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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
GOOD OF THE ORDER

Twenty-three subordinate councils,
comprising the Minnesota-D Dakota Mani |
toba domain of the U: G. T., the total
membership of which approximates
5000, will send delegates to the thir,
teenth annual grand council, to be held
at Albert Lea Friday and Saturday. !;
leave St. Paul at $50, and Minneap-
oils at o'clock Friday morning over
the Minneapolis & st. Louis road, ar
irving at Albert Lea in time for din;
ner, and returning will leave Albert
Lea Sunday morning over the Rock
Island. Round-trip tickets are now for
sale at the office Of Alex Crozier,, sec,
rotary of Council No: So, Sykes block,
at So for members Of the Minneapolis
councils, with charge of SO cents extra
for those Joining the party from other
cities. The Duluth delegation will
probably meet the train. Minnehaha
council will take band, and the dit
ferent councils will wear distinguish
ing hats, caps or badges. Word comes
that the whole town of Albert Lea has
resolved itself into an entertainment
committee and q delightful time is as
sured, one which will be especially en-
ioyable for the ladies' Governor John
son is to be there, and some railroad
dignitaries, and the reunion Will not
lack for features that will make 1T lm1
DOrGduU DIS we'll lIdIC1 "ht ~
cially pleasant to be there. The mile
age question will come up for the for
mutation Of a plan to further conces-
sions from the railroads, the plan for g.
travelin gmen s hotel at Minneapolis
will be discussed law to be enacted
for better hotel protection from fires
will be framed which state Legislatures
will be asked to pass, and there will
be other topics which will be both in
teresting and worth the while in dol
lars and cents if travelling men must
look even upon their annual. outing
from the financial standpoint.
AS stated in last Sundays Journal
the crusade for interchangeable mileage
without rebate Is about two thirds won
The Great Northern and the Northern
Pacific: roads have agreed upon 5000
mile book for 800, and the 500 has
done the same independently. What i
now wanted is that the mileage SHOULD
be interchangeable on the three roads
There should be- interchangeable excess
- baggage books with 80 per cent
reduction, also, the travelling men think
and if the Western association makes
this concession, as is expected, tn
northern roads will follow. If the trav
cling pmens, could make their power s,
conspicuously felt as to influence
state election in politics last fall, Their
certainly is ground for the belief tina
concerted action can accomplish a grea
deal when pointed in the right :direc
ton a. >-.~ :~z.-. :. o.. =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
A Novel Suggestion.
70 the Editor OF The Journal.

To the Editor OF The Journal. - 80: g 49,.
I would like to suggest that the trav-
cling men should wear gold stripes on
their left arm, The same as conductors
on some Of the railroads, each stripe
show1ng thas she Teaner has served i've
made among the hotel men that those
wearing the most stripes shall have
their choice of rooms. AS I@could now
wear. six, stripes perhaps LIQUID then
something's get a decent room. on the
second floor. -. : - *gzesE..z eas;7 .s.S %
;: 1t seems sometimes that the young
fellows all know that in case Of fire the
old, fat fellows could never et%out of
the third story, but they. forget, that it
would only make it still worse FOR them
because younger men than they are
would take the places Of thesolder ones
+ burned up. Charles B. Clark.
New Ulm, MINI, May II, -s. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL

tand the hustling u. G. T.7brothersf Of
that citY.-are making extensive and
neutrality-suspicious. for. the meeting
of the grand council in june Ample
hotel accommodations are assured and
every comfort and pleasure that gener-
Gus hospitality can suggest will be ex-
tended all visiting brothers and their
wives.
The Minneapolis Credit Men IS assoc
citation met last Tuesday night and lis
tened to statement of the mileage
situation by H. X. Richardson, after
which resolutions were adopted to sec
ohd the efforts of the u. C. T. for the
adoption Of interchangeable mileage
without. rebate on the northern roads,
and o discount of 30 per cent on excess
baggage. A committee was also APP
pointed to assist in the movement.
The special train leaving Friday
morning will arrive in Albert Lea in
time for dinner. Round trip only So,
and it is earnestly. hoped the two coun-
ellis in Minneapolis will send a hand
! some delegation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20

