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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
The Goose Egg in Courtship.

Cincinnati Enquirer.
A decidedly romantic little story,
which is strictly true. has been the
source of much talk for the good peo-
pie of Lawrenceburg. Near that town
lives Miss Cora Huntington, bright
and pretty young girl, who, like a
worthy daughter, assists her father on
his farm. Some time ago Miss Cora
was helping her father pack eggs for
shipment. In spirit of fun she wrote
her name. age and address on a goose
egg. The young lady forgot all about
the incident, but in three or four weeks
was surprised to receive letter from a
gentleman connected with a produce
commission house in Boston, Mass. He
told her that the egg upon which she
had written her name came into his
possession. In concluding his letter
the BoStOnian gave his name and ref
erenceS and asked Miss Huntington to
correspond. The girl accepted the
proposition. In short time photo
graphs were exchanged, and lately it is
known that the goose egg has resulted
in an enlightenment, and wedding will
shortly come Off. The Boston gentle
man has been West to see his intended,
ana he finds her exactly his ideal. 1t is
SAID by those who know that the match
will be a good one for both. There is,
however, some danger that marriage
able girls will all follow the example of
Miss Huntington and write their names
on goose eggs, since that course has
brought her a husband.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
To the Experienced Traveller
the Car Is a NeceS-
sity,
To the Greenhopn a Luxury
That Could Be Dispensed
With.
The Troublesome Old Lady
and the Awful, Howling
Baby.
Tips for the Porter, and the
Conductors Unhappy
Life.

One of the most peculiar phases of
life is that led 10y sleeping car con-
ductors and the sable gentleman who
wears the pOrter's badge. The sleeper
is a school of object teachings, and the
lessons never fail to reveal new charac-
teristicS of human nature. Petulance
seems to be born in nine-tenths of the
people the moment they enter the
palace cars. At first this greatly dis
tresses the conductor, but as time goes
on he becomes so used to it that an
act of courtesy by passenger fills him
with wonder, but at the same time
holds his faith in human nature.
There is something about the atmos-
phere of the sleeping car that COM
pletely changes the character of men
and women. On terra tirma they may
be courteous, kind and free from all OBJ
nOxious qualities, but in the sleeper all
this is changed, and tault-inding
spirit seiZeS the passenger.
The life of sleeping car conductor
or porter is not without its pleasures,
however. While the salaries paid them
by the company are far below the av-
erage, still they manage to pick
up good many dollars each
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
WHERE IT COMES IN.

month, and some of them have
grown comfortably well off. The
porters, however, fare better in the
matter of ''tips," and. were they econ
Omical. could of certainty grow rich.
1t is very poor night when the porter
of a sleeper ON one of the principle lines
does not make So. This, added to the
small salary paid him by the company,
should give him an income of from s175
to 5000 a month. The cOlOred brother is
not, as rule. provident man. The
present. and not the future, is good
enough for him. Fine clothes and
handsome jewelry is what his heart
yearns for, and in the ball room, sur
rounded by dusky bellies, the man who
insists upon backing your shoes while
you sleep and brushing your clothes
when you awake is seen in all his glory.
In the car many strange things hap
pen. Children are born and people die.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
Worked Both Ways.
ALBANY journal.


A good story is told of an actor who
recently paid visit to CohOes. He had
only s. to reach home, and the thought
struck him that if he could get someone
to bet with him he might obtain the de-
sired amount. He entered a saloon kept
by an Irishman. told him his plight, say
ing he wanted to make a bet. "All
right said the bartender, who had Just
purchased ham, IN bet you 1.5O
that you can't carry this ham across the
street and back again without laying it
down." The bet was promptly ac-
cepted, and the actor seized the ham
by the string, walked acress the street
and back, and laid the ham on the
floor. you've lost" said the Irish
man. ''yOu laid the ham down; but
here comes a friend of mine and you
can get event. The friend readily bit
at the bait. He seized the ham, walked
across the street and back, and hung the
ham on hook thus winning the stakes.
1t is not known whether the actor has
reached his destination yet.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
MASTER AND REAPERS

