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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
No Joke.

II there were not such a persistent
effort made to secure it's passage one
might think that the Introduction OF the
bin providing for pool selling in the IN
terests of the live stock industry and the
farmer was intended as a joke. There isn't
much joke about it, however. The pool
selling proposition is carefully concealed
under the title of a bill to encourage the
horse breeding industry, and some we'll
meaning but careless legislators might
have been deceived in regard to it If the
real merits of the proposition had not been
brought to their attention. AS it is now,
with all the papers talking about it, there
is no possible excuse for the failure Of
any member to understand just what this
bill means. - - z-.,....
It is not necessary either to look upon it
asa matter to which the state fair man
ayers are particularly hostile. They are
opposed to it, Of course, for moral and
business reasons, but do not care to be
put in the attitude of the particular OPP
ponents Of the measure. They are no
more interested than the people of the
state at large. The fair is not theirs, 1t
belongs to the people of Minnesota II
the people of the state want to ruin it It
is their privilege, and they can surely &C
complish that result by making the fair
grounds a gambling resort. It is, there
fore a matter for the people of this state
to take notice Of and see that their repre-
sentatives in the legislature do not mis-
represent them in disposing of 1T.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
AN OFFICE 1oY's CAREER

Washington Letter to the New York
- Evening Post
BE good to the office boy is moral
taught by the career OF William Alden
Smith. BY 1879 he had saved a little
money and wanted a place to study
Blackstone. He thought first of Chicago,
and even went so far as to go to that
city and apply for a job as office boy with
the firm of Walker & Dexter But it was
in the summer and the heads were all out
Of town, and he ended by returning to
Grand Rapids. Here he selected the firm
OF Burch & Montgomery. He had sug-
gested 1t before, but they had not needed
him; he was this time confronted by =
closed office and a card tackled On the door
saying that they were out Of town and
would not be back for several weeks. Rut
this did not daunt Smith, who looked IN
Mr. Pierce, the owner of the building and
g man OF some prominence In the town.
He told Pierce what he wanted, and in
duced him to give him pass key TO the
office. So 1t happened that when Judge
sBurch returned he found his offices sweDt
and Rarnished, and a brisk young clerk
diligently reading at one of the desks. To
the Inquiries Of the judge the young fellow
repnea 1nat ne mad come to stay-that he
was the office boy at nothing a week
All he wanted, he said. was q, chance to
make himself useful, and incidentally to
read a little law. Things looked so clean
and the young man was so respectfully
determined to remain that Burch good ma
turedy acquiesced.
| In seven years Smith was q member of
the firm. In seven years more he was
part owner in the principal newspaper in
the place and proprietor OF branch rail-
road. In another seven years he had
added two more railroads to his assets,
and was inr- congress. Meanwhile the
wheel Of fortune has been turning: Mont
gomery is on the bench Of the Michigan
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23

Uncle Pease declares in the Anoka
Union that '.the big city daily does moth
ing without a financial consideration"
while 1.-The country newspaper does most
everything for no consideration''-or is it
without" consideration? ass for example,
the paragraph just quoted. Our venerable
uncle of the bucolic press is too severe
City newspaper men have been known to
be ,actuated at times by worthy motives;
in fact some Of them have come from
the country newspaper offices bringing
with them some of the virtuous adher-
ence to, truth for the truths sake which
has always characterized the editorial ut
terances> of the sage Of Peaseville. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23


Rathbone's charges against Wood are
discounted at the outset by two important
facts. In the first place, Rathbone is a
scoundrel, having been convicted Of cor
rupt practices in office; and his ~convic-
ton being due, in part, to General Woods
uncompromising attitude, Rathbone is nat
urally hostile and vindictive: He is quite
capable of manufacturing charges which
have no foundation whatever in fact. So
much for the presumption on one side:
On the other is the fact, that Woodai a
man Of fine reputation. He has main
tafned a good record heretofore, and the
probabilities are altogether on the side
that. he. is innocent of. any improper con-
duct such as Rathbone charges. A good
reputation is recognized in law as q strong
defense against charges that may be in
spired by malice. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
A Monument to Courage.

