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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12
The Magazines

The Writer (Boston: Writer Publishing
Company. 2S2 Washington street, Is always
bright and readable and suggestive. There Is
a sketch of Edmund Stratemeyef in the cur
rent issue, a worthy subject, for he Is one of
the very few successful writers for the young.
Arthur Fosdict, In a paper on women in jour-
nalism, advises them, If sensible, to conduct
themselves as nearly as possible as II they
were men claiming no privileges because they
are women. That is about what they do any
way.
E The Municipal Journal and Engineer, 25a
Broadway, New York, tells an interesting
story, with illustrations of Tacoma's rapid
operation OF municipality owned light and
water plants. A very good illustrated article
is an account Of the 0ld-fashioned fire de-
partment in the great city of St. Petersburg,
in which some new features are cautiously
admitted from time to time. There are only
three steam fire engines in the service and
casks Of water and pumps are carried on
wheels. Alarms are given by signal men
from towers, there being no fire alarm tele.
graph. For a city of a million inhabitants
this would seem to be rather limited protec.
ton from fire. The number is full Of in.
teresting suggestions and information In the
line Of its specially.
In the Political Science Quarterly, Boston
Worthington Ford has valuable paper OF
1.-The Economy Of Russia in which he shows
how the power Of an autocracy may be abused
to war against the prosperity Of the empir
and people, as by a crushing system Of taxa
ton, the imperial decree acting In tariffs ant
transportation regardless of commercial inter
| ests. The government guarantees an extray
agant profit to the sugar industry's sales IL
the home market and fosters the export inter
est at prices which involve actual loss ana
the peasant has to foot the cost and Is still
bound to the land las firmly as under serfdom
The Engineering Magazine has among tn
specially good features, a paper on eth
Possibilities Of New Trades Unionism.' tn
basis of which shall be regular discussion
| by the unions of trade matters and new
methods, with the idea Of famltarizng lib
members with them, awakening intelligenc
| and sense of responsibility, widening tn
| vision OF life, bringing employers and EN-
| ployed In closer relations, and encouraging
the formation of arbitration or Cancellation
| boards. notable discussion ON the report
of the Isthmian Canal Commission is contrib
uted by John G. Leigh, who, from an I'm
prejudiced expert engineering standpoint de
tails The difficulties of the Nicaragua an
| Panama routes and concludes: "That a shi
canal, of a Sort can be built over the Nicar
aqua route, I do not for moment doubt
| but do very seriously question the possibilit
OF constructing-within reasonable limits Q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12
AUTHORS GROWING OLD.

Philadelphia Times Henry
has
truths tina
writer really
shows the slight
English climate even an excusabe
If
the chances that ne would
climate
it Is America
Is his later years
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12

with the romance. perhaps, somewhat domi-
nant.
Scarlet and Hyssop. BY O.. f, Benson.
author of "Dodo." "Mammon & Co.," ETC.
New York: d. Appleton & Co. Price, $1.5O.
Mr. Benson. in this book. renews his de-
lineations Of London society in which he
showed himself an artist of unusual ability
in "Dodo." Lady Ardingly graphically de-
scrlbed this society as a kind which may be
found In other large cities, when she said to
Lady Marie Alstou: "Ah, my dear. we are
lepers. We are all wrong and bad, and we
roll over each other in the gutter like these
Arabs scrambling for backshish. We strive
for one thing, which is wealth, and when we
have got 1t we spend 1t on pleasure. is
always something else we want. 1t
means that we go after remedies for our
ennui, for our leprosy. and there is no such
remedy unless we become altogether differ
emit Thus Lady Alstons husband. who gave
her grave lectures on the proprieties and
warned her not to be imprudent with 4nen
and not to have herself talked about was
deep in liaison with Lady Brereton, who
was, in fact. his mistress. and who protested
to be Lady Alstons friend. The progress of
this affair to Its conclusion in & tragedy, Is
very brilliantly related by the author, who
thinks and writes in the causerie of society
and introduces its most brilliant metaphors
and apothegms.
The Thirteenth District. A Story of
Candidate. BY Brand Whitlock. In
dianapolis: The BoWen-Merrill company
The author OF this book has done good work
for a comparatively new author. It is al in
tensely realistic revelation Of the essence and
quality Of average American politics. 1t is
a story of political finesse, skullduggery,
heartlessness slangwhangery and debauchery.
If, as Sherman said, war is hell,'' so politics
is hell, as portrayed in this story of jerome
Garwood's political career and the almost
dehumanizing Of his nature as shown In his
neglect Of and cruelty to the noble and pure
woman whom he married. The story is To-
Gated in Illinois, opening with some details OF
the congressional convention, where Garwood
was nominated by dishonest manipulation.
We have realistic pictures Of Garwood and
his political manager; Of the lies lived by
both; Of the discriminating local editor who
has cinch on the candidate; Of the desperate
efforts for denomination and reelection; tbs
moral lapse of Garwood; his reputation of the
men who had helped him politically and his
ultimate defeat. Any one who has attended
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-12

