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Smyrna times., 1904-06-08
TRAVELLING IN INDIA.
One Must Hire a Native Servant or
Endure Endless Trouble.

Endure EnulcSs
Every one who goes to India to travel
or live at hotels, says the Chicago Rec
Ord-HeraId. must have Il personal serv-
ant, a native who performs the duties
Of valet, waiter and errand boy and
whatever else may be required of him.
This is a fixed custom of the country,
to resist which brings endless trouble
to the traveller.
Many of the Indian hotels expect the
guests to bring all their own servants,
both chambermaids and walters, ana
ire consequently so short handed that
the traveller who comes without them
has usually to wait upon himself.
On the railways a native servant is
quite Indispensable, for travellers are
required to carry their own bedding,
make their own beds and furnish their
own towels. The company provides
bench to sleep on similar to those in
| American freight cabooSes.
Each car has also a washrOOm and
| sometimes water. But if the traveller
| wishes to be sure of washing his face
in the morning and if he is wise he will
send his servant to the station master
before the train starts and ask to have
the water tank filled. Then a HindoO
with a goatskin full of water will
climb to the roof of the car and fill it
and. having descended, will stand be
fore the door and touch his forehead
every time the traveller looks toward
him till he receives Il penny.
At the eating houses along the road
the servant will have to raid the ta
bles and shelves for food and bring il
to the car for his master. since no wait
ers are provided. In addition he viii
hire baggage carriers and will attend
to all the details of catching trains ant
engaging rooms.
A good servant can be hired for ST.
a month. Poorer bearers" as they ar
called, can be engaged for 50 or So
month and expect to find" them
selves. but the traveller must pay rail
way fare for them.
Smyrna times., 1904-06-08
II Ynu WouId Live.

If your name is to live at all, it is
so much more to have it live in peo-
pies hearts than only in their brains
l don't know that ones eyes fill with
tears when he thinks of the famous
inventor of lOgarithms, but a song Of
Burns or a hymn of Charles Wesley's
goes straight to your heart. and you
can't help loving both of them, sinner
as well as saint. The work OF other
men lives, but their personality dies
out of their labors. The poet who re-
produces himself in his creation as no
other artist does or can goes down to
posterity with all his personality
blended with whatever is imperishable
in his song.-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
Smyrna times., 1904-06-08

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Smyrna times., 1904-06-08

two birds with
one stone by
driving tw o
sharpened strips
of board on the
sunny side of
the tree. as
shown in the
cut, tying a bit
of cord about
the top. advises
American Agri-
culturist.
This guards
against both
sun and wind,
and the tre e
Smyrna times., 1904-06-08
TREE SHELTER.

VIII haVe '"I'" - ''
much better chance of getting safely
through the critical first season. This
protection can be left on during the
winter and will prevent effectively in
fury from rabbits, mice, etc. Renew as
often as necessary until the tree has
passed the danger period.
Smyrna times., 1904-06-08
DELAWARE COLLEGE
session of eOl-S begins sept. srh, 1904.
NEWARK, DELAWARE.

session of 9Ol-5 begins sept. I3th, 9O4.
Entrance examinations will be held at
any of the following named places, on June
17th and 18th, 1904. if notice is sent to the
President: Newark. MiddletOwn. Smyrna.
Dover, Milford, Georgetown, Lewes, sea-
fo~d, Laurel
Examinations for entrance viii be held IN
the College on September 18th and 14th 1904
Candidates should present themselves for
examination in June. as they viii then have
opportunity to make up at the examination
at the College IN September any deficiencies
that may be discovered.
Tuition tree to all students from Della
ware.
For any information about the College
! write to the President. Catalogues sent
upon application.
les GEO. A. fiARTER, President.
Smyrna times., 1904-06-08
Protection From SUN scaId.

