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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
WHAT OTHER PE0LPE THINK
How to Save Coal.

Prompted by a desire to do good when
opportunity offers. am pleased to impart
to the general public a simple discovery
of great value. Briefly stated, tits this:
BY saturating the water and ashes TAX
en- from the furnace, and spreading the
same about two inches thick over the
burning Goals, the heat will be intensified
and maintained for many hours beyond
the usual time. >. d
81 All ashes are absolutely consumed.
It means the saving of one-third of
the anthracite coal usually consumed.
1t dispenses with dusty ash barrels and
!unsightly ash heaps.
All that is required to mortar the ashes
is to secure a 2x3 one-foot high galvanized
iron pan.
It means the net reduction of 50 coal
to Sc per ton. ss5
-R, b. sTonrlin son.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
HE WANTED TO USE HIS ROPE

The late Henry G. Morse, president of
the Network Shipbuilding company, was
one day visited by man who wished to
borrow money wherewith to launch
a questionable enterprise. Mr.. Morse
gave some polite, excuse for his un-
willingness to lend and the man declared
he regarded this excuse as somewhat
hshy. Thereupon, smiling grinly, Mr..
Morse said:
Let me tell you a little story. Once
upon time an Arab went to his neighbor
and said:
Lend me your. rope
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
IT WAS TIME TO BE FRIGHTENED
Youths Companion.

"A pair of frightened horses We're dashing
madly down the street. The coachman
was saving at the reins, and the carriage
was swaying from side to side in q
dangerous fashion. The occupants of the
vehicle, an elderly woman noted for her
extreme observation-disclosures and her pretty
niece, gave no outward signs of fear; but
just as the horses came to a standstill.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
THE coLoREsEcTIoN

will make up my FORM Uttered the
daughter of the journalist. before going
to press Here she took up her box of
rouge. Let me see,'' she unused; l.ttfi,
is Sunday. IF I mistake not the young
man who calls will Institute a questions
and answers department when he sees
this fashion sheet. so i may as well lay out
the color plan for the Sunday supple
nent u 8ss.
4 Otherwise she might have looked like
"a scare head
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
THE NONPAREII MAN

no two mathematicians seem to be able
to agree on. The Ann problem is this:
as Ann Have WAS o Th E; Nary was as old as Ann Isl
7 Now everybody knows that this is very
simple and that "any schoolboy'' can
work 1t out but we freely acknowledge
that we cannot and do not intend to
try it. The answer is not known at this
desk. OF eight or ten people who have
so far bitten into the problem, one said
that Ann was 16; another insisted that
she was IL. A shrewd railroad gentleman
found her to be 10, while another man
demonstrated by algebra in about two
minutes that she was -. Then they
talked long and earnestly.
We do not care how old Ann is It is
not of the least interest to us. Il.
any one likes this kind Of thing, this
problem is for him. He is welcome to
break down his gray brain matter on it
without charge. We won't.
The Jackson, Mimi, Republic man was
startled perceptibly when he received thru
the mails a jag cure booklet telling him
how to get rid of his meanness. The
Republic man explains in his paper that
he is a Methodist and doesn't have to
use liquor nor smoke opium. He is always
happy.
Phlneas q. Wright of Putnam, Conn.,,
has had his tomb and marble bust
erected in a cemetery In anticipation of
his death. Mr.. Wright is one of the
towns wealthiest and oldest citizens, but
he IS something Of an agnostic. The in
scription under the bust is as follows:
IT, :Going, but can't tell where"
After he had been to the cemetery and
inspected the bust, Mr.. Wright said: I'm
not satisfied with that bust it looks like
a Hottentot. I've blown in $500 for the
image, and it's the durndest looking plug
ever saw"
About fifteen years ago a little device
was circulated in this city in the form
of a miniature coffin. It was about as
large as your thumb. On one side Of
| the deNica WAS the motto.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

