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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
FROM sTEERAGE TO PREMIERSHIP.

D ICHARD seldom has recently won at=5he general
IN election in New Zealand. He in his thirteenth
year Of uninterrupted premiership Mr. Seldom only IS
years old when he sailed from Liverpool steerage
senger seek his fortune Australia On landing in Mel
bourne he found employment the local railway
workshops and there he remained for years until he
attracted with many other Australians, the newly
discovered gold fields the west coast Of New Zealand
There he to the front diggers' advocate
elected to the local municipal council became mayor then
member Of parliament then minister Of mines and finally the
perpetual premier that he is today. 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
THE. WORD OLA DONKEY.


II IKE other real nof affairs, General Wallace
ssShad "a large, sunny side to his nature He had
great gift for storytelling and have listened him with
huge delight To repeat all the good enough to print
would crowd everything else Of book but one
have often recalled, and with hearty laugh each time
zsln Stamboul, Turkey, lived we-to-do native named
lsma Hassen He did not have the Imagination Rider
Hagard the eloquence Of some Americans name
ready Oriental wit that always be trusted
to him out of tight place. neghbor called on him
one day and wanted to borrow his donkey.
ssIsmail made low salaam and replied:
sNeighbor, am very sorry but my boy started on the
donkey hour ago for Scutari By this he is gaily
trottng the hills far from the precincts of
Stamboul ~ -
'Just Isma finished speaking loud bray was heard
from the stable which under the as the house
3sTfe neighbor exclaimed: How now, friend Ismail7
heard your donkey bray?'
Ismal protested that the neighbours ear had been de-
ceved and that the noise donkey bray But the
donkey who supposed to be trotng toward Scutar
prayed again. brayed twice and loudly the neghbor cried
Surely, that is your donkey Isma9 Allah be praised
L can now borrow him.
'But Ismal replied angrily: (Which do you believe is
lying the donkey me?'
THE neghbor could not set up the word Of a donkey
against shat smai Hassen he had depart on foot
Marshall P. Wider
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03

GUS indulgence in John McCullough's cravings Mr.
Davis much more So
There IS not chestthumper the country to touch
Davis He makes Hersche Maya look as that wicked Mr.
y Br1en made poor Mr. Fitzsimmons look He is Fred
er1ck Warde at the nth power And Mr. Davis is most
handsomely bescened Two 1sets'' rival Mansfed's in
splendor And Mr. Davis company almost as good as he
IS except Miss lola Van Dyne handsome Aamedan who
made her debut yesterday. She is almost human
And there isn't wrinkle in The Unmasking,' far
us nero goes lie wrote It, He, Donald Vries an
American actor appearing in the battle scene of Orchard
liz at charity performance in London AS usual the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03

- At 'D A' e ARRIVE there s'hep him. But
papa gets too personal and Celeste appears She has taken
off hat and cloak IN order to be ready for the fray and
cidenta TO ex'+ ''sveltish that should be
:@ot~@gn2 I4 f it. Papa says ::Celeste, my house
~ &'>> - ""a forvr' and reproaches De Vries with his
~"@'% II }r.,1 ays can American gentleman, sir,
w rl@'a h& 20 infect the honor of woman!' Exit
laE:- =. %@Ns ~ - - s1~f&.
T25 he T3o - he isn't as good as he ought to be,
and he Then says things about life" She says
thingstoo She wants to be leading lady to help
the bill He says he wants her for guardian
angepot for leading lady-angels than lead
ing LADIES' Them while Mr. de Vries is changing his frock
the villain returns He has before informed the actors
he is going have De Vrie' beood Berood
YOURSELF says De Vrie Dark change then, battle
Of BosWoh is It is Mr. Mansfield sort Of scrap hard
clanking behind scenes, and Richard
fitting vt the front Richard wins and Richmond falls
killed dead, and the Dowe Of vaudeville: Glands to
the flies vengeance smne saith the Lord but am his
executor. San Francisco Call. -, -. r
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With the Long Bolu
Eye nature. walks. shoot folly as flies !"
Colonel Mann of the Wowy Whiskers Said to Be Suffer-
ing Incipient Of the coun-
try's Most Serious Case Of Lese Majesty
Eye natures walks. 81

