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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
ALL RIGHT IN LAW, BUT

received, this afternoon said the
Wignt-eyed, common-sense girl, the while
light blush Of nlaidenly coyness tinted
her peach-hued cheeks, "a written nro-
posal OF marriage from Horace J. Poke
iong, the rising young attorney, and
hun! that petrif1ed dubv' jealo1slv
evacuated the young dry goods dealer.
VINO mad been hanging back because of his
tlmldlty and excessive alteration.
lie says" proceeded the maiden. gen
tiy ignoring the interruption, and reading
aloud from the interesting document Il
nave carefully and Complementary anal
yzed my, feelings toward you, and the re-
suit Is substantially as follows, to-wtt: T
respect, admire, adore and love YOU. and
hereby give, grant and convey to Won NV
heart and all my interest, right and title
IN and to the same, together with all nv
possessions and emoluments, either won.
inherited or in any other manner ACQUIRED.
gained, anticipated or expected, with full
ana complete power to use, utilize give
away, bestow or otherwise make use of
the same, anything heretofore stated. ex-
pressed, implied or understood, in or by
my previous condition, standing, walk, at
tltude or actions, to the contrary notwith-
standing; and I furthermore-'"
'l-I!' fairly shouted the listener, SPRING
ing to his feet and extending his arms.
Miss Brisk-Maud-I love you! Will YOU
marry me?''
Eyes, will" promptly answered the
lass, as she contentedly snuggled up in
his encircling embrace. ''And I'll reply
to the ponderous appeal of that pedantic
procrastinator with the one expressive
slangism, Nit! am yours, Clarence!''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

1t Is said that most of the assassinations
In Kentucky are due to local politics. Ken
lucky has 10000 square niles-about half
the area Of Minnesota yet has 11s
counties to our 83, while the population
OF the two states is about the same.
About two thirds Of these Kentucky coun-
ties are counties that take more out of
the state treasury than they put In
Whenever a Kentucky governor says
a correspondent of the New York Post
'can secure a complaisant legislature
willing to perpetuate his name, he induces
1t to form a new county for that purpose. .
Each Of these pauper counties has its full
quota of officers, and as the inhabitants
are not very actively engaged in agricul-
ture or business, a multitude Of incentives
exists to the formation Of bitter political
factions for the control Of these offices,
with their cash salaries. If punches of
these counties could be consolidated into
one, many causes of feuds would be elm
mated, and it would be easier to secure
justice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
Books and Authors
NOT so BAD. AS THAT

Mrs. Ella w. Peattie makes q plea for
fine writing" In the June Critic and be-
walls the tendency to- matter of fact
ness" insisted on byasome critics. I'VE
must beware lest we decorate our ideas"
says she; I'VE must dare apostrophize
nothing; we are inoculated against pas
sion, and phantasy is as out Of favor as
embezzlement; 1t is not thought quite sane
to be enthusiastic about anything; to be
ardent IS as great an offense as to be un-
sophisticated, and any one who Is elo-
quent may expect the sardonic lifting Of
the brows at his expense"
While 1t Is true that HISTORICALLY emo
tional novels Of the elder day are gem
orally reprobated, and Mrs. Caroline Lee
Hentz and her school are out of print,
It is certainly not true that fine writing
in fiction, biography or history has been
put under the ban. and that readers de-
spise rhetorical finish and symptoms Of
passion and emotion and enthusiasm.
There Is certainly an increasing number
OF persons who object to the ebullitions OF
an inebriated imagination and verbal law
lessness and tangled sphantasems. But no
Intelligent reader would have the refine
ments of writing crushed under the wheels
OF pitiless matter of-fact Juggernautism.
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If American naval officers are to


If American naval officers are to be
called upon to go into society as the
Representatives Of Uncle. Sam they ought
to be provided with public funds to meet
the%cost of the social events that are not
OF their own seeking. In time OF peace
one Of the principal duties Of the naval
officers on foreign stations IS to participate
In international dinners, balls and recep-
lions, etc. AS a rule the officers partic-
ipate In these affairs as representa- tives
OF their country, and not as individuals.
Unless Uncle Sam desires to eliminate
the interchange Of courtesies between ma
lions in which naval officers act as social
ambassadors, he should be prepared to
foot the bill. It is unworthy Of this great
nation to send its officers to '.Jolly'' the
German emperor and the British king and
then require them to pay the fiddler.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
LITERARY NOTES

