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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
RAILROADS.
ASKED TOCUT ITS THROAT
The 500 Will Hardly Agree to Rates
Discriminating Against
Itself.

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The 500 will be represented at meet
ing of lake transportation companies in
Buffalo on Monday. 1t is reported that
the 500. which operates a line of freight
boats as the Minneapolis. st. Paul q
Buffalo Steamship company, will be asked
to help out in freight agreement in favor
OF Chicago, which will raise the rates to
northwestern ports, but not those to Chi
cago
1t will be seen at once that the 500 cam
mot afford to lend countenance to any
scheme to divert freight from it's own ter
ritory to that Of the Chicago lines. Fur
thermore, if the report be true, it is un-
derstood that the 500 will continue tc
recognize it's position as an independent
northwestern company with attending OBJ
legations to northwestern shippers and
jobbers, and that Minneapolis business in
terests will stand by the road in any at:
tempt to prevent discrimination in lake
carrying rates against the northwest.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
A New Puzzle That Looks Exceedingly

brand new nerve racker and pro-
family promoter is being handed out by
V. c. Russell, city ticket agent Of the
Wisconsin Central in the shape of an in
nocent looking device that looks at first
glance like pocket mirror. The, affair
is. in reality, a shallow glass covered box
and looking into it one sees a grotesque
face with the features embossed. There
are little dents where the teeth belong,
and in the box are from three to five
little porcelain pills which, when ma
nipulated just right. can be made to roll
up over the raised design and settle into
position to look like real incisiors. This
pigs-in clover feat would be hard enough
In itself, but it is rendered more difficult
by the fact that the face has moveable
eyes which roll ludicrously with every tilt
of the box and distract the puzzler's. at
tention from the main issue. >-e>.r
The souvenirs are issued in several de-
signs by General Passenger Agent Pond
of the Wisconsin Central, but all bear the
same inscription in regard to the road.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
LAKE AND RAIL RATES
Schedules fores Flour Said to Have Been

Schedules foref Flour Said to Have Been
Fixed.
The new lake and rail rates, ON flour
from Minneapolis to the seabOard have
been decided upon, and tariffs will be is
sued in a few days. effective April l..
Rates will be on basis of % cents hum
dred on export and 251s cents hundred
on domestic from Minneapolis to New
York. These rates are one-half cent a
hundred higher than former opening rates,
and indications are that they will be
maintained throughout the season. In
former years rates have been made but
it was not long before the tariff shaded
from / to . cents.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
New Omaha Extension.

Special to The journal.
4 Prentice. Wis, March 13.--Tl1e name Of
the road which the Chicago. st. Paul.
Minneapolis & Omaha will construct
through Park Falls this summer will be
the Chippewa Valley & Northwestern.
This road will run from Chippewa Valley
Junction on the Omaha to some place near
Manitowish on the North w Western. pass
ing through Brentwood and Park Falls.
It is already constructed through Birch
wood and will be rushed to completion this
summer The new road will open up an
immense territory. rich in minerals tim q
Der an agricultural resources, hitherto
inaccessible
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
FESTIVAL OF. ST, THOMAS.

The festival of st. Thomas was celebrated bv
the students and faculty of ST.. Thomas college
at Merriam Park yesterday. More than 100
clergymen of the diocese attended the solemn
high mass Rev. Father Frank O'Brien of st
Anthony church, Minneapolis was the celebrant
The college choir Of, go voices chanted the
mass. Rev. John O'Bricn of the college and
Rev.. Father Griffin of Minneapolis acted as
deacon and suhdeacon. The sermon was preached
by Rev. Father Connor of the college faculty.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13

: The Mcqueen Gun Club of Menom,nee. Mich
is taking STEPS to join the Wisconsin association
and Will then take part iii all of the circuit
meets of that organiza ation. The Menomiuee
club is also preparing to give a. big Tournament
in Menominee sometime in July, in which most
of the clubs Of the W Wisconsi criclt and north
.ern Michigan will participate. The tournament
will be larger than the one held here last year.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
Spur for Fort Smelling.

