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New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

and to the maintenance of peace upon the
border.
Russia has been making efforts to colonizs
this great country by sending out emigrants un-
der government supervision, favOring them by
special grants Of land improving and guarding
the means of communication. and by the trans
portation of exiles, kept under a variety Of
reguat tions according to the crimes they have
committed. In addition to this influx of people
under government encouragement and super
vision. there has been a large amount Of free
colonization, stimulated by discomfort Of va
riOus kinds-fugitive serfs, escaped cOnscripts,
and especially subjects of the religious perse-
cutions of the last three centuries. The in
fuence of the Church. however. is paramount
throughout Siberia, and the religious devotion
of the Russians in that country DR.. Wright
characterizes as passing all bounds OF wis.,
DOM so far as the erection of apparently SUPER
f1uous churches goes to Indicate The Church
has even equipped along the line OF the new
railroad a number of cars with all facilities for
performing the church, service in Isolated sta
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surprising therefore, to find him giving large
space to the physical features of the country
its physical geography, its geology. its climate
and its fora and fauna. Besides these things
he has treated of its hstory-briefly of the pre-
historic colonizations and the earlier historical
movements, at length of those recent ad-
vances that have confirmed Russia in possession
of her vast Asiatic domains-and of the social,
economic and political conditions
The wcSternmost division of Asiatc Russia,
Transcaucasia one of the smallest in area. is
one of the most interesting in many respects.
In ancient times it was ooked upon as the end of
the world; and into it, as into a pocket between
the seas and mountains by which it is surround
ed, were driven "aIl the odds and ends of the
human race" An enumeration of the different
nationalites represented in it includes just forty,
more than half of which, we venture TO say, are
unknown by name except 10 the ethnoiogist.
The ,Aral Caspian Depression. to the eastward,
is reputed to be the centre from which ema-
mated the Aryan races and languages. There is
the exact centre OF the continent and thence
came the impulses which moved the wise men
who brought their gifts at the birth of Christ
There flows the Oxus, strangest of great rivers
from the instability of its channel, hrst HoWlng
into the Aral, the geographical evidences
clearly show, then shifting its outlet many miles
westward into the Caspian, where Strabo, Plny
and Ptoiemy knew it; and then changing again
to the Aral The vast Arctic Ocean river BASIN
with its great rvers-the Obi. Yenesei and Lena
affords an attractive field for the explorer
still. Vast tracts of quivering marshes and
further north, the tundra soil, frozen solid to
the depth of hundreds of feet and thawed down
only a few inches in summer, make up most of
it. Secluded from the plain by range of i'm
penetrable mountains is the remarkable oasis
Of Minusnsk, of the most fruitful
areas of the whole vast region that has been
called the Italy of Siberia. 1t Is full Of the
traces of prehistoric people: and their mounds
carefully explored, have yielded relics of the
greatest Importance, which. according to Dr.
Wright display in the Minusinsk Museum more
fully than anywhere else the progress of the
human race from the stone through tbs bronze
to the iron age.
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

