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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

destination, great old fashioned coun
pretty We kindly welcomed by
the time until two O'Clock IN IN
spectng strawberry BEDS the gardens and the Stables
himself by chasing the sheep PROP
ably remembering happy had in Scotland
o'clock to dinner and the table, to make
no exaggeration fairly good things After this
the afternoon ride the lake. When we went
small islet with imitation of Ellens bower upon
it, last we started home, with signs of regret
the old mansion. AS the came out we
forgot delightful the beautiful and soon
we arrived at home. Marion L. Munro,
Seventh Grade Cloud, MINI
Washington School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

fields and woodlands!
Barbara and I, helped CD
by Laddie, picked NAM
moth punches Of bright
hued flowers. 1t was truly
a lovely scene. The wide
wheat fields of Mime
sofa stretched far away
to meet the distant lines
of shadoWy trees at the
horizon, while on the
other side overhanging
foliage nearly brushed the
no ,.r,ia oo DIV MO
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
AN HOUR OF Discoveries.
Eleventh Grade.

The sun was shining brightly May morning I
out for morning
their morning hymns and the spared like tiny
diamonds in the grass for violes and
had hands full dainty fragrant voets VARYING
in color from the most delicate blue deepest violet
AS I walked along a little bird flew up and futtered
about head chrping half frightened way Upon in
yestigation found little nest half hidden grass
in which lay four little brown and white has
lilly away leaving the little go to her nest
walked trees and having found excellent
the branches of willow began arrange nv
flowers Then started again cou-
of strawberry patches which revisited and
be ruitless why every one did not
take morning walk I heard the six whistle AS
town greeted reminded
it ended my hour of pleas
ant discoveries. Matte l.. Crabtree,
Ninth Grade Herman, Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SAT uRDAY AUGUST 49, 1903

ceeded long brown twenty length;
this in turn long, brown leaves about ten
feet long When nearly to destination the water became
clear that we could distinctly the bottom Surely
Aladdns wonderful palace could have been
beautiful than this Little fishes darted in
and out among the while the slvery sand
covered with coored starish
We spent the afternoon Muilteo returning home by
moonlight Slowly the mists enveloped the distant
mountains. While the shed silvery beams
the mpid of the thus ended of the
most delightful days spent at the coast
Bessie Proudfoot,
Tenth Grade. N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
ON THE LOG TRAIN.

One Saturday afternoon home
If would like take trip Bedji in his
OF said would. So left
arrived at Bemdji at 1884 Right by the
patch of wild raspberries and picked
After breakfast went the Minnesota
ternatona railroad crossing
While there sister fell ill and left her
went in of blueberries. the
they abundant and with rolls
full Of biueberres Russell brother climbed the
pals being full started back the store
sister However she said that she could walk
from the So went to a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

gee now and then excaning exceptionally large or
ripe (these generally eaen) laughed and
chattered and about The plentiful The
only trouble perhaps enough pals
somewhere else. After picking hungry we
ate our lunch which tasted
After dinner picked again. had a jolly time What
funny scrapes we had One stung bees
we tore our stockings, snakes
almost hopeessly tangled scratched our
selves lost some of berries among vnes We
lost hapln, nearly lost
things added to the fun of the
ana near Tor berries and interesting
WOODS When we had filled pals homeWard
with sixteen quarts in ALL dead"
as we sald but glad had
this interesting vacation trip -Gacys Jones
Seventh Grafton n
Central
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
Northwestern Topics.
For Saturday, 4ug. 2o:
YOUR GREATEST PUNISHMENT. WHY?"

This does not necessarily mean corporal punish
ment There other kinds of punishment which are
harder to bear than corporal punishment is this
other kind to which the topic specially refers What
led up to the punishment? How did you take it? What
results did it have? Were they permanent? The pa
pers must be mailed to reach the office of
The Journal Junior
Not Later Than Friday MoEning Aug. 81.
They must be strictly original, written in ink on
side only Of the paper, words in
length, nor less than 100 marked with the number of
words, and each signed with the grade, school, name
and address Of the writer together with the name of
the prize preferred from the list printed elsewhere
The papers must not be rolled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
A VOYAGE ON HIGH SEAS.

