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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
ALL: ABOUT FOOLS
AND THEIR RICHES

Frank Crane, pastor Of Union
church of Worcester, Mass, in re-
cent talk on t"The Poor Fool and the
Fool Rich,' said:
A tract is a pamphlet, not to read,
but to give to your friends.
From good deal Of religious teach
ing we gather that if you are good
you'll get rich, and if you get rich
twill be great pity.
Why should little Willie be taught
in Sabbath school. to be good, so that
he may get on. and the Hon. William
in his old age be exhorted to tremble
because he has got on?
The whole trouble lies in our defini-
ton of riches. Riches consists not in
money, but in two things, character
and friendships.
There are two kinds of fools about
money, the father who burns up his
life In getting it, and the son who
burns up his life in getting rid Of 1t.
Most rich people are not men Of
means but of ends.
Dives was a fool because he thought
when he had become rich, that he was
thru, whereas to be rich is to be just
begun.
Real wealth consists in having
plenty Of the right kind Of supplies.
Civilization means the multiplied
| Ton Of wants; Christianity, the inn
provement Of their quality.
! Poverty is a curse. And the poor
est man is the paltry soul with a lot
Of money.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

money will be mighty sorry they can't
pay. Many Of the ranch lands your
people own will be worth something
after a while. That Colorado irriga-
ton scheme ought to pan out in time,
and believe it will; but you've got
principals let you alone. Those fel-
lows get in a hurry at the wrong time
that's my experience with eastern
investors. Tell them to- go to, Europe
get rid of them for while, and
make them give you q chance to work
out their money for them. They're
not the only pebbles. -" A slight smile
seemed to creep: over a small area
about the bankers lips. but his cigar
only partly revealed it. His eyes
rarely betrayed him, and the monot-
onous drawl of his voice was without
humorous intention.
''I'll send the combination of the
safe up by the boy" he said, moving
toward the door, "and you can get a
birdseye view of the situation before
lunch. Mr.. Wheaton, our cashier, is
away to-day. but he's familiar with
these matters and will be glad to help
| you when he gets home. He'll be
back tonight. When you get stuck
call on us. And drop down about
| 1880 and go up to the club for lunch.
Take it easy; you can't do it, all in one
i day. he added.
/ Left to himself Saxton examined his
new quarters, found a feather duster
/ hanging in a corner and brushed the
! dirt from the scanty furniture. This
i done, he drew a pipe from his pocket
filled it from his tobacco pouch. and
sat down by the open window, thru
which the breeze came cool out Of the
great valley; and here he could see
far over the roofs and spires of the
town, the bluffs that marked the broad
bed Of the tawny Missouri. He was
not as buoyant as his last words tt
the banker implied. Here he was. III
reflected, a man of good education, a.
such things go. who had lost his patri
. monyin a single venture. AS his eye
wandered to one Of the office walls
the black trail of a great transconti
mental railroad caught and held his at
tention. On one of its northern
! prongs lay the region of his first de
!, lfeat. 80.
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One day, while the late Lord; Her
.schell-W paying a visit at the house
of a friend near Norwich, he went for
an afternoon stroll, and, happening
to pass by the great insane asylum at
that place, the thought. struck him
that this was a good time to perform
aml1.soff1c an 1cial duty. incidentally, it may
be- said that Herschell bore .the1repu-
tatlon of being somewhat pompous
at times. knocked at the door,
which Safter a long delay, was opened
by an attendant. .s5.T p: !.
You can't come in he was in
formed. Its not visiting hours
That makes no difference. I shall
inspect this institution just the same -
| Indeed, but you'll not" =
| fConle, come, my good man; I'm
the lord Chancellor Herschellz expos
! tulated. - 49, r.
':Oh,, that's. all right" answered the
Efunctionary.: We've four of you in
side already. . Z, T.
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mark the fight of time and was sur
prised when a boy came with a mes
sage from Porter that he was ready to.
go to luncheon.
"'You mustn't overdo the thing,
young man. said the banker, amiably,
as he closed his desk. Don't you
adopt our western method Of working
all the hours there are. I do 1t now
because my neighbOrS and customers
would talk about me If I didn't, and
say that had lost my grip in my old
age.
They started UP the sloping street,
which was intensely hot.
'In my last job I worked twenty
hours a. day. said saxton. and lost
