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l a s t i n g re su l t s than' p r e c o c i t y . B u t w h y p i l e up i n s t a n c e s f Dr . Os ier > argu­m e n t i s so i n c o n c l u s i v e t h a t i t s m a c k s more of humor t h a n of s er ious effort. A s w e l l argue t h a t , s i n c e m o s t of t h e murders , e m b e z z l e m e n t s a n d b u r g l a r i e s are c o m m i t t e d b y y o u n g m e n , a l l m e n b e t w e e n t h e a g e s of 20 a n d 40 are com­p a r a t i v e l y dangerous a n d shou ld b e chloroformed.

T h e old s a y i n g t h a t a m a n i s a s o ld a s h e f e e l s i s a p e r f e c t a n s w e r t o t h e Osier t i rade . S o m e m e n are o ld a t 40 , o thers are y o u n g a t 80 . I t a l l d e p e n d s on h o w y o u t r e a t y o u r s e l f a n d t r e a t y o u r f e l l o w m e n .

Life Insurance companies w h i c h have Russ ian royalty on their l i s ts s t ir u n ­easily.

In 1831, after the series of riots In St. Petersburg, Emperor Nicholas w e n t alone a m o n g the infuriated people. H e is re­ported a s say ing: "Misdeeds were com­mit ted yesterday. Shame on the Russ ian people for forgett ing the faith of their fathers and imitat ing the turbulence of the French and the Poles . D o w n on your knees and beg the forgiveness of the Al­mighty!" I t Is reported that m o s t of t h e people dropped on their knees a s request ­ed. Judging by the temper of the people a s shown by the dispatches they would be more likely t o fall on the czar today.

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State Care for Soldiers' Widows. The l eg i s la ture cannot w e l l turn a

d e a f ear to t h e request of th.e c o m m i t t e e a p p o i n t e d b y t h e M i n n e s o t a G. A . E . , w h i c h asks a n appropr ia t ion for a n e w b u i l d i n g In c o n n e c t i o n w i t h t h e s t a t e flokliers' home a t M i n n e h a h a .

The purpose of t h i s h o m e is to furn i sh care and she l ter for d e s t i t u t e w i d o w s ahd mothars of v e t e r a n s . Thru t h e s o l d i e r s ' re l ie f f u n d t h e s t a t e i s n o w g i v i n g some of t h e s e a g e d w o m e n a p i t ­t a n c e to e k e out the i r l i t t l e pens ion m o n e y and k e e p t h e m f r o m s t a r v a t i o n . H o w e v e r , most of t h e m n e e d b e t t e r care t h a n t h e v can r e c e i v e in the i r l o n e l i n e s s and p o v e r t v . T h e v mus t b e p r o v i d e d for b v the s t a t e , or e l se s e n t to t h e c o u n t y poor f a r m s . I t w o u l d b e a dis­grace to t h e s t a t e to c o n d e m n s o l d i e r s ' w i d o w s to die as c o m m o n paupers .

One w i n g of t h e p i o p o s e d b u i l d i n g i s t o be se t a s ide for dependent v e t e r a n s w i t h the ir w i v e s . H u n d r e d s of t h e s e o ld couples are s c a t t e r e d over t h e s t a t e , some of t h e m l i v i n g on a pens ion of $12 a month . The h u s b a n d can n o w go to t h e home, but i f he does the w i f e mus t go to the poorhouse . The s t a t e cannot afford to s epara te c o m p a n i o n s of ha l f a c en tury in the i r c l o s i n g hours .

Common h u m a n i t y , as w e l l as s t a t e pr ide and p a t r i o t i s m , cal l for t h i s work . M e m b e r s of the Grand A r m y a n d *fche

"aux i l iary o r g a n i z a t i o n s , w h o p e r s o n a l l y h a v e seen and k e p t t rack of t h e case s b e i n g he lped, h a v e s tor ie s t o t e l l t l jat w o u l d me l t t h e s ton ie s t hear t . I t i s a m a t t e r of u r g e n t n e c e s s i t y , a n d i f t h e

^ leg i s la ture i s compe l l ed t o choose be­t w e e n t h e v a r i o u s o b j e c t s s e e k i n g ap­p r o p r i a t i o n s , i t m u s t n o t b e f o r g o t t e n | t h a t t h e re l i e f of v e t e r a n s a n d t h e i r I w i d o w s requires h a s t e . A f e w y e a r s "more a n d i t w i l l b e too l a t e . * The p l a n proposed i s t r i e d a n d p r o v e n

s a t i s f a c t o r y b y t h e exper i ence of s e v ­eral o ther s t a t e s . T h e c o m m i t t e e ap­p o i n t e d a t t h e l a s t e n c a m p m e n t , w h i c h h a s i s sued an appea l t o t h e l eg i s l a ture ,

<" s a y s t h a t w o m e n are n o w a d m i t t e d to . t h e s o l d i e r s ' h o m e s in I o w a , I n d i a n a ,

I l l i n o i s , W i s c o n s i n , M i c h i g a n , K a n s a s , I Cal i fornia , N e b r a s k a a n d P e n n s y l v a n i a ,

a n d r e c e n t l y in Ohio a h o m e for v e t ­e r a n s ' w i v e s , w i d o w s a n d m o t h e r s has b e e n e s tab l i shed .

M i n n e s o t a l ed t h e n a t i o n in respond­i n g t o t h e ca l l f or v o l u n t e e r s , a n d cer-l t a i n l v cannot afford t o l a g b e h i n d i n t h e I effort to care f o r t h e m in t h e i r d e c l i n i n g r d a y s , a n d for t h e i r f a m i l i e s . T h e sol-i d i e r s ' w i v e s a n d m o t h e r s of w a r - t i m e ' d a y s w e r e rea l hero ines . I n M i n n e s o t a ,>they w e r e t h e c i t j zens , w h o t i l l e d the

fields, k e p t t h e s tores a n d ran t h e h o u s e h o l d s a t h o m e . N o s t a t e w a s s w e p t

6 c l eaner b y e n l i s t m e n t a n d t h e draf t , a n d ' i n n o s t a t e did t h e w o m e n carry a grea t -| er burden . N o w i s t h e t i m e for pos-t t e r i t y t o a c k n o w l e d g e t h e debt t h a t i s S o w e d t o t h e m .

