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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
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LITERARY NOTES.

Any onew ishing a handbook of humor
in rhythm ought to get Frederick L.
Knowles IA Treasury of Humorous
Poetry compilation of witty and sa-
tirical verse from the British and Ameri-
can poets 1t is satisfactory in every re-
spect and is illustrated with portraits
course BuEner, Burdette, Riley, SAKE. Bret
ems are included, with the best of the
old set, back to Dryden. Boston: Dana
Estes Company. Price s1.20; s1.SS by
mail. - =
The Independent for Jan. /, prints
Count Tolstoy's essay on Science and
Money" which Will appear in the new
edition Of the works of the philosopher of
1asnaia Poliana. ToIstoy in this paper de-
clares that. "oNfney means nothing else
than slavery and "a newand terrible form
Of it, The count, however, has to use the
dreadful stuff. Many people think that
the lack of money is bad form OF
slavery.
Miss Weld. whose father was the
brother-in law and closet riend of Ten
nyson. has written a volume entitled
.Glirnpses of Tennyson. Tennyson
trusted the accuracy of Yields criticism
and got his opinion of several poems be-
fore they were published.
| s.rhe sCoachnan with the Yellow Lace"
is the peculiar title of a new English
novel by Charles Hannah, who evidently
thinks odd titles sell books.
The heroine of Crawford's new novel
Cecilia is a young American lady who
has lived much in Europe.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09


rect The many popular historical ro-
mances covering alleged events from the
time of Nebuchadnezzar to the French
Revolution, describe conditions radically
different. from the present Dickens,
while writing In a period when the mogul
locomotive, 1.-THE ocean greyhound the
voiceful telephone and other modern con-
veniences of life were practically I'M
known, yet read human nature, which al
ways remains the same, and his charac-
terizations fit the present generation in
many respects.
Mr.. Lang fully appreciates himself, the
merits Of Dickens. He says the defects
are due, to the fact that Dickens wrote
three or four novels at once in monthly
installments at one period, and this ac-
counts for the crude, inferior work in
some of the books. Dickens, moreover,
knew little off''society,' and got outfof
his depth in BLEAK House" When Sir
| WalteEa Scott tried to write himself out
of debt by high pressure novel writing,
he did some uninteresting work Dick
ems overreac hed himself sometimes, too.
| After all that Mr.. Lang or any one else
may, say, about Dickens losing readers,
new editions of his works continue to
be published and bought, and in this fact
there is no sign of decreasing interest in
the old faVorites. 4, Il .,..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
IN A NUTSHELL...,
ii Oft Ranger ana adns ulaou

Within year attention of the pubr has been
repeatedly called problem of the management Of pub
agriculture but capitaly adapted
ing high price served to remind the public
ranges not only become restricted but
had deterorated The enforcement
fencing Of public lands has called
attention the struggle going all the cattle
country of the public ranges. IS
In the current Review OF Reviews, p. BENJAMIN An
of the University OF Nebraska admirably
outlines the elements history Of the problem.
public 400000000 suitable only
grazing though Chancellor Andrews points that
line be drawn between agricultural and
grcultural prairie lands since methods Of In
culture nothing of extensive irrigation yearly
that formerly thought
unsuitable agriculture. sS
Through the rivalry Of the herdsen to get all they
public pastures and the absence Of
Of regulating producing capacity
rapidly decreased In the days OF the buffalo
prairie grass tall and uxuriant, it is closely
cropped of the valuable
closely grazed that they have had
opportunity to grasses pulled
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
Primary Election Law Changes.

" Governor Van SAINTS recommendation
that the primary election law be 50
amended that the election be held in June
or early in July, instead Of in September,
will find plenty Of supporters and soppon-
ents. To put the primary election back
to June will be to add three months to the
duration of.what experience shows will be
very strenuous campaign. In addition,
it will push back about as many months
the time when candidates for nomination
begin their personal canvass. The effect
Of the proposed change would be to give
US about nine months Of political tur-
moil in every election year:
/ . It is not to be- denied that the present
September date, finding the farmers very
busy, tends to give light vote in the
country. But If this date were made
three or four weeks later, the objection
would be obviated to a large extent, and
we would have a final campaign Of about
a month, which is quite enough. for 1.-The
struggle between nominees. The 6 whole
period Of biennial political excitement
would then be brought we'll within three
or four months. -
That SO good partizan as Governor
Van SAINT is willing to amend the primary
| law SO that the voter shall not have to de
clare his party affiliation IS significant
It is a confession Of the impossibilitX. OF
making such a provision worth The. paper
it is printed on. = T he's Jour al Il
strongly in favor Of the principle ander-
meath this provision, namely that party
nominees should be selected solely by an
questioned members of the party; but If
view5of the failurs of measures designed
to apply the principle, it is. perhaps vel
/ to repeal thenl..@ s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09

