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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-10-28
Local hews.o Carson and Vicinity

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Com9eoook
1l1tssss As1astA nv slns a sese
son haAn .. ths Enposfum!
Nrs. CAas. DAskleu ana Mrs. Tom
1ttis drovs down trom~ virginia yes-
'teedax.
eesvral .new cases a measels aso
reported n di1sssat parts e tAe city.
0ib DEtgsD - rapidly recovering
ana win b able 70 b On the street
In . few days.
llr. r. D. 0osae and family arrived
from California .this week and viii
make this city thsir future home.
The numerous weather sharpe in our
vicinity ought to be getting in with
their storm cry By the outlook Of ths
weather.
A number of Carson people are
making arrangements to visit San
Francisco next month to take In the
production Of Ben Hur"
Trafic still continues to be heavy On
the road and two engines are required
to bring the train from Reno nearly
every night.
Reports say that . San Francisco
firm will open q meat market in thif
city and will occupy the building now
occupied by the News and T. R. Hofer
Wireing contracts are continuing te
come in at the sub-station and If ap
pearances count for anything nearly
every residence in Carson will be us
ing the 'juice" by the time snow flies
The Bishop, (Cal.) baseball club viii
| play the Tooopah nine the I'd Of mex
month for . purse oe 81 1000. The win
ming team will then challenge the play
ers Of Virginia City.
There is some doubt that the mill
which was burned year ago. will b<
again rebuilt, at least by the presen
company. owing to the financial an,
labor complications that have recentl,
come up.
| Work is progressing on the nev
boiler at the shops in quick order
and they expect to steam up Friday
Wood will be used until the oil tank
j can be put in readiness to receive tn
oil and they will be Installed.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-10-28
Wood For Sale.

Good dry split and limb pine
wood, sold in quantity to suit patrons.
Saving done on short notice. Ring
mp phone 191.
R. Savage
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-10-28

c. w. Friend. Optician.
Trib cures bruises and aprains.
Sec the new samples at Joe Plata
Go to Mrs. Nuss II you wish de
|iciOus hot tamale.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16

went crazy. The result Of making that
loan was as we had anticipated. For a
year it was easy sliding down hill; then
came the terrible bump at the bottom.
Ruin stared us in the face; bankruptcy
impended. I have often wondered what
would have happened if the war had not
come on-at once burden and a relief.
Then came the hot talk Of reputation.
Everything was mortgaged. For several
years private loans in Minnesota had been
made guaranteeing interest at 9. and 5
per cent a month, by contract. In the
midst of the distress suit was brought on
a large note and the court decided that
It could be collected and must be paid.
It would have established precedent
that would have meant general ruin.
Some prominent people wanted to have
fthe decision reversed. But they were
afraid Of the Minnesotian, which had been
In favor of keeping contracts One of
these came and labored with me. I con-
sidered the prevailing desperate conditions
and finally told him that the Minnesotian
would not condemn a reversal of the de-
cision. The decision was thereupon re-
yersed and Minnesota entered upon new
lease of vigorous life.''
DR.. Fosters mental clarity and energy
were unabated to the end The last words
he said to me were: well, good by; ]
have; outliyed my usefulness as well as
my youthfulness, and am satisfied to take
the road which everybody travels =
1 ryoePuf
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16

From May "a to May 80, 1908, New York
city will hold an absolutely unique patri-
otto celebration. It will be in honor of the
two hundred and f1ftieth anniversary of
the establishment Of New York, then
called New Amsterdam, as a municipality
under charter granted by the Dutch
West India company. It was not much
of a charter, for it gave very little to the
people; but it was, like New Amsterdam
itself, the small beginning Of great mu-
|nicipal organization, which to-day exceeds
in it's yearly expenditure the combined
annual expenditures Of several European
KINGDOMS, and has revenue from munich
pal taxation far exceeding the total reve-
nue. Of Holland, the country from which
the founders of New Amsterdam origi-
nally came.
The celebration as planned, will be in
all respects worthy Of the memorable an
niyersary. The anniversary day was Feb.
2, 1903; but it was deemed better to have
the celebration in the more genial sea-
son Of May President Roosevelt, him
self a native of New York, Is expected to
be among the invited guests, together with
| the members Of his cabinet who hold port
folios which existed when the government
| OF the United States was located In New
York, to-wit: the secretary of state. the
secretary Of the treasury, the secretary
| Of war, the attorney general and the post
master general. State and local officials
James Grant Wilson will deliver his
| torical address in the chamber Of the board
| Of aldermen.
There will be general display Of flags
during the entire week Of the celebra-
/ ton, special exercises will be conducted
1. in every school,, and pastors will be re-
quested, in their various houses of wor-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16
SPELLING