The master called to his reapers:
make scythe and sickle keen,
And bring me the grain from the uplands,
And the grass from the meadows green;
And from off the mist-clad Marshes
Where the salt waves fret and foam,
Ye shall gather the rustling sedges
To furnish the harvest home"
Then the laborers cried: so master,
We will bring thee the yellow grain
That waves on the windy hillside,
And the tender grass from the plain;
But that which springs on the marshes
Is dry and harsh and thin,
Unlike the sweet field grasses,
So we will not gather 1t in"
But the master said: ''Oh, foolish!
For many a weary day,
Through storm and drouth We have labored
For the grain and the fragrant hay.
The generous earth is fruitful,
And breezes of summer blow
Where these, in the sun and the deWs Of
heaven,
Have ripened soft and slow.
sBut out on the wide, bleak marshland
Hath never pillow been set,
And with rapine and rage of hungry waves
The shivering soil is wet
There flower the pale green sedges;
And the tides that ebb and flow,
And the biting breath Of the sea wind,
Are the only care they know.
'They have drunken Of bitter waters,
Their food hath been sharp sea sand,
And yet they have yielded harvest
Unto the masters hand.
So shall ye all, o reapers,
Honor them now the more,
And garner in gladness, with songs OF praise,
The grass from the desOlate Shore
Zoo Dana upderhiQ in HaIper's Monthly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
SHORT SAYINGS.

Woman TO tramp)-How's the soup?
Tramp-'Taint quite strong enough,
ma'am. wish you would wash a few
more dishes in it.-EpOch.
DemOcrat-What has the tariff got to
do with your wages, anyhow?
Stranger-If it wasn't for the tariff
wouldn't get any wages at all.
Demoerat-ROt! What's your bust
ness, anyway?
Stranger-Fm a campaign orator.
Lowell Citizen.
"What did you find in the pockets?'
inquired Mrs. Harkthunder, anXiOusly.
There was small hymn book" said
the coroner, together with a handker-
chief, some postage stamps, a few tracts
OH total abstinence"
at wasn't the colonel" exclaimed
the Kentucky lady, greatly relieved
'he's probably coming Oh the next
boat. "-Chicago Tribune.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
on HIS GOOD BEHAVIOR.

as elsewhere. Many articles are left in
the seats by absent-minded passengers.
Robberies sometimes occur, and once in
a great while a murder is reported.
The greatest trouble experienced by the
conductor and his porter is in caring for
aged people, especially old women and
cOuntrymen. As a rule old folks do not
sleep sOundly even in their own beds.
When in the midst of strange and I'M
usual surroundings repoSe is almost an
impOsSibility.
They require constant attendance. As
an example, the story is told of the old
lady who for two mortal hours in the
dead of night kept the rest of the pass
engers awake by constantly eXclaiming
plaintively: ''0h, dear; am so thirsty
Oh, dear. how do want some waterr'
Finally some passenger whose patience
had become exhausted called out: port
er, in heavens name bring that woman
a glass of water and let us go to Sleep"
The water was brought to the old lady,
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LUXURY.
is rather slow torture, equaled only by
death by fire. The rasping sound,
mOnotOnOus III tone. finally becomes so
exasperating that thoughts of murder
enter into the soul. Then comes the
determination to escape by suicide. The
snOrer can cause more genuine agony to
the square inch than aught else in the
sleeper.
To the extensive traveller the sleeping
car is source of luxury. He can usually
sleep as well in the car as elsewhere.
To the 100000 travelling statesmen of the
United States the sleeping car service Is
of ineStimable good. 1t could not now
be dispensed with. One of the features
of the sleeping cars which goes far
toward making them popular is the alb
soute cleanliness of the bed linen and
berthS. The toilet rooms are cOnven-
fences that make the morning awaken
ing luxury.
Thousands of strange incidents are
told by the conductor and porter, and
many novelists and playwrights have
laid the scenes of ludicrOus incidents in
the sleeper. HOwells' One-act drama,
"A Sleeping Car Idyl," is perhaps the
cleverest bit of railroad satire in print.
The articles found in sleeping cars
are sent to the general offices of the
company. Here they are held for a per-
iod of three months. or if very valuable,
are advertised and held for much
longer period. The salary of conductors
and pOrters is very small, considering
the constant risk they assume. The
conductor receives salary OF $50 a
month and the porter $40.
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obtain a sway over the mightiest mon
arch that his queen can never hope to
attain.
All of which proves that hearts are
trumps.
1t is not easy to comprehend how
Helen, that ever-pOpular heroine of
! NEUROLOGICAL tale, could have accom-
pliShed all that she is accredited with
in the way of stirring up Mess, and
still not have been an actress. There
Is no proof, however, that she was not
an amateur on the hiStrionic boards, for
most women who have subjugated the
will of rulers have been actresses or
their cousins, singers or dancers.
1t is the fashion when moraling over
the amiable shortcomings of the beauti-
full Nell Gwynn, the gifted favorite of
King Charles, or of Lola MOnteZ, or of
any Of the hundred other proxy queens
of by-gOne times, to round off the lesson
with: But that sort of thing can't take
place now. MOnarchs have given over
frivOlity and settled down to sanity.
mechanical existence"
But they haven't. The Prince of
Wales, England's future ruler. is not
the only royalty whose peccadilloes are
numerous and scandalous.
The fashionable world across the
water is all agog over the love af-
fairs of the two emperors, Joseph of
Austria and William of Germany.
Singularly enough. both these poten-
tateS are enamored over beauties who
not many years ago were singing in the
same comic opera company in New
York.
About five years ago two plump and
very pretty young women arrived in
New York under engagement to Helm
rich COnreid, at the Thalia theater
They were Kathie Schratt and Sophie
Pferdner. Kathie, the elder, was a
young woman of weIl-rounded figure. a
stately presence and a winning smile.
She became great favorite and set
dudedOm crazy. He coming was her
aided by blare of trumpets and she
drew humping good salary, and laid
Tiffany under tribute, indirectly.
Sophia Pferdner was even prettier
than Kathie, but she occupied a more
modest position in the company, being
merely chorus girl. She was an eX-
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He Was Satisfied.

