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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17
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PICTURESQUE LIFE OF RURAL
MISSOURI. Breckenridge Ellis has
"shown" us life in rural Missouri in
his novel Stork' S Nest. We have heard
of people who were sent to Missouri
rural Missouri-for bad nerves, be-
cause nothing to excite one was ever
supposed to happen there, and nerves
could be forgotten. But they were sent
to southern Missouri. The scene of, Mr.
Ellis story is northern Missouri, and
that is different, at least if one may
judge from the tale in hand. In the
first chapter the "hero' encounters a.
ghost in a lonely neck Of woods--a
ghost that carries pistol. In the next,
or possibly the same chapter, he en-
counters a barefoot maiden Of II who
knows nothing of grammar, but is a
winsome lass despite that fact Not
very much farther along there is a
the hero and his newly found maiden
friend together on q floating tree Then
the young man reaches his, destination,
the home OF war comrade of his
father s, to which the young man comes
to recuperate. This friend Of his
fathers the young man finds to be
an urbane ,miserr, SO miserly that his
he would pull every hair out of his head
if he thought "they was a scent piece
at the roots of 'em.' Furthermore,
there is mystery about the house,
snake. room,' occupied by the owners
brother, who turns out to have other
occupations than farming, occupations
not approved Of by the government,
and who, tho well on in middle life, is
in love with the maiden with whom
the hero has had delectable adven-
| ture. 5&z
It is seen that there is material for a
story of the lively kind in the book.
For the most part the author has made
good use of his material. The story is
! one Of more than common interest. The
characters are well drawn and lifelike,
and there is life and swing in their
conduct of their small but tragic af-
fairs. Now and then a false note is
sounded, as where. the girl whose life
has never touched the cutglass level
/ says quite unexpectedly, Il forgot I
was cutglass. ''"Sueh Inconsistencies are
/ not infrequent and mar the story, along
with other things Of the melodramatic
kind. Indeed, the weakness of the story
is it's melodramatic tone. Nevertheless,
j it is interesting, and gives promise of
Istronger work to come.
/ Moffat, Yard & Co.. New York
81 so.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17
The Lighting Contract.

Alderman Platt Walker furnishes
The Journa today statement of
his view Of the controversy between
the mayor and the council over the
Patterson lighting contract. There are
some matters to be cleared up yet as
to the merits of the alderman's con-
tention with regard to the cost Of light
ing in other cities; but we are inclined
to believe that Mr.. Walker is mistaken
as to what expenses are included in
the statement Of the cost of lighting
in Cleveland. Our understanding of
that matter is that figures given, by
the mayor do include interest and de-
probation. This is the principal ground
Of controversy and one which little
further investigation will settle.
AS to the use Of governors, to which
Mr.. Walker devotes considerable space,
the governor is principally for the ben
eft Of the lighting company and its
use or its omission is chiefly a matter
for the lighting company to take care
Of in its own interest. Furthermore,
there seems to be community of in
terest between the gas company and
the lighting company which would
make it to the interest Of both to use
the governors, so that whether the
governor is used or not is not Of SO
much Importance to the city as to the.
| lighting company. In other words, the
| governor is an attachment which the
lighting company can well afford to
| provide at it's own expense.
AS for the alderman IS point that the
mayor is "forcing the council' into
contracts with the electric and gas
companies, there can be nothing in that,
as the mayor is not forcing the council
into any contracts with anybody. He
couldn t if he wanted to. The alder
man did not think every long on that
proposition or he would not have in
serted It in his statement; and If Mr..
Walker is so deeply concerned about
compelling the city to submit to terms
from the two monopolies referred to-
electric and gas-one would expect hin,
to be equally solicitous about fastening
another one on the city, as the pending
lighting contract promises to do. v :. ::
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
The MInnehaha Zoo,
To the Editor Of The Journal.