Colonel George F.. Pond, chief quarter
master of the department Of Dakota, will
advertise for bids to build one and one
fourth miles Of spur track from the Mil
Waukee line near the Soldiers Home to
a point near Fort Smelling headquarters
where q warehous> is. to be built Con
gress granted only one-hxdf the requested
appropria tion for the work, or $7.5OO but
included $1,000 in the deficiency bill which
can be applied for the purpose. All the
bids submitted last year We're about
SIS. 900. .s.- :. 2st
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
NOT LIKE MORGAN's CHECKS
Check for One eighth of a Cent Pre-
sented at First National
Bank.

( A check for o,c-eighth of a cent was
presented Yesterday to the paying teller
of the First National bank He rendered
a cent in payment, but insisted that the
payee must make change. The customer.
a prominent miller didn't have seven
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13

eighths of a cent: the bank examined it's
vaults but couldn't find one-eiEhth Of a
cent. Lest a rumor Of these facts should
spread and start a run, the bank tele-
phoned to the maker of the check at ST..
Paul. He explained that he had intended
to ask for II cents. but that an extrava-
gance in ciphers had transformed his de-
mand into one and two-tenths r1ills
journal Want Ads
are great business stimularors. Try
them and you will use no others.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13

! In motor bicycle race at Canningtown. a
suburb of London, yesterday afternoon for $4,000.
Fourner the French autonobi)ist, beat Charles
Jsarden Of England, in three straight mile
Heats The times were :, X. 1~..
!; With flying start. 1:14 3-5 and 1913 2-5 with
standing start, 1:23 SO. - .s
s The: attendance numbered 5000 persons.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
MISCELLANEOUS SPORTS

The Faribault Golf club has elected the follow
ing officers: G.. Fay Hilton. president: S. S.
Crossett, secretary and treasurer; George Pease
and John Dobbin, directors. .....
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
RA1LRoAD NoTEs

The directors of the Milwaukee, have declared
the regular semfannual dividend ofs11a per cent
on the capital stock. 81
& The special train of the Anna Held company
will arrive in st. Paul Sunday over the Northern
Pacific. It is made up of six cars, including
the palace car Olympia, in which Miss Held
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13

The state auditor yesterday received the fol-
lowing reports of gross earnings and taxes from
railroads: Chicago Great Western-EarninSs
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13
Corner HenneE,in and Washington Avenues.

would
ASTHMA BRONCHITIS
bottle
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-13

March 3, 1908.
Ilclosed find 81 for one bottle of your Eiker-
Hoff Cure. 100 per cent better than /
have been. / shall continue taking it. and l
have recommended it to many others. You are
at liberty 10 use my name at any time, as I
cannot speak anything but praise for it. The
medicine has worked wonders with me. never
expected to feel as we'll as do at present /
have never been able to take than fourteen
drops and have been on the gain about one
mouth Mrs. MARY MCMAHON.
NO. Benney st, RoAbury, Mass.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22

blue or gray, or blue and red medallions'
They are made of the best sleeps WOOL III
the country of Khorassan, where the no
MAIDS raise their sheep. This region, now
occupied by the fierce Tureomans, whose
name Is often given to the rugs, was the
cradle of the Turkish race The large rugs
are made by experts in the native factories,
that they always come even and regular,
but the small ones are made In the homes
They have heavy pile, suited TO khalee,
or carpet of the larger sort, intended for
service in reception or dining rooms.
In selecting Khorassan one must be on
guard, as sometimes they are made of cot
ton. The way to detect this is to dampen a
cloth or corner of Il handkerchief and rub
1t against the face of the rug. Cotton does
not absorb color as well wool, and the
color rubs Off. Should there happen to be
plain white ground in the carpet 1t can be
tested by burning. Light match and SINCE
spot. If the rug is pure wool the scorch
will brush off, leaving no trace; If cotton,
ii cannot be removed.
The Feraghan has loose texture and
velyety pile of medium thickness.
The center Is generally of a mixed pat
tern of small irregular figures, surrounded
by Il rich border. Sometimes one comes
across a Feraghan having the center of one
uniform coor--a rich red or the deep, dark
Persian blue The Feraghan has not SO
rich a texture as the Khorassan.
The Bokhara Is so well known that "he
that runs may read" 1t is Invariably OF a
definite pattern-a small figure repeated, and
of peculiar design that once familiar with
one never mistakes. Sometimes, as In the
prayer rugs, ii consists of two or more large
squares with ii geometrie pattern. Thes.
are usually of deep red. They are made
in homes and are of the best quality in gen.
erai.
just now there is an excellent opportunity
to buy Beooehistan rugs. The rug market
has been flooded with these beauties for the
reason that the road for commerce has been
recently opened. Once the present supply
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22