Give the Legislature His Due, Too. T h e second m o n t h of t h e m e e t i n g of

t h e s t a t e l e g i s l a t u r e i s p a s s i n g a n d t h e m e m b e r s thereo f h a v e " d r a w n t h e i r s a l a r y " only . -r -Wel l s A d v o c a t e .

Cons iderable u n j u s t c r i t i c i s m , of w h i c h t h e f o r e g o i n g i s a s a m p l e , h a s b e e n l e v e l e d a t t h e l e g i s l a t u r e for i t s f a i l u r e t o s h o w definite r e s u l t s a t t h e h a l f w a y p o i n t of t h e ses s ion . T h e s t a t e h a s no t suffered b y t h e s l o w n e s s i n pass ­i n g b i l l s , a n d w o u l d b e b e t t e r off i f t h e m e m b e r s w o u l d k i l l t h r e e b i l l s f o r e v e r y one t h e y pasB. H o w e v e r , t h e f a i l u r e t o d i s p l a y a b i g w o o d p i l e i s n o s i g n t h a t t h e s e n a t o r s a n d r e p r e s e n t a t i v e s are l a z y . T h e f a c t i s t h a t i t h a s b e e n a good m a n y y e a r s s i n c e m e m b e r s h a v e put i n a s hard, f a i t h f u l , v a l u a b l e w o r k as t h e y h a v e d o n e a t t h i s s e s s ion i n re­v i s i n g t h e r e v i s e d code . T h e b u l k of t h i s w o r k h a s f a l l e n o n t h e l a w y e r m e m b e r s , n a t u r a l l y , b u t s o m e of t h e o thers h a v e g i v e n v a l u a b l e a s s i s t a n c e . T h e rea l w o r k h a s b e e n d o n e o u t s i d e of t h e h o u r s s p e n t i n s e s s i o n s of t h e h o u s e and s e n a t e , b e h i n d t h e doors of c o m m i t ­t e e rooms . I t h a s n o t b e e n w o r k t h a t a t t r a c t s a t t e n t i o n , b u t t h a t i s no rea­s o n w h y t h e m e m b e r s should b e a c c u s e d of l az ines s .

The J. A. Peterson appointed a boiler

inspector by Governor Johnson is not—

no, he's not our Jim.

Unnecessary Noises. T h e s t r e e t r a i l w a y c o m p a n y l a t e l y

has b e e n s h o w i n g " s u c h a q u i c k e a r " t o h e a r c o m p l a i n t s of t h e p e o p l e t h a t w e are w o n d e r i n g w h e t h e r i t w o u l d no t cons ider a propos i t i on t o s eques ter t h e loud , d i scordant a n d n e r v e - d e s t r o y ­i n g f a r e r e g i s t e r t h a t i s s t u c k u p i n m o s t of t h e cars . W e w i s h t o discr imi­n a t e — t h e r e are t w o k i n d s of reg i s t er s , one a l a r g e , red f e l l o w , w h o l o o k s l i k e a n e i g h t h of beer o n a p i c n i c w a g o n ; h e i s o n l y a mi sdemeanor . B u t t h e r e i s another , a smal ler , round, b l a c k d e v i l w i t h a v o i c e t h a t creaks , groans , s p i t s and screeches a l l i n one b r e a t h . H e i s a f e l o n y . I t i s n e c e s s a r y , w e pre­s u m e , t h a t f a r e s b e r u n g u p so t h a t t h e p a s s e n g e r s ^ a n d t h e spo t t er w i l l k n o w t h a t t h e j o b h a s b e e n d o n e ; b u t i s i t n e c e s s a r y t o i n f o r m t h e g e n e r a l office a t t h e s a m e t i m e , or i s i t n e c e s ­sary t o b l o w off a g o b of n o i s e w h i c h w i l l m a k e t h e f a c t p a t e n t t o t h e To­ronto d irectors?

Ci t i e s h a v e r e c e n t l y b e e n t a k i n g ac­t i o n a g a i n s t u n n e c e s s a r y n o i s e s i n t h e publ i c s t r e e t s , a n d r i g h t l y , t o o . I t i s t o u g h e n o u g h to h a v e t o l i v e i n a c i t y w i t h o u t b e i n g d i n n e d to d e a t h b y un-o i l ed w a g o n s or m a c a d a m i z e d roads in ­s t e a d of p a v i n g . Sp ie l er s a n d barkers in f r o n t of m u s e u m s are p r o h i b i t e d i n m a n y c i t i e s ; n e a r l y a l l of t h e m h a v e suppressed s t ree t b a n d s , w h i c h , under t h e n a m e of mus ic , t r o t t e d a b o u t t o a d v e r t i s e s o m e cheap s h o w or hand-m e - d o w n sa le . W e a l l a p p r o v e of t h e s e re forms , a n d y e t w e g o on a l l o w i n g t h e s t r e e t t r a n s p o r t a t i o n c o m p a n y , w h i c h represent s t h e h i g h e s t c la s s o f munic i ­pa l effort, t o go on s m a s h i n g n e r v e s a n d corroding c o m f o r t w i t h a p e r f e c t l y h id­eous a n d g r o t e s q u e l y u n n e c e s s a r y no i se .

Anxious Inquirer—We feel certain that Ti l lman and Teller are saving their wind for the home stretch.

A prominent bus iness m a n wri tes t o Mayor Jones t h a t he Is wi l l ing to under­take the job of denouncing before the congregation those members of h is church who are rent ing property for immoral purposes, and who are protest ing to t h e mayor aga ins t the closing of such resorts . I t would be a n interest ing part of the service, fall ing naturally into that d iv i s ­ion b e t w e e n the Gloria and the Lord's prayer.

