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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-03
LITERARY NOTES

Professor Wilhelm Oswald ofPLeipzig
has finished his course Of lectures atsHar-
ward university and is giving series at
Columbia university, New York, before
returning to Germany His essayson In
dividuality and Immortality will be pub
lished by Houghton, Mifflin & Co., on
Feb. II. -,
Houghton. Mifflin & Co. WILL publish
their first volume of fiction for the sea-
son on Feb. IL. 1t is ''The Spirit of the
Pines,'' by Miss Margaret Morse and is
described as story of nature and of two
nature lovers; of man and woman of
unusual temperament and ideals and
affinity. s.,
The ]. B. Lippincott company, Phila-
delphia, are to publish a most attractive
lot of fiction during the coming spring.
They have in press 1.-THE Angel of Pain.
by E.. F. Benson, Vanity Square. by
Edgar Saltus, Adventures of Super
cargo" by Louis Becke. and highly
exciting and interesting story by new
writer, John Reed Scott, 1.-THE Colonel OF
the Red Hussars," for which the pub
fishers predict great popularity.
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A VALUABLE ADDITION TO THE
LITERATURE OF THE CIVIL WAR.
The literature Of the civil war In
America will go on increasing with the
years, but with each year the additions
will become less and less valuable, ex-
.cept in rare instances wherein some
great mind Sits fact and fable and
sees clearly and measures accurately the
far-reaching results of the great strug-
gle. An addition, to the current liter
allure Of the war, by one who, tho
woman, was very part Of the climax
of the conflict, therefore, holds great
value if the writer has been equal to
her task. Mrs. Roger A. Pryor's Rem
iniscences of Peace and War, re-
vised and enlarged edition of which is
one Of the late books, meets the condl-
lions named. Mrs. Pryor was closely
connected with events preceding the
war thru her husbands relation to con-
gress, and she had lived in the south;
She, therefore, knew both north and
south. She had Travelled much and was
woman of quick and trained observa-
ton and tenacious memory. Under
these circumstances and because of the
| further fact that she was in Richmond
! during the siege, her book has just the
peculiar value alluded to above 1t is
not surprising that it has already run
thru several additions. -
The Macmillan Company, New York.
! $500 net
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WHAT CONSTITUTES A LIBRARY.

WHAT CONSTITUTES A LIBRARY.
For the February number of The
Critic John Merely. has revised and re-
edited several extemporaneous addresses
which he presents to the magazine in
the form Of an essay, THE Great Com
monplaces Of Reading Mr.. Morley
says among other things:
Every good library is in itself book.
AS collection of books it has abundant
value; but, more than that, it. repre-
sents the thoughts, the feelings, the
motives, the impulses Of men Of all ages.
All the leading facts Of life are there; all
the differences between man and man;
all the differences between the ages are
there-the tears, the laughter, the labors
of mankind are in a library; the efforts,
the failures, the glories, the idle dreams
and their mischefs-the whole over
whelming drama of humanity is there
To be sensible Of this there must be what
some one has called the "feel' of a
library. agree with a friend who tells
me that when, at night, he puts out his
library lamp, and turns the key in the
door, leaving all the procession of saints,
sages, warriors and martyrs, the cham
pions Of freedom, truth and Justice, those
who had been trampled down and failed,
and those who have succeeded and been
~ S'AOAANAo ~ - oSii' ASea NiiiS t1CH OH III
sort Of sublime solitude and darkness,
it Is then he feels, more than in the
working day, the true pathos of man
kind, the deep mystery of time.
An interesting feature of the same
magazine is an article by Julian Haw
thorne on Journalism the DESTROYER OF
Literature. ~ He argues that every so
ciety uses characteristic utterance OF
the spiritual plane that should be liter
allure. Owing to our present unspirituai
ity literature languishes, while at the
same time journalism. the mode o.
speech Of the material plane, apes tn,
higher tone with a result that always
appears counterfeit.
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N
THE TRAVELS OF A RARE COPY

