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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17
LITERARY NOTES.

The Meals Publishing company, 431.
Eleventh street, Washington. D. G.. have
published of volume of poems by Miss
Frances Guignard Gibbes, who shows that
she feels the throbbing pulse of inspira-
ton, but is not able to control verbally
it's restlessness and give it coherent
rythmical expression. She is at her best
in 1.-The Mocking Bird which is really
beautiful poem (Price SD
The American Book company, Chicago,
'Stories of Humble Friends by Rather
inc Pyle, illustrated. The stories, de-.
signed to interest children in nature
! study, are well-told and the illustrations
are admirable. The same company have
also published Studies in Zoology" an
introduction to the study of animals, for
secondary schools, by J. A. Merrill di-
| rector Of science department, state normal
I school. Superior, Wis.
Edwin Markham looks favorably upon
Kipling's later poetry but disparages his
earlier efforts as mere strummings on
the banjo and characterizes the middle
period verse as "the melodious chords of
the street harp mixed with the noise Of
the crowd the process of the present
being characterized as splendid reaches
Of orchestral brass and silver Is that
complimentary?
F. Berkeley Smith, author of "The Real
! Latin Quarter of which he is also the
illustra tor, has written another book on
Paris, entitled, How Paris Abuses It
self which Funk & -Wagnails, New
York will publish.
Assistant Librarian Murray OF the Ii
brary of Congress has found 1900 books
! written by mulattoes. Pure blood negroes,
while small number Of them have shown
authorship gifts, are not likely to record
the literary activities of the mixed bloods.
!. Madame Blanc, writing of recent visit
/ to Count Tolstoy, says: Il left him with
! the belief that he is the incarnation Of pity
supported by the imperious need Of justice.
He has the desire Of reforming a social
condition which is not in accordance with
4 Christ's wish and he translates his desire
into acts We need not fear that he will
i have many imitators.
4 The Harpers promise for this year new
juveniles by Mary e. wilkins. John Ken
drick Bangs adm Gertrude Smith.
I Miss Mary Johnston's new love story,
'Sir Mortimer will appear in book form
in the autumn. This seen is in England
4 during Queen Elizabeth's time.
Robert Chambers .Outdoorland" has
write other books Of the same kind ina
4 ture) for children.
i Hall Gaines External City, has beer
sold to the extent Of $500 copies. !
The Lathrop Publishing company OF
:. Boston will bring out in February Rich
ard Burtons new volume of verse, en-
titled Message and Melody This bool,
of poems is the fourth which Mr.. Burton
/ has issued, and contains his latest and
: most mature work in the lyric and ballad
3 vein gathered from many magazines. OF
/ written especially for this volume The
: book will be rich and attractive in both
typograp ply and binding. and no doubt
will increase the audience which DR.. Bur-
tons earlier books have gained for him
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17
JERICHO POSTOFFICE
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Copyright, 1908, by Joe Jenkir


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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17

legislation and investigation, but demands
positive antitrust measures. for general
corporations without further delay. 1t is
not likely, however, that the senate will
pass the amended bill, and perhaps those
who are impatient for some law that will
make the trusts. feel the bit at once may
yet find that a beginning with moderate
meas ures is wiser
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17

$~AA - ~ ~ ~ =" WI -
spondent of the New
York Tribune, who
claims to have been
informed by the most
unimpeachable au-
thority that the prop
erty will not be
alienated. Abbots-
ford cost Sir Walter
Scott a formidable
lot of money. He
was continually add
ing to the acreage,
and, when the finan-
cial troubles growing
out Of his connection
with a printing es-
Enlistment in Edin-
hllrgh o9noa mon
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17
SAFEST.
Philadelphia Pre-

y I1.4a .5fsa3 Ph1IauGIpHla 5FT0SS.t
II suppose you're trying to think up q
lie to tell9your wife when you get home ;
said the first clubman.
mo, indeed, replied the other. TN
going to tell her the truth.
. "Surely you are not?'
Il certainly am, because she's sure MOI
to believe me-.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17

AS the senate judiciary committee has
amended the Littlefeld bill, it is no longer
in conflict with the Elkins bill, and is
made to fit into the Nelson amandment.
1t doubtless represents the. more radi-
cal antitrust feeling in congress. the
feeling that is not content with rebate
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17
NEW BOOKS

