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The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
EDITORIAL OPINIONS
The Crime of Touching the TART

New York Post.
The republicans at Washington are rapidly
working themselves into a frame Of mind
about the tariff comparable only to that state
OF nervous dread which afflicted the democ-
racy and, indeed, nearly the whole country,
in connection with the agitation against slav-
cry from 1888 to 1860. Now, as then, we have,
or are told that We have, a sacrosanct law
against which it Is crime to breathe, and
which it is almost treason to attempt to
modify or repeal. AS the old man eloquent,
John Quincy Adams, found that even the
right Of petition must be denied, on the
ground that it would open" the slavery ques-
ticn, about which it was the duty of every
patriot to keep for ever mum, so now the
most glaring injustices Of the tariff, even its
provisions that prevent US from honorably
and humanely keeping our promises to the
Cubans, must not be touched, because to
touch them would be to "open" the tariff
question. At the sound Of these words there
rise up before the affrignted vision Of repub-
licans, as Mill said in reference to talk OF
disestablishment Of the English church
images of rapine, violence, plunder and every
sentiment Of adherence which would be ex-
cited by a proposal to take away from an In
dividual the earnings Of his toll or the in
heritance of his fathers"
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
The Heavenly Chorus.

The chorus of angels singing
That was heard so long ago
is heard to-day on the prairies,
Over the drifted snow.
wherever man loves his brother,
And voices to him good will,
The angels to-day are singing
And shepherds are listening still.
y, not unknown to mortals
This chorus OF deep refrain,
For down through the sounding portals
Still echoes the living strain;
The meek of the earth have been taught it
And rapt in the listening grown
TIL millions Of soula have caught it
And love has claimed its own
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
AS THE JAPs SMOKE

The Japanese smoke in very peculiar man
ner. The pipes have very small metal bowls,
with bamboo stems and metal mouthpieces
and only hold enough tobacco for three or
four whiffs. They use tobacco which Is cut
extremely fine and looks more like a light
blonde hair than anything else. 1t Is very
good quality, however The Japs take whiff
Of smoke and inhale IT, letting 1t pass out
through the nostrils. They rarely smoke
more than, one pipeful at a time
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

but as you value your safety from trusts
Keep 1t on; nay. more, heap it on. Go
down into your pockets and pay
somebody to enter the lists against
the steel trust. Make somebody
or some other corporation as
powerful as the steel trust by passing the
nat, and your evils will pass away. Nor
need we look with despair at this simple
remedy" says Mr.. Payne. If we don't,
Mr.. Payne, surely the trustsswill not.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
The NonpareiI Man
"Sub Rosa"

The Chicago Journal tells of a new reporter
VINO handed in an account of burglary in
butchers shop which commenced, "Jere-
inlan CleaVer' the well-known butcher is
losing flesh rapidly of late"
This is almost as good as the story in the
Renyille Rooster which reads as follows:
Charles Jenkins, our popular clother. was
seriously injured While teaching Miss Rosa
Latollette, who weighs an easy 200 pounds.
10 skate yesterday Miss Lafollette fell on
MIN on the hard ice and internal injuries
are feared
The article is headed "Sub Rosa
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
LATE FADs IN UMBRELLA HANDLES

Fashion has paid much attention to UNI
brella handles for the season, and many ex-
quisite importations are to be seen in met
ropolitan shops. Gun metal in great variety
of designs is on view, while ivory beautifully
carved. and heavily plated dull Egyptian gold
examples are also exhibited. Dogs, cats and
even parrots heads executed in ivory have
become very popular this season.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

eellent and wiser gentlemen who are
effecting these organizations against the
law. Strange as it may seem, the people
of Minnesota do not care to place their
future in the hands of a benevolent des-
pot When they reach this point they
will not select gentlemen who are now
openly engaged in destroying the statute
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The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
NEGRO TEACHERS IN THE WHITE
SCHOOLS

A woman of negro blood, Miss Margaret
Brown, has been appointed to a teachers
place in one Of the public schools OF Jersey
City. She was first on the list Of substitute
teachers, and the place was hers by right of
merit. Miss Daisy Fearing also colored, was
appointed under the merit rule a year ago,
and Is doing good service
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

Schley gets the best of it, after all.
Who is there who would trade the verdict
of the minority for that Of the majority
who would not rather have the approval
of Dewey than that of the other two
members OF the court, If he couldn't have
both.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
Bayard Taylor Had Enough of It.

