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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
This Is 1.-THE Limit. -

. The Minnesota house seems to be in
need Of a "fool bill' killer. Probably
the members Of the house will attend to
some Of the conspicuously "raw'
when they get around to it,
but it is a shame to take their time at
So day in the consideration Of a bill
such as S. D. Peterson introduced yes
terday. .sf~@. ,.....
This bill requires railroads to make a
report of accidents within forty-eight
hours to the town clerk of the locality
where the accident occurred, with the
names of all the injured. Thus far the
bill is not 50 bad, but it further re-
quires with this report list of all the
witnesses, and in case Of damage suits
arising out Of the accident the company
is forbidden to present any witnesses
for the defense except the persons
named in it's report. ~.
About the only result that could come
from such a bill would be to compel
the railroads to furnish champerty law
yers with the names Of possible liti-
giants, and prepare them for the coming
suits by giving them the names Of all
witnesses. Practically the bill could
not do the corporations any harm, for
no law can prevent a itigant from sum
moning what witnesses are needed
The author Of the bill ought to know
that fact, and very likely does. How.
ever, if he thinks the state is going to
compel corporations to work up damage
cases against themselves, he has Ger.
tainly strayed off his mental right Of
way.
The authors Of the muskrat and rat.
tlesnake bills will have to take a back
seat Mr.. Peterson has outdone them
all.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
FAMILY FlNANCIERING

''They tell me you work for a dollar day.
How is it you clothe your six boys on such
pay?"
81 know you will consider it conceited and
: = queer, -,
But I do it because I'm good fnancier.''
''There's Peter, John, Jim and Joe and William
and Ned,
A half dozen boys to be clothed up and fed
'And buy for them all Eood, plain victuals to
eat
But clothing-I only buy clothing for Pete.
s'When Pete,s clothes srs TO small for him to
get on,
My wife makes 'em over and gives 'em to John.
When for John, who is ten, they have grown out
of date, -s >.--. s..
She just makes 'em over for Jim, who is eight
'.When for Jim they've become too ragged 10 fix,
She just makes 'em over for Joe, who is six |;
And when little Joseph can't wear 'em no mora,
She Just makes 'em over for Bill, who is four.
'And when for young Bill they no longer will
do,
She just makes 'em over for Ned. who is two.
So you see II get enough clothing for Pete.
The family is furnished with clothing complete -
''But when Ned has got thru with the clothing.
and when
He has thrown it aside-what do you do with
1t then?'
"Why once more we go round the circle COM
plete
And begin to use it for patches for Pete,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
An Answer to Mr., Eustis,

To the Editor Of The Journal.
In Mr. Eustis' reply to "A Physician" in
last evenings Journal, he makes this
statement: IF We are to have an cpl
demic Of typhoid this spring, we will have
tit is foreordained-it is out of our
power to prevent" Upon such a PROPOSE
ton not only "A Physician" but medical
men in general, must take issue with the
ex-mayor. The way to invite another
epidemic of typhoid is to talk as Mr.. Eus-
tbs does about the superior quality of the
river Water from the new pumping sta
ton, and to restore public confidence in
the unfiltered water to such degree that
people will drink it freely without the
precaution of boiling it, The present
health of the city is due in large meas
ure to the exposure of the deadly quality
OF the river water last spring. Thou
sands OF families buy every drop of their
drinking water. It is safe estimate that
the citizens of Minneapolis have paid out
enough for spring water In the past few
years to put in filter plant. Now, this
river water is not changed by going thru
the fine new pumps. There are hundreds
of rivermen using the river up above U.s.
Let the water become contaminated by
typhoid germs above the pumping sta
ton and in a few hours time those germs
are cours1ng about thru our water pipes
1t is to be regretted that the opposition to
the filtration bonds voiced at the real es-
tate banquet was based solely upon the
small additional tax Of each taxpayer If
any class of men will lose money by the
installation of filtration plant it is the
doctors. An average case Of typhoid
means an even 500 to the attending ply
sic1an; an extreme case, much more.
But the disease is loathsome to a de-
gree known only to physicians 1t is strict
ly dirt disease. It is a disgrace to city
to harbor it. Let people boil the river
water and work "day and night and Sun
days." If need be, until we have COM
petent filtration plant in good running or
der. "A Physician,
Feb, 90 80. -.r... ...-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
State Care for Soldiers Widows.

