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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
Children.

i "a tremendous Hypocrisy says
George Bernard Shaw, lis the conven-
tional view Of children. A child, he
complains, is not "a little darling, but
a savage cruel. noisy, dirty inquisi-
tive and intolerable.' George Ber-
nard is right. Children are little saw
ages, and all the unutterable asininity
of our teaching systems grows out of
the denial of this fact. Children are
savages, and have several well-defned
savage traits-namely, a, rude but sure
sense of justice, vague notions of pri--
vate property, an intensely poetic tenn
permanent, and a grand passion for find
ing out things for themselves.
Civilization grabs these wild crea-
lures and tries to push = them into
grooves cut for miniature men and
women. It tries to teach them the
same things by the same rules, only
in a lesser amount, thatyit teaches pro-
fessors of ethics. By %this%Sme it
expects to produce more professors of
ethics. Strangely enough, this process
of abuse does eventuate in some more
professors Of ethics, and it is a pity
it does, for, if it produced only it's
natural fruit-namely, assassins and
man haters, We might begin to ques-
ton the theory. We might even be
induced to give up the theory and let
nature take it's course. -. ~
The tendency to look upon children
as reduced men results in too much
medicine, too much meddEng, too much
coddling on the one hand and too little
appreciation, too little sympathy, too
little patience, on the other There is
scarcely a child who does not have
ideas of right and wrong which are
expressed first in the interrogative
form. If adults could refrain from
"butting in these interrogations
| would hatch into an affirmation OF
right and a corresponding denial OF
wrong which would serve the child as
a sure basis of conduct thru it's exist
ence.
But our system of education is sc
| etfervescent with impotence that WE
pounce upon the child with our hand
me down plans for his thinking anc
rob him of any chance to think fo1
| himself. Our public school classes are
caucuses where the quickest child spills
the. ointment and the slow ones. wht
are the best, get a Whit Of the odor oil
| knowledge but never smash at thu
box. The public schools are PRODUCING
very poor results except in the so-callee
fad studies. The advantage these
studies have over the others is tina
in them the child has a chance to ge
hold of something tangible and worl
it out. for himself. -. ~
Mr.. George Bernard Shaw is, per
haps, not overly friendly to children
He does not do them justice, but h,
does not do them the cruel iniustic,
OF viewing them as small men an,
women to be treated as a class. H
understands they are children and in
dlviduals, and this is something mos
of our alleged educators have neve
learned.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
With the Long Bop.
-"Eye NATURES walks. shoot folly as IT hr,s. >

We tembe for the who his
fascinating work of art pounding thumb at twilight
By Memorial boy with traditions
him should have been sin swimming in the public supply
you spring you have
bet that blood caught what being
tho stomach have caught Of the whisky in the
deru Restorer ....
Nine Bnhardt the tragenne that hopki Gan infamy''
depends
thing h fgger But the form of hoops figure looks
about like clothespin coming out of a rat trap
Frank Myers Miller d. the early SIXTIES fought the Sioux by
day listened lay
rather he against PROPOSE
day
bottom Of had disappeared long pole inserted but
the probing disappearance the cellar
the deepest and darkest problem that @ veteran has looked
feelings may interfering g-
culture Of China can better be imagined than described
profit attending
classes on farming Let man act as valet rather horse for few
weeks and attempt the garden ahead the and he becomes
his helpfulness to his fellow man.
regarding
49, Those who with their
Those carry garets
finger boss mo tse LIARS na the truth not thu from
might cigaret dudes keep tab ourselves by these rules
and find out whether we are foolish or simply weakminded
Gearey E told himself the Fargo Forum the other day.
seems that Mr. Gary little aughe who had just learned WRITE
II wrote letter to teacher today, papa" -
"That nice.
$50 teacher nice She's
|letter?''
"Please'
'You know she gave it back she had it,
The following letter read by papa
'Dere techer love you papa
The Chicago Evening ocious
men, The Fathers Place in the me' Jenk Lloyd
out that fathe1hood paternity
the lowest realms of life
the responsibilities implied
today much the
the responsibility with the mother There
to the physical
children ~ don't bother with
my the bils O. - 4E 5
If the father wishes above the clearly
Ito
when the baby suddenly begins violent teehg complicated
fringe biting off large chunks Of and
out the air If father scutes for the ROOM
between him and the foundry
evolution has long and
| the family life Of the demands of the day. Al.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
Lear Lives Again.

