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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-01-01

What's In Mcclure's.-McC1ure's Maya
zine begins the new year with number
filled with American activity and decency
Lincoln Steffens writes Of Mayor Mark
Egan of Jersey City. Ray Stannard
Baker presents the third article of his
series, "The Railroads on Trial" making
astonishing exposures this time of the
strange, devious methods Of the big ship
pers to hold up the railroads and the
public and to gobble wealth from both
thru the private car abuses, Henry
Beach Needham, in an article illustrated
with rare portraits and photographs of
Mr.. Roosevelt, tells of the routine of the
presidents life, Of the marvellous amount
of work he manages to accomplish in a
brief time, and of the diversity of his
interest. The "reminiscences Of Carl
Schurz continue, dealing with the vital
events from which the present German
empire drew it's life. Stewart Edward
White begins in the January number a
new series of short stories, woven to-
gether by a slight chain of narrative,
with the title Arizona Nights" The rest
| of the list is too long to give even in out
line, but the quality may be counted
upon to be high.
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Help In Planning earden.-The Jan


uary number of The Garden Magazine is
devoted particularly to the planning of
the garden for the coming year. 1t en-
phasizes the great Importance of having
definite purpose in view. Owners of
either large or small gardens will find
here all the practical information they
need even to complete seed and plant
ing lists for vegetables and fruits, to in
sure a constant supply alFth year round.
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Society Leader Won.

This woman was Mrs. Kernochan. Her
suite of deck cabins adjoined the equal
ly sumptuous suite occupied by Emile
Grigsby. From the first the older wom-
an was interested in her strikingly
beautiful neighbor.
From the first Emile Grigsby
planned with all the shrewdness of her
alert mind to arouse Mrs. Kernochan's
interest. Within tWenty-fOur hours OF
sailing, the girl had achieved victory.
TO Mrs. Kernochan, the name Of Grigs-
by meant literally nothing She only
knew that the occupant of the cabin
suite adjoining her own was glrl OF
striking beauty-tall girl with queen,
ly figure, complexion of ivory white Whit and md
kind the artists love to picture.
It all happened quite naturally. On
the second day of the voyage, Emile
of the older woman as they met on the
promenade deck and ventured, a modest
bow. That afternoon found them chat
ting together, most affably in steamer
chairs side by side.
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Tho BEAUTY won,
MONEY UNMASKED
Yerkes' Protegee Almost Invaded
New York Society Ere Mrs.
Kernochan Awoke.
Journal Special Service.

E
New York, JAM l.-Strawberrles at
$50 a box were the luscious bait used
by Emile Grigsby, Charles t. Yerkes'
protegee in one Of her efforts to win
social recognition.
1t was in Paris two years ago, when
the Grigsby girl, backed by the millions
of Mr.. Yerkes, was extending lavish
hospitality to Mrs. James P. Kernochan
and other women equally prominent In
the social life of this city.
She had matured the plans for this
Partisan campaign well and carefully
on board the Atlantic liner Kron Prinz
Wilhelm. Fortune had opened way
for her in most generous fashion. She
had planned this trip to Europe intent
upon winning place in European So
ciety, where the shadow of Yerkes
might be kept out of sight.
At that time she practically had
despaired of social recognition in this
country, where her blighting secret was
shared by many. But once on board
the Kron Prinz Wilhelm, the beautiful
and ambitious girl found an oppor..
tunity totally unexpected and unhoped
for.
This opportunity existed in the pres
ence on the steamship of woman
| whose Endorsement was all that Emile
| Grigsby would require to bring New
| York society to her feet,
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Entertainment All Thru.--For the many
people who would stimulate the mind by
reading rememberable. fiction, rather than
by the passing pleasure of illustration,
L1ppincott's Magazine is sent forth. The
January issue is crammed full of enter
tainment from cover to cover First,
there is a novelette,, complete in one
number, by Marie Van Worst. Then a.
half dozen short stories of exceeding in
terest, by some writer's that have ar
rived, and some that are going to.
Then three not equally serious articles
on "Franklin's Trials as a Benefactor''
is Surplus More of Menace than a
Surety?" and Memories of Some Cen
erals Of the Civil War" These are inter-
spersed with varied verses and at the
back Of the magazine there Is, as always.
the lively department. called "Walnuts
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NO NECESSITY FOR IT

