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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
NEWS or The BOOK WORLD
The Song Birds Repertory-it includes
Four Kinds Of Songs, Says Olive Thorne
Miller In Her Latest Book on 8Irds-st-
tom Merrlman's Fortune From His Books
Uncle Sans War Policy as Seen by a
Warrior.

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Only few days more and the birds will
be back from their winter in the south.
In fact. some of them are here already.
saw a horned lark more than week ago
and the next day heard and caught a
glimpse OF crow, as he winged his way
noisily northward. Publishers and auth
ors, anticipating the spring migration Of
the birds, are issuing their new bird
books, or new editions Of such old ones as
are worthy Of it.
The first Of the new bird books to come
to my notice is that of that delightful in
terpreter of bird life, Olive Thorne Miller
It Is called With the Birds In Maine. The
Minnesota bird-lovers will make a mis-
take II they ignore this little book be-
cause 1t relates to the birds in Maine
Birds In Maine are birds, and, If the au-
thor OF this little book has not been tell.
ing bird fairy tales, the Maine birds are
wonderfully interesting; like the people
Of Maine have met.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
British Cabinets Headwinds.

Premier Balfour's cabinet was de-
feated yesterday In the British house
Of commons by eleven votes, on the
question of approving the prohibition
of the teaching Of the Gaelic (the
ancient language of the Irish people)
in the primary grade of the Irish ma
tionalist schools. Mr.. Wyndham,
chief secretary for Ireland. defended
the prohibition and, no reply being
made, a division of the house was
called, with the above mentioned re-
suit, wrought by the aggressive ma
tionalist or Irish party, who sprung
the vote when the conservative seats
were thinned out. Under the rules,
the ministry would have been COM
PEELED to resign at once, had John
Redmond been a little quicker in Of
fering his motion to report progress,
as the government did not have a ma
jority to transact public business, but
before the motion was made the gov
eminent whips had driven in enough
absentees to secure twenty-five ma
jority.
Last week the Balfour ministry, on
a vote upon q liberal motion to con-
denim the Chamberlain agitation in
behalf of protective or preferential
tariffs. found its support reduced to
a majority Of forty-six votes. The
conclusion, naturally, Is that the
Chamberlain policy of preferential
tariffs and retaliatory duties on for
eign imports has made remarkable
gains since he began his campaign
after resigning his seat in the cabinet
as colonial secretary. .....
It is evident that the recent voting
| In the house of commons indicates
that the ministry of Mr.. Balfoul
| stands on rather fragile foundation
| The premier holds on. after the ad.
| verse vote of yesterday, on the ground
| that 1t was not vote Of want of con.
fdence in the government. "
! It was, indeed, something of the ma,
ture Of an Irish trick, the ministry
having been caught nodding. Mr.
declined to resign on adverse votes, fol
! the same reason Mr.. Balfour assigns
but the latter would have beer
obliged to resign had Redmond beer
quick enough with his second motion
and it had carried. ....-. ..
AS the commons stands now, tn
Chamberlainites appear to have a con
trolling voice as to the fate of tn
ministry. The efforts of "Pushfu
Joe" and his faithful lieutenants hav
been more successful than anybod
thought they would be in driving
wedge into the Golden policy, inau
gurated in 1886. which assumed tina
the whole outside world would con
tinue agricultural and depend O.
England for manufactured articles Q
all kinds. - ~.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
PRESENT FROM. A cANNIBAL KING

Captain Foote of the British barkentine
Mary Hendry, now at Barbados, states
that during recent cruise on the African
coast he entertained King Ogby, the ruler
of the Jakrimen who inhabit southern
Nigeria The dusky monarch was much
impressed with the vessel. While FEAST
ing on roast pork he inquired if it was
the flesh Of a white man. The king has
over a thousand slaves, numerous wives
and quite crowd of children. Captain
Foote asked him for a piece of tanned
skin with which to make pair Of slip
pers, and the next day slave came to
the vessel with parcel from the mon
arch. It contained the hide, from the
neck to the waist, of a negro, who had
been killed by order Of King Ogby for the
sake of his skin.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

