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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

bleak, snowy landscape all the way
from Calais to Paris, After dinner
went to music hall and learned that
Paris could be fairly warm, even in
the dead Of winter. -,
excepting Tab on the Cab.--The tax
small clockwork arrangement. along
side of seat, so that passenger may
sit and watch the indicator and know
how his bill is running up. The in
Dictator is set at IS centimes at the
start. In other words, you owe Is cents
before you get away. Then it clicks.
up 10 confines at time, and when you
reach your destination there is no
chance for an argument regarding the,
total. Ii What they need nAv in Paris.
is mechanism to prevent the driver
from taking you by the roundabout
way. g
"Just for Fun.-Strange epidemic Of
killing in Paris. Two or three murders
every night, not for revenge or in fur
therance Of robbery, but merely to
crafty morbid desire to take life.
Among certain reckless classes Of
toughs, or Hooligans, it is said to be
quite the fashion for ambitious charac-
ters to go out at night and kill few
belated pedestrians merely in spirit
Of bravado and to build up reputa-
tion among their associates. Seems
unfair to the pedestrians, At one of
the theaters where 'revues, a hodge
podge 'take-off' Of many topics of cur
rent interest, was being represented,
the new type Of playful murderer was
represented as waiting at a corner and
shooting up, one after another, some
twenty five citizens who CHANGED to
stray along. This performance was al
most as good as the Buffalo Bill show
and gave as much delight to the audi
ence.
"Tea Habit.--The tea habit, has
Dor r Gro, 4 ~ -, \
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

"Tea Habit-The tea habit, has
struck Paris. At Grand hotel and many
cafes general roundup about 5 in the
afternoon, everyone gulping tea and
eating cakes. Not as demoralizing as
the absinthe habit, but more insidious.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

day in the refrigerator cars and try to
keep warm by crawling under hundreds
of pounds of hand luggage. Anything
with handle to it is hand luggage
Some of the cowhide bags must have
used up two or three cows. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

Rubber Pavement.-The large COW
cred court of the Savoy hotel is paved
with blocks of soft rubber three feet
square. Constant procession Of cabs
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
LONDON.

"By- Warrant.-Every man in Lon
don who sells anything, from collar
button to a chariot-and-four, does so
'by appointment or 'by warrant Poor
man opens shop; business bad. He is
trying to sell shaving soap. One day
royal parsonage floats in and buys a
cake for 3D., whatever that means.
Dealer puts out gold sign to effect that
he is supplying royalty with lather.
Public breaks down showcase getting at
his merchandise. All true democrats
theoretically ignore this secondhand
worship of royalty, but, just the same,
take notice that the shops with tho
rared-up unicorns in front and the tes-
timonials from their royal majesties are
the ones that catch the humble Ameri-
can tourist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

:" Chateau d'If:--C Coming out of the
harbor we ran very close to the Cha
teau. d IF, a stern fortress prison top
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

"Opera Hats.-Wandered into hat
store and discovered, to my amazement,
that the proprietor was the inventor Of
the opera, or concertina, hat. Sur
prised; always supposed that at least a
dozen men had worked on it. Estab-
1ishment has documents to prove that
the first folding hat had been manufac-
tured on the very spot where I stood.
Proprietor has not yet been knighted-
probably an OVERSIGHT q
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07
Yearly Picture Taking.

