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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
School District Puzzles,

To the Editor of Tho Journal.
Will somebody explain the "whyfor" of
the present method of laying, out the
city's school districts? One would natur-
ally suppose that it would be possible to
make such divisions as would place pupils
who resided within half a mile of a school
within that school district, rather than
send them half mile further from home
Yet pupils living on Harriet avenue, with
in five and one-half blocks of the Lyn-
dale school, are compelled by: recent re-
distr1cting to attend the Calhoun school,
ten blocks away-or, rather, half of them
are.
The gentlemen who have redistricted
this locality have decreed that the divid-
ing line between the Whittier and CAL
houn districts shall run in the middle of
the street, and pupils on opposite sides
Of Harriet avenue have to attend differ
ent schools, both of which are some blocks
further than the Lyndale school. VIII
the gentlemen Of the school board please
explain? Harriet Avenue Resident.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
MR.. DOOLEY
EASES HIS MIND
ON THE CAMPAIGN"

"Visitors VIII o call on Tiddy Ro-
senfelt find him. readin' THE Lives
Nv tn Saints His fav'rite saint is
wan Nv tn arly martyrs who
thanked lion FIR bitin' him. He
Is thry1ne to live Gown his past. Not
SO with tn Sage iv Esoopus. He
has no past to live dawn. He is
thryin' to live up to lbs future.
"sicrity Cortillyoo authorizes me
to deny TIL infainyous rapport that
tn prisidint was liver at San Joon
hill. At tn time iv this gloryous
an lamintable perfor nance, TIL
good man was down with tn
measles contracted at tn Inter
naytionaI Peace Convintion. * 4: Il
He is not well at prisint, tn smell
iv gunpowdher on TIL Eoorth iv
July havin' disagreeably affected
him.
IT will not sthoop to contradict
th' story that iv'ry night; August
Bilmont calls on Sage Parker an
TIL two Nv thin discuss how much
Nv tn goold standard shud be ir-
revocably fixed in irrewocahly fxin
Indyanny.'
)on' miss this famous philoso-
hers rich remarks in Saturdays
ournal.
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ly trusty experts to desert him before
the work was half done, and their APP
pearance among the champions of the
man whose official record they had
been employed to examine. s
The hostility toward the public ex-s
aminer on account of this too long de-
layed inquiry, and one. which should
have been provided for by law years
before the present incumbent came into
the public examiner Is offce--the hos
tility against the examiner on account
of this inquiry is all the more re-
markable in view of the fact that,
owing to his belief that the duties of an
examiner are too examine, $1S6,000
have been paid into the treasury of the
state in the" way of taxes hitherto
avoided by the railroa companies be-
cause no one had TAX en- the pains to
check up their reports to see whether
they were giving the right interpreted
ton to their liabilities under the gross
earnings law. Claims have been insti-
tuted, also, for upwards of 100000
more, and it is proba BILE that if the
state of Minnesota had not enacted
statute of limitations against itself
more than half million dollars might
have been successfully claimed as the
result of this inquiry.
The situation is ce rtainly a peculiar
one and we commend it to the study Of
fair-minded and DISTINGUISHED persons.
It is an anomaly worthy Of analysis
when the bombastic' pretensions of the
subject Of the examiners report are eff
fective with presumably intelligent
and fair-minded people, while the extra
ordinary public vices Of the examiner
have hitherto not had even decent
treatment and consideration.
But we apprehend that time will ad-
Just this confusion; of ideas and pref
erences in the minds of ordinarily clear
headed men. We do not anticipate
that it will make S. T. johnson a can
didate for governo-he has no ambi-
lions politically, so far as we have
heard, beyond the office of treas
urer of the city. of Minneapolis
but little less contrast between the
conduct of the people of the states men
toned at the commencement of these
remarks and that which has been mani
tested at many places in this state,
would not be to our disadvantage in the
eyes of the country. We shall then be
less liable to the scathing criticism Of
the Brooklyn Eagle, treating conditions
in Minneapolis, where, it says, HCom-
mercialism has debased politics to its
depths.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