Dana, Estes & Co., Boston, have pub
lished Poems and Verses by Carol Nor
ton. author Of ''Woman's Cause and '.The
New World" whose work has the key
note of life, peace, immortality, the an
swer Of the intelligent and devout soul
to all questionings as to the meaning of
the present and the to come
CHM & Co., Boston, announce .sDis-
courses on War" by William Ellery
Charming, the third volume in. the Inter
national Library published by them. The
Massachusetts, Peace society was founded
1nssl815 in Channing's study and he was
It's animating spirit and his voice was
against war turnout his life.
Herbert IS. Stone & Co., Chicago. an
nounce 1.-THE Strange Adventures Of Mr..
Middleton a tale of Chicago, by Warden
Curtis, of Madison, Wis.
John Lane announces Shakspere's
poems in one volume octave, uniform with
the thirty six volumes Of the Vale Press
Shakspere's Plays.
John Lane will soon issue a new and
revised edition of Richard Garnett,s ..The
Twilight Of the Gods" with additional
stories. and a collection of sea stories en-.
titled Life in the Mercantile Marine. :,
by Charles Protheroe.
Professor Albert Bushnell Hart devotes
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

A fair sample Of some of the distorted
ideas of the relations Of labor unions to
the rest Of society and to the nation is
to be found in a resolution adopted yes.
terday by the executive committee OF the
Western Federation Of Miners. Because
the president5is an honorary member Of
the Brotherhood Of Locomotive Firemen,
this committee resolved that in sending
United States soldiers to quell riots at
Morenei, Ariz., the president was guilty of
treason to the principles OF organized la
Dor. This is the sort Of idiotic nonsense
that makes the plain citizen with a some
what limited vocabulary feel like swearing
as the most direct and forcible way Of ex-
pressing his feelings. II to uphold public
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

the last volume Of his Source Readers
Of American History to the Romance
of the Civil War
The Macmillan company say in their
notes: Miss Elizabeth c. Yates, a sister
OF the Irish poet, has started in Dublin a
Dun Elmer Press in which she is at
tempting to rival the Kelmscott work,
Paper made Of pure linen has been pro-
cured from Irish mills, and Miss Yeats
IS doing her own printing, with the helm
OF an assistant. Her first volume is to be
collection Of poems by w. B. Yeats
IN the seven Woods These are de-
scrlbed as being poems chiefly of the irish
heroic age. Early in May Miss Yeats wrote
10 a friend IN New York that all the short
lyrics and the two long poems were
printed. and that the play which finishes
the book was nearly done''
Roosevelt's "The Strenuous Life" has
been published in French at Paris ,,ndsr
the title la Vie Intense,
DR.. 8. Weir Mitchell's .Circumstonoa,,
has been called for to the extent Of IS. 900
copies. - o''ooo
Miss scidmore says in her winter In
GA, q Century company publicat ton: "T IL
l EanoreJ we found whole table full of
klpnng Observation-Disclosures army people
and civil servants Thera NC
the majors wife, fat, bruno, and long mast
4u' wrinkles drawn in lines of pearl now
ger around her eyes and under her chin.
NO one in India reads Kipling.'
she s1 said impressively. we do not esteem
MIN at all. He does not tell the trl1tl,
about anything Why, he was a uerv
common, low sort Of person here. He
only associated with the "Tommies," as
you see by his books-all full of things
ABOUT , the sergeants' and the soldiers
wives and their class. or course, as he
never associated with ladies, or went with
the nice chaps of the regiments, how could
ne know anything about society, about
government House, or the Simla sets?
why In that ridiculous story" and
sue told me IN detail how he had it all
wrong about the Godsbys, the Haulshees
ana others; for she knew some people who
were In Simla that year, and It was this
way, etc., ETC."
sidney Lee says the late George Smith
OF smith, Elder & Co., the well-known
i;o oIluoli pupiishers, spent over half mil
tional Biography" - Va
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