substantial hesh and blood loneliness carried
in his mind and the author has done fine
piece of work bringing about the denouement
Young HOwson's Wife. By A. E. Wat
rous. New York: Quail & Warner Price,
$3.50. rs-
This book contains eighteen piquant and
attractive sketches, IL we except the title
story, Young Howson's Wife," which has the
atmosphere Of the tomb and disappointment,
but Is of quality, nevertheless, which COM
pels reading. In "Olver Mendwell's Wife
there is most humorous account of how the
two sexes, at last equal in rights, went to
the polls together, Mendwell's wife among
| them, and how it was she lost her interest in
the process along with other women who got
| mixed up in woman's election riot "Od
Coaching Days" is interesting and anus
ing account Of a nights run Of the New York
| and Philadelphia flying mail. Other good
! stories are THE Mad Poets Quest 1.-THE
Woman Who Sang" The Case Of Barbara
Babarant." Mr.. Watrous was in the front
rank as writer of short stories when he died
a few weeks ago.
The COnuuerOr. Being the True and Ro-
| mantle Story Of Alexander Hamilton. By
| Gertrude Franklin Anterior. New York:
The Macmillan company.
! The life of Alexander Hamilton was ro-
mantle from beginning to end and Mrs Athor-
| ton, with her tropical imagination has told
| the story of that life with her embellishments,
in most attractive way. Shs has visited
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
The Blazing Forests.

Forest fires are fiercely raging all
over the Menominee range. Many
small towns are in danger Fire
reached the outskirts Of Niagara
seven miles from Iron Mounta in; but
for the wind shifting the village and
big paper mill would have been
destroyed Seven thousand cords Of
wood were destroyed that belonged to
the paper mill. Florence was also in
danger. Fires We're very near the
town and citizens were fighting them
The danger from forest fires In the
vicinity Of Mcnominee is past and
people who fled from their homes.
are now going back though many Of
them will find their homes burned
The village Of KellS. twenty-eight
miles west of here. was completely
wiped out, though no loss OF life is
reported. Twenty thousand cedar
ties, posts. etc, We're burned there
Though several houses were burned
at Koss, the village was saved from
destruction by change in wind
Many farms were burned over. Sew
eral lumber companies lost quite
heavily. The loss caused by the fire
is not known yet.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
Look After the Hand separators.

No good thing is a success unless
looked after. 1t Is no argument
against hand separators to say that
unless they are taken care of they
Will in year or SO become unservice-
able. Ore man urges against them
that he has known people that did not
wash their separators more than once
a week, and that in the meantime
the separators were a point of multi
plicat,on for all kinds of ferments and
perhaps disease germs that got into
them. But no agent OF hand sepa-
rator would want to sell hand sep
arator ii he supposed the buyer would
use SO little intelligence In its care
an handling. We are In a state OF
chaos as regards our dairy matters,
and il is only slowly that we are
working into condition OF order.
But we do not believe that the hand
separator is at all the cause of dis
order.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
CAREFULLY THOUGHT OUT.

Sickness is the interest W pay on
life's mortgage.
Any woman who regards beauty as
superfluous has never tried ii.
An optimist is a man who is salts
fed with what he doesn't get.
Nothing jars a chronic invalid like
being told that he is looking well.
You can't convince a girl that mar.
mage is failure unM after she tries
It,
Photographs have no brains, yet
they talk fluently. The same may be
said OF dudes.
Some folks who don't believe in
faith cures have unlimited faith in
their physicians.
An Ohio woman recently preached
her husbands funeral sermon. She
was bound to have the last word.
When marriage is a failure it is
usually the masculine end of the COM
bination that is called upon to pay up.
A woman will scream at sight of a
mouse, but millinery bill that makes
her husband shake in his shoes never
jostles her
According to statistics, out of each
] 900 people in love sixteen become
hopelessly insane. The other 9S4 are
only temporarily out of their heads
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
AROUND THE STATE.