For nearly thirty years Alfred Ben
jamin & Co., of New York have been
known thruout the United States as
makers of the very highest grade
ready-for-service apparel for men.
They were among the pioneers in the
evolution of ready-made clothing and
today their productions are second to
none.
Since the founding Of the house in
1875 Alfred Benjamin & Co. have al
ways done more or less judicious ad-
Vertislng, but it was not until March,
1908, that their publicity began to
assume national proportions. From
that time forward they have adver-
tiSed every spring and fall season con-
tinuously for three months in the best
daily and weekly papers of those cities
and towns where they have exclusive
agents In every instance the name
Of the local agent appears in promi-
nent type at the bottom Of the adver-
tisements, thus giving them double
value. Several other practical meth.
DDS Of cooperation have also been
used continuously. trF,
Mr.. Adolph A. Eiseman, whose pho
tograph appears above, has been plan
ming, preparing and directing this
campaign since the fall Of 1902. Mr..
Eiseman is a former newspaper man,
having been connected with the news
staffs of New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat and the New Orleans Picayune
for several years and editor of Lou
! isiana trade monthly for some time.
His knowledge of advertising and ,ad-
vertising methods has therefore been
contact with the great buying public,
and his ideas and views Of this in,
creasingly important subject are most
proctical and progressive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
The Boards.

It is to be regretted that we have
no n-partizan, disinterested and thor
oily responsible guide as to the quail
fcatious of the multitude of candidates
for all the local offices, such as we seem
to have in the case Of the council and
the board Of county. commissioners; but
the task would probably be too large
for satisfactory results at this time.
1t may bye hoped, however, that the
time may come, if the present primary
law is to stand, when the Voters
league will cover all the city Offices,
or at leastvthe park, library and school
boards a.~.-.,
In the absence Of any such guide,
The Journal would like to call
attention to these bodies and remind
the voters that they have in charge
very important public interests and
that the candidates should be scrutin-
lied carefully.
Minneapolis has been fortunate of
late in the composition of the school
board. Two vacancies occur on that
board, caused by the expiration Of the
terms of Mr.. Hawley and Mr.. McMil-
Ian. Mr.. Hawley is republican and
not candidate for reelection, "more s
the PITY; Mr.. Mcmillan is a demo
crat and is a candidate for the nomi-
nation. He has been a valuable mem
Der of the board and will no doubt be re-
nominated. Among vi the republican
| candidates Mr.. Bright, Mr.. Chute and
Mr.. Meyers, taking them alphabetical
| ly, are the kind of men the public needs
in it's service.
For the office of library director
Messrs. Carleton, Deutsch and Wells
have fled, and if there were places for
all three of them they would all be
an addition of advantage to the board.
Only two, however, are to be nomi-
mated. g."
There are four vacancies to be filed
on the park board, and the long list
of candidates contains the names of
w. F. Decker, J. S. Dodge, now on the
board; l.. T. Lincoln, c.. P. Lowell, c.
F. E. Peterson, E. J. Phelps and U
Truesdell, among whom it ought to be
possible to find four good men for park
commissioners. -: i;55,s& -
Public office is a private snap-in the
| winds of coroo j..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
LoNDoN's CHAMPION HooTeLAck

Among the little known but keenly con-
tested horors is that of being the cham
pior bootblack of London. Since the title
was created two years ago it has been
held by w. Couts. but recently at the an
nual competition at the headquarters Of
the Central tReds) Shoeblack society in
Greas Saffron hall, the honor was won by
c. Smith, who for a year will have the
right to wear a gold medal and bar. At a
given signal the six competitors attacked
the boots Of six members of the commit
tee, and the rapidity with which the trans
formation from dirty to clean was eff
who was present distributed prizes won.
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oned town during the siege. In part he

