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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
City News
OBJECT TO RUSSELL SITE
RESIDENTS OF EIGHTH AND
THIRTEENTH WARDS VOICE
SENTIMENTS ON SCHOOL LOCA-
TON

Several hundred residents of the
eighth and thirteenth wards turned out
last evening to the three mass meet
ings called to protest against the loca-
ton Of the fifth high school on the Rus
sell site, Hennepin avenue and Twenty
eighth street.
The Eighth Ward Improvement asso-
citation met at the Lyndale Congrega-
.tional church and attracted about 300
people. This meeting, like the other
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

Nevin, RubiDstein. Mendelssohn, 70
songs and Scotch songs. Included
the purchase are also piano scores f
Wagner's operas, for the Bohemi;
Girl, for Carmen, Faust, Martha, Pa
liacci, Cavalleria Rusticana, Samson a;
Delilah, Mignon, Aida and others.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

''The largest horse I can find in
United States,'' says writer in Fa.
and Fireside, els Royal Prince, who v
raised in Crawford county, Penns
vania. He is dapple gray, stands ne
ly seven feet high at the should
weighs $500 pounds when fat, wears
No. 80 collar and No. shoe and
very finely proportional.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
BREsATHES DEADLY GAS
Hotel Guest Makes Mistake Which Near
ly Costs Him His Life.

Frank Sheldon of Mexico was nearly
killed by escaping gas in the CONNER
cial hotel, on Nicollet island, early Sun
day morning, but the prompt action Of
Hugh Warner, the night clerk, saved
his life.
The clerk smelled the gas and at once
Sheldon unconscious on the floor of his
room. A physician was summoned and
the young man soon recovered. he
said he had turned off the gas and then
turned it on again by mistake.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
LIBRARY TO AID
MUSIC STUDENTS
NUCLEUS OF A FINE MUSICAL III
BRARY SECURED.

Scores Can Be Taken Out on the Same
Basis as Books, and Students Will
Be Saved Heavy Expense-Musical
Organizations Will Be Asked to Co.
operate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27


ers thruout North Dakota have had
good crops for several years, are. bet
ter equipped with farm machinery than
ever BEFORE. and the goose hangs
high.'' 49,. D..
Back from Florida.
Emmett Pew of CanGon, N. D.. a
guest today at the Hyser, is a sample
of the success man may attain in a
new country. Mr.. Pew went to North
Dakota some years ago, has grown up
with the country and in SO doing
secured his share Of it's wealth. He is
one of those farmers who are able to
spend their winters in the south, and is
now on his way home, after having
IT am going home to see to the
spring work on my farm, ~ said he to
TIL Journal. "Men on my farm
have been busy all winter marketing
grain, and now the time is approaching
when work for another crop is about
to begin. Last season seems to have
been successful one thruout the state.
There was but one thing to complain
Many farmers still have grain on hand
that they would like to sell, but which
they have not been able to get shipped
because Of lack of cars. Whenever any
other part Of the country needed cars,
it would seem that the demand was
filled from the supply that should be
in use in the northwest.
awe still have considerable home
stead lands in North Dakota, and if the
remaining homesteads won't suit, land
may be purchased at reasonable rate
and on almost any terms at all reason
able which the purchaser desires to
have made
Towns Are Prosperous.
"Every town and village in North
ness, said J. 7. Smith at the Bruins
wick. Mr.. Smith makes his headqrar-
ters at Grand Forks and most of the
time in travelling about the state sell
ing goods. Many of the towns are
not growing much, but their business
men are doing well. In the agricultural
community, without any special indus
trial or manufacturing advantages, a
town does not have a chance to grow
large, but with the farmers about it
doing well, the town will always pros
per. And SO it is that when the small
towns as a whole are said to be do
ing well, it is safe bet that the farm
ers turnout the state are successful.
North Dakota merchants buy expensive
goods. Their customers are willing to
pay a good price for good article and
will refuse to look at sshoddy' stuff.
North Dakota is today buying on the
average a much higher class Of goods
than is purchased generally in states
east of the Mississippi river. .
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

In some German cities the hands
criminals are photographed as well
their heads for the purpose of ident
cation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27

The whisky on the sideboard in homes
of refinement is PickWick Rye
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-27
Handsome New
Apparel
Minneapolis Dry Goods CO.

ing of new lines as last summer. Farm
ers turnout North Dakota have had
good crops for several years, are bet
ter equipped with farm machinery than
ever before. and the goose hangs
high. - D.. .
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16

