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THE OFFICE or THE LITERARY DI-
GEST.-The office OF the Literary Digest,
which is within stones throw Of Mad
ison square. New York, is a sort OF lit
erary smelter in which the fine gold OF
good printed things Is extracted from the
various ores that come to 1t from the
worlds great and increasing sources.
The works. are exceedingly simple--a
row of desks in a room protected from
the worlds intruders, and behind each
a man. that is all. It looks simple
enough, but, Of course, it is as intricate
as the human mind, which seems to be
a rather puzzling bit, of machinery in
spite OF the theories Of philosophers and
scientists At one desk is a man VINO
examines and "digests" literary news and
products. This same man-perhaps as
an antidote for the ills Of literature or
as a preventive Of its contagion-also
digests the worlds religious views and
literature for the busy reader. Another
handles foreign news, still another looks
after scientific matters and another pro-
yides the current comment. or course
there is q .'chief'' who superintends the
process of digestion.
Into this office come weekly hundreds
of papers of all sorts, and when one gets
a glimpse of the vast amount he wonders
| what kind of mental pepsin the ed1tors
find to enable them to prevent their re-
view, so valuable to the busy men OF all
sorts, from becoming an example OF IN
digestion Whatever 1t Is, 1t is Ell
fective
| The Digest Is closely allied to the gen
| eral publishing business of Funk g
Wagnalls, which promises this spring
some books worthy OF special advance
notice Among these are Literature
It's Principles and Problems by PROBES
sor T. w Hunt of Princeton; Common.
tary on the New Testament" by Bernard
Weiss in four volumes, In April
| Creatures that Once Were Men. p1
Maxim Gorky, a picture of life In RUSSIA
a critical biography Of Balzac by Tame
! with an introduction by the translator
giving sketch of Taine; Samantha VS.
Josiah, or What Happened to a Bor
rowed Automobile by Samantha Aiien'
Successful Teaching prize essays o.
+, modern methods from thousands SUP
United in a contest including all OF tn
Limited States; "Spurgeons illustrates
Anecdotes Classified novel from Tn
8 Spanish, 1.-THE Mystery of the Los
.iDauphin," the story Of the man who woui
Ihave been Louis XVII. Of France, by
Spanish woman, Emilia P. Bazan. TN
. last book has created much stir in Spalr
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A VALKYRIE LECTURE
Elliott Schenck to Explain Wagner
Work at the Metropolitan.

An attractive feature of the coming
brief opera festival at the Metropolitan
will be the explanatory lecture and re-
cital on Wagner's "Valkyrie" by Ell
lott Schenck, the Wagnerian conductor.
This will be given on Friday afternoon,
March 8, in the Metropolitan opera
house, with a nominal charge for admis-
sion.
Mr.. Sehenck is one Of the few we'll
known Wagnerian authorities in the
United States, and devoted two years
after his appearance in Germany, to
special lectures on Wagner and his
works.
He will devote portion of his lee
ture to the entire four works of the Tril-
ogy, beginning with the great fore
drama known as Das Rheingold, and
carrying the story of the Nibelungen
Ring" thru "The Valkyrie," "Sieg-
FRIED" and "Die Gotterdammerung.n
All the prominent motives and famfl-
lar music numbers Of "The Valkyrie -
will be illustrated on the piano, and 1t
is hoped to have some of the song num-
beers given with the assistance of artists
from the Grand Opera company.
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Hearst. Thorn in the Flesh.

w. r. Hearst, who has recently re-
turned from a trip to Mexico, is already
the storm center Of New York state
politics. His municipal ownership or
ganization has been broadened into the
Independence league, and 1t is expected
he will soon announce himself ascandi-
date for governor of New York. At the
same time he is still candidate for
mayor of New York in that he has not
abandoned the effort to have the ballot
boxes opened and the votes recounted.
The attempt. to do this, failed in the
court Of appeals, which decided that
there was nothing in the law which
authorized the court to resolve itself
into a board Of canvassers. But the
constitution makes the assembly the
Judge Of the election and qualification
Of it's own members, and by attacking
the seats Of number Of Tammany as
semblymen the aHearstites have hopes
Of bringing on a recount, which will
show at least inferentially what was the
real status Of the mayoral vote in the
same precincts. @
| M1. IlSdlSG WOulu pc1udpS IcGuO1 ucAv {
it appear that he was cheated out of
tho office of mayor than to have the
| Office handed him, for If he were de-
clared mayor Of New York he would
have to serve out his four-year term
If he resigned he would be under the
responsibility of handing the office back
to Tammany in the person Of typical
Tammany tough who was elected presi
dent Of the board Of aldermen and who
would succeed to the mayoralty. 80. 2
Hearst 8 contest for the mayoralty Il
then to be looked upon more as an effor1
to make political capital than as seri
Gus effort to seize the Office to which
he was probably elected. His ambition
is transferred to the larger field Of STATE
politics, where he will come in contac
with Platt, Odell, Higgins, and the res
Of the republican leaders, who are get
ting along very poorly among them
selves.
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WHOSE TRUST is eoRED7
Girard (Kan.) Press.