Sun Scald kills thousands of newly
set trees. The wind also whips them
numerically unless supported. Kill
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14
MONDAY EVENING,

soldiers relief fund Of the state. This
aid did not average more than SIG
per capita for the year, or less than
one-thirteenth OF the amount the state
Is spending on the inmates OF the
home. The trustees take the position
that in equal Justice to those who have
not been admitted to the home, 1t Is
only fair that the veterans who are
being maintained in comfort by the
state should give something from their
incomes to help out the relief fund
and increase the aid to the needy ones
who are not so fortunate. Until the
state builds cottage homes for the sup
port of dependent veterans and their
wives, they must struggle along on
the scanty allowance the relief fund
affords, and to turn over this $4,000
of pension money to the inmates of
the home would reduce the distribu-
ton just that much.
The trustees are old soldiers them
selves, conscientious in administering
the funds in their hands, and as long
as the law and the G.. A. r. depart
ment encampment uphold their course
1t should not be condemned on senti-
mental grounds by outsiders not in
possession of the facts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14
WHERE WAR is NOT "HELL"

Z
A midshipman on shore leave from the
United States cruiser Baltimore, which
has just returned from Santo Domingo,
told this story to a New York Sun
reporter the other day Of the way 10
which war is carried on down there:
We were lying just below the govern
ment gunboat Presidente.' he said, .sand
they were Smelling the insurgents camp.
There was one white gunner managing
what took to be a 3-inch gun. That was
the only gun in action.
He fired 1t off about once in fifteen
minutes. and 1t was elevated at an angle
Of about thirty degrees so that he shot
over the camp every time
Between times he crossed over to the
other side of the Presidente and attended
to half dozen fish lines he had out. When
the negroes who were helping him had re-
loaded the gun he would cross over and
shoot it again If he didn't happen to be
busy pulling up a fish. War? HUH
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Il ~ 7Ss&sl - *. t4si 90 a
AT THE THEATERs
RIiou-.aYon Yonson.n

III. {stN
Yon Yonson'' is billed as a Swedish
castonal melodramatic episodes are only
skin deep; underneath lies a story typi-
cal OF the many who have been nation
building in this northwest for the last
fifty years. For this reason, and also pc
cause Of its local interest, Minneapolis
always welcomes tsYon Yonson. The
hero seems to step out over the footlights,
seat himself comfortably, II bashfully, and
tell you all about it in his broken Amer
lean. The house roars over his homely
humor, applauds his singing and good
naturally enters into the spirit OF his
impromptu verse, in which he calls atten-
ton to patent peculiaritiess Of number
Of persons in the parquet.
Nelse B. Erickson's Yon Yonson is not
unfamiliar, for this is his second visit
to Minneapolis. He avoids horseplay and
confines himself to portraying simplicity
shrewdness and rugged honesty. The
support is fairly good in spots, and weak
In others.
Elizabeth B. Chester, as the Widow
Latin was compelled to repeat the much
abused "Bedelia'' because Of the clamol
from the gallery.
Josie Winters, as Yennie, played hel
part with more intelligence than any Other
member OF the company, Nelse Erickson
Of course, excepted.
Thomas O'Brien's Gerald Harcourt is
not even fair caricature Of an English
man; it is rather a painful burlesque.
The Imperial Comedy Four have thu
most novel Of the specialties-a quartz,
band Of bazoos in the form Of miniature
| instruments. Yesterday the gallery for.
got itself and sat unnoved thru lila.
watha;". in fact, it demanded more.
#. H. Manning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14
Minneapolis and the Cordage In
dustry.

The northwest will read with con-
siderable interest an article which we
publish to-day from our Washington
correspondent, calling attention to the
strong probability that congress will
before the adjournment of the present
hereafter all government supplies des-
tined for the Philippines must be car
ried in American vessels. This trade
aggregates about 100000 tons of mer-
chandise a year, and the $1,000
900 which it costs to handle it is all
paid to vessels flying the British, Ger
man and Norwegian flags. r.
There is food for thought in the
fact that the United States is the only
one Of the great powers Of the world
plies to be carried under foreign
flag, but aside from this there is a
local consideration which will cause
the pending bill to appeal with con-
siderable force to the entire north
west. AS is pointed out by Represen-
tative Stevens of st. Paul, a member
Of the house committee on merchant
marine and fisheries. which has been
considering this bill, If the proposed
legislation is enacted it will probably
cause the removal Of the cordage
manufacturing business of the coun-
try from the eastern Atlantic states to
the Pacific coast and the middle west.
Mr.. Stevens believes that Minneapolis
and Seattle are to become the princi-
pal points for the manufacture Of all
cordage supplies, and that this is the
probability is frankly admitted by the
cordage people themselves, who, be-
cause Of this threatened change. of
base, are strongly opposing the pro-
posed legislation.
There will be no reason under the
will establish why hemp from the
Philippines should be landed on the
Pacific coast, hauled across the CONT
nent for manufacture, and then
hauled back again to the points of
consumption.
The northwest will favor the pas
sage of the bill, both because 1t be-
lieves that the government supplies
should be carried in vessels which fly
the flag of the country, and because of
the cheaper price for which the farm
ers will be able to buy their Irvine
The cordage trust doesn't want the
legislation, and that is one reason why
it should be enacted. It will have a
tendency to break up the trust, which
is in restraint of trade.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14
Sensational Gables.