THE TRAVELS OF A RARE COPY
OF 'THE VICAR OF WAKEFIELD
An interesting transaction by Ed
mund D. Brooks, of this city, dealer
in rare books, shows how rare editions
of the classics travel about-to the
very great pleasure and profit OF the
dealers, of course. Some time ago Mr..
Brooks was in London ana in one of
the cold book shops came upon a
handsome first edition of "The Vicar Of
Wakefield It was beautifully bound
by Francis Bedford in full crimson
crushed levant, gold-tooled panels be-
tween raised bands, line borders on
sides. inside fine dentelIe border, extra
edges gilded on the rough" He bought
it and brought it to Minneapolis, ex
pecting some northwestern collector to
take the treasure home. Before such
collector came along, however, some one
in London discovered that Mr.. Brooks
had the copy and sent on an order
for the book to be sent back to Lon
don at Mr.. Brooks price-$450:
This is not the first case of the kind
Mr.. Brooks once before brought
choice .1item' from London, only tc
sell it back to London again, later te
learn, also, that London had sold II
again to purchaser in the, Unlteo
States. Both sales netted good profits
for the sellers.
All of which goes to show that book
| collectors do not have to consider their
pocketbooks. It is simply matter OF
coyeting book that decides whether
they will buy it, whether it be In Aus
tralia or Minnesota.
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The Senate Procedure.

To the Editor of The Journal. |
How is business done in the senate?
You do not hear of any order of bust
ness or of any calendar to guide the
members. 1t is impossible to tell from
the debates what bill is before the
senate and there appears to be no such
thing as an agreement to limit debate.
How do they do its e, Reader.
Reader is somewhat mistaken as to
there being no order Of business and
no agreement to limit debate in the
senate. AS a matter Of fact, the only
way debate can be limited is by agree
ment. Such agreements are made by
portant bill. The senate now has be-
fore it the ship subsidy bill and the
DOMINICAN treaty. It will soon have
out Of committee the statehood bill
and Philippines tariff bills and subse-
quent to these the railway rate bill
will emerge. The ship subsidy bill is
the order of business, but one of the
curious things about senate procedure
is that the members who talk are not
confined to the bill, but may talk
about any one that is before or may be
before the senate. Besides any senator,
by giving notice in advance, may have
the floor saved for him to make cob
servations'' on any subject under the
sun. Meanwhile, the bills are being
cared for by the clerks and their posi-
| ton is carefully noted. When the time
| arrives when every senator who wants
| to talk on bill has been satisfied, an
agreement is arrived at to vote upon
| it at a certain hour. The difference
between the senate and house is that
such agreements in the senate are eff
fective only by unanimous consent. IF
there is senator who is not satisfied
he can get the floor and hold it talking
against the bill ad libitum. The affirm
alive then resorts to the plan Of hav-
ing the senate meet earlier and sit
later, expecting thereby to exhaust
their flow Of talk. At length either
the bill Is withdrawn, if it's enemies
are too strong, or passed if the opposi,
ton is merely fractional.
/ Notwithstanding it's apparently mud
died way of doing business, the senate
gets thru an immense amount OF work
The preservation of the sovereign right
of senator to be heard, while 1t has
often irritated the country, makes every
senator factor in the government
while in the house the only persons
who count are the speaker and his
1ennties ST.. . -.
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Railroad Subsidies.

