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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
Practices What He breaches.

Brander Matthews writes to the editor
of T h Jour- a ! as follows:
"A friend has sent me the following
Of July 31st:
Brander Matthews declares in the Au-
gust Harper's that the most obvious de-
feet Of the English language Is Its bar
barous and unscientifc photography. Why
doesn't Mr.. Matthews lend a hand and
follow the example Of the National Edu-
cational association and The Jour
a and practice what he breaches and
begin to revise that photography in his
daily use of the language?
1.-THE answer to your question is simply
to deny your assumption that I do not
practice what preach.
IT use individually various simplified
spellings, including all Except one) OF
those recommended by the National Edu-
cational association. These simplifica-
tons can be found in my "Parts OF
Speech" Essays on English" published
two years ago. They will be found also
in my book on the Development Of the
Drama to be published next month
Yours truly, -. ii,
>..-'Brander Matthew'S
While this letter convicts us of igno-
rance Of some Of Mr.. Matthews writings
and the conviction is not an easy one tc
| bear-we are delighted to know that Mr.
Matthews does individually use most Of
the simplifed spellings advocated by the
National Educational association, and
with Mr.. Matthews on our side, we fee
amply Endorsed In having led the way IL
| applied spelling simplifcation in the
northwest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
QUICK FIRE PRAYERS

brief and impressive. %, God,' II ran
if, in the day of battle. I forget Thee.
do not Thou forget me-" The third
minister, after moment Of thought,
smiled and said: when I was q lad
one day dined with two stranger aunts.
They set me at the head Of the table and
babe me say grace. was taken aback.
for knew no grace to say; but a texs
popped into my mind, I ratified 1t off, and,
after it was over, realized that it was
appropriate enough. It Was: o, Lord,
open Thou our lips and our mouths shall
show forth Thy praise
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
ROUGH ON TILLMAN
Des Nome Capital.

Senator Burton Of Kansas has signed
the articles for series Of joint debates
with Senator Tillman. The first debate of
the series took place at Madison, Wis.
When the performance had ended the SEN
ator from the Sunfower state looked as
tho he had just finished thirty-day stunt
as a chimney sweep without once stop
ping for refreshments or to perform an
ablution. The gentleman should have
known better than to undertake a joint
debate with a smut mill
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

According to the Philadelphia Record,
three Methodist ministers, as they were
dining together the other day, talked
about short prayers. "a prayer short as
it was irreverent,' said the first, was
offered up by soldier before the battle
of Waterloo. It was this: %, God, If
there be a God, save my soul THAT
PRAYER" said the second minister, re
sembIed one composed by Bishop After
bury in the early part Of the eighteenth
century It was prayer for the soldiers
about to engage in battle, and it was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

The Minneapolis Journal for the first six months OF the
year 1909 carried 818 columns over 81 per cent
more Foreign Display Advertising than the Daily
Tribune 5s5j z#.I
The Minneapolis Journal for the first six months OF the
year 1903 carried 900 columns or 70 per cent more
Want Advertising than the Daily Tribune
The MINNEAPOLIS Journal for the first six months of the
year 1903 carried 1868 columns of Real Estate adver-
Using while the Daily Tribune carried none.
The Minneapolis Journal for the first six months OF the
year 1903 published S49 columns of advertising
than for the period in 1902 while the tribune,
according to it's published July 18th, gained
only 754 columns this year; the Journals excess gain
over the Tribune being 589 columns or 78 per cent
The Minneapolis Journal out of $500 residences can
+ vassed, had $3.50 subscribers-the Evening Tribune
1459-the Morning Tribune 824
The Minneapolis Journal in 80 apartment and flat build
! inqs canvassed had 1910 subscribers the Evening
Tribune 2O3, and the Morning Tribune 183~ 2.s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
REGULATE EXPRESS CHARGES
Mapleton Enterprise.