Even so long ago as Bayard Taylors time,
life was becoming sad for the merry makers
and easy -goers because OF the intense seri-
BUSINESS that was then settling down. Even
then, when the old Puritan straight-lacing
was going out and religious dogma was dy-
ing, men were becoming more serious than
ever-at least about affairs of the present life
Do you remember these lines
Sport, that once like boy was equally awk-
ward and restless,
Sits with thumb in his mouth, while a pet
ulant ethical bantling.
Struts with his rod, and threatens our care
less natural joyance.
Weary am l with all this preaching the force
Of example,
Painful duty to self, and painfuller still to
ones neighbor,
Moral shibboleths dinned in ones ears with
slavering JUNCTION,
Till, for the sake of change. profanity loses
it's terrors.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

1t is unfort unate that some peculiar
notions about their obligations to Jolly"
the "fat boys" on all occasions should
rob the opinions Of a portion Of the COM
mercial press on this unlawful railroad
merger of any value they might other
wise possess.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

The above is true and correct statement
Of the circulation OF The Minneapolis Journal
for dates mentioned.
KINGSLEY T. BOARDMAN,
Manager Circulation.
Sworn and subscribed TO before me this
18th day OF December. 1901.
G. A. FULLER,
Notary Public, Hennepin County.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
In Lighter Vein


What Shall the Wilderness Hunter
Do:
I'm the supreme court Of his heart he had
filed a protect against civilization" Thus
does Owen Wister, in Outing, generaliZe of
the good old American wilderness hunter. 1t
is d striking sentence in an article that will
strike a responsive chord in many an Ameri-
can heart. The days Of the hunter are gone,
what shall the hunter do? There are among
us to-day men who have in their hearts filed
the protest against civilization and who
would get away from it and live as did those
glorious old, hunters and trappers, those
strong, free men of the old wilderness The
old-time trapper and hunter Indian fighter
and scout was what he was not by force Of
circumstances but because he would choose
it before all other careers. Near three hun
dred years Of border advancing has bred in
many Americans the spirit that will never be
at ease in the crowded city or the cultivated
country. In the past they had in the wild
west the natural sphere for the outlet Of
their activities. But as Mr.. Wister says the
American west is now as dead as a door
nail for that kind Of man. The eastern tour
ist may think it quite wild and sensational,
but it is stale and fiat to the men Of blood
and iron who won it for civilization and in
doing lost their own blrthright Parts of
Africa will for a few years yet offer oppor-
tunities for these splendid men. There are
yet few spots in Asia that hold out some
promise for them and South America has
some tempting wildernesaes. In North
America there is scarcely anything left to
tempt the protesters against civilization.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

Mr. Damrosch was annoyed at Kansas City
because the people utilized the overture to
Tannhauser" ar a conversational oppor-
tunity. 1t was generally considered that the
overture was sort Of time killer pending
the opening of the opera,
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

Colorado ladies have started movement
against corset advertisements If it must be
confessed, we acknowledge having blushed
several times at the financial addenda to the
magazines.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
An Age of Preaching-WearisO
Preachinn


The ministers don't scold us so much in
these days as they did in times of blue laws
and in the not remote times when the
mass Of people really regarded the ministers
as a special repository of moral light and
standards The minister no longer regards
himself the spotless sinless, impeccable
shepherd of flock of spoiled and hopelessly
black sheep But other scolds and monitors
and free advisers and preceptors have taken
scolded and reproached and exhorted, coaxed
and wheedled and striven with for righteous
ness as the elder generations never WERE
Half the magazines and periodicals of the
day. including the newspapers have partially
been metamorphosed into Sunday school pa
pers There is one magazine that does moth
ing but iterate and reiterate, week after
week, how we may gain success. On its
every page there is spur, in every para
graph goad in every line a stinging lash.
We sit down for a quiet half-hour of leisure
ly reading, and we find ourselves stirred up
by admonitions. ION, on, on" is the re-
fran. Never cease your wel-doing," I'm
prove every minute, Never dawdle, keep
everlastingly at it," Never let up Read
going to and from your work" Work over
time,'' always be Iearing how to do some
ones else work" Save, save, save" You
can scarcely find magazine, or even a trade
paper, and not a single youths publication,
that in some department is not singing this
song Of unremittng effort sounding the
eternal charge up the hill Of success and
righteous doing.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
On the Side.

