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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-03
IN DRINKS STRONGHOLD
Saloon Gatherings Growing in Interest
and Attendance. ~.s>., - 7

The novel meetings Of the Chapman
campaign continue to be the saloon
gatherings at 1880 each evening. The
Ashers are followed from saloon to sa-
loon by several persons, who have de-
veloped great interest in the work. In
addition to the regular followers. the
patrons at the bar remain IN each IN
stance. Business is suspended during
the service and the habitues Of the sa-
lonn take part with Difference. either
in the singing or the whistling Of ''The
King Business 49,
Charles Lowery's place was the ap-
pointed saloon last night. Rev. G. L.
Morrill, and w. A. Petran of the Chris
tian Workers. mission assisted Mr.. and
Mrs. Asher. An upholstered chair coy
cred with newspaper formed the pull
pit, and the organ presented by the st.
Paul saloonkeepers, led the music. Mrs,
EAsher sang several times with remark
able effect Both the assisting speak,
| ers made effective addresses, especially
Mr.. Morrill,, who drew lessons from the
funeral of an aged christian woman he
attended Wednesday, and the burial
Of young suicide yesterday. Mr.
Asher read from the Catholic Bible
with commentary as he read. Mothers
prayers and mother g influence were the
chords upon which the evangelist
| played. He aimed to awake again the
influence the mother welded when
| the men present were at her kne.
At 1880 tonight the meeting will be
held at Norton & Agnew's saloon, "a
/ Fourth street IN.
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more protracted. His hearers hang on
his words as he depicts the empty,
proftless life of the wording, and
shudder with real apprehension as he
flashes upon them one baneful sugges-
ton Of red-hot hell.
Stacks the Reins.
, Again he Stacks the reins and gives
his audience breathing spell. But
this is shorter and the letdown is fully
as intense as his first climax. The res
pite is short and he ends with an in
tense, husky-voiced appeal, accompa-
MED by the low music Of the choir.
DIR. Strouse is a thoroly educated and
highly cultured man. His methods,
which are a high example of oratorical
art, show this. But there is more than
art in his speaking. Another man
might attempt the same methods and
chinery of speech is a conviction; not
cold mental persuasion, but burn
ing certainty that he is right. that
men must be saved; that there is but
one means by which they can be saved.
This is apparent in his voice and ges-
lures. His voice is an instrument
which does his will without conscious
effort. Whether he is denouncing the
frivolity, sin and hypocrisy OF the
world IN ZONES WHICH ring OUT llko tuO
! bugle signals which move the firing
line in battle, or pleading in tones SO
| low that they can be only heard in the
electric silence of thoroly mastered
audience, there is no break and no hesi-
tation. His gestures are not the grace
full Delsartian movements of the elocu-
zionist, but the raining blows of light
ing man battering an opponent into
| senseless submission.
Of Old Virginia Stock.
DIR. Strouse comes Of the old Viz
ginia stock, and shows it. His spirit
| is that of the fighting man and his elo-
quence the impassioned art of Ran
dolph or a Henry. Reared in France,
educated at Roanoke college and the
Virginia Military institute, and fin
ished by a thoro experience with the
world, with it's struggles and its pleas
ures, he is finely equipped for pubic
| career.
Personally DR.. Strouse is a young
man Of above the average height his
face is of distinctly American type
and his figure the lean, 1.-the body Of
the trained athlete. Possessed Of a
magnetic constitution, filled with the
fire of the ideal warrior and swayed
by an intense conviction of the justice
Of his cause and the Importance of his
mission, he is formidable soldier in
the Army Of the Cross.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-03
CALLED TO 1.-THE
| KINGS BUSINESS
SzUNDRERs MOVED BY APPEAL
OF EvANGEIIsTs.
Mighty Movement Gathers Momentum,
Carrying with It Young aud Old, on
Tidal Wave of Religious Enthusiasm
Throngs Hear Eloquent Words and
Soul Stirring Music.

