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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
Books and Authors
ONE OF III pELUsIoNs

"A member The Atlantic's Contributors
club has made, the discovery that he is
only "fringer" upon literature hanger
on to the periphery OF the skirts Of Lady
Literal re, since he can only boast that
he has been accepted as a contributor TO
the wit. aud satire of the club This
member of the G. G. is sorely afflicted,
for he confesses that he has been so pulled
up with the vast Importance of being a
contributor that he resented jostling on
the street by a stranger or being ordered
by a street car conductor to move up
to the front" He would hug his dignity
closer and say to himself. How differ
emily would these canaille treat me If
they only knew who really ami After
all, he is only q fringer. The theory of
most RINGERS is that, If they can only
hang on to the fringe of Lady Litera-
lures skirt they are almost sure to be
taken up ultimately into the DANES arms
and bask in the light Of her countenance.
But it does not follow. A comparatively
small number Aof fringers ever get to the
point where honors come trooping to
them. The others either hang on until
they collapse, or else complacently ac-
cept permanent fringerhood under the
| strong delusion that they are, in litera-
ture, really It. It is hard to have such
delusion smashed Immediately; but then
it is exceedingly difficult to smash it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
Striking Against the Government.

The complete defeat of the state rail
way strikers in Victoria, Australia, will
not tend to increase the popularity Of state
ownership of railways among labor union
lists in the United States. We have hith-
erto given some account of the agrees
sive attitude Of the government when the
strike was ordered. Mr. Irvine, the prime
minister, took the ground that as the
strikers were all paid servants Of the
state they were practically rebels in re-
volt against the people and he demanded
from the legislature the power necessary
to suppress the revolt. But the strikers
did not wait for 1t to be granted. They
saw that the public supported the gov
eminent and they surrendered uncondi-
tionally..
The federal government would not toll
crate strike Of letter carriers, and nc
more would it tolerate a strike of en-
ployes on a state railway, If there were
one. Attic in Australia they have beer
arguing that If the>railways were privately
| owned there would be no danger from
strikes, at this distance the Australian
| experience seems to show that no private
| corporation is in a position to deal Sc
summarily and effectively with strike
as the government.
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LITERARY NOTES

The Woonsocket Publishing company
Woonsocket, r. l., have issued a clever
romance in rhyme touching the expert
ence of some summer cutters and sum-
mer boarders at country resort in New
Hampshire. The author Simon burst,
was told by Jane Grimes, the heroine,
that such stories as Dub and Sis
Are seldom worth the paper, ink and
time it takes to write and read them"
He didn't think so. Price 81.
Anyone who wants to read or reread
Anthony Trollope's ''Framley Parson-
age" and follow Lady Luton in her
career Of dominant power in Framley
parish, will take pleasure in the handy
and dainty edition recently issued by
John Lane, Bodley Head, New York
John Lane, New York, announces 1.-THE
American Advance, a Study in Terrific
rial Expansion by e. J. Carpenter, with
a frontispiece map.
It is interesting to note that there is
a demand for Anthony Trollope's stories,
quite revival of interest in them, and
John Lane is meeting it and has already
published four of the Cathedral Group
| John Lane, New York, announces 1.-The
HINGES QUAR- in the Vale Press series,
printed from. the original Of the classic
work edited by Robert Steele
Mrs. Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch
and sLovey Mary are to be produced on
the stage in the autumn.
Howard Crosby Buffers "Story of
Athens" has been, shut out Of Turkey by
| the censor as improper for the faithful
| to read.
| John Luther Long has completed a, new
book which will be published in the au.
tumn.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
THREW A GLOOM OVER THE EDITOR
New York Time s.

