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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

of the world-the basking shark and the whale. The
largest land animal the elephant, is small thing
pared with full grown right whale, that much
fat that hundred barrels of oil be tried of it,
really big right whale is huge that the strongest
mast whaling ship will not support the head alone.
The basking shark grows to dimensions large
ordinary whales. It has mouth great that it
swallow with gup. It is believed that the
baskng shark is responsible for many of the stories
about serpents, because it has habit of baskng
the surface Of the with it's immense fins sticking
high out of the water.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

Happiness is far evenly divided in this world than
would think possible. Great ladies have troubles
killed in battle combat while the gentlemen
worried by envy troubles in money matters, for
coat of velvet and gold does not always fat
purse by any means So far real joy goes you per-
haps had much of back there that old owl roost
castle you will know among the great But
you did not know what it to live; you simply
vegetables Ito Be Continued.)
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

'Take us . out
first, we implore
you,'' cried the men
of N ic k | e tow n.
''Help! Help! -:
"No, - said the
schoolmaster. .Tt
was such a wonderful
thought that I am
sure you, will be in
terested when I tell
you. So [ will ex-
plain it to you first. -
The men Of MCKEE
town continued to
shout for help, but
the schoolmaster said,
You were very kind
to warn us about the
price of hens eggs.
We locked the hens
up and then I got
the wonderful idea
that if hens eggs
were too cheap by
Easter time, some
other kind of eggs
would be just the
thing to bring a
fancy price. So we
went to the noun
tains and caught a
lot Of eagles and we
put them into the
hen-coop to get Eagle
Easter Eggs. Was
not that a wonderful
ideas Of course, we
did not know that
you were coming to
steal them, otherwise
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
SEA MONSTER AND DwARFs.

The smallest known vertebrate animalthat is,
animal with backboneis tiny fish that lives in the
Philippines, where it is favorte object of food It is
SO small that thousands Of them needed to make
meal
Besides producing this microscopic vertebrate, the
ocean also furnishes home for the largest
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

Hostess-Well Tommie, you can tell your mother for
Hostess-Rather not9 And why, pray9
Tommy-She' ID think was ill., Mrs Jones, and send
o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15

hear that those people of Pennyville have extra
big lot of chickens this year. That is very sad for we
will not have much of market for eggs.''
The Town Clerk thought for awhile, and then he said
90, 81 have n idea. - Xiii, =. -, $40,
He saddled his mule Immediately and rode to Penny
vile, where he found the Mayor schoolmaster
hens which were walking around everywhere
"Good day." said the Town Clerk Of Nickletown
pleasantly 'What fine chickens you have And what
a wonderful lot of them Too bad. Too bad!''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
Muller. Illustrated by J. h
Knickerbocker.) -

We day about a. month before
Easter the Mayor of MCKEE
town said to. the Town
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
OF NEGRO TROOPS
APPLAUDED IN THE SOUTH

Whatever question may be raised
in the North over the right of the
President 10 disband the negro
troops implicated in the race riots
al Brownsville. Tex, the South com
mends and justifies his action
Voicing the general sentiment of
the Southern press. the New Orleans
Times-DemOCrat says:
Not only was the action of the Presi-
dent entirely legal, il was entirely Just.
The negroes Of this battalion were given
every opportunity TO clear themselves
of the odium which attached 10 them
either as participants in the murder al
brownsville or as accessories alter ths
fact 10 the murder. and they refused
to do so They occupied "A position lndl-
eating hostility to law and military au-
thnritv. and subversive of military dis
ciplfne They have received such pun
ishmeut as it was competent Tor the
President TO infiict. and the punishment
should stand, as it doubtless VIII. toI
Congress Is not likely to take action
that will lead 10 the enlistment again
of members of this cOntumaclous, law
less, and disorderly organization.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
SideLig1tS on People and Events
That Make the NerVS and History
PRESIDENT ON FOOTBALL
TO PENNSYLVANIA MEN

