St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-06

"There are a number of persons who
are of the impression that the signal
service flags are not of particular bene-
fit to the citizens of st. Paul or any
other city," said a weli-known travel
ing man in the lobby of the Merchants
yesterday. II do not pay much atten-
tiOn to the weather, it is true, but there
is one thing about these flags which
makes them of service to me. 1t is
queer, too. Whenever / see one of the
flags waving in the air it always re-
minds me that my washing should be
sent to the laundry. l don't know why
this is, but ii is true at the same time.
will not say that it is the unwaShed
condition of the flag, because cannot
tell what it is, but there is something
about it which strikes me in the same
way every time. Funny, isn't it?" He
then got the key TO his room for the
purpose of getting out his washing ac-
cOrding to the dictates of his custom.
SSSSSs
Il was in one of the newspaper
offices of the city the other evening
when l witnessed little thing which
caused me to laugh heartily" said K. r.
Office was full of men at work at their
desks, and | was in conversation with
the managing editor. One of the edi-
torial writers came into the room where
1 was, and he handed to the managing
editor a sheet of copy. 1t had been
written on the typewriter, and. as is
common with such matter, the machine
had caused many mistakes. The writer
had also made a number of changes in
the text, which had marked mp the copy
nntii it looked very queer to a person
who is not familiar with the copy used
in newspaper office. A careful writer
frequently changes his copy for the
better, and this man of whom | speak,
being an exceptionally careful man,
had made many changes.
"a near-sighted man, who happened
to be in the room of the managing editor
at the time, whispered in his ear and
asked if the man who had handed in the
copy was the puzzle editor. He was
greatly mortified when he discovered
his error"
sssssg
A young man was writing letter at
one OF the writing tables in the Wind
sOr last evening, when he noticed that
a Seedy-lOOking individual was looking
over his shoulder and reading what he
had Inscribed. The letter was to
young lady of his acquaintance, and the
Seedy-lOoking man seemed to enjoy the
epistle immensely. Finally the writer
noticed that the seedy-looking man was
getting closer and closer, and he closed
the letter as follows:
II would write more to you. nv dear but
there is a - - - - reading what
am writing over my shoulder. Yours, ETC."
II am not looking over your shout
der" exclaimed the seedy-looking man,
with considerable heat. Il was"
Then he tumbled to the fact that he
fiad given himself away. and he gal
lOped toward the door as though he was
training for sprinting contest.
SSSSS2
About month ago one of the bell
boys at the Merchants borrowed SIS
bill of Ehle Allen.
"I'll pay it 20 you on Tuesday," he
said, as he pOcketed the money. But
he did not respond. Yesterday after
noon Eli said to the boy that he guessed
he had forgotten about the money.
Mo- amt forgotten bout it. l tole
yer dat | would glib it back on a Tues
day. didn't SPECIFY no Tuesday. but
Pll be sure an glib 1t to yer on a Tues
day."
Ehle is waiting the pleasure of the
diplomatic borrower.