: Two pictures. Mrs. Mary Schwartz
OF Brooklyn was welcomed at the
steamer by such crowd of admiring
relatives that she could not get off the
gangplank. They crowded about and
fought for the first kiss of welcome,
while the privilege of taking her home
for entertainment was bid up high.
From Fergus Falls, MIMI, comes the
story of two sons who brought their
aged father into the town and filed an
information of insanity against him
The judge could find no evidence of it
but the dutiful sons delivered the ia
Their at the county jail and the hearing
was continued. Mrs. Mary Schwartz
Of Brooklyn is rich, while the old farm
er of Otter Tail county is poor in pocket
and body. If Mrs. Mary Schwartz is
wise she will keep her money, like q
piece of meat dangling just out OF
req oh 5a53.sTts-s,.. ~ g.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
A New, Timber Policy.

The new state timber board has
started right. It has decided" to com
promise no trespass cases, but to de-
mand double the value Of the timber.
where the trespass was accidental, and
three times the value where it was
wilful. .',.'5 ~.....& 49, =
1t has taken years of pounding to
secure the adoption Of this policy,
which is, after all, but straightforward
enforcement of. the law. The fallacy
that trespass could not be collected ex-
cept by: compromise was repeated so
often by officers of the state that many
people believed it, The work of the
public examiner showed that these com
promises were not only illegal, but that
the state was allowing trespassers to
settle in many cases for less than the
actual selling value of the logs they
took.
The present state auditor made 4
decided Improvement in policy, but he
also was found to have failed to ell
force the law strictly. AS a result,
while the dispute was raging over the
acts of the former auditor, the legis-
lature passed a new trespass law. Tt
reaffirmed the old rule as to settle
ments, but took the matter out Of the
hands of the state auditor. The tim
Der board was made the sole body to
settle trespass cases. In addition to
the governor, auditor and treasurer, the
attorney general was made a member
of the board, which is to handle all
trespass cases. ,--%
The board has just the same discre-
ton that the auditor formerly pos
sessed It may not settle for less than
double the value of the timber taken.
1t may collect three times the value of
timber wilfully taken, but is allowed
to settle such cases for double the
value if advisable. The board has
agreed that not even this latitude will
be allowed. In order to accomplish the
purpose of the law, which is to stop
trespassing and save state timber for
legal sale, all persons found to
have cut on state lands wi]fully will
be held for treble the value of the
logs, besides liability to fine or i'm
prisonment
The new board has set a mark and
placed the trespass industry on. the
right basis at last. If the authorities
do not relax in their determination
trespass will indeed become unpopular
The former public examiner could not
II
the truth Of his reports on the former
administration of the auditors office
if he had written it himself
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
Civic and Religious Revival.

DR.. J. Wilbur Chapman, well known
thruout the country as an evangelist,
discussed the evangelistic work of the
Christian church at the meeting of the
Presbyterian general assembly yester-
day. The significant point in his adj
dress was his confident prediction that
what he calls "great tidal wave of
religious fervor'' is about to sweep over
the country.
The remarkable religious revival in
Wales has attracted attention thruout
the Christian world and has doubtless
had stimulating influence upon re-
llglous zeal wherever the story of the
Wales movement has been told. At all
events, there is a prevalent feeling
which has found expression in many
forms and in many places of late that
a great awakening of interest in re-
llgious truth and a great revival of
zeal in religious living are imminent.
Perhaps the best justification for this
view is to be found in the greater de-
gree of open mindedness exhibited gen
orally by the people of this day toward
religious truth. There is unuuestion-
ably more general disposition to look
upon the service of God as, after all,
the most reasonable and commonsen-
ible line Of human conduct. The mists
Of superstition on the one hand and the
clouds Of agnosticism on the other are
giving place to clearer, saner views of
the. relations Of the creature to Creator,
and it is not to be wondered at that
better recognition Of his responsible
tiles in this life and Of his interests in
the next should have brought man in
general into a more receptive state of
mind toward all religious truth. Per
.haps it is not altogether fanciful to
discover in the keener sensibility of men
in general to the sacredness of public
4--,ast- to hha ohliuatinns of citizenship
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING

Practical Politics reviews at some
length Bostons Experience with munc-
1pal printing plant in such way as to
put 1t in an unfavorable light. Up to
1897 Boston had had it's printing done in
the union shop by union printers, but in
that year Mayor Quincy bought a plant
and started the city in the printing bust
ness. In seven years the. cost Of print
ing doubled and while experts still claim
the plant made money for the city the
profit II there was any, must have gone
into fancy printing. because it is not in
the plant nor In the treasury. The plant
has been the hospital for decayed printers
who could not work for a private com
pany, but who 4iad aarennnant of political
pull left. Printers frankly admit they
have REDUCED theirp bills for caring for
their worn out brothers, by. getting them
on the city payrolnn These facts are not
denied, nor is it denied that the tendency
has been toward multiplying publications.
Stuff which the heads of departments
would never have had the nerve to give
out to a contractor was rushed to the city
printing office. In this respect the ex-
perience Of Boston has been like that of
the federal government. The misuse of
the public printing office by congress was
so patent years ago that James G.. Blaine
wrote an article calling serious attention
to it. t5fM
The tendency toward municipal owner
ship is quite marked in, Germany. Cologne,
with population of $4,000, owns the gas
and electric light works, street railways,
harbor~ and wharves, slaughter houses,
cattle yards and half the stock in the
railroad to Bonn. In the grand duchy; OF
eHsse teh town councils are required tc
buy land and build houses for the people
to purchase on the installment plan. How
would you like to let the council of Min
neapolis loose on a snap like that? -"
1t is reported that the London county
council will spend $4,000, 900 In acquiring
the surface tramways of the city. The
council will pay nominal sum for the
unexpired franchise and buy the physica
property of the companies. Yerkes sub
ways must come into the deal at some
time, but probably at5a good construction
profit to Mr.. Yerkes. i, ~
A good many newspapers speak Of
binder twne factories as experiments il
public ownership, but it is a fact tina
nearly all these plants have been set ul
to furnish a non-competitive employment
to prisoners Of the state. In Minnesota
which was a pioneer in this#line, there
! was double motive; to provide employ.
| ment and to break up a monopoly which
was charging the farmers two prices FOL
| Irvine. 5 II ill.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
Cannon s Haste Explained.

The press reports stated yesterday
morning that Mr.. Cannon, speaker Of
the house, was on board a fast train
bound for Washington. There was no
explanation Of his haste. The dis
patches today explain. He was going
down to see about that new rule of the
Panama canal commission to buy in the
open market. Mr.. Cannon is "stand-
patter.' Whether the president and
the commission ever expected to buy
any considerable amount of supplies in
the open market or not, their declared
willingness to do so has had probably
as much effect as if they had stocked up
permanently wherever they could buy
the cheapest. =
Speaker Cannon is only one of many
inluentiia l men who have hurried to the
president thru personal interview or
by mail or telegraphic communication
to persuade him that he has made a
political and commercial mistake. The
president is reported to have listened
with some patience and also some
amusement to the appeals made to him
and to have taken great deal of salts.
faction in the results Of his declared
policy, for unquestionably whether the
canal commission buys dollar 8 worth
Of stuff from the competitors Of Ameri
can manufacturers he has thrown 9
scare into the standpatter' camp
which has done irreparable damage t
that well-fortifed stronghold.
Just how the president feels about il
may be inferred from an expression
which he is said to have used the Other
day in speaking to a friend about this
matter-that hewould compel the trusts
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
RELATION OF DIET TO TURERcU-
s--'. 1871. d. LOSIS

