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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
RIPPED A DOZEN TIMES.

.y Dressmaking is harder than thought It said
Il i trying
wanted little knnono such the girls OF
in the of the day. Mother
busy she said, You might wei learn how
any time" down to Wearisome task.
generally glad when can help mother with
my clothes time Ishould much rather have
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
JUST AS MANY AS BEFORE.

puI JuoI OpPO0AIO was ~ oOs
sat there about ten minutes and still
did not get any, so I thought I had
better stop my fishing. Now his
turn came again and he caught a
still larger one. He tried again and
he caught "a larger one than he did
before.
BY this time thought he had too
many, so my turn came next. This
time / sat there an hour, but no fish
came. 1t seemed as if the fish knew
the difference between us.
At last I gave up and went home
with just as many fish as had when
started. Mabel Anderson,
2119 Twenty second Az. S.
B Seventh Grade,
Seward School.
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No READING at All.

When very little boy, Uncle Jose came to
us, dinner asked to return thanks" AS
considerably puzzled,
dinner mother found in the pan
try carefully looking over the plates:
What you doing?" she asked.
.sWhy mama, weadin OF desc =.
Little Chronicle
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

played the sleeves nearly seWed together when mother
examined work When she looked at the sleeves she
claimed, Why Bernice have them both for arm
Just like get the sleeves right in dolls
dresses did not know what to do and sitting there
with mother took pity said
IT will change Them In mysterious she made them
right pretty cutting out the strips trim
it with The cloth soft and fnsy of
strips all widths Then mother called again
but after this sad DO not bother
put together coud. did pretty well
until put the strips could them
straight believe must have ripped them off and
put a dozen times it done and oh,
how glad was -Bernce Pratt,
q A Sixth Grade, S12 e Fifteenth Street.
Madison School. So
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
rHE JOURNAL JUNIOR, MINNEAPOLIS, \
SATURDAY, JUNE 90, 1904

he would the prize On way home stopped at
the mill and could the fish in the wheel 4
made mind to catch and did. 1t was larger
than fish, happy of fish
and hooks and also large basket bring fish home
in. These were given prize for my large fish,
"a Sixth Grade, Mabel Swanson,
Holland School. 1907 Madison Street Me-
8. THE WORK OF AN HOUR.
One day last winter button
but when thru fingers pretty The trou-
BILE that did thimbe When the button
I into the needle thread
After found them it took about ten minutes to thread
the needle The it took
button So all together it took
and minutes When I went outside again
with and bleeding ngers) thought to myself T will
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20


till later, and just giving all hope felt
which nearly pulled out of
steady pull but seeing that the
much too heavy to pull uncle offered
his help But mo, thank you, said little scornuly, Il
think pull up" Ethel companions, had
pulled large pickerel So hard pull but
excited and did expect the jerk that followed When
the boat and had time to
gasp, ooh, yes, should help when felt
self being pulled into the lake. let pole and to
surface where pair Of strong lifted into the
boat while heard uncle mo, thank think
pull it up in the scornful tone had used
nothing, he could resist that temp
tried myself his at
table He always at fish stories But
that he did not time to
story very think the
words, thank think pull
it Tho thought that good of him. he had to spoil
by relating the story tones of deepest pity.
B Eighth Grade, s%#z--Florence Saxton,
Lyndale School. 122 w Thirty-second Street.
SLEEVES CUT "BAcks TO BACK"
After the first few of life had passed had
MANIA other small fry, for dolls dressmakng. did
very well every way until I sleeves, which
small mind cut all the sleeves the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

by the time the meeting broke also like
those which the ladies
The ladies had what had been doing during the
meeting when they crowded
work. They praised highly, telling it
fine for little girl like But bashfuI
when they went home laughing crying.
b Seventh Grade -Eloise Engle,
Sidney Pratt School. 1914 University Av Sc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

SuTtly U6 a IdIIUT IWlIeII SIUW
up. And I felt very proud Of
what I had accomplished in that
hour and ten minutes.
Rudolph Knobel,
1909 Sixth Street NE.
A Sixth Grade,
Holland School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
sAucEFoR THE CRABS.

