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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23

In Danger of Penalty.-All liquor deal
ers who are delinquent in paying their
government taxes before the end of the
following week will be required to pay,
In addition to the regular tax, a penalty
of so per cent There are still few
dealers who have not paid up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23

The Northwestern National bank
will move into it's new marble home
on First avenue S, today. This beau
tiful building, which has been In the
process Of construction for several
months is now ready for occupancy,
and 1t is safe to say there is no more
handsome or more complete bank
structure in the world than the new
home Of the Northwestern. The front
is Of Georgia marble. The building
is of the ancient Doric architecture
with six great marble pillars In front.
One OF the features of the bank will
be department devoted to the ex-
elusive use Of women. There will be
private waitingrooms and every con-
venience for the banks many women
customers. The vaults are the largest
west Of Chicago and each Of the vault
doors weighs nearly, 10000 pounds.
In connection with the bank will be
vaults which will contain safety de-
post boxes for the customers.
The Northwestern National bank
was Incorporated thirty-two years ago
and has grown to be one Of the lead
ing financial institutions in the north
west. It's first president was that
rison, and its first cashier was S. e.
Neiler. The bank first opened its
doors in a building at First avenue
and Washington. The present quar-
tiers in the Guaranty building have
been occupied by the bank since Au-
gust, 1891. An interesting compari-
son IS to be found in the statements
issued Sept. %, 1872, and July 49,
1904. The total resources Of the bank
in 1872 were s310,O03.23; this month
they were $1O,115,786.05-an increase
Of nearly ten millions of dollars. The
detailed statements follow:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23
HEWITT REGRETS EPISODE

Next Saturday The Journ a
Will run an excursion to Taylors Falls.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
Show fer Sightseers.

When President Roosevelt was go.
ing from Oyster Bay to Washington
recently he and his party passed
through ThIrty-fourth street, the chief
executive bowling and smiling to those
who saluted him.
AS the mounted policemen who rode
ahead reached Thirty-fourth street a
big automobile with sightseers drew
up on the north side of the street to
let the carriages pass.
Suddenly the man with the mega
phone yelled out:
Ladies and Gentlemen: Here
comes the president Of the United
States. was one of his Rough Riders
and arranged it with him to get here
at the same time as this machine.
You see we are strictly up to date"
The passengers grinned, but the
grin changed to a puzzled expression
when, as the barker shouted, Hello,
Colonel; you see I'm on deck" the
president bowed and smiled cordial.
ly. They were not aware that he
would do the same to any one who had
the nerve to salute him as did the
bogus Rough Rider.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
WOMAN AN ExpERr PIPER.
Skilled In Directing Operations Of the
Hydraulic Monster.

One of the very few expert woman
pipers of the West Is Mrs. M. e.
Moore. She is not a piper such as
the Scotch Highlander knows, but a
piper of the Western hydraulic placer
mines, the operator CT a hydraulic
giant.
At present Mrs. Moore is her hus-
bands partner in the working of the
Judson placer mines of southern Ore
gon. And Mrs. Moore is a partner in
every sense of the word. Every day
she is at her post, taking her stand
beside the big monitor long before
the sun scares away the shadows from
the mountain canons, and there she
remains through the shift, directing
the shaft Of white that the monster
hurls with a dash of spray against the
towering gravel bank, tearing noun
tains away and robbing them of their
gold
Few men pipers, who are proud Of
their long records Of years in Western
placer fields, and likewise their $3.50
per day, are more deXterous with the
giant nozzle than Mrs. Moore. She
knows just how to swerve the defect
or to drive an avalanche of boulders
down the gulch, scattering them as
wildly as handful of bullets shot
from Calling gun, and how to bring
that long, deep growl from the aque.
GUS monster as it gnaws and cuts
deep at the base of the red clay bank,
till a great slab of a thousand tons
topples and falls with "a crash from
the mountain side and is washed away
through the sluice boxes Sunset
Magazine
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
Il is Inconsistent.

