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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
How to Be Beautiful.

A Chicago physician who is bidding
for Immortality has promulgated rules
whereby every girl may become a
Venus in figure and have the DISPOSE
ton of an angel. 1t is all comprised
in the advice, drink water, wear less
clothing, take out-of-door exercise and
work over washtub. In this last
clause lies the secret of the whole bust
ness. The appearance upon the earth
Of the scrawny woman is coincident
with the blossoming out of the public
laundry. You may not have realized. it,
but every public laundry that lines the
streets of great city accounts for
from three to six hundred women with
out form and void. If there were no
laundries there would be no need for
padding. The great desire Of woman is
to be beautiful, here is a simple, direct
way to get her wish. The washtub
is something that any woman, even IT
she has been educated in the public
schools of today, can learn. Down with
the laundry, back to the simple life,
the home-fried shirt and the beautiful
woman r>+.. .. r..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
Earning Four Per. Cent.

The literature which is coming to this
office in ton lots, makes it very plain
Is the writers thereof that this country
IL getting it's railroad transportation
below cost. Each one Of these bits OF
literature tries to show that notWlth-
standing this state of affairs the de-
mand for regulation of railroad rates
Is really a demand for lower rates.
NRailroads are today earning about 4
Der cent and this is reasonable return
On capital invested.'
It is if the capital is invested. But
take the case Of the Northwestern and
New York Central railroads. Mr.. Har'
fiman wants to consolidate them with
The Union Pacific. He is willing to
take the Central stock at 5000, and
North Western at $500, besides declar-
ing 4 handsome stock dividend. If the
Two roads are now paying per cent on
the par value Of their stock, what will
they be paying when that stock has
been multiplied by two and threeY
In this case, as in the railroad valua
lions, it is not the rate Of the dividend
that attracts attention, but the manner
irs which the values were doubled and
trebled. The dividend basis ought tc
Be par value Of the stock, fully paid
How often is it so?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
Wisconsin's Cigaret Laws.

A Hroar" there will go up from the
personal liberty devotees over the Wis
consin anticigaret law, but there is
the law. What will be done about itg
Will those who secured it's enactment
let it die out or will they make an eff
fort to enforce it, =54
(. The law does not provide any pun
ishment for the smoker Of cigarets, but
prohibits in a drastic and complete
fashion the sale of cigarets or paper in
which to make cigarets or combinations
Of tobacco resembling the present
cigaret. FL
Personal liberty is not infringed by
the prohibition of the sale Of cigarets.
The cigaret is a slow poison. A good
many people Of depraved taste like slow
poisoning, but that constitutes no rea-
son why the state should allow it to be
sold to them. If the state determines
that it is contrary to public policy that
a portion Of the community should de-
vote itself to death by: the slow. poison
route, there is no moral or legal in
vasion Of individual rights involved in
stopping the. process. 80 49,. L.. { :. f->a
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"ABfDEsWITH ME-"

1.-THE hymn given below was written by
Henry Francis Lyle who was born at
Kelso, Scotland, June l, 1898 (died In
1S47). Illness ard misfortune marred his
life and career But his great hymns
grew out Of these things OF this one ne
says that he went to his last communion
at BRIGHAM scarcely able to crawl, and
after +he service, as the darkness gath
cred he wrote this farewell hymnl
Abide with me; fast falls the seventide;
me darkness deepens; Lord, with me abidel 81
when other helpers fail, and comforts nee,
Help of the helpless, abide with me!
Not brief glance Il beg, passing word.
But as thou dwell'st with thy disciples, Lord
Familiar, condescending. patient iree.
Come, not to sojonrn, butrabide with me.
4 need thy, presence every passing hour
what but thy grace can foil the tempter's
- pOWer !? ~ ~ IL .
VINO ike thyself my guide and stay can be
Thru cloud and sunshine, O. abide with me.
swift to It's close GIBBS ont LIES little day;
:Earth's Joys grow dim. its glories pass away
Change and decay in all around Sc, see;
o thou who changest not, abide with me!
Come NOT il terrors, as the King OF kings;
hit kind and good, with healing IN thy wings
Tears for ALI woes, a heart for every plea!
Come, friend Of sinners, and aDide Win me
fear no foe. with thee at hand to bless
Ills have no weight, and tears no bltterness
Where is deaths sting Where grave thy VIC
4 triumph nuph stin,. il thou abide with me-
Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes;
Shine thru the gloom and point me 20 me sk.es
Heavenss morning breaks, and earfn's vain
shadosvs- hee: s esss -: s
IN life, IN death, o Lord, abide With me.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
Downtown Sunday Night Services