Detroit Free Press.
The officer at the Third street depot
found two men jawing yesterd y, and
after sending one away said to the
other:
You are foolish to get up wrangle
here"
but he threatened to hit me on the
snOutr' protested the stranger.
''Yes, but what do you care"'
u don't care about his threat, but it
was his language. Iprotest against the
term 'snoutn"
HE meant nose, l presume"
81 presume so, but why didn't he say
so? That'Swhat | was asking him, and
that's what l want to know. He could
have Just as we'll told me in quiet,
genteel way that he would hit me in the
nose. and he might have even hit me-"
"Well, you'd better let him alone"
He didn't, though. He slipped away
and renewed the controversy, and ten
minutes later he came back with his
nose knocked into the middle of last
week and one eye closing.
Il told you" said the officer. Are
YOU satisfied nOw?"
Il am, sir. It's snotu, and mighty
bad One.
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When the SHERRY War; started out
upon the road Sophie and Kathie went
with the company, but Sophie departed
at Chicago, clipping with Fred De Bell
vile, who was then member of the
Union Square company.
After month or two of bliss, Sophie
ran away from De Bellville and sailed
for Europe, whete she was apparently
lost in the shuttle, until now the news
comes over that she went to Berlin,
where young Prince William became
infatuated with her, and permitted her
to obtain complete sway over him.
This was year ago, and the Emperor
William and Bismarck did notrelish the
influence that the ex-chorus girl had
gained over the price, so one day the
chief of police called upon Sophie, and
she was most CALAMITY escorted over
the frontier, and admonished to set
foot on her native land no more. But
the scene had shifted. The aged monarch
has been gathered to his fathers, and
Crown Prince Frederick, after playing
the role of emperor for brief three
months, has followed in the footsteps
of his illustrious parent, and Prince
William is now emperor of Germany
and master OF his own actions.
So it transpires that the embargo is
taken off the lovely Sophie, and she
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
A WAYSIDE CALVARY.
The carven Christ hangs gaunt and grin