A ballad that won instant fame
against the. expectation and even the
wish of its author was Aud Robin
Gray" written by Lady Anne Lindsay
about the end of the eighteenth century
merely for her own satisfaction to re-
place the coarse verses of an old melo-
dy that lAsased her. She sang charm
ingly, and the new ballad soon came
into favor. Great was the curiosity
aroused as to the author of this pa
thetic song, in whose simple verses all
the elements of heartrending tragedy
are contained, but Lady Anne, modest
and retiring by nature, preserved ST.
lence for many years, smiling, no
doubt, ut the controversy that ragged SO
hotly. In the course of 1t her ballad
was attributed by some disputants to
David RiZzio, declared by others to. be
genuine sixteenth century production
and finally made the subject Of o
twenty guinea prize to be bestowed on
anybody acute enough to bring to light
the veritable author.-Cornhill Maya
zinc.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
SINGING For No,h,n~ . y..-

Writing of the trials and tribulatlons
Of American singers who go to Europe
to gain recognition, Mildred Aldrich III
the Theater Magazine says:
ITO most singers who have sought
recognition abroad there is but one
drawback to the European career. II
Is not love of home that lures them
back to the United States. 1t is money
1t looks fine to put de l'opera' or de
rOpera Comique' on ones visiting
card, as is the habit in Europe, but
there is another side to it. Many u
debutante has sung at the Opera Co
miQue for nothing, some have paid, and
some have had the magnificent salary
of 200 francs u month Gust shy of $40.
One of the most prominent debutantes
at the opera saw 5000 francs paid over
for her debut, and one woman who
was there two years as regular men,
Der of the troupe earned 6OOO francs q
year ($25 week., and she was con-
sidered favored. Cities like Bordeaux
often get debutantes ut 800 francs
($60) month, and in theaters of that
sort singers provide their own cos
tunes, so it is small wonder that, hav-
ing got ones education, one wants to
earn money in the United States"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
He Wa. In Such n Hurry

A man who has resided in Cairo told
this tale as an Illustration of the dill
atory ways of Arabian trades people:
"a certain gentleman ordered u
swing to be erected in his garden for
the use of his little boy, aged six He
waited and waited, but the swing new
er arrived. In due course of time that
boy grew up to mans estate and be-
came himself the father of n little boy.
When his son was six years old he
remembered how his own father had
ordered Il swing to be made for him.
So he called on the tradesman, who
lived at his gate, and asked him to
send up the swing that had been order
ed twenty years before. The man
agreed to do so. The little boy be-
coming impatient after three weeks,
his father called again and remon-
stratcd with the Arabian as to his dill
atoriness The Indignant tradesman
replied that he could not really under
take to serve any one who was IN
such n fearful hurry"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
snake hunting with Noses.

When the Australian aborigine Is
pushed and can find no other game, he
catches snakes for food. With his Won
derful brown eyes lie can see the faint
est trail where snake has zigzagged
through the dry moss and leaves. At
nighttime his broad nostrils take up
the chase, and, STOPPING down among
the bushes, with tough forked stick
in his hand to support him, he follows
the track as merringly as a blood
hound. When he runs IL snake to earth,
if he cannot surprise 1t in the open and
kill it by Il sudden blow of his stick,
lie squats over Its hole, making low
kissing or whistling sound with his
lips. Soon the snake puts its head out
of the hole and peers round. In an In
slant the forked stick descends and
fixes it to the ground by the neck, and
the black fellow, selling it behind the
head, SO that it cannot bite him, drags
it out Of the hole and either twists Its
head off or pounds it on the ground
till its back is broken.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16

The habit of snuff taking has been
confirmed among savage tribes for
ages past. In South Africa 1t Is used
among Swu2is, Dasutos and Matabeles.
Every Zulu today, even III towns, car
ries little square box suspended
around his neck by IL piece of striag or
gut, and the snuff spooa Cor they do
not indulge in the honely "pinch').
carved out of sleeps bone. often Or
namented With intricate saometrical
designs and for convenience carried
hanging downward through Il slit in
the lobe of the car. The Zulu regards
the lobe Of his ear as IL useful recep-
table for various small articles he
meets with. The umfnan, or house boy.
universally met with in Natal. has Il
penciant for safety pins. which have
to be carefully hidden froai his sharp
eyes. Even then lie Is usually to he
seen, after going tlrol, Ii the rooms
with Il string of these l.iNs suspended
from each ear until they reach his
shoulders.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
Humau,tx and Morh,nery.

