davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-16

Inc pubIIc should clearly under-
stand that the carriers-that is the
man and boy that they wanted the
sunday edition abandoned and the price
charged to the subscribers of ten cents
per SIX papers instead of the present
pan or ten cents for seven paper in
morning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
WHAT WRITERS OF BOOKS
ARE DOING FOR READERS
Americas intellectual Lsome New Novels
literary Up--TheJ

John Oliver Hobbies (Mrs. Craigie), con-
tributes the following in regard to her
girlhood:
AS soon as she was capable of writ
ing with ease she INDUCED III the COM
position of fction-and this took sing
uIar turn. She wrote for the maid
servants letters to their sweethearts,
and the unconventionality of these mis-
sives often led to quarrels and mlsun-
derstandings between the lovers. 1t ID
possible that her ironic humor was
scarcely soothing to the vanity OF an
adored police sergeant.
2 "The dramatic instinct was SO strong
that she entreated me to buy toy the
alter for her, with pasteboard figures rep
reseEting the characters; and she would
invent the story to fit the drama, max
ing little speeches for each character as
she pushed them on to the stage. This
love of the theater, I should confess,
she may have inherited from me.
GA governess at the school she at
tended told my wife in great alarm that
Pearl was in the habit of sitting on a
table, with the girls around her, crying
with laughter at her limitations of the
men and women she had met in the
street. r
Mrs. Craigie's latest book is "Ths
Flute of PAM" published by D. Apple
ton & Co.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
WILL JAPAN RETURN TO HEB

WILL JAPAN RETURN TO HEB
ANCIENT CUSTOMS?-Ralph Adams
Cram, one of America IS leading archi-
tects, in book entitled Impressions
of Japanese Architecture and the Allied
Arts, writes most entertainingly and
instructiveIy of his main theme, but
not less SO of fundamental questions
underlying the whole of Japanese life
and it's possible future. His book,
therefore, makes an appeal to all in
terested in any way in Japan as well
as to those interested alone in her arts.
Among other things, Mr.. Cram predicts
that "racial instinct and moral con-
viction will result in a sudden and
amazing return to all that was good in
the old Japan, including, of course, it's,
art.' The veneer of. westernism will
be thrown off, tho the good IN west
ern civilization will be assimilated, but,
believes Mr.. Cram, the dominant char
acteristics of the old civilization will
come to the fore to stay. The thesis
is interesting enough, and only time
will prove or disprove it's correctness.
However, there is shown tendency to
fusion OF Orientalism and occidental
ism i'll the japanese which may not
leave the japanese characteristics so
pure as Mr.. Cram predicts, even should
the mikado issue an edict for the
preservation Of the japanese civiliza-
| ton of the old order. rss
! Mr.. Cram g book is one to stimulate
thought, as may be seen from the
| above; it is also one to stimulate a
love for Japanese art. Many fine half
tones add to the value of the book.
The Baker & Taylor Co., New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
It Greatly Pleases' an od-Time Mnne-
apoIis Newspaper Editor.

It Greatly Pleases an old-Ttme MInne-
apolis Newspaper Editor.
TO the Editor Of The Journal.
yesterday, calling on your courteous
Washington correspondent, I was pre-
sented by him with, a, copy of your last
Sunday edition.
TO say that I was pleased In looking
over it's pages would hardly express my
feelings. was amazed. 49, -
I am not entirely a. back number,
altho in my 87th year. But to find 1t, II
not in magnitude, in mechanical finish,
fine selections, comprehensive news ser
vice and able editorials on the passing
events-not inferior, If not superior to
anything in our country-surprised and
greatly pleased me. I said to myself, IT'S
this indeed, the great grandchild Of the
Minnesota Republican-of which its first
editor, Rev Charles G. Ames, used to
call me the father?" and of course + felt
very proud ME- S9.-, ..
MY second thought was to mail it to
him, or to take it and hand it to It's Sec
ond editor, DR.. w. H. Croffut Of this
city, but finally the thought that probably
they are both regular subscribers decided
me to keep it. for myself and family.
Oh, the hallowed memories that crowd
upon me as I bring to mind the pioneer
days of Minneapolis. -
In conclusion, let me just say IA Hap
py New Year to the remaining pioneers
of Minnea polls. ga. ". Fell, MD =
washington, p. C., Dec 81.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
AN ACTORS INTENTIONAL

