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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
4 String Of Good Stories.
THE DIFFICULTY OF LYING.
81 esanot tell bow tie truth may 10,
Isay the tab 20 twas said to me, -

CENATOR N. A. ELSBERG of New York was talking in
~ Albany about VIGOROUSLY untruthfu man.
all great liars, said Senator Esberg che is care
less He fails to keep accurate note Of the lies he tells
Hence nnumerabe contradictions nnumerable stories
wen hold together ia
ttIf for instance he takes weeks walking trip he
tells he walked seventyfve miles, hundred miles, C
hundred and fifty miles, and hen when he meets again.
he tells him that he covered full hundred and
miles that walk s.>.r
t'It would require large of books complicated
system of bookkeeping and force Of least three clerks
to keep chronic liar straight in all his STORIES keep him
from contradicting himself getting confused"
~ The average chronic liar has the luck of boy know
who enlisted and went to the Philippines This boy, when
wanted money, would write home from Manila
thing like this -E;~r =. ~:.>> - -. X. -
'sDear Father have lost another leg in stiff en-
gagement and in hospital without means Kindly send
two hundred at once ....@] =" ~". -. -
To heast letter Of this sort that the boy wrote home
he received the following ... .'...
"Dear Son. AS, according to your letters this is the
fourth leg have lost ought to be accustomed to it
by this time Try and hobbe along any others you may
have left'' .>-..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
BEHIND THE TIMES.


q GORGE T. BRoKAW, the noted golfer was describing
~ a village that behind the times. -:
"To show you,'' he said Chow far behind the times
this village is, I'll tell you what happened to in it
II scheduled to play match game Of golf in
certain town. and my train broke down. 1t bad break
The conductor told we would be four hours late.
:s THAT was for impossbily. My game by that
time, would be So hired horse and carriage and
set out for the town by short cut that would everyone
assured me, bring in good time to the club to
play at. 49,. :~1<2 ::..s .s.:..... ., 49,.
''Wel, the short cut took thru this village It
sleepy quiet village On the sundrenched main street
few chickens pecked In front Of the general store
sat in his shirtsleeves tilted back his chair whiting
stick. .;l: - -. $685.. =. ~...
'This man looked at me- Then he and toward
I stopped my horse.
FRIEND he said taking hold of my bag of golf sticks,
tnese is nice And he fingered first stick and then
other Heads little fancy little too fur out o. the
mon, maybe But take em all around, they re nice What
could you let me have this one for?' - ..2:@'
'~~=*='They not for sale / answered shortly.
''He looked at in surprise ..u:-
8 why, amt peddn' walkin' sticks?' he said -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
AL1TTLE TOO PREcoc1oUs.:

4 NsON PHELPS: STOKES, JR the millionaire secretary
~ Of Yale, takes profound interest in children Walk
ing with undergraduate he said the other day:
'Children should be modest shy, quiet. That type Of
child apt better the end than clever
talkative and precocous type It apt broader,
nober mind The laxative and apt be
shallow. 3sss=1.?A. SyS@sssa s@33ssfsSsS
For my part should hesitate promise much For the
future Of precocous Quincy Adams
that heard Of last week. ss 55sss 1913
''This Quincy Adams child little girl years,
stood one day before closed gate. s@
"a gentleman passed slowly little girl turned and
said to him: 5s#zsG .ss@ssa @44
9 will you please open this gate for meg
t'The gentleman did so. Then he said kindly:
why, my child, couldn you open the gate for your
selfq'
Because said the little girl the paints not dry yet
Look at your hands =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
TEARS, IDLE TEARS.

AhRs. DE WITT TALMAGE, at q tea she gave in Wash
IVY ingten in Mrs. Fairbanks honor said Of little girl
She isa remarkable little girl Her mind original
that think she will grow up to be genius. The other
afternoon awakng from her nap she called her mother to
sts Mama she said, what crying about before
went TO sleep 1:4z::. ,:.
4Her mother smiled, ...> .:. ~, =. =, ..~...
:*'You crying, my dear, she answered because
wouldn let you have your fathers watch play with
':Oh, yes remember now The*little girls face con-
torted, and she burst out again.
!t'Boo-hoo! Boo, boo-hoo! Boo-hoo!"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
Twentv.six Kinds of LETTUCE.

