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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-19
Store Open Evenings Until 10 p. m
Until After Christmas.

Take Cedar and Emerson or Minnehaha car Look
ut for banner in front of store. We would suggest
nat you have your purchases laid aside and delivered
. suit your convenience. -,'.f
Evening star., 1902-08-08
CONDITION OF THE BANKS.
Controller Ridgely Says They Are In
Good Shape,

William Bsrret Ridgely, controller of the
currency made the following statement to-
day in regard to the summary of condition
of the national banks Of the United States
at the close of business on Wednesday.
July Is. The reports of condition show
the banks to be in excellent shape, as
have all recent statements of the kind The
increases in most of the Items of the state
ment are consistent with the universal re-
ports of the prosperous condition of busi-
ness and the increase in its volume all over
the country.
The footing of the statement. So 0GS 754,-
91J.52. is. might be expected, the largest
on record. The least favorable feature of
the statement. however, is perhaps the con-
tinued increase in loans-S49, ,102 1850 since
the statement of April 30, 1902, and S264.-
9I3 .2JJ.24 over the statement of July 15,
1901. In this expansion of the volume of
loans there Is. of course, considerable solid
growth and increase of values, upon which
loans can properly be based, but there
must also be some imitation and there is
always danger in going too far in this
direction.
THE average reserve held by the banks
has increased from 2I.21 per cent on April
80. 1902. to 81. AZ per cent July 16. But this
is somewhat lower than the average re-
serve of July 15 1901, when it was 2S01
per cent.
During the year there has been an in
crease or S33,6'S4 40 Is In specie neid Dy the
banks, of which increase sc, ,OO3, ,4O7. Is has
occurred since April 30 1902. During the
year there has been increase of more
than s56,OOO,O00 in the capital stock and
$50 100000 in surplus. More than the aver
age portion of this has occurred since the
last statement. but this is largely due to
the readjustment of this item generally
made on July l.
There has been a slight decrease in the
deposits since April 80, but a handsome in
crease for the year.
The percentage of reserve shown by the
central reserve cities is all higher this year
than one year ago, New York increasing
from 26.32 per cent to 2663 per cent, Chi
cago from 25.7S per cent to 2620 per cent
and St. Louis from 2O.35 per cent to %.
per cent.
Evening star., 1902-08-08

lers by the sea at popular places who realize
that the very holes dug in the sand by par
ties Of happy children sometimes give rise
to the direst consequences.
At extreme low tide large party Of juve-
niles will. on a favorable stretch Of sand
dig a big, broad and deep hole, and then
the summer tide comes creeping in and COW
ers the spot. Presently bathers begin to
walk out of their machines on to the stretch
of soft, even sand, and one of them, ap-
parently walking in safety, has a sudden
plunge into the deep hole, for the holes do
not fill up at once, as the average non-resi-
dent by the sea believes. The great danger
of these holes Is that children and others
who would never dream Of getting out of
their depth, fall into them, and their cries
are often absolutely unheeded, for no one
has ever thought that the spot could be
dangerous
The mere shock Of falling into such a hole
Is often too much for a delicate woman or
: child. The writer could give details Of
case where a mother and her two children
were the only bathers. One of the children
was out of the bathing van before the
others, and was actually drowned by falling,
in the first instance, into a sand hole be-
fore the remaining child, the mother, or the
van woman knew that there was anything
amiss
Evening star., 1902-08-08
SECONDHAND SIDEWALKS,
And There Are Likewise to Be Found
Secondhand Street Pavements,

