St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-02-01

either. There was time, years agone be-
fore there were so many gray hairs in my
head, as there are now, when her rogush
kick and dazzling eye sent futter through
my heart. But Kate's no chicken herself,
and her matrimonial experiences have been
far from agreeable. Did YOU know that she
was the cause of the SDreckels-De Young
shooting affair in San Francisco q short time
agol II seems that when she went TO that
city last spring she repeated her triumphs in
other cities, turning the heads of all the
male portion of her audience. Spreckels aud
De Young each sought the lady's favor, and
finally, when Kate electrified everybody by
marrying her present husband. Spreckels
acknowledged himself hit hard but not so
badly as De Young, who, he said, had bought
his way into the lady's favor by gifts Of costly
gems. DeYoung in retaliation in some way
secured bundle of billet-doux which young
Spreckels had written the fair actress. and
threatened to publish them in his paper, the
Chronicle. Sprecllels fearing the threat would
be carried into execution attempted to put
permanent injunction on his rival restraining
him from making the contents of the letters
public by shooting a ball through him. l
don't believe Miss Castleton
EVER REPRoACHED HERSELF
Not she She'd passed through too many
experiences of similar nature to give the
matter second thought.
The Monroe street theatre, that until re-
Gently was controlled By J. II. Havery, and
bore his name, has passed under the man
agement Of J. NJ. Hill, Margaret Mather's
manager. Recent New York dispatches
state that Hill has also leased the Union
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one of his friends last night that Hill had
more than one reason for this. He wanted
q theatre, and when he got the Haverly, he
was satisfied. But when he let Henry Irving
name it, and that very clever gentleman and
accomplished actor called it the ''Colum bia,"
Hill pulled down his (HiIl's) hat over
his eyes, kicked himself, metaphoricaly,
and remarked. ''Well I'm in for it l suppose
and Columbia it must be. But | don't
like the name and am going to get another
theater just to get even" And that's why
he got the Union Square.
Before exhausting my space with theatrical
chat,le me tell you Of queer store visited
yesterday afternoon. Down South Clark near
the Peoples thCatcr is an unpre-
pretentious two story building, the lower
front Of which is painted a glowing red, Gov
cred with Chinese characters in blue, yellow
and black. In the windows were displayed
THE QUEEREsT LOT
Of articles, none Of which we're familiar to
my eye. The interior was well filed with
articles exposed for sale on shelf and coun-
ter, and haf dozen ChInamen were max
ing their purchases, j2bbcriug away for all
they We're worth. | ascertainrd that the
place had just been opened by QrOng Wah
Lung, an enlerprising and business-like Ce-
lcstial, who proposes to deal in such articles
as his couuirymen do most banker for, and
cater to their wants alone. l had a chat
with Quong, vino speaks English fairly well,
deficient only in failure to master the
troublesome ''r's.'' This stole fo' China
man; only Chinese goods; no Mclean tlade
come he'h; buy my goods in San Francisco,
and mpnlt died fish and bids fom old
countle9" The old rascal winkcd saga
ciously when he said mo Mclean tlade
wantrd,' and rather suspect this ''recipro-
city" feeling on his part is in retaliation for
the Ill treatment of his countrvmen by
Americans. Long strings of dried ish,
found only in Chinese waters hung
suspended from the ceiling;
dried ducks and other Chinese game
was displayed in abundance, and arranged
in rows on the shelves were
SCORES OF LITTLE JUGS
not over four inches in height each contain
ing ''uu-lziug." an oriental liquor about as
palatable and exhiiarating in its effects as
American "nigger-gin.'' box OF dried
flying fish, which QIoug asserted were sold
only on ''half wing" stood on the counter.
while long rows Of shelves we're filled with
tea-caddies, Chinese tobacco, and straw and
a T.,
drug store, and young clerk wearing eve
glasses was mixing dose for sick man
with the gripes, aud the atmosphere was re-
dUlent with the odor Of the mixture. The
Cinnamon didn't seem to mind the smell,
but | couldn't stand 1t, aud fed the scene
Quoug will undoubtedly thrive in his occupa-
ton as the Chinese population here nun bers
considerably over one thousand persons, AT
has increased rapidly within the past few
months.
George Augustus Sala, the English jour
nalist and Traveller, who is to lecture here to-
night, arrived at the Palmer house yesterday,
aud last evening accorded interviews to
number OF newspaper men, all Of whom were
Impressed by their cordial reception.
lie possesses fewer Of those objectionable
features which Eng invariably pre-
sent 10 the American than any Brlon ! ever
saw. N.ne-tenths OF Queen Vics subjects
who come to America 10 lecture are super
cilous snobs, who look down upon their audi
ence vita i'll concealed contempt and ex.
press In manner il not in words their dislike
for the people although willing to
TAKE N THEIR DOLLARS.
But George Augustus has travelled so eN-
tensively tina, his good sense tells bin there
are other places AMI people a fully advanced
and rs civilized rs his own tight little island
and his couutrymen, and for ;Iis reason be
will fnG his audiences sympathetic. hearty
10 their praise AMI numerous In attendance
Americans like Irving rs an actor, but Sala
appeals 10 them as a man. and the fact that
Slla hasu't much use for Irving although
respecting his art, explains iu some degree
thc great difference between the men. Dis
covered by Dickens, Sala has many of the
great uovelist's characteristics, the humorous
and graphically descriptive powers of the
latter being possessed in equal degree bv the
latter. as his audience Of news gathcrer dis
covered last night. In conversation he is
bright, quick 10 speak, and forcible. with a
decidedly English accent, but with the tire
some drswl eliminated. II his lecture is
half So entertaining IS his conversation,
predict marked success for his tour
Pc itically Chicago is torn inside out, and
caudi lates for the spring election are thicker
than flies in August. Carter Harrison. dis
appointed in his zubsrnaiorial aspirations,
wants 20 be Logau's successor to the United
states senate; II he can't be senator he'd like
30 be r'-elect d mayor-not because he wants
the office, you know. but Just 70 spite the
id newspapers" He can't well Law hts
~irrs for the mayora'iy while the senatorshlp
remains in such unsettled condition With
out jeopardiziug bis own chances. and in the
meantime his enemies In Chicago
are bard al work undcrmin-
ing HIS strourho'ds in the different warss