: New. YORK Times.
Edward w. Townsend, the creator Of
Chimmie F'adden, says that when he lived
in the west as a young man, he was the
editor Of two weekly ynewspapers-one in
Arizona and one in California. Each was
In a little town, and between the two
lay the ridge Of the Sierras, which was
the boundary Of the two states. Every
weeks 1t was necessary for the editor to
go by, stage from one town to the other.
Being very young then says Mr.. Town
send, I was very chesty and very proud
OF being the editor Of two papers al
ways took the box seat on the stage as a
sort OF testimonial to my own Importance,
and upon one such trip found seated be-
side me the most prominent citizen Of one
OF the towns-the proprietor of its most
prosperous faro games. On the way ]
was very laxative, and he was. very
silent. He was one OF those men whose
silence Is eloquent. AS we drove along !
remarked a pretty little valley and called
my neighbor's attention to it. as had
done to everything on the road. What
a lovely spot. / said.
That thar valley?' said my neighbor;
yes. it's a very pretty valley. That thar
valley is where we shot the last editor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
A BATCH OF PROPHECIES

Here's a chance to test" the value Of
astrological predictions: "Kymry" is one
of the popular astrologsts of England,
and he has lately issued a batch of
prophecies for the next few yearsj:
For example. the will die in June next.
and England and japan will whip Russia and
France in the fall. In March next year Abdul
and the king Of the Belgians will disappear. In
November, exit Roosevelt from power In
July, 1906 South Africa will rise, and in June
and July of 1907 China will make trouble. In
November, 1905 mark Twain tries joke on
Charon." Nineteen hundred and ten will bring
the departure of the German emperor. For May,
1918, Is scheduled "apotheosis Of Whistler" ut
puto deus TO- =" March, 1914, will England
republic. and May, 1929, will bring homerule
for Ireland.
Paste this in your hat and check off
each prediction as the date for it to hap
pen happens.
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Some Good in Fiction.

The librarian Of the Philadelphia free
library recently published a statement on
the subject of fiction in public libraries
and the view frequently expressed In
damnatory kind Of way, that the hunger
for fiction, good, bad and Indifferent on
the part Of the American people, is unduly
gratified by the librarians or those upon
whom the responsibility of selecting books
rests. Mr.. Thompson, in his experience,
has found that the talk Of gorging the
public, old and young, with fiction of un-
equal quality, is baseless as to the In
stitution with which he is connected and,
as far as he knows, Is to every other we'll
ordered library. He moreover believes
that fiction is very good thing to have
around and that poor fiction Is not alto
gether bad in its effects as 1t stimulates
to other and better and more wholesome
reading.
Library managers, indeed, are not al
ways properly discriminating in the books
they order for the perusal Of the young.
Sometimes they are far too cautious. The
New York public school authorities in
removing Mrs. Stoves Uncle Toms
Cabin" from the school libraries, have
shown something which resembles stu
pidity, for there is nothing immoral about
the book and in some respects it is an
interesting commentary on phase OF
American history.
The free public library, wherever es-
tablished, is an invitation to cultivate a
n Nf Ia ie OIL n
deal Of talk about the domination of fic-
ton in the public libraries and perversion
Of the youthful reading habit, little is
said Of the large number Of young persons
who are studious readers of works on the
mechanical arts, electrical engineering
and all the sciences which are applied tt
| the daily work of the world, and who cul-
| tivate a useful vocation in life thru the
| facilities for reading in free public
A habit Of reading begotten once, is
not easily lost. And it does not always
cling to the kind Of reading with which
the habit begins. Might as we'll say tina
a child who contracts a habit Of reading
| illustrated books for little tots, like
Mother Goose's Melodies,' and "Ou
Brownies A. B. c." will never ceas,
nibbling at the kind of literary pabulun
| The young soon begin to take their owl
mental measure and reach higher, TIL
library supplies the growth. The DO!
who may be fascinated by the Rinalt
Ronaldine, the Buccaneer Of the Rollih,
Seas kind Of literature, may in fev
years be found glued to books on wood
working, or electrical engineering. Trul,
fiction Is not the dreadful thing for tn
young it IS painted by some nervous PEG
pie. . &c.. .... ~
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hand Of the law at his throat decreeing
to him the punishment he deserves Such
a wassail Of hideous savagery only serves
to whet the bloodthirstiness Of the COM
munity, and the blistering disgrace can
not be localized to the state wherein 1t
occurred It is a blot upon the page of
our civilization and its illustrious facts.
The problem of mans inhumanity to
man" is not presenting itself for solution
in Russia or Turkey, or Servia alone. 1t
presses itself upon the attention Of civil
lied Americans, who, thru preoocupation
with money getting, have allowed the fire
upon the affairs of justice to get low.
It Is puerile folly to attempt to excuse
the lynching barbarities on the ground
that the crime OF rape is an offense
against the family and the public which
cannot be punished adequately by the
courts and juries. But put righteous
judges and righteous juries, backed by
righteous public sentiment, in your coun-
ty judicial administration and there will
be no more barbecuing of live negroes
and the savagery which curses so many
communities will disappear and the Of
tenders will proceed to hell by the way
Of unobstructed administration of JUS
tice in the courts. Your barbecuing
usurpers are no less guilty than the negro
rapists, and yet they go UNPUBLISHED, and
actually terrorize any one In the COM
munity who objects to their methods.
Crimes are not wiped out by other
crimes as damnable. Such theory and
practice breeds multitudinous anarchy
Under the usurping lynchers, the crime OF
rape has greatly increased. Lynchine
abates not the fires Of lust. The lynch
ers have tried their hellish theory and II
will not work. For the honor and credit
Of the American nation, let the fire on the
altar Of justice be renewed and the public
i conscience be quickened and rise like
lion after slumber, and restore the laws
to effective working.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
A QUININE DREAM

