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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
WHAT OTTER PEOPLE THJNK
Our Rarberous Fourth,

To the Editor of The Journal.
In a recent number of r h J gu rn l
I noticed an article about the GLORIOUS
Fourth Dreaded by Sick" and wish to
add that it is beginning already to be
dreaded by the well.
+ think the time has come when as a
nation we should celebrate this national
holiday in different manner Consider
ing the train Of suffering left behind each
year for one would suggest that we
adopt higher form Of patriotism.
I we'll remember calling upon sick
woman who was Mortified at the thought
of the noise which would be created on
the approaching Fourth of July Inquir-
ing for my friend a few weeks later was
very sorry to learn that her death had
been fastened by the confusing noise of
the Fourth Of July celebration.
Can we not adopt a different form OF
celebration which will admit Of glorious
good time for young America and which
will not disturb those lying upon beds OF
pain and suffering? M
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
A Talkative Prince.

Prince Oukahtomsky, editor Of the
st. Petersburg Viedomosti, is likely to
be brought up on the carpet when he
goes home to Russia, if the article
which he contributed to the current
number of the New York Independent
reaches the car and his official ad-
visers. -
Oukahtomsky is a gentleman of the
bedchamber at the court Of the car,
and enjoys the personal confidence Of
the emperor. Moreover his paper is
one of the most influential publica-
tions in Russia. He is a man of dis
tinction, not only by reason of his
royal connection, but on account Of
his professional attachments and
prominence. What he has to say,
therefore, is important. 1t Is also SEN
sational. .
In this article, which he writes un-
der the title Russia Will Crush
Japan" he comedies that Russia has
been getting the worst of it at the
outset, but insists that in the end Rus
STA is bound to win. 1t is quite natural,
of course, to hear him boast of what
his country will do to Japan. 1t would
be almost impossible for Russian
to concede that the great empire of
the car would be unable to resist the
attacks of a little country like Nippon.
He minimizes, to a point where he
appears ridiculous, the Importance of
the Russian losses and INDUCES in
what the slang phrase describes as ''hot
air. when he says: "Our early disas-
tiers are partly due to the negligent
good nature of Russia in her dealings
with Japan" Russia is not negli-
gently good natured toward anybody.
She may be negligently contemptuous
or professedly friendly, but no nation
has any reason to repose confidence in
Russia's friendship and good nature
This friendship is capable Of being
broken on the slightest pretext, an6
the good nature is likely to disappear
whenever to do so seems to serve the
purposes to the Russian autocracy.
This Russian editor reveals in thi!
article what has been suspected al
along, and that is that Russia is de-
termined to seek revenge upon Eng
land for her alliance with and friend
ship for Japan. Almost at the outse
Of the article, he says: when tn,
situation in the far east has beer
cleared UP by means of ultimate Rus
sian victory, which is inevitable, Their
will come a reckoning with England
who is doubtless responsible for tn
Japanese attack upon u.s.. England
friendly attitude and late proffers o
intervention are spurned with con
.s tempt, and she is threatened with re
prisal for daring to sympathize in an
degree with Russia's enemy. "Whe
our war with Japan is ended say
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
in that position), then he unconsciously declares
civilized life an impossibility in Colorado.

