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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
"YOUR MOVE NEXTs'
New York Times


When the American management assumed
control of the Grand Trunk railway III Can
ada it set about the abolition of many easy
going habits the employees had drifted into.
One unbusness-like practice to which the
telegraph operators of the road were addicted
was playing checkers over the wires. Each
operator kept a numbered checker board
and after arranging the checkers on the
squares when the wires were not busy, they
indicated the moves to be made by tele-
graphing the numbers of the squares a
checker was to be moved from and to. The
objection the management had against check
er playing was that the pastime sometimes
occupied the keys against the transmission
of important dispatches.
One wintert's evening. shortly after the new
management took over the Canadian railroad
two operators stationed along the main line
east were Willing away the thine playing
checkers when a key was opened at the Mon
treal office. The head office Of the Grand
Trunk Is at Montreal and the superlnten-
dents "call'' requires Immediate attention
and clear wire. The checker-playing oper-
ator nearer Montreal heard the magic signal
and promptly opened his key. His friend
further west, being without suspicion and
unable to account for the interruption in
the game licked out the inquiry: Whose
next move?' and on receiving no answer re-
peated 1t, giving his station call. ~
. Then the Montreal key, operated by touch
that strange, wired the terse reply:
II guess it will be your next move. am
the new superintendent" . ..
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ONE ON THE BISHOP
Modern Society, London.

-H0Ue11l ooCIeCy, LUHuOn
An excellent story is being told of Bishop
King OF Lincoln, who is even still perhaps
familiar to many as Canon" King, by which
name he was known and dearly loved when
he was at Oxford, at ''the House, more than
a dozen years ago. When he was staying at
Bournemouth he had been sitting upon one
of the seats of the Parade, and, owing to
the infrmities OF his advanced age, he found
some difficulty in getting from his seat. A
little girl ran up and offered to help him, and
the bishop thanked her in his own peculiarly
sweet way, but added, II am afraid you are
not strong enough, my child To this the
little girl replied briskly, 80! lor, yes, sir;
why, I've often helped daddy when he's much
more drunk than you are!'' No one would
appreciate the humor of this reply more than
Bishop King, who has sometimes been de-
scribed, not inaptly, as "the friend of the
human race"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
T7D-BITS FROM HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE
FASCINATING GAME OF PING.PONG

may bat ping pong ball against even the
daintiest bit of br1c-a-brac with perfect
impunity. clever Englishman noted
this quality of the little balls and ping
pong was the result.
The game is usually played on dining
room table about seven to nine feet long,
by about that width, without cloth.
Across this is stretched theG net, the
height OF which may be varied from five to
seven inches. The game is played by two
players, one Of whom stands at either end
OF the table. The ball is served as in
tennis and must drop anywhere ON the
table. Six games constitute a set and
the rules, except for the absence of divi-
slons IN the court. are practically iden-
t1cal with those of tennis. In England
the rackets used are almost exactly like
the old fashioned battledore, parchment
being stretched on both sides of the
frame The American racket is a great
improvement on. this, only one sheet of
parchment being set In the center Of tho
frame and the handle consisting of inter-
laced rattan stripe. SO as to give an ex-
cellent hold.
To acquire experiences at ping pong re-
Qulres much practice, the ball being so
light that the most extreme delicacy Of
touch is requisite to place it properly and
avoid batting it off the table.
liable football may also be played
with ping pong balls with an accompani-
ment of much riotous fun. The goal
keepers sit at each end Of the table be-
hind the goals, represented by two pieces
of sugar set about a foot apart and the
players sit alternately on both sides OF
the table. No one is allowed to touch
the ball, the object being to blow it
through the opponents goal. The game
generally continues until one side sue
| combs to exhaustion resulting from
laughter and loss of breath.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
NATIONS IN MANY TRADES
Some Make Cards, Some Bind Books and One Sweeps
Chirnneys.

