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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
The Century Company, New York.
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A Defective Santa CIaus.-This Santa
Claus-one. of James Whitcomb Riley's
stories in verse, this is-wasn't seriously
defective, in fact; he lacked nothing of
the spirit that makes Santa Claus al
ways welcome, always-well, always
Santa Claus. The trouble was that this
time he got too near the candles on the
Christmas tree and he had to take pre-
cipitate flight. The story is one told by
Riley, the boy, and he is boy clear thru
In any direction. It is story about
Christmas, for Christmas and those who
love Christmas.
The Bobbs Merrill Company indianapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Somewhere-not many hundreds OF
miles away-the mosquitoes are biting.
This is great country. Canada cannot
make that brag
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

People who have been figuring on 1t
state that Togo can smash the Baltic
feet. This Is doubtless Admiral Togo's
view Of the case also.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

The Lick observatory astronomer says
that there is a crack on the moon. Thank
fortune that it isn't blood!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
THE MAGAZINES

A New Magazine. Following on the
very great success Of their two compare
lively new magazines, the Worlds Work
and Country Life in America, Doubleday,
Page & Co. announce third magazine
IN an all but untouched field to be pub
lished along unique lines. The Garden
Magazine, as it is to be called, will be
confined strictly to gardening subjects.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Please settle up your arrearages to the
Herald so we can buy a dress suit and
run for the United States senate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Mark TWaIn's "Bequest."-Mark Twain
contributes to the Christmas number Of
Harper's week.-Mrs. short story written
in the vein Of IFS old time humor. The
story Is called ''The $4,000 Bequest.''
and tells of the dreams and air castles
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
A FINANCIAL "NOTlON"

o.. Nebraska State Journal.
An eastern financier is trying to de-
wise some method Of breaking the Ameri-
can people Of the notion that there must
of necessity by a financial panic every
twenty years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

We are Informed that it is to be tariff
amendment" instead of tariff revision y
If the tariff can be amended without re-
vising 1t we will have to begin new and
get our political education all over again
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
AT THE THEATERS
Foyer Chat,

For their final performance at the Met
ropolitan tonight Tim Murphy and his
company will be seen in three-act com
edy, when a Man Marries," by A. c.
Bishop, prominent literary man of Cali
ifornia.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Major Wood ought to be good timber
for adjutant general
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

We are in favor Of the republican leg
islature passing a law abolishing the
office of governor for the next two years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

York State Folks comes to the Met
ropolitan for a half-week's gagement
tomorrow night.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Wilkesbarre, Pa, has three Smiths,
not relatives either, running for mayor
They, are George, Oscar and Marcus. Rat
for SMITH eel. -..g-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Reservations Of seats for the firemen g
relief fund benefit at the Metropolitan
next week are going on at a lively rate,
and the indications point to large audi
ences for every performance Of Eva Tan
quay and her company in 1.-The Sambo
Girl
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

General Coxey Of "Coxey Army" fame,
and who was wealthy at that time, is now
bankrupt. Evidently prosperity was too
much for Coxey.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

Even the mule kicks, on standing al
emblem of the democratic party any
longer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

The sunshine Of cheerful rustic life
that brightens the opening act in How
ard Halls new play 1.-The, Waits Para
dlse,' in which he is appearing at the
Bijou this week, is quickly obscured by
melodramatic clouds of domestic suffer-
ing.
The attraction at the Bijou the COM
ing week will be Charles E. Blaney's
spectacular production, 1.-The Curse of
Drink"
The mysterious Zancigs at the Orpheum
continue to mystify audiences by their
telepathic tests, in which they attempt to
demonstrate that they have, as they
claim, two minds with but a single
thought
Mae Melbane, now at the Unique the
alter, is one of the most promising Of the
young soubrettes now in vaudeville. Her
VlVacity has won the attention of the big
managers, and she has been offered a
position with the San Toy company, to
replace Nina Randolph, who has just mar
r1ed a western millionaire. Other en-
gagements prevented her accepting. She
also has an offer in a big new Boston
production. Miss Melbane is worthy ad-
dition to a big bill having for it's head
liners Princess Trixie, most wonderful of
all trained horses: Radcliffe and Belmont.
experts with the rifle, and the startling
moving picture, TRACKED by Blood
hounds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

