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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
A Cure for 'sSmarties..

The "smarty'' automobilist finds no
greater pleasure than in sprintins away
from policeman or rural constable who Is
trying to make him reduce the speed OF
mis- machine. Chicago has an automobil-
ist of this kind, who added insult to in
jury by saying that as he usually had
ladies with him, he could not compromise
his dignity by stopping to wrangle with a
common policeman, His plan was to run
away, and come back later and deal with
the policeman-but he never came back.
Notwithstanding his excessive politeness,
he has been suspended from his club for
thirty days for conduct unbecoming q
decent member. A few more family af-
fairs of this kind will stop the offensive
indifference to the rights of others which
some youthful "chuffers' are still disposed
to exhibit az times. When it appears thai
such conduct disqualifies for membership
in a real gentlemans club, it will be less
freely indulged in. sz*
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
TIE Nonpareil Man: n.
Casually Observed.

when we notice wish
General Funston had not strapped
his back
what are you going to burn pint good
enough for US
Northern sec
octop makes Indignation
display little of IN the puos
press.
Deux Alondes is printing series OF
Lott much disappointed a
theosophis at Madras @
plenty Of mendin skrs but the od aas @
the library philosophy besides that there was
,ns detached from the world with
her NJ Lott counted to open @ ot nun nn @ @ ss
not not @ Zee ha p @ % nhn very esotec behind
INA - Mr. lott viii come across still
Of ham that cannot be duphca In az
India
The willy politicians put the para @ On
the ticket in that suburb and ON
election village and the s"ep,
prairie fire Dr. M Lyman man w. % pn0n a s % uepaens pees
the cabinet ..
recently married char1 IRE ] aea,n h
telephone girl he heaa ne
it stepped around to the e@ehah TO ~
formed labor union ana
whisky from to oc per drink me nee
hed lunch thrown must have been "
make both ends wife had splice out e
whisky oil and rain water with hanolA " autumn ~
matter
The exciting OF 'ohn @ @
on too appeared be nconsauental ut niue %
Patriot the BEAST is ''e
the human system IS az
ferocous wild cat cunning as d 'oA' ' " ~
riedrh went against and suffering everei from ,
various spra1ns ne Is now w @ m oa
Friedrich columns OF the ftl @ m ~ W. M nv
ar will the dsnanltms OF ne
n public parh-a o'clock oroncno oo's ~ " '
rH W S ee" ou beloved president before he sacrificed
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
CANADIAN INDEPENDENCE.

= -r,* Woodstock, Ont, Express
Sir Oliver Mowat Nate lieutenant gov
ernor of .Ontario) believed that Canada S
destiny was to become an Independent ma
tion and set up in business for herself,
with the goodwishes. Of all concerned; but
we arc told that he saw no necessity for
that end. Perhaps, had he
lived mitch longer, he might have changed
his mind as to the need for haste. .. The
present movement in the direction Of i'm
perialism is forcing on the minds of the
Canadian people the problem Of their
country s, destiny: Events are SO shaping
themselves that Canadians may be called
upon to make a choice before they have
given the matter sufficient consideration.
At any rate. it can do no harm to give
some thought to the question of the di-
rection the development of public senti-
ment should take. A little while ago pub
lie sentiment appeared to be strongly in
favor Of Imperialism, but the war fever
has died out and common sense is" taking
the place Of emotion and enthusiasm. Ca
nadians are looking not only to the glory
and the greatness Of the empire, but to
the material interests Of Canada. ? So
long, of course, as it is not necessary to
make a: choice most Canadians would be
quite content with the existing condition
Of things; but it is becoming more appar-
rent every day that the present arrange
ment cannot always endure. Canadians
! will be forced some time or other to make
| a choice between a: closer association with
| the rest of the empire and more indie
| pendent existence. Perhaps no harm
| would result If the choice were forced
| upon us without loss of time. It is just
possible that the development Of gen
! erous and ennobling. patriotism thai
might naturally be expected to accompany
the change to nationhood would be az
| good remedy as. could be applied for the
cure of the political corruption that i:
threatening the very life of the country
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
''lce.' -
w. D. Nesbit in Judge.

