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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
THE MAGAZINES

Pearson for March attracts attention at
once through the first article, an illus
trated paper by "John-a- Dreams on The
Real Booth Harrington revealing the
strongly HUMOROUS side of that successful
authors nature. which seems to have been
entertaininsly manifested. during his col
lege days at Princeon. His early exploits
in composition and illustrations in the col
lege magazine John dreams. certain
ly indicate that he was marked for lit
erary career. There Is an interesting ac-
count of the school for explorers ma in
tanned by the Royal Geographical Society
of England and Mr.. Gibbons paper on
Venezuela is interesting and informing and
contains some stories about Castro which
have not been in print. There are two
interesting papers on winter sports. Mr..
Somerville's Scandinavia National
Sport" and Marcus Woodward's Fishing
Through Ice, telling of the sport in the
frozen Baltic. There are some good sto-
ries and Ida Hustled Harper writes charm
ingIy about Susan B. Anthony at Home =
New ork. The Pearson Publishing Co,
go Astor Place.
Ainsle's justly proclaims itself to be "a
magazine of clever fiction. I" The March
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Books and Authors.
EPIsToLARY LITERATURE.

Stories told in letters may be made
very interesting. but it requires q special
talent to make them so. 1t requires spe-
cial talent, indeed, to make an ordinary
letter interesting. Books like 'Confes-
sions OF a Wife, and can EngIishWoman's
Love Letters" are read, because Of the
spontaneousness Of expression, a certain
naive candor and pathos which appeal to
the reader lrresistitbly. The most readable
letters are those which are written with all
the abandon natural to the writer. The
are of letter. writing; is to- write as nat
,irally as one may speak The French Wo-
man, distinguished enough as conyersa-
tionalist, was helpless when she came to
writing a letter to her own husband. This
is the way she wrote: II begin, because
have nothing to do; / finish because have
nothing to say.'' While this is a model
OF brevity, 1t is hardly the kind of letter
writing which will satisfy the party ad-
dressed. The writing of letters with their
future publication in view has not been
all uncommon weakness among authors.
Madame de Sta,el did it; did Madame de
Sevigne Alexander Pope played the
scurvy trick of having his letters pub
lished surreptitiously and when ying into
feigncd fury and denouncing the publica,-
ton as the theft and work of an enemy
It is well known that Horace Walpole took
the greatest care to prepare copies Of his
letters for future publication, and Cicero
no doubt wrote his charming letters
to Atticus and other correspond
ents, including his brother Quintus, with
a view to their publication, and the world
appreciates the valuable information they
give about the. daily life of a Roman gen
tleman and lawyer. his domestic relations,
and the leading characters Of his day.
Montaigne expressed strong contempt for
all who write letters for future publica-
ton. but, fortunately, some Of his letters
have been preserved, and they are inter-
lpretative Of the character of the great es-
sayist. In our modern biography making,
very great dependence is placed upon the
correspondence Of the subject, in order to
get at the facts of the life and principles
under review. History, indeed, is enriched
by the sidelights Of correspondence thrown
upon details, although such material of a
political character many in. the future be
scant, because of the tendency of states
men, in these days. to take warning by the
experience Of some of their number, and
burn all their own letters they can get
hold of. And the publication of the
Browning and Carlyle correspondence,
unwilling that which ought to be held
sacred, is calculated to enlarge the area of
the torch's devastation.
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Good for Powers.

Alderman Fred Powers had the courage
yesterday to tell TIL Journa Il that
there was something very strange about
the attitude Of some members OF the
council in regard to the purchase Of new
hose for the fire department.. Alderman
Powers merely spoke openly what other
aldermen and citizens have been thinking.
It has seemed passing strange to then,
that hose that did not stand the test OF
experience should be repeatedly purchased
by the council Moreover, Mr.. Powers
had the courage to stand by his guns III
the council meeting last night, and as a
result we are to have an investigation OF
the mess.
The very evident effort already made to
convert Alderman Powers sensation
into a mere question Of the reliability Of
the interview with him that appeared in
The Journal yesterday has already
fallen fiat. Alderman Powers stands for
the interview, and 1t is not the reporter
or the interview that is to be Investigated
but this matter of buying poor hose.
Now that the attention Of the public
has been attracted to the subject we are
very sure that the fire insurance men, at
least, will not be content with any but the
most thorough investigation Of transac-
tons that have resulted in giving the Are
men poor hose to- In protecting prop
erty from fire. @
There is quite enough In sight to justify
Alderman Powers, and he Is to be COM
mended for his fearless and public spir-
tied stand whatever be tho results OF the
investigation.
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A Queer Document.