NEW YORK OFFICE, Tribune Building,
.-s \ D. A. CARROLL Manager
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
NEWS OF TIE BOOK WORLD
THE UNEASY CHAIR
Buying Books for Christmas Present.
A Difficult Ruslness-Tha Uneasy Chail

Buying Books Tor Christmas presents
Difficult Buslness.-The Uneasy Chair
knows Of no more satisfactory present,
whether for Christmas or for some other
anniversary, than a book, especially if
the book is for a reader and is such q
book as he Is partial to. Likewise The
Chair knows Of no present so unsa tisfac-
tory as book for one who cares nothing
for reading or as book unsuited to the
recipients liking. For such reasons ii
says the buying Of Christmas books is a
difficult business
Publishers realize the difficulties in the
way of bookbuyers and try to offset them
by furnishing lists of their books, with
brief statements of their nature and con-
tents. Such statements are usually really
valuable guides. The Uneasy Chair has
also been trying to. point out the new
things Of the season; but the books come
in such numbers that mention of all in
time for the holiday season is quite i'm
possible. But with the books the Chair
has mentioned in the past two months, the
lists Of publishers which can be had in
some form or other at the book stores,
and lists that the bookstores themselves
can furnish, it seems that the one contem-
plating making a book purchase ought
not to have great difficulty in finding such
a book as will suit the taste Of his book
ish friend. @ -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14
FRANK M. EDDY's VIEWS
Sank Center Herald.

Sank Center Herald. -
The daily papers state that John Dali
zell, General Grosvenor and some other
congressman are going to make an eff
fort this winter to raise the presidents
salary to,$10o, 900, the vice presidents to
$4,000 and the senators and members OF
congress to $4,000. That may be all
right but we would rather be congress-
man at $4,000 year and mileage than to
be a mail carrier at $50 a month and fur
nish our own team, and we have been
both. - . 49, s"..
They are talking Of hiring spe-
cial chaplain to pray for the Minneapolis
delegation. We second the. motion. It is
enough for one preacher to do to pray for
Shern Smith.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-14

CHICAGO OFFICE, Tribune Building.
" W. Y. PERRY, Manager
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LoNDoN-Journal on file at American Express
office Waterloo Place, and U. s. Express
Office 90 Strand.
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DENMARK-JournaI file at u 8. Legation
OF. PAUL oFFICE-42O Endcott building. Teie
ohons, N W. Main $50. -
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PARIs-Journal on file at Eagle Bureau, 50 But
a. phop
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All papers are continued until an explicit order
Is received for discontinuance, and until al az
rearages are paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
HOLLY t rees, 90

room; insufficient normal exercise; late
hours; overstimulation Of already exctable
brains; these are but few of the needless
handicaps too often laid upon the children
of the wealthy. They can indeed be ameli-
Grated, perhaps remedied; but at what cost
of irritation, disappointment, suffering ana
money, not to mention diminished powers Of
resistance and perhaps permanent scars!
Neither are these sins Of commission or
omission confined to children. Dyspepsia
and shaken nerves; unsymmetrical figures
or defects concealed by the wiles of art;
premature loss of power or eccentrlcities
which verge on insanity, are present among
adult dupes to fashions vagarieS or
wealthy slaves to self-indulgence. where not
the excuse of even crumpled roseieaf can
be raised in extenuation of the thoughtful
ness or willful ignorance which are their
promoting causes.
The attempt to condense in one general
term the source from which may be sought
a remedy for this national ignorance and
resultant suffering is sure to bring heavy
penalty of exceptions, but 1t Is worth the
risk In neutrality-suspicious.. practical
training-in a knowledge Of the human
body, its functions and their needs, its re-
quirements and dependence for perfect de-
velopment upon its predispositions and en-
vironments, lies, in my opinion, the solution
of one of our most momentous social prob
lens; and that training must not be con-
fined to one age, or to one section of the
population. The theory and practice of
human hygiene must be inculcated by pre-
cept and example from early childhood on
ward; it must be linked with habits and
must influence actions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
What the Siamese Eat.
From Outing.

