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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20

booze even while on duty, and the op-
portnnity to imbibe the glowing spirits
of intOXication often presented itself.
The boys had discovered scheme
whereby they could keep themselves
we'll supplied with liquor. Almost
every day whisky in barrels was stored
in the depot. The scheme was to raise
hoop. bore small hole in the barrel,
take out supply of jag-juice, plug up
the hole and place the hoop back in
position. Sometimes small holes were
bored in the top of barrel and the
lemonade straw would be brought into
requisition.
"One day barrel OF alcohol consigned
to this city. with no specific address,
was rolled into the warehouse. 1t re-
manned there for several days and no
body called for it. Finally little holes
were bored in the head of the barrel
and the men used straws to get the
liquor into their stomachs. 1t was great
scheme. One by one all the boys were
let into the secret, and often a stray
brakeman or flagman would be given
hOspitable drink. The mode of getting
at the alcohol began to grow tedious,
however.and one day some one suggest
ed that as no one intended TO call for
the barrel, it would facilitate matters
to punch in the head. The suggestion
was carried out.
"'Ughn exclaimed the man who had
welded the hammer, as lie fell in dead
faint beside the barrel.
"'W hat is the matter?' exclaimed a
half dozen others, who were sitting
around ready to rush the GROWER at
moments notice.
MY God! there's man in there
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
nothing about her, she stands depicted
as frank and radiant Hebe; in that of
Otharc nc q yyjIv oud lurjd DaliIah ri

nothing about her. she stands depicted
as frank and radiant Hebe; in that of
others as willy and lurid Delilah. ~
The real barmaid of ordinary COM
merce had scarcely any characteristic,
save now and then that of good looks,
in common with either of these ideal
dispensers of liquid rejection. AS a
rule she is an industrious. honest and
respectable girl OF humble origin
and rudimentary education, over
worked and underpaid. debarred
from all the luxuries and many
of the comforts of existence, COM
PEELED to eat her rations of coarse food
in hurry and to sleep in sordid gar
ret. often after having been on her feet,
with few brief intervals Of rest, for
from fourteen to fifteen hours of the day
and night. As matter of fact, few young
bread-earners of the female sex in
this country have a more laborious or
than barmaids. Their work is peculiar
ly fatiguing, and their hours are excep-
tionally long. While they are ION
duty"-that is to say, in many cases
from or in the forenoon until mid
night-there is always something for
them to do. When not engaged in serving
customers. taking money and giving
change, functions calling for the eXer
else of considerable deXterlty and watch
fitness, they are cleaning up'' the
ever-recurring liquor stains of the be-
dabbled counter or keeping up high
polish on the metal and glass ornaments
and appointments of the bar.
In establishments enjoying local
favor, where business is usually brisk
from morning until night, barmaids
have no leisure whatSOever-nO time to
indulge in gossip, to listen to compli-
ments OF even to pay the most cursory
attention to the rough and vulgar
"chaff" Which certain classes of
public house haunters and "loafers
at the bar" are in the habit of
addressing to the dtfenSeless
young women employed to supply them
with drink. These girls, moreover,
many of whom have been brought up
in decent homes by weil-conducted and
laW-abiding parents. are under the
daily necessity of witnessing scenes of
brutal violence, in which men and
women alike give the reign to their
worst instincts, and of hearing the out
bursts of foul language that are too
frequently prompted by alcoholic
excitement. Tipplers and dram drink
eTS CT the lOWoT OIueIS SeluOW give q
thought TO the feelings of the ''girl be-
hind the bar" or place any restraint
upon their free flow of invectiye in
order 10 spare her offense or annoyance.
She, for her part, is bound to put up
with their utterances, however abomin-
able, lest she should offend her masters
customers, thereby mourning his dis
pleasure and exposing herself to the
risk of sudden and peremptory dis
miSSal.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
Newsboys' Club Rooms Moved.