Honorable Mention.) va
Twas in vacation that father, a boy
friend spending weeks the shore OF
lake. One morning having very poor
success in Turing nny the lake, de-
ermned to go that afternoon where had
had good luck the evening before. ~.
Soon after dinner started, tho the wind blow
ing fercely breaking dashed high IT grew
went farther out and we were unable to lind
the weeds We kept however hoping to do So SUD
denly the side of the boat and
thoroy the middle of the lake
terrible decided pull the
shelter large side opposite the hotel This
regular the breaking the boat
the had to pass thru narrow channel
in a from friend sharp
crack his broken by tange Of rushes After
staying time started back The wind
had not abated hoped. On the three mile pull
took in water times, and made such
extremely progress that often hope of reach
ing the seemingly distant shore
evening" safe terra frma, the wind entirely
gone down. gazed the placid surface of the lake
and wondered the water we had battled
with obstnately. Otis H. Castle
Seventh Grade. Eak River, MIMI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
For Saturday, Sept. S:
ENOUGH OF ANYTHING."

"Anything may be-just anything, long as
you have had enough of it, 1t may be long desired
pleasure, or candy or green apples, general will
fulness, or-just anything. 1t hardly be made
palmer than that. The papers be mailed so as
to reach the office of The Journal Junior
Not Later Than Friday Morning, Aug. 20,
They must be strictly original, written ink on
side only of the not than 800 words in
length, marked with the number of each
signed with the grade, school, address
writer together with the prize preferred
printed elsewhere. The papers must not be rolled.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
THE JOYS OF THE COUNTRY.
Tenth Grade.
(Honorable Mention.)

The shone brightly in at window and the bal
outside Ladde begging let in with many
whnes and scratches There time be lost
cousin Barbara and myself all going
enjoyable outing. On the landing of the stair Joined
by Barbara and followed by Ladde went to the din
Soon the carriage after Laddie had
finally succeeded in scrambling in, off.
Oh the joys of the country and fresh fragrance of the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

10 Sooo C<nSA S1oS. ~ "oo
a cool and windy morn
ing. The walk was de-
lightful. On the way we
were sprinkled by a pass
ing shower and crept I'M
der a little bridge. When
we reached the place we
all began to eat the ripe,
luscious raspberries and
it was some time before
any We're put into the
pals.
We nickn1 fhoyo ~;ft,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

under big in big pasture that named park
the only animal in the nearly walked
she curious At last about o'clock in
evening, a young living Mrs. SIS to
groceries and he took When arrived
Mrs S. great hurry getting ready after
us. She had just letter. very
oyabe time spite of dfeary half days wait in Man
Elsie Dalton,
Eighth Grade, Waseca, MINI.
Cent? chOO
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

unfamiliar just began to give up hope Of
we with coming
Uncle John, who had out to look for
The already when reached home and
thankful crept into bed.
Chen,
DARING PERFORMANCE.
large coming to Duluth and just wild
to go. my could not leave
the baby the other children at home the
going. The before the circus Mrs.
would girls go with her
She said that she wanted
anyone go with her Mama readily
girls cared to the
to have the pleasure of seeing the circus.
and will forget It. But the
which is the prominent in is the
looping daring thing
ever saw any one do. Lillian Spain,
High School. Harbors, MINI.
OUT BERRY, PICKING.
One morning party happy children, whom
berrying The place four and half
distant, did care? The walk would give
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15

