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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-07-19
Passage Gratuit au Canada

Passage Gratuit au Canada
Un billet de chemin de fer DIAL
Ter ct retour q Sainte Anne de
Beaupr6, Canada sera dome q la
personne de Minneapolis qui au-
"a obtenu le plus de votes. LIE
concours SO terminera dimanche
lie IL Juliet 1901 a midi. Les vo-
ties sont de dix cents chacun. Les
b6n6fces seront pour l'6glise, Ste
Anne de cette vile. On peut Sc
procurer des billets pour voter au
presbytere de l'6glise Ste Anne.
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Copenhague possede lie plus
grand Jardin Zoologique de l'Eu-
rope. II couvre APO acres de terre.
Dams l'Etat du Connecticut il y
a une lo1 qui defend de prendre
plus de trente truites On IN seul
jour.
On Went de compl4ter a Vienne
le bicycle le plus dispendieux fait
jusqu'a date. II a cout6 pres de
$4,000.
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M. L. T. Poirier, employs q la
Minneapolis Paper Co., est retenu
chez lui par une indisposition as
SEE grave. Nous lui souhaitons I'm
prompt reimbursement.
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I'm lice Cream Festival sera
dome dimanche soir le % courant
sur lie terrain de l'6glise Ste An
ne au profit de cette 6glise sous
les auspices des danes de Ste
Anne. Ces d6vou6es danes d6sl-
reuses de faire un grand success de
leur enterprise ont imagine un
moyen par lequel Giles COMPETENT
y arriver. Ain de ne bonner au-
cune raison d ceux d ceux qul de-
meurent loin de l'6glise d ne pas
a~ssister q leur fete Giles ont d6ci-
de de servir la creme apres la
grand'messe. Done plus d'excuses
pour persOnne.
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En- l'Annee $3.50

Ce lointain mill6sime nest pas
pour nous, bien sur; mails pour la
septieme on huit1eme generation,
81 une rencontre quelconque de la
comete ma pas pulv6ris6 d'ici Ia,
la boule terrestre.
Supposons quill n'arrive aucun
accident, nj faute d'op6rateur en-
dormi. GU de m6canicien trop ha-
tiff, ct que la terre sans heurt IA
tai, sans collision, continue a rou-
Ter sur son axe ct a d6crire son
orbe autour de Ph6bus, quel sera
lie nombre des hommes en- Fan de
grace $3.50?
Un fort ct patient statisticien
M. j.. Holt Schooling, de New
York s'est charge de nous instrui-
re par lentremise de l'%int6ressant
p6riodique connu sous le nom de
Cosmopolitan.
M. Schooling nous dit, dams Get
to publication, num6ro de Juliet,
que dams 300 ans d'ici, la popula-
ton sera tellement augment6e ct
dune telle densit6 que sill y await
alors partage du sol habitable, au-
cune personne ne pourrait posse
plus des deux tiers dun acre de
terre.
Alors, soft pour lexploitation
agricole soft pour lie chemin, la
maison, le pare, le tramway, on ne
pourra compiler Acknowledgement
que sur 553 verges carr6es de ter
rain. Et encore, lorsque Ia terre
aura CO nombre d'habitants,g 1000
personnes par mile, ellie ne pour
ra plus logger les nouveaux venus,
CONNIE un theatre rempli. Brief,
l'autorit6 devra aficher, bien en-
evidence, CONNIE au theatre lors-
quill y a foule: "Plus de sieges''
GU standing room only"
Pour en- arriver a cette conclu.
sion, M. Schooling a proc6d6 par
une analyse minutieuse de Fac
croissement de la population, du-
rant le l9Ame steele. Et il 6tablit
CONNIE quit l'6tendue de l'espace
occup6 pr6sentement par les habl-
tants DIES divers pays.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1901-07-19

LIE meilleur endroit de la Vile
pour faire remplir les ordonnan-
ces de votre m6decin est d la phar-
macie de Benneson ct Raiche, 628
avenue Hennepin.
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EUROPE.
PARIS

-Des manouvres militaires ex-
traordinaires auront lieu en- Fran
ce, durant lie mols de %septembre.
On estime que 100000 hommes au
moins y prendront part.
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Lorslue l'habitat %terrestre sera
comble qu'en adviendra-t-il des
derniers arrivants, ct Oh attendront
lis leur tour? M. Schooling ne
nous le dit pas. Ii SO contente
d'estimer la population universal
le d'aujourd'hui q l,60O,O0O,00O, ct
celle de Fan 1850 a 52,073, 100000.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
LOCALITIES.

