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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-16
TOT DRANK CARBoLIc ACID
Babe in a Home Near Osseo Gould Mo-
Be Saved.

-ANOKA, MINN.-Gladys Zopf, daughter Of
Henry Zopf living near osseo, drank carbolic
ACID and died in short time. She was year
and 10 months old. The mother had been us
ing the acid and left it on bureau and the
child climbed upon chair and drank
Irene Gumbril, aged H. tripped on grape
vine and fell, breaking her right leg in two
places just above the shoe top
The local D. of H. delightfully."- entertained
the Minneapolis district convention, D. of H.
One hundred were seated at dinner in the
dining hall. The grand officers, who remained
over night and witnessed the special initiatory
Wo- We're: Mrs. Sprague grand chief Of
honor, Minneapolis; Mrs. Schrader grand lady
Of honor, Minneapolis. and Mrs. Francis Olson,
Rey. 3: N spanford, pastor of the Free
Baptist church of Champlin, left this week,
with his family. for Kirksville, Mo.
A roller skating rink will be opened in the
arpoory in October.
The Philolectian society was delightfully."- en-
tertained with a social afternoon by Mines.
Woodmanson, at the home of the last named.
musical program was presented, and refresh
ments served.
The funeral of James Collins was held Fri
day morning from st. Stephens church, Rev.
Father Dolphin officiating. Mr. Collins had bee
a resident of Anoka county for thirty eight
years. He was born in Limerick county, Ire
land. and was Ga. He leaves a wife and
eight children.
| John A. Gartvig, for eighteen years inmate
of the insane asylum. died from general de-
bility. He committed from Polk county.
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TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

and officers have them in charge,
marching to and from the different
buildings where they assemble for
meals, school, or other exercises. AT 6
o clock the reveille arouses all, and
taps at 9 in the evening demands quiet
In all quarters.
It is impossible to go step by step
thru the day g work Of the institution,
but visit will reveal many surprises
and prove instructive. Here one will
find boys and girls, sons and daughters
Of men who disputed the irresistible
advance of the whites with all of their
strength, now learning the trades of
their enemies to fit themselves, for
places in the world. Do they do itG
Most assuredly they do. Little by lit.
stone, and little by little the hard en-
crnstations of cons of savagery are
being softened and worn away by the
continual routine of school life.
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cured which increased its capacity to
$50. Charles =. Peirce. was appointed
superintendent in March, 1900, which
position he still occupies. Thru his
organizing powers, the school rapidly
came to the front and became a ia
vorite on the reservations It now has
a plant worth $250,000.
What Is Taught.
The government 3appropriates $167
a year for every pupil in school. From
this amount the current expenses of
the school are paid, additional appro-
priations covering the cost Of new
buildings, lands or extensive improve
ments. Pupils are enrolled for a term
Of three years and are clothed, fed and
transported at government expense.
The course of study is prescribed by
Miss Estelle Reel, superintendent Of
Indian schools, Washington, D. G., and
is uniform thruout the service. 1t con-
sists of the common eighth grade
branches and industrial work-pupils
being required to attend halliday ses-
sions in each.
Engineering, farming. tailoring. har.
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F else Ideas
Concerning Methods Of Clearing
and Farming the Lands of
Northern Minnesota.
SHEEP AND THE .....@.
ANGORA GOAT
Clear the Underbrush = Berries
and Vegetables Wonderful !.
Wealth Producers.
Special Correspondence.