Vice Chancellor Pitney of New Jersey has
decided that "spite fence" is an infringe
ment OF the property rights of a neighbor in
thus excluding from him the light and air
which is the common property of every one.
The hero of the spite fence usually advertises
to the world a severe case of ]vermniferous
littleness in himself
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

The oratorio Elijah with Mr.. Dowie him.
self present ought to make a great hit
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
What He May Do.

Mr.. Wister thinks the man who, with the
opportunity, would have been wilderness
hunter Will seek in civilized life the hazard
Gus employments. The sons of the wilderness
will go upon the even tenor of their ways like
the sons Of other men. But the voice of the
western mountains will call them secretly,
and make them restless sometimes, even
though they may not fully comprehend it's
meaning. In all adventures which good for
tune brings them they will actively rejoice;
they will engineer fast express trains; they
will climb into burning houses, they will
joyfully enlist in times of war" Thrown
back into business life or politics this rest
less, aggressive, adventure-loving man is
likely, it may be added to what Mr. Wister
says, to affect profoundly national policies
diplomatic and commercial. AS formerly he
conquered Texas and won for civilization the
west, SO now may we not expect him to throw
unwonted energy into what Mr.. Stead calls
the Americanization of the world? He will
become the soldier of fortune. We may look
for more Walkers to conquer as the first one
did Central America. We may look for more
and more American leaders in the warning
armies of South America. We may look for
them in every belligerent organization in the
world, just they to be found in large
numbers among the embatted farmers or
South Africa. In trade they will be push
ing forward everywhere the frontiers of
American commerce. In diplomacy they will
be aggressive almost to the point of jingoism
They are the men who have made America a
nation marked among the nations for energy
and audacity May their number never grow
less. AS long we have them in our cities
in commerce, in politics. in the army and
navy, at home and abroad, there will be no
shadow of effeminacy or decadence upon the
land
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

The coal man is not saying much but he
wears the rapt look of one who hears dis
tant music.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

Admiral Sampson-Schley may have been
on the spot at Santiago but he is twenty
miles away from the treasury department
now.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

A traveller who has returned from northern
Africa crosses his fingers and says that ''in
the Atlas mountains there are goats which
climb trees to browse on the foliage Some of
them have been seen standing erect on the
branches thirty feet from the ground, while
others were lazily reclining on the boughs
gently rocked by the wind" When that man
gets his book out, it will be in demand
The hard water can now be skated on with
considerable safety.
The prudent man was out last night stufing
an old carpet into the furnaces cold air box.
The thermometers are wide apart in their
figures but it is no trick to pick the lowest
and swear by it.
An extraordinary number of Big Mitt men
were about town to-day.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

The hard water can now be skated on with
considerable safety.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14
Looking for a Place.

An extraordinary number of Big Mitt me
were about town to-day.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-12-14

The prudent man was out last night stufhng
an old carpet into the furnaces cold air box.
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The Newtown bee., 1901-11-15
LITCHFlELD COUNTY.
WEST CORNWALL.

AN ENJOYABLE HALLOWEEN PARTY.
On Halloween Miss Edith L. Coons
opened her house to the young people
of the village. When the guests ar
rived the house was shrouded in dark
ness with the exception of such light
as was shed upon the scene by pump
kin lanterns on piano and mantle.
Ghostly figures met them at the door
and conducted them to the dressing
rooms, while still another figure with
ghostly fingers drew from the reluct-
ant piano a doleful funeral march.
After the guests had all arrived and
the ghosts having disappeared under
the cheerful rays of more substantial
light than that emitted by the pump
kin lanterns, the usual games of
chance, such as bobbing for apples,
roasting chestnuts. and the saucer
fortune rejoiced the hearts of those
who would peer into the future. The
browning point of a delightful menu
was the cake of fortune in which was
to be found ring, dime, a thimble
and button, symbolic of wedding
within the year, wealth. a life of serv-
ice and life of single blessedness.
Miss Carrie S. Hallett was the happy
girl who found the ring, Miss Char
lotte Harrison was the lady of wealth,
Miss Edith Coons must wear the
thimble, while the crunching of
molars upon an article which was not
eatable, discovered the button in the
possession of George w. Cochrane.
The last on the program was ghost
stories at midnight, after which the
party broke up having spent a thor
oughly enjoyable evening, but, such
are the young people of to-day, resolv
ed to work out their own future
ghosts, fortune telling and charms t(
the contrary notwithstanding.
This week we have had a spell OF
wea ther that necesSitateS our looking
up our old rubber boots and shoes anC
perhaps ere you read this, the mer
folks will be looking up their old felt
boots. We want to say to you that
The Newtown bee., 1901-11-15
CORNWALL BRIDGE.
NUGGETS OF NEWS.

