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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-12-03
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the National Council Of Jewish Women formal
ly opcned last night i'll Eutaw Place temple.
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had a sudden severe attack of gastritis last
night. lie was Frustrated for the time, but was
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rotary emeritus of the Home Mission Society OF
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WISHED TO FURNISH HIS HOME.

John Foley. who lives in West st. Paul, was
arrested yesterday charged with entering a
Pullman car and carrying away $500 worth of
silyerware. Most of the stolen property was
found In his possession. Foley explained that
he had recently been married and wanted to fur
nish his home in style. Daniel Foley, his
brother and Paul Selvis are also under arrest on
the same charge. ., =. ..,.. .--. ''e
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The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
Salt as a Cure For Pneumonia.

The great value of salt as an anti
septic and the fact that nature ap-
pears to have made it an essential in
gredient in the food of nearly all ami
mails have made the medical profession
very h%ospitable toward new theories
or discoveries regarding its therapeutic
qualities. The doctors, in fact, are
never unprepared for the announce
ment of some extraordinary cure eff
fected by the use of this widely dis
tributed compound.
That pneumonia can be cured by
pumping an eight per cent. sodium
chloride solution at temperatures rang
ing from 100 to 100 degrees Fahren-
heit into the lungs, however, naturally
taxes the credulity of most physicians.
This achievement was announced by
DR.. W. Byron Conkley in a paper read
by him before the American Medical
Association at the recent convention
at Saratoga. That such a saline solu-
ton would be death to all bacteria, and
would also have an antiseptic effect
upon diseased tissue will be readily
conceded. 1t is a question Of getting
the solution into the lungs in such a
way that the patient could stand the
Observation-Disclosures Record-Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
Trade Conditions in South Africa.

Now that peace has been declared in
South Africa there will come an enor-
nous demand for goods. Many farm
houses in the Transvaal and the Orange
River Colony have had their matched
roofs burned and will have to be re-
rooted, probably with galvanized iron,
a material much used for this purpose
there. 1t will also be necessary for
many of the farmers to purchase new
agricultural implements, vehicles, fur
niture, harness and food for a and
beast. Every store will have to be re-
stocked. In short, all enterprises will
be started anew, and it will not be pos
sible to get goods into the interior fast
enough to meet the demand that will
arise.
All nations are awaiting this trade
and are preparing for it by establishing
direct lines of ocean transportation
all nations except the United States,
which, other than an occasional freight
steamer, has no direct communication
with Cape Colony.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01

sufficient vitality, an operation for
ovarian troubles. Not a very cheerful
prospect, to be sure. I, however, was
advised to try Lydia Il. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and Sam
Rtive Wash; 1 did so, fortunately
for me. Before a month had passed I
felt that my general health had inn
proved; in three months more I was
cured, and / have been in perfect
health since. / did not lose an engage
ment or miss q meal.
Your Vegetable Compound is err
tainly wonderful, and well worthy the
praise your admiring friends who have
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always speak highly of It, and you
will admit I have good reason to do
o .n-MRs. g. BRUCE, Lansing, Mich.
$4,000 forfeit If aboue testimonial is not genuine.
The fullest counsel ON this
subject can be secured without
cost by writing to Mrs Pinkham,
Lynn, Mass. Your letter win be
entirely confidential.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
A Benefit to Farmers.

