And cracking jokes OF doubtful age and sex
regarding me.
That | couldn't stand the pressure of the
flood of humor stale,
And so decided to retire unto Deaths peace
full vale.
l know my exit at this time Will cause them
heartfelt grief,
I've made mighty stir on earth, altho' my
stays been brief;
The photographic punsGers their positions will
resign,
And all because l shuff1ed oH-how could
Tell the funny legislators all-the Rep, the
Dem. the Jay
Who are drafting bills to shut me out and
playing horse all day,
I appreciate their wilma! hal q almost
smoed smile)
Tho I'm sorry that they do not like my four
teenth century style.
The business at the capitol must be exceed
ing slack,
When potent, grave and reverends' can
switch on such a track;
Such fellows should be Gagged at once, and
there be made repine,
The while they wear, 'mong other things, the
nightmare Crinoline.
TELL the women who are forming ante
Crnoline crusades,
(GraSs widows wearing corkscreW curls as
we'll as ancient maids),
That they're wasting all their patience-let
them fight the opera hat,
So that gentlemen behind them may discover
where they're at
For wouldn't mar the beauty Of the bell
skirts simple grace
lntruding my circumference, usurping room
and space;
The form SO rugged would look much like
wooden Indian sign,
I'll spare their tender feelings, or my name
amt Crinoline.
Goodnight goodnight. when have said
goodnight forever more,
And you see my carcass hurried via the
nights Plutonian shore,
Don't let the pulled sleeves come around
until my grave is green.
They'll be bigger nuisance, sure, than ever
1 have been.
Convey my kind regards to Jenness- Miller
and Delsarte;
To leave them reigning here below. it almost
breaks my heart.
If later Oh I'm wanted. you may drop me just
use the drop advisedly. Farewell.
yours
"CrInoline.
Michael Joseph Donnelly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
CLOTH AND CHURCH.

Rev. Mr.. Read. of Hackensack. N. j.,
has located heaven on the star Alcyone.
But he neglected to state how far AL
cyone is from Hackensack.
The Jewish Chronicle gives notice
that it is not opposed to Sunday services
in the synagogueS, and adds that Sab
bath has become hollow mOckery, not
reverenced by the Jew.
1t is thought that Rev. William j.
Tucker, ID. D., one of the Andover pro-
feSsors. may yet accept the presidency
of Dartmouth college, which was prof
fered him some months ago and de-
clined at that time.
Rev. Barlow w. Perry, who was in
charge of Grace Presbyterian church,
Rochester, n. Y, has resigned just be-
cause members Of his congregation held
dog shows in his church. Some pastors
are so tastidiouS.
Rev. Wilton M. Smith, In addressing
the Young Mems Christian Association
at its anniversary meeting in New York
last week, reported that of the 800, 900
young men in that city not more than
$4,000 ever enter church.
The two Boston clergymen most men,
toned in connection with the bishopric
made vacant by the death of Phillips
Brooks are Rev. W. r. Huntington,
rector of Grace church. and Rev. Henry
Y. Sateree. rector of Calvary church.
Rev. Howard McQueery,. whose sep
aration from the Episcopal church in
Ohio some time ago created sensation
and who now lives in Michigan, goes to
the UniversalSt church at Dubuque to-
dayas a candidate for the vacant pulpit.
Rev. J. 1'ravers Lewis, bishop of On
tara, has been elected metropolitan
bishop of the Church of England in
Canada. He is native of County Cork,
Ireland, aud sixty-eight years Of age.
His election to the bi5hopric of Ontario
took place in 1881
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
His lndependent Position.

Chicago Tribune.
Road Reformer-But good roads, my
friend, will benefit youa thousand times
more than they will anybody else.
Stubborn Old Farmer-They'll cost
too blame much.
statistics show that it will not cost
as much to build and maintain good
roads as you people are throwing away
in trying to improve your worthless old
roads,"
"H'mph ~
Sand l'll bind myself to pay all your
taxes for building them if you'll agree
to pay me what they save you in haul
ing your stuff to market in early spring.
How does that strike you ?"
"H'mph !"
Z esWhat's your objection to good roads,
anyhow ?"
"You're tryin' to force 'em on me, by
dang ~
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
NEWS CURIOSITlEs.