A Day with Hudson Maxim. Following
the plan which ST. Nicholas has carried
out for several months, the July issue will
have an instructive article designed to
present valuable facts in way enter
tanning to both young and old. "A Day
with Hudson Maxim" is the title Of Jo-i
seph H. Adams sketch. Hudson Maxims
residence is in Brooklyn, where a visitor
finds him as much at home among his
high explosives as his cook Is in her
kitchen. Mr.. Adams tells, ymong other
things, of being invited to lunch on Welsh
rabbit cooked in a chafingdish over "a
lamp filled with nitroglycerin. A unique
feature of the July st. Nicholas is the be-
ginning of serial story for boys, trans
lated from the Japanese and written by
one of Japan's most popular novelists.3
Gensai Mural. The story, which will run
thru several numbers, is entitled Kibun
Daizin,' or from Shark Boy to Merchant
Prince" and is founded upon the life Of
Bunzayemon Kinokuniya, japanese
merchant Of the eighteenth century, whose
pluck wisdom and enterprising spirit
made him one of the most prosperous and
respected men of the time.
A New Maeazine.-Broadway Publishing
company, 1876 Broadway, New York, an
nounces that it will enter the magazine
field at an early date, it's intention being
to establish The Fifth Avenue Magazine,
the first number Of which will appear in
August.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD
coiorless Existence on Farm Given Color
by a "Daso Notwithstanding Little
Story OF my LII AneeIo"-!mPortant
Addition to Literature Of Labor and
Capital Discussion.

The influence of children upon the ma
ture, those who have formed their habits
of life either Of quick sympathy or OF
impenetrability and hardness Of exterior,
always makes an interesting study, II 1t
is well pictured "My LII Angelo" by
Anna Yeaman Condict, Is such a study, for
the most part excellently done. One does
not get many pages into it before his
sympathies for Angelo are all awake and
he knows that Mrs Clockett's crustiness
is to be broken thru.
Angelo Is a wee mite of being. He
first appears at the door of the Clockett
home to ask for a drink, which he does
so;
Some water, pleeze, madame"
| Mrs. Clockett doesn't catch the drift of
such English, especially from childish lips,
and says: "Eh, what?"
Some water for my mudder."
| The "mudder" is a frai girl outside,
| almost exhausted from a long walk and
illness. Mrs Clockett, grAmbling at the
extra burdens put upon her goes to the
"mudder's" assistance. Quite unexpected
Is the outcome. Angelo is without Mrs
Ciockett's consent suddenly left upon he1
hands. At first she decides to pack "An-
jeller off to an orphans home. That pur-
pose persists under the pranks Of the
"'Dago' child as he Is called by the fam
lily.
Strange ideas the child of foreign par
ents had. His eyes and his mind seemed
to take in everything and to twist it to his
own use. One day he watched Mrs
Clockett washing one Of Elizas dresses
Inquiry taught him that the process wa!
for the purpose of making the dress white
for Sunday. Not long after Mrs. Clocket
returned to the house from an errand t
one of the fields Of the farm to discover
Angelo busily washing. the infants hands
went behind his back on the instant.
4 Now show me what you got there" demanded
4 Mrs C1ockett.
i Something dropped to the floor Mrs. Clock
Z EFT picked up little, limp, black chicken, it,
once fluffy feathers a II plastered down with soal
and water. It was quite dead.
i 'Now, Anjeller, hat did you do that for7''
i 'Wanted to wass it-whte-for Sunday
! 1t Is enough to say that Angelo brough
some life into what had previously beel
rather colorless existence, and when tn
4 time for parting came-well, the book tell
4 that better than it could be told here
The picture Of Mrs. Clockett is not les
amusing than that Of the child.
The Uneasy Chair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
JOHN LIS ADVICE TO BOYS,

John T.. Sullivan, at his recent Boston
benefit said to two schoolboys who APP
preached to shake his hand:
Boys. If you want to get on, do your
work. Work is the only thing to make
men happy and successful.
Don't be like the lad who worked so
badly that when his father wrote to the
boss Of the concern asking where his son
slept. the answer sent back was:
Your son sleeps in the shop in the
daytime. but we don't know where he
sleeps at night = s9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
THE MAGAZINE SAMPLER