money in spite Of 1t.
"You mean up In Wyoming: the
Neponset people wrote me that you
were reformed cattleman."
.sYes,eI was winter-killed at the
| would not care particularly for
the details of his failure.
Western men are, he knew, much
more tolerant of failure than eastern
men: but he was relieved to hear the
banker drawing on with a comment
on Clarkson, it's commercial history
and prospects.
The Clarkson club stood at the edge
of the commercial district, and Its
Milwaukee brick walls rose hot and
staring in the July sun as Porter and
1 Saxton approached.
Here we are" said Porter, leading
the way into the wide hall. we'll ar.
range about your business relation!
later. There's a very bad lunch read!
upstairs, and we'll go against tina
first
There were only a, few men in thu
dining-roonl, seated at a round table
!. Porter exchanged salutations will
them as he passed on to a small tabl
i at the end of the room. Those wh'
. We're Of his own age called Porte
! Billy, and he included them all il
| the careless nod Of old acquaintance
!, Porter offered Saxton the wine card
} which the young man declined witt
instructive knowledge that he was ex
pected to do so. They took the sim
) pie table d'hote, which was, as Por
t | ter had predicted, very = bad. tn
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Three years of life are up there"
he meditated, ''and. all my good
dollars =, are scattered along the
right Of way Many things
came back to him vividly-how
the wind used to howl around the
little ranch-house, and how he rode
thru the snow among his dying cattle
in the great storm that had been his
undoing. With his eyes still resting
on the map, he recurred to his early
school days and to his four years at
Harvard. There was a burden of
heartache in these recollections. In
cidents of the unconscious brutality Of
playmates. came back to him,-the
cruel candor with which they had re-
jected him from the sports in which
proficiency, and not mere strength or
ZEAL was essential. He had enjoyed
any; of those ways which mark the
undergraduate for brief authority or
fame. He had never been accepted
for the crew nor for the teams that
represented the university on diamond
or gridiron, tho he had always par
| ticipated in athletics, and was pos
sessed of unusual strength. None of
the professions had appealed to him.
and he had not needed his father S
wish that he enter the law.
"A review of these brief and dis
couraging annals did not hearten him;
but he fell back upon the better mood
with which ahe had begun the morn
ing; he had new chance, and he
| proposed to make the best of it. He
put aside his coat and hat, lighted the
pipe which he had been holding in his
hand, and opened his desk. The
banker had sent UP the combination Of
the safe, as he had promised, and Sax.
ton began inspecting its contents and
putting his office in order.
1,no o1xo n ,vNnS Z, M n S11
/ terest him, and: he was soon classifying
4 the properties that had fallen to hi.
care. He was one Of those fortunate
individuals who are endowed with i
capacity for complete absorption
in the work at hand. thu
4 possession of persons, who. lik,
a Saxton, enjoy immunity from
visits OF the alluring sWill-o'
the -wisps that beguile geniuses. II
Il was SO deeply occupied that he. did no
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PATTERN TIE 3 DEPARTMENT D[''lai'4Al y
JOURNAL, MINNEAPOLIS.
HER REASON FOR ASKING.
Phi1adelphiat Press.

Philadelphia. Press. =
The ever patient sand affable rail
road conductor onG{one Of the many
trains between here and New York
was very much perturbed a~ few days:
ago by a kind-faced old lady. who per-
sisted in stopping him in his passage
thru the car after the train would
leave a, station and ask if the: next
stop was Trenton g. i =: :
Finally the conductor became = an;
:noyed and answered the poor woman
rather sharply, saying -! ... -
.'No, madam. III tell you when we
get to Trenton" '~~F
He wasn't bothered any more, but
when Trenton was finally reached he
added an additional call to,Ahis usual
/. g...Trenton! AN off for Trenton!" He
had his eye on the old woman, but
she made no motion to get&off, so he
went to her and said: ~: -. =.
Madam, this is Trenton. y ou want
Ito get off here?" ~ n"
n ooh, no. she replied, st didn't want
to get off, TheEdehtor merely told me
to5stake my medicine when we got to
Trenton III .s->.,
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The suit consists Of the body lining,
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are full below and snug above the
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The quantity of material required for the me
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or 43s yards "a inches wide, with Yards lin
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HE DIDN'T FEAR HADEs.

