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f*r 5 TH. JOURNAL rar 3CXVHIN0. 880. UCIAN SWIFT, J. S. McLAIN, EDITOR. ^PUBLISHED EVERY DAY TOBSCSIPTION HATES BY MAJX. P*ll* *R Smaap, per month..... 40c XttUluKarip, J^r^sti^ 88c Sunday only, per month 18c *t -j^e^jRlER OUTSIDE THE CITY. Dally a|)d Sunday, one month. Boe BT OABBIEB IN MTNNE1P0LI8 AND SUBUBBS. XtaUy nd Sunday, one month 45c POSTAGE HATES of SXNGXE COPIES. Up to 8 r*JTM 1 cent Up to 30 pages 2 cents Dp to pages..... 8 cents AH papers n*e continued until an explicit order Is received for discontinuance and until all ar rearage* are paid. PUBLICATION OmCEMinneapolis, Minn, Journal building, 47-40 Fourth Ktreet 8 Rooseveltism in Minneapolis. "The people had installed at Wash ington o. moral power," maid l)r. North top, when he was speaking of that gen eral uplift of popular aentimont which mado^ they,vi j^osjng policy of. Mayor Jojtefr timely and~possible. The*3 odore Bofsevelt had lifted up the sen* tiinent'Wf the country to such an ex tent that iwnat might not have been practicable* because not supported by popular favor, at any earlier period was met by the'^people of this city by a de gree of approval and a measure of sup port by*our great business anjd social' and labor organizations, that was truly magnificent,. And from this he argued that, the people of Minneapolis would vojee in the most effective way at their command ne$t Tuesday the wholesome feeling and conviction, which has now so thoroly permeated the community. The meeting last night was the finest demonstration of the strength of the spirit of civic righteousness ever seen toT this city, and it is a good thought to take to, the polls, as Dr. North rop suggested, that the Jones policy is within iis sphere a genuine example of Rooseveltism The shah of Persia and the czar of Eussia would be glad if any kind gen tleman would tell them how these par liamentary countries, are run peace ably. *It is simple. Give the people frequent J. elections for sheriff and coro ner and' they will be quiet on nearly every ^other topic. Regulation Before Ownerships. The'fact that Mr. Bryan's plan of national, and state ownership of rail roads is difficult of realization does not alter the fact that there-is a consider able sentiment for it, This sentiment is 'not'actively affirmative, but takes the general line that it may be neces sary to take over the railroads whether the- people wish the burden or not. *Fdr the existence of t4ns sentiment fn'e men who have managed the rail roads in the past are responsible. The number who believe that-it-is practi cable for the government tp own and operate the vast system of transporta tion in this country must be small, but thai there are any such people at all is5 'owing not to the socialist determina- tion to thrust the government into all enterprises, tyit almost entirely to dis satisfaction with the way in which the private owners have abused the priv ileges -of their position. The railroad is in a sense a public highway. It is unfortunate that some hive been led to believe also that the railroad man is in a sense a public highwayman. But that it is true is his own fault. The railroad proiectors took every opportunity to enrich themselves as they went along. drawing communities into the meshes of state, county and city bond Issues they built the roads at public expense. They made construction con-_ tracts with themselves and saw to it that at the end of the bond period they had the proceeds of the bonds in contracts and stilt owned the roads. When the prosperity came they auda ciously doubled and trebled their capi talization to cover the fact that they were earning dividends which' would justify fewer rates. While standing in the place of the government in their relation to ship pers and the general public they claimed to be entirely exempt from public or governmental interference with a "priva te business." They or ganised to control the politics of the qouufcjw and" filled the official positions from -senator to coroner with their creatures while their lobbies actively engaged in the work of stopping' any small leaks in-t he system of espionage of public affairs. More than that, the railroad lobby fri every state hired out to other "interests" needing aid, and from corrupting public officials on one subiect spread its? system to corrupting them on all sub-je^ts, The government of the United States has only recently seriously addressed itself to the task of regulating the railroads. Its task is far from com plete. But it must be quite evident that the recent legislation should be given a fair trial "before1 nd&ffi$B8.