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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
CHANGED CONDITIONS
Nav York Tines

New York Times.
Bishop Potter tells Of clergyman in
this city, whose views when he took
charge of the work allotted to him were
very much in advance of those about him.
By degrees. however new ideas began to
creep in, and a young minister, thoroly
imbued with these, was called to the doc
tors assistance. Doctor" said the young
divine one day, II have always been led to
suppose that you were high churchman,
but must confess don't think you are
high church at ALL
The elder man was silent for a moment
and then, with genial smile, said:
Mr.. Jones, when first took up my res
idence in New York I lived way up town.
Now live way down town, and yet I
have been living in exactly the same house
all the time"
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ing law in Alaska a prospector may
fill his pockets with powers of attor-
ney before he starts out and when
he thinks he has found something
worth while he may not only stake in
his own name, but in the names Of
all his friends who have made him
their agent. These claims are re-
corded and all the area covered by
them is monopolized. There would
be less objection to that if it were not
for the fact that the requirements as
to development work are SO loose that
the claimant may escape the necessi-
ty Of doing anything for year, and
under certain circumstances for two
years. Then all that is really neces-
sary is. for the original claimant to
change names on the claims and re-
cord again for another year or two
years, as the case may be. Neither
the original claimant nor his pr:nci-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

Circle City, still farther north, was seen
a field of oats which probably did not
r1pen, but which would produce good
forage. Similar examples were found
at other points on the Yukon, but the
best demonstration of possible agricul-
ture was found at Holy Cross Mission
on the Yukon, where the Jesuit
terror Alaska. Their little farm Of
ten acres or more was delight to the
eye and afforded particular satisfac-
ton to our agricultural member, the
senator from Minnesota.
d UT the people of Alaska do not
ID look upon the Yukon valley,
where there is undoubtedly a
great deal of good soil. as prospec-
tlvely the agricultural region of
Alaska. That, by consent of many
who have travelled extensively over
the district, is to be found along the
Tanana and in the upper part Of the
Copper River valley. A dozen wit
nesses testified of their own observa-
ton that there is fine body of agri-
cultural land along the Tanana which,
much to the regret Of the whole party
and the Minnesota senator in par
ticular, we could not visit for lack of
time and suitable means Of transport
tation. One of the most satisfactory
reports with regard to that section
was obtained at Eagle from Lieuten-
ant Mitchell of the United States
signal service, who had travelled it
thoroly in surveying and construct
ing the government telegraph line.
The Tanana river rises north of Mt.
st. Elias near the boundary between
Canada and Alaska and flows west
into the Yukon, Along this river
there is said to be fine valley aver
aging thirty miles in width and at
least 200 miles long. 1t is partly tim
bered and partly open meadow land
covered to considerable extent with a
tall, blue stem grass. The climate in
this valley is reported much milder
than UP on the Yukon and the sum-
mer season nearly a month longer.
Not much has been done in expert
mentation there, but it is believed by
those who know most about this
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
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several cities Of 10000 to 10000 are
maintained"
In condemning Alaska as an unin-
habitable region we sometimes forget
that large part Of the great empire
of Russia lies in the same latitude.
The province Of Archangel, which lies
farther north than the Tanana, or the
population of 100000. The city of
Archangel has 10000 people and the
province exports considerable quaint
ties Of grains, flax, fish, skins and tar.
The climate is quite as severe as that
of Alaska.
I do not care to be regarded as be-
lever in large agricultural possibilities
for Alaska, but I am impressed with
the probability that in the interior of
that remote country. where food sup
plies brought from the states necessar-
lily must always be expensive, it will
be practicable and profitable to pro-
duce meat and dairy and poultry and
garden products in such quantity and
at such prices as to solve the problem
of development of large areas of gold
bearing gravel.
I'm the course of a public hearing at
i Nome, where the senatorial COM
mittee sat to hear the statement OF
miners and business men as to what
congress could do to forward the de-
Velopment of Alaska, Judge Dubose,
an influential member Of the Nome
bar and attorney for one Of the trans
portation companies, said that IN the
Nome district about 10000 claims had
been staked and recorded, and that
only about 500 were being worked to
any extent at all; and that represents
a state of things general turnout
Alaska, tho probably not quite so
much accentuated in other sections
as on the Seward peninsula. The
trouble is that the mining laws oper-
ate adversely to the interests of the
real miner. At Seattle and Juneau
and Skagway and Eagle and Rampant
and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS there was
complaint of abuses Of privilege made
easy by the operation of laws that
do not fit the case. Under the min
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
NO "REYoND" FOR "Ep"
Bixby in Nebraska State Journal.

