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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-16

; slate quarries. with 100000 capital stock
of which nothing is paid in The Off
GERS are: President, Robert T. White
house of Portland: treasurer, Chas NJ
Drummond of Portland.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1903-04-16

DR.. David kennedy's Magic Eye
Salve for all Diseases or Inflamma-
lions of the Eye. Csc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
SENATOR VESTS TRIBUTE TO THE DOG
Nashville American.

dog stands by him in prosperity and in
poverty, in health and in sickness He
will sleep on the cold ground, where the
wintry winds blow and the snow drives
f1ercely, il he only may be near his mas
ters side. He Will kiss the hand that has
no food to offer; he will lick the wounds
and sores that come in encounter with
the roughness Of the world. He guards
the sleep Of his Dauper master as If he
were a prince. When all other friends
desert he remains. When riches take
wings and reputation falls to pieces he
Is as constant in his love as the sun in
Its journeys thru the heavens. If for
tune drives the master forth an outcast
In the world, friendless and homeless, the
faithful dog asks no higher privilege than
that Of accompanying him, to guard
against danger, to fight against his enc
mics. And when the last scene of all
comes, and death takes the master in his
embrace, and his body Is laid away in
the cold ground. no matter If all other
friends pursue their way, there by the
graveside will the noble dog be found,
his head between his paws his eyes sad
but open In alert watchfulness, faithful
and true even in DEATH
Then Vest sat down. He had spoken in
a low voice without a gesture. He made
no reference to the evidence or the mer-
its Of the case. When he finished judge
and jury were wiping their eyes. The
jury filed out. but soon returned with a
verdict Of $500 for the plaintiff, whose
dog was shot; and 1t was said that some
OF the jurors wanted to hang the de-
PENDANT
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

One of the most eloquent tributes ever
paid to the dog was delivered by Senator
Vest of Missouri, some years ago. He
was attending court in a country town,
and while waiting for the trial Of case
in which he was interested, was urged
by the attorneys in a dog case to help
them. Voluminous evidence was intro
duced to show that the defendant had
shot the dog in malice, while, other evil
dence went to show that the dog had
attacked defendant. Vest took no part in
the trial. and was not disposed to speak.
The attorneys, however, urged him to
speak. Being thus urged he arose,
moment and said:
Gentlemen of the jury: The best friend
q man has in the world may turn against
him and become his enemy. His son or
daughter that he has reared with loving
care may prove ungrateful. Those who
are nearest and dearest to us, those whom
we trust with our happiness and our
good name, may become traitors to their
faith. The money that a man has he may
lose. 1t flies away from him, perhaps
when he needs 1t most. A mans reputa-
ton may be sacrificed in moment Of ILL
considered action. The people who are
prone to fall on their knees to do US honor
when success is with us. may be the first
to throw the stone of malice when fall
ure settles It's cloud upon our heads. The
one absolutely unselfish friend that man
can have in this selfish world the one
that never deserts him, the one
the never proves ungrateful or
treacherous, is his 5 dog. A mans
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

A correspondent of the London Times
says that Chamberlain's ideas Of the
tariff duties the United Kingdom ought
to impose are: two shillings a quarter on
foreign wheat; 7M per cent on foreign
meat; IL per cent on foreign manufactures
of metals and textiles, ~ per cent on
half together with a repeal
Of the tea duty. Mr.. Chamberlain believes
that these taxes together with the single
remission will leave the British consumer
not a penny the worse. A tariff of two
shillings quarter means about six cents
q bushel on wheat. Canadian wheat would
go free to the British market but Amer
lean wheat and all other foreign wheat
would hayesto pay the six cents. If Cam
ada were raising enough wheat to meet
all the demands Of the British market
that six-cent margin Of protection would
be enough to shut out other wheat.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

