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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05

A NEW PLAN OF INVESTMENT.
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ut any time to exchange the same at its par
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pany at the wholesale rate; while as long as
they remain stockholders regular dividend
of from 10 per cent to 20 per cent per annuR
on their investment is certain.
One thousand shares are offered at par $500,
which may be paid for in instruments If de-
sired.
Write for further particulars to
ASSINIBOINE LAND & INVESTMENT CO..
Room 2O2, Sykes Block,
Minneapolis, MINI.
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-05
UnimproYed.

,.an.e .Unlmpr0ved.
RESIDENCE ;LoTstDIRTg CHEAP-CH1CAGo
av, near SD; run lot; sewer and stone walk
paid for; snap, $3.50, Columbus aY, near 34th
120 feet front, sewer, water, gas, big bargain
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walk; very cheap. L. l.. Sutherland, Real
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block. .--
MY NEW PRICE LIST OF LOTS Ar LINDEN
Hills is now ready. ,s Over 800 lots to choose
from. Edmund G.. Walton, agent 300 Hen
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REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE
WANTED-REAL ESTATE

WANTED-SOME GOOD CUT-0VER LANDS;
must be cheap; we are also In the market for
good farm lands at reasonable prices. A. r.
McNichol Investment Co., Alt Guaranty bldg.
WANTED SNAP IN HOUSE AND LOT IN
toner waiting. Charles NJ. Morton, 300-302
Nicollet av. room 1853.
WILL PAY CASH FOR AND 12-RooM MOD
ern house and lot. either Sunnys1de, Calhoun
Park or Lake of the isles addition. Address
5247, Journal.
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.4AKEN sERIoUsLY.

The members of the New Haven Civil Service Board have made a pertinent, proper and pointed inquiry of the earn lest gentlemen who wrote a letter to
 Mayor Studley in which they rather
 carelessly and indefinitely said: We certainly do not object to the appoint |ment of Republican to office, but the appointment of man who is actively working in the interest of one of the appointing Board is a very different thing" All the members of the New Haven Civil Service Board have united lin asking the earnest gentlemen who lsaid this whom they meant when they said it. Of course the members of the Civil Service Board are entitled to a prompt and specific reply to their ques- tion, and the member who was meant is especially entitled to the information. IOf course the earnest gentlemen will quickly and cheerfully give it, for being earnest and honest they can't and wont hesitate to name a name when their attention is called to the fact that they
 have made vague charge with no name hitched to it.
 So we shall soon know what member of the New Haven Civil Service Board lt the earnest and honest gentlemen are willing to charge with having helped appoint man who is actively working lin his interest. It was a pretty serious charge, and it seems to have been taken seriously.
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-.--'-------------------- THE X4S STEER

Hoyt's play still lives, but the Kansas City Journal says that the Texas steers Iare all gone. There was a time when lthe Texas steer breed of cattle covered the grazing grounds of the Southwest. They were the descendants of the long horned cattle which the early Spanish lexplorers and adventurers brought from their homes across the seas. Hun ldreds of thousands of them ranged the unfenced pastures, rendering little | more than a small tribute of hide and Itallow to the Mexican or beef to the iIndian. Finally the cowboy came into lexistence, and these wild denizens of the plains were dragged. from their Thigh estate and became the subjects of lsordid commerce. These cattle were Trough in appearance and usually brown, dun and black in color, there being no deep reds and roans. Their horns, however, were their really dis ltinguishing feature. These were im-
 mense, often from four to five feet
 across from tip to tip. They were nat
 urally wild brutes. Some of them could
 never be rounded up, but had to be
 shot in order that the others might be
 got under some kind of control. There
 were in every herd a few fighters which
 the cowboys called Nmossheads. They
 would fight viciously among themselves
 or with the other cattle, and would fre-
 quently gore the horses of the cowboys Ito death.
 The longhorns have now practically
 all disappeared. Their place has been taken by graded and thoroughbred cat Itle of much larger size and value 1.-The change is for the better, and though there are no more Texas steers
 there are still many steers from Texas.
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MRS. J. J. AsToR's LONDON
 GOWNS.

