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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-29
COPYRIGHT. 1904, BY MCCLURE, PHILLIPS q co.

thing undher ye'er arm to tn great pawnshop.
Whin Hogan wants four dollars, he takes til clock
down to Moses. Whin Rockyfear wants tin mill
yon, he puts up his peace iv mind his health or
something akelly yalyable If Hogan wud hook
his priceless habit " sleepn' late in tn mornin
he wud be able to tell tn time iv day whin he got
up without goin to tn corner dhrug store.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-29

~ My little while ago, the ia
& nous round tower at Fort Smell
ing was nearly century old:
~ Today it isn't month old.
The structure stands, but to
all intents and purposes it is new.
Every vestige of age; every suggestion
of historic or romantic interest about
the place has been destroyed by, thick,
ugly, prosaic coating of Portland &C.
ment.
The clinging ivy which accentuated
the hoary sturdiness of the original
rough lime rock in the wall has been
ruthlessly torn down. A nearby tree
which was Seeding when Thomas JEFF
ferson was president has been hacked
down at the behest Of men to whom
sentiment is evidently an unknown
quantity.
If man should go to old Boston and
suggest putting corrugated iron We
neer on the Old South church to increase
It's usefulness he would be mobbed or
deemed insane. The man who would
try to open a casino in George Washing
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
Talk About Srosquitoesi

"The people who complain about the
Jersey mosquito don't know what mos
quitoes are" said civil engineer the
other day. "The Jersey mosquito is
a positive joy compared to the blood
suckers we have in the Northwest.
In North Dakota you couldn't possibly
sit out in the evening with chain armor
or smudge fire to protect you, and
along the line of the Canadian Pacific
the workmen wear gloves and wells.
When L was out there year or two
ago, looking after the building of a
short branch road, we had only one
man in the gang who did not mind
mosquitoes or even horse flies. He
was big Swede. with a hide like sole
leather. His impregnability to the
assaults of stinging things was the
wonder of the camp, and one day he
offered to bet my assistant that he
could sit for half an hour in a slough
and not vince while the gaillnippers
drained his life blood. My assistant
had n 81 bill which said the Swede
couldn't do 1t. The Swede stripped to
the waist, folded his arms and let the
blood-thirsty insects do their utmost.
len, ulleeH Hlhutes pusSeu. anu my
assistant saw his So leaving him.
He took out sun glass and focused
it on the Swede's back. The big fellow
began to squirm. His back was to-
ward us and he could not see what was
going on. His back began to smoke.
He writhed for nearly fifteen minutes,
then he twisted his head over his
shoulder and called out:
'Ae tax off 30 cents If you kill that
horse fiy.' washington Post.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
An Alnrm clock mat AI,rn..

A Tyrolese clockmaker recently IN
vented and patented n unique alarm
clock. 1t is simply new and original
application of the alarm to the clocks
made in the Black Forest possessing
a certain popularity which he deslg-
mates the Alpine Walker.
Whenever in the solitudes OF the
high pastures. the cowherds of the Ty-
role and Switzerland desire to COM
municate with one another over dis
tances too far for the voice to carry
they make use of a sort of wooden
drum, upon which they strike with
wooden hammer, thus producing a
sound which is distinctly audible over
a long distance. This custom is the
father of the idea.
Just above the dial on the clock will
be found wooden hammer which.
actuated by the alarm movement,
beats upon a thin board, raised an
inch from the face of the clock. as
upon a drum producing sound Of re-
markable intensity, more thrilling in
deed than that of the ordinary metal
bell.-Bulletin Mensuel,
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
WISE WORDS.
Journal.

The best way to sing about golden
streets is to buy a broom.
The man who is willing to so to
heaven alone is going to iouely heav-
ell.
The permanent things are the stars
and the sun, and not the clouds or the
dust.-Senator Hoar.
1 have no genius; 1t is only patient,
concentrated toll that gives me sue
cess.-Sir Isaac Newton.
Unless he is feeble minded. it is never
safe to trade upon mans Ignorance.
Cora Lapham Hazard.
There are lighthouses all along our
lives and God knows when it is time
to light the lamps.-Saxe tiolmes.
A quiet. sympathetic loo.s or smile
many a time unbars a he TT thar needs
help which you can siye.-Josephine
Pollard.
We cannot truly know anything
without sympathy, without getting out
of self, and entering into the feelings
of others.
The blossom cannot tell wnat be-
comes of its odor; and no man can tell
what becomes of his influence and e1-
ample, that roll away from him and
go beyond his ken in their periious mis-
sions.-H. w. Beecher.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
Mot wonderfuI rrens.

