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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-16
The Great Journalist About American Prbems
The Prosperity the Race Suicide Race War; the Canal

Other states do not compel those peo-
pie p ITO; to get M married. This makes me
are infuriated. But what shall we
do7' He says: :, ''I shall make the
great United States law for all those
states. All those people must get
married quickly, and stay married until
they have the large families. No one
, shall have LAY b.. that blessing Of divorce
couple have fifteen children, let them
have the divorce freely-for nothing!-
as the grand prize!'j, :; They. repiv:
"Hurrah for NJ. ROOSEVELT He has
saved Jus from the, race suicidef@ at
Yet Iaknok not: The C congress- per is a
STU milling block: It stands against
IS Jealous 1ofI M. Roosevelt because he
eonsess s ssy Pees f Fs is The
race suicide: Thetbabies are plentiful.
There is no trust: The poor have
larger families than those millionaires.
Prosperity is with us among all those
classes. If the people want terrible
problems, why do they not come to us?
We shall not solve those problems of
M. Roosevelt. We have excellent
problems OF our own. -.
Those great newspapers of America
are in excitement. They are furious
with the congress for saying there is no
race suicide problem. They must
have problems, or the people will perish
Of ennui. Therefore, they have made
a problem Of the congress itself. Shall
the congress pass the race suicide law,
or shall there be revolution? That
is the problem invented by those news
papers. The people are delighted.
Excitement is high Sand wide: I, too,
am frenzied. Yet I must be calm.
,.. : !. X 4
L is the terrible problem, most per-
picking. When those Americans have
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will take no more than your barn and
leave you on deformed little lot that /,
is nothing short Of nightmare. And
they not only want the right of way
with their tracks, but their switches
and shops. Water companies tried the
they reached me. If land is to be
taken let a proper tribunal decide if it
is really needed. If it is necessary for
me to abandon the home I love I will
yield and 90, away, but / want the or
der to move to emanate from wholly
disinterested persons, and not from a
railroad office hundred or thousand
miles distant. You asked about the
important questions of the day. Well
the right Of eminent domain is one Of
them
Glow did Simon Cameron and then
Mathew Stanley Quay succeed in domi.
mating the state for SO many yearsf'
Won on Their Merits.
ga church is established. Twelve.
men are selected vestrymen and are
the dead and keeping roof over the
congregation. One man likes to stay
at home nights. One has business.
One is married and can't come. Pres.
emily single vestryman is doing every
thing. 1t is SO in politics. If a king
chooses minister he consults his own
interest or desire. But in republic
the man who fights his way to the front
has longer legs or, a bigger head than
the other fellows. Simon Cameron won
on his, merits and stayed because he
was satisfactory. In some respects
/ Quay was one Of the greatest men of.
his time. He was far from being a
perfect character, but he was a think
er. a reader Of the best literature, and
could see into the future. Moreover
he was truthful and loyal to his
friends.''
t%HDo you hunt and fsha"~
..'No; l am opposed to both. The.
wanton taking Of life is reprehensible,
in my opinion. 1 am not a vegetarian,
either. l think pork is about the best
meat there is. The teeth were made
to work, and so was the stomach. Con-
ssequently I don't eat breakfast foods.
Ny best breakfast is ham and eggs.
T Walking is fine. When you drive you
see nothing of the country. To ride
in an automobile is worse. But 90
afoot and you learn much and see more.
| haveIa farm of hundred acres at
Pennypacker s Mills. I raise all kinds
of grain and keep herd of cows The
house in which I live has been owned
by my family since 1747. Washington
once made it his headquarters. I go
home on Friday Of each week and stay
away until Monday. Without collar
or coat 1 walk all over the place. That
is my exercise
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holsterer, entered his villa, and found
everything topsyturvy.a Presently in
one OF the rooms he came upon two
men, who were writhing in agony on
the floor.
The police were at once. summoned,
and the sufferers taken to hospital.
They are Pinchapt,, laborer,. and Mig
nolle, a bookkeeper. .-, -,
It appears that when their work was
done the thirsty burglars emptied the
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the necessary movement Of interstate
and foreign commerce. is under consid-
Grafton by the house. committee ION in
,terstate and foreign commerce. - =.
Mr.. Townsend s bill provides that
there shall be Interference only where
the president is convinced that inter
I to be made by a commission of seven
men, two of<whom, shall be familiar
with labor s claims and two with the
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NJ. Roosevelt has one black at his
lunch.' 80 -. " 80 .21~-.
His reply: I'm. Roosevveltq Bah!
He knows not how to treat the negro
He makes that problem much worse. -
{: said: "Ah! Then it is good to
love | Hgn the i g., negro but bad to let him
His reply: eyes, that is right The
is with that shotgun. The black man
knows, when he does not see that shot
gun, that we love him.. = ~:
this terrible problemY'' :
His reply: my solution is thrice
admirable. Let every white man have
one shotgun, and let every black man
have one tag on the seat: of his. trous-
eIS. telling his name. his address, and
white meets one black,'fl that shot
gun. be raised and that tag be dis
played. If that tag Is satisfactory,
let, the black run instantly to that ad-
dress. IF the black has no tag. let
that gun be discharged. n: When crime
is committed, let the blacks select one
who has not a tag and turn him over
to. those whites. If they fail to do
this. let the first black fall before the
hrst shotgun, tag or no tag. Is not
that falr, yet simple, yet effective9'
L said: That is excellent, M. Till
man; ~. But why do. you not make it
the law in the Carolina ~ -
=: His reply: : S'HWen; I: wait to see if
there will be any Carolina after M.
Roosevelt has increased those powers
of the government . - ....-.
r. ,.-~--,..s..,* =. !. 4
ONE time, when excitement was not
- high, M. Roosevelt seized the time
between problems to visit Panama. He
returned with fresh, new ?prob lenfs. for
those people to solve. They were de-
hghted. Will, that canal be exca-
struggled with that question in the
France. We gave up in despair. Those
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BILL TO STOP LABOR WARS
Compulsory Arbitration Plan Is Being
81. -. ..r~'- Considered. i s..:G Z.