special correspondence. --.s-- ~
Aitkin, Mimi, Sept. 15.-In travelling
thru this state, making comparisons Of
the possibilities of timber farm lands
with those of the prairie country of
the far west and Canada, and talking
with those people who are interested in
the settling of the unoccupied lands of
the state Of Minnesota, one is forced
to the conviction that the farmers of
Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio and Mich
igan are laboring under as false an illu-
sion concerning this country today as
they labored under concerning the
prairie country five years ago. Today
there is but little skepticism among
the farmers of the old-settled communi-
ties about the possibilities of the prai-
Tie farm lands of the Dakotas and
sCanada. They seem to recognize that
those communities are enormous wealth
producers and that the percentage of
profit in farming in the Dakotas and
canada, as compared with the com
imunltles in which they live, is vastly
in favor of the west, but when it comes
to the consideration of cut-over timber
lands, they seem to be utterly at sea
and for that reason I am giving a lit
tile statement which / trust will serve
to correct any unfavorablet impression
concerning northern Minnesota.
"a The farmer Of northern Minnesota
does not realize his income and profit
by putting the plow into the ground
!. sowing crops of small grains, harvesting
and marketing them. There is lust as
much difference in thework of producing
wealth in this community as compared
with the prairie lands Of the west as
there is between the agricultural sec
ton of South Dakota east of the Mis-
# souri, river, and the mining country OF
the prairie country. devoted, to agricul
ture, the new settler. pushes the pillow
thru the prairie ground, sows flax
wheat, oats, barley, or such other crop.
as he thinks adapted to the soil an6
climate, and in the fall reaps his har
vest. In northern Minnesota the set
Il tier puts on his quarter or half sec
q CORA goats and shogs as his capital per
Z mits. The fleece of the sheep is
money producer; hogs have been money
producers for years in every com
1nunity; he sells the milk from TIL,
Y cows to the creamery. Instead Of clear
ing up 100 acres of land, he clears vi
hump his back for, the balance Of hi
life to do it, either. His Angora goat
clear off the underbrush, dynamite AM
& the stump puller take out the large
ytumps and trees. In this clear. spo
4 he raises berries, onions, radishes, beet
and the various other fruits and vege
tables. He is within two or three hour
by express from Minneapolis and ST
Paul, as well as from the twin cite
81 at the head Of the lakes-Du an
Superior. His various vegetables fin
a. ready market in each Of these cite
and he is in q position to deliver t
these markets these different vegetable
Al long after the products Of the sout
II have been forgotten. I know Of in
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stances where farmers have delivered
the most luscious straw berries to the
markets mentioned, six weeks after this
fruit had gone out of the Chicago mar
to demand were from 5 to. 10..cents q
quart in advance Of any price that had
prevailed during The season
The farmer Of northern Minnesota
does not make his money by the same
pursuits that occupy and demand the
attention Of the prairie farmer. 1t Is
an entirely erroneous impression that
the clearing Of an entire farm IN north.
ern Minnesota is essential to have 1t
a money-producer. The farmer of Min
nesota does not grow old prematurelY,
nor is he roundshiuldered and decreplt
from the clearing of land.
In biblical times the peasant class
picked up the straws on the held AFTER
the hand sickle had done its work. To
binding harvester does the work.
EQUAL advancement in the clearing OF
timber land has been made: The an
CORA goat clears the underbrush and
while doing SO, is a money maker Tor
the farmer. Sheep produce "a dollar a
81 each in the meat market. They
also clear the underbrush. do not
wish to appear too enthusiastic, but the
! folly of the false impression under
which great number Of people are. Ia
boring, seems to force me into strong
statements concerning northern Min
. nesota. Men who are working year in
and year out on lands which will COM
mand on the market from $75 to $3.50
an acre, could easily realize as much
more money from these lands Of north
ern Minnesota which can be had today
/ at from So to SIS per acre. The state
/ itself owns several thousand acres,
which it offers on terms Of Is per cent
down and the balance in forty years.
Land interests turnout the state are
!. offering terms SO very easy that for
one am at loss to understand why
any young man will remain in the
east. Churches, schools and social con
ditions are equal to those found in the
old settled communities, for the sim.
pie reason that they have been estab.
i lished and are maintained by people
from the east. Careful attention thru.
out the northern part of the state is
being given to the establishing Of
! graded highways, and in a great. many
Communities the rural telephone is ex
{ tending it's branches to the various
farm homes.
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ness; and shoemaking, gardening, black
smlthlng, domestic science, cooking,
baking, homework Of all kinds, dress
making max! fitting and fancy work, print
ing. laundrying, dairying and stockrais.
ing are taught pupils under the charge
OF a civil service employee.
Boys and girls are detailed to the
several departments by the disaplin.
arian and matron, who have them in
q charge for periods Of three months.
Those who show themselves especially
qualified to learn trade are retained
by the employee having them in charge
and given every encouragement to. mas
ter it.
The ordinary routine of handling
400 pupils is an interesting study. In
order to secure the best results the in
dividuality of each pupil must be
closely studied and he must be devel
oped along whatever line he shows pc
culiar fitness to follow.
Great characters are not made under
military discipline, but for the best in
terests OF the school It is necessar,
that military organization prevail. II
secure this companies are organized
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-16
MORE STUDENTS IN HIGH
Increase at Northfeld Because Of Aban
donment of Academy.

