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The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
McCleary's Style of Humor.

Mr.. McCleary of Minnesota landed
'"om a steamer yesterday full of fight
ais--s reciprocity, revision or dual
riff. He reached Washington in a
cd state Of preservation and was able
tell the reporters that there would
no changes in the present tariff.
Mr.. tMcCleary is evidently prepared
be the sstandpat candidate for the
airmanship of the appropriations com
ttee, for he coupled his aggressive
nd against revision with some vague
leralities on how to handle the de.
t by reducing expenses and by get.
e after people who import stuff un:
special invoices.
t scarcely seems statesmanlike fol
!. McCleary to imagine that he can
ii a revolution backward with a
ON. There is real demand for a
ision Of the tariff. This Mr.. Nc.
ary will very likely recognize before
has been home very 1ong.
'hepeople who are demanding reel.
city, says Mr.. McClearv, are selfish
nitted that they are not Sc altruistic
those noble souls who having a high
IF do not wish to part with it, does
McCleary expect to brush aside a
cement of this kind by rejecting on
motives of its friends? Every tariff
an element Of selfshress in it
-snever a tariff is made those who
e the influence go to Washington
see that their schedules are made
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
UNCLE SAM TO THE BAD
Government Deficit for August Was
S4,66O.O61.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The feature of
the monthly report of the government s
receipts and expenditures for August is
the exceptional increase shown in GUS
toms receipts, the excess over August,
1904, being $3,763,60S. The receipts
crease of $779,791 1.
The total receipts for the month are
$47 400, ,432 and the expenditures $52,-
150,493,. which leaves deficit for the
month of $4,660,061.
Last month the deficit was $780,
663, and for August, 1904, the deficit
was $6,343,212.
The receipts from the several sources
of revenue are given as follows:
nue., usHS 27S miseeilaneous sla iSys
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
BEST OF ALL PLAYS

do not care for problem plays; give me the kind
Of play ).
In which the girl is just as pure as are the
flowers in May:
The play in which in time Of need the hero's
right deck,
And where the schemin' villain gets it always in
the neck.
love to hear the girl refuse the Villains gold
to take,
And say that rags are royal duds when worn for
virtues sake:s
love to see her beau decline to heed the rich
mans beck,
And swat the villain with club athwart his
ugly neck.
de rol,
Where man is but jackanapes and woman is a
dolH
I'll take the sturdy plot in which the villain
tries to wreck
The hero's life and in the end Just gets it in
the neck.
-J nuisvjlfe Courier-IournaJ
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Governor Cummins opines that I.afe
Young is good enough authority for
hinleon what Shaw said, and the embar-
RAISING thing is that Shaw is not in a
position to deny the integrity of Young's
report. It must be a verbal and formal
denial Shaw is making, since it is well
known in other speeches which were
fully reported he assaied reciprocity bit
terly. His only idea as regards Germany
was to raise the duties on German i'm
ports above the present schedules and
give Germany the limit while other ma
tions got the benefit of, the Dingley
tariff as it stands
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
Why Three Were Only "Yes" Ballots.
To the Editor of The Journal,

Why Three Were Only "Yes'' Ballots.
To the Editor of The Journal.
Your representative :. at Stockholm
makes a statement in T h e ] urn a l
for last evening, saying that there were
not any mo ballots to be had at the
voting places at the last plebecite in Nor
way; the man voting mo- being obliged
to write his own ballot, and that he was
consequently spotted.
This is mistake, think. AS I under
stand 1t the state does not furnish ballots,
only the envelope to each voter. The
printing of ballots was attended to by
political clubs and societies, and where
there is no organized opposition there will
not as a matter Of course, be found any
printed ballots representing the opposi-
ton.
I hope may some day have the pleas
ure of adding to the catalog of the public
library the name of your brilliant CORE
spondent, Mr. Chamberlain, and his book
impressions from the Land of Leif.'
H. Askelund.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
USEFUL WOODS
BECOMING SCARCE
CoOPERs AND BOxMAKERs BE
GINNING TO LOOK AROUND.
Forest Service Of the Government Max
ing Investigations that Are Likely to
Prove of Practical Value to the Coop
erage Industry-Vehicle Makers In
terested in the Matter.
BY w. w. Jermane.