It may surprise readers to be told that
this bird book contains no pictures, not
even frontispiece. What! bird book
without pictures?" someone asks. That
IS what thought, too, when I picked up
this book. But when one finds that the
author has sought to describe bird traits
and not bird plumage, birds ways and not
birds nests, and when he remembers
that there has been almost, if not quite,
a surfeit Of bird books with pictures, he
can see the reason for a bird book of this
sort.
In the reading Of the book he will find
abundant material to interest him. sug-
gesuons OF things to look for in old
friends OF field and wood, and suggestions
OF things to listen for, not didactically set
forth or diagramed, but told in an ac-
count of the authors own observations of
the birds of Maine. The author finds that
many birds have four kinds of songs:
Common song.
Love song. ...E .....
Whisper song.
Flight song.
Inc whisper song is not uncommon
among domesticated birds-a kind of bird
sol1loQuy on joy, tho sometimes it seems
to take on a minor chord of sadness. per-
maps because Of their imprisonment. 1t
Will be worth while, tho, to catch a wild
bird IN one of these soliloquies: it is
something for which to look forward "a
| the warm days. Wv
| The late Mr.. "Seton- Merriam" left ar
estate of 100000, all Of which was derived
from his books alone Don't get the no.
ton that you can duplicate his earnings
Making fortunes in books is a good dea
ike making fortunes in gold mines. One
man has mine with gold in it in thu
latter case and another's mine holds onl,
sandstone So one mans head is a golf
mine to him when it comes to writ1ns
stories, and anothers is full of -.
uncle Sans war policy as viewed b,
Brevet Major General Emory Upton
| Y. 5. A., has at last been put into bool
| FORM and issued by the government print
ing office at Washington It will be reat
with interest by those whose attention
IS directed to military affairs Genera
Upton was graduated from West Poin
IN 1850 He entered the civil war, wher,
fantry and cavalry, all with dis lction
Ex-Secretary Of War Elihu Root said hi
record showed real genius for war. HI
was the author Of new system Of tao
tics, revoluttonizing the tactics Of tn,
army. He was sent around the Worl,
with TWO others to study the armies O
other nations, and as result of his ow,
i experience and Of his studies -. recon-
mended the three-battalion formation O
cavalry and infantry regiments, the inter
changeable service in staff and line, exam
: lnat1on as condition Of promotion, an,
: the establishment of a general staff
These recommendations were not Hstene
to at the time, but have all since bee,
adopted. The views Of man who s
long IN advance could see what the arm
! needed are worth reading.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
At SEA

@, we 60 down to sea in ships
But Hope remains behind,
And Love. with laughter on his lips,
And Peace, Of passive mind;
While out across the deeps Of night,
With lifted sails OF prayer,
Il We voyage of in quest for light,
Nor find 1t anywhere.
o Thou who wroughtest earth, and sea,
Yet keepest from our eyes,
The shores Of an eternity, I
In Gains and paradise,
Blow back upon our foolish quest,
With all the driving rain
OF b1indlns tears and wild unrest,
And watt us home again.
--JJanes Whitcomb Rilsy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
8 900
The journal
Goes Home.
The 'Standpat" Policy.

Advices from Washington tend to
confirm the belief already quite gen.
eral, that it is not the purpose of the
republican national convention to put
anything into the 1904 platform ia
vorable to tariff modification. These
advices also suggest that certain mid
die west republican representatives
who are favorable to revision, are at
a loss to understand how it happens
that in such states as Minnesota, Iowa
and Kansas, where revision sentiment
is presumably very strong, the repub-
lican party is being committed to the
"standpat' policy Of the late Senator
Hanna, and is preparing to send as
some Of it's delegates to Chicago, men
who by reason of their business con-
nections and party bias are strongly
opposed to revision. r..
The inference Of course is natural
that If revision sentiment can be sup
pressed in the states where it Is
strongest, the republican party for
another four years will decline to
consider tariff modification seriously.
We are inclined to indorse the
theory that the interests which OPP
pose tariff changes have done consid-
cradle missionary" work in the mid
die west, for on any other theory 1t
will be difficult to explain the appar-
ent one-sided nature Of the contest
which has been and is being waged
+ ~ oro1 sto+ a
The president himself appears to
be the only hope of the revisionists.
A man Of moderate tariff views, olose-
ly in touch with the life Of the coun-
try as whole, and in sympathy with
the desires and aims Of the great west
he will hardly serve his second term
without doing something which will
make revision an issue. At any rate
republicans favoring revision have nc
one else to look to at present But
even the president himself has op.
posed, for prudential reasons, an agi-
tation Of tariff matters in congress in
advance of the campaign now about
to, open. It was probably too much
to expect that the national conven.
Y ton this year would speak out boldly
as to the tariff; but there had been q
strong hope in the minds of conserya.
tive men in the west that several O.
the western states. in which revision
sentiment is strong, would be per.
rnitted to express themselves with
4 out let or hindrance on that ques
ton In their spring conventions
Surely, with the "standpat" idea in
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
ROOT DOOMED Tact