''Same to you.
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The Evolution Of Marriage Ideals
Whether are we drifting '-ma trimoni-
ally? Theodore Schroeder answers the
question, to his own satisfaction, at
least, in The Arena for January. He
says:
Thus we will arrive at 1egalized easily dis
soluble monogamy, into which woman will enter
on terms Of perfect equality as to her eco
nonaic, moral, religious and political status and
her compulsory maternity will be replaced by
the enlightened motherhood Of privilege, in which
the right of the child to be we'll born will be
the paramount consideration. ;
A part Of the prophets prediction seems
to have been realized already-that re-
lating to the "easily dissoluble mon
ogamy'' AS for the rest time will show.
Other features of prominence in The
January Arena are 1.-The Coal Trust of
Colorado" by j. Warner Mills, Mayor
Johnson Of Cleveland by Professor e.
w. Benis Uncle Sans Romance With
Science and the SOIL" by Frank
Vrooman. s... -r-. ..~
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AS Clay in Her Hands.

Of all the women in New York So
ciety, there is none truer to Its most
conservative tenets than Mrs. kerno-
chan Her watchful eye is everywhere
and her sharp censure is dreaded: Aev-
ertheless, in the skillful hands of Emf
lie Grigsby, this accomplished woman
of the world was clay.
Being a woman of decision, Mrs. Ker-
nochan at once asked a friend to meet
a wonderfully attractive girl. Friend
assented and Emile Grigsby was intro
duced. Turnout the rest of the voyage
the Grigsby girl was the central figure
socially in exclusive groups dominated
by Mrs. Kernochan.
The party left the steamer at Plym-
outh and journeyed to London and
from there to Paris. By that time,
Emile Grigsbv had been invited to be
the guest at Newport for the following
August. Needless to add, the invita-
ton was accepted
Matters were in this shape when
Emile Grigsby was invited to the
Hotel Ritz in Paris to small, but ele-
CANT dinner in her honor. Mrs. ker-
Tochan was at the dinner and so were
three other women and several men
| prominent in New York society.
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The $50 Strawberries.

In the lobby Of the famous restau,
| rant. a superb display of fruit attracted
the attention of Emile Grigsby. 1t
was midwinter and the streets of Paris
were sheeted with ice.
"Look at these glorious strawber-
ries,' cried the Grigsby girl, bringing
the entire party to a halt: 'sWho ever
saw anything SO lovely before IN the
dead Of winter?''
Then turning to an attendant, the
Grigsby girl asked the price.
"Ah, they are dear, madame, very
DEAR was the reply. 1.-The price is
800 francs box"
With the contemptuous smile of a
queen who scorns to count the cost of
anything, Emile Grigsby. sa id:
Every well, my man, Just bundle up
all you have; I'll take them with me
in my CARRIAGE
Willie the startled Frenchman was
wrapping up six boxes-the restau
rants entire stock-Emilie Grigsby was
inviting her amazed friends to a little
impromptu frolic.
"Now you must all go with me tt
strawberry luncheon. l shall let ne
one off, she said.
Suspicion Awakened.
The little party then drove thru the
streets of Paris to the Hotel Bristol
where Emile Grigsby lived. On thai
drive the first suspicion entered tn
mind of one of the women. The reck
less purchase of those strawberries haC
. set the older woman to thinking. Sh'
had seen how Emile Grigsby had takeI
huge roll of bills from her purse ant
had tossed $500 francs to the fruit
seller of the Hotel Ritz. This mad'
that wise New York woman wonde
how girl of practically unknown fam
> lily could throw away money with sue!
a reckless hand
Within a week after this mldn1gh
luncheon on strawberries costing 500
box, the invitation to Newport was can
: celed abruptly. 1t is said Mrs. ker
1 nochan almost collapsed when apprlse'
of the fact.
! Emily Grigsby did not yield to thi
5 turn without struggle. She boldl.
claimed to be the daughter of MI
Yerkes. She strove desperately, to com
' pei the acceptance, of this explanation
With all the powers of her Keen intel
= lect she pictured herself as blameles
= victim of unkind fate.
Among Europeans Miss Grigsby sue
: ceeded in her fight for social recogn1
, tion. She is known there as the s'Ken
tueky beauty and her list of persona
friends include distinguished member
Of the nobility and masters of finance.
Turnout the autumn of this year sh
was a guest of the German Rothschild
, of their castle near Vienna. AT Lon
e don the duke of Norfolk was her almos
d nightly escort at social function and tn
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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1906-05-05
Advanced Backward.