The benefits that will undoubtedly
result to farmers from the recent incor-
poration Of the International Harvester
Company which took over the business
Of the five leading harvester manufac-
turers have probably not been consid-
cred by a large portion Of the farming
community.
The economical necessity of a consol-
idation Of the interests Of manufacture
ers and those of their farmer custom
ers must be apparent to any one who
understands the present situation.
The increased and increasing cost Of
material, manufacturing and selling
The latter in consequence Of extreme
and bitter competition between manu-
%'acturers and their several selling agents
has made the business Improbable.
The two alternatives left for the
manufacturers were either the increas-
.ng of the prices of machines or the re-
:luction of the cost Of manufacture and
sales. The latter could only be accom-
plished by concentrating the business
in one company.
As can readily be seen, the forming
Of the new company was not a stock
iobbing operation but a centering Of
mutual interests. There is no Watered
stock; the capitalization Is conserva-
tive and represented by actual and tam
gible assets. There Is no stock offered
to the public, it having all been sub
scribed and paid for by the manufac-
turers and their associates.
The management of the International
Harvester Company is in the hands of
we'll known, experienced men.
The officers are: President, Cyrus Fl.
Mccormick; Chairman Executive Com
rnittee, Charles Deering; Chairman FL
lance Committee, George w. Perkins;
Yice-Presidents, Harold F. Mccormick,
James Deering, VIM. II. Jones and John
7. Glessner; Secretary and Treasurer,
Richard +. Howe. The members Of the
Board Of Directors are as follows: Cy-
rus Bentley, William Deering, Charles
Deering, James Deering, Eldridge NJ.
Fowler, E. H. Gary, John J. Glessner.
Richard F. Howe. Abram NJ. Hyatt,
William Fl. Jones, Cyrus II. McCor-
mick, Harold F. Mccormick, George
w. Perkins, Norman B. Ream, Leslie
y. Ward, Paul D. Cravath.
The International Harvester Com
pany owns five of the largest harvester
plants in existence, the Champion,
Deering, Mccormick, Milwaukee and
Plano-plants that have been produc-
ing nearly Or quite 90 per cent. of the
harvesting machines of the world.
It also owns timber and coal lands,
blast furnaces and a steel plant; 1t has
a new factory in the process of con-
struction in Canada.
It is believed that the cost Of produc-
:ng grain, grass and corn harvesting
machines will be SO reduced that the
present low prices can be continued,
and that consequently the results can
not be otherwise than beneficial to the
armer. To maintain the present prices
Of these machines means to continue
and increase the development of the
agriculture Of the world, for no one
cause has contributed or can contrib
ute more to this development than the
clleapness of machines for harvesting
grains.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
Cabman Not Satisfied.

When D. M. Osborne, the Auburn
manufacturer, and one Of the most
last campaign, vas visiting in Lon
don an English friend remarked that
1t was impossible to satisfy a London
"cabby," nomatter what one gave him.
II think I a do It," said Mr.. Os.
borne, and they took a hanson driv.
en- by an Irishman. After riding three
or four blocks they got out, and Mr.
Osborne handed the driver a sover-
eign. He was walking away. when
the driver called him back. The driver
was lingering the gold piece lovingly.
The possibility that he was going to
protest against being paid SO much
entered the Americans head. It van
ished when the "cahby'' said:
81 say. sir. an don't you think II q
bloomin' shame to break this for Q
drink"
Mr.. Osborne handed over a shilling.
II was wrong" he said, when he 70.
joined his English friend. you can
not satisfy a London cabman."-NeW
York Tribune.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
England and France.

Two hundred years ago England had
the worst roads in the world, because
the ~peasantry living on the roads alone
We're required to work them. In speak
ing of them, Macauley says, THAT a
route connecting two great towns
which have a large and fOurishing
trade with each other should be main
tanned at the cost of the rural popula-
ton scattered between them is mani
festly unjust. 1t was not until many
toll bars have been violently pulled
down, until the troSps had in many
instances been forced to act against
the people and until much blood had
been shed that a good system had been
introduced" Every class now con
tributes to the maintenance Of the road
system in England.
The French have probably the most
efficient laws and regulations in the
world for the building and repairing
of highways. The Minister of Public
Works has the general superintend-
ence of all roads and ways by land and
by water. There are four classes of
roads recognized by law-namely ~
national, e. department., 81 military
and a. cross roads. National roads are
built and kept up by the national treas
ury. Departmental roads are a charge
upon the departments through which
they pass, and part of the military
roads are kept up by the government
and a part by the departments through
which the roads pass.
The cross roads are kept up by the
communes, though sometimes in thin
ly populated regions these communes
receive assistance from the govern
ment, especially when these roads be-
come of Importance.
The national roads are paved like a
street, having an average width of
fifty-two and one-half feet. The de-
partmental roads are thirty-nine feet
wide, and the military and cross roads
are of variable width. Piles OF broken
stone are placed at convnient distances,
and a man is constantly employed in
repairing each section.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01