The idea of nation going into trade
seems at first incongruous, says an Eng
lish paper, but as the majority OF Eu-
ropean governments are constantly get
ting into financial quagmires that nave
perforce to make money by setting them
selves up in business. s
Russia first started in trade at the
close of the Crtmean war. Money was
scarce, so the government, noticing that
people were making a lot of money ny
selling the old iron picked up on the bat
tlefields and in Sebastopol, decided to act
as auctioneer. Officials were appointed as
mediums between the vendors and pur-
chasers, and for their services In this
capacity exacted siXpence from both
parties on every hundredweight of metal
sold, This brought Russia in 10000 by
the time all the iron was bought up.
Spain goes in for trade whenever her.
finances want attending to. Two years
prior to the outbreak of the war with
America she decided to turn an honest
penny by linen and plate marking. Ac-
cordingly an act was passed making II
compulsory for everybody whose income ex-
ceeded certain sum to have their linen,
and plate properly marked, with an al
formative of S20 fine for breaking the
law The government did all the mark
ing, and earned $1,000, 900 sterling before
the law was repealed year later.
Eighteen months passed, ana then SPUN
decided to take I'D bookbindlng. the gov
eminent made 1t imperative for all new
books to be bound by the state, and SUI
pervised every bookbinding business in
the country. Another law compelled the
owners Of all mules born within certain
period to take the animals to government
officials for branding, at charge OF As a
head, and these two businesses brought
versatile Spain in several millions.
Italy and France have both made good
thing out of their business as the nation
al tobacconists. Italy pockets profit
Of 5000 900 a year in this manner and
France SIS, ,OO0 with an addition mil
lion from the sale Of matches. The
italian government also clears $3,0O0,OOO a
year by the state lotteries, retains mo-
nopoly of all the flags used in the coun-
try, and makes handsome profit by the
sale Of snow from her mountains, which is
brought down in baskets by night and
sold for refrigerating purposes
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Greece has tried many ways Of making
money of late, but none OF them are very
successful. The government makes and
sells all the playing cards used In the
country, and also retails a little bronze
badge which finds a ready sale at sh1l-
ling as International emblem. These two
monopolies produce 100000 year.
Sweden goes in for banking, and conducts
a state bank which is responsible Tor
revenue of s150,000 per annun.
1t is rather surprising that Austria
should choose The uncongenial occupation
of sweeping chinneys in order to raise tine
lacking millions, hut such is the case.
Some time ago the government announced
that every chimney must be swept once
month and the government would 90 1t
for a fee Of Is 10d per chimney. All the
chimney sweeps Of the country were
pressed into the government service, 1or
no competition was allowed, and Austria
managed to accumulate 4Soo, ooo yea1
in his manner, in addition to fines OF 4lO
each, which people were compelled to pay
for breaking the regulation. Moreover,
the government built and conducts SWIM
ming baths throughout the country. ana
realizes a million and half year by
her state lotteries
There is evidently large profit at
tached to pawnbroking, or France Would
not interest herself in the business In ad-
dition to her trade in tobacco. The Mont
de-Piete at Paris is the national pawn
shop, which the government conducts, ana
it brings in the very respectable revenue
of million "a year. Anything may pc
pawned free, from coffin to an elephant
both of which, it may be mentioned, nave
figured among the pledges before now
and money Is lent at the rate OF per
cent interest.
Other trades are we'll represented, for
France falso runs tEeater and does
big business as a SOAP merchant. Rus-
STA more or less controls all her theaters,
and taxes every playgoe!' penny for her
supervision, the 100000 derived from
this source going towards the mainte-
nance of the, Empress Marie Foundation,
an institution for the poor Of the land.
Germany keeps a corps Of house cleansers
which she loans for spring cleaning at
profit Of $500 900 per annum, and Hesse
acts as a matrimonial agent by taxing all
her bachelors over the age Of 30.
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Philadelphia Record.
HAVING nnnnI,arad ENGLAND and overr,

