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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-27
END OF CONFERENCE
Action Taken on Important Church
Questions Was by Almost
Unanimous Vote.
Evangelical Lutherans Petition the
Solons for Local Option and
Better Sunday Laws.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
New London, Mimi, Oct. 27.-The Min
nesota conference Of the Augustana synod
adjourned late Saturday afternoon. At
the closing session committee consist
ing of Rev. G., Rast. Rev. J. A. KrantZ
and DR.. A. Lind. was elected to endeavor
to raise the 100000 outside of the twin
cities to secure for the conference the
$500, 900 bonus from the twin cities for the
removal Of Gustavus Adolphus college.
The question Of establishing a home for
the aged was discussed and the following
committee elected to report on the ad-
visibility Of such a project at the next
meeting: DR.. E. Norelius, Rev. j. Magny,
Rev. L. G. Almen. G.. Holtquist and Elias
Mattson. The following resolutions were
adopted:
To the Honorable Legislature Of the State of
Observation-Disclosures The Minnesota confer
ence Of the Evangelical Lutheran Augustana
synod. representing Il population Of $4,000 people
In this state hereby presents the following reso-
conferences:
Resolved, First--That the Minnesota conference
expresses unanimous protest against the liquor
traffic in our state, and earnestly requests our
legislature to enact proper prohibition laws, and
we recommend earnestly the passage of the
county local option law suggested by the Min
nesotn Anti-Saloon League.
Resolved, also, That this conference recon-
mCnuS that the Legislature pass such laws as Will
insure a better Christian observance of our
Sunday laws.
The conference was one Of the most
important ever held and marks new
epoch In the history Of the organization.
1t met with division Of opinion on the
questions at hand, but after thorough
discussion all three questions were de-
cided by almost unanimous vote. This
conference meeting laid a foundation for
English missionary work, decided on the
removal Of Gustavus ,Adolphus college
from St. Peter to the twin cities and the
establishment of a deaconess institute N
connection with the Bethesda hospital at
ST. Paul, and also prepared the way for
a home for the aged.
Services were held yesterday morning
at four churches and impressive sermons
were delivered during the day by Rev.
A F. Almer, DR.. E. Norelius, DR.. l.. A.
Johnson, Rev. L. A. Hokanson, Rev. C. J.
Carlson, Rev. Mr.. Gastenberg, Rev. I. @.
Northsetin, Rev. F. M. Eckman, Rev. P.
A. Mattson, Rev. J. H. Nelson, Rev. J. O..
Cavallin and Rev 0. Wallen. At the
Sunday school festival Rev. P. A. Pilgren,
Rev. A. HUT and DR.. J. Tellen spoke.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-27
'Nnt tone.

Not one,
but choice Of three through tourist cars
to California is offered by the Chicago
Great Western railway. Ask any Great
western agent about them. L. G. Rains,
agent, corner Nicollet avenue and Fifth
street, Minneapolis. =. = ~,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-27
THE PRESIDENT IS A,

Washington, Oct 27.---President Roosevelt to-
day quietly celebrated the fourty-fourth ami
versary of his birth. He was down in his office
early going matters with Secretary
Cortclyou, who had just returned from Canton.
Many messages of congratulation were received
and numerous remembl ances arrived during the
morning Among the latter were many flowers.
A committee representing the Hungarian club
of New York. of which the president is hon
orary member, in accordance with thenr custom
for several years. called to congratulate him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-27
THE KING REVIEWS THE GuARDsMEN.

London. Oct. 27.--king Edward reviewed today
nearly 1000 guardsmen who have recently re-
turned from South Africa. The king afterward
addressed the troops, welcoming them home He
praised the work which they had done in the
neld, saying:
"You have upheld the great name which has
made everybody who has served In the guards a
proud man. I, myself feel proud to have as
O young served in your ranks though l re-
greet never had the opportunity like my brother
Of seeing active service. finer body of men
1t is impossible to wish to see. 1t is proud
day for me to have inspected the guards brig
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-27
Colombia VIII Act.

New York, Oct. Pin discussing the
report of Attorney General Knox on the
validity of the title to the Panama canal,
William N. Cromwell Of this city, OF
counsel for the canal company, says: Il
am advised by cable from Bogota that the
instructions dispatched five weeks ago will
enable an agreement to be speedily
reached between the two governments
and in time for the coming session OF
the congress Of the United States to pass
uDOn the treaty'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-27
.K1DNAPPER ALMOST KILLED.

