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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-05
DIR. RICHARD BURTON
An Appreciation by a University Stu
- f1ent

~
TO the Editor of The journal.
May DR.. Burton, wherever he may be
when he reads these humble lines, feel
that the students of the university have
enjoyed his lectures and profted there
by. He has given two classroom courses
on the "Modern Novel; and the
Bible as Literature and public
course on Modern Drama. = aAll three
have beemn ore than well-attended, es-
pecially the drama course in chapel for
the public.
The students have, perhaps, seen him
at his best in the classroom, where for
mality is thrown aside and Richard
is himself again. +" Half the value Of
his work lies in his side-remarks-when
he breaks away from his subject and
throws out some broad-minded, sane
views. of life gained by long and rich
experience. His advice, especially along
literary lines and to young aspirants
for recognition in that field, is most
certainly to be needed. He knows what
he is talking about His remarks may
at times have been very pointed and
blunt, but whatever he has said has
come in the utmost seriousness and for
our benefit. Therefore we must take it
in the same spirit and profit by it. He
has warned us off the shoals of the
low and filthy literature, and shown
wherein the danger lies. Very grave
and permanent principles Of life have
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-05
READERS WRITE
ON MANY TOPICS
THE DIFFICULT POSITION OF THE
INSURANCE AGENT.
One Of Them Commends His Brethren
to Public Sympathy and Consideration
Professional Mems Failures Due to
Observation-Disclosures Scott's Work
Among the Indians Praised.
10 the Editor Of The Journal:

nv bHS E01SOS OF 1uo JOuIndl:
Very few questions have come up for
public discussion within the past year
which have provoked as deep thought
or as much hard feeling as life insur-
ance, and the life insurance solicitor
who has stood the gaff from the count
Jess number of people he has come in
contact with, begins to wonder if there
s. no turn in the road. / want to ask
h e J Journal to bespeak a word for
the soliciting agent: The odium justly
brought upon the big companies by the
selfish greed of its officers makes the
He has had no share in the golden
stream that washed thru the president
of the sixteen vicepresidents and their
relatives. Most likely his pay has been
made smaller and his work harder by
all the newspaper discussions and in a
spirit of common Justice [ commend the
industrious and long suffering agents to
public sympathy and consideration.
The average life insurance solicitor is
q hard worker and is poorly paid and
his work is now made harder and his
pay diminished for sins against the pub
lie for which he is not responsible.
Nothing worth doing can be done with
doubt and despair in the foreground
and if insurance was good one or two
years ago, how much better should it
be from the time this investigation is
concluded. So, Mr.. Editor, try anC
cheer up the 1,147 life insurance solici
tors and they will say amen. With gooC
wishes for T 10 u Tn |.
A. M. Wheeler,
Agent Mutual Life ms. Co. Of N. Y.
Minneapolis, Nov. l.
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What Other People Think

da In de week vel vas in Hudson an
Co. plas to by me VII a goold vatch
for birda present / pa $75 cash Tor It
but ven vas der in CONS lade an had
de clerk tax OF al de dimonds an rings
an oder mic tings an ven she, looked 3
vile she Civ de, clerk watch big as 8 me
little finger an want to no da cost OF to
GIT a glass for de outsid. He sa 70
cent she sa put it on me accent an ven
red de Letter Of Mrs II H Il vunder
de watch for 25 cent. An oder ting it
is visit as short for me to go to st. Pa Y,
as Mpls klaus can go by de Fort Smell
ing brig and if de hitone felers IN Mpls
don't lax me ways yu bet j go to St. Paul.
Mrs 81 H R spak as if Mayor zones
don't no is BUSINESS an amt good man
let me tell you Won ting | hat cuple
broders in de contry an de wouldn't com
to sc me Gus Won Of dem git robed but
de bav com to Sc me twice sins Mr.,
Yones get in OATS good i tank vel me
hay mite git collie an mite ioos a
cuple cows by de inspecting but tank
if Mpls, vud loos cuple peepl vat Nv
in hetei flats Wit eder worm or col water
ii tank Mpls wood be pile better. An
oblige. -Carl Feser so e.
J.. Bloomington.
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SOLICITING AIMS IN OFFICES
A Correspondent Says Solicitors are
Too Manv and Too Persistent.


