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The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-11
A Dog and a Monkey Time,

One day in June I happened to be at my win
dow, when heard the dscordant tones of hand
organ, and heard the children telling of a little
monkey that an Italian had down the street
hurriedly put down my book and out to
it. When I arrived there the monkey was just
in the act of taking cookie from on
the front porch. After he had received it he
doffed his cap in the most ludicrous manner and
sat down to eat. Then out of the
house, which was a tenement, and ordered the
Italian away. He scared the monkey so much
that he broke the rope and landed the back Of
a large Newfoundland dog which happened to be
passing. The dog yelping down the street and
Jocko, in order to keep his balance, grabbed both
the dogs ears. This scared the poor canine so
under porch while the monkey, with many chatter
up a tree, where he secured by his master This
ludierous while it lasted. think the
the dog thought so. Gilbert Rugg,
b Grade, 2424 Twenty-second Street S.
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-11
The Toilet of Master ChipmunI.

o Chipmunk.
day lounged around knowing to
DO 1t hot and dull and onged for book of kind but
the nearest town five miles and Minneapolis
twenty-eg miles away. found living amusement at last
although it short lived Chpmunks all around the
house. they The idea that
should like feed took bread and began
he darted into his hole
waited while but he did not
the to his hole
then minutes later back and leaning
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-11

breaking BOssy to Harness.
Ny cousin and going to train young calf to drive
into the pasture We found
the creek and succeeded in put
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-11
The Stuffed walnut.

The most laughable thing have seen happened two
years ago last Christmas put Christmas
large walnut tied with ribbon having mamas name on
It, In the nut he had placed twenty sealed it
up again In the morning and
sne thought had you
should have seen her watching
dld not know it. AT first going in
but she thought show that she could not he leased 50
The Minneapolis journal., 1901-05-11

sue IaId II on the manteI. In the AFTERNOON she
put 1t with the other nuts, not thinking to look
at it closely So in the evening we brought out
the nuts and put that one where she would be
sure to get it. When she broke it with the nut
cracker and the money it was most laughabe,
for her expression one that 1 never saw
before. Nellie Smith,
Eighth Grade S008 Lyndale Avenue.
Lyndale School.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
The Hearth Cricket.

Mr.. James REIN, of the American
chronological Society, has made a
special study Of the cricket life Of
Philadelphia. AS a result Of his stud
les, he writes:
'Most Americans were formerly ia
millar with no other cricket than the
black field cricket, but recently light
brown species with bars of dark brown
on It's head, has made it's way into
our cities, and this visitor is none other
the hearth cricket, the friend of Caleb
Plumner and John Perrybingle. 1t
cannot be denied that we have always
had, so far as we know, the little min
strel; but recent years have seen a
very great increase in their numbers
in and around Philadelphia. His chirp
Is quite different from that Of our
black crickets, and he shows a great
preference for the vicinity Of a stove,
where he soon let's himself be heard.
"The hearth cricket Is found over the
greater part Of Europe, inhabiting
dwellings and outbulldings, but the
insect particularly loves the vicinity
Of a fire, such a situation as Dickens
graphically describes in his Christmas
Stories Philadelphia Record.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

or come favorite saint to burn so many
candles or offer so many prayers, ac-
cording to the amount Of booty collect
ed, BY a large ransom he hopes all
the more to glorify his God. Not only
Is this true in Calabria, in SPAIN in
the line from Vienna to Naples, and
all over the Levant, but even Bur
mese, Chinese and japanese robbers
are devout to the last degree.
To this day in some parts os Italy
and France, Napoleon is held in exc
Grafton, because he made the roads
safe and compelled the abolition Of
the romantic profession by having
every brlgand promptly shot, whether
he committed murder in the name Of
the church or for more selfish motives
Brigandage. isl disease Of govern.
ment, and brigands are the parasites
that fatten on the dying body polite.
l.. cannot exist where law is equal and
government honest and strong.
We must not be too hard upon the
Turks because such an episode Of
road robbery has taken place within
the Sultan's dominions, lest he and
others might inquire whether, even in
this proud land. our transcontinental
express trains are not sometimes held
up by robbers. Miss Stone was kid
naped while going between the viii
lagos Bansko and Diumia in the Bal.
kan Mountains. For twenty-three
years she has travelled safely through
Macedonia and Bulgaria, having spent
during the last year no fewer than 144
days in touring with Bible women and
training young girls. Amid such
variety of languages she has found
that English is the best for unity in
education.
There are home lessons for the Ame'-
lean people in this new Macedonian
cry When a century ago Mohamme
dan fanatics In the Barbary States
kept all Christian captlves for ran
som. compelling even powerful Euro
pean nations to pay heavy indemni-
ties annually, it was the American
navy that blew to atoms this scheme
Of brigandage on the high seas. Our
naval captain humbled the Barbary
powers, vindicated the American right
to travel and trade, and thus set pre-
cedent to the whole civilized world
In 1901, despite all our self -conceit
and vanity, the United States is still
in Turkey the synonym Of wealth and
weakness, since a few years ago even
Secretary Of State limited that the
American missionaries should leave
the Turkish empire. Yet yield one
point to the Turk and he will gladly
take all. If the United States cannot
protect peaceful missionaries, it can.
not protect our commerce or c." ms
anywhere.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
AIligators Beeoming Scarce.

