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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-08
THREE YEARS
TO GIRL HE NEVER SAW

responded with Miss Hoff. One day
he offered to wager his friend that he
would receive a reply We're he to
write to the young woman and won his
bet. After graduating he came to
Chicago to work at Grand Crossing,
proposed by letter and became en-
gagged to the girl whom he had never
seen.
other until the eve of the wedding"
said wager, land make surprise
party out of it. I have always held
that looks count for very little in affairs
of the heart and would have been
willing to marry Miss Hoff even had
1 never received her photograph.
However, was in no way disappointed
when her picture did come to me-"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-08
NEGRO SOLD ATRUMMAGE SALE FOR $3.50

would work for any one who would
clothe and feed him.
The woman took him at his word,
and he was placed on a stool in the
middle of the room. member of the
society cried the bids, but the bidding
was far from spirited and the sale
dragged along for twenty minutes,
when the negro was knocked down to
Fl. w. Shay, a commission merchant,
for $3.50.
The negro left with his new master
and appeared well satisfied with the
prospect of having a good home. Mr..
Shay says he will give him some light
work and if he proves worthy will pay
him wages.
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In this day of physical exercises and
devotion to health the gymnasium suit
is as much a necessity as the costume
for walking on the street. This very
excellent one is absolutely simple at
the same time that it fulfills all re-
quirements and is suited to the various
materials that are used for the pur-
pose. The model, however, is made Of
dark blue flannel with the collar and
Shield of dark red banded with black.
The suit consists of the blouse and
the boomers. The blouse is shaped
by means of shoulder and under-arm
seams, gathered and Joined to the belt.
The boomers are generously full and
made to droop below the knees. The
upper edge is finished with front and
back belts which can be buttoned to
that of the blouse.
The quantity of material required for the
medium size az years. is Az yards q inches
wide or 3A yards A INCHES wide, with V yard
Of either width for collar and shield.
The pattern 1891 Is cut in sizes for girls Of s.
10, 12, ii and 18 years of age.
In ordering pattern fill In this
coupon:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-08
CRADLE, .sALTAR
AND GRAVE

BIRTHS
Balzer-Mr. and N1rsx John, 125 Fifteenth
street, daughter. ~ 1.sr4..E
Fay-Ar. and Mrs. Charles, 424 Knox avenue
n, a daughter. T3a2tTrS' 75.GEsa .fTt7. ~
Nordholm-Mr. and Mrs. John. 1923 Aldrich
avenue N, daughter r..
Holt-Mr. and Mrs C.. 1884 Twenty two and
one-half avenue, a daughter.
Nodell-AIr. and Mrs., John, 1911 Tenth avenue
N, daughter g.
MeyersSMr. and Mrs. Peter T., soo7 Portland
avenue. daughter -:
Berg-Mr and Mrs. Emil, 1914 Twenty third
street, a daughter.
Jensen-Mr. and Mrs. Jens, 1922 Seventh
street S, son.
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CHAPTER III.
Sweet Peas.

When he confided to John Saxtop
his belief that there were those among
his fellow townsmen who thought him
crooked" William Porter had no
serious idea that such was the case.
He had, however, an impression that
the term CROOKED implied a high de-
gree of sagacity and shrewdness. He
knew men in other cities whose meth
DDS were, to put it mildly, Indirect
and their names were synonymous
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-08

with success. It pleased him to think
that he was of their order, and he was
rich enough to indulge this idiosyn-s
Grassy without fear of the criticisms
of his .neighbors. 1t amused him to
quiz customers Of his bank, tho he
took care not to estrange them. While
his fellow citizens never seriously re-
hected on his integrity, yet they did
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showed the Intelligent care Of good
gardner.
A maid admitted Saxton and left
him to find his own way into the
drawing-room, thru which a breeze
was blowing pleasantly from across
the valley. The ceilings in the house
were high and the hardwood floors
seemed inconsonant with them and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-08
FEh FAIIEfCN DEFANINEN1
JOURNAL, MINNEAPOLIS.
They say that $4,000 lives were ga

They say that $1,000 lives were sac
rificed in our civil war; 9S,0S9 were
slain in battle, 10000 or 50 died of
wounds received, and nearly $4,000
succumbed to disease. At the battle
of Waterloo $1,000 men were killed
and there were 145,000 involved in
that struggle. It is estimated that
] man fell or was disabled in that bat
tie for every 400 shots fired. Statis-
ticians tell us that since the Christian
era 1000, 100000 men have fallen in
war.
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say that Billy Porter knew his bust
ness; that he was ION to his job" or.
that to get ahead Of him one must 'sget
up early in the morning
Porter lived well, as became a first
citizen of C1arkson. His house stood
at the summit of hill near the end
of Varney street, and the gradual
slope leading up tot was a pretty
park, whose lawn and shrubbery
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-08
And Now Young Chicagoan Plans te
Marry Her on Christmas Eve
Courtship by Letter.
New York Sun Special Service.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, Dec. 8.-Theodore Yager
Of South Chicago, electrician for the
Grand Crossing Tack company, will
be married Christmas eve to Miss
Bertha Hoff of Bourbon, Ind, whom
he has never seen, altho he has been
engaged to her for more than three
years.
Yeager was student at Purdue
university five years ago. He roomed
with another young man who cor
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-08
NURSED THE KITTENS
Mother Cat Dies and MongreI Bitch
Takes Her Place.

New York Sun Special Service.