Peter White. of Marquette. has been
admitted to practice before the bar OF
the Supreme Court.
The New Haven township board has
ordered a $1,000 soldiers monument
TO be placed in the new Lothrop ceme-
terry. Ii will he unveiled next DecOra-
tion day.
The Iron Mountain school board is
about to engage in the printing bust
ness. They have bought press.
type, paper cutter. etc, and will do
the school work.
Claude Parks. of Alden. the young
man who is charged with assaulting
Mrs. Russell Tewksbury. lady of a.
was captured after long chase by
the sheriff and a posse.
While endeavoring to board NOV
Ing locomotive. Brakeman Howard
Osgood. of Marquette. missed his
footing. and lost both legs under the
wheels. He died in half an hour.
Burglars broke into the home of
John Sven. an old man living alone
in Gaiien village. last night. and after
sandbagging and knitting Sven I'm his
bed. robbed the house. securing S2S1
live eagle was captured by two
Coldwater young men on North Lake.
near Oak Grove cemetery. The eagle
measured five feet three inches from
tip TO tip, and is apparently a young
bird.
Mrs. ]. II. Fox was found uncon-
scious I'm the yard Of her home in
Cedar Springs and died soon after Of
heart disease. When the news reach
ed her husband. the shock caused a
stroke OF apoplexy. II Is feared he
cannot survive. Mr.. Fox Is a leading
druggist at Cedar Springs.
Fred L. Chappcll. attorney. alleges
unlawful combination and conspiracy
among the plumbers of Kalamazoo.
and has petitioned for an injunction
TO restrain Plumbing Inspector VIM.
II. Andrews from interfering with
work at Chappell's house. The inspec-
tor stopped work being done by an out
side tirm
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
TALE CT TWO Dccl
How Newcomer Taught Old Fellow
Becoming ModestY.

row NcWConeT 'dugnt OLD Fellow
Becoming Modesty.
Bill Dorgan used to own a pup, In
which all breeds were well mixed up:
a hump-eyed. yellow sort OF cur. with
fieas and sandburs in its fur. II was
a scrapper in its way and licked some
dogs most every day; and it, in course
OF time. did reach the verdict that 1t
was a peach.
1t used to loaf around the town, and
show it's teeth and wear a frown. and
every now and then 'twould wall:
why won't some dog step on my tail,
or bite my ear, or bark or growl, or
look me in the face and howl? Are
all the dogs devoid of snap? I'm sim
ply spelling for scrap"
One day bulldog came to town: 1t
was a sort OF brindle brown, with
handy legs and sawed-off TAIL and
teeth that would eat through nail
Its face was scratched, its eyes were
sore, its tongue was like cellar door
IL padded up the village street as
though in search OF stuff to eat, and
when the mongrel saw it come, the
latter cried: "A scrap, by gum, Now,
doggies, see me go and muss the stuff
fng out of yonder cuss; I'll teach the
ugly, lcp cared clown to push himself
into this town"
The mongrel. with outstanding wool
Jumped then upon the vagrant bull;
and then there came cloud OF dust,
a crack as though some bone had bust,
a shrek, moan, sickening thud, a
gentle rain OF fur and blood; and then
the bulldog took his way, and nodded
to the dogs, Good day" The mongrel
had been scattered round so all the
chunks were never found; Bill Dorgan
scraped up what he could and planted
them out in the wood.
MORAL:
The fighting man may yawp and brag;
But soon he'll run against a snag.
Walt Mason in Nebraska State Jour
nal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16

The steamer Coleman from Liver
pool brought from London orphan
homes 800 boys and girls to be for
warded to homes in Canada and the
west
An automobile was run down by an
Erie train at Youngstown. O.. and
Harry Tod. son OF II prominent CAPT
tallst OF that city. and grandson Of
the late Gov. Tod. of Ohio. was killed.
Three other occupants Of the auto es-
capped.
The sensational elopemcnt of 49,
year-old Ida Franz. of La Crosse. Wis,
with full-blooded Oneida Indian,
Thos Reason, had second chapter
when the girl was found unconscious
and apparently drugged i'm the attic
of log shack near Ashland. The
girl claims the Indian hypnotized her.
Ed Hall. the butter maker ut the
Glendale creamery. met death sud
denly Saturday. About IL o'clock he
told his wife he would take gun and
go out and shoot a woodchuck he had
seen in the brush. Mrs. Hall heard
the report of the gun soon after, but
thought nothing of il until about 4
O'Clock when she saw fire in the
woods and started in search of her
husband. He was shot through the
heart and his clothes were all afire
and nearly burned off. 1t is not known
how he came by his death. He was In
good circumstances and only re-
Gently married.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
FROM ALL OVER MICHIGAN
The building Collapsed.

