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Senator Fairbanks'Speeoli.
Following the commendable custom of
.baying some man of national fame and
(distinction deliver an address at the open
ing of the Minnesota state fair, Senator
jCharles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana was
chosen to make the address this. year:
Senator Fairbanks* address will b e 'found
[elsewhere to-day, and those who read it
jwlll pronounce it an able, well-balanced,
dignified deliveranceone calculated to
jmake a deep impression on its auditors
'and turn their attention to those weighty
(problems which, must be the common con
jeern of all men in a republic, if that re
public is to realize its possibilities.
On such occasions as the present, the
jepeaker must necessarily steer a careful
'course lest he be accused of partisanship
lor impropriety. This necessity prevents, of
Icourse, that emphasis which so often is the
'main strength of public addresses. Yet
[Senator Fairbanks took a strong position
(regarding the economic problems of the
4I
..
Say, and one that -will command public
Sympathy in this part of the country,
[where we have long since got over the
idea that the great combinations of capi
ital can b e safely permitted t o run their
bourse and create their own reasonable
limitations.
Of course, as chairman of the American
Wide of the high, joint commission, It was
(expected that Senator Fairbanks would
(have something to say with reference to
k-eciprocity with Canada. Here his of-ports,
jficial position interposed obstacles to free
Lspeech, but he said enough to indicate that
be appreciates the wisdom olf. bettering
(the tariff relations between the two coun
jtries, his words on this subject being:
i And the United States and Canada
jshould dwell in international good fellow
ship. They must work out their destiny
tide b y side. Their peoples are largely of
She same blood, with kindred aspirations,
frheyowe allegiance to different flags, yet
their lines of commerce cross and recross
la common frontier. The people of the
two countries are at many points brought
into continual contact, and their social and
^commercial interests tend to ever closer
relations. We indulge .the confident hope
that they may find mutual strength in the
cultivation of more intimate commercial
and social intercourse
The
twohmightiest flagsnorthern
upon
palut e eac other on our border
[For their defense vast armies and power
ful fleets would be assembled. Let us hope
[that there will never be need of fortifica
tions upon the land frontier nor of formi
dable fleets upon the great lakes* to pro
tect them against each other.
I Senator Fairbanks probably understands
that there Is no better guarantee of peace
between national neighbors than mutually
profitable and satisfactory trade. Reci
procity will give us that relation with
Canada, and, therefore, enduring peace. .
I Typical Minnesota fair weather greeted
jthe opening of fair week. Thousands will
Stake It a s a sign of a grand week, and
jfa.ll weather auspicious to farming opera
tons. [ A Fair Trial for Maoaroni Wheat.
j The Commercial West fears that The
bournal is making a grievous error in
Iflevotrag so much attention to macaroni
[wheat. T h e J 6 u r n a l's interest in
macaroni wheat has-always been based
jtehiefly upon its apparent suitability to the
jeemi-arid belt. Minneapolis Is not so far
Isxway from that region as to be without
(interest in any discovery that promises
tto provide It with a reliable cereal.
I To make a reliable agricultural country
f a vast extent of territory that is now
arlable, producing abundantly of hard
pring wheat one season and having no
rop the next, is,in effect to broaden the
ea tributary -|o this city. ^
In fact, the Introduction of crops that
fwill flourish on the minimum rainfall of
[the semi-arid region is of more Import
ance to Minneapolis and the middle north
west than irrigation.
i Of oourse, The Journalls not with
out Interest in developments that tend to
Uhow that the adaptability of macaroni
wheat to the uses of ordinary spring wheat
ds much greater than* it was supposed to
be. The more nearly it is found to ap
proach spring -wheat in utility, the more
ivaluable it will be to the region that may
pave to raise it, if it raises any wheat,
I If macaroni has, perchance, the qual
ities that will make it a rival In produc
tion and general use for spring wheat,
(neither The Journal nor the Com
mercial West nor any other medium of
(discussion can alter the oonsequences.
fThe new -wheat has been Introduced, it
is bound to have a trial on its merits, and
lis entitled to It. It Will then take its
iproper place among northwestern and
(western crops. It will never supersede
spring wheat wherever the latter la a
reasonably sure crop, unless It has the
qualities which entitle it to supersession,
and if that be the case, no one can rea
sonably object. The Commercial West
advances some apparently sound reasons
fas to why macaroni wheat must necessar
ily be an inferior milling wheat. If those
reasons are as good as they seem td be,
there is no reason to fear that maoaroni
fpvlll interfere with/spring wheat produc
tion except on lands to which it is natur-.
felly better adapted than spring wheat.-/-
Because there have been various erofir
{crazes or manias in the past, it does not
follow that maoaroni is to be merely a
farmer's fad. . It "is now/on trial. Time
Will ten. '**- '-" *
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t If Mo-ftana game "wardens are' iai'hbt-
' fcfter all violators of the game?
i lhat state as they were zealous in arrest
fj bg Ralph Pulitzer, son of the publisher oT
'' IM Hfew, York World,_.Jth game.of.that
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MONDAY EVENING, f
state has a fair prospeot Cor perpetuation.
But possibly Mr. Pulitzer is made1"
fer because he bears a great name. In
such oases the advertising the official gets
out of law' - enforcement Is worth some
thing. There is no fame in arresting Tom,
Dick, and Harry, especially if they be the
game warden** neighbors. - - - - -
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Delivered by Carrier. v. A London cable announces the. arrival
there of the American members of
Alaska boundary commission, the Cana
dian members having already arrived. The
Canadian case will be set before the court
by Edward Blake, a distinguished Cana
dian liberal and former leader of that'
party in, the Dominion parliament and a
member now of the privy council repre
senting Canadian Interests in England.
On our side Seoretary Root and ex-SeC-
Offloe,Bundta*. 1 Tribun e
,W. W. JEBMANB,
Eepratientatiia. ^fe?^uW
AN INVITATION la extended to all to visit
the Press Boom, which Is the finest In the west.
