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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
MINNESOTA WILL HAVE >UP-TO-
DATE SCHOoLMA'AMS @.'. go
Chicago Record-Herald.


The little red schoolilouse'' in some
states may have fallen into hard lines. II
may, indeed, have been failure In the
matter of turning out the expected quota
of presidents and United States senators
each year. It may have been sore dis
appointment in Z the9 matter : of 5 making
poets out Of farmers sons. i. 49, /, r. e.
But no one need worry about, 'the little
red schoolhouse' in Minnesota. If 2origi-
nality is really as important in pedagogy
as the great educators would have US be-
] teve,: the schools at Minnesota are going
to lead those Of all2 fhS bitter states IN the
union. They are going to turn out origi-
nal thinkers and doeTs instead Of mere
machines running along the narrow edu-
cational grooves of the past.
That stEe Minnesota sehoolma'am Of the
future~is going to break away from the
beaten paths Of traditional notions is
shown by some Of the answers found in
thte 10000 papers Of the state teachers
examinations now being read at the state
capitol Among them are the following:
T. nBenjamin Franklin invented lightning
and electricity. This was a very hard
thing to do. = 81 ; : - -. ' " =
" Alexander Hamilton was one Of tho
pioneers Of Minnesota He was tall and
Ekind-hearted.' -. = s. :
s Governor Ramsey was the man. who
Started ST. Paul. s>S4 VA. = siEs; 81 /:
John Marshall was5one of the passen-
gers ofSthe May flower and: the first gov
ernor of the colonies; H.. IA II. . :
These will suffice to show the refreshing
originality that 4perVades the answers BY
the bright young women who are ;fittin..
themselves to betinstructors of the youth
Of Minnesota s"' :.
If Benjamin Franklin did not invent
lightning, who did? Certainly not. Horace
Greeley or Thomas Jefferson. If neither
Greeley nor Jefferson invented lightning
it is easy to concludei thru 1.-The induc-
tive process Of reasoning that 1t must
have been franklin. &. And no one will
challenge the statement that it was
very hard thing to tdos..' for doubtless Co
lumbus and Sir Isaac Newton had tried ii
an dfailed.
And whe would be foolish enough tc
question the statement that Alexander
Hamilton was one Of the pioneers of Min
nesota? Nearly every county in nearly
every state has an alexander Hamil-
ton and they are nearly always ''tall and
nd-hearted.' And just because it has
never been known exactly who was guilty
Of Starting st. Paul. there is no reason
for doubling that the culprit may have
been Governor. Ramsey. Even tho he
should attempt to prove an alibi, public
opinion would generally. favor the tseti-
mony Of the schoolma'am. And as for the
passengers on the Mayfower, the identity
OF some of them has always been in as
much doubt as that Of the fellow who
struck, Billy Patterson
Blind adherence to old time notions . -,
traditions is the bane Of pedagogy. The
schools need live, up-to-date, original
thinkers, and Minnesota is going to have
them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
CAME DOWN CRAB FASHION

EeTs-t BOSTON f:OSt.
F. Norton Goddard, the conqueror of
New York's policy evil; told at the recent
dinner given in his honor at Savoy hotel,
an odd story of a maid servant:
This maid" he said, had just come
over from the old country, and she was
very green. Everything she did pro-
claimed her greeness. One Of. her habits
was always to come down stairs back
ward.
assure you it was a funny sight to
see. her descending staircase SLOWLY. II,
that way. Her hand grasped the balus-
trade for safety, and every little while she
looked around to see how much farther
she had to go. ,
Why do you come down stairs back
ward, Kathleen SOMEONE asked her
= Sure, sir she answered, that's the
way we always came down stairs in the
ship comm over. Isn'teit the fashion in
American
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

Somewhere in the French city Of Lyons
is little cocoa shop kept by a, woman
who has won a record in the Alps which
veteran climbers may well envy. For
years she has followed the French Alpine
troops with her basket, marching with
them on their maneuvers with her walking
stick as support and her basket of cocoa
as excuse. Withirr> a few days this won
derful woman has scaled a mountain $500
feet high. crossed another to height of
$500 meters, climbed with the troops to
the top Of Mont Gents, and finally left the
regiment, at the summit of the Frejus, q
height Of 2,700 meters. Soldier after soil
der fell out Of the ranks but the cocoa
woman marched on, up the Alps and down
the Alps.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
Minnetonka RECORD