oned town during the siege. In part he
says:
( was in Liao-yang Thursday when the Japan
csc began their bombardment They mounted
heavy batteries on the nearby hills and blanket
led the entire town with bursting shells Their
craftsmanship was perfect. Meanwhile the
Russians We're conducting the eyacuat ion of the
town. In moving the wounded from the hospi-
tails one Sister Of Mercy was killed and seven
sisters were wounded, while actually dressing the
wounds Of men who had fallen in the streets.
Near the railroad station, where the concentrated
fire was hottest, the herofsm Of the sisters wa
magnificent. They tore their skirts and used
them as bandaSes for the wounded, and them
selves carried stricken men from the zone of the
fire and out of the burning buildings.
The scenes in the field were awful. Soldiers
lweree SO completely worn out that they dropped
asleep on the firing line. - 49, The evacua-
ton OF all of the Manchurian towns, including
Mukden,% is happening SO unexpectedly that the
| rush borders panic. .a sts Il -. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
MAKES TRAMPs SPRINT FOR LIB.
.ERTY.

Mayor Vance of Selma, N. c., has de-
vised an original plan for making tramps
fight shy Of that town. The railroad runs
straight thru the place.. and along the
track is a street half mile long.
Tramps, upon arrest, are allowed by the
mayor to race for freedom. The last man
of the contest to go on rthe road for
thirty days. Then the tramps are lined
up at the town hall, while a policema
is at the boundary half mile away. The
tratnps run with all their might and the
winners are seen no more while the
watching policeman captures the last
man, who is sent to 1.-THE roads,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
QUAY KEPT HIS WORD

AS long as Matthew Stanley Quay lived
he was powerful enough to prevent the
sale Of liquor in the city of Beaver, his
home Daniel Agnew., once chief justice of
Penns ylvania, was chiefly instrumental in
having the place made a "dry" town. and
before Ills death he made the senator
promise to keep out saloons. Mr.. Quay
liked good liquor. but he kept his word
Now that he is dead those who are tired
Of drug store whisky will make an effort
to have the local option law repealed.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
A SCHOOL BOYS RARE LUCK

Secretary Shaw told this story the other
day as to the prepriety of extending Glenn
ency to violators of the customs law who
furnish evidence against their associates.
1t was at a school in Mr.. Shaw's native
state of Iowa, and one of the boys in a
class committed some grave infraction of
discipline. The teacher announced that he.
would thrash the whole class if someone
did not tell him who had committed the.
offensa All were silent and he began with
the first boy and thrashed every one in the
ella ss until finally he reached the last one.
Then he said: Now if you will tell me
who did this won't thrash. YOU ''All
right, sir. did 1t, was the reply.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
NICHOLAS LIKES GREEN CORN

Americans should have kindlier, feeling
foc the czar now that it is known his
favorite dish is green corn on the cob,
A man who likes green corn, especially
green corn on the cob, can't be such bad
sort after all. Give my regard to Mr..
Green Germ wrote Robert Louis Steven
son to friend departing for America.
s'or if he is not In sea son, go hang your
self to q sour apple tree. for life won't
be worth the living 3;- IS
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NO WEIGHTS ON THE JOURNAL
Sioux Falls Press.

There are no weights attached to the
heels Of the Minneapolis Journal. An heir
to the Russian throne ives born at ST. Pc
tersburg at half past IL O clock Friday,
and in it's edition Of Friday evening 7 h 8
Journal presented a picture of mother
and baby-both doing well.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Perhaps the Lena came over to sieze a
section of real estate in San, Francisco S
Chinatown.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Miss Ethel barrymore, "the beautiful
actress (see press noticesD, sprained her
ankle trying to get out of Omaha. Com
ment unnecessary. .s ~.,s, s,>...- s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Chairman Hamlin of the republican
state committee says that the johnson
reports make a very weak, case. They
Certainly do--for!2Mr. Dunn who Stands
on his record"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Judge Parker says: ours is world
power Horrors! Isn't this Imperialism?
Eft tn, SAlton! Is our last hope gone?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Mr.. Finn says he is only sorry that
he is not the millionaire the Johnson re-
port would lead people to believe. Well.
it is not Films fault that the leases did
all right.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Preparations are being made in Texas to
have the boil weevils vote the democratic
ticket.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
The Ortonville (Minn) Journal has