recent performance of "The Marriage
Of William Ashe,' the play founded
upon Mrs. Wards novel of the same
name and now running in New York, the
antics Of the property horse threw
the audience into convulsions of
laughter. Thu usual device for simu-
lating the fall of horses hoofs consists
of a pair of rubber cups which are
beaten upon stone, the effect depending
upon the skill with which this is done.
In the. hands Of the careless operator of
the other night, the result was ludicrous-
.ly like an energetic clog-dance. The
chief sufferer was H. Reeves Smith, who
plays William Ashe to Grace George IS
Kitty, and his amusing experience has
led the actor to invent a Continuance
less at the mercy Of the manipulation.
His invention consists of four wooden
rubber-tipped arms, SO placed that when
crank is turned they fall upon the
block with the exact rhythm of hoof-
beats. The faster the crank is turned
the faster seems the motion of the
horse, and all such performances as
equine jigs are out of the question. A
patent has been applied for.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30

ssThe STORY OF A COMMENTED.
TOWN, CERTAIN PECULIAR CITI-
ZENS AND TWO FORTUNATE Low
ERS. '-Emerson Hough has named the
latest of his novels to be published
Hearts Desire, after a town in New
Mexico-at least, Mr.. Hough IS story
says there was such a town-and the
town was SO named because the inhab-
itants told themselves, therein they
found that contentment which came
from possession Of their hearts, de-
sires. After all, however, the name
seems to have been given as the opposite
Of what the town really was to it's citi-
zens. Judging from Tom Osby's COM
ment on the residents of the place, the
name Of the place, to have been accu-
rately descriptive, should have been
Hearts Second Desire. Here is what
Tom tells feminine visitor: ~
There are folks, ma'am, that says that
every Teller come out here because Of a.
girl somewhere. They, allow that a
woman sent most of us out here. For
me, it was my fifth wife, or my fourth,
I don't remember which She never did
treat me right, and her eyes didn t, track
Yes, I'll bet, ma'am, without knowing
anything about it, there was a girl back
somewhere :. in Dan, Anderson's early
rec cords tho whether It was his third
or his. fourth wife, DON know ~ .-z.
Now when it is known that Dan An.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
By w. P. HARDWOOD.

pines. An example of Mr.. Leroy i'm
partiality is seen in his opinion OF the
Spanish colonial regime, which in its
effects on the Filipinos has very materi-
ally differentiated the Philippine prob
lem from that Of the English in the
Malay peninsula of Burma and of the
Dutch in Java. Mr.. Leroy sees posi-,
bilities in the Filipinos, as a result OF
their development under the Spaniards,
and thru their own efforts at progress,
that most writers have not conceded
to inhabitants of the eastern tropics,
and his reasons seem, to one unfamiliar
with the subject at first hand, very
convincing. The question, then, as Mr..
Leroy sees it, is not merely what
the United States will, out Of hand,
give the Filipinos in the way of an
autonomous government; it is ques-
ton of what the Filipinos themselves
demand and will have"
Altogether, Mr.. LeRoy's book is one
the student Of Philippine affairs cannot
at all afford to overlook.
49,. J. B, Putnam's Sons, New York.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
IN MODERN BOOK
s BUYING A veteran book
seller, looking back over wide

BUYING. A veteran book
seller, looking back over wide
experience of many years, recently made
the statement that If the class Of books
sold is reliable Indication, the last
three years show remarkable advance
in the intellectual life Of America. Not
only have business and professional men
come to be reckoned in great numbers
among book buyers, but the large ellen
prefer well-written story Of only mod
crate interest to badly written ro-
nance, no matter how absorbing the
theme may be: Among other signs of
the times he finds a growing apprecia-
ton Of really good poetry; tendency to
pay more attention to book reviews in
periodicals Of acknowledged standing;
and demand for books of serious i'm
port to "read in'' instead Of : reading
thru" Then, too, people are using their
own Judgment more, and the popularity
more on merit alone. Judged by the
size and consistency of sales, however,
only one American writer can claim
national popularity he continues,
"and he is Mark Twain. Everybody
reads his old books and anything new
he writes finds an instant demand. He
seems to touch the spring of human
interest. Boys. and girls, men and
women, all read Mark Twain. When
you think of him with that fact in
mind you will begin to see that he has
gotten closer to the hearts Of people
than any writer since Charles Dickens.
'Huckleberry Finn is more, than a
humorous story; it is.the immortal mon
ograph on the American boy, and in my
opinion it goes a long way toward put
ting Mark Twain on the same footing
as the creators of Tom Jones, Don
Quixote, Uncle Toby and Mr.. Micaw.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
"A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER IN