A new law in Montana provides that
the judges charge shall precede the ar
guments of counsel.
Sureties on the official bond of e
mayor are held in state ex rel. McLau
ren versus Mcdaniel (Miss.). so L. A
us, to be liable for his act in causing
a persons arrest without a warrant
and trying, conyicting and sentencing
him for an otfense not made punishable
by the ordinances of the city, under
authority of which he claimed to act
Justice Kruse, of Buffalo, has over
ruled the decision of a referee grant
ing divorce in a case where the only
evidence was given by private detec
tives. His honor held that confFma
tory evidence was necessary. and al
the same time severely rebuked plain
titf's attorney, who persisted in seek
ing decree after his client had eX
pressed willingness to abandon the
case. The courts, he said, are for the
protection of the public. not for the
promotion of lawyers business.
Owner OF a private park who invites
the public to it for the purpose Of see
ing an exhibition is held, in Schech
versus Platt-DeurSche Vo.ksfest Yer
Elm q. j., 50 L. Il. A. l99. not to be re.
ieved from responsibility for the
safety Of the guests by the fact tha'
the exhibition is given by an independ
ent contractor, but, having invited the
people there, he must provide a safe
place from which they may view the
exhibition, and must use care in select
ing a skllfuI and competent person tC
give - exhibitions.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
IN DISTANT PLACES.

There are 1864 banks in Japan, rep
resenting $253,24g, ,936.
The population of Buenos Ayres on
January was So, 1893.
Only u acres in every 100 of Japan's
$1,000 square miles are under eultiva-
tion.
Sydney, 1920 miles from London as
the crow flies, is the most distant
large town from England.
Australia, 26 times larger than the
whole of the British Isles, has a popu-
iatiOn smaller than that of London.
The khedive of Egypt is an energetic
fireman and has his palace fitted up
with all the latest fire extingufshers.
He has periodic fire drills for his house
hold and occasionally turns in a false
alarm in the small hours.
Owing to competition with Spain,
Italy and northern Africa, where labor
is cheaper, French farmers are aban.
doning the cultivation Of olive groves.
In the department of Marseilles alone
within six months 10000 olive trees
were uprooted.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION.
ShaH1s

In every community aud in
every country you will find a class
Of shams. You will find people
who msks great outward show
and pretend that they are great
race loving people and are doing
\ great deal for the adyancemant
of the people The recent meet
ing held in Buffalo, \. Y, last
week fully demonstrates the force
Of this article. There before the
civilized world the dirty linen Of
members Of the WOman's League
was being washed. Women who
are supposed to be intelligent
and respectable. What good is
being accomplished, any way. by
these female ASSOCIATE on, of color?
Has this national woman's assoSia-
tion done any thing to advance
the interest Of women? There is an
organisation in this city known as
the Sojournsr Truth ASSOCIATION,
with Miss Matte Brown at the
head. This female association is
during moro than all the female
negro organizations combined.
These annual meetings are held
for the purpose fletting off surplus
gas, with no good results and the
sooner these shams get out of the
way aud make room for sub
stsntIal people tie better it will be
for all concerned. Mrs. Anna
Murray is one women in this com
munity who deserves the plaudirs
Of the people, The establishment
Of the kindergarten, by her in the
public schools, is enough 10 erect
a monument to her memory whCn
she shall have finished her labors
on this earth. Mrs. Murray has
done = great, for her people and
is during more now what many
women have failed to DO, and will
never do except to go to these con
VentiOns to make themselves redlc-
uleus in the eyes of the world.
The recent Buffalo escapade was
enough to put an end to all female
conventions,
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bank account. They never think of in
viting him in To see their daughter un-
til these facts are ascertaiued without
shadow of doubt.
His standing having been ascer-
tained, the bulldogs are tied up and the
/ wardens sheath their swords. The
| coast is clear now. and the lover NAV
/ fetch out his mandolin OF guitar and
send sweet melody along with tn,
/ moonlight into the bed chamber of his
! sweetheart. At the end Of the year or
/ l. months if he still remains faithful
and refrains from prosecuting his suit
with undue haste, he may approach the
| girls parents and plead for a per
sonal audience with her, This is get
/ ting 10 close quarters, and a favorable
answer means that the girl has made
the same plea 10 her parents. The
young people are permitted TO meet in
the parlOr. but not alone. The parent
or guardian is always on hand 10 see
that the proprietieS are thOrOughIyre-
spected. and this sort of vigilance is
never relaxed until they have plighted
their troth. The lover cannot take his
mistress 70 church. theater OF even 10
the refined, elevating Spanish sport
known as a bullfght. until his mat
rimonial intentions are spiked down
and welded.
"A person would think the rigorous
custom would deter 6spirants. but il
doesn't. They accept the conditions
eagerly and face them like martyrs.
The funeral custOms-to make
sudden change of the subject-of the
wealthy of Manila differ almost as
greatly from ours as do their court
ships. If enough money is furnished.
the padre viii see that the obseauies
go off about right, He is the great
man Of the occasion. The ceremonies
are long, but not altogether impress
siYe. In fact, the band which heads
the sOrrOwful procession is more like
ly TO play lively, exuItant air than
dirge. l have seen cortege where the
strains We're A Hot Time in the Old
Town Tonight Many Of the natives
of Manila think that is the national
air OF America, and their musicians
play il As a compliment to this coun-
try. From four to six stately plumed
horses haul the hearse to Paco ceme-
terry, where the remains of the citizen
are placed in the chapel, 10 lie in state
for several days, in order to give the
many friends a last lock. A wall seven
feet in width surrounds the cemetery.
which is pierced with holes like a
honeycomb. Each hole is fitted 10 re-
ceive a coffin, The casket is slipped in
and sealed up, where il is allowed 70
remain in peace-until there is a fail
ure 10 pay the rental The receptacIes
are not sold, and when the relatives of
the deceased, through lack of interest
or money, cease paying the storage
fees, the casket is unceremoniously re-
moved to make room for a more re-
muneratiVe tenant"
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
ARE NOT IMPETUOUS
Spanish Lovers in Manila Display
Patience of Job.
Frequently Do Not Have an OppOr-
tunity to Converse wiki the Oh
jects of Their Alteration for
Many Weary Months.