Siamese food principally consists Of dried,
frequently rotted, fish and rice, done into
curries which comprise little of about
every kind of condiment, and especially a
very popular sauce called namphrik, a
chutney-like and thoroughly mixed thing
made of red pepper, shrimp, garlic onions,
citron, ginger and tamarind seeds The
only reason for the fish being putrid is be-
cause the natives like it so, for fish are
plentiful in the rivers and fishermen numer-
Gus, though their ways of catching are
rather amusing and antique. One favorite
method, borrowed from the Chinese Is
beating the waters with long bamboo sticks
to frighten the fish into an eight or ten
foot squarish net, which is lowered into the
river from a framework on the bank by a
system of wheels and ropes and puleys
and hoisted up again when the catch is
complete. l must confess that when the
fish in the curry CHANGED to be dried in
stead of decayed, l found the connection
decidedly toothsome. In fact, really good
curry is in class apart, and one must go
to India or the far east to get it at its
best. Sometimes the natives eat pork and
oftentimes chicken, but for the most part
rice and the fish curry constitute their chief
diet, supplemented by the fruit of the coun-
try, of which there are many kinds-man-
gosteen mango, pineapple, banana, orange.
bread fruit, and that most healthful and
serving Of all Siamese fruits, the papaya.
which grows back from the water and Is a
greenish oval amlon that suggests canta-
loupe when opened
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23

driving the dainty housewife almost to dis
traction. In the same category with ants.
as TO human regard, might be placed the
honey bee, which the toad will eat when he
gets good chance.
One of his tricks is to station himself al
the entrance to a hive and capture the be-
lated homecomers. AS the toad does NOT
spring into the air for his food however
any apiarist may avoid this danger by rails
Ing his hives well above the ground.
Reference has been made to the toad's
consumption of food as being out of pro-
portion to his bulk. But what he can act
ually do at sitting is best told by figures
derived from experiment. His official rec
ORD SHOWS one case where he ate ninety
rosebugs without being satisfied; another
where he snapped up eight-six house flies
IN less than ten minutes. In one toad's
stomach were found seventy-seyen thou
sand-legged worms; in another sixty-fiye
gypsy moth caterpillars: in another fifty
i've army worms, and so on.
On the basis of his being able to fill his
stomach four times in twenty-four hours
1t requires a simple mathematical calcula-
ton to discover how many of each variety
OF winged or crawling pest q single toad
might get away with in day IL he kept
at 1t and the conditions were favorable.
and multiplying this product by 90. as rep
resenting the days in summer-for Mr..
Toad is no respecter of Sundays or holi-
days-we can measure his potential ca
pacity for good as the gardeners friend.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
HOW TO FIND GROUSE
Uncertain Birds to Which Rules Do Not
Always Apply.

From Outing.
The ruffed grouse is one Of the uncertain
birds to which no hard and fast rules viii
apply, yet he has few small peculiarittes
of which advantage may be taken. In Wild,
heavy woodland, his original haunt, he has
weakness for two things-an old toto
road, or any seldom used road, and the
bank of a stream. man trying bit Oh
woods with which he is unacquainted prob
ably will see more grouse near an old ROAD
than anywhere else. In hilly country, the
lower slopes of the ravines are apt to be
the best of ground. In level country, the
long strips of thicket bordering large blocks
OF standing timber are ideal places, and II
the thicket happens to mark the edge of
clover field so much the better. Never pass
even a small thicket which stands out In
clover field with a wood upon any side
Grouse are fond of clover. and until winter
sets in are apt to be in any fair shelter near
the field Later In snowtime. the borders
and interior of large woodland swamps are
the chosen places. If there be region VI
thick low-lying forest. having close-grown
beech ridges here and there. these surely
will repay the labor of beating them, for
they are almost certain to be the strong
holds of all the ruffed grouse or the neleH-
borhood. Old windfalls and slasnlngs arg
good, because they afford acres OF the sort
of shelter the birds prefer In cold weather.
Should a single bird flush, proceed Wariiy
and ready for instant action, for second,
and perhaps three or four stragglers. may
be within gunshot of the spot. Ground good
for one bird may be as attractive to three OF
four although each individual remains some
slight distance from the others. When beat-
inc border thickets with a comrade, L pre-
fer to work in the cover about along the
line where thicket and forest join Moss
men will choose the outside, but ruHeo
grouse almost invariably dash for the woou,
hence across the line of fire of the msloe
man. Such shots are none too easy, ana
trees have a knack of getting in the way,
vet as a general thing the inside position
means the most fun.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Crushing Ores.
From Mines and Minerals.

