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The United States and Russia.

AS the war between Russia and
Japan goes on, it begins to appear
that popular sympathy in this country
is by no means all on the side Of the
japanese, tho the little brown men
certainly have the major portion of
it. Expressions of sympathy for the
Japanese have brought out numerous
advocates Of Russia. Most of them
take the position, that in the. present
struggle. the American people should
not sympathize with either side, since
when, all Is said and done the war is
merely the inevitable clash Of two ex-
banding empires each intent upon it's
own ends.
They give as particular reason
why we should not allow ourselves to
become inf1amed against the Russians,
the fact that Russia has. been our his
toric friend. To. prove this they cite
the correct course of Russia during
the civil war as compared with the
offensive courses pursued by France
and England, and, finally they tel
again the oft-told tale of the pow
erful Russian fleet that visited New
York harbor in the summer of 1868
and remained for a long period. They
assert that Admiral Lisovski was. a.
| New York with his fleet for no Other
purpose than to menace the French
and English fleets, ready there tx
clear+their decks for action at a wore
from their respective governments
and, if the worst came. to fight them
That undoubted Russian sympath.
with the north ever went SO far as t.
4 risk war with France and Great Brit
! ain is vigorously denied by those WIZ
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26

The cry that materialism is an obstacle
to the growth Of American literature may
prove baseless after ALL Our great ma
terial enterprises and their promoters may
prove ITO be the best friends Of our grow
ing literature. Indeed 1T is hard to see
now it should be otherwise. = Thomas
wentworth Higginson, in ASReader's His
tory of American Literature which has
been constructed from lectures by Mr.. Hig
ginson modified and supplemented by
Henry w. Boynton, says Of the obstacle
of naterialism; Perhaps it may be found
that the men who are contributing most to
raise the tone of American literature are
the men who have meyer vet written a
book, and have. scarcely time to read one,
but by their heroic energies in other
spheres are providing materials from
which a national litera ture shall one day
be built" In; fact, the more we think of
this the more we. believe that tits already
showing itself to be the exact truth. The
growth Of a great nation is at the outset
almost altogether material. AS the ma
terial growth afterward comes to be more
and more clearly understood literature
comes more and more near being a true
reflection of that growth life and Sc
becomes more authoritative and artistic.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
HAD TWINS AT SO.

A New Years present for Charles Rit-
ter, an aged farmer of Bristol pike and
Pennypack lane, Pittsburg. Pa, was fine
pair Of boys, who will be named Joseph
and James as soon as preparations for a
christening celebration can be completed.
The boys have three brothers, but they
will never have them for playmates.
Charles Ritter, Jr the eldest, is SO years
old, and Albert, the youngest of the three,
is only ten years his junior. Mr.. Ritter,
who is 70 years old and but ten years old
err than his wife, came to this country
from his native town in SaXony in 1850.
For the last forty years he has been en-
gagged in farming in the northeastern sec
ton of this county His wife is also of
German birth, having come to this city
from Cassel In Hesse. Nine children have
blessed their union. Mrs. Ritter does not
look more than 40 years of age, altho
she is 60.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
News from Russia.