Washington, Sept. 1.-According to
the twelfth census the annual value of
slaves, hoops and heads made by the
coopers is over $20,00O,O00. 1t is esti-
mated that more than 100000 barrels,
kegs, tubs and similar articles are man
.ufactured daily in the United States.
Until very recent date the woods
chiefly used for cooperage were the
ow-growing hardwoods, such as oak
elm, maple, ash, beech and birch, but
within the last few years cottonwood
poplar, and latterly gum, have been
substituted, owing to the diminishing
supply. -
bring about this condition-frst, the
increase in the cooperage manufacture
which has developed enormously in the
past quarter century; and, second, tho
extremely wasteful methods employed
in cutting, which have left the forests
in deplorable condition.
The forest service in taking up this
question aims to make it's Investigations
OF practical value to the cooperage in
dustry and its operators.
Packing Boxes and Baskets.
The amount of wood annually con
sumed in the United States for pack
ing boxes and baskets cannot be give1
in exact figures, but it is much greater
than is generally realized. The state
of Michigan alone has forty-eight box
making establishments, with an annua
product valued at $2,272,621. Othe,
states have a yet larger output.
| The study made by the forest service
| will include the questions of suppl,
and demand as regards woods nov
used, the introduction Of other woods
etc.
Vehicle Makers Interested.
Manufacturers of vehicles and i'm
plements are finding that the suppl,
| of woods used in their industries is DC
coming more and more difficult to oh
tain. Extensive tests will be made O.
the various woods, to find suitable sut
stitutes. Il
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Henry Hartley of New York decided
"lat life was one long gloom without a
oupon or interest day in it, and so he
eeided to Quit. He went down to the
ock and jumped into the bay, but the
1T water got into his throat and made
m cough This annoyed him so much
Iat he forgot all about his intention to
licide, and yelled like whitehead to
) taken out Of the water. Now Henry
IS a new grievance against New York.
does not even furnish weary citizen
(th up-todate means of suicide.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
RnXcoIT Is IEssENED.

Shanghai, Sept. 1.-The large demand
for goods for Niu Chuang, combined
with the excellent effect of the Imperial
decree received hefe today have greatly
softened the boycott. The emperor In the
decree refers to the long friendship be-
tween China and America, also to Amer
ica's amicable negotiations of new
treaty and advises all Chinese to refrain
from boycotting American goods while the
discussion of the treaty is proceeding.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
The Readers Question Box.

W. r. 1.-THE Booklover of San Fran
cisco was merged into the Boollovers
Magazine Of Philadelphia about June, 1902.
The BookloVers Magazine has since been
taken over by d. Appleton. & Co. of New
York, and bears the name Appleton s
Booklovers Magazine. The number Of is
sues of the Booklover can be. determined
by noting the volume and number of some
issue and counting back to vol. L., No. 1
and forward tosgthe date of the merger
with the Booklover's Magazine. We
should think the issues OF the Booklover
series might some day be of more than
subscription value. owing to the high gem
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
Equitable Money Comes Back.

There is some virtue in big public
bluff after all. Since the Equitable
matter began to be exposed and the
crooked work of the directors was com
mented on freely in the newspapers,
there has been a tendency, to run to
cover. The great men who constitute
the board have shown some little re-
gard for their reputation. They are get
ting together in lawoffces and employ
ing counsel to fix up plausible explana-
tions and carry the swag back to the
Equitable office. The mysterious loan
Of $685.O00 has come back. The De-
pew Improvement company loan, prin-
cipal and interest, amounting to nearly
$500, 900, has come back. Here lis q
clear gain to the Equitable policy hold
ers of million dollars-entirely the
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
MONEY IN CIRCULATION
Monthly Statement Made by the Con-
troller.

Washington, Sept. 1.-The monthly
circulation statement shows that Aug.
81 the total circulation of national
bank notes was $512, ,220, ,36F, an in
crease for the year Of $50, ,594: The
circulation based on United States
bonds amounted to $47s, ,7S6, ,165, an in
The circulation secured by lawful
money aggregated $33,434,262, a de-
crease for the year Of s1,702,271.
The amount of bonds on deposit to
secure circulating notes was 1882, 1885,
900, and to secure public deposits $67,-
O97.3 300,
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

A Kansas newspaper man was invited
by some young ladies to drink lemonade
with them on condition that he would say
something nice about them in his paper.
He drank the lemonade, went back to the
office and wrote about the ladies': "They
are all nice and sweet as they can be-. and
our only wonder is that they have been
allowed to remain single SO long-and
some of them oh, so long, Now he
walks on the other side of the street and
lodges brothers of the young women.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
GERMANS SPYING
ON ENGLISH FORTS
New York Sun Special Service.

