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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
CUSTOMS o. THE COUNTRY
Worlds Work

There was once Newfoundland fisher
mamie chanced to be Catholic-who,
IN Old age, came to die He had lived in
debt all his life, and no doubt, had never
once given his whole catch to the dealer
who supplied him. but had wrongfully
slipped many a quintal over the side of a
rival schooner and traded it out on the
spot.
Send for Fawther Rafferty, he said
HSend Immediately.
He wanted to confess his sins, to be
shriven, and to depart in peace, but his
old priest had been transferred to Trinity
Bay-a young man, just back from Rome
was now the spiritual head of the parish
Sure, tbs Fawtfer Goblin, they told
him.
sSIoa, noa!'s the old man protested
"Fawther Codlins a fine young man a
clever young man, doubt me not; but 'tis
old FaWther Rafferty, wants t hear me
Confession
AN wly?'' they asked.
Sure, 4 the dying man gasped, s'he
knows the customs o. the country z
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

Now boodling has developed in the Kan
sas City school board. Verify, there seems
to be boodling everywhere in these days.
Probably there is not more boodling than
formerly. So long as it was covered up,
the public did not know how far it had
gone. Now that investigations and clean
ing UP are the order of the day every
where, the crime is in evidence where all
seemed fair so long as the boodlers were
allowed to Doodle undisturbed. The pro-
cess Of improvement is never SO fair in
its exterior as a rotten structure. The de-
caying old house that is to be pulled down
to make way for a new one: looks much
better than it will week hence with it's
roof off, it's clapboarding being removed
and piles of debris all around. And, by
the way it may be as well to be a little
more explicit in one particular-it is Kan
sas City, Kan, in which the booding
has been done and not Kansas City, Mo.
! The later town ought to change it's name
anyway, as it never was "a Kansas city.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
Representative sales

Note the representative sales,'' which
mean the top sales for Friday, Oct 9. The
extreme top is $5.35 for prime 1,5OO-pound
beeves. This accent beef would cost
ABOUT S1s cents in the carcass, sinking
offal How much Of this class or quality
OF beef are we getting here? I venture the
assertion that the bulk of the beef con
sumed in Minneapolis is--forced onto us bv
wholesaler or retailer-does not cost to
exceed 8 to cents per pound in the car
cass. II anything these values are high.
also venture the further assertion that
almost Is per cent of our supply is COW
peer, even to the Gamer order. If I an,
wrong in these assertions, shall be glad
70 pc corrected by any of our dealers
wholesaler or retailer. Speak up. gentle
men Consumers are paying prices that
should entitle them to much better
quality OF meat than they are receiving
Ihey are being robbed by packer or re-
taller. Which?
Yours truly, II. q. Jaffray
4O5-4O7 New York Life building. a4
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
! AT THE THEATERS
MetropolItan-"A, Country Girl"

