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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
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The North American Review contains
an interesting symposium on the work
and influence Of the late Leo XIII, to
which, besides Archbishop Ireland. sew
eral able gentlemen, characterized as
"schisn1atics" by the Roman church, con-
tribute, such as Bishop Coleman of the
Episcopal church. Dr. Coyle of the Pres
byterian church, DR.. Thomas of Newton
Theological seminary, and Washington
GLADDEN.. The paper the most really
critical of Leo, is that Of DR.. Mendes,
the Jewish rabbi. Ex-Minister Snowden
discusses the Balkan problem, conclud-
ing that Austria must remain the only
real barrier to Russian aggression in
southeastern Europe until the overthrow
Of European Turkey. Crisanto Medina
contributes some interesting notes on the
choice of the Panama route by De Les
seps. The paper on Rival Systems and
! the Malayan Peoples" by Hugh Clifford,
British governor Of North Borneo, is full
Of practical suggestions as to dealing with
subject peoples of Malayan stock, with
reference, also, to the difficulties for our
government in the Philippines. Other
notable papers are Brander Matthews
| 'How Shakspere Learnt His Trade" and
| Professor Waldstein's 1.-THE Ideal of a
| University
The World To-day (New York; for
September, furnishes an automobile en-
cyclopedic record of the leading events OF
August, with excellent illustrations. There
are some good papers, as Wallace Rice's
'The Labor Movement in Fiction" ''The
Redemption of Chicago" by Newton
Partridge: "A Mississippi River Trip, y
by Julia Cowles: "The Summer School in
Philanthropic Work" There is an inter-
esting account Of the Todd cotton har-
vestcr machine, the first mechanism of
that kind which gives any hope that the
problem has been at last solved; as it Is
said to do it's work rapidly and accurate
w. picking an acre Of cotton in an hour.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
The Indianola Affair Again.

Elsewhere to-day W. T. Pitts, citi-
zen Of Indianola, Miss, gives some &C
count Of the Indianola postoffice affair. It
Is rare indeed that all the right in a
controversy Of this kind is on one side,
and we are disposed to believe that there
is much truth in what Mr.. Pitts says
about the postoffice having become very
unpleasant place for white woman to
enter. Very likely the conditions had
become such that it was desirable that
they be greatly improved by Mrs. Cox,
or else another be appointed in her place.
The trouble with Indianola people was
In going at the problem in the wrong
way. They demanded Mrs. Cox's resig-
nation, something they had no authority
to do. Only the government could demand
her resignation. No charges were filed
with the postoffice department, no formal
complaints were made, nothing was done
in the regular way to secure the removal
Of the obnoxious postnlistress, and the
country learned little Of the case beyond
the bald statement that she was asked to
resign because she was negress.
The procedure in the case Of Mrs. Cox
showed the same lawless spirit that ami
mates a lynching mob. The Indianola
mob demanded Mrs. Cox's resignation be-
cause it thought it was running or should
run the Indianola postoffice, instead of
allowing the United States government to
do SO. Lynchers take mans life be-
cause they think he ought to die and are
not willing to leave the decision to the
constituted authority
Mrs. Cox having been intimidated to the
point of resignation, the government had
to choose between bowling to the dictation
of the mob and accepting her resigna-
ton and appointing successor, or show
ing the mob that 1t was master In its
own premises So the Indianola postoffice
was discontinued. IT Is hard on Indian
ola, but it makes good lesson for other
communities that are prone to forget that
the postmaster is not an employee Of local
government.
It doesn't follow that it is wise or right
for any administration to follow a custom
Of appointing persons whose appearance
In an office is an invitation to trouble.
1t is said that IS per cent of the patrons
of the Indianola office are white persons
who dislike to be served by a negro, and
| in, making original appointments in such
cases local prejudices should be taken into
account. But this rule does not apply in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
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FAREWELL, NIKOLA. BY Guy M.Boothby
Philadelphia: ]. B. Lippincott Company.

