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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
FRENCH ECONOMY

Writers on the subject of household
economies have often drawn comparison
between the methods Of French and
American housewives. to the disad-
vantage, it must be admitted, of the lat
ter Carelessness in regard to the small
er matters of economy characterizes the
household management in many Ameri-
can homes. It has been said that the
average American family in fairly COM
Portable circumstances is wasteful in re-
gard to food and clothing in a degree
that would be almost shocking to a
French family of similar station. Moth
ing Is wasted in France. Thrift is ma
tiona1 Characteristic. There is scarcely a
French family so poor but that it tries to
put away sum regularly for the
clean year." be that sum ever so small.
This national trait may be found In
every step from the peasant cot to the
government office. 1t Is by the exercise
OF close economy in governmental ex
penditure that France is enabled to bear
the tremendous charge for the mainten-
ance Of her military establishment. and
at the same time carry debt that would
bankrupt another country. A striking
example of the national characteristic was
seen at the recent celebration of the
centenary Of Victor Hugo. In honor of
the event, the Pantheon was draped in
blue velvet. The effect was beautiful, the
Partisan populace was delighted and most
favorable comment was heard. yet this
was not unmixed with expressions of sur
prise that the government should use so
much costly material for such a purpose.
Finally some breath of criticism of what
was deemed extravaganza, reached the
government Offices. and prompted the i'm
mediate official announcement that the
drapery was not new. In 1928 it was first
used to decorate the cathedral of Rheims
at the coronation of Charles x. Victor
Hugo himself saw 1t on that occasion, and
wrote description Of it, little dreaming
that 1t would one day be brought out to
do honor to his memory. Yet in the
Garde Meuble, vast storehouse Of fur
niture and bric-a-b rac. 1t has lain care
fully watched and cared for, and after
seventyfour years it found it's way to
light in a condition as good as when new.
There is an object lesson here for
every one. It is not what man earns,
but what he saves that makes him rich.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
AVAUNT. PROPHETS OF EVIL!

It is really too bad, just as we of Min
stress of winter and watching for the first
robbins and golden hearted anemones
and searching the gaunt trees for some
premonition Of the propinquity OF spring,
that grim Doctor Bean should open his
mouth to make the melancholy prediction
that on April 6, or eight days from the
present time, western Europe, western
Asia and the southeastern section of the
United States will be submerged, the re-
morseless ocean laundering over those
hapless sections. This cataclysm we OF
Minnesota will escape, but. OF course,
there will be draft upon our sympathies
which will rend our heartstrings. DR..
Bean attributes this cataclysm to the po-
sition Of the planets on the date specified.
The sun, moon, Venus. Mercury, Mars,
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus will all be on one
side Of the earth and the pull on our poor
little planet will naturally be immense
and positively cruel. Perhaps DR.. Bean
who makes this creepy prophecy, has not
given the real measure Of his studies. Inc
astronomers tell us that even little Mer-
curry draws the earth when in mean peri
gee with a force large enough to break
232, 800, 900 bars Of steel one foot square;
that Mars pulls sufficiently to overcome
the united strength of 500, $780, of such
bars, while Jupiter tugs steadily With
force of $4,000, 100000, and remote Nep-
tune has a pull sufficient to snap asunder
q, OOO, 900 such bars. The coincidence OF
the planets named by Doctor Bean on one
side Of the earth, would seem at nrst
thought to exert a power sufficient TO
change the orbit of the earth, but there
are compensations which prevent this III
our system. Although the planets are
pulling and Juggling with each otner not
one Of them swerves an iota from It's path'
and, as a planet Is attracted to the sun
according to it's weight, it is also repelleo
according to it's size, both acting inversely
as the square Of the distance. The exter-
nal forces acting on the earth bend 1t into
the orbit it follows with unerrlng hdellty'
else it would follow straight line. AS
for the pull Of April 6, the bodies na"eu
by Doctor Bean have been In That POSI-
ton before in their respective nlgn1s'
and it is possible that these same coun-
terbalancing forces which have kept
things straight on the earth will act con-
tinually under the law OF the creator.
+ Let us continue to look for the burgeon-
ing of nature into fragrant bloom! For
the unfolding greenery, for the maiden
shyness of the first venturesome. flowers;
for the lengthening days and the DELL
cious cleaning of our latitude; for. morn
ines Of regal splendor, Moons Of nature
exultant Joy and nights full OF nature
sweet sounds and benedictions OF peace
It is the eve of the Eastertide! All ma
tire reyiyes and we shall revive with II.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
A Good object Lesson.

