St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-24
ODDS AND ENDS.

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A girl in one of the grammar schools
of the city had read in an exercise that
person had been burned in effigy.
Asked by the teacher what effigy was,
she answered that it was town in the
North of England. In another direction
the mistake of shaver was as amusing.
He had heard of poison ivy and its eff
fects, and when slight eruption came
out on him heinSisted that it was "poi-
son Isaac."
TOm Reed has new wrinkle this
year which, taken in connection with
his Fortnightly interview, clearly indi-
Gates that he is listening to the seduc-
tive buZzng of the bee. He has his
Kentucky tow trousers creased at the
side instead of down the front He evi-
IDENTIFY believes that new path to the
presidency must be struck, and he pro-
poses to set the pace. AS Republican
national conventions go. we must ad-
nit that the invention of new panta-
loon crease is fully as meritorious
clalm to the nomination as is the dis
covery that the foreigner pays the tax.
The middies and tars of the war ship
Lancaster came home from a three
years cruise the other day in the course
OF which they had picked up souvenirs
OF the ports and countries they had vis-
tied in the shape of curios and kick i.
shaws. Intended as presents for their
wives. their cousins and their aunts,
as also their sweethearts; but the GUS
toms officers fell afoul of them and Nc
Kinleyized them to the extent of 1852
before they would let the presents be
brought ashore. The middies were
not as astute as were lot of protec-
tionists with whom l visited Victoria
recently. and who had loaded themselves
up with dutiable knicknacks there, but
who calmly assured the customs in
spectors that they had no baggage when
that officer made his rounds of the boat
before we touched again the soil of the
| free. Ii l felt that smuggling was a
| virtue, those fellows had no right to act
as if they did. But then 1 never met a
protectionist who wasn't free trader
as far as he was concerned.
1
Puck last week had cartoon for its
| first page which shows that the little
fellow. with all his mischievousness,
has a sharp eye to the drift of affairs.
Uncle Sam is choosing a horse to bet on
| atthe national race, and Wilson is rid
ing one in front of him. jade of a
beast, with ringbones and spavins,
| bandaged with concessions to trusts.''
and named ''Wilson Bill" while, in the
rear, McKinley's fat legs are stretched
| over the bulging sides of a splay-footed
club named mckinley Bill" Uncle
| Sam declares that neither horse is any
good. and that ''they say there's new
horse being trained called Free Trade
that will beat 'em both.''
Some reverend-oh. yes, it's Paxton
| who prosecuted Swing-Says that what
is wanted is war; there is an overpro.
duction of humans. What jolly gooa
solution of the silver question it would
| be if we had one and the Britishers
should take Washington again and loot
those treasury vaults and swipe the
| whole blasted pile of silver dollars and
bars. We have an overproduction of
silver, too, and a reduction of both overs
would be just the thing.
You may have noticed on the lake
steamers. OH the lower deck. barrels
| filled with sand. which, when the boat
| listed to one side, were rolled by the
sailors to the opposite or higher side,
and their weight trimmed ship. The
barrels bear but small proportion in
size to the ship, but they serve to keep
her level. l fancy that these shipments
| of gold back and forward across the
ocean serve just the same purpose for
our international commerce that the
barrels do for tile boat-they keep the
commerce OIL an even keel. Like the
| barrels, they are Insignificant in
amount when compared with the bulk
!! of the trade. but, unlike the barrels,
they move by unseen hands. but their
| use is just the same relatively, and
when gold goes or comes it only indi-
Gates that the trade is heavier on one
| side than the other, and the gold moves
over to balance up.
know man whom men call CO Id
and hard. His face is seamad with the
lines that show struggle, work, tense
! thought, and that hard common sense
that realizes the immutability of the
laws of life and brings conduct in har-
| moDy with them. No one would have
suspected him of having any sentiment.
Of being touched by those things OF our
human lives which appeal to sympa-
thies and impel us to acts of helpful
ness. He is a lawyer. and had seen all
that is the worst in humanity. He had
been judge. and. setting aside the
pathetic appeals for mercy, had given
sentence on the offender with severe
and unbending justice. With unmuved
face he had condemned criminal to
death. One evening found him alone
in his library. He rose to meet me. and
lald his book down on the table. There
was redness about his eyes and
moisture in them that betokened illness
or deep feeling. II have been reading
David Copperfeld.' he said simply,
with a little smile of excuse and apoI-
ogy. "And this man is the one they all
say is COLL" thought.
mo man is a hero to his valet" and
Familiarity breeds contempt" are the
terms in which frnt of mans obser.
vatlon of men is expressed. No one is
circumferentially great or strong Or
good. The minds and dispositions of
men are like the surface of the earth.
uneven, having heights and valleys;
strength adjoins weakness. nUblenAss
neighbars with littleuess. sweetness
with acidity. wisdom with fooiishness.
Abnnrmal development of one faculty
implies some deficiency in others, and
We are all prone to note quicker the
shortcomings than the excellences of
our acquaihtancrs. fhere isasomething
compensatory i'll the discovery tnaI one