Most people think there are only two
kinds of lettuce, the kind that is shaped
like little head of cabbage, and the
other kind. AS matter of fact, there
is as much difference in lettuce as in
coffee, and it pays to know the best.
Northrup, King & Co. IS catalogue de-
scribes a new kind Sterling > that
every market gardener viii! be delight
ed to get as it commands higher price,
both on account of appearance and
quality. Private gardens can grow
this as easily as an inferior sort. Sold
King & Co.. 20 Hennepin avenue, Mine
neapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
MRS. STANFORD LEFT
$7,OOO,OOO ESTATE

San Francisco, April 5.-The Exam
iner says: It is now known that Mrs.
Jane Lathrop Stanford left an estate
valued at $7,000,000. A formal inven-
Interested parties have v already 0 Closely
figured the present worth of the sew
eral properties making up the value
of the estate, and, in their opinion, it
will not fall below the amount men
toned.
According to Mrs. Stanford's will
$3,125,000 is to go for legacies and be:
not less than $3,S75,oOO, all Of which
by the terms Of the will, is to go to
swell the funds Of the Stanford uni
versity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
What the Market affords.
Q TRAWBERRIES, so cents.
- Pineapples, small, rs cents.

G TRAWBERRIES, 80 cents
- Pineapples, small, rs cents. ...
Rhubarb, 5 cents pound. .. .. g.:
Baldwin apples IS cents peck.
Cranbe1ries, choice, II cents:
Asparagus, Is cents ~.
String and beans, rs cents pound.
California celery, cents.
Sweet potatoes 5 cents pound. >:
Sauerkraut, cents quart
Asparagus sticks at Is cents but greatly improved in
quality during the last ten days. Double punches of SMALL
tender stalks sell rs These will make dish suf
icent family Of four. Strawberries scarce
for and most that have been shown for fort
night been Of inferior quality Most of the
markets carrying the fruit regularly yet atho the
berries being served regularly on hotel and restaurant
menus
Baldwns about the only good cooking apple left and
they going up steadily The fruitstands handle expen
sive western southern eating apples that quoted by
the instead Of the peck This the OF heavy
use and they PLENTIFUL good and cheap Is
cents being the usual price dozen of the best Lemons
also selling for IS cents peck. .~-~ a. .>n
Outdoor grown rhubarb has just in and sells for the
same price dollhouse grown. It stronger flavor
and many prefer it for that reason: 49, +t.# ~..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
: "You BAN. TALKING .TRu YURE HAT.

S.: 'You BAN TALKING .TRu YURE HAT.
But his daughter ant ban nervous, "
No, sir, she yust~ standing pat, .-s--..
And vonce more she tai her father,.>
"Yu ban talking tru yure hat!''s @ Y: :
Then she tai him, Gay ban reading
Book vich Missus Eddy write,
And she say eff We believing, =" =
We skol coming out all right. ~ !. : :
So ay yust believe dis schooner =
Ant ban going to senk at all,
Ay ban stuck on dis har Science
Ay ant 'fraid for any squall!'' J..
~>:.. -.......-. ~
Purity sumo dis har old vend storm
It stop blowing, and next day.
Ship skol coming into harbor c..zz
So We ant ban drowned, yu say.
Ay ant know eff Missus Eddy f&:ss
- Tai dis schooner not to senk,
But eff Wind had yust kept blowing, : 80
Oar ban hal to pay, ay tankl j.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
If This IS
Your Portrait
You Are
Entitled to a
Prize of 81.
Exclamation of Plan.

These photographs are selected
at random from number taken
each day by The Journals pho
tographer on the principal bust
ness streets. 49,. g.
Those whose pictures are pub
lished will receive prize Of $1.0O
by calling at The journal office
and being identified before 6
o'clock p. m. of the second day
following the day Of publication
of the picture.
: No claim will be considered
that is not presented before 6
o'clock pm. on the second day
after the publication of the pic
ture. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
What Women Want to K1,0W.

