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The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
Stoicisrn and Christianity.

l is favorite idea Of some writers to find the
origin of Christianity somewhere else than in the
thought Of the author of the system The most paus-
ibe resemblance is Of the most usabe and this
oftenest crops out In comparison Of the modes of
expression Of Christianity and Stoicism. KS.
Sto1c1sm represents the highest point the Romans
reached in their search after the infinite. A CON
tributor to the National Review, Mr.. A. sonnenschien
has recently brought forward the comparison in q
discussion Of Latin intellectual force. sStoi
c,sm !, ne says "appealed strongly to the Roman
characterto its dignity, to it's pety, it's commercial
integrity" The department. of Latin literature which
MI Sonnenschein thinks has been wrongly named
satire was precisely the sphere in which the stoica
qualities had sphere for play. "Virgil was Pla-
tonic stole; Varro half stoic Cicero good deal
more than half Under the empire stoicism was pro-
fessed In Seneca, in Persus and Epictetus whose
aphorisms probably breathe the spirit Of the stole
philosophy better than any other record. Stoicism
we apt to confuse with fatalism Indeed the
word now has a meaning in wise connected with
moral qualities The murderer upon the scaffold can
be stole as understand it easy the sage
whose conscience is void Of ofense. This leads Mr.
Sonnenschen to remark that school of philosophy
has been as hardly judged stoicism The three
he takes to be the passage from the city the
empire state the abolition Of slavery and the creation
of the church as distinct from the state. And all
three Of these he claims anticipated in principle
by the stocs. The similarity Of phraseology between
st. Paul and Seneca is 50 marked that it led
zealot to manufacture correspondence between them
to account for it. 81 7t 3 gf E53 stS
} The argument for stoicism is mainly that it ex-
listed the highest of ancient theology that it
at it's height when Christianity launched and
that there certain basic ideas to the two
There is hardly any pretense however that as sys
tenn of religion rules Of conduct Stocism has a.
standing with Christianity.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
GOVERNMENT COULD NOT BE SOAKED"

Controller Tracewell of the treasury has the last
say on all accounts and he scrutinizes expenditures
with magnifying glass. His eagle eve overlooks
nothing. The other day express company sent
in bill for 70 cents for carrying box for the
department, but added charge of one dime ''for
securing the signature of the consignee." Mr. Trace
well pounced upon this 10cent demand and refused to
pay. The company showed him that its rules COM
PEELED agents to make this charge but the controller
blandly replied that the is bound by
any such regulation and unless congress shall make
appropriation the company must get along without
the dime.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
Why Write It Down?

NTR. FRANK H. VIzITELLY, associate editor
Il of the Standard Dictionary, has recently made
an exposure of slang in which he attempts to show
how far the language has degenerated by the mixture
nelegances, slang and vulgarsms are like weeds in
the garden of prose. Mr.. Vizitelly with faith
funess which appears to have contained element
of love of the job, has explained illustrated and
remarked number Of slang expressions which
passing and some which have passed. For example,
the word "plunk'' descriptive of silver dollar is
very seldom heard nowadays. 1t takes effort Of
and the thing clearly before the mind. "Pipe off,
a vugarism for take in at glance is another
which this learned editor must have brought to the
surface again for the pleasure Of making record of
his knowledge. He painfully sets down ''bute, -
a name for a beautiful attractive woman, and
peach another characterization Of the divine
creature. ''Dippy' he informs us is extreme vul
garism for mentally unbalanced. Why did he not tell
us about Ebatty, ""da dafy" and "bughouse" in the
same connecticut f. ....
Think of the learning and patient analysis in
volved in this definition: t'Main guy; vulgar
phrase derived from circus can't in which it
designated the chief guy rope, Of tent It is
tablishment the persons in charge of institu-
tion.' 'tHead push'' time ago supplanted the
main guy The editor Of dictionary should be more
down to date in his slang he will give contempt
raneous Americans feeling that he is not 'wise to
his job.' ~.... ~s ,=s. ..sr. 81 .
The repeating Of such painful slang phrases and
their entry in serious work tends rather to the
and dies unless nervous editor decides to en-
balm it in dictionary. What do we know Of the
slang Of forefathers7 The origin of Yankee
even is clothed in mists Of uncertainty Our fore
fathers happily, had no editors to thrust their short
roads to expression forward upon their posterity.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

Premier Campbell-Bannerman, away over in Lun-
non announces that Canada does not care for inde-
pendence. Canada is good deal like the who
went to the savings bank when there i'm
pending and declared that if his money there
he did not want it, but if it not there he wanted
it, AS long independence is in sight whenever she
wants it, Canada may pretend Indifference, but any
intmation that Independence is not needed wanted
is likely to stir up active sentiment in the country
for it. s@f#+ sdfRss# t& a5
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
Something New in Therapeutics.