At a recent meeting of the Wash
ington Biological society W. Cooke
discussed Bird Migration Routes"
paying special attention to the theory
that in crossing considerable bodies
of water birds either follow along ex-
listing islands, or where islands or d.
rect land connection formerly existed.
The speaker gave the results of long
and careful observation of many mi
gratory North American birds, and
showed that in passing from the
Southern states to Yucatan and Cen
raj America, or in returning, the
small birds pass directly over the
Gulf of Mexico, where there has never
been land. Very few of our birds
either winter in Cuba or pass through
it while migrating, while the popular
idea that birds pass from north to
South America along the Windward
and Leeward Islands is entirely in
correct. Neither, as far as could be
ascertained, do birds follow certain
routes or flames" in their migration,
but cover a wide area.
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.yusf the same.

They were old friends, and had been
sweethearts in their younger days.
There was silver In her hair and snow
In his, and they sat and talked Of old
times when they were young. They
did not speak Of dates. It raj simply
when we were young" Their first
meeting, their first quarrel. the last
kiss, their last quarrel. all gone
over. Perhaps they both warmed q
little over the re~coilectfons.
At last he said:
AYE. Jennie. an ] haena leyed
anybody since you. ] hae neYar for
gotten you'll"
aJohn," sha said, sEeetIy. and With
d ltttla uio.stenlng Of the eyss. 'you'rs
tnss o. big . stcry.sallag N eyaRze ~
NaaeYe ys jtst The sarnsl@
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
Farmers Like oil-covered Roads.


The work Of oiling the roads is TAX
ing right along with farmers and peo-
pie who come TO Augusta from the
country. Nearly the whole Of last
week was spent by the gang assigned
to this work and the apparatus in
treating the Wrightsboro road to this
new bath. The first experiment was
made several weeks ago by Judge Eve
at the stockade, but he thought the ex-
pertinent had not been given a proper
test when under shelter, and decided
as soon as practicable to get on the
road in open with the oil. The expert
ment at the stockade was such a sue
cess that the Grand Jury recommended
the use of the oil on the roads, and the
Wrightsboro thoroughfare was select
ed as the first to be given the treat
ment. Several farmers coming into
the city to-day over that portion al
ready covered say the travel has been
greatly improved. They notice at once
the absence of the dust usual on a dry,
hot day as this, and say their horses
seem to really enjoy travelling over it.
Where the sun strikes the work the Oil
percolates with surprising rapidity and
in a couple Of days the road is in good
condition for travelling. After the bath
the surface is left with a kind of
spongy covering, yet Of a nature into
which the tires of the vehicles do not
sink or cut as might be expected. The
experiment period is practically over
now. and the new material will be used
on the road improvement throughout
the county this year.-Augusta (Ga.)
Herald.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
Not Ready to Mako In.

They had been having a discussion
concerning the necessity or otherwise
of purchasing a new silk dress in or
der to be on q level with the De Mon
eys next door, Banks had vetoed the
purchase on the ground of extrava
gance and want OF funds, and his wife
WSs much put out.
Dinner ready, my dear?" he asked
IN his most conciliatory manner. Hell
lace had been like a stale thunder
utorm ever since the disagreement
ind Banks wanted to change it.
YES" answered Mrs. b, shortly
, Must try again." said Parks tc
Himself. Then aloud: "Ah, I am
glad of that, my love. I have what
NE poets would call an aching void,
Sarah."
you often suffer from headache"
abe returned in a cutting tone.
Banks drew his chair I'D to the
table with unnecessary noise, and re,
Trained from further attempts at con.
'iliation Tor the rest of the day
Gtray Stories.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
STORAGE OF GRAIN IN AMERICA
Elevator System Reaches Development,
ELsowhere.

