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

THE LAZY GOOSE

Once upon a time; there was wild
goose who was lazy; he did not like to
fly the great distances wild geese have
to fly: he did not like to hunt for his
own food One day he alighted in
barnyard and began talking to the tame
geese there.
This appears to be a tidy little tavern;
] have seen larger ones, to be sure, with
prompter service, but a traveller OF my
experience learns to overlook many
shortcomings. So the farmer gives you
all you want to eat, does he? And you
nave nothing in the world to do. Well,
my doctor has ordered me to take the
rest-cure; this life of travel is wearing
me TO feathers and bones. I'll stay here
as long as the climate seems to agree
with me-"
so he ate greedly Of all that was scat
tered for the fowls to eat; his doctor
had ordered plentiful diet for him, he
said He became quite hero, telling the
tame birds Of his adventures and the
strange countries he had SEEM
BY and by came Betty the maid, with
her head tied up and a great apron over
her dress. What is she going to do?"
asked the wild goose, as all the other
geese fled, shrieking, from before her.
''She is going to pluck our feathers out
to stuff pillows and beds for her master
to sleep on" an old gander answered
him.
rs that sop replied the wild goose.
That would never agree with my consti-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02
Newspaper
Statistics
Prove

THAT it Is not the paper with the
largest claimed circulation that car
stes the most advertising.
THAT the paper which carries the
most advertising Is the best advertis-
ing medium.
THAT the CLEAN Evening Daily Is
the paper which goes to the homes
and is read by all the members Of
the household, consequently reaches
the great purchasing class.
The journal proves the rule in
Minneapolis. 1t leads every month.
The Journal carried in April
1890 columns Of advertising, 600 col
umns more than any other daily paper
and 1913 columns more than any other
paper, Daily and Sunday issues COM
bined. ....
II The Journal carried in April 357
columns of Want advertising, 81
more columns than any other Mime
apolis paper, Daily and Sunday issues
: combined.
/ The Journal carried 404 columns Of
/ Foreign advertising in April, SS col
unns more than any other Mime
( apolis paper, Daily and Sunday is
sues combined.
IS The Journal Is the home paper Of
Minneapolis. Circulation from Jan. l
s 10 May /. -aw
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02
AT THE THEATERS
eijou-"A Prince Of Eaters.

Ar-s
That Al H. Wilson is at the Bijou this
week explains few things-that "a
Prince of Tatters" is the bill that the
company is good, the scenery pretty and
that some half dozen songs, more or less
catchy and of which Whispering Breeze"
sticks longest in the memory, are sung
by the "golden-voice1'' singer
There Is no doubt that Mr.. Wilson'S
voice is pleasing. Its range is limited
but the tone is mellow, that is when he
does not hamper its production by GER
tain tricks and habits that mar his work.
Physically, Mr.. Wilson is an attractive
prince. The tricks that arc more pro-
nounced in his singing find an echo in his
acting. He sometimes. takes liberties and
interrupts the action Of the play with ir-
relevant and modern slang.
The story Of "A Princesof Tatters'' runs
something like this "A noble youth and
maid are welded by far-sighted parents
life Of either. The. ceremony is performed
in Germany and after it Is performed
husband and wife are separated. The
young Wife's parents die and her guar
dian, to recuperate his fortunes, under
| takes to secure a divorce, without her
| knowledge, and we'd her to the son Of the
governor of New York, whose secretary
he Is and whittier the scene shifts The
prince, In search Of his wife, and in tat
tiers, appears In New York in company
with a band Of smuggers and becomes in
volved in conspiracy against the life OF
the governor The denouement permits Of
q sword fight and of some very fair com
| edy. OF course. everything ends happily q
Miss Fanny Bloodgoo d' 81 struggles with
the green-eyed monster are the basis for
most Of the comedy. They are highly
amusing struggles, too.
Little Bessie Burt, as Little Spiegel Ifs
an Lrlusually good child player Avarics
is the keynote Of 4 her part, that Of q
privileged character.
IF. II. Manning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
Story Of William H. Prescott
Told by RolIo Ogden In the american
Men Of Letters" SerIes-some Excerpt
From the Magazines for May.