"The; Prize to the Hardy," Mrs. Thomas G. Winter's Novel of Minneapolis and Minneapolis Characters.—Readers of fic­t ion in Minneapolis have, in Mrs. Thomas G. (Mrs. Alice) Winter's story, The Prize to the Hardy, the opportunity of experl« encing a very novel sensation—that of be ­ing, In a sense, a part of the story. Whi le the scene of the tale is nominally St. Et lenne, no one who has been long in Min­neapolis will fail to recognize his home city under the disguise, and being among, and familiar With, the places mentioned in the course of the story lends a realism that s imply makes the reader feel that he is a part of the "business ." The sensat ion i s a delightful one w h e n is added the exhilaration that comes from the psychological suggestion that be ­longs to the season of the story—tho ozoniferous autumn. This "suggest ion" is doubly welcome to one Jaded by a try­ing winter. Mrs. Winter's use also of a

Metropolitan—"The County Chairman." One is tempted to hail George Ade a s

the coming American dramatist after s e e -Ing his thoro-going American comedy, "The County Chairman." Certainly the plays wri t ten on this sjde of the Atlant ic that combine so successful ly in one the comedy of action, the comedy of character and the comedy of manners, m a y be counted on the fingers of one hand. The interweaving of the twin motives , politics and love, i s most skilfully accomplished in a story that appeals to every under­s tanding by ita truth and i ts interest. It is the politics of a small Indiana county— and there i s no more strenuous politics than that in all the land—that furnishes the warp of the texture, while the woof of a pretty country love story is woven in and out across these threads. A natural and powerful c l imax a t the end of the third a c t arises out of the sacrifice b y the county chairman of his righteous re­venge, long and carefully planned. This scene, the most tense of the play, reveais as by a l ightning flash the underlying character and mot ives of the chairman, who has seemed hitherto merely a shrewd

It i s a t once reveal-phase of the "new thought," "mental .. ascet ic i sm," a s i t is called by one of the country politician „ . „„„w * „ . « „ _ characters, a s a foil for the vigor and ing and appealing. I ts vivid contrast w i t h force of both thought and action that the unconscious humor of what has gone characterize the northwest, is a piece of before is attained wi thout any straining inspiration... . T h « effect is to heighten the for effect and in the m o s t natural way.

One-half of N e w York's visible w a d i s stored w i t h John D . Rockefeller's N a ­tional City bank. The City bank a l so con­trols the l ight trust and the electric l ight _ monopoly, .which w a s a year ago saddled ! t n e s tory and is, in truth, the part of upon the c i ty by the s ignature of Mayor S S h S T i r S W h l 0 h t h e a U t h 0 r s h o w s h e r

McClellan. I s i t possible t h a t John D. has absorbed a controlling interest ir

pleasure of l iv ing for a bit in one's own town idealized and at i t s best, and to intensify the story's interest.

This contrast of mental withdrawal from the world with being a sane and ac t ive part thereof comes out early in

T a m m a n y in h i s tour a m o n g dividend-paying corporations?

If the president would abolish that inau-. gurai ball, how the country would suffer!

| Dr. Osier's Short Shrift. I I f Dr . W i l l i a m Os ier ' s t h e o r y of t h e v c o m p a r a t i v e u s e l e s s n e s s of m e n o v e r 40 fc i s correct , t h e n t h e w o r k of Dr. W i l l i a m | Osier m a y b e se t a s i d e , f or i t appears * t h a t t h e v o l u m e on w h i c h h i s reputa-I t i o n r e s t s , ' ' T h e P r i n c i p l e s a n d P r a c -f t i c e s of • M e d i c i n e , " w a s w r i t t e n a f t e r £ h e h a d p a s s e d t h e a g e of 50. A n d he »• h a d j u s t t u r n e d t h e corner of 40 w h e n I h e p u b l i s h e d h i s first w o r k , ' ' T h e Cere­'s bra l P a l s i e s o f C h i l d r e n . ' ' Dr . Osier I i s n o w 56 a n d i s due t o b e ch loro formed 1 in four y e a r s ; a n d y e t h e h a s j u s t b e e & I ca l l ed t o t h e m e d i c a l l eadersh ip of Ox-i f ord u n i v e r s i t y . T h e E n g l i s h un iver -f s i t y e i t h e r h a s n o t b e e n i n f o r m e d of % Dr . Os i er ' s b e l i e f s , or e l se i t d i s c o u n t e d I t h e m , or i t w o u l d n o t b e e n g a g i n g t h e | s e r v i c e s o f a m a n s e l f - c o n f e s s e d l y use ­

l e s s .

N o t o n l y D r . O s i e r ' s o w n case , b u t Ihe h i s t o r y of t h e w o r l d , t e n d s t o dis­prove h i s theor ie s . .Great a c h i e v e m e n t s are , a s a m a t t e r of f a c t , c o m p a r a t i v e l y rare u n d e r 40> w h i l e b e t w e e n 40 a n d 60 t h e y are c o m p a r a t i v e l y common.

$ G l a d s t o n e d i d n o t b e c o m e p r i m e min i s -*%\ t e r of E n g l a n d u n t i l h e w a s 60 , and

h e d id n o t arr ive a t t h e f r u i t i o n of h i s s t a t e s m a n s h i p u n t i l h e h a d p a s s e d 80 . D i srae l i , P a l m e r s t o n , E u s s e l l , n e a r l y a l l t h e g r e a t p r e m i e r s o f B r i t a i n , c a m e t o t h e i r o w n a f t e r 50. J o s e p h Chamber­l a i n , w h o h a s j u s t u n d e r t a k e n t o l e a d h i s c o u n t r y i n t o n e w p a t h s of p o l i t i c a l

, . e c o n o m y , i s pa§t 60 , a n d h i s opponent , $/ % B a l f o u r , w h o m w e are a c c u s t o m e d t o |i, I v i e w a s a j a u n t y y o u t h , h a s t u r n e d 50 .