FAREWELL, NIKoLA. BY Guy NJ. Boothby.
Philadelphia: ]. B. Lippincott Company.
In this book the talented author shakes
off the Nikola nightmare and promises
that we shall not be troubled with him
again. The truth is, Nikola was getting
a little tiresome, for one can't sup full
with horrors continuously. It is not good
for digestion. The Hatterasses are in
Venice, with a young lady friend, Miss
Trevor. Nikola, almost forgotten since
the dreadful Port Said adventure, turns
up as if he were the dearest friend. He
lives in an old house, reputed haunted,
experimenting and dabblng in occult sci
ence in his laboratory. He soon begins
to exercise his dreadful sinister influence
on Miss Trevor, who is brought under his
apparently diabolical power: The Fare
well, Nikola!" story Is awful enough, and
we will all wish that he will not turn up
again. Guy Boothby has distilled enough
of sensation out Of him!
TECHNIQUE OF MUSICAL EXPRESSION. By
Albert Gerard-Thiers. New York: The The
odora Rebla Publishing Company.
The authors object in this book is to
stimulate the best development Of arts.
tic power in musical expression and bring
out the wonderful affuence In expression
of this art divine and lead the musical
| student to make the very best of his gifts.
Mere technique, the author abhors. One
dominated by technique alone becomes
| a musical mechanic. If his talent uses
| technique as servitor then there comes
the fullness- Of his power to develop the
Wondrous beauty of the art. The illus
| trations are chosen chiefly from we'll
| known songs and scores found in every
musical library. In summing up the fun
damentals of the system, the author says:
| Laws there are; but rules are only the
| foundation, and are interdependent.
| good teacher can point the, way; but let
no student accept an Interpretation that
rests upon personal feeling only. FsArt is
| worthy Of the best energies Of the mind
as well as Of the emotional instincts. The
young singer should gradually gain self
| reliance, and do his own thinking, always
bearing in mind that immortal saying:
| Genius is eternal patience" . /
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
THE NONPAREIL MAN

tenn, wigwam, woodchuck. Is there any
body in the northwest who has a list OF
Chippewa or Sioux words which have been
Anglicized or adopted? If SO, send
them in.
l5.-Dear Ones All: We had quite dis
cussion In Paris as to whether we should
visit the low countries. Lucille was very
positive against it,
I'VE ought to exert our influence" she
said, against anything that is low and
debasing.''
When we explained the matter to her
she withdrew her opposition and we ar
rived here after night ride on the cars.
The country is said to be ten or fifteen
feet below the ocean, which is held off by
strong bikes and embankments. You all
know the story of the small boy who saw
the hole in the dixie and put his foot in
| it to hold the ocean off until the hole
could be repaired. He has now grown to
manhood. We met him yesterday and
Mary Fl. thought that his breath was
tainted with beer. She may have been
mistaken. The country is so damp, how
ever, that we would not be surprised il
Mary were right. We all decided not to
go out doors, SO we have spent our time
in very comfortable hotel. There is
considerable Delft ware for sale here. It
| is of a light cheerful blue and has wind
carefully and noticed the stamp, almost
erased, on the bottom, Stamford, Conn"
| Finding that it was made in the United
States We felt sure that it was good, solid,
serviceable ware, so we bought a pitcher
and urn.
There is cheese in the exposition here
that is fifteen feet in circumference and
can be heard for two blocks.
| We will not be able to go around any
here because Mary H. has a very annoy
ing corn. We hope for better luck in
Madrid where we go next. Lovingly,
Margaret, Lucille and Mary H.
A correspondent sends in story of a
man who has an athletic cow who has
been taught from a calf up to turn a
handspring, or perhaps better, a hoof-
spring. But he can't get that story print
ed in this paper because we try to tell
the truth if it takes a leg. It seems that
the COW takes a little run, makes a flying
spring and turns a complete flip-f1op in
the air coming down on all four feet with
a thud that shakes the pasture. Several
people who saw this surprising stunt for
the first time took their temperatures and
felt of their pulses under the fear that
they were seeing things that were not
SO. An animal can be taught almost any.
thing If you take it in youth.
| A T. r.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09