Some fifty years ago an American
squadron opened the door that let
into Japan that flood of western civil
ization which in a short time. as the
lives of nations are measured, has
made Japan first-rate, power. A
few days ago Russia. at the instance.
it is said, of Melville II. Stone, general
manager of the Associated Press,
withdrew the censorship on general
news dispatches which has been
maintained in that country since time
immemorial. In a way the American
press has just accomplished at ST..
Petersburg what Perry's squadron did
at Uraga half century since.
When it was first announced that
news dispatches from Russia, except
those emanating directly from the
seat of war-which are subject to
censorship in all countries, no less in
the United States than in Russia
were no longer to be censored, the
reading public was skePtical Of the
sincerity Of the announcement. The
perfect flood Of news that has since
poured out Of st. Petersburg and 9TH
err Russian centers is strong proof
however, that the Russians have al
last realized that to a certain extent
publicity is the best policy. This
news is remarkable for its frankness
some Of 1t being decidedly uncompli-
mentary to the Russian government
and rejecting seriously on Russian
war measures and general manage
ment. c'>
More than this, there Is reason tt
believe that on the whole we are re.
| warlike operations. thru Russian thar
thru japanese sources. There. is some
| reason to believe that off Port Arthur
| the Japanese have suffered some con
siderable losses, and it is possible tina
they lost one or two vessels in tn
fight at Chemulpho. The Japanese ar
making a point of Withholding OF
general principles, information = re
garding accomplished facts quite a
| much as regarding plans.
1t must be conceded that Russi
has taken the wiser course in remov
! ing restrictions on news. The fac
that such restrictions are impose
| creates the impression that, there
something that it is especially de
sired to conceal. This causes the cor
respondent to search for the thin
supposed to be concealed. In conse
quence, news letters secretly and fu1
lively carried beyond the frontier con
Germ themselves almost entirely wit
the darker side of affairs-with as
sassination, instructions, riots an
rumors thereof. Facts of anothe
nature receive little attention because
not being opposed by the censors,. the
are not considered worth transmit
ting. 1t is the old story of wantin
and pricing what you are forbidden t
Liza -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
REDUcTlo AID. ABsURDUM

=: The Australian government finds itself
the defendant in a suit for $4,000 on ac-
count Of the most. absurd of decisions.
The new immigration law declares that
an immigrant must submit to an educa
tional test in his native language before
he is allowed to land. Not long ago a
mate on a ship was arrested for SNUG
Cling When he was released he was or
dered to submit to the test or be expelled
from the country. 1t was found that his
father was a German and his mother a
native of Egypt. He was born in Alex
andria. It was decided therefore, that
his native language was Greek, since
Greece is the European country nearest
to Egypt. He failed to pass an examina-
ton and was condemned to further i'm
prisonment Of six months Now he is SUI
ing for damages, with a fair chance o.
getting them ~ =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SPORTS

In his description of eighteenth century
sports in England Thomas Strut. who
died 200 years ago, described the game of
throwing the cocks, then favorite amuse-
ment at fairs. The cock was fixed by both
legs to a peg, and would be performers
paid so much a shy, just as they do now
at a cocoanut, only the cock was more
difficult to hit, because he lodged the mis-
sile. The word "cock- shy" is a survival of
this elegant amusement. Another version
of it was ito put the cock into an earthen
vessel made for the purpose, and to place
him in such a position that his head and
tail might be exposed to view; the vessel
with the bird in it, was then suspended
across the street about twelve or fourteen
feet from the ground, to be thrown at by
such as chose to make a trial of their
skill; 2 pence was paid for four throws
and he who broke the pot and delivered
the cock from his confinement had him
for a reward y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
cRUELTYIN GERMAN ARMY !.

Cases of cruelty in the German army
multiply daily. The most recent is that
of Franszki a noncommissioned officer in
the Eighty-fifth infantry. who was tried
on 1 500 counts of cruelty and convicted on
100 of them. He got ten years. The inter
.esting point of the case was that Frans-
Xxi had left the army and was serving as
a policeman in Homburg when the aceusa-
lions were made. Another interesting case
Is that of private who was tried for de-
sertion in Konigsburg and sentenced to
nine months imprisonment. After he had
begun to serve his sentence the case was
reopened. 1t was learned that he had de-
serted thru fear of his life. once a non
commissioned officer had threatened to
run him thru with his sword The original
sentence was quashed and the soldier-re-
stored to duty. No less than ten non
CONS Of his regiment are being trledssfor
cruelty.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
THE. SCARCE ALBlNO DEER.

An albino deer, with coat as white as
snow and eye a. delicate pink. was killed
in the Canyon mountains of southern Ore
gon recently. It was one Of the very few
albino deer ever seen in the mountains Of
the west. Old hunters tell of seeing them,
usually separate from the main herds, at
various times dufing the early days; but
they were too shy to be approached near
enough for q shot. The deer killed in the
Canyon mountains with four other
deer at the time it was found, and had
not this been true the hunters would not
have taken it for a deer. It's white coat
made it far more conspicuous than the re-
| rnainder of the herd and it is perhaps for
this reason that albinof deer are Stunned
by their mates. -. - -,.-L .-Ast !.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
| WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
SinqIe Tax in a Nutshell.
he Editor of The Journal.