Through the good nature of congress
men some queer documents are occasion
ally printed, published and distributed at
public expense. One of these is senate
document No. IA of the present session
Of congress, relating to the proposed
intercontinental railway. Hinton Rowan
Helper, the indefatigable champion of a
Pan-American railway, is the author of
this curious document, which seems to be
in effect an application for job for
Hinton Rowan Helper Read Mr.. Help
! er,s initial sentence:
the measureless merits. Industrial com
mercial social, political, probity propa
eating, peace preserving, and progress
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Profits of $so,ooo,ooo

In view Of the advances a short time
ago In the price OF oil, it is interesting to
note that the Standard Oil company has
declared a quarterly dividend of $50 per
share rejecting a condition of prosperity
never before approached In the history Of
the company. The Wall Street Journal is
responsible for the statement that the net
profits of the company were increased not
alone by the advances in the price of oil,
but by the rigid enforcement Of operating
| economies in every department Of the
company's business. Consolidation Of de-
partments which permits Of the perform
ance of a given amount Of work by fewer
| operatives is being resorted to wherever
possible.
1t is interesting to note that on a cap
ital Of 100000, 900 this company paid in
| dividendsin 1897 $3s, 1000, 900; in 1898 $780,
100000; in 1900 $4,000, 600, in 1901, s4s, ooo-
ooo in 1902 s45, 900, 900 and if It continues
paying this year at the rate it has start
led, the 1908 dividend will be $50 ooo, 900.
This would aggregate ss17, 100000 in seven
years. John D. Rockefeller as the largest
stakeholder gets the lions share. His
eight associates. John D. Archbold viii
liam Rockefeller, III. H. Rogers, H. M.
| Flagler, Walter Jennings, j. A. Moffett,
e. M. Pratt, F. Q. Barstow, II. II. TIL
| ford and e. r. Bedford get the bulk Of the
remainder These nine men with their
manifold interests represent the largest
combination Of wealth to be found in
| any corporate body
Ihere is little In the figures above to
show that the company was Obliged to
advance prices on the oil that the poor
people use With an average income Of
s4o,ooo,ooo a year it did pretty well. but
| with 10000, 900 a year twill do better
and that seems to be about all there is to
It, But there is much in these figures to
show why the management is opposed to
a publicity clause in any antitrust 1eEis
latlon and why the company used it's in
huence along this line in Washington.
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De Almonds idea,

Representative De Almond of Missouri
stirred our Canadian friends up a little
with his resolution directing that the Brit
ish government be approached on the
question of ceding Canada or a portion Of
it to the United States. Some bitter com
nlent has been made on the bill in Tor
Onto Ottawa and elsewhere, and there has
famed UP again that strong anti Ameri-
can spirit which is now being so sedu-
lousy cultivated in Canada by certain
selfish and some sentimental interests. It
was not at all polite in Mr.. De Almond
to offer such a resolution. It is not cal
culated to make the Canadians love us
any better that. after abusing them in a
commercial way for thirty-five years and
doing our best to incur their displeasure,
we should now turn up with proposition
to buy Canada from Great Britain
|, At the same time the De Almond reso-
luton substantially represents what should
have been American policy for the last
hundred years. We should always have
been determined upon the union under one
government Of every foot of this continent
north of the Rio Grande, and we should
have -indefatigab,y cultivated the good viii
of the Canadians with the purpose of ulti-
naately gaining their warm approval of a
proposition to unite the Dominion with
the Republic. While Americans have al
ways felt that one day there win be no
national boundary on this continent north
of Mexico, they have been content to let
| things drift. or worse than drift, for thew
have ignored neglected overlooked and
offended the Canadians, with the result
that the two peoples are in many respects
farther apart to-day than ever. though in
the meantime there has grown up in some
ways such close relationship that the
antipathy is amazing.
Now that a. numerous American popula-
ton is beginning to pour into the vacant
1 Hands OF western Canada, is q good time
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28

