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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

I'm THESE days Of push and energy it
sounds strange to talk of people as
being lazy, and still the Todas, a
i hill tribe Of India, are the LATEST
people in the world.
The Todas are not ashamed Of their
reputation and are free to confess that
they know of nothing so foolish and
stupid as work. Their one and only pur-
suit is the raising Of buffaloes; they
are far too indolent to follow the chase.
An ak is their only weapon, altho they
know how to make others. They use
this for waging war and for telling
trees: They will not till the land, con-
slderlng this unnecessary labor. To
make housekeeping easier, all their nat
ural products are held in common; the
idea OF property is only restricted to the
hut, its contents and livestock.
The buffaloes, which they own in large
quantities, furnish them with skins for
clothing and the hut, and the meat is
used as food. But milk is their prin.
cipal diet. They do not even relish the
idea of milking their cattle; the head
mixers are the only ones that are to be
persuaded to do this labor. These men
are chosen from the class Of '.,peiki." OF
sons Of God., They are the priests
tend to the cattle, each householder
owns his cattle.
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Much as these men dislike the caring
for their cattle they find farming q
less dignified calling. Some years age
they went to war with their neighbors
the Badaga and Kotas, so they might
be able to levy tax Of one-eighth or
their grain products. When their grain
grows scarce they live on roots and Der
ries. They will sell their land or give
it away, but they will not cultivate it al
any price.
The building Of bamboo huts does not
interest them any more than the cult
waiting Of the soil. and they make this
task easy by making the boys cut the
bamboo and their wives build the huts
It is not unusual for three families tx
share one abode. The men are often g
lazy that they cannot afford one wife
alone, but even this does not worry
them; two or three brothers manage K
support one wife. Indolent and slothful
they sit listless for hours, unconcernet
about all things. What they know
they know well, they are intelligent
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
Among the Workers

for the finish. Owing to the frequent
hurricanes experienced precautions
were taken to insure the comfort Of
passengers during driving winds and
rain.
eff at first you don't succeed - it
may be worth a great deal of study and
ing whether it is worth while for you
to try again even once more.
j ohm A. Rowland.
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trnh Snn aDons 1ne
ing, J" says Lynn manufactures. s Ten
years ago the leading sizes for shoes
for American women ran from No. to
No. 5. But today they run from No. 5
to No. z. Physical culture does it,
suppose; for we make more sporting
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
Where Shall a Boy Start
=: As Clerk In a Store?

EWYHAT do you think Of the young
W $S: s.s,s. in ,'s s.,.s =;
four different men who, as
heads of stores in four lines and Of
just what the answer to the question
should be. Here are the answers con-
densed and welded into one: "Just as
good, I think, as the young mans
chance in an office. The big positions
are there to. be won. They are always
filled from the ranks Of the men in the
store. It is up to the man.
Business men have way Of express
ing themselves tersely and to the point.
cit is up to the man. might stand
as a permanent epigram for the basis
of any "How shall I succeed propa-
ganda. It means more than appears on
the face Of it,. It carries with it the
knows what it is to succeed through
his own efforts, and the stern, just
decision that it all depends on the in
dividual.
The writer has been both store en-
ployee and office clerk. OF the two the
office work paid more, but it was the
more narrow-the beast developing-of
the two. In an office there is the desk,
the ledger, the pen and ink, and the
same never ending routine Of the day 3
work to. go through with day after day,
week after week year a. after year, until
is little or no contact with the outer
world. AS consequence the clerk is in
danger Of becoming the narrowest Of
men, the least acquainted with life at
large, and 50 the least fitted for bat
tling, with the world in general of any
must succeed by staying with one firm
for SO long that promotion is. sure to
come to him, or else by leaving the
work. He gains little or no active ex-
perience in real business life.
The situation is different in store.
The clerk or salesman meets and deals
with, dozens-,possibly hundreds of
lively q factor in the business world.
His business faculties are constantly
on the alert through necessity. His
experience Of the world and business
is added to every day Of his life. He
meets people often in a fashion where
a sale is a question Of the sharper wits
so he learns aggressiveness and how to
sell goods, and generally his business
ability is being constantly developed.
The low pay that prevails among the
majority Of stores is the great draw.
back to the desirability Of a career
in store. The young man about tc
choose life vocation quite properly
wants to begin by making. as much as
he can, provided a place holds out tt
him the offer Of future. He knows
that it will be long time before sue
cess will knock at his door, and in thu
meantime he wants to earn just as mucl
money as he can. The average store
whether LARGE or small does not hold
forth any high pay for the beginner.
If an experienced applicant in one O.
the large department stores is Offered
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

