Newspaper Page Text
W0RTHIN6T0N ADVANCE rUBLMBBD BTkH! FHlBAi. H. ftAWLKY. .... Editor fOBLlSHBD EVBHY HID AT AT WOKTHiSO TOM. MlNWKBOTA. Terms ot aubscrlptlon: Three months 40 cts •Lx months 75 ots one year #1.50. Invariably advance. Persons receiving paper and not ordering tbe same will not be required to pay subscrip tion, whether papers are marked sample or not Clubbing rales with nearly all the leading pa vers and magazines can be named ou appilca ion. Correspondence from all parts ol n* county solicited. Postage expense ot the sa will be paid by the publisher. ,. When possible items for publlcatl should reach thin oftlce 011 Tuesday of tbe ee* of publication, Bates for standing advertlsem^ H! made known on application. Buslnesscards#6. ayetr. Local advertisements cents per tin? eacn ertion An exchange makes the following statement which has not been reailz ed here as yet The people who have had potatoes mounted upon pins, for the purpose of wearing them as jewelry, in ostentation of their wealth, will now take them oat of their setting. Potatoes are becoming cheap eonugh to eat. A Fairmont merchant has offered a reward of $20 to anyone who will "break a steel in a corset he is seling, and the Sentinel says that several young men in that city have detei" mined to win it. They won't suc ceed. Ex-Gov. Peck of Wisconsin, better knwon as author of "Peck's Bad Boy," once remarked that a cor set would stand all sorts of pres sure.—Mankato Reivew. They have what is called a "widower tax" in the Philippines. That is to say, upon the death of the wife the widower must pay a certain sum of money called a laba- toan," or a certain amount of goods to his father in law before he is en titled to look about for an eligible successor to the deceased, says a London newspaper. On the other hand, if the husband dies the widow at once becomes the slave of her par nts at law, and so remains for life nnlAss some relative comes forward and produces the requisite payment. The natural result of this rule is that all married people are ex tremely solicitous of each other's health and welfare. The annuall exhibit of drawing made by pupils in the primary and intermediate grades of the pubic schools, now displayed at the Art insitute, is important and significnt. Its significance lies not so much in the fact that some of the drawings exhibits decided artistic skill and that among the young aytists a fut ure Rembrandt of Titian maybe developed much more important, when considered in the mass, is the assurance, which the yoilng drawings give, that thousands of young people are carefully and ac curtely.. In no other way can the habit of accurate observation be so well taught and there is perhaps no single faculty which is more often neglected and dwarfed in the ordi nary process of education. Not does the possession of an uneducated eye, ki.-kecl dy a strained hand, greatly add to the ability to earcr a living in almost every walk of life, but it also opens up to its possessor the enjoyment of an entirely new world and color. If the teachings of drawing in the public schools has no other justifiction than the fact that it will enable the puplis to get greatly increaed en.joyirent out of the world, its addition it increases the earning takes it up, it must be clear that the study, if crried on under proper limitations, needs neither apology nor defense.—Chi cago Tribune. Since liis retirement fro.n the presidency (trover Cleveland has wben very quiet and had little to say, especially about public men, and in all that time he has not uttered a word to the public regarding his opinion of his successor in office. Therefore the remarks of no Amer ican on the dead preisdent are of greater interest than are those of Mr. Cleveand uttered at ltlie mem orial services at Princeton university in which he said in part: "The man who is universally mourned today achieved the highest distinction which his country can confer on any man and he lived a useful life. He was not deficient in education, but with all you hear of his grand career and his services to his country and his fellbw citi zens you will not hear that the high p!p.nft he reached or what he accom plished was due entirely to his ed ucation. You will instead constanty Tiear as accounting for his great suc cess that he was obedient and affect ionate as a son, patriotic and faith- full as a soldier, honest and upright a as citizen, tender and devoted as a husband, and truthful, generous, selfish, moral and clean in every re lation of life. "He never'thought of those things too work weak for his manliness. Make no mistake. Here was a most distinguished man—a great man —a useful man—who became dis tinguisehed, great and useful be cause he had and retained unim paired qualities of heart which I fear university students sometimes feel like keeping in the background or bndoning. "—Mankato Free Press. In the lack of anything more stormy the little rain of a few days ago will be made to pass "the equi nocitial storm.'' Persons who be lieve that the sun's crossing of pure ly imaginary line produces a great atmosheric disturbance would refer a few gales and cyclones and cloud bursts such as we suffer from at other times, but they are quite willing to accept a drizzle or a cloudy day as proof of the stormy equinox rather than abate their faith in that ancient humbug. That the heavens must be perturbded about the 21 of March and of September is as precious a popular fallacy as that consumption is hereditary. Scientists and doctors who hold otherwise may go hang.