Chicago Oct. 27.-William Duggan, 40 years
old, said by the police to be an ex-convict, mar.
He was rescued from almost certain death by
four policemen from the Thirty-1fth street STA
ton Duggan attempted to kidnap the 4-year-old
daughter of Robert MceKon Of 963 Thirty-eighth
street, but was prevented by neighbors. Il.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-27
Cheaper Than Coal,

Go to California via the Chicago Great
Western railway. Choice Of three through
tourist cars. Ask any Great Western
agent about particulars. L. C. Rains,
agent, corner Nicollet avenue and Fifth
street Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-27

Canton. Ohio-The Mckinley Men,orial- Asso-
citation will not cxpend the fun until the full
$3.50, 900 hns been raised, as originally contem-
plated This leaves about 100000 to be sub
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13
VEGETABLE MTMICRY.
Fungi That Look Like birds Nests
Have Recently Been Discovered
by Scientists.

Rev. A. S. Wilson contributes to
knowledge an article on Vegetable
Mimicry," in which he says: odd
resemblances to various objects,
which can only be regarded as acct
dental condolences, are presented by
number of fungi. There is the
Jew's-ear fungus, which grows on
stumps of the elder, and is so named
from its unmistakable likeness to a
human ear. The Coasters are Curl
ously like starfish; Aseroe has an ex-
traordinary resemblance both in
form and color to a sea anemone;
equally remarkable is the likeness to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13
THE BLACK SWALLOWER.

forward one jaw and then the other.
Before taking meal the swallower
is very respectable looking fish, eX-
cept for a voracious cast of cOunte-
ance, hut afterward he certainly has
the appearance of having eaten too
much. Then the walls of his stomach
are so stretched as to be transpar-
ent.
Later digestion begins, and the
swallover is turned belly upward by
the imprisoned gas, and his stomach
becomes balloon, which lifts him
from the depths of the ocean to the
surface, and in this helpless condi-
ton he is thrown about by the waves,
perhaps cast ashore and left high and
dry by the receding tide, in which
case he does not swallow any more,
for the returning tide finds him a
dead fish.-N. Y. Herald
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

Ever since Darwin showed how the
common garden worm helped the
ground by keeping constantly at work
loosening it and making it fine, scien-
fists have been studying these lowly
creatures with renewed interest. Late
ly a Swiss naturalist, Prof. Dussere,
has been Investigating the chemical
value of the worms work. and he finds
that, after worm has finished with
any particular part of earth, it is far
richer in phosphorus and lime than it
was before. Thus the worm does con-
stantly. as a regular process of nature,
whatthe farmer strives to do artificial
ly with chemical compounds. The worm
fertilizes the ground and enriches the
ground just as the farmer does.-Na-
turp
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13
SS((iif|;:N(,EE; 5SE5R'11I ion
So $50 lNILr'',s. 80
SALT COOLS COFFEE.
A Little semi-scien tific Experiment
Worth the Trying Out of Mere
Curiosity.

Between bites of the simple break
gazed nervously at the restaurant
clock. 1t was plain he had oversight
himself, and was paving the way to
future indigestion by boiling his
food. 4ne coffee was the stumbling
block. 1t was hot, very hot, but the
clerk needed it badly, and he slipped
it carefully, having uue regard for
his mouth and tongue. But time
pressed, and, with parting glance
at the clock, he reached for his
glass of ice water and prepared to
pour some of the frigid fluid into his
cup.
Don't spoil your coffee, young
man" said an elderly gentleman who
was eating his breakfast on the 9TH
er side of the table. You take all
the good out of it by putting ice or
ice water in it,"
The clerk was almost inclined to
resent the interference, but the pa
triarchial appearance of the other
man tempered his resentment.
"What am l to do?" he asked. 81
am late for the office, and L wait
this coffee badly"
LET me show you little scheme"
said the elederly man. Taking the
cylindrical salt cellar from the table,
he wiped it carefully with nap
kin, then reaching over deposited the
glass vessel in the cup of coffee.
salt, you know, has peculiar cool
ing properties" he said, meanwhile
holding the receptacle firmly in po-
sition. They put it with ice to in
tensify the cold when making ice
cream. 1t is used extensively in
cold storage houses for cooling pur-
poses, and being incased in glass does
not effect its power to any great
extent"
As he spoke he withdrew the salt
cellar from the coffee and motioned
to the young man to drink. He
raised the cup to his lips, and to
his surprise found the liquid cooled
to such an extent that he could drink
it without Inconvenience.
Inc uses OF salt are manifold"
said the elderly man, with the air
of one beginning a lecture. 81 re-
member once when | was in Mex
ico-'
But the clerk, with another glance
at the clock, thanked him profusely
and dashed out of the restaurant
| n. Y. Mail and Express.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13
THE EARTH'S CRUST.
1t Is Weak in Many Places and Dan.
ger of Volcanic EruptiOns IL
Almost Universal.