I want him to think, and thinking will
pay him.
tration Of the fact that invention above
all things demands business faculty. His
inventions are no happy hits. He
works on the principle Of finding out
what the day after tomorrow will need
and setting out to provide it. Some
time ago, for instance, he saw that
railway trucks must become bigger and
be useless in keeping them together,
for while springs might be had to take
the impact of loaded ffty-ton car,
they would be torn apart by the pull
of the rebound. Here was a problem to
solve. When the ffty-ton cars came into
common use the inventor had ready a
friction draft gear not unlike bluntly
pointed shell in shape, which will abb
s square 81 inch cho BY Yielding a few inches
and will have a minimum recoil. This
gear cannot be supplied fast enough
for the demand, and for the last two
years ,anlarmy of men has been kept
busy turning them out. There are IN
Vulnerable like instances in which MT.
Westinghouse has forestalled the de-
mand.
Mr.. Edison includes this principle in
his advice to young inventors: The
first essential is to find out if there
is, or will be, real need for the thing
that you waLt to invent. The next is
to be sure that it is practical. With
the object Of making quick money
from his inventions the beginner would
best devise some little thing which it
costs but little to manufacture.
After this preliminary advice, the
1,.r ~ 5E1icor 10 RI 7nnra11c
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

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The little brown men Of Manila,
1900 to 1000 strong, for the last two
and a half years have been erecting
power house and carbarns and installing
q complete system for electric railway
and Light. and have incidentally DEM
onstrated that the Filipino can be edu-
Gated into a skilled laborer. They re-
ceived from 80. to Is cents day, al
rule, and with the increase in wages
they felt that two or three days of con-
secutive labor was ample. By being al
lowed to observe innumerable feast days
and to take a siesta during the intense
~ hot midday, they were found more
willing, to work. The cars are built Of
proved to be antproof. Teak is dense
and hard, needs no chemical treatment
and has such beautiful appearance
that the natural color was used mainly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

lead shelters have died from it, and
some Of the worst cases Of lead poison
ing among women have come to laun-
dresses from washing the clothes of
lead workers.
Printers collie" is one Of the forms
Of lead poisoning which thru i'm
proved printing methods is decreasing
year by year, But it is considerable
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

When it is remembered that lead in
degree, and when the Rs muititu ID un,s
forms are considered as menacing the
world every day and every hour, one
may be excused for wondering il the
world were not better off without the
metal. Yet were lead suddenly to droT
out of civilization the effect would be
tremendous.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

These lead poisons get into the sys-
tenn through the fumes Of melting lead
and through the dusty particles that
rise from its byproducts; they enter the
system thru the person IS eating with
unwashed hands, and again thru
the skin itself, especially under the
finger nails. AS to how poisonous some
Of the lead products may be, dogs that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

bank saying that her check could not
be henored because she had no money
on deposit she declared she was glad
she had no more money in bank which
had such poor business methods.
German papers state that working
day in the Chinese cotton factories is
thirteen and one-half hours; night
Of night work has been agitated. with
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