The journal would be glad to re-
celve by mail, or otherwise, the names OF
all persons who were readers ana sun
scrIbers to this paper when it started
TWENTY-FIVE years ago this fall, or VINO
became subscribers during the first year
of Its existence, and their present ao-
dresses. ~
The Journ a would also be pleased
TO have the names of men living VINO
were newsboys In Minneapolis twenty
five years ago, and their present ao-
dresses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

81 can't said the neighbor.
/" Why can't your
=" Because l want to use the rope my
SELF
What do you want to do with it?'
the borrower persisted.
want to tie UP five cubic feet OF
water with it, was the reply.
How on EARTH the other sneered, can
you tie up water with a roper
g My friend said the neighbor, Allah
is great and he permits us to do strange
things with rope when we don't want to
lend it, .r.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT
Washington Star.

/ Chief Justice Melville w. Fuller has al
ways shown a marked tenderness for chill
dren, and when he visits a city is usually
the guest Of some institution devoted to
their interests. A clergyman Of the Pres
byterian faith was once showing the JUS
tice and his party about an orphan asylum
when the children assembled and gave an
entertainment for them
The justice responded in speech which
was marked by applause A politician who
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
ARCHBISHOP RYAN's MOTHER
New York Tribune.

now cashier of the United States mint in
Philadelphia.
It was during the benediction. when
every one was supposed to remain with
bowed head. Mr.. Murphy raised his eyes
to the new archbishop. Just as he did so
the latter bent down over little old wom-
an and fondly kissed her cheek She
raised both hands and softly stroked his
red hair. It was his mother.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

+ the younger woman unexpectedly tainted.
| st wasn't frightened a Bit she ex-
planned afterward, until just as we
rounded that last corner with three wheels
in the air. Aunt Caroline exclaimed. I'd
give dollar to be out Of this. knew the
case must be serious if Aunt Caroline
was beginning to risk dollars in that FASH
ion.n E5ssS ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

Archbishop Ryan of Philadelphia was
poor boy. But he was rich in tho possess
sion Of a mother who, when her son was
yet small. fondly saw in- him ouch prom
Use of future greatness His red hair COW
cred a great head she felt certain.
At the ceremony by which Father Fyan
was elevated to the archiepiscopacy,g sew.
eral years ago, an incident occurred which
is often related by Joseph D. Murphy,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

In Evanston the other day a young lady
who was being annoyed by a masher on a
street car, slapped his face and called the
conductor. The latter kicked the masher
off the car without stopping it, and the
people applauded. The report of this af-
fair has been widely circulated, and unless
the street car Washers behave, the Evan
produced elsewhere @4tf5E@ III
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
A Defect of Aristocratic Government

Doubtless, they do some things in
England better than we. Public or
der is better preserved, and the gen.
eral superiority of their municipal
government has many times been con-
fessed on this side Of the Atlantic. But
when it comes to relative efficiency Of
the general governments Of the two
countries there is another story to tell.
The report of the committee of in
quiry into the conduct Of the Boer war
up to the occupation of Pretoria tells
it in one form, and that is that the
English do not put at the head of the
great executive departments men who
are able to handle them in times Of
stress. 49,. "'>...
In ordinary times most anybody can
run a department of government. The
machinery is automatic, and keeps on
running until it is stopped. It is in
the hour of emergencies that a head
is really needed. The machine then
needs care and direction.
Without repeating the story of in
competence, unpreparedness and lack
Of adaptability in the British war Of
fee revealed by the committees re-
port it Is enough to say that SO good
an authority as Sydney Brooks de-
clares that no lesson has been learned.
England to-day" he says, sis even
less prepared for war than she was in
1899. The disorganization at the war
office is greater and not less,' and
continues:
I believe it is really impossible for the
English ever to possess an efficient army,
because the. standard of administrative
capacity is too low to produce one. The
caste spirit which permeates England IA
| tally handicaps the possibility Of the right
man filling the right post. There is a
| small and exclusive coterie Of peers and
| large landowners and county gentlemen
who regard public office as a sort of birth
| right Their chief qualifications for the
| posts they occupy are their honesty, theil
social position, their harmony with the
| court atmosphere, their charming man
ners. Other qualifications they have usu.
| ally none. The consequence is you gel
men of quite ordinary ability and quite
ordinary intelligence filling the, most mo.
| mentous offices of state-a Lansdowne' al
| the war office and succeeded by a Brod
| rick There may be efficiency under such
system. If so it will be by accident
only. =.
We found plenty of unfitness in ou1
war department during the war with
Spain, but we have taken a lesson
We have created a general staff and
reorganized the army, and ais soon as
we found Alger would not do as wal
minister we put in Root, a man OF
ability, who was dragged out of pri.
waite life to do the worked that needed
to be done. Unlike England, we are
probably reader for war to-day thar
we ever were. We have learned OH
| lesson. ''-.'"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