—Philadel phia Record. It woud be difficullt to make the officer of the Fair associaton believe there is no equinox, after it has rained on the dates set for the hold ing of the fair and the postponed fair dates, for two years. Senator T. C. Piatt did not like the kind of governor that Theodore Roosevelt made. As governor of New York, Roosevelt would himself be governor, and he was such a splend id governor that the people wanted him for another term, and would have had him.. Roosevelt wanted to be governor for another term, but Piatt had enough influence to force nim into the position where he had to accept a proffered nomi nation for the vice presidency, or refuse it. Roosevelt reluctantly ac cepted. Piatt wanted to "get rid of 'Roosevelt and to elect Odell., who had been one Piatt's lieutenants, and whom he could control, as he thought, but whom he cannot con trol, as results have proven. Now Odel is even more the governor of New York than Roosevelt ^was, and Roosevelt is president of the United States. And Piatt is "rid of him. It is one consolation that Roosevelt is also rid of Piatt.—Milwaukee Free Press. If making the thing big is a sure way to making it supcessful, then the St. Louis Louisiana Purchase exposition may be pronounced success even in advance of its open ing. The three-milliondollars ethno logical exhipit alone will evidenty require nearyl as much room as the whole Pan American exposition. The proposed "model municipality" will also require a large area. The "aerial globe" will tower to greater height than any structure on earth. The dimensions of the structures and liberal art building at the Chicatgo exposition—787 by 1687 WOMB'S Lie is hard enough a* it is. It is to her that we owe cur world, an in should be made as easy as possible for her at the time of childbirth. This is just what MOTHER'S FRIEND will do. It will make baby's coming easy and painless, and that without tak ing dangerous drugs into the sys tem. It is simply to be applied to the muscles of tne abdomen. It It strengthens the whole system and prevents all of the discomforts of pregnancy. The mother of a plumb babe in Panama, Mo., says: "I have used Mother's Friend and can praise it highly." Get Mother's friead at the Drug Store, $1 per bottle. The Bradfield Regulator Co., ATLANTA, GA. Write for our free illustrated book, Before Baby is Born." feet—will be excelled by the St. Louis agricultural building which is to be 700x2000 feet. The Unuited State government building is to cover 100,000s square feet, and to house the greatest display the government has ever made on any similar occasion. Finally, it is said, Grover Cleveland, the biggest—that is, the most distinguished fisherman oh earth, is to be invited to take charge of a fisheries exhibit which is to eclipse anything of the kind heretofore attempted. But would'nt it be well for our St. Louis world's fair enthusiasts, in their bulging pur suits of bigness, to bear in mind the fact that to increasing numbers of American quality, not size, is the greatest desideratum, and to tak heed lest the average visitor shaH bear away with him an impression of bulk without refinement.—Pio neer Press. Shamrock second, was well named She was second in the first heat will still be second at the finish. When Mr. Bryan tells the work ingmen that if they "were half as active on election day as they are in enforcement of their strikes, they would wield a force that would right the evils which beset them,' his remark seem to be of the nature of reproach.—Boston Transcript. For the thirteenth time Abraham Lincoln's remains have been laid at rest, but with such frequent re movals it would seem that there is very little rest. The remains when examined the other day, were in a very good state considering the time hey had been buried. Rryan tells Roosevelt to be con tented with one term of the pre siding. He doubtless will be when he is elected, but Bryan should have been contented with one defeat, but he wasn't in fact did not know when he was killed off. School teachers are scarce. Here tofore the supply of school teachers has been scarce and the supply numerous. With the standard rais edit will require more money than formerly to get good teachers, who have never^ been numerous. No good school teachers is paid as much as should be and most of them are paid fax- less than they should be. It is to be devoutly hoped that the scarcity of teachers will continue long enough to enforce to a pron ounced increase in prevailing salaries —Minneapolis Journal. In the last issue of the Windom Reporter, Editor Huntington pub lishes the following annoucement: "Owing to the ill health of my daughter, which has extended over a period of three years and over, it has been deemed necessry to give her different climate for the winter at least, and with my famiy have decided to go into the southern states for a few months. This of course will take me away from The Reporter, but I have made arrange ments with E. H. Gessell, of Burlington, Iowa, a printer of ex perience and ability,to take editorial and business charge of the Reporter during my abence. Just when I shall go is uncertain, but not until cold weather makes it necesary to close the windows and doors and huddle around the fire." We sincerely hope Mr. Huntington will not only find for himself but a cimate that will aid in his daughter's recovery. A new disease is going around