If "a Country Girl were not good en-
tertainment of its kind, Minneapolis might
not be pleased to welcome this week an
other. musical comedy the fifth musical
comedy in continuous succession, except a
three-day breathing spot of nlelodrama.
1t was a desert of musical comedy, more
over, composed of aridities so glaring as
King. Dodo,'' when Johnny Comes
Marching Home and 1.-THE Sleepy King
But now that the local public has long
been cast away upon these wastes of
parched wit and stunted melody, uncom-
mon gratitude may justly be confessed
for the normal even delicate, refreshment
brought in kindly succor by the Augustin
Daily Musical company, 5... -..s:
The current performance, indeed, is
worthy of Mr.. Daly's posthumous protec-
ton, of a manager whose lighter enter
tainments were invariably synonymous
with brilliant gaiety no less refined than
Sprightly. George Edwardes and the fab
ricators of 1.-The Geisha" and "San Toy
have once more emphasized the fact that
Anglo-Sa audiences of the present day
will grant their most remunerative pa
/ tronage to fun whose associations and al
i lusions are those Of wholesome family life
| These experts have never been persuaded
| that a decent public thungers for King
Dodos and for RurgOmaSters, for humors
of the barroom and the race track, for
gaieties Of the dance hall. ga Country
| Girl accordingly, doessnot shine with ex-
quisite tributes to poker and cocktails or
with machine made puns upon the Ten
derloin.
It's a plausible, coherent little story
with much jolly, ;boyish humor, few puns
| no vu1garity, and an atmosphere of dainti-
| ness. The music, as a whole,s is simple
but original and charmingly melodious,
tho seldom striking or catchy The
stage setting is bright and picturesque.
But, as usual, the advance notices.
have exaggerated. "a Country Girl' is
not the equal Of s.Thef Geisha," the new
songs are by no means as fetching as the
carols of4Roly-Polys and her friends the
Country. Girl" sextet isn't comparable to
'Floredora' s, = the chorus of sixty or
the Seventy five pretty girls take your
| choice-musts include a marvellous number
on the sick list.
John Slavin, formerly Of ''The Wizard Of
or, - is an admirable comedian with the
youthful audacity of comic opera Dingle.
His midshipnan solo, Yo Ho, Little
Girls, Yo Ho, with jolly tar chorus, and
his duets with Sophie, Two Little
Chicks and "Quarreling," We're encored
eagerly The Sophie. Miss Deyo, has only
a soubrette's s voice, but her smile is guile
Elessly roguish, her acting vivacious, her
dancing worthy of her past Miss Helen
| Marvin, the Nan, has been overrated in
advertisements. Her Audrey laugh is
rather amusing, likefher dialect, her bit Of
pathos is artistically valuable, but her
4 singing is feeble and her acting not over
strong. Melville Stewart supplies a pre-
4 possessing squire Halan Mostyn, as the
/ rajah sings q most melodious solo, ''The
j Rajail&of Bhong,'' and makes a comedian
! OF distinction. Miss Alice Mailyn, the
/ Marjorie or Country Girl, has a gentle
/ mezzo voice and well bred beauty. 5a
i i 1 q HI. B. Curry
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
Those "Close Personal Friends.

It is reported from Washington
that President Roosevelt's "close per-
sonal friends are tremendously agi-
tated by. some remarks about the
president in the articles on the Amer.
lean navy written for the Outlook by
John D.. Long, recently secretary of
the navy. These friends are prob
ably of the favor-hdnting kind who
regard it as part of their game to fuss
and fume and become righteously in
dignant whenever anyone makes the
least remark about the president that
might convey the implication that he
is something less than demigod.
They are fool friends. -
The presidents real friends do not
assume that he is icapable of error.
They realize that he is subject to what
might be called the natural mistakes
of his qualities. He is energetic and
quick to act. Such man is bound to
make mistakes, however pardonable
they may be, and however superior he
| may be to men who are indolent and
lethargic.
president, but it doesn't believe that
there has been more than one perfect
| man on this earth, and it regards as
the presidents worst enemies those
sycophants who feel called upon to
squeal every time anybody specifies an
incident that shows the president to
have been in error.
| r
the president that is so offensive?
Simply that his ardor sometimes went
faster than the president or the de-
partmentF approved, when he was as
sistant secretary of the navy IN the
days when that department was pre-
pairing for the war with Spain; and
that Mr.. Roosevelt suggested that
without waiting for a declaration of
war the American fleet should cross
1.-The Atlantic and destroy the Span
Iish fleet.
Now Mr.. Roosevelt has precisely
the sort of temperament that prods its
possessor on to more rapid work than
is sometimes desirable, or at least is
| faster than persons in superior offices
land charged with responsibility are
willing to approve. Is it an insultsto
i the president for his former superior
to state such a simple and obvious and
4 far from, discreditable fact? AS for
4 destroying the Spanish fleet be-
fore war was declared, it is a fact that
wars often begin without any sug-
i gestion of unfairnesso or perfidy before
the declaration is made. AS a. matter
of fact the Spanish-Americans war did
begin before it was formally de-
clared to be on. Besides, it might have
lbeen good, tactics to dispatch the fleet
s. before war was declared, since it was
certain that it was to come. The ac-
4 tual combat might, have taken place
q after the declarat Ito send the feet
FORWARD would only have been wise
Iprecautfon.
! 1t may be that Mr.. Long is deliber-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13


