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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-07
A String Of Good Stories
1 NOT VERY LOGICAL.
tICarn0t fell how the truth may b.,
~ shY the tale as twas said 70 me.

sDOULTNEY BIGELOW arguing with local New
York. man about the Panama canal. 49,
You not very logical Mr.. Bigelow said at length
Indeed you illogical old man used to know in
Berlin %E@.#
This old man, umbrella in hand, set out morning
shopping trip He visited the shoemakers for Shoes the
hatters for hat the grocers for groceries, and
when he got back home the evening he found that he had
left his umbrella behind him somewhere. le.15ss
Accordingly the next morning, the old set out
again in quest of the lost umbrella He unucky at first
The seventh shop he visited the wherein his
brella turned up.
.. WELL, he said, after thanking the shopman, he
started with the recovered umbrella under his arm, Il
must you honest here than they at those
other shops - -. Ia. #$a z&< <sez #~~>
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-07
The Tall Girls Adventure

@sTHERE's good deal of advantage in being tall said
the 6-foot athletic girl who is proportioned accord
ingly ESPECIALLY when it to going out with fresh
fellow. Wait till tell you my experience with the little fell
low from Hoboken. ..#<@
''He about feet 3, with short legs and and
little tiny face. Somebody introduced him to me, have
forgotten who now and he asked right off the reel
to dine with him. It sort Of shame for girl who
has to support herself to let any opportunity to dine at
body else expense go BY willingly assened and upon
the evening named he came humping around. ~
where shall go?' he asked throwing back his head
and looking up at
think the Waldorf would be rather nice answered.
looking down at him. . ..-:, 49,
$50 We took cab and went sailing up to the Waldorf
which is only about half mile from where live STILL
when you have walk all the me why ride when you
have chance? =. FL.
|'When got there the cabby robbed him. of course.
Anybody could he from the country; but ddn
let that worry walked right in and the little fellow
followed if nothing at all had happened to him. will
say that for him. He's got lot Of pluck The first thing
he did to order cocktails. Then oysters Then little
white with the oysters Then he asked what else
would have and, after studying the WHILE ordered
the dinner. ....|
IT know few things about ordering dinner when I
think of them. The cup all right So
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-07
WHEN PUSHED.

ma J. IRONS who has been growing plants with wonder
IVA. full under acetylene light at the Cornell
department of agriculture said recently. -
Plants like They adapt themselves to the
ditions confronting them If plant can't have ten hours
of sunshine it contrives to get along somehow five hours
lit is like mankind A said to his friend day.
I" DO you think two can live as cheap one?'
Before my marriage thought they could the friend
REPLIED. ~ ..... T~~.
So And afterwards?' ,...-
,'s sAfterwards found they had to-"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-07

was the nSh. Ihere WASH 7
a thing the matter with
the reed birds or the
duck, and if you could
have tasted the ice I Or
dered! [ never saw any
thing like the attention Of
that waiter.
II thought he would
turn himself inside out
with his serpentine twists.
We had creme de menthes
and benedictines and fin
ger-bowls, and the little
fellow laid a yellow bill
down for the waiter &c
take out and bring back
the change.
"When the change
came it wasn't enough for
the walters tip. And the
little fellow was SO plucky
he never cracked an ex-
preston when he went
down in his pocket for
more and told the kow-
towing menral to send out
to the office and find what
I =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-07
What the Market Affords

VEAL steak, 20 cents pound.
Y Strictly fresh eggs, IS cents dozen.
Creamery butter, 80 cents pound
Flour twenty-five pound sack, 60 cents.
Celery, Is cents stalk.
Okra, 20 cents quart can. g..
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19
sI.OO per Year.

lent NnE ulry's adm uisirItion, we're
.s strong recommendations 81 tbs l'o.-
.. a- ."tr ,.tr U,.n written. li'
called attention Go Oh" fact that vast
'H... s.. ...l..l annually 90 waste
I'-.ff throughout tHs Wet, dat a wa
H,r supply HHs --|.--'g running tH 'h"
SEQ which v.nI 'rr-.'r 90 u.''.ul
acres ui the most f.r'. . % cert l.ui IN
tUD world. AID .. ,....I attention 10
the fact that an irrigated west vas
capable u SUPP ting tIr entire pres
cut population al the United States.
Il was not in keeping with the spirit
~ tAc times that this great oppur-
tuu.ty Tor home building should bv ue-
glyct"d by tLe nation.
Then when Colonel Roosevelt BE-
Clmc President, the irrigation bill was
PASSED AMI the administration Of the
law was entrusted 20 th" Interior De-
Ulrtmcui. ar llitchCurk was ready.
The Geological survey. a bureau %
his dcinrirmrut. had lsr"n making ~.
tensive surveys AMI in reality. getting
rIdy Tor Seth Law. ~ that work
WIS Immediately commenced and 10.
stead OF eight or ten years VI prelaFa-
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

