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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1906-12-16

more dare to go up into the bell-tower than
you'd dare to fly
81 don't want to go, but 1 amt afraid" l
declared, vainly trying to repress the shaking
that affected my limbs.
"Oh, boys, don't ask him to CO. urged Susie,
her gentle heart no doubt failing her at this
critical moment.
Even then, do not think she realized that
might be exposed to any greater danger
than hogging at the hands of the school
master.
Unfortunately interpreted her words as
taunt at my timidity. To be regarded rs
coward by girl was more than could
bear.
"I'll co. said, with desperate calmness
''Keep a sharp outlook for the teacher"
81 told you he wouldn't be afraid to do
it!' exclaimed Bob Akers, triumphantly, pro-
ducing bundle of rags and a bunch of
Irvine from beneath his coat. Here, take
these and scud UP the ladder as fast as ever
you can"
In thinking over the matter since, have
been amazed at my stupidity. Here was
abundant evidence that l had been selected
as the victim of a juvenile conspiracy. Yet
l failed to see anything of it.
The words of Bob Akers, and the sudden
production of the rags and Irvine, made scarce
ly an impression on my agitated brain. It
certainly never occurred to me that the entire
affair was preconcerted
L was trembling between fear of the mas
ter and the horrible dread of being thought
babyish;. l was also troubled by an instinc-
tive feeling that the proposed retaliation was
wrong.
snatched the articles and hurried to the
ladder, with fear that even yet my sudden
born courage would desert me. was an ac-
tive climber, and speedily gained the narrow
landing at the foot of the gloomy tower.
Don't forget to watch for the teacher!' l
shouted back, for the sound of my voice aided
in keeping. up my courage.
Then began straining up the ladder that
led to the belfry. This ladder was nailed to
the interior wall of the tower, and thus slop-
ed inwardly at an alarming angle,
could not help comparing myself to fly
creeping along the ceiling. / dared not look
downward and it was so dark above me that
| could not see anything.
The ease with which slipped through the
door caused me to examine it with more care
than | had bestowed on anything else. II
was quite large, and for the first time it struck
me that had been deceived. Certainly Les
lie johnson could have crawled through that
had he desired.
| had never been in the tower before. Tn
fact, | cannot recall that it was ever visited
by any one, though it certainly must have
been, for | remember well when the bow who
was detailed to ring the bell one morning
pulled the rope so hard that it turned a som
ersault in it's aerial cage, and was dumb for a
whole day after.
But had no time for reflection. Just over
my head-hanging so low that was forced
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NE Of my earliest schoolmasters was
Horatius Bliss, man of many good
parts, but most rigid discipline
RslSs4lRHHl rian. He was evidently believer
0afs<eoD in the iron code of Draco, and Hog
ged us with tirelessness and impair
tlallty that was simply amazing.
But he could declaim the speech of Spar
tacus to the gladiators with a ring that sent
my young blood bounding through every vein;
and in the intricate mazes of fractions, where
L always stumbled and hopelessly lost my
way; he was perfectly at home. He had
nose for fractions, as certain dogs have for
rabbits, and delighted in running them into
the deepest and darkest holes, that he might
triumphantly drag them out
Thus it was that my fear of him was tenn
pered with kind of boyish admiration, that
even repeated foggings failed to disspate en-;
trely.
l do not know that his harshness produced
any good results in the school. The pupils
were kept in model state of submission, but
it was a quiet produced by fear, as numerous
petty acts of retaliation testified
There was one thing, however, the boys
demanded, and that was treat during the
Christmas holidays. A few apples would an
swer, if nothing better was to be had. 1t was
not what the treat consisted OF, 80 much IS
the fact that it was a treat.
Every schoolmaster had treated at such
times, as far back as the oldest pupil could
remember, and the amazement and indigna-
ton OF the school knew no bounds when Mr..
Bliss informed us that, owing to certain
breach of discipline, there would be no treat
that year.
The breach of discipline was in the shape
of bent pin, fastened, point upward, on the
masters chair.
The boy who had placed it there, together
with all his aiders and abettors, had been duly
forged for the offense, and it was the feeling
of the school that in this instance justice had
been fully satisfied
"The mean thing!" exclaimed pretty Susie
Templeton, after school was dismissed, and
as soon as she was safely beyond ear-shot.
II wish they'd fill his chair 80 full of pins that
he'd have to stand for a week"
This reasonable sentiment was mentally
echoed by every one within hearing, and |
am afraid not few began to consider seri-
ously how such thing could be safely ac-
complished.
There was to be no further school until af-
ter the holiday vacation, and this gave plenty
of time for Matching an abundance of retalia-
tory schemes
/ was one of the smallest boys, and, by
nature one of the most timid in the school.
Yet it hurt me more than ! can tell to be
thought timid. All, how often have 1 been
driven to do things that ] knew to be wrong
by the haunting cry of Coward"
The slightness Of my build and my back
wardness usually excluded me from the august
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Conyrlght by James EIverson.

