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THE JOURNAL LUCIAN SWIFT, MANAGER. _v Delivered by Carrier. One week 8 cents One month 85 cent! All paptrs are continued until an explicit order - received for dlacontlnaance. and until all ar rearage* are paid. THB JOURNAL U published every evening, except Sunday, at 47-40 Fourth Street South, Journal Building, Minneapolis, Minn. ( New York Office, Mgr. General Advg. J Tribune Building. If. LUB STAttKB. | Chicago Office. M W. W. JHRMANB. Representative. fr According to some people, Captain Hill's arrest is another fulfilment of the injunc tion that the first shall be last. '.- ' The President's Good Deed. .".. In spite of a raging storm the presi dent yesterday visited the Ellis island im- *t migration station. The good he did there- ''.- by was well worth the hardships of theprobably ? . trip. y The tender feelings of people everywhere '. will be touched by the account of how the rs president's visit turned despair Into joy '"- for a poor family of immigrants from Russia. The fatrier with one child had i- . eluded the vigilance of the authorities and had successfully set foot on the loved soil of the republic. A son had preceded the ". family by some years and was successfully f' making his way in N ew York. But the - j|-# mother and three children had been re - jp. ' fused permission to Jand. Here was a t heart-rending drama. ?|v These poor people had probably tolled feS/ for years with but one bright hope in life $# to move to America. And then, right at $jt the portals of the promised land, within %\ the very sight of the longed-for goal, the K* family found itself threatened . with dis t persionthe mother and three children to - ' go back to the miserable, hopeless Russian %~\ life, a gloomy career made darker still \- by family separation. The American son '' had resorted to habeas corpus proceed Kr ings to-secure the release of his mother - - and brothers and sisters, but without M avail. All hope fled. fiu At this moment, the dramatic moment, *& President Roosevelt appeared upon the _ scene, and the distracted mother hyster ically appealed to him. .The president was deeply affected, immediately reviewed the case, found no good cause for the further i detention of the poor woman and Tier children and secured their releaser -''im- agine, if you can, the overwhelming Joy ' t brought to the humble family by that sim ple act of the president. ' l Not only did the presidential visit do rood in this case, but it will tend to cause .' * Ihe Ellis island officials to use discretion - ' In enforoing the exclusion laws. A few lays ago the dispatches told of a Jpoor Norwegian woman being turned back after ' jer long voyage, th o she had a home iwaitlng her at Granite "Falls in this state. Think of all the useless heart-, breaking that cruel action caused! Regardless of the grief of individuals we must keep out of this country imml grants who bring disease, v)$e, vagrancy and crime, but penniless immigrants -who come to friends or relatives or who even without such connections have strength and spirit will never hurt this country. Millions like jthem have done their full share in rearing the. edifice. ,ot .pr mighty nation. " J. S. McLAIN, EDITOR, ' atTBSCEIPTIOar BATES ST VUXL. One month . fO.TO Three months 1.00 Saturday Btre. dltlon, 90 to 20 pacts *-W The Canadians are credited with mak ing a point before the Alaskan boundary commission as to the southern extremity of the Alaskan pan-handle. The differ ence of opinion ael to the boundary there has nothing to do with the main conten tion of the United States, however, that it i9 entitled to a continuous strip of ooast. .... Tribune Building. i Washington Office. ) 48 Post Building. AN INVITATION Is extended to all to visit the Press Room, which Is the finest In the west. The battery ot presses consists ot three four-deck GOBS Presses, with a total capacity of 144.000 eight-page Journals an hour, printed, folded And counted. The best time to call Is from 8.10 to 4:30 p. m. Inquire at the business office and be directed to the visitors' gallery, of the Press Room. . Municipal Lighting. , The St. Paul municipal franchise com mission has concluded that It is better for the city to make a fair and reasonable deal with the St. Paul Gaslight company than to undertake to put in a municipal lighting plant. In this connection, it proposes that the city of St. Paul, before granting the new franchise to the gas aompany of that city, shall obtain satis factory concessions as to prices, both to consumei's and to the city. The gaslight company, on its side, has proposed a re duction of the price of gas from $1.30 to $1.15 Jan. 1, 1904 $1.10 Jan. 1, 1905 $1.05 & year later, and $1 on Jan. 1, 1907 and thereafter. This is to be the uniform price, both for private consumers and for the city. A penalty of 20 per cent is to be added for non-payment of gas bills within a stipulated time. The city is to have the right to exact a standard of quality of gas supplied and the company la to pay the city 5 per cent of its gross earnings annually. For this concession the company wants a franchise for twenty flye years. In Minneapolis we are paying $1.40 a thousand for gas to private consumers, with a reduction of 20 cents a thousand if paid within ten days after the bill is ren dered, making: the price practically $1.20 a thousand. "We have been promised by the gaslight company for some time that In the near future it would furnish $1 gas, and doubtless if $1 gas can be fur nished in St. Paul, now or four years from now, it can be furnished here. The city ig buying its gas at that figure at present, and we are advised that the consumption in this city is increasing so rapidly among private consumers that the company can not keep up with the orders for connec tions with their, mains. This is a grati fying condition of things. It is gratify ing to know that the company is so pros perous and the public is so well