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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1903-01-11

I think / know what Love IS Tor. al
though I'm not quite sure think Lows
is given US SO we can see Soul And
this soul we see Is the highest concep-
ton of excellence and truth we can brtn&
forth. This Soul Is our reflected selk
And from seeing what ono Soul Is, ~
imagine what all Souls may be-and tins
we reach God. who is the Universal suuI
Live so as to get the appreciation of
your Other Self, and success Is yours
But pray that success win not come an5s
faster than yen are able to endurs IL
Many folk OF decidedly less abtlity th4A
you, get along much better than ron
Perhaps it Is because they try. whfta yens
cry.
He who allows himself to be q voYrsA
ought not TO complain When be Is trcd
den on ssssI
Some one ought TO do this ar tnat.s-
you are that soma one.
All elocution IS bad. only Soma eieen
ton Is worse than others .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

after they fights be-
to how much rats fear the ferrets big
rat that would fight he will put up paws
and squeal in terror at the sight
around with that snuous body Of his until
striking distance Then quickly that
low the movement, he has the rat
and his teeth have deep into the
G. stopped our little exhibitions to
Of the crowds that used to gather than to my own.
"And don't want to forget the dog good dog is
valuable than the best
that had strain Of And right
here will these homeless street intei-
than pampered house pet They fight
their living They selfmade speak dog Spot
used to tell when there in neighborhood
Lots Of times have had met they
thought there in the building Spot
along and him to hunt If there
he would sit his hind legs and his front
work fast could hardly them Otherwise
give sniff Of disgust and would tell the
mistaken. Spot made hundreds dollars
He especially valuable when working with
longs Rat tongs exactly what their
made the principle of scissors with
grip We the tongs to grab the rats by their tails
think it somewhat strange that should
this but much like osrches and they
they hidden they you looking
them One day took Spot with rid
where it feasible ferrets The pointed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

they were He located them behind large
SAFE climbed and looked and about dozen
of the pests hudded together picked up with
tongs, at time didn't give squeal Spot
caught them and killed them as tossed them to him.
You may think this profession catching
On the contrary centuries old The Pied Piper of
Han1n n the business by long shot
In England also in Germany, frequently
handed down from father to My rather rat
catcher in London, my grandfather the
they try good
deal of mystery When the housewife called to rid
destructive little animals she was apt to be
bit curious, and know The
rat catcher would Madam have little charm that
say just come to me because they think
am their friend,
You find to-day
ago woman asked me to get the rats Of
her apartment house. She a good
deal of real estate might been intelligent
many ways She told me she always had been sue
cessul in driving wouldn't
Obey YOU exclaimed What do you mean?
Why, don't you know she cried I just wrote them
letters telling them please and they always used
it..
was in her apartment house that had the most re-
markable experience of whole had given
of all rats wasn't
to paid until had done it, There was just one rat there
and took sixteen days nights him. then
I didn't kill him. He committed suicide.
Il didn't have time advertised
everywhere and couldn't So
rat with a
have been or he couldn't have read that
had been writing upper
floors and he had stay days
and nights my assistant and watched for him I would sit
for twelve hours looking T
knew he Then helper would relieve I the
rat day after day He seemed to know what was after
and he wanted tantaze would just his
to the edge of hole but enough him.
self to make target
II determined to him out. The only food he could
get in trap be caught such
chldrens tricks Once while would nearly to sleep
just from exhaustion, he would show enough of his
body for that he growing pretty lean But
the minute would raise rifle he would dodge back
One night assistant failed to show and
to twenty must have
to sleep didn't think had but when looked at the hole
didn't the rat. had presentiment that something
happened The fellow had been looking
SO long that felt lonesome without him made
search All the other holes closed, there
for him to reach the floors. While 1
maging the looked washtub half
full of the body of the floating in it. He
had drowned himself he there way
for him New York Press.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
THE, SILENT CAPTIVE THRUSH
Its Home Poured Forth Exquisite Music, but
Soma Stied.

