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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
LAKE MINNETONKA

Going thru the narrow gives the old residents
queer sensation in these days of high water
Ihere have been times when, in passing thru in q
rowooet or satlboat or even some of the launches.
one had to be boosted to climb up to the top of
the p1iing, AS 1t was sometimes necessary to do
II the power gave out, as 1T has trick of doing.
Now one, doesn't discover the channel until
quite In 1t, and one feels that there is danger
OF running right over the top of the piling, for
1t Is Only few inches above the water. The
red lanterns that mark the entrance that were
formerly seen to be On lamp posts now appear
to rock upon the waves. Everybody has been
dock building this surrmer, for it has been nee.
essary to raise the planks on all small docks
and In most cases to piece out the posts also,
for none Of the recent builders have prepared fol
high water and the older docks were long ago
cut down to a low water stage.
Another result Of the high water is that few
or the steamers and only part of the launches
are able to go under the bridges.
The Jolly NeighbOrs club Of Sunnyside was de.
lightfuly entertained at the home of Mrs. Bur-
we'll at Minnetonka Mills Friday. The follow.
ing ladies were present: Mines. G. E. Wyman
7. r. Daniel, George Hawes, A. w. Willard, G.
%. Stacy, NJ. G. Rodiarmel, H. Stong, Ed Orth,
Robert Riddell, H. Waldron, Lawton, Gould, Miss
Dorothy Stacy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15

Wednesday,, June "a, the marriage Of
Miss Minnie Meredith Shores of Butte,
Mont, and Thomas Julian McGill will
take place at the home of the bride in
Butte. Mr.. McGill will leave Wednesday
with his best man, G. G. Rank, of ST..
Paul, and Phillip R. Books of Minneapolis.
Later party will leave Minneapolis to
attend the wedding.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15
NOVELTIES IN JEWELS

A superb and very unusual necklace Of
pearls and diamonds Is in the design of
a SPIDERS web in which are imprisoned
several hapless flies. The web, which is
of small diamonds, radiates from the CEN
ter of the front The principal feature is
a large moth, the body of which is made
Of large fresh water pearl, and the
wings of transparent enamel. The spider
has withdrawn to the top of his web and
is not striking feature, happily. aE@
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-15

Hail. the groom's brother, was best man
ana the ushers We're Messrs. Fred C.
IRENE and August Kirkhof Misses
Freda Arones and Loretta Walsh acted
as flower girls
After the service reception was held
at the home of the brides uncle and aunt.
Mr.: and Mrs. Frederick Fisher, 2404 Sec
ono street NE. Decorations were in peon
les and wild roses -, Ss. =,.574 : -
+ine wedding of Miss Catherins Edwards
Gnu refer scalan was solemnized at ST.
Anthony church Wednesday at s. Rev
rather O'Reilly officiated Miss Claire
F,oWler attended the bride while Frank
Edwards, brother of the bride was best
man. Mr.. and Mrs. Scalan will be at home
after: July Is, at 1926 Eighth street s. ) :
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-27