tions along the line. The village commune
mir" is the most influential lnsttu1on
Siberian life Under its control Is Sll '1AO
property owned or rented by the eoi''D' -,
Composed of all the voters, tncludlhS n0'
all the adult males but all widows and wofleh
whose husbands are temporarily absent II me-
annually to elect an elder. to serve as cIl''ii
OF the village assembly. in which all 'ne -
power resides. This assembly apportioh9 I
land in lots to each family. ACCORDING u
working units with a house lot and sarue.
plot The apparent difficulties or thlS HioN0
local government are obviated by the soOu
sense and kindly disposition of the t'nSSiA-
peasant the discussions are informal anu SUI SUI
is the reverence of the peasant for the lnSlltu-
ton and the will of the majority thi' 'N0
minority always yields gracefully when IL eoiie'
to a vote and the decisions of the mir are W
unanimous vote. Even the punishment u
large number of petty crimes and the Po"9t
ostracizing undesirable fellow members resiu''
in the mir" and this fact throws an H-
portant light on the exile question, WHICH =
Dr. Wrights opinion has not been taken in.
account by many who have written upon -
The condition of the political exiles, ne tniiiA'
Is not so deplorable as has been iInaSiheu'
Only in exceptional cases have they Deea
condemned to hard labor close confnelllen.
OrdinariIy thev have been at liberty to purSue
whatever ayocations they desired, ana 10 ~ .
in such style as their means would permit r,
ing their wives and families with theiA 1so
rejecting upon their fate. ii IS lInpor si ot
to remember that the physical condllol.1S
Siberia, which seem so repeilant 10 tne ,.o+a
ern mind, accustomed to q more sehldi q +hosa
are after all, substantially the same a' INV
in Russia, from which the eXfleS came
Political exiles. indeed. have furnished SOM
of the best elements of Siberian society VIC VIC
have been eminent in scientific investsa'
and after their disabilities have Deeh
moved have returned voluntarily TO coihP
their work. Much has been made or the "N =.
sale banishment by administrative pro'
that is without formal trial before the res :,
courts. and figures have been puohshe .
show that the average more than nan
the exiles are banished by the Minister VI
Interior. DR.. Wright's explanation ID lha
vast majority Of such are the derehc''
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These rivers lose much of the commerci'il
value they would otherwise have because they
all flow north and blocked with ice hluch
of the year The older navigatOrs became con-
vinced of the impossibility of entering these
rivers with safety; but in the last twenty-five
years various attempts have been made TO 90
So with such success as tc arouse expectations
OF proftabl commerce. but the success has been
shown to have been due to exceptionally favor
able conditions; the ice has proved impenetra-
BILE and the attempts at trade have been given
up. The experience of Captain Virgins IN June
1877. on the Yenesei shows why navigation is
hopeless:
The waters from the melting SHOWS in more
southern latitudes began to exert such pres
sure underneath the ice that large fields sWeIled
up and at length burst away, and by the enor-
nous pressure from behind were puShed out
ward upon the banks and projecting points
forming miniature ice mountains fifty or sixty
feet in height In the course or the
night, though in this latitude there is no dark
ness that time of year, the whole icy mass
across the entire breadth of the river was IN
tumuItuous motion, the fragments crashing to-
gether and giving forth resounding noises that
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
ASIA1IC RUSSIA.
IT'S PHYSICAL CHARACTER, ITS HIS
TORY AND ITS PEOPLE.

ASIATIC RUSSIA BY George Frederick Wright
Two volumes. octave. PIP. xxi, Xii, 290-G37- Nc
CIure. Phillips Co
The Russian possessions in Asia-"at the pres
ent time" Professor Wright cautiously puts
it-are nearly twice great in as the
United States. His elaborate study of the coun-
try is the outcome of trip for geological inves-
tieation through Siberia and Central Asia
when he found that comprehensive knowl-
edge of the country difficult TO obtain.
These two volumes the result of that expert
ence. They are based largely on the writer's
own observation and on information gathered
at first hand, and they give a comprehensive
idea OF the physical conformation of this vast
area, of the peoples who inhabit it. the Ian
guages they speak and their habits and pecul-
iarities DR.. Wright is a geologist, and it is not
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

were as terrible as they indescribable
Mr. SeebOhn reckOnS the velocity of
the pack ice passing down the Yenese to have
been at times as much as twenty miles an hour.
Russia's conquest of the vast territory of
Siberia was begun in 1882 by the capture of a
little town called Sibir, the capital of a petty
Tartar prince. 1t is a long and complicated
story the end of which has not yet been
reached The Russian glacier has met in
China an obstacle similar to that which con-
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14
GDe Aemi21ork 0ribmo1&
ILLUSTRATED SUPPLEMENT-
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER II, 1862