To the Editor Of Tho Journal:
Allow me to say word OF protest
against a nuisance, which IN fecent
weeks has become a very lntoleraple
one and one which is felt by business
men in most all of our downtown ottce
buildings. The nuisance to which L
refer is the pernicious activity Of vari-
Gus members of the Salvation army and
Volunteers of America in soliciting
aims. =
During business hours yesterday no
less than three of these workers ap-
peared in my office soliciting contrlbu.
lions. Scarcely day passes but what
one Of them puts in an appearance, ana
quite frequently two or three will show
up during the course of day. Ihey
are all armed with their little tin boxes
with slit in the center thru winch
you are expected to put your no oteF'n 3
adj it a q? 25,cent piece, they viii IN
screw the cover if you have nothing
smaller than a four-bit piece. 80,
Now, I don't want to be understood
as being an enemy to these organiza
tions. for I realize full we'll that they
do much that is creditable. I do pro
test, tho, against their mode of solicit
ing aims. I don It personally believe II
promiscuous giving to charities but
have no objections to the occasional
visit of one Of the aforeme9tlonet
don't become a nuisance. When they
become SO persistent and active as the.
have of late, however, I think it is TIM
to call halt, and know that am no
alone in my belief.
Minneapolis, Oct. ~, 1905.
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"AMERICA BUSINESS MAD
The Professions Go Begging for 1.-The
Real Article.''

No the Edttor Of The journal:
In your issue Of last Sunday appears
an article headed "America Business
Mad etc. The writer seeks to estab-
aish the fact that it is mira ;hig.iin these
days for the son Of a wealthy business
cause Vanderbilt took to wearing
overalls in the railroad shops and pork
packers son started right in on the
ground floor fresh from academic
studies, the professions go begging:
Is it not, however, the swing Of the
pendulum9 Has there not been an
abnormal striving on the part Of young
men to enter the professions, forgetting
the truth that but small proportion Of
the masses is fitted by nature for such
callings7
In the mad rush Of the mediocrity for
something more "respecta ble' for their
SONS than mere business, the good folks
Of the last decade or two did great In;
Justice to their progeny. They looked
upon colleges and universities as sc
many mills that should turn out the
polished article from the abundance OF
raw material supplied them, and should
do 1t In quick time.
The inevitable result followed; doc
tors and lawyers were made by the
thousand, and even if this had NOT beer
sufficient to overcrowd the professions
1t would have disguised very large
proportion Of victim graduates:
There is no short cut to emlnence II
Che professions, primary or secondary
and the spirit Of close application tt
business that is the birthright of ever.
American, cannot eliminate nor ever
perceptibly lessen the annoying facto
Of time in the making of professiona
man.
A new era is dawning and with in
s7eased business activity comes in
creased demand for the real article, tn
professional man who knows things
and who is not slavishlv bound by. tn
tenets of his preceptors. Along thes
lines the spirit Of the American profes:
sional man will expand as that of hi
commercial brother has evolved, an
the day will arrive when the educs
tional standard of America will clair
pride of place among the nations.
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 2 "A. b.
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for the other children TO go without the
milk, we felt we owed it to this little
one to see if she could not be cured.
But / am 80 discouraged, for now the
COW is gone and most OF the money, and
I cannot find any place where they will
take my little girl =
Mrs. Walker told him she knew OF a
place where his child could have tho
best of medical attention and nursing
and sent them at once to the North
western hospital.
The little patient was given a thoro
examination and the nurse hurried to
the anxious father with the result.
When he was told that, tho his little
girl was suffering from a serious hip
treatment she could be cured and would
one. day be well and strong, he bowed
his head on the table and cried like a
child. To make his joy complete, gem
erous ones gave him sufficient money
to purchase another cow, and it was a
happy man who FASTENED home to tell
his wife the good news. The little girl
was kept in the hospital until her cure
was assured and then kind friends sent
her home to grow strong.
This is one of the numerous patients,
unable to pay anything at all, to whom
the hospital is constantly giving care,
and the new addition, which will cost
| $45, 900 and accommodate forty more
patients, will enable the good work to
be carried on to an even greater ex-
tent. It is hoped to increase the build
ing fund materially by the bazaar to
be held in the West hotel Friday and
Saturday afternoon and evening. Tho
various booths will contain everything
the holiday shopper may desire, ap.
pealing to the one of modest means, as
well as the one who can lavish hel
gifts regardless Of cost.
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AS TO SUNDAY CLOSING
Liquor Dealers Threat to Close Thea.
ters Should Be Carried Out.