himself disinterested and cIean-if his
public influence be inspiring to his coun-
trymen and his private influence 6bstruc-
tive of cheats and rogues among his
adherents-he will have done well. il not
his best. Hence it is that 1 say that the
ideal in public may not be achieved
through anyone, or a dozen individuals
posing as Statesmen. but through the
moral and intellectual emancipation Of
the whole people.
We have happily left behind us the
gibbet and the stake. No further need
of the Voltaires, the Rousseaus and the
Diderots to declaim against kingcraft
and priestcraft. We have done something
more than mark time. We report pro-
gress. Yet, despite the miracles of modern
invention how far in the arts OF govern
ment has the world travelled from dark
ness to light since the old tribal days.
and what has 1t learned. except to en-
large the area, TO amplify and augment
the agencies. TO multiply and complicate
the forms and processes of corruption?
BY corruption, L mean the dishonest ad-
vantage of the few over the many. The
dreams OF yesterday We are told become
the realities of tomorrow. II may be so
science and in art. But the dreams OF
Emerson related less to science and art
letters. than to the development Of in
dividual character. book culture. pic
ture-cultare. music-culture. merely the
lamps that light the onward march OF
that development. so many mile-pOsts
along the highway indicating that war IS
not the state of man.
In these despites, ! am an optomst.
IN truly there needs TO be learned.
muc- to be unlearned Advanced as we
think ourselves We are yet a long ways
from the most rudimentary part Of the
civilization we are so fond OF psradIng.
The Eternal Verities? Where shall We
seek them? Little in religious affairs.
less still in commercial affairs. hardly
any at all in political affairs. that being
right which represents each church's idea.
eacn party's idea. each mans idea of
the prevailing interest, or prediction.
Still. l repeat. we progress. The pulpit
begins to turn from the sinister visage
OF Theology and to teach the simple les
sons Of Christ and Him Cruched. The
press. which used 10 oe omniscient. is
now only indiscriminate: a clear gain;
emitting by force Of publicity, II not OF
SHINE. a kind Of light, through whose
diverse rays and foggy lustre we may
now and then get a glimpse Of truth:
though rarely the primal truth embodied
by that blessed legend do thou as thou
wouldst that they should do unto you"
wherein lie the whole secret and mystery
Of human happiness. Brook Farm was
a failure because It vas long ages before
its time: yet Il set candle upon the al
tars OF humanity and left not unmean-
ing tradition behind it That lovely idyl
lives today in the hearts Of the men who
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coarse outline the progress OF thought.
and follows AT a distance the delicecy OF
culture ard aspiraiion---in the end, all
shall be well"
Recurring TO the text with which ! be-
gan. LEI me say in conclusion that i pre-
fer 10 believe that there are little u,crs
than curiosity and superiaous energy
behind tho effort 10 reach tho side OF Il
something less strenuous. as our good
president would say. than a race Of war
like giants committed 70 = anal world
conquest. Perhaps We shall find there.
held through long ages IN reserve-sn
Paradisaic cold storage-for the deiecta-
ton OF man. a crystalline assortment Of
ideais-of ideals translated and ready To
foremost among them being the IDEAL
Statesman. TIL then let us continue 20
aspire, 20 labor and TO wait. Tor not I'll
then may we attain versacation OF the
conceit that one man Is as good IS an
other. as indeed he ought TO be when
they that can read can also think. and
when we. The survivals OF the Attest, have
arrived i'm that Universe. where there
shall be no more oratory and posing for
effect. nor king-craft. nor priest-cTsft-
not even sfter-dinner speech making-hut
where every voter shall be his own Tie
leader and each particular lie shall DO
nailed 70 the cross.
When the Church is social worth.
when TIE State-house II the hearth.
Then the perfect State IL come.
The Republican al homer'
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are returning 10 the world some OF the
millions their genius for accumulation
drew from II in such sums and fer such
purposes as viii presently establish II as
a fact. and not an empty saying. that
there is more pleasure in giving than IN
receiving one at least OF these men
has rendered Us modern and truer read
ing Of the spirit Of the Sermon on the
Mount in declaration that ne would be
ashamed 10 take his millions with him
into the throne-room OF Grace: and let
US believe that in laying down this princi-
pie ard acting upon IL. Carnegie is but
the first OF a line OF kings whose dynasty
is safer than that Of Hansburg. OF 81
Hohenzollern. whose right divine is reg
istercd where alone divine rights belong;
OF line Of kings who shall ordain new
policy. establish new bospel from whose
bell-tOwers IL shall be proclaimed that
there is actually a God above riches and
might who VIII demand. ard In this world
too. a strict accounting. Let cynies de-
ride them. let casuists find other than
noble motives for their benefactions. |,
at least. viii look no gift horse in the
mouth: the rather see IN them the dawn
OF a day when money shall be So cheap
and plenty-even as II used To be in the
Confederacy-tha II shah be said OF
him who hath II. the more he hath. the
poorer he is,
The ideal then in public life is hrst Of
all and over all "A public opinion. COM
pelling the same moral obligation IN pub
lie as in private affairs; Of a public
opinion able 10 distinguish between the
spurious and the real in short OF a
trained intelligence sufficiently duffused
among the people 10 protect them ar
leas- against the grosser forms CT decep-
ton. BarnHfn discovered not alone the
virtues Of humbug. but the willing sub
jeection OF its victims. There will be. 1
suppose. always persons who entertain
q natural prejudice IN favor Of quack
nostrums. CagliOstro has ever been one
Of the most interesting among the figures
of an age crowded with prodigies. We
pique ourselves upon our mother wit
Yankee wit we call it-but from how
many shams has il rescued u.s. We al
ternately blame and praise the news
papers; they are precisely what we make
them. They vii either grow wiser and
better az leaders. OF. ceasing 70 lead. will
become mere vehicles OF intercommuni-
cation; the editor only a few hours IA adj
vance Of his readers IN the knowledge Of
current events. Meanwhile let us not
misinterpret. but carry in mind and heart
these pregnant words Of Emerson. we
live In very low state of the world ard
pay unwilingiy tribute 10 governments
founded on force-but society Is fluid
commerce. education. religion, may be
voted IN or out--ihe Law Is only a memo
rauGum-The statute stands there 10
say. Yesterday We agreed so and So
the history Of the state sketches IN
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interest in Emerson in naturally keen.
for. though it is a curious fact that the
future scholar did not think enough OF
his bachelors degree TO take il and pay
the customary fee. his life after 1921. the
year his class was graduated, was close
Ily associated in many ways with the
College of Cambridge Indeed. after his
fame as a thinker had once gone abroad,
NJ was probably the most talked-of Har-
ward alumnus-admred by most. disliked
BY few as a supposedly dangerous radi-
cal. but with dislike that became stead
fly less as his personality and teachings
became better understood. Beyond doubt
the two most famous orations ever de-
livered at Harvard were by Emerson;
one, his magnificent Grafton before the
Fiji Beta Kappa-Harvard literary So
ciety par Northumberland August 81,
1857: and the other given before the Har-
ward Divinity school the year following.
II is difficult At the present day 20 APP
preciate the Importance in the eyes II
contemporaries Of these two expressions
of New England protestantism-if one
may 50 denomiaate Emerson : vigorous
individualism Quite possibly neither of
them. except for the admirable and mon
umental form in which they are cast
would excite especial enthusiasm II spok-
en- al Harvard Commencement This year
The thought in the one that American
scholarship ought 10 be set free from
servfle dependence upon European inst-
tutions and in the other that religion
should be freed from se~vils dependence
upon dasma has. OF course. become coma
nlcnpYace and indeed 50 generally accept
ed thaJ the up-to-date tendency in at
sasg enc American church and in some
Ameirican educational institutions IS dis
tincftly reactionary and against such IN
diviSdualism AS Emerson advocated But
in IfSST his special pleading was star1insly
fresh and striking Let me admonish
you first OF Sli. he said to rs Divinity
School address. TO so alone; 70 refuse
Q cod models. even those most sacred 70
the imasination of men and Ia dare love
God without mediator veil"
The Emerson center-taI celebration Will
not end. OF course. with the exercises 81
the next few DAYS. N0-hng short Of a
revival OF the famous -Concord School
OF Phiiosophy Is scheduled for This sum
nner II happened very fortunately that
the Emerson birthday year has contested
with the first coming to Boston of the
National Educational Association-the
greatest body Of professional educators
In the world Between zo.Gp and Sepa8
visitors viii report IN Boston early IN
July 10 attend this convention. aa3 for
the benefit OF these as well as II the
regular Emerson enthusiasts who have
come together from every section Of the
country, an Emerson Memorial School
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-27

