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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-03
some cases the proposition of the firm Of
lawyers was accepted and the money paid.
Compelled to Vacate.

Our store has been rented to other par
ties and we have decided, rather than in
cur the expense and damage incident to
removal, to offer our elegant $4,000 stock
Of Mems Furnishings at unheard-of prices.
Stiff and soft-bosom shirts, worth from
81. 25 to $3.50, at 5Sc. Mems elegant Half
Hose, worth SO cents and IS cents, at
Csc. Our new Spring Hats, Dunlap and
StetsOn blocks, equal to hats sold else
where for 50 to $3.50, at s1.9S. III other
goods at equally sensational prices. The
Ideal Hatters, 412 Nicollet
The well-known Strengthening proper
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and a most perfect nervine, are found in
Carriers Iron Pills, which strengthen the
| nerves and body, and improve the blood
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-03
In other words, these two treaties,

In other words, these two treaties,
and the legislation to carry them out,
have resulted in our obtaining on ex-
actly the terms we desired the rights
and privileges which we have so long
sought in vain. These treaties are
among the most important that we
have ever negotiated in their effects
upon the future welfare of this coun-
try, and mark. memorable triumph
of American diplomacy-oneS Of those
fortunate triurnphs; moreover, which
rebound to the benefit of the entire
world.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-03

If the American nation will speak
softly, and yet build, and keep at a
), pitch Of the highest training. q thor
zoughly efficient navy, the Monroe doc
trine will go far.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-04-03
Sunday Train to the Lake

Leaves Minneapolis 9:45 a. m. via the
MINNEAPOLIS &, st. Louis railroad, return
ing leave Tonka Bay $3.50 p. m, .conmen-
cling April 5th. Stops at all Lake points.
Summer Rates.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15
The London BUS Driver,
From Harper's Magazine.

Catch a driver when a clumsy dray-
man has fouled his wheels or blocked
his way, or when a rival bus has
stolen a march on him. Then YOU will
understand the Londoner's boast that
the cockney Is the readiest. the With
est, of all his majesty's subjects. The
tongue is not his only weapon. 1 re-
member once starting from the Man
sion House on a bus the driver of
which had been maddened by some re-
mark of the conductor on the bus lust
in front of him. The two belonged
to rival companies and were travelling
the same route. They talked it over
with pungency and zest from the Man
sion House to st. Paul's. At the ton
of Ludgate hill, one of the regular
stopping places, the driver made up his
mind he could stand it no longer. He
got down from his seat and pummeled
the conductor heartily for two minutes.
1t refreshed him so much that at the
next stopping place he did it sagain. By
the time Charing Cross was reached
IL had become a habit with him. When
ever the buses stopped there would be
brisk set-to. the intervals between
the halts being filled with an exchange
of prophecies as to what would happen
at the next.
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leather bottles
But then he grew homesick, and
longed much to see the village from
which he had started before he saw
the wild geese in the pond and they
flew away with him.
He remembered how the geese had
flown; so he made himself a pair of
wings, fashioning them out of thin
deer hide. Taking his bottles of oil
for ballast, he put on his wings and
away he flew toward his Old home,
far away in the north
AS he flew over the village where
lived the good people who had res
cued him from the hollow tree. he
dropped down to them several bottles
of oil as a present, but the people of
the village do not know to this day
how those bottles of oil happened to
come dropping down from the sky.
Swiftly the hunter flew to his home
in the north. and his home coming
was heralded throughout the whole
tribe by a swift runner. who called
everybody to come and welcome the
flying wanderer and hear his stories
of adventure.
There are said to be some old In
dams who still persist in believing
that the hunter did not really fly
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

