The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-12
JUST BETLUEEN YOU .4ND NE

JUST BETLUEEN YOU IND ME-
81 A sTRoPHEoNs.' What that mean? It
used in of the high school papers this week and
have not been able to place it's nationality First
suited Webster then Century dictionary nothing
nearer than astrophe found in either Then be-
thought me that had sort of Greek sound hunted
the authority Greek in the Office he went digging into
his Greek lexicon with much enjoyment
hunting for the fox. Still nothing light Now,
somebody please unrave the mystery this word?
of having spelled the writer only heard
pronounced? Is it msspe1led slip
There is doubt whatever that the asropheons
for the penmanship of the writer is very egibe.,
Eight ago Stephen Lovejoy postmaster
CT Minneapolis told by his physician that he could not
live six months Those nearest him that from that
day he began heroic struggle to proong his life
what he did, just all he did, known only to them 1t is
wonderful what this will of if held it's
with grim determination Some years ago heard
liar where will alone only prolonged
actually worked The had oconotor ataxia
had already lost control of the muscles of his lower limbs
when the doctor told him his beyond The
dogged in his determination give up
went to gymnasium take thorough
cse Every torture, but he min
ute nstalments and when he doing this stayed
out of little began to Wheel even
then he had not sufficient control of his muscles
cep by falling Off In MONTHS although yet
not stand steadily without began playing
All through the winter this systematic
neyer-ceasng exercise and by the spring he
to take fortymile rides his wheel Now
him that he has completely his threatened
You very well know that it is creed never to say
de-, to give while there is slightest
then does finally have acknowledge beaten
to down with all coors flying with
having taken every chance there So is that like
speak of notable battle mind against might
be considered overwhelming afHction
I have been reading Great Battles of the World" by
Stephen Crane and striking n
great WELLINGTON he of Waterloo
fame In speaking of battle voria one of the Ma
poleonic battles in Spain during what the
war trying make clear the manner in which
Wellington had possible emergency
this quotation Wellington himself comparing the
plans of the defeated French generals with
make splendid set of harness. 1t very
gets broken, and then done for Now my
campaign of ropes anything went tied knot
went There is better facing working
the problems of life than to make oneself able
and go on
this book battles there u.s. by the way quite
the best description of the battle of Bunker Hill that
yet been written Mr. Crane has made all the great
manders live and his style of description such that
reading actually to be at the glorious
fight
An English writer, woman, said something very nice
not long about the American in general
giving picture Of the American Winston Churchill
thor of Richard Carvel" and "The Crisis" You
there is English Winston Churchill who
former American Jennie Jerome Of New York He is
ber of parliament and writer also though
speaking Of the of the American Churchill
said: ellis dark full of intelligence shrewd
kind, that they give him
which bespeaks the American man the world over"
This is better than saying that Winston
American in general handsome that same
brother look that makes people sight;
the of children dogs
out their greatest devotion. -4. --
1t was amusing to read the pretended interviews this
week. In they and in another
the reality The demand editors somethng
new must be brought to light and in nine
the reporter wonders what in the world
first to get things started right where
the editor only said something brought
but the actual time given the unucky
something new" by the victim not
minutes reporter whose interviewing
generally to feel that the want
American public acquired taste of questionable
spectabiity If the dear public and the victim of that
lies curiosity only realized that
the matter and intrusion
haps the lot of this would be quite
hard ~
But then, 'just between and me-" there many
people to-day who enjoy seeing their print
ter how much they pretend object it. ago
happened to overhear conversation between
bearing this very point. One said
II really don't like to In print