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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

reference to gambling, the social evil
and finally the lawless saloon, recite
facts which are familiar to the people
Of this city. Mr.. Nash states among
other things that in restricting the So
cial evil sixty resorts were closed in
the course Of six months, and their in
mates forced to leave the city OF re-
move to the district assigned to them.
"The curfew hour was set and no wo-
man in this district is allowed on the
streets after 10 CLOCK. So quiet and
orderly is this region that the stranger
might pass thru it without discovering
its true character
In the contest with the gamblers
more than fifty gambling houses
have been closed and public gambling
is a thing of the past. y
The Fight for Saloon Regulation
License Inspector Longfellow is eiv-
en- credit for being the efficient exc
cutor Of the mayors policy toward the
liquor traffic, and as the result Of his
diigent work g during the first year Ia
the new order Of things seventy five ar
rests were made for illegal liquor sell
ing, eleven licenses were revoked fo1
cause, winerooms5 were & entirly abol-
ished and almost complete stoppage
was put to the sale Of liquor to min.
ors. Z
EARLY Last Novsmber The order Haa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

become almost a model municipality. A
nonpartizan police force executes the
law, prostitution has been driven from
the business and residence districts Of
the city and confined to very narrow
limits, and the laws and ordinances
governing the sale of liquor are en-
forced to the letter.
Gives Credit to Mayor Jones.
This is the contrast which Mr.. Nash
has drawn. The accomplishment of this
he attributes chiefly to David P. Jones,
the present mayor. He traces the his
tory Of the past six years, with which
the people of Minneapolis are generally
familiar, describing first the corrupt
Ames regime, the intervening Haynes
administration, which gave rise to the
organization Of the Minneapolis Home
Protective league and the efforts Of
citizens to secure better enforcement
of the law during the so-called transi-
tion period. = The turning Of the peo-
pie to Jones thru the primary election
system, his nomination and his cleo
ton are recounted and the steps which
he has taken to bring about the condi-
tion Of things which justify his state
ment that Minneapolis has become 'sal-
most a model municipality
The story Of reorganization of the
police force, the aggressive policy with
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

issued that thereafter every saloon in
Minneapolis must close it's doors, front,
back and side, at midnight Saturday,
and remain closed until Monday morn
ing. The efforts Of the liquor deal
ers backed by the brewers to resist this
order are recounted, including. the ef-
forts to prejudice business interests
against the mayor, to array against him
the powerful organizations in the city,
and conduct still more radical cru
SADIE against violation Of the Sunday
law in order to create a reaction Of
public sentiment. The attempt, how
ever, it is stated, failed miserably, one
of the first evidences Of the. soundness
Of public sentiment being the prompt
tabling without vote Of resolutions
introduced in the Trades and Labor
assembly calling for 9 modification OF
the Sunday closing order. Not q sin
gle representative business man Of the
city appealed to the mayor to change
his policy. =
There are three classes Of people
aside from the gamblers! and others Of
the underworld, who would like to see
the Jones lid pried open. The
tirst,o says Nj. Nash, e embraces the
Liquor dealers, who represent that indi-
vadna saloonkeepers are losing $500 a
week by reason Of the lid another
source Of opposition are the proprietors
OF the cheaper grade hotels, who COM
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

laboring man spend his Sundays dis.
sipating his week g earnings in the
saloons.
Gin spite Of the fact that Mime
apolis possesses q much smaller police
force than the average city, having
only one officer to every thousand Of its
population. crime Of all sorts is kept
under close surveillance and promptly
punished, and professional crooks and
burglars are learning to keep aloof from
the city, whose efficient police force
they fear.
Benefits Of the ''Iid.''
"The merchants in the sections Of
the city occupied by the homes Of the
laboring classes are deriving consider
able benefit from the lid in the form
Of increased trade and more prompt
payment Of bills. The four hundred
saloonkeepers Of the city claim that
the lid is costing them an average Of
$50 apiece each Sunday, making grand
total Of 100000 week. This immense
sum, which previously went into the
pockets Of the brewers, is now being
used by the workingmen Of the city to
feed and clothe their families, provide
better homes and purchase some Of the
little comforts of life.
AS a center Of trade and the me-
tropolis Of the great northwest, Min
ueapolis oecunias commissions noaition
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A NOBLE OPTIMISM

Archdeacon Wilberforce of Westminster.
There may CERTAIN mental revolt against narrow
conventional and rudimentary conceptions Of reigio3
which word in its highest meaning signifies the iga1
ment that binds the soul to God-and this may pos
sibly account for less churchgoing but I contend
hunger for high, noble and rational conception Of
the infinite originator called God, who is solely re.
sponsbe for present existence under these infinite
conditions, and where this hunger is satisfied the
churches not empty. -. III.
Moreover side by side with this spiritual hunger,
there is a strenuous and everincreasing activity
the part Of the weather. classes to ameiorate the
condition Of those less well off than themselves which
has never been equaled in any previous generation.
I deny that true Christianity is declining.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
BUTToN1Na.