~ A unnecessary. the people think of any other solution of the rail road problem. Whether the regulation of rates thru a commission represent ing congress is solution of the problem cannot be known until it is tried. The wise phvsician does not treat his pa tient with two kinds of antagonistic medicines' at once. He gives one a fair trial before prescribing another. The people will not do otherwise with the railroads, b,ut they will hold up before thentaUjroad managers constantly the truth Stfa&i&iea power of the people to freffr th^m^ves from railroad abuses ^is not It still depends on the| T^ya$jhemselvee whether they ^'wl^^k uttheir -action necessary or ffb The Scientific American shows that I England ha* lo st 550 square miles by Sea erosion since the conquest. At this rfcto FAgl|S will last only about 50,- 0$0 years." jL parliamentary commission has been%appointed to look into the matter, don *t yc know. It will proba- 'JW? 6 Editorial Section will last but a million years more, and that the coal supply will peter ojat in 600 years. Governments cannot be tQQ careful a*bont the future* **5 The Mississippi and the Panama Canal. The accompanying map suggests, the interest which this city has in the im provement of the upper Mississippi riv er in its relation to the canal across the isthmus. The Panama,canal is des tined not only to connect the Pacific and the Atlantic coasts of our own coun try more closely by water transporta tion, but with the great system of in ternal waterway^ already in course of construction it serves an important pur pose with respect to the interior as well. With the Missisippi river navigable from .the fallB of St. Anthony to New Orleans\for boats drawing six feet of water the Panama canal begins to look like somthing of local importance. That the Mississippi river is to be made navigable by boats of that draft is part of the existing plan* of the gov ernment and an undertaking declared to be entirely practicable by the gov ernment engineers. Indeed, still better navigation facilities are regarded as practicable by engineers of experience and attainments. Lyman E. Oooley. chief engineer of the Chicago drainage canal and secretary of the Internal Im provement association, not only recog nizes the effort to bring navigation to the falls of St. Anthony on a six-foot channel as entirely practicable, but he contends that with our system of reser voirs a much better stage of water, perhaps double that already Contemplat ed, may be -obtained and maintained. The convention of the Upper Missis sippi River Improvement association will, bring" to Minneapolis in .October men oiTlaj|g affairs **nd men tical business experience who will de velop an4 ^fxrganize sentiment tbtuout, the upper Mississippi^ stoHey in toxpp$ttt of the proposed improvements. The states of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois and Iowa are not alone interested in. this enterprise. The entire upper val ley of the Mississippi is within the range of benfits to be conferred by the development of this great natural wa terway. The strange fact is that a more active interest is manifested in this undertak ing1 at nearly all important trade cen- ters thruout this region than in Minne apolis itself. Here we are 6nly begin ning to appreciate the importance of what the government is undertaking to do for us and to comprehend the future benefits to be expected and derived from this river improvement. W Certainly want here to connect up with the Pana ma canal and that we can do so is the judgment of practical engineers. Con templated river improvements will, of course, bring craft of heavier draft to St. Louis, Cincinnati and Memphis than we can expect to see here, but we can as well ship by water to New Orleans for ocean carriage as by rail to New York when the breaking of bulk will be less necessary in the case of the river route .than in, the case of ,the rail or the Combined water and rail. Minneapolis is likely to entertain at no time in the near future a convention whose purpose and results are likely to be of larger consequence to this city than that of the Upper Mississippi River Improve ment association. Our business men should see to it that they give evidence of that interest and sympathy with the object of this convention which its im portance to the city justifies. i The political parties are so near to gether now that they should be able to unite on the new charter. Literature in a Newspaper. The Atlanta Georgian, John Temple Graves editor, has been often heralded as a somewhat different newspaper, but how different one is unprepared for until he has been thrust without re course into the midst of its editorial page. The limed bird flutters but it cannot escape. Once brought in con tact with a Georgian editorial it is fruitless to struggle. One is held as was the wedding guest. The snaky fascination of the Ancient Mariner was as mugwumpery to the regular ticket for a democrat. The Georgian thrills, enthralls, engulfs. It annihilates tho past it obliterates the future. There is naught but the pin pointed present and that is pricking gaily from flower to flower of the Georgian eloquence. .It baj.been often said there is a dif ference between newspaper writing and literature. There is. In most news papers the style is a little below litera ture. In the Georgian it is miles and furlongs above anything literature has yet attempted. Listen to this paean on summer, which it appears had just closed'*its subscription account and gone"away to the south: bly'tfl&e&mat the same time the alarm- unfold^before us." In the words of the i ng reports that the heat of the sua reporter "The fodder f4^ ^On yesterday the final leaf it summer's golden book was closed and sealed and with today the season of mists and mellow fruitfulness begins to but how much more "aptly*'"H* is'ex pressed in the sonorous eloquence of the editor. Nftn#j 4l "It seems but a littfc'spanMce the" revelry ,#&M$yJfoay TOJ)^ J&jjhe in creasing ever of June.lf^^fSying is often followed by a ris^ teiftfJerature. It is teasing work thfe -carina Rook ing glasses and clocW to the new house. "And the names which immortalize the CesaVs with the modified names of Ju lius and Augustus crept in to complete the sunny circlet of the year." Di dactic? Well possibly, but how deftly is the reader reminded that the editor knew just where July and August origf inated. 