The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-12
With the Long BolD
Tall Earthquake Stories Beginning to Be Told by Peo
pie Who Felt the Slight Jar Of Last Month-ono
Man Saw House Pass His Window Three Times
-..Rye Natures walks, shoot folly az It

URIoUs and odd earthquake stories are begin
ming to in from California, showing that
~ the American intellect superior to earth
uuakes as it does to cyclones. A man who was in
Oakland at the time of the stir writes:
Where live the street faces sBorax' Smith
place You probably have heard of him. His house is
the finest in Oakland. young fellow who rooms
few doors above said that he looked out of the
window and the Smith house past three times,
and concluded it time to get out
A Los Angeles paper has this story:
Gone woman who went to Montague by train after
the tremblor says she had fellow passengers
woman and daughter who had saved halfgrown
black cat
'They told me that before the quake the cat had
not white hair, she writes to her brother. Now
its hair so mixed with white to give it strange
appearance
It is little too early, but we may begin to
look for the story Of the rooster that laid egg
owing to excitement. ~~1l ...@@, 80
Editor Pease of Anoka thinks that man ought
not to wear himself all out saving the world or filing
place that cannot otherwise be filed He says:
''Sometmes when I note wearing out all
that is in him, acting as tho he thought the world
demise, and realize how his place is filed and
how he is forgotten, think that he played the
fool and that it is better to be living than dead.'
How be that it is better to be living
than dead when there are SO many more dead people
than living onesa
People in England value their dogs so highly that
whenever the pups off their feed they run for "a
dog doctor. AS result, regular canine materia
medica has grown up and pup physicians regularly
educated and enrolled among the polite professions
Side by side with these emnenty respectable practi
toners has arisen school of charlatans who, not
being skilled in dog ailments, occasionally cause the
demise of some adored poodle by mistaken diagnosis
A fellow of the Royal College Of Veterinary Sur
geons states that THE growth Of quack dog doctors
bogus dog medicines during the last few Years has
been simply appalling These dog specialists as
they call themselves especially prevalent in the
west end of London. The profession is now out after
the quacks and there dog doctor war on in London
that threatens to get into politics.
49,
Frank Drew, old-timer in the museum line in
Cleveland has been giving some "reminiscences of the
freak business One of the startling exhibits he has
had in charge, and not generally known in this
part of the country, was ''The Camel Girl'' From
her thighs down this actress limbs were turned the
wrong way and if she stopped her knees would stick
out behind like cancels. The result was that when
she walked she appeared to be walking away from
herself, altho she was of course, keeping up with
herself The appearance the public streets of the
camel girl always cause of excitement and
'srounders' seeing her moving apparently in two
dlrectons at once often hurried away somewhere to
take the pledge. - -.
Lizzie Mills the big footed girl, probably obtained
more free advertising than any other freak in the
circuit. With her went standing offer of SIS 600 to
anyone who would marry her. It is thought that
Lizzie would have made good but one ever ap-
peared who was willing to throw himself at her feet
Ii her feet concealed Miss Mills was really a
n1ce:looking girl She had had attack of elephan-
tiass leaving the extremtes in unnatural extern
sion that proved to be to her of wealth.
Ivanovitch, the Siberian exile was one Of the most
versatile exhibits He hideous little fellow
nearly covered with hair: One day he would be the
exile. Next day he might 60 into cage and be a
wild man. 1t didn't make much difference to hin,
which he was. If anything he would rather play the
exile, because the wild had to eat raw meat
Ivanovtch didn It like that.
Myrtle Corbn, a woman with four lower limbs
was good drawing card until she was married A
kentuckian came along day who did not mind this
wealth ,of extremites and she married him. Myrtle
was really an attractive girl Of lovable nature and
the Kentuckian made mistake, except possibly his
shoe bill is a little larger than ordinary. Now she
lucky mountain region and the family is perfectly
happy
Many people tried to break into the freak business