thicket We're desolation to, Mrs. Belinda
Bonsel "These old frogs drive me fran
tic.' "a 1919 ! -t---t T.;
Marjorie seated herself upon the shall
low lower step, untying her bonnet and
gathering it up closely in her supple
hands. There were two indistinct hori-
zontal lines in her forehead.
II always love the frogs she said,
turning her face toward the meadow.
"only-they remind me of the evening I
nailed up the orchard gate-years ago." :
~'.And wish you'd -unnail it, Belinda S
nirnble mind frisked into another griev-
ance. "Ed'll be up from the city to-
morrow evening again, and he always
cuts through the orchard; last time he
climbing over the fence and I had it to
darn. Whatever did you nail it up for::''
...<ree- e-ee,'' echoed family. The sill
yer gray had almost overcome the rose
lights. A slim little curve of moon lay
against the dim gold of the west. Marjorie
| was futing the cape Of her bonnet over
| her fingers. 'AE,1t ~ - =
~ nailed it up 50 that Ben Harper
couldn't come through it any more"
~"'"You always We're queer little trick
| commented Belinda, land never knew
| beans, SO far as men were concerned
But forgot you and Ben fell out. What
| was it-jealousy, misunderstanding OF
meddling friends?" = f., (
| "Clothes lines" said Marjorie. s
Belinda's laugh. broke into the tremole
Of the frog chorus 20 - =
| Whatever! You can do a good many
| curious things Marge, but how did you
manage to- get your romance tied DIP with
d clothes liner ~ sA
| S=.sBecky Bean always would fasten the
| line to the plum trees this side of the or
chard and forget to. take it down. Der
invariably came throughsth the orchard gate
| at"tWilightsand the Slhse never failed te
knock his, hat off, Men are singular
about their HATS. He and I were com.
| bative,s any way, in, those, days. One par
ticular evening ,Qike this, and the frogs
piping just that way We were unusually
predisposed to battle 1--WE had been t.
a picnic. Both our noses were peelina
with, sunburn,, and ottra shoes were tight
The sunburn was "a. just retribution tt
him. for he had sat for, an hour on s
tumble down stile in a snarl Of blackberry
bushes with Sadie Plummer beside him
and then flung thunder bolts Of wrath
1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09

ners. Art critics haYe held for some
time that the crazy corner was hardly
de rigger" in house in which the
furnace went out for a drink occasionally,
but the ladies' have Insisted and really, we
have found them quite harmless
The: receipt for a; crazy corner is quite
simple. It requires a good: deal of orr
entail bed ticking (made in Connecticut)
together with an old brass shield (not
really brass but turned out by the cart
load in Vermont and s.weathered.) Then
you take scabby old lantern with holes
in it and red glass to throw deep gloom
over the corner. Among these impedi-
menta weave in a lottsof stuff that would
stop a horse. and throw a; few rugs from
Beirut, Massachusetts,, carelessly
around. This is what the appellate
court Of Cook. county Illinois, has called
Illegal 1t may not be illegal in Min
snesota, but give ussthe old rush bottomed
chair in the kitchen with a place to put
our feet on the STOVE hearth and a chance
to s. show : other''s: how to regulate the
fire SO as to keep .the oven hot. Then
there's the almanac hanging by string
in the corner, If it's literature you want
Talk sabout comfort! 7.
The Sioux Falls Press laughs at the idea
Of Canton, S. d., man to convert his
cottonwood trees into lumber. A Sioux
I the Missouri river near Vermillion lin tho
days before pine and oakland walnut anc
other kinds of lu1nbers could be secured
tells of his sad experience with cotton
wood. He says: D.
II have sknowed cottonwood to warp Sc
bad in one night that when the man whe
owned the house sbuilt of cottonwood
started to go out doors in the morning he
fell off the roof AID broke his neck Il
had rained in the night and the house was
SO badly twisted shat the front porch
sslanted up to the roof and the cellar was
. over back Of the barn" $500 i. =. - -
: A; Springfield man once painted a sigr
on a cottonwood fence about his premises
'Whichlread:s Sf#<. EE ii
S: ,sKeep off the grass. Don sit on ::sths
!, He vent ven I o 51it the next morning q ant
much to his astonishnEenteread: u .,sz7 -.
Come where my love lies dreaming
under the harvest moon
warped 81, p ~
When thespebplesof Lir1leolns county hay,
utilized q: few thousand feet Of lumber
from their new saw mill, says the Press
it will be. necessary to efurvey the mos
OF the country tflereaboh1ts in order st,
discover whether men live upon thei
own land or not. = tsSFsss"s .'7ss@ = - I,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09