BY the collapse of the new hotel
building. the Otsego in process Of
erection on the site of the old Hibbard
house, which occurred Saturday morn
Ing, one man was killed ana four 9th
ers seriously injured
The walls of the building had reach
ed the top of the fourth story, ana a
recent inspection had satisfied the
architects that they were strong.
They were Ii inches thick, and should
have been capable of supporting a
much greater weight than that which
is supposed TO have caused their col
lapse. The west wall fell first. carry
Ing with IL the floors and such seat
folding as remained TO the ground.
At the time of the accident IL men
were upon the upper floor, one or them
being the contractor, Mayor Samuel
Pickles. They had little warning, hut
eight of them managed to reach the
windows I'm the walls which stood, and
other parts of the building. and We're
rescued when the police and fire de-
partments reached the scene.
The masons at work upon the west
side, however, were not so fortunate,
and five of them were carried down
with the falling wall One of them,
Henry Giltner, of Leoni, was buried
under tons of debris, and it was 1:3O
this afternoon before his body was
rescued from the ruins. The others,
Patrick w. Coughln, W. Thomas,
George l.. Van Allen and William
McVey were soon taken out and made
as comfortable as possible at the hos
pital. OF these. Coughlin will prob
ably die. He is badly bruised about
the head, shoulders and chest. and
suffered internal injuries. 4'he others
are bruised, but not so seriously as to
cause fear for their recovery. Van
Aliens right arm is broken and his
left shoulder crushed, and McNey's
scalp was partially torn Off.
The cause of the collapse Is not
known. The floors were built of wire
and cement, from under which the
false work upon which they had been
laid was removed. The section Of the
west wall which fell is about 90 feet
long.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
Helen Moons Case.

New Providence, Ia, Oct. 18th
The wonderful case Of little three
year-old Helen Moon continues TO be
the talk of the neighborhood and ev-
eryone is rejoicing with Mr.. and Mrs.
K. " Moon, the happy father and
mother.
1t will be remembered that this
sweet little girl was given up by the
doctors with Dropsy. She was so far
gone that her eyes were closed up and
her body bloated till it was purple.
After everything else had failed
Dodd's Kidney Pills were used and to
the joy and surprise of everyone she
commenced TO improve.
This improvement resulted in COM
plete good health and she continues TO
keep strong and well and without the
slightest symptom Of the Dropsy left.
The doctors are as much Dewildered
as anyone at the wonderful cure Of
this desperate case.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
MICHIGAN,
BELDIko,
FIGS AND THisTLEs.

You cannot be crooked with men
and square with God
The money-seeking church is not
concerned with man-saying.
Christ spoke no special beatitudes
to the Captains Of Industry.
The bright preacher does not
always make the shining church.
The light of love is not created by
the friction of religious controversy.
II is not the preachers sermon but
his soul that reaches the soul of the
sinner.
The worship of material success Is
likely to work the spiritual failure OF
America
You may try to do many days
worry but you can only do one days
work at a time.
God did not design the church to be
a mere lying-in-hospital, but a recruit
ing Office for Gods soldiers.
The Great Physician never lacks
patience. and He knows that the bit
terest medicine often cures the quick
est
When we get so selfish that we
want the earth, we are not likely to
give much thought to the world to
come.
Some men lay the loadstone of lust
alongside the compass of conscience,
and then talk about 1t being a good
guide.
True education looks TO the
strengthening of the hull of the ship
rather than to the guiding Of the
figure-head.
The reason some people do not be-
lieve in Foreign Missions, is that they
are heather themselves; they wor'
ship other gods.
Supposipg God demanded his share
of the profits arising from your use
of the life he has lent you, what
would you have left?
Man cannot do without creed!
He must have a backbone; but that
is only a part of him. If he is all
backbone, we should call him a post;
with no c'bone, a jelly fish.--Ram's
Horn.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
Owns MaxlmiIian,s Coat.

