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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18

It was during the rush for Pixies Peak.
1t was no unusual sight to see miles and
miles of covered wagons vending their
way like an army toward what was sup
posed to be the better land We had been
out about two weeks from Omaha when
one Of the advance guard hurried back
along the line with the information that
drove of prairie dogs was crossing the
road a mile or so ahead, and that they
were SO numerous that the vanguard Of
the prairie schooners had been stopped. A
temporary halt was made.
mo one supposed 1t would be Of long
duration, but. darkness coming on, we
rounded up for the night The next
morning the line did not move forward,
nor did 1t gain an inch all day. Then a
few Of us mounted our horses and rode
forward to reconnolter When we got
within a quarter Of a mile of the head of
the line we looked forward. The face of
the earth was in motion.
''As far as the vision extended, north
and south. 1t was the same. They were
moving from the north to the south-the
prairie dogs were. They were so close to-
gether you couldn't have tossed your hat
between them. They did not seem to be
panic stricken, but just moved on and on
like a great cloud. It was the strangest
sight ever saw. Old plainsmen said they
never saw anything like It. When they
were first seen we turned the dogs In the
train loose upon them, but the dogs soon
gave out. Maybe there is some sort of
affinity between domestic dogs and prai-
RE dogs which prompted the former to
strike when 1t came to exterminating their
species. Anyway, the domestic dogs just
gave up the job. AS for shooting the lit
tie brown rascals,s that would have been
folly. We hadn't the ammunition.
1.-The last night Of the great exodus
everybody, tired out with watching it,
gave up the Job and sought rest wherever
1t could be found. The next day there
wasn't prairie dog in sight. We re-
sumed our journey. AS we neared our
destination and the long line Of prairie
schooners began to disintegrate, men had
something else to think about and the
sight was forgotten, suppose. But ]
never forgot 1t, and now and then occa.-
sionally I have met some one who also
saw the sight, and as knew they were
men who never drank or dreamed. sat
isfied myself that I was not mistaken in
what I saw. I reckon 1t was the grand
! army Of prairie dogs looking for places
to burrrow. I know where some of them
located. but where the devil did they come
from?'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18

trip, he riding in the buggy and / follow
ing close behind. / did not want to lose
him, for he was kind to me. AT last we
came to building which stood near
large lot which was fenced in with wire
and in which there were other dogs. He
put me in the building and brought me
some bread and milk. 1t was good. He
then put me in a room and locked the
door. l thought perhaps 1t was prison.
but I didn't care. for a prison is better
than roaming the streets.
II believe the first night I staid in that
room was the happiest one of my life.
was alone, but the room was nice and
warm and l had had a good supper
thought that if they never let me out
could be contented there for I had a home
at last
"The next morning the man came and
gave me some, more bread and milk, and
would You believe it?--he also had a nice
piece of meat for me. 1t was good for
had not tasted meat, except that which
found in the garbage cans, for over year
After had had my breakfast 1 had good
bath and then he turned me out into a
large pen that was filled with dogs. I felt
so good that ran about the place anc
parked for joy. Finally I came to a big
dog that loked Very wise. l thought
up to him and asked him where was anc
what was doing there. He looked at me
for moment and then said:
why, this is the dogs home of the
Humane Society All these dogs you see
here were homeless dogs until Mr.. Adams
picked them up. Some of them had beer
driven away from homes and others were
truants and ran away. We will all be KEPT
here for awhile and then he will find gooc
homes for u.s. We must be on our best
behavior all the time for some one vii
come some Of these days and take us
away and give us good homes.
"Well, I staid in that home for severa
weeks and with the good feed and kind at
tention received I got as fat and sleek
as I could be- 1 was happy and good ma
tured Mr.. Adams was kind to me.
Zone day 1 wandered to another part
of the home. and what do you think saw
There was another part in which were
cats. They We're homeless cats and We're
being cared for in the same way as the
dogs One Of the older dogs told me thai
Mr.. Adams also found homes for cats. The
cats were afraid Of me, altho I would MOI
have hurt them. q.
"One day a man came with Mr.. Adams
and looked at me and spoke kindly saying
| Carlo, would you like to go home witt
me?' TO tell the truth was getting ut
tie tired Of staying at the home and as the
man looked kind and good, I just parked
with joy. Mr.. Brown-for that was the
mans nameAtook me home and l have
lived with him ever since. He is good tt
me and I am just as happy as possible.
while am real happy here, want tt
tell you that think a lot Of that Humane
Society. They must be awful good people
to be so kind to a poor homeless dog
When I find dog that has no home an
going to take him to Mr.. Adams and ash
that he find him as nice a home as ne
found for me-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18
WONT MIX


