The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-20
The Nonpareil Man
Casually Observed.


A popular platform plank in certain parts
of the East and, 1t is, said, in certain Sec
tions of the west ALSO runs something like
this: =. :E:>T
1.-The tariff should be revised but dom the
man that lays a hand on the sacred docu-
ment." -
A Chicago firm is selling a variety of
Jamaica Ginger containing wood alcohol. This
will make the old sots from Maine and Iowa
smack their lips in a reminiscent way.
Henry Watterson's remedy for corruption,
"kick the rascals, OUT is brief and to the
point. There are a large number of y''outs'
in Minneapolis now who are nursing dents.
Possibly Mr.. schwab is worried about the
price Of coal He. has a large house to heat.
II the candidates were only as free with
the cigars after election, what. world this
would be-!
Grave old Boston has turned out the first
parody onf5 Mary EMacLanes book It is
called 1.-THE Story, of Lizzie MCGUIRE ,, and is
they don't watch out.
The Appleton's this fall are to publish
George Francis Trains autobiography. Mr.
Trains garret is full of interesting old fur
niture and If his riyets are little started
the condition is utilized by Mr.. Train to
coin money, SO that the method in his mad
ness is quite apparent even to an amateur.
London writer's thought at first that the
Shah when he stepped from the car was car
rying locomotive headlight but it was found
to be simply a diamond. How the shah man
aged to keep a diamond himself with any
where from eighteen to forty wives is mys-
terry that was not elucidated.
Chancellor Andrews of Nebraska university
recommends football as a cure for the social
evil. The Big Mitt eleven will play the pro-
fesslonal Bouncers eleven on Northrop Field
next Saturday.
A meteor is said to have fallen on a Texas
man and killed him. Under ordinary cir
cumstances Texan can shoot first.
Having read only few Of the new novels
that run so easily into the 100000 class, it Is
perhaps unfair to Judge them all, but when
ever a new novel that has issued an edition
Of 100, 900 comes out: it is we'll to go home
without buying 1t and read "Oldtown Folks"
again. There is the true Yankee classic I
don't want any better fun than a quiet Sun
day afternoon and "Oldtown Foks.' "Old-
town Folks was first printed in 1857 1t has
never lost its freshness and will be more
valuable than ever 100 years from now.
Professor Conway McMillan's party, which
has been hunting Algae ON the Pacific coast
line. has arrived at Seattle. A member of
the party it is said was severely bitten on the
leg by one of the Algae and Professor McMil-
Ian himself was chased up a tree by an Algae
which he had wounded. He was compelled
to stay there all night till help arrived Sew
eral important Algae have been secured and
will be kept tied to the campus fence until
place can be secured for them. Any at
tempt on the part of small boys to annoy the
Algae or feed them peanuts will be vigor-
| ously suppressed by the police. Z,
AS men are shooting one another freely, the
coal strike may be said to have reached the
| unpleasant stage. To the coal baron in his
city palace with his fat bank account and we'll
filled table, murder in the coal region for
which he pays the - bills out Of the
labor of the strikers. later on is
merely an incident of his daily newspa-
per reading. There will have to be change
somewhere before many decades. - -.
| The Rev. G. L. Morrill, started west yester-
day to try to lose himself somewhere along
the Canadian Pacific right Of way. With the
eighth ward In a good Morrill, condition and
not even smell Of blind pig on the gale
| so our friends, inform us, DR.. Morrill, con-
sidered that 1t would be perfectly safe to rest
from his arduous summer campaign agains,
spiritual wichedness In high places and to re-
| fresh the Intellectual man with a view OF
Banf, the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific
coast Thus refreshed the winter campaign
against sin in the eighth ward will start out
with vigor that will keep the Accuser OF
the Brethren on the hot jump to hold any
section of the territory between the Fourth
avenue street car tracks and the river. 80
DR.. Morrill, has recently issued book or
How | DID Europe With One Hand TIED
Behind Me and a Lame Leg and the early
future bears the glorious promise on Its brow
| Of another. literary masterpiece entitled
How Fell Off the Rocky. Mountains. . In.
cidentally, the cities Of the coast will be
visited, and, # invited. Mr.. Morrill, will throw
a sermon in one Or two Of the leading
] churches. We await further details OF the
trip with interest,"