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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-04-15
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
James Russell

Stone, Charles Sumner. James Russell
Lowell, whipple. Julia Ward Howe. James
r. Fields, Mary A. Livermore, Edward
Everett Hale. Francis Parkman, Thomas
Wentworth Higginson. These are some OF
the more distinguished and better known.
If one werelt to go further back he would
find the atmosphere of the place already
colored by the residence there at some pc
riod Of their life Of Cotton Matther, Anne
Hut chin son. Ben min Fra nl1liIl, Increase
Mather, John Harvard and others. d. A
chapter is given to Concord and its famous
authors: another is entitled THE Golden
Age of Genius and in the last 1.-THE Dawn
of the Twentieth Century we have Boston
of to-day and the part it is playing in
the world of education, literature, art,
music and the liberalization of religious
thought. @-. = !.
. NOVELTIES IN POST CARDS. Raphael Tuck
&. Sons % and "a Fifth avenue, New ORR,
have issued a book containing large
collection of very beautiful post cards.
are works OF art Some OF them con-
ia in pictures Of famous places, other pic
lures Of famous people, others are fancy
sketches. Some represent characters from
popular books with familiar quotations at
tached, others bear coats Of arms of diff
ferent nations. Tuck & Sons offer s. 1000
in prizes, the first being f10o. These
prizes are awarded for the largest collec-
ton of these post rds. The collection Of
unique post cards is a new fad which has
been quite? the rage abroad and Is COM
ing to be popular in this country. No en-
trance fee Of any kind is required and the
rules of the competition may be obtained
by addressing the publishers. ~ !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29

AS a neighbor he had lent and borrowed a
hundred times, and as a neighbor he had
dropped in and talked over matters two
or three times a week before it dawned
upon him that he was in love. If John
had fallen i'll love with a girl he would
have proceeded III the orthodox fashion.
But as the person was a widow, and as
he had read that the way to capture a
widow was to strike straight from the
shoulder, within thirty-six hours he ap-
peared before her and bluntly said:
''Widder, I love you. VIII you marry
me?"
" mo. sir, T WON'T was the equally
blunt reply. Then John realized that the
straight from the shoulder business was
fraud and a delusion. He took up his
hat and walked off. Under the circum-
stances the widow could excuse him for
taking a short cut across the garden and
trampling over her cucumbers and uproot-
ing her onions.
It was a week before he could yell at
his oxen in his usual enthusiastic way.
Then he woke up to the fact that he still
lived and loved, and that there was hope
for him If he worked things right. 1t was
a lightning rod man who finally gave him
the tip.
Never try to rush a widder," was the
sage advice given him by the man of
thunderstorms "A wilder can neither
be rushed like you'd buy cow, nor court
ed as if she were a love-sick girl. You've
got to get her sympathy first"
Three days later the news reached the
widow Davis that John was in bed as the
result of an interview with a wandering
bull. The bull hadn't quite killed him,
but he was unconscious and using her
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29

and 50 we had good citizens going to
members of the grand jury and urging
them to "leave Doc Ames alore.'' Yet
these same men would probably never go
near an officer of the law to urge and
encourage him to 90 his duty.
1t is ON account of this lack of a public
morals backbone in that ought to
have it that such courageous perform
ances as those, Of Mr.. Clarke and asso.
clates in Minneapolis and Mr.. Folk in st.
Louis are OF such great value, quite aside
from the immediate results. attained in
each city. The example is of priceless
value. Precedents of courage and hew
ing to-the- mark haze been established, 1t
has been demonstrated how much one
honest, determined man can accomplish
and what bringing towards corruptionists
are and how their strongest rings fall
into heaps of chips when the sword of
justice is drawn in earnest by clear-eyed
and hard-striking men.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
IN A NUTSHELL.....
o the Hague gConvnh