Some families make it custom to
visit the photographers yearly, all 60
Ing together to sit for portraits singly
or in groups. 1t is good custom, but
has to be strictly observed or it may
begin to be honored in the breach. One
family permits no postponement of the
yearly trip to the photo gallery. A day
Is set, and every one must go. There
are no penalties for nonattendance at
this family reunion before the camera,
because there are no infringements of
the rule. The custom began. with this
family many years ago, when the first
baby came to 1t. Today it has COM
plete Photographic record of family
life for almost generation. Some Of
the children are married and are now
photographed with their own children.
while death has made vacancies In the
later groups.-New York Press.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07

-Four bids were received and opened at
Washington for the supply of Chinese
labor for the Panama canal, the wage
figures ranging from nine to thirteen
cents (gold) per hour. For ten-hour
day this would mean from 90 cents to
ST. 80 per day. 1t is understood that this
is the rate at which the labor will be sup
piled by the contractors, and not the
amount which will be paid to the laborers
The United States will pay from nine to
thirteen cents az honr to the labor agent
for each of the coolies which he furnishes
TIE laborer will receive what is left after
the labor agent deducts his commission,
which will probably be rs per cent, The
laborers will receive from six to nine
cents an hour.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07
The Presidents Message.

The Presidents annual message to
Congress was read before that body on
Tuesday. The message fills twenty col
umns of the average newspaper and uses
the new form of spelling recommended
by the Simpli6ed Spelling Board. 1t
covers wide range of public questions,
some much discussed, others not SO much
considered by the public, and while 1t
will meet with hearty approval by most
of the Presidents supporters it will no
doubt be just as severely criticized by
others not in accord with his views.
Opening with an allusion to our nation
al prosperity, characteristic of the Chief
Executive is reflected in the closing des.
ertation on the Importance of the prepare
ton for war, a reflection of the big stick
policy also being seen in the recommen-
dation for an increase in the fighting
strength of our navy.
The enactment of law prohibiting cam
paign contributions by the great corpora
tions of the country is a recommendation
which will find universal favor. Consid
cradle discussion is also devoted to the
control of the great corporations, which
have become public menace. Federal
supervision is urged, the bills passed at
the last session being highly commended
but further legislation insisted upon.
Government ownership does not find
favor with the President, as he says con-
troll and regulation by the Government is
the best way to avert the very undesirable
move for the governmental ownership Of
railroads.
The limiting of working hours of rail-
road employees to eight hours is favored,
and the employment of children in fac
tories denounced as crime.
Lower tariff or else absolute free trade
with the Philippines is desired, and the
admittance of Porto Ricans to citizenship
favored. The Japanese question, which
has been much before the people of late,
with war and other talk, is given a great
deal of space in the message, and the
laps come in for unstinted praise, the
demand being made that these people be
put on the same footing with other for.
eigners and given the right of naturaliza-
ton as American citizens.
In order to reduce swollen fortunes a
graduated tax on inheritances is recon-
mended, and graduated income tax.
While the President praises the present
Congress as having done more good work
than that of any other in our time he re-
minds them more is needed and crowds
enough recommendations in his message
to keep them busy for months to come.
Many other of the salient points might
be mentioned but elsewhere in this issue
the message will be found in condensed
form and the substance of it CLEANED by
our readers without the reading of it in
its entirety, requiring possibly more time
than the majority of people would
devote to it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07
A Texas Wonder.

There's Hill at Bowie, Tex,
that's twice as big as last year.
This wonder is w. l.. Hill, who
from weight of 80 pounds has
grown to over $50. He says Il
suffered with terrible cough, and
doctors gave me up to die of Con-
sumption. I was reduced to 80
pounds, when began taking DR..
Kings New Discovery for Con
sumption, Coughs and Colds. Now
after taking II bottles, | have more
than doubled in weight and am
completely cured" Only sure
Cough and Cold cure. Guaran-
teed by Eli T. Reynolds, Druggist.
soc and 81 90. Trial bottle free.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07

