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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-11
AN ENGLISHMAN'S chow 2"
New York Times,

Clinton Fiske has friend, an English
man by, birth and an American by force
of circumstances, who has been in this
country long enough to absorb the Ameri-
can idea of humor. Last summer he was
in London on a visit. and happening tc
have business with man on an upper
floor of tall building, took the 'lift'' tc
reach his office. The elevator was one Of
those excessively deliberate British at
fairs, and its snaillike progress annoyed
the Americanized Briton. The only other
occupant Of the car was middle aged
Englishman, with a manner Of peculiarly
English seriousness. The man from
America ventured to address him: -.
81 think could make great improve
ment in this lift,'s he said.
The Englishman looked seriously in.
terested. "How?" he asked.
why" the other man went on, 'I6
make it go faster by simple little ar
rangement. I'd stop the lift altogether
and move the building up and down."
The Englishman looked slightly more
Interested ~, .-
How" he asked. r:T -s.;- &C. ....
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T7D-BITS FROM HERE THERE AND EVERYWHERE
sCHLEY AT SANTIAGO
George Eduard Graham in Leslies
Woo1ylv

George Eduard Graham in Leslie's
Weekly.
The great fight of the day was now on,
for we were side5by side with the Viscaya,
fighting broadside fight, and at closer
quarters than had any Of the ships been.
There was a grinding, crashing noise from
the deck beneath us and Schley said,
quickly, "They have landed something in
us. Send messenger and see how many
ere killed and wounded" In a moment
the. messenger hurried up and reported
that a six and seven tenths-inch shell
had come in and exploded but that only
one man was hurt. .It isn't possible, is it
doubtful that such miraculous incident
should occur. And then, as he glued his
binoculars to his eyes and took another
glance at the Viscaya, which was on our
starboard quarter, he gave expression to
intense feeling in a long-drawn-out, my
God!" as his glasses showed him the pic
ture Of an eight-inch she'll from the
Brooklyn striking torpedo in one of the
Spanish ships forward torpedo tubes and
bursting out all of her port bow. But
the spirit of the contest overpowering him
again as he saw shell from the Oregon
strike the Viscaya astern, he shouted to
Captain Cook, exulttngly, We've got that
one, too, Cook. She can't stand that fir
ing" True to the prophecy, she turned
at that instant and started for the shore.
She listed little bit to port, where the
great ragged hole was torn in her side,
and Schley remarked in an instant, show
ing the performance of that humanity
which always marks the true hero,
"We'd better signal Phillips to stay along
side of her. She may go down in deep
water" The signal was not raised, how
ever, because before 1t could be prepared
she had run on coral ~reef and the
Iowa was going to her assistance.
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V1SCOUNT'S CORONET-EXACT IN EVERY
DETAIL.
The coronet Of a viscOunt consists of cir
Gle Of gold, ornamentcd with representations
of various jewels raised the surface.
Above and adjoining the rim are sixteen silver
posed of crimson velvet, turned up with en-
mine, and a tGsse of gold the top. A
viscountess' coronet is reduced fac smile.
doubts have been set at rest and MILFORD
can order his corOnet as soon as he sees
fit. .~.s-.
Strictly speaking, the "coronet" itself
is Lot the entire cap which completes
the regalia of ermine-lined velvet robes
IT, be Gonned by the noblemen at the COR
oEatiOn ceremony, but only silver cir
clet surmounted by a certain number of
silver spheres, according to the rank of
the Nearer. These, circlets are mounted
IN crimson velvet caps, silver-lined, and
wadded to fit the heads of their noble
Wearers The Iase of the circet is edged
with ernine, AMI there are loops of white
ribbon attached to the silk lining so that
peers can carry their coronets dangling
from the hand until King Edwards crown
is placed en- his head by the Archbishop
of Canterbury when the poblemen will
assume their headgear likewise,
The cCIOLets of peeresses will differ
from those worn by their lords only in
size and in the way they are worn. The
peer presses his COrOnet down on his
forehead, whereas his lady allows hers
to rest On her hair which will be worn
high at tile back of the head. The noble
ladies' will con their coronets only after
Queen Alexandra has received her crown
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-01-11
A MIRACLE EXPLAINED