10 the Editor OF The journal. ..-
Z. Having been for twenty years of my ac-
tive life engaged exclusively in the levy
ing and collection of taxes, I have natural
ly taken great interest in several articles
under the above caption appearing in late
issues of It h e ourn a |. Without wish
ing to aid either side in the controversy,
I have this to say to Mr.. Goodrich, COM
menting on his statements in your issue
of Feb. II. He says: 1.-The plan elab-
GRATED by Henry George and others and
which for want of better name is called
the single tax plan, in its fullness aims
to secure to those who take part in the
production of wealth. the entire result OF
their labor. To tell why these re-
suits would come about would require
some volumes of space 1t strikes me
forcibly that any system Of raising rev.
enue by taxation that requires volumes
of space for explanation must be toe
complicated for general use.
...', - #. w. sFrink.-
Faribault Minn Feb, H. 1904
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members only because of their voluntar,

members only because Of their voluntary
acceptance. l54
An interesting theory Is advanced In
the sanlegInagaziilG by the naturalist, John
Burroughs, with regard to animals, In this:
Certain things in animal life lead me to
suspect that animals have some means OF
communication with one another. especial
ly the gregarious animals that is quite
independent of what we mean by Ian
guage. 1t is like an interchange or blend
ing of subconscious states and may be
analogous to telepathy among human
beings. Observe what a unit a flock Of
birds becomes when performing their evo-
lutions in the air." Mr.. Burroughs says
some very sensible things about wild
stories that are told about wild animals
by seemingly wild naturalists These
yarns have taxed the credulity but have
been accepted by many simply because
told in books. The March Century Is a
magazine full Of interesting reading.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
THEY CARRY COAL FOR LUCK

Recently a burglar in an English police
court was found to carry piece of coal in
his pocket '.for luck" Many English Grim
mails think coal carried about with them
gives good fortune. A belief in coal as a
talisman is said to have been held by the
early Britons, and it is frequently found
in their burial places converted into per-
sonal ornaments, such<as beads Believers
in dreams maintain that to dream of coal
is a certain sign of coming riches. Then
too, there was a famous specuum, or mir
ror Of divination--that caused great sen
sation in. the sixteenth century-of DR.
Dee, which was formed Of camel coal
tho the doctor pretended to have re-
ceived it from the angels.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
RICHEST WOMAN In CUBA.

Sonora Rosa Ahreu, the richest woman
in Cuba, is a handsome, Intelligent, aris-
tocratic looking widow worth $4,000, 900
and with no incumbrance. She lives in
the Cerro, a fashionable suburb Of Ha-
vana. was born in Cuba; ras was her late
husband, and all her interests and sym
spathies are entirely non-Spanish. La Sc
nora is very democratic in: manner, and
takes great interest In a: society originated
by American women to aid the poor. Her
plantation. one of the largest in Cuba.
consists Of 100000 acres of magnificent
coffee land.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
JAPAps "eRAnD OLD MANI,

About Marquis Ito. the veteran states
man. one of the younger political leaders
writes; HE is the present and future
of our country. personified in enc lndl-
vidual. and in spite of all the attacks OF
party politics, he is still the man TO Whom
all and EVERYONE turn their, eyes whenever
the country IS in trouble, whether he be
III or out Of office.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
MAY BE "coLoNEL" VANDERBILT

New York society is interested in a
report from Newport that Alfred c. Van
derb1lt, has been asked to be colonel of
the Newport artillery company. The ar
tillery company is the Oldest organization
in the United States, having been granted
a charter by King George H. 1t is indie
pendent and has in it's ranks many of the
best known young men of Newport and
the surrounding towns, The Newport ar
tillery company acted as an escort to the
Ancient and Honorable Artillery company
when the latter visited New York recently.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26

Horace &c. 5sG. Burt was on-@the steamer
Korea, whose cargo Of beef for the Rus
SLAMS. was. seized at Nagasaki, Thereupon
an .enterprising correspondent at Terry
Hut informs a waiting world that Mr.
Burt was born in that town, gives the
maiden name of Mr.. Burt's. wife and 8
brief sketch of his career. Talk about
newspaper enterprise--this is. the age OF
great journalistic stunts. ";
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
CHARACTER BOOKS IN GERMANY

