The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-05
The. NonpareiL Man
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Casually Observed.

The Boston Globe proves satisfactorily that
we are much. very much more German than
This is doubtless true and
will remain true until the Duke of France
comes over then we will find ourselves Gallo
to our very census tables. . i',--'s- $50.
A young manlin New Jersey claims to have
been cured of consumption by case of small
FOX. There is a Boston lady who had con-.
sumption and who was cured by the shock OF
finding a split inflnitive in her Emerson.
Prince Henry is learning how to pronounce
"Hoch." Our boarding school has an improve
ment on the German pronunciation. = H. -
n The new. kind of novel that is we'll writ en, ,
but which begins nowhere and ends nowhere
else, makes a. person mad enough to strike
his. father. No wonder we go back and read
Dickens to get the taste out of our mouths +
In the historical novel, when the Hero and
the Heavy Villain get together at, the close.
there is always a very pretty bit of senatorial
courtesy. :s@;1 Z. :"
Senator Tillman elocuently referred to his
old friend Bevcridee Of Indiana as grass.
hopper Such little tributes add to the gem
eral good feeling. x
Trained from making any cheap witticsms
about the stock yards, such as. for instance,
asking If they had found the gas leak, etc. :.
A Sudden Change.
The Rush City Post prints a story5:pf a
sudden change of mind which forSits sudden
ness is almost unique in the annals of crime.
The story opens in an old church whose
.s'long black windows looked on a mystic
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very out Of place, was an organ, new and of
modern make. its shining keys and polished
cover not exactly matching the antiquated app
pearance of the rest of the church. Its. sweet
music was not made by the use OF hands, but
by means Of a lever which. when pressed,
caused melodious chimes to peal forth. Near
this lay a china dog. left by some young
worshiper. By some divine miracle it rolled
off the seat touched the lever and fell to the
floor, it's mission ended
In this simple event lies concealed the plot
of the Idyl. The work OF the china dog is
developed in the next chapter, which must be
given in full to be appreciated:
man was slouchfng along in the dark
ness, with a fiery CLEAN in his fendish eyes
as he tightly clenched revolver. He low
cred his head, for he was passing the sacred
shadow of church. Yes, Q he, knew what a
church was though it was many, many years
since his feet had crossed the. threshold of
one. ~ EN.3 800 as.
What was his errand could not be told, but
that it was far from anything concerning the
holy place he now passed was evident A
look of hatred shown in his eye.s once so clear
and frank, now made. sharp, quick and with
out feeling by many years Of crime.
Suddenly upon the air rang a tune, an old
one, known by every one, t'Jesus, Lover Of
My Soul On it chimed, through all the
versus, rising and swelling as did the heart
of the one lone man who heard it. He en-
tirely broke down, for it seemed to him that
his mother had risen from her grave and
now sang it as she had when he was but an
!urchin. Softly the notes died away, and with
them all thoughts Of hatred and malice in that
one human heart.
The errand was forgotten and a man turned
towards his home murmurings.a prayer of
thanks =,