Washington, Dec. l5.-Representa-
tive ToWnsend's bill for the compulsory
investigation Of troubles between en-
transportation Of government mails or
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FHAISES GIRL SLAYER.
Johnston, R. l., Dec. 15.-Ethel Smith tbe
Gd9-year-old girl who shot and killed Elmer
the Smith home Thanksgiving Day to attack his
wife and three. children. was eSonerated by u
coroner's jury Yesterday and complimented for
her courage She will be tried on charge Of
manslaughter, but it is believed she viii be
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NOTED LINau1sT DEAD.

I. Bristol, VT, Dec. 815.-J Jeremiah Curtin a
distinguished linguist and well-known e as a
+ translator Of Russian and Polish novels died
here yesterday OF Bright's disease. Mr.. Curtin
languages eXcelHng us linguist, 1t is said
any other man IA fter his graduation from Har-
ward. in 1888. Ssie became secretary IL the
United States legation in Russia later acting
as consul there. As an author he was best
known as the translator from the Polish, OF the
works of Henry Sienkiewicz. s. B
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PRAISES GIRL SLAYER.

claims Of employers, while three are to
be wholly disinterested.
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The Christmas Present -: =. =, {; {:
Column on the stWant- Page Twill be:
Of great assistance; to youth buying:
your presents. "a .Sz., :. + = z.
mems clothes. So? =. IT, = ....ltI 80
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contents Of bottle marked "Jamaica
RUM The bottle contained solution
of strychnine for killing gvermin. > Il :
The men are not expected to survive.
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WHITE plaques sM|TE
NEW. PERI. ? / II | OF: IRELAND
Lives Of Thousands Of Young
People Und ermined by Dread
I !: :. s.. - Tuberculosis.

/. Dublin, Dec. 5.sW hat emigration
is not doing nsthe.Way Of devastating
Ireland tuberculosis is threatening to
complete. This terrible disease is, &C
cording to eminent me- ical and <scien-
'tifc authorities undermining the lives
Of thousands of the young people of
the country, male and female Ac-
cording to latest, statistics no less than
1882 persons sue cumbed to consump
ton in 1904, while in 1905 the deaths
directly attributed to The II disease
reached the. alarming total Of 1864.
Z. Professor E. J, McWeeney, M. D.,
one of the most eminent authorities on
tuberculosis in Europe, attributes the
spread Of the disease to unhealthy sur
roundlngs, badly ventilated workshops
and a general disposition on the part
OF the Irish people to treat chills and
other simple diseases too lightly in
their primary stages
Unless something is done and that
immediately saws the professor, to
stop the progress of the disease there
will be nothing left in Ireland in
twenty years from now but a decrepit
race neither useful nor ornamental.
We can find homes for lost and strayed
cats and dogs, but we have neither the
money nor tho inclination to find sana-
forums to save the lives of human
beings. Y Y 1 ss
The. professor urges on the govern
sment sthe necessity of pushing on the
slaborers cottages act as swiftly as
possible, otherwise there will be no
laborers 70 occupy them by the time
they are completed Dublin, Cork,
Waterford and Belfast appear to be
the parts of IRELAND: most affected by
the favages ofSconsumption.
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7 LOOT KILLS 9 BURGLARS
Drank Vermin- Killer From Bottle
Labeled tsRum.''

