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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03

unfortunate, as I see it," she said. THAT,
however, does not alter facts. Instead OF
cultivating hostile mind, you had much
better be fair. Remember, it is not the
young mans fault. The blame, If blame
there is, lies wholly with old Nine. Boyn-
ton. She wanted her fortune to go to you
two, her step-grandchildren the sole de-
scendants Of her two. husbands. Besides,
I think she reasoned that as Charley,
whom she petted, would certainly marry
somebody, it was just as we'll to put him
In the way of marrying YOU.
$50 If 1 say NO he gets the whole
fortune, whereas he may relinquish' me
and keep two-thirds of it, Anice said.
"Aunty, have the greatest mind to stain
my face and dye my hair red and wear
grass green gown and yellow stock
"A rainbow would become you ever so
much BETTER some one said, coming
through the door-some one tall and slim,
with merry eyes and firm, muscular
hands. He went straight up to Anice and
kissed her upon both cheeks, saying:
"Stars and garters! What a beauty you
have turned out to be! Why didn't I
In the confessional. I've gone and courted
another girl without ever giving you a
| Chance: - -S 5's q: ..
| "Oh, how jolly!"= Anice cried. = with
all that nonsense out Of the way T am aw-
fully glad to see you. I remember you as
| % ! Se1i AiASS wy 0NSl 81 IildHy years DdCk
| II think you were a, tartar, and know
you were. ugly" Cliffe said, his eyes
| twinkling. That's why made up to the
other one. What have you done to your
self? The girl I left behind me was SAL
| low and scrawny and green eyed, with no
hair to speak of, and fingers like talons-''
| And just up from six weeks of fever"
Anice interrupted, shaking a mop Of yell
| low-brown eurls at him. "I have spent
an hour a day ever since forgetting how
looked just then. If had known how
faithfully you remembered"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03
IN A NUTSHELL.

Colonel John s. Mosby of the government land office has
been making the west in
MN during the rebellion The colonels urd English not
altogether Endorsed the that the
minstraton will in degree ofenses against the
and laws committed by the but 1t to
about the correction of the evils orderly and legal
1t take longer accomplish results by the
administration method but that method will get there just
the -
Colonel Mosby, however has collecting
large quantity which will be in
prosecutions Of the this extent his work
is not to be moderated. s@a
that during 1853 Of unlaw
full fencing of public lands have been discovered by the
artmen embracing 100000 Of Some of these
fences have been taken down notice from
men but in the majority of these the land
officers of the districts IN which
took place, have been instructed to begin criminal
ceedngs
The cattle baron aggressive. occupying public
without lease fencing 1t without title that
1885 congress necessary
hbtting the fencing Of the public domain
under that from time time
form Of offense attempt of
auire these public
favorte of the barons has been the widow of
union soldier. been employed
public because the
period Widows union
diers have been used enable the barons
tracts Of land. They have been paid take lands
has been made without their knowledge that
is, they have signed without knowing
gnfed Indeed it has been necessary handle
ter in this way in most cases. because the women
other firm corporation in acquiring
these lands That they signed certificate
fully concealed from most of the women themselves.
cattle friends in con-
gress Willard Of Nebraska proposed bill pro-
viding that all public land in sixteen
territories embracing total Of about
ten at two cents per
and that preference be given
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Some Of Oklahoma. Qualifications for Statehood.

growers who now ranches adjacent occupy
which they wished to keep When Mllard's bill was sub
nitted Hitchcock infamous
proposition asl
that bill the effect it would have
stop further settlement Of public lands in
Idaho Montana,
Oregon South Dakota, Utah. Washington and Wyoming, for
period of twenty The irrigation law could not
been realized and the the west under
that would have been eectualy barred No less than
Sc 654 taken up during the past in the
territory included by the BILL embracing s74ooo and
$4,000 farms embracing 900
families would have been from
public states
under pow would have remained uncut
tivated. ,f. ..S a.
How absurd was this
may the
glad Indian lands in the southwest from rs to
cents The government does object to
reasonable proposition government to
it recognizes that good deal Of public land
valuable other purpose it glad to have
land that is not adapted farming
poses, but it will put stop to the frauds.
the cattle baron that occupied
public the settler, generally
paying anything for it, and has this long,
to the conclusion that the land
fenced belongs to him. For instance Oregon
company $4,000 wood
fences without title legal right whatever
land, to resist government when
insisted upon being taken down. These
closures range 10000 high
held single individuals companies
and thing particularly offends
the employed by the cattle retain control
OF the land which they illegally appropriated
and tramps irresponsible persons
cattle Mospy
found forty-fve widows house in
Neb who preparing to entries for the
benefit of the cattle barOns.
cattle will be afforded fair and legitimate
privilege their important
business, they will not be allowed continue
petrate the which have been
carried extensively for the last twenty thirty
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03
A Food Test.

