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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21
Mosquito Days

z YER since the authorities making war upon
mosquitoes, have heard about the miser-
able little singers than did before. Extensive
work has been done against them in the Marshes
pecially in New Jersey, where people have to put
in their chmneys to keep the pests out.
Marshes however, not the only breeding
grounds of the mosquito Anything that holds water
and is left undisturbed in the holding Of doors is
mosquito ground just much the stagnant ponds
the marshes.
How many rain-barrels, old cans bottles, broken
pitchers cups, saucers ETC.. there in your neigh
borhood? Each will breed it's MILLIONS of mosque
toes this Even the little mudholes dan
gerous in the way.
Everybody is telling his next door neighbor that
the city really ought to be cleaned but everybody
again. leaves it for somebody else to do. Next
sit out Of doors trying to get breath Of fresh
air and fighting mosquitoes just remember that if
holding rubbish had been picked early in the
season. the city would not only have looked better but
you would have been much comfortable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21
LDAJVDERLJVGJ IN
.AMJTERDA

ATER, water, water every
where. Wooden shoes,
oddly shaped lace caps,
f1sherwomen in volumi-
nous petticoats, push
carts with human NOV
ers in place of draught
horses, glittering brass,
spotless glass, dusty
walks and Streets
such were the first i'm
pressions of Amsterdam,
the great city of Hol-
land, modern as well as
ancient. Water, water,
water,-so much water,
here, there and every
where that it seems a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21

Why the universal game of golf should affect the
price of submarine cables like the puzzle of
foolish puzzle maker. But golf balls and submarine
cables covered with the substance-gutta
percha Any Junior boy who has "caddied" knows
that golf balls lose themselves in most mysterious and
wholly exasperatng and decidedly expensive
gutta trees have cut down before the juice
extracted and as attempt has ever been made to
grow trees to replace those cut the supply is
ming low When Aupplies run low, prices run high.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21

wonder the land does actually float away.
Imagine great "Y' with canals looping
its width at other street, with the bay
side and river encrcling it the other you have
the ground plan of the Dutch city which often
been called vulgar Venice There is little of
earth between houses and water in Amsterdam but
enough to support foundations of any kind. Twelve
inches below the surface water appears and in
Venice, all buildings erected piles de DAM"
the queens palace $1,000 piles its founda
tions.
One never STRIKES bottom" in Amsterdam. There
simply real solid earth. Piles hold the house,
the store the great hotel until they get
Then sinks bit here another there. The
suit is the crazest tumble imaginable of slant lines
where one expects straight. Why, the grand
Central Station, built only few ago, has act
ually settled in places four bottomless
ooze. The photographer who depends upon the
straight line of building to keep his picture
skewing, will be put to his wits end in Amsterdam,
matter where he looks, there he will buildings
out of plumb. Some sink back into themselves
lop to side; some, again, take unto themselves
genuine Grecian bend; yet all inhabited nobody
seems to fear collapse, and the picture shown
actually labeled as 'the safest house in town."
Plenty of Push
Most fascinating it is to walk along a street with
a canal running thru the center the parkway-and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21
For Junior Flower Lovers.

For Junior Flower Lovers.
WI ERE of the ten thousand visitors at the
w Midsummer Flower Show last year?
Were you of the exhibitors?
Were you of the prize winners?
If not why not, and are you going to be this year?
All plans not completed just at present for the
Midsummer Flower Show of 1904, but there will be
special prizes Junior growers and spe-
cia prizes for the best exhibit Of flowers by school,
There is expense Of any kind attached, but if
you going exhibit necessary that
fact to the manager of the show All particulars and
entry obtained by writing the Manager
of The Journals Midsummer Flower Show.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21
In Case Of Fire.

