St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-11
MIDST TIE MADDING THRoNG.

MIDST TIE MADDING THRONG.
The members of the First regiment, Mime
sofa National guard, now in camp at White
Bear, are most enthusiastic military men.
Ihey never tire of wearing the military
clothes with the padded shoulders, or turning
out ON parade to the manifest admiration of
every female observer along the line of
march. They not only love to appear in
military movements, but when asleep dream
OF military affairs, and, when two or three
are gathered together, talk on military sub
jects.
This enthusiastic devotion to military life
is most forcibly Illustrated at Camp Ruger.
The enthusiasts no sooner get into their tents
AFTER parade or seige of guard duty than
| they seat themselves about an improvised
table and begin military planning and con-
Versation over pack of ordinary playing
cards. They deal out the cards in single file
then double up and finally in platoons of FIVE
Each player takes charge of platoon and
selects the most serviceable military cards
and d1scards the raw recruits and makes a
verbal reQuiSltion Of the dealer for new card
soldiers.
Only one requisition is honored The men
in charge of the several card platoons wager
| that their individual platoons are the best at
the table Nearly every player has more or
| less couceit over his handful of card soldiers
and backs them with beans. After eyery-
body has become tired of betting at the good
Old army game, the players use such express
s1ons, by way of giving the relative standing
and merit OF their hands, as 1.-TWO pairs,'' "a
poo-talled flush" three kings "a
| straight" and "a full hand.''
| All of the players, being old soldiers. seem
to understand the rating in an instant, and
the man with the best drilled hand invariably
rakes in the beans. Looks do not go very far
IN the old army game, as player with three
kings, all in royal uniform, attended by two
jacks beftingiy att1red, has no chance with a
player who possesses an awkward squad of
| five little clubs in regular sequence.
Beans are evidently scarce in Fort Ruger.
and the military men are all partial to that
line of diet, as military player apparently
cares as much for single bean as the ordin-
| airy civilian cares for his life.
So
Cant take the risk said an insurance
agent.
do you mean to say remarked the appli-
| cant for an insurance policy, THAT cannot
take out policy in your company?'
| That's just what I said and just what I
mean," replied the insurance man. II am
| sorry, but will not knowingly run any COM
pany, which happen to represent, into bank
ruptcy. l am positive that heard you say
you lived at White Bear lake, did I not?"
II live at White Bear lake" remarked the
| applicant "bul what has that got to do with
! refusing my application
"a great deal continued the agent s'Aren't
| the members OF the first regiment in camp out
| there?''
'Certainly.''
Don't they indulge in target shooting?"
''Of course they do
'Weil, that's the reason we refuse vour sn-
| plication. No living resident OF White Bear
| Is safe while the soldiers are shooting at
target. Ii you can get them to shoot at you
as target we will insure your life, but as it
is shall have to refuse. Come in after the
| camp breaks up"
The every day watch with its tick is not
only very useful to the inhabitants of the
| civilized portion of the globe as means of
telling when they are hungry and when they
are sleepy, but it is also very generally used
| to determine the condition of the human ear
| whose imperfectiou is suspected.
| An accomplished aurist, whose reputation
| is not confined to st. Paul, told me recently
| that the ear in its normal condition can dis
| tiaguish the ticking of an ordinary watch
| several feet away, the test being made in a
| perfectly quiet room. He tests the hearing
| invariably by moving the watch to and from
the suspected member.
| ~
| It was his opinion that many people are
| gradually losing their hearing but the loss is
SO gradual that tits not appreciated, although
| the hearing is badly impaired. Many persons,
| he said come to him when not able to hear
| the ticking of watch more than several
inches removed from the ear, and were per-
| fectiy surprised when Informed that their
| hearing was badly impaired, the process tax
ing ten aud twelve years time to accomplish
| the given result.
| In general terms he intmated that anyone
| with watch could keep himself or herself
! pretty well posted as to the condition of the
ears by means of the watch. If the person
could hear it ticking when removed several
feet there was little question but that the
ears were in normal condition, but if not dis
tinguished until brought within ten or twelve
| inches of the ear, 1t would be a wise precau-
ton for the person so afflicted to consult a
physician.
s'The best dentist in St. Paul." exclaimed
one man to another.
lis he cheap?' asked the party addressed.
ST don't know anything about his prices,
but know that he is the best in the town.
While was up in his operating chair this
afternoon he touched a nerve. Well, the first
thing 1 knew everything grew green before
my eyes and / became very dizzy. He just
took the traps out of my mouth and gave me
big glass of whisky. He started to strap up
my mouth again when I said. Doctor, every
thing is getting green again, and in. a short
time had another drink. He's the best in
the town."
SIS that all you said, its getting green,
and he gave you drink?'' asked the second
man.
''That's all.''
''Well he is good dentist. Where did you
say his Office was located?"
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The residents of St. Cloud have not got
over the scare they experienced during the
late cyclone which visited that locality.
was talking with a resident of that place the
other day when he told me that twice since
the Cyclone the majority of grown people
living there fastened down into the cellar.