From the New York Sun.
Never heard Of second hand sidewalks
before?' said dealer in secondhand
building materials. why, where can you
have been all the time? There have been
secondhand sidewalks as long as there
have been dealers In second hand building
materials; and this business has been car
ried on in New York In large way for
thirty or forty years at least.
When a dealer buys an old building and
contracts to remove 1t he buys everything
Guiding the sidewalk. That's where the
secondhand vault lights and vault covers
come from, and, of course, the second
hand flagstones. We bring tn ese flags along
with the rest OF the material to our yards
and stand 'em up to wait for purchasers
They are sold for making repairs to stone
pavements, and also to lay as complete
pavements. Secondhand flags are sold for
cities and other places anywhere within
radius of two or three hundred miles Of
New York.
Modern concrete pavements hurt the
fore the days of artificial payements there
was sale for all the flags we got as IA
as we got them. Then with the growth of
the concrete pavements came a truce when
the flags stacked up on us, more or less
and we used to wonder sometimes IL we
should ever sell them. And then along
would come somebdy and buy a mile Of
tagging al once; might be somebody laying
out property, or something of that sort
Or we might have a run on tagging and
sell all we had. So that while there isn't
the demand for secondhand flags that
there once was, there Is still a market for
them at some price.
Perhaps there are such things as second
hand street pavements, too? Why GER
tainly; though that's something not in our
line. Secondhand paving blocks would be
supplied by contractors who had taken
them up preparatory to laying a new street
pavement. 1t would be stipulated, for in
stance, In the contract that the contra ctor
putting down the new pavement should
have the material of the old one to be re-
| moved. He might sell the old blocks as
they were or take them to his yards and
have those that were very much worn or
rounded clipped and refaced; or, for that
matter, he might have such blocks entirely
redressed, making new blocks of them
THE paving blocks thus removed. as no
longer suitable for use where they were
originally laid, under the traffic to which
they would now be subjected, might still
do for street pavements in smaller cities
and towns, or for various private road
ways, and their cheapness commends them,
and thus there is market for them all, So
| there are indeed secondhand street pave
ments, as well as secondhand sidewalks;
| but there isn't really anything very re-
markable about that. If you should stop
| to consider for just minute you would
| realize that 1t would be very difiicult to
think of anything that could not be bought
| secondhand"
Evening star., 1902-08-08
LOUIS NAPOLEON.
As Russian General He Saluted Presi
dent Loubet.
From the Mexican Herald.

From the Mexican Herald.
General Prince Louis Nepoleon Bonaparte
Of the Russian army has shaved off the
close-cropped beard which he has worn I'M
til now, and the effect has been to increase
his resemblance to the founder of the Bona
parte dynasty to an extraordinary extent
His elder brother Prince Victor Napoleon,
the pretender to the imperial throne Of
France. takes after the house of Savoy. to
which he belongs through his mother, a
sister of the late King Hufibert. Indeed
Prince Victor is very like his Uncle Hum
bert and there Is nothing of the Bonaparte
In his appearance, whereas his younger
brother Louis has numerous points of fea-
ture and character in common with his
granduncle, the great emperor. AT a re-
view held at st. Petersburg by the car in
honor of President Loubet Prince Louis, as
general, led a brigade of cavalry past the
chief magistrate of France, Saluting the lat
ter with his sword, in spite of the fact that
Loubet is the head Of a government which
keeps Prince Victor Bonaparte baniShed
from France.
The president responded to the salute Of
Prince Louis with the most marked courte-
sy and friendlness, giving evidence in that
way Of the possession of a far greater
amount of tact than his predecessor Presi-
dent Faure, who, at the review held in his
honor on the occasion of his stay In the
Russian capital some years ago, affected to
be seized with a violent fit of coughing
when Prince Louis led his lancer regiment
past and thus omitted to respond or ac-
knowledge the princes salute. After the
review very friendly conversation took
place between President Loubet and Prince
Louis, who ranks as an imperial highness
at the Russian court and Is treated as a
member Of the cars family.
As usual, the prince was distinguished
from all other men present by the absence
any order Of decoration on his tunic.
Everybody else wore some order the prince
alone wore none, and as in the case of
Lord Castlereagh, this absence of orders
seemed to endOw him with special distinc-
ton. OF course. the prince possesses the
principal orders Of Europe, including that
of st. Andrew of Russia. But as patriotic
Frenchman he declines to wear any of them
as long as the French government refuses
to acknowledge the validity of the grant Of
the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor
made to him as a child by his uncle, Ma
poleon III, prior to the latter's loss of his
throne
There is no doubt that the prince Is en-
titled to the Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honor. 1t was legitima tely granted, and
he has done nothing to forfeit It, and has
pulsion from the order. The refusal, there
fore, of the present French government to
permit his name to figure on the roster OF
the order or to recognize him as one Of its
knights, is mistake, which 1t Is possible
that President Loubet may see his way to
have rectihed.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
The Thunder Flower.
From the London Globe