The story of a most interesting person
ality has been added to the American
Men Of Letters" series in the volume on
Prescott, by Rollo Ogden, editor of the
Evening Post of New York. While Pres
colts writings are passed in review, and
modern historical investigation prOnounces
upon them, the main study is Of the man
himself. The author has had the advan-
tage of access to the Prescott family pa
pers, and other new material. with the re-
suit Of bringing out in great distinctness
a charming character.
Prescott had spent eight years in writ
ing his Ferdinand and Isabella" and was
about to bring it out, yet few persons,
only two Or three outside of his own fam
lily. knew that he was attempting such a
work. A near relative about the time of
the works publication not knowing how
Prescott was occupying his time, urged
him to undertake some serious pursuit,
as a means both Of happiness and social
repute" When the work was issued
therefore, it was great surprise to Pres
colts friends. Its sale was something OF
a surprise to the author. mo work OF
serious scholarship had ever been in such
demand in America. No American his
torian had before attained such acclaim
from the judicious in Europe" The
writer's sudden popularity did not turr
his Hedu. LII q 1oLtoI WIlILcl tSIl udy
after the publication of ferdinand ant
Isabella Prescott says in way quite
characteristic Of his letters: "Thei
Catholic Highnesses have just been ISSUED
into the world in three royal octavos. TIL,
bantling appeared on a Christmas morn
ing, and. certainly have not fallen still
born, but is alive and kicking merrily."
Mr. Ogden describes Prescott's style ad
rnirably in this:
Seldom does one encounter an abso
Iutely stilted passage in Ferdinand ant
| Isabella but elegance of diction frequent
| ly becomes oppressive and elaborate com
parisons-such as that of Isabella will
Queen Elizabeth-are pushed with a dir
thoroness, upon which no writer woult
day venture. Yet the narrative bear
rereading wonderfully well, of so sus
tanned an interest is it, so highbred is tn
spirit which animates it, SO sound an
wide the scholarship
The Uneasy Chair
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02
Minnesota Butter Brands.

Minnesota butter is the best in the
world, and brings the highest prices
in the Chicago and New York mar
kets. In spite Of this well-known SUI
periority, Minnesota buttermakers are
receiving only the average market
price for their product.
The reason for this, according to
Dairy Commissioner Mcconnell, is
that the. Minnesota butter makers
have not learned the value of brand.
The best creameries in the state sell
their butter to New York commits
sion men, who put their own brand
on it and sell it to the select trade as
Smiths Gilt EDGE or 'Potter's
Triple X for prices two or three
cents better than the regular market.
The merits Of Minnesota butter make
a name for the brand, and the skill Of
the Minnesota buttermaker puts dol
lars in the pockets Of the New York
business man.
Mr.. Mcconnell makes a suggestion
that seems practical. He wants the
Minnesota creameries to brand their
own butter, and sell it under their own
names. Thus they could make repu-
tations for themselves, and the extra
prices as we'll as the glory would come
to the profit of the men who make
the champion butter.
Apparently the creamery experts of
Minnesota know how to make good
lit. They do not realize what their
product is worth, and of course they
cannot blame the New York dealer
for taking advantage of the fact. The
New York man knows that there is a
market for the finest butter at
premium prices, and he knows where
i to get the butter.
1t certainly seems that this premium
ought to go to the buttermaker. II
our Minnesota creameries insist or
selling by their own brands, and com.
bine to show the consumers of the
east the superiority of Minnesota but
ter, there Is no reason to doubt thai
4 their brands will sell above the regu
lar market price to the wholesale
dealers. The trade will learn to cal
, for the Minnesota brands, and the
! commission men will be glad to handl.
them. If necessary, 1t will pay tht
Minnesota creameries to maintain al
!, agent in New York to look after thei
i interests, and see that they get tn,
| extra price of 2 cents a pound or SO
: for all the brands that are entitled
' to 1t.
This little item Of 2 cents a poun,
( is not to be despised. The Mime
r sofa creameries turn out 100000
E pounds Of butter year. If even one
s third of this product could go undo
. special brands and bring B cents abov
n the market price, it would mea
: $500, 900 a year to the progressiv
e. owners Of the fancy brandsha half
million year sent out from the cas-
e to Minnesota.
= Blue ribbons ard diplomas for but
s ter contests are very well in their wa.
t but $500, 900 q year looks bette
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02
A Hard Job.