The President is back from the Panama
Canal and is literally in the saddle, just
as much so when he sits at the Council
table surrounded by his Cabinet as when
he rides in the Park. AS have said
political wise acres predict dull and for
NAL session with no legislation to speak
of outside the appropriation bills. Con-
gress doubtless expects TO do nothing
much beyond this indispensable legisla-
ton but there is parsonage in the White
House, when he is not everywhere else,
who has little reverence for precedent ard
not the slightest fear of innovation 1t
would be just like him to ask Congress TO
do several other things and recently Con-
gress has gotten in the way of doing what
he asks, not altogether because he asks it
but because it is known that an unpre.
cedented majorita of the people are at his
virile back and elbow. Therefore it is
possible that since he has recently again
and again reasserted that he will not have
third term he may try to make Con.
gress work eight hours day or over
time during his present term ard enact
that legislation with regard to Santo Do
miuRo. the Philippines, the inheritance
tax. the Panama Canal, and an elastic
currency, for which he has stood.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07

Highest ObservatOry In the World.
The highest scientific station in the
world belongs to Harvard. 1t stands
on the summit of Mount Misti, an ex-
tinct volcano near Arequipa, in south
ern Peru. The altitude of this station
Is 1890 feet. No one lives at the
station. No one could live there. The
air is too rare and too cold. The bar
ometer on the top of Misti often stands
at fourteen inches. The thermometer
often falls to 25 degrees below zero.
Once month an observer climbs up
to the station to take the readings of
the instruments. He is two days
climbing up and two days climbing
down
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07
New Cure For Epilepsy.

j. B. Waterman, of Watertown,
O., Rural free delivery, writes:
My daughter, afflicted for years
with epilepsy, was cured by DR..
Kings New Life Pills. She has
not had an attack for over two
years" Best body cleansers and
life giving tonic pills on earth. 25c
at Eli T. Reynolds drug store.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07
One Valuable Asset.

whats the matter with the man In
the second story of this house? The
loctor's been coming here regularly fol
the past three monthsp'
ooh, he's the doctors best patient
He doesn't get well and he doesn't
diew-Philadelphia Inquirer.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07

An aged Scotch minister, about to
marry for the fourth time, was ex-
planning his reason to an elder. You
see, am an old man now, and I Gamma
expect to be here vera lang. When
the end comes wad like to have some
one to close my eyes," The elder nod
ded and said, "Awell, meenister, l
have had twa wives, and bath of them
opened mine London News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07

The Government Printing Office, that
mammoth asylum for pampered political
printers, has been in state of turmoil all
summer. Few people in the United
States know how huge and corrupt this
excresence had grown TO be. lifts nearly
three thousand employees were polled and
required to say what they thought the
object of the Government Printing Office
was an overwhelming majority of them
would answer ito furnish salaries and
places to the favored and elect of the
printing profession, namely themselves.
1t has been so long run as kind of
eelymosynary institution that when Pres.
ident Roosevelt appointed a real business.
like, practical printer as its manager the
effect was like an explosive or a ferment
and the Office has been i'll seethine con.
dition ever since. Printers from the
outside and from the inside have used
every variety OF persuasion and threat
with the new Public Printer. The papers
of Washington have taken the part of the
great mass ofspoiled and unruly employees
because it is the popolar side and because
the papers depend in great part upon
these people, their cousins, sisters and
aunts for patronage, but, although the
new man, Public Printer Stillings, has
been IN charge only ten months and
working under great disadvantage il is
known that he has saved hundreds of
thousands of dollars, and how he has
done it will soon appear in report now
ready for Congress.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1906-12-07
WASHINGTON LETTER.