The Ortonville (Minn) Journal has
been having an. experience. It. says:
: 1--WE lost p subscriber the other day.
The man said. that he couldn't afford to
take a paper. He liked the paper and
all that, but he was too poor. Since that
we have noticed his name on several kegs
that made Milwaukee famous, as they
have arrived at the depots here"
The Ortonville Journal must pump a
little more froth into itself if it wants
to be taken.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
EAST SIDE OFFICE

IA CENT. SAL Av AND I'd ST.
Telephone Both lines. "No. g."
News Items 60. ual Items and Want Ads re-
eeiyed before noon printed in same days Journal.
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to the significance of the public eXamt-
ner S ,reports; it does not print them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

THE OLD RIVER.
When night drops down field and town, 7.
At the end of the weary day, q.
sit and dream of ripping stream
All many mile away - 4
sit and dream of ripping stream 8,
OF the7ehb and the quiet flow: u
Of the reeds in ranks by the wave-washed banks.
- And lilies that bud and blow. >aIHTS &
From her nud-built nest in Granny pressed =.
The swallow swoops to the tide.
swerve--a dart-and with joyous heart {
She shakes the spray from her side.
The red sun shines thru the needed pines,
And 10! on the watery floor,
A path of red for a. fairy's tread .,..-.:
Lies stretched to the farther shore.
The: swimmers cry as they climb on high
t. To the rock of the silver sands,
Till. one by one. in the setting sun.
They poise with their outstretched hands.
They poise they leap from the rocky steep
Where the evening air blows cool,
And the bodies flash as the brown arms splash
In the depths of the quiet pool.
Tho, now, mayhap, in the rivers lap
There grow but the waving reeds, ,
And the waters flow thr uthe hills, L know, :,
Is lost in the tangled weeds; -
Yet. when night drops down over field and town
At the end Of the weary day. -;5,. "a
II dream and dream Of the ripping stream &.
+ An, years upon years away: : %"- IL
-Horatio Winslow in Leslie's Weekly. y
The making of nations becomes a Won
derfully fascinating study, if one is under
| competent guide. and one has that adj
vantage in How the United States Became
a Nation, by John Fislke The book is a
small one of scarcely $50 pages, and many
| of those are taken up with portraits Of
men who helped to make or tried to pre-
vent the making of the nation, and with
pictures Of historical places. Neverthe
less, so great was Mr.. Fiske's power of
e vii, ~, tlo4 +l,iS
a comprehensive birds-eye view of the
forces and work in the making of the
nation out of the states and OF the events
in which those forces made them selves
manifest MI. FislSe did not regard the
states as having become a nation until
after the civil. war. for his book. going
back to the time of Washington, does NOT
end until the civil wars close. ,s y
I Lovers OF Thackeray are ANTICIPATING
eagerly book publication of "Thackeray S
Letters to an American Family" letters
which have been jealousy guarded from
publication until their appearance as a
feature of the current year of The Gen.
| fury Magazine. These letters were writ
ten to the different members of the fam
| lily of George Baxter of Now York city, a
| home which Thackeray visited often and
| loved much during his lecturing tours In
| this country. Introduction and notes by
| Miss Lucy w. Baxter add to the in
terest Of the book; and there are repro
auctions of many drawings, odd little bits
scrubbed by the great novelist on his
| pages.
The only book Mark Twain expects to
publish this autumn will be his much
talked-of story, a Dogs Tale, to be is
sued by the Harpers on Sept. 15 The illus
trations, which will be in color, were
drawn by w. T. Smedley, and the story
will be bound as gift-book, with, a spe-
cial view to the holidays. $685..
at .s@ The Uneasy Chair.
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BOOKS RECEIVED

HOW THE UNITED STATES BECAME Ma.
lion. BY John Fiske: With illustrations and
Map. Boston: CHM & Coz t-.& a=r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Under Southern Skies will be the at
traction at the Metropolitan next week
A new scenic production is promised.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

will close it's engagement tomorrow night.
An engagement anticipated with the
keenest interest is announced for the
Bijou next week, Our New Minister
direct from its four months record break
ing New York run. 1t is full of life and
hustle, and it's characters are strongly
drawn. The original New York cast will
be seen. ~. ..
The Ferris. Stock company presented
their production Of Madame du Barry
to two large audiences at the Lycellm
yesterday The last matinee will be given
tomorrow Next week the company will
appear in ''The Runaway Wife,
Z The Dewey was packed this afternoon
the regular Friday ladies' matinee. For
next week the management has secured
Sam Devere's big company. The fea-
ture of his performance is the vaudeville
turns which are said to be novel and en-
tertaining.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
AT THE THEATERS
FOyer Chat.