rOLONEL MANN of Town Topics, with the wind sough-
u ing thru his willows like the sound of grandpa drinking
hot coffee out of his has attacked the national
dynasty!
This is case of aggravated majesty done with malice
because the president snord SHE'D violently rem
bed in everv limb and paved the whtehouse driveway at
sight of the coone expensive edtio de luxe OF ana
Fancies'' which the sovereign given two pages
lese majesty this order the colonel ought to be
hauled in and given two months in the iron works The
country would for without shreks similar to the
one emitted by Freedom when Koscsko stubbed his foot
with serious Of outgrowing whskers such as
colones pretty certain to be suffering from
incipient bazzazzas. @s
Weather like this begins make think of getting out
in the pasture and chasing the bulb with the longs 1t
is wonderful how golf holds it's grip with young million
aires. ..... .F
Nellie L. writes recipe tfor
getting rid Of persistent wart " Why not instruct the
hired girl the door and tell him ''out' Out
with him of course. That's no lie +. -. IT, s.-
~ ...>. NIX.
Is anybody "makng the dirt fy'' the isthmus now7
Of u.s. he is keeping we'll concealed At present the
activity Of the heavily paid staff is all taken slapping the
Panama mosquito who reappears with the startling regular
lily and disquieng frequency Of the gas bill IF wait till
all the shmian mosquitoes slapped before digging the
transcontnenal railroad magnates likely to retire
their odolar mausoleums before anybody get thru
the Culebra cut In row boat
m@
So many people who about burglars have pro-
vded themselves with loaded revovers under their pillows
That stranger who calls late to inquire where Mr. John
lives likely to half pound Of lead off the prem
ises and finish bad second. - w . ST..
M4
The Chicago Tribune has been Investigating the of
baseball language and finds that of the gems Of
ray first written by artist the dark
fathomed Of Quincy Ill There baseball distur-
bance between Quincy and Omaha and extract from
report the Quincy paper likely become classic It
read like this: -.E
'The glassarmed toy soldiers who represent the Gem
City the reckless rush for the baseball penant fed
the pigs yesterday by the cadaverou Indian grave robbers
from Omaha They stood around with gaping eyes like
on hot NAIL while the basaiskeyed cattle drivers from the
west bases till their tongues long with thirst.
Hickey had than Con Financial School, The
Omahogs bad enoughbut the home team coudn have
fallen out Of boat and hit the water' ~ ..-.
A named Joe Campbell is said to have been the
Shakspear of baseball language One day he wrote
q And Annie Rusic made Svengali pass in front of
Charley Reilys lamps and the latter three hicks in
the Weather. ~,
But baseball writing is by lost art Watch
the opening of the in Minneapolis you
some Henry James turns with the Faber No. /.
"A. J. R.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
SOME OF GENERAL MILES STORIES,

ssCENERAL MILES is loaded to the muzzle with good
~ stories, . says Marshall P. Wilder, in his 'sSunny
Side Of the Street, ''He has many that he tells them
IN as few words possible have time to tell lot
of them Here he gave day in quick sue
cession:
Gone Iishman bet another that he could drink bottle
OF whisky and not stagger The other shman covered the
bet and the first by going to bed drinking the
whisky there
approached fsh-stand kept by another negro
and asked:
. Got any fresh fish 2?
'Co'se I has. What you t'ink I'm selling? Shoes?'
" Oh, knows yous selling fish, but dey fresh?'
'Co'se deys fresh. Hyah! Quit smelling o dem fish,
:" 4 amt smeln' eml'
:" What you doin' den?'
" 'pze JUS whispern' to 'em, dat's all
:" An what you whisperin' to dem fshq'
" oh, re JUS asking EN- how's all deer relations dat
dey lef' in de ocean,
. An what dey say?'
Dey say it's long since dey seen 'em dat dey for
gifts
An rshman said Last night, at clock the morn
N Whm was walkin' and down the floor wild me bare
feet the oilcloth, wild cryin' child on each arm
couldn help remembern that father wanted me to be
priest. But thought knew better than he did =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
LAZINESS AND LUNACY.