The battery of presses consists of three ronr-decli
Goas Presses, with a total capacity of 1*4.000
eight-page Journals an hour, printed, foiaca
and counted. The best time to call Is from 8:19
to 4:80 p. m. Inquire at the buslneaa offloeana
retary of State Foster, Hannls Taylor and
Judge J. M. Dickinson appear, Colonel Fos
ter having had a large and important dip
lomatic experience, and being expert in
the investigation of difficult questions.
Our representatives follow the clear and
explicit text of the Anglo-Russian treaty
of 1825 defining the boundary between the
Russian territory on this oontinent and
British North America, reinforced b y the
treaty of 1867 by which Russia transferred
Alaska to the United States, the same
boundary line, being set forth as In the
treaty of 1826, The treaty provides "that
from a certain point a t 5 6 degrees north,
latitude, the line shall follow the crest of
the mountains running parallel to theever,
coast as far as the point of intersection
with the 141st degree of west longitude.
As there is no regular and continuous
mountain chain, the treaty-makers en
tered the proviso in Article IV. that, where
the-crest of the mountains is more than
ten leagues from the shore, the line shall
follow and be parallel to the sinuosities
of the coast, but never more than ten
marine leagues or thirty miles from it.
Obviously, the Canadian claim that the
line follows the coast of the main ocean
and not the shores of the numerous in
dentations is erroneous and contradictory
of the treaty, -which orders the line t o
stand at thirty miles back of the sinuosi
ties of the coast.
An important'feature of the Canadian
claim Is that assumption that the impor
tant Lynn canal, upon which the towns of
Skagway and Dyea are located, is only a
bit of territorial water and not an arm of
the sea, and that -the boundary runs
straight across the entrance from headland
to headland, and that the waters and sea
with all their improvements, should
be surrendered to Canada. The Canadians
seem t o overlook the fact that, even If
this claim were granted, they could not
get from Dyea.and Skagway to the main
ocean unless we permitted them. They
would be shut off from access to the sea
because the lower thirty miles of Lynn
canal would be American territorial wat
ers. The chief aim of Canada is to get
the Lynn canal.
A curious contention of the Canadians
is that the American claim, based upon the
wording of two treaties, is contrary to
and Inconsistent with "the improved in
ternational morality," and therefore it is
'illegal." They-,elaim that the old Chil
cat Indians of the lower Alaskan coast re
l^wewrth.
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might to posses^ two important seaports
which she did not build, and an important
railway in whose construction she had no
part, using arguments which would dis
grace the .arena of a country magistrate's
court, and making claims as to matters
Icing ago adjudicated. Surely, Great Brit
ain, who appears in behalf of her ward in
this Alaskan boundary- case, must laugh
in her capacious sleeve at the Canadian
plea in behalf of the strict observance of
"improved international morality." The
whole Canadian contention had its origin
of recent date among land and mining
speculators who -would profit b y Canada's.
ownership of the short cut to the British
gold region about the upper waters of the
Yukon river.
The Associated Press' London corre
spondent has learned that the whole Alas
kan frontier controversy hinges "upon
Canada's effort to acquire an outlet to
the sea." This Is pretty swift Journalism
for London..
to suf-
Canada's Alaska Contention.
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. Narrow Roadways.
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All, readers of The Journal inter
ested in municipal affairs, and that ought
to include all of them who live in cities
or villages, found much food for thought
in Mr. E. J. Phelps' admirable article in
Saturday's Issue summing up the argu
ments in favor of paved roadways adapted
in width to the pressure of traffic.
Mr. Phelps makes out a good, in fact
an unassailable, case for a 24-foot road
way for Minneapolis' residence streets,
ieaving the difference between that and
present roadway widths for boulevards.
The wide roadways are unnecessary out
side of the business district and are, in
deed, a nuisance. The narrowing of the
present roadways in no way Interferes
with business growth, for if at any time
a street changes its character from that
of a residence to a business thorofare, it
is an easy matter to restore the boulevard
reservations to pavement. The city does
not give up any portion of the street In
narrowing the roadway. It simply devotes
a part of It to another purpose than the
accommodation of vehicles. This is not a
question: of narrower streets, as Mr.
Phelps. points out, but of narrower road
ways. The handsomest sort of street is
a wide one with a roadway ne wider than
the traffic actually requires. .^^^.^ .J,
Minneapolis ought to adopt a regular
program of narrow pavements In residence
districts. Narrow paving means more
paving. The same appropriation
will, as Mr. Phelps showed, go much far
ther With a narrow than with, ar
roadway. In effect that means that the
taxpayers will get more for their money.
The New York. Financial. Age is severe
In Its criticism upon the lack of public
supervision of a certain class of banks in
Minnesota. If. the state undertakes to
regulate banking at all, it ought to make
a thoro job of it, and permit no institution
to do a banking business unless .under
state or national regulation. It seems that
the public examiner .has no. control over
the private banks, half a dozen of which
have recently failed in this state thru the
dishonesty, of erwners, or employes* Mia-
laWs of
v
thebe
fct-tneY Interior
V
THE. &HJWBAP@JIS JOUKtfAIi-
nesota's stats bank laws are good and well
administered. Banks which are riot at"
present amenable,to its provisions should
be compelled' to 'conform or.... go out of
business.
A Kansas.City paper remarks, ,that the
corn erop has been ruined several times
this year. The same remark is applicable
to the spring-wheat crop. Many farmers
who have .had' several ruins- thiscyear
would, if they had beeri inclined to wagers,"
in the predicament of the South Dakota
man who bet that his wheat would not go
ten bushels to the acre, and must now eat
his shoes because it went seventeen.
AT THE THEATERS
Bijou"In Old Kentucky." '
"Queen Bess," the favorite, won the
Ashland Oaks, on the Bijou track, yes
terday, in a driving finish and after she
had been pocketed at the three-quarters
and apparently put out of the running.
