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Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-01
Brewster Tor So. Joseph POstmaster.

Washington, Jan. 2s.-The president
Tuesday sent these nominations to
the senate: A. W. Brewster, post
master at ST. Joseph, Mo-, and Edwin
Price, postmaster at Grand Junction
Col.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-01
Over 200 Japanese soldiers Frozen.

London, Jan. 29.-The Toxic CORE
spondent of the Daily Express cables
that over 200 soldiers have been
frozen to death in northern Japan.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-01

Larger Pensions for Blind Veterans.
Washington, Jan. Ex-senator
Hoar introduced a bill increasing to
s100 a month the pension rate for to-
tai blindness.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1902-02-01

Nebraska City, Neb., Jan. 30.-The
livery and feed barn Of Levi Bros.
with Fl horses. burned. Twenty bug
gies and ten e5eighs also burned
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
A WoBeLY BIT OF soUEAL.

Oh he such wretched little affair; not much to
but when he wobbled into yard
body knows where When washed down through
the red clay to his original color he almost white and
though have soft spa in heart for pigs,
of the committee that adopted him the spot 1t
drought in of the western states, Dakota
the most eloquent of
Wei OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES him with little yard,
him milk gradually increasing his diet and
depressed him Pain Relief Never
pig-uness it human-so we'll cared for. We
tried believe that he growing; would have
weighed him If he had not had serious objections
with the knowledge that he growing
smaller. On neghbors recommendation scrubbed
with buermilk he would rather have had it inside
afeconate little beast piggy. and to his first
love-hs trough. faut-hs squea its tone
the state of his feengs-semid scontent dis
satisfaction, starvation.
growing. My sister haunted by
in which in strangers
Perhaps he guessed this anyhow Dakota We in
quired for him. everybody had him the before but
we've have only memories.
Grade. Georgia Ripley,
Winnebago City. MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
Northwestern TOPICS.
For Saturday, Oct. Is:
IAN UNLUCKY DAY,

We all have them. None is fortunate as to
escape days when "everythng to go wrong"
The topic means a day when there succession
of misfortunes One unlucky happening will not an
the requirements, any than swallow
will make summer Try to write the stories so
that the readers will to be right with you in
your misfortunes The papers must be mailed so as
to reach the office
Not Later Than Friday Morning, Oct 10.
They must be strictly original, written in ink on
side only Of the paper not than words in
length. nor less than 100 marked with the number
of words and each signed with the grade, school,
and address Of the writer. The papers must
not be rolled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
A JOYOUS UGLY DUckLING.
(High School Credit.)


When years old the object of my affections
noisy, awkward meaning, ill-doing duckling When
found him, peepng orphan abandoned by his foster
mother fell in love with his SOFT wise and took him
to heart
He daily in awkwardness and power of voice. lived
in little house, in the washdsh, and proved
himself nuisance generality yet with all his faults he
devoted little I remember return
from days visit to town short distance
from the house, when down the meet roll
ing joyous little pet keeping time to his waddles with his
voice. Another time had and all seated
piazza, when suddenly the jewel of
rounded of stationed himself
before in intense agitation. muled him in
and fed followed by the laughter of friends found
that certain rooster had the duck had invited
of hens enjoy his meal directed the ntruders
their the screechng his
1oudest till in his excitement he fell into the ditch He
continual plague though delighted each others
and took long ros together the meadows after
grasshoppers He always in predicament and
assist him. Once he fell into we'll.
and had to him in pail; twice he home
by rattlesnakes last he broke heart
That the when, splendid drake, he sailed
with others of his kind, to acknowledge again.
-Aleta Pearson,
Harbors, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04

sick in bed and told to bring Hoppery Grass
to He seemed very glad to and hoped
sleeve When I called him he usually He
tented morning Hoppery
Grass could not be found looked everywhere for him. but
could not find him.
-tlossie Feckenstein,
Fifth Grade, Faribault, MINI.
Central School. /
A SORT OF WALKING JOKE.
never fond Of pet the that had when
was years Old 1t little yellow kitten with pink
eye green until thought it
coming towards him. when suddenly he would look
find the kitten far used to keep
blue ribbon if the kitten happened be
people to the house. they laughed, and
I always wondered why
But sad day something happened to this cat My
father trying luck with AS hit
thing he shot at when he promised to give five cents
for shot he took at the cat set the cat broken
limb of tree My father aimed in opposite direction
from shot, shot hit the
this did nine lives said
to have, lost
homely but odd pet
Twelfth Grade
iuS. Nellie Drscoll
Grafton, N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04

