The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-02-26
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He is called "Old Bib" because he is a
chronic bibliomamac. is well aware OF the
fact himself, and palpab1y glad of 1t. He Is
rather moro Of book worm than he is old
In reality. but he looks Old and wise and
sage and all that. Possibly this is caused by
his having existed so long In the past among
dead and half-forgotten authors. Once in
awhile however. Old Bib takes a dash down
the speeding track OF current events He did
SO yesterday.
Il see," he said. tenderly replacing
tattered copy of "Perignne Pickle" on the
shelf in his favorite antiquarian book store,
that Gen. Otis has passed a curfew ordi-
nance over in Manila. He passed 1t unani-
mously, too. 1 like that. 1 don't get ARREST
OF the times very often. at least everybody
tells me l don't. but still love to dip into
the news OF the day once In while. Gen.
Otis is beginning ait the right end. II there
Is one thing those Fdlipinos need more than
bath and a clean shirt 1t Is a curfew law
1t works well here. 1t VIII work all right in
the Philippines. Those Aguinaldo chaps have
been sitting up too late nights. In this coun-
try, when hoOdlum stays out too long after
dark. he's I'D to something mean. Sets fire
TO building. rohs a grocery store or holds
up man. Just the same with those
islanders If Gen. Otis can only PERSUADE
the FilipinOs to go In nights, and they tell
me he's something of persuader, the soldier
boys can take care Of them daytimes There
mas been altogether too much miscellaneous
shooting and stabbing going on after dark In
THAT country; too much disorderly conduct
and skylarking. Give 'em the strong arm OF
the law. l say. and then let's see If they
won't be good. If I had a Filipino working
In my family. while would be perfectly will
ufu
himself 1 should Insist ON his spending his
evenings at home, reading, writing or play-
Ing chess l may be entirely wrong gentle
men. but those are my views and Gen. Otis
appears to agree with me. The curfew
ordinance Is the first step toward civilization
in the Philippines. You can't have too much
curfew for such people Once established
the ordinance will be worth the whole cost
OF the war with Spain. True Addison, Pope.
Milton and even Shakespeare are all silent
regarding such a measure. but l believe IN
being uD to date. myself. at least once
month. and this Is my day to get abreast
of things"
mat ST. Paul burglars an enterprising
lot OF gentlemen was evidenced some time
ago by the experience Of William Houle. an
lnnkeeper. whose place of business is out In
New Canada. 1t appears that some friend of
MI. Houle became involved in difficulty
with the law and was hauled to the munich
PAL court, where his bonds were fixed at
500. The innkeeper proved himself a friend
IN need by coming down to the municipal
court to offer himself as bondsman But
your property is all in the name of your
wife" objected the Judge who was well &C.
quainted with Mr.. Houle. I'm afraid In
your case that you will have to deposit
cash bond"
Your honor" observed the innkeeper. sor-
rowfully, 1 have not that amount with me,
but have great deal more than s1O0 at
home In my safe"
1t was too far a drive from the court room
to New Canada for the s1OO to be available,
and consequently Mr.. HouIe had to go home
and leave his friend in the clutches of the
law. Then. as he tells the story, 81 was
woke up at midnight with loud noise At
first thought 1t was some of the boys, and
then 1t struck me that the safe was bowed
up. l hadn't lost any burglars and did not
go down to look for none. When I got UP
in the morning l found dat the blamed safe
was blowed all to smash and the boarders'
clothes had been piled on top Of it to keep
down the noise
ut was joke the blowers though"
added Mr.. Houle laughing. "Of course there
was nothing in It."
Little Mabel Blank. aged years. had evil
IDENTIFY heard her parents talk about the
weather being fine overhead but bad under
foot. for in answer 30 a remark by a visitor
she said:
Yes. it's very bad on your feets, but nice
ON the top Of your head"
This talk about sunny southern skies.
spring zeyphers and Madri Gras festivities is
all right In railroad folders, but 1t was very
different in New Orleans a couple of weeks
ago."
Blifkns Joined the Journals Southern ex-
cursion in order to escape the cold spell in
Minneapolis, but instead. he says he might
better have staid at home
When we left Minneapolis 1t was 20
below. When we reached Chicago. the next
morning. it was 80 below The officials of the
road put the train in round house to thaw
out. and we went up to a hotel to get
warm. That night we left Chicago and
hustled for the South but the next morning
it was SO below. This made it necessary to
spend another six hours in a round house
getting the rolling stock thawed out When
we reached New Orleans it was above and
that's pretty cold for that country We
took all our meals with our rain coats on and
the merry maskers, who escorted the floats In
the festivities, only kept their spirits up by
putting plenty OF spirits down. OF course. be-
Ing all masked they could not dring out of
bottles. but to man. they had them with
them, and used straws to get at the whisky.
l stood it for couple of days, and then
took the train for st. Paul. where it. per-
haps. is colder, but there is some chance for
fellow to get warm without becoming q
subject for Keely course"