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JPABIB-Journal on flle~at Eagle bureau, 53 Rue Cambon. DENMARKJournal on~nle at U. S. Legation. BT. PATC OFFICE420~Endlcott building. Tele phone, N. W., Main 280. EAST SIDE OFFICECentral avenue and Sec ond street. Telephone. Main No. 9. IKLEPHONEJournal has private switchboard for both lines. Call No. 9 on either line and for department you wish to speak to. ^_call i The Koch Verdict. The New lm jury could not agree as to whether Dr. Koch is guilty or not. The division is said to have been nine for acquittal and three for conviction. While an equal number of men picked up on the street, who had read the evi dence and the judge's charge, might develop a like division of opinion, it is difficult to see how any one could reach I the conclusion that guilt had been established beyond a reasonable doubt. There is certainly much strong circum stantial evidence in support of the itheory of the state, but that it was 'strong enough to warrant a hanging jwe do not believe will find many sup porters among that large jury of news paper readers who have followed the evidence and who have had in the daily reports every fact of material impor tance, so thoroly has this case been (reported. Latterly nothing has provoked more comment than the attitude of the state toward the element of motive and the [instructions of the court on that point, 'if the facts ever come out, will prob 'ably be found to have influenced the result materially. While we are not disposed to criticise, in this connection, the view of the court with regard to the importance of establishing a mo tive, we are very much of the opinion that any average lurior left to himself would naturally look for an adequate motive, and, finding none the evi dence presented by the state, would be influenced strongly thereby in render ing his verdict. In other words, the 'why of such a deed is a very natural inquiry and not to be overlooked or too much subordinated in a legal investiga tion. New York is tunnel-mad. The con Btruction of a deep aqueduct tunnel from the Catskill mountains to New York city, a. distance of ninety-seven miles, to de liver 300,000,000 gallons of water daily New York city, has been recommended to Mayor McClellan by a special water commission. It was estimated that it would cost $500,000 a mile to dig the tun nel Yet it Is much better to spend the imoney this way than in blowing jour neighbor to pieces by big guns An Epiphany Salute. I The attempted explanation of the Careless leaving of a loaded cartridge |in a gun after target practice does not iconsist with the precise regulations of the Russian artillery the distinction be tween a saluting cartridge and a target practice cartridge is too well understood by officers and men. The czar may pro cess satisfaction with this explanation of the startling incident of yesterday, In order to remove suspicion from the i jfcrmy, but the indications are, and the if oreign correspondents in St. Petersburg seem to be agreed on that point, that the loaded cartridge was inserted by Ides.ign by a member of the artillery. It appears, also, that the elevation iof the particular gun from which that I'- {cartridge was fired, was a little lower jthan that of the other gunsanother (curious fact which calls for explanation. $ The prevailing opinion at St. Peters- HfJDurg and thruout Europe appears to be jthat a deliberate attempt was made at l.iassassination, which would not only de l^stroy the czar but wipe out the entire royal family. This is a very startling itheory, but there are facts which seem P, !to support it. The notion that the fir |ing of the shotted cartridge was purely [accidental and the result of nervous ness and general demoralization among the troops, such as has been manifested at the front, particularly in the firing iof Russian naval vessels upon other Rus sian vessels, and the night attack of the Baltic fleet upon the Hull fishermen, is not well supported. I is difficult to suppose the existence of such,a state of nervousness and demoralization among the home guard selected primarily for their coolness, experience and re liability. S I On the other hand, it is ^not reason able to suspect that there is any wide spread disaffection in the Russian army toward the czar. The czar, the aristocracy and the army ha ve always been the most cohesive elements in Eussia, the army being the always trust worthy dependence of the czar. A the game time, had the shotted shell fired info the Winter Palace on the festival of the Epiphany been effectual, and had the czar been killed, conditions in Russia today aresuch*that a revolu tion might have followed without much jl an interval. In spite of his adher ence to repressive measures and his recent turndown of the representatives of the people in their appeal for a more popular government, the czar is regard- t0& with veneration by the army and