The newsboys' club room has been
moved from the basement of tue cham
Der OF commerce TO new and commOdi-
Gus quarters at 3l3 Wabasha street. In
connection with its work for street
boys, the association announces that it
has recently opened an industrial de-
partment for the aid of poor boys out
of work. Furniture repairing and chair
Gaming are the means to this end, and
already some of the boys have attained
a commendable degree Of proficiency in
the Gaming of chairs. The repairing of
furniture is in the hands of an eXpe-
rienced man, Mr.. William Felstead. who
has been we'll and faVoraOly known for
many years as a worker in this line.
Every kind of furniture repairing is
done at the shop, and the quality OF the
work done is guaranteed to be of the
b,st. The patronage OF tile public is so
lie ted to aid this practical branch of the
work in the effort being made 10 render
it OF genuine assistance to the boys and
to further the hope of the association Of
making it self-sustaining. At this sea-
son of the year hOusekeepcrs and bust
ness men find many articles in need of
repair. An order sent to or left at the
shop, 132 Eighth street or at the club
room, 313 Wabasha street, will receive
prompt attention, the goods being called
for and delivered. The prices for the
work will be the same as else where, and
the association relies upon the practical
announcement of the public in remem.
bering this new branch OF its work.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20

small. round head. and whose
coarse coal-black hair parted in
the middle over bis salIow tenn
Dles bespoke his descent from
PocahOntas. used TO ride to the capitol
OH Virginia thoroughbred aud enter
the senate chamber with his riding whip
in his hand, silver spurs on his heels
and his favOrite hound following his
footsteps. He wrote letters and made
speeches with his gloves on. Every ten
or fifteen minutes. while making Il
speech, he called out, 'rimms, more
porter" and the assistant doorkeeDer
would hand him foaming lumber Of
beer.
In this way Randolph used to drink
three or four quarts OF beer in the
afternoon, and his tongue on such 0c-
casiOns frequently became something
dreadful. Alas, we have no John Ran
dOlph now TO relieve the senate cham
Der of the dull monotOny. Senators
don't drink beer in the chamber any
more. and when they want some ice
cold champagne punch I'm hot weather
they discreetly take it in the privacy of
the cloak rooms. They have even given
up the use of snuff. ard Capt. Bassetrs
silver snuff box, which lies all the while
on the clerks desk comfortably filled
with the best Scotch at SIS pound,
has only Capt. Bassett for a customer.
Mr.. EdmUnds was the last of the snuff
ing senators, as he was in many other
respects the last of picturesque line
of public men.
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they do they only use it as beginner to
lead the WaV to something stronger. l

they do they only use it as beginner to
lead the way to something stronger. L
have been told that the effects OF cham
payne drinking to excess are much
worse than those produced by drinking
whisky to excess. | know Of several
cases of premature whitening of the
hair tn 1T are said to have come from
drinking too much champagne for
number of years at stretch. and have
heard doctors say that a champagne
debauch is harder to get over than any
other kind of debauch. Then L think
the difference between the manner Of
drinking the two articles whisky and
hampagne-accounts for the difference
in the number of DRINKS produced by
the two. Champagne is generally called
for at bar by number of men drink
ing together. They take a small bottle
or large bottle and divide it between
two or between four. 1t is expensive
and is not often repeated The largest
amount of whisky sold at a bar is III
single drinks, but the number of re-
peats' in parties OF three or more is
very large, and here's where good deal
of the heavy drinking begins. A man
feels like returning the treat, and when
three or four have done this there is
pretty good basis for few drunks."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20

of Thrace was so strong that it re-
quired to be mingled with twenty times
it's own bulk of water. Is it the poverty
of modern vintages that has driven men
increasingly to the use of liqueurs? 1t
may be SO, but most wine-drinker5
would freely forgive absence of body"
if they could be certain that the stuff
they were quaffing was genuine extract
of the grape. This is the charm
which the traveller discovers in the
win du pays" when he goes abroad
the light, pure claret which is sold
cheap, and which it would not pay to
adulterate. AS regards liquors, the
authors of this epitome of drinks are
good enough to give us plentiful recipes
for the concoction. This is obliging of
them, as also the full list Of
fered7 American "pick- me-ups" and
'corpse-revivers." 1t may be news to
some of the teetotal fraternity that our
American kinsmen have. invented
drinks to which they have given the
suggestive titles of ''bottled velvet
made out of moselle. sherry. lemon-peel
and sugar-.tiger's milk" yard of
flannel, "Bimbo punch, stone fence"
.'black Stripe" locomotive" and
..'bue blazer" The latter is little more
than ordinary whisky and water; only
the American genins directs the whis-
kies shall be ignited, poured while blaz-
ing from one mug to another. sweetened,
and have the final addition of a slice Of
lemon. "RumfuStian"- must be
q second cousin once removed of egg
nogg"-consists of the yoks of a dozen
eggs put into a quart of beer and a pint
of gin, with such trifing addenda as hot
sherry, cinnamon, nutmeg, lemon and
sugar. One instructive fact which is
unearthed in this volume is as to the
manner in which our ancestors took
their drink. A picture of the ''Dilet-
,tante Society" represents all the noble
men and gentlemen present as drinking
claret out of black bottles, thus show
ing that the decanter was by no means
considered necessary of fashionable
lifa
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
LONDON BARMAIDS.

