St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-03-16
CURRENT GOSSIP.

The sudden change of weather yester-
day was hailed with delight by thou
sands of citizens, who have for the past
few months been compelled to hug the
fireside on the day of rest, owing to
wintry weather The rise in the mer-
curry and the bright sunshine brought
out hundreds OF persons who saw III
the beautiful clear atmosphere the sign
that winter was about to depart, and
that in a few days perhaps spring,
balmy spring, would be with us once
again. The attendance in the churches,
morning and evening, was in marked
contrast to the previous Sunday, when
the heaviest snow storm of the season
reigned. Though some of the streets
were not in the best of condition for
promenading, yet many awaited them
selves of the opportunity to take walk
ing exercise.
There are certain young men in St.
Paul WHO seem to be afflicted with the
want of gray matter in their craniums.
They are anxious to be recognized as
Western Berry Walls, and do every
thing possible to be, as they term it, lin
good form" Their style of dress is eX-
aggerated. and it is rank heresy for any
of them to depart from the canonS. They
wear spring oVercOats on the coolest
day, and disdain rubbers OF overshoes
because such things are never seen i'll
New York among the poor shallow
pated fellows who toll not, neither do
they spin" but spend their time
ambirg up and down Fifth ave-
nue., wearing high colorS, loud
check suits. and carrying heavy
canes head downward. Yesterday aft
n rtX nf
were on the dummy of cable car. when
suddenly one of them Interrupted the
conversation by saying. BAL JoYe. |
knew something was wrong pronounced
wong with me to-day. and Eve only
just discovered it, don't YOU know. |
actually forgot to turn up my tWOuSers."
An old gentleman overheard the re-
mark, and turning to the young dude,
SAID: My lad. | worked for many
years next to your father in a factory
East, and when he went West with his
bride l wished him luck. If | had
thought that he would have q son who
makes such fool of himself as | per-
ceiye you are doing. l should have
wished him to remain single" There
are many Young men in the city to-day
who are making fools of themselves,
and their fathers often wish they had
remained single.
1t Is 4 strange fact that number of
newspaper men in St. Paul write with
their left hand. The other day four re-
DorterS, representing the morning and
evening papers, were present at meet
ing. The scribes sat at the speakers
table. and when the chairman started to
open the proceedings the boys each
grabbed a Faber i'll his left hand and
commenced to write. The speaker sud-
denly stopped, and it was amusing to
see him take his glasses off, clean them
and lean over the table and whisper to
one of the reporters. The explanation
given him, however, was not correct.
for he was told that every reporter
uses both hands in writing, so as not TO
tire the limbs.
1t is gratifying to observe that the
electric ears are at last designated by
colOred lights, at night. The Minneap-
oils line is green, the Mississippi street
cars are red, the Ducas street white,
etc. 1t is now an easy matter to dis
tinguish them as they approach.
An inquisitiye contemporary editor
tally asks. ''What is meat-pie?.' Such
is man the world over The human
mind is too prone to penetrate the
eternal mysteries OF the lmpenetrable,
and thusly gets beyond the depth of its
own limited understanding. In the
language OF the witches 20 Macbeth,
TASK no more
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OF all men upon whom devolve great
responsibilities, there Is none who has
greater use for steady nerve than the
barber. Now, one of the best chin
scrapers in this town is, at the same
time. the most confirmed morphine fiend
without the walls of a hospital. He
swallows daily enough of the drug to
kill an ordinary man, and is totally
unable to trust himself with a razor
until he has taken large dose. This
man has 4 family and is compelled to.
support the members thereof by work
ing at the only trade he knows, yet. in
order to secure the steady hand indie
spensible to the retention of his position,
he is compelled to poison himself by
inches.