Minnesota's railroad commission Is
trying to arrive at basis for regulat-
ing freight rates, by making valua-.
tion Of railroad properties and calcu-
1ating what should be reasonable
revenue on the investment. The orig
inal cost Of the roads is factor in this
inquiry. 1t seems to T h J o ugr n a
that the aid given by state and local
authorities to the building of the roads
ought to be taken into consideration.
The public should not now be COM
PEELED to pay charges on capital con-
tributed in the first place at the public
expense. -.' .
The state commission has made a
compilation to show all the. bond issues
by localities to substitute lines Of road,
and they amount to the surprising sum
of $294O,15O. Add to this the state
bonds over which there was so much
controversy and we have 1925, $50
contributed by the people as part of
the first cost Of the roads.
These bond issues, however, sink into
insignifcance beside the land grants
made by congress and the state legis-
lature. AS much as ten sections to
the mile Of road was granted in some
cases. These grants were in lieu of
cash, and sooner or later were sold for
cash by the railroads. Forty per cent
of the states area, and probably half
its land value, was thus given away
There is practically no railroad Ian
left unsold in the state today. Some OF
it brought excellent prices, and while
the great part was sold in the days of
cheap land, the 100000 acres granted
must have brought on an average Of s:
an acre, which means $6O,0O0,0O0 give1
for railroad building. The people gave
it cheerfully, to be sure, because they
wanted railroads, but it was none th
less subsidy which should not b.
charged against the grantors. The land:
granted by congress are withdraw
from homestead entry. The settler
who took them did not get free land
as they would have otherwise, but pait
For the lands the current market price
Tie swamp lands given by the stat
were taken from the assets of tn
school fund. Much OF the so-calle,
swamp has proved valuable land
and if it had not been granted to til
railroads would have added largely t
the endowment Of the state school sys
D TEN. I
The J ournial submits that th
value Of these land and cash subsidie
should be considered in arriving at th
actual investment of capital in Mir
nesota roads. These were gifts frol
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The South American Market.

i The eyes of the world are turning
toward South America. =, The spirit OF
progress abroad in the world has gal
vanized even the, southern Latins to
new energies, the strenuous peoples OF
the north seeking fresh fields of en-
deavor have turned their. attention
thitherward, commerce is setting more
strongly in that direction, and CONNER
cial missionaries are urging greater eff.
forts along the same line. AS result,
few years hence South America will
occupy far larger share of the world IS
attention than it does at present. The
question is: Thru what channel will
that intimacy fows Will it be thru
North America, or thru Great Britain,
France and Germany The indica-
tions now are. that it will be thru the
triple European channel. 4S :
Frank Wiborg, Cincinnati business
man who not long ago made an extend
ed trip thru South America in the in.
terests Of his house, in a little book
called "a Commercial Traveller in
South America,' echoes clearly a warn
ing already loudly sounded, to the effect
that the United States is overlooking at
her very door opportunities which Great
Britain, France and Germany are assid-
uously cultivating. If this continues,
there can be but one answer to the
| above questions Europeans, having
got the South Americans into the habit
Of dealing with them, will hold trade
rightfully belonging to the United
! States. S..r%
England and Germany says Mr..
Wiborg, face the situation squarelv,
and meet the South American on his
own footing. This is the secret Of their
great success. AS a result of their af-
liability, South America trusts them,
and believes that they are sincerely in.
terested in her welfare. But she doubts
our friendship, and it seems to me not
surprising that she does.' Americans
have been careless about filing their
orders from South America; they have
not taken pains to pack their goods as
South Americans like to have them
packed; they have insisted on billing
/ their goods in terms unfamiliar to the
Latins-these and other things have
created prejudice against North Amer
lean products. and have operated in
favor Of the more painstaking Eu
ropeans.
There are more serious difficulties
also in the way Of American merchant.
and manufacturers, such as inadequate
transportation. and banking facilities
fluctuations Of the money market, un
satisfactory commercial travellers. Blu
these and others, Mr.. Wiborg believes
can be overcome. and that, too, at no
too great an expenditure Of effort an,
money. The opening Of the Panam;
canal will tempt the shipping companie
Of the Atlantic coast to greater efforts
and this will mean greater activity o.
the part of the companies on the Pa
]. Icific coast in competition; the finance
j of South America will tend to becom
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CONDENSED WISDOM, BY VII

CONDENSED WISDOM, BY WILL
LIAM OSLER.-A certain prejudice
against William Osler exists in the
minds of many, no doubt, because of
his alleged advocacy Of chloroform for
from perusing Counsels and ideals from
the writings Of DR.. Osler. They will
find that the counsels and ideals are
eminently sane, stimulating and helpful.
They cover a wide range Of human ex-
perience and faith and carry with them
the serene atmosphere of strong mind,
one who had learned from experience
the truth that led to this:
1t has been said that in patience We
shall win your SOULS and what is this
patience but an equanimity which enables
you to rise superior to the trials of life.
.Calnac of New York.
i Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston.
@ 81 20 net
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suPERsTlTIoNs

