St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-06-17
PHASES OF LIFE.

Women have no respect for the law.
To them it is merely collection of ar
bitrary rules designed by rude men with
the prearranged intention to Cypress
and to restrict the liberties of the gem
tier sex. While the general laws of the
nation and state do not chafe the deli
cate senSibilities of Ewes daughter she
is in full accord with them: but toward
those little restricting ordinances nee
essary to the government she is always
an enemy. An apt illustration OF thi IS
female propensity was given the othe +
nue.. A lady driving fine large black
horse had for several days been
putting in jeopardy the lives
of quiet pedestrians by bowling
up and down the avenue at
high rate of speed. Finally stalwart
officer grasped her horse by the head,
and, after dragging feeble old
lady from under the very feet of the an
imal, proceeded TO read her lecture on
violation of the city ordinances. She
became furious. She tried to lash the
officer with her whip, but it would not
do. Then. when forced to listen, she
advanced the argument that she could
not hold the horse, Afterwards she
coupled her objections with little
abuse, all without avail, for the officer
told her what was on his mind and al
lowed her to proceed. In about thirty
she could not hold him, she had that
horse on slow walk-to get the police
mans number, vOwing that she would
have him before the police commission
within twenty-four hours. When she
went on again she was so mad that the
buggy smoked, but she has quit driving
so fast.
II
Since last Thursday the business men
have hustled on the census as they have
never hustled before on anything.
They thought of every scheme within
the range of the human mind for get
ting at residents of the city, and then
they went right out and put those
schemes into effect. But if the stories
told concerning him are true. there is
Minneapolis business man who, i'll orig
inality and uenterpriSe, outstrlpped his
fellows as much as lily Hoch's trousers
surpass his complexion in brilliancy.
This man is an undertaken. He had the
good of the city at heart, and
he is, at the same time, looking
out for his own interests. This under
taker went around to every hospital in
the city and to every house where he
could find sick person, Among the
bedridden he found many who were
nigh unto the dark river, and who had
not yet been enumerated. He talked to
them and impressed upon them the fact
that they must not die before being
counted. AS an inducement for their
refusal to die, he offered a prize. For
every tenth man who would remain
alive until after the census could be
finished, and who might then die, he
promised to provide satin-lined, silver
mounted casket and brilliant funeral,
with four horses on the hearse, all free
of charge 1t was making sort of
graveyard lottery, but it worked. How
is that for enterprise?
Sunday night woman, with a breath
as thick as Freeman Lanes hide and
the marks of dissipation and general
roughness plentifully scattered over her
face, entered police headquarters and
told sad tale of having been insulted.
The officers paid but little attention to
her because they knew her. and that to
insult her would be a herculean task.
No so the energetic reporter of MORN
ing paper. He came upon the scene
just as the woman, with remark about
there being mo justice in this city,"
went away. The treacheious wind
whispered scoop" in his ear. His coat
tails Topped right merrily in the mid
night air as he sped after the wrOnged
female. He overlook her, and into his
willing ear she poured the tale of
brutality enacted in the dreary recesSes
of a south town saloon. His brain was
on fire and his pencil charred the paper
upon which he wrote the story of this
dastardly crime. A few hours later the
woman was run in and sent to the work
house next morning. She was plain
''drunk."
He had been drinking. that was evil
dent. His clothes were shabby. His
beard was of the leaky order. An Off
Ger had found him on the street trying
to sell property for the possession of
which he could not account. When
brought to the lookup he ''toOk a
BRACE" as it is called. and told the lieu
tenant that he wanted one of the detec
tives sent for. They were old friends
and the detective would set the matter
right.
''You know Jim. do you?" inquired
the lieutenant. knew him in Michi-
gan Supposed"
Eyes, knew him like brother"
'sKnoW him when he was in Sagt-
naw?"
Eyes, worked with him."
The detective in question had never
been in Michigan, and his friend was
locked up. The way Of the preyari-
Gator is hard.