Iee a MAN at the spalding" has been telling the
~ Duluth News-Tribune about his wonderful
rescue from chronic stomach trouble. The hotel he
slept in struck by lightning night He was
thrown out of bed and lay unconscious the floor
for hour. He has had stomach trouble
since, and eats anything he wants.
Since the publication every dyspeptc in Duluth
carries lightning rod with him all the time. There
is certainly precedent for the story The guilotine
is well known to headaches, and desperate cases
Of various kinds have yielded to desperate remedies
Sank Center man who lost his foot under train
has had trouble with his bunion to this day.
and citizen of Duluth who subbed his toe on Third
street last and fell into the lake tties that
he completely cured of lumbago With these
remarkable to bank on, it is about time for a
new healing cult We might call them the Ampereans
They should guarantee to drive out any disease by
would be in him for anything else 0 4:5
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

Colonel W. W. Lumpkn has invited B. Rabid
Tillman to joint debate for that senatorial seat.
This may explain recent remark of Tillman's on the
floor that if people did not like him they could lump
him.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

joey Chamberlain $ golden rule reads sTreat
foreigners they treat and treat your kinsmen
take something for that treating habit 1t has ruined
many promising young politician like himself
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

s$ If Standard Oil is guilty Of anything, Mr. Rookie
feller doubtless hopes all the Furnishing will have
been done before he gets home 10 - 49,.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

The bookmakers Of Paris are greatly agitated by
Mr. Rockefeller's proposed visits to the racetracf
Suppose he should put all his money on the right
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

Mr.. Bryan says the silver question has become of
secondary Importance. 1t always The only first
class question in politics is how to get the other
fellows out -, :. ...Ss,s-.%.%:
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

The question agitating Cincinnati is whether Nicl
will be able to settle down to local campaigning
beer, pretzels and Bruno E. cigars. " = 7'3 r
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

There cabinet secretaries and also cabinet
retares. While the public has record Of Mr..
Hitchcock attempting to the politics of Missouri
there is plenty evidence that he is running the
terror department. ..Sry.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
BUT NOT A sTANDPAT ANSWER.
Portland (Me. J

The platform demand Of the South Dakota repub-
lcans for tariff reform is pat to Secretary
Shaws assertion that republican tariff revision sent
ment is falling off.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

Mr.. Hearst's interview the presidency might
have been taken seriously if he had not put tha
joker about Adlai for vice president. \
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

= Addicks has named the man who has done more
to ruin the republican party in Delaware than any
other Strange to say, he did not name Addicks
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

When cholera in the tropics gets ready to quit, II
quits This is officially known as stamping ou
the cholera. - as. ..~ T. - ,-. .--u--. s.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

The acquittal of bandmaster who played a rag
time air at the funeral Of private in the Philippines
seems to have been based the thought that the
deceased should be glad to get out Of the islands by
any route
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

Armenian girls, the day Of their wedding, have
blue flowers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

Mrs Thaw has been pictured in many ways but
it remained for the Pittsburg Dispatch feature her
in her night gown. And there is no lack of clothes
in the Thaw family either.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

From the way professors put it there is certain
condescension implied in the acceptance Of Carnegie
pension. '-,
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

The Dubuque Ministerial association has decided
that each member shall preach sermon against the
'peek a-boo' waists foe to feminine modesty.
How do they know9
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

The lone candidate for office doubtless used
a cute little file tied with pink ribbons at the
auditor g office --.-. a..Ht-~ a~,ri,er+ p
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

Undeterred by the i'll luck Of Mark Twain another
has fled beef claim against the United States.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

Justice Brewer relates, in explanation of his opn-
ion of Taft s superior politeness that he gave his
seat to three women in a car Evidently none of them
wore starched skirts That kind spread over the
space vacated by and boy.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

i Seven Alabama vultures are sitting on the fence
waiting for the funeral of Senator Pettus to go by
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

No matter what material progress Kansas City
may make during the baseball season, it always has
the Blues <S s $yk* $s&s ss
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