the Friday Evening, lower classes. With Nicholas HI., laid low and the object of their veneration removed, the conditions for the rise of the revolutionary spirit would hive been -Li ^a-j** 2j? stilnl more favorable-, x-, %*t The Indianapolis News suggests the Rev. Charles Wagner ..for the new French premier. A little simple life might give gay Paree some much-needed rest and sleep. A New Primary Plan. Representative H. A. Rider of Little Falls has introduced a bill extending the scope of the primary-election sys tem to the nomination of state officers. His bill does not do away with the state convention, but requires delegates to the convention to be chosen at the primary, at the same time that nomina tions are made for congress, for county officers and for the legislature. This principle seems sound, and if the primary is to be extended to state officers, it must be limited in some such way. The direct nomination of state officers by popular vote cannot be a practical method. It is certain to result in many candidates taki ng the field who have only local following, and hence there will be nominations made by a minority. If delegates are elected at the primary, the people will have a chance to express their choice on the main issue, the governorship, and if no candidate has a popular majority, the convention will arrive at a compro mise choice. With the primary system there will be no bolts and no packed caucuses, for there will be no local conventions. The Rider bill is lame in some de tails. I provides for the Selection of delegates by senatorial districts and allows four to each district. I the first place, the districts are not all of equal size. Most of the southern dis tricts are relatively small and are onlv allowed one representative in the lower house. Others are so large that th ey are giv en three and even four mem bers. The Rider bill would be less un equal if districts were allowed as many delegates, or twice as many delegates, as th ey have senators and representa tives in the legislature. This is pre cisely the scheme followed in appor tioning delegates for the national con ventions. Such a plan would still be open to objection, and it would be the same objection heard in national conventions, where the democratic states of the south are on equal footing with north ern republican states. Under the Rider bill Scott county, which cast 1,138 votes for Roosevelt at the last election, would have as .many delegates as Otter Tail, which cast 4,642, or Goodhue, which cast 4,562. The seventeenth legislative district, comprising Lincoln, Lyon and Yellow Medicine counties, and casting 5,664 votes for Roosevelt, would have no more delegates than Dodge county, which cast only 1,499. There is no reason why Minnesota should follow this unjust system of ap portionment. The Rider bill could be made just as effective, and entirely free from discrimination, if it con tinued the present system of apportion ing delegates. I can be amended to allow the selection of delegates by counties. The state committees of each pprty could fix the apportionment ac cording to the party vote. The motive of the plan in the Rider bill, grouping delegates by senatorial^ districts, is very evident. It is de signed to kill the influence of the larger counties in the state convention. It would result in seven delegates from Hennepin and five from Ramsey, ,and would make it impossible to unite either of the twin cities on a single candi date. This same device has been in troduced at previous sessions, but has been defeated by the strenuous pro test of the city delegations. The petitions to the council for the abolition of grade crossings, which were placed in stores and offices thruout the city with the request that they be mailed to The Journal office after signatures had been obtained, should be sent in to morrow. The persons in charge of this movement wish to get them together for presentation the first of next week. Some have been received from banks and the Chamber of Commerce, and these bear long lists of names of responsible citi zens, showing a very strong demand that this time this agitation be taken seri ously by the authorities and end in some thing more than talk. State Drainage. The present legislature will probably do something toward putting the drain age of state la^ds upon a more scientific basis than at* present. Two bills are in preparation which would have a ten dency to do this. The first is Mr. Cole 'a bill, which directs the drainage com mission to make a comprehensive sur vey of the state lands, with particular reference to those which need drain age. W do not see how any very per manent good can be accomplished with out such a survey.' A present the com mission is going at the work hit and miss, whereas, if it had a general view of the region laid down in maps before it, the larger or trunk ditches could be placed so as to drain the largest