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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
THE NAUTICAL DAY


Numerous Duties Ships Tradition the DOG
Watch"
Eight BELLS ship has this number
of bells but it is nautical term for the hour The nautical
day begins and ends at when eght bels
it is also at o'clock, o'clock midnight
bell is struck hafhourly being
half hour until eight
of a navy Ship the re-
Spouse would be bells and not the hour The bell
is Of ordinary size only but it has
just behind the foremast The captains orderly usually
watches the clock and officer
hour it is in number of bells who then orders the bell
But o'clock in the morning this varied,
DERBY reporting to the officer of the deck Eight bells sir
when the officer replies REPORT to the captain eight bells
chronometers wound" The captain then responds
we'll; make So" which the orderly reports
of deck, messenger boy
watch eight captain
to remain silent and not say make it so no one would
hear the eight, day
Of joint At "eight BELLS
until the navigator has corrected the clock either by his
monday sight position of the ship when
his chronometer If with fleet at naval station the bell
senior sounds
stands by the bell with capper hand and
flag officers bell begins to strike the bells
the large fleet lying
together the effect interesting and agreeable and
might imagine that chimes being
Every navy world England follows the
CUSTOM England the dog watch, from
to o'clock in evening" strikes
every till o'clock and then at $50 bell is
struck to three bells at 7:30 O'clock but eight
bells o'clock Tradition gives this for
the British rnutinies
ships struck in other navies but in
those munies the signal agreed upon by the mutneers
bells 630 m, and at that hour the mutt
to STAY their officers Then when order
the the dog watch system of bells
was adopted allay superstition
ships bell has other duties tnan that of keep
ing the Sunday mornings for the
chaplain his substitute; also
bury the dead and is fire signal when vigorously
the ships take the positions to they
have been assigned day detailed
to ship ben is not used fire signal n
gagement for the that the might
stricken and distracted from the fight
reported to the captain and he dispatches
officer with to exnguish it. The bell is also
Tho hin at ia in
between each set of strokes
several confusion is
half struck pairs, with
odd number IS to be
last. tolling
while those for fog in sets Of three and
for fire they follow with great rapidy-New
York Times
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Prizes For o. Picture Story
Plots to Be LUoven BY Journal Junior Story
Teiters .about "The Tvo Cronies," One Of
the Pictures NoD Exhibition at the Pub
lie Library.

the Pictures NoU Exhibition at the Pub
Tic Library.
PRIZES
A. Elephant" by Ellen VeIvin z.
Putnam Served the King" by James Otis.
"Ferniey House," by Laura e. Richards.
In exhibition at the library the auspices
of the Society Arts there pcure-No. 104,-
called Crones, painted by Clara T. MacChesney
books announced above will be given
three stories using this picture
1t is hoped that of the picture be
publication with the pr1ze-wnnng stories
CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST.
The stories not less than 400 length
nor 800 words.
They must be marked with the number of
have, underlined sentence which fits
the illustration
The stories strictly original must be pre-
pared with the regular
Junior work.
Each give his first, third choice
Of books.
The be marked picture Story Contest"
and the Editor of the
The exhibition Oct. IL. Admission on
Saturdays children. At other times there
Of cents
Journal Junior
Not Later Than Monday Evening, Oct ~,
The price, winning stories win be printed
Nov 8.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
A Clear Distinction.
PHILADELPHIA Press.

a speech Booker T. Washington related the
who purchased third class ticket and
assigned with the rstclass in stage
unable understand the distinction. but
when the stage called out:
'Frst-class passengers remain in seats second
class passengers get walk hirdclass
and push. %~~=@> 49, .~~s ~'s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04

I SUGGESTIONS for Designers.
The designs may drawings, photographs,
anything in fact that will attract attention
! to the firm that is advertising
! There is expense attached to the
! The designs should be least six inches and
! quarter
! All drawings must black white only.
India ink should be inks,
blue black greensh
/ Do not make the designs crowded.
! White spaces show off advertising matter.
Name, address, grade should be written
Oh the back of the design ITSELF and not separate
I piece of paper.
One offered for the best advertisements
for the WORKS BISCUIT COMPANY.
There to be two designs.
One is for TA-KO-MA BISCUIT which must
tain beside the words THE only biscuit of the kind made in
the northwest and the of the firm Works Biscuit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
The U'orld for a Ueek

