The Minneapolis journal., 1902-04-22
The NonpareiL Man
/. Casually Observed.


Pension Commissioner Ware says he expects
to be skinned. but it is a safe bet that his
book will leap redhanded into it's thirteenth
thousand.
Connecticut law will allow "a man to
catch bu! thirty trout in one day. There
ought to be law to prevent the man who
catches two small ones from swelling
the account when he casually mentions it at
the grocery store, to thirty large speckled
beauties, the laws limit, gentlemen
The Yale Criminal Club has been formed 1t
will be much in; evidence after the game
when Knishthcod Was in Flower has
gone to- seed. butt the author has thrown a
new novel into the breach, ..,. ..sss.4
There are two new revolutions threatened.
One is in Nicaragua. The other, in the Chi
cago Woman IS Club. promises to be more
The old dray horse looks at the price CT
meat with a shudder.
Now and then a ''dollar bull' comes out of
his fence corner, looks over the winter wheat
weather map, and retires believing.
room, but hem raise his hand before he
may speak.
The mere idea of water cure is what is the
matter with Henry Watterson
Mrs. j. B. Read startled the charter mem
bers of the original soross society by a paper
on Women l Have Met" in which she said
of the society woman that the surest way
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is charming, clever, the. most beautiful of
all women, so fascinating to men; call her4a
| beautiful sinner and so on and so on. She
will never tire OF such rubbish The, ladies
all asked one another, #"Does she mean me? %
| and have been very distant with her since.
| little country store in Georgia combines
'ice cream, embalming, millinery and tooth
pulling When business is slack in those
lines, it is usually pretty ggood in 'books and
| bacon If there is Anything in the conlmu-
nifty the American shopkeeper intends to
| have it. n Is a.
Notes From the Field.
The Mabel, Mimi. Tribune tells Of a man
who was all run down and tried some
! patent medicine in vain> II seems that he
Twas run dcwn by ans automobiles ~: z
The Forum Society Of Fergus Falls: gave a
mock trial the ether night before the high
1 school and its friends. Hans Hanson and
Leonard, Nelson were attorneys for the state
Harold Braatelien acted as attorney for the
defendant August Linn, who was supposed tc
have murdered a man named John King. The
| examination and cross examination Of the
witnesses was very interesting and showee
much keenness Hans Hanson speech tt
| the jury, in. which he summed up the evi
dence, was clear, convincing, and a model O.
oratory. Had the case. rested here the jur,
| would probably have returned a verdictEo
4 guilty Harold Braatelien summed up tn.
case for the defendant and his speech alst
was. logical, full of knowledge of the law, ant
ended with 9. fine appeal to the jury for tn,
i life Of his client. During both speeches, th
audience was deeply interested. A feature o
Harold's passionate plea for the defendant
life which pleased the audience was the de
fendant's small brother, who sat near b,
weeping. This bit of realism probably savel
the prisoners life. After brief wait tn
jury brought in verdict of mot guilty. ali,
August Linn now attends the high schoo
safe from a felons fate.
A Pine county justice OF the peace, If til
Pine Poker can be believed, has posted th
following:
NOTICE TO LOVERS.
On and after this date, I will present a
Elegant chrome, parlor7 lamp or glass. waite
set to any bridal couples married by me- Al
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