Mrs John Jacob Astor of New York is creating furore. in the smart world lof. London. She has invited to all the royal parties given in the past fort night Her dresses eclipse anything seen | In London bathrooms. and hsr wonder fully perfect back and shoulders are the envy as we'll as the admiration of one
 and all among the fair sex. Sensation- nally low was the gown she wore at Devonshire house. Some pronounced it improper. At thesbaek it was cut right to the waist line and in broad curve which quite reveals the whole width of the shoulder right,to the waist Crowds stared hard, and s, posse of duchesses wondered who the new rival was.
 Mrs Astor's gown bore the test of the lleveled lorgnettes and the eyeglasses, for it was superb creation by Worth of dull gold cloth, through which ran
 shimmering lines of glittering threads. Her neck looked like alabaster, and twisted and coiled upon her throat were priceless ropes of strung pearls and diamonds.
 At Lady Farquhar's on Tuesday night, when both the king and queen dined and afterward stayed to a small dance, to which the exclusive people in
 England only were invited, Mrs. Astor lmagnetized even the eyes of royalty.
 Never has Worth sent out such an ad- vertisement as the dresses worn by
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LINCOLN ON THE CIRCUIT.

Following the court about on the cir
 cult was, no doubt, the joy of Lincoln's
 life. He was so fond of it that he de-
 clined a fiattering offer to enter alucra-
 tive law partnership in Chicago, be- |cause. as he contended, it would ne- |cessitate more or less confinement in
 the office and therefore keep him off the circuit. Seated in a one-horse buggy,
 behind sorry-looking animal. he woud
 set out from Springfield to he gone for weeks at a stretch. The lawyers as he drove into each successive place, eager Fly anticipating new stock of stories,
 gave him a cordial welcome, and the landlords hailed his coming with delight for he was one of the most patient and Iuncomplaining of guests. If every
 other fellow" said one of his colleagues. ''grumbled at the indifferent accom- modations and scant fare which greet ed us at many of the dingy taverns
 we struck, Lincoln said nothing" His forbearance in this regard well war rants the observation he is said on one occasion to have made, that he never so completely felt his town unworth- iness as when he stood face to face with
 a real, live hotel clerk" How he ap- peared on the circuit may be gleaned from this sketch drawn by Henry lC. Whitney, one of his colleagues in central Illinois, who is yet living: His
 mirers. People who didn't know her whole evening she had circle of ad- lof people surrounded her, and for the hat was brown. faded. and the nar
 usually was not rubbed off. He wore a short cloak and sometimes shawl
 His coat and vest hung loosely on his giant frame. His trousers were invari-
 ably too short. In one hand he car
 ried a faded green umbrella with A Lincoln in large white cotton or muslin letters sewed on the inside, and piece
 of cord was usually tied round the mid
 dle of the umbrella to keep it from fly ing open. In the other hand he carried
 a carpet bag in which were stored the few papers to be used in court, and un- Ederclothing enough. to last till his re
 turn to Springfield "-The Century.
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the further extension of missionary ef- forts be subject to the discretion of the authorities. This demand for the con trol of missionaries by the state is at tributed to the charges of cruelty to- wards the natives which they have pre- ferred against the German settlers in Southwest Africa. When these charges were repeated in the Reichstag Count von Buelow took occasion to say: Much as I respect the missionaries, can only express my regret that they should have chosen for advancing these charges moment when so many Ger mans have fallen victims to savage barbarism. .. =. The place of the mis- sionaries is by the side of their coun- trymen. I can neither admit their right to a position of neutrality be- tween the Germans and the Hereros, nor can concede to them the office of accuser or of judge.'
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He's All Right.

We've puzzled over problems in our
 Wooden-headed way, We people old and gray; We've done our best to solve them, but,
 ot course, with failing sight It is hard to see the light, We find 'em still perplexing, which is
 owing, l expect, To our weakened intellect, We are hopelessly old fashioned and
 completely out of date To the youthful graduate We've grubbed and dug, perspiring, in
 the common, ugly dirt, In our ancient flannel shirt; Its sleeves rolled to the elbows; we've
 been careless of the soil In the ardor of our toll. A quite unscientific rough and tumble
 fight we've fought Not at all the higher thought, It's not at all surprising that we've
 been unfortunate To the youthful graduate. Just watch him on the platform and
 just listen now while he Or perhaps it is q she Breaks off sweet words of wisdom from
 the paper in his hand It is then we understand How beautifully simple are the things
 that puzzled us Over which we fret and fus How-well, he'll show improv Snent
 over us. at any rate, So why guy the graduate?
 Chicago News
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IS 4HnRE 4 PIE JsSUEq

Judge Parker. who may be the Democratic nominee for President, doesn't say anything yet. but it is be- |lieved that he can talk. and it is thought possible that he may talk after he has been nominated and defeated.
 Meanwhile there is some talk about him
 which is interesting. For instance, it lis asserted that he eats pie twice a |day. It is not known whether this as |sertion was made to hurt him or help |him. There are some people in this country who have reached such a height of culture that they not only Ieschew pie, but are ready to eschew anybody who eats it. If it is proved that Judge Parker does eat pie he will mot get their votes. On the other hand there is a Pie Belt in this country, and all the dwellers therein eat pie as many times day as they can get it., and though they might think that a man who only eats pie twice a day isn't much of a pie-eater they will see that he likes pie and is thus eligible for
 their votes and fit for the Presidency.
 Probably the voters in this country
 who eat pie are more than those who
 do not. But this doesn't indicate that
 Judge Parker will be elected. As the
 campaign goes on it will probably be found that President Roosevelt eats pie.
 and if it becomes politically necessary
 doubtless he can eat much of it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-17
GERM4x MISSIONARY WORK.