est ambition, and she made prodigious
preparations last year in anticipation
of realizing her fondest hopes. And
sore was her disappointment when the
king concluded his visit to Ireland
without accepting her hospitality.
When he does arrive there it will be
as her tenant.
For some time past the duchess has
been irving to lease the place, as she
finds the allowance her father makes
her insufficient to keep it up in the
style she started to maintain, for she
spent mint of money in furnishing
and decorating it. But Mr.. thinner
man won't increase it, for he is of the
opinion that he pays quite as much as
it is for the privilege of having duke
| for a son-in-law. -
The duchess greatly regrets having
/ to leave Kylemore, for she much pre-
fers it to Tanderagee, the dukes own
Irish ancestral castle; but while Papa
Zimmerman remains obdurate, there is
no help for it.
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:
in which Mr.. and Mrs. F. Spool, Nc.
and Mrs. Gloeckher, Mr.. and Mrs. -.
W. McClatchie, Mr., and Mrs w. 9.
Stockman, Mrs. p. T. Jones, Neva Nc
Elroy and r. Z. Braden took part.
"A collation. was, served, afterwards.
Another letter recently received
from W. f.. Shelly Of Council No. So
terrible experiences s'' he sand and his wife
went thru ins the San francisco cal
amity has caused her to collapse with
nervous prostration. He has removed
ito Portland, where he Swill make his
future home. Hsaf sF. J5e
/. .sa At the last regular meeting Of Min
ttneapolis council, No. SO. the secretary
was authorized to transmit the Califor-
MIA relief fund, amounting to $500, to
the grand co,lnselor!of California. to be
disbursed by him and the grand en-
ecutive committee to all CTS who
had suffered thru the earthquake calam-
ity Of last month sp:tss a.
The Commercial club of. Albert Lea
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
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u. G. r. Personalities.

The large, stout travelling man with.
a gray mustache, who was frequently
mistaken for John u Sullivan, was
very much in evidence this week. " -
The travelling millinery men have or
ganized ( a national association.
Albert Lea tickets on sale at Alex
Crozier's office, Sykes building
Superior, Wis, is to have a u. C. T..
council
81 Sanity City council has offered hand
some U. CT. -enblems as hustlers
prizes for the six mont his ending re-
spectively Sept. 80 and March 81
R. II. Sha driek, well Felaenlb ered IN
MINNEAPOLIS. now of Fargo, is taking
hand in building up the new; North
Dakota General Merchants association.
The annual meeting Of the Secretary
Treasnrer's association OF. the q. C. T.
will be held in Ghica go Monday and
Tuesday, June % and 6.iiz# 7
Mr.. and Mrs. William Weed have. re-
turned from their wed ding tour.
August johnson is recovering from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20

from Colorado, who was
riding in Pullman for the first time,
going to Fort Collins. During the night
the porter BACKED his boots and the
next morning the cowpuncher was kick
ing >because he couldn't find them.
"'Aren It these your boots?' asked
the conductor pointing to pair Of pol
ished boots.
:. mo, sir, they hahn t.; never had
'em BACKED and they hain't going to
be. either ~ - =. :.'&-,
HWben finally convinced: that they
were really his boots then he was good
and mad. tWhatthel: did you do that
for?' he. growled. tI'll let you know I
GAS he finally pulled his boots on
he muttered,4 This, settles this hyar
Pullman business with me-, Hyarafter
I'll ride on a. stock train where a man
DON have to be so plagued stylish. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
Gtdeons at GAINESVILLE.

Special to The Journal. - - -'--.
;, GAINESVILLE; Ohio, May 19.-t'rf you
belong to Gideon q band,' your proper
place is in GAINESVILLE today. Several
number of Gideons, are here. The ma
jor portion are busy selling goods over
the north, south, east and west, and
wishing they were in GAINESVILLE. -
The .Gideons are members Of the
Christian Travelling Men 8 Association
Of America, and this is their annual
state convention The opening session
was held this afternoon: and was pre-
Tidea oyer bg the state cfv president 4
prominent Gideons will occupy. the pull
nits of several churches. ~ sa..a...- -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20

Our new Savoy Lace Curtains, the
greatest salues we have. ever offered
Sale prices-$3, $3.50, 1915, SS1,
81. SO and $4.15 pair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20

j O'Connor is sitting in the smoking
car quietly enjoying his pipe and the
passing landscape when suddenly the
brakeman pops in his head and shouts,
"Oconomowoc! -
O'Connor, starting up wildly-"Oh
he may, may newell, he won't SO long.
as he has this bit of pasteboard in his
hat to show his fare is paid to Chi
cago."' -. &c. S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
KING 4 I #. !! / Of
AN AMERICAN WOMAN
Duchess Of Manchester Compelled
to Let Kylemore Castle
Funds Too Slim.