We present the following as the gem
eral indications of the work done in spell
ing. First are given tests from each
grade. In one school:
8 First Grade.
Forty-five papers (tes0, 81 in class
tried all the words, and 6 spelled every
word right; IA have standing from 80
to 96, the others fell below the passing
mark. The list of words is attached:
Am, bird, fat have, all, book, fan. hand are,
cat, feet he. boy, can, flag, him, ball, cry,
get In, bad, dog girl, is, baby, do, good, IT,
3, Second Grade.
A Regular Exercise-Forty-f pupils
spelled, and 35 had every word correct,
misspelled one word, one two words the
others three or more. List as follows:
Always because, build bluebird, children,
chickens, coffee, chair dollar, every.
3, Third Grade.
Regular Exercise, SO Pupils
five stood 100 per cent, 2 stood 80, stood
80, stood 20, 2 stood go. The list:
Minneapolis. language, berry, other, sunshine,
health, bushel, canoe, barrel, leather.
A, Fourth Grade.
Test covering work done during the
term from Jan. 20 to March 26; SO pupils;
average for all, SO 6-1s per cent.
Until, heir thought, wrought whose lamb,
kult, through, tOO Uranght, owl, fourth, throw,
chase, sken lair. fierce, seize, quay, leopard
writhe, Tyre, style, aisle, lynx, sieve, myth,
knowledge sword, court, subdue, scourge, hearse,
adieu deuce crate, pair pare, pear, aught, their,
ought, phrase, quartz.
A, Fifth Grade.
Thirty mine pupils wrote regular les.
son; rs are marked 100, marked co. 4
marked 3d. marked 70 and marked 60
The list:
Discourage, unhealthy unhitch, unclean mis-
print, misguide, misspell, mispend, dissatisfy
dissmiliar, disobey, unfair. unveil uneasy, un
load, unaware, disloyal, mislead, untrue, dis
hearten.
A, Sixth Grade.
Lesson written in six minutes; 81 pu
pills. Fourteen were marked 100, 6 marked
95, marked co. marked IS, 2 marked
Is, marked 70. The list:
Nasturtium, nucleus, obelisk obscene. opera
orchestra, origin, orthodox, oxygen, parable
parachute, paradise, moccasin, melodeon, frivo
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16
A MINNESOTA BOSS
Appreciative Sketch Of the Late DR.,
Thomas Foster by W. A. Il
Crofut.
He Was One Of Minnesota's Best
Known Pioneers Secretary
to Ramsey.
Correspondence of The Journal.


Washington, May 16.--Dr. Thomas Eos
ter, one of the best known Of Minnesota S
pioneers, died several weeks ago. at the
ripe age, of "a. He had spent the winter
in California, having resigned his posi-
tion In the sixth auditors office in Wash
ington after a service Of several years, and
accepted an invitation to spend his re-
manning days upon the Pacific coast,
where his son, Thomas B. Foster, is en-
tering upon the practice of law DR.. Eos
ter leaves in Washington his father-in-law
and ? mother in-law, who have attained
about the same age as himself.
An incident of the civil war is connected
with Dr. Fosters career. In the fall of
1862 a school celebration of the children
of the district was held in the Smithson-
ian Institute. A raised platform at one
end of the hall was drapped with flags and
beneath them sat prominent citizens, in
Guiding President Lincoln. Among the
little girl performers was the 12-year old
daughter of DR.. Vickers Fell Of st. An
thony, Mimi. celebrated in that region as
an anti-slavery man and an aggressive
republican He was now a clerk in the
census office. The little Eirl was dressed
In a costume Of red, white and blue, and
she sang with girlish pathos to ringing ap-
plause the patriotic song, THE Red, White
and Blue" When she turned to leave the
platform Mr.. Lincoln gave her an approx
ing pat on the head and said You are a
fine little girl to sing so bravely, before
such a large crowd as this, the story Of
our starry banner" Deeply gratified, the
girl has ever borne Lincoln's words ir
proud and enduring memory. 1t was years
afterwards that she met DR.. Foster, 6
widower, and became his wife.
The most Of DR.. Fosters life was spent
in Minnesota, where he was one of the
best known of the early settlers Las
fall sat with him at his home in Wash.
ington and took down from his lips G
sketch of his long and eventful life. A
small dog of indefinite breed crept into
the room and laid a paw upon his knee.
Eyes, you shall go, Jack he said
when we go to California you shall no
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16