=7HE president has at last taken a the coal
FRI strike. 1t is than five months since
- the strike declared. and apparently there was
I1&NNI no possibility of settlement
80 left In the hands of the operators and the opera
tives OF the mines affected Hospitals in the east are al
beginning to suffer for lack of fuel and the outlook
with winter a gloomy The
MITCHELL president of the
Mine association, the presidents of
the various roads, to meet in his presence
yesterday Friday morning. This action Is the most re-
markabe taken by president Of the United States
the cabinet there is way
United States and the form
to bring about federal intervention to end
high it felt that the president
would not have offered to act as mediator were he not
reasonably being able to settle the matter and bring
about the opening of the mines.
1t was found during the week that the abcess the
leg had been expected
and this revealed the
fact that the bone itself injured
expected that his recovery will be rapid and
The note to the powers by Secretary Hay protesting
against Roumana has brought
apparent in the stopping of the issue Of passports
this country This is Of the results sought
Secretary Hay tact recognition of the
by the Roumanan government The note is still dis
various governments and it quite
tain that France will take stand with the United
states IN support OF some movement ainons 'e po
Roumana for better treatment of her
population. stands aloof at present. but
believed she will also eventually be found with France
United States.
Conditions on the ishmus stormy enough to
prohibit the marines warshps
another Deen
being hurried the Olympia,
Cogh1ans flagship to permit earlier sailing for
originally intended. This with the
dispatch the Prarie already mentioned with the
ships the for weeks, make
be sufficient to-
serious outbreak on forbidden territory
New Orleans has been in throes street
strike for the past week. Hardly turning
cept United States mall and these
against possible attack by the
The power connecting with Of the barns
and the electric lnemen who also
sympathetic strike refused to try to locate
break. Of to be the
is much inconvenience to
the public.
Emf French novelist, lately widely
with the reopenig Of the Dreyfus
case, sufocaton Sept. 2e A small
in seepngroom had out the fatal carbonic
acid fumes. lola unconscious when found, but
it is believed lola born at Paris
April g. 1S4O
The Nazina district in the heart of the Copper VAL
ley Alaska, believed be the richest gold bearing
Nome discovered four years
known to be rich in gold comprises 300
square thousands Of miles Of
yet to be explored Plenty Of timber
make the field good
David E. Thompson, the minister for the United
Brazil began life freight handler rail-
worked brakeman and conductor, and
was finally division superintendent of the Burlington
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04

Company and "Minnea pos' The word "company' must
spelled in full be hyphenated like
copy
The second design is for "PANTAN,' ginger
The lettering be arranged the lines of the
accompanying cut,that u.s. the "P" and r" must be at
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
Fertile Nile Mud.

Nile mud, which renders Egypt habitable country
is striking resemblance to that which
season brought down by the Missouri -a~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04

1HE president has at last taken hand in the coal
strike It is more than five months since
the strike declared and apparently there was
gA possibility Of settlement If the matter were
left in the hands of the operators and the opera
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
WHEN THE BONDS WERE LOOSED
By CIcELY ALLEN.

