St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-14
CASUAL OBSERVATIONS.

An Indignant Citizen-The ways of
the Minneapolis Gas Light company are
beyond mortal comprehension. My gas
bill for February was 81, and the
amount was so abSurdly high for a
house the size of mine that | took
measures to get it reduced for March.
We quit lighting up for supper and
leaving the hall lamp burning all night.
We also bought several lamps and used
them largely. One room in which gas
had been burned was vacated, and al
together we expected a bill of about 81.
But you can imagine how astonished L
was when the bill came in for IS. 1t
seems as though the less gas man
burns the more he has to pay.
Capt. Ed Hengle-I have made a
study of soreness in the arms of base
ball pitchers. aud the result has been
very Interesting. | find that when the
arm becomes sore at the elbow the mat
ter is not serious, and the soreness may
be worked out. Once the shoulder is
affected, however, the trouble becomes
serious. No one has yet succeeded in
curing bad shoulder, but think now
that L could do it ali right. All the
treatment thus far has been applied to
the arm itself. and blistering and the
like has been tried without effect. /
think that by treating the spine with
electricity, sore shoulders can be cured.
The spine is, unquestiOnably, the seat
of all the trouble. L intend to make
some experiments this summer. which
think will be attended with good re-
suits.
Thomas Williams-Sneak thieving in
the suburbs appears to defy all efforts
on the part of the police to check it. /
was visited some time ago, and hope /
may soon be treated the same way
again. You see | have bought big bull
dog and located him in good position.
thief catcher than the whole police
force combined. He never lets go when
he gets hold once.
Prof. G. o. DupleSSis-I have often
been asked why clubs organized to pro-
mote the manly art Of self-defense are
called crib clubs, why halls or rooms
used for sparring are called crib parlorS,
and why boxing scenes introduced in
the drama are called crib scenes. The
reason is very simple. Tom Crib was
the name of one of England's first
champions. He was a man of great
strength as well as skill, and was gem
eral favorlte of all patrons of the
squared circle. Naturally, in organic
ing a sparring or athletic club, the
name of Cribb was taken to indicate its
nature. just as amateur dramatic socie-
ties have taken on the names of such
actors as Booth. Forest, Mccullough
and Macready. The custom has been
continued from year to year, and it is
now the fashion.
POSTMASTER Ankeny - The recent
amendment to the postal laws in refer
ence to holding letters for postage is a
great relief to this department and Il
amount of kicking that it will put an
who have been in the business. The
amendment modifies the regular law,
so that letter mailed in the city and
addressed to some person inside the
city will be delivered without stamps,
the postage to be collected from
the person to whom it is deliv-
cred. Heretofore letter that had II OF
the required amount of postage would
be held, and the person to whom it was
addressed would be notified by card to
call and get the letter, thus often cauS-
ing long delay of very important in
formation. 1t was not of rare occur
renee to see some influential business
man enter the Office, mad with rage, and
ready to abuse us for holding his letter
for one ce MT postage. The object of the
original law or regulation was to pre-
vent an evil that might have existed !;
that is, to preve mt people from splitting
their enemies by sending letters with
out stamps, and having the satisfaction
of seeing the receiver lose few cents
for nonsense, which would naturally
create a grand kick