PRAYER rugs are made especially IN Bel
ooehistan, Shirvan. Carabagh and in some
Of the Turkish provinces. They always have
the pointed pattern which the Turks spread
for their devotions, turned toward Mecca,
or the east. All deyout Mussulmans use
these, save the derYishes, who use deer
skins, putting the head toward Mecca aud
placing their palms on the outstretched
front legs Of the deer.
In purchasing rugs there are several prac-
tical details to be looked into. First, Is
the color vegetable or not? Second Is the
white warp mixed with eotton2 Third, was
the white wool or hair bleaehed before
being wrought with the rug? Fourth, is the
rug, If antique" genuinely SO, or has II
been doctored? Fifth, is the rug damagedg
Sixth Is ii straight
The first and second questions may be an
swered by rubbing damp cloth over the
cotton or color suspect. Ii the color comes
Off, beware.
To tell whether the wool or hair has been
properly bleached you must Judge from the
odor II it IS strong, don't take the rug, foe
the disagreeable wooly smell becomes in
tensified in hot weather SO that 1t is an OF
Tense to the entire household.
To tell whether a rug has been doctored
chemically look at the back and see II the
color corresponds with the face of the rug.
II the former is bright and the hitter toned
Hold rug with the front to the light and
look through it IL you would search for dam.
aged spots, and if there are any you VIII
sec them. The holes that often come, made
by the hooks In baiing and retailing, can be
readily repaired In this city, and do not ma
terlally damage the rug.
To see If the rug is crooked, fold, bring,
ing the two ends together. The condition OF
the fringe on rug amounts to little. Fer.
sons not accustomed to Il wide variety oil
rugs sometimes object to the "chewed-oh'
finish or the entire absence of fringe. This
is such minor matter that rug expert
never takes II into consideration. Its only
purpose with tho maker was to keep the
rug from rayeling. This accomplished, he
thought no more about It,
As to what one should pay for a rug when
she finds that she wants 1t and Is assured
that its character Is above reproach-adapt
polonius advice to his son, costly thy
habit as thy purse can bay, to the case in
question.
EMMA PADDOCK TELFORD.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
In Ruyin6 Oriental RUGS
= lhin8S.One. Ought TO Know.