'In five or six years it will be hard
to get alligator SKINS" said William
Raquet, 'for the reason that they are
all being killed off. Ten years ago 1t
was no uncommon thing to get a skin
from ten to twelve feet long, but now
it is a rarity when we get one eight
feet long
This comes from the use of alliga-
tor leather in the making of valses.
Formerly about the only demand for
the skins was for shoes, but now there
are very few shoemakers who use
them. 1t was fad, and the fad has
gone out Of date. But when valises
of the skins came in the demand in
creased by leaps and bounds. There
are hundreds Of alligator hunters along
the coast and their work is showing
plainly. For a long time there were
plenty Of gators along the bayous and
the marshes close to town, but now we
have to go to West Louisiana and Mis-
sissippi and elsewhere to find them"
Mr.. Raquet then spoke Of the dis
coyery that the back of the alligator,
long supposed to be useless for leather
purposes, is now used in the heavier
valises. Formerly only the skin from
the under side was considered Of any
account, but now all parts of it are
of service.-New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
Savage Diplomacy.

During the recent convention Of col
lege presidents and scientists who
make up the Association Of American
Agricultural Colleges and Experiment
Stations, DR.. G. w. Atherton told a
story of Captain Pratt, the distin-
guished educator of Indian youth,
which convulsed the other delegates.
Some one had referred to a resolution
sin due and proper form, reduced to
writing" DR.. Atherton replied briefly
in the quiet contained manner befit-
ting the President of Pennsylvania
State College; 1.-THE gentlemans ref
erence to a resolution reduced to writ
ing, suggests to me the story of an
Indian boy and Captain Pratt. In the
course of some cogitatiOn over the
boys disregard Of the precepts of our
civilization, Captain Pratt asked the
boy of what he was thinking. IF you
please answered the Indian, 1 was
thinking Of a dream l had last night.
l dreamt l went to heaven, and when
1 got there l saw a great big black
board; and, Captain Pratt, your name
was there in big letters. Yes, sir, your
name was there, written in your own
hand Washington Star.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
A TnIe Almost Zoo Good 70 be True

During the blizzard of go l started
one day from the central Office of the
Bureau Of Charities to distribute
money to some cases reported for 'ln'
stant relief" In an attic 1 found a
poor widow, a seamstress, with one
child, boy of six. The room was cold
and bare; there was no fire, the win
dows were loose and snow lay upon
the floor. The boy had been kept in
bed for two days to keep warm. l
asked the usual questions and gave the
woman 81. All this before discovered
the boy. Suddenly his head bobbed
from beneath the bed-clothes and at
sight Of the two bills his eyes became
moons. "Gee-e-e, Mister All that for
us? Then we can give some to Ted
Burns mother down stairs to buy coal.
Can't we, Nom ?'-The Rev. David M,
Steele, in the Ladies' Home Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
r. Casey gave the right Of

the tender. Casey gave the right of
way.
About this time o'Connor had fin
lshed his unloading at the I'LL, and his
long train of empty fats pulled up at
the station for orders, The fifty "da-
goes" sat complacently in the sun,
smoking their black pipes and saying
nothing, like so many craven images.
Casey sent them along the line to the
cut for another load. Casey laughed
again at the stolidity Of the Italians,
and wondered II they ever felt as he
did. They did not seem to care wheth-
er school kept or not. but then, they
didn't know the condition Of the train
dispatcher's mind, although this ought
to have been Of vital interest to them
Still, the passengers and the through
and way freights were doing nicely,
and 1t was already 10 o'clock.
Just then Annie came by. She ought
not to have done so in business hours,
but sne wanted to ask Casey what
lunch to put up for to-morrow's picnic
The dispatcher couldn't resist. He
stepped out for just a little spiel" a
very short one. Annie was such a
good hand to Josh" with.
Casey returned to his desk at last
Nothing had happened and everything
was all right. The operator at the
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
SPEAK II OUT.