A farmer left 20 his eldest son one
half % his seventeen horses. 90 bis
second son One-third and 10 his third
son One-nlnth. The executor did nOt
know what 90 do as seventeen win not
divide evenly by neither two. three OF
nine. In the afternoon a neighbor
drive over aud learning Of the di,ilcul-
~ sasd. Take my horse and you VIII
then have eighteen.- The executor
thea gave One-hah. or nine. 90 the
eldest con: one-thlrd OF slx, 60 the
second son: and One-hinsh. &C two. 20
the youngest. and the neighbor took BIS
horss home and ever after called him
~Problem- In the morning and ~Soiu-
tioa" IN the afternoon.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19
What became OfIbc Change.

Gen. ChafTcr was once asked 10y a
soldirr io lrnd him a quarter
Didn't yen Tcseiye your month :
ray yesterday asked the General
Yes" said the veteran.
"N hrre's your money now
why I lcft the post and crussed the
ferry with Sl5.;s,. ! met n friend. and
we had dinner. The bill was S'si.
Then I l,oucLt SlHO worth 81 cl-a-s;
then we went TO the theatre Tor Si.'O.
After theatre We went down 20 tie
BOwery and I sI'~nt S2.Oo there"
"That makes sl5Ol." said the Gen
eral. what bceame OF the Othcr
Gfty centsy'
The old soldier seemed puzzled, and
finally said:
"why. I must have sI'cnt that fool
ishly."
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19
Iu.ia County, Florida, Friday, January 49, 1906.

always thought De- va uatil the *.
pUsurg a. bis HTlaElu,ug vas made.
then he must have "a. lrUmui death as
a happy issue oar OF a. bis trouble.
He vas ar ola ul1. d. lad sounded
the depths and .laI'u.H ~ lip. lie
bad run obi. Elmr' uf LH.r. emotions.
TIE had f,lf 'lo r'.-H. '.-'ls Of tri-
umnh and o.. r".H .f appointed
ambition. %. ia associated. the
world around. v.u the men who give
impetus and ton uo 90 the uplifting
thoughts % Ua. p! lat are hurry
ing Us on % civilization that will
eventually realize the poets dream Of
Utopia.
what he must have suffered IN his
last days-WEat devils poppled his
brain, VLat ropiniurs % What might
have boon must have depressed his
sOul-RLp can imagine these, lCt alone
tell about them? Napoleon frett!ng
out his proud life on 81. Helena never
was as unhappy as John IL. Mitchell
must have h,cu while suffering
the stir IS % humiliation after expos
ure and cuuyictiUa came with a
sudd,ul,ss that carried him 10 the
depths Of despair lie told more than
one Senator wlO had seen him since
his trouble that be would never 80 10
Iail."
Had there been attempt 20 consider
resolutions 81 respect for the memory
~ senator Mitchell & Is likely That
there would have been objection.
There is a precedent for such action,
for WhOu senator Frederick, Of Cali
fornia. vas li.l,i IN a duel with Judge
Terry ~ that S'lfo. resolutions ~ re-
spsct we're offered IN the Senate They
were opposed bv Senator Foster, ~
Copnoc' cl', and 10" resolutions were
referred % a committee and never
were heard from az ruard.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

crew. lie also vas a member 81 the
freshman class Of the football team.
and actively participated In the pro
motion Of college athletics.
Upon the completion u his course
az Harvard. Mr. LOngworth studied
Law In the Cincinnati Law School. and
vas admitted 20 the bar In 1894. lie
served as n member Of the school board
Of his home city until elected 10 the
Ohio House OF Representatives In 1898.
by the incredibly small majority Of
4. being the only Republican elected
that year. Subsequently he served In
the State Senate until elected 20 the
Fifty-eighth Congress, and was 70
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19
GHOST POINTS WAY 10. GOLD
Miners Story of Discovery % Rich
Mineral Deposit In Jnc ApiOredl
Canyon.

Bringing a large bottle filed with
almost pure gold. taken from a lode
long hidden in mountain Businesses.
moi n great distance from S"a'tle, W.
+. bartlett and " & Black both well
known loggl business men. are reported
hack after a peril0us uip 10 the CO
Cadcs
Theirs. however, was labor richly
rewarded, though the story h so In
terwoycn With sHlritualism and 70
name that u Is Wcli.nigh Incredible
BcI LIT % tie grandson 81 ID. 4. In
Fc's. q miner ~ the early SOS In those
parts. who was murdered In the hills
~ bis partner. The Bartlett family
are spiritua lists. and Bartlett dc,iares
that his dead and murdered grand
father. through a Portland medium.
appeared 60 him and described how
he could find the lost mine and that he
would he independent for life.
Bartlett asserts positively that he
received specific directions from the
spirit Of his grandfather how 10 pro
coed 20 the lost mine. Moreover. he
vas told 10 sclort ~. G. Black 10 &C.
company him. The men will not tell
a the location % their fnd. but say
10 cannot he reached save ~ mahlus
an extremely dangerous trip and one
filed with hardship especially al this
time Of the year. when the mountains
are firm In winters icy grasp, In the
Surfing they will return and develop
tlcir find.
In rough and mountainous section.
they saw. they found a gray quartz
.lrlre. literally filed with precious
MEAL. Small pieces were broken on.
rounded NJ On a frying pan which they
had with them and the gold picked out
should the ledge prove rs rich as the
samples. or even a quarter as rich. a
man could pan ont In a weeks time
Caough Of the gold 10 make him
wealthy.
As an evidence q their ind they
have the bottle % gold dust. which has
already lnpn viewed nv dozens Of DCO-
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

After warnings Tor more than a hun
eroa year,. in which time thousands
a lives have been sacrificed and the
Kreaser portion o. the Nashoe ena
Ptuta Indian tribes wiped cut pace
has been declared between those tribes.
This arrangement was brought about
by Cart. Pete. bead chief Of the washoe
tribe. and Capt Dave. head chief OF the
Piute trihe. They met IN Reno. Neyada.
and through Johnny Kay. Capt. Dawes
lieutenant. the two old warriors shook
hands and Cor an hour or more over
The pipe Of peace discussed the plans
that led % the ending Of hcsuiitles.
Nov they are planning q big peace
danca. Il win take place % Sparks.
ana Tor six days both tribes VII join
IN celebrating the big event Ths Piutes
onos constituted one Of the nrgest
tFsbss IN the Northwest and the Wasoos
trIbs was q close second
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

HON. NICHOLAS LJNGWOkfH-
Walt became the charge 81 her aunt
nrs. William s. CO~les. who was thea
ni.a Anna Roosevelt, and % the preS
at day A as much the child 81 MA
Coules' affection as though she were
her daughter instead q her niece.
ner Debut In Nsashlagteas
Miss Roosevelt made her debut at .
taIl Given IN the great East koon
s.rly An January, sS03. since which
6ate she has enjoyed q succession o.
attentions never before 0asred any
M tke worlds Fair IN s. Louis.
When she was the guest q Miss Catlin.
Mis- Roosevelt was admired by thon-
aanAa who saw her. and Was voted
tTue type Of the American girl Thou
sanAs followed her wherever she went
hnt her demean0r ala not indicate that
ne was any more than q plain Amer
araa uer sweet smile completely cap
zalvafed the throng. and in Sc. Louis %
the West The Presidents daughter yin
always bs veieome'
lnao Nicholas Longworth. one o. tha
V-eaf mIIlionalres % the West Ills
mSthsr Inherited al q the estate e hi'
fnfhsT.
wholesoae Sort eta Man.
me future soa-ln-law q the Press
dept a an enthusiastic lover q outdoor
gDorts. q his splendid physioal deSef
opnant plainly iHdicatea He u an en-
par9 O. the Golf linka. q efossoounsr5
Tidar. q good marksman WITH shotesn
and rila. and q vstcraa fisherman ~
Harvard Ne was q mombef g sne
varsity ruUimE erpW. and for seIt.
ssaFs subsequently, roBe4 n - e.as'
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

The Ss-crctary's rugged honesty ani
unswervahle determination % we'd
out The dcspOiirFs and the graftrrs
who are looting the agricultural and
timlrr lands % the west have called
forth many high cncnniuns from
thOughtful people who have followed
his cOurse. No public Ofhcial has
taken more literally 90 heart the
strong cxprcssions against public land
grabbing % the President In his an
nnal message 10 Congress
Relieves Irrigatloa Great Question.
Closeiy connected with the land
question In the west Il the irrigation
question. and since he flrst came into
ofIice Secretary HitchcOck has been an
ardent friend % national irriEatsol-
His annual reports. even under f'reAi-
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

