St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-22
STRETCHED FROM LIFE.

EiOpementS have been so frequent OF
late that mammals whose daughters they
suspect to have a fondneSS for any par
tfcular male hero are more than usually
gatchful of them. Ii was the over
WatchfulneSS of one of these fond mann
mas which caused lively scene on the
f:SO Manitoba train for Minneapolis
yesterday. In the ear behind the smoker
sat an extremely handsome girl, about
seventeen years old. to all appearances,
and. by her side youth slightly her
senior. The two were cOnYerSing gdyly
about the good times they were going 10
have in Minneapolis at the theater, and
looked as happy as two little turtle
doves. They were still giggling and
having lots of fun when the rear
end of the car was darkened by
the matrOnly form of a LAZY
vino seemed 10 know them both pretty
we'll. She did not presume on her ae-
Ouaintance at once. however, but took
a seat behind them ana listened 10 their
conversation, which, Unfortunately, had
at this critical juncture turned upon
the very subject which the old lady had
expected.
"Wouldn't it be fun if we were to
elope like Jimmy and Kit did when
ciouS youth, as the old lady behind
smiled vindictively and fingered her
umbrella handle in an ominOuS man.
ner.
The maid was nothing 10th, and re-
piled. Lets do it-what do you say?'
''I'll STAY with yOu." responded the
youthful LOchinvar, who had brrely got
the words out of his mouth when the old
Iady's umbrella descended with crush
Ing force on his new tile, as she shrieKed
in grueSGme treble, 80 will l, you he
devil"
The youth didn't wait for an explana-
ton; he was on" and piled out of that
car more quickly hundred times than
he had entered it. 1t took all the rest of
the people in that car TO prevent the
irate old lady from publicly chastising
the girl with her already damaged
CAMP, and the twain walked up the
Platform, one in tears, and the other in
deuce of fury. The actors in the
little cOmedy-drama were said to be
residents of the Fifth ward, near East
Seventh street.
George A. Fuigrave, West side man
with taste for naturalistic research,
lives in small brown frame house
which he has turned into regular mu-
scum, and III which his experiments are
carried on. Just now his attention is
devoted to an analysis of lake water,
and it may be safely said that if he has
accomplished 10 other result he has ma
terially lessened the consumption of
that commodity III his immediate 10
calIty. A GLOBE reporter found the
place yesterday, and surprised the exper-
imentaliSt i'll the examination of numer-
Gus vessels of water. SOME of which were
from the various lakes about st. Paul,
while others had been filled from the
river. Still others contained water
thawed from last winters supply of
ice. FulgTave has several powerful
magnifying glasses, and all the specI-
mems OF water, when placed under the
glass, were shown to be alive with ami
maleula. The river water contained
the most epulslve-lOOking reptiles with
OctOpus-like feelerS, which slipped
about in the Shiny mixture in a lively
manner. The lake water also contained
curious looking little insects, hut in
greatly reduced proportion. The ice
water, however. was the browning hor-
rOr. The vessel containing it. when
placed UndeT the glass, was shown to
be literally teeming with reptiles
fashioned after the pattern
of those sometimes represented as ma
tiveS of the lower depths of he'll. They
bawled ana fought among themselves
in the most cheerful manner. and seem
Ingly were quite used to crowded quar-
tiers. Fulgrave, in delivering an i'm
pTGmptu lecture on tire subject of i'm
purity in water, said that the percent
age of animal life in the lake water was
a very small one, it being the least i'm
pure of any of the specimens he had ex-
amined. The only absolutely pure
water, he claims, is that which has
been through a charcoal filter after
boiling.