The baobab tree is considered one
of the most wonderful of the vege-
table kingdom. 1t appears that moth
ing can kill this tree. hence it reaches
an astonishing age as well as enor-
nous size. The natives make a str,ng
cord from the fibres of the bark, hence
the trees are continually barked, but
without damage. as they soon put
forth new bark. 1t appears impervi-
GUS to fire and even the axe is resisted.
as 1t continues to grow in length after
it Is lying on the ground.
1t would not be justice to Califor-
MIA to ignore the sequola, which is a
native of our own dear hearth. Until
the recent discovery of the Australian
eucalyptus, which is as large. the Sc
quota was regarded as the most gigan-
tic of the vegetable products. not
uncommon diameter being thirty to
thlrty-six feet, while its height is esti-
mated at from 2T5 to 45O feet
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
For the Foolish Dictionary.

Charities, in its last issue, suggests
that charity workers make collection
of the curious specimens of English
as she is spoke" by their submerged
constituents, and offers prize for the
best list. AS sample of what Is
wanted, the following sayings of ap-
plicants for aid. reported by agents
OF the Washington Associated Char
ties, are offered:
indigestion of lungs"
brain frozen"
give cents worth of pneumonia
Ammonia of the lungs"
Consolation of doctors"
"Homopatricll doctors"
Left congressional tabernacle to
join gossip hall"
Tenth conversational church. Dos
ton Transcript.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
HE MIcRoeE IN MONEY.
Crusade Against Disease II eiped by Retir-
ing DIRTY Notes.


ing DIRTY Notes.
Our grandparents had their suspic-
ions as to drains and cesspools and
marshes and fertilizer heaps and flies,
but they were not convictions. Fevers
and agues, diphtherla and pneumonia.
plague and cholera, were dispensatl tlons
of Providence which instanced the
persistence of mankind in original sin
and slackness in the matter of ch Irch
attendance. The modern view is sci
entific. We have come to that pass
that we are suspicious OF microbes in
everything-car straps. tickets, laun-
dry and walters hands. We cannot
abide it when n man moistens his fin
gers TO turn the pages of book, and
Immediately desire to disinfect the
book after he is done with it. Hence.
in Germany the authorities are really
taking measures to shake the germs
out of the volumes in the public libra
ries, after they have passed through
the unwashed hands and have been
moistened from the possibly diseased
mouths of the community. And in
our country we are agitatiug for clean
money. for we know that much of it
is as dirty in condition s it may not
have been in the making.
Other countries use metal money
and seldom put out large issues of bills.
but that makes little difference. Peo-
pie who have been in the West Indies
will remember that the coins in circu-
lation there are crusted with dirt, and
microbes live in dirt more contentedly
than they live in paper. Yet. we have
thousands of bills that are little less
than n disgrace to us, and we shall be
interested to know how society or gov
ernment intends to substitute them for
clean ones. Laws against holding them
in the mouth while making change
will never be of effect, for our author
tiles ignore the far worse offense OF
splitting in street cars. One or two
tradesmen in this city are said to
make it practice. and n good one it
is, to drop all metal money that passes
over their counters into dlsinfecting
mixtures before passing il back to GUS
toners. But it takes longer to bake
the bills that may be charged with
bacilli of infectious disease. Still, it
ought to be done by somebody. Who
is the body? Government, at any rate,
ought to help the crusade against dirt
and disease by retiring all worn and
defaced notes that are received in its
offices and giving out clean ones in
their stead-Brooklyn Ea gle.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
About Famous People.

Professor Cattell, of Columbia Uni
versity, has taken the four principal
encyclopedias of the world-EnSlish
French, German and American-and
made out list of 1000 famous men
and women to whom is given the most
space. He has found that Napoleon
heads the list, Shakespeare comes Sec
ond. Mohammed third and Voltaire
fourth. George Washington. the first
American in the list, is number nine
teen.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
a STORY OF sELF.s.cRlFlcE.