:. One. fact that will come to mind more
forcibly, after the first wave of absorbing
interest in the findings of the coal COM
mission has passed over; is. that if it had
not been for President Roosevelt's I'M
conventional disposition when a bad situa-
ton develops, to do something to improve
it, whether it happens to be his particular
official duty or'not,, there would have been
no commission. It was not necessar-
lily the presidents business to take hand
and try to settle the coal strike, and a
doubted the wisdom and the propriety of
his action in calling conference> for that
purpose. But. Theodore Roosevelt Is en-
;phatica1ly a man who does things, and
when: he saw the impasse at which the
controversy had arrived, and no POSSIBLE
ity that either side would do anything to
relieve the situation he felt that it was
his duty to try. His attempt was not
regarded with much favor by the mine
owners at first, but when they saw that
he meant Ito leave nothing undone to af-
ford protection to the public from a condi
ton that seriously threatened the indus
trial life of the country they yielded.
= The result is a monument to the cour-
age and integrity of purpose which we see
displayed every day at the. White House.
The president had no means Of knowing
what would be the effect of the findings of
| the commission upon his political future
Some Of his cautious friends warned him
on that side and urged him not to place
himself between the opposing forces. But
such trifes as a possible disastrous effect
upon his own political fortunes had no
weight Here was plain duty and that
was all there was to it.
The commission appointed comm landed
| confidence from the day 1t was named, and
| the result Is so manifestly fair and just
| that public opinion has but one Judgment
with regard to it. !.
| The work of this commission is vastly
more important and valuable from it's re-
lation to the capital and labor question in
general than to the particular controversy
with respect to which it was undertaken.
It is precedent Of the highest conse-
| quence,4a it has produced a verdict So
free from: prejudice and bias that both
sides of the general issue between capital
and labor are bound to have greater conf
dence in and to yield reader assent to the
arbitration Of their disputes in future. A
few more settlements like this and strikes
and lockouts will be things of the past,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
Promising Markets, If

Secretary Shaw, in his address before
the New Orleans board of trade on Sat-
urday night, did not eXaggerate the i'm
portance of the trade Of the Spanish
American countries of the western hemis-
phere. Except as to Mexico, our trade
with these countries is chiefly OF a lean
tendency and Great Britain, Germany and
France take the lions share. The propin-
guilty of Mexico, indeed, invites American
investment and trade exploitation. and
several hundred millions of American
money have gone into that country in min
ing operations, railway building and other
fields OF activity. In Central America,
there is an encouraging trade movement
with this country, but not of the magni-
tude it should be- Germany has success
fully entered that region and she has some
$50, 900 900 to $7o,00o,O00 invested there.
Our European competitors got into the
South American continent before us and
have a pretty firm grip there.
If a map of the western hemisphere is
examined, one reason for European trade
precedence is readily seem The south
continent lies to the east of the north
continent. The longitude Of Washington
cuts through the extreme western por-
ton of Ecuador and Peru, and the longi-
tude of Boston barely touches Chile, while
the coast of Brazil is $500 miles east of
New York. Thus the south continent for
trade purposes is practically nearer
Europe than it is to this country. We
have no more advantage getting to the
west coast than has Europe and will not
have until the Panama canal is completed
and in operation. While we were becom-
ing a manufacturing. nation, Europe had
established her business connections with
South America. Her exporters studied
the markets to ascertain the wishes Of
their customers as to quality and packing
and shipping of goods, and our exporters
are just beginning to pay the necessary
attention to these essential matters. Our
trade does not greatly prosper in this di-
rection, but it is not altogether because
shipping facilities are wanting. There is
no such deficiency, for there are several
lines Of steamers between New York, Val
paraiso, Callao and Guayaquil, which have
been in operation several years. There
are also lines of steamers regularly plying
between American ports and points in
Central and the South American east
coast but the trouble is that these steam-
ers cannot always get return cargoes, in
fact, it is exceptional that a steamer Of
one Of the lines mentioned has a full re-
turn cargo, while the European steamers
by reason of the fact that they always
get return cargoes, are able to charge
4 considerably lower freights than the
6 American lines. Germany, because she is
the largest importer of Chilean nitrate un.
derbids even Great Britain's shipowners il
freight rates for exports thither. Hel
ships get$return cargoes always.
OF course, habitual return cargoes NEAR
that there is trading impulse on the par
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
The tendency of the police to look u

