The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-01
STORIES OF THE STREET.

STORIES OF THE STREET.
One of the features of the Giflin-Neill
performance at the Metropolitan this
week was not on the boards. 1t mas
been the presence of a dignit1ed per-
sonage who always came in late after
the curtain had risen on the first act.
He was attired in the height of fashion
and always sat in the same place. tie
never removed his hat until he hau
taken his seat, and the reason was o.
ViouS, as the removal OF his hat dis
closed an entirely bald head win an
advertisement painted in large letters
The lettering was brief, but announced
the superiority of the soda water Sold
by a certain Sixth street merchant.
This gentleman was not porn lndt
way" but was the victim OF an en-
terprising, Well-known confectionery
dealer.
The occupants of an interurban car
witnessed an exciting runaway yester-
day coming down University avenue,
near Lexington park. A pair or spirited
horses hitched to an open carriage came
plunging down University, crossing the
Hamline street car tracks. tortunale-
ly the carriage was unoccupied. Inc
irterurban car soon caught up with
the runaway team. The passengers
grew excited and it was neck and neck
between the interurban and the team
for several blocks. Several men ran
out in the street and endeaVofed 10
check the plunging animals, but to no
avail. After they had run several
blocks, a young man, apparently not
more than nineteen, was seen to dash
towards the running horses, with one
tremendous leap he sprang into the
carriage, and climbed up to the drlV-
ers seat, but only one rein was to be
oil
on the ground between the running
horses, he hesitated but a moment.
when he sprang down on the tongue OF
the carriage, taking few steps ne Sc
cured the other rein, and was back on
the seat in minute, in less time than
it takes to tell it he had the horses
subdued and had turned their heads
in the opposite direction. The pas
sengers of the car cheered him loudly,
even the sturdy motOrman Joined in
the applause. The young mans name
could not be learned.
Not every one who has been to the
permanent home product exhibit, has
paid special attention to the so-called
X rays exhibit which is made there.
A prominent Republican, it is said
who had his kidding clothes" on,
found mayor DOran examining his
hand in the wonderful machine few
days since: Quietly approaching the
city's chief executive from behind. the
Republican politician slapped the may
or on the shoulder, and said:
Hello, Mr.. Mayor. Fine thing, isn't
it? Won't you please get in there a
moment. Some of that city hall gang
have been telling me You have, no
back bone."' 'r.-t. ,..- --.",
And notwithstanding the merry smile
that o'erspread the features of his in
terlocutor, report goeth that his may
orship was exceedingly Wroth, even as
though he had just taken a kodak pic
ture of city engineer firing his four
teenth cousin, or something.
When the Gettysburg monument ex-
petition went away, the G o b e told
Of the appointment of the capitol bar
Der as the official tonsorial trimmer of
the expedition. When II came back,
the chair and other trappings of the
barber shop had to be transported
from the depot to the capitol on a dray
for which there was chargeable so
cents. Now the barber had read all
about the appointment and he wor-
ried not about his remuneration for
his service, for he had as much faith
in the credit of Minnesota as Oar
Reese, and he felt that the state was
liable. When, however, payment was
delayed. somewhat. he began an in
quiry and found that there was a dis
position on the part of the state
auditor not to o. K. any warrants for
him. Then" the drayman made a roar
which finally resulted in Roland Hart
ley paying the bill out of his private
purse, rather than let the papers get
hold of the embryo scandal.
Roland, by the way, is something of
a swimmer. The other day at Mime
tonka, he swan a mile straightaway,
and he admits that he had little or no
enthusiasm over the effort of McNulty,
who tried to swim the English chan
mel. but turned cut a rank gutter
Considering the advantage of salt
water, and all that, Secretary Hartley
was about to issue a quiet challenge to
the channeler when before breakfast
the other morning, Gov. Clough invited
him out for a matutinal plunge.s Ro-
land consented, and the pair were soon
in the drink. The private secretary
set the pace fer a while, but before
very long th' 5ernatorial whiskers
appeared ath. his lee, and shortly.
the governor began to let out a link
or two. The private secretary let out
few links himself, and shortly began
to puff and pant like a porpoise. He
stood it as long as he could, but the
why frame of the eX-river man showed
no signs of fatigue. Now. the governor
holds the long distance swimming
championship of the state house, but
Hartley has some thought of protest
ing his honor, on the ground that the
! governor is amphibious.