I have not had much expert
ence either in fishing or dress
making, but I can recall a very
joyful time when many little
girls and I went fishing for
crabs. 1t was a very rainy day
but we did not mind the rain.
We did not tell our mothers
where we were going or whom
we were going with. We-started
for the meat market to get some
little pieces of meat. The mar
ket man was very kind to us
and gave us all we wanted. We
succeeded in our fishing, for
when we were ready to go home
we had a pail full. We took
them home and that was the
way mama found out we were
fishing.
so1,
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and since that day we have never been
fishing, altho the crabs tasted very good
A Sixth Grade, Alice Ketterer,
Sheridan 218 Tenth Avenue Ne
OF RAINBOW EFFECT
dressmaking, but I remember max
ing, trying make for DOLL Mama had gone
thought would surprise her by making doll
little pieces of cloth OF different coors
thought pretty to have sleeve red and the
other When ready to make the skirt did not
enough had to put strip down the
thought pretty and when came
it She laughed at and I. cried
afterward looked at it and found
had put sleeves in wrongsde out and hemmed the
skirt right think of it laugh too
A Eighth Grade, Mabel Goodman,
Adams School. Thirteenth IS.
JUST AS MANY AS BEFORE.
Several years while at picnic at Lake Minneonka
experience fishing My cousin had all the fish
ing ready and going to fish, We down to
the Dock then sat down the
started fun My cousin had the first trial We
had sitting three minutes when he said that
something pulling and enough there fish.
thought when he lucky would luckier
s4
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
NEW FUEL FOR STEAMERS.


Oils Satisfactory and Less Expensive Than Coal.
The Navigation company's steamer Enterprise
pioneer oil burning steamship in the Pacific
Tlo Hawaii territory completing her in
with the fuel. She Quilted with
burning experiment Her tanks
5000 barrels crude OIL They
the round
age estimate correct for she reached port
$500 of and enough crude oil
long distance further The
schedule time each
has the fuel bill of the Enterprise been greatly
voyage made with of three fire.
of the twelve employed when the vessel was
thus likely influence the
entire fleet sailing to and from this port.
Oceanic steamship Mariposa has had her furnaces al
tered for oil burning tanks have taken the place of her
steamships to make similar
changes, which will greatly expand the market for the crude
oil product of this state-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

old plan, with an upper and under
side, and that was where I made my
mistake. Both, tuppers' cut cor
rectly, but at the under" I hesitated.
Invariably I made them wrong if
had goods with a wrong side, by
placing the faces together; thus one
under was always reversed. It an
noyed me some but I never asked
mama to explain and as she did not
inquire my sleeves still continued
wrong with sometimes a slight varia-
ton in the monotony; namely. the
left instead Of right under being
reversed.
At one time I secured some pieces
Of silk to make a coat for my biggest
doll How we'll that coat fitted! It
was my best work so far but, unfor-
tunately, the silk had dull side and
being cut wrong one under was OF
the dull silk. When mama saw it she
showed me how to avoid it and still
cut two together by laying the cloth
back to back. Perhaps it has caused
some laughter, but for self-defense l
always recount the history of lady
I knew of who, mother Of nine chill
dren and with all the dressmaking
she experienced, still made sleeves
with the elbows inside. When told
Of her mistake she explained, I
never did see why they did not fit. J"
always wind up by saying, I'm
not so bad as she.
So il Juniors ever experience any
trials in dressmaking remember this
simple rule for cutting both under
back. =
A Eighth Grade,
Bremen School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20

water lilies that grew near the
boat. Soon the fish began to
bite.
All this time an ugly black
cloud had been gathering over
our heads. Suddenly we were
startled by seeing a vivid fash
of lightning. followed by a loud
Clap of thunder. Before we were
fully ready to start for shore,
the rain was falling heavily,
and soon we we're drenched. We
made solemn resolution never
to go fishing again, but that
resolution was forgotten long
before our next fishing expedi-
ton. We did not forget, how
ever, to beware of dark clouds
nefore we went.
Florence L. Todd,
1886 Nicollet Avenue.
A Sixth Grade,
Bryant School. q
Z
A STORYTELLING UNCLE.
Hush! Something is nibbling
at my hook. Keep still, girls.
Oh! I have another nibble." All
unconscious of the noise I was
making, I braced myself for an
expected jerk. But it did not
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
a COAT OF. MANY coLoRs.

