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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12
HUGE CUsPIDoR ON HENNEPIN

A large, artistic sign in front of G.
E. Raney's "Up-to-Date" Cigar Store,
at 254 Hennepin, over a huge red
cuspidOr, reads thus:
If you want to lay up money,
And avoid a lot of talk,
Obey the City Ordinance,
Don't spit upon the walk.
SPIT HERE.
Mr.. Raney has displayed great in
dividuality as an up-to-date adver-
tiser. His original cartoon ads, dis
played daily in front Of his store,
have been the subject of considerable
comment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12
WOMEN WILL ENTERTAIN
Women's Union Label League Arrange.
Ambitious Program.

One Of the most ambitious entertain
ments recently given in the interests Of
local union labor is being planned by the
Minneapolis Women's Union Label league
for Feb 9. The affair will be given in the
Fourth Ward Republican wigwam and will
be Of a social and an educational nature.
C. F. Ceilley the general organizer of the
American Federation of Labor, will give
the address Of the evening. His subject
will be the union label. Stereopticon il
Illustrations will be shown. There will also
be a vaudeville program under the direc-
tion Of William Shannon, a member Of the
Mlllers union.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12
rs KICKED IF HE sWEARS
Plan That Works Change In A. L
Doux's Habits

Plan That Works Change In A. lie
Douxs Habits.
One of the best examples Of the power
Of the new year to develop resolution on
the part Of the erring is being exhibited
at the West hotel.
Albert LIE Doux, cashier, is ordinarily
one Of the mildest hammered of men. but
occasionally, either thru the effect Of as
ISOLATION or because uncommonly irr1-
tated by insistent demands Of patrons who
seek financial accommodations which the
the hotel cannot give, he has been prone
to discard simple. unadorned English and
drop into a most picturesque tongue.
But with the coming Of the new year
Mr.. LIE Doux has taken a more solemn
view Of things, and with the assistance OF
his fellow desk men proposes to do bet
ter. That is why there is posted where
all who run may read the following dec.
laratiOn:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12
DR.. PETRI HONORED
Asked to Speak at a Golden Jubilee al

Asked to Speak at a Golden Jubilee at
- Rockford.
DR.. CD. Petri, pastor Of Augustana
Swedish Lutheran church, has been in
vited to deliver an address at the golden
jubilee of the Swedish Lutheran church at
Rockford, ILL.,, the largest church in the
Augustana synod. The jubilee celebration
will be held Jan. 1917, the first day being
the anniversary of the organization Of
the congregation. DR.. Petri will address
the young peoples meeting Jan. 16, and
Sunday will preach the sermon. DR.. L. A.
Johnston of st. Paul, a former resident
of Rockford and one time pastor of the
church, will also take part in the jubilee
exercises.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12
HE STOLE LEAD PIPE

A Telephone Company Ernploye Pleads
Guilty to Petty Larceny.
Bert Roberts. an employee of.the North
western Telephone company. was given
a sentence Of s25. or thirty days for petty
larceny this morning He pleaded guilty
to stealing quantity Of lead pipe used
in making conduits,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12
POLICE COURT RECORD
Shows $3.50 Arrests and 2,ats Workhouse
Sentences

The municipal court record for 1903 is
remarkable in several respects There
were $3.50 arrests and 2,319 men sent to
the workhouse. 1929 fined and 694 dis
charged The remainder were disposed Of
by different methods. Several children
were sent to the training school and 9th
ers were placed on probation.
Out of the entire number of men ar
rested only five admitted that they could
not read and write.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12
HUNTING A FIRE BUG
S. A. Rerni Seeks Man Who Tries to Burn
...-.. His Saloon,

S. A. Berni, saloon keeper at First av-
enue S and First street, has offered a re-
ward of 500 for the capture of the per-
son who has tried to burn his place of
business six times within the last two
months. The flrebug always places paper
and Oil under rear steps and lights it
without being caught. The 500 is in the
hands of Chief Canterbury Of the fire de-
partment.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12
GOING TO BIG AUTO SHOW
A. w. Strong VIII Attend New York Show

A. W. Strong, who has the Minneapolis
agency for the Columbia automobiles,
will leave Thursday night for New York
to attend the great automobile show, to
be held in Madison Square Garden next
week. ..-
Before leaving, Mr.. Strong will be glad
to talk with any who wish special in
formation obtainable at the New York
show about any Of the machines to be
exhibited there. .-. '..
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TROUBLE FOR NOTHING

HlghWayman Lost Valuable Time by
Holding Up A. Mason.
A. Mason, 1916 Fifth street NE, was
held up yesterday morning at o'clock at
Sixteenth avenue NE and Jefferson street,
but had no money on his person. He gave
the police a good description Of the high
Wayman.
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Paul Jensen and D. P. Conroy :
can give me a kick whenever
they hear me swear or say vulgar
things. A. H. LIE Doux.