4 "It has been a happy and a prosper ous summer (see advertising pages) but now that it is over we exclaim 'The king is dead, long live the king.' As, Sir Toby Belch remarked of Pooling, is not this most excellent eloquence and very philosophical withal! There is more of this, in fact too much for the modest price of 10 cents a week by carrier. The Georgian is a Georgic. *i* An interesting suggestion for munic ipal betterment is submitted today by Mr. A. Phelps Wjyman.. I is an-jnter esting scheme but an exceedingly ambi tious one and more difficult at accom plishment than any which "have been' presented to the public. -Perhaps 'the contemplation of more ^-ambitious schemes may encourage uS to undertake' some that may not be so formidable. How to Improve Saloons. The convention of the Wholesale Liquor Dealers' association, held re cently in Louisville, put forth' some sentiments with which the temperance people of the country can heartily con cur whether or not they -agree that restrictive and prohibitive legislation against the liquor traffic has proven a failure "because it seeks to order a man's life against his own desires." The convention says^ "The white ribbon movement, the prohibition move ment, and the Anti-Saloon league, were, or are, protests upon the part of good men and women against two of the greatest evils connected with our civili zation and, unfortunately for us, con nected with onr tradewo refer to drunkenness and to those saloons which are conducted in & disreputable manner or else in such a way^as to demoralize rather than elevate% those who patronize themand we, the delegates of the wine and spirit trade, desire to express in no uncertain tones our entire sym pathy with the efforts that have been or may be put forth to exterminate those evils and our willingness to lend co-operation and assistance by every means in our power." These are liberal sentiments coming from delegates to a convention of liquor manufacturers. They do not, it is true, pledge the members to anything very definite and they are based on anjs sumption which it would be difficult Tto get temperance people to admit, that saloons can be run in Such a"w a as to $ anything rhut -demoyaiiBi n^ Hi fcut there is a ground upon whi'chl the delegates can mee^if not the. pro Ijjbitionists, at least the high-license voters, and that is on the ground of a submission by the liquor trade to all^ necessary and moderate laws" for tnfe regulation of the liquor business. The delegates ought to begin with the own ership of saloons by the bre/wqries. This is one of the greatest obstacles* tp the elevation of the saloon with which public officers have to i contend. The system has changed tl character of the saloon, in both the cities afld the rural places. The saloohkeeper no longer is an owner, but an agent. The brewery selects a site, opens the saloon and employs a dummy to hold the license and operate the place.^ has no personal interest in the place, no pride in its character, no conscience about its conduct. He is willing to sell to drunkards, minors, womenanybody. twees? 4nct wiT cdT^and inherent-J system" began to spend in many di- o4^vr^one3iWv4nv^s1ag&tions tape|repor#ljirin wfl#i hav$P the B^fferiijMand^'ant tb$ 'orrel%5 W%J^ 1 He will sell day or night, Sunday or Saturday, the year round, if thereby he can make a showing of sales such as will please the brewery auditor, who from time to time checks him up. This is, of course, not the invariable expe rience, but it is the general tendency and a demoralizing one. The magistrate has more trpuble with the brewery saloon than with any other. for the reasons noted. In this City, for example, the mayor, with much less exertion, could close the saloons on Sun day if the saloons were their own mas ters. As a matter of fact, Hhe few saloonkeepers who. own their places are for Jones because they have disc6vered that Sunday closing has its compensa tions. But the combined political and financial weight of the breweries is against him on the one ground of loss of sales. If the breweries should go' out of the saloon business and out of politics the character of the saloon would improve immediately. Why should not the delegates who have is sued tho address from Louisville begin at this end of the problem? Perhaps they have never taken pains to learn' how many saloons are owned by thO breweries. Perhaps they would 3 surprised to find how much capi-, tal the brewers waste In setting up' saloons in rivalry, and thev would be prepared for the only possible deduc tion that the breweries must make good this loss, if at all, by pushing the busi ness against