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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20
HISTORIC ATMOSPHERE.
Motive IL the Ground Color for His
tOrical Pictures,

Motive IL the Ground Color for His
torical Pictures.
Unless IN author can maintain, with
out deviation, from the first to the last
pages of his book, the language Of the
period of which he writes, his work
will be better, his pages will be more
easily read; and whatever true atmos-
phere he may be able to create in other
ways will be more convincing If he
writes in the language of his own
times. No books have a stronger fla
vOr of their own period than the DAT
tagnan romances, well translated into
modern English. 1t were as we'll for
an English author to attempt to give
German atmosphere to a story Of Ger
man life by writing it in broken Eng
lish, as to attempt to give old-time fla
o to an old-time tale by writing In q
tongue composed of both the old and
the new. II l am right in my conclu-
sions, atmosphere may be impaired by
facts and language, subject to the con
ditions above stated. These two meth
DDS, although generally attempted,
more frequently fail than succeed.
Novels wherein old-time phrases and
historical facts only are relied upon to
give old-time color are accepted with
out question, perhaps, by those who do
not know the period of which the nov
els treat, or do not care to analyze the
question. But to an inquiring mind,
knowing the period, such a novel as to
it's atmosphere is usually as disap-
pointing as wet gunpowder. 1t is from
the setting Of the story and from the
acts, motives, and methods of thought
Of the characters that true atmosphere
may be impaired. What the charac-
tiers are made to feel, do, and say give
real atmosphere. What they say is the
important matter; not how they say it
Motive is the ground color for all his.
torical pictures. There is no period In
history of which we have a compAte
view. At best we can only catch
glimpses of the environment of men
and women who have preceded us, and
who have faded into the dim, hazy
light Of the past. We have but frag-
mentary pictures, that come to US in
sections, like the picture-blocks Of q
child, with many parts missing. Those
parts which We lack we try to fill in "a
best we can, guiding our hands, as We
draw, by the parts we have.-Charlea
Major in the June %Scribners.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20
BARGAIN COUNTER FARE.
Woman Bought Quickly the Ticket
Marked STAG.

Marked STAG.
She vas a short, stout woman. with
numerous parcels, and when she en-
tered the Grand Central station she
was putting so audibly that a drowsy
man on a seat jumped up, thinking 1t
was the train he was waiting for.
Reaching the ticket window she stack
ed her parcels on the floor, opened her
money bag and said to the agent With
in:
when does the next train for Sleepy
Corners leave?"
AT 3:15, madam" replied the
agent.
How far is 1t there?"
about sixty-fve miles"
What does a single ticket cost?"
"One-forty-nine, madam"
"One-forty-nine?" she repeated
How does that happen?"
We'll, madam, l guess the price Is
marked down from $3.50"
Smiling sweetly, she handed in the
money and grabbed the ticket with an
eagerness that proclaimed her appre'
citation of a bargain.-New York Press
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20
Denmark's Monarch Popular.

The king of Denmark is likely to
live until a descendant of his has
been a queen or a king in almost
every country Of Europe. His face is
familiar enough in old age as one OF
the gentlest, but somehow Or other,
despite his many years, he has missed
the good luck of being painted into
immortality, as all the portraits OF
him extant are photographs.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20
Not in the Same Class,

Verestchagin. the famous painter of
war scenes, who lost his life on the
battleship Petropavloysk, had many
curious experiences in this country.
One day at an exhibition of his paint
ings a rich broker said to him:
What is the lowest price you will
take for that picture?"
mot a penny less than $5,0O0," re-
piled the Russian artist.
ooh, l say, Mr.. w." protested the
broker, you can't expect to get so
much for your pictures as if you had
been dead for several centuries, like
Michael Angelo and that class of can,
vas decorators!"-New York Times.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20
Could You Use Any Kind Of a Sewing
Machine at ANY Price7

II there is any price SO low, any
offer so liberal that you would think
Of accepting on trial a new high-grade,
drop cabinet or upright Minnesota,
Singer, Wheeler & Wilson, Standard,
White or New Home Sewing Machine,
cut out and return this notice, and
you will receive by return mail, post
paid, free of cost, the handsomest sew
ing machine catalogue ever published.
1t will name you prices on the Mime
sofa, Singer, Wheeler & Wilson,
White, Standard and New Home sew
ing machines that will surprise you:
we will make you a new and attract
i've proposition, a sewing machine Of
fer that will astonish you.
II you can make any use Of any
sewing machine at any price, if any
kind Of an offer would interest you,
don't fail to write us at once (be sure
to cut out and return this special no.
tice) and get our latest book, our
latest offers, our new and most sur
prising proposition. Address
SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO.. Chicago
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20
DrAr1 OF OHIO, CITY or TOLEDO a..