5 In promoting General Wood to be- a
major general within five years OF the
time he was an army surgeon, the presi
dent has probably advanced far beyond
supporting public opinion. People are be-.
ginning to wonder whether General Wood
deserves all the good things that have
been heaped upon him. He was the presi-
dents friend and he did well In the Span
sh-American war and as governors general
of Cuba. but he has not done enough nor
shown such transcendent military genius
as to justify his promotion over other men
who may be good or better soldiers than
he. Possibly Governor Wood Is a born
soldier; but until that is proved we may
assume that the army's educated soldiers,
or at~least many Of them, are better than
the man who. was educated ftos be a doc
tor. It is discouraging to the professional
soldiers who have done their duty year
after year to see man favored by cir
cumstances advanced so rapidly while they
have been slowly Flooding upwards for
years. Exclusive promotion by seniority
is not advocated by anyone who desires
the well-being of the army. for such pro-
motion rewards length of service to the
neglect of special ability, but extraordin-
airy promotion when not deserved tends to
+demoralize the army, and make aspiring
Eofficers figure more on pulp and less on
merit.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
Premature Rooms

Judge Parker has returned from his
southern tour. He went to Georgia to de-
liver an address before the Bar Associa- .
visited many .pointss,in the south doing
considerable handshaking and sonae- more
speechnlaking; and some Of. the southern
journals paid him many compliments and
evidently regarded him as candidate
for the presidential nomination by the nat
iona1 democratic convention next year. e
Judge Parker, no doubt accepted the
invitation south, to feel the pulse Of the
southern democracy The Judge is too
prerna ture In his self booming. A man of
political experience, he ought to remen1-
Der that these premature boomings are
generally failures. Even Grant, whose
boom for third nominate was accentu-
ated, by a. triumptal progress, from San
Francisco, after his great round the-world
trip. and which was kept up FOR nine
months. at high pressure, failed Of the
nomination anu Garfield, who had no
booming at alias presidential candidate,
was the choice Of the convention. Blaine
also having been set aside. The effect
upon the, veteran Grant boomers when
they realized what had been done was de-
cidedly interesting, as every body who
heard them talk at that time knows.
Bryan got his party's nomina ton IN 1896
Eby the force Of cribbed idea embodied
lin his Gross of Gold" speech. The con-
Evention had not contemplated him before
tbis s{l,,ar fs,@ct.A hear IN u,a0 ua crot
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

logically impregnable. Men will hesitate
a long time before they will strike, !. e..
resign from q life job, in the government
service And It would be~no difficult mat
ter to replace them with others If they
should be so foolish as to give up their
good places. The government observes
the eight-hon day, pays literally and
treats its employees. fairly, Few Of the
bookbinders would care to leave Its en-
ploy for that, of q private citizen or corr
poratien in order Ito supports foolish as
sumption that the less lis greater than the
whole, that an Organization can dictate to
the government of the United States.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
PARROTS THAT TALK BACK
New York Mail and Express.

? -
Large retail business houses and man
'ufacturing firms are also good customers.
/ sell them what call my advertising par
rots. have, for instance, sold to the
large independent cigar stores turnout the
country several parrots that I have taught
to say Down with the trust Try So
and-So's cigar and the like Others
have taught to puff certain well-known
patent food stuffs for. some Of tho food
manufacturing concerns, who lend the par
rots out to the shops that sell their spe-
cialty.
Some Of the parrots are diabolically
clever. I owned one which effectively
dunned the only slow paying customer I
ever had His bill was for bird seed and
it had run for seven months. Whenever
would say to him--and I said it pretty
often-'Well. won't you let me receipt your
bill to-day?' he would always put me off
with the same excuse. He was welI-to-do
and knew his credit was good, but the
delay was annoying. .a4asi
Now, the parrot was a marvel at pick
ing up stray bits OF conversation it heard
around the shop and it had an all-round
vocabulary. Well, one afternoon my slow
pay customer came In to get some feed for
his birds. + happened to be busy at the
time with a number of people and asked
him II he would take seat for few min
utes. Just as soon as mentioned the
word seat the parrot, recognizing the
man, at the same instant called out: No,
boss; receipt, receipt
That was too much for my: customer.
He settled then and there and ever since
he has persisted in paying cash down for
verythtng he buys.
Another parrot have in my place here
that one you see In the corner over there
| is master of repartee, It threw pref
ty hot one at me the other day when !
asked it quite on the spur OF the moment
where It was born. In free America it
replied. Then, why are you in that
eager
| But here the dealer was forestalled for
the retort came in shrill voice from the
j parrot In question. Because big bum
Dutchman put ME in-in-Got polly on the
| brain-Bum-bun.
Then the dealer laughed and said: 81
once had another parrot-a Goffins-which
sold for 5000. AS the purchaser was leay-
| ing the place, he turned and said to the
parrot which was to be forwarded to
his address,
Nov. polly, I'm your master; what shall
do with you, eat you up?"
And, quick as a flash, the parrot made
good. Yes; polly's got brains.' it said
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