The mare carried considerable money and
her victory was a popular one. Several
of the "bookies" were hit rather hard
and Horace Holton, -who had given odds
against the Layson entry, must have lost
a small fortune on the result. Back of
the mare's win, there is a pretty and ro^
mantio story involving her owner and a
young woman, who is now a visitor at
Woodlawn, Laysem's country home.
This young woman Is from the moun
tain country and Mr. Layson met her
when- he visited that section earlier in
the season. She was the belle of thhardly e
district, and. Oddly enough, Frank-Lay-:
son. who has been the despair, of. that
mateh-maklng mamas for several years*
succumbed at once to her charms. How
the mountain maiden had other ad-'
mirers, and one of them, a moonshiner,
named Joe Lorey, forced a quarrel upon
the race-horse man and would, lit is said,
have killed him had not the girl come
to the rescue. Stories of the meeting
differ, but all admit that the girl saved
her lover's life.
Then Layson returned to his, home,
Shortly afterwards Maid Madge pt the
mountains appeared upon the scene. The
stables at Woodlawn caught fire, the blaze
evidently being the -work of an incen
diary, and Queen Bess would undoubtedly
have been burned to death had not the
girl rushed into the burning barn and
heroically led the high-strung mare to
safety.
This, however, was not all. Two hours
before yesterday's race, -word -was brought
to Mr. Layson that his jockey was drunk
and would be unable to ride. Atfirsthekind,
considered scratching the entry, but final
ly Colonel Sandusky Doolittle, the well
known turfman, secured a boy who,-he
said, had been highly recommended to
him, and Layson agreed to. send Queen
Bess to the post.
After the race had been won and the
jockey had weighed out, it was discov
ered that the "boy" was no other than
the little mountaineer who-had twice be
fore come to Layson's aid in time of need. -
The last ohapter of this story of saddle
and sentiment comes in the shape of an
announcement that Layson and his ps.eu
do-jockey will be married just as soon as
the grand circuit closes.
All of which is merely preliminary to
the statement that Jacob Llt,t,s, "In Old
Kentucky", has returned to the' Bijou for
its eleventh annual visit..'The pla# has
lost none of its power to please^ and it .4s
certain to do the usual big business. Miss
Bessie Barriscale is one of the daintiest
and most charming Madges eyejpijjpeen^
The others are eminently satisfactory,
and the pickaninnies are great, altho most
of them are something too old,.now, to
come under that designation.
Melodramas come and igo, having out
lived their popularity, but "In Old Ken
tucky", continues, season after season, and
the public seems never* to^tfre of seeing
i. - .The reasonsit is cleaifc Valid-whole*
some, contains A lair amount apt f sensa-::
tjonallsm, and tells a highly "mterestlng
story in a thoroly enjoyable manner.'- ?r
J. S. Lawrence.
tr | be g hav e acces to tidewater* and Russia maintained sucgh
"immorality" to keep her British neighbors
from the sea and the Americans forfeit
recognition by following the Russian ex
ample. It may well be asked if Canada
thinks she is following "improved interna
tional morality" by laboring with all her
A. N. Dare, state expert printer, pomes
out for Bob Dunn in a column leader in
the Elk. River Starvews. lie' declares
that Bob is "a) ^Minnesota Roosevelt in
streniicblty, aggressive and outspoken with
hls'epinions is under no obligations to'cor
porations, railroads, or interests inimical
to those of the common people." Dare has
always been, a stauncli^Dunn man, and
Dunn-has reciprocated by ^helping him to
be elected speaker .of the Souse, support
ing him 'for - Tailroad comrnissioner, and
finally helping him to his present position.
The state printer takes, a sanguine view
of Dunn's chahces^ahd says:^
"Some of his friends are-so sanguine as
to predict that, the' preliminary^ contest
will be all over before January, and that
all opposition to. hisvAomirtetion will have
been abandoned an,d, that he .will be-the
unanimous choice off the republicans for
governor and while this is putting it
pretty strong, it seems-quite safe at this
time to predict, that he will win out in
the contest withi flying colors.- Mr. liunn
Is a comparatively
Foyer Chat. .
"Way Down East" opened at the Met
ropolitan last night and a large audience
was present to greet the familiar charac
ters in this successful picture of rural
New England life. A review of the play
-will be given i n this column to-morrow.
The locale of the story of Chautioey 01-
cott's new play, "Terence,',' wjiich is toas.the
be the attraction at the Metropolitan for
the week ' commencing next Sunday, is
Ireland at the present day, and the cos
tuming is modern, a departure in Irish
comedy drama. The company includes
Adelaide Kelm, Augustus C6ok and Matt
B . Snyder. Four new songs, "The Girl
I Used to Know," "Tick, Tack Toe,"
"Sonny Boy," and "My Own Dear Irish
Queen" will be sung by Mr. Olcott.
The Lyceum was packed again last
evening with an audience which seemed to
enjoy the Ferris Stock company's clever
production of "Trilby." A review of the
play will appear in this column to-morrow.
Following "Trilby" at the Lyceum, the
company will be seen in "The Sporting
Duchess.-'
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
MARKET PRICE O F MACARONI.
To the Editor of The Journal:
As you are printing both sides of the
controversy on macaroni wheat, why don't
you quote the market price on it, as we
are interested somewhat in that kind of.
wheat and are trying to get some of it
for macaroni?
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THE ROOT OF THE EVIL
. *-:!. Preston Times.
There is considerable sinoke-In the VH~
rection of Indian Territory and If proper
investigation is made it would not be
surprising if scandals like unto those in
the postofflce department were developed.
The trouble is that persons holding office
are too prone to look upon public office
as a private snap. Not content with good
w^ages and short hours they immediately
begin to loog around for a chance to make
a "little on the.side." Opportunities are
not lacking and in a short time, like the
hogs that they are, they have their snoot
into the public treasury clear up to the
ears.
MIGHT GO DOWN THE LINE
Taylors Falls Journal.