U
Science. as every one knows is very often
the interpreter OF legend, as often, almost
as 1t Is the destroyer Of myth and supersti-
ton. A notable instance of this happy
fate has Just been discovered by the Car
den in relation to that humble and familiar
wtldfower. the stonecrop, (sedum tector-
umD a flower which is known in the lake
district as the thunderf1ower, in Belgium
as dunderblomen. and at Arras as fleur de
tonnerre. In the pages OF the pharmaceu-
teal journal our contemporary has discov-
cred the following interesting explanation
OF this extraordinary name. Two pharma-
Cists. II is related, were once walking to-
gether when they stopped TO admire a fine
prOfuSiOn of the stOnecrop on the roof and
outbuidings of a primitive farmhouse. The
tenant, an aged but hale and hearty lady,
informed the men of science that a building
was protected from thunderstorms by the
stOnecrop, and told how that very house
was saved by its Intervention. I'm my
grandfather's time" she said. the light
ming struck the roof and turned the thun-
der-fower all to jelly; but the house was
saved and that is why il is called thun-
der-fower. In defense of this pleasing
theory, which sounds so very like legend.
the Garden points out that the stonecrop
is very probably a natural lightning con-
ouctor, seeing that Is is succulent and full
OF water. And another authority adds:
Inere Is no reason in life why the ex-
plantation should not be correct The ubiq-
uity OF the name certainly adds weight 10
the theory. and Justif,es a decisive scien-
tfnc opinion on the matter.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
PRESIDENT HARRIsoN's WINE.
Plea Of University Student as to It's
Sudden Disappearance.
From Beverages.

+ rom beverages
The late President Harrison was a con-
noisseur of rare old wines, although he was
extremely temperate in his use Of them. At
the time when he visited Stanford Univer-
sity to deliver four lectures on international
law for fee of $40, 900 (Which is probably
the record price for university 1ectures) he
was quartered in one of the college halls,
where a suite of rooms had been especially
prepared for him. Immediately after his
arrival there came also a case of carefully
selected clarets. burgundies and Madeiras,
which were placed in one of the rooms set
apart for his
The next day all these wines had disap-
peared, and the only reminder of their pre-
vious existence was found in long train
of empty bottles in the midst of the cam
pus. When President Jordan heard of this
he summoned before him the students Of
the university and made them a little ad-
dress. in the course of which he said that
he was about to institute an investigation
into the purloining of Mr.. Harrison's wines
and that 1t would go much easier with the
guilty persons IL they would have the man.
illness to come forward and own up. After
he had ceased speaking there was a long
pause, and presently one Of the students in
the back part of the room rose and said,
with bland. impersonal air:
Mr.. President, the bylaws of the univer-
sity forbid the bringing of any wines or
spirltuouS liquors upon the university
grounds or into the university buildings.
Consequently, If any wines or spirituous
liquors have been so brought in and II they
have disappeared, which we all regret, they
have probably been seized as contraband
and therefore the owner has no redress
President Jordan made few somewhat
inarticulate remarks and thus dismissed
the meeting. Nothing more was said about
the wine, and 1t Is probable that Mr.. Har-
risons legal mind recognized the force Of
the point that had been raised against him.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
How to Ride in a Hanson.
N, tho Dal1 Aoll Ga-eA4a

Every one knows that you have to learn
how to ride horse, and that the bicycle is
not to be negotiated with ease by the en-
tirely unintiated. But few people we imag
Inc. were aware how cunning a skill is re-
quired to ride with safety in the ordinary
hanson. A Daily News reporter has inter-
viewed Mr.. Forder. the great cabmaker,
and elected from him much valuable infor-
nation. When you ride alone in cab you
should always sit in one of the corners, so
that In the event Of the horse stumbling
you have the pillar on which the door is
hung to prevent you from flying out of
the vehicle; and similarly, when there are
two people in cab. they should botn be
ready to take advantage of this safeguard.
OF course the interview was apropos of MIR.
Chamberlain's accident, and the manufac-
turer expressed surprise that the colonial
secretary did not know how to sit In a cab.
Now the general public are enlightened on
this art we shall miss the formerly common
sight of solitary rider balanced with a
kind of nervous pride in the direct middle
OF the seat
Evening star., 1902-08-08
The Sense of Humor.
From the London Truth.


