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The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
Came on Time.

The new. band uniforms ordered
through the firm of Goodman y
Neill arrived in the city Tuesday
evening and were worn by the boys
for the first time on their parade
Yesterday afternoon. The uniforms
not only present the remarkable fact
that they turned up better than the
sample, but they arrived in the city
from Philadelphia exactly upon the
date specified in the order.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
The Leading Hand.

In old days there were angels who
came and took men by the hand and
led them away from the city Of de-
struction. We see no white winged
angels now, but yet men are led away
from threatening destruction: hand is
put into theirs which leads them forth
gently toward a calm and bright land,
so that they look no more backward.
and the hand may be little child's.-
George Eliot.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
A KIND HUSBAND.
should He Never, Ladies'. Oppose the
Wishes of His Wifet
Is the kind husband a failure:

Is the kind husband a failure:
That depends. 4 husband can scarce
ly show his wife too much Kindness.
But sometimes real kindness may be
shown in opposing her wishes. II the
husband has any mind OF his own lie
must use it. He need not be mean III
his opposition nor arrogant nor tyran
meal. He should be rea asonable at al!
times and disposed to highly regard
the expressed wishes of his wife even
though these wishes may seem TO him
to be whimsical or capricious. But
Kindness does not require subservi'
ency or entire and instant surrender
of opinion. Indeed, it is easy to sec
how such surrender might lead wife
to despise her husband. He who fetcheS
and carries like poodle is likely to be
considered "A poodle.
Women admire strength in man.
This strength need not necessarily
be physical. though that is desirable
Women love strength of character in 4
man. And
Is it not so. ladies? When n woman
coaxeS a strong man to her point OF
view by strenuous endeavor, does she
not regard 1t as merit to have int,u-
enced this big. strong being? If she
gains her own way at once and at al
times she has achieved nothing, and
there is no rejoicing in her heart.
Certainly man should be kind to
his wife-always kind. But he need
not be an automaton or an echo or a
piaything.
Is 1t not so. adies?-Albany Times
Union.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
Thank You.

"Thanks" is a miserable eynrcssion
commonly used by persons who have
not had the advantages of good breed
ing. Every favor received and civiIity
snown deserves to be recognized, and
the smallest acknowledgment the re-
cipient can make is TO say or write.
THANK you" The vulgarity OF
Thanks" is on par with the postal
card correspondence.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
MlAtakNN.

When you make mistake. don't loot
Dack at 1t long. Take the reason Of the
tnng into your own mind and then
look forward. Mistakes are lessons OF
wisdom. The past cannot be changed.
The future is yet In your power.-Huyh
White
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
Shaftesbury,s Retor<.

When member of church congress
at Manchester argued that the intro
duction OF the custom Of cremation
would endanger belief in the resurrec-
ton of the dead the reply Of Lord
Shaftesbury silenced any further doubt
when he asked, What then, has be-
come Of the holy martyrs who were
crematedT
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
Not His Turn to Laugh.

Stranger-You are the only gentle.
man in the room. Guest-In what way,
sir? Stranger-When tripped In the
dance and went sprawling on the floor,
tearing my fair partners dress, you
were the only one in the room who did
not laugh. Guest-The lady is my
wife, and paid for the dress.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
Knew When tn s,o.-

Farmer Corntassel-Ye don't mean To
tell me ye've stopped smokin! Farmer
Long1aw-Yep: threw away ~ pipe
this mornin'. Been smokin' nigh on to
dfty-seven years an was afraid II 1
didn't quit pretty soon I'd git the hab-
ft,-Puck,
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
A Forecast.

she-Iearest. we'll have lot to con.
.e.'o win when we are married. He
(apsently)-fes; Wen have each other
Milwaukee Wisconsin.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
The Usual Cause.

Reggie, can you spell kitten?"
NO. mother"
But what do you so to school forr'
"Only cause you make me, mother"
said Reggie sadly.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
Mems W4ys,

II assure you I'm always willing to
acknowledge my faults when l see
Them"
That's all right but I'll bet you
never acknowledge them when your
neAghbor sees them" - Philadelphia
Press.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
The Fountain Of Youth.