Bixby in Nebraska State Journal.
Anything savoring of occultism sets Ed
Howe Of the Atchison Globe to saying
things. Beyond things visible and tangi-
BILE he sees nothing, he believes in Moth
ing, he hopes for nothing. Other men af-
firm; Ed Howe denies. He denies the i'm
mortal ego. he denies Karma, he denies
spirit as anything separate and distinct
from brain tissue, blood and globules of
fat. A survey Of finite things thru finite
eyes, partial grasp of finite resources
and and t then eternal obiVion ae Ed Howe
there is no infinite. 1t is all LRre, no here
after. His stoicism touchesN zone like a
winter wind; the mercury of hope drops
down to zero. His philosophy, if it could
be called a philosophy, does harm, which
is the best evidence in the world that it
is untrue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
SocIETY,S PART IN POLITICS

Society took a characteristic part in the
New York election; that is to say, it didn't
register or vote, but it assembled at its
various clubs uptown and expressed sur
prise that Low was not reelected. At the
Union, Calumet, Knickerbocker and Met
ropohtan clubs there We're great crowds Of
leading citizens who thought it not worth
While to vote. Interest at these places was
largely centered in the fortunes Of such
persons as Admiral Crowninshield's nep-
hew who was defeated on the Tammany
ticket; Robert Winthrop Chanler, who won
on the same ticket and old General
Sickles who barely crept in against
Tamnany saloonkeeper who opposed him
for alderman
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
THE COOK AND THE POPE

Bishop Potter is telling a story for az.
ter-dinner purposes on an Irish cook who
once served in his family. One day
heard this cook swearing at a great rate
at an Italian gardner we had and I re-
buked her for it. g But, yer riverince,
she said, he is nothin' but an ole dago
anyway You should not speak that way
of an Italian, protested. You know that
your pope is a dago. as you call them. and
you consider him infallible. 'Yis, I
know that, she answered. And as a dago
he is infallible. but if he was an Irishmau
he would be twice as infallible'n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
IN ITS PROPER PLACE

Boston Post
Professor Thomas G.. Mendenhall Of the
Worcester Polytechnic institute, while
travelling thru Ohio several years ago,
called at the district school which, as a
boy, he had attended.
They asked him. at the school. to make
a, few remarks. He assented. and began to
talk to the children in a direct fashion,
trying to interest them from the start
Ibid any of you" he said. lever see an
elephants skin?''
A boy held up his hand and wriggled ex-
citedly.
Well said Professor Mendenhall to
him. Il have said the boy.
Where did you see it?" the professor
asked. ~
''On an elephant was the reply.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

