The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-10-18
DEPENDS ON WEATHER
If NAVIGATION CLOSES EARLY IN
SEASON, COAL WILL BE DEAR
On the Other Hand, Should the Lakes
Remain Open Long Enough, the Price
of Anthracite Will Be Within Easier
Reach - Everybody Praying for a
Late Fall.

Here is a colloquy between two COL
order walters, written on both sides Of
napkin:
"see that gem'man ovah theyah in
the co'nah?"
'"Fhe one with the side-whiskahs? ?"
"Yes-with the fringe to his face"
well, what about him?"
What about him? What about him
Wy man, he's got coall Coal! Great
some Of it! Ah-ah-ah-right here in
NAH pocket. Alive got it."
"Youah liah. Yoh CANT make me
believe anybody gave you any coal
an old fool coon like you. Coal, coal,
whah if yoh had any coal yoh wouldn't
be dublin around heah jugglin' soup
plates. Back up, back up, youah pipe'll
go out one O. these days, and yoh
famblyIl be starvin' to death. Coal,
coal? Anybody give you coal? 0 my,
o my, yoah the biggest jollah in this
here business"
Look heah. yoh fool niggah. All
ah-ah pity youah ignorance. All feel
pangs of commisserationment for
youah total lack of discernmentics and
sacreligious disbelieveability. Look
heah, yoh! Look heah! Is that coal?
Is that coal? Glue youah old foolish
eyes onto it, but keep youah hands off.
Smell Of it! All wouldn't trust yoh
to bite it. Counterfeit? Counterfeit
Why boy, that man that gave this to
me is jeweler. Don't you nevah think
that guy evan handles anything that's
counterfeit. Why, he's got one jest
like 1t In his own necktie. Back to the
dishpannery, yoh black knocker."
The waiter had actually been tipped
with a piece of coal. Who the multi
millionaire was who started the disas-
trous habit. however, could not be
learned. Search of the asylums may
be made.
All Depends on the Weather.
If there is any effectiveness in pray
er, which Of course must be conceded,
the hundreds Of thousands in the Twin
Cities had better begin at once to pray
for salubrious November weather. With
the settlement Of the strike in the an
thracite region in prospect, the SILVER
ing householder has already begun to
figure on the amount Of the precious
black stuff his income will allow him,
and whether he will have to carry his
money to market In a pocketbook and
his coal home in barrel, or carry his
money to the market in barrel and
his coal home in purse.
The proposition, however, is entirely
one of providential interference. If
tliC WCctlACl 10 6OOIlt SOcl Will NC oolllC-
where around possible price. II the
weather is bad, the coal barons will
feel for US, but they won't be able to
reach us.
On the length Of time that naviga-
ton keeps open the entire matter rests.
When coal starts to move-which most
persons have begun to think Is con-
summation never to be realized-it can
come to the Northwest by two routes,
rail and wave If 1t comes by way of
the lakes, rates will be low enough to
hold the price to the consumer down
to something like $8.25 or $3.50 ton.
If severe weather is encountered on
the lakes, however, before the LIST of
December, the salvation will have to
come by rail. And that is why a local
coal dealer said yesterday:
Come on now. ALI together. Pray,
and pray, and pray. Let salubrity on
the lakes be the slogan, and we'll all
last till spring"
Mems SUITS French dry cleaned 81 20