able to buy gas. The facts would seem to argue for the early realization of the one-dollar gas promise. ^Another matter of importance in con nection with public lighting is the pend big application of the General Electric company f6r a new municipal franchise. This .matter is in the hands of a commit tee of the council. Thus far no definite understanding appears to have been reached, but there ought not to be any mistake made, in these more enlightened days- of municipal administration, about securing fair and reasonable terms for the Valuable privileges conferred by a fran chise of this character. The General Elec tric company is a prosperous Institution, the result of the consolidation of prac tically all the public electric lighting and power companies of the city. W e under stand that it has expressed a willingness to pay a reasonable gross earnings tax, but, In the same connection, ample pro visions should be made for the regulation of price of both public and private light ing service. So far as the street lighting Is concerned, we are inclined to believe that Minneapolis is now paying a great deal more money than the service is worth, certainly more than it costs in many other cities, and that we should be able to Im prove our service in this respect without increasing the costas has been pro posed. ..'- The Change in Women's Clubs. With all due respect to the women's club movement it may be said that it is being Booker-Washingtonized. B y that we mean that it has abandoned to some' extent the cupolas and flying buttresses of culture and has descended to work on the foundations and lower walls. In some respects the emancipation of women had an effect on them like that freedom had on the colored man. It being admitted at last that they were the equals- of men they sought to demonstrate their capacity by flights in the realm of pure intellect. They wanted to show men that to think, all they needed was a chance that to acquire knowledge, all they needed was access to the sources. Well, the demon stration was a great success. This broad land is full of men who own to them selves, if not to their women folk, that in knowledge and appreciation of art and literature, in general culture, in ability to express themselves .in good English and think connectedly and clearly they are humiliatingly inferior to their sisters. These men don't want any more demon strations along the line of the capacities of the feminine intellect to domicile it self In the higher realms of. intellectual life. - * - And the women, too. seem to be sat isfied with their exhibition and quite con tent to rest on their laurels, for now they are turning back to the consideration of topics in a field that always has heen and probably always will be peculiarly, theirs.., They are not abandoning art, but they are studying cooking they will not for get their literary studies,. but ihey ,are going to consider domestic science they will not cease writing papers on trouba dours, the manners of the Romans, dis temper in Holland, the Italian renais sance, the shdrtcomings' of Shakspere, the mistakes of Milton, the religious sys tems of India, the position of women 9,000 years B. C , etc.. but they do propose to write a few brief essays on how to make a cake, how to bake a loaf, how to- live the simple life, how to raise children and how to run a home. These last are the inds of subjects the Minnesota Federation, of Women's Clubs propose to discuss in their . con vention at Mankato next month. In the whole program there is not. a subject of the higher-thought sort. Eve ry .one of them bears directly on the practical (problems of a w.omants every-day Ufa. And when a.woman is practical she isThe vastly more practical than a man... She hasn't the easy going classification *the man makes of theory on the one side and practice on the other. With her if a thing ought to be so, it must be so. There fore there will soon be strange doings in the Minnesota home. I t will no longer be run by guess, but by rule. Reforms mere man would talk about for a decade and then, possibly, adopt in part, will be instituted in a day. Chamberlain is to resign from the Brit ish cabinet. Taxing the workingman's bread is a tougher proposition than tack ling the Boers. Defending the Land Acts. , It was expected that there would be a sharp fight in the irrigation congress be tween the opponents of the stone-and timber and desert land acts and the com mutation clause of the homestead act and the representatives of the interests that have proflted*and are profiting by them. Congressman Mondell of Wyoming spoke yesterday ^ as the champion of those who favor continued despoliation of the plains and "the forests. Mr. "Mon dell's. assertibn"that more land has been reclaimed from the desert, under the desert land law than under all other laws is correct, for it has been the spe cial means by which large corporations, monopolizing irrigation opportunities, have come into possession of public land^.The assertion Is as much of an argument for the act as it would for the. stone-and-tim ber act to say that it has been responsi ble for more forest destruction than any other law. Possibly there was abundant justification for the desert land act earlier days', when there" was little- de mand lor irrigable lands and whOle states and territories of humid land still waited for the settler to come. Undoubtedly iT large tracts of land could hot have been secured capital would not haye, built ir rigation works. But that'time la past. The homesteader who intends to use his land and not rent It pr sell it to some per^ son not so fortunate as himself Is press ing 'in, to take every quarter section on which water can be poured. The federal government stands ready to build the Irri gation works on the homesteader's ac - count , his credit is good with.Uncle Sam. Thus there is no longer need- to encour age- capital, and even 160 acres is more than a farmer needs under a dltqh. Th