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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

AS a story of girl life one is forced to
compare Jewel with Rebekah of Sunny
brook Farm, much to the detriment Of
the former as a child of flesh and blood,
if rot in the control of error, tho even
in that respect Rebekah was altogether
little heroine. T.. =. .
Professor Lawton. in his Introduction to
Classical Greek Literature presents a
most attra ctive and scholarly discussion
of Greek epic, lyric and dramatic poetry
it's development and construction, and OF
the prose masterpieces in history and phil
osophy. He does not profess to- give a
survey of the mass of Greek literature,
but with excellent judgment, selects those
MASTERPIECES Of Homer aSophoeles.G Arls-
tophanes and Others who developed liter
allure, much of which is dominant liter
a,ry force in spite of the efforts OF a per-
sistently destructive element, VINO pro-
pose to eliminate the Greek and Latin
classics from the course Of study III col
leges and universities. The author enters
into a most interesting discussion OF the
Ho,neric poems, and the mass OF. hymno-
dies Evolutionary and mythical love en-
bodied in them and accepted by the Greek
| neop!e. He does not insist upon any spe-
| cial theory as to the dispute about the au-
thorship Of the Had and the odyssey
Much of the book is devoted to the con-
| strrction of Greek verse and its metrlcai
sic is notably suggestive. Gg.-.. M
| - There is every reason to believe that
the early hymns of the Christians, 1rag-
ments of which seem to be quoted by
| Paul in some of his epfstles, were set
to some ADAPTATION of airs sung or played
on the stage or familiar thru everyday
/ minstresy. TX , o..
There is also readable chapter on
1 Pindar. the poet of athletics, and vivid
] portrayer of the Olympic contests. Inc
author pays deserved attention to the
i Attic drama.
! A book of fresh stirring sea tales is
Mr.. RoWland's Sea Scamps, decidedly out
! of the old routine of such stories The
adventures occurred in the far east, II
the China sea and Philippine waters
Several of the stories, like Back Tracks,
relate to the difficulties Of the smuggling
traffic and the backsets thru native
treachery. even to legitimate trade
Among those eastern islands 1t is hrs
Essential that man in trade shall carr.
a. gun in his pocket and know how tt
handle it with celebrity. SD -
! EVELYN Whitaker's miss Tousey's Mis-
SION is somewhat better in it's literary
construction than her, new book, Gay
which would be much more attractive
she had not thought it. necessary at IN
tervals to go back and relate scraps -
family history Of a remote previous date
This is bad form. Cay" however, as
4 stands is a. good romance OF a Londoi
fat in which Oliver Bruce, bachelor, y
brought into the meshes OF the rosy go'
thru the agency of a. little boy name'
Cav. whose family lived in the nat al
Joining Bruce's ...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
uNDERPAID PUBLIC SERVICE
Mortified News.

The News agrees with the Minneapolis
Journal when it says that the state would
be the gamer by having competent busI-
ness men at the head of the different OF
fetal departments. There is no question
hut what the people would get better
service if men with good executive ability
and with a wide range OF experience were
selected to look after public interests. But
few men who are qualified to fill the po-
sitions would accept them with the sal-
aries attacked You cannot expect a man
to accept a public position at $1,000 a year
when he could get $4,000 a year from
private parties for the same brains and
energy he would be required to do for
the public.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
BOOKS RECEIVED

JEWEL: A CHAPTER IN HER LIFE. BY
i Clara Louise Burnham, author OF The Right
], Princess, . Miss Pritchard's Wedding Trip,
i etc. with illustrations and decorative cover
by the Misses Cowles.4 12mo 80. Boston,
4 Houghton, NIiffin & Co. Minneapolis: NJ
Z Mccarthy. "a
TO CLASSICAL GREEK LIT
II ERATURE. BY William Cranston Lawton,
professor of the Greek language ana hteratu u
q in Adelphi college. New York Charles Scrib-
. ner's Sons, 153-157 Fifth avenue. Price $l.2o.
~ YNNstrated. NJ s
SEA scAMps THREE ADVENTURES OF
THE EAST. BY Henry C. Rowland. neW
York; Mcclure, Phillips & Co. Mlnneapols'
N Mccarthy. Price 81 80.
GAY. A STORY. BY Evelyn Whitaker, au
thor of miss Tousey's Mission" etc. mus nE,
trated. Boston: Little, Brown 4 Co.. zo4
Washington street. Price 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
NELSON'S FAMOUS FLAGoN
London News.

