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New-York tribune., 1904-10-09
M0NARCHS IN BUSINESS.
Commercial Education for the Ger
man Emperor's Sons.

Kaiser Wilhelm has given many demon
strattons in recent years OF the fact that he
looks upon captains OF industry and OF trade as
being a source Of strength to the empire that
the announcement that he has just prescribed
comprehensive course of commercial studies for
his three younger sons. August. Oscar and
Joachim. will excite but little surprise It con-
stitutes. however. totally new, departure in the
training Of princes of the blood. and as such
merits mSe than passing note. especially in
view Of the recognition by Old World royalty
which it implies OF the necessity Of keeping
abreast of the times. not only in military and
naval matters. but likewise in the development
OF industrial and commercial prosperity. in or
der TO maintain unimpaired the prestige OF both
throne and nation At the time when William
succeeded to the crown. now sixteen years ago.
he was credited with determination TO devote
himself above everything else to the promotion
Of the military grandeur OF his empire. To-day.
placing himself at the head Of the German busi-
ness world. he is bending all his energies TO the
achievement Of pre-eminence in industry and
trade by his people That is the reason why he
instructed Prince Henry. when the latter was In
this country two years ago. 10 get into touch
with the great American captains Of industry
and finance why he displays such a pronounced
prediction for the society Of men who have
made their way merchants. manufacturers
and hnanciers-in one word. as business men
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09
HE FIGURED 1T OUT.

i've got an eight-year ar-oid boy ct home that will
make either q metaphysician or detectve-Tm
not sure which," remarked downtown lawyer. as
he entered his Office the other morning. The kids
just getting attack of measles. and has
hard work amusing himself. Yesterday mis- mother
and the nurse were in the room, and he spoke up
all Of a sudden. much 10 the embarrassment OF his
mother:
Say. ma; know how old nurse is
His mother thought the nurse might be con-
fused: but she wasn't.
How do you know so much, Willte2' she asked
Well I asked you once how many years YOU We
been nursing and you said FIVE. Then when you
forgot that asked you how old you was when you
went TO the training school, and you said eighteen
Then by and by I asked you how long you was in
school, and you said four years. Now eighteen and
four and five are twenty-seven-see?
New-York tribune., 1904-10-09

now occupies in the concert OF nations a place
altogether out OF proportion 10 its size and
population. OF course he has made mistakes.
and in the early days Of his reign his ventures.
did not always turn out satisfactorily. Indeed.
at one moment he was believed TO have not only
dropped all the money which he had inherited
from his father. but likewise TO have become to
such an extent embarrassed as TO account for
his intimate association with men such as the
late "ColoneT North and others. whose only
merit lay in their possession OF great wealth
But whatever his losses may have been. he is
known now 10 have retrieved them entirely and
can now afford 10 he entirely independent IN the
choice Of his friends Probably the most re-
markable Of his undertakings has been the crea-
ton OF the so-calIed Congo Free State. into
which he sunk millions OF dollars before he
was able to make it pay.
To-day It is yielding him immense returns for
all the money which he embarked IN the venture.
and has not only placed him in the possession oe
the most colossal private property In existencs
it is known the Domaine Privee''-besIdes
enabling him TO dominate the rubber trade Oe
the world. but has incidentally transformed Bel
gium from an insignificant little kingdom. d.
pendent for its very existence upon the Jealous
les Of Germany. France and Great Britain, into
a great colonial power. In Persia. IN Russia
and IN China. Belgium enterprise. always under
the direction Of Leopold. is ever to the fore.
keen TO take advantage OF all opportunities and
OF the neglect and mistakes OF other nations
Everywhere one hears Of Belgian concessions
and OF Belgian syndicates. IN which the King
sometimes directly and sometimes Indirectly IA
the chief factor. while within the narrow limits
OF his dOminiOns in Europe there are few great
business concerns OF a commercial or Industrial
character IN which he is not actively Interested
Indeed. there is limit to the commercial ac-
tivity OF this extraordinary monarch. whom hts
numerous foes denOunce as the Royal Bagmau
OF Europe" but who in the business world Is
now recognized as one OF its most astute and
important members: and when one realizes what
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-06
BUSINESS CHANCES
SOME BUSINESS BARGAINs.