country that it will produce some OF
the food vegetables profitably and
that while they may not always rlpen
oats, barley and rye, will produce
abundant forage crops for cattle. A
thousand head of cattle were driven
over the Dalton trail three years age
to Dawson, Skirting this region on the
native grasses. They arrived in DaW-
son in good condition with a loss OF
only per cent. The mail carriers
who cross the Tanana from Valdez to
Eagle report that oats spilled where
they have fed their pack horses spring
up and head out the next season. !
saw a bunch of this grain at Forty
Mile On the Yukon, Which was three
and a half feet high and headed, but
the grains were light. The plant would
make good forage, however.
In view Of the radical and repeated
revision Of opinion which has become
necessary in recent years with regard
to the agricultural possibilities of our
northwest in the states and in Cana
da, as the producing area has gradu-
ally forced it's way northward thru
am not disposed to question the
claims Of those who contend that the
time will come when the Tanana val
ley will be settled by farmers who will
produce the meat and dairy and popu-
try products, and a, large share of the
vegetables and small fruits consumed
in the interior mining districts of
Alaska What this will mean as an
aid to the mining development of
Alaska can scarcely be overstated. 1t
is not to be expected that Alaska will
ever export any of these products, but
if her ranchmen can supply the home
market in these respects, 1t will be Of
the highest Importance to that coun-
try.
In considering the agricultural
i possibilities of these northern
ATTITUDES where. of course,
the season is short, proper al
lOWance must be made for the
amount of sunshine the plant gets
during the long summer days. In the
Tanarla and Yukon valleys, for in
stance, the sun shines from eighteen
to twenty-five hours during June and
July, and not infrequently the tenn
perature rises to 90 degrees. The
same facts of nature which explain
rapid and wonderful plant growth IL,
our own northwest and in Canada
are found In portions Of Alaska. I
have seen wheat as far advanced
along the North Fork of the Sas-
katehewan on the Goth Of June as 1t
was In Hennepin county at the same
time. There, with good soil, of which
there is no lack, the long hours Of
sunshine each day bring forward
the wheat plant with surprising rapid
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
WHY THEY PARTED
NnnEars Stntnn.,,n

Yonkers Statesman
He-Their engagement is broken off.
She-For what reason?
Why, he told her one night that wl,en
he was at his work her face was ever
before him."
"Well?"
why, he's cartoonist."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
,OvERNoR BRADY is one

BRADY Is one
Of the most highly re-
spected and one fthe most
unpopular men In Alaska.
John G.. Brady went to
Alaska as a missionary to
the Indians. He is a tho
roly upright and honora-
BILE man. Everybody ad-
mits that and yields the
respect which high char
acter Is always sure to
command,
But he Is not very pro-
gressive and hence his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28
Icebergs Not the Only Crop That Will Grow in
Our Most Northern Possession.

The Radical Revision Popular Judgment Time
Northwest
Alaska Be Realized
Copper River Valleys the Promising
Value of Home Production of Food Supplies
The Mining Laws and the Necessity of Revision.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-28

best authority obtainable on this sub
ject. He stated at Omaha last sum
mer that 1t was a; great mistake to
underestimate the /. agricultural re-
sources of Alaska; that there are
100000 square miles of territory in
Alaska admirably adapted to agricul-
tufe. There could never be greater
| misconception in regard to a geogra-.
phical fact than the popular idea that
Alaska is "a snoW-covered@ waste. AS
a matter of fact, one can travel from
one end of the Yukon to the other in
on the mountains. On the contrary,
one will see tangle of luxuriant
vegetation, large forests and such del
icacies as wild &raspberries, red cur
rants, huckleberries and cranberries in
profusion. In places the grass grows
as high as mans shoulders"
DR. r. A. F. PENRosE of Phila-
~ :. delphia, a mining engineer
who has studied conditions
in northern ATTITUDES in Europe and
Dawson while our party were there
in July. In speaking Of the resources
! Of Alaska he said to the Dawson News:
II notice the United States sena-
torial committee now in Dawson is
gathering data as to the agricultural
pOSSlDllllleS OIL the ukOIl. Dome may
think this a waste of time. I believe.
not. The Yukon, from what have
learned of the northern countries else
where, should support q big popula-
ton OH the products OF it's lands. I
have travelled across Siberia and have
made careful. study of its great un-
dertakings in agricultural pursuits. In
a latitude of Is degrees north, one
nearer the pole than Dawson, the Rus
slams raise barley, oats and other
cereals with great success. Barley is
the most successful cereal. Vege-
tables of all kinds thrive and are as
fine as raised in any other part of the
world. A great point to be made in
comparison with Siberia is that the
Yukon has less frost in summer.
1.-THE ground here tl1aws two or
three feet below the surface In sum
mer. In parts Of Siberia where such
success has been had in farming, the
frost disappears to a depth no greater
than nine inches.
The people of Siberia learned what
to grow to best advantage there by a
process of selection reached by expert
ment extending thru perhaps huns
dreds of years. The greatest argu-
ment in support of the agricultural
success in Siberia is that the country
supports a population of 100000
people, twice as many as Canada.
That is sufficient to show the land is
by no means a waste. OF course 1t is
twice as large as the United States
and the population scattered. But
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-06-07