Mr.. Jones-My daughter is only eight
cen. You had better wait until she ia
older. The Lovar-Well, I've waited
two years for her to get older but she
sttIl stays at eighteen.-Judge.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
ADpP0priate,

Foreigner-What Is the significance
Of the eagle that is stamped ON Ameri.
can money? United States Citizen-It
Il the emblem Of Its swift hight.-De-
troit Free Press.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
They Usually Do.

80 he's really dead. Well, he made
q hard hght. II ever man had an
iron will he had"
yes, but I'll bet the lawyers will
break it."-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25
Kind wnrA.

n word of Kindness is seldom spoken
IN vain' while witty sayings are as
easily lost ms the pearls slipping from
broken stream.-Prentice.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25

Purity Of heart is that quick and SEN
sstive delicacy to which even the con-
espt1on Of sin is Observation-Disclosures.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25

he alone has energy who cannot b.
deprived Of it-Lavater.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-05-25

What makes life dreary Is the wunt
Of motive.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
The Servant Girl Problem.

It is claimed that the free employ
ment agency may have an influence in
solving the servant-girl problem. It is
charged that the private intelligence
Offices pass servant girls about from
house to house, securing for them a
raise Of wages when they move or a
bonus for leaving their former en-
ployer, and, of couse, the intelligence
office reaps harvest of fees from the
distracted housekeepers, who are kept
on the keen jump to secure help.
: There will be nothing Of this kind
in connection with the state employ
ment agency. There will be no fees
to pay and no inducement to girls to
leave one place and step into another.
It may be that the state agency will
in time become the balance Of power
in the disposal Of servant girls. There
will hardly be any marked improve
ment in the situation, however, until
homework is recognized in a different
way from what it is at present-not
until young women seeking houseworl
learn something of the obligations Of
contract. Perhaps the free employ
ment agency may prove Of some edu
cative value in these respects.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
Bonaparte in the Cabinet.

For many years Mr.. Charles J. Bo-
naparte, who will succeed Mr.. Nor
ton as secretary Of the navy, has been
a personal friend Of the president.
There is no danger Of unknown entan-
clements in this case, because Mr.. Bo-
naparte has been lawyer and re-
form politician for so many years that
his alliances are matters of public
knowledge. They are all Of charac-
ter that the president can heartily in.
dorse. Mr.. Bonaparte is undoubt eddy
the first citizen of Maryland, in force
character and public influence. He is
not popular man and would, perhaps
not be votegetter in convention. He
is hard hitter and man Of strong
convictions. But he has been power
in the country in pushing civil-service
reform and in battling for civic rights
and civic purity. ...a. =
His presence in the cabinet is ar
earnest of the president s determine
ton to conclude his administration al
he began it-as the champion Of thu
people without regard to machine in
fuence er party exigencies. The zpresi
dent, believing as he does, that thu
best party policy is to do little NOR
for the people than they expect, rathe
than considerably less than they hope
does right to surround himself witt
men whose lives and public services ar
of the same general character as hi
own.
The committee of public safety.
getting more aid from Mayor Jones tina
it bargained for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
Another Trust Worsted.