Paris, Dec. ia terrible fate has
overtaken two burglars, who had spent
the night in ransacking the villa of an
absent proprietor, M. Athenosy, at
Avignon.
q M. Athenosy. accompanied by his up
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journalist becomes deepv inn
pressed by the problems
letter to his attempts their '''
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-08-09
SHE DODGED THE PLEDGE.
CsuIdn't Drink the Wine ss uaA "a
ON Her cake ana
Ate M.

Mrs C. A. Barwlse. president Of the
BOYS Welcome Hall association Of
Brooklyn, is an enthusiastic advocate
of temperance The other day. relates
the New York Tribune. apropos Of
hypocrisy in the temperance move
ment. she said:
Il hope shere ara not many OF ne
10 whom the spirit OF the Temperance
pledge means so little as Il did 20 a
certain Scottish woman.
This woman had made a vow not
to drink liquor and a day or two after
The vow she supped at a friends house.
In those days temperance was not
common In Scotland. and az toe sup
per wine was passed about like tea.
The new temperance convert looked
at the wine l9ngingly Her hostess
said.
Tin sorry ye Gamma drink a GLASS
o. wine wi Us on account o. yer tenn
perance principles
THE other had Just taken on her
plate plere Of cake She said.
thoughtfully. extending her plate to-
ward the wine bottle:
"'Aweel. just pour II on my cake
and III eat IT,"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1906-08-09
eS@ ss's.-Vn\
ogRsER!IS
Sa%< 5S&@V
THE PAST AND PRESENT.

&c 70, so TO. now We tha. say,
The past was better than to-day;
The sky Il wears as soft blue
As formerly Il used to do.
And Sol comes forth with strength OF
prime
As splendid as in ancient time;
And sunbeams hide among the dew
Fair Jewels. as they used 10 do.
The tyrant Winter has its sway.
But 50 IL had In former day
And Spring comes forth all glad and nsw
As lovely as she used 10 do.
And Summer doth her fruits bestow,
And gives her flowers to high and low,
And bids the birds to sing as gay
As ever in a former day.
The silver morn with misty vail
Reflects at night the same sweet tale
The tale for ages she has told.
As calm and placid as OF old.
Beneath her soft, her silver light
The lovers vow and give their plight
And Cupid has not lost the art
To throw successfully his dart.
Is It OF men that you would say.
The past was better than to-day?
II you will look for clearer light,
This truth will CLEAN before your sight
That Goodness has not lost her power.
That Kindness has as sweet flower,
And Piety is Just as broad,
As when the earth our fathers trod.
Go to. go TO. no longer say
The past was better than to-day;
Put by this thought, oh. grumbling clan.
And live for God and fellowman,
II each will faithfully do his part.
With willing hand and jealous heart,
No cause will any find to say
The past was better than to-day.
Anna ID. Walker, IN Christian Work
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II was in this SAN Year TNno, the
fame Of the --latest Of western Meccas
for young men having penetrated to the
provincial backgrounds Of New Hamp-
shire. that David Kent came.
BY virtue Of his diploma, ara three
years OF country practice in the New
Hampshire country town where his ia
Their before him had read Blackstone
and Chitty, he had his window on the
fourth floor of the Farquhar building
lettered Attorney and Counselor at
Law" but up to the day in the latter
part of the fateful Year Three, when
the overdue crash came. he was best
known as a reckless plunger in real
estate--this, mind you, at a moment
when every third man counted his
gains in front feet" aad was shouting
himself hoarss at the daily Grassland
lot sales.
When the bottom fell out in the au-
tumn of the Year Three, Kent fell with
It, though not altogether as far OF as
hard as many another. One OF his pro-
fessional hold-fasts-it was the one
that aftorward became the bread
tackle in the famine time-was his
position as local attorney for the rail-
way company. BY reason of this he
was among the first TO have a hint OF
the impending cataclysm. The West
ern Pacific, after so long a pause on
the banks Of Dry creek. had foated
its second mortgage bonds and would
presently build on to the capital. leav-
ing Castor to way-station quietude.
Therefore and wherefore
Kent was not lacking in native
shrewdness or energy. He foresaw.
not the pitable bubble-burst which en-
sued, indeed, but the certain and in
evitable end Of the speculative era.
Like everyone else, he had bought
chiefly with promises TO pay. and the
paper in the three banks aggregated
sum equal to a frugal New Hamp-
shire competence.
How long have gotF' was the
laconic wire he sent to Loring, the
secretary of the Western Pacific Ad-
visory Board in Boston. from whom
his hint had come. And when Lorlng
replied that the grading and track
laying contracts we're already award
ed. there was at least one long" on
the CASTOR real estate exchange who
wrought desperately night and day
TO unload"
AS II turned out, the race against
time was both a victory and a defeat
On the morning when the Daily Clarion
sounded the first note OF public alarm.
David Kent took up the last Of his
bank promises-to-pay. and transferred
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GrrY,.ome Prr.rnt.