German missionaries in Africa are possibly more humane than discreet. The German Kolonialbund has ad- dressed to the imperial chancellor, Count von Buelow, a petition praying for the establishment of system of state control of missionaries in German colonies. It suggests that in view of the troubles caused among the natives by varieties of doctrine, the Govern ment should assign separate spheres of influence to the different missionary so- cieties, and that encroachment or tres- pass by the members of one society upon the sphere of another should be prohibited. Moreover, the Bund asks not only that circumscribed districts shall be strictly preserved. but that
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-06-17
PIP ELIHTNARY.

What is your idea of the American drama of the future?" "A three-ring |circus dealing with the sex problem. |-Puc..
 Why don't more men go to church?'' "The unmarried men don't want to, land the married mems wives can't make them. .''-Indianapolis Journal. Dis ole worr is gittin better" says la sable philosopher but human natu' is still wid us, .en dar's room fer a good deal CT preachin' along de lines of a blazin' hereafter Atlanta Constitu-
 tion.
 He-"So you believe in the universal brotherhood of man?p She-s'Yes, I promised to be sister of twenty-two men last summer, and am going to try to beat my record this year. Chicago News.
 This moist muggy, sloppy weather, < complained the sufferer, lis awfully trying" But it's good for the corn. :" Isoothingly answered the chiropodist proceeding to relieve the sufferer of an unusually large one.-Chicago Tribune.
 "In society" said the young bud, the gentleman is always presented to the ladies, is he not ?"
 "Yes,' sighed the heiress who was do- ling her second season, unless he hap |pens to have title, then one must pay for him, suppose.s Chicago News Kirby-"That man Beatty is making money hand over fist.n Klinck-.sWly II heard he put a new health food on the market and it faileds to catch on" Kir- Iby-"So it did; but he immediately put up the stuff in bales and re-advertised lit as 'Hygienic Horse bedding and it's |selling all over the country!"-Puck.
 Side Light on History.-Romulus and Remus were having pillow fight, when the wolf, who would not be kept from the door, happened in. Don't fight said the wolf, admon- fishing, tits naughty This is only a sham battle, said
 Romulus, as Remus hit his again. This cheap wit was too much for the
 wol.. who went out and made Rome lhowl.--Chicago Journal.
 Wrong Diagnosis-Not long ago and old colored woman of Virginia visited la doctor and informed him that he hus-
 band was seriously ill. The doctor hast ened home with her, and upon making Ia diagnosis of the mans case informed the wife that he had hopeless case of gastritis.
 "Gastritis!" ejactuiated the old wo-
 man. "De Lawd knows I don't know how he ever got gastritis, cause don't
 burn thing but coal He in dis house, an' but powerful little of that. ."--Phil- Iadelphia Ledger.
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LAVISH SPENDER FROM HAWAII.
 w. H. Ellis, the Hawaiian Count of
 Monte Cristo. is big man, in the prime
 of life, and of even darker complexion
 than his noted countrywoman, ex- Queen Lii. The more of his sort that
 comes to Washington the better, par
 ticularly in the dull interval that re-
 cess of congress ever brings. MT. Ellis I is a gentleman who by his habits adds | to the joyousness of any community
 that is favored by his presence His
 slightest purchase is benefaction, and
 in the mere matter of cigars he ex-
 pends from five to ten dollars per
 diem. When getting ready to leave the
 city an employe of the hostelry was handed six boxes of brand that re- tails for fifty cents each, with the com pliments of the generous Hawaiian.
 | MT. Ellis has every right to be a | lhighroller and lavish spender, for he has sources of revenue that bring him royal income. Besides his sugar es- tates in the islands, he owns coffee plantations in Cuba, copper mines in old Mexico and diamond mines in Afri- ca. His collection of shining gems is worth the ransom of king.
 "All the pleasure l have in life," said I he to a Post reporter, is giving my ! friends good time; and would value l my fortune as nothing if I couldn't
 make those like happy. I am on my way to Africa now on the biggest hunt ling trip of my life and shall carry
 twenty-five friends along as my guests.
 The junket will cost me twenty thou sand dollars. This is my second hunt ling tour to the Dark Continent. On the first my party killed six elephants, and
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A FLOURIsHTNG BITsINEss


