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Street near school house. Recently repaired
and renovated. Possession given June l,
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Editors, College Presidents, Gentle
men. All,

President James Boyce and Mr.. r. 8. Gallo.
way, Of Due West, were IN town one day last
week, and the Press and Banner was glad 70
see them. AS iron sharpeneth iron, 90 doth
the countenance Of mans friend.
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FoR RENT-Two houses at the one-mile
post on the road TO Verdery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

Travellers thru Ecuador are always i'm
pressed with the comical appearance of
mules dressed In trousers. It is a we'll
known fact that a donkey will not become
restless without good cause. The flies
and mosquitoes are SO numerous and vi
cious that they keep the patient burden
bearers jumping up and down to fight
them off; as a consequence a mule loaded
with water jars or anything else will soon
spill his cargo all over the road. To pro-
tect him and keep him quiet he is fitted
out with breaches.
There are no letter carriers in Guaya-
quill, but the postoffice authorities seem
disposed to save their customers some
steps. One does not have to enter the
building, because the Boxes open on the
sidewalk, but If one wants stamps, they
are sold around the corner, about a block
distant from where the mail must be de-
posted. Down this way the rates of post
age seem to fluctuate according to the
needs Of the government. In one place I
mailed a package and the cost was 30
cents. The next day mailed exactly the
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Correspondence Of The Journal.

Correspondence Of The Journal.
/ Washington, Feb. 10.-President and
MRS. Roosevelt's official reception to the
members Of congress and their families
the third in the series of evening state
t3unctions-was the largest Of the season.
All the parlors Of the main floor were
| crowded. The president, shook hands with
2,458 persons.
The reception began promptly at 8
o'clock with the usual procession down
the marble staircase, across the long cor
'Tidor and into the blue room.
The receiving line was the shortest Of
the season, including only four of the
cabinet hostesses.
! Following the president and Mrs. Roose-
4 welt came Secretary and Mrs. Shaw, At
torney General and Mrs. Knox, Secretary
land Mrs. Hitchcock, Secretary and Mrs.
|Cortelyou and Secretaries Moody and Will
son. In the procession out Of the blue
room at the close Of the reception Secre-
tary Taft and Postmaster General Payne
Joined the party.
The new rule Of inviting the diplomat
lists directly to the party behind the
line proved a happy solution of the per-
tplexing question which interfered with
4 the success Of the reception to the judi
4 ciary two weeks ago.
Speaker Cannon and Miss Cannon were
the first guests to be received by the pres
tdent. The official representation from
COLSI6SS WAS uIlehpSCleuly S1ldll.
Mrs. Roosevelt wore a gown Of white
lace pailetted with silver.
Mrs. Shaw and Mrs Knox also wore
white lace gowns.
Mrs. Hitchcocks costume was Of white
silk brocade, and Mrs. Cortelyou wore a
becoming frock of white crepe de chine,
trimmed with lace.
Miss Roosevelt who did not return from
New York until late on the evening Of
the reception, her train arriving much be-
hind time, entered the blue room some
time after the receiving party She wore
gown of white net. spangled with gold.
Countess Cassini, who was another late
arrival. wore a charmingly simple frock
of white tucked net.
The countess and Miss Roosevelt, who
are great friends. spent the greater part
of the evening tete-a-tet in the red room,
where they attracted universal attention
from those passing the doorway or going
by In the line.
,be received by the president and Mrs
Roosevelt With her distinguished father
! the speaker of the house, she attracted
much attention thruout the evening. She
wore costume of cream crepe de chine
\ and lace. Miss Hitchcock wore pink crepe
and Miss Margaret Hitchcock white silk
and lace.
The Baroness Won Sternburg wore g
soft gown of liberty satin, with accessories
of lace and her sister, Miss Langham
white silk mousselfne.
# "a Mrs. Lodges costume was a handsome
gown of white satin; Mrs. Kearns, white
satin and diamonds, and Mrs. Dolliver
gray SATIN
Mrs. Roosevelt will exchange the II
.,nlnnk musicals for the o'clock teas.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
SOME DOGS THAT WERE
AL 1T UA YIN LIZ DGA4d
History Many
of Their Masters.