A young lady from Excelsior, who has
been teaching in "a rural district not far
from here; recently received the following
comprehensive Recommendation from an
influential member of the school board at
that place:
THE statement of Miss - about her
success in our school that she teached last
spring for three months.
The statement is this: She was indeed
very polite. honest, neat and well educa-
ted IN every way; she was kind to the
children, made them mind as they ought
to. Every pupil was sorry that she left
She tried her best to satisfy them Gave
them a picnic on the last day Of school
which they was all glad to have. They
spoke peaces, sang some of the incest
songs that you could think Of She was
at school every morning in time if she
possibly could. The pupils all seemed to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE a TONIC

Success.
+ Some people act like a tonic or an in
MIGRATING and refreshing breeze They
make US feel like new beings. Under the
inspiration of their presence we can say
and do things which 1t would be impossi-
bic for us to say and do under different
conditions. One stimulates my thought
quickens my faculties, sharpens my intel
lect,sopens the foodgates of language and
sentiment and awakens the. poetic within
me, while another dampens my enthusi-
asm,' closes the door of expansion, and
chills me to the very center of my being
There emanates from him an atmosphere
which paralyzes thought dwarfs express
sion.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
wHITEUNsH BY Ethel Walls Mumford, Au
thor Of +'Dupes." Etc. illustrated. Boston
Dana, Estes 6 Co.
Literary NOTES.

The Macmillan Company will soon pub
Iish London in the Time Of the Stuarts,''
by the late Sir Walter Besant. This is the
second of "a series of books to be called
"The Survey Of London" which Sir. Wal
ter! had undertaken. 4"
words Children" by Miss Dorothy
Menpes a young English writer, daughter
Of Mortimer Menpes, who made the pic
lures for the book, which are one hundred
in number.
Mary MacLane has written new book
entitled my Friend, Annabel Lee" which
Herbert S. Stone & Co., Chicago, will
publish. The latter say Mary has been
living quietly in Boston working on her
book. .->, ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

On the Sunday afternoon in question
there were dozen persons at tea. While
the cups were being passed around by
the gracious young hostess Reggie, with
out any cause whatever. set up this chant
Mr.: Lamotte loves mama,
And mama loves Mr.. Lamotts: 81
Mr.. Lamotte loves mama,
And mama loves Mr.. Lamotte.
There was litter; then absolute quiet,
and Lamotte blushed like a girl. In the
dead silence Reggie's papa picked up his
young hopeful and took, him up stairs.
But this did not console Lamotte. and he
avoids children on all occasions now.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
A STRONG RECOMMENDATION

like her and learned good writing, read
Ing arfth., etc. She kept her school
In good order, kept a wash basin.
towel, etc. for the children SO they could
wash their hands whenever they were
dirty, SO they would not spot up their
DOCKS and everything else they had.
She also let them plant some flowers
ana SOW seed, plant trees at the school
yard whenever they wanted at recess
time In July as it was very warm some
times 80 that they could not stand it in
the school. she took them out to a tam
arack swamp near to the school and let
them study about some different kinds OF
trees. flowers. weeds, etc. She tried her
pest In everything. /. know II she Will
ever teach again she will try to do some
more, This will be all of the statement
that I will write for this time. Hoping
you will believe everything I say for it Is
true. MIR. -, Clerk of Dist. No."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
TWO GOOD HIGHLANDERS
NO. Philadelrhia ,edoer

During the Crimean war Scotch OFF,
Ger was appointed to command regiment
ing Highlander took a vote Of the regi-
ment to determine whether the men ia
vored the adoption of the Highland cos
tune g tx ~ s
In due time the regimental orderly APP
peared before the colonel with. the result
of the vote.
We'll orderly said he, .now many
Of the men favored the adoption OF the
Highland plaids?'
| only two, SIR
s"Only two Well, am glad have at
least two good Highlanders In my regi-
ment. Who are they 2"
Corporal Flaherty. and Private Milf
gan, sir"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

Minneapolis building strike Is over.
Both sides have agreed to resume opera
tions while the dispute is adjusted. Why
couldn't this resolution have been arrived
at a month ago-before the strike began
plunge into strikes suggests a parallel
with lynching nobs who usually hang an
accused man and try him afterwards. And
this applies to. both sides. The employer
as we'll as the employed often finds after
a strike is on that there Is virtue in nego-
tiation and compromise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

n
Neither were all OF the passengers Of the
railroads fair visitors. But II the visit
ors numbered 75.ooo..it IS probable that
both as to individuals and as to. admis-
sions, the country contributed more the
fair than the cities did.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
A Sermon by the President.