Why Bachelor Maids Do Not Marry
One of them makes her confessions in
The Independent for June &c. She puts
the pith Of the whole matter in her own
case thus:
Certain of the young whose studies
had shared (assisted sometimes. dare add y
have with fervor and tenderness held out to me
the alluring prospect of broiling their beefsteak
while they went on with their studies. And I
suppose that my whole Discrimination to wed
been appalled, by the hideous inequality Of the
conditions which marriage offers to the man and
to me when we have come UP to the wedding
point essentially alike in our past training and
orr ideals for the future. For to him marriage
means the gaining Of home lfe which Is an
Incentive and help to his chosen profession,
nave love and home, the alternative presented
Ia the renunciation of every other dear ambi.
tion.
The question is, how far does this par
ticular bachelor maid represent bachelor
maiddom?
Colorado Troubles from a Labor Stand.
point.-Samuel Gompers discusses the sit
uation In the centennial state in the
American FederatIonst for July. Among
other things he says:
1t is stated that the civil authorities in the
disturbed districts of Colorado are themselves
either guilty of unlawful conduct are in sym
pathy with those who charged. If this
be true, and IL, as alleged. no fair trial car
| be had In the districts in which the alleged
crimes have been committed there Is Law
which amply provides for change of venue to an
other jurisdiction within the boundary of the
state, where fair trial before an unprecedented
! jury of qualified citizens may be had.
! Does Governor Peabody pretend to assert be
i fore the world that in no place in Colorado Il
! it possible to impanel twelve men as Jurors whose
minds are sufficiently unprejudiced and who's,
/ consciences are sufficiently clear to afford fail
and impartial trial to men charged with grea
crime? If the governor desires that assumption
to 90 forth (and his conduct certainly places hin
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
JAPANESE ROYALTIES, SYMBOLS

The three symbols OF the imperial house
of Japan are the mirror, the crystal and
the sword, and they are carried In front
has its significance. Look at the mirror
and reflect myself, Or in other words,
Know myself is the message of the mir
ror. BE pure and shine" Is the crystals
injunction, while the sword is reminder
to "Be sharp.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
AN ANCIENT BAKERS SHOVEL

According to London authority, a bak-
er's shovel such as is still in use for put
ting bread into the oven was discovered at
the bottom of recently excavated Roman
we'll in the Saalburg. Similar instruments
are represented on Roman frescoes, but
this is the first one that has been found.
It is of beechwood and is made in one
piece silver coin of Antoninus Plus,
a bronze coin of the Empress Faustina and
well preserved leather shoe were among
the further contents of the well.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

there is nothing strange about their
victories over the Russians. There
would be mighty little leftof our be-
lief in education, preparedness and
careful planning If the ready Japan
csc We're to be beaten in this war by
the unready Russians. except that
mere weight of numbers may con-
ceivably give the Russians victories
that they are not entitled to on the
score of efficiency as soldiers or ex-
cellence in strategy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
MONUMENT TO WILLIAM, STAG
KILLER

A stone monument weighing fifty tons Is
being raised III the Schorfieide, near Zeh-J
denick. Germany, on the spot where the
emperor stood when he killed his one thou
sandth stag The stone bears the inscrip-
ton: Our most illustrious margrave and
lord, Emperor William H., stood here on
September 90 Ammo Domini. 1898, when
Staying his one thousandth stag of twenty
tines -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
AT THE THEATERs
The Ferris Plays.

Dick Ferris and his company presented
their clever production Of Nat GoodwL.l's
great success, "a Gold Mime to two
large audiences at the Lyceum yesterday.
The last matinee Of the week will be
given tomorrow. Starting Sunday even
ing the company will present big
scenic production Of Cleopatra" Miss
Florence Stone, the new leading woman,
will be seen in the title role, part in
which she is at her best
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
Coeducation Sentiment Wanes.