e object of trie national irrigation law is to make as many cheap, profitable home steads as possible. The Use of the desert land act is to make speculative prongs for the few. The two a^tsJa're'in conflict.' Mf. Mondell is- afraid that the setter will.lose his opportunity gation fund being fed by the income from, the public lands in the arid and semlarid states. But the destruction 'of the forests without regard to agriculture makes more difficult "the worTc of - irrigation, and the monopolization of the plains restricts the national benefits of irrigation. A better law than the stone-and-timber act would greatly swell the income from timber lands while preserving their value and future, usefulness. Besides, the Irrigation fund has already reached a very respectable figure. Possibly it is as large a sum as the government will need to expend once ln every ten years. If not, there can be no harm in congress appropriating mon* eys to Increase the fund, since it la only a temporary investment of publio funds anyway. caK''* If it were not for the fact that frost and snow appeared on this side of line, we might point a moral with the recent winter weather in western Canada. Evidences of Prosperity. The Journal published a number of short contributions to its advertising columns Tuesday evening, which told a very cheerful and encouraging story. They were the financial statements of the condition of . business in ' various banks in this city Sept. 9. Examination of these statements discovers excellent,-evidence of the general prosperous condition of busi ness here in -the northwest. * As to whether the-deposits in the ag - gregate are larger at present than ever before, we have no definite information on hand at this moment, but the reports cer-, talnly indicate a remarkable volume of general business, while the statements also show that the banks themselves are en - joying a high degree of prosperity. While, in the east, money has been close and strong institutions have been obliged to pay high rates for accommodation, there has been no lack of money in the northwest. The crop movement has thus far been taken care of with ease and probably will be thruout the season. So far as we know, with possibly one excep tion, no Minneapolis bank has been obliged to send any paper eastward to secure funds' for the accommodation of its pat rons. - " ' ' - ' The Minneapolis banks are also holding large deposits from country banks, show ing a condition of prosperity thruout the northwest which is, indeed, most gratify ing. There are no signs, none discoverable in these bank statements, at least, of any thing but a healthful and encouraging con dition of business, both in the city and in the country, of which this city is the commercial ' and financial qenter. .Confidence appears to be .general and un disturbed. W e may suffer some loss, "arid probably will, in the " great wheat crop and flax crops by the unfavorable weather conditions, but with consequent higher prices general conditions are riot likely to be materially disturbed on that account. There has been no rain for as many as twelve hours. The crop experts axe still at sea, however. The Beggar a Specialist. Mr. James F. Jackson, secretary and manager of the Associated Charities, says in his annual.report: ." ,..- ,-.-- , .. .-/: W e oppose giving to a beggar, not to save the small .sums, but to save, .the-inan. beggar is a-, specialist, and 4^i iwell toleave his treatment to specialists^ ,. Here are two sentences the kind-hearte'd citizen ought to remember. Doubtless there are cases of charity or .helpfulness' that can best be attended to by the citi zen without consulting anybody 'else.' .There are -cases wliich the -individual pealed to can handle better than 'any pro fessional philanthropist. But the peculiar circumstances make $he. citizen .In such instances, a specialist for. the ijhne being perhaps he knows more'about the petition er and the .best way to help him than a charity agent could learn in ,a week of .careful investigation. - - - .- . - }:'?- But the citizen is apt to f inmay to get a wood lot if the stone-and-timber act is repealed. Even so, "better that he should lose -his jfrood lot .than. that, wjjat "remains of the forest heritage of all the people should be indiscriminately slashed down fox the benefit of a few. However, if the atone-' and-tlmber act is repealed, it will be re placed with a law interests of the actual adjacent settler. The most serious objection Mr. Mondell. makes to.the repeal of both the laws un der discussion is thatrit would cut off the income of the irrigation work, the irrl- Books and Authors rr ^THE RED BOX WAY. JlV.f It is predicted in London that John Lane's new meth$& of advertising his booksi as shown nlpl dealing with "The MS. in a Red Sojjfc,'*5 perfect", deluge of-.manuscripts in red boxes, diSchar%e"(C won the publishers by ambitious v autnojrfj itnoriymously, or left in railway 'O^^te^ waking-rooms or oncordance curbstones, on th# hyjphttthesis that some publisher will beeorae interested and play John Lane'.a. adveji'tism'g method. Pub lishers are no moJfoJiljfeljf to ptiblish man uscripts sent anohyrpotlaly in red boxes or deposited in ^qu^uy ^Mtegs- 'than they are to publish them it thepublisher v V THE CAREER TSrtTrfPHAlTT.JBy "Henry Biira- : ham Boone, author of ^'Eastbver Courthouse," etc. New York: D 'A'ppleton & Co. The heroine of this story, Jocelyn Sals - ford, is introduced in ?a^c0rnfield, a young girl with very blue?eyes, Very black hair, nanging in a - long braid down her back', she' nursing and expressing an ardent longing-"for a brilliant career as-'-'opera singer or dramatie' star." tine: The scene is in" the south but Beriston la1 a erate, wounded in battle, who has built up his fortunes since the war: on the "ol plantation and, * witn ? : tShe came 'hick to:L^ei*but,"aft^r-a* few years, she .went .back, to the^atage.