new 4Ork sui.
= The conviction of Rathbone, Nicely and
Reeves Of embexzling Cuban postofhoe funds
was long time coming, owing to the diff
Guilty of obtaining affidavits In the United
States and the involved procedure OF the
Spanish law under which the defendants were
tried; but better late than never. While
the case was dragging along. every step OF
progress beng contested by resourceful at
tcrneys it seemed as II a verdict might be
fought off until the new government came
in. when the right kind OF influence would
buy immunity, for to the Spanish-American
conscience it is no great CRIME to rob the
government. AS an object lesson the con-
yiction OF these unfaithful servants Of the
United States will be more impressive on the
eve Of the retirement of the military govern
.ment than it would have been year ago. II
Nicely Rathbone and Reeves had escaped JUS
tice 1t would have been blot on the
,scutcheons OF General Woods administration.
The example to the Cubans is worth all the
money that has been spent TO convict them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

Cecil Rhodes seems to have appreciated
the need throughout the British empire
Of improved educational facilities, and has
sought to dispose of his wealth so that 1t
may b" the means Of training the I'LL
perial youth and !diffusing attachment 10
the imperial idea, Such "a bequest Is
rather strange as coming from man
who really cared little for the empire as
g. whole and was chiefly concerned WIFI
his own empire. Indifferent as to whether
it meant an independent South Africa or
a British South Africa. Nevertheless
the gift Is one that is peculiarly needed
in British countries, where the men OF
wealth have not yet caught the idea OF
disposing of their fortunes for the promo
ton Of national good. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
The Free Traders Position.
Louisville Courier-Journal.


The free traders for the present are out OF
1t. To borrow metaphor from the national
game, they are not at bat, but are, in the
open field endeavoring to retire the other side.
It is their business to profit by such chances
as the mistakes of their opponents may throw
in their way. ...
The Courier-Journal has already said more
than once that reciprocity is not the ideal
way to get rid Of tariff burdens But it is
the only way now open, If, indeed. it may
be considered open any longer 1t has not
been necessary to cherish amy illusions as to
the Immediate outcome of the agitation in
order to see what the discussion which It
has provoked is Illuminating. and that it is
developing admissions from lifelong protec-
tionists which are valuable to the cause OF
t.lth The guess that no real reciprocity
that will help the American consumer will
be favored by this congress IS safe enough,
but the discussion Is amusing as we'll as in
structive, and as such the democrats can well
afford to lend it encouragement.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
NEEDED TOOLS

Representative Conry Of Massachusetts, re-
Gently sent out a general consignment OF
garden and flower seeds. The other day he
received a nice letter from lady in Bos-
ton acknowledging the receipt of seeds She
said there was plot of ground in her back
yard which she had long desired to make
blossom as the rose, but poverty had pre-
vented Now, through the kindness Of Mr..
Conry she had the necessary materials to
carry out her wishes. In view Of his gen
erosity in sending the Seeds she hoped he
would forward her at once full Set Of gar
der tools, lawn mower and 100 feet of hose
with which to keep the plants watered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
The NonpareiI Man
Casually Observed.