Kentucky has produced seventy three pound
enough for little darby to
crawl into.-Boston Globe.
There is much more likelihood Of its
crawling into the little darby. @
With percentage of the people muir
dered and many of the others driven
destitute into the mountains, the dis
patches speak Of Macedonia as being In
"a state of unrest
A breezy reporter on the Atlanta Con-
stitution describes as follows the man
who ran away with that 100000 from
the Methodist Preachers Aid fund:
more respectable and pious looking old party
never beamed thru spectacles and mutton-chop
whiskers.
Dr. Allen was living a very sedate and
comfortable life until the desire for wealth
got hold Of him. Then he slipped into
some high class Boston bucket-shop and
bet $780, 900 that Rockefeller and Morgan
didn't know their business. He lost
Mr.. Carnegie is coming back to Amer
lea, where he can't throw stone with
out hitting one of his libraries.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Dumping of Jas
per county, Missouri, named their little
daughter Apple. It is cruel, but in six
teen or seventeen years from now she will
act the part.
The new disease in Cuba is said to be
yellow fever. It's too yellow to suit most
Of us, whatever it is. .-r
Speaking OF the man who swore at the
president in front of church, the Adrian
Democrat says: .,-.
And, the city papers made half column out of
it.. have been cussed in front, behind, and
An hrsfh cir nf rhn ohoec
ness buildings many a time and nobody paid
any attention to it. r..~
A Rochester, N. T. man has Just eloped
with a woman and seventeen children
The local police telegraphed in all direc.
tons: stop orphan asylum
Mr.. Gladstone left $4,000 selected let
tiers for his biographers, besides wonder
fully large number of minor Importance.
Some dusty figure will now spend a life
time reading them and will give us a
tWo-volume biography of incredible dull
ness. -,.E. - = .~t d -....
After the agent left and you had taken
that beautiful. set of books for 81 down
and 81 a week, did you think that the
agent had not specified how many weeks.
Only about 1000.
The Little Fork (Minn.) Guardian has
potato story to tell anxious lande hunt
ers 1t takes them into it's garden, yanks
up bunch of potato tops and excavates
| hill of the Irish fruit that looks like
a roothouse full of pumpkins.
Attic the Indian in New England has
gone. he has left a heritage behind him
in the shape Of words One of those
scholarly parties who knows everything
| nearly, has discovered 131 words Of Al.
gonquin derivation in the English Ian.
guage. The Algonquins, before they were
asked to move on, lived, as you know, IL
New England. Some of the best known
OF these algonquin words are: Chipmunk
hickory, hominy, menhaden, moccasn
moose mugwump, musquash, pemmican
| pers1mmon, pappoose pone porgy, DOS.
sum, powwow, raccoon, samp, skunk
squash, squaw, succotash, Tammany, tau.
| toy, terrapin, toboggan, tomahawk, to.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09

The Galveston News for Sept. 1 is at
hand, showing by a series of pictures the
rapid progress of the work on the re-
markable seawall that is to protect the
city from tidal waves and storms. The
growth Of the city has been phenomenal.
It now holds third place in the rank Of
exporting cities in the United States. The
foreign export values for the fiscal year
amounted to s1O4,121, Os7, an increase over
the values of the previous year of $685.
o97. The total value of freight handled
in Galveston harbor for the year was
s447,910707, an increase Of $2O1, 343, 461
over the previous year. It is impossible
to hold back a natural exporting point
by little thing like a tidal wave
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
The Fair Pass Evil.