GOVERNMENT BONDS.-Where must apply to OBJ
" tain government bonds? What is the of interest?
What is the lowest purchasabe denomination? How is
Joaquin Miller pronounced Just the word Joaquin mean,
for cannot find it in any encyclopedia Mrs. H. B. F.
Bonds may be purchased thru any broker, who has
membership in the York Stock Exchange and your
banker could probably arrange such purchase The bonds
pay per interest and the lowest purchasable
lots are for 81 900.
Joaquin pronounced tho spelled Waken with the ac-
cent on the syllable which like the word
keen.
QUESTION FOR TOMORROW.
PRECEDENCE IN SERVINGS it proper for the hostess
to be served first at luncheon dinner should the
guests be served before the hostess ?-Mollie.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
GOOD ROADS TRAIN +:
TO CROSS TIE WEST
New York Sun Special Service.

Chicago, April 5.-A "good roads"
special train in charge of experts of the
government and the National Good
Roads association will leave here May
3 for Portland, Ore, by way Of the
Burlington road to Billings, and the
Northern Pacific from that point. The
at about fifty places between here and
Portland, and an effort will be made
to establish a local "good roads" as
ISOLATION in every county thru which
the special train passes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
$3.50 Round Trip to California.

Tickets on sale April 10 to IA, via
the Minneapolis & St. Louis railroad
Final return limit, ninety days. Stop
overs allowed in both directions, and
tickets good going one route and re.
turning another. For particulars call
on j. G. Rickel, City Ticket Agent, 424
Nicollet avenue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
:. Cw,10S. and Oddities:
:''7ss esssisR straarei''
INVENTIONS AND HARD WORK.
,'TIs pSssis1 strAn9ei''

A INVENTOR sat in his laboratory smoking cigar.
"a. "Sometimes the best nventons he said, are hit
the easily In that the inventor fails to the
value of his dea and all the profit from goes to
elsess*. .. . -. $780, -, 1872. .. .-
.'Take for instance, the case of the ucfer match
stThere poor young schooteaeher named Isaac
Holden, who used to get at O'Clock every morning to
study chemistry before his school hours began To strike
light with flint and finder each cold winter dawn seemed to
him nuisance, and atera day two Of experimenting,
he composed explosive mixture which, dabbed tooth
pick would flame up the application of friction.
"The principal of the school struck with these
Matches and he advised young Holden patent his idea
But the youth only laughed and he continued to make
matches for his use and he delivered lecture
he told the public how they might make matches for
their own use too This invention had to Holden
easily that his eyes blinded to it's value.
''Wel, year later another put Holden s lucifer
match on the market, and became very rich.
"Isaac Holden the inventor of the match invented also
the woocardng machine Before his day wool carded
by hand He set to work to make machine that would
card it. :.
.He had become prosperous the WOODEN business by
now he could afford to give much time and money to his
idea spent in experiments $3O0O00 and he gave
in time twenty years, to the woolcardng machine
7sssWhen finally, this machine perfected Holden val
ued it highly than he had valued the match It
and trouble Hence he put the market with the utmost
discretion. ~ 800 -:##.e&%
eft succeeded He made of his patent rights it
ST 100000 year. But he might have made $1OO0000O
year out Of his patent rights the lucifer match"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
The N0rsk Nightingale.

Is - ban crowded up in cabin,
~ Not soul ban saying word,
~ It ban storming guide and. plenty
. And ay tank nobody stirred
~ It ban awful teng in ventery~ ,,-@.'-.
Tu be out in little ship =
Ven der ban big vend, ay tai yu,
Yu ant feeling very flip. -
~, ~ '."*'
Val, We all ban feeling seasick, Co.,
Some ban scared, and saying prayers;
eve ban lost!' the captain tai us, VI ss::
AS he falling down the stairs J y =
Dis har captain s little daughter - - = -
She ant scared, ay tai yu dat; '>~-
She yust laugh, and tai her father, -
''Yu ban talking tru yure hat!'' ~.
'Vat yu say?" her father tai her, ~
"Ay tenk yu, ban purity rude!
Eff yu. ant stop getting sassy -. -.
" Ay skol spank yu purity gude!'' .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05
, southern Texas. s27.75 Round rrip.

