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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-11-13

many LOT new 10TH, Dut, Tic SpedAeI
serted, the customs officials changed the
classification at the instance Of the Amer
lean trust, whe1 eupon the New York i'm
porter cancelled the order.'' 1t was proved
to the customs officials said Dr. Brum-
Der, that the invoice was in exact accord
with the German sellers books, and that
instead of the goods being undervalued,
the books showed that shipments had been
made to India at still lower prices.
DR.. Brumer further asserted that the
customs officials treatment was dictated
by the interests of the home manufacture
ers and he continued:
1T is said that we must not offend the
United States, but they Will respect us
more and we shall gain more by showing
our teeth than by always giving pleasant
words
Herr Gothein, radical liberal, replied that
such words were no fitting .epilogue to
the sentiments expressed by Count Po-
sadoWski, the home secretary, in the pres
ence Of the foreign secretary, Baron Won
Richthofen, at Ambassador Whites fare
we'll dinner.
"They will make discord," he contin-
ued, among the wishes spoken there for
friendly relations with the United States.
Why empower the government to az
something it does not want to do? AL
though the present government would not
apply the paragraph. some succeeding
government might commit such folly.
Retaliatory duties are the weapon OF
Chauvinism and not of patriotism
Herr Fischback, radical, said all thu
chambers of commerce were opposed to {
tariff war with the United States:
Herr Broemel. radical, remarked tina
if Germany adopted retailatory measure:
against the United States because of regu
lations which applied to the goods of al
countries it would be a serious breach O.
the existing treaties.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

other pretty girl while the Eighty Mil
lions applaud and look interested. Or
Santos-Dumont circles the Tower, or
Miss Stone gets. kidnapped, or the
Moros massacre an American company
while the Eighty Millions thunder with
vast and inarticulate rage.
And so the ever moving pageant,
transitory yet eternal. The ridiculous
and the sublime. The heart rending
and mirth moving. And the phiIoso-
pher who sits apart in his isolated
stronghold often thinks of this vast
unending procession; he wonders and
is prone to ask, "How many of those
who grasp this fieeting fame will be
remembered and spoken of-twenty
centuries hence?" 1854.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

municipal or government ownership
will be found to be the path out of the
woods.
The advocates of municipal govern.
ment among intelligent people are be-
coming more numerous every day.
There is no question but what collective
ownership, in its broadest sense, will
eliminate the possibility of strikes. Nat
urally the great economical benefits to
be derived from it will make possible
readjustment of wages, fixed scale,
which is certainly preferable to leaving
the matter in the hands of an individ-
ual to juggle with. Strikes do not oc-
cur among post Office clerks, railway
mail clerks, school-teachers or other
government employees. Besides, peo-
pie are commencing to realize the alb
surdity of paying 20 or SO per cent prof
it to one or two owners of franchise
granted by the city and are enquiring
into the why and wherefore of the
systems.
Collective ownership has, to great
extent, practically been forced upon
the people as the only means by which
they can hope to escape paying tribute
to corporation that is without COM
petition. For instance, when the beef
trust raised the price of beef to such
an exhorbitant figure the retail butch
ers of Chicago, who were almost on the
verge of ruin, organized packing
house company amongst themselves
and subscribed FIVE million dollars
with which to build and establish
plant. All are to receive meat at cost,
plus the running expenses. If this
method were followed by the butchers
of every large city, the beef trust would
soon be brought to time.
There is no good reason why the gov
ernment should not control our rail-
roads, mines and steamship lines, and
our cities are perfectly able to take
care of all franchises which are now
granted to private parties. This would
give better service to the public, better
wages to the workingmen, would do
away with all strikes and labor move
ments, and last, but not least, would
enable us to say to some of our trust
magnates, $50 far, but no further"
L. fl. S.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Persian Rugs.