Out Of total of 225,000 admissions at
the state fair last year 20, 900 were adj
mitted on passes. It Is said that the
proportion this year is much larger.
This is all wrong.
1t Is most amazing demonstration Of
the demand for special privileges. 1t is
considered a sort Of distinction to have a
pass to fair or anything else. 1t is a
kind Of indication Of Importance in the
possessor In the old days special privi-
leges went with rank. In these days a
kind Of rank goes with special privileges.
This distinction is pleasant enough for
the man with a pass, but 1t Is very I'M
pleasant for the man without pass The
average citizen just naturally becomes
indignant when he sees some one get for
nothing that for which he has to pay. It
is especially exasperating to the citizen
who pays to attend a benefit to find that
his seat neighbors have passes.
Now, the state fair Is a state benefit"
1t Is conducted for the good Of the state
All its profits are expended with a view
to making itself still more useful. 1t
| never declares dividends. Why then
should it reduce its income by discrim-
| mating against some OF its patrons and
| in favor Of others? Why should it ask
one citizen to put up his good half dollar
and give the other premium for attend
| ing?
Let the fair managers put aside littlo
Of their timid complaisance toward hoary
but evil custom, and put admissions on a
business basis Of impartiality. Then the
problem will be easily solved. Once the
privileged had postal franks; now every
body pays postage. Once it was a rare
man who paid railway fares; now it is a
rare man who doesn't pay. 49, =
The newspapers have had their share
of the passes. These can be justified on
the ground Of recognition Of news adver-
Using. But the passes don't make any
impression on the books, and If newspaper
passes can be justified 1t Is easy to
stretch the argument to cover others
The easiest way to eradicate the evil
would be to abolish all complimentary
passes. The admission card Of an employe
is not a pass any more than the conduct
ors ride on his train is privilege. Admit
employees free and make everybody else
pay-that should be the rule.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
1T is NOT DEATH TO DIE

It is not death to die,
To leave this weary road,
And, midst the brotherhood on high,
To be at home with God.
It is not death to close
The eye long dimmed by tears,
And wake in glorious repose
To spend eternal years.
:!
It is not death to bear
The wrench that sets US free
From dungeon chain to breathe the aiR
Of boundless liberty.
1t is not death to fling
Aside this shameful dust
And rise on strong, exulting wing -
To live among the just. -.
Jesus, Thou Prince of Life,
Thy chosen cannot die
Like Thee. they conquer in the strife,
To reign with Thee on high.
-Pefbuna
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09

Speaking Of the benefits of the merger
the state Of Washington can get no con
cessions in rates on its exhibit at the St
Louis worlds fair from the merger roads
Governor Mcbride of Washington opposed
the merger, and now the state is charged
full rates. Can it be that there is any
connection between these facts? Haven't
we been told repeatedly that the merge,
was the greatest thing that ever happened
for the northwestern states? Let us shut
our eyes and continue to believe 1t. !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09

Twelve men have been sentenced to i'm
prisonment at Danville, for participating
in the attack on the JAIL And still the
New Orleans States prefers to point out
the fact that no one has yet been tried
for killing the negro Metcalf Possibly
that will be attended to in due time 1t
was, however, a separate and distinct
crime from the assault on the jail, and
was more the outcome of street fight
than a lynching. In the meantime the
States might point out few instances OF
conviction in the south for breaking into
them, !
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
A RESCUER IN DISTRESS

Not SO very long ago there was a big
fire In Portland Me. A large number OF
houses were burned and many people left
shelterless.
chance to make play. He rushed to the
TELEGRAPH office soon as he heard of the
fire and telegraphed to the mayor Of the
Maine city:
Portland, Oregon. sympathizes with
you In your afflfction. What can we do
for your
The mayor of Portland, Maine, was
touched by this offer of assistance from
the mayor Of the namesake city. He
wired back: "Best thanks for your offer
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
Peary and Polaris.

