St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-13
PHASES OF LIFE.

A rather slim man with a general
disheveled appearance sat in his seat ON
the Milwaukee short line train which
gets into Minneapolis at 10 O'Clock, yes
terday morning, crying with such en-
ergy that the tears trickled down his
cheeks in tiny rivulets, while his sObs
caused those in his vicinity to- look at
him with no little curiosity.
IF that fellow hasn't lost all his rel
atives | don't want cent remarked
Conductor Sam Burbank. Hang me if
] don't find out what's the NATTER" he
calculated few minutes afterwards.
He approached the lachrymOSe strang
er, who by this time had nearly sobbed
himself into the hiccoughs, and talked
with him few minutes. Then he re-
turned shaking his head gravely, but re-
marked, lit isn't half as bad as l ex-
pected."
Anybody dead?''
''House burned up?"
'NOpe."
"What is it?'
"His wife's run away with a Dutch
man, and he don't like it, but he shouldn't
mind little thing like that.''
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The American board, which has been
in session for the past week, has been
discussing the expenditure of vast sums
of money in pagan China and Africa,
and has been lamenting the obstruction
of their work of evangeliZation of the
world by the opium and liquor trades.
While they wept cOpiouS tears when
report showing the dark side of the
work was read, they forgot all about the
old adage that charity begins at home.
and that before attempting to rescue
other worlds from the devil it would be
good plan to convert a few of the sim
ners at home. A sad case of restitution,
illustrating the rapacity of some land
lords, was reported day or SO ago. A
widow and her daughter, who had
formerly lived in affluence and luxury,
were living in one room in a block
where fully three-fourths of the rooms
were empty. They owed 50 for rent
and the landlord demanded his money.
1t so happened that their condition
came to the knowledge of a gentleman
who stands high in judicial circles, and
he called upon them. Coming down
stairs he met the landlord, who, needless
to say, was real estate agent. and told
him that he wouid.see that the rent was
paid. The landlord agreed not to mo-
lest them, but as soon as he entered the
room where the woman and her daugh-
ter lived he demanded his money, and
got 1.-THE last cent that the poor peo-
pie had.
In Minnesota the law requires that all
saloons shall be closed on election day,
but in Wisconsin, in Milwaukee at
least, things are worked differently.
Aid. Fred Barrows has just returned
from the Cream City, and he tells how
1t is done there. The streets are filled
TEIf xxrhn
quiry brought forth the fact that they
are polling places. The law there re-
quires that no polling place shall be
within 100 feet of saloon, and in por-
tions of the city where 1t is impossible
10 obtains quarters for the judges re-
course has to be made to the shanty.
'Why don't you close the saloons on
election day?" asked Aid. Barrows.
''What, close saloon in Milwaukee
on election day! We couldn't do that.
There are l,400 saloons here, and they
all do good business on that day." eX-
claimed Milwaukee city official.
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There was little excitement at the
corner of Hennepin and Washington
avenues yesterday afternoon. Some
gentleman attempted to hitch his horse
TO telephone pole, and had proceeded
far enough to get the strap around the
post, when suddenly he let out yell
loud enough to wake up Capt. Dan Day
who was sleeping in the central station
about two blocks away. After perform
ing war dance he requested an Officer
to fasten the horse. 1t seems that one
of the guard wires that held the trolley
wires of the street railway at this point
had come in contact with the maiT
wire. The other end being attached t
the post completed the circuit, while
the damp weather made the post gooo
conductor of electricity. The mex
time this man uses telephone post fol
q hitchlng post, he won't.