Industrious and Respectable Girls
Whose Lot Is Not Entirely Envi-
able.
Many people, we believe, entertain
the notion that the career of barmaid,
on the whole, is rather a sparkling and
lightsome one, Astounding in sprightly
incident, says the London Times.
Among non-frequenters of public
houses whose acquaintance with the in
ternal administration of these busy es-
adjustments is exclusively derived
from their inner consciousness, the i'm
preston prevails that the light labors of
the ministering damsel who dispenses
alcohol to whomsoever is prepared to
pay for that infammatory refreshment
are enlivened by cheerful gossip and
graceful pleasantrIes interchanged
with her employers male clients, that
she is the object of delicate flattery and
sedulous attention; that when she hap
pened to be more than usually comedy
of face and figure she is continually in
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
ETHICS OF The JAG.
Variety Of Information Con-
corning Drinks and
Drinking.
Spicy News About the Pre-
vailing Fashions in Ar
dent Spirits.
The Gay London Bapmaid,
Whose Life Is Not All One
of Romance.
Opinions Of Barkeepers Re-
garding the Quality Of
Hard Liquor.

Brandy is becoming much less
common drink tnan it once was" said
bartender. 1.-The reason is, l suppose.
that it is so dear because of the heavy
duty, says the st. Louis Globe Demo
Graf. There are some men who stick to
it at any price, however. Usually you
Will notice that the brandy drinker is
high liver all round. The consumption
Of brandy produces that peculiar flush
which you sometimes notice about old
sea dogs and army officers. 1t is the
drink of the luxurious, and is
relished better than whisky by
that class. Why it should be so
/ do not exactly know. Possibly the
taste may have something to do with it,
for it is more palatable to my mind than
whisky. In England the most common
drink at the society clubs and other
places where men meet socially together
is a brandy and soda. Women seem
more disposed to brandy than
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
DRINKING In ENGLAND. :
Red Wines Are Now Given the
Preference There Over Whites

Preference There Over Whites
In England the popular tendency is to
desert white wines and transfer ale
glance to the reds. There are thousands
of people who drink the ordinary red
colored Bordeaux who have never heard
of Fargues. Bommes, Preignac or Bar
sac, says the London Telegraph. Yet
many of these white varieties are
delicious and certainly as whole
some as the poor stuff-the authors
call it SHILLING ladstone"-imbiDed in
this country as being pure claret. 1t is
curious that Scotland, whose fealty to
whisky at the present moment is notori-
Gus, was at one time, when her c0nnec-
ton with France was greater than now.
very large consumer of Bor-
deaux. John Homer deplored IN
verse the day when Scotland
deserted claret and took to
port instead. He wrote: "Firm and
erect the Caledonian stood. Prime was
his mutton and his claret good; Let
him drink port an Englishman cried;
He drank the poison and his spirit
died." Prior to our own great wars
with France, Bordeaux was
favorite beverage in England, and
when its importation was pro-
hibited vast quantity continued
to be struggled to our shores. Possibly
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receipt of rich and tasteful gifts betok
ening the high regard in which her
charms are held by a host of fervid adj
mirers. To those who see her in their
minds eye, by tine light of these mag
inings, it does not appear in
the least unlikely that she
should eventually bestow her fair
hand upon a gay young sprig of fashion
or sporting scion of some historic house.
On the other hand, from the point of
view entertained by the ''unco' guild"
who appear always to think as badly
as may be of their fellow creatures, she
is snare for the feet of the unwary,"
bold, bedlzened daughter of Heth,"
an incorporate temptation to overindul-
gence in Intoxicating liquor. Thus, in
the fancy of some of those who know
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
BARREL OF ALCOHOL.