W y. z,
TITS not the robins b,ithesome chrp
nor outdoor frolics of the purp; 'tis not
the cleaning of the leaf that sides tlro
Its loosened leaf; 'tis not~the songsters
on the wing that whisper to me it is
spring IT is that now Tve noticed twice
that vibrant. startling cry of Ice
.'Tis not the flutter of the rug, nor ads
OF things for roach and bug: 'tis not the
hunt for garden hose, nor setting out Of
vine or rose; 'tis none of these that to me
bring. the consciousness that it is spring.
It is the echo, cool and nice, that fingers
from that yell Of Zee. !"
,Tis not the: gentle, ,soebing rain. nol
subtle sense of hidden pain; It's not ths
hints OF meadows green. nor tender hues
that flush the scene; It's none of these
that make me sing. No. 'Tis the ac-
cents that entice-the strident, piercing
shIiek of Ice. 80 &
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
II
Juvenile Correction.

The last session Of the legislature made
a long step toward the realization OF
Justice and mercy in it's regulation OF the
treatment of youthful offenders against
the law. Towards these nntortunate ctAA-
dren the state Should bear itself as
parent rather than as the exponent OF IN
exorable Justice. The provision OF the
new law that children under 1e must not
be confined in company with h1other offend
ers is a very wise and humane one. Even
better is the provision that children under
Ia shall not be confined in jail at al
pending trial. The prevention OF undue
publicity In trying the cases OF you1n1ul
offenders is also an excellent provision
All of these features Of the law, should
make strongly for the redemption OF many
a. boy or girl guilty, perhaps OF par
ticular offense, but not essentially Grim
inal or abandoned. g.. :.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
MONDAY. EVENING,

position Of civil service commissioner,
offered to him by President, Roosevelt
when the latter was here. Mr.. sieHel-
finger. would have made a good pffioiais
and we need in public life all the men
of his kind that we can have, but under
the circumstances it it is not SURPRISING
that he concluded not to accept me
sacrifice of personal interest would nave
been great but no doubt other eonsidera :
tio1s and the interests of other people may
have had even more to do with forming
his conclusion.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
THE MAGAZINES

The English Review of Reviews presents.
some unusually spicy comment in Prog
ress of the World department, and the
Current, History In Garicature" is char
acterized by some palpable hits. some Of
the best by t h Edo u ma l. car
toonist. There is sasapapers on 7. :. London,
the Stepmother City, showing the dreary
side Of the old town .and how life there
can be Frightened By creating a social
center the details Of asplan being given.
Mr. Stead thinks the alate Mr.. Rhodes
might have .brightenels up Tendon, but
he has emigrated. The review department
is especially interesting ~,
The American Review of Reviews gives
special attention to the strike commits
sion's report and to the. southern educa-
tional movement. There is a talk with
Horace Plunkett on the prospects of the
Irish farmer. in which that gentleman,
who Is familiar with conditions in Ire-
! land, shows the substantial benefits re-
ceiyed by the Irish tenant under the last
| two land acts. which give him security Of
tenure SO long as he pays his rent and he
| can get the value of his improvements
on his holding. Generally the outlook for
the tenants Is good as they are rapidly
appreciatin the advantages OF scientific
agriculture. A notable paper is Professor
Harry Pratt Judson's The Municipal
Situation in Chicago. #
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27

Herbert Mills, a millionaire who has
lust got thru a years imprisonment in
the Cook county Jail, accomplished much
during his sentence for the Improvement
of the lot of his fellow prisoners as we'll
as the phvsical condition of the jail. He
spent his money freely for both of these
purposes. Heretofore the courts have not
sent sas fair proportion Of millionafres to
prison, but encourages by Mr. Mills, ex--
perience they might send some to Jail
with benefit to- both the people outside
and inside the house Of correction.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27

can millionaire sailing in and buying
anything. Some people may have found
Am eT1ean mililonairess of that kind. but
have yet to discover one.''4a.There have
been, cases. no doubt where the newly
rich and defective In sedutation have
sailed In and bought bogus .'old mas
ters' and bogus ,sancient manuscripts
rich people inthess aays ane not often SO
caught They do not l,ljy 5Tashly or at a.
venture. When they bhy#a thirteenth
century manuscript they are sure they
have the genuine article, american col
.lectors Of Americana have been picking up
in England many valuable books and
maps thereto related. They are in the
market tor all they can get.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27

i. The rebate Of the duty on Imported o' 4
luminous coal is pulling strongly for rec
tprocity with Canada in coal. The New
England demand for Nova Scotia coal coal .fi has
been so strong since the rebate was ordered
that the mines have been unable. to ship
coal to Ontario. This leaves the Ontario
manufacturer dependent on American can
coal on which he must pay duty OF %
cents a ton He is thus put at a disadr
vantage in competition with the New
England manufacturer who is ea5oying
free coal. Consequently there IS q strong
demand that the duty shall come of
American coal
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
CHINESE WRITING EASY TO LEARN I'm
i London Express.

