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Trouble for Lodge.

Henry Cabot Lodge, junior senator
from Massachusetts and one Of the
high priests of the standpat" doc.
trine, is facing a serious revolt in
his own dooryard, where sentiment
for Canadian reciprocity has grown
apace in the last year.
Lodge is an able man, both in liter
allure and politics, and since his cleo
ton to the senate in 1898 he has built
himself up to be the political boss Of
the bay state. It takes courage to
oppose his reelection, which is sched-
uled to take place next January, bss
the revolt is on, and was preached at
a recent banquet Of the Norfolk Re
publican club by l.. A. Cook, candidate
for congress in the Twelfth district.
There are many republicans in
Massachusetts who read more into the
reciprocity declaration Of the national
platform than Senator Lodge did when
he declared it to the convention at
Chicago. They voice a strong senti-
ment among manufacturers and
wholesalers of New England who feel
that it is about time to take some
action to extend their markets north,
ward. They are not sanguine as tc
getting favorable trade agreements
| with the Canadians, but they want tx
see trial made, and have no pa
! thence with the do-nothing policy O.
the congressional standpatters. Thi
sentiment has been expressed in petl
4 tons and resolutions, but without eff
i feet. Apparently the only way t
make an impression on Senator Lodg
is to jeopardize his seat in the senate
and as his term is so near at an en-
! the club lies handy. Candidates ar
being suggested to try conclusion
with him. These include such men a
Governor Bates, former Governor
John D. Long and w. Murray Crane
The Lodge machine is powerful an
j may override this sentiment, but
stands a chance Of getting a smashin,
; for the business interests Of Massachr
sets are beginning to wake up an
- think on the proposition. The resu
a of the agitation in that state may
! farreaching, for it may force Lodg
into promising an effort toward reci]
, rocal trade relations with Canad
. and with this break into the phala1
! Of the eastern senators the cause
: reciprocity would take on new life.
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is a safe" man, it is too bad that
such a man as Hill should hold the
combination.

The government is waking up to the
fact that the st. Louis fair Is not prop
erly advertised and for that reason may
be SO much Of a financial failure that the
government will not get back it's last
loan The trouble with the fair manage
ment is that 1t has relied upon getting its
advertising for nothing and has relied
upon that too long. The value Of adver-
Using is shown, according to the govern
ment statement, by the fact that from
the field covered by the st. Louis news
papers the attendance has been good.
while outside Of that comparatively few
people manifest any interest in the fair
AS a matter Of fact, the exposition makes
very little news and naturally receives
corresponding consideration in the new.
columns of the papers outside Of ST. Louis
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23
THE soUTH,s SURVIVING GENERALS

An authoritative list of the surviving
generals of the southern confederacy is
furnished by General Marcus j. Wright, q
confederate veteran employed by the war
department. All the full rank generals had
died in 1898, when Beauregard passed
away There are now four surviving lieu
tenant generals-Simcn B. Buckner, Ste
phen D. Lee, Alexander P. Stewart and
Joseph Wheeler Of major generals there
are eleven and of brigadier generals fifty
one. The surviving staff officers Of con-
federacy shrunk onehalf in number dur
ing the past decade and their disappear
ance has now become very rapid.
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SHE WAS A VENERABLE HEN

i There is grief in Middletown, N. Y.
and, in fact, over all Orange county, be-
cause of the death of Eliza Eliza was
reputed to be the oldest hen in New York
state being no less than II years of age.
She had no pedigree, but an extraordinary
development Of intelligence, which out
lasted for number of years her gener-
Gus performance Of duty in the way of
eggs, and which made her the pet, not
only Of her employers, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Harding but also Of the neighborhood.
People from all over the country called
on Eliza Yet she was never spoiled, but
remained always modest and gentle, the
conversational, hen. And a hen of II is
as exceptional as. woman Of 100.
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Gus of the U. S.