SOME BUSINESS BARGAINS. !.
Saw and plnning mill, mr.. Troy, Idaho, and
retail and shipping yard In Troy, $4,000.
Retail grocery, meat and provision bus,
stock, hxt., horses wagons, etc, West Phila.
Wagon, blacksmith and repair shop bus,
tools and stock, Wayne, Neb., $4,000.
M. d. practice and office furnishings, Salem,
Mass; excellent opening for good man.
Drug bus, stock, fxt, Etna Mills, Cal. !.
Water power grist mill, with cotton gin,
small houses and 8 a., Greenville CO., Va.
Pat. on Tobacco Sucker Remover.
Splendid hotel property, located in beautiful
Grocery, bakery, fancy china and candy
bus. and stock, Spencer, Ia; est. trade.
Fine limestone quarry, 10 a.. 2 kilns. Dist.
Selkirk, Man., Can; valuable deposits lime.
Partner with $4,000. IN est. co. mfg; high
grade carriage top dressing Rockford, III.
Genl. mdse stock, store, dwell, Ice house,
barn, etc.. Hollenback, Pa; fine location.
Plumbing, Timing. crockery and house fur
nishing bus. and stock, Newburgh, N. Z.
Est. hdwe. and grocery bus, stock and hxt.,
Metuchen, N T.; fine location; So, 900.
Fine hotel property, Waterford, Pa, $4, 600
Laundry bus. and egypt, Bay City, Mich.
WANTED AT ONCE-CLEAN STOCKS
of hardware merchandise from owners, In
voice from $4,000 to $4,000; have good i'm
proved and prairie lands and some cash to OF
fer; give location, size and complete descrip
tion In first letter. J. D. Miller, Kendall Ho
tel, st. Paul.
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Farm Lands.
KJELDsoN, THE BROKER.


OFFERS FOR SALE
1900 acres wild land In Cass county. Mimi,
at So per acre; or may exchange for good
paying property.
S34 acres, improved farm, in Douglas county.
Mimi, at $35.
800 acres. improved farm, in Richland coun-
ty, n. D., at $50.
$50 acres, improved farm, in Douglas county.
Mimi, S15.
100 acres. heavy s.;y hardyood timber, in Wash
Three lots in Holway & Taylor's addition:
submit cash offer.
And many other farms. together with num-
I Der Of good. desirable residences in the city.
FOR SALE OR NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF
land; black. loamy. with clay subsoil; half
mile from :Edmunds, N. d.; 10 acres under
cultivation; $50 small trees: nice 5o-ton hay
meadow; $15 per acre. Halt cash; balance on
terms to suit. One half-section Of black,
loamy soil, clay subsoil. 2A miles southwest Of
watered by nice creek; 40 acres fenced;
small house and barn and Welt. s12.5 SO per
acre. One half-seetion. one mile west of
Pingree. N. d.. $50 acres under cultiva ton;
small hay meadow; fine, black. loamy soil;
Sl5 per acre; one-half cash, balance on time
to suit. Knauf & Knuuf, Jamestown. N. D.
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A NEW PLAN OF INVESTMENT.

The Assiniboine Land & Investment Company
is accepting small or large deposits for in
vestment in the purchase and improvement OF
western Canada lands where fortunes are be.
ing made every year. The lands are bought
by the company at wholesale prices and persons
owning stock in the corporation will be allowed
at any time to exchange. the same at Its par
value for any of the lands owned by the COM
many. at the wholesale rate; while as long as
they remain stockholders regular dividend
Of from Is per cent to 20 per cent per annum
on their investment Is certain.
One thousand shares are offered at par ($50)
which may be paid for in instalments If de-
sired.
Write for further particulars to
ASSINIBOINE'LAND & INVESTMENT CO.,
Room 2O2, Sykes Block,
Minneapolis, MINI.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Improved.
SOME MODERN HOMES.