A great many persons fiatter them
selves that they are able to tell gen.
uine Persian rug from a spurious ma
chine made one by touch, but in this
they deceive themselves. The best and
surest way to tell genuine from an
imitation Persian rug is the following:
If one will look closely, one will OBJ
serve that in the genuine Persian rug
the intricate and complicated pattern
or design is not altogether symmetric-
al, the corresponding flowers, vines or
geOmetrical figures of one side being
a little out of line, larger or smaller
or not meeting and pointing with fig
ures on the corresponding detail on the
opposite side of the rug. This is owing
to the fact that in hand weaving it is
impossible to obtain perfect symmetry
of patterns, especially when the de-
signs are as complicated as they are
on Persian rugs On the other hand,
let one examine closely the machine
made rug, and one will find the most
perfect symmetry of pattern, so much
SO in fact that the design looks posi-
lively rigid and harsh. This is a pretty
safe guide, and if observed one will
seldom mistake an imitation for gen.
uine Persian rug -Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

all grievances with each other. Itcon-
sisted in one boy extending an invita-
tion to the other to meet him at Sc
lected time in the gymnasium. This
meant formal challenge to fist fight
under Queensberry rules, each selecting
seconds but no referee being appointed,
as every one present would take care
that all rules were observed. The fight
would last until one would acknowl-
edge himself defeated and shake hands
with the victor.
Another was that of declaring boy
sent to Coventry, and meant that no
other boy would speak to him or have
anything to do with him in any shape
or form that it was possible to avoid
during the time the ban was upon him.
Needless to say this was rarely resorted
to, but it was very effective means
of coercing an obnoxious schoolmate.
These instances all tend to show that
it will generally be much easier and
give far better results to inculcate the
best possible customs and engraft them
on the old traditions of any school than
endeavor to check probable evils by a
system of detection and expression.
Such change can easily be brought
about by interesting the captains of
the games or other recognized leaders
in the schools and persuading them by
degrees to bring the innovation to be
regarded as proper guiding principle.
Actual observers are the only ones who
appreciate to the full extent what de-
gree of moral suasion it is possible for
such leaders to use. E. G. A.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

eagerly she tore open the letter and de-
youred its contents. That was some
compensation for your absence; but by
and by correspondence became inter-
mlttent. You wrote in a formal and
perfnnctory manner, just to keep up
appearances, or perhaps ceased writing
altogether. The money sent from
home was always welcome, but the old
lady's letters! Tedious, unsophisticated
in style, and SO full of anxious inquiries
and entreaties, that you stuck them in
the fire in disgust, "Oh, it is the same
old,storyp'
Why did you not write to the poor
soul2 Surely your daily experiences
would have furnished ample material
for letter! But you did not write.
That silence meant for her torture day
and night, brooding over apprehensions,
Alas! too well grounded. And yet you
pride yourself on your refinement and
gentlemanly department in society.
You will not allow your so-caIled lady
friend to carry light parcel, nor will
you knowingly trample on her dress;
but you take good care that your poor
mother shall carry very, very heavy
heart, and you trample on her tenderest
feelings without compunction.
If man can despise the woman who
gave him birth, and make his nature
proof against all right and tender feel
ing, there is no brutality of which he
will not ultimately become capable.
Look at your hands! You pride your
self on their delicate whiteness. By
all means keep them white! But, re-
member, if you break your mothers
heart they will be stained with her
blood. In the natural order of things
she can not be here long, let her end be
peace, prize her while you have her.
Soon she will write her last letter, utter
her last prayer for her poor boy, speak
her last words of love; and then you
will be ushered into her room, and you
will kiss her poor wrinkled face, to find
it cold H. L.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

