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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
MODEL CHILDREN LIBRARY
Exhibit in New Capitol Attracts Many
Interested Visitors.

The library extension committee has
a model children s room to show those
interested IN library work. 1t is in the
rooms OF the state library commission
at the new state capitol, and is attrac-
tive, with its bookshelves filled with
books suitable for children, bright
colored picture books in a low rack,
round table with more picture books,
ana comfortable low chairs: On the
Gently purchased for the children 9
rooms in Rochester, Red Wing and
Saltwater. &. sr-.-L
This picture plan is something new
in library work. Each city has a set
OF six and the pictures will be ex-
changed, remaining three months in
each town, W hon they will return to
the town that owns them. The Red
Wing collection includes Sir Galahad,
Hosea and Hope. for modern pictures,
and three classics, .sDonatello's St
do Reni's St. Michael.
The Rochester collection includes six
Of Jessie Wilcox Smith g charming col.
ored pictures, and the Saltwater group
| shows six of w. L. Taylor s American
CHILDREN classics, the Changing Of
the e., CRANE Building O., the, Ship, .
uIhe .Children's Hour" "Eyange
14e, IIlbcllla ana Inc F1uage
Blacksmith. -
The model children g room was ar
ranged for the committee by Miss
Clara Baldwin and Mrs. X. NJ. Jacob
son Of the state library commission. Al
exhibition of travelling libraries in
c!udes one on English art, the gift oil
The Minneapolis journal. Photograph,
Of Library buildings form another ex
Tomorrow. afternoon the library com
mission will give an informal recep
B o'clock, and those interested in libra
ry work are invited. Mrs. Charles S
Morris, chairman Of the library commits
sion, will be the guest of honor an,
receives with the Minnesota stat
librarians.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
WORK FOR CIVIL SERVICE
Report of Committee Is Record of Prog
ress Toward Better Things.

The report of the civil service re-
form committee was crowded out: OF
yesterdays program, but it received
proper attention today. The sympathy
of the convention was expressed for the
chairman, Miss George Bacon Of Wor-
cester, Mass, who was recently be,
reaved by the death Of her mother and
whose father lies very i'll. Miss Ba.
s carefully prepared report was
read by Miss Clark Of Missouri, and it
rounded up the brief statements made
by the other members. Of the commit,
tee, Mrs. Imogen Oakley of Philadel
phia, Miss J. s. Bartlett Of Cheyenne
Wyo., Miss Adele P. VanderHorstt o.
Charleston. S. c., Miss Anna L. CLARK
of Boonville, Mo.
| The rapidly growing interest in the
civil service reform is shown in tht
great increase in the number of clubs
which are taking 1t up There are TWEEN
work, and il is hoped that a COMMITTEES
Will SOON be appointed IN every fedora
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01

rests in your hands, concluded Mrs.
Wood. elf it seems worth while, if it
appears to be the possible means Of
binding the individual clubs more close
ly to the general federation, Of spread
ing more widely a knowledge Of the
work Of the general federation, if it
may prove a means of showing to the
remote clubs the value Of membership
in the federation, and of drawing new
clubs to us, then it IS money well ex-
pended, and we can not afford to dis
continue 80 useful a department.
eff it can not do all these things
and more, vastly moro, it has defeated
itself, and has no excuse for being. To
me, the chairman, there has never ap-
peared any club work SO we'll worth
while, 50 welcome to the recipients, 50
rich in its reward, and In offering this
most incomplete report, T wish to thank
the members of my committee for their
sympathy, and the members Of the fed
Grafton for their hearty cooperation. u
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
BODY TAKEN FROM LAKE

Funeral of the Schmidt Brothers to Be
Held ct saltwater Tomorrow.
Special to The Journal.
Saltwater. Mimi, June 1.-The body Of
Emil Schmidt, who was drowned In Lily
lake with his brother on Memorial day,
was found this forenoon by John Jeremy,
known as Fisherman John" A double
funeral will be held tomorrow morning,
when the brothers will be buried from st.
Mary's German Catholic church.
The commencement exercises Of the
Saltwater high school will be held this
evening at the Auditorium. There are
thirty-five graduates, the class being the
largest the schools have ever had. The
alumni associations annual banquet will
be held on Monday. evening.
The steamers Rayenna and Bun Her
sey, which have been towing logs be-
tween the St Paul boom and Prescott,
have returned to Saltwater and will be
idle for few days
James Frawley, in charge Of the work
at Nevers dam, is here today, and says
! there are about 30, OOo, 600 feet Of logs II
the boom which Is tn be started en- Mon
day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
REPORT BY STATES
Federation Presidents Outline Work
Done by Clubwomen.