Roosevelt talk broke out in Phila-
delphia strong when the President
was there six minutes on his recent
trip from Oyster Bay to Washing
ton. 1t was all about football.
Mr Roosevelt was seated in the draw
ing room Of the car. apparently in a
deep discussion with Secretary Of State
Elihu Root. So absorbed was he In the
conversation that he did not notice that
the train had reached Philadelphia 1t
was only for a few seconds. however.
for a squad of university students start
ed a Pennsylvania yell. with three
RoOsevelts on the end.
At the first sound the President darted
from his seat and was out on the ObseT-
walton platform. His face beamed. and,
waving his hands, he attempted TO Join
In the yell
who did Pennsylvania play last Sat
urdayy' he asked, as soon as the cheer
ing had subsidized A dozen voices all
tried 10 be the first TO tell him that there
was no game
rs that so? Well, I thought that
must be the case. DO you know.
looked all over my papers TO find out
how the game came out. and couIdn't
md a word. and I was afraid something
was the matter.
We're having some real football this
year, aren't we?" he continued What
did You think about that Princeton
Dartmouth game Ny, how l would
like TO have seen that gameI''
The Presidents other words were lost
in the cheer that broke out.
There are good, husky lungs for
YOU said the President TO the rest of
the crowd. as the yell finished. and re-
turned TO his car.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14

ably then be as far from the realiza-
ton as il is now.
The reason is twofold-First. that
any amendment to the American
Constitution is difficult almost to
the degree of impossibility; second,
that any amendment which will
withdraw a single power vested in
the States can hardly expect to OBJ
tain the Endorsement of the required
three-fourths of the States. This
was ,the situation as it appealed to
Secretary Bayard, an ardent States.
ughter, on the one hand, and to
Senator Hoar, an ardent exponent
of centralized government, on the
other. While it prevails the only
solution of the problem involved in
the present issue in California lies
in full cooperation between the
separate States and the Administra-
ton of the National Government
Ia is not a complete solution. and
at times il viii not be easy TO ful.
fill it; but it viii never present the
difficulties involved in a project tc
strengthen the National Govern,
ment" by correcting the 'faults OF
the American Constitution"
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
RIP CHURCH CARPET
AND DIVIDE RUGS
Women'S Society of CleVe-
land Parish Defy TruS-
tees Who Want Sale.

CLEVELAND. Nov. 13.-Because the
United Evangelical Church is In debt, IL
has been decided 90 sell the building.
There was little objection 10 this, but
when the trustees ordered the church
members 70 leave all furnishings intact
until a vote or church members could
be had in regard TO their disposal, TWEEN
ty-four women, comprising the ladies'
society. openly Tcbelled.
The society had given 500 worth Of
furnishings in carpets. rugs and cur
tains. ignoring the trustees order. the
women met al the church and tore up
the rugs. carpets and curtains
Scissors We're used, and the carpet and
rugs feu into JWenty-four sections. one
for each of the society.
These things belong to the members
OF tie society" they said. The idea of
those trustees telling the society what
il shall do with its own things Wen
show them
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
ADVICE TO YOUNG LADY.

Il am a young lady Of fastidious in
clinations. l am very much in love with
a gentleman who. l hope, may some day
be near and dear To me. but there is
enc thing about him that / do not like.
He cheWs gum all the time. When we
go TO the theater he sits by my side and
Cheyys so hard THAI l get nervous. /
think he must have hollow tooth, for
he makes a loud. disagreeable sound
when he pulls his teeth out of the gum.
How can I get him TO stop without Of
tending him. What would You advise
me to do2 EFtIE.
You might try gagging him by stuff
ing one end of a towel into his mouth,
or, il you think he would not like that
buy him rubber ring, such as teeth
ing babies use, to bite Pulling the
teeth is said to be "A sure cure for gum
chewing, hut perhaps you do not care
10 resort to extreme measures. II you
are determined TO use only mild meth
DDS, you might lure him TO the top of
a high building and push him off.-Chi-
cago Record Herald.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
Faults in the Constitution.

Japan has taken the affair in the
best spirit, realizing at once the good
intentions ana the helplessness OF the
United States Government: but the
whole incident is a significant lesson
in the faults of the American HonSuLu-
tiOn. When States can assert them
selves against the nation on matter
in which the EraVeSL Issues OF foreign
policy are involved some reform in
the direction of strengthening the Ma
tional Government seems 10 be urgently
needed.
Thus the London Spectator, in an
editorial discussion of the issue
which has arisen over the segrega-
ton of Japanese school children
in separate schools in California. It
is a comment which an informed,
sympathetic critic might be expect
cd to make. and there is much
wisdom in it.
But If other nations. whether
Great Britain or Japan, intend TO
wait prospective diplomatic negotia-
tions on the defnitive strengthen
ing of the National Government
through the expressed supersession
of rights now held by the States,
they will do well to think twice.
The Federal authority is growing.
IT has now exceeded the ideal eN-
pounded by Webster The ability OF
"a separate State in the exercise of
it's police power 10 involve all it's
associate States in controversy with
another nation is generally under
stood BY the citizens of the States
and as generally regretted. What
happened in Louisiana while Mr.
Bayard was Secretary of State and
has now happened in California
while Mr.. Root is Secretary of State
may happen in every succeeding ad-
ministration of our foreign office
for years TO come. Yet the change
indicated by the Spectator viii prob.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
POLITICAL cHUM
ON GUARD IN CONGRESS