Although The Hague tribunal constituted only little
more than three the rapid succession OF events
public definite recol
lection of the of its creation al has
received for and it's origin
Such account published in this department
months but the The Hague court
of the decision 1t the Venezuelan dispute
makes desirable to repeat that account the
ciay as this will be the submitted to the
and the first Importance. The United States and
Mexico have the being nations refer
dispute to being the Pious
fund decided in favor of the 1t
is worth remarkng in this connection that Baron sour
nees of the French delegates to the convention that
created court DECLARES but for the of the
United States it would have expired Of neglect.
The Hague the chief result remarkable
conference of the at The Hague in the spring and
of 1899 conference brought about the
proposal Issued to the nations of the world by the
Car of Russia 24 $685. The
convention for the pacific settlement Of international dis
convention regarding the war
by land convention for the adaptation maritime
fare Of the Geneva convention and three declarations
gardng the of balloons expanding bullets explosive
proiectes carrying poisonous gases. r.
The conference resolved that military budgets ought
formulated wishes regarding
relations The conventions declarations case
signed by representatives of all the at The Hague
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but ultimately the arbitration agreement signed by
Of the represented Including the United
States Mexico S9
resentaves Of each sgnatoy though different ma
ons appoint the and Its permanent Office
Hague administrative council consists of the
ministers of the at The Hague and Of the Neither
land minister for foreign affairs who is president 1t Is
charged with direction affairs of the court
expenses Of by all signaory
tons
nations desire settle dispute by appeal to this
they appoint five arbtrators from the list OF arba-
made described above Failing direct agreement
nation appoints choose
pire. If they choice is left to
third power of failure then
able umpire each party which, acting with
the named by the other party shall choose the umpire
When the tribunal has thus been notify
Of the tribunal assemblies at The
Hague the by the parties -t-.@
While appeal the is voluntary, understanding
party accept the decision binding
that if lit stated arbitration
agreement revision Of the award may
discovery evidence calculated exercise decisive
influence award" The arbral procedure S
in the convention with great detail Decisions of the
will be promulgated in much the dec-
of ordinary courts all of the administrative machinery
except physical being
:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
The NonpareiI Man
Casually Observed.

Casually Observed.
Soft coal was plenty in st. Louis, but
in putting up the price. The fuel dealer
Is pretty stout this year.
Florida caught another killing frost last
week and the loud whoop Of southern
California can be heard across the Rock
les.
Not very much can be said for the
brand of Salvation Army music dispensed
on the streets, but the music made in the
hearts Of large number of poor families
at Christmas time is all right and. beats
high class orchestra.
5o-cent family limit OH Christmas
presents is one of the ameliorations in
vented by Linden Hills family, and 1t
works elegantly, too.
Senator Morgan says that congress is
sitting in at the game with a small pair,
while the octopus holds full house and
the fire arm.
A story has drifted In from the far west
that some OF the Indians have gone to
work. Perhaps they have. This is an
era of rapid and startling change.
High noon is way down on the
southern horizon. but the days will soon
begin to get longer now.
The price Of whisky in Peoria dropped
l cent gallon last week. Certain soaks
who have been trying to drink all the
whisky there Is, ought to begin to get
discouraged. IS
Scion Chase, the great father of the old
Greenback party that swept Maine back
IN the seventies, frightened the repub-
l1can party nearly to death for a few years
and then died as suddenly and mysteri-
ously as 1t was born, is still alive and now
and !G, then somebody goes out to Chase s
Mills and interviews him. Uncle Scion
says that he voted for Bryan both times,
but the last time 1 knew that there was
no show for him, because there was not
so much hog in the dollar. Hogs had rig
in 1900 Uncle Scion says as he grows
older he is becoming something of a.
socialist and adds: -r. ",- ~
What we want is more brotherly love
in the human heart can see that the
world is growing better It is much better
than 1t was when was a boy Every
hundred years that go by sees the world
growing better"
All of which shows that Uncle Scion is
"mellerin' with age"
One of the colonels Christmas presents.
and one that was appreciated with heart
felt gratitude, was a jug of home made
wine from Iowa. There was no kick
from the colonel about its "heft," as he
toted it home on the street car Saturday
night The cork was soon extracted and
the stuff pronounced "all right. by the
entire family.
That night as the colenl went down to
lift the furnace out Of its depression by
a little exercise at the bar and with the
coal shovel, he noted the jug standing in
the cellar way. 1t didn't take two
minutes to extract the cork, carefully
wipe off the nose Of the jug and take two
rapid swigs-of vinegar. Say, do YOU
know how a strong man feels when he
does a thing like that? And do you know
what IS wife says? For, of course, he
has to tell, sooner or later.
And all this actually happened last
Saturday night
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
DAILY DIVERSION

=
Only Candidates Get In.-Apropos Of a
point he desired to make, Hamilton Mabie
told the story at the Aldine association in
New York of an old negro who experienced
religion, and of his master whose con-,
versation was punctured with profanity
It was just after the civil war. The negro
had been the colonelss body servant as a
slave and remained IN that capacity even
after receiving his freedom. He Joined
the Presbyterian church.
~ Lock, here, George. said the colonel
tell me about this predestination and the
elect You don't believe your old master
is doomed to hell, do youc Don't you
think he will go to heaven with the elect?'
Respect and love for his old swearing
master did not overcome the newly ac..
duired religion. but there was cunning and
diplomacy in his answer.
nevah heahed Of nobody replied
George. who done got elected who wuz
not a candidate
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
A. "REMINISCENCES OF REED

