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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
IN THE HALL CAME FACE TO FACE WITH
MISS ELLEN HERSELF, APPARENTLY IN
A GREAT HURRY TO GET AWAY FROM
SOMEWHERE.

brief and very conventional note from the
young lady herself thanking me for all
that had done for her. l suspected FL
len of symptoms Of irony in those express
sions of thankfuness, for, the only thing
that l had done was to take myself off
to the ends of the earth and leave her to
the care of Providence and her aunts,
not always synonymous terms. ~ Il
In the course of time drifted back
again to the land of the stars and
stripes. My first days passed sdrearily
enough. l visited my old club, but the
best chairs were occupied by men who
had been striplings when I was last in the
land Of civilization. My old ,chunls had
drifted away or into matrimo1ly and. only
dropped into the club now and then to
shed a few drops of pity son their single
brethren.
,, FINALLY bethought me Of my long neg
lected ward and determined for the lack of
something better to do to pay the child a
visit, SO sent a note to the aunts to ap-
prise them of my coming. ..
l nave received many severe shocks in
my life and have, I trust, borne them
with Christian fortitude, or at least with
pagan stoicism. I have been turned out of
by berth In an ocean liner in the middle
or the night .shiver and scorch by turns
in an open boat in the middle of a sailless
ocean, have been held up and courteously
renewed or all my valuables by Greek bril-
{gands, have evenf withstood with equa-
animity the charge lof. a brigade of Swiss
hotel keepers but all these were as a fall OF
dew compared with the surprise which /
experienced when Ellen, my little ward
came into the parlor Of the cottage to give
me dutiful greeting. I had left behind
me a, scraggly little girl awkward an6
frightened. found myself shaking hands
with beautiful young lady, slender. erect
with a calmness and self possession in
finitely greater than my own. -:
In the days that followed my won.
derment only depend. A French count
marked genuine, the son and sole heir Of
railway magnate. mining, baron from
Denver, of slightly advanced years. but
undiminished ardor, and a newly risen bui
still rising politician with his eyes on the
United States senate and his feet planted
firmly on more valuable real estate thar
the finite mind could well comprehend
We're the major planets which constantly
reVolyed around Ellen. Then there was
countless number Of satellites, young col
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Copyright, 1902, by 7. G. McClure0

& Ny friend Thatcher wassyery incon-
ssiderate ofsniy feelings in the time that
sshe chose for@his departure for the next
world.ss If he could only have waited
until his daughter Ellen was a: little bet
ter able TO take care .ef herself.sI Should
have been saved alot Of worry and bother
AS it was l had to postpone my trip to
Egypt for whole month until could get
her. settled with Thatchers two maiden
aunts, for Of course he had made me her
guardian. The fact that I was only thirty
while she was fourteen was Of no import
ance, In his -eyes. = 80: E. : =
/: When once appetite for wandering has
laid hold on a man, he knows no time mol
|5place TO; rest, 50 my year of travel dragged
itself ont totsix Letters came at inter
walls from one or the. other of the aunts
telling me that Ellen was we'll and happy
Once or twice in the, earlier years had a
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found that he had to,
cut out, aboutta tenth.
of the matter ION ac-'
count of unnecessary
i'epetitions in dicta-:
ton. Repetitions are.
noticeable in his last
book. Facts and
Comments" the last
which he expects to
publish. Diffuse-.
ness, however, Is not
a necessary sequence
of dictation. Diff
fuseness. is congeni-
tai with many writ
ers, and it develops
3fcoIf !. yInt1ar fhA
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

. The democrats of the south are prepar-
ing. to take control Of the. democratic
party. and dominate the next democratic
national convention. And why not? The
south furnishes the bulk of the democratic
"electorarvotes and should boss the work
Of making nominations It is the. same
principle which would reduce the repre-
sentation of the south IN the republican
national convention to correspond with
the republican vote in the south. The
nomination of a southern man by. the next
democratic convention-fs not an iniproba-
bjlity. and in view Of the scarcity Of avail
able; democratic, material in tho north.
might be very good politics. 81 The south
has some able, men .on the. democratic
side -: ~ tf5stt,- r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

President N6rthrop approves football on
the whole, after Weighing against each
other the games merits and defects. The
presidents views will coincide pretty. we'll
with those of most cool observers of the
game. A communication printed In T h e
] GU IN a yesterday brings the other side
out very strongly. but4if everything in life
that involves the FISK of injury OF death
is to be avoided, there will be little bust
ness or recreative activity in this world.
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l.
water.

