The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-21
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Eye Nafure's walks, shoot folly as it flies. :
Old Telegraph Editor Notices Remarkable News Phe-
nomenar-Pmlosop Explanation Sought for
Sudden Volcanic Outburst of News in 1898 with
Continued Activity Since.

N OLD telegraph editor who tthandled the news
IN from 1885 to 1899 and who has watched
a the progress OF events with technical
eye since that date, states that he has noticed
ia strange phenomenon in news. It is this: In
/ the old days. barring elections and the regular
happenings, 'the news'' was terribly quiet. From
1885 to 1898 it always struggle, along about
noon to discover anything of sufficient Importance to
take the four heads'' that the paper then de-
manded of it's telegraph editor, matter if nothing
more exciting occurred than caught kissing his
maiden aunt Fifteenth street S.
About the time of the worlds fair in Chicago and
of the financial disturbances, there was sudden out
burst of news that made the telegraph editor hump
himself Then followed the fierce silver campaign Of
1896 and the Spanish From that time on there
has been excitement to throw away The Boer
war; the Pelee disaster, Hague conferences, the Jap
anese war; wireless telegraphy ,airships earthquake
panics automobiles fire, cyclone, war; murder and sud
den death followed another with terrible regular
ity and the telegraph editor has been the center OF
disturbance that makes him eat with one hand and
listen with the other for fear the earth will fall into
the sun without his having picture the front page
of the hole made in the orb of day, and string OF
red headlines extending clear the front page OF
the paper reading:
sFTerrible Disaster-Earth Completely Wiped OUT
Can anyone explain why this burst of news started
in all at and when it will quiet down again into
the old ruts where the telegraph editor has to put
scare heads the Washington correspondence
One authority today explained the situation
in part in this way He figured that there were more
things moving around and people to get IN front
of them than in 1880 Perhaps this is part Of it.
Somebody asks who that biblical character who
spoke in oden times 'convncng man of sim but who
today is neither earth in heaven That is easy
1t was the animal Baaam rode that historic occa-
when she turned and addressed the rider to his
surprise and confusion.
Dir. Woods Hutchinson, who has written article
for McClures Magazine advocating liberty to God s
creatures as to what they shall eat has made de-
cided hit. People whose digestive apparatus is in a
perfectly healthy state pestered almost to death
by the gasronomic reformers whose chief enjoyment
in life is in making other people apprehensve to
what they put into their faces. Eat whatever you
want to eat and shut up is good rule for anybody.
The law of suggestion is working nights and people
who are forever suggesting to themselves that this
that is good bad likely to find themselves sup
porting nervous specialist.
Two months ago st. Lawrence, s. D., had no lid or,
if existed, it not on Everything was wide
open including the drugstore. An evangelist held
some meetings there and the Miller Sun declares that
the town is today model Those who drank were
drawn into the meetings and the druggist himself
finally in to smile and remained to pray. To
prove his sincerity he sent all his whisky back to the
wholesaler The town today has brass lid polished
and riveted and if anybody in the corpor-
ate limits the livery stable looks shocked. The
church is full to the entry and Elk s Pure Food show
(iqud foods) wouldn't sell ticket. Miller, S. d. is
watching to see if it is going to wear.
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''Where shall we landa'' sings Will Chamberlain
the South DakotaS poet, with fine inspiration.
FBeyond the shores of sleep
When the calm is ours
From out the twilight deep,
Heart of my heart,
Where shall landq''
Well, if we might nominate place, let say OF
the shore of the upper lake at Mnnetonka with tel
acres of land thrown in good wad in the safety de
post box, nice little lake cottage and six eigh
little girls from 5 to years of age to sit tn
piazza and play at making tea for large rosy, smiling
family of dolls. In the garden should grow nastur
tums and sweet peas with flowers large ca
lilies The chocolate tree should bear two crop
of fruit year and should keep cow. The night
should all be moonlight and should be twentyfou
hours long, and the days should be thirty-six hour