To Southern Texas, S27.75 Round Trip.
Galveston, Fort Worth, Houston and
Beaumont. To Mexico City and return,
$62.25. Tickets on sale April 4 and IS.
permitted. Correspondingly low rates
to other points in the southwest. Call
on j. G. Rickel, City Ticket Agent, 424
Nicollet avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-05

The records Of the day-deaths,
births, marriages, hotel arrivals, rail-
road time tables, real estate transfers.
building permits and other information
with want advertisements, on page l6
of this issue.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-03

Society owned a majority of the stock of the Mercantile Trust Company and would indirectly receive a large part of the profits of this very profitable lease.
 That was not profitable enough to MT. Hyde. He therefore created the new organization and named 1t the Mercantile Safe Deposit Company, got all the stock and therefore got all the profits and the Society suffered all the losses.
 Again he says that his father sub sequently offered this stock to the Equitable Society at cost to him and this offer was declined after the direc- tors of the Society and its legal ad- whole matter and 1t was decided for the best interests of the Society in- stead of purchasing this stock to con tinue the lease which Is now criti- cised.
 Think of his argument. His father owner of all or practically all of the stock in the Mercantile Safe De- posit Company offers 1t to the Eauit- able Society, which his father abso- lutely dominated and because the so- ciety. controlled as 1t was by his fla ther, declined this offer he has the nerve to suggest that there was fair isnling with the policy holders
 Again he states the committee re- commended that the Equitable Safe Deposit Company should be re-organ- ized on a basis of a capital of s200, 900 and In order to make the Safe Deposit Companys vaults more attractive the society should rent the building for the accommodation of the Safe Deposit Company. Consider what this means Henry B. Hyde. as the Equitable So- cisty. rented another building in order to give the Safe Deposit Company, which he owned. more space and rent ed 1t for one hundred years or more at s10O a year and out of the rents gave the society only $l00 a year and the Safe Deposit Company s16,0O0.
 Driscoll refers to the lease of the Safe Deposit Vaults in the building in St Louis as the Equitable building and says;
 Again the directors of the Society and all the directors of the Mercantile Trust Company and all the directors of vited to subscribe for the stock of this Missouri Safe Deposit Company. and they declined. and Henry B. Hyde. the philanthropist. took all the stock or practically all, at his own great risk, and all for the benefit of the Society in order that 1t might get $100 a year rent while the Safe Deposit Company. which ne owned. Rot %%".""" n's seH-Sacrl" flee on the part of MT. Hyde was altru- istic.
 The fact remained that since 1876 to the prese.t time Henry B. Hyde and as- sistants during his life time and since his death James H. Hyde. and assist ants. have been realizing from $23.S7s to s4s,535 year. all at the loss of the Equitable Society. through the Mercan- tile Safe Deposit Company. Since the vear 1H77 they have realized $<6S 2S5 through the Security Safe Deposit Com pany. all at the expense of the Society This is one of the ways by which Hem ry B. Hyde became millionaire. This is one of the means by which James H. Hyde has been making money out of the Society since his fathers death"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-03
MURDERBY WHOLESALE
NEGRO KILLS THREE AND SHOOTS
 DOWN FOUR OTHERS.
Wife and MOther-in-Law are Among Victims of Slayer-TraRedy Causes the Greatest Excite
 ment at Leslie, Ga.

Americus, Ga, July "A wholesale shooting occurred near Leslie, ten miles east of Americus. this morning. resulting in the killing of three negro women and the shooting of four other negroes.
 A negro named Hicks did all the shooting, killing his wife. his mother in-law and another woman. Hicks and his wife had been separated some time. This morning he went armed to the home of her parents but learned that she was eight miles away on an other plantation.
 Without explanation Hicks raised his shotgun and killed his mother in law in her tracks. He then compelled the dead woman's husband at the point of a gun to secure a horse and carry him to where his wife was staying.
 Upon arriving there an hour later Hicks shot his wife dead and then shot the old man, her father. woundinR him mortaIly. Hicks then shot promiscu ously until four other negroes had fallen, making a total of seven vic tins. Coffiins for three were sent from Americus this afternoon and little hope is entertained for the recovery of the remaining four victims.
 Hicks has not yet been captured but Sheriff Hell and Deputy Gatewood arc making every effort to locate him. There is She greatest excitement In the vicinity of the tragedy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-03
EIGHTEEN KNOWN DEAD.
CIoudburst in Mountains Near Town of
 Las VeRaa.