ern suburb, died Of grief and exhaus-
ton a few years ago. His mistress
married and left her old home to
reside some four miles away. The
terrier was in deep trouble at once.
He loved his mistress, and he loved
the old home where he had been
born, and had lived all his life.
He was a weakly little fellow, but
nevertheless he commenced visiting
his mistress almost every other day,
coming and returning alone in the
evening to his old quarters.
He could not keep this up for many
months, however, and soon his visits
became less frequent. Then he be-
gan to arrive very late in the day.
One afternoon faint scratching
was heard at the front door, and the
little fellow walked in very exhausted,
and died at his mistress feet within
half an hour. His steady devotion
had killed him.
A mastiff died of grief under tragic
circumstances just outside Montreal,
Can, q short time ago.
He was seen by the engine driver
Of train 1eaping UP and down on
the track and barking furiously. The
whistle was sounded as loudly as pos
sible, but with no effect. He would
not quit the line; and Just before the
piteous moan, and crouched right in
the permanent way.
The train was stopped, and the Of
ficials examined the case. The dog
was found dead, and under his body
little child, dead also. 1t was the
child Of the dogs master. The little
fellow had been playing on the track,
and had afterward lain there to sleep.
The dog had done his utmost to
stop the train. His last loud growl
of grief when he found his efforts
unavailing, and stretched himself
over the little ones sleeping form to
die.
Many other instances might be CIV
en- of the dogs faithfulness unto
death, but these will suffice to re-
mind those who have never had per-
sonal experience of canine devotion
in this degree, and, perhaps, are ac-
customed to value dog life cheaply.
How can one best immortalize such
noble qualities as those of that Scar
borough terrier? Could those devoaed
animals who have died of grief them
selves say, it seems as tho they would
have us be faithful to all their kith
and kin, as they themselves were
faithful to US.
One more steadfast friend is 6eas--
No costly sculpture with gilt inscr1p-
ton is expedient to perpetuate his
memory. Rather let the money go
to some good dogs shelter and let
us all remember the supreme affec-
ton Of this Scarborough terrier by
exercising more thoughtful regard
for all the canine race.
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same quantity Of material, wrapped in tie
same way, and the charge was $1.10.
expressed surprise at the sudden rise in
rates, and the attendant merely shrugged
his shoulders. Probably the postmaster
needed new bath tub that day.
There is one brick house in Guayaquil.
It has been built within the year, and the
natives assembled to watch it go up. The
usual method of constructing houses calls
for the use of canes of all sizes, from lit
tie ones as large as your finger, which are
split in halves and used as laths, to big
ones the size Of your leg, which are used
as scaffolding.
All In the View Point.
There Is a, great deal Of truth in the
old saying that one-half Of the world does
not know how the other half lives. The
citizen here takes you about and displays
the mean and meager advantages his place
affords. Local pride is the same in every
land. He points to this thing or that, and
says, isn't it fine, senor?" The mule car
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London Express.


