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686 THE JOURNAL LUOIAN SWIFT, MANAGER. POSTAGE BATES OF SINGLE COPIES. Up to 18 pages 1 ce* Up to 86 pages 2 cents Up to 64 pages DENMARKJournal on file at TJ. S. Legation. ST. PAUL OFFICE420 Endicott building. Tele phone. N. W.. Main 230. EAST SIDE OFFICECentral avenue and Sec ond street. Telephone, Main No. 9. TELEPHONEJournal has private switchboard for both lineB. Call No. 9 on either line and call for department you wish to speak to. Russia's Crops. Russia has had her troubles thick and fast since first she goaded Japan into striking, and, now that hostilities have ceased, new questions are confronting her only less serious than those she faced during the war period. Internal s. unrest has broken into riot and rapine, which even the brutal Cossacks appear unable to quell, and with it all the country has failed to measure up to standard in production of new wealth from the soil, arid shows up a total cereal yield very much under last year. With labor largely unemployed in im portant centers and reports of famine already coming, the outlook is rendered -increasingly serious by the crop losses. I is never possible to speak of Rus sian crops with the degree of approx imate correctness attaching to Amer ican reports, for facilities for gather ing and disseminating information are not so good in Russia. Consequently everything statistical emanating from that great extent of country must be taken subject to later modification, and this year, with disturbances in many provinces, the chances of procuring in formation absolutely reliable were even less than usual. Such reports as have 2^ been received may, however, be taken as about representative of the general eon&ttion relative to last year. Then Russia produced a total in whe'at, rye and barley of 1,909,800,000 bushels. I' This year, according to the estimate of \the Russian central statistical commit tee, her total production is 1,421,600,000 bushels, a loss of 488,200,000 bushels. Of winter wheat, Russia has 192,000,- 000 bushels, compared-with 204,800,000 flast year, a loss of 12,800,000 spring i wheat, 336,000,000, compared with 459,- 000,000, a loss of 123,000,000, a total wheat production of 135,800,000 bushels less than in 1904. Rye shows up 621,- 1600,000, compared with 920,000,000 i bushels, a loss of 298,400,000 bushels, land barley falls from 326,000,000 in 11904 to 272,000,000 this year, a shrink- $ age of 54,000,000 bushels. Whether or 1 not the figures be a little extreme, there is no shadow of doubt remaining that Russia is in a bad way this year. The broad view of this takes in the effect upon her credit, and the possible measures she will have to resort to, to tide over, the year and prevent her i millions of poverty-stricken subjects [from perishing miserably from hunger. i The view that appears at once from the Minneapolis field is a commercial one, and covers the probable effect of this great shrinkage upon the world ts markets, and the price of wheat. A loss in rye, in Russia, is only less serious than a loss in wheat, for the millions live largely on rye, and as th at crop is lessened, so Russia's wheat-exporting capacity is cut down. This, with a fdirect loss in wheat, cannot fail to I act as a great sustaining factor the iworld over. The effect may not be felt for some time to come, but sooner-or later, in the final supply and demand balance, the big Russian shortage will gur^ in first place as a price influence. F Dr. Riley writes. 4* The Journal WL4c: Wednesday Evening:, Cfeulatioi That"Maklf Goo ESTBRDAY local merchants' were rep resented in THE JOURNAL with Inches of Display Advertising The Journal's NearestCompetitorCarried 324 Inches THE JOURNAL gets the mort advertising because It offTSthectf More in The Journal culatloa that reaches the most homes and gives the best results. J. 8. McL-AlN, HDITOB. DEL-VEILED BY OARHIEB. On* week cents One month 85 cents SUBSCRIPTION BATES BY MAIL. On* month {Three months Bix months One year Saturday Ere. edition, 28 to 86 pages 1.00 a.oo 4.00 1.50 ent 8 All papers are continued until an explicit order Is received for discontinuance and un^l all ar rearages are paid PUBLICATION OFFICEMinneapolis, Minn., Journal building, 47-49 Fourth street S. WASHINGTON OFFICE.W. W. Jermane, chief of Washington Bureau, 901-902 Colorado build ing. Northwestern visitors to Washington in vited to make use of reception-room, library, stationery, telephone and telegraph facilities. Central location. Fourteenth and streets NW. Copies of The Journal and northwestern news papers on file. NEW YOfiK OFFICE. Tribune building, D. A. CARROLL, Manager. CHICAGO OFFICE. Tribune building, W. Y. PERRY. Manager. LONDONJournal on file at American Express office. 