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The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
iers before he made a trial of

ON THE BILLS oF THE SAINTS. the invention except upon his own nose. where il worked to his intense satsfac- uon, and nearly pinched his boak ou at the same time.
 Concei1ing the idea that tEe ordinary springs were too modest in asserting themselves, he substituted springs so strong that il took pronounced pressure upon the opposite ends of the holder to open them for the reception of the wait ing proboseis.
 For several days before the conlple- tion of the invention, the clerk had had his mental vision fixed on the subjects for wholesale experiment.. These were several of the most prominent followers of Elder Blowhorn and the doctrines by him taught at the camp just out Of town.
 By some means. the clerk had learned that, owing 10 the limited number of sleeping-tents. and the unexpected ar rival of large delegation of believers from other localities, number of the brethren were obliged to pass the night on cots in the large audience tent in which services were held in the day time. II was upon the noses of this col lection of saints the clerk resolved to experiment
 Not that they lacked in health or mus cularity. for most of them looked as if they had decided hanEering after the fiesh-pots of Egypt: but because he wanted to ascertain the different effects upon different individuals and noses. so that the tension of the springs might be increased or diminished 10 suit all requirements.
 l ssveral different days had been set
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
BY MARGAHEr E sAxGsTER

Copyright. lee5. by Joseph E. Bowles)
 Plenty Of people never buy books. They would think it extravagant to do so. They buy moving machines and patent reapers. steam yachts and au- tomobiles, and their wives spend money for rugs and divans and new paper and paint. Yer satins and laces. gloves, fans and all the pomps and vanities, but for books.
 They depend on accident. School premiums. and holiday presents. have fitted out many a home library. Tn a country house, rich in adornment. standing in the midst of gardens and parks, have seen a meager stock of books, all belonging to the fiotsam and jetsam of yesterday; not t0 an immortal yesterday, either. but the ephemeral and the useless, to the books that ought to be sent to the rubbish-heap
 Where do you get your reading matter?' l asked the housemistress. wondering much at the strange and miscellaneous character of the ac cumulations.
 "Oh. John buys novel now and then on the railway. and visitors often leave books they are done with We don't invest in books. They are heavy things if one moves. and hard to pack. and nobody ever reads q book the second time. You cant turn books into cash, as you can diamonds and horses
 There spoke the spirit of the toiler who had grown to wealth from poyer- ty and to whom culture was unknown You couldn't turn books into cash and you wouldn't read them second time. The ideal of utility did not make a library a desira ble asset.
 But one does read books the second time. and the third. and the fourth. fl one is booll-lovCr. If one sets the right valuation on books. one would rather have them in the house than any other plen.shing. Mahogany tables and chairs are very well if you can afford them, and fine china is very dear to the housekeeper' $ heart, but q pine board and bench will answer for necessities. if the family prefer literature 10 other lux uries.
 In the simplest of homes. where the yearly income 10 bring up a halfdozen boys and girls fell under a thousand dollars. there was plain fare on plain table; there were bare floors, and in sumner the children ran bara- footed. but there was an abundance of material to read. New books were added every quarter to the volumes already on the shelves, and those vol umes included history, poetry. bioera phy and essays; travel, too. and scien- titic research. From that home tie sons and daughters have gone to take high places ill the world; ore a pro- lessor. another an editor, another a lawyer. another a surgeon. Their trend for life was given in the sweet humanilies of their nome. and though poor, they were s nty bred
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Invitation from Hoilie'

This is cordial invitatl7n .a ,bs he nome folks" in Geofgia '0 absent one in Texas: ,a, YOU
 Dear William: This is to let. ls. 't <, know what you are invited ,11a.rnas nul. spend Thanksgiyin' an ohl.ss D'a five We are nightly in debt an nav " YOU or we six r mortgages to pay of. an yo, soa are invited to come, an bring au yon 3 can with you. and we'll glVe Con. couple of good dinners. -A''a" stitution.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Lots of Lese Maiestv-

One hundred and twenty-five para graphs of the German statute book re- late to the crime of lese majesty. that is. of making aspersions upon males ty, and 900 volumes have been published on the topic. Last year there were !. .956 convictions fer this ofease, aggregatins 4,09S years in prison.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Flogged with Rnhher

In some of the mines of South Africa where il is necessary to fog the miners strips of rubber have been substituted Tor the scourge, as the rubber. while causing very sharp pain, does uot cut the flesh like leather thongs.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Not in HiSI.ipa

You ought to take this horse,' said the dealer; he is bargain"
 Well, then. don't want him" said the customer. T want something m drive, and never could drive Q bay. gain, ,-Stray Stories.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Read the Newspaper.

