St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-09
MINNEAPOLIS.
NOTE AND COMMENT.

1t was only barrel and it stood on
the edge of the sidewalk. Once it bad
been spick and span new barrel, fit to
form part of all II. Jay Smith barrel
palace. But that was years ago, years
that is, according to the calendar by
which the age of barrels is r5choned.
The slaves, the hoops, the remnants OF
a head, all spoke of better days. 1t had
suffered 1.-THE slings and arrows OF out
Tageous fortune, - had this barrel i'll its
broken fortunes. Vandalism, imper-
sonated by bill postes. had defaced
with pictures of impossible dramatic
situations. Rude winds had torn those
bills and still furthnr added to the nag
gard appearances of this particular bar
rel.
Well, the barrel didn't seem to mind
these drawbacks. Its spirit was broken.
Its power of resistance was gone. Yet
this barrel had something attracliVe-or
suspicious, it would be difficult to tell
which-about il. PasSerS by involun-
tarily looked hard at it, some with IN
terest, others with suspicion, still others
with positive aversion. Others again
shook their heads in dubious
way when near it and hurried on. Va
grant dogs shifted the air i'll its vicinity,
looked savage for moment, then trOtted
off.
But the barrel never moved. In Its
degradation from its once proud estate
as the outer case Of snowy flour, cryS-
talline sugar or the salt of the earth, IL
was too much absorbed in the con-
temptation of its own miserles TO
notice the sights put upon III NY
strangers. Patiently il stood nearly
hNI do al tn
store TO and from which scores came
and went. Was it waiting for some one?
Perhaps, but the right one was slow III
coming.
y policeman hove in sight, rolling
along like Dutch lugger. he ponce
man noticed the barrel. Expressions of
interest, suspicion, dislike, all Tilted
across a segment of his countenance.
A clerk emerged from the store.
"Sagw called the policeman, you'd
better git that barrel away 4 yuh don't
want tn health department after yum ~
A city hall wag has paraphraSed the
line OF the song Down come the cradle,
baby and all'i to down come Woody.
Gussy and ALL" He had in mind the
fire department investigation.
he SdS OlllptllN HOS l'iloU w iO'Ni
the price Of gas as agreed when the
contract with the city was renewed. Ii
gas consumers will drop down to the
city hall of an afternoon they can Sc
cure supply for nothing. Once
seekers and lobbyists are numerous.
There is q fight between the health
department and the milk inspectors
department. All that is necessary to
complete the matter is for the water
works department to take hand III the
battle. The water works and milk i'll
spector's departments ought to be con-
sOlidated, anyway.
Mayor Eustis is already beginning to
taste the swe cts of public Office. The
Danish Republicans are after him hot
and heavy. They are being sighted and
ignored in the matter of plums. The
mayor should have been very careful
when he selected a man to do "promis-
ing" in the Sixth ward. Wonder if John
GOodnOW was the man who operated in
the Sixth during the campaign?
Yesterday well-kn0wn capitalistfell
on Washington avenue south, being
overcome by fit of epilepsy. Ii" "'aS
carried into drug store and restC ed W
the application of a hot fiat iron w me
skin above his heart. The physician
who attended him said it was the only
way to bring the man around, for, aside
from epilepsy. he was suffering from
the disease known as lice about the
heart
AS a general proposition the doors of
court rooms should always Oe open, but
the man who clings to that theory un-
alteraOly will admit, if he visit the court
house during the HaZelton trial, that
Minneapolis people need education or
the court rooms should be built smaller.
This is the kind of a winter that may
be said to have wholly prehenSile
backbone.
The Mayor on the Move" reads
headline in an evening paper. Can that
mean that William Henry has been cast
out of the house Of his friends?
Wouldn't it be a good plan to just let
the district court take q recess tOmor-
row and literally besprinke the court
house with chloride of lime? The
Hazelton case will be finished today.
To save those actors who have
been here before this week, and who
may come again. from the hangman'S
moose, the GLOBE refuses to divulge the
name of the man whOpayS +. S. Willard
the tribute of saying, ale acts like a
human being"
In a downtown morgue a well-dress-
ed, small-headed man decorateS a mar
bic slab. He is the man who said that
"aIl this smoke over the fire department
comes from Chief Runge's fires"
A large box was noticed in the Office
of the mayors secretary, yesterday. 1t
was learned that the box will be used as
a receptacle for applications for position
as dog catcher. SO far ia applications
have been received, and more are eX-
pected every day hereafter.
1t was stated at the city hall yester-
day that there would soon be an inveSti-
CATION of the head of the fifth police
precinct. The mayor is anxious to
learn what is meant by the letters lie
has been receiving OF late, which con-
tain nothing but Ask Fred to tell you
the story Of the tricycle."
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