The official kickers named in the docu-
ment are respectively the bookkeeper and
clerk of the hotel.
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YOUNG MAN ROBBED

Frank Pfeiffer Says Thugs Knocked Him
Down.
Frank Pfeiffer. % years old says that
he was attacked by robbers early this
morning at Hennepin and Lyndale ave-
nues. He said the robbers knocked him
down, took $40 from his pockets and left
him lying in dazed condition beside the
street car track $40 i5sf35 sSs5s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12

Annual Clearance Sale 81
At Dayton's starts Wednesday. See
ad on page 8.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12

With This Wonderful, Mysterious Power Have
Made People Deaf for Years Hear the Tick
Of q Watch in Few Minutes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-12

Andrews Hot Water Heating makes
home comfortable. 700 Globe building.
Subscribe for all magazines, papers. ETC.,
and get your binding done at Century
News Stand, Third street, near Hennepin
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lie divorce auSCanada ct
aux EtatS-UniS

J"L'Avenir National de Man
chester n. H.:
Au cours des r6centes conven-
tions religieuses, on de nouveau
attire Pattention sur les maux de-
plorables engendres par la fr6-
quence du divorce aux Etats- Unis.
A CO propos on a fait une compa-
raison entire le nombre de divorces
accord6s au Canada ct ceux accor-
d6s aux Etats-Unis. Nous donnons,
ci-dessous, ces chifres qui cffrent
ample mati6re a r6fexion s6rieu-
he
Durant les trente quatre ann6es
qui ont prec6de 1901, c'est-a-dire
depuis l6tablissement de la conf6-
d6ration canadienne, IL y Gu pas
moins de 100000 divorces d'accor.
d6s aux Etats- -Unis. Pendant Ia
meme periodic il ny en- a Gu que
SO au Canada. II est vrai que la
population des Etats Unis est
bien sup6rieure a celle du Canada,
majs en- tenant compte de la djff6-
renee, voyons le r6sultRt.
lily aux Etats- Unis douze foie
autant Inhabitants qu'au Canada,
ct dependant les d6crets de divor-
ces ~ ont etc 10000 fois aussi
nombreux. Siles divorces aux
Etats- Unis eussent 6t6 les memee
par tote de population, nous on
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CANADA