The last session of the Fifty Ninth Con.
gress will have convened by the time this
letter is in print and in spite of the pre-
dictions that it will do nothing but pass
the appropriation bills there is strong
probability that the session will be one of
interest and will perhaps be continue
ton of the strenuous legislation Of the
first session. The Ship Subsidy bill which
has been up in several recent Congresses
only to be consigned to the grave of a
Committee, has fair chance of being
passed. There is strong public senti-
ment even in the interior states and far
removed from either the Pacific, Allan
tic or Gulf littorals in favor of restoring
sea supremacy to the United States. The
reason behind this sentiment is not
merely the promotion of American trade
but desire to enure American seamen in
order that we may have in time of war
that indispensable source for recruits TO
our war vessels which has always given
England her supremacy on water aud has
recently enabled Japan to win the most
brilliant naval victories since the DAYS of
Nelson. Secretaries Root and Shaw did
not give prominence to this phase of the
question in their recent speeches. Their
plea was for wider commerce on Amer.
lean bottoms, but the menace of war
cloud already bigger than mans hand
in the East is sufficient to make it prudent
to man our ships. and to have a reserve
such as can only be maintained in modern
times through an extensive subsidized
merchant marine.
Xxx
The Post Office Department of the
United States under the management of
the present Postmaster General Cortelyou
is probably better conducted than it has
ever been in recent times. More irregu-
larities within the Department have been
exposed and more frauds using the mails
as an auxiliary have been exposed than
in any recent or perhaps than in any pre-
vious administration. Nevertheless the
Post Office Department of the United
States, like every other Department of the
Government, is loaded down with useless
live as we'll as useless dead material, the
establishment costs much more than is
necessary and people of the United States
who use the Post Office to greater ex-
tent per capita than any other people in
the world have to pay twice as much for
the service as they ought to be required
to pay. Mr.. Boyce, the great publisher
of Chicago, has emphasized these undis-
puted facts by proposing to take over the
entire postal service of the United States
aud conduct it for one-half the amount
that it is now costing the people, thus
saving the country probably from fifty to
seventy millions year. But this is not
the only advantage that he and the pow.
erful syndicate back of him hold out. He
proposes to reduce postage for letters to
one cent and to reduce the other three
classes of postage for mail matter in an
equal ratio. There is not the least doubt
that it can be done and with profit to the
contractors, and there is Just as little
doubt that every other depart ment of the
Government except perhaps the military
and naval departments could under priv
ate management be made more efficient
and much less expensive.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-22
The Pure Food Roll Of Honor

Good Housekeeping, well
known household rational magazine
voluntarily made thorough exanina-
tion aud test Of None-Such Mince
Meat, and placed it without reserva-
tion upon its roll of honor
In the March number of Good
Housekeeping, in the department of
"Pure Food Assurance, we find:
"None-Such Mince Meat, Merrill
Soule Co., Syracuse, a semi-moist
condensed compound of beef, apples,
spices, sugar, raisins, currants, boiled
cider, and salt, without other preserv-
atives or aqulterants, no artificial
coloring, pfoduced under conditions
as near to shnitary perfection as pos
sible.n
This guarantee, which could not be
bought at any price, ought to satisfy
the most particular housewife. The
sale of one,million packages month
seems to prove the statement to be
true. Your grocer sells None-Such.
Try it, and satisfy yourself. You are
the one.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-22
DIED VERY SUDDENLY
Frank Brown, an Ice Cutter, Dies
Suddenly at Knickerbocker
Boarding House
DEATH DUE TO HEART DISEASE

Frank Brown, aged thirty years,
and supposed to be resident of Chi
cago, died very suddenly at the
Knickerbocker Ice company's board
ing house in the town Of Randall on
Thursday. It is thought that the man
died from heart disease but an inves-
tigation is being made.
Brown had come out from Chicago
on Monday to accept a position on the
ice and he appeared to be weak. In
fact the work seemed to be too heavy
for him and he fell as in faint during
his first days work. On Tuesday and
Wednesday, however, he had shown
no signs of weakness and had man
aged to keep at work with the rest of
the men.
Yesterday morning when the fore
man of the gang went to the boarding
house to call the men he found Brown
suffering intense pain. He was breath
ing heavily and seemed to be id a
state Of collapse. The men in the
house were hurried1y called to the
room and Brown was propped up on
pillows. Later he revived and got up
and started to eat his breakfast. When
he sat down to the table the men saw
that he was about to fall over and they
carried him back to bed. Brown was
game to the last and insisted that he
would get up and go to work with the
other men. In few minutes after
he had been carried from the table he
fell back on the pillows and died.
The men at the boarding house
know absolutely nothing in regard to
the man and there was not a scrap of
paper in his pockets which would
solve the mystery of his identity. The
man was we'll dressed and it is evil
dent that he had not been ACCUSTOMED
to hard labor like ice cutting.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-22
AGED WOMAN KILLED
Mrs. Mary Tanner of Zion City,
Crushed by a Train Just North
of Zion City Saturday
WANDERED AWAY FROM HOME