-ahd-to associations coujei not hold'-her, not. even motherhobd. .. The $ook - is , most at* tractiv.ely..written..,. - - .- ',C .:._'.' : .,.y :ap^-. A HISTORY OF'ARABIC tiTERATURE, Bv .. Clemenjt Huart, secretary-inspector for oriental languages to tlie Fren'eli government. Ne\y York: D. Appleton &? Co. Price $l.iS. Min- .. newpolis: N. McCarthy.'? '- '" .-- Professor Huart is one of the most emi nent orientalists'In Europe, :arid has had large experience irt^the5 wrong About nine times out of ten if he. acts on his. gen ous impulses the moment he hears a story-of hard luck coupled with-a request for a'sslstance. Giving on impulse Ire such cases is creditable to the heart, but'-not to the head. Yet as the "purpose of. giving Is to better the condition of. the. reclpipnti the credit of the head ought to he consid ered in such matters. " '"^'"."'l- ~'f J.'. Minneapolis has the reputation of having a large number of kind-hearted business men who can easily be "worked." They are .prompt..to desire to relieve .misfortune, but they-don't take precautions to assure themselves that- they are really extending feljefv .Possibly they prefer to risk "a mis take rather than take the time to investir gate. But it doesn't take time now. ." A. telephone call on Mr. Jackson will .start an investigation, if he is not already fully informed. The members of the' Commer cial Club have had a special opportunity to make use of Mr. Jackson's experience and facilities perhaps they have" not availed themselves of It fully, but they should hereafter, and all other business mien should look before they leap into .what be misdirected and therefore harmful gifts. ' '-..- 4 THACKERAY'S MUSTACHE^ Notes and Queries. In a note on Samuel Laurence's portrait of Thackeraythat representing the nov elist's face in fullthe Illustrated Lon don "News for Oct. 13. 1855, says: - "It is hot, we must confess, altogether true 'to - his present appearand^, for7"'it wants a reeent and becoming'addition'to the upper lip, in the shape of-"'"*- black mustache, that contrasts mostadmirably with a head of silver gray :but jt is like the man, and will be welcome to admirers." ' - - .--- ,,-- .-. - The reference here to the mustache is interesting for the reason that every-por trait,-of Thackeray (with .one..exception) represents him with a clean shaven, tipper lip, the exception being Maclisp's .pencil drawing of the famous "Titraarsh," which, however, belongs to a much earlier date (viz., about 1840), and in which, there is just a suspicion of a mustatihe. Presum ably the hirsute appendage of. 1855 was merely a passing fancy, which, the azp spefcdily disposed or. I should be glad to know if there exists any portrait: of Thackeray of that date showing' the"mtfe tache,- '"'- "-' ,'.v/-,.v^-'-i.-K.. ', - " ? ONE BREED OF TRAMPS : his many Another man has 'set'-out'^'on-a wager that -starting penniless-. he can make *the oircuit of the globe within- a stipulated time. H e represents a breed of tramps-altogether too numerous^ ^ %*&* -'.,- '"piiiii #that will protect the ,'****5 JZNVIOUS OF OUR FAIR-lPlil '- Ufc$? ^ " 'zr - - rfej* Fargo Forum. Minnesota has a great state fair. May the time soon come when the sam# may be said of North Dakota. Why not? , $|CAk OTHER PEOPLE THII^. " v*tvx "An Injustice to an Immigrant.'''-' * w To the Editor of Tho Journal. ff' .'*' v, The Journal of last Saturday con tains as a news item the report that a Norwegian wpman with her child had been ordered returned to her former home on the ground that she was likely to be come a public charge, notwithstanding that she had a ticket to Granite Falls, Minn., where she had friends and intended to go to work. Is such an action *in ac - with the spirit of the immigra tion laws? Does it not rather imply a dan gerous threat to the country, especially the northwest, never intended by, thethru laws? * will lead to a s.d$Uy^red by the au thor, .-unless they^Jia-wi/merit.enough to be .put in type?- Thjf, ^rnanuscript story which -came - to'-ifiohhfljane' anonymously in a rod hox,' ta^^oW'-of Veijy excellent quality which iti^LfS publication. N o with l^staess-head rfrtil under take to ,print a iWeStjstorSr on Sie strength ,of Its receptron Wterea'box&Lnd anony mously.' /i It is unjust to assume that a person, who has only the means of transportation to a field of labor is likely to become a public charge. This state has been built up by just such immigrants, who brought nothing but sound bodies and willingness to work, and has room for many more. On reading tyie Item one, is reminded of he story Senator Knute Nelson told years ago in, a speech in the house of represen tatives, how he , landed in New York, a little boy, clinging to the skirt of his mpther, just such a poor Norwegian woman. Has, the state of Minnesota, has the United States been the loser, because at that time* we had not an over-scru pulous commissioner of immigration? Every community has numbers of good, citizens who came to the country under similar conditions. Shut out the criminal, the diseased, the pauper, but do not brand as paupers those who have the ability and willingness to work. Men and women of the northern races do not often become public charges. If our immigration laws are not inter preted in a spirit of fairness, they will prove a hindrance. An American of Foreign Birth. ^s^T.W -r* - : THE CRISES OF l-KE-.CHM&T. -{By G. Camp bell Al0rgAU.J D,. itft)K)r,o."Life Problems." etc Chicago: JFt^^fd^- U. Revell Company. Minneapolis. . N. M^a^liy. - Price $2. The author of .thts book is1 an eloquent and successful prescjher of the gospel of Christ as aceeptad-'b those who cannot be induced ,to believe'that modorn criti cism has annihilated the Christian scrip ture's as a revelation f God and has re duced many portions of them to the rank of fables anl legends. Long ago, the Ro man emperor Diocletian thought he had crushed the Bible and Christianity pro claimed that he had done so by fire and sword and had medals* Inscribed with that boast and his own