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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

AS we suspected, that was all a mistake
about John Charlton being recalled from
Boston by Sir Wilfrid I.aurier, the infer
ence being that the Canadian premier
was displeased with Mr.. Charlton's UNI
hesitating preference for reciprocity with
the United States to the British zolverein
scheme. Mr.. Charlton says that he re-
ceived no telegram of any kind from Sir
Wifrid. and that when he had concluded
his mission at Boston he returned to Can
ada
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
A PANAMA INCIDENT FABLE
w II I. IN I ifo.


A Man was once walking along the
Highway, when he met a Big Boy and a
Little Boy carrying a Basket Of fine APP
pies between them. The Man wanted the
Apples very badly, and he offered the Big
Boy Ten Dollars for them. But the Big
Boy thought the Apples were worth more
than Ten Dollars, and he refused to SELL
tho the Little Boy Begged him to-
AS the Big Boy and the Little Boy
started to walk on. the Man tipped sig
nificant Wink to the Little Boy, who at
once caught on Snatching the Basket
away from the Big Boy, he ran back with
it to the Man and exchanged it for the
Ten Dollars. When the Big Boy ran up to
infict Punishment on the Little Boy, the
Man said he could not bear to see little
Boys fight, so he held the Big Boy off while
he ate up all the Apples himself.
MORAL. stt3
This Fable teaches us that the Panama
Canal must and shall be constructed by
u. S.!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
MECHANICS OF ENGLISH couNrYANs

The residents of the English counties
have nicknames. the meaning and origin
of which are not always obvious Why
the inhabitants of Liverpool should be
called "Dicky Sans is not very clear.
But nearly all the counties have their dis
tinctive nicknames A Cornishman is
cousin jack to the natives of the ad-
jacent counties; the Glaswegians are
"Keelies;" the Lancashire men are 'Tim
Bobbins.'' while the Lincoln shire folk have
long been called yellow Bellies after the
frogs which once abounded there. York
shiremen. again, are everywhere .'Tykes,''
a nickname the etymology of which is not
easy to trace; nor it is less difficult to
say why the Inhabitants of Suffolk should
be designated "Dumplings,' those Of Kent
Hogs, or the Isle of Wight people
Calves
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
A SCOTCHMAN'S DIARY

Archdeacon Sinclair told the "Semi-Tee-
total Pledge assccia ton of the diary of
a Scotch shepherd. which read: Sunday
Up in the morning at "a dram fwhis-
kyD Went out to see the sheep--a dram.
Came home to breakfast--a dram. Looked
round the house-a dram. Washed and
dressed for church, dram. Took a
brandy before going to kirk, lest I should
smell of whisky in the house of the Lord y
The name of the association was re-
sponsible for the archdeacons own eXpe-
rience He was once lunching alone in the
house Of friend confined to his room by
an accident. The housekeeper brought ur
a tray of good things. and asked the arch
deacon what be would have to drink. for.
she said. I've 'erd you're not temper
ate gentleman.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Casper Ernst. "a brilliant young St.
Paul tinancier," has been sentenced to ten
years in states prison. He used other
peoples money in his private business
and was caught at it. Mr.. Ernst's attor-
declared that the only difference between
Ernst and some others in st. Paul is that
he was caught, The attorney seemed to
think that since those who had not been
caught were not to be punished, his client
ought to have a light sentence. 1t seems
to us that it would be better to equalize
the situation by catching the other Eel :
lows
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
THE MAGAZINES

Santa Answers Race Suicide Charge
Santa Claus has answered the race sui
eide" doubt in this from Life:
Mrs. Santa Claus+-Chrs, what the talk about
race suicide mean?
''It doesn't mean any THONG. l filled more
stoc kings this Christmas than ever
Among the numerous other good things
from the Christmas Life is a Christmas
proclamation beginning thus:
Know all men by these presents:
Smokers Pride cigars.
Purple cravats
Hopeless hair brushes
Noisy neckties.. ....
Dainty smoking jackets.
AgoniHing< bath robes,
# Etc. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
- "Women. Obey Your Husbands
q The Editor of The InnrnaI