A murderer hanged in Alabama paid
to his lawyer his last nickel on the
Scaffold.
Statistics show that 10000 people in
Paris subsiSt wholly upon the proceeds
of begging.
Kalispell, Mont, town only sixteen
months old, was placed in the class of
'third-claSs postOffices Jan. l.
Through the medium of a matrimonial
paper PittSburg man became engaged
to his own daughter.
Two Confederate stamps recently car
ried package from CRANKY, Mass, to
Boston. They were not detected i'll the
postoffice.
The British isles comprise no fewer
than 1000 separate islands and islets,
without counting mere jutting rocks or
isolated pinnacles.
1t is said that a man does not reach
his full mental power until the age of
twenty-five, and the development of
talent is most marked between the ages
of thirty and forty-dYe.
No man can write his signature twice
exactly alike, and it is declared by some
experts that of two signatures precisely
alike one is certain to be forgery.
Each person in this country sends on
an average of forty four letters yearly
through the post, and only twenty go
astray out of every million letters which
go through it.
There is an aged negro in middle Ten
nessee who rejoiceS in the name of
Niger Falls. though he was really
chriStened after the great cataract.
Glory Hallelujah Jones is the imposing
name of Mississippi darky.
A clerk in bicycle store in Kansas
City has designed and is building a new
buggy with pneumatic-ti bicycle
wheels and a number of improvements
calculated to add strength, lightness
and speed to the vehicle.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
A Cat Jumps % Feet.
Cleveland Press.

Cleveland Press. {.
There is large Maltese cat making
its headquarters at Seventh police pre-
cinct station that is bound to 60 on rec
ord as the smartest feline known. Like
all other cats, it delights in capturing
sparrows. but. unlike other cats, it has
never been known to let a bird get
away that 1t made up its mind to catch.
Lieut.. Thompson is authority for the
statement that the cat, perched on
the cornice OF the building, mad
a leap of twenty-five feet into
a tree and caught a sparrow. The
lieutenant has also watched the cat
while bird-catching, and has counted
nine sparroWs carried to a spot, and
after the hunt was over deYoured one
by one. A peculiar trait of the cat is
that there is but one man who reports
at the station that she will make friends
with, and he is Patrolman Rowland.
When he is on night duty the cat will
follow him from the time he goes on
duty until relieved next morning. All
the dogs in the Newburg region have
encountered the cat on several occa-
sions, and when she is in sight the can
ines take the other side of the street.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
THE DANGER OF IT.

There is no danger to the finances of
the country to arise from the single fact
of the purchase of fifty millions of silver
annually. The country is too rich to
have that affect it seriously. Of course.
it is foolish and unjustifiable from any
point, and is but another piece of the
socialistic legislation of the day.
The danger lies in the fact that every
dollars worth of silver purchased means
another dollar added to the amount of
paper money dependent now solely on
the public confidence that the govern
ment will redeem in gold its promises.
If normal conditions prevailed, and we
were receiving gold shipments in part
payment of our surplus exports. the
foundations of credit would remain in
tact, and there would be no immediate
cause of alarm. But this is not the case.
In spite of the enormous balance Of
trade" i'll our favor. gold is moving
steadily out. The treasury is bare OF
free gold. The secretary has had TO ask
the banks to exchange gold for green
backs to tide him over the few remain
ing weeks of his term. The deluge may
come after him, if it only do not over
take this administration.
The foreign governments are gather
ing gold against war storm, the secre-
tary says. They are Offering preml-
UNI sufficient to make export profitable.
1t is not believed that this is the sole
cause. Ii foreign holders of our bonds
apprehend that this country is drifting
to silver recommendation, thus shrinking
the values of their securities, they would
naturally be sending them home and
converting them into gold. There
is reason to believe that this is one and
large olrce of the gold export. Mean
time. the constant issue of gold notes
for silver purchases renders easier the
outward gold movement. 1t would have
been better, bad though that was, to
have permitted free coinage, than to
have adopted Senator SHERMAN's pan
aon1
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
Saw Death in a Dream.

