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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

Governor w. H: Taft left Manila
last "Wednesday for the United States,
where, it is understood, he will sue
eeed Secretary Root as head of the
war office.
e. No man ever relinquished. public
office, witn,a more distinguished rec
ord of efficient, tactful and faithful
service than Judge Taft, in his career
as governor of the Philippines. .Presi-:
dent Mckinley was most fortunate. in
selecting him as head of the Philip
pine. commission which was sent to
the archipelago in 1900. In common
&parlance he seems to have been the
IMAM for the place.. The place was
a most" difficult one to fill. Our gov
ernment was entering upon the seri-
Gus duty of colonial Or dependency
administration for a people who had
largely. to learn the rudiments Of just
and enlightened government. Eng
land and the Dutch government had
profited by their long experience in
governing such people, and had
learned the essential feature Of con-
ducting the government of depen-
dencies as much in accordance with
the opinions and wishes Of the in
habitants as is compatible with a
condition of political dependence and
the maintenance of the supremacy of
the home government. When the
code for the civil administration Of
the archipelago was put into effect,
the principle under which Governor
Taft worked was to show the Fill
ernment was to use all Its powers
chiefly for the betterment of insular
conditions, and SO minister to the
Well-being of the inhabitants. Taft
entered personally upon the work of
esta bluishing civil administration, and
made himself personally acquainted
with the country and the people, not
emitting participation in the social
life Of the humblest citizens. Easily
approachable and showing a deep in
terest in all that concerned the peo-
pie, he won their confidence and ad-
r1iration, 50 that it is not surprising
to note the affection which the Fill
pinos have continually shown to him.
When the question of the friars'
| lands came up it was remarked by. a
Manila attorney, former secretary of
the Philippine commission, that if
| the people of the United States would
let Governor Taft settle the disputes
| exact justice would be done to every
body, as he was absolutely honest
and understood the situation perfect
| ly.,' The, settlement of the friar
question was left to Governor Taft,
who showed that he, indeed, under
stood the situation perfectly in his
correspondence with Cardinal Ram
polla, the late Pope Leo's secretary
of state. and during the conferences
at the Vatican, where he showed that
1.-THE withdrawal of the friars was in
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

story warm from true woman's heart Of
hearts. None but a woman can under
stand a wo1nan. Her heroine, Elizabeth
Dearford. as.splendid, high-toned English
girl, who had married New England
deacon just before the war Of the revolu
ton, hungered for the fullness of her
husbands love, and did not get it, be-
cause David Dearford was such a
slave to duty from the Puritan stand
point that he thought It sinful to crafty
himself by spending any time with her,
when he had any duty to perfornl. She
found herself not in accord with his views
Of religious obligation She did not like
the one-sided Sinaitic sermons she heard
at the meeting house; but her heart, her
whole nature, loved her husband deyot-
edly. Then came a day when she was
tried and cast out of the church for
heresy. her own husband not protesting.
Then David went to the war and his wife's
heart got frost upon it. Women's hearts
are very sensitive things. It is cruel to
trife with them. A love like Elizabeth's
could not be plucked out of ner nature and
cast away. The denouement is full Of dra-
matte force and the girl will, to most
readers, remain the central, luminous fig
ure, while David appears far in the back
ground
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
WHEN eooDNow LEFT SHANGHAI
Celestial Empire. Shanghai.

Celestial Empire, Shanghai.
The Hon. John Goodnow consul gem
eral here for the United States. and doyen
of the consular body. left on Tuesday by
the steamer Hongkong Maru for San Fran
CISCO accompanied by his wife. Mr.. Good
now went home in 1900, simply on bust
ness, but this time he is taking a we'll
earned holiday after having worked very
hard as one of the commissioners in pre-
pairing the new commercial treaty between
the United States and China. During his
absence DIR. S. p. Barchet the United
States interpreter and assessor at the
mixed court. will act as vice consul gener-
al and G. Kleimenoff, consul general for
Russia, will be senior consul at Shanghai.
Mr.. GoodnoW expects to be away till tire
middle Of March next He has worked
incessantly for six years and has done
good work for his country during that
time. and we join with many others ii.
wishing him and his wife an enjoyable
trip and a safe return. A large number
of his friends of all nationalities collected
at the jetty to witness their departure and
to wish them bon voyage.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