Gilbert NJ. Hitchcock, editor of the
Omaha World-HeraId, has been
elected To Congress from the Second
Nabraska district. When Mr. Bryan
was dropped from Congress Mr..
Hitchcock took him in and made him
editor of the World-Herald. The
two men have been political chums
ever since. The Sioux City Journal
sees this significant point in Mr..
Hi5chcock's election:
Under an intelligent understanding
Of the situation IL may be considered
fortunate that Mr.. Hitchcock is going
back TO Congress. He will be there
during the period OF struggle for the
Presidential nomination He Will be in
position 10 keep Mr. Bryan informed.
and he will be i'm position TO represent
Mr. Bryans interests in ways without
number II is not beyond reason 10 say
that William Randolph Hearst Will take
a gloomy view Of the determination
reached by the Second district OF Ne
braska.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
MONEY SPOUTTIINIlGG
FROM A THRESHER
Strange Sight That AmazeS
Farmer Who Soon After
Misses Wallet.

LOCK HAVEN, Pa, Nov 14.-Georgs
Searson, who resides near Linden Hall.
has threshing machine which turned
out wealth more rapidly than an oil
gusher one day recently.
lie had his outfit ct the farm Of Jacob
Eottorff. ia Penns Valley. The men
were hard at work getting the straw
away from the machine when they saw
coming from the spout OF the thresher
pieces OF ereeubacks that flew around
in every direction. Then silver dollars
dropped OF the straw, and they signaled
Tie man running the engine 10 shut or
steam.
Looking into the half bushel IN which
the wheat was dropping from the
thresher, they found both gold and sill
yer dollars. The mystery was solved
when Searson felt in his inside pocket
and discovered that his pocketbOok.
containing 500 in gold and silver coin
and gTeenbacIEs, was missing.
In working around the machine he
evidently dropped his wallet, and it was
fed into the thresher with the sheaves
of wheat. Most Of the money was ~
covered.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
Mrs. WoIcott, Politician,
Wins Son High HOnOrS
Widow of Colorado Senator Engineered the
Public Life of Her Son, Who Is to axe
High Station.

BUFFALO. n. Y. Nov. H-Lyman
Metcalf Bass, OF this city. who is slated
for appointment to succeed Charles H.
Brown, as United States District At
torney for the Northern District Of New
York, upon the latter's elevation TO the
Supreme Court bench. owes his selec-
tion to the influence and political acu-
men Of his mother
Mr. Bass is the son OF Mrs. Edward
o. Wolcott. widow of the late United
States Senator from Colorado. For
years Mrs. Wolcott was a foremost fig
ure in Washington society and close
friend Of the family Of President Roose-
welt. She acquired fame as an enter
tainer and as a woman Of magnetic per
sonality and many accomplishments
She interested Senators Piatt and De-
pew and Edward II. Butter of this city.
IN her sons behalf. Her own influence
with the Presidents family. backed by
the influence Of those three men, and
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
PURE SILK WANTED AS
WELL AS PURE FOOD

Congress having given some assur-
ance that the country's food supply
Will be furnished in a pure state to
the consumer. now comes a demand
for legislation that will demand
purity in wearables. H. G. Warland,
in the Detroit Free Press, explains
the situation this way:
Now that we have pure-food laws
IL might be well for Congress TO do
something TO insure the purchaser of
silks getting what he or She pays for
A large part of all the silk made in
this country is treated with a prepara-
tiOn of tin until there is sometimes con-
Is pui chased by American manufacture
eTs and by them treated to the doctor
ing process Before being dyed the
fabric is repeatedly dipped In a sOlu-
ton of bichloride of tin, until there are
sometimes as many as three parts of
is repeated until the fabric has taken
up all the solution IL will hold.
This unloading increases the manu-
faCturers' profit, but il renders the silk
fragile. rOts il and often causes 1t to
spiIt when woven. Women make mis-
silk they buy. Real silk has a natural
luster. but the high luster is given the
fabric at the expense of durability. The
silk is stretched to the limit OF it's elias
ticity and baked when thus extended.
The baking process gives the brilliant
luster. but injuries the goods. OF course
stretching the silk enablec the manu-
facturcr to make more fabric out of 4
given quantity OF raw material and thus
increases his profit.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
.HARTJE LAWSUIT
MAY Be DROPPED
Pittsburg Millionaire's Wife
Away. Conspiracy Cases
Constantly Postponed.