"One Of the most curious customs
among the social upper tendon Of the
Spanish al Manila" says Harry X.
Montgomery, late secretary Of the
custom service in the Luzon capital,
us their method Of courtship. If a
Kansas City judge had jurisdiction
there he would have a jail full of high
toneC youths before he was on the. is
land half a day. l understand he is
tining men $500 apiece for ogling and
making remarks about young ladies.
When the young Spanish grandee
wants 10 do the thing about right he
dOns a faultless suit Of clothes, gets
out light bamboo cane. and wakes his
mustacae. Without This his case would
be hopeless. He goes to the home of
his lady love and takes his station on
the walk where she can see him from
her window. He struts up and down
for her inspection, twisting his idolized
mustache, twirling his cane, and go
ING through gestures calculated TO set
OFF the offering TO the best ad-
vantage. The lady may not even deign
10 look at him. In fact, he hardly eX-
poets her to until he has gone through
his monkeyshines a number Of times
TO prove his sincerity. II may be
months before he receives the encour-
agement of a smile, but when IL does
come his raptured heart repays him
for his labor.
after awhile, say six months, the
sonora may drop rose, a fan or her
perfumed lace handkerchief He
seizes the prize with the avidity that a
half-starved miHer reaches for a
golden nugget where he expected none.
But the bird is not yet within the
suitor's grasp. Not by long ways.
At this point the dutiful parents of
the young lady appreciate the fact that
matters may become serious some time
in the future, and they begin looking
up the young mans pedigree - and
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20

then and there to bedeck themselves,
Those that wore the big gray felt
hats pinned a band of the fringe
around the brim, with the balls
dangling; some made necklaces and
bracelets of it, and others used it for
belts, while all that was left they
lOoped fantaStically over their red
blankets.
There were bread grins of satisfac-
tion on their faces. when suddenly the
leader said: Eat, and off they strode
in search Of food.
One sGuaw, says the Detroit Free
Press, got a big sack full of bananas
and, calmly seating herself in the
middle of the pavement in the busiest
part of the town. began to devour
them. This was too much for a group
of sma2 boys near by. They imme-
diately dared the bravest of their
number to steal or beg a banana. As
the former was far from safe. he put
on a hungry, woe-begOne look and ap-
preached. geSticulating and saying:
Me eat" The squaw eyed him un-
blinkingly and went on bolting ba-
nanas. But with his companions guy
ing him from a distance, the urchin
would not give up, so the pantomime
continued until the last banana disap-
peared, when she rose with a bounce.
slapped its skin fun in the boys face
and STROBE of after more.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
MILITARY MATTERS.