= All citizens can afford to rejoice over
sof Life, over the insolent and CONNER
scialized theater trust which has taken
possession of the playhouses Of the
country and is debating not only who
fshall play before Americans, but what
Sclass of plays they shall produce. ,..
! Mr.. Metcalfe first got into trouble
with the trust by printing a. cartoon
I'm Life rejecting upon the trust at
the time Of the Iroquois theater fire
lin Chicago. The firm Of Klaw & En-
Hanger sued him for libel and was de-
Ifeated. The trust then had meeting
aand passed resolution barring him
from the theaters of New York. The
sorder was carried out vigorously, and
Mr.. Metcalfe was refused admission
when he presented tickets he had pur-
.chased at the boxoffice. At some thea.
tiers he was elected by force.
Mr.. Metcalfe thereupon brought &C.
5tion against the members Of the trust
comprising twenty-four theater mana
gers in the city Of New York, and tht
Flocal magistrate has just made a rul
ting holding the whole crowd for tria
Jon the charge of conspiracy. Mr.. Met
Ecalfe s grievance is personal, but hi
energetic action in defending his right
is of interest to every citizen. The
ttheater trust has been very insolent il
!. its treatment of the public. It's meth
DDS have reduced local managers t.
smere doorkeepers. If they did not sig,
the trust agreement and give up tn
percentage of the profits demanded o
them they received no more bookings
IF they did sign they became mere Ell
rand boys for the trust. At the othe
end of the line the star actors wer
treated to dose of compulsion also
If they declined to sign the trust agree
sment they were shut out Of the, theater
sof New York as we'll as in large part
of the country. Mrs. Fiske has bee,
treated in this way. Because she main
tanned her independence she has bee
/. xtcluded from theaters thruout tll
country. Only a few days ago Mrs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
THE MAGAZINES

A Project for Saving Niagara Falls
Dam Niagara down the White Horse
rapids, fill UP the whirlpool, raise the
water level in the gorge 100 feet. change
the river into a storage reservoir from the
foot Of the cataract to the brow of the
escarpment. and 100000 electric horse
power may be developed five miles be-
low Niagara at Lewiston. says Alton D.
Adams in The Engineering Magazine for
June When this power is not in use a
third cataract will be created, with the
combined discharge of both the American
and the Horseshoe falls flowing over a
dam 100 feet high between Lewiston and
Queenston. At this dam fully SO per cent
Of the energy of $4,000 cubic feet of
water per second falling 100 feet and de-
veloping 100000 horsepower may be
transformed into electric current. A dam
about 100 feet high, cores ponding to the
drop of the river surface from the foot
of Niagara Falls to Lewiston, five miles
below, would work no substan injury
either to the natural falls or the existing
power plants. Those who have enjoyed
the wild scenery of the White Horse rap
ids at close range will be 10th to give
them up, but when the hard alternative
is to drown these rapids or dry up the
American falls, the former seems much
the less of the two evils.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
Taxation Troubles.

I Every year when the tax assessors be-
gin their work, something turns up to
show the tcrudities, inconsistence and In
justice Of the present system Of taxing
personal property. Duluth is having
an experience with mortgage taxation,
as the city assessor has started out to
list all mortgages on st. Louis county
property that are owned in the county.
Duluth people haven't been paying
taxes on mortgages, and a wall OF COM
plant has been lifted up.
The assessor defends his action,
saying that the law absolutely requires
him to list mortgages. The register
of deeds is required to file list of
mortgages owned locally, with the
county auditor, who must distribute it
! to the assessors. This is for the pur-
pose Of reaching all credits possible, but
in actual practice it is a discrimination
in favor of outside mortgage holders,
and for that reason it has been ignored.
), The assessor admits that the law I'M
poses hardship, and says he will only
list mortgages at one-third of their
value. This leads the Duluth Herald
to remark that if the assessor is going
to observe the law, he must assess every
credit at it's face value, for the law has
SO required for the last forty years.
Here the Herald scores palpable hit.
The incident simply illustrates that
the tax laws as they stand are unjust
If the taxing officers disregard the law
they are derelict in their duty, and if
they enforce it they are confscating
the income from moneys and credits
They are discriminating against the
man who invests his money at home
Such a system is back number, anc
the state can get rid Of it none too soon
Quite an expensive table has just beer
purchased by a French collector of ole
furniture. 1t was the writing table giver
by Napoleon Bonaparte to Prince Clemen
Lothar MetterniCh. 1t was bought II
Vienna this week and will be taken t.
France. The table is of rosewood, incrust
ed with gold. The purchase took about al
the collectors small change, for he gave VI
100000 for" the piece. Napoleon coul'
, hardly have known how valuable a piec
he gave away so thoughtlessly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
.1day Evening,


