St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-19
STRETCHED FROM LIFE.


IS by his looks, " remarked well-known
Minneapolis man about town. last even
ing. as he stood in the corridor of
down town hotel with friend. You
cannot always tell by appearances. L
had little experience of that sort my
self few evenings ago. and as it cost
me about 800 will not soon forget it.
l was in the NicOlet house billiard
room. when a green-lOOking fellow came
in. and after watching the players for
moment asked me to play him game.
Well. we played. and [ beat him so
easily that he evidently noticed the look
of disgust on my face.
Say he draWled, 'ynu can't beat
me again, and I'll bet $40 on it,
las he looked and acted like novice
/ covered his money and we went at it
again. He played as aWkN ardly as be-
fore. but i'll some way beat me by
point or two. This got me hot. and l
offered to play him for S25. He seemed
staggered, but finally accepted. and
beat me once more. Again put up S25,
and we PLAYED third game. He beat
me once more, and then said ne would
give me a chance to get even by play
ing for $50 a game. Not for moment
had he dropped his awkwardness. and
/ felt that the game was mine. He
disgust, ran the game out. l fOnnd out
later on that he was really a green
country boy, so TO speak. but had a
billiard table at home. and used all Of
his spare time in punching the balls
around"
Jake Helm and several of the city de-
tectives were sitting in police headquar-
tiers discussing. the length of time it
would take TO tear down the suspension
bridge, when the door opened. and IN
walked a young man clad IN faultless
attire and looking sweet enough 10 kiss.
PPM looking for woman" he an
nounced.
All! yes, what for? Who is she
and where did she come frOm?'' asked
Jake, turning around and Juggling at
his golden muStache.
well. you see. l am the agent for
some new-fashioned underclotheS," was
the reply, land / want woman,
handsome, well-fOrmed woman. to''-but
the men in the Office were blushing so
that the agent stopped.
Ion, you need not be scared" he con-
tinued, Its nothing. You see l want
tn find such woman as l have de-
ScriDed, who for consideration will
allow me 10 present her with a complete
suit of these underclothes. Then she
will PUT them on, and, after going to a
photographer will remove all but
these undergarments, and have her pic
ture taken, showing the garments Off to
good advantage. l then take the photo
graphs and place them in the windows
of the various stores where the under
garments arefOI sale, and thus draw
the attention of the public to them. It's
4 simple matter, you see. and the only
question with me is, can find woman
who will consent to act as model?"
My friend" Stammerad Jake, that
does not properly come under the head
of police business, and l cannot help
you, but If you want ii male model, one
who will stand inspection and show off
your garments to the best advantage, l
am your man."
But the agent had gone. Just men,
ton undergarments TO the jolly Jake,
and see him execute war dance.
Two cold and blue-nOsed little news
boys stood near the suspension bridge
yesterday afternoon, watching the men
up OH the cable cutting off the wire
jackets. Neither of the boys spoke for
q few minutes; then one broke out:
Say. Jimmy, bet you dasen't climb
up where that Teller is"
nun ICtOtlCu LEG OIuSlg
uOusly, "Ive elm up there more nor
once after young pigeons. They's lots
of 'em up in de stone towers, i'll those
holes you can see. in the summer, and
when me sister was sick l ulster go up
on one of those big wires nearly every
day and get bird for her."
The second speaker was right. Dur
ing the pigeons nesting season the big
holes where the large cables come
through the towers are nearly filled
with eggs and young birds, and more
than one reckless youngSter has riSked
his life to get at them. But the har-
boring places of the doves must go, and
when the towers are removed some of
the city's most famous landmarks will
be gone.
'If ever steal any money!" remarked
young professional man last evening,
1T will not be small amount. From
what have seen it seems that if man
steals 81 or even $50, to save his family
from starving, perhaps, he goes to the
pen for long term, but if man gets
away with 100000, or anything over
that amount, he generally settles for
half and goes tree to enjoy his ill-gotten
money"
The fearful caisson accident at Lex
ingtOn. KY, recently, in when fourteen
men lost their lives, reminds me very
forcibly of the time went down in one,
when the steel arch bridge was being
built. 1t may give some people pleas
uTe to say that they have been IN dam
gerous places. and some may consider
it an honor. If they do they can have
it all. i am not particularly cOwardly,
but when | go down in a caisSon again
Or run into any other danger without
cause, my hair will be much more gray
than at present. At one time it seemed
10 me smart to be mixed up with fire ap-
paratus and the like at big fire. but
that time has passed. and the fewer dan
gers ! encounter the better | am salts
fed. What good is man when he's
dead OF crippled for lie, anyway?
The small boys of the East side have
at last secured coasting ground where
they annoy no one, and where there are
just enough dangers to make ride
pleasant. The descent from Main street
northeast to the ice in the channel is
very steep, and some of the BOYS have
made roadway down the hillside, over
which their SledS simply fly. This road
way IS narrow one, and in some places
IS lined with posts and stones. Should
sled strike one of these, fragments of
boy and sled would be picked up for
half a block around. That's just what
makes cOasting, when the mercury has
gone to 30 deg. below, pleasant.
Hearing so many people declaring
that they have the grip. reminds me OF
little story which. while old, is full of
meat for those who see the point: Chol-
era once visited 2 Southern city and the
people died by hundreds. Several emf
nent physicians examined the bodies OF
of all who had died. and found that
about fifty had really died from the
cholera. The rest had simply been
scared TO death. THE SAUNTERER.
The Crusade,
Tonight the members of the various
churches will denounce the Sunday pa
pers. Notices handed in for publication
as to the particular churches at which