In Its Poor Home 1t Poured Forth Exquisite Music but
When Song Was stiIed..
The following is from the letters of Lady Mary Boyle
therefore be relied
One day while walking with my mother Gin London)
the BRIDGE attracted to small cottage by
exquisite singing The old couple who lived
in their richest possession the
which sang wicker After listening
for few my they would be willing
they named paid by mother, who sent
morning to- claim her purchase The cage
placed large and cheerful window In dining
sound note from the melancholy
which its head if mouting. We
whistled but it remained SILENT motion
less and moping. mother felt much indignation
consistent with gentle She not
pcious looked If another bird had been palmed off
upon waited days, when patience
exhausted The opened
my meet him, but neither of them
allowed to speak, for did the old make
in the than the bird eaped down from
perch opened wings and broke into triumphant
song joy that it seemed the whole yibrated
the melody. why pretty lady said the man,
approaching know don't you? and the
Tapping its moving side side
might say almost dancing for joy There doubt
about it; bird in the
wolsey, like Hebrew captives it could not
sing song strange Take it back mother
would such friends for all the world" and
off together went that loving pair Pretty bird full of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

my grandmother and sister had Kindly pre-
pared The work of dinner was finally COM
pleted and when put the bread into the
oven a happy thought entered my mind.
There was some tlovely'' hot water in the
reservoir. So cleaned the kitchen floor and
front veranda after the bread was baked.
was warm after my cleaning fit and the nap
/ INDUCED in was not amiss. Some two
hours later I hurried downstairs fearing
that my long absence had caused havoc be-
low My fears were not groundless. A huge
kite reposed upon the dining-room floor.
took the object and placed it in the woodbox,
but when thought Of the little brother who
had made it I put the kite carefully away
NY nap had improved the state Of my feel
ings and my crossness was quickly vanishing
So my day was not altogether a failure
had finished necessary amount of work and
my temper was mot in dangerous condl-
ton Therefore am not wholly ashamed of
my ..squally day for before the sun set was
good once more. Wanda Fraiken,
b nth Grade, 1904 Sixteenth Av. s.
South Side High School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

anyhow, but that's just luck Whenever want to
picnic something spells plans and we have to put
It It Off until not at all.
ah! there is sunshine again. Good 1t does not
tho it would rain after all Hurrah But
sister saying Even If 1t does
1t raned much already that
is adding bu it is nice we will
Still had doubts about to-morroWs
weather. long after the Fourth Of July and
afraid during the whole week it gen.
orally does.
That day did not have much to do but read and, OF
such be too did not think that
disappointed in the weather,
haps serious only thought about poor
At last the wearsome day to end went to
morning awoke to find pleasant weather 1t
pleasant picnic and the most
rain sunshower, which lasted about five
seconds. Esther Wesman,
B Ninth Grade, Ninth Street.
School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
CATCHING RATs.,N skyscRAPERs

Midnight Parties, Organized Rodents Consisting Of
Armed Men, Dogs and Ferrets.
rats in skyscrapers? OF
Of the little fellows that help rid Of them.
The professional gave tug
sleeve, and the sharp eyes Of a ferret peered out
That's best one" said the catcher When he
into hole in floor bet last cent there
won't be rat in his neghborhood inside of seconds If
there is to call him The Pride Of New
York. thing certain people this would
be bothered by whole lot hadn't taken him
into partnership with
You the big buildings all vermn proof
than they all fire proof is able to make his
big that would hard work
Some the skyscrapers what is called slow
burning construction food in such places
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

Drawn by Josephine Judd, 9Th Grade, Monroe School.
they little trouble their thru the floors
the walls. have just finished contract for
terminating twevestory apartmenth house To-
night start in big building in lower Broadway It
about the office tenants the rats
valuable the desks. *
There several methods of discriminating rats, but
when it big building The work
consists usually another dog and
ferrets We the floor. In the
hunt for the holes and stop them all
the other post
small rifle which shoots cartridges loaded
with birdsho about five seconds after the erres have
medley Of sQuealing. The
their dreaded enemies max
ing They to know there only
escape the unlocked hole.
The others try to reach the lower floors.
1.-The dog then gets in his work When he hears the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