To the Editor Of The journal.
AS the Liquor men threaten to close
the Sunday theater, if the mayor closes
the Sunday saloon, it is to be hoped
they will keep their word. 1t would be
some slight recompense for the evil
they are doing. France, during its
great revolution, tried to abolish the
have a day of rest, SO tried every tenth
day, but found that was net the best
day for the needs Of the people. God
gave every seventh day to man. Let
us cherish it is a precious gift.
From a humanitarian point Of view.
the theaters should not be open on Sun
day; The. actors are, greatly over,
people with chronic theater habit
need rest, as well. Actors have a
! great aversion to playing on Sunday.
Many Of the best refuse to do so, but
with the most, it is matter of neces-
sity, and they are obliged to work, if
a city tolerates the Sunday theater. In
the eastern cities the theaters are closed
on the Sabbath and actors dread their
western tours with their Sunday plays.
If, contrary to law, both saloons and
theaters are open on Sunday, thessaloon
back as well as front door, should have
been closed all these months Mayor
Jones has been in office. But "bette1
late than never IF st. Louis can close
it's Sunday soloons, why not Mime
apolisa Let us have them closed now
SO tight that no man elected to the Of
fee Of mayor Of our city will dare out
/ rage our best public sentiment as rc
allow them to be reopened on the Sab
bath. There are many men employed
in the liquor business who would be glat
of the one day Of rest for themselves
Think of their long hours of service
up late to catch the late homegoer
and early to seize the laborer on hi.
way to work. Are the saloons really
4 ever closed9
1t has been suggested that if our ga
looms are closed on Sunday their pa
irons would go to st. Paul. Gould ",
i not spare this class Of our citizens fol
4 at least one day in the week7 Thos,
who did not go would have saved thei
money for much needed food and cloth
j ing for themselves and families.
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Minneapolis, Nov. 4.
NEW WOLFRAMITE CAMP
Tests Of Ore Insure Success to Another
South Dakota Venture.

Hill City, S. d., Nov. IA new
camp is about to be established on the
road between here and Keystone. 1t
will be the first and only wolframite
camp in the Black Hills. Several tests
have been made on the ore Of this prop
erty to insure the success Of milf and
of extensive developments Of the work
ings already opened up.
There is large deposit Of this ore
and it runs in the astounding figures of
from So to $500 ton. r. j. Truax,
who is manager Of the property, has
made a test at an old mill at Key.
stone and the results have proven much
better than his most sanguine expecta
tions. The camp will be called Gill
City, in honor Of Mr.. Gill, one Of the
members Of the company. Mr.. Truaz
has now gone to Denver, where he will
buy machinery and make necessary ar
rangements for the camp.
It is proposed to begin erecting build
ings Immediately, so that quarters may
be provided for the men in the winter
months. The workings. will be con
Quoted on large scale and a large
mill will be erected.
The company will have no troubl,
whatever in securing a large output.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-05
A TRIBUTE TO MAJOR SCOTT
"A Minister Tells Of His Work as
Indian Agent.
% the Editor Of The Journal:

Eo the Editor Of The Journal:
Tho report that Major George L..
Scott, Indian agent at Leech Lake,
will retire from the Indian service
as agent and the reference to it in
your columns leads me to say that
Major Scott has justly been called
years I was pastor of the Methodist
opportunity in those troublesome days
in Indian matters to study the char
acter and doings Of the Indian agents
OF the Chippewa reservation. In re-
gard to logging operations he was fair
and just to both Indians and loggers;
In all dealings between the white man
and the Indian he acted with ability
and integrity, and conserved the inter
I never heard a hint of graft, not a
quarter. He was relentless to the
wrong-doer. whether Indian or white
man, and he was feared only by the
interruptions and grafters.
well remember being at the agency
when trouble was. expected among the
hatred by some white men, and how
Major Scott said: "As long as I an
square deal. If T were agent to care
for a yellow dog, [ would know thu
reason why he was kicked, whoever
kicked him. mean to. protect the in
terests Of the Indian:'
T knew the time when his life wa
threatened because he enforced certain
laws, but he was fearless in his duty
President Roosevelt made no mistak
In putting in charge of the Leech LAX
agency an army man. accustomed t
discipline and to doing his duty regard
L. Scott will 90 down in the histor.
Of the Indian service as a man withou
a blemish or the suggestion of a scan
da1 in his wise and able administra
ton Of Indian affairs. His enemie
are Of type that any true man de
lights to have, and they are proof o
his real worth. The Indians love hill
rs one of their own. "--
-. Rev. J. T. B. Smith, :
Frazee, MINI.
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Now We Know Why Some Things Are
as They Are.