tern. The design Is really intended to rep.
resent the clustered jewels In the Persian
crown. Most Of the Selma rugs are deep
red verging on terra Gotta, or peacock blue
The Shiraz can be distinguished by the
finish of the borders only, as the infinite
variety of pattern does not permit gener-
alization. The border of the Shiraz rug
is always whipped over with a close WOODEN
cord, Invariably of blue and red green and
red, black and red. They are made OF the
best quality OF hair.
Good antique Shiryans can always be util
lied to advantage In parlors. They come as
rule in small sizes, and In such infinite va.
riety of pattern and color that it is not al
ways easy to tell them from other rugs
Save in the fineness of weave and smallness
Of design. They are made in the homes in
the Province of Shirvan, southeast OF the
Caucasus Mountains.
The expensive Kirman or Krmanshaf
are made of the best quality of goats hair
There seems to be some popularity of eli
mate that affects the growth of hair on the
backs of the animals giving 1t luster thal
is transmitted to the rug even when new.
These rugs come In large sizes seldom of
geometric pattern, but of fiowery and elab
crate designs, as we'll as the all-oyer palm
pattern, which, connoisseurs in rug designs
say, is the weayer's conception of the almond
leaf.
Sometimes the antique Kirmans contain
elaborate NEUROLOGICAL designs, as, for In
stance the one In the Illustration. This de-
sign represents a Persian temple, In the
center of which Is an altar, from Which the
phoenix is Just arising from the ashes.
In the ninth century the Perslans accepted
Mohammedanism, which forblds the using OF
images. Before their acceptance of this
creed their religion. which included sun
worship and the sacrificing of animals, espe.
cially birds, led them to work into their
rugs designs typifying their belief.
The Kurdish or Anatollan rugs, which are
getting scarcer every year, are always
crooked. The reason is that they are made
OF tlftlk, the Turkish name for Angora
WOOL All other rugs, save the Anatolian,
are made with a cotton or linen back. The
Kurdish rug is made entirely of wool, which
shrinks or stretches according to atmos-
pheric conditions. SO beautiful, however,
are the rugs and so durable that their
erookedness Is ignored by rug lovers. The
pile is heavy and silky, the patterns large,
the eolorlug rich, with border of the
cream-eolored hair In its natural state.
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When woman fares forth to purchase an
Oriental rug she is often hampered in her
selection by ignorance of her subject. She
Is familiar with Turkish rugs in general
and can run over the entire trade shibbo-
leth-Shiraz, Daghestan, Kurdistan, Berga-
ma, Khorassan, Bokhara, and so on ad iniini-
tnm-with parrot-like facility, but when
she attempts to discriminate to diagnose
the characteristics of the rugs and know
whether she is getting the worth of her
money, as well as the style of rug best suited
to the place for which She intends to use it,
she is often at sea-
In selecting rug the first thing to be con
sidered is the use for which ii is intended.
Is it for the dining room? Then it must be
heavy and of thick pile, especially If the
rug is to be used on the bare floor. For thiA
purpose the Khorassan, Ushak, Beloo.
chistan, Feraghan and Bolhara are used to
advantage. Persian rugs are sometimes en-
ployed, but are usually too expensive, as,
for instance, the Kirman, which sells from
SO to SO square foot, wholesale price.
These rugs have a medallion center, with
design of curved lines. They are clear and
distinct in character and usually delicate
in color. The pile Is silky and yeivety to the
touch.
While the Ushak rugs are nov being made
especially for foreign trade and not for ma
tive private use, as is the case with most
varieties of rugs, they wear well. good
Ushak should last from 30 to 40 years ID
constant use, and the color, If genuine
should disappear only with the last yestige
of the carpet. In the Ushak regularity OF
precision Of design is not so much sought
after by the weayers as certain Dreaa'h Vi
effect and harmony in coloring. ked anu
green are usually the chief colors in Il dia-
mond-shaped center, while in the border
black, blue and yellow are tastefully inter
mingled remarkable feature of these
rugs is the extreme rarity of the use of
white.
The Khorassan is more of the palmleaf
pattern. The center is usually of plain red,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22
'WeIcome, merry SbrovQtideE'
Pa31ak2s ID The Hsee3da3t.

and which they had dubbed ''holly boy
while the boys returned the seasons coinpll-
niept BY firing similar image, which they
called 'the IVY girl
With the pancake In the ascendant here
are some reliable rules for its eoncoetion:
wheat GriddIe Cakes.
sIft together two or three times four cup.
fuls pastry four an even teaspoonful OF
soda, two of cream Of tartar and teaspoon
full each of salt and sugar. Rub into this
prepared flour a half cupful Of butter mix
ing thoroughly. Pour In gradually, stirring
as you do So four cups Of milk. Beat then
until all Jumps are dissolved, then bake as
quickly as possible. Two heaped teaspoon
fus Of baking powder may take the place Of
the soda and cream of tartar. The cakes
may be baked small or large. II the latter
they may be piled evenly. with butter and
sugar or jelly between the layers. Then cut
in segments like pie. This is good idea
for luncheon. For breakfast each Individual
usually prefers to dress his own cakes,
honey, maple syrup, golden drip and melt
ed sugar all having their deyotees.
German Shrove Tuesday Pancakes.
slft pint of pastry flour and heaping
tablespoonful OF sugar into an earthen bowl.
Add gradually pint Of milk, beating out all
the Jumps. Finally add three well-beaten
eggs. Beat this batter vigorously with the
large-sized patent beater. Have ready a
sheet-iron fryingpan buttered lightly and
mining hot. pour In all the batter and LET II
cook for three minutes on one side. Then
spread with preserved pineapple or rich
applesauce. dredge with sugar and set in
hot oven to cook six minutes longer.
Sometimes smaller ones are made in place
of the large one In this case each pancake
is dredged with powdered sugar as fast as
baked, rolled Up and slipped on to a hot
plate. They are served with quarters Of
lemon to be squeezed over them as they are
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-02-22