From north to south mountains
flank the whole of the western coasts
of America and from Alaska, where
more than one active volcano is to
be found, to Cape Horn, the lines of
weakness are clearly marked. One
runs through the Cascade mountains
down the Sierra Nevadas into lower
California; another from the Rocky
mountains, along the Andes, west of
the Rocky mountains is a vast ex-
tent of country, larger than France
and Great Britain combined, consist
ing of bare, basalt plain, caused by
lava flows from assure eruptions.
East of the Rocky mountains is the
far-famed Yellowstone park district.
lying mainly in Wyoming and part
ly in Montana and Idaho, whose hot
springs and geysers show that the
temperature here is still intense at
no great distance below the surface.
1t was in 1872 that these extraordi-
nary geysers and boiling springs be-
came the property of the people.
Among the most noted volcanoes
on the American continent are Jor-
ullo, Popocatapetl, CotopaXi, the
highest volcano in the world, and
Consequina, whose tremendous eX-
plosion in 1853 closely resembled
that of the first eruption of Vesuyi-
us, and of Krakatoa in 1888. In all
America possesses nearly 100 vol
canoes.
In the Atlantic ocean very few
islands are to be found, but they
are nearly all volcanic in origin.
Disconnected with any fine of
weakness, about the equator, are the
Sandwich, or Hawaiian islands, the
last spot to be visited in our tour of
the worlds volcanoes.
These islands are nothing but a
group of huge volcanic cones, but
for three-quarters of century all
the eruptions which have taken
place have been noneXplosive. The
active craters are in Hawaii, with
the soft, musical native names of
Kilauea, Hualalal and Loa, while
there are two other cones, one of
| them, Kea by name, rising 1905
feet. Both Kea and Loa are reck-
oned to be twice the bulk of Etna.
-Pearson's Magazine.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

came twice a day, and the question:
SIS they anything for the Jenners?"
came to be a familiar sound in the post
office, and the clerks listened for it
with much amusement, but the girl
at the window came to dread it.
She was haunted by the mournful
look that came into his eyes every time
she shook her head, and tried to<con-
sole him one day by saying: Your
letter will surely come soon; you have
been expecting it so long"
Letter" he said, scornfully, 81 never
said l wanted a letter; want bundle,
and I want it pretty soon, too. I've
been speeding ii long time, and-and
I'm Just tired of you shaking your
head, / am" The defiant little voice
ended with something very like a sob.
The girl at the office window was ac-
customed to hearing complaints from
people larger than Bobby, who wanted
their mail and wanted it pretty soon,
too; but none of them had ever affected
her as this one did.
She came through the door into the
outer Office. and taking Bobby's hand
asked, kindly: Had you written to
someone to send you something's"
Seeing the look of sympathy on
her face, he told her all about it.
''You see, it's this way: Mamma used
to let me write to Santa Claus and
tell him what l wanted Christmas
time, and | always got something
that was when / was little Teller"
STRENGTHENING back his shoulders).
"Ny teacher has been telling mo
about the man that runs Thanksgiv-
ing, and she read a letter he had in
the papers telling the people when
to Thanksgive and all that, and l
asked her was he a real sure-enough
man or if he was just put-up job
like Santa Claus. She just laughed
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

birds nest seen in species of cruci-
bulum, cyathus and nidularia.
Though most of these are too small
to impose on one the resemblance is
singulaIly exact, and a large speci-
men might almost pass for the nest
of some small bird, the eggs being
admirably represented by the little
oval fruits of the fungus. Even in
such cases we must not too rashly
conclude that the resemblance con-
fers no advantage. The existence of
attractive characters in so many
fungi points to the conclusion that
the same principles are in operation
among them as among towering
plants. Numerous facts indicate
tendency in fungi to assume a guise
which helps either to protect the
plant or to promote the fertilization,
termination or dispersion of it's
spores. If, as some mycologists be-
lieye, spores benefit through being
swallowed by animals, it is easy to
understand how fungus might prof
it by being mistaken even for birds
nest containing eggs"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