In three-minute reports by ,presi-
dents of state declarations from the va
rious states Of the union, the splendid
work the clubwomen are doing was
made evident at the session last even
ing.
music, mothers clubs, household eco,
Monies, forestry, state fair and civil
service reforms are some Of the move
ments of which Mrs. j. L. Washburn
told in outlining the scheme OF actlvl-
ties Of the Minnesota federation:. She
thought that the work in establishing
securing a national forest reserve, and
also that of the state fair committee,
to be worthy of special notice.
Mrs Frank N. Sheet of Wyoming
made a brilliant report of work done
thruout the state One town. which the
railroads do not reach has two clubs
and has maintained a public library
for three years. 49,
told Of the work Of Wisconsin,
Sa clubs for ppSd fGG S laws and
South Dakota. while ready to meet
any problem which may arise, is work.
ing. Just now along educational and
| civic lines. =
The women of Iowa give the men
credit for their help in the passage
Of the pure-food and child-labor laws
North Dakota club women have done
much in securing excellent pure foOt
laws, and they. are SO we'll enforced tina
it was impossible to get specimens o;
adulterated food to exhibit at the bi
ennial.
Montana has new $4,000 club hous,
! and have secured improvements in TIN
child labor laws. X
| Michigan has the second oldest clu1
food laws are enjoying activities jus
! now. &lg t-.
Nebraska clubs are giving special at
tention to civil service reforms.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01

individual clubs on the other. The
general federation had held, in the
mind of the average ,clubwoman, far;
was not felt to be in any great degree
a. part Of the local interest or to touch
in any tangible way local problems. In
deed, to many state federation officer,
leaving out entirely the ordinary club
member, the general federation was a
reality only once in two years, wi hen
possibly some woman Of her acquaint-
point, and care free, from the viewpoint
Of engrossing home duties, journeyed
afar to great mass meeting of other
equally fortunate women where, without
doubt. greet problems were discussed,
but where no small amount OF time and
and receptions, delightful afternoon teas
and even an occasional dip into po-
litical depths. Such was the general
( federation in the mind Of the average
elubwoman and state federation officer,
) thing which had chrysalis existence
for two long years, and then suddenly
spent a week OF Joyous butterfly life.
/ The Problems Faced.
"The relation between such a body
/ as this and the matter Of fact, hard
!. working, all-the-year-round life Of the
smaller club, toiling away at local prob
lens and conditions, did not seem close.
The first problem, then, was to bring
the local club and the state federation
into vital communication with the par,
ept organization, to make thu. club and
the club member feel the influence Of
the general federation and to feel it
An such a way that the larger organi7a,
sGtion should be recognized as the n
SEPARATION and help Of the smaller: To
bring about better understanding OF
The work which the general federation
is doing between biennials was the hrst
need
The second need was to furnish prac
ltical help to the clubs. The bureau
now has on file nearly eight hundred
different study outlines, more than halt
of which bear the stamp Of expert ap
prevail, and the bureau files contain
much valuable matter contributed by
allied organizations. The demand fol
the outlines may be learned from the
fact that 1000 have been sent out. In
formation has been furnished clubs il
regard to statistics, magazine and bool
references and addresses, and the worl
of the bureau has succeeded beyond thu
expectation of the most sanguine.
Bureau of Information.
'tThe matter Of the permanent estab
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
MEN IN LARD WATTS
But Probably Not Allowed to Be Cooked
into Lard.

