The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-09-15
The NonpareiI Man
casu ally Observed.

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It would never do for the president to
hand the pastor out one. but the tempta-
ton was prodigious. 4 ai .>
John Foster Fraser, the English writer,
says that the air Of Chicago Is similar
to- charnpagne. That may be. true. but
near, and, In fact quite far from the
stockyards.5s the aerial champagne seems
to have been charged with HI SO4. ,.r
These are great days for the railroads
The ferruginous equine never carried
greater loads. ..t. ...sr. 81
Miss White Of the Dressmakers' asso-
c1at1on has been giving out some rules OF
life that are of great value. For instance.
| In fine burst of enthusiasm she cries
out: If you, haven't got, a figure go get
It. To get a figure may sometimes be
easier than to get rid of figure as many
q lady Of embonpoint would tell you. An
other of Miss Whites aphorisms: "If you
haven't, got teeth. go get Them" is more
to. the point. There are often mark
| down sales Of store teeth. But lastly, and
| more important than aught else, she cries
out: Never let yourself fall to pieces
Or II you do save the pieces. They may
come In handy. Miss White is sensible
lazy and we give 1t out right here that we
intend to run our shape on the improved
principles she lays down so clearly.
! Every time Russell Sage sneezes the
New York reporters have to. camp out on
his doorstep.
eve" have s5oo,OOo,0 900 gold in the
treasury. Then why wear that old boiler
plate underwear another winter?
Santa Claus at Home-The touch Of
winter In the air and the plumes Of smoke
standing above the chimneys led a cor.
respondent of this column last week tc
cupied by Santa Claus on the Mime.
tonka road Colonel Claus has a fine
estate Of 400 acres under the highest cul-
tivation He puts In a crop of Christ.
mas presents every spring and usually
raises enough to supply the local stocking
demand. But the children have been sc
good this year that 1t has been founC
necessary to import quite number o,
carloads Of presents from the old coun.
try where the Claus family has its ances.
trail estates.
On entering Colonel Claus grounds, the
driveway is an avenue lined with carome
trees. The caromels are now ripe an6
were being gathered by a crowd Of gnomes
and pixies, who were having jolly time
pelting one another with the fruit ant
eating the ripper ones themselves.
The marshmallow mines near the gates
are being worked to their full extent, anC
we saw great blocks of the materia
brought out to be sawed into squares. Ir
the hills back of the house a fine ledge Of
peanut candy was struck by prospectors
last week and it is now being mined al
a rapid rate.
One of the finest gardens In the world il
laid out near the Claus house. Here Colo
mel Claus cultivates his justly celebrated
chocolate cream radish. The tops appear
much like those of the ordinary radish but
on being pulled each plant has choco
late cream as, its root. This proves {
very popular spot with visitors. On this
radish Colonel Claus has taken four pre-
) miums at the fairyland state fair.
81. Colonel Claus. herd OF elk is in flint
shape, and is being trained daily to carr!
!, his sleigh, loaded to the gunwa1es will
Christmas presents, right up the side Of {
) house. The colonel has figured some OF
: making his rounds this Christmas in al
automobile, should the roads be heater
down we'll at that time. Further detail
of the trip to the Santa Claus estate will
= be given later.