T h e t w o r e m a r k a b l e i n s t a n c e s of pre­coc ious s t a t e s m a n s h i p i n E n g l a n d , t h e

•^w? e lder a n d t h e y o u n g e r P i t t , are e x c e p ­t i o n s .

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This Is "the limit." , T h e M i n n e s o t a h o u s e s e e m s t o b e i n

n e e d of a " f o o l b i l l " k i l l er . P r o b a b l y t h e m e m b e r s of t h e house w i l l a t t e n d t o some of t h e consp icuous ly " r a w " m e a s u r e s w h e n t h e y g e t around t o i t , b u t i t i s a s h a m e t o t a k e t h e i r t i m e a t $5 a d a y i n t h e c o n s i d e r a t i o n of a b i l l such a s S. D . P e t e r s o n i n t r o d u c e d y e s ­t e r d a y .

T h i s b i l l requires ra i l roads t o m a k e a report of a c c i d e n t s w i t h i n f o r t y - e i g h t hours to t h e t o w n c lerk of t h e l o c a l i t y w h e r e t h e a c c i d e n t occurred, w i t h t h e n a m e s of a l l t h e in jured . T h u s f a r t h e b i l l i s n o t so b a d , b u t i t f u r t h e r re­quires w i t h t h i s report a l i s t of a l l t h e w i t n e s s e s , a n d i n c a s e of d a m a g e .suits a r i s i n g out of t h e a c c i d e n t t h e c o m p a n y i s f o r b i d d e n t o p r e s e n t a n y w i t n e s s e s f or t h e d e f e n s e e x c e p t t h e persons n a m e d i n i t s report .

A b o u t t h e on ly resu l t t h a t cou ld c o m e f r o m such a b i l l w o u l d b e t o compe l t h e ra i l roads t o furn i sh c h a m p e r t y l a w ­y e r s w i t h t h e n a m e s of poss ib l e l i t i ­g a n t s , a n d prepare t h e m for t h e 'coming s u i t s b y g i v i n g t h e m t h e n a m e s of a l l w i t n e s s e s . P r a c t i c a l l y t h e b i l l cou ld n o t do t h e corporat ions a n y harm^ for no l a w c a n p r e v e n t a l i t i g a n t f r o m sum­m o n i n g w h a t w i t n e s s e s are n e e d e d . T h e author of t h e b i l l o u g h t t o k n o w t h a t f a c t , a n d v e r y l i k e l y does . H o w ­ever , i f h e t h i n k s t h e s t a t e i s g o i n g t o compel corporat ions t o w o r k u p d a m a g e c a s e s a g a i n s t t h e m s e l v e s , h e h a s cer­t a i n l y s t r a y e d off h i s m e n t a l r i g h t of w a y .

T h e a u t h o r s of t h e m u s k r a t a n d rat­t l e s n a k e b i l l s w i l l h a v e t o t a k e a b a c k seat . M r . P e t e r s o n h a s o u t d o n e t h e m al l .

Dr. Wi l l iam Osier Is a race suicider from w a y back. W i t h his s cheme of chloroform­ing al l m e n over 60 he would depopulate the senate . Dr. Osier is a great author­ity and w e might chance It once on h i s recommend, jus t to s ee how it works . Of course, If unfortunately i t proved to be a n error, i t would not be the first t ime science had slipped Its trolley jus t a t supper t ime.

T w o prizes have been offered in France , one of $1,000 and the other of $600, to be awarded for the bes t papers on rational food for man. These m u s t be wri t ten in French a n d handed In before Jan . 1, 1906. The person w h o s e n d s in the American bill of fare of h a m and eggs and a chew of tobacco i s not l ikely to g e t the prize, the French cooking is s o different.

Criminal l aw does not s e e m t o be w h a t i t is cracked up. JJere i s the case of a n actor w h o i s shot b y a fel low actor in a public theater and, tho the fac t s are readily ascertainable, the killer cannot be held because of some technical i ty or other. Some Americans m i g h t jus t a s wel l live in Russia .

Rockefeller's fortune shrunk $30,000,000 in one week—on paper, but the same week he received about $800,000 in cash for h i s three months ' superintendence of the Uni ted S ta te s and i ts dependencies, so John is feel ing pretty good and taking his bread and milk regular and beautiful.

Mr. Knox's appointment t o the s t a t e board of t a x discrimination i s still held up in the senate . I t appears that there is an apparent inequality be tween Mr. Knox's v o t e for^Governor Johnson and his appointment by! a republican governor, s

h ighest skill, Francis Lenox, a self-reliant young m a n

The act ion moves on to its secondary c l imax in the last act and the denouement comes about in a manner not quite u n ­expected, but entirely sat is fy ing and just .

The character depictment of Mr. Ade's play is perhaps i ts chiefest charm. H i s art in causing each ot his characters to make self-revelation wi th such uncon­scious freedom results in a group of vil­lage portraits finely differentiated and re -

from Winterhaven, Me., comes w e s t to plete wi th humor, but in no sense car-, maKe his way. H e calls on Nicholas icatures. These are the men and women Windsor, a millionaire lumberman of ripe and youths w h o m Ade k n e w in his boy-years , and coined experience and common hood and they are drawn wi th a master -sense , w h o in earlier years also camej fu l , ye t loving, hand. Their weaknes se s from Winterhaven. Lenox is Invited to and their v irtues are very human, very Windsor's home for dinner the evening of his arrival. I t falls out that he is a fifth gues t to a dinner party of four that the lumberman's daughter has planned. The other g u e s t s are Kemyss , Windsor's private secretary, who has asked the daughter's hand in marriage, in order that he m a y ge t the father's wealth, and w h o is fascinated by the personal charms of the other guest , Mrs. Lyell. Mrs. Lyell is "an Incarnate woman's club," a woman w h o bel ieves in the mind's creating i ts own environment and l iving above the things of the material world. She so far succeeds that her husband "doesn't count," tho he ought to, and she just mi s se s becoming a party to what would have been a society scandal. I t is w h e n these characters come together that the "new thought" and the old clash.