The. state labor commission thinks the
next legislature should provide against
drug, clerks working over time. While
they are at it, why not make the same
provision for farmers, railroad men re
porters, butchers and other occupations,
where work is required at nearly all hours
of the twenty-four. Some men are bet
ter off at work than idle.
FRONT RANK OF NEWSPAPERS .
wide
'. /V Battle Lake Review.
treaty conies up for ratification in Novem-
v.pqor man and will
have to make a poor man's campaign, but
the people are with him, and that, is touch
better than a big barrel o| b^oodle.'f * '
According to th^ New Fayriesville Press,
Mr. Dunn has announced that "George A.
Flinn, 414 Pioneer Press-building, gt. Paul,
is looking after my interests politically."
Mr. Flinn was land clerk
of Dunn's service as auditor, and one of
his closest frlendsi He is an old news
paper man, thoroly familiar with the poll
tics of the state, and the ex-auditor could
and a: better manager.
v '"'*'' 'J'&?^ ''~*-S. '''- '!- "'I'** -- 'H '" '...
Speaking of the Faribault Journal's Van
SaMt--S.owxy story^wbicttTwag. meAled all
oyer, the state* thelButfalo Journal eays:
"That-sort-of political'rot may win, but
it is very doubtful.-. To all appearances
Governor Van Sant is attending to his
own business, bu if his enemies keep up
that sort of goading It would be only hu
man for him to get his feutch up and go
after them. There are men who would pre
fer to. see Van Sant step out and-retire
on his record, but #iese'unfair attacks
may change that opinion if kept^up."
"The New" Piyrie&ville* - Preslr sizes 'up
the outlook in'=the.south .i n this ,-stjfle:
"One does not have to keep Ms political
ear very closo to the ground these days
to discover that A. F. Foster is preparing
to give Congressman Buckmari the.battle,
of his life next year. It. is said that Mr.
Foster has friends at work in almost every
precinct in the district, and in all cases
his agents are of the qtiiet, easy-going
difficult to locate rbut whose influ
ence is always felt in the political affairs
of every community. Mr. Budkman has
an almost perfect organization among the
old politicians of the entire district, which
would be invincible under -.former condi
tions, but the defeat of toiing In
seventh and the - scare given Buckman
last year, when he had? only thirty votes
to the good, were sufficient to Show that
organizations of politicians don't count in
a primary election.,? ,
Julius Schmahl, who^ supported Young
for congress laBt.^ea*. .Commends Con
gressman Volstead^ in.fhis .Redwood Ga
zette fdr appointing Mrs. Viola Long, the
widow of George 'M, Tkmgi late postmas
ter at Walnut. .Grove, to, the vacant place.
This is regarded as a'magrianimpus act,
^incie Mr. Long favored'Tbung last fall at
the primaries - ':TtOv,
t
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The Faribault ^UpWreorganlzation dem
ocrat, says --- '-'- ^*./:!r"\ ''"
"The Pilo^.^sbme^imie ago, named Mil
waukee as the, proper city in which to
hold ' the democratic "national convention
next year. The rpittzens pf Milwaukee are
a quiet,, conservative, people. A national
convention takes ira'fplritr
ion. IaxgSltf ifr^mirtBalleityHIh"which
held. ^The-next, natfenal-'demoqratio con-
s^bi^rtliiprifor^i ii$oil& be/MQ^ irf
? f hfS^o? tm#^f the^-
Uia^:De,ej & ln^agrles^
fffl" tfPF7
.chaige'a^n .the, - predict .which, made that
city so Justly famous. F
: The Morals .Sun editor-- starts a guber
natorial boom fjs *i| ofhi predecssors,\
"E. W. Randall) now the successful secre
tary of the State Aricultural society. Mr.
Randall inight be fijduced to aocept the
office 'if elected v&tft h^ Is too busy to
talk about It until, a^^er. the fair.
The Sibley Indepjen&enfc.urges John Lind
most availably man.fop the democ-
racy as a presidential candidate next
year. Of courser am* congressman is in
eligible ior .the presidency, having been
born across the Dorid, but it would prob
ably' do ho harm to nominate him/ He
might as" well carry the banner against
Roosevelt a s anybody.
G. B. Wollan of Glehwood, second as
sistant, secretary of the senate, and editor
of the new Glenwoojd Gopher, was in: town
Saturday., He is an enthusiastic support
er of Frank M. Eddy for governor, and
says that Glenwood people firmly believe
Eddy is going to win. , Eddy is in the fight
to stay. . , , , . -
e Sueur City Millery "
Le'Sueur, Minn., Aug. 27.
On the market page of Saturday's
Journal two cars of macaroni wheat were
recorded as having been sold for 64 cents
a bustiel. The prevailing price is 20 cents
under No. 1 northern.Editor Journal.
plaint against him, and declared that her*
was out to "do" the Minneapolis manu
facturers. When Senator Lord held up
his confirmation on complaints from
Dodget counjy,
%3 ?
, A writer in the Literary World,' discus
sing the spoken English of our school chil
dren, says the public schools "turn into
the world, every year, thousands of chil
dren who have no idea, at least, no prac
tice, of the correctly spoken English lan
guage many boys and girls are. able to
write withjnoderate ease and fair accur
acy, but'not one out of ten can speak -with
even an approach to correctness." He
gives some examples of the out-of-school
room English which, it must be admitted,
are not.exaggerated. The defect,. appar
ently in the system is the inability to im
press upon the chUdren- of the schools the
importance and the necessity of carrying
the best English acquired in the school
room into the street and Into the home.
The idea of the children seems to bewas
that it is perfectly legitimate to drop cor
rect English as soon as they get out of
a school building, and talk "pidgin" Eng
lish, if thoy have a mind to.
In making such breaks, however, the
children are doing "exactly what many of
their elders do who ought t o know better.
There are lawyers, judges, clergymen and
others who guard their English when
speaking in public, but who are guilty of
most abominable lapses when off dress
parade, arid show no, loyalty to grammar.
