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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
NEW DEACONEsS' HOSPITAL

Plans Drawn for New Building to Cost
. - SIS, 900.
Plans have been drawn for the new
building Of the. Dea coness' hospital which
will have 130 feet@frontage on Thirteenth
avenue and two 100 foot wings on Twen-
ty- third and Twenty-fourth streets. The
present building will be used as a nurses
home and the annex will serve q con-
agious ward. The new structure will be
Of pressed brick and cut stone. with an
interior finish Of marble: 1t will be four
stories high and will cost $75,OOO
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30

quate compensation to teachers The
figures he. produced showed that the
average yearly wage Of, the woman
teacher in the rural schools in Min
nesOtEL is but few cents more than
$22 q month.
Hardly enough to maintain life" :"
Mr.. Staples asserted caustically, land
so little that were it not for the fact
that the majority of our rural teach
ers are excellent seamstresses they
would be out at the elbows and down
at the heels half the time. How can
one dress on $22 a month? 1t means
that the old clothes must be made
over and that last years things must
do. If the teacher didn't have friends,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
TALK ON HANDWRITING
d. c. Rugg Speaks Before Business
College Section.

D. c. Rugg Speaks Before Business
College Section.
.'The attitude of the heads of our
normal schools in regard to
handwriting is detestable in the eyes
of the business men to-day declared
D. G.. ,Rugg Of the Minneapolis Busi-
ness college, yesterday afternoon, be-
fore the business college section Of
He said:
The circular which they have recently
sent out to the teachers Of the state, al
tho disguised. is nothing more than A
command for the teachers by hook OF
crook to introduce the vertical system OF
handwriting into their schools.
The state educational officials and the
heads of the nornalS have sunk to the
level of mere merchants. who selling
out the handwriting system to the pro-
prietors of the vertical systems. 1t is
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
Annual Reduction Sale FurS.
Plymouth Fur Mfg. Section.
Hunt Game with a Camera

If you want to put in a day or two
in photographing game or simply wish
to see it as it innocently moves about,
make a little trip to Gardiner on the
Northern Pacific at the entrance to yell
lowstone Park. The deer, elk, noun
tain sheep and antelope by hundreds
feed on the hills and flats about
Gardiner and Mammoth Hot Springs
during the fall and winter, undis-
turbed, making beautiful picture:
Send six cents for "Wonderland L.
19O3.'' Charles S. Fee, General PAS
senger Agent, st. Paul, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
Two Trains Daily.

The Palace Linen Laundry
ives satisfaction or your money back.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
SENSIBLE EDUCATION
katherine Dopp of Chicago Would Go
BeYOnd Three RS

DR.. Katherine Dopp Of the Univer-
sity of Chicago was the principal
speaker at the first group of sectional
meetings yesterday afternoon. DIR.
Dopp is a special student of social in
dustries and a writer on the subject
In treating her topic, Social Indus
tries and Their Place in Elementary
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
time we took q hand in the matter ant
brought it to a stop.
FAVORS MANUAL TRAINING
superintendent of st. James School!
Tells of Success There.

superintendent of St. James Schools
Tells of Success There.
Last year ST. James introduced
manual training and mechanical
drawing into it's high school. Yester-
day G. Morris strongly recomnl ended
such courses to the members Of the
associated school boards, saying: "The
benefits of manual training course
in the high school are many,aand
believe that in time every high school
in the state will take UP the indus
trial work."
President w. r. Hodges, in his an
nual address, dwelt upon the value of
meeting with the teachers and hear
ing their ideas upon school work, as
can be done at such meetings as the
M. E. A.
Useless In High Schools.
W. f. Kunze told the high school cOun-
Gil yesterday that active and intelligent
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
ship, being the fundamental aim in

citizenship, being the fundamental aim in
education, the high school curriculum
must be judged by it's success in forwa rd-
ing that aim. On that basis he desired the
elimination of higher a1gepra, which has
no practical value to the majority of pu-
pills, and the substitution of a review of
American history, or a course in civics,.
political economy or manual training. a
warm discussion followed
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30

st. Paul and Minneapolis to Butte.
Helena, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma,
Portland, via the: Northern Pacific.
North Coast Limited leaves at 1O:45
a. M; Pacific Express at 1O:45 p. m.
Pullman tourist and dining cars.
steam heat and wide vestibules. Elec-
trio lights on the "Limited.''
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30
SCORED LOW SALARIES