Whether mis- writings Will have such last
ing influence as those of that kindred
spirit, Marcus Auerelius, cannot be GER
tainly known. But, because they have in
them modern element, the humane
spirit of American democracy at its best.
they will he likely to endure. His poems
may outlast his essays. as some of them
have the matchless beauty of the statues
which come from the hands of Phidias
and his contemporaries. Through this
beauty of form shines that light Of wis
dom, the unquenchable candle of the
Lord in the Soul of man.
OF the strong impression the adorable
sage of Concord village" makes upon the
younger generation of poets one can give
no more vivid example than the strokins
tribute rendered by MIR. Bliss Carman.
the young Canadian poet in the Literary
World. In the bewildering maze" says
Mr.. Carman. ''of a breathiess commercial
civilization. il is well to have something
tonic and unflinching to refer TO. We
never needed Emerson's radical faith in
ideas and ideals more than we do today.
and sucn a faith never seemed further
from our thoughts He is A deep well,
and We may go to him often for refresh
ment with no fear of his falling And
if any of us have not yet made his ac-
quaintance, let us hurry to repair that
misfortune as quickly as may be. To tell
the truth, we need the Philippines much
less than we need another Emerson; but,
since we have got the Philippines. we
need an original Emerson all the more.
He will help us to add honesty and refine
ment taste and beauty and modest sin
certify to our sturdy self-assurance; 50
that our civilization may stand for some
thing noble and truthful as well as some
thing gigantic
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-27

