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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-08
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Driven by Hunger.


Driven to desperation by the pangs
of hunger, Frank Hickey, about 30,
and recent arrival in Minneapolis,
snatched purse from woman as she
was standing in front Of the show win
dow of Nicollet avenue department
store.
After getting the purse Hickey made
plunge through the crowd, lodged
around show case that stood in the
doorway, but was hemmed in and APP
pretended before he could make his es-
cape.
Hickey cried bitterly when locked up,
saying that he had never been in trou-
BILE before and laid the blame to the
desperate straits he had been in since
his arrival in the city.
The woman whose purse was taken
heard the story Hickey told the officers
and declared that she would not prose-
cute the young man.
"The purse contained only two dol
lars" she remarked, land believe he
is telling the truth and 1 haven't the
heart to prosecute him."
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1904-07-08

OMAN in politics comes be-
fore us internationally,
arousing a more or less idle
interest, according to local
ity and personality. Just
now the idle interest be-
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-16
Stage Ice Cream.

An amusing .break" once occurred
in a production of Camille" at the old
Walnut Street theater in Philadelphia.
In those days sea island cotton was
stage ice cream, just as molasses and
water was make believe Wine sherry
or port, according to the proportion of
molasses.
Armand and Camille We're at table,
where they had been discussing such
yiands as these, and their dialogue was
making the finest sort of an impression
on the crowded house. Enter maid
servant with candelabra Of the wab-
bliest sort imaginable. The scene was
SO engrossing that the maid was hard
ly noticed by the audience, but when
she had set down the candelabra be-
tween the unfortunate Camille and her
lover and one candle toppled over and
set the ice cream in a blaze the nerv-
Gus strain upon the house was broken
and the entire audience burst into a
roar Of laughter that brought down the
curtain.-Harper's Weekly.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-16
AN INSECT MENU.
Every Item Thereon Long Known
and Esteemed by Epicures.

Every Item Thereon Long Known
and Esteemed by Epicures.
Here is a typical insect menu of
which no one need be afraid to par
take, since every item has been known
and esteemed by insect eaters for gen
erations past. 1t was served rot long
ago, according to Pearson's WeclII,
at the table of a rich London g H.
who is also an enthusiastic advocate
Of an insectarian dietary:
Green Caterpillar Soup
Fried Locust with Wood Louise Sauce.
Curried Cockchafers.
Wasp Grubs Baked in the Comb
Stag Beetle Larvae on Toast.
Moths Baked in Batter.
Deviled Wireworms
GraSShopperS au Gratin.
The green caterpillars that compose
the soup feed entirely upon vegetables,
and mostly upon particular vegetables
most relished by. man, such as cab
bage and lettuce.
In appearance the soup itself is not
unlike clear turtle, while it's flavor Is
delicious.
The locusts, which constitute the sec
ond course, have, as every one Is
aware, been esteemed by gormands
the world over and from the remotest
antiquity. "Eat ye the locust after his
kind is the Biblical injunction, and
we know that John the Baptist is re-
corded as having lived for some con-
siderable time upon 'locusts and wild
honey"
There are of course many ways of
preparing them. They can be fried aft
er their legs and wings have been
plucked Off, which was, as a matter of
| fact, the process adopted in this par
ticular instance, or they may be pow
dered and baked into cakes or curried
or boiled, turning red like Holsters, in
the process.
The wood louise sauce if properly
made with fresh butter, flour, milk,
pepper and salt will be found fully
equal to shrimp, which it much resem-
bles in taste. Indeed the wood louise,
although he lives on land, is first cous-
in to that much relished crustacean.
/ Cockchafers, curried or otherwise,
are delicious if selected of seryicea-
Ulc Sic nv, wv oA y
their grubs when full grown. They
should then be at least two inches in
length and fat in proportion and may
be eaten uncooked, like oysters, or
stewed in milk.
Perhaps, however, the most tooth
some of all insect delicaces is that
which comes forth on our menu OF
the day." wasp grubs baked in the
comb. These grubs have been fed by
their parents on saccharine fluid
composed of fruit and vegetable juices
and are simply tiny balls of sugary
fat possessing flavor as exquisite as
it is unique. No one who has once
tasted them will ever again be sur
prised at the preference shown by fish
for this particular grub when used a.
bait
The stag beetle larva is of course
Identical with the cossus, which thu
old Roman epicures used to fatten TO
their table upon flour and wine. Th
sixth course should be served steamin!
hot, since there is no more appetizin!
!, odor than that emanating from
plump baked moth.
Deyiled wirewormS are eaten in tn
, form of a paste, spread upon sippets o
toasts, and taste not unlike anchovie
. when treated in similar fashion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-16
Divorce In New Guinea.

