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The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

Mrs. Shucket affects the antique in
her house decorations.
Yes; she told me the other day she
was heart. broken because she couldn't
get the shades of her ancestors for her
parlor windows. Truth.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

Teacher Where was the Declaration
of Independence signed /?
Tommy = At the bottom. = Chicago
Daily News.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16
G. L. PLANK
VETERINARY SURGEON

Can be found at the City Stables, John
son City, Tenn, on Saturday of each
week. Removing all superficial blem-
ishes speciality. A dead shot on col
ic, &c. Bone, blood or bog spayin,
splint and curb cured in forty minutes.
Tumors, warts, and setfasts removed
on sight. Will straighten your horses
tail or make him carry it in any posi-
ton desired. Phone or write me at
Bluff City, Tenn.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

f-Flag Station. Telephone.
MEL H, WELLER, Trainmaster.
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No; II carries Pullman Sleeper Ashovrle
70 Cincinnati Via Hartman Junct B 9 & C.
Route, and from Hartman Junction to Louis.
vile; also Pullman Sleeping car Knoxville to
Louisville Via Jellico and |. &N
Nos. 80 and 10 carry Pullman Sleeper Harri-
man Junction to Cincinnati and Louisville to
St Louis
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1903-07-16

No.l2,Pullman Drawing Room Buffet Sleeping
car Chattanooga to New York via Asheville
No. 42 Pullman Sleeping cars Chattanooga
to New York via Bristol, Cafe Observation
car Chattanooga to RadfOrd Va
No 30 carries Pullman Sleeping car Chatta.
and from Knoxville TO New York via Bristol
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
NEWS OF BOOK WORLD
A. Defense Of slans--A Man Who played
at Being !czar---New Material About
Whittier, the Poet Of "Simple
sThought'---An Interesting War Study
Fl "A minneapolis Exhibit Of Drawings
BY Leading illustrators. RI

What would DR.. johnson think, or do, or
say. should he come back to earth and
pick up a newspaper containing such SEN
fences as those given below? s, Herman
Spencer, in The Booklovers' Magazine for
December, suggests that the good old doc
alyzed, Here are the altogether modern
sentences:s .i'tea @tg sss3t
.The senator must have bats In, his belfrys;i
The Gazette Is the Jim Dumps of local jour
working again.; 1.-THE Judge tries to. side-step
the nomination; .'st Louis will make Buffalo
look like thirty CENTS Bishop B.. makes tee
shot from the pulpit'; Bowen has certainly
IS rubbering. at the Argentine Republic >
These would never move the doctor. He
might be somewhat mystified, and, on re-
ceiving explanations he might be some
make Boswell look UP. But at first he
would take the words at their, ancient
value. T. = -4s fse '#'.fFfr
So the, senator with ''bats in his bel
fry would be simply,a q, senator who owned
some kind OF place with d belfry which
had bats Iii 1t. "Willie's wheels are work
Fling again" would only mean that some
child had a toy with wheels on it and that
these were being turned. AS to st. Louis
making Buffalo look like so cents-well,
| this would stump the doctor, for st. Louis
and Buffalo as cities have both come into
being since the doctor put off the dull
impeachment Of time The doctor would
| no doubt wonder how even st. Louis >the
saint could make a buffalo look like 81
cents. II he knew that 80 cents was a small
sum Of money ~ .l ~.,.>s'
| All this. only goes to show that very
strange and wonderful changes are, TAX:
ing place In the English language: on, this
side of the WATER If not ON the other. Mr.
Spencer closes his article with this: :.
1 In slang we, most vigorously and most freely
express hatred of all indirection& and of all
] sham and hypocrisy. 80 .Ea*2* 1t is blunt
it Is crude, 1t is brutal sometimes, but it is al
ways honest, and 1t is always sane. :;
The Booklovers' for December is Z
/ Christmas number in the offerings i
makes Of good reading and rich illustra
tims. The pictures of Niagara, under tn
/ sway of the frost king; are striking fea,
| lures. 1900 81 -" ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
THE MINNEAPO LIS JOURNAL.

