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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-04-25
ORDEAL By FIRE:
MARTHA MccULLocH-w1LL1AMs.

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Copyright, 1902 by the S. s. Mcclure Co. !
Miss Norris sprang from her bed and darted
to the back door, aroused from sleep by steal
thy Knocking. A SLIM prim. upright faded
gentlewoman, she did not forget to hnddle
herself in a shawl before finging open the
shutter.
"Marthy! What on earth--is the house
afire?" she gasped to the fat black woman
whoStood upon the steps.
Marthy chuckled,- though she tried hard TO
look properly subdued as she said:
Not zactly, Miss El'nor, Eut hits des
5Gawds mussy hit amt. You know how las
night my ole man Ben took en- snook out de
little circuit riders white breeches fer me ter
wash
Don't tell me anything's happened to them
don't. for the Lords sake!' Miss Morris
said, almost staggering.
Marthy drew down the corners of her
month. II washed en- toned UNI all right
she said. den took en- hung UNI fore de
kitchen fire SO deell git bone dry by dis
mawnin. Ben he went dar des now ter git
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Elevating the Church.

Newport society has taken I'D the church,
and nm attempt will be made to gut it on a
higher social level. Both clergy and laylnen
have been puzzled over the decline cf the
church dis q power in our larger cities 1t
has been left for the leaders of society to
take up the matter in the proper spirit. The
Evening, Pos: of New York locks with favor
on the plan and quotes the following dispatch
from Newport to a daily paper, showing what
may be done in the matter:
Newport, R. l., April 1.-THE services in
Trinity church yesterday were unusually we'll
attended for this time Of year, and a number
of the most fashionable people of New York
city were present. Mrs. Vanastorbilt was
there, dressed in yellow satin, and wearing a
fine straw hat trimmed with yellow lace. Her
grooms all displayed new liyeries. She her
self modesty concealed a. diamond necklace
under her lavender spring wrap Mrs. Strut.
ter, however, wore her diamonds, on the out
side of her coat:and so.n is hard to tell which
mode is really to be preferred. Among 9th
ers who were present and; who contributed at
the offertory were Mr.. SAhd Mrs. Elisha Guyer,
Jr., Mr.. and Mrs. Bonds, Mr.&and Mrs. Walls
Treat, with their charming daughter, Mr.. and
Mrs. O.. Pons and Mr.. and Mrs Stock Amber.
The Post adds that. tits encouraging ito; see
religion taking such e deseIyed1X high place
among fashionable anus nsn IS. b ,Sgss &
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The news columns of e Journa
to-day contain an interesting story about
a trust which bit off too big mouthful.
Members of the beef combine, not sat-
isfed with their profits in meat, under
took to corner the butter market. They
succeeded in getting possession of nearly
all the butter in the country, although
to do SO they had to pay big prices for
it. But after they had accumulated it
in their storehouses and had raised the
price in some places to 40 cents pound,
consumers decided not to eat butter at
that price. The consumption Tell off. Re-
tailers cut down their purchases to a
fifth and sometimes tenth Of what they
had ordiparily been accustomed to han
die The trust had butter tosburn, which
was gradually deteriorating in quality
There was but one possible result. and
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UNI en- snake UNI back, en-, fore &c Lawd, dee
amt none on um left ,ceptin' hits de but
tons. Sparks must er popped out, en- dee
would "a set us all afire hadn't hit been
had sense enough ter leave dat cheer dee
was on right spang on DE harth =
What shall we do?' Miss Morris moaned
She had drawn Marthy with her into the
shelter Of her own chamber. The circuit rider
in the guestroom at tie other end Of the house
might well be awake coming over his sermon.
1t was Sunday morning. He was due to
preach the IL o'clock sermon at Horeb church,
ten miles away. Horeb congregation was the
richest the most nearly fashionable, OF all:in
the circuit. Moreover, Miss Morris kneN th at
young Brother Brandon was deeply i'll sloYe
with Nelly Riggs. Her father Horeb's lead
ing steward, looked askance at the younS
minister's suit. He was ambitious for his
doughter and heiress. Naturally. therefore,
Brandon would want to show himself at his
best.
He had come to stay all night at the
Morris house, with no more than a change
of linen in his saddlebags. clothed in flannel
coat, white duck trousers and leather belt.
A summer shower had splash-d and stained
the trousers very badly, hence the washing,
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UP TO THE STATES