The legislature cannot we'll turn
deaf ear to the request of the committee
appointed by the Minnesota G. A. R.,
which asks an appropriation for new
building in connection with the state
soldiers home at Minnehaha.
The purpose Of this home is to furnish
care and shelter for destitute widows
sand mothers of veterans. Thru the
soldiers relief fund the state is now
giving some of these aged women pit
5tance to exc out their little pension
money and keep them from starvation
However, most of them need better care
than they can receive in their loneliness
and poverty. They must be provided
for by the state, or else sent to the
county poor farms. It would be a dis
grace to the state to condemn soldiers
widows to die as common paupers.
One wing Of the proposed building is
to be set aside for dependent veterans
with their wives. Hundreds of these
old couples are scattered over the state,
some of them living on pension Of $l2
a month. The husband can now 20 to
the home, but if he does the wife must
go to the pOorhouse. The state cannot
afford to separate companions of half
a century in their closing hours.
Common humanity, as we'll as state
pride and patriotism, call for this work.
Members Of the Grand Army and the
auxiliary organizations, who personally
have seen and kept track of the cases
being helped, have stories to tell, that
would melt the stoniest heart. 1t is a
matter of urgent necessity, and if the
Legislature is compelled to choose be-
I tween the various objects seeking ap-
preparations, it must not be forgotten
/. that the relief Of veterans and their
swidows requires haste. A few years
more and it will be too late.
The plan proposed is tried and proven
satisfactory by the experience Of sew
eral other states. The committee ap-
pointed at the last encampment, which
has issued an appeal to the legislature,
says that women are now admitted to
& the soldiers homes in Iowa, Indiana,
Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, Kansas,
/ California, Nebraska and Pennsylvania,
and recently IN ONO home tor vet
Grams wives, widows and mothers has
: been established.
Minnesota led the nation in respond
ing to the call for volunteers, and GER
tainly cannot afford to lag behind in the
1 effort to care for them in their declining
days, and for their families. The sol
diers' wives and mothers of wartime
days were real heroines. In Minnesota
they were the citizens, who titled the
fields, kept the stores and ran the
households at home No state was swept
cleaner by enlistment and the draft, and
in no state did the women carry great
er burden. Now is the time for pos
terity to acknowledge the debt that is
owed to them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

A correspondent OF T h j u r n /
suggested yesterday that we ought to have
a better name for the new music hall than
Auditorium. The suggestion is interest
ing. Auditorium Is q hackneyed and
rather awkward name. The Jiourna
understands the owners of the new hall
would entertain suggestions for better
name than Auditorium. They may be
submitted in communications to Tsh e
j Journal. #, therefore. YOU have any
thing in mind as name for public mu-
sic hall which YOU think would be desir-
able, send it in for consideration, 7 he
j ourn a will publish the suggestions
offered and out OF the counsels of the pub
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
DR.. Osler's Short Shrift.

If DIR. William Osler's theory of the
comparative uselessness Of men over 40
is correct, then the work of DR.. William
Osler may be set aside, for it appears
that the volume on which his reputa-
ton rests, "The Principles and Prac-
tices of .Medicine," was written after
he had passed the age of so. And he
had just turned the corner Of 40 when
he published his first work, "The Cere-
bral Palsies of Children DR.. Osler
is now Sc and is due to be chloroformed
in four years; and yet he has just beef
called to the medical leadership Of Ok
ford university. The English univer-
sity either has not been informed of
DR.. Osler's beliefs, or else it discounted
them, or it would not be engaging the
services Of man self confessedly use
less.
Not only DR.. Osler's own case, but
The history of, the world, tends to dis
prove his theories. Great achievements
are, as matter of fact, comparatively
rare under 40; while between 40 and
6O they are comparatively common
Gladstone did not become prime minis.
ter Of England until he was 60, and
he did not arrive at the fruition of his
craftsmanship until he had passed 80
Disraeli, Palmerston, Russell, nearly all
the great premiers Of Britain, came to
their own after SO. Joseph Chamber.
lain, who has just undertaken to lead
his country into new paths Of political
economy, is past 60, and his opponent
Balfour, whom we are accustomed to
view as a jaunty youth, has turned so
The two remarkable instances Of pre-,
cocious craftsmanship in England, the
elder and the younger Pitt, are excep,
tions.
In science, literature and the arts
age and experience have produced more
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
Fri day ming,