To the Editor of The journal.
Does Mr.. Gray know that we are not
living in the time Of Peter, or has Mr. G.
been like our o d friend. Rip Van Wrinkle.
asleep since Peters time? If SO. I trust
that he will look into the matter a little
closer and if he does l think he will dis.
cover those words of Peter were not in
spired by God. God said they shall be one.
Now. after eighteen years of married. hap
py life, We have never discovered which
that one to obey is, nor do we wish to.
/ am happy to say I am the woman and
in our marriage vows the word obey
was left out-and I believe that any
woman Of the twentieth century who will
stand up before, God and man in SO holy
bond as marriage and say yes to the
obey part is telling q lie. for any woman
of thought. or. farther, any woman who
is fl for any Christian man to marry
.shrinks from the word and never intends
to :'obey.' If you will show me whepe
God tells woman to obey. or subject them
selves to their husbands. l will at once
don q cap and apron and say, Master,
please can r. "A Wife.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
PRESIDENT ACCEPTS FRIck GIFT

The painting by Chartran representing
the signing of the peace protocol between
the United States and Spain, presented to
the government by II. c. Prick of Pitts
burg. has been formly accepted by the
president The picture, which cost 100000
will eventually be displayed in the east
room of the White House. The central
figures of the work are the late President
Mckinley. Secretary of State hay, Assist
ant Secretaries Adee, Cridler and Hill.
Ambassador Cambon, representing Spain,
and Secretary Thiebaut of the French en-
hassy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
HIGHEST SALARY PAID A WOMAN

The highest salaried woman at the pen
sion bureau is Miss Annie Shirley. whom
Commissioner Ware has promoted to
position which pays $1,000 a year. Only
one other woman has received SO large
salary Miss Shirley was appointed a clerk
in the bureau about twenty-five years ago.
During the greater part of her. service she
has been attached to the office of the CHIEF
clerk For many years she has made up
the bureau pay rolls, and she knows by
name and appearance every one of the
4 100 employees Of the bureau.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Folk The prose and verse in this eie-
CANT volume are from the best which many
distinguished writer's for young folk have
produced. Among the contributions may
be mentioned the late Eugene Field and
Joaquin Miller, Laurence Hutton, Edward
Everett Hale, Julia Ward Howe, James
Whitcomb Riley, Colonel T. W. Higginson.
The Photographic illustrations are YER
liable works of the highest art, and the
decorations are certainly evidences Of the
fine artistic taste of the author.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
Rule of the Committee.

We Americans are committee WOr-
shippers. Our congress and onr.leg-
islatures are managed by cQrnmit-
tees. In the case of the house of
representatives the boss committee is
the committee of three on rules. The
result is that three men determine the
policy of So,Q0gTsgA peoraGC;l - = =:
Even more5 az We manager by
means Of committees in Bttsintss a
board of DIRECTORS, is not hing but q
stockholders .Gommittee,, This com
mittee is elected by the majority in
terest, generally held or controlled by
one man. The. other stockholders are
ciphers SO fay directing the policy
is concerned. ~tThen "a majority, and
sometimes less, of the directors con-
sttutes a quorum, so that the business
affairs of thousa ndS of persons are
frequently directed by one. or two lnen
who often refuse to letthe shareholder
have any information about his bust
ness. .>Ge ..os -.-.
In his argument in the merger case
the other day, Attorney General Knox
showed how this committee method
of doing business might by com bfna-
ton with the merger idea very easily
place two or three men in complete
control of the railways of the country
without another cent Of money being
put into the company. Before the
consolidation of the Great Northern,
Northern Pacific and Burlington, it
took 81 per cent of the stock of each
road to give control of it's affairs.
After the Great Northern and North
ern Pacific acquired the Burlington
control Of 81 per cent of the stock
of the two northern roads controlled
them and the Burlington,. too. When
the Northern Securities appeared on
the scene 81 per cent Of it's stock con-
trolled all three railroads, tho it re-
luired only 81 per cent of Northerl1
Pacific and Great Northern stock tic
keep it's grip on them and the Burling-
ton. Hence, persons really represent
ing only a fourth of the ownership OF
the Northern Pacific and Great North
erin are able to control both them and
the Buflington. This. thing can be
kept up Indefinitely by having the
controlled companies purchase other
railways by means of bonds secured or
the purchased railways. No matter
how far this process went, it would
not require a cent of new capital, ant
tho the active capital of the .combina
lions might ultimately be that of the
worth of all the railways in the United
States, still that 81 per cent =of North
ern Securities stock would control the
whole, even tho the capital repre-
sented and controlled might be $40
G00,000,00O as against the 81 sc, Ooe,OO1
that controlled. ....
It has. been shown that thru tn,
ramifications of interests, banks, ant
corporations, wheels within wheels
about q dozen men control the grea
business affairs of the entire United
States. In othersMords;y a cemmatte
Of twelve. without any check wortl
mentioning, has been appointed t
look. after the: investments of practi
cally all Of the people. - D..
Great is the committee
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
THURSDAY EVENING,