 A prominent actor tells this story about two brother players and their experience in a Maine temperance town. Feeling in need of alcoholic refresh- ment. they made application at the To- cal drug stores. but were told that stimulants were sold only in eases of snake bite. The actors had about deci- ded to content themselves with such refreshment as the town provided, when they heard that a certain resident owned rattlesnake which he kept as a pet. Securing his address, they called on him. and offered to hire his snake for use in some scientific .experi- ments.
 Nothing doing" answered the own CT; Ines booked solid for four months a head. "-Harper's Weekly.
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Here is a woo-Sung milk advertise ment from the Shanghai Times: We open at Woo-Sung in the south of the telegraph company for sale the foreign milk, the taste are sweet, the milk are pure and the price are just. We haven't put any water in it, if examine out, won't pay single cash. If you want to buy so you will know the foreign cows shop. Gen Sung Kee."
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Cuba continues to prosper. Minister squiers.s representative at Havana, says the island is in excellent condi- ton, the first crop of cotton proved a success and the government has disap- pointed those who did not believe in its stability and wisdom. Havana is being made more attractive as a place of res idencc, and when the present lack of satisfactory hotel accommodations is supplied it will be an ideal winter re- sort.
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AnuERrIsING RATEs-

Situations. Wants. Rents. and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents a Word for full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch. one insertion, s1.20; each subsequent inser- tion, 40 cents; one week, s3.20; one month, $10; one year, $40.
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DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, P CENTS A WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH. sa FOR SIX MONTHS. ss A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MALL SINGLE COPIES. CENTS.
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Here Italians are in the majority. though the field is not exclusively their own, as the Irish are still a close sec- |ond.
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this time we hope to get larger num- Der. After a man has hunted elephants. pursuit Of any other kind of wild game
 is tame business. Washington Post.
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this New York woman. There is great consternation and wonderment as to the cost of the gowns and the value of her jewels.-London Dispatch to New York World.
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Referring to the Department of Agri- cultures report on the beet-sugar in- dustry in this country, the San Fran cisco Chronicle observes: Tt is silent on the one point in which farmers are most interested-an explanation of the reason why our factories, which sell re- fined granulated sugar around four cents per pound, cannot pay much more than the farmers receive in Ger many from factories which sell raw sugar around two cents per pound"
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It is estimated that in 1903 the United States produced 1S,oos,O 900 long tons of pig iron and consumed 17,7O0,724 tons. In the same year the estimated pro- duction of Germany was 10,O17,900 tons and of England S,S11, 200 tons. The con- sumption of these two countries is giv- en, respectively, as 6,665,3oO tons and 6o51,00O tons. On that estimate we produced almost as much pig iron as did our two largest rivals combined, and we consumed almost 100000 tons more than they did. Our home con- sumption shows falling off from the figures given for 1902, while both Eng land and Germany show an increase in domestic consumption.
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In accordance with the order issued by Secretary Hay, the inscriptions Limited States embassy and United States consulate" no longer will appear upon the embassy and consular seals, and in other places where they for merlx In their place on all the new record books and seals will appear the words American embassy and American consular agency There is a dignity and simplicity about the term American that the secretary likes, and there also are about dozen Limited States aside from the United States of America, a fact which leads to great dealsof confusion in foreign countries.
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According to leading Italian real es- tate operator, up to 1886 there was not one Italian owner of real estate in the districts In New York city where they now predominate. He has recently com pleted a list of more than eight hundred land owners, the aggregate holdings being in the neighborhood of 15,O0O,OOO While this is hardly comparable to the enormous possessions of the Hebrews it sufficiently illustrates the thrift of the Italian population. The prevailing form of real estate investment of course, is the tenement house. Italians are prompt payers on rent day, and this habit has given an unquestioned earn ing power to the Italian tenement. Pur- chasers are found practically in all classes. There are four well defined Italian districts in Manhattan. The first is in the Fourth ward, extending from Park Row to the East River, Spruce and Ferry streets to Catherine.
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The scenic tunnel under the Horse shoe Falls of the Niagara, which has just been completed, was undertaken for the Niagara Falls Queen Victoria Park Commission in order to provide a perfectly safe view of the cataract from below. A shaft was sunk 127 feet and from this tunnel was constructed, curving out under the Horseshoe Falls 300 feet. From this laterals were run into the gorge, where large observation rooms will be constructed of glass where tourists can sit in easy chairs and look out. A large electric elevator has been put into the shaft and from the bottom large board walk has been constructed to the mouths of the vari- ous tunnels.
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THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursdays. One Dollar Year.