3 Waterloo place, and U. S. Express office, 99 Strand. PARISJournal on file at Eagle bureau, 63 Rue Cambon. to appeal to them again to elect a man of the Jones type to the office of mayor. Perhaps it might as well be stated in this connection, for a more intelligent under standing of the matter, that Dr. Riley is usually a prohibitionist in politics, and the prohibitionist, as everyone knows, has no use for any kind of saloon regu lation. Is It a Precedent? The arbitrary disposal of the Young case by a New York magistrate raises the question whether judges have the power to exile persons from one part of the country. When Mrs. Young's case was called, she appeared in court and was informed by the judge that if she would agree to leave New York within twelve hours she would not be tried upon the main charge. After con siderable argument the woman agreed to the terms and was released in the custody of her counsel. It is quite customary for police judges to convict men and suspend sentence, provided they leave town, immediately, but these are always minor cases involv ing nothing but a misdemeanor. Fel onies are not usually disposed of in that way. The constitution prohibits cruel or unusual punishments and the judge in this case may have inflicted both. "It was certainly unusual to let loose a per son possibly a fit subject for incarcera tion upon another part of the com munity. If Mrs. Young is of such a mind that she cannot control herself, but goes about shooting innocent per sons, this judge has said in effect that it is all right provided she does not do it in New York. This does not carry out the theory of the law, which is that crime is punished as much for the bene fit of society at large as for the benefit of the accused. I does not benefit so ciety at large to dismiss a person from the jurisdiction of the court with full liberty to commit illegal acts in other parts of the country. Again, the punishment inflicted upon Mrs. Young may be peculiarly cruel. She was required by the dictum of the magistrate to separate from her hus band. She cannot compel him to leave his business in New York and accom pany her into exile. She could not even accuse him of desertion, since he could always put up the defense that he had a home to which she did not come. On the other hand, he could pro ceed against her for desertion with a perfect title to a divorce because she did not appear at the home provided by him. The recognized theory of American law is that a person accused of a felony is entitled to a trial and an acquittal if innocent. And society at large is en titled to have the accused tried and restrained legally, if guilty. Neither thing was done in this case, but the magistrate, exercising a very large dis cretion, took the matter in his own hands and disposed of it by simply put ting the woman out of his jurisdiction. Perhaps in rare exceptions- his course would work no harm, but it is a dan gerous precedent which, if it became general, would make the administration of the criminal law to be still more dis credited than it is to day. Judge Collins and Judge Brooks are re ferred to by the Times as "the only pres ent democratic Judges on the Hennepin county district bench." The Japanese Army in a Rage. Stanley Washburn cables to the Chi cago News a story of the rage and in dignation and grief which pervaded the Japanese army when the terms of peace were announced. What he says about the feeling pervading the Japanese army supports the apprehension that Japan may yet suffer internal troubles of a serious nature. Washburn says there are 700,000 rifles under Oyama that were ready to fight against 500,000 in ithe Russian army. The ^Japanese were morally certain of being able to wipe out the .Russian army and their chagrin and anger at not being allowed to do so is, from the soldier's stand point, quite natural. *_ .N, in the east, and of course at a great ex pense to themselves in human life, but there would have been nothing else in it, and it is to be hoped that the good sense oftlje Japanese people, including their soldiery, will ultimately triumph and that the, settlement made at Ports mouth, which secures io Japan all that she went to war for,, and more, will be quietly accepted. If it is not, Japan is going to