I JUNIORS have written many times of what they did
do and what they would do Gin of fire." and
since the recent Chicago fire, the matter Of what is
best to do has been the minds of good people,
The advice given by the chief of the Philadelphia fire
department ought to be learned by heart and contnu
ally reviewed that when it is needed it will spring to
mind unconsciously as one breathes.
First, he says, sound the alarm.
Close the door and open the windows. AZ closed
door is wonderful protection against fame
window lets the heat and smoke out.
Do not fear thick smoke too much. Go down
your hands and knees-you will find smoke the
floor. Nine times out of ten you descend stair
way Many have been burned death because they
thought smoke filled stairway meant impossible
There is plenty of pure air to breathe the
floor.
Should the fire have gained such Roadway that all
exits blocked, shut yourself in front and
lean far out of the window that the
you. Once they It is reasonably they will
Above all, keep majority of deaths from
fire would have been averted if the victims
their heads
Dolls and doll houses, completely furnished
been playing quite important in the past year
between the governments of France and Italy. Not
the governments themselves exchanged such
toy presents. But President made his
cent visit to Italy he took with him the finest dolls and
doll houses that the most celebrated French dolakers
could turn out. Imagine the delight Of little
princess of the regning of Italy doll
big herself and doll house big enough for her to
sit There are, then some compensatons
like these being princess
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21
Mae Harris Arson

published
the public school children Northwest hftn
gtade and devoted principally their writings
competitors
wishes
AL should
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21

the street cars-run thru the
centre of Hennepin avenue
from Lowry Hill. The canals
are not deep, hardly more than
six feet at most; there are no
steamers and no drawbridg es.
Yet the canals are alive with
boats, great, huge, awkward
barges, built on the lines Of
the wooden shoe that pervades
the land. Out on the Zuyder
Zee many Of them are sailboats,
but when they enter the canals
of Amsterdam, masts and rig
ging come down and mans
muscle becomes the motive
, power in place Of the winds Of
heaven.
If the barge is empty or is
lightly laden. it has but one
man for power. If it is a large
load, there are two. The boat
man has a long pole, perhaps
ten feet inslength, with a sharp
iron point. This he thrusts
into the bed of the canal, and
by the simple combination of
pushing with his arms and
walking the length Of the boat,
he sends the barge slowly
ahead. When he reaches the
end Of the deck, he pulls up
his pole, walks to the front end
of the boat, thrusts in his pole
and starts his promenade all
over again.
Human labor is cheap in
Holland. Horses are expensive
1uxuries to the rank and file,S
and besides, they eat their
heads off and can only do
brute work. Men and women,
even boys and girls, can do the
brute's work quite as well, If
not quite so quickly, and then
they can do their own special
human work beside. That
makes double work and only
one set of mouths to feed. So
With push carts. Milk comes to
.ous, shining brass urns via the
rage is generally taken to and
ush cart; packages are delivered
lg the merchant agrees to deliver
even seen huge bronze castings
cart, castings so large that only
ed and SO rested on a small base,
pushcart at all. I saw plenty
} small victorias, but only one
s did see in the ten days I was
ey not SO big as carriage horses
Luling is mostly done by one-man
" do when they move is still a
then, perhaps the Dutch do not
average American family does
ers and Riders.
ks are supposed to be there for.
re principally used, 1t seems, for
Everybody streams along in the
low slow the Dutch people are
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21
Plenty of Push.

Most fascinating it is to walk along a street with
canal running thru the center as the parkwaY=and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-21
Walkers and Riders.
1.-THE Safest House
in Town"

What the sidewalks supposed to be there for,
don't know. They principally used. 1t for
walking upon. Everybody streams along in the
streets. No matter how slow the Dutch people
considered to be they certainly walk fast And in
crowd it seems, too as Il each man. woman and child
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-21
CURRENT COMMENT.