Fiske and her company, passing thru
Salt Lake City, could not play there be-
cause all the houses were in the trust.
She hired hall and delivered public
address telling why she could not play
in the city In Minneapolis Mrs. Fiske
was obliged to go to the Auditorium,
which was unsuited to her and where
she probably lost money on her venture.
This is part Of the plan Of the trust, to
break the star actors and make them
'come in. -
Such a shoddy monopoly of art is ex-
tremely repugnant to the public senti-
ment and it is to be hoped that Mr..
Metcalfe's work may result in its
breaking up.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
THE UNEASY CHAIR q

GOOD ADVICE BY a WOMAN OF
The WoRLD.--Advice is one of the few
things in this world that can be both
cheap and good. For proof see A Woman
OF the World, by Ella. wheeler Wilcox
some of it,. az
The book is a series of letters to various
persons at critical points in their lives,
and the critical points" are of many
kinds. For example, there is letter to
Vassar college girl, another to a bride,
another to a girl who faces the necessity
OF earning5a living, another to shop
girl concerning her oppressors,' another
to jealous husband. ct cetera, all in re-
spouse to letters seeking advice. All deal
with intimate personal affairs about which
author speaks right out There is nc
misunderstanding her position.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
Civil Service Attacked.

The civil-service system S branded
as failure by Frank M. Eddy, former
congressman, and now an Hesteemed
contemporary, editor Of the Sank Cen
ter Herald. Mr.. Eddy is preaching a
crusade against life tenure in govern
ment positions, and devoting columns to
prove that the removal of minor ap-
pointments from politics has reduced
the efficiency Of the government serv-
ice, and has caused department clerks
to degenerate into mere automatons.
Civil service ''tends to fill the de-
, partment with superannuated and worn
! out employees says the iconoclastic
/ Eddy. 1t "tends to create caste and
class distinctions. 1t ''saps man s
: ambition, destroys his intellect, and
+ weakens lis will power. I'm fact, &C
! cording to our reactionary advocate Of
. the spoils system, he would about as
. soon see a bright; young friend SEN
a.. fenced to the penitentiary for life as to
be compelled to pass his life in a gov
q eminent clerical position.
- Mr.. Eddy's argument is not conclu-
: sive. What he says about the depart
: ment clerks at Washington is largely
:: true, but it. is not a true in
. dictment against civil service. II
! was true long before government
!; posts were protected from politi
4 cal changes, that most men were
I untitled for other work after a season
in the government service. 1Isthee shor
hours, routine duties and regular pa,
; spoiled them, and a man was as badl,
Spoiled in four years time as, he coult
possibly be. His position did not lie
pend on his efficiency, but on his politi
cal pull, so ambition gave him no in
1centive to perform his duties we'll.
The civil-service system Is not per
feet yet, and it may never be, but ever
now it is a vast improvement. In tn
days when change of administrator
meant the decapitation Of thousands o
experienced employees the public serv
! ice suffered from incompetent and in
experienced men thrust to satisf
political appetite. The theory of tn
5civil-service system is that the govern
I .ment is entitled to get trained and con
;petent servants for it's money, just tn
) same as a private business establish
sment. If in practice it is not alway
possible to reach the ideal, still til
country will never be willing now
isee return to the spoils system an
: the quadrennial housekeeping. The a
!. ,erage citizen no longer cares about tt
: politics of a government employee, s
/ slong as he does his work we'll.
& I'm the excitement of the war, the Ne
:. York papers forgot Nan Patterson <=f
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02

intoxicants nor was he addicted to the use
of tobacco. He lived to be old because of
his temperance in the use of life's neces-
stiles and not because he used LIQUOR.
In many cases the long lives of people
over 100 are attributed to the use of liquor
and tobacco as a joke because we hear
the other side Of the question so often.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02

An advertising story that did injustice
to Hiram Cronk, the last veteran of the
war of 1872. has been denied by his daugh-
ter. She says that her fathers life was
not prolonged by the use of somebody's
brand of spirituous liquor. She admits
that during the closing years of his career
his vital powers were occasionally forth
fed BY a small libation Of wine, but she
says that he never drank Of the heavy
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02

The Washington Star points out that
the automobile has been of great benefit
to the accident insurance business. We
notice, too, that the artificial limb manu-
facturers' families have been touring Eu-
rope this spring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02

Richard Harding Davis has gone to
farming in York state, having purchased
$50 acres in Westchester county. If Mr..
Davis crops this farm with one hired hand
it will give him abundant exercise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
Reports from the Wheat Fields.