The Canadian press is so largely domi-
mated by the manufacturing interests that
1t Is not until the country and agricultural
press is read that student can get a
line on Canadian sentiment as to reel
procity with the United States. But when
he reads Of farmers meeting after meet
ing, where tie farmers complain Of the
tariff on American agricultural machinery
and also of the American tariff that causes
their hogs to sell at Sc in Toronto as
against So paid at Buffalo, he begins to
understand that, tho the roar Of the pro-
tected manufacturers is large, there are
others in Canada. One Ontario farmer
recently asserted that if Ontario farmers
had the privileges of buying and selling
freely in the United States, 1t would in
crease the annual output Of the average
Ontario farm from 5000 to $4O0.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
TUESDAY EVENING,

fore they could demand the sacrifice of q
for Improvement The English railways
are greatly superior to ours in the matter
OF safeguarding life and limb. We be-
lieve that not single passenger was
killed while travelling on railway train
in England last year. To be sure, the
total English mileage Is less than that
ty OF traffic is much greater there than
here.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

he Interstate commerce commissions
report on the railways Of the United
States for the fiscal year ending June 80.
1902, shows that out Of s49,s7s,5o5 pas
sengers carried, only 345 were killed and
1858 injured. These figures show that
when man takes train he has just one
chance in 1,ss3.7os Of being killed and
one chance in 1924 of being injured
The record is put in better shape for the
railways when It is said that the passen-
ger trains OF the United States had last
year to pile up mileage Of 57,o72,as2 be-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
Sunday Excursions.

Will Chamberlain declares in the Da-
kota Republican that people are losing In
terest in the Sunday excursion as a means
for recreation. This Is a very broad state
ment and is probably true only Of some
people-the people who have recently
taken a Sunday excursion. To the man
who likes a quiet Sunday, whether by a
lake full Of good fishing, in the library,
or in attendance upon religious and church
duties, the Sunday excursion Is an abon-
nation. Slipping out quietly and unos-
tentatiously into the country for genuine
rest and recreation is a very different
matter from joining. a tree-for-all excur-
sion to some place hundred or two hun
dred miles away, starting at 8 o'clock lin
the morning and getting back at 8 the
next morning. We can well understand
how people who have gone thru such a
process of hurry and skurry mixed up
with congestion and indigestion, train
sickness, smoke, cinders, dust and bad
air, think the Sunday excursion is declin-
ing.
But that is merely the retrospective
view, the opinion of the stated man. It
takes no account of the joy of anticipa-
tion to people whose weekday lives are
full Of routine and dull monotony. To
such persons a rush excursion on Sunday
with its prospect of meeting many
strangers. Of seeing new sights and en-
countering novel experiences is very pleas
ant. They really feel that their week
days are so quiet and placid that the way
to get a rest on the seventh day is to
rush across the country, drink pop, take
a steamboat ride around a lake, smoke
many cigars, do as much as Is possible
in twentyfour hours and Gomez home
thoroly exhausted. Some of these peo-
pie no doubt feel later that the joys of
anticipation arc greater than those of
realization, but many Of them return from
a fatiguing Sunday excursion confident
that they have had good time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

Frorna London Letter..
British exhibition including
sitting Forster by what called
IT'S the moment said Forster land must wait till
"A convinced that the mua far from passing
to beard unless
working
t fahy e were rare in 1856 In Dickens case the handsome mouth is only par
advantage that one sees less Of you, = -eS' :
tine Pekuh r eom off, Thatn DO won't Right we'll said M s M
Weller the
due course the tickets sent Before the reading took met
In
him disappointed
i in
BY that @ you of Sam Weller why ~. the fellows replies
nlusrious friend
y was @ sir Ne. Dickens continued qh he ua 0 o sh e
@ that Won taSa nohodv,s advice ahout any srv s m INV
fellow the conviction
seldom that wonder little mistake
deal smarter Thus
s the e. ss favor g aas s ns ts s P @
standing behind him examined
just meant Ever much Obliged to you my dear Firth and then Wha.
paint paint
SAID one our oes. NC sooner naa uttered the last word
shall
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
EskIMos' sEALskIN CHURCH

