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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
Enormous School Fund.

Our school fund now amounts to near
y S2s.Wsl.HU and under the constitution
II can be invested only in state. munich
pal and county bonds. 1t cannot be in
vested in railroad. industrial or any other
spec ulative bonds. The investment is in
charge of a board consisting of the gov
ernor. the attorney general. the treasurer
and auditor of state, and the income is
distributed by similar board We can
loan money to the counties to build school,
houses and a considerable sum of it has
been invested in that way. which rs a
great relief in many localities which are
not thickly populated and where the
area OF school districts is made up large
~ or public land not subject to taxation.
This relieves the burden on the new set
tiers for making improvements and par
ticular1y for providing schools. The
schools of the state. however, are not en-
tirely dependent upon this fund Last
YEAR the revenues for school purposes
amounted to $14.31S,52S: of which So $40. :
6s5 was raised by local one-mill tax
and special taxes in school districts:
81 iIi345. II was received from bonds sold
and general sources. and x29Ss sos was
paid TO the school districts from the
state treasury. Adding to this sum the
ash on hand at the beginning of the
year the total amount of money handled
by the 1880 school treasurers in Minne-
sofa for the fiscal year 191O-11 was ST.
.sE3. 100 ~
There are about 10000 public schools
In Minnesota and the average attendance
is about 10000 There are about 25. 900
more children in the rural schools than
in the city schools. and the income from
the school fund is allotted among the dis
tr.Gts In proportion to the children en-
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So Woolmap Blankets, soc Each

smoothed out, says Mr.. Mack. but the
party on the whole is I'm first-class shape.
and ] confidently anticipate that there
will be no turning back of the hands of
the clock of progress.
William Barnes. ir.. chairman of the re-
publican state committee. Is making no
predictions. .The situation seems to be-
favorable To our winning number Of dis
tricts i'm New York city" he says. The
same is true in the country districts.
where we ought to regain much of the
ground we have lost -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
Miss Frances L. Jones Dead.

Funeral services for Miss Frances Lee
Jones. daughter of the late Gen. Walter
Jones, who died in Louise Home, on
Massachusetts avenue yesterday after
noon, will be held at the Church of the
Ascension Wednesday morning. Miss
Jones was eighty years old. She had re-
sided at the home for nearly thirty years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
Chrysanthemum Show Opens,

This is the first day of the governments
annual chrysanthemum show. The big
greenhouse in the propagating gardens at
18th and b streets northwest was opened
to the public at y O'Clock this morning
and visitors will be admitted until =
O'Clock tonight. The popular blooms, OF
which there are more than fifty varie
ties this year. will be on exhibition until
next SUNDAY evening. Judging from to-
day. the attendance of flower lovers at
this years mum show will be record
breaker
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
Once Adjudged Incompetent.

Miss Benedict, who is now forty-six
years old, was declared incompetent in
the early nineties. While on trip to
Buffalo. at that time. she inserted this
advertisement in an upstate newspaper:
Wanted-A husband; will leave party
Immediately after the ceremony and will
pay $500 for use of name.
Jefferson B. Gum, milkman of Co
hoes, answered the advertisement and
married her within a few days, getting
the 500 and leaving her after the cere-
mony. To protect the girls interests her
father started annulment proceedings on
the grounds of insanity. and to substan-
tiate these he set forth that on at least
three occasions his daughter left home
to work as a servant.
Since her marriage Miss Benedict has
been confined from time to time in pri-
vate sanitariums. Her father took her
three years ago to live with him in Cen
trail Park West in Manhattan, New
York, but, 1t is said, she refused to re-
main with him after her mothers death
year ago.
Her father visited her each week and
finally decided she was sane and should
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30

must not think that other branches of
education are neglected. Our regular
courses of instruction are just the same
as in other schools, but We believe that
in a state like Minnesota. the value OF a
knowledge Of the principal industry can
not be overestimated in the development
of good citizenship.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
For Higher Salaries.

III proposed constitutional amend
ment is approved by the people at the
coming election the salaries OF members
of the legislature will he increased next
year. Members of both houses now re-
ceive S1..0p a year. The proposed annual
salary will be $500 for senator's ami
1890 for assemblymen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
People of Minnesota Believe in
Their Superiority.
EDUCATIONAL FUND LARGE
Politicians Do Not Interfere in Ex-
penditure of Money.
GIVE VOCATIONAL TRAINING
Schools of No Other State Pay So
Much Heed to This Branch of
Educational Work.

