The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-08

material which appears above that name.
Mr.. Thorne's opening article, Church and
State bristles like the back of porcu--
pine with sharp things relating to almost
everything it touches upon, whether Incl
dentally or directly relating to the theme.
His talk of the fall elections and of Roose-
welt is like in it's scratchiness unto the
discussion of the affairs Of "Church and
State" and so on encircling the Globe.
Among the other names in the numbers
contributors are B. P. Drury, .'The Study
of SHAKESPEARE; Thomas E. H. Williams,
Religion and Politics in England" D. P.
Cahill Belief and Practice; M M. Smell,
1.-THE Goal Of Science
American FoIk-Lore-The negro sings
just because he can't help himself if one
may judge from a very interesting ar
ticle in The journal of American Folk
Lore for July September just received.
The article is by Charles Peabody and
tells Of songs Mr.. Peabody heard while
making excavations in northern Mississippi
pi. 1t shows that the blacks Of the south
sing on the slightest provocation and sing
anything that pops into their heads. Here
is stanza of a kind not uncommon:
Some folks say preachers won't steal;
But found two in my cornfer.
One with shovel, and t'other with hoe,
A-diggin' up my taters, row by row.
Other subjects in the same number are:
''Notes of Syrian Folklore Collected in
Boston" ''The Legend of Tauquitch and
Algoot,'' ':Wichita Tales H. Record Of
Philippine Folklore
Political Prophecies-The Worlds Work
for January cautions political prophets not
to forget the people in making their fore
casts. Introducing the subject editorially
it says; IF the republican convention
were held this month Mr.. Roosevelt would
be nominated by acclamation; and. there
is not the slightest reason to doubt that
six months hence he will be as strong as
he is now" Discussing Hanna as a
possibility it adds: If the democratic
candidate be a man who will command the
confidence Of the business world, Senator
| Hanna would be beaten. Whatever his
would be regarded as the candidate Of the
trusts Coming back to Roosevelt agar
this is the conclusion: GAS soon as the
people Of the republican states are reck-
oned in the calculation it is a.
plain as it ever was that Mr.. Roosevelt
The position Of Mr.. Cleveland is also dis
cussed in the same number and as at
tractive features 1.-THE Main Plan of the
Fair (St. Louis) leads, in timeliness, tho
there are other very interesting articles.
/ Successful Fiction in 1903-The mediocre
novel,we are told in the January Bookman
4 ffor which we are devoutly thankfuD
i The Bookman puts it thus:
1.-The record of sales shows that it is III
longer easy to take a mediocre novel AM
by the mere force of lavish exploitation an
ingenuity of advertising methods Undue
the reading public to accept and buy it a
an exceptional work of fiction. Then an
other feature of much more importanc
is the consistent good work that is bein
done by the men who go out of the beate
and conventional path to find their mate
rial, * 1t is the writer who is try
ing to paint the life we all of us know a
first hand, the tragedy that is going on il
the house at the corner, or in the fiat over
head who is failing to make good -
i These are two hopeful signs, surely. TIL
offerings Of The Bookman for the mont
are numerous and interesting.
Shall Ministers Learn Trades?-Leslie'
Weekly for Jan. thinks there is goo
sense in the advice of a Philadelphia
clergyman in urging candidates for tn
ministry to learn some trade, either be
fore or after ordination. This clergyman
says the Weekly, has examined the sta
tistics Of the various Protestant demon
} nations, and has been appalled, by tn
number of ministers who are without ,
charge. He thinks that trade would b
a good thing to fall back on in such case:
: besides standing the preacher in goo
stead in many ways while still in the pull
pit. The advice is applicable to men en-
tering almost any of the learned profes
4. sions, but particularly SO to clergyner
I. who run greater risks apparently tina
4 any class of professionals of being 'lai
off" from their regular line Of work.
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