There Is a strange custom prevalent
among the old fishermen and hand
loom weayers Of Glrvan, Scotland.
The industries OF the town are fast
decaying. only a very few weavers be-
ing kept busy now, so the younger
generation have to migrate In search
of fresh fields. When the grown-up
sons and daughters have. been sue
cessful In their new spheres, often at
the other side OF the world. their
thoughts are busy with the "auld
folks" A very common present 70
the latter IS that OF a certificate" Civ
ing the right TO be buried In the old
church yard. Thus their parents last
resting place Is secured. ana 50 COM
mon is the custom that only to a
stranger does its grewsomenuss appeal.
The old people tell Of the pos session
with pride and thankfulness Chicago
Daily News.
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Apropos OF the Goth birthday of the
Baroness Burdett-Coutts II is recalled
that at one time II was cuiren thy re-
ported that the great duke OF yelling.
ton wanted her for a wife. When the
report reached the Waterloo, hero he
made this comment: 81 said Miss An
gela Burdett-Coutts deserved 10 be- a
duchess, not that ] would make her
one" On Gearing what the famons
soldier said Miss Burdett-Coutts re-
marked quietly: Il think his graz.
should have said could mate ad OF
would. London Mail
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THAT BRINGS Us A LITTLE NEAR
Err TO THE THINGS THAT BE-AND
YOUR PROSPECTS. DAVID-IIOW
ARE YOU FIXED HEREg'
his final mortgaged holding in Castor
realty. When II was done he locked
himself in his Office in the Farquhar
building and balanced the account On
leaving the New Hampshire country
town to try the new cast for fortune
in the golden west, he had turned bin
small patrimony into cash-some
$4,000 Of II. To set over against the
bill OF exchange for this amount, which
ne had brought to CASTOR a year
few hundred dollars in the bank. six
lots. bought and paid for. in one OF the
CASTOR suburbs, and a vast deal OF
experience.
Kent ran his hands through his hair,
opened the check-bOok and hastily
filed out a check payable TO himself
for the rems lining few hundreds
When he reached the Apache National
on the corner Of Colorado arf Texan
streets, he was the 127th man in the
queue, which extended around the
corner and doubled back and forth in
cross-street TO the stoppage Of all
traffic The announcement in the
Clarion had done its work, and the
baleful flower Of panic. which is the
iuggler's rose for quiclS-growing pos
sibilities. was filing the very air OF the
street with It's acrid perfume-the
the scent OF all others that soonest
drives men mad.
Major James Guilford. the presi-
dent Of the Apache National, was in
the cage with the sweating paying tel
lers, and IL was to him that Kent pre-
scented his check when his turn came
What! You, too. Kent?" said the
president. reproachfully. Il thought
you had more backbone"
Kent shook his head.
Castor has absorbed nine-tenths Of
the money / brought here; I'll alb
sorb the remaining tenth myself. IL it's
Just the same to you. Major. Thank
YOU" And the 127th man pocketed
HIS salvage from the wreck end fought
his way out through the Jam at the
doors. Two hours farther along in
the forenoon the Apache National sus-
pended payment. and the bank exam
liner was wired for.
For suddeness and thorougheoing
completeness the Castor bubble-burst-
ing was a record breaker For a week
and q day there was frantic struggle
for enlargement. ard by the expira-
ton OF fortnight the life was pretty
well trampled out OF the civic corpse
aud the stencil began 10 arise. -
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puris uaturaIibus. and he was fndine
the spectacle both instructive and d.
verting. Looking TO Kent for fellow
ship he saw that his companion was
holding himself stIfiy aloof; also. he
remarked that none Of the boisterous
partisans flung a word OF recognition
in Kent's direction.
Don't you know any Of them?" be
asked.
Kent's reply was lost in the deep
chested bull-bellow OF a cattleman
from Rio Blanco.
Hold on a minute, boys. lefore you
scatterl Line up here and let's give
three cheers and a tail-twistef for next
Governor Bucksl Now, then-tEery-
bodyl Hip. hip"
The ripping crash OF the cheer
Jared Loring's eyeglasses from their
hold, and he replaced them with a
smile. Four times the eav-splitting
shout went up. and as the echoes OK
the tiger" trailed on into silence the
stentorian voice was lifted again.
Good enoughl Now. then, three
groans for the land syndicstes. allen
mortgages. and the Western Pacific
railroad, by grabsl and to hell with
'em!"
The responsive clamor wss a thing
TO be acutely emembered- sustained.
long drawn. yindictive: nerye-wrench-
ing pandemonium Of groans. yelpings
and cat-calls. In the midst Of which
the partisans shufied into loose march
ing order and tramped away town
ward
THAT answers your question, doesn't
~" said Kent. smiling sourly. III not,
can set Il out for you Ia words.
The Western Pacific Is the best-hatsd
corporation this side OF the Missia-
sippi, and am its local attorney"
Il don't envy you" said Loring. Il
had no idea the opposition srystalized
itself in any such concrete IN viii.
You must have the whole weight q
public sentiment against you In any
railroad litigation"
Il do" said Kent. simply. III every
complainant against as had the right
TO pack his own jury. We couldn't fare
worse"
what Is az the bottom Of r.? Il 10
our prlcking Of the Castor bubble By
building on TO the capitalr
"Oh. no: it's much mcTS personal
10 these shouters. As yos may, or
may not know. our line-,lke every
other western railroad with - compe-
tition-has for It's motto. An the tar
IN the trafhe will stand and II blceds
the country accordingly. BIT We are
forgetting your train. Shul we 80
and see how late Il is2'
Tro he Continued
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The extension OF manual training
80 that every boy would have an op
portunity to TT himself for a trade
would make the problem Of parents
much easier Of solution. says the
Pittsburg Dispatch. Boys instead OF
being set at work as doors Of odd jobs
wasting the years when they should
be qualifying themselves for work as
5ourncymen, should be given a chance
60 prepare themselves for their life
work. The great number Of youths
anxious to take advantage of the op
portunity offered by the Carnegie
schools proves the need.
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how a nu..Inn soIdIe, Mica.