Copyright, 1902 by the S. s. Mcclure Co.
''For the lands sake, Melia Brown, where
did you get that arbutus SO early in the sea-
son?'' And Miss Jane Prentice dropped the
broom with which she had been diligently
scrubbing her narrow flag walk and leaned
across the gate, her eyes -aligbt with pleasure.
Down to fuckers woods. There's lots Of
it on the other side of the creek. = The little
girl paused lingering the rough stems and
thick leaves nervously. Here's a little, Miss
Prentice, and I'd give you more, only I got
it for teacher l promised it to her yester-
day.
The child offered few short stalks crowned
with the waxlike, fragrant pink blossoms.
Miss Prentice pressed them to her face.
my, they do smell nice and woodsy, Meiia,
and I'm mighty obliged to you. If you stop
here on your way home, III have something
nice for you sure, perhaps a little iced cake"
When the girl had shyly spoken hergthanks
and taken herself off toward the schoolhouse,
Jane Prentice stood for a few moments, ap-
parently studying the pale pink flowers in her
hands. In reality a peculiar upheayal was
time in her life Miss Prentice, aged AZ, was
seriously contemplating a deviation from the
straight and narrow pathway, more than
that, the thorn -hedged, rigid path of domes-
tic tyranny.
She could look back to her days in pima
fores when the woods called her and domestic
duties held her fast, when the birds of the
air, the fishes in the stream, had a lesson for
her which she longed to learn. Yet ever be-
tween her and them stood the stern, unyield-
ing mother to whom certain daily household
duties and certain stints for girlish fingers
were as the laws of the Modes and the Per-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24

SLAMS. Every year the call had come to her
with the advent of spring, and every year
duty as represented by her mother had inter-
vened. There had been the walks and the
porches to scrub each day, the furniture to
polish Ooh, how she had learned to hate the
moist limp chamois skin with which she
weekly polished the mahogany table and
whatnot In the front ROOM, the sheets to be
turned and reseamed and the stocking bag
that seemed never to be entirely empty.
Mrs. Prentice had meant to do well by her
eldest daughter in thus molding her into
housewifely, forehanded habits, and it had
been a grievous disappointment to her when
Jane had refused one matrimonial offer after
another from men who recognized her worth
as housewife and homemaker. And per-
haps that was why the girl refused them all
she had no desire to change taskmasters In
vague way she was waiting for her day of
emancipation, but the children one after the
other had married and settled in neighboring
towns, until Mrs. Prentice and her elder
daughter were left alone. Then the busy
mother had died suddenly, falling with heart
disease in front of a cupboard where she had
been searching for impossible cobwebs
But years Of rigid performance of duties
had left Miss Jane too weak to break the
bonds at once, and even as she stood in the
narrow walk; with the gentle spring sunlight
twittering in the cherry tree near the we'll,
and the waxen flowers in her hands cajoling,
tempting her, she hesitated. The morning
work in the kitchen was not done. Dishes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
A CHARTER SUGGESTION

The Minneapolis Charter Unions execu-
tive committee announces that 1t favors
an attempt to secure home rule for the
city through the adoption by the people of
the present charter substantially as it
stands. The members Of the committee
feel that they are justified in concluding
from experience that there is no hope of
securing the adoption of new charter
at a regular election, and they have no
hope that the council will grant special
election. They think that the only way
out Of ,'"the woods" is to adopt the present
charter, thus making 1t home rule char
ter, which will be subject to amendment
by the people.
The charter reformers think that one
or two reforms at time can be adopted.
Each particular reform Is opposed by a
certain element and when all the reforms
are embodied in brand new charter the
various conservative forces are strong
enough to defeat it, especially at gen
eral election, where other matters engage
so much Of the electors attention. There
is some dissent from this view There
are some supporters of a new charter who
hold that at least one more attempt
should be made to secure the adoption of a
new charter, and that there is no cause
to give up the fight now.
OF course q new charter is preferable
to patchwork charter, and that is what
reform by amendment will give us. On
the other hand home rule, even with a
patchwork charter is clearly better than
the present system. Considering the
arguments on both sides we are inclined
to think that the outlook for the adoption
Of new charter is not bright. At any
rate the committee has performed pub
lie service In stating his views, and the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
INVESTMENT AND SPECULATIVE STOCK