We sympathize with those members Of
the legislature who have received from
the railways passes for the session only,
instead Of the highlyprized ANIMALS. It
lis doubtless grievous hardship to have
to- pay railway fare at any time Of the
year. and we must say it is very cavalier
OF the railways to shut the legislators of
with 100 days. Such a course may be
taken to serve notice on the members. OF
the house that they are Of no use to the
railways after they adjourn. The sena-
tors, however being good for another ses-
zion, are not thus scorned. OF course, the
Representatives receive liberal mileage,
which they do not refuse to accept be-
cause they have passes, but then, through
custom, mileage has come to be regarded
as part Of the legislators pay Yet, view
Ing 1t as such, and granting that railway
passes are merely given out of respect fo1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
Watch the Senate.

Lieutenant Governor Jones seems to be
so sensitive to attacks upon himself
that it is with reluctance that 4 h Q
u r n a takes up a ma tier which 1t
thinks needs publicity at this time: 80
One or two Of the names Of the senate
committee chairmen already made public
admonish the public that there is danger
that reform Legislation favored by Gov
ernor Van SAINT will be grounded in the
senate.
So far the indications are that il there
is to be a conflict between the legislature
and the governor. the senate, rather than
the house, will be responsible. The fact
that Dr. Babcock, though opposed by Gov
ernor Van SAINT, won the speakership, does
net, it now appears, insure hostility In the
house to bills favored by the governor.
The protestations of the Babcock men
that they were not antigovernor have
put them on record in way that may en-
barrass them if they too coarsely oppose
the governor Besides, there is no doubt
that a considerable number Of DR.. Bah
cocks supporters are friendly to the gov
ernor Moreover, the house, in conse-
quence OF the speakership contest, will be
closely watched and rigidly held to ac-
count by the people.
The senate is so situated as to make 1t
the fitting instrument Of plots against the
governor, because the public has not been
watching it. and there has been no organ
izetion struggle there to draw administra-
ton and antiadministration lines. It
would be a natural Inference that the lieu=
tenant governor would appoint committees
that would assist legislation favored by the
governor But the public has already seen
enough to put it on it's guard. When the
composition Of the railroad committee is
announced we shall know where we are
att That will tell the tale Of hostility OF
friendliness to Governor Van SAINT.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
THE MAGAZINES.

The Review of, Reviews devotes con
siderable space to the Venezuelan trouble.
notable paper being Venezuela and the
Powers by A. Maurice Low. Mr.. Wiley
gives an interesting illustrated account Of
the rural free delivery service which now
extends, over 100000 square miles of ter
ritory Chareelldr Andrews contributes
an informing paper on ',rhe American Ok
and His Pasture, and a related paper is
Mr.. Croxton's. 1.-The Advance in Beef
Prices in which he shows the influence
of uncomfortable natural causes upon the
beef market Mr. Conant, tue distingu-
ished writer on finance, discusses The
Treasury and the Money Market in
which he reviews the steps taken by
Secretary Shaw to relieve the stringency
of the money market last autumn, and
shows the great need of a currency which
is responsive to the changing requirements
of business conditions, which is more
necessary than an expansion Of the cur
rency.
Gunton's pays a. fine tribute to the
late Speaker Reed. The professor devotes
an article to severe criticism Of the
"scab'' as an injury and worthless as a
workman. between whom and the nom
union laborer there. is nothing in COM
mon. He regards the non-union man as a
wholesome check on the tyranny OF the
labor unions. DR.. Doherty contributes a
paper on the Essential Unity of Filipino
Dialects and r. B. Tracy. devotes six
pages to the praise of commercialisnn and
condemnation of those who assign to it
all the evils which afflict the land He
holds that consolidation, community OF
interest, industrial trusts, are a part OF
the progress Of the nation, and must
eventually be approved and sanctioned by
public opinion and the public law" That
depends upon the duality New. York: Al
Union, square,.
The Booklover's Magazine, the new
periodical venture, comes in initial mum.
Der like thing of beauty from tie
presses. IL a very nigh grade and quality
of illustrative work and crisp and brief
articles and commsnt, and a general
aspect Of good taste viii sell q ma sazine.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
DAILY DIVERSION