The Scarborough Irish terrier that
has just died on his masters grave
after five years vigil of love and
grief, has supplied one more example
of the devotion of which the canine
nature is possible.
TO height of intense attachment
involving his own death the dog has
risen over and over again in the his
tory the race.
The dogs companionship with man
was first chronicled in the Book of
Tobit. History since that time has
been filled with instances bearing out
the fact The reality of that compan-
ionship, reaching to the highest points
of attachment and sacrifice, has never
lacked examples in any land.
Here is a story of a dog which be-
longed to former postmaster of Fort
William. He was rough, thlck-set
little mongrel named Gilliemor, and
he had a, wide sympathy for the DEAD
| as well as for all bereaved people.
Not a funeral took place in the
country around the masters home but
he was present. In due time before a
funeral he would rise and shake him
self as tho dressing, and then make off
to the stricken home, and keep all
beggars and noisy children at a re-
! spectful distance.
When the procession started he
would join in, walking decorously.
and after the coffin was lowered he
| would look anxiously into the grave,
then at the mourners, and finally trot
| home. He was known to attend sew
eral funerals in widely remote places
| in one day.
! Instances Of dogs who have grieved
for strangers are not at all uncom-
mon; but there are far more numer-
Gus examples Of canine pets who have
| died Of grief for their masters.
Many years ago the chamber OF
| deputies in Brussels contained an
empty wooden kennel in one corner.
| It had been brought from a neighbor-
| ing churchyard, where it had been
| placed by some charitable people for a
| dog that never left his dead master
grave for seven years and ultimately
| died there. ].
This dog belonged to young
French officer who fell covered with
yaded Brussels in 1880. His body was
/ found on the battlefield with the dog
| lying upon it, licking the wounds and
bowling piteously. He followed the
body to the grave, and never again LEFT
| the spot.
sometim the vigil Of grief has not
| been drawn out to the long period it
was in this heroic example. In the
acse Of the captain of an artillery
! comp any Of South Carolina, who was
! killed in the American civil war, the
officers pet dog lay moaning upon the
grave of his master, refusing to eat
] or drink, for three days, and then
died.
This instance is all the more re-
markable from the fact that the Off
GERS body did not reach the family
home in Columbia until week after
/ death.
! The dog met it at the gate. knew
/ by instinct that the coffin contained
/ his dead master, lay under 1t in the
/ parlor until the funeral, when ne
! Joined the procession to the grave.
j A small Manchester terrier, belong
/ Ing to a lady now living In an east
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ing on the present site Of the place before
the Savior was born. An American cleo
trician will install the plant, and when he
turns on the current for the first time
there will be much surprise among the
inhabitants of this old town, which car
ries the weight of so many centuries.
People Have Strange Ways.
There are many odd customs in Ecua-
dor. In some places where the land is
low 1t is submerged by the tide. This
means that all travel is done by boats.
The hours of school are timed so the chill
dren's canoes can come and go with the
tide. The market women float down town
in the morning and drift home again in
the evening. It is good motive power,
and cheaper than feeding a horse, the only
drawback being that to travel in this
manner requires promptitude, for time and
tide wait for no man. Many of the houses
of the lower classes are altogether devoid
Of furniture, the only furnishings being
hammock swung across the room. Every
addition to the family means another
hammock that is all.
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He says he has never had the fever, but
the white of his eye is yellow, and his
skin is brown as leather. His system is
stepped in malaria. He takes no exercise
and his circulation is poor He drinks
much wine and little water, and his kid
neys are bad. One day he will be ailing
and there won't be any fight left in him.
He will be dead before northerner would
know he was sick. You walk on, keeping
always on the shady side Of the street, for
the sun will sting you with its fiery lash if
you expose yourself to it. You rest be-
meath an awning and hear him inquire
of this friend and the other about the sick.
One had a bad night and another may
pull thru. You wish to goodness that you
might hear less talk about fever. It, is
so trying on the nerves. When the walk
is resumed the cathedral is passed. Can
dies are burning and prayers are being
said for the repose Of the dead. You pity
these people who always walk with the
ghost of fever stalking at their sides, and
they pity you because you may get killed
by the cars. It is all in the view point.
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is a slow and painful contrivance, but to
him it represents remarkable enter
but to him it represents remarkable enter
prise, and great convenience. You tell him
of the Boston subway that whirls its
thousands of hurrying passengers a mile
underground almost before his mule driver
can crack his whip; of the New York ele-
waited trains gliding over the roofs of the
houses almost as swift as birds fly back
and forth, and he will look at you in as
constituent and ask, "Why do you Ameri
cans wish to go so quicl1ly?" or. Don
the people fall off when the car goes so
fast?" Our haste seems unrea sonable to
him. He does not say as much; but he
thinks it is positively vulgar to move in
a hurry. When you have to admit that
many people are killed by our rapid tran
sit companies, that settles it with him,
''such things would not do for US, sir;
what we have is better for our country"
He really feels sorry for those who live
where there is such haste that people get
killed by it, He would rather have the
fever and die like a gentleman
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13
THE SOCIAL CALENDAR