The president had yesterday one Of
those splendid opportunities that come to-
presidents to give the people some sound
advice. to drive home the realization of
the essential foundations of our democ-
racy and our republic. And Mr.. Roosevelt
was equal to the occasion. No man or
woman. rich or poor, union man or assoc
ciated employer, having In him Chris
tan spirit, can read the presidents Labor
Day address without being the better
for it.
Like most of our good presidents ad-
dresses yesterdays talk contained moth
ing very novel. There were no fne-spun
theories, and no sacrificing Of thought to
words. The speech did not bristle with
epigrams, but it was full Of easy-reading,
solid good sense. From beginning to end
there ran thru it the basic idea that the
strength Of this nation. the perpetuity Of
the republican form of government and
the internal harmony Of the people de-
pend in the last analysis upon the indi-
vidual citizen. Neither the rich man nor
the poor man as such Is an enemy Of the
republic, but dangerous indeed is the poor
man who is envious and hateful Of the
rich, and equally dangerous is the rich
man who Is grasping, selfish and unjust.
When any class, whether the poor mob
or the rich aristocracy, attempts to and
succeeds in making government shape it's
courses to realize class ends, instead Of
the aims. Of the whole people, the begin
ming Of the end is at hand, ~
OF course all thoughtful, patriotic men
to solve the problems and master the diff
culties of the time, but indirectly he does
a still more valuable work who lives just
life, insistent upon his own rights.
scrupulous Of those Of others; neither an
arrogan plutocrat If rich man, nor a
bowling demagog if a poor man. Upon
good men and good women. strong and
pure families, Is the citadel of our repub-
lie built. The good housewife, quiet and
obscure, mother of numerous sound chill
dren, good neighbor, good mother, good
wife, daily intoxicating. the principles of
good conduct and good citizenship, Is do
ing mighty part in solving the problems
Of the day. So also Is the workman who
earns days wages with an honest day 8
work, who is thoughtful of his fellow
workmen, thoughtful of his employer and
thoughtful Of his public duties. So also
is the rich man who looks upon himself
as the fortunate trustee Of riches, who
regards them not as instrume nts Of friv-
olous pleasure but as the creators of OPP
portunities for him to make better man
Of himself and better men of his fellows.
This Is the plain, old doctrine the
president never tires Of preaching. It is
doctrine the people are never tired Of
hearing. It is doctrine that they need to
have preached to them! by men In high
places. 1t Is sound, 1t is elemental, it is
easily understandable. 1t will save the
nation that lives up to it. ~. o..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08


The deacon's butter scored on ourn, an that was
- surely wrong,
Fer II they smelled his butter once they'd found
1t mighty strong.
And half the lace an fancy work they fused
and tumb1ed DER, .... - $50
Mathflda says she's sure she saw for sale at
Ioness store. .l-... -
So that's the way tn e prizes went. We couldn't
make 1t stick,
An tho pa jollied up the jedge, he didn't take a
trick. :
But l. took the leadin' prize, fer were there
And Sally Jones, the deacon's gal, were there
along with me- 40. - i. =.
And when that merry go around would 90 around
again,
You bet she thought that Hiram spriggs was
jest the best o. men.
So late that night, a drivin' home-the moon
had hardly riz- iO-
/ felt plumb sure jest would bust unless 7
did the biz s-N'0
But when says. says 1 to Sal-The stock were
middlin good
1t weren't what I oughtier said, but then she
understood. ~
50 when the road got dark again, sorter shet
my eyes e''
An asked ,1,, her since she's at the fair II she
Asa P. Brooks
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
KEEP HIM BUSY
Portland oreeonian.