Please permit me to make some COM
ment on an article in your paper Of Feb
ruary 18th. This article refers to the Zoo
in Minnehaha Park and conveys to the
readers Of it the idea that the Zoo main
tanned there Is the only means of making
the park attractive to visitors. It Is not
my Intention to dispute the educational
and interesting qualities of g. properly
equipped Zoo in connection with parks,
yet I must insist that the location Of 1t
is of such important consequence that IL
cannot well be overlooked. Minnehaha
park Is far-famed scenic park; its most
attraction is the fall. glens and gorge In
their wooded beauty. The Zoo as at
present located certainly neutralizes and
conflicts with the natural beauties Of the
park to an extent detrimental to its true
intent and enjoyment by the people. The
Zoo II it must be there. could be perha ps
relocated on land west Of the railroad
tracks or north of the park but whether
this Is done or not can not agree with
the writer of the article that a visit to
Minnehaha park In Winter gives little
pleasurable returns because the animals
were not there. Minnehaha's attraction
in Winter, the same as in Summer, fur
nishes. innumerable pleasures, it's unri-
vailed beauty of natural scenery impresses
the soul OF visitors with its romantic pic
turesque element, either In crystalized
waters of fairy phantoms of frosted at
mosphere in Winter, or the magnetic falls
of sparkling water in Summer. hastily
rolling down through the mysterious glen
over-arched by magnificent trees, who In
their glory Of Summer foliage deepen its
shady grandeur to a poetic sensibiltty of
Its beholder. This Is one reason why
nothing artificial. neutraIfzing and con-
f1icting with its true intent should be per-
mitted close to or near Minnehaha's most
valued treasure charms. Its fall. ravines
and surroundings should be kept as ma
ture intended and so emphatically
| stamped upon the site rural scenic"
Yours very truly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.
Saturday Evening,

feel very certain about that 206,330
people credited to the county. At any
rate. the court thinks it reasonable for
the legislature, which provides for. the
state census, to ignore the state census
result in matters Of this kind,
It Is a marrow escape Ramsey has had.
Hennepin' Is county rules as to salaries
and fees were framed by the Hennepin
delegation in the legislature, and no
st. Paul man was ever consulted. Ram
sey has had her own set of rules
framed in the same way by the local
delegation. Ramsey is safe under those
laws until the next federal census is
held, and then we must find some other
way to distinguish between the coun-
ties. The incident illustrates the alb
surdity Of prohibiting special legisla-
ton in the constitution, and then tax,
ing the ingenuity Of legislatures and
courts to bring it about.
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ADJUSTMENTS
EoYer Chat.

The amateur entertainment given at
the Unique last night was In many re-
spects the best of the season. Several
of the performers, who have frequently
appeared on the Unique's boards, have
developed degree of confidence that en-
ables them to do well what they are
capable of doing, and the recent result
has been some really bright performances
on amateur night" which occurs every
Friday evening.
Two large audiences enjoyed the show
last evening and voted it huge success.
There were many volunteers, and most OF
them were given a fair chance to dis
tinguish or extinguish themselves.
Harry tWinkler, the newsboy cartoon
ist, self-composed little gentleman, won
favor by his drawings and the aptness of
his speeches. The approximations of
Clarence Burnett. brought up to date,
We're also enjoyed.
Dean brothers, acrobats. gave clever
exhibition, and are evidently out for pro-
fessional honors Those who sang We're:
A. j. Smith. Amay Gray. Edward Dillon,
Helen Hadley and Maud Kouzen. C.
Flartzelfs bag-punching stunt was well
received, and the buck and wing dane
ing of j. A. Erickson and Louis Burke
was interesting Martin Rotell in a nlu-
steal act, and Pearl Finlayson, in a sing
Ing bit, also met with favor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17
Ramsey's Marrow Escape.