1 regard a sense of humor as one of the
most precious gifts that can be vouchsafed
to human being. He Is not necessarily
a better man for having it, but he is hap
pier one. 1t renders him Indifferent to good
or bad fortune. 1t enables him to enjoy his
own discontinue. Blessed with this sense
he Is never unduly elated or cast down.
No one can ruffie his temper. No abuse
disturbs his equanfmity. Bores do not bore
him. Humbugs do not humbug him. Sol
enn airs do not impose on him. Senti-
mental gush does not influence him. The
follles of the moment have no hold on him.
Titles and decorations are but childish
baubles In his eyes. Prejudice does not
warp his Judgment. He is never In conceit
or out of conceit with himself. He abhors
all dogmatism. The world is stage on
which actors strut and fret for his edifica-
tor and amusement, and he pursues the
even current Of his way, invulnerable,
doing what Is right and proper according
10 ms lights but utterly Indifferent whetn-
er what he does finds approval or disap-
proVai from others. II Hamlet had d-any
sense or humor he would not have been a
nuisance to himself and to all surrounding
him.
Evening star., 1902-08-08

After he became a commanding officer he
ADOPTED this method of manner: He ordered
that whenever a sailor should be guilty OF
characterization or misconduct for whicL a
Gourt-martial should be waived and the de-
linquent be punished by being made to
take his liquor for a certain number OF
days diluted to seven parts of water to one
part OF spirits Why, gentlemen, you can
imagine that to sailor there could not be
punishment except death, much moro
severe than this. Could you stand ii your
self! From that time the 'grog ration was
Identified as the well-watered liquor for
punishment until the term became gener-
ally applied to the gill of liquor served out
regularly on board ship"
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Why Drought is King.
the Sydney (Australfa) Bulletin.

From the Sydney (Australia) Bulletin.
why is three parts CT Australia at pres
ent desert?' is gllbly expla ined, Because
of the prolonged drought" But the real
explanation is we have neglected to COM
plete the work that nature has more than
three parts done to make the land inde-
pendent of droughts. She has provided the
means by which these chronic droushts
can come to be regarded as mere episodes
Nature mas covered the interior of Aus
traila with network of natural canals that
would cost untold millions to construct ar
tlnclally Moreover, at certain periods she
sends down deluge OF rain to fill them,
ana asks man just to keep the water there
and man does not attempt to do ANYTHING
of the kind.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
EARTH'S CENTER.
It is Solid, Reservoirs Of Molten Mat
ter Being Local.


The recent volcanic outbreaks in the Les
ser Antilles have naturally aroused much
popular and scientific interest in these
geological phenomena and have made a
brief statement Of current and accepted
explanations Of them a matter Of interest
All these manifestations Of heat are de-
rived from the great stores which exist in
the interior of the earth.
The consideration Of them and of the
known increase of temperature with depth
led earlier geologists to believe that the
earth possessed a heated molten core and a
cold relatively thin exterior she'll But as
further investigation developed correct con-
ceptions Of the rigidity Of the globe in re-
sisting strains produced by its rotation and
| the attraction of other heavenly bodies for
Its mass, and as the elevating effect upon
the fusing points of rocks Of an increase of
pr essure was realized, it was seen that the
earth is practically solid clear through. and
that local reservoirs of molten rocks be-
meath volcanic districts are alone admis-
sible
well established, and that the rock is suf-
ficiently fued ta enable complex parent
magmas to breakup into various differen-
tial products is the latest result of the in
vestigation Of eruptivea areas. Volcanoes
are, moreover, argangeA along great lines
Of geological disturbance and fracture.
The fractures are naturally the condutts
through which the great tension Of the in
terna1 molten masses is ;eased by eruptions
The immediate 5propplsive force which
drives the lava to the Surface is the next
topic of Importance which challenges atten-
tion Some geologtsts believe that the con-
traction Of the globe and the sinking of one
side of the great fractures above referred
to force out the lava as juice might be
squeezed througha d rent in an orange.
Others however, attribute the propulsion
to the vapors which. are held dissolved or
occluded in the lava,7eand which are SO
much in evidence1at times Of eruption. The
frightful explosions andthe vast exhibitions
Of power which they present give much
force to this conception. Imagine, then, a
rising tide Of lava. AS 1t forces its way
through the conduit it spreads earthuuake
shocks abroad.
Reaching the surface, it's dissolved val
explode with greater and greater Violence
and scatter tufts and L, breccias over the
crater and set loose foods of lava. AS the
energy. expends itself the violence declines
and disappears. The volcano then Yields
only hot springs and gaseous emissions.
called fumaroles, until 1t is stone cold.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
What "Grog" Means.
New York Trihnna

