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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
The Passing Of the Grip.

To: the Editor of The journal. - to II G@# &
s Abeut@sfx or eight weeks ago r read
an editorial with The aboves title III your
esteemed paper. Twas pleased, not that
it had some of my friends, andHL was glad
the grip had gone back to Russia, whence
it came. ,.s- ss- r. 81. ~ q. 81 49, II
A short time ago I was walking along
the street, happy, and at peace with the
world. Suddenly a chill ran up my spine,
and then another, followed by others,
and all the nerves of the body came out
to the surface to see what~:was up. Be.
cause they were not where they belonged
most of them got hurt. II have read that
the grip always sought the weakest or
gan of the body and paid special atten-
ton to that organ, 1t found my head.
The doctor said ittswas the genuine old
fashioned grip. My head began to swell.
1t seemed as large as the woodbox, and
as far as lofty thinking was concerned
it felt wooden. = It made me think of
and constructed a fiddle. Some of the
neighbors remarking on his success, the
proud mother said, Eyes, Ole, he make
him fiddle out of his own head and he
got wood enough to make anoder."
Surely there seemed wood enough in
my head to make two good sized fiddles,
and there was agony enough there. had
it been tuned into harmony. to fill the
largest music hall. -
AS it. was, I howed, but finding this
annoyedthe neighbors.I modified to groans
every third breath. Now, this all came
so suddenly that I could not have i'm
agined it, as our Christian Science friends
might say, nor was; 4 fearing would have
1t, for your editorial said it had passed
and had believed you. Now, the only
explanation I can think Of for your I'M
timely editorial, is that you wrote it ul
ahead, to appear with the spring edi-
torials, say in May. and the office boy
made mistake and got itnin in Decem-
Der. For the sake of myself and at least
| two others suffering similarly, will you
not write another grip editorial? sin
| cerely hope the grip has passed you, Mr.
Editor. and you will be able to do this In
the interest Of veracity. L -
viii 3. Bliss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
ADVICE TO GIRLS

r. Hall delivered
whole sonne"A to a said
vomanwen balanced physically mentally
and
possible in the air drinking in
argelyam matter o
be
paint grather
to marry
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
"AT HAMPSTEAD IN s1s1sp
Keats, Shelley and Leish Hunt

Keats, Shelley ana Leigh Hunt
Down that dim street that then was Hamp-
81 stead Lane, jtfait.,5sssss s
Like common men, they went upon their way,
Three poet friends, who on summers day
Loved there to ramble over knoll and plain.
And hear, perhaps. the skylark's mellow
strain,
The ployer's note; or pluck. perhaps, spray
OF humble bloom, wherein the dew still
lay
Pure. simple joys, for which their heart.
were fain.
Yet were they destined for renown. these
es three;
Though one met death. despairtns Of his
bays;
And one died young, victim Of the sea;
And one toiled out the Psalmist's span Of
days, 81
Their songs are shrined within the heart. Of
men;
Time has made towers Of their fame since
then. 6.s
R. 2. Z. Gibson, il Lipptncot.'s A.Eazln,
for August.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
JUST WHAT HE WANTED
.Harper,s MAGAZINE

HarperS Magazine.
y One OF the first men to reach San Fran
cisco with a hoard of Klondike gold was
an Irishman named Finnegan who had
been very poor before he struck it rich.
and who. consequently, was unfamiliar
with many ordinary usages Of a life OF
luxury.
''Oi say, yez kin bring me two dozen
eyesters,'' he said, airily, as he took
seat In one Of thes finest restaurants in
Frisco.
The oysters were soon set before him,
and Finnegan. looking about him for
something to put on them, and hardly
knowing what the something should. be.
spied q, bottle OF tabasco, and proceeded
to season the bivalves not wisely but too
we'll. II.
Impaling an oyster upon his fork, he
thrust it into his mouth. then leaped to
his feet with a terrific roar OF PAIN and
began dancing about and yelling like a
mailman.
''See here!' cried the proprietor, rush.
ing to the table, keep still or I'll put you
quit!
would put me out!" yelled Finnegan. me
insides is blazin' loike a match factory!''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
q -, w III O' DIISS,'
(When the, grip has passed.
Pure Water for the Schools.

