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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14

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Cass Gilbert, architect Of the state Cap
itol, has submitted a plan for the beauti-
tlcation by the city OF St. Paul Of the APP
proaches to the majestic capitol that is now
nearing completion The plan is so elab-
crate that it will require years to work it
out andFa very large expense. One feature
W i'll be a mall extending clear from Seven
Corners to the capitol, and provision is
made for parks around the building and a
plaza one block wide--between Wabasha
and Cedar--and extending from the old to
the new capitol. Mr.: Gilbert recommends
that the parks and the plaza and the mall
as far as Park place be secured at once
The noble building the state is erecting re-
uuires a stately settling. ard the city Of
st. Paul should provide it..%There is little
use in erecting superb capitol If tits not
to have fitting approaches.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
AT THE THEATERS
BUou--"A Desperate Chance"

The reproduction Of the lives and deeds
of notorious criminals upon the stage un-
der any circumstances can find no excuse
save the lame one Of financial profit.
Such plays as "A Desperate Chance -
which is being presented at the Bijou
theater this week, can have no good eff
feet, and are certain to work bad results
upon the minds of those weak minded
youths who always form a large part of
the audiences at melodramas of the over
mellow. class. .-.-.a. -..... p ...
"a Desperate Chance chronicles the
crime, escape from prison and death Of
the Biddle brothers. two condemned muir
derers who broke Jail at Pittsburg some
time ago. In their escape they were
helped by the wife of the warden, who
had conceived an infatuation for one of
the criminals and who fled with them
They were overtaken and the two men
fatally wounded in the fight which fol-
lowed. At best, the story is a gruesome
one. The dragging into the plot of a
little girl, the. warden's daughter, must
be deprecated. ....-. -. .-..
Considered simply dramatic produc-
ton, "A Desperate Chance" is a, gooc
piece Of work. The piece is well mounted
and the cast Is adequate. The fight or
| the road in a snowstornl in the fiftf
scene OF the third act is most realistic
| Great care has been exercised in the stag.
ing of the scenes in the prison. The death
scene in the last act Is too morbid.
| y Eugene Frazier and Jack Sharkey i'm tbs
| roles Of Ed and Jack Biddle do effective
| work. Lillian Bay'er as the warden's wife
| makes the most of an unsympathetic part
| Jennifer Sinclair as Clara, the warden's
child, is very capable child actress. The
others are equal to their parts.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
THE HEIGHT OF CLOUDS

Questions often arise about the height Of
Clouds and information on this subject is;
neither plentiful nor very definite. At
the Simla observatory a series of photo
grammetric measurements have been
made during a period of twenty months,
and the results are reported in the Indian
Meteorological Memoirs Simla has an
elevated situation on a mountain ridge.
and the observatory is placed at an altt-
tude of 7,224 feet, which is above the
ordinary lower clouds Hence the obseF-
vations made relate to the lofty cirrus
clouds, the mean height of which above
Sima, in forty-seven measurements, was
found to be 30.440 feet. or nearly six
miles. The maximum was 3S.440 feet OF
the thicker cumulus clouds the mean was
1908 feet-over a mile and one-third-
and the maximum 14,31S feet. In the
warmer climate of Simla these figures are
naturally larger than would be given by
average mea surements of the altitude of
British clouds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
The OLD OFFICE TOWEL

When I think of the towel,
The old fashioned towel, !. .-St
That used to hang up near the printing.
house door;
can think Of nobody = : -. =.
In these days Of shoddy
Who could hammer out iron to wear like
. it wore.
. The devil who used it, =
= The tramp who abused it..
The comp" who got at 1t when those two
were gone;
The makeup and foreman,
The editor (poor NAM,
Each rubbed some CRIME off while they
put heap on.
In, over and under,
It was blacker than thunder,
Harder than poverty. rougher than sin;
On the roller suspended,
It never was Bonded.
And tapped on the wall like a banner
OF tin.
1t grew harder and rougher,
And blacker and tougher, --st
And daily it took on q more inky. hue;
Till one windy morning,
without any warning,
It fell on the floor and was broken in two.
An Antique
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THE MAGAZINES

