St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-07
SOME PHASES OF LIFE.
A Few TWiee-Told Tales
About Minneapolis
People.
A Man Who Was in a "Hope-
less Minority" In
deed.
A Street Urchin's Favorite
Pastime of "Trowin'
de Dude"
How q Restaurant Filtration
Was Broken Up--$500,-
900 for SIS.

OOO luz QOs
When trial is completed at the court
house and the jury sent out to ponder
Oh and -coagitate the testimony and the
argument produced, it is often the case
that the court and lawyers-a moment
before at the three corners Of triangu-
lar fight-gather together about the
table, and, with feet aloft, pour into
each others willing ears stories of the
practice; and when the older lawyers
get together there are often very inter-
esting stories of the pioneer days inter-
changed. Such party was gathered
in the big court room one afternoon last
week. One of the oldest lawyers of the
city was telling the story:
This reminds me of one Saturday
night about twenty years ago. re-
member we had had hard days work.
and my partner, / remember OIL that
occasion, with myself and large ma
day, sought rest from the labor of the
week in Saturday night blowout
where cOngenial spirits mixed in social
enjoyment. Yes, and other kinds of
spirits were mixed, too, I'll admit,
though we didn't often do it. gentle
men. kept reasonably sober myself,
but my brother. at the bar was very
rosy as / helped him along to our
rooms at nearly daylight Sunday morn
ing. l got him to bed, and
followed, expecting to hear no
more from him that day; but,
contrary to my expectations, he was
was going to church-that man ought
to go to church Oh Sunday, and he was
going. tried to dissuade him, but he
persisted he had been pretty tough the
night before, and he was going to
church to make up for it. He was in no
condition to be trusted to go alone, and
to protect the reputation of the firm
went with him, after vainly trying to
talk him out of it. We went to the
Centenary Methodist church. There
was an evangelist from abroad
there, and he preached rousing
sermon, too, remember. My consci-
entious partner grew drowsy under the
effects of it, however, and as we had
back seat, was beginning to con-
graduate myself on keeping him quiet
so well when the sermon got to the
lastly and then to the lin conclusion
AS the good man finished to get cri-
terion of what effect his words had pro-
duced, he said:
"'Now all those who feel they are on
the road to this better land please rise
All who dared rose. l didn't dare.
We'll, now, all those who feel that they
would like to start may RISE l felt |
must get up, and laying my sleeping
partners head from my shoulder, |
rose.
"'You may all be seated. May the
ord have mercy unOn Won
My partner was rousing. but | was
too much impressed with the resolution
| had taken and didn't notice him.
Nov, all those who feel that they
are going to bell please RISE My part
ner caught the words rise as he woke
from his slumbers. He seemed to half
realize that there was some voting go
ing on and jumped to his feet. The
eyes of the whole audience were Oh his
drowsy-looking form before l could
make an effort to get him into the seat.
Not another soul rose. He was per-
| fectly Sobered in a second. My dear
| sir, blame if know what we're voting
on, but whatever it is you and l appear
to be in deplorable minority With
that he dropped into his seat. and
wanted to know what in thunder /
brought him to church for. [ don't be-
lieve that mans ever drunk a drop
SINCE"
At restaurant on Nicollet avenue,
where many of the clerks and business
men and women take their meals, one
of the fair damsels of the Wilbur Opera
company has been in the habit of COM
ing for physical nourishment. She had
| found her way down betweensthe long
rows of tables but once or twice going
to her dinners and suppers till it was
whispered among the diners that she
was one of the girls who played at Har-
ris' theater. One of the gayer and
holder of the young Washers who
watched her ventured, the next even
inggii to sit down at the same
| ciously received, continued to con-
tribute his presence to her enjoy
ment at each meal time. After week
or two it was quite remarkable how
| regularly they met and found their way
| to table in the rear of the room, where
| they wOnld be unmolested. This
| marked attention soon attracted notice,
and the inmates of the cafe would
| glance knowingly at each other and
smile significantly when either of the
| pair would enter, and the other was
| sure to follow within minute or two.
| At last the whole noon hour would be
nothing seemed to jar their happiness.
| One noon as they entered, together, the
room was not very crowded but the par
| ticular table of their choice was occu-
| pied, so they seated themselves at the
| opposite side of the room. Hardly
| had they come in contact with
the chairs and tn cir sugared glances
| caught across the table, and
| the low-spoken words begun to be ut
tered with SO much of meaning to
every one else in the room as well as
| themselves, when an old man and his
| wife entered the restaurant, and, Saun-
tering down the room past all vacant
places, seated themselves at the table
with the smitten pair. Oh! how the
honeyed chances sped and the flow of
love cut short. The vinegar was curdled
by the expression that came over the
maSher'S face was blanched with VeXa-
ton, and then it was the turn of every
one else to smile, and they smole. The
meal that was to have been Sugared
sweetness long drawn out was cut very,
very short, too brief for good digestion.
All immaculate dude wandered along
NicOllet avenue between Sixth and Sew
enth streets one evening last week with
eyes aloft, scanning the azure depths of
July sky. 1t was just that time of
day when all the beauty and the chiv-
airy of the great city is on the street,
afoot or in carriages, and this modern
Paris had won the admiring glanceS of
admiring chances were clinging close
about his Apollian form at this par
ticular moment under consideration.
NSee me tr0' de dudn - The whiSnar