Grain men who have been watching
for something from the wheatfelds of
thes4northwest, to indicate the condi-
ton Or relative advancement of the
lightweight seed, of which a large pro-
portion was sown this season, will be
interested in the report of Mr.. Z. D.
Marshall, appearing elsewhere in this
issue. General opinion has been that
40 per cent of the seeded area was put
down with lightweight seed, Mr.. Mar
shall estimates but 10 per cent to have
been seeded with wheat under so
pounds in weight, which in no way
controverts the former estimate for the
whole, and it is entirely probable that
thesearly estimate ofs 10 per cent IS not
toosaarge for the portion seeded with
| wheat weighing under the sixty pound
standard It is this large acreage of
seed below standard weight that has
| caused uneasiness as to the outcome.
1t is gratifying to note in majority
Of cases the fields show much greater
uniformity Of stand than might have
been expected, and lightweight and
heavyweight seed, sown close together
appear to have advanced equally well
1t is noted that the advantage of ar
early start, due to unusually fnt
weather in March,&April and early May
has been lost blythe later unfavorablt
conditions, and the crop, so far from be
ing in advance, is today a. trife behind
the development usual at this date.
Durum wheat is farther along thai
either fife or blue-stem, and is fount
to be very vigorous, which bears out on
thing it's advocates have claimed for it
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02

President A. B. |
Stickney Of the
Chicago CIR Q a t
Western is much
wiser than very
many of his rail-
r o a d associates.
Other leading, rail-
road men keep
talking in general
terms about the
desire of the rail-
roads to cooperate
with the govern
ment in curing the
existing abuses, but
almost to q man
they have cried
out that federal
regulation of rates
would be a danger
to the republic.
President s t lex
ney, however dis
agrees with his
fellows. = = = A
great deal of high
salaried time is be-
ing expended in eff.
forts to becloud the
issue. If the able
gentlemen repre-
senting these big
corporations W i'll
b u t concentrate
their thoughts for
a little while upon
the one question
involved in the
present controver-
| sy-that Of giving
| to the commission
the power to deter
mine what a max
imum rate shall be
more Of them, we
feel sure, will see
Things as Mr.. SUCK
ney does. But
whether they do or
not makes very lit
tie difference. The
| American peonI,
have been thoroly
aroused to the ne
cessity of federal
rate regulation of
interstate ON
merce, and thru
their congress the
people will see that
| the necessary rem
edial legislation is
enacted. - Atlanta
Constitution.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02

The two new battleships secured by
Japan are as good as $1o,o0o,oo0 to the
islanders If some Of the Russian Port
Arthur wrecks are raised, as Is now prom
ised, it looks as tho the Japanese navy,
as one result of the war, would be de-
cidedly to the good. If the longer you
fight the stronger you get, it certainly
looks bad for the opposing party.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02
THE PASSING OF GRANDPA

Little Johnny (such bright boy)
Runs a railroad and bank;
Baby Jim conducts journal,
And q senator is Frank
Boys of sixteen, eighteen, twenty
Now direct the human race
What's the use Of having grandpa
Merely loafing round the place?
We are chloroforming grandpa
III Don't you hear his feeble moan?
Grandpa is nice old fellow,
And it's sad to have him groan-
Shall we take him out, my brothers.
Ere he dies beneath the lid? AZ
No; we've talked with DR.. Osler.
And he says it must be did.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02

7 Messrs. Lewis & Clarke opened their
fair at Portland, Ore, yesterday. The
Messrs. Lewis & Clarke have great repu.
tations az explorers and their discovery
of Portland as a central place for fail
is undoubted proof Of it. + -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-02

Portland is entertaining the tallest
president with the highest ambitions Of
any we have had since, since when?
Was there vice president with ambitions
once before?, Il