be left behind. The ride is expensive, but
you must have it. That dog he said,
turning to me, knows what am talking
about perfectly well. It would break his
heart If ] left him. A remarkable dog
He knows more than any other dog ever
saw. He knows all about me. 1t is alb
surd that so intelligent an animal shouldn't
be able to talk
/ rather sympathized with the old man
as recalled the story of Ouida's dog
Puck, who knew SO many Of the family
biographies in detail. 7.
have got to leave here, continued
the doctor Il have been in the govern
ment service till am unserviceable Rheu-
rnatism and its kindred Affections have
at last made me quite useless at the. of
flee, and it isn't fair to Uncle Sam that
should continue to deplete his treasury
knowing that the speaker was drawing
a most meager salary, scarcely more than
that OF a messenger or doorkeeper, it oc-
CURED to me that he was more modest
and cOns1derate of our venera BILE uncle
than some other nephews and nieces who
are drawing enormous salaries in state
| Of utter helplessness. Remembering what
a wide swath he had cut in political fields,
acting the role of a veritable Warwick
for years In Minnesota, when he could
have been governor of the state If he had
wanted to, I asked him to give me some
particulars of his early life
| He was a cousin of that remarkable
genius, Stephen G. Foster, the greatest
song writer and composer this country
has ever produced-the young man who
educated himself, learned without in
struction to play several instruments, and
wrote more than a hundred ballads, in
Guiding 20 Susanna" nelly Was q
Lady, 'Uncle Ned" Nelly Bly," ''Old
Dog Tray, "Old Kentucky Home, .
willie We Have Missed You,'' colo
Folks at Home "Old Black Joe" an6
the beautiful serenade. Come Where NY
Love Lies Dreaming
Known as "Young Pills.
DR.. Foster was born in 1919 at Lew,
iston on the Juniata River in Pennsyl
vania. His father was farmer
i Thomas went to the district school,. ther
to the academy, where he developed s
strong literary turn and resolved to be {
i printed. He served his time as an ap
/ prentice at type-setting on the Lewiston
i Gazette and began writing paragraph
for the paper at sixteen. At the sam,
time he took up the study of medicine
and showed such enthusiasm for it ant
such a tendency to practice it at al
times that he became known in tn,
neighborhood as Young Pills.. At thu
4 age. Of II he went on the stump and mad
speeches for Harrison, and he was bitter
ly disappointed when Van Buren, wa
elected. He ardently continued his stud,
of medicine, but to support himself be
fore practice he became reporter on tn
Philadelphia Ledger in 1887 becomin,
news editor and editorial writer the yea
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16

following When he was 20 he went into
partnership with Francis J. Grund, after
wards q well-known historian and. diplo-.
mat. Together they edited the Daily Age.
The office was mobbed and partially de-
stroyed but the papers advocacy OF Har-
rison was crowned with success, he haLv-
ing carried Pennsylvania by the narrow
majority Of 343 votes. Young Foster was
rewarded by being appointed clerk of the
local court, but he was removed under
Tyler. He now became foreman and city
editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph, but
the tendency to partizanship was strong
upon him and in 1874 he published a
campaign paper in the interest OF Cay.
When his candidate was defeated he re-
sumed the study Of medicine and began to
practice.
Secretary to Alexander Ramsey :.
During these years Alexander Ramsey
member of congress, was chairman OF
the whig state committee, and he made
the enthusiastic young editor his secre-
tary The combination seems to have
been a highly satisfactory one. They
put up rafting campaign every year In
the counties of central Pennsylvania and
made a spirited advocacy Of wing princi.
pies which became infectious In 1915
Taylor carried Pennsylvania and was
elected president.
'In that campaign said DR.. Foster, g
! electioneered during a tremendous snow
storm on the Alleghenies. The state com
mittee had given me $1,000 for expenses II
Edifferent localities. used all that
thought was legitimately required ane
brought back $500 to Ramsey. need mo-
say that he was astounded, and all the
committee was gratified as such an un
precedented performance The localities
was sent to visit were generally carried
for Taylor, and the state committee rec
ognized my services by appointing me sec
| rotary to the electoral college. / have
1 now Taylor's Acknowledgement of ou
work in his own handwriting. Ramsey
great ability was acknowledged in a yer!
substantial manner. he was appointed frs
governor Of the territory Of Minnesota, IL
| 1S49. From Minnesota Ramsey wrote tt
/ Tom Corwin, then United States senate
i from Ohio, and asked him to do something
for me- Corwin got me appointed $1,O0
clerk in the treasury department. i wen
to Washington, but declined the place
and told him I thought I could do bette
west. He came across the room an,
warmly shook my hand, saying: IT an
proud that there is a. boy. who has sens
enough not to bury himself in Washing
!ton.''
Or. Foster Goes to st. Paul.
/ Ramsey wrote from st. Paul that h
wanted Foster with him, and the docto
fposted off, bag and baggage, to that far
i off frontier. Ramsey died only recent,
lat 49,
ct was slow and tedious journey
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16
LANGUAGE.