Philadelphia Record.
Having conquered England and overrun
Canada ping pong has begun the invasion
of the United States and has already made
considerable inroads in the domains Of
bridge whist, progressive euchre and other
indoor games. Every household in eng
land has its ping pong set. No one thinks
of asking tDo you play ping pong" 1t is
taken as a matter of course. AS we'll
ask a young Englishman if he plays
cricket
There is no parallel for the furore that
the game has caused. The musical "ping!"
"pong!" notes Of balls rebounding from
parchment raquettes-from which the
game takes it's name-are ringing from
Lands End to John O. Greats House, and
seem likely to follow the proverbial Brit
ish drum-beat round the world. Ping
pong tournaments have become the most
popular form of entertainment. The lat
est tournament held at the Aquarium in
London drew enormous crowds and scores
of expert players competed for prizes
worth many thousands Of dollars. In
Montreal the game has recently become
the rage and it was first introduced in
New York last summer. 1t has sprung
into great popularity within the last two
months. One dealer alone in New York
sold 10000 sets during the holidays.
While ping pong is a distinctively Eng
lish game, being simply the adaptation Z
lawn tennis to indoor conditions. it act
ually owes its existence to the American
invention of the hollow celluloid ball,
commonly sold in the streets here half a
dozen years ago. 1t ist this airy little
sphere, hardly more substantial than a
soap bubble and yet almost indestructible
and marvelously resilient that alone
makes the playing of ping pong, or in
door tennis. as we call it, possible. You
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08

position and water supply. Mr.. 1lstrup
outlined his views before the recent con-
vention of state sanitary officials which
held alternate sessions in Minneapolis anc
st. Paul, and before another regular SEES
sion of the legislature he will seek to in
teEest Minneapolis officialdomto the point
of1taking the initiative to this end.
Individual communities, Mr.. Ilstrup de-
clares, cannot possibly look at this matter
from anyt hing more than the CONSTRUCTED
standpoint of local needs. To assure
proper results the matter must be han
died on the broad plane of the whole
states interest, and state supervision I'M
der the direction of an expert commission
of sanitary engineers is the only correct
plan. 1t is not probable, he thinks, that
anything of great scope or moment will
need to be done for years to come, but
to his view it is part of wisdom to now
recognize that the time surely Is coming
when action along this line will be neces-
sary and to prepare now to meet the
problem intelligently.
Such a commission, he holds, should
have power to investigate conditions
throughout the state both as regards
water supply and sewage disposal, and
not only protect communities from them
selves, but from each other. For instance,
st. Paul might be greatly menaced
through the selfishness. or folly, or Short
sight edness of Minneapolis in disposing of
it's sewage and Minneapolis in turn suffer
from pollution of her water supply by con-
ditions made by st. Cloud, Anoka, Brain
erd and the other rapidly growing cities
above here. There are communities in
the state to-day, he believes, that through
local conditions Of sewage disposal or
water supply are in danger. They need
enlightenment and a remedy, and state
| commission Of experts could give both.
Other communities now without sewage or
water systems will soon be wanting them
| Who could better advise them as to how
! to go at it with the best results and at
| the least cost than such body as he pro-
poses? 1t won't do for communities to go
| on using cesspools and stagnant water for
| sewage disposal nor disease breeding
pools for water supply. he declares. And
!. the lakes must be kept absolutely unde-
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same piece of ground, about 400 acres,
continuously. The working expenses for
the past three years were $4,000 a year
and there was obtained from the sale of
produce $4,000. The cost of the system
was about 100000 and $4,000 persons are
served.
one-fourth of the sewage of Paris is
taken care of in this way, on farm of
l,48O acres and the cost of operation is
800 900 year, with only about one-tenth
or that amount returned in the sale of
produce Berlin has two sewage farms,
comprising $4,000 acres, and the sewage
of 1000, 900 is handled there.
The results are generally satisfactory.
With proper treatment it is held that this
process will furnish a purer effiuent, both
chemically and microscopically, than is
found in many wells and brooks Under
careless management the system works
badly and as high as 80 per cent of the
original amount of ammonia contained in
the crude sewage is often found in the
effiuent. There are three plans involved
IN the operation of broad irrigation,-sur-
face irrigation, bed irrigation and irriga-
ton by flooding. Minneapolis has an ideal
soil for working this system of sewage
disposal.
The system Of chemical precipitation is
used both in this country and Europe,
but is not now regarded with favor by
most experts. Chemical precipitation does
not destroy the Objectionable matter in
the sewage, but acts only on the floating
and dissolved matter, forming insoluable
compounds which settle to the bottom.
The precipitant used is lime, sulphate of
ammonia and salts Of iron. The best re-
suits yet obtained from this treatmen. of
sewage in practical way is the removal
Of 95 per cent OF the suspended matter,
Is per cent of the soluble organic matter,
! and from 20 to 80 per cent Of all organic
matter. Both efauent and siudge may be
made free from bacteria. The sludge
amounts to about forty tons per million
gallons or sewage, and Its disposal is quite
| an important economical factor in the
operation of the system. It has little
value as fertilizing product, and even
IN Europe considerable part OF It has to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08
the Mississippi Act as Scaveng
Under Present Conditions.