Del Rio Tex. July 2.-Eighteen lives are known to have been lost as a result of a cloudburst in the mountains near the town of Las Vegas. Two of the dead were American children who were washed away before the eyes of a large panic c-stricken crowd. The loss and damage to property has not been ob- tained but Is enormous as the waters went through the fertile valley in a mighty flood. carrying everything be- fore It. The loss in live stock is great. Funds are being raised here for the flood sufferers. and searching parties are trying to recover the bodies of the dead Fresh news comes In almost hourly of some point where property was damaged and probably lives were lost It will be several days before all details of the destruction of life and property by the flood is known.
 The sixteen Mexicans who were drowned lived about four miles from Las Vegas on the Las Vegas Creek. and just one mile from this place. From heavy rains. Las Vegas Creek was spreading out over the valley. and 1t only remained for a cloudburst to pro- duce an alarming flood.
 The cloudburst occurred some time during the night in the mountains above Las Vegas.
 The waters rushed down through the valley with force enough to roll big stones great distances.
 The humble homes of the Mexicans were still far enough away from the edge of the creek to give them a feel ing of safety They were peacefully slumbering when the great volume of water let down by the cloudburst came upon them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-03
RUhfORS OF DISASTROUS FLOOD AT GUANAJUATO, IN MEXICO

Manning and Mrs. Charles Brown of Chicago were severely injured in an accident today on the sceikc railway at the White City Amusement Park. The accident is believed to have been caused by a piece of brick that in some unaccountable manner had become lodged on one of the rails.
 When the car in which young Rev. holds and the two women were riding struck the obstruction the car was derailed and the occupants thrown out. Reynolds. who was not severely in 5ured. rose to his feet and stepped back on the track in the path of an- other car and was killed. The two wo- men. although severely injured will recover.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-03
THE FUNERAL TRAIN.
Body Leaves Nevvbury for the Inter
 ment at Cleveland.

Body Leaves Newbury for the Inter-
 ment at Cleveland.
 Newbury, N H.. July "A special train bearing tho body of Secretary of State John Hay, left Newbury today for Cleveland. Ohio, whore the inter ment will take place. The funeral party consisted of Mrs. Hay. the widow i; Clarence Hay. Dr. Charles |. Scudder. of Boston, who attended Secretary Hay during his last Illness. Mir. and Mrs Samuel Mather. of Cleveland. the latter a sister of Mrs. Hay. and 8. A. Ray mond, also a relative of Mrs. Hay.
 They left hore at 11:23 this forenoon. and are due to arrive in Cleveland at 7:25 tomorrow morning.
 The body of the Secretary, which had been placed in a caskct last night. was brought down stairs from the death chamber and the tcasket was enclosed in a rosewood box in which 1t will re- pose unti the funeral on Wednesday.
 Mrs Hay and Clarence Hay. stood the trying odeal bravely although they showed plainly the effects of the strain which they had been under
 Early today the skies became over cast and drenching rain began to fall. The narrow winding mountain road was transformed into a channel Of mud and was in a wretched condition when the time arrived for the sad journey.
 
 wagon was driven from the stable to the front door of the house and the casket was borne out by the servants and placed in the vehicle. The jour ney from The Falls" to the station was over a distance of two and a half miles.
 The casket. which was covered with A rubber blanket. had been dashed to the wagon. the steepness of the hills making such a precaution necessary. It was followed only by the under taker and Walter Grout. Secretary Hays coachman. Both men walked, the coachman leading the horses. while the undertaken walked behind Not a person was met along the lonely mountain road and the window shades of the few scattered farm houses along the route were drawn. The rain fell In torrents as the little party trudged over the muddy roads.
 The trip to Newbury station occu- pied nearly an hour. Nearly all the residents of the little hamlet were as- sembled at the station awaiting the arrival of the funeral party and when the wagon with the Secretary's body neared the station the crowd on the platform stood with barred heads.
 The special train consisting of combination baggage car. the sleeping
 (Continued on Page Three.I
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-07-03
Will Not Alter Plans.

Washington. July 2.-A cablegram has been received at the State Depart ment from Ambassador Mccormick at Paris saying he has suggested no change" in the plans for the transfer of the remains of John Paul Jonas on account of Secretary Hays death and adding that he will close the embassy July {. as an expression of the sym pathy of Americans In Paris. It was stated here today that nothing had been done looking to any alteration of the plans for the ceremonies over the late Admiral.