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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
STORY OF THE GIANTS HAMMOCK

"But when the giant would come from
his little stroll thru the town, where
he had passed along the principal streets
in which the branches Of the trees didn't
come down too low to permit him to pass,
and would walk up thru the circus street,
to the edge of that great canvas strip sus-
pended there, why then they would see
something that surprised them.
THAT long canvas sheet, hammock in
reality, came down, at the middle, to just
a few feet above the peoples heads, which
brought it aJout to the giants waist,
suitable height for him. And when he
had halted beside it, in his walk, the
giant would look it over and then stretch
his arms little, as tho he was sort OF
tired and then get into the hammock, and
lie down in it.
1--WE had those guys set up taut, and
there wasn't much give to the canvas, and
even the great weight Of the giant didn't
make the hammock sag very much; even
then it didn't come down so far but that
people could pass freely under it, as every
body used to do; while the giant lay IN 1t,
swinging to and fro and tanning him.
self, with a fan that we always had
brought to him, that was about as big as
a cellar door,
'sIt was simple thing, but it used to
get the people prodigious; and when the
giant had lain there little while he'd
get up and stand on the ground for a
minute and stretch himself again and
then walk around to his entrance to the
big tent and disappear.
&..And about that time the band would
begin to blare and we'd open up the
ticket wagon"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05

New York Sun.
s'This is the season for hamm ocks,
said the old circus man, land when 1 see
'em hanging in the store windows, all
sorts of hammocks, cheap and costly and
plain and fancy and including, in these
days, little hammocks for little children,
why, am reminded, always. Of the big
gest hammock ever saw, rthat anybody
else ever did, I guess, one that we had
once for the greatest of all giants. -
'The giant didn't really use to take his
siesta in this hammock, for at the season
when he could have used it so we were on
the road, when we didn't any Of us take
siestas; but his use of it was part Of the
show, or rather Of the public business Of
the show, designed, like the parade, for
instance, to attract attention and awake
interest.
"The' giants hammock was made of
strips of canvas, seWed into a great sheet
of suitable length and breadth, which we
used to suspend, outside, from the top
of the center pole Of the hundred-foot
round top, in which GU rnain show was
given, over to the center pole of our
principal side show tent, with guys that
were strong enough to hold it when the
giant was in it, leading away from these
poles down to the ground. Swung thus,
in the open air, between those two tent
poles it used to come over the open space
between the big tent and the side show
tents, the space that was a sort of avenue
that all the people who came to see the
show passed thru, and folks used to think
that that long, wide strip of canvas sus-
pended there was put up to give a little
shade to that space
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
ELLEN TERRYs FIRST MARRIAGE
"reminiscences of an interviewer, in the
al, .. Reader for Il,lv


"reminiscences Of an interviewer, in the
Reader for July.
Thru a lady who knew Ellen Terry as a
girl L nave heard some details of Miss
Terry's first marriage with C. F. Watts,
the painter. Very little. has been pub
1sned about It, and many people are I'M
aware that Miss Terry ever. was married
to him. She, was then only Is years old,
and has been described ''as beautiful as
a sunbeam" slim, graceful, with hair like
spun "gold;t!a marvellous ic complexion and
dancing blue eyes, Waits was, then about
"a years old: On the day Before the we'd
ding the bride received as a gift a beauti-
full SILK shawl richly embroidered with
jewels. She was SO delighted that she
ran about the house with it on her Shout
ders, and tho It was unsuited to her we'd
ding dress she insisted on wearing it as
she walked up the aisle Of the church.
Mr. Watts was suffering from rheumatism
or lumbago or something of the kind,
which. made 1t necessary for him to be
assisted. So Miss Terry walked up alone,
or, rather, she "dancedzup smiling and
radiant. During the ceremony she kept
glancing at the shawl and readjusting it.
Afterward in the vestry of the church,
she ran wildly about, tapping ''Wattsie,' -
as she called her husband, affectionately
on the head and every few moments rush
ing up to the lady who had given her the
shawl and embracing her ecstatically.
The marriage lasted for several years, and
then Miss Terry returned to the theater,
where she belonged and where she has
since remained uninterruptedly. In her
temperament she is still the 1npulsive
creature who danced UP the aisle to her
wedding. III .~,c
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
The Penalty of Cowardly Jurors.


It is coming to be understood that so far
as lynch law is the result of inefficient adj
ministration Of the statute law juries are
to be blamed. Sometime these erring
juries are corrupt, sometimes they are
good-natured, sometimes they are senti-
mental and often they are cowardly.
In an address at the annual confederate
reunion at Brownsville, Tenn, recently
United States Judge Hammond went SO far
as to assert that cowardice in the jury
box was the most serious menace to the
integrity of the several states. The in
evttable result of cowardice in the jury box
he said was the failure Of the state gov
eminent to discharge the duty devolved
upon 1t by the constitution, that Of pro-
tecting life, liberty and property-the chief
end Of all government. Except as life. lib
city and property may be protected
against foreign aggression, the federal
government is to a large degree constitu-
tionally powerless to maintain civil order.
But in view of the frequent occurrence of
! lynching and mob violence and the ac-
'quittal Of red-handed murderers or the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
THE NEW SPORT IS DANGEROUS
New York Mail and Express.

ana Express.
quette of the game as imported from Cam
bridge to Washington. More than half
the skill in the sport is in making the
boomerang. It is made of white ash,
steamed and bent into the desired shape.
OF course, the Washington players are not
expert boomerang makers yet, but they
have got along so far in the art that any
one of them can make boomerang so
wonderfully constructed that no mortal
can tell where it will go when thrown with
great force. After while, thru the ex-
ercise Of much patience, they hope to
get the business down to so fine a point
that the boomerang will do what is ex-
pected Of it-describe certain movements
in the air and return to the feet OF the
thrower.
Until skill has been acquired on the
part Of the players boomerang throwing is
pretty dangerous for everybody within 8
radius of some hundreds Of yards In the
hands of an inexperienced thrower a
boomerang may go anywhere except where
it is expected to go, but wherever it does
go it goes with tremendous speed. When
the boomerangs thrown by the Washing
ton throwers come to earth they &C into
the ground so far that 1t is often g. task
to pull them out. Were one of the things
to hit a man sor even a horse painful
wound would be the least possible result,
and should the blow be upon the head
death might follow.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
Books and Authors
Will 1T BE DEsUEyuDE?

- 3 SO S3sf&
Boswell Field presents the suggestion
in the Chicago Post, after referring to the
exhibition of the inkstands of famous
writer's in the Hugo museum, Paris, that
the day Of inkstands has passed away and
the literary relic of the future will sbe the
typewriter, collections of which will ulti-
mately be made, labelled with distin-
guished authors names and the great
books which they produced by hammering
the keys.
This is fanciful tribute to the type
writer, which is, indeed, a very useful
implement but 1t is possible Mr. Field
Is more or less mistaken as to it's future
domination of the process Of literary pro-
duction. It is beginning to be recognized
that the most effectively constructed au-
tomobiles, the reddest of ''red devils,''
built for hundred-mies- an-hour gait, can
never displace the swift and well-matched
span Of horses, bred to the road, incar-
nations Of grace and beauty, with sturdy
pull on the lines, tossing their shapely
heads and champing this bits. The
trained roadsters who are always en-
rapport with their drivers are too at
tractive in every way to leave the roads
and streets to the exclusive exploitation
Of the fred devil and it's chug-chug-
chug. Your typewriter is undoubtedly a
'big success but inkstands are still
made, sold and used, and the ink fac
tories have not been abandoned and pens
are yet called for. The telephone has
not annihilated the writing of notes. The
| inkstand is SO persistent that a young lady
of this city having impulsively telephoned
| to somebody, seized what she thought was
| the receiver and thrust it to her ear. 1t
| was the persistent inkstand, and the black
fluid, under the impact of the article with
her head, spattered all over her. The
! inkstand still holds an honorable position
! on the desk and in the household. 1t is
| still strong in public record writing and
close friends and lovers yet prefer pens
and ink to the Gathering typewriter and
it's unsentimental and unsynlpathetic
printed letters. I
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
THE MAGAZINES

Mr.. Gratfield's illustrated paper in the
Cosmopolitan entitled "a Pound Of Meat"
is full Of interesting information as to
what science and practical men in com
bination have accomplished In revolution
izing the methods of meat preparation
notably in sanitary care, utilization of by
products, reducing cost. 1t is shown that
packers need no inspection restrictions, as
they invite most careful inspection and
use every precaution in the production of
their speciality. Mr.. Moss, under the
head "a Great Public Service" gives very
interesting details Of the breaking up Of
policy gambling in New York city, re-
lieving the poor Of an Infamous swindle.
Attractive, too, is. F. G. brakes illus
trated paper "Shakspere in Modern Set
tings," in which he commends the schol-
arly efforts in the face of some discour-
agement toward realizing shakspere's OBJ
vious ideals in the performance of his
plays. There are some very excellent
stories and the papers on Klondil5e min
ing and railroading as a profession are
notable features Of the number.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
ONE BOOK SUFFICIENT.
New York Press.

1t is agreed among able thinkers that
a small number of small books is suffi-
cient. Some have proposed, indeed, that
we should confine ourselves to the Bible
as the Turks limit themselves to the
Koran. Such a thing would be impossible
The feelings Of Christians toward the
Bible are far different from those of the
Mahometans for, their Koran. The ven
Grafton testified by the latter when speak
ing Of the Koran cannot be exceeded. 1t
is, they maintain, the, greatest Of all
miracles. All the men In existence put
together are incapable they believe, OF
anything approaching it. 1t is still more
wonderful that the author had never
studied nor read any book. The, Koran
alone, we are told, is worth 10000 miracles
(the number Of its verses, or there
abouts). One rising from the dead would
not be a stronger proof Of the truth of q
religion than the composition of the
Koran. It is so perfect that it ought not
to be regarded as work of creation.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
THE FARMER DOESN'T THINK.
Fairrnont lMinnl Sentinel

Fairmont (Minn.l Sentinel
The LIE Sueur News wishes some one to explain
how the Minnesota farmer is to be benefited by
reciprocity with Canada when "placed at the
mercy of the Canadian and American lumber
man" This inquiry is just a trife obscure, II
is hard to see how free trade in lumber for in
st ance, would place the American farmer at the
mercy of the canadian and American lumber
baron unless competition Of sellers is a means
of placing the buyer at their mercy. Just now
the farmer Is surely al the mercy OF the Ameri-
can lumberman. Free Canadian lumber might
not help him much, but it would certainly do him
no harm. At the present rate OF consumption
of. the American white pine forests it viii be
only a few years until all the white pine lum.
her used in the United States will have to be
imported from Canada. Does the LIE Sueur News
oppose reciprocity with Canada because it would
mean free Canadian lumber? If it does, tina,
fact will be an interesting piece of news for its
farmer readers. ~ Minneapolis Journal.
The Journ a ! evidently does not un:
derstand that the average farmer reader
does not think upon these questions. HI
does the voting and the other fellows, will
diamond pins and automobiles and pala
tial mansions-they do the thinking L
the western farmer would study thes,
questions, he would no sooner vote for
high tariff on lumber, iron, glass, etc, thar
for tariff on fresh air, sunshine an,
| water.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05

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Two Americans who were crossing the
Atlantic met in the cabin on Sunday
night to sing hymns, says the Pittsburg
Gazette. AS they sang the last hymn,
Jesus, Lover of My SOUL one of them
heard an exceedingly rich and beautiful
voice behind him. He looked around, and
altho he did not know the face, he thought
that he knew the voice. So when the
music ceased he turned and asked the man
if he had been in the civil war. The man
replied that he had been a Confederate
soldier.
Were you at such a place on such a
night?" asked the first.
Yes" he replied, "and a curious thing
happened that night which this hymn has
recalled to my mind. I was posted on
sentry duty near the edge of a wood. 1t
was dark night and very cold. and l was
aalittle frightened because the enemy was
supposed to be very near. About midnight
when everything was very still, and was
seeling homesick and miserable and weary.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
More Substantial Racing Yachts.

1t has been suggested that the most
interesting and profitable form Of racing
for the Americas cup would be trans
Atlantic race. If the boats had to be pre-
pared to stand two or three weeks Of all
kinds of open-sea weather, they would
have to be built on practical service, as
well as racing, lines. They would Fave
to carry their crews and provisions for
them; they would have to be seaworthy,
and their rigging and sails would have to
be designed to comply with conditions
quite different from those Of a thirty mile
race off the coast. In preparing for such
a race, designers would have to consider
other things than mere possibilities Of
speed under favorable conditions. They
would have to build boats uniting strength
and seaworthiness with the maximum of
compatible speed. Considered as enter
tainment, a race across the Atlantic, re-
ported by wireless biography, would be
vastly more absorbing than whirl around
some stakeboats in New York harbor.
Such a race is not yet in sight, but the
next. Am erica cup races, If sailed on this
side of the Atlantic will see more sub
stantial type Of yachts entered than the
swimmers of recent years. The new rules
of the New York Yacht club, as sum-
married. by the New York Post, force the
ski1nming- dish, with the vast overhang,
! to concede SO much to the real boat that
| it will not pay to build the former. The
boat with a deep and roony hull will
receive time from the fin-keel scow and
every square foot of canvas will be taxed
| In the Canada cup races on Lake On
tario this year, boats Of the substantial
| type will compete, in conformance with
the rules, which really call for stanch
cruisers rather than mere racers. The
Irondequoit, the American challenger, and
the Strathcona, the Canadian defender
are both. boats, of the old-new type. The
first of the Canada cup races will be
sailed Aug. 8, and, owing to the rever-
sion to saner type, will excite more
than ordi1 airy interest.
In the smaller boats, such as those thai
contest for the Seawanahaka cup, the
pure racer is all right, and probably will
always remain, just as rowing races are
conducted with shells instead Of common
roWboats. 81 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
The Retiring Ace.

The recent retirement as brigadier gen.
erals Of SO colonies and lieutenant colonies
of the regular army who had reached the
age Of 81, suggests that there is a need of
changing the terms of retirement from the
army to suit modern ideas Of old age.
There are now 151 generals on the retired
list of the army as compared with thirty
three in active service. It is well-knoWn
that many of these retired generals are
men Of good health and capable Of active
and efficient service. This is especially
true of the colonies who have just volun-
tarily retired at 81 instead of waiting for
enforced retirement at Sd. Doubtless many
Of those on the retired list would prefer
to remain in active service as long as they
bitrary age rule, which is no longer, even
if it once was, reasonable one.
There was a time when the man Of 60
was spoken of as an old man. But that
time has gone by. We now speak of an
old man according to his evidences of age
rather than the number of his years. I'm
deniably, men stay younger longer now
than formerly. There is no such sharp
line between old and young men as there
once was. The elder men no longer stand
on the dignity of their years, and the
younger men no longer view the "old boys
as a class apart from themselves. Warm
friendships span generation. Indeed we
are shocked now when some thoughtless
youngster refers to .that old man over
there" and points out some gray-haired
perhaps, but energetic and active man Of
60. who is probably doing several times as
| much work every day and extra citing much
more enjoyment out of life than the youth
who called him an old man.
| While it is true that there is very
strong prejudice against men as new EN-.
ployes, who have passed half the allotted
span Of life, and also as employees at al
in certain work in which physical strength
and mental and physical elasticity are par.
ticularly required; it is true on the othe1
hand that the man who at 60 finds him
self in a, responsible position is in grea:
demand and will be urged by his asso
ciates to postpone his retirement as Ions
as possible, and in America he generally
stays at the wheel till death retires him
| 1t wouldn't do to keep our army Of
fcers on the active list until they shall b,
retired by death, but the law of retiremen
ought to be so altered that good men, witt
valuable experience and the energy ant
faculties to apply it should not be shelvet
just because they have lived sixty-two O
sixty four years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05

: +. 4 i
me auenpohs Journal for the first six months of the
year 1908 carried 818 columns over 81 per cent.
@ more Foreign Display Advertising than the Daily
Tribune
The Minneapolis Jou4a for the first six months OF the
year 1903 carried 600 columns, 70 cent. more
Want Advertising than the Daily Tribune
The Minneapolis Journal for the first SIX months OF the
year 1903 carried So columns, over Sc per cent
" more Readers than the Daily Tribune.
The Minneapolis Journal for the first SIX months OF the
year 1908 carried 1868 columns of Real Estate adver-
tising while the Daily Tribune carried none.
The iuaeapois Journal for the first six months OF the
year 1903 published 343 columns OF advertising
than for the same period in 1902; while the Tribune
according it's statement published July 18th, gained
only 754 columns this year, the Journals excess gain
over the Tribune being 500 columns or 78 per cent
The Minneapolis Journal out of $3.50 residences can
vassed had $3.50 subscribers-the Evening Tribune
l399-the Morning Tribune 807
The Minneapolis Journal in 80 apartment and flat build
ings canvassed had 1 3O4 subscribers the Evening
Tribune 2O2, and the Morning Tribune 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
THE STORY OF A VOICE

I thought that I would comfort myself cyl
praying and singing a hymn. I rememosR
singing this hymn:
ALI my trust on Thee is stayed,
All my help from Thee bring;
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing.
s.After singing that a strange peacs
came down upon me, and thru the long
night I felt no more fear.
sNow,'' said the other, listen to my
story. I was a Union soldier and was In
the wood that night with a party OF
scouts I saw you standing, altho I did
not see your face. My men had their rifles
focused on you, waiting the word to fire.
but when you sang OUT
Cover my, defenseless head
With the shadow Of Thy wing.
/ said. boys. lower your rifles; we win 60
home.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-05
HE WAS THE SMELL
New York Tribune

DR.. W. N. McVicar, bishop coadjutor
of Rhode Island, tells a funny experience
at a recent visit to Boston. He saw some
boys trotting down fremont street and
keeping close together. One, of them kept
saying, "Chug! Chugi Chug!' and another
occasionally said "Toot!'' The bishop
asked what they were doing, and was in
formed they were, playing '.taut mobile"
The one saying "chug" was the engine,
and the one saying "toot'' was the chauf-
feuer, and the one saying nothing was a
friend taking ride.
The auto moved on. and the bishop no
ticed a fourth boy, running along about
fifty feet behind the others, and asked
him what he represented. ooh, I'm the
SMELL was the perfectly serious answer