Lowly life on Lake Michigan is painted
by Samuel Merwin in ''l4is5 Little World,
the Story of Hunch Badeau." sfIunch is an
apostle of force. When he wishes to cure
a man in his employ of drinking he tells
him if he comes back drunk he will
knock him down. The man comes back
drunk and gets knocked down. When he
wanted the same man to propose to a
girl he knew the man loved, he told him
if he did not do it, he would knock him
down. Past experience convinced the
man that it would not be wise to daily
longer. He proposed and was accepted.
But out of the marriage came wretched-
ness and misery. BY means of these CON
sequences, however, are shown the manly
traits of Hunch, and after the storm
comes the calm. The book rings true
thruout.
Alden Arthur Knipe, who made him
self famous in the middle west as coach
of the Iowa state university football team
a very few years ago, has broken into
print. A story by him entitled "PIease"
was printed in September Fverybody's.
DIR. Knipe (for he is an M Do is now at
work on, q volume of college stories OF
Pennsylvania university. Other stories by
him, it is said, have been accepted by
various magazines and are awaiting publi-
cation
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
twenty.
A Brave Man.

It is often said that the mistakes
of labor unions are due rather to hot
headed and f1ighty leaders than to the
rank and file. However that may be.
as a rule, it is apparent that the In
ternational Union Of Flour and Cereal
Mill Employees had in John M. Finley
"a president who was too cool and care
full to suit the rank and file OF that
organization. u It appears that he op-
posed the present strike i'm the Min
neapolis mills, and when it began to
appear that the strike was defeated
lit is certain that he urged the men to
call it off, make the best Of s,bad sit
uation, save their union for the good
it could do in the future and hurry
back to their jobs. @
1T requires moral courage to do
what Mr.. Finley has done, even II his
judgment was poor, which does not
appear to be the case. He was prac-.
tically the creator Of the union and
he had made a reputation as its leader.
His Judgment impelled him to act
against the judgment and intention of
an overwhelming majority Of his fol-
lowers. He had to give up the presi-
dency and face the enmity of those
who had been his friends, and he did
not do this for any personal benefit,
(no one charges that. we believe) but
for what he conceived to be the bene-
fit of the men. He was convinced that
he could best serve them by doing his
best to get them to abandon the strike.
He failed and lost all he had gained
for himself by a year or two of hard
work in organization. He may have
to endure harsh criticism for years, but
the chancesare that the time will come
when most of the men concerned In
this strike will look back and say that
John Finley was wiser than they, ana
that had they followed his advice both
they individually, and their orgaMlza-
ton. would have been much better on.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

There is something impressive about the
determination of men who remain on a
strike after its chances. of success have
been practically reduced to nothing. It is
the impressiyeness that attaches to the
act of soldiers who in warfare with hu-
mane foes prefer to die in hopeless
struggle ra tker thanS surrender. Yet, in
this practical age it seems like an un-
pardonable waste of valuable life for men
to allow themselves to be SHOT down when
there is nothing to- be accomplished by
their sacrifice. SO, industrial disputes, it
is useless waste Of strength and skill for
men to- continue to sacrifice themselves
when there is nothing to gain by SO doing,
either for the cause or themselves.
We Americans would be a surprised lot
if the Alaska boundary commission Should
decide against u.s.. To a man we have un-
qualifiedly believed that our claim to an
unbroken strip on the lower coast of Alas
ka was impregnable. "A decision against
us, therefore, would not only be a disap-
pointment, but would tgreatly shake our
confidence in our ability to come to a cor
rect conclusion on, any international
question in which we. were involved.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
BOOKS RECEIVED

THE BEING WITH THE UPTURNED FACE,
Dy Clarence Lathbury. Cloth, 5x71a inches,
l9I pages. 81, net. Funk & Wagnalls Com.
pany, New York and London.
GoRGo, A ROMANCE OF OLD ATHENS, By
Charles Kelsey Gaines, Ph.D, Professor of
Greek in st. Lawrence University. Illustrated.
Boston: Lothrop Publishing Company.
THE WARRIORS, Ry Anna Robertson Brown
Lindsay, FhD., auth or of ''Whst Is Worth
= Wnue!' etc. New York: I. Y. Crowen &
p Co. Price, 81.
HIS LITTLE WORLD THE STORY OF HuNcH
bAOEAU, By Samuel Merwin. 12mo., 200
pages. $1.25. New York: A. S. Barnes
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
COMPARATIVE LONGEVITY
Medical News