Feb 11--Presdent and Mrs. Roosevelt, q re-
ception in honor Of the army and navy.
Feb 12-Mrs Roosevelt, a musical
Feb. IA ball under auspices of Columbian
university hospital at the New Willard.
Feb. 13.-Mrs. George Huff, 1915 Sixteenth
street. luncheon.
Feb. 15.--The assembly at the New Willard
Feb. 16.-William Barrett Ridgely, cotillion
at Rauscher's.
Feb 16.-song recital by Herr Max Heinrich,
at the New Willard.
Feb. 2s-The Secretary Of the Treasury and
Mrs. Shaw, dinner In honor of President and
Mrs. Roosevelt.
April AIR. and Mrs. William F. Draper,
childrens Dance
April Mr. and Mrs Francis Burton Harrl.
son, cotillion.
April 2O.--The marriage Of Miss Eliza Hutchin-
son Webb. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sid.
ney Webb, to DR.. James Fernandis Mitchell, at
ST. John s Church, at noon,
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The immense indirect cost OF warfare =
Illustrated by the fact that the Spanish
American war cost $1.000,000 day for
over a year, altho hostilities occupied but
three months.
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President and Madame I.oubet Of France
have sent a bewildering collection Of toys
to the two little Italian princesses, Yo-
lande and Mafalda, among which Is
rabbit that plays the violin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

The public executioner in England as
rule receives $50 every time he exercises
he Is given s25, provided that he has been
retained
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Bowdoin college. Brunswick, Me-, will
commemorate on Wednesday Of COM
mencement week, June % next, the one
hundredth anniversary of the birth of
Nathaniel Hawthorne. one of its most
notable graduates. Elias Perry. editor Of
the Atlantic Monthly, will be the orator Of
the occasion
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Every year nearly one million Russians
become liable for service, but Of these only
1000 enter the active army, the re-
mainder being passed direct into the mil
tia for twenty-five years.
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The two young sons Of Sir Michael Her
bert have sailed for England to enter the
spring term of school. They have been
with their grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. r.
F. Wilson of New York, since Christmas.
Lady Herbert has also been the guest Of
her parents for part of the winter, but
at no time has considered making New
York her home.
Rear Admiral Sigsbee, commandant of
the League Island navy yard, who has
been ordered to take command of the
South Atlantic squadron, will bring his
family to Washington to remain during
his absence. Commander Sigsbee has not
yet decided on a house, tho it is possible
Mrs. Sigsbee will prefer to establish her
household goods in the extreme northwest,
where her daughter, Mrs Ethel Sigsbee
Small, is at present located.
Mrs. William H. Taft, wife of the secre-
tary Of war, is in southern California,
the late spring she is expected in Cincin-
the late spring she is expected in Cincin-
natl to visit her father, John W. Heron.
! The Tafts will not take house here I'M
til next fall. The youngest son. Charles, a
handsome, sturdy little chap, and Miss
Helen are with their mother. Robert, the
elder son, is at preparatory school in
New York.
Miss Cannon, daughter Of the speaker
of the house, held her last formal after
| noon reception for the present season last
Tuesday, when her drawing rooms were
filed by a distinguished company.
Lent begins to-day, and the formal So
cial season is therefore at an end for the
present. The last of the formal White
House receptions is to take place to-mor-
row night. It is for the army and navy.
Mrs. Hunter Doll, formerly Mrs. Cush-
| man K. Davis, has begun series Of re-
ceptions at her Washington home, 1926 S
street northwest. These receptions will
| occur weekly during the remainder Of the
winter.
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were accompanied by Miss Helen John
son, who will be Mrs. Knox S guest.
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Ecuador. Feb. t.
This blazing little town is as
hot as If the equator ran up
thru the main street. It's peo-
pie look like brown children
Of the sun. Life reduces itself
to simple proposition in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-13

Lent begins to-day, and the formal So
cial season is therefore at an end for the
present. The last of the formal White
House receptions IS to take place to-mor-
row night. It is for the army and navy.
Arizona republican., 1904-10-08
CIRCUS DAY SCENES
The Big Show Whose Speciality Is Do
 ing All It Advertises.