- AZNESSs great contrbutory of unacy =
l. says British specialist mental diseases 13The
only to preserve healthy mind is to lead busy life
But modern conditions the compulsory retirement from pro-
fessiona occupations Of who have reached the age
say condemn to spend the rest Of their existence
dleness They become interpretive and brood They feel
themselves 3sideracked from the main line Of fe and
almost uncensciously state Of rebellion set up From
lack of mental exeron the brain loses the nutrition it has
been accustomed to long period Of years Other
ditions up which eliminate mental degeneration
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
ODD BLUNDERs.

MANY stories told Of the absent mndedness Of the
IVlate Sir John BurdonSanderson, formerly regius pro-
lessor Oxford Lady Sanderson left him one
evening to conduct his guests into the dining When
few minutes later, she down into the hall she found
that her husband had forgotten himself again. He
helping his guests into their overcoats shaking hands and
saying good-nigh
John Redmond in recent speech at Belfast, Ireland
announced that parliament next session will be no place
for Irish members who cannot attend And he looked
prsed when the remark was greeted with loud laughter
correspondent of weekly journal makes bull
Of ascerain plan he writes: It sounded WELL but the
seed Of suspicion was planted my minds eye forced
it on with surmise "
In Peter the Great time mobiles beard was taxed
dollar and peasants 10 cents Queen Elizabeth taxed all
boards 6 Of growth above fortnight $1.10
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
HOW IT LOOKED TO DOROTHY.

II ORoTHY is tiny maid Of years. whose father al
- ways gets shaved at the BARRIERS. When visit
recently she found uncle who shaved himself She
this performance with intense but silent astonshment for
two or three mornings but finally broke out WITH What
makes you do that Uncle villa Ny papa doesn't wash his
face with little broom and wipe il with knife New
York Press.
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o
English nobility is at
his feet. Her name is
Celeste, daughter Of
Lord and Lady Erskine.
She comes to see him in
his dressing room, to tell
him that the fellow who
is to do the Richmond,
a wealthy amateur, is
jealous Of him and
means him harm. Papa
and Mama Erskine ar
rive. Celeste hides.
."Where's my gyurl7"
says papa. mama asks
him to dinner. Nobly
he accepts and mama
wittily says: II know
you do not come to our
house to eat.' He tells
her she is a mind
reader,'' and jealous
papa says he !" reserves
e privilege of his
wife's attentions"
: Then he says some
more about Celeste. De
Vries saws she isn't
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ROSES THAT EAT MEAT.
ITS passin. sfra a7S''

YOUNG millionaire gazed dreamily out Of club win
n dow He sat with his hat on, after the manner Of
clubs His hands were folded the head OF his
stick There cigaret between his lips.
Without, the melancholy winter dusk, little, dark fig
of and plodded thru deep slush and the
fell softly. 49, @4@y.s.. =.
but in Rome the is shining, the palms bowling to
mild breeze band is playing on the Pncio and thou
sands of people foot and listening to the
music and watching from the terrace of the Pncian gardens
the sunset behind the dome of St. Peters )
thousands admring the Roman Roman roses
ought to be famous Roman I'm sure don t.
why they not They bloom in the greatest abund
all thru the winter and they large and rich and
velvey American Beauties, living out of doors,
camberng like sor honeysucke over the crumbng marble
walls of ruined temples cleaning crimson and green
upon ancient columns giving to the and saddest
of medieval palazzos air Of gaiety and youth.
One day the Via Sistna, passed the garden that
had once been the garden Of Luculus, old man
tending the superb that grow there He
on their roots dark richlookng fluid. ,<s
Why are the Roman roses beautiful and abundant
I said to the old E%>. go. (. - II
" * Because they eat meat he answered. y.
" Eat meat? Nonsense said L : l-s#
g WELL they drink meat-meat extract which is the
same thing said the old we Roman gardeners have
for centuries watered thrice week with strong
decoction Of fresh beef-a rich grade Of beef tea.
'They meat eaters. That is why the Of Rome
hardy and prolific weeds and at the time
richly deicately beautiful and sweetly perfumed
flowers grown under glass g ss*z ..%t ~. :.
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7rencha1,t Dramatic
Criticism

~
!, VARLETs! Away with this
feeble pen! Bring us a bucket
of berlood and a whitewash
brush! For we have been to see
"The Unmasking' -dost hear,
"The Unmasking''7 1t is at
the Orpheum. Edwards Davis
brings it. Into the heart Of an
innocent road show it dropped,
sizzling, yesterday afternoon
and the Orpheum dripped gore.
A "house" limited by the elias
ITCHY Of the walls gasped its
blasphemous joy thereat, for
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
UP A SHOT TOWER.