The tendency Of the police to look upon
themselves, as the regulators of, the COM
Captain O'Reilly of Brooklyn, who has
been breaking Up progressive edchre
parties, where the play was for valuable
prizes, The scap,ttain says that all strictly
private. games. Of this character will be
stopped but that. if they are for the bene-
fit Of churches or charities they will not
be interfered with It would be interest
ing to have the captain point out the law
under which he acts, and the merits of his
keen discrimination. ,-.->- Z
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23

: Ninety-fve employers in Columbus,
Ohio, have formed an organization to re-.
sist the unreasonable demands of union
labor. There Is a suggestion here that
ought to be worth something to organized
labor. Organization is, apparently, "a
game that two sides can play at. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23

country, ard that any other races living
here, no matter how many hundred years.
must accept what the white man Is will
ing to give them as such. In other words,
a ruling caste would be created in those
states based on the most irritating OF all
caste foundations, that OF descent: po-
litical principle to which Americanism has
always been opposed. & It is not to be
thought for a non1cntathat the American
people will ever accept that theory. 1t is
far better to wink at the practice Of the
same in the south now, as being merely
phase of evolution towards better con-
dition, than to erase such a. righteous dec
laration as the fifteenth amendment.
The south is going to settle it's own race
problem in its own way, with some broth
erly assistance from the north, and, we
hope, with the coming years, in better
temper. To repeal the fifteenth amend
merit would be merely to add fuel to the
flames. In another generation the great
majority Of the, negroes. will be educated,
and constitutional exclusion from the suf-
frage because of descent will be far more
intolerable to them than exclusion by lille
gal force. The settlement of the race
question must be along lines that will
satisfy both races. Unjust not be for
gotten thata quarrel isSnot ended by Civ
ing ono party to it his way, right or
wrong.
For our part, we think it the better poll
cy for the north frankly to concede that
the enfranchisement Of the negroes en-
masse was a great mistake and cheerful]y
accept the southern scheme of. educational
qualification for the franchise, trusting to
| the = softeninE influence of time, the
improvement Of the colored race and the
| broadening horizon of the southern whites
to secure the equal administration Of the
educational test. In the meantime, as
practical men, we must accept unjust APP
plications of the test. and many political
wrongs to the negro, and look upon them
as unpleasant but Inevitable incidents. At
the same time the fourteenth amend
ment should be enforced and representa-
ton of states applyingSthe educational test
/ reduced in proportion to- the number Of
citizens of the United States thus deprived
Of the. ballot. Fair-rninded men in the
south will recognize the logic of the stu
ation, and such enforcement will put a
premium on honest administration of the
educational tests:>. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
ADAPTED TO FLATS.

II see that you have taken up the YER
teal system Of penmanship. Why did you
do that?'"
oh. haven't you heard? Why, we are
living in q fiat now
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23

Hamlet who was convicted down in
Iowa last week Of homicide, gets new
trial No criminal proceeding in Iowa has
attracted more attention or developed more
interest than this hard fought controversy
at the university over the responsibility
of "the melancholy Dane for his murder
o,ls Deeds
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
THE ORIGINAL JUNGLE TOM DEAD

a
Of
whch
of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23

This settles 1t: Industrial training has
been introduced among the Moros 1t is
true that we shall not stop drinking water
because the Moros drink 1t, but if indus
trial education is good for them it is GER
tainly bad for u.s.. -. ..-: :. &c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23

supreme court; Judge Burch. through the
influence Of his former office boy, has
been appointed assistant to the United
States attorney general, and resides in
Washington, while Pierce, who has met
with financial reverses, was rewarded Tor
the pass key which he had given Smith
by an appointment as assistant sergeant
alarms Of the United States house OF
These gentlemen have
found that it is quite a thing to enter
tain a, William. Alden unawares.
And the correspondent Of the Post might
have added that Smith is a candidate for
the United States senate, and at the rate
at which Smith sentiment is increasing
in Michigan, he is likely to go there at an
early date. - ::
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
The Equal Rights association of negro

The Equal Rights association Of negroes
has appealed to the powers of Europe to
intervene in behalf of the down trodderl
and long suffering negroes of America.
The appeal will probably have the effect
of causing us to raise our hands less fire.
quently in holy. horror at the injustices
that are revealed in other lands. At the
same. time the appeal won't help. the sit
uation here much. g.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
TRUSTED
Smart Set.