III was Mr.. Curtis habit TO prepare his mat
ter ahead Of publication the result OF neces-
sty. inasmuch as he was often travelling some
times in far distant lands, and with untrust-
worthy communications behind him. IL Is a
tribute TO his careful method that his copy
Eever failed, and now at the time OF his death
there are In hard several letters prepared and
revised by him and supplied in advance Of the
dates assigned for publication in accordance
With the custom Of years. The Star feels that
these letters belong to its readers and that they
should be printed just though Mr. Curtis
were living. II will therefore continue until the
end Is reached the publication of this series OF
Curtis letters" despite the fact that death has
iaiien so swiftly 10 put an end to career that
has few parallels for usefulness.l
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
you. he estimates the mineral wealth OF
the school lands at $20O.00O,O0O.
Politicians Keep Oh.

NO. the politicians do not trouble u.s.
said Mr.. Schulz. "Demagogues don't get
into the school boards. Politics and edu-
cation are completely divorced in Mime
sofa. \ very large portion Of our popu-
lation are Swedes. Norwegians and Ger
mans, who regard education very seri-
ously and will not permit any meddling
They are conservative in all things. and
il would be fatal for politician to med
die with school affairs
How about your teachers salaries?"
They are fixed by local boards and are
governed by local sentiment. They vary
In different parts of the state but are
average raise of about 10 per cent during
the last ten years. We are ahead of Wis
consin and Illinois. but are behind Cali
forna. Oregon and Washington. and we
lose many teachers to those states. Our
standards are high although unfortunate
ly here, elsewhere. school teaching is
only an occupation with majority. and
few of our teachers remain with us more
than three or four years. This requires
supply of not less than 1000
new teachers annually to fill the depleted
ranks and to meet the needs of the in
creaSing school population. We have five
excellent normal schools with nearly 1000
students an average of 700
graduates annually. but this does not
meet our requirements. and not more
than one-third of our teachers have been
able to make special preparation for their
work. 1t must be remembered also that
economic conditions of Minnesota throw
the main responsibility for instruction in
the public schools upon the shoulders OF
young women who do not Intend or de-
sire to make it life work.
I'VE are making some improvement by
the consolidation of rural schools which
will reduce the number and make 1t prac-
ticable to increase salaries so that IN
time the rural schools will become for the
country what the graded and the high
schools are for the city. 1t will also re-
suit in a larger enrolment and more reg
ular attendance and lead to the practical
study of agriculture and the Introduction
of manual and home training.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30

Penrhyn Stanlaws has made the cover
design in colors for our next Sunday Mag
azine. THE Telephone Girl is a dream.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30

practitioner Her friends say, however,
that her attitude is due to the treatment
accorded by her father who years ago
had her declared mentally incompetent.
They say that. rather than have her
father share the estate, she will support
herself.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
Leads in Vocational Schools.

Minnesota leads i'm vocational schools.
We have regular agricultural courses in
100 high schools under specially trained
teachers who must be graduates of ag-
ricultural colleges. The appropriation for
agricultural instruction for the next
fiscal year in the public schools amounts
to 81, 200. 1t is safe to say that no
other state makes such liberal provision
for vocational training, but agriculture
is an industry of fundamental importance
to Minnesota and is in such close rela-
tionship to all other industries that some
knowledge of it Is needed by every one.
whether directly engaged in agriculture
or not.
1T is the rural school that must give
the foundation training in agriculture 10
the masses of our people, but mucn IS
being done also in city and village
schools where the children are given
practical training in the growing of vese-
tables and flowers and are taught botany
and the kindred sciences. In the nlsh
schools special courses in agriculture are
given by specially trained teachers and
demonstration farms are connected WIN
them
..The first attempt to furnish vocational
instruction was made in 1883. Wnen q
school was organized to give boys practi-
cal instruction in farming, with such
technical information as would enapie
them to carry on the work of the farm In
accordance with the latest scientific de-
velopments. In 1897 girls were aomltteo'
who, besides taking much of the scientific
work given to the boys, were instructed
in the domestic arts and sciences. Inc
first school was at st. Anthony's Park,
and last year it had about 800 students.
There is an alumni of 1919. who nave
taken the full course of three years.
In 1906 a second school was established
at Crookston. in the Red River valley,
and in 1910 the buildings and land of an
Indian school at Norris in the western
part of the state. were obtained and de-
voted to the same purpose. In 1903 the
legislature provided for ten additional
agricultural high schools. and i'm 1911 for
twenty more which are now In operation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-10-30
Have Practical Courses.