The Eskimos possessed the most re-
n1arkable place of worship In the world. It
was a sealskin church. Forty sealskins
stretched over a little framework, and in
this tent, 18x12 feet, services were held
every Sunday But the church came to
an untimely end. One hard winter the
Eskimos' dogs, being half famished, dined
on the sealskins, and only the frame was
left. The Eskinos have now erected q.
dog proof tabernacle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

peace and order and to use regulars to do
SO In the territories Of the United States
Is treason to the principles OF organized
labor the country wants to know It. SO
that 1t can proclaim itself traitorous from
Maine to California.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
AFTER THIRTY-THREE YEARS
Kansas City Journal.


years Frank Woodward Of Maryyne
young sie made her the
marry and returned to Missouri pair
Thacker visit
in
other
nandc
kidnapping
after
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

The street railway company really ought
to take up the suggestion Of the req,
estate men, that regular observat flor
car be provided for the entertainments
and instruction Of Minneapolis guests.
Such cars have proved very successful in
many other cities. They are indispensa-
Bile to the hurry-up tourist Of these DAVIS.
who undertakes to see the whole west
ern part OF the United States in fifteen
days.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

Mr.. G. F. Eve told The J ourna ]
yesterday of a crop Of winter wheat being
raised on a Manitoba farm. AS an evil
dence of the existence of milder climate
In that province than is customarily
ascribed to 1t, such q demonstration may
be valuable. but it is hard to see that it
has any direct economic Importance, I'M
less it should be followed up with expert
ments that would prove that it Is safer.
on account Of August frosts to raise
winter than spring wheat in western
Canada.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
Nothing to Fear from Irrigation.

One Of the objections to the ma tionaliza-
ton of irrigation is that it simply means
more and fercer competition for the
farmers Of the humid regions. Some Of
these farmers, like some labor unions and
some combinations Of capital, believe that
production should be restricted as much
as possible, Or that, at any rate, the fed
eral government should not undertake to
stimulate competition in farming.
In the current number of Opportunity,
ST. Paul, Mr.. Guy E. Mitchell Of the Ma
tional Irrigation association, shows that
the eastern farmer has little to fear from
extensive irrigation even If 1t adds 10O,-
100000 acres Of productive land to me
farm area Of the United States, or sub
stantially one-eighth Of the entire area
of the country now included in farms.
The irrigation engineers think that the
government will be accomplishing won
ders If 1t shall be. able to prepare this land
for the plow fast enough to keep pace
with the growth Of population. Moreover,
lands redeemed by irrigation are too val
liable, as; a rule, to be used for growing
wheat and corn, the staple crops Of the
humid region. Alfalfa, to be sure, de-
mands a large acreage, but it in no way
completes with eastern forage crops. II it
were not raised, it would be impossible
to raise beef cattle in many parts Of the
west. There are farms in the Yakima
valley in Washington where, under irri-
cation, more than 100 bushels of wheat
may be raised to the acre, yet the farm
'ers find fruits more profitable Even II
there might appear to be some COMPETE
ton, it would be entirely superficial Mr..
Mitchell ably argues. Large portions of
the arid west will remain indefinitely even
after reclamation. agricultural territory.
The manufacturing for them will be done
in the middle and eastern states. The
larger the population they maintain, the
larger their consumption Of manufactured
products and the larger the consuming
power and demand Of the eastern markets
for what the tributary country may raise.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
WHAT HE WAS CELEBRATING

President Jacob Gould Schurman Of
Cornell university was born in Nova
Scotia. Last Fourth of July his young
son used up all his firecrackers before
dusk and begged his father for more
money. ''Ill give you some more, my
son. said the professor, 'if you will tell
me what you are celebrating THAT'S
easy, dad" said the lad, who was born
in New York state. This Is the ami
versary Of the day when we licked YOU
fellows" An extra and unexpectedly
large supply Of cash was Forthcoming on
the SPOT :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
THE OLDEST LAW SUIT