II you've anything to offer that will aid
the cause Of right,
Speak it out.
If you've any truth within you that will
lend the world light,
Speak it out.
II the fire is in your spirit and the passion
You will feel It, you win know it. Then
to labor. Do not wait
Go about it with q purpose that will con-
quer time and fate
Speak it out.
Should your heart contain a message, make
it terse and make it clear.
Speak it out.
If it's new and if it's true, the world will
listen, do not fear.
Speak it out.
In the realms of soul, expression is the
dominating need,
Tell your thought BY art or music, by a
word or by deed.
If there's light, or love, or beauty in the
product, men will heed
Speak it out.
Do you say there's nothin new? Some
thoughts bear telling Ger and DER.
Speak them out.
just be sure you say them better than
they e'er we're said before.
Speak them out.
DO you make the weakling's plea that all
the changes have been ring?
Still we are but babes in progress, for the
world as yet is young.
On the futures lips are sweeter songs than
ever have been sung.
Speak them out.
There are other means than tongue or pen
to tell the things you feel,
Speak them out.
There's the chisel, there's the brush by
which your dreams you may reveal
Speak them out.
Should you have no gift for these, yet do
not deem your quest in vain;
Be worker, for by actions men their ends
may best attain.
Let the deed be your interpreter to make
your message plain.
Speak it out.
Do you thrill with Gods great purpose.
that impels you to aspire?
Speak it out.
Does the. hope of something better burn
within you like FIRE?
Speak it out
Never called the world for leaders. teach.
ers, prophets, as to-day.
II you. have, for love of humankind, a
cheering word to say;
IT your brain contains a thought to help
upon the upward way,
Speak it out.
j. A. Edgerton, in Denver (Col.) News.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
The AIystihed Ermine.

Many Of the provident peeresses are
already purchasing the ermine robes
that they will be required to wear on
the great occasion Of the coronation
and no doubt their economical fore
sight will be repaid, for there is no
question but that the price Of ermine
must rise as a consequence of the un-
usual demand. To the unfortunate
ermine, hunted to death more jealous
ly to supply the demand, the chain of
causes and effects must seem very
mysterious,-Country Life. ~-.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
rslie Hunters at the MlIburn House.

"The Milburn house in Buffalo and
the grounds about 1t have been so
preyed upon by relic hunters since
President McKinley's death that a po.
lice guard has been placed there for
protection" said a Buffalo man the
other day. "Plants were pulled up,
limbs Of trees broken off, and any.
thing that could be carried away has
been stolen by the seekers of souve.
Mrs. Some of the worst Of the relic
hunters even tried to break off pieces
Of brick from the corners Of the house.
The guard was placed about the house
as a last resort when it was found
that nothing else would keep the
crowds within bounds" - New York
Times.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
FIGHTING WITH GIANTS.
Major Austin's Expedition Along the
AngIo-Abyssinian Frontier.