suffer seriously in the esti mation of the world&. Public judgment will condemn the Japanese ^people for having lost their balance and for hav ing in the end failed to maintain the poise and dignity as agnation which they displayed in such a remarkable degree thruout the entire war. The legislative investigating committee has struck a black streak in the New York Life company, too. This is so sur prising, when one remembers the (indig nant letters of "John A. McCall, presi- dent," to Thomas W. Lawson. Bryan dn Insurance Control' William Bryan is beginning to learn the nice distinctions of words. I his speech at Chicago he said, on the ques tion of his personal relation to the next democratic^ nomination: I want to say to yo.u that not only am I not announcing a candidacy, but I am not permitting a candidacy." And this is what Mr. Bryan called making his position entirely clear to the democracy. Would it not have been just as clear if Mr. Bryan had said: I want to say to you that not only am I not denying a candidacy, but I am not announcing a candid acy I other words, is not Mr. Bryan letting nature take its course?" Whether Mr. Bryan expects to be a candidate or not, he likes to feel that his hand is on the pulse of the party, and that he is still its trusted nurse. His speech at Chicago ^last night is full of suggestions of issues. He seeks constantly to find slightly different ways of approaching the is sues raised by President Roosevelt,. In particular he differs from him on the federal control of life insurance. Mr. Bryan opposes federal control and fa vors state control. Here he is entirely illogical. State control has permitted a^l the abuses from which policy holders are now suffering, therefore Mr. Roosevelt would end it but Mr. Bryan would neither end it nor mend it. State control means forty different kinds of regulation! some of them in consistent with others. Federal con trol means one kind of control and complete publicity. Mr. Roosevelt fa vors the single, consistent, effective federal control. Mr. Bryan favors the retention of the confuse'd, slipshod, in effective control by state departments. Mr. Bryan has the worst of the logic, but it is not so certain that he has the worst of the politics. Federal con trol of life insurance would be a great blow to the state machines and a de pressing loss to the campaign funds in many states. Therefore, one might ex pect to see the state politicians lined up behind Mr. Bryan father than be hind Mr. Roosevelt on this question. 'i When these soldiers come back to Japan they may become a very danger ous factor of the situation. I will take months, however, to return them to' their homes and they may have learned by that time that even if they had ex terminated Linevitch's army, they could not, in all probability, have compelled much better terms of peace "from-Rus- sia than have already been obtained. I is not likely that even another de cisive defeat in Manchuria would'have compelled the Russian government to pay an indemnity. The army would have had the satisf action* of cqmpletely I is not right to say that Mr. Bryan is playing to split the state from the federal machines in this matter, but his alignment with the positively bad state control of insurance is consistent with such a desire and inconsistent, with an intelligent desire to do some thing for the masses of the people who are insured. The product of the American hen is again record-breaking. Peculiar Canal Work. Mr. Alfred J. Holley, president of the Frank S. Deronde company, charges that the Panama canal commission awarded a contract for roofing to., a bidder whose bid was $1,800 higher than his, on a $10,000 contract. Mr. Holley also charges that there was mystery con nected with the opening of the bids. In his affidavit Mr. Holley states that at the^hour specified for opening the bids a representative of the purchasing agent appeared and said there were several bids which had been locked in the safe by the purchasing agent, who was absent. Objection was raised to the opening of the bids in the absence of the documents said to be in the safe^ but they were overruled and the bids were opened an'd read. About half an hour afterward the assistant of the purchasing agent entered the room with some fifteen or twenty papers which he claimed were the bids which had been locked in the safe. The contract was finally awarded to one of these belated bids. -The plain implication is that there wag time between the hour when the, first bid was opehted and