= 1t is difficult in Germany for a profess
sional rogue to enter family as a do
.mestic servant. There every servant has
Ia character book, in which the mistress
must enter the dates of the coming and
leaving Of the servant, with her character
while in the service. This the girl is
obliged to- take to the nearest police sta
ton and have it, dated with the official
stamp. thus, preventing the manufacture
of observation-disclosures
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
Washington News, =

We sympathize with afSenator
Bailey's protest inicthe senate ,yester-
day against the vaudeville. perform
ance that was there enacted: tho he
took part in the dialog part of it him
self. ....~< ~..o.EYi.>,
The spectacle of one senator tip
toeing around behind another who was
speaking and taking from his pocket
a bottle which, he pretended, con-
tanned a drinkable beverage was a
piece Of inane fun that had no place
In the senate chamber. What occurred
later is related as follows:
Later, when Mr.. Tillman had been told
of the incident he walked to the seat OF
Mr.. Warren, and, taking the bottle from
his pocket, offered it in the, attitude OF
one proffering drink of the liquid. The
offer was declined H..
Mr. Tillman referred to the incident Of
Mr.. Warren taking bottle from his peck
ct. and explained that it contained only
a throat gargle. IF I had known he
said, that the senator wanted a drink
would have provided him with some
thing stronger
Explaining the incident; Mr., Warner
said that everybody knew that Mr. TIL
man neither tastes nor handles -
Don't go too far interrupted Mr.. Till
man. IT sometimes taste it, but I dom
get drunk except at banquets, and then
don't get, so drunk that I have to b.
carted home" -
What hot stuff What wit! VIVA
store!
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Mr.. ROGERS, FEMALE SECRETARY

Isl Mr.. Givens, a former newspaper report
or, now a lawyer in Canada, writing in the
Independent, says that Henry II. Rogers.
of Standard Oil, Copper, etc, is the only
WALL street leader who has a woman for
Eds private secretary. Her salary is s10,-
900 a year. IF any editor or reporter.
sspnst, present OF. future. has been, is or will
he able to get any information from this
Secretary. he ought to chronicle it as
| among the modern miracles says Mr..
|sGivehs. he oEl.. man OF Importance he
never could Interview is; John ID. Rookie
fplJe~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
FRIDAY EVENING,

supporter OF Mr.. Dunn to call attention to
the actual hostility toward both senators
of men and interests that are lending all
their aid to Mr.. Dunn. Mr.. Eastmans re-
ply Is printed In Minnesota Politics. to-
day, and it replies like a house ATTIRE
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
a QUEENS "PRlNT SHOP"

Queen Carmen Sylvia has opened a
printing office in her palace, where her
works will be printed in the blind mans
alphabet for the benefit of the blind of
the whole world. Her majesty has secured
the latest printing presses. and hopes to
be able to present copy of her most
famous books to every blind mans library
in the world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
BOOKS RECEIVED

A READERS HISTORY oF AMERICAN LITER
TURE. BY Thomas Wentworth Hgginson and
Henry Walcott Boynton. Boston: Houghton,.
Miffn & Co. Minneapolis: N. Mccarthy. !
POEMS BY EDGAR ALLAN POE. Edited and
Memorial School of English Literature. Uni
versty Of Virginia. Handy volume size. New
York: Macmillan
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
The journal
Goes Home.
May Be Embarrassing.