A COAT OF MANY COLORS.
Dressmaking is one of the pleasant
est things girl could wish to do.
My dolls are well supplied with
dresses.
When I was about six years old
mama had meeting at our house
and I stayed in the dining room.
took my dolls and many differently
colored pieces of cloth with me.
made a coat for one of my dolls out
of these pieces like Joseph's coat
of many colors." After I had fin
ished this coat I tried to copy the
dresses of the ladies who were pres
ent. succeeded In doing this very
well and had several dresses made
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-06-20
rs'' at once: Back to
-Alvylda De Haven,
3343 Sixth Street n.
BY THE OLD MILL WHEEL.

have had little experience in fishing. One summer
when visiting country invited to fish
ing with the girls When started
brought home the largest most
fish would receive prize, so we tried hard
But before could any fishing had to dig our
worms the Of fishing for dislike to
touch did best because I wanted to
get the prize. the river took boat
and water AL went wen until felt
thing heavy pull line Il happy because
thought large excited afraid
could let the pole but OF the boys
caught it. The very large and that
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-04-10

Although the State Female Normal
School is not denominational, We are
glad to say that Gods work is being
successfully carried on by all the de-
nominations, bound together 10y the
ties Of the Young Womsn's Christian
Association.
In our school life we have few rules
and regulations. We can do as we
please if We please To do right, but that
which is not right is instantly frowned
down upon 10y our conscientious,
Christian faculty. This rule is the
same in religious work rs in school
life. No one is compelled to join the
Y. ". G.. a aud no one is forced TO
attend its meetings. Notwithstanding
this fact, there is an enrolment Of 80.
and an average weekly attendance uf
%. The meetings are held in tde
Assembly Hall every Saturday after
noon from five TO six O'Clock
tins the purpose of the Association 10
bring before tie girls such subjects as
are helpful in daily school life, those
which tend TO develop true and noble
w0manh0od. Unless she is a girl Of
peculiar character, no one leaves this
school without being awakened to this F.
fact: No ones education is complete
without knowledge Of the Bible, and .
no teacher is ft 10 take charge Of
school until she can lake Christ with
her.
OF course the Y. W. G. A. would not
be so successful without the cooperation
IF the faculty, but 10y their help it has
'ome to be the life Of our school. We
irge all schools which have not an
Association to organize one as soon as
possible.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-04-10
EDUCATIONAL PROGRESS IN YIR.
GINA.

The Old Dominion, thong h first in
many things, does not lead her sister
States in one Of the most important
problems Of the day, that of public
education.
Yet rapid strides have been made in
this direction within the last ten years.
Take for example a public school in
Southwestern Virginia. Not till six
or seven years ago was there any at
tempt whatsoever made to grade this
school, which has now developed
into a good high school. Any one
holding certificate from it can, with
out taking the entrance examinations,
enter the University of Virginia.
What is true Of this school is also true
Of a number Of other schools in the
) tate.
One Of the principle reasons why
Virginia has not made more progress
in public school education, is because
Nv iNeNihS AiAiItuS nave idlltu III tile
past to take an intelligent interest in
the public schools system.
We glory in the pride Of the old Vir-
but think them wrong when
they offer as an objection to public
schools, the association Of their child
rem with the poorer classes This class
IF Virginians should endeavor TO make |
The public school the best school in its
,ommunity-good enough for all the
children. If the child is properly
rained at home, the contact with
children Of the lower class will not
over him socially, button the contrary,
end to give him broader ideals of life.
Then again. so many young teach
rs, after graduating teach a few years,
hen stop. Especially male teachers.
young man with a fine education
annot afford to teach only five
months at twenty-five dollars per
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-04-10
MISREPRESENTATION IN NORTH.
ERN HISTORIES