The last number of the Appeal to Rea-
son contained the following, showing how
wicked the steel trust is:
1.-THE net earnings Vof the United States
Steel corporations benevolent 1nstitu-
tion-were s31, 1000, 900 for the past quar-
ter. This is about s125, 0OO, 900 a, year
or several times the original amount in
vested in the steel and iron business"
In the same issue Of the Appeal ap-
pears an article about the Girard Cereal
company, an Appeal to Reason 1nstitu-
ton, from which we quote. After stating
that the biggest days business done had
been something over 5000. it continued: &
~ GAS a rule, we are not long in making
a record-breaking day a regular thing.
AS soon as we are able to make 5000 re-
ceipts a regular thing, we will be able to
|lpay about $40 annual dividends on each
share of stock, or twice each year the
amount you have invested. On share
costing you $40 you would receive in divi-
dends $40 annually. When the receipts
run to $500 a day eve ought to reach
that by this time next Year, you would
receive $40 each year as dividends or
your $40 investment. We believe we are
conservative in these estimates"
Oh! the wicked, wicked steel trust!
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From Prison to Cabinet.

Americans must feel pecullal Ano0A
s+ ~ Iohn Burns the labor member OF
Tho new British cabinet. His rise TO
beaaship Of the municipal governments
20 The british isles is even more spec
%tacular than the career OF an American
se1f-mado man, and a lesson IN 1he
/ Growth Of democracy across the sea- VI
Tobn BURNS. who few. weeks ago
.l,issea the hand Of King Edward and re-
ce;ved his portfolio, once served three
months in Pentonville prison, picking
Y oakum, as punishment for addressing a,
]. nuhlic meeting Of laboring men IN ira
falgar square. Moreover, during the
Boer war he openly declared MS sym
nathv with the "under dog and was
booted as a traitor by London mobs-
4 From all these discouragements, John
!. Burns. the workingman, rose by the
power Of the labor movement and his
own force Of character, to one OF the
,proudest positions in England. -..-.
Nv. It. Stead contributes an illuminat-
: ing sketch of Burns to the Saturday
Evening Post. The man is not YET
y fifty. and went from school to labor IN
factory when only ten; yet he is rec
ognized today as one OF the foremost
orators Of England.> He has learned
che trade Of working engineer, and
could make his living at it today, but as
natural leader Of the labor element his
& entire time has. long been devoted to
Fl that cause. He was elected TO the
& London county council when released
d from iail. and has served in, that body
seventeen years. Fourteen years nc
has represented Battersea in parlia
ment. He has been leader In the Lon
i don movement for municipal ownership
s Of the forms Of transportation ane
other utilities. That movement, hith
erto blocked by the cabinet, has its owl
sponsor now in the president Of the 10
cal governing boards.
Burns is abused by former socialis
comrades for taking office under tn
king, but he has been in all things .
zscool-headed, practical man, and b.
! Joined forces with the liberal ministr,
g for the purpose Of gaining some Of TIL
important ends for which he used t
plead in Trafalgar square. His frs
act was to appoint committee to pro
vide plan for simplifying and pub
fishing the public accounts Of cities, s
taxpayers may know what is going on
y On ali social questions he .is the prim
II minister's chief adviser, and his infu
enee in the ministry will be power 70
the common people Of England. i
their interest he opposes jingoism an
81 large ornaments, and in their interes
,. he has fought against Chamberlain
proposition for a duty on foodstuffs.
Burns is an object lesson to publ
4 men. He has been radical, but wit
something practical always at the for,
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The Type of Canal.

