St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-31
MINNEAPOLIS.
additional city News on Page 6
PHASES OF LIFE.

Competition is the life of trade and
necessarily produces lower rates. This
is true of the recent cut in railroad
rates and also of the competition which
exists between the street gamins. The
prices of papers are somewhat fixed,
but as the evening wanes the prices fall
with the thermometer, and at midnight
one may peruSe the news of the day
with but little expense. Three Speci-
mems OF the ordinary street arab had
collected on doorstep on the lower
part of Hennepin avenue last evening,
and were killing time by singing songs
such as down Went McGinty," etc,
when their sharpened ears caught the
sound of approaching footsteps. The
song died upon their lips and mad
rush for the pedestrian followed, in
which one, thanks 10 his long limbs,
succeeded in outstripping all others,
and in the usually melodious voice, In
formed the public generally and this
gentleman in particular, that he will
sell the evening paper for two
cents. Scarcely had this gentleman
put his hand III his pocket than No.
hove in sight and. i'll a voice that seemed
unnecessary loud, declared that her
stock IN trade could be had at one cent
apiece. No. 8, nothing daunted, woke
nearly all the residents of that portion
of the city with the unSeemly manner
in which he called attention TO the fact
that his price was two fur cent" But
this last was unbearable and, with
yell that would have done credit to
Choctaw Indian. gamin No. l succeeded
in dispOSing of his last paper at three
fur cent"
He was a smart Young fellow of the
RnglOmaniac type, and he had been
standing on the corner for some time.
summing himself in the rays OF the
genial January sun, watching the
maidenS as they crossed the street and
amusing himself with surreptitious
study in CrinOine. He was intent upon
observing a young miss, more than
ordinarily fair, when a yellow dog
bounded from the alley way, with
tomato can tied to his tail, just as
the Young man had struck an attitude
intended to captivate the fair one.
There was rattle, crash, and the
frightened canine rushed between the
pedal extremities of the other puppy,
and the would-be maSher came TO the
ground with crash.
There was mixture of dog, tomato
can and youth tangled UP in a confused
mass for few moments, and then the
fTeScoed with the smut of the street,
while the maiden passed him by with
merry giggle. and the audience of news
boys looked on with smile of fendiSh
glee, one of them crying in high
pitched voice: "Ah, go and take
Turkish bathp'
There are few people who do not like
10 listen to the strains of the modern
piano when manipulated by deXterous
fingers. There is quite musical circle
of people living in the neighborhood of
the library building, but of late they
have become surfeited with the music
from the ever-pOpular instrument, and
the result is liable to end in stampede
by the contingent inhabitants to more
cOngenial locality. Heretofore there
have been muSicales galore in the
neighbOThOod, but alas, the papa of the
fair young Miss has purchased her a
piano, and contracted with professor
TO guide her slender fingers through the
intricacieS of the SharpS and flats.
Now there is chaos of sound from
morning to night, and discord and
Glamour chase each other up and down
the still winter air. The chances are
that rents will depreciate In that imme-
diate vicinity. One old bachelor of
chOleric temperament was heard to re-
mark, as he packed his grip and bid
adieu to his fearful landlady, that he
'didn7t so much mind bedldm let
loose, but he did object to being the
neighbor Of any young lady whose only
ambition in life was to claw ivory"