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ged us with tirelessness and impair
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
THO MAY WAS WET,
THERE'S HOPE In JUNE

From its present water-soaked condi-
tion, the northwest may look with some
interest on a statement of what. the
average weather conditions for the
past fifteen years have been during the
month Of June.
The precipitation for May was some
thing over II inches, the greatest pre-
cipitation. with the exception Of May,
1877, ever recorded in the state. The
average precipitation during June for
fifteen years is but 3.97. If this av-
erage holds true the coming month, it
will permit the rebellious waters of
Bassett g creek to cease their wrath,
and the flooding streams Of the north.
west once moro to settle back within
their banks. The normal temperature
Of June for fifteen years past was 81
degrees. The warmest average was in
1894, 73 degrees, and the coldest was in
1902, 81 degrees. The highest single
day temperature was June Is, 1896, when
96 degrees was reached. The coolest
was June 16, 1897, 36 degrees. No
June in the l5-year period has equalled
the past May in precipitation. The
closest, to it was june, 1897, when it
was 9 inches.
IL this June is about the average, the
prevailing winds will be from the baln1y
south, with an average velocity of 10
miles. The record shows Aeolus became
very much excited June "a, 1905, and
the wind reached q velocity Of 62 miles
an hour, but as this is the extreme, the
average is the record to be looked for.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
Civil War Battles.

That sterling veteran of the civil
war, Oliver Otis Howard, contributes to
next Sundays magazine section of II
Journal, its leading feature, the
story Of Charlottesville, one Of the
great and decisive battles Of the civil
war. 1t was only few years ago that
General Howard encountered on the old
field Of Gettysburg General Fitzhugh
Lee, who commanded a cavalry force
under his uncle, Stonewall Jackson,
when that valiant warrior met his end
on the field of Charlottesville. At
this interview General Howard cleaned
some facts that enabled him to put to-
gether much more succinct and re-
liable story of this famous battle than
would have been possible at any earlier
date or under different circumstances,
but this is only small part of the pub
lie interest in General Howard - thrill
ing recital. Charlottesville was VIC
tory for Stonewall Jackson, and as Gen.
eral Howard writes in his closing para
graph: "I was beaten, I was mortified
beyond expression, till, like Jonah
watching Ninevah, wanted to die. It
was not to be. After that I had sue
cess after success to the end of the war.
At Charlottesville passed thru the
valley and the shadow of death; yet I
lived to see my own petition fully and
abundantly granted in the triumph of
the union cause and the reunion of all
the states.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
C0NTORTI0N STUNTS
-. CONDUCE TO HEALTH

IL Doubling ones self up Ike 4 jack.
knife and turning and twisting after
the manner Of the timber fellows. in
perfect health, in the opinion Of Viii,
liam Fisher, the wonderfully clever
contortionist who is performing at the
Unique theater this week. With his
little daughter Pearl, a bright little
"s.grandmother" sort Of child, with a
1.-the, beautiful figure, rosy cheeks and
bright eyes, Fisher performs some of
the most difficult feats ever attempted
by contortionists. He is 81 years old
and has been doing his tricks since
he was little shaver of Z years.
Knowing no other life than, that of
the circus and the vaudeville etheater,
he taught to do many extraordinary
stunts in the contortfonist and aero:
bate .ln iue. And now s his little Pearl
Ing herself up like q. ball, bending
her little bones as If they, were made
Of silken cords, and perfecting he,
physical development since she was q
baby years old. And Pearl would
rather 20 on and perform her pretty
tricks in her pretty clothes when the
orchestra is playing and the audience
applauding than do anything else in
the world, for she is child of the
stage. 49, ..
"It Is born in her, said Mr.. Fisher
who Is extravagantly proud of his lit
the daughter. "She is never 80 happy
as when we are doing our act. And
she is wonderfully healthy little miss
life, has never even had the ordinary
diseases Of children. She is very
strong and in such perfect physica'
condition that she throws off disease
after the manner Of all really strong
healthy people'' - 80
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
Gut Down the Fees.

