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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
A CHAT WITH THE MOON.

AS have waited good many years for inter-
view With you, said to the of the moon, do not
get provoked if I ask you many questions What do
you see at night earth that entertain
an1use you 50 that u-laugh much 2"
Oh have to laugh to keep company with the laughing
Minnehaha, the Indian maiden fair. When cloud gets
between the beautiful maiden and watch my beau
dful tWinklng stars or else light pipe and smoke
But don't get tired sitting there all
night?a ~ It not there for very many nights; I
have to to other lands and watch after children
for Mother Earth has all she do,' he said. who
comes just few nights before q? "Oh, that is the
beautiful princess who swings the crescent of fire.
Have told me all you at night? - my
child! If you think I the
behold in less than many many years, you very
wrong. I will tell thing that nobody
and that is the racing the rivers. They
all directions in fields and lakes and down mountain
slopes and then the earth is with network
them, racing which ocean first.
AS it is nearly dawn I will leave you and smile my
adeu to the rising whose golden face is just peep
ing above the horizon Florence Nicol
"A ASeventh Grade, 2731 Pillsbury Av. S.
Whittier School.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

fellow. There strange feeling within
thought of the honor he comforting upon He
sat in large armchair His beautiful full of ten
derness, rested and his hair, white snow
and long and silken, almost touched his shoulders
There silence for moment and then he said,
What would we do if there children around?
love them, and they love me, too" Yes said
T. I'VE all love you for many times remember us in
your beautiful poems A light shone in his eyes as
he said, would like to recite of
to your overjoyed at the thought Of it. For
long time listened. very much interested, and
he went many times tear fell cheek. Soon
shadows began to deepen after had finished
rectng for me the called 'sThe Village Black
smith, go. AS I walked toward home
thought that there not great and good
he. Grace Linehan,
A Seventh Grade, 2426 Fifth Avenue S.
Garfield School.
JUST FUN FOR JACK.
It very cold evening in October about eleven
o'clock. yet still wide awake waiting for the
approach of Jack Frost whom I had declared would
punish for breaking pretty pitcher. chose this
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
Judge, Copyright 1903.

I asked him If there was much grain raised there.
said they had to amount to anything except
fodder and they raised wheat and and barley He
said when they reaped it they generally used five
horse team three behind and two the lead. Many
binders went round the field,
also waste great quantity in reaping By this time it
getting ate left, very much pleased with
talk Clayton Ritenhouse
Fifth Grade, 2916 Twenty Av. S.
LongfeloW School,
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
JUST FUN FOR JACK

COlu tNS1l1llS NC
cause I was sure he
would come and try
to do more mis-
chief. I was think
ing over the incident
when I heard the
window creaking
slightly and my
enemy crawled in,
not knowing / was
awake, but to his
surprise I jumped
out of bed and
faced him in great
anger. He soon saw
that he had better
keep out of my
reach, SO he jumped
upon the curtain
pole and sat there
till the interview
was ended.
"a fine fellow you
are, I" 1 began, "to
break other peoples
property. But you
shall suffer, for I am
going to tell the po-
lice, and then where
will you be 90
What! There is
some mistake he
exclaimed. What
have / done to Of
fend you?" What
have YOU done 2"
With that I brought
out my little pitcher
and held it up to
him, saying, "New,
what excuse have
YOU ready 90
He could hardly
keep from laughing
as he said, "I don't
property. / call that
year, and when I {
jumped out Of the '
the same time, leavl;
my broken pitcher il
my Interview with j
A Eighth Grade, :
I
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
YE oLDEN TYNE TOWN.

One day in 1921 when I feeling rather lonely
thought would go and visit Captain Miles Stand
ish. I went to We cabin door and Knocked Myles
me IN was hort,
not over five feet and rather heavy wearing heavy boots
reaching to his knees and We big sword at his side.
How does. thee do?" said We captain, motoning
toward chair. "Pretty we'll, thank thee"
sWered sitting down in ye stiff backed chair
II am glad thee has come to reside in pleasant
village of Plymouth We pleased when
ye Mayfower anchor here Do not ye like ye vllage?
Yes, said My1es, 1--WE like it greatly did thee
not like the country from whence thee p? NO! Ye
king was bad James I. had prosecuted. Then
we Pilgrims went to Hoaand'' said Myles pacing
and down the floor. There we lived peaceaby for
twelve but did not wish to become Dutch,
to We world. Here we have suffered hard
ships, but for good cause-religion"
Here he paused; and wanting to make brief calls
Governor Bradford, Mr.. and Mrs. Alden and Win
throp I bid him farewell and left him.
Eighth Grade, Ruth Sorenson
Bryant School 3442 Columbus Avenue.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26

ONE OFpTHE "I1TTLE WOMEN"
- 'Is should Like to have Interview with Louisa
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-12-26
AN ALL 'RoUND GOOD TIME.