Machinery is the cornerstone of mod
crn society, the very foundation on
which law, science, ethics. the arts,
even the state itself, rests. 1t is SO
new that we do not yet know its
poetry. We do not yet understand.
Only two generations have lived be-
side the highway Of steam; only one
has seen the Bessemer converter trans
form the blacksmith into the master
builder of ships and towers. The sew
ing machine, the fur speaker, the type
writer, are common things Of today, ac-
cepted as a matter Of daily conven-
fence, and yet are they teachers Of the
people. Machines that come close to
our lives and homes insensibly teach
truth, precision, the adjustment Of uni
versal laws to human needs, respect
for that wise American idea that
| labor saved is labor released for high
err and nobler toll. The machine is the
head master Of the high school of the
| racc,-Readcr Magazine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
Kentucky. Names.


kentucky is known as the Corn
Cracker State from n game bird en-
joying the same name which was for
merly found in great abundance in
most parts Of the state. 1t is also
called the Blue Grass State, from the
belt Of land running through the cen
ter, In which this variety of grass
grows to great perfection. In the early
days of our history 1t was known as
tile Dark and Bloody Ground, being
SO termed by the Indians. 1t was then
a debatable land between the Indians
living north of the Ohio and those
living in the mountains of Tennessee
and Georgia, sort of battle-ground
for these tribes, which fact gave it the
name long before it was settled by
the whites. 81
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
Letter. In England Not Private.

You cannot regard any letter you
nsay send through the post US being
private. The government has legal
right to open any letter or parcel pass
ing through the post and is also en-
titled, of course, to use any informa-
ton thus obtained III furtherance Of
the interests o. the law. At one time
the official and secret opening Of ''pri-
vate' letters was of such common oc-
currence that postotlice employees were
sent to France to take lessons from an
expert in the art of opening and re-
sealing letters. In 1912 the postmas-
tiers of Manchester, Nottingham and
Glasgow We're instructed to "open all
such letters US should appear to be Of
suspicious nature and likely to con-
vey scditious information" and SO re-
Gently as fifty years ago there was an
agitation to deprive the government
Of the right to open letters passing
through the post. The agitation failed,
however, SO that your letters are still
liable to be opened, and the law would
be OH the side of the official opener
London Answers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16

A head man in Il mandatory was
watching a drayman Juggling ut Il
heavy ease one day. The drayman's
face was red. and the muscles of his
neck We're bullying. The overseer, says
a writer in the Baltimore Sun, thought
it was the right moment to offer prac-
teal assistance.
"wait a minute there" he said, Let
me show you how easy 1t is when you
use n little brain with your muscle"
And he grabbed Il hook, stuck 1t into
the case, gave Il yank and went sprawl
ing into the gutter under the dray. Hc
got up, looked at the hook and said,
"Confound it, the handle comes off"
"Yes, sir" said the drayman respect
fully. "Aly brain told me that, and
didn't use It,"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16

Louis, speak to mel Speak to sistcrl"
back, his lack of sleep, but especially
his anxiety, had Worn upon him SO that
now, when he could shift some part of
his responsibility, his steel woven
frame began to CULVER and his brain to
thicken. He sank into chair and.lax-
ly looked ut Ann.
ut is sweet to see you," he uttered
slowly "doubly sweet because Of
Louis. We've done our best, Nora and j.
was in agony for fear you would not
come tonight. l didn't want to shirk
responsibility or labor-but-I-I want
ed You. It's been long day for me-"
Mrs. Kelly explained: Rob is dyin'.
for lack O. sleep. That's the truth He
wouldn't leave the boy, and after rid
ing all the day and the night before.
But come now, have some te,k-botll.
My mind is easier since the doctor
came. Sure know he Will check tho
fever, never fear that"
Raymond soon put down his cup and
rose. Your drink has done me good,
Nora. will go back to the doctor and
see II he needs help. You stay here"
he said to Ann, and his voice was init
mate and tender. II will report ut.
once"
When he re-entcred few moments
later his tone was cheerful. "The doc.
tor has made his examination and is.
confident of heading off pneumonia"
AIMS face lit with joy. ooh. did
he say that?" She reached both her
hands to him. Now you can go to
sleep. / will watch tonight"
Together they returned to the bunga-
low, and Raymond, after II moments
conversation with Braide, threw him
self on his couch. "Ah, this seems
good!" be exclaimed to Ann and fell
asleep almost instantly.
She drew the robe over him with
careful hands and turned to Bralde.
"Im so grateful to you, DR.. Braide.
You are to eat supper with the Kellys.
think you would better go over to the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
sofe For n Short distance,

A young man who is blessed with a
Scotch llinsman need never fear that
he will be allowed to hold too high an
opinion of himself
"What co you think of my project tG
study law" asked young Witherby Of
his great-uncle. Robert Donaldson. u
person whom he was DESTROYS to pro.
pitiate.
81 should call it vera harmless
amusement" said Mr.. Donaldson dry
ly after comprehensive survey of the
young mans fatuous face and gay
attire, eff not carried too far"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
A Lucky circumstance,

In the house of commons no incident
is greeted with more hearty laughter
than that of Il member who, after an
eloquent Grafton, pumps down Oh his
silk hat on the bench behind him. A
young member who had just made his
maiden speech sat upon his new silk
hat. There were roars of laughter.
An Irish member Immediately arose
and gravcly said, mir. Speaker, per-
init me to congratulate the honorable
gentleman upon the happy circum-
stance that when he sat on his hat his
head was not in it," This remark up
set the dignity of the house, and the
speaker called Order. order" amid
roars of laughtc-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
CHAPTER XIII.