A peculiar food test began Monday in
Washington, when twelve clerks In, the
department Of agriculture entered upon
a practical demonstration Of the effect of
adulterated foods upon the human SYSTEM
Each man was weighed and provided with
a Thermometer, with which he is expected
to take his temperature three times day.
For two weeks they are to be fed on
plain, substantial food; at the end of that
time the six who have kept their personal
records most carefully and show the best
condition would be set apart and to them
food treated with preservatives will be fed,
The first six will have a test OF two
weeks in that way, then they will go back
to unadulterated food and the other six
will take their places.
The experiment will last for six months,
and is to show the effect of certain adul-
terations Of food upon the consumer This
might be called practical test; it. certain
ly IS a serious proposition for the twelve
who have submitted themselves to be ex-
perimented upon. What the effect will be
| upon their health cannot be anticipated,
but their experience may be very valuable
| for the general public, and it may be very
damaging to some manufacturers, who are
taking a great deal of interest in the test.
| 1t is a striking commentary upon the prev
alence of food adulteration when it be-
comes important for the government to
make test Of this character. And yet if
the results are to be relied upon, such a
test ought to serve a very useful purpose,
for Enthusiastically, many, If not most Of
the ills and particularly the stomach
troubles Of the present day are to be traced
to food adulteration. Some day we shall
probably arrive at a point where food
adulteration will be such a. serious crime
and carry such heavy penalties that it will
be improbable for manufacturers to in
dulge in it-when we shall no longer get
sand in our sugar, chalk In our starch
deleterious acids in our vinegar. -
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Carrie Nation came near suffering viol-
ence the other day for reviling Mckinley
in one Of her public harangues. 1t is I'M
fortunate that the cause Of temperance
should be compelled to bear the burden
Of Identification in any degree or manner
with this foolish old notoriety seeker, but
for this some of the churches and other
good people are somewhat to blame.
That she is capable Of doing any good to
the cause of temperance is unthinkable.
She, is the most Incorporate and violent
old fanatic at large. ~, -.
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street interests for the session to come.
The country ts immensely prosperous, new
development is under way in every COR
cellent, the railroads will earn enormous
sums in the next fiscal year. With a re-
cent decline extending over several months
and carrying, prices down, very materially,
with the chances ordinarily in favor of
recovery anyway, and with an enormous
sum to be disbursed in the form of inter-
est and dividends on Jan. 1, much of which
will seek immediate .reinvestment, why
should there not be substantial rise in
stocks? This is the bull view and the
popular view.
The bears argue that#the January rise
of 1903 will be disappointment. Admit
ting all that the bulls say, the bears build
up counter argument, taking two things
as foundation stones-the unsatisfactory
monetary conditions abroad and in cur
own country, and the fact that we have
had confined prosperity and continued adj
vances, for six years We owe much
money to Europe and our exports have
not been heavy. There is a balance due
abroad that must 81 81 paid The bull mar
ket. which all adnalt nni1dast come sooner
or later, will not come, the bears main
tain, until we have first liquidated our
debt abroad and our exports Of 'rnerchan-
disc run heavy enough to build up q large
balance in our favor-a condition certain
to come in time with our sood crops:
| Meanwhile, however, the matter Of 3
January bull market in stocks seems uln-
certain and between now and the frs
Of: the year conditions will be carefully
watched for a sign aof anything new ),
Importance enough to throw the balanct
one way or the other f--
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teresting description is given of st. Louis
as it appeared on the return Of the ex-
petition and the account of the reception
of the two explorers at Washington On
their return, is admirable. Names and
events. familiar to those versed in the
early history of the territory now the
state of Minnesota are found in the ac-
count of the great council at Prairie du
Chen in 1922.
INSURANCE AND CRIME. By Alexander G.
Campbell. New York: G.. P. Putnam's Sons.
Minneapolis: Nathaniel Mccarthy.
The author embodies in this book a
most interesting study Of the effects on
society of abuses of insurance and frauds
perpetrated by the insured, giving proofs
of such abuses. The author, in pointing
out the dangers In the practice. Of insur-
:ance, disclaims any intention to throw
,discredit on a system which has proven
to be of very great benefit to the human
race The crimes committed in connec-
ton with insurance, life or fre, are per-
petrated either by the insurer and Gus
todian of the insurance fund or by the
contributors to the fund and contingent
beneficiary of the fund. The author de-
votes the volume to the consideration Of
marine, fire and life insurance and COM
pany and Individual frauds of which he
gives many examples. He shows that In
surance contracts, are deliberately viz
lated, Dr1DeS are O1ereQ ana TAKEN, anu
insurance frauds are actually systema-
tized, and some people make living out
of them. Shareholders in companies want
Dig dividends and do not care to inquire
too curiousiy into the management that
wins them. The author thinks that legis-
lation making insurable interest the cor
ner stone of insurance contracts, would
abate the evils Of Insurance; but the sur
est relief would be for people who find
an insurance company whose business has
led to murder, arson or other crime, to
throw their influence in favor of COM
pany having no such record. ..:
TAXATION. By C. NJ. Hertig. Minneapolis:
The Civil Publishing company.
The author, in this book, undertakes
to analyze the limitations and chief phe-
nomena of taxation, as he says, "in rela-
ton to the collection and current use OF
public revenues and to taxation as a
means of social reform in the light OF fresh
and primary facts from American expert
ence." He proceeds to an examination OF
| the leading problems of taxation consid-
cred by our legislature last winter, ana
reviews the work of the tax commission
| and the action of the legislature. A
/ chapter is devoted to the growth ana
| financing of the Great Northern railway.
Mr. Hertig thinks taxes in general should
| fall on income, but the state has 1uu
power to tax capital. This book is under
| stood to be an introduction to work on
the federal constitution he Is preparing.
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things being equal, but on the contrary,
It there is any favor shown at all, it will
probably so to American firms who have
shown themselves able to book orders and
get the contract completed quicker than
either the English or continental firms.
With the opportunity afforded by the
new tariff our exporters should not only
increase their business with South Africa
very materially, but should be enabled to
form such friendly and mutually profitable
lines of trade relationship as will endure
for years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03
Our South African Opportunity.

