The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-21

risen TO the height or prOnOunclng the
chicago traction system the worst in the
world After riding on it two weeks ago
we laid over Marshall by pronouncing II
the worst in the universe.
Governor Van SAINT says that river bac-
terra are harmless. They have never bit
ten the keel off Of any Of his steamers.
The high religious life that Mr.. Rookie
1eller IS leading should induce him to go
around and speak to Bro. Morgan about
that shipping deal, perhaps even labor
with him.
Carroll college, somewhere in Missouri,
Tennessee or perhaps Texas, has put a
stop to football. The faculty seems to
be laboring under the delusion that the
boys are eager to get an education.
Canada shows every symptom Of having
escaped from her dilemma by sliding down
an unplaned plank.
The other coal trust boys are credited
with the laudable desire of getting rid of
Mr.. Baer And he such good man, too.
Strange. s.-. 7...-
With hay $3.50 a ton in Dawson, thew
rarely have spinach even at the best
hotels.
Arbitration is all right when it goes
your way.
Canada might establish her port Of
Dawson and the upper Yukon country
on Hudson bay. Nobody seems to claim
that seacoast.
Charley Towne says he will battle in
llotn,ng put the waters Of honest democ-
lacy. Battle" ''waters'-what have
they to do with the Tammany brand Of
democracy? "
Inc hyposcope Is an invention that
mas grown out Of the Boer war. II an :
aoles a soldier to lie behind the trenches
ana without exposing himself at ALL TO
ma and shoot down an enemy It makes
war a cold, calculating kind of CONNER
c1al murder without much risk. With 2
regiment of horoscopes against YOU. Won
VIII be picked off as certainly and az
sa1ely as If YOU were in politics in South
Carolina. 1oo'A
"A terrible crime is now agitatins +ha
o'id Book World Of Minneapolis-no less
!han the working off on an unsuspicious
dcaler OF lot Of old runts that are :,ot
worth the room they occunv ON tha
snelVes' not worth even their value 90
waste, waste paper to feed into the furnace
me awful details are given here as a
warning. You all know, or ought to. thai
after an old book store has been r1,nni,[-
lew decades the stock gets 50 thorolv
snled mat the books left on the shelves
are expensive at a quarter Of cent
apiece. In fact, any old dealer would
eiaoly Sell these reminders at cen+
apiece and consider the deal a. snlen5id
financial success. @pieiioio
It,. Weh' tnere was an alleged stock of +bi.
ZINC, hind quite near here which a. dealer -
.,tli.eu 70 nave boxed up and sent to a
ssolehouse. After certain length of time
Word was sent to all the old booL r,a,,
That there were several cases of o11 haaI-n
LOT sale at a certain 'storehouse. Fverv'
oooy went down to see A brusn,1e ard
ouslness-l1ke party was found in charge
Make your bids on the boxes as fhe,
rid Of Them SUI 70 get
dealer ohe CAUTIOUS
), open nothing" was the reply. "take
EN- or leave 'em. Ter cents q boy mr. +er,
uolafs pox, It's all one to mo: All T
want is to get rid Of 'em without littering
up tne place. Make a bid on 'en. Anv.
The affair was something Hk. ,o.t.:
and rather tempting and somebed,, esf
t 1 50 a box. This was raised once Or
Twice and the cases were finally knocted
down to a. dealer at SIS each.
Alter the sale was over, one or +1.,
o.ller deaiers came hurrying down and
i n1' mat they had not been given a
The lucky buyer carted the cases r. h;s
shop and opened them up The SIGHT VIZ.
not an ed1fying one There were q 1ot
VI olo out of-date schoolbooks on ton
Whlie underneath. several religions co,e'
lrovers1es OF 1911 or Whereabouts were fuIlv
~ eseHteu: When the dealer saw wha1
Naa oeen done to him, he lifted Nm b;s
voice and hollered like a spankei7 c,s;Id ''
ihere Is talk Of lawsuits. Never buv
DOCKS sight unseen It isn't safe,
Outside OF the people who tell Won +,
the sunday papers How to Re Hea1tbv
ailu beaut1ful,' some of the saddest in.
Ilrms of hypnotists, who are supposed to
teach you how to control your neirhbor
ana TO bring other people under vo,I-
suotie fascina ton, all for the merely nom
MAJ sum OF IS per course of lessons
1sau tfe following complaint in a London
england, paper, yesterday:
10 the Editor of the Daily Mail
Sir: Some time ago an American firm, ,,,5o-
looA ~ make me proficient hypnotist for
subject 'oi oooAs on the
After carefully perusing the books r tried :,
produce hypnosis on several different naon,e nv
found 1t utterly impossible even to place them
IN a passive state.
I am now convinced that have ba., +,,,.
Totnes. ~ F;eia
The Chicago Post also has a complaint
along the same lines. 1t states that in
ilV1duals. who are the products of fake
schools about the city, or possibly the
outgroWth OF university classes in which
the professors are smarter than sensible.
IRE investing street cars, suburban trains,
.heaters, restaurants and other places.
lhey are holder than the boldest of
mashers, and far more disgusting. It
s learned from unquestionable sources
n truth, from r woman who paid money
% learn and who learned a few worthless
these amateur hypnotists
students of bogus professors, are told
q practice on persons across the aisle"
% bore holes with their eyes into the
PACKS OF persons heads to try expert
,rs drop the dishes"-in a word. to do
lnything to prove that one mind can over
come another.
The Post claims that the officials Of
ome OF the transportation lines are aware
II the hypnotic nuisance and that private
detectives have been detailed to break up
he practices.
lypnotlst, one who claims to stretch his
VIE between two chairs and to strike her
Win a sledge hammer, or one who claims
o De able to control your thoughts or ac-
ions Most of their phenomena are sim
'ly foolish and useless. and the greatest
larm they do is in getting SIS and $40 bills
'ut of people who cannot afford the money
N the pretense that they are get
Ing courses of "study" and instruction
n return.
have talked with some of the profess
ors" and their nisinforma ton and gan