full women Of the country. Among those
who have already signed the appeal are
Mrs. Halvor Stevenson, wife of Com
gresham TIalvor Stevenson Of Mime
sofa, and Mrs. Moses. II. Clapp, wife Of
United States Senator Moses E. Clapp Of
Minnesota .s.s-s4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

accompanied him spoke in laudatory terms
of the address, but S~ed.
"Say, judge, I was much pleased with
what you said, and know you'll do them
good, but I'm darned puzzled about one
thing, and the more come to this place
the more puzzled I am. Ten years ago,
when first came here, them little fellows
was just the height they are now Why, In
heavens name, don't they grow?'
The Justices reply was not recorded.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

The New York Americans movement to
get the women Of America to appeal to
the queens of Christendom to exert their
influence to bring Turkish rule in Europe
to an end seems to be arousing much In
sterest among the prominent and thought
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

American courtesy to the London artil-
lerists has been above reproach. Most OF
our papers have spelled their name with a
u in the "Honourable.' T.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
FAMOUS AssAssINATIoNs OF HISTORY. B,
Francis Johnson. Illustrated. Chicago: A. c

FAMOUS AssAss1NAT1oNs OF HISTORY. By
l.. Francis Johnson. Illustrated. Chicago: A. c.
McClurg & Co. III -....-y p
This volume includes the assassinations
of King Alexander Obrenovitch and
Queen Draga last June at Belgrade. Thir-
ty-one assassinations in all are narrated,
from that Of Philip Of Macedon, to the
Servian tragedy and some of them have
Importance as affecting the nation con-
cerned or the political condition, of the
world Such assassinations as those of
Henry the Fourth of France; Of Marat,
during the bloody days Of the French
revoluton; Of Gustavus Ill, of Sweden;
of Abraham Lincoln, had distinct inf1u-
ences upon the nations where they &C.
Cured. The assassination Of Julius
Caesar, instead Of helping the republic,
fastened it's dissolution and the estab-
lishment Of the empire. The brutal as
sassination Of Hypatia, the beautiful
daughter of the Alexandrian mathemati-
clan Thean, was an ebullition of religious
fanaticism. The assassination Of William
of Orange was a decidedly important his
torical event. for it FASTENED the liberia
ton of the Netherlands from the Infamous
rule Of Spain. The author has in his ac-
count of each assassination set forth in
terestingly the conditions and peculiari-
ties OF the age in which it occurred.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

After the revelations in high finance the
public is getting these days, there will be
Ia tendency of ascertain whether Morgan,
Gates and Schwab are in any deal and
then, II they are in, for the public to stay
out. The public would rather meet these
gentlemen Socially and as founders Of
schools. libraries HOSPITALS. etc, than as
business men -A2
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

This Is the unkindest cut of all--the
Boston Herald compares j. Pierpont Nor
gan to John Law. Both, it thinks, should
be classed as confidence men. :-..n =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

There are 600 miles of good automobile
roads in Uganda, in darkest Africa. In
darkest Minnesota there are about six
miles of good road ,&..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