PROFESSOR s. P. Langley, while In Tahiti
lately witnessed the hot stone walking Of
fapa.lta, and has found the explanation
OF this feat Of the priests of the islanders
OF oceanica, which has been such a mar
vel. He took the hottest stone of the
pile, one that had been stepped on sew
eral times by the bare feet of Papa-Ita
and his followers, and plunged it into a
pail or water, which boiled in twelve
minutes.
When L reached Washington, says the
professor, found it to be so Dourons thar
its specific gravity was but 2se and SO
non-conductible that small fragment
could be held in the fingers like stick of
sealing wax. while the other end was
made red-hot in. a blow pipe. This nom
conductibility is evidently the PRINCIPAL
miracle"
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CEMETERY FOR ANIMALS

Paris now possesses geological GENE
terry" situated on small island in the Seine
to the north Of the gay city. Some Of the
monuments are distinctly curious. One takes
the form of Corinthian pillar, on the tor
Of which the defunct dog is shown reposing or
a cushion under a gorgeous canopy.
A departed pet named Jappy is commemor-
ated by a life-size statue of himself, with
Pescals words, ''The more I see of men the
better love my dog as inscription.
Hard by is a sort Of family vault contain
ing the remains Of five dogs of various ages
There are three monuments erected to dogs
who had saved human life One Of these,
although one of it's legs was broken, JUMPED
into the Garonne and rescued a child in
danger of drowning; the tomb is tribute to
the brave animals memory by the chAd' s
mother. e. ~
A poodle Of the best family reposes under
a solid granite slab with Princess crown
and initials einblazoned in gold on the corner.
Inscriptions contrasting the qualities of men
and dogs to the advantage of the latter are
numerous.
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DEALERS IN LETTERS
St. Louis Republic

i
Did you ever hear of renting letters
yes-yes, and selling them, too-the or
binary enveloped missives that the post
man hands you, the kind that our Uncle
Samuel carries from point to point at the
rate of 2 cents per carry? Not the love
letter kind, They are for sale. too, but
in different way. Publishers get them
and give posterity the benefit. But the
letters Of to-day that Command favorable
rates in an extensive market are the let
tiers Of business.
This is in connection with that more or
less admirable industry known as "the
mail order business" The man or woman
'names." He Or she must know to whom
to send the carefully worded circulars
which, are to be productive of a golden
harvest. The old way of the mail order
agent was to insert an advertisement in
one of the many hundred of little papers
that people in the big cities seldom see,
but which have wide circulation in the
rural districts. That was pretty good
way, but to-day the mail order man thinks
he has much better one.
He procures list of names of persons
who have answered previous ADVERTISE
ments and to- the people on this list he
addresses circular. This is to him a
great saving. I 1t narrows down to spe-
cial field. Instead of declaiming to a
scattered and necessarily partially unin-
terested congregation he has the advant-
age of addressing carefully selected
audience all attentions One big New York
dealer in letters, speaking of his speciality
the other day, said:
There Is no way that man in my bust
ness can so quickly develop and promote
his interests as by the judicious use of
letters. On the average mail order propo-
sition they invariably yield prompt, profit
able returns to the user. I own to-day
In the neighborhood of 100000 of the
freshest. best assorted, and most desirable
agents and mail order buyers letters in
the United States. A million sounds like
pretty big number, but, then, there
is pretty big percentage of us who may
be interested in this or that scheme. The
postage alone on these letters represents,
in the original $4,000.
Il am constantly buying letters and as
constantly selling them over again. When
a man places an advertisement in one of
the little journals that circulate through
the country districts send him letter
offering to buy his letters after he is
through with them at so much per thou
sand or so much per hundred. Usually
he sells them fast enough. Then 1 put
an advertisement in the little journals
calling the attention of chaps who are
contemplating offering something along
the same line as was offered by the man
from whom 1 bought the letters. They
are, OF course, anxious to reach, without
taking roundabout course, such people
as would be specially interested in their
| offer. That's where I come in. Some
times sell outright, and again I simply
lease the letters, getting them back to
use when another man springs similarly
appropriate scheme
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G. L. MORRILL, IN MERRIE ENGLAND
London an Open Book of History and Literature and the Country
aScenc Panorama of Memories