John Jones lives with his wife, also and his
mother;
He's always at the beck one or of the other
Buttoning, buttonng! .- .
Ills myers nave been Worn to bones, his hngernas to
lies pussy thru the springs and falls the summers and
the winters, ~
Buttonins, buttonngl
His mother and his sister wife affect the fashion
VI using many buttons-and it drives Jones to nassion
- . Buttoning, buttoning!
Inc buttons on their dresses these homeopatb1o
And Jones oft thinks wicked word-which tnstan+v
he stiles, ~ 'A"'"AuS
Buttonins, buttoning!
lis wfe has eighty buttons his sister sxtys.v.n
Ills noner nlnety-hve and Jones may lose his chance
Buttoning, buttoning,
him busy, ' always Keep
And scold him for his o1n1ns,nev. ,.n
dizzy, " 'A"o ana
Buttoning, buttoningl
'onn Jones once had the time to go make his club
What is it?" ~ '
Buttonins, buttoning!
Al night ne loses all the rest that should be in his
He's twitching with his fingers and is running over
numbers,
Buttoniny, buttoning
They went to old fashioned soca-Jones was hannv
hearted fp'
ltho they kept him working two hours before thew
Buttoning, buttonfng
Somebody said Let's play Who's got the button! -
Jones went frantic
And trained watches each denented not
Buttoning, buttonng!
:. = 81. -. ~. st. Louis Republic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

comparison Of the platform adopted by tho
county democracy and that gotten up by w. a. Will
blance between them It is quite customary for pot
ical parties to adopt platform and then nominate
candidate who will stand upon it. This would make
mayor,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

Japan is getting onto the fact that our cotton II
superior to that she imports from India and Asia.
We are pleased to say that have large amount to
exchange for cash. but don you want us to work 1t
up into cloth for you before deliverings
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

IN view Of the frequent attacks upon children by
vicious dogs, some Of which believed to be af-
fected with rabies, the indifference of the community
to the license given dogs to at large strange
thing.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

If you would but listen to the claims of some can
ddates you would be convinced that they have solved
the problem Of aerial navigation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

Men were made to listen we'll as talk. Did you
run who had caught four-pound
fish, Probably not. It always weighed eight pounds
by the time he reached you.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

Paris has abandoned the guillotine. If the doctor
had lived hundred years longer he might have e.
capped it himself.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

It is said that the Cuban revolution started tt
show President Palma that the country needs larger
army. It is convincing argument up to date
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

The latest is that Taft is to for president with
the understanding that he will appoint Mr. Roosevelt
secretary Of state This is tough Fairbanks, but
Charles might agree to appoint Teddy to two places
in his cabinet,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

In China anyone writing an Objectionable book
gets 100 blows with heavy bamboo reed and is then
banshed for life. Anyone who reads such book gets
twenty stripes The literature Of China is thus Kept
down that 10-cent magazine is an impossibiity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

Chicago ice buyers agitating the important
question, Chow heavy is hundred pounds of ice9'
It depends something upon how strong the iceman
feels at 7 am,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

The only reason DR.. Williams has given for his
candidacy up to date is "the boys urged me' Most
accommodating mani
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

The rush from the baseball park would seem to
indicate that municipal ownership is live issue in the
national game.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
The Calvo Doctrine Stalled.

THE Rio Janiero congress failed to certify the
L Calvo doctrine to the Hague conference for
sideraton but contented itself with suggesting that
individual countries send it up Under these circum
it is unlikely that the Hague will hear
of it,
It is rather remarkable that the South American
countries not unit in attempting to get ruling
against the collection Of debts by force, but it is
ceptible Of explanation. The Latin American repub
lies all heavy borrowers in Europe. They borrow
the best security they give and the best
rty in South America elsewhere is the confidence
that the loan will be repaid 1t is patent that that
confidence Is not born Of knowledge of the southern
republics. 1t rests more likely upon the lenders
knowledge Of their countries. The French and
German bankers rest upon the that if
to worst naval demonstration will assist them
to collect their Dues If this withdrawn
there would be no more loans.
Maybe this is why the southern South American
nations have made little haste to protest against
the Of force. They would rather have loans with
chance Of force being used to collect them again
than the Calvo doctrine and no loans.
I md %ho
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

The defeat Of Waterloo has at length been
planned. Napoleon black cat the night before
the battle. Hence the catastrophe Of the 18th.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE

Los Angeles Herald.
poor Berkeley woman advertised for a home fo1
her baby and received 233 replies. This satisfied
her Of the worth of the baby and she determined
to keep it. .E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
LATER RETURNS POSSIBLE
Kansas Oity Post,