The false representations in the North
ern histories, concerning the Southern
States during the civil war, should be
met with very emphatic denial by
our Southern historians.
Some Of our Southern writers who
fought and bled for the South through
four years Of war and blosdshed and
who know the people and their charac-
teristics, should bring their knowledge
to the front, and endeavor to portray
the real causes Of the war, not leaving
1t to Northern writer's who. often mis-
represent the South and do her such
gross injustice. Many times they do
not intend to misrepresent things, but.
having never lived in the South or
known her people, how is it to be ex-
pected that they should know how to
write a history Of her great struggle ?
Then, too, in the schools, the children
should either study books written by
Southerners or else study from both
Northern and Southern authors, i'm or
der to gain a knowledge Of both sides
OF the question. They should not use
Northern histories only, as they would
not, in this way, learn to love and honor
tie noble Coniederacy, which rose and
fu withou, one blot upon its fair page
Of honor.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-04-10
ATTITUDE OF SOUTH TOWARDS
SOCIAL EQUALITY.

Our President surely must have lost
sight of the fact that there we're any
loyal Southerners sull n existence
when he invited his friends In black
To mis- reception.
We people Of the cod sunny S1uth'
DO not hate the negro; on tine other
hand we an love our old black "mam-
mics" but they we've brought over
here from Africa not 20 Ice our equals
socially nor in any other way, but To
De our slaves The old tine Virginia
darkey knows his place, he loves his
''marsier' and his "missus," and his
delight d, Co DE their servant and To- go
aud come go their command. When
This is SOD. B., it not apity that the chill
dreu and grandchildren Of such as
these should Doe spoiled log being taught
that they are as good as the white man
aud capable of being his peer iu every
way? What sour country coming To?
Surely the North must Dee nursing
some false idea, but "e are proud that
the spirit of the old South is, ben tins
respect unchanged AND Interchangeable.
We hope That our couutrymeu Will
soon see their mistake, and realize a.
Nc DO. that the negro, though good,
loyal. aud often devoted to the white
man, is sull his inferior and not his
1gual
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-04-10

and securing The independence Of the
small island Of Cuba Here was "A
different motive actuating, a different
spirit pervading aud, Of course, diff
ferent result obtained. Could the
South have felt the same interest in
the late war, over an island Of the At
lantic Ocean that she did in her heroic
struggle for freedom from oppression,
her resentment Of invasion and out
RACES? II is as absurd rs ii is unnatural
and impossible. The South did, does
and always shall, revere the memories
of the brave champions Of her rights
and liberty. aud she glories in the
knowledge Of the fact that however
and overwhelmed she
was, her patriotic zeal is still undated,
her Southern spirit still uncurbed
How applicable these lines from Father
Ryan:
"Yet raise thy head fair land; thy
dead died brayely in the right, the
folded flag is stainless yet, the broken
sword is bright"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-04-10
THE TARIFF.

The subject Of protective tariff is one
which, according to some OF its advo-
Gates, should come under the domain
I Of economics and not Of politics. Let
US consider the nature Of politics from
the standpoint Of a patriot. What is
/ politics? What indeed but the mani
festations Of the sentiments and prin-
ciples Of the people Of country? This
much must be admitted without
considering how far these sentiments
and principles are promoted by selfish
or corrupt interests. If our country
then is 70 maintain that pure standard
Of Republicanlsm which it Processes,
should not this issue as well as others
be felt IN the hands Of the people
What is the impression inevitably
made by the proposal on the part of
the supporters Of the tariff TO remove
this issue from the political platform
and to put il into the hands Of spe-
cial committee? Does this show fear
Of the peoples attitude on this question?
A. TO the arguments presented by
supporters Of these various tariff bills.
ii seems to us that they are. on their
very face, stamped with such apparent
selfish sectionalism, that this point is
not worthy Of debate. In protecting
the home manufacturers, even admit |
ting that il would be of benefit TO |
them, how much Of the whole country /
would reap the harvest, and how large
a portion, in strong contrast, would
have TO suffer, the Ubiquitous conse.
quence-? What do our manufacturers
fear from foreign competition? If it
be consciousness Of the inieriority of
home work, might not this be remeded?
Competition is said TO be the life Of
trade. Are our home industries too
weak to bear the test Of competition?
Is II for the laboring classes that the
capitalists take their firm stand? Tru-
y, the disluterestedness and unseIfsh
concern Of these moneyed champions
S most praiseworthy. And yet we
would remind these same warm sup.
lorters Of the tariff cause, that the
I'D principle Of "'rhe greatest good for q
he greatest NUMBER is still applica. ,
lie to modern politics. Not until the %
apid development Of manufacturers :
the West and South becomes a sub
laniial and permanent feature among I
heir industries, will the tariff measure :,
btain extended popularity Before n
bat time 1t is sincerely 10 be hoped by =
u true patriots, that the higher devel- #
pment Of worthy principles and
hristian charity, upon which founda- q,
on alone our beloved country NAV :,
ST secure, shall preclude the possibiI- q,
2 Of all such narrow aud illogical :,
ieasures. =,
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-04-10