ii Interest in the evangelistic meetings
increases. Hundreds who had been
holding back, expecting to attend at
least one of the meetings before the
Seventeen-day campaign closes, came
put last night in the different districts.
lFhe MONDAY meeting was much better
attended, the saloon meeting in the
The time set apart by Charles Lowery,
The saloon proprietor. The speakers
we're so enthused with the courteous
Interest shown that the recitation of
Incident after incident and the runner
BUS repetitions of "The- Kings Bust.
lhess'' song made time speed unno,
Two features of the meetings are be.
Joining more noticeable. as the week
passes. The singing by the different
fhoruses is growing in power as the
members become accustomed to their
leaders, and to ensemble work, and as
IPy the successful appeals by the evan,
lgselists assigned to their divisions Of
Ehe city. The other feature is the in,
breasing call for personal prayer by
The attendants at the meetings.. After
meetings are necessary now, so inner:
bus have the suppliants become. AT
these times the evangelists and the
assistant workers are enabled to get in
hloser touch with the seekers after a
lew light.
Audiences in districts one and two
pre- possibly larger than elsewhere be,
PAUSE Of the downtown situations of
Ehe two churches-Plymouth and West
Ininster-and because here speak the
Ewo best-known of the evangelists.
Song at Plymouth. =
At Plymouth last night DR.. Ostrom
faced the largest audience that has
gathered in this old stronghold of re-
Iigion in the present campaign. Al
help Of 1926 members. of the Cen
fra1 Presbyterian church chorus
EErained by John Hills, who came
bver from st. Paul in special cars
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RELIGIOUS FERVOR S71RS CITY TO ITS DEF

for the service, music became the no.
ticeable characteristic of the meeting.
The st. Paulites, who had passed thru
a previous religious campaign, sat in
one of the galleries and leading in the
congregational singing, swept the en-
tire audience into mighty choir. At
ter the meeting they went to the plat
lowed.
AS foil for the tremendous volume
of hearty praise, the subject chosen by
DR.. Ostrom was g Lukewarm Christian
ity.' He found that most church
members regarded the saving of souls
the least Of their duties. He hit at
those who profess Christianity and yet
do not stir to lead others to salvation.
81 want to reach every boarding
house, every tenement house, every fiat
in the downtown district of Minneap-
all only thru the aid Of the church
people. The municipality can collect
taxes from every property holder, vote
every voter and enforce its ordinances
for the health Of the people, and the
church can, if it will, gather in every
soul in the city,
The ushers were asked to take the
names and church preferences of every
one present. A personal canvass of the
homes WILL IOllOW. .issE s, So
DR., Chapman's Meetings.
Standing room continues to be in de-
mand at Westminster church in the
second district, where DIR. Chapman
leader of the evangelistic host, breaches.
Extra chairs were used so far as pos
sible, and yet there were many to stand
last evening. Others were turned away
because there was no room for them.
At least 100 persons announced publicly
their desire to become Christians. Most
of the number had at one time or an
other belonged to some church, but
many made the profession for the first
time
"Lost Opportunities" was a subject
which Dr., Chapman handled with NOV
ing power. Serious thoughts were
awakened, heart strings were touched
tears. In the after meeting the scenes
were remarkable. Persons from all
walks in life came to express their
new belief in Christ. Sobs broke the
quiet Of the hour and tears flowed free
ly, either Of joy or Of remorse from
awakened consciences. -s.. 8
One apparently well-to.do business
man Of advanced age came proudly for.
ward. Two children led their father
to the platform. An aged lame woman
brought a young girl with her. Per
sons Of all ages came up to receive en-.
enlargement from DR.. Chapman and 9
handclasp. =->
Lowry Hill Meetings.
Convincing talk by DR.. Taylor al
Fowler church is having its effect or
the Lowry Hill people. "Saved', was
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THE OFFICIAL. PROGRAM
(No Meetings on Saturday,
SUNDAY.

E+st#3 \ANV AAACSNA4ASC VA tysJ
SUNDAY.
to men only, 1.-THE Race for
Life; DR.. Chapman at Univer-
sity armory to men and women;
DR.. Elliott at Swedish Taberna-
Gle, to all young people Of sew
enth district; DR.. Granstaf at
westminster church, to women
only.
2:46 p.m-Ftrst Baptist church,
boys rally. Subject, 1.-TWO
Giants Rev. O. T. Schaeffer.
3:45 p.m-Wesley M. e. church,
girls rally. Subject, Give
Kinds Of Bread" Rev. O. T.
Schaeffer.
7:45 PM. ALL DISTRICTS.
First-Plymouth church, DR.. Os-
from.
: second-westminster church, DR..
Chapman.
Third-Fowler M. E. church, Dr..
Taylor.
Fourth Calvary Baptist church
DR.. Granstaff.
Fifth-First Presbyterian church
Dr.. Toy.
Sixth oliver Presbyterian
church, DR.. Strouse.
Seventh Swedish Tabernacle,
DR.. Elliott.
Eighth - First Congregational
church, DR.. Strouse.
Ninth Swedish Covenant Mis-
sion, DR.. Sheldon.
Tenth-Fourth Baptist church,
DR.. Slough. -
Eleventh - Bethany Swedish
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NOTES OF THE CAMPAIGN.