G. f. Jacobs Criticizes State Before
Rural School Section.
school section was addressed by G. F.
Staples of the railroad and wareh ouse
commission, an old-time champion of
an effective rural school system. He
scored the state severely for it's made
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-30

half the time she would be subsisting
on half rations. Such a state of things
ought not to be a11Owed.''
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13

and into the bodies of each other.
However, the inevitable came, tho
capital was removed. Jamestown
slowly fell into innocuous desuetude,
and Williamsburg fourished. We
have seen just such rivalries and bat
ties between rival towns, far in tho
interior of the new world, within our
own generation.
The brick church, of which only tho
tower is left, was built in 1888, when
the colony was only 30 years old.
Previously the people had worshiped
in large wigwam made of logs. The
and % feet wide, furnished lavishly
with donations from England; every
thing in it being as rich and regal
as the trappings and vestments Of
the best churches in the old coun-
try. Gov. Dale wrote: 'There is
some comfort in religion now;" as
though his religion had been no conn
fort to him in the commodious log
wigwam.
But for the removal of the capital
to Williamsburg there might have
been great educational institution
at jamestown, because Parson Blair,
the Scotchman from the University
of Edinburgh who founded William
and Mary college, was assigned to
the parish at jamestown in the new
brick church, just before the trans
fer of the capital. He had for a
short time been pastor of the parish
of Varina, where Pocahontas was
one of his parishioners. She was the
wife of John Rolfe. an extensive to-
bacco planter, and was known as Re-
becca Rolfe; quite English, you know,
as compared with her aboriginal
name when she hurried into history
by her rush to the rescue of Capt.
John Smith. Parson Blair often said
that if he had remained at James,
town he would have founded the coll
lege there-an institution which has
endured until this day, and will ever
endure.
The celebrated educational institu-
tion was originally built of bricks
made on jamestown island. They
were made in the style of the i'm
ported bricks, but were not import
ed; neither were those which were
used in the church at jamestown.
Parts of the ancient structure remain
in good state of preservation, and the
old church at jamestown would still
remain intact, if civilization had not
deserted 1t. SMITH D. FRY
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X
many, many years.
The ladies employ custodian, but
he was not on duty when the narrator
called. He is said to reside in little
shanty there which is surrounded by
heavy earthworks thrown up 40 odd
years ago by confederate soldiers. By
his absence he lost one fee of ten cents.
which he is allowed to charge as part
of his compensation for living there in
the midst of squalor, dirt, malaria and
musty "reminiscences.
On reaching the north end of this
historic island, work done and being
done by the federal government was
discovered. 1t seems that the island
has been crumbling so rapidly of late
years that the Virginia senator's have
secured appropria ations for the pur-
pose of preventing the entire destruc-
tion of the island by the swift cur
rent which sweeps unobstructed for
eight miles, and fiercely carries away
tons of clay and sand. Ripraps and
jetties along shore may divert the
channel a little, but if the island is
to be fully protected it will prove to
be very costly proposition. The
northern portion of the ruins of the
town are said to be under water, and
the covered foundations of former
habitations can be seen from the side
of rowboats. Alongside the north
east of the island there are big blocks
of stone just beneath the surface OF
the water. They are held together
by cement, and evidently formed the
foundation of some big official build
ing.
The biggest ships of the olden time
used to come up the James and an
chor at the wharves of jamestown,
but they could not do so now. In
deed, when the capital was moved to
Williamsburg in 1923 the channel was
becoming visibly more shallow. Thus
was business affected in the Begin
ming of the decline of jamestown.
There were big financial and politi-
cal battles in those days, preceding
the removal of the capital; and ira
dition hath it that several hot-blood-
ed Virginians emptied their guns at
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
sTRANGL1NG A TREE.
Vegetable Python Of GulneA Thsa
Rinds Forest Giantn IN Its
Deadly Folds.