In a retreat during the Cri nenn war.
a wounded soldier was dragging him
self along in great pain. HIS COM
rades In deep sympathy sail: You
are suffering too much. Do yC,i want
Ms to end your pain7 Shalt We bury
your" Il wish you woult," he an
swered. They set to work md dug E
grave. He laid himself down aAd was
buried alive. The general, who heard
OF II afterwards. said to the soAiiers,
He must have suffered terribly" Whey
answered. "Oh. MOI we stimped the
earth down with our feet."-woid's
Work.
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J Cold tubs for dogs is the latest by
.gienic rule In Germany. II has been
discovered that dogs contract GER
tain affections of the skin and com
municate them TO human beings
From this fact the necessity OF clean,
illness and frequent washing is de
Quoted Special bathing establish.
ments for dogs. With specially con.
structed baths to obyiate tubs or 9th.
-er receptacles into which dogs OBJ.
1ect TO be lifted. are being built In
many towns, and are widely patron.
lied The last has just been opened
an Dresden.
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Mr.. Haldane, the British minister
of war, has had his attention strongly
directed to the one defect in the army
system that Is. that it turns dis
charged soldier into the world at an
age when he has lost his adaptive
ness and when without a trade he
finds himself at a great disadvantage
In competing with younger men.
Therefore, Mr.. H0ldane has appoint
ed a committee to consider the train
ing OF the soldiers in various trades.
IT is believed that something can be
found in this way which will be bet.
ter for the ex-soldier than the pres.
ent system.