The president, in transmitting the
letter of the secretary Of war and the
report of the consulting engineers and
self to the lock canal.
There was a curious division on the
subject. A majority Of the consult
ing board favored a sea-level canal,
but majority Of the American engi-
neers on the board were for a lock
canal. A large majority Of the COM
mission favored the lock canal, as did
the chief engineer and the secretary
Of war, who have been reinforced by
the president. J >g5 b. g.
There are two classes Of questions
to be considered in deciding on the
kind of canal, one temporary, the
other permanent. Among the tempo
rary questions are such as the cost and
the length of time required for the
work. In the permanent considerations
are such as the cost Of maintenance,
the time ships may make in the canal
and the feasibility Of enlargement: 1t
seems to be granted that lock canal
!
a sea-level canal. One would natur-
| ally suppose the case was the opposite.
But the digging Of canal is not the
| spading Of a ditch across a garden
There is no such thing as sea-leve1
canal, that is, an open drain free from
| locks: There must be locks at either
end to control the ocean tides. These
| will be immensely expensive in either
type of canal, but more SO in the sea
level type. Other difficulties in thu
way Of a sea-level canal are the con
troll Of the Chagres river SO that it will
not overflow. into the ditch and rui1
! it; the tremendous Culebra cut ane
the snoring up Of it's sides SO as to make
them safe. .,---..
The opinions given In favor Of tn
sea-level canal by, the foreign engi
neers were undoubtedly backed up b.
, ! substantial reasons. On the other hand
I it must not be overlooked that Amer
ca has some very competent engineers
and it is significant that they are S
strongly for lock canal. ~ %
:. The people Of this country are for
canal. They are. willing to take tn
opinion of experts to the kind. The
want a canal. There has been consic
cradle public money spent on the stri
without accomplishing a great deal e.
!, cept the row over Wallace, which neve
= , was worth while, and now the peop]
would like to see the matter begu
all over again and in a businesslik
manner. Congress, Of course, will hay
to be consulted. Congress may decid
on the type Of canal or it may refe
! the matter back to the commission wit
= power. This would be practically
e decision for lock canal.
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ADJUSTMENTS

. Bllou-Thomas e. Shea, 1.-THE Bells"
|. Judging from the intelligent and realis-
tic presentation Of 1.-The Bells, with
which Thomas E. Shea made his DEBUT
in Minneapolis yesterday, local lovers OIL
the legitimate have treat In store LOT
the week. Mr.. Shea is an able star. his
support Is thoroly competent and the nVe
plays selected for the weeks bill all give
ample opportunity to display their real
ability.
Mr.. shea's version Of 1.-THE Bells diff
fers slightly from the more familiar YER
sion of that interesting but melancholy
character play used by Sir Henry Irving.
but Is the same in the essential details
The artistic and effective work OF the
star and the supporting company bespeak
of careful, intelligent study. Mr.. Shea
and his company to a great extent are
new in Minneapolis and the west, but
should be- assured Of g. warm welcome
whenever they appear In the future Inc
reception yesterday was surely not lack
, ing in warmth or cordially. The par
ticularly dramatic scene at the close Of
the third act after the signing Of the mar
rage contract binding Christian, COM
pletely captivated the audience. Several
curtain calls failed to satisfy and Mr..
Shea was finally forced to make short
curtain speech. s2S ? s4
Mr.. 4shea's work Is virile and natural.
Endowed with strong personality. he
dominates every scene he enters. Judg-
ment, common sense and perfect taste
are always apparent. There Is nothing
Isuperhuous or extravagant. As Matthias
he appears with little artificial makeup,
yet he effectively brings out the changes
wrought by the fifteen years Of secret
suffering, and in the latter acts the
acute suffering of fearful suspicion. 7
In relief is the pleasing, contrasting
comedy of the two friends, Father Wal
ter and Hans, played by two exception
ally able supporters, Spencer Charters
and J. e.. Gilbert. These garrulous, silly
| gossiping old characters are played with
real art Mr. Charters difficult recita
1 of the story Of the death OF the Polish
Jew was carefully done. The excessive
makeup of Mr. Southland as the Jew
was more effective In the visions than II
the natural scenes of the first aot
Charlotte Burkett is sweet and maiden
ly as Anette. Catharine, the wife O
Matthias, and Sozel, the maid, are thu
minor parts that were nevertheless care
fully handled, showing a rare attention
to details The staging, while not elab
crate, is effective, the lighting effects be
) ing exceptionally good. =
| Mr. Shea will appear as follows durin,
: the week: =. ~. ...
Monday night, CDR. Jekyll and MI
Hyde
: Tuesday night, "Othello."
Wednesday matinee. Cardinal Richie
, lieu lii aH -.
} Wednesday night, 1.-THE Bells"
Thursday night, **Dr. Jekyn and NJ,
e Hyde"
: Friday night, Napoleon the Great"
r Saturday matinee. 1.-THE Bells
$ Saturday night, 'Dr. Jekyll and Nj
e Hyde" ~
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The Crime Of Doing Nothing.