ESSENTIALS OF ANCIENT HISTORY FROM
THE EARLIEST RECORDS TO CHARLIE
IMAGINE. By Arthur Mayes Watson, Phi D.,
De- Witt Clinton High School, New York.
Chicago: The American Book company.
Illustrated. Price, $1.50.
This is the first volume Of a series of
books or the essentials Of history. The
tory, of English history, and of American
history, occupy separate volumes. The
purpose of the series is to divert atten-
ton to the most important periods and
episodes in the history Of the world; those
movements which have a dynamic int1u-
ence upon the destiny Of the human race
or a particular nation. In this volume the
influence Of Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylo-
MAN, Medo-Persian, Greek and Roman
dominion and civilization are set forth,
with an intelligent view of the meaning
of the invasion and intermixture with old
civilization by the Germanic and other
northern peoples the result being the
foundation of the Germanic states on
the ruins Of the Roman empire, they be-
ing ultimately united under Charlemagne
/ in his great medieval empire-the Holy
Roman Empire, as. it was called, which
| stretched from the Baltic to the Medl-
terranean and from the Atlantic to tile
Oder and the Danube and, under wise
government, ended the anarchy and mis-
government which had characterized the
breaking up of the Roman empire. The
volume is we'll illustrated and the impor-
tant movements are intelligently presented
| and discussed The introduction is by
| Albert Bushnell Hart, the distinguished
professor of history at Harvard unlver-
sity.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17

The dietatorial tone of Gas Addicks
ultimatum issued yesterday must be high
ly offensive to the regular republican
members of the Delaware legislature. Ad-
dicks therein plainly avows his intention
to rule or ruin in Delaware politics: When
regular republicans, have such q man to
deal with, they can sometimes prove the
quality of their regularity by co-operat-
ing with the democrats The whole coun-
try would applaud the regulars if they
would unite with the democrats and elect
one good republican and one good demo-
crat. Mr.. Hanna's phrase about keeping
the fruits of republican victory. in, Della
ware has a pleasant sound, but the good
people Of the United States have no wish
to see Addicks, get the lions share thereof
even if he did pay for the. victory. =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17
Cortelyou Deserves It.

=. It is great pleasure to be,able to record
the promotion of Mr.. George B. Cortelyou,
private secretary to President Roosevelt,
to be the first secretary of the department
of commerce and labor.
Mr.. Cortelyou is, a young man of great
ability, good character, remarkable in
dustry and organizing talent. He is a
man who enjoys President Roosevelt's en-
tire confidence, and can be expected to adj
minister his new office as President
Roosevelt would do it himself.
/. Mr.. Cortelyou's rise to positions. Of
honor and responsibility and to national
celebrity has been very rapid. It is only
fourteen years since he. entered the gov
eminent service as stenographer to the
postoffice inspector at New York. In
every position chance or his own efforts
have won for him he has acquitted himself
with credit. Though republican, Fresi-
dent Cleveland picked him out for work
at the White House, President Mckinley
found him too good a man to spare, Pres
ident Roosevelt met with similar expert
ence, and now finds it his duty to reward
him with cabiret office.
The American people always delight in
seeing ability and merit get to the front,
and there will be very few persons in the
big republic who will not experience some
degree of satisfaction in the fact that
George B. Cortelyou, fourteen years ago
an obscure stenographer, is now at the
head Of one of the great departments of
federal government, put there because he
! is sthe man for the n1acecr rfaa y.ssaz..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17

practical effort to determine whether. the
gross earnings system as usually applied
is really an instrument of uniform taxa
flor, s. t,..a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17
Books and Authors
"A LITERARY SHRINE

The story that Abbotsford. the home Of
Sir Walter Scott, is to pass out Of the
hands Of his descendants, is pronounced
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17
THE LIFE WITHIN. Boston: Lothrop Pub
fishing company. Price, 81 80

THE LIFE WITHIN. Boston: Lothrop Pub
fishing company. Price, $1.5O.
This is christian Science" romance.
The locality, eastern Kentucky; the
author name withheld. but one evidently
perfectly acquainted with the local color
ing, the people, the tone. The arrival
of Miss Cathie Beale at her home in
Shrewsbury created a sensation for the
reason that the girl who had been bed
ridden for nineteen years with an al
legged broken spinue, returned in full
health and strength; leaped from the car
riage and ran into the house. astonishing
the family, notably the father, Judge
Beale, who had shortly before left her at
Atlantic City with her NURSE The adj
vent of "Cathie'sl was a. disturbing ele-
ment in StevensburgS. She vowed she had
been cured by Christian Science and could
have been cured long before had she
known that she was only an expression Of
the mind Of God, and she couldn't posi-
bly, be sick or go wrong if she kept in har-
mony with the God-mind. "Cathie' de-
clared that she laid on her back so long
only because she believed her spine was
broken. AS soon as she put her mind in
harmony with the Great Mind she
rose up and walked and waltzed., Stew
ensbury was unbelieying. Then light be-
gan to break on some and families were
divided There are love episodes and
thrilling scenes, but the didactic has a
firm grip on the narrative, which is in
tended to boom the system of Mrs. Mary
Eddy It is all done in the pleasantest
way, for the unknown writer is an in
teresting raconteur. While the book is
not strenuously convincing of the claim ed
value of Mrs. Eddy's revived pantheisn1
and Berkeleyisn, it is very good reading
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-17

The Minnesota house yesterday spanked
its railway committee to deserved pink
ness The house evidently has some re-
gard for its reputation, even if the mem
bers of the railroad committee care Moth
ing for public opinion. The Stone bill is
worthy of serious attention, and to vote
against reporting it for consideration was
to invite the severest criticism. .y
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

estate which, by virtue of its historical asso-
Citations as well as of it's material resources,
should fill its owner with pride. Unfortunately,
the Sir David Cheveral Of the story has been
driven by grief in love to little for his patri
mony. Before the narrative opens he has lost
the girl OF his choice through the perfdy of
friend who adds insult to injury by winning the
hand of the hero's sister, and the result of this
double disaster is that the Lord Of Bindon-
CheveraI retires to his tall tower and there finds
solace in the contemplation of the heavens. 1t
is from his mingling of morbid thought with
astronomical observation that the book draws
its title. He lives in world of dreams. Below
him, far down in one of the ancient chambers of
this melancholy dwelling, Sir David's sole re-
manning intimate, old Master Simon Rickart,
lives among stewing herbs and the instruments
of an aIchemists laboratory, concocting from his
simplcs divers remedies which he applies to
those of the Villagers who can conquer their
fear of him and his cat BelpheSor, and come to
him for their ailments to be relieved. In the
first chapter Simon is at work. He is painted
in his fantastic room with the minute viVidness
of an old Dutch picture, and the authors strike
d note of mystery and gloom which is retained
almost to the end. They retain it, but with the
art which has made their earlier rOmances
enchanting they bring light we'll shadow
into their narrative. Ellinor the widowed
daughter of the harmless old alchemist. enters
upon the scene still young and radianty beauti
full and the stuff of The Star Dreamer is
found in he cxperic ces as an agent of change
in the house SO long sunk quietude and
sorrow.
Love between David and Ellinor is inevitable,
but, under the circumstances trouble for both
is just as certainly TO be expected. Here Mr..
and Mrs Castle at their happest. There is
nothin<, violent about the earlier phases of the
drama they unfold. Slowly the hero and heroine
drift together. slowly the evil forces wait
ing to assail them work their allotted harm.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

fraudulent acts were themselves performed
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS is to say. without the full
concurrence Of will and consciousness-and were
the result Of a pathological condition superin-
duced by the habits of reveTie and air castle
building to which she was given. Whatever the
cause however he completely eliminates the
spiritualistic hypothesis. Recognizing that the
case of Mrs Piper, around whom the advocates
Of spiritualism are tod 4y rallyinG, is the most
difficult Of explanation. Mr. POdmore treats 1t
very fully This medium has for the last fifteen
years been under the almost continuous OBJ
servation Of members of the Society for Psychl-
cal Research and her revelations while i'll a
trance condition have been such as to convince
several eminent investigators, notably Professor
Hyslop. late of Columbia University, of her pos
session Of supernatural gifts. Mr.. POdmore is
not convinced, however. He hints at posslbill-
ties of fraud and for the rest says:
Taken as whole. the evidence produces on
nv own mind the almost complete conviction
that Mrs Piper in trance is possessed OF some
faculty beyond the normal-a faculty at the
lowest Of tapping the thoughts of her inter
viewers But beyond that il does not seem 10
me safe to 60. Some Of the most succtssIul
shots may be ascribed TO Oh Ince, colhcldehce'
which must operate to some extent IN so Wlue
a field. many more may he due TO cunning, con-
lecture and inference the part OF the en-
ence for some years past have anorded un-
precedented opportunities for deEeiop4hs any
native gift in that direction. But the most SeTl-
ous objection is that the difficulty and un-
certainty of the Interpretation give wide scope
to the unconscious bias of the Interpreter
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

scribed to the listening circle the people Of
Mars, their food. dress and habits At times
she drew pictures Of views in Mars, and later
both spoke and wrote freely in an alleged Mar
tian language Her case was specially studied
by the eminent French scientist, NJ. Flournoy,
who in 1900 published, in a volume entitled
"Des Indes a la PIanete Mars" the results OF
his observations. NJ. Flournoy finds that all pre-
tensions to a supramundane origin for these
revelations are false, and finds also. that her
clairvoyance messages to himself dealt almost
exclusively with periods and incidents with
which her mother familiar and of which she
might have heard her mother speak. But NJ.
F1ournoy insists on the mediums good faith af-
frming that her trance utterances were simply
a reversion to dreams of her childhood she
having been addicted in youth to day dreams
and hallucinations.
In Mr.. Podmore's criticism Of this case we
note that he agrees with NJ Flournoy regarding
the automatic and involuntary nature of the
Martian revelations. but he adds that in her
earlier seances Miss Smith also gave some ex-
hibitions Of physical mediumship involving
fraud He suggests, however. that in view of
her later history it is not impossible that these
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
FICTION
A NEW ROMANCE BY AGNES AND EGER-
TON CASTLE.

THE STAR DREAMER. a Romance. BY Agnes
ami Egerton Castle. 12mo. PIP xiv, 3I0. Fred
erick A. Stokes Company.
FLOWERS OF THE DUST. BY John Oxenham
12mo. PIP. 1873. a Vessels Company.
LOVEY MARY. BY Alice Hogan Rice. Illustrated
Emo. PIP 1877. The Century Company.
IN THE MORNING GLOW. Shcrt Stories. BY
Roy Rolf Gibson. Illustrated 12mo., PIP. 1877
Harper I'rOtterS.
The authors of THE Star Dreamer have in
terwoven with the human and dramatic eie-
ments of their romance the beauty and pictu-
resqueness of peculiarly interesting scene. In
a few Introductory pages they sketch an old
English estate, Bindon- -CheveraI the road
from Devices to Bath. and the glamour of the
place is preserved throughout the book, envelop-
ing the actors in the story and communicating
an added charm to the events in which those
actors share. 1t is a large estate and prosper
Gus. fair to look upon, and worth possessing;
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
A REVIEWERS PROTEST.
From The London Morning Post.


We get accustomed to the pleasant h;te ways
of noVelsts, and sometimes inclined Il over
look minor SOleCiSms when remember that
they are all part Of praiseworthy effort TO
please. But just now We feel called Oh to pro-
test against prevalent practice that tends 10
get on the reviewers nerves The danger OF
using such phases as Such things might hap
pen in a novel, but not in real life," or AS they
say in novels should " OuId think, lie sufii-
ciently apparent to writers Of fiction. If this
were novel, remarks an ingenious writer. 80
and so might have occurred but in narrative
Of plain fact" etc. This of thing has, Of
course, the sole result of reminding the reader
that he is reading a novel, and if he has been
beguiled by the author into losing himself f"r L
moment the effect is at once dispeled. Suppose
Hamlet had taken the opportunity to remark to
his mother in the closet scene After all this IS
only a play, you know But the person no
wrote under the name of Shakespeare praCt1S"d
the that hides art (sOme say the artist .rls',
and he far too wary to remind his .."'l' l,'"s
that he was imposing on their creduli'>.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
LITIY FOR 4 CIGAR.
From Notes and Queries.

Frcm Notes and Queries
Nowadays, it would seem, the German , huol-
boy may reasonably expect To be asked what
is Latin for a cigar He has opportunity,
at least, of knowing how to answer this ques-
tion if he studies DR.. GeOrg Capellanuss anus
ing little book ''Sprechen sic Latelnist M" In
the conversation at the railway station page
40 (third edition, 1900 "C;ieb dem SChaffneT Elm
paar Cigarren!" is rendered 10y "Da ", turaIiO
aIiquot Stilos tabaci." and the author adds that
"Americansche Neulateiner' cali cigars con-
VoIVulL"
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
TACT.
ARCHBISHOP LANGLEY's DEFINITION.

From The Speaker.
1T is difficult to say what it is the Arch
bishop replied, when asked to denne IL here
this morning a clergyman in my diocese wrote to
me In consideration of your graces many in
hrTnities and failing powers Ihat was not
tactful"
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01
SPIRITUAL1SM.

a DIFFICULT SUBJECT EXPLORED.
New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

MODERN sPIRITUALTSM: A HISTORY AND
CPITTCISM By Frank Podmore. In Two Vol
HTnes Octave pp xviii, S07; xii, 81 Imported
~ charles Scribuer's Sons.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1903-07-11
COUNCIL MEETING.
Ordinance Affecting Water Rates
Adopted-To Enquire Into Police
Reaulations For Saloons. Etc.

called meeting Of the City Council
was held Thursday night AT the request
of the ordinance committee President
Cole presided and every member of the
council was In his -eat except Mr. Re
we're
An amendment TO section ,. chapter
-. Ol ordinances bearing on water,
which had been referred to committee.
was unanimously reported adversely by
said committee. On motion of Mr. Brad
ley the ordinance was adopted by tie
following recorded vote: Aye ole
Wroten, Rowe, Bradley, Embrey. han
cellOr. Brent No-McCracken, Dsnnehl,
Mills and Wallace.
This ordinance makes the water
charges as follows.
BarrOoms $40, restaurants $40, hak-
cries $40, barber shops So, slaughter
houses $40 livery stables Sl5, hotiling
beer, etc $40 wagon yards -, brick
yards $40 ga- engines SO. woodward
engines $l5. Exchange Hotel so, Hotel
OanDehi $50. other hotels 500.
Mr. Chancellor offered the folio. ing
which was unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That the Committee on
Water be and il hereby instructed TO pre-
pare q list Of those who paid the in
creased price Of water. a. arranged by
them on the first Of last January. which
was unauthorized by this Council, to-
wit. on bar rooms. restaurants, etc,
with the amount paid by each one re
spectiyely, and when the list Is completed
aud certified 20 by said committee as cor
rect il be placed in the hands Of the City
Treasurer. who il her, hy authorized and
instructed TO refund the several amounts
to the parties designated on said let.
Mr. Dannehl offered gn ordinance on
water, which was adopted and will be
printed There was come opposition
Messrs Wroten, Embrey and Brent vot-
/ ing against il.
Nr. Wroten WAS call Il 10 the chair and
/ Colonel Cole offered the following reso-
/ luton. which was unanimously adopted
Resolved, That special committee
consisting OF three members Of the Coun
ell be appointed by the presiding officer
oi tho Council. with instructions 10 re
port at the next regular meeting OF thi'
body
Fret; What state and municipal legis
latiOn exists for the proper police ant
control of the licensed liquor salooDs o
this city and for the proper police enC
control OF drunkenness in this city.
Second: What legislation. II there i
not sufficient in existence at this time, i
necessary for the proper police a d regu
ation Of such licensed liquor saloons
and ofdrunkeness 10 this city.
Vice President Wroten appointed
the committee az follows Messrs. Cole
Embrey and Bradley.
Mr.. Chancellor offered On estimate O
the cost of the proposed improvement
to the water works which was reisrre'
back to the joint committee ofwater an
finance with instructions to report full
at the regular meeting OF the Counc
, next Thursday night. The Council the
adjourned.