Ia littls obscure shop on Fourth ave..
rue there is a dealer in parrots Of every
known species. He is German, and he
speaks five ether languages.
BY judicious ducation parrot of al
most any kind, from the tiny Budgerigar
converted into talker. The best lin
guist is the African gray parrot from the
west coast of Africa and Princes island.
z, My methods? Well, they are simple
enough. l allow my parrots some pro-
portion of their native food-bananas,
palm, nuts and the like. begin by in
structing them to pronounce one word,
allowing them two days to master it, and
gradually incres sing their vocabulary to
three or four words. I then make senten-
ces of words that are easily Joined to-
gether. It takes a male bird at most two
weeks to master half dozen short sem
fences In one language. The females are
snot $50 quick at grasping a word or sem
tencea as the males are and so they re-
quire day or two more of tuition.
( I'm teaching parrot an important Sc
cret is to demonstrate the meaning of the
word or sentence if possible, so that it will
seem to speak intelligently. For instance,
pulling a newspaper from my pocket,
will say, What's the news?' or, taking out
my watch, What's the tiEne?' The parrot
will soon learn to suit the word to the
action.
I'm teaching the bird to greet a visitor
on the proper occasion with How d'you
do?'s repeat the words on entering its
presence. To make him say Must you
:go?' Goodbye! rise from chair, pick
up my hat, and while leaving the room
repeat the words.
Birds that can quote from the classics
or from the works of some of our best
known authors are high priced. One that
T. taught to speak several phrases from
Emerson and Poe sold to a literary chap
only recently for $S5. The bird was of the
common black cockatoo species.
Parrots are admirable inaitators of ac-
tors. IAN intelligent bird had up until a
few months ago could give an exact imi-
tation of Joseph Jefferson's voice and
speak several Of the sentences in his role
of Rip Van Wrinkle. A clever amateur
actor who is pretty good mimic taught
the parrot. 1t took him about four months
but his patience was well rewarded
George Grosslnith, who was acting here
at the time, heard of the bird from mem
Der Of his company and he came in ano
bought it for $50. He said he was goine
to give the parrot to Mr.. Jefferson. Mos
actors have liking for parrots, partic
ularly for the good mimics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
A Bad Tendency.

|. One of the most disquftings features Of
the aftermath Of the race riots at Evans
willie, Ind, is the fact that a number Of
members of the national guard company
that fired on the mob have lost employ
ment thru the opposition of labor unions
This is not the first time that organized
labor has shown its shortsightedne in
opposing the national guard. In many
cases it keeps its members from joining
the guard. y
NO one believes that the, cool headed
and really responsible portion of organized
labor approves Of reWarding duty doing
to the. state with loss Of private employ
ment 1t Is only a few men who are really
revolutionists and incapable Of taking a
look into the future who could take such
"a position. 81
To discourage soldiers from doing their
duty is: an assertion of the. mob spirit just
as much as .lynching is, for 1t is an assault
upon. law and order and an encourage
ment for anarchy What has the laborer
to expect of anarchy? It would mean the
lbueak down of<industry and universal dis
[order in whieh.stI1e strong man would be
! the only ,gainer4 Anarchy inevitably leads
to despotis na,ss companied BY a ruthless
use Of brute force Interesting the ele-
ments Of anarchy. The Paris mob thought
it was supreme but the" grapeshot OF
NapoIeon's cannon put an end. to its day
Fin short order. Certain foolish labor lead
1ers may see their opportunity in weak
government; but what they unjustly talks
from it, they would have more than to
pay back to government that would be
more remarkable. fors strength than for
lfberahty. l<+~ 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
COAL ALL CARED FOR
state Finally Takes Most of The
Fuel That Was

