St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-06
.PAWHIAG A SKELETON.
How a Jolly but Impecunious Doctor
Raised Pew Dollars.
AN ACTOR Hooked HIMSELF
And Politely Requested His Manager to
Get H.m 0ut---Another Exchanged
Ham for a Beer.

TONS sake, as a woman holds her we'd
ding ring? TO make it short, what will
man pawn as his very last resort?'
The ancient and honorable pawnhrok-
er, upon being asked this question by
Morning Journal reporter, answered it
| with another: "What won't q man pawn
or woman either?" accompanying the
query with sweeping gesture around
his old curiosity shop. A cradle and
child's coffin, side by side, added path
etc air to the close atmosphere of the
shop of signs.
We're they brought by the same
mother?'
NO" said the pawnbroker, man
whose milk of human kindness was still
unsecured, 'theS represenG two TRACE
dies and, strange 10 say, the coffin is
the lighter of the two. The cradle was
paWned by mother who lost her only
baby. The coffin was bought for child
who, soon alter, and of. course before
burial. was found to be in trance
The undertaken was mad, refused TO
take 1t back. and the happy father
brought it around here and pawned it.
lie seemed to be glad of the chance"
Isn't that Il set of teeth see on that
caSeE' inquired the listener,
"Yes, an upper set with gold filling,
to make it LOOK more natural. They be-
| longed to a gentleman who preferred
drinking to eating. He has had to be
| satisfied with spoon food for six months.
This is only the second time have had
such pledge in stock. The first set
belonged to q judge, who shall be I'M
mentlonabIe. lie lived above his salary.
| and. being hard-pushed one day. put up
| his fRAIth with / had +oI
aud rings at the time. | thought he
must be joking when he coughed out
| his teeth and asked me how much he
could realize on them. He assured ME
| that it was real business, and [ got the
teeth. He never redeemed anything
and l sold the set. The man who
bought the teeth went away happy, as
they fitted him perfectly"
From teeth to skeleton Is a natural
conclusion, and the pawnbroker opened
closet door and displayed one, with
the remark that it was not the gentle
man himself who pawned it.
"lt belonged to DOCTOR" he SAID:
land this doctor was jolly old soul.
He attended half of Stanton street for
nothing. and whenever he wanted to
| pay his rent he visited his rich patient
| All Old lady who imagined she was in
| durable, and so she Was, for she was
| hypuchondriac. The doctor only hui
mored her when it became question of
board and lodging with him. I'm
| fortunately she was run over on Bread
way and killed, and the doctor had To
| pawn his old friend. this skeleton.
| haven't seen him since, and expect to
sell the pledge to rising medical stu
| dent.
"Wny, a man will put himself in
pawn" continued the broker. "A pop
uldr BOwery actor. who has often held
audiences Spellbound in the National
theater. was one of my best customers.
He was always broke ami to get
enough for his luXurles he would dropin
here i'll the morning and pawn himself
for S.. lie would send out and get a
bottle and some cigars and make him.
self at home in my little back room and
then send word to the theater that if
the management wanted To see him at
the matinee it had better send around
50 and the legal interest wherewith to
| get him out of pawn. The amount was
| always forthcoming,
Here is history in this Masonic
| emblem, which you see by the inscrip-
| tiou was presented to high ana mighty
| Mason by admiring S.r Knights. 1t
ably be the melting pot. Here's an
other sermon on aeering greatness,
| The amateur pool champion for 1888 has
left this IN my care. You see there are
| fifteen gold balls in a triangle. with
cues beside them, the Inscription on
the bars setting forth the prowess of .B.
| w. c. His friends hired a hall, and
gave ball and supper III honor of the
| event. The emblem did not make so
much of stir when got it. The cham
| pion brought it here himself. | have
hsAlfc tstrh n Sral. oil
champions of the ring from John l.,
| Sullivan down."
A child's game, which occupied
dusty corner of shelf, had probably
been watered with tears before #
reached this dumping gruund of sor
| rows. An ear-trumpet, sOundless and
ill-shaped. suggested the Thought
whether some old gentleman was Sit
ting in horrible silence because of its
| presence here, or whether he was be-
You'd earthly noises. A wooden leg
which had walked many mile. as It's
foot showed, hung up beside pedome-
ter which had stopped at $50 miles.
''They did not go together said the
| pawnbrOker. "The man who pawned
| the leg did SO because the government
| gave him new one, and the mile meas
ure belonged to a well-known pedestrian
who has gone out of the business. This
wig was snatched from the head of one
of my regular customers. He has an
everyday wig, and when he goes cut i'm
| full dress he calls here and eychanges
| paying the interest at the same time
| He gives the same reason that those
who pawn their best clothes and furs
| d0-that1 have to keep the moths awav
| as a matter of business
| A dry beer pump leaned against the
wall in bleary way.
'Pawned for beer" said the broker
A veteran of the late war had eyi.
IDENTIFY met misfortune more unKi,d
than an opposing army with banners.
He had pawned the mimic ball which
| struck him at Gettysburg. AS ne
values it next to his life he Will re-.
deem it.
1T Is really the least valuable thing
in Jne snUp,' saIu the broker. ttnnf
knowing ao L do now he regards ir.
give IL 4 nctlLIOuS Value and iU generally
| getS her Jew weeks before the men
SION payday COMES III round"
0ume atuatcur ArtemuS Ward has
! pawnod his museum. Among the OBJ
JcctS Of Interest are piece OF the cleo
Lric c"oIe used at the del Gate explo-
Son. All ear UppeJ worn by Arctic EX-
| pIurer Gretly, tile noUnstUne said to he
Jne IueHJicaI one which WIlkie Collins
lIaue famous, u section OF the Washing
ton monument with tine mol>ment
painted thereon, anu shells which sing
u every sea.
Three uVllars for the lot" said the
| present. owner 1T taxes up too much
room. NpW," he continued, you can
see Cnat a man will pawn anything or
every tnlng, Or at least try to. a man
/ came here the Otner day with
| boned ham which he wanted to
put up. questioned INN about it and
Il una that ne nau taken 1t from his own
home Without ms WIle's knowledge, and
That he lnCeIdtd 10 quencn his thirst
with The results. Or COURSE, declined
| 10 take II at any price and ne went out
crestiaiIeu. L watched INN and saw
! him brighten up aS he reached the
saloon at tne corner. lie went inside
aud stayed there. An hour later |
called there myself anu found him with
! his hearts desire III a glass hpfnr.. hin,