are rigidly enforced. When, in the de-
velopment of community it's sewage
passes the standard then it would be the
duty Of the commission to step in, sug-
gest the best remedy and compel its ap
plication.
Scientific Sewage Disposal.
Sewage contains about 99S parts of
water, one part of organic matter and
one part of mineral matter. 1t has little
manurial value. Boston's water carriage
is estimated to be worth for fertilizing
purposes only one cent ton. Ordinary
sewage does not putresce until from
twenty-four to sixty hours after it's dis
charge. The only true destruction of the
dangerous characteristics of sewage, the
authorities hold, is that effected by OK
idation and bacterial action. Oxidation
does not destroy, but merely transforms
the putrescible organic matter into harm
less mineral compounds.
There are three methods Of scientific
disposal OF sewage commonly in useY-
fltration, broad irrigation and chemical
precipitation. Each has it's particular adj
vantages, and the selection Of the system
depends largely upon local conditions. A
prerequisite in Minneapolis under any
plan would be system Of intercepting
sewers to divert the fowage to some COM
mon point where it could be made innoc-
uous before entering the river. Each
method works to the same end,-to de-
stroy the bacterial growths and make the
efluent harmless.
Mechanical filtration is the more mod
ern system and most applicable to cities
like Minneapolis. There is no chemical
used. It is system of natural filtration
| through sand, gravel, coke, etc., and It's
effect is to oxidize the sewage, or to break
up all organic matter, and leave only min
eral compounds and clear, innocuous eff
| fluent. It Is used successfully in scores
of American cities. :
| Under this method the sewage is dis
| tributed over the surface OF the soil in
! termittently and in as great volume and
| at as short Intervals as can be- properly
absorbed and purified by the land. The
! sewage passes through four. to six feet OF
altering material and then flows away
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08

be worth about $4,000, probably even more If
it were a fawless stone: a four-carat dia-
mond would not be worth the half of that
sum. a@-
The so-called "Black Prince ruby" de-
rived its name from the fact that it was
given to Edward, the Black Prince, by Don
Pedro Of CASTLE in gratitude for the victory
of Logrono in April, 1867, which restored the
throne Of Spain to Don Pedro. Henry v.
wore it In his helmet at the battle of Agin-
court, and 1t has ever since formed part of
the crown jewels of England. In spite Of its
having been proved to be nothing but a
spinel it still figures in the description of
the regalia as a ''ruby,'' and as such was
shown at the famous exhibition of 1862, when
the royal jewels were one Of the most in
teresting exhibits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08