But Probably Not Allowed to Be Cooked
81 into Lard.
Journal Special Service.
i Chicago, June LEI never have
made any statements to the effect that
the bodies Of men who fell into lard
watts at the stockyards were allowed
to remain there until dissolved, and
were then sold as lard. / have known
OF men falling into lard watts, but in
my opinion, there was enough common
humanity among their co-workers to see
at least that they were taken out
The foregoing denial of packing
house story was made last night by
A. M. Simons, editor of the Interna-
tional Socialist Review, to whom the
story was attributed.
Mr.. Simons was agent Of the Chica-
go bureau Of charities at it's stockyards
station in 1897 and 1898. He claims
to. know some horrible details connected
with the packing industry, but he will
not admit knowing anything about hu-
man beings put up in buckets and sold
as lard. l.r-..1 -
A Pitiful Case.
came under my notice while in the
stockyards district.' said Mr.. Simons.
''The son Of a man working at one Of
the lard watts fell into the hot, grease
and was killed, of course. Six months
! afterwards, or Whereabouts, the father
fell Into same vat and was killed. I
published the report in a pamphlet at
the time, but it was 50 long ago that
it would be like hunting for a needle
in haystack to try to find the record.
never said anything about wheth-
or the vat was cleaned or not. 1t does
not seem plausible to me that the bodies
were left in the vat and finally sold as
lard: Humanity exists at the stock
yards, as it does in more favored places
and suppose the workmen got the
bodies out as soon as possible. I am
not fully qualified to speak about that,
because / don It know.
"However, I have knowledge of a
bigger story than even Mr.. Sinclair has
been able to dig up. I know the man
who has a list of the diseased animals
killed. If I were to give his name he
would be blacklisted turnout the coun.
try.
"The stories to the effect that the
scum from the surface Of hubby creek
is utilized is true. In my opinion the
scum is not used for toilet soap, as has
been stated, but for food products, lard
ETC.. 1t certainly is not used for the
manufacture Of lubricants, because the
packers cannot compete with STANDARD
Oil products
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01

entitled to one delegate, membership
between so and 100, to two delegates,
and for each additional 100 members,
territorial federation of twenty-five
clubs or less, shall have four delegates,
and one delegate for every additional
twenty-five clubs. The minimum rep
resentation from local declarations Of
ten clubs or less shall be two Delegates
and one additional delegate for every
additional twenty clubs.
The quorum of the biennial conven-
tion shall be 100 members; of coun-
Gil meeting, twenty members; of an adj
visory council meeting, eleven members,
and of the board of directors, five mem
bers. So Z,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
MRS. WOOD POINTS OUT NEEDS
OF WOMEN'S STUDY CLUBS
New Hampshire Member Urges the General Federation
the Establishing of National Supervision
the Work. .>-5@~> 4"4~.

"There is in study clubs. a serious
sdeclared Mrs. Mary 1. Wood of Ports
smouth, n. H., in her report to the Gen
SERIAL Federation of Women's Clubs, as
fchariman of the reciprocity committee:
Mrs. Wood has conducted the bureau OF
Information, and she explained that the
&lack arises from the way IN winch the
sprograms are prepared. -,
Z HFew program committees of small
clubs,' she continued, "are capable OF
making an outline on Italian art, the
! evolution of the English novel. or the
architecture of the Greeks. There Is
/ time in a club year for vast deal OF
tstudy and the gathering of a large
effort must be made toward systematic
twork in these study classes 1t the
tpeneral federation is to advocate Ger
| tain lines Of work, it is necessary that
fbv some means the general federation
must furnish helps to such work: 1t
Els not enough that the general fedora
.tion shall ask for concerted action on
must also guide and direct such action
Efrom some central source into which
must be gathered the combined wisdom
fof the federation itself and it's allied
I forces. :.
i biennial the chairman Of the reciprocity
4 committee called the attention Of the
Il delegate body to the advantages which
I would accrue to the general federation
! by the establishing Of a general fedora
Il lion bureau Of information But long
i before the st. Louis biennial there had
been a growing conviction on the part
] Of active club workers, both in the gen.
i erai federation and in the state FEEDER.
j atoms, that two needs existed which
>,o.,sS !, eurp1saH 10 Tho Influenza NJ The
q general federation was to be all that
Il was desired
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
COMMITTEE Is PRAISED
Work of Women, Particularly Those IN
St. Paul, Is Warmly Praised.