by Rev Charles +. Dole. The Religion of
Emerson by Dr. Edward w Emerson.
Emerson and Harvard by Rev. Samuel
A. Eliot. The Sphinx, by Charles Nal
10y. Emerson and the Anti-Slavery
Movement" by William Lloyd Garrison,
Emerson and the Civil War by Moor
field story. Emerson and the Inner
Light" by Rev. P. r Trueblood. The
Simpler Emerson" by Rev. John ".
Chadwick. ''Emerson's Wit and Humor,
by Henry =. Lloyd, "Emerson's Spiritual
Leadership in England" by Percival
Chubb. Emerson Debt to Germany and
Gerniany's Debt 10 Emerson" by Profess
sor kuno Francke. Emerson and the
Transcendeutal Movement by George
Cooke "Emerson's Gospel Of Individual
ISM. by William r Thayer. Emerson :
Place in American Literature. by profess
sor {. F Richardson. Emerson the Seer
Of Democracy" ny Rabbi Charles Fell
scher. Emerson and Carlyle by Rev. g
+. Jefferson. Emerson The Man" by
Rev. r. Heber Newton.
one Of the most interesting facts. Ger
tainIy. IN the whole centenary is the re-
i,,venation Of quiet Concord-'a bare
little place. as recent English visitor
wrote Yet rcdo!ent with memories of =
rich past As It is appropriate that Hsr-
ward. Emerson's alma mater. should take
the leading part in estathshing q new
tribute % The mans pervasive influence,
50 it is probably dttiaS that the white
New England house al Concord in which
tha sage lived 81 many fruitful years.
cosmopolitan in Thought and provincial
- -
literary pilsrimsEes. IN concord the visl-
tor fnds himself in closer touch with the
past than almost anywhere else about
Boston. for changed 70 certain extent
as tire village OF today i. with its LARGE
regulation Of well-to-do suburbGnit1s.
II -tiE presents not little of the charm
Of Concord n the fortiss and mites:
and above an Il retains The historic sJruc-
lures made famous By Emerson. Thoreau.
The Alcot.s. and Hawthorne These regI-
lars, attract 4 iarse number nj sight
see-s annually. but Tie througs ia Cen
cord d,riuS -his anniversary zine Father
suzeeet ssat Th3resU was right in belize
fnE-as Bronson Alcott once said hs id
that ne lived Ia the centre % -ae Cai-
vers end purpcsej 70 annex ,he planet
10 Concord Apparently tho annexation
IF ,he planet = complete j might also
oe added thar aost OF the sightseers after
a few hours Of wanderins ABOUT the his
tcrie town from the old Aianse - Walden
Pond and bac-, again. and u Observing
n ariet beauty OF The meadows. field
and woods. come 20 better appreciate The
meaning Of ThoreauS witticism when he
when asked II he had travelled extensive
" IN Europe. No. indeed. he replied.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-27
ALL boston
Celebrated N.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Cente-
nary Was Observed
HONORS PAID THE DEAD
Laying Corner Stone of Fine
EdifCe
HONORS PAID THE DEAD