the laws, against tho wishes of the community^ and against the theory of the delegates that- the saloon may be so conducted as to ele vate the tone of those whtf frequent it. The letter from San Francisco which The Journal prints today is vouched for by one "of the leading citi zens of that city as a true story of the conditions there and the conduct of the -relief work about which there have been so many conflictine reports. Sci entific charity seems tp have furnished in this instance striking1 prbo of what a cold-blooded^ unsympathetic thing ^H can be" when Jt is eon4ujCtedf on the^ost. scientific lines. The heart cqf 's in the shock," profesjionai philanthr^njst came in b|- the nation was stirred by the pitiful distress which a great calamity^had brought) upon a gr^at city and-the relief off fered was generous and, free^unti! gci entific charity got con&o lr Vheji* the & ^Abou^ihe P$rJh Indoors and ftut takes' a well de served Blap at the average porch, which ft describes as tan *irffe&t-fooV ahelf on which nobody ever.eits. The porch has a noble place in architecture. It has a venerable association with teaching. I has practical mission as a health report in' our -$imtes. Tnere is not any doubt that modern' American house is built so is to exelude too much of the sunlight in Rummer and too much 'of thealr in wittter. TBV porch is the summer outlet, ^t is the family tryst ing place, .and ft should be built, not upon the street to become the gaped at of all passing strangers. It should have the privacy of the house with the breeziness of the outdoors. The porch therefore, should be placed at the. back of the house instead of at its front/ This should be done, says Indoors and Out, even if the kitch en has to be shoved .to the side or for ward. Built at the rear the porch may be extended to cover as much land as is available. It may then be used as a dining room or as a sleeping apart ment. If it overlooks the' back yard we may be sure thai the backyard will ^profit by the contiguity. The backyard is what it is today largely because the family seldom sees it. But-were the customary meeting place of the family its cosy corner situated at the rear of the house, the backyard would cease to be the area devoted to old cans and other more nauseous debris. It would achieve a dignity commensurate with its juxtaposition with tlie,family. Dr. Williams evidently thinks issues are akin to exits. What he is looking for is-an entran.ee. Smiths. Smiths are tt hardy race to whom suicide is abhorrent. They grow, mul tiply and wax exceeding great. The original Smith took his name from his calling, but one calling or a hundred has long since ceased to satisfy the in satiate appetite of the Smiths for em ployment. They have burst into trade, into the learned professions, into manu facturing, even^nto^olitics. N Smith has yet achieved, thetsupreme height of the presidency, but4t i& admitted that if they^got together they could accom plish it.' Smiths, are* judges, governors, mayors, sheriffs and" coroners. Smiths are even' institutions. See Smithsonian. Smiths make the directory a fat vol ume. The Smiths ^Verrun the encyclo pedia of American biography. '-'Who's Who?" revels in Smiths. Some Smiths change their name to Smythe, Smithy orevin Smithers, but the Odor of Smith *will* linger 'there still.* sMost Smiths haye a passion for naming their offspring Jonn. John Smith "i a' legion 4n himself, ably secondedriun-s unti men tl- I ir" i iV i i i. Xh One of the shouters for Dr. Williams the other flight ?exul|ed that it was "^ad politics" to use the churches for poHtieai mejetings, and immediately afr. terward complained that Dr. Williams Had not been invited to address any of these meetings. What! Tempt Dr. Wil liams into bad politics. NeVeiJ Senator La toilette told the people of Kansas how Senator Long of that state voted on some questions, and Long went out and ypciferated that he had been "attacked." What was the matter? One drop of liquid air is said te have the same freezing qualities of a block of ice as big as your head. If the ice man would but deliver a block of that size we, should like to make the com parison. Representative Longworth confesses to a snse of disappointment in Mr. Bryan's speeches in England. Roger Sullivan confesses to something like it since Mr. Bryan came home. Richard Croker has acquired the gout. This makes him a better Englishman than William Waldorf Astor, who has never had anything but that blawsted Hamerican dyspepsia. New York has stumbled on the dis covery that it owns a million dollar equi ty in Coney island. Ah, ha! The Brooklyn Rapid Transit caught nap ping. When Governor Hoch was asked ^Whether* he preferred "kissed'^ ox "kist,**% said he hoped that slander was out of the campaign. One bright Minneapolis boy says he would rather not go to school at all than to attend half sessions. Do you dottbt it? It should be understood that Mr. Bryan i is,not "agin" all the Sullivans. That would be too much for any man. Chicago's aldermen beat Milwaukee's aldermen at baseball. Chicago's alder men are always beating somebody. President Roosevelt Has shown Cuba the straight geeds and he can deliver them, too. See! Thfe muck rake and the lawn