possible area with the smallest number of cross ditches. Such a survey need not delay the work, nor need it con sume much time or money. The second proposal is one to create a revolving fund from which drainage costs may be paid. The theory of this bill is that the state should put up a fund from which the expense of drain age shall be paid in the first instance, the sums advanced to be repaid out of assessments against the lands benefited. The theory of a revolving fund is all right, but in practice it sometimes does not perform its revolutions satisfac torily. The .revolving fund out of which permanent improvements are ad vanced in Minneapolis has had^ such an experience. I has largely disap peared. If the state establishes a re volving fund, it will be necessary to guard it so that its automatic provi sions will wdrk/ ^^.^^1* The state.can afford fjo*aaopW lib era! business policy in the drainage of that will so quickly and so surely add to the permanent- wealth of the state. There are remaining in the state about wo million acres of reclaimable lands,* which, when drained, will provide farms on which the finest crops in the world can be raised. Besides, the drawing off of the surplus waters will make access to one part of the state from another, which is now embarrassed by wide swamps, practicable. The cutting of little local ditches hardly meets the problem of making all northern Min nesota a homogeneous farming country. You can get anything you want out of a hand,-writlng expertexcept perhaps a |5 bill. A Last Opportunity. While few details of the vote have reached Minneapolis, on account ofT the "bum" car service, yet it seems to be assumed that "de Bob" Smith was defeated the voting for Unit ed States senator at St. Paul, the other day. W had hoped for better things, but it was not to be. The legislature could not rise to the occasion./ With a statesman of mature growth and all kinds of ex perience before them, the house and sen ate both voted for a comparatively un known man and passed de Bob'' over. This is the ingratitude of republics. What but blind partizanship could have induced the legislature to reject Bob and accept Mose? Bob's opinions are known, at least by proxy, while those of Moses are revealed only in con fidential letters to doubtful members. Mose is said by his friends to be lazy, while Bob is one of the most industrious men in Minnesota. Coming here a poor boy, with but one vote and one pair of socks, he has established an oligarchy over 20,000 voters and been holding of fice continually. has made such a record as a holder that we do not see why Mr. HilL did not make a holding company of him long ago. A a holder he should have preferred him to Moses, but it seems, he did not, and so Moses goes to Washington and Robert stays in St. Paul. Well, St. Paul is not so bad. There is much malaria in Washington and much antidote in St. Paul. Mr. Niedringhoss is still running neck and neck with Cockrell, whereas he wanted to go tandem. A Sure Profit. The man who went to the art depart ment at Dayton's and gave an order for $300 worth of pictures for the boys' training school at Red Wing, specified that his name should not be given to the public. It is, therefore, impossible to obtain credit for him from the public for this splendid act, but it is possible to call attention to the act in the hope that it may so commend itself to others that they may be inspired to similar deeds of philanthropy. There are other public institutions that need gifts of pictures and books and furnishings and supplies of various kinds quite as much as the state training school needs pic tures. The value of this gift, it is to be hoped, may consist not only of the uplifting influence of good pictures upon the boys at Red Wing, but in im parting a stimulus to some other indi vidual to meet the needs of the unfor tunate by the outreach of the helping hand. Of course, there is a lot of that every daymuch that is not "done before en to be seen of them''but there is occasion for so much more than is done that it is in order to make the most of all the encouragement and in centive that can be extracted from such an incident as this one. The mere fact that some one has thought so kindly of those boys in the training school as to send them fifty pictures will not be lost on them, nor will any similar service to humanity anywhere fail of its purpose. In the divine econ omy which is served by such deeds, failure of result is never permitted. Secretary Hay is very busy nowadays sending notes to the "powers," warn ing them against attempts upon the, in tegrity of the territory of China at the end of the war. Mr. Hay is getting back answers from the said powers with acknowledgement of receipt and con tents noted. Spelling reform sticks to The Minneapo lis Journal like bloodsuckers to a turtle, but it doesn't seem to stick to anybody else in this neighborhood.Duluth