eve are so choked full Of quinine on
account Of this blessed grip that we see
things like drunkard," says the editor
of the Bunker Hill, Mo-, Palladium. This
reminds a Missouri paper OF the 'Qulnlne
Dream" written by the Poet of Paint
Creek in the midst of an attack of chills
and fever:
Eighty elephants in line
Watch turkey made of pine
Hang bag of peanuts to string of cotton
), Irvine.
Then boy whose name was Billy
Fed a monkey with lily
While the monkeys younger brother looked IN
usually silly.
When Yum! Yum! Yum!
Went the girl with pepsin gum.
A man who uses metaphor ~
Insisted he should pet her for
Her hayward, absent lover, who would nevse
never come.
Then the public square curled up y
And an epileptic pup ys--
Went blinking and to drinking something yellow
from a cup. &
Then deacon caught tartar,
Tied him firmly with garteET
To patent ice cream freezet where he perished
like martyr.
When Bong! Bang! Bang!
Like old revolver rang
A man whose name was Galloway
obstructing dark alleyway,
Was scared SO bad he ran and talked a quantltS
O. slang.
Then huckleberry pie
Babe its relatives boodbye
AS a spotted Norman drayt horse wiped the
| moisture from it's eye
Soon gloomy named Purdy
Started up hurdy -gurdy,
While a chap of nineteen winters called q
freckled female Birdie -
When Boom! Boom! Boom
| Came cleaning thru the gloom,
voice that seemed auxiliary
To shotgun and distiery, i2z!.
And seemingly constructed of conclusion and per.
fume.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
The Papal Election.

It really seems somewhat cold FLOODED
that, when the supreme pontiff's life, is
slowly ebbing away, prolonged a few days
by the masterful skill Of his three physi-
clans and the bellrnen in the churches have
their hands on the bell ropes to toll out
the story of the flight Of Pope Leo Kills
spirit to paradise the rivalry Of avoWed
candidates for the succession and the in
trigues of the diplomatic corps at the
vatican, and arrangements for, the con-
clave are in conspicuous evidence, as If
nobody could wait in reverent quiet for
the final scene to close long and useful
earth-lif s-
Among the subjects vigorously discussed
at Rome last week was that Of the right
of veto claimed by the powers diplomat
ically represented at the vatican. 1t would
what in error. It is stated that the fright
of exclusion, entities these powers Cat
least Spain, France and Austria) to veto
an election of a candidate for the papal
tiara who is not acceptable to them. AS
a matter of fact, none Of the powers ever
had any right" Of exclusion except little
Portugal, who was accorded the right of
veto by special papal bull, but she has
never exercised it. It may be remembered
| that, when in the eleventh century the
election of Alexander II. broke the line of
German popes his election was resented
| by the German emperor because Alexand-
er was an Italian and the emperor
withheld his sanction and Alex
ander's election was challenged, and the
Of his own and backed him by force, the
result being that a church council at Man
| tua decided in favor of Alexander, who re-
tanned his seat by the advice of that great
ecclesiastical Boanerges, Archdeacon Hill
debrand, who afterwards as Gregory VII.
became the great defender. Of church
rights and discipline. There is not
a single case where any secular power
(Roman Catholic) except this one, vetoed
la consummated papal election.
The most that the powers or any of then
have done is to express, before the cleo
ton. to the cardinals representing thu
Ichurch In their respective countries, pre-
ference or non. preference touching an!
cardinal as a candidate for the papa
throne. There is nothing to show tina
Iany Roman Catholic power has any right
Ito do this even. It is a matter purely o
courtesy and not of right except in tn,
case Of Portugal which 1t seems has neve
yielded the right Of veto, backed as it il
Thy papal bull.
~ fha e1ecfjon If r ao xIITa ~ tto,n1 x.,a
an entire absence Of intrigues and vet
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
Check to Stock Gambling.