mower appear to have gone out of commission simultaneously. Many candidates believe the square deal should be- preceded by a fresh shuffle. THE NEBRASKA ISSUE Springfield Republican. There is more significance than appears Upon the surface In the nomination of George L. Sheldon for governor by the Nebraska republicans. The party in that state has longfbeen dominated by railroad inflUjIlices and* Sheldon, who Is an educated farmer, enterea the contest single-handed *6r A* reversals? of the party's attitude In relation to th* railroads and syndicated wealth generally. His success affords an- ottoeV demonstration of the influence of t^% Roosevelt- ^administration toward bjreatting up %0|d republican., affiliations with corporate and ,m fe iioii ey value represented by them. This is the great annual exhibit, the table that more than any other indicates the extent of our resources, for its every item and its every figure it is funda mental. The government tells us once a year that our country has produced in new wealth a money value of what ever the total may be. This .table is the basis for much recasting of opinion and sometimes for a considerable change of view with respect to the maintenance of financial conditions ex istent, and the volume of business like to be done in the country, with ob vious considerations following respect ing credits and prosperity. Private statisticians find delight in figuring out in advance this table of comprehensiveness compressed. The government, however, takes the Decem ber figure as its price unit for each par ticular crop. The price at which any leading commodity will sell in Decem ber must necessarily be uncertain in August or September, and since a dif ference of even a cent a bushel makes an important variation in totalsespe cially in so great a crop as corn, which runs into billions in bushelsthese ad vance tabulations are often liable to error. They have a value, however, for even tho they may "not hit it off as closely *as the government does later on, they afford an approximate exhibit of the country's resources that for or dinary purposes of comparison serves well. A statistician on the Wall Street Journal has taken the December op tions in grain and cotton as a basiB, and, in crops that unlike grains are not traded in for future delivery, has esti mated the December price from com parative yields and comparative Decem ber prices in past years. presents the following table: Yield Price. Value 42 $1,167,600,00') Crop. Corn 1,780,000,000 Wheat 759,671,000 .71 Oats 851482 000 .31 Bailey.... 142 9(50,000 .40 Rye 80,000,000 .60 Buckwheat. 14 274,000 .65 Potatoes. 298.859,000 .50 Cot'n, bales 12,000,000 $50 00 Tobacco, lbs 600,000,000 .09 &y ,BiU Sipi^Jr., inuring the war Were Were th&-?icongresos W JB*,*^?the ^eneraLjj^th^en^h ,%ma kee a regi berS. Why don't some of the Smiths take .their wives' names when they marry? T^al'^^ they hav Smith 549,366,000 263,959,000 57,197,000 18,000,000 9,278,000 149,429,000 600,000,000 64,C00,G00 Total value $2,868,829,000 Last year the total value of these crops, as given by the govern ment, was 2,799,979,000 Indrease this year $88,850,000 Assuming the first figures to be ap proximately ftdrrect, it is a favorable sign that an increase is shown, in view of the lqwer prices ruling this year for some leading cereals, notably wheat. The table is incomplete, however. There are two other crops well worthy of note,flax and hay. Indeed, hay is one of the "great Crops of the country, and flax, tho confined to a more limited area, yields a: good quantity yearly and with reference to price per bushel, is one of/ the most important products of thc-sOil. Including these on*"$ie same basis the table then would show: 1lbe crops tabulated above Flax, Approximate ttayV aft(okUiftt that might be included, most of which do* not come in finality until very much later. But these eleven crops make up the backbone of the country.. ,This year they yielded well, nor have the larger returns depressed prices settious- ^y. There i this enormous production of "hew wealth that in creating activity ancf especially in bringing good'returns to the producers cannot fail to work for continued prosperity for the country. I- AS OTHERS 8EE US Northneld News. 0avld Pefcy^ bnes the mayor of Min neapolis, who is conducting a vigorous campaign for renomination, is well and favorably known in Northfield. For many years he has been ah active trustee of Cafleton college, and is now vice chairman of its board. His voice is occa sionally hearcl here, and as at tfre dedi cation of Laird science hall, always with pleasure and profit The people of Northfield are therefore interested in the man who is in the storm center of the municipal struggle in Minneapolis He is a broad minded, clear headed, progressive man, abreast of the times, interested in politics not because of politics or for what he can get out of it, but for the good of the ctty. He bears an unsullied record as alder man, president of the council and mayor, and his record shows a growth of breadth and grasp as the situation has opened up before him During his two years in cumbency of office Mayor Jones has re trieved the city from the malodorous no toriety of the