GlobeDemocrat.
The family of Samuel Langrell, near
Two Johns. this county, has been sorely
afflicted within the past few days. Mr..
Langrel recently moved to this county
from Queen Anne county. Upon his
arrival his wife and several children
took the measles. Being but partially
moved he left home on Friday last for
his recent abode for another load of
furniture. He had been gone but two
hours when lis infant child died.
Shortly afterward the next youngest
died, and before these were buried his
wife died.
Before her death Mrs. Langrell
dreamed she saw three collins brought
into the house, one large one and two
small ones. When the undertaken came
to care for the first one who died. she
said: That is the man who brought
the three collins | saw i'll my dream"
She had never seen him before and did
not know his business there. The
mother and the children were all buried
in one grave today. Mrs. Langrell was
a sister of James H. Coulbourn, of the
firm of j. II. Coulbourn q Co., Balti-
more and Philadelphia commission mer-
oh
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
STATE PRESS NOTES.

The Duluth Herald, in favoring Sen
ator Craig's swamp land bill, remarks:
This is wise measure. and it should
receive the hearty support of the repre-
Sentatlves from this district, because it
is OF great Importance to this section OF
the state that it should become law.
The railroads have refrained from max
Ing their selections because they will
gain considerable by delaying them.
The st. Cloud Times makes the fol-
lowing sarcastic remark:
There is some talk in the legislature
about attempting the repeal of the
special legislation constitutional amend
ment. This would be in harmony with
legislative hiSt0ry-pasS q law at one
session, repeal it at the next.
The Norman County Index chimes in
as follows OH the question of electing
postmaSterS:
There is growing desire 10 elect
postmasters by ballot. This would be a
good scheme and would do away with
a vast political patronage that is becom-
ing dangerous in view Of the demands
being made that the government shall
take control of other branches of bust
ness. If we are to pile up federal
officeholderS in other lines let us cut
them down where we can.
The Chatfield Democrat makes the
following comment on the itinerant
peddler:
"The itinerant peddler is one of the
greatest nUisances of the day. His goods
are generally shoddy and his trinkets
worthless. 1t is an outrage to force
business men who pay taxes to compete
with these cheap Johns who pay no
taxes. But this is not the worst feature
OF the business. They are continually
swindling the people with worthless and
inferior goods. The fault of the bill is
that it does not go far enough to correct
the evil"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
Clear as Mud.

A certain learned judge, when at
tempting to be clear, is at times rather
perplexing. My good woman" he is
reported to have said to witness, you
must give an answer i'll the fewest pos
sible words of which you are capable, to
the plain and simple question whether,
whe n you were crossing the street with
the baby on your arm, and the omnibus
was coming down on the right side and
the cab on the left side, and the
brougham was trying to pass the omni-
bus. you saw the plaintiff between the
brougham and the cab, or whether and
when you saw him at all, and whether
or not near the brougham. cab, or omni-
bus, or either, or any two, and which of
them espectively-or how it WASP"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

A LOT of New York spectators,
among whom is WARNER MILLER, who
fell outside the breastworks in 'SS, have
made a bargain with President He
REAUX, Of San Domingo. by which they
take Oh the collection of the customs
revenue of the little republic, and, in
return, carry the budget. Ground plains
are thus being laid for the annexation
of that island. In a short time there
will be another of those revolutions
down there; President HEREAUX will
lose his head; another will reign in his
stead; the concession will be repudi-
ated; a handy cruiser with a previous
captain will be there, and. just to pro-
tect the property and lives of the Amer
leans, the minister resident will an
nounce protectorate; the captain will
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
JUDGE GRESHAM.