Pop took me TO the circus 'tause it disap-
points me
To have to stay at home, although he
doesn't care 10 go;
He's seen it all so many times, the wagons
and the tents:
The cages of wild animals and herds of
elephants;
This morning he went down with me to
watch the big parade,
Ee was so dreadful busy that he oughtn't
to have stayed,
He said he'd seen it all before and all the
reason he
Went down and watched it coming was be-
cause it's new to me.
Then we walked to the circus grounds and
~ Pop, he says. Il guess
You want a glass Of lemonade, of course" /"
and l says: Yes.
And he bought one for each of us, and
when he drank his he
Told me he drank it only just to keep me
company;
And then he says: "The sideshow is, l
s'pose, tbe same o.d sell,
but every oody going IN, so we might
He said he'd seen it all before, ard all the
reason he
Went in and saw it was because it was all
new to me.
Wen, by and by we both came out and
went in the big tent.
And saw the lions and tigers and the big
ges' elephant,
With chains ON his front corner and an
awful funny nose
That looks around for peanuts that the
crowd of people throws;
And Pop, he bought some peanuts and it
ciirIcd its nose around
Until 1t found almost every one that he
threw on the ground;
He said he'd seen it all before, and all the
reason he
Stayed there and threw 'em was because
1t was all new to me.
Well, then the band began to play the live
liest tune,
And Pop, he says he guessed the show
would open pretty soon;
30 we went in the other tent, and Pop, he
says to me:
Il guess well get some reserved seats so
you viii surely see"
And then some lovely ladies' came and
stood there on the ground,
And jumped up on the horses while the
horses ran around:
Pop said he'd seen it all before, and all the
reason he
Looked at the ladies was because it was all
new to me.
Well, finally it's over, but a man came out
. to say
That they're going to have a concert, and
Pop said we'd better stay;
lie SAID they re always just the same and
always such sell,
But lots Of folks We're staying and he
guessed we might as well
Then by and by we're home again, and
Mamma wants to know
What KIND of circus was it. and Pop said,
THE same old show"
And said he'd seen it all before and all
the reason he
Had stayed and seen it all was cause it's
all SO new to me.
u. Y Foley.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04

the wardrobe of his fiancee, and had
aided in selecting the material of the
garment which was now making its
first appearance. Marian's apparent
Indifference TO his opinion hurt his
feelings. He resolved that If she
wanted to know whether he liked the
gown or not she would have to ask
him.
The first number of the programme
was just being concluded when they
reached the concert hall and perspir-
ing usher conducted them to their
seats. "Abominably hot -and close.
isn't it," said Reynolds, leaning to-
ward Marian to asst her in removing
her jacket To his amazement she
drew away. I'm going to keep it on"
she explained.
Not your jacket in this sitting
hall?" Reynolds stared at her in
creduously. and Marian looked miser-
able and defiant
IL think 1 feel a draught," she said.
"Do you? 1 wish 1 could" Rey-
nolds was beginning to feel decidedly
out of sorts. He hardly knew his
Marian in this creature of whims.
When he looked at her next little
beads of perspiratlon were dotting her
by telling her in a whisper that her
hair was coming out of curl.
But the climax came when they
reached home. The family had not
returned, and Reynolds settled him
self in the Morris chair for a comfort
able talk, while Marian sat down near
him, still wearing her hat and jacket.
Won't you take off your things and
stop awhile?" he asked, jokIngly.
To his astonishment the color rose In
her cheeks and she did not answer for
moment. When she spoke it was to
say, falteringly: I'm very comfort
able"
The hint was unmistakable. Rey-
nolds rose to his feet pale with anger.
Il suppose you mean that 1 am not to
prolong my stay" he said. 81 seem to
have been unfortunate in trying to
give you little pleasure this evening.
IL you should ever feel that 1t would
be possible for you to tolerate my So
ciety again. 1 should be pleased to
have you let me know" He took one
step toward the door. then stopped, for
Marian was in tears.
Il never knew any one so horrld and
so stupid" she walled. "This dread
full dress buttons in the back.
couldn't button it, and so 1 had to wear
this hot Jacket, and I've nearly died
all the evening, and you've made it
just as hard for nae as you could. /
think you men are"
But Marian's opinion of men was
never disclosed, for Reynolds had
taken her in his arms, and the first
quarrel was over.-Chicago News.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
When stanley worked in n Collar.