Rev. G.. L. Morrill,, who has made a
genuine success Of the Peoples church
morning service at the Unique theater,
hopes to secure the Auditorium for Sun
day nights. The Auditorium is admirably
located for the purpose for which MI.
Morrill, wishes to use it. With its
great organ it offers the finest opening
for a Sunday night praise service that
exists anywhere in the city. Properly
organized, such meetings as Mr.. Morrill,
proposes at the Auditorium would form
the nucleus of and grow into down
town Institutional church, something
that Minneapolis really needs.
The present plan is to secure the
guarantee of number of men Of means
to the expenses Of opening the Audi
forum for this purpose for limited
number Of weeks, long enough to make
test case of the need and Of the re-
Spouse. Mr.. Morrill,, who has made a
success Of his meetings, beginning in an
obscure room off the street and bring
ing them up in the Unique to point
where as many are turned away as can
be admitted, is the logical candidate
to make the experiment at the audi
torium. Nothing succeeds like success,
and Mr.. Morrill, has succeeded in reach.
ing the people, in holding them and in
doing them great deal Of good. Give
him another and a larger opportunity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17

admiralty have sought to make up for
these serious losses by constructing in
the home yards twenty five new torpedo
boat destroyers Of high speed and eff
fectiveness, and that Togo has some
sixty Of these vessels in comnission,
but the record Of the use Of such craft,
during Togo 9 work last year does not
show any real equality with the battle.
ship as an aggressive force in2 battle.
The Japs think, however, that they will
gain much if they can destroy two Rus
sian battleships at a sacrifice Of forty
or fifty torpedoboat destroyers. It is
possible they may be right. If the
tables are turned on them now and the
control of the sea is wrested from them,
it will be thru the reduction of the
frst-class battleship force to four, as
against a possible Russian sixteen of
the same kind. The disparity is very
great. Thru superior. valor and STRAIT
egg, the Japs may succeed in confusing
their enemies, who are without any rec
ord, during their entire history, Of sea
fighting ability Of any kind. At the bat
tie Of Navarino, which secured the indie
pendence Of Greece in 1927, the Russian
feet played a weak third fiddle and was
hardly a factor. In the Crimean wal
the Russian navy was cipher, and
in the Russo-T Turkish war it was nil
Its revival at this juncture Of Russian
catastrophe may be regarded as an ex
traordinary piece Of good luck, which
Russia may or may not know how te
use to her advantage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17

Legislators in Pennsylvania are feeling
hurt because they have been moved about
like pawns by somebody. Four days after
certain important bill was passed a
member rose in his place and complained
that he was not in Harrisburg at all dur
ing the previous week.; but, he was re-
corded as voting twenty-seven times while
he was away Still another member said
that at the time the Important vote was
taken he was at home eating breakfast,
and yet his name was among the ayes.
A fourth member was somewhat shocked
upon examining the rollcall after the, vote
to find shat his mo- had been trans
formed into yes This variety OF
legislation is the real monument toEthe
memory Of Matthew Quay. &~s7,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
Careless Drivers.