Rure Water tor the Schools.
To the Editor Of The Journal: ".
We desire to call your attention to the
urgent demand for pure water in our pub
lie schools.
Warning has been sent us through your
columns by the city physician not to use
the city water without boiling it or filter
Ing, especially while the lower pumping
station is in use. Then what are our
children to do while In school?
1t Is clear that unless the board of cdu-
cation takes this matter up, the children
will be forced to use the city water The
cost OF furnishing pure water, either
spring or filtered water would be only
nominal. On the other hand, who can es-
innate the cost of allowing our children to
absorb the poison Of our city water
Cannot the public and the board OF edu
cation be aroused on this subject to the
end, that pure water shall be furnished fol
our schools? IS. "A. Reed "
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
The Nonpareil Man.
Casually Observed.

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18

Some people think that legislation is
always the result Of careful deliberations
The other day a, member of the Mime
sofa house changed his, vote from aye to
no. When asked why, he said that 50
many fellows. were voting against the bill
that he thought it must be a bad one,
though he had not noticed what it was.
There is more legislation by following the
crowd than by judgment. Therefore, be
considerate of the legislative protester.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
Tariff Revision by Railway Rates.

How hard trade strives to overcome
artificial barriers is well illustrated by the
report of the interstate commerce COM
mission on the inequality between rail-
road domestic and import rates. The
commission finds that 1t is the rule etoN
charge less for the transportation OF i'm
ported goods than for domestic goods. a.
shipment arriving at New York from Eng
land bound for Chicago will pay less
for rail transportation between those two
cities than an original shipment from New
York to Chicago. The railroads do not
attempt to make any secret of this prac-
tice, any more than they do Of the coun-:
ter practice of charging less for export
than domestic freight. In fact, they
frankly defend the practice as good bust
ness, not only for themselves but for the
country at large.
Lucius Tuttle, president Of the Boston &
Maine railroad, told the commission that
the necessities of the country's business
demanded that imports should be favored.
Mr.. Tuttle's argument on this point
simply is that the United States can
not sell unless it buys, and it cannot
buy unless there Is some inducenent
for the foreign shipper to sell. Mr.. Tut
tie does not mention the tariff, but his
testimony very plainly indicates that the
reason why low rates on American rail-
ways are granted to foreigners is to Off
set the tariff and put the foreign pro-,
Queer on an equality with the domestic
producer. How this operates to the
benefit of the American, Mr.. Tuttle points
cargoes, American exporters would have
to pay much higher ocean freight rates.
and would. therefore, be handicapped in
extending their business. Mr.. futile
looks upon trade as a. circular affair. The.
more you send nesway around the circle,
the more comes back to you the other;
and if trade is a good thing, the more
trade you have, the better. :
Now, then it has been demonstrated by
this inquiry that in some lines there is
no real tariff to-day though there is nomi-
nally a pretty stiff one, because the rail-
ways have reduced the rates on inn
ported goods to such an extent that, the
T6QuCtlOIl" OllSSIS LllC piOISCIANo Ioi
Yet we have not heard that the country
is being ruined by the introduction of
these foreign goods on practically a
free trade basis for consuming points
T remote from the coast. Is there not
from this fact fair inference that the
| country will not collapse If we have a lit
tie healthy tariff revision: The rail-
Ute
in some lines. and yet there has been no
| roar Of protest. But if congress should
undertake to pare the tariff a little, the
| principal stockholders in these very roads,
as representatives of vested interests.
would at once begin to complain Of the
Observation-Disclosures OF congress in opening
American markets to foreign competition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
RAISING THE WIND

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
MARX TWAIN's FIRST MONEY

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'answer
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learned my frs 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

pear to the great bulk OF our people. AS
matter Of fact, the resignation was a
Quixotic act. a teacher can earn $7o
e month with nine pupils; just as thor
oughly as witha hundred THE only diff
ference would be that the nine would get
far more out OF their schooling than the
hundred.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
Alaska Forging Ahead.