London Express.
Chinese is an Geographic Language. y
rnnvAvs the idea and not the word for a
thing. as the figure 's.s represents the
idea dhd not the word.
The Chinese have invented more than
40. .O0o marks for their writing. but It re-
quires only about, 5000 marks FOR mer-
"a r,tileS corr espondence, and It is said to
Be easier to learn them than the words
Of an ordinary foreign language. Russian
"a more difficult for an Enslishman than
Chinese. IS
8 It takes much longer to learn the spoken
lang,laRe. because of the variety OF dia-
lects, but any one can learn enough OF the
writings to answer ordinary purposes IN
> few months and have his knowledge per-
fected by linguist within about year
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27

The president displays so much good
sense in dealing with local :jeaiousies. and
rivalries in his tour, that we believe, II
he had the. time. he could manage theStrip'
Of the Washington diplomatic colony to st.
Louis without having a single precedence
muff, tiff or international complication.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
+ is rather hard to understand the row

1t is rather hard to understand the TO"
in the lower house of the Illinois legisia-
ture the other day regarding the traction
franchise legislation. It seems however,
that the Mueller bill is. the one favored
by the people of Chicago, who are on
record in favor Of municipal ownership.
The speaker seemed to be unduiy inter
ested in the Lindly bill, which contains 9
number of clauses that would make 1t IN
operative. if adopted. 1t is uncertain u
whether this bill is a straight street rall-
way company bill, or whether 1t IS one
Of Boss Lorimer:s schemes, but it is prob
ably the latter. Under the circumstances
& Is no wonder that representa- tives re-
! sorted to disorder when the speaker at
tempted to rush thru the Lindly bill With
out q, roll call in spite OF the fact that such
call should be made whenever FIVE mem Nom
bers demand 1t.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27

United States h
destined to become
internationally i'm
portant in rare
books and manu-.
scripts. American
collectors h a V .
gone into Europe's
store of these arti-
cles with sufficient
energy to bull the
market and prices
have steadily ris-
en-. The American
collector 8 a y s
Mr.. Quaritch, "ha S
the money; in the
.zl11 Il y
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
.IlIERARY,ssNoTEs

!. In the Dickens Memorial Hail curios
In London. built on the site OF the old
Fleet prison, which figures in "Pickwick,"
has been placed the quill pen OF Dickens.
found in his desk at the time of his death;
his favorite walking stick, his last silk
vest two OF his old d-fashioned linen col
lars, chair from Gads Hill and other
relies.
script OF Dickens ..Pickwick" is worth
Enow $500. Dickens never imagined that
his copy would have such boom.
Il John Lane announces The Amber
Witch translated from the German by
Lady Duff Gordon, relating the trial OF
Mary Schneider for witchcraft.
The Robbs -Merrill COMPANY. of Indian
apolis have issued anew novel by Mrs
Rotlfs 8 Anna Katherine Green, entitled
1.-THE FiIagree Ball.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
Thoro Germany.

The growth OF primary commercial
ed1ca ton in Germany is a. sharp reminder
of the thoroness with which the Germans
are fitting themselves for CONNER
cial warfare The foresight g and
care with which the Germans
have undertaken to train their youths
for business give us one more lllustra-
tion of the remarkable transformation OF
a dreamy, sleepy. meditative people INTO
a bustling. energetic, shrewd commercial
and industrial nation.
We Americans have always been trad
ers, but in the matter of commercial
training we are far behind the Ger
mans. They have primary commercial
schools, commercial schools, advanced
commercial schools classified commercial
courses and commercial universities Ex-
cept for what the common privately
maintained business colleges" may do,
there is next to no provision in the United
States for the commercial Instruction Of
boys and young men. Dartmouth Uni
versity has established school OF cofn-
merce, and within the last few years
there has been some introduction of COM
mercial courses into the high schools and
universities. * u
If such courses were more common the
college man who desires to SO into busi-
ness would not be under the handicap he
now has to submit to. At present, unless
he has relatives or powerful friends to
boost him along faster than he deserves,
~ - mt <1a,sst he
| hind the man who started after high
| school education Except as it may have
trained his mental powers, the four years
at college have given the college man
nothing to Offset the four years of ex-
perience of his friend who "cut OUT the
college course But if the college man
were to come out with thorough under
standing of the principles and processes
| of business, he would be at least as much
superior in theory as his friend Is superior
| in experience. In the long run he would
have the same superiority over the non
college man as the trained engineer has
over the man who has picked up the rudi:
ments Of engineering from experience
but has never had time or: opportunity t.
master the mechanical and mathematical
bases of engineering.
1t is a remarkable fact that i'll thi
practical country every attempt to Civ
boys instruction along commercial Q
other practical lines is met with con
: temptuous designation a fad. Ger
many, the land of scholarship and theory
= makes no such mistake. - ~ - 4
Il = : :: = -... u
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27