ming implicit confidence. absolute trust, and the
sweet intercourse possible between mother and
child
Don't permit the slightest discourtesy, either
to yourself Or others whether of high or low
Don't offer bribes as an inducement to good
behavior. =
4 The qforeword of William j., Fischer's
little volume of verse called Songs by the
Wayside, says: "The poems of William j.
Fischer&reveal that new man is about to
arrive in the field of American letters
- y ~ !! His voice is a young glad voice,
yet full of power and originality. =:
No*one can read this little volume without
becoming conscious: of the young poet S
promise" This is the estimate Of Charles
j. o. 'Malley. Mr.. O'Malley it will be seen,
only claims for Mr.. Fischer. promise .
It is WELL that he goes no, farther There
may ?beason1e who will notsev admit that
claim; certainly. there Would be few who
would admit more. Two stanzas of four
verses each make a small sample, but
they are all we have space for here and
they indicate fairly well the merits of
the writer s verse. They are from 1.-The
Long Ago." ~
Soft in the twilight's gentle glow
=, Tlfey come, the thoughts of long ago
=. Glad thoughts by meni'ry borne along
= Like echoes of a, distant song.
Ahs tender thoughts youthful dreams
r. And life's glad, sunny springtime CLEANS!
All. thoughts of love, from sorrow free,
What fond scenes you recall to me.
r o+,,;,, r.1ybe,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
A Wise Move.

1t seems to us that the plan to have
public meetings in which various
features, methods and purposes OF
labor unions will be discussed indi-
Gates that our Minneapolis labor lead
ers have been quick to catch the
significance of the signs of the times.
AS a rule, Minneapolis has been, for
tunate in it's. unions and their lead
ers Such excesses as have lately
been witnessed in Chicago have never
been known, here, and, indeed, are an
impossibility. AS a whole, the popu-
lation Of Minneapolis is morally SUI
&perior to that of Chicago, and this
superiority shows in our labor unions
as we'll as elsewhere. The local Ia
sbor leaders plainly see that the road
of union labor will be rough indeed
if the public comes to be Of the i'm
preston that it is synonymous with
such brutality and tyranny as have
been exhibited in the manner of con-
Quoting the livery drivers strike in
Chicago. 81 aIH. rw%1G
" The PROPOSED meetings should be
good for the unions and good for the
public. We shall be. disappointed if
they do not bring out the fact that
organized labor stands for something
else besides organized industrial war
fare. They Will doubtless reveal
something. Of the deep meaning and
underlying purpose Of the organiza-
tion Of labor and will show a depth
of rearnestness that will surprise the
casual observer.
: Labor unions may be. temporarily
baff1ed or even dispersed thru reac-
tions following their own excesses
but the public, might as; we'll make
up its mind that it, will always have
labor unions with ft.~N Indeed, 1t is
well that it IS. so. .Disintegration OF
labor unions in the present arrange
nent of society would mean retro
gressior. The better the public
knows these organizations and en-
tourages them in good works anc
discourages them in bad. the more
nearly will they approach the idea
Of their particular service to human
ity and progress.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

-. LL 80 & a.
the interest of the whole people of
the Philippines, who were bitterly OPP
posed to their presence. while the
United States made no demand for
their withdrawal and hoped only for
a voluntary action on the part Of the
religious orders who Composed Of
Spaniards chiefly. had incurred the
a:nimosity q: Of the people who were
now free from Spanish rule. The
Vatican needed the Representations
OF Governor Taft; a. basis of harmonl-
ious5 settlement was attained; the
Vatican sent an apostolic. delegate to
the Philippines, and the four hundred
thousand acres of friarsa land has
been purchased by the United States
for .about $7,00o,OOO. The settlement
of this question: in the. right way was
only possible thru the calm judicial
mind and fine tact. Of, man like
Governor Taft. He has shown him
self wonderfully able to meet the de-
mands OF dependency administration,
and has set an example in this field,
to Americans, which will en-
5hance the prestige Of this great ma
ton as one which rules rigllteously.
Twice offered asseat ION the supreme
bench and twice declining, a1tho his
health was impaired by the trying
climate of the Philippines, he faith
fully stood to his beneficent work un-
til it has reached a. stage Of stability
where it can be taken up and prose-
cuted by one actuated by the same
understanding. u e s an OF the demands and
duties of the .positiof1.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
Contrasted Civilizations.