In letter to Country Life in
America, Walter Page, editor of
Worlds Work, declares that, of all
interesting exhibits at St. Louis, the
people are the best. According to
MI. Page, mingling with and obsery-
ing the crowds that attend the fair
is an infallible remedy for pessimism
regarding the future of the republic.
It is such sane, clear-eyed, Wig
orous, alert, good-natured crowd that
it is impossible. to believe there is
anything vitality and chronically wrong
with a nation made up of such peo-
pie. They may be robbed by boodlers,
betrayed by incompetent officials;
| they may not have the manners of
| court ers, but at heart the American
| people, as represented at st. Louis,
are essentially sound.
Not a few Of those who have at
4 tended the big fair will agree with
Mr.. Page. AS a whole, the crowds
| may not be quite SO fashionably
dressed as tailor might wish. II
the day is hot, the men will unbut-
| IOll lllCll fCoIo anu pOS4 lAASAA SOe~SN
and try to make themselves as com
Portable as possible. But they dc
give distinct impression Of strength
energy, good-nature and intelligence
1t is doubtful if anywhere else in thu
world it would be possible to fint
such large crowds giving such an i'm
preston of general physical healtl
and strength.
Some English tourists at the fai
, were so impressed by the erect car
, rage Of the great majority of thos
they met that they. expressed tn
g opinion that most Americans mus
wear braces and shoulder supporter:
! But it is something better than sue
aids to nature that make American
!, erect. The freedom of our life an
institutions breeds an independent
f of thought and spirit that asserts II
self in the manners and carriage {
2, the people. The man who feels thu
It his spirit is oppressed, that his ma
ural rights are artificially circun
v scribed, will reflect his mental depre'
l. sion in his attitudes.
e It should be the study and tt
n earnest purpose of our statesm en- !
IS maintain in America the mental ar
d moral atmosphere that has so lor
t. prevailed. A people can be oppresse
l. and depressed by an economic. tyra1
l. ny as we'll as by a political tyrann
r. I'VE have political liberty and ha7
r. long had it. The revelations of Mi
IN Tarbell, Mr. Lawson and others she
Id us how jealousy we must guard o
st liberties on the side of industry.
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cratic power, who now settle the IN
tricate rate problems with some de-
gree Of success, Mr.. Bryan's plan
would involve a board Of political cre-
alton with warning interests, COM
PEELED to deal with and settle ques-
tions that battle master minds of long
experience. s
Conceding Mr.. Bryan's great abil-
ity as an orator and an editor. the ma
ton must look to some other expert
to solve the railroad problem.
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THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

A Bachelor Tells Why He Is Still Un-
narred.-In The independent for July %
ga philosophical bachelor" gives the other
side to the story recently told by "a
ba chelor maid He summarizes as fol-
lows:
The reason why l am still unmarried, stated
in single sentence, is this: have such a
high ideal of the supreme mutual love. admlra-
ton and confidence we'll as adaptabflity and
actual agreement which ought to subsist between
the contracting parties to true marriage, and
such an inclination to wait for demonstra-
tion of the existence of those necessary cond1-
tions for happy union, that have never yet
nassed beyond the preliminary stages of infatu-
alton to the supreme height which feel sure
Is possible and may at any time become actual
in the presence of the right woman.
Which is to say-he hasn't met S the
right woman. There is hope for him
yet
| Tips for Would-be Writers for Maya.
ztnes.-At the risk of encouraging some
who ought not to be encouraged, we viii
say that some tips for those who desire
/ to write for magazines are to be found II
The Reader Magazine for August. Clara
/ r. Laughlin who speaks from experience
! both as a writer and an editor, says:
am going to commit myself to the opinio,
/ that. in general. the practice of writing AM
/ sending is pretty tolerable waste of time
| not from any fault of the editors, nor yet fror
4 -
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ODD EPlTAPHs

Some congressman were talking of queer
things seen on tombstones. Mr.. Johnson
of South Carolina saw this in village
graveyard in his state: Erected to the
memory Of John Dawson. who was acct
dentally shot as a mark of affection by his
brother This reminded Mr.. Gregg OF
Texas of an inscription he saw in an Ar.
kansas graveyard: i"1'his $stone is sakred
to the memory Of William Hardy who
comes to his death by fooling with Colt
revolver, ore of the old kind brass mount
ed, and of such is the kingdom Of heaven
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23