to it on the floor 81 the house is that he
was DESTROYS of an opportunity to explain
how it came about that he landed on such
obscure. committees as.-claims and Pacific
1t seems that Mr.. Williams did
not help him to land there, but there he is.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Possibly Cuban reciprocity may SO slim
ulate trade. and the precedent of having
adopted one reciprocity treaty may be SO
effective, that Canadian reciprocity may
look good before longf to enough of the re-
publican leaders to save the republican
party from being robbed of that claim to
public favor by the new democracy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Representative John Lind says that his
relations with John Sharp Williams, the
leader of the democrats in the house Of
Representative are cordial. AS this state
ment was made on the floor of the house
Yesterday, and Mr.. Williams did not deny
it's truth, The Journal will have to
concede that Mr. Lind was not assigned to
obscure committees, because q, a lack of
cotdial relations between himself and Mr..
Williams, Wsssfssunae th}atemhat caused
Mr.AtI,ind to- talsessemmuch interest ins Il :he
j Q u i ii q editorial as to reply formally
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
The Tribune says:

Carlisle was visited in the county Jail
twice. yesterday, by his wife She care
first about S o'clock and talked briefly with
the prisoner for about half an hour. .-
briefly for half All hour?' But per-
haps, in the case of a woman, that isn't so
very far wrong.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Some of our railroads are ordering cleo
trio locomotives weighing eighty-five tons
each with a "a ting of , 200 horsepower
and a, capacity for hauling heavy trains at
a speed of sixty miles an hour. Never
theless. cars drawn by horses are still
crawling thru certain thorofares in the
borough of Manhattan.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

The rest of the world is beginning to
feel like giving Japan and Russia the >ad-
vice small boys used to give their quarrel
some comrades, to-wt: stop your quar-
reling and go to fighting.'' ,t--s@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

The speaker held yesterday that Rep
le9eH'a'Ne '''l'o was l''' IL orueI u d
point Of personal privilege. Still it was
wholly personal matter that Mr.. Lind
talked about - ~. ,.-.-s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

: About a year and a half ago President
Roosevelt declared that Cuban reciprocity
might be delayed, but that it was sure to
come The president was right, usual,
a man who is dead set and is right is q
powerful force. ---
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

1t has taken three years to get reciproc-
ity with Cuba. There is hope for reel
procity with Canada.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Andrew Carnegie regards the Ameri-
can negroes as a national blessing. This
will be news to the south.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
AT. THE sTHEAT'ERs
.>{Eover Chat ;