Er The Chinese minister at.Washing-
ton, Sir Chentungs Liam Chang, is said
to be arranging to transport 100 Chi.
nese> boys to- this. country to- receive
education in our schools and universe
ties, where seventy-ffve Chinese stu
dents are absorbing American ideas.
Japan, in her outreach for western
ideas, has distanced China. She, very
early after the revolution Of 186870,
which started her on the road Of mod
err progress saw the advantages of
American education and she has in
troduced many ideas derived from our
educative processes. In Japan the
good things of western civilization are
quickly ppreciated and adopted.
Sir Chentung's ideas as to the edu-
cation Of Chinese youth are not those
of the empress, who has made, a record
as an antireformer Of a very pro-
nounced character. If China wants to
get ahead, she will have to be. a close
imitator of Japan, which is certainly
a most useful object lesson, and help
herself out of the. quagrnire Of, intel
IGCtudl ESCdSHdllO1l, Ol StIEeoCSd ClSlllL-
alton. Last year an edict was issued
from Peking, ordering political science
and western arts to be placed among
the studies at-the Ham1in academy and
other schools, and directing the min
lister Of education to draft a new
scheme of education for the empire,
but that official has not accomplished
the work.
In 1898 the emperor, Tsai-Tien
Kwang-Hsu. issued several reform
edicts, but the reactionary empress
dowager nullified them; restored the
regency and shunted kwang Hsi on
a sidetrack where he has since re-
mained. II China had an emperor Of
intelligence, LIBERAL views, self assert
i've and free from any reactionary die
tation from an old .harridan, who is
a reputed murderess and a demon
strable enemy of the progress of her
own country, there would be a differ
ent state of affairs in the celestial
realm. .,.,s - y
| Six hupdrel men are regularly employed OH the
new ste aaIFnsalii Kaiser " Nilhsln
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

Mayor Weaver of Philadelphia vetoed
the $4,000, 900 loan bill Of the grafters, but
the council passed it over his veto. In
stead of appealing to the public and, MAX
ing life interesting for the gang, the may
or is ".good friends" with them and asks
publican national convention. He doesn't
want any little: thing, like $4,000. 900
graft to come between him and his friends
the grafters. That's the trouble with the
average American politician. He is always
afraid to offend :'the boys and will strive
to be on good terms with men he knows to
be unregenerate- scoundrels.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
AN EXPRESSIVE ,EPlTAPH

Inman address before the: Merchants
Association of Boston the other night c.
S. Mellen, president of the New Haven
railway, told this story:
"Out in the wild. and woolly west in
the strenuous times when the Indians
were less controllable than at present,
there was a party of mining prospectors
suddenly attacked by a rowing band bent
on trouble.
After a serious fight, and just as the
Indians We're giving up, one of the min
ers who had been the life of his party,
who had performed prodigies of valor
and encouraged his comrades. who had
by his ability assumed, without question
the leadership of his party, was shot and
instantly killed. His comrades could do
nothing but perform the last rites, and,
having buried him. wishing to do what
they could to ,perpetuate his memory and
bravery, one thought to be better fitted
to the task than the others was selected
to write upon the cracker box which was
to serve for headstone an epitaph. 1t
was poser, and after much, thought and
great perturbation. he evolved. in his pro-
faney effective western way, this:
He done his dan,ndest.
Ills companions considered it solemnly,
and allowed it expressed the situation
fully and was satisfactory More no man
COulu uO, dliO liO 1tlSdSutG. VI UOuDI Was
in any ones mind that those who read
would understand.
''When the history of the present admin
istration of our country is written, hope
it will appeal to some friend in Boston
to that extent he will express in the Ian
guage of the effete east the same senti-
ment regarding what. I shall have done
for the city of Boston. (Great laughter
and applause.)
In conclusion, gentlemen, let me say
there has been. too much sympathy
wasted, in my Judgment, upon the man
behind the gun Engage in the railroad
business and you will know how the mar
in front of the gun feels, and you will
also learn to become more careful, posi-
bly,, in the way you handle one
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
New York Times.

