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The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

1,ry1. nAco1,nr1 So much for this
/, JULIA MAGRoDER man in the literary
trade" And is he not right? Balzac and the
elder Dumas were in it. Zola and Corelli, and
Kiplng and Laura Richards, Mary Johnston.
Miss Murfree, Kate Douglas Wiggn, w D.
Howells, Mrs Burnett, Amelia Barr Cyrus
Brady and scores more are in 1t. Walter
Scott was very hard worker at the trade.
He wrote under the terrible pressure of a
debt of 10000, driven like galley slave, and
yet some of his best novels were produced
under this extraordinary pressure, and when
he died under it, he had paid all but $50, 600
of the debt. How glad he would have been
had a typewriter been handy. DR.. johnson
worked at the trade of literature, harder than
any mechanic worked at his bench.
1t is useless to deny that all successful nov
elists have been and are hard workers at the
trade" The late Frank Stockton made a
trade OF literature. The successful writer's
for magazines are in the trade. They write
to sell, and, like other owners of commodi-
ties, they take and fill rush orders. The trade
IS in better condition than it was when e. T.
Whipple declared that any author who at
tempts to live on the product of his imagina-
tion Is constantly coquetting with starva-
ton. p" Even In the juvenile literature trade,
there are men and women who command
respectable incomes from it. Poe, if living
to-day, would be the possessor OF a healthy
bank account and would be debating to his
secretary as she hammered out the articula-
ton of his genius on her typewriter and
| thrust sheet after sheet of typewriter copy
into the hands of waiting boys to be rushed
| to the busy linotype machines: Poe,- as
literary tradesman, to-day, would have taken
a very optimistic view Of things. The skilled
! literary craftsman of to-day, indeed, may not
fear to work rapidly, nor blush to have 6
captious critic call his product machine
made. !" Some Of the best goods in the worlt
and produced by the most rapidly moving ma
chinery.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22
THIS Is A Coon THING

The. west, still agrees with Seth Bull
lock that Theodore Roosevelt is a "hoss
off its 'range"--nneaning thereby, that
though born and living in the east. he is
at heart western man. Wherefore it is
but natural that. when the president comes
west he should be received after the en-
phatic and noisy fashion Of the west.
The president is to be made the goal
OF a 600-mile race when he reaches Oma-
ha. ''Bar 2. Kid" 'Cayuse Bill" "scar
Face" Thompson, ,:'seven-up Kid
Mexican Pete" t"Larfat Pete,'' Rat
tlesnake Pete and scores Of other
riders of cayuses, known to fame
in the cattle country, propose to
ride like the wind from Deadwood to
Omaha for the honor Of being the first to
grasp the presidents S hand and the emolu-
ment of fifty $40 gold pieces. The Slim
Buttes of Wyoming will contribute three
LADY cowboys"
P Now, We suppose that that solemn,
pompous class OF people VINO are forever
talking about dignity without being able
to define it, will hold up their hands and
ex:iaim against permitting the President
of the United States to +, be party to
such contest and such a spectacle. For
our part, we relish it. And we have no
doubt the president will relish it. He
cares whole lot more for frank, hon
est, faithful cowboy than he does for
scores of the polite bores he has to meet
and waste time with at Washington and
Oyster Bay-"the sissies and the min
MES OF the nation, as a speaker before
the Trans-Mississippi congress called
then1.* -. I. e. 5a~-. ,,~~ l.
The president. on his western trip, will
have enough formal receptions. enough
perfunctory handshaking, enough regula,
tion speech making, enough jollying. Give
him at least one chance for novelty, al
least one chance to enjoy himself.
Let the cowboys race, and let the
president squeeze the igrimy paw of the
| winner.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22
IN A NUTSHELL..... ..... . ...s
6.s Minnesota's State Drainage Work

