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Minnesota stats tidning. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1895-1939, 1896-03-18

Vara lagstiftare Washington halla
pa att DIVA sig for val kampanjen host.
Lagstlftningsn bry dc sig foga ON.
Republikanerna ha nog att CORA med
att halla rakning pa ALA sina presi.
dentkandidater, demokraterna begripa
rakt icke hvar de skola rs fatt nagon,
under det populisterna aro villige att
bll presidenter allihop, ON det knipsr.
Us g.
The morning times., 1896-03-22

Greek architecture rose proudly in this sa-
cred Alts, in honor OF the local delt1es
Enclosures for wrestling. hurting the jaye-
lin and throwing the quot were surrounded
by cool porticos where the contestants might
rest Fountains of crystal water, where they
could remove the dust and oil from their
glowing bodies stadia for foot and horse
and chariot races. dwelling houses for the
priestsand otherfunctiOnaries, councilcham-
bers for the Hellanodikae and other judges;
and all of these architectural masterpieces
standing in what has been described as n
forest OF statues OF marble and bronze, ="
representing gods and heroes and victors in
the athletic and agonistic games, were eX-
hibited and explained by DR.. Quinn.
After having made old Olympia and It's an
cient splendors to stand forth on the screen
in renascent beauty. showing the audience,
the plain with Kronos towering over it,
glinlpses of mystic temple-shrines and pow
erful gods, and glorious statues Of Hermes
and Victory and Zeus together with rush
ing chariots and athletes, divine OF form,
the lecturer brought his audience from the
valley of the Alpheios. where these games
used TO be celebrated in olden days over to
the city of modern "a tllens. where they arc
to be renewed this5cOming april
The journey TO Athens from Olympia is
ca silly made by water. This trip bring;
the yoyager round the coast of NE entire
Peleponnes, giving him an opportunity ol
The morning times., 1896-03-22

seeing the interesting points along il, many
Of which were shown by the lecturer
After reaching the Praeus the audience
saw the ancient barbor of Athens in its
present condition, as well as the wide
streeted town OF the days OF Pericies.
Athens was reached by passing along the
way formerly occupied by the long walls:
the city was entered b V the Kerameikos gate
Firstthe CltyaSitnow S was shown and the en-
the city as it was in the days ofits Splendor.
Thea CORA, where Socrates squizZed tn proud
young men OF Athens. the hill of Ares,
where Paul first told the AthenianS of q
God before unknown TO them; the great
gates OF the AcropOlis with the statue of
Athene Proma chos towering above it;
the Parthenon, queen of perfection in
architecture sitting In eternal calmness on
the top of the cropolis: the road that led
through the gate of HadriaD over TO the
Stadion on the banks of the IliSsos where
the descendants of Themstocles and XIV
mon and Sophocles are about to try their
strength in ager contests, as did their noble
an cestors.
The American minister to Greece, Hon
Eben Alexander, has been among the fore
most in encoura ging this revival. He has
been a Philhellene from his boyhood, and
owes the high position he now occupies TO
the rank he took in his class at Harvard
as Greek scholar.
The morning times., 1896-03-22
GIVES TOO MANY FRANKS
P0st0ffice Department Bank
rupted by Its GratuitieS.
NO HOPE OF PENNY POSTAGE
Annual Deficit Is Caused by Franks
10 the Different Departments
of the Government.
NO HOPE OF PENNY POSTAGE