The first step in the treatment of any
ore In a milling process is the reduction to
Jumps of smaller size; this process is es-
sential and indeed may involve very large
per cent of the expense before the final
concentration is attained. We begin to
break up the ore In the mine by blasting
and sledging, and while here the only OBJ
Ject is to handle 1t conveniently In slopes.
cnutes and cars, the method of accom-
rlishing this object may have decided in
fluence upon the subsequent milling work
Perhaps this Is most apparent in breaking
coal. In which case the production of q
great percentage of fines needs to be avoid
ed because the washing and screening costs
more for the finer sizes and the selling
price is less. 1t is also apparent in the
case Of soft, rich minerals contained in a
firm gangue,, dynamite of high per cent
used in blasting such ore, may cause un-
told quantities OF rich mineral to be pull
verified and scattered In dust. Whatever
unnecessary pulverization takes place with
most concentrating ores costs money In the
end, since the known processes Of treat
ment of very fine ores are slow, expensive
and comparatively wasteful.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
SICKNESS A DISGRACE.
Men at Fault in Not Knowing Tna'
Illness is Penalty Of Ignorance


r,eortunately. the commonplace OF phy-
s,olosv are as frequently unfamiliar TO the
ma iority of the rich as to the masses oi
tho Moor. The recognition that with our
existing knowledge constant deviations
from health are actually disgrace is as
absent from the mansion as from the cot
taee. The responsibility of civic duties and
of rightly regulated althuisms needs i'm
pressing on all classes alike. 1t is true that
at the present moment considerable UNI
easiness exists as to the quality Of the web
of national life. Do the flaws it exhibits
reflect upon the warp of the wealthy or the
woof of the masses? Is the thread OF our
national stock at fault? Are the shuttles of
training carelessly thrown? Are the looms
At the first glance it might appear that
the faulty threads are to be found wholly
among the unskflled laborers or the Indus
that the infantile mortality rate may be
taken as a sure indication Of overcrowded
locality or of maternal occupation. The
thousands Of children who fall victims an
nuaIly to want OF care when suffering from
measles or whooping cough are undoubted-
ly chiefly resident In the slums OF our great
cities or in the cottages of our rural dis
tricts. The drunkard, the degraded, the
units among the great unwashed and as the
principal sources of menace to England's
prosperity.
reveal other contributory agents to the
growing dependence of cur population OF
ali ranks upon the continual supervision Of
the medical profession, which may be In
part, BY no means wholly, looked upon as
an indication Of diminished vigor and sound
health Crowded as are the hospitals and
dispensarias for the poor throughout the
country. the proportion OF ailing or debili-
tated among the paying population can be
but little smaller, 1t Is true. surgery can
now AFFORD relief to minor as well as to
major Ills, where formerly passive endur-
ance was the only course; but, apart from
this laudable aid to human needs. will not
every doctor frankly confess to the de-
mands upon his time made by the careless
ness and inexcusable ignorance of the we'll
to-do? Underfed or oveffed children; err
rors Of dress in infancy watch lay the seeds
Of future suffering: neglect of adequate
light or ventilation in nursery or school
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
THE TOAD Is A GoURMAND.
Ants, Cutworms and Honey Bees a
Favorite Diet.
From the Toledo Blade