Unless you are willing to become hopelessiy back number. to know nothing whatever about the current of events. to be rusty and dull-witted in stead of keen-edged and clever. you will not neglect the newspaper.
 It has become a potential force ih our modern civilization. Wireless
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
WHAT BOOKS ID READ
DO NOT DEPEND UPON ACCIDENT
 TO GET THEM.

The Luxury of a Library--Read Your Favorite Books Many TiInes-The Bible as d Literary Work-The Book Lover Per Sc Cares Little for Bindings-If You Wish to Be keen-Edged, Read the Newspapers Newspapers Give Us Things tc Talk About-They Make Our Boys and Girls Politically Intelligent.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
A Question.

Bacon-This paper says the Baltic sea has moro wrecks than any other place in the world
 Egbert-How about Wall street?- Yonkers Statesman.
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Deduction.
stitution.

Lit'ry Lannigan (readips, ,.,,s mar. Downgrade Gleason-uee. ee.,,a,itIsa ha' had one O dsEl dual Pe'' Puck
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15
Women -Jcurnali ts.

In Paris some patient person hasbeca collecting statistics about women jour nal;sts. There are 6o0 of these. he de-
The Forrest City times., 1905-12-15

and We had a great reunion She was I fine-looking matron and hdd a daugh- ter just the age of mine
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
Hennepin Boulevard.

A correspondent of one of the news
papers complains Of the condition of the
Hennepin avenue boulevard. The COR
respondent is wrong. The Hennepin
avenue boulevard is not condition,
it IS a theory. Never since the park
commission began to pour broken stone
upon this avenue has there been a road
It has, been. either dust or mud; mud
or dust. The road was never planned
for it, no provision was ever made for
drainage. It has no slope except from
the two sides toward the center. Fig
ures are not at hand to show how much
has been spent in covering Hennepin
five years, but it must be consider
able sum, and when the expenses Of
rolling are added, the whole must bear
an appreciable relation to the cost of
real paving. And yet there is no road.
Hennepin avenue is the only way Of
reaching the lakes. It is a big street,
with a double line Of car tracks and
sufficient room on each side for fine
roadway ~. It has been most ineffciently
managed by the park board, which has
for several years been trying to get rid
of the street by the process Of turning
it back to the council; but the council
has always done the Alphonse act, and
SO Hennepin avenue has remained in
the family of the park board and been
treated like the poor relation.
Conditions are no worse this veal
than they have been every year, but
the public is little more dependent
on Hennepin avenue since the council
ob1igingly gave Lake street to the cal
company. For both teaming and driv
ing Hennepin avenue is essential, ant
for both it should be put in proper con
| dition.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
A MISSION EXCURSION
Peoples Mission Outing for the Needy
Takes Place Monday.

Great preparations are being made
for the annual excursion of the People g
mission, which will be held Monday.
There vii! be days trip down the
Mississippi river from Minnehaha Falls
Tor the mothers and children in the
morning and in the evening the work
lngwomen will haye an outing.
Thru the assistance of the Associated
Charities Rev. G. III. Sweat has se-
cured the names of worthy people in
all parts of the city. Under his direc-
tion every district has been eanvassed,
SO that it is thought every needy child
has been reached. About 5000 free
tickets will be distributed for the two
excursions.
This outing work has been carried
on by the Peoples mission for the past
five years and the Journal Newsboys'
band has always accompanied the ex-
cursions. Religious services are held
on the boat by the ministers of the
different churches. Not a single acct
dent has ever occurred to mar the pleas
ure of the outings. The work is pc
culiar to the mission and is in no way
connected with the Outing association.
Its purpose is to reach every one in
the city who can take time for only
a days outing during the summer. The
mission is Incorporated, and for the past
ten years has held meetings in the low
est district of the city. The workers
have been ably assisted in their plans
by the business men. The superintend-
emit of the mission is the only one who
is authorized to collect funds for its
support.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
DEFENDS PLAN OF
CHARITY. WORKERS
e. D. sOLENBERGER ON THE PAT
TON THEORY.
He Says That if President Patton Had
Ever Lived Outside Of the Princeton
Theological School He Would Not
Have Made So Many Wild State
ments to Students.