, Before pancakes were eaten In the old days
the young people gathered TO see who could
most adroity toss them in the pan. The
first cake baked. which naturally grew cold
during the contest, was dedicated to the
greatest lie abed," which, says yeraclous
chronicler. commonly falls TO the dog 5
share al last, for no one will own Ii their
due"
In many of the boys schools in England
tossing the pancake Is one of the estab-
lished TEXTURES Of the school year. At West.
Minister the cook, immaculate in white cap.
apron and jacket aud bearing substantial
pancake on a frying pan, Is conducted by a
verger carrying the silver mace from the col
lege kitchen to the great schoolroom, where
all the boys sit oxpectant.
The cook tries to toss the pancake over an
iron bar which runs across thu schoolroom
from enc wall TO another.
II the pancake goes clear over the boys
make u rush and try to catch ii whole. the
boy who succeeds receiving guinea from
the dean If he can show 1t In an unbroken
condition. The cook also receives an homo.
rarium il he performs his part properly.
Formerly the whole school made an on
slaught on the cake, but Of late years only as
many boys join in the struggle for the pan.
cake as there are forms In the school,
In Gorsetshire and Wiltshire. the boys hay
Ing boarded all the broken crockery for
months, gathered themselves together and
waited upon their neIghbors one by one
singing:
A-shroylni A-shrovin'!
l be come a-shrovin';
A piece Of bread, piece of cheese
A bit Of your fat bacon,
+ Or dish Of doughnuts,
All Of your own maxim.
A-shroyln! A-shroyin;
j be come a-shrovin'i
II the serenaders received their hearts de.
sire they retired without further demonstra-
tion, but refusal to accede to their demands
brought upon the unhappy householder
hail OF broken pottery.
In Ken; group Of girls assembIed at one
place lu the village and burned an uncouth
cifigy aIich they had ficted from the boys,
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eaten. In place of the sugar jelly ounce,
plum, currant or crabapple Is often used.
These cakes do not fry to advantage on a
grlddle. the sheetiron pan being better ior
the purpose.
OId-fashioned BucIswheat Cakes.
To make these In perfection buy the best
brand of pure buolwheat, not mixed with
wheat -four; to four cups of the buckwheat
add one small cup Of Indian meal and
tablespoonful of salt; mix one cup OF sweet
milk with three cups of hot water, and when
lukewarm take out a half cupful and dis
solve yeast cake in it; then add all the
rest of the liquid and the yeast to the dry
ingredients, and bebt as vigorously as possi-
BILE for five, or even 10, minutes; this bat
ter should be set in an earthen buckwheat
pail, with close cover and spout capped with
tin; put them to rise early In the evening
and set in n warm place, where there will
be no danger Of their chilling; a cosey or
bread blanket may be wrapped about the
pail If there Is any danger of the fire going
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IT'S merry in hqll when boards was all

IT'S merry In hall when boards wag all
And welcome merry Shrovetide.
Sang naudan Master Slender, as he was
being carried to bed after his indulgence in
sack with his fellow roisterers, Fastaff,
Shallow and Bardoph.
The evolution Of this festival from It's
religious significance into carnival of super
abundant jollity and drollery was rapid
one. Deriving its name from the ancient
practice In the Church of Rome Of confess
ing Sins and being shriven or shroye in prep
aratlcn for the solemnities Of the penitential
season. It developed into time OF special
feastiny and merriment, more in accordance
with the old Lupercalian and Bacchanalian
spring time festivals.
1t is the Mardi Gras OF the French, the
Carnival Of Italy, the Eastern Eve of Scot.
land, the Feast Of the Lights Of the Greeks
and the Pancake Tuesday Of rural England
and old literature.
Why the pancake should be the accepted
concomitant of Shrovetlde is not positively
known. Some assert that the custom Of pro
vidlng cakes at this season came from one
of the old Saxon names for February which
Is translated the month OF cakes, be-
cause the ancient pagans used TO offer cakes
to the sun in that month. Ano,her shrewd
guess is by Catholic ecclesiastic, who says:
When Lent was kept by strict abstinence
from meat all through the forty days 1t was
customary to use up all the drippings and
lard In the making OF pancakes. 10 consume
ali il was usual to call IN the apprentice boys
and others about the house, and they We're
summoned by bell, called the pancake bell
In the lapse Of years the functions Of the
pancake bell which summoned 10 ieastIng
and the striving bel which called to fasting
and prayer became inextlicaby mixed-but
the pancake bell came out ahead. Even the
ditties Of Mother Goose partook of their
favor.
Pancakes and fritters,
Say the bells of st. Peters.
When must we fry EN-:
Say the bells of cold Higham.
In yonder land thurrow,
Say the bells Of Welinborough.