Stat. OF L oa,o' 6 G,Tr o. TOLEDO 81.
FRANK j. CHENEY makes oath that he 10 senior
partner Of the arm OF +. j. CHENEY & Co., doing
business In tho City OF Toledo, County and STATE
aforesaid, and that said firm win pay the sum OF
ONE DOLLARS for each and every
HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my pres
ence, this 9th day Of December, A. d. 1886.
, A. W.. GLEASON,
sEAL NOTARY PUBLIC.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces OK the
system. Send for testimonials. free.
F.. j. CHENEY q CO., Ioleco, y.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20
A Poem,

Must poems always be a yard
Or less of words strung en- a page?
Do rhyme and meter make a bard,
With just a pinch of wisdom sage?
A fig for verse like that, say 1,
When Helen gayly passes by!
What swinging rhythm in her walk!
What symphony Of eye and hair!
One glimpse and Pegasus would balk.
Refuse to bulge, to soar in air!
No pleasure now for him to fly,
And Helen smiles while passing by.
Let bookworms scan the printed page
And over first editions" sigh; ..
Let poets fall into a rage
Because their wares I will not cry
The very soul of poetry
Thrills me when Helen passes by!
&C. F. Weeks in Boston Transcript.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20
Old Forty-Niner Dead.

L. D. Sunderland. known over .
great part of Iowa as Uncle Dow" Is
dead at Harlan, aged 70. Mr.. Sunder-
land went to Shelby county from Ohio
in 1852. Previous to that time he had
crossed the plains to the Pacific coast
and on his return via Panama 10 said
to have been the first man to bring
California gold to New York.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20
Can Il Be Possible!

"They say that women, as a rule,
don't like to use the telephone"
perhaps it's too easy to shut them
off."-Chicago Post.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20

Some people who look for vice with
a telescope can't distinguish virtue
with a magnifying glass.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1904-05-20

Lots Of people come to grief by
meeting trouble half way.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
JOHNSON CASE IS CALLED
TRIAL OF FORMER SUPERINTEND-
EMIT OF THE POOR TO FOLLOW
JAIL AND AMES CASES.

"The case stands for trial. was the
only remark made. this morning when
Judge A. M. Harrison called the case
of the state against William, II. John
son, former superintendent Of the poor eS
public records. The case was set for
today but could not be reached. 1t is
the intention of the county attorney to
try Johnson as soon as the jail cases
and the Ames case are disposed of. The
defendant has been tried twice, once
with conviction and a new trial grant
ed, and the latter time with an acquit-
tai.
The number of prisoners waiting to
be tried on indictments is being rap
idly decreased by trial and by pleas
of guilty. This morning the following
were remanded , to await sentence:
Frank Geelin, grand larceny in the sec.
ond and burglary in the third degree;
Roy c. Jennings, forgery in the second
degree; John Martin, grand larceny in
the second degree. Martin is said to
be mentally unbalanced and will be ex
amined by the county physician.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
WHY THE GIRLS GO'WR0NG
MRS. H. A. TOWNE SAYS STEP
MOTHERS ARE MOST FREQUENT
CAUSE OF WAYWARDNESS.