Montr6al-Edouard Toazin, age
de IL ans, dams un acces de rage
soudaine, a advertisement mordu ses
deux petits freres.
L'enrag6 a etc arret6 ct sera
examine par un m6decin.
Sault Ste-Marie, Ont. Joseph
Chartrand 6t6 condamn6 q etre
pendu le ssamedi, II }.d6cembre
proclaim, dams la prison du Sault
Ste Marie, pour avoir assassin6 lie
detective provincial William Ir-
wing, qui cherchait q Far
reter a bord dun train, a Web
wood, le vendredi, IL JUN der
nier.
Les jur6s ont d6lib6r6 une heu-
re ct demie, apres le resume des
d6bats fait par le juge Osier.
Roxton-Falls. Que. Un bien
p6nible accident Went d'arriver
dams notre localit6: Emma Robi-
taille, fIlette de huit ans, a trouv6
la mort dams de tristes clrconstan-
ces.
En- iouant avec d'autres enfants,
tandis que ses parents etaient oc-
cup6s B traire leurs vaches, ellie
sauta sur un tas de bois enfamme
dams lequel ellie s'embarassa, ct ne
but en- sortir. Ellie q recu d'affreu.
ses brnlures,
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mais P6nicaut qui await remont6
ce feuve, calcutalt d'apr6s la gau-
che ct la dro1te de sa personne.
LIE .ler octobre, on await fait A
ieues d'exploration, tant sur la
Saint Pierre que le long de la RI
Were Verte qui sly d6charge. lie
travail des mines dura tout Phi
YER. En- mai l70l, Lesueur avec
P6nicaut ct douze hommes des-
cendalt q la mer, laissant
dix ou douze personnes pour con-
tinuer lextraction du mineral. II
rapportalt une certaine quantit6
de terre bleue ct verte que l'on ex-
p6dia en- France ct don't on men
tendit plus parler. Quand au pos
to de la riviere Saint Pierre, il fut
abandonn6.
Au mois de JUN l70l Lesueur
fut autoris6 a envoyer en- France
les marchandises quill await q
Montreal, pourvu quill ny cut pas
de castor mel6 parmi ses effets.
En- avril 1902 il s'embarqua pour
la France avec d. [berville. C'est
alors quill aida Guillaume De
L'Isle a dresser la Carte de la
riviere de Mississippi sur les me-
moires de NJ. le Sueur qui en- a
pris avec la boussole tous les tours
ct d6tours depuis la mer jusqu'a
la riviere Saint-Pierre ct a prls la
hauteur du pole Ell plus1eurs en-
droits." }" Get Outrage est en- cling
sections de 3Ox20 pouces chacune
ct tres b1en execute.
En- 17O3, LIE Sueur trafquait au
pays des Sioux, en- vertu dun pri-
vil6ge que le roi lui await accord6
en- mai l702. Un m6noire en- date
du IA JUN 1704 avertit le gouver-
neur general que le roi permet q
la dame Lesueur de rejoindre son
mari a la Louisiana. J'ai WI quel-
que part, vers CO meme temps une
allusion a leur fills, Louis Lesueur,
qui devait etre un enfart au ber-
ceau.
Enfin, quelques ann6es plus tard
Pierre Charles Lesueur retour-
,nant de France q la Loyliane,
m ourut dams la traversee. ia veu-
We a d1 retourner au Canada puis-
que ses files SO sont mari6es, Ma
RE a Boucherville en- l7l3, ct
Louise Marguerite a Montreal zen
l7l8.
BENJAMIN Suite.
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A ses cr1s ses parents accour u.
res, mais trop tard, h6las!
L'enfant est morte une dem1.
heure apres, dams d,atroces souf-
frances.
Winnipeg-L'as L'association des
marchands de grains du Nord-
Quest public son rapport annuel
sur les 16coltes.
La moyenne de la recolte du bic
pour le Manitoba ct les Territoi-
res, est donn6e CONNIE Giant de IL
IL boisseaux par acre, avec 1920
All acres, ce qui fait un total de
59,857, 100 boisseaux.
La r6colte de pavoine est de
pres de 45,000,0O0 de boisseaux,
avec une moyenne par acre dc AZ
boisseaux.
La r6colte de Forge a 6t6 de To-
100000 boisseaux, une moyenne
dc 26.8 boisseaux l'acre.
La r6colte de lin est dun peu
plus de 100000 boisseaux, avec
une moyenne par acre de LIZ
boisseaux.
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BTATS- -UNlS