The carven Christ hangs gaunt and grim
Beneath his blue Picardian skies,
And piteous, perchance, TO him
Seems every man that lives and dies.
Here, hid from hate of alien eyes,
Two hundred Prussians sleep, they say,
Beneath the cross whose shadow lies
Athwart the road to Catelet.
Mid foes they slumber unafraid,
Made whole by Death, the cunning leech,
And near the long white roadway laid,
By his cold arms, beyond all reach
Of "Heimweh" pangs or strangers speech ;
OF curse or blessing naught reck they,
Of SHOWS that hide nor SIMS that bleach
The dusty road to Catelet.
OF garlands laid or blossoms spread
The Prussians' sun-scorched mound lies
bare;
But thin grass creeps above the dead,
And pallid peoples futter fair.
And fling their drowsy treasures there
Beneath the symbol, stark and gray,
That hath the strangers in ita care
Beside the road to Catelet.
Atlantic.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
LOVES HOPE.

My love, unfed with hope, fear would die:
But hope it finds, though thou repulse it
still
And turn 1t from thee with unmoved will.
In its own vital force, sprung from thine eye,
It's fire can ne'er lack fuel whilst thou art BY,
Who, although unconsumed, feed'st 1t
the more
Each breath thou drawest as though
thou still did,st pour
Upon its flames the oil of sympathy.
And added hope in this my love doth find,
That though thou'lt have it not as yet
thy heart
Has not been stirred by other heart to
love:
For till ii has, beloved, bond shall bind
To mine thy soul no force has strength
part,
Forged as itiSs py unseen hands above!
John N. Cameron.
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thirsty! was so thirsty!" This she
kept up for an hour, when nature as
serted itself and the old lady slept. So
did the others.
Children are sources of great annoy
ance to the conductors. They need
constant watching least they reach the
platform unperceived. Babies are the
terror of the sleeper. Not yonr baby,
of course, gentle reader. but the other
woman's baby. When the tiny mortals
lift up their voices in the dead of night
the sound that comes from those infant
lie lungs is more terrible than the war
whoop of the Commache or the gruf
commands of the masked train robber.
Another nuisance is the man who
snores. 1t does not shock the nerves or
make the hair stand on end as does the
first bloOd-curdling howl of the baby. 1t
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
A Story About Miss Endicott.

Town Topics:
A curious bit of Washington gossip
applies to Miss EndicOtt. This young
lady, it is said, has never been seen in
one of the decOllette costumes pre-
scribed for the feminine full dress, and
the reason for this is given in the fact
that she carries on one shoulder and arm
one of those curious birthmarks known
as wine stains. Even the Chamberlain
engagement, according to gossip, was
broken off, if it was ever made, on this
account, since this physical blemish of
ed her figuring in full dress at the court
and diplomatic ceremOnials the Hon. Joe
would have to take part in.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
Wonderful shooting by DR.. Carver
Pittsburg Dispatch.

Pittsburg Dispatch.
DR.. W. F. Carver yesterday performed
the most remarkable feat in shooting at
Exposition park ever witnessed. DR..
Carver made bet of 800 with Adam
Forepaugh, Jr., that he would break six
balls thrown into the air simultaneously
before they fell to the ground. The
shooting was done with a Spencer re-
peating rifle in the presence of few
invited guests. DR.. Carver had not the
slightest trouble in performing the
feat, repeating it four times in success
sion. The doctor was not satisfied with
this. but threw up seven balls at once,
all of which he perforated before they
fell TO the ground.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
No Safety Anywhere.

Chicago Tribune.
''AbsalOm," remarked Mrs. Rambo,
II see by the papers that a tobacco ware
house in Pennsylvania was struck by
lightning yesterday, and the same thing
happened to saloon in Montana the
day before. These were not mere acct
dents, Absalom, and had your personal
habits l should begin to think seriously
of reforming"
''How can Ireform?" said Mr.. Rambo,
in an injured tone. ''Since Brother
MOody's church was struck by lightning
I've been afraid to go to church."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
Setting Him Dead to Rights.
New York World.

NCW
"If the great army of wage-workers in
this country will not protect them
selves" says Mr.. Blaine, ''there is no
other power that can protect Them"
Right you are, Mr.. Blaine! The wage
workers understand this, and are organ
izing in unions and other associations
for mutual protection. A tariff that
leaves labor on the free list and taxes
necessities Al per cent never benefited
workingmen.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
Must Make a Showing.

