The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-24

New York rather resents being saved
by Chicago Tishbite.
The Pullman "company's'' net earnings
last year were s9,417,6S7. This shows that
the company is able to pay it's porters in
stead of getting their salaries out of the
public. '.--.' -
The faculty at Butler college at In
dianapolis were SO stuck on the chanel
services yesterday that they could with
dlflcuty tear themselves away The
trouble was that some careless freshman.
full of the devil and longing for wild ex- =
element, painted the faculty chairs with
liquid glue. When the faculty arose the
chalrs arose also. 1t is said that the
culprits are known and will shortly hear
something drop. What is: not likely to
happen at a college like: Harvard. which
this year has $50 freshmen? 800
Ihe sale OF the library in Philadelphia
collected by Howard T. Goodwin, conf =
Dental clerk of a banking firm who com >
mltted suicide when confronted with evil
dence of a shortage amounting to 81. 900. -,
Voo' began Yesterday. The first 200 books
brought over $4,000, an average of $40
volume. A man who would steal a
million and only put a paltry 500. or =
so into books could not have been nucj,
OF collector. - :. -. -
There is, as, you know, star boarder
~ every Wel-regulated boarding house.
d I,ir1 me rest OF the boarders want to hit
t!Ih with an AK. One of them did in
81. LOUIS. Twice in as many DAYS has
me star boarder figured in the court news
~ ~ LOUIS. In one case a fight ct the
n -, table was precipitated because
80 ae "a ia1iolauy favored him with hot biscuits
20 the chagrin of another less. popular
guest: In the second case he occa sionsd
the filing of divorce petition on the 49,
OF the aggrieved husband, who had been
compelled to do mental work around tn.
premises while the star boarder gracad
the head of the table and feasted on hot
bread and juicy dark meat. There ara
Two Nlnds OF star boarders-there is tao,
ieaiy sooo Fellow who is easily the star
because he,s so nice. Then there's the
CRATER. It's the, CRATER that ought to
go to Jail. ~
Il Bernard Shaw, one Of the BRIGHTEST
writers tts' in England. the man who made
. u, aphorism, HE who car,
uoes' ne VINO cannot, teaches" has writ
~ W n estlI1ate or himself in a preface
70 his latest book. Mr.. Shaw sizes hir1,o
self Up Up thus:
Is You study the electric light von mil,
.nal,e ! ours house contains great QUANTITIES
hlehfF susceptible copper wire which porgas ito1+
~ h eiectilclS and gives you light whatever.
~ mere ana there occurs a scrap of intensely
11sHsceptlble, intensely resistant material: ana
LIN stupporn scrap grapples with the current and
WI hot Jet 1t thru until it has made itself useful
70 YOU as those two vital qualities of literature
hsht and heat. Now, if am to be no mera
copper W1re amateur, but a luminous author
! must also be most intensely refractory Der.
son, Liable to so out and go wrong at inconyen.
lent moments and with incendiary possibilities,
the faults Of aualittesJ II asza
sure you That I sometimes dislike myself SO
huch mat When some irritable reviewer chances
at that. moment to pitch into me with zest II
feel unsneaka bly, relieved and obliged But I
never dream of reforming, knowing that must
take myself as am and get what work can
out Of myself. All this you will understand fo,
there is community: of material between us; we
are both critics of life as well as of art, and
you have perhaps said to yourself when I have
passed your windows, '"There. but for the grace
of God go l." An awful and Christening refec-
ton.
- When was in the east this fall. /
stopped in front of schoo1house at re-
cess to watch the boys play Hunt the
Knife" 1t recalled the time way back
IN Stony Lonesome when we mean little
kids got it, on frankie Foster, that good
boy who kept his hands clean, who was
neatly dressed and otherwise unpopular
frankie came walking to school like the
little gentleman that he was. Stub Ma:
loney was delegated to accost him.
Say, Frankie." s..-
'What?" .-.
"J'ever play hunt the knife?'"
emo" ~-~.~a
want TO play 'er?'' - -
Il dunno. What is she?'
why. you turn around and blind your
eyes. We bury the knife in a place a
foot square. II you dig it up at the first
claw, you get the knife. You can't have
but one claw at her" ~
Lets look at her. --.
Slim Jones. produced a pearl-handled
knife that he had received last Christmas.
but he held on to- it suspiciously and
wouldn't let frankie examine it.,
::Ain't they no trick?" : .
Nav: Course not r.. .--...:-,@: : 4
''Well, bury her. .- .. . >
frankie turned to the school-house wall
and hid his face in his hands.
The boys grabbed shingles and sticks
and While Stub, Speck and Slim dug the
hole Shorty and Spot hurried away to
the new house and returned with a mass
Of soft plaster. The knife was placed in
the hole and a layer of earth put over it.
fully placed and then another layer of
dirt was superimposed and carefully
smoothed Off II -
p 'AlI right Frankie!'' IS = .- :
''The boys clustered about the hole and
frankie looked at it suspiciously.
IucSS "Ol OlE.
ooh, get out, you said you would
whats the use?'
t'You get the knife ..-----.. It ..,
What if l don't grab herr" ~s'I7t2~,
Then you don't get her -.
II don't want her,, :, -, - =,
The natural boy suspicious were 50
strong that they were overcoming Frank
les avarice. The boys were greatly dis
gusted. s...
cav. so to thunder frankie. What's
the matter with you? You root 'er, Slim"
II know where she isl
"Well, We'll hide her over again" - .
This conversation was intended to
arouse the cupidity of frankie. He began
to edge up to the hole again. 49, x,
Say, I'll root for her. 90
No, you don't" -.
f.1es, l WILL ...
well then. go ahead quick, or Wen
lick YOU 49, 20
frankie plunged his hand into the mix
ture and withdrew it in horror. The boys
set up a loud shout of triumph. =
1--WE got it on frankie Foster. Huh,
huh, huh!'' ~
frankie started for home crying bitterly.
and wiping his hands on his nice, clean
clothes as he went. .-s SO
The boys cup of joy was pretty full to
the briIn. Life could offer little more.
"A. j. R..