got no papa and she cried and sed he
went away when l was a baby and
ant got back. Ple'se send these things
if you got plenty, SO we can thanksgive,
to- Yore friend,
BOBBY JENNER.
"P. S. I like candy, but l don't ever
have emmy"
When the governor had finished
reading the letter he was besieged
by the children: you will, won't
you, papa? You won't disappoint the
little fellow; just think, he knew
you were so good just from seeing your
picture. Say, let us get the things;
we can fit the overcoat and mittens
on our Robby, he's just past eight,
and big for his age; and, oh, papa,
won't you let us send some things
he didn't ask for?"
The children were all talking at
once,
Hold on" said the governor. 81
haven't said that l would send the
things that Ia did ask for yet"
| His own Robby looked up into his
face and said, gravely: 81 think you
won't be good like your picture looks if
you don't"
This speech settled the question, and
14-year-old Winifred was appointed
chairman of the purchasing commit
tee by the governor who gave her a
bill that sent them all flying at him,
until he fled down the steps to keep
from being smothered by their raptur-
Gus embraces.
Bobby Jenner and his Thanksgiving
became the topic at breakfast, dinner
and supper, until the governor and
! his wife became almost as interested as
the children.
Oh, the bargains the purchasing com
mittee found in the hours after school,
There was soft, warm shawl, two pat.
terms of percale for wrappers, nice
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13
Pitch Lake in Trinidad

Trinidad, an island in the Soutl,
Atlantic, opposite the mouth of the
Orinoco, is famous for its pitch.
There are districts where there is
pitch everywhere. The beach is
pitch and so are the "rocks," some of
which have been carried off to supply
Paris and New York with tar pave.
ments. At La Brea pineapples grow
to perfection in a brown soil which
is half pitch. But the wonder of the
isle IS the pitch lake, mile and
half in circumference. AS it lies gilt
tering in the sun it looks like a vast
bed of monstrous mushrooms, all
black and of all kinds of shape and
size, some measuring as much as so
feet across. The space between
these unlovely objects is filed with
oily water. In parts of the lake the
pitch IS quite liquid, and the ground
al, round is full of pitch and coaly
stuff u depth of hundreds of feet.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

81 want to get a turkey and a
bottle of paregoric, and some mince-
meat, and some pepsin pills, and some
cranberries, and some furniture pol
ish, and a quart of oysters, and a
package of court plaster, and some
sweet potatoes, and fire insurance
policy" Here the marketman smiled
merrily and inquired; Going to eat
all that?" NO" responded the
customer, "but the family Thanks
giving dinner occurs at my house this
r."-Baltimor American.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

the clerks were chatting socially or
reading the morning papers.
The girl at the general delivery win
dow was startled by the sudden in
quiry: Say, is they anything for the
Jenners?'
Looking through the window she saw
a boy, with big, brown eyes, just on IA
level with the shelf outside.
She took down the package of let
ters remaining in the general delivery
box, looked all through them, then
shook her head, and the boy turned
away with disappointed look.
In the afternoon, after the crowd had
left the office, he came again and called
up the girl: rs they anything for the
Jenners yet?"
The girl shook her head, but he was
not convinced. Look for Bobby Jen-
ner," he said, Maybe you didn't look
for that name"
She knew there was no such name in
the package of letters, but to humor
the little fellow, she looked carefully
through them and answered, kind
ly: Not yet; perhaps it will come to-
morrow"
In the days that followed the boy
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