At a reception given in Washington by
the retiring secretary of war to his sue
cessor, Judge Taft, Mr.. Root proposed a
rhyrning toast which has aroused a good
deal of comment. Here are the closing
lines:
It needs no prophets eye to read his fate;
His time will surely come to head the state,
Or, should he such a great ambition quench,
To sit as chief upon the highest bench;
The toast, with trimming glasses to be quaffed;
The author Of the lines is Colonel Hop
k1ns, clerk of the court of claims, but the
fact that Secretary Root chose In this
direct way to suggest that Judge Taft
may be president Of the United States or
chief Justice of the supreme court made
a marked impression on those who were
present.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
THE HoHPAREJL NAN

A Parkinson, NJ. b., Ghost That Causes
One Peaceful Citizen TO Smile Another
on the Brow Contrary to the Peace and
i Dignity Of the State, Resulting In Law
Suit In Which the AssaIlantIs Relieved
Of $3.50 Damages by His Honor, Justice
Herbert.
Hankinson, N. D., has psychical re-
search problem Of much interest which has
already dragged two of its prominent cttf-
zens into the courts where Joseph Little
left $3.50 Of his pelf for the privilege Of
pumping John Frundt on the brow, con-
trary to the peace and dignity OF North
Dakota.
The trouble grew out - ghost on Mr..
Little's farm. The narrowing details have
been for some time in circulation In the
neighborhood and Mr.. Little claimed that
they hurt the sale Of his land. He blamed
Mr.. Frundt for spreading the story and
when the two met he smote him on the
countenance and Justice Herbert, sitting
III chambers, assessed him $3.50 for the
privilege. What effect this will have on
the ghost has not yet developed but It
would hardly seem that Mr.. Little could
pull down the shade by thus shifting his
fellow man.
The spirit Of the East seems to be but
slightly ruffled by the tremendous uproar
and hammering going on at Port Arthur
and to the north. The composure of
China under stress of war waged largely
in her interest is significant. 1t recalls
Matthew Arnolds lines:
The east bowed low before the blast,
In patient deep disdain;
She let the legions thunder past,
Then plunged III thought again.
In 1898 Mr.. Quaritch Of England pub
lished a book Of Chinese verse done into
English by Herbert A. Giles of the Univer-
sity Of Cambridge. To the majority, these
poems came as a revelation. Hundreds
Of years ago the Chinese had their sweet
/ singers and their philosophic dreamers who
had wrought out philosophy with a note
OF sadness that SO many people think of
as one Of the flowers of European thought.
! A few examples Of old Chinese poetry
will be Of interest. Tai Shu-lun in the
ninth century sings:
Il All me, that ever was born!
Il Is life worth living, thus forlorn?
II Youth. beauty pass; and yet alas,
IL It will be spring to morrow morn.
j Another philosophic spirit Of the same
date, or nearly SO, writes:
Noise is not in the market place, nor quiet on
the hills.
The secret Of perpetual youth is already known
t Accept with philosophic calm whatever fate
F. there be.
t Whatever storms may rage on the sur
, face the Orient in its depths will remain
) undsturbed.
+ Another Chicago man who wanted the
Earth-and got it. He has Just married
Helen Earth Of that town.
: Mr.. Dowie says Peace be untoe YOU
and then starts a row that two police
= forces cannot quell.
4 Grover Cleveland has said much but one
& can guess his expression of wearied SOU
& sickness in the presence of the Hearst
: hurrah
+ New York's East Side has a barbe,
sign that reads as follows:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
GLIMPsEs INTO MAGAZINES