the Jolly Crowd When Opened.
"Years ago." said the roadmaster, as
he settled back in his chair and pulled
a cloud of blue smoke ceilingward, san
incident occurred that depleted the
force employed at one of the freight
depots in this city to an alarming de-
gree, says the indianapolis Journal.
In fact, it had pretty near the same
effect as haunted-house fable does on
a particularly nervous temperament.
At the time speak of the men employed
at the freight depot in question were
a pretty reckless set. Most of them
did not object to taking on little
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
MY CoLORs.

Nv best-loved colors Well, think like
A soft and tender dewy green-for grass;
Sometimes pink my fancy too will strike
In lobster PURGE or Sauterne glass.
Blue is q color too greatly love;
It's sort of satisfying 10 my eyes
IT'S their own color-and I'm quite fond OF
This hue also for soft Italian skies.
For bushes give me red, nor hesitate
To pile il on; like il good and strong
Upon the cheeks of her call my Fate
The loyeliest of all the lovely throng.
On golden yellow oft my fancy dwells;
IT'S almost godlike as it sparKles through
The effervescent flzz; and wondrous spells
1t casts DER me when coined in dollars too
Hence. friend II is cannot specify
What hues particular my joys enhance;
like them all: their popularity
At special times depends on circumstance.
John Kendrick Bangs in Harper's Weekly.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
So he went and brought it out, and he

So ne went and brought it out, and he
didn't tell me to pour out one.
ale didn't bring out any glasses at
all. but in genuine, good, old true Texan
style he handed me the demijohn and
then turned his back, and | swung it
upon my arm and began to pull at it.
Such liquor | had never tasted. and |
couldn't let 90 for long time, but the
president never turned around until
said Bob and tell you that is what
call real, true, genuine politeness. and
that is why / say that old Gen. Jackson
was the politest man ever knew"
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20

men, that is those women given to
strong drinks. You can invariably tell
the woman who is in the habit of taking
it by the peculiar flush of her face. l
have heard doctors advise it in prefer
ence to whisky, but for myself l stick
to the latter"
Cocktails are dying out as an appe-
tiZer in the morning." said Darkeeper
of thirty years. experience. "They
have been dying out for the past ten
years. Now, in summer, the gold and
silver fzz is common enough, but
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
A Resemblance.

Texas Sifungs.
"Ald. McBoodle is a fine-lOoklng man,
amt hep" said friend of ours the other
day.
yes" replied another, 81 was taken
for him once"
You! why care for that, was taken
for him. | went OH his bail bond and
was taken for him-by tie sheriff."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20

we gain something by the thinness of
the ordinary cheap claret, in. the fact
that no dilution is needed, and, as we
are reminded in this volume. the wine
which Homer mentions as being pro-
duced from grapes grown on the coast
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20

time" said Crockett. land finally the
general asked me if l wouldn't like to
have drink, saying that he had fine
brand that was the rale old stuff, and OF
course | could not refuse the president.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
OLD HICKoRY's MANNERS.
He Courteously Turned His Back
When Dayy Crockett Drank.

When Davy Crockett Drank.
Davy Crockett used to say that Gen.
Jackson was the politeSt man he had
ever met. says the Cincinnati Times
Star. 1t was while jackson was pres
ident that Crockett paid his respects at
the W bite house. 1.-THE president was
glad to see me and we talked a long
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
shouted another fellow, as look of in
tense horror overspread his counte-

nance.
''Sure enough" continued the road
master, as he gazed reflectively at the
fire. ''there was skeleton of man in
that barreT. There was no address on
the barrel, but it had probably been in.
tended to consign it to some medical
college or some student who had just
week every man about the freight depot
was sick. The discovery of the skele
ton in that barrel did more for the
whisky houses IN this city than all the
other agencies combined. Ever after
when those fellows wanted drink they
crossed over to the saloon and paid for
tn
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20
RANDOLPH LiKED PORTER.
When Making Speech He Drank
Literally of IT.