The indianapolis News (Dem.) says:
The editor of Leslie's Weekly thinks
the St. Louis fair will win votes for
our colonial policy. No doubt it will
be source of pride to see the Igor
rotes eat dog"
The BROOKLYN Citizen (Dem.) says:
Judge Parker is in the Lead for the
nomination and his availability is daily
impressing itself with increased force
upon the thinking Democrats in the
party. Even Gov. Odell admits that
the Judge will be hard man to beat
and to those who know the relations
of personal friendship between the two
men this utterance will he interpreted
as a confession that the Democratic
prospects, with Parker as the candi-
date, are bright indeed. If the Gov
ernor were otherwise convinced he
would find ways and means of dis
couraging the judges candidacy"
The New York Evening Post Ind
says: Secretary Shaw clings tena-
ciously to the doctrine. once an infant
always an infant. He has no patience
with those who would have us believe
that our industries are grown up. With
rare mathematical skill he figures that
the internal commerce of this country
is worth $4,000, 100000 year, OF more
than the total exports and imports of
the whole world. IT stands to reason
that a trade of this size must possess
a hidden structural weakness. 1t
would be imprudent to leave il to its
own resources. How often do we see
a youngster of splendid proportions go
prematurely to the grave. Why says
Secretary Shaw, there are reasons now
for a protective tariff that did not ex-
list when freight rates from foreign
countries were sour times as high as
at present, and when the time con-
sumed in ocean transit was FIVE times
as great This is surely the finest word
ever uttered on protection. Such typl-
cal Republicans as President Garfield
used TO look forward to the time when
the tariff should have ceased to be
necessity. but those were the days Of
loose thinking"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-21

Credit is given to Miss Helen Could
for the decision of the Western Union
Telegraph Company to take its wires
out of pool rooms-to bring to an end
its partnership with those who run
pool rooms. AS is well known. the
Gould family are about the largest
owners of Western Union stock. and
Miss Gould is a very influential MEM
Der of that family. The story is that
she used her influence with the direc-
tors of the Western Union Telegraph
Company to cease serving pool rooms
with racing reports.
1t is probable that about everybody
except the 5000 telegraph operators
who We're employed in the pool room
service, the pool room owners and those
who were accustomed to bet on the
races at the pool rooms is satisfied
with the action of the company. The
closing of the race track bureau of the
company is rather hard on the tele-
graph operators, who, at this season Of
the year, will doubtless have a pretty
hard time to get employment.
MISS OObAu lilluGllCG 10 dlN eAS
thrown on the side of right whenever
it is eXerted. She uses the great power
which her vast wealth gives her for
good. She was in st. Louis when she
became acquainted with the effort that
were being made to have the Western
Union Company close its racing bu-
reau, and in that way put the pool
rooms out Of business, if possible, and
she at once interested herself in the
matter OF course. she knew that
the closing of that bureau meant a
loss in gross receipts to the company
of several millions of dollars annually,
but she didn't hesitate as to the course
she should pursue on that account.
1t is stated that DR.. Parkhurst made
a strong defense of the directors of
the Western Union Company when il
was doubtful as to whether or not they
would order the wires of the company
withdrawn from the pool rooms. Ac-
cording to the story current, Mr.. Je-
rome, the district attorney of New
York city, asked whether or not any
of the directors were members of DR..
Parkhurst's church, and when he found
that some of them were. his comment
was that it was almost impossible Ito
enforce the law or maintain morality
even among men of high standing as
citizens and churchmen when the per-
sonal pocketbook was affected"
Assuming that it is true that to Miss
Gould is due the credit for withdraw
ing the wires of the Western Union
from the pool rooms, it is worthy of
notice that her conduct in the fight
to close the pool rooms, is in striking
contrast to that of DR.. Parkhurst, if,
as alleged he defended the directors
of the company when it was thought
probable that they wouldn't order the
wires withdrawn.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-21
-e-D-s-
FORTY MILES AN HOUR,