Mrs. Philip N. Moore Of St. Louis
spoke a brief word for the biennial
committee, of which she is chairman:
The committee, with Mrs. Decker, paid
two visits to St. Paul before the bien-
NAL to consult with the local board.
The committee included Mrs. Moore,
Mrs. Charles A. Dibble of St. Paul and
Mrs. i. A. Coonley-Ward Of Chicago.
To the latter was given the credit for
the suggestion Of the overflow meetings
and Of the exhibits Of women work
for women's needs. Mrs. Moore also
paid tribute to the St. Paul member.
"whose knowledge of the committee s
wishes, before they were expressed,
could mean nothing less than mind-read-
ing.' :''-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
Kansas City Will INQUIRE.

Kansas City, Mo-, June IAN effort
is to be made to have joint committee
from the live stock exchange and the
fully on conditions Of every kind found
therein. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
BEEF REPORT TO
GO TO CONGRESS
Continued From First Page.

to be based upon it, have the widest
circulation, 1t seems probable that the
president will soon deem it wise to
yield to this demand for publicity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01
Bridge the Chasln.

Zone Of these needs was to bridge
over the chasm which seemed to exist
between the general federation on the
one hand and the state declarations and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-01

HThe matter Of the permanent estab-
ishment. Of the bureau of information
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-06-09

A Philadclphian riding through the
mountains of Tennessee stopped one
evening to water his horse before Il
little cabin, outside of which sat am old
colorcd woman watching the antics of
couple of pickuninnicS playing near
by.
Good evening, auntyw he called.
"Cute pair of boys you've got there.
Your childrcn%"
Laws a maSSy. Nah chjllunF Ecnl
dem's nah daughtch's chllms, Come
hyah, you boys" she called sharply.
AN speak to Il gentleman"
AS the boys oheycd the summons the
Philadclphian inquired their names.
"'Clah to goodness sab, dem chilluns
is right Smaht named" said the Old
woman. "lc see, NAH daughtch done
got 'ligion long ago an named desc
hyah boys right ont de Bihl" sab. Dis
hyah ones named Apostle Paul. an de
uddahs called EpiStlc Pctrr."- Wom-
ans Home Companion.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-06-09
A Famous DucI.

One day the famous ducliSt PicrrOt
QuiS Mcr!r de Slintc- Marie. 1t should
be explained that. in French perrOt
means sparrow and merle means black
bird "MarquiS." said D'Isaac Il am
BOnapartiSt and YOU are Il rOyalist.
Moreover. | am the sparrow and you
are the hlackbird. Doesn't it strike YOU
that there is one bird of II; TOO many?"
at precisely does" said the marquis
"My choice is pistols. and. rs is appro-
pirate for birds of our species. let us
fight in the trees" As if it were not n
sufficiently ridiculous thing that one
his name was Sparrow and the others
Blackbird, the duel was actually fought
from the trees. the seconds standing
on the ground below. The pistols We're
fired ut the signal. There was Il rus
tling among the leaves of one of the
chestnut trees. 1t was PicrrOt Il Isaac,
who, wounded severely in one leg,
came tumbling to the ground. At this
point the marquis began to Chirp tri-
umphantly. initiating the song of Il
blackbrd. This was Il fresh insult to
be atoned for in only one way, and
DIsaac waited for his wound to re
cover to challenge Sainte- Marie for the
chirp. This time the duel was fought
with swords. and Sainte- Marie was
badly wounded. The. sparrow had
avenged himself on the blackbird
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-06-09
Culinary Art Aids Health.

The Russian Psychologist Pavlav
clearly demonstrated, in his researches
on digestion. that the ingeStion of sub
stances with purely nutrient value
does not sufficiently satisfy the de-
mands of the body. Taste and appetite
must also be taken into consideration.
These are satisfied only by the addi-
ton to the food of spices and salt, and
it is largely due to the influence of
these condiments that the proper
amount of gastric juice is liberated by
the mucous membrane of the stomach.
The action upon the stomach of reflex
stimuli is shown by the favorable eff
feet on the flow of the gastric secre-
tions made by mental impressions in
duced Gy the mere sight and Odor of a
well prepared dish.
In this manner Epplen leads up to
the broad claim that the proper prep
aratiOn of all food. aS demanded by
the essential requirements of the Gu
linary art is not luxury. but physio-
logical necessity. and to develop and
disseminate this knowledge is an act
beneficial to the public wclfare-New
York Medical Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-06-09
wild Flowers and Plants.