National legislation on the subject OF
oleomangarin seems to have left one I'M
portant service for the states to render to
their citizens by the exercise of the police
power of the state. And this is in the d.
rection of protecting the public against
deleterious food preparations. Oleomar-
garin can no longer pass itself off for but
ter, and renovated or process butter must
bear tax sufficient to pay for the inspec-'
tion necessary to insure the preparation OF
wholesome article of food. With refer
ence to adulterated butter the oleomar-
garin bill provides that the manufacturer
shall pay license of $500 year; whole
sale dealers license Of $3.50 a year, and
retail dealers $48 year, while upon every
pound Of the article itself there is levied
tax of 10 cents. Whether this was in
tended to be prohibitory or not it, in fact.
recognizes and legalizes the sale of adul-
terated butter. Adulterated butter In the
terms of the bill is held to be "a grade of
butter produced by mixing, work.
ing, rechurning in milk or cream,
refining, or in any way produc-
ing a uniform, purified, or improved prod
uct from different lots or parcels of
melted or unmelted butter, or butter fat
in which any acid, alkali, chemical, or any
substance whatever Is introduced or used
for the purpose or with the effect of de-
odorizing or removing therefrom rancid
ity, or any butter or butter fat with which
there is mixed any substance foreign to
butter, with the intent or effect of cheap
ening in cost the product, or any butter in
the manufacture or manipulation of which
any process or material is used with the
intent or effect of causing the absorption
Of abnormal quantities of water, milk or
cream
The duty which this bill leaves to be
performed by the state is the exercise of
it's power of supervision over the manu-
facture and sale of food articles so as to
protect the public from the use in the
manufacture of adulterated butter of
chemicals deleterious to health; or, If not
| themselves deleterious to health, calcu-
lated to disguise the condition Of butter
! unfit to be eaten. The protection OF the
public from the sale and use of poisonous
adulterants is one Of the most import ant
| services the state can render to the citi-
zen in these days.
i
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ADJUSTMENTS /.
rizona. ut the Metrono1itau