I'D - : -
1'lnside Panama History Some inside
Panama history is to be found among
other things in The Outlook for Dec. Il.
The name Of the writer is concealed. but
the authority with which he speaks is
vouched for by the editors. He tells
of an offer by Colombia or a request from
Colombia that the United States join her
in cheating the Panama company out Of
$4,000, 900.
1t is a matter of considerable interest
to ministers to know what to do about
political preaching. Doubtless most min
listers Of independence prefer to settle the
question for themselves, but suggestions
may be worth weighing. DIR. Lyman Abb
bolt offers this advice: Deal with the
public issues of your time. but deal with
them exclusively in their relation to the
kingdom of God. AS a citizen you may
be a republican or democrat, a popu-
list or prohibitionist, but In your pulpit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
ODD LITIGATION OVER a. HopY1z

A case came up before the supreme
court of New York the other day for which
no parallel exists. A rich man, who all his
life had been a Protestant and who had
buried a wife and child in a, Protestant
cemetery, recently married a Catholic Wo-
man. Last week he died and his wife had
the body sent to a Catholic receiving
vault with the purpose of subsequently
having it inferred in Catholic cemetery.
The dead mans son appeared and de-
manded that his fathers remains be
buried with those Of the deceased mem
bers Of his family. The case went to
court and the decision is foreshadowed In
a remark made from the bench by Justice
Scott. who said: when a man provides
himself with a graveyard 1t seems to me
he has a right to be buried there. - -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
The Corn Belt Farmer.

. The American farmer, Is nobody's
fool T. N. Carver, professor of eco
nomics in Harvard university, has
been finding that out. Professor
Carver has been studying the corn belt,
probably the most successful agri~
cultural region of any considerable
size In the world He has been
studying it carefully, riding thru it on
horseback for a thousand miles-no
seuuent' book remarkable for it's
transformation and omissions. He
went horseb back because the farmer
regards the strange fOotman as a
tramp, the stranger in a carriage as
a swindler Of some sort, q. stranger in
an automobile as snob; but a
stranger on a good horse is different
the probabilities are in his favor.
Well, Professor Carver found out
that the corn belt farmers are shrewd
and amply able to Skin" the city man
who comes along looking for sport
with the jays. This farmer, this i'm
portant part of the American back
bore, Is as we'll informed on all public
questions as the professional or bust
ness man of the eastern cities. takes a
deep interest in politics, land he is bet
ter informed about what goes on in
our legislative halls than any other
class, -.-- = .-,..... e.
This same farmer fares more sump-
tuously, probably. than any other
farmer in the world and than
any other individuals except the
favored few whose wealth permits
them to Gull the products of the world
for their Viands. Professor Carver
tells of sitting down to farmers
table where there was big roast OF
beef, four spring chickens in a huge
fried pyramid, mashed potatoes
gravy, bread, butter, coffee, tea, real
cream, milk, several kinds of jams
and preserves. unlimited pie, two
mountainous cakes and a freezerful OF
ice cream. l. :
Wouldn't you like to tackle that, you
faded restaurant eater, after half
days work in the good old summer
time? - d: - =" -.
+ And when you have ruined the
republic, stop a moment and reckon
with the sturdy, thoughtful, patriotic
farmers of the corn belt. May thei1
tribe never grow less!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14

Mr.. Shevlin has been slapped on the
wrist quite sharply by numerous Mime
sofa papers for failure to attend the meet
ing of the republican national committee
last week. His excuse Is a business en-
gagement at Toronto, and the claim that
there was nothing Of Importance pending
which required his presence. A business
engagement Is a good excuse. But, as
T 9 O ur n a l. stated last Saturday
it makes a. difference to the people OIL
this state what becomes Of his proxy
when he cannot be present in person, and
with as good a crowd to pick from a.
our congressional! de!ega ton contains, il
was a mistake. for Mr.. Sheylin to SEND
the proxy to Senator Hanna. AS a mat
ter Of fact. it ought to have been passed
over to Senator Nelson, the senior mem:
Der. The outcome is unfortunate fol
Minnesota. and dlspleasing to the. repub.
leans Of the state.
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NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
A Mothers Struggle with Hereditary
kink--NeW Edition OF "The, Leopard's
spots"-6Irds Learn to Sing at Sing
Ing schooI-NeW Edition of Dante Ga
brlel Rossetti.