to get together on a proposition of this
kind without resort to strikes and vio-
lsnee lis the encouraging and pleasing
feature of the matter.
Locally there is a good general BUSH
ness reported WithEs onie holiday buy
Ing already noted. A feature of In
terest as a recent irlcrease In sales of
Minneapolis flour to- THE orient, es-
pecially to Japan. u !. 49,. 80 4s.;l u
The wheat market, iii strong. On
Friday receipts at Minneapolis and
Duluth were l,901 cars less than In the
corresponding forty-eight-h period
of last year. In Argentine wheat will
soon be cutin the more advanced local
tiles, 1t is, this brilliant Argentine
prospect that is the great bear factor
of the world. But recently the epin-
ion has grown that, based upon condt-
tons in the northwest, Minneapolis
wheat prices are not much out OF line,
and that no bear market in wheat
must necessarily follow her, even II
Argentine comes. up to expectations. i
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

Mr.. Marchmo,lt''s When j Was Car am
body the hidden things Of Russian admin
istration and the subtle power of the Sc
cret police system, Denver, an American,
bears striking likeness to the car, and
is requested by Prince KalkoV to go on a
secret mission to secure some very impor-
tant papers which a, Russian duchess had
given to an alleged adventurer named Bo-
reski--a mission which involved much
danger Denver went into it for the sake
of4adventure,. and the narrative Of" his ex
perience shows the ignorance in which the
czar is kept by leading officials.
kTfiere: is a woman in the case, of course,
and a IRENE hdousW Interesting one she is,
as she aided fin SECURING the papers .Bo-
reski held, they containing an exposure of
Russian craft in every European court
Prince Kalkov had never permitted any
complaints of injustice to reach the czar.
Boreski was one of the; victims of Kali
was after was the proof Of Kalkov's
treachery. The woman thought Denver
was the cZar. The effect of his confession
that he was only playing car at the re-
quest Of Prince Kaikov,sis told in a very
thrilling way by the author, and the read
er will not be greatly surprised-but that
is what you will sit UP late to find out
and we won't tell. -:
A display of original drawings by lead
ing illustrators Of the country will be given
next Monday in the book department Of
the Powers Mercantile company's store.
Mr.. George Rice Carpenters biography
of Whittier in the American Men Of Let
ters''' = series, contains new material OBJ
tanned from Whittier's cousins. and others,
such as some early verses which have not
been republished, copies of Whittier's let
ters to John Quincy Adams and Jaul Ham
iIton Hayne, and others, and a complete
file of the Middlesex Standard. Mr.. Car
penter's aim has been to "reconstruct the
essential Whittier" He says: !@.E
1t might be said that his simplicity, this
lack, Of intellectual breadth and depth, stamps
whittiee as a minor English poet: Those OF us.
however, who hesitate to. rank poets according to
conventional system would prefer merely to say
that he may properly be classed with poets OF
simple thought and feeling rather than with
poets of intricate; art or intricate feeling or in
trieate: thought. /: 80 - r,.>.
This is very high tribute to the genius
of the man. crediting hi1n--and Justly
with the ability to move the hearts OF
the plain people.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
TO PLEASE HIS CRITICS
Yo,,th,s COMPANION.

outh s companion
Half century ago Wagner was severe
" criticized in London for conducting con-
certs without score. He was giving
some Beethoven concerts, and he knew
the masters symphonies by. heart.
After the first performances one of the
London papers scolded the composer OF
"Tannhauser' for directing the symphony
without a score in front of him. !.
At the next concert young Wagner had
a book of music open before him on the
desk.
The following day the same newspaper
printed a comnendatory article. which
praised hin, for his better Interpretation
OF Beethoven. the Improvement due. of
course, to the use of the score. Wagner
announced for the benefit of his critics
that the score in front of him on the
previous evening. was that of Rossini' 8
opera, "The Barber of Seville"-turned
upside down. "a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
Night Schools.

The board of education is thinking
of opening a. number of evening
schools. This is an excellent idea, and
we hope that it will be carried beyond
the thinking stage. Successful night
schools were conducted in Minneapo-
lis for number of years, but were
is to be regretted that they. were ever
abondoned no time should be lost in
re-establishing them. The same ar
gunerts that can be marshaled in fa-
von of day schools can be used with
equal effect in favor of night schools.
The state desires to educate it's peo-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
Gaining Ground.

