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Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
AT THE GRAND ARMY REUNION.

General Shafter arrived at the Ebbit
Sunday fresh and youthful. and as few
"A large few--lades remark as they sec
the nero Of Santiago, why, what hand
some man he is" The general is so pcpu-
lar that doubtless his influence will take
the next encampment to the Pacific Gen
@. @. Howard. the beloved hero of 81 30 q"
and subsequent Indian troubles, came to-
day, and as the only living general of the
United Statcs's great Civil War leaders
Grant Sherman, Sheridan, Thomas Meade
and Howardhe is receiving hourly ova-
tons. There are thousands of other
heroes of lesser note who like the Girl
lehind the man behind the gun" were the
boys behind the noble seXtcttr. and the
other gallcnt generals in the 'rowds VIII;
lass as unostentatiously rs 20 Skater
and Howard. -WashinRtt3 'ortcsi m
'cnce nf the ~ ny ard Navy Joul,il.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
TXASPERATINCi CREATURE.

They tell this story on Western tele-
graph operator:
He was trying to call up a small town
where the office was in charge OF a
young woman, and for some reason he
couldn't raise her. He was about to give
up in despair when another operator
broke in with the inquiry, What do you
want?'
II want Miss Brown of Wellsburg, "
was the reply I've been trying to get
her for the last half hour"
That's nothing" returned the inter
rupting operator. There's young fell
low clerklng in a dry goods store there
who's been trying to get her for the
last two years, and he hasn't succeeded
yet"
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
THE ENGINEER.

Midst maXims' click and rattle.
Quick-firerS' crack and scream,
DaZed with the dust of battle
Half blind with smoke and steam,
Men face the flying shrapnel.
And dare the bursting she'll
When every guns shambles,
And all the deck a hell,
But pent and Gagged. unknowing
Which way the fight incline.
| keep my engine going
Beneath the water-llne.
No praise or blame to spur me
In this my hour of trial.
! stand and grip the lever,
stand and watch the dial.
l know no battle-passion
To set my blood aglow,
work in sober fashion.
But if we fail / know
That boiled, or tiayed. or stified,
Or mashed amongst the gear,
die, a mere non-combatant,"
An unknown Engineer
London Special
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
MY MOTHER.

She gave the best years of her life
With Joy for me,
And robbed herself. with loving heart,
unstintingly.
For me with willing hands she toiled
From day to day.
+ or me she prayed when headstrong youth
Would have its way.
Her gentle arms, my cradle once.
Are weary now.
And time has set the seal of care
Upon her brow.
And, though no other eyes than mine
Their meaning trace,
read my history in the lines
or her dear face.
And mid His gems who showers gifts
AS shining sands,
| count her days as pearls that fall
From His kind hands.
Christian Advocate
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
PRIDE.

He goes about with chest pushed out,
His step is very proud;
It's plain 10 see he thinks that he
Looms Ger the common crowd.
And has he won enduring fame
With sword or brush or pen?
What great things has he done to claim
The reverence of men?
Perhaps where battle ragged he led
with cleaning sword in hand,
Ana bivouacked where the sod was red
All for his native land
Or else, within the halls of state,
With matchless cloquencc,
Perhaps he swayed the grave and great
To Danish error hence?
Nay, nay; to-day he goes his way
As nifty as king,
And boasts lot because he got
His coal put In last spring
Chicago Record Herald
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
AN ELASTIC CURRENCY.

Judge-l see that the recent stringency
In money has made Wall Street DESTROYS
of am elastic currency"
Fudge--So am |! Just think of being
able to stretch "A ten-dollar bill to buy $40
worth. -Ba ltimore Herald
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
HOPEFUL TOKENS FOR A MILD
WINTER.
(From the Landmark

The following representation concern.
ing the weather up to December 20 Is GO
ing the rounds Of the press, and, we hope
may prove correct:
Saturday, Sept. 30 was the time to get
the indications for the next three months,
az on this day, like March %, the sun
'crosses the line" According to the sign,
If the weather be mild on the 10Th of Sep,
TENDER. with the wind southerly 1t means
warm weather for the time OF year up to
December 90 Such were the conditions
SO II there Is any reliance to be place
on the sign we are booked for mild fall
and winter There Is more reason than
usual to hope the sign will prove reliable
In this instance.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
LET US HAVE PEACE.
(From the Randolph Heraid.)

trToIn tHe RdndOlpn fera!d.)
We are fairly out of one exciting guber-
material fight before the p, respect Of an
other looms up Scarcely has the last
nail been driven in Clements coffin and
Mccullough been ushercd to the chair
when a newspaper suggests Speaker
John II. Merritield for governor in 'oi
another follows with ringing blast for
Col. r. j. Kimball of Randolph. while
still another let's go for Zed S. Stanton
OF RcXhury. Dear dear
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
A FISH STORY.

