The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

own captains caught by the union
troops. All the federal captains, pris-
oners of war in Libby prison, were
compelled to draw lots to select two of
their number to be hanged. The two
fateful black beans were drawn by Cap
tain Sawyer Of the First New jersey
cavalry and Captain Flynn Of the Fifty
first Indiana infantry, the first men to
draw from the lottery Of death. At
off to die The doomed men were re-
prieved at the foot Of the gallows-tree.
Lincoln heard the story from Sawyer's
wife, and at the end of sleepless.
night devised a plan whereby the men
were finally saved. Lincoln IS plan was
one Of the most pitiless moves war ever
forced from him. He notified the con-
federate cabinet that Immediately upon
the execution Of Sawyer and Flynn he
would retaliate by hanging General w.
I'll. r. Lee, son Of their great COM
mander, and another confederate officer.
This threat frightened the confederate
cabinet into abandoning their plan.
The National Funny Bone Too Funny.
lecture on the American
tendency to "poke fun at anything
and everything, as illustrated by the
laughter that greeted President Roose-
velt's determined and ultimately sue
cessful efforts to end the Russian-Jap-
anese war, The Reader for November
says:
It seems rather pity that we can not
cure ourselves Of our excessive sense
of humor. Too often it bears resemb-
lance to that of the street gamin. 1t
is impertinent, and has q hands-tn-
pocket, hat on-side quality which makes
it bad friends with wit. To find Mr..
Roosevelt ridiculous Is a very. fortuitous
act. He is picturesque, he is impulsive,
he has some bravado, he has a straight
forward and effective egotism, and he i'm
presses the Imagination Of the world.
~ He stands on his belief in him
self and the people, and the conviction
| that the doors Of distinguishing been
well oiled-are about to swing wide. 1t
| is not always good manners to be
amused. It is at times not even anus
ing to be amused. ~ =
The November Reader makes another
| distinct advance in quality and appear.
| ance. It is replete: with timely articles
good fiction and other features that
| make magazine attractive. sI.
| Panama Canal Opens Gate For Rival
Harold Bolce again gives warning in
the November issue Of Appleton s Book,
|
ticles, entitled "Japan, Our New Rival
in the East, y concerning our neglect
Of the trading possibilities of South
America. He says: ...
! Japan is watching the Panama canal
While we are cutting the waterway al
the isthmus in the sanguine hope of get
| ting the markets of Asia, which Ja<an is
| now securing for itself, that empire is
| deepening. its harbors and otherwise ar.
! ranging shipping facilities to further it,
| oversee efforts when the time comes
| to.steam thru our canal to the ports o.
Argentina, Uruguay, Venezuela ant
1 Brazil. So confident is Japan Of large
| participation in the commerce Of eastern
| South America, which we are ignoring
| that it has appropriated $4,000, 900 t.
! make these port improvements in antic1.
/ patton of that traffic. This trade o
i EASTERN South :;sAme erica which we. ar.
passing by in. the optimistic idea tina
/ something better awaits us beyond, whel
! we can sail thru our Panama CANAL i
as: have previously stated, and as Japar
4 fully realizes, greater than that Of Chin:
u and Japan combined. ~" ~
{! Other features Of the Booklovers ar,
/ numerous and attractive, especially it,
4 offerings in the line Of fiction.
I The Question of Immortality.-Writ
4 ing under the pseudonym "Peter Rab
bit ~ in Harper's Magazine for Novem
Der, Ca magazine of abundant excellen
:; reading) a well-knpwn naturalist dis
) cusses the again burning question
J Of Immortality as viewed from tn
} standpoint Of the rabbit, who is sup
posed to be writing the article:
J Among all your hopes there is none tina
for an instant compares in value wit