The sensation mongers have aban-
doned the idle tale Of a combination
between Russia, Germany and France
against Great Britain and are now ex-
plotting predictions of French partici-
patton with her ally, Russia, in the
war Of conquest the latter is waging,
under manifold acknowledgements,
against Japan, who has, so far. out
witted in strategy her huge antagonist.
The prediction is based upon the al
legged existence Of definite program
for joint naval action of France and
Russia against Japan, distracted from
the office Of the French general staff
by a French traitor who has been
placed under arrest. The second arti-
Gle Of the Anglo-Japan treaty Of 1902
binds England to go to the help OF
Japan If any other power joins Rus
STA to attack Japan. France, however
will not be likely to make an open
avowal Of such purpose, If the naval
program were true. She is more
likely to deny the report which is
propagated by military quidnuncs
and sensational magazine writer's. Al
long as the triple alliance Of Germany
Austro- Hungary and Italy exists there
is something of guaranty Of the
maintenance Of the peace Of Europe
for that alliance is of a purely defen.
sive character, in the interest Of peace
The broils Of soldiers belonging to the
British and French garrisons at Shan
hai-kwan, at the terminus of the Grea
Wall on the west shore of the Gulf O.
Liao-tung, something over 200 mile,
southwest Of Niu-chuang, are not nee
essarily causes of war. Our own gov
eminent has had considerable expert
ence in broils Of our marines in for
eign ports, with no serious results.
The existing Franco-Russian ALI
ance was entered into with the view
lon the part Of France, of having Rus
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14

Helen Reimensnyder Martin, author OF
"Tillie, a Mennonite Maid Century
company, reviewed in this column few
days ago, was born and brought up in
Lancaster, Pa, where her father, Rev
Cornelius c. Reimensnyder, was pastor Of
the Lutheran church. She studied al
Southern college, near Philadelphia, and
at Radcliffe, Cambridge, teaching English
for three years at the Bishop Hopkins
hall, an Episcopal school for girls She
was married in 1899 to Professor F. c.
Martin, a musician and lecturer on music
|>Mrs. Martin began writing while still a
young girl. and her sketches Of Pennsyl-
vania Dutch life have appeared in many
magazines. Her present residence is Har.
rfsburg, Pa.
The Jo urnal in connection with
its review of ''Tillie," spoke Of her as
Miss Martin, enormously, as appears
from the above.
We are indebted to W. D. Scott. super.
intendent Of immigration, Ottawa, Can.
for copy Of Thru Canada In Harves,
Time, by James Lumsden, who came
across the water to see the ''sranary Of
| the British empire" while the grain wa.
being gathered. Mr.. Lumsden appear.
to have had his eyes open all of thu
time, and to have made liberal use O.
the eyes Of others in gathering interest
Ing facts about our neighbor to the north
These he tells instructively and entertain
ingly. He fell in love with Canada, ant
4 1t filled him with regret to return t,
his home across the Atlantic His ain
in writing the book, he says, is to ''ren
der an account Of the present state 0
the Canadian west to describe it's agri
cultural and mineral resources, and t.
i vi oS %1,4 Gov ,~~o TO-
the Dominion Of Canada (and to the PEG
pie Of the United Kingdom) Of the trans
| formation Of the prairie lands into grain
growing Provinces. He believes tina
great multitudes of British people vii
migrate to find brighter homes in Canad
and to help in furthering industry am
i commerce"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
People who have things to say to the
public that ought to be said are invited
to use this column. But the space Is
limited, and all communications must
be "bolIed down" as much as possible.
Three hundred words Is safe limit.
Three-cent Fares for School Children.