It is the universal testimony that cler-
gynen reach the highest age, being close
run by gardeners and vine -dressers. Ordi-
nary agricultural laborers,S altho their oc-
cupation is SO largely in the open air. are
not conspicuous as long Hvers except in
France, Sweden and England. People
working with wood are longer lived than
those whose occupations are with metals,
and both attain a higher age than textile
workers and workers in chemical indus
tries The shortest lived people are
miners, except in England, where the SUI
perior mining regulations and admirable
|effect.s 80
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
HOW TO SAVE GAS BILLS,
Philadelphia Ledger.

"a North Broad street man who has J.
passion for reading the out -of- town news
papers, and also for answering many Of
the advertisements he finds in them, tells
this on himself: $3.50 &
s9 The other day he answered an adver-
tisement In one of the New York papers
stating that for ST. a. method for saving
gas bills would be sent. s 5sss
In two days he received a printed slip
by mail which read: Paste them In a
scrap book 4 q
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

ately taking part in 9 campaign
against the president, but even 50 he
will be able to do the chief execu.-
tive little injury compared with what
can be done by "close personal
friends who make a business Of wax
ing indignant.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
a LINEAR FOOT
PhiIadelphia Ledger

"Pa," said little Willie looking up from
his arithmetic, what's linear foot?"
| '.Why-er linear foot replied Mr..
Dumley, why, it's one that's inherited
Didn't you never hear tell of linear
descendant ?'
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

The rural nail carriers seek increased
pay. They certainly deserve it. Fifty dol
lars month for the work they do will
certainly not cause them to risk incurring
the vices of the rich.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
a 4, DANGEROUS oPPoNEnT7

she can aserve'' and slob'' and ssyolley,
I play the game with vim. and dash
But 1t isn't very jolly g.s
when she gives my heart a smash X
NeW York Times.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

The war cloud in the east sis diminish
ing. Well football will do as a substitute
if worse comes to worst. /. ... ~. I'll
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

THE ournaI would be glad to re-
ceive by mall, or otherwise, the names OF
all persons who were readers and sub
scribers to this paper when 1t started,
twenty five years ago this fall, or who
became subscribers during the first year
of Its existence, and their present ad-
dresses.
The Journ al would also be pleased
to have the names of men living who
were newsboys In Minneapolis Twenty-Five
wears AGO, and their present addresses.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
50,l65
Only 2-CENT Daily in Minneapolis.

REMEMBER, all this circulation is
the 5 o'clock edition, which is deliv-
cred directly to the homes. All the
members of the family have time to
read it,.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
TUESDAY EVENING,

ture generally supposed to be .coincident
with the dread disease, the proportion Of
deaths to cases being. only about one in
twenty.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

The horseshoers are planning to found
a college. Pshaw! Why don't they make
it a university? ..-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

The brilliancy and frequency Of the au-
tumn leaves make one despair of the quail
lty OF the coming winters cigar.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13
he Faribault journal observes:

The Faribault Journal observes:
! "The administration is9trying to freeze
Julius Block, n simply because he told
Charley Whitney what was what. Brother
Jamison may find tout5 that Julius Block
is as much larger politically than he is
as he is physically" q 5's@ So *-
Just say that again please. g.. <. 7
-stgs,ss .+ Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

You have to go away to find out how
you are appreciated. While this column
was on its vacation eating lobster and
pie fresh from the ocean right on the
coast of Maine, the subscription list of
The Minneapolis Journal was in
creased by several hundred names. At
least the circulation department told US
that as soon as we got back.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

What doth it profit corporation to
have capital stock of s117,000,0O0 if it is
unable to meet it's monthly payroll?
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

The Miller, S. D.. Sun insists that the
man, or the woman, who makes you laugh
is doing great good in the world. The
COZ
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