the Phunnyideascope, white out
three blocks. one s inches dong, IL
inches broad, and IL inches thick;
another inches long, ~ inches
broad and one-half inch thick, and the
third inches long. IL inches broad
and IL inches thick.
Make a round hole half an inch in
diameter through the second block
described This hole must be one
quarter of an inch from one of the
ends, and at equal distances from the
two sides.
Make little conical hole about one
quarter of an inch deep in a corre-
spending part of the last block de-
scribed.
With glue or nails fasten the mar
rover second block to the first; the
end so fastened should be the one
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open ground and fight It ont
offered me his knife. but I shoo,, "
head. / thought 1 could do 80
with the club. @a
You must remember that an Ina,o
woman is not only as brave as n Ma
rior, but she is quick and strong az,
knows how to handle all sorts lay
weapons. She was far stronger +hotI
!, and had l been armed with a knI.n
she would have killed me in tuo ms Ie
three minutes. AS 1t was. she co,y.
not get close to me on account NJ r-'
club. Every time she tried 10 ny
in on me I whacked her across '1 NY
arms or over the head with All ne
might, and each time I did so MI.
of the Indians encouraged me. Thrao
different times l knocked the tn,fo
out of her hand, and she was ILL., :
mad woman before the fight was ended
No one interfered between us De-.
haps some one would have done 40
but for Red Moon. Now and they
he spoke a word or two and noddet
his head and 1 understood that h,
was giving me a chance.
We fought for a long half hour Al
wanted was to save my life, and
stood on the defensive all the TIM
That is, L did not strike a blow av
cept when the squaw was irving =,
get close enough to cut me with ba
knife. | gave her many a hard knock
and any one but a mad woman wonli
have given UP the fight, but the harda
and the oftener l hit her the NOR,
determined she was. BY and by say
that l must give her a blow to crarS
her skull or break her arm, and i
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ever she saw me hanging about she
began to sco1d and yell and threaten
me with club. Two days after the
war party had gone 1 went into the
grove for wood. There were several
Indian boys and girls along, and we
met Betty there. 1 had been talking
with her about ten minutes when
Talking Woman appeared. An Indian
boy first saw her, and he made mo-
tons for us to run away, as she had
a knife in her hand and was in an
ugly temper. We did not run, how
ever. We were standing close to-
gether when the squaw came up and
struck at Betty's face with her open
hand. l jumped in just in time to re-
ceive the blow on my ear, and it stag
gered me against a tree. Before
could recover myself the enraged
squaw had me by the throat with her
left hand, and was fiourishing the
knife over my head with, her right.
I think Talking Woman intended to
take my life. She was so mad that
her eyes shone like Goals, and there
was froth on her lips. Some of the
Indian boys and girls cried out In
alarm, and / remember hearing Bet
ty scream. but in a moment I had
wrenched myself free and was ready
to fight for my life. AS 1 pushed the
squaw away she fell to the ground.
and while she was struggling up had
time to pick uD a stout club Then all
the people of the village came run
ming; and my master was among them.
He asked a few questions and was
told how things were. Then. instead
Of telling me to drop my club and
the squaw to put away her knife. he
motioned for us to step out ON the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