Lowell, Mass.-Apr4s une fer.
meture de trois mois, les flatures
Boot, de cette vile, reprendront
leurs operations le Ter novembre
proclaim.
Shapley, Maine Andrew Dow.
dridye, de Shapley, 9 tue son com
pagnon de chasse, Elmer Johson,
le prenant pour un cheyreuil. !,
Saugus,' Macs Lies Glatures de
cotton Pranker, ferm6ss depuis dix
ans, rouvriront sous peu leurs por-
tes.
| ElIes ont 6t6 c6d6es a la Saugus
Manufacturing Company, form6e
de capitalistes de New Bedford,
qui fabriquera les toiles fines.
/ New-Raven. Conn., demo-
crates du Connecticut qui ont sui
Wit M. Bryan en- 1896 ct 1900 ont
charge un des leurs, Charles Gay,
de poser au candidat Parker dix
Questions sur la question monetai-,
Ire.
Si M. Parker ny r6pond pas a
leur go1t-et la chose est douteu-
sells voteront pour le president
Roosevelt.
West Palm Beach. 9Florlde-
Un 6pouvantable cyclone pass6
sur la basse p6ninsule de la Flori-
de, semant la d6solation ct la mort
sur son chemln. LIE quatre mats
barque James p. Judge, voya-
geant entire Philadelphia, la Hava-
ne ct jackson. ainsi que la barque
anglalse Melrose, ont cts r6duites
en- pieces par Ia tempete.
Bartlett, N. H.-Pendant une
excursion de chasse, Leon Berge-
ron etc pris pour un chevreuil
par Edgar Cobb, tous deux de Get
te localit6, ct tue instantan6ment.
Les deux hommes ignoraient r6ci-
procurement leur presence dams le
voisinage ct Cobb voyant quelque
chose qui s'agitait dams les t6n6-
bres, fit feu croyant que c'6tait un
chevreuil
Washington-Une d6peche an
nonce qu'un grand m6contente-
ment regne Panama ct qu'une
revolution y est pr6dlte pour le 3
novembre proclaim, le premier
anniversaire de la secession d'a
vec la Colombo.
Un battalion de soldats d'infan-
ter1e des Etats- Unis a 1ecu Pordre
de SO rendre q Panama pour y pro-
t6ger les int6rets americans.
LIE secr6taire de la guerre Taft
part pour le Panama Oh il va rem
plir une mission diplomatique.
Philadelphia - Ayant pass6
avec success un examen devant les
Inspectors de la navigation, Mile
Jane Morgan, file de M. Randall
Morgan, fnancier de Philadelphia
a 6t6 recue capitaine au long cours
"pour tous les oceans CONNIE le
porte son brevet. Ellie aura done le
droit de commander le yacht q
vapeur de son pere, le "Waturus',
actuellement dams les chantiers de
Cramps.
C'est pour pouvoir commander
lie "Waturus' que Mile Jane Nor
gan a voulu devenir capltaine au
long cours. Prendre ce commando
ment 6tait pobjet de ses plus ar
dents d6sirs; aussi a-t-elle 6tudl6
ct pratiqu6 pendant deux ans, sous
la direction dun marin experiment
t6, qui Ia initi6e q tous les secrets
du rude meter.
lie "Waturus' a 210 pieds de |
long, 27 de large ct Is tirant d'eau.
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DIR j, GENDEoN.
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aurlons Gu molns de 2,OOO pen
dant le laps de temps pr6cipit6.
Autrement dit, il y en- aurait Gu
698, 900 de moins.
Mais quelle est la raison de Get
to enorme difference? Ellie nest
pas di&cile a trouver, dit le "Gui-
dom. Au Canada, on consid4re lie
marriage CONNIE un contrat s6rieux
ct sacr6. Aux Etats -Unis, on le re-
garde g6n6ralement CONNIE un ex-
p6dient passenger. Au Canada il
ny qu'une cause d'admise pour
une separation l6gale, c'est celle
qui est bas6e sur la violation ou-
verte de la fd6lit6 conjugale. Et
meme dams ce cas- Ia, ellie nest pas
laiss6e a la decision dun tribunal
de justice ordinaire, mais ce sont
settlement les deux chambres du
parlement qni ont le pouvoir d'ac-
corder le divorce. Ce nest pas
tout. II do1t etre dome un avis de
six mois ct le projet d'instance en-
divorce doit etre public dams deux
journaux de la localit6 Oh demenre
le plaignant ou sill ny en- a pas,
dams la vile la plus proche de me-
me que dams Iorgane oficiel du
gouvernemt. Les garties sont obli-
gees de Sc faire. repr6senter
par des conseils ct elles doivent
toutes deux comparative a Ottawa,
od est le siege du gouvernement.
Celia co1te tres cher au Canada
pour ,obtenir un d6cret de divorce.
LIE poursuivant ne sen retire ia.
mais a moihs de $1,000 ct meme
plus. LIE but de celia est de met
tre le plus de difficulties possibles
dams l'obtention du divorce. D'a-
pres le r6sultat on volt que c'est Ia
un excellent moyen pour enrayer
la plaie du divorce.
Quelques- uns peuvent pr6ten-
Dire quill est injuste de METRE des
obstacles dams le chemln de ceux
que lon considere g6n6ralement
CONNIE ayant de bons motifs pour
divorcer ct que d'autres maux peu
vent s'ensuivre. Mais nous r6pon-
drons quill nest pas plus injuste
d'imposer ces restrictions q Poc-
troi des divorces que de le refuser
absolument, CONNIE lie fait lEgli-
SO catholique qui ne fait que sane
tionner une loi divine-lindissolu-
bilit6 du lien conjugal.
Quill y ait des marriages NAL
heureux, quill ait des personnes
qui n'auraient jamais dt contractor
marriage, nous admettons celia:
nous ne Mons pas non plus gull
r6sulte des maux de ces marriages
NAL assortis. Mais nous soutenons
encore que les miseres qui result
tent de cette condition sont loin
d'entrer en- comparison avec les
effets funestes qui suivent un di-
vorce, surtout quand il est accord6
pour des raisons aussi folles ct
aussi futiles q q celles gen6rale-
ment consid6r6es suffisaDtes aux
Etats -Unls.
Les chifres que nous venons de
produire montrent que les Etats-
Un1s ont plus de divorces que
n'importe qu'elle autre nation ci-
vilis6e au monde. En- presence de
ces fats nous ne pouvons
nous empecher de croi.
re que nos freres de l'autre cote
de la ligne, qui ont le respect du
lien matrimonial, trouveront lcl
une autre raison, ct une raison
tres serieuse, pour ne pas vo1loir
:, u
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Chez le marchand de wins:

Chez le marchand de wins:
Je ne comprands pas pourquol
certains hommes ivres decrivent
en- marchant de tells zigzags.
Damesl c'est qu'lls ont peut-
etre aval6 de travers!
M. Bigorneau, chef de bureau
AN m1n1stAre de-. 6ternue bruy-
amment au moment Oh il rencon-
! tre le ministre, qui sort de son
Icablnet.
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Aledail1on

"EstherY tel 6tait son doux nom
Quand ellie WYATT sur la terre.
Quel sourire attrayant 6claire
Ce beau visage frais ct rond!
Sourire dun cell bleu profond
Qu1 brille sur ses dents 81 fines,
Perles aux notes crystalines,
Sourire exquis ct d6licat
Qui teint ses livres d'incarnat,
LAvres don't lhaleine odorante
Parfumait la parole aimante
VOLTA ces cheveux blonds boucl6s,
Sur son noble front relieves,
Et qui derriere cette oreille
Redundant en- rouleaux presses
Sur le cou blanc, cette merveille!
Ppis ses sourcils harmonieux
Ombrageant en- arcs gracieux
Les paupieres aux ellis soyeux,
Aux bord du nez don't la fnesse
Exprimeit la d6licatesse
Du sentiment, la tendresse,
Tel est ce medallion bien cher
Que je baise en- disant: "Esther!'
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chef de bureau une marque d'inte-
ret, s'arrete ct, avec solllcitude:
Vous avez dd prendre froid,
mon cher Bigorneau, lui dit-il.
LIE "cher Bigorneau," tout inter-
loqu6, de balbutier en- s'inclinant:
Je crois que j'a1 Gu Get honneur.
monsieur le ministre!
Voici les remedies qu'on peut
cultlver dams nos jardins.
L'asperge est calmante, aperiti-
We ct d1uretique.
La betterave salade est rafra1-
chissante.
LIE c6ler1 est ap6ritif ct meme
diur6tique; ses CRANES sont excl
tantes ct carminatives.
lie cerfeuil est excitant ct diu-
retlque.
La chicoree est TONGUE, laxati
We, f6brifuge ct d6purative.
LIE choux, au temps des 10
mains, etait un remede tous le 9
maux.s
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Nellie Lili est alice voir jouer
"Guillaume Tell''
Yes-tu bien amus6e?
Oh! oui, surtout quand Gull
laume tue avec son arbal6te uns
pomme sur la tete de son fills.
Abonnez youal ! ] EoHo DE
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TARIF DES ANNONCEs

Avis Chaque insertion 10 cts par liz
Tarif special pour lvs annonces au moie
ct lannee.
Demandes d'empl0l- l-demandes de de
mestiques ou employe yes-annonce pour
chambre -. pension annonces pour oh.
Jets perdus ou trouv6s.
Au taux UN OENTIN par mot
Nous enverrons un num9ro du Journal
q toute personne qul en- fera la deman- &
de-.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-14
EiA..:,IitiS Is Old.