image, struck off, and had pillars erected "commemorating what he imagined , was a tact accom plished. Since th$ the same announce ment has Been made by others and it is made to-day. The Chrtstian religion, how ever, seems to have, immense vitality and Dr. Morgan, in this book, gives some very excellent reasons why it it so. and shows that there was a deep earth-need for the Christ who was. -foreshadowed as the redeemer of the human race from the power of sin, where man was alienated by it from God. Drf Morgan points to the unity of purpose all thru the Bible the consistency of the writers.' separated by centuries of time and in different coun tries, all pointing to", the. unceasing divine purpose. H e shows how above all refor matory methods, Christianity solves the ailment of humanity ' and ' has demon strated itself to be the most potential re generating agency * known to the world, restoring to man the' knowledge of God, which was the* original purpose of his creation.. Dr. Morgan?, is a" writer of refalls, markable power anVsimplicity of expres sion and originality ,:*",7-" - " i t/ Divert Bassett's Creek. To the Editor of The Journal. It has always been my thpory that The Journal was the rnost practical of any of the city papers in the promotion of im provements for the general public good. Your article - to-day, "Raise Lake Lev- els," in which you advocate the diverting of Bassett's creek at Golden Valley and, by conveying the water to Cedar lake and thence to Lake of the Isles, Lake Cal houn, Lake Harriet and finally to Min nehaha creek, thus doubling the flow at the falls, is so very desirable that its Value will at "once be apparent to all. Bassett's creek is the most obnoxious feature in our beautiful city to-day and your suggestftm would not only do away with its pestilential presence, but the di verted water would be applied in a most useful manner. Various ideas have been advanced in regard to raising the level of the lakes in question and Increasing the flow at the and this certainly is the simplest plan yet proposed. , .-- ..- The. various benefits that would be de rived, from this improvement would be more general than any the city has ever executed! -. Who of us at some time has not con ducted a. friend imbued with the beauty of Longfellow's poem ^ a fl :lL^lV servatism in public expenditures, but I think what money we do spend should be for the greatest good to the largest num- ber.- - '-': ', '' ' "'- .'.:'- Minneapolis, Sept. 8. '.'' Citizen. f '' the neighborindg planters, finds ampseraeht in, raising hunting horses and-'fofiowing the hounds after the fox, with many a daring leap, the ladies of ffi^cqunjffyside" joining en thusiastically v in the hunt, - Jocelyn's mother had been.courted in her youth by Colonel Beriston, and his failure to win her left him wltiKP'a^^ sore rteart - ami bachelorhood^ The colonel naturally took a deep interest ifr'jobelyn Safsfbrd for ob vious reasons, and BMjkjhgErte New-York | for^a. muslqal, ed^agonvfjad ucde,e^ed m marrying .her to his faepfiewi-X'eg..3efiston Whom she did no^lo've,, frantfcajly,', She j ^as Wedded .to ti# ^tage/'ahd""the.story shows ho'w. that pasgioji 'dominate^: her. Torrance and the Vice Presidency. To the Editor of The"Journal. As. a, member..of "service of the French foreign office." He has given spe cial attention to the*Arabic language. H e glVes a fine description of Arabia "and the ATabs---remarkable people of Semitic "or- igin, - -who in a sudden ^spurt "set forth with frantical-zeal to :go : conquer the world,' and went so far ais^to terrify Europe and hold a corner of it for a .time. From the desert notable Arab poetry came, and a wonderful literature- and translations into their language of Greek authors, "as Aris totle, when that philosopher was slenderly known in Europe. The account of Arabic literature is brought up to date, and the professor gives a very interesting account of the periodical press, in with Africa and Syria. The author thinks a brilliant ca reer is before Arabic literature, if the language is made to express modern thought more fully. Of that its skilfully composed grammar makes it capable. A bibliography is added. A COMPOSER'S SAD DECLINE Pall Mall Gazette. ' All music lovers will be very sorry to hear that the latest reports about the health of Giacomo Puccini, the composer of "La Boheme" and "Tosca," are very far from reassuring. It is now some months since he was traveling one "evening in his motor car and was thrown out, his thigh bone beiijg badly broken. H e was at once taken home, and passed many weeks of suffer ing, but was cheerful and hopeful, and all seemed going well. However,' the weeks passed into months, and they say the months will pass Into years,', and he still walks with crutches, as the bone will not knit. Puccini was noted among Italians for his love of sport, especially shooting. When his fingers were not oh the key board of the piano they held a gun, the tramping and physical fatigue being not the least of the enjoyment. That this man, almost a giant In stature and strength, should-become a chronic inva lid must distress not'only his nearest and dearest, but also those who know him only thru his,music. Puccini shows the marks of his suffering, physical and men tal. H e is gaunt,and pale, with an ex some pression which caJui|es the eyeB ot those who know him .to *flU?wlth tsars, since, "as the Italians say, "his life is finished." M BRYA NAND HIS IS8UES Fargo.Forum. i Colonel Bryan Is quoted .as saying his issues are dead, if $he interview is au thentic it is the most sensible expression the Nebraskan has made in months and is an indication tha-t he has some life in him..,.,-.. -*- MANY STRIKEOUTS e ' Sioux Fall* Argus-Leader. A young man in town has refused a salary of $3,000 as a baseball pitcher, and has' "accepted" a $600' pastorate.' A young man with"rsuch Hsu*** ,- Tacoma Ledger v^if^^fe^I |Hf Fargo I'bru'm: ' 8fi*W. ^ ^Thetit. the*coal Defective Page . .Streetcars at the Expo. To the Editor of The Journal. Now that the auditorium problem is solved, at least for the present, the prob lem of getting full houses for the' same looms up. No one will deny that the mass of the patrons go to and,from these con certs in the street cars, but if these same cars area block or eo away from the hall the people will stay away if the even ing be cold or wet. But if the cars run directly to the door then the people are not afraid to venture out. . The exposition hall, which will be the new International, has,-the name of being a bad location chiefly I believe on account of the cars being so, far from the doors of the hall. Get the' street railway company to run a loop -Or a double loop directly to the doors of this big building so that we can step out of the warm hall into a warm street ear and there will be no trouble in.filling the house, whether it be grand opera or the Philharmonic club that i s to be en joyed otherwise I am afraid there will be some concerts to empty seats. IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSIFICATION Langdon, N. D., Courier-Democrat, Last. year - flaxseed brought a good price) while at the present time it is rather low. Last year wheat was low as compared- with the present high price which promises to prevail for the coming yea*. During, both these years barley has- been ao paying crop. W e cite these conditions to show that it pays the farm er'to diversify. The one who raises a variety of crops togetter with more or less live stock Is the one whose income' will average up well one year with another, and who will,'' barring unfavorable 'sea- a'hbtiort of'duty ought to put his truths over the home plate in such manner: as'to Interest '-shiners? :&$$- JH g"BAR0NS" ATSlbLIONffE^lfi^ 1 : baronj. oi'the 'east^ap- pre'eiate that r North/- -Dakota, lignite" is bound to TJecprne a formidable rival of an thracite in the western fuel market,' per haps a" more determined effort' will be Thade* to supply the1 wst with coal at reasonable prices. ' sons-, have'always a profit to show oh his jwho Was: calling: "Mary, you are the investment-and-his year's labor. - * l^nly- girt-I ever really and truly loved." ".-'? Casually Observed. The oyster is getting a dimple in hisverse, chin, t The Aitkin Age demands the disarma ment of the kids because Aitkin came near losing a good citizen Thursday after noon. B. M. Hungerford, while walking on the railroad west of town Was shot his coat sleeve by a ball from a 22 rifle in the hands of a boy. The boy shot at a pigeon and the ball killed the bird and glanced thru Mr. Hungerford's coat. If these prominent citizens do not want to get killed, let them keep out of range. There is a good deal of talk about this oath of the typographical union. If you want to know what it is. you should hang around the copy box' until the copy-cutter gives out a "take" that looks like a page of ancient sprained cuneiform hieroglyph ics of the vintage of 1280 B. C- Lieutenant Peary thinks he will be able to find the pole in about two months. Per haps he will if somebody has been up there and laid a fine asphalt street to It since Peary "was there last. Dr. E. Elmer Keeler writes to the Clinic that we as a race are suffering from an excessive meat diet, and to it our "rheumatiz" is due. In putting up the prices, -the beef- trust thus becomes our best friend. Those meat barons ught to have pensions.- - Dr. Dowie has slated-New York for a fall - sometime in October. Le t them laugh! Jericho's walls fell-down once, and if Mr. Dowie walks nine times around Wall street, perhaps stocks will fall. It's great to have it clear off, but when we think how our lower 80 looks, it makes a man feel like going out and having one of those sharpers who deal in real estate sell him a lot in one of the city parks. to11view, thie ~, f dismal nt m A Wicker Park, 111., pastor preached a strong sermon Sunday before last + u+i ~ " V J ~ against woman's clubs. H e first collected 0 ^^^^Jl^^ evidence .against these unrighteous or away feeling that public lethargy has al lowed a^world-famous scene to become but a meniory. I trust that your article will awaken the park board and that they will give the matter their attention. A s a heavy sThe story "telfs how she "got: there?"r"and-" itr is '"a" good type tff the bluff ex-confed- t tax payer Lam ire favor of con- anizations, evidence that appalls. H e hints guardedly of "gambling,"- "the smell of ^cigarettes," "self-righteousness" and claimsvta'Miave seen, under a fair exterior, "cesspools, if not fully ripe, getting there." After this brief and hurried survey of the situation, Mr Leach leaped into the pul pit and" lifted up the voice of warning and despair, like the voice of many wa ters. The ladies of Wicker Park and other towns in the vicinity were much stirred by the onslaught. Can this be the re to sult of guilty consciences or are the ladies simply, angry?. Criticism, however, has not turned the reformer from his course. He says:' : the G--A. R. I -jvas pleased to see the favorable notice ,taken by the oldTsoldiers at the grand encamp ment while.at .San Francisco, relative to Corttfade. Torrance as a'candidate for the vice, presidency. The article from the Kansas: _City .Tqurnal ddes not over-es timate ^the, desirable qualities - of General Torrance. iAs a-candidate from the west there'-is^reos &*-man'"that carf."b^mg out ^the^ old soldje.r., vote.. as |ludge:.:Tprranpe'. Then, 'he' 'has "h'0: entangling .political allir ances that -so-often-make it-difficult to get clf&r of ! When, aesirihg to poll as large a vote as possible. Genera! Torrance, when commander of the G. A. R,,. was equal to the many try ing circumstances he.was brought into showed his metal, by his broad, states manlike, utterartces When and wherever he% expressed himself before the public. The'public addresses made while on the tour of the. south were received with marked .enthusiasm ., by.. the southern