were poisoning with pam
cakes during the summer
months. In the late fall
the squirrel disappeared to
take his winters nap. In
the winter we came upon
him asleep in his grassy
nest as we were taking
wood from the shed. Near
by, in a little cave in the
wood were his provisions
consisting OF nuts and
pancakes. We did not
know then that squirrels
slept in the w4t.,ter as
u,oodohrolrc aad hoarc do
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
For Saturday. Oct. rs:
"A TRIP WITH JACK FROST"

The coming winter naturally brings Jack Frost
specially to mind, but there other seasons of the
year when he is abroad in the land. Take a trip
with him, now; tell what happens what he says
what is said to him, why he does certain things etc.
Make him very real, and try explain many of the
things he does that we do not understand The
papers must be in the hands of the editor
Not Later Than Friday Morning, Oct. II.
They must be strictly original, written in ink
on one side only OF the paper, not more than 300
words in length nor less than 100, marked
number of words and each signed with the grade
school, name and address Of the writer The papers
must not be rolled .-.~...
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04

ESOTA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1904

up the train. Then brought my which
The walked train
the other Sometimes the where
the books joined and played he coupling the But
day, when he between coupling, must
been pushed the together and alas!
crushed between them. I going to
bury him, but grandmother threw him out while
digging the hole.
Eighth Grade. Thomas H .Trelford,
Two Harbors, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
HAPPY "HoPPERY GRASS"

have had common pets, and odd ones too
them little grasshopper. day-1
visiting little friend. and discovered grasshopper
caught him and brought him home with made house
him of cigar box, then and flowers
him him "Hoppery Grass" One day
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
VERY PARTICULAR WOLVES

One day papa home and asked how like
of wolves for pets. delighted idea
he brought them a market bas-
ket the first few days fed them bottle;
that they could drink their milk quite we'll They per-
pets. fat that they could hardly walk.
they older they became reddish in
gan supposed them
had box made for them, with over the
'front.' they could look top an OPEN
could take them out. But it long before
they could jump One get they
gone. But discovered that they had den
the sidewalk They when ate out
hand. But they particular they
They would meat, but were very
fond Of bread and milk About ago
away, but returned and took his with him.
Eighth Grade -Eilabert Miller,
@Iuverne, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
(HonOrable Mention.)


Once there lived in woodshed old squirrel
who became tame that would pick up articles
thrown within few feet of members of family Once
pin through peanut and fastened it to the rail-
ing At first the squirrel tried to pick with his hands
When did not he sat astonished. He then
to work with determined look his After
great deal of putting and pulling the squirrel loosened
pin and away with the
We often threw out the pancakes left from breakfast
The squirrel took them rolled them by carried them
into the trees and spread them dry.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04

What terrible thing him. When the sad
day shut myself in the house and mourned
dear Rubbie who had been devoted to during
the whole of his short fe
A Sixth Grade Agnes Hauge,
Central School. Wing MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
WITH THE SPEED OF AN ARROW.
(HOnOrab BILE MentiOn)

(Honorable Mention.)
One time when he sent fox. The
pretty fellow collar on, with
chain fastened to it. The other end Of the chain
fastened ring of the clothes line and he could
than tied to place Sometimes he escaped Then
would CALL 'TIere Foxey, Foxey Foxey! He always
came to her, but to nobody else
Dogs cats and chickens kept out Of his reach Papa had
pile of logs and under them Foxey made his den One day
big sneled Foxey's track and confidently to
the pile Suddenly Foxey shot like the dog
and did stop till he the street Another
climbed and tried to follow 1t
eagerly dog Once missed her dust cloth She
after awhile found it under the
she'd folded with Foxey sitting it. He took brushes
clothes, anything that within his reach One day
him a ball. He threw it and then caught
his Frequently holes in the with
then stood his head. Papa at last
O a One he escaped and shot him.
Sixth Grade Kate c. Young,
Gibbs Avenue, st. MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
A PALE CITIZEN OF THE CELLAR.
(High School Credit.)