"But don't you feel"—Mrs. Lyell spoke with the air of one giving psychology lessons in words of one syllableJ-"tbat the world in which we live is made by the thoughts by which we surround our true inner selves? And since we create our own world by the kind of thoughts we think, doesn't i t behoove us to think only of a beautiful and noble world?"

"And what about the millions of other people whose bodies are so placed that they can't create beauty or nobility?" asked Lenox sud­denly.

* * * • » « • "Every soul must work out its own salva­

tion. I can't afford to defile my inner self by knowing anything about sudh a state of mind." She drew herself up with a slight degree of stiffness.

* * * * * * * * "That seems to me ther philosophy of incar­

nate selfishness," said Lenox sharply. * * * The medieval ascetic hid himself from the world and ignored the work that needed him. This is the modern equivalent. You would make a hermit of your mind Instead of your body; and, by constantly affirming it, perhaps you may convince the world, as he did, that to be self-centered is spiritual and religious.

* * * * * * * "That old belief, that the perfect life was

the life led by the soul disjoined from the body, has been outgrown among other childish things, and it Is a return to medievalism to revive it." >

I t i s in scenes like Jhif. 'or in a later one b e t w e e n K e m y s s *j&ntt IjSffrs. Lyell, that Mrs. Winter, a s ' ^ e » d y \ $ t a t e d , s k e t c h e s her truest pictures. ^ W H e n It comes to incidents like her forest fire, she falls short somewhat of the requisite swif tness

The Mad Mullah is on the warpath aga in in Somali. Jus t w h y the Mullah's thought

is clouded wi th anger the dispatches do of "action and i s chargeable wi th some not state . Poss ibly he m o s t unreasonably s l ight confusion in the sequence of events , objeots to England grabbing his country.

real and very western. And his ideas, one m a y well beliove, have been realized in every detail by the fine actors to whose hands they have been entrusted.

The manners of Indiana in the early eighties are pleasantly reminiscent to some of us and certainly of amusing i n ­terest to all. And thus the comic trinity— action, character and manners—are made one in this excel lent play.

Theodore Roberts presents a portrait of the chairman drawn to the life. The man plays politics w i th s u c h evident enjoy­ment and studies every one about h im wi th such keen and humorous insight that the revelation of his own charactei , kindly but shrewd, intensely human in

THE VULTURES' ROOST. DRAWN BY E. W. KEMBLE.

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WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THJNK

An Answer to Mr. Eust i s . To the Editor of The Journal.

In Mr. Eust is ' reply to "A Phys ic ian" in las t evening's Journal, he m a k e s this

the desire for a long postponed vengeance S ^ V ^ L T u . a r e «to h a v e ?» »fpi" and e n u f l J iv h „ m 9 in « M f l r t T S 2 d e m i c o f typhoid this spring, w e will have and equally h u m a n in sacrificing that vengeance on the a l tar of a n old love, comes wi th tel l ing force.

Another portrait equally effective in i t s way, and perhaps more difficult to s u s ­tain because of its l e s s v i ta l connection

it—it i s foreordained—it is out of our power to prevent." Upon such a proposi­t ion not only "A Physic ian," but medical men in general, m u s t take i ssue wi th the ex-mayor. The w a y to invite another epidemic of typhoid is to talk as Mr. Eus-wi th the story, i s that of the vil lage darky " * a « ™ c ^J7*™1* * t 0 , t a l k ^ J ^ J ^ "

wi th his ingenious s chemes for graft ing * ® i ° t L ? * «»e superior quality of the and a v o i d l n l work. George Thatcher, of ST ZTL 0"l tte ^v p u m P J n & s t ? ~ minstrel fame, achieves an impersonation t £ ? ' J n S J ^ ^ ° ? * P U I c o n f l d e n c « i n

of th is shif t less negro worth more a s a n S L ? " ^ i ? ^ ^ 6 . J ° / U C f a *%?*% * £ * evidence of mimet ic genius than all the C S u t i o n „ ? K n , « t S ^ n ^ i t h m t t h ? years of his minstrelsy. Jus t to see him S I ! ^ " " 0 , 1 1 , °f * ? m " ? > • T , h e p r e S 6 n t

walk across the s tage i s cause for con­suming laughter.

Bes ides these two masterpieces , there are numerous others quite a s effective in their way. R. J. Dil lon's cold and cal ­culating El ias Rigby, the opposition candi­date, i s certainly a fine piece of work. James H. Bradbury, well known for h is many eccentric roles, does a

health of the city is due in large m e a s ure to the exposure of the deadly quality of the river water last spring. Thou­sands of families buy every drop of their drinking water. It is a sa fe es t imate that

STATE PRESS A N D LEGISLATURE

Pipestone Leader—The very idea that I' should be taken seriously by the peoplt that the legislature would pass an anti pass bill is something very funny to us

Clara City Herald—Every country n e w s paper seems to be in favor of the antipass bill n o w pending in the legislature, b u _

the bill will never pass. The little bi of pasteboard i s too precious to be abol ished. It took eight years for the Wis consin legislature to pass such a bill ant i t will take Minnesota just as long.

Redwood Falls Reveil le—That legisla t ive investigation committee seems t« have found something rotten in the Min nesota railroad and warehouse c o m m i s ­sion. It has come to a pretty pass whei s u c h a body stands in with the) roads an< practically allows them to do a s the: please without let or hindrance.