A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER IN
SOUTH AMERICA.-Such a title is
tempting one. 1t strikes one as pleas
ing change after so many books by pro-
fessional author-travelers. One expects
something breezy when a commercial
traveller sets out to tell his experiences,
and when knight of the grip has a
field like South America to tell of, ex-
pectation is whetted to keen edge.
The title above is that Of a little but
meaty book by Frank Wiborg, of Gin
cinnati, who went to South America
recently to look after the business of
his firm there. Mr.. Wiborg calls atten-
ton to Americas neglect of South
America to her own commercial loss and
the gain Of Great Britain, France and
Germany. He urges America to awake
to her opportunities. Mr.. Wiborg does
not confne his observations, however,
to commercial matters. He sees things
as sight-seer as well as in his capacity
as business man. For example he
tells of the street car conductresses'
in Valparaiso, and explains the custom
by saying that in the war of Chile
against Peru such large percentage of
men and boys were drafted into the
army that there were none but women
left to operate the street car lines, but
they took hold and succeeded so well
that they hate been retained He sug-
gests the field as fruitful one for
women in this country. Altogether, Mr..
Wlborg2s book is entertaining, instruc-
tive and valuable. as commercial
treatise. Tt is illustrated.
Mcclure, Phillips g. Co., New York
$1.00 net.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
THE POSSIBILITIES OF THE FILL

a. 9IeKOV, american
consul at Durango, Mexico, for two
years connected with the United States
Philippine commission, has written a
book called Philippine Life in Town
and Country, the purpose of which, he
tells Us, "is to set forth the Filipinos
as they are, avoiding on the one ne hand ID
guise Of analysis of their character
istics, and on the other hand political
propaganda in behalf Of any theoretical
plan for their future government or in
behalf of the compromise plan under
which they are at present ruled. The
attitude assumed by Mr.. Leroy is
judicial and impartial, and is main
tanned thfuout his book, giving it a
value that cannot be claimed for, by any
means, all Of the books that have re-
Gently been written about the Philip
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
LITERARY MYSTERY SOLVED.

Death has uncovered a literary mys-
terry by taking away William Sharp, an
Sharp was q Fiona MacLeod.D Mrs.
Sharp, says Public Opinion for Dec. %,
explains that her husband assumed the
pseudonym because he feared that the
public would not look kindly on certain
writings which he wished to publish and
that his other work would be discred-
tied if he allowed his own name to
appear in connection with the dubious
writings. Afterward when Fiona Mac
Leod' was well received he found it
profitable to continue the use of the
pseudonym.' Mr.. Sharp was Scotch
man, born in 1856, and most industri-
Gus worker.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30

building up of the Standard Oil Frank
enstein by the system Of rebates 1t re-
marks: "The attack Con the Standard
Oil company is the boldest yet made I'M
der President Roosevelt's leadership In
the war against monopolistic wrong"
OF course the Pioneer would explain that
1t means here only the awful system of
rebates and must not be understood as
yielding to the heresy Of government
made rates. SO long as the twigs of evil
may be trimmed the Pioneer will oppose
laying the ak at their root.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30


derson; was Princeton man who had
come west because he could not have
the very MA an to t Hh94 o ron nan
least, the place was not higher than the
heart IS second desire.
Altogether, HEHeart s. Desire'' is a
very amusing comedy Of the frontier,
lacking the brutality that characterizes
SO many. frontier stories, yet possessing
all the humor of the free life Of new
country. The novel is constructed of
several short stories, and some of them
are not, necessary to the development
of the main story, but would detract
from the enjoyment of the book were
they omitted. Mr.. Hough is whole lot
better at such a story. as Hearts De-
sire0 than in "The Law Of the Land, -
for example. ~ \
The Macmillan Co., New York.
81 30
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
Ship Subsidies.