SQueaklng he gets terribly excited and talrly
dances around the hole he is guarding.
Pretty soon rat dashes out. The dog nabs
him, gives him shake and losses him aside,
dead. They can't come too Tast for him. Out
they rush in a regular procession. If one
does happen to get by him he doesn't leave
his post. He waits for the next one and
take care of the rodent who lodged the dog.
pretty soon the ferrets come out, but the
dog doesn't touch them if he is well trained,
and I never use one who hasn't gone thru
thoro course of Instruction. The ferrets if
they are starved will stop to eat rat after
they have killed him, and many valuable ami
mails are lost thru this error. For this rea-
son the practice has been abandoned by ex-
perienced men.
when the top floor has been cleared we
go down, story by story until we have taken
in the whole building. One trip does not sue
coed in discriminating all che rats. We have
to go over it for several nights, but by the
time we get thru I would give a reward for
every rodent wou could ind
:,s ''Ferrets are growing more scarce each
year. had a good deal Of trouble getting
my stock of them this year But they
brought me a good deal of money they didn't
earn In the regular way. used them as an
advertisement in my shop window, and
people would come into the place and bl1y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
cioud-fountains for Birds.

by which birds quench their thirst when
is described by old skipper who tells how
birds far from land that could furnish
water lowering and under storm cloud, cat
ducks hot at pond, and drinking the
drops of rain they fell They will smell rain squat
farther scud for it
almost inconceivabe swiftness
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
AT A HOUSE PICNIC.

Yes indeed, squally both inside and out When
awoke looked my window II it were going
Storm to be house-pcnic at the
friend who lived in Rchaeld. A sleigh was to
come anticipated a fine time
AS window saw signs of a biz
Yard II won't get up think it is shame for it
to will not have the hoise-picnic till
believed shall CO." So went back
to "Cseor- ge!" my mother called;
believe it took fully hour to
scolded much about the
It was showing breakfast
Them That only added my declared
everything lawful mean It seemed as tho could
not say without being afraid something would be
said ugliness ended it had begun
being told by had jumped out
on wrong the bed that morning.
The day the picnic and had delightful
time George Morse,
Seventh Grade, 1908 Tenth Avenue S.
Horace School. .-@<s-
A&'3fsa; A FRIEND OF THE FLIES.
you open that front again will have to
remain morning., threatened
I, small brother was welcoming hordes
the house.
1 was playing part of housekeeper and maid ofan
work during illness. This of busy
at half past five that morning
to mix had not been idle
laboring ironing of weeks Constant inter-
and the episode had
petely exhausted patience wiped heated face with
sion noticed three playing the window SILL
seized a weapon their lives Not satisfied,
traversed entire lower floor campaign OF
slaughter.
With my younger sisters help finished the ironing at
making the bread into loaves ate the dinner
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
THE MISTAKES OF AUTHORS.

authors doubt ought to be Drawn Sol
because OF the greatness
Of their work slight inaccuracies are fire.
uuently found viii amusing. 5s 80
In knight Richard holds converse with
contemporary William the Conqueror, who Rich
great grandfather
In 1.-THE Give, in letter dated 183- asks
yVhy have we no picture and
consort from probably
to the fact prince before S4o
tiers king solomons Mines Rider flag
Of this satellite take place at the
full moonan asronomic impossbiy In the
Gibeon Walter Besant has caused
to rise o'clock in the morning The most
without doubt noticed that the
western and sets from the moment 1t be-
comes visible Trolope makes Andy Scott whistlng
up the with cigar in his mouth AT the close Of
Around World in Eighty Days. the hero arrives tr
umphany just the clocks Of London strike
ten minutes to tweve!-New York Times.
More English Than London
NOR English than London maintained
Sir John annual meeting of the Geographical
association.
Invading the Sea-
Dungeness Point, in the British channel, Is making
steady growth eight feet thru the
accumulation shingles
Very Old Road.
sacra at Rome in existence 1900 years
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
Invading the Sea.