Three-cent Fares for School Children.
To tho Editor Of The Journal.
: few weeks since there appeared in
the columns of T h ournal a state
ment of the condition of the Twin City
Rapid Transit company, covering the
work of the past year. The splendid
financial showing revealed by that state
ment must have been most gratifying to
the stockholders. AS loyal citizens we are,
of course, glad to see Minneapolis en-
terpr1se make so fine a showing, especial
ly when we have contributed to that
result.
The average resident of Minneapolis,
however, has realized for a long time,
without the aid Of any statement, that
the street railway company has a good
thing" 1t is also well known to many
of us, that other cities, not so large as
Minneapolis, enjoy the luxury Of Scent
fares, and some even less rate, but
while am not going so far as to advo-
cate a reduction in the general fares at
this time, however we'll able the street
car company may be to make such reduc-
ton, do think it. not bit short Of an
injustice that our school children, on their
way to and from the high schools and
the university, should be required to pay
the full Scent fare. the same as wage
Garner Many poor children are obliged
to walk several miles each day to and
from school in all kinds of weather be.
cause their parents simply cannot afford
the burden Of street car fares. Many a
parent who can i'll afford 1t is paying d
tax Of 81 or $3.50 or 81 week in street
car fares to save his children these long
tiresome walks.
If the street car companies Of othe,
and smaller cities in this country car
make a half-fare, or 3-cent rate tt
school children, is it not high time tina,
our own street car company with it.
splendid financial showing, should be a:
liberal with its patrons? ID. M. b.
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sian help in her possible future war
with Germany for the reconQuest OF
Alsace-Lorraine, lost thru the stupen-
1t does not require much intelligence
to perceive that France, as the active
ally of Russia, would, In the event of
an attack upon England. have to bear
the severest stress Of British naval and
army operations, with only a compar-
atively narrow strip Of navigable
water between the two countries.
France is not known to have any.
first-rate general or admiral. Her
former experiences with the English
navy reveal a continuously adverse
record. Russia. moreover, could not
furnish any substantial help to her
ally, who would be taking the maxi
mum Of rick in her behalf, and be
compelled to sustain enormous sacri-
fees. All the previous attempts to
effect an alliance between France and
Russia failed because Of the absolute
ly irreconcileable political tendencies
of the two countries. The Tilsit and
Erfurt efforts of the Napoleonic re-
gime were only temporary conferences
Of two despots arranging for the d.
vision of the habitable globe between
them, terminated by antagonistic and
bloody activities. The attempts Of
Russia and France to get together
under Charles x. and Louis XVIII.
failed completely. In the secret mem
orandum as to Russia's foreign policy,
presented to the Car Alexander H., in
1854, the declaration was made: 1--WE
probably shall only to come to an UNI
derstanding with France, If we should
feel the need to turn Europe upside
down. but even then, that would be at
our expense"
It would puzzle an astute diplom-
atist to prove that either France or
Russia has derived any benefit from
the present alliance. A war between
France, and England in Russia's behalf
| would prove fearfully costly benevol-
ence for the French republic, and
present to the world the interesting
spectacle Of a republican government
going to the support of the most des-
potic and absolutist government in
| Europe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14

It is said that the Rockefellers and the
financial magnates associated with them
have concluded to support Roosevelt fol
president. It is hardly necessary to say
that this action Is not due to anything
that the president has done which might
be regarded as modification Of its atti-
tude toward the giants Of Wall street. II
Is simply a recognition on the part of cap.
ital that when a man does what is right he
is doing the best that can be done fol
legitimate and substantial business inter
ests.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14
The journal
Goes Home.
Soldiers Home Pensions.