the time when the so-called bids taken from the safe were produced to have made up one. Mr. J)eronde was not satisfied and went to Chairman Shonts with his complaint. He claims that Chairman Shonts sent him to a much less desirable climate than Panama and notified him that he would Wever again- be considered for canal work. Mr. Holley has declined the climatic offer of Chairman Shonts and says he.is going to take his complaint to the pres^ ident. Mr. Roosevelt, he feels sure, will not stand f6r any shady work in the award of contracts, and we feel cer tain his confidence in the president is not misplaced. i The bureau of equipment of the navy department will shortly expend $15,000 in the purchase of libraries for four new battleships. The department ha*s found that the library is well patronized by the enlisted men on board battleships, one ship reporting that its supply of-books is entirely worn out*, A considerable amount of fiction, Is, of course,, included in the libraries of the navy, but a constant ef fort is made to induce the men to read professional works, and with gratifying success. '-V*?,- A man who can dislocate his neck when ever he wishes, is making life a burden to transit companies in the east. His ob ject is to dislocate the pocketbopks .of street railway magnates, %|lfi11^ Chicago was the Manchuria' THE MINNEAPOtIS JOURNAL. met death from unnatural causeB, says the report of the city statistician, who at-' tributes the high mortality to the strike. But the question would surely arise, Is a strike anl unnatural cause' of death in Chicago? fei^^l^^^'f %& -T it wouldn't be so hard to-get rid of the oil money after all. A woman has asked Mr. Rockefeller to put up $100,000,000 to endow free laundries all over the country. After that he could readily spend another hundred million prosecuting the fellows whq macerate "our neckbands. Grover Cleveland has purchased "a couple of farms In Ne#,"Hampshtre. He will begin hauling soil in the spring. The sandstone columns in front of the treasury building are crumbling and fall ing. Couldn't stand prosperity. i Lucky the Mikasa did not burn sooner, anyway. PREACHMENTS OF AN APOSTLE OF "HONEST GRAFT!' AMONG THE McCLURE-PHILLIPS FALL BOOKS. "Plunkitt of Tammany Hall" is the title of one of the fall books of McClure, Phil lips & Co. that is sure to attract much attention and excite much laughter. We have had a sample and know whereof we speak. The book is by W. L. Riordan, and is a series of plain talks on "practical politics" delivered by ex-Senator George Washington Plunkitt, the 'Tammany philosopher, from his rostrumthe New York county courthouse bootblack stand. Plunkitt declares for "honest graft," which he defines and defends in a most amusing manner. Among the other fall books of note by the same house are: An automobile ro mance called "My Friend the Chauf- feur," by C. N. and A. M. Williamson, au thors of "The Lightning Conductor" "The Work-of Our Hands," a new book by Mrs. H. A Mitchell Keays, author of "He That Ea'teth Bread with Me" "Told by Uncle Remus, New Stories of an Old Plantation," by Joel Chandler Harris "The Ancient Landmark," a hew-novel by Elizabeth Cherry Waltz, author of "Pa Gladden," presenting a picture of a Kentucky town with all its characteristic surroundings "The Pang-Yanger," by Elma A. Travis, the story of a vigorous, primitive and passionate man of the Catskills "I. N. R. I.," a prisoner's story of the cross, Peter Rosegger "Back Home," Eugene-Wood "Fortunes of the Landrays," Vaughan Kester. A new book by Professor, George Ed ward Woodberry is '.'The Torch," which comprises Professor Woodberry's series of Lowell institute lectures delivered in 1903. The theme of these lectures is race power, in literature or the power of the human race to inherit and make its own, for th(e purpose of spiritual expression, the accumulated knowledge and experi ence of past generations. By the same author is "Swinburne," an addition to the "Contemporary Men of Letters" series. Ida M. Tarbell's "John D. Rocke feller: a Character Sketch," is promised also In book form. This is a striking study and incidentally contains one of the strongest arguments against "tainted money" that we have seen, tho it may not have been Intended as such. Other books on the McClure-Phillips list follow: "The Mysterious Stranger and Other Car toons," John T. McCutcheon "The Horse in America," John Gilmer Speed "Franklin In History," William Macdonald "Marie Antoin- ette," Hiliare Belloc: VCost of Competition," Sidney