A cloudy morn
A mist-hung river
Green lines of shore
Where birches CULVER;
A little boat
A trailing fly
TWO anxious hearts
Watch hours go BY
An empty hook
A deep felt wish
A barefoot boy
A string of fish
A little tale
'1were wrong to tell.
A little smile
And all Is well
Boston Journal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
PATERNAL OBrusENEsS.

1t is strange, and one of the things a
father can never understand, but the de-
sire to save on clothes to buy something
for the house is never born in a woman
until after she Is married. --Atchison Globa.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
THAT MYSTERIOUS RINGING.

II hear strange sounds in my ears. doc
tori said the lady patient, languidly.
We'll, where else would YOU expect to
hear emf questioned the tired physician.
--Yonkers Statesman.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
HOPING FOR THE BEST.

Hoping for the best We go,
And IL we reach Despair,
lie this our cnsolation-
Had good time gttin' there"
ATLANTA Constitution.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
SOFTENED GRIEF.

Wilson-I lost that fine silk umbrella
that | carried in town to-day.
Mrs. Wilson--Oh. what pity!
Wilson-Stll, there is one consolation.
1t wasn't Bonneville, (Mass,) Jour
nal.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23
WHEN WE REALLY CAN'T BLAME
THEM

Sometimes in our more tolerant and for
giving moods we don't blame people for
what they do; at the same time we cannot
help but feel that they ought to have had
more senSs.-1ndianapolis News
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23

Fortify the system against disease by
purifying and enriching the blood-in other
words, take Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1902-10-23

and there may be some young men
here who never knew what it was to
possess a mothers love. l remember
a short time after my own mothers
funeral, | stood for a long while with
tear stained cheeks studying a picture
called THE Mothers Vacant Chair"
The scene Was workingman's home.
The great, broad chested mechanic sat
at the head Of the supper table, de-
jectedly holding little baby in his
arms, who was laughingly reaching
out for his bowl Of milk. Four or five
other little children were gathered
about, laughing and playing, and also
reaching for the food upon the table.
Not one Of those little ones ealized in
any way the awful loss to them Of the
form that had once filed that mothers
chair save, perhaps, the eldest girl,
about thirteen years of age. AS
stood before that picture, with sob
choking my throat, said; God help
me to bear my trouble. But my be-
reavement OF dear, noble, Christian
mother is as nothing compared to the
loss to those children, who, when they
grow up, will never know the joy of
experiencing mothers love-"
Gods Love symbolised.
Yes, perhaps you are one Of those
unfOrtunates who never knew moth
er's love. Though her affections were
so intense that your coming was her
meat and drink, her hope by day and
her prayer by night, yet hardly had
you come into the world when she
passed away. She really gave up her
life for you. Once in awhile, with a
longing to find out something about the
height and depth of mothers love.
you may go to some gray haired old
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
NUMBER 2

Z One of the large advertisers on
State street assured me weekday
morning paper advertising never has
paid him, and that he uses it only
occasionally in the best morning pa
per, when he has a very special sale
His firm probably spends about $45,-
900 annually in evening newspaper ad-
vertising. People have so little time
to devote to papers in the morning
that advertising to be Of any value
should be Of the bold, striking kind,
and not given up to arguments or
prices I believe that general adver-
tisers who use the morning papers
with such advertising do so to sup
plement the work done and impress
sions made In the evening papers,
Extract from article in Mahin's Mag
aZine.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
Mayor Jones May Abolish the
Three Platoon System.
EITHER THAT OR CUT THE. FORCE
He BeIives There Are None Too
Many Policemen MS the
Department Stands.