When a recent downpour was doing
It's worst to the down town crowd a
man caused CONSERVATION in a depart
ment store by asking for a woman's
rain cloak.
DO you mean a mackintosh-a rain
coat" asked the clerk.
Il mean what l said" returned the
man, stubbornly.
81 think we have what you want, "
said the clerk, but we never call
them rain cloaks."
why don't your" asked the man.
"That is what you ought to say.
Everything else worn by women has
a feminine name, then why not these
yes, sir, l will say it--these water
proof eloaks? Why aren't you consist
ent? You call a long garment made
of cloth a cloak, but when 1t happens
to be made Of rubber 1t takes on
masculine tributes and becomes rain
coat. Why?"
That Is one too many for me, re-
piled the clerk. "All know is that
we'd be considered crazy II we should
advertise a special sale of rain
'cloaks. ~ CHICAGO Inter ocean
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
A GREAT INSTITUTION.

1t is unusual that IA single institution in q
city of {, 900 people will overshadow in i'm
portance every othe! interest, but such is
the case with the American School OF
Osteopathy, and a. I. Still lntirmary at
kirksville Mo.
A stranger in Kirksville is Immediately
impressed with the idea that the town is
sustained by this institution, in fact,
Hirksville has been made what it is to-day
~ DR.. Still and his famous School and
lnfirmary It is tho largest patronIzed UNI
endowed institution of its kind in the
United States.
DIR. Stills school enrolls over 700 students
yearly and each student is required TO at
tend four terms of five months each before
completing the course OF study. There are
over 1000 graduates and they are prac-
ticing in every state and territory of tho
Union. About two-thirds of the states
have passed special laws legalizing the
science.
This school teaches every branch taught
in medical colleges except "drugs" and
osteopathy Is substituted for that. So
thorough is the teaching in anatomy that
over one hundred human bodies arc dis
sected yearly by the students.
At the Infrmary, patients from every
part OF the country and with almost every
form OF disease are constantly under treat
mont. For the past fifteen years almost
every train coming to hirksVtlle has
brought some new sufferer hoping TO ind re
lief by the science OF Osteopathy. BY the
thousands who have left the institution
benefited by the treatment, the science has
been heralded TO the world as a safe and
rational method Of cure. Several years age
4 free clinic was established in connection
with the practice department of the school
and this is still in operation. Hundreds OF
the worthy poor, who are unable TO pay fol
treatment, are treated every afternoon by
the senior students free OF charge,
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
Has "AnimaI" Ewes.

A man with animal eyes" may be
met with in Chelsea, London. This
man is a widely-known dog fancier,
and it is his boast that he can convey
to a possible customer an accurate
idea of the expression of any ''tyke"
he may desire to sell-simply by
means Of the expression he himself
assumes. His eyes are, undoubtedly,
the eyes Of a dog, and although all his
poses" are absolutely graphic, he Is,
perhaps, seen quite at his best when
portraying bull-dog-"one of the real
fighting breed, sir!"-with scowling,
bloodshot eyes, and hanging jaw.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
NOVEL CAUSE FOR RULING.
Country Justices Two Good Reasons
for Decision.

/ well remember one case before
a justice in which acted as respond
ent's counsel in a criminal action and
in which an older and well-known at
torney was my opponent. AS l
thought then, and as l know now, the
law and the evidence was we'll in IA
vor of my client, and at the close of
the arguments looked with great con-
fidence for prompt acquittal. Judge
Of my establishment when my unfortu-
nate client was found guilty and SEN
fenced to thirty days in jail. prompt
" entered an appeal and furnished
sureties to prosecute the same. Be.
fore l left the court room the justice
took occasion to take me aside and
say: Young man, kinder thought
We ware right, but l knowed Judge
W (naming my opponent) is a
sight older'n you be, and a sight bet
ter lawyer'n you be, and so OF course
| gin him judgment. Judge Shute in
Leslle's Monthly.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
housekeeper should III

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron. but because
each package contains 1G Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in %.pound pack.
ages, and the price is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem.
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you a
1909. package it is because he has
stock on hand which he wishes TO
dispose Of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let.
ters and figures 10 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance of the iron
sticking. Defiance never sticks.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
EYEsIGHT OF LIONS
CAPTIVITY INJURIES VISION OF
THE KING OF BEASTS.
Series Of Experiments Conducted by
German oeuIiss Demonstrates the
Fact-Not Intended by Nature to
Be Confined In Small Space.