The expression advanced back
ward" gained great currency just
after the rencounter on the floor of
the United States senate between
Senator Henry s. Foote of Missis-
sippi and Senator Thomas H. Ben
ton of Missouri. In that famous
verbal duel, which almost culminat-
ed in a bloody tragedy, one of the
senators-perhaps Foote, though
this is a matter of recollection
bore down on Benton, when the lat
ter drew his pistol, an old Allen,
commonly called in those days a
pepper box and sometimes a wasp
nest. FoOte stopped, and afterward
In detailing the occurrence he said
that when ''Mr. Benton pulled his
pepper box I advanced backward"
Montague refers in his works to
Growers who advanced backward"
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PENSACOLA, FLORIDA, sATU RDAY MORNING. s.
Debauchery of 1896
Admitted and Regretted,

If there is such a thing as remorse
attacking dollars or repentance pune
turing the leather-lined conscience OF
cOmmercialism. the following from a
recent issue Of the Wall Street News,
must be a sample Of it. That publ
cation says:
However desirable it was to defeat
the free silver agitation in 1896, did
the end justify the means employed to
accomplish that defeat? II is not too
much to say that the money spent in
1896 to prevent the election of Bryan
resulted in political debauchery, such
as was never before experienced in the
United States, and from which the pol.
itics and business Of this country have
not even yet recovered. II is not far
from the truth to say that the country
has suffered more by, reason Of the
political corruption Of the 1896 cam
paign than il would have suffered from
the triumph OF free silver, lamentable
as that would have been. Bryan's tri-
umph Of free silver would have given
the markets a terrible shock, but Bry-
an could not have really done much
harm in a practical way, and the
country would have made a speedy
recovery from the disaster, but II will
take many years to recover from the
effects of the political debauchery
which has been brought about by the
abuse of millions Of dollars in politi-
cal campaigns.
If confession is good for the soul,
we commend the above to every soul
narrowed defender Of the mercenary
methods by which VIM. Mckinley was
elected in 1896 The election was a
political robbery, a victory bought with
dollars, and it will go down in politi-
cal history as one Of the darkest
blotches on the civic record Of the ma
ton.
1t is altogether likely that as a re-
suit Of the methods which robbed him
Of an election in 1895, VIM. J. Bryan,
now stronger in the confidence of the
people than ever, will be nominated
and elected to the presidency in 1908.
But however that may be, we are
glad now that so eminent an authori-
ty on the campaign practices Of 1896
as the Wall Street News has at last
had the honesty to confess its sins and
express regret at its participation in
the political debauchery of which the
leaders on the republican side Of that
campaign were guilty.
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The GREATEST WEDDING.
Over Ten Thousand Couples URised At
the Same Time.