Western Democrats are up i'll ar ns
at the mere suggestion of Judge Glosh-
am for the cabinet. They denounce
him as a peStiferOuS mugwump and
renegade, and their objections will
probably he conclusive. Boston Jour-
nal.
If President Harrison's appointment
of Judge jackson to the supreme bench
was due to his personal spite against
Judge Gresham, the act is enough to
blast the record OF his whole admins
tration.-Butfalo Express.
If Mr. Cleveland is as anxious as some
of his friends say he is to pat Judge
Gresham on the supreme bench, he will
doubtless have all opportunity to do it
within year or two. Justice Field is
about Seventy-Seven years old. and it is
likely that he Will decide to retire soon.
Gresham can wait.-St. Louis CLIQUE
Democrat.
Mr.. Cleveiand's appointment of Judge
Gresham to the most responsible posi-
ton of his cabinet Is another example of
the lndomltable courage of the preSi-
dent elect. 1t is gradually dawning
upon even the bigoted and Small-mInded
1ACpuuiICUlIS lIltlI MI. OIeNPldtlu Is Il Ol1
man the largest man in America, in
fact, in range and scope of idea and i'll
the courage of his convictions. Chicago
Times.
The process of dissolution in the Re-
publican party hastens. The timberS
OH which its Sdperstructure was raised
are falling apart. The ruin is becoming
more desolate and is beyond repair.
The permanent union of the ndepend-
ent vote with the Democratic vote,
which the af1iIiation of Cleveland and
Gresham assures, is the beginning of
the end of the Republican party.-Chi-
cago Herald.
1t is lntimated from Washington that
the senate may not confirm the appoint
ment. Tue strong partlsaEs Oh both
sides are said 10 contemplate pooling
their hostillties for rejection. That
would be Il great strCLc of good luck for
Walter Z. Gresham, quite in keeping
with the good fortune which has fol-
lowed him for the last twelve years, for
it would give him hold upon the good
opiniOp of the American people that
would leave little doubt as to who
would succeed Grover Cleveland in
1697.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
OLD WINTER.

Old Winter is a sturdy one,
And lasting stuff he's made Of.
His flesh is firm as iron-stone;
There's nothing he's afraid Of.
OF flowers that bloom, or birds that sing
Full little cares or Knows he;
He hates the fire and hates the spring
And all that's warm and cosy.
But when the foxes bark aloud
On frozen lake and river
When round the fire people crowd,
And rub their hands and shiver-
When frost is splitting stone and wall,
And trees come crashing after
That hates he not, but loves it all;
Then bursts he out in laughter.
His home is by the North Sea strand,
Where earth and sea are frozen;
His summer home, we understand,
In Switzerland he's chosen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
No More Pet Engines.

Practical railroad men account it a
great triumph that they have knocked
out the old theory that every engineer
must have his own pet engine and must
not be asked to run any other. Until
only a few years ago this was the rule
even on the greatest roads. Each engi-
neer grew accustomed to and fond of an
engine and believed he could get good
work out of it, while stranger to it
would be sure to have the same trouble
that he would expect with strange
engine. That is all changed now. and
engineers are expected to leave their
sentimental notions at home and take
whatever engine they are assigned to.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
Vandalism.

Since the burial of Mr.. Blalne's body
at Oak Hill cemetery vandals and curl
osity seekers have turred ont i'm such
force that it has been necessary to place
a guard at the grave in order to prevent
it being stripped of the flowers placed
upon it. Women are the chief offenders.
All of the visitors are not of the same
type, however, and many admirers of
the dead statesman have brought floral
tributes to be laid upon the grave.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

Two YEARS is pretty light sentence
for bigamist; yet that is all Judge
CALKINs. of Ashland, Wis, gave L. M.
POWERS yesterday. The first wife was
present with their child, and the second
wife, beautiful and pure young wom-
an who married him in total ignorance
Of the fact that he was married, must
live in sorrow. caring for the child she
bore the wretch. This crime should
rank among the most heinous.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