Kansas City Post.
The estate Of the late Russell Sage still grows Il
is now $15o00oooo All the mattresses haven't been
examined either.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

At Valparaiso, Ind, it has been discovered that the
city reservoir is being used bathingtank. Some
people squeamish about such things, if clean
illness is next to another great virtue.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1906-07-26

According to DR. Ravenel. science has
established beyond a doubt that
rabies does exist. and further that
It Is transnAssal from all animals to
man and from man to animals.
Thus a human being bitten by a
rabid animal may develop the disease
known as hydrophobia, and in turn
could transmit It to another person
or an animal in the same manner as
1t was acquired. The statistics pre-
sented by Or. Ravenel showed that
16 per cent. OF all the persons bitten
develop the disease. According TO
his observations, which are confirm
ed by the studies of other scientists,
cat bites are more liable to innocu-
late persons than dog bites. There
are fewer cat bites recorded, however,
and the dog is regarded as the great
propegator Of the dreadful malady
"The bite Of the wolf" DR.. Ravenel
said, is much more virulent than
that Of the dog. because OF the meth
cd OF attack. A wolf leaps for the
throat or face, where there are the
greatest number OF nerve ends and
lymphatic glands, which are the most
favorable centres for the development
Of the disease. Fortunately in this
country there is rarely such thing
as a wolf bite, but in Eastern Europe
practically in Russia, a great many
persons are victims Of the rabid
brutes. II Is the bites about the face
or head that are most dangerous"
DR.. Rayenel than cited the case
OF a prominent New York physician,
Dr. II. p. Loomis, who lost his son
because Of his skepticism, which led
him to ignore precautionary measures
when the young man was bitten by
a rabid dog. He stated that the dis
ease might require 40 days for de
velopment, but sometimes It de
veloped in 20 days or thereabouts.
when / studied it aboard at the
Pasteur Institute there had been $50
transmissions of the disease from one
animal to another, which certainly
did not confirm the theory that rabies
Is an imaginary disease" DR.. Ravenel
declared.
He stated that the Pasteur treat
ment was effective and harmless and
that improved methods Of diagnosis
made It possible to accurately deter.
mine within "a to Sc hours whether
an animal that had bitten a person
was suffering with rabies. DR.. Raw.
enel asserted that only an animal af-
ficted with rabies could transmit the
disease.-Philadelphia Record.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1906-07-26
OUR WOMEN MERE DOLLS.
skilIfuIIy Wound Up to Entertain
Husbands, Says French Critic.

skilIfuIly Wound Up to Entertain
Husbands, Says French Critic.
The American woman is a delicious
doll, skillfully wound up. She is
trained to attract the husband she
often merely entertains, and her bril-.
liant appearance frequently dlsguises
an absolutely superficial education.
Her husband is happy II he iindssi
her no secret leaning toward strong
waters"
This is the impression with which
the distinguished Frenchman, Georges
Moreaa, returning from a soiourn IN
the United States, has favored his
countrymen. Apparently completely
disillusioned, he has written a scath-
ing treatise on ~the land Of the
free"
Moreau declares that the Americans
have formed a sort of conspiracy to
blind the eyes of the tourist. The
stranger, he says. is scarcely landed
before he is sought out by opuleni
magnates, who overwhelm him with
invitations to entertainments Of such
a lavish splendor as to make his head
swim. Everywhere he sees only
wealth and luxury and is given no op-
portunity to study the reality. His
cnly resource Is to go away charmed.
The memory that remains to him Is
like a golden dream.
On this second visit, he declares,
his eyes were opened. He discovered
that the scenery Of the United States
cannot hold a candle to that Of
France; that the much-vamted Am
erican trains do not make as quick
time as those on the French rail-
roads, and that even the stupendous
bridges, whose bold outlines have so
astounded Europeans, are essentially
lacking in solidity and inimieal to
safety.
Industrial life in America Moreau
regards as slipshod. There is no
steady advance. Progress goes by
leaps and bounds. In all lines speed
is the great demand, and this. desire
for rapidity cuts out every considera-
tion. All elegance is sacrificed to It,
and industry has no kinship with
art. It is the standard Of the COM
monplace.
AS to the homes, the French writer
admits that many express taste, and
their samptuous fittings are often well
chosen. He expends some satire on
the millionaire art collectors, who,
he says, proudly display picture gal.
leries superior to famous European
museums, but, he adds, it is their
agents who have bought the master
pieces, and the owners rarely have
looked at the marvel Of human genius
that hang upon their walls.
Liberty, In some States, Moreau
concludes, is merely a word.-Paria
correspondent Of the Philadelphia
Record.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1906-07-26
BACK TO PULPIT
What Food Did For a Clergyman.

A minister OF Elizabethtown tells
how Grape-Nuts food brought him
back to his pulpit. Some years
ago I had an attack Of what seemed
to be la Grippe, which left me in a
complete state Of collapse and / suf-
fered for some time with nervous
prostration. Ny appetite failed,
lost flesh until I was a mere skeleton,
life was a burden TO me, lost inter-
est in everything and almost In
everybody save my precious wife.
"Then on the recommendation Of
some friends / began the use OF
Crape-Nuts food. At that time ] was
a miserable skeleton, without appe-
tite and hardly able to walk across
the room: had ugly dreams at night,
no disposition to entertain or be en-
tertained and began to shun society.
Il finally gave up the regular min
istry, indeed I could not collect my
thoughts on any subject. and became
almost a hermit. After / had been
using the Grape-Nuts food for a short
time I discovered that I was taking
on new life and my appetite began to
improves I began TO sleep better and
my weight increased steadily: I had
lost some so pounds. but under the
new food regime I have regained al
most my former weight and have
greatly improved in every way.
Il feel that I owe much to Grape
Nuts and can truly recommend the
food TO all who require a powerful
rebuilding agent delicious to taste
and always welcome" Name given
by Postum Co. Battle Creek. Mich
A true natural road to regain health,
or hold it. Is by use OF a dish Of
0fape-Nuts and cream. morning and
night. Or have the food made into
some OF the many delicious dishes
given In the little recipe book found
in pkgs.
Ten days trial Of Crape-Nuts helps
many. There's = reason"
Look In pkgs. for a copy OF the
famous little book, The Road to
MELVILLE"
The Port Gibson reveille., 1906-07-26

Farmers complain Of having man
grievances against the automobile anc
It's users, but there Is another side tC
the story. There are some farmers
who have been guilty of conduct cal
culated TO cause harsh feelings toward
the whole class OF automobilists. Be
sides the timing traps manned By
country constabNes. the unjust arrests
and the punctures caused by new nails
deliberately bent and strewn on the
road. the motorists have been an
noyed and imposed upon in many
ways BY some bucolics. One interest
ing Illustration OF this comes in &
story from lower California telling o.
how q thrifty farmer near Ventura
adds 10 his income. His place is OF
the Mission road leading from Los
Angeles to El Canine Real. highway
much In favor with tourists. There II
. ford in the Ventura river near the
farm house which is deeper this
spring than II was last year. and II
consequence the automobiles that at
tempt to ford II get stuck and have ts
be hauled out BY a team Of horses
that the thrifty granger keeps In read
mess. The cause for complaint Is that
there IS no natural reason for thai
ford having a hole in 1t In which tn,
engines or the motor cars get drowned
out OF action. while the ford yet re
mains safe for horses. The farmer
does not explain. He grins and takes
the money.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1906-07-26

France now joins the "penny post"
community, and will presently be car
rying letters all over the republic and
to all her colonies for the equivalent
Of two cents Of our money a letter.
In that she Is following the example
Of the United States and the United
Kingdom, which have long success
fully practiced such a system. Such
transportation CT letters certainly
seems cheap enough at present. and
there may not soon be any effective
call for further changes in that direc-
ton. But a lesson which America may
well learn Of other countries, thinks
the New York Tribune. is that or the
parcels post. and it may be that some
day there will be devised a practical
method Of establishing an interna-
tional postage stamp system.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1906-07-26

Thousands OF settlers from the Unit.
ed States have crossed the border north
Of the Dakotas, and report that they
like the country. the land. the neigh.
bors, the government, and the pros.
pect, and expect to transfer their al.
legiance and become subjects OF King
Edward. observes Harper's Weekly. Il
is new thing, this crowding Of Unit
ed States Americans into Canada,
though the reverse has been going on
for generations. II seems a good thing
for the emigrants. and nobody objects
The Port Gibson reveille., 1906-07-26

Herbert Remke. the 4-year-old son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Remke, OF 4512
Eoff street. had a very narrow escape
from death, by careless shooting OF
some unknown person on Morgan
Hill. The youngster was at play IN
the kitchen when suddenly he was
struck in the forehead by a bullet,
telling him to the floor. The bullet,
glancing, struck the mother on the
limb, who picked it up. discovering
what 1t was The bullet was from a
.39-calibre revolver or rife. Officer
Raper and Detective Hinkleman made
an investigation, but without result.
Wheeling Intelligence.
The Port Gibson reveille., 1906-07-26

A novel use Of compressed air
made by some railway companies
the Southern states of America, say
the Railway News. When the loads
Of cotton for export are being taken
to the coast, there is always some dan
ger OF such highly innammable ma
terial becoming damaged through
sparks from the locomotives. TO
prevent this, the locomotive boilers
are filled with compressed air. A train
load OF several thousand bales OF cot
ton can be hauled by these locomo-
hves at rate OF twelve miles an
hour, although no fire whatever Is
used In working them.