There is no need of divorce courts in
New Guinea When woman becomes
weary of her husband she simply
leaves him and goes back to her moth
er. When a husband tires Of his wife
he simply hits her over the head with
paddle, and If not killed outright she
is certainly made to realize that she is
no longer wanted. When a divorced"
woman marries again her former hus-
band rallies all his friends and con-
duets war dance in front Of her new
home. This ceremony, however, is not
as ugly as it looks. Its purpose is not
to kill anybody, but simply to satisfy
the grass widows honor.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-16
Had Them All.

A well known writer Of humorous
prose and verse was talking with
bibliomaniac when the latter said: "By
the way, I am collecting first editions
Of American authors. I want to add
your first book to my collection. Have
you any copies Of the first edition?"
EYES," answered the author. II have
all of them."-Critic.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-16
Thrice Blest.

"A pair Of deaf and dumb lovers
ought to consider themselves fortu-
nate"
''Why so?"
"Why, they can sit down in the mid
die Of the largest crowd and have a
nice, quiet New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-11-16

When man goes into the kitchen to
help his wife she has to drop every
hing and wait on him.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
INTERESTING GOSSIP
 OF PROMINENT PEOPLE
In the Ogden Party Are Men and Women Who Are Leaders In ln-
 teIIectual and Social Life. . Personal Notes.
BY ANNIE KENDRlcK WALKER.

70 z The week will be one of unusual bril- 1ancy, no week of the entire social sea- son having been an occasion of as much entertaining as will make social life in teresting from every point of view. Nearly all of Birmingham's representa- tive homes will have guests during the educational conference, and the many dis tinguished people attending it will make the entertainments of the week slgnally brilliant. while the Jefferson theatre, where the sessions of the conference will be held will present most interesting scenes.
 There will be a number of informal dinner parties Tuesday evening and on Wednesday afternoon there will be a public reception at he Hllman from 3 to G. The Hilman will be handsomely dec orated. and ab rililant party of Birming- ham women will receive the guests.
 On Thursday afternoon the visitors will visit the steel plant and furnaces, q luncheon to be served them en route. The Country club will keep house throughout the week, and the informal luncheons and dinner parties in compliment to the many prominent visiting women will add to the gaietes of the week.
 Among the charming events of the week will be the afternoon tea on Tuesday at which Mrs. James Bowron will entertain in compliment to her guest. Miss Bertha Schaefer of Italy A number of young women have been invited to meet Miss Schaefer informally.
 On Friday morning Mrs Harry Jones will entertain at cards in compliment to Mrs E. O. Hopkins and Mrs. Henry Hunter Mayberry and on Friday after noon Mrs. Lee c. Bradley will entertain at cards
 A brilliant and beautiful event of the week will be the garden party on Sat urday at which Col. and Mrs. T. o. Smith will entertain several hundred guests. the galties of the week to con cude with a large dinner dance at the club on Saturday evening.
 While MT. Robert c. ogden. president of the conference for education in the south, has on more than one occasion brought a distinguished party of guests to Alabama while travelling in the south, it has remained for the seventh annual meeting of the conference to be the au- spicious occasion for MT Ogden to visit Birmingham. Mr. and Mrs. Ogden and their party of one hundred guests will arrive in Birmingham on Tuesday. and will be at the Hilman. While much has been written of the distinguished men and women whom MT. Ogden has brought south, he Is the imposing figure of the conference, MT Ogden is a most prodigi- ous worker in the cause of education. He is president of the board of trustees of Hampton Institute Hampton, Va, is
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
CIRCUS LoBsTERs ON STRIKE.
They Demand More Pay for Drawing
 Clowns Chariot.

