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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31

volume is not large, compared with the
works Of some poets, but contains some
gems. Everywhere the poet has striven for
an IDEAL and, even if some of the poems
are not of perfected art, we close the book
with the thought that he has touched
with skill and force some deep notes. Isl
Altho there are several poems in praise
and admiration of Shelley, yet it would
seem that the impassioned flights Of Shell
ley have not influenced the poet much
as the melancholy reflections of Gray. The
best poems by far are In imitation Of the
spirit of the Elegy. In the two long
poems, Ponce de Leon and Narcissus, the
climaxes are strong, but the narrative
some times falters. It is in the short poems
which tell Of the vanity of life that the
poet is at his best. The following is called
Mortality:
Mine eyes behold an old mans callous corpse
With grizzled hair and wrinkled cheeks and
blows,
wonder If he lost or won the race of life,
And if he earned its glory or disgrace;
No matter now, for 1T is all the same
Were this dead man pauper prince.
know not If in far, hot-blooded youth,
He reveled in its sweet forbidden joys,
When women and wine Sins first snares
And Sin herself was beautiful and bright
Before her form grew hdeous in the end
If SO, he learned, Others that those joys
When at their height are but akin to pain.
know not If he trod thru virtues ways
The dull dry desert of our common life
If SO, angel came to crown his brow,
Nor cometh now to bear him to the skies.
L.. s.. k
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
Advertising Manager for w. v. Snyder &
Co., Newark, N. j.

Located, as it is, under the shadow
of New York city, and in face of the
fact that hundreds of trains daily
and more trolley cars make it easy for
people to shop in the metropolis, the
merchants of Newark, New Jersey,
have, through aggressive, persistent
and liberal advertising, built up a
large number of great stores, compel
ing in every particular with New
York, and thus retaining for Newark
it's natural volume of trade.
Prominent among Newarks big
stores is that Of w. v. Snyder & Co.,
accounted the best store because it
controls the better class of trade and
is the oldest and most conservative
of the greater stores. Despite the
fact that it is half century old, this
house has pursued a progressive
course and through wise management
and intelligent advertising, has grown
remarkably and steadily.
Mr.. 7. S. Fettinger, we'll known in
the advertising field, has been the
advertising manager of the house for
| nearly ten years, and has maintained
| for the firm the sterling reputation
| ing has gained for it His advertis-
ing is high-class and dignihed, and,
while at times breezy, never degener-
ates into bombast nor exaggeration.
An incident, which substantially
| demonstrated the cumulative value
| and sustaining power of sensible ad-
| vertising, was the fire that completely
| wiped out the Snyder store and put
| the firm out of business four years
ago. 1t required just six months to
| rebuild, restock and reopen the estab-
| lishment, during which time the firm
! transacted no business whatever; but
when the store reopened, the trade
| of the house came back in increased
| volume and has been steadily grow
! ing ever since.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
WHAF OTHER PEOPLE THJNK
An Indignant Working Woman.

An Indignant Working Woman.
To the Editor of The Journal.
Good. Go ahead and use your columns
to expose fraud. If the city is indicted"
for charity, as shown in the article in Sat
urdays Journal, help clean it out. But
may the dear public know why the sin
of fraud and graft is so much more Grim
son when it touches the pocketbooks of
the wealthy business men and voters than
when it not only touches, but appropriates,
the book and it's contents of poor working
girls who have no voice in municipal af-
fairs and no protection against the purse
snatching'' that is rampant in the city?
Many a poor girl who works a whole
week to earn what man would scorn as
days wages does SO only to stand in
peril Of losing it all at one snatch Of a
man SO inferior mentally and morally that
he will not honestly work, and so suee-
rior physically that he will force from her
her hard-earned savings.
How long is the dear public to pay
taxes and hire men for protection that
does not protect? Could this thing go on
if the city officials whom the people hire
and pay to stop such things did what they
were hired to do? How long will people
sit by and grant them salaries for what
they do not do, and the added privilege
of an increase for allowing what they are
under oath of office to prevent?
Why don't the 'sna tchers raid the peo-
pie whose purses would be worth the trou-
BILE instead of grabbing for the mere pit
lance of an unprotected working girl? Be-
cause a man with vote bowls when he is
| touched. The bowling would stir UP a
breeze and beget wind that would air
AID sift things. Working Woman.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
CARRIAGES 1874 YEARS OLD