This idea of speaking Of cities as
feminine is all right as a rule, but it gets.
jolt every time one tries to refer to st.
Paul as She In the interest of gram
NAUTICAL consistency and as term of en-
dearment, We suggest change. What's
the matter with speaking Of <our little
neighbor as Pauline?
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ADJUSTMENTS
Foyer Chat.

Foyer Chat.
The Grace. Cameron Opera company will
begin an engagement of three nights and
Saturday matinee at the Metropolitan to-
night, presenting for the first time here
the comic opera success by J. Cheever
Goodwin and William Furst. entitled a
Normandy Wedding Included in Miss
Cameron's supporting company are Joseph
w. .Standish. Stephen 3. French Jr.. Syl-
van Langlois, Genevieve Reynolds, Daisy
King and a large and we'll drilled chorus.
Few of the so-called comic operas pro-
duced in recent years are so near the gen.
uine thing as The Prince of Pilsen",
which is unostentatiously called musical
comedy ':Phe Prince of Pilsen' Is a
clean and wholesome performance and
with the delightful melodies and the gor-
geous costumes and mountings 1t is one OF
the greatest successes the musical stage
has known in years. The Prince is
scheduled for local appearance at the Met
ropolitan all of Christmas week, opening
next Sunday evening.
The big laughing success Happy HeoIi-
gan coming to the Bijou next week. with
us cast OF great artists. is a roysterins
torrent of all that is gorgeous amusing,
merry and melodious in farce comedy. Fun
relgns supreme. yet you find time to sat
1sfy the eye with the beauty of the scenery
i
cent costumes and wardrobe. ---., :,
- The. Fatal Wedding" the current at.
traction at the Bijiu is meeting with much
favor; two large audiences, saw the MIA y
Yesterday afternoon and evening. and ea.a
evidence of their feeling by enthusiastic
afternoon and evening and gave evidence
OF their feeling by enthusiastic applause,
On Saturday afternoon, the final matines
performance will be given.
One of the largest Thursday matinee au-
dlences OF the season witnessed the Ferris
production Of Ten Nights in Bar
Room. at the Lyceum to- day For Christ
mas week, the Ferris Stock company will
pc seen IN new comedy drama 1.-THE
Piunger,' Dick Ferris appearing I'm the
character of Digit. New Years.week the
Ferris company will remove to the Met
ropolitan for one week. where it viii
present ''Graustark.'' this change being
caused by the booking of Ben Hur'' at
the Lyceum.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

According to the interstate commerce
commission. a law regulating railways
that was thought pretty good fifteen years
ago lis obsolete now. L 1t appears that it
is only tariff laws that are perfect in all
times and all conditions never need any
revision. - -.
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The land dealers testified in the merger
case yesterday that railroad competition
means higher prices for lands and that
railroad merger means depressed prices.
OF course. but it was necessary to have
it stated in court that the fact might
have. legal form and be, made >: available
before the court.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

A Montana Judge has decided that own
ers of mining claims within the limits OF
forest reserves. can cut off the timber on
them. The forests will last just as long
under that decision as mining claims are
not -plas stored all over them. -;
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

The lower house of congress has voted
$780, 900 with which to enforce the Sher
man anti trust aot.zA. But the senate5ris
yet. to be heard FROM. a senator remarked
the other day that he had heard nothing
about the trust question in Washington.
We suspected as nuch...'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
County Division Tangle.