NORTHFIELD, MINN.-One result of the
dropping of the academy of Carleton college
was seen at the high school this year, where
the attendance has increased to 1856. The re-
vised list of teachers is follows:
High school, Edgar George, superintendent;
Paul Albert, principal; Frances Bishop, Dwight
F. Mowery, Roy Merrill, Nina Stewart, Drusilla
Hutchinson and Ella Marsh. Grades, Central
building, Clara Goodwin, Tina Powers, Ellen
Malthouse, Malviha de Camp, Ellie Adams,
ington school, Charlotte Leslie, principal; Agnes
Donnell, Nellie Drew and Emma Lamp; Long
fellow school, Jennie Holtz, principal; Dora
Oualle, Celia johnson and Mrs. l.. G. Harris;
teacher of music and drawing, Elizabeth Will
lard.
Rev e. w. Confer, rector of All Saints
church. has accepted a call to an Episcopal
church in Springfield, Mo-. Rev. F. A. Cone has
consented to remain another year as pastor OF
the Methodist church Rev. Father Rowan
of St. Paul has been assigned to assist Rev.
Father Kenney in the Catholic parishes OF
Northfeld and Hazelwood.
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Special to The Journal.

special to The Journal So
5as n p D. ex Sent tI ses
Hdians Of the United States. This large
#sum represents the interest earnings
sof the trust money held by. the GOV.
8ernment for the several tribes, paid
them under treaties for concessions of
land, and extra appropriations! by con-
gress for the maintenance OF schools
land other enterprises
The amount appropriated each year
has been steadily increasing, owing to
the policy adopted by the government
of winding up AFFAIRS with several
their trust money instead Of the inter
@est which has constituted the annuity
#of the red men. :.
Over 80 per cent of the amount this
year goes for the support of schools.
Nearly sc per cent is used in the pay
cent for gifts. to needy tribes. The
remainder is miscellaneous.
The Indian school service costs the
government almost 100000 annually.
This amount includes the erection Of
buildings, equipment of schools and the
aclothing, fuel, etc.
How Schools Are Classified.
Schools are classified as to their To-
cation. Nonreseryation boarding
schools, where pupils are clothed, fed
sand educated at government expense,
are under the charge Of a bonded SUI
sperintendent, who has duties similar
Ito an Indian agent. Reservation board
sing schools are in charge of superin-
itendent who is accountable to the agent
sof the reservation, altho of late years
MANY superintendent have been placed
IN charge of the reservation and the
agents position abolished. Where pop
snlatlon is dense enough on reservations
80 warrant them, day schools are con-
Quoted, each being in charge of teach
aer and housekeeper.
With 19,05z Indians, all belonging to
the great Sioux nation, South Dakota
presents a field well adapted to study
sof the Indian school service. The real
old Indian may still be found in remote
portions of the state, living in his
stepee, and wearing his blanket. But
he is the exception. Generally he has
gof the white man and has laid aside
his savage pursuits for those of civil
slzation. Only thru education has this
been possible.
System of Schools.
A brief survey. of the school system
Sas it is in operation today is necessary
sto understand how this has been &C.
scomplished. About 25 per cent of the
Indian population of the state, 1850, is
gof school age 6 to 16, but with the con.
sent of the department. older pupils may
avail. themselves of the school facilities
p Advantages for attending school are
excellent, and there is no reason why
every Indian boy and girl is not in
Some one Of the institutions. They are
distributed as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-16
GOVERNMENT INDIAN SCHOOL
SERVICE IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Riggs Institute FLandreau Fine Type
ton School-Facilities in State for 3, $50
Pupils. q $50