Green Bag View Of Judge Parker.-The
article on Judge Parker in The Green BAD
Tor March is devoted to an estimate Of his
position as a ,jurist. In view of his pres
ent prominence before the public, this es-
innate is very interesting. While on the
whole laudatory, it is impartial, as is
shown by this: 1--WE think judge Par
ker's hesitancy in extending recognition
OF equitable rights, as exemplified on the
Marlin and Robertson cases, very unfor-
tunate; but as an expositor Of the consti-
tuition and defender of legislative power.
he has been force making for conserya-
tlsm and the integrity Of our institutions. -
Marine Problems.-The current issue Of
the Marine Review of Cleveland is devoted
to a discussion Of the shipping question.
The list of contributors embraces George
q. Cortelyou, secretary Of the department
OF commerce and labor; Senator William
Frye; John Mcneil, president of the
Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron
snip Builders Of America. and Mr.. Win
throp L.. Martin, author of .The HISTORY
Of the American Merchant Marine" n
p. Burton, chairman Of the committee OF
rivers and harbors Of the house of repre-
sentatives, discusses the system of river
and harbor improvements and points out
some radical defects. Colonel Thomas w
Symons, member Of the Erie canal ad
visory commission, discusses the enlarge
ment Of the Erie canal to accommodate
barges OF 1000 tons capacity from the
historical and commercial standpoints
The Panama canal is most exhaustivelx
treated and illustrated. The edition from
a pictorial standpoint represents the high
water mark Of marine Journalism.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
SETTLING LAWSUITS IN INDIA

They have a way Of settling lawsuits
in India that it would be well to copy here,
according to the Springfield Republican.
When dispute arises over the ownership
OF land two holes are dug near together
and the two opposing lawyers nicely plant
ed up to their waists The first one to be-
come bitten by a bug or become so ex-
hausted that he has to be exhumed loses
with unnecessary talking, and adds an in
teresting element Of chance to the game.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
a NEW VERSION

soldier Of the Russians
Lay japanned at Observation-Disclosures
There was lack Of woman's nursing
And other comforts which 67
Might add to his last moments
And smooth the final way.
But comrade stood beside him
10 hear what he might say;
The japanned Russian faltered
AS he took that comrades hand
And he said: II never more shall see
Ny own, my native land;
Take a message and a token
To some distant friends OF mine,
For was born at Smnixzrskgqr1Sski,
Fair Srnahlxzrskt qrxzsN on the Ifktfsakimnov.s
II -,ssnM foxk sun.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
ALMOST MARBLE TIME

To-day miss my little son,
And quickly make an anxious quest;
Thought calls to mind his daily care.
That treasuretrove, his precious chest
The toilsome attic stairs climb,
And there he kneels-his eyes meet mine;
''I'm looking for my marbles, ma;
It's almost marble time."s
In swift amaze glance without.
wintry landscape chills the light;
The north wind blows snow drifts about,
And shivering sparrows crouch in sight.
His boyish mind has followed mine
In childhood's optimistic vein;
eyes. ma. know, but just the same,
It's almost marble time
Before his bright expectant eyes,
Snow melts away and green things sprout;
The robins chirp, the sidewalk clear
Is thronged with chums who gaily shout.
He feels the homeward rush from school
Thru soft air thrilled with songbird's chime
He slams the door-.My marbles, ma:
It's really marble time. /"
Frances L. Mallon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
Edward Box has been accusing the press

Edward Box has been accusing the press
generally of unreliability and Intentional
misrepresentation and basing his charge
fails to name the papers. That is about
like condemning a whole community as
deserving Of the penitentiary because two
or three people have been caught stealing
chickens. Mr.. Box is as bad as the pa
pers he criticises and in good deal the
same way
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

It may be in order to say that the
editor Of The Jou n al was not con-
suited about the presentation OF his name
in yesterdays convention. He is not an
aspirant for political favors or honors Of
any kind.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

