St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-08
MIDST THE MADDING THRONG.

MIDST THE MADDING THR0NG.
Real estate men are the greatest takers Of
"shop'' in the world. Tney never weary of
discussing the market, the probable location
Of some reported industry IN
and the effect such location RI
will have on adjacent land. ssEs-@
Stories, showing how a GER a M9dA
tain unnamed party made an 4 &%I
investment, how it increased Ia "S&&p N
in value, and finally how he Fl ENAAN,gA
sold and retired with COM ~ WAALJ
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Portable fortune, are con- Ia ETZXA \ ;
stantiy on the tips of their ia 5M.HM /
tongues. Never a word do s1s ny | =
they utter of the many who "a ~ nj
have invested and lost. Such Il y Al
remarks would be rank IA = mN3
treason, and real estate menESl-eEag ~ w w
may be everything else, butcIs1,.A. 49, s
they are not traitors.
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They are quick to see a point, whether of
advantage or disadvantages. They emphasize
the former and ignore the latter. They are
jealous of the good name and fair fame of the
city in which they are doing business,
and feel most keenly anything Of a derogatory
character which gets out about their adopted
home. Let the published death rate show
that the city stands at the foot of the list, the
real estate men are detected. They see col
lapse of the real estate boom. But let the
city's death rate head the list and the late de-
jected individuals are flying high.
They never will admit that the market is
quiet. Some large deal Or deals are always
on hand, either in fact imagination, and
they intimate that they know a great deal
which they are not at liberty to tell.
st. Paul real estate men are no exceptions
to the general rule.
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real estate man who will give fair and
impartial opinion on real estate matter is
rare specimen. He does only when he rests
on his death-bed or is about to retire from
business.
One of the latter class was talking the other
day about the fallacy of making money out of
real estate by simply buying it and then wait
ing for it to increase in value. It's a delu-
sion,'' he continued. Real estate has
wrecked as many people as it has made
wealthy, and perhaps more. 1t is certainly
the case in st. Paul, although many have
made their everlasting fortunes out of it.
investments Everybody hears of the fort
unes that have been made. Nobody knows
of the fortunes that have been lost. No sensi-
BILE real estate man will advise his young
friend to invest in unimproyed property and
then wait for it to become valuable
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Two little girls were playing. Some disa-
greement occurred, wherat the visitor an
nounced her Intention of going home and
never making another call.
AZ don't tare,' exclaimed the little host
ess''
''Tl tell my papa an he'll tome over an
whip you,'' voiced the little visitor while she
backed out OF the yard.
81 dess my papa's bigger an yours
she amt neither. My papa gets dunk; OATS
more'n yours can do. Hey NTH smarty.''
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Once upon q time the Fargo (Dak) Argus
found 1t necessary to issue paper without
line of telegraph. storm raging and pre-
venting telegraphc connection. 1t was the
issue of April 10, 1880. Above a two line an
nouncement, to the effect that the telegraph
wires were then down and no news was re-
ceived, was the following display head: Milky
What are the wild winds saying? Saying sister
to theey When the night is rough and breezy, in
screams they come to me.-Sonny, them winds
is bus iness and the words what they say is
these: we've squabbled your burned air wire,
and nary dispatch can you squeeze.-Sister,
I hear them calling in yowls fiom the dark
ness and gloom, we're hunting the blamed
old country over in search of that John Sher-
man m.-Bubby, don't give me racket!
they won't try to find what they can't; tits
the voice OF the great double certain which
says "bet your last chip on Grant
THE ONLoOKER.