To the Editor Of The Journal:
I send you this article in hope that
you will publish it in defense of the
Bible. Certain passages Of the Bible
seem unexplainable to the average
thinker. The passage relating to
Joshua commanding the sun to stand
still seems to be the one generally dis
We haven't thought seriously enough
about it. I believe the sun moves, and
by it's movements, throws the planets
alternating waves Of heat that make
the planets turn.
THE, earth is held in it's width of orbit,
by magnetic influence Of the north star.
Most Of the land and magnetic sub
stances lie north Of the equator. The
alternating swelling of the earth, that
comes the alternating currents Of heat
of the sun, makes the tides. AS the
earth's distance from the sun is In pro-
portion to the heat that the sun radl-
ates, we move closer to the sun when
sunspots occur. When the sunspots dis
appear, the earth receives larger guam
tity Of heat, than it naturally receives
until it is pushed back to its natural
orbit, and that's what has made all
geologic change.
The internal heat of the earth Is de-
rived from the sun. When the earth
moves closer to the sun, and receives
more heat, the molten mass inside Of the
earth boils. A long while ago the sun
spots were larger, and we were drawn
closer than usual, the earth boiled and
threw up mountains in the north, that
intercepted the equatorial streams, and
caused the mastadons to freeze to death.
Coal was formed by the earth breaking
up, and the molten mass mixing with
the trees causing coal to form: Vol
canoes act as safety valves and came as
the result Of the continual breaking up
of the earth g crust. The large glacier
that came down from the north a long
while ago, was caused by sunspot, too
i Before the flood the sun did not have
and colors in it, and when the moon got
into the right position the food took
place. The rainbow shows that thu
colors modify the heat Of the sun, anc
prevent severe condensing Of the atmos
phere. George Enoch johnson.
. Mankato House, Washington Avenue
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be cripple. We live in the northern
part Of the state, where I have small
farm. We had been planning all the
year that our little girl should have
treatment, but the crops were SO poor
that [ had not the money. One Of our
neighbors told me that if I could get
my child to Minneapolis there were
free. We did not know how to get the
money to bring her here, but my wife
and I talked 1t over, and we decided to
sell our only cow.
"You see, it was the only thing we
had to sell, and tho it would be hard
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JOY TO
FATHERS HEART
MRS. r. B. WALKER LIFTED
HEAVY LOAD OF CARE.
An Instance In Which Northwestern
Hospital Relieved Sickness and suf-
fering ''Without Money and With
our Price BAZAAR to Be Held Fri
day and Saturday for Building Fund.

4
One cold, clustering day last winter
as Mrs. T. B. Walker was looking out
Of her window she saw passing down
the street a poorly-clad man, accompa-
MED by a girl about 70 years old, who
apparently walked! with great, difficulty
and who was crying as tho in pain.
Presently the man stopped and took
the little girl in his arms. As he
turned his face towards Mrs. Walker,
she was impressed by its sad, careworn
expression and the tender, pathetic
way in which he looked at the burden
in his arm. His detected, hopeless at
titude and his evident encouragement
aroused all her sympathies, and she
summoned servant to call the man in.
After glowing CRATE fire had
warmed the chilled bodies Of the two,
Mrs. Walker gently asked the man to
tell her what troubled him so greatly.
The man looked at the child for mo-
ment, then turning to Mrs. Walker with
tears in his eyes, he said, with voice
shaking with emotion:
ooh, I am so disappointed and dis
couragedl My poor little girl can
do nothing for her. and she will always
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II the saloons were closed all the
time, and some Of the theaters closed
all the time, and the rest closed on Sun
day and improved the rest Of the week,
it would be for the lasting benefit Of
our beloved city. Part of it can be
done. Let all good citizens uphold our
mayor in his efforts to enforce the Sun
day closing law.
:, Martha G.. Ripley, MD.
Minneapolis, Nov. 4.
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been conveyed in q never-to-be-forgot-
ten way by his. quaint, salient wit and
mode Of expression. He uses no preach
ment but good, straight common-sense.
Even if his criticisms Of authors or
let that very fact be a stimulus for
more thought and appreciation on our
part. 80
We sincerely hope DR.. Burton will be
with us again next fall, and in the
meantime God speed to him and hist
"A. tsU.o Student.
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At This Season Nearly Everyone is THINKING
of sfQ1t Long Winter EVENINGS