From the New York Tribune.
There are not many people who know
the origin of the word 'grog,' and there is
a less number who know that grog. as grog
contains a very small percentage of liquor.
The origin Of the term dates back to the
days of Admiral Vernon of the British
navy, who was prominent in the early part
of the eighteenth century. His favorite
clothing was of grograrn, a fabric of silk
and mohafr, hence he was called old Grog'
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Fire at Scranton Pa

SCRANTON, Pa. August s.-The Briggs
washery of the Ontario and Western Rail
way Company in West Scranton was burn
ed this afternoon. The origin of the fire is
unknown. The washery was working with
force of thirty non-union men. The loss
VIII reach $4,000. The big breaker is
close by, and the firemen at o'clock were
making desperate efforts to save it.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Trees and Lightning. L
From the Chicago News.

From the chicago News.
An ancient Swiss proverb advises people
during thunder storms to avoid the oak
tree, to fly from the fir and to seek the
beech tree, which is safe. A little time ago
a special inquiry was made in the cantor
of Lucerne to find If there were any truth
in the proverb. Statistics showed that out
of eighty trees struck by lightning in
forest district fifty-siX were oaks. twenty
four frs and larches, but, though there
were seventeen beeches, not a single one
suffered.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
The Okapi.
From the Milwaukee Sentinel.

The okapi. the strange animal a short
time ago discovered in Central Africa by
Sir Harry Johnstone, is now thought to
have been known to the ancient Egyptians
The old monuments show co-called "ani-
NAL OF Set" desert quadruped variousIy
supposed to have been fox. muskrat,
dog, camel and even a fabulous ami
NAL. study of the pictures convinces
Prof. Wiedeman that this creature was the
okapi. which early hunters exterminated in
Egypt.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Electricity in Medicine.
From the Baltimore American.


Electricity promises to be in the future
one of the most potent remedial agents in
medical science; in fact, it would be rasn
to attempt to place limit to its employ
ment in the exterminatien of disease. Very
important applications Of 1t are made at
the present time. though they are more or
less desuitory and give feeble idea OF the
revolution 1t may cause In the practice of
medicine. The Roentgen ray has been Of
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Great Fire at Port au Prince.

PORT AU PRINCE. Haiti, August "a
great fire at midnight here bunied down
sixty houses. causing damages estimated
at s2oo.oo. The people remained calm dur
ing the progress OF the fire.
Evening star., 1902-08-08

great assistance in detecting the causes of
trouble and enabling surgeons to remove
them; but the uses Of this wonderful dis
coVery are elementary compared with those
which are likely to follow. The control
and regulation of the x-ray is only a mat
ter of time.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Sand Hole Death Traps.
From TIt-Bfts. -.

From TIT Bits. ~
Most seaside bathers and waders know
what infinite mischief one broken bottle.
carelessly thrown upon the beach by some
lazy tripper-may cause; but 1t Is only dwel-
Evening star., 1902-08-08

1t matters little what It is that you want
whether situation or a servant-a
want ad. In The Star will reach the per-
son who can I'LL your need.
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Boys Clothing.

A0OyS SlUOllUIlge
The one, and three Suits of a kind are included
both the Young Mems and the Bows We've made two d-
visions of each.
The Young Mems Suits Plain Blue and Black
Cheviot and Serge and Fancy Mixtures.
Those that have been Sz.5U S3.75
Those that have been $1,000 $500
The Boys Short Pants Suits include Double-breasted
Sailor Novelty and Three piece Styles in Plain Blue and
Black and Fancy and Mixed effects
Those that have been $3.50 and So SSc
Those that have been S5 and So SIPS
White Boys % Ps.' @ Wash ss.s; s worth plain Crash and Blue and 75c
.se sS aSn Sas ao .n % s @ in the 50 and 95C
ser s .s w'is nrbTcrD 5s H's @ % ss % made scat SC.
tho ""'s sex s'ss ns"'' sizes 45C.
Boys Zoe Linen Collars, ~ Snpe Or
pattern best
Waist
Evening star., 1902-08-08
Saks and Company.
Leaders since 1867.
ter=Inventory Sale Ends Tomorrow.

The qualities
the sizes prices
only efectualy stock
generous the sacrifices Tomorrow will odds
sale, for we We cut again here and there.