A Burning QuestIon-Shortly before his
resignation of the pastorate of the Madi-
son Avenue Baptist church, the Rev. DR..
Henry NJ Sanders preached a sermon
advocating cremation: He dwell at length
upon what he termed the rather absurd
opposition to cremation on the ground
of religion and sentiment, and urged with
some vigor the furtherance of the cause
from a sanitary standpoint as question
of present and vital Importance.
After the sermon one OF the congre-
CATION approached the doctor with the
rather pertinent question as to whether
he himself expected to be cremated.
We'll" replied the doctor. you see
er-that is. my wife-well, you know, 1t
is not such a burning question as all
that.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
Railway Corporation Regulation.

According to The Journals WASH
ineton correspondent the administration
Is not willing to indorse any corporation
regulating measure as drastic as that Of
Senator Hoar. 1t prefers to go slowly,
and, instead Of the immediate enactment
of publicity and abuse correcting and
prevention law, the administration would
have introduced into the bill creating a de-
partment Of commerce provision for a
bureau of inquiry armed with power to
conduct thorough investigation of trust
methods This arrangement, if carried
out, would no doubt adjourn actual regu-
lating legislation touching the indust-
rial corporations to the activities OF
the fifty-eighth congress. AS to the trans
portation corporations, it is proposed to
destroy the power Of any shipper to con-
spire successfully with any railroad to
secure rebates on regular published rates
that are not granted to every other ship
per. ss ss,,,s@z - :
The latter legislation is a matter for
the present congress to attend to. The
most f1agrantly corrupt and corrupting
trusts have been built up by the servile
determinations Of the railways in their
favor. The Standard; Oil company is a
standing Illustration of the monopoly gen
Grating power of an alliance between an
ambitious Industrial corporation and the
railways. Way back in 1879 that cor
poration was reported, by a special in
vestigating committee. as having received
|
less than s10,O00,OoO in eighteen months,
showing. that competition under such con-
ditions is an inpossibility.s In cases or
record the railways have given the Stand
ard an advantage of $50 per cent over ar
Ohio competitor.
| Everybody knows that anthracite Goa
! has become monopoly through its con
nection with eight railway companies, al.
though the laws OF Pennsylvania make il
illegal for railroad to engage in any
other lines OF business than those con.
nected with transportation.
Yesterday, the chairman of the house
judiciary committee, Mr.. Jenkins, intro.
duced two bills, one to prevent sucl
monopoly constructing action as has beer
! described above BY the railways, and TIT
other bringing the punitive hand Of Law
upon recipients OF rebates and upon in
4 dustrial corporations who make ,specia
prices and inducements for the purpose o
restricting and destroying competition. 4
bill is preparing in the subcommittee o
the house judiciary committee to carry on
the recomme ndatior of the attorney gen
! eral for Iegislatian to expedite final deci
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
Losing the Interstate Commission

