St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-06

ton by H., 81. Lawrence river. Stannafd
is not a Canadian. but he is great student
of the past and takes great pleasure III nos
ing around anything that happens 10 be
muSty and ancient. this Is why he TOOK a
vacation in The Gibraltar of Canada. He
comes home with strange stories on his
tongue and tells of many things that hap
pened TO him while there, which are inter
esting and amusing. He hired horse and
carriage at a livery stable that had French
name over the door. and started to drive
through the city. The horse stopped at a
trough to drink and when he had finished
Stannard tried to get him to move ahead,
but be refused to go.
Get upr' howled Stannard. but the horse
switched his tail and gave evidences Of fail
ing asleep.
Go on" yelled Stannard. and he ac-
cOmpanied his admOnitiUn with sharp cut
of the whip. But the horse refused to move
The driver was cudgeling his brain for
some device to make the horse move when
a street gamin ran by in hot pursuit OF a
companion. When near the horse the boy
cried: ''Marchand! Marchand!" and i'm
mediately the horse pricked up his ears and
started off on a brisk trOt. After that when
StannaId had occasion to start the horse he
could read ly do so by saying in low, per-
suasive tones. ''march on, march on!'
While looking over the French quarter
OF the town he stepped into a cafe one
night. and seating himself at one Of the
round tables, called for two rolls and cup
of hot water The waiter looked at him a
minute curiOuSly. and went slowly into the
kitchen in a meditatVe mood. with his
towel over his shoulder. He soon returned
with a cup filed with dark coored liquid,
which he placed on the table. Stannard
lasted it and found that it was good, Old
Canadian whisky. OF course, the taste
sickened him. and taking the cup away
from his mouth with an expression of dis
gust on his face, he said: That amt what
! wanted
Its the hottest thing we've got in the
shape of water" repi ed the waiter.
''All right" said Stannard, IF that's the
case I'll try and stomach it.
When he went to pay his bill he found
that it was cents. Two cents apiece for
the hot rolls and cents for the ''hot
wafer" He had ten-cent piece and
passed it to the cashier. who didn't have 5
cents in change. Never mind" said
Stannard III take another cup of that
hot water and call it square"
Trouble Over EXcurSIODiStS.
All the roads are selling tickets for a first
class excursion to California via the Atchi-
son, Topeka & Santa Fe railroad, leaving
Kansas Lity at 1910 a. H., Nov. Is. The
eXcursOnistS VII be allowed to stop the
following Saturday at Las Vegas. and to
spend Sunday at the ancient city Of
Santa Fe The tickets are good for
six months and are sold for 500 the round
trip from Kansas City. and $50 from st.
Paul. From Kansas City to Los Angeles
the fare for sleeper Is S11.50. Just at
present there is a right lively fight on be-
tween the AtchiSOn. Topeka q Santa Ee
and the Union Pacific roads over the Cali
fornia passenger traffic. and there is liable
to be a sad decentralization in rates before
it is ended. 1t was agreed by these roads
some time ago to run regular excursions to
California. charging So for the round trip
from the Missouri river for parties of not
less than fifty. 1t is claimed that the Santa
Fe road violated this agreement and took
parties of less than fifty at these rates.
This naturally enraged the Union Pacific,
and it:~"ps up and says that it will sell
single ti,kets with st0p-Oyer privileges, good
to return. for $50. and announce an eXcur-
sion to leave Omaha Nov. 10. three days
earlier than the Santa Fe excursion leaves
1t is predicted that this action will result in
a general reduction of round trip rates be-
tween the Missouri river and California
and the reduction may be applied to single
trip tickets. 1t is the general verdict that
the people can stand it il the roads can.