Ramsey county has escaped coming
under the Hennepin county salary laws
by the grace of a supreme court de-
cision. If the court had been minded to
draw things fine, the case might as
well have gone the other way g ..
Ramsey has over 100000 people, ac-
cording to the state census. of last year.
All special laws drawn to cover, Hem
nepin county have been made applying
to counties Of over 100000 inhabitants,
to keep up the fiction of general 1egis-
lation. Fearing that Ramsey might get
into this division and it's whole county
system be turned upside down, the
Ramsey delegation put an act thru
last winter, providing that in determin-
ing what laws are to apply the state
census shall not count, but the popula-
ton shall be figured according to the
last federal census. ~
The supreme court has upheld this in
genious bit Of legislation with an equal
" ingenious argument. The court finds
that federal census is more likely to be
free from padding, and therefore more
reliable as a classification. If the state
census should be padded county
might get into a different class, and al
the next federal census drop back
again, causing great confusion. The
court does not say in SO many words
that Ramsey county's figures were
padded last year, but it's line Of argl
ment indicates that the judges do not
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17

duplication the multiplication Of common,
cognate items and the continuity of
motion are elements that count there In
general, for fatigue and safety, prompt
ing the earnest observer, overwhelmed
perhaps already a little by his earnest
ness, to the reflection that the country is
too large for any human convenience:
that it can scarce in the scheme of Provi-
dence have been meant to be dealt with
as we are trying, perhaps all in vain, to
deal with 1t, and that its very possibilities
Of population themselves cause one to
vince in the light Of the question of in
tercOurse and contact
Major Hemphill may not grasp the
full significance Of this delicate shading
at a glance, but a second or third read
ing will fetch out the inherent pellucid-
ity in dazzling vividity. In word, the
Sun hit the nail squarely on the head
when it remarked the other day that
every sentence from Mr.. James pen
is Ineligible to those who understand
it. The sole requisite Of others is en-.
largement of the bump Of infinite com
prehension.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17
The New President Of France.

Clement Armand Fallieres, the eighth
president of the third republic, will
take over his office from President
Loubet On next Saturday. While the
president of France is not a parsonage
who affects much in European politics,
the succession this time is significant
because of two things. Fallieres suo-
ceeds the first president who has served
his time without death or resignation
intervening. All Of Loubet's predeces-
sors led more or less precarious official
existences. Two of them died in office
-Carnot, who was murdered, and
'Faure, who died suddenly in the Elysee
palace. McMahon, Grevy and Perier
resigned, all three under political
pressure. Fallieres comes to an office
which his predecessor held by undis-
puted possession and which he had
made popular with the people.
The other significant fact is that the
third republic seems today more like
an assured thing than it ever has in it's
history. The Orleanists and Bonapart-
lists never were so quiet. The political
strangers were never quite so impo-
tent since the days of the coup d 'etat.
France appears to have entered upon
a period Of peace, development and
security. -c
The republic never was 50 strongly
allied as it is today, having the Rus
sian alliance on one side and the close
cordial relations with England on. the
other. Her only enemy in Europe is
Germany, and Germany's main interest
is that France shall not become toe
strong for her. Germany will never
be satisfied to see France become a
dangerous military power in the west
Of Europe, and It may be said safely
that there is little danger of such 8
thing coming to pass The French mil,
ltary situation does not improve. II
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17

Old st. Paul must excuse the rest of the
state If we all have a smile at his ex
pense, but the efforts Of the Ramsey
county people to escape from the conse-
quences Of their padded census last year
certainly contain some Of the elements
Of joke. st. Paul spent more than
twice the allotted time in taking her CEN
sus and employed two or three different
sets Of census takers in order to bring her
totals up to such a figure that that city
would not be left behind the distance flag
In the race with Minneapolis. The result
was to put Ramsey county in the Henne-
pin class with respect to laws made to
govern counties of over 100000 people,
But Ramsey doesn't want to live under
Hennepin laws. and so is forced to repu-
date her own census. 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17
Mr. Baer's Divine Right Again.