Tuesday evening, Mr.. and Mrs. Asher will
conduct service at the Kimball Dancing acad-
envy, Eighth street and Nicollet avenue, with
dancers as the audience. Service will be held
at 10 pm.
A mems meeting will be held Sunday evening
at Wesley church with DR.. j. Wilbur Chapman
as speaker and Fred Butler as soloist. Rev. l..
T. Guild will read pulpit editorial on THE
Saloonkeeper's Rights -
Tickets for the meeting to be conducted by
Rev. G. B. Strouse Sunday afternoon at the
Auditorium may. be procured at the X. NJ. G. A.,
McCarthy's book store, Voegeh drug stores or
the A. D. Thompson drug store on Nicollet.
The coordinate meetings being held In the
Episcopal churches. with the daily noon meetings
at st. Marks procathedral, are meeting with
success. Archdeacon Percy O. Weber is prov
| ing to be a powerful speaker with strong attrac-
| ton for both men and women. Services are
being held daily in different churches at 1880
| am. and pm. and s O'clock.
Sir Michael Hicks Beach was in a
hurry when he passed thru New York
the other day on his way to Singapore
to arbitrate in the transfer of the. docks
there from private owners to the gov
eminent. No wonder, for he and two
other arbitrator are to receive $780,
600 for their services. 81
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JOHN CALLAHAN HERE
Former Minneapolis Crook Will Aid
in Saloon Meetings.

( OILloI N1uQedpO41S OIOoA Will t14o
in Saloon Meetings.
The services to. be conducted this
evening at Norton & Agnew's saloon,
"a Fourth street N, will be of special
interest, because of the presence of
John Callahan. who was one time
well known in Minneapolis, especially
to the police.
Ten years ago Callahan was a pick
pocket and all-around crook. One day
at an evangeistic meeting he was
converted, and resolved to forsake his
old ways. On the day of his conversion
he was talking with a minister on a
downtown corner, when suddenly some
ones pocketbook was missed in the
crowd of pedestrians and detective
seized both Callahan and his ministe-
rial friend and placed them behind the
bars. The next morning the minister
was released and Callahan was ordered
to leave town. He refused and was
/ finally allowed to remain. Since that
| day he has been an earnest and sue
cessful worker in the religious field.
| and he is soon to become manager in
| New York city of one of the largest
missions in America.
Mr.. Callahan will speak with Mr..
and Mrs. Asher at Forest Heights M. E.
church Sunday morning.
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the fences. God hasten the day when
there are no fences.'' Amen, cried his

listeners. - E~-s
, Aristotle continued the speaker,
Says worship is the greatest thing in
a state. And the greatest thing in
bath Of life. Prayer opens the food
gates Of the heart and soul, and the
waters flow In and cover the soul with
the abundance Of Gods grace. The
reason why one man has more Of God g
grace than another, is that God has
given more to those who sincerely ask
and seek Him in prayer. The great
men Of the world realize the power of
prayer. Lincoln said that the future
Of God's people, and the future Of the
United States, is in the hands Of the
praying people. .,..s-s., ,...... ........m... .
The chiefest idea in prayer is to
reach out with ones whole being to.
ward God. And the glory Of prayer
is praise. And that our prayers are
heard, and that Jesus lives today fol
us as much as He did when on earth
is shown in the blessed promise, He
ever .hveth to make intercession fo1
us. -
At 11:90 the meeting adjourned, that
those present might atteTd the noon:
day. meeting at the Metropolitan opera.
house.. .~-a .--~.-~-.r----.l ~
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A commercial war is raging between
Canada and Australia. The common
wealth, in the interests Of Australian
manufacturers, is striving with might
and main~5to keep out Canadian har-
'vesting machinery, and the Dominion
is retaliating by giving a preference
to the wines Of the Cape Colony that
will practically boycott the wines of
Australia.
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A Rhodesian hunter Of the name
Of Jelliman has been successful in
demonstrating and training a number
of young Gland to the yoke. He has
had eight of them working in a wagon
for some time and they answer adj
mirably, being faster and more power
full than oxen.
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On taking their seats for the first
time on the bench at the newly-erected
courthouse at Delmerhorst, Germany.
the Judges were much perturbed to
find that the architect had ornamented
the portico with the sculptured head
of a fox on one side and that of a
sheep on the other.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-03