Special to The Journal. ST
london, May 19.-King Edward will
spend a month or six weeks next au-
tumn at Kylemore castle-but not as
the guest Of the duchess of Manchester.
I. To entertain his majesty there was at
one time the American duchess great
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-20
Lace Curtains and DraDeries.

Real Brussels, Arabian and Marie An
toinette Curtains7a great range of styles
don't wait day if you want to share
In these phenomenal values-Sale prices,
IS, SO, 81 so, $3.50 and $40 pair;
worth one-haR more. .. afif~ ,'s4,s2s
peries in the new soft shades. of reds
browns and greens: The $3.50. qualities
at $3.50 pair. .s[ = - -. = = =
Silk Drap eries-Three special prices for
this weeks selling. ,, Some colors only
one pair; others two pairs -of al kind.
s76O. qualities, only per pair. -. SO,
$1,000 qualities, only, per pair..s. $3.50
$1,000 qualities, only, per pair. SIS. SO
Cottage Curtains for City and Lake
most interesting lines of art cottage Mus
Inns, Cretonnes, Dmities and Chintz;
Art Tickings, Jubilee and Coronation
Cloths, Art Denims, to be found in the
city. You will save yourself, time and
money by seeing this vast. stock before
buying. 4{'g s.,
Specials for this week. - -: (, :,
so pieces of Art Muslins, So inches wide.
Sc; regular, 15c. z.tal ~ s,se ~
/ 80 pieces Cretonnes Art Ticking dainty,
| pretty colors and patterns, 25c per
yard; regular soc and 35c. ~
10 pieces Art Taffeta at SOC per yard;
! : regular, soc. ssssH
Also We will make to your order Bed
] spreads WIN DOlSCer. covers; IOfss 1ull size
/ bed, of Art Muslin, deep f1ounce; every
I thing first class for Monday, only 1895
per set. tStt
Keep your porch cool with one of these
1 Bamboo Screens, made Of split bamboo
bark-the part that is the toughest and
4 most durable-in various sizes, all COM
l plete, ready to hang; in green only
6 feet wide by feet high, each. SITS
/ Z feet wide by feet high, each. Sc 90
feet wide by feet high, each. $3.50
10 feet wide by feet high. EACH SO %
500 Porch Cushions, made from grass
Irvine mating; regular soc; choice csc
leach
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30

seen, plunged into the unknown. Some came
back with Disappointment to their homes, some
did not come back at all, but all made way for
the future. From the time of Prester Johu,
Europe had been filled with yarns about tho
>wonderful country of the great Khan, where
gold and precious stones were more plentiful
than dirt; where eternal summer abode, and
where, most wonderful of all, fountain, fed
by waters from Paradise, splashed in eternal
beauty and none.who quaffed thereof ever died
or decayed This desire for deathless youth
was not novel then, nor has it yet died out.
Just recall the furore made few years ago
over the Brown-Sequard elixir, and you will
understand how eager the old men of Europe
in the days of Columbus were to stave off the
inevitable So when Juan Ponce de Leon,
serving in New Spain under the viceroy heard
the Indians tell that, in delightful land, far
to the north the Fountain of Youth sparkled
forever under sunshine that never dimmed, his
old heart swelled with great hope.
Sailing away from Cuba one morning in
May of 1873 Ponce began his search. 1t was
not long until he had raised Florida, then so
bright with its tropical verdure and flowers,
that he gave it the name of 'Flower Land"
1t must be here that the fountain was to be
found The external appearance of the coun-
try was such as to make it most appropriate
place for the location of the earthly paradise.
Experience soon disabused him of this opinion.
The natives were the most inhospitable
Spaniards he had yet encountered. Efforts by
Pence to land his men failed, and after a brief
struggle, he sailed away for Spain, where he
was given royal permission to explore and con
quer the new land. In 1915 he landed a force
and began the work. but the Indians fought
with such determination and skill that the
Spaniards were beaten back, and the gallant
old leader succumbed to wounds received in
battle with the red men Of the land Instead
of finding paradise, and renewing his wasted
body by plunge into the crystal waters of the
Fountain of Youth, Juan Ponce de Leon lost
his life in a gallant adventure to prove or ex-
plode a story that demanded investigation He
gained Immortality, but not in the way he
sought
Just as the longing to live always imbued
men of all countries and ages to search for the
source of life so did the desire for wealth and
the comforts and Injuries it brings set them to
its pursuit. Get-rch-quick plans were as
numerous at one time as at another in history
Columbus expected to discover untold wealth
when he reached Cathay; it was the same
dream of wealth that led the Portuguese around
the Cape of Good Hope; that took Magellan
around the world, and that led Cortez to Mex
leo and Pizarro to Peru. Cabot and others
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30