"What is the fundamental cause for
the incorrigibility of the girls in the
training school at Red Wing9' asked
a woman at the meeting of the Liberal
Union of Minnesota Women this morn
ing; g. onro - b orc ,, ,,ronont7v resnond ed
the girls say they are unable to live
with their stepmothers and are driven
from home.'
The question and answer followed an
earnest appeal to the liberal women at
their meeting in All Souls church this
morning. The appeal was made by
Mrs. H. A. Towne. secretary of the
committee appointed by. the federated
clubs of the state to investigate the
girls, and was followed by a defense
of stepmothers and the announcement
that only too many mothers were un-
able to influence and direct their own
daughters. " s.;;,
Mrs. Towne has recently returned
from the east, where she. visited two
model training schools for girls, one IN
LANCASTER, Pa, and the other IN Gene
| both, and it is this cottage system
which the clubwomen want to substl
tute for the present building at Rec
Wing, where eighty girls live under the
dormitory plan. An appropriation vii
be asked from the legislature and the
| liberal women were urged to use thel1
influence to secure the passage OF tht
bill. A spirited discussion followed Mrs
| Towne's statement Of the existing con
ditions. .5, -.
The program was interrupted by tn
serving of box luncheon, and thel
Mrs. Frances Potter Of the universit,
read an able paper on ''Moses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
FIRST CRY FOR HELP
NORTH DAKOTA NEEDS HARVEST
HANDS, BUT EXPERTS DECLARE
MEN WILL BE AVAILABLE TO-
DAv

The first cry for help for the harvest
fields was raised this morning. j.. p.
Hopkins of York, N. D., wired Peter B:
Smith of the Minneapolis Chamber of
Commerce, that there is a scarcity of
men in that vicinity, that 200 are
needed to thresh and that 1926 a day
will be paid to good men.
The territory north and west of
Devils Lake needs men and has not had
enough at any time.
This is the first year in many that the
cry for harvest hands has not gone up
early in the season. Conditions are
different this year.
G. c. Dalrymple was in this morning
from Kelso, N. D. Harvest hands from
the west side Of the Red River, Mr.. Dial
rymple thinks, will strike the Devils
Lake country shortly and check any
fear of possible labor scarcity.
Most Of the farmers, Mr.. Dalrymple
says, are sending their wheat to market
to benefit by the high prices.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
MANY ENROLLED
AS COMMERCIALS
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS MAKE A
STUDY OF BUSINESS.
Twenty-Five Per Cent of the Pupils in
the Four Schools Taking the New
Course Some Enter It from Other
Departments.

The commercial course of study intro
duced in the Minneapolis high schools
this fall is proving g great success. 1T
is being taken by a large percentage Of
the students entered this year, and is
doing much towards making the high
men. a
In all, 332 students are taking the
new course-l36 at Central, 124 at the
East Side, 80 at the South Side, and 80
at the North Side high. The Central
is the only school with a special teacher,
Professor P. B. Thomas, who is in
the other three schools, different mem
bers Of the teaching corps divide the
new work. ~ .,,-. -.- '...
The high school principals are unan-
imous in the opinion that the establish
ment of the course will result in much
good. The great point gained, they
say, is that commercial students
cially among the young men-now take
a great interest in school whereas be-
fore many were listless, and looked upon
school work as drudgery.
The new course calls for six hours q
day in school the same as the Other
courses, but the subjects are all selected
with a view, to giving the student
tifc or classical education. Special at
tention is given in the new course tc
bookkeeping and advanced mathe
matics. - .: =. 49,
Not only have large number Of the
new students entered the course, but {
number from other courses are changing
to it. At the North high, fifteen sec
ond term, and fifteen third term stu
dents have enrolled as commercials. >
At the South school, thirty-four SECOND
term, and thirteen third term students
have changed to the new course.
| The students now taking the new
course represent 20 to 80 per cent of al
| those enrolled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
GRAND TRIBUNAL
THE MAIN ISSUE
HOT PYTHIAN FIGHT OVER ITS
CONTINUANCE PROMISED.
The Grand Lodge Of the Order Gathers
Here in Annual Session a a the Dele
gates Are Welcomed by Mayor
REPRESENTATIONS Sisters Grand
Lodge Also Meets.