From an interview with Joseph G. Can
non, in the Washington correspondents
of the Philadelphia Press:
did Reed approve your bill to place
s5o,ooo,ooo in the presidents hands for
national defense?'---
HE probably did not but he did not
place straw in the way of it's passage
That bill was my own. After the explo-
sion of the Maine I concluded that war
was inevitable and ! feared more serious
complications because of the sympathy
expressed for Spain in Europe. had q
talk with President Mckinley and sug-
gested some action of this kind rs a warn
ing to Spain and her friends and also as Il
means of preparing for war. which seemed
inevitable. l suggested that the presi-
dent send a message to congress reconi-
nlendinE appropriation of $50, 600 900
or 100000, 900 for national defense.
He feared that would be accepted as
an admission that the administration
wanted a war and he was using every ef-
fort to maintain peace. But he said he
wished he had such an appropriation TO
prepare for what he feared must come. /
still suggested that the appropriation
ought to be made and the president then
stated in substance. General Grosvenor of
Ohio, being present that he would be glad
to have meet a number of members
and senators at 10 o'clock the next morn
ing to consult touching the propriety of the
appropriations We did meet the president
and number of others. among those
recellect being Senator Allison and Rep
resentative Boutelle of Maine, and the
consensus of opinion was that the sppro-
priation should be made. I introduced
the bill that morning and had it referred
to the committee on appropriations. The
newspaper boys found it and the news
was spread over the whole world before
~t a1,ys u
the desired effect so far as other Euro
pean powers were concerned.
That busy day In the house Mr.
Reed was III the chair all day and l was
busy. did not see Reed except as speak
er until was leaving my committee
in the late afternoon. I met him leaving
the speakers room.
His first remark was, Why did you do
it, with just q shade of reproach in his
voice. l replied that thought it advisa-
BILE i did not consult you because l was
quite sure you would not approve and I
did not care to ask your advice and then
go contrary to It. because was quite GER
tain 1 would introduce the bill anyway
1--WE walked up town together and
talked about the situation I explained to
him that the object to be attained BY the
appropriation was twofod: First, to show
to Spain and other nations, some of whom
were disposed to sympathize with SPAIN.
that we had money to pay the expenses
of war in our treasury and were ready to
usei it. This was good as a measure MAX
ing for peace. and If it did not result in
peace it was absolutely necessary in due
preparation for war
After short silence Mr.. Reed replied:
Perhaps you are right. Perhaps you are
right
1.-The bill was reported the next day
and passed by the unanimous vote of the
house.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
The Decent Citizens Baseness.

In his interesting account Of THE
Shame Of Minneapolis in the January
McClure's. Mr.. Lincoln Steffens, in tell
ing Of the labors Of the grand jury to root
out the Ames ulcer says: Nh G.sr
.... What startled the jury most however,
was the character of the citizens who
were sent to dissuade them from their
course. No reform I have ever studied
has failed to bring out the phenomenon Of
decent citizen. -
Again Mr. Steffers says that when Act
ing Mayor Jones was driving disorderly
houses out of certain localities:
zone very prominent citizen and church
member threatened him for driving won
en- out iof two flats owned by him. the
rent was the surest means Of support for
his wife and .children.'S'' .
~ That public-moral :n1ushiness Of SO many
of the best people in every city is a
powerful contributing cause to many Of
our rnu11ici4,aI scandals To be perfectly
frank, it was largely responsible for the
election of Ames as mayor in 1900. Men
who, judged by all ordinary standards.
are excellent and virtuous citizens, sup
ported Anes and urged their party asso-
ciates to vote for him, though they knew
the unqualified viciousness and unrelteved
immortality of the man.
This fault proceeds partly from good
nature We proclaim loudly our opposi-
ton to vice and corruption; but when it
comes down to passing judgment on some
individual case, when we are called upon
to look squarely into the eyes OF some
offender against the public welfare and
say plainly, as Mr. Hovey Clarke did to
DR.. Anes. Just what we think Of him and
what we purpose to do, We finch and
funk Some Of us. who are not lacking
| in moral courage, count personal rela tions
above the public good and set more store
on n1audlin pity than stern duty doing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
A Leader in Moral Competition.