At last an Englishman-Henry Savage
Landor-has admitted that American rule
in the Philippines is a success. Then it
must be. +
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

The sample canvass of the residence portion
of Minneapolis 1.-TWO bic cks of which The Journal
published daily for the past year) shows 7,076
residences canvassed-
Journal subscribers .......... 5,642
Tribune levening) subscribers. 1914
Tribune (mOrning) subscribers. SS2
The canvass of ninety three apartment and fiat
buildings showed: --r
Journal subscribers ....... 1892
Tribune (evening) subscribers. 2O6
Tribune (mOrning). subscribers 1873
FThe canvass Of nineteen leading office build
iIEs showed regular subscribers to the daily
papers receiving their paper either at the office
or their home:
Journals 2,153
Trlbunes (eVening) .......... 39S
Tribunes (morning) ........ $50
THE of, the two afternoon trains to
Lake Minnetonka the Minneapolis & St,
Louis and Great Northern railroads showed:
Journals ................ 451
Tribunes (evening) .......... 46
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

REMEMBER, all this circulation is
the 5 o'clock edition, which is deliv-
cred directly to the homes. All the
members of the family have time to
read it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

It will be very inconsiderate of Russia
and Japan if, after, filing the international
theater with a crowd anxious to see the
bout between the Jap and the bear they.
decide to do nothing more than shake
hands. 81
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

The congressman who is so dead sure
that nothing can be done in congress at
the next session to bring about reciprocity
with Canada may be right; the opposition
on the. part Of the ''stand- patters'' may
be able to prevent it. But did it ever
occur to any congressman from Minnesota
that some clear and unmistakable demon
stration that he is not stand patter,'
himself but is in sympathy with the pre-
vailing and growing sentiment in favor of
Canadian reciprocity might have tend
aency to prolong his usefulness as a public
man? Perhaps good way to do that
would be to compel the "standpatters' to
make a fight to maintain themselves. They
will probably succeed but it would do
them good to realize that their position
can be maintained only by hard fighting. #
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

The severest test of the millers' union
is yet to come. There has been little to
complain of thus far in the way of vio-
lence or disorder; the conduct of the
strikers has been remarkable In this re-
gard. 1t is to be hoped that the same
creditable restraint and respect for law
and for the good name of their young or
ganization may be maintained by it's
members. The strikers may not succeed
in having their demands In this instance
granted, but surely that is not all that
their organization stands for. It ought
to be worth saving for other benefits it
should be able to confer on it's members
at other times and under other conditions
and circumstances. 1t can survive defeat
on. this issue, but a much more serious
test of its vitality would be period of
violence and disorder and conflict between
it's members or their friends and the au-
thorities. Respect for law and order is
pretty we'll grounded in this community
and everybody is expected to act accord
ingly. These remarks are suggested by the
fact that the conditions to-day are cal
culated to put to a still severer test the
ability of the strikers to conduct this bust
ness along the line heretofore pursued.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12
50,165

Only 2-CENT Daily in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

About fifteen years ago a little device
was circulated in this city in the form
Of miniature coffin. 1t was about as
large as your thumb. On one side of
the device was the motto:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

Big Chicago and New York millinery
houses are making displays of hats with
out a bird on them When your wife
picks one Of them out, you soon discover
that the price, judging by the way it has
scared is bird = .... a. .-.-E r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

How old is Ann? This is one of the
questions that is annoying an eastern
paper. 1t is claimed that once in seven
years somebody tries to corner wheat
In the same way, about once in seven
months somebody springs a problem that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-12

THE WINGS OF THE MORNING. By Louis
Tracy, author of ''The Final War;. etc. New
York: Edward J. Clode 1856 Fifth avenue.
Minneapolis N. Mccarthy. Price, 81. 80.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-14
NEW YORK GENERAL MARKET.
Quotations of the Day on Various
Commodities