:. The Sterlss; ana adj their; saletrN bird"
companions will be seep Toy a Second time
at the Metropolitan }fif aisfariod OF: three
nights and matinee. opening Tonight This
cheer y; melangc is richly Emhlazoued with
eyerything. neeW1 bright bnd fascinating
that could possibly be coTralled into three
most beautiful sciences. y z -
I There are seventeen classified musical
numbers. besides the jhnumerable-2 Incl
dental melody briefs. in Mr.. Pickwicl1 ;"
the stage version of Charles Dickens mas
terpiece, which is to be presented by De
Wolf. Hopper and company a the Met
lropol1tan for the half week commencing
Sunday evening, Dec. ,2e.-f
I Tim Murphy seems at home everywhere,
hut little more SO in Washington so it
was wise move on the part of George V.
Hobart and f.. r.: Rose t q locate the scenes
, of his new play in that city. The name of
this play. in which Mr.. Murphy is TO ap-
pear sat the Me Topolitan for three nights,
with ma tinees Christmas Day and Satur-
fday, beginning Thursday, Dec. "a; is "The
Man from Missouri
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

AN INVITATION is extended to all to Visit
the Press Room, which is the finest In the west.
Goss Presses. with total capacity OF l44,0oo
eight-page o 8 al hour. printed, to!ue9
and counted. The best time to call Is from H:1o
to 4:30 p 10. Inquire at the business Office ana
be directed to the visitors gallery OF the Press
Room,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK

People who have things to say to the pub
lie that ought to be said, are Invited to
use this column. But the space Is linn
tied, and all communications must be
''boiled down. as much as possible.
Three hundreds words Is saTe limit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Lights O., London, one of the best
English dramas eyer 3written, will be the
bill at the Lyceum all Of the coming week
with the usual matinees on Tuesday.
Thursday and Saturday, and a special
matinee on Christmas Day. >s ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Another large audience witnessed the
Ferris. Stock company meritorious pro
duction of the excellent comedy fWha t
'Ida opened to- JONES' at the lyceuni las
evening, and. at the matinee to-day. There
will be a matinee on Saturday. Dick Fer
rissas Jones was never seen to better 5ad-
vantage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

1t seems like dream. What? tt
realization of reciprocity with Cuba.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
Cruel ard An q srpsfac

Cruel and angrgsface.
Hateful and heavy with wine.
Where are the gladness the grace,
The beauty, the mirth that were thine?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Beautiful face of a youth.
AS an eagle poised to fly forth
To the old land loyal of truth.
To the hills and the sounds of the north
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

The story Of ''Why Women Sin" which
opens at the Bijou Sunday afternoon for
week s engagement is thrilling and orig
inal and the climaNes are of an artistic
and sensational nature. The production
is staged in sumDtuous manner.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

"A Desperate Chance" the thrilling
melodran1a holding the boards at the Biiou
this week, played to two large and en-
thusiastic audiences Yesterday A popu-
lar-priced matinee will be given Saturday
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

The Muscatine. Iowa. Journal asks why
do men get drunk?' If the Journal has
not found out vet it ought to hire some
well informed man to tell it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

We read about the "boy bandit and
the boy seuth'' and all that, but We do
not know. most of us, that the civil war
was fought practically by boys. A Des
Moines letter to the Sioux City Journal
says:
Interesting statistics have been secured in the
office of the adiutant general of Iowa in regard
to the age of the men who enlisted in the United
States service in the of 1851 65. These sta
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
Intal enlisted mon

Total enlisted men .............,:...2,7 IS,3 nt
If these figures are correct, the bulk of
the army was between Is and % years of
age. 1t is difficult to believe that less
than So 900 men of that great army were
over % years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
"SoNNlE PRINCE CHARLEY"

(Andrew Lang on "Three Portraits of
Prince Charles describing the appear
ancezo the prince at the several dates of
the portraits.) 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