The Mexican army of more than
$4,000 men is supported upon a trihe
more than a million Mexican dollars
a month. The Mexican congress does
not cost a million dollars year.
Men who are enlisted for service
in the navy are not to be assigned
to service in submarine boats without
their consent, and the bureau of navi-
cation viii recommend that special
service enlistments for these vessels
be authorized.
Earl Roberts is endeavoring to abol-
ish the prejudice English officers have
felt against wearing their uniforms
in public. \ new rule has been made
compelling officers to wear their uni
forms when appearing at the war of
fee, probably with the idea of helping
tC overcome the popular taste for dis
play felt among the military men when
they are not on actual duty.
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present he sojourns in a cave 7a,-
LepPin, Germany. in his Begliga,
shirt, where thousands have vfsf,ag
him and where he breaches his no.
culiar gospel The courts of Are14.
see and Magdeburg have pr8nouBes3
him insane, but he seems 10 bsvs
plenty of money, for prominent law.
yers have kept him thus far out oi
madhouses. The apostle of semi.
nudity is 30 years old. a native o.,
Arendsee, destined by his thrifty IA.
ther, a welI-to-do farmer, to become
a merchant.
The man seems 10 be physically
hardened, for all last winter he
walked about barrto5t-I in snow and
ice and exhorred his auditors to FOL.
low his example. He is also a yegs.
tarin, his food consisting of fruit,
bread and vegetables only. Nagel B
reaping a small fortune oy the sale
of Illustrated postal cards. This be
says. he intends 10 devote To The
propagation of his gospel Na--l is,
perhaps, not as crazy az would aF
pear, Judging from the -hek-s l3
can gather with his fad The word
runs after anything new and a4i -a3
Athens did when Paul preached l5
gospel.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
CYRIL ARTHUR PEARSON.
Famous London Editor Who Is Now
Engaged in Studying American
Journalism

Cyril Arthur Pearson, who is E5T
visiting this country for -he 1l'.
pose of studying American Journal
ism and its methods, Is only 5j years
old, but has already made several
millions by his enterprise and a-s'
nuity in the newspaper line. H- -5'
gan his career a few years ago IS
a writer on the staff OF London L.'
Bits. He had just come out ot h-
chester school with nothing behind
him save his fathers blessing --l
nothing before him but the srgersi
kind of competition. After woraL3
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he could and smoked the cigars ike a
little hero. But in an unguarded mo-
ment the other night the truth came
out. Mrs. Melton awOke some time
after midnight with d start.
John, John" she gasped. there's a
burglar in the house."
20, think not" said her husband.
sleepily.
"Yes there is" gasPed Mrs. Melton,
81 know It. He is in the dining-room.
l heard him lighting one of your
cigars"
Zone of those Pride of the Tene-
ment' that you gave me?"
Yes, that was the last box l
bought"
"All right" said John. turning on
his side and shutting his eyes again.
Leave him alone. Wen find his dead
body on the floor tomorrow morn
ing"
Mrs. Melton says that John can Just
buy his own old cigars now.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
Young Farmer Drives Cow.

Arthur MIsgrove, a young farmer
residing near Findlay, O., created
considerable surprise recently by ap-
pearing in one of FindIay's principal
streets driving a COW hitched to a
light wagon, causing his steed TO
navigate by giving continuous and
vigorous twists to her tail. Mus
grove met a friend, James BOYLE.
near the city. Musgrove was driving
a horse and Boyle was leading a COW.
\ trade was struck and The men
swapped animals. Boyle led away
his horse and Musgrove decided he
would make the cow draw him. He
hitched her up, but she wouldn't 90.
After an hours trials he tried the
trick with her that Grover worked
on the British lion, and il worked
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
MELTON WAS BRUTAL.
Never Again Buy IA Box of
Cigars for Him.

Mrs. Melton. asserts the Chicago
Tribune. is not going to buy any more
cigars for her husband. She almost
believes now that all the jokes in the
comic papers anent the kind of cigars
wives buy for their husbands are true.
She has insisted ever since Christmas
when she bought the first box of cigars
for Mrs. Melton on purchasing all his
tobacco for him.
Mr.. Melton thought it would be too
bad to tell his wife just how bad the
cigars were, since her only object in
buying them was to contribute to his
pleasure, so he smiled as sweetly as
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
IEangnroo In Our NIenu.