AEA SSONs
o o,
SOME MODERN HOMES.
s-room. fully modern house; full base.
ment with cement floor. hardwood
floors and finish. best plambiug in bath
room and hrst-class heating plant.
S3,37o-On Emerson av,, near 9th ST., a
fully m3dsrn sr99 h9sse o Ms
hardwood floors all over and selected
birch finish on trst floor; best open
and a fine Economy heating plant in
the basement; laundry fully equipped
with trays; full complement OF storm
, SASH and the lot will be graded and
sodded. also stone walks to house from
street.
$S,t75--On Stevens av, near saith st.
, fully modern. S-room house, parquet
, floors and hardwood finish on FIRST
, floor: bathroom fitted with best mod
, ern conveniences; full basement; an Al
s screens. H Tsrms, about 81 900 cash and
balance to suit.
, IS, 1O0-A new. modern. S-room house,
, hardwood finish and floors. best plumb
, ing and fixtures, full basement with
D laundry fully fitted and fully guar
. anteed heating plant, on east front lot,
st stone and ready for oces
o pancy. Location, near Lyndale av
d and 34th st.
o 50, 65o-A new. modern. 7-room cottage
D house. This house is thoroughly well
o built, contains all modern conveniences
o except heating plant. is exceedingly
o attractive outside and very convent
o emily arranged inside. We are con-
. tident it will please you. Terms. about
o $3.50 cash and balance monthly pay
q ments or to suit. Location, Sth ward.
o STO0--A 4-room house with store-room in
O front on 18th nv S. If you want to
o combine business with the comforts Of
q a home, here is bargain
o $575--Speclnl Bargan-If sold Mt
o offer nearly new broom house.
o huilt by the owner for n home, located
o an east front corner. lot 40x132
q feet. only two blocks from Nicollet
o av car line; full particulars at Office.
O THOMPSON BROS.
o 1O1 4th St.
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Uninproved.
LOTS.

INTERURBAN LOTS AT $3.50 EACH.
Twenty-eight extra fine lots the Como
6 interurban car line, between Minneapolis and
St. Paul; size, 40x12S EACH
8 10 lots, east front, one 25th av Sc, between
Como and Talmage avs. rss
lots, east front 23d av So. between
Como and TalInage avs.
{ between Como and Talmage avs.
Z IN lots on Talmage and 21st avs Sc, north
and west front corner, $500.
3 west-front lots 23d ay, between Tai
mage and Division.
We sell these lots for $50 down and So
or per mont. Here Is chance of life
time to secure a good location for a home at
one-third of the real worth.
THORPE BROS,
Andrus Building.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Farm Lands.
Continued.

Farm Lands.
Continued.
90 o o o 0 o o
OWN A FARM.
PAY $40 CASH AND $3.50 MONTH.
A FARM OF ANY SIZE, PAYING ONLY
MONTHLY PAYMENTS TO SUIT You.
GOOD soIL-F1NE cL1MATE-PURE
WATER.
These lands are in the Park Region Of
central Minnesota-1O,O0O acres to select
from-raising wheat, corn, oats. rye and
the finest vegetables you ever saw. Clover
sna eounsT M msstets
Minneapolis and Duluth near at hand.
Don't pay rent any longer. You can own
You can begin with 40 acres but II
you can pay more you should take 80
} cash and $3.50 month. Why not begin
, to-day, II you want farm7 Cut out the
coupon, write your name and address,
} II you want to buy tell me how much
Xo pt want 1n to invest and VIII submit mia
, from.
} i FRANKLIN BENNER,
54l Bank Of Commerce Building,
. Minneapolis, MINI.
. Franklin Benner, Minneapolis, Mimi:
D Send me your booklet telling how can buy
0 farm in the timbe country of Mime.
0 soto, worth Sc an acre, by paying 81 an
o acre In cash and cents an acre monthly,
Q as advertised in The Journal.
6 Name ..'.'......
Q Address ......................
o 90 o o o o o Q o
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BUSINESS CHANCES

TO TRADE-soLID BRICK BLOCK IN GOOD
town. in southern Minnesota for a stock of
general merchandise; building is 24x9O, two
story and basement; all modern improvements
and rents for $500 per year. Address $685.
Journal.
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REAL ESTATE FOR SALE
Farm Lands.
Continued.

TIMBER LANDS FOR SALE IN SOUTHERN
Oregon and northern California, in tract from
5000 to $4,000 acres. consisting Of yellow fir
Oregon pine), sugar pine and white cedar
(Port Oxford tedar); will cruise 10000 feet
to the acre. Address Sharkey & Morrow, 2OS
Alisky building Portland Ore
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FOR sALE-FINE RESIDENCE, TEN ROOMS,
strictly modern, combination heat, electric
lights, nicely decorated fine neighborhood; cost
$11, 500; will take farm or smaller house In
part pay. McQuade g. McQuade, 712 North
+ westarn block
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FOR sALE-HoTEL-THEo ONLY S2-A-DAY Ho.
tel in theS best town in Renville county, Min
nesota; furnished, with lot and building on
main street; a money maker. Boys, here Is
a snap. u. s. Exchange Co., Minneapolis,
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FOR sALE-A LARGE 10-RooM MODERN
house paruuet floors throughout; new decora-
and water: east front: location. 240S Lake
place. In Lake of the Isles addition; we offer
this property at bargain for short time
only. For price inquire OF Ecker Realty Co.,
lOU Northwestern bldg.
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LOANS AND UHATTELs


WILLIAMS, GIT GUARANTY BUILDING,
loans on furniture. pianos. or any security.
Large loans a specially Terms to suit boz
rowers. Lowest prices.
QUICK LOANS IN ANY AMOUNT MADE ON
furniture, pianos or any security. Low rates.
Guaranty Trust Co.. 581 Guaranty Loan.
RICE LOANS ON ALL KINDS OF PEP soNAL
property. Charges reasonable. 500 Glooe bldg.
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SOME REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.