Literally Of II.
Then the oldti went on to tell
me of John Randolph, of Roanoke.
another famous character of the early
days in Washington, says a Washing
ton Letter in the Quincy Wing. What
a godsend to the newspaper profession
in Washington would the presence of a
John Randolph in the senate be at the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20


ment of fact weighs much as hundred-ton gun and
like well directed cannon Of heavy caber it hits the
mark every time We don't say that our Shoes are of
such surprising quality that they cannot be matched
but we do say that better Shoes than we sell for the
price can nowhere be discovered in America, and
nowhere isthetruh told Of it palmer terms than here
Ladies French Kid Shoes all Styles patent leather
tips OF plain toe handturned and hand-sewed, very
tine and stylish Your choice 1928. Shoe store
price, Sc.
Ladies' Fine French Dongola Kid Shoes, all styles,
patent leather tip plain toe handturned or hand
welt fine Dress Shoe, for 1928. Shoe store price,
$3.50.
Ladies Dongola Kid Shoes, all styles, hand-welt
and flexible SOLE patent leather tip plain toe Your
choice $l.9S. Shoe store price, So
Ladies Dongola Kid Button Lace Shoes, patent
leather tip plain toe for $23 Shoe store price 49,
Ladies' Dongola Kid Opera Slippers 48c. Shoe
store price, 75c.
Ladies French Kid Opera Slippers, hand-turned,
SL24 Shoe store price, 50.
Ladies' Dongola Kid Oxford Ties, patent leather
tip, /3c. Shoe store price, 81.
Ladies' French Dongola Kid Oxford Tie hand
turned, all styles, for Sl49. Shoe store price, 49,
Ladies' Finest and Best All-Wool Broadcloth Over
CATERS, &C. Shoe store price, 81.
All Childrens and Boys Shoes 25 per cent less than
the lowest shoe store prices.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-03-20

The Shoe that completely
satisfies a patron is as good
an investment to the seller as
it is to the buyer. To say
good things about a bad Shoe
is the rankest nonsense. It
neither helps the Shoe nor
pulls the wool over any eye
that is not blind. A plain,
straightforward candid state.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-26
Asking Questions Of the Cuckoo.

A curious legend regarding the
cuckoo is found among the Danes,
which, with some notifications, is
likewise current in many parts of
Germany, in England and the north
of Europe. When in early spring
time the voice of the cuckoo is first
heard in the woods every village girl
kisses her hand and asks the ques-
ton, "Cuckool cuckoo when shall
] be married2" and the old folks in
quire, "Cuckool cuckool when shall
/ be ereleased from this worlds cares2''
The bird, in answer, continues sing
ing Cuckoo" rs many times as years
will elapse before the object of their
desires will come to pass.
But, as some old people live to an
advanced age, and many girls marry
late in life, the poor bird has so much
to do in answering the questions put
to her that the building season goes
by; she has no time to make her
nest, but lays her eggs in that of the
hedge sparrow. London Queen.
Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1892-07-26
THE NEW ELECTRIC.
The Dirt Flying-Pole Setting
Contract Getting-The
Route.

1t will go down into history that
first dirt was moved in the construc-
ton of the Salem Motor Railway
company's electric line on Tuesday,
July 26th, 1892. The men COM
menced work this morning ON Com
mercial street at the north bridge,
and work is being pushed south.
The present grade is being adopted,
and first-class track will be laid
Shipments of iron and spikes are
expected daily, which will be laid as
fast as they arrive. Pole setting be-
gins today by Contractors Mason
and Smith, and the ties are already
largely delivered.
A contract will be let this even
ing for all the work and bridges on
the Winter and Oak extension,
the various contractors now being
busy making their figures. In a
few days work will also be com.
menced on this portion of the line,
and Salem's bucket brigade will
again be largely increased.
A loop will be made from the Oak
street line at 18th street to the end of
their present line at the s. P. pas
senger depot. This Will necessitate
new bridge just east of the present
18th street bridge, and thus relieve
the city's bridge of the car traffic.