The development of Alaska on perna-
nent basis is already at hand. In the
current issue of Opportunity, the we'll
known exponent Of northwestern develop
ment. published in st. Paul, there is an
advertisement by Seattle man which
reads as follows:
Homesteads or donation claims, $40 acres
each. We want fifty men to take UP
homesteads in Alaska Extraordinary in
ducements to actual settlers. Very rich
level land, mild climate. Handy to trans
portation.
Yesterday it was announced that funds
had been raised to build the Alaska Gen.
trail railway from Resurrection Bay to At
wood on the Tanana river. forty miles
above Rampant and within twenty miles
of the new gold discoveries on Pedro
creek. The main line will be 514 miles
long, and it is purposed to construct II:
miles this year. If the @Tanana- discov-
cries are as rich as those of the Klondike
the business of the new camp will alone
temporarily support railway. But for
permanent support the new line must
look to the resources of the agricultural
country it will penetrate and to the i'm
mense deposits OF minerals and the forests
it will open up.
This new Alaska line affords an inter-
esting contrast with some Of the newly
hunting land grants and subsidies. The
Alaska Central has neither, and is to be
built through wilderness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18

"A bill has been introduced into the leg
islature providing for a separate training
school for girls. This is a corrollary OF
admitted to q refornatory for women,
and is even more important just now
than the reformatory, because the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18

= They are doing lot of talking in Can
ada about the patriotism Of keeping the
freight of western Canada in Canadian
channels. This is the sort Of patriotism
on which the western farmer pays the
freig1t-the sort that makes him poor
and other men rich.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
YALE GRADUATES AS FATHERS


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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18

This is a commercial age, sure enough,
but it is not without some persons who
are lacking the mercenary spirit. For
example, there is that Iowa high school
teacher who resigned because he could no
longer muster up enough "audacityp to
take $40 a month for instructing nine
evidently never will be rich and doesn't
care continental II he isn't. 1t is GER
tain that he will never be able to accept q
princely salary or enjoy q, large income.
because he will know he can not earn it,
and, therefore, viii not look for It or take
it. But how foolish this teacher will ap-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18

Practical men are arranging to 80 into
the cattle raising business In Alaska
Every day that big territory gets farther
away from the north pole.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18

results Of association of the sexes in
the present training school have been
bad. It is tosbe hoped that this legisla-
.ture will be able to- pass institutional
law on this subject Z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
Atlanta Constitution,

IT don't expect bust in Westminster
Abbey" said the youthful poet.
No, 7 replied the old man. II hat would
be too fur reAchin jest keep on with the
writin business, an you'll bust nearer
homs.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
Britton, S. D.

The position one takes in considering
this mortgage question is largely deter
mined by his idea of what a mortgage,
should be. Our idea is that mortgage,
should be given and accepted as ample
security for the loan. II mortgages We're;
executed under a law compelling such. an
understanding on both sides there would
be little danger that the creditor would
suffer loss and the debtor would be free
from bounding debt, knowing that; If
he were unable to-, pay in cash he had
pledged property sufficient to cancel the
indebtedness. Such a, view Of mortgages
would result in more care in placing
mortgage loans. It, seems to us that it
is manifestly unfair to the debtor ito
suffer the loss of. property, often really
worth more than the mortgage, and yet
have to stand the payment of the differ
ence between what the creditor may bid
the property in at. and the face of the
| mortgage. Such cases are common where
mortgages are made. in good times and are
| foreclosed in hard. It seems to us that
the parties to a business agreement of
this kind ought, to share the losses of
misfortune. II bad times wipe out the
debtors equity, ought not the creditor to
be prepared to stand some loss on his
| judgment? Suppose a lot fairly worth
So, 900 is mortgaged for $1,000, and fore
closure is made In a time Of depression,
when prices do not represent values, and
is bid in for $500. The debtor here has
forever lost his equity of $4,000, but the
$500 loss Of the creditor is only nominal
At discretionary sale the next day he
may be able to sell for $1,000, and by
holding until normal prices are restored,
may clear $1,000 on the transaction In
the last few years just such transactions
in :mortgaged property have not been un-
common. - -, - e. q.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
Foyer Chat.