Herald. Oh, yes there are the teachers of the public schools and the National "Educa tional associationbut perhaps they dp not count with the Herald. state lands. There is no expenditure not against railroad rate regulation. I Governor a Toilette had so much trouble deciding to whom he should give the senatorship that he concluded to compromise by giving it to a Follette. The lieutenant governor and most of the people approve of this decision. The Minneapolis Journal has a depart ment headed "What Women Want to Know," It fills less than half a column. It's a lovely compliment or shot either way.New York Mail. Please take it as a compliment. An English labor leader who came across to look us over, has announced on his return that "Chicago is a pocket edi tion of hell." Even the Chicago people acknowledge that it ls a pretty warm town. Prices of votes in Colorado opened at $1, sagged at noon to 50 cents, and at 4 'clock were we ak at a quarter apiece. the time the polls closed, the state as dangerously near a free ballot. General Leonard Wood says that the Moros are better men than the few Amer icans who are there selling them bad rum. It will be difficult to get up an argument on this statement. The Catholic Standard and Times fears that the niilk of human kindness is adul terated, too. It certainly becomes so when everybody is "out to get" everybody else in business. Waycross, Ga., has been charging its one saloon $15,000 a year license. This year the license was raised to $30,000, Waycross is suspected of hostility to sa loons. W Los Angeles has decided that no, build ing hereafter shall be over eight stories high. It is certainly enough for any fireman to fall oft of. The Globe still maintains that it is MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL. is merely against anjf plan whereby it may be done. A new Chicago daily* paper promises to ignore murders and other- crimes. The local staff will be ablJ to loaf a good deal. The Russian artillery company that drew a bead on the czar with shrapnel have been invited to explain. i A exchange says^Wall street is be i ng drained. Look out for floods in New Jersey. 11, Spring is only eight weeks away. AT THE THEATERS company, with Peg Woffington as Rosa lind was playing "As You Like It" This piece of theatric audacity was the only novel feature of "Pretty Peggy,"lf?the K?ilLltn iiM f, if not pretty Peg. Inasmuch as it quite destroyed all dramatic illusion and sur prised without in the least impressing the audience, it utterly failed to redeem a tiresome and incoherent play. Frances Aymar Mathews, the author, has endeav ored to reproduce with historic correct ness four different moments in the mete oric career of the wondrous Woffington, ending hers collapse th winsomet i cess Sn Foyer Qhat. L. Don. the wellik&own German dia lect comedian, heads 4he cast of "A Girl from Dixie," the tuneful musical comedy which returns to the Metropolitan Thurs day night, Jan. 26. The delight of being mystified is exem plified each afternoon and -evening at the Orpheum this week, when Ching Foo produces rabbits, bowls of water and oth er unexpected articles from behind a briefly-waved rug. "The Female Detectives," with the Rus sell Brothers as stars, is drawing well at the Bijou this week. "Mrs Delaney of Newport," musical ex travaganza, comes to the Bijou next week. The Elinore sisters, well known as talented character comediennes, are the stars. Three more performances will be given at the Lyceum of "Land of the Midnight Sun," in which Dick Ferris and Florence Stone both appear Next week at the Lyceum the Ferris stock company will present Sol Smith Russell's quaint success, "A Poor Rela tion Pete Raymond, who strikingly re sembles the late Minneapolis comedian in person and: style, will appear as Noah "Vale. Judging from the rehearsal this morn ing, the amateur program which is to take the place of the regular second per formance tonight at the Unique theater, will be unusually interesting. GROVER'S BON MOT Once, In his second tern, Grover Cleve land was asked to speak in a certain town, and when he arrived at the station the NOT A "LITERARY FELLER" An agent for one of the popular maga zines went into the speaker's room one day and asked Speaker Cannon If he would contribute an article on some sub ject relating to national legislation. "I've about all I can do," responded Uncle Joe, "to hold down this jqb. I am trying hard and haven't much 'time for anything else. Besides, I am neither a literorium nor a journalist GOOD ADVICE FOR OUR FRIENDS 1 ml Iftik) WEALTHY Timothy VI. Charge them that are rich In this world, GOOD-HEARTED NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD MetropolitanJane Corcoran In "Pretty Peggy." The audience at the Metropolitan last night without its consent and entirely without remuneration was compelled to impersonate the role of an audience at the Drury Lane theater