Mrs. Mary Tanner, a well known
resident of Zion City, met death on
the tracks of the Chicago andgNorth-
Western railway company just north
of Zion City on Saturday morning.
The details of the fatal accident have
not been discovered. The crew of
the train which reaches Kenosha at
8:45 discovered the remains laying
along the track. They had been
terribly mangled They were taken
back to Zion City aud the coroner of
Lake county held an inquest over
them III the afternoon.
Mrs. Tanner was 90 years, of age.
She was a RESIDENT of one Of the
Eastern states until year ago, when
she came to Zion City. She worked
at the home Of Hiram Ferry, just
south Of Zion, but two weeks ago she
suffered a partial stroke of paralysis
and since that tirle she had shown
signs Of dementia Friday night she
was missed from her home in Zion and
the officials of Zion we're asked to
search for her, but they found no
trace Of her until the train crew
picked up the remains.
1t is said that the woman had several
times in the past wandered away from
home while laboring under temporary
insanity, and il is thought thar this
was the case this time. While it is
thought that the woman was killed by
the train which reaches Kenosha at
3:55 a. m. the crew Of the train has as
yet made no report of the killing of
the woman.
Efforts are being made to discover
the relatives of Mrs. Tanner and it is
probable that the remains will be held
at the Zion morgue until they are
found. It is thought that Mrs. Tan
ner had quite little money IN Zion,
but the amount of her Investments
has not been made public.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1906-03-22
Special Railway Committee Want
Assurance That the c., K. & M.
Will Fulfil Pledges.
NO AGREEMENT AT MEETING
Informal Discussion of Demands to Be.
Made by the City Fails to Bring
Promises From the Off
Gals of tie Company

The meeting of the promoters of
the Chicago, Kenosha and Milwaukee
Railway company and the special rail-
way committee Of the city council,
which was held at the Office Of Attor-
ney James Cavanagh on Friday after
noon, failed to accomplish results.
Alderman O'Brien, the chairman of
the committee, failed to arrive for the
conference and there was a lukewarm
spirit shown by all parties concerned.
The people who thought that the pro-
moters of the railway company would
jump at any proposition the committee
made had ppointment as the at
torney for the company showed a de-
cided desire to look carefully into
matters before p1edging the company
to meet the demands of the city.
The discussion Of the various plans
on in an informal manner. The mem
bers Of the committee brought UP the
matter of paving Ashland avenue
with brick from curb to curb and Mr..
Grover stated that the company would
take it under consideration. The cost
of this work alone would be many
thousand dollars. The most important
development of the conference was
the demand made by Mayor German
on the promoters of the road that the
company furnish bond to make good
any promises that may be made in
order to get the franchise The bond
would be sufficient to cover not only
the cost of the pavements demanded
by the ordinance but to assure the city
officials that the company will pro-
coed at once to build the line if the
franchise is given.
Attorney Grover stated that there
would be no doubt in regard to the
bond and that the company would be
ready to furnish any reasonable bond
required by the city. The amount of
this bond 'has not been fixed but it
will probably be something close to a
hundred thousand dollars.
Of course it would be necessary for
the company to file the bond with the
acceptance of the franchise, and it
would have to remain operative until
such time as all of the contracts with
the city have been carried out.
It will be remembered that the bond
demanded from the Keposha Electric
Railway company caused no end of
trouble for B. ]. Arnold and his asso-
ciates, and it is possible that this bond
will be trouble maker for the offici-
ais of the Chicago, Kenosha and
Milwaukee company.