The vegetable python, which can
strangle forest monarch, furnishes
tragedies as intense as those born of
flesh and blood, says the Detroit Free
Press. James Rodway,. who travelled
extensively in Guiana, says woe betide
the tree giant when he falls into the
clutches of the clusia, or fig. It's seeds
being provided with pulp, which is
very pleasant to the taste Of a great
number of birds, are carried from tree
to tree and deposited on the branches.
Here they germinate the leafy stem
rising upward and the roots flowing.
as it were, down the trunk until they
reach the soil. s5tsfir@
At first these aerial roots are soft
and delicate, with apparently no more
power for evil than so many small
streams of pitch, which they resemble
in their slowly flowing motion down
ward Here and there they branch,
especially if an obstruction is met
with, when the stream thither changes
its course or divides to right and left.
Meanwhile leafy branches have been
developed, which push themselves
through the canopy above and get into
the light, where their growth is enor-
mously accelerated. sfR
AS this takes place the roots have
generally reached the ground and be-
gun to draw sustenance from below to
strengthen the whole plant Then
comes a wonderful development. The
hitherto soft, aerial roots begin to
harden and spread wider and wider,
throwing out side branches which flow
into and amalgamate with each other
until the whole tree trunk is bound
in series of irregular living hoops.
The strangler is now ready for its
deadly work.
The forest giant, like all exogens,
must have room to increase in girth,
and here he is bound by cords which
are stronger than iron bands. Like an
athlete, he tries to expand and burst
his fetters, and if they were rigid he
might succeed. The bark bulges be-
tween every interlacing-bulges out,
and even tries to overlap, but the mon
ster has taken every precaution
against this by making it's bands very
numerous and wide.
AS the tree becomes weaker its
leaves begin to fall, and this gives
more room for its foe Soon the
stranger expands itself into great
bush almost as large as the mass Of
branches and foliage it has effaced.
If wel look carefully around us we see
examples of entire obliteration-a
clusia, or fig, standing on its reticu-
lated hollow pillar, with only a heap
OF brown humus at its base to show
what has become of the trunk which
once stood up in all it's majesty on
that spot. y
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
= M ''fiA'sas'aaa5a
THEY HAVE ALL DISEASES.
Medical Students Become Affected by
Constant study Of Human
Ailments.

"That reminds me Of something
which happened during my second
year in medical. school," remarked
young physician, according to the
Washington Post. For the first year
or two man studies medicine he is
precisely like man who reads patent
medicine advertisements, he has every
disease he learns about, though 1
shouldn't wish this repeated as coming
from me. In my day we had man
among us who felt sure that he was
going to be paralyzed. He was healthy
as the next man, but that seemed to
him to make his disease more insid-
ious. He used to sit with his legs
crossed and hit his knee to see if his
refexes were all right. Every.time he
failed to hit the, right spot he would
look down at his motionless foot and
say:
Boys, this is awful
He used to stand up, put his heels
together and shut his eyes to see if
he'd stagger. And be. always declared
he did and then he'd look green around
the gills and sigh till even the fellow
v'AAo AAAA~ " AC uou hCdIt QIScdSc got
tired of it. Paralysis and nothing but
paralysis was on the mans mind and
he reckoned on being stricken at any
time. When he was in his room he
wore a pair OF slippers-the hind you
can walk into without stoopfng-and
it was his habit to leave the things Just
wherever he happened to step out OF
them. One night when he had gone to
bed somewhat the worse for MANY
stems of beer two of MS who roomei
next door stepped in and tackled his
slippers to the floor. About 8 o'clock
next morning we were startled by .
most blood-curdling yell from him. We
rushed in. There he stood, Just as he
had stepped out of bed, his feet in his
slippers. He pointed to them with q
trembling finger and then turned to-
ward us face of utter despair.
Boys said he thickly, boys! Look
at my feet! cam move them! can't
walk step. Lord, boys, it has come
at last!'"
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
RELICS OF VIRGINIA.
To Be Preserved by a Society Of
Patriotic Women.
Occupation of Jamestown Island
Dates Back Three Centuries
Old Church I'm which Poca-
hOntas WOrShiped.
Especial Washington letter.