To the Editor of The Journal. ~. e.
"A great deal of talk has been INDUCED
in Of late relative to fast bicycle, auto
mobile and horse riding, and bad as it is,
there is another matter that deserves a
casual mention: this is the recklessness
Of carriage drivers on our crowded thoro-
fares. do not refer to the drivers of
covered hacks or delivery vehicles, but to
the. drivers Of private carriages. 1t is a
daily occurrence for carriage driven on
Nfcollet avenue to be turned short across
the street with the horses still on the trot,
utterly regardless Of any other vehicle
which may be following closely in it's rear
or coming the other way. I have repeat
eddy seen instances of bicycles running
against the wheels or horses of the car
riage as it was turned. It is notable
fact that much more caution is taken by
the drivers of delivery rigs, automobiles or
light wagons in turning than those of prf-
vate carriages. It is generally the gentle
man who sits high upon the box OF some
costly equipage, with his silk hat and
brass buttons, who seems to care nothing
for life or property. and who, without no.
tice, swings his team short across the
street.
An instance of the independence of this
class Of drivers happened the other day
at Nicollet avenue and Fifth street when
carriage swun. sharply across the street
with the horses on the trot. A blcyclist
who was going the same way was nearly
run down before he could stop, and
when he demonstrated with the. driver be-
| cause of his carelassness, was told in a
| naughty manner that people must look
where they were going, and not rum into
the carriages
We hope that others will take this mat
! ter up, and that a sentiment will arise,
| the outcome of which will be speedy
remedy for the evil. &C, w. Gray.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
POMP MADE POOR
ISLAND PROVINCE
Prince Edward Island and New
Brunswick May Be Joined in
One Government. 4

Ottawa, Ont, April 17.-While the
government is creating provinces In the
northwest territories, the government
papers are clamoring for the welding
Of two lower provinces into one.
1t is. suggested that Prince Edward
Island and New Brunswick be joined.
The direct cause of this proposal IS
a hint Of secession by the island prov
ince; the indirect cause, the terrific
ice barriers that divide Prince Edward
Island from the mainland during most
of the winter.
This winter affairs have been partic-
ularly serious. Hundreds of tons of
mainland side Of the Straits of North
cumberland for weeks awaiting trans
portation to the island.
. Those travellers venturesome enough
to risk travel from the island to the
mainland during the blockade took
twelve hours to cover a trip which in
summer time takes but four.
people of the island came to the con-
cIusion that it was about time to ar
range for communication with the main
land under the sea if they could not
enjoy it over the sea. So they notified
the Dominion government that they
would ask assistance in building tun-
mel under the straits.
When it was unoffcially intimated
by the government that such aid might
be refused, the people of the island
province began to talk about secession.
and now the government organs are
talking annexation.
Several arguments favor the idea.
The island, tho beautiful in summer,
is poor Her hard times are due to her
situation and the fact that the only in
come is derived from agriculture. She
has population Of only 100000 souls,
yet she carries on provincial govern
ment with as much pomp and as many
salaried dependents as the province of
Ontario, which has population of q
1872 900.
It is estimated that the legislative
machinery of the island costs about
100000 q year. They have the regu-
lation legislature and the regulation
| lieutenant governor, with gold braid
across his breast and cooked hat. This
lieutenant governor gets salary Of
ST 900. Since the minister of finance
and the auditor general have been fig
uring they have come to the conclusion
| that if Prince Edward Island would
abolish its toy legislature and allow it
self to be merged with New Brunswick
Fit would save enough money annually
to paw interest on the debt that will
! have to be incurred In building tun-
mel under the straits.
| But this suggestion has put the
Prince Edward Island people by the
ears, and they are talking more about
l secession than ever before.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
Alderman Peterson from the eleven

Alderman Peterson from the eleventh
ward has written h e ] 0 i'm a ! a let
ter reproving the reporter who wrote the
account Of the last council meeting for
using the word trade in connection
with the mix-up over the assessorship.
He says twas an understanding. Well, a
trade is an understanding, a meeting OF
mipds, an agreement upon a line Of fu-
ture conduct with reference to a certain
matter. T h our n q will not quar-
rel with. the alderman from the eleventh
over a word, nor will it admit that it used
the word trade in an offensive political
sense as e5sa..
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That Impending Battle.