'tArizona'' at the Metropolitan.
The list of American dramntists shows no
better story teller than Augustus Thomas,
whose play of Arizona" opened a brief en-
gagement at the Metropolitan theater last
night. In his plays, whether they take the
form ct melodrama 5icomedy or pastoral
drama, Mr.. Thomas always has an interesting
tale to tell, and he always tells it well. His
plays are not smart. They lack the brilliant
touches of a Pinero or Fitch. but they de-
serve a hearing, nevertheless, for the inherent
strength of the stories they tell. What is
more Mr.. Thomas is master of grateful
style, and clothes his ideas in verbal inves-
titure that appeals alike to the ear and to the
sens:hilities. $
The man whose knowledge of Mr.. Thomas
work has been confined to Alabama will
be surprised at Arizona. = He will expert
ence much, the same feeling of establishment
that would be awakened by the spectacle OF
a goldsmith turned armorer. Alabama = was
wrought with the delicacy of touch, the ten
derness of treatment, of an artisan in ivory;
Arizona is made of sterner stuff 1t COM
mands admiration and deserves applause. In
comedy, too, Mr.. Thomas has been successful
his ION the Quiet produced by William
Collier, having proved one of the best plays
that star ever had. Unfortunately, his latest
piece, Colorado was a failure. and has
been withdrawn
'Arizona"4is not new to Minneapolis thea
r-goers, and its merits are too well known
to require extended comment here. Its char
acters are ranch folk, army people. .'cow
punchers'sand vaqueros; its locale, that terri
tory which General Sheridan once compared
unfavorably with the Internal regions.
| Happily, the company which Kirkez Ia
Shelle has sent to Minneapolis is competent
Too often plays Of the drawing power Of
| .Arzona, are. in their second or third sea-
sons, entrusted to players of mediocre ability
or worse who ruin the best scenes in a futile
effort to copy some original. In the present
instance the company is all that could be
asked. Several of its nenbers are vel
known locally. J.sW. Cope played Candy
when the play was last seen at the Metropoli.
I tan. Frank CamReau. the Tony of the pro.
duction, will be remembered for his portraya
of Tenn Driscor in "Pudd nhead Wilson
and Grace Elliston, the Bonita, was the sym.
pathetic amanuensis in last seasons produc-
I ton of The Tyranny Of Tears, - A more
winsome, graceful and altogether charming
Bonita it would be difficult to imagine.
Nj Cope's Candy is virile Interpretation
interesting for its uncenventionaity and its
fidelity to type. To Dustin Farnhanl has beer
allotted to the role of Lieutenant Denton. HI
plays 1t in manly fashion, and yet invests tht
character with a touch Of boyishness tina
proves most effective in the lighter passages
| The incident Of the side comb with Mr.. Farm
| ham and Miss Elliston alone Oh the stage, Il
delightfully."- handled.
Frazer Coulter invests the role of Colone
Bonham with dignity and Frank Canpeau j.
excellent as Tony. Dodson L. Mitchell de
serves credit for an excellent character bi
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The new pension commissioner is ap-
parently in receipt of so many bouquets
that he is unable to acknowledge them
all in the ordinary way, SO he has gotten
out q printed card OF thanks in which ne
says that he has received "a copy Of the
paper with a kind article therein con-
corning myself. Accept my thanks. p
G. Ware" That's all right, but If Mr..
Ware wants to do something original let
him wait until he gets into the office
of pension commissioner and then get out
another card something like this: Il have
just received copy Of the paper con-
tanning hot roast of myself. Will the
editor go hang. E. c. Ware
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that was decline in prices, and the de-
cline came SO rapidly that butter has gone
down 3 cents in the principal markets Of
the country during the past week. This
incident suggests that for some trusts
there Is a quick and sure cure.
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Besides beating the English in South
Africa the hostile mule may defeat St.
Paul candidate for the municipal assem-
bly,. Joseph Horejs, candidate on the dem
ocratic ticket, has been arrested because
his mules were won't to chant at night and
thereby keep from sleeping the Rcehl
baby. The wailing of the baby kept the
parents awake, and they have proceeded
against the mules as the primary cause,
recognizing that the infant was not
voluntary party to the offense.
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The Nonpareil Man
{. G;iasnspy observed:

z rasfS ID q
NJ Constantine j smyth MAY he nominated
for Governor Of Nebraska by the 1f,lsionsts,,
No true Smith sDellssit with 81 tsss,' II YOU,
see 1t with a .'y'' or a. final &C.. you may be,
sure that they are first cousins once. re-
moved to the real Smith stock.
h. The board OF health III Brooklyn borough
has started In to abolish the rooster.sse There
IS mo excuse for any one blowing q steam
whistle with splinters in it at s a. M, as the
rooster does 49, s..
No wonder person running coal fire
with one hand. a garden with another, and
trying to sweep SNOW with a, third feels like
cussing the government 80, .s
The complaint being made against 9adulter-
ated l1nlburgers cheese arouses tnqdisitve-
ness on the part of a Council Bluffs paper
as to how in the world such cheese could be
made any worse by adulteration. In reality
it cannot, but thesusersl of the article have a
belief that It ran. IS To the ndisciplined
thought all limburger cheese swings the same
weight of dunlbbells., ~
The meat trust is not likely to get Mr..
Bryan $500 heifer that shares the barn with
the family.
1t is said that Mr. Morgan owns the wire
less telegraph patents and will soon sue the
people VINO are using his air for breathing
purposes
Carnegie says that theN1nan who succeeds
/ is the man who trieste do little more than
| is expected of him. If this is true no true
Office boy will ever get ahead the length Of
his nose.
The New York board of health is going to
try to stop the sale of headache cures. .
Many of the prepared nostruuns contain pow
erful drugs that rust or corrode the most iron
constitution unless it is hand-Dsinted nearly
every day.
| The price of beef is now reflected in. the rail-
road sandwich. When one has left his glasses at
home, the beef plays "hi6e and cocp' in a
most disgusting way.
| A white man who was given the water cure
by the natives says it isn't so bad-that is,
not SO bad as a horsewhipping. STILL jump
ing on your stomach when it is full of water
must be rather disagreeable.
! They have cabbages cornered and the Uncle
Tommlng companies are safe from that lying
vegetable for while. rs ss
4
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force the laws in the most vigorous man
ner SO that legitimate competition shall
not be embarrassed or destroyed =.