pres"s,: Which, spoke of the warm recep tion judge Torrance ..Received. H e did not loweii the standard of the union sol- dler,..bti| showed by his niagninimity that hesco,ulcL be just.and generous to .a once mistaken,people. . , _. ''.. .,. .. ^ . The!, -public,'is always-on the alert to do honor to the soldier who did valiahi service for Jhls '.country.... Now, let it come out enthusiastically for General Torrance for: the. vice presidency, for cer tainly his tecord would do honor. to the office and his: brain is big enough to carry him out of the office with honor to himself and his country. J. H. Kerrick. l.MWWWMHtWMIWMWtMWHIMMMM .M A Lover of Music. A CRETAN MUSEUM "' The Academy. "' Dr. Arthur Evans has. ceased, for the time, his great labors in Crete, whereby he is entirely reconstructing what is, toShe us westerns, the most important epoch in history. The question has been asked, where are his treasures to be stored? and many who saw his .exhibition at Burling ton house last winter have hoped that pf them might find their way, con sidering Dr. Kvans' nationality, to the British museum. It is now reported from Munich, however," that the foundation etone of , Cretan museum *has been laid in Candia, wherein there will be stored all the priceless antiquities which have already rewarded. Dr. Evans for his spade work in Knossos, Remembering the shame of the Elgin marbles, we can only say that this is Well. Crete, to which we owe a debt that is as yet inestimable, is surely entitled to the possession of those great beginnings of fine art and those significant clay tablets with which she In itiated European history 3,500^ years ago. "Don't 'Matilda' me!" ^he" cried.' "I want you to understand once for all that before I accepted you I had refused the iMMmMnnnimmmniwnnMiMtnM,mMtMwtwiHnwwnM &i W^i^Jb^k^^^^^^iis^4t HHBI As We read his strange and yet simple we marvel. When the forcite works exploded at Kenville, N. J., the other day there was a large tomcat on the roof. Tommy went up with the rest of the property, including several buildings and all the machinery, and was found, still alive and feebly mewing, in a tree where he had landed at Ledgerwood, N. J., three-quar ters of a mile away. H e was recognized by the collar which the employes at the forcite works put on him three weeks ago, when he left his former master, Frank O'Neill, and came to make his home at the mills. The men at the mill were kind to him, because they had read of attempts of Mr. O'Neill to kill the cat by five different methods, including shot gun. pitchfork, drowning and chloroform, all failures. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Siegle of Ledger wood were so impressed by the cat's hold on life that they extracted him- from the tree and gave him a comfortable berth and a saucer of warm milk by the side of their hearth, where his wail was. soon changed to a grateful purr. After one night's rest that cat went out on the approach of the second night and indulged in a catfight that was with* out precedent in the annals of New Jer sey. Strong men hearing it wept, and peaceful men were out in every direction trying to borrow shotguns and a few handfuls of marbles to use as bird shot. Mr. and Mrs. Siegle, however, stand by the cat and say that ij has earned a right to enjoy a little excitement because of the perils it has passed thru. sM I/, ''l\x\* YE. S ftl NTLY As representative of the National In telligencer I was invited by General Wash^ ington to attend the memorable cabinet: meeting of July 15, 1789 not that the president wished to have the matter re - portedthat was farthest from hi thoughtbut as an indication of the a b solute confidence he reposed in my dis cretion. I was very close to the president at that time, as he made no move what ever without consulting me in the mat ter and getting my opinion of its effect upon the country. General Washington has been called a statesman and so he was. No one would think of calling him a politician. I n speaking of this matter to me one day as we sat on the lawn under the great trees he remarked shrewdly: "My boy, a politician is a statesman who has befen unwise enough to run coun ter to public opinion. Let us walk softly and keep in the shade. W e must not ruin our complexions at this stage of the game." "Tom Reed says something of that kind, your excellency," I replied. "Thomas say.-* that a statesman is a politician who la dead." "Bright man, that Reed," replied the president, "but something too witty for success. The epigrammatic art is a cost ly possession for the man in public life. A certain ponderous dullness should be sought rather. It'has been ealled ^dig- nity.' No w take WebsterDaniel, you know. Of course, Daniel would like to relax and play with 'the tj-pewriter or gossip a little with .Central over the wire. But, my goodness! It would never dol A man in our station of life must hold his front. How would It look for the minister plenipotentiary and envoy ex - traordinary from the court of St. -James come in and find me tee-hee-ing with the, typewriter* fairy? He'd tell it all around and I wouldn't last fifteen minutes when the federalist national convention met. No, no, it won't do. U s statesmen handicapped that way." At this point Madison and Jefferson strolled in arm in arm, and, shortly after. Aaron Burr and Albert Gallatin. Then came Alexander Hamilton, the brilliant secretary of the treasury. "Hamilton," said the president, easily, as the statesmen drew o p to the -table, "how much pewter have-'yttu in the treas ury now, Supposing that we should desire to purchase Louisiana this week?" "Your excellency," replied the brilliant young financier-as he placed one hand in his waistcoat and rested the other heavily upon the table, as if posing for an oil painting, "we have to date 28 cents and several overdue bills for about a billion dollars acquired in the late argument wrtl England." Washington frowned. "We will have to let the French keep their territory a little longer," said Jef ferson. "Our credit is none, too good in Europe now," replied Washington, "and an at - tempt to buy about a-million miles of land with a treasury in the condition ours is would make us look- like a pumpkin in the eyes of Talleyrand'^and Louis XIV. No, Louisiana is -there- and is going to stay there. It can wait and so can we. But I call the attention of you gentlemen to the fact that it is my policy and not Jefferson's to secure" Louisiana. I sug gested it first." It was plain that Jefferson was not pleased at this remark, but he said noth ing until the meeting broke up, when h beckoned me aside and whispered: "Did you notice the bristles standing out. on the .president? Trying to hog my Louisiana policy, wasn't he? Why TJ% 5ARON ^.