Good Hope and sail up the east coast of Africa
as far as the Gulf of Alden was more than three
years going and coming. The same journey
can be accomplished now in six weeks.
Taught for ages that belt of fire circled
the globe below a certain parallel, and strength
ened in this belief by the increased tempera-
ture due to the approach to the equator, the
intrepidity of the first sailors to adventure in
direction of the boiling sea exceeds the cour-
age of the putative heroes who vanquished
dragons and demolished Minotaurs. These
men were no longer satisfied with the legendry
lore of the southern hemisphere, and deter
mined to discover the truth or to die in the hiss
ing waves of the sea whose waters steamed FOX
aye. Nor were they alone in their hardihood.
Other men made adventures equally as daring
and as successful, ali to the end of extending the
limit of human knowledge. Mans dominion
over earth is due to these bold spirits, some of
whom have appeared in all times, but in no age
in greater numbers than during the closing
years of the fifteenth century They sailed on
unknown SEAS they plunged into untroddon
wilds, and they carried with them the light of
Christianity and civilization and made of the
world a fitting place for man to live. These
adventurous spirits were not always the most
cultured and thoughtful of men. Some, like
Columbus, Vespucius da Cana and their as
sociates, were the thinkers of their time, and
when they sailed it was with definite object
in view. Columbus knew with a reasonable
certainty that he would make land if he pur-
sued his westward course long enough His
compeers sailed with similar exactitude, and
achieved their results with even more certainty
than did Columbus. But it was not only these
educated men, experienced in the ways of na-
ture and capable of demonstrating by nlathe-
MATES their proposals who contributed to the
sum of human knowledge.
Other men were lured on by tales of won
derful wealth, of delights that abounded in un--
discovered countries, of wonderful things to be
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30

sought it in the cold north, and in every direc-
ton did gentlemen adventurers" put out to
discover the country where wealth abounded.
When Francisco Vasquez Coronado, then high
in favor at the vice regal court of Mexico, heard
the tales the Indians told of the "Seven Cities
of Cibola," whose inhabitants used gold for the
cOmmonest purposes, he was eager to prove the
stories to the utmost limit So he marched
away from Mexico $3.50 years ago, to follow the
will-o'the-wisp across the deserts of the south
west. From Mexico he crossed the mountains
and down onto the west lope, finding the gulf
at what is now Guaymas. Here he learned the
cities lay off to the northeast, and he made his
way across the sandy wastes of Sonora, of
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Kansas and into
Nebraska. Back he went through Kansas.
Oklahoma, Indian Territory, Texas and eastern
Mexico, without having sighted the castelated
walls OF the fabulous cities, nor having handled
gold or precious stones, fine stuffs dyes or
spices. 1t was a grievous disappointment to
Coronado, for he didn't even have the consola-
ton that he was the old captain when he re-
turned to Nantucket after four years cruise,
empty holded and short of provisions After
confessing that he had no oil, no whalebone and
no marketable produce whatever as the result
of his trip, the captain said with sigh: "WelI,
we had a id, fine SAIL" Coronado didn't
even have fine march, for he was harrassed
by Indians, bedeviled by the climate and gem
orally suffered
II Coronado could only have looked into the
future for three centuries he would have dis
covered a richer source of treasure than any of
the cOnquistadOres dreamed of The region he
traversed in search of the mythical,cit have
produced wealth and brought about happiness
within half century such as the dreamers of
the sixteenth century could not conceive Dur
ing the century that elapsed between Ferdi-
nand and Isabella and Philip III of Spain the
accumulated treasure of the new world was
ravished from the barbarians and savages bv
the cruel Spaniards and poured in what seemed
a. never-ending stream into the royal Golfers
Millions Of human lives were sacrificed by the
Spanish in their pursuit of the gold and silver
the people of the new world had boarded or in
efforts to develop mines and bring more light
1t is estimated that during this time, when
Spain reached the zenith of its aseendancy in
the affairs of man, treasure to the amount of
what would now be five billions of dollars was
taken across the Atlantic and there spent in
fruitless effort to put an end to human liberty.
1t was to add to this store that Coronado
sought the Seven Cities of Cibola. He was fred
by the religious enthusiasm of Columbus;
had none of the scientific zeal of Vespucius or
esaaAze4 ~ ysctssA1
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30