I don't think very much of referring
people to organized charity, anyway. It's
habit that a man can get easily into,
and it is habit that is sure to dwarf his
heart.-Former President F. L. Patton of
Princeton University.
HIf President Patton had ever lived
outside Of the Princeton Theological
wild statements as he did to the stu
dents yesterday" siad E. D. Solen-
Charities today. NECESSARILY there
are many things in the sermon that
were true, or that would sound true,
when man with his voice and person
atty sounded them. ..@
"The former president says that he
does not believe in organized charities.
I, wonder if he believes in organization
at all. If he would look around 1
world IS work is now carried on thru
organization. He says that he would
rather give money to six unworthy ia
kris in order that the seventh worthy
one might be helped. I suppose that
he would also prefer to give medicine
to everyone in order that the sick
might be reached or, if he wished to
hit a mark, would use an old blunder-
buss that would hit once out Of seven
ClIlcS 1uSbcdu VI tdhlHS Gue lOuoTu gun
that hits the first time. Does he real
ize that perhaps what the beggar needs
is not money but help? A short time
ago we found beggar with both arms
and both legs gone, What could, he
do but beg9 We found that heeeouId
whistle and we sent him to musical
school. He now supports himself and
a mother and sister by whistling on the
stage. Why not investigate all the
cases and see that the unworthy are
not allowed to graft. Today the AS
from the Detroit Chamber of Commerce
asking about our organization and
saying that they were being over-run
with fakirs.
president Patton also attacks the
rich, saying that they use the Associ.
ated Charities as a dodge to keen
the poor from mobbing them, and to
escape responsibility. He believes in
individual charity. Does he know
that the charity organizations do a
great deal Of their work thru the
is made to bring people that are able
to help into rational contact with the
poor:
Human nature is the same in the
howell or in the rich man 8 house.
do not believe that the millionaire is E
| monster or that the millionaire class is
any more wicked or immoral than any
other class. Nevertheless, if they are
ten times as benevolent, how could
| they reach the poor thru haphazart
methods. It is the following up OF
cases that brings ultimate relief T(
give beggar 25 cents or $25 will MOI
solve his problems or arrange condi
in school, -. - ',
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
MIR. Bowen Dismissed.

The president has parted with Mr..
Bowen in manner that leaves no doubt
in the public mind that Mr.. Bowen had
outlived his usefulness in the diplo-
matte service. Whether he has done as
well in retaining LOOMS does not ap-
pear on the surface.
AS to Bowen, there can be no ques-
tion that a subordinate in the foreign
service who takes vindictive interest
in raking up scandals about his supe-
riors, and who goes so far outside Of
the province Of a foreign representative
as to procure the publication of un-
proved allegations, has neither the tenn
per nor the dignity to serve his coun-
try as a minister.
The president we'll says, even were
Loomis guilty, Mr.. Bowen had rendered
his retention impossible.
But was LOOMS guilty9 Apparently,
in the view Of Secretary Taft, who
made the investigation, his skirts were
not altogether clear. It became neces-
sary to admonish him for 'indiscre-
tion'' and to notify all ministers of
this country that they must not make
personal investments in the country to
which they are credited. Evidently Mr..
Loomis does not get better than a
Scotch verdict. ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
GraftIna and Socialism.