Under the hammer. at Stevens sale
rooms recently. was sold the wine fagon
Of Admiral Brueys, taken by Lord Nelson
at the battle of the Nile and presented TO
i LADY, Hamilton It fetched SO guineas.
The flagon is engraved on one side. Mel
son to Emma In commemoration of the
victory OF the Nile. Vanguard Sept %,
179S. MY fortieth birthday and on the
other side Wine fagon Of Admiral
Brueys, the bravest and best Of sailors
Four times wounded. the fourth shot in
twain on board his ship ~ Orient, siyln.s
lust before her explosion. !"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

& In the discussion of the tax ferret ques-
ton much is made of the business" in
terests objecting to the system. Now If
a man is honest in his dealings with. the
assessor 1t will not make one particle
of difference to him, as his assessment
will not be changed. On the contrary,
if he has been concealing his taxable pos
sessions, a ferret is just what we need
to make him pay his just proportion Of the
public expense j. A. w.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
THE MAGAZINES

More LIGHT on Bismarck's Character
More light is shed on the character OF
prince bismarck in Chapters from MY
Dinlomatic Life" by Andrew D. White IN
the November Century Magazine. me
cha pter is the third in the series, ana con
tains recollections Of Bismarck. BISMARCK
a nnroved the American plan of not hav-
10 the seat of government in a great
metropolis, Incidentally Mr.. White utters
the opinion~ that the whole career OF
Thiers was damning. Some OF the hnesr
n,apazine illus tratfons in colors yet pro
duced illuminate an article on ltailan
vi1las and Their Gardens. by Edith
Wharton, and others display splendld'y
sunset scenes in the tropics ISdmund
Clarence Stedman- has an article OF me
literary quality and great. general Interest
~, 1T ifa ION the Floor 4 Of the New York
stock Exchange. He intimates that a
series of more leisurely sketches may fol-
low They will be looked for with eager
ness.
Near Natures Hailowed Secrets.-The
wonders of radium have not all Deen tolG
for by no means all OF them have been
discovered. At least. that Is what thos.
who are working with it think. Some
thing new about the stuff is had almost
a first hand in McClure's for November
in which Cleveland Moffett writes OF {
visit to the CURES in Paris and thei,
radiunn works - He is greatly impressed
and saws that while 1t is best to ayoit
sweeping statements. there is certainl,
reason to believe that we are entering
upon a domain of new, strange knowledge
and drawing near to some of nature:
most hallowed secrets. Ray Stannarf
Baker has a good story about 9TH.
trusts New Tool-the Labor Boss" will
Sam Parks for an example. It IS editor
tally announced that Miss Tarbell vii
write further of the Standard Oil com
|p}fny.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

Dowie's tremendous attempt to adver-
tise himself by telling the story of his
ignoble birth reduced his audience yes
terday to 1000 persons. This country Is
prolific OF fakirs, but sometimes they go
down even more rapidlys than they as
cended
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
REAl- Fun IN IT
Rnduynnd Gagntfn

The Joy in Dogdom cartoon Of Bart,
inspired by the strike of the Chicago
sausage makers, aud published in The
Minneapolis Journal was one of the nap.
spiest conceptions that ever came from
the brush Of the artist. B
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

our boosted civilization, refutation
Of our Wanted progress In refine
,nent, and proof that after nineteen
hundred years the golden rule is of
little account in a modern American
city.
Charlie Towne is talked about for the
democratic nomination for president.
Charlie would make good candidate in
some respects-he would make people
think of Roosevelt, he is so different.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

Camp is the leading prize story of The
Black Cat for November. It is story
Of an eclipse but not Of the death OF love
and the secret Of an umbrella handle.
1.-THE Lynching at Crutcher' $ tells how a
father came near participating IN the
lynching Of his son.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

The litigation over the remains OF the
ship trust is affording means Of distrib-
uting some steel trust wealth. The law
yers are the agencies Of distribution and
their pockets the receptacle. Young man.
ponder long before you decide whether
to be a corporation or corporation
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

! There are fewer male teachers in the
Minnesota schools this year than last
There should be a steady increase in the
number of men from year to year. There
is little doubt that it would be better
for the schools to have more men among
their teachers But in such good times
as these it is hopeless to look for an in
crease in their number so long as the
sa 1aries of school teachers are no bet
ter than at present. We can get plenty
of women because the avenues OF en-
ployment open to them are comparatively
few and because the sound principle OF
equal pay for equal work has not yet
! come into practice.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK

People who have things to say to the pub
lie that ought to be said, are invited to
use this column. But the space Is lin
i tied, and all communications must be
'bolled down" as much as possible.
Three hundred words Is safe limit
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

The runs on banks in st. Louis, La
Crosse and elsewhere show that the pub
lie has become very suspicious and is
ready to be thrown into a panic by the
slightest SANDER concerning bank. The
cause of this, however is not to be found
in the condition Of the banks, which are.
as a rule, stronger to-day than ever, but
in the tremendous deceits practiced upor,
the public by some Of our greatest anan-
ciers. After the revelations that have
lately come from Wall street of the utter
lack Of consideration OF national welfare
on the part OF the captains Of industry
it would be strange indeed if the public
were not lacking IN confidence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
Watch the Coal Duty.