Attorney General Knox expresses the
opinion that the bringing of the pressure
of the antitrust legislation upon the
otherwise, has prevented financial col
lapse, made possible by a, continuance of
the enormous capitalization of corpora
.tions during the last two years or so.
= The former feverish anxiety to float cor
poration shares has given way now, to a
more conservative disposition, as is indi-
Gated by the fact that during the six
months ending June 80, the total capitali-
cation of corporations, filing papers in
New York, New Jersey, Delaware and
Maine, aggregated 81, OOO, OOO, 900 as com
pared with $1,595 100000 in 1902, same
period, and So, 1854 100, 900 in 1901, same
period (the latter figures. including the
$1,000, 100000 capitalize ton Of the United
States Steel corporation). 1t is noticeable
that many Of the consultations under Che
New Jersey laws during the last year or
year and a half have not been able to
market their securities except at a large
sacrifice. The market had too many
offerings of securities. The business was
overdone and, not few combinations
have locked up their capital stocks I'M
willing to risk their chances in a slow
market. There is still a big lot of ..un-
digested'' securities and new issues are
not very attractive to the fellows who, in
two years past paid prices for securities
which they cannot now get, and feel that
thew ha We bean ttol IN, , 0,i.r;,, !, !,
| promoters and people who have taken the
bait offered by them have lost largely.
| Last autumn there was premonition
| of trouble when the money squeeze in
New York showed that the banks had let
| the promoters of industrials have too
much money to float their enterprises, for
/ the good Of the banks and legitimate bust
promoting schemes and stock market
! gambling have been Swallowed by over
reaching speculative ambition, and on ton
/ Of the stock watering schemes comes the
strenuous antitrust legislation which was
1 bound to sit heavily down on stock water
i ing, and squeeze the water out without
ceremony. That bureau Of corporations
l is no harmless Quaker gun. tbs warn.
ing against all gambling wassalls with
merely speculative issues of stocks. The
bureau proposes that the public, wishins
to invest their money in corporation Sc.
curities can do so in corporations which
have shown they were organized for 8
4 straight business and that they have 8
4 right to exist.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
American Savagery.

Manifestly our Model Republic is
somewhat out of repair and needs
amending. 1t is rare that day passes
without the lynching of negroes, not in
frequently with such hideous accessories
that we may we'll ask ourselves whether
we dwell in northeastern Congo, Papua
or the Cannibal islands Of Polynesia, or
in the United States Of America.
The hideous lynching reported from
Devon, w. Va, was a shade more dia-
fbolical in quality than others, and only
a slight shade. Not satisfied with hang
ing negroes for committing rape or who
are suspected Of committing that crime,
at the present time, lynchers have, by
various gradations, adopted the method Of
barbecuing the offenders, and the West
Virginia affair revealed the progress at
tanned in the art of torturing human be-
ings, which seems to have reached a
point not attained even by the skilled
operators in the medieval inquisition,
with its red hot pincers. red hot iron
couches, burning out eyes, etc. They
will no doubt exhaust all available de-
vices of human savagery soon, and will
give themselves up to the study Of new
methods. Is 1t not a fact that we are az
preaching the point, thru the frequency
of lynching incidents with barbecuing ac-
cessories, when we may be justly charged
with beating the record of savagery Of the
civilized nations Of the world? So long
as the appalling record of lynching law
ilessness contains no bracketed annota-
ton as punished to the full extent of the
law and lynchers hold the law and the
courts in contempt and go unpublished, II
is absurd to assert that the nation is not
B responsible and that such crimes are only
occasional and sporadic. If precedent:
are followed, not one Of the hundreds O.
people who barbecued the negro rapist or
Saturday, in West Virginia, will feel the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
WoMAN's SENSE OF HUMoR,
New York Times,