THE courses are practical. The first
term the students are taught practical
botany; the second term the instruction
is devoted to the cultivation Of vegeta-
bles. fruits, corn, oats. barley, grasses,
clovers and other small grains. The Sec
ond year is devoted to animal husbandry'
larry work and the breeding OF cattle
the care of sheep and poultry. and the
third year the higher sciences are under
taken. Each year instruction Is given In
history. geography and other ordinary
branches of the regular high school
course. and in the last year Latin. Ger
man and commercial courses.
1.-The Albert Lea High School has six
teen acres under cultivation by the stu
dents. Six acres in two tracts In dlHer-
ent parts Of the city are used Tor scnOol
garden and are divided into plots eight
by sixteen feet in size for the use OF m
diyidual students. A tract of ten acres IS
used for experimental purposes. with test
plots of alfalfa, clover. millet. barley,
corn, spring and winter wheat. Samples
of seed corns were tested Tor over loo
farmers last year. The construction, re-
pair. care and use of tools and machinery
are also a part of the course. and prac-
teal instruction in mechanics in the
construction, repair and handling OF trac-
ton engines is also given.
I'm the eighth grade the young women
are taught household chemistry, SANTA
ton. the theory and practice of cookery.
darning, patching machine sewing and
other household arts and sciences.
Farming Up to Date.
THE high school at Alexandria. for ex-
ample, has an experimental farm OF ten
acres. with a substantial building for the
housing of seed and machinery. and a
cement cellar for root plants. Grain and
forage crops are planted cultivated AMI
harvested by the schoolboys according
TO the latest scientific methods during the
snring and summer months. while during
the winter they are taught animal hus-
baniry. dairying and all the scientific
methods of indoor farming.
1.-The other agricultural high schools
are conducted in q similar manner, and
with equal success. and are attended by
several THOUSAND young men and women.
who are thus being prepared for serious
work upon the farms, which will be the
scene of their activity. Not less than one
third of the school population of Min
nesota is receiving practice instruction
in the cultivation of the soil. and the
generosity of the legislature at the re-
cent session provided still wider and more
thorough courses, both In city and vii
lage schools, as well as those In the
rural districts. Thus agricultural training
IL not limited to the children who come
from the farms. 1t is general. but you
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-04
A Real American
Here's to a real American:

Here's a real American:
to a German
The American
the Herr
American wanders off
20 a a
he his for gentleman
At six he notified the police
At police searching the ctyeven the watch
sixthiry
him.
seventhiry the joined
eight the American asked dinner ready
both
Called explanation-none thought
Corporal limited
Overwhelmed a
dogknife fists and
changed
O
That night kilograms the German empire
in
be wrecked. OF such is America
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-04
ACT FINE
AFTER A FEW DOSES

The real treachery and danger in
kidney trouble is because the first
symptoms are always seen in other
parts of the body before anything
wrong is noticed with the kidneys
themselves.
The moment you suspect any kid
ney, bladder or urinary disorder, or
feel a dull, constant Backache or the
urine is thick, cloudy or offensive or
full of sediment, irregular of passage
or attended by scalding sensation,
begin taking Pape's Diuretic as direct
ed, with the knowledge that there is
no medicine, at any price, made any
where else in the world, which is so
harmless or will effect so thorough
and prompt cure.
Put an end to kidney trouble while
it is only trouble-before it develops
into Dropsy. Gravel, Diabetes or
Brights Disease.
Pape's Diuretic acts directly upon
the kidneys. bladder and urinary sys-
tenn; cleanses, heals and regulates
these organs, ducts and glands and
completes the cure within few days.
Pains in the back, sides or loins,
rheumatic twinges, facilitating head.
ache, nervousness. dizziness, bilious
stomach, prostate trouble, sleepless-
ness. inflamed or puffy eyelids, weak
ness, WORKOUT feeling and many 9TH
err symptoms caused by clogged, inact-
i've kidneys promptly vanish. FIRE.
quent, painful and uncomfortable uri-
nation due to weak or irritable blad-
der is overcome
Your physician, pharmacist, banker
or any mercantile agency will vouch
for the responsibility of Pape. Thomp-
son & Pape of Cincinnati who pre-
pare Pape's D;uretic-50 cent treat
ment-sold by every druggist in the
world.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-04
Bed Letter DAYS.

sIto origin of red letter day" has
been traced back to the third century
Gregory. bishop of Caesarea. Jealous
FOR the conversion of pasans. found
them unwilling to give up their Gus
tomary recreations at the festivals Of
their gods. so. taking leaf out OF
their book. he instituted festivals in
honor Of sain.s and martyrs. This ex-
ample soon led to the institution Of
holy days, now corrupted into holt
days. In old almanacs all such holy
days were set forth in red ink. the
rest being in black; hence the term
'red letter day" for any notable occa-
sion. Others say that the origin Of the
expression is much more recent and Is
due to the fact that Saints day, the
9Th of November. the kings birthday
and accession and King Charles day
were similarly marked OF in red as
holidays for the Bank Of England. evil
IDENTIFY in the times Of the later Stuarts.
London Telegraph.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-04
Heart to Heart
Talks.
Copyright. 1908, by Edwin A. Nye
TWO WOMEN.
By EDWIN A. NYE.