Belville Independent—Now if aom< member of the legislature will Introduc

., .. - , „ , . . . i a bill to regulate the charges of expres ^ . . i" 1 Z f"_ s _ ° . f . , M l n n e a p o I i ? h a 7 e p a l d . o u t ' companies in this s ta te and see to it tha

it becomes a law, he will earn the plaudits of the public.

enough for spring w a t e r In the past few years to put in a filter plant. Now, this

tore box r l v e r w a t e r l s n o t changed by go ing thru orator," who prefers eloquence to work, i ̂ J™ " e

tw p u m P ! u T h e r e a r e 1 ? u n d r e d 3

that is full of broad comedy. Charles A ? ! , ! £ t » ^ t ^ & r i v e I \ u p f b ° v e , "J5' Burke is the old settler, whose senile habit J ^ J M I ™ , ^ c o m e contaminated by of reminiscence spells wear iness for the J f p h ° i d ? 5 f ? a b ° V e P1* P " " ™ *ta-other characters and a m u s e m e n t for the ^ T ^ l ^ j ^ £ w „ ? ° ^ S " m e t h ° S e g f m s

audience. Wil l iam Lamp plays t h e young fle. cto u r

Ks l n& a b o " t , t

41 ? r u ? u r w a t e r D i P e s -

lawyer whose love affair i s so^balljMSJ, S ^ f l S J S ^ w ^ ^ ^ * ^ ^ 0 - * 1 ? 1 t 0

gled up wi th politics, in spite of his best 2 £ f f l ^ U r a * b 0 n d V 0 , C L e d a t , t h e r e a l f t i - - — — -efforts. H i s sweetheart , aga ins t whose „ j ^ f ^ a f b a s „ e d s ? l e l y u p o n t h e educate a boy in crime than to uneducat father he is running for office is played Bm ,&aamfnal t a x of each taxpayer. If n i m I n a p r l s o n o r reform school

- I J W VI a n y c l a s s o f roen will lose money by the * i o r e n c e ' i n s t a l l a t i o n of a filtration plant, it is the

A n average case of typhoid m e a n s a n even $100 to the at tending phy-

Windom Reporter—While the legielatur is making up its mind where to locate th girls' new reformatory they had better re member that a n ounce of prevention i worth a pound of cure and put a stop t the Gebhard murder being exhibited, h this s tate a t least, from the moving-pic ture film. It is cheaper and easier not t -

The plot, if a realistic segment of life such a s is common to the northwest m a v be called a plot is consistently carried out, and the prize goes to the hardy, o f . G r a u ) , the energetic and outspoken wife Z™ course. In character-drawing, Mrs. Win-J of the lazy s tore -box orator (Florence i p e D 2

Of that no o n e ' t e r has done her best work in the "lum- Gerald), and the orphan girl (Florida

The N e w York Tribune made the d i s ­covery that the h igh price of eggs w a s due to their scarcity. __. _ could complain. The complaint is that t h e ' b e r k ing ." One cannot, however, identify j Kings ley) , are all good character sketches

his model. Doubt less he is a composite "" *~ "~ study. Mrs. Lyell comes nex t a s a bit of sketching. The reader suspects that in

wi th girlish naturalness by Smythe . A very Interesting pair is t h e ' ^ T ^ ' i T windmill agent of W. L. Phill ips and the ™ V « % simpering milliner who "meets s o m a n y m e . a n s a " C Y C " * i W l " l " e a i " !

travel ing gent lemen," capi ta l?? p ^ v e T S y , B ^ \ Z T^T* , f f ' +m U C h T „

Zenaide Wil l iams. The rival E d i t o r s L B u t t h e ^ T ^ 6 »« loathsome to a de-played by George R. Caine and Edward f 6 6 ^ 0 ^ o n l y toPhys»cians . It is strict-Gorman, the manager of the fife and drum £ ^ J S L ? 8 , ! * 8 6 ; J i* ^ i T ^ \ t ° * f"y

corns (John Gorman> thp a+ntoirAl«li t o n a r D o r x t- L e t people boil the river

S c u s f M o r i a r t ^ n t h e t h s e t a « o n e k S n t T ^ r * " T ^ t f * ^ a " d S U n " (Joseph Daley) , the smart boy (HarcJd 5 S , StOZL %«T? ZZJF™ * C ° m " fj r a ,A t h , A n a m A t i < . <,*,* n„+„J^L I , , " Petent filtration plant in good running or-

—A Physic ian.

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the opei 50 s

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if mill tim car an j I ai

scarcity w a s ass i s ted by the beef trust. each in i ts own way.

"The County Chairman" is well s taged and presents a thoroly wholesome and

Dr. Qsler, if he chloroformed all o i a , M r s L y e U t h e a u t h o r i g a I m l n g a s n a f t genuinely humorous and dramatical ly i n -m e n over 60, would very shortly bring a t a t y p e o f c lubwomen that have a few t h e senate under government control. There wouldn't be senators enough left to obstruct the public business .

I t would seem, on second thought, a s tho Pres ident Harper w a s undergoing suf­ficient trials wi thout our raking up his youthful indiscretions w i t h a n alto horn. W e apologize to the doctor.

Mr. Redmond keeps on handing the Bal ­four government round blows, short-arm jolts and upper-cuts . Mr. Balfour smiles and says he will quit honly whgn Hedward throws hup the sponge.

m

A correspondent of T h e J o u r n a l sugges ted yesterday that w e ought to have a better name for the n e w m u s i c hall than Auditorium. The suggest ion is Interest­ing. Auditorium is a hackneyed and rather awkward name. T h e J o u r n a l understands the owners of the new hall would entertain suggest ions for a better n a m e than Auditorium. They m a y be submitted in communicat ions to T h e J o u r n a l . If, therefore,, you have a n y ­th ing in mind as a n a m e for a public m u ­sic hall which y o u think would be desir­able, send it in* for consideration.. T h e J o u r n a l wil l publish the, suggest ions

Mr. Rockefeller h a s trouble in seeing why he should be careful of the producers' interests , w h e n "God tempers the wind to the shorn lamb." It would be like in­terfering w i t h Providence.

The K a n s a s City Star s a j s that the people's fight Is against "industrial a u ­tocracy." A good, round, mouth-fil l ing phrase!

Some naughty legislator has stolen the original draft of the Missouri ant ibett ing law. Of course, he a sks to be shown.

A member's value to h is const i tuents is not a lways measured by the number of anticorporation bills h e introduces.

W h e n the Minnesota house runs out of anyth ing else to do, i t can a lways d i s ­cuss the Adams lumber bill a while .