Ames regime he has cleaned up and reorganized the police de partment, improving both the personnel and discipline of the force by substitut ing efficiency and capacity as tests for the tenure of office, in place of "pull and graft" He has cleaned the city of its plague spots and redeemed whole areas of it for legitimate business, he has put public gambling under the* bail arid has regulated the liquor traffic by enforcing laws against selling to minors, against Winerooms and "blind pigs," and against the opening of saloons on Sunday. He declares that the domination of the sa loon in politics is the keynote of the present campaign, and has put himself on record with a characteristic boldness which has staggered his opponents with an appeal for support not on the general record of his administration, but on the Ueftnite and paramount issue of the sa loon. Mayor Jones has thus staked the issue of the campaign on law* enforce ment, and has brought Minneapolis into line with St Louis, Baltimore, Kansas City and Philadelphia in the movement which is abroad in the land for law and order and good government. The Impe rial city of the great northwest cannot afford to repudiate the administration which has rehabilitated her, and the News hopes confidently to see Mayor JoneB ^receive an overwhelming endorse ment at the primaries on Sept. 18. WHERE BRYAN MIGHT TAKE Kansas City Star. Labor unions in England without a dissenting voice, have appealed to par liament to have all railroads, canals and coal mines in the empire "nation alized." Did Mr. Bryan get his gov ernment ownership "hunch" from England, or did, England get it from 'Bryan! FOUNDATION ALMOST I N I London Tribune. Hen ry James is at work a new novel. The greater portion^of the open ing sentence is already completed. GLAD HE'S BETT ER Boston Globe. I is announced that Chauncey*M. 'pew's health is better, and that lf will return to the senate in December* PP$y privileges. are glad that he is better, ^gg?^#- Under its influence one can forget that ther4 is1' an election, that there are bills *'to be paid or that the weather threatens to be changeable. Some peo ple arrange their attics, putting the broken toys on one side and the decom posing furniture on the other, while the old books and magazines are actually aranged in rows and piles in the mid dle. There are even people who build shelves-around the eaves and catalog the ancient treasures. This is a great mistake, but happily ^.ig, not one which makes any difference, since the things axe never in their places in a true attic. What you think you want is always in the farthest and darkest corner under a portion of the roof thru which nails point their protesting spines. They jab you in the head, pull your coat off at the nrm or sleeve and generally in terpose a fierce resistance to your cam paign. This is an attic as it should be. The doctor's wife was recently lost for twelve hours. She did not come toi meals. She was not visible when the chickens went tp roost nor did she join' the family circle at dinner. Curi osity as to her whereabouts rose to the, pitch of anxious interest and the doctor was about to set out and tell the dea cons about it, when she appeared radi ant in dust and cobwebjj, ner face il luminated by a smile which spoke of hours free from the terrible present. In her arms she Carried a bundle of ancient magazines. They were of the vintage of X868. Forty trains of la^pn years had rumbled thru time since those magazines had offered their gifts to the world. They were worn, thumbed cop|es of the "Ladies.' Repository." Does anyone remember the Ladies' Re pository if Probably nof. It has long since earned the' epitaph 'Discontin ued" and the good old man who edited it. Bishop Wiley sleeps in the soil of China, to awaken at the last trump with Some of the first converts to Methodism in the Flowery Kingdom. But whether you know anything about the Repository or not, you would like it for two reasons there arB only two pages of advertising and there is not a line of muck-raking in it, tho it con tains some of the jokes we are using today. 5focws .$2,838,829,000 "l.ODO.OPO Kooa -^Investigation carried/ into fhjj ?J| important crops would swell *the~tbiaL. If the dairying and cattle-r&isin^'inter-' estswere/ included ,ioTi^ ^^n^?y|n- crease materially. Thepes&re'1hnii$ items The noise "Of the captains and the shouting is so deafening, the conglom- *ratio*-of sounds made by the candi* dates & so Confusing and the impossi bility of one making enough more nolso than all the others to attract especial attention to himself so apparent that I have been wondering if some candidate would not think of absolute silence as a means of becoming eminent. Lives of some great men remind us, If we would- to greatness rise. We'd put modesty behind us, And shout and howl and advertise This is an advertising age, but let us not overlook the fact that the sphinx made a very considerable reputation which survived much longer than can reasonably be expected of the fame of a sheriff or county commissioner by Simply keeping quiet and occasionaly hopping onto people who talked not wisely, but too much. I have an idea for an amendment to the primary election law, which