On purely sentimental grounds, the
proposition to turn over to inmates
Of the Minnesota Soldiers Home all
the pension money they draw from
the government appeals to nearly
everyone. Indeed, it is rather a strik-
Ing fact that men Of the younger
generation are more in favor Of this
course than the members of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, who fought
side by side with the honored veterans
at the home. The old soldier has q
sentimental regard for his comrade,
and Is quick to protect him from in
Justice, yet succeeding encampments
of the Minnesota veterans have ap-
proved the custom of the trustees.
That custom, which is sanctioned by
state law passed In 1898, Is to allow
the inmates of the home 81 a month
out Of their pensions for spending
money, and retain the rest for the
soldiers relief fund. The inmates
themselves protest against this, and
are supported in their protest by many
of the veterans outside, but the last
encampment approved the course of
the board by vote of over five to one.
The members Of the board, by the
way, are all union veterans.
AS the question first Of all concerns
the veterans, the disposition has been
to let them decide it for themselves,
but the position Of the board of trus-
tees is not understood by the general
public. They do not withhold part
of the pension money because they
are afraid 1.-The old soldier will get
drunk" They do it for business rea-
sons, and because they consider ii
justice to the large number Of de-
pendent veterans and veterans
widows outside the home. These are
receiving aid from the state, but g
mere pittance compared to the
amount spent on those who are in the
home.
According to the last annual report
there were 383 inmates Of the home
at the end Of the year. Of whom BIS
had no wives or families. Their care
and support at the home costs s213 6
year. including all necessary clothins
and tobacco. While it costs in round
numbers $4,000 to run the home, tn.
inmates turned over to the state onl,
$4,000 from their pensions, and re.
ceived themselves $4,000 Of pension
money to spend as they saw fit.
Outside the home there were ITO:
dependent soldiers with wives. 7S4
dependent widows, IL dependent pa
rents, and 1872 dependent children
under 16. all receiving aid from thu
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14

to-day seems to lay the blame for the
Bristow report, or at least for publicity
with regard to it, where it belongs-not
upon Bristow, but upon Congressman
Overstreet Of Indiana The report was
harmless so long as it remained in the
assistant postmaster generals desk, and
not until it was dragged out by Mr..
Overstreet did it's contents become mat
ter Of any interest to the members or to
the public; and Mr. Bristow is not re-
sponsible for the publicity which the re-
port received. RI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-14
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Almost Very Great Poet Is Discovered
BY Impressions Quarterly, San Francisco
A Psychological Year 6ook-Mrs. Mar
tin Not miss" Martln-"Thru Canada
In Harvest Time"

/. b y 81 b ~. i i
A new and great almost very great"
poet has been discovered by Impressions
Quarterly, published by Paul Elder & Co.,
San francisco. His name is George Ster-
ling, fitting name for a poet Of such
genuine worth as Impressions would make
MIN out. Impressions, however, warns
it's readers that 1--WE cannot judge him
OF his meaning without a great deal OF
thought" And is not that very true OF
some Of our very great poets, Browning
Or Whitman, for example? 1.-THE Testi-
mony of the Suns" is a poem quoted al
length to prove the sterling qualities OF
Mr.. Sterling's poetry. just to take q
sample:
Shall Godhead dream transient thing?
Strives He for that which now He lacks?
Shall laws dominion melt as wax
At touch of Hopes irradiant wing?
Are these the towers His hands have wrought
Dreams He the dream Of end and plan
Dear to the fn1ty of man,
And shall mutation rule his thought?
For these tremendous questions Mr.
Sterling, it seems, finds no answer be.
yond this, which to us falls short Of the
insight which characterizes the very great
poets, but then Mr.. Sterling is only al.
most very great"
So shall thy seed on worlds to be,
At affairs built to suns afar,
Crave from the silence Of the star
Solution Of the mystery.
And crave unanswered, till, denied
BY cosmc gloom and stellar glare,
The brains are dust that bore the pray'r.
And dust the yearning lips that cried.
With the writer in Impressions, we Xix,
these lines:
Alone watched one twilight time
A little cloud 80 by,
Remote within the fairer cline
OF sunsets cleaning sky.
So far, bright, it drifted on
Ger oceans azure wall,
could but muse of glories gone,
In days beyond recall.