He sometimes. but not often. spoke
to me of his life as 4 boy. 1 remcn-
ber. in 1890, when we were staying
in Cincinnati together. his asking me
one afternoon to so for walk with
him. He took me through obscure
back streets and down dirty alleys un-
til we reached wharf on the banks
Of the Ohio River. He stopped at the
bottom of a street. which ran steeply
down to the river, and pointed out n
lad who was rolling 4 large cask OF
tallow from a cellar down to the
wharf. lie said: II Lave brought
you here because 1 wanted to show
You this place. 1t was in this street
that worked as Il boy. 1 was doing
exactly the same work as that lad,
and. If l mistake not, that is the same
cellar IN which 1 worked" - From
"Reminiscences of Sir Henry STAN
ley" by A. ]. Mounteney-J ephson. in
Scribner'S.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
African EIdorado.

Ethiopia is wealthy in resource be-
yond the power of any man t. calcu-
late. Gold, silver, asphalt, petroleum.
iron and coal exist in combination with
saluDrlous climate, agricultural pro-
ductiveness and a people of singular
docility. With watchful eyes upon
the future the Emperor seeks to pre-
serve the political independence of'his
people, which has been handed down
through the centuries. and i'll the
meantime he hopes to develop the M
telligence and resources of the popula-
ton to such a point as 10 enable 1t TO
withstand any pressure from without
The empire holds out no attraction to
the commercial adventurer with linn
tied means. says United States Con-
sui General Skinner. who negotiated
the commercial treaties with tha1
country.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
Latest Note In Horses. Hats.

Variety or novelty in the fashion of
hats for horses cannot reasonably be
expected. but correspondent calls at
tention to two ingenious devices. One
was of the ordinary poke bonnet vari-
ETY. in green, but 1t was made more
elaborate by the insertion in the crown
of fan, which revolved by the action
of the air as the horse moved. The
other fashion in equine hats was seen
in the country. and consisted of several
small branches of foliage stuck into
the harness. with the advantage that
the protection extended right down the
spine of the horse. An inexpensive
outfit. no doubt, says the London
Chronicle. but it would scarcely do for
London streets.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
MEDAL OF HISTORIC INTEREST.
One of the Eight Given by washfnEtos
to Arapahoe Chief-.

one OF TIE Nv W o"sN-EeO1
to Arapahoe Chiefs.
John Dillon. banker at Geary. owns
a medal alleged to be one of the eight
given by George Washington to eight
Arapahoe Indian chiefs in 1tS9. The
medal is nearly two and one-half
inches in diameter and made of unal-
loyed silver. 1t was given to Nr. Dit
lon by an Arapahoe chief. Jock Bull
Bear who declared that it was given
originally to his grandfather, White
Owl, by Washington. and transmitted
by White owl to his son of tile same
name. who was the uncle of Jock Bull
Bear, and from whom Bull Bear, re-
ceived it.
On one side is the head of Washing
ton encircled by the words. George
Washington, the Father of Our Coun-
try" Below is the date. "1fS9. and
two crossed pipes beneath. In the out
er margin at the top is the word.
Friendship" with six stars at each
side separating it from the words. "The
Pine of Peace" in the outer margin at
the bottom OF the medal. The thir-
teenth star is Immediately beneath
the word "Friendship."
The story of the medal. as told by
Mr.. Dillon, is that the Arapahoe tribe
was in camp at Colorado Springs in
1888. when eight chiefs left on horse
back for Washington. They made the
trip successfully and returned in nine
months from the day of departure.
Mr.. Dillon does not know the vaine
of the medal, but mas refused all of
fers for its purcEase.-Eansas City
Journal.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
Mary.

Mary was girl of Platonic tenden-
cies. She loved Il little Lamb. Mary
belonged to the Eand of Hope and was
original precursor of the S. P. @. A.
Love. though, is cruel. according to
the poets, and therefore Mary was
not q worthy philanthropist. If Mary
had any brothers or sisters it was very
selfish of her to love the Lamb SO
much. Maybe she didn't love her moth
er; maybe her mother was cruel to her
and made her sweep down the kitchen
steps every Thursday as near to u
o'clock as possible. That may account
for the psychological truth of reason
ing set u1 in Mary's mind which ulti-
mately resulted in her. affection for
Tie Lamb. The only theory to explain
in any satisfactory manner Mary's
love for the Lamb is that she was a
girl of Platonlc tendencies.-San Fran
cisco Call.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
A PeopIe With Tails.