r. Is a reflection on our federal gov
ernment as a business institution that
the financial side of the federal courts
has been left in such miserably loose
shape. AS T h 9 jour- - Wash
ington correspondent shows, the clerks
Of the federal court, have not been held
to any accounting worth the name Tor
The fees deposited with them: Immense z N 1s
sums have passed thru their hands and
gross overcharges have been possible
but attorneys and clients have had nc
means of redress. -. -
The least congress can do Is to pass
Mr.. Tawney' s amendment to the sun
dry civil appropriation bill, requiring
a full accounting from clerks, and an
open record from which attorneys may
see Just what becomes of the money
paid in for court costs and fees. Con.
eress can do still better by abolishine
the fee system and putting the clerks
on salary basis. The surplus fees
which have enriched some clerks shoule
be turned into the treasury They
would pay theasalaries Of our federal
Judges at least. and possibly the great
part Of the expenses Of the United
States courts. A system by which ;
mere clerk may amass $4,000 a year
while the Judge gets only $4,000, ha
no excuse for.perpeJuity.
Some provision ought to be mad
also for reducing the expenses Of hti
CATION in The federal courts. The gen
eral run Of cases that get into tn
.eiyil branch Gall for records Of tremen
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
HAMLINE YEAR AT AN END
COMMENCEMENT WEEK BEGINS
SUNDAY WITH BACCAI.AURE-
ATE AT HENNEPIN AVENUE
CHURCH. = j.. 81.

: Commencement week at Hamline uni.
versity will open Sunday with the bac.
calaureate sermon at Hennepin avenue
church by Rev. F. L. Thompson. In
the evening; Rev. 8. A. Cook Of Win
dom, a graduate Of Hamline, will preach
the university sermon. The class day
exercises will take place Tuesday even
ing IN the university chapel. The
alumni business meeting will be held at
place the annual athletic contests be-
tween the alumni and undergraduates;
at 2%p.m. the commencement exercises
viii be held in Hamline M. F.. church.
The alumni reception will be held
at $3.50, the alumni banquet at 6:30 pm.
The members Of the senior class Of
the college Of liberal arts are:
Aaude Elsie Bell. New Richmond. Wis; Nina
Rsass MssJ ess s 5erP La Poss @s Ssu oEs n We.9
Charlton. Cloqueti Mabel Gertrude Foster. Union.
Iowa; Ephraim irwin GILMORE, Hanaline; John
Paul Giyler. Redwood Falls; Robert Chenauit
srsna n.sGs ,a MABEL ss aads sSs
Valley; Arthur willard Hoover, Merriam Park;
Archibald willis Hurd, Mineral Point, Wis. !;
Charles Paul Ksast As%lins Mary Jane Kins
uel Louis Parish, Pine City; Della Irene samp-
son, Excelsiori Ella Conrad seholberg. Orton-
c Henry osess sshO5ers Mary
Squire, Hanley Falls; Myrtle sartweli Tart,
Alexandria; Maude Sanford Taylor Pipestone;
Helen Bessie Watson, Hamline; Matthew q.
Willing takefeld.
From the college of rnedicine;- =;
Left Almklov, Cooperstown. N. D.: Frank <.
Boucher, Fond du Lac. Wis. Albert Brassett,
Halstad; Carl r. Butturf, Wadena; Arthur j.
Dohm, st. Paul; William J. Ehmke, lie Sueur;
Herman ". Fraehlich, St. Clair; ]. H. Graham,
alendive. Mont; Fred G. Grover, Minneapolis;
Minneapolis; A. 2. johnson. Minneapolis; Julius
johnson, Sacred Heart; John LitchheldS Mime
A. Mellenthin, Sleepy Eye; Elizabeth Stevens
Monahan, Minneapolis; Robert a. Monahan, Min
nespolis; T. ]. Moynihan. River Falls, Wis.
way, Minneapolis; Edward ". Sem. Kasson;
Carl j. Shillman, Amor; Ernest G. sttrner, ST.
Paul; George F. Simmerton, Minneapolis; 8. @.
Ihauwald. St. Paul; P. o. Troolen, Hendricks
Emile O.. Vayer, Minneapolis
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
Lake Superior Water.