|
Among the latest joys Of empire
building in Africa are week long fights
with giant savages. In an extremely
interesting account Of his expedition
along the Anglo-Abyssinian frontier,
Major Austin tells among other things,
Of an encounter with the Turkhana,
a tribe of giants inhabiting the shores
Of Lake Rudolph. One night these
tribesmen came upon some members
of Major Austin's caravan and killed
three Soudenese soldiers.
A second attempt to rush the camp
was after some trouble beaten of, and
when the expedition moved OF, these
gigantic tribesmen hung on to Its
skirts.
1t took a month for the caravan to
get clear Of their country, and during
that time thirty members Of the expe-
ditlon died.
The hostility Of the Turkhana seems
strange in the face of the entirely DIFF
ferent demeanor observed in them by
the late Captain Wellby, whose useful
life was cut short in the unending
war.
When this gallant officer passed
through the TuTkhana country he
found that the tribesmen fed at his
approach, leaving their villages entire
ly deserted.
Penetrating into the bush the cap
tain and his party saw several Turk
hama men moving through the forest.
They appeared, said the captain, to
be filled rather with fear and curios-
lty than with any intention Of hostil-
ity.
These warriors, who moved about
the bush in little groups, were men Of
enormous stature, many Of them per-
feet giants In their build They were
magnificent specimens Of savage man.
hood, and all were armed with spears
of unusual length.
The most curious feature Of their
personal adornment was their fashion
Of dressing their hair. 1t fell in thick,
carefully woven masses right down to
their waist, forming a sort Of net, in
which were primitive trinkets and
other ornaments.
AS for the Turkhana women, they
were so deadly frightened when they
saw Captain Wellby and his men, that
it was plain they thought their last
hour had come. But by his kindness,
and making some little present to
them each time he encountered them,
the captain eventually overcame their
fears, and by degrees the Turkhana
women, susceptible like all their kind
to the charms Of the sons of Mars, lost
the despalring look which had over
spread their faces when they first
saw the white man.
Once, when the captain came upon a
party of Turkhanas, the savage giants
sprang to their feet and gazed at him
in profound astonishment, making no
sign either Of hostility OF terror.
Then, all Of a sudden, without any
visible cause, they turned and fed,
leaving everything behind them but
their spears.
Somehow these gentle giants seem
to have overcome their fear of white
men.-London Star.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
FOX Terrier Caught a Thief.

NJ. Eugene Durand, a merchant at
Noisy lie Sec, has a fox terrier for
which he would refuse u high price.
NJ. Durand called on a customer and
left his pony cart with the dog In
charge.
Hearing a frantic growing, he rushed
to the street and found a man in the
cart endeavorlng to drive off, while
the dog had him by the nape Of the
neck. The robber was promptly ar
rested,-Parls Correspondence New
York Herald. ---------..----...-.--..
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

Freddie - whats q kleptomanIac,.
dadT Cobwigger-"A person who has
money enough to pay for what he
steals. Judge.
The Bachelor-"Bah! You save
money by stinting your wife," The
Married Man-"And you save money
by not having any"
Come over and play wild us, Jim.
my" "Oh, chez, can't. Grandpa's
vlsltin' us, and mamma sent me out to
Omuse him."-Life.
Some people wed, have been told, &
Because of animosity; j1
But more for love, lot for gold, iM
A few from curiosity.
Philadelphia Record.
Don't you despise people who talk
behind your backT II should say so.
Especially at concert or during an
interesting play."-Philadelphia Bulle-
tin
Old Aunt (despondently) - "Well,
shall not be a nuisance to you much
longer" Nephew (reassuringly)-
Don't talk like that, Aunt. You know
you WlllV-Puncn.
"Look here, boss" said the beggar,
you've given me a counterfeit" "Is
that so?" replied the good man.
"Well, keep 1t for your honesty
Philadelphia Press.
You'll get more praise than you deserve,
Though fellow mortals jeer and laugh.
You know they will not have the nerve
To scold you in your epitaph.
Washington Star.
"How do you keep your treasurer
honest" "All his money is marked,
and If a dollar of it gets into circula-
ticn we know 1t ana promptly jump on
his bondsmen" n"-Clevelan Plain Deal
er.
Kate - martha declares that the
men are all alike" Edlth-"Then you
can't blame her If she takes the first
one that comes along. You may de-
pend upon it, that's just what she win
do."-Boston Transcript.
Bunker-'I used to get considerable
amusement out of golf" Ascum-.
"Ah! Then you don't play any moreT"
Bunker-"Yes, indeed. 1 was refer
ring to the time before I began to
play" philadelphia Press.
81 throw myself upon your mercy
sobbed the 200-pound heroine. The
villain sank beneath her weight. II
now realize" he murmured, what is
meant by the power behind the
thrown."-Philadelphia Press.
Nervous Tourist-"Stop, driver stopl
There's something wrongl l am sure
wheels coming offp Driver-"Ar-
rah, be aisy, then, yer honor. Sure, it's
the same ones been comm off thin
these three days kw-Punch.
Finnick-'If you'll notice the poets
invariably refer to the earth as 'she'
Why should the earth be considered
feminine, I'd like to knowg" Sinnick
-"Why not? Nobody knows just how
old the earth is,"-Catholic Standard
Tess-'I told Miss Sharpe what you
said about her sewing circle that you
would not join because it was too full
Of stupid nobodies." Jess-"Did you?
What did she say to thatT" Tess
"She said you were mistaken; that
there was always room for one more"
Philadelphia Press.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
She Has Tried Suicide Forty-avo Times.