would, if ^enacted, add considerably to the peace and dignity of the cpmmunity. It is to decree the,absence from the city during the summer of every man who "files" himself for an office. A large stockade, might be built in the pme woods to which the candidates Would resort, accompanied by a deputy sheriff armed, with proper commitment papers. Here the candidates would hye peace, quiet and contentment. They would fish, hunt and sleep out of doors, growing Strong, calm and secur ing a balance of mind calculated to aid them in the discharge of their Ai^iea should they be so unhappy as to be elected. Meanwhile the unfiled rem nant would go about their accustomed Vocations until election day, the a re sort to the polls, push the "button and all would be over. I expect this amendment will be fiercely resisted 'by the job printers, but it is so clearly in .the interest of good, government and the progress of the race that it must come in due season. James Gray. SUMMER GAYETY Scribner's Magazine. Earnest women in Shetland shawls with spectacles and thin knobs Of hair eatihg blueberry pie at unwholesome hours in a shingled dining room on a bare New England hilltop. HAD ANOTHER THINS COMING Chicago .News. Secretary Wilson after visiting the packing plants has noted some pleasine improvements in institutions that ac cording to their proprietors, were al- DISILLUSION My shallop sails along the summer streams] Hesperidean apples,, full and ripe Grow on the banks, and birds of a ried stripe Sing merrily in morning's golden beams. But ah! the dread awakening always seems A if I'd close connectipn with the pipe. For then Reality with one fell swipe. ShatterS to atoms my frail ships oi f' dreams, A%d I, perforce, must join the sons of toa The rent is due.^nd, every day new Are piling -up' in dreadful pyrA mids. troubled, waters jnee4 the peaceful oil Till payday I must go" the pace that kills' To purchase shoes and stockings for the kids. -Judge. pygs*s ^ai & Earthquake Theory Confirmed. Te 4&e Editor of The Journal. I' If there is any doubt 4J correct ness of my former article dn the San Francisco earthquake, written last May and published thru the politeness of the Mimiapolis Journal^- complete proof of the correctness'.may be found W in the current number of the "Popular science Monthly for August, in a map phowing what is termed the "faflt caused by the earthquake, and which continues for nearly 300 miles along the coast, sometime* infringing o the land and sometimes on the $ea. In my former article claimed that the earthquake was caused by the land^ bec ,ming strongly positively"electrified flnd the sea strongly negatiyely elec trified by the friction of the wind* blowing constantly and strongly from the sea to the land, and the earthquake was the result of a sudden discharge to restore, egulibrinm. In this discharge the positive and negative forces would rush to meet each other and their meet ing place would naturally be on the iwe of# demarcation between them, whirh if the coastline, and here was thev greatest disturbance. This line, according -to the article in question, passed six miles west f the city of San Francisco. Had it passed directly thru the city, destruction would nave been much more complete. Now, I claim that the anovement to restore equilibrium 'Commenced some where near the center ot the line and there they first met, and as the elec tric forces closed in on either side the line was extended to the northwest" and the southwest until equilibrium wae completey restored, when the actios ceased. 1 i "VVe open the copy for August 1866. Curiously enough, the first article is entitled "Minnesota." It was written by Mary Landon, who says that to escape the heat and dust of the city she took the train from N ew York and after several daysevidently there were no limited trainsarrived at La Crosse, Wis., where she exchanged tho close car for the commodius cabin of a MisBisssippi steamer and at length mushed Lake Pepin and' Red Wing, then the site of Hamline university. 'a school where learning is united to religion." In due course the Steamer reached St. Paul, which is described as "Ja, city set on a hill.'' The party in which she traveled remained one night in St. Paul, and of course took the efrrly train for Minneapolis, A town on the western bank of the Mississippi, at the Falls of St. Anthony." "Here," the letter continues, "we 'Cross' the river on a light bridge of ^wire^ininiature Niagara bridge, which rockS and quivers Suspiciously. The falls ate no reduced by crumbling of the% to rapids",the 'roaring and tnmuramus. The immense water power Tiere aaj&rded is being: rapidly appropri *^Tfrit jstfyisit of the touMft*^ Maxy^-Landoh appe^rf to have comi to Minnesota 'for hefjbeajth, for she r*ejdV thai she paddle/on the lakes, loitered at Minnehaha. r6de over the .prairies, every day'feelmg stronger. S she decided to prolong her stay thru the winter. Perhaps some old settler remembers Mary' Landon. She cer tainly was partial to Minnesota. N And now I wish to write a few lines regarding the South ^American earth quake. In the fall of 1878 I struck a course of reasoning that convinced Mie that the earth was a hollow sphere with a shell of about fifty miles