Dungeness Point in the British channel, Is making
steady growth eight feet the
accumulation of shingles.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
. Very Old Road.

Airoli that the road known the Via
sacra at Rome was in existence 1900 years
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01
More EnqIisI, Than London.

Australia M English than London" maintained
association.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
A TITANIC WORK
Senator Nelson's Labor on His
Statehood Speech,

From The Journal Bureau, Room 45, Post Build
ing, Washington s3,
Washington, Jan. 9.-Senator Nelson g
speech on the statehood bill, which lasted
for several days this week, will probably
not be widely read by the general public,
for 1t does not deal with a subject OF pop
ular interest, but tits nevertheless most
important discussion. and SO far as con-
gress is concerned it win have a high
standing. The labor incident to the prep
aration of such a speech is enormous.
Briefly, Senator Nelson has got togeth-
er every act Of congress bearing on the
territories now seeking statehood, every
decision of the supreme court interpret
ing those acts, every proclamation of the
executive branch OF the government car
.rying out those acts, every treaty with the
Indian tribes inhabiting. the territories in
question:, and every Interpretation OF
those treaties, whether by the executive
or by the courts. It was a. labor involving
an immense amount of research and
painstaking study. 81
After getting this information into one
mass, Senator Nelson assorted it sys-
tematically, assimilated 1t and wove 1t into
an argument against the pending omnibus
bill. The statements of fact in the speech
are conceded by both sides4to be accurate
and fair.,and they will be used In the
course of the debate by nearly every
speaker. Senator Nelson was a humble,
of weeks getting his data into proper
form and the speech is said to have in
volved as much labor as any similar effor1
lin the senate for number of years.
y.ta7 w w. sJermane.s =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
Castro Defaults on the First Install
ment of 100000 Due the
French on Dec. 81.
He Cannot Get Money From the
Bank and May Hold Up the
Merchants.
Gen. Matos Makes Promises and the
IS Revolutionary Movement
Is Growing.

Port Of Spain. Jan. 9.-France may join
the European powers in the blockade of
the Venezuelan coast because Venezuela
has failed to make the first payment Of
100000 due on the French claim on
Dec. 81.
Venezuela also owes the French cable
company 100000, and the company refuses
to extend credit to the government.
President Castro Is deeply incensed. His
attempts to borrow money from the Bank
Of Venezuela have failed. The govern
ment already owes that institution ST.
5000 900. 49,. ...#., -
President Castro's next step will be
to force a loan from the merchants.
The better element In Venezuela Is urg-
ing him to give up his office. His resig-
nation has been publicly demanded in a
possible for him to hold power beyond
February. t-'<
= Troops are sleeping in the plazas Of the
capital in expectation of an attack.
The foreign bankers are waiting for
a. change in the government before nego-
tfating any loan. ~ o.. j. y ,.
General Matos. the leader Of the revo-
luton, in a public letter guarantees a
satisfactory settlement with the allies
within twenty-four hours after he is in
augurated president of Venezuela He as
serts that Castro delays the settlement
in the hope of uniting the people.
There Is hunger now and there will be
starvation later. ... g.
Seven hundred idlers at La Guaira ha We
gone to join the revolutionists. .s
The situation Is. deplorable.
President Castro conceals and the CEN
Bor stops all unfavorable news.
There Is rumer that on Friday the
allies will cut the cable and then land
and seize the custom houses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
.YIYISECTION IS IMMORAL
Without the Proper Use Of Anaes-
thetics Is It Called Hideous-
~ Cruel.