While Il was in Washington few days ago 7
thought I should like interview with President
Roosevelt. So I went the White House and
after questioning the part the detectives
admitted to the office of the president
waited about minutes then he came
He asked me my name and where lived,
he found thatI lived in Minneapolis he inter
city, did YOU? That is fine place, and 7 had very
good time for the little while your city Mime
sofa has splendid football team this year and I
they won champ pionshp. But am sorry
that could not to the dedication
I was SO busy at that time that could not co.
Just then man came in and told the president
that senator wanted him, he asked to call
againNand went out Franz Tanguey,
Eighth Grade 2211 THenty-second Av.
&c1l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
A STRONG OPENING
A Large and Well Distributed Vol
u1ne of Business-U. S. Steel
Is Strong.
Anaconda Was Strong, Also St,
Louis & San Francisco-Lo-
connective Strong.

New York, Feb. 4.--Prices started upward
fraction all around in the opening dealings in
the stock market on large and well-distributed
volume of business The United States Steel
stocks were dealt in in 900 to . O0O-share lots
at advances of Is each. American Locomotive
and Tennessee Coal rose large fractions, and
st. Louis 4 San Francisco rose point. Ana
conda gained ~ points. Otherwise the changes
were restricted to small fraction.
Rock Island and the Union Pacific system have
induced large transactions in Rock Island.
One thousand share blocks sold at 4S$. followed
by 5000 share block at 49, after which the
stock receded to 4SH, last nights close. 9th
er movements were irregular. sugar, the coalers
| and trunk lines yielding, while Amalgamated
Pacifcs and the steel stocks held firm. Leather
preferred, Ice preferred and Wheeling & Lake
Erie firsts and seconds preferred advanced to
n. United States Express 4 and Delaware &
A rise of a point in ST. Paul caused
| some sympathetic strength elsewhere but ad-
vances were not we'll held. st. Louis & South
western preferreds Denver & Rio Grande pre-.
ferred, Chicago Great Western prefrred and
Pacific Coast rose to ed GAINED med
| Leather preferred Is. and Wells Fargo, a. On
the other hand Northwestern lost 31a and
Cleveland, G. c. & st. Louis 3A. Bonds were
| easier at noon.
| Stocks were bought more freely during the noon
| hour but, the demand mostly for the low
priced stocks. Erie second preferred led the
| movement with gain OF points. and the
preferred Great Western preferred. Chesapeake
& Ohio, Southern Railway and Cast Iron Pipe
stocks and General Chemical 1M1k. Sugar and
market in general hardened slight fractions
| Stock quotations reported for The Journal by
| Watson a. Co., brokers, Chamber OF commerce,
! Minneapolis. Closing figures are bid
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
HUBBY WOULD NOT BATTLE
A Society Lady in Baltimore Calls
on the Health Depart .
.s ment to Act.
New York Sun Spacial SerYice,

New York Sun Special Service. ....
Baltimore, Md, Feb. 4.-Health Com
missioner Bosley received a letter from a
woman residing up town in a very desir
able section, in which the commissioner
was requested to come in person or send
a trusted representative to her house.
A health warden was met by the writer,
who coolly informed him that she wanted
him to compel her husband to take a
bath. He had not washed in six months
she said, and had not changed his clothing
in two.
The warden was at a loss what course
to pursue, SO he called up the commits
sioner and acquainted him with the facts.
The latter advised that he scare the man
by suggesting he would contract conta-
gious disease if he did not clean himself.
The warden carried out instructions. He
used his most persuasive powers, but met
with no more success than did the man s
wife. .~-. ~
The warden finally gave it up and the
commissioner is at a loss what course tc
pursue. He says he is going to consult the
legal department. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
May Sells Over 77114c, Breaks Quick
~ to 761sc and Rallies Again
to 773sc.
Storms Cut Off the Regular Trade
News, but Could Not Stop
Activity.
The Daily Statistics Missing-Liver-
pool Firmer IN the EARLY
Cable.

Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce, Feb. r.
With crippled wire service through the early
part OF the session. there was little to iniu
ence the speculative wheat market this NOR
ming The tendency, nevertheless, was very
strong aud May jumped over TIC. The
rumof came-by the wireless telegraph, the
bears said-that Armour was again buying wheat
in Chicago. This scared the shorts and there
rush for cover in the local pit. Mime
apolis sold to T7Ac. with Chicago at roc, which
was relatively stronger for the market com
pared with yesterday. To 10 O'Clock there was
reliable communication east of Chicago. The
only important items that got through to that
hour the Liverpool so cable. which showed
that market I'd higher Locally there was an
increase in stocks. the first four days showing
gain of $50. 900 bu. Receipts here showed
207 cars, against 1877 last year, but of to-days
receipts 62 winter wheat. leaving only
lao of regular wheat. and Of these there
were number turned for delivery on pre-
= Vious purchases to arrive. The boom lasted but
short time May sold to II u QlT73sc on cover
ing by shorts and scattered buying of small
lots. But the first offer of round lot took
the edge off, and the turn about May fell
OF to 16l.c quick drop. Traders had moth
ing to guide in the way of foreign news and
much hesitation shown.
Nothing in the way of news or gossip was OBJ
tainable to the close. The traders were much ut
sea On later buying and some more rumors of
Armour buying. the market sold up near the
close to 77ssc for May.
Close: May. 77Ac: July, I7tsc-
Ailllers bought the good wheat freely. and
fair demand for No northern and No north
to arrive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
UNIQUE INSURANCE
Could the English Method Against Surgi
cal Operations Be Utilized in
America?
Harper's Weekly.


- .... America? p.
,ns.-t - Harper's Weekly. r.r,s,s.. .-,--,,
In England people of moderate means
are beginning to insure themselves against
surgical operations. The plan is that sub
scribers who pay an annual fee shall be en-
titled either to free admittance to a hos
pital or nursing at home and a free opera
ton if one becomes necessary. In England,
as here. the cost of surgical repairs to the
human body has become Oppressively great
to persons who just manage to pay their
way. People who are obviously poor get
a great deal of excellent surgical and med
ical treatment in hospitals and elsewhere
for nothing, but for the next class above
them serious illness-especially if 1T in
wolves an operation-is almost ruinOuS.
It would seem as if the time was near
when societies for insurance against spe
cialists might be profitably organized in
the larger American cities. The specialist
has come to be very mportant-indeed,
an ispensable-nstitution especially to
families in which there are children. The
office of the family doctor has now be-
come Simplified to the task of coming in
and telling the patient which specialist to
go to. 1t is not that specialists charge too
much for their honorable services are
above price. It is that landlord. butcher,
baker, grocer, milkman, goldman, dentist
and trained nurse do not leave you money
enough to pay them appropriately. TIC
subscribe considerable sum annually and
have all the repairs and desirable improve
ments made il ones family without fur
I Their disbursement would be a compare
| lively simple way out Of a troublesome
predicament-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
AND EUROPE WONDERS!
Terrible Humiliation inflicted on
Admiral Crowninshield by
the Department.
Nav York Sun Special Service.

Washington, Feb. An response to Ad-.
miral Crowninshield's protest against be-
ing deprived Of the use of the battleship
Illinois for his flagship. the bureau of
navigation has ordered that the armored
cruiser Brooklyn, which is now under re-
pair at the Brooklyn navy yard, shall be
assigned to the European station. Upon
his arrival there about June /, Admiral
Crowninshield will transfer his flag from
the cruiser Chicago.
When Crowninshield left the bureau Of
aviga ton last May and went to Europe
he succeeded in having the Illinois, which
had recently been completed, as his flag
ship, in spite of the well-known policy Of
the navy department to retain battleships
on the North Atlantic station. The ILL
nois is the finest vessel in the navy, and
Crowninshield entertained royalty and no.
BILE friends on its quarterback until 1t ran
aground In the harbor of Chrstiania, Nor
way, last summer. Repairs made neces-
| sary by this accident were hardly COM
pleted before Admiral Crownnshield re-
ceived orders from Washington to proceed
1 to the Caribbean sea and participate III
the winter maneuvers off Culebra and vi
entity.
1 When the maneuyerS were in progress
| the general board again brought up the
ACCESSIBILITY of having the Illinois join the
battle fleet. The Venezuelan question
! was then at a stage where it was feared il
might precipitate complications with the
United States, and it would be the heigh
of folly to order a battleship 5000 mile:
away from home.
Crowninshield opposed the suggestion
that he haul down his flag from the Hi
nois. He insisted that it would be in tn
nature of a personal humiliation, for Flu
rope would consider it strange that he ha'
shifted his flag to small cruiser like tn
Chicago. He brought the matter to tn
attention of the navy department, but Of
ficials there were inexorable. in spite O
protests from the gallant commander o
the European squadron. the fiat wen
forth that he should take the smaller siliI
which he had gone to Europe on. Now h
gets the Brooklyn. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
MOSBY'S LAST RAID
1t Was Successful but Was Made in the
Service Of Uncle
' Sam
BROOKLYN Eagle