Bertha Merriner has the suicide
habit, according to the police surgeons.
She made her forty-hfth attempt to
end her life by swallowing laudanum.
Police Surgeon Miller saved her life.
The young woman has tried all pois-
ons, in greater or less quantities, tc
effect her purpose. Once she swallowed
a quantity Of chewing gum. Miss Mer-
riner is twenty-seven years of age and
pretty Notwithstanding the effects of
the poisons.-Denver Republican
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

ment between Conductors
Grimes and O'COnnor, fathers and hus-
bands Of the warning groups respec-
lively, were powerful factors in the
last chapter, but Casey's sweetheart,
with the sunlit hair, was the cause of
the trouble She was innocent of all
evil intent, but between her comeliness
and Casey's feelings, the most serious
consequences nearly resulted to both
parties, not to mention two train loads
of Italian laborers and a bunch of the
company's money. And if it had not
been for that Lynn street feud and
the fact that both train crews took
sides therein-well, Casey and the girl
would not have gone picnicking the
next day.
How the feud originated no one
seemed to know, not even Casey, and
afterward he was too glad to accept
the bare fact to inquire. But after the
kids" the mothers took it up, and
the fathers had to follow suit TO keep
peace in their own families. 1t was
serious by this tim Each of those
two men had said things which had
been passed along by mutual friends
till neither would speak to the other
Oh, they were sore hearted. They met
face to face that morning in the little
booth next to the office where Casey
the train dispatcher held the chair
One glared into space and the other
scowled, and they passed Casey saw
them and laughed, and later in the
day was thankful that it was so.
Casey's division ran from Janesville
up to Baraboo or JhereabOuts, and
Grimes and O'Connor were in charge
Of the two gravel trains working the
cut north of Janesville. Their trains
loaded and shoveled off alternately at
the cut and the fill, as the case might
be, and small were the civilities that
passed between crews.
Casey was rather young man for
so responsible calling, but there was
one line besides train dispatching at
which he was even less experienced,
and he was finding constantly that his
pathway was beset with new perplex-
tiles and wonderments. This morning
he was absent minded, subject to un-
wonted starts and other symptoms.
Casey hardly knew what was wrong
but he suspected strongly, and so did
Annie. 1t was hard to confine his
brain to the work in hand. Instead Of
train numbers and switches and sid
ings and stations his mind was filed
with such irrelevant matters as the
shape Of a certain young womans
nose, and The way the sun shone in
her hair. But he pulled himself to-
gether and got the hang Of the days
work before things began to snarl up.
The alternating gravel trains were
attended to early. Conductor Grimes
and his fifty Italian labOrers were
sent back to the cut to finish loading
their train with gravel. O'Connor and
his gang were put to work for a while
at the fill, unloading the fat cars that
had been filed the night before by the
steam shovel. All this was easy. The
passenger trains and the through and
the way freights were reported O. X,
and Casey allowed his mind to wan
der just a little, prospecting on the
quality Of picnic weather he and Annie
would get tomorrow for their trip up
the river. Then he was called back
to earth by a message from the opera
tor at the cut five miles above
Grimes wanted to run up to the water
tank, three miles further on, to hll
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
EiHel Tower as Meteorological station,

The Eiffel Tower Of Paris proves to
be a meteorological station Of unique
interest, owing to the height Of the top
most platform above the surrounding
country. The great wind velocity Is
the most striking feature of the rec
ords. The normal velocity exceeds
eighteen miles an hour, which is more
than three times as great as at a
height of seventy feet, and rain gauges
are practically useless, ON the top plat
form, on account Of the force Of the
wind.-Success.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28

had nearly sent the two trains over
the Great Divide was forgotten.
So Casey and the little lady with
the sunlit hair went on their picnic
up the river according to schedule
Paul r. Wright, in the Chicago Record
Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
LIE REWARp oF pArlENcE.


Old Bill Jones,
He used to kick
An never worked
A single lick.
An Hiram Smith
Worked night an day
Ykn' never had -
A word to say.
When workin', Bin
Seemed at a loss,
An so they had
To make him boss.
An Hiram, be
Works with a will
A tryin' hard
To please OF Bill.
Washington Star.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-28
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N interfamily quarrel between
two houses up on Lynn street,
with the consequent estrange-