Howbeit then, when We knew not God,
We did service unto them which by nature
are no gods.
/ But now after We have known God,
or rather are known of God, how turn We
again to the weak and beggarly elements,
whereunto We desire again to.be in bond
age?
Ye observe days, and months, and
times, and years.-Galatians 4, $40.
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the people, but the people received no
stock in return. They got the roads, and
they, are paying the roads amply for
their services. They are paying inter
est now on capitalization which in
cludes the public gifts Of construction
days. Legally it may be that the gifts
cannot be credited now to. the people IS
side of the ledger, but there cannot be
amy question, as to the moral side. of
the situation. -.
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ADVICE TO LAWYERS

The Century.
discourage litigation was Lincoln's
advice to lawyers Persuade your neigh
bors to compromise. Point out to them
how the nominal winner is often the real
loser-in fees, expenses and waste Of
time. There will always be enough bus
mess. Never stir up a litigation. Who
can be more nearly a, 1end than he who
habitually overhauls the register of deeds
in search Of defects in titles, whereon
to stir up strife and put money in his
pocket? A moral tone ought to be in
fused into the profession which should
drive such men out of it,
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THE MAGAZINES

The Real Danger In the "Yeliow
PerfI.'-In the great new future that is
coming to this old country two elements
will struggle for supremacy, says Thomas
F. Willard in Scrlbner's for February.
One will zbe- the forces inherent IN the
Chinese people coupled with such-a ssinn-
ilative influence as Japan will be able to
exert The other will be the more ma
terial, more advanced civilization Of the
west Neither will entirely win the bat
tle but one or the other will finally point
the way. I am no very serious believer
in what is called the yellow peril; not
owing to any trust in the motives or in
f1uence of Japan, and not only because
have great faith that the star Of destiny
still hangs over the west; but because I
believe that under any favorable circum
stances the good sense and sound char
acter of the Chinese will vindicate them
selves. In respect to the yellow peril, it
is interesting to recall what a Chinese
official of progressive tendency recently
said to me: - j. ..sE. .-- ,..,z.z
1.-THE future contains no yellow peril
for Europe or America" he remarked,
but it does contain one for Europeans
and Americans in Asia unless your ma
lions and people learn to treat Asiatics
with more consideration"
Nations New Giant Torpedo.-The
United States navy has just adopted
new engine of destruction in the shape
of a high-speed turbine torpedo, the
Bliss-Leavitt. It Is classed as one Of the
most powerful and deadly sea weapons in
existence today This self-propelling sea
monster travels thru the water at pace
of thirty-six knots and has an extreme
range of 1900 yards, $500 being the guar
anteed contract range. Owing to its su-
perior advantages in speed and range,
| being capable of going eight knots or
| 25 per cent faster and nearly double the
distance of the latest Whitehead 1T will
supplant the latter, now considered to be
| obsolete, says The World Today for Feb
ruary. % ~
|" Annals Of ioWa.-The, January Annals
of Iowa, published by the historical de
partment of Iowa, is out Among its
articles is one of special interest on THE
| Drinkers in Iowa" The leading article
| is Colonel Thomas Cox, .; by; Harvey
| Reid. = ~ 7H--!
Tells of the Wonderful Growth OF the
South and Southwest.-The souths re-
markable industrial development is mir
rored in the February Review OF Reviews
\ in which a, group Of writers headed by
Richard H Edmonds, the weli-knownt ed.
itor of the Manufacturers Record; OF Bale
timore, describes the contemporary prog
ress of that section, giving special aften-
ton to the recent growth of the gun
ports. the wonderful story Of Galvestons
, rescue from an encroaching sea, and the
latest phase of the boom in southwest
Texas. ~
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GENIUS OF ITALY ONLY SLEEP