Perhaps by 1906 the republican slate
makers Of North Dakota will have grown
weary of Representative Marshall, as they
now are weary Of Representative Spald-
ing, and will calmly give his place to some
new man. And yet wonder is sometimes
expressed that the west as whole doesn't
portionate to it's wealth, population anc
intelligence.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23
A s5o,ooo,ooo UNIVERSITY

1t has been semi officially announced
that President Harper will not be salts
fled until the endowment of Chicago uni
versity Che term to include the equip
ment) will amount to $50,000,000, and thus
be a real world heater. He expects to
reach this mark within the next ten years.
The total assets of the university at the
end of last year were $1s,97S,761. The
additional endowment to be secured is
So, 900 OOO New buildings will account
for SO, 200, 900, five new hospitals for
SIS, 100000, the Rush medical college for
81, 1850 the lecture study department
for 1000 900, the fund for the purchase
of books 81, 1000 900, scholarships and fell
lowships $3.5O0,ooo archaeological school
SIS, 600, 900 and schools Of music and a.;
So, 900, O0O
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23
A STRONG POLITICAL ARGUMENT

Congressman Mudd of Maryland. tho a
republican, has his own trials with the
black vote of his district. During late
campaign he and his secretary got off the
train at a town where the vote was close.
but the democrats lacked funds. The
secretary, who carried a grip containing
some wearing apparel, stopped to light a
cigar dropping the grip on the platform
where number of loungers stood. GOOD
heavens. Gilchrist'' cried Mudd. don't be
so careless with that grip. You know
there's $4,000 in it, Congressman MudG
carried the town aandily.
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The Course of Business.

Another striking illustration of the
extreme constituencies Of speculative
markets was afforded this week on
the announcement that British
steamer had been seized by the Rus
slams The effect was instantaneous
and world wide. Unimportant In
itself, the act Of seizure held posi-
bilities infinitely great, and while the
indications from the first favored the
belief that an explanation or apology
satisfactory to Great Britain would
be Forthcoming and the affair adjusted
an1icably, the mere suggestion OF
clash between the two great powers
was enough to affect financial senti-
ment everywhere. Consols had
fall. and the entire London security
list became a little shaky. Paris.
Berlin, Vienna and other important
continental money centers showed
signs of anticipatorY caution, the Min
.neapolis and Chicago grain markets
felt the stimulating effect In some
slight degree and damper was put
upon the bull market in Wall street.
No one would admit that war was act
ually feared or that anything very
bad was to come, but everywhere
there was a drawing-in tendency a
disposition to tighten up a notch or to
get ready to tighten up on short
notice.
American financial interest still
centers in the weather, which Is tc
he -~i1,o hos
and corn crops. The next two week!
should bring much clearer indication
as to the probable size Of the whea
crop in the northwestern states. Gen
eral backwardness is still the feature
and while conditions have been NOR
favorable to growth the effect Of tn
ng-continued cold and wet weathe
is evident in many important coun
ties. The steady warm weathe
necessary to bring the crop along t
where it should be at this date doe
not come and intermittent periods o
good weather will not do it.
The southwest has not been we
favored and in Nebraska there hav
been further rains in districts wher
they were harmful, and fear was fe
that that state was in for such
4 drenching as cut down wheat return
so heavily in Kansas. These rair
have not been entirely without bene
5l. fit, however, for in some localitie
III they helped corn along. On the who'll
the agricultural outlook in the we'
Is better than a week ago.
The railroad world had to face tt
preliminary annual report Of the Ba
timore & Ohio, which made the III
favorable showing Of $12,305,6
balance after fixed charges, again
$14,928,416 last year. Severe wint
weather was in part accountable. !. tt
policy of retrenchment finds late
expression in proposed reduction
train service on some eastern road
Ed Many factors have worked again
heavy freight business of late,
which the southwest floods and t
ant, hence some falling off in busine
for this week may be expected, but
is doubtful if it will exceed 2 per ce
in total The industries mainly {
fecting tonnage give out varying l
ports and business reviews are CO
f1icting. The coal road managers
port an increase in demand for bit
minous coal from Industrial concer
which is a very favorable sign, .
s the iron centers are not increasi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23
a War Cloud Disappears.