Brooklyn Eagle
Colonel Mosby Of civil war guerrilla fame
has made another raid. this time rounding
up a band Of men and women who have
been systematically defrauding Uncle Sam
out Of western grazing lands. Colonel
Mosby is a special agent of the land office
of the interior department and lately has
been engaged in clearing certain public
lands in Nebraska, and other western
states of the fences that have been lille
gally erected by cattle men in their eff
forts to control grazing fields. Mosby was
located in a small Nebraska town in which
there is land office, when about thirty
women got off the train in charge of a
slick looking individual. All the women
ma rched to the land agents office and
filed claims for grazing plots, on the
ground that they were widows of Union
soldiers. In each case the soldiers serv-
ice was given as just sufficient to cover
! the claim. Colonel Mosby was suspicious
| of the outfit, and engaged one of the
| women in conversation, with the result
| that he found that the whole scheme was
| a fraud and that none of the women were
| widows of Union soldiers. After getting
| their warrants they proposed to turn the
| land over to a big syndicate that is mo-
nopolizing. grazing lands. Wholesale ar
rests were made at Colonel Mosbys rec
| concentration.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
DR.. G. F. SHRADY
SEES NO HOPE
He Says in the Medical Record That
the Family Is Back
Number.
Women Prefer Pets to
! Children-We Travel in,
Frances Steps.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
New Y ork, Feb. 4.--That the American
family is becoming a back number and
that American women prefer pets to chill
dren, is declared by DR.. George f. Shra-
dy. editor Of the Medical Record.
Dr. Shrady became famous as General
U. S. Grants personal physician, and his
| observations have been made in a. large
measure among the "smart set in New
York. He recently wrote an article for
| the Medical Record in which he printed
statistics showing how families are de-
|creasing.
! Taking these official figures as the ba-
! sis of his argument, DIR. Shrady goes on
! to declare that the birth rate in the
United States, especially among the we'll
TODD, is rapidly getting as low as it is in
France, where general alarm has been
caused for the future of the country.
Life in flats and the demands of socie-
! ty are given as the principal causes why
the American-born woman dislikes to raise
a family. In discussing the subject DR.
Shrady said
! The fashionable woman of to-day does
not want children If she bears them she
does not rear them properly, and they
become sickly and die. That this aver.
sion to children is rapidly spreading
through all classes Of society is generally
recognized by the medical profession. i
is true among the well-to-d everywhere
in the country as well as in cities. We are
following rapidly in the path of. France
where the subject has occupied the atten
ton of statesmen and lawmakers TO
years, and prizes are offered by the gov
eminent for large families. In this coun
try, however, our Anglo-Saxon pruder!
, will always stand in the way of any gen
eral campaign Of education on this sub
ject Physicians can do something il
the way of educating their own patients
but their efforts in the aggregate amour
| to but little. The demands of society AM
: the life Of our people in flats, where tn
baby is more unwelcome than a dog, ar
among the factors responsible for thi
) state of affairs, and I see no hope for tn
FUTURE" 49, -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
GRAIN TRADE GOSSIP