When you come to think Of it, dem
ocratic platform building is going to
be a hard job this year.
Perhaps that is one reason why the
New York democrats made such poor
success in their last state convention.
The trouble is lack of serviceable
building material. There are some
old scraps in the back yard, but very
slight examination will show how I'M
serviceable Is the material in that old
Junk heap.
The silver planks of 1896 and 1900
are so rotten that no candidate would
/ dare trust his weight upon them.
Imperialism which did service in
d 1900 Is no longer available. Aguin-
: aldo has been discarded and forgotten
and almost nobody favors the aban-
: donment Of the Philippines.
8 The policy of the government to-
ward Panama, out Of which Mr.. Cor
1 man hoped to carve a vital issue,
meets with the support Of leading
democratic journals and was Endorsed
I by the votes of nearly half the demo-
cratic senators in the vote on the new
treaty for the construction Of the
canal.
I There was trust plank in the Kan
sas City platform which stopped at no
measure OF regulation or control. but
1 which insisted upon absolute and uni
j versal humiliation. But the activity
\ of the administration in enforcing a
& law which the last democratic admin
fstration could find no way to make
!. operative, the vote of the three demo-
/. Gratis on the supreme bench on the
al merger case and the declaration Of the
q last New York platform leave no OPP
~ portunity for the democracy to make
a serviceable issue there.
e The tariff is about all that is left OF
great Importance, and even here the
situation is changed materially from
that which has usually presented it.
SELF. Democratic leaders like Mr.
williams have specifically repudiate6
the doctrine Of tariff for revenue only
or free trade and have taken advanced
ground in favor Of reciprocity ant
81 revision. with due regard to the inter
ests of American industry. The New
n york platform, which is fairly sup
posed to represent the sentiments Q
New York's democratic candidate TO
the presidency, calls for REASONABLE
IL revision of the tariff and demand
the abolition only Of needless duties
upon raw materials, a proposition
which even "standpatter" could con
strue and subscribe to without tn
8 slightest discomfort.
Something has been said about tn
corruption In the postoffice depart
ment and about turning the rascal
ont" and there has been a hope tina
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

the favorites. In the happy role OF the
son, A. Byron Beasley demonstrates that
ne can cast aside the reserve that some
times interferes with his effects. Ben
slr. rs natural and good and, while Maude
.lillDert 70 lis to look the wornanSsof 40,
she and Masie Cecil as mother and dangh-
ter aid and abet Messfs. Beasley7 and
y ohnson In the fun making. Miss Laur-
cite Allen as the colintry hotel landlady
is playing the kind Ct part in which She Is
most efrecttve, while Joseph tTotten as the
cloWnish Solomon, Short, the handy boy
about the hotel, makes much of q fiat
part"
The bill is strengthened by, two spe-
cialties. Little, Lawrence O'Brien does
some clever buck land wing dancing and
Masie Cecil. assisted by her little cister,
Eta, comes forth with an old-time singing
and dancing turn that discovers her. pos
sessed Of a rather sweet voice and a pair
of ninlble feet. Earl G. May.
Foyer Chat. an
f& The gorgeous Silver Slipper" produce
ton spread it's butterfly wings at the Met
last night before an enthusiastic
audience. It Is full Of life and color and
music. The performance will be reviewed
in this column tomorrow.
! FRITZ Scheff, to be seen in "Babette' at
the metropolitan the latter part Of this
week, is eminenty qualified to be the
comic opera queen Of the day. Vivacious,
and with figure quite bewitching, she
trips about the stage in a way that is
| pleasant to see. AS to her voice-such a
one Is rarely heard outside of grand opera.
Otis Skinner, who produces the new
Jean Richepin play in Milwaukee next
Thursday evening, has finally decided to
call it 1.-THE Harvester" Mr.. Skinner
will be seen in this new production at the
Metropolitan the first half Of next week.
The plans of E. H. Sothern, to be seen
at the Metropolitan the latter part of next
week in 1.-THE Proud Prince are very
elaborate for the next few years. Later
on this season he will take his entire COM
bpany to London. After this season he
will be seen in Shaksperan roles exclu-
Esively, as co-star with Julia Marlowe.t 1t
lis. Mr.. Frohman's intention to make this
organization vie with the former Irving
Terry combination. Hamlet much AIDE
About Nothing and Romeo and Juliet
will be the first productions.
| Rice & Bartons English Folly company
/ now playing at the Dewey theater, offers
many new features in the vaudeville line
The chorus is large and well drilled ag.
gregation.of pretty show girls.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02
!. Lyceum--"A Runaway Match.