A Curious Argument.

Senator vviseconist was arguing Oh n ~ ~
a physician sad
do and therefore s
episooe IVA
in nleo
'
WELL and
my perch that was very vigorous
dhadyun had succeeded III
aughth
again anu Caught
his own eye
ou~sees
man Imagine after had io al e'e'
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
SOMETHING EQUALLY AS GOOD.

.CTliCaSO ENEIIIIS IUlst. -
Il wish belonged to golf club. It
isn't necessary "It isn't:' .Oh. no.
Just walk FIVE miles In leisurely fashion
and every twenty or thirty yards hit the
pavement a hard wllack with Your cane
and swear"
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
DON'T FTx

Said naughty, irreyerent ST.:
I'm tired of all this restrt.
Perhaps 1t is queer,
But my long suit is beer.
You don't think I'm sanity? I E.
Chicago Tribune.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
HOW He WON HER.

Ice cream he bought his darling
And she ate. and ate, and ate.
Till at last her heart she gave him,
To make room for one more plate.
Harvard Lampoon.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
Books and Authors
AMERICAN BOOK COLLECTORS

Mr.. Bernard Quaritch the well7knoWn
collector OF rare books and manuscripts
I'm London said durinl g. recent
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
Leaning On a. Great Name.

In discussing the announcement that the
Cramp Shipbuilding company has had to
take in new blood in order to prevent a
failure, the New York Evening Post at
tributes the weakness of the great COM
pany. largely to dry rot In this case
the dry rot has been caused by dependence
on a great name. "A man OF force and
initiative says the Post, ."builds up a
great business, and it comes to be believed
that there is magic in the family. Sons
and nephews are taken. in at. fancy
salaries as if the special talent which
first achieved success =. were: inherited
with the name. 1t is like the English
traveller who asked Canova's son If he
intended to carry on the dead sculptor's
business. There is a good deal Of such
unconscious prejudice or favoritfsm in
the business world, and behind the
prestige of family name the dry rot does
Yet, it is the most natural thing in the
world for man who has achieved great
success to wish to take his sons in with
him and give them. large salaries. He
wants them to begin life at the point he
| has attained to in middle or old age. He
/ feels fatherly pride and satisfaction in
| making them prominent and influential,
| Even if they have none of the father S
ability, he is not likely to know it. After
| awhile the worldl finds that tho great
name may run business for awhile, there
but be, eventually, fresh supply OF
brains and energy.
1 Family and personal favoritism are the
most discouraging facts many ambitious
but '.puless" young men have to cop,
with. It discourages competent young
, employe to see his personal interiors pro
NOTED over his head because Of favorable
relations, having nothing to do with busi
, ness qualifications. This fact is SO wei
understood. as well as the other. ore 0
. the inability of man to put a fair es
, innate on q relatives work that man
of the large American corporations max
i it rule not to permit the head of a de
part1nent to employ q relative.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
The Evening Paper.

THE census statistics as to newspa-
pers present interesting proof OF the
increasing popularity of the evening
newspaper In 1890 the total NUMBER
of daily newspapers in the United
states was 1910, of which 5o9 were
,,,,h1ishef1 in the morning and 1851
in the evening; in 1900 there were
to5 morning papers, an increase of
81 ner cent. and 1851 evening papers,
an increase of 55.2 per cent.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27

b. The Minneapolis professionals are max 7
ing brilliant start on the ball field. Five
games and five defeats can hardly be at
ztributed entirely to tough luck..ss5 81 Any thdpg
that wears the nanle OF Minneapolis
should do better than that ifsit expects
any home support: :. E->,5 ~ i
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
DEFINED
Philadelphia Press.

j Willie-Pa, what's an ..old flap1e o.
Pa-Nfys son, when a man speaks Of his
Md fame he refers to something over
which he used to burn his money.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27

It will be no surprise to his friends III
Minneapolis to learn that Mr.. Walter w.
Hefelhnger has decided to. decline the
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
What Is News /?