Hearst says he will not run for the presidency.
HUH We knew that before.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08
IT WILL COME WITH A RUSH

"
Shame, ism It it, that with Minnesota just bubbling
with tariff revision sentiment can't get more of
the same sentiment into Washington delegationi
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

as Mr.. Bryan having been criticized for buying
suit Of clothes in Vienna retorts that having worn
potato natural This shows that Mr. Bryan has
been picking up foreign languages well as clothes
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

In few days, when corn in the ear makes it's
debut, it will be well to attend to your own eating
and not observe your neghbor Very likely he makes
zea good an appearance as you do.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-07-08

It is impossible to deny that Ohio is cutting some
ice with her Toledo.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

She has s4oo q year Of her own, ant
he has his pay as lieutenant In the
lrtillery, so he derides to be gracious
no, ss2 isn't too much" he re
,lies, but isn't the whole thing a bi'
90 light-for-" he stops.
Then another IS brought out hut he
,bjects to 1t too. Il hate these ashy'
oiorcd things" he says petulantly
oh! take II on"
well, dear, what am to do? Yo,
hink the first one is too lirht ant
he other one is too ashy.' The tone
5 despairipg.
"Try this one on again madam
avs the saleswoman, and the wife
urns to take II but it is gone. She
inds herself confronted with the elc
ant figure of the Decider. who has
rrayed herself in the boa and a Dol
ter muff.
The young wife looks at her hus
II and and sees his eyes fxed on the
liarming vision of bright hair. bright
YES, cleaning teeth. and warm com
,lexion, set or by the fuffy softness
Il the boa and mum. Entirely for
etful Of her own sallow appearance
he quickly makes up her mind to
Il ave that boat Is SO very becoming
II think de--" she says to her hus'
w and. "that this Is Just what l want
am sure mamma would like 1t. Her
il lusband IL still gazing at the pretty
Decider'' arrayei in the boa, and
answers her terkily.
"Yes, it's pretty" he says. absent,
rnindedly. lawfully becoming TOTO
es, II Is so clean and fresh.looking
sn't IT." You can't do better: have
IL" In another second the boa and
nun are both In the shop girls hands.
nd the pale wife is giving her ad'
iress.
The Decider is liherably paid. She
iraws q regular salary, and In ad.
dition receives commission on all
ales Effected through her Interference
The profession opens up a new. vista
FOR attractive women whom c'rcum
stances have forced into the laboi
market.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
Fine Indian Photographs.

We recently published an illustrar
ton Of Indian Twins which should
have been credited to Major Lee Moore
house Of Pendelton. Oregon. who has
perhaps one Of the best collection OF
Indian pictures Of the north west
Major Moorehouse's famous pictures OF
the Cayuse Twins has had more re-
cognition. perhaps, than any other
Indian photograph ever taken and he
has now issued an album containing
other striking pictures. "The Last
Outpost OF a Dying Race" is a pictur.
csQue photograph Of lone indian tepee
or wigwam with . background Of dark
Landscape. suggestive in the extreme
Of the title Of the picture. Many o.
the Moorehouss pictures attracted
much attention at the Lewis and
Clarke Exposition.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
Lonrcs, Climb In the World.

Imagine making the ascent OF Noun
Washington by means Of a staircase.
But feat akin to this many traveller
in China have accomplished in goinE
to the top of the holy mountain, SOM
six thousand feet above Taingan-tG.
The road leading to 1t is the best in al
the kingdom. About mile north o.
the city walls stands large gate amia
the ruins Of once flourishing suburb
Leading from this gate the road IS
lined with temples, converts anu
shrines, where pilgrims stop to pray II
they are fortunate enough to rid them
selves OF the hordes Of beggars.
Where the real ascent begins there
is a stone portal which is inscribed
with the fact that here the great Con
fucius halted 1900 years ago, not haY-
ing the strength to ascend the SIN
thousand stone steps leading to the
top. These Taischnn stairs are by far
the highest in tho world, for, taking
the number Of steps In one story OF an
ordinary house to be twenty. the mum
ber of Taischan steps equals three
hundred stories. The coolies will carry
n pilgrim up the stairs and back. a dis
tance Of twice sixteen miles, for thirty
cents-f1fteen cents for each coolie'
When the ascent Is made one mus
himself upon large plateau. which Is
covered with numerous temples and
stone monuments. The main temple is
that OF the holy mother. consisting OF
several buildings surrounded by a
stone wall. The several courts arc
adorned with magnificent statues and
monuments OF bronze. with a huge
statue OF the holy mother on the altar
These doors are opened once only
each year, when an imperial commits
sion comes to collect the money ofier
ings Of the pilgrims. BY means Of
substantial "tip" the guard may be In
duced to push the bar Of the main
gate aside, % that one may have
. glimpse within. The floor Of this
large temple Is usually filled with g
heap Of coins Of every description
size. and value. probably represent
ing 10000 In American currency
The money Is divided among the con
vents and beggnrs of the holy noun
tain, but the largest share goes In
to the pockets Of that enterprisinl
lady, the Dowagsr Empress.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