her little hatchet is a typical example
OF how some silly, demented person can
get his or her name on the lips of mil
lions simply through his or her idiotic
capers. And then there is old Cap.
Streeter, Emperor of the District of
Lake Michigan, who declares war on
Chicago every once in while. And
old Elijah Dowie with his Zion; Billy
Mason and Tillman who cut didoes in
the senate occasionally while the
Eighty Millions grin and make sarcas-
tic comments.
And the actress who has her dia-
monds 'sstolen," or the person who has
his picture published by the patent
medicine companies. "He is not in the
habit of recommending patent medi-
cines, but in this case, ETC." He also
incloses a photograph of himself in
case they should desire to publish it.
And the young poet who contributes
gushing effusions on Spring or Beau
tiful Snow; the amateur humorist with
his mouldy jokes and well won't be
hard on him. He is better than the
chronic kicker anyway
Funstontells us how he took "a ggie, !"
or Miles and the Administration have
another spat while the Eighty Millions
gyrate and whisper indistinguishable
phrases. And Dewey tells us how he
did it while the Eighty Millions below
at the memory of Manila bay.
Bryan tells us why he declined the
Tilden invitation, or Cleveland goes
fishing again, or Bill Clark buys an
other picture, or Charley Moore damns
the anarchists, or Hobson kisses an
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

The suns flames spring at times to
distance of $4,000 miles from its sur
face.
In dry air sound travels 1,442 feet
per second, in water 1900 feet and in
iron II, 500 feet
The amplitude of vibration of the
diaphragm of the telephone receiver in
reproducing speech is about the one
twenty -millionth of an inch.
Fresh air contains about three parts
of carbonic acid in 10000, respired air
about Al parts, and about five parts
will cause the air of room to become
s'close."
Holophane glass is pressed glass
resembling cut glass, having vertical
prisms on the insides for diffusing the
light and horizontal prisms on the out
side for directing the light. .-Ex.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Paper Read Before the chuutauqua Circle.

PdDer Read Before the Oh Iutd,tQud Circle
i I UNDOUBTEDLY the labor ques-
tion is one of the most import
~ ant problems of the day. 1t
is receiving a great amount of
attention, but no more than is its due,
for upon the solution of it depends the
welfare of nine-tenths of the civilized
human race. The laboring classes have
been brought face to face with the des-
potism and greed of INCORPORATED
wealth, which sometimes acknowledges
nolaw of Christian charity and whose
ears are frequently closed to the plea
of justice. This is true of the great
coal combine. The men composing it,
feeling themselves secure in the enjoy
ment of their vast incomes, have be-
come oblivious not only to the wants
and necessities of their employees but
also to their rights. The concentration
of wealth in few hands, and the fact
that theirs is anatural monopoly, gives
these men the power to crush whoever
they see fit and keep the mechanics,
clerks and laborers in their employ on
almost starvation wages.
The railroads of this country pay
enormous salaries to their presidents
and few of the higher officials; their
annual profits are enormous; they ab-
sorb competing line after competing
line; they use their influence to secure
valuable land grants from the govern
ment, while the men who are toiling
day by day to make this wealth pro-
Life are paid miserable wages--and the
people at large pay the freight. The
employees realize that theirs is not a
fair share of the profits. They have
repeatedly tried to better their condition
through strikes and agitation, but so
far have not gained very much. It is
true that some strikes have been won
by the strikers, but they were forced to
pay more than fair price for victory
in suffering and hardship. Looked at
from a rational standpoint, it is highly
unnatural for capital and labor to be
continually quarreling. Their interests
are identical. But since it has been
proven that employer and employee
find it difficult to work in harmony, and
since the general public is made tc
suffer from their dispute, believe that
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
School Customs.
Andover boys have
been caught cribbing at their
entrance exa amination to

