St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-27
SAINT PAUL.
-CAsUAT, CONVERSATIONS.

"This has been a hard winter for the
sale of sporting goods, was the aSSer-
fion ventured in a leading Third street
sporting goods house yesterday by a
GLOBE reporter, as he glanced over sew
eral cords of unstable toboggans and
snowshoes piled up on one side of the
store.
'New, there's. just where you are
mistaken returned one OF the proprle-
tors. "Why, we have enjoyed the best
trade for years, and our holiday traoe
this season was double that of any car
nival year we have had, 1t was the
splendid skating and unprecedented
sale of skates that helped us out, BY
Dec. all the skates in stock throughout
the city. including large amount of
old goods that had been carried for
years, were disposed of, and the facto-
ries were unable to supply the demand.
We are receiving small orders by eX-
press every day, and there are not
Skates enough in the city to stock
country hardware store. just give us
trade like this every winter and we
won't say word about snow goods"
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Col. Davis. Senator C. KS father,
said yesterday: ''EngliShmen 1--we
longer than Americans. They take
their time over their meals and sleep
more than we do. An American lives
with rush in the middle of the day,
and takes no more time for sleep than
he can help. His business and whole
life are all run at high pressure, i'll con-
sequence of which he dies compare
lively young, while the EngAshman,
who takes matters easily, eats his din
ner in comfort after his work is all
done, and sleeps as long as he wants to,
lives to ripe old age and is young
man at eighty. Old men frequently re-
main in business after they have be-
come so wealthy that the outside world
is surprised they do not retire, but III
I"ost cases they would break up at
one if the strain of business life
were suddenly relaxed"
David Noble, of Montana, who is in
the city on business connected with
some large gold and silver mines in that
territory. prophesies great future for
it, saying that Montana, in few years.
will be the leading mining state of the
Union. The gold and silver are ureX-
celled in richness and une0ualed i'll
quality. while the iron is very abun-
dant The last is not being mined at
present, as it would not pay to ship the
ore East, but it is being used as a fiuX
for the more precious metals. Cook
City, in his opinion,iS is the coming place,
next to Helena. Mr.. Noble expressed
the conviction that it would, in a few
years, be larger place than Butte, as
it is the center of the finest mining
region in the state. Replying to the
question whether the wealth of the ter
ritory was not in few hands, he said:
There are several men worth $4,000
600 each, but every one is we'll off. You
never find poor man there. Even the
men who work in the mines get big pay
and live we'll"
Frank J. Mead was in reminiscent
mood yesterday afternoon, and gaZed
about the Merchants with penslve air.
Fifteen years ago, said he, 81 knew
every prominent man in this state.
There was standing bet, open to all
takers. that [ could enter this corridor
and call more men by name than any
man in the state. / know the old
timers now and most OF the prominent
Youngsters, but the latter are Springing
ND with such rapidity that it is hard
work to keep track of them"
W. H. c. Folsom, for fifty years res
ident of the state. was at the Merchants
yesterday. Mr.. Folsom is the author of
the history, Fifty Years in Mime
sota," and spent the afternoon in
desultory conversation with old friends.
Mai. II. B. Strait was about the cor
ridor also. The major has made but
few pilgrimages to the politicians
Mecca since the election. and his adj
vent was hailed with delight on all
sides. i< ~"
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Capt. Shuler came over from the Mill
city for the second time since the sena-
torial fight This reminds me of old
times,'' said he, as he looked upon the
swarm of busy. restless politicians,
but although the senatorial fight is a
thing of the past. there seems to be ma
terial for gossip in the corridor. What
do they find to talk about anyway? And
with a Querulous laugh the eX-WaSh-
burn standard bearer broke for the
depot.
The soldiers home committee of both
branches of the legislature conferred
with the home committee in ParlOr c at
the Merchants yesterday afternoon.
The location of the home was discussed
at length, although no definite action
was taken. 1T was recommended that
the legislature visit the present home i'll
a body. and the recommendation will
undoubtedly be favorably considered.