There is great rejoicing In English high
life because King Edward has decided not
to require guests at levees to kneel when
kissing the royal hand. Special fayorites
will be permitted to kiss the worshipful
hand. but. they will not have to kneel.
We are grateful that there are some Eng
lish institutions that never crossed the
Atlantic.
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in the part Of Sergeant Kellar Miss Alma
Bradley, as Estella Bonham, is scarcely equal
to tle reauiNz.rnts Of the part Her acting
Iheial as to destroy the illusicns she was at
ihel. best. however, in the scene with William
Hazeltine, as Captain IIodgman, in the sec-
;ond act. Mr.. Hazelune plays the desplcable
sHodgman with good effect; and the others
are satisfactory. ss5
Like all of Kirke La Shelle's productions
Arizona" has been we'll staged, ana is effec-
lively costumed. The play is now being pre-
7sented in London. and 1t said to have met
with great favor there.
ID. s.. Lawrence. *
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sTUMPING HIS COUNTY

Jeffersonville, Ind-George w. Stoner is
candidate who cen truthfully be said to be
t.stumping" Clark county. He is a candidate
for the democratic nomination for recorder
and has made house house canvass OF
the entire county. He says he has seen every
democratic voter in the county and person
ally solicited his support. This means 1900
handshakes. A good part of his travelling is
being done by foot. or more properly speak
ing, by legs, as Mr.. Stoner has no feet.
When young man he lost both feet in .
railroad accident, but this does not deprive
him of the use of his legs. and it has to be
good walker who keeas uD with his. He
uses neither crutch nor cane. and has Pc.
cu;iar habit of swinging both arms as he
stumpS along. Mr.. Stoner is 80 years old.
and for a long time has been in the lumber
buying business.
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Daily New York Letter

tackle was passed under the carcass. The
captain sighted tremendous bull whale
within a quarter of mile on the starboard
Equarter. 1t was by all odds the biggest whale
he haS. ever seen.
Hey, there, mat " he shouted, stysou take
your men and go after that bull over there
The mate and his men tumbled down into
their boa. and bent their backs to the oats
The unsusoicious leyia!han met them half
way. sDeviara plunged the harDoon into the
big fish's back.
The bull sounded at once Apparently his
first rush did not take him very far, for while
the<men were still Keeling off more line for
him, thinking that the, slackening of the line
was merely temporary, he rose directly ahead
of them and began to thrash the water. They
had hardly gathered in the slack when the
monster started eff along the surface of the
water. He went fast. The harpoon line was
reeled eff with e whirr. The friction over
the bow set fire to the gunwale and it bIazed
UP twice, only to be doused out by one of the
men.
z The whale was making dead for the Kath-
leen. Dcviaria. got cut his Ratchet. ready to
cut tho line when the big fish dived under the
vessels keel. But the bull did not dive. He
rushed right on and struck the bark amidships
on her 0aken port side. The stout trnbers
were crushed in as a berry box is crushed
when you kick it.
The whale sunk like a plunmet as soon as
he struck the ship. The boats crew cut the
rope Just In time to save themselves.
Mate Deyiar.a called on his men to pull
hard for the bark, which was settling rapidly.
They came alongside ip plenty of time to save
those aboard Within moment after the
blow. struck by the whale, the captain had set
all hands to dragging bread and water up to
the deck. whence it could be conveniently
thrown into the whale beats.
The ship soon sunk and, the entire crew
found itself in the whalebcats, $50 miles from
land. passing steamer next day rescued
them.
Sky Signs Must Go.
Borough President Cantor intends to intro
duce an ordinance in the board of aldermen
to prohibit '.sky signs" on buildings, ale
though Corporation Counsel Riyes says that
the board has no right to pass such an ordi-
| nance. This nuisance says Mr.. Cantor,
.shas become so great. both from an artistic
standpoint and as a, danger to the pedestrians
| OF the city. that some radical steps in this
direction must be taken The bureau of
buildings is constantly besieged with plans for
projected sky signs. and some OF them are
of formidable size. many of them unwieldy
and all Of them dangerous to life and limb.
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The Moros seem to have had enough
already. The desire for an early transla-
ton to the houri -thronged paradise does
not seem to be so strong as they say it is
in the books.
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Indiana republicans are in favor of the
establishment of absolute peace in the
Philippines. Who isn't?
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CONTINUED