The Postoflice Department has a great
deal of thank YOU work 10 do.
II has SO much OF il 10 do that il does
not pay. This Unrcmunerated service
which the department does really give it
a pain. II halr Of il were paid for there
would Ec a satisfactory balance placed on
the credit side OF the ledger.
in other words the Postofnce Department
would bc selr-sustaining if the frank sys-
TEN were not carried on to the extent OF an
abuse, ana to place it on basis where it
would pay expenses has been the vain
dream Of many a Postmaster General be
fore the present incumbent had even thought
Of touring the rugged Second West Viz
riuia district for favor at the Congressional
election.
His immediate predecessors pointed out
the abuses Of the free mail system which
is graciously rendered national Ia wmakcrs
SO has Mr.. Postmaster General Wilson.
his annual report covers as many pages Of
wal over this matter as did MIR. Wanna
makers and Mr.. Bisselrs.
QUESTION Is PICTURESQUE.
an in all, the poStolncc economic qucs-
lion is picturesque. Ii it didn't have its
own work IL do it would pay. It's pre-
cisely ike man expecting to stay up q
tree after getting out on the end Of a limb
and sawing il off. Another picture TO
serve the same Illustration would be for
man to try TO pull himself up by Juggling
hard al the seat of his pants.
Last year the total revenue Of the Post
office Department was SIC ,9S3, ,l2S.19.
Now that is great deal OF money TO come
from the sale OF two-cent stamps, and that
is where most OF IL comes from. Some people
might sit down and figure that they could
run the postal system Of the world with
tiat many million dollars but the world
isyetrull OF second editions of Col. Sellers.
foritcoSts 10 run postalsystem, the same
aS IL does 10 run q railroad or a hotel or
carpenter shop or q shooting gallery. 1t
just cost $50, 6,I9O,172.s2 to run 1T for
the same year, with The practice of the
utmost economy which should be consist
ent with an administration which adyer-
Uses on the bills such enphoniOus mottoes
as 'Jeffersonian Simplicity and with an
official head who is representative of
Democratic "retrenclment md REFORM
QUICK TO FIGURE"
All that being So and being ordinarily
expert in figures. 1t will take the reader
no longer than ii does 10 say Jack Robin
son 10 see that the outlay of the Depart
ment was SO, ,s07 ,o44.63 more than the
income
il win also he seen that while Ir. vii
sonruns a shop thatis popular and literally
patronized, people doing business with
hinn in every small hamlet OF the broad ex-
panse or Uncle Sans dominion, stil he
makes no money for the proprieiors.
he has absolutely no opposition, and if
The morning times., 1896-03-22
REVIVAL OF OLYMPIC GAMES
Prof. Gilderslecve Sails for Greece and
VIII Witness These sports


AT a meeting of the Baltimore branch Of
the Archaeological Institute of America
held in Mccoy Hall in Johns Hopkins Uni
versity, on hcevcning Of Wednesday, March
l /, in honor of the departure OF Prof. Basil
L. Gildersleeve for a tour through Greece
with DR.. Wilhelm Dorpfcld, director of the
German Archaeological Institute at Ath-
ems, DR.. Daniel Quinn, of the Catholic Uni
verSity at Washington, lectured on "Olym-
pa and the Olympic Games Dr.. Quinn
took the degree of Phi. d. at the University
of Athens, and is one OF the most thorough
Greek scholars on this continent.
The theme was appropriate, not only be-
cause Prof. GilderSleeve will be present In
Athens, TO see the revival, after lapse OF
/ 800 years, of these old games of Greece,
next April, but because he is one of the best
PindariC scholars Of our day, and ii follows
as q matter of course, that Pindaric
scholar should love the old Altis and every
thing associated with it.
These Olympian games began to be cele-
brated sometime back in the twilight OF
Greek antiquity. In the year 776 B. C. we
find them already well esta bliShed
They served as an occasion for the Greeks
from various parts OF the world to cougre-
gate, and not only vie with each other in
feats OF strength and physical SKILL but
also TO make them feel more strongly the
kinship of race that bound them all into
one people. In view OF the fact that the
various Greek cities, with their local no.
tions and forms of government, were as
independent of each other as are the vari-
Gus nations OF modern Europe, it will be
understood hat mighty Importance could be
attached to such an occasion as the cele-
bration of the Olympian games.
1t Will also be readily understood how
such men as Isocrates, when seeing there
such pan-hellenc gatherings, could dream
but perhaps only dream of united Greece
Here might be seen I he gorgeous equipages
of the tyrants of Sicily or OF a prodigal
AkibiadeS-mag gnificent fiery horses yoked
in fours to he laundering chariots, or atll-
letes from Southern Italy or Thrace or
Asia, as Well as Greece proper.
Hither also came the poets to chant their
songs, the historians to read their accounts
| of Greek valor, and merchants TO dispose of
valuable wares. Here came sculptors and
| painters and musicians to4produce each a
| masterpiece in honor OF some la urel-cfown-
| ed victor.
Magnificent temples in all the styles OF
The morning times., 1896-03-22
THE TWO EVILS.