number fully yerifles the claim. for Kate
Jordan (Mrs. Vermilye) contributes fine
novelette, entitled 'Time, the Comedian.
and there are eighteen short stories OF an
excellent quality, as Caroline Duer's The
Handling of H.,sbands.' Charles Bat tel
George Horizons MRS. Blacks Affinity
New York: 1856 Fifth Avenue.
Harper's Bazaar for March introduces a
hundred or so pages of attractive reading
and Illustration with an excellent moni-
torial paper by Marion Foster Washburne
on ..The Day When Everything Is
Wrong" full of incisive humor. however
as well as good advice and we'll illustrated.
Some women. no doubt, will enjoy the
Talks to Spinsters. and some won't
There Is. attractive paper LadysCur-
zon's home life. As for the fashions, the
squirks and quiddities of the feminine sar
torial instinct, there is almost a super
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28

verse itself Regarding the appropriations
sof $4,000 for sugar bounti4s in accord
what the committee should do The stats
Of Minnesota owes this money-there Is
no question about that it is only q cues
tion Of whether it Will pay or not.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28

we can see no reason for making any
of the new municipal bonds run for thirty
years when, as Controller Rogers saws,
the sinking fund can take them IN with
In five years. The interest for thirty
principal. The business man with ample
working capital doesn't pay interest when
he can help it, and city in such ex-
ce1ent financial condition as MINNEAPOLIS
is, should follow his example.
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HIS STRENUOUS OCCUPATION.
Baltimore American.

In the halls of the vast institution OF
learning they warn us to tread lightly as
we pass the seat Of the pallid youth who is
modify composing something upon a
sheet of pure white paper.
we see his knitted brow, his air of
intense thought. his every evidence Of q
great mental struggle
'.Ah,' we whisper, is he preparing
some weighty treatise on political econ
ornS- or some thesis which shall show the
nations Of the world the proper system 0t
government"
NO whispers the guide in reply.
HE is getting up the new class YELL
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28

It was very considerate OF Mr.. Nolan
Of Mower county for the legislative house
to adjourn yesterday afternoon and put
off consideration of most important legis-
lation5 until next Wednesday, but per-
haps 1t was not so considerable Of those
who pay the bills.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

to begin to cultivate the Canadians Be-
tween that population movement and gem
erous treatment Of our neighbors we may
hope that twenty five years from now the
Canadian feeling towards us will again be
very friendly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
BOWSER ON A WIRE

Copyright, 1903, by C. B. Lewiso

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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28
WELL, HARDLY EVER.


The Tammany drink that. is known as q
Is measured. oh, ne,er. with the finger
OF scogn.
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CULINARY AMBITION.

CULINARY AMBITION.
The little turkey proudly spoke.
THE cook said that if I obeyed
Her words next year I'll surely make
AS good hash mother made
Jack Appleton in Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-28

abundance, but it gives one asphs,ia, to
look at the contorted forms of the women
who closely obey the tyrant't mandates
Even the babies are not neglected in this
wonderful Bazaar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-17
59w3
A Word To The Afflicted.

cdr. F. B. Brewer has made his visits
for years. 1t is almost unnecessary to
append to this announcement any
recommendation or encomiums. The
doctor is we'll known in this vicinity,
and the cures he has wrought speak
volumes for him. His studies in the
diseases which he makes a speciality,
have been prosecuted with an unyield-
ing application and vigor, which have
awarded him with wonderful success.
In his treatment, he has not remained
satisfied with the old, we'll beaten
course. His system embraces new
ideas, new medicines and new oper-
ations, and those combined with the
old methods of the school have ever
been attended with the most gratifying
results"
Those in this vicinity in want of a
skilled physician, can find one in DIR.
Brewer who makes his next visit to the
Lancaster hotel in this city on Monday,
October 26th.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-17
NEWS OF THE COUNTY.
Herald Correspondents Contribute
Letters from Many Localities.
WOODMAN.