Acting Mayor D. P. Jones was busy this
morning making up a salary list and fig
uring out any possible incidental expenses
of the police department Tor next year.
He was engaged in this task at the request
of City Controller Rogers, who is after
estimates from each city department as
to next years probable expenses. These
estimates will be submitted to the board
of tax levy and must be In by Aug. 20.
At present there are 225 members of the
force, that figure being the legal limit.
Mr.. Jones believes that by practicing
close economy the department can be
operated next year for not over 1925, 900.
Mayor Ames asked the board of tax levy
last year for. 100000 and was allowed but
$225, 900. 90.
Mr.. Jones said that it might be neces-
sary to- curtail salaries in some cases in
order to keep within the $685. 900.
1T will probably be found necessary" "
he said, Ito return to the ten-hour sys-
tenn of policing the city. Experience has
policed on the eight-hour shifts inaugu-
rated by Mayor Ames. The force is SO
small that large districts must necessar-
lily have poor protection unless we can
have more men walking beats at the same
time. l believe the men realize this and
that, considering the circumstances, they
will gladly return to the old system.
am convinced that there has been more
or less 'soldiering,' and when complaints
are made hereafter l propose to find out
where officers spend their time. In one
case on the South Side druggist COM
planned that he hadn't seen a policeman
on that beat after dark in over two
years..
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
MET A HORRIBLE DEATH
An Alcohol Explosion Ignited Her
ClOthing-She Died From
the Burns.

Mrs. Vincent Markell, 522 Edmund street,
St. Paul, died at o'clock this morning
after four hours of agony, the result of
an alcohol explosion.
Rising at an early hour to heat some
milk for her 6-weeks- old baby, she acci-
dentally tipped over an alcohol lamp,
igniting a can of alcohol, which exploded,
setting fire to the entire room. Mrs. Mar
kels body was burned until there was not
an inch of flesh that was not charred and
black. The woman died without being
able to open her lips. But the circum-
stances point clearly to the cause of the
accident.
A mass of flames, Mrs. Markell rushed
from the house into the back yard, scream
ing, and in few moments many neigh
bors came rushing to the scene to find
her lying on the ground Writhing. in ter
rible pain.
DR.. Dunning saw that nothing could be
done, but sent for the hospital ambulance
Two city physicians and two trained
nurses came, and all agreed that it was
useless to attempt to remove her to the
hospital, as nothing could be done for her
She lay in the back yard for an hour be-
fore an attempt was made to move her
to the house. DR.. Dunning said that there
was hardly spot on the body not crisp
and charred, and the quivering of the
flesh from pain made it fall from the
bones. Opiates were administered to ease
her suffering.
Her husband died at the city hospital
less than two months ago. Three children
are left orphans, baby 6 weeks DID, one
a year old and one under 5.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
Political Meetings.

The Third Ward Republican club met at
Seibels hall last evening and listened to ad-
for the republican mayoralty nomination.: Jay
Phillips, Gordon Bright and A. w. Harwood,
candidate for the shrievaty nomination;
James Kellogg, who wants to be county at
torney; Messrs. Sweet, Meagher and Confer,
candidates for county commissionership; NJ.
Smadge and S. Swenson, who want the repuh-
ican nomination for alderman. David Gorham
spoke in behalf Of Loren Fletcher and Arthur
L. Jones urged the, claims of Sheriff j. w.
Dreger.
A meeting in the interest Of James A.. Pet
erson, republican candidate for congress, will
be held in the fourth ward wigwam this, even
Sneakers will be James A.. Peterson, W. H..
Grimshaw, T. H. Salmon, John H. Steele and
EX-Congressman Snider. ...'.,.f.. ,.~
Loren Fletcher, A. H. Hail. NJ. H. Bou-
telle and other speakers will address a
hall, in the twelfth ward, this evening.
49, Fletcher meeting will be held at Camden
made BY Governor s. +. Van SAINT, y. H.
Shevlin, Rev. William Wilkinson, Congress
man Fletcher and others. The Journal News
boys band, Masonic quartet and w. l. Mol
an will provide amusement. The meeting will
be held in two large tents, with accomnloda-
tions for 1,500 people. ..- ...-
A meeting will be held in the interests OF
for denomination for representative in the
forty-fourth district. at durham hall. Twen-
tieth avenue and Dupont avenue. Friday
evening ' .'.....
The Third Ward Democratic Club will meet
Thursday night at 629 Washington avenue n
At the last meeting the club passed resolu-
tions rendering its unanimous support to Mr.
Pratt -..s- E-..t - al.
Eighth ward democrats will meet at 2s4t
Nicollet avenue, tomorrow night, to organize
q club ..-. 20 Il. r
Governor Van SAINT. State Treasurer Julius
Block and Colonel Trowbridge will address
republican meeting at the Bloomington towr
hall, Thursday night, Aug. 81.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
CHRISTMAS IS COMING
How Cards and Calendars Are Pre-
pared More Than Year
in Advance.