Mr. Foraker has been out hollering so loud
for the Hanna boom that he lost his voice.
In the Austin Transcript Farmer Benz in
his column of comment roars horribly about
the ship subsidy grab. Why doesn't Farmer
Ben invest in ships and get some of the
loot?
The happy house cleaning season when
the dog stays over in the next lot and the
man has to eat his dinner in the back cellar
laundry is due with the change in the moon.
The organ and piano grinder nuisance has
gone its limit in New York city and Murray
Hill has appealed to the police. An ak would
be quicker. - s --s.-
Bermuda lilies are going to bloom too late
for Easter this year but the Bermuda onion
is swinging Indian clubs and will be on deck.
After glancng hurriedly over the Commoner
since Mr. Bryan retired to his barn, we fear
that paper is in fair way to bolt the demo-
cratic platform and ticket of 1904. .,
A proof of spring is the advent of the
piano tuner to groom the family agony box.
Now is the time to "accept position" in
the wheat field. Seeding is going on. 5..--s
-. s....-
Children's Verse No. 1.-The Rapid
( tOOdIum.
With his whistling screech and d ding dong
bell
We know the Rapidtoodlum well;
Upon his chainless Mankiller wheel
Swiftly around the corner he'll steal!
Sing no! the Rapidtoodlum:
Over the baby chaise he gides
Over the cripple he roughly rides!!
There's a child with little tin tricycle.!
Crash!
Over her rides the hoodlum brash!
+ Sing no! the Rapidtoodlum!
Careless, where flows the human gore,
The hoodlu:n rides as never before;
His head Is on his handle bars
He barely lodges the big street cars;
70 Sing no! the Rapidtoodlum. ..-
But Fate is camping on his trail
Some day he'll slip on the street car rail!
They'll gather the pieces up with care
But the Rapidtoodlum will not be there!
And there are going to- be several dry eyes
in the house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
PROGRESS TOWARD THE MCKINLEY
:.. BASIS

Chairman Payne of the house ways ana
means committee said yesterday that ne
will be able to get his 20 per cent conces-
sion bill out with republican votes. Iha'
Is the ultimate concession obta1nable from
the committee, and, il debate Is llm1teo
and amendments in open session excluoeo
the measure will go to the senate as the
hest compliance which the house can &C
cord to the national obligations imposed
under the Plat amendment. The commit
tee declined to accept the proposition 10
remove the different1al rate on rehneo
sugar on the ground that such action
would open the whole sugar schedule TO
discussion and amendment in the house.
This concession wrangle has drawn the
attention Of the whole country to the de-
fects of our tariff system. It has led to
candid expressions of opinion on the sub
iect, Notwithstanding the "Sh-sh- sh-sh-
don't talk about the tariff admonition OF
the extreme protectionists who are OPP
posed to making any concessions what
ever. q - 49, ~=.
The late President Mckinley was deeply
interested in the negotiation OF the rec
iprocity treaties which the senate pigeon
holed two years ago. These treaties were
negotiated under the reciprocity pro-
vision of the tariff of 1897, now in FORCE
and enacted by republican congress.
The 20 per cent concession to Cuba now
proposed, is based upon this tariff law
and it is very difficult for republican con-
gressmen to find any valid reason why
thew should oppose law placed on the
statute book by their own party. 1t may
be remarked, also. that the d1nerentlal
duty imposed on refined sugar (the diner
ence between the tariff on raw and re-
fned) against which there 1s a ROBUST
kick. as advantageous to the sugar trust'
was placed in the tariff by a republican
congress. So there may be found repub-
lican dissatisfaction with the tarlh Oh
1897 all round the circle. And 1t may be
remembered that the republican platform
of 1896 declared that protection and
reciprocity are twin measures of repub-
licanism and go hand in hand" The
no-concessionists should not be surprised
when the party stands by party principles.
On April Is, 16 and II the seventh an
nuel convention of the National Associa-
ton of Manufacturers will be held in
indianapolis. Last year the association
very heartily Endorsed the policy of rec
iprocity. There is every reason to be-
lieve that it will take similar action at
the approaching meeting. The associa-
tion is a strong organization. It is a
thoroughly representative body, rejecting
the Industrial strength Of the country.
If reciprocity or tariff revision comes,
the movement Will be from the heart Of
the commercial and industrial communi-
ties, not from professional politicians. .
The communities are making their voices
heard to-day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
Educating the FiIiDinOs.