r. F. Farmer of st. Paul, northwestern
sales agent for OGara, King & Co.. the
Chicago coal dealers who had the coal
contract last year with the state board
of ;control, explains the trouble with the
st. Peter hospital AS follows: Thru an
oversight the; superintendent of the insti-
tuition neglected to cancel an order, and
thirty -four cars were sent, which got as
far as Kasota, when it was found that
there was not room III the st. Peter bins.
Later the hospital made room for twenty
Of the cars. and the other fourteen were
disposed Of elsewhere: Mr.. Farmer says
that his company, which is large inde-
pendent shipping concern, will shortly
open an Office In Minacaealss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
Casually Observed.

Langley's flying machine started of
grandly-by freight boat. Santos -Du-
mont's old gasbag may not amount to
30c, but 1t has one thing about 1t that
we like. 1t flies.
Some day, but not at this time"
says Tesla, II shall make announcement
of something that I never once dreamed
of. Whats that! Has his old friend
paid back that SIS he borrowed?
The Kansas City piano mans family
is spending the summer at a watering
place. The flood destroyed 500 pianos in
Kansas City, many Of which had to be
replaced.
S The smart set is now adding a few
chapters of seashore ennui to it's book Of
general ennui $50.
You can judge something Of the char
acter OF a., man who insists frequently
and loudly on the femininity OF the mos
quito that; bites.
Schwab got $25, 100000 and paresis. It
would be money in his pocket to lose
them BOTH
| It doesn't seem just the thing for these
mountain climbers to be getting killed
by falling off when there Is SO much
wood that can be sawed in perfect safety.
There is one disadvantage in being a
great man. Several doctors dog-nose
your case as appendicitis complicated by
lockjaw, and the, sad news goes all over
the world. After that nobody has ever
been known to recover, except the king
of England, and he writes us that he is
not feeling, very stout this summer
Professor Wiley Is going to pasture his
young men on tobacco for awhile and see
what effect It has on their constitutions
We foresee their demise at the tender age
or 80 or whereabouts.
A lot of government warriors, who are
saddle sore from sitting in cane
seated office chair with their feet on the
table, are jumping on General Miles fol
fooling around ..Athe frontier and find.
ing out what is going on.
Certain Sioux Falls, Aberdeen, Huron
Yankton and Deadwood places have or
their bills Of fare what Is called the Gar.
rett sDroppers sandwich. It Is glass OF
beer between two slices of free lunch.
The Waubay Clipper describes it as fol.
| lows:
Would that our pen had been plucked from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

Booker Washington's advice to his race
was s. Wen III condensed IN paragraph Of a
speech he recently delivered III Atlanta.
He said: . SHs1a "A LIZ e.
Work, work with your hands and put
the best that is in your head into the
work of your hands. Do it better than
any one else can do it. Buy your own
houses. Buy land. Have bank account.
DON'T, spend seven days at a camp meet
ing when you ought to be improving your
farm. Learn how to- use your hands in
suchs,ai way that: no one can, take your
place Be taxpayers; and when you are
taxpayers you will have the best inter-
ests of the community in your heart and
this much nnooted race question will have
been settled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

The Montgomery Advertiser is not one
Of those southern papers. which believe In
making light of the peonage cases be-
cause 1t might be bad advertising for Ala
bama to tell the truth. The Advertiser
thinks the wiser course is for. Alabama to
get good advertising by denouncing the
crime and doing It's best to stamp it out
This course is in pleasant contradistinc-
ton to that OF Secretary Of State Hefin,
who is publicly assailing Judge Jones on
account of the latter's stern insistence
that the jury. in a peonase case should do
IFS i1iltv 1888
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
FAMOUS FIGHTERS COMING
Well Known Men Will Attend Army
Of Philippines Convention.