GENIUS OF ITALY ONLY SLEEP
ING.-Henry Dwight Sedgwiek, the
author of A Short History of Italy,
Judging by Italy's splendid past, be-
lieves "that the dull colers of the pres
ent generation are but signs of a time
Of rest, and that the genius of Italy
lives within and will again enrich the
world with deeds Of men sprung from
the gentle Latin blood.''
The author modestly calls his volume
pretense to original impression of 1tal-
ian history as a fhole, LAYING special
emphasis on the papacy, the renaissance
and the resorgimento. The attempt is
we'll worth the readers while. It is
a book to appeal both to the student
and to the casual reader seeking to en-
large his field of information thru
fluent easy reading. 49,.
Houghton, Miflin & Co., Boston.
$500 net.
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TIE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

alluring to accepting known sum
every year, This is a reversal of the
well-worn adage, 6 A bird in the hand
is worth two in the bush, and we
should not be surprised if the man who
advocated this system Of insurance IN
Chicago was paid to 90 there and do it.
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..MAKING THE MOST or OUR

- MAkING TIL N1Ok5i "a
SELVES. THE problem of making
the most of ourselves is. not an easy
one. In the first place it takes US
good while to make up our mind what
the phrase means. We are taught from
u most Of ourselves, But it is long be-
fore we reach point when we know
the meaning Of the words as applied to
ourselves, Usually the "mosto in
question is measured in dollars and
cents. tho we are coming more and
more to realization that such stand
ards are false and misleading. When
we have found the standard by when
we are content to make our measure
ments. comes the question how to reach
such a place that by such measure
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Wares from the Literary
By W. p. KLRKWOOD

more than personal service, was what
was wanted, SO he was not particularly
punctual as to attendance. But the pro-
prietor soon disabused him of this no
ton. 81 want you to understand, Mr..
Howells, che said, one day, that our
office hours are from nine to five.
picking up hiss hat, he bowed and de-
parted, and no persuasion could induce
him to return.
February Success is a number OF
varied intense and helpful interest.
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Workshops

ments we may not feel ashamed. It is
the purpose Of Making the Most of Our
selves, by Calvin D. Wilson, to answer
questions allied to this one of Howl"
The advice he gives is good, the moral
tone is of the highest, and it is all put
clearly and forcibly.
A. c. McClurg & Co., Chicago.
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High Price for shaksnerean Folios-

High Price for Shaksperean Folios-
High prices were paid for rare Shaks-
pereans at the closing sale of Henry
G.. Denny's library at Libbie Is, Boston,
vest rday. A set of the first four folios
of SHAKESPEARE, containing SHAKESPEARE IS
tragedies and comedies. went to Fred
erick w. Morris of New York for
$3.50. These folios were printed in
complete set of the publications Of the
Shakspere society from 1S41 to 1853
brought $4,837.
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NEW BOOKS RECEIVED.

Forty Years an Advertising Agent
1S65-1905) by George Presbury Rowell,
founder of the advertising agency OF
George P. Rowell & Co., New York.
Printers Ink Publishing company.
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THE SUNDAY JOURNAL
INDISPENSABLE
New Ulm News.

The Minneapolis journal has for many
years been one of the great newspapers
of the great northwest. Not until re-
Gently, however, has 1t Issued a Sunday
paper, and those persons who have been
readers Of the Evening Journal now find
the Sunday journal Indispensable.
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ORIENTAL DEFINITIONS-YOGI.
A Yogi
Is sort Of holy fogy
That does not wash or shave;
His ways are rather logy
From living in cave.
He dimes off water, dates,
Cheese-parings, plaintain-rind,
Then sits and demonstrates
The Universal Mind!
Marguerite Merington in the February Critic.
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PRESIDENT ADMIRES "THE
MAN OF THE HOUR. miss Alice


French, whose pen name is Octave
Thanet, took certain instances in the
life of her own brother as the raw ma
terial for her new novel, 'NThe Man of
the Hour This brother, since dead,
was a Harvard graduate, who, after
leaving college, put on overalls and
went from a 60 clock breakfast to
learn the machinist s trade in his faith
er iron mills. President Roosevelt is
a great admirer of Miss French s fc-
ton. During his trip thru the south
he made frequent reference to "The
Man of the Hour" On one occasion,
meeting Colonel Nutting of Davenport,
he shook hands with him heartily in the
"dee-ighted' fashion, exclaiming:
"Hel1o, colonel, glad to see you! How
are all my old friends in Davenport,
and how is Miss French7 You tell her
I read all she writes. Do you know,
that woman knows as much about fac
tories and the machine business as a
man2'