All papers are continued until an ex-
plicit order is received for discontinuance,
and until all arrearages ars paid.
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Foyer Chat.

: Rose Coghlan will begin her engagement OF
four nights and matinee at the Metropolitan
Sunday night with a presentation of Herman
.Meriyale's brilliant drama, Forget Me Not. =
In this play Miss Coghan is given abundant
opportunity for the display of the emotional
qualities that have made her famous. For
get Ne Not will be repeated on Tuesday
evening and at the Wednesday matinee, and
on Monday and Wednesday, nights "a double
bill comprising Between Matinee and Night
and Lady Barter will be given
York State Felix's, = the pastoral play which
received such high praise from all classes of
theater-goers and the critics during its en-
gagement at the Metropolitan during the first
half of the week. is to return for three nights
and matinee, beginning next Thursday.
With its performance tomorrow night THE
Dairy Farm which has been playing to
large audiences at the Bijou the present week,
Will have finished the one hundred and six
ty-sixth week of its continued success. This is
a record never been equalled and one which
Miss Eleanor Merron, the author Of this de-
lightful domestic pay is justly proud of.
This is the first time this play has ever been
presented in Minneapolis at popular prices,
but the production is In every way up to the
standard of previous presentations.
Melodrama will be the offering at the Bijou
next week and production of unusual
magnitude is promised in the first presenta-
ton in this city of Sat Cripple Creek The
play is said to recite story full of heart
interest and there is a pretty love story and
vein OF good, clean comedy interviewer in
such a manner as to produce. a most pleasing
whole.
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Notes Fromn theF1eId..

Uncle Peasezhas saasevere cold yerging on
grip. For fuller details see Anoka Union. !:
A Mandan, N. D., man named White went
down to St. Paul with 1900 to play the stock
ticker game The game was apparently too
fierce. for the st. Paul parties acquired his
wealth at the first throw and he has brought
suit under the anti-gambling law.
Austin, Mimi. city fathers have raised
saloon licenses ito 81, Co., and the crowd hardly
blame the poison singers If they put drop
Of water into the whisky on Sundays and
holidays.
The Blue Earth Post tells good story about
A. H. Bulls. Some years ago. while in Win
nebago City, he was approached by a good
Methodist divine, who said Mr.. Bulls, you
are a successful farmer and undoubtedly
more or less an horticulturist. Can you tel!
me the best time to trim apple trees?'
We'll says Mr.. Bulls, with a peculiar
twinkle in his eye that presages a little fun
on his part, II don't know as it makes any
particular difference, but usually trim them
on Sunday. l have more time then to do a
good, careful job
"A H. Russell
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j. Pierpont Morgan's advice to nations
without merchant marine: Buy one. :
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gem of wisdom from the butter trust:
You can corner the supply, but you saan't
corner the demand.