The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
casualIx obserxed.

Casually Observed.
The st. Louis exposition has about decid-
ed to get along without board Of lady man
ayers It will be remembered that the
Chicago board of lady managers kicked so
hard that they started all the rivets In the
manufacturers building.
A Minnetonka commodore came to town
to get some Rough on Ratlines" for his
yacht. There ought to be more cat boats
on the lake.
The young man who butts in and tries
to crack the surface of the earth with his
head by diving into shallow water is be-
ing heard from. It is always well before
diving to run your toe down and see just
how far off the earth really is. Thousands
OF lives have been saved by this simple
precaution.
A certain unmentionable eastern church
is trying the experiment Of using girl ush-
ers. We are conservative enough to wish
to be shown into our regular pew by the
hard boiled deacon and the young church
dude.
A correspondent. when Mr.. Bryan Grated
in Chicago the other day, spoke OF This
strong face Especially strong it ought to
be by this time in that portion that lets
the voice out.
The gentlenanly and considerate baron
has leaped to the front and advanced the
price of coal.
Here are the populists getting together
again and dear old Ignatius Donnelly moi
here to write resolutions. When it came
to platforms Mr.. Donnelly threw them of
with great ease.
A visitor from Japan declares the
American woman Is the finest on earth
The, American woman has been we'll aware
| Of this fact for several generations.
! A few firms on Wall street have liqui
dated, but between the foods and tn,
heavy crops the farmers are still banl
| full.
Two Minneapolis society girls clad i,
flny laces and lingerie found the toile
room Of their own Pullman car locked an,
SO stepped into the next sleeper ahead
While they were enjoying the luxury of
cold face BATH the Omaha sleeper from
Minneapolis was set off by the Minneapoli
& st. Louis train and turned over to tn
Illinois Central. The girls had taken n
note of this change, and when they cam
from the toilet room their outer garment
were miles away. And they were beautifr
and expensive clothes too. AS the brake
man remarked they were out of sight.
Ole Jones came in from his farm on tn
Shakopee road yesterday and called a
the office to renew his subscription. MI
Jones is one of the earliest settlers i
this part Of the northwest. While he wa
in the office yesterday he told a story c
the early days that had every appearance
Of being a palpable untruth and were
not for Mr.. Jones' well known reputatio
for truth and veracity of all kinds, thi
story would not be offered to an indulser
public. : p, &--E
It seems that when Mr. Jones first too
up the land he was troubled with larg
snakes who killed his chickens and sto
the eggs. He discovered after time b
watching them, that the snakes wou!
] swallow the eggs whole and retire to
rocky bit Of pasture where they woul
knock themselves on the rocks and s
break the eggs which they then proceede
to digest at their leisure. A snake woul
accumulate four or Ave eggs in his perso
and knock one or two Of them wfeneve
he felt the pangs Of hunger.
This discovery filed Mr.. Jones' soul wit
anger and he did not rest until he ha
thought out a way to throw the snake
game. 1t was done after this wise: