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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
JAPANESE ART IN BANTAMS.

HE for producing diminutive fowls has led the
fancer outside the realms of reproduction in
miniature of the larger types Country Life America
1t has resulted the actual creation Of bantam types which
are individual characterat say they do not rep
resent any larger type These called variety bantam
The ideals IN these cases purely arbitrary and simply
modelled according to ones ideas Of beauty Each type is
law unto ITSELF The peculiar characteristics different
individuals or even naton may thus be carried into their
fancy poultry. .~..>~ ..-..% u. s~.>~r
Perhaps striking illustration of this idea could
be cited than the Japanese bantams What have come
to understand Japanese in it's color combna
onswe carried out in remarkably characteristic style
in these BIRDS They strkng distinct from any other
group One of the most noticeable characteristics giving an
Immediate feeling of quantness is the shortness
Of the legs frsclass specimen indeed should show
any limb whatever when walking deusion which greatly
helped by the profuson of feather with which bird is
endowed The tail is largely developed the feathers
standing erect high the head higher
ing the back OF the neck The wings very large
ing right down to the ground helping materially convey
the idea Of a legless bird
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
AN ILLEGAL LAW.

SOCIALIST talking the usual socialistic paradoxes
y If l. an employer he said, "pay my workman a
dollar week less than he WORTH robbng the man of
dollar every Saturday just certainly as tho took the
money out Of his pocketbook
Of it is not against the law in that way
But if law right then there many wrong rights
legal rightfu there many illegal laws Think it
Think over the law Of heriot, for instance.
"Herlot is law Of England A relic Of feudal times
when the barons owned their tenants the they
the land the tenants farmed heriot that on ten
ants DEATH the landlord may seize his valuable animal
Many English landlords waive their heriot right MANY
the other hand, exercise it. Thus only last month";
landlord SEIZED tenants death, racehorse worth
$4,000.
Such things continually happening in England "A
movement on foot there to abolish the law Of herio
Il mention the NATTER the socialist concluded, to
show that lawful things not always right things
rob your neighbor awfuy-and you rob him law
fully in number Of scoundrel less than
if robbed him unlawfuly For there laws quite
illegal quite the law Of herio that the English
going to abolish. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
A SOAP EXPERT.

"A
PROFESSOR EUGENE GIRARD, the pure food expert.
said recently Of food authorizations:
1T is pity that the of taste can't detect the
pures in food This sense which causes us dis
comfort the most wholesome circumstances will thrill us
with delight when eating deadly mixture of cop
peras sodium suphite and sacyic acid strange sense
"And yet" =. Vs. ~.
: Professor Girard smiled.
And yet it is subtle enough in some ways
II remember sitting in barber shop day, waiting to
have e, my hair cut:
voice: r.
" you have changed your brand of soap haven't you?'
THE barber looking pleased, replied:
q Eyes. How did you know?' =. --,..
. The taste is richer, the REPLIED
ap THE CROWN OF GOLD.
THE late Paul Lawrence Dunbar the negro poet,'' said
an editor, "once addressed Sunday school in New
York heard the address, It delightful An odd in
cdent happened tho at it's endan incident that Dunbar
laughed at as heartily the rest of us.
''Dunbar, towards the close Of his remarks, said
And, my little friends if you do all these things some
day you will gold Yes each of you some day.
will wear gold crown
"A little chap the front row, catching the poets
friendly eye, piped: ~@~.
% my faver wears one now.' FIN -.
"'No!' said the poet.
ID" Yes, he does-on his toof said the little chap''
FOR CHEAPER LENTEN FARE ..
ENATOR CLAY Of Georgia. in condemning certain un-
~ derhand and mean business methods said:
"Such methods remind Of woman whom I heard of
in my boyhood a 7
"This woman and tricky. One day at the be-
ginning OF Lent she called her cook upstairs and said
. 'Jane, am grieved to how you carrying on
with the butchers young man.
" Oh he's very decent, nce honorable person, George
Is am, Jane replied L assure you ma am couldn't
keep better company
THAT may be- Jane the interrupted; 'but I
think you should consult interests more Why shouldn't
that is Lent get up little Irritation with the
fish dealer?'"
A LENTEN THOUGHT
6 BIRD in the hand, " he said, sis worth two in the
II bush'
She looked up from reverie
eyes, DEAR she agreed 'sThe birds in the bush may
carol sweety but takes bird in the hand to trim
hat WITH
Already it will be perceived her thoughts were on her
Easter bonnet.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02

3 NHAIa1a WAS
Yors pavements dear her, and she had ougrown
her affection for the great metropolis Moreover she knew
that the Threats of birds sometimes give out as
night replaces the day their singing succeeded by the
mouful croakng Of bulfrogs the buzng of mosquitoes
which cannot be outwited by netting that
invented and the hootng Of owls that have night
time lease every tree the wood and utilize them
cert halls from twilight till dawn. She knew too, that
cooking for dozen hungry and overseeing the house
hold department of farm that gives them employment would
dull the keen of beauty that vbrates exutanty
with the occasional contact with the gores of nature and
{ she shrank from the monotonous existence 49,.
But the other hand, what had she? The kclack
OF the machine day and day OUT the hurried voice
employer commanding her to edo this edo sthat the
neverceasng struggle for pttance that would buy
new dress and then pay for three meals day and
settle with the washerwoman. And what would it all amount
to- Nothing. What would be the end?
The typewriter shuddered raised her head Her en-
poyer stood beside her.
'sHave you fnished?' he asked.
"No,' she stammered. 'I'll be thru in a minute
"You We been at it long enough. Get move on'' he
said grufly .=E.:=... :,:# ~
Somehow the slang command seemed almost prophetic.
At any rate it stirred the typewriter into sudden decision
pad Of telegraph blanks lay close at hand She tore
leaf from and wrote to the of the pretty
farm, 200 miles away It short message It
contained just word, monosylable, and was spelled
sy-e-s.' 5...-E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
BUNTS..

81 HE right usually hears better than the left.
Americans said to spend $35 100000 abroad every
year ~
policeman on average arrests persons year.
The tongue Of whale will sometimes yield ton of OIL
Nine out Of ten chew only with the left side Of
the mouth.
The locomotive engineer of Germany receives $500 and
gold watch for ten years served without accident
There is in man Of $50 pounds weight enough iron to
make sledgehammer, and enough phosphorus to make
100000 matches
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
The Typewriter 5 Last Click
E typewriter was alone.

HE Typewriter was alone.
There was a good deal Of novelty in
the situation, for it was seldom that the
ineffable sweetness of solitude crept into
the hurly-burly of her work-a-day life. q.
From 8 in the morning till 5 80 at
night there was the office, with its fuctuat-
ing but ever-present population Of men,
men, men,. and from $50 tilIs9 in the
morning there was the boarding house,
where even the blessed privilege Of in
trenching herself behind closed doors and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
BULL FIGHT STATISTICS.

81 AM off to Spain'' said photographer. sThe bull
fighting season opens in April and must be there
for the first performance
The season. he said, lasts months from April
to November Each there are, average 500
fights and in each fight three bulls killed. horses
and twenty-ffth Of The aggregate season
slaughter IN the ring that is to say 1900 bulls 5000
horses, and twenty men.
nThe chief matadores number twenty-five. They each
earn about $4,000 The ordinary helpers earn :
only $780, .s#s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
What the Market Affords

FORMED beef, 10 cents pound.
~ Anchovies in oil, As cents tin.
Cold roast beef, 40 cents pound.
Melon mangoes, so cents quart.
Dried lima beans, 10 cents pound.
Cottage cheese, cents a ball. IS : i -
Evaporated cherries, 35 cents a pound.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02

Bean soup is most nourishing and appetzing dish.
make it take pint Of BEANS wash and soak them
night put to boil in two quarts Of cold water when the
water bois off and add two quarts of boiling water add
Of dried celery and cook steady for three hours
into stewpan tablespoonful Of drippngs onion
minced fine and tablespoonful Of -four Cook slowly
twenty minutes Then pour water from beans this STIR
ring all the while Mash beans into paste the
other ingredients Season with salt and pepper rub thru
sieve return to the fire. when the soup bos up add
pint Of hot milk and one tablespoonful Of butter.
If too much salt has been added to any SOUP slice raw
potato and boil in the soup few minutes The potato
will absorb much of the salt.
Maple served with cottage cheese after the fashion
OF grdde cakes is favorte dish certain New England
homes.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02

her romance for all that, and
somehow the confused rumble
from the street and the alley
brought it before her very clear
ly. It did not take root in the
turmoil that reigned below, but
had its growth in trim farm
lands, where the nearest rail-
road was two miles and a half
away. The model Of the pic
ture she painted in fancy was
far distant, but she knew it ex-
listed, and that the hedges of
lilacs and honeysuckle and
snowballs and the green ponds
where the golden-hearted lilies
would soon open wide, were all
for her if she only cared to say
the word that would give them
to her forever.
But the typewriter was an
eninently practical person, and
she hesitated, even in reverie,
to commit herself irretrievably.
She loved the city with all it's
noise and CRIME and sitting at
mosphere. There had been a
time when she had declared
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02
A String Of Good Stories
A TOUCH OF MELoDRAMA.
cannot tell how the truth may Be:
say the tale rs twas sSid to me, :,

4 NOVELIST was talking about Owen Seaman the new
a editor Of Punch
II met him in London he said, ca dinner given bv
charity society found him very learned and very witty
Seaman made spe-sh at this dinner wherein hes said
that charity profession ITSELF that our aims
giving should be done thru trained organizations IL was
to achieve any good result.
1He said that professional beggars were amazingly
clever Only professional almsgves could keep up with
them He said that among children and infants willy
professional beggars to be found.
sThen he told how woman beggar, professional with
her little daughter OF years. admitted to the
hall OF countess house, and they passed from the hall
to the drawing room, the mother whispered:
" What will you say when you into the drawing
where the countess is?'
The child, smiling, whispered in reply:
" 4 know. I'll put beautiful lost look and bu st
out, Oh, mother is this heaven?'''
WHY HE DIDN'T PROSPER
Ohm D. ROCKEFELLER JR,, in an address on the sub
y ject Of success said:
II will illustrate my meaning with incident that hap
pened in a western mill
"a huge, brawny chap applied the foreman of the
mill for work Tho there no vacancies the foreman
took him onhe told peous tale of woe-and set him
to shoveling coal in the mill yard
In the afternoon the foreman went to see how the new
hand doing. He found him. in company with an old
handa lean veteran Of 6Oshovelng coal into cart But
the old hand worked faster than the new one shoyeng in
two shovelfus Of coal to the new hands one
Look here said the foreman to the brawny stranger
this is hardly fair Pete throwing two shovelfus into
the cart to your one' @a
''Yes, boss replied the hand told the fool
about it, too.]''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-02

for roommate claimed protection behind the barn.
cade and gradually the few square feet Of space which
she wled had been seized upon rendezvous by people Of
festive turn of mind from every quarter of the house
So that day. when few diamond minutes brushed clear
OF dust and slime of and and idle tongues
mercifuy set down in the Of the furnished day, she
seized upon them eagerly and resolved to make the Of
them. The machine with its half finished stencil,
pushed back into its receptacle and the typewriter rested her
head her arms and began to think.
She not ideal typewriter She not young,
neither she pretty and the occupants Of every office into
which she stepped her substantial foot did not fall victims
her charms which Of quantity but she had
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14
READY TO INSPECT LINES
President Bancroft and New Direct
ors of Street Railway Will Ex-
anime Local System.

The executive committee of the new
board of directors OF the Utah Light &
Railway company will meet this after
noon TO determine upon a date for a
thorough inspection of every foot of street
railway track in Salt Lake.
This Will be the first time the ma jor-
ity of the directors and President w. II.
Bancroft have ever been over the COM
plete system. The trip means a definite
decision on just what changes are to be
made in tracks, grades and terminals.
what loops are to be put in and what
changes in the running schedule of cars
are to be made. In all probability the
present schedule for the operation of the
cars will be completely annulled. Several
days ago President Bancroft said:
THE way the cars are operated at
present is very unsatisfactory. No one
knows how long il is going to take TO
get from one point in the city TO an
other or when he can start. This must
all be Strengthened out at once. Men are
at work on the job now
The new operating superintendent OF
the street railway company is expected to
arrive in Salt Lake from the east within
the next few days.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14

Officer C. A. Carlson Arrests Paul
Falkner in Pueblo--Wanted
Here for Burglary

Officer c. o. Carlson has added an
other laurel to his collection by locating,
arrresting and getting a confession from
Paul Falkner. 16 years old. after the boy
had hid himself in Pueblo. Colo.
Thieves entered the room OF a. Van
Patten of ogden, who was staying at
the Cullen hotel several weeks ago,
curing "A watch valued at 500. No clue
was left by the thieves. but the affair
was Strengthened out by Officer Carl
son on the morning following the theft.
The bluecoat noticed young fellow
4 walking along First South street hold
picious manner. Upon being asked ques-
tons the boy appeared i'll at ease, so
. officer Carlson took him TO the police
station. where he said his name was
Ivan Hicks. A search proved that he
was hiding several linen pieces inside his
coat The hotel was notified and a search
was instituted to find what else had been
stolen. Mr.. Van Patten reported the
loss of his watch and after subjecting
Hicks 10 a sweat-bOX treatment for three
days the boys admitted stealing the watch,
but said a boy named Falkner had Sc
cured the timepiece and disappeared.
Officer Carlson kept on the case and
learning that Pueblo was Falkner's old
home sent queries there. Upon locating
the boy, the officer went TO Pueblo ar
rested him and succeeded in recovering
the watch. although it had been p3Wned
To a watchmaker~in Grand Junction The
matchmaker had left Grand Junction and
ODened a business in some small town
in Colorado He was located and reached
The officer and his prisoner arrived in
Salt Lake yesterday. Faulkner and Hicks
are now confined in the city Jail await
ing hearing before Judge Diehl.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14

for some time; head has ached and
back also; has slept poorly, been quite
nervous, and nearly tainted once or
twice; head dizzy, and heart beats very
fast; then that bearing-down feeling.
and during her periods she is exceed
ingly respondent. Nothing pleases
her. Her doctor says; Cheer up. you
have dyspepsia; You will be all right
soon"
But she doesn't get all right, and
hope vanishes then come the brood
ing, morbid, melancholy, everlasting
BLUES.
Don't wait until your sufferings have
driven You to despair, with your nerves
all shattered and YOUR courage gone,
but take Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound. see what it did for
Mrs. Rosa Adams, of $40 10Th Street,
Louisville, KY, niece of the late Gen
eral Roger Hanson, C.S.A. She writes:
Dear Mrs Pinkham:
u cannot tell you with pen and ink what
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
has done fo- me- | suffered with female
troubles, extreme lassitude, the blues, ,
nervousness and that all-gone feeling. 1 was
advised TO try Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. and it not only cured my female
arrangement, but it has restored me to perfect
health and strength. The buoyancy Of my
younger days has returned. and | do not suf-
fer any longer with dependency as did be
fore | consider Lydia +. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound boon to sick and suffering
women"
II you have some arrangement Of
the female organism write Mrs
Pinkhain. Lynn, MSS, for advice.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14
Court Notes.

The preliminary hearing of William
Smith charged with burglary in the sec
ond degree will be held before City
Judge c. b. Diehl at O'Clock this morn
ing.
The preliminary examination of j. Gil
lespie, charged with assault with a dead
IN weapon with intent to do great bodily
harm. will be held before Judge Diehl at
o'clock this morning.
The preliminary hearing of Ed Kelly,
charged with attempting to criminalIy as
saut Lalita Evers. 1S years old. viii be
held before Justice of the Peace Dana
Z. Smith at > o'clock this afternoon
Thomas c. Edgar filed an application
in the probate division of the district
court yesterday for letters of administra-
tion on the estate of Elizabeth p. Ed
gar. who died Sept. D. lsO6 and whose
estate consists of real estate valued at
$500. There are several heirs
Judgment was given for the plaintiff
in the district court before Judge A. w.
Morse yesterday in the case of A. r.
Christensen against the Colorado Invest
ment-Loan company. The plaintiff asked
for an accounting on an investment loan
of 500, and he also asked the court to
decree mortgage from the plaintiff TO
the defendant fully paid and satisfied.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14
Ouden Briefs.

G. r. Cleaveland the Salt Lake com
mission man. was in the city yesterday.
T. j. Fitzgerald resident engineer for
the Southern Pacific company, left yes
terGay for Sparks. New.
Mr. and Mrs. j. r. Forrest announce the
engagement of their daughter Florence
Ethel. TO Graham Cross.
The infant child of p. NJ. Poulsen died
yesterday morning and will be taken to
Huntsville for interment
A meeting will be held at the High
school some time this week to consider
the appointment of a military instructor.
Rudolph Kuchler has been appointed a
delegate to the Ira Mississippi congress
which convenes in Kansas City this
month
The Ogden Rapid Transit company is
preparing TO fight the injunction granted
to residents along Sixteenth street who
object TO a double track being built in the
street.
w. J. Shealy and associates have re-
turned from an inspection of the santa
rum i'm eastern Oregon They have re-
ceiVed many new ideas which will be APP
merits under contemplation.
Lew Parry left for Omaha yesterday.
The case of Daisy Stigers VS.. the Union
Pacific Railroad company, wherein tn"
plaintiff is suing the defendant for dam
ages for the death of her husband, has
been settled out of court. by the defend
ant paying over to the plaintiff the sum
of 81 80.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14
BROWNING STANDS PAT.
Chief OF Police Defends Adninistra-
ton of Police Department.

Chief of Police Thomas E Browning
upon whom Attorney j. d. Skeen virtu-
ally served notice in an interview, pub
l1shed few daye ago, that he would
either have TO do his duty as head of the
Ogden police department or he might be
called upon to defend himself i'm an ac-
ton seeking his removal from office, is
out with a statement in which he de-
ferds his position regarding the running
of that department. He insists that he
will continue in his present policy and
that he will not be dictated to by Mr.
Skeen or the recently organized Law and
Order League.
Mr.. Skeen. in speaking of the league
stated that gambling and the operating of
slot machines must cease. that Electric
Alley must be closed and the LIQUOR laws
observed, or some of the officers would
wake up some morning and find that
the court
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14
BIG IDAHO RANCH SOLD
Valuable Property in Boise Valley
Passes From P. H. Lannan and
A. I. Thomas to r. S. Camnhel.

The Riverview ranch, also known as the
Lannan and Thomas farm, in Canyon
county, Idaho. was purchased yesterday
by r 5. Campbell. general manager of
the Utah Light * Railway company. The
ranch contains $40 acres and is well wa
tered. OF the acreage, 40 acres are now
under cultivation and there is a twelve
year-old orchard of sixty acres. The
ranch is three miles from Parma on the
main line of the Oregon Short Line. 1t is
the largest ranch in Boise valley. The
land will be made the basis of a corpora
ton which will be known as the Camp
bell Fruit and Stock ranch. The pur-
chase price was not given out, either by
Mr. Campbell or Mr. Lannan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14
Know Your Furs.

We propose 10 correct the general
erroneous understanding and purify
with the truth about furs. the imposi-
tions pertaining 30 furs as sold in this
city. Our position as the original and
leading fur house in Utah permits and
prompts us to maintain the honora bic
standing the fur business enjoys else
where. In European countries strict
laws similar TO our present pure food
laws protect the public from ignpOsi-
lion Furs should be sold for what
they are: q white rat or weasel is not
a royal ermine, nor skunk an Alaska
sable Respectfully submitted,
e. MEHESY, JR.. Furrier
Established sixteen years. Fourteen
years same stand. Knutsford block.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14
PLANS SPRING OPENING.
Track Laying on Bamberger Road
Approaches Ogden.

A large gravel deposit south of the
sand Ridge, near Bamberger's line has
been purchased by the Bamberger COM
pany; independent of the right-of-way. 1t
will be utilized in the construction of the
rCadbed from Lagoon to Ogden
Inc large steam shovel which has been
working on the Sand Ridge has been re-
moved TO the newly purchased gravel pit,
so that cars can be loaded and trans
ported quickly. The engineer in charge re-
ports that; northward about 1000 feet of
track per day are being laid. The officials
are planning for spring opening of the
road. Favorable weather has facilitated
construction work so that work is now
going on without delay
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-11-14
UTAH & IDAHO FRANCHISE.
Application of Company Is Consid.
cred by County Commissioners.

AT a special session of the board of
county commissioners yesterday the ques-
ton of granting a franchise to the Utah
~ Idaho Railroad company, which was
petitlOned for some time ago. giving them
the right to construct a road through Og-
den canyon. was taken up. There are OBJ
JectlOnab bic features in the franchise as
originally presented and these were
threshed out. If the objections of the
commissioners are met the franchise will
probably be granted