The conventio nf the Army OF the
philippines at st. Paul, Sept 20, will at
tract many distinguished guests. Senator
Do1liver Of Iowa will deliver the principal
famous because of the samar campaign,
win also be present. Among others Of ma
tional reputation who will attend are
Senator Moses e. Clapp of Minnesota,
Senator Fairbanks Of Indiana, and Cen
erals Hale, Wheaton, Macarthur and
King, all Of whom served In the Philip
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

We learn from the Tribune that the mob
which has been so industriously trying to
lynch the negro who assaulted young
woman at Montevideo was merely giving
laudable tho rude and informal ad-
monition to the courts Of that district that
they are expected to lose no time and
spare no severity in furnishing the pris-
oner, If convicted" It seems that, after
all. these 1nobs are really performing a
great public service. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

The MINNEAPOLIS Journal from January LIST to June ls
1908 carried rs per cent more advertising than the
daily Tribune. sa&sss* sssssa
The Minneapolis Journal from January LIST to June ls
1909 carried "a per cent want advertising than
the daily Tribune
The Minneapolis Journal from January lst to June ls
1903, carried per cent more advertising tnan the
Sunday and Daily Tribune combined.
The Minneapolis Journal out Of 6489 residences can
yasged, had 5,235 subscribers the Evening Tribune
l354-the Morning Tribune 800 " 49,
The MINNEAPOLIS Journal in "a apartment and flat build
ings canvassed had 1903 subscribers the Evening
Tribune 1885, and the Morning Tribune 180.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
cATARRH In CATTLE
Secretary 1racken Says II Has Caused
Heavy Losses to Live Stock
=. 1SsnAra. 80

Malignant catarrh has caused some
heavy losses among cattle owners of Min
nesota. according to the report Of Secre-
tary Bracken Of the state board Of health.
He says the disease should be carefully
investigated. So far as known 1t has not
appeared this year. Pleuro-pneumonia
has been brought into the state on several
occasions by injected cattle. At Zunbra
Heights last October there was an cpl
demic Of infectious broncho- pneumonia
Cases Of eczema and meningitis in cattle
have appeared several times in the last
few years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
MULES
Newss:York Tribune.

Public sentiment in favor Of muzzling
dogs which runs at large has been stead
lily gaining ground. No restraint upon
canine vagrants should weigh in the bal
ance against the possibility of single
case Of hydrophobia among human be-
fngs. Thoro regulations in England have.
there almost entirely extirpated the dis
ease. We can hardly be too thoro in our
precautions here. Il f5. 3. 81 So et4zS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24

The Gaynor and Greene affair reflected
no credit on the Canadian courts, but the
English prfvy council is above the special
considerations that Influenced the Quebec
Judges, and the chances are that the two
precious seoundrels whom Canada has
been harboring will yet be brought to
trial.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
THE .FERRfs PLAYs,

IA large and wen pleased audience Wit
messed the production Of c. Haddon
Chambers excellent comedy drama, Cap
tain Swift by the Ferris Stock company
at the Lyceum last evening. For the COM
ing week the Ferris company viii present
the beautiful pastoral play, ION the Ohio
Dick Ferris will appear as Reuben Green.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
NO END OF SUCKERS
PHILADELPHIA. Bulletin.

Thousands Of people have; just read OF
the. conviction OF .Ammon. the accom-
plice of Miller in the New York $3.50 per
cent syndicate Yet considerable por-
lily at every -get rich quick scheme" that |
comes along 49, tsss
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
UNEASY; LIES THE HEAD"
Modern Society.

NHUU6TH OUCIGIy.
Ivan VI, Peter Ill. and Paul Il. were
assassinated, Alexander IL died of fever
aggravated by the discovery of a plot
which was really the beginning of the
nihilist movement. Inflammation of the
lungs helped, with the worries of the
Crimean war, toSremove Nicholas 1. from
the world. The nihilist's bomb killed
Alexander H. The ever-present dread Of
assassination contributed largely to I'M
dermine the vigorous constitution Of
Alexander III. They might well die be-
fore their time, for they were given no
chance of living to green. old age.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-24
SLAMS THE sLAMMER
BROOKLYN Standard Union.

Brooklyn Standardization
The rainmakers are a. failure. according
to the chief Of the weather bureau. That
would seem to put them in the same class
with certain official weather predtcter
who predicted q lot Of things that didn't
come true. And he wears Willis L.
Moore's hat.