Boston, May 26.-This city, the birth
place Of Ralph Waldo Emerson; Harvard
University, his alma mater; and old
Concord the home of his mature years.
are all in state of intellectual excite
ment over the much heralded Emer-
son centenary which was formally
the corner-stne of Emerson Han. in Cam
bridge, destined to be the home of the
departments of philosophy and education
in Harvard University. The sum of $l5o.-
0o0, as announced IN dispatches, was com
pleted several days ago, and though the
building will stll be greatly improved
for its purposes is an additional $50 600
can be raised. the work on it is to begin
very shortly. The building viii stand
between Sever Hall and Quincy street.
opposite the new Architectural Building.
Professor Shaler's house will be moved
along towards President EliOts to make
room for it,
Within the hall will stand a bronze
statue Of Emerson by Frank Duveneck,
of Cincinnati. This. curiously enough,
viii be the first memorial statue that has
as yet been erected to Emerson anywhere
in the Boston community, though it is re-
ported that one by Daniel Chester French
sculptor Of the celebrated Minute Man
of Concord. may some day be placed in
the court yard OF the Boston Public Lii
brary. However that may be it is prob
ably true that Emerson himself would
have wished for no more fitting trihuta
than that Of his sculptured likeness in
such a choOl Of philosophy as Harvard
ts now erecting in mis- honor. Harvard
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The aa1ieta Daily Eagle: "Wednesday orre Brau ~ 1904

Macaulay is of everything" Melbourne
was man Of affairs, Macaulay a man Of
books; and so throughout the catalogue,
the men of action have been fatalists,
from Caesar to Napoleon and Bismarck,
nothing certain except the invisible player
behind the screen.
Thus. of all human coutrivances. the
most imperfect is government. In spite
OF the essays OF Betham and Mill. the
science Of politics has yet 10 be discovered.
The ideal Statesman can only exist in an
ideal State. The politician. like the poor,
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has been arranged which will present by
far the most remarkable series of literary
events Boston has witnessed in many
a year. The school is announced as
opening on July -. Immediately after the
close of Nthe Educational Associaton's
and Will continue until August
/ Thirty lectures in all have been plan
ned for, two each day, one Of them being
held in Concord in the morning. the other
in Boston in the afternoon. Two of the
afternoon sessions viii be devoted to
reminiscences Of Emerson by men who
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1903-05-27

were his personal friends. This partial
list of lectures and lecturers will serve
to give an idea Of the broad scope of the
school:
The Philosophy of Emerson by ]. G..
Schurman, President of Cornell Univer-
sity. Emerson and the Concord School
of Philosophy" by Frank 3. Sanborn Of
Concord, The Poetry of Emerson" by
Rev S NJ Crothers. 'Emeson's Aim
and Method in Social Reform" by VIII
liam NJ. Salter, Emerson the Puritan"
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''but 1 have travelled extensively in Con-
cord"
Perhaps no better general estimate of
Emerson's place among the worlds lit
erary men has been brought forward
during the recent revival than that writ
ten by the editor OF the Christian Reris-
ter, the leading paper Of the denomina-
ton to which the philosopher belonged
If. the days of mis- formal ministry: The
influence of Emerson is steadily increas-
ing. and will grow from more to more,
certainly for a generation to come
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GENERAL WATSON BETTER.
Has Been in Hospital for More Thar
Week.

Baltimore May s-The condition Of
Commissary General John Francis wes-
ton. L. s A. who - "a Johns Hopkins
hospital undergoing treatment for hsars
ard kidney trouble was stated By ihs
house phyihcians tonight 70 be saiisssc.
tori General Weston has bsen az shs
hospital since LAST Monday
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THIS sketch was made By Henry e
bert letter. aged 2. Irving School,
wichita. Kan.
We give a cash prize q $500 Tor any
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