THE sudden change in the attitude of
the car of Russia toward Germany
beats all. He is loving the emperor of
Germany with the gush Of a school girl.
AS age melloWs the temper of a dog by
dulling his teeth, So the defective con-
ditiou of the new arms for the Russian
soldiers has mellowed the temper of the
car. The arms are found to be prac-
tically worthless.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

ISADoR STRAUSS has been mentioned
as probable postmaster general. He
was an extensive merchant in New York
city. 1t is not charged that he ever ran
a bargain counter or superintendent a
Sunday school. His name would indi-
cate peculiar ability to make lot of
partisan postmasterS waltz out of office.
fhnurh
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
SHE'LL b.; THERE.

oh, wish had ticke. for the fair, to the
fair
! wish | had ticket TO the fair;
For. with three Confederate swords
And with ten long-hanuled gOurds.
They tell me that Old Georgia will be there.
Oh wish l had ticket to the fair to the
fair
l wish l had ticket to the fair;
For. with 'poSsums, six or SEVEN
Make Teller dream of heavenly
They tell me that old Georgia will be there.
oh, wish had ticket to the fair, to ths
fair
l wish had a ticket to the fair;
For Chicago cau't prohibit
Georgia's fifty cents exhibit,
And they tell me that old Georgia will be
there!
Atlanta Constitution.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

ILLINOIS, now Democratic, follows
WisconSin's suit and Institutes actions
against her state treasurers who, since
1870, have been pocketing the interest
on deposits of the state funds. Having
turned the rascals out, she proposes that
they shall she'll out.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

THE Kansas Populist legislators have
at last decided to make a move which
will throw the muddle into the courts.
They have probably sounded the poll
tics of the courts, for down there this
is an all-important thing to know in
such cases.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

SECRETARY FOSTER said last summer
that he would use the gold reserve Ion
a pinch" With the treasury bare of
free gold and the bankers tiding the
treasury over, the pinch is surely on.
But Mr.. FOSTER will not touch the re-
serve: mark that.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12
rnnAY,s MEATHER.

WASHINGTON Feb. 11.-For Minnesota, Norm
Dakota and NJ ontana: Increasing cloudlnesS
and probably light local SHOWS except IN
Southeastern Minnesota fair weather;
warmer; southerly winds. For Wisconsin
Generally fair; warmer; southerly WINDS;
For Iowa: Fair followed by light local
SHOWS; warmer; souLherly winds. For
South Dakota: Generally fair; warmer
southery winds.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

OLD CHUMS.
IF die first" my old chum paused to say.

IF die first" my old chum paused to say.
Mind not a whimper of regret-instead.
Laugh, and be glad as | shall Being dead
l shall not lodge so very far away
But that our mlrth shall mingle. So. the day
The word comes. joy with me-" I'll try
| said,
Though, even speaking, sighed and shook
my head
And turned, with msted eyes. His roundelay
Rang gayly OH the stair; and then the door
Opened and-closed. A something of the
clear,
Hale hope. and force of wholesome faith
he had
Abided with me-strengthened more and
more.
Then-then they brought his broken body
here;
And l MISUNDERSTANDING. And we
were glad.
james Whitcomb Riley in the Critic.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

special dispatch from Washington in
forms us that our fellow townsman, Gen. X.
w. Johnson, is being urged by his friends
for the position of assistant secretary of war
Gen. Johnsons long service in the army
eminently fits him for the position named,
and the GLOBE expresses the hope that one
so admirably qualified may be selected for
hat important position.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-12

THE Chicago police have at last come
Into possession of clue to the identity
of a footpad. While the footpad was
holding up butcher in front Of his
shop Thursday night, the latter sliced off
his nose. He placed the amputated pro-
boscs in alcohol and sent it to police
Headquarters.