An eminent German oculist has
been inquiring into the eyesight OF
menagerie lions, a laborious task, and
one demanding both patience and in
genuity.
It is obvious that you cannot very
well invite lion who looks as II he
would like to have your blood, to try
on spectaclcs graduated to different
sights, or a snarling lioness to read
Z series of words in various type on
the opposite wall. At least, you
might ask them, and politely, but
What the intrepid oculist did was,
with the aid Of a mirror, to project
luminous rays into the eyes of the
patient, rays sufficiently powerful to
enable him to see whether the crea-
lures cornea was convex or concave,
and then to estimate the curvature in
terms of seeing capacity. The re-
suits arrived at were, of course. neces.
sarily only relative. but still suffi'
GENTLY accurate TO allow of the par.
ticulars being tabulated and reduced
to statistics.
In conducting his Investigations the
oculist frankly acknowledges that he
found discretion to be the better part
of valor. He did indeed enter his
patients cages, but, lnotwithstand-
ing the protective presence of the
beasts keeper, he kept at a respect
full distance of good yard and a half
out of reach of teeth and claws. The
lions were not good" patients; they
objected to having electric rays
thrust into their retinas, and regarded
the intruder with no cordial mien.
The results of the inquiry are some
what curious. Seven out Of every ten
menagerie lions were found to be
shortsighted; and this is exactly the
same proportion as among German
students. In Germany this is ascrib'
ed to overstrain of the eyes in the
| use of books, a result which can sur.
prise no one who has had to wrestle
with the grabbed black-letter Gothic
| type still in use in Germany, and with
! the still more horrible German hand
writing. Similar overstrain of the
eyes mas pTOuuCeu SlHlldt IeSulIs
among these unhappy lions. The king
| of beasts, child of the boundless wilds
accustomed to range a vast horizon
with the eyes which nature has
| given him. that, roaring after his
prey, he may seek his meat" has had
his horizon narrowed down to the
bars of a pitiful cage; he is taught
to jump through a hoop, to dance OF
tight rope, to sit upon stools, ant
| it is only with pain and difficulty ant
after long training that his eagle
glance grows able to focus these pal
try things beneath his nose. The
strain on his eyes ultimately render!
him shortsighted. Poor King Lion!-
| Montreal Herald.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
PAID WITH HIS OWN MONEY.
Lawyer Might as Well Have Made His
Bill 5000.

Bill $500.
He looked so young and innocent,
said the lawyer who was telling the
story, that I couldn't bring myself
to believe he was guilty. While l was
in court he was arraigned ON a charge
of picking pockets. He was without
friends and was not represented by n
lawyer Something in his appearance
attracted me, and l volunteered to de-
fend him. The evidence against him
was very strong, but fought the case
to the bitter end and succeeded in
clearing him.
"The next day l received a visit
from my client, who assured me, with
tears in his eyes, that he never could
repay me for what had done. Then,
very much to my surprise, he put his
hand in his pocket and asked me how
much he owed me.
"Supposing that he was green and
had an idea that my bill would be for
a dollar or so, thought would stag
ger him, so put it at 500. But he
pulled a large roll of bills out of his
pocket, counted out the amount and
handed it over 1t was my turn to
gasp. Then he shook hands, thanked
me again, and left me staring at the
money he had placed before me.
when I recovered from my trance
started to put the 500 away with 5000
that deacon of a church had paid
me just before for winning a line
fence suit for him. The 5000 was gone!
Yes, sir, that ungrateful young whelI
had touched me, and then had the
nerve to pay his bill from my roll"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
THE UNITED STATES WILL SOON
KNOCK AT THE DOORS OF
CANADA FOR WHEAT.
A Crop of 100000 Bushels Of Wheat
Will Be the Record of 1904.