49,. a>.%s4 New York Times.
A friend of James Whitcomb Riley tells
a. story Of an encounter the bachelor poet
once had with a woman reporter. The
energetic. young woman. after strenuous
effort, had finally caught Mr.. Riley at the
This is the conversat tion. that
followed
rs that Mr.. Riley?"
Eyes. That is Miss -
Miss. Jones, of the Courier-J Journal.
I've been trying all day to get an inter
view with you, Mr.. Riley
.'Ah. would it were now a, view instead
of an Interview said the poet, gallantly.
!, ''Oh, thanks. How long will you remain
in Louisville, Mr.. Riley?"
"Only a short time. "
- Is your wife with your
~ mo, ma am, she is not
Where is she, mayI ask?'
You may ask, my dear Miss Jones, but
find it very difficult to answer. I am
in absolute ignorance as to her where
&abouts. For aught know to the con-
trary,, she may right now be at the other
end of this telephone
There was much laughter, and after
ward an effort to resume the interview.
But in vain. Mr.. Riley had escaped
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

since. The new edition is well illustrated
and is put forth with all the attractions
that tasteful, artistic and mechanical work
can contribute to it. The author has made
her leading character just "The Colonel's
Opera Cloak" New readers of the lively
story will be as interested as their pre-
decessors in the story of a family of south
rons who had come north, with the fiery
spirit OF unrepentant rebels. after the dis
astrous, heart breaking events of the four
years war. It is needless to say that the
colonels scarlet-lined opera cloak is the
TT Of the book.
Dispatches from Rome too day say that
Professor Giovanni I,ivi director of the
state. archives at Bologna, which town is
the principal center of .Dante's fame, has
found a parchment dated 1928 on which
are two pen sketches representing g! Dante
crowned by Bologna. This discovery will
prove of great interest to those%wh are
searching for an authentic portrait of the
nOet- .ra.-ct=-.-. ys. .tsa- si'sf. =
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

Sixteen dollars profit in seventeen
weeks on 100 fowls lis not. princely in
come especially where the hired man bor-
rows his tobacco.
The university does, however, hint at
the real science of successful egg raising.
1t lies in making hens and eggs by a. by
product, as it were. If the hen can pick
up her. own living, the eggs are clear
Sain. But if the farmer builds hen pal
aces, feeds assorted hen food and hires a
man to watch the biddies to see that they
do not waste time loafng around and
picking their teeth, he is simply a, hen
philanthropist.
While we We're hard at work on the
conclusions OF the university on the hen
industry the GAINESVILLE, Mimi, Argus. pub
llshed by Mr.. Henry, came to hand with
an article from its Cream Minn corre-
pondent that bears out all. that the uni
Verslty has stated regarding the hens ex-
penslVe tastes. The Cream writer says:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

The appointment of j. J. McCardy of
st. Paul to succeed Captain Castle as aud
itors for sthe postoffice department will be
received fWtitn satisfaction in Minnesota
MIR. ''McCardy is peculiarly fitted for the
duties Ets Of the office, and We have no, doubt
that he will discharge them satisfactorily.
With McCardy on the watch, there will be
mighty little chance for grating in the
postofficel department if it is anything
that is within his ken. His long and ef :
fcient service as city controller Of st.
Paul entities his appointment to be con
sidered as one based on merit rather than
political favor.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
Sanitation and Graft

Surgeon General Wyman delivered
an address recently before the Ameri-
can Public Health association on san
itary reform in cities and towns which
embodied many excellent suggestions.
He expressed his Belief that the. in
sanitary condition of American cities
presents a condition parallel to. that
Of their political corruption,' and that
moral reform would more easily fol-
low better sanitation. ss,.c II: !!
There would seem to be little reason
to raise a doubt as to the correctness
Of this view.9 The city of New York
presents an object lesson of this kind.
During the complete domination Of
the Tammanys style of municipal gov
ernment the streets were reeking with
filth, and, in some instances, almost
impossible, and When the feformers
secured their chance one of the. first
things they didsNas to reconstruct, the
street cleaning force and clean up the
disease producing filth. !, 80 ~
tDr. Sternberg7q declared before the
same body that, while cholera, yellow
fever and buh8ti6 6epMsug are no long
er feared lpS;ssa lp,iitarians, endemic filth
diseases. like tybh 9ids fever. are still to
be :5deaatss with so !Eas. 'tes rob them of
their their, :menaces... Exemption from
typhoid can only be obtained by the
Introduction of pure drinking water,
the closing Of wells always: liable to
be. contaminated. thru surface drain i 2
age and by. street, alley and back
yard cleaning Of no superficial char!
acter. These, effective methods of
sanitation are usually neglected, by
municipalities under the denoralizing
Influences Of the graft system. ..I
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