Minnesota has had a large quantity and
great variety of county division expert
ence, but it has not yet learned how to
dispose of county division questions, with:
out legal tangles. At the last election
Polk and Beltrami counties voted on sew
eral division questions, and no man can
tell what is the result. Ultimately the
courts will decide what ought TO- be de-
cided by the voters. t. ~:
Under the terms of the law the state
canvassihg board has had to declare that
three conflicting propositions for the di-
vision Of Polk county have been adopted
by the voters. That is equivalent to say
ing that the voters of Polk county have
voted to create the same territorial area
into three separate counties, under the
three names of Columbia, Nelson and Star.
with the three county seats of Mcintosh.
Fosston+ and Erslxine-which is absurd
The board did the best it could and
passed; the puzzle up to the governor, who
will roll it along to the court whatever
he does Beltrarni county Is not so badly
tangled. because the canvassing board has
declared that under. the law only one Of
the three propositions submitted to it's
voters has carried. But an appeal. from
this decision may be made to the courts.
One county division proposition at aatime
ought to be enough for any county .
The division of Polk county reduces that
county to a symmetrical, fair sized county,
by taking off it's eastern wing The Bel
trami division, creating Clearwater coun-
ty. is. geograp hically absurd It.. leaves
Bemidji, the county seat Of Beltrami
away down in one end OF, a county big
enough for a state. e. ~ J. +. 1885,
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Books and Authors
DIcTATloN AND plFFusENEss

Herbert Spencer says that his own ex-
perience in debating his books and arti-
cles--a practice which he has followed
since 1S70--leads him ito conclude that at
begetslarge diffusenesssof language which
personal work with pen prevents. He
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

The trouble with the oleomargarin
crowd Is that they never know whom they
are outlawed. They are now suspected
ter, the latter being of SO deep yellow
as to stand much mixture with the light
colored cleo. At the same time it is
worth noticing that it is maintained that
the demand for cleo and butterine as such
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

ton Of legislation designed to Regulate
trusts. If we lack experience and knowl-
edge in dealing with them, the sooner we
begin to get those advantages the better.
We cant swim without entering the
-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

1nasmuch as one large, healthy gray
wolf taxes the South Dakota stockmen
about $3.50 year for support in the way
of calves and lambs the logic. Of the
stockmen. in reasoning that they can
pay SO for his destruction. is good. ::
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
out under their authority is -exce1len

out under their authority is-an excellent
one. 1t is also well to make it easy for
the governor to remove commissioners
who do not toe the mark Of strict intes
lily and accuracyfin their. use of county
funds. The county commissioner is avery
important official, who has not hitherto
been checked and safeguarded in proper
ton to the Importance of his office. :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

by persons who know just. what, they are
purchasing is greatly Increasing, This in
dicates that the prejudice against thessub-
stitutes for butter is wearing off,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
NEW BOOKS.

SPAIN AND HER PEOPLE. BY Jeremiah zim
norman. LID. Illustrated from photographs.
=, Philadelphia, George W:+Jacobs s Co. -
Spanish history and Spanish conditions
are Of peculiar interest to Americans in
these times because of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. The, author Of this book has
undertaken to present to the reader a view
of that country acquired by his own per-
sonal Observable This is in one sense
a. book of travels but more than that, it is
an analysis of Spanish life and character.
There are interesting and instructing de-
scriptions Of the cities and provinces of
Spain. some account Of the Moorish inva-
sion and a discussion Of the decline of
SPAIN The book will be found of especial
value i to thosec< contemplating a visit to
that country. 1t is handsomely bound in
red and gold. 49,.
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SUFFICIENT,