We started out with a swinging tallyho
that shook us up like dice in box. We
had four good English horses, a horn
blowing footman to toot asthmatic echoes
and driver who knew how to size up his
passengers AS usual 1 found it paid to
be on good terms and make, friends with
the coachman. 1t was jolly party of
six, Months Of travel had jolted them
into a social disposition.
Gulliver's account Of his travels shows
tendency to exaggerated statement,
but II Mr.. G. had been with us he couldn't
have said too much for it was a Mark
Tapley crowd.
Paris Is not France and London is not
England; from the rush of the city we
came to the repose Of the country; if Lon
don had been an open book of history and
literature, the country was scenic pan
aroma. For week we saw vine-clad cot
tages and little inns with pretty milk
and bar-maids; here cattle in the green
. est OF pastures and there ivy clad churches
and towers; on all sides hawthorn hedges,
flower gardens, corn fields, oaks and
elms fresh and green. Now at last T
learned the meaning of England's raw
fog and mist and what they were good
for.
Windsor.
Windsor is twenty-six miles from Lon
don; I enjoyed this old town with it's
Carriers Inn" where old Jack Falstaff
used to jolly tsthe Merry Wives of Wind
sor.' There is royal forest of kingly
oaks, and Keep" where the youthful
James I. was imprisoned during which
time he wrote, "King's QUAR-" and made
love over the garden wall to. the girl he
afterwards married when set free. But
the main thing is the castle. that resi-
dence of royalty situated on the big
mound where the Round Tower stands.
This was the place where King Arthur
and his pals used to sit up nights and
booze the happy hours away. ST. Georges
Chapel invited us with its royal mauso-
leum, Its famous wrought iron work and
library with manuscripts by Da Vinci
and historic portraits by Holbein.
"Wolseys Tomb House is sad COM
mentary on human greatness. The poor
cardinal was turned down in his life,
the fine tomb he made for the repose of
his bones had the bronze torn off and was
melted and sold by the commonwealth.
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Angelo and Raphael, manuscript Of V1r-
gil, the first Mainz Bible and an Egyptian
edition of Plato. AS relief to all this
classic lore I recalled "Folly Bridge" saw
the site where King Alfred lived a thou
sand years ago, and laughed at the thought
of Crown Inn where Shakspere used TO
stop on his way to London, having left his
dear Ann Hathaway at home with the
children.
Observation-Disclosures.
We arrived at. this literary Mecca of
the worlds pilgrimage on rainy day, but
it was suggestive Of the tears of Joy
which millions shed on Shakspere's grave
to keep his memory green. We put up at
the Red Horse hotel, where Irving wrote
his suggestive sketch. After a big din
ner we viewed Child s American memorial
fountain with It's Gothic tower and clock,
then strolled across the fields to Ann
Hathaway's cottage to see where Shaks-
pere had played Romeo to the original
Juliet The Memorial library is filled
with thousands Of volumes Of the drama
fist and his commentators, and there Is a
fine theater auditorium where his plays
are yearly acted. OF course, we went to
his humble home with its low ceiling
room all scrubbed over with autographs OF
Byron, Dickens, Scott and some other
less illustrious people. At his school the
guide pointed out the place were Snak-
spere used to sit where he studied and
where he was logged. One of the most
Interesting points was Trinity church, by
clear flowing Avon. 1t made a pretty pic
ture, with its old elms, gray tombstones
and half-faded inscriptions. reverently
entered the building, walked down it's
cross formed aisles, which the sexton told
me inclined at an angle to represent the
Bonded head of the Savior" I admired
the memorial windows, and like steel to
magnet, was drawn to Shakspere's bust
and the slab beneath with it's quaint in
scription and request for rest, which
every "good friend" continues to respect
for his and Jesus sake
Who was Shakspere, anyhow? He has
been dead so long he cannot speak for
himself, and various answers have been
given. Some think he was combination
of boyish poetry and passion, prose and
poaching; others hold he was a mad
genius who married his wife by kind OF
poets license, and resembled Horace
Greeley In clothes and penmanship; others
maintain him to be the myriad minded
man who possessed capacity for uni
yersal knowledge without the universal
experience" Ignatius Donnelly thought
that Bacon wrote SHAKESPEARE, while a re-
cent writer declared that SHAKESPEARE
wrote Bacon. and there 1t Is. Well we
have the immortal works. How much
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Nearly every one who has been in Prince
Edward Island has tasted the delicious oysters
of that province. They are Of several kinds.
There are the Caraquettes, which are of small
size, the NarroWs, and the Malpecques. The
last named are large. Thirty years ago the
writer picked UP most palatable oysters, too,
on the shores of Bras dor lake, in Cape
Breton. Eastern Americans have long known
these savory bivalves, and because Of an
award, the highest, indeed, at the Paris ex-
position, Europeans are asking curiously for
them DR.. F. H. Moore of the United States
fishery commission arrived in Quebec last
week The commission intends to make an
attempt to breed oysters by artificial means
on the Pacific coast. DR.. Moore has been
engaged with the Canadian oyster expert, Mr..
Kemp, in taking temperatures and in test
ing the salinity of the water in various ports
of Prince Edward Island. While the Ameri
cans prefer small oysters as a rule, many Of
them have a particular relish for the NAL
pecques, which have strong saline flavor.
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EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY

r .
This Is story of man who has become a
successful merchant A few years ago he
was employed as an Office boy and messenger
for large firm. He was sent to collect an
accounts from a Arm which was considered
very "shaky,' and was told to get the money
at all hazards. ..
The debtors gave the lad a check for $50.
He went to the bank at once and cashed it,
and was told .iby the cashier that there not
enough funds to.meet it.sdj ..-es- ~.
How much short?'' asked the lad. ~
Thirty shillings,'' wasbthe answer. ~
1t lacked but a minute: or two of the time
for the bank to close. The boy felt in his
pocket, took out 30 shillings and, pushing
the money through the window, said: ~,
"Put that to the credit Of - & Co..,
The cashier did SO, whereupon the boy pre-
scented the check and got the money. - &
Co. failed the next day, and their chagrln can
be better imagined than described when they
found out the trick that had been played upon
them.
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was called out Of night to everlasting
day! The world has set up tablet in it's
heart and written thereon the tribute Of
love and respect. ;s
Stoke-Pogis.
tally renowned on account of Gray and his
"Elegy.' I saw the writer's cottage with
it's flowers and foliage. I wandered to the
church with its 'ivy-mantled tower and
looked at the grave beneath the oriel win
dow. He was a poet who more than
the warrior Wellington left deathless
fame in hearts by verses whose sentiment
will continue to sing through all eternity.
Seven years is a pretty long time to work
off an on on one poem, but he did and the
end justifies the means. I wonder if
seven times seven would enable another
man to write its equal?
warwick.
Warwick is eight miles from Stratford
and the road which had led through pretty
scenery at last came to bedrock, covered
with ivy and trees. In Imagination the
old knights and their ladies once more
came out to met us and stood and sat be-
side us. Here are towers of Caesar, and
Gateway, Guy and Sundial. The ocedars
OF Lebanon you see are grown from seed
Which, lie UfdV0 earl Drought from Fal-
estine. The castle looks bold and frown-
Ing as William the Conquerer who stopped
here on his first campaign. Windsor cas-
tie is fine feudal mansion; it's reception
room is decorated with antlers, axes, and
armor; it's drawing room is filled with
bronzes, mosaics and historic paintings.
These were all of interest to me but had
a Woman's curiosity to see Beauchamp
chapel Of stone, oak, stained glass, and its
armor- clad sculptured dead Here con-
tinue to lie the remains of Robert Dudley
earl of Leicester, that woman masher
who was Queen Elizabeth's favorite. She
thought SO much of him that she gave
him Kenilworth castle for Christmas
gift. The earl spent barrels of money
on it, had it guarded by thousands of sol
diers, and ran usher banquet hall which
was the scene of many a revel 1t was
presto change when Cromwell came and
knocked it into aEcocked hat. To-day it
is beautiful Uncovered red sandstone
ruin. Sir Walter Scott visited it, took
notes and gave us his Kenilworth. How
the vision Of the past rises at the pen OF
this wizard of the north. The ruins are
as empty as church contribution box
but he has made them full Of interest.
Chester.
Chester, Charge, Chester, charge and
you bet they did, for 1T was derby day
and an American horse had won the race.
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An Englishman wanted to bet with me.
told him it was against the ethics Of my
profession. He begged my "paadons' and
said that he would give half Of what he
had won to the collection the following
Sunday. I'm sure he lost This is an old
Roman town on the river Dee. There are
two miles of circular stone walls, forty
feet high in places, and wide enough for
a promenade. Briton Saxon and Dane
have in turn occupied this place. You find
good old timber houses which have come
down from the seventeenth century, while
some modern buildings are made to imi-
tate them in their crazy looking style.
There is curious covered sidewalk fol-
lowing the old Roman thoroughfare and
four streets at right angles, making roads
of continuous galleries over and, under
which the leaning houses line the streets.
Antiquarians have found many coins, al.
tars and Roman inscriptions On a spot
called the wishing Steps I lotered and
lounged wishing that / could "strike 1t
rich"
Birkenhead.
At last we reach Birkenhead on the
Mersey river opposite Liverpool 1t has
mammoth floating docks and big ferries.
There was something that struck me more
forcibly than all this and that was the
first good English argument had heard
for the Boer war. There were lot of
lazy men standing around to whom an old
lady said, 1.-THE war in Africa would be
good thing il you could just be sent over
there and do something
Liverpool.
Liverpool at last or Whirlpool, 1t
seemed to me that night, and Hotel Adel-
phi was friend in need and deed. Next
morning we met some of the party whom
we had been separated from for weeks.
After breakfast washed down by a cup
Of English tea we drove through shaded
boulevards to Princes park. The most
wonderful docks in the world line the
shore for a distance of seven miles. We
had time to look in the Old Town Hall,
st. Georges hall. built in the form of
Greek temple, and to attend the Walker
gallery filed with art treasures and
where, at this time, Munckacksy's ''Ecce
Homo was on exhibition. The grand old
man was born In this town, and our dis
tinguished novelist, Nathaniel Hawthorne,
was United States consul here from '53 to
81. We took pride in this and wrote our
name in black and not scarlet letters.
&c. L. Morrill,
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DON'T Talk or Think Limitations.
Success