reinforcement was added to every de-
tail of the station; its capacity was
increased to the limits Of possibility
Night had come and was advancing.
Still Conxrsus held to its tense debate.
Ten o'clock came: and Atsins sought
Moutrus, finding him nervously pacing
back and forth in his once. The young
electrician Was calm and charged Win
quiet confidence.
III 10 can ct their location. they
viii not leave" he said. Maybe you
cannot furnish ~" !.
"Ws can II We can get Curtis again.
said Montrus. what Il We can'ti
"Then We shall have TO take them
vhsn Ne ret H." replied Atsins. 1T
would be safer TO annihilats them ~
fore they start"
"Try for Curtis again." ordered the
general. turning to the aide In the
roem. They waited for an answer
vhich came back presently. The ope'
rator n the Sending Station No. ~
uorted that his efforts were not suo
cessful, and hs advised against many
at eudansrs him." he said. "Ha
will report when he can"
with nothing TO do but walt, y
nervous tension, they saw the hour
mount to is. Then came . bulletir
Tron ConsrSvs. The vote was about Y
be taken, OF the result there could .
NO doubt and there WAS mono IN I'M
minds Of the men sitting In the once
There had been none from the start
Ana -. now that the moment ha'
cons. they locked ct each other, pale
faced and heavy-eye0. \.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
Don't Be Fat.
Ny New Obesity Food 0uickiy Reduces
Yosr Weight To Normal, Requires
No Starvatisa Prooess asd
Il AbsslutsIy Safs.
TRIAL PACKAGE MAILED FREE.

Ny new Obesity Food, taken At mealtine.
compels perfect assimilation Of the food and
sends the food nutririent where 1t belongs.
1, requires no starvation process You can eat
ali you want. 1t makes muscle, bone, s,new,
nerve and brain tissue out Of tie excess fat, and
quickly reduces your weight to normal. 1t takes
of the big stomach and relieves the compressed
condition and enables the heart to act freely and
the lungs to expand naturally and the kidneys
and liver to perform their functions In . natu-
raj manner. You will feel better the first day
you try this wonderful home food fiu cut
coupon hsrsWish and nAn todAy.
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
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sins. well feel better in the open.
Before they could step out Of the
door, messenger came In.
Curtis reports" he said. 'The feet
has left Kiel. He will send location
Tell Curtis" said Montrus speaking
low-voiced, that the outcome OF this
war depends on him. We want the 10
cation. We must have 1t. II he can
send electrographs, send them; but
first the location"
with Atsins, he walked out into the
night. The sky was black. The air
was heavy and wet A gentle drizzle
was starting
The two men took . few deep
breaths, and then turned to each other.
Neither spoke. but each held out his
hand. One close grasp, and they
parted. Atsins for the sending station.
Montrus for the tower.
When the latter stepped of the ele-
vator at the top. he found two assist
nts busy with the reflector. Far away
1 the drizzle were the lights Of Wash
ington and the Capitol. The general
glanced at the bulletin, but 1t told him
nothing new. The roll-call was being
',layet by members who insisted on
explaining their votes. notwithstand-
! that they and the others had reach.
ed the limits Of human endurance. He
CLAN Nef' at the other board. which
woult give him in duplicate any word
tha. nigh come from Curtis. 1t was
blank; but as he looked. 1t flashed out
with
"52 30 II N. o SO "a. Q E."
We've got he almost gasped:
and then he turned to the assistants,
jerking out his commands:
"Ready there. We ought to get some
thing from Curtis in a moment Tell
the Capitol we must have instant no
tice OF the declaration"
At another televue he got Atsins at
Sending Station No. 10.
There they also had a duplicate Of
Curtis message giving the longitude
and latitude OF the hostile feet.
Ready" asked the general.
Ready" said the electrician.
Montrus enveloped his head in the
hood at the refiector-hardly a necessi.
ty. so black was the night. Across the
Atlantic. day had broken, and Curtis
had the light he needed In his electro
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16