While in this glad. sweet springtime
there are few opportunities to harbor any
of those mental ills described as "blues,',
the unhappy possessor of a bad light on
life may find q cure at the Lyceum this
week.
Mark Swan has naee many farces in
which the climax and scream follow close
upon each Others heels. but he has done
nothing that offers more exercise for the
.risibles than "a Runaway Match BY
carefully arranging that father and son
shall elope with daughter and mother, re-
spectively, and then placing the two UNI
happy couples in a country hotel where
everything Isl sextry.1s'1 Mr.. Swan has de-
veloped three hours of confusion that
exercise the members Of the; Ferris coma
pany considerably and keep the audience
in one long laugh. IN
To one who has no special craving for
the thrill Of the melodrama, It seems as
II the Ferris company does nothing better
than farce Of the sort presented this
week. i,ss
The cast IS small, but includes most 81
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MONDAY EVENING,

an Issue might be developed there, but
the prompt and vigorous investigation
and conviction Of the boodlers and the
manifest determination OF the admin-
istration to let no guilty man escape"
has destroyed every chance to raise q
substantial issue along that line.
There will be some talk about the
president being IAN unsafe man." but
1t will appeal to anybody outside
of Wall street. Just what kind of a
campaign the democrats can make,
and where they will form for the de-
cisive engagement is by no means clear.
They will select leaders and issues
after the republicans have taken their
position and as the opportunist party
of this country will have to make the
most of the situation as the republic
cans give them an opening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02
MAGAZINE SAMPLER

LynchIng an Affair Of caste.-"But even
supposing a negro to have a tendency to
such an offense, does any one suppose
for moment that the mob which burns
him on suspicion Of such crime is doing
it in defense of chastity? Not at ALL it
is in defense Of caste. To decide its real
character we need only ask what would
happen if the facts proved to be the re-
verse Of those at first assumed-if Ithe
woman proved to have, after ALL the
slightest tinge of negro blood, and the
offending man turned out to be a white
man. Does anybody doubt that the case
would be dismissed by reclamation in an
instant; that the criminal would go free,
and the victim be forgotten? If err,
then the books Of evidence are all wrong. -
That is the way Thomas Wentworth Hig-
ginson sees the lynching problem, in part
as stated in The Atlantic Monthly fol-
| May. =,
The opening chapters of the number are
| made entertaining by the first Install
ment of Professor Norton's series Of 'Let-
ters Of John Ruskin." The Atlantic's
series Of articles on advertising, which
has been SO favorab1y received is con-
tinued with a paper on "The Humors Of
| Advertising amusingly treated by Rol.
! lin Lynde HART.
An Organ Performance ThIrty-tws
Thousand Years Long.-The greatest or.
gan in the world may be seen at the st
Louis exposition, where 1t is installed il
Festival hall as an exhibit Of the liberia
arts department. The instrument is sale
to be capable of producing over seventeen
billion distinct tonal effects, and 1t il
computed that if one of these combina
tions were produced every minute on
might listen to a continuous performance
that would last for $4,000 years. TIL
largest pipe Of the organ is 80 feet long
! The instrument is 81 feet long, 40 fee
high. 33 feet wide, and has 140 stops
It cost approximately 100000. Other in
4 teresting features in the plans for must
at ST. Louis are described by George D
Markham, chief Of the bureau of music
in an article in Harper's Weekly for Apr
i 80, q special worlds fair number.
Or. Francis e. Clark In Australia.-"Dl
4 Francis e. Clark, the founder of the grea
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sopies per day, all of which goes home.
], Kingsley T. Boardman, Manager Of
Circulation of The Minneapolis Jour-
nal, being duly sworn, deposes and
says that the above is true and cor
rect statement Of circulation for the
time specified.
KINGSLEY T. BOARDMAN,
Manager of Circulation.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this I'd day Of May, 1904. ~.
f CHAS. A. FULLER,
h Notary Public.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02
Wisconsin s Political Struggle.