Admiral Evans---"Fi lighting Bob"
Evans-resemb President Roose-
velt iia#:llis scoflr Of sSeoWardieeS and
cowards. Ets$ g. zssa v VI ~ -
One lilofningss@ some years ago. a
Young officer. entered the cabin of
the then Captain Evans in a state of
great excitement. 4~ss5s %ss5
Captain he said, "the ships afire,
and the fire is rapidly approaching the
magazine" ~
''Well, when it gets there, We'll be
sure to know it, said the captain,
grimly. Go back to #yolir duty, sirs:''''
And he regarded the Illustrated young
man with a. slight sneersssssff - y
The latter hurried away, and in a
little while he returned again.
Don't be afraid, sir he said. st
was a very slight fire. and the men
have already put it OUT
''I am not afraid said Captain
Evans. Il was never afraid in my life
How does it feel to be afraid, sir? !
knoW"-and he gazed contemptuously
at the other-"I know how it looks.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
RIVALS THROW DICE s..
TO DECIDE ELECTION

given each man. Peter Huntsman
threw three skies, his opponent threw
three deuces. Huntsman got the job.
He became alarmed. however. as to
the legality of dice throwing and the
case was referred to City Attorney
Hentz.
After search of the statutes Hentz
decided that the method applied was
strictly legal. The Utah statutes
provide that the candidates may draw
lots for the office, while on the other
hand they prescribe heavy penalties
for throwing dice : for. drinks or
money. Hentzs holds that public
is neither money nor drinks, and
therefore Huntsnan was legally
elected.
Huntsman began his duties as chief
to-day. His first arrest was made on
a gambling charge.
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banker ate little and carried the bur-
den of the conversation.
They went from the table for an
inspection of the club, and arranged
with the clerk in the office for a room
on the third floor, which Mr.. Saxton
was to have, SO Porter told the clerk,
until he didn't want it any more.
Its all right about the rules" he
said; "if the house committee kicks
about it, send them to me-" They
stopped in the lounging-rOom, where
the men from the round table were
| now talking or looking at newspa-
pers. Porter introduced Saxton to all
Of them, stating in his humorous way,
with variations. in every. case, that this
was new man in town; that victims
| were scarce in hard times. and that
they must make the most of him. Sew
era1 of the men who shook hands
with Saxton were railroad officials,
/ but nearly every line of business was
represented. All seemed to wear their
business consciously, and Saxton was
made aware of their several employ
ments in one way or another as he
stood talking to them. He felt that
/ their own frankness should elicit
response on his part, and he stated
that he had come to represent the In
terests of Eastern people"-a phrase
which, in, that territory, has weight
and Significance. This, he thought.
should be sufficiently explicit; and he
felt that his interlocutors We're prob
/ ably appraising him with selfish eyes
as a possible customer or client. How
ever, they were very cordial, and
presently he found that they We're
chatting one another for his benefit.
and trying to bring him within the
arc Of their own easy conrad deship.
eff you're going with me- said
Porter at his elbow, you'd better get
4 a move on you.'' But the whole group
Saxton to the others, with that conf
j dence in human friendliness which eis
peculiar to the social intercourse sof
men.
(To be continued to-morrow.)
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
AWFUL PLAGUE OF SLEEPING SICKNESS

The disease appeared In Uganda
three years ago, probably coming
from the Congo regions. It prevails
on the islands and shores of Lake
Victoria and inland from these shores
a dozen miles. No less than $1,000
persons have died, ten thousand with
in the last five months.
A commission sent from England,
has decided that the disease is spread
by fly called kivu. No. antidote has
yet been discovered. The first symp-
tom of the presence of the disease
is headache, with swelling of the
glands Of the neck, followed by pro-
tracted sleeping
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