From the New York Times.
 With the beginning of the fourth week of the Barnum & Bailey circus at the Madison Square Garden several new acts were introduced last night The most thrilling was that of twelve clever riders who occupied three rings simultaneously In Ring No appeared the Clarke family; in Ring No 2, Wal lette, Derrick, Miss Bradna and Miss Wentworth, and in Ring No the two Rooneys, Ledgett and Julian, They did new and strange feats on the backs of the horses.
 The Fortunatos and Guidos did some new acrobatic tricks, and Nettie Car roll proved that she had not exhausted her ingenuity in finding unforeseen and surprising uses for the flying rings. company of European and American clowns that has not appeared before kept the crowd in roar.
 The two boys who have performed as the Holsters who draw the chariot of the clown Silyers struck for higher pay last night They have been doing the double bull act" lately and think on that account they ought to get double pay. Double pay or we don't go on," was their ultimatum to Sil- vers. The union was too much for him; he gave in.
 There is a new arrival in the me- nagerie in the shape of baby kan garoo It was born a week or two ago, but just left the pouch of it's mother yesterday. The keeper says that every little kangaroo stays in the pouch sev- eral days after it's birth and is not con- sidered really arrived" until it hops out of the basket with which nature has provided it's parent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
MIR. DANIELS DISCUSSES
 PROGRESS OF EDUCATION.

In his address Mr. Josephus Daniels pointed out that the greatest obstacle of educational progress in the south has been poverty
 For almost a century most of the sav- ings of the southern people, most of the souths surplus of wealth, had been in- vested in slaves. In 1860 the reported value of slaves was over $2,000.000 GOO. If. without any devastation of war, any loss of earning capacity by the men killed or wounded in battle or diseased by ex- posture incident to camp life this im- mense sum of money had been taken from the south, it would have been wretehedly poor. Add to the loss of the accumulation and savings of many years, the losses in other property, which the vanquished must always bear in war, the even greater calamity in the death and maiming of its strongest and best bread winners, and some faint idea of the pow erty which the south faced in 1865 may be grasped. This utter, abiect poverty involving the denial of the common ne- eessities, can never be known or appre- ciated,
 Better still in order to get at the losses sustained by the south as a result of the WAT let us suppose that tomorrow in New England and the middle states ev- cry dollar invested in the stock of fac tories and in banks and deposited in savings banks and trust companies was completely swept away. And, in addition to losing all that represented the savings of past generations, the present and fut- ure generations should be forced to pay the interest upon bonds issued when the banks and factories were prosperous-if you could suppose such a calamity to those prosperous commonwealths-you would then have some conception of the dire distress and almost hopeless poverty that confronted the south when Lee s soldiers returned from Appomattox
 Instead of dwelling upon statistics of
 illiteracy and the like-painful facts that have the highest import and which stimulate to greater efforts-I challenge the whole world to parallel what the south has done for public education out of empty public treasuries and depleted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
ADDRESSES THAT DEFINE
 CONFERENCE POLICYFOR
 EDUCATION IN THE SOUTH
COMPLIED BY ANNIE kENDRlck WALKER.