extending the main bitches rather than the state
The tributary dches including those highways
of miles Great good
pshed by the dtches which being built n straight lines
full advantage of whatever natural there Is
The county authorities charged with keeping In
and free from distractions 1887 legislature
general supervision Of the bitches state drainage
commission of three members appointed by the
governor. .#t@1 s .@.-t :
drainage board consisting of the governor, the
auditor and the secretary of state created in 1901
At the time $4,000 appropriated This board has
undertaken drainage work out of we'll the Red river
valley Bids advertised for for bitches In Wadena
Atkn counties This board just Lost
river ditch In Polk and Beltrai counties and
let for the New SolQIn ditch Marshall
county Good Hope ditch In Norman county and the
Badger Skunk creek ditch in Polk Bids have
also been advertised for for other bitches in Norman Red
Marshall counties Some of these bitches have
drained permanently swamp lands too wet for agricu
while others have served carry off and
damaging surpusages &ditches
become little rivers with permanent flow Of water:
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22
CRIME. OF THE TRAMP
Copyright, 1902. by Mcclure's Newspaper Syn
By LEO CRANE

Copyright, 1902 by McClure's Newspaper Syn
licate.
1t stood upon the banks of a gentle river,
fishing village of great modesty. The NOR
ming sun would toss its beauties out upon
the waters Of mild lagoon. The roadEaYs
were Of shells that had been pounded into
powder of the whitest. Old-fashioned cot;
tages lined the Streets, their porches fes--
tooned with climbing roses whose sweet scent
welded the lavish perfume of wandering
honeysuckle and set forth to meet the fresh
smell of the bay.
Upon the shore was a little shipyard all
covered with chips and darkened driftwood.
Rotting ways bathed their feet in the green
ish water, and about them played the chill
dren they had given birth, myriad of small
boats upon the sleeping waves One of these
belonged, to a higher caste than the others.
There was a clean coat upon it, and proudly
1t rode to a well-made mooring. When the
breeze would swing it slowly, the. old man
seated upon last stretch of the ways could
read it's name
'Mary!" he commented slowly, removing
the pipe from his mouth and putting out a
cloud of grayish smoke. Then, turning to "a
man close by, he asked: - ~.
: Dye spose why it's named Mary?" ..
''He's sweet on Mary Harte.'' said the other
without displaying bit of interest in any
thing save the chip he was whiting
''Oh!'' remarked the old one, grinning to
himself and sticking the pipe back into his
mouth, proving bit of sentiment could not
lure him from the habit. ':Yere he comes
now ~,.... ...
Hes got his oars along" said the other,
looking across the quiet space of water. Dye
s'pose he's goin' out?'' - : - -. ~
Reckon 80, but ,-,taint lookin' much. out
there on the bay. Gittin' ,pesky, fog up I'm
thinkin'." And the old ;man grunted at the
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

A communication appears in another
column day protesting against the pro-
duction of Sapho at the Metropolitan.
This protest Is entitled to respect. for
it, undoubtedly voices the sentiment of
great majority Of the right thinking
people. There is so much that is
worthy in every respect from which to
select that it argues an exceedingly low
standard on the part of any company or
of any music-house to present play Of
the character of sapho, especially when
offered in its most offensive form; and
this applies not only to Sapho but to
all plays Of that character. 1t is true
that there are Saphos and saphos. Public
sentiment In New York compelled the
cleaning up and pruning Of that produc-
tion until some Of the most offensive fea-
lures as originally presented were omit
ted. sapho has been presented in this
city in a somewhat expurgated form, and
doubtless the Percy Haswell company will
clean 1t up as much as possible before
moralizing, suggestive, immoral show
which the people who are regardful of
the moral atmosphere with which they
surround themselves will take pains to
avoid. It would be much more to the
credit Of the metropolitan management
and the sHaswell company. which has Civ
en- the people 81 this city a generally clean
and artistic program throughout the sum
mer, to wind up their summer season on a
higher plane. Il
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22
LITERARY NOTES