lasting results than precocity. But why
pile up instancesq Dr.. Osler,,s argu-
ment is so inconclusive that it smacks
more of humor than Of serious effort.
AS well argue that, since most Of the
murders, entertainments and burglaries
are committed by young men, all men
between the ages Of 20 and 40 are com
paratively dangerous and should be
chloroformed
The old saying that man is as old
as he feels is perfect answer to the
Osler TRADE. Some men are old at 40,
others are young at 80. It all depends
on how you treat yourself and treat
your fellowmen.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
lie in this way no doubt a very desirable
name can be obtained.

In 1881, after the series OF riots in st.
Petersburg Emperor Nicholas went alone
among the Infatuated people. He is re-
ported as saying: 'Misdeeds were com
mitted yesterday. Shame on the Russian
people for forgetting the faith of their
fathers and initiating the turbulence OF
the French and the Poles. Down on your
knees and beg the forgiveness Of the AL
mighty" 1t is reported that most of the
people dropped on their knees as request
ed. Judging by the temper of the people
as shown by the dispatches they would
be more likely to fall on the czar today.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
STATE PRESS AND LEGISLATURE

Plpestone Leader-The very idea that il
should be taken seriously by the people
that the legislature would pass an anti
pass bill is something very funny to us
Clara City Herald-Every country news
paper seems to be in favor of the aatiras.
bill now pending in the legislature, bu-
the bill will never pass. The little hi
Of pasteboard is too precious to be abol
ished. 1t took eight years for the Wis
consin legislature to pass such a bill ant
it will take Minnesota just as long.
Redwood Falls Reveille-That legisla
tive investigation committee seems t.
have found something rotten in the Min
nesota railroad and warehouse commits
sion. 1t has come to pretty pass whel
such a body stands in with the roads ant
practically allows them to do as the,
please without let or hindrance.
Belville MISREPRESENTATION if som,
member of the legislature will introduc,
bill to regulate the charges of expires
companies in this state and see to it tina
it becomes law, he will earn the plaudit-
Of the public.
Window Reporter-While the legislator
is making up its mind where to locate tn
girls new reformatory they had better re
member that an ounce of prevention
worth pound of cure and put a stop t
the Gerhard murder being exhibited, il
this state at least, from the moving pic
ture film. It is cheaper and easier not t.
educate boy in crime than to uneducat
him in prison or reform school.
Buffalo Lake News-A bill to legislat
all private banks out Of existence ha
been introduced in the legislature. Thi
seems like a good bill. The bankers VIII
want to remain in business should b
compelled to reorganize under the stat
laws. =
Fairmont Sentinel-A bill has been in
troduced in the legislature to pay a BIZ
bounty on rattlesnakes. Wouldn't it
Ivanhoe Times-The legislature is al
wrought up over the problem of whethe
or not the free textbook system shall
introduced in the schools of the state. L
would seem that bill of this nature couI,
not fail Of passage. Add free textbook
to our already superb school system, an
1t would be just about perfect.
Spring Grove Herald-A bill introduce.
in the state legislature provides that
wifebeater shall be whipped in public, no
to exceed sixty lashes, at the jurisdiction
of the court. 1t onght to pass bot
houses and become a law.
Morgan Messenger-The bill introduces
in the Minnesota legislature to establis
the whipping-post punishment for wife
beaters ought to pass. A few fellows il
Redwood county would be good ones
practice on.
Lamberton Star-A bill has been intro
duced in the legislature to establish
whipping post to give wifebeaters thei
just dues. II the same law would take i
1nhuman men who desert their families
civilization would be taking a step in tn
right direction.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
THE MAGAZINES