Mitchell. Of Oregon. Yet there r. no
body Of mcn On earth which Is a great.
er stlcklcr for ceremony governed by
proC, dent than Is the United States
Senate. But the Mitchell case pre-
scented a unique situation. The O1clal
recognition al the death % senator
Is always a solemn and affecting pro
cccding. but even the usual funeral
rites were omitted In this instance.
The Orcgon senator had been convict
ID az a grave crime AGAINST the gov
CrnmCnt. Excepting ; natur Burton,
~ Kansas. no other members ~ the
senate has ever had 60 face a criminal
court trial. The Senate has expelled
members and has often exercised its
constitutional prvTora'.vc ~ ursCatlng
a Senator. but with The two Cyl' ptions
above stated. u has n,y.r been con-
fronted with such a situation as vas
forced upon the public attention by
Senators from or, con and Kansas.
The viec-Prosideut, who Is the
President a. the Senate. did not ap-
point the usual committee 20 attend
the funeral hold IN Portland. Ore.
Senator Fulton. tho sole representative
Of Oregon left In Congress. had intend
cd presenting a brief resolution, re
citing the death Of his colleague. and
asking that the SCnate adjourn as .
mark Of respect. but even this was not
done. Not even was the desk which
the late Senator occupied yelled in the
heavy mourning drapcry as Is the Gus
tom. In a word. the Senate. In sad
ness, passed over the death % It's for
mer Senator rs quietly and unostenia'
,iousiy as possible. There have been
M eulagies. His succrsSOr. appoint
ed By Governor Chamberlain. q Dem
ocrat, comes % Washington from the
far Pacific slope and the sovereign
State Of Oregon win again have Us
fun representation In the senate.
seats Vacant Ia the House.
oregons representation IN the
House win remain vacant until the
courts have finally passed upon the
indictments and trials Of the States
two Representatives. McSsrs. Binger
Hermann and John Newton william
son. Ar Williamson already has been
convicted By a Federal Court OF o..
lenses similar 60 those for which Sen.
ator Mitchell was made % suffer. and
IA nov awaiting the outcome % the
appeal Of his case, as was Senator
Mitchell when death gratefully r..
lieyed him q further humiliation and
Voc.
Mr.. Hermann Is yet % Be tried. j,
thus happens that there vas no one
In the House from Oregon 90 make for.
nal announcement 20 that body Of the
death Of Senator Mitchell, 30 that no
Oeieial attention was paid the incident
There Is 20 llttie that can be said
Of the strange. tragic. pitifui case q
senator Mitchell that the meu Of the
senate Who knew him best Who liked
him best, Who had served IN that great
forum With him longest. and who are
most Erieved at the sad ending 81 Ms
career. have been dislBeiineA 20 speak
of him q al.
he q dad" said one Senator. -a1e
shst Oads an II he we're Tie nAn
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19
SENATOR'S DEATH IGNORED.
EXTJREL OTERLOOEED AT Cap
ITOL, WHERE ne MAD SERVED
MlNY YEARS.

Due 90 COnVietiOn for DcfraudingCoV-
ernmeat Of Lands Both Oregon
Coagressmen Also UadeT tndiSt-
meat or COnVie ton.
All precedent was ignored BY the
United states Senate in the case OF
the death Of the late senator John III.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

Hops we're introduced into England
In Is2f By q native 81 ArtOris-tlis
home % tn Artsaian well Physicians
denounced their use a. dangerous
and Henry VIII forbade brewers In
his klngdOm 10 use hopes In making
ale.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

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citizens. lat a. a mater 20 taet .Atse
proportion have ben par,e',I OF ~ me
az ss' the Various as ,s, ere Tsss "a
arrecfnsuts are continuaiiy tlnE Nintas-l.
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years has beca REGARDED az .Kelaslvsly
arse bans q shsep. toi,eS ~ AZ. a. I tat
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msnss are maee and n,a'iiS ,r, ggls' aSSa
!hs PeoPie are utiiilins 20 ,hSir Own salts;
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

n forestry station az Dodge CITY.
Kansas. n giving away trees az ne
rata q 10000 a year. since ne M
auTuFation 0f tree planting On an en-
tsnaive scale there have been Femarn-
ala ehanxes IN tha climatic eonoF
lInaB e knnznA
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19

Fer neariy half a century the sew.
Ing machine has been In use, and Jet
fog The shirt Ne wear the poor WORK
woman receives but sixty - eighty
centa q doznn.
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19
MISS ALICE TO WE'D.
cOYGRESSMAY NICHOLAS LONG.
WORTH. OF ONO, THE MOST
FORTUNATE or MEN.