CHigh School Credit)
years I reached that delightful when
pleasure sliding cellar doors.
engaged that favorite pursuit when
surprise and discomfort, support and
depths the cellar. There
sprawing by the violent jar had
future companions great yellow
eyes steadily His broad. throat
approaching prey. startled back, but
there something which riveted gaze.
and my fright off, called him for close OBJ
Servation
a CHASTITY creature his skin due to the
absence Of sunlight Of pale yellow color BY the
board removed him from his dark abode into
sunlight which seemed to please him greatly al
though regard benefactor. He hoped off
Of insects ignoring until had
pletey placing before him live beetle
after my hand had been withdrawn.
after this did he fear and spent hours in
feeding watching desire to verify the
strange stories of his magic powers.
Twelfth Grade w. R. Mitchell,
Chen,
TRAGIC END OF A "cREW."
HIonorable Menton.)
Many when look the railroad train going by
with jumping and off, think Of the train and
crew I but years of age My train
composed eight big volumes Of statutes with
very large locomotive At this time stay
Ing my grandfathers who magistrate and had
of statutes No doubt win could
the booksand be the while pushed train
the floor 1t grasshopper without its two back
Ags many foreegs it could walk pretty well.
When wanted amusement found the books and made
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04

We thought he had persisted of the cold We laid him in
the but when looked for him he We
pet again.
Eighth Grade Treat Curia1,
Irving School. Anoka, Mimi.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
FUNNY, PUSSY "FLAGTAlLS."
(Honorable Mention.)

My cousin has black hen which call Flagtai1 be-
black feather in her tail which waves all
the time. She very good old hen F1agtail follows
farm, and will not until give her
breads seated outside the house
chair will him, fly into his lap, and nestle
This spring number of in the woods
and So fine day out popped Mrs
brood Of little fussy, black yellow
chickens Oh, how pretty they were She said 'Cluck
cluck! The chickens about month old when she
grew of and would not keep them longer
little things nearly died. them to old
blue She grew afraid of people after she left
chickens, she is not lovable
Laura Magladry,
Ware
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
A FAIRY .coACH AND s

A FAIRY COACH AND STEED.
One September morning carrying lunch to the
threshers Ny path went through long meadow Just
reached the farther the meadow espied
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
BUNNY, THE GRACE
Full CALF.

One day last summer,
while I was visiting with
an aunt, we went to call
On a lady who lived about
a mile from my aunt's.
The lady's niece lived
uit, hor Che moe oho,,A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
The Secret of Genius.

Men give me credit for genius, but
all the genius ! haze lies in this: LDhen
have a subject on hand study itpro-
foundty. The effect I make they call
the fruit of genius. 1t is, howeuer, the
fruit Of labor and thought.
Alexander Hamilton.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
FOXES WILL BE FOXES.

The queerest pet a He a pretty,
yellow brown coat. My brother and looking
sQuashes when nearly stepped into hole which
thing had dug the vines brother trap
the hole and the next morning found little
I tanned him. taught him many tricks,
"Kernal" because he had the color of
Papa made him a little a dry goods box.
He little door and windows, arranged
when it rained would leak bought
the daytime could play. When
hungry barled loudly. If
the shut when called him,
window bark. stranger touch him.
Sometimes him dove, and before he
barked if saying THANK
trait. chicken within his would catch
it, fence around his house. I kept
away when I gave him my friend who
wrote and told me he was very lonesome without me-
Sixth Grade -Verna
Stewartyile
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04


10 DID, while we girls went
to play.
We had been playing for time when suddenly
Mary low, whistle. around
to surprise the prettiest calf had coming
toward 1t all white and its hair soft silky
1t went straight to Mary without fear, put
its head her shoulder This is Bunnie said the little
girl. Cant bow to the LADY," At this bowed,
and think did with much people
Then it went through many performances,
such shaking hands and throwing ball
it. After that often went to Mary,
much amusement in teaching the other tricks
time after returned home heard that had been poisoned
no one knew how. Mary again until this
She still faithful
sad fate. Gladys Martin,
Seventh Grade. Willow City, N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-04
DEWEY, THE TuM6LiNG TURTLE.