g.. Indianapolis Journal.
The Detroit Free Press prints the report Of
Colonel Gardner, Michigan man and gov
ernor Of a province in the Philippines, in
which he says: IF I were asked what has
contributed most towards convincing the Fill
Pine people Of the good Intentions towards
them OF the American government 1 would
say, 1T is the efforts which the commission is
making for their education /" When 1t Is
remembered that the policy of the friars was
to keep the people as ignorant as possible, the
contrast afforded by the American policy is
very marked.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
PERSISTENT JOE WHEELER

Previous to appointing General Joe
Wheeler to a command in the war with Spain,
President Mckinley consulted the late Sena-
tor Davis of Minnesota about the matter. 81
think it would be a splendid appointment"
said Mr.. Davis. II am living witness of
Joe Wheelers grit and persistence. During
the civil war he chased me like the devil
through five states"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

The people of Chicago will vote on
some big questions next Tuesday. Under
the referendum law all questions of pub
lie policy must be submitted to vote II
rs per cent of the voters at the last pre-
ceding election petition for the exercise
OF the right. The two questions are pub
lie ownership of all the city railways and
the ownership Of gas and electric light
er for public purposes. Such business
questions ought to call out the liyeIiest
interest and a very heavy vote. The
opinion is expressed that the proposition
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
Lumber, Too.
Martin County Sentinel.

Martin County Sentinel.
a Manitoba farmer. writing to contem-
porary, wants to know why he and his fell
lows who buy 7b per cent OF their machinery
from the United States cannot sell their wheat
in the American market. Chiefly because we
are AFFLICTED with congress that does not
seem to be able, to grasp the fact that the
United States requires tariff policy quite
different from that Of thirty years ago>-Min-
neapolis Journal.
A few words might have been added to the
above pointed article relative to lumber. We
need the Canadian cheap lumber, but this
same short-sighted policy enables the lumber
barons to hold UP American consumers with
impuuity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
CURRENT DISCUSSIONS
Why We Hate Standard Oil.

Primarily. we hate the Standard OIL. COM
pany-by ''we'' mean us hind-teat fellows
because it pays So enormous dividends. For
ty-eight per cent on 500, 900, 900 is too much
Now, if it would water up capital Of $500, :
600, COO and pay oer cent we should rest in
peace and comfort, There are disconnected
persons who complain that the 500, 600, 900
OF common stock is half water. which shows
the wisdom of Rockefeller Ninety-six per
cent On 1000, 900 would look too much like
highway robbery. tell you. brethren, water
alleyiates.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
THE INTERNAL sCOUNDREL
Roncas Citr Io,,rDa-

Kansas City Journal.
At the democratic convention in Topeka the
other day man arose and said that he had
been a populist, but that he had gone into the
democratic party. And now" said the man,
81 find that you are adjourning without
adopting a platform, and I want to inquire
what our party stands for in this campaign"
The democrats looked at him in horror and
silence for a moment. and then a deep roar
surged over the audience. through which such
expressions as xiii him" could occasionally
be heard
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

Three candidates for the lieutenant
so'erncfshlp have already been men
toned from Minneapolis: The city ought
to have place on the state ticket this
year and it ought to agree on what it
wants before the republican state conven-
ton meets. Minneapolis hasn't been
much Of factor in state politics for sew
eral years. Now is good time to get
together and do something.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
aMADE OF MEATo'

Archibald Roosevelt discussed the prince
with great yigor to some OF his schoolmates
the other day. WHY he said, "he amt
like any prince ever heard OF. rs didn't
come up in a chario. drawn by white horses
at ALL He rode in a carriage just like ours.
I don't think he's much OF a prince" the
small boy shifted HE looks just like any
other man-made Of meat, you know
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
The Post Is Not Afraid.