The storekeeper tha t has the right kind

things to learn before they will perform their whole duty to society. B u t the s l ip­shod Mrs. Lyell, hastening off to a club lecture, s e e m s hardly consistent wi th the careful ly-gowned Mrs. Lyell of the dinner party, the Mrs. Lyell of the "chiffon h igh­er l ife," as Windsor calls her. Such flaws a s those named leave the impression merely of lack of care in finishing and polishing; they detract l ittle from the in­terest in the life that is portrayed, and northwestern people will quickly recog­nize that life a s of a piece wi th their own.

The Bobbs-Merrill Company, Indianapolis.

The publication of the "Letters of Henrik Ibsen." recently announced by Pox, Duffleld (c Co , has b«»en unavoidably postponed until the end of March or the early part of April. The difficulties of the translation, together with the extent of the correspondence, which is much more comprehensive than was at first promised, have made a later date of Issue im­perative.

Poe Manuscript Sold for $1,000.—A m a n ­uscript copy of Poe's poem, "Ulalume," all In the poet's own handwriting, sold for $1,000 a t the second day's N e w York sale of the McKee manuscripts and portraits. A daguerrotype of Poe fetched $21.

terest ing production. -W. B . Chamberlain.

Foyer Chat. The Clayton Whi te and Marie Stuart

company continue prime favorites w i th Orpheum audiences , the opinion appear­ing to be that in this , the second and last week of their engagement , they are better in their sketch, "Dickey," than in the "Paris" presented last week.

Three more performances of the beautiful biblical drama, "The Holy City," will be g iven by the Ferris Stock company a t the Lyceum. Saturday night will be souvenir n ight again. N e x t week Henry Pett i t ' s fine Engl i sh melodrama, "The Black F lag ."

Hanlon Bros. ' new ."Superba," wi th i ts attract ive scenic features, i t s wea l th of color, of music, s o n g and dance, offers a m o s t superior entertainment a t the Bijou this week.

The story of "The Lighthouse by the Sea," the comedy drama that comes to the Bijou n e x t Sunday matinee , is one of love, of heroic sacrifice, of hatred, of shattered hopes, of crime and the ult i­mate ^triumph of virtue.

Amateurs are to fifrnish the specialt ies that will chiefly make up the programs a t the performances g iven a t 8 and 9.30 o'clock a t the Unique theater tonight. •

James K. Hacket t comes to the Metro­politan next Sunday night in a historical

•*4 « T U s» . E> J" •jT«+'"«^^.*/ti« romance, "The Fortunes of the King ," by wr i t ing in The Green Bag, that thoroly M m c > A > D o r e m u s a n d i ^ o n l a a s

5W e / -

T H E MAGAZINES

» J6seph W. Folk, the Lawyer.—We have heard so m u c h of Joseph W. Folk of Mis­souri as a fighter of corruption and cor-ruptionists that w e have almost wholly overlooked his qualit ies a s a lawyer. In fact, only by inference do w e know that he is a strong lawyer. K. G. Bellairs,

readable and enl ightening magazine of the legal profession, tel ls us, however, some thing about the m a n a s a lawyer, and the word i s w h a t We would expect. H e

of goods a t reasonable prices a lways keeps Missouri bar" as say ing of Folk: " H e i« & above all e lse a n intuitionist; and wi th

the ice and slush off of his walk.

T H E NOISE OF B A T T L E

terveldt.

Edna Wal lace Hopper will make her q u o t e 7 " o n e o ? t n e brightVsTminds" of the « " * s t e " a r appearance in this city a t the

Metropolitan next Thursday night for an engagement of three n ights and matinee .

Here is a curious description of the sdhnds of batt le wri t ten by a newspaper . physicaPenergy h7 a""ery""high"degree; correspondent in the far eas t and printed in January World's Work:

"Only those w h o lie in the firing line and hear the constant screech of the shel ls as they cleave their terrible w a y thru the air above know the true sounds of modern war. The whiplike smack of the burst ing shell, the swi sh of the s c a t ­tering bullets, are nothing to the mocking screech of these damned messengers of death as they pursue each other, a s If in competit ion to complete the awful object of their hideous mission. The whole we l ­kin is discordant wi th their tumult; you feel the rush of misplaced air, splinters s ing in your ears, the earth is in constant tremble w i t h the violence of the discharge; you feel it pulsate against your cheek pressed to the moist mud of the parapet, and then a bullet saps the life-blood of a comrade whose elbow has touched yours day and n ight for forty hours^ There i s a l imit to human endurance' in these straits ."

th i s quality be is the happy possessor of wonderful energy and a marble immo­bil i ty of poise." Mr. Bellairs says :

Joseph W. Folk, while he would not be rated as a profound jurist—he is too young for that— nevertheless has the combination of mental and

and

BUT H E S T I L L HAS T H E GOODS

Cleveland Pla in Dealer. Once N e w York feared Richard Croker,

now i t only pit ies h im.

«tYOU'LL N E V E R G E T IT

&*. Ne%'**Yor!c World. r% 'jb. m e a t packer in jaR ia worth, two o n

Kge aad-experiencfe have produced more offered-and out ot the counsels eL the pub- der injunction*

! :i

he is so happily poised that he can turn rap­idly from one to the other without any sense of confusion, and with a clear perception of the ultimate end. He can Investigate with surprising rapidity the available authorities upon a legal proposition, and form from them a clear and certain image of the law; and he is superlatively active, resourceful and persuasive, always dangerous, with an uncanny and uner­ring faculty of finding and hammering the weak point In an adversary's case.

Got Paid for His "Masterpieces."—Har­per's "Weekly tells the following story of a n author's nerve which won where hig "masterpieces" failed:

It is told of a well-known humorous writer that In the early days of bis career he sent some pieces to a certain comic paper only to have them returned almost immediately. He sent them out a second time, and again they came back. Then the author sat down and wrote the following note to the editor, again sending his contribution:

"Dear Sir—During your absence your office boy has been returning masterpieces, several of which I enclose.' Trusting that you will remit at your your earliest convenience, I am, etc., -̂ — •'

It is said that the edMor'remitted.