DEWEY, THE TUMBLNG TURTLE.-:
One day during the Spanish American I
ing at Ramsey and found mudturtle which
larger than silver dollar named him Dewey put
into large glass dish with
put in big stone that stuck out of the that
could come out himself. a he
out on the window sill and turned his back He
turn himself easily. He ate about thirty flies
But the cool days of fall approached thought
take of himself better than him,
and that would take him river So one day
took little tin pail filled it with put
it. Then took him the river
sand and watched him slip silently glide
away
Sixth Grade Mildred Robinson
Franklin School. 300 N Kenwood Avenue.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08
GEaiIElF'en'S
Fertilizer

That's a good name for
SCOTS Emulsion, Children
are like young plants. Some
will grow in ordinary soil.
Others need fertilizers.
The nature Of some children
prevents them from thriving
on ordinary food Such chill
dren growrightif treated right.
All they need is a little fer
tilizer-a little extra richness.
SCOTS Emulsion is the right
treatment.
Fertilizersmake thingsgrow.
That's just what SCOTS Emul-
sion does. 1t makes children
grow in flesh, grow in strength,
grow rich blood, grow in mind,
grow happy. That's what we
make it for.
Send for free sample.
SCOTT g. BOVINE, Chemists, 400 Pearl St, N. Y.
soc and $780, all druggists
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08
One On IngersOll.

This is the story of how an old color
ed woman once got the better of the
great infdel:
"When Robert G.. Ingersoll came to
Washington from the west, his head
filled with legal lore and infdelity, or
it would be better to call it agnosticism
he encountered in one of the corridors
of the capitol an old negro woman Wig
orously scrubbing the floor when she
heard anyone coming, and when the
footsteps died away busily reading her
Bible.
"He slipped up on her very quietly
one morning, and taking her by sur
prise, with her Bible, he said: Mary,
do you believe all you read there p
+" Il sutanly do, she replied; 'ebery
word, Colonel Ingersoll
"Do you believe that God made man
out of dust?t
A." In coase | does.
essay it happened to rain hard about
that time, and the dust was gone and
there was nothing but mud
".'Den de good Lawd knowd enough
to know dat il was time to make dem
lawyers an infdels, Col. Ingersoll.'
"Bob walked away crestfallen and
quoting Tennyson's In Memoriam,
Leave thou thy sister when she prays,
-Woman's Home Companion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08
Admiral Sampson.

In sorrow and gloom Admiral Samp-
son has come to the end of his years.
In the ebb tide of his life a fading mind
gave a diminishing light to a diseased
body, and when the cold hand of death
lay upon him it came not as a crushing
blow but Us a relief. Lifes fitful fever
is oyer with Sampson. In the presence
of his soulless body criticism is dis
armed and the sharp darts of resent
ment are broken.
In the fierce storm of protest and
strife that followed the controversy that
began in the navy, even before the echo
of the guns off Santiago had died on
the Antillean bree2es, and became a
national question, Admiral Sampson
has been one of the central figures.
The merit of the controversy is no
longer before us. Possibly the mental
infrmity that bore him down into death
was in its incipient stage years ago.
Certainly Admiral Sampson did not
seek popular applause. He did many
things that he might have done differ
emily had his ear been attuned to the
rising notes of the plaudits of his coun-
trymen.
In the beginning of the controversy
as to who should bear the palm for the
victory at Santiago Sampson had little
10 say. Indeed in all the charges and
COULTER charges neither Sampson nor
Schley seemed to be the directing force.
Both men probably would have gladly
seen the incident closed.
Sampson lacked tact. A man of sim
gle purpose, close student of books,
a recluse, he was like all other such
men, easily imposed upon by those
who were skilled in the science of ran
cour, aud he trusted those who had
their own purposes to serve in protest
ing their devotion tc HIM. If q man
ayowed his friendship Sampson did not
pause to see if it were not a self-seeking
declaration. Such men are strong men
only in their life work, but weak when
they come to deal with others pushing
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08
Sampson is Dead.