- SIOJ " oObSOOIOSS DheHGlb VI WIN ak
viii Be the Record of 1904.
The results Of the threshing in
Western Canada are not yet complet.
ed but from information at hand, It is
safe to say that the average per acre
will be reasonably high, and a fair
estimate will place the total yield of
wheat at 6O,OO0,OOO bushels. At pres.
ent prices this will add TO the wealth
Of the farmers nearly SG0000,000.
Then think of the immense yield of
oats and barley, and the large herds
Of cattle. for all of which good prices
will be paid.
The following official telegram was
sent by Honorable Clifford Slfton, Min.
lister of the Interior, to Lord Strath.
coma, High Commissioner for Can
ada:
Am now able to state definitely
that under conditions of unusual diff
Guilty in Northwest fair average crop
Of wheat of good quality has been
reaped and is now secure from sub
stantial damage. The reports of in
jury by frost and rust were grossly
exaggerated. The wheat Of Manitoba
and Northwest Territories will aggre-
gate from tlfty-five to sixty million
bushels. The quality is good and the
price is ranging around one dollar
per bushel."
Frank II. Spearman, in the Satur-
day Evening Post, says:
When our first transcontinental
railroad was built, learned men at.
tempted by isotherman demonstration
to prove that wheat could not profit
ably be grown north of where the line
was projected; but the real granary
of the world lies UP to 300 miles north
of the Canadian Pacific railroad, and
the day is not definitely distant when
the United States will knock at the
doors of Canada for its bread. Rail-
road men see such a day; it may be
hoped that statesmen also will see it,
and arrange their reciprocities while
they may do so gracefully. Americans
already have swaTmed into that far
country and to a degree have taken
the American wheat field with them.
Despite the fact that for years a little
Dakota station on the st. Paul road
| Eureka-held the distinction of being
the largest primary grain market in
the world, the Dakotas and Minnesota
will one day yield their palm to Sas-
kntchawan "
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
SrATp OF ONO, c1y1 OF TOLEDO, a.,

trATH OF OHIO, C1TU OF TOLEDO, q.
Lucas COUNTY. Vs.
FRANK J. CHENKV makes oath that be is senioP
partner Of tho nrm OF ]. J. CHENEv Co., doing
business IN the City Of Idledo, County and State
Aforesaid and that said nrn will pay the sum o.
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARe for each and every
WALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn TO before me and sabscribed In my pres
nce, THE eth day Of December, A. d. 1883.
49,, A. w. GLEASON.
sEAL $3.50 -,
N---' @NNNA%N NN-NN'
Hall'a CatsrTh Cure iS taken internally and aets
aiFectly on the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
Vstsm. Send for leStimoRials, free
+. J. cHRNEY q CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by ell Druggists, Zoe.
Take Hairs Family Pills fer constipation.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20

Philadelphia claims to l'cssisn the
most marvellous specimen VI needle.
work IN the world. 1t is tapestry
measuring twenty.seven feet in length
and thirteen feet six inches in widtA.
The groundwork is silk and Il is su.
perbly embroidered with figures tell.
Ing the history Of America from the
landing Of Columbus until 1892. A
Polish artist was engaged six years on
the work.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20

During the past few weeks a novel
baby competition has been running at
York, England. The prize, a peram-
bulator, was not given for the pref
test or heaviest infant, but for the
cleanest and healthiest. To decide
the winner committee of ladies has
been paying surprise visits at the
homes of the competitors, and taking
notes.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
Dean stanley's Martial FsIIe.tv.

The late Dean Stanley, It IL said,
WorShiped the very ground his wife,
Lady Augusta, trod on. and many ere
the compliments he paid her. "If I
we're to epitomize my wife's quail.
ties" he once eaid. II couldn't DO II
better than in the words Of a cabman
Eho drove us on our honeymoon.
Your wife, he said, Is the best wo.
man in England and l quite agree
With him"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
overzealeua Emnloye.

Two printed forms valued at one
farthing were lost recently at Baku
on the Transcaucasian railway, and
the station master had kilograms sent
to every station in the Russian ON.
pire to ask II they had been seen any.
where. The company has since had
to pay telegraph charges amounting
to nearly $4,000. and the overzealous
Official is now out of employment.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
Pleasant Alternative.