AcFand white House Wedding In MID
February-CulmiaatiOa Of ROmanee
Relieved 90 Have Occurred On Ocean
Voyage.
There n 20 be another wedding In the
White House. and society at the capt.
cal Il already looking forward 20 what
undoubtedly will be the most brilliant
event IN the history Of the mansion.
IL n Just about two years since Rep
resentative Nicholas LOngwOrth, Of
Cincinnati. began TO lay siege TO the
haart cf the charming daughter Of the
President, and his attack has beea I'M
remitting Now he has captured the
heart Of Miss Alice. and will lead her
% the altar In mid-FeeruaTy.
Several times during the last year
Mr. LongwOrthis engagement 20 Miss
Roosevelt was Tumored. but II was
never confirmed. and the social world
began 20 conclude that q warm friend
ship was about all that existed between
them
Chance &C a llaetlms.
II was when Miss Roosevelt deter
mined to accompany Secretary Taft's
party to the Orient that Mr.. LongwOrth
apparently saw his GROWING Opportu.
atty, and he forthwith became one Of
the party. Throughout the jaunt his
attentions 20 the daughter u the Pres
tdent were more marked than ever be
fore. for In his wOOing he had the ad'
vantage Of being the only eOurtieT In
the field.
Though his friends now say that
they had observed the CLINT Of a glOri.
Gus victory in his eyes when he re
tnrnedOOm the long voyage. he never
eoufided his triumph 60 a soul. and the
hrst information Of the engagement
aid not reach society until Mrs. kOOse-
welt told Il 10 n few personal friends IN
the White House. Then, Of course, so
eiety soon heard Of Il.
Win Tour Europe.
II Is expected that after their mar.
rage the DISTINGUISHED couple will take
q leisurely trip throughout Europe
They will, a course. he certain Of a
splendid reception everywhere. espe-
eiaily in all the capitals Of the Old
World.
Miss Roosevelt has never been In
Europe. although she has had several
opportunities and invitations. notably
when che vas invited by Mrs. White
Law Rsid when Mr.. Reid went 20 Eng
landSs special ambassador at the cor
enation q King Edward.
In Paris. too the Longworths are
CERTAIN % lavish entertainment. as Mr.
LOngWOrth's sister. the Viscountess de
chambrun, lives there.
Miss Roosevelt. who Is the only child
% the Presidents first marriage. viii
BE twenty-five years cid In February
and a. named for her mother. Alice
lee. of Boston. 20 whom the President
became engaged On his college days AZ
Harvard. aRd whom he married In
1854.
On the death Of her mother. one year
after the latteris marriage, Miss Roose-
The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-01-19
FOILS The LAND THIEVES.
SECRE TIRY MTCHCOCk'S RE
LEyTLESS PURSUIT OF LAND
CRIBBING TINE YES,
Was Earliest and strongest Advocate
Of Government lrrig
ton work VI It's Department Highly
Successful.
~ Richard H. Byrd

Successful.
~ Richard II. Byrd.
II "a r1morrd that among probable
Cabinet changes Secretary Hitchcock
IL % shortly retire from the Interior
Department II which he has bocn the
head since the scrund Mckinley ad.
ADMINISTRATION. II Will BE- recalled that
more or less definite statements as %
Mr.. HltchcOCk's retirement and bis
probable SUCCESSORS have been Of very
frcquyut and regular occurrence, but
the reason therefore Is probably not
hard to had. Mr.. Hitchcock has made
a very great Secretary Of the Interior.
lie has torn to pieces vast iaorlc
constructed % steal, not acres. but
sguarc IN .as - the public lands. 10
grab from thc government great tracts
worth millions 81 dollars. The land
rrabbcrs have lrcen men In high 10
sitiuuS: they hayc employed lHfyug!
hril-ry and forgery 90 SIS nothing 81
more fprr,fui crimes O. dcfraui thrir
country. Their ring was lacked 10y
wralthy aud influential men and III
riu1cI members - Tire i'-i~lIiIr"s.
Tinted STATES commits .pu"rs. special
land agents, nutlrIes. etc. 10" tran
even ia ~ the bead 81 the General
land Di'Inr into t..r nation u liH.r' ~
REPRESENTATIVE ani into tho lHi'cI
states senate. To" iDu-' land laws ~
tie country made thclr task possible u
lot easy.