Z 4 - = -
The Rev. Frederick Bisbee Of Boston
talked to the Mems club of the Church Of
the Redeemer, Saturday night, about 'The
Good and Evil of the Modern NEWSPAPER
Mr.. Bisbee had much to say in praise Of
the newspaper, but he fell into the error
Of making comparison between theway
the newspaper would treat news OF evil
doing and news Of well doing that has no
merit except. that which age may have
given it. He said that il a man steals
$50, 900 he is given much space and scare
heads, and he becomes widely known, but
if another man gives $4,000 to q charity
"he is given six lines of nonpareil In the
northwestern corner Of the page. and not
even next to pure reading matter.
| That. summary Of newspaper judgment
| as to the relative Importance OF news 81 III
do very well for the yellow laeAspaslsrs, PEI
but it doesn't apply evenS5to a majority
of the papers Almost every has its
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
AT THE THEATERs !.

3 ~ -
eiiou-.sLitte Church Around the Corner
Fastening about her, Waist the end OF
a rope provided as "a fire escape. the
mother era wis out Of the sixth story Win
dow Of a Hester street tenement and de
scends visibly, hard over hand, below tn
cue her young daughter whom q kilnap-
ping villain is carrying down the stair
way The next act announces that Inc
mother has succeeded,
This Is novelty introduced by the new
melodrama a t the Bijou. In other re-
original production. It gathers UP again
the characters. sentiments and situations
with which the public has often expressed I
satisfaction. That sentiment was ex-
pressed with some violence last night Dy
the spectators of dramat tic narratixe1
concerning a vicious lawyer who was
seeking the love. and afterwards the
money of a beautiful and innocent woman.
Philip Vintcn, whose law office is in, w all
street, as cne may learn from the stock
quotations posted on a blackboard, gives
endearing notes to his stenographer, Mrs
Agnes Grey, and absinthe to her dissi-
pated husband, Harry. The office boy
falls in love with Miss Agnes" and be-
comes engag ed to marry that young lady 9
daughter, aged 10. Befriended chiefly by
| the office boy, Agnes and Harry go thru an
insane asylum and other trials before they
i.4.e..aa - 9 9 ~ 'iie =
ny ;t,,a e,,,,,r1t =, ee,,, incidental
- tie ,,,nt s;,,,niies an enea eing Snictu.e
4 -, - ~, s,,nI o1t xMith the .excentioo ~
some coarse lines and situations fnexcus-
- q st,p,. "a sre des;gned tn in
isa WHo.Psua ,:anont ~. 49, douesfic virtues
me Sc sscona5 "a leseu,4e 4te,,>ting .a - 1eon
ana nus s sntai 1aa a sin,l ethe, a :
n,e,,,e,ts of frne na thos ,rhe several
.Ia,s ,ta,, -, p e ITS j., Cher act.
49, ,;s.;s 90 - ~ s,a;,,+ nf onn+nsion
WE - - r,a1 s,ited n
ene piay ~ tne n.os +,sa efe;na Nov, ,itt1s
ana;.h s srah,.;,s; ~ Lidnanned chi,d: ard
G1;,.a WIZ ~ ~; +,,a si +,,,had ,.,ife "
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s.s. s 80
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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
Browbeating a Witness.

Sir Arthur unique honor OF ga
at given MIN "
a his youth
mo in business the
n coss-exaHn could ols
being gauesio woman
mo SIR.
set of teeth once!
=
Ddn'ts $ them?
NO
lawyer Then he resumed
admit another set maze os
denis 81. =.
Ohy Iadmnt
. YOU admi "eafne '''' o'~' :
she il ~
" sheh
! d.
both sets at the same in
@ss" z4rS - -a as 81 . E
can tina possibly
set SAID the ueh's'
: E<@.s# A Hair Lip
COMPANY Is not
Railroad COMPANY announced 70 n
Robert Iassa "o Va"
fellow Of or
4 that atmanw with
makes you thnk Mr. u'scon @
"a Ip" +
had awhoe 10 of
snustac o'neeu
hah riendh sense hair lip
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-27
Religious When Young.

of
amusing story recently ofd
of
wish one IN '
He days as We