Between the lnClmaJ1OnS OF Cne nus
sian admiralty, who have appeared to
know very little about the movements
of Admiral Rojestvensky, either before
or after he steamed with a portion of
his fleet out Of the Indian ocean thru
the Strait Of Malacca into the China
sea, and the random reports Of the
many steamers which throng those wa.
tiers, the naval resources of the Russian
admiral have been cited in a rather
contradictory manner, SO that at pres
emit it appears that some eighteen or
twenty Russian ships are in harbor
on the French Indo China lower coast,
while forty ships were seen Saturday
steaming at twelve knots and without
lights in the China sea in latitude II,
or west of North Borneo and the Phil
ippine islands. It was desirable for
Rojestvensky to conceal his movements
as much as possible, but, in making the
turn from the Indian ocean into the
China sea, a greatly frequented water,
he could not escape the vigilance Of
Togo's scouts, as the Russian admiralty
seem to think he has.
It is represented that the Russian
fleet includes only seven battleships in
its list, with cruisers, destroyers,e col
liers and other auxiliaries. But, in
Guiding the third squadron sent by the
car in February to join Rojestvensky,
the feet Of that officer consists Of six
teen battleships, seventeen cruisers,
eleven destroyers, eight transports and
forty torpedoboats. The only other
squadron which has been. mentioned is
one to be sent to Roiestvensky in June
or July. The divisions Of the Baltic
feet cited above are those officially
reported by the. Russian admiralty as
sent to the east, and reported as arrived
by Rojestvensky. That officer has,
therefore, a much larger force than usu-
ally reported. Including the torpedo
| boats, the force numbers ninety-two
vessels. It is not improbable that he
has made three squadrons Of his feet,
placing six or seven battleships with
each squadron and as many cruisers and
auxiliaries. It is very probable that
only one squadron was brought thru the
Strait Of Malacca, rounding into the
China sea off Singapore, while the 9th
ers could be brought out Of the Indian
ocean thru the Sunda strait or Ombay
strait and work UP thru Malaysian wa.
tiers into the Pacific, east Of, the Philip.
pines, and either make a detour to Via.
divostok or attack the Japs at their
i base in Formosa strait
In view Of the Russian strength in
Ebattleships, the Jap navy would appear
lat disadvantage, for they have not
3Ibeen able to replace the battleshiI
1 Hatsuse, which was destroyed by a mine
in April, 1904, nor the Yashimo, The
Ebest battleship in Togo 8 feet, which
Twas the greatest loss Of the kind Thu
Japs sustained. It is true that the JaI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
The True Sportsman.

The presidents speech, yesterday,
tpon his arrival at Colorado Springs,
WAS characteristic of his instructive
craftsmanship Observing and hear
Ing the persistent and pervasive notes
bf brass band, he exclaimed: 81 am
pff on: hunt. One thing you cannot
40 on hunt, and that is to carry a
brass band. You cannot combine hunt
Ing bears with your Fourth Of July eel
ebration, so I am going to beg the peo-
pie Of Colorado to treat me on this hunt
Just as well as the people of Oklahoma
treated me on the wolf hunt. If a lot
BIZ newspaper men start to come in after
ane, will have to come home, that is all
there is to it. The thing that they can
i do that will please me best is to let me
sbe on that hunt alone.' .@ =
~ The president is Misunderstanding in
the ways of the woods, and in the sci
4ence Of animal psychology, within which
may be included that which we call in
stinct, and he exactly understands the
Virtue and advantage of loneliness or
aloneness, when one is after game which
amounts to- something. The president
would be isolated from his kind as much
Jas possible, especially today, for he is
going after grizzlies in the Colorado
mountains.
Our president does not hunt after the
manner Of the average potentate. King
ALFONSO Of Spain returned from a hunt
i sthe other day with bags containing
sseven to eight thousand birds Of vari-
sous kinds which frequent his preserves.
sA few good dogs, a few good guns kept
lin perfect order, knack at quick and
accurate shooting, and the, thing is done
Emperor William Of Germany does a
Ideal Of this kind Of shooting, with an
occasional wild boar or deer, but nei,
fther ofsthese sportsmeh can boast OF
sthe feat Of bagging a fierce wolf alive
(which the president easily acc mplished
Jon his Oklahoma hunting trip by leap.
ling from his horse after fierce ride
sbehind wolf and hounds, and throwing
himself on the struggling mass OF
hounds and wolf and selling and hold
ing the snarling animal by the jaws
The president goes for larger game to
day. There inger in the Rockies yet
those formidable remnants of our once
tprofuse fauna, the grizzlies, the Ursus
lerox Of natural history, along will
other bears, and mountain sheep, noun
i tain lions and other large game The
!. grizzly is none other than old Adam
s-Zad, whom Kipling has characterize
*as the bear that walks like a man, !
and if he gets a chance, will scalp
man, laying bare the skull and bring
-: ing the skin down before the eyes
When the big creature sees an object
he stands upon his hind legs, gazes a
lit for a few minutes and then goes TO
III it under any circumstances. #
1T has been showing in the Colorad
:. mountains and che trails are said t
have been somewhat blocked with snoy
I (which, however, may melt sufficient
to clear the ground. If there was n
danger in the hunt, the president woul
mot care much for it. Yet it may b
questioned if he is'justife in taking an
risks either from old Adam Fad or fror
j nerils incurred in getting a shot at hin
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17