inches wide. The other is of the same
dimensions, except that 1t is three
eighths of an inch longer than the
first one.
Fasten the edge of the shorter one
TO the face of the other (making the
two at right angles to each other In
such a way that the edges Of both will
be flush with the face Of the other
piece, and the two will be Joined
lengthwise together.
This constitutes the backing for
two pieces Of looking-glass.
Get these as nearly the shape and
the size of the two pieces that make
the backing as you can, and fasten
them against the inner side of the
backing with mucilage or with glue.
Cut out of a thin pine board or
Single, or the thin wood used to
back mirrors and pictures. a disk 6
inches in diameter.
Make square aperture about one
quarter of an inch across.
White out a round stick ~ inches
easily into the large hole in the sec
ond block.
Cut one end to point to fit into the
smaller conical hole in the third block
and the other end down to one-half
of an inch from the top into square
shape to fit the square opening in the
disk and to project above it.
Bore a hole through the sides OF
the S-inch block just below where the
second block is fastened. and intro
duce into 1t a cylinder Of wood cut
to fit so that it can be turned easily.
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came to me to break her arm. If
could do so she could not cuff Betu
around so much. AS we lodged about
and circled around each other, she
all the time trying to stab me with
the long, keen knife in her hand, the
chance for which l was looking sud
denly came to me. and I dealt her
blow that broke the arm Just above
the elbow. Her knife fell to the grass
and she yelled out with pain and sank
down.
AS 1 told you, during the entire
fight no one interfered in any man
ner Three or four times as l moved
about 1 caught Red Moons eye, and
there was always a look to incourage
me. He would not have stopped Talk
ing Woman from killing me, but he
also gave me the same chance. If I
had broken her skull and laid her dead
at my feet it would have been all the
same. After the squaw was vanquish-
ed she cried out to the others to kill
me, but no one made a move Red
Moon said it had been a fair fight and
that should end it. While she sat on
the ground, holding her broken arm
and jabbering and crying, he took
a couple of splinters and q piece Of
soft deerskin and set the arm and
bandaged it, and then she went off To
her wigwam. When we had entered
ours and were alone he looked at me
for long time in a kindly way, and
then patted me on the shoulder and
nodded his head. He was pleased that
/ had made such a good fight, and as
Talking Woman was always scolding
and quarreling l think he was glad
that for once she had got the worst
of it.
(To be continued.)
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water to seize them. 1 never do that;
1t is too risky. 1 always swim under
an enemy and cut him open before he
has time to attack me. The shark is
very slow fish in the water, and a
good diver can swim and dodge all
around him.
Last year a man who went down
from my canoe was seized by shark
Just as he came up to the surface of
the water The shark pulled him
down and we never saw trace of him
again. I have seen many such deaths,
senor during the forty years l have
been a pearl-diver but more of us die
through remaining too long under
water.
"Once, 1 remember. we caught a
shark and found a big pearl inside of
him when we cut him open. How it
came there we could never discover.
A white man who was with US said
the shark must have eaten diver who
had the pearl in his hand or mouth,
but he forgot that we fish up the
pearls in the oyster. Perhaps the
shark devoured a lady who was wear
ing the pearl. Who can tell but the
good God, senior? 1t is a mystery.
But it seemed strange that we, who
had lost so many pearls through
sharks, should at last find one in a
shark"
A terrible rate befell an eXpedltlon
fitted out in New York several years
ago to exploit the Pearl Islands in
the Gulf of Panama The party took
down a small steamer in sections and
| a complete diving apparatus. Before
| they could start work they caught yell
| low fever in the city of Panama, and
every man of the expedition save one
died within a few days.
An old sailor who now holds an
official position under the government
expedition in which he took part in
his younger days. The party found
a new bed of pearl oysters near a
small island in the Gulf of Carpentaria
and collected enough pearls to make
all of them rich.
| LAS I'm an honest man." he used
to swear, "some of them were as big
as marbles. But our schooner was
wrecked in a squall on our return
voyage to Sydney, New South Wales,
| and l was the only man who survived
| / f1oated on a spar for several hours
until was picked up by coasting
steamer"
This old salt would exhibit big
| pearl which he claimed he had saved
from the wreck, and would try to per-
suade capitalists to fit out a vessel and
search for the island. But as he knew
nothing of navigation when he went
there, and therefore had only the
vaguest idea of its position, everybody
thought the enterprise too risky. This
is only one of the many similar ro-
mances of pearl fishing which visitors
are apt to hear in Ceylon and Aus
tralia. ,sil&ik&
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the geese before they were aware of
1t.
Selling a number of the wild fowl
by their legs he tied them together
with his strips of tough bark and
fastened the loose end of each strip
to his belt.
The frightened geese, with a great
squawking, rose into the air, carrying
the young hunter with them Desir-
ing to let himself down to the ground
gradually the hunter began unfasten-
ing the geese one by one, but while
he was doing so, the whole lot of them
suddenly escaped and flew away, while
he fell down, down, down, and landed
plump in the inside of tall, hollow
stump. from which he found II i'm
possible to free himself.
He remained in his prison for two
days. Then, to his great joy, he heard
the sound of axes and the voices of
women who had come out to cut down
the stump for firewood.
He called out to them to hurry and
chop him loose. but they were so
scared at hearing a mans voice COM
ing from the center of the decayed
fled to the village, where they told
everybody that there was a wood
demon imprisoned in a tall decayed
stump.
The men of the village came out
to see and hear. and, after the i'm
prisoned hunter had shouted out to
them his story, they chopped him out
of his prison and took him TO live
with them until he could provide him
self with a new supply of arrows and
again so hunting for himself.
Having laid in a large stock of ar
rows, the hunter said goodbye to his
kind friends, and went to hunt again
farther south.
He had excellent luck and killed
many deer. bears and other game. the
oil of which he preserved carefully In
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