photography and transmission. Some.
where above the hostile feet, Montrus
knew. the scout hung preoariously In
a position to send not only informa-
ton but Q continuous reflection Of the
movements Of the airships. He might
be discovered. but that WAS the hazard
Of his occupation. II be were well
concealed By distance. and out Of the
path Of the enemies scouts, he would
win out, IL otherwise. he at least had
done his duty to the best Of his ability.
With one finger on q button which
would give the signal to Atsins, the
general waited word from the Capitol.
Sixty seconds after the vote had been
taken and war declared, the world
would know It. The hostile neet would
know II almost ~ soon a. Montrus. It
was In the Arrogance Of superior force
tina. the enemy had waited the formal
beginning Of hostilities.
Ripples OF light were chasing each
other across the reflector: shadowy
forms Appeared and disappeared IN
vapors and f~-A Then came m outline
growing distinct. and presently
he had the picture again.
Outside the hood was the black
drisxling night: inside, the face Of tht
reflector was glowing with = pictur,
Of clouds lighted BY the early rays d
the sun and Of fest Of airships Ian
guidly floating 1t rest.
Montrus co"ia see the 6ags floating
from the ahips. could zee their torpedo
tubes and the graceful movement 0
one here and there - II changed posi-
tion slightly.
Ono Of the assistants ct his cid
! lstoopsd over and shoutsd q hlI
The Delta independent., 1906-03-16
"THE DEClDER"
A New Trap for Women Who hssi.
tate About What 20 buy.

i
An ingenious attempt is now being
made in some Of the big department
establishments to assist the opinions
OF undecided women who come to shop.
! Every salesman and every sales.
woman knows the woman who haunts
the bargain sales, flutters from count
er TO counter Is shown goods until the
| attendants are driven to distraction,
thinks she will buy everything. and
finally invests In yard and half Of
| pink ribbon, simple because she Ia
absolutely incapable Of making up her
own mind as to what she wants.
Drapers have long tolerated khis
| form OF mental weakness. Now they
have revolted. and the day Of the DE
cider" has come
The Decider is an American insti.
tu,Ion, and Gibsonian at that. She is
beautiful as to face and features, and
always gowned to perfection. Her
duty is to induce the doubtful to buy.
To the customer she appears as
customer, with the earnest intense
"saIe face that one now sees every
day in the big stores.
She sees a customer a little worse
dressed than herself hesitating over
tie purchase Of dress length Of chif.
fon velvet. The shopman has done his
b"-' to persuade the lady that 1t is the
81 erlative bargain Of the season.
You ought to take 1t at once. mad.
an he says. eagerly; "if you leave
Il . think the matter over, you will
regret IL"
want to look about first: It is 50 hard
e. -t.~ to
Important" And she surveys the
angles.
Entrapping the Victim.
It is now the Decider's moment to
step in. Pretending to have noticed
The chiffon velvet. for the first time,
She thrusts out perfectly, gloved
hand, and eagerly catches hold Of an
eEi of the material. She hangs 1t up
against her fingure, and looks at it
admiringly. The doubtful lady looks
annoyed. gives the chiffon q tug. but
the Decider holds on.
If you are not going to buy this
dress length" she says, Il will take it.
Il Is the only one suppose" she adds.
turning to the attendant, and IL told
Ia Is
Meanw hile the genuine customer has
observed the exquisite turn OUT Of
TIL eager "sale-hawk," as she i'm.
a. LOS the Decider to be. If 81 eie-
ga7r a person is anxious to buy the
stu it must be worth securing. she
aruIes. 50 without further doubt she
says sharply;
Nv, am going to take It." The
Transaction is closed. and the seeming.
Is cnaCrined Decider disappears,
Having settled this little business OF
tn lhfIon velvet she sails OF to the
fur Jepartment.
Here she fixes on a sallow-faced
youuE wife. who has brought her hus
han 10 help in the choice Of set OF
fur
10 you like 1t. dear?" the lanky
girl,wife asks, holding up white boa
Is 322 too much for this, and the
mudf''
She has s4o0 q year Of her own. and
he has his pay as lieutenant In the
,rfillayv so ha derides to be gracious