What has become of the shipping
subsidy bill which was to wipe all mer-
chant navies but our own from the
seas and give us the exclusive use of
the oceans for trading purposes9 The
report on the bill when it passed the
senate declared the reasonable GER
tainty that within ten years it would
'establish the maritime supremacy of
the United States in the trade with
Asia and the Philippines. and on the
Atlantic, in the trade with Mexico and
the Caribbean sea. Incidentally, it
would give the United States an auxil-
larry navy second only to Great Brit
ain s. It would so extend shipbuilding
as to transfer in time certainly from
Germany and possibly from Great Brit
ain to the United States the center Of
that industry.'
All Of these immense advantages
were to be obtained for beggarly ex-
penditure in subsidies of $4,7OO,O0O q
wear. When the senate heard the report
it FASTENED to, pass the bill, but for
some reason the house has never acted
upon it. Perhaps it had never real
the senate report, setting forth how
much we were to get for so very little.
Or possibly the house members read
the senate report and did not believe
it, did not believe that for subsidies
less than those already paid by France
: and scarcely more than those paid by
Great Britain and Germany, the ship.
building industry could be taken away
from those countries. The house ap
pears to have believed that either the
subsidies would amount to far more
than the amount stated or that the re
suits predicted would not be obtained
That the results would not be OBJ
tanned at the stated price, is highly
probable, since the French, English an6
Germans would scarcely submit with
out a struggle to be robbed Of theil
shipbuilding industry, which they have
protected into a certain state Of activ
ity. They would raise their subsidies
as we do our tariffs and make ever,
effort to maintain the status quo. Tha
the subsidies would grow aDd increas
with each congress, after we got int,
the business, is almost certain. Captail
w. W. Bates, formerly commissions
Of navigation, estimated that the Han
na-Payne bill would, after ten year
lin 1909, cost $4s 100000, and that,
would cost in 1926, $82, oo0,O 900! 1t wa
figures Like these which caused limit
TO be put on the amount of subsidies
but it is evident that all that is needle
is an entering wedge. The limit coul
and probably would be, lifted from tim
to time to meet new exigencies and t
get the Hfuu fruit of orr former ez
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
Call Loans.

Many readers unfamiliar with the
technical fine points of Wall street
business, have been wondering just
what is meant by the high call money
rates, and just how the thing works out
in actual practice. Having heard Of
loans at the rate of so to 125 per cent
of the loaning Of large sums by Rus
sell Sage and others, and having read
the comment upon the situation by Sec
rotary Shaw, they have still lacked
the definite knowledge of how they
would be affected were they involved
in the rising money market. T"
There is legal limit Of per cent
upon ordinary loans in the state of
New York, but the subterfuge of %
commission or premium was employed
in the case of call money, until more
recently, when law was passed max
ing any rate of interest legal OH call
loans on stock market collateral. A
quotation for call money means that rate
Of interest per annum. A call loan,
as the words would Indicate, means
loan subject to recall at the option of
the lender. A broker needing money
sends collateral, stocks, bonds or Sc
curities of some kind, to the bank,
where they are scrutjnized, and if &C.
| ceptable, his account is at once cred
| tied with the amount desired. The
bank, however, reserves the right to
notify him at any time during ex-
change hours Of the cancellation of
the loan, in which case he must with
| draw his collateral and return the
money before 'clock of the day fol
| lowing.
Let us suppose that a. man had de
cided to buy Amalgamated Copper fol
speculation, and that he had paid III
for thousand shares. If he deposited
$4,000 cash with his broker, he would
be protected for a fall of 10 points
His broker would necessarily borrow
the money and pay for the stock, which
he would carry on margin for his Gus
toner, and he would in turn charg'
the interest on the borrowed money t.
the customer. At time Of ordinar,
rates, of 2 to 5 per cent. this interes
charge would be unimportant.
Let money begin to rise, and i
would become very important. AT 10'
per cent for call money, the interes
charge on this deal for single da7
would be 1914; at 1875 per cent, $342.50
This the Spectator would have to- pa,
to renew his loan, and merely to carr,
along his speculation, entirely irrespec
tive Of any changes in quotations at
fecting the selling value of his hold
, ing. :
When a man is paying out severa
hundred dollars day, merely for tn
privilege Of specializing, he is likely t
get disguised and quit. Hence, it ha
always been safe proposition tina
high call loan rates meant heavy sellin
out and consequent decline in stock:
= This time a. remarkable thing hal
a pened, for so many other condition
were in operation. that stocks refuse
$ to break, except temporarily. Hence
!, the situation, after several days 9
{ tight money and advances in stock
against it. became extraordinary, an
oil called for extended comment upon til
/ speculative aspect Of the market.
: Hall Caine frankly confesses that tn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30
WHAT THE NATIONAL rHEATER