There is an old record In the archives
of the New York Historical society that
contains a complete list of the persons
who owned carriages in New York city
in 1910. There We're in all eighty-five ve-
hicles. belonging to ffty-nine men and
women of the greatest social Importance.
Twenty-six were coaches. thirty-three
cl1ariots, or post-chaises, and twenty-six
phaetons. All were importations9 from
France or England. To own q carriage
was in those days considered a mark Of
highest responsibility. The elegant post
schaise or chariot development of the
sedan chair. was the most perfectly de-
this day only in monarchical countries,
where it is used at royal receptions and
other grand occasions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
NEWS OF THE BOOK WORLD

Editor OF HelsIngfors Daily Plays Up
Shaksperian Stories as "News" and Gets
Jailed for Lese MaJeste-chicago Trib-
une's Plan Didn't Work in Europe-oc-
cupants of Ancient Thrones Which Have
Survived Must Be Treated with Respect
-"HeIen Keller Day" at Worlds Fair.
1t looked very funny to see the story
of julius Cesar. contained in William
Shakspere's play named after the great
Roman; the story of Hamlet, the prince
Of Denmark, and the stories Of other
princes and potentates Of whom Shak-
spere wrote, played up" as news in the
Chicago Tribune It gave us laugh or
so, tho knew all the time it was rank
lese majestic to the prince of letters. We
never dreamed, however, that other edi-
tors, copying the Tribune's plan, would
get into serious trouble, actually be
charged with high treason to modern
thrones and be threatened with possible
exile to Siberia.
But that is just what has happened in
Finland, if the Fourth Estate may be be-
lieved. The editor Of the Bladet of Hell
singfors is reported to have adopted the
Tribune's plan with almost disastrous re-
sults-quite disastrous results, if the sus-
pension of the publication Of his paper
for thirty days, period of imprisonment
for himself and threats of exile are to
be counted as disasters.
The Bladet's editor printed Shaksperian
stories as news under faring headlines.
The next day the iron hand of the Rus
sian press censor fell upon him for his
affront to the thrones of Denmark and
Italy by treating with levity of the weak
nesses and foibles Of their erstwhile illus
trious occupants, the present occupants
being on friendly terms with the car.
| Copies of the Bladet showing the treason
able articles were forwarded to the head
| of the press censor-in- chief, and the mat
ter was referred to the foreign minister
on the theory, apparently, that England
was involved an Englishman named
Shakspere having furnished the editor Of
the Bladet with the information contained
| in his articles
| College bred residents of Helsingfors
went to the aid of the editor, but to no
purpose; the Helsingfors censor and his
staff had never heard of Shapskere and
would do nothing pending reply to their
report to st. Petersburg.
So far as we have learned, the editor
is still in Jail, and, far from printing
news many centuries old, is printing no
news at all.
| Is there no way in which the lese ma
jeste to Shaksperes memory could be
punished? Not in America in the TWEEN.
tieth century, where and when so few
men or memories are reverenced. But
the American press should take warning
from the Helsingfors incident and be care
full lest it involve the United States in
international difficulties. Such an out
come by stirring up an anti-war cry
might affect the vote for their favorite
presidential candidate this fall.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
Who Is to Blame?