Language work and reading in the
lower grades are so closely allied that to
separate them is nearly impossible. To
call the lesson in spenmanshtp in first and
second grades a Language lesson Is like
attempting to apply principles of geometry
and civic sections where simple principles
Of arithmetic only are required. TO have
in mind continually in the first grade an
enlargement Of the pupils vocabulary,
and an appreciation of the life and spirit
Of words is judicious foresight. found
the second grade pupils writing simple
statements about things. Too often these
were an effort to tell about some myth
cal or historic character, or to write words
describing a work of art or a fact OF SCI
ence which should be left till the sim
plicity of babyhood begins to give way to
attempts at reason. For beginning les
sons in written language some have =, gone o
too far from Kitty Rover the
pony '.thes horse the dolly" the
baby" and mama"
The real things about home and school
will always remain the most valuable
topics for the simplest language effort.
These the child knows about, He needs
TO instruction as to the facts and state
ments he will attempt to write. The
nature study craze leads away from
rather than to, the best language work in
the lowest grades for the pussy-willow
| will never touch the child's deepest nature
as pussy herself does. Johnnie jump
up will never appeal to the boy as the
| jump up Of his pet dog, Sport, does The
primer that substitutes flowers and buds
for the dog, cat, chicks and baby is COM
paratively weak in securing the begin
nings of language expression. To force
pupils even in third and fourth grade to
express thought of picture in which they
cannot see art unless it is, explained to
| them, is a. weak means of language ac-
| quirement. Words. names In particular.
words necessarily require study and they
interest all pupils. Letter writing, alb
breyiations, picture words and word pic
1 lures are among early means in grades
i four and five that secure life and interest
1 in language study Later in the sixth
/ grade troublesome words, literal an6
4 Agurative expressions, careful study Of
1 figures of speech, not simply to know
them by names but to appreciate theil
i force, all illuminate language and hell
4 to make expression not a studied science
but an unconscious overflow of language
:. power AS the seventh and eighth grades
attack technical grammar, the language
work in those grades will be treated will
grammar. It is safe to say that boil
principals and teachers in Minneapolis ar
correct when they announce language a
the poorest taught subject in the cur
riculums, the one upon which there is n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16
READING.

One cannot however, present the sweet
voice, the mannerisms, the carelessness,
or the strained exactness which char
acterize the reading Of pupils. Poor read
Ing is the exception and not the rule in
Minneapolis schools The repetition of
choice bits Of literature paves the way
for natural expression. Sentence speak
Ing by looking on and off the book can be
carried to excess, and become a me-
chanical impeachment to good reading. If
a pupil fails in expression he can be
helped more by listening to one who ex-
presses well than by any other, means,
Offering one book who Is to listen to a
class read suggests poor reading. Do not
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16