That the Christmas numbers of the var
ious periodicals and magazines arc prac-
tically in shape by July, five months be-
fore they are issued, Is fact we'll known
to the public. That the Christmas cards
and calendars for the year 1903 were al
ready in stock as early as November, 1901,
more than year before they were actu-
ally to come into demand by the "con-
sumers" is probably news to those not in
the business. BY February, three months
after they were I'M stock, thousands Of sam
pies were sent out to the printers, who
act as middle-men between the wholesale
and retail stores; and by December OF
this year, fourteen months after they
have been in stock, the orders will come
in with a rush that will keep the en-
ployes of the big wholesale houses work
ing night and day.
Every year ushers in something new In
these dainty Yuletide offerings, for fash
ions in Christmas cards are as variable
as fashions in dress. For the year 1908
there has been imported into Minneapolis
and into all cities of any size in the
states, a card known as the. "cut-out." "
The particular card Of this kind noted
represents the face and bust of woman
on background made Of a single huge
leaf which gives the effect Of lace work
from being cut out in as many as twenty
different places. This card is manufac-
tured IN Germany, the birthplace OF many
Christmas notions, and is the most ex-
pensive card carried, for it must be put
through costly die besides requiring
glazing and three separate dippings to
give it the right fnish.' 1t is estimated
that as many as $4,000 of these cards
were manufactured in Germany last year
and of these $4,000 have been shipped to
America. Next year an equal number
will be imported to England; the year fol-
10r r1yj1 ~ in1 ND SH
on until the stock is exhausted.
But there are many just as pretty and
even prettier things made right here in
America, and that at much less cost
The three-color landscapes, which get
their name from the fact that only three
colors are used in their makeup, are
the most popular, the dealers say.
More varied and unique, however ever
| than the display of Christmas cards, is
| the glittering array of calendars.>
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13

walls and roqg, lit may be well to state that
the. conclusiks reached are not decisive.
Precisely in line with this, another
Illustration of Arizona righteousness ap-
pears when the professor forewarns his
readers, that while the calculations 'are
based upon definite assumptions approxi-
mating actual conditions and while the
rules are mathematically exact, it is not
intended to intimate that the heating
effect of direct sunshine is the only, or
the most important, factor to be always
considered in the location and planning
of a building. This relieving of the ten
sion at just the right moment Is one of
those subtle acts which betrays the ar
tist. 1T is recognized" the Arizona pro-
fessor says with certain studied calm
ness, that other considerations, such as
size and frontage Of lot, architectural
effect, and interior arrangement may op-
pose and outweigh the results herein set
FORTH ~-. aE~ ...
This is the very crowd and scepter of
candidness. The man who can pause In
his composition of bulletin on the heat
OF the sun to say with so much grace that
his pet theory is not the most important
factor in the case and that other-con-
slderat1ons may oppose and outweigh his
own conclusions-it is such man as this
OF whom heroes are made
After pulling a few figures on the
reader and exhibiting an illuminative
chart showing the amount Of heat re-
ceived as direct sunshine on one square
foot of the north south, east, west, and
top sides of a house, the maker of the
bulletin is led to remark that during the
warm season much more heat strikes the
roof of the house than any of the Sides
| There has seldom been truer word said
| In prose or poetry. To have said that
the roof Of house is colder than the
n ho 10 of iccir ;o{o
| ing, sizzling summer day would be at
| once to invite argument
This bulletin from Arizona, 1.-THE Cool
! Side of a House in Arizona," stands in a
| class by itself. If the writer never does
anything more, this will be enough
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
DIR. AMES' RESIGNATION
TO BE PRESENTED THIS EVENING
Other Matters to Come Before Spec.
ial Meeting of City
Council.