Mrs. Davidson dressed spring
chicken one day last week and MOTTO
ing his crop was quite full of corn we
made careful count and discovered
that this young gormand had made a
light breakfast on 407 kernels Now
he ought to have another feed before
retiring which would make him say
500 Kernels for his days ;ra ton. Six
hundred kernels make an average ear
and l35 ears bushel, or $1,000 in a
bushel divided by 500 gives little
over 100 days that a. bushel of corn
lasts this chicken. The corn is worth
30 cents and the chicken, which
| weighed six pounds, is worth 10 cents
/ per pound or 60 cents. A little cal
culation will then show that he will
eat his head off in just four months,
but he was seven months old Now
We would like to ask the man who
makes the picture puzzles to find the
| profit in this deal.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
THE NONPAREJL MAN

Our Sad, Post Christmas Duty Lies In the
Way OF Dethroning and UnmaskIng
the Domestic Hen, Whose Claim to
Being the Source Of Unbounded AffIu-
ence Is Successfully Disputed by the
Biddy Sharps of Cornell University
and by the Cream, Minn., Corresponds
ent Of the GAINESVILLE Argus.
The secret of the mystery Of the hen is
said to have been solved by the depart
ment Of animal industry at Cornell uni
versity. This department has been study
ing biddy's curves for some years and has
thrown a great light OH her meth
DDS of thought and action.
Almost everyone has read the wonder
full stories that have been told of the i'm
mense wealth to be obtained provided a
person would drop his regular business
and go into the egg industry. A hencoop.
scientifically run, is popularity supposed to
make wages that throw the KIondike dig
gings into the shade. Ingenious experts
at figures have demonstrated again and
again that the humble hen, If given half
a chance, would soon pay off the national
debt. Poultry Journals have famed the
flame of hen excitement by telling won
drous stories of what hens do when fed
on somebody's preparation for making
hens lay and pay Almost all of us have
a bug somewhere in our noodles that some
day we will start a hen ranch in beau
tiful country place beside a lake and make
wealth far beyond the dreams of avarice
by raising eggs for market.
Yet we have all of us had friends
who have gone into the hen business and
who to our surprise still seem to be some
what pressed for money. The vast wealth
has not rolled in on them. Why is this?
To answer this perple,Sing question the
Cornell university department of animal
industry has made this prolonged study
We grieve to be obliged to sfatter
many fond Illusions by quoting the CON
clusions to which the university hen
sharps have come. They have shown
quite conclusively that biddy as an Alad-
din's lamp is an Illusion, a dream of the
night. a phantasm OF the poultry journal,
iStic brain
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Some Prohibitions for Mothers-A Long
List Of Things to Be Avoided in the
Rearing Of Good children--some Songs
by the Wayside-A Novel or Two
GIImpses at the Magazines.

: & - ,#.- + d /. 8 { : q
A long list of commandments for moth
te ers IS put into readable ana accessible
form IN Gabrielle E. Jackson's Don'ts for
Motners. There seems to be very con-
siderable amount of common sense in
many OF these sdonts. AS this opinion is
based about ninety-nine hundredtIs on
undlgested observations, it may not be
worth much to those mothers who would
IKE to know something about the merits
OF the book. To give some idea as to
Whatfhe book contains, therefore, we give
a few of the don'ts
Don't give baby something because he cries
for it. Wait until he quits and then give il
If 1t is wise to do So
Don't when the two-year milestone is reached,
the score that ''baby is too younp to nndar-.
STAND. stand Insist gently but firmly, upon the same
nngers picking it up, and insist for three hours
If necessary. Right and wrong can ha loo ,mod
at an early age. 80
Don omit to establish at the yery begin.