Once more the Ringing Brothers mammoth circus has spent a day in Phoenix and it is only modest to say that this great amusement aggregation is keeping pace with the progress of the world in general and that each suc- ceeding season finds it a bigg 7r ana a better show than ever. It is really amazing that the Ringlings O. anyb .oy- else can travel over the country with such an army of entertainers. such u monster menagerie and sucl stupsa dOus quantity of Paraphernalia and properties, making one day stands and filling, all engagements satisfactorily.
 All Thursday night the big traius were coming in from the south and in the very early morning, began the transfer of the enormous tent c-ty from the reilroad yards to the Show grounds. Between II and F o'clock
 was given the usual parade, only it was unusual in that it was longe~ and more imposing than ever and ,ontain- cd a number of new and novel, fea-
 lures. Though the modern circus is always accompanied by a big meIiager- ie, the equine species always was and always will be the most spectacular feature. Civilized man places the horse above all other animals and though there Is nothing novel about hoIsc
 a vast number of supeTlativeiy tine aa- imals always attracts attention. ARI
 the Ringing horse show ,s-ane of. sur passing splendor. There are hundreds
 of horses and they are all the boss that money can buy. There is no place 8 l poor horse can be used in a mo tcru cir GUS, even for the most humble y,cl k and the draft teams thems selves are a part of the show while there is a, | regiment of horses trained for enc i purpose or another. not all of them Ly
 any means being used in the sawdust rings.
 1 The menagerie proper contains this ! year larger number and greater va riety of animals than last year.
 Among them is noted a new giraffe, | one that was secured late last season,
 but not exhibited until this year. l. is
 a much larger animal than the one
Arizona republican., 1904-10-08

shown last year. and which is still -ex- hibited, the two making a fine looking pair. There is also a herd of la1nas that was recently added to ne .asen- agerie, and the elephant and camel herds are bigger and more wonderful than ever the elephant claiming the most attention being Baby Boo. born in captivity. A particularly attractive cage of monkeys comes from Japan. and they all have red faces that ok like they were painted. All manner Of wild beasts are seen in the mena azerie from the jungle kings to the inhabi- tants of the polar regions and the des- ert plains.
 The ring performances were great of course and held the c,osest attention of
 the big audiences both afternoon and
 evening. It was estimated that there were nearly 5000 people present in the afternoon and almost as many were on
 the grounds at night, though the at
 tendance at a circus is always hard to
 estimate for the reason that while the
 seats usually seem to be full the den sity of the audience can be judged only
 by those familiar with crowds of that kind.
 There were three big rings and two stages and there was something doing
 most of the time in all five of the places, while an army of clowns cir culated everywhere and many special | ties found place for action isl the biz hippodrome track that surrounded the lrirgs. The performance began with the big spectacular production of "Jerusa- lem" and was followed by the usual va riety of horseback riding, gymnastics. aerial bar and trapeze work, trained animal exhibitions, juggling. etc, the only unusual thing being that the pro- gramme was more varied and in some features better than ever before The trained horses as usual brought much
 applause and the tricks of the train ed seals are ever a source of wonder. | The programme went through at both | performances without hitch or acci- dent
 One novelty never seen here before i was Crazo's daring feat. leaping the ] gap. It lasted but a moment but it 1 was a moment of suspense till the man i and wheel after flight through the air rested firmly on the ground again. ! The performance closed with the hip pOdrome races that are now considered
 as necessary part of a circus enter ! tainment as the nenagerie or any oth- : CT feature that has become almost cIas- < sicaL