The new Transvaal- tariff, copies of
which have recently been received In this
country, show revision of schedules high
ly gratifying to American exporters who
have been pushing their trade with South
Africa. So much Of new enterprise has
started since the close Of the Boer
war and there is such a vast extent OF
countr yto be rehabilitated that the gov
eminent has been extremely anxious to
bring about such notifications of It's tariff
as would assist in the rapid upbuilding Of
the country. johannesburg is having
building boom and, the larger buildings
now in course Of erection, or being
planned, require for their proper construc-
ton much material not produced in the
Transvaal. All articles Of steel or wood
entering into the construction Of build
ings will be admitted free Of duty.
In the territory where the British occu-
patton and the concentrated camp policy
resulted III the abandonmentsof the farms,
the people are flocking back to their old
homes to begin all over again. They will
need farm implements, and under the new
schedule there will be no duty on these.
Mining machinery. and industrial ma
chinery Of all kinds will be exempt from
duty, as will also electrical machinery,
and all telegraph and telephone equip
ment. d ,tsss 4sz.st3
To compensate in some degree for the
loss Of revenue resulting from the placing
of so many important articles on the free
| list, other articles not SO necessary for
| the immediate improvement of the coun-
try have been taxed high, while the duty
! on liquors of all kinds has been very
heavily increased.
/ If American business men had had a
voice in the forming of the new schedule
4 it could hardly have been made more IA
vorable from the American viewpoint. We
already export to South Africa all the ar:
ticles named by the free paragraphs In the
new schedule, and from this time on, we
i should be able to increase our sales t.
i the Transvaal very largely.
a Away down in Bulawayo, in Rhodesia
the municipality has decided to install {
modern: electric street railway and Ameri
tcan firms have been invited to submit
bids. With the invitation comes the as
surance that no other country will re
ceive any preference over America, 81
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Designed by
ALICE WOODS.