The human stomach stands much abuse,
but it won't return good health If you
give 1t bad food
II you feed right you will feel right, for
proper food and a good mind is the sure
road to health. "A year ago I became
much alarmed about my health for 1 be-
gan to suffer after each meal no matter
how little I ate,' says Denver woman:
IT lost my appetite and the very thought
Of food grew distasteful, with the result
that I was not nourished and got weak
and thin. My home cares were very
heavy, for beside a large family Of my
own. 7 have also to look out for an aged
mother There was no one, to shoulder
my household burdens and come what
might must bear them and this thought
nearly drove me frantic when I realized
that my health was breaking down.
II read an article in the paper about
some one with trouble just like mine being
cured on the food Grape-Nuts and acting
on this suggestion gave Grape-Nuts a
trial, The first dish of this delicious
food told me I had struck the right thing.
My uncomfortable feelings in stomach,
and brain disappeared as II by magic and
in an. incredibly short space of time
was again myself Since then I have
gained - pounds In weight through a
summer of hard work and realize am a
very different woman, all due to the splen-
did food Grape Nuts. Name given by
i Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Il ESial will prove. -..xa.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18

my name is Carlo, and am big black
dog. / am only years old, and-would
you believe it?-altho 1 am still a mere
puppy, I have had lots of trouble.
know my smooth, shiny coat and the
kind eatment that / now receive do not
show It, but such is the fact.
When was a little puppy, only few
days old, my master tore me away from
my mother, brothers and sisters and gave
me to a little boy who used to play at my
masters house. This boy took me home
and then my troubles began. The boy
was very rough and often 1 had to limp
about for week at time because my
legs were sore from being kicked. The
boys mother would tell him to be kind to
me. but he paid no attention to her and
when her back was turned he would kick
me worse than ever.
II guess l could have stood the pound
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18

In some countries walking sticks are manu-
featured from shark fms. From the skin
of the animal is obtained leather suitable
for making sword grips and many other
fancy articles. Sharks abound on the coast
CT Nicaragua, and Mr.. Gottschalk, the United
States consul at San Juan del Norte. sug-
gcsts that the fms, backbone and skins
might with advantage be imported into the
United States for Industrial purposes. The
killing of sharks is encouraged by the Mica
raguan fishery laws, and there appears to be
no export duty any Industrial product
derived from them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18

''For the balance of the stock Of tie Car
negie company-that is, $1,000 shares-was
issued S9S,277, 120 in preferred stock and $780,
279 e40 in the common stock of the United
States Steel corporation. $50. ...g
'At the time of purchase the bonds and the
preferred stock were considered worth par
and the common stock so, making the total
amount paid at that time SAL, 416,640. Since
that time the stocks have declined, but the
has more than made up tho differnce.'
Mr.. Bridge, the author, was also private
secretary to Herbert Spencer. He is married
and lived before he went abroad at No. 100
Columbia Heights, Brooklyn.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18
PRAIRIE DOG ARMY
Strange Light in Nebraska in the
Days Of the Prairie
Schooner.
a Bunch of Dogs That Took Day
and Night Passing a Given
Point. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.