Coeducation was the subject of a
lively discussion at one Of the meet
ings of the National Educational as
ISOLATION at st. Louis last Wednesday.
In recent years there has been a
strong tendency toward coeducation,
and it has required a great deal Of
courage for some western colleges for
boys to resist the demand that girls
be admitted. Not many. western in
situations have been able to Withstand
the temptation offered in the shape Of
increased attendance and the inn
proved chances for financial better
ment which coeducation seemed to
promise.
Just now, however, there Is a reac-
ton and coeducation is by no means
as popular as it once was.
In this discussion at ST. Louis the
participants were such prominent ed
ucators as President Stanley Hall of
Clark university, President Thwing of
the Western Reserve university, Pres
ident Angel of the University of
Michigan and President Jesse Of the
University Of Missouri. Presidents
Hall and Thwing opposed coeduca-
ton. Their institutions are not pub
| lie institutions in the same sense that
| the universities Of Michigan and Mis-
souri, are. The state university has
| this question of coeducation settled
for it by it's relation to the public
Until the state is able to provide two
universities. one for the boys and one
for the girls, it must admit both at
one, and it Is perfectly natural tc
find the heads Of such institutions
defending coeducation.
| What would seem to be more dis
interested testimony Is that which
comes from such institutions as the
| Western Reserve and Clark iniver.
stiles, which are less dependent upor
public support and more at liberty tt
settle this question Of coeducatior
for themselves.
The arguments introduced in thi!
4 discussion appear not to be 'particu
larly new and startling. The presen
tendency, however, away from coedu
cation seems to be based more upol
experience and upon the preference o
the young people themselves thai
upon any conclusions derived from
such discussions as this which tool
place at st. Louis. A significant ad
mission was obtained from Presiden
Angel, who laughingly acknowledge
that his own granddaughter had bee
sent to separate college for girls o
his advice. 5...
The subject is an interesting on
to the public as we'll as to profession
al educators. But it would seem tina
any system of education fitted to tn
necessities of the case must recogntZ
the distinction Of sex, carrying wit
it marked differences Of. taste. an
inclination, temperament, feeling, sen
sibility character and life purpose
. To put the boy and the girl thru tn
same educational processes and giy
to each the same preparation an
. equipment, to be used in vastly differ
: ent fields for different purposes an
. under different conditions, is an effol
which very naturally meets with man
. difficulties and encounters serious Ok
y stacleS.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
4 NEGROES PROFITABLE INVENTION

Andrew Beard, negro who has worked
in the machine shops of the Louisville Sc
Nashville Railroad company in Birming-
ham. Ala, for twenty years. has just sold
a patent for car coupler of his own in
vention for 100000. In addition he Is to
get a royalty on every coupler made on
his model for seventeen years.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
SIGNING BY THE CROSS

The cross was used in signing in the
beginning of Christianity by all followers
Of Christ to distinguish them from the
pagans, and it was also used as pledge
of truth Of the matter signed. This cross
remains to this day in the signature OF
Iecclesiastics, as well as being testimony
of the illiterate.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
CONSISTENT WoMAN's RIGHTS
ADVOCATE

Lady Henry Somerset, the English tenn
perance and woman's rights advocate is
consistent in all things. She keeps only
women servants in her house and on her
estates. Tall women are her footmen, a
stout woman is her butler and women
have charge Of her stable.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
WAS a PARTNER OF GRANT

Martin T. Burke of La Crosse, Wis, for
many years we'll known business man of
that city, and by marriage cousin of
General Grant is the only survivor Of the
few men who. were associated in the ia
nous old leather store in Galena.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
me hartford Times, a democratic ,.

The Hartford Times, a democratic pa
per, mourns over Paul Morton, who has
been called to the Roosevelt cabinet as
secretary Of the navy, as a good repre-
sentative of the younger democrats Of the
west, of high character and ability, who
have been driven out of the party by the
ruthless rule Of the populist demagogues,
who have; hourished there during the past
eight wears - s-A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