The Castle Square Opera company will
sing Faust" again at the Metropolitan
tonight with Miss Romano as Marguerite,
Miss Albright as Siebel, Miss Ramey as
Martha, Mr.. D'Aubigne as Faust. MIR. Car
rier as Valentine. Mr.. Boyle as Mephis-
topheles and Mr.. Coombs as Wagner. To
morrow evening III Trovatore'' will be
repeated. *:@' |%
Anna Held in 1.-THE Little Duchess will
begin an engagement Of one week at the
Metropolitan next Monday evening, and
the advance sale of seats will commence
to- morrow morning.
Hearts Of Oak presented by a spe-
qcially selected cast and equipped with fine
scenic effects. will be seen at the Biiou
next week. This is its first time in Min
neapolis at popular prices.
In spite Of the bad weather large audi
ences are witnessing the presentation of
Lovers Lane at the Bijou this week.
'Shamus O,Brien,', by the Ferris Stock
company at the Lyceun this week. is at
tracing large audiences. The second mat
inee will be given tomorrow Sunday
evening the Ferris company will present
for the first time on any stage the new
comedy drama, The Deputy Sheriff.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
THE USUAL THING.
NO GREAT EXPECTATIONS,

1.-THE bride looked like queen
"The groom looked like the deuce
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18
As to Mortgage Dehciencies.

To the Editor Of The Journal:
81 enclose the following clipping from
,'Esh Jo urn a 1<of March 10, which APP
pears to me as a discord with the gem
orally accepted policy Of your paper;
Once In a while they do the right thing in Oh
Missouri. The legislature of that state has
abolished the deficiency Judgment Here
after when man gives mortgage in that
state he can do SO with the assuranceSthat when
the mortgage is satisfied by the sale of the
property hts financial obligation ends In MinS
nesota. after losing the mortgaged property, the
debtor Is still liable for the deficiency, II the
proceeds realized from the mortgage sale are not
enough to meet the amount Of the mortgage.
We should like to see the Missouri idea intro
duced here. When the mortgage accepts Ger
tain mortgage as security he is supposed to
Judge that 1t is sufficient. II his Judgment
turns out to be bad, he, and not the debtor
should suffer for his error.
BY the application OF this law a man
owing an honest debt may evade pay
ment and laugh at an injured creditor II
by some Misrepresentation he can pur-
suade a friend Cor any one else. Tor that
matter) to take a mortgage on piece
of property. he has legally paid the debt,
no matter whether that property is worth
a dollar or not. and no matter either
whether the title is good or bad, or
whether the mortgage is first or second
lien thereon. No matter either If that
property consists of a worthless lot, on
which stands valuable building and the
building should burn down or De He-
stroyed by cyclone. The mortgages must
take that old relic of a lot and cancel the
debt. even though he could get title to
/ 1t only at the end Of lawsuit. .fs:
Is this the sort Of a law that I under
stand T h e j o n a l; to champion. and
uphold? This looks to me like gold
BRICK If any one is innocent enough
to .'bite," let him suffer for his folly.
This is substantially the same thing
as the valued policy * insurance law,
where an insurance company afterswr It
ing a policy on a building must pay the
full value Of the policy, regardless Of the
value of the property destroyed, where
a lawless owner Of worthless building
is given free license to insure. his prop
| erty for three times its actual value u
he can possibly do so, and then burn 4
down together with all the other ada
cent property. and collect the amount
tcalred for by the policy. '5ss 4
Either Of these laws are nothing, but
| a license to dishonest individuals to spec;
Iulate at the expense of a cont1ding pub:
tIic. -
Can T he 10 u rnal say this IS not 50:
f.. e. A. Cooper.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-18

In spite Of the bad weather large audi
ences are witnessing the presentation of
'Loyers' Lane at the Biiou this week.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-02-27
MASTER pLuMBERs, MEEr1Ne
In Wheeling Comes to close-List of
Officers Elected.

