The Minneapolis journal., 1903-11-04
and the poetic and prose talent giving tributes
to the beverages is enter tainingly utilized.
THE MAGAZINES.

4 Gothic Tower Of Babel-Skyscrap pers
are not to be unsightly things always.
The severity of style which marked the
early heavenward reaching piles and
which was necessary owing to the tre-
mendous expense, promises to give way to
something more ornate II drawings in The
Record for November may
be taken as an indication of what is to
come. In the Record with an article on
The Evolution Of the Skyscraper," by
ary drawings for the New York Times
building. Ones first impression from
these is that some architect has been Civ
ing run to his fancy in an effort to de-
sign a gothic Tower Of Babel. The de-
sign was not accepted. But something.
very fine was, and the New York Times
will have one of the finest business build
ings in the world and from basement to
capstone probably the tallest. The Mo-
vember Record is full of matter sure to
attract the architect.
General MacDonaid's Character - The
verdict of the commission appointed to in
quire into matters relating to the death
Of Major General Hector Macdonald, the
brilliant Scotch soldier in the British
army, furnishes the basis Of a brief, but
very interesting article in The Caledonlan
for November. The substance Of the YER
dict is the commission was unable to find
any ground at all for the charges made
against the general, but believed that the
charges resulted from spite and jealousy
prompted by General Mac Donald's ad-
vancement as an officer.
The President and the Postotfice
TroubIe-A Letter-"The President ana
the Postal Investigation are reviewed
by the editor Of the American Review Of
Reviews under the head of "The Progress
Of the World" in the November number
of his magazine. He quotes a letter
from the president which closed with this
ringing sentence: In a case like this,
where the crime charged is one that
strikes at the foundations of the common
wealth, I should hold myself unfit for this
| office if I considered for one moment
either my own welfare, or the interest OF
the party, or anything else except the in
| terests Of Justice. An article in the
same number of the Review that will in
terest national guardsmen and lovers OF
guns generally is by Charles j. Leach or
''The New Rife for the United States
| Army" It is a brave weapon "and nc
mistake The review of the military
maneuvers at Fort Riley will interest the
same class Of readers.
/ Japan's Occidental Ways-Japan is be.
coming more and more occidental in hel
manner of going at things. This is shown
! by her recent exposition at Osaka an ac-
count of which, excellertly illustrated is
given in the November Cosmopolitan by
i Count Hirokichi Mutsu. It rather sur
prises one who used to think he knew al
the larger cities of the world to read ii
/ connection with the account of this expo.
sition that Osaka has a population O.
nearly a million-820, 900. Herbert George
Wells begins another Of his strange tale.
in the November Cosmopolitan. 1t i.
! called "The Food of the Gods" and those
] wit ox-fro nil
! to an astonishing size. "Those" include.
| chickens and insects and in this frs
installment there chickens that ru1
off with babies or small boys and wasp
that can sting thru armor plate, or i
4 they can't it is only because Mr.. Wells dit
/ not happen to think of armor plate il
connection with his wasps as big as BARI
4 owls. The number contains the SECOND
installment Of Thomas Janvier's "Henr.
Hudson