WY lille preconceived ideas rate the
kk| faculty for Invention as gift,
w expert opinion ranks it as a
w business. Evidence points to the
fact that gift in this direc-.
titon alone makes a particularly I'M
successful and hopeless career, while
without any special genius the qualities
that are necessary to any other bust
ness can produce successful and re-
munerative inventions.
The encouragement offered to invent
ors in America makes it field for
business endeavor worthethe attention
Of the worker. Professor Bell, who has
had experience in both >hemisphe
declares that the air Of America is en-
couraging to inventors. "Apprecia-
tion," he says, is an element Of it's
success. Americans are not only quick
to appreciate new Inventions, but they
are ready to back them with money.
in Europe people are more conserv-
alive. They are well contented with
the old and are unwilling to adopt new
ideas. An Englishman or a Scotchman
will be interested in your invention and
admit that it may be all right, but will
insist that son somebody else try it first t.
finds some one who is quick to
see its feasibility, but also some one
who is looking for it. The atmosphere
of success in this country is the inspira-
tion which inventors need
One Of the practical instances Of this
inghouse business. Mr.. Westinghouse
not only employs men who are invent
ors, but takes in technical students
with a view to developing ideas which
they may possess. They, are put to
work 50 that they, go through every
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
Lnuerting Not Gift Of Genius

every way that I can. This multiplied
attack soon SINNERS down till I get
what call composite idea, some
thing which is combinations Of all 1
have thought Of before, or else the one
feasible idea which seems to discount
all the rest. Having once got started
on what I think is the right track, I
keep the pace up until think the goal
is reached.
HThere is one piece Of advice I can
give. When man starts to invent
let him do SO with his mind free from
all knowledge Of what has been done
in that particular field in which he is
investigating. To read up what has
been done by other inventors is almost
certain to prove snag in the path of
the inventor. The best way is to keep
the mind free from all knowledge Of
what has been done already in the same
field. When you work in this manner
you will often find that, while your owl
ideas are original, anbther's may be
just as good up to a certain point. II
you had read what he had written you
would have been tempted to follow II
his footsteps.
81 believe that any person, even Of
the most limited capacity, can become
an inventor by sheer hard work. Yor
can 90 almost anything if you keep al
it long enough. OF course, the maj
with the natural aptitude would gel
there first, but the other plodder eventu
ally would gain his point. The con
slant brooding upon one thing ig SUR
in turn, suggest others, and soon tn,
complete idea stands out before you.
ssAbove all things, a man must no
give up after he has outlined his pla1
Of action. Of course, the question O
natural aptitude enters into the mat
ter, and without it no man can becom
a star; nevertheless it is an auxiliar,
attainment. Dogged perseverance j
really the quality to be desired. d
the arts, such as music, poetry, painting
and SO forth, q special temperament ]
required, but in the workshop of sci
! ence men xof the sangnine kind com
out aheadP' u. S. Anstead.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

position at more than 81 week he
can consider himself fortunate. This
rate will prevail in most stores Of any
size, for it is calculated that an mex
perienced man is not worth much. Yet
the pay received by men in many cities
that.
SO the beginner must be content with
81 or So a Week to start with, and must
begin humbly to learn the business Of
a store, just as If he were mastering a
trade. Right at the start is where the
majority Of young men who begin to
work in stores make their mistake.
They refuse to consider the work Of a
store in the light Of a profession or
trade. They stand behind the coun-
ter, selling one kind of goods in half,
hearted manner and making no effort
toward learning Anything s outside c taer
after he has sold goods for a few weeks,
is prone to think that he could run the
store with one hand and play golf with
the other without being at all wor-
ried. But the man who is in the store
manager g chair got there by taking
the business Of the store seriously and
by learning it while he was drawing
small pay in minor position. There is
no time for him to learn it after he
gets into the chair.
How long before the clerk will ex-
perience his first promotion will depend
entirely upon himself. He may be a
salesman for three or four years. Then,
if he is the right man in the right
place, he will find that there are plenty
be used to advantage in a store besides
behind the counter. AS he rises his
pay will grow proportionately I larger
and his opportunities for showing the
kind Of stuff that is in him will in.
crease. .-.s -.-.
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Not that success is to be had for all
in this line any more than in others
But it is certain that most of the men
in high positions in large stores and
most owners Of smaller establishments
came up from the ranks of the sales
men and other store employees. They
were good statesmen, and as statesmen
they received the training that makes
them good business men now. The man
who will make a good salesman will
with further training, make gooo
active business man.
But it is not only in the store that
the salesman may win his way. His ex
perience fits him for many things. HI
can go on the road if the opportunity il
offered him; he can become an office
correspondent; any Of the many posi-
lions in a business house that call fol
a man with tact, ability, and business
sense he will be ready for after course
in a store.
Perhaps it were well to advise maj
to time his service in the store will
care. IF nothing to satisfy you loom
up in sight after you are in the thirtie
quit the work and get into something
you put in a few years in a store.
Jonas Howard.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