and attacks bread. It is called "Rope." The current American Miller has a lengthy article on it. The bread is at first very nice and flaky, but in a day or two after baking it turns to dough inside and gives out an offenisve smell At first the fault is laid to the fldur, an examination by chemists dis prove this. Many cases have been clearly proven that it is not the cause of the flour. Frost does astray with the trouble. Prof. Lehjbin says it is caused by a bacilus whieh comes from the ground and will attack bread in the kitchen of the best bread makers. The only remedy appears to be a vigorous ecaldingof everything1used for making bread. —Janesyille Argus. Those newspapers and politicians that are now advocating Congress man J. T. McCleary for governor might just as well cease their labor. Mr. McCleary will not have the position, not that the governorship is not a desirable job to hold, but he would rather remain Congressman. fc- To day a reporter for The Review approached Congressman McCleary on the subject and referred to the editorial show going the rounds speaking of Jinn in connection with the governorghip. "Oh, they are friendly expressions,'' replied the conrgessman. 'I am in no sense a candidate for governor and do not want the position. I am satisfied with my present position. I want it understood that I am not doing the coy maiden act, either. No, I am not in the ^position of Julius Caesar when -he thrust aside the crown* three times and all the while he was wishing someone would forcibly place the ornament on his head. I mean business. And another thing, I woulld not be a candidate against Capt. Van Sant. He is too good a fellow. I am not unmindful of the kind expressions that come to me from all parts of the state.. However, I,will give no thought of myself in connection with the gubernatorial nomination." —Mankato Review. The Minneapolis Tribune is send ing its readers most highy prized pictures with the Sunday edition, being pictures of the late president McKinley and wife and president Roosevelt. These pictures are of material fit to adorn any home, and a feature which makes them more servicble for the home, they bear no advertisment. On the day of the funeral of Mr. McKinley his picture sent out by the Tribune was con spicuously displayed all over town, showing that the Tribune is a pop ular paper. The United States has one stand ing army to which no good citizen objects. It's the grand army school teachers, 300,000 strong and, as a rule, well equipped for the never ending campaign against ignorance. There are nearly 12,000 in Greater New York, whille Chicago has 6,000, Philadelphia 3,500, Boston 1,950 and St. Louis 1,800 Minneapolis has more than 700 and so on in proportion to population to the country district with its lone teacher. Verily a grand army hath its victories of peace "not less renowned than war. —Minneapolis Times. The following from the Milwau kee Evening Wisconsin hits the nail on the head. A dispatch from Fairbault, Minn., states that the students of the Shat tuck Millitary school at that place left in a body on the promulgation of a decree that there should be no hazing, but were induced to return on the stipulation that the decree should be annuled. The statement of the dispatch may be wrong, but if it is right, anarchy prevails in that educational establishment, and is connived at by the faculty. How can it be expected that there will be respect for law and order among youth who have .been encouraged to defy law and order during the char acter forming period in which they are maintained at school There is reported to be growing belief in British commercial circles that only by copying the American sytem of fruts can the inroads of American commerce in the British markets be resisted. But an essential feature of the American method, in fields where Great Britian is a com petitor, is a high protective tariff behind whiich the trust can protect itself for losses on the foreign trade by overcharging in the mestic trade. The Tariff, in word, enables the trusts to sell abroad at a sacrifice and still make profits on their busi ness as a whole. A British trust system constructed on American lines must therefore have a tariff to keep out the American product and make possible the exaction of prices in the British market which will enable the trusts to sell abroad at a loss, after the manner also of the German syndicates The suppo sition that the growth of the ex port trade of American industrial combinations is based upon low cost of producton seems to be wholy fanciful.—Springfield Republicn. It is evident that speculators are trying to incrase the uncertainty in regard to the crops by circulating reports of early frosts. Prices fluctuate in accordance with the feelings prevalenti on "weather markets," and will continue to do so until winter puts an end to esti mating for the jugglers of the pits. G. Dun & Co. declare in regard to corn so that after "making full allowance for the decrease in ex ports, which has thus far been muc greater proportionately, there does not appear to be satisfactory reason for the rise of 15 cents over last year's figures, and 25 cents over the price at this date in 1899." This appears to conflict with the assertion of Bradstreet's that "the talk of the widespread com damage, due to late frosts, seems to have fallen flat, viewed from the stand point of com prices." There must be some reason for the higher prices, but it is pro baly largely