Ex-Governor Longino Of Mississippi,
one Of the most conservative of cotton
experts, predicts that the present sea-
son will show the greatest cotton fam
inc in history. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-03

Franklin Thomasson, descendant Of
John Bright, is soon to start a daily
paper to be called the Tribune in Lon
don, to represent the liberal party.
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Opens in Easy Style. ,

Opening with style which is a fine
example of the best American humor,
he at once wins the smiles and the con.
perceptible to them he leads them from
laughter to seriousness, and from Sc.
robustness to rapt attention to his pic.
ture of the grandeur Of the Christian
life. But he is too wise a pleader to
attempt to keep his hearers under the
strain Of intense thought for any
length Of time at the first climax.
His style once again becomes con.
versational and humorous. By apt illus.
trations, at once poignant and amusing
he relieves the strain without losing
his hold on the attention of his audi
tors. Then by the same series of as
cending suggestions he leads them again
to climax. this time more intense and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-03

81 was raised on prayer and hickory,
and plenty Of both,' says DR.. Clarence
B. Strouse, one of the Chapman speak
ers. II thank God that I had mother
who did not rely on moral suasion
when she undertook to train me to
keep the Sabbath and read the Bible.''
DR.. Strouse is in charge at the First
Congregational church. He is firm be-
lever in straight-from shoulder
methods and speaks his mind without
regard to any possible hostility he may
arouse. His personality is such that
he does not antagonize his auditors by
this course, but wins their respect fol
his courage and manlin' SO.
There is nothing haphazard about DR.
Strouse g method. He has keen dra
matte instinct and is thoroly con
versant with the science Of public
speaking. By the most tactful methods
known to the orator he leads his audi
ence from one climax to another in &
constantly ascending series until, from
an apparently cereless and converse
tional opening, he reaches point where
his hearers respond to his suggestions
as automatically as the pipes Of a great
organ answer the touch Of an artist or
the KEYBOARD. 5Et'T.3i -
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All wool black kersey; best Ital-
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Extra fine kersey, black, brown
or oxford gray; full back or form
fitting. A great special.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
The BrOunSberger
Home School

OF the
valuation OF S-
beautiful bench Of ground one
what is now almost
devoted to school
order to shut away the heat
the fresh air. light and
monographs neostV
this
employed in modern o renoer he
easily verified that
in
entirely different its working policy
college experience that we
school for it's further advancement
paid business teachers
Haven
colleges Southern
pupils
combined This it has actual
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Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
Japanese Gardens the Fad

To the stay-at-homes who cannot de-
part these days to summer retreats
there comes a dainty garden in minia-
ture, and a Japanese garden at that
as perfect landscape as can be found
in the Catskills, constructed by deft
| brown fingers in a shallow porcelain
bowl only six inches across. The prices
are not prohibitive for modest speci-
mems of Japanese miniature gardening
The shops ask So for gardens in terra
Gotta pots and the prices range further
from Sc to fancy prices for splendid
specimens in shallow porcelain dishes,
which are very artistic in themselves,
The tiny plants and dwarf shrubs
that go to make up these fairy gardens
come fr6m Japan, but very few are i'm
ported in their entirety because of the
freight rates and customs duties There
are many Japanese here who do the
work
The beauties of these gardens cannot
be appreciated at a casual glance. They
are veritable canoes that have to be
studied. Consequently, they are now
proving very popular for dining room
tables, and whole sets of them are used
at banquets. Their charms lie in the
fact that in a space only six inches
across, a perfect landscape illusion is
displayed that would drive even the
American property man and scene
painter wild with envy. The illusion is
attained by winding little gravel paths
that circle in and out among the tiny
plants until they are lost in the maze
of dwarf trees.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03