Down in Texas the state railway COM
mission has jurisdiction over express com
panies and has recently cut down express
charges very materially. In Minnesota
we are supposed to have a railway COM
mission but if they have any authority
similar to that in vogue in the Lone Star
state, and we are convinced they have
they are afraid to show their hands as
express rates are going up instead Of down
and they were certainly high enough be-
fore. If the commission has no authority
it is time they were given some power
to regulate and keep within bounds all
such common carriers
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
BUTTER FAcToRY~RuILDlNe
Wahpeton IN. 3D. Globe. s.,

number Of her butter factories last year
and it will not be surprising If the record
is surpassed in 1903.t It means placing
farming in the state! upon a more sub
stantial basis, and it is to be hoped that
the per cent of increase will be kept up
for a number of years or Until every
community has its butter factory, every
farmer has his cash monthly income and
every business man the smile that-won't
come OF.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
THE FERRIS PLAYS

s"The Bankers Daughter" as produced
by the Ferris Stock company at the Ly-
ceum has proved the best drawing card
of the summer season.. The theater has
Been packed at every performance. The
final matinee will be given at 2:3O to-
morrow. For the coming week the COM
pany will present William Gillette's play,
1.-THE Private Secretary" Joseph Totten,
the ne wmember, will be seen in the title
role.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

When we learn who obtunded the per
son of the late VIM. Patterson we ma!
find out what this Balkan war cloud il
all about.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

4 Tolstoi says that DR.. Harper is "bar-
barian." His touch does show consid
cradle 'barbaric splendor."
I weary Of brick walled cities,
I tire of the fare Of gas
I'll take thousand dollars
And be turned out to grass, '.#-
Where the moody cow lightly, ranges
Or patiently stands at the bars,
At place remote from the city
Unknown to the tooty cars
At place unknown to the chuchu
Or the child with the cigaret,
Where the folks go to bed at night time
And arise while the grass Is wet. .E
And there I will ait by my ownty ~
And nope and read and-then,
Well, about day after tomorrow,
I'll want to he back again.
Will Chamberlain of the Elk Point, S.
D., Leader, who is full Of poetry and
too, complains that men too often judge
Of their future wives from their appear
ance at the ballroom rather than at the
tub: Mr.. Chamberlain says:
The young belle who blooms like a Scottish
rose amid the mazes Of the ball, or on the prom.
enade Is apt to become shrew and termagan'
on q hot Monday washday. 1t takes more thar
the wisdom and grace of a Mrs. Wigs of cab
bage patch fame. to make the average girl see
the beauties Of a big dirty washing, even II
these days Of hundred different sorts Of. wash
ing machines and soaps that loosen the dirt
From the soft strains Of alluring waltz airs
with a swarm of dudes standing around witt
bouquets rubbing their chins, to sleepy eyes
confronting small mountain of sofled linen
| there is gap that only time can learn to, spar
and not lose beauty and temper. The young
chap who wins the belle Of the ball had better
make the acquaintance OF a washer woman.
But: Why not let her mother do the
washing? .sts'~..r 49,: =
When Moses came down from the noun
tain he met Aaron and remarked JOY
ously~tnat the Israelites had been prom
ised "a land flowing with milk and honey
"Has the milk been pasteurized?' asked
Aaron with some concern. Il don't know
as the children Of Israel ought to be lee
where they would get germs in their milk
At least it will bear thinking about"
And Moses curbed himself with some
difficulty and refrained from handing ou
warm one to his side partner
| A meteor fourteen feet square fell a.
Sarcoxie, Mo-. and the Smithsonian insti
tuition is trying to field it in.
! The Denver Times claimed that whe1
/ Colorado women officials met there wa
always row. The Times afterwards
modified this statement by adding tina
when the states male officials met there
Twas also perpetual and everlasting con
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

AN INVITATION is extended to all to Visit
the Press Room, which is the finest IN the west:
Goss Presses, with total capacity of IA; 600
sight-page o urn a s an hour, printed, foldsa
to 80 D.. m. Inquire Mt the business Office ana
be directed to the visitors gallery. OF the Press
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

Colonel Bryan bitterly denounces the
Denver populists. These old scoundrels
are trying to run a dead party without
Bryan at the head of 1t.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
THE NONPAREIL MAN
Casually Observed.
Tip-Corbett is going to win.

Tip (given by colored lady at Nash
ville)-Honey hit wuZ man in Kahn
tuck what got rich onct kase he tended
ter his own bizn'ss.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
TEN DOLLARS OR TEN DAYS
Long Prairie Argus.