Dear Polly, that I'm really true"
He puffed his chest out and: "Ahum!
Said he, Its fine morning, mum.
BE not afraid. For now you see
The sea serpent himself. That's mel"
you are!" screamed Polly with a
giggle.
81 thought you were a polly-wiggle!'
The serpent shook with indignation
And thus gave vent to his vexation:
Paint me green and paint me pink
If 1 do not really think
That this girl is making free
With me, the serpent of the seal
And shall 1. whose eye can fright
The toughest salt, by day or night,
Let this child approach me thus
And not kick up an awful fuss?''
The serpent's nostrils opened wide,
His tongue protruded far outside,
He looked at Polly fire-eyed,
His whiskers waved in angry pride,
Till Polly thought she would have
died
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15
THE PHUNNYIDEASCOPE
An Apparatus That Is Easy to
Make and Will Prove a
Fine Entertainer.
BY J. CARTER BEARD.

The Phunnyideascope is an improve
ment-and a great one-on the kaleido-
scope.
In the first place, It keeps moving
and changing all the time. In the sec
ond place, the images formed. instead
OF consisting of mere reflections of
broken glass, china ware and odds and
ends. are funny f1gures-men and wom-
en-. COLLINS, animals, or anything else
that you may choose.
One of the good things about the
Phunnyideascope is that it is not diff
flcult to construct, and that it does
not cost a cent to make. The only
materials needed are a small supply
of white pine and two pieces of look
ing-glass.
To make the stand that supports
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

"A web dis now?" say John Grow 70
himself, but him no speak out louu "
show Pitchvary him hurt. "a,
Pitchwary peck him pom oe QUE na
wing. John Crow jump one SUI 81
Pitchwary peck him pom MN par sr,
head. John Grow slowly draw out hii
spectacle an look pom him. ,,.,
you little fool" him say. VIZ w.
you no Leah a gentleman alonef L ~"
no know you common pirds Hu'S"
trouble big gentleman" -.
Dis vex Pitchwary properly an NJ,
an all him family pitch pom pG ~,
John Crow an peck him an mex ni''
bleed all ober.
An dis is why Pitchwary al"a''
tease John Grow UP to his day.
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On one end of this make a projec-
ton or shoulder to keep 1t in place.
and have the part that projects from
the other end of the hole cut down
to fit tightly into the hole of a small
spool.
Put the cylinder into the hole made
for it, and fasten the little spool to
the narrow end.
Fasten one end of little strip of
wood to the spool and through a hole
in the projecting end pass small
round stick.
This forms your wlndlass.
Put the wooden cylinder that forms
the axis of your disk down through
the hole in the second block so that
its pointed end will rest in the small
hole in the third block.
Take a turn or two of string or of
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

But luckily a rowdy wave
Ran by just then, and Polly gave
A jump, and landing on its back
Rode gayly from the serpent's track.
If you would paint the monsters mien
AS it should be, use emerald green
To tint his cheek and lower jaw.
With scarlet paint his mighty nav.
His nostrils and his eyes are red,
Also the horn upon his head.
The fringeS on his back are pink;
His fins are indigo as ink.
His tongue is painted brightly blue
His legs are yellow, through and
through.
Use Prussian blue for Polly's feather.
Her hat is brown and white together.
Her waist is purple and her bow
Is yellow like her shoes below.
Her skirt is violet; deep green
Is the umbrella that is seen.
Next Sunday you shall see the censure
That followed her marine adventure.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

furthest from the round hole, and the
distance from one of the ends of the
larger piece of wood to where the
other is secured to it ought to be
81 inches.
The foot of the stand is the third
block. Fasten this to the shorter end
of the S-inch block so that there will
be tx inches between it and the mar
rover block that you have already
fastened to the S-inch piece.
This should bring the ends of the
two last mentioned blocks flush with
each other. and the little hole in the
latter block will be opposite to and
facing the larger hole in the block
above 1t.
Make two other blocks OF pine
wood. One must be 4A inches long,
three-eights of an inch thick, and "a
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