WILL DO.-The new National theater,
which has been projected by Heinrich
Conried, is the subject of an authors
tative article by Charles Henry Meltzer
in the current Harper's Weekly. Al
tho the National theater will be financed
by thirty stockholders, each of whom
will contribute 100000, the theater will
be essentially democratic in character,
for seats in the orchestra and balcony
will be available at the ordinary theater
prices. That the institution will have
also a liberal and educational character
is shown by the reservation of at least
600 comfortable seats for students,
which will be sold for twenty-five cents
apiece. The repertory of the house will
be, as far as possible, representative of
the world IS drama. It is authoritatively
stated that the National theater will be
opened in October, 1908.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30

penditures.0 The subsidy. like the
tariff, has a tendency to grow with the
strength of the protected infant.
The theory Of the subsidy is that 1t
shall cover the difference in the cost OF
construction in this country and abroad
and also the difference in wages OF sea-
men. AS to the latter item, there is q.
dispute as to whether it has anything
to do with the question. Wages on the
one hand are claimed to be a matter OF
nationality, on the other hand Of the
port at which engagements are made.
AS to cost of construction, there is no
doubt some difference, but how much
no experts have ever been able to .hgure
out. Mr.. Hill preferred to build his
ships in American yards.
But there is one thing the shipbuild-
ers can figure out and that is how much
subsidy they would like to have, and
that they generally manage to impress
upon parliaments in purely disinter-
ested manner. France, for example,
gives subsidy to cover difference IN
cost of construction and navigation.
The navigators complain that the build
ers have combined to put up the cost
of construction SO as. to take every
penny Of the subsidy, leaving nothing
for the extra cost of navigation.
The result of subsidies has been as
difficult to get at as the basis upon
which they shall be granted. Nearly all
the great maritime countries have tried
them, and as nearly all the progressive
nations have increased their shipping
it follows that the subsidies did it. Ii
growing boy is given cod liver oil
and he continues to grow it is the cod
liver oil which does it. ~.
Whether the present session of con-
gress will try to revive any of the sub
sidy measures is doubtful. If it should
it will find much instructive informa-
tion in the most recent French reports,
which show that subsidies can be made
not only to expand merchant marine,
but weaken it at the same time. At
least this is the testimony Of the French
experts. There are also helpful sugges-
tions from Japan, where subsidies have
resulted in the overproduction OF ships.
1t seems to be evident that many won
derful things can be done with subsi'
dies if they are only made large enough
The Boston Globe says that lone ex-
PLANTATION of the immense crops of this
year is that more BRAINS are put into
farming in this country today than ever
before in the history Of the world The
most productive farms Of the country
are said to be those Of the northwest
There the farmer is an up-to-date bust
ness man who keeps books and has g
distinct and well-thought-ou system. He
knows what it costs him to grow his
crops, and he knows what profit they
bring" And he does not leave his farm
ing implements out all winter any more
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30

Speaking of DR.. Osler's 'deathbed fig
ures," the Boston Globe says that there
is mo reason to suppose that a man dies
without thought of future life because he
doesn't squirm in bed and tell the doctor
all about it," There is a certain dignity
of death that makes a man thoughtful
and reticent.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-30

MRS. CRAIG1

MRS. CRAIGIE's GIRLHooD.-The
early Ifs of any author is always inter
esting, at least to the thousands of peo-
brains. Morgan Richards, the father Of