been caught cribbing at their
i entrance examination to
Princeton. Such is the brief
press report, and yet how many curious
"reminiscences it will recall to some of
us; not necessarily connected with the
same offense, but with some old custom
or tradition which held good in the
school we were educated in.
That cribbing WAS regarded as fair
game at Andover, if it could be done
without detection, is more than prob
able, otherwise so many would not
have attempted it at the same time.
1t is form of deceit practiced daily
and hourly by most young people, in
another way. It is merely pretending
to another person, and endeavoring to
make that person believe, that you are
better Informed or qualified to suit his
requirements than is really the case,
and it becomes crime only when done
for the sake of obtaining something of
value from another.
Seven years of my life were spent at
preparatory school, and often
wonder if similar customs to those
was used to prevailed at other such
schools and whether it is a universal
fact that those customs are far more
rigidly observed than any rules laid
down by the masters.
There cribbing or prompting were
strictly tabooed by the boys in all COM
petitive exams, but in other cases
were looked on as joke on the mas
ter. / can only remember one instance
of anyone cribbing at competitive
exam.
Among other customs I might men,
ton that of no given ns nes being ever
used, a boy always being known by his
surname or nickname. This applied
even to brothers addressing each other
SO long as they were within hearing
+ of anyone connected with the school.
The only exception to this was on the
school honors list when the full names
would be given.
Another was that against "sneaking''
or telling tales and was carried SO far
that on one occasion / remember the
whole school being severely punished
for fault committed by one who would
not give himself up, and this notwith-
standing that at least thirty-five OF
forty boys knew the offender. In such
cases it was considered etiquette for
the offender to give himself up.
Another was the method of settling
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
The Panorama

"HE newspapers constitute a
huge background to a huge
stage, across which, daily and
nightly, passes string of per-
formers whose costumes, gestures and
parts are never exactly similar to one
another, yet all bear certain relation
to the whole. Each performer speaks
his little piece, struts his little strut,
rants his little rant, and then vanishes
perhaps forever, perhaps for an hour.
And then what marvellous variety
of players there are who go through
their daily capers before the eighty mil
lion people who form this mighty
American audience. Some comic, some
tragic, some sentimental. And the
fierce and the meek, and the grotesque,
fantastic and fanatical. And the hero
and coward. And the slave and the
tyrant. Each day before our eyes are
paraded the names of those who are
doing things. Those who are in the
march of events. The reckless devil
who seeks "the bubble reputation at the
cannon's mouth, the fool who seeks to
grasp fleeing and transitory fame, OF
the genius who builds for immortality
One of the strangest things in life is the
fame achieved by some fool or crank
who is thrown into the glare of publicity
by his freakish acts, or, if 1 might coin
an expression. by his absurd absurdity
An absurd man is not neticed much
but an absurdly absurd man is no.
ticed by everyone. Carrie Nation with
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Retrospection..

On the hillside an orchard stands,
Fenced in by walls of stone,
With golden fruit down. laden,
The burdened branches groan.
Swept by the dust of the roadside,
Gnarled and SCARED and gray,
Its knotted arms outstanding
To the meadows, far away.
Where by the winding river,
The stately elm trees stand,
Fair as the cup of the lily,
Held 10 maiden's hand
To their branches idly swaying,
No burden of fruit doth cling,
But mid their dancing leaflets
Flashes the orioles wing.
And the toil-wearied hearts on the hillside
Ever long for the Joy of the plain
Which now would we chose, my brother
Could we live our lives over again?
Eugene Barry.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07

=
lXX E smile at the quaint appear
wv ance of our great-grand-
Y Y mothers appareled in huge
bonnets, needing and pos
sessing huge strings; bonnets which
made sailing against the wind, or meet
ing neighbor in narrow lane alike a
serious business. We smile also at that
capricious fashion which, few years
ago, imposed upon our sisters a bonnet,
which the wearer might lose without
missing, and which any person might
find without becoming enriched-a
bonnet quite innocent of string. We
smile, but have we not also ostracized
strings? Not bonnet strings, perhaps,
but leading strings.
A young man descries upon his up
per lip an adumbration symptomatic of
moustache, and imagines himself
somebody. He must now assert his
manhood, and repudiate all childish
things in general, and leading strings
in particular. The old folks are too
jog-a-trot for him. His motto is, "Pro-
gress," and no tether must restrain his
pace, or circumscribe the sphere of his
enterprises. Some poor noodles may
require looking after, but as for him,
he is quite able of taking care of him.
self. He is a full-grown man. The
old folks forewarn him of young mems
danger, but he ridicules the bare idea
of his being caught mapping.
Saying prayers, church-going, and
goody-goody talk about angels are all
very well for children or old women in
their dotage, but not for young man
with a moustache growing" So he
argues, and votes all parental displays
of anxiety in religious direction as
mistaken. kindnesses, than which a
Christmas hamper would be much
more acceptable.
Young man, you remember the day
you left home? 1t was hard work for
the old lady to say, "Good-by,. wasn't
/ it9 Tears trickled down her face as
she pressed you to her bosom, gave you
true mothers kiss, and tried to say,
@God bless you my boy" but couldn't.
As the first step outside the old home
has often proved the first step to ruin,
that night she, with love second only
to the great Fathers, commended you
to the care of the Almighty; and each
returning night saw her pleading at
the Throne of Grace on behalf Of her
absent boy. How patiently she awaited
the arrival of your first letter; what q
thrill Of joy she experienced when she
heard the mail carriers knock! How
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1902-08-07
Broken Ties.