A coat that is of great historical
interest was discovered at Jackson,
Miss, the other day, and is the prop
erty of Prof. AID. lie Maitre. an old
Frenchman, who has been teaching
the language to a small class there
for several months. This garment is
the one worn by the Emperor Maxi
milan just before his execution on
the morning of June IS, 1867. Prof.
lie Maitre was one of the very few who
witnessed the execution and the un-
fortunate emperor pulled the coat off
Just before the word to fire was given,
and. handing it to lie Maitre, told him
to keep it, He prizes 1t higher than
he does life itself. and though a poor
man has refused large sums of money
for II.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16

Washington. Oct. 13.-Michlgan PEN
sloIs were granted Saturday as fol-
lows: Originals-Wllliam Frost. Mid
land. So: Augustus y. Randall. Man
istee, IS; Edward Alllng. Ionia. SO;
Charles III. Dumont. Bay City. So.
War with Spain-August A. Bueler.
Detroit. SO; Arthur ]. Vose, Galesburg.
So; George Lawrence, Detroit, So. In
crease, reissue. etc.-Joseph Is. Eldred,
Saginaw. $40; Dusty Rock, Saginaw.
SD; George Bennett, Petersburg, SD;
John Ellis, Granville, $12; Clarence NJ.
Clough, Muir, $l7 Jacob Phillips.
Elint, $40; Lorenzo Chapman, Sparta.
So; John Alfred. Fennville, So; Victor
NJ. Cromwell, Saginaw, $40. Widows
Julia A. Cole. Grand Ledge, IS;
Mary A. Clifford. Detroit, SIS.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
IN A BAD WAY.

Night after night with rest and
sleep broken by urinary troubles.
Painful passages, frequent calls OF
nature. retention, make the day as
miserable as the night
Man, woman or child with any
wrong condition Of the bladder and
kindeys is in a bad way.
Don't delay till dangerous Diabetes
comes. Cure the trouble before 1t set
ties into Bright's Disease.
Read how certain are the cures OF
Doan's Kidney Pills and how they
last
John j. Scharschug, a retired farm
err, residing at 474 Concord ST..
Aurora. ILL.,, says: Three years ago
| was a sufferer from backache and
other kidney disorders. and for
months exhausted all my knowledge
of medicine in an endeavor to obtain
relief. Doan's Kidney Pills cured me.
and time has not diminished my esti.
nation OF this preparation. Not only
did Doans Kidney Pills cure me at
that time, but although over three
years nave elarsed there has not been
a symptom OF a recurrence OF the
trouble. ! consider this preparation
to be wonderful kidney remedy and
just as represented"
A FREE TRIAL of-thfs great Kid
ney medicine which cured Mr.. Schar-
schug will be mailed on application to
any part OF the United States. AID.
dress Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo. N.
Y. For sale by all druggists, price so
cents per box.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
Whnt JncI,snn Got.

The tax rolls of Jackson county have
been returned from the state tax com
mission. who reviewed them. Jack
son city has been boosted from S12,-
5S3.S00 to $1T.0I4.4S an increase of
81, iG0.5S5. or about 36 per cent. Real
estate in the city is raised an average
Of 30 per cent, but personal property
was not given a level raise. The large
holders Of personal property find their
assessments raised, and reduction is
the exception. The Jackson Gas Co
Is raised from $4,000 to 500, 900;
Novelty Manufacturing Co.. $53, 800 to
100000; others in proportion All
manufacturers and business houses
are boosted. Tow chip assessments
are disturbed blt III
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1902-10-16
Kalamazoo Taxes.

The state tax commissioners have
returned the county tax rolls after a
three days session in Kalamazoo, and
1t seems large local firms are hard
hit. The Henderson-Ames Company
has been raised from $4,000 to $780,
600; the Kalamazoo Corset Co, SSH
600 to S2l3.O00: the Kalamazoo Gas
Co., $4,000 TO 5000 real, and $780,
600 to S245.O00 personal, including
value of franchise: Lull & Skinner
Carriage Co, $4,000 to $4,000: Mich
igan Traction Co. $l37. 900 to $lS6.OOO,
mostly value of franchise. This COM
pany is also hard hit in several town
ships. The Superior Paper Co. S67,-
GOO to $4,000; Upjohn Pill & Granule
Co., $4,000 TO 100000; Will
lams Manufacturing Co, $4,000
to $4,000: Joseph b. Wyckoff estate,
SS1, 900 to $2S1 900; Francis Hull es-
tate, $4,000 TO $4,000. All the banks
had the stock boosted in value one
third to one-half. Citizens generally
register a big kick against the in
creased valuation Most of the heavy
boosts are in personal property, real
property getting an almost uniform
raise of 10 per cent.