Dr II 7 Furniyall has made himself respon-
sible AS was noted in The Tribune some
months ago, this well known man OF letters
was made very sad by the conduct OF one CT
Robert Brownngs bOgraphers, who seemed
willing if not anxious to conceal the lacl liat
the first known ancestor of the poet was
domestic servant 'footInan and butler TO Sf
John Bankes, of Corfe Castle 1t seemed 10
DIR. FurnivaIl wicked thing tc leave this foot
in obscurity. and the more he thought OF II
the more, apparently, he felt that the man
should be in some way compensated for the
neglect by which he had suffered. Finally he
suggested that a tablet should he put up to
the memory of the '-footman founder and TINS
he has accomplished The tablet is in place in
St Rumbold's Church. bearing the motto, "All
Service ranks the same with God" The odd
thing about all this is that, so far as is known.
the footnan never did anything TO deserve coin
memOration of this sort. AS one commentator
has it. at is not put up to the memory OF a
good servant by those whom he served, but
over Il hundred and fifty years after his death
merely because one Of his descendants hap
pened to be distinguished poet" Possibly
it may occur to DR. Furnivall some day that
in putting through this little enterprise he has
been guilty of nothing more less than
piece of inverted snobbery.
Against the popular noyeists complacent no
ton that nothing is too great for him to make
copy of it, it is perhaps, useless to protest No
matter what he makes a story out OF, whether |
it be love astronomical research, war or lob |
Ster fishing, he is always bound to find a Ger |
tain number of readers, and therefore is bound |
to go writing until the end Of the chapter |
Yet we cannot believe that even the most hard |
ened of the craft would go on committing |
one particular offence that we have in mind |
if only some would point it out to him We |
refer to the practice of using lightly the most |
sacred Of all names, of talking as airily about
divine affairs about those of earth We be- |
Heye that this irreverence is, as a rule quite
unntentional. In a recent novel man is de-
scribed being killed by the explosion Of q |
bomb which he has just hurled at the Gar
and the author Git is Mr.. Merriman writing
In 1.-THE FUltureS," which we review fayorabIv
on another page observes that ''in the twink
ling of eye he stood at the bar of the Great
Assize'; and he adds: at is to be hoDed that |
he made good defence there and did not
stammer in the presence of his Judge" Now |
Mr. Merriman, sure, is unconscious of
giving offence in these words vet we feel eouaI
ly sure that if he to pause ana think obout
it he would that it is no business Of his
to indulge in specuatiOns about What GOES on !
at what he calls "the Great Assze" If is NOT
simply that his speculations are worthless If
is that they jar upon the reader IS altogether
out of place in a novel, especially a novel of
the average latter-day sort
An English publisher has written to the
"Daliy Chronicle complaining of the delay
Wncn takes place in the noticing of books !
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fronts it on the western border In confronting
that dense population Russia seems to present
new version of the old problem concerning the
irresistible force and the immovable body. AS
TO the alleged Russian advance toward India Dr.
Wright believes that the English alarm has long
since subsided, in view Of the evident good
faith with which the Russians are applvins
themselves 10 the development Of the country
New-York tribune., 1902-09-14

An English publisher has written to the
daily Chronicle" complaining of the DELAY
winch takes place in the noticing of books
lie says that twenty years ago the papers were
much more prompt in printing reviews The
Editor of The Academy and Literature re
torts that twenty years ago books. and mar
icuiarly novels, were not poured out in such
Overwhelming numbers as they are to-day" II
Is quite impossible" he protests ito deal with
all the books which come to us but moro miobt
be done If publishers would issue books resu
Larry all the year round, and not cram the whole
output into two short seasons No reviewer
couid Iaii 10 sympathize with this editors COM
plant 1t is point to which we have fro
quenty referred, urging publishers to distrih
ule thelr BOOKS over longer period The truth
is that the difficulties of the revia,ver orc ,,o+
alone TO De considered What is the poor reader
10 DC! How can he avoid confusion of mind
Wheh ne enters a shop to look over the new
books and finds that an hour has passed heforo
he has glanced at more than the merest frac-
ton OF them? Current criticism. of coprse
gives MIN help. yet even SO he may easiiy feel
at a disadvantage If six books. saw. that he
wants are presented to him all at once tho
chances are that he buys only one or two oe
them. Not every one feels able to buy books
by the bundle. Yet If those six volumes uero
recommended to him at intervals tbrougb tho
year, it is not at all unlikely that he would
buy them all In short the reform which we
have advocated has its thoroughly practical
side. It is to be hoped that it will commend it
SELF to the publishers.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
CATHOLIC SUMMER SCHOOL
1t Listens to an Address on Subj cot
= - of Forestry.

1t Listens to an Address on Subject
= .-- Of Forestry.
Rev P. j. Danehy addressed the Catho-
lie summer school last evening on THE
Bible in the Public Schools" In the aft
ernoon the Sunday school conference was
addressed by Mrs. M. A. Rowles on 'eThe
Dignity Of the Teachers Vocation, Rev.
Joseph Campbell made the morning ad-
dress and Chief Fire Warden Andrews
Our Minnesota forests are being, rapidly
consumed. Our northern lakes: and rivers
can now be seen covered and ctlohed for
miles with pine logs. II printing press
were ready, a living spruce tree could now
be made into bundle of newspapers In half
an hour. The logger does not now: wait for
snow. AS soon as it freezes he makes an
ice road which will last through even a spring
thaw. About $500, ,000, 900 worth Of pine has
been cut in Minnesota. Eighty million dollars
worth rem aims, mostly in private hands. and
which is being cut at the rate OF 5000, 900
worth year. However, many thousand acres
Of young pine forest has good start, which,
If it can be protected from fire. will prove
very valuable. ~ =. = ':'..-- - J. - y
What the friends OF forestry should do is
to help enforce the present law for forest
protection, to see that the state. shall buy
up such cheap waste land as is only dt for
growing forest and utilize 1t for. such pur-
poses, and that the United States shall, Itself
utilize as forest its own lands OF such char
actera within our state or turn them over to
our state for such purposes: #r-: 49,.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
THE CITY
TOWN TALK