the sun is shing down or both al the same
tine. When ships cross the meridian
going east they lose day; going west
they gain a day.
For instance. suppose We are sailing
from san Francisco to Manila When We
cross the meridian we come into another
day II we crossed il Saturday night.
when We woke mp in the morning we
would find Ii was Monday. Our Sunday
IS lost forever. Suppose We were sailing
eastward. Then We would have a week
with two Sundays. week OF eight days.
suppose We cross the meridian at noOs
Al II the sun has not set ~ ali. But the
change IS made arbitrarily al midnight 50
as 70 avoid conflicting dates for the same
DAY.
Suppose. similarly. we send q despatch
around the world il twenty minutes.
II i ten minutes before midnight In New
York on Monday. London Is observing
Tuesday AZ the same instant The mes
sage starts on its passage around the
world and IN twenty minutes New YORK
has had It's midnight and passes into
Tuesdar Meanwhile Eith slncst the
speed 81 light the message $ travelling
westward 2 crosses the meridian and
gets !uto the territory which g. celebraf-
ing Tuesday Meanwhile New YORK has
wednesday for its date. and the message.
which has giriled the globe comes hack
dated Tuesday In other words & gets
hack YESTERDAY
Jules Verne made ingenious Use = tbs
IN his fascinating Eighty Days ArO11d
the World His hero. PhEeas Fogg- gets
back ID London arer his May interestinS
vic.ssliades on the elghtyarst dag and
irnagfnes himself as losing rs - 80
WAGER But twenty minutes n that e<y
are left. ~hen suddenly his eIcell@t sers-
ant PUSHES int Is not the day he IN
azfaes Il TO BE. but the dsy before Eoss
has forgotten the change Ct dz.es n MD
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Morse sent the first messages b. the
Morse telegraph-a section OF the wire
over which audible speech was first trans
uitted BY means OF the Bell telephone
by Prof Alexander Graham BeIl-a sec
ton Of the Atlantic cable through which
the first cable message was sent across
the ocean by Cyrus W. Field-an Edison
plug and section OF wire through which
was lighted the first incandescent lammp
ever lighted from an electric central light
ing station. and many other interesting
wire sections OF historical interest.
Garrett P Serviss tells how the tele-
gram could steal day from father time
II is a perfectly simple proposition TO
send despatch around the globe today
and have it come back IN twenty minutes
dated yesterday. Astronomers and sea
faring men generally know. too. the point
where the apparently mysterious change
OF date takes place. II is as the despatch
crosses the ISaih meridian OF longitude
which runs from the north 10 the south
poles down the centre OF the Pacific Ocean
All civilized nations accept the rneri-
dian Of Greenwich. which Is practically
that Of London. IS the standard for
reckoning time as well as longitude Di-
rectly opposite il on the other side u the
earth Is the IS0Jh msridian- When IL
IS noon in London IT IS midnight on the
18th meridian BY International con
sent this imaginary line = not straight
as are other meridians. but lis course
6 an undulsting one. for Two reasons
One is TO avoid as much land as possible.
the other j. 50 that several stands o.
Polynesia. discovered by different nations
some coming from the East and some
from TIE West can keep their respective
dates
These Islands. though within compare
lively few miles q each ether. observe
different days That IS when II Is Sunday
on one. it % Monday Oh the other. though
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hHd anything EroaE ~fth her teeth The
surgeons consulted noticed that shers Sas
a distinct hard sgbstance .n frost ~ me
5awbone. and that % APPEARED o. - NOV
abe. When thr Hump vas prezssd TIRE
flesh and skin iu front n ihe rshr ear
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at that time prevented transmission liter
ally around the world
\. 3 Chandler, President and General