New York, Jan. 9.-President John P.
.Haines was outspoken against the unre-
stricted practice of vivisection in his adj
dress at the thirty-seventh annual meet
ing of the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Animals at the society's rooms
in Madison avenue. He urged that the
bill introduced in the United States senate
by Senator Gallinger for the reasonable
regulation OF vivisection should receive
the unqualified support of the society
believe that vast majority Of oul
members hold, as do, that vivisection Il
essentially immoral said the president
and further that 1t Is hideously crue
when experiments with living animals ore
performed without the use Of effectua
anaesthetics''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09

leg OF f1lly.. The guests ate double por-
lions with unmistakable relish. Members
of the reichstag, aldermen and representa-
tives of art and literature were among
the company The purpose of the ban
quet was, by convincing the diners Of the
palatableness and wholesomeness OF
horsefesh, to induce horse owners to save
their old horses from ending their years in
ill-used drudgery by feeding them under
hea1thful conditions until they were fit for
the table. One Of the speakers said that
$4,000 horses had been Sbutchered and
eaten in Berlin in 1902, and he hoped that
the number would soon be ten times as
many.
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gress. This course marks a distinct ad-
vance in the administration program to
secure legislation at this session, and was
perhaps necessary in view Of the jealousy
between the numerous members of both
houses who have introduced antitrust
bills. 1t would have been difficult to get
these members together in favor of any
Of the pending bills, but it may be COM
paratively easy to unite them in favor Of
bills drawn by the legal officer Of the adj
milistration, representing the president.
Therefore it is just as well that Mr. Knox
got busy yesterday and forwarded his
two bills to the capitol. BY so doing he
has helped to make legislation at this
session possible.
w. w. Jermane.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
STATE BOARDS FILLED
Members Named on Soldiers Home
and Pharmacy Boards.

Governor Van SAINT to-day announced
his appointments on the board of soldiers
home trustees and the state pharmacy
boards.
S. H. fowler of Minneapolis, president
of the soldiers home board, and w. P.
Huntington of Redwood Falls, are reap
pointed. The democratic vacancy on the
board caused by the death OF James r.
Parshall is filled by the appointment of
Captain ". H. Harries of Caledonia,
former congressman from the first district
and prominent in Grand Army circles B.
f.. Carter Of st. Cloud wins the place on
& the state pharmacy board vacated by j.
4 B. Atkinson of Litchf1eld. There was a
hot contest for this appointment MI.
Carter is a young man exceptionally well
equipped. He was graduated from the
University Of Wisconsin in both academic
and pharmacy departments.
The state game and fish commission
holds its annual meeting tomorrow and
will re-elect Sam F. Fullerton as execu-
tive agent.
The term Of w. p. Hill of F'airmont ex-
pires as a member. of the board and there
is another candidate for the place from
the Same town, in the person of Beeche,
Ward.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
MILITIA MAY BE CALLED
Freezing People Of Sidney, Neb., Are
Ready to Raid the U. P.
Coal Yards.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal.
Sidney, Neb.. Jan. 9--Unless something
is done Immediately to furnish coal to the
people Of this city and the surrounding
country. the Union Pacific railroad may
hays to ask for protection against the at
tack of a mob on the coal in the yards
In such case it is expected the militia will
be called out. None of the dealers has ar
ounce on hand and the present condition
will be ten times worse If severe cold
weather should come.
There are several cars Of coal in tbs
yards and the agent has telegraphed fol
instructions to deliver 1t to the dealers
but no response has been received from
headquarters. The people are determined
to have coal at all hazards.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
REFUSED TO MARRY CORA
Crotty of Chicago Sued for $4,000
for Breaking His Solemn
(. Promise.
Special to The Journal.

Special to The Journal. \. :. -.
Darlington. Wis. Jan. 9.-George Crotty
of Chicago is defendant in a $40, 900 breach
of promise case that closed here to-day.
Cora Covey Of Argyle Wis, is the plain
tiff 1t is alleged that Crotty had for
seven years been engaged to Miss Convey
and last year he broke the engagement.
The cause that the defendant asserts Is
that Miss Covey was unfaithful to him,
going to Chicago on two different occa-
sions to see another man. Crotty also
says that their different views on religion
would make their marriage impossible
Crotty Is a Roman Catholic, while Miss
Covey is a Protestant. 4
Miss Convey says Crotty' failure to carry
out his contract has materially injured
| her health and happiness. Crotty is worth
| $50, 900.