St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-12-28
Chances at the Crescent City-A Stroll
Through Freneh-TOwn.
Ispeclal cor-s.popdsnee Of the elose.l

sary 10 cover all with iron. This important
matter is now in the hands Of competent
parties, a committee Of three, of which the
Minnesota commissioner, Oliver Gibbs, is
member having it in charge. Matters will
be rushed now and the finest exposition the
world ever saw will be in shape in about two
weeks. Minnesota and Dakota are getting
ahead and will be in shape as soon rs any.
The educational exhibit of Minnesota will
eclipse anything in that department at the
exposition, and Prof. Kiehle aud Phelps have
done some splendid work. Mr.. II. D. West,
in charge OF Minnesota publications and
newspapers, has his exhibit completed and it
attracts great attention. His device for fling
three hundred OF more newspapers In very
limited space is truly excellent, aud it has
been so much observed and cOmplimeuted
that he has applied for patent. will ex-
plain 1t more fully sOme time. Commissioner
Gibbs has been furnished with a shorthand
and type-writiug man by Major Burke and
he is thus greatly relieved from clerical
work which had embarrassed him in his
many duties.
Major J. P. Pond Is still unassigned TO
ing himself generally useful. Drum Major
A. C.. Fiese has fine lunch room near the
grounds and is doing well. Col. Knauff
is here with his crippled son Herman and be
expects TO make n good thing with pictures
etc There are quite a number of other ST. Paul
men here among them, John Wincker, Dave
Grammar and Z. Marks.
KEW ORLEANS.
This is 4 city lull OF interest to q north
erner and visit here would be one Of pleas
ure even if IL were not for the exposition.
hud that many have 4 wrong idea in regard
CIRCLES Tney seem to think that a creole is
eolored; this is not the case; they are sim
ply the children of foreign born parents.
Thc most of the creoles here are Spanish or
French, but the children of a dutch man and
woman are creoles not only here, but in
in MINNESOTA, or anywhere else
out of their own country. The
eolored race have three degrees,
African, or lull blood, quadroou aud octoroou
A French creole woman here is very hand
some and so are the quadroon and octcroon
girls as a rule. OF the arstocruey of the city
shall have more TO tell. The eity is in two
distinctive parts and suggest that We now
make
TRIP THROUGH FRENCH TOWN.
Canal street, the wide street with its grand
stores on each side, is the boundary between
the American and the creole element, the
separating line between progress and ad-
vaneement, and staguatiou, the adhesion
Ia old principles and doctrines, the rubicon
which divides the new and the old world. On
one side there arr broad, we'll paved, we'll
laid out streets, with stores and offices, sig
uiaeant Of the commerce of to-day; on the
other side are small, narrow, in paved streets /;
where you Gan almost reach from Que side TO
the other, reminding one of Paris before the
genius of Baron Hausmaun demolished the
O.d streets aud built up the glOrius boule-
wards and avenues, which are now the pride
aud glory of modern Paris, but which you
still lind in the southern cities
Of France as Lyons, Marseilles
and TouIon. By just walking few steps
you are all at once transplanted from modern
America to old France, from 1884 to 1884.
To the western visitor it is absolutely bewil-
dering; and he stands wondering, awed and
astOnished before the picture of France under
the old regime as it is here presented before
nm. But let US cross the boundary, let US
polish up the French of our school time aud
plunge into this curious world, so strange
and so new TO US. Let US make our way
down Bourbon street. Low buildings, some
with stores. some closed up with big wooden
shutter, always green, present themselves To
Us on either side, and whenever we see
store, the sign Is in French; it is: Modiste,
marehande DIES ieuTs, Teiuturier, etc., ETC. !
ad iTiuitum. We pass the Restaurant
Victor. where meals are still 10 be gotten
prepared by real Partisan cooks, and come to
the corner of ST. Louis aud Bourbon street,
when we stop Us at the Cafe dc la Renais-
sance.
a low-eeile6, long room, small tables
spread over the whole room, and each table
occupied by couple of Old monsieurs,
with their gray mOustaches, their pointed i'm
perials, playing domino, smoking cigarettes
and slipping their absinthe, preparatory to
going To their frugal dinner of meat stewed
with garlic, some maccaroui and bottle of
sour claret wine. Alas the glory of mon
sieur has departed; the railroads -''those
ID railroads'i- with their smoke and
their screeching whistles, have ruined the
business, aud it all came with the war, this
cruel war which took the slaves from mon
sieUr, reduced his fine sffiueuce to poverty,
and deprived him Of his position aud his
prestige. "With the war came these diabOl-
zeal railroads, which have done all the. harm
tO-New Orleans. No more good brandy, no
more good wine, no smuggling sehooners
that would stealthily enter Lake Ponenar-
train from the Rgolets and bring the
finest brandy, and these exquisite wines and
cigars without paying any duty to those sacre
Yankees, who now have possession Of this
city, Alas, these times have passed, and
monsieur can only stroke his gray mOustache
and with his old cronics dt the Cafe de la
Renaissance, or any OF the other cafes, play
bis game OF dominoes, smoke his cigarette
drink his absinthe, aud bewail the past the
glorious past, when the creoIes were masters
Of this city, when a creole was governor of
this state, when dueling was a daily pastime,
gnd When these ''sacre Yankees had not
yet any power over ereoedom and creole
comforts. In his household it has not made
much difference, because even when he was
wel-tO-dO he would seud to the grocery at the
corner and get his Quartie of coffee, his
ouartie OF sugar, etc. You know, he will
tel YOU negroes will steal aud you
must not keep much in the house
But for word of explanation. 1 suppose
you do not know what quartie is. Well. a
quartie is half OF five cents. This city does
not know, nor has ever used cents, The cop
per cents of the west and cast, but the. small
est coin is the tive cent piece. Now these
dear old CreOies, first not 10 let the negroes
steal, and now by force OF habit and neces-
sity, will send the servant to buy ouartie
thalf OF i've cents) of sugar, quaFtie Of eof-
fee. and for good will have thrown ia some
little salt and pepper, enough 10 favor mon
-sieur's chop. Ia the market they will buy