IE3sM MSsa fourth Of the citys total popu-
EA AMSgg& lation. There are 155 miles OF
sewers, draining an area of 1910 acres, or
1886 square miles. This sewage reaches
the river through ten public sewer out
let's, seven on the West Side and three
on the East, and there are, besides, nn-
merOus private sewers OF small capacity.
The average dry weather sewage flow
in Minneapolis is approximately ll,OOO,O00
cubic feet each tWenty-four hours. ms
Is equivalent to one full hours flow OF the
Mississippi river at the present stage OF
water. In other words, every twenty-tour
cubic feet Of water flowing past the city
to-day is diluted with one cubic foot Of
sewage by the time it reaches the st.
Paul line In the extremely dry season
the ratio is about 1 to 10, while during
severe transforms the total sewage as
charge is frequently as high as 1000 cubic
feet in second, almost twice the vois
ume OF the river at it's minimum
With the extension of the sewage sys-
tenn at the rate of from eight to ten miles
per year, the drainage area will grow
rapidly larger and the ratio of the volume
Of sewage to the water in the river IN
crease constantly from year to year. Some
day it is going to exceed the standard
of safety set by the sanitary experts and
the situation will become menace to
the health of this and other communities
down the river. The current of the river
at Minneapolis is now swift and the vol
,1me ample at all times to take care of
the sewage. Following the extension of
the sewage area, however, and the COM
pletion of the navigation dam in the river,
there is going to come condition which,
in time, will probably call a halt on the
present system Of sewage disposal in Min
neapolis.
state Supervision Suggested.
Looking ahead to that time, Sewer En-
gineer Carl Ilstrup of the city engineers
staff declares that imm ediate steps should
Sc taken to secure legislation in Mime
sofa looking to the organization OF 2 sys-
tenn Of state supervision OF sewage dis
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filed and the water courses used only
where the conditions of current and vol
ume allow it to- be done with perfect
safety to all concerned. And all advice
and direction on this subject should. come
from expert authority having power from
the state.
If it is now considered proper that
cities and towns should be compelled to
consult central authority in the matter
of plans for jails, lock-ups and aims
houses, how much more necessary is it,
he points out, that water supply and
sewage disposal be put under expert con-
troll.
A Community of Interest.
There is a vital community of interest
here. The urban communities in the
state are now getting to the point in
their development that they have not
wholly separate interests in the above
regards. They are fast becoming inter
dependent, as in the more populous states
to the east, and Minnesota must soon fol-
low the lead set there Massachusetts
has very comprehensive and intelligent
system of state supervision of these
matters and the public health has been
vastly benefited by its efforts. Mime
sofa should legislate now with that end
in view for some Indefinite future time
Mr.. IIstrup sees no occasion for any
, immediate action in the direction of any
change in present methods Of sewage dis
pcsal in Minneapolis. AS for St. Paul,
with the completion of the dams they will
be even less concerned there than now,
as the dam areas acting as sedimentation
basins, will tend to keep Minneapolis
! filth in its own territory. Minneapolis
sewage, he claims, is distinctly above the
| average in qualitJ, owing to the oxidation
ard aeration possible through the rapid
fall in sewer levels and the frequent
abrupt drops. But there are communities
| in the state, he thinks, where immedi-
ate changes would be a positive benefit to
\ health. @ s I. ssj a77sss z.
One of the first duties of such a con.-
mission as is proposed, he holds, would be
| to establish a maximum standard of sew
iage pollution in a stream. In European
states there are such regulations and they
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08

When the postman delivers the mail at
the residence Of Mr.. and Mrs. Clement
Moore, Euclid avenue, Hackensack, N. j.,
he is greeted with a shrill, clear army call
from a Gagged bird. The strain, whistled
through without break, was long ago
identified by military residents in the
community as the "adjutant's CALL" The
newspaper carrier receives the same sa-
lutte, also the master of the house. Desnl-
tory visitors pass unnoticed.
When Jack, the bird, is In good humor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-08

he will obey the signal OF master and
mistress, and will whistle the refrain
through for the edification of company.
When particularly interested in his audi
ence he will add to his repertory the
clearly defined assembly CALI and con-
clude with the stable call
Jack is probably the Oldest tropical"
bird in captivity, and is thought to be the
only one of the kind In the United States.
He was purchased by Mr.. Moore almost
fourteen years ago, and was thought to
be several years old at that time.