OAhno"4 ntBOH ASE6s
The farmers of the United States to
day are sowing corn fields aggregatinf
over eighty million acres-ten million
more than ten years ago, and harvest
ing two billion bushels and over II
a season. Their wheat fields cover
forty million ecres-four million more
than in 1S90-and even the oat ares
Is nearly thirty million acres, an In
crease of 20 per cent. It may be i'm
possible to sell such a crop immediate
ly except at a loss. Therefore the i'm
peratiVe necessity for storage facili
ties has resulted In the development
OF the elevator system in America or
q scale unknown elsewhere in the
world.
On a Dakota, Kansas or Nebrasks
farm where the harvest field may
cover 500 or 1000 acres only a small
portion of the yield Is threshed and
placed In the barn bins. The bulk Is
carried to what are termed railroad ell
evators located in convenient towns
These vary in capacity from 10000 tc
100000 bushels, according to their 10
cation in the producing district, and
from them the transportation company
loads its cars for the domestic or for
eign market. But the district eleva.
tors, as they might be called, repre-
sent only a fraction Of the space fol
storage which now exists in the Unit
e. States. Before it Is loaded on ship
board at tidewater, a cargo may pass
through four or five different build
ings, be transferred from a to Q
sci and back again to car, as the mod
ern processes employed facilitate It'll
handling with ease and economy.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
GOOD g
g ROADS S.
Has the Best Methods.

OF all the counties in the State,
interest in good roads and the best
methods of getting and maintaining
the same. Just how many of Oneida's
inhabitants have attained to this high
stage of civilization We do not know,
but certainly enough of them have
done so to form a good roads league
which not only takes energetic part
in the practical work Of scientific high
way improvement, but also gives wide
distribution to we'll prepared ''litera-
ture' on the subject, urging other
people to wake up in their W inter-
tests, to abandon the old and bar
barous plan Of wasting inexpert labor
on bad roads, and, taking advantage
of the Higbie-Armstrong act, to pay
their taxes in money, secure the aid
offered by the State, and to become
rich and happy after the example of
Oneida County. Besides an elaborate
report on its own operations. the league
is now sending out the recommended
tons of the standing committee ap-
pointed at the last convention of the
Highway Supervisors convention. This
is a really able document, containing
many excellent suggestions, and well
calculated to convince all readers, as
it says, that the improvement of our
State highways is not a fad in the in
terest of the users of light vehicles, but
a question of the greatest commercial
Importance, affecting the transporta-
ton of the farm products of the State,
and of as much Importance to the in
the cheapening Of transportation on
railroads controlled by corporations, OF
tereSts of the State of New York as
the cheapening of transportation on
the State canals. Especial attention is
deserved by the paragraphs devoted to
the rapidity with which narrow tires
on heavily loaded vehicles will destroy
even the best Of roads, to the need OF
sign posts, and to the best ways. OF
raising money for creating a system Of
highways worthy of the Empire State.
The activities of this Oneida County
Good Roads League are all highly CON
mendable. 1t is beyond question that
money spent in~telligently on roads
brings in a larger return to a greater
number Of people than almost any
other investment of public funds, and
is a form Of taxation which ought to
be much more popular than it is.-New
York Times.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01

An English physician has lately re-
ported on the diseases prevalent in
Alaska, after a residence of 16
months in the country. There are
two seasons, winter, the season of
pack-ice; summer, the season of
swamps. The winter lasts for nine
months, the summer for three. Among
human maladies cerebro-spinal-men-
nights is very prevalent, sometimes
in epidemic, somtimes in sporadic
form. 1t is often difficult to distin-
guishfrom the cerebral form of ty-
phoid. Scorbutus is also widespread.
Rheumatism is frequent and usually
takes the neuralgia type; inflamma-
tory rheumatism is rare. Pneumonia
is almost unknown, strange to say.
Affections of the digestion are very
frequent owing to poor food; nervous
diseases, such as locomotor ataxia,
and the like are prevalent, due to the
ennui of the long winter, but on the
whole, intemperance is less harmful in
Alaska than in more southern eli
mates. Insanity Is by no means rare,
and it declares itself most frequently
in winter, owing to ennui, absence of
occupation, lack of exercise and iso-
lation. It's usual form is acute mel
ancholia, almost always followed by
acute mania. Suicidal mania is also
frequent. Taken altogether, the cat,
elogue Of Alaskan diseases Ia a long
one. and indicates that a vigorous
physique and morale Is required to
resist them,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
A Gentleman,