-S.. r .-- - ... "I can tell by the .fluttering -of theare wounded, the writhing of the guilty* that the words spoken were all true!". Ha! Let the woman's club beware. All is knownand-'moreJ. . - A rtew^poet has burst into bloom in. In dianain' South Milford, Ind.. His name is Benjamin- FrahkHn-Wood Cox, and his pic ture ': is - presented In the Indiana papers with whoops of joy by the editors. Mr. Woodcox's first book is already out of print and the demand still keeps up. Its title is "Beyond the Storelight and Other Poems:" -Possibly you may understand why the book is so eagerly sought when we quote-his little effort on "The Beautiful to'.*U with Artist Souls." It runs like this: - - - . The beautiful is extremely lovely . To us with artist souls .^ And it grows, sublimely heavenly ' - As it our lives controls. We yield to its sublime influence, And unearthly happiness is ours , J _ And charmed by its poetic eloquence, . - 'fjreat ,,is"ra creative powers. . "Sinoe publishing v'Beyond the Store light, ' - pther poems- -have flown from my brain.^'-writes-Mr: Woodcox, "and I hope soon- to issue another collection. In fact, advance orders for/tllis new collectidn have begun to come in^ It is called 'The Romantic Port of My Life and Other Parts.' "No writer, living or dead, has influ enced my pen. My Qoems are the product of my brain, the fruits of inspiration. And when I am receiving this inspiration "the cells of my brain seem to quiver. I become enthused or inspired. I have a craving that is as strong as any other craving, and this craving will not leave me until I have taken down the poem that has been ushered into my brain. "The fine and sensitive nerve cells of my brain gather impressions from the world about me, and these impressions uncon sciously form and flow forth in song. N o labor. N o choosing of subject. I t is strange and yet simple." No one has yet shot at Mr...Woodcox. stood for that policy ever since the war, and you gentlemen of the press know it." . I expressed acquiescence and, tried. t quiet the brilliant ^Virginian, but he was Very much stirred, as the incident figured in the next federalist national convention, losing Washington the third term nomina tion. But this is Inside history, of which more anon. . -^A. J. R. A SERMON BY FOLEY OF BISMARCK She is happy, poor girl,' : . - - Why should I As a self mustered critic . - Take it on .myself To tell her her belt is awry At the back and the pin In her skirt has been showing, Or her hair, that the wind Has been blowing is flowing Away from the switch That "she'd swear Not to wear? ". So she trips on unwitting ' \ - My thoughts that'are flitting - - Tho I - - May deecry That she is not just so, Why tell her? She's happy Because she don't know. -- I say, why should I is happy, and why? What if I When she tiptoed through mud Saw that bole in her stocking Just over her' shoetons? Ah, yes, It was shocking I'm frank to admit, "--* But you see, she don't know That I know it i so, Now, between you and me Who is free - - - From motes and from bm! Who is all that h. seems.! And while I was looking At her, who can say ' But some one was booking My faults by the wayt ' For while some of us here In our hose may have htHem, There are some.- -with whole hose Who have spots on our souls That the world plainly see* As I saw all of these. And in mercy will, hide Its knowledge, and tp . '. E'en as sha . March happily on In our poor, foohgli pride. J. W. Foley. "- If I chance to descry This slight imperfection In dross, bring dejection To her, whep sh$ rides on the high tide of bliss That ignorance is? THE LUCK OF IT Baltimore Herald. "You may think," she exclaimed in a high crescendo, "that you are the only man in the world, and that if I had not married you I could not have had anyone, but " "My dear." he broke in. "I don't think anything of the sort in fact, I have not said-\'.'V/- "Maybe you didn't say it," she inter rupted, "but it was just the same thing. You intimated it, and in the same exas perating way. You--" ,,.. .., "Now,.Matilda " ft offers of a dozen gentlemen, any one 0 whom " De Montford shook himself loose. "Did you say there were a dozen of them?" he asked, backing over toward the door. "Yes, I did," she said, "any. any one of them was" "Oh, don't give uu details," he smiled, "I know they Were all better than Lam, but that isn't the thing. It Is the luclc of it that I am thinking about . Yo u wouldn't have any of the twelve, but you took me, the thirteenth. And yet ther* are people who will say that thirteen isn't -Vv*f -..,.-. unlucky.!" . s., .*..^ - J THE FIRST PERFORMANCE ^ ,. V. It was on the veranda of a West Phila delphia house, one evening last week, that the ""following conversation is reported, to have been overheard. Said the young man i ,:. iSSB^^^^m^s tii'y^m^-iA^ki' i '-. v ^-, Philadelphia Ledger^. . .. *- ,-e .-=J i$tfe - r'n "Oh, George," said his "companion, "you said the very same thing to the Jones girl only last week. She told me so." ""True," answered George, unblushing ly, "but that was only a dress rehears*!. This is the first performance*"- j^ - - jjlt&jfa^a*awifcaw -S\ fr~ } I've i # MWMHiiimiiHWWMWT '*?0^.Vrirl Jt-