A German traveller claims to have
discovered in the forests of Borneo a
people who still wear the tail of our
primitive ancestors. He does not
write from hearsay; he has seen the
tail, says the London Chronicle. 1t
belonged to child about six years
old, sprung from the tribe of Poe
mans. AS nobody could speak the Poe
nan language the youngster could not
be questioned, but there was his tail,
sure enough. not very long. but fex-
ible, hairless and about the thickness
of ones little finger. The Poenans are
reported to be very simple, honest
folk, with childlike system of barter
They deposit in public places the
goods they wish to exchange, and a
few days later they find there the
equivalents they desire. Nobody
dreams of stealing. This is almost as
remarkable as the vesdSe OF the an
cestral tail.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04

4 II j though that remains to be
5sOe< seen. Their course of true
love has been very smooth thus far.
which is doubtless due to Marlans
Sactful way of avoiding conflicts with
Reynolds prejudlces.
Punctuallty, for instance. is fad
with Reynolds. and however admirable
this may be from a business point of
view 1t is likely to become trlfe ir-
ritatlng socially, especially when a
man insists that other people shall
measure up to his standard. But
Marian, realizing how much this over
rated virtue means to him. has never
Kept him waiting when they had an
Observation-Disclosures, that is to say, un-
Oil the evening in question.
I They Were to attend concert which
both had been anticipating with espe-
cial pleasure. Reynolds went early to
Marlan's home. as was his custom.
and when lie mounted to the third Hat
he found the door Hospitality ajar.
Come in" called n voice which Rey-
noids is in duty bound to consider the
sweetest on earth. I'm not quite
ready yet"
Reynolds seated himself in the H.
brary and took up one of the late
magazines. The fiat was very still,
and he remembered that the family,
with the exception of Marian, had ac-
eepted dinner invitation from Il
friend. lie was in the midst of an
interesting story when he felt sud
den unpleasant conviction that some
thing was wrong and he pulled out his
watch. Then he stepped quickly into
the hall
TITS almost S. dear" HI said. The
affectienate form Of address gave the
episode almost n domestic flavor and
allayed his sense of irritation for Il
moment.
'Yes. I know" said the voice back
OF Marian's transom. I'm be ready in
a minute"
Reynolds returned to the library.
But now he sat with watch in his
hand, while Marian's minute stretched
out TO five, and then to ten. Reynolds
was meditating another reminder
when she made her appearance, ready
even to her hat and jacket.
Reynolds forgot his sense of injury
fn the pleasure of discovery.
why. you've got on the new gown.
Slip of your jacket and let me see how
It looks"
I'm afraid It's too late for that"
Marian answered in haste. After a
moment Reynolds replied. stiffiy:
very well. then. we'll 20 at once"
Reynolds takes strong interest ir
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
Ants Eor TooG.

Ants, writes Ernest Thompson Seton.
in Country Life in America, are avail
able for food when one is lost il the
North Woods. They are usually to be
found dormant in dead and hollow
trees. sometimes in great numbers.
Bears and flickers eat them in quanti-
ties, and 1 have met men who claim
to have done so. but have never tried
them myself, and suspect they are un-
pleasantly acid. Professor E. b.
Southwick. however. says: "In my
early days, when chop ,ng wood 1
have often eaten the frozen black ants.
The forIlic acid in them made an
agreeable relish to the pork and bread
sandwich that formed my iunch."
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
"Pen stammering."

"Pen stammering'' is the name CIV
en- by DR.. Bertillon. of Paris. to diff
ficulty in writing analogous to stam-
mering in speech. Many persons. hss
says, are incapable of writing even one
of the letters of word as long as
any one is looking at then. Hypnotic
suggestion, he thinks. will cure this
nervous trouble, as well as writer's
cramp
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
TIL. Inventor of the Turbine.

C. A. Parsons, now famous as the
inventor of the turbine, which is revo-
lutionizihs the steamship, has recently
amused himself by devising a little
valve called the auxetophone, whiclf
promises similarly to advance the phon-
ograph, which it endows with extraor-
dinary power and purity of tone.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
A,nsrir,nsinG Gresc.

1t is estimated that about 4500 trav-
elers from the United States have Wis
tied Greece during each of the last
four years. and have annually left
shout S1,500,000 in the kingdom.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
rhenrnn a1irn

As a gravedigser Mt Einsiedeln, In
Switzerland, was shoveling dirt on the
coffin of n woman who had been
buried he heard a cry for help and
hastily opening the coffin he found the
occupant alive.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-04
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THEIR
FIRST
QUARREL.
II X x x Il X * x

HEY had their first quarrel
the other day. and they are
sure that it is the last.
though that remains to be