Rojestvensky's laconic message, IF
am defeated, Togo will report; if am
successful you will hear from me, "
sounds fine. but Russian proclamations
must be taken with grain of salt, or,
perhaps, a drop Of vodka. stoessel, after
declaring that Port Arthur would be his
grave, marched out in full panoply OF
war, never having missed meal nor a
toast to his majesty. the czar.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17

The house from which Paul Revere sal
lied forth. on his famous ride on a mid
night schedule is about to be torn down.
It has been tenanted below by a bunch
Of Italians and upstairs by cigar fac
tory The neighbors believe that while
it might have been a, good house In Re-
vere's time, it should now be reduced to
the Photographic stage.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
THE READERS QUESTION BOX

A. D. C.-Since the English revised version Of
the Bible was issued an American revision has
been completed. 1t can be had from dealers or
from Thomas Nelson & Sons, New York. There
has also been issued THE Twentieth Century
New Testament a translation Of the New
Testament into modern English, which has
It is published by the Reyen company, New
York. f5.4ssaI5. 5.5
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
FOR DR.. osLER's ALBUM

For what is age but youths full bloom,
A ripper. more transcendent youth?
A weight of gold ~
IA Is never old.
Streams broader grow as downward rolled.
At sixty-two life has begun;
At seventy three begins once more;
Fly swifter as thou near'st the sun,
And brighter shine lat, eighty -four.
At ninety -five,
Shouldst thou arrive. rs
Still wait on God and work and thrive.
8 oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17
Thinks Frank "Done Good"

TO the Editor of The Journal.
1t strikes me that the address of Frank
Day at the launching OF the steam battle-
ship Minnesota at Newport News, Va,
who represented Governor Johnson for the
occasion, was gem of historical litera-
ture that pleases every resident OF Min
nesota. The passage from the history of
the frigate Minnesota of fifty years ago,
to the steam battleship Minnesota OF this
time, was so we'll done
The address should be preserved and
fperpetuated by making it a chapter in the
school readers of, the state for the benefit
OF this and future generations of school
children. I'D. L. W.
I Frazee, Mimi, April II, 1905.
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| woman.

( The national council Of women, speak
ing of the race suicide issue, insists that
tum It is likely that the president, IT he
would declare himself, would prefer to
have eight good children to thirteen COM
mon ones. 1870 -. =. :. -. Il -
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duties Of his Office. What does he take
The duties Of the mayor to be?

The Dies Moines people are up IN arms
because somebody has been pasthring a
COW on the city library's lawn. Some city:
officials who, of course. had a right to.
probably did 1t. 55s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17

/ At the Metropolitan Thursday Raymond
Hitchcock and THE Yankee Consul the
musical success Of tte, day, will be seen
and heard. The brilliant supporting COM
pany includes EvarsDavenport, Flora Ia
belle, Rose Botti, Sally. Mcneil, Albert
Parr. Joseph NJ Ratliff, William Dan
forth. J. r. Hazzard and a strong singing
chorus and an. augmented orchestra.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17

] The United States treasurer insists that
there are Ss2.5ss, ss2,ssa in circulation. If
this is true, and We see no reason to
sdoubt it, it's scarcity would seem TO in
hicate that the. Tightwad family has con-
frol o5f "a great deal of it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-17

Prince Ferdinand Of Bulgaria wants to
be real king, with a crown Ferdie
ought to reflect that princes are often
popular, If they pay no attention to public
business, while kings have to make, good
every day or be thrown down. It Is much
better to be live prince, with an auto.
mobile and box at the opera. than the
quottent Of a king divided by bomb.
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CORRECTLY UNDERSTOOD

Charleston News and Courier.
y Reduced to It's simplest terms, Fl. II.
Rogers definition OF honesty Is keeping
out OF TAIL. =