The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-01

made the dedicatory address, the fair Be
trice Fairfax contributing a touching
'oem entitled the "Pleas of the Heart
ick'' Mr.. Blunt spoke on "Our Progress
Towards the Pacifio.''
The pump was placed on it's we'll and
las been in good working order ever SINCE
But on Jan. rs ultimo, the Manitoban au-
horlties threw across the line a Sas-
latchewan cold wave that caught the
pump unprepared.
There was evidently water between the
upper valve and the ground, for at ex-
actly 2 a. m. of that date the pump ex-
ploded with loud report. Plumbers were
called out but could do nothing The well
was also found frozen to the bottom
communication has been opened with
Mr.. Wheelock and the mayor has asked if
he can now supply the granite building for
a library. 1t is thought here that he will
the new town, having recently purchased
a lot at Prairie avenue and Forty-frst
street.
When John Muir of Los Angeles died the
other day there was found in his desk the
following poem:
/ want to forget
And don't want to think
what l want to forget.
Just to let down my nerves,
Just to smooth out my brain.
Just to sleep. And that's all.
Please leave me alone
With your pillows and things;
I1sn't that that 1 want.
Nor doctor, nor folks.
l just want to let go.
Oh, I want to let go.
For more than fifty years Muir had
led an active life in the vortex of bust
ness, always struggling, always fighting
always successful. He was a success, as
men measure success-and he wanted to
let go! If this is success, give us fail
ure. Give us little more interest in
the YARDS of the field and in the birds
and in people and a little less in railroads.
Still, it you are anxious to get rid Of
your stocks and bonds, we are willing to
take them and to trust in providence to
be able to overcome the idea that in them
is Life.
You might as we'll send man to Jail
as to scare him stiff Nevertheless we
intend hereafter to carry our technicality
right with us in the same pocket as our
vaccination scar
t'War is devilish; want to see no
more Thus speaks a soldier with over
fifty years of military experience. He is
the uncle of the car of Russia Grand
| Duke Michael. Altho now 72 years old,
this martial prince is still active and is
| strong ally Of M. de White and others
IN
peace with the worlds War is devilish''
No words can describe the awful suffer-
; 1ngs and agonies Of this man-made hell
of war. Any who wants to see. war
| anywhere, SO that we can, sell goods at
| higher prices, certainly has the mind Of
| the devil and is not very likely to he
at peace very much himself. The SOL
diers who have seen real war. are the
! least anxious for it. We ought to take
the emphasis Off of the "gIory'' of war
and place it where it belongs-on it's
hellishness.
What the city needs is a church where
DIR. Morrill, can do a little light GYM
/ nasium work on the organ during the
extraction Of the contribution.
A few years ago we advocated the
| policy of holding the elections first and
letting the issues and platforms be de-
! ternlined afterward. We still believe that
this is the logical way
The Stephen Leader found an enthu-
siastic constituent who voluby insisted
! on paying up his subscription to Jan. l.
1907. His breath was not above suspicion
i, and the editor of the Leader, whom he
met down town, refused to take all the
money he wanted to give up. so he went
up to the office and paid it to the office
boy. The situation was such a novel and
editorially:
| We have ordered several barrels of the brand
of whisky he has been drinking and will send
a sample bottle to all Of delinquent subscrib-
ers in the earnest hope that it will affect them
the same way.
! A Massachusetts man who sat near the
president in church says that the chief
magistrate sings loud andn heartily the old
time hymns. But I am inclined to
III odd hot l,o ;e,o
dent than he is singer" The president
: ought not to sing this way in church
without notifying Wall street.
When Editor Pease of the Anoka Union
; hands out one it weighs a half ton. For
/: instance:
The sap-headed senator from Isanti county is
requested most politely to mind his own bust
; ness. Anoka county can take care of its
Uncle is not afraid to prophesy either
He figures out that it is very good sled
ding for the Hero of San Juan Hill and
that Minnesota is right on the wagon. He
says:
= Zee for president in spite of Wall street, Mark
5 Hanna, hades and high water, and his majority
in Minnesota will figure pretty close to the hum
dred thousand mark.
:. On the gubernatoral diamond Uncle
Pease has not yet taken his base. He
. feels that there are others besides those
who are candidates by divine right. The
Union says:
j. Who said that Bob Dunn. Judge Collins or
l Frank Eddy were the only men who may run
t for the gubernatorial nomination.? There are
+ others who have just strong claims the
position either of the three.
E Two or three years ago Mr.. Pease made
s little sprint for the nomination himself
J.. and for few minutes he had the old
Y racers ratified and champing their bits in
Y an excited way, but they finally combined
: and crowded the Anoka Wonder into the
$ ropes.
n We are not mentioning any names but
4 we feel that the party without spraining
o itself could find a pretty good candidate
q not thousand miles distant from the