Washington, May 6,-Rear Admiral
William 7 Sampson, retired, died at
his home in this city at 8 o'clock this
afternoon. The immediate cause of
death wasasevere cerebral hemorrhage.
He had been in semi-conscious state
for several days and this forenoon suf-
fered severe cerebral hemorhase. At
the bedside when the admiral breathed
his last were Mrs. Sampson, Mrs. Lieut..
Cluyerius, the admiral S married daugh-
ter, Admiral Sampson S two young sons,
Ralph and Harold Sampson, DR., Dixon,
the attending physician, and nurses
and attendants.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08

Cy Lyle asks, in the johnson City
COMET; Els it possible that when one
enters the United States senate he
should leave his brains behind?" 1t is
really not required, Cy, but some seem
to do that very thing. Most senators,
however, carry their brains along with
them for use in case Of emergencies,
which some times arise. More gener-
ally, the most required of the members
of that body is to be able to vote the
caucus agreement; the democrats "agin
the guyment" and the republicans for
it. Some do this with more or less
spectacular effect, just as they are ca
pable of using words aud putting them
into catchy phrases intended to impress
the folks at home with what "a -- Of
fellow am l. "-Chattanooga Times.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08
A Rule of Fashion.

The smartly gowned girl never for
gets to have at least touch of the same
color in her hat and petticoat. She al
ways carries out in her dress the idea
of a finished picture. If she uses a GER
tain color in one place in her costume
she is careful to ethat the same tone
is reflected somewhere else, even if it is
only in the band of satin ribbon which
she now sews on the inner side of the
hem of her dress-skirt. This band of
ribbon is about two inches wide, and is
sewed to the bottom of the dress-skirt
on the inside just where you would gen.
orally sew the braid 1t is only visible
when the skirt is lifted or when the
wind blows it about. May Woman's
Home Companion.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1902-05-08
About Senator CarmaCk.

Senator Carmack got full head of
speed on his buzz-saw in the senate
yesterday. Atlanta Constitution.
Carmack dressed down the little Fun
ston freak in proper style. Carmack is
and artist in that line of work .-Padu-
cab News Democrat.
Senator Carmack's description of
Funston is certainly on straight; he is
the most vociferous nonentity that ever
wore the uniform Of bigadier-gen
Houston Post
Senator Carmack, of Tennessee, APP
pears to have all the culinary facilities
when it comes down to expressing his
individual opinion of Teddy and Fred
dy. Every time Carmack threw brick
bat at Funston, Senator Hoar did his
best to bring on an encore. -Birming-
ham News.
Senator Carmack has a style all his
own. Had his speech in the upper
house of congress- yesterday been print
ed in this locality without credit or in
timation of its source, its Carmackian
quality would have been readily recog-
nized. He employed investive and rid
icule in the same old familiar way as
when he was accustomed to launch red
hot editorial shot at "John Henry" Nc
Dowell, in the days before the Bryan
platform and the populist alliance made
common ground on which he and Nc
Dowell could stand.
The senator's blow at Gen. Funston
was with a bludgeon-he invented a
blunt epithet and applied it without re-
serve-but his thrust at the president
was with a keen blade and more credit
able wit. The comparison of Mr..
Roosevelt to the Tennessee horse whose
natural gait was to run away" was an
apt illustration of the presidents OBJ
streperous disposition. His apology
for Mr.. Roosevelt's use of a harsh ex-
preston on the ground that he did not
mean to be offensive, but was simply
strenuous, was also palpable hit
we'll made, but a little suggestive of a
boomerang when coming from Senator
Carmack.
1t was the employmet of this style in
writing and oratory as a party man,
that gave Mr.. Carmack his early popu-
larity in Tennessee, and brought him
80 soon into a high place in political
preferment. 1t is a little breezy fol
the senate chamber, but it is effective
and will be likely to bring the senate
into national notice, as it introduced
him to the attention of the Tennessee
public. 1t is what many people cal
brilliancy, and what the majority most
enjoy.
But Senator Carmack has developed
other and more solid qualities in his
progress upward. He is O strong par
tisan and attacks with warmth and bit
terness those things he opposes, but he
| gives evidence of study and is capable
of sounder methods of debate than his
favorite resort to ridicule, sarcasm anG
fiat abuse. Nashville Banner.