NUGGETS OF NEWS.
The foundation for the new cream
cry is nearly if not quite completed,
being 125x3O feet. The creamery will
make quite an addition to our village
and if perchance some other company
should take possession of Mr. Everett's
building, which is now occupied by
the Mutual, it would bring cOmpeti-
ton, which might result in raising
the price of milk to a more SatiSfact-
DRY basis.
Michael Kennedy is improving his
buildings with new coat of paint.
Allen Chapman has the contract for
the work. 1t is reported that Allie
has other contracts about to be filled.
Serene Swift, Jr., and Walter Peck Of
Dakota dined with G. L. Slade and
family, recently. Mr. Swift expects to
spend the winter on Skiff Mountain at
his father-in-law's, Peter Skiff.. Mrs
Swift and their daughter, Mabel, are
there also, enjoying the parental bless
ings once more. Since Mr. Swift has
resided in Dakota, he has had the
honor of a seat in the senate two
successive terms.
If any of the neighbors have lost
their cat, perhaps H. S. Comstock can
explain matters to them. If it really
was cat he ran over. There is some
doubt about it at present writing.
The Newtown bee., 1901-11-15
BETHEL.
SHE SAT DOWN.

A crowded trolley Car on Main
amusing incident in which woman
gave an exhibition of determination
that made part of the passengers
laugh and the other CART feel extreme
ly cheap. The women lives some
where in the vicinity of Bethel, and
she had just finished some shopping in
Danbury, when she hailed the car
near the corner of West street. 1t
was at the busy time when the hat
factories had just closed and the car
was completely filled. Every seat in
the car was occupied, and the latest
passenger, who was large, fat and
ruddy, looked around in vain for a
place in which to deposit herself. No
bod, moved and the women was up
against the proposition of hanging to
strap until one of the passengers
left, but she had no intention of doing
anything like that. "Well, I'll have
seat anyhow" she said, audibly, to
herself, and, to the astonishment of
everybody in the car. she deposited
herself and two bundles in the middle
of the car floor. There she sat, indif-
ferent of the attention she was at
tracing, until the conductor passed
through after fares. The conductor
requested the women to island up, but
she positively refused. "There's moth
ing to preventing sitting down, if l
want to-" she said, land don't in
tend to stand up and ride for any
body" The conductor decided not to
modest the women so he let her remain
where she was. On South street the
car stopped to let off woman passen-
ger, land the others pushed along to
make seat for the large women, who
was still sitting on the floor. One of
the women asked her if she did not
want a seat and received the reply
that if the floor had been good enough
that far it would do until the end Of
the journey. And on the floor the
women remained until the car had
nearly reached Bethel, when she arose
and alighted with the air of a con-
queror.-[ Danbury News.
The Newtown bee., 1901-11-15
WESTON.

ITEMS PICKED UP HERE AND THERE
James Griffin has visited friends in
Bridgeport.
Mrs Emily Perry has been i'll for sew
eral days.
Miss Withers of Stamford has visit
ed Mrs Frances Buckley.
Mrs John Nash of Norwalk has re-
turned home after weeks visit with
Mrs Stephen Godfrey.
Miss Annie Fitch spent few days
with Norwalk friends.
Mrs Emma Sturges has visited her
brother, Granville Nichols, in, New
York.
A. Kirk Of w estport has spent a few
days with Loomi Gould.
Miss Irene Lockwood is spending d
few weeks with her.sister, Mrs Hill, of
Redding.
SiXty-five members of NOrfield
Grange visited Housatonic Grange of
Stratford on Saturday evening last.
Mrs Horace Hurlbutt will give re-
ception to members and friends of the
Matinee whist club, on the evening
of November 20.
Mrs Josephine Fitch returned from
New York on Saturday to spend few
days with her sister, Mrs W. B. More.
house, who is seriously i'll.