From the Toledo Blade
According to recent bulletin issued by
the national government, the toad Is
gross feeder. He sallies forth usually after
shutdown in search of his prey which in
cludes pretty near every variety of insect
and worm, and experiment proves that In
twenty-four hours he will consume insect
food of a volume fourfold the capacity OF
his stomach-in other words, he can fill up
four times OF ang:eworms he does not
seem very fond, though his gluttonous
habit extends to them If they are too
temptingly abundant, as after the earth has
had good wetting.
Ants appear to be his chief delight, with
cut-worms and thousand-leggers next In
order. Then come caterpillars and beetles.
Grasshoppers and crickets furnish but a
small part of his bill of fare, and spiders
still less. He has no use, apparently, for
dead prey; but when an insect or worm
comes near him in motion he makes for it
eagerly. A cutworm, which has discretion
enough when in his neighbohood to keep
curled up, may easily escape, but as soon as
1t begins to travel let 1t beware.
His method of capturing a. bug is to dart
out his tongue, which, by the way, reverses
the usual order of nature 1t being fastened
in front and loose behind. 1t is coated
with a gelatinous secretion, and when 1t
strikes an object it fastens firmly to it and
conveys 1t into the toads mouth. If the
object, like big worm. for instance. is too
large to go unasssted into his gullet. he
uses his forepaws, like greedy child. to
stuff 1t down.
Most of the viands which the toad loves
are, In their living state. pests OF the farm
and garden. 1t is hard to say just where
to place ants in this classification. Nearly
all students of nature, as well as persons
who have nothing but the traditions Of
their childhood to guide their judgment,
have acquired a certain affection for the
ant Its seeming intelligence, its artistic
or mechanical instinct. its untiring indus
try, its courage. its care for its dead and
wounded. its nice domestic economy and
its habit of providing against the 'rainy
day" all tend to give 1t sort of human
claim upon mankind.
Still. the fact cannot be ignored that the
ant Is an active distributor Of plant lice;
that 1t destroys lawns. spoils garden walks,
infests dwellings and makes itself COM
mon nuisance In the kitchen and pantry,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
EARLY Picture Postcards.
he Westminster Gazette.

From the Westminster Gazette.
A special number Of the Figaro Illustre
deals with picture postcards. and shows
that something very like them already ex-
listed In the eighteenth century. The owl
dence is contained in the Almanaeh de la
Petite Post for 1777, where we read:
1t is the vogue at present to send by the
post, as an act of politeness, or in order to
offer congratulations. pictures In the form
of cards. which are frequently accompanied
by written communications. and are dis
patched open. and visible to all. There
has been much talk OF this novelty, invent
ed by the engraver Demaison, and many
people complain that 1t encourages the
malevolent curiosity of domestic servants,
who are thus enabled to learn the business
of persons of fashion.
It appears. however, that the first picture
postcard which was really q postcard was
OF German origin. and was sent from Olden-
burg to Magdeburg on July 10. 1870
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
Alake an Epicure.


When we said goodbye to the Alake of
Abeokuta some months ago we wondered
what would be the next tidings that we
should hear of him after he had arrived
In his own far country. AS soon as he had
quietly settled down again in his own
swamp-or is 1t prairie (which would
nnger most gratefully in his memory of all
the sights he had seen in happy Englandf
What would he miss most; what most de-
sire? Well, the answer has come His
highness has sent to London for twenty
FIVE cases of plum pudding and vast guam
titles of timed soups and fish, and has paid
for them I'm good palm OIL and solid ma
hogany logs. Are these the modern equiva-
Tents of what to another primitive people
were .'the fleshpots of EgyptT'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-12-23
A Purchase in Maine.

From the Aroostook Republican.
lady entered Fort Fairfield grocery
store one day and told the clerk that she
wanted to buy an empty barrel Of -four al
she wished to make a hencoop for her
dog"