In every case of consumption there has
been a time when the, individual did not
really have tuberculosis, but had weak
ness of the system, a decreased resistance
to disease Generally speaking, an ind1-
vidual has more or less power to resist
consumption, and this resistance Is over
come in various ways. It Is often broken
down suddenly, as in pneumonia or ty-
pho!d fever. Or other acute disease OF a
serious nature. H. -s...,- s.
j In other cases this resistance is lessened
by living in an atmosphere that has been
breathed over and over again. Oevital-
lied air toxaemia. ! The above sources OF
lessened resistance to disease would per-
haps suggest themselves to any one who
has given the subject thought. But how
few really understand the intimate rela-
ton existing between impaired digestion
and decreased resistance to disease. It
is no unusual occurrence to be able to
trace the pretubercular debility of a child
back to wrong habits of diet. The natural
resistance and strength Of the body have
been gradually undermined by an i'm
proper diet, usually by the taking Of SUI
gars; mainly in the form Of candy be
tween meals. This habit will surely
wean the child away from other neces-
sary foods The growing child. above all
others. requires a maximum Of p:oteids
(milk, eggs, noeat,5etc.), and for the par
ents to permit the child to persist in TAX
ing candy at all times Of the day or
night means in, the less robust. at least,
a marked decrease in the childs natural
strength. and in many cases may lead to
the development Of tuberculosis. Parents,
If they wish strong. robust children,
should among other matters give atten-
ton to the time and character Of the
sweets taken by their children. We rec
ognize in sugar necessary part of a
we'll balanced dietary, but il this part Of
the diet is taken alone. between meals.
then it gradually weans the child away
from the natural desire for other foods,
and this practice long continued leads to
an arrest of the natural growth and often
to the DEVELOPMENT of the consumptiye
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

Burnham, Williams Co. partnership
has been himself a foreman. So the
apprentice need only be ordinarily am
bilious to be spurred by the thought
that, some day, he may be a member of
the firm.
"Unionism is barred at Baldwin's, albeit
union man may be known as a union
man and yet retain his job. But it is
thing which is so little encouraged that it
has never happened that union workmen
have been able to become sufficiently nu-
merous to constitute a possible menace to
the peace of any one shop or of any class
of mechanics. But the scale of wages,
planned tho it is with the employers in
terest as the first consideration, neverthe-s
less conforms closely to the union scales
No serious strike has ever occurred at
these works. H. F. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

to g take their feet out Of the trough. 8
The addition of that phrase, if it really
came from the president Of the United
States, to the ammunition of the re-
visionists, is an important accession. 1t
will be long time before it ceases to
be heard. When stthe strenuous ifeo
is no longer effective to stimulate and
inspire, this description of the attitude
Of the trusts will be doing business in
the discussions of the tariff question
and doing it effectively.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
W'ATsA USE?

W'atsa use for gattin' mad
JUS baycause you feela bad?
; You go'ns feela worse an worse
Eef you gona stop an curse
Ezra time ees som -theeng wrong.
You no gatta leeve SO long.
Wan, two tree, four year, b1meby,
Mebbe SO you gona die.
So ees best from day to day
Maka sunshine weetha hay.
Don't be gattin' mazda while
You can hava time to smile.
W'atsa use?
Padre Smeeth he tai me, too
Justa like l tai to you.
Wan day ees say, Halo!
Wat ees max you growla SO:
Ezra time you gatta mad
Eet ees max Diablo glad,
Justa laugh an don'ta care,
Den you MAX Diab1o swear"
Smila now an den bimeby
You can smila wen you die.
Growla now an you weel yell
Weeth Diablo down een-we1l,
W'atsa use?
Catholic Standard and Tim
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
NO TIME FOR NEWS
Moffett Cor. Boston tva.) Gazet

