St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-09-26
SAINT PAUL.
CHIT CHAT CORNER.

CHIT CHAT CORNER.
Idle Convicts---Test Of Eggs---Yel-
I0wstone Marvels - Farmers
RObbed---No Calendars Printed
---Increased AcreaGe---Adulter-
ated Milk.
Warden Stord0ck was visitor at the
capitol yesterday. what ABOUT Tue
birds, y replied the warden to an III
terrOgatiOn. ''why they are playing
poker and generally enjoying them
selves" He urged the adoption OF the
state-accOunt system, and did not at all
favor cOnvicts being allowed to spend
their time in idlenesS. The state
had spent about 4 quarter of million
of dollars in providing a plant for con-
Wet labor under the contract system,
and some method should be introduced
whereby this could be utilized and EN-
ployment provided for cUnvicts. 1t was
matter to be decided upon at once.
Mr.. c. S. Fee, of the Northern Pa
cific road, has just returned from the
coast. and while at Yellowstone Park
he saw the Excelsior geyser in opera
ton. He describes it as the most INFER
eSting sight me ever witnessed. Inc
geySer has not been working for sew
eral years. He says that ont OF an I'M
menSe crater there aScendS, 10 height
of 400 feet. pillar of boiling hot water,
accompanied by terrible bowling and
roaring. and immense clouds of steam.
In the midst of this column of water
large rocks. three or four feet in diane
ter, are thrown to a great height. The
sight of this watery volcano, he says,
causes one to think Of the bott0mleSs
pit.
''There has been enough money stolen
from the farmers of this state to pave
hades with gold" remarked Ignatius
DOnnelly to Erie Olson, who had an
ch0red his chair in close proximity to
that of the sage. at the Merchants last
evening. Yes" was the rejoinder, land
am going to speak to John L. Gibbs
the next time | see him about little
matter. \ company in which | am in
teTeSted wished to put up an elevator
which they ad moved from MenOmOnee,
Wis, at a small station on the Manitoba
road. 1t had capacity of $4,000 bush
els. which was amply adequate Tor the
needs of the section. But the Manitoba
field, and the company said we would
have to erect an elevator OF $4,000
bushel capacity, which, of course, we
did not care to do"
The district court room presented an
animated appearance yesterday alter
noon. 1t was the day for the setting of
the cases contained in the new calen-
dar. and the members of the bar, to the
number of about 200, were on hand TO
assist in the work. When the grand
fury had been disposed of, the next
business in order was the calling and
setting of eases. Judge Kelly asked for
e,calendar, but there was none to be
S<al. Judge Brill called for one, but he
was answered by shake or the head
from 'BaZ' Armstrong. 1.-The Dispatch
company has Just sent up word" said
"Baz," ''that the calendars will not be
ready until o'clock. Judge Kelly then
announced that owing to the delay in
the printing of the calendars, the court
would stand adjourned until 2 O'Clock
This announcement was received with
more or less diSfavOr by the attorneys
present.
Auditor w. W. Braden is man of
practical common sense, and his utter
ance given below will 10 doubt surprise
many people. 'What is your opinion of
She state of trade when so many farmers
gave mortgages upon their property"
Tas a question put to him yesterday.
Il think that it is good sign," was the
reply, land I'll tell you why. An in
Quiry into the nature of the mortgages
made by agriculturists in this state
will demonstrate this fact, that they
are not made 10 keep things going, but
to increase the acreage OF their farms"
"We have great difficulty in the Mn
neapOliS municipal court in having
actions against milk sellers disposed of, !"
remarked Dairy Commissioner Ives
yesterday. There are now several
hundred cases on the docket of people
charged with selling adulterated milk.
and we are experiencing the utmost
difficulty in having them brought to
settlement. At st. Paul there is no
such difficulty. We bring cases into
the municipal court. they are dealt with
at once, and the result is we are having
very little trouble with the milk dealers.
They know what will follow any at
tempt to aduttrate milk, and hence in
variably keep within the required
sstandard."
A st. Paul commission merchant has
unique way of testing eggs. He puts
a box on end in a dark corner of his
store, and inside tine OK he places a
lighted tallow candle. Then he takes Il
seat in front of the open side OF the
box, and picking up the eggs, two at a
time. holds them between his eyes and
the light. Good eggs have a deep pink
color blending into a fiely red, and the
darker this color becomes, the older are
the eggs. When the shade becomes
black, the eggs are worthless. The
merchant stated that all eggs of ques-
tionable age or that had been shaken
around much, he tested them in this
way before putting them on the market
He added, facetiOusly, that the average
country woman never heSitated to sell
old or tainted eggs to the storekeeper OF
huckSter.