The trouble with this theory is that it
is one-sided. Man will almost as freely
give UP another half dollar to see the
Tragedy Queen do a weep that makes
man feel as mean as to have his best
friend regularly borrow $5.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

Opinions of j. P. Morgan are less fiat
tering than they were when he was riding
on the crest of the wave. The most for
chile opinion we have seen yet was ex-
pressed on the market page recently where
it said 'Steel common, 121a.'
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

s. If there is anything you haven't been
cured Of somebody guesses that perhaps
radium will do it. Incidentally radium
costs million dollars hunk:
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

Abdul Hamid has severely punished a
printer who made a rank typographical
error in the official reports. Europe may
not be able to do anything to the sultan,
but His Majesty may not find the typo
graphical union SO impotent.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

The Rev. Olympia Brown tells us that
our good president is all wrong, that ma
ture is going to look after the population
and the general interests of the next CEN
sus and that we really need a sprinklinS
of old maids to keep us in "Aunts as is
aunts" who have no children of their own
to love and so spend their time and en-
ergy in loving us. We believe Mrs. Brown
is right. We have always argued that it
is well to let the Deity run his own uni
verse;.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

Man cheerfully gives half
OF his lonesome dollar
10 watch the opera singer laugh
And hear her wordless holler.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-10-13

This column dreamed last night that it
ran for mayor and was elected. The re-
suits were such as to make a wagon stick
it's tongue out. Our platform was What
are the laws for,' and the answer sue
cinctly given was ITO enforce Dur
ing the campaign we spoke to several
mighty audiences on Bridge square, and
said in effect
Dear Friends and Fellow Citizens: L
don't want to be mayor, but if you elect
| me- am going to enforce the laws II
| it takes a leg. I am not in the hands
| of my friends, for they all advise me
thatgthe people do not want the laws en-
| forced. If that is the case you must
elect the other scoundreI. My policy is
| to enforce the law if it takes two legs
If the public is ass enough to make laws
it does not want, it's up to the public
/ to change them But they are laws, and
if am mayor am going to enforce them
| if it takes both legs and an arm. So look
! OUT
I There was some cheering and a little
groaning, but they went ahead and elected
US mayor. We picked out a chief of police
/ with considerable backbone, and the boys
who were playing snide games were given
notice. Those who were unable to take
| hint or who thought it was all a joke
We're undeceived. In a month or two ST
! Paul had all the cheap fakirs and bum
| games. and people who wanted to be
robbed had to go over there. Their places
/ were taken by a whole lot of decent people
| who seemed to appreciate d clean city.
After a time some of the laws which
seemed to bear too heavily on some classes
of citizens We're repealed or modified. For
/ instance, saloons were allowed to open
i during a, portion of Sunday and other
similar changes were made in the in
/ terests, of fairness to all concerned. But
/ it was understood that all laws We're to
| be enforced and they were enforced.
The results were: First, a, wholesome
/ respect for law; second, people knew ex-
/ actly what to count on and were not left
y to the mercy of some one mans shifting
i IDEAS; third. solid business grew and
4 flourished and the cheap skates went to
4 St. Paul. The result of this latter shift
q ing of population was a more solid and
substantial city here and a more shifting
J. and criminal class in St Paul
i IS In fact, the whole effect of municipal
honesty and square dealing was SO good
i. that in a few years the people arose as
, one man and elected us governor, and
J We were just running for president like
4 a scared iackrabbit when we awoke.
4. "A. j. R
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Quaint Chart For St. Louis. Fair.


Among the exhibits of the post Office
department at the st. Louis exposition
will be a quaint wooden chart formerly
used in the post Office at Manila dur
ing Spanish occupation. This chart
was hung on the wall of the building.
and the names of those who had letters
or newspapers were written and ex-
posed to the public on slips of paper
which fitted into notches upon its ur-
face. When a Filipino saw his name
on the chart he inquired at the window
for his letters. If he did not find his
name there was no use in bothering the
delivery clerk. Similar arrangements
are found in many Of the towns and
smaller cities in Spain and in some
parts of South America.