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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04
Books and Authors
LITERARY PENSIONERS

In England the government has on it's
civil list pensions certain literary men and
women who are favored with annuities
thru their services to literature. On the
literary segment Of the list are some
names well known in this country as
Rhoda Broughton, who receives $4Oo a
year; Gardiner, the historian Of the Stu
arts; Justin Mccarthy; the widow of Pro-
lessor Earle, the philologist, and Austin
Dobson, who get, respectively, $4O0, 81, $50,
$500 and 1850. Austin Dobson achieved
his literary distinction while in the serv-
Ice OF the government, doing a regular
share OF office drudgery. New grants on
the civil pension list are limited to $4,000.
The literary pensions are not oppress1vely
large, but they serve as a recognition of
literary service. The present poet lau-
reate Of England was given the office
more especially as recognition of his
valuable political services to the govern
ment as editorial writer on government
newspaper organ. In these days recogni-
ton comes to a clever author much quicker
than formerly, and it comes from an APP
preciative public.
In the elder day in England noted au-
thors often had a hard scramble to exc
out a living unless influential friends CO.
operated and got the government to do
some thing for the author. When DR..
Samuel johnson had reached the end of
his tether and wrote ''Rasselas'' to get
the money to pay the funeral expenses of
his old mother, a few of his more influ-
entail friends obtained, thru Lord Butte,
a grant of 1900. Hume, the historian
and essayist, was fairly well pensioned
for service to literature by George Ill
Where one author was pensioned, a score
or two Of real merit died very poor, and
such governmental eccentricities as max
ing Colley Cibber poet laureate, suggest
the curious discrimination Of that age
In the eighteenth century considerable
number of noted authors managed to en-
nance their incomes by writing very full
some dedications Of their books to mer
of wealth, who responded to such hints
with more or less liberality. In our own
country, where we do so much direct pen
sioning for military and naval services
there would, no doubt, be an outcry il
congress appropriated fund each session
to be judiciously distributed among "lit-
erary fellers.'' Still, literary men are from
time to time appointed to good consular
or diplomatic position, not by any means
always for political services performed OF
for special ability to perform the ofGaia
duties Of their positions They have beer
enabled to find leisure to write books
The pensioning for literary services Is no
| popular in this country, while there i
general consent to inscribing distinguished
litterateurs' names in the Temple o
Fame.
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THE MAGAZINES

In the August Scribner's a conspicuous
feature is Nelson Lloyd's "The County
Fair admirably illustrated and reminding
one strongly of something he has seen be-
Little Egypt" the drumming Of
banjoes 1.-THE crowd about the race track;
the balloon man, the fakir; the pumpkins,
melons, and poultry; odd figures Of men
and women; baby shows, etc. There is a
fine and thrilling movement in Hilaire
Belloc's "The Starlight off Ushant," with
illustrations by Brangery, telling about the
first sea fight between the English and the
French in the wars following the French
Revolution. There are four colored plates.
Beautiful, indeed, is Beatrice Hanscomb's
"In Quiet Ways" with Illustrations in
tint. There are half dozen stories which
will be closely read for they are worthy,
as Frederic Palmer's 1.-THE Flying Rus
sian,' story of the Boxer tragedy; Mary.
Andrews 1.-THE Little Revenge; Jesse
Williams 1.-THE Burglar and the Lady,"
and Miss Martins Hour" by Anne OLA
gan. ill.,.
j To the August Popular Science Month
l-iy,1 Professor Le Cunte Stevens. contributes
a. paper on American Titles and Dis
tinctions,'' in which he discusses the
genesis of. title-giving and expresses the
belief that much title giving has been the
outcome Of an. :uI1seifish desire to express
depreciation and good will, which, while
| It may not be wise, is a good-natured at
! tempt to give pleasure by covert hattery.
He cites the classroom working system
| in colleges In Illustration, and suggests the
degradation of titles thru inferior stand
ards Of education Titles received from
| universities should be protected by law in
this country from degradation. Professor
Nutting contributes a very interesting IL
| Illustrated paper on the vast bifd rookeries
on the island of Laysan, 800 miles west OF
Honolulu. The ground is literally COW
cred with albatrosses, millions in number
! and other birds are found numerously.
Professor Montmorency's paper on Eng
fish Education" and President David
Starr Jordan's 1.-THE Training of Physi-
cian," and Professor Schneider's paper on
bacteria in modern economic agriculture
are notable contributions. The latter
gives a most interesting view Of the efforts
and progress made in the determination OF
what beneficial organisms can be pressed
into the service of the farmer and what
noxious organisms can be suppressed most
expeditiously and with the best results
New York City. The Science Press, Sub
station "a.
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At THE YHEATERS-
Lake Observation-Disclosures the Rar lta,

Lake Harrlet-"lng omar, the Barbarian"
\, Many difficulties attended the first produc-
ton. Of "lngomar" last hight by Richard
Eoote and his company in the open air
1h i9sa where other actors played "As You
:. The weather. ever feminine. first got Mr..
Foote into trouble. and then turned round to
pc MS principal consolation. Rain last night
appeared SO certain yesterday afternoon, the
weather man repeated with such persistence
his probable showers" that Mr. Foote' s
manager abandoned hope. He purveyed no
stage, no chairs for the auditorium. But the
skies cleared and Mr.. Foote came with the
moon. He hurried into his sylvan theater a
ing stump, he borrowed piano from a
boarding house near by. that gGrecian melody
might not lack historic accompaniment. He
speech to the audience, and was heartily ap-
plauded for his -self-reliants energy. Rain or
no, rain, he declared. .stumped or stumpless,
with or without piano he would give Min
as he was privileged to play f'Ingomar."
And thus 1t followed that the few patrons
who defed the weather bureau passed a
liant moon than was provided for Mr.. Foote's
predecessor. The sweet breath of the grove
mingled with the incense Of the "joss sticks
burning mystically in, the shadows against
the arrival of mosquitoes that did not come,
the moonlight shone radiantly, the cool
breeze brought refreshment,a and the audi
SuSo oupPflSo accordingly .lIS own lHterpfetd-
ton for the poetic sentiment, the antique life
of q beautiful and familiar play.
The actual actors were less at home In this
endeavor. Their inexperience or natural in
abilities left the performance wholly with
out the atmosphere essential to such
drama Miss Amanda Hendrix, as ,Partheniar
naturally suffered the most Comely and
well-moulded, she would have proved a
pictorial success In up-to-d date and merry his.
! trionics. 80
| But she smiled with equal amiability be
| fore the protests Of her lover and the spears
of the barbarians; her attitudes, her intona
! tions, translated the emotion of the 'straigh
| 'front.' and ''the peek-a- boo" Even Mr.. Foote
as Ingomar convinced only in his quiet pas.
sages. His lighter lines were colloquial, hi
| more vehement moments lacked that proper
! ton that he doubtless displayed in the NOR
modern and appropriate Characters which h,
depicted some years ago thruout> the north
| west, as he explained in his preliminary ad
dress. y Miss Susane Kranz sang. sweetly a.
Ingormar,s young brother but ignored prop
! critics little less in repeating 1.-The Last Ros
of Summer than did the orchestra in playin,
/ 'rag-time
4 The cast as whole accomplished what thei
skill allowed amid the trials of an openin,
| night and will steadily. improves; no doubt
under Mr.. Foote'S masterful direction. Whel
he inquiries tonight, "But, Parenthnia
| what is lover" and the dainty Greek replies
| Listen, will tell thee!' the rude chioftal
| of the Allemanni won T. be Obliged to answer
in q loud aside. ''For Gods Sake, do shu
up!' ass H B. Curry.
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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
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A. Days Fun Tat 'Tonka.
To the Editor Of The Journal.

To the Editor Of The journal. = ~ ~,
Our party consisted sof seven. Commodore
D. took us to the upper lake in his launch,
towing three rowboats containing out outfit
fshed with two in each boat, the commodore
remaining on the launch, ready to assist us
IN case OF an upset, but principally to watch
and keep cool our 'soft drinks which you
will believe soft when Il inform you that
they were boughtSa at Frank Perkins -Blue
Line Pavilion" 4 H.
After fishing one hour and ffty-seven min
utes it was high noon and a hail from the
launch. called us from labor to refresh-
ments.': s#Eft
We campey on a beautiful island, counted
and weighed our fish: seventeen; the scales
indicated thirty-six pounds two ounces.
In a short time we had ten beauties dressed
and over no: fire. our lunch spread out on
dinner fit for the gods. After satisfying
our hunger and libating freely with soft
drinks we stretched ourselves out on the
grass for two-hours rest, during which
will tell you a little and you can imag CINE
much.
1t was a sort of experience and observation
old !sailcr and thoro fisherman. Mr. H. born
in Norway. We had to- believe his stories
for none of us have been there and what he
Talking of bait, Mr. Brown 1--WE called
with a dignifed bearing) halls from the
oouL 1A0AIuShy. I15 says, Luz SUCCESSFUL
capturing Of bullheads use corn dodgers
soaked. in old bourbon whisky. He further
says that a part Of this king Of bait is good
for the tired feeling which the patient fisher
man has.
Mr.. s. is in the fuel business He cooked
our fish and ate SO much that we excused
him from telling story, but the truth is,
we excused him because he had said that ali
Of the fuel dealers were losing money.
Mr.. B. and myself were left out of the
game after the fourth man told his story
this was the travelling man who told us how
they catch, or used to catch. trout down in
Maine. He said: I'VE 1ished n pairs, one
of us going out in the boat and pouring oil
on the water (the fish are fond of it and
after taking it swim near the shorc), the
| other fellow kills them with a club. None
OF US asked any questions as we were afraid
it was a sell. *
At 8 o'clock we took to our boats again,
fishing fairly good. Nothing occurred to mar
our pleasure, but at tie clos we had to drink
little lake water. which was hard on
travelling men. We caught but sixteen fish,
but their combined weight was six ounces
above the morning catch Total for the day:
! Thirty-three fish; weight, 721a pounds.
Excelsior, July /. &C.
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Contemnt of Court.

There has been much talk Of the dam
gers of government by injunction, but If
the courts take to following the example
,be more danger Of government thru al
legged contempt Of court. 49,
The facts in the case, briefly told, are
as follows: Reuben H. Oglesby of War
rensburg, Mo-, sued the Missouri Pacific
Railway company for damages. He won
a verdict at the first trial, and the su-
preme court affirmed it, six Judges to one
Three times the railway company's mo-
tion for a new hearing was granted, and
three times the verdict was reaff1rmed.
Finally after the composition Of the bench
had changed, the railway company got
another rehearing, and this time a reversal
of Judgment and an order for a new trial.
Again Oglesby won; again the case went
to the supreme court, and this time that
court reversed judgment and refused a
new trial.
In commenting on this remarkable show
ing, the editor Of the Warrensburg Stand
ard Herald declared that the railway
company had packed the court, and, said,
among other things, that the victory OF
the railway was complete and the cor
ruption of the supreme court thoro. The
corporations he said, have long owned
the legislature; now they own the supreme
court, and the citizen who applies to either
for justice against the corporation gets
nothing
This Is strong language, but none toe
strong if the court really be corrupt. i
lays its author open to Indictment fol
criminal libel. If the supreme court really
felt that 1T was aggrieved and unjustlJ
aspersed, 1t should have sought vindica
ton thru trial. But, instead Of that, i
fined the editor $500 for contempt of cour
in having done something "to beat dow1
the respect of the people for the court
If the court is what the editor says it Is
and In view of the rottenness that ha
prevailed in Missouri, it may easily be
he couldn't beat down respect for it sfas
enough for the public good. If it was not
the editors conviction of libel would hav
restored the respect Of the people for tn
nourt. But to use an arbitrary and prob
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THE PROFESSIONAL FUNERAL ATrENDER
Washington Post.

on Post.
1.-THE funeral was leaving the church as
I came along and right in among the
family Of the deceased ISspied my man,
whom knew the instant clapped my
eye upon him.
Hold on 1 said. putting my hand on
his arm. L want to speak with you. Are
you a friend of tn. deceased?'
"No,' he replied, I am not But Of
course you know some member Of the
family and are here on their account
urged. Not even that he answered in
a little thin voice; the truth of the mat
ter is the doctor has ordered me to take
carriage exercise, and as can't afford to
ride I just get the exercise necessary to
me by attending all the funerals l chance
to hear of, and the road to the cemetery
is very pleasant one. At any rate 1t
doesn't do anybody any harm, and does
me great deal of good
''Well, after this knockout blow, con-
Guided the officer, 81 was at a loss to
know exactly what to do. The man
seemed so reasonable in the question of
his health that explained the situation
to him and he accompanied me to the
station without any trouble, where he was
not detained, but was given to understand
that the practice of attending unknown
funerals for the sake Of carriage exercise
had to end
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The Tribune says that If Judge Lochren
believed that the Northern Securities
company, standing back of both the
Northern Pacific and Great Northern COM
panies, possessed power to fix rates on
both roads he would hold its organization
to be a violation Of the ANTITRUST act.
This is hardly to the point. Nobody dis
.putes that the: Northern Securities COM
pany has the power to fix rates, for to do
that would be to deny that the greater Is
stronger than the less and to maintain
that the owned is more influential than
the owner. The gist OF Judge Lochren's
decision on this point is that there could
be no proceeding against the Northern Sc
curities until 1t had actually performed
some particular act, such as the establish
ment of unreasonable rates, in restraint Of
trade. -
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LITERARY NOTES.

Captain Hobson, who was reported as
about to settle down to literature, an
nounces that he will run for congress in
his district in Alabama. The captain
will find congress and a literary career
somewhat incongruous. At least, that has
been the experience Of many.
George Knox Mccain, who wrote that
entertaining story 1.-THE Crimson Dice,''
which contains an embarrassment of
thrilling adventure, used to be city editor
of the Pittsburg Dispatch, and is now on
the staff Of the Philadelphia Press, and
has knocked around the world consider
ably. He has a genuine newspaper mans
zest for startling facts and in his book
he shows that if he does not find them
to hand he can manufacture them in
definitely. Mccain can describe a muir
der with the ability Of Mr.. Toad-in-the-
Hole
Georgia has a new poet, Lucius Perry
Hills, whose latest outbreak relates to a
gifted young lady, of whom he says:
LAS some great masters skillful hand
might wake
From an old violin it's rarest tones,
Fit melodies for cabins, or for thrones;
So did her touch of genius deity shake
The chords of human passion, and did
make
Them utter lightest laughter, wailing
Soft notes of love and such despairing
groans
AS burst from quivering hearts ere yet
they break.
And, as she pictured scenes of long ago,
Of which old Stratford's bard had fondly
dreamed,
n thought, I heard sweet Avon's waters
flow,
While, like the glitter of a star, I seemed
To see as something from herself apart,
The soul Of Shakspere shining thro her
art"
1t is announced that Richard Harding
Davis has lost two valuable dogs at
Marion, Mass, one of which was the orig
inal of the aristocratic bull dog in Bar
Sinister" His name was Jaggers and
the incident ought to prompt Mr. Davis
to contribute a touching animal book to
the many now issuing from the presses
Public library frequenters are not given
up entirely to debauches on fiction. The
Philadelphia Record refers to institu-
tions, of this kind in Pennsylvania where
valuable scientific works on engineering
and like subjects are eagerly sought after
and studied This tendency is of course,
| not unusual. In every locality where
| there is much Industrial or mechanical
| activity there is a large demand for such
i books and it is properly met. The work
| ing1nan who wants to study special
branches of mechanics is usually well
fixed. to-day, with special periodicals and
scientific atreatises and lectures.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-04

The Adrian Democrat let's you into the
secret Of discovering .Borellts runaway
comet with two tails and a parabolic
course that has been smoothed and oiled
until the critter is making about a mil
lion miles minute. If you are anxious
to see the forked-tailed radish doing its
celestial stunt you stand facing the north
east at about the time the curfew bell
rings Then look for Alpha Cyngi. You'll
know Alpha by the wart on her nose
Taking Alpha Cyngi as starting point
let your eagle eye travel on an elllpse
around that constellation about trillion
miles until it reaches Beta Cyngt Beta
is a sister of Alpha and you'll know her
by the green ribbon in her hair. The
comet will be found near Beta Cyng1
making goo-goo eyes at her and spread
ing it's two tails like a peacock: After
you have seen the thing you don't know
any more than you did before.
| The comet is said to be quite harmless.
In 1858 the earth passed thru the tail OF
Donatrs comet and never turned a hair.
Nevertheless, If you see 1t coming along
it is we'll to get off the sidewalk and give
1t all the room it wants. 1t might be car
rying razor and wearing tight shoe.
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SUBSCRIPTION RATES BY MAIL.
Delivered by Carrier.

. HI (. i SSH k {
The 1,ueopoks Journal for the first six months of the
year 19O3 carried 8l8 columns, over 81 per cent.
more Foreign Display Advertising than the Daily
Tribune. $af s@ :.# s#
The Minneapolis Journal, for the first six months Of the
wear 1903 carried 600 columns, or 70 per cent more
Want Advertising than the Daily Tribune.
The Minneapolis Joal for the first SIX months OF the
s. wear 1903 carried So columns, over 56 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 adyer-
Using while the Daily Tribune carried none
The lumeopohs 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 to it's statement published July 18TH gained
only 754 columns this year; the Journals excess gain
over the Tribune being $50 columns, 70 per cent.
The Minneapolis Journal out of $3.50 residences can
vassed had $3.50 subscribers-the Evening Tribune
l399-the Morning Tribune 807. :zs*@
The Miuueopohs Journal in 81 apartment and fiat build
ings canvassed, had 1926 charlottesville Evening
Tribune 1885, and the Morning Tribune 181
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A HUMANE PLAN
Anoka Herald.

Anoka Herald.
Did you ever notice the number of horses
left standing in front of some saloon while
their owners are drinking themselves fool
ish inside? Almost any evening here in
Anoka you can see from one to a dozen
teams unfed and uncared for, their owners
intent only on spending their last cent for
liquor. The proper thing in such cases
would be an action by the humane socie-
ties; but In place Of this, one of our neigh
boring towns has started a plan Of it's own
Whenever such an instance is noticed,
nothing is said but the village marshal at
once takes the team to a stable, has it
fed and the expense charged. It is then
necessary for the owner to prove his prop
erty and pay all expenses before he can
recover the team The plan is said to
work we'll and might be tried in this city.
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T i
$5,OOO,0O0 as a guaranty of good faith,
and the line must be completed within
seven years.
The Transcript correspondent thinks
that there will he difficulty in raising
the SIS, 900, 900 as the London financiers who
will be called upon to put it up may think
that there is, too little prospect Of their
getting anything out Of the undertaking.
It is considered that the government has
driven a hard bargain, for considering
the fact that the line Is to run thru an
uninhabited country, it may be a great
many years before there will be any
dividends for the investors, with the GER
,tainly that if the enterprise turns out to
be failure, the company, will lose all it
puts into the work.
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Walter A. Wyckoff professor Of soci-
ology at Princeton, while disguised as
tramp, travelled thru the United States.
Some time after he returned to Prince
ton he related an incident that hap
pened on a train on which he was rid
ing in the west. He boarded 1t with two
companions, and half an hour after
starting it entered a very black tunnel.
A man seated across the aisle asked the
conductor how long it would take to pass
thru the tunnel.
"Oh about two hours, the conductor
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A STRONG LIGHT THROWN ON HIS TOILET

snapped, and hurried thru the car.
The man opposite fumbled among his
grips. Soon he seemed to be struggling
with something in the darkness. Sudden
ly the car was Illuminated by glare Of
sunlight for the train had emerged from
the tunnel. All eyes turned toward the
man opposite. The two hours of darkness
promised him by the conductor he had be-
gun to use in changing his shirt He now
sat thunderstruck, his coat. shirt, neck
tie and collar thrown over the next seat,
as naked from the waist up as a man
about to take bath.
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They are not exactly bad boys, these
two in certain west Philadelphia family,
but they are invariably quarreling and
fighting with one another Probably it
was the fact of frequent paternal interview
ton that caused the few pauses in, hos
tilities. At any rate, they are rather ia
NOUS In their neighborhood.
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POSSIBLE FRENCH AMBASSADOR

James Hazen Hyde, vice president and
chief stockholderfin a New York life in
surance company, is said to be slated for
the position of ambassadorto France MR..
training himself for the place named. His
warfnest friend abroad is President Lou
bet, and he is perhaps better known
among Parisians than any other american.