rural districts of the south has eighteen children of school age to the square mile, eleven white and seven colored, thus practically making two counties. both having a very sparse school population. very s,. all, the cost of their proper schooling will be proportionately large. and the same Is true of the white ehil- dren. The southern people are strug- gling bravely with this terrible problem. Out of their poverty they have raised in thirty years sl1O0O0,o00 for negro educa- tion, which is more than 8 to every one contributed by the north and west; and they will continue to give a large part of their school funds for this purpose. Some states already require that the school fund shall be equitably divided between the races in proportion to the number of children, regardless of the fact that one one race contributes a very small pro- prstfo to
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

director of the Union Theological Semi nary of New York and one of the trus- tees of the Booker Washington school in TusIegee.
 As a multi millionaire and one of the most practical business men in the eoun- try MT. Ogden is an authority on bus mess ethics and is the author of several booklets
 An indication of his grasp of practical things is shown in the subjects of which he has treated in periodicals as well as his booklets. Pew Rents and the New Sunday School Teaching" Getting and Keeping a Business Position" "The Ethics of Modern Retailing are some of the subjects. and the man who has thought out these things for himself is an educational statesman.
 MT and Mrs. Ogden were married in 1860, and their house in New York is on Madison avenue. MT. ogden is by birth a Philadelphian.
 MT. and Mrs. Frank Chambers of New York, who are members of MT Ogden party, will be among the most prominent people at the conference. They will be the guests of Col. and Mrs. T. G. Bush at Hill Crest" MT and Mrs. Chambers are former Montgomerans and although years, they have retained their closest southern friendship. and their visits south have always been the occasion of unusual interest.
 Of the we'll known southerners residing
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
LOCAL TAXATION FOR
 PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

The following is compiled from the address delivered by the late Joseph F. Graham of Alabama, at the last con- ference for education:
 The doctrine of local taxation is be- coming popular and is going to win in Alabama. although our public school system has been in existence only about fifteen years, and has had but small financial support until the past fifteen years Our rural white schools averaged one hundred and five days and our rural eoored schools averaged nine ty-three days, free terms, during the last scholastic year.
 Be it said to the credit of Alabama, that. although her people are compara- lively poor. though she has in common with other southern states suffered the disasters of war and borne the burdens and sacrifices of reconstruction, and though A per cent of her population be- longs to a race which pays but little more than 5 per cent of the taxes, still our new organic law forbids that dis crimination inspired by prejudice which would restrict the educational privileges and rights of a particular class or race according to its contribution in taxes for the support of the government. This equality of benefits did not arise from any cringing fear of federal amendments but from a spontaneous philanthropy too generous to take advantage of the poor, and a sense of right and humanity too proud to stoop to wrong an inferior race.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
COPARTNERSHlP NOTICE,
 NOTICE OF RESOLUTION

The partnership heretofore existing be- tween Arthur Wall, l., A. Stubblefield Thomas G. Hewlett and John A. Payne, trading as the St. Nicholas Hotel Co.,. has been dissolved. l.. A. Stubbletield, Thomas c. Hewlett and John A. Payne, trading as the St. Nicholas Hotel Co.,. will continue the bus mess, assume all liabilities and collect all accounts.
 ARTHUR WALL.
 l.. A. STUBBLEFIELD,
 THOMAS c. HEWLETT
 JOHN A. PAYNE. 4-23-2t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
DIR. DABNEY ON THE SOUTH AT LARGE,

No general statement can give any idea of the difficulties in the way of de- velopment of good public schools in the rural districts of the south. Some of these difficulties are the sparsity of the population, the physical features of the country, and the isolation of the people
 but the chief difficulty is the presence in the south of two races. one of them all most wholly dependent upon the other
 but impossible of educational assimila- tion making a double system of schools necessary. The average county in the
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
How 1t Happened.
le Philadelnhia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
 'Isc it true, ma," asked the little rabbit, that pa was shot by an amateur gum ner?"
 Certainly not" replied the mother rab- bit 'You see the amateur gunner was shooting at me while your poor pa sat behind him and laughed. Unfortunately the gun kicked and the man sat down on your pa and killed him."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