Half If that amount would cover the de-
ficiencies of the Postoffice Department for
last year, and by more than S2.OOO.O 900
cover what it viii be for this year. How
can any Postmaster General make this place
OF business profitable, when Congress, act
ing as the board OF directors of the concern,
aTrangcS plan whereby abuses are allowed,
which in the aggreg gate cheat the depart
nlent out of enough money to make William
i. Wilson the greatest Postmaster GEN
eral OF the present or of history If the cor
rection were to be made while he is in his
present position. and consequently make the
department selr-sustaining.
Two things keep the p. o. D. from
paying its own expenses. Two abuses
cost the government millions in the shape
OF a deficiency that is useless. Two rea-
sons plainly are manifest why reduced pos
tai rates do not come about as a blessing to
commerce and lovers.
Two monuments of criminal negligence
stand in the way Of the Postoffice Depart
ment being a producer instead of con-
sumer of revenue.
The morning times., 1896-03-22

their work in ON this basis because the
present law happens to be- broad.
The actual loss on transportation OF
seconl-class matter last year WIS S1s,-
72.O06T4. Half Of this, a least was
for transportation Of matter that had no
business TO usurp the prcrogativeS or Tie
Times and other genuine and regular pub
The morning times., 1896-03-22
Book Dept.

Your attention Is respectfully
called to a Public Library now on
exhibition in our Book Department.
Fine Illustrated Art Books. Books
on scienceJ, well bound-alI which
are offered at low prices.
Macauley's History OF England
vols, cloth bound, 79c set
The ROSEBUD" Series Of Ism,
cloth bound books, including works
by Stanley Weyman. "A Conan
Doyle, Tx Marvel, (" Hall Game, e"
&C., 15c. each.
George EIiot's complete works
cloth binding large type-6 vols,
sl.5s set.
The Columbian Gallery" a port
folio Of photographs Of the Worlds
Fair - large s7o. - correct anl
graphic description with each v.ew,
Acc.
All Csc editions Of paper-bouad
Novels, including the Madison
squaro Series" "Ths Enterprise
Series" THE Home Series" g.,
choice, 14c each.
Plutarch's Lives Of Illustrioas
kea-complets and unabridged
large typs-good papers vols
cloth bound -32c set.
The Universal EEeyclOpasdie Die
tiouary-with AulIhalTs statIstieI
Of the World unabridged cloth
bound-large svo, @i-19
Ont Of India" By Rudyard KIP
ling-cIoth boHnd tnevl, was 81 80,
soc.
"A Lady of Quality." by Frances
Hodgson Burnett-iust out - e.o'h
binding-was Sl.50-s1-I5.
Victor Eugos complete works
vols.-largs type-hs avT paper
Iustratet-bound n library c!otl-
was S4.9S SGT. Special for this
sale. S2.75 ses.
History Of Oar ow1 Timss-by
Justin MeCarthy-2 vols ca,f
binding gilt tops special sL25
set,
A Complete line OF Eas5e-
Cards, Booklets, Biol les, Pray yer
Books and Hymnals-au sold
at special reduced prices.
g. =
- se go - - -
The morning times., 1896-03-22

lots OF people lost that much money a
year they couldn't sleep wei nights. But
Wilson is not critiCiscd nor dces lie de
scrveto be. John Wanamaker makes that
big affair Of MS at Philadelphia pay-and
this is no adult lie struck 4 Snag Of
mast odon proportions when he hucked
against the T. o. d. Thercfore, if John
couldn't il is rot supposed Willie can.
But Mr.. Wilson hGI made an estimate
that viii be a signal of JOY TO the econo-
nfsts who murniur through their Dunlaps
and give public people points in groceries
and at curistone conferences.
He thinks, with figures and facts TO
back him, that for the ycsr that VIII END
June 80 next the excess of expenditures
over receipts VIII lie only SEA ,219.42-
difference in the deficiency Of last year
Of over So 900. That is a big gain.
Big gain it may be. Another big gain
NAV come the year after, and others for
many years to come, and still the P. Q. d.
VIII have to go into the stocking for the
little amount that Will surely be lacking If
so much labor continues 10 be hired for
work that has no substantial return.
NO CHANCE OF DECREASE.
And this all discourages the idea of a
decrease In postage rates. This decrease is
lust as far away, to any substantially ap-
oreciabIe extent, as the doing away of the
'thank-you'' jobs.
The people demand two things. one is
that the p y. d. pay its own expenses. The
other is that there shah be constant im-
nroy-cD,ent In mail facilities
These are TWO propositions which do not
jibe at all. The reason is given in direct
guotation from the Postmaster General,
which does not give all the details nor
cover all the points, but speaks volumes
just the same. He says:
The free business done by this depart
ment for other branches and departments
of the government, if paid for at regular
or cost rates, would more than wipe out
its deficiencies
There's a slap. 1t is not mean, little.
puerae, rCveugeful one. but coura geous
statement OF a plain fact.
There are no figures given to show how
much the amount would be if the free
matter mailed was not free. There has
never been made an actual statement of
that kind But the Postmaster General
does not make reckless statements. BE
is not the sort of person that gives express
sion 10 GurmiseS in the form OF proved
truths
The morning times., 1896-03-22
FREE MAIL MATTER.