One Of our readers sends a nice
story about the question, What is a
gentleman?" Hearing a house carpen-
ter spoken of as a gentleman by a
furniture remover, he sought deli
cately for explanations. "Lor' bless
yer, sir" answered the furniture re.
mover, i've calls every man a gentle.
man as pays twenty shillings Ia the
pound '-Logdou Globe,
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01

The popular belief that a person who
has once had smallpox, measles, sea
let fever or other contagious disease is
thereby made immune to that partic-
ular disease for the rest of his life is
erroneous. A Swiss physician has been
examining the records of such dis
eases and in the statistics at his dis.
posal-which are very defective, as
comparatively few physicians take the
trouble to report such observations to
the medical Journalistic finds no less
than 52S persons who have had small
pox twice, nine who have had it three
times and one who has had it seven
times. For scarlet fever he finds IA
double and seven triple attacks. A
hundred and three persons had two
and three had seven attacks of
measles; 203 had typhus twice, five
thrice, one four times, and even chol-
era shows Twenty-Five second and
three third attacks. The natural in
ference is that during the prevalence of
an epidemic one should not rashly
expose himself to contagion, even if
he has already had the disease.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01

While greatly improving the potato
the Germans have so increased the croI
that new ways of d~isposing of it have
had to be sought. They now feed
about two-fifths to farm animals, and
the alcohol makers are striving to in
crease the demand for their product,
SO much of the potatoes is water that
three and one-half tons may be reduced
to one ton by drying. The dried pota
toes keep so much longer and are
so much more readily transported thai
those interested in the industry fee
justified in Offering 10000 marks as q
prize for the best process Of drying.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01

Few people have any idea of the
enormity of the insurance business of
the United States. 1t not only ex-
ceeds that of any other country, but
is twice as great as that of all the
rest of the world combined. At the
present time there is in the United
States about $12, 900, OOO, 900 of life in
surance in force including assess
ment business. This means $3.50 for
every man, woman and child in the
country, or $500 for every family. The
annual risks written by the fire insur-
ance companies are estimated at $780,
900, 000, 900, which is $3.50 per capita,
or $3.50 per family. Thus it will be
seen that every family in the coun-
try on an average has insurance as
sets of over $4,000.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01

The Oriental Yankees, the Japan
csc, who do everything neatly and al
low nothing to go to waste. have
queer way Of harvesting their wheat
Instead Of ruthlessly cutting it down
with a scythe or a reaper. they pull VI
much of it by hand and clip off the
roots with shears, fol they wish tC
keep the beautiful long golden straw>
from getting bruised or broken. With
them the straws are almost as valuable
as the grain. They are fattened and
then softened, and are woven, either
whole or split, into mattings, baskets
hats and hundreds of other things
Even the waste ends from weaving are
turned into pulp and used.
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01

The Electrical World sums up the
possibilities of the electrical storage
battery, in comparison with the petro-
leum motor, for automobiles as fol
lows: But wen If We obtain twenty
Watt-hours per pound of battery, this
only means the inherent theoretical
potentiality of lifting it's Owl weight
ten miles against sea-level gravitation,
as against a lifting potential energy of
5000 miles in petroleum, although the
petroleum motor but a small
percentage of this enormous poten-
tial energy"
The Opelousas courier., 1902-11-01
SURGICAL OPERATIONS
How Mrs. Bruce, @ Noted Opera
Singer, Escaped an Operation.
Proof That Many Operations
for Ovarian Troubles are In.
necessary.

"DEAR MRS. PISzHAM :-Travel1ine
Cor years on the road, with irregular
meals and sleep and damp beds, broke
down my health so completely two
years ago that the physician advised a
complete rest, and when l had gained