RI Il
The struggle of a mother to straighten
a hereditary moral kink in her sons
makeup, q kink inherited from the boys
father, is depicted in Edith Wharton $
Sanctuary.
AS d budding young woman. Kate Orme
loved and was betrothed to Denis Peyton.
She was a girl who knew little of the
world and had delicate sense of honor
She discover cd that Denis had concealed
a piece of information in order to retain
IN his family the property of a, step broth
er But she did not learn OF this until she
mad learned OF other events, the conse-
quences of which would of themselves
have brought about the results that Denis
sought to make sure of by his conceal
ment. No matter; the fact of the conceal
ment greatly shocked Hates sense Of
honor. Her moral nature revolted at the
course taken by one whom she had sup
posed to be, the, very soul of honor. Yield
ing to the persua sions of her own and
Denis families, however, she married
Denis,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
The Interior Department.

The reports of the secretary, of the
Interior are probably more generally
read and studied than the reports of:
any other Departmental secretary.
The great interest the; peoples have
e9inced in recent. years in irrigation,
forestry and the land laws, have
caused a large portion Of the gen
efal public to read the interior reports
With interest. Besides. there are SO
Many thousands of persons who, thru
various transactions, are interested in
Whatever concerns the piiblic lands
that the reports have business value
apart from their general interest.
Moreover, the commissioners. of pen
sions is in this .departme and as
1.043.933: persons are on. the pension
rolls, some millions Of people are con-
cerned with what goes on in the de-
partment.
A cursory reading of the parts of the
report devoted to land frauds gives the
impression that the interior depart
raaent is engaged tn an endless struggle
ia protect the public domain against
land and timber raiders Of high and
low degree. The department or the
nation seems to be losing in this bat
tas. Legally or illegally the public
domain is being depleted without ade-
qaate compensation to the public.
4 The land laws need complete re-
VISION.
1.-THE secretary. says of the; timber
and stone act that even when legiti-
1fately observed it "affords, such IA
etlities for the acquisition by indi-
vfduals and corporations. of vast bodies
Of public timbered lands that it is
one of the greatest menaces. on THE
Statute books to-day :. against the
avowed policy of the government to
preserve the remaining public lands
far homes for actual : settlers.
Entries under this act during the past
YEAR were three times: as nlany. as..ir
the year preceding. :. -: g H.:@ --,!-.:
Altogether. the government parted
diiring the year. with about 23,000,0O(
acres Of land, reducing thef &pubIie
IEsTlts, inclusive of Alaska, to about
S63,000,000 acres.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
The Wealth of the South.