Victoria, B. c., Sept. 1.-The great
est surprise has been created here in
military and naval circles over the
actions of Germans from the cruiser
Fake. A few days ago they were dis,
covered inspecting the guns in some OF
Equimalt IS Notifications.
While thus employed sentry sur
prised them and unceremoniously or
dered them to leave.
I The guns at Duntz Head Were SINH
larly visited, and the motive OF the
Germans is seriously questloned. Inc
indipnation.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
GLEE OF BRYAN.
He Watches Republican Reform Efforts
with Pleasure.
Special to The Journal.

Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 1.-The Com
moner says: The tariff revision con-
vention recently held in Chicago was
very significant. It was attended al
most entirely by republicans. The i'm
portance Of the gathering is to be
found in the fact that the delegates are
willing to admit the imperfections of
the Dingley law and recognize the
necessity for reciprocal trade. The
standpatters seem to assume that we
can sell to everyone and buy of no one.
Absurd as this doctrine is it has many
supporters. With Cummins leading a
tariff revision fight, La Toilette leading
an antirailrCad fight and Rosewater
leading fight for popular election of
senators, the next republican national
convention promises to be almost as in
teresting as democratic convention.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
A Brilliant Correspondent.
Hudson (Wis.) Star Times.

The Minneapolis Journal scored a
distinct triumph by sending it's man
aging editor, w. B. Chamberlain, to
Norway and Sweden for the purpose
of getting the exact facts as to the
political situation in those northern
countries. Mr.. Chamberlain has sent
home special cablegrams and letters
THAT place him as a correspondent on
James Creelman and w. E. Curtis. It
is interesting to compare MIR. Cham
berlain's Norway letters with those of
MIR. Curtis written for the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald some years ago, and it is
but just to say that the letters of the
Minneapolis writer are far superior in
accuracy of information and fully as
graphic and interesting.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

The st. Paul Dispatch prints a putative
Christiania letter in which objection is
made to Prince Carl of Sweden as a
candidate for the Norwegian throne, on
the ground that he is childless and that
the lack of an heir would make trouble
at the time of his DEATH On the first
page of the same issue the Dispatch
prints portrait of Prince Carl, with his
two pretty little children
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
Friday Evening,
high enough and with margin

high enough and with a margin of
safety.
The selfshness Of the reciprocity or
maximum and minimum tariff move
ment is that it seeks TO correct some Of
the gross inequalities of our system.
The selfshness of Mr.. McCleary and
those who put him up to such talk is
that having obtained all they can rea-
sonably expect from tariff and more
than they are entitled to, they will not
let go Of one dollar of their advantage.
Speaking of selfshness, Mr.. McCleary
views on the subject while abroad.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

PUBLICATION OFFICE-Minneapolis Minn.'
Journal building 47-49 Fourth street s., >,
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
HOO HOO FOUNDER Welded.

Chicago. Aug. 31.-Bolling Arthur john
son and Mrs. Rose Shumate Bogart were
united in marriage at $3.50 O'Clock iast
evening at S55 Forty-ninth street, Whlcn
will be their home. The wedding was
private. AS founder of the order of Hoo
Hoo Mr.. johnson is well known.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

result Of public execration of the men
who have been doing the dirty work
in the board of trustees.
How many more millions did the
Equitable lose which will never come
backs How many more millions did
it lose which might be recovered in
whole or in part if certain persons
were prosecuted vigorously and hon
estly?
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
NOT MUCH ELSE.

i
Cubley-es. the '.Answers toy Core
spondents'' editor is on his vacation
and m holding down his desk.
DeRiter-Huh! Much you know
about that
Cubley-Why. that jobs cinch in
the summer. All you we got to do 1t to
tell girls how to remove tan and
freckles
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Twenty thousand more fictitious voters
have been discovered in Philadelphia.
One fraudulent vote in five is the record
now. There is talk Of Tammany appoint
ing special committee to visit Philadel-
phia to study the methods in vogue there.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

"All things have become new" at the
Lyceum, which will be opened as an up
to-date vaudeville house next Monday
night. Mayor Jones will make a brief
speech Of welcome. The vaudeville per-
formances are to run every afternoon and
evening. Zutka," the sensational Euro
pean mystery, and seven other merito-
rious acts are in the bill.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Isn't McCleary jibbing to catch Joe Can
non when he declares himself against re-
vision, reciprocity and everything else
that will knock one CLINT off the tariff S
halo? -E.. .us
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

An Oklahoma girl who advertised for a
husband got one at an expense of s11
Within a year he. died leaving her a
$4,000 insurance policy With the capi-
tai in hand she should be able to spread
out her advertising so as to catch sever
husbands next year. .- -. III
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
, HIGH FINANCE.