Long Prairie Argus.
The widow of the late Cushman K.
Davis came home from Paris not long
ago. It is now learned that she came.
home to Hunter Doll.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

Preparatory to building street car line
in Yankton "Comnicdore" KOuntz of the
old Missouri fleet, now of Pittsburg,
shipped about fifty thousand tons Of rails
to that town and stacked them up On q
vacant lot. Somebody looked for them the
other day and found that they had all dis
appeared. Steel rails are pretty valuable
stuff to-day and are likely to be lifted"
in any stable community unless they are
spiked down. 5- =
Amen Hotep, a pharaoh in Egypt 1900
or SO years ago, went thru the New York
custom house without paying q tariff.
Are the pauper mummies. of Egypt to re-
duce to peonage our American mummy
labor? We call for a. prohibitive tariff
sugar cured Americans of the vintage Of
1885 who are now handing out dignity in
our senate. -s
Archie Cove, the item chaser of the
Rochester, Mimi, Bulletin, burst into im-
| passioned song the other day as follows:
Put away the little nighties, .-- =.
That cur Jackies used to don; .-
They will never, never need them, 81
They have pajamas
Uncle Sam can't find better
Suit for fight evening prayers,
Than the dinky pink pajamas
" That the heather Chinee wears.
winch would you prefer TO 90, Drive a
sprinkling cart and carry home an appe-
| tite that makes a boiled dinner dream
of glory or be "a successful man. with
a weight of two tons Of Wall street on
| your mind and a case of dyspepsia that
| makes your stomach just rise and put its
hand over it's eyes at the sight of square
| meal?
! The democracy Of Minnesota Is not
| what 1t was when Grover I. was king. In
those palmy days Mike Doran, Dan Law
| Ter, Charlie Foote and the Winstons were
| dominant spirits. Two campaigns under
Bryan have entirely changed the COM
| plexion of the leadership. Now Lind,
Rosing and OBrien are holding the posts
| of honor in the lodge. But should the
| gold democrats get the upper hand in the
| United States we may expect to hear
| Masterful Grand Sachem Lind of the Holy
| Hierophants remark to the Royal Hooter
Of the Great Seal, 1--WE will now adjourn
| to the anteroom and take the necessary
| obligation" *rs - t-+ts2- : E-sr =,
y 49, - =: .r9EE e.-G L rs "a. J. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

General Miles is footloose and hasn't
said a word. Miles may yet be president
of a national bank.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

If there isn't any cash wheat it nigh
as well be dollar as anything else.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
SOUTH DAKOTA LEADS THEM ALL
Flandreau IS. d. Enterprise,


No other state in the union will make
a better showing than South Dakota this
year. Her per capita wealth will beat any
competitor and any previous record.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

Anyhow, they can't say that Professor
Langley has not invented a diver.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

The Denver Times claimed that when
Colorado women officials met there was
always a row. The Times afterwards
modified this statement by adding that
when the states male officials met there
was also perpetual and everlasting con-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14
On the Indian land business. ray might

on the Indian land bS business. Ray might
tell us If he only would.''
Suppose a Ray Jones boom for governor
should arise out Of that dinner? AT any
rate, IT was not called for that purpose,
and the reason was frankly stated In the
invitations AS for Messrs. Lowry and
shevlin, they were not in evidence, nor
any other Minneapolitans except the host
and the Hennepin legislators.
Sam Langum, who was there in his
official capacity as secretary Of the sem
ate, says:
IF these northern lows can. find moth
ing more tangible on which to base their
criticism Of republican lieutenant gov
erIlor and a republican senate than the
innocent gathering referred to and Incl
dentally signing a petition which, II
granted, would at least defer the evil
day, which would transform a beautiful.
virgin forest into hideous stumps and bar
rem sand hills on which to lure impecune-
GUS settlers, they had better haul In their
horns and keep quiet. Their cry is merely
one OF stop thief and will fool no one who
VIII take the trouble to give the subject
serious thought "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

The JOURNAL is published every evening
except Sunday, at A7-49 Fourth Street South
Journal Building. Minneapolis. MINI.
Mgr. General Advg. Tribune Building.
NJ. LEE STARhE, Chicago Office,
Tribune Building.
Representative. Is Post Building.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