((V IRGINIANS are proud of
v every chapter in the history
of their state" says Senator
Daniels. There are some paragraphs
in some of the chapters which are not
SO brilliant as others; but, on the
whole we are proud of every chapter
in our history"
The occasion calling forth the re-
mark is the fact that Virginia is grow
ing old, and has a history of almost 300
years. On the 25th of May will occur
the anniversary of the landing of Capt.
John Smith and his fellow-fre ebooters
upon the soil of Virginia. and the be-
ginning of the permanent establish
ment of the first white colony in this
republic of ours.
On May 25, 1907, now 296 years agone,
jamestown island was occupied and
preparations begun for town-building.
This was 13 years before the landing
of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, so there
can be no doubt that this was the first
permanent white settlement upon the
land which now constitutes the United
States of America.
There are upwards of $4,000 Virgin
ians residing in the national capital,
making their livings as federal Office
holders. That is to say. that some 1900
office-holders from Virginia support a
colony of $4,000 people, all of them in
tensely loyal to their state, and proud
of their lineage. Some 20 years ago
there began an annual exodus from
Washington to jamestown to celebrate
the anniversary; and there will be no
hiatus in this procedure. The pilgrim
ages will begin two days before the an
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
JAMEsrowN

niversary, tens of thousands of Virgin
ians will visit Jamestown. but the prin-
cipal celebration this year will be in
Richmond.
In order to describe this ancient To-
cality the writer went to jamestown
island, the trip occupying only two
days. 1t is situated 80 miles above Nor
folk and Newport News, on the James
river, and is about 70 miles below Rich
mond. Old inha bitants say that it has
shrunken within generation. but that
it has now an area of 1,70O acres. 1t is
two and halt miles long, and only lit
tie more than half mile in width.
From the main shore it is separated by
a narrow stream and some marshy low
land, over which there is a low wooden
bridge. The whole place looks "old-
timey."
The>island is as barren of civilization
as Palmyra of the desert, and the only
evidences of its former teeming habi-
tation are the walls of the Amber
mansion-house. and the pitiful piece of
tower of the first Protestant church
built of brick in the new world. These
objects of interest were pointed out by
a Young colored woman from the
mainland, who also directed the trav-
eler to the screened little acreage sur
rounding the relics of the church and
the long neglected cemetery. There
are no pictures of these interesting OBJ
iects, but the tower is like any ordi-
nary old tower, and the mansion
remains are composed of the small
bricks imported in those early days;
about half of the size of modern bricks.
The mansion is said to have been built
with bricks which were formerly used
in official and ancient structures. Ira
dition has it that in this old mansion
there resided woman who declined
the honor of marriage with George
Washington.
If this be true she must have almost
hated herself afterwards when George
became ''first in war, first in peace and
first in the hearts of his countrymen. y
There is an association of ladies
known as an association .For the Pre-
servation of Virginia Antiquities, .
and it is this association which has sur.
rounded these sole relics with wire
fences and thick wire screens. These
ladies took this step only six wears
ago; rather late in the day for the pre-
servation of these antiquities, for hogs.
wild and tame, and other cattle have
browsed about the tower and the walls
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
Something New.

Yes said the museum manager,
i've engaged living skeleton and a
fat freak that are positively unique" !"
But living skeletons and fat women
are such chestnuts-"
"Ah! You've said it. These are a
living skeleton woman and fat man.
Philadelphia Press.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
In No Demand.

Mouldy Mike-Tm gettin' along slick
now. Always asks fer work at me
trade, and never gifts offered any.
Weary William-What do you pre-
tend to be?
"A tombstone carver"
And don't you ever git offered q
.job?"
Nav. I keeps away from towns
wots got trolley cars."-N. Y. Weekly.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
The Retort Crushing.

Lord Tuffnut-You have nothing to
grumble at whatever; you were rich
American girl, / an impoverished Eng
lish nobleman, with proud title. You
bought me with your wealth. / was
what you would simply call in shop
ping, a bargain!
Lady Tuffnut-Pardon me! Not a
bargain-a remnant-N. Y. News.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
Drumming Up Trade.

"Sir," began the caller, Il would like
to marry your daughter"
"What?" cried old Roxley. you're
aperfect stranger to me; besides she's
engaged"
"Sir, did not say wished to be mar
'ried to your daughter, but to marry
her. I'm clergyman, sir, and need
the fee. e."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
The Only WAY Out.

If an and an and an 0 and u.
With an x at the end. spell Su,
And an E and Y and E spell an L,
Pray. what is the speller to do?
Then If also an S and an 1 and G.
An an H E d spell eide.
There is nothing much left for the speller to
do
But to go and commit Siouxeyesighed
--Tit-B1ts
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13

Miss Angles-While l was shop
ping to-day | happened to stop in
front of one of those convex mirrors
at Bargen's. 1t was laughable; it
made my figure look so ridiculous.
Miss Speitz--Are you sure it wasn't
just an ordinary mirror, dear?-
Philadelphia Press.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
Not Adopted.