Paper Read Before the oha,aauqua circle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-17
Tide Table.
The Sun and Nc
rrow-Sun rises, 6:13 am.
The Citv LIGHTS.
Coal Prices.
To the Editor Of The Evening Star:

To the Editor of The Evening Star:
1 read in The Star that the "coal oper-
ators" give the comforting assurance that
the price of coal will probably drop down
to IS ton and remain a while at that
price. This advance of S1.25 per ton on
this springs retail price ought to go a good
ways toward recouping the alleged losses
the barons had to meet on account of the
strike. Since anthracite coal delivered at
the mouth of the pit costs them just about
that they will receive the price Of two tons
for one for while" lie, as long as they
see fit. 1t might be well for the arbitra-
ton commission to try and find out into
whose pockets the other SO, the difference
between that $1.25 and the $6.75 this years
price. went to. The retail dealers get very
little of 1t. / don't know of any who have
become millionaires by retailing coal 1t
Is the railroads. 1t is said who rob the
mine owners. poor things of the better pa TT
of 1t. said railroads being also owned by
the mine owners. Not that the discovery
of the leak will help the public. The only
remedy Is for the people to avail themselves
of anv substitute for anthracite, even if not
at first quite so satisfactory, until that SUBJ
stitute also gets into the hands of a monop-
oily. and then look around for another
A VICTIM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-17
News From Georgetown.

While standing at the corner of 36th
street and Prospect avenue northwest yes
terday afternoon about 2:30 o'clock, Charles
Davis. sixty-eight years old, a resident of
Montgomery county, Md, was taken sud-
denly Ill and fell to the ground, sustaining a
small cut in the back of his head. He was
removed to Georgetown University Hospi-
tai for treatment in the seventh precinct
patrol wagon.
1t is not probable that the work of enlarg
ing the Georgetown University Hospital
will be commenced before next February.
The sisters in charge state that although
they are DESTROYS of having a new addition
to the institution it will be impossible to
carry out their plans before the date named.
The present accommoda lions at the hospi-
tai are entirely inadequate for the demands
made on the institution, and new addition
will undoubtedly prove to be a great benefit
to the West End section of the city. A lawn
fete was recently held on the campus of the
Georgetown University for the benefit of the
building fund. Quite large sum Of money
was realized from the affair and numerous
contributions have been received
The contract for the building of two dou-
BILE quarters for four line officers and their
families at Fort Myer, Va, will be awarded
tomorrow. The work will be commenced
Immediately. as there is great need of
Officers quarters at the post.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-17
A Field Gun for the Army.

The board Of ordnance and Notifications
definitely decided upon a recommendation
regarding field gun for the United States
artillery If this recommendation Is ap-
proved by the Secretary Of War; the ord
nance bureau will be directed to at once
proceed with the manufacture Of field guns,
using as type the best feature of the vari-
Gus types of guns which have been consid-
cred by the board of ordnance and fortified
tons. 1t is probable that this gun will re-
structed by the ordnance bureau. This
gun, however, was defective In some points.
being considered too heavy. The breach
mechanism, it was said, was not strong
will be remedied. The object to be attained
is to have the manufacture Of field guns
begin at once.