in thickness. John C. Symmes arrived at the same conclusion nearly 100 years ago, and his conclusions, being widely published, have been the obiect of eon tempt and derision of every little so called scientist since. Nevertheless, I am not ashamed to call myself a dis ciple of Symmes, and am prepared to assert and maintain the correctness of hie theories substantially. With this prelude I can now explain the South American earthquake, which every instance I have ever read is of the vertical shock. There is. a dis turbance of electrical equilibrium be tween the* outer and inner surfaces of the earth*s shell and the vertical shock is the result of an electrical discharge from the inner to the outer surface to restore equilibrium. N. F. G. Bochester. Minn., Sept. 10. Only Wants Justice. To the Editor of the Journal. My name was signed to a communi cation printed in a recent issue of Journal expressing regret that the friends of Mr. Hulbert, city treasurer, should fel it necessary to resort to misstatements and misrepresentations respecting the duties of the city treas urer. I obiected because it was made to appear that the collection of interest on city funds by the city treasurer was entirely "voluntary," but I obiected more particularly because the fact that our present city treasurer has collected such interest and paid it into the city treasury should be accounted a virtue on his part while mnch more conspicu ous service to ..the stat on the part of his competitor should only be made the occasion for slurs and insinuations and persistent attack by Mr. Hulbert's sup porters. In spite of the several com munications whiqh have since appeared upon this subject, I am still of the opinion fchat the collection of interest on city 4nnds by th^ city treasurer is not a '"'voluntary" act, but something plainly required by our law*. I want to say, as stated in the first communication, however, that I am not making any attack upon the character of the present city treasurer whom I re spect, out I am indignant that his friends of tlje press and of the stump should resort to misrepresentations and abuse itt order to injure his competitor, a man who as a public officer not only turned into the state of Minnesota all that was due, but compelled others to restdre to the people hundreds of thous ands of dollars of which they had been robbed. Any officer can "drift with the tide and draw his salary" it takes a man of courage and a high sense of public duty to do what &. T. Johnson did When he Was on guard over the pub lic funds of the state. I believe he if 'entitled to a square deal. Wm. Regan. Supports~ Dr".Jordan."~~ To the Editor of The Journal. I desire to correct an implication that would naturally be drawn from an edi torial in The Journal this evening, that other candidates for the school board not mentioned in your article are unfriendly to Dr. Jordan. Speaking for myself, I have the utmost goodwill toward Dr. Jordan, and believe he has done a splendid work in bringing our schools to their present high standing. I am heartily in favor of continuing Dr. Jordan in his present' position, and believe that he should be givm the op portunity to carry out his plans for in creasing the efficiency of our educa tional system. I trust the above will correct any misunderstanding that may have exist ed as to my positibn in this matter. -^-Louise Keye*. Sept. 15. A Bouquet. To the Editor of The JonroaL Now that the big fair is over and the great city has settled back to its nor mal condition I cannot refrain from "handing Minneapolis one more bouquet. This in behalf of J. L. Heywood Post of this city. Many of us^ have attended the an nual" National"" Encampment of the G. A. R. in th large cities of the coun try and it is the unanimous sentiment that your city gave us the best enter tainment, by all odds. There was evidence on all -sides of a model city administration, and it occurs to me that your excellent mayor la entitled to some of the credit. He is the sort of a man that ihe Grand Army boys like. A man who does things. It is to be hoped that Minneapolis will take no backward step. Don't fail to renominate Mayor Jones next Tuesday! D. F. Kelley, A. D. C. Dept. Minn. Northfield, Sept. 14, 1906. The Sinnard Letter.' To the Editor Of The Journal. The article in Saturday's Jour nal regarding the- Kinnard letter is misleading. "Mr. Hall has not sent out a single copy of that Burehard-like epistle nor assumed to be a class Candi date. He simply called,the attention of liis labor friends and clients to the letter and they did*the Test" as the veriest politicayiunemifait know they naturally would do aft# reading it. .It singled out iJJCt Hall as the target of the opposition,. Of the Cjtuens* Alli ance because of tois supposed favorable ness for justice labor. he is placed in the attitude^pf a labor, candidate it is because the alliance ot those assum ing to act for ft so characterized him. presumably byv^reasoii of -his having served so many^'^borr'erganijSations in a professional^psTelty. .It it not his act or move. Thousands-'of copies of the letter have been sent oat by the labor leaders in order that it may speak for itself. Let it do so. -Homer Morrif* I rr i -'i ISP t*fe