It Is said that Secretary Moody has
resigned because the president Endorsed
Lieutenant Peary's request for another
three years absence from his legitimate
duties as a naval officer for the purpose
Of pursuing his investigate around the
north pole. It Is possible that this ex-
PLANTATION of Moody's resignation is sim
ply device Of the enemy But the secre-
tary no doubt thinks he Is justified If he
objects to these repeated long leaves Of
absence asked for and granted to Peary.
Peary's only valuable discovery after all
his activity has been the determination
that Greenland Is a continent and has q
north shore, a considerable distance from
the goal of arctic expeditions.
Last fall he came home from long
trip northward without being able to re-
port any discovery Of Importance. With
his party and sledges he had reached
north latitude "a degrees, II minutes, and
had to turn back because of the unfav-
orable condition of the ice. To be sure
this Is the highest latitude yet reached
In this hemisphere, but it does not, by
which so many daring men have sought to
reach and In seeking it so many expedi-
lions have been baffled by impenetnble
Ice barriers, or have been lost in awful
tragedies. Peary did not see any land
north Of Greenland and is Of the opinion
that Greenland forms the southern bound
Of the polar basin, which he thinks can
be traversed with sledges to the north
pole. This last expedition does not
greatly encourage that view At the rate
Peary is nearing his objective point, it will
take him ten or twelve years to get there
under favorable circumstances and that
would require three more leaves Of alb
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
THE CRIER STOPPED IT

Postmaster General Payne was describ-
ing an old time Milwaukee judge, who had
been noted for his kind heart.
I attended one day" said Mr.. Payne.
"a session OF the court at which this
Judge presided. The court crier was
very old man; he had served with fidelity
for many years; but age was beginning
now to tell on him. He fell asleep while
I was in the courtroom, and In a little
while he was snoring.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
EDITORIAL POLICY NOT HIS POLICY

and optimism in the newspaper reports.
Vanderlip, by close economy and some
minor investments, had saved $780, It
was all he had. One day the bank failed
in which he had deposited his little nest
egg. He went despondently to his desk.
The world looked black to him. It was
q hard blow.
A messenger boy came in with a tele-
gram. Vanderlip signed for 1t mechanic
ally-his thoughts were on his last $500.
He tore open the envelop. The telegram
was from Mr.. Medill It read: Take q
cheerful view of the situation"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09

The following remarkable essay on the
horse is said to be from the pen of an
Indian student:
"The horse is very noble quadruped;
but when he is angry he will not do so.
He is ridden on the spinal cord by the
bride, and sadly the driver places his
foots on the stirrup, and divides his lower
limbs across the saddle; and drives his
animal to the meadow. He has four legs;
two are on the front side and two are
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09

Scoops are the real thing in newspaper
dom. But there are exclusives that create
surprise or amusement, rather than the
traditional CONSERVATION, in the offices of
other papers. For instance, the enterprise
of the Pioneer Press this morning In print
ing the obituary of distinguished citi-
zen who was not yet dead, will hardly
be initiated In any well regulated
newspaper shop while the publication I'M
der big headlines in the Times of the story
of a reorganization Of the 500 road which
occurred about thirteen years ago exhibits
case of careless editing that would seem
to be entitled to the first prize in It's class.
In the list Of directors who are solemnly
announced as constituting this new di-
rectory are the names Of very prominent
men who have been dead for years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09
Saturday Evening Post.

Frank A. Vanderlip, now one of tie vice
presidents Of the National City bank Of
New York, the great Rockefeller strong
hold, was financial editor Of the Chicago
Tribune in 1892 and 1859 hard working
newspaper man, dependent on his SAL
ary. -s
Those were panic times. Banks were
failing every day. Joseph Medill, the edi-
tor Of the Tribune, was In southern Cali
fornia. He was much exercised over the
situation and was in close touch with the
office, constantly advising conservatism
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09

Of assistance. We need food and clothing
and. money to pay for both, for the desc
late" r. -. p
Meantime there had been meeting Of
| the board Of aldermen of Portland, OREGON,
and those hard-headed citizens could find
no excuse for reaching across the CONT
nent to help the burned-out in Portland,
Maine. They refused to back up the may
ors telegram. -,
That official was in dires distress. He
did not know what to do, but. after long
thought, he let himself out with this dis
patch:
Much obliged for your prompt reply.
! merely asked for information"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-09

''TIis shores, of course, disturbed the
proceedings of the court. The judge dis
played great tact in interrupting them
without embarrassing the orier.
"'Crier. Jones' he said in a loud voice,
'Crier Jones, some one is snoring
1.-The crier awakened. He started to
his feet
"'silence,' he exclaimed. There must
be no snoring In the courtroom and he
glared ferociously about him..