II Joseph w. Folk, the Lawyer.-We have
heard SO much of Joseph w. Folk of Mis-
souri, as a fighter of corruption and cor
ruptionists that we have almost wholly
overlooked his qualities as a lawyer. In
fact, only by inference do we know that
he is strong lawyer. K. G. Bellairs,
writing in The Green Bag, that thoroly
readable and enlightening magazine of the
legal profession, tells us, however, some
thing about the man as a lawyer, and
the word is what we would expect He
quotes zone of the brightest minds Of the
Missouri BAR as saying of Folk: "He is
above all else an intuitionist; and with
this quality he is the happy possessor Of
wonderful energy and a marble immo-
bility Of poise." Mr.. Bellairs says:
Joseph w. Folk, while he would not be rated
as a profound jurist-he is too young for that
nevertheless has the combination Of mental and
physical energy in very high degree; and
he is so happily poised that he can turn rap
idly from one to the other without any sense
of confusion, and with a clear perception Of
the ultimate end. He can investigate with
surprising rapidty the available authorities upon
a legal proposition. and form from them a
clear and certain image Of the law; and he Is
superlatively active, resourceful and persuasive
always dangerous, with an uncanny and uner-
ring faculty Of finding and hammering the weak
point in an adversary's case.
Got Paid for His masterpieces. "-Har
per's Weekly tells the following story of
an authors nerve which won where his
masterpiece" failed:
It is told of well-known humorous writer
that in the early days of his career he sent
some pieces to certain comic paper only to
have them returned almost Immediately. He
sent them out a second time. and again they
came back. Then the author sat down and
wrote the following note to the editor. again
sending his contribution:
I absence
boy has been returning masterpieces, several
OF which enclose. Trusting that you will
remit at your your earliest convenience, am,
etc., ----- =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

A prominent business man writes to-
Mayor Jones that he is willing to under-
take the job Of denouncing before the
congregation those members Of his church
who are renting property for immoral
purposes, and who are protesting to the
mayor against the closing of such resorts.
It would be an interesting part of the
service, falling naturally into that d1vis-
ion between the Gloria and the Lords
PRAYER. ----- ~. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

Two prizes have been offered in France,
one of 81, 900 and the other of $500, to be
awarded for the best papers on rational
food for man. These must be written in
French and handed in before Jan. /, 1906.
The person who sends in the American bill
of fare of ham and eggs and chew Of
tobacco is not likely to get the prize, the
French cooking is so different.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

Rockefellers fortune shrunk $4,000, 00)
in one week-on paper, but the same week
he received about 100000 in cash for his
three months superintendent of the
United States and it's dependencies, so
John is feeling pretty good and taking his
bread and milk regular and beautiful.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
THE NOISE OF BATTLE

Here is curious description Of the
sounds Of battle written by a newspaper
correspondent in the far east and printed
in January Worlds Work:
"Only those who lie in the firing line
and hear the constant screech Of the
shells as they cleave their terrible way
thru the air above know the true sounds
of modern war. The whiplike smack Of
the bursting shell, the swish Of the scat
terlng bullets, are nothing to the hooking
screech Of these damned messengers of
death as they pursue each other, as If in
competition to complete the awful object
Of their hideous mission. The whole well
kin is discordant with their tumult; you
feel the rush OF misplaced air, splinters
sing in your ears, the earth Is in constant
tremble with the violence of the discharge;
you feel it pulsate against your cheek
pressed to the moist mud Of the parapet,
and then a bullet saps the blood of q
comrade whose elbow has touched yours
day and night for forty hours, There is
a limit to human endurance in these
straits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
A SERIOUS DRAIN
Nebraska State Journal.