How does kangaroo tail soup i'm
press you? You are likely soon TO
have it, for it has found its way td
London from Australia and promises
TO cross the Atlantic. Those who
have acquired the taste for it pro-
nounce it superior to OK tail. or the
numerous concoctions that sail under
that appendage, though usually the
meat for them comes from the other
end of the animal. There is no de-
ception in the kangaroo tails as they
are offered in the London market,
for they are for sale with the fur
on. The report is that they are not
making rapid progress, because the
taste for them must be acquired, but
when once acquired and the merit
of the flavor is appreciated they are
pronounced veritable luXuries.-N. Y.
Herald.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
snnitnrr Wall Paner-

The unglazed surface of the wal
papers of our forefathers offered g
happy hunting ground for microbes
The glazed washable papers now
more general. in use are a great i'm,
provement, as well as the various
plain and figured paintable surfaces.
Upon the whole, the smooth-painted
wall is most in touch with moderr
sanitary principles. Certainly, in tha
case of rooms inhabited by consump
tive patients, the use of ordinary waU
papers should be prohibited by en-
lightened local authorities il they
had the necessary powers for the pUE-
poae.-Ladies' Medical PrezA
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
4 NoiseIess Alarm Clock.

\ noiseless alarm clock would
prove a boon TO a host of sufferers
from unreasonable din. The sugges.
ton is made that a silent alarm can
be given by focusing an electric lamp
upon the head of the person TO be
awakened and arranging the switch
so that the current to light the lamp
would be turned on by the clock at
the desired time. 1t is claimed that
the flash of light would invariably
arouse the sleeper.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
INDIAN SHOPPERS.
Whenever Uncle Sam Pays Them
Their Allowance.

Arkansas City, Kan, is quite a trad
ing point for the Indians from the ter
ritOry. One day a number of bucks
and squaws rode into town single file,
tier their ponies in bunch, and start
ed out TO spend their last allowance
from Uncle sam.
The first place they came to was
furniture store, the owner of which
had chanced to display a lot of old
fashioned, bright-colored ball fringe
IN the window. They gave IA few sig
sificant grunts. walked in, and pur-
chHsed the entire stock, proceeding
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
Why He TnIka.

Q he's working for the ticket,
He is talking every day
Not because he loves il,
or has much that's new to say;
But he's itching for an Office
And he wants il known to all
That he spOuted. when the ticket
Is elected in the fall
Chicago TimeS-HeraId.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
Corroborative Evidence

Young Husband - But, my dear,
what made YOU believe this seedy
strangers story that I had fallen in
the hOrSe-pOnd?
Young Wife-Oh, darling. believed
him because he asked for and went off
with your Sunday clothes and top
coat as changes for you to get home
in.-Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
Gold Wild Goose.

A mild sensation has been caused
IN New Westminster. B. c., by the
discovery of $3.50 in gold as big as
faxseed in the crop Of a wild goose
which was killed at Pitt lake, 2S
miles from Westminster. Many pros
pectors have started for the scene OF
the supposed gold plaeers.
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
How He Described 1t.

"C-h-a-o-s," spelled four-year-old
Margie, slowly, now 1 wonder what
that means 20
oh" replied her six-year-old
brother, with an air of superior
knowledge, ''it means a great big pile
of nothing and no place to put it,
Detroit Free Press.
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FriendIy Treatment Bad Enonrh.

Towne-T'd hate TO have that man
for an enemy.
Browne-WhO is he?
II don't know, but he punched my
head once"
"WelL, if he wasn't an enemy. Id
like to"
20. you see it was all mistake.
After he punched me he said: 'Ex-
cuse me, Buddy. l took yer fur a
friend O. mine "-PhiIadelphia Press
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
A Sense nf REGRET

Don't you think man ought to
look up 10 his ancestors" asked the
man of aristOcratic tendencies.
"Yes," answered the prosaic per-
son. But the trouble about so many
distinguished ancestors of a century
or so is that they insisted on going
out and getting into fights instead
of learning to read and wrIte."-
Washington Star
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20
WEARS ADAMIC DRESS
Gustav NageI, "A weH-to-Do
German Advocates the T..
hut One Carmen

To transform the worlds s..,.
lnto the hg leaf costumes Of A5,I
and Eve Is the self-imposed r.,-. ,-'2
OF Gustav Nagel, who is fgs- -'oa
making tour of the fsrba-r '' v
Nagel breaches that it is U7go5... ..'''
assume fine raiment. that The br- .
form divine should not be 6rrF
more than to protect it from n. a, -
ments-in the winter sfnrrs We We
NAL fur, in the summer q -5f- -. -~'
shirt. Hats, shoes, stockias. .I.'
wear and haberdashery of a.- r.-.
must be avoided ~-
Nagel calls himself -.--
mensch" Ia child Of nature. "
The Washington bee., 1901-07-20

How many Baptist Ministers
buy their groceries from the True
Reiormer's Grocery Company after
signing their names to that list.