Y chicago lnter OCesIIl. u
Every now and then one hears about In
vasions of grasshoppers that stop rail-
road trains. The old yarn was being un-
reeled the other night when a skeptic put
in his unbelief.
II have been thru several grasshopper
epidemtcs," he said, ''but never saw any
such thing. But did encounter an exc
dus Of prairie dogs once, on what was
then a prairie In Nebraska, that held up
a long emigrant train for a day and night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18

The Berlin newspapers tell of a wonderful
baby giant which was recently brought by
its parents before the medical faculty of that
city for examination. He is the son of
taker at Drevers. and altho only eighteen
months old, stands three and a half feet high.
chest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18
CARLO TELLS HOW
HE FOUND A HOME

The Good Work the Humane societ Home for Cats and Dogs
Viewed by Appreciative DogH Trials Had Been Many Tho
He Young His Joy Finding Refuge From Abuse Al
Him
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18

I One out of two workingmen in England
who reaches the age of IS dies pauper and
is buried at the poorhouss,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18
80 - = = - 34US
Add s16O, 100000 bonds exchanged
for the same amount Of Carnegie
hnnfc 16(

Total .se26. 267, o40
GAS a natter of fact, however, Andrew
Carnegie Mrs. Lucy Carnegie and George
Lauder were paid entirely in United States
Steel corporation bonds, at the rate Of $1,500
per share Thus, for 96,cGo shares of stock in
the Carnegie company, they received $144,-
O00 900 Of bonds in the United States Steel
corporation. The balance of the 1904. O00, 900
bond issue Of the latter, or 60,0O000O, was
exchanged at par for the $160,000,000 bond
issue of the Carnegie company.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18
The Itch King.

1t is purely and simply a local disease
and entirely confined to the Skin. and in
no instance is it the result of impure or
poisoned blood. This disease is caused by
thousands of little germs which burrow
into the outside skin and their ravages
there result in the sores. the frey itching
sufferers from this disease The only sue.
cessful treatment for ECZEMA is by
External or Local Applications.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18
Plus $4,5GO, 900 reinvested.
Book Gives Credit to Frlck.

BOOK GIteS SrSQlI TO Flick.
The book praises Mr.. Fricxs action at
Homestead, where he was beset by assassinb,
and gives him the credit of tho success which
.nent was made 20 place Frick in Carnegie's
place and buy out the old ironmaster. Judge
w. H. Moore of Chicago made overturcs for
the purchase of the Carnegie Prick properties
Frick having exter sive coke interests of his
own.
"Carnigie" says the book, demanded
million dollars for & ninety days option on
his entire interest at a price Of $157 ,95O, coo,
and he afterwards raised this bonus to ST.
100000. The increase WAS met by Messrs
Phipps and Frick, each contributing $S5, OCO
Carnegie agreed to return these sums to them
later" 49, .'
The death of Roswell p Flower caused such
a furry in the money market that the deal
could not be carried thru in the life of the
option and Mr.. Carnegie refused to extend
the time, altho Messrs Prick and Phipps went
to his Scotland castle to ask the favor.
Mr.. Carnegie, according to the author, had
promised not to hold mis- partners on the
option, but the money was later demanded
and obtained by him from Mr.. Prick ard Mr..
Phipps.
told at length in the book.
In telling the story CT the basis of exchange
of Carnegie stock for United States Steel
by the Carnegie company, and sums up what
really happened rs follows:
What Carnegie Made.
Had all the stockholders been subject to
these terms it would have meant that the
$160, 900, zoo of the Carnegie companys stock
would have been exchanged for the United
States Steel corporal tons stock as follows:
per cent cumulative pfd. .s24o, 569, $50
Common stock ...................... 90, oSf ,|U
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18

back to 1855, and is continued to the time the
Company was absorbed by the steel trust.
The profits from 1889 to 1879 are given as
follows: = ~ as., r.-...r~. g.. :
The profits from 1880 to 1899 are given as
Carnegie Bros. & Co., Limited Ito 1892, Car
negie, Phipps & Co., Limit ed Ito 1922, and the
Carnegie Steel company, Limited (from July,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18

Mexico has now 10000 American resident
and 1928. 900, 900 American money ,s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-18
Don't dose the stomach!
Treat the skin.

These Rashes, Blotches, Pimples and
Breakings out are given the general name
of Eczema
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
King Edward in Dublin.