ONCE DE LEON, in the opinion of
- great many people, missed finding the
i Fountain of Youth by just about the
u distance that stretches between the sun
kissed plains of Nebraska and the Everglades
of Florida. If the old Spanard had turned
his footsteps to the north, instead of plung-
ing into the subtropical jungle of the Land
of Flowers, he might not have secured eternal
youth, but he would have discovered
cline whose salubrity far surpasses any of
which he ever knew, and where his life would
have been prolonged to such 'length of years
as the many wintered crow that leads the clang-
ing rookery home.'' In support of this asser-
ton, the number of golden weddings that have
been celebrated in the Kingdom of Quivera
within the last five years is cited. 1t must be
recalled in this connection that only about fifty
years have elapsed since the white people really
began to settle in Nebraska, and the proof OF
the benefcent effect of the bright sunshine, the
blue sky and the fresh air, the pure water and
the bracing ozone that make Nebraska the
healthiest spot on earth, is only beginning to
be afforded by these witnesses
Ponce de Leon was imbued with the spirib
of his time. In years since various writer's have
assigned many reasons for the activity of the
nations of western Europe, especially the mari
time nations of Portugal and Spain, in their
feverish activity in the way of discovery during
the fifteenth century. Partly on a scientific
basis, but mainly on the pursuit of some delu-
sion, are these explanations founded, but each
is largely speculative and no writer of reputa-
ton seeks to dispose of the topic in dog1natic
way. 1t is only certain that the age was one of
wondrous activity, and adventures by land and
sea were numerous and strange, and veracious
accounts of the doings of those early voyagerS
exceed in interest the most entertaining of mod
ern fiction. Expeditions then consumed years
in accomplishing what is now achieved in days,
or weeks at the most. For example, the first
Portuguese expedition TO round the Cape Of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30
LEGENDS AND TRADITIONS
OF OUIVERA

How Ponce de Leon Sought the Fountain Of Youth
and Found His Death; How Francisco Vasqusz Coro-
nado Sought the Seven Cities Of Cboo and the Gold OF
Quivera and Found Them Not and How Ak Sar Ben
and His Goodly Knights Have Found the Fountain
and the Treasure Tor Which the Adventures Sought
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30

built a quality Work that
trouble all show what do The
Rotary Shuttle Forty
family sewing machine trade exclusvel
machine that will please
satisfy critical TWO CARLOADS of White Sewing
displayed Mai
Sal loUr. Sold Payments
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30

DONCE DE LEON, in the opinion of a
- great many people, missed finding the
Fountain of Youth by just about the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-30

Our Wholesale Department is the largest, mos
the West. We carry the largest stock to be foun
dealer or want to handle line of Photographs, w
ton.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-01-30
SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS
is seang Established syMr.R. E. Par
ker, the Steam Dye and
Cleaning Man.

Mr.. r. F. Parker, who a few weeks
ago installed the machinery and equip
ment for steam dye and cleaning
plant on Coleman avenue, is having
his expectations for patronage fully
realized. He has employed Mr.. Cav
ian, Of Philadelphia, man Of Is
years experience in this line of work,
to run the plant, and the new venture
is turning out work equal to Cumber.
land or any OF the larger cities. This
is a line Of business that will thrive
in Falrmont, and the saving in ex'
press charges on all such work that
has heretofore been sent out Of town
IS quite nm item. The\engIne, washers
and dyers are all new. These are To-
Gated on the first floor of the building
while the second floor is well filled
with hundeds Of feet of piping and III
used entirely as drying room,