"HE morning paper, which the
maid brought to Ann while she
still drowsed in her bed, con-
i tanned the news Of Louis ar
rival at Raymonds cabin and his col
lapse.
"All the early part Of the night" the
reporter went on to say, Glands of
clamorous men marched from mine to
mine, calling upon the gangs to lay
down their tools. Only two firms re-
mained unintimidated = Reese Bros.
and Kelly & Raymond. In the midst
Of all this turmoil" said the reporter,
Raymond, one Of the men most coll
cerned, was standing guard over n sick
boy and would not leave his side for q
moment" Ann glowed with sense of
deep obligation to that watcher
Mrs. Barnett knocked on her door
and called, "Have you seen the papers,
Ann Marie2"
Eyes"
"What are you going to do?"
II am going up there"
Mrs. Barnett entered "How can you
go, with that mob in possession? You
must not go! 1t isn't safe for you, and
/ will not consent to have Don go again.
Who will protect your"
Ann famed with wrath. Have you
no law out here that will protect girl
who goes to nurse her sick brother?
have nothing to do with your idiotit
wars. 1 am going up there us citizen
Of New York, not as a partisan of your
side in this struggle. shall not leave
that boy there to suffer alone"
II can't find Don," said Mrs. Barnett
"He must have gone downtown. Some
one has just phoned a message from
Rob. He says Louis has taken chill
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
Neckt,e. n. railway signals.

"Red neckties are always worn by
foreign brakcmen and conductors. Ev-
er notice it?" said Il railroader.
mo. Why is it?"
"As safety DEVICE" was the reply.
"These red necktics that flash upon
your gaze on the railroads of Italy,
France, Germany and England are
not sign that the people have Il gay
taste, but that they are cautious and
prudent.
1.-THE neckties are supplied free by
the railroad companies for use as dam
ger signals in emergency. Thus, no
matter when or where an accident may
happen, there is no need to search or
scramble for red flag, but the brake.
man whips off his red necktie and
waves it frantically aloft."-Minneap
oils Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
Cigars Few Can Afford.

"a long, low strip of land, valley
between high hills, lies five miles out
side of Havana, and there" said u
cigar salesman, 1.-The best tobacco In
the world is grown. The name Of the
place is Abajo, and the Vuelta Abajo
crops are always bought up two OF
three years i'll advance of their plant.
Ing. They yield only $4,000 cigars an.
nually. These cigars sometimes sell as
high as $50 II hundred-$1.5O apiece
vuelta Abajo cigars are only smoked
by kings and billionaires. There are
many fake Vuelta Abajos OH the mar
ket, but the real thing, once smoked
can never be mistaken. for there is nc
other tobacco in the world with IN
aroma at once 50 powerful and SO del
icate."-New York Press.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
Eat Lc,. ana Ent II SLOWLY

Economic methods of eating are SO
important and SO automatic that 1t
really occasions some surprise that
more is not known about the matter.
Horace Fletcher, in his famous A b Q
books OIL nutrition, very wisely insists
upon the necessity of slow mastication
with abundant insalivation. 1t is real
ly astonishing. how badly people use
the teeth nature gave them for this
purpose. Children naturally bolt their
food, SO 1t Is said, and adults retain the
habit Not having the digestive power
Of cats or dogs, which naturally bolt
their food, it results that much Of our
food is undigested and wasted.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
The Currant.

The currant of commerce is said to
be one of the most nutritious forms of
food, a,pound of the little berries from
Greece containing more than three
times us ,much actual nourishment as
the samet weight Of lean beef. Cur
rants" says one authority, should
really be eaten every day. They con-
tain all the beneficial properties of the
apple, but In greater proportion" The
most important fact connected with
them is that they supply the body with
muscle building and nerve sustaining
material in form ready for speedy
digestion and assimilation.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16

Let honesty be as the breath Of thy
soul and never forget to have II penny
when all thy expenses are enumerated
and paid; then shall thou reach tile
point of happiness, and independence
shall be thy sliicld and buckler. thy
helmet and crown; then shall thy soul
walk upright, nor stoop to the silkeh
wretch because he hath riches, nor
pocket an abuse because the hand
which offers it wears a ring set with
misunderstanding.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1906-05-16
A Good excuse.

After the Duke of Wellington's vic
torious campaigns the University o.
Oxford complimented the duke him
self and his principal officers by con
ferrlng upon them the honorary ant
not very appropriate degree Of doctor
of civil laws. At that time the fee.
We're heavy, and one of the distinguish
ed soldiers, who had gathered NOR,
honor than profit in the wars, declined
the proffered degree In the following
verse:
Oxford. know you wish me well.
But prithee let me be.
can't. alas. be D. C. L.
For want of C s. d.