Russia appears to have backed down
completely in her claims of right to
seize and search merchant ships of
other nations for contraband of war,
and the British government apparent
" isHnot disposed just now to make,
an issue Of the passage of the Dar-t
danelles by Russian Warships in VIC
Iation of treaty agreements. Russia
has agreed to seize and search no
more British ships in the Red Sea or
anywhere else, and has apparently re-
treated from her ground where she
contended that this was her right. H.
The seizure of the Malacca appears
to have been made after advices had
been received from friendly Dutch
sources at Antwerp, whence the NAL
acca sailed, that she had on board
genuine contraband in the shape OF
4 war material for Japan. The an
nouncement today that Russia would
seize no more ships, and that if before
| instructions reached the Red Sea
seizures had been made, they would
/ be Immediately released, does not dis
pose Of the Malacca, which, it i
i understood, will be searched by agents
/ of both governments, as agreed.
1 British vessels, under the provision
of the international law, are not ex
empt from seizure and search, pro
i vided they are guilty of carrying con
s. traband Of war, but, manifestly, Rus
STA hesitates to take the chances o
& Selling Ships which are not guilty o
. this offense, and the British govern
ment is not. going to allow all he
merchant ships to be generally sub
jected to such treatment.
The threatened conflict between tw
nations on account Of the seizure 9
British ships apears to have bee
: averted by the conclusion Of Russi
: not to persist in this policy, and ar
Z other warcloud has blown away.
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BISMARck's REGRETS

Shortly after 1870 Bismarck was COM
planning that life had brought him no
happiness or love. But" said friend.
"you have made great nation happy"
Yes replied the prince, "but many peo-
pie unhappy. But for me three great wars
would not have been waged, $4,000 men
would not have persisted, and parents.
brothers, sisters, widows would not now
be mourning. That have to settle with
God. But I have had little or no pleas
ure from what have done; on the con-
trary, much vexation. anxiety and toll
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JURY WHEEL USED IN 1898

R. H. K, Spring City, Pa, has present
ed the Montgomery County Historical So
ciety with a jury wheel that is 10 years
old. It was used in that town in 1893 by
the United States court, which, during
that period held its sessions there on ac-
count of an epidemic of smallpox IN Phila-
delphia The wheel has been in the pos
session of the Kline family for many
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Saturday Evening,

* u 49,.
activity and the iron trade journals
can find little material improvement
in trade.
Renewal of the packers strike
after settlement had been effected
was a bad feature and with it came
reports of disaffection at Fall River
and the likelihood of bad strike in
the textile industry.
The general summary for the week
shows the waiting tone still predoni-
nant. The settlement of the labor
troubles and few days OF good warn,
weather would do much to brighten
up the country commercially
Both the presidential nominees are sac
to be expert fencers. Which is we'll Fo
there are many fences in the doubtful
states that will need expert attention.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23
RoosEvELT's PETRIFlED HAT

The campaign Panama hat worn by
President Roosevelt in 1900 was taken by
some western railroad officials to the hot
springs of Wyoming and left in one OF
them for several months. The hat, turned
to stone has just been received at Omaha,
according to a dispatch from that city.
In its petrified form it weights about f1f-
teen mounds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23

There is to be an opening Of Indian
lands ut Devils Lake, N D., next month.
Perhaps the warning is not necessary,
tions ought to be taken to protect the
good name of the city and state against
such outrages as are now being perpe-
trated at Bonesteel, S. D., in connection
with the Rosebud land opening.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23
NUMBER or. BOOKS PRINTED

Paul Otlet. the secretary of the Brussels
International photographic institute, esti-
mates the number of printed books since
the invas sion Of printing to January. 1900
lat 1e.163.000 works, and the number of
QO0. 600
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-23
A Novel Purchase.