The time is drawing near when the
thorized by the last congress will ex-
pure by limitation. Unless congress
takes some action providing for
continuance Of the rebate or putting
coal on, the free list, the duty of 81.
cents ton will again become opera
tive. Eavlng made this small open
ing in the wall of unnecessary tariffs
the friends Of lower tariff ought to
see to it that 1t Is not filled up again.
Congress must be required not to take
backward step here. There IS no
excuse in the world for a tariff on
coal. Not a man less will be en-
ployed in American coal mines on ac-
count of the abolition Of the duty. NOT
enough foreign coal is or will be I'M
ported to make the tariff on it OF any
Importance either as protective or
revenue measure. The free 1mporta-
ton of coal Is largely a matter of local
convenience and the saving OF some
thing in the price to regions and local.
tiles adjacent to foreign coal mines.
. The total importations of foreign
coal during the first nine months; or
the calendar year were 2,6SH0Sl TONS
The domestic production of coal dur
ms the same time was not less than
goo, ooo, 600 tons and probably, ,. more or
since the total production of TIE last
calendar year was 269,0O0,000 tons.
In this vast total two or three million
tons will never be noticed. Moreover
even the stimulus Of the coal strike
and the remission of duty caused an
increase over the first nine m onths
of last year of only about million
tons It is curious fact that the I'M
pcr;atjons of Canadian coal increased
only 2e433 tons in the past nine
! months This points to the conclusion
that we had to buy a certain amount
OF coal from Canada regardless o. the
| DUTY, ard that we have, Their afore
been needlessly taxing communities
that need to draw on Canadian Goa
fields.
In New England there is abundant
testimony that while the remission OF
! the coal duty has not led to great
1
| increase in the imports. Of Nova Scotis
! coal. it has reduced the price Of do.
nestle coal. This conclusively shows
that the duty on coal is merely gra'
tuitous transfer thru the agency Of
| the tariff laws of a certain amount
of money from the pockets of the con
sumer to the pockets of the Goa
| miner. Such an unearned. unwar'
ranted profit reminds one of the, way
in which Rockefeller formerly col
| lected rebates from the railways no
only on his own shipments but or
those of his competitors. Rockefel
lers competitors paid money. to tn
railroads and the latter paid part o
it to Rockefeller. Importers of Goa
pay a duty to the government which
makes it possible for their competi
tors, the domestic producers, to exac
a higher price from the consumer
And this, remember, affords no pro
4 lection, to any American industry. blu
lis merely means Of increasing tn
: profits of the coal producers. beyon'
: the legitimate and reasonable margin
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4,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

REMEMBER, all this circulation is
the 5 o'clock edition, which is deliv-
cred directly to the homes. All the
members of the family have time to
,eaI il.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
STILL STAGGERING
Chica 90 Chronicl,

Chicago Chronicle.
Mr. kipling's book of poems is dismal
evidence that the consequences of the
Boer war are continuing to stagger hui
manly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

Memphis Commercial Appeal.
81 why can't a fight toS the finish be ar
ranged between the nosauito ana the boil
weevfi? Ri s
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
AT THE THEATERS
Foyer Chat.

Foyer Chat.
Richard earle and company are scoring
q tremendous success in THE Tender
foot'' at the Metropolitan. The book IS
not only Of most original character, put
it is purely American in atmosphere, ana
fancifully introduced the picturesque chsar
acters of Texas of to-day.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28


The musical comedy success, The Bur
gomaster,' - is billed for one night at the
Metropolitan, Sunday, Nov. 1.
Hall Gaines "The Eternal City" with
the full musical setting written for 1t by
Mascagni, will be the offering OF the
Metropolitan for the entire week, com
smencing Monday evening. Edward MOT
gan in the role of David Rossi has a part
with even greater opportunities than John
Storm in ."Ihe Christian Sarah Truax
will appear as Dona Roma, and w. E.
Bonney, Frank G. Bangs and Frederic
dc Belleyille in their original roles.
For ten years we have seen the evo-
luton of Ward and Vokes as Percy
and Harold" from two misft tramps &c
bankers, governors, merchants, etc. NO"
they are found supplying fun as 1--WE
crafty detectives. The musical numbers
in "A Pair of Pinks,'' especially writer
for this piece, are decidedly catchy. a
big business is being done at the B1Jot
this week.
Henri Gressitts superb production O.
"Zaza" and "Magda,' with Eugene Blail
in the title roles, will be the weeks at
traction at the Bijou beginning next Sun
day afternoon. "
Good-sized audiences witnessed the Fer
ris Stock companys clever production O.
Wages of SIM at the Lyceum yesterday
afternoon and evening. The second mat
inee of the week will be given tomorrow
afternoon. For the company week thu
company will present the fine Irish play
colleen Bawn.' Maude Gilbert, a favor
lite among the patrons Of the Lyceun'
who has been i'll at her home in Phila
| delphia all summer, will again appear il
the cast. -@'1 ~" -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
New Yorks Canal Fight.