The beginning Of the football season will
be celebrated at the Metropolitan tomor-
row night, when the football squad from
the university will attend the final per-
Torrance of 1.-THE Forbidden Land" -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Queen Of the White Slaves the as
founding melodrama now at the Bijou,
will. close its engagement tomorrow night,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Minnesota is beginning to take a place
as an apple state. The Spring Valley
Mercury says: 49,.
Immense quantities of Duchess apples
have been shipped from Spring Valley in
bulk. For the past two weeks one to two
carloads a day were shipped from here
for which the farmers receive Is cents a
bushel."
That old joke about the banana belt
is beginning to come to it's own. First,
then the fullgrown banana in the bunch.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

The New York Sun tells of a democrat.
one of the particular variety, who lived
in the state of Washington. After he
had been nominated for office he was ap-
preached by a CRATER who tried to work"
him by saying: You're all right-I'm go
ing to vote for you" He answered:
well, I don't care a whoop whether you
do or not. I'm going to be pretty id
particular about who votes for me- This
candidate has certainly saved himself
from the annoyance Of trying to satisfy
one CRATER after election.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Sisters Under Filre.-Collier's special
war correspondent with the Russian
forces contributes to that weekly for
Sept. IL cable description Of the awful
conditions which prevailed in the aband-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16
THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

ises to prove the most remarkable dis
covery ever made In scientific agriculture
is that Of DR.. George r.. Moore, in charge
of the laboratory of plant physiology, the
United States department of agriculture.
by which worn-out land is "inoculated''
and thereby made to yield fabulous crops.
DR.. Moore's discovery brought to practical
results experiments carried on by ,a..cele-
brated German, Professor Noble, of Tha-
randi DR.. Moore has decided his patent
to the United States department Of sagri-
culture in trust Tor the American people.
AS aaresult, any applicant may have, free
Of CHARGE, enough inoculating material
for several acres. This wonderful dis
covery is the subject of an important pa
per in the October Century, by Gilbert III
Grosvenor, managing editor of the Ma
tonai Geographic Magazine. The article
will be well Illustrated p,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

AS throwing some light on the high
prices for butter, the Albert Lea (Minn.)
Enterprise says: e. z.
1.-The managers of the creameries Of
Freeborn county should turn deaf ear
to the solicitations of Swift & Co., the
great packers, and members. of the beef
trust, for creamery butter. They are enc
mics Of the dairymen and would really
like to see the butter business destroyed
altogether. Don't sell them, pound of
butter, even tho they pay Il or l. cent
above that paid by the reliable commission
houses" 49,. s-.-.s..-.- s5-..r
A half to a cent pound is likely to
cure any case of deafness in Freeborn
county. / q . a.,
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311.57. More money is going into the
country, into the hands Of farmers, by

31l.57 More money IS gong INTO the
country, into the hands Of farmers, by
far.
The east does not stop to think that
the farmers are getting all the way
from $l.1O to $1.16 net 9 bushel for
wheat right at their country stations,
and that everything else raised on, the
farm is bringing good prices. Neither
has the east any fair idea of the rela-
tive Importance of other northwestern
produce It does not know that, while
1,632 ears of wheat came in here, re-
ceipts of oats, corn, barley and fax
were 1,47S cars, and that there is a
tremendous quantity Of high-grade and
high-priced coarse grain and Other
produce in the northwest this year that
has only just begun to move to market
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-16

Public office. is private snap-in tn
minds of some officeholders. =