St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-12
STREET SAYINGS.

Since the postoffice robbery in Minneapolis
it is almost as much as ones life is worth to
ask person if they have got an extra postage
stamp about their old clothes. Nobody will
confess to carrying around an extra stamp
with them, and when man goes to a letter
box to drop in his mail, he keeps his mail
matter deep down in his pocket, and looks
scruhnizingly around to satisfy himself that
there are no detectives lurking in his vicinity
before he drops it in. 1t is
said that the wholesale dealers, who
use great many 1 and 2-cent
postolfice, buy their stamps ana stick them
in the presence OF the postOffics clerk. A
stranger went into Third street store Sat
urday and asked one of the proprietors if
he would sell him q 2-cent stamp as he wanted
to get letter into the early mail.
whats that?' said the storekeeper.
''Rave you got stamp. l want to -''
Say" hOwled the merchant, the color fly
ing to his cheeks, you jest screw right out
O here. You may be a pretty fly detective,
but you can't come any OF your funny bust
ness on me. If you think I've robbed a post
Office you are considerably Off of your ma
sorry. You jest screw right out O. here.''
The innocent fellow who wanted the stamp
skipped through the door, with an express
sion on his face that Indicated that he thought
he had run up against lunatic asylum.
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Last Saturday afternoon man stood under
the awning On the corner of Jackson and
Tenth streets. There was flush on his cheek
and blood in his eye. II can't see why they
run so many extra street cars out to the ball
game" said he to a bystander. There was
one went out only an hour ago and there
comes another one. I don't see why they
want to run the cars so near together for
shouidn think there would be any need of it.
Now look atthat car there's the whole top of
it empty. This street car company knows
how to accommodate a crowd better than
any other corporation that l know of. Why
in Chicago, st. Louis, Cincinnati or any of
those big cities, the street cars never think of
running to the ball grounds oftener than
once in ten Or fifteen minutes. and here they
rush them out at the rate of one an hour.
But then this is city of enterprise and push.
I'm going to wait and go out or the next car.
All 1 care about is to see the last half OF the
ninth inning
St. Paul has the prettiest girls in the uni
verse, and they never show to better ad-
vantage than when they appear on the streets
dressed i'll the sweetest of sweet summer
| costumes of white. There is one item of
dress, however. that the st. Paul girl quite
overlooks, and upon this point she needs
stirring up. She is too apt to dress the upper
portion of her body exquisitely and allow her
feet to look loose and clumsy. "A neat-fitting
dress of muslin and lace worn by pretty
girl makes ravishing picture, but when the
dress is SO short that it reveals pair of St.
Paul feet bound in calf and the calf two sizes
larger than the foot it has a tendency to
knock all the romance out of the on-loOker
OF course the girl can't help it if her foot is
large, but she rob it of its unsightliness
by dressing it in perfectly fitting shoe that
won't slip at the heel every time she takes a
step. Some girls noticed on the streets, look
as though they had stepped into couple of
street cars and walked right down town, for
getting to get out.
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Manager Barnes Of the ST. Paul ball club
has two pug dogs that show wonderful de-
gree of sagacity. One of them he has trained
to perform several tricks, and she obeys his
word with the understanding of a child. This
dogs name is Nellie, and there is q vein of
sentiment and pathos running through her
makeup that is truly wonderful. This is evil
deaced by the fact that when Barnes attempts
to sing, which he does frequently when alone,
Nell will set up piteouS bowling and keep it
up until her masters voice grows quiet. The
other dog would do the same thing, but he is
old and totally deaf.
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The dashing young men of the city who do
not have the honor of belonging to the militia
return from the camp at White Bear and go
around the streets looking as though they
wanted to pull house down. The reason of
this unhappy mood is that, they stand no
snow with the girls at the lake, who have eye
for none but the uniformed warriors so busily
engaged fighting imaginary foes. The blue
pants and brass buttons ara TOO much for the
susceptible hearts of the little darlingS, and
their tall, graceful forms are made objects of
worship by the fair ones. 1t is currently re-
ported that some of the warriors are so tall
and graceful that when they are on guard in
the evening it is hard to distinguish them
from their rifles 1t is also abroad that a few
evenings ago lake belle, skirmishing around
the camp ground in search of her ''mash, in
her blind infatuation caught up Winchester
rifle, pressed it to her bosom, thinking it was
her dear guard and didn't discover her mis-
take until she had kissed the barrels.
The Late Mrs. Stees.
Mrs. Lydia G. SteeS, relict of the late Rem