Lake superior wafer. .
To the Editor Of The Jeurnal.
In your paper Of the 10th, our
able health commissioner, Dr.. Hall,
sounds warning about our impure
wasr s4uPP al5 is tsSt sdset ss fpe
:frighten people into working and vot.
ing for filtration. The people will
never vote the money to build either a
sand or mechanical filtration plant:
It does not appeal to them. They feel
that the money would be wasted. They
have no confidence in either. Ny idea
is, and has been for long time, that a
broad policy. should be adopted before
poiicy pol y@a that will P attract notice ali over
the country; policy that will plan for
q million people and plan that every
one knows is all right and when COM
pleted will not disappoint them, is to
bring water from Lake Superior. We
will not be afraid to drink that; wo
will vote for that and will be satisfied
if it costs ten times as much, because
we know we would have have the best water water
from all. over the world. I under
l,stand that Los Angeles Is now making
surveys for conduit 240 miles long;
ours would be only $50 miles; theirs IS
estimated to cost $2s,0O0,000, and /
have an idea ours would cost less than
| one-half. H. a., IL. a.,
But listenl We would have an
advertisement that would be a tre-
mendous force for the upbuilding of
our city and would save thousands of
| lives in the years to come. It is a
burden to the citizen to buy water, or
even boil 1t, and we cannot have the
| enthusiasm to shout for Minneapolis
when we know we have no water to
drink. &c. P. Jones.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
THIS DATE IN HISTORY
MAY 81

1s21-sIese OF Mexico began. by
cortez.
16o7-FIrst colonlsts for America
sailed from Plymouth, Eng.
/. s1e72-UnIon between colonies Of
| Massachusetts, Bay, Connecticut and
Plymouth. .s y3S
f740 Frederick William Of Prus-
sin died. Rorns 1883.
177s- Stony Point evacuated by the
Americans.
1900 Copyright law passed by the
American congress.
1e40-c anton ransomed from the
British sforq SO 900 1000. ~ 3s
1851 United States hall service
.ssdisconttfiued m seeding States
1s7O- ivlii Hts bili approved. 5s3s E.
| s sssN ts,rl d.s ltios,; s at New:
Orleans CLOSED. jssss i. q, fs &.
1889 JohnstoMrt flood; $500 lives
lost. 's4ss; s ssss' &. 'ls5sg as' sssl
1893 Body Of Jefferson Davis
/ placed In Holyrood cemetery, Rich
r1ord. 81
ss5-Japane.e troops landed in
Formosa. 1. II.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
;, lieutenant Governor.

From, the standpoint Of his influence
upon legislation, the Eeutenant gov
'ernor, under 2long.established usage In:
this state, is a more important officer
than the governor The lieutenant gov
ernor presides over the senate, and in
that body it has been the practice here
tofore to commit to him, as president
Of the senate, the privilege Of naming
the various standing committees. It
is this fact in the organization of that
body which makes the office Of lieu
tenant governor signify so much to the
people of the state. -,
Nowadays legislation, as every one
knows, is done more in committees than
in legislative bodies themselves, and
the result Of any session can be quite
accurately forecast by a, correct esti-
| mate Of the makeup Of the committees.
So it happens that the people Of Min
nesota have learned that it is important
! to elect for the office Of lieutenant gov.
I ernor man on whom they can depend
"a man who will not so organize the
senate as to put special interests in con.
| troll Of its operations --~ -. ~...
Among those spoken Of as available
for this place is Mr.. Dwinnell Of Min
neapolis. MI. Dwinnell has served in the
house where he made splendid record
He is known to public men in the state
as man Of fine ability and fine charac
ter. He is known favorably not only
in Minneapolis, but thruout the state
his record having shown him to be no1
local in his sympathies and interests
but broad and liberal and thoroly en-
listed intf,the~square DEAL -.
Furthermore, Mr.. DWinnelI ia, ma,
Of force on the stump and in look1n,
over the list Of candidates for governo
already named, we cannot think Of an,
Of them to whom Mr.. Dwinnell 3 assist
ance on the stump during the campaign
would not be Of material advantage
This is qualification which shoul'
not be undervalued. In the comm,
campaign there will be something fo
candidates to do: on the stump and |
will be worth while to take into accoun
the ability of men named for place
on the state ticket to 20 before tn
people in effective campaign work.
When it is possible to get a man lik
W. s. Dwinnell for lieutenant governor
the4 part tiels tielsetnaAzers ought eva
: themselves Of such excellent y material.
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
Congress an T.. z. Mark.