There are unmistakable evidences
that Mr.. Divine Right Baer needs to be
Roosevelted again. Mr.. Baer was great
ly outraged in his feelings by the activ-
ity of. the president in settling the coal
strike two years ago. He said it WAS
unconstitutional. There was no federal
warrant for the president butting in
and breaking up a fight in which the
coal operators were sure to get the best
of it. Mr.. Baer is now grieved by the
attempt of the Pennsylvania legislature
to investigate his "private business
He has advised the legislature that its
course is unconstitutional, and, what is
worse, displeasing to Mr.. Baer.
, The Philadelphia North American, not
4imbued with a proper reverence for Mr..
4Baer's divine mission, has been making
some Investigations of it's own. 1t re-
ports that it is known that the anthra-
cite coal which in 1899 cost the Phila-
delphia householder 1926 a ton now
costs him $6.75. Every coal dealer
testifies that his profits and his freight
remain the same. The change that has
taken place in the price Of coal is at
the mine. That cost has advanced $3.50
Of which the miner may have received
SO cents. The remaining dollar must
have gone into the. treasury of the COM
pany which owns the mines. The Read.
ing Railroad company owns them and
works them contrary to law and MI
Baer dictates the policy Of the Reading
Railroad company. The Reading charges
a price for carrying coal far in excess
Of the tariff on the carriage of any
other crude material in bulk. To trans
port hard coal ninety miles it charges
$1.70 ton or about so per cent. Of the
value of the coal at the mine, and four
times the average freight on material
| in bulk. Besides, the Reading railroad
has bought up and put out Of business
as a carrier of hard coal the Schuykil
canal, which was competition.
All the facts seem to show that Mr.
Baer has used his divine rights in the
matter of coal for the profit Of hit
stockholders and against the Interests
Of the public. So far as the people are
| concerned he has been a lord who
showed his love by Christening them.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17
Fred Nussbaumer.
Supt. of st. Paul Parks.

st. Paul has made a serious mistake In
combining the efforts Of the writer of the
above to the mere matter of superintend-
ing parks, planting flowers, laying out
walks and driveways and building foun-
ta1ns. A man who has such command Of
the English language and can command
so much more Of it than he really needs
for his own uses, ought to be made use OF
in the department Of literature some
where in the educational system Of the
capital city. We do not recall having
read anything quite like this before.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17

HOW HENRY HARLAND WORKED
TO GET HIS START IN LETTERS
One Of the most interesting things in
The Bookman for February, number
containing several strong features, too,
is the ''Chronicle and Comment - item
relating to Henry Harland. A part of it
runs as follows, showing how hard Har-
land worked to get a footing as a
writer:
The desire to write came upon him in
1884, when he was % years of age At
that time he occupied a minor position
in the surrogate's office, and his hours
were long-so long, indeed, as to make it
hard for him to spare the time for liter
airy labor. Hence, he adopted a scheme.
of life which practically heightened the
ordinary day. Directly after dinner he
would retire and sleep until 1 o'clock in
the morning, when he would rise, and
after large cup of black coffee would go
to his desk and write steadily until
breakfast time. After breakfa sting, he
betook himself to his Office and per-
formed the days work with apparent
zest In this way he completed his first
book, "As It Was Written fantastic
but powerful story of a Jewish musician.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17