TWO WOMEN.
would rather be
In the shade of 4 tree
With a song and a handful Of daisies
Than be the darling Of victory
Mid the bray OF the rabies praises.
| I have read these words from an in
| terview with the grand opera singer
Nine Cavalieri:
Il have everything that life has to
| offer. Ely every rule and standard OF
the world ! should have been happy
But the only happiness l have known
has been In anticipation-in anticipa
ton of the things l expected to bring
| happiness-and did not"
AS / read the interview l thought OF
an expression by the wife OF my milk
man, who happened to be on her hus-
| bands wagon the other morning.
/ In the course Of brief converse
| ton she said:
"Oh, John and 1 and the children
have been very happy. We have all
been quite well. and we enjoy life
And she looked it.
Here is Cavalieri. young. in the flush
| of health, called by some the most
beautiful woman in the world. talent
ed. rich-and unhappy.
And here is my milkman's wife. also
young. healthy. good to look at. work
ing hard every day and having few
| luxuries-but happy.
Cavalieri well says that according
| to the rules and standards Of her
world she ought to be happy.
Has it ever occurred to her that pos
sibiy the standards of her world may
| be wrong?
In other words, can externals give
happiness?
There may be something vitality
wrong within Cavalieri's self that has
kept her from happiness.
What is it? l do not know.
might guess at it. But here is the les.
| son:
Sometimes we who are neither tai
| ented nor rich nor beautiful nor ia
nous find ourselves wishing we might
be possessed Of all these things-and
be supremely happy!
! It seems we are mistaken. Old
Omar discarded all these things to
! say:
| A book of verses underneath the bough.
| A jug OF wine. loaf of bread-and thou
| Beside me singing in the Wilderness
| Oh. wilderness were paradise enow.
Maybe Cavalier lacks what the
milkman's wife certainly has-love-
love for John and the children.
Anyway. it Is certain that the old
book Is right when 1t says that "a
mans life consistent not In the abun.
dance of things that he possesseth."
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-04
Political Animosities.

Political animosities today are sci.
dom carried into private life. In the
past just the opposite was the rule
Cooke Of Norfolk" once stated that
when he was a child his grandfather
took him on his knee and said. Now
remember Tom. as long as you live
never trust a Tory" and he used to
add. II never have. and. by George.
never will" G. W e. Russell. too
tells Of an eccentric maiden lady whom
he knew in his youth who. havine
spent her life In the innermost circles
Of .aristocratic Whiggery. always re
fused to enter a cab until she had e1
torted from the driver an assurance
that he had never carried cases Of in
fictitious disease, that he was not o
Puseyite and that he was Whig.-
London Graphic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-04

Once In the company Of President
Diaz spent few nights in the Mex
lean earthquake zone as the guest of
the governor OF the state. As meas.
ure Of precaution the plaster ceilings
OF our sleeping rooms had been re.
placed with strips Of matched board
ing. III trembler should come in the
night, senor." remarked my host as he
was bidding me good night, "wait for
nothing, but make straight for the pa.
Ito. think these boards will hold un-
Ill you get from under cover" And
that evening, when took the COVER
nor's wife out to dinner. she had re-
marked sadly: I'VE are so benighted
here In the hot lands. 1t Is impossible
even to have music, for no sooner do l
have my grand piano tuned than an
earthquake comes along and tips 1t
over."-E. Alexander Powell, F. r. G..
s., In Everybody's.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-04
This Is My 62nd Birthday
JAMES w. loNcIEY

Hon. James Wilberforce Longley. a
fudge Of the supreme court OF Nova
Scotia. was born in Paradise. n. s.,
January 4. 1Si9. He was graduated
from Acadia university in 1874 and ad-
mittcd to the Nova Scotia bar four
years later. His public career dates
from 1882. In which year he was first
elected to parliament. He entered the
government in 1854 and from 1856 UNI
I'll 1905 he filled the office of Attor.
ncy.Gcneral. This office he resigned to
accept position on the supreme
bench. Judge Longlcy is Liberal in
politics. and has wide reputation as
nm advanced thinker and writer on so
cial and religious questions. lie is the
author OF number OF well known
works dealing with socialism, religion
and questions of public policy.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-04
.|NAUGURATED TODAY
Gov. Baldwin of Connecticut
Sworn in.
(American News Service)

Hartford, Conn, Jan. 4-Simeon E.
Baldwin became the sixty-sixth gov.
ernor of Connecticut this noon when
he took oath to defend the constitu.
ton of the State. Before him were the
members of the general assembly. who
a short time before had been sworn in
most of the State officials. commits.
sioners. members of the judiciary and
the State bar and very many personal
friends of the new governor. The in.
auguration was preceded by the Gus,
tomary military parade. After taking
the oath. Governor Baldwin read his
address.