The following excerpts are from ad- dresses delivered by President Ogden, pr. Charles ". Dabney of the bureau of in formation and statistics Josephus Dan iels, Dr. Walter B. Hill St. Clair Nickel way and the late Joseph B. Graham Of Alabama (ield agent of the Southern Education board), at the last meeting of the conference for education in the south which was held in Richmond. They give q clear analysis of the two separate boards the Southern Education board and the General Education board, and clearly define the policy of the confer ence, which is absolutely distinct from the boards.
 Mir Ogden will preside at the meeting of the conference in Birmingham and Dr. Dabney will be among those who will make addresses. With the progress that has been made in education in the south and particularly the widening influence Of the conference MT ogden should be able to reiterate a portion of his last ad- dress in reference 10 the distinct and large advance each conference has made over it's predecessors. It has been nec- essary at these annual conferences to go over the same ground of explanation in answer to the legitimate inquiry as to the theory or the coHIeIeite Ahe fuh- eational movement fostered by the con- ference has now gained such tremendous prestige in the south that there is a lesser need and demand for explanation of this nature. The representative ele- ment of the south has watched the pro- gross of the conference, is familiar with it's organization and no longer questions it's right to exist, The meeting Of the conference in Birmingham will assist in promoting these sympathetic relations Another long step will be made in the progress of education during the three days session of the conference and in all the years of its organization 1t has never been welcomed in a city where there exists a more perfect understanding Of it's theory and an appreciation of it's per- sonne than will characterize the sev- enth annual meeting in Birmingham.
 In the amount of literature from which these extracts have been collected 1t has been a difficult task 10 eondense ac- cumulated facts regarding so vast a sup- iaat ae universal education.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

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 Safe prlCe. =. Po'So 12-piece Toilet Sets, including the jar, tinted tops and richly decorated all over; regular $750 value;
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
Special Sale of
 I oi|et Sets

This mention of Toilet Sets merely small of the April
  the of Cut Glass Glassware Earthenware Reserators Ice Chests
  mention of selected random from stock
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24
DIR. M'KELWAY ON
 THE NORTH AND SOUTH.

I might run the gamut of all questions by which, since the war south and north have been at times divided, and by which they have been divided within parties as well as between them. My object. how ever, will have been accomplished if l have suggested to the friends with whom I came and to the friends that we have made here the fact that we all really agree, rather than actually differ on matters of vivid and vital concern to our commonwealths and to our republic. Too little of our argument argues. Too little of our debate debates Too much of our contention is about names rather than about things Too much of our contro- versy is around terms rather than around truth Too much of our talk is for victory rather than for veracity Re form in these respects must be inductiVe rather than direct It must begin with the chief sinners, our statesmen and our Journalists We must import into our writings and into our speeches more of candor and less of passion. We must make our words perfectly plain rather than deliberately ambiguous.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

When you give us an order for a suit you are our GUS toner.
 Birmingham Tailoring Go.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

Mr and Mrs. Anson Phelps Stokes of New York will be the guests of Mir. and Mrs. w. s. Lowell. MT. Stokes is a re- tired banker. a famous yachtsman and has been prominent in free trade and civil service reform movements He is the author of several, pamphlets on trusts and bi-metallism. MT. and Mrs. Stokes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-04-24

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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-03-03
The whisper Court.

At Rockford. Essex, England, the
whisper court is strange observance
held annually under the superintend-
ence Of the steward of the manor. The
business of the court is carried out at
midnight in the open air. The absence
of tenant is punishable by fine OF
double his rent for each hour he fails
to be in attendance. No artificial light.
except q firebrand, is permitted, and
the proceedings are recorded by means
of one of the embers of the brand. Tie
roll of fourteen tenants is then called
over and answered to in a whisper, ana
then they kneel down and swear al
iegiance. Very many years ago the
lord of the manor, after an absence
from his estate, was returning home
by night On the way he accidentally
heard some of his disconnected ten
antry plotting his assassination. mus
warned, he returned home by an uneX-
pected route. Then he ordered that
each year his tenants should assemble
at the same time to do him homage
around post which he erected on the
spot where the plotters met