Dublin. The king and queen yisi-
ted Mayuoon college. They were re.
ceived by the archbishops of Dublin,
Cassell and Tuam, twenty bishops and
other ecclesiastics. In replying to the
address of welcome the king said: Il
value highly your true appreciation OF
my feeling toward the Irish people, who
have contributed so much to the
strength and honor of my empire and
who bring such admirable gifts OF
heart and mind to the entrenchment
Of the national life. It was with sad
dened feelings that I listened to the
venerable Pope who has just passed
away. I shall ever retain pathetic
recollection of my interview with him
and the kindly interest he showed
in the welfare of my people and my
empire"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
Danish Treaty Expires.

Nasbington.-The treaty providing
Tor the acquisition by the United States
Of the Danish West Idies has officially
expired. If Denmark should con-
,lude to sell the island to the United
States it will be possible to revive the
provisions of the treaty which has
Just failed. Meantime the position OF
the state department is comfortable,
Tor having done its part toward COM
pleting the bargain, the American gov
eminent of course could not sanction
the sale of the islands by Denmark to
any other government.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
Train Three Years Late.

Beaumont, Tex.:-When the Gulf
and Interstate train arrives here on
Sunday, it will be almost three years
late. The train left Galveston on
September s, 1900, on a straight track.
The great hurricane wrecked the road
bed and left the train standing in the
prairie, with only enough rails to
support it. The owners of the road
have been rebuilding it siace at the
rate of mile month. The engine
will be fired on Sunday and brought
in, but not by the same crew.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
Union Labor COunterfeiting.

New York.-Charles W. Solomon, q
dealer in leaf tobacco and manufactur.
sr of Cigars, has been found guilty in
he Court of Special Sessions of coun-
terfeiting the union cigar label and
sentenced to pay fine of $500. Later
he will be arraigned on a complaint
made by revenue agent, who charged
aim with substituting false and forged
bottoms in boxes of cigars made in
Pennsylvania, so that dealers and
others would believe them made in
Key West.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
PETTICOATS IN JOURNALISM
New York One-cent Daily to Be Managed
by Women.

New York One-cent Daily to Be Managed
by Women.
New York. Edited by women, the
irst issue of 1-cent morning paper,
devoted exclusively to stories OF and
Tor women, will, it is announced, ap-
pear on the streets of New York Nov.
). Great secrecy is being maintained
as to the promoters of the new paper.
Not even its name has been given out,
but it is declared the paper will be an
eight page affair. to be issued daily
except Sunday, and will contain all
the news, besides o magazine depart
ment devoted to matters OF feminine
To avoid being "scooped,"
the women propose going to press a
couple of hours later than their con-
temporaries.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
JONES CAN Nut BE FOUND.
Returning to His Old Haunts in Texas,
He Was Met With Scorn.

New York. Detectives who have
been searching for CHARLES f. Jones,
who confessed to heving caused the
death of the Texas millionaire, Will
liam Marsh Rice, whose valet he was,
have been searching the south in vain
for the man. Jones received immu-
nifty for becoming a state witness
against Albert T. Patrick, who was
charged with killing Rice through the
fundamentally of Jones, for the pur-
pose of securing the Rice millions. In
June, 1902, Jones was given his free
dom on the nominal bail of 81, 600.
Before Jones was permitted to leave
prison he was made to promise that he
would keep in constant communica-
ton with the district attorneys Office,
and with this understanding he was
permitted to return to his old home In
Texas.
Nearly every one he had known from
childhood passed him in silence on
the street. He was practically in soli-
tude among his former friends. He
went to Houston, where he had work
ed as clerk for Rice in warehouse.
He met with scorn wherever he went,
and in the letters sent 10 the district
attorneys Office complained bitterly of
the treatment. As last resort; Jones
went to Galveston aud shipped, under
an assumed name, as mate on the
schooner Rapholo, which made weekly
trips from Galveston to the San ia
cinto river. Then he went to New
Orleans, when his letters stopped. It
became necessary to locate Jones in
a proceeding connected with the Pat
rick appeal, but no trace can be found
of him.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
The North Atlantic Squadron.