One day this my sister and I decided to
visit friends in Cannon Falls. We reached
safety where to wait hour and
another train which would take to desna
nothing to do but wait procured book
and train At last it arrived and we
with the rest of the people 1t stuy, i'll
the ahead with both doors
often When the conduc-
look the tickets he calmly told were on
that train would not leave Randolph
So alighted at the next station Gan
little town. telephoned to friend in
Falls six miles who said she would send a
carriage thru that night.
decided to wait in the depot altho lady offered to
let wait at her home The ticket agent soon went out
left alone in the dreary little station 1t
grew and finally became uneasy that
started to walk down the road knew they must come
cemetery, desoate and lonesome, and
of land where house to be At
coming toward US and in it friend
in rode to Cannon Falls,
where had charming visit. Dorothy Layhed,
Freshman Class Faribault, Mimi
High School.
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MORE "BABEs in THE WOOD"

MORE
The shining in cloudess splendor. The dew was
sparkling grass the birds singing sweety in
There sign of rain anywhere in the
with light hearts sister and made preparations
for trip the woods ooh, how delightful
claimed for it perfect day for picnic
Far from the house and deep into the forest
either kingly beautiful naples,
and here and there patch of golden rod sweetber
intense satisfaction I inhaled air
forest gazed the brilliant around
Altho did not realize it, it quite late when
home We went slowly along the road talking
gaily, suddenly sister stopped Where We?
Which had come? We could not see familiar OBJ
around The had set and the evening shades
beginning deepen. thought of babes
if too would perish there. Our dis
may grew, with every step the became
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-15
Golden Payments

In love and friendship, small,
steady payments on a gold basis
are better than immense prom
issory notes.-H. Van Dyke.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
THE CLEVELAND BABY

Buzzards Bay. Mass, special. -
Contrary to the report that the baby
boy recently born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Grover Cleveland had been m
Grover Jefferson, 1t is learned that the
baby was not given a name until Mon
day and that the bouncing boy las
been christened Francis Grover Cleve-
land. It is understood that Mr.. Cleve-
land did not wish that the baby boy
be named Grover, but the children,
Ruth, Marion, Esther and Richard,
wanted to name the baby after their
father and mother and when they told
Mr.. Cleveland their wish he readily
granted it, the name Francis being
given to the baby in honor OF Mrs.
Cleveland and Grover in honor OF Mr.
Cleveland.
The children of the Cleveland ouse-
hold are delighted that their little
brother Las been christened the names
that they had chosen for him. for, as
a matter of fact. they have been call
ing the baby Francis Grover since the
day he was born. g..
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
YATES WILL RUN

Springfield. H.. Sept. 2.--Gov. Yates
will DO q candidate for denomination
at the next republican state conven
ton. After yesterdays proceedings in
the executive mansion. where the gov
ernor entertained 100 of his officehold-
ers and friends who would like to be
o~fficeholders, none need have any
doubt that all that remains is the for
NAL announcement by the governor. 1t
has been practically promised In a few
days. 1t will come in reply to this res
olution adopted by the said o~ticabold-
ers and friends:
1T is the sense Of this meeting that
/ Gov. Richard Yates again become a
candidate for denomination and re-
election"
Perhaps more significant than the
meeting Is the fact that over at the
~statehouse seventeen typewriters. paid
by the state, are busy getting out and
mailing literature intended to strength.
en- the candidate with "the people," on
whom the governor declares he relies.
rather than on "the machine"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
EDUCATIONAL
journalistic School.

Joseph Pulitzer, editor of the New
York World, has given $2,0O0,000 to
Columbia university for the establish
ment and endowment of a school of
Journalism which Is to take rank with
the department of law, medicine and
other professions. A course will be
planned to teach theoretical and prac-
teal journalism in the hope of pro
viding newspaper proprietors with
skilled specialists for their editorial
and reportorial STATS. Special courses
in economics, political, science, his
tory, law and ethics are prescribed
for the new school. The announcement
has created widespread interest and
caused generally favorable comment
by the press Of the country, notwith
standing that a few years ago any sug
gestion Of such q school was received
with derision.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
Woman's College Motive.