DR.. Washington Gladden's "social Saliva
ton has been reprinted in England.
Chicago IS in bad way generally. When
a municipal government lets its public library
run down at the heels, SO to speak, it Is a
very; bad sign. ( The Post of that city saws
on the subject: This Memorial Hall (save
the markD has received no. care, save su.
perfcial dusting, since May 9; the marble in
the rotunda has not been cleaned this year
fixtures, cuspidors, in filthy condition;
the windows have not been cleaned since
early in May! Secretary Wickersham in
forms us that the Memorial Hall has received
the same attention that the remaining part of
the library receives'-an assurance calculated
to establish the impartiality of the board but
not to diminish our fears for the future of
one of our chief public monuments and the
valuable book collections, to preserve which
it was erected"
Speaking of his work In finishing Steven.
son's uncompleted novel est Ives" CUTLER
Couch said recently: "It is a thankless task,
and 'as far as my own case goes regretted
afterward that ever undertook it. This is
the kind of thing I hear from the critics:
Even Mr.. Couch himself must admit that the
fact that he has succeeded even to this point
shows that ''St. Ives" is an inferior cook
You see they had ME both ways. As q matter
of fact. only one chapter was OF my own in
vention, and the executors protested even
against that 1 ought really to have changed
the whole ending, for L am convinced that
Stevenson abandoned the book simply because
he got stuck.
| The Aeronautical World is a new periodical
published by the Aeronaut ical World company
at Glenville, Ohio, devoted to the subject Of
aeronautics, now attracting wide attention
and setting forth all noticeable current dis.
| coveries and experiments and noting the
progress of the science. The first number Is
very attractive and promising.
| Bingham Thoburn Wilson has written a1
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

Mr.. Hays remarks on the primary cleo
tion law, in reply to Mr.. Shevlin, seem to
be quite timely. At least, Mr.. shevlin's
criticism OF the primary law would have
carried more weight If he, as national
committeeman for the state of Minnesota,
had been less active in his partizanship
1t is certainly not expected of a national
committeeman that he shall exert his in
1uence, If he has any. in favor OF one
candidate as against others. either under
the convention system or the method OF
direct nominations. There is an impro-
priety about 1t which is so manifest that
it need not be particularized.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

Idaho is not very populous state and
republicans are not especially numerous
there. Nevertheless, the antitrust and
tariff revision resolutions adopted by the
republicans of that state yesterday are
important as showing once more how the
west. If the party leaders are wise they
will be keeping all these straws in mind.
The people of the west have about made
up their minds that there shall be no
more tariffs for the benefit of trusts and
monopolies.@ And they are going to look
first to the republican party for the
realization of their wishes. r~
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22
CHANGE IN WESTERN CANADA

March Brothers & Wells Cot Eitchf1eld
and Norris, Mimi, have bought the Can :
adian Northern Elevator company and
purpose to create an elevator system.
along the whole length of the Canadian
Northern system. This Is not the only
Canadian field in which these enterprising
gentlemen are operating. They have
bought and sold large tracts of land in
Manitoba and the territories and they
are opening private banks in small west
ern Canada towns. They are not alone in
this and similar work. Many other Amer
leans are interested in Canadian elevator
lines, scores Of them in Canadian land
companies and not few in miscellaneous
commercial and industrial ent erprises
Taking advantage Of contiguity, similar
ity of physical conditions, knowledge Of
the best way to exploit a new country
and abundant reserves of capital, Amer
leans, and especially Minnesotans and
Iowans, are in the very van. of the. de-
velopn1ent of the Canadian west =
This influx of American capital and
brains. is as a rule gladly welcomed by the
Canadians. They want to see their coun-
try developed, and they know that if it
depends upon, Canadian and English en-
ergy and capital and immigration for de-
velopment- it will proceed at snairs
pace. It is a simple business matter. The
American capitalists make money and in
making it'vitalize and enrich the country
AS to the ultimate effect of this pro-
cess, accompanied as it is by large in
fusion Of American settlers, the Canadi-
ans differ among themselves. Many o.
them don't care, being quite content tt
accept any solution time shall bring
Others are quite confident that in no re.
spect can the movement be a menace te
the present political status and relations
of. Canada. Still others are alarmed
| One of these is S. Morley Wicket, rep
representative Of the Canadian Manufact
urers association. He says the influx o
\ American farmers means the inocula
/ ton Of American ideas and predilectiol
for American wares, including newspaper
! with their foreign advertisements and po
litical propaganda Already he fnd
1 that Canadian agricultural papers. ar,
simply not in it, with their Amerieal
competitors in the new country. The pos
EsibiHty OF political cleavage worries MI
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22
OTHER PEOPLES NOTIONS
Elevating the Stage.
the Editor. of The 1nurna1.