Governor Bob La Follette's fight
for a third term, which is generally
believed to be preliminary to his con-
test with Senator Quarles next win
ter, is approaching crisis. The con-
vention will be held May IS, and most
of the delegates have been selected.
The early results look bad for La Fol-
lette, who only claims 328 out of 7l4
delegates chosen. Out of 346 dele
gates still to be elected, he must have
2O5. But the governors managers say
that nearly all Of the counties yet to
elect were for La Toilette before, and
will be again, insuring his nominal
ton.
Third term prejudice has handi-
capped La Toilette this year. His
sweeping victory Of two years ago will
not be repeated, but the fighting gov.
ernor" has shown himself master Of
political strategy. He has been de-
nounced as, demagogue because he
accused the railroads Of evading taxes.
The railroad influence in the state has
fought him hard, and La Toilette came
back recently with staggering blow,
which the event may show has saved
the day for him. Thru Railroad Com
missioner Thomas, his appointee, the
governor has proceeded to collect over
100000 back taxes after the manner
of Minnesotas public examiner. But
he has gone even farther, and has
shown that most of the omitted earn
| ings were rebates paid to favored
shippers, amounting to $1,29S,000 in
| the last two years. This has stirred
up strong adverse sentiment to the
railroad companies, especially among
the smaller shippers, who have been
| Disseminated against.
La Toilette is splendid fighter, and
the Wisconsin farmers have learned to
have confidence in him. Whether
demagogue or not, they are satisfied
that he is looking out for their inter-
ests. His showing against the railroad
companies does not prove of itself that
! he ought to have third term, but is
a trump card that his enemies will
have hard work to take.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

The Northwestern Chronicle Is helping
to celebrate the semicentennial Of St Paul
dated April 30, contains a great deal Of
valuable historical and biographical mat
ter and has been well supported by impor
tant business interests Of Minneapolis
and st. Paul. The Chronicle was founded
shortly after the close Of the civil war,
the current issue being Vol. 49,, No. 25.
The enterprise and; progressiveness .exem-
plifed in the excellent sumber entitle the
Chronicle to congratulations and good
wishes. sf /.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

Other notwithstanding plants seek %
make money off their regulations and
there Ii no reason why oreaneries
should be an exception. The good
Will Of q high grade creamery plant
Ought to bring additional income.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02
MAN WORTHY OF AID
Union Mission Calls for Money to Save
Sick Man.

Sick Man.
G.. M. Stocking of the Union Mission
has a worthy cause for which he Is
seeking aid.
He wants to raise Immediately
about $40 to send to Hot Springs an
old man who has been i'll for months
with rheumatism and other compli-
cations. The baths and accompanying
treatment are pronounced imperative
by DR.. J. E, Moore and other doctors,
if the man is to be saved from per-
manent invalidism. The man is So
Der and a hard workers, but his long
illness has exhausted his resources.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

An Evanston professor encouraged his
class to write some newspaper verse, as
he described it, and one of them turned
out this:
Alton B.: "My attitude?
Confined within no latitude.
1t gives me now much gratitude
To look upon our platitude."
New York Candidate and New York
Platform done to To-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

Senator German thinks Charley ToWne
the most likely choice OF the st. Louis
convention for president. MIR. Towne is
now Wall street broker. just what eff:
feet that may have upon his availability
as a candidate is a matter for interesting
speculation. .5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

"A New York paper says Vermont will
have no maple sugar to sell this year.
That doesn't make any difference, there
will be the usual amount Of 1t on the mar
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

Congress has adjourned after having
soaked ...Uncle Sam for $685., 272, 1856 os.
The old gentleman gets off easier, tho,
than usual. You see there is an election
coming on,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

The kaiser is expected to make some
new demonstration Of esteem for this
country. One Of the Roosevelt children
has had the German measles.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

Kuropatkin promises to smash the laps
as soon as he gets them in the right place.
He didn't seem to have them in the right
place last week.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-05-02

speech before the Indiana republican cons
vention which will last awhile. Speaking
of Judge Parker he said: His life is an
open alibi, and his obscurity is spotless.''