A. Reeve "Birth of the Russian Na- tion," Dr. B. J. Dillon "A Commercial Trav eler in South America," Frank Wiborg "Bird Portraits," W. E. D. ficott "Bible History," Professor X. Koenlg "Wayside Talks" and "Justice," Charles Wagner "Wives of Henry VIII.," Martin Hume "The Complete Golfer," Harry Varden. UNUSUAL HISTORICAL ROMANCE FROM AN UNTOUCHED FIELD.A tale of the days of Oglethorpe's resistance to Spanish aggression in the south is told with exceptional verve by Alice Mac Gowan and Grace MacGowan Cooke in Return, a Story of the Sea Islands In 1739. The time and place offer an ad mirable background for romantic adven ture, and the authors have made excel? lent use of it, weaving a story of love and battle and character such as fits early times and new countries. The heroine and. not the hero is the central figure. At the beginning she was Diana Chaters, belle of Charles Town, flirt and Jilted fiancee. Diana had toyed with and thrown aside the affections of. many a young man of the place. At last she went to the altar to be joined in mar riage to one whose name she was willing to wear, but when she got there there was no one waiting to be made bride groom. She had been publicly jilted as the result of a wager.by a "dashing young blade" who wished tto i Ml'-sSHJM!''' 4 the United Stktes during the first six months the year. In that period 643 persons. fm even the score be tween Diana and those whose hearts she had bruised. Of course there was a scene. Diana lost her temper, and when Diana's temper got loose the sparks flew. Diana fled to Savannah to, hide her chagrin, and just to show that the jilt had not really hurt her she wooed, won and married a fine young chap from Virginia. Then fol lowed a schism and a train of woes and adventures of dramatic and poetic in terest. The chief defect in the story is in the character of Diana herself. She is too highly tempered. Her heroics seem mock heroics instead of the real thing. She tears passions to tatters. The way she treats her husband, when he discovers why she has parried him, isunwomanly, to put it very mildly. The story would have been more forceful and the character stronger and finer had ,her conduct then been softened. Captain Tillsford's con version, also,, is too much like cant. All in all, however, the story Is one of more than common Interest and pic turesqueness. ,L. C. Page & Co., Boston. $1.50. WHAT HE DID TO "HAMLET."A group of,actors at the Players' club were once engaged. in a' discussion as to the ability and impartiality of certain profes sional critics of the drama, when the late Maurice Barrymore referred to a certain Denver journalist, who was widely known for his dramatic criticisms, says Harper's Weekly. "Hayward," said Mr. Barry more, "was certainly one of .the ablest of them. He wrote most learnedly, with the keenest analysis of every phase of the actor's art, and, above aU, with no little wit. I am just reminded of what was, 'perhaps, the briefest dramatic criti cism ever penned. It will probably out live everything else Hayward did. It ran about as follows: 'George C. Miln, the preacher-actor, played "Hamlet" at the Tabor Grand ppera House last night. He played it till 12 o'clock**-" ,...v /,,n, THE MAGAZINES Postal Cards That T?,lk.The day is near, it seems, when postal cards will no longer-be written but talked, and instead of conveying their messages to the eye will give them to the ear. Public Opinion for Sept. 9 contains an extract from La Nature, Paris, describing'a new invention the phono-postalwhich Is merely' a postal card phonograph record which will stand abuse in the mails,' and, when it reaches Its destination and is placed in the proper machine, speak out its mes sage. The machine for making the rec ords is said to be simple and inexpensive. The Uneasy Chair. ,4UjrsBKET S*. Foyer Chat. Few historical plays have won such fame as Lord Lytton's "Richelieu.," Shakspere was undoubtedly his model, and the disciple ha^i followed nobly in the steps of his master. The play, besides be ing well constructed from a dramatic point of view, is possessed of great liter ary merit and abounds in fine poetic lines. I will be given at the to night andv September 13,! Rober MantelMetropolitan will appear as the crafty cardinal. For the remainder of Mantell's stay the" curtain in the even ing will rise at 8 p.m., and foj* the mat inee Saturday at 2 p.m. 