The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-05
EplStleS to st. Paul.

anDoitious nope ne burst forth into rhyme.
He met young and charming girl who
| adored newspaper men and inspired him to
tabkle the muse with wierd and facile pen.
And. after hours of troubled thought en-
| dured in lone seclusion he sent her In a box
| or sweets the following effusion:
To you. dear Miss Rivers, greetingi
Please to accept this gift;
And. towards some future meeting,
Permit my thoughts to drift.
But yesternight rang your BELL
All timid and in doubt
The maiden. waiting. sad to tell
Said: Sorry. sir she's out"
Suppose. then, at this early date,
We both Of US agree
That may call Friday at eight.
Some short time after tea.
Your pardon for this dog-rel verse
1t couldn't possibly be worse;
And now. as ever it may happen.
Yours sincerely Henry Knappen.
But the lady fair was possessed of most
| unpoetic soul and also of a grandmother
| who regarded the young man with suspicion.
! The day following the delivery of the candy
| and the poem she wrote him letter that
| said she would be unable to receive him on
| Friday or any other time.
He doesn't write poetry now
Freddie, called his highness softly.
| The green door swung open and the mayors
| private secretary disappeared into the mayors
| throne room. a4
do you know. Freddie, that was think
| Ing Of going to the Paris exposition next year
| already" Yes" continued the mayor,
! growing confidential. "You know l hat been
| thinking of going to Germany yet many
| times. and If go to the Paris exposition
| can go to Germany and there visit my old
| friends in Fathcrland. 8: ..ri-,
| Come up close Freddie 1 hat something to
| tell you.," said the mayor, with touch of
| pathos in his voice. tell you secret.
| am going to Germany and never come back
| THIS mayor business Is not what they tell
| about In the papers, and l think that 1 will
| go back to Germany and die near the places
where I used to play when 1 was little
| boy"
Old Bib carefully removed his ear-muffs
and pushed his eyeglasses far up on his zone
Of pink brow, that was slowly moving down
| into the vicinity of his collar-button.
Then he beamed blandly upon two customers
in the antiquarian book store.
| 81 suppose he said 81 really. ought to
say something concerning Mr.. Kipling. whom
| greatly admire. all Of whose books
| have carefully perused, and of whom I could
! talk, If not entertainngly, at least intelli-
| gently. But the adjournment Of congress
! seems to be, just now, pressing for an Opin-
| ion, and is really livlier issue than a mere
! literary man, matter how eminent dis
| tinguished. A great many good things could
| be said concerning the late congress, for in
stance, 1t has adjourned. That is one of them,
| and, Of course, there are others. In it's list
| OF promotions 1 find the name of our heroic
young friend, Hobson, who has been ad-
| vanced, as I understand it, a great many
points for having kissed great many young
| ladies. That congress saw fit to recognize
| his indomitable pluck and true American
heroism is proof positive. to my mind that
| that poet who wrote mono but the brave
| deserve the fair was mot very great dis
| lance from one of the basic foundations of
the national game. Gentlemen, 1t was not
| only a graceful, but chivalrous tribute on
| the part of congress to advance Mr.. Hobson
certain number of points. Mr.. Hobson never
| finched when the girls lined up, I am told
Like Jim Bludsoe.' of whom our present
7 secretary of state, Mr.. j.. Hay, wrete:;,fss
| HE seen his duty straight ahead
And he went for it then an thar
No. gentlemen, had congress done nothing
| else than reward Mr.. Hobson for his heroism
/ ana 'gallantry, 1t would have been worth the
/ eight billion and a half dollars, which I am
told: has been expended during the session.:
The Philistine narrated /, yesterday how
Senator Knatvold had fought for an hour in
a vain attempt to get his sugar beet bounty
| bills substituted for the BATE bounty re-
peal proposition. Yesterday, when his own
| bills were reached on general orders, he made
i the usual formal motion that when the com,
mlttee rise it recommend the. bill to pass
and then, in the language Of the campaign
spellbinder, paused for an answer"
/ Senator Greer, who was in the chair, said
| eff there no hat will ba
| as the sense Of the senate
There was no objection. Knatvold looked
| dumbfounded the chairman declared the
| bill recommended for passage.
The second bill went through the same
| rigmarole.
With puzzled look HIS face the Albert
| Lea senator surveyed every portion of the
| senate with his wondering eyes,
AS he sat down, still confused, merry
| ha-ha greeted his ears
The bills have not been passed on the
| calendar yet.
| Der mayor ohf st. Paut so gr-r-and
| Und Fritz all things command;
| We two, ach, don't you understand.
| Already yet-und Fritz
Der PEBBLES sings mein praises fine.
\ Und Me. he sings de Wacht am Rhein.
| IND Ames he drinks de health ohf mein:
| Ohf me-und Fritz
! Lindahl is ausgespieldt-turned down
Und odder frendts oonderground:
But by election they'll come round
| For me-und Fritz.
| Only johnson gives me Elm cramp
| But, he's Knocked out NIT Elm leedle stamp
And we can put him on der tramp;
| Choost me-and Fritz.
! Der police humors mein slightest within.
/ L keep 'em close to men chariot rim.
| For Fritz pull nit me und l NIT him:
Your mayor-und Fritz
man with striped collar went info
County Auditor Johnson's office Yesterday
and approached the auditor for loan. .Say
| he said. Have you got dollar that YOU
don't need?"
mo. SIR replied Mr.. Johnson. without
looking up from his desk
I'm a registered voter" said the man
SUCCESSFULLY.
Il don't care if you are two,' was the re-
| sponse.~
Have you got two bits?"
| mo
;, Well said the man with the collar. as he
| moved cautiously toward the door, LEND me
| a rubber stamp: will you. 1 want to start
an insurance company
| He closed the door just in time
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