St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-11-04

aid in bringing him to realizing: sense
of his wickedness. frequently the.
mayor is called upon to settle trifllng
disputes between parties who have be-
come embrOiled over some matter of
honor or business. Such case occurred
not long ago in which the disputants
were the proprietreSs of house of
shady repute and her housekeeper, the
wrangle being over matter of salary
due the the latter. A third party ac-
companied them to see that the case
was fairly laid before his honor. 1t is
needless to say that the mayor refused
to act in the matter, informing them
that his was not collection Office,
whereupon the trio left in high dud-
geOn.
The Office of the board of public
worksis beseiged;by men who think they
have new inventions surprising any
thing ever before discovered. A man
who recently appeared in the office
with his clothes in muddy condition,
| giving the impression that he had STUN.
+ bled in the street, wanted to know why
b the public should be put to so much in
convenience by the street cars when so
|1simple a remedy was at hand. He had
E,been riding on car, and in getting off
f,had been thrown down in the street,
I running his clothes. He wanted to
know why the tracks could not be laid
! ALONG THE CUTTERS.
step from the curb, thus: avoiding the
necessity of going out in the mud to get
| on; and off car. 1t was suggested to
+ him that the patrons might net always
4 wish to 90 business on the side of the
i street on which the cars ran, and that
+ wagons and other vehicles had to stop
, along the pavement to discharge their
floads, and that it would put them to a
great deal of trouble to stop in the
i middle of the street. He could not see.
! the point; he was sure that there were
4 more people riding on street cars than
on wagons and other vehicles, and
when he left the office, assured that his
| plans could not be put in operation, he
| was threatening to move to some other
town, where people were more reason
able. 49,
The city hospital also affords great
field for the operation of the crank. He
puts in an appearance with particular
brand OF soap that he wants introduced,
not that his wares could lay claim to
any extra quality, but from the fact that
he had the personal acquaintance of
some particular official. The hospital
beds also challenge the inventive pow
ers OF the crank. and plans upon plans
for beds that can be made to perform
every imaginable service are submitted.
among them beds that can be changed
into tables, chairs and even bath tubs.
A model bed was sent into the hospital
which was a sort of combination fold
ing bed and barber chair. 1t was in
tended for the use of very weak pa
| tients, and its merit lay in the fact that
by the movement of lever it could be
turned up on end, thus allowing the
patient to slide gently Oh his feet with
out eXertion, and by a reverse motion
the patient could be again laid III bed
without being Jared OF strained.
| The citizen who enters the quarters of
a city official On business is 0ftentimes
not met as cordially as he would wish,
and it is not to be wondered at that the
faithful public servant occasionally
loses his good disposition, from the
| number of foolish questions he is
obliged to answer daily, but it is dollars
| to doughnuts that when the sensible
business man finds city official ill
| tempered he has been but recently Wis
tied by some of these cranks. "a, -.