Let us 20 a-Mayng."
The dainty wild arbutus is still In
bloom.
Spring wood flowers are more plenti-
full daring the month of May than at
any other time In the year.
Some of the wild flowers if trans
planted bloom we'll in our gardens.
Among these are the silcnes, wild vio-
lets (ViOla pcdata is finest of alb, tril-
liums, cypripediums (Tiarella cordi-
folia, the tiny dwarf iris 90. verna),
wild columbine and many others.
Ferns are excellent for beautifying
shady and dingy corners. Give them
light and well drained soil. Many
native ferns are highly ornamental and
require only little care in watering
in the dry season.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-06-09

lnce was over at last she said to her

ance was over ut last she said to her
nephew:
Joe, could 20 to such show every
day in the week and not see enough
| don't know who got it up for the ben
eft of the widows and orphans. but
I'm telling YOU he was Il mi ,hty seusi-
BILE felrr. If 1t had been husking
bee he wouldn't have taken in half the
money. If you hear of any more shows
like it this summer you let me know,
and we'll so"
Something really new had come into
Aunt Sally'S life. and she talked of il
all the way home Joe let her do most
of the talking. He WAS preparing for
the impending calamity.
1t came within fifteen minutes of
their arrival home. Mrs. Bronson. Il
nei%hbor. was at the houS" on an er-
rand, and ns soon as Aunt Sally began
to describe the show given for the ben
eft of the widows and orphans the cat
was ont of the bag.
do you know what you've done. Aunt
Sally Warncr?" asked the caller in
serious tones.
why. I've had Il good time"
Yes. you've had good time. and
you are going to pay an awful price for
it. | wouldn't be in your shoes for all
the money this side of Jericho"
But what do you mean? Isn't it
evcrybody's duty to help the widows
and orphans""
Not if it's going to send your soul to
the bad place Aunt Sally. you've been
to circus"
NO, haven't, l wouldn't go to a
circus for thousand dollars, and you
know it,"
"You'v" been to a circus a regular
circuS-With all its wickc ness. and how
on earth You are ever goin" to get for
givencsS for it is morc'm can say"
Nephew Joe was ,allcl in from the
barn and the matter put t. him, and
he had to acknowledge that he had
worked plot.
II never would have believed it of
you-ncvcr" waited Aunt Sally. To
think that one of my own lith and kin
would take me to a circus and make
me lose my chance of going to hcavenw
Put the animals interested you"
YES they did"
''And you liked the peanuts and lem
onade"
alas. but | dil"'
"And YOU thought the clown was
funny and the riding good"
"IIcaven forgive me. but dilr
"WCl. | don't see where the kick
comes in. don't believe you are any
wickedcr than before"
But Aunt Sally could not he com
fortcd. Her conscience was reused and
she could eat no supper. She thought
of the sacred bull of India and wept
hot tears. She thought of the two horn
ed rhnOCcroS and the g,rl who jumped
through hoops. and hid her face. She
had an accusing night of it and never
shut her eyes and early the next morn
ing she walked over t. the house of the
village minister and told him all He
aSkc'l many questions in kind way
and when he had got to the root of the
matter he said:
'Well. Sister Warner, being as your
nephew deceived you and being as
there We're animals AMI peanuts and
lemonade, and being rs there might not
be another circus along here for five
years. think the Lord will let You off
this time, but if your hired man plays
dancing tunes on his fiddle You watch
your feet and don't let them get to
shufingr'
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1906-06-09

Yorker.
shipped article 1t is better because
it can be placed on the consumers ta-
Bile within a few hours of the time it
leaves the trees. Consequently it is
thoroughly ripened on the tree and n
full degree of perfection is attained
The trade quickly recognizes these
facts. 1t is glad to pay for the extra
quality.
AS to varieties a Jerseyman who
grows successfully for local markets
says:
We place the Elberta head and shoul-
der above everything else We have
been able to realize In the last three
years about $1,000 per acre from the
Elberta. That is ahead of the returns
from any other variety. 1t is n good,
uniform peach and is used extensively
for canning purposes. The Elberta is
good If ii stays on the tree until thor
oughly ripe. 1t will not stand picking
n little earlier for shipping, but for
fruit picked for the local market the
Elberta is good enough for any one. 1t
Is good, sure cropper, Il pretty thing
to look Mt and good seller.