Epoch.
Old gentleman Ito little boy fishing on
Sunday)-Won't your parents be very
angry when they learn that you have
been fishing on the Sabbath day?
Little Boy-They will you stand there
much longer botherin' me, an scarin'
the fish. I've had bad luck so far, an
eV'ry minnit counts.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
Stricken While in Harness.

Pawtucket Or. ~ Tribune.
The noble self-sacrifice and aggressive
push of the journalist in furnishing the
world with full and exact knowledge
of the events of the day and the condi-
ton of the human race is well exempli-
fed in the brave and hopeful special
correspondent of the New York World.
He has been struck down by the merci-
less ravager. All will wish that the
plucky reporter will be spared to more
intimately acquaint us with the havoc
made in the yellow-fever districts.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07
once more 1eigns as left-handed en-

once more Ieigns as left-handed en-
press of Germany.
Of Kathie Schratt, ex-star of the
ITALIA company, little remains to be
said. She drifted to Vienna, where
Emperor Joseph saw her play. and be-
came enraptured. She has since that
moment twirled that taciturn monarch
round her finger, and lived in regal
splendor.
1t may not be good to be a pretty
chorus girl and subjugate emperors,
but it is magnificent, and nothing sue
ceeds like success.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07

QulSlle Creature, all
pink and white, with
masses of fair wavy
hair, and such a fig
ure. The dudes used
to scratch one another
in quarrels over her.
They lavished the
wealth of their passion
upon her and adored
the very ground she
walked upon.
She was given a
small part, as the
Lieutenant in the
"MefrY War;" and
made a great success
in the part. 1t gave
her a chance to show
her form to the best
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07

These prices are the same as last year
with the exceptions that Willow and
Hooking coal are % cents cheaper.
Coal will probably go to $40 ton again
which includes the price of delivery.
If the Duluth supply NOW our source)
falls short of the demand and it is
necessary to transport it from Chicago.
the additional cost of transportation will
add another fifty cents to the price of
coal before the winter is over"
Haas Brothers, butchers, said:
''Pork will be higher this year on ac-
count of the excess Of demand over sup
ply. Although there is profit in the
doing of it, the farmers will not raise it
and hence its increased cost. Beef,
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AGAINST The POOR.
The Rise Of Wheat Affects
Food Staples and Prices
Move Up.
Living Expenses This Winter
Will Be Higher Than
Last Year.
Flour, Bread, Butter, Eggs
and Pork Approach the
Line of LuXuPieS.
a European War Would Still
Further Initiate Already
High Values.
Interviews With st. Paul Mer-
chants on the Coming
Prices of Food.

September wheat sold at 50; OctOEer
above a dollar; December, from Sl.04 to
Sl.OS; short crops at home, short crops
abroad; rumOrs of war and a general
advance in the price of cereals and of
many of the necesSarieS. ''Old Hutch'
three millions ahead; Cudahy, Bloom,
Fletcher, and the lesser gamblers well
prOtected-but what of the poor?
1t is doubtful, if, in the speculative
whirl of the past ten days, many have
thought of the poor, or those whose
means feel keenly any sudden advance
on the market, of prices.
The upper classes, well fed, breathing
an atmosphere of comfortable selfish
ness, and having no need to think of
the morrow, have scarcely appreciated
that within ten days, living expenses in
st. Paul have been advanced nearly
two dollars a week for every family of
two moderately well-Off, and that from
the poor chose without particular
means), many of the ordinary commOd-
tiles have been cut off entirely. In this
form the fact is not so striking as in the
following: Take A, who receives a
salary of 500 a month and has wife
to support. His monthly expenses be-
fore the advance of prices would be, on
the average this:
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-07

dime now sells at two for dime.
This is rather high living for people
of small incomes. 1t is expensive to eat
eggs at cent and a half or 2 cents
apiece or butter at 2 cents an ounce.
The necessity cOsfrOntS the ecOnOmiZer
of doing without or reducing his saw
ingS.
The market prices of 1857 (Oct. y and
those of 1888 same date are worthy of
cOmDariSOn at this time.