The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-18

/ naturalist says that the strongest
force in the animal world is the blow of
a whales tail. Next to this in power
comes the kick Of the giraffe. These may
be quite forceful, but we are inclined to
put in the same class the effort made by
the rocking chair when a man runs into
it in a dark room.
Tout Paree is excited over LebaVdy
brothers airship, which maintained a
good speed against a siN-mile wind the
other day. The ship has lateral instead of
rear propellers and the car is inlmovable
instead of swinging. There is one other
interesting fact noted in the dispatches.
While the Lebaudy brothers invented the
ship and built it, they will not go UP in
1t. man is hired to do this. From which
it is seen that life is still rather pleasant
to the Lebaudy brothers.
A Broadway beggar dropped dead when
the police insisted that he should take a
! bath. He knew the dangers of exposing
4 his system to these outside influences.
1 Adam Bede says that lle4is not going to
| do a humorous stunt in congress, because
| if he did the country would not take him
seriously in anything. This is right. The
| country pats the humorist on the back
and offers him a poor cigar now and then,
but no Millionaire ever comes around and
leaves a check for $4,000 on his desk.
We were always glad of our serious strain.
! A machine is being invented in New
| York city, If you can believe the man
vslo is selling stock, that makes the
Kelley motor appear like a lame duck.
This machine makes power, light and
4 fuel from water. The machine is not yet
/ completed, but when it is--and the pro
] meters have no doubt that it will be
some day-you will be able to heat and
illuminate your house with the aid of a.
i simple little device that the servant girl
can run. at a cost of 5 or 10 cents a year.
/ There will be no need of a furnace, boiler,
steam engine, dynamo, coal or anything
4 else except a quart of water once a day.
4 A New York attorney named Fast, who
writes with great ease an LII, d. after
4 his name and looks the part, is pronot-
ing this marvellous device and offers
4 shares at such a ridiculously low figure.
in view of the enormous profits promised,
4 that it seems a wonder anybody hest
4 tates
: A reporter who went on to inquire after
the wonder (not as a reporter, but as a
financier) asked:
Suppose $500 was subscribed, what
. would the investor get out of it?''
Five hundred thousand dollars" calm
: ly responded Mr.. Fast.
Would the returns be swift, Mr. Fast?''
"Oh, you'd have to wait four or five
months he caTelessly replied.
Isn't it wonderful how we go plodding
along when there are such opportunities
: for great wealth lying around everywhere?
In prominent divorce case in the New
York courts, the deeply abused wife was
making fine appearance before the jury,
II when the testimony of the harsh, unfeei-
) ing cook feel like q. bombShell on the
: court. Cook said that the wife had con-
5 fded in her. What did WHEY say? Ac-
4 cording to cook, WHEY, speaking of her
!. husband, remarked:
T Il married the old buck for his money,
< and when get a divorce 1 am going to
marry Suith.
And the New York papers put the
e first clause of this sentence in big, black
$ headlines at the top of the story. How
would that make a timid, shrinking
$ woman feel? 1t is well to look ahead
a a little and try not to get into those
= unpleasant positions where COOK is forced
e to proclaim upon the housetops all that
she knows-and a little more.
a 1 have felt a divided allegiance this
IS year between three. little gifls-EmmJ
a Lou, Rebecca and Jewel. Little girls ars
I always nice, but there are some thai
II are a little nicer. Any one who has reat
II Emmy Lou, Her Book and Heart, = knows
e that dear child and loves her. And Re,
S beeca you can't help liking, too, althc
I Rebecca is smart and can get alons
u if you dent like her. OF course, she pre-
II fers that you do, and you will Blu
n Jewel: well, Jewel is the little girl thai
II makes a hit with your Cd uncle. Sht
q may have half my chocolate caramel'
It any time she cares to call around
NJ Emmy Lou is puzzled by the problems
,e life offers her, but her essential sweet
% ness and purity of heart and mind carr!
her thru them successfully. almost trium
e phantly, Rebecca rides rough shod Owe
u apparent evils from her force of char
> acter and strength OF mind. Jewel know
III the essential shadowyness of darkness II
lie the presence of light, and instead of fight
ling evil. her little candle just shines ail'
is shines until the shadows melt away an.
Re there isn't anything but light whereve
re she is.
s Say, we could go over to Jewels hous
l. and play dolls with her all the afternooI
e and never get tired a bit.
ii Just read the three books and Sc
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