'The chorus In "The Forbidden Land," the Tibetan comic opera, Which comes to the Metropolitan^ next week, is not the least of the attractive features, number ing forty people, mostly pretty, attractive girls. i The Lyceum has a big comedy 'bill this week, in which 'Baby Lund and Georgie Lewis are tied for first honors. The "baby" is. a saucy soubrette, while Miss Lewis is an entertainer of another sort. She delivers a "coon" sermon and whis tles Sousa's marches with excellent ex pression. Other acts are Morris Silver in Illustrated so'ngs, Charles Brennan & Co. in a comedy sketch and a fine series of motion pictures showing the horrors of a mine explosion. The Unique theater gives its amateur Friday night as usual, the omission of this feature last week being only because of the presence of state fair visitors. This Is one of the special days that mark the close of the season of Wonder land park. Tonight members of the Com mercial club are to visit the park, an ar rangement being made whereby members of that organization, with their families and friends are to "take in" most of the amusement features. Altho it was a trifle cool last evening there were animated scenes on the promenades and the at tendance "was good. The Orpheum is the scene of much mer riment each afternoon and evening this week thru the agency of the Messenger Boy trio of singers and comedians, the farcical efforts of Kherns and Cole and the acrobatic comedy of the Wilton broth ers, horizontal bar performers. KINGS AND EMPERORS Nashville Banner. ,King Edward placed the letters "R. I." after his signature to the congratulatory telegram sent President Roosevelt, and Emperor William reversed the order, signing "I. R." This is the usual style of each, and the difference indicates that in England Rex is esteemed something greater than Imperator, while in Ger- mans'" the Imperator comes first. The em peror of Germany is something greater than the king of Prussia, but the title of the king of Great Britain, Ireland, and the outlying possessions is to be preferred to the subjoined title devised by Disraeli to flatter Victoria. PROVERBIAL WISDOM State, Columbia, S. C. We do not believe that the Japanese have as yet borrowed the western pro verb, "Be just before you are generous." They will find it the height of wisdom to do so before the next war with Russia the shadow of which already athwart the world. ALL FIXED New York World. With an assistant secretary of state out of Mr. Morgan's bank and with Mr. Rock efeller's bank stSfting what congress will and will not do in its coming session the domestic and foreign policy of the coun try seems well secured. HEROIC HYGIENE -New Orleans Times-Democrat. At an inquest on the/ body of -a man who had died after an operation in St. George's hospital, London, it was stated that the only way by which operators could absolutely avoid infection from pa tients was by boiling the hands. TRAVELS OF AQ4 OLD STORY Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. Of ..course you remember that over worked, battle-scarred, bald-headed, moss-grbwn hand-organ story. It Is about an organ-grinder who was grinding out. for example, one of Sousa's marches. Sousa, happening along, found fault with the tempo, and, grasping the crank, turned it at the proper speed. The organ grinder was attentive, grateful and obedi ent. The next day he appeared on the street with a large placard hanging to his instrument heralding himself as a "pupil of Sousa." This excellent story has been told over and over again, with variations.' The "teachers" have In turn been Sousa, MascagnL Victor Herbert, Patrick Gilmore and so on throughout the whole list of popular composers and con ductors, the names being changed to get the Joke on whichever musical personage happened to be specially In the public eye. Now another old story is doing service in a similar waythat is to say, with the name changed to fit circumstances. Here It Is |n Its latest variation: "The following anecdote isf frequently related in Groton, Mass., where President Roosevelt prepared for Harvard: "When a boy the president was,_ like the average American youth, somewhat timid about appearing before an audience to "speak a piece." However, the time oame when his teacher insisted that he should take part in the closing exercises. He chose for his recitation that good old standby of the American schoolboy, 'Marco Bozzaris,' Which begins: At midnlRht, in big guarded tent, The Tork lay dreaming of the nonr When Greece, her knees in suppliance bent. Should tremble at hlB sower. As his turn came the future president stepped bravely forth and began: At midnight, In his guarded tent, *'::'rh' The Turk lay dreaming of the hour s.