The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-23
With the Long Bo,D
Eve nafurs's walks. folly as n flies
Showing that True Poteness Is in the Thought and Does
Not Consist Hopping Around in the Presence Ladies
Like Rooster Standing on Hot Nail.

Like Rooster Standing on a Hot Nail
X. CHEsTERToN, who is trying hard to be .sthe new
~ essayist,' says good thing about politeness:
"Poteness has indeed about something mystical like
relon it everywhere understood and nowhere defined
This is Illuminating definition. You know the polite
man When you see him. but you cannot tell just why i'm
presses you polite.
1t is not because the presence of ladies' he ostenta
tousy takes off his hat and dances around like rooster
standing hot nail External gymnastics be they never
so do not with them that poteness
that we feel creep like from the hot
air register in January blizzard.
The explanation must be that true politeness is in the
thought. cannot be polite to woman no matter if
in her he like monkey hot grating if
he is thinking of her Fan old pecan' he cannot shine
In grandpas eyes he thinks of that aged worthy
hasbeen Both the lady and grandpa feel the
Of mpoeness and not deceived tho the woube polite
acts like an image strung rubber cord.
Of this of religion Everyone sees that
may smile like Chesterfield and roll up his eyes, but
if he thinks hell his leaks You see
in his eye his walk his work and especially when he
pounds his thumb The mind goes moling itself
clay, until day another the he is is proclaimed
from the housetops. 49,. 60:
Then he feels like 80 and calls the mountains
to fall On him and cover him, and they won't do it.
An Irving mother has those children made
Of bundles of whaebone steel spring and India rubber
For six years this kid has never ceased be the
eternal both night and day Even in his sleep hrashes
around kicks off the clothes and turns twists tumbes
like animated bedsprng And to watch him during the
day makes strong mothers who have brought up families
look at his pale little mother and shake their heads
Why should these things be7 Perhaps the boy make
one Of those explorers who delight walking from Winnipeg
to Dawson finding veins Of gold by the way opening up
countries Nothing short of trip like this would hold
him. But mother when she hears Of heaven place of
rest chrks up little and thinks that possibly may get
q little repose sometime after all.
49,
1t Missouri town that family left few sugar
coated pills behind when they moved Jimmy Even school
boy visited the empty house, and when he the pills his
heart leaped within him. They tasted right and before he
gave the matter much thought he had Tapped them all up
They not good for Jimmy for he quickly died. The
pills patent Group remedy and had evidently been
passed either by the food commissioner by any
body ese Don't leave stuff around where the
children for they going to it first boiler
later. ..5. '~l.
William Murphy young horseshoer in New York city,
became aweay of the endless feet held up
to him to be tnkered and decided die He chose saloon
the spot which to say farewell the world and fired
two bullets at his forehead with the muzze Of
within six inches of its mark After the first shot he fell
to the floor. When barkeeper asked "Are you trying
to kill yourself? the horseshoer up and replied eyes
but don't have succeeded goes another
shot, ...'
He then fired again, got up and walked maded to the
hospital.
somewhat atened It had injured the bone The Sec
ond bullet detected and made scalp wound Mr. Murphy
had built up skull thick and sody braced that he
couldn't get pistol ball thru it, Now if he will quit his
fooishnes and begin all again. he be glad that
he carries his brains behind armor-pate.
49,. ~
Medical Talk says that onions "a strong nervne
No one who mnges with his fellow them with
out remarkable development Of caouses the
system ',~
You know how you like hear things about other people,
Even if slightly favored they perhaps the interest,"
ing. There to be certain people who
Of this variety Of underworld We know
to hear something when hear the beaks of these
birds Of prey pecking away in the front hall
But in China they do things much better Elderly ladies'
who experts regularly employed gossps and they
paid WELL It is usual for them go the best houses
beating drum to their arrival and teoffer their
services to the lady Of the house entertainers If their
offer is accepted they sit down and tell the latest news the
choicest scandal and anything that they think may
able they away with handsome present in addition to the
regular fee Some of these gossps have large number of
clients whom they visit at regular intervals.
In this delightfully."- simple way everybody is kept we'll
informed of the dongs Of his neghbors You who lift up
your hands in unfegned horror of of the things the
newspapers circulating just what you circulating
yourself? Is it something that couldn't be printed in the
papers? = "A. J. R.
g AN IDEAL BOARD.
IT HE corporation president absentmindedly credited him
self with $4,000 for quarters singing lessons.
CON- he Cried this board Of directors Of ours
absolutely IDEAL. ~.%...ssa.s=
'How so2 asked the secretary, he stuffed $125O
greenback his pockets and babe the cashier charge the