What kind of a chap is the car,
anyway? We have been told time
and again that he was a good sort Of
he could only break away from his
ill-advised advisers; that he did not
want war with Japan, but was forced
into it by a. war party in his minis
try; that he was inclined to grant his
people greater liberties, but was re-
strained by men like Won Plehve; that
he was kept from meddling in the
great affairs Of Russia by unscrupu-
lous plotters who wished to run things
themselves and who kept the car
from interfering by turning his mind
to petty details relating to minor mat
tiers, and much more.
But now comes "a high Russian
Official" writing for the Quarterly
Review, and quoted in the Living
Age in full, who says that this view
is all a mistake; that the czar is, in
effect, a wild oriental despot"; that
instead of being ruled by his minis
try, he overrules 1t at every turn; that
pan against the warnings Of his ad-
visers; that, far from charging the
liberties Of Russia, he has curbed
them and this in spite of some re-
cent DEGREES which seemed to point
to an inclination on the part of the
car to be generous; that, instead of
not meddling in great affairs of the
nation, he Quits I'M in everything,
and has spoiled many Of the wisest
measures that have been conceived
both for the government and the gov
erned.
And this Russian official speaks as
one who knows. He shows an init
| mate familiarity with matters which
| only the privileged would know. It
is he who has been quoted so widely
with regard to the 'ducal ring''-that
half dozen or more autocrats who use
their positions to bleed already bleed
ing Russia.
His views may be colored by a sore
ness Of head affecting the eyes. but
they show that there are at least
two views to be taken of the czars
! character, and that that which palli-
ates the cars weaknesses and mis-
| takes may be the wrong one. Ger
tain it Is that history will some day
demand to know who was to blame
for the war with Japan. Then this
officials published statement will be
cited for he quotes the czar's own
words, and first-hand evidence is re-
garded as the best The question is:
Is his quotation correct? Here is
| what he says:
When three ministers implored the czar
to evacuate Manchuria and safeguard the
peace Of the world, he answered:
! ST shall keep the peace and my own
| counsel as WE'LL
To one of the grand dukes, who, on the
day before the rupture with Japan, avgue-
ly limited at the possibility of war, the en-
peror said:
]. Leave that to me. Japan will never
fight. My reign will be era Of peace tic
the end.''
i All that can be said, if the above
be true, is that the czar was very
much befooled, very much of a fool
i But, as intimated, this officials in
formation may be at fault and his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31

dominate the councils of the nation.
Before such insanity and unsafeness
as is revealed by this blind rage of
the south over the Booker Washing
ton incident Roosevelt is bound to ap-
pear sane and safe to the intelligent
and patriotic men Of the north, regard
less Of politics.
And not only are there no issues
upon which the democracy have been
able to arouse any interest or enthu-
siasm, but it is beginning to appear as
if their candidate were cold mega.
tive disappointment. Since the ia.
nous telegram, which, in the light of
events, was the only possible means of
escape from immediate reputation by
a large section Of the party, the swim.
mer of Esopus has done nothing to de-
velop the slightest interest in himself
on the part of the masses.
Over against this highly respectable
judge, who has his equal and counter
part in. the commonplace responsibility
of hundreds of upright judges, stands
in the public eye man who has wor
the hearts of his countrymen by his
demonstrated ability to do things, anG
do them right. Theodore Roosevelt af
| fords in himself a fine specimen Of
young American manhood-a man 0,
| high ideals, aggressive, high-minded, un
touched by every tongue of scandal, ca
pable, cultivated and courageous. L
is no wonder that this remarkable
personality with all it's positive
strength of character. appeals to tn,
young men of the nation, and that h,
constitutes within himself all the plat
form and all the issues necessary t,
his party's success.
|
st. Paul did pretty well at the fair yes
terday, considering the weather. It will
be up to Minneapolis to beat the recort
Friday, SO make your plans accordingly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
state will almost certainly be repub-
It is significant Of the trend Of things