,!-t. CAN,T STAND PROSPERITY > £ »

•** ' S t . LOuis GlObe-Democrat. S % ^ A * For thirty years thevrepublicans of Mis­

souri fought manful ly -pn the losing side i n t h e s t a t e . SQ> admirable a record should lead to someth ing "better than discord over

.,tfee | lrj t , succes | ,

MEAN, U N D E R H A N D E D BLOW A T STENA S I D N E L L PETERSON

GATES AJAR

Boston Globe. The Gates brokers succeeded Thursday

in forcing wheat to $1.21%, the highest price reached en the Chicago Board of Trade since the famous Leiter deals, but the othier fel lows are already watch ing

f o r a good opportunity to g ive Gates a jar.

F A M I L Y F INANCIERING

"They tell me you work for a dollar a day. How is it you clothe your six boys on such

pay?" "I know you will consider it conceited and

queer, But I do U "because I'm a good financier."

"There's Peter, John, Jim and Joe and William and Ned,

A half-dozen boys to be clothed up and fed." "And I buy for them all flood, plain victuals to

eat. But clothing—I only buy clothing for Pete. .

"When Peters clothes ere too small for him to get on,

My wife makes 'em over and gives 'em to John. When for John, who is ten, they ham grown oat

of date. She just makes 'em over for Jim, who to tight.

"When for Jim they've become too ragged to fix. She just makes 'em over for Joe, who is six; And when little Joseph can't wear 'em no more, She Just makes 'em over for Bill, who is toot.

"And when for young BUI they no longer win do,

She just makes 'em over for Ned. who is two. So you see it I get enough clothing for Pete. The family ls furnished with clothing complete."

"But when Ned has got thru with the clothing, and when

He has thrown it aside—what do you do with it then?"

"Why once more we go round the circle com­plete

And begin to use it for patches for Pete."

Buffalo Lake Newsi—A bill to legislat all private banks out of existence ha been introduced in the legislature. Thl s eems like a good bill. The bankers w h want to remain in bus iness should b compelled to reorganize under the s tat laws .

Fairmont Sentinel—A bill has been in troduced in the legislature to pay a bi, bounty on ratt lesnakes. Wouldn't it b cheaper to adopt prohibition outright?

Ivanhoe Times—The legislature is al wrought up over the problem of whethe x>r not the free text -book sys t em shall b Introduced In the schools of the state. I-would s e e m that a bill of this nature coul. not fail of passage. Add free text-book to our already superb school system, an-it would be j u s t about perfect.

Spring Grove Herald—A bill introduce, in the state legis lature provides that wifebeater shall be whipped in public, no to exceed s ixty lashes, a t the jurisdictio1

of the court. It onght to pass *^tt] . . i f ^ n (

houses and become a law.

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Morgan Messenger—The bill, introduce, in the Minnesota legislature t o establis. the whipping-post punishment for w i f e beaters ought to pass. A few fellows v Redwood county would be good ones t practice on.

Lamberton Star—A bill has been Intro, duced in the legislature to establish whipping-post to g ive wifebeaters thet just dues. If the same law would take t> inhuman men who desert their families civil ization would be taking a step in thj right direction. j

A SERIOUS DRAIN !

Nebraska State Journal. {« S ix union republicans broke a w a y fror

Addicks on Friday and voted for o t h e candidates. This brings out the remark]' eble fact that for ten years Addicks haj held t l e s e fel lows in l ine without a breal* N o ^Onder his money is g iv ing out.

A L 6 N G LOOK A H E A D

Chicago N e w s . Perhaps after a while w e shall develo

a l ine of legislators s o sensit ive that the will blush w h e n a eonst i tuent discover them riding o n rai lway passes

CELEBRATE AT CROOKSTON

N e w York Post. I t is bad enough for a legislature to

vote a w a y valuable grants or privileges without competition, but favorit ism is t e n ­fold worse w h e n it invades the domain of sentiment. It is t ime to call a halt when a member of a western legislature a t ­tempts by legislative act to fix for all t ime a s ta te song. To say that the principle is all wrong is no discourtesy to the song itself, a really remarkable composition, one o f whose s tanzas celebrates: * "Timber land of wealth untold,

Mines of si lver and of gold, Are in the hills of South Dakota;

Wonderful thy 'Cave of Winds, ' And thy great and famous springs—

Then g ive a cheer for South Dakota." The choice of a poet laureate without

any preliminary " trying out" does not comport wi th democratic ideals. It is contrary to every principle of civil ser­vice reform. The selection of Stena Sld-nell Peterson in such summary matter would infringe upon the rights of every other poet in South Dakota. Dispose of the honor by competition, and someth ing might be done to relieve the present gross Inequality in the distribution of poetry in this country. It being obviously imprac­ticable to cancel any of the p o e m s relat­ing to Virginia", Maryland, Kentucky and California, equalization can be brought about only by raising t h e proportions of the neglected commonwealths . South D a ­k o t a .being one of the m o s t refractory of all, i t would be nothing less than a s h a m e to let pass *fhis* opportunity' for i ts lyric

^irrigation.

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Family Reunion in Honor of North Dakota Couple Who Have Been Married „ Fifty Years. >

Special to The Journal. "^ "-'' - *" Crookston, Minn., Feb. 24.—A family reunion

was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Ferguson in celebration of the golden wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ferguson of Drayton, N. D.. who ace 74 and 72 years of age respectively. Both are remarkably vigor­ous for their age. 'ftaey were the parents of urelre children, ten of whom are living—five J peiena farmers, near Drayton, N. D

boys and five girls. Mr. Ferguson was In th lumber business for forty-four years, and w* a man of great strength. The children ar Mrs. R. B. Jackson and Mrs. N H. Nelson a HaHock, Minn., Mrs. J. H. Shaw of Cbarlotti town. Va., Mrs. C. W. Kelso of BeUevue. Iowa and Miss Bertha Ferguson in school at line, Minn., and R. J. of Crookston and Dan can. W. G., Peter. Jr.. and X. H-. a l l pro*

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