The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-29
THE NOapAREJL MAN


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the steam engine practical. Watt dldn,
know exactly what he was doing for the
race, but If you sit down and try TO
think of the world without steam engines,
you will begin to understand.
And just at this point there comes
along a MAJ. in New York somewhere
named Hoffman, who claims, after thirty
years struggle, to have invented no
tary" steam engine which will relegate to
| the scrapheap all the engines now IN use
Nearly all the people who know anything
about engines give Mr.. Hoffman the m
crcdulous smile. And perhaps rightly. So
they did Watt But in his case they were
wrong. - .'- E. H. n-t' -.--
When Watts engine was first talked
about there were numbers of scientific
persons who rose up to- give expert opin.
| ions on the subject, and, with very few
exceptions their opinions were exceeding
! ly unfavorable They were sure it could
not succeed, some for one reason, some
for another. One declared that the CO.
hesive strength of iron was insufficient to
do the work that Watt expected; another
detailed an experiment he had made with
an iron vessel, which burst under the
strain fact that led him to believe that
no boiler could be made strong enough to
" resist the expanding steam. A third felt
sure that If the engine We're set to work
the weaker parts would all give way.
But the prophecies of the scientists in re-
gard to the steam engine were nothing to
the forebodings of the working people,
who foresaW themselves thrown out OF
employment, and who repeatedly threat
ened to do Watt f=- ~
If you want to get the incredulous smile
or the hatred of those who are benefited
or who might be benefited if they would,
you want to invent Or discover something
radically new or some new application of
an old idea. About a million people who
don't know what you are doing and don't
care, arise up to knock and sit down
v1rtuously to feast zafterward, perfectly
sure that they have done God service
When, IN lS45, 1t was announced in the
papers that man named Howe had in
vented a machine that could sew, every
tailor gave a loud boot of derision, the
idea being deemed @superlatively ridiculous.
One knight Of the shears said that nc
sewing machine could be made to work
unless it could also be made to sit cross
legged. Comic poems were printed in the
newspapers, and predictions, intended to
be humorous were. volunteered that ma
chimes would soon be invented that would
sweep the houses from cellar to garrett
run errands and tend the baby when the
woman Of the establishment wanted to-
cad about. Not a tailor in America had
the slightest faith in the machine and
many refused even to- look at it when
Howe took it to their places to exhibit it's
workings. None would use it, for they
were afraid it would ruin their trade, and
me popular prejudice among them con-
tinued long after its success had been
demonstrated. But before this thew were
practically unanimous in predicting it's
failure. The idea that a machine could be
made to 90 the work Of human fingers
IN an operation so delicate as that Of
sewing was something entirely beyond
comprehension ,
The history of the human race has ever
hmm
an lncurable one. Here is where we part
company with the pessimists They be
, neVe that our asinipity is incurable. We
think it will Wear away with time, It
has in the past, why Shouldn't it keep on
AL any rate let us try not to add to the
} seheral pray that is going up but let US
work and pray for the general shortening
UP OF ears That is sure, to come about more
and more as we. Become wiser and better,
It's cheaper. = -, ~
} 1t has just been necessary to shut down
: the branch railroad between the two
Texas toWns4tof Sabine and beaumont
because the mosquitoes made 1t impos-
slple Tor section hands and brakemen to
work The officials of the road doubted
the statements of the men, and so thew
Vlslted the scene to make test for them
serves. The road was closed within an
hour OF the end Of the inspection trip.
: "A cloud OF ,bloodthirsty air pirates, as
Dig as sparroWs and as fierce as hostile
pleachers after the umpire. swooped
, down and up on the officials, who bar
> ricadedt themselves in the cars. and Or
= dered the engineer to putt on full steam.
: Texas may be all right, but give us Min
4 netonka.> ! :,
i, William Of Albany kissed j. Pierpont
= Morgan the other day. Mr.. Morgan is
rather ponderous and Bishop Doane
< weighs about 225 pounds. Bishop Doane
Is very high church, and prefers to be
called William of Albany. He is one of
t the most influential men in the Episcopal
church in America
The OSCILLATION occurred on visit OF
t Mr.. Morgan to Albany and the echoes
are being heard around the world. The
clergymen regarded the greeting as a
), matter Of form, but the. laymen were
! surprised at the sight Of the bishop and
the noted financier in affectionate en-
brace. When the train pulled into the
station the bishop hurried up the plat
form to the middle car There he caught
- sight of Mr. Morgan who was on the
8 platform OF the car. Before Mr.. Morgan
= could reach the steps the bishop haC
. bounded up and had his arms around his
shoulders. Mr.. Morgan embraced the
bishop, and the two kissed each other or
e down the steps to the station platform.
Walt Mason complains of the man who
e tries to cut up and be real funny at the
S same time wearing a bunch of whislers
. You naturally expect a man with a beard
. to be dignified and to live UP to it. AND
= when he cuts up like boy and raises
,. Merry Andrew, you feel perceptible in
& congruity. A man should live up to his
| whisllers or cut them Off It is impossi-
bic to think Of patriarch with a bunch
~ of white lace work at his neck singing {
~ comic song. Nor would it be an awe-in
spring sight to see DR.. Dowie, for in
stance, attempting to shin tree. A maj
:. must live up to his wllskers, if he insists
on them despite the public. We once knew
- a man with a luxuriant undergrowth Of
4. rich orange-colored weepers who learned
) to ride the bicycle. The sight was a pain.
l. full one, not only to his friends, but to al
right-thinking people. A man who car
I RES about a peck of hair his fac
. must "act according" It is all RICH
4 for him to head some great public move
i ment but he must not try to walk tn
= fence or vault over the gate. 1t won
3: do. -z.a7z. r. a T. r.
/ ANCIENT MEDICAL ADVICE
More than 1000 years ago, Rhazes, al
- Arabian physician, gave this advice to hi
= ma wit +o tho -