In the announcement recently made
by William Smith. the rich Geneva,
N. Y, nurseryman that he would de-
vote his whole fortune to founding a
new college for women, Mr.. Smiths
views on the marriage question were
not given due prominence. In an in
terview he says he is founding the
college because women know too little
about themselves and believes that
only nature can really marry a man
and a woman, the church never. He
continues:
81 want the American woman to stop
marrying for a living, for position, for
title. | want her to be just as indie
pendent in choosing a life partner as
a man. There is only n way to bring
this about. Educate the woman, give
her a chance to support herself, and
teach her how to pick a man who will
make her happy. This will be the por
ton of the woman who IN to VIII
liam Smith college"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
SO


Chief Justice Lore of Delaware,
speaking on the subject Of mob VIC
lence and lynching al C~hautauqua, N.
Y, said that the claim that delay on
the part of the courts is an excuse for
brutal lynching was not worthy of con-
s~ideration. He said that the very fact
that the people are mad and frenzied
and the mob is at the hoor, calls for
a cooling time that reason may resume
her throne. When mob spirit rules,
he continued, courts of justice should
be unyielding in their stand for fair
dealing, else they become the mob
and executors of vengeance and not OF
Justice. He said the judges had no
apology to make for not listening to
the suggestions of mob vengeance In
the case of George White. He advo'
Gated as a cure the appointment OF
men as sheriffs who would properly
defend their jails and shoot to kill II
necessary.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
To Rename Indians.

In the various Indian schools and
reservations the greatest interest has
been aroused by the order of the in
terror department appointing Hamlin
Garland, the we'll known writer OF In
dian stories, to revise the names of our
Indians. 1t has been found that much
confusion results from the present In
dian method of nick-names, and their
Objectionable translation into English
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
DOCKING OF HORSES"
General Miles Issues an Order Forbid
ding the Brutality.

Washington special.-General Mel
SOD A.. Miles has issued an order, with
the approval Of the secretary OF war,
to prevent the docking of horses in
the military service. General Miles
regards this practice as brutal. and
on this point be and the president
agree, as President Roosevelt has al
ways refused to allow the tails of his
horses to be locked, despite the fact
that the dictates Of fashion favor
docking" In the orders 1t is pro
vided: ANY alterations in the length
or shape of the tails, names or fore
locks of public horses by docking
banging or clipping is hereby prohibit
ed, and only such reasonable trimming
and ptucking as may be necessary lc
prevent shagginess Of appearance vii
be permitted"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04

U. s. Army Reoreanlzed.

". D. Army HcoT9dn'NSu'
The historic office Of general com
handing the army became a thing Of
the past Aug. Is, when Gen. s. B. M.
Young relinquished this office, which
he had held for one week after the
retirement Of Gen. Miles. At the same
time he assumed the duties Of chief of
staff, the head of a large body OF high
rank officers called the general staff
corps. Under act of congress Feb. IA,
1903, the command of the army rests
with the president, whose command is
executed through the secretary OF wal
and the chief of staff. The latter re
ports to the secretary of war, acts as
his military adviser, receives from him
the directions and orders given in be
half of the president and gives effect
thereto.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
Suicide Automatic.

The London Lancet discusses the re-
cent suicide of an English clergyman
Of "a years. It says that the act was
automatically lone and perfectly ac-
countable. 1t seems the man shot him
self after a fall from a bicycle which
the Lancet writer concludes caused a
kind of cerebral c~oncussion which per
mitted the sufferer to perform complex
and apparently reasonable acts, but
quite different from his usual behav
Tor and which he would not remember
II he had recovered from the concus
sion. The sight of the revolver, it IL
claimed, started the idea motor" thu
sequence of which ended in his auto
matically shooting himself.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
SCIENTIFIC
New Wonders OF Radium.