+ The New York Evening Post and
the Manufacturers Record are fav-
ing a little controversy over the per
ca pita, wealth of the south. The Post
takes up the Records claim that in
1850 the per capita wealth Of six
southern states was 1873 per cent of
the, wealth of the country. altho
those states had only 1873 per cent,
of the population. ys-
But how. was the wealth of these
states calculated ~ asks the Post.
Slaves were property and one-half
the population was owned by the
other. half. In that way, and in that
way alone, did it come about that the
wealth of the south in 1850 appeared,
from the census figures. to be rela-
lively greater than that of the north
The Record does not like the use Of
the word appeared: and insists that
| the wealth of the south was actually
greater per capita than the wealth of
I the: rest. Of the country; that slaves
were property, recognized by the laws
| Of the country, and by such an au-
thority as Abraham Lincoln, who ia
! ,vored the payment of a million dol
dars in 1852 for the slaves owned in
! the District OF Colum bia. The Record
says that no man Of Judgment regrets
! that the institution of slavery has
passed, but the manner of it's pass
Fling will ever remain blot upon the
pages of civilization, and all true
minded and -true=hearted men regret
that the anarchistic passions respon-
sible for the manner of its passing
have been replaced In the second and
third generations by bitter and un-
.relenting hatred against the south and
it's people who suffered most in the
! passing Of the evil"
t ! This is a very remarkable state
ment coming from the Record. The
/ Manufacturers Record has stood for
/ the enlightened and progressive south.
4 What it means by ga, blot upon the
Jtpages of civilization as applied to
the manner of passing of slavery is
not, quite clear. 1t is difficult in the
first place to think of any blot upon
i the pages of history Of this country
I quite: so black as slavery itself. But
4
north bitter and unrelenting hatred
against the south and its people is SO
i utterly false, so mischievous. and SO
unjust as to excite our special wonder
4 when; we find it in the columns of a
1 paper generally SO broad and liberal
) and just in its attitude toward the
north. How did it happen to get
4 there.
The post check again appears on the
scene. In his annual report Fourth AS.
sistant Postmaster General Madden rec
j. ommendsS the adoption of the post check
+ system. He says. that the adoption Of the
Z post check for mail remittances will re-
i lieve the department of heavy loss and
Il labor thru the improper sales of stamps
and will practically stop the illegal traffic
in stamps and take away all Involvement
4 to postofffce robberfes. Another good poin1
accredited to the post check by Mr.. Mad
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\ The number is rich in short stories and
other material for the reader.
BOOKS RECEIVED

sANCTUARY--By Edith Wharton. Illustra-
tions by Walter Appleton Clark. New York:
Charles Scribner's Sons. Minneapolis: n.
Mccarthy. Price $1.50.
THE LEoPARD'S SPOTS, A Romance of the
White Mans Burden-lse5-19oo: BY Thomas
Dixon, Jr, author of 1.-THE One Woman
Illustrated by G. D. Williams. New York:
Doubleday, Page Co. Minneapolis: Ma
thaniel Mccarthy.
; illustrations from his own designs. Edited by
Elisabeth Luther Cary. In two volumes. New
York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. Minneapolis:
n. Mccarthy Price .$6.6O
HERMIT's WILD FRIENDS. or Eighteen
Years In the Woods. By Mason S. Walton
(the hermit of Gloucester). Boston: Dana,
Estes & Co. Price 81. 50.
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den is that 1t will relieve merchants Of the
losses entailed in handling the masses Of
postage stamps now received.

The Episcopal bishop OF Indiana laments
that there is on an average only one baby
to a family among his wealthy parish
toner's. This is discouraging from one
standpoint. but as the poor always have
plenty of children, there is a. better chance
for them to get on In the world If the
rich have few heirs.
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WILL. CARRY OUT INVALID Will

Heirs, that pay respect and faithful OBJ
servance to a rich mans will are rare
enough when everything about 1t is right,
but how much rarer in auch cases, as the
codicil to the will of the Philadelphian.
w. L. Elkins. which was logically void be-
cause executed within thirty. days Of his
death This codici made provisions for
the building of home for female orphans
of Masons; and the heirs have united in
instructing the executors and trustees to
20 on precisely as tho 1t were legally valid
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
MONDAY EVENING,

announcing the choice Of candidates and
then, in the closing days Of the cam
paign sending to every voter statement
of why they were chosen and their OPP
ponents rejected. Such deliberate and
frank methods cannot fail to make deep
impression on the voters.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
THE NoNPAREJL MAN

In Which the Books of Swami Daso-
banana and Swami Elizabeth Anna,
Telling You How to Breathe $50 as to
Awaken the Solar PIexus," Are Re-
viewed-Advice Given to "Eat Some
Air" Recalling the End Also Aimed
at by the Alleged Trusts.
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TACT.

I went to a party with Janet,
And met with an awful mishap,>
For I awkwardly emptfed a cupful
OF chocolate into her lap
But Janet was cool-tho it wasn't
For none Is so tactful as she,
And smiling with perfect composure, ],
Said sweetly, "The drinks are or =. y
Harvard Lampoon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14
"FoR The ENEMIES HE HAS MADE
grookings IS. d. Press.

