St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-11-12
SHOULD BE SUPPRESSED
Would-Be Funny Men Who Are
Bore on the
Streets.
Practical Jokes Which Tell Hard
on the Victim
lied.

one meets III his daily ROUNDS Num-
| Der of human nuiSanceS, not or the bad
| class, who do not receive the attention
from the press they d serve. They
would be inSulted to be classed as any
thing but respectable and honorable :;
yet, through stupidity or Indifference to
the rights OF others, they do things
many low people would not think of
doing.
Yesterday morning weli-dresSed
and gentlemaniy appearing man was
observed walking down East Fourth
street as a newSboy approached and
offered him paper for sale. The man
| took the paper and continued Oh with
out paying the boy, making. as he pro
ceeded and the boy followed, what he
| intended TO be funny remarks. lie led
| the boy nearly three blocks anu then
paid him, but he had by the means
beaten the lad out OF the sale of more
than dozen papers. lie had no inten
ton of stealing the paper; he only
| meant to entertain the youth with an
| exhibition or cutenesS; but he was max
ing nuisance of himself. 1t is mere
than likely that he would have resented
impudence from the little boy with Il
SGNcI6 IGpIOOl II HOI slap.
In the afternoon Of the same day q
Well-dreSSed woman was observed on Il
Grand avenue car with three small
children, the oldest being under the
car-fare age. She sat comfortable on
the seat with the three little ones sitting
III line by her, while there were dozen
ladies and gentlemen standing III the
a sle hanging to the overhead straps.
1t seemed to not enter the WOman'S
head that all these people had paid
fare while she had paid nothing tor her
little ones, and that with due regard for
the fitness of things, the seats the
children occupied should be vacated.
But of all the nuisances OF this class,
the practical joker is the worst. Some
who are addicted to this evil amuse-.
merit will do things that are grossly
insulting and sometimes criminal, eX-
pectng to be excused OH the ground
that they were meant only as jokes.
"Wednesday morning a young man who
keeps the books in one Of the prominent
offices of the city, arose before his bed
fellow was awake. He went through
the trousers pockets of the sleeper and
found $40 gold piece. 1t was all the
money in the clothing, and just for
joke he hid 1t. After breakfast they
went down town together, as they were
in the habit of doing, and on the way
the victim of the joke invited the other
into a cigar store to treat. The
cigars We're passed out, and the young
man reached III his pocket for money.
He found his gold piece gone, and he
WAS unable to settle with the dealer.
He became excited over the loss or the
money and started back to the room.
The joker accompanied him, intending
to show where the money was when he
had enough amusement over his DIS
cOmfiture. After the victim had
searched for the gold piece until he be-
came discouraged the joker told him
what he had done. and also where to
find the money. He rushed to the spot,
but it was not there. 1t was the Joker'S
turn to become alarmed. He began a
vigorous search for it; and was at
length compelled to give it up. Some
one had been in the room and found the
| money; so that joke has cost the Joker
S20
The average man of the street looks
| upon newspaper reporters as legitimate
prey to practical jokes. He thinks that
| if he can send a reporter to some re
mote locality late at night i'll search OF
an item which does not exist, he has
performed a feat which should i'm
mortalize him. But it never enters his
| head that the reporter while absent
may lose some important piece of news
| and lose his situation, because the
paper was scooped. 1t never creeps
through the stupid head of the joker
that the reporter was wholly at his
mercy in the matter, hence he has ac-
complshed nothing creditable by send
ing him Oh the wildgoose chase. The
most vigilant and best reporters are the
ones most likely to be taken in by such
fellows.
Few practical lokers there are who
do not make nuiSanceS of themselves.