Moffett Cor. Boston tVa.) Gazette.
Editor Gazette: I am too busy trying
to plant my little corn to get in word
crosswise, and in times like these any
word that might use anywhere would
be quite apt to cross in some way. Corn
planting, while begun by good many, is,
nevertheless, regarded as being backward,
owing to late spring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

did you notice., asked the factotum,
that telegram from Toronto?'
YES, yes indeed replied Mr. Rookie
Teller. II sent them check for a thou
sand. These Canadians are our neigh
bors, and we can afford"
you didn't notice, Mr. Rockefeller,
that that telegram was from Toronto,
Kan?" .-. .'','''. = r. - :
Mr.. Rockefeller very nearly turned pale
and went out in the yard and kicked the
price of oil up two points.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

Rumor credits several distinguished
sixth district gentlemen of hitherto re-
spectacle reputation with casting sheep S
eyes at the congressional shoes now worn
by Mr.. Buchanan of Little Falls The
time to get into congress from this dis
trict with ease has passed into the past.
and it is easier to talk Of displacing
Buck than to do it.-Elk River Star
News. - *
Is there any danger Of furnishing rep
utations hitherto respectable by enter
ing into such a contest?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

Three members of the Arkansas legis-
lature who are trying to palm themselves
off for grafters are on trial for taking
brides of s25 apiece. Stuff these small
fry into the juvenile court or send them
home to ma.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
several young women. 4students. Their
names, however, will be promptly ex-
plunged from the college rolls.

Trips to the arctic regions are now rec
commended for consumptives. The claim
is made that In the out of door treat
ment farther south the, patient loses in
the damp Of the night all he has gained
in the day. In the arctic regions there is
a steady, cold dry climate that is very
favorable to the destruction Of the germs
Of tuberculosis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

A somewhat famous lady in New York
wore or is credited with wearing $4,000
worth Of jewels at; recent society we'd
ding. Whether this is an estimate by
some society reporter or whether the tag
was left on the goods does not appear.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

Denver has become tainted" with the
virus of municipal ownership and is hol-
lering for cheaper street lighting. Den
yer should look at Philadelphia and be
glad it is no worse al ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

John D. Rockefeller passed out a $1,000
check to the eyangeistic tent campaign
committee in New ork. 1t was snapped
up greedily. ~ .t#a5:s. ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

Since 1882 congress has appropriated
s4ss, 600, 900 for rivers and harbors and the
automobilists want to know whether in
the next quarter century Uncle Sam pro-
poses to do as much for good roads. They
argue that every man lives by a road and
only few near or have access to water
ways. Therefore the government ought
to do as much for road as for river nav
igation. ~ :.gr w .-:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

The public will hardly support the ex
press com anies in their attitude to-
ward their former employees in Chicago.
The strikers appear to have thrown. up
everything they contended for and to
have made complete surrender if the
express companies will not persist in
refusing to take back any Of their old
drivers, many Of whom, no doubt, went
on strike unwillingly but because they
did not dare to do otherwise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

The mayoralty is adding swiftly to Da-
vid Percy Jones Store Of worldly knowl-
edge. He has already learned that there
is no such thing as a square gambler or
slow automobilist. y -. -+@- .r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

Speaking Of wealth and position, do
you suppose thatsa microbe on a $50
bill gets anything more out Of life than
a germ on a 81 bill? - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

The Russian courtmartial absolved
General Stoessel from all responsibility
for the fall of Port Arthur. 1t came out
quite clearly in the evidence that the
Japanese were entirely at fault. -. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

The Central Christian church of Peoria,
ILL.,, has called a pastor who confesses to
the following list Of qualifications He is
young, married, evangelistic, is a mixer,
a crank, a worker. In Peoria these quail
ties ought to be worth six hundred year
in cash besides grocery showers. i,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20

A new invention is bulgeless barrel.
This barrel, like the other, if tapped at
the psychological moment, will still get
a bulge on a poor legislature. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-20
JERRY HAS 'EM
Minnetonka Record.

MinnetOnka Record.
Jerry Simpson, formerly a famous
statesman of Kansas, is at present owner
of a large sheep ranch in New Mexico.
There seems to be no excuse for his not
having pair, and wooden ones, too.