John Sharp Williams, the demo-:
cratic leader of the house, yesterday
made the point that If the repub-
1icans had the power to secure rec-,
iprocity with Cuba, they; also had the
power. to secure reciprocity with
Canada. s,,,s
There is a norl-seauitur here, and
Mr.. Williams knows it as we'll as, any.
one. He knows that even if repub-
liean majority should Introduce a
resolution III favor of reciprocity with
Canada it will be long delayed if not
defeated in the senate. Mr.. Williams
would like nothing better than to have
a chance to say that the republicans,
altho in control of congress. have not
sufficient ,unanimity to carry thru a
resofu ton favoring reciprocity with
Canada. 8 so s,
The reply of Representative Serene
Payne to Mr.. Williams is not with
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
SATURDAY EVENING,

pie SO that they may be, qualified to
participate in f-government. 1t is
almost as Important that-the ignorant
Immigrant, tho an adult. be educated,
as that the native child be instructed.
The night school provides instruction
for the immigrant. and also for the
native who has been 7ors3is' prevented
from attending day schools. The in
creased immigration of recent years
has given Minneapolis some thousands
of young men and women who could
and often would profit by night
schools.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

For the many kindly and Scommenda-
tory words that have come to- The j gu r
n a on account of its silver anniversary
edition. from contemporaries and from in :
dividuals, we are very grateful. APpre-
citation, Of serious and well directed effort
is. o. nice thing to take.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
LEGISLATURE

The present New Jersey legislature m
cludes men of greater variety as to pur-
suit than any of it's predecessors. there
being two dozen III all, With thirtyfour
lawyers among the lot. The labor element
is represented by one plumber one line
man. one mechanical engineer. one miller,
one potter, two statesmen, one shoe dealer,
one standworker and one wagner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

A Natural Holiday. ~. thanksgiving is
the most natural holiday ever devised. 1t
was born Of the farm and fits into the
new mood of the people for country lire."
Following this beginning, T Independents
Of NOV se editorialiy names some OF the
of them is thats"tile drift is forward also
In the struggle Of labor and capital. The
antagonism Is lessened. 8 We are distinct
ly entering. a. period when The Hague
conference is2the symbol OF social admin
istration.@.t - Our..work as, nation
builders is not done: it is barely begun.
Forsthis also we may be:grateful.,'. Phases
OF the Panama question and Panama are
discussed by Dir. Manuel Amador, Phil
lippe Bunau-Varilla and Senator Shelby NJ.
FCullom. Joseph M. Folk writes OF MI
nicipai Corruption in the same ma gazfne.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
a Municipal League.

The suggestion has often been made
Of late that Minneapolis ought to have
a. good government organization of
some kind. The experience of New
York and Chicago demonstrates, if any
demonstration were necessary, that the
only way to fight organized municipal
corruption is to oppose it with organ
lied effort for good government. Such
an organization must be permanent
and regular. No hasty volunteer or
gs:riza ton the eve of an election is
sufficient. The bosses don't organize
inogthat way, and their well-trained
niercenaries cannot often be beaten
by raw Ievies. Since the men who
believe in bad government maintain
their ranks at all times, the men who
believe in good government must do
likewise. -.-..- $685. -
While there is no doubt a field in
Minneapolis for an organization OF
those who believe in and wish to work
for. good; municipal government, it
would be worse than useless to start
it----as so many popular movements are
started-withou enough vitality to In
sure a, decent existence, to say nothing
of undertaking vigorous. work for re-
form. Such an organization must
have it in it solid citizens who are
earnest about reform and willing to
give their time and energy to it, and
1t must be supplied with, funds.
The most essential thing about such
an organization Is a first-class secre-
tary.--There would be little use in
forming a league unless it were Ger
tain that the funds would forth
coming to engage as secretary some
man eminently fit for the place--an
organizer, a man of tact, a man of
tireiess energy. He would be the gem
eral4manager Of the league, and if he
were the right sort would more than
earn any salary that could be paid
him. - = '.,'
The old saying that what is every
body's business is. nobody's business
exactly describes municipal govern
nent. Everybody is interested in city
governin ent, but scarcely any one is
interested enough to keep a keen eye
on city councils, and city officials
When you establish a municipal
league with an able and efficient sec
rotary you have created an organiza.
ton which has no other business thar
to watch municipal government
There will then be small chance thai
fragrant corruption or gross careless
ness will pass unnoticed in the press
of affairs. Every public servant vii
k,7owsthat every slip he may make is
subject TO exposure thru the work OF
an Organization whose only reason
for existence is to promote good gov
eminent and prevent bad government
n ~ p --------------------.- ->--- ' "a 4 T
James Lane Allen, the novelist, has jus
made $2,o0o0oo. 1t would be good adver
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