Perhaps, if these mature, sinners would be
conscientious users ol English and set a
better example, the youngsters would do
better. ,,.._..,.
daring tie whole
bred' a big scandal and Marie Antoinette,"'
whom the French people did not love, was
falsely charged with participation in the
business. There is much matter of inter
est in the story about Marie Antoinette,
and her beauty and admirable traits are
well described. The fair Austrian princess
deserved, a better fate than the knife of
the relentless guillotine.
THE FAILTTBE OF JESTTS AND HIB TErUMPH.
Bed Wing-: The Argus-Press. Price $1".
This anonymous volume by a Minne
sota writer is one of the many attempts
of who, imagine they have discov
d universal truth, and newly solved the
mystery of life and have disposed of all
theerepeople
previous attempts to do so and have even
..vt..c . .
rendered the Christian scriptures entirely
obsolete, to impose their Views upon their
fellow men. They are usually extremely
Intolerant and the author of this boqk is
no exception as he developes a very vigor
ous* enmity to what he calls "orthodoxy"
and has small charity"'toward those dif
fering 'from him.. 'Apparently magnifying
Christ, as a savior, he robs him of hisof
distinct claims to. divinity and minimizes
him to the level of humanity, arguing the
potentiality of all humanity to attain
like thaumaturglcal power. The -author'
does not seent to know that be is follow
ing the beaten track of assailants _ of
Christian doctrine from Celsus to the
brilliant Renari and his successors who
haVe unsuccessfully stormed the ci.tadel
of trut^. which Paul and' thousands. tof
Other .logical and brainy men have thru
the ages defended with signal ability. The
author' of this b6ok has evidently been
Imbibing the Hegelian philosophy. Hfs
extreme .pantheistic postulate/oii pagef J8J5
and complex-
Ti* is*
?
v J 'tory- jneH&uia give us something creepy/ ' Taeiseowas a soramWe.tPc WM- w^^i ! ^ifteerir6Jrr^eh,ty/ meittratted after the
ivin g in freight better than t,h ^!hris+iTi rBiio-!r.n. the disputants, and various comments fleeing fighters. And' they were sore.
from.. Vaiou% people-. - -:
better than the /Christia n religion
* "'- THE MAGAZINES
* ^he World's Work (New York: Double*
day, - Page & -Co.) for September 1s an"
extraordinarily interesting number."
Mr./Eugene Lyle's illustrated papier on
* 'The Ariierican Influence In Mexico" is a
perspicuous and,, valuable sketch of
actionary and revolution-ridden Mexico,
under Ani^ridanvinfluence which inspired
Porflnp DlaiE/to(..m.ake the investment of
outside capital in his country safe and
profitable.. Diaz-, as Mr. Lyle says, is
Mexico's Only real liberator. He
made Mexico a modern' nation8
Ariierican influence. '.'- Valuable, too, is thenow
paper on. "Thirty Years ,of Italian Prog-
ress," in which it is shown that Kalian
unity is stronger than it. was ten years
ago, and that ^pessimistic statements fre
quently "appearing are largely without
foundation, as, notwithstanding great mis
takes have been made. * Italy Is indus
triously expanding, fighting ignorance and
crime with widespread educational facili
ties for the people, and abolishing the
slum and actualizing the best sanitary
principles. The transformation of. Italy
is shown to have been relatively greater
t
When the members of the Minnesota
house meet at thetstate"fair grburids to
morrow afternoon for their fall reunion,
there will be also present some disinter
ested friends of thevarious candidates for
governor! _ ..
The Red Lake Falls Courier says:
"G. S. Bramerd .the defaulting Mont
gomery banker, was a meember of Gov
ernor Van Sant's board of equalllzation.
Tho ostensibly hailing from tlje country"
he is In reality a Minneapolis lumberman.
and no doubt~4t was-a:'
than that of any other modern nation.
The making of big naval guns by our
government is interestingly described,
with illustrations, by Lieutenant-Com
mander Gleaves of our navy. Professor
Baker's illustrated paper on "The Model
Preparatory School" and Mr. Thompson's
comparison of railway , accidents in
America and Europe, making a
showing
n o
charge/was discrimination, against Dodge:
county arid in favor of Steele.
The New Prague Times is out in a rat
tling editorial, favoring Dunn for gov
ernor and Heatwole for senator. The
question arises, is the New Prague Times
on the inside, or is it not?
The Duluth News-Tribune is still hav
ing visions about the terrible: lumber bar
ons. Don't they raise a pretty fair article
of barons in Duluth?
Speaking of the objection to Frank
Eddy as .out of harmony with the new
capitol, the OrtonviUe^ Journal says.lt is
fortunate the interior finish is. riot to beCities,"
in mahogany. The fact is, the governor's
apartments are to-be finished in that very
wood, and it may be hard to find a candi
date for governor who will match it,, and
still be acceptable hi other ways.
Charles B. Cheney.
/ TABLES MAY BE TURNE D.
Grain Dealers* Journal.
Macaroni wheat is grown- in larger
quantity this year' than ever before. Un
der the encouragement of the agricultural
department it seems that .the acreage has
been greatly increased. So much so thfc-t
the chief inspector of Minnesota is mudh
alarmed by.Tfthe ^pr-os^ect-of having to,
grade a lot of cars -'rejected." In order
to place shippers on: their guard-he has'
Issued a notice, calling attention, -to ^the
necessity of cleaning elevator bins, hop-'
t
brie of the best dalles that arrives at
this office every morning, is the Minne
apolis Journal, which Is in the front rank
in point of. reliable news and market re
ports. There are dailies and dailies, but
The Journal loses none of its popularity.