4 Willie had savings bank;
Twas made Of painted tin.
He passed 1t round among the boys,
Who put their pennies in.
Then Willie wrecked that bank and bought
Sweetmeats and chewing gum,
And to the other envious lads
He never offered some.
s.What shall we do?' his mother said;
TT is sad mischance."
His father said We'll cultivate
His gift for high finance
Washington Star.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

A Milwaukee gambling institution has
relieved a leading citizen of the care and
responsibility for $41, 1000 in cash. But the
leading citizen does not realize what a
favor the poolroom has done him and is
trying to get the filthy stuff back.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
DIDN'T TRACK,

Detroit Free Press
Fluster-Is Blank off in his heada
Buster-Don't know but the last
time saw him he seemed more as if
he was off in his feet.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
so LEvELINe.
Chicago Tribune,

|, -ChlcagO Trlbune.
You swim admirably, Miss High
mus. 1t is a rare accomplishment.
Everybody ought to know how to do
it,
II dom like that idea, Mr.. The
vanion. It would vulgarize it So
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

r The governor says there are opportu-
mites for young men in this state Quite
correct. In some counties there are 80
per cent more young women than young
men. But the governor is married.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

The United States loses $25, 5000, 900 an
nually by forest fires, and yet every
camper thinks he has a license to build
a fire on the ground and kick the Goals
into the woods when he is done with it,
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

The st. Peter Herald and the Martin
County Sentinel have been repudiated by
their owners and are at liberty to say
anything the: please. This is the true
liberty of the press
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Brer Shea home from his triumph in
the convention of teamsters, will be tried
IN Chicago on the conspiracy charges
against him. Shea is apprehensiye that
they will get' him
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
RATTL1NG TIME.

Cleveland Leader.
skinny says he had rattlin' good
time at de newsies' picnic.
S Yep. he. win all de money in de
bunch shootin craps
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Byron Ongley's comedy playlet, Gust
Dorothy as interpreted by Mills Kent
the well-known Legitimate" actor at the
Orpheum this week, Is receiving the ap-
pause of all.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

The Depew Improvement company has
paid its debt principal and interest, to the
Equitable. Let the honorable movement
go forward. Where are Hyde Alexan-
der ct AL with their little contributions? /?
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Engineer Wallace, who quit the Pan
anna $4,000 job, is going to- get, tha,
100000 situation. That is about the diff
ference between a Job and a situation.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Mail orders continue to pour in for the
Ben Hur" engagement at the Metropolitan
next week. That the play still holds a
strong place in the affections of local play
goers was attested by the large advance
sale yesterday.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Dr.. salmon's Skirts were cleared" by
such a narrow margin that he will prob
ably take the hint and wear trousers
hereafter.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
THE MAGAZINES

Ultimate Questions; Posthumous Pa
per by Lafcadio Hearn.-One Of the most
interesting things in the September At
Iantic is Lafcadio Hearn's discussions of
the profound questions that confront
every thoughtful mind He discusses
Herbert Spencer's, last essay" among
other things saying this:
But for me the supreme value of this last
essay Is made by the fact that in its pathetic
sta tement of uncertainties and probabilities one
can discern something very much resembling a
declaration of faith. Tho assured that we have
yet no foundation for any belief in the persist
ence Of consciousness; after the death of the
brain, we are hidden to remember that the ulti-
mate nature of consciousness remains inscrutabe.
Tho we cannot surmise the relation of con-
seriousness to the unseen, reminded that
1t must be considered as a manifestation of
the infinite energy, and that its elements, If
ASSOCIATED by death, will return to the time
less and measureless source of life.
Further he suggests the fear that "ever
today the sudden discovery of truths un-
supported by human experience, the sud
den revelation Of facts opposed to ex.
listing convictions, might evoke some
frantic revival of superstitious ter.
rors-some religious panic fury thai
would strangle science, and replunge the
world in mental darkness for a thousand
years. ..r .,e. s.. Vs.. is
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
JUST WHooPED IT UP,
Birmingham Age-HeraId.