sfts So
Springfield -. ...... 50 j.
ca Mss1on Schools Under Government control
g. Era na mission 90
10Y Rosary mission ................ 100
o1.nottc mission mission 1855. ........... 20 o-
Day Schools on Reservation -
ps enas agency, three 76
ROSEBUD, s twenty sF's 4 zsS
Total capacity ............... 8, 7so
!, Besides this, pupils have the privi-
ie:ge Of attending large schools at a
Haskell, Kan; Chifocco, Okla; Carlisle,
Pa; and elsewhere. The large non.
reservation schools are given certain
territory from which they. are allowed
to gather pupils, and EMPLOYEES are
sent to the reservations in this terri
tory before school opens to present the
advantages of their institution and in
duce parents to send their children to
them. >' n =
Flandreau Type.
Flandreau is the largest of the non
reservation schools in this section of
the country and draws pupils from
M Minnesota, North and South Dakota,
Wisconsin and Nebraska. This insti-
euG1oH, commonly called Riggs 1nStl-
tute, is an excellent type of the large
Indian schools and is considered one
OF the best in the country. Indians
of the states mentioned prefer it to
any. other because Of it's proximity to
their homes.
For twenty years a day school was
maintained here and was so successful
that the government decided in 1891 to
appropriate $4,000 for the erection of
a boarding school one-half mile north
of the city. This was done, and a few
years later, thru the efforts Of Senator
Pettlgrew, an appropriation was Sc
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-16
TERMs or sALE

ERW5 OF- ~
These lands will be sold at public auc-
! ton to the highest bidder. Fifteen per
cent Of the purchase price must be paid at
the time, Of sale. The balance may run
est, II desired. The title to all state land
is perfect Valuable illustrated book on
Minnesota lands free; also list OF lands
offered.
SAMUEL q. fvERsoN,
State Auditor and Land Commissioner.
| Aug. i. 1906, st. Paul. MINI.
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NoRTHF1ELD, M1NN.-Rev. E. H. Confer,
rector of All Saints Episcopal church for three
years, has accented the rectorship of church 81
in Springfield, Mo. Rev. Father Rowan OF 81
Dominic's chucch and to assist Father Kenney
in the Hazelwood church.
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MANKATo, MINN.-Mathias J. Trampert, en-
gineer at S. A. Anderson's stone saWmlil. was
in a Az wi eel and his neck was broken. He was
about As and is survived by wife and four
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1905-03-17

A certain count and a certain young
lady Of thirteen, both French subjects,
were married three times in 1902. or
thought they were, but they now find
themselves bachelor and spinster still.
The first marriage took place at a
church in London, the second before
the registrar at Dover, but these two,
being only English marriages, do not
avail. Then came a marriage by a
French provincial mayor, which the
parties thought had at last safely tied
the knot, especially as the brides moth
err gave her consent. But it now turns
out that the brides legal guardian had
not consented also. and the flaw has
been pointed out by the brides repent
ant mother, who declares that the
bridegroom is not the nobleman, geog
rapher, journalist and various other
respectable things he had represented
himself to be. If two French people
can come involuntarily united in this
fashion, after believing themselves to
have been triply spliced. there is OBJ
viously more reason than ever for Eng
lish people who are contemplating in
tcrnational marriage to make certain
that al is legally coTect.-London Pail
Mall Gazette.
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A SEA SERPENT STORY.
This Marine Monster Was Fifty-ive
Feet IL, Length.