- Des Moines Register arid Leader. *^'
Our sales to Cuba have fallen off over
$5,000,000 during the year past. Cuba can
buy elsewhere apparently- to as-good^ad
vantage, and Will continue to do so until
there is some inducement to 'trade"'with
us. Reciprocity, from being a matter of
sentiment, is likely to become a matte* of
business to the United States when the
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A MATTER OF BUSINESS"l#f
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pers and scales"' carefully, after handling
rice,- goose' or macaroni wheat, as wheat
containing such a mixture will in no case
be .graded better than ^rejected." If the
work of- the: agricultural department jre
sults in v the public preferring macaroni
Wheat,to--No, 1 northern, as is blalmed
twill be the result, the aforesaid inspector?!
rhay- 'find '-it-necessary to change His rule* -somes good short stories by F. Hopklnsoli
aft a to hiake the wrongly degraded-mac- Sntflth ("A Night Out") Beatrice Hans-
aro,nir-if?lflfat "rejected" only when mixed* cdfti ("The Flowering of the Elysian
Fields") Lucli/Gbjambmerlaln' (''At the
High Water") and Marguerite Merlngton
z-l * i'.^oj^dX^f~
: with:,jsome of the other varieties ' -The
tables have been turned In cases Of this
charasJ,eR0efbr^^w ^ggy-
A
rfo^r
part bf his^worklj ^^^
t^oo*,*ft^the .interest* *** fello^lS^renatnSlzel %%&&
izedi and Mr. Lewis' "Feats of Modern
Railroad Engineering' 'enhance the value
s'Ufferers in the luriiber business
Mr. Brainerd was appointed from the
fifth judicial district In 1902, and served
that year. As far as the lumbermen Were *' thie s splendid number,Monthly
concerned, they made loud and long com-
t
AUGUST-.29, 1903.
^
A'Minneapolis Dramatlo Event^
One of the most delightful literary and:
social events of the year was the Indian
dinner served at the residence of Mr and
Mrs. George B. Moses of Kenwood Fore
side,. Saturday evening last, to the mem
bers of the Split Infinitive club. Basket
covers were laid for seventeen or eighteen'
and hot dog with beadwork sauce was
served. The second course was friedattempt
buffalo robe. After the feast several
rounds of klllikinnick were smoked while
the club listened breathlessly to a most
entertaining paper b y Mr. Bromley o n
"The First White Child Born on the Site
of Chapman's. Grocery Store.'.' The paper
a. historical study of great. interest
and importance to Minneapolis illustrated
by daguerreotypes and photographs, the
former dating back to 1832.
The literary piece de resistence of the
evening* however, was the dramatization
in five acts of Hudson's Dictionary of
Minneapolis, read by the author. W e un-.
derstand that this play will soon be placed
on the stage in New York and will, if a
success, be tried in the proylnces this
"winter. There is a possibility that the
new Metropolitan may be opened with it.
The double role, comprising the charac
ter of Fathers Hennepin and 'Nicollet,
plays an important part .in the dramatiza
tion. Indian Sal, who sells to the gov
ernment for an Indian reservation the
land on which Minneapolis now stands, Is
also a striking figure. Eighteen white
men are scalped at First avenue S and
Eighteenth street in the first act, which
ends in the remarkable and' soul-thrilling
climax of the' defense of the Glass Block
against, pirates. The second act is made
up of the capture of the garbage crema
tory by hostile reds, and the carrying into
NEW BOOKS
TllE ' .DIAMOOT}:'.',^EbKLACE. By Frante
Fu^k-Bre'fltario. V, Philadelphia: J. B. Ilp
pincott Company. ' Translated by H". S. Ed
wards.
This is the story of the diamond neck
lace which Marie Antoinette, the queen of
Louis XVI., wanted, but did not get be
cause the king, curiously enough for him,
thought it would be extravagant to pay a
million and three-quarter lives for it. The
^necklace was fraudulently obtained by.
Mother parties who" represented that It was
'for'the (Jiieetv'atid the diamonds were sold
iri b.uric.hes'"h'ere " sCricl there.' The affair
captivity of Arthur Warnock. The climax
of the act Is his rescue by the Flambeau
club just as he is about to fool the In
.dians wbo want to., scalp him and burn
fyim at the porterhouse steak. ^ ,,.,
/ Thaplayr.is one of ttelUing mti:est from _ .,,.....
'HiaWaiha at theiirv suburban'ln 'fiome at"^na"i-and-eeniBli!eraos-raadd the'
Falls, the ^Discovery of Nicollet avenue by
R. F.Jones in pioneercostume and a grand
scalp dance performed by the grand jury
led by Mr. Clarke.
At the conclusion of the reading, thru
'start*toZflntehv Other xcitingscene re.-itlrH.th''7thieriso ^ign
the ^.osfe-Fete gen-by Mnfehaha
-which the club sat spellbound, a round of
applause was given. Everybody said
"How, How," and shook hands, and a very
enjoyable session broke up at midnight.
n
- " Casually Observed. -
Willard'Dillman and his Excelsior Rec
ord insist that. Excelsior is going to be a
winter resort, after this fall. That's right,
a whole -lot of -winter -win be found re
sorting there a little later.
The board of health of Chester, Pa.,
has ordered the chief health inspector of
that town to cut off his luxuriant whis
kers on the ground that the germs fly
around in them and build nests in the
branches, if the man values the bunch
whiskers highly he might have a little
d ^ Jt
Popula r Scienc e for Sep
emDe
r
.one,.was..more-pleased
than
y the ' luriibermen.'" Senator
contain* a notable paper, b y PTO-
lessor Wilder: of Smith college, on meth
ods of personal identification, as the
Bertillon, the Galtoft and the palm and sol
sLord' *
7 system , the latter being given speciae l
proyjiln'enpe/a$itd' elucidation. Mr. J^hri
Cotton DalnB contributes a deeply interest-,
in'g paper on "Some of the Extra-Artis'tlo
Elements of Esthetic Emotion," in which
he specially considers the esthetic effect
of pictures upon most people. There is a
paper o n Mary Hallock o n "l?ulse and
Rythm,' 'and Professor Stiles of Bellevue
hospital contributes an attractive discus
sion of theories of sleep and mos
quitoes and methods of exterminating
them are the subject of a paper by Pro
fessor Underwood of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. (New York:
The Science Press, Sub-station 84.)
