St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-03-18
MINNEAPOLIS.
Additional City News on the sth Page.
FREED THEIR MINDS.

Disguised Business Man-The Repub-
licans are running Minneapolis into the
ground with their retrenchment and
reform fanaticism. The party is con-
trolled by lot of old buffers who got
rich when the town was run wide open,
and don't want any one else to do the
same thing. Pd like to join party of
White Caps and run some of 'em out of
town.
j. M. Rees-It is interesting to note
the Indifference with which The names
of defunct business men are allowed to
remain on signs for years after the own
ers are dead and gone. 1t is a common
thing to see the name of some man, who
was SO we'll known during his life that
bis death was heralded to the entire
press of the country by telegraph, still
conspicuous in great, bold letters,
something like this: "A. w. Dash u
Co, Real Estate and Collection Agents."
under ground for years. and could not
even collect the ashes of himself for the
earthwOrms. Then there is ''B. y.
Slambang, Dealer in Spirits" when
Mr.. Slambang has been but spirit
himself for half decade.
w. A. Plummer.-One of the most pc
culiar races to keep up with the times
that ever heard of, is being practiced
by family living out in the Eighth
ward at present. The family came 10
Minneapolis in 1870, and occupied a
house numbered 1,S70, until the first
month in 1871, when they moved into
house which bore that number. This
moving has been carried on year after
year, and now the family occupy the
residence al 1889 Hennepin avenue
= south.
Mark Haynes-What suspect was a
new pickpocket trick was tried on me
a few evenings ago, while going home
in street car. 4 lady sat next to me
in the car, and as the place filled up
she was quite close to me. After the
moving very cautiously in the side
pocket of my overcoat. l was aston
ished when found it was the hand of
the fair lady next TO me. As soon as
she saw that | had detected her she
drew out her hand and bluShed. ''EX-
cuSe me-" said she, "but we sat so close
together that thought l was putting
my hand into the pocket of my cloak.
You can see that have a pocket on the
outside of my cloak the same as you
have on your coat. 1t was an embar-
ressing mistake. am sure.'' IeXcused
her, and she left the car at the next
crossing.
Register of Deeds John Peterson-It
is surprising that the clerks employed
in this Office to do the transcribing Of
deeds filed fol- record do not make more
mistakes than they do. The general
public may not be aware of it, but it is
fact, nevertheless, that some of the
worst specimens of penmanShip to be
seen are in deeds sent in here, while
legibility should be the first conSidera-
finn THitla pyominnrc and rpal 70
agents, as rule, are very painStaking
in preparing deeds, and in consequence
make few mistakes. The mortgage
men give us some trouble, not only in
chirOgraphy but photography as we'll,
and it would be amusing to copy the
deeds were it not so aggravating. The
penmanShip of lawyers is generally very
bad, and as rule the descriptions they
compose are good deal worse.
w. G. ByrOn-I am firm believer
that every one has pet hobby, though
some do not know it themselves, while
others make theirs very prominent.
The average man is not happy unless
he has some pursuit, some hobby. as it
is termed, which he can follow up
and interest himself in. 1t may be col
lecting coins, OF ancient relies, study
Ing astronomy, history or microscopy.
Some have penchaut for studying the
habits of birds and insects, others for
specializing in real estate and grain.
Experiments in photography are popu-
lar just now.
Marshal Elgin-I often hear people
complaining of having the "blues," and
using this as an excuse for Surliness.
Such people could not succeed as
travelling man. A travelling man may
have the inclination but he has not the
time to indulge in the "blues," that is.
ii he wants to succeed. Customers can
not be secured by bulldozing or by
frowns. No matter how much you dis
like mans style or his habits, you
must be ''hail fellow, well metz with
him if you want to keep his trade. He
may bore you, but that's what travel
ing man gets his salary for, to be bored
and to sell goods.