A law suit which may probably be
claimed as the oldest in the world is re-
ported from the Trentina. The two COM
munes of Gallo and Foza have been for
four centuries In litigation for the pos
session of an extensive tract of woodland,
which has assumed the character OF a
virgin forest, with trees Of colossal size.
which no man dares to touch. Spots are
still pointed out where 200 years ago the
two communes fought pitched battles for
the disputed wood. Apparently the hom-
eric struggle is as far from closing as
ovor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
UP 70 HIM.
RnSfnn Hnrold

Mr.. Justwed Cat the station) Great
heavens! thought i wired you not to
bring your father and mother home with
you.
gram, and that's what they've come to
see you about
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
POLITICIANS vs.. PEOPLE

Cakes, N. D., Republican
Just now the politicians are engaged in
the pleasant pastime Of making a presi-
dent. A little later the people will take
that duty upon themselves and return
President Roosevelt.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
IOWA HAS NO PATENT

Fargo Forum
The Iowa idea is not dead but simply.
sleeping. It should be termed the western
idea, for 1t Is by no means confined to
Iowa, nor did it originate in that state.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

CROSSING THE OCEAN.
A young lady In crossing the ocean
Grew i'll from the ships dizzy mocean:
She said with sigh
And a tear in her eigh,
"Of living I've no longer nocearl.''
Chicago News.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
SOMETIMES.

=. .. FHIIauelpn1a PreSS
Talking Of ships" said Mr.. Phunniman. az,
suppose courtship might properly be considered
Sometimes replied Miss Loveylipz, dream
lily. 1T is nothing less than sort Of wor-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16
AT THE THEATERs
Foyer Chat.

Two large audiences witnessed A. c.
Gunter's excellent. comedy drama, "Mr.
Barnes Of New York as played by the
Ferris company, last night and this aft
ernoon. The piece seems to please this
patrons Of the pretty Lyceun1.
/. Next week, opening Sunday evening,
the Ferris company will be seen in George
McFarland's best play, THE Fatal Card.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

MORE BASKETS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM.
BY Mary White, author of Elbow to Make Bas-
kets.'' Illustrated New York: Doubleday,
Page & Co. Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy
Price 81.
In her former work, Miss White devoted
her directions and suggestions to the
simpler forms of basket making. In this
book, she. enters into. the aesthetics Of
basket making and she certainly deserves
the thanks Of the public for her agency
IN developing interest in this most useful
industry, in which even small children
now engage without using costly tools
or machinery. The making Of baskets is
a very ancient and honorable industry,
and it lis a matter of congratulation that
the past few years have Witnessed q wide
handicraft Of Indians, the industry has
become a feature of the public and pri-
vate school 1curricula and has become a
feature of society amusement and study.
Miss White makes many suggestions
looking tor the development of new and
elegant aesthetic FORMS of basket making
which require new appliances and mate
rails. She says: "a well made basket
shows more than zdexterity and skill-it
stands for patience and stick-t -itiveness
and has the value of all lgood work. Best
of ALL. children love thescraft and would
rather weave baskets Or wander af1eld in
search Of natural material for weaving
or dyes than do anything else you can
suggest" The book s5well illustrated
and especially explicit Instructions are
given in the making OF flower baskets,
and hanging baskets, and there Is an in
teresting chapter on theernaking Of raffia
and palm leaf hats
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-16

MORE BASKETS, AND HOW TO MAKE THEM.
BY Mary White, author of 'How to Make Bas-
kets.'' Illustrated. New York: Doubleday,
Page & Co. Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-05-22
actual service in The field have filed
claims TO the remarkable extent of
forty per cent. OF their total number.

It is reported that in suggesting
presidential possibilities who would
be acceptable to the entire democratic
party, Mr.. Bryan recently mentioned
the name of Judge Walter Clark of
the supreme court of North Carolina.
The Judge would make an ideal capdi-
date in everything hut location. We
believe it would be next to impossible
to elect man living south of Mason
and Dixon's lire, even though he
might have been born and reared
north of it. This is of course purely
a matter of sectional prejudice, but
these things have to be reckoned with.
From what we have seen of Judge
Clark's writings We do not believe he
would, be acceptable to the eastern
wing of the democratic party. He is a
man strongly imbued with the idea
that men are superior to money, and
that is not a popular theory with the
corporate forbidden east.