1t is significant OF the trend Of things
that the International Sunday Rest con-
gress, which meets at st. Louis in the
hall of congresses on the exposition
grounds in October, should bring together
SO many men Of SO many different inter-
ests and shades of religious thought, and
unite them in support Of Sunday as a time
to be reserved for the religious side of
mans nature and for rest from the regu-
lar occupations Of the other six days OF
the week. There will be a lot Of talk
maybe too much Of it-seventy speakers
having been engaged, but 1t will be impor-
tant because 1t will come from leading
men in Germany, Russia, Sweden. Eng
land, Scotland, South America and other
foreign countries, as well as from the
United States, and will include cardinals,
archbishops. bishops preachers, senators,
railroad presidents, rmanufa cturers, union
labor leaders, merchants and teachers.
Each phase of the rest day, it's physical,
moral, religious Industrial, humane and
every other aspect will be presented by
men who are themselves impressed with
the Importance of having Sunday consid-
cred as a time set apart by nature for
peculiar uses.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
MINNESOTA POLITICS
LInd's Nomination for the Supreme Bench
Surprise, but Friends Of the Nominee
Expect Him to Accomplishments Name
Can't Go Under Democratic Heading
Country Editors Get Recognition.

The surprise Of the democratic state
convention was the nomination of John
Lind for supreme judge. While Lind's
name shad been freely discussed in that
connection, his closest friends gave it out
Monday that he would not accept no1ni-
nation of any kind. However they made
no objection when the special committee
reported, placing him on the ticket. The
committee acted on a remark made by
Lind at the st. Paul conference, when
he said he would accept q minor nominal
ton If the convention named a strong
ticket. After that he changed his mind
and said he would not accept, giving the
explanation to his friends that he did
not care for the position, and did not
want to run the chances of being cleo
ted However, the convention has act
ed, and Linds friends do not believe he
will decline. He will go on the ticket
alone, for the term beginning in 1906 and
will therefore oppose Judge Jaggard Of st.
Paul.
The nomination of Judge Brown cannot
understood by the committee that recon-
mended it. There will be blank space
on the ballot, and democratic voters will
be expected to vote for their own ticket,
and then switch over to the republican
ticket and vote for Brown. It is still
|
4 to fill vacancies on the ticket.
/ There was not dissenting voice any
where to the nomination of Johnson 1t
is seldom that candidate has started
in the campaign with as cordial a feeling
In his own party Johnson made a fine
| impression those who met him per
sonally for the first time.
The democratic convention went the
Republicans, one better, or, rather, two in
its recognition of the country editors
/ Three of the candidates on the ticket are
active wielders of the editorial quill. They
are John A. Johnson Of the St Peter Her.
aid, candidate for governor; John E. King
of the Red Lake Falls Courier, candidate
for secretary Of state, and II. F. Hoard Of
Z the Montevideo Leader, candidate fol
railroad commissioner.
i Congressional candidates were drafted
with some difficulty and selections hae
not been made in all the districts last
4 night. II. c.. Nelson of Hayward was
I prevailed on to file from the first district
George P. Jones Of Jackson in the sec
one and Martin Hughes Of Hibbing in the
selected in the seventh, but not being
i present had to be consulted by Wire
4 Two years ago the state convention was
! harmonious on the surface, but there was
some opposition to L. A. Rosing, which
endeavored to bring John A. Johnson out
4 johnson refused and supported Rosine
heartily. This year Rosing was a strong
1 Johnson man, and will be active in the
i campaign for him. The harmony Of two
years ago was largely due to the feeling
j that the party was making forlorn hope
i fight This year the hope of victory tendet
Ito bring the factions together in loya
i support Of the nominee.
Charles B. Cheney.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
TRANS. SIBERIAN FAST FREleHrs

fast freight train leaves Moscow once
week and reaches Vladivostok In eight
cen days and Port Arthur In twenfy-one
days During the year 1902 the railway
transported over it's entire length /. $50. ESO
tons of freight and 1870 passengers, tho
some Of the short hauls exhibit much
larger figures. The pettiness Of this bust
ness Is shown by a comparison with the
same amount of mileage on American
roads, on which the amount of freight
carried in a year is from 40,ooo,0oo to
100 000, 900 TONS
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
A Pertinent Question.