He has had the benefit of enough inves-
tigation to show that enough is paid in
clerk hire and transportation OF free mail
matter to leave a balance in favor of the
government if the accommodations of the
United States mail were not so freely par
taken of by those whose fortunate privilege
It is 10 use them.
Another deficiency comes from the abuse
Of second-class mail privileges. Second
class matter comprises legitimate peri
odicals The Postoffice Department be-
.ieves in legitimate periodicals 1t en-
coura ges them by giving them the cheapest
sort of transportation. The transmission
of second-clasS matter, confined to actual
papers and ma agazines which are published
regularly, would he a losing scheme to the
government, even if the fakes did not get
in their deadly work
or this loss there is no complaint, but
a decided kick comes from those affairs
which are carried at second-class rates
which have no business to be- Mr.. Wilson
earnestly recommends To Congress care
full scrutiny into this abuse and some sort
of remedial legislation that will put a
quietus on the shrewd fellows who get
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-05-14
ssistant Adjt. General.
what We Lost.

The following from the Fergus Falls
Journal indicates pretty clearly that
this city permitted good thing to slip
through its fingers when it failed to Sc
cure the Hogan wooden factory:
No one Institution has done more to
advertise Fergus Falls as a manutactur.
ing center than the Fergus Falls Wooden
Mills. Its goods can be found in almost
every city and village in the northwest
and more than ali that it has reputa-
ton for making good. honest goods ard
saving the farmer, who has wool to ex.
change, from 80 to so Der cent.
When Mr.. Hogan leased the plant in
November 1894 he found great many
changes necessary in ORDER TO use the
capacity of the MILL He determined to
establish the reputation of his goods
and the mill before n aking anv changes
and during the season of 1895 this was
done so thoroughly and the business in.
creased so fast that he hesitated no
longer. During the past winter Mr..
Hogan has been busy making altera-
tions and reconstructing machines until
now the capacity of the mill is double
what 1T was year ago.
The mill manufactures about FORTY
different kinds of cloth, blankets, dress
goods, fine and heavy suitings, over
coatings, warns, rolls and batting. The
goods being manufactured now are for
the summer trade and are very hand
some and durable, the samples shown
being much superior to anything ever
turned out by the mill before and are
sure to he good sellers.
The exchange business has grown
wonderfully since Mr.. Hogan took the
mill and last fall it was difficult for him
TO fill the orders within a reasonable
time after they were received.
One of the secrets of Mr.. Hogan's sue
cess is that he understands his business
from the ground up. He not only
knows how 60 run the machinery but
he knows how to make it and has a
number of his inventions in use in the
mill. His whole life has been devoted
to the wooden mill business and his
present success is the result o. years of
careful observation. strict attention to
business and honest dealing.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-05-14

A New Paynesville correspondent of
the Journal Press tells the following
thrilling story of narrow escape from
a lightning bolt:
Henry Kelley of this place reports a
peculiar experience with lightning dur
ing the storm of last Saturday night
He was driving with young lady be-
tween Belgrade and New London at
about nine 7o'clockin the evening when
the storm overlook him. A bolt of
lightning struck the buggy pole, split
ting It from the front to near the point
Establishment OF the double tree where
the current apparently left the tongue
and went into the single tree splitting
this entirely from end to end. Leaving
the single tree the bolt apparently went
to the Lantern, which was held in Mr..
Kelley's hand. The lantern was COM
pletely wrecked. Mr.. KeIley's hands
were badly burned and he was rendered
unconscious, not recovering therefrom
or regaining his senses until two O'Clock
on Sunday afternoon. Mr.. Kelley's
body has the hair apparently scorched
or singed. The horses were both
knocked down. but shortly after fully
recovered. The young lady, Miss Elief-
son of Burbank, was badly burned
about the hands and arms but not SER
iously. She was not stunned, and after
the horses came to she was enabled to
get the conveyance, with Mr.. Kelley in
an unconscious condition, to a neigh
boring farm house where Mr.. Kelley
found himself the next afternoon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-05-14