Physician--I can't diagnose your wifes
case at all. She seems to have q sprained
neck, lumbago in the. back, rheumatic
knees and govt in both feet.
waggles-I know what 1t is. She was
reading in the cozy corner and happened
to fall asleep.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23

A new way to keep out of heaven has
been discovered by Professor Dallas L.
Sharp Of Boston university. This way is
limited to the use of women. mo wom-
an says the professor, who wears a
sea gull or a song bird on her hat can ever
get to heaven" How about the men
who make the fashions and those who kill
the birds? l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
PA EXPERIENCE.
Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids (Mich.l. Herald.
Little Willie-Say. pa what's the df-
ference between a SNOWFALL and a charity
ball?
a-One hits man Oh the neck and this
other strikes him on the pocket, my son. 50
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
THE PARTING OF THE WAYS

So ofte o m mind back again
happy when every heart gay;
come to all of in life
far away.
sped with golden wings Of light,
No tmeh thoughts of when
clothed with flowers of brightest hue
for the Of winter then.
Where those merry ones OF long ago?
Our parted, oh 50 far and wide
have passed beyond my ken
NOR Wen tread the pathway side by side
Lizzie e. O'Brien.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
Enxer Chat.

Miss Anna. Held will present her sump
tuous production of The Little Duchess
at the Metropoiita an this week, opening to
night. Harry 81! Smith and Reginald D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
SAVED BY STRATEGY


you shot a
wash
and
wih
in
of beingk if
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23

Who can give q single good reason why
pool selling should again be permitted
in Minnesota? .>. - ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
CARRIED TO EXTREMES.
Cassell's Journal.

Brown-That fellow Jones is always go
ing to law about something or other.
Robinson hat IS so. He's even going
to naarrysa girl named Sue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
MAY BE "NEAR" ALSO.

New YOfA TIMES.
Jageies-Are these relatives Of yours
near or distant?
Waggles-The ones that have money ara
very distant.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-23
FoLEY's "PRAlRiE eREEzEs."

J. W. Foley, or rather affection bids
us say Jimmie Foley, of the Bismarck
Tribune, has issued his Little Book of
Prairie Breezes,' put up in limp leather
and dinky-edge paper nice to the hand
and to the eye. 1t is crowded with
poetry-real poetry in places-some Of it
with tears in the lines and a little OF it
with smiles. Foley has gone over his
work that the Exchanges" know so we'll
and has made judicious selection to hand
down to posterity. While no special effort
is made to find purchasers there are a few
copies of the book that the faithful may
have at the rate of $3.50 per copy lat the
sign of the Tribune in Bismarck, y. D.
But you'd better not delay. One cannot
give a better idea: OF the quality of the
poetry than by the quoting of a stanza
here and there. Here is one from, ",Nough
For Me-:
guess hundred times more
I've taken him inside
TIL bedroom there an closed the door
An tried an tried an tried
T. bring myself to strike him, once.
Jes onct-an' then see
F.. His mothers smile on his wet face
An that's enough for me- =
Then there is the poem Don Want to
Stay" The last stanza runs thus:
Used to like to hear the breeze
Us, Rustlin' through the trees:
Thought the grass a-groWln green
Prettiest thing seen.
All changer sence she went away,
Just don't seem to want to stay.
On the other hand among the humorous
poetry 'sThe Horse Trade" stands pre- emi-
nent:
ssfIello.' says 1. rr
$50 t.Hello.''4 says he.
I never see the man afore.
Swap says l.
'.Dunno.' says he.
..Mebbe, fnebbe-I amt shore.
And so it goes on until they exchange
horses. Then:
.Git up" says /.
ssGit up!'' says he.
An, both them bosses stood stock still.
sBalk?" says /.
.Yep!'' says he.
..Mine too ST. laughin'. fit to kill.
.Say!' says l.
$50 ..Hey ~ says he.
...Guess that's a horse apiece, says ne.
Good day" says 1.
Good day says he.
Best Joke. b gosh. ever see.
MAY BE "NEAR" ALSO.
1883 New York Times.
Jageies-Are these relatives Of yours
near or distant?
| Waggles-The ones that have money are
very distant.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-11-20
A good Name.