To the Editor Of The Journal
wish to express my appreciation of
the few words in yesterdays j ourn a
showing the difficulty of securing COM
petent and honest attorneys for the pub
lie service in Philadelphia and other
cities. -
Mr. Steffens in late study of condi-
lions in Philadelphia has shown that the
grating has not been confined to corpo-
rations and their political tools, but that
the good and respectable and wealthy cit
liens of that town have been benefiting
themselves at the expense of the public
for long period Even the heads of great
educational and philanthropic institutions
cannot be depended upon to give the
weight of their influence to reform move
ments because they are under obligations
to the grafters. We hear a great deal
about the lower classes and the riff-raff
of the population as sources Of danger,
but every Intelligent man knows that the
only really dangerous classes in this
country are the highly respectable graft
ers who milk the general public thru
franchises or some other form of special
privilege, together with their more or
less respectable hangers-on and tools.
3 In this connection permit me to call
your attention to some other editorial
lines in yesterdays ournal, which
say: "If municipal ownership ever pro-
ceeded far enough to become a national
policy it would quickly eventuate in state
socialism, Such a statement seems to
me to have no warrant in history or In
current events. Does he j o u r
believe that even a respectable minority
Of the thousands of voters Of both great
parties who lately declared for public
ownership of street railways in Chicago,
could be induced to vote for state social
ism? The fact is that the people of this
country are getting their eyes open to
the fact that there is very clear-cut dis
tinction between public business and pri-
vate business, and they will not much
longer be imposed upon by the pretense
that apublic management of public bust
| ness for the benefit of the public, is So
cialism.
Unfortunately we are less intelligent on
this subject than Europeans. Last week s
Public Opinion quotes "Raymond's" let
ter from Vienna in the Chicago Tribune
as follows: what impresses me SO much
| in Europe in studying municipalization
| here is that nobody, even among the So
cialists themselves, seems to think that
public ownership and operation, either or
| both, can be classed as socialistic
| If London, Brussels and Vienna, repre-
| senting three distinct conservative civil
| izations all consistently monarchical. can
and do accept municipal ownership as
! natural, America might as well dismiss
| the fear of socialism once for all AND
deal with the subject as it should be dealt
1 with, from the economic and politica
side alone. Edward >. Brown.
Minneapolis, June s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
nv SWEETHEART OF LONG AGO

AZ sit in the cleaning and dream Of the day
When I wandered with you ii the wildwood,
A dear, sweet remembrance I'v hidden from
view,
Secure in the corner Of childhood;
memory dear,
voice that hear
Comes back to me softly and low,
remember your face,
Your form can trace,
My sweetheart Of long ago.
I remember the day when you made me d crown
OF the ferns we had found in the Wildwood;
You called me king, you were the queen
And we ruled Ger the kingdom Of childhood;
memory dear,
word that I hear,
The ''yes' that you whispered 80 low,
Sweet memory Of thee,
How dear It's to me,
Ny sweetheart of long ago.
Rutherford B. Pixley.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
ON GROUND FLOOR
Twin City Rapid Transit Bonds to Be
Offered to Stockholders.

Rapid Transit stock will be given a
ground floor opportunity to get in on the
recently authorized $5,000,000 bond is
sue at par. The new issue was author
lied by the directors, at New York
meeting short time ago, and will be
used for the extensions which the COM
pany is making.
: Ran has interfered with these extern
sions and it is doubtful if the Smelling
line can be opened until about the mid
being rushed and construction supply
cars will soon be running across Min,
nehaha creek at Edna. Material for
the bridge at that point is already on
the ground and can be placed in short
time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
One-Minute Argument No. 7.

The railroad press bureau, depart
ment Of the northwest, under the direc-
ton Of Curtis L. Moshier, has just
sent out %tsOne- Minute Argument No.
~ addressed "To the Editor At
the beginning Of this argument the
writer wants to know how the editor
would feel if the newspaper business
was about to be 'scrippled by foolish
and drastic legislation or IL new
laws promised to hamper the editor so
that he could no longer exercise legiti-
mate freedom in the conduct Of his
business. We must ask to be ex-
cused if we cannot see any possible ba-
sis for such comparison. The news
paper business is private business.
The railroad business is public bust
ness, and it seems that 1t is still neces-
sary to hammer somewhat upon that
point before people who write for rail
roads see it. But no hammering now.
There are other points in this car
gument No. =" Of more particular In
terest One is the assumption that
the Esch- Townsend bill is the measure,
and the only one supported by advo-
Gates Of government regulation. The
Esch- Townsend bill Is mere incident.
Probably most friends Of government
regulation will agree that It is crude
and does not fit the crime, SO 1t is not
necessary to debate the merits Of that
measure. The principle Of government
regulation Of railroads will not de.
pend upon its adoption or its defeat.
Argument No. ~ also disavows
any hostility to the president and IN
dorses comfortingly the presidents de-
mand for a square deal How for
tunate it is that everybody wants
a square deal. = That g what the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
Killing the Goose.