Mike Bowling will. and Mike Bowling
won't That Is the subject Of the debate
now going on in the seventh district. We
can be sure Of one thing-Mike will be
damned II he does, apd damned If he
DON'T, py one contingent or the other.
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

A meteor. fourteen feet square fell at
Sarcoxie, Mo-, and the Smithsonian 1nsti-
tuition Is trying to field it in.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-14

The prospective candidates will have
some opportunities the first week in Sep
TENDER. when many cities will celebrate
Labor Day. and county fairs will be held
all over the state. Bob Dunn will be In
Grant county Labor Day, and Eddy doubt
less has a date to fill. Governor Van SAINT
continues on the move, and will open the
Redwood county fair that same week.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-10
The Leading Hebrew Of New York.

Ino Leaolng hebrew OF New York.
While being, perhaps, the leading
Hebrew Of New York, Jacob Henry
Schiff is exceedingly cosmopolitan in
his ideas, and his ~benefactions are
w~ide-reaching. Not many of Wall
Streets captains Of industry are as
conscientious as he is in the matter of
religion. 1t is well known that he fol-
lows strictly the old Mosaic law which
s%tipulates that a man shall give up
one-tenth of his income each year to
charity and good works. Mr.. Schiff
follows this out to the letter. Those
who know him best declare that he
feels he would be virtually stealing
that amount of money If he did not
turn it over to his poorer brethren.
He has given away millions Of dol
lars, a large part Of which the public
hears nothing about. There are sew
eral monuments to his generosity, with
which his name will always be closely
Identified. Among them are the Mon
tefiore Home, which it may be said
that he founded; the Jewish Theolog-
fcal Seminary, which seems likely to
become the greatest Institution Of this
kind In the world, the Semitic Museum
at Harvard University, and the Nurses
Settlement on the New York East Side.
He is a trustee of the Baron de Hirsch
Fund, and he has been treasurer of
Barnard College.-From Captains Of
Industry" in the Cosmopolitan.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-10
oDELL URGES MORTGAGE TAX.
He Sends a Special Message to the New
York Legislature.


Albany, N. Y. Governor Odell
changed. the entire tax situation in the
Legislature by Unexpectedly sending in
a special message, in which he told the
legislators that it was their plain duty
to pass a mortgage tax bill Of some
kind before final adjournment.
AS a result of this message it was ex-
pected that a bill providing for a re-
cording tax of two and a half mills on
mortgages would be passed. and that
mortgages will be exempted from all
other taxation.
The Governor made it perfectly clear
that he had eve been welded to the
Mortgage Tax bill. which imposes an
annual tax Of four mills, and which
was pending before the Legislature.
He pointed out that the present system
of mortgage taxation as personal prop
erty was unjust to holders of mort
cages, who were unable to escape pay
ment, and he signifed his willingness
to approve any one Of these four meas
ures:
Entire exemption of mortgages from
taxation in any form.
A recording tax, with exemption from
all form Of taxation.
Annual taxation of mortgages at the
rate of four mills ON the dollar.
Annual taxation at the rate of two
mills on the dollar.
Governor Odell had been over
whelmed with letters from all parts Of
the State urging him to recommend a
more just tax on mortgages than is pro-
vided in the present statute. 1t was
now regarded as certain that there
would be mortgage tax legislation in
some form, and the probability favored
the recording tax.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-10
REFLECTED ON NEWPORT
Lemly Says Lack Of Moral Re-
sponsibility Exists There.
h Nays Judge Advocate Generals
Criticism In His Enforcement Of
. Court Martial Verdict.

Washington, D. C.-Judge-Advocate.
General Lemly, Of the Navy, reflected
rather sharply on the rich summer res
idents Of Newport in his Endorsement
on the verdict of the court-martial be-
fore which George H. Edds, Chief Com
missary Steward at the Newport Train
ing Station. was tried on a charge Of
"seandalous conduct" Edds was con-
victed Of exacting a commission Of one
cent a pound on all coffee bought for
the mess and three per cent. on all
baker supplies.
1t was shown that he had also been
leyying tribute on other merchants and
had been working his "get-rich-quick"
system for fifteen years. His "rake-
off was more than $1,000 year. Only
his offenses for the last two years could
be considered, and he was sentenced to
n year in prison.
Edds' only defense was that he had
done nothing more than is the usual
custom at Newport. He pleaded that
coachmen, buffers and other employees
Of wealthy people are paid commissions
by merchants with whom they trade
for their employers, that the existence
Of such an arrangement is well known
and is the universal custom"
In approving the verdict Judge Adyo-
cate Lemly said Of the claim of the de-
Tense:
"The prosecution has not endeavored
to refute this contention and does not
desire to refute it. Indeed, it would
be willing to accept such contention as
being true If it were not irrelevant to
this case. It would be of use only to
show the lack of business integrity and
moral responsibility existing In the city
Of Newport.
1T would not justify or excuse the
accused in any way. He must be
judged by the standards Of the service
of which he is a part and not by the
business standards of the city Of New
port"
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-10
An Incorporated Family.