Birmingham Age Herald.
Now that Secretary Taft has watched
the geisha girls dance, there is no longer
any doubt that he had high old time
in Japan.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

If you are not too busy this morning
send T. Lawson c2rtifisd check for
$4,000 to aid him in his latest move on
the '.sys tem'' @
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
: ADJUSTMENTS
Eoyer Chat.

Foyer Chat.
Minneapolis theater-goers will have but
three more opportunities to see Eleanor
Robson In Merely Mary Ann at the
Metropolitan.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
THE REAL, HEROIC GOODS.
BAD STOR TELLER.

Chicago journal.
Bills-Smith doesn It have much luck
at fishing. does hea
Wills-No;Y he shutters.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
ALTITUDINoUs.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"What kind of time did you have ID
the mountains?o
stA A high time, of course
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

L0NDON-Journal on file at American Express
office Waterloo place, and U. s. Express
Office 90 Strand.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Russia pays tribute to Japan. but no,
in kopecks
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

NEW YORK OFFICE. Tribune building.
80 D. A. CARROLL, Manager.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

CHICAGO OFFICE, Tribune building,
W. Y. PERRY. Manager.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

THE ROMANCE OF THE NAVEL
oRANGE.-The story that Frank Lewis
Mason, a native sof +. Wisconsin, and a
civil engineer, tells +, in The Vision of
Elijah BerI. contains some of the facts,
so the. publisher informs us, of the origin
of the navel orange. The "Vision'' is de-
scribed by one of the other characters in
the book thus: + = 5.r.~~,s--,,
=. Oh. he dreamed a dream-was five years at
1t. He dreamed of oranges, big fellows without
seeds; of mountains with too much water and
of deserts. without enough. Then he dreamed
of punching the three together for their mutual
benefit. 49,
In the bringing Of the three together
other people were involved and the invo-
luton makes a story Of more thzn usual
interest, the center Of which is crime
by Berl, the dreamer and realizer Of his
own dreams, and the mental processes by
which he quiets his Puritan conscience
when the temptation assails him.
Mr. Mason in this story has shown him
self an engineer with a very keen liter
ary sense. Not only has he worked out
his story carefully-almost mathemat
ically in places-but he has told it we'll
not forgetting a dash Of hurnor, a sea-
soning altOgether~too often overlooked by
the average compounder of fiction.
Little, Brown & Co., Boston. W.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

I eral quality OF the magazine, tho we know
of no issues that are now rated at pre-
MUM.
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

Webster Scientific Farmer.-webster
was scientific farmer; he believed thor
oily in the value of blooded stock says
Oliver Bronson Capen in Country Life In
America for September. At Marshfield
he had herd Of sixty or eighty head of
cattle composed entirely of thorobred ami
mals-of Attorneys, 1Ayrshires and Dew
ons. He had several yoke of Devon oxen
which were his particular pride. Be
sides, there were blooded sheep and
swine. All In all, Webster was consid-
cred by his neighbors the best farmer Of
the county. He was, moreover. friend
generous and considerate. There used to
be saying down Plymouth way that a
stranger could always tell when Webster
was at home by the cheerful looks Of the
people for ten miles around. ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

DENMARK-Journal file at U. S. Legation.
ST. PAUL OFFICE-420 Endicott building. Tele-
phone N W. Main 230
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01

PARIs-Journal OH file at Eagle bureau, IS Rue
CANNON ~ .
The Minneapolis journal., 1905-09-01
Girls to the Rescue In Atfletlcs.-Cas-
par Whitney in the September Outing

WdydLIIIe says. 81
Miss May Sutton is redeeming athletic Amer
lea abroad. Her triumphant course thru the
woman's lawn tennis English championship tour
nament has shown England the most skilled and
hardest play woman ever exhibited. Com
pare the steadiness and stamina of Miss Sutton
with the instability of Larned, Wright and
Ward on English courts. 1t looks as tho there
is something in the oft-repeated statement that
the young women Of the present generation are
physically superior to the young men Of the
same period.
And SO there is hope for America after ALL