Every one remembers the old
school geography with the map OF
Mexico, the big dot representing
Mexico City, and the two large
shaded dots near by, one bearing the
cheerful popcorn and peanut-like
name of Popocatepetl, the other the
tongue tangling appellation of Iztacci-
huatl.
The boys that have fallen down on
those two alphabetic eruptions, and
were stood in the corner or were
whaled by teacher because they could
not pronounce them-their name is
legion.
Now comes along an American
who buys the first one, and this sug-
gests the hope that he may also buy
the other and that the names may
be changed to something pronounc-
| able, for be it known that Iztaccihuatl
does not sound at all as it is spelled
/ but is 30 per cent worse in actual ar
I ticulation.
| Already the plans are laid for a
tramway 10000 feet long. At one
end of this, halfway in cloudland,
4 unmindful of the fumes and vapors
i suggestive of a Dante's inferno, men
4 will shovel up the sulphur and send
1t down to the refinery below where
it will be put into merchantable con-
dition, provided nothing blows up.
Surely a syndicate with the nerve
& Ito go into volcanic crater deserves
4 success, for of all things unreliable
s. VOLCANOES come first, and whether
q classifed as active or extinct, there
. are none of them any too dependable
. Some day "old Popo" may let out
s a snort as did Mount Pelee and the
American syndicate find lasting re-
j pose in the embers Of "a Mexican
!. lyesuvius The people who have gone
.8|into this venture have overlooked 6
J Emuch safer and probably an equally
/ profitable investment in good Mime
i apolis real estate.
The American Seed Trade association
!. at its annual meeting in St. Louis recent
4 w adopted strong resolutions in favor Q
J, having both farm as well as manual train
). ing in the common school curricula, NOR
!, lespecially in the cities. It thinks sue
! training would help check the movemeI
Il from the country to the cities and woul
z make the coming generation more inde
. pendent and self-reliant. In France an
= in Denmark this practice has long pre-
J. i vailed with good results, and it is wort
( thinking about. The American farrns
. is no longer isolated as he once was, an
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farm life is freed from one OF its heaviest
drawbacks. II the tide which for years
has been flowing toward the cities could
be reversed, some Of the most vexinlg
Of American municipal problems would
solve themselves.
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The democratic national committee has
not vet decided to circulate as cam
paign document Mr.. Bryan's column ex-
PLANTATION Of why he will support Judge
Parker, Notwithstanding his nomination by
"crooked and indefensible Methods
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The Globe says that both Cleveland
and Bryan have got to shut up. It is to
be hoped that they both understand that
that settles it.
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any fault of the would-be contributors but from
the essential limitations of the system.
The number is a midsummer number"
and has much that's good to read be-
tween it's covers.
Story by kipling.-The leading short
story in The midsummer fiction number of
Scribner,s MAGAZINE f(August) is They"
by Rudyard Kipling. OF course, it has the
Kipling earnarks; yet 1t is very different
from much of the authors work. The list
Of contributors includes Thomas Nelson
Page, Edith Wharton, Josephine Daskam
Bacon, Robert Grant, Guy Wetmore Car
ryl, Robert W.. Chambers, Nelson Lloyd,
and poems by Henry van Dyke, =. s.
Martin and John Finley.
Massachusetts Labor BuIIetln.--No. 80
| for July has just come from the Massa-
| chusetts bureau of statistics OF labor II
deals with child labor, net profits OF CAPT
/ tai and labor, the inheritance tax abb
sence after payday, and pay Of hayward
| Workmen.
American FederatIonist Extra.-The Fed
| erationist issues an extra dated July Ia
/ relating to national issues upon which the
| American Federation of Labor Is seeking
| to secure legislation.
BOOKS RECEIVED
THE COURT oF sAcHAR1ssA, Midsummer
Idyll BY Hugh Sheringham and Nevill Mea-
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The Macmillan Co. Minneapolis: Nathaniel
r Msc prIg Pr Price BEING Memoir .,
ton Castle, authors of s.The Bath Comedy, .
1.-The Star Dreamer = Incompatible Beiiairs "
} neapolis: Nathaniel Mccarthy. Price 2;
cents.
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i All the public wants to know about
this second strike is: Who's to blame?''
It is difficult to say just now, but the
facts will no doubt come out.
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Ex- Secretary Roots consent to be the
republican candidate for governor of New
York is important for it's bearing upon the
probabilities in that state. He will
strengthen the republican cause material
ly in New York.