The scale business being prosperous
and leaf-lard in brisk demand, the
tribe of Fairbanks thought itself war
ranted in holding a reunion last Au-
gust at the Fairbanks homestead in
Dedham, Massachusetts. Jonathan
Fairbanks was the original American
ancestor, and from him are descended
1000 American families. The reunion
turned out to be interesting and uc-
cessful. and n Of its results is the
recent Fairbanks Family in America,
as a society for historical purposes, to
hold property, preserve records and
objects of family interest, and promote
the education of its members in SUBJ
Jects relating to their family history.
The society will buy the Dedham
homestead, and make that its head
quarters, and will doubtless raise as
large a fund as is necessary to provide
a sufficient annual income to carry on
its work. The project seems adapted
to furnish a good deal of lawful and
innocent entertainment at small cost.
and is likely to commend itself to
other families that are scattered over
the United States.-Harper's Weekly.
The Penn's Grove record., 1903-04-10
ATLANTIC CITY.
A Unique City by-the.sea.

Atlantic City has no season. 1t is peren-
NAL. 1t has broken a tradition: that a
seashore resort is necessarily a summer
resort. 1t took daring and Imagination
ON the part of the first man who decided
to spend his winter vacation at a famed
summer place, and even more of the same
qualities on the part Of the hotel keeper
who decided to keep his house open and
provide lodgings for whose might follow
in the trail blazed by the daring i%nnovator.
The experiment succeeded a decade ago.
The Gulf Stream made it so. Geographic
cally Atlantic City is the most favored
resort on the North Atlantic Coast. Its
great temperature regulator is the Gulf
Stream, which approaches the land nearer
at this point than at any other place north
of the Carolina coast. Thus the ocean
are tempered to the winter sojourner and
made almost balmy and free from chill.
Put a pipe in your mouth, jam your
hands snugly into your pockets, and take
a turn along the board walk and notice
the crowds. But for the absence of the
light summer dresses, duck trousers and
straw hats, it might be a cool morning in
early summer. Business men, University
of Pennsylvania undergraduates, trim
young women in light furs and smart
wraps, invalids in roller chairs, GONZALES
cents making slow progress on the arm of
IN attendant-all taking advantage of the
lnvlgorating ocean breezes.
. There are fun and amusement a-plenty
for the person who is seeking recreation
and not health. The Casino has an excel
lent ballroom, and a co%mmodious white
marble swimming pool of sea water,
warmed to a comfortable temperature for
bathing, no matter what the season. There
are bowling alleys and sun parlors with
commanding views of the ocean and es-
panade. Three long ocean piers are addi-
tlOnal places of resort and amusement.
They are kept comfortably heated when
the temperature demands. For the large
contingent who devote their time to out
door sports there are the golf links, of
which Harry Vardon, the English cham
pion. spoke SO highly. The course is owned
by the Country Club, but its courtesies are
extended to hotel guests. A well-equipped
clubhouse is on the grounds of the club.
Fishing is kept up throughout the winter.
The Horse Show draws thousands of visit
ors. To speak of the hotels is hardly neces-
sary. They range from huge structures
equipped with every convenience that lux
ury can command to quiet villas and board
ing houses. They stand to satisfy the va
carries and demands of any applicant
New York Post.
The New Jersey Central has a double
daily service to Atlantic City from New
York, leaving the latter city from foot of
Liberty street at $40 a.. M, $40 d. M.
Send to G. M. Burt, General Passenger
Agent, New York, for illustrated booklet
and time table. Its free for the aSk;nr