8 Congress has gotten another jolt in
The building business, this time from
the blessed, agricultural department.,
which you would suppose would not
need buildings 50 much as pasturage.
Congress, taking into consideration the
fact that the bucolio Mr.. Wilson is =
plain man from the plains Of "I-o-
way,' made an appropriation in 1908
Of $1,5O0,000 for a building for the
department Of agriculture. OF course
a million and half does not 90 far
with government architects : in Wash
ington. They are likely to spend that
on ceiling or a couple Of pedestals.
To any other department congress
would never have presumed to offer
such paltry amount. But taking into
account the plainness of the aforesaid
Wilson, congress took chance that he
would put up pretty. fair sort of q
shack for a million and half. But
again Mr.. E. q. Mark, Incorporated,
was thrown down.. The agricultural de-
partment has just as much taste in AZ
chitecture as any of the rest Of them,
and the sooner congress realizes that
the better it will be for, congress. The
million and a half has built two wings
Of a. building, and the building itself
is yet to be supplied. Congress feels
that it has been deceived, and the sec-
retary Of agriculture retorts that. con-
gress fools about putting up buildings
fort3 departments without ever asking
| what kind of building is needed. Hence
it's plans 90 awry and the, departments
have to revanp the scheme in order
to. get. anything workable out Of the
money. II - = -.
The problem before congress is a
| difficult one. There is no question but
what it has. been grossly. taken in d
number of times by departments exs
ceeding their building appropriation OF
by their constructing something totally
different from what. they were 5com,
manded to build. The fault is partly
that Of congress. Had it ever made
or even Joined in, a comprehensive plan
for putting UP government buildings
i it would be in a better situation. But
it has, been like a man who hands hi
wife grudgingly quarter one day, ant
a week after, repenting Of his mean
ness. gives her $l0. She is unable tt
gage her expenses and he is unable tt
understand t'what becomes Of all tn,
money! A permanent building: commits
sion, working under the direction O.
congress, would have solved the diff
Guilty and given the people more fo,
their money with less Extravaganza o.
design and more artistic groupings o:
buildings than is to be seen in Wash
ington today. - ~
The Minneapolis journal., 1906-05-31
The Biennial,

s The Federal ion Of; Wornen's Clubs
(which opened tsbiennial session in St.
Paul yesterday represents one Of the
most important departures Of OR times.
at signalizes the entrance of woman
Unto the domain of certain public ques
Stions on which women may educate
!themselves to speak with an authority
impossible to men. What for example
could not be accomplished if the women
of America represented in the fedora
.tion should take up the pure food ques-
3tion and make such a study Of it as men
in their realm have made Of the curren-
cy or the TARIFF :.
E Nearly all the members Of the FEEDER;
alton are wives and housekeepers..
They have first interest ina the sub.
lect of foods and a primary reason for
studying and arriving at fixed opin-
ions on the sort of legislation and regu-
Iations most likely to abolish adultera-
tions.
f This is but one branch Of the possi-
BILE ramifcations of the biennial. 1t
has already taken up several problems
and moved them on to more hopeful
status before the country.zlt has made
q beginning with forestry which has
tproven that women can not only appre-
..ciate ideals, but also the, practical diff
.eulties in the way Of reaching ideal
states. It's forestry work has been
spractical, broad and has: already won
the attention of the country.
& The coming Of the federation to the
Southwest is "a 7viadic ation of Minne-
sofa IS claims TO: the prenniership as
Convention region. women are more
affected in their work by weather con.
sditions than men: A woman's con
vention demands, as it deserves, the
ioys Of perfect climate. This Mime
sofa is giving the biennial. ST.. Paul
and Minneapolis are supplying the kind
sof hospitality which belongs naturally
lin such a climate. 1t is warm With
out being too effusively attentlve; cor
dial without interfering with the reat
work for which the convention as
5sembled.
: The sincerity Of Minnesota g welcome
10 the biennial must be taken for more
than a tribute to the sex which makes
up the delegate. roll means st al
minnesota eordially approves; the, p4la1 y !
of the biennial and welcomes the womte1 ne
who have come among us, from a. a.
parts Of the country to labor In thea
own way for the upbuilding Of nable'
sAmerican civilization.