They tell in New York Of a man named
King, who resides in Europe. visits all
the capitals, knows all the big wigs, is at
home on all the bonrses and generally
keeps track Of whatever is going on in!the
money market. He cables daily to the
Standard Oil company and some of the
cables are kept secret. They8are full 81
meat. The transactions Of the Rookie
fellers and few others are based upon
his say SO. He receives q salary Of $500
a year. IS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
Labor Day passed quietly and Mr.. Parry
Of Indianapolis still lives.

T. "A poor New York millionaire complains
that everybody in trade soaks it to him
real hard on prices so that he is in hot
water all the time and always has cases
In court to defend himself from extortion.
When his wife has her teeth fixed the
dentist lights into him for $3.50, and so
on down. There are advantages In being
poor but we do not care for them particu-
larry. ..,.. ..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

, A rich coal vein has been discovered on
Perry S. tIeath's coal mine. It was, only
a little while ago that he was in the
postoffice department. Surely, some men
are born lucky.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

Georgia Is dealing with the problem Of
the vagrant In severe but effective fash
Ion. The idler without means of support
is arrested in that state and put to work
on the roads, A@similar system in Mime
sofa would lead to remarkable improve
ment iii the condition of the highways.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

The question Of whether a man must
pay railway fare if he has to stand kup&is
always being tested in the courts. But we
notice that the man who refuses Ito pay
for the privilege of standing up usually
gets off the train, after a little debate
with the conductor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

If one half Of what each faction Of the
republican party In this state says about
the other faction, Is true, the people had
better fire the whole ''caboodle" and put
some other party In power4-Montevideo
Leader.
reading The Great Mortified Disorgan-
izer's paper. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

A Paris invention tests wine by tele.
phone. vessel containing prime wine
is placed beside one containing that which
is to be tested on a machine which looks
like an ordinary balance scale. Then each
vessel Is attached to a telephone, and il
the wine being tested Is pure, nothing
happens. But If 1t is adulterated the
telephone begins to buzz and a dial is
turned. Did you ever hear that buzz
without the use ofsthe, telephone?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

The Mortified News is devoting a good
deal Of space nowadays to demonstrat-
ing Its sympathy with the ,merger-more,
probably, than Is necessary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
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NEW BOOKS
CIRILLO. By Effe Douglass Putnam. Ne
York: Life Publishing ComnanY

York. Life Publishing Company.
This Is beautiful love story. An
Italian, FIorentine atmosphere, Pietro
Bandini, gifted Florentine painter, MIR
tured in the atmosphere; Cirillo Vazajo,,
a wonderful singer, inspired by his en-
vironage and voicing notes of marvellous
ancestral singers; Alma Mendon, an
American girl, with a face like that Of
Fra Angelica angel. Signorina Mendon
was painted by Pietro- Bandini, who also
painted the portrait of Cirillo Vazajo the
very incarnation Of Italian youth, grace
and TALENT! These are the dominant peo-
pie and out of them how could the author
help making delicious love story, with
the lights and shadows and raptures all
Italian? Cirillo was not high born. The
American girl had wealth as we'll as
beauty, and her family entered some pro-
tests. but Cirillo thought a great love
makes all men equal. This little passage
tells how the girl felt:
But you. do not know urged Sig
norma Dora, that Crillo vazajo's
mother was ballet dancer and his father
a man Of doubtful reputation? Have you
no pride?".
HE loves me. and I love hirn--there's
pride enough in that!'
True heart! Sweet eyes that see be-
yond herein lies thy reward, o, perfect
womanhood
what do you intend to do?" asked
Signor Mendon, YEARLY. - I
"Be happy" said Alma. = =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

Marie Corelli had an English race horse
named after her, but the nearest the
jockeys could get to the name was Merry
Gorilla" 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

A. DeLacy Wood, the champion paper
starter Of the northwest, has started the
Ely Iron Dynamo, and you may hear the
buzz for miles If you listen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
THE TRAVELS OF JOHN wRYLAND. Allen.
. town. Pa: The Equitable Publishing Company,
:" M. 81 North Fourth Street