harmony of opinions and with which too
many are cropping in the dark.
offer the following to substantiate
these statements and to exhibit the best
I could find in language results:
Dictatlon A ed Grade.
b Paper not marked.
Fred and Harry went to visit John In the
John to go with them John had good time s in
the city.
All the papers are alike. All are without
serious mistakes. Punctuation had not
been taught evidently My comment is:
An entire class that can do so we'll should
work.
A ed Grade.
Paper 1, marked very good; paper 2,
marked good; paper marked very
poor" The pupils had two days to pre-
pare for this reproduction; six were
marked very good, nineteen good, the 9TH
ers fair" or poor"
PUSSY WILLOWS HOOD.
All winter long pussy sleped in her home.
peeped out of her brown house. All her friends
| were very glad to see her. The brook ask her,
why do You war that funny pussy bonnet?'
or else I'd get the toothache. Mr.. Robin whis-
pered. pussy come out with golden curls dan
cling in the air. Mr. Robin felt ashamed when
Il ,
Sd Grade.
Attached to the set Of papers handed
to the principal of the building the teach
ers sent the FOLLOWING notes to which
space Is given here, as g., commentator
of the teachers judgment:
One difficulty find in written language is the
spelling Of new words. Most of the children
need help along the line Of making shorter SEN
| fences and thus avoiding the constant of
"and."
In correcting papers I rarely mark mistakes
and have papers copied, but classify the general
mistakes and write the sentences correctly on
the board, and the children read their papers and
| find their own mistakes.
18th Grade.
! These papers, Of which there are thirty,
! are more than ordinarily good The sub
lject is dear to every child, and the Lam
guage expression is naturally appropriate.
LITTLE RED RD1NG-HooD.
i Years and years ago there lived near the
Il woods a little girl named Little Red Riding
| Heod. She lived with her parents. Her father
/ was wood cutter.
i She had dear grandmother whom she was
A very fond Of. This grandmother lived on the
other side of the woods, far away.
i While Red Riding Hood was very little
& girl her grandmother made her lovely little
red hood and cloak. This gave the little girl
the name Of Little Red Riding Hood.
I One day her mother sent her to her grandmotl
er's with a pot of butter, few fresh eggs
some cheese and few nice eggs, for her grand
mother was very i'll.
She told her to walk straight ahead and say
"Good morning. to every one she met.
She had nice long walk. The birds wer,
singing very lovely and there were lovely flower
all over. Then she thought she would pick SOM
flowers. When she was thru she sat down t.
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It not only laughs and leaps into the val
ley, but fairly roars and tumbles in.
The ice which has frequently fingered UNI
der the shadow of. the falls until late in
the spring is all gone and there is now
a wealth OF verdure framing the water
fall which brings out all Its beauty The
sun plays tricks with the water and
wreaths a fresh rainbow every moment in
the spray at the base of the cataract.
Altogether 1t is sight worth going many
miles to see and even the Oldest inhabitant
cannot remember when 1t has been more
beautiful.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-05-16
HE MAIN purpose Of an investi-
. cation recently made was to show
patrons what the pupils do In the
Minneapolis schools. Material has


cation recently made was to show
patrons what the pupils do In the
Minneapolis schools. Material has
not been selected to sugar-coat
anyone, or Intentionally to irrttate. The
writer believes in both the old ways and
in modern "fads."
School fads are usually the efferves-
cence produced by the working of a valu-
able thought. They may be the obstruct-
ing rubbish that must be moved to open
the. way for the birth of a new idea. They
are, often, the keynote that signals the
flood of music destined to fill chtld-life
with sweeter songs, broader experiences
and holier ambitions.
Music was once fad but to-day 1t
asks no favors, for it could not be BAN
ished, by any force.
Physical training has settled to a sci
ence designed to secure better carriage Of
the body. ease In walking, sitting, moving
and breathing, a means to secure a
healthy body for an active mind.
Drawing is now safe, because the
boys and girls In palaces and novels show
their parents what they can do, and this
Is the age of doing. Drawing is the nat
ural introduction to all industrial arts.
Baskets and weaving in the schools are
there only because we are too poor to
continue the better industrial work, sew
ing, whiting and cooking. Booker T..
Washington is teaching not alone the
blacks but the whites, as well, that those
who leave the school. for life who simply
know but cannot do are not in demand
The world Is looking for those who can
''heal the SICK" make homes happier,
cause flowers to bloom brighter, turn the
world into an industrial garden where all
can labor with comfort The public school
must be the main factor toward securing
this result.
But industrial training must not oc-
cupy the large part of a pupils time In
school. Reading, spelling, language, ge-
ography history, arithmetic will always
be the bone and sinew Of a school course.
The work done In these last named
subjects can be shown in newspaper ar
ticles and therefore they are presented
here as they were gathered.