PITTSBURG, Nov. H.-Mystery sur
rounds the delay OF the conspiracy cases
against Augustus Hartje, the million
aire paper manufacturer; John L. Wei
shons. his brother-in-law, and Clifford
Hooe, the negro formerly employed as
coachmau by the Hartjes.
The cases grow out Of the Hartje di-
vorce suit, brought by the husband, in
which the negro is named as one of the
correspondents, and have been on the
trial list several times, but each time
have been postponed for some unknown
reason
1t is now reported that the cases will
never come to trial Mrs. Mary Scott
Hartje. the principal witness against her
husband. is in Redlands. Cal. on a
visit, and Hartje's attorneys are using
her absence as an excuse for not hearing
the cases.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
Our Schools as a Lesson.

In the course of the next few
months there will troop into the
United States, at various times, a
corps of English public school
teachers, numbering in the aggre-
gate about 500. They are coming to
make an exhaustive study of our
popular scheme of education so that
they may return imbued with what
ever good they find here and work
the harder for the introduction of
American ideas into the British
schools.
\ sort of 'avant courier" of their
visit is Claude H. B. Epps. of Win
chester College. one of England's
foremost educators. who has been
here for some time, studying our
public schools. He is inclined 10
believe that great benefit will ac-
crue from the pilgrimage of the
English teachers, if not at once, at
least in the coming years after the
leayen of their impressions has
been set fully AT work.
Although Mr.. Epps is hopeful of
good things from the tour Of in
spection of the teachers Of his coun-
try, he Is in one point at least GER
tain that the American idea cannot
be carried out i'm Great Britain. In
England" he says, "our history and
traditions would not admit of com
plete secularization OF schools;
therefore it is provided that those
principles of religion which all
sects have in common are TO be
taught"
Therein lies one great difficulty in
/ the path of English education. The
state, which is Protestant Episco.
pal. dominates all the public
schools. and that influence Otter
/ bears severely upon the children ot
Roman Catholics and dissenters
alike. It is not an ideal system
either for the peace Of the com
munity or for the best results IT
education. So far as history is ye
\ shown, the American public schoo
is as fine an example of the effeetiv,
making of educated men and wo
men and good citizens as can pos
sibly he devised.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
CZAR KIr;O AND POLITE
TO RETINUE OF SERVANTS

The Car of all the Russias is pic
tured in some quraters as blood
thirsty and cruel. and in others as
while malevolent. Neither
picture of him is true. according to
London Tit-Bits. That paper de-
scribes him thus:
B. mis- servants he is beloved for his
constant consideration and the interest
he takes in them. He knows and ad-
dresses them sll-alJhough they num-
ber many huudreds-by name, and al
WAYS has a pleasant word and smile
for the humblest of them all; while II he
notices that one of his attendants Is not
loo-lng well he Will saw You are not
looking quite well to-day; it pains me to
see YOU like that You had better take
a rest
That the Car is the most tender and
devoted of husbands his bitterest enemy
will not G-ny. indeed. ever since he
wooed the Princess AliX, padding in a
little wherrv up the backwaters Of the
Thames" a" he has been her happy
slave as he himself confesses. and
spends every available moment in her
coYupauV
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
Sonnet to snow