In our comment Saturday on the deci-
sion Of the involved nations to refer their
dispute concerning Venezuela's debts to
The Hague tribunal. a decision brought
about by the mediation Of the United
States, it was remarked that a diplomatic
victory had been won for all the world
thereby, because it gave Importance to
The Hague court by bringing before it an
International dispute of prime Importance.
This view seems to be held by the peace
lovers of Europe, if Baron d'Estourne1es
de Constant one Of the French delegates
to the international conference at The
Hague, can be taken as their spokesman.
Baron d E,stournelles thinks that the ma
tions that were primarily responsible for
the creation of tn etribunal were agreed to
abandon it in practice and that.
On the morrow of it's official creation
it was about to perish Of ll-will when
you president Roosevelt) came to pro-
test against the attempt which. was
threatening the liberties Of the world.
According to this view, our governm ent
has saved and given standing to the court.
and has thus UNNECESSARILY contributed to
the future peace Of the world. 1t is pass
ing strange that neither England nor Ger
many especially England, since We expect
tn Germany of the present kaiser to be
militant, did not think of arbitration or
The Hague until the: first was suggested
by Venezuela and the latter by tile United
States. 1t must be that they had deter
mined. to ignore The Hague tribunal as
altogether too much OF theory for the
practice of nations. 1t was thus that they
found themselves in an untenable posi-
ton in the: estimation of International
public opinion, when the United States
suggested The Hague. They must either
confess their insincerity in creating the
court or resort to it, when the issue was
made so plain. The dispute was not such
one as either England Dr. Germany,
would dare: to say too closelyac oricerned
international honor and integrity to Be
arbitrated. 1t IS no humiliation to great
nations! to be slow to cha3tf5e%litffe ma
tions, and there was no territorial dis
pute involved. '~ts -~'"' T:.t"'
Our acquisition Of the Philippines has
been looked upon by both our European
friends and enemies as a letting down Of
the high tone Of our international policy.
We do not agree with them, but the
powerful influence of the limited States.
positively exerted as it has been, in the
interests of a weak nation and in the
cause Of international peace, will restore
in the eyes Of the world to the place Of
pacemaker in what Baron d'Estournelles
calls international "mdral competition
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
LlTERARY NOTES.

The Macmillan Company announces
1.-THE Quest of Happiness by DR.. Newell
Dwight Hills. -
'The Heritage is the story of a soldier
of Gen. ST. Glars expedition against the
Indians. his part in the deplorable re-
verses; his capture and long tmprisor-
rneiat and escape; his mad love for won
how she met him after the years of peril
Gus adventure, sickness and wounds and
anchored her head upon his breast. The
author Burton Stevenson, has. told his
story of war. adventure and love, of ad
yersity and hope deferred, with a master
skill. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co.
Minneapolis, n. Mccarthy. Price s1.5o.
Mrs Burnhar1l's new novel THE Right
Princess Boston: Houghton. Mifflin &
CO. minneapolis: n. Mccarthy. Price
$3.50 is a charming love story. albeit it
has a flavoring Of the didactic in the
Christian Science phases, SO that it may
be called a Christian Science novel, a lead
ing incident being the healing of ar Eng
lish youth by New England healer who
set his mental apparatus right, The fam
lily of the youth, who had come to this
country for his benefit, called the healer
THE Princess" 1t would be telling too
much to suggest what happened after Billy
became Sir William
The Grafton Press, New York. has pub
lished very Interesting but distracting
love story. by w. l.. Lilibridge, entitled
edward Reynolds" The story ought to
have more attractive title. Edward
Reynolds suggests no psychic or physical
movement. The book deals with both.
Elder & Shepard. San Francisco. have
issued "The Cynics Calendar of Revised
Wisdom for 1905" by Messrs HEREFORD
and Miner and Ethel Mumford, whose
united efforts have produced a small vol
un,e containing q calendar and revised"
proverbs within coiored margins. such re-
visions as these appear: Look before
you sleep" '.Nanght Is lost save honor,
..Displays are dangerous, = What is home
without another?'' Sweet are the uses of
diversity Hell is paved with big pre-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
Copyright, 1902, by T. G. Mcclure.

History will some day do justice to John
Hampton and his barrel. Two or three
different persons have gone over Niagara
Falls in barrel and claimed to be the sole
and only originators of the idea, but John
Hampton had his barrel prepared twenty
years before the country heard Of it from
any other source. If he did not go over
the falls amidst the cheers of vast
crowd and bob around in the whirlpool
until drawn ashore, it was because he had
other and more agreeable business on
hand.
John Hampton was an old bachelor, liv-
ing on a farm just outside of the village
of Orian, when the widow Wavis came to
live on the farm adjoining. He did not
fall in love with her at first sight. The
feeling came slowly and gradually, like
an old shed getting ready to fall down.
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can from Fort Mcpherson, near the Arc
tic ocean, accompanied by a pretty little
booklet giving the biogra ply, so to speak,
of pemmican in general and of this penn
mican in particular. The souvenir is a
credit to an excellent newspaper, one
which makes the American traveller feel
at home in the Canadian west.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-29
FROM "PARAc LsUs."
Re S11re that God

Be sure that God
Ne'er dooms to waste the strength He
deigns impart!
Ask the Geier-agle why she stoops at once
Into the vast and UNEMPLOYED abyss,
What full grown power informs her from
the first.
Why she not marvels, strenuously beating
The silent boundless regions Of the skyi
BE sure they sleep not when God needs,
Nor fear
Their holding light His charge, . when
every hour
That finds that charge delayed, is a new
death.
Robert Browning.