The closest political observers are nol
able to find public sentiment crystallizing
on any one candidate for governor The
situation Is mixed and with indlca-
lions to show the drift Of sentiment.
AS a popular choice Jacobson leads in
all the western and central districts OF
the state, but a leading politician said
yesterday that in his observation the
men who are for Jacobson are not the
men who usually go to conventions. The
men who lead and commonly represent
their localities in the county and state
conventions are not for him, as a rule.
Some have a definite choice while 9TH
ers are still Cooking around" Jacobsons
friends are working up an organization
m the sixth district which looks strong.
and is about the most definite movement
made In the interests Of any one outside
Of his own locality. Blocks organizations
Is spreading and working quietly to get
the men who usually come to conventions.
The same sort Of work is being done in
Lords interest. Both Block and Lord
are claimed to have st. Louis county,
but other reports say that A. J.. Cole is
| the favorite there. The Hennepin dele
cation seems certain to be mixed on the
governorship, whatever Is done on sec
rotary Of state Work is being done for
| Block and Lord, and considerable talk
|
erville, Eddy, Cole, Staples and others
have their advocates. b. IT, O.. r..
! A prominent republican declares that
the democratic state machine is work.
ing overtime to dictate the republican
i candidate. Democratic leaders in every
section Of the state are working under
instructions from headquarters, he says.
and are shaping things thru republicans
friendly to Johnson, so that some can
d1date who will be mark for the
present governor is to be. put up. Who
that candidate is the depenent does not
profess to know at this time. He be-
lieves that before the convention meets
r. G. Dunn will be candidate for the
nomination again. .~,- -:-.,.-
Politicians are expecting P. P. Quist
to make an, early announcement Of his
candidacy for secretary of state. Mr.
Quist, now and since 1901, state weigh
master at Minneapolis, is one Of the best
known Swedish republicans of the state
} He was appointed from Winthrop, Sble3
county. and still considers that place his
residence, but his official duties have
kept him in Minneapolis for five years
and he has many friends in the twir
i. cities. The fact that he has held 6
, lucrative position for some time is The
strongest argument that will be made
:. Eagainst him. If Quist, Sjoblom anG
: Girling enter, 1t will enlarge the field O.
: ten. That will be quite sufficient. #
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17

Santos secession from the
ranks Of the balloonists and his conversion
to the ranks of the aeroplanists has Gre
ated sensation in Paris. He says:
my idea is not that Of the Wright
brothers. Their aeroplane g1fdes on the
cushions of the air. I am making a
heliocoptere which shall beat the air with
its propellers and fly like a bird. To
my machine I shall attach a, light motor
ing wood near Dayton Ohio, and saying
4noty.a word. But the f1iers are not So
numerous yet that the warships have
put on screens.
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is her outside relations which have
taken on a more favorable appearance.
This is due not so much to the dip1o-
macy Of the foreign office as to the
steady conduct Of the last president OF
France. Loubet kept his hands off the
foreign affairs as long as they were
going well, but in times of stress he
always appeared as the rescuer. This
is work for which the presidency is
we'll adapted, provided the occupant IS
not consumed with the ambition to play
a role himself. President Fallieres has
an opportunity to continue the labors
Of M. Loubet, who assiduously cultl-
waited the good opinion of those neigh
bors Of France who are naturally her
friends, but who have been from time
to time estranged by the spectacular
element in French politics. He Is said
to be man Of the Loubet temperament,
fitted in every way to play the some
what subordinate but yet very neces-
sary part which Loubet finally made
dignifed by persstently keeping at 1t.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17

Julian Hawthorne writes that Senator
ment introduced by Senator Aldrich de-
stroying the effect Of the rate bill The
patient on the operating table may not
recover from the operation; but it is a
comfort to reflect that it is being con-
Quoted on strict scientific grounds In
other words, the operation is successful
in either event. i -a1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17

THE STORY or CHRIST TOLD FOR
BOYS.-William Byron Forbush has writ
ten The Boys Life Of Christ, book de-
signed for boys who are old enough to
be thoughtful and intelligent The au-
thor can tell better than anyone else what
the book tries to do He says:
1t does not try to tell everything Jesus
said and did. 1t does not touch the the
ology of the philosophy of Jesus life. It
does endeavor to show the manly,
heroic, chivalric, intensely real and Wig
orously active qualities of Jesus in way
to appeal to boys.
The book is pleasant reading and its
tendency can: only be to make the Christ
more real, more human to the young
mind. It's Illustrated with halftones.
Funk & Wagnalls company. New York.
$1.25 net.
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NEW MAGAZINE OF v

SCOPE. Something new has. made its
entrance into the. magazine world-a
magazine that proposes to print any
thing that appeals to the human brain
and the human heart. To use the words
of the proprietor, Frank A. Munsey. this
new magazine, which bears the name
The Scrap Book, will contain stfctien,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-17

1t used to be difficult metaphysical
feat for the old theologians to explain
the trinity in unity. But it is nothing
to the attempts of the coal barons and
the coal road barons to explain the
duality in unity.
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