. The Booklovers' Magazine (1323 Wal
nut street, Philadelphia) offers some very
good reading on. "Rulers of American
by Talcott Williams, with por
traits in tint of Carter Harrison, Seth
Low, Dick Croker, Tom Johnson and oth
ers. Mr. Hancock contributes an Illus
trated paper on the -work of Herman Sud
erman, the German novelist and dramatist,
with portrait and examples of his literary
work. In "The Gallery of Modern Art"
are some fine reproductions in color and
black and white frdm the art collection, of
Mr. Schemm, of Philadelphia, including
paintings of Jules Breton, Bouguereau,
Gereme. Thaulow, Knight, Schrever,
Grutzner and others. The reproductions
in color are especially fine. Mr. Jen
nings' "Snap Shot Experiences" embody
some excellent studies in photography,
and a distinctly valuable feature is T. B.
Browning's "A Modern Pilgrimage to
Canterbury,*' with most attractive views.
Captain Mott contributes an interesting
illustrated paper on "Work and .Play of
the Military Attaches." The captain is
military attache to the American embassy
at Paris. A notable paper Is "Some
Famous Judges," by Senator "Hoar of
Massachusetts, wihqC is- a fascinating
r
1 aconteur of personal reminiscences.
.-Edith Wharton begins the second part of
tiejF story, "Sanctuary," and there are
m
n(ectiv Page f
carbolic acid spray playing on them dur
ing business hours.
Carrie Nation is assailing the president.
Perhaps Carrie thinks the democratio
party would put prohibition In force. j
The Heron Lake News is fatally twisted'
on the state fair. It says that at the great
state fair Dan Fairbanks will make the'
opening address and Senator Patch will
to reduce his past record. The
senator will have to go some. *
fi.t.^'':'"'
- - Northe wera their tempers, as thesy
Both drunk,''' said one.
?
rerosa,"
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I'll bet the. little mail dan do him," in. the car and heard one of them say
said another'. "It's a trifle rough, but it payB."
Every one knows the meaning of "sub
whether acquainted with Latin or
not, but how. many are/fariiiliar with the
origin of the pet phrase?/-, says Victor
Smith, in the New-.York,Press. I
undehasployed r '
from an interior,
by some of the-heavy* swells along
the Highlands Of Fifth avenue that it is
the^ eujrtom/to .jpjtfmV, or Sculpture roses
on the celling./^bpve,, dining tables. I n
rooms where T little,or--big confidences are
exchanged. This-Is-a return to the an-
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''/fe--^"'':' .-- '-..- '': '-* -"" ."'. New York Tribune. - v '.:'-- --'.
An amusing story is told of Commodore ly turned about and addressed the chap-
John S. Chauncey, one of the "old sea
dogs" of the navy, while in command of
the-New York navy yard. One Sunday,
at the usual religious service of the men
on the training ship, the chaplain on duty
at the station read a notice before the
bluejacket congregation, closolng with "by
order of the bishop." The commodore
chanced to be passing within hearing as
the last words were uttered, and he quick-
, - -
, ., , CHABTEBING SPECIAL TBAINS
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saw two young men
A SAB OITTIiOOK FOR THE SFINDLESHANHS
ra efavorable'l
nf **,, ^,QT,,,, ,,..
Tn
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American Wool and Cotton Reporter.
Now tbat.JClngSdwar6t'ha set the fash
ion for knee breeches in futt. dress affairs
and Is being followed by many of bis sub
jects, it is likely that they will be resome
ceived ere long on this side of the Water.
They must, of course, be.made of black
silk or satin, and the effects resulting from
such a - dress will, to say the least, be.
somewhat curious. Those who favor the
innovation will be the well-built, athletio
*
the - United States, are.-- at-
HEE DATJGHTEE WAS INDELICATE
,.. 'rV . Philadelphia Ledger./^.'
A-cWiSitoinouveau riehe,.WQia
adelphla who bears the-reputations - efj a
Mrsi MaTT^rop and ^misuses"^her 'Ehglislii
With a fine disregard Of*"'the"proprieties,'
was staying with her daughter at an At
lantic City hotel. One evening while
seated on the hotel porch, she overheard
two young men, who were unaware of -her.
presence, discussing her daughter.
"" '' " ' New York Times ' " """"
"Special trains are becoming so fre
quent now that they attract Uttle atten
tion except they make record 'runs- for
long distances, or unless there is some
troubleMecilng payment f l^lm/* saraV
a veteran' railroad man. ''Ten years ago,'Ibiihfed-ior'
when I was,ajvision.Buperintenaent of one
of tb^, *i^trunk/llnes Trnnnlng out
rNeW York
ts%z~," -^y-'-'A^"'*^**
' ^/% M
When the wheat bull goes out and looks
at this weather he makes a noise like a '
ripe tomato. - , -
The Waconia Patriot's devil was puck-'
ered up and warped out of shape lajstl.]
week from cucumberitis. Boor devil.'ij, *' *-
The Adrian Democrat quotes some ex
cuses received by a school teacher from! J
parents. They are too good to let go to, ,
Miss Blank: Please excuse my Paul for
bing absent he is yet sick with Dipterry and dar
doctors don't tlak be wiU dlscorer to oblige bis \
loving aunt Mrs. . I am his mother's,
sister from the first husband. j 4
Dear Teacher: Please excuse Fritz for stay- f
lng home he had the measles to obUge his father.:
3. H .
Teacher: Please excuse Bachael for, being
away those two days her grandmother died
oblige her mother.
Miss: Frank could not come these three
wks because he bad the amonia and information
of the vowels.
Teacher: You must excuse my gkl for not
coming to school she was sick and lade In a
common dose state for three days.