John A. Johnson, tho consistent
democrat, has always given Governor
Van SAINT credit for his stand against
the railroad merger, and has declared
consistently for the same principle. In
his speech yesterday he paid an I'M
usual tribute to an official of the oppo
site party, when he said:
The so-called merger was crime
against the laws Of Minnesota, and II
the present executive Of Minnesota Is en-
titled to great credit for any special SER
vice it is for his incorporating and
unyielding war to uphold the dignity OF
the law in that respect.
In this Mr.. johnson agrees with the
republican state platform. What does
the republican candidate for governor
think about it?
The flying machines are not doing mucl
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
BOOKS RECEIVED

POEMS. By Walter Malone, author Of 1.-THE
Coming of the King Memphis: Paul &
Douglas company.
AMERICAN BOYS LIFE OF THEODORE
ROOSEVELT. BY Edward Strateneyer.
thor Of American Boys Life of William Nc
Kinley;'' etc. Illustrated. Boston; Lee &
Shepard. Price $1.25.
THE BOY COURIER OF NAPOLEON. A Story
of the Louisiana Purchase. BY William G..
SpIague Illustrated. Boston, Lee & Shep-
ard Price 81 80.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31

Stanley, the explorer, left fortune of
nearly a million Of dollars, all Of which
came from the sale of his books. This
shows how anxious for information many
people are.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
THE MINNEAPOLIS journal.

Judgment biased; but he certainly has
had hearing in influential circles.
The Quarterly Review does not make
practice of opening its pages to the
ignorant or the presumptuous.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
Journals Reception Pavilion
at Minnesota State Fair.

One Of the most attractive buildings on the
fair grounds light in front of new main en-
frances. Cordial invitation is extended to all
visitors to come and make it their resting and
meeting place.
.open house every day and evening.
Meet your friends at The Journal Building.
See the Carrier Pigeons released every day
at o'clock with messages for The Journal
The Journals wireless telegraph messengers.
You are very welcome to visit The Journals
Building this week at the great Fair.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31

The nomination Of Ames for congress-
would about finish the primary election
law, in it's present form, in the opinion
Of this community.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31
AT THE THEATERS
Foyer Chat.


"Way Down East Lottie Blair Par
ker's interesting story of rural New Eng
land life, continues to attract excellent
patronage at the Metropolitan.
Chauncey Olcott, the charming singer,
comes to the Metropolitan for a week
beginning next Sunday evening. He will
present a revival of his greatest success,
"a Romance Of Athlone,' and the com
edy- drama success, Terence" The ad-
vance sale begins tom orrow.
A S. r. o. audience greeted the Ferris
players and Grace Hayward in ''Thelna,'
at the Lyceum last evening. The mid
week matinee will be given tomorrow
Next the week the company will appear
| in Mark Twain's great Missouri comedy.
"Pudd nhead WILSON,
! The Cherry Blossoms seem to be The
attraction the state fair visitors want
4 Judging from the applause at each ner
formance at the Dewey The vaudeville
acts of note are the Eclipse Quartet. Sew
snour and Hill and the New York Comedy
-Four. The ladies' matinee Friday prom
ises to break all records from an attand
ance standpoint
/ IL IS seldom that an attraction can &c
around the country year after wear fo,
twelve years and draw crowded ho,sas
as does In Old Kentucky the attraction
/ holding the boards at the Bijou this weel,
new comedy drama of Swedish Amer.
lean life entitled Chilly Olson will he ~
attraction at the Bijou next week The
central figure is a young Swedish girl
quaint and unsophisticated but bright ana
lovable. The leading part will be PLAYED
py MISS Gertrude SWiggett. q
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-08-31

/ Are the children all ready for school to-
morrow? How impatient they seem, the
little dears