Bar Harbor, Maine. The battle
ship squadron of the North Atlantic
d act has arrived in the harbor and
anchored with the fleet already mo.
bilized here. The fleet consisted of
the following vessels: Battleships
Alabama, Illinois, Massachusetts In
diana and Texas, cruisers Olympia
and Prairie, trainingship Hartford,
dispatch boat Vixen, torpedo boat de-.
stroyers Barry. Brinbridge, Decatur.
Chauncey. and the collier Caesar.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
Cotton Growing Experiments.

don.-Replying to question in
The house of commons Gerald Balfour,
president of the board of trade, said
seven hundred cotton factories in
Lancashire were working on short
time and 100000 operatives were af-
tected. This was due to the difficulty
IN securing raw cotton. The question
If growing cotton in the British en-.
pire in order to create supply out
side that of America was receiving
careful consideration, and the board
Of trade was prepared to give any
practicable help to those interested in
khe matter.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
Railroad Clerks Rob Cars,

Warrants have been issued for the
arrest of twenty New York Central
clerks in connection with the robbin9
Of freight cars. Six clerks were ar
rested some time ego on the same
charges and five pleaded guilty. They
are supposed to have given informs-
ton leading to the issue OF additional
warrants.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30

The American soldier ia to be armed
with a wonderful rifle which will hurl
! bullet five miles in space. It is a
unique weapon and the most power
tul one ever designed for the foot SOL
der. It will shoot single bullet
through the bodies of IS men formed
In a straight column, all facing its
nuzzle, the nearest man being fifty
three feet away. At a distance of five
hundred yards, it can, with one of it's
little lead projectiles NOW down
-swenty-three men; at 1000 yards,
Ihirteen men; at 1900 yards, six and
,ns-third men. According to a law
leduced by ordinance experts, the
aeshy part Of mans body, from
front to back offers the same resist
lnce to q bullet as does plank of
white pine one inch thick. This has
been demonstrated by shooting bull
let's through the corpses of men and
through targets of the woods mon
aoned from various distances.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
Judge Lnmpkin's Successor.

Atlanta, Ga.-Judge Henry G. Tur,
ner of Quitman. has notified Gov,
Terrell in person Of his acceptan &c Of
the appointment as Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court of Georgia.
He will fill the vacancy on the Su-
preme bench caused by the death Of
Judge Lumpkin, which occurred sew
eral days ago.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
Dangerous Fighting Parso1.

Middlesburg, Ky.-After killing
one man and fata ly wounding another
Robert Lee, a minister at Lnnie in
Casey County, said grace at the jail
table IN Liberty. Lee became involv-
I'D in q quarrel with Ellis Woods and
the latter,'s son and shooting fol-
lowed, in which the preacher proved
himself more than q match for both
his opponents. for he succeeded in
killing Woods and fatally wounding
his SON.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30

The bookbinders' union. which has
been fighting the reinstatement of w.
A. Miller, the assistant foreman in the
government printing Office. who was
dismissed because of his expulsion
from the union, and later ordered re-
instated under an executive order, has
abandoned any intention of walking
out in case Miller resumes work. A
committee of bookbinders has been in
conference, but they announced that
there was nothing to give out at pres
ent. They assert with confidence that
the matter will be adjusted satisfac-
torily, and that on account of the new
charges which have been filed. Miller
will be dropped from the service.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
A Rag PiCkers' Union.

New York.-A rag pickers' union
has been organized in this city. There
were 200 persons present at the first
meeting, third of whom were wo-
men. The union will be a branch of
the United Hebrew Trades, and it's
headquarters will be oil the lower East
Side. The work is not very attractive,
and the members claim they are poor
ly paid. They are employed by con-
tractors, who allow them only 81 and
So week. It is cur intention to de-
mand $12 and $15.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
Miner FOnnd by Resc uers.

] Mahanoy City, Pa.-Still alive
though in . complete state of ex-
haustion, John Nacavaje. one of the
men believed to have persisted in q
rush of water Eat Ellangowan Col
fiery was found. When the water
broke through into Drift No. 10. Ma
oayaie was swept into heading above
The water level. His fellow miners
have not been found.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-07-30
Moody Goes to Oyster Bay.

Washington. Secretary Moody has
left for Oyster Bay whore he will have
conference with the president. The
secretary carries several matters to lay
before the president the result of
which will have far reaching effect
on naval legislation. Advocates of the
general staff project say the fate of
that measure will be decided at tbs
conference, which is creating consid-
cradle interest in naval circles.