SOME REAL ESTATE BARGAINS.
Ark, Van Buren, Co.. SO A. land.
Cal, San Bernardino Co., eqpd: ranch, $50 A.
Man: nj: strathciai a $50 So A an" and impts.
N s.. Whyeoconaghs Cape Breton, furnished
Conn, Norwich, magnificent res. greenhouse
Conn, Roxbury, So A. and impts
D. c., Washington, Tacoma Park, 2 bldg lots
ill., psmpa sS Fes cottage Sds o snd lot
nd. Terrs Haute. ~; house ana lot.
la, Harris. store and dwelling i lots.
Des Motnes. TT. res. and lots.
Me-, York Co.. 80 A. land partly cult.
! Mass, Medford, fine 15-r. res. and lot.
Mex, Pueblo. Dist; Of Huachinango, 1900 A.
Mich, charlevox Co.. farm and p Summer re-
0s Mn nsep Is eight s M res Cd Az
Mo-. Howell Co.. 40 A. farm. mineral pros
poets.
Ns54 s By sas o sed & goge View
Ahbott's and Irving's snbdiv
Ss1 g. Hs eetnxs Co" CO.. 49, 80 .f sna land
4th SITS. about 50 It front on Main st and To-:
steadily increasing in value.
Ohio, Picua, S-r res. and 2 lots.
sOre Multnomah Co.. 40 A. and impts
Pa, Gainesville, 7-r. res and ground.
Tex. Caldwell Co.. 140 A. and impts.
Va, Wy Ny 11e- &C. fine lae.f farm 900 A.
Wash. Puyallup boarding house and lot.
wis. Washburn Co, 151 A. and relinquish
w. NJ. OsTRANDER. n. A. Bldg. Phila
0 Q o o Q o 90 o o o o
D.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

1t was a potent it queerly constitut-
ed staff, that of the News and Observer
in the early days of its present adj
ministration. Fred Merritt. hard
working, thorough, With the budding
of the style which later brought him
to the front of the profession; Johnny
Jenkins, sort of literary editor and
general utility staff member whose
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-14