A nice little vine-clad cottage: on thefj
slopes of Vesuvius may be ail right, butji
it might be well to run across the Medi- \
terranean into north Africa to sleep. The.J
volcano may be perfectly safe/ but it
seems to be meditating something. j
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HerB_and. tjjere we hear the wail Of the**
press that t'tftiere., -is . nothing ^jdjoing.quiet\i In jj j .
truth'"ythis-.TisSo a '^igav!rpj^ca/anid quiet |j I
v 9ijPe
a ce/aj
and-vgenlBli!epos*raa JwaJBs/bome fixer-M
sides, but "they"floristknoiMHJBS--4i6me w It'Why should 'J
we long for this excitement and change?- ]
The Spokogee Journal, in Indian terri- 'i
tory, voices the general complaint as fol--J
lows: '
Why don't somebody get bom, get married, or
die, or run off -with some other man's -wife, kiss
the hired girl, get drunk and shoot up the town,
kill one of the valuable town dogs, burn out,
some place of business so as to get the lnsnr- '
ance, or commit suicideor, in fact, do any J
goldurned old thing so as to Uren up mattersbe
metropolitan, the same as in cities, as else-where _
gosh! but this Is a dry old burg, no excitement
of any kindhasn't been a fist-to-skull encounter -
for so long that the boys have almost forgotten
the manly art of self-protection. Gee! but
this is getting to be a tame affair for the wild
and wooly -west! If we go on behaving in this
manner, what do you suppose our dear friends
in the elite east will think of such conduct out
here among the wilds of the great American
desert?
Yet after reading the above, it is, in
deed, a sad commentary on the decay
of the west when there Is more homicide
In Boston, Mass., than in Spokogee, I. T.
Is this an indication that Roosevelt may
be defeated? We trust not.
THEN THERE WAS ROOM
Brooklyn Eagle.
They stood on the corner and watched
several street cars go by, each one filled
to'its utmost' capacity.
Then .there was an altercation. No
one seemed to know Just what the
trouble was, but as a weU filled car .ap-?
proached they' were disputing and ges-
tlcWatlhg m a most exoited manner. Of
course sonie'.one ori'the" 6ar' .saw them
'^ghOSr^ ?^^n
llt(iXGjaimed
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beauty," added a "Sa y, but it'll b e
third.
The car was just passing as they grap
pled and went down together, and half
a minute later there were only two men
left on the rear platform and twelve
seats inside were vacant.
Then as the crowd reached the spot
two men got on their feet, and one- cried:
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THE MEANING OF "SO ROSA"
cient usage. The rose is the emblem of 1
silence. Cupid gave the flower to Harpoo- f
rates, the god of silence, to bribe him not )
to betray the amours of Venus. In the"!
Middle Ages a live rose was suspended "*
from the chandelier when friends talked
over secret matters, and sometimes was |
placed over the door, as a sign that what
ever was said must be kept sacred. The
learn- decorator-who . I s em
banquet-room ceiling of Haddon hall, of j
which we have heard a great deal, is t
deoorated with roses. .
lain thus: "By whose order, did you say?"
The chaplain politely.replled. "By order of,'
the bishop of this diocese." Without
stopping to Inquire as to the nature of the-
notice, Commodore Chauncey, appreciate
ing that it emanated from Borne othejr
source than his office, which Was enoughs,
for him to know, in a serious and com
manding tone said: "Well, the notice will
not be obeyed. I'll give you to understand
that I am the only bishop of thla diocese.*
THE CLOCKTHAT STRUCK TJESS THAN ONE
''- v ',-"'- Lipplncott's.
The head of the family, with his beloved "Pa?"
sweetbriar and his favorite magazine, had
settled back in the rocker for a quiet,
comfortable evening.
On the other side of an intervening table
was the miniature counterpart of himself,
the wrinkling of whose S-year-old fore
head indicated that he was mentally
wrestling with some perplexing problem.
After a while he looked toward his com
fort loving parent, and, with a hopeless
inflection, .asked:/
IIIHHWII
f
ra
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ai
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tl
to
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class, while those -who cry out most loudly
against Itthat they will not adopt such a j
ridiculous fashionwill have, no doubt, i
personal reasons for. not wanting to]
be seen in knee breeches. It will" not be j
the first fashion adopted that has made !
men look ridiculous, nor will it probably
be the last. King Edward la still the cri
terion of fashion In London. There is lit
tle question as to the style there, at least.
: "That^MtsB ^Blaftlt is-*, ^vwry- charming
gfrl,* * sai,d qri,P'\:'Do4't^6n tnmk so?"
T :**!?? "y?&
i&ZH
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i$&fi^tii:vh9. t a pity ,
she's so/deUcate '*///-./ i//^'-
This was too much for the mothers, who
prided herself on her daughter's good
health,
"Delicate!" she broke in "my daughter
delicate! Why. she's one of the most In
delicate girls I ever saw In my llfel"
i~~"
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"Yes, my son."
"C an the Lord make eiverythmgT** *
"Yes, my boy."
"Every everything."
"There is nothing, my son, that He can*
not-do."
"Papa, -could Ha make a cloak th&4
would strike less than one?" "
"Now, Johnny, go right up stairs tsy
your ma, and don't stop down here to an--
noy me when I'm reading."
, Johnny went and wondered still.
Mi
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ofportapj.A^.
v a' special trairi'^wU s an event
that never failed to get mention in the
newspapers. Statiohrijas^jf required am-,
pie notice to? get oneV iri readiness, and
there was a great deal of fuss making ar
4rangemente.e%iaJong .the-line^ At-an^ pf-Jauchihing^v
^7V
the big railroad terminals in any city nowr
% .man can get.a- special engine and car ..
^o .chase, a" flier almost as easy as he can-"
clieck his trunk. Only a few minutea' no*.
tice is.required, and righjt of way is ob-t
*B*6&ffii\nipty along the line
Witlioul noticeably ""disturbing schedule
runs. man who has to Tfeep an inv-,
wsine^, wigasement, or a woman.
IraYrylrig^to^a Sick husband, pays $100 or
double that sum for a special with as lit- :-
tie concern as paying a sulkp'et check In _
swell hotel. Wd live iri'^trapid and vx$i~
travagant age, and grow aoeustameA tM'
^li^
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