speculative at this time, despite the acknowledged shortage of the crop. The latest weather bureau bulletin reports that late corn has been damaged in Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa, the percentage of damage in the latter state being small. The lower esti mate of the corn crop is that of a Chicago firm, which places the total at 1,039,000. This is based upon the Department of Agricultures latest estimated of fifteen bushels an acre. Some doubt exists to the aggregate average of the abandoned fields, which will cut an important figure in the final calculations as to corn. The latest government reports are to the effect that winter wheat is green and promising. The wheat crop of 1901 was large, but the bear movement consequent thereon is combated on the ground that the world's supply is far in excess of re quirements. Beerbohm's latest estimate places this excess at 2,560, 000,000 but this estimate is ridiculed by American grain dealers, who point to the fact that Europe has taken nearly double as much since this year's crop began as was taken last year. The potato scare seems to be disappearing under the influ ence of reports which show that while the crop has failed in some sections, in other sections it has been abundant, and prices are falling steadily A report from Michigan is to the effect that the crop of that state will aggregate 23,875,000 bushels, or about 4,000,000 bushels more than the crop of last year. In the South, the cotton estimates resemble those for corn in the North. Heavy rains are said to have caused much injury, beating otft the pro duct, and discoloring and rotting it. The rain reports are quite general, and the situation is therefore very uncertain. The crop movement is remarkable light at almost every point. As in the corn pits, the weather has great influence upon buying orders. The drop in temper ature in the South is favorable for the growing cane crop, and the out look continues good for molasses and sugar. The Louisiana report to the weather bureau asserts that sugar is making a sj lendid growth. The rice crop is moving slowly, and the receipts thus far are said to indicate poor quality. Harvesting and threshing are now progressing in Louisiana. The weekly report of the weather bureau as to tobacco is that little damage was done by frost in the Ohio valley, and none elsewhere. In the Middle Atlantic and New Eng land states the crop has been housed in good condition. The crop in Wisconsin will probablly be better than was antici]ated, from early drought reports, although some section were undoubtedly severely scorched.—Milwaukee Evening Wis consin. Says There's an Epidemic Dr. Bracken Protests Against Un vaccinated Children in Schools. Dr. Bracken of the state board of health has sent a letter to State Superintendent of Public Instruction J. W. Olson, remonstrating against his position that school authorities cannot exclude school children that have not been vaccinated unless an epidemic of smallpox is prevalent or threatened. Supt. Olson's pos ition is based upon an opinion of Attorney General Douglass that vacination cannot be made compul sory unless there is an epidemic. Dr. Bracken holds that there is practical an epidemic of smallpox in the state, and that vaccination should be compulsory. He cites that 6,288 cases of smallpox were reported up to Aug. 12, since the disease appeared in the State, and that 122 new cases were reported during the last fortnight. —Pioneer Press. rtiia aigMtun to on werj box ot the leaniu Laxative Bromo-Quinhie ttei About the POPULARITY of the SMITH PREMIER TYPEWRITER. It is all MERITED. Good at every point in its superi or construction it does good work all the time. It is the World's Greatest Touch Typewriting Machine. ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE FREE. Smith, premier .remmwiifer Co* M. DORAN & CO., —The oldest firm of— BANKERS and BROKERS IN THE NORTHWEST. Dealers in Bonds, Stocks, Grain & Provisions. Members Chicago Board of Trade. Private wires to all lead ing markets Germania Life Insurance Bldg., Cor. 4th and Minnesota Sts., ST. PAUL, MINN Wake Up! Read up on our $7 to $12 prairie lands in Minnesota, then— Join our excursion to see good bargains. M. E. Lawton, Agent for Central Minnesota Land Company. Awarded at the Paais position to Ex- Gold Medal Cbe Chicago. Bene in mind that MERIT and not pri 'e was considered by the Jury of Awards! this decision which proves conclusively that 'THE CHICAGO" is indeed "Standard^ and can compete successfully with the high priced machines on merit alone. The price still remains' at $35 Write at once for full information. CHICAGO WRITING MACHINE COMPANY, 94, 95 West St., Chicago, 111 Baby Drowned In Buttermilk It Fell into a Churn Wliile Mother Was Out Doors. Anthon, Herald: Saturday morn ing most perculiar and fatal acci dent atook place at the farm home of James Hummel, one and one-half miles southwest of Peiro. While churning, Mrs. Hummel wheeled the baby cab in which was sitting an 8-month-old baby, near to her, that it might be cared for. The lid of the churn was taken off, the cab left standing and the mother went to the garden for potaptoes for dinner. When she returned she found the baby had fallen head foremost into the butter and buttermik and had drowned. It was immediately taken from its position and Dr. Raessler, of this place, sent for, but life was extinct when he arrived, and no doubt the child was dead when lift ed from the churn.