Grand Rapids (EIich) Herald
But If you love me. Madeleine, why set
the happy day two years away?'
The maiden bowed her head in blushin1
confession.
Because, Horace, it will take me fully
that long to use up my monogram station
cry ssg-5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

substantial enough to be a permanent
basis for study, and, at the same time
stimulate the voluntary and close &C
quaintance of the student with the great
writer's of each literary epoch: The au-
thors have, with excellent discrimina-
ton. chosen. to devote something over
half the book to the literature of the
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. A
reading guide is appended which is in
tended as working photography. The
portion on the eighteenth century while
not as. elaborate as Edmund Gosse's his
tory of that period. is in some respects
more interesting than that work. New
Anglo-Saxo and Norman-French periods
and the history of the beginnings and de-
velopment of English literature is pre-
scented in a way fresher and more sug-
gestive than heretofore. -.
FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD. BY Mar
garet Sidney: Illustrated by Fanny Cory Bns-
ton: The I.cthrop Publishing company, $50 At
lantic avenue. Price $1.10.4
The ever >resourceful author of the Pep
per stories. dearly loved by the young peo-
pie, takes Mother Pepper who has become
Mrs. Fisher; DR.. Fisher. Phronsie and
Polly. Grandpa King, Jasper Parson and
Mrs. Henderson across the ocean to Eng
land and the continent and the story Of
their doings is very delightful reading.
The author always gives us something
new and does not dress up old incidents
which show through the disguise, but
gives us new situations, new adventure
and new phases of the chara cteristics Of
the young people: .-
z,t.-~- Literary Notes. =t.,c
+ Francis Lynde, in his new novel 1.-The
Master Of Appleby," has done for the Car
olinas what Maurice Thompson in alice
l.of Old Vincennes'' did for Indiana And
it is interesting to know that, it was
through the encouragement and kindly adj
vice of the great Indiana author that Mr..
Lynde forsook a business career and made
the writing of books his lifes work.
| Settlement work has become not only a
science to those who have taken it up as
their life work, but 1t also forms pleas
ure as well as a, duty, to many people of
wealth and culture. Americans in
Process; edited by Robert A. Woods.
which will soon appear. shows the efforts
OH the part Of a city to cope with the evils
of the crowded districts.
THE Handbook of Birds of the West
ern United States, by Florence Merriam
| Bailey. which Houghton. Miffin & Co.
have just published, is intended to do for
| the western part of the United States what
| Frank M. Cha pmans Handbook has done
for the east
| The success which .The Right Prin-
cess. 2 the first Christian Science novel. is
! enjoying has already led to limitations,
and there is now at least one rival in this
new field and more are promised.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
IMPORTANT. ANNOUNCEMENT.
It, Cloud Jo,lrnaI-E

st. Cloud Journal Press.
& We stop the press to announce that DR..
Babcock. while claiming all the votes he
needs, is not yet ready for a caucus
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
AMERICAN NIGHTS ENTERTAIN,
MENTS?

& Little Falls Herald.
{ g Doc Ames ought to tell what he knows
| in a book. 1t would be as interesting as
the Arabian Night
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18

Gertrude Anterior, the story writer, has
been claiming the credit of having defeat
ed the purchase Of the Danish islands by
the United States because she believed it
to be q corrupt deal. When Gertrude
finds that just what she claims to have
done is constructively treason and that
she is liable to severe penalties for her
meddling, she may plume herself less upon
being a. busybody.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
DAILY DIVERSION

Terrapln and Seraphin.-At a recent
meeting of graduates of Yale, lin, the class
of resident in1New York city, Walter
Brooks was appointed chairman of one
of the committees to arrange class din
ner at New Haven to celebrate the TWEEN
ty-f1fth anniversary of graduation next
commencement. His particular duties
We're outlined as ito look after Injuries,
including music s.t 4
Yes he said,ss I'm chairman Of the
committee on terrapin and seraphim..'
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New Minnesota. " :