The McGinty navy is doing some wOn--
derful submarine stunts off French ports.
The modern warships besides watching the
surface of the sea will have to examine the
atmosphere and the bottom of the sea as
we'll If we are ever obliged to go into
a naval battle, We would prefer a sta
ton somewhere in Colorado. right at the
foot of the Rocky Mountains
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Professor Small of Chicago says that
capital has no rights. We look to find
salt water in that professors kerosene
can.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
THE NoNPAREJL MAN

ir. Moses Makes Complaint Of the Ty-
ranny of the Human Mind When 1t
Does Not Work in Accord with the
Highest Reason = How 1t Orass
Him Into the Cellar to Look at the
Back Damper Again After He Has Al.
ready Fixed the Furnace for the Night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

We may not get Canada this year nor
Mexico. but if we work it carefully we
may be able to pull in New Mexico and
eight miles of canal strip.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17
Beautiful face of a child.
ILiohta6 mifh h la11phteI. and

Mirthful. and tender. and mild
My heart is heavy for thee
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

The poultry show is coming along in
January at the old city hall. We are go
ing to enter cur bantam rooster known in
the neighborhood as THE Little Early
Riser" because he begins to unlmber a
shrill, rapid fire crow at 2:10 a. m, exactly
eight minutes ahead of R. F. Jones' prize
cockerel. known as Joneses Paw Paw.
Don't forget the hen show.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Miss Mary Phillips has produced one of /.
the most eXquisitely illustrated books for
children in her Laurel Leaves for Little +
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Standard Oil distributed sl3, 900 900 in
dividends the other day. We wouldn't
have those articles now running in Nc
Cures Magazine written about us for the
whole dividend.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Did somebody murmur Dollar Gas? Or
was it the wynd.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

Gus Widell still has under consideration
whether heEwill be a candidate, for sec
rotary of state. He has. had considerable
announcement: but business deals that
reach into theTfuture naake>it impossible
for him to make up his mind at present
Charles 3. Cheney
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

What do you think of the West Virginia
business man who eloped with a lady
weighing 432 pounds? Wonder if she was
caStOrs:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-17

We have been much interested in the
dispatch from Hammond, Ind. regarding
the case of DR.. Washburn. The dispatch
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-09
Laundry Pointers.

Clothes cannot be rinsed to,
much. The little spots of iron rus
which appear in most mysterlou,
places-in gathers, under rutlle-
trimming, etc.-are due to the soa!
not having been rinsed out, and ii
united with the bluing and formco
an iron compound. Rust Otter
comes from the boiler, but one can
always tell when such is the case.
The question of whether clothc:
should be soaked overnight or only
a short time is a much discussed
question; but, considering the ac,
ton of soaking to be the removal
of dirt, to lessen the wear on clothes
soaking overnight is too long. The
first action Of soap, which is aka,
line, is to soften dirt and make il
soluble. If the clothes soak toe
long other compounds are formed
much more difficult to remove. On,
cannot always see them, but they art
there.
The use of chemicals in the laun,
dry, unless properly handled, should
not be allowed. The strong washing
powders and fluids, if used in mod
GRAFTON, will not injure the clothes
The chemicals in use are ammonia
borax, chloride of lime. All chem
icals should be dissolved before the
clothing is put in the tubs. These
chemicals rot the goods, and they
soon fall to pieces.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-09
Cleaning Hairbrushes.

To wash hairbrushes dissolve i
couple of tablespoonfuls of boraS
in a little boiling water and add to
it a Sulliciency of cold water in d
shallow vessel, deep enough only to
cover the bristleS. In this dab the
brush up and down till clean, rinse
with clear water and put in the air
to dry. Remember in washing
brushes that hot water must not be
used, and they must not be placed
near a fire or in the sun to dry,
Carelessness in these points will re-
suit in the bristles losing their stiff
ness and becoming discolored.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-09
Tba Three Gods OF tke Englishma:

The EngiShman is the last E'-i
among civilized races to be an artist
a musician or poet, but he is the frs
to be a gentleman. An EngliShmAi
thinks codIy. loves coldly and iight'
coldly. but he gets there Just the sam"
There is always Il fascinating smooth
ness about him. and he wOrships three
gods-hiS flag. his trade and his to-
hat.-Syducy Bulletin.