The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-17

her at a New York bank whore tbav
were TO receive the money. But that
was the last that the Meanevs avar
heard or saw Of the supposed nanha1v
and as he did not borrow any money
or steal anything, Mrs. Meaney il much
concerned to know why he took the
trouble to visit her. She cannot haS
leVe he exercised his Imagination onIv
TO pay for dinner, SO she has reportad
him to the police with the hope of dis
covering his motive. Whatever his
motive, it is evident that he Is a, YER
saaile young man and may yet be
No More Poets.
A very sad rumor which is peryad-
ing literary circles is that poetry has
Hdo It's DAY. 1t is a Frenchman who
has been guilty of this Conjecture and
one evidently who has never taken a
LfoIiey ride IN this country or he would
KNOW that poetry is just IN the prime
or life 1t is also apparent that the
Frenchman in question has not VET
seen a copy of the coronation code Of
tne Engllsh official poet, Mr.. Austin,
WhIcn mas just been brought forth
and which contains thirteen stanzaa
OF varying merit. If the critic who
mas SAID that poetry has had its day
should amend his statement and sub
NIT that some poets have had their
Gay ne would find great many peo-
pie to agree with him.
One Day to Get Husband.
There are many and unique methods
or obtaining husband, but one tried
recently in Maryland is the strangest
up TO date Miss Mamie Zercross.
lnought 1t was about time that ~
should be settled and knowing of me-
ellglDle young man in the neighborboo6
VINO was looking her way, she sent IN
balloon on the Fourth Of July with
photograph of herself attached To-
gether with a letter to whom il might
concern. Had this been done by some
PERSONS the letter would have gone up
II smoke or been found by some grand
father, or children under seven. bIIt
MISS Zercross was one of the eartF's
lucky ones and her epistIe was dis
covered by beautiful young man who
was as heart-lonely as the young Wo
man: After this he wrote to her and
She 70 him and now if everything goaa
smoothly there is to be a. wedding.
Miss Adair and the Plumber.
New York has lately produced a
SENSATION which has reused much ang-
q. IN w. T. l. u ranks. A Mrs. Adair.
mlghty In temperance councils. strong
at pefsuadlng liquor dealers to go out
OF business, powerful In prayer and
very mandy with the collection Mate
hlTed three plumbers to do job in her
ce1lar against the coming winter. Now
III tner Is one characteristic of the
Plumbing trade that is noteworthy It is
the terrible thirst that it engenders.
Strong men after using a plumbers
noois Tor forty-fYe minutes have been
known to devote the next fifteen to
soldering tin can so that it would
mold beer and to spend the next hour
IN sending it in and out Of the house
meanwhile charging it up at so cents
an hour Tor labor and so cents a mile
Tor distance back and forth between
the brewery and the house. So the
three plumbers mentioned grew
Ihlrsty and searched the cellar high
and low for receptacle for the de-
sired refreshment and in so doing
found a blind pig'' full of whisky and
VINE: The wine was good and the
whisky better, so it took five police
men to get the three plumbers out Of
Mrs. Adair's basement The sad mart
OF the story is that it got into print and
Mrs. Adalr's temperance dissertations
are no longer effective.
AT Como the past week the members
OF the band wore ear muffs and NIT
tens and sat round a gas stove wfliIa
they played "Is it warm enough for
your" Mo- -
st. Paul, Aug. II, 1902.