II that teachers influence had been
used, this boy might have stopped us
ing tobacco. Another little boy in this
same school was seen taking pencil
that did not belong TO him and when
the teacher was told of IT, she said,
ooh. that's not anything but a one
cent pencil and IL does not make any
difference so matter il it was only
atone cent pencil he had no right to il,
because it was not his. Had she
told him it was not right for him to
take what did not belong to him, be
might haye stopped stealing, but she
did not DO her duty as a teacher, and
this boy was sentenced to the peniten-
tiary becausehe stole some money.
Now you have seen the effect Of the
Christian teacher and Of the one who
did not care about Christianity, and do
you not agree with us that every
school teacher should be a Christian
Being a missionary does not mean TO
90 across the sea. We can do real
mission work in our own public schools.
Now let every teacher think Of this and
ask herself the question, am / Chris
tian and really prepared to go into the .
schools Of my State and teach the /
? Many characters are often .
formed while the child is in school, and /
are we going to let our scholars go in .
The wrong way?
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-04-10
NnRNlL SCHOOL EDITION.

Having been requested by Mr.. Hart
the editor. we Normal School girls
have edited this weeks edition Of the
HERALD. Everything except adver-
usements and ccu,spondence is the
work Of the girls only. Knowing that
our effort is heartily approved 10y every
member Of The faculty, We hope the
paper will be interesting and enjoyable
TO sill Of its readers.
Mildred Evans, Editor
Carrie McGeorge, Assistant Editor
Louise Vaughan, Political Editor.
Blair Ward, Local Editor
Claudia Perkins, Courtney Taylor
Ethel Topping, Mary Gray, Carry
Martin, Peachy Saud.rIin Reporters.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1903-04-10

this, its thrifty aud patriotic citizens
have not been content to let it remain
place of romauces and old battle
grounds. On the other hand il has
grown by their perseverance To be one
of the strongest and busiest cities in
the South.
It's water power has been made use
ful aud is running great numbers Of
factories; its streets are thr0uged with
busy men and women, and It's schools
are sending out graduates every year
who bring about wonderful improve
ments in our great Commonwealth.
Richmond is a stronghold Of Christi
anity, having represented nearly every
Protestant denomination. Ia recent
years it has made rapid progress in
work in the slum-, and the wish Of
every true Virginian is that it may
some day be a city without slums.
Besides its many natural advantages,
this city is rich in parks and other
pleasure resorts One who wishes to
be free from the noise Of the city, may
pay Just five cents" and in half an
hour he is either at Chimboraz), Lake
side, Forest Hill or some other de
lightfu place The has.y visitor in
Richmond is at loss To know how his /
time shall be used lie must isee the 1
Did historic churches, S. johns and /
he must see the capitol .
aud its surroundings and il Southern
sr, he cannot afford to neglect the Con-
ederate Museum, the very sight Of
which sends thrill through the soul
# every Virginian. There are dozens
# othor things which he would like to
ee but he hasn't time.
The advice we give is this: He who
would enjoy a visit 20 Richmond must
lot plan TO stay twenty-f0ur hours. but
even times twenty-fOur.