An amusing story Is told of a man
condemned to death recently in
France who was asked, according TO
custom. what he would prefer for his
last meal. He chose mussels, which,
though his favorite dish, always, he
said, caused him a terrible indiges-
ton. This time, however," he added
grimly, they will not have the
chance"
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
FIohters for Humanity.

Every important step IN the prog.
ross Of civilization has come from
those who for humanity and the
worlds benefit we're willing to hght
battles and become unpopular; but
their memory remains, and the bell
of every steamer that plows the
waters OF the Potomac is tolled while
passing tho tomb Of Washington
George T. Angel.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20

It is by doing that we learn to do;
by overcoming that we learn to over.
come; by obeying reason and con.
science that we learn to obey; and
every right act which we cause to
spring out Of pure principles. whether
by authority, precept or example, viii
have greater weight IN the forma,
ton Of character than ell the theory
"a the world. ~ Morell.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
Cobra Kills Python.

A giant cobra, fourteen feet long
and a python, measuring eleven feet
had deadly combat in Perak, Straits
Settlements. The python endeavored
to squeeze the life out OF his adver
sary, but the cobra inserted his poi
sonous fangs and was the ultimate
victor
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
MemnrN.

The day will come when Memory fingers
Sadly DER her sweetest dream,
Weaving for aye, with fairy fingers,
semblance of joys that once have been /;
And in our age we fain would see
In that vain dream, reality.
While waiting for that sober time,
With pleasures tempting path before
us,
GayIy pass on, nor feel the ills
Fast-fieeting Time may scatter DER us;
But lay up Memory's joyous store
TO glad the heart when young no more.
Mrs. G. Norman
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
To Protect the Elrda,

An international agreement for the
protection Of birds that are useful
to agriculture was signed at Paris
on March 10, by representatives Of
Belgium, France, Switzerland, Swe
den, Spain, Portugal, Austria.Hun
gary, Greece and the principalities Of
Monaco, Lichtenstein and Luxem
burg.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
Tablet Unveiled.

A tablet was unveiled recently At
the DEVILS hole in the Niagara gorge
70 mark the spot where. on Sept. IA,
1853, occurred the massacre of large
body of British soldiers by Seneca In.
dams.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20

ached and was so
lame that at times |
was hardly able to
dress myself. | lost
my appetite and was
u n a b lie to sleep.
There seemed to be
no relief until l took
d o a MS Kidne y
Pills, but four boxes
~ thfo rnn,ndy, -
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
Remembsrsd Old EmploYes.

On his silver wedding anniversary
Charles ]. Swanson, a Minneapolis
0mahufacturer, gave to each Of nine OF
his employees who had been with him
for twenty years deed for forty acres
Of improved land in Anoka county.
The total value of the gifts was $500.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20

fected a complete and permanent cure.
If suffering humanity knew the value
Of Doan's Kidney Pills they would use
nothing else, as it is the only positive
cure | know"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents. Foster.Mllburn Co., Buffalo,
NJ v
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20

Col. Daniel Stevens of Bristol, R. l.,
has a collection of 3.O0O buttons from
armies and navics OF many nations.
He began his collecting in 1850 at
Nashville, Tenn, and many Of his but
tens are valuable as souvenirs.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
A XMAS PLAYFUL PastIme.

Alexander the Great used his sword
against women rather than for them
and one of his favorite pastimes was
beating his wives with the fiat Of his
steel blade.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20
MlllIonalre on q anraa.

y. o. Lindbloom. the multimilllon,
alre OF Nome, was arrested for disor
derby conduct at Seattle. but forfeited
his bail and left town before hiG trial.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20

You never hear any Une complain
about Defiance Starch" There Is none
to equal It in quality and quantity. l6
ounces, 10 cents. Try 1t now and save
your money.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20

has an equal for coughs and colds-JoHE f.
BOYER, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. IS, 1900.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1904-10-20

Good Thing to Remember.
An eggshell is porous, and hlth O,
Il Affects the meat.