The proposition to build a ship that
will make the distance from New York
to Southampton in three days is now
under consideration in New York. 1t
is alleged that the new ship would
maintain a speed of forty miles an
hour all the way across. That would
be revolution indeed in the naviga-
ton of the ocean.
OF course no one knows that the
proposed ship would do all that is
claimed for her, but expert steamship
builders believe she would. She would
be about 900 feet long and would cost
not less than S2OO0.0O0. Her propellers
would be arranged along her sides, and
would be driven by electricity. 1t is
claimed that while by steam only $50
revolutions a minute of a steamships
propeller can be obtained it is possible
to get $500 by means of the electric
reversible motors.
The name of the inventor of what is
called the multiple electric propeller
is Richard Benjamin Painton, and his
home is at Williamsburg, Pa. His
invention may be all that is claimed
for it, and he and his hackers may be
able to get the money necessary to
build an experimental vessel. 1t is to
be hoped they will, but it is a safe
proposition that it will take a good deal
of eloquence to convince those who
have money to invest that the pro-
posed three-day ship is a good invest
ment.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-21

Is there not going to be a great
naval battle between the Russians and
the japanese during their war? II so
it will have to be fought very soon,
otherwise there viii be no ships on
either side with which to fight it. 1t
does seem remarkable that both the
Russians ard the japanese should lose
so heavily ~ means of torpedoes,
mines and accidents The Japanese
had been fortunate in escaping losses
from these causes until the other day
at Port Arthur, when they lost one of
their best battleships and a valuable
cruiser.
The only sea fight of importance
there has been thus far is that at
Chemulpo, and in that the Russians
were at a great disadvantage. and yet
the Russian navy, or at least that part
of it at Port Arthur, is badly crippled
and the japanese navy isn't in as good
a condition to hold command Of the
sea as it was few weeks ago. A
question that presents itself is this:
Is the navy of each of the parties to
the war to be practically destroyed
without a great sea fight?
There is no charge of carelessness
ships of the Japanese at Port Arthur,
and yet there is doubtless a feeling on
the part of the Japanese government
that there was not the watchfulness
there should have been. The loss of
one of the ships was due to a fog and
the other to a mine. 1t is of course
easy enough to say that the ships Of
the fleet ought not to have been NOV
ing about the harbor in a fog so dense
that it was not possible to avoid col
lisions with each other and that the
harbor ought to have been thoroughly
searched for mines before navigating
it, but there may be satisfactory ex-
plantations in each case.
The loss of the Japanese at Port
Arthur has had the effect of making
the Russians confident and cheerful.
Previously there was very gloomy
feeling at st. Petersburg. The Rus
slams felt that everything was going
against them. Now that Japan's navy
is being knocked to pieces by accidents
and mines they are hopeful of soon
being able to make their power felt
on the sea again. And the news of
the disaster that the Japanese have
suffered al Port Arthur will have
very inspiring effect on the Russian
army.
1t is said that the Japanese quickly
become demoralized by losses and de-
feats. 1t may be there will soon be an
opportunity of knowing whether or not
there is truth in this statement.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-21
Sounded Just Alike.

A rather dignifed young woman en-
tered a florists shop on Madison ave-
nue., says the New York Press. A
shrill voice, resembling that of an old
woman, greeted her with:
Shut the door! Don't you know it's
cold?"
Much embarrassed, she looked about
for the speaker, saying: Excuse me,
but the wind blew so hard l could
hardly close the door,"
Then, to her great establishment, she
found she had been conversing with a
parrot. Angered at the bird for de-
ceiving her so, she turned her back
to the cage and was intent upon eX-
aiming some flowers. Suddenly the
same voice, or what seemed to be,
said to her:
What can l do for you, miss?"
IF you hold your tongue l shall be
gratified above all things" replied the
young woman. turning around as she
spoke, and discovering the forists
wife.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-21
The HOrrid Parrot.

