St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-11
SOME ODD QUESTIONS
That Find Their Way by Mail
Into the Newspaper Offices.

IndC F1nu IhGIr way ny udll
Into the Newspaper Offices.
While the great public is justified in
its expectation of finding all of the news
of the world in each issue of a daily
paper, it is astonishing to know how
many people there are who regard the
newspaper office as receptacle of val
liable advice, and its staff as the COM
pendulum of all valuable information.
Every mail brings TO the GLOBE office at
least one curious query. There are
many questions. entirely legitimate,
which are gladly answered.; but there
are also questions which would puzzle
the seventh daughter of a seventh
daughter, and bring smiles to the coun-.
tenance of sphinx. For instance, a no
doubt estimable lady of Des MoineS
writes that her son John is missing. and
she thinks he has come to st. Paul to
obtain work. The letter concludes:
If yoa know anything of him, let me know.
Please tell mel he has got work, and if SO
what wages he gets and what kind of COM
pany he keeps.
Two-thirds of the letters that ask
questions are from individuals who
want bets decided, and of these about
one. half are in reference to the great
American game of poker. The aver
age reader must have dim idea that
poker is the leisure hour amusement OF
the newspaper Office and that every
editor and reporter is poker expert.
Questions On poker are not on the
ethical side of the game. They do not
ask whether straightS are absolute in
jackpots, nor do they request informa-
ton on the correlation aud cOnServa-
tism of blind and straddle. They are
always practical and always tell that A
and B do so-and-so and want to know
which is right. For example, an Or
tOnville man writes:
In So limit game antes 25 cents call
so: B straddles and makes it 81 to play and
A and one other come in. Does the age pass
to after the draw or does it revert to A
again?
Another correspondent wants to know
if, after jackpot has been duly opened
and then ''Sweetened" or ''tilted,"
whether the opener bets first, after the
draw, or the man who elevated it.
An expert from Minneapolis, who
CHANGED in the GLOBE office as these
letters were opened, volunteers this IN
formation:
As long as the original age man draws
cards. nothing can take the age from him,
after the draw. If there is straddle, the
player making the straddle-or the last strad-
die, ii there is more than one-holds the age
until the draw, when it invariably reverts to
the original age man. In jackpots the opener
is always the first better, no matter how many
times the opening amount has been raised
before the draw.
John Connolly, of S1S Fifth street
north, Minneapolis. writes that man
in his employ asserts that the sun never
sets on the possessions of the United
States, and adds that he saw that state
ment in the GLOBE. Mr.. Connolly says
he has heard that the sun never sets on
the possessions of England. but doubts
the former statement. Nevertheless.
Mr.. Connolly, it is true. The GLOBE
article referred to was comment on a
magazine article which stated that the
sun had not set on the extreme western
end of the Aleutian islands. in Alaska,
before it had risen in the extreme east
ern end of Maine. at the Bay of Fundy.
A st. Paul Republican Whites: "Did
Senator e. K. Davis ever advocate a
tariff on wheat, and, if so, on what
ground? L had discussion to-day with
Democrat, who bet me Senator Davis
did so express himself, and that Con-
gresham Hail advocated tariff on bar
ley"
AS usual, the Democrat was right.
AT speech i'm the old Casino rink, Min
neapoIis, in 1886, Senator--then ex-gev-
ern0r-Davls very warmly advocated a
tariff on wheat. His argument was that
the great Saskatchewan valley was the
coming wheat field Of the world, and
that onr farmers wanted protection
against Canadian wheat. 1t is believed
Senator Davis said this in all serious
ness, though it provoked smile on
every Intelligent face in the hall. The
reference to OAR Hall and his tax on
barley undoubtedly grew out of his re-
cent speech at Glencoe, in which he
said he would sell his granary of barley
when there was a tariff put on that
grain. No: Congressman Hall was
never known to jest.