Northern Minnesota continues to boom.
A dispatch from Bemidji which appeared
on The Journals northwest page yester-
day was enough to stir the blood of every,
old pioneer in the state and make him
eager to rush to the front. -. x.,..''. !
Thousands Of people are pouring into
Itasca and Beltrami counties. The Mm-
bermen are merrily and vigorously assai-
ing the last Of the forests, and the land
hungry are pouring in to take possession
of the good land Uncle Sam is still giving
away in northern Minnesota
An especially interesting portion of the
dispatch is the one that asserts that the
quality of the soil in northern Itasca
county has bAcil misrepresented, that it
is really excellent for agricultural pur-
poses anC that the whole country is Of
such a character that ten or fifteen years
Of the saw mill. the stump pulller and the
sturdy settler ought to make of it a re-
gion rich as Stearns or Wright county,
l. There is no doubt among the well-in-
formed that the population susta lining
possibilities of the northern woodlands of
Minnesota have been greatly underestinl-
ated. Eventually most of the timber will
be removed and hundreds of thousands
of people will yet dwell in region that
was once thought uninhabitable except for
population drawing its support from
elsewhere. -" "' -sr- 49, ''@".'
These lands are. now cheap because they
have to-, compete with clear prairie land,
but their proximity to market, their good
water their abundance of cheap fuel,
their unquestioned adaptibility to some if
not all kinds Of farming nracticed in this
climate. should make them in great de-
mand and lead, to their rapid population.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-18
THE LAST DAYS OF PEK1N. Translated from
the French OF Pierre Lott by Myrta L. Jones
= Illustrated from Photographs and drawings b,
Jessie B. Jones. Boston: Little Brown &
a HISTORY on ENa11sH LIrERAruRE. 3

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE, Ry
William Vaughn Moody and r. y. Lowell of the
University of Chicago. New York: Charles
Scribners Sons. Minneapolis: n. Mccarthy.
Price 81
The authors of this volume are assist
ant professors of English literature and
of English respectively in the University
of Chicago. Their purpose was to pre-
pare a history Of English literature within
the apprehension of young students and
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The people of New York buy daily the
milk produced by 40, 900 COWS.
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CHANGES oFsADDREss. t.,
Subscribers ordering addresses Of their
papers changed must always give their
former as well as present address.
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BRIDGE WHIST; OR, HowzTo PLAY 1T. BY
l.ennard Leigh. Philadelphia: Henry T. Coates
90 g. Co, price 81. ..t'
Mr.. Leigh is an authority on whist and
in this book presents a concise and lucid
description of the game and a better code
of laws for bridge whist the need of
which has been recognized by player gen:
orally. st.1""# F.. ~ - e. F.
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THE INGoLDsBY LEGENDS Or MIRTH AND
.MARVELS. RE Thomas Ingoldsby, ESQUIRE.

I'HHE'E IfIC1 SIoV.
This edition of the familiar Ingoldsby
legends is handsomely bound volume in
red and gold, graphically illustrated and
altogether ery~attractive volume from a
bookmaker's standpoint. The Ingoldsby
legends are classic and never lose their
charm. 1t is gratifying to have them in
such beautiful and attractive Dress
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Capacity of Boxes.

A box inches square and 4 Is
inches deep will contain one quart; :
inches long by inches wide and 1
inches deep, one-half gallon; s inches
long by s % inches wide and inches
deep, one gallon; s inches square and
S 2-5inches deep, onepeck; 16inches long
by % inches wide and s inches deep,
one-half bushel; 1G inches square and
S % inches deep, one bushei; II inches
wide, % 1-5 inches long and 10 inches
deep, one and Il half bushels; "a inches
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deep, five bushels.
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.
Bayiess Boegess, q junk dealer. OF
Parkersburg, was s'res'ed and
given a hearing yesterday morning
before a Justice of the Peace on 9
charge of starving his horse tc
death Boggess has for some time
been Indifferent In his treatment OF
his team and some weeks ago left
them standing for four days with
out food or water.
Sunday the officials of the hu
name society were notified that one
of his horses had died of starvation
and an investigation was made
One horse was found dead and the
other In a starving condition. II
was fed and 1t Is thought 1t may ye'
survive. Boggess had simply lei
hts horses stand In the stable with
out food till one of them had dice
and the other was ready to. he
has bad record. having served g
term In the penitentiary from VIII
county for incest.