This mornings session of the annual
assembly Of the Minnesota knights of
Pythlas marked the beginning of hot
~ contested fight to determine whether
the grand tribunal shall be continued.
The tri bunal determines the qualifca-
tions of members who have engaged in
the, occupations prohibited to members,
At present it has the right to suspend
or expel, and the members Of the tri-
bunal are anxious to retain that au-
thority: The split is about even. The
opposition charges that the tribunal
IS expensive and takes away the right
of the local lodges in determining their
own 3'sh4 at 1;71 1t IS probable that the
vention.
The session opened in Masonic TEN
pie with an address by Mayor James
q. Haynes, who welcomed the 200 dele
gates and expressed the honor that the
city felt in entertaining them. james
L. Cromwell spoke in response. After
the addresses, the executive session be:
gan with the report on credentials and
the seating of the delegates: This was
followed by the initiation of fifty three
past chancellors to the rank Of chan
cellors. ...- 80
A committee was appointed to wei
come Major General James R. Carna
han and present him to the convention
this afternoon. General Carnahan viii
represent Grand Chancellor Charles E
Shriyely of Richmond, Ind, at the con
vention.
The afternoon session was devoted tt
the discussion Of the supplementary
report of the grand chancellor concern
ing the recent sitting of the CRANE
tribunal and to the election Of officers
The only change in the, roster antici
pated is the selection Of G. S. Bartran
Of St. Paul to succeed James l.. Crom
well of Duluth as Minnesota grant
chancellor.
The annual assembly of the uniform
rank met last night in Masonic Templ
and appointed a committee to determine
the date and perfect arrangements TO
bly, be held at Lake City.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
gave the address of welcome and Mrs.

gave the address of welcome and Mrs.
Anna Kern Of Winona responded.
Mrs. J. G: F. Mccall, grand chief,
stated that the year had been unusually
prosperous, new temples had been estab:
1ished and there had been a gain Of
200 per cent in membership. The re-
ceipts were $1,000 and the expenditures
$500. Mrs. Mccall recommended that
the state be divided into six districts
and that the salary Of the grand mis-
tress Of records and correspondence be
Increased.
This evening memorial service will
be conducted by Myrtle temple, No. 2,
of St. Paul. Gate City temple, No: 10,
of Duluth, will exemplify the ritual.
The temple was awarded the banner
for ritualistic work for the year and
will be assisted this evening by North
Star temple, No. -, Of Minneapolis.
Last evening the grand officers were
guests of honor at a reception in the
parlors of the Hotel Nicollet.. A pro.
gram of music and recitations was
given and Mrs. Mccall spoke briefly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
SPIRIT OF WAR ABROAD
POLICE WE'RE COMPELLED TO
ROUND UP AND SEND IN TWO
SETS OF BELLIGERENTS.

Fights were frequent last night and
four men were, in police court TINS
duct. Sigward johnson and Paul
Jackson were charged with fighting
near the Seven Corners and George
Mike and George Benick were arrested
while in trouble at Thirteenth avenue
NE and Marshall street. johnson and
Mike both went to the workhouse for
five days each. l.: Benick paid a S. fine
and jackson was dismissed. ..
johnson and Jackson met in a saloon
and Johnson picked a quarrel. The
saloonkeeper threw johnson into the
street and when Jackson started for
home, johnson attacked him. When the
police interfered, Johnson was badly
pounded up.
Mike and Benick had attended a we'd
ding celebration in Northeast Mime
apolis and became. intoxicated.
Trouble started in the hall and they
were thrown out. The officers told
them to go home, but they tried to re-
new hostilities when Patrolmen Plant
and Frame arrested thenn.9zlat t5....1 -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
CITY NE VS.
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.


Minnesota-Showers and probably thun-
derstorms tonight and Wednesday; warm
er in east portion tonight; variable winds.
Observation-Disclosures and probably thun-
derstorms tonight and Wednesday,; rising
temperatures; fresh southeastern WINDS.
Upper Michigan-Showers tonight and
Wednesday; warmer tonight; fresh east
erly winds.
Iowa-Showers and thunderstorms to-
night and Wednesday; warmer In north
east portion tonight; cooler in west por-
ton Wednesday; variable winds.
North Dakota - Showers tonlsht;
Wednesday fair and cooler; variable
Winds shifting to northwest.
South Dakota - Partly cloudy. with
showers and thunderstorms tonight and
east portion Wednesday; cooler Wednes-
day; winds shifting to northwest.
Montana-Fair tonight and Wednesday;
cooler in southwest portion tonight and IN
east portion Wednesday; westerly winds
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
MIR, OUTRAM'S SUMMARY
He Tells How the Work in the Fields
Progresses. =