Mayor Ames' belated resignation which
Former Captain John Fitchette brought
from West Baden, Ind, by special deliv-
cry last Friday, will make it's first ap-
pearance at the city hall at the special
council meeting this evening. 1t will be
referred to the elections committee with
instructions to accept it at some future
time.
The particular object of the meeting is
to receive the report of the board of
equalization which concluded it's labors
Monday.
Acting Mayer D. P. Jones will report
the appointment Of E. F. Waite as acting
chief of police and S.~P. Jones as mayor S
secretary.
City Attorney Frank Healy will also
announce his appointment of a successor
to Mr.. Waite as assistant city attorney,
and ask for the councils confirmation. OF
the four active candidates for the place
Max D. Robb is said to have the inside
track. The other applicants are Robert
Hastings, Herman Johnson and L. ].
Gjertsen. The labor element is backing
Johnson.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
COAL AT $l9 PER TON
NOT NOW, BUT THIRTY YEARS AGO
An Ancient Bill That Makes Black
Diam onds Seem s'Dirt Cheap"
( These Days.

Coal has come down Even anthracite,
in spite of the big strike, is selling In
minneapolis for less than half price.
Such was the golden dream that this
morning fascinated a local business man
who had been ransac acking an old desk and
who held in his hand a dusty, yellowish
bit Of paper-a. receipted coal BILL The
dreamer read ..
To One Ton Egg Coal. $1,000
And now," he murmured, "it's no more
tkan $8.15."
But the bill was genuine. 1t was even
marked "Paid" the day after 1t was
dated
The citizen that had complied so cheer
fully with what might now be called ex-
tortion was A. L. Scott, at present the
manager of the Terminal Dispatch asso-
citation. He had transferred his income
to his celler April 2, 1S73.' To pro-
long his reverie the business man called
up Harry Rendell of the Northwestern
Fuel company and was informed that egg
coal had reached only to $S.25 last winter,
but that the 1prices might go up "a little
higher this fall because the local stocks
of anthracite; had we'll nigh disappeared.
The dealer that charged $40 ton was
John A. Armstrong. OF course, he has
retired from business.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
RECORDS WILL CRACK
WHEN FLAX BEGINS TO MOVE
Three Cars Arrived To-day and
Graded Well Up-SOld
at $1.39.

The first new Minnesota fax came into
Minneapolis to-day. Three cars were
brought in, one by the Milwaukee and two
by the Omaha road. 1t was fine seed, the
samples brought on change grading No.
1 northwestern. The Albert Dickinson
company took the three cars at $1.39.
Flax is a little late in coming in this
year, and the trade hardly knows whether
to consider these three cars the real be-
ginning Of the new movement. year
ago yesterday there were twenty-six cars
Of new flax in Minneapolis, but yesterday
there were only two cars in, and those
were made up of small sack lots of old
seed.
When the movement of new crop fax
gets under way good part of the early
shipments will be headed this way, as the
Minneapolis marke is entirely bare of old
seed. With the local oil mills all ready to
resume crushing and with several buyers
for outside crushers and shippers making
their headquarters here a lively market
is certain, and it is expected flax receipts
here this season will break all records.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-13
DAINTY LITTLE .SMUDGES
'Skeeters Will Not Approach When
One Is Burning-Quite "The
Thing' Now.

Joss stick fumes are sure mosquito
preventive. In. Chicago it is not un-
usual to see a string Of persons parad-
ing the avenues of an evening each bear
ing joss stick The fad has reached
Minneapolis and a porch gathering is now
incomplete without collection of these
sticks, formerly used only as incense.
Burning at might they furnish a startl-
ing illusion. A staid, elderly maid Of the
town, ignorant of the new custom, was
violently shocked the other evening on
ascending the porch steps of neighbor
who is blessed with family of up-to-d date
daughters to note that all were smoking
cigarettes, daintily. holding them with
rosy finger tips. She blessed the girls
when the truth was known, but the
memory Of the shock is ineffacable, new
ertheless. T. *EE
The pungent fumes of the burning
sticks either stupefy the insects or are SO
Objectionable to them that, whether OF
the malaria or yellow fever brand, they
keep away, q n -r..-.