First Fashion Leader-Why not
adopt this style? 1t is very becoming
to both Of us?
Second Fashion Leader-Yes, it is be-
coming to us. but it does not make
other people look ugly enough.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
PAS Experience.

Say, pa" queried little Johnny
Bumpernickle. "what is fiattery?"
"Flattery, my son." replied the old
man. lis the art of making others
believe you are interested in their re-
marks when, in reality, they give you
that tired feeling. ."--Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
There Are Other..

The other day young man gave a
reason for not dancing, the spirit Of
which might be made to apply to a
good many failures in life.
Il should like to dance" he said, "and
l should dance, only the music puts me
out and the girl gets in my way."-Tit-
Bits.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
Departed the same way.

How did you get in?" asked the
manager.
Il came in on my face" answered
the deadbeat.
When he landed outside he passed
his hand carefully over his scratched
and bruised face and remarked: "It
looks as If came out the same
way."-Chicago Post.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
Significant.

Haggard Looking Room Hunter
Little girl, does your mamma keep
boarders?
Honest Little Girl-No, sir; she takes
boarders, but she don't keep 'em.-N.
Y. Herald.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
why He Was JoyfuI.

Crabbe-To-day for the first time
was really delighted to hear Miss
Nexdore's piano going.
Ascum-Something worth listening
to, Ell?
Crabbe-I should say so. I heard
the installment men taking it away.
-Tit-Bits.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
A Others seeu..

Ping-What do you think of Win.
dig?
Pong-He reminds me of river.
Ping-What's the answer?
Pong-The biggest part of him is
his mouth.-Chicago Daily News.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
An IlMgant Tonne.

Finnegan-Sure. an the Gilligans
musht We had an illigant tonne at th'
wake lasht night!
Murphy ye there, Finnegan?
Finlegan-I wuz not. But old man
Gilligan sent aroun' thish mornin' for
tn loan Nv me bottle NV arnica!-N. Y.
Times.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
Point Of View.

Hope springs eternal in the human
breast" remarked the person with a
mania for quotations:
"Yes," rejoined the morbid party,
land ] suppose that's why the pool of
disappointment is always stopping
over. r."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
A Close Observe,

First Office Boy-Why do yer t'ink d. e
"old mans wife is in Europe?
Second Office Boy-Why, jes' seen
him put check in letter, swear like
sixty, an den put five-cent stamp on
it.-Judge.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
began Early In Life

Bacon-I understand j. Pierpont
Morgan began watering stock at a
very early age.
Egbert-Can that be possible?
Eyes; he worked on a farm as a
boy."-Yonkers Statesman.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
A Chiefs Among Ye.

Winkers-What a tiresome piece of
insipidity that girl is!
Binkers-Her parents ought to keep
her at home. The first thing they
know some modern novelist will take
her for heroine.-N. Y. Weekly.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
Very Suitable.

Mrs. Won Blumer-I can't make up
my mind what paper to put in the
nursery.
Won Blumer-Why use paper at all ?
Why not try nice shade of sheet
iron: Town Topics.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
The Rose vine.

The sun flung kiss to the vine by the wall,
Where 1t lived all austere in the shadow Of
gloom,
And it shuddered at thought Of politeness
SO small:
Then it blushed. and was radiant with
roses in bloom
washington Star.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
Aeronautical,

''Pa, what's the difference between
a balloon and an airship?"
"Why, my son, balloon goes
straight up, but nobody can tell
where an airship is going until the
earth bumps into tn. Y. Herald.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13
Rubbing It In.

Husband-Last night I dreamed l
was in Heaven. wonder what that's
sign of? scs
Wife-It must be a sign that the
old adage about the contrariness of
dreams is true Chicago Daily News.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13

Pompous Customer-That insect
powder you sold me the other day is
no good. The cockroaches fatten ON
it.
Affable Salesman-Yes, sir. That's
the first stage. They get fat on it and
then die of apoplexy. Come round next
week and report again. Anything. /
can do for you, ma 'am ?-Tit-B Bits.
Water Valley progress., 1903-06-13

"Oi tell ye what, Casey, thot fellow
Rafferty, should be kicked to death by
jackass-an' begob. Old loike to be
the wan to do it!"-Ally Sloper.