Henry B. Hyde organized the Equit-
able Life Assurance society in 1859. He
made it go and before he died had built
it up to colossal proportions. Leaving
the stock Of the company to his son,
he formed trust to care for it and for
the boy. j. w. Alexander, who had
been valuable auxiliary Of Mr.. Hyde
was made trustee. When he came OF
age the younger Hyde was taken into
the business and given comfortable
salary. He shortly afterwards was
made vice president and from time to
time had his compensation increased
until in 1908 he was drawing 100000
year. Alexander was also drawing
100000 annually. Besides, Hyde was
buying bonds and reselling them to the
Equitable at profit and letting Alex
ander in on all the deals.
Things were coming fine for them.
But in an evil moment Alexander list
ened to bad advice. It may have been
Tarbell; it may have been somebody
else who talked with Alexander; but
whoever it was, Alexander fell in with:
the plan to GUST Hyde. His stock could
not be taken away from him and as the
trust was about to expire by limitation,
he would soon be the uncontrolled mas
ter Of the society. In this event Alex
ander might be hurled from his throne.
To circumvent this even as possibility
Alexander proposed the naturalization
Of the company. He planned to throw
the election of the directors to the
policy holders, we'll knowing that he
and Tarbell could control enough poll
cies to make the selection Of their own
directors certain. They, Alexander and
Tarbell, confidently counted upon Hyde
giving in. In fact Tarbell believed
that he would ! lay down without a
STRUGGLED But they counted without
their host. Hyde might have given in
but there was another person to be con-
sidered, and that person was Hyde s
mother. the widow Of the founder.
When she was told Of the scheme she
explained its bearings to her son and
put such a fighting spirit in him that
he has been going ever since.
The battle put up by Hyde has caused
the whole house of cards to fall. Alex
ander. Hyde, Tarbell, Mcintyre and
Wilson are all out of the Equitable and
have sacrificed $345,00o of income
among them. It has been a remarkable
case Of killing the goose. If Alexander
had it to do again he would talk it
over with Mrs. Hyde first. \
|
Governor Herrick intimates that the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
friends Of government regulation de-

sire, Joos
But when 8 Argument No. Z = calls
attention to the fact that 90 per cent
of all the cases taken up by the inter
state commerce commission have been
adjusted without formal hearing it
seems to us that we have the best evil
denee that the Interstate commerce
commission is likely to have small oc-
casion to make rates. Indeed, it seems
as if the experience Of the Interstate
commerce commission in this respect
would be very similar to that Of our
state commission. The latter has the
power to make rates, but almost never
has occasion to do so because
we are very much mistaken-it has the
power. Our expectation is that the same
considerations which make it unneces-
sary for our state commission to make
rates will have like effect in the case
Of the interstate commerce commission
when clothed with the same power.
AS to the injustice Of putting new
rate made by tho commission into eff
feet without judicial hearing, which new
rate is afterward declared unfair, If
that Injustice is to be avoided by hav-
ing hearing first---to which most adj
vocates of government regulation will
make no objection provided the hearing
is prompt what about the injustice to
the shipper coming from postponement
Of the operation Of The new rate when it
is sustained by the courts9 There ought
at least to be a provision for refunding
to the shipper tho difference collected
during the interval when the new rate
was named by the commission and the
time when it was confirmed by the
court. This might be taken up in One
Minute Argument No. 81
Lawsons amalgamated story has
reached the MY Cod stage, 'and the
villain still pursues her"