THE TRAVELS OF JOHN wRYLAND. Allen.
= town. Pa: The Equitable Publishing Company,
No. 317 North Fourth Street. .. - e..
Mr.. wryland describes himself as very
selling abingdon and deposing the king
and proclairning himself his successor and
proceeding lin decisive way to put down
native opponents Mr. Wryland had high
old time in Palti, and he might have done
better had he not lost his entire supply of
gunpowder after firing two pistol shots.
He very foolishly:. introduced the manu-
facture Of whisky into the kingdom, for it
proved disastrous. There are many inter-
esting things about the customs of Patti.
He tried to introduce some table ETH
squette, for he found that the Paltians
We're great gluttons and dining room doors
had to be. locked until the moment eof
dining to keep the diners from rushing in
and gobbling up everything. AS it was,
the moment the doors We're unlocked
there was a mob to rush in and nearly
tear each otherTto pieces trying to devour
the foods =. grasping everything within
reach. Wryland lost his kingdom thru his
stupidity and was fred. III telling Of his
government he. makes many palpable. hits
at government as it actually exists in
some quarters. @Ej . = -a..
wH1TEUNsH. BY Dthel Walls Mumford, Au-
thor Of 'Dupes'' Etc. Illustrated. Boston:
Dana, Estes & Co.
This story was first published in The
Smart Set and It is one Of the best which
has appeared in that periodical. The ac-
ton is based upon the theft Of some WALTZ
able jewels in the inn Of a small French
town where a religious fete was in prog
ress, and which disturbed the rest Of a
group of young ladies travelling without
Escort some Of whom We're Am orleans.
They saw, the burglar, as he was escaping,
[ after chIorof ornqing some other lady trav-
elers and obtaining valuable booty. The
burglar and an merald diamond pin give
two of the American girls q lot: Of trouble
which ended tragically and in the copious
use of whitewash. = + ~; >.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08

John Henry Knight of Barfield Eng
land has produced a machine which lays
bricks! It rolls on a traverse along the
wall of a building: All that is needed
to operate the machine is to feed it bricks
and mortar. Two unskilled workmen do
this while third turns crank. The
machine does the rest. It rolls up and
down the wall spreading a layer of NOR
tar. The bricks are placed in perfect
alignment and forced into position under
sliding pressure which upsets enough of
the mortar at the end to make a Joint.
The face of the wall is kept trim and
smooth and 500 to 600 bricks are laid
In an hour: The machine has not been
able to strike yet, but it shows almost
human sagacity otherwise. ~ ..
The London Mail has taken up the baby
question and shows how the babys little
song, like, that of the trained singer, is
healthful exercise. A quiet baby, saws
1.-THE Mail, who never gives way to. tan
trums and tears, is not a healthy, but a.
weakly child When his voice IS raised
in piercing crescendo of screams his
lungs are expanding, his blood is circulat
ing We'll, and he is gaining strength and
beauty momentarily. This may all be
true, but we do not see where the baby
can find In 1t any excuse for practicing
his health exercise at 1882 a. m.
Henry" said Daniel Webster impress
sively to the magnetic Kentuckian as
they were walking up the street on the
eve of the celebrated cabinet meeting of
June 4, 1841, in which the war with Mex
ice was DECIDED on, Henry, do you un-
derstand that Monroe has in mind the
annexation of Mexico and Central Amer
leo as the first step in his doctrine of
'Monroeism or keep; your. hands off our
continent because we may need 1t our
selves later or do you think that we are
merely drifting into this unholy WARP"
At that time I was Washington cor
respondent for: the National Intelligencer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
Casually Observed.

U1I -IlIS IIlItSE KIIIu KIICIIcII anu POI
lor stunts. We never feel that we can
entertain company without copy Of the
Housekeeper in our hood wah.
The Franklin (Minn.) Tribune has a
sleuth out and has almost penetrated our
disguise. The Tribune says: "a
They do say that the Nonparen Man Of The
Minneapolis Journal is an old maid. Anyhow the
Nonparcil Man never ventures any 'Advice to the
Heartslck,' y Ralph Wheelock's favorite stunt.
SO we are an old maid, Ell? Say, dearis,
IL you come down here and try any of
your foolishness on us we should be
tempted to slap you.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-08
cocoa WOMAN AS MOUNTAIN
SCAlER

Sept Z, 1908.