Prof. Curie has found still another
wonderful property of the newly dis
covered element radium, namely that
heat emissions which remain I'M
changed through a wide range of tenn
p~erature, from that of an ordinary
room to that of liquid air, gives out
a greater heat when subjected to the
greatest cold known to scientists, IL
quid hydrogen. These experiments
with liquid hydrogen have led to the
discovery that a freshly prepared so
luton of radium has a feeble power OF
giving off heat at all temperatures
hut the power steadily increases fol
about a month, when 1t reaches its
maximum activity, which 1t Their
maintains apparently indefinitely.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
Garment Makers to Leave.

Following the strike of the garment
workers employed by Kedansky and
Sloan of Chicago, 1t was announced
Tuesday that foul of the largest gar
ment manufacturers Of that city had
decided to remove their establishments
in order to escape union domination.
If this Is true they will take away bust
ness worth 50, 900, 600 a year and throw
hundreds of union men out of work. 1t
is said that their example will be fol
lowed by all the garment workers OF
Chicago.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
cIeveland's Power Project.

Pursuant to the platform on which
Mayor Johnson of Cleveland was elect
ed, an issue of 5000, 900 in bonds was
proposed for the erection of a city
electric plant to supply light and pow
er to private consumers. A majority
of the council favored it but not the
necessary two-thirds, consequently Ma.
yor Johnson proposed to have the mat
ter submitted to the voters at a special
election. This was agreed to and the
election will be held September 8.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
Black List Upheld.

In the labor injunction case OF the
photographers Union at st. Louis
against the Western Union Telegraph
company, Judge Rogers of the United
States circuit court upheld the com
pany's right to discharge members OF
unions from their employ, and to not
ify others employers of such discharge,
thus legalizing the "black list" SO OBJ
jectionable to organized labor.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
Nobility of the Red Man.

Hamlin Garland, lecturing at the
University of Chicago on "The Red
Mans Changing Heart" said that An
glo-Saxon civilization was not the only
civilization and Christianity not the
only religion. He said it was about
time for the American people to under
stand the Indian. who was not a hope
less savage but "the noble red man.
The Great Spirit did not intend for all
people to live in the same way. The
essentials of right living were to be
found In many peoples.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04

ways decrease prices is the gist of an
Interview given out by S~tuyvesant
Fish, president Of the Illinois Central
railroad. He said that mergers would
continue in the interest of economy
and could not be prevented any more
than you can make water run up hill.
He thought the 500 railroads Of the
country were bound to be conferred In
twenty or thirty corporations, but de-
clared that the railroads would never
be controlled by one man. Neither
would the government control them
He cited the case of the Standard Oh
trust to show that trusts reduce prices
adding. "that no man or company hac
a monopoly on brains"
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
LIGHTNING pIsRosEs A MAN.

Colorado Springs, Colo, Sept. 2. =
Art Bruer, a cog road conductor, was
struck by lightning on the summit OF
Pixies Peak during an electrical storm
yesterday. He had caught hold OF the
tron railing to mount the car for des'
cent when a bolt struck him. His
eiothing was stripped of and he wal
slightly burned. With the aid OF
blanket he was ~presentable for duty
In the descent
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
Naval Review at Oyster Bay.

For the first time a presidential re-
view of the navy In time OF peace was
made by President Roosevelt at oyster
Bay Monday. Admiral Dewey and Gen
eral Young, representing the two
branches of our war equipment, stood
beside the president when the fleet
commanded by Rear Admiral Barker,
composed of four ~battleships, eight
cruisers and ten torpedo boat destroy
ers fled past the reviewing ship'
double file. Then the commanding Of
ficers were asked to luncheon with the
president on board the Maylower, at
ter which the president inspected each
ship, making a brief address to each
crew.
The professional world. (Columbia, Mo.) 1901-192?, 1903-09-04
Russian Captains Treason.

Information has reached the st. Pc
tersburg correspondent Of the London
Daily Mail concerning a significant
Incident of the recent strike riots at
Kieff. When the soldiers we're ordered
to fire on the strikers one captain fore
babe his company to fire on "their
poor starving brothers" The captain
was at once taken to st. Petersburg,
tried and sentenced to death.