C. E. Lewis & Co.. from Chicago: Armour
sold about half million since opening but mar
ket took it well. = = .... a..
C. e. Lewis & Co. from Chicago: Hard to
tell where the wheat came from at roc, as there
seemed to be big buying. Kerrick and Mil
mine bought early at 1874 Counselman bought
half million. My information doesn't cncour-
age to buy any. -
Whallon, Case & Co. from Chicago-Tivcr-
pool cable half higher, tending up and Or
dered little wheat bought, foreign markets
should be up to-day. as We went up cent
yesterday. = . '-.>.. f
Chicago to L. r. soule-Paris house buying
wheat here, firming the market. Liverpool
wheat half higher che n, ,-;ua o4t,,o,
public or private Cannot get stock orders
through. ~s -
,Weather-Fergus Falls, clear. cool. ; below:
Grand Forks. partly cloudy, west wind, 16 be-
low: Fargo. partly cloudy. cold, s below; Cas-
seIton, partly cloudy, west wind, cold: st. Cloud
clear and cold, northwest Wind Winnipeg, clear
calm, 20 below; ,Comstock, clear and cold, ) be
low. sg
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
MONEY REPORTS

NEW YORK Feb. 4--The stock market opened
firm Amalgamateds Copper. 6S1a: Anaconda.
100: Atchison s71s Baltimore & Ohio, 1o1 x
Erie. 41A J: Eric first preferred, T2&: Manhattan;
15Ol%: Ontario & Western, 341a: Pennsylvania.
1o1; Reading. 62A: Rock Island, 1874; SUGAR
355s: Union Pacific. 1919: United, States Steel
3SIs: United States Steel preferred, ssh Wa
bash 81; Wabash preferred. Al
f MINNEAPOLIS. Feb. Bank clearngs to.
day. So 451 1921 g. New York exchange. selling
rate soc premium: buying rate. par: Chca &C
exchange selling rate, soc premium; buying rate
soc discount London G0day sight documentary
exchange, 81 s31a.
ST. PAUL. Feb 4..-Clearings to-day, $685.
O31 81.
LONDON, Feb. 4.--Gold premiums were quotee
as follows Buenos Aires, 1880, Madrid. SO
lisbon. %.
ST Louis. Feb. 4.-Clearings ss.'64.345
balances. $119025. New York exchange 10
discount
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
THE CASH TRADE
FLAX FIRMER AND HIGHER-0THER
GRAINS STEADY.

FLAX--The market stronger and higher.
No. / seed sold at SILT early. There was
good general demand.
Minneapolis received 81 cars, against q last
year, and shipped 4.
Closing prices--Mipneapolis cash. $1.161s; to
arrive. 81 .167s February. $1.16; May, $l1s1s;
July. S1.19h.,
CORN-Thc market closed firm and I'M
changed No. yellow at 41c. Receipts, S
cars: shipments, II
oATs-steady demand ruled for the good
oats The market closed at 331ac for No. 3
white. Receipts. As cars; shipments. 46 cars.
MILLsTUFFs.Demand is reported "a active 10e;
1916 flour middlings, s16:5o@1675; red dog,
SIS75 b: feed in 200-lb sacks, 81 per ton
additional. Shipments. 1.54o tons.
FEED AND MEAL-Coarse corn meal and
cracked corn. $16@16.25: No. ground feed %
corn, 10 oats. $16.50@16.75; No: ground
feed, u corn, q oats. SIT @17.25; No. ground
feed, is corn, % oats. $17.5O@17.75. ..-.
BARLEY-Feed grades are quoted 44@50c;
mailing grades. oO@55c. Receipts, II cars;
shipments, 90
RYE-No. 2 closed 471ac. Receipts, 81
- ,
HAY--Upland. choice, S1O.50@11; upland. No.
/. $1o@10.5o: midland, $s.5o@9: medium 81 80
as: off color. $6G6.50: timothy, choice. $11 @
11.5o; timothy. No. l, $1o.50M11; No. ?. $11 q
1t.50; ry straw. choice $e.o0@1. Receipts, %
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-04
DELI1zSCH IS THROWN
The Kaiser's Unorthodox Lecturer
Answered by Prof. Hilprecht
of Philadelphia.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Berlin, Feb. A schism in the court
threatens to result from the emperor
patronage of Professor DelitZsch, whose
lectures on the Scriptures have attracted
much attention. The orthodox members
of the court circle are wounded by his
majesty's countenance of the demolisher
of cherished beliefs. They hocked to a
lecture by Professor Hilprecht of Phila-
delphia, who, on the invitation Of Court
Chaplain Dryander, submitted views dia-
metrically opposed to those of Professor
Delitzsch. Professor Hilprecht said that
his Investigations had convinced him that
it was wholly Irrational to suppose thai
the Hebrews derived their monothesn
and pure moral law from the debased idol
airy Of Babylon. Among Professor Hill
precht's audience were the Duchess o.
Albany and the Duke Of Sax-Coburg ant
GOthH