A lively discussion has been on for sew
eral months in New York financial cir
cles regarding the status of the so-called
''industrials" in the New York stock mar
ket. Two important things happened to
change their standing. One was the pres
1dent's message. which, in touching upon
the trust question in a general way.
brought out the desirability of public
knowledge Of the affairs of these com
pan1es; the other was the action of the
United States Steel corporation, which in
It's first report gave a general summary
of earnings, expenditures and other items
of value to the investor. Heretofore it
has been the rule that the Industrial com
panies have not taken the public into
their confidence. The investor who bought
railroad stock might make poor selec-
ton and a poor investment, but at least
he had the regular periodical figures Of
increasing or decreasing earnings to guide
him. 1t was not so with the industrials.
In the case with the most of them these
requisites We're and are still lacking. Con-
sequently the only thing the prospective
investor can do is to make rough ap-
proclamation and even that must be quail
flied.
The result of this has been that the
investing public, always chary of the in
dustrial, has fought shy of them more
and more Of late. Several disastrous deals,
notably II e Amalgamated Copper 1asco.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
discussion that is sure to follow will
probably make it clear whether 1t is adj
visable to adopt it's suggestion.

Cuba will probably bless. in future
years, the military government it is
about to lose. The beforehand latter pic
lures of streets, parks and public build
ings In Havana may we'll cause many
American municipalities to wish that
they might be administered by the army
long enough to teach civilians how to
clean up, repair streets and keep Scity
looking we'll. There are numerous streets
in Minneapolis that need repair and
cleaning as much as Havana's streets
needed them before the American occu-
patton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
Daily New York Letter

calendar OF one such camp that makes it's
quarter in the Catskills is as follows:
July Camp party arrives.
July 4-Preliminary field day, with fireworks
in the evening
July 3o-Water sports events
Aug. 1.-THE long walk begins
Aug. 20-Field day events, water sports ex-
hibtion, campfire and songs in the evening.
Sept. 3-Camp closes.
mountain to climb and lake to swim in
these are the two cardinal points to be con-
sidered in selecting a spot for boys camp.
Altogether the institution Of the boys camp
solves most successfully the parental problem,
What shall We do with our boys in sum-
mer?"-if the parents can afford to SO solve
it, thatEis. Those in charge Of such camps
make very good thing of it, For college
instructors and other young men whose work
fits them for such things. the charge Of
boys camp is an excellent way to put in
the summer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
The Brooklyn Bridge Hog.

Magistrate Brann had before him in the
Tombs police court Saturday an individual
who had distinguished himself the night be-
fore In the rush for the Brooklyn bridge cars
by knocking, down a woman with two babies
in her arms. In announcing judgment the
court said: II have use for your kind.
You kick and wax fat in this city, but shall
do my utmost toward arresting your deveI-
opment. ! take only a punitive interest in
the human hog" A fine of $40 was imposed,
which the prisoner was unable to pay. So it
is to be hoped that this burlv ruffian is now
cooling his heels in a place conducive to re-
Election on the vanity of being a blackguard.
There is only one way to stop this barbar-
GUS sort of thing. Let it be known that every
one of these 'rushers" who is caught smash
ing his way through women and children
shall be treated il he had committed as
sauit and battery on an individual. The
plea 81 was only trying to get a seat or II
have as much right to a seat as anybody
else, having paid my fare should be treated
as an aggravation Of the original offense.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
A Test of the Affections.

When careful man has "a lawn that he
sexpends much force in keeping up to date,
the boys soon find it out and play ball in the
street in front. Of course, no boy intends to
dent the moist sod with his heels, but If the
ball goes oyer on the lawn. as it does about
every FIVE minutes, eighteen boys leap to re-
turn 1t to the street. Then four of the kids,
who are, attracted by the game but who are
not playing, get into stone fight. They take
Up positions on opposite sides Of the lawn and
begin to throw stones at one another across
it, Now and then a charge Is made, and the
nice greensward soon begins to look like a
gravel pit. Then the dogs walk over 1t, and
one of them digs olt a suspicious spot to test
the odor a little more carefully, and the boys
throw stones at him and chunks of lime and
mud. One genius. more brilliant than the
rest, throws an old tin can. t
You can't help loving boys and dogs. but
If it wasn't for Christianity there are times
when you would go out and slap them with
~, .-ES@% A. J. Russell.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
IDENTITY IN DOUBT