81 WAS strange experience, said the hnsman AS
L assembled the spiral stairs Of the tower shot
falling, like rain around
'sThe shot tower 200 feet high At its base there
was tank of for the shot drop into If it fell
the EARTH know, would be fiat instead Of round
con top Of the tower huge boiler filled with molten
lead The manager aded the lead into percolaor kind
Of straner and thence it fell into the cste of cold
200 feet below. It took it three seconds to fall
1They made different Of shot the tower by using
different percoators-bg holes big shot, small
fine shot; and Ee.srf p #a&z ". 1,@
sThe in the csern had be changed every little
while It would have gotten hot otherwise that would
have kept the shot soft.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
What the Market Affords

EMON ice filed into lemon Observation-Disclosures made Of the
IL lemon shelsand each topped off with slice of crys-
talized lemon pretty addition table
cent small reception.
tasty salad that bears the of welknown restau
rant is made OF finely shredded cabbage peppers and
celery and little finely minced red pepper for color and
spiquancy. Dress with oil and vinegar. -. -E
Slices of whole wheat bread spread with cream cheese
sprnkled with fney-minced sweet green red PEPPERS
make delicious sandwiches. y
White and pecan nuts dressed with oil vinegar
and served white lettuce leaves dainty salad at
Irecent luncheon. . .~... s-ze@~-~s>-.- .. 49,
1t Want to something absolutely unique for the
cheese course at dessert the rdcuousy simple prepara-
ton Of Roquefort cheese and apples It unknown
guest at the famous Begue restaurant New Orleans who
first exploited the trick and tho have the dish to
be served times it has failed to the
OF the company To make take slice Of Roquefort cheese
and piece of butter the Of walnut Mix them to-
gether into paste and thin this down by the addition
three or four tabespoonsfus Of cognac When good
spreading consistency spread it slices of apples
and you will have novelty that will both surprise and
delight among your guests. ..
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war cry as the rate bill in the CONNER
clal world, and vigorous campaign is
at work under the American Free Art
league for the abolition of this duty.
The league hopes to have branches in
all the states. Minnesota with her state
art commission. fine art schools, private
collections and prestige Of one of the
should be alive to this question and will
no doubt cordially endorse all efforts
in this direction. ..:.
The bill for the national art commits
sion is backed by the Public Art league
with such officers as Richard w. Glider,
John La Fargo and Augustus st. Gau-
dens. They instance that several hun
dred societies have been organized
thruout the United States to encourage
art, Many. cities, with the recent
awakening in civic affairs have inau-
gurated far-reaching plans for civic
beauty, among these cities are notably:
Philadelphia, New York, Buffalo, st.
Louis, Seattle, New Orleans, San Fran
cisco, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Balti-
more, Denver, st. Paul, Chicago, Gin
cinnati and many others. Not only the
large cities but the smaller towns feel
this impetus toward civic beauty, and
congress a plan for both monuments
and buildings corresponding to this new
awakened sense Of beauty. Our plans
for civic beauty should be constructive
not destructive, as the transformation
which hos occurred on the ruins from
great, disasters, in Baltimore, Calves
ton. Chicago and San Francisco illus
trates. Harmonious buildings and uni
;fornlly artistic effects cannot be left te
fortuitous happenings; The enactments
of the provisions in these two bills will
wond erfullY further development and
Eprogress Of art, beauty and esthetic
sense in this new century, which the
mostsghopeful of the artists and loyal
citizens believe the future holds.
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by the crown prince, asked strongly
conservative member Of the first cham
Der, Mr.. Lindman, late director of the
telegraph, to form a cabinet with a
view to solving the franchise problem
on the basis Of the Peterson proposal,
the one defeated in the second chamber.
Mr.. Lindman accepted office and sur
servatives and three deserters From the.
other side. These three were the war
minister and foreign minister in Mr..
Staff s cabinet, the two gentlemen who
resigned. and one former member Of the
liberal party Of the weakened type. but
who had no position Of Importance. The
other seven members are conservatives,
pure and simple, and all eleven are
bound to franchise proposal accord
ing to the wish Of the first chamber.
!. The nearest effect Of this occurrence
conflict between the two chambers, and
on which side the victory will ultimate,
ly rest it is not difficult to foresee.
s. Big Strike In Prospect.
The people Of Sweden will not be.
governed against its own will and with
ont having its say. The fight will most
certainly be extended over wider line
of battle than the suffrage question.
The cry. for a revision Of the constitu-
tion IS already raised and the ending
the order Of the day. If, when parlia-
ment meets again next January, the
first chamber is still stubborn, there is
scarcely any doubt that the Swedish
people will enforce it's demands with a
general strike which then very likely
will take place when the debate about
the franchise bill begins. .
The workmen Of Sweden have al
ready during the franchise debate, 1902.
held dress rehearsal of a. general
strike. That time the debate lasted
wonderful. The first chamber, which
up to then had turned a deaf ear to all
talk about extended franchise, voted a
resolution In favor of manhood suffrage
under the pressure and the effect of
the idle. hands. That this resolution
afterwards, when it came to take shape
Of legislation, proved to be promise
easily broken, will only give enforced
vigor to the movement in the direction
Of a general strike next year. This
time a few days will not suffice, but
not 90 back to work until definite re-
suit is reached. ,,{g.
King Less Popular.
Another matter thai must not be
overlooked is The part the royal family
has taken In the events Of the last
weeks. King Oscar, who gained added
last summer when he refused to be led
to San armed conflict with Norway, a
position in which he was supported by
both the crown prince and the rest Of
the royal family, has now lost great
! deal Of that popularity. among, the
masses by seeking supporters among the
upper classes. Those who last summer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-24
i HUDIKsVALL DESTROYED
Fire Levels Thrifty Little Swedish
Seaport on the Baltic;