the result that only a few mills now
run, day and night. Many cotton fac
tories at Shanghai still pay by the
equivalent Of but 10 cents a day.
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Suicide is increasing remarkably
among physicians in Great Britain. It
at present is about half what it was
few years ago.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

shoes, golf, tennis, yachting, bowling,
gymnasium, swimming and mountain
climbing shoes for women than ever
BEFORE
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a certain Chicago woman recently
was notified by her bank that her ac-
count was overdrawn $5.07. BY return
mail she sent her own check on this
ceived another notification from the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

Brass sgue first leaves the victim
languid and depressed. AS it comes
on he becomes chilled, his teeth chatter,
q cold perspiration breaks out on his
face and head, headache and nausea fol-
low, then period Of burning fever,
and not until period Of vomiting has
relieved the patient does he recover.
Milk is an antidote for the trouble.
Rubber workers in the vulcanizing
Of rubber by the use of bisulphide Of
carbon are open to some Of the worst
penalties of poisons. Paralysis of
months duration is possible. Drunken
ness to all appearances marks the suf-
ferer from the fumes Of the bisulphide;
loss Of appetite, emaciation,' and blind
ness may follow. Insanity and suicide
by jumping from the windows Of fac
i. !. !.
Among the ssdry grinders" in metal
work the death rate is heavy. The
deaths in the 1000 grinders between
the ages of 35 and 55 years. are 458 as
compared with the 261 deaths in the
1000 in all trades.
The few men who are cutting buhr-
stones in spite. of the new roller proc
esses of the mills are the worst victims
Of their occupations. This buhrstone
comes from the valley of the Seine, in
France, and is the hardest known stone.
The worker becomes subject to the dust
of the stone and the dust of the steel
tools with which he works. Bits of
steel are shot into his arms until they
are blue, and the particles of dust that
get into his lungs leave him an average
of twelve years working life, no mat
ter at what age he begins.
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Diseases that kill among these
worlds workers in all trades are inter
esting in their point of attack. In the
following table tuberculosis is separate
from diseases of the respiratory organs
in general, but either classification
leads any other by long odds:
Diseases that KILN the 1000:
IuDerculosls ..1S5
respiratory organs .Zo4
CdnCeC- fl
AluneyS Al
Liver ............... ~
accluents ............... .................. OF
- Suiciue .......'.....' ~
These are some of the martyrs and
the martydoms of the worlds workers
which not even laws and inventions
may prevent from becoming victims to
the world Is needs.
Robert Nodler.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01
Proportions Of
deaths
compared with

Out of the given numbers in COM
parison three f1e-workers die to every
one death Of farmer. Only among
the men who cut the French buhrstone
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-01

These are some of the martyrs and
the martydoms of the worlds workers
which not even laws and inventions
may prevent from becoming victims to
the world Is needs.
Robert Nodler.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-22
RUSSIAN TRADE FAVoRS.
Ambassador Meyer is Trying to Have
Tariff Modified