ME am a brave man, BREEDERS, but
me too small fe kill John Crow, so me
will mex him life a worry to him."
All de oder birds clap dem hands and
call BREEDER PitchwarY Good man.
an Brave mani" an puff I'D poo
Pitchwary so much wild pride dat him
nearly bust.
Mex time when Pitchwary an him
family was takin' a marnin' fly, dem
come pom poo John Crow sittin' ipon
a fence.
Good marnin', BREEDER John Grow, "
say Pitchwary.
Him get no answer.
Good marnin', BREEDER John Crow,
him say again.
John Crow neber answer him, but
sit up blinkin' scoTnful at de little
bird. Pitchwary pitch 'pon him back
and peck him. John Crow TEX no no.
tice, so Pitchwary peck him pom him
wing.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

elastic around the cylinder between
the second and third blocks and then
slip it over the spool. 1t should be
just long enought to be taut between
the spool and the cylinder.
Fasten one side of the wooden back
ing of your looking glasses to the
upright S-inch block half an inch
above the cylinder.
Cut out any desired number of
disks from thick. stiff paper. with a
square in the center of each to At
over the center of the wooden disk.
Paste funny men, monkeys, dogs or
pictures cut out of comic papers upon
these paper disks.
Slip one of these paper disks over
the square peg in the middle of the
wooden disk, turn the crank and the
show begins.
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CHILDREN OF
THE PRAIRIE
Or the Adventures of Sam and
Betty.
CHAPTER VI.

CHAPTER VI.
We had been captive to the Indians
about a month when they moved
camp to another grove further down
the creek, and at the same time a war
party set off for the settlements. This
party was headed by the chief, who
was named Gray Horse, and number
ed about thirty men. They painted
their faces red. blue and black, held
a war dance that lasted most all night,
and three puppy dogs were killed to
give them good luck. / knew that they
were going to attack the settlers, and
/ hoped that they would meet with
defeat. While the chief was absent
my master, Red Moon, was in charge
of the village, and those left behind
must obey him in all things. This
turned out to be a very lucky thing
for me. as you shall hear.
On several occasions 1 had helped
Betty to carry water and gather fire.
wood, but her mistress would not al
low me around her wigwam. When
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15
THE SENECA HUNTER
WHO FLEW.
This Indian Was the First AirshiI
md He Flew High.

This Indian Was the First Airship
md He Flew High.
Among the Seneca Indians they tell
this legend of the Flying Hunter:
A young brave went hunting far
from home, and at last found himself
on the shores of a large lake. In the
lake many wild geese were swimming,
but the hunter had used up all his
arrows, and had nothing with which
to shoot the geese.
He had been unsuccessful In hunting,
and was hungry, so he tried to think
up some scheme by which he could
capture the geese.
Finally he decided on a plan. He
tore from the trees a quantity of sec
ond growth Eastwood bark and made
1t into long strips. With the strips
in his hand he dived into the lake and.
swimming under water, got among
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

Crow got jealous OBJ dem, an did all
him could to dribe dem out of him
country. Him used fe eat dem eggs
an dem pickney. an mash UP dem
house, an tell lies bout dem to de
oder big birds.
So one day all de little birds dem
get togeder and dem say:
BREEDER John Grow him bad man.
an we mus try fe kill him. so fe mex
us lib peaceful an like good Chris
tians'"
Now all de little birds was afraid of
John Crow. seem him was such big
man, an dem didn't know how dem
was goin' manage fe kill him. till lit
tie BREEDER Pitchwary draw himself up
quite mannish an say:
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15
THE WORLDS
TREASURE HOUSE.

We Are still the .GOIden Americas"
as in the Days of the GnIleOns.
Some idea of the treasure house
that American markets furnish for
the rest of the world is gained by the
figures that show the importation of
fruit. During one year the United
States imported $1.50O,0O0 worth of
fruit from Italy, Spain, the West In
dies and Central America. When it
raises a vastly greater amount of it's
own fruit-12, 0O0,O 900 boxes of oranges
annually, for instance-some concep-
ton is gained of the amount of fruit
that is eaten every day between the
Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-15

victorious.
MANY a fight have I had with the
shark, senor," said Juan Encisco, one
of the oldest and best of the Mexican
divers, land only once have l been
bitten. That was when / was a young
man, unused to the business, and
nervous. If a man is quick at dodg-
ing in the water, and keeps his knife
handy, he need not be afraid of a
shark Usually sharks are too timid
to attack a diver-but not always, es-
pecially II the diver happens to come
down on them when they are chasing
a shoal of fish.
Some divers wait for the shark to
turn on his back, and then rip open
his belly as he comes up through the