T. S. Outram, section director of the
weather bureau s climate and crop ser
vice, in his weekly review of Minnesota
weather and crops, issued today, says:
The early part Of the week was cooler
than the latter part, with frosts general
in the northern half of the state on the
Goth, 21st and 22d, and in exposed places
in the south. Light rains occurred in the
middle Of the week in central and north
ern portions, and at scattered southern
points late in the week. In the northern
half of the state the frosts have killed
all the tender vegetation and injured con-
siderable corn fodder, but in the southern
half, where most of the scorn is grown,
a good deal of the corn is safe, and much
of it is already in shock: the late corn
will hardly mature, and will probably
yield only soft corn or fodder.
| Threshing is now well advanced, tho
the showers of the week have caused de-
lay. Potatoes are being gathered rapid
ly; the rot continues both before and
after digging: Flowing is going on well,
but the work is difficult, because the
ground is dry and hard. Rye is coming
up nicely, and in the small region where
winter wheat is sown it. is coming up
| and looking WELL r..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
NEW 'U' BUILDING
TO Be FIREPROOF
UNIVERSITY MEN DISCUSS PLANS
WITH CONTROL BOARD.
The New Structure Will Occupy the
Site of the Gid Main Building,
Burned Last Week, but Will Be
Larger and Safer-The Northrop
Reception. -r.0

President Cyrus Northrop and Judge
Greenleaf Clark, representing the
board Of regents, had an extended con
ference with the state board of control
this morning in regard to the best
method of facing the predicament in
by the loss of the old main building.
The regents and the board of control
are in perfect accord. The situation
will be met this winter as already ar
ranged, and plans for a new building
will at once be made. All those pres
emit agreed that the new building should
be fireproof, larger than the, old, and
erected on the same site. rr. 4-
President Northrop. is we'll satlshed
with the present facilities of the ad-
ministrative department in the library
building and the plans for the new
building will include no provisions Tor
this branch.
The executive committee Of the re-
gents yesterday provided for the Pur-
chase of necessary books and supplies;
The fact that the main building had
no fire escapes has called the attention
of the university authorities to the fact
that this is true Of every building on
the campus.
The Northrop Reception.
The committee in charge of the re
ception for President and Mrs. North
rop Friday evening at the armory an
nounce that arrangements have beer
completed and that all who wish tt
meet and congratulate President North
rop on his SEVENTEEN birthday will have
the opportunity at that time. The
hours will be from to 10.
Miss Barbour to Kansas.
Miss Marguerite Barbour, assistant
physical director, has resigned and viii
go to the agricultural college at Man
haitian, Kan, to direct the department
of woman's athletics.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
MINNEAPOLIS IS PRETTIER'
City Proves Attractive to Ward Of ST.
Paul Charitable Institutions.

Mrs. Honora Lehan, for more than
ten years the ward of St. Paul charita-
BILE. institutions. has transferred her
troduced herself to the poor department
and the humane society. Mrs. Lehan
is 70 and familiar figure in the ST..
Paul police court. Sentence after
sentence for public intoxication was
served, but she did not improve.
F'I don It want to live in St. Paul, -
said the old woman to superintendent
Barton. ct think Minneapolis is a
much prettier and healthier town and
I like the people so much better. No,
thank you, I will live in Minneapolis. -
Mrs. Lehan's husband died few
months ago and her two daughters, dis
couraged over the prospects Of ever
doing anything for her, have aban-
| doned her.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
CAUGHT ALLEGED FORGER
Deputy Sheriff 10th Assists in Making
"Big Arrest

One Of the big catches Of the season
was made in Minneapolis this morning
when Deputy Sheriff George 10th and
Sheriff Bennett Williams Of Mankato
arrested O. w. Horton, said to be u
habitual forger and swindler wanted
in five states.
Mr.. 10th wanted this man a year
and wanted him badly, but Horton
been operating in Chicago, Kansas City,
various places in Nebraska and Colorado
and in Minnesota since then. .
He was taken to Mankato at O'Clock
and if the authorities fail Of convic-
ton there the prisoner will be tried
at other places.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-27
TROUBLE IN SIGHT
Predicament of Candidate Who Gave
Checks Too Freely.

That running for office is sometimes
a strenuous game is demonstrated by
the fact that one man who unsuccess-
fully aspired for nomination as a county
commissioner seems to have overstepped
himself financially. This man gave. a
number of checks out in payment for
certain "refreshment' bills and dues
to precinct workers. The checks were
given just before election. And now,
following the bad news that this can
didate received in the election returns,
are threats Of dire trouble made by
some of the men who have the checks,
with with two words stamped in red
ink on each: "No deposit. -