out encouragement for those who de-
sire reciprocity with Canada and look
to the republican,, party for Its re-
alization. Mr.. Payne said that on ac-
count of the irritation caused by the
Alaska boundary decisionst he present
Is an inopportune time to take UP the
question Of reciprocity with Canada.
He further said when the right time
came the republicans would be ready,
This statement, coupled - with !. Mr..
Payne's expression Of opposition to
any tariff revision on the eve, Of q
presidential election. may be taken to
indicate pretty strongly that the re-
publican leaders expect hmm ediately
after the elections of next year to take
UP in earnest,thee question Of rec
iprocity with Canada. .,:s
It is something that the: agitation
in favor Of reciprocity with the Do
minion has reached such q point that
the republfca4n. leaders IN : congress
think it worth while to combat the
efforts of the democrats to make
capital out OF it.aM 4s
It is thought that the recent uprising
Of the Moros, terminates the Bates treaty
At any rate, most of the Moros wfoSnlade
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
The Limitations, of J Money.

John D. Rockefeller is the, richest
man in the United States, the richest.
man in the world. Money is power.
Yet the richest man in the world, and,
therefore, iii many ways. the most
powerful man ili5the world, As utterly
unable to leave his name IL history t,
a favorable light. Rockefeller has
made. and unnnade fortunes and has
marched to the sumnait5sof financial
power over the dead financial bodies
Of hundreds of; competitors but a,
woman backed by?a fearless magazine
is establishing his place in history
Not all his MILLIONS or all his immense
influence can stop the: pitiless work
that is going on month by. month of
pie as. one of the most detestable
characters in history---the Louis sxI.
Of American business history-pious,
sanctin1 o1alous, butt hard, unscrup-
ulous and treacherous. .5s,.
In the December number Of Nc
Cures Miss Tarbell begins the second
part Of her history Of the STANDARD
Oil company. She gives an account Of
Rockefeller's odious>;- system of
espionage Of. the business Of inde-
pendent .conceri1s and says: 80. =
+ If Mr. Rockefeller had been as great a
psychologist as he was a. business manipu-
lator he would have fealized. that he was
awakening a terrible. popular dread, and
he would have. foreseen that one day with
the inevitable coming to light OF his
methods there would spring UP about his
name a crop of seefn7 which would choke
any crop of dollars and. donations which
the wealth Of the earth could produce
Mr.. Rockefeller iss>still alive, and
that day sot scornf has come. Every
where he is feared aid dreaded, 1t; is
true, but he is also scorned. No one
respects his charaeter,s. nc nes5 at
taches any Importance to his 2piety.
Even the recipients Of his generosity
do not admire lhin1. CATER AL, there
is something in this. World--even In
this modern American wofl besides
money, and q John d. Rockefeller
knows it better nan +. anyone else
More than anyone selsaS he has had ar
opportunity to find out What, money
can do for AMMAN, and he has found
| it. powerlesss even to mask him from
| the public s isstE assEs~e 3t
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
THE cosTLIEsT THjMsLE

The costliest thinble jim the world is
owned by the queen of Siam. 1t is made Of
pure gold in the shape of a llalf-opened
lotus flower, and is thickiy studded with
the rarest of diamonds and precious
stones.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
7 MINNESOTA POLITICS

Deep Significance Attached to Recent Cos
sip About the Next State Convention
and the, Apportlonment-No Attempt
to Disrupt the Party, Has Been
Heard of-Newspaper Support Of Col
4 Inns and Dunn--Rumored Plot Against
Z Elalvor & STEVENSON Dunn on His
Friends, the Minnesota Senators.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
. Bob Dunn visited the CAPITOL yesterdas