David Garrick's time. Altho rather stunned by being thus pressed into the service the audience gave little evidence of stage fright. As it as not familiar with its lines, certain mem bers of the company rushing down the aisles made a great outcry and took care of the "speaking parts" in the audience. David Garrick and one of his flames sat In one box and the Prince of Wales in the opposite one. On the stage John Rich's J-f "Mm~goout with some "country" friend Seri i 3 dealingw with Davi Garrick and the witty, THE UNEASY CHAIR The Gateway to Heaven on Earth: the Country Home.The gateway to heaven on earth, which is but a part of the heav en of heavens, is thru the home, and the home at its best is the country home. You will think so at least if you read E. P. Powell's The Country Home. Mr. Powell has been thru the experience of estab lishing such a home, has observed the way closely, is a good deal of a philosopher, and so is a good guide. The evidences In his book of the approach of the millenlum are summed up In the first chapter. Be hold this: "In Prance electric motors furnish pow er to domestic weavers for about $15 a year for each loom. In the city of Lyons alone, 600 looms for weaving have recent ly been installed in private homes. Industrialism, and not mere sentiment is working away from the cities country ward. W have practically a solution of the factory problemthe overcrowding of workmen, and especially women and chil dren, in huge buildings. Pub lie sentiment Is becoming enlightened, and the taste for country life is rising almost to enthusiasm." There Is enough in Itself to make the city-weary man take heart and set his face countryward. Setting his face so. and drive or walk over his place, taste his strawberries (when the season is here), look at his flowers, hear his pigs grunta and his hens cackle, and then, when I Pte chickens and other animals have nl be &nd whil"e speaking epilowithf "A You Lik It. Her love affair with Garrick is the thread upon which this is strung, but too close adher ence to history robs the effort of dramatic interest, and the climax is spoiled by the uncertainty in the minds of those unin formed of her history as to whether she dies or lives and marries Garrick. It Is conceivable tha Jane Corcoran under happier auspices might acnieve sue- a little body, re minding one of the wan Maude Adams In face and method. She has a charming Irish brogue and a pretty wit. But she is not equal to the expression of great emotion, as was demonstrated in her painful denunciation of Garrick after the exposure of his doubleness. And she is weighed down by a roJe in which it seems impossible to enlist sympathy or sustained interest. The company, aside from Andrew Rob son, who gives an acceptable imperson tion of Garrick, is crude and unfashioned. Most of its members have a habit of shouting their lines as from a mountain top. Arthur W. Bentley as Sir Charles Hanbury, was, perhaps, the most sten torian of the crew. Jennie Dunbar played the French woman who led the Inconstant David such a merry dance. She had a wonderful French accent which she used whenever she happened to think of it. On the other hand Katherine Fisher, who played Peggy's sister, was almost with out any traces of the brogue Peggy and her mother displayed. The last-named role was played by Ada Boshcll, who in vain strove to extract some comedy from it. The whole production is an example of misdirected energy. The management seems to have made an honest effort to put it on in good style, with a large com pany, accurate and effective costuming and proper scenery. But the play is a hopeless foundation for the superstruc ture. w. Chamberlain. stretc himael so he to rest na-e ture's vast insecot orchestrath(outsideby Mild Measles Spoils or Makes a Ro mance, Which?A case of measles, and a rather mild one, too, wrecked the bril liantly conceived plans of Wilhelm, the dissolute son of Count Darnsdorf of Saxe Cassell, who sought the hand of Princess Mina. According to the story told in The Custodian, bv Archibald Eyre, the princess had fled to Scotland to escape a suitor thrust upon her by Count Darns dorf and to find Wilhelm, whom she thought she loved The count gave chase and in England fell in with Oswald Chap man, a handsome young Oxford graduate of amazing honesty and extreme credul ity. The count was then suddenly re called, leaving Oswald to find the prin cess n.nd be the custodian of the honor of a duchy in which the princess was inter ested In some degree. wind was blowing a gale, sleet was driv- reminiscences and autobiography of An- ing and hailstones nearly as large as marbles were fiercely falling Of course the inevitable brass band was there, and at the sight of the president the perform ers struck up with all the strenuoslty at their command "That is the most realistic music I ever heard," remarked Cleveland. ''What are they trying to play?" asked