GaYetX In the Trees

It is not necessary to have gloomy or
monotonous evergreens, as many peo-
pie seem to think. Often a little grove
of trees near the dining room window
may serve practical purpose, just as
we'll as a long, distant avenue making
a straight line, but not harmonizing
with the landscape. Hold your hand
near your face and you can shut out
the sun. Line your driveway with
Norway spruces and you may dampen
the spirits of every guest who comes
to visit you, and if the trees do not
afford shelter from the prevailing win
ter wind you will neither save a ton
of coal nor protect yourself from the
nuisances that are sure to come into
your neighborhood sooner or later.
What we want is light and cheerful
evergreens about our houses not dark
heavy, dismal ones. In nearly every
case, plant deciduous trees among the
evergreens. Mixed paintings usually
look better than either kind alone. be-
cause twice a year, when deciduous
trees are doing things" evergreens
give them the best possible background
for their unfolding leaves or autumn
colors. Evergreens alone generally
look too somber.-Garden Magazine.
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
The ILLOGICAL Sailor

Alton B. Parker, at dinner in New
y lork, characterized as illogical the po-
sition of two prominent fnanciers.
These men remind me-" he said. "of
two sailors who were found, one day,
seated at a table before a cafe. q.
"One sailor had letter before him
and was reading 1t aloud, while at the
same time the other sailor held his
hands over the readers ears.
ut made an odd picture-the two
sailors with their mild drink, one read
ing and the other holding his ears
while he did so.
THE friendly waiter, impelled by an
irresistible curiosity, paused before the
table.
Why, he asked, do you hold your
hands over your friends ears while
he reads that letter out loud to you?'
Because was the dignified answer,
the letter Is from my sweetheart. Jack
is reading 1t to me because I can't
read myself. That Is all right, but I
don't want him to head a word of what
is written"
Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-03
RAT CATCHING PAYS AS
A SERIOUS VOCATION
SKILLED WORKERS WE'LL PAID
ON BIG SHIPS
Once Year Steamer Docks Are
Turned over to Men Who Can
Cope With Rodents and Reaches.
Once Used Ferrets, Now Chemicals

zRat and roach catching at the steamer
docks and on ocean liners is one of the
queer ways men have of making a liv-
ing. And a good living they make at
it, too-sometimes as much as $4,000
a year The men who do 1t never ad-
vertise, because the business does not
sound as well as it pays, and man
whose house is built out of dead rats
and cockroaches would just as soon not
have his neighbors know it.
Once a year docks and piers are
turned over to the rat catcher for a
night. The man who has made for
tune at the business in New York still
works with his men, for the secret of
the business is his and he trusts it to
no one. Rats run everywhere, but
reaches have a special liking for rope
lockers, and here they swarm by tens
of thousands unless the pier owners
have contract with the rat and roach
catcher, who after a thorough over
hauling guarantees freedom from the
pests for year.
Whenever an ocean liner reaches
port, whether on this side or the other,
it Is turned over for a night to this
same man. Cats do much toward keep
ing ships clear of rates, but of course
have no effect on reaches. on this side
of the Atlantic roach catching is the
more important branch of the business
while on the other side wharves are
almost as full of rat catchers as the
ships are of rats.
These once worked with ferrets. but
now they use chemicals. Large cage
like traps are used. in which lettuce
leaves are placed after being sprinkled
with a liquid-only the catcher knows
what
Whatever it is, it is as irresistible to
rats as the weird piping of the Pied
Piper was to the rats of the Hamelin
town. No matter how choice the food
in the lockers and in the hold, the rats
leave it instantly when they smell the
mysterious liquid on the lettuce leaves.
1t does not kill the rats, and herein lies
another secret of the profits of the busi-
ness. Live rats are worth money, too,
as their skins are used for gloves. At
or cents apiece, forty or fifty rats
mean something, and this is quite a
usual catch.
For reaches a powder is used, but
what puzzles all old sailors who used to
have the job of clearing ships of
reaches is that there are never any
dead ones lying around next morning.
The favorite way of the sailors when
they had to catch reaches was to put
"cob" of bread on top of coil of rope.
Very quickly it would be covered with
hungry brown bugs, and these they
knocked into a we'll creased biscuit
pan. The grease kept the reaches from