FiSealit;s is Il disease that tioulshel
in England us far back as tlln four
tccnth century, only the tax that WAS
then imposed upon foreign goods Was Il
broken head IL the maker Of them.
When Wat I'Hler's people entered
Southwark in LII their anger WsaS 50
great a%Hins the Flemish Wcavprs and
other workers that they made the pro
nuncisftioff Of @h>ead 1ad cheese Il test
of the honest home worker, and who.
ever failed to pass il WIS deemed Il
Fleming and put To death. y century
later G3de's KentiShmen had Ter 0nc Of
their cries "sfhH foreigners forestaII
the market, and 50 En@Iishmen want
and S;alVpt"
Aboat 19so England WAS called the
Asylum Christi, 50 many We're the for
eign WoaNerS, brewers. silk workers
and jewelers. Who settled tAere. and II
popular saving in Henry VIII $ reign,
"'Fhc French teach us h0W TO make
hats and how to talk" them off. - shows
the Importance Of foreign made goods
at that time. London Standard.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-14
ELEVATING A CITY.
HOW GALVESTON is TO BE RAISED
ABOVE THE DANGER LINE.
A Mighty Measure of Precnution
Against the RavnEes of FIood-Im-
mensc Area to Re Filled-Lindon w.
Bates. Who Planned the Work.

When the city Of Galveston completes
its work of self preservation it will
have arisen SO high above the waters Of
the gulf of Mexico that all fear of q
recurrence of the disaster of Septem-
Der. 1900, which destroyed over $i0,-
100000 worth OF property and 5000
lives, will have forever disappeared.
Within a few weeks work Will be be-
gun on the task of raising the grade of
the city an average of about eight
feet over ar area of two square miles.
q work which viii require II 100000
cubic yards of filling. This great inn
provemcnt is the final step in Calves
tons scheme for protection. Never be
fore has a city of 10000 inhabitants at
tempted SO great a work. buildings
large and small have been raised but
an entire city never
Plan after plan was discussed hy the
state legislature. but the situation was
q difficult one to overcome. Galveston
island, long. narrow spit of sand
with the city on its eastern end, blocks
the entrance to Galveston bay, great
sheet of water. Exposed to the full
sweep of every southerly storm, stand
ing even in its highest parts only Il
few feet above the surface of the wa
ter, Galveston was at the mercy of the
gulf.
1t was finally decided to build sea
wall. Work was begun early i'll 1902,
and an immense barrier three and a
half miles long, seventeen feet high,
with q width of seventeen feet at the
base and five feet at the top, is nearly
completed. This great breakWater of
granite and concrete will cost the city
$1.19S, 900, exclusive of the driveway
which skirts the top of its entire
length. 1t was shown, however, that
without some additional security this
protection might itself become Il men
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-01-14
a PL-AGIARlS T..
The Sort OF Thief That Charles
Reade Pronounced Himself.

The nov"lstS who aspire toward alb
solutc originality Of plot might think
once in awIil" of the sources from
which certain masters drew their in
spiration and Of the calmnesS with
which those great workers picked up
whatever would serve them ut their
trade Charles Ecadc depended on the
newspapers as the living record of life
as it is. one day in the week he de-
voted 10 his Serapbooks. Passing events
seemed TO him of vital Importance, arc
the result of his colIatina appeared il
novels whose "purpoSc' told.
LII Never Too Late to Mend lie cx-
posed the crueIties placticed in the
prisons before the reform Was SUCCESS
ful, III Hard Cash he attacked the
abuses Of private lUnatic asyums; in
Put Yourself In His Place he opened
on trad" unions He WAS modern cru
sador One day he found in a ncwspa-
per certain structures on this manner
Of work His rage was instant and vio-
lent
'.fIa@ialstn he roared, crushing the
paper. "Of course I am a pla@iarist.
Shakespeare WAS pla@iariSt. Moliere
WAS Il plagi1list. We all pla%iariZe all
except those idiots Who are too aSinine
10 profit hy the works Of their supe-
riorS, Surely every blockheAd out of Il
lunatic asylum except those idiots
mast know that since Iiomors time all
authors have patodied his incidents
and paraphrasod his sentiments Mo-
lierc took his own where he found it.
The thief of all thieves WAS the War
wicllSlfire thief Who stole right and
left from everybody But. then, he
found things lead and left them gold
That's the sort of thief am. -Iouth's
Companion.