Secretary Olney, who accompanied him. "Hail to the Chief" replied the presi dent with a cheerful smile that they be not high-minded nor trust Veed, provedI to be the case. The sur in uncertain riches, burin the living God Kansas City Journal. A New York specialist says that water drinking is bad for the'Tieart. That ex plains it. W have often wondered why Kentuckians, lows. '^S ONE THING IN COMMONj^l' %j i#a Washington Post. Colonel Bryan and his son-in-law havo made up. They probably met on the common ground, that neither of them cares imuch for Judge Parker. Dffctlv P9 In the strange maze of events that succeeded, Oswald bribed Wilhelm, who was desperately In need of funds, to marrv the princess' maid In waiting, and then proceeded to fall In love with her himself. With a stern sense of duty, how ever, he watched Wilhelm and the maid drive secretly to a Scotch minister's to be married. But the minister had the measles. But that Is only a part of the story. Surely measles would not have been al lowed to prevent a wedding, at any rate the measles of a minister, when minis ters are so plentiful, if there had hot been some high purpose to be accomplished. L. S. K. Henry Holt & Co., New York $1 50. siders his new novel theed strongest piece' of fiction he has The Stork In Germany.r-Hugo Brichsen in The Pilgrim for January, says: Ask a German Where the storks go when they leave the fatherland and he will reply "South!" That Is all he knows about it. But some years ago an American clergyman, temporarily residing at Berlin had an opportunity of deciding where these birds spend the colder part of the year. He enticed one of them into his garden, caught lt and placed a silver ring about its leg, on -nhlch was engraved "Berlin. 1888" The di vine, having observed the habits of the birds, took' it for granted that the stork would reoccupy its usual quarters upon its return in the spring, pri9 ot who glveth us richly all things to enjoy 'however, wben its members noticed that "their that they do good that they be rich in!stork" now wore two silver rings upon his* leg good works ready to distribute, willing' instead of one The bird was recaptured and to communicate laying up in store for behold' the old ring was back, again and ac- themselves a good foundation against the, comparing it another wnich read. time to come that they may lay hold of sitings to Berlin eternal life. January 20, 1905. of th screens, of course)let him do all this, and he will be forever a convert, and soon a resident of the country. In lieu of the visit to his friend's coun try place in January, let him sit down by his own fireside with Mr. Powell's book and read about selecting a home, grow ing a house, water supplies, lawns and shrubberies, orchards, strawberrres, happy animals, and a dozen other things. He will begin to see that a home in the coun try need not be beside a lake to be a thing of beauty and a joy forever, and furthermore that a home In 'the country is not beyond the reach of any man who will resolutely set himself to possess one. McClure, Phillips & Co., New York. A PRIMER OF LITERATURE. What is the literature of today? Fiction. How is Action divided? Into historical novels and nature books. What is a historical novel? One that shows no trace of history or of novelty. What is a nature book? A volume of misinformation about animals. Why are nature books popular just now? Because they are the fashion. Mention some recent nature books. "The lions of the Lord," "Pigs in Clo- ver," "The Octopus," "The Blue ioose" and "The Sea Wolf." What are the best selling books? Those which sell the best people. What ls a magazine? A small body of literature entirely sur rounded by advertisements. Wh 7 S ^aper^S Because it's so funny that anybody buys lt. What Is a critic? A critic la a man who writes about the books he doesn't like. What is poetry? Lftes of words ending with the same sound. What is a minor poet? A poet not yet 21 years of age. What is a major poet? There isn't any. What is a publisher? A man who ls blamed If a book doesn't sell, and ignored if it does. What does a publisher mean by problem norels? All, except Kipling's and Mrs. Humphry Ward's. What makes a book a phenomenal success? Much bad. mucb pad and much ad. Carolyn Wells, in the January Metropolitan. Mr. "and Mrs. Ignatius Becker Celebrate Their Golden Wed ding Anniversary at Their North Side Home. Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Becker of 423 Knox avenue N celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding Sunday. All of their children, Mrs. R. P. Blod gett, B. H. Wiemelt, Joseph Becker, Ig natius Becker and Albert Becker, were present. The rooms were bright with carnations and ferns. About forty friends called during the evening to ex tend their congratulations and Mr. and Mrs. Becker contributed much to thWr enjoyment with anecdotes of past days. Mr. Becker also sang several songs. John I. Moris as present and gave sev eral of his original skits. The out-of town guests were Dr. Catherine Becker and Miss Rosalie Becker of Faribault. Mrs. Becker was born in Prussia in 1829 and Mr. Becker is a native of the grand duchy of Luxemburg, where he was born in 1830. They both came to this country about 1846, and were mar ried in New York. In 1863 they came to Minnesota and settled where the vil lage of Golden Valley is now located. Twelve years ago they removed to Min neapolis. millMMIMHWHMMHMHimniWmMW I WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK Defends the Health Officer. To the Editor of The Journal. I notice the comparison of Dr. Hall with Dr. Ohage and wish to say that I think a wrong view is taken of Dr. Hall's reports of his investigations of the smoke nui sance. I think that Dr. Hall is right In not proposing to follow In the St. Paul health commissioner's footsteps in trying or testing smoke extinguishers that the new is offered, what is Health Commis sioner Hall to do? Is he expected to de velop such zeal in the pursuit of smoke as to patent an extinguisher of his own? Of course Minneapolis wants a live health commissioner, and thus far Dr. Hall has proven a far more lively officer than many individuals seeking to evade health ordinances have enjoyed and the people who pay the taxes and furnish funds for experimental as well as other work, are very glad to have Dr. Hall profit by the experimentszeal if you choose to call it soof St. Paul's health commis sioner. But we may feel reasonably sure that when our own level-headed health commissioner learns of a smoke extin guisher that extinguishes, he will not be long in running it skyward over every chimney in the city. I write simply because I don't like to see an efficient public offical misrepre sented. Journal Reader. Two important Books Coming.A new undertakers, has caused an unpleasant book by Dr. S. Weir Mitchell and one by controversy between Attorneys C. G. Andrew D. White are scheduled for pub- Laybourn, Harry Mead and George W. lication by the Century company ln| March It is said that Dr. Mitchell con-, duc of northerners in the south during the reconstruction period, and Its publication will follow soon upon the author's seven ty-fifth birthday, which is Feb. 15. The drew D. White, some chapters of which have appeared in The Century, will be awaited with interest. THE MAGAZINES A Burns Cottage Association.The Burns cottage at the St. Louis fair has resulted In the organization of a Burns club in St. Louis, which is expected to be the precursor of manv like clubs In the country, says The Caledonian for January. It ls certain that the Burns cottage won derfully stimulated interest in the poet among Americans, and Scotchmen the country over will take an interest In the club movement. the clergyman's household was great, 'India sends HELL AND HEAVEN.- v. Grant us, O Lord, the grace to bear The little pricking thorn The hasty word that seems unfair The twang of truths well worn The Jest that makes our -weakness plain The darling plan o'erturned The careless touch UJKHI our paln 4 i The slight we have not earned i^t-V* The rasn of care, dear Lord, today/ Lest all these fretting things &jUsSA, Make needless grief, oh, glva us, pray, _ ^MH The heart that trusts and sings. Set not tby will to die and,BOt to live Set not thy face as flint refusing heaven Thou fool, set not thy heart on hell forgive And be forgiven. Ohristina 1 CRAIG'S BOOKS MISSING Lawyers Demand That Opposing Coun sel Produce Them. The loss of a set of books formerlv the property of George D. Graig & Co., Meyer a Mr Mea ha mad a otio fo a orde omp esi i to MARRIED FIFTY YEARS in Mr Laybourns -produce thc bookbeneficial which hetm claim *Vfv ?Z show certairn fact his clients Mr Laybourn has filed affi davits to show that the other attorneys are responsible for the books. Backache is almost immediately re lieved by wearing one of Carter's Smart Weed and Belladonna Backache Plasters. Try one and be free from pain. Price 25 cents. gx*WW'WW3WW$*mv* BATES' SIMPLE LIFE latter's experiments seem to have proven formation. A copy of this he sent to do not extinguish. And until something Presidential Succession. To the Editor of The Journal. To settle an argument, kindly arvwer the following: In case of the deaths of president and vice president of the United States, who assumes the office9 Please state the rotation in which the office would fall. J. c. Fist, secretary of state, then secretary of the treasury, then secretary of war, at torney general, postmaster general, secre tary of the navy and secretary of the In terior, in the order named. Grade Crossings and the School Children. To the Editor of The Journal. I have not seen anything lately regard ing the railroad crossings and fear that interest in the matter is again subsiding as in former years, but for many mothers whose