Over Ten Thousand Couples URjsed at
the Same Time.
The largest and most remarkable
wedding since the world began took
place at Snsa. When the great Alex
ander had conquered Persia, wishing
to unite the victors and vanquished
by the strongest ties possible, he de-
creed a wedding festival. Now guess
how many people he ordered to be
married. You could never do it.
Well, Alexander himself was to
marry Statira, the daughter of
Darius; 100 of his chief officers
were to be united to ladies from the
noblest Persian and Medean fami-
lies, and 10000 of his Greek soldiers
were to marry 10000 Asiatic women
-20,202 people married at once.
l don't see how they managed to
get up a feast for so many, but they
did, and for a vast multitude of
guests besides. They had the most
splendid arrangements. On a plain
near the city a vast pavilion was
erected on pillars sixty feet high.
1t was hung and spread with the
richest tissues, while the gold and
precious stones which ornamented
it would have made your eyes blink.
Adjoining this building were 100
gorgeous chambers for the hundred
bridegrooms, while for the remain
ing 10000 an outer court was in
closed and hung with costly tapes
try, and tables were spread outside
for the multitude.
A separate seat was assigned each
pair, and all were arranged in a
semicircle on either hand of the
royal throne. Each bridegroom had
received a golden vessel for his liba-
ton, and when the last of these had
been announced by trumpets to the
multitudes without the brides en-
tered the banquet hall and took
their places.
And now don't you think each
bridegroom stood up separately and
vowed, with this ring I now thee
we'd" and so on, No. The cere-
mony was very simple. The king
gave his hand to Statira and kissed
her as his wife, and the other bride
grooms followed his example. That
was the way. Then came the festi-
val, lasting five days, with music and
feats of jugglery, play acting and
all kinds of delightful games.-E1-
change.
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AS TO MOSQUITOES.
New Orleans Picayune.

The cisterns in New Orleans are all
securely covered with wire netting, so
that the mosquitoes which are outside
cannot get in to lay their eggs and
breed a new crop, while those that are
inside cannot get out.
So far as the cisterns are concern
ed the mosquitoes ought to be consid-
cred as wholly exterminated, and there
should be no longer any dread of any
evil that the cistern4bred propagators
Of disease can do.
But to hold to any such belief will
only be hugging most fatal delusion.
The raid on the cisterns does not do
away with the mosquitoes, nor would
they be done away with if every els
tern were absolutely destroyed, as
some of our rampant and fanatical san
itaTians so urgently desire. There
are plenty of breeding places for the
insect pests in every gutter and ditch
and canal in the city, and it is the
worst sort of rot to proclaim other
wise.
AS to the claim, 50 loudly and per-
SlSlGullY uldu6, IudL the SISSOliy ld3
the dreaded yellow fever masquitO,
only breeds-Sn the cisterns, and no
where else, it is a most pernicious and
dangerous assumption, and is nothing
more than an assumption, since we
do not know enough about this pesti-
ferrous creature to pronounce positive
ly upon its habitat and habits. AT any
rate, let us give ourselves the benefit
of every doubt and make war on all
the mosquitoes. whether in the ponds,
puddles, bitches, cutters, canals,
swamps or elsewhere. This is the
only sensible view of the situation.
So much noise has been made about
the cisterns that they have monopoliz.
ed all the attention, and all the other
sanitation has been disregarded.
Fanaticism on any subject is a sort
of insanity, and 1t not only brings mis-
fortune and trOuble upon those whom
it persecutes and Expresses, but it re-
turns to plague the fanatics them
selves. Then let us return to sane
methods, and, while we keep an eye
on the much-denounced cisterns, look
also with some earnestness and vigil
lance after the other breeding places
of mosquitoes, and the mosquitoes
that are bred in them.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
; CLIPPINGS FROM THE
MAY MAGAZINES.
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Increase in Pacific Tonnage.