Eddie Foy tells a story of the period
during which, he admits, he thought
himself a bit of "a winner among the
ladies. says the New York Times. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Foy's account he was
much smitten with a young woma
whose father was quite partial to PETS.
Among the old mans collection was a
parrot which was a particularly fine
conversationalist. One evening Mr..
Foy remarked that a friend of his pos
sessed bird almost as clever as this
one; and he added, somewhat face tious.
ly, that his friends parrot could imi-
tate to perfection the sound of a kiss
rs that among the accomplishments
of our feathered treasure in the cor
ner?" asked he.
Whereupon the young woman, with
some show of Indignation, responded.
1T is not. I'll have you understand.
sir, that our parrot does not attempt
an imitation of a sound he is not "a
customed to hear"
Gust as the words were out of her
mouth" concluded Mr.. Foy. the par
rot chimed in with:
Wait, John. dear, till I take this
horrid bird out of the ROOM!
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-21
stanIey's Four-Finser Story.

No better epitome of Staniey's care r
has been conceived than that given bv
himself in his STORY of four fingers, /"
says the New York Tribune. On his
return from finding Livingstone, he
SAID. he had the honor of public re-
ception by the Royal Geographical So
ciety and the especial honor of being
presented ito an exceedingly distin-
guished parsonage in the scientific
world" who regarded him with conde-
scendlng favor, and even went so fai'
as to shake hands with him. He gave
me. said Stanley, "one finger!"
After his second and third adven-
lures, his explorations of the lakes and
mis- opening of the Kongo 10 civiliza-
ton, he was agar publicly received
and this distinguished parsonage re-
gdrded him with even more favor than
before. Again he shook hands with
him. 'He gave me two fingers" Once
more Stanley went to Africa to rescue
the faithful Emin, and on his return
he was third time publicly received
A third time the distinguished person ,
age condescended tG smile upon him,
still more approvingH than before, anG
third time to offer him his hand. He
gave me three fingers
Yet orce more Stanley appeared in
public with a fair companion, Miss
Dorothy Tenant. who a few moments
later was Lady Stanley. There, once
more, the distinguished parsonage was
present and so far condescended as to
beam upon him with unreserved APP
prevail. The throng was zoo great for
me to get near him." said Stanley, "bu3
have no doubt that had l been able
to do so he would once more have of
fered me his hand. and on this occi
sion he would have given me all four
fingers -
The Savannah morning news., 1904-05-21
lNDEA 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Col
Inns, Grayson & Co. At Joyce's To-
day; Notice to Superior Court Jurors.
Business Notices-Visitors TO Savan-
nah. Sommers Cafe; Flour in Half
Barrels. A. NJ. e. c. w. West; Let Us
Repair Your Trunks, l. II. Friedman &
Co; Speaking of Coffee, MINISTER'S.
Amusements-Lectu by Sam Jones,
Savannah Theater. Monday.
There 1t Goes, 80 Per Cent Discount
The Metropolitan Co.
How Sad 1t Is-Peoples Savings and
Loan Co.
Paying Rent-C. H. Dorset, Sales
Agent.
Last Day of the Great Rebuilding
Sale-B. H. Levy. Bro. & Co.
Look Out for Yourself-James G.
Nelson.
Malaria Prevented-Henry Solomon
& Co.
Legal Notices-In the Matter of St.
Julian r. Yonge of Chatham, and A.
]. DeLoach of Tattnall, Bankrupts.
The Wonderful Wash Goods Sale
Leopold Adler.
Enthusiastically Excursion, Sea-
board Air Line.
Foods-Force; Grape-Nuts.
Every Boarding House Keeper-Red
Cross Laundry.
My Motto Is to Make Frlends-Pete
Daley Cigars.
The Other Kinds Won't Do-The Sol
ONION Co.
Buy a Good Bicycle-At Lattimore's
Chancellor Cigars-Henry Solomon &
Son.
See What You Can Do With Your
Money-New York Cash Grocery.
A Pointer on Prescriptions-Row
ski, Druggist.
Champagne Berthe Delmonico Co
Hotels and Summer Resorts-Hote
Melrose, New York City.
Auction Sales-Ole Hoss Sale, Ocean
Steamship Co, l. D. LaRoche, Auc-
tioneer.
Medical-Blood Wine; Herpicide.
Sporting Goods Edward LovelTs
Sons.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted: For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
ceIlaneous.