children have to cross these tracks four times each school day, the interest in the matter can never grow less, until the danger is removed Tlteffe have been many narrow escapes from sure d^ath to the little, thoughtless children who come and go In groups, and have many times been pulled back or dragged across to let a train dash by at a high rate of speed, thru the outskirts of the city, with not even a flagman at the lake crossings, or a sign "Look out for the cars," which by its very absence seems to say, "Here I come, get out of the way or take the conso quences." If a oetition were to be cir culated I feel certain I would have the signature of every mother In the eighth ward. Now our confidence in your paper is so great that we feel no railroad car. purchase your silence, but that thru your columns this question can be agitated and kept before the public until the best results can be accomplished By doing this you will save many a life and get the thanks of many a mother who has carried this load of worry and apprehension for years, waiting for something to be done to make the lives of her children safer An Interested Reader. Court Commissioners' Official Equip ment Two Chairs and a Cuspidor! The poetry of statistics'' is the title i of a little treatise that Hugh N Allen, secretary to the board of county com-?" missioners, is planning. Hugh, being requested by the com missioners to secure an inventory of all office furniture and appurtenances in county offices, prepared a very formal and courtly notice asking for said m- eac official, To the secretary's delight the sta tistics have come to hand eouched in the most attractive verbiage and quite different from ordinary reports. All of them look good to Hugh but the one which he thinks the most of and is going to use as a model and an in spiration for his treatise is that turned in by Court Commissioner William E. Bates. On the finest of paper, in an official cover, written and folded with perfect neatness, the court commissioners' in ventory starts out with a paragraph of correct introduction and beneath this is the following list of possessions: Two (2) plain oak chairs. One (1) cuspidor. A VIGOROUS WORKER Francis E Ward Holds Special Meet ings at the Union Mission. Francis K. Ward, the superintendent of the Sunshine Mission at Cedar Rap ids, Iowa, and a noted evangelist, raised the spirit of religious enthusiasm to the highest tension last night in a mission ary and song service at the Union City Mission. Mr. Ward as invited to the city by C. M. Stocking and will remain until next Thursday. I believe in facts," said Mr. Ward today, "and the facts of Christianity are the most powerful in the world. I as a railroad man once and was on the downward path, but ten years ago I was led into the missionary work and I believe that if the people don't go to the churcheB, the churches should go to them." Accordingly Mr. Ward preaches right from the shoulder. has a collec tion of objects that have figured in well-known -tragedies which he carries with him. They are a revolver with an empty cartridge that tells the tale of a drunken suicide, a bottle of morphine, a worn-out shoe that belonged to a drunkard's child, and other similar ob jects. Since Mr. Ward has come to Minne apolis several wanderers who dropped into the Mission hall have been led to profess conversion. FORGOT HER NAME TWO TELEGRAMS Aged Woman Recalls Her Address with Difficulty. A aged woman who had forgotten her name and residence was on a car on the Western avenue line yesterday afternoon. The conductor placed her in charge of the car starter at Wash ington and Hennepin avenues. The starter had a puzzling job of it for a while, but finally, with some difficul ty, he learned that she lived on the Fourth avenue line. put her aboard a car, and while she as passing fa miliar scenes she suddenly remembered that her name was Mrs. Gallagher and that she lived on Fourth avenue near Lake street. JANITORS MAY 0 0 Present Central Police Station Staff May Dispensed With. The municipal building committee, having charge of all the unfinished part of the city hall, met at 2 p.m. today to discuss moving the central police sta tion to the city hall. I is probable that the janitors now employed at the central station will be discharged and that janitors at the city hall, paid bv by the commission, will be used. This will cause a material saving in the police fund. "Joseph Henning, Chicago, These Messages,Jpst Qive a Hint as td The Confessions df a Club Wdiftan The strong, sensational serial which begins in list SATURDAY'S JOURNAlI Tollow this great story from the start. You'll enjoy it! fS&^M^&\. ^Tt^v^P^CT^f^^S^^fa^ I am off for Omaha. Back in two weeks. Ad- dress Grand Blank Hotel. "Wifie." "Mr s. J. Henning, Omaha. I have gone to the Palmer House to live until yon come home to stay. Will return wben you agree to give up clubs. "-^Joe." i 4 if li