rect H. Length.
Rudyard Kipling has seen his second
sea serpent according to Il story which
comes with some seriousness from Cape
Town. People who read Kipling's first
sea serpent story thought i, was merely
brilliant piece of fiction. This SEE
ond sea serpent story is not told by
Kipling, but by the skipper of the
steamship Armadale Castle. The sea
serpent was seen-in fact. it was struck
by the ship and probably killeI-wLile
the Armadale Castle was Oil her last
voyage to Cape Town, in latitude &c
gTees south. Mr.. Kipling was aboard
the ship.
Commander Robinson is not sure
whether the creature struck was a real
serpent. a queer whale or a greatly
overgrown shark. Whatever 1t was
the thing was hit by the bow of the
ship where, in all properly regulated
fishes, the pectoral fin exists. The head
was doubled across tie bow port, and
tie tail trailed away along the star
board side. The violent struggles of
the creature to free itself from its pain
ful and embarrassing position led to its
striking the soft brown paint of the
boot topping" on the ships side with
the powerful fluke of it's tail
This was observed by the boatswain
and some of the men who were watch
ing the affair through the side ports
Immediately over the tail of the fish.
Tho marks oDoI,Iod t1o oor,, ~, - n Il ~,
afterward to make fairly accurate
measurements. From mark to stem it
was forty-seven feet. About eight feet
of head over the port side brought the
whole length to fifty-fve feet In
girth 1t was apparently about the vol
ume Of one of the ships lfeboats at the
broadcast part. say eight feet in diane
ter, very gracefully tapering away to-
ward the tail The body appeared to
be of green sh brown color, with large
dark spots all over the back and sides,
tie lower part Being of a dull white.
1t was first observed by one of the
scancn. who heard a knocking against
the ships side. When the news was
passed along the decks all the passen-
gers, young and cd, performed a mad
stampede into the forccastle to look at
the unhappy prisoner. The engines
were stopped as soon as possible and
reversed, but fully a quarter of an
hour elapsed between the first dis
covery and the final clearance, by
which TIM the creature was either
dead or completely exhausted. for it
sunk slowly, tail irst.-Chicago News.
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Sanction is be!n souE t in the next
session of tie Bitisl pa". a1cnt TO-,
the Inauguration Of Il cross a mel
railroad fiery BEEN DO c. OF The
English ana Calais on the French
coast. \ strong urrSnt o. rom C-c2
to three and half MES runs between
the two o17oJ.te coli.s &t t. d. tie
rR"-ovest part Of tic E"g ~ caal .c!.
There is also rise AMI fall IN t-e,t g
varying from E-tc-n II t---o-.t- fec
Landing stages at each terminus Of the
French ana Elg.s'' rll-31l: wou. !
have 10 be constructed 70 a-.ow for this
great nuc.uatl5n, Sd th.t tie trains
might nm direct on II the fer es at
anv stage or tho Z -
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To those connoisseurs who evince
great pride in their collections of Dre5-
den china it will come as Il great shock
to learn that todIy there is No such
product under this name, although SOL
as such. Iii the course Of Il p.o5e@u-
ton in London, where a firm was pros
ecUtcl for selling ware rs Dresden AMI
marking the goods as such, it was stat
ell that no china is manufactured at
Dresden. The name is applied to the
products OF the royal factory at Meis-
sen. Furthermore. many pottery dee
orators at Dresden work upon china
that is manufactured ut different
places, is transferred to tat city, re-
ceives it's imprint AMI is then disposed
Of as Dresden china.-Sc.entiGc Amer
lean.
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An invalid living in the neighborhood
of Liverpool has 1t Oh Il Gevive where
BY lie can amC3e himself w.tho@t as
sist2nce and can also obtain Il certain
amount of intellectual exercise. says an
exchange. lie reads Henry Jamc' lat
est novels ana Keeps Il bridge marker
meantime. If Mr. james has Il sen
tencc which lie Understands lie g.Tc5 Il
mari; to himself; If, CT tie contrary, lie
E.Ccts Il ScH.GlCc which beats hin lie
gives mark to TIen.y James. So fSr
tie game has Cccn going OF coupe
Of weeks. and Henry James IS far
aLead Of his admirec, but. Of course,
tie tables may lie turned when the
contest is couclrded.
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One Way Around 1t.

eyes" signs the beauteous heiress,
81 would be willing to marry you II IL
were not for the fact that even While
we were going down the aisle of the
church everybody would be saying you
were marrying me for my money"
The ardent swain sat in deep thought
for a time. Then his countenance
frightened.
give got it." he said. Eve can easily
forestall all such criticism. You deed
all your property to me in advance.
Then. If any one says you are marry
ing me for my money, | shall simply
treat them with silent contempt" CHI
cago Tribune.
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Montpelier. Vt. March 1O.-On roc
Ommendation of Attorney GereralFitts
and Stale Attorney Jackson. Judge
Munson ordered that the charge Of MUIR
der against Charles Corey of Worcps-
ter lie nolie pressed. Corey was charged
with having murdered Charles Me
Laen on the evening Of March -, 1861.
Suspicion is now not directed toward
anyone and the murder Of McLaen re-
mains a mystery.
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Hartford, March 1O.-Rev. Newman
Smy'h. u. D.. Informed the judiciary
committee Of the general assembly,
which is considering a corrupt prac-
tees bill that, after careful inyestiga-
tiOn, he had found that in the last cum-
paign money met morey at the
caU"uSes in considerably more than 1OO
Ct tie 1GS towns of the state" He fig-
ured that the total sum used might
bave reached S15O.O0O.