To no state in the Union will the
next Tuesday mean as nlnsh as 70
New York. There it Is not question
Of parties or OF men, but question
of business. The people are to vote on
the proposition to bond the state for
s101, 900, 900 to rebuild the Erie canal.
The plan is to widen the canal, give.
it a depth Of twelve feet and other
wise improve it, so that it can be used
by barges having capacity of 1000
tons.
The Improvement is advocated on
the ground that only by some such
improvement can New York hold it's
own as a seaport with it's rivals to the
north and the south.
There is considerable opposition.
Some Of the rural counties Of the
state think it means taxation to them
without benefits. Other opponents
say that it is folly to spend SO much
money and then get nothing but a
barge waterway, when there should
be ship canal. Others argue that
the federal government ought to build
the canal Others, still, say that
| canals are out of date.
| There is little prospect that con-
gress could ever be persuaded to APP
propriate $200,000,000 to build a ship
canal entirely within the state of New
| York and chiefly for the benefit of
| New York city and Buffalo. If the
! canal is improved it must be by the
state 1t is commended that while a
barge canal will cost much less than a
ship canal it will result in just as
! cheap transportation as would be Sc
cured by ship canal.
! There is no question in the minds of
4 the people of the northwest, who are
so familiar with the immense proper
tons of the lake-borne traffic, that
New York ought to lose no time In
/ improving the historic canal. We
1 have no doubt that with a modern
| waterway between Buffalo and New
| York city, the Erie canal would re-
gain it's lost Importance. The present
| canal was built to supplement wagon
/ roads: it needs to be- replaced with
one that can supplement the railways
The need Of better water connection
1 between the ocean and the lakes is
| shown by the comparative indiffer'
ence OF the trunk lines to the Crane
Trunks diversion of grain from New
! York to Portland and Montreal. They
have all the freight they can handle
in classes that pay better than grair
can ever be expected to-. Why should
| they make an effort to- retain the
grain traffic? It is the proper func
ton of waterway to afford cheaI
transit for bulky freight which can
not be conveniently or probably han
!. died by the railroads. There is little
real competition between a canal AM
railway, whereas there is much nu
| tual benefit. The more coal, iron
:. lumber, wheat, stone, etc, the canal
move from point to point, the cmor
finished freight at higher rates viii
, there be for the railways. q.
If New York shall fail to vote tn
canal bonds on Tuesday, the people o
the west will take it that the Ne,
York of the first quarter of the TWEEN
tieth century IS lacking in the fore
sight and enterprise Of the New Yorl
OF the first quarter of the nineteenth
The runs on banks in ST. Louis, L
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
TWENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO

The journal would be glad to re-.
ceive by mall, or otherwise, the names Of
all persons who were readers and sub
scrlbers to this paper when 1t started,
twenty-five years ago this fall, or who
became subscribers during the first year
OF Its existence, and their present adj
dresses. "
The journal would also be pleased
to have the names OF men living who
were newsboys In Minneapolis Twenty-Five
years ago, and their present addresses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

In point of attendance only Harvard
university ranks ahead of Minnesota, but
that distinction is nothing compared with
outranking Michigan in football.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

Only 2-CENT Daily in Minneapolis.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
LET IT BE "A FINISH

So James was let off on condition I
he would buy the DRINKS. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

Gladstone DoWie has valet. IL we
kept a valet we would dress. ourselves
and send him down to groom the fur
mace
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

The musical comedy success, The Bur
gomaster,'' is billed for one night at the
Metropolitan, Sunday, Nov. l.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28
Who's kIckIng?

Winnipeg, Man. ..s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

We would pay a large entrance fee to
see the Missouri mule backed up against
the battleship Missouri. A few. plates
of that tWelye-inch armor would be
likely to be cracked
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

A sausage strike now on in Chicago
is about the Wurst
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

n umbreIla's seeret. The Green
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

Rev. Irl Hicks has one eye fastened on
the sun spot. It's going to raise bally
hoo with the weather this winter. Our
old friend the snow shovel is going to
have busy season. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

Buffalo, N. Y, reports a little wet
snow. Snow? Snow? o yes, that's what
we sometimes get a little dash Of dur
ing The winter months. f.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-10-28

A Missouri man rejoices in the name Of
Smoke Jones. He must be warm propo-s
Sition. - =