and laughed, and then she showed
me his picture in the paper, and he
was a man 'thout no white beard
like Santa's, and she said they call
him guv'nor. He looked so kind and
good out of his eyes, just thought
maybe he would help us little if he
knew how hard up we was this fall.
Mamma can't wash as much as she
used -, and l can't help much vet,
so l wrote letter to the guv'nor one
day when mamma had gone to the
judges to help clean house. l made
my en-vfup out of paper like l wrote
my letter on; the teacher in the first
room showed me how, but it didn't
stick good, and I'm afraid it lost my
letter out and the guv'nor didn't get
it, and it's only one more week till
Thanksgiving"
His voice trembled, and the girl
turned her head for a moment to give
him chance to choke back his tears
where did you mail your letter."
she asked.
He pointed to a tiny crack under
the shelf of the general delivery
window. Right here" he said. 81
couldn't reach the holes where the
big folks put their letters"
The girl told him to run rlong
home and be patient, and pulling out
the stamp drawer reached in behind
it and found crumpled paper. 1t
was Bohby's letter to the guv'nor.
1t dropped out of the envelope into
her lap, and she read the pitiful ap-
peal; then taking a sheet of paper
she wrote:
Dear Sir: This important letter has
| been mislaid in our office but | hope
it is not too late for you to answer it
before Thanksgiving. Yours very truly,
The Girl at the Office Window"
She folded this inside Bobby's let
ter, fastened the corners of the
brown envelope with mucilage, adj
dressed it properly, and taking a
stamp from her stamp book put it on
the corner. She took out her purse
and counted her scanty savings; then
she put a dime in the stamp drawer
and put a special delivery stamp on
the brown envelope, too.
The governors mail was brought
| to him at breakfast time. In the
package was the queer brown envel-
ope, and the governor opened it first
out of curiosity. He read it through
once and smiled He read it again
and whistled softly; then the chill
dren called for an explanation, and
h. read aloud:
Dear Guv'nor: I am boy, but I am
not afrade of you, for you look good
out of yore eyes. The teacher told me
about you bein' the man that run
Thanksgivin' and l tho't you wu'd
want all yore peple to have a good
time and we ant got emmy turkey or
emmy thing like the teacher read about
the pe'ple havn'. l don't ker much
for them things if you ant got enuff
to go round, but mamma needs new
dress offel bad and shall. she ant
| got emmy to keep her warm when we
carry the close home; and l ant got
no over cote or mittns; but if you ant
got emmy my sise it's all rite. l am
just past s. but l am tolabul big to my
age. l w'u'd nt ask for so much, but
l ant got 10 papa like the other boys,
and l tho't you w'u'd see that we wu'd
need more help than boys that's got
papas. l asst mamma onct why l amt
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13
His Mistake.

as this a commission house," asked
the tall man.
Yes, SIR said the commission mer-
chant. What can we do for you?"
well, if you sell commissions. I'd
like 10 buy one. if they're not too dear,
for my son. l want ieutenant's COM
mission in the army, for my son wants
TO be a soldier and he's too lazy to go
to West Point Baltimore Herald.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

Wood yarn, as now manufactured
in Germany, is stated to cost about
half as much as cotton yarn. 1t is
supplied in the natural gray state
and does not bleach well, but can be
dyed almost any color. 1t is claimed
to be well adapted for a variety Of
uses, such as Innings fcr garments,
bed ticks, blinds, crumb-cloths, etc.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13
THE BLACK SWALLOWER,
Its the Greediest Member of the Fish
Family, Its stomach Being
Larger Than Its Body

Each one of us has at some time
eaten too much, but we have surely
not gone to such excess as this fish
has. 1t is called the ''black swallow
err" and as a swallower takes first
place, for its stomach is much larger
than It's body.
1t will seize by the tail fish eight
or ten times its own size and work
its way over it by repeatedly sliding
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

The efficacy of revaccination was
strikingly illustrated at the Belvi-
dere hospital, Glasgow, last year. OF
six revaccinated van men who reeu-
larly brought supplies to the hospi-
tai, NOT one took smallpox, but on
one occasion substitute who had
not been revaccinated was employed,
and he PROMPTLY took the disease.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

Digs set trap fer my wife the
other evening
Biggs-Not jealous, hope.
"Oh, ne she wanted to catch a
mouse in the rantry."-Detroit Free
'resS.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13

Optimistic you have nothing to
be thankful for?
Pessimist-Not deuced thing
"Well, such an habitual kicker rs
you ought to be thankful for that"
Puck.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13
HoW TAE GOVERNOR
~AELpED Bobby
9 IAAkkSGIVE Y
BY LWUZ/W7oN~

L WAS the slack
time at the post
Office - the hour
Just before noon,
when the morning
mail had all been
,1iStr,il,1ttaH "a N a.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1902-11-13
BIRDS NEST FUNGI.

q, Crucibulum; 2, Nidularia; and R. .Cyas
thus.)