-s" 'When Greece, her knee* i Here his memory failed, but he com menced where he left ofjf .,*&**& Greece, her knees SSl^^\3 Still memory failed to respond. Again he started: mm *-3ffit! Greece, her knees-^ is-* It was no ^isef4:He had forgotten the 1905, '"s \f i 3 BEV. romr GRAND INDIAN COUNCILWHITE MISSIONARIES TEPEES IN THE REAR. SIOUX CHRISTIAN MDIANS IN GREAT ANNUAL COUNCIL More Than Fifteen Hundred Attend Gospel Meeting of Congregationalists and Presbyterians at Fort Totten, N. D. EASTMAN, Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church $ at Flandreau, S. P., and a Promi- j nent Member of the Council. $ Specialt toTotten, The Journal. Por N. D., Sept. 13.The thirty-fifth great annual council of the Sioux Christian Indians convened,Sept. 6 to 10, 1905, at Raven Hill Presby terian church in Port Totten. The council was organized in 1870, meets annually and is composed of the work ers and representatives of the Presby terian and. Congregational demonina tions among the Sioux Indians. About one hundred and fifty delegates were enrolled and more than fifteen hundred persons, mainly Indians, were in attendance. They came from Mon tana, Manitoba, Minnesota, the two Dakotas and Nebraska, and were, on the whole, a fine, intelligent-looking, well-dressed and very orderly body of men and women. They gathered early in the week and pitched their great council tent, with a capacity of more than one thousand, on a picturesque spot on the shores of Devils lake, while encircling it for more than a. mile were the white tepees of the Christian Sioux. They might read ily be mistaken for an Indian army bivouacked on the eve of a great bat tle. This camp was full of activity, many little children running between the tepees, ponies picketed in the rich grass and dogs everywhere. Rations were issued by the entertainment corn falls I mittee like unto an army of soldiers in camp. Opening Sermon by Indian. The parliament, or council proper, was opened on Wednesday, Sept. 6, at 2 p.m. The opening sermon was preached by Rec. Huntington Waku temani, a native pastor, and was ac companied by devotional services. The singing was inspiring, for the Indians have good rich voices and put much spirit into their songs. The dual moderators of the strange gathering were Rev. A. P. Johnson (white) and Rev. Francis Frazer (In- dian), son of the late great warrior preacher, Artemas Elhnamani. The venerable Dr. J. P. Williamson, D.D., of Greenwood, -S. D., and the Riggs brothers of Santee and Oabe partici pated in the council. Rev. D. E. Evans of Good Will, S. D., Rev. G. W. Reed of Standing Rock, remainder of the verse, but strenuously tried again: Greece, her knees "Silence. 'Grease her knees once more, Theo dore, and see if she won't go,' kindly sai Ills tcsiclisr.** The application of this little yarn to public speakers is among the early recol lections of our oldest Inhabitants. "Marco Bozzaris" was written by Fitz-Greene Hallect In 1827, and its romantic theme and sonorous phrases almost immediately adapted themselves to the schoolboyj fancy on occasions for "speaking a piece." The point of forgetfulness was happily located by some enterprising story-teller for humorous purposes, and the anecdote has successively been "written around" about every person who has become distin guished lor eloquence or facility In pub lic speaking. Of course President Roose velt could not escape^ Probably he will not mind it much. He has succeeded to an honor which has been handed down from generation to generation, and is, up to the present time, the last of a long line of distinguished recipients. Of course others will succeed him, for a good story is a treasure, and oppor tunities to utilize It are not lightly to be cast aside. Who will next figure in the historic memory paralyzer which has floored so many budding orators? TH NEW GIRL She -was very red o. features And we didn't know her name, Vet with rapture wild we haUed her When the New Girl came.. She was rather shy on cooking ^i/^W: And she couldn't iron a shirtV' And she a foreign language rt# Io w*spoke a i||v $ %$k NoNaught a reference she gave N. D., Rev. E. J. Lindsay Of Poplar, Mont., and' other younger missionaries took an active part in the exercises. The morning sessions were devoted to general discussions of such themes as: "Why Do I belong to the ChurchI" "What Are the Obstacles to the Civ ilization of the Indian "The Rela tion of the Kingdom of God on Earth