The escape Of the Russian battleships
from Port Arthur and the junction OF that
fleet with the vladivostok fleet looks as II
the Japs had been caught mapping at last
and makes it very necessary for the Japs
not only to find the united Russian fleet
but to destroy 1t. If 1t should seriously
cripple the Jap fleet the situation OF those
Japs on the Korean peninsula might be-
come very uncomfortable. :
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

President Smith was greeted on his re-
turn to Salt Lake yesterday by his five
wives an dthirty two Of his forty-two chill
dren. They held mass meeting at the
Bee Hive house and gave the old man as
big reception as II he had been foot
ball hero.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

The merger decision has made the re-
publican chances OF success SO sure that
the "standpatters' are bluffing the mod
crate tariff and reciprocity men clear out
Eof the game.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
THE cRookEDEsr RAILWAY

The crookedest railway in the world is
one from Boswell to Friedens. Pa, the
airline distance being five miles The road
doubles itself four times, and at one point,
after making a loop OF about five miles,
the road comes back to within 800 feet OF
itself on a grade Of fifty feet lower.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

General Kuropatkin has been allowed a
salary Of $4,000, with provision for lib
eral expense account. If that doesn't az
ford him sufficient inducement to lick the
Japs out Of their boots his name ought
to be changed to Weyler-that of the
thrifty Spaniard behind the typewriter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16
AT THE TIIEATERs
Foyer Chat.

Whitewashing Julia the latest COM
edy success from Henry Arthur Jones, will
be presented at the Metropolitan the rest
OF the week by Frank Davis, supported by
members OF Charles Frohman's famous
Empire Theater company.
One of the novelties on tour this season
IS the New York success 1.-THE Mummy
and the Humming Bird in which Paul
Gilmore and an excellent company will APP
pear at the Metropolitan for the half week
commencing next Sunday evening.
The principal vehicle used for the exploit
tation OF those classic stars, Louis James
and frederick Warde, this season, IS o new
spectacular drama called Alexander the
Great, IN which Mr.. James appears as
alexander and Mr.. Warde as Perdiccas,
his general and prime minister. It will be
produced on Friday night and at the Sat
urday matinee at the Metropolitan next
week. "Othello' will be the opening bill
Thursday night, Macbeth will be seer
on Saturday evening, and Julius Caesar
Sunday evening, March ~, will close the
engagement.
the attraction at the Bijou this week, /:
that it's popularity seems to increase with
each successive season.
Conan Doyle's thrilling story. ''The Sigr
OF the Four" has reached the hand Of tn,
dramatist, who has put life into its inter
est1ng characters. Mr.. Walter Edwards
character actor Of reputation, assumes
the part Of Sherlock Holmes
The Eight Champions, European &C
Of startling nature. are with TWINS Bi,
Show at the Dewey theater this week. 7
Is seldom that an act Of this nature /
seen outside Of the big musical comedies
special ladies' matinee will be given Fri
day.
Tonight will be souvenir night at tn
Lyceum. All who attend the Ferris pro
a souvenir shamrock. Starting next Sun
day evening, the company will appear i
a scenic presentation Of '.Thelma."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

dorsed generally or acq,liesced in by
the west this spring. congress can
easily find an excuse for failing TO do
anything unless the president him
self should force the ISSUE.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

AN INVITATION is extended to all to visit
the Press Room. which is the finest IN the W vest
THE battery Of presses consists Of three -FOUR.
deck Goss Presses. with total capacity OF
eshtpage Journals AM an hour }s 9e
S:i6 to 4:9O .. m. Inquire at the business Office
and be directed to the visitors gallery.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

One hundred leading democrats Of Bos-
ton have started an Olney presidential
movement. One more won't hurt. Just
look at the list of the mentioned: Par
ker, Miles, Williams, Hearst, Cleveland,
Harrison, German, Taggart, eSchley, Nc
Clellan, and now olney. There is psenty
Of time yet to bring out the thirteenth
man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-16

The Oldest woman college graduate
in Massachusetts, If not In all New
England, DR.. Sophronia Fletcher, res
day at Cambridge.