St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-07-09
MINNEAPOLIS,
NOTE AND COMMENT.

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1t was night One by one the silent
stars came out and silently looked down
on pastorally peaceful scene. Lights
glimmerilg here and there over wide
area TOLD those calm watchers of the
skies that city lay below. But what
silent city! Down silent streets, far
reaching vistaS of solemn emptiness,
save for here and there an occasional
moving form betokening invasion
OF solitude's realm by restless
spirits, shone Luna's fairest
rays. silvery, shimmering. In busy
hoStelrles. where weary wayfarerS do
seek entertainment and rest from traY-
cps cares, naught was there Of busy
MOL and turmoil, ipcessant jostling of
man against man; but solitary forms
lifted wandering!y. like wraiths from
some celestial sphere translated to
earth's uncongenial bounds. From
wont to rise exhilerating hum
of business rushed along on
Mostly shrieking, unoiled wheels
of haste, come naught but dying echoes
of barter, buy and sell. Crickets
chirped on quiet thresholds. Songs of
frog-world. trilled in shrilly musical
notes. swept by on aerial wings. Dogs
lifted high their heads and babe de-
nance 10 nights safety-bea ming queen.
High DER mems abodes night bird
called to night bird in piercing signal,
then cooed in dulcet measures soft mes
sageS of bird-love, while
Beg pardon, what die you ask? Is
that the beginning of She Never Told
Her love; or Lord DrumIeigh Fitz-
Choimondeley's Pen Wiper?" Oh, no:
that is fairly accurate description of
the metropolis of the Northwest at all
early hour OH a July evening-like last
evening. for instance.
Did any one say that Dave Clough was
regular attendant at the recent sue
cesstul trotting meeting at Minnehaha?
Well, he wasn't. r. F. Jones was man.
aging that meeting this year.
So Freeman p. Lane has come ont for
Nelson. Well, that is real sweet of
Freeman, but Knute will sit down i'll a
quiet corner of the barn and think be-
fore he decides that he is glad of it.
The regular attendants on the recent
trotting meeting at Minnehaha realized
the truth of the old down-East adage.
~ on can never tell by the looks of
frog how far he can jump" That old
horse Jim was an illustration. jim was
long, lank. sleepy-looking, flea-bitten
gray; de seemed to have about as
nuch spirit as load of coal.
When scoring for start jim would
never trot over fifty feet beyond
the wire before returning for a new
start. He was down on the card as of
unknown breeding. lie knew not his
father or his mother. His father might
have been a draught horse and his
mother the hauler of milk cart for
all jim knew and for all he
cared. But Jim could trot a bit
Those who saw him the first day
OF the meeting decided that he
was ali honest fellow who would do his
best. but he was not in it that day. The
third day. however, the air seemed just
right for Jim. He went into race with
haIt-doZen horses that looked 100 per
cent better, and beat 'em all. They had
him whipped two or three times,
but the old fellow hung OH with
his teeth, and was landed winner.
And the funniest thing about Jim is that
no one ever knew lie could trotsuntil
this year. jim used 10 stand OH one
side of pole and help haul a hack
around the streets Of Minneapolis until
less than year ago. He was not even
considered good enough for hack work,
so he was sold to A. n. Gray, North
Minneapolis blacksmith. for SG5. Now
Jim is a trotter, and can get considera-
bly, inside of 2:40 any time of day or
night.
The ladies of Minneapolis who are
Doand TO get into parliament, even if
they have 10 run one OF their own in
tile library building. are glad that
American gingerbread is not made of
5 Portland cement like Gladstone's.
ashton viii do almost ANYTHING,
work i'll the interest of newsboys is
fashionable. hence Minneapolis is to
have newsboys' home, even if:tlIere is
no necessity for one. We must be in
style, you know.
The spectacle of the members of the
city council wrestling with parliament
airy tactics Is sight never to be forgot
ten. once seen. 1t reminds one of the
deliberations of congress, from the fact
that it is SO different.
IL look into my heart and weed it out
every night" shouted IL wild-eyed street
preacher to his audience last night.
Must secure that man before it is too
late" murmured Manager Fred Pride.
OF the dime museum, who happened to
SSO liit illdl ana UV6Tuedr TIE remark,
A ragged little girl stood on the
corner of Nicollet and Washington ave-
nues yesterday afternoon, presenting
her open palm to every pedestrian with
the plaintive wall:
'sP'ease, mister, give me five cents, I
want TO buy some bread for pap
what is the matter with YOUR father.
little girl?'' asked q benevolent old gen
tleman, as he handed her a bright
nickel.
81 don't know" said the little tot.
shut ma says he's too strong to work.
Is the millennium at hand? Heaven
knows that it would seem so, for today
the Western Union will remove its
wires in the city hall, preparatory to
strlnging them in the new quarters.
Wants an Accounting.
The Frie-Presse Herald Printing COM
pany was made defendant in a suit COM
menced yesterday by Nicholas JAG
quinet. Mr.. Jacquinet charges that the
defendant has collected some $1,000 of
debts due him and refuses to give an ac-
counting He therefore asks Judgment
for that sum also an order restraining