. Mrs. Geo. Reisel went to Boscobel
Monday on business.
Miss Minnie Drake entertained her
gentleman friends over Sunday.
Mrs. w. E. Perkins OF the American
house visited friends and others at
Boscobel Saturday.
Mrs Davis of Boscobel visited with
Mrs. Mike Kelley over Sunday.
Ray Talfeir of Lone Rock was in town
Monday renewing old acquaintance.
w. r. Lull drives out on Irish Ridge
quite often. Wonder what is the attrac-
ton.
Quite number of our Woodman boys
drove over to Lancaster Saturday to
play foot ball. They were very happy
going; not quite so coming back. What
is the matter, boys?
Mrs. J. R. Hoffman got first premium
on a silk quilt at the Boscobel fair.
Archie Hoffman has gone back to
high school again.
Koschkee & Scanlan shipped car
load of stock from here Monday. This
is the place to bring your stock; you
get the highest prices for everything
you sell.
Miss Jennie Whiteside returned to
her Dakota home Monday evening.
Mrs. Charlie Mower accompanied her
for short visit.
Most all the houses in Woodman are
f1ourishing with new coat of paint.
Those that don't have their houses
painted now will have to move back.
Chairman John Kelley and James
Mooney went to Lancaster Monday on
business.
Harry Ebert comes to town quite
often lately. Wonder what the attrac-
tion is, Harry?
There will be church services here
next Sunday. Everybody come.
Ed. Koschkee of Mt. Hope was seen
on our streets Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Reisel and Master
Rene visited at Mr.. Bartley's Sunday.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-17
Public dance.

Public dance.
City opera house.
Friday evening, Oct. 80.
Herald auction bills are the
best
You are sure of good time on
Friday evening, Oct 3Oth, if you
attend the public dance at City
opera house.
The bridge of the Milwaukee
road at Kilbourn City was opened
for traffic at noon Tuesday. This
is the largest and highest double
track bridge in the state, standing
eighty feet above the Wisconsin
river. 1t is $50 feet in length and
rests practically in four counties.
A wagon road for free use is direct
ly under the railway portion OF
the bridge.
During the month of September
snake hunters of Crawford county
reaped a great harvest. Over 800
rattlers were dispatched in that
month, $50 were killed in the last
week. Tt is said that the snakes
are gathering together in their
dens for the winter season
and that those who make bust
ness of catching them are watch
ing the old haunts of the RATHER
very closely.
AT a special election held Tues
day at Richland Center it was voted
to issue bonds to amount of $40,
900, One-half of this sum goes
toward the purchase of the electric
light plant there, and the other
half meets the requirement of
Andrew Carnegie's offer for the cree
ton of a fine public library build
ing. Richland Center is progress
sive and it's citizens are deserving
of congratulation.
&c. F. Nelson, railroad clerk
at La Crosse, was writing with an
indelible pencil at his desk when
suddenly the point snapped off and
entered his eye. The little piece
of matter was partly dissolved
and scattered around over the
eyeball, coloring the white and in
fact every visible portion Of the
eye. A physician removed the
pencil point, but could not restore
the eye to it natural color.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-17
"The Weaker Sex"

The women who are attempting to
run Il big hotel for women in New
York are solving some interesting prob
lens. The hotel is called the Martha
Washington, and the intention of the
management was to run it entirely
with women, as we'll as for women.
Little by little the male sex has been
encroaching, not because men were es-
pecially anxious to work there, but be-
cause the women could not do without
them.
First of all, the girl ''bell boys" had
to go, because the women could not
make them mind" Boys were in
stalled. They obey orders, but do not
stay long, because, they say, 'the
women are nutty"
The head woman waiter could not
enforce discipline among the women
walters. And so man had to under
take the job. 1t was also found that
carrying the soiled dishes from the din
ing-room to the kitchen was too heavy
for women. Men were put in to do
this. Finally the rest of the girls
struck and places were filled with men
How is it that women won't mind
women? Would a regiment of amazons
have to be officered by men?-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-17
BONE FOOD