=. New YORK Evening Post.
Nobody, we believe, is more alive to the
genuine dangers Of militarism than the Eve
ming Post, and no journal has more earnestly
opposed any increase in the army or navy.
But we fail to see how the assignment of
twenty officers, already in the service, to act
as the thinking and planning corps Of the
army, will have any of the evil results which
General Miles extraordinary brain has con-
jured up, or mean anything but the difference
between a modern and an Anticipated military
establishment. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
LONDON TO SHANGHAI BY RAIL

From London to Shanghai by rail within
twenty or thirty days, and at the compare
lively small cost Of E33 first class
EN second class, is now matter for accom-
plishment by any tourist. Until recently the
time occupied in the journey to the COM
mercial metropolis Of the east was about six
weeks and the cost was nearly treble the
present amount.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
A sa.oOo.ooo HOTEL FOR YALE

A So, 600, 900 brand new hotel right opposite
Osborn and Vanderbilt nails and the Yale
campus, in New Haven, is contemplated
enterprise that will interest every one who
knows New Haven and Yale. New York
capitalists are said to be the prime movers,
and the preliminary designs show structure
after the style Of the Plaza in New York
CITY.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

for public ownership Of the street rail- \
ways will not prove popular. but that the
other proposition may pass. However,
the popular decision is not mandatory
upon the council, but purely Instructive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
MARTHA WASHINGTON RELICS

Colonel Edwin A. Stevens, the present own
or Of Castle Point, Hoboken, one Of the Oldest
houses In America. has among his collection
of curios visiting cards of Martha Washing
ton, written by the president. q book Of
Martha Washington's with her own name and
the date 1859. and q piece OF Mrs. Washing
TOMS red end white bsoea6s epxA
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

Passengers on belated transcontinental
trains who were using snow shoes last
week are resorting to lifA preservers and
rowboats this week. Tho arrangements
should provide trains that will float
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

french automobiles are invading Amer
1ca Single machines have long been sold
here, but now one of the greatest French
companies is preparing to build an i'm
mense plant In New York Except that
the capital and the designs are furnished
by Frenchmen the plant will be thorough
ly American. The success of the French
IN the automobile industry shows that
that nation has skillful workmen who are
likely to hold their own against American
competition. France has suffered less
from the American invasion than any
other European country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

Frank Seifert Of Morgan hitched his horse
power to his grindstone and was ieveIing the
surface with rasp when the stone burst into
seventy-fve pieces. MY. Seifert gladly sac
rifced a finger to the local doctor, thank
full that it was not head.
N. M. Mossberg, writing from Armenia, n
D., under date of March IS, to a friend in
Willmar, gives the following account Of his
experiences during the recent blizzard.
l was showed dn from Friday. night till
Monday, when they dug me out Was in the
store all that time Had to cut hole in the
floor to get in the cellar to get coal for the
out in the warehouse and melted enough to
boil eggs and make punch Had only wood
alcohol and gasoline and Paine's Celery Com
pound. 1t made a very nasty combination,
but could do no better. am alive and well
which Is more than a great many others
can say, .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

the same time the president. feeling that
seeks to prove to him that the change is
political rather than personal by giving
him another place.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

The resignation OF Pensioner Commits
sioner Evans seems to be an arrangement
by which the persistent clamor in the e..
A. r. against him is to be appsased. At
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

The Shakopee Argus looking over its file Of
twenty-five years ago, March 90, 1877. finds
that Chicago wheat was ST. 3d. .-..-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

Minnesota beat Iowa in debate last
night, but it is football that counts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

The good roads train is coming this
way. There is plenty Of work for 1t to 90.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

Indiana parties have formed a company,
sold stock and leased lands at Lake Traverse.
where they are going to bore for oil or any
other old thing that may be there -,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29
~ Minnesota Vignettes.

The Western Printer and Publisher says
that the homegrown, hand-spanked, ragged,
barefoot country boy makes better fighter in
the battle of life than does the hampered,
Well-clothed city boy whose trousers have
been busted with nothing but a golden Slip
per.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

A proof Of spring is the advent Of the
piano tuner to groom the family agony box.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-29

Bermuda lilies are going to bloom too late
for Easter this year but the Bermuda onion
is swinging Indian clubs and will be on deck.