A fire started last Sunday night in
the little city of HudiksvaH and,
famed by a strong easterIy gale,
spread with such rapidity that all ef.
forts to extinguish it were fruitless.
Practically the whole town was wiped
out and 1000 families were made home
less. The fire extended to the borough
Of Avik, where 1900 persons were
burned out. The Hudiksvall Lumber
!company's large factories and large
amount OF lumber were destroyed.
$2,O00,000. !. ! ;. -
Hudiksvall is q seaport on the north
eastern coast Of Sweden. It is located
On AN inlet Of the Gulf Of Bothnia,
seventy miles north Of Gefe. The pop.
ulation is about 5000. ri.
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The Danish Elections,

!. While the government party lost a
lew seats thru the recent elections in
Christensen ministry will be continued
in power with the aid of the moderate
party. Christensen;'s principal strength
has come from the rural districts. and
1t Is this element which will be in con-
troll. In the election Of members Of
the folkething the reform party Sc
cured tifty-fve seats with net loss Of
three, the social democrats twenty-four,
the conservatives thirteen, the moder-
ates, who are expected to vote with the
government, nine, the radicals nine,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-24

So popular has the moccasin flower
become since it was designated as the
state flower that it is eagerly gathered
wherever v found, with the result that
the flower once SO common is now ex-
tremely rare. The boys and tamarack
swamps south of Lake Calhoun and
beyond. Cedar lake once >teemed with
these. flowers, bute4th most patient
search now will fail to, reveal single
one. In the opinion Of botanists, the
That it is not already extinct is
shown by the immense bunch of 5l2
blossoms gathered by W. Allardyce last
Wednesday near Excelsior. Mr.. Altar
.dyce has no particular excuse except
that he saw them first, and that they
were certain to be plucked by some one
The Cypripediums, known variously
as the moccasin flower or Indian mecca
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sin, is found in six varieties in Min
nesota, the most common being the
now recognized as the state flower.
1t is q difficult plant to cultivate,
but G. NJ. Loring, in his wild flower
garden, has several moccasin flowers.
The flower might be preserved by cult
walton If not by other means. I.
There is national society for the
preservation Of wild flowers, but it has
no branch in Minneapolis, and the
movement has found no champion in
this part Of Minnesota. Several per-
sons who have discussed the matter,
greatly deplore the disappearance of one
Of the daintiest and handsomest of
Minnesota blooms, and it may be that
an organization to protect the pretty
flower from humiliation will soon be
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