r 49,. New York Times.
A friend of Miss Susan B. Anthony tells
of a conversation that took place in Bos-
ton between that noted advocate of wo-
mans suffrage and a rather patronizing
individual disposed to joke with Miss
Anthony. =. =. $50. 49,
ct has occurred to me, Miss Anthony
said the joker, that the unsoundness of
the views of touching the question of wo-
mans rights held by yourself and your
colleagues arises as much as from any
thing else from the lack Of a sense Of
humor in woman" 1875
Leaving aside the doctrine of woman's
right to suffrage" replied Miss Anthony,
81 agree with you that, to certain de-
gree woman has little sense of humor."
"Ah!' exclaimed the Bostonian, await
ing the conclusion of Miss Anthony g
statements. "Inasmuch as She
Invariably passes the love, honor and
obey portion of the marriage ceremony
without a litter interrupted Miss An
| thony, grimly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13

Colonel Mann, editor Of New York Town
Topics, refuses to admit the Brooklyn
Cleveland boom. He claims that he saw
the boom first, and that it belongs to him.
He quotes himself as saying, under date
of Nov. Is, 1900, that in 1904 Cleveland
would be elected to the presidency for
the third time. AT that time this ed
itor. of "a journal Of society" spoke OF
Cleveland as the man who in, 1904 will
bring the great republic back to it's origi-
nal simplicity Of government of the peo-
pie, by the people, for the people!'"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-07-13
The Opportunity for Reciprocity.


A dispatch to the Winnipeg Tribune
from Ottawa. says:
John Charlton, NJ p, is authority for
the statement that the high commission
between Canada and the United states
will resume it's deliberations this fall and
take up the question of reciprocity be-
tween the two countries. The member
for North Norfolk, who sat on this COM
mission before as one of the Canadian
representatives, says he is quite salts
fled that our neighbors are ready to ne
igotiate. Why then, he would like to
know, should the dominion refuse to en-
ter into compact that would prove OF
much financial assistance to many OF her
Interests?
It was suggested to him that MT.
Chamberlain's proposals for reciprocity
within the empire would make it rather
difficult for this country to lower the
traiff also toward Britain's chief competi-
tor In our markets, but Mr. Charlton does
not look upon the colonial secretary's
proposition as likely to lead to any con-
crete result in the immediate future He
thinks this country's Wisest plan Is
ito avail ITSELF If possible, of a chance
to enter the United States market on
more favorable terms than we now en-
Joy. -:
The assertion from such excellent au-
thority that the joint high commission
will meet this fall, ought to set some peo-
pie on this side OF the line to thinking.
There are some other things that ought
to set them to thinking, too. One OF
these Is the fact that already this year
about $4,000 Americans have moved into
western Canada, making up nearly half
hos
received. Another fact is that the high
protectionsts in Canada have taken cour-
age from the trade figures for the fiscal
year just closed to urge higher tariff.
Those figures showed that the United
States exported to Canada more than
twice as much as was imported. The
Canadians are intent upon evening up
this trade a little. If the evening up
doesn't come thru reciprocity 1t will
come thru a higher Canadian tariff. If
we do not buy more Of the Canadians,
they will buy less Of us.
1t is uncomfortable how any am
bilious broad-minded, far-seeing business
man Of the northwest can afford to lack
interest in improvement Of the trade re-
lations between Canada and the United
States. The improvement of those rela-
lions means the improvement of his bust
ness. 1t is not yet too late to make ar
Improvement, but it soon will be-. The
joint high commission is going to meet
and it will agree upon a treaty. The
business interests Of the United States
demand the ratification of a treaty. viii
they be able to speak with a united
voice the word Of command that will give
them their dues?
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A New York doctor undertook to JUS
iify a bill for an operation which was
followed by death on the ground that in
such cases the doctor is really entitled to
more than where recovery follows, since
his responsibility and efforts are just as
great, whereas his reputation and his
earning power are injured by the failure
of the patient to live. This Is the plea
of an eminent surgeon, but it will strike
q sympathetic chord among some who are
neither so eminent nor so successful.