CAUTION-Be careful to give cor
rect Number and Size Of Patterns
wanted. When the pattern is bust
measure you need only mark 80, "a,
So or whatever it may be. When in
waist measure, 22, "a, 26, or what
ever it may be. When misses or
childs pattern, write only the figure
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
DIsCoURAGING OUT =: -
": 4 3. Z H. }t1iis LOOK IN COOKERY
New = York Times

). i New ork Times.
A story Isl told of Josiah Flynt and
his stra1npingE with tramps.
t'FIow about the eating?" he asked
a. Weary Willie. '5=a9s s-e:,-sE' =
Pretty bad, pard, and. I'll, tell you
what's the matter. These ere cookin'
schools is penetratin' to the utter
most parts, and the womin folke is
|learin' how to mutilate the victuals
into French. diSheS,"t
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST

For Tuesday;
4 zss 80 4es# @4
Weather to-day,
ow.
cloudy and TUESDAY with
Wisconsin
n
Iowa. North and South Enthusiastically
colder onght
in and
90
Upper
8 -*
and
T s. OUTRAM
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
A PAIR OF sTAREs.

An Albert Lea young lady had a
miraculous escape from death not long
ago. She was in the second story Of a
burning building. Her lover was in
the crowd below. She stared at her
lover, ,and her lover stared at her.
That made IA spair of stairs, so she
climbed. down., ..y.,
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Prevalent in the Dark Continent, 1t
Has Killed $4,000 persons With
In Past Three Years.

New York, Dec. by the Anleri-
can board of commissioners for for
eign missions has been issued state
ment concerning the ravages Of the
strange epidemic known as the sleep
ing sickness, now prevalent in certain
parts of the dark continent. The
facts were gathered by the boards
missionaries in Africa.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

FASHIONS !.
A Daily Hint of Practical Value
to Journal Readers of the
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily in
this department. are eminently practi-
cal, and the garments pictured can be
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trifling cost thru The Journal. The
models are all in good style, pretty
and original in effect and not too
elaborate for the ambitious amateur
to reproduce.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
Two Candidates for Chief OF Police of
fillmore, Utah, Tie at the
). Election.
Now york Sun Special Service.

Now York Sun Special Service.
Salt Lake, Utah. Dec. dice
throwing to decide a tie election is
legal under an opinion given by City
Attorney Hentz of Provo, to whom
was referred the case of the chief Of
police squabble in Fillmore. The elec-
ton for chief was hotly contested and
resulted in a tie between the repub-
lican and democratic standard bear
ers.
The two candidates were game and
decided to throw dice to decide which
should be chief. One throw was
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
MINIMUM TEMPERATURES.
n at 8 a. M, seventy-ifth meridian time Minimum

sary to write Inches" or years"
Pattern for this garment will be
sent postpaid on receipt of 10 cents.
Be sure and mention number of pat
tern Address [=A..
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BRICKS WITHOUT STRAW.
GO 1sitrS p11i1a6e1Dhia Press

% Philadelphia Press.
Mrs.zNewliwed-Br we'll have
fried eggs for breakfast, and
Bridget-Wesca mum, there's
not ans egg int ttheihouse. - ,,>@. = (
Mrs. NeWliwed--Wel1, then, just
make AN omelet.5:I like that better;
anyway. '--%@" ,f5:& N
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The longest canal in the world is
that which. extends from the frontier
of China to.St., Petersburg, 4,472 miles.
In India there are $4,000 miles of
canal irrigating 100000 acres of
land.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

In sixty yesrs the annual per capita cohsump-
ton of whisky has gradually decreased from
2Ia to III gallons. In forty wears the consuInp
ton of beer has increased from less than two to
more than seventeen gallons per CAPITA
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
WHY SOME WOMEN
AVOID CUPID
Unjust Laws as Property and Control of Children
Them-Not Satisfied with Inferior Quality Formerly
Average Mans Moral Laxity Deterrent-Most Women
Want to Belong to Somebody"
BY (1dISS) DORA MAY MORRELI
Copyright, 1908, by Joseph B. Bowles,
Belong to Somebody. =