wonder much-"And is it Death,
Or but answered prayer?'
Carlyle Mckinley III the July Century.
Methods Of Industrial Peace, by Mich
olas Payne Gilman, is an admirable pres
entation, in brief form, of the labor
capital situation, the things that have led
up to it, and some of the things neces-
sary to an equitable adjustment of the
difficulties rising out Of 1t. The author
seems entirely fair to all the parties in
interest In the opening chapter he sets
forth the principle Of Association in Mod
ern Industry and vindicates the abstract
right Of combination, but right which
must be exercised in such a way as to
work no injury to another class Of society.
Modern. society will heartily approve
benefcent combination 1t will as heartily
rebuke malefcent combination"
Following this are chapters on the
Combination of Employees" "Combina-
ton of Employers" Collective Bargain
ing" THE Sliding Scale" Incorporation
of Industrial Unions" and "The Aims and
Methods of Trade Unionism all emf
nently fair and clear in statement. The
| next chapter deals with Industrial War"
including strikes and lockouts, blacklist
and boycott. It deserves special study
by both employer and employee. Chapter
TX. introduces an element that both en-
| ployer and employee have been largely in
the habit Of ignoring, especially in the
event Of an industrial war" viz: The
great public. The author insists on 'the
rights and duties Of the public" in con-
nection with the two parties to an indus
trial war, as well as in conditions Of in
dustrial peace and prosperity. The chap.
ter is short, but Of vital Importance
| The remaining chapters are taken ur
with the subject Of Cancellation in Labo,
Disputes "-whether thru trade boards
or state boards" with arbitration ii
either case-and Legal Regulation O.
Labor Disputes in Monopolistic Indus
tries" Here also the author deals fairl!
with all parties, including the public
And when one considers that this pub
lie" includes farmers, lawyers, doctors
preachers. teachers. etc, and that 9Th,
! gross earnings Of all the railways in thu
country are less than one-half the annua
| product Of our FARMS" that "the capita
| employed in manufactures is only one
third Of that employed in farming, and tn
laborers are an even less fraction" whel
| one considers facts like these, one begin
to realize that the great corporations O
employers and laborers do not, by an
means, fill the whole world or create al
its wealth and prosperity and one begin
} to feel very strongly that both sides-em
!, ployers and employees-should be laugh
very clearly their obligations to thei
j fel]owcitizens. the great public, and tina
| they should be compelled to respect an
discharge those obligations.
| The book Is sound and worthy Of care
, full study. It is not exhaustive by an
means, but it is just the thing to pu
in the hands of young people who are get
ting ready for their lifework
n
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

Charles A. Towne Is spoken Of by those
who urge him for nomination for first
place at st. Louis as former United
States senator from Minnesota" That's
so; we had almost forgotten about that.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

A Gloucester Pa, boy anticipated the
Fourth by means of lockjaw thru wound
contracted by a toy pistol. The toy pistol
is pretty fatal, but those dynamite play
things are quicker.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

A Chicago man who got a divorce five
years ago has just remarked the woman
from whom he was divorced, because she
is such a good cook. The reason appears
to be sufficient. Good cooks were never
harder to get.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

Senator Ward Of Alexandra is in line
for a Carnegie hero medal.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

Three election officers in Shenandoah,
Pa, who closed the polls at 10 o'clock in
the morning under pretense Of fearing a
riot, by which act 700 citizens lost their
chance to vote, have been sentenced to
four months imprisonment This penalty
may impress the. minds Of election Of
fcials elsewhere with the fact that they
cannot play duck and drake with the cleo
ton machinery .al
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

A Vineand, N. j., bridegroom is prose-
cutting the scoundrels who decorated his
house with inscriptions that were Of de-
cidedly questionable taste. They ought
to get about million years. There are
times when one wants to be let alone
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01

Adlai E. Stevenson is talked of as a
possibility at ST.: Louis, and not for SEQ
ond place this time. Mr.. Stevenson pos
sesses the qualifications of polished man
ners and an agreeable personality good
breeding and eminent responsibility.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-07-01
THE TOlLERS.

All day the toilers sigh for rest,
Nor find it anywhere.
The sun sinks in the darkling west,
And they forget their care.
Tired hands are folded on each breast,
The Lord hath heard their prayer.
Thru all our lives we pray for rest, ~
Nor find it anywhere.
Then comes the Night with balmy breast,
And soothes us unaware.
wonder much-"And is 1t Death,
?, Or but answered prayer?' -a7..
Carlyle Mckinley III the July Century.