Ralph ID. Paine in an article en-
titled Steam and Sail on the Pacific"
in The Outing Magazine for May
makes an interesting comparison re-
garding the increase in tonnage of
American vessels on the Pacific.
When Mr.. Paine first crossed the
Pacific TO act in the capacity as war
correspondent in the China-Japan
war, he found in use a few boats
which had proven too small and slow
for use in the Atlantic service. Re
visiting the Pacific coast last autumn
in the interest of The Outing Maya
zine he found the following remark
able change had taken place.
In 1897 the total tonnage of
American steam vessels engaged in
the Pacific Ocean was 23,426; in 1905
II had increased to 149, 685, by which
time more vessels in foreign trade
were owned In Washington than in
any other state in the Union.
From Seattle now said the magnif
cent steamers Minnesota and DakO-
ia, built for James ]. Hill, which
would loom as giants on the swarm
ing Atlantic, and from San Francisco
steams the new feet Of majestic lin
ers of the Korea and Manchuria
class, created by the Pacific Mail
Out Of Tacoma voyage westward the
new ships of the Boston Steamship
Company; the China Mutual Naviga-
ton Company has invaded the field
with a monthly line from Puget
Sound to Liverpool and Glasgow, via
Oriental ports, and the Germans are
building UP a new service our Of
Portland. Besides these regular
lines, unattached freighters under
steam and sail are hurrying to anG
from these ports in greater fleets
each year. Far to the southwark the
breakwater at San Pedro stretches
out mighty arm to shelter the COM
ing SQuadrOns Of commerce. New
ships are building to meet new de-
mands, and yet with almost every
voyage the liners leave behind them
waiting cargOes for which they have
10 space, whose bulk is measured by
hundreds Of car loads. In the first
half Of last year ten ship were filled
with freights left behind by steamers
out Of Seattle and Tacoma.
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A Trouble Box.

Major Mcdowell, clerk of the house
of representatives, has a place for
keeping things written on paper. He
has a pigeOnhole in his desk labeled
Troubles" 1t may be an old story
about the man who has a place Of de-
post for the memoranda relating to
troubles, but in the case of the major
the trouble pigeonhole is no fiction.
He has one, and he keeps it filed with
the letters Of those who are in trouble
or who desire to get the major into
schemes that will make difficulties for
him. 1t is always well filed.
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The Prisoners, Friend.

Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth OF the
Volunteers Of America, who recently
announced her indefinite retirement
from the lecture platform, has broken
down as a result of overwork in the
cause to which she has devoted her life
since she was sixteen years old. Dur
ing recent years Mrs. Booth has given
much effort to the reclamation Of con-
victs and in this work has been re-
markably successful.
In 1895 she organized the Volunteer
Prisoners league among convicts serv-
ing time in the various penal institu-
lions Of the country. Members receive
a league button and agree to a few
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Heroic.

In the Carlist war of Spain, which
was prolonged from 1888 to 1910,
most of the mountain races of the
north of Spain were supporters of
Don Carlos, the pretender to the
Spanish Crown then worn by Queen
Isabella. Upon the defeat of the
insurgents one detachment of them
under the command of General Elio
was taken to Bayonne as prisoners
of war. Victor Hugo in his letters
tells this incident of the occasion {:
General Elio, who had spent seven
teen months in prison by order of
Don Carlos, was a member of this
troop. When he reached Bayonne,
General Harispe said to him:
"Geaefal Elin, have been order
ed to make an. exception in your ia
vor. Ask of me what you desire.
What would you like for yourself
and your family"
"Bread and shoes for my soldiers" "
said Eho.
"And your family?'
81 have just told you"
"'You spoke only of your SOL
diers," insisted General HaTispe.
my soldiers" said EliO, 'are my
family"
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ing proclivities and is well known in
clubdom and in society. He is a wres-
tier, boxer, horseman and polo player,
and until the death of his father he
maintained one of the finest racing
stables on the American turf. Until
recently his hobby was polo, and at
his country home at Roslyn, N. Y, is
Quartered a string of the nimble po-
MES used in that exciting sport. OF
late Mr.. Mackay has devoted much Of
his leisure to automobile racing and is
a driver Of acknowledged skill and dar-
ing.
His wife, who was Miss Katherine
Duer of New York, is deeply interested
in the public schools Of New York city
and Long Island and last year was
elected school trustee Of Roslyn.