A strange feature of several antitrust
measures that are just now attracting
public attention is that though all Of them
are essentially interstate commerce meas
ures, they ignore the existence Of the in
terstate commerce commission. Instead
Of providing additional powers for the
commission, 1T IS proposed to create, a
new commission or bureau to have charge
Of the new law and to study trusts. =,
z Attorney General Knox recommended q
new commission, the president suggested
a commission or bureau in the proposed
department of commerce, and the bill in
troduced yesterday by Representative
Jenkins provides for a bipartite commits
sion. The Jenkins measures are sup
posed to be in entire accord with the aG-
ministration's trust regulation PLAN -
Only the Judiciary committee of the
house seems to have remembered the ex-
tstence of the interstate commerce COM
mission, In the bill to be reported by
that committee to-day the interstate COM
snerce commission is recognized as the
agency which should logically be en-
trusted with the administration Of laws SO
closely related to the present province of
that body, and its powers are extended.
After fifteen years of existence, it would
Seem to be the natural course of evolution
for the Interstate commerce commission
TO expand in company with the growth of
laws regulating interstate commerce, and
that is what the trust measures men
toned are. *
What will that commission amount to
alongside Of another interstate commerce
commission that will have real power? It
will be about the best fifth wheel around
Washington. It never has had power
enough to accomplish anything very i'm
portant. If it is not to be given an OPP
portunity to become useful now, it would
better be abolished. This whole trust
regulation matter ought to constitute ono
4 of the most important fields of work for
the new department of commerce, and the
interstate commerce commission should
y be one of the most important bureaus
of that department and specially charged
with the trust question. ia
1t Is possible that the administration
and others are steering away from the
commission because they lack confidence
& In its personnel. If that Is the case 1t
would be well frankly to provide for the
abolition of the present commission and
7 the creation of a new one to take its place
II with all Of the powers and duties Of the
d present commission plus the more spa
cious authority trust legislation must ne
4 cessariy give.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09

this one will soon be a favorite, notwith-
standing the multitude of maya zines al
ready in the field. Mr.. Eaton says in his
foreword that this number is only a work.
ing model-what printers call dummy.
1t is, however. pretty good looking
dummy The art and art talk and litera-
ture and books departments open most at
tractively. The frontispiecc, a portrait in
colors of a little girl with 1aXen hair, by
Franz Won Lembach, is q pleasant in
vitation to look further ana enjoy such
fine work as the Waterscape on page As,
the photograph in three colors on page 80.
and other attractions in illustration.
Familiar and distinguished names appear
in the list of contributors and the read
ing matter is excellent. Philadelphia: 1929
Walnut street. ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-01-09
The Nonpareil Man ].
Casually Observed.

u
The "per capita $50 for each person.!
You may search u.s.. s5s -: q Z
Chicago has six additional building in
spectors. When they pass the fire trap
hotels they will have to wear binders. ~
The brilliant bit Of repartee Of Senator
Aldrich was much admired yesterday.
The chilly people, held up by coal specu-
lators, demanded that the tariff be taken
off Of coal. Senator Aldrich's reply is the
following delicious bon mot: ''The demo-
Gratis put it on, now let's see 'em get 1t
off" No wonder the entire country
breaks out in delighted laughter.
Robert Harper now going on los
years old, says there may be germs and
bacteria and the like, but he never met
one. Any modern germ ought to blush
to look Mr.. Harper in the face.
We are paying $3.50, 900, 900. a year to
are you contributing? e&i:6:@.s 5&
Rev Jenkins Lloyd Jones attacks young
ladies who shy at the kitchen. The choir
then sang the anthem, How. i Love to
See My Mother Work y
London churches are now at work on
"happy plans to increase the attendance 2
Such happy plans as have been proposed
usually increase the attendance about
two Sundays from curiosity.
The Crown Princess of Saxony has de.
cided not to elevate the stage at present
George AIDES opera, Peggy from
Paris, " contains a character who uses the
joyius George AIDE slang. One OF his
songs, lii, I Like YOU is said to be
booked for an Annie Rooney run 81
popularity. It Hits as follows, If you
can understand the English: 8# .
thought was wise to the whole bunch 1ns d
fairies, 80. EHs
Not one Of the lot could put me to the bad
For I'd mingled a lot with your Nfaudes and YOU,
Carries; =, S. ss||55 s.. S.
II one tried to kid, she was sorry she had.
But ey'ry ny mug gets It sooner or later;
know that this calico game ia no cinch;
Since met at the ten twent' and thirt
The cause cause Of me trouble, Miss LILY AM n.
I8 Lynch. sg4 #Ei5s5
Imagine foreigner with dictionar,
knowledge OF English trying to solve 1t!
curves!
The appellate court att Chicago in Thu
board of trade cases, decided YESTERDAY
| that a corner was Illegal This decision
seems to sustain the contention OF Thu
Chicago ladies' regarding the a..cezy cor.