DR.. johnson of Boston made effective
use Sunday night of the story of Dives
and Lazarus in his appeal for inter
vention by our government in behalf
of the oppressed people Of the Congo
Free State. He pictured Dives in
all his luxury, unconcerned about
Lazarus, who lay at his gate, or about
anything or anybody else that did not
minister to his pleasure. He was selfish
ness, Incidence, ease and indifference
to the wants or the interests Of others
in the snpremest degree. Lazarus, who
lay at his gate, was glad to eat Of the
crumbs that fell from the rich man s
table. Dives went hence and is pic
tured by the sacred writer as in tor
ment, begging pitifully that even
Lazarus might come and wet the tip
Of his tongue with water. a'What had
Dives &done9' exclaimed Dr.. Johnson
with emphasis. And his answer. was,
Is IN othing! Nothing! Not even 50 much
as the dogs which licked Lazarus
sores - si
q For Dives read United States and
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orpheum-Modern Vaudeville.

The Orphean Road show holds the
boards at that playhouse this week and
the entertainment fulf1lls almost every
promise made for it. 1t is the strongest
bill offered so far this season, splendidly
arranged without overlapping in any way
and each act, save. one, is finished.
Campbell and Johnson, premters in the
line of acrobatic cycling. open the show
with their usual hair-raising stunts on
the unicycle and in tumbling. They are
followed by Edgar sBixley, comedian, and
the evening. He has a good voice, but
his act Is of the broad, barn-door form
of humor, which goes like tornado up
stairs, but gathers frost in the lower sec
ton Of the house.
Jules and Ella Garrison have staged a
new act, ''An Ancient Roman" with a
wealth of Egyptian setting and bow.
legged supers, used to good advantage
The travesty on the legitimate is com.
pIete and the climaxes come so fast ano
with such effect that the audience has te
keep thinking to keep up with them
Winona Winter has pleasing voice
which she uses in high soprano and ven
triloquism. She is a clever entertainer
hut puts too complete a finish into hel
| limitations.
Marian's dog actors, In the "Faithles:
Wife," constitute one Of the best exhibit
lions Of animal training on the stage to-
day. The entire absence from view Of thu
| trainer and the work of the animals Gre
ates storms Of applause.
| The sisters and brothers Ford ar
splendid dancers. and individually ant
collectively, give the clog dances with {
finish rarely attained by workers in tina
line The Colonial Septette is beauti
fully staged act, and the ability of tn
performers as musicians makes 1t one o
/ the. greatest acts ever attempted
vaudeville The cornet solo work o
Rolfe Is feature, and the French horl
! trio in ballad work is pleasing.
! The show is balanced with rare DIS
/ cernment and makes good. it's claim t
/ the most notable assembling of vaude
Vile talent now on the road.
! j. H. R.
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Leslie's Weekly can hardly believe
that the Pittsburg millionaires bought
all of the $36,0oo,000 worth of diamonds
that America imported last year. Well,
hardly. There were ninety-seven hotels
built in New York in 1905, and each
one had a new 18-karat clerk. Eli;
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weeks engagement at the Metropolitan
last night in the musical comedy. 1T
Happened in Nordland," before one Of the
largest Sunday night audiences Of the
season. Gorgeous costuming and mount
ing afford series Of pictures never
before equaled on the local stage, and,
tuneful music and refined comedy are
furnished In abundance by many tall I
ented players. A full review of the pro-
duction will be given in this column to-
morrow.
There Is no play in the language which
can match the record Of Jefferson's rip
Van Wrinkle" The unrivaled art which
the actor employs in portraying Wash
ington Irving's genial and thirsty hero
has kept 1t growing favorite for nearly
half century. 1t is a perennial novel
ty. Thomas Jefferson will appear as
Rip at the Metropolitan for period OF
four nights and matinee, beginning next
Sunday evening, coming here direct from
his wonderfully successful engagement at
the Boston tfeater. Boxes and seats for
this event can be reserved Thursday
morning.
Marked interest is evinced in the an
nouncement that Bertha GaiIand will ap-
pear In David Belasco's famous comedy,
Sweet Kitty Bellairs," at the Audi
forum this evening. It is seldom that
such an elaborately beautiful production
as Sweet Kitty Bellairs" is made, even
in this age of wonderful possibilities of
stagecraft. The company selected for
Miss Galland's support is said to be Of
unusual strength and to surpass the or
ganization originally presenting this
charming play. The engagement is for
an entire week, with matinees Wednes-
day and Saturday.
Flight Bells will be presented at the
Bijou for one week following the engage
ment Of Thomas e. Shea There Is no
villain in the Byrne Brothers rejuven-
ated Eight Bells but there is plenty
of fun, trick scenery, good music and
| clever specia1ties. The piece Is SO firmly
established in popular favor that little
need be said in praise Of its many excel
lent features.
"A Courier of Fortune" dramatization
Of A. w. Marchmont's successful novel
was presented to two enormous audiences
at the Lyceum theater yesterday. The
{ play version of this powerful story was
written by the author and Ralph Stuart
to whom the book was dedicated. Great
interest was manifested in the presenta
ton Of the play, as 1t was the first time
, on any stage that "a Courier Of Fortune.
had appeared in dramatic form. Mr.
Stuart thought so highly of it that hi
spent weeks in perfecting rehearsals, ana
when the curtain rolled up on the frs
act yesterday, the most beautiful scent,
investiture Of a play ever seen in tn,
Lyceum was unfolded to view. The pla!
, with the beautiful little curtain-raiser
t 1.-THE Peacemaker," also written b,
f Ralph Stuart, will be reviewed in thes.
r columns Tuesday.
. The Unique's big comedy bill, with tn
Q brilliant dramatic play of Mr.. and Mrs
! Joseph ]. Bowling, will be presented a
both performances tonight and continu
= turnout the week. The Three Greggs
= the only De Meyer and other high-clas
Y vaudeville artists will be features o
:. every performance.
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Monda veni11g,,