can come, too. if you want to, but
don't propose to get any of my friends
in trouble by being q second. Bring
him along weapons shot guns and
Continued on Page Eighth
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got stalled on the way, how Phillips, of
Pitt, lay snoring drunk on a trunk in
the Marlborough cloak room and how,
at the Harrison House. "Hool-a-boom"
received his visitor of the Press with
open arms and, loaded down with
Cherry Bounce, announced his candl-
dacy for Governor, and, growing more
confidential still, took out and exhibited
the picture of his six months babe, the
while his red eyes filed with water
and the senile tears sailed his long,
white beard and he removed his teeth
with his hand lest his emotion cause
him to gulp them down. And then,
the pathetic figure ofthe Hon. Thos.
r. Purnell, who had waited in vain
for the assembling Of the committee.
waiting for hours for Father Worth
OF cash his warrant for $40 for services
rendered on behalf of prosecuted wo-
manhood!
That was but one Of the many stories
than rang through the State, the
humor and the satire OF which did
much to pave the way for the rennais-
ance of decency that followed when
poise had supplanted passion.
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their value. | doubt if anything
in life is really worth having that does
not come through struggle and travail.
The News and Observer has not
owed it's success alone to any one man
or set of men. It's stockholders and
directors it's subscribers and adva'-
Users, and particularly every man
and woman who has poured his or her
brain and muscle and life into it freely
with but poor or moderate compen-
sation-these are they who have put
the paper in it's present strong posi-
ton.
The future? No man can hope to
see into it in any enterprise, >much
less an enterprise the success of which
is as dependent upon the confidence
of the whole public as upon the men
who are at the helm VIII it sail
more stately and carry better loads
now that financial SEES are smoother:
Will it continue to grow and come in
time to be a great institution, worthy
of the great State for which it labors?
have the faith that, having heard
and needed the plain call to TINS
work-(a call as binding upon my
heart and conscience as the call men
have TO the ministry the future will
be full of usefulness and power If the
paper is true to the highest ideals, and
always champions the cause OF those
who stand for Right, Justice, Equality,
Education and Temperance.
JOSEPHUS DANIELS.
Raleigh. N. c., Aug. II, 1904.
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always-he struck the right key
whether it was pathos or drama or
humor. And it was not comment but
the thing painted as it was-or the
thing that was there which nobody
saw but Christian.
During the days of the fusion legis
latures of 1895 and 1897, he became
known as the photograph" The
Populist and Republican members
came to look on him with awe. as q
sort Of supernaturalist. Strictly Sc
cret caucuses were nothing to him.
He would print the proceedings with
the full circumstantiality of a secre-
tary Of the meeting, except that always
the reader had with the proceedings
a picture Of the scene that bore the
marks of truth in every line and
flashed and scintillated with wit and
the warm quality of a human humour.
Occasionally the man picked out n
MARYLAND when he did he gave 1T
instant fame
Who can forget boom" of
changing Dog and the "Pee-dy- bee
commission?
Who can recall without a smile--if
he recalls it we'll, without the inclina-
ton to a tear--the time when Chris
tan went on a hunt for the commit
tee and it's clerk, tom" now Judge"
Purnell? How Little Billie" Bryan
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Ign If he would write his expert
: Illces as newspaper man they would
rich, rare and racy."
Yes" L replied. II have decided
20 resign and come back home to
cut The News and Observer"
he looked me straight in the face
ana said: well, you are a ID fool"
year after that, when everything
! ilao, and much collateral belonging
~ my friends, was pledged at the
pahk as security for what the paper
owed, and [ looked into what seemed
me biackncss of darkness. | sought
..G my friend Russ and said to him:
10 You remember that you called
me d fool when 1 resigned my
iyoo IN Washington TO try to make a
nViilg running a daily newspaper in
Raleigh ?'''
Perfectly" he said.
Wen" l said II wish to say to you
commercially that l have almost come
TO the painful conclusion that you
sized me up right"
But though depressed beyond
words, L always felt somehow, to quote
the words of an illiterate Randolph
county philosopher. frequently quoted
by MI. Herbert w. Jackson, an officer
IN the commercial and Farmers Bank
y ''i|'N ~IiiCL duly DIS treasurer Oh
News and Observer in those DAYS was
to often put up his own collaterals to
secure loan for the paper and whose
advice and financial assistance have
been of the highest valued | always
felt somehow or other if II would
keep up hopes and stick to 'em, after
awhile | would crawl out" The
Treasurer of the company gave me
another maxim that helped me keep
q cheerful face when maturing obi
cations had to be deferred for want
of cash. He said it was Russell Sage s
advice to young men: Next to a big
bank account, the best thing in the
world is q stiff upper lip" These two
maXims, one from "a Randolph county
philosopher, and one from the New
York financier. have helped me in
many an emergency and / commend
them to all young men who find the
path to success rough and hilly.
Brighter days came. The paper
climbed over the hill. 1T has paid all
it's debts Its income increases yearly,
and by continued hard work there is
every reason to hope for future that
will make a recurrence of the financial
anguish of the first six or seven years
following my connection with the
paper impossible. But the experience
and strenuous life made necessary by
the struggle have not been without
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INCIDENTS
=zHOBsERvAr1oNs.
nv II. l.. GRAY.


Tho brick building which is at pres
ent occupied by The News ana ObserN-
er was built in 1868 by Joe Prairie,
contractor. for the late Milton ). Lit
tlefield. of Raleigh. and the brick used
we've those left over after the con-
struction of the Market House. on
Fayetteville. and the old Prairie Build
ing. on Martin streets
And strangely enough in the light
of subsequent events. It's hrst heWspa-
nor tenant was the Standard, the bit
terest of Republican reconstruction
sheets. a paper which, during Recon-
struction. was published under the
of that Prince of Graf
ters M { Iittlefield, and came to an
and IN Tho early seventies when BLOW
your Horn Billy Smith delivered
himself of his famous epigram to the
effect that the Republican party is
not a reading party.
From the day it was occupied this
old building has been the political
storn, center of the State. What if it's
walls could speak, What tales might
come from the print shop behind this
office door from which there comes at
this moment the rhythmic clacklnS OF
the Linotype machines
In these rooms it was that Llttieheld
kent omen house with side-board in
the business office from which the
white and the black drank lndlscrlm-
inately to the intoxicatlon Oh rloaId