NEW YORK, April ls.-FLoyR1Re-
s ssssSie dt'OS %ln SsIs' p,atd nF@iy ss.s Ss5f an" Winter Ser
extras. s.. SOd3l0; Minnesota bakers, $500
s,4O; winter low grades, S2e0g4s Rye
-four. steady; fair to good, choice
CORNMEAL-Quiet; yellow western,
siSS; city; s a;SSi ~e Bra wss9erS S't sSSsSI oh.
ahoar state, e7Q61c, c. l. T., New York.
BARLEY-Dull; feeding, 47c. c. 1. f.,
5V NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Taislnsii is. zoo i6ui.; H eRpoPis,
1900 blu sales, 2C6LO,0 bu. Spot. easy; No.
2 red, 7s1zc, elevator, SOl3c, + o. b., atioal;
No. 1 northern Duluth. SIC, (. o. b., aloat;
No. / hard Manitoba, S5c. (. o. b.. ahoat.
Through the forenoon wheat was firm an 4
higher, especially on June demand being
further manipulation In Chicago and cool
weather in Kansas. Later Il eased off a
unchanged, May, 7SIaq7S 15-16c, closed at
7S1c; July, 751zg76c, closed at 75ssc; Sep
TENDER, 7S14d7S 1S-16e, closed at 1850.
CORN-Receipts. sc, 200 hu.; exports, 100
bus; sales, 10000 bu. futures, 5000 blu. spot.
Spot, steady; No. 2 nominal elevator. and
white. 53e. Options ruled generally firm ali
day on light, world's shipments. small re-
% SesptS; closing oSiEEd dun InI paTtly He'5et bieb sn
April closed at 52hc; May, 5lG5lhc, closed
al 6ihc; July closed at 4shc; September,
oATs-Receipts, 5000 bu. exports. s,24a
bu. spot, dull: No. 2, sec; standard white
Sshc, No. 3, SSc; No. 2 white. S9lc; No. 1
white. S7Ac; track mixed Western, nom
inal; No. 2 track. Sld4Oc. Options fairly &C.
tive and hrmer on the unfavorable weather
May closed At 3Sc.
.HAY~Firm; shipping, 55a7Oc; good to
HoPs~Easy; state, common to oho.ee
1902, 20Q27c; 1901, l7dl9c; olds, 6dllc. pa.
cife coast 1907 @q24c; 1901, l6al7o; olds,
dilc.
80 California; u IN 81 me 100 1n,,.r 49,.
LEkTHER-ouIet: acid. 24a9sc.
~RICE-QUlet; Japan. Lominal.
PRONlSIONS-Beef, steady; family, $40
G2i.5O; packet, Si.5Odl250; city, extra Indi,
mess. SN.Od22,O. Cut meats, quiet; nick
led bellies, S9:75qll.25; picked shoulders
SaOOd9.2S; picked hams. Sl15Odl2.OU. Lard
steady; continent, sos; South America. si
compound, XI.50dS.O0. Po.k dull: family
$3.50; short clear, s1s.75q@25; mess, $50
STALLow-steady; city C2 per pkgl. sue
country pkSs. free), 5AG6c.
BUTTER-Receipts. 1857 pkgs.; steady
state dairy, lSuztei creamery, extra. 30
creamery, common TO choice, NQ21nc.
CHEESE-Reeeipts, SIS pkgs.; firm: fancy
large, state, fun cream. taI made, colored
l4hdi4%c; white, 1f4Qliiac; fancy small
state, fun cream. fall made. eolored. I5c
EGGs-Receipts. 4Saa pkgs. arm: stat
and Pennsylvania, l5Ulblzc; western, hrsts
POULTRY - Alive. unsettled. Dressed
steady. chickens, 16gl7c; western fowl,
fMETALS-The London metal markets. re
naming closed uRul Tuesday. were not
factor today and no quotations were re
ceived from the other side. The New Yor
Metal exchange advanced copper price