Bob Dunn visited the capitol yesterday
and informed.a group of newspaper men
that he expected to be governor. He
touched ON the question OF indoors
of the senators without pledging himself
as to his future conduct. He said :ssS. Some
of these new friends of Knute Nelson have
to go on the -housetops and proclaim their
friendship for him. have always been
friend of Nelson's, and was. afriend
of Nose C.app.s when he needed friends.
/ do not have to go on the hotiseteps
and proclaim my friendship for them
&C Charles b.. Cheney
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
, BOOKS RECEIVED

WHEN 1 WAS CAR. 81 Arthur ". March
mont. author of. lin the Name of A Woman,
etc. Illustrated. New York: Frederick A.
Stokes company. # Minneapolis N. Mccarthy.
Price $l.5O.
JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. By George
Rice Carpenter Boston: Houghton Mfffin
& Co.. Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy Price
S1.10 net; rs ES =; ta
Ros1NE. THE STORY OF A FAIR YOUNG
GIRL. BY Catharine Won Scyler. New York:
Broadway Publishing company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
4 rlln1or flhats down fron, .cronkston. hr

"A. rumor floats down from Crookston BY
way, of Thief RIver Falls. that an organ
izatioil is heing perfected to accomplish
the defeat of FIalvor Stevenson for cor
gress. The report does not state who
their candidate is to be. Whoever he
is. he will hesitate before he attacks the
intrenchments OF the doughty Halvor, who
appears mprsgnable with Grindeland out
of the way and the second term argument
in his favor. The friends of the tall Nor
way pine from Grookston predict that If
lie gets a. second term he will make a
record that will insure him long life in
congress. Perhaps that is Why the plot
is under way so early. 8 5ssz.s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
TWO newspaper men not now connected

Two newspaper men not now connected
with any Minneapolis newspaper have
written to T he Jour n al to-day;: to say
that the silver anniversary edition is
without an equal in newspaper publishing
as far as they know, and that 1t ought
to go out by the, thousands as an adver-
tisement of Minneapo we are glad
to say to them that it is. The only dan
ger is that the supply will not hold out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

Some Of our American women who have
married foreigners and have. later OBJ
tained divorces DO not care to remain in
a, state Of expatriation, Senator Plat
has come to the rescue Of this class with
a-,hill for a law permitting them to regain
American citizenship We had always
supposed it was the. foreigner IN general
rather, than the. Individual that lured our
American women away.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
The battery Of presses consists of three four deck
Goss Presses. with a total capacity OF l44;9 o99
eight-pag u l 8 hour printed folded
and counted. The best time to call IS from $40
to 4:30 p. m. Inquire at the business office and
be directed to the visitors gallery of the Press
Room,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

The Journal ran 1872 columns Of
advertising in October. This Is AZ per
cent more advertising than was car
ried by any other daily paper In Min
neapoIis- and 3 per cent more than any
daily and Sunday combined. ...,..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

JncIe ElIery Explains Why He Holds Out
= for a Dollar 5ushel-The Foreor-
daIned and Predetermined Price for
Wheat as Much as is to Is the Pre-
destined Ratio OF Value of Gold and
SIIyer-uncle Has Stored His Wheat
and is Very Stubborn In His Views.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

The American Federation Of Labor has
begun a boycott on Washburn Crosby
-four but the federation Is now boycott
ing so many articles that: it Ifs feared that
il the union man remembers not. to pur,-
chase the W. -four he will forget that
he must not purchase something else on
the list. The Boycott is much less ct
fective and therefore much less feared
institution than 1t. once was,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

The moral effect Of Mayor HaIrison's
firm hand in the suppression of riot ana
violence in connection with the recent
Chicago street car strike ought to be of
great value to the public generally. The
precedent is Important If 1T was posi-
bic for him to do these things in Chicago
where the task is peculiarly difficult, there
is no excuse for any other mayor to say
he cannot keep order, III Chicago or any,
where else. Harrison's courage and firm
ness is worth good deal to the cause Of
law and order.