TIE Journal Newsboys' band will play in Lor-
Ing park tomorrow night.
Everybody goes to the Plymouth Clothing
House for Correct Dress from head to foot.
Proper dressers dote on our custom clothes,
furnishings, hats. Hoffman's Toggery shop.
:our specialties, surety bonds, burglary and
employers liability insurance. Fred l.. Gray
company, Guaranty Loan building. t.,
Flowers for funerals and all other pur-
poses shipped to all parts OF the northwest
Mendenhal. florist, 81 Sixth street s. .ss
Subscribe for all magazines, papers, etc,
and get your binding done at Century News
Store. Third street S. near Hennepin av.
Henry NJ. Lawrence, tn mail clerk who was
injured In the wreck on the Omaha, near
Spooner, Wis, Is recovering from his injuries
and will be able to resume his work in a few
days. -. : 3.-s%s" t-.'.~..- -
Fred L. Smith, Joseph c.. Young. Otto e
Naegele and Cyrus w. Sells have filed an
davlts of desire. for republican nominations
as park commissioners. Messrs. Smith and
Young are at present members of the board
The street commissioners of the seventh and
thirteenth wards have begun TO grade Chicago
avenue between Thirty ghth and Forty sixth
street car line to the Catholic cemetery. The
cemetery association advances the money to
pay for the work
:, lecture. An American Abroad" will be
oeilVered BY Rev. G. l.. Morrill, under the
auspices OF The Authors club on Tuesday
evening, July %, at 419 Medical block Friends
are invited. Mr.. Morrill, has been asked te
aadress the Womans Federation of Chicago
on The New. Woman
Mary Albrecht, 2a0s Twenty-ninth street S,
was taken to the city hospital this morning
oy the South Side patrol wagon. She was suf-
lerlng rom the effects of severe beating ad-
mlnlstered by her husband yesterday. She
mas bad scalp wound and is badly bruised
she says she, Will have the man arrested
FOR assault and battery.
Articles of incorporation of the Concrete
a'evator company were filed yesterday. The
tapital stock is fixed at 5000. 900, and the liza
olllty is limited to 100000 The ,incorpora.
tors are Edison S. Woodwork, Benjamin II
Woodworth and George p. Harding, all OF
me Alaska Coast Packing company, cor.
poratlcn which will engage in, canning, smok.
ing ana salting fish, flied articles of incorpo
rallon yesterday. The amount Of capital STOCK
nxed at 81 GOO, coo, and to liability is limited
to 100000, The incorporators are John H
steele. A. B. Hermann. F. B. Richmond, Phi
son, Skaguay, Alaska
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
REDEEMING POSTAL CARDS ri 4
Orders Extend Time of Redemption
ITO August /.

Z 4 Z 3
The postoffice department has extended
to Aug. / the time in which unused postal
cards treated by bronzing, enameling or
other coating process may be- redeemed.
The government was compelled by the
unearthing of recent frauds to refuse ad
mission to the mails Of cards so printed.
Firms made a business of buying up
printed but unused and unaddressed postal
cards. The printing was covered with
bronze or enamel, thus making surface
for reprinting. These cards were mail
able until the recent prohibitive order
was issued. --. I.-s-..j. ~.
This business in enameling cards grew
UP because, although the government re-
deems stamped envelopes, the redemp-
tion never applied to postal cards.
IAN order received to-day by Acting
Postmaster Hale Is In the nature of a
concession on account Of. the rule exclud-
ing enameled cards. 1t reads - y
It Is hereby ordered that on and after Aug.
i, postmasters at all posteffices> shall redeem
in postage stamps or other stamped paper
only, and from the original purchasers, un-
Cancelled and unseryiceabie postal cards at 70
per cent of their face value. Parts or pieces
of cards will not be redeemed nor will cards
which have been treated by bronzing, enamel
ing or other process Of coating be redeemed
under the provisions of this order
Additional instruct ions state that each
unused half~of "reply' postal card Will
be- REGARDED as q single card.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
PRESS ARTISTS':EXHIBIT%
Finally Announced to, Take. Place
Within FortniHht. .''

The local exhibitors Of newspaper draw
ings have adjusted the differences that
existed between them and the managers
of the Press Artists League and the ex-
hibit will be held in the course Of
fortnight. 1t is understood that there is
to be no more soliciting of subscriptions
in advance Of the exhibit. Patrons who
have already subscribed have the right to
select drawings to the amount of their
subscriptions. It Is the desire Of all the
local newspaper illustrators to make as
good a showing of their work as possible
There will also be interesting exhibit
of the work of eastern artists.
An attractive catalogue is now in course
Of preparation and will be ready for dis:
tribution in a short time.
CSigned), W. E. Watkins, manager; G.
E. Graves, P. J. Carter, Frank Sewell,
committee for the artists.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
CITY SALESMEN'S PICNIC
1t VIII Be Held at Annandale
Thursday the oath.

The tenth annual picnic of the city
salesmens association will be held at
Annandale, Mimi, Thursday, July a. A
special train on the 500 line will leave
the depot at the foot of Fifth avenue
at $50 in the morning. The returning
train will leave Annandale at 6 O'Clock,
arriving in the city at 7:30 p. m. -,
Arrangements have been made for an
excellent program, including baseball
games and other athletic sports. The
Journal Newsboys' band will accompany
the excursionists on the trip, and will
give concert in the3afternoon. In order
to permit those who desire to do so, to
fish, tickets going will be good on the
evening train of July 23.' .c:,a :.
The members of the association will
meet in front of T h e 10 ur n a office to-
morrow night at O'Clock and, preceded
by the Newsboys' band, will parade the
down town streets in order to advertise
the excursion. ~ Z y *'''
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
VOTING BY MACHINES
1t May Be Tried in Minneapolis This
Fall.

1T May Be Tried in Minneapolis This
Fall. -,.
It is probable that the Minneapolis city
council will authorize the. trial Of voting
machine at the fall election. The St.
Paul board Of aldermen recently took ac
tion looking to this end, and the PROPOSE
tion is pretty certain to; be advanced in
the Minneapolis council shortly. The
present suggestion is to- purchase one
machine and give it a trial in one Of the
big precincts of the city this. fall. If it
proves satisfactory, others will be bought
for succeeding elections. The voting ma
chine, wherever used, records the vote
with mathematical accuracy, enables the
judges to announce the result Immediately
after the close of the polls and reduces
the cost of conducting an election by
more than one-half. With the use of the
machine there is no possibility Of a doubt
full ballot, or of any juggling with the re-
turns. 49,
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
NEW STORE PICNIC
Outing Given by Proprfetors to the
Employees.

Outing Given by Proprfetors to the
Employees.
The employees Of Evans, Munzer, Picker
ing & CO., of the New Store, are this af-
ternoon enjoying their. annual picnic at
Roswell Park, Lake Minnetonka. Headed
by the Journal -Newsboys' band with fly
ing banners they marched down Nicollet
avenue at o'clock and then on Washing
ton TO- the Milwaukee station. At THE
park a program of sports and amusements
was taken up at once. This included
game, Of baseball Entertainment was
provided for cash girls, clerks, drivers,
office men and employers alike. The
event was one of the pleasantest of the
series thus far. It is the red letter day
of the weekly Friday afternoon half
holidays of the New Store. Tonight a
moonlight excursion will be given on the
lake. 'a-s
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
Y X A,
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Northwestern Telephone ...... $50 Main
Twin City Telephone ............ 363
One Of Our Special Departments
Fine Teas.

The Teas for our stores
are selected. by an expert
with the greatest care.
None but the strictly pure,
clean and wholesome Teas
are handled by us. Price
begins at 35c and up to the
finest Garden Teas, ,Oolong,
Ceylon, English Breakfast,
Hyson, India and Japan.
Try Minarda Tea, per ID. 49,. coo
Excellent for Iced Tea.
We are agents for Lipton's Teas.
The Minneapolis journal., 1902-07-18
THE WEATHER
The Predictions.

Minnesota-Partly cloudy tonight and Sat-
urday with probably showers in south por-
tlon tonight. Wisconsin-Cloudy with prob
ably showers tonight and Saturday; slight
change in temperature. North Dakota
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday; slight
change in temperature. South Dakota
Partly cloudy with showers tonight and
probably in east portion Saturday. Montana
Generally fair tonight and Saturday, slight
change in temperature