Before making millions, ex-senator Edward
o. Wolcott and his brother established law
and real estate Office in Georgetown, Col.
Henry Wolcott ran the real estate business
and did fairly well, but there was nothing
doing in the law, and the ex-senator became
discouraged, gossips Washington writer,
and decided to- move to an adjoining camp,
where a silver lead had been struck. He
packed his belongings on donkey. Just as
he was leaving he remembered his first sign.
reading, ED Wolcott & Brother" You
don't want that sign. do you, .HenrS?" asked
the ex-senator. 'No, Ed, take it along re-
piled Henry. Edward packed the sigh on the
donkey and arrived at the new mining camp
the next afternoon about dusk. The miners
came up and looked him over. One Oh them
read the sign strapped on the donkey back,
and asked: Which of you all Is Bd?''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24

have increased this feeling. The time Is
coming shortly when the Industrial com
panies will have to lay bare their hnan-
cial conditions if they are to have the
confidence Of the public. Several of them
have already done this, but the majority
still keep their affairs private
A good fight against this secretive pol
icy has been waged by the leading con-
servative financial publications of the
east. The Wall Street Journal, in maxi
ing clear its editorial attitude in the
matter, says:
Managers of industrial companies have felt
aggrieved because we Dersistently spoke OF
their companies as speculative" stock
Is speculative until its value can be deter
mined; as soon as this can be done 1t ceases
to be speculative and becomes an investment
stock, taking rank in some one Of the many
classes into which investment stocks are d.
vided. The essence of an investment lies in
the fact that its value is known. The es-
sence Of speculation is In the fact Of value
unknown.
When the managers of the industrials
see 1t this way and make regular state
ments of the financial conditions their
stocks will move up into the investment
class. Until then, the industrials, with
the few exceptions referred to, must be
looked upon. only as speculations and
they cannot hope for that solid backing
which comes from distribution in small
lots among investment buyers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
REMEMBERED OLD LOVE
Iowa Man Leaves Farm to Sweet
heart of Thirty Years Ago. :


heart of Thirty Years Ago.
Middleton, NJ Y, March 24.-Although
estranged from the sweetheart of his
youth nearly thirty years, Peter Barclay,
who recently died in Ringgold county,
Iowa, remembered her in his will to the
exent Of his earthly possessions and
Miss Rachel Dixon, the fortunate Sull1-
van county woman, has gone west to
claim the farm bequeathed her. In 1871
Miss Dixon and Barclay, who had been
lovers for nearly two years, quarreled be-
cause Barclay was jealous. The following
day Barclay left for the west. He To-
Gated in Iowa, where he married a year
later and began to accumulate property.
His wife and children died several years
ago. Miss Dixon declared to her friends
that she refused several offers of mar
riage after Barclay left because of the
love she bore him and she thought she
was entitled to the bequest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
BIBLE AND BUSINESS
Rockefeller AdrOitly Com bin

Rockefe1ler Adroit1y Combines
Them, Even ON Sunday.
New York, March 24-John D. Rocke-
Teller, Jr., in talking to the members OF
his Bible class on 9Why Should We Join
the Church," spoke of the methods OF
trusts, liking their benefits to those of
the Christian in allying himself with the
church. Said Mr.. Rockefeller:
To fight the battle alone is to be lost. As
ISOLATION with others is an absolute necessity
il we would be successful. In union there Is
strength and success. We can see this illus
trated day in the business world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24

The increased price Of meat is strong
reminder Of the interdependence OF yari-
GUS sections Of the United States. At
the time Of the drought in the corn belt
sympathizing with their neighbors, did
not feel that the failure of the corn crop
was likely to affect them unpleasantly.
But now because the corn belt farmer had
no corn, people everywhere must pay
more for meat.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-03-24
TRIPLE TRAGEDY

Chicago Police Scent a Double Mur.
der and Suicide.
Chicago March 24.-James Towns. his
wife and their Swear old daughter were
found dead in bed here to-day. They had
been asphyxiated by gas from the kitchen
range. A plug had been removed from
the range, and the mans arm was
thrown over the child, apparently holding
her down. These circumstances are cited
by the police as evidence of double muir
der and suicide.