Nebraska State Journal
Six union republicans broke away frori
Addicks on Friday and voted FOR othei
candidates. This brings out the remark
able fact that for ten years Addicks ha.
held these fellows in line without a break
No wonder his money is giving out.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

The New York Tribune made the dis
covery that the high price. of eggs was
due to their scarcity. OF that no ono
could complain. The complaint is that the
scarcity was assisted by the beef trust.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

Mr.. Knocks appointment to the state
board of tax discrimination is still held
up in the senate. 1t appears that there is
an apparent inequality between Mr..
Knox's vote for Governor Johnson and his
appointmentaby, a, republican governor. Us
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

Criminal law does not seem to be what
it is cracked up. Here is the case of an
actor who is shot by a fellow actor in a
public theater and, tho the facts are
readily ascertainable, the killer cannot be
other. Some Americans might just as
well live in Russia. :4-.-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

+, DR.. Osler, if he chloroformed all old
the senate under government control.
There wouldn't be senators enough left
to obstruct the public business.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

DR.. William Osler Is race suicider from
way back. With his scheme Of chloroform-
ing all men over 60 he would depopulate
the senate. DR.. Osler is great author
ity and we might chance it once on his
recommend, just to see how it works. OF
course, If unfortunately it proved to be
an error, it would not be the first time
science had slipped Its trolley just at
supper time. Iii .-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

The Mad Mullah is on the warpath again
in Somali. Just why the Mullah's thought
is clouded with anger the dispatches do
not state. Possibly he most unreasonably
objects to England grabbing his country.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
GATES AJAR
BOSTON GInhe

. Boston Globe.
The Gates brokers succeeded Thursday
in forcing wheat to $1.21k, the highest
price reached en- the Chicago Board of
Trade since the famous Letter deals, but
the other fellows are already watching
for a good opportunity to give Gates a
Jar. b. .--' . = ".. --. 49, -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

Mr.. Rockefeller has trouble in seeing
why he should be careful of the producers
interests, when God tempers the wind
to the shorn lamb It would be like in
terfering with Providence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

Special to The journal.
Crookston, Mimi, Feb. PA family reunion
was held at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. R. ].
Ferguson in celebration of the golden wedding
anniversary Of Mr.. and Mrs Peter Ferguson of
Drayton. N. D.. who are "a and q years of
age respectively. Both are remarkably vigor-
Gus for their age. They We're the parents 0.
Twelve children. ten of whom are living five
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

Mr.. Redmond keeps on handing the Bal
four government round blows, short arm
jolts and upper-cuts. Mr.. Balfour smiles
and says he will quit honly when Hedward
throws hup the sponge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

It would seem, on second thought, as tho
ficient trials without our raking up his
youthful indiscretions with an alto horn.
We apologize to the doctor.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

Some naughty legislator has stolen the
original draft of the Missouri antibetting
law. OF course, he asks to be shown.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24
is said that the editor RENTED.
CAN'T STAND PROSPERITY
ST. Louis Glohe-Democrat.

st. Louis Globe Democrat.
For thirty years the republicans of Mis-
souri, fought manfully Yon the losing side
in the state. Soaadmirable record should
lead to something better than discord over
the frst success
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

The story of "The Lighthouse by the
Sea- the comedy drama that comes to
the Bijou next Sunday matinee, is one of
love, of heroic sacrifice, of hatred of
shattered hopes, Of crime and the ulti
mate triumph Of virtue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

When the Minnesota house runs out of
anything else to do, it can always dis
cuss the Adams lumber bill a while.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

The Kansas City Star says that the
peoples fight is against industrial au-
tocracy." A good, round, mouth filling
phrase! <n% , .@---.l Il IS f..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-02-24

One-half Of New York's visible wad is
stored with John D. Rock efeller's Ma
tional City bank. The City bank also con-
trolls the light trust and the electric light
monopoly, which was a year ago saddled
upon the city by the signature Of Mayor
Mcclellan. Is it possible that John D..
Tammany in his tour among dividend
paying corporations? @