AMONG THE RECENT BOOKS OF FICTION is Hearts
Haven by Mrs. Minneapolis, who has written
charming story. Also The Bangtons by Frances Squire
also of Minneapolis. Both books very popular and
one should get copy Of each.
THEN COMES-The House Of Mirth by Edith Wharton;
The Gambler by Thurston; Blair Plainsman, by Will
Libridge Nera by Geo. Barr McCutcheon; The Social
Secretary by David Graham Phillips; The Man the Box
by Harold Maggrath The Garden of Allah, by Robert
Hutchens; The Divine Fire, by May Sinclair Pipe Stone
Sandy by Phillips Sousa Rose the River by Kate
Douglas wiggns The Boss Of Little Arcade by H. T.
Wilson; My Friend the Chauffeur by author Of lightning
CONDUCTOR Three Daughters of the confederac by Cyrus
Brady; Constance Prescott by S. Weir Mitchell; Wood
Fire in No. s. by F. Hopknson Smith; The Man Of the
Hour by Olive Thanet The Rejuvenation Of Aunt Mary
by Warner Pam, by Won Hutton; Animal Heroes by
Ernest Seaton The Missouran, by E. Lyle, Jr and
all the other late publications be had Xmas
arriving daily Come to us for what wish in the
book line. We headquarters.
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A lawyer remarked in the course Of
a case in an English court the other
day that the art of dressing sealskins
was the only monopoly England had
now.
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A REPLY TO "MIssUs H. H. R."
Carl Peterson Takes Exceptions to :
Correspondent.
70 the Editor Of The Journal:

=
Editer of de journal want to spak
TO yu abot de Letter of Missus H. H. R.
she sa dat KEEP wagon clos by st. ven
sci me potatoes to de bording plas on
st. vel as me leetl boy sa j ma be Grassy
but no fool for ven I av BUSINESS
transacjuns on ST tax de wagon Wit
me. she sa me hay somtim has collie
vel spose dat is Wy de city Inspector
com an tax look at me cows. she
spok as if she by. dimond neklas eyry
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SOME MYSTERIES EXPLAINED

% y U0VUs
Minneapolis, Oct. 81, 1905.
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LEGAL NOTICES.

SUPREME COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF CO.
lumbla, holding probate court No. 1890. Ad-
mnistratiou.-1his is to give notice that the sub.
scrlber. OF the District of Columbia, has obtained
from the Probate Court of the District OF Columbia
letters OF administration on the estate of James
p Wilson, late Of the District of Columbia, de
ceased. All persons having claims against the de-
ceased hereby warned TO exhibit the same
with the vouchers thereof legally authenticated
the subscriber before the 9TH day of Dece,n-
Der. A. d. 1906, otherwise they may By law be
cluded from all benefit OF said estate Given under
my hand this 9Th day Of December, 1995, EMMA
FLORENCE WILSON, Sill North Carolina ave-
Attest: tseal.) JAMES TANNER, Register of Wills
for the District OF Columbia. Clerk OF the-Probate
Court JOHN s. ALLEMAN, Attorney. de7-1aw3t
SUPREAiE COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF co.
!umbia, holding probate court. No. 1856. Ad-
mnistration.--Ths Is to give notice that the sub.
scriber. OF the District of Columbia. has obtained
from the Probate Court OF the District OF Columbia
letters testamertary on the estate of Arefta G.
condict late Of the District Of Columbia, deceased
All persons having claims against the deceased are
hereby warned to exhibit the same, with the
vouchers thereof legally authenticated, TO the sub
scrfber or before the 9th day of December A
p, 1905 of4sxEise they may BY Law be excluded
from All 6efeM OF said estate. Given under nv
hand TN 4& ~ OF December, 1905. FRANK O.
cAneEx9lr ISIS Vermont ave. Attest: {Ssai.l
JaAKs 4ANNE1 Register Of wifas TOR TIA
trict ~ Cqin1faa. Clerk Of the PrU3&3a CT
EDWAHD 4. NEWMAN. Attorney. dsssi86&
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