Make UP your mind that the Crea+or r,.5a
you to enjoy life and to have all the good
things IN this world necessary to your we'll
pelng and moral and spiritual growth, Think
large things for yourself: for God did not set
1or you the narrow limit which you have in
mind. Limitation in thought will certainly
produce limitation In possession, IL Won ara
convinced that you will never have much,
that vol are poor and win remain SO, the
chances are ten to one that you will.
How can you expect to expand your life
to enlarge your possessions, to widen your
sphere, while You think and talk limitation?
Enlarge your horizon; be generous to yourself
In thought and ambition The Creator never
made people to limp along the starvation line;
there are enough resources in the world to
make everybody we'll, happy aud cont ented.
The great trouble with US is that we circum-
scribe ourselves by thinking within narrow
limits. LAS a man thinketh in his heart, so
is he"
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"A HEN ON"
Harper's Magazine.

Harpers Magazine.
, 1t was in the morning hours of 'bake
day" in the little out-of- the-way village.
The mingled doors of fresh bread, and
cookies foated out of the open kitchen
windows. t.@
From one of sthe smaller cottages at the
end Of the street came barefooted
child in a colorless calico dress and slat
sun-bonnet. With the important air Of
heavy buyer she entered the village
store, and handed across the counter a
blue teacup. The proprietor took the cup,
and said in brisk tones: .s r.. -.
"Well, Emmy, what does your ma want
to-day?" |
"Please, sir, ma wants an eggs worth
of molasses,' and she carefully placed a
large white egg on the counter.
From stone jug little molasses was
poured, and the cup set before the Gus
toner. IL :. e.
"Mr. Smif,'' she said, as she took her
purchase, ''I'll be back in a little while
for some ginger. Ma said to tell you the
black hen was on Il ~.
And the buyer walked with dignity. out
of the store door and up the village street
to her home. s 49, .-.