Brookings Is. d. Press.
They do say that Roosevelt is not popu-
lar in New Jersey. Why. bless your inno-
cence, that is what makes him. SO well
liked elsewhere. His slaps at the Jersey
trust .making machine have struck the
chord of popular feeling.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-14

. *Fhe Adrian Guardian is net worrying be-
cause Judge Collins is accused of being a
sVan, SAINT candidate. Editor Times saws:
IF Judge Collins is otherwise a suitable
man Tor the place, the support of Samuel
Van SAINT will not hurt him. The governor
still holds the good will of the people. as
politicians will discover if it comes to a
show down. Charles B. Cheney.
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Following "A Desperate Chance.

Following "a Desperate Chance at the
Bijou. NJ. w. Taylors big scenic produc-
ton, why Women Sim will be the at
traction for one week. commencing next
Sunday afternoon. with the regular
Wednesday and Saturday ma tinees. and a
special holiday matinee OH Christmas day.
It is said to contain a story of strong
heart interest. relieved by many bright
spots of laughable comedy and sensational
clirnaxes
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AN INVITATION is extended. to all; to. ytsit
the Press Room, which Is the finest In the west.
Gpss Presses, with total capacity OF 144Go9
etght-page our | . All hour printed, foldeq
and counted. The best time TO call Is from i:lb
I'd <:30 p. Inquire at the business Office ana
be directed to the visitors gallery Of the Press
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be neither Do not undertake to use your
ministerial influence to promote the sue
cess Of special candidates. parties or po-
lltical policies It is not certain that
you are tnfallible; it is very certain that
your congregation will not believe that
you are
Americas First Real Poet.-Who was
Americas first poet? Hands up, all who
know. Possibly your answer doesn't agree
with that of Annie Russell Marble in the
December New England Magazine. she
says Americas first real poet was Philip
Freneau who wrote these lines of Wash
ington:
He was no god. We hatterng knayes,
He owned no world, he ruled no waves;
But-and exat it If you can
He was the upright honest man.
This was his glory, this outshone
Those attributes you dote upon;
On this strong ground he took his stand.
Such virtue saved a sinking land
The number is rich in short stories and
other material for the reader
+ Beautfyinu a City,--In a paper on
'"Civic Beauty in The Craftsman Tor De
cember one finds wide appeal to al
classes for united and unselfsh effort to-
ward civic beauty in these words ad
dressed specially to craftsmen, but Of
equal strength Of appeal to every loya
citizen Of any city or town: Here is
work to invite his conservation. to enlist
the whole strength Of his artistic spirit
the whole might of his zeal. He is doing
this working for civic beauty not fol
an individual, but for all the people
This applies especially to the work Of
| craftsmen as stated, to work to be ex-
hibited in public places. But if all citi'
zens worked in the same spirit, what e
difference there would be in the appear
ance of American cities
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| The Journal carried in November
1876 columns of advertising, 400 col
,tmns more than any other Minneapo-
lis OF st. Paul paper, daily or. daily
and Sunday issues combined.
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WASHINGTON BUREAU
TRAVELLERS ABROAD

Will find The Journal en- file as follows:
L9NDON-U. S. Express Co.. 80 Strand.
American Express Co.. Waterloo
Place. ... !. 80.
DENMARk-U. s. Legation. ~.
PARIS-Eagle Bureau, 53 Cambon.
Residents visiting Paris can have tneir
mail kilograms sent care OF thls
Bureau and the same. will lie Tor
warded to them or held Tor +theAi
arrival.
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3 The proposition to. require the various
electric companies to bury their wires
which has provoked so much discussion
fl the council of later would excite more
public interest and support if it We're
Identified less closely with the demand of
The housemovers for free and unobstructed
streets the! housemavers are. entitledato
no sympathy if the wires do interfere
With their business. They have as a rule
displayed such disregard for the rights
fi property owners in injuring and de-
sfroying shade. trees along streets thru
Which, they have moved old houses that
it would be good thing if the house
moving business could be- stopped entire
~. Certainly, nobody is going to insist
the wires shall be put down or cut Ito
accommodate as ruthless a crowd as have
been slashing down the beautiful shade
Hees in Minneapolis during the past few
Years.