Soft and crooked bones mean
bad feeding. Call the disease
ricketts, if you want to. The
growing child must eat the
right food for growth. Bones
must have bone food, blood
must have blood food and SO
on through the list.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment for soft bones in
children. Littledoses every day
give the stiffness and shape
that healthy bones should have.
Bow legs become straighter,
loose joints grow stronger and
frmness comes to the soft
heads.
Wrong food caused the
trouble. Rightfood will cure it.
In thousands of cases SCOTS
Emulsion has proven to be the
right food for soft bones in
childhood.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE. Chemists.
4O9-415 Pearl Street. New York.
Soc and 500; all druggists
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-17
Trials of a TeOcher.

Lovely young woman teaching in a
public school attended by many Italian
children. Caught boy striking little
girl. Boy severely reprimanded.
You bad, vicious boy, striking a girl!
Aren't you ashamed of yourselfr'
"Naw." II wish l could punish you.
Now, what would you think if your
papa were to strike your mamma:
Wouldn't that be terrible?" Nav.
'Tain't nothin'. They have fights
every day, and pa hits ma with pots
an kettles, kicks her with his boot,
and mauls her in the face" Collapse
of lovely teachers.-New York Press
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-17
LOGICALLY.

"The dressmakers say the high
heeled shoe must go. That's all right.
But they say the peekaboo waist has
got to go, too. Why is that?"
well, the peekaboo waist and the
high heeled shoe generally so together,
as things go, don't they? And after
they go together, together they ought
to go, oughtn't they?"
yves, l suppose so; but that
makes my head ache"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-10-17
Chicago Live Stock.

Chicago Live Stock.
Fogs-Estiniated receipts for the day
II 900. Sales ranged at $4.80@5.90 fol-
pigs. $5.65@6.2O for light, $5.25@560 for
and $5,55@6.2O for heavy packing and
shipping lots, with the bulk of the trad
ing at $5.65@6.OO for fair to good aver
ages. a.f.s
sCattle-Estimated receipts for the
day, $4,000. Quotations ranged at $3.50
5.35 for good to choice do, $4.65@4.9O for
fair to good do, $3.60@4.25 common to
medium do, $3.25@4.70 fed western
steers, $2.50@4.10 stockers and feeders,
@4.5O bulls and oxen, $3.5O@4.25. stays
$3.00@4.40 Texas steers. and $4.00@6. Is
veal calves.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the
day. 10000 Quotations ranged at $2.75@
$3.50 westerns, $2.50@3.9O natives, $500
tive lambs.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
East Buffalo, N. Y, Oct. Is.
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock COM
mission Merchants, East Buffalo, N. Y.
quote as follows: Cattle-Receipts.
cars, steady. Hogs-Receipts, 20 cars,
strong; medium. $65o@6.6O; heavy, $40
roughs s51o@S.5o. Sheep and Lambs
Receipts, 20 cars, slow, lower; best
lambs, $5.65@5.75; fair to good, $3.50
mixed sheep, $3.50@3.75; fair to good,
s3.25@3.50; culls and bucks. $2.75@3.Oo;
ewes. $3.50@3.65; wethers, $4.O0@4. %;
yearlings. $4.25@4.50. Calves-Steady.
best. $7.75@S.25; fair to good, $6.50@7.00.
st. Louis Grain.
Wheat-Higher; No. red cash eleva-
tor. $3.50; track, 87@S71ac; December,
$3.50; May, 83Ac; No. hard, 7S@797sc.
Confirm; No. cash, 1850; track,
441ac; December, 40%c; May, 41c. Oats
Weak; No. 2 cash, 367ac; track, 37h
@S8c; December, 36kc; May, 37Ac: No.
white. 401aQ41c. Rye-Firm; &c.