mony is the desire to belong to some
body. 1t is not that she wants a home
of her own-she has it as the fruit of
her labOrs and the independence for
which she pays the price; it is not even
for the sake. of mans society, for that,
too. she has if she is a woman of in
telligence and WOmanliness; she finds
men enough for companions; it is not
that she wants to be supported-quite
the contrary-probably she has earned
her own money so long and spent it
SO freely that she would be somewhat
| awkward about using any other per-
sons. The influence that draws her
is simply the desire or the need to
have. an owner of herself, some one
| to whom she is Of the greatest i'm
| portance. Perhaps the instinct is
merely a survival from the primitive
days when the woman without her
master and his club was an abnormal
| product.
| These two influences within woman
kind fight for man, and either or both
is often stronger than her pleasure in
her work, her love of independence,
and all the reasons combined which
/ keep her single. Then weigh the bal
! ance yet more with a man whom she
adIniress honors and loves, and there
| is but. one reason why woman does
not marry-she cannot. Therefore, if
| man wishes the data concerning ma
| trimony and educated women to
change he has simply to make himself
| the man whom a woman of mind,
heart and character will desire, and
surely it is better to be, chosen as a
fine type Of higher manhood than as
! the payer of%bills. The man, not his
money, is the compliment such a
woman pays him when she ,iceAses to
be the woman who does not wish to
marry: Let. there be resmenro of that
stamp and the woman will be un-
| known@ who does not, wish to m AIRY.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

The population of Ireland is 4,432,-
PA and. the decrease fol: the past year
has been 16,903. ,.ess.5.s.:-.- ..s..s3ss.-
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THERE WE'RE ENOUGH INSIDE.

Is. In England the lord, chancellor, by
virue of his Dffce, hasa fright to in
spect all public asyls1ms and hospitals.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

It is reported that there has been a
deficiency of 100000 gallons of IL
Illuminating oil in the production of the
last; nine months. The output of the
| Standard Oil company fell from ST.
| 100000 gallons in 1901 to 766, 6,000,0 900
gallons in 1902.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07

Wars of the past 5000 years are
supposed to have cost us 100000, ,o00,-
| 900. They say that each man who
| falls on the battlefield costs s2.740 to
kill and that the countries of Europe
to-day are paying to maintain an
| armed neutrality" the, small sum Of
| $50 per second.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-07
) IF YOU DO NOT KNOW
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW

The income of the Emperor of Rus
sia is $25,000 day; the Sultan of
Turkey, $4,000; Emperor of Austria.
$4,000; German emperor, $4,000: King
of Italy, $6,S00; King of England,
s6,50o; King of Belgium, :s6,50e; Pres
ident of France, $4,000; President Of
the. United States, 81 30..
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1903-10-09
CHANGE IN ASSIGNMENTS.
Major General Corbin Will Com
mand Department of the East
eneraI Chafee Goes to Washing
ton.

Washington, October 2.-Major Cen
eral Corbin, adjutant general of the
army is to be assigned to the COM
mand of the department of the east,
with headquarters at Governors Is
land, New York. The order for Cen
eral COrbin to assume command Of
this department, will take effect at
once.
An order also has been prepared in
the war department directing General
Chaffee, now commanding the depart
ment of the east, to take station in the
War department for the purpose Of
familiarizing himself with the duties
of chief Of staff, which he will become
when General Young retires in jan
uary.
In explanation of the transfer Of
these two officers, General S. B. My
rung, chief of staff, today issued the
following statement:
With a view to enable Major Gen
eral Chaffee to become familiar with
the duties vested by law in the chief
of staff n to ascertain the Present
condition of the military establish
ment, before entering upon their ac-
tive performance, the president has Gi-
rected that he be ordered to duty In
the wal department as assistant CHIEF
Of staff and that Major General Corbin
be assigned to command the depart
ment Of h east. This assignment,
which is in accordance with the wishes
of General COrbin, is intended as q
recognition of the emient services rem
dered by him in the important office
of adjutant general during the war
with Spain and the subsequent opera
tons in China and the Philippine is
lands, and is made with a view to OBJ
tanning the benefit of his great admin
istration and executive ability IN the
command of the largest and most i'm
portant military department in the
United States