Wheeling. W. Va, Feb. l9.-The sec
ond and last day OF the annual meeting
of the Master Plumbers Association of
West Virginia. was held yesterday and
the usual routine Of closing was con-
aucted. In the morning. the visiting
plumbers were "trollcyc,- around the
sity and shown the various nanufac-
turin plants and in the afternoon, Of
ficers were elected.
The chief business before the meeting
yesterday afternoon was the election OF
officers and delegates to the national con
vention to bc held in San Francisco some
time in the latter part of may.
President-c. II. Turner. Of Parkers-
burg.
First Vice president-william H.
Hare. of Wheeling.
Second Vice President Samuel T.
Secretary -Treasurer-T. W. starbuc,s,
of Parkersburg.
The delegates elected to thu national
convention were Nlcssrs. NJ. F. Powell.
of New Martinsville and Robert Kyle, of
this city.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-02-27
GOOD
PRODUCERS
DRILLED IN IN THE PINE GROVE
EXTENSION OF wETZEL coUN-
TY FIELD PAST DAY OR so.
Coed Well in On the Hood Farm, Which
L. Being Developed by the Corn
ing Oil Company.

In the Pine Grove extension in Wetzel
county, +. Fl. Jennings 4 Bros No. 1
w. Anderson and No. james Mcintyre,
are each producing 40 barrels day.
The South Penn Oil company's No.
John McElroy and No. ! a. T. Morris,
are producing las and l55 barrels, re-
spectiveIy
The Linden Oil company's No. J. w.
Yeater is holding up at lis barrels n
day. In the old development to the
southwest. L. S. Hoyt & Co.'S No. ~
ON the Hoyt tract is in the first play and
producing 30 barrels a day.
In the Folsom district the South Penn
company has completed No. s on the
Rachel Talkington farm and No. % on
the Genine Robinson tract The first
Is good for 30 and the latter $50 barrels
4 day.
The Corning Oil company has complet-
ed No. on the II. Hood farm and has a
90-barrel producer and Miller Bros No.
3 on the +. A. darlington farm Is good
for so barrels a day. The South Penn
company Nos. 5 and ) ON the Acena
Warrington farm are producing 30 and 20
barrels a day respectively.
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-02-27
AWeak Stomach

Causes weak body and invites dis
ease. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure cures and
strengthens the stomach, and wards
of and overcomes disease. J. B. Tay-
lor, a prominent merchant Of Charles
man, Texas. says: 81 could not eat
because OF a weak stomach. lost all
strength and rundown In weight. AL
that money could do was done, but all
hope of recovery vanished. Hearing
of some wonderful cures effected by
use of Kodol, concluded to try It.
The first bnttle benefited me, and af-
ter taking four bottles am fully re-
stored to my usual strength. weight
and health" Frank G. Bland. Him
The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1903-02-27
HOME.
3. wan 8. Creenlief.

When the birds have ceased their sing
ing, sought the shelter of the nest,
And Just touch Of cleaning marks the
skyline in the west.
When the lcngth'ning shadows derken all
the landscape far and near,
Then tn me the world seems lone and
my heart Turns sad and drcnr;
Comes a thought in rctrospecticn OF the
happy days OF yore,
And the twilight finds me longing TO oe
Mt Home once more.
q to he at Home oncc morc-just to be
at Home once more;
What happiness awaits me there, shat
10Y for me in store.
To wander in familiar paths md d,wn
:he shady lane
Keeping step in boyish gladness to soinc
sweet old-time refrain,
To lift the latch and enter ut the wide
old-fashioned door,
There to meet the kiss OF mother and
be ut lone ono more.
The place is chahged; reflection tells me
it lone and still;
Yet love 1t. my affection fingers there
and always will.
Not place have ] forgotten round the
old home farm,
Age will never dim remembrance, time
can meier efTacc the charm
OF the mills, the fields. the meadows, and
I'd love to trudgc. them DER
lust happy little barefoot boy-at
Home once more.
o to be at Home once more-Just 1. be
1T Home once more.
What happiness awaits me there what
Joy for me in store.
To wander in familiar apths au1 down
the shady lane;
Keeping step in boyish gladncss to some
sweet oldtiIn refrain,
To lift the latch and enter Mt tho wide
old.fashioned door,
And to hear the voice of mother, "WeI-
come Home, nay boy" once more.