To the Editor of The Journal:
Following along the lines Of the good work
being done in the city, the writer thought
we'll to bring to your notice the fact that the
Percy Haswell company advertises that it is
going to produce "Sapho" next week at the
Metropolitan theater, beginning, I suppose,
Sunday night. 1t does seem like very great
mistake for stock company ho put on a
play of this character 1T is "a play such as
should not be presented at any respectable
theater. s. should think it very much more
degrading for person to attend perform
ance of ''Sapho" than to attend a performance
such as is put on at the Dewey theater of
this city. / trust that your paper will see fit
to give this matter a good editorial and that
through such influence the Percy Haswell
company will he persuaded to change to. some
play that would be more acceptable to the
class of people who patronize the Metropoli-
tan #. l.. M.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

foolishness Of it. ="W why. in thunder don't he
stay at home for onct? o. late he's out on
that stream most: o. his time: =;
"s'posef, he wants to git married, suggested
the companion cutting. a large section off
the chip with a contemptuous flourish of the
knife. Hes another one o. these. DANCED
fules. But these. Youngsters won listen to
no reason. There's that feller breakin'' his
back summer an, winter sunshine an bad
weather, come better or worse all SOS he can
scrape enough together to buy a peck O.
trouble" ..'
Il can't understand it, said the old man,
smoking up; on his pipe:
We'll, II can see through it In a way ;ad-
nitt ed the s.whittlef= meditatively,, g: cause
when was young AM necessarily foolish 1
had the same thing, in mind fer quite spell.
But Hank !IordanAye know Hank he
gotter ahead O. me an married the woman
Then says to myself, I'll see what's in this
game says Il. $50. BY jing; Hank starts in
to make a lfvin' fer a family o. two, me hav-
in quiet, 1peaceable> time all the while, but
fore he was through he was workin' like a
plow-horse in muddy furrow. tryin' to swim
with six kids store bills on his back. The
on'y things I. had to owe fer durin' that same
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

Roosevelt declaration. He said that Theo-
dore Roosevelt was already nominated in
Minnesota as the next republican candidate
for President OF the United States and as
serted that IL the republicans OF Hennepin
county would follow the suggestions of the
organization, the republican party of Mime
sofa would not only elect Van SAINT governor
OF Minnesota on Nov. 4, but would also by
that act nominate the next vice president Of
the United States. AS Theodore Roosevelt
was the logical candidate for president, on
the same principle Governor Van SAINT was
the logical candidate for vice president.
New House Candidates.
Legislative candidates in districts compris-
ing more than one county are rushing to the
secretary Of state to file, their afHdavits. The
following were received yesterday:
j. j. McGregor of Minden. Benton county,
Tor represent ative from the forty seventh dis
trict on the republican ticket l ~
Swan Torkelson Of Copley, Beltrami county,
tor representative from the sixty first district
on the peoples party ticket.
]. H. o'Neill Of Park Rapids, Hubbard
county for represent alive from the Fifty
third district on the republican ticket.
J. H. Coates Of Sauk Rapids, Benton coun-
ty, for Representatives from the forty seventh
district on the republican ticket. r. = ,..
H. w. Ruliffsnn> of Lyon county as repre-
sentative from the seventeenth district on the
republican ticket. ., 49,. .-.5, ..'
The Bloomington meeting, which was a
ronsing. success, will be duplicated in several
OF the rural towns of Hennepin. One will
probably be held at Osseo Aug. 80. a..,.
At the Bloomington meeting Thomas H.
| Girling urged Legislative candidates to go on
| record as favoring separate legislative dis
trict for the country towns and villages of
Hennepin." The suggestion was promptly act
ed on by several Of the candidates, and with
out doubt the next legislature will be asked
to redistrict Hennepin, setting off the country
into separate senatorial district.
| The Albert Lea Standard says S. M. Owen
Is supporting Rosing, and that his election
would be just as acceptable to- the populists
as if their own man should win.
| & -, Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

Russell Sage has become affrighted at
the combines and Oscar Lowell Triggs tells
us that we are hopelessly, inextricably
combined and will ever be more so. Peo-
pie without SO much wealth as Sage and
without so much brains as Triggs have
forestalled Sage with their fright and
have had misgivings that what Triggs
knows is to be might come to pass. But,
as Sage suggests, the people will revolt
against combinations when they begin to
drive the spurs a little deeper. About
that time Mr.. Triggs' dream will be sad
wreck. @ = >.-,:. = ---:~ -
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

The people Of New Ulm are preparing
great celebration for Saturday and Sun
day, of the anniversary OF the siege or
that town by Little Crows bloody war
riors in 1862. History was made at that
siege and the people of New Ulm do well
to keep its memory bright. It seems al
most inconceivable that it was only forty
years ago that the Sioux were still a
formidable power in Minnesota and were
able to harry the frontier for hundreds OF
miles and kill and capture hundreds Of
settlers. Thanks to the good fight fought
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

epic poem entitled ",Ye Mountaineer,'' p. occupy
ing 2ss .octaYo pages, which Nicely Ola. Fifth
Avenue, .New York; publishes: 1t relates to
mont, against the. mother country. because. of
the decision by the grown that the claim Of
tbs colony; of New York: fol. the nullfication
Of their land titles must be. sustained.
DR.. Sven. Hedin ds writing the story of his
travels and discoveries in Tibet, in Stockholm.
]. L. Ford takes two columns to inform am
bilious young. writers, through the Philadel-
phia Times. how. to write successful novels
of the 'tB gosh" school Of literature. He says
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

that IS lone of the most profitable branches
of the great American Industry more's the
pity! -: = -. 49,
The Journal of American Folk Lore has
an interesting account of curious religious
drama entitleds''The Tastoanes," performed
each year on ST. James Day July PSI at var
ous towns near Guadalagara, Mex. The text
of the play is in corrupt Spanish and Aztec
and dates from the Spanish conquest, con-
tanning aboriginal features, and old war
dances. THE Tastoanes'' is mixture Of
old Aztec paganism and legendary Christian
ifr
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22

at New Ulm they got no farther east. but
the terror they inspired spread even into
Wisconsin. Had they taken New Ulm
their ponies might have carried them to
the Mississippi. In the region they har-
ried and menaced there are to-day over a
million people and there is no quieter, no
more peaceful country in all the United
fofo
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22
RATIONAL PROTECTION
Boston Herald.

1t ought to be clear that the policy Of
reciprocity with Cuba offers no menace to the
United States beet sugar industry and pro-
poses no impairment of the protection now
granted thereto, What it does contemplate Is
fulflment OF our national good faith and ex-
tension OF our foreign export trade. It Ii not
q violation or an abandonment Of protection,
but rather rational carrying toward OF the
protectionist principle to Ipeet the changing
conditions Of new times. That is the view the
American people take OF it.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-08-22
Books and Authors
LITERARY CRAFTSMEN

writer in The Writer says some very bold
and interesting things, about professional
story writer's. He owns up that he is one
himself and does not object: to the cataloguing
of literature with the trades. He regards not
with holy horror the suggestion of the spirit
of commercialism in authorship. He boasts
of having recently written a novel Of $4,000
words for a magazine in nine days, and SCOTS
at those critics who say that at least two
months should have been bestowed upon a