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 VIII Be Within Easier
Reach - Everybody Praying for a
Late Fall.

Here is a colloquy between two col
order walters, written on both sides Of
a napkin:
See that gem'man ovah theyah in
the conah?"
1.-THE one with the side whiskahs?"
''Yes-with the fringe to his face"
''Well, what about him?"
What about him? What about him I?
Wy man, he's got coalI Coal! Great
punches of coal! All saw it! All got
some of it! Ah-ah-ah-right here in
nah pocket. Alive got it."
"Youah Iah. 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
fambly'll be starvin' to death. Coal,
coal? Anybody give you coal? o my,
o my, yoah the biggest jolzah in this
here business"
Look heah, yoh fool niggaI1. All
ah-ah pity youah ignorance. All feel
pangs of commisserationment for
youah total lack of discernmentics and
heah, yoh! Look heah! Is that coal?
Is that coal? Glue youah old foolish
eyes onto it, but keep youah hands off.
Is that coal? Well All guess it is coali
Smell Of it! All wouldn't trust yoh
to bite it. Counterfeit? Counterfeit
Why boy, that man that gave this to
me is a jeweler. Don't you nevah think
that guy evan handles anything that's
counterfeit. Why, he's got one jest
like it in his own necktfe. 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
err, 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 a barrel and
his coal home in a purse.
The proposition, however, is entirely
one of providential interference. If
the weather is good, coal will be some
where around possible price. If 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 a 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 s8.25 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 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."