The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-03

achieved its highest mission Another
article In the same magazine is by w. 8.
ftarWood, who gives the reasons why dt-
vorces are SO rare in Canada His state
ment is summarized in part thus: 1T is
serious business getting married in Can
ada. To marry in Canada is to look the
future IN the face. 1t Is to consider some
thing besides affection. The future must
be considered as well as the present. the
future with it's manifold perplexities, with
its questionings and its doubts; for to
marry in Canada means in very truth,
until death do US part" A noteworthy
Improvement is made in the already excel
lent standard Of the magazines 1llustra-
tons.
How to Live Long-Spend a portion of
your time in the country and you will at
least be more likely to live long than if
you spend all Of it in the city. That is the
conclusion arrived at by DR.. J. Madison
Taylor in an article on 1.-THE Conservation
OF Energy in Those Of Advancing Years"
| in The Popular Science Monthly for Feb
| ruary. The doctor puts it thus: 1.-THE sine
qua non Of longevity is certain amount
or time spent in the country. The city
| child is subject to a number Of disturb
ing conditions other than mere absence
| OF creature comforts, which undermine the
constitution by throwing too heavy bur
| den upon the sense organs, thru which
| exhaustion Of the central neurons fol-
lows" The same rule applies to the aged.
| Scientific Investigation and Progress by
Ira Remsen; Comrades in Zeal,' by Da-
vid Starr Jordan; 1.-The Predecessors of
| Copernicus," by DR.. Edward S. Holden,
and What Is Group Theory" by Profess
sor G. A. Miller, are among the other ar
ticles in the number.
The Original Of That Hatchet Story
Joseph Rodman has short article in
The Critic for February in which he EN-
bodies the original of that story of George
Washington's cutting down his fathers
favorte cherry tree. 1t was written by
an itinerant clergyman named Mason l.
l Weems, who is generally suspected o.
having invented the story out Of whole
cloth" Another thing this column hac
not seen before is retold in The Critic
that is, that a leading British physician
says there is grave danger Of disease ii
eating oatmeal, especially of ricketts,
Other interesting matter is found in al
article on Books That Have Reached thu
One Hundred Thousand Mark "Davit
EIarum' is away in the lead and is nov
reaching for the million mark. To b.
exact, David has reached the 1871 0
mark. u.s.
Brook Farm as 1t Is To-day.-The PEG
pie at West Roxbury Mass, call it thu
poor farm 1t is in reality ''properl!
known as the Martin Luther Orphan
Home, having been decided by G. p
Burkhardt to the Association of the Evan
gel1cal Lutheran church for works O
Mercy" Lillian I. Harris gives an inter
esting description Of the place as it ap
pears to-day, in The Lamp for February
1t is Illustrated with excellent halftones
Sidney Allan in the same number of tn
Lamp writes of "a New Departure il
Photography" The article is one it woul
be worth while for any amateur to read
The magazine continues to show that at
| Effectiveness that has marked it from tn
beginning of the new management.
, Rome Being Made Over.-The city c
Rome has lately been undergoing a nun
Der of remarkable changes, which are con
: Verting the ancient capital Of the Gaze
sars into a thoroly modern, twentieth
century city. Old business blocks are be
) ing torn down to make way for new an
} up-to-date office buildings. electric tram
I are common, and new bridges have bee
( built over the Tiber Harper's Week.
! for Jan. 80 contains an interesting draw
ing showing new street tunnel whic
I has recently been opened thur one {
( Rome's "seven hills" almost directly un
{ der the palace Of the king. 1t is use
) by pedestrians, vehicles and tramcars
Il Minneapolis In Prlnt.-The star featu,
: in National Magazine for. February
) Minneapolis, the Beautiful City, b
I Grace harrington Gray. The writer doe
( real service in telling visitors how
I see Minneapolis--a thing, too, that man
MinneapOlitanS need to find ont