and has always been true to the prin,tcei i
pies he. declares. With no capital but
brains and integrity he has progressed
from the prisoner S dock to ministry.
Honor and shame from no condition
rise. - 8 558 l5,
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Iowa's I sane Fourth z bill, which
has passed the house, prohibits the sale
or use Of toy pistols and caps in the
future and limits the size Of frecrack-
ers. The frecracker as big as q saw
log that just waits around until it can
take off somebody's leg is a distinct
menace. Crackers should be limited in
size to those that take off small boys
thumb and forefnger.
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FEB. 2e IN OTHER YEARS

1643-IndIans Of Hoboken, N. j.,
massacred by the Dutch.
175-Troops sent to Salem, Mass,
to seize cannon. 5
1soo-John 3. Purcell. archbishop
I-of Cincinnati, born.
1s45--WIillam Cody Buffalo
BID, born. sas
| 1s56-costa Rica declared war
against Walker. the fiibuster.
fs6e-FIfteenth amen dment passed
/ by both houses OF congress, giving
suffrage to negroes. sesssss ssss1s4 &
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TEN WEARS AGO

Feb. 26, observation-disclosures.
David TIce dies. Seeding for spring
wheat begins In the northwest.
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JUST BUILT THATzw WAY

There's no use O. raisin' hullabaloo
Cause people exist uncongenial to you.
There's all kinds o. bosses an all kinds of
y corn, "a . @#L = Is ~ q" a-
An all kinds Of people, as sure as YOU re born
Some bosses is gentle an wi1lin' an kind,
An some needs beatin' before they will, mind.
There's no use complainin' an blamin' the lot;
Some people are righteous, an others are not.
4&1.- Ihsa- III Washington Star,
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Sioux Falls reports that the western
portion Of Minnehaha county and the
eastern portion Of McCook county seed
ed little wheat last week. The frost
was out Of the ground for two or three
inches, and the way the seed reached
for the soil was something surprising
Look out for a bumper crop. r. stt
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Governor Cummins Of Iowa has for
mally announced that he is candidate
for reelection and will base his cam
paign upon further railroad control. II
the democrats do>the logical thing, they
will vote for Cummins as a party. A
great many of them will vote for him
as individuals anyway. ].
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all other peoples rich, happy. prosper.
Gus and free, and for Lazarus, the mis-!
cradle wretches under the rule Of
Leopold in the Congo State. The argu-
ment was complete.