Manager Of the Postal Telegraph-Caole
Company started the message from the
exposition hall and Thomas A Edison sat
at an adjoining table ready 20 copy it on
its return from is long journey.
As the instruments began 10 click. n
gun was fired. and Chauncey N. Depew
began an Grafton on The Progress Of
Electricity. While he was speaking,
this message was flying hither and thither
all over the world:
God created. nature treasures and
science utilizes electrical power for the
grandeur Of nations and the peace Of the
world. "-Chauncey NJ. Depew.
Hardly had Mr. Depew started on his
discourse before the sun roared again.
and the message which went 70 London
bv way OF san Francisco were back again,
and Edison was copying them from the
Instruments At his side. They had ira
v,rsed ISIS miles Of the Postal Com
panv's land and cable system in just
minutes. Depew resumed his speech. but
was soon interrupted by another cannon
peal. and the message again came rafting
over the wires from q 25,H6-mile Journey
The officers Of the Postal Company are
confident that they can beat the figures
% 1896 ley nearly half
When The attempt IS made. the COM
pany-s operators ali around the world
viii be instructed to watch for the mes
sage and hurry II along. All along the
lines AZ every station men win watch the
instruments carefully and stand ready 10
remedy any possible trouble in wires or
apparatus.
If the wires actually in use fan at any
point they win De at once replaced with
others.
The test OF 1876 was made through = SEC
ton of the wire over which Prof 6. F. &
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ocean. where he gained day IN cross ng
the Pacific westward
Madly ne rushes for the club and wins
his bet ~ appearing just before the clock
strikes the hour which would have made
him the loser
\ little Imagination could conjure up
all sorts OF situations. serious as well as
amusing. Here We have young man
who .nherits a fortune under the stipula-
ton that h attend church every Sunday.
Perhaps he doesn't want %.
Let him 1--we on one % these islands on
the Isoth meridian Every Saturday night
10 can cross over the line where the Two
DAYS are divided. Just as 81 becomes
Sunday ~ changes back 70 the Saturday
half % the island Whea 4 = Just time
for Sunday he can return 70 fud * Nor
day where he started from
There are poker sends Eho never play
cards or Sunday They could play seven
DAYS a veek aad yet never touch a card
on SUNDAY
Legal papers cannot - served On sur
day supr.ose on SATURDAY the court =
one u these Isi1h meridian Islands ISSUED
q wit returnable Moaday zauruing Th~
man sought could jump over tse raertaiel
lire ard - AZ once immune from fhe pro
cess server Then sstsf ~ 8: bscasns esriT
Monday morning he could 2o6se hack and
End Il Tuesday horuirE a5d IT, cesirt
session o2er. - FAR ss that vii Nas cc1-
eerred There s. alsays q good deal q
fan al sea zhsn tss merriam T. crossed
whether DAY is l6sf o. gained Tss cap
tan. eager - break fhe usoz0tory - -
MAY azys or q siEhf = iale- e-iffs
iafo the fsn Ard helps tn EssseaEers
make <ry-NeE Xo-k worE
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Art Embroidery Department

This department, on our second floor, though com
paratiyely is attracting great deal az atten-
ton. New Pillows are being resolved almost daily
and pillow tops and ether fancy work. also stamp
ed patterns 10 be embroidered are here in abund-
ance. Ladies who intend spending the summer
away would do well TO visit this department and
get their work started for the summer. Mrs Cul
win give lessons every afternoon from $50 TO
; O'Clock
SPECIAL ATTENTION is called 10 the completeness
Of this stock Especially is this true OF the b & A.
and Cortecelli Silks and other staples where good
liberal assortment IS essential
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PENCIL IN Her FACE.

a remarkable Gaze e0zes fruz PITS
burg Pa Il seems that . glrl seven