The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-28
The N!o|'nlpare:;iiIl| Man
CASUALLY Observed.

q. Casually Observed. -
A ton of powder at Marquette, Mich
lost control of itself yesterday and dis
played temper muchalike fathers when
the boy forgets to feed the horse three
days in succession. Is. : sr. - "a.
We dislike to be pessimistic. but Tolstoy
King Oscar and the pope have had their
last sickness so many times that we now
wait for more complete returns
Seventy-dve cats have entered at the
cat show on Fifth street between Nicollet
and Hennepin. Any dog who wanders in
Will know from experience what the slang
phrase, "a hot dos" means.
After the bombardment of the San Car
los forts by the German fleet, a few We
nezuelans appeared on the ramparts lit
their cigarettes swelled their chests out
and remarked, casually, Never touched
us. Can Germany or any other effete
monarchy ever overcome:a people as free
and liberty loving as this? BY Boil
var, never!! @
Madel1a, MIMI. is torn up over the
question, Ought a woman to bowl?' She
may bowl but not bowl up
The interesting fact is brought out that
York Judge Parker ran $4,000 votes
ahead Of his ticket. This makes
him wonderfully available dark equine
for the, democratic nomination.. His
(. views on public questions? We do not
know them, but they cut. little ice. Any
democrat may have VIEWS but few OF
them can get the votes -
"Ah, my dear CASTOR, permit me to
present you re. long distance broad
sword championship of the northwest
/ Mon, non, my dear Alphonse, eet is
yours and yours aloneaa'tt% !: - - =
But take, it, nevairtheless; my dear
,Gaston.ai I present tto4 you. q Ii &txsS* II
'.Nevair, my dear Afpffonse. - Y OF shall
have it. 1 sacrifice myself"
And I myself It is thine"
they embrace The seconds IN the dis
lance throw up a penny, to see who is the
champion. Il
The new American ambassador at St.
Petersburg, Robert S. Mccormick of Chi
cago, has made a show of. himself by
abandoning the simple American civilian
dress and adopting court uniform which
in its amount, Of gold Braid excels all the
gorgeous uniforms of the European am
bassadors at the court The department
of state regula tons regarding dress pre-
scribe that American ambassadors, min
listers, ETC.. at foreign courts shall wear
the civilian dress except where they are
or have been officers in the army or navy,
when they may wear the uniform Of the
highest rank they attained in either the
regular or volunteer services of this coun-
try. It.:is feared that Mr.. Mccormick at
sone5ttrne or other may have been onothe
governors staff or may have been colonel
in the Punkville, Ill. guards, positions
which would permit him to spring his dry
goods window display on the startled Rus
sian aristocracy. The state department
should make careful investigation and
II this lis not so, some good Texan, say
Governor Hogg, should be sent over to
insult the ambassador f..
Shakopee, Dec. 2S.-tSpecial Dispatch
to the Roaring ,Gimletl-A strange case
has recently come to the attention Of
physicians here, through an illusion suf-
fered by J. Y. Stapleton of Hartford ave-
nue.. Mr.. stapleton first discovered his
popularity when he found that he was I'M
able to light the gas. He made an ex-
ciamatlon of surprise at his failure, and
his wife discovered that he was trying to
ignite the Illuminating fluid by means of a,
toothpick. When his error. was pointed
out 70 MIN he was greatly surprised and
declared that the toothpick had ignited
and blazed up when he had scratched it on
the bottom of his SHOE
so convinced was he that his delusion
was reality that he went into a dark
room, scratched another toothpick, and
declared that he was able to read by its
light. 80 80 -
At this Mrs. Stapleton became alarmed
and sent for the family physician The
doctor, to humor his patient, said he
would give his alleged claim test Mr..
Stapleton retired to completely dark
ened chamber and the doctor selected a.
book at random from the top shelf of the
library and took it into, the dark room
without opening it. Mr.. Stapleton struck
his toothpick on the wall and read a pas
sage selected by the doctor. who took the
DOCK out into the light and verified the
reading. The physician was astonished
and insisted on making a. nun1ber$o tests.
After they were successfully concluded
she took Mr. Stapleton's Temperature,
mild tonic for him. = - f. = =
No explanation Of the phenomena has
yet; been given. except by a rival
doctor who declares that sstapleton and
his physician are egregious and monu
mental liars. 10 80