From personal experience
testify that DeWltt's Little Early
Risers are unequalled as a liver
pill. They are rightly named
because they give strength and
energy and do their work with
ease.-W. T. Easton, Boerne.
Tex. Thousands of people are
using these tiny little pills in
preference to all others, because
they are SO pleasant and effectual,
They cure billiousness, torpid
liver, jaundice, sick headache,
constipation, etc. They do not
purge and weaken, but clense and
strengthen Sold by Grisham
Drug Co.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-11-20
A 5cie,itifjc Discovery.

kodol Dyspepsia Cure does for
the slua.arh that which it's I'M
able to 10 for itself, even when
btu slightly disordered or over
loaded. kos!o. Dyspepsia Cure
supplies the natural juices Of d.
gestioa and docs the work of the
stomach, relaxing the nervous
tension. while the inflamed mus
cles of that organ are allowed to
rest aud heal. Kodol Dyspepsia
Cure digests what you cat and en-
abies the stomach and digestive
organs to transform all food into
rich, red blood. Sold by Grisham
Drug Co.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-11-20

The Catahoula News writes a
whole column about the little
squib we wrote concerning Col. I /.
Sambola Jones having at one
time resided in that parish. The
News seems to be sshurt" over the
matter. and we hasten to apollo
gize by saying that the squib was
only to call attention to the
sslittleness" of Col. Jones' enc
mics in trying to make it appear
that he was a dangerous character
because of having resided there.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-11-20
Notice For Publication.
Land once At New Orieans. /

Oct. is, 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice Of his intention
70 make nnai proof tn support Of his claim.
and that said proof win be made before p. K.
Abel, Clerk Of court 1t winnneld, La, ON Nov.
-, 1soo viz:
John g. Cooper, II 8 1880 for the s1-7 NE
Ia Wis ETA 4 MEAS w II See II.
Up II N 3 La. Mer.
Re names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residencs upon and cultivation
OF said land viz:
". n. Dunn, :. r. Maloy. y. g, Smith, Az.
0ilcrease, al Of winnneld La.
wAIrna L cozzx,
Us Re9irker.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-11-20
Dieting Invites Discs

To cure Dyspepsia or ind'l
it is no longer necessary 70
milk and toast. Starvation
duces such weakness thAt
whole system becomes =
prey to disease. Kodol Dpp
Cure enables the stomach
organs to digest
assimilate all of the who's
food that one cares to eat, a.
. never failing cure for inc
ton, Dyspepsia and all stcs
troubles. Kodol digests whaf
eat-makes the stomach -
Sold by the Grisham Drug q
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-11-20

In these columns We made q
mistake and called the editor of
the Pollock Tribune Ben j. Jack
ess and he replies BY saying:
We are pleased to note that at
least one Of our bretheren herea-
bouts can make . pun without in
dulging in vulgarity. Hal Ha!
Bro. Coates, that's ; horse on
US. Now we will correct the
mistake. That editors names is
Jack J.. Benness.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1903-11-20
Important to Land Owners.

All parties having sold the
timber on their lands to the Mid
land Mill Co., Ltd, Commonly
known as the MCGEE Company,
and now wishing to dispose Of the
land, will find it to their interest
to write me at Monroe, La, and
I will FIX q date to meet them at
WINFIELD and buy their lands.
Respectfully,
J. T. BRYAET, Agt.
: la. Midland Mill Co., Ltd.
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