St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-10-28
Minnesota
POstOmce
Inspector.

POstOffice years of service in this
department have been
Inspector. passed on the cars,
and | want to remark
that in no place where duty or pleasure
calls me do feel so safe as in Sleep
| ing-car. At home a burglar may enter
and rob or murder me as | sleep; upon
the street | may be run down and killed
by any one of the fast-moying vehicles;
my hotel may burn, or | may fall vic
tim to the desire for vengeance Of some
one whom / may have placed behind
| behind prison bars. But on Pullman
l take practically but one chance-the
possibility of wreck-and | have never
been in one or passed through one in all
my years OF travel. The sleeper has
two good SentinelS to watch over me as
| sleep, and Eve come to consider that
these palace car employees are as
nearly absolutely honest as any class of
people on earth. Time and time again
small handfuls of silver have fallen
from my pockets upon the ear floor as
lay asleep, and in every instance the
money has been gathered up and re-
turned to me. I'll take a sleeping-car
for safety before a hotel, the open
street, or even my own house, every
time.
Third Street People have no idea
what mucf-abuSed
Drug Clerk. class of workers are
the drug clerks. They
have to spend years studying chemistry
and other branches connected with the
pharmaceutical profession, and after
they go to work what do they get? The
answer is-preciOus little. Aside from
the small compensation allowed us for
our services. there are the long hours
and Sunday work. | rarely work less
than thirteen hours a day, and am re-
quired to work even harder on the sew
enth day of the week than the first. Be-
sides filling prescriptions and serving
customers with other articles in the line
carried by the trade, | am kept on the
run to the soda fountain. The drug
clerks generally have but really little
time to enjoy the good things of this
life, and after serving many years in
the business can truthfuily say that
there is little in it. The salaries paid
years ago were better than now, but
even then it was not a lucrative profess
sion. The cause of the present low sal
aries is the large accesSionS to the ranks
of the medicine-miXerS year after year.
They are being turned out of the col
legeS of pharmacy in drOyes every year,
and when beginning do not object to
working for low wages. The cOnSe-
quence of this is that the salaries Of the
old timers have to come down, as the
owners of the drug stores do not care
about paying more than they can avoid.
A Bartender's Did yon ever think
how very much talk is
Opinion. hurled at bartender?
He has to listen TO all
kinds of people talking OH all kinds of
subjects. Frequent drinking makes
glib tongue, and matters that might be
regarded as state secrets outside the
pale of the bar room are there discussed
with shocking lack of reserve. The
funny part of it is that the bartender is
taken seriously into the discussion,
and his opinions are treated as of great
respect and authority by persons who,
when sober, have no cOmpanionship
with the mixer of drinks. Think of
man taking his business affairs, his
family affairs, his love affairs to be
submitted to the Judgment of bar
tender, and you will have in mind what
actually happens very, very often.
Place a white-aproned man behind
whisky bar, and he becomes, in many
instances. the leader in thought and eX-
preston of those who exchange money
for drinks over the two feet of walnut
board that separates them. And this
explains, in measure. the vast inf1u-
ence of saloons in politics.
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A Seventh A mar in my bust
ness has an 0ppOrtu-
Street Under nifty to learn how much
superstition there is in
taker. the world and among
people of intelligence.
On our summons to the house of
death we hear every day about the
death tick in the wall, the bowling dog,
the broken looking glass, and the many
uncanny dreams that preSage death.
The aversion to a hearse is general. 1t
is not exactly proper to drive hearse
to the door of the deceased until it is
needed. and while waiting the proper
time what all experience the driver has.
If he stops in the shade to rest his
horses, some one comes out and orders
him away with every sign of agitation.
A coffin. to be sure, is not pleasant
object. | believe that flowers are going
out of style. This is due to the fact
that the display at funerals ran into
such extravaganza that it became bur-
den upon persons of slender purses.
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