The accidental omission of three or
four words from an editorial in this
paper of the 22d inst. left the phrase
ology so ambiguous as to create the
impression in certain quarters that
BONE reference was intended to the
present national committeeman from
Minnesota. Perhaps no other con-
clusion was possible from the. con-
struction of the sentence as printed.
But the supplying IF the missing
words relieves the matter of the con-
struction placed upon it.
What was printed was that it was
not without significance that two gem
tlemen (Mr. Kellogg and Mr.. Cotton)
both so peculiarly related TO the larg-
~est corporate interests in the country,
should be active candidates for dele
gateship in the national convention
at the same time, and it was added:
st"The coincidence loses none of its in
terest in view of the national COM
.mittee1nan from this state" What
was written was: "The coincidence
loses none of it's interest in view of
the fact that one Of these gentlemen,
SMr. kellogg, aspires to be the national
committeeman from this state"
( It certainly is of significance that
two representatives of corporate in
9terests Of SO much Importance and SO
intensely hostile to the president
Should be candidates for representa-.
t!tives from the state Of Minnesota If
the national republican nominating
convention; and it is peculiarly inter.
testing to contemplate the ambition Of
one Of them, not only to be a repre-
sentative Of the state in the conven
ton, but to permanently represent the
state as a member of the national com
$mittee.
= 1t is doubtful if the full significance
,s--of this matter has been taken in b.
1.-THE public generally, or it's bearing
nupon the standing of Minnesota be
4cfore the country and the embarrass
ffment which it is likely to infict upo1
-pur congressional delegation Min
tnesota is supposed to be in line will
Tthe progressive republicanism Of tn
.aswest- as distinguished from the bour
bon republicanism of certain section
of the east, but the presence of rep
resentatives of the Rockefeller inter
ests on the delegation and in the ma
,.tonal committee, from Minnesota
would not be calculated to supper
that claim.
*
Alvah Eastman "calls the turn" on tn
+st. Paul Globe with 'neatness and dis
patch when he takes up it's inquiry g
to where the friends of Judge Collins stan
,on the senatorial question. It affords M
Eastman an opportunity to show no
much more natural and consistent it
for the friends of Judge Collins TO stan
ssfor the senators than it is for the FRIEND
-,of Mr.. Dunn to do 50, and he not only. dot
shat but he takes advantage of.rthe opel
inp afforded by this indiScreet Journalist
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26

The czar has issued an address in Gen.
eraI Kuropatkin's honor, telling what. a
wonder Che general is. The veteran of
Plevna must feel much like the speaker
who has just been introduced' as the man
who is bound to; make a thrilling speech.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26

The Russians are refusing to buy Ameri-
can goods, Before your ire arises, re
member that we wouldn't use French
mustard in 1898 because the French sym
pathized with the Spanish
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-26
SONG.

-. SONG.
Gouverneur Morris in March McClure's.
Forever brown leaves on the river
-. Fall and float away. .
II Forever Night leaves with.a SILVER :
1: At the note of Day: - &c '-r
+ Sea foam blows forever ..-.. e..
Man from home goes forever.
Gods face shows forever. ~
90. And Gods grace grows forever
7 will hold you close forever
If We only live a day. : :. ,.;.,t:i ;
March publications of the Century company will
include Caroline Abbott Stanley's .'Order No:
H. and Alberto Santos Dumont's My Air:
Ships 10th promising to attract unusuar inter.
later issues of the spring: 'Four Roads to Par.
Of A s life by Maud Wide,
bird and animal life from the authors persona
observation. by Dallas Lore Sharp, author OF
wild Life Near Home: "a Daughter OF
Dale love story set in a university town. by
Emerson G. Taylor, and ''Fabe and Woodmyth "
with illustrations by the author, from the per
| of Ernest Thompson Seton.
| The Scribners announce the publication. this
month of two books on Matthew Arnold and Car
dina1 Newman, respectively which begin i'm
portant series Of publications under the title o.
| Literary Lives" This series, which is unde
! the cditorship Of Robertson Nicoll, LII. d., il
! intended tc, furnish biographical and critca
studies Of well-known authors Of all countries.
Among books relating to the present war in TIL
j far east Is Archer Butler Hulbert's romance
4 1.-The Queen Of Quelparte, story of how Rus
sia, by intrigue and deceit. got a hold npo
Korea in 1897 in order to have something t
throw over to Japan to keep her from precipi
tating the announcement Of the leas
of Port Arthur. Mr.. Hubert went to the ia
east in 1897 representative Of several Ameri
can newspapers, and located in Seoul Korea. n
gained close and intimate knowledge Of Russia
politics and of Korean life. This knowledge h
has incorporated i'll his romantic novel, 9TH
Queen Of Quelparte,'' published by Little, Brow
K Co., Boston.