A cable from St. Petelsburg last night
says: The desirability of securing the re-
vocation of the imposition by Russia of the
maximum duty on American imports, levied
in retaliation for the imposition OF coun-
tervailing duty by the United States upon
Russian sugars. which Ambassador George
Won L. Meyer is trying to adjust, is assum-
ing additional Importance owing TO the
fact that the new Russo-German tarin.
which goes into effect at the end of this
year, Will form the basis for a most-favor-
ed nation clause.
That treaty raises the duties on ma
chinery and other articles in which Ameri-
can exporters to Russia are especially IN
terested and the new general or maximum
tariff with corresponding Increases goes IN
to effect simultaneously. Consequently I'M
less the RussO-AmeriCau tariff dispute Is
adjusted, American imports are destined
to bear sim further burdens. If the as
pute be adjusted the United States VIII get
the benefit under the faEOred-naton clause
not only OF the reductions accorded TO Ger
many, but also under the new commercial
treaty about to be negotiated with France.
The Russian government seems to be sim
cerely anxious to again place the JhIteu
States on the moSt-faVored nation basis,
but naturally would like 10 see the old
status quo restored. However. Russia real
ICES the difficulty respecting the counter
yafling duty on sugar. which, without fur-
Their legislation. was rendered res adJudl-
Gala by the decision of the Supreme Court
of the United States, and therefore Is VIII
ing to waive the question Of sugar but m
sists upon the removal of maximum duties
upon by-products of petroleum imposed by
the Secretary of the Treasury, which al
fects English Vaseline and other proclcts
manufactured from Russian naphtha. Inc
Russian government also demands a guar
antee similar 10 the one in The new Russo
German treaty against any possible abuse
of the favored-nation clause by speclhcaly
IN Ia.
no circumstances or preteNt TO levy duties
on the products of the other in excess OF
those levied on similar products of a thlrd
power.
before the state Department and Is await
ing instructions.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-22
c. G. SLOAN & co, Auctioneers, 1907 ST. NV

TRUSTEES SALE OF VALUABLE REAL ES-
TATE, IMPROVED BY NOS. 656 AND 65S
PA. AVE. Sc, WASHINGTON, d. c., AND
KNOWN AS GARGES' LIVERY STABLE.
BY virtue of certain deed of trust. dated the
2Sth day of October A. D. 1902, and duly recorded
iu Liber No. 2690 folios $50 ct seq, of the land
records of the District of Columbia and at the ie-
quest of the party secured thereby, will sell at
public auction. in front of the premises, WE'D
NESDAY, MAY THIRTY FIRST, 1905, AT FIVE
o CLOCK PM, the following described land and
premises, situate In the city of Washington, in
the District OF Columbia. and known and desig-
ne ted as and being all of lots numbered twenty
coz and twenty three (23 in the subdivision of
lots in square numbered eight hundred and seventy
three (S73) made by Mary, Samuel, Richard w.
and Daniel Lee Francis A. Mills and Isaac L..
johnson, trustees. as per plat recorded In Llber
W F.. folio 1856, of the records of the office of
the surveyor of the District of Columbia improved
by Nos sos and 65S Pa. ave. Sc. Washington,
D. c. and known Garges' Livery Stable.
Terms 0nethird of the purchase price In cash,
residue in equal fnstallments, in and two
years, with interest at per cent per annum, pay
able semi-annually. and secured by deed of trust
on the property, all cash, at the purchaser s
option. All conveyancing, recording and notarial
fees at purchasers cost. deposit of 5000 Will
be required at time of sale, and the terms to he
full complied with in fifteen days from day of
sale, the property may be resold at purchaser S
risk and cost, after ten days Reimbursement in
some newspaper published in Washington, ID. c.
ARTHUR 7. BRICE.
FRANK I. RAWLINGS,
myI9-10t, eSu Trustees.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-22
Dog Lifesaver is Killed.

A cablegram from Geneva last night sa-
The director of the st. Bernard Hosr %
telegraphs that Barry II, the finest dog be-
longing to the hospice, which was reported
TO have been stolen, was not taken by a
thief bat was accidentally killed while full
filling his duty.
Three travellers, who were climbing the
nass from the Italian side probably would
have persisted but for the appearance OF
Barry. He conducted them safely to within
DO wards of the hospice, when he slipped
and fell sixty feet into newly opened
creyasse His skull was crushed.
Barry saved thirty-four lives. Once he
brought a baby in his mouth to the hosp.ee
and then returned to aid its parents, who
were saved by his agency. He was twice
swept away by avalanches-
. The monks sang special TIE Deum in his
memory