American authors have asserted them
selves and crowd out the English story
tellers. The Atlantic's hest serial stories
for number Of years have been by Amer
lean authors and this may be said of other
leading, magazines and this tendency is
likely to increase greatly. Americans are
more and more becoming satisfied and
proud of their native aathors and, indeed,
they have every reason to be. The tenden-
cy to call of American fiction with distinc-
tive American coioring is another promis-
ing feature. Instead Of transporting his
characters to Europe from this country,
the writer Of American novels Is more and
more keeping them on American soil and
developing his plots under American con-
ditions. This is always desirable. The
American environage Is not barren and
dryrotted. There is plenty of juicy ma
terial in it.
THE CONQUEST. The True Story of Lewis
and Clark. By Eva Emery Dye Author Of
''McLoughton and Old Oregon" Chicago: A.
G. McClurg & Co.
This volume will impart deeper interest
to the new edition of the narrative Of the
exploration of Lewis and Clark from the
Missouri to the Pacific a hundred years
ago That narrative Is full of interest,
but Mrs, Dye, who lives in Oregon, has
succeeded in digging out of obscurity ira
ditions of that expedition from Indian
sources and family records, making the
materials for an interesting romance. The
story begins in the period of George Rcg-
ers Clark's campaign against the British
posts and the Indians west of the Ohio
and Boone, Tecumseh, Black Hawk and
others figure in the story, which ends with
the death of Governor Clark at St., Louis
in 1888. The author has, in highly dra-
matte way, made the history of the ex-
petition to find the road to Asia" and the
history of the long fight for white su-
prefnacy over the reds over half cont.
nent, by war and land purchases, easy
and really thrilling reading. Mrs. Dye
has immense enthusiasm over the subject
and spent years hunting up the descend.
ants Of Lewis and Clark to secure trust
worthy information and invading histor.
ical society records and private librarie.
and investigating Indian traditions, 81
that she has In 1.-THE Conquest given 6
| splendid setting to the Lewis and CLARK
narrative. There are not many authors
| who could SO attractively use the materia
Mrs Dye gathered. Interest does MOI
| flag from beginning to end. Sacajawea
the Indian woman, who, with her husband
| accompanied the expedition, and proved
| herself heroine, appears conspicuously
| In the twenty eighth chapter very in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03
The Future of Stocks.

Our country is beginning to feel in a
greater degree than heretofore the effect
of monetary conditions abroad The finan-
cia1 situation in Germany and the none
tary tension in London bear Indirectly
upon New York, and as we are now in the
last month Of the year; the financial world
is speculatin az to whether we are to
make the turn into the new year with
conditions as favorable as in the past.
There Is apprehension in high financial
circles lest our country begin the year
1903 with exports of gold to Europe. And
it is conceded that, should gold once be-
gin moving out in any considerable guam
tity, the flow would probably be continu-
Gus and in large volume. A heavy move
ment of gold in connection with the steady
shifting of currency from the large banks
into the treasury, would mean the con-
tinuance of close money conditions in New
York for some time, and the January rise
in stocks that is now looked forward to
with confidence by the bulls in Wall street
might not come In on time or, coming
| soon after the turn of the year. might
bring a period of spasmodic advances
rather than a long and well sustained adj
Vance. .s5.s
There are two sets Of opinions as to the
probable rise.
The one that meets with general ac-
ceptance takes as its basis the continued
prosperity of the country The most UNI
favorable factors have been eliminated
very recently. The presidents message
so far from being the wet blanket the
early gossip had predicted. turned out a
splendid document, giving encouragement
and hope for conservative attitude or
the part Of congress towards the Wal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03

Congressional opponents Of the prema-
nent tariff commission in order to defeat
sthe permanent commission plan favor the
appointment OF a special joint committee
Ito work on tariff revision during the va
scation, the joint committee to be made up,
doubtless, of members Of the house and
senate. This plan practically comedies
ithe value of a permanent commission since
lit is designed to do out of the session
lust what a permanent commission would
be expected to do-gather information to
be submitted to the ways and means com
nittee for it's use in framing tariff re.
vision bills. # it is a good thing to have
special committee Of this kind for 8
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BURST sooMLETs
Aberdeen Is. d. News.

The election results punctured several
promising presidential boomlets, among
democratic politicians. Tom johnson Is
buried under an avalanche of republican
votes. The republican victory in New
York probably knocks out David B. Hill,
who was ring master in the democratic
circus there this year, and also removes
Bird Coler from the list of eligibles. Hor-
ace Boies was defeated for congress In
Iowa by majority which shelves him. In
the whole country there is no democratic
leader of commanding influence who has
gained anything by the election The
democratic party Is without leaders, with
out issues and without hope of future sue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03

TIL e Jour a gave it's readers some
figures yesterday which should explain in
part at least why the, Minneapolis school
board is continually embarrassed for
funds. We are trying to educate at public
expense more children per capita Of total
population than any other city of approx
mately corresponding size in the country
This is explainable by the fact that fewer
children are in parochial and other private
schools here than elsewhere i'll proportion
to the total school population.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03
THE HOME TALENT

Back in the fifties,
when Americans still
stuck to English nov
elists chiefly, and
Littell's and Har-
per's ministered to
them English novels
serially, compare
lively few people
thought that such a
change as has taken
place. would be
wrought. To-day
very few English
novelists enjoy serial
publication in this
country for the sim
pie reason that
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HONOR.

. But the Little Nation side-stepped and,
countering cleverly, rushed the Big Ma
ton against the ropes. x, -
Foul" reared the Big Nation. "You
hit me below the belt!'
II can't reach, above it" protested the
Little Nation. .~ .,
"Precisely!'' retorted the Big Nation.
"Haven't insisted all along that the only
honorable course for you is to yield?"