The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-15
THE NoNPARElL MAN
Casually Observed.

THE NONP ARIEL MAN
Casually Observed.
"A tight shoe annoyed Pennsylvania
milionaire's corn and he may lose q leg.
The corn Of the rich man is fuiiy as
fierce as that Of the doWn-trodden t3iler.
! Considering the flood, New York would
seem to need, a Noah rather than an Eli
jah.
The Berlin-Zossen electric train with
special track Of iron sleepers embedded in
cement has just made 125 miles an hour.
DIR. Reichel does not see why 225 miles
an hour cannot be made just as easily.
When we read Of this speed it makes our
accident insurance policy Wiggle uneasily
in the safe.
town, S. D. There ought to be a lot OF
"knockers" in q show like that.
Eleanor Lawrence of South Bethlehem,
Pa, was anxious to go on the stage but
papa looked askance at the idea. In5order
| to bring papa around Eleanor drew up
and signed the following pledge:
T promise, In consideration Of $50 advanced
and ''backing'. in my theatrical venture, to con-
tinue my French and German studies at oppor
tunity not to take midnight suppers and sit up
late with frivolous company; not to associate IN
necessarily with the "side door youths; to CLIMB
| toward the top Of my profession ana 10 eie'
vate It.
my employers and everybody else; not to play
cards nor dance except In my profession; to
carry along my prayerbook and read II: ana 10
live SO that dad can Blwa!s say 'Good. ~.
L. : " - Eleanor Lawrence. /
| Mr.. Lawrence accepted the pledge in
good faith and Eleanor is now touring the
i country with thesDe Vonde stock company
and playing leading roles. There are ways
| of bringing papa around that are better
than telling him that he is a back num-
Der. "A =. = - 49, ~ u
When the paving work on Third avenue
is actually began, strong men VINO do
/ business on that avenue We're broken
/ right down and there were prostrat1ons
for four blocks. Work as rapid as this
beats the Berlin electric road. "'r
1 The Adrian Democrat says that the
kangaroo girl down that way pulls her
I belt down in front and pulls it up behind
and bulges out in front above the belt
1 and bulges out behind below the belt and
waddles with a broken-backed effect that
makes the onloolzer weep to see sucn de-
lformity in those who should be straight
and beautiful" Goodness, man, don I
you know grace when you see 1t!
A new game is causing much excite
ment in circles that are not otherwise
very sporty. It is called "Pit' and IS
played with sixty three cards-a zspeclal
ma ok. It is an uproarious board Of trade
in miniature-the wheat pit of Chicago IN
full play-and the idea is to make
CORNER - ~ - :
When you enter room and find a parry
of hilarious and excited people frantlcallS
| ~ hoiy chairs in the GnOGaVOT
to corner wheat or corn, do not Tor
minute have suspicion Of their sanity
they are simply playing. Pit and having
pure, runadulterated wagonloads OF fun
One Pit pack of sixty three CARDS answers
: for from three to seven players. the
! cards are dealt out nine to player. Inc
dealer strikes. a bell, and from that mo-
81 ment the fun begins. TRADE three
$ three! three!' calls one player. -Four
/ four! four!' shouts another. 1.-Two
z two! two!'' screams third. according
T | to the number Of cards the players wish
: to trade.
e The idea, is to obtain by trading all the
: nine cards of one kind. A wheat corne1
. ! counts 100 points. Wheat is particular!
hard to corner, as SO many players are ap
d to be after it. Most players of ordinar!
e ambition are satisfied to corner oats
= which counts 60, or corn, which count
e rs. Five hundred points is the game
r Trade ethat is, swap cards you do no
8 want in hope that. the player exchangin
ri will give you what you are trying to cor
= tner,aalt tho {he4wiH notzdo anything SO char
Ell itablersif he knows it. -
It | When you get nine cards. of a kin
nj you jump to your feet, elevate your card
IL above your head and in stentorian tone
,r call "Corner!' $50.
n All this sounds simple, but excitemen
n is no name for it!
=. JnniHortajJ1y ho IN inv
game is going to make a fortune out G
= it-and why shouldn't he? If you ar
T. brilliant enough to think up somethin
g equally as bright and entertaining, yo
70 will make a fortune too. People are boun
h to have fun.
If The universal interest aroused by tn
1e Gage ofAnn problem" given in these co
J. umns the other day shows that people er
of joy studies Of the kind that make thel
10 think. Uncle E1lery Marsh called to rene
"a his subscription this week, and, speakir
- of problems, told how he ran against
- similar mathematical snag when he WE
- Keeping the grocery store in Stony Lone
w some -
g "You see," said Uncle Ellery, "it we
~ like this. I was setting on the era OK,
= = barrel when in comes Mrs. Elisha Grave
-, she that was a Barlow. I said, How
=. - do, Mis- Graves?' and she said, Goo
-, mOrn1n, Mr.. Marsh. l want % cent
- worth Of sugar an half pound of yol
W. best 50-cent tea. 'Sartin, ma'am, sa
~ ~. I, hurryin' around to put em up MI
~ ~ weather we're havin'.' Yes, indeed sa,
-. she, but Mr.. Graves thinks it's a lit
~ dry. Our wells gettin' low again. 'Yc
n don't tell me-, says I. Yes says sf
ha an We're hauling water now for Il
'i ~, CATTLE Shot,
10 by this time had the two bundl
- done up and on the counter.
" oval, if I ever.' says Mis- Grave
~. feelin' in all her pockets an in her rid
ed Guile, If I amt forget, my pocketboo
~ You say these are 25 cents each?'
; Yes --ES - .-s.
60 Wal, I'll take the tea and leave t
Is cents worth of sugar to pay for
- Good day. Mr.. Marsh Bring Mrs Mar
and come over and see us some of the
pleasant evenings
~ Yes We will. Mis- Graves saws /
,5s But after she'd gone T. couldn't see
We We to see just where the grocery store h
sat prof1ted by her trade, tho 1T seemed
IN fisIit az the Time. A. J. R.