The Minneapolis Times has this to
say relative to gentleman we'll known
here;
For several davs Prot. Woodlev, of
Menomiuee, Mich, has been visitor in
this city, where he has been sent by the
Menominee board of education for the
purpose OF studying the system of man.
ual training used in the local schools.
So quietly has he gone about his BUSH
ness. that very few even of the school
officials have had any information
about his } resence- However. he has
been using his time diligently and to
excellent purpose. To judge by utter
ances made by Prof. Woodley during
his stay here. his report will be of such
nature as to do away with whatever
doubts the Menominee people may have
harbored with regard to the supremacy
of the Minneapolis system.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-05-14

D. p. Davis, a prominent iveryman
and merchant OF Goshen. Va, has this
70 saw on the subject of rheumatism: Il
take pleasure i'd recommending Cham
berIain's Pain Balm for rheumatism. as
I know from personal experience that it
viii do all that is claimed for it. A year
ago this spring my brother was laid up
IN he'd with infammatory rheumatism
and suffered intensely. The first appli-
cation of Chamberlain's Pain Balm
eased the pain and the use of one bottle
completely cured him. For sale by
.Sheldrup & Fiesler.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-05-14
An Getting into the hand wagon

All Getting into the Band wagon.
An official letter from President Dob
bin of the Union Veterans League, an
nounces the selection of the Minneapolis
& st. Louis Railroad as the official
route of that society to the Republican
convention at st. Louis.
Word has just been received that the
entire North Dakota delegation has ar
ranged to go on the same line. Already
delegates and clubs from Minnesota are
securing their accommodations for the
trip. As this is the shortest and quick
est line, and only road to St. Louis with
dining ear service, ther-is practically no
other in the field. Cheap excursions
tickets will be sold. Full information
will be furnished on application to
A. B. CCTTs,
6. P. & T. A., M & s. L. r. R.,
Minneapolis. Mimi.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-05-14


General Order No3J
HEADQUARTERS DEPAETSKsT OF MINNESOTA
GRAND ARMY DF THE REPUBLIC,
ST. Paul, May 4th 1896. J
Memorial Day was establ' b, by
General John A. Logan, (then Co.lman-
der-in-C Chief in his General Orders, No,
IL, May 5th, 1868. Since that time
May 30th has been the most sacred OF
all days to the members of the Grand
Army OF the Republic and their friends.
The time is near at hand when the sad
lv interesting ceremony of gathering
around those 'low green tents whose
curtains never outward swing" and
strewing them with fowers-a simple
tribute to the memory of our dead COM
rades.
"aow sleep the brave. who sink to rest,
BY all their Countrys wishes blessed!
When Spring, with dewy fingers cold,
Returns to deck their hallowed mould
She there shall dress a sweeter sod
Than Fancy's feet have ever trod
By fairy hands their knell is runp:
By forms unseen their dirge is sung;
Their Honor comes pilgrim gray,
TO bless the turf that wraps their clay;
And Freedom shall awhile repair,
To dwell weeping hermit there!''
Let all true comrades be present and
participate III IHcSe beautiful M moral
Day services, and invite all patriotic
orders and citizens to unite with us in
the observance of tine day.
Post Commanders are requested to
invite clergynien of all denominations to
deliver appropriate addresses on Sabbath
Day, May Oath, and Posts should at
tend divine services on that dav.
Post Chaplains will make a report
within twenty days after Memorial Day
10 Department Chaplain, G. c. Salter,
Duluth, Mimi. of all services held in
honor of the dav.
Post Commanders are requested to
| ask the different schools in their locali-
| ties to hold exercises of patriotic order
on Friday, May 20, and will make a
detail from each post TO cooperate
| with the teachers in such services.
By order of
]. ]. McCARDY,
| Department Commander
| 7. K. Merit,
| Assistant Adit General
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1896-05-14

Walter Arnold. the granite producer,
is happy today. He this morning re.
ceived letter from Geo. J. Grant, the
st. Paul contractor who was the sue
cessful bidder for the foundation of the
new state capitol, stating that his esti-
mate on the granite caps to be used in
the foundation was accepted and that
details would be sent on Immediately.
The caps are of cut stone, and the job
means the expenditure of very close to
$1,000 among St. Cloud granite work
ers this season.-Iournal Press.