to Human Governments." "How May the Weak Churches Be Mride Strong!" The Attitud,e ofT thee Christian Towardthfo Worldliness. "h importance Children Attending Church with the Parents." "What Is the Fourth of July, and How I Should Be Ob served." Flow of Native Oratory. The audiences took great delight In these general discussions. The great council tent overflowed with an eager and attentive audience for hours daily. Here the Indian orator shines. He is a born debater. The speeches were brief and pointed the arguments keen and strong the illustrations striking and humorous. Addresses, helpful, up lifting and strengthening, were deliv ered by the missionaries and white vis itors. On Thursday, Dr. Williamson spoke on baptism, and on Thursday and Fri day interesting stereopticon lectures on Palestine were given by Dr. Riggs and his son Professor Riggs. I the after noons of Friday and Saturday, business meetings of the Dakota presbytery and the Congregational associations were held andT also of the Women's mission ary societies. I was a thrilling scene with hundreds of nut-brown women of the plains singing sweet missionary hymns, reading carefully prepared pa pers on important mission themes, bow fng in prayer and bringing rich gifts for their Lord's treasury., Societies for the Young. In the evening the meetings of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. S. C. were held. These are important factors in the civ iliization of the Sioux. With the young men and women of the tribe careful training in' scriptural knowledge and for christian knowledge, there must be far-reaching and beneficent re sults of a permanent character. For seventy years the Presbyterians and Congregationalists have wrought in harmony in this great work. Ihir ty Presbyterian and thirteen Congrega tional churches have been built up among them, aggregating 2,600 com muiricants and 1.60C? Sabbath school members with all the modern machin ery of these two great denominations in efficient operation. The annual con tribuations to Christian work and mis sions are very generous. Sunday the Great Day. Sabbath was the crowning day for this week. Hundreds of Indians and scores of whites sat down together and reverently observed the sacrament of the Lord's supper. At 2 p.m. a meet ing was held in English for whites only. A the shades of evening drew on, the different bands, held their farewell gatherings in various tents. There were sounds of sweet musicjoyous onesechoing and re-echoing over the plainsall blending in the sweet clos ing refrain: Bjest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love The fellowship of Christian minds Is like to that above. The great council ten is in darkness! The lights go out in the tepees. The council of 1905 has passed into history. R. J. CreswelL IN FRONT INDIAN ,'f extreme1? V^tt. j .-:.*:1' 3 ns,she v.#^ k*'- of sweeping coal flo/1 v'% And she sat np with admirer* "w:r Till the clock w.s striking two. -.'--?_ 3 Yet you'll understand our feelings ^3^ $M AJtA the rapture of the same, ,S'' For we had a little.- daughter 'H fg|| When the New Girl came. 1 New York Timea^ THE CHEERFUL IDIOT Gillilan in Baltimore American. "I believe," said the Cheerful Idiot "there was a man named Bash who fig ured in that Taggart divorce case." "There was," said the Tired Citizen, thoughtlessly. "He was one of those who were said to have got drunk at the Taggart home, wasn't he?" "Yes." "But Isn't Bash-fulness a peculiar ele ment to enter into a wholesale scandal like that?" And he lausrhed heartily while the othr ers groaned miserably. _________ i THE INEVITABLE SOUTH CAROLINA QUESTION Charleston News and Courier. We take It that even the Japs will now admit that "the Illustrious ancestors" of our Mr. Roosevelt must have something on those of the mikado. AS TO MAYORS Baltimore Sun. 4 Atlanta has about concluded to try t_* municipal ownership of mayors. THE NEW "AMERICA" My country, 'tis of thee. Land of fecundity. Of thee I sing Land where our fathers Tied, Land of the patriarch's pride. From every cradle-side Let "Goo-goo" ring." Let "Da-da" swell the breeze From every pair of knees. ^_ ,.-:_{- AU, all day long .^Ti ^M$ -Let Infant tongues awake Thruout the night, and make^,.Jh%Sf- '^l|p __ls life, without mistake, S-ftA-*^-.*' One grand, swett song. "Author" that Is to be^ Father of family, --"T- In thee we trust J2- r*xxi Let every groom- and bride Fling the brave slogan wide? "Anti-Lace Suicide! Pike's Peak or bust!'' kU omp^5 F-'fl i ST}.-,---1 i I r_f' V-*