written by Gladyce wheellery Mcsmuddge)
o snow. that dost keep coming down in
flakes.
And landing here without ever a thud!
Thou coverest up the dark and muddy
Whittier than the pie crust my mother
And iightest on the top of the fence
And furry round and hurry round,
And hang around until the next spring
flood,
And freeze US til our toes and noses
achesl
And Vet. old snow. il it wasn't for you
How could there ever be big snow
Storm
And as for sleighing, now what could
We do?
Without YOU our runners would not
perform.
But snow. o snow. you are so cold all
Why don't you come in summer when
its warm
Today we pick up from the pile on
our desk the above from the pen Of
Gladyce Wheelery McSmuddge. entitled
Sonnet 10 Snow"
Gladyce asks US 10 tell her frankly
what we think OF it,
GIadyce, your Sonnet to Snow is a
frost.
II Is true your INES are llc SeIiie
length. We know this because We meas
ured them with our lead pencil. and
we are inclined 10 believe you did the
same.
IL is also rue YOU have made fear
ful iab at ptuning fourteen decasyllabic
lines, and your rhymes, indicate you
favor the AIiItonian form OF sonnet
Right here. Gladyce, we viii wager
YOU a years supply Of tutu-fTutti
against a Pittsburg stOgie that you
wouldn't recognize the difference be
tween the ShakcsDearCan. MiltOnian. and
Italian forms OF scnent II they should
walk right up and bite you in the ear,
whatever that means
GladyCe. YOU would look much prettier
touring the town in a hOnk wagon than
YOU do touring the Ceruiean blue astTide
your spawned Pegasus. You cannot buy
Il fine frenzy, nor does inspiration come
by the pound,
Honest 10 goodness Gladyce, We are
simply crazy 20 help anyone with the
least literary promise, and as you ap-
pear 20 have the least literary promise
We hand YOU this advice, as \ father
would hand one Of Ben Franklin's bon
mOts 10 his son. Slide down on your
Pegasus, chase that far-away look from
your persiye eyes. brush up your pom
padOur, and annex some nice young man
with steady work. Your name IS gOiuG
10 make a great deal bigger hit ON m,
dOor-plate Of a little cottage with the
/ prefix Mrs" than IL ever will on thJ
/ title page OF a vOlumn OF sonnets.
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
MR. McCLEARYS DEFEAT
DUE TO TARIFF RIPPERS

Representative MeCleary of Min
nesota. was one of the few Repub-
licans who went TO the extreme in
championing standpatism in face of
a growing sentiment in his district
for tariff revision. He was defeated,
but may take heart from this sym
pathetic utterance by Editor Lafe
Young. of the Des Moines Uowa)
Capital:
The defeat Of men like McCleaTy Of
Minnesota and Lacey OF Iowa probably
means that the nation is destined sooner
or later 20 pass through the travail
which is incidental to a temporary trial
of the economic theories OF the free
trade school
The defeat Of men of this character
does not necessarily mean that old
fashioned Republicansim is about 10
take its departure fOreVer-but simply
that the tariff ripper viii have TO be
permitted To take the stage and there
iisport himself until such time as the
nation is compelled TO get back upon
Republican ground once more Tor relieI-
The Washington times., 1906-11-14
JAILS HUSBAND
TO GET DIVORCE
Atlantic City Woman Takes
No Chances on His
Leaving State.

ATLANTIC CITY, \. j., Nov. IA
Determined to take no chances on her
husband leaving. the State before di-
vorce papers could be served on him.
Mrs. Bertha Sterner secured a writ
from tie court of chancerv and placed
Guy D. Sterner, a young business man.
In jail here.
Sterner protested, but Deputy Sheriff
Johnson refused 20 allow the husband
liberty until bail was forthcoming
The wife was a resident of Phillips
burg. y J. before her marriage she S!.S
alleges his affections nave Deen fixed on
"A manicurist on the Boardwalk not
named. and also lays claim To a share
In her husbands business. which she
says, was backed with money given by
her father. The writ is retunable on
November Is
The Washington times., 1906-11-14

the fact that her son has for years
been on terms of friendship with Presi-
dent Roosevelt. won the day.
Mr. Bass is one Of the youngest MEM
bers Of the Erie county bar and Is OF the
nfn OF BIsseu, Carr q Cooke, the prin-
cipal Of which was the late Postmaster
General Wilson r. Bissell- MT. Bass
will leave the nrm on NoFembef l3.
Mrs WoIcott was twice married. Her
first husband was Lyman k- Bass. a
gifted LAWYER Mr. Bass lett Buffalo
for Colorado Springs some years ago IN
quest Of health. His wife accompanied
him on what proved a vain quest
II was al Colorado Springs InaT she
met and subsequently married Senator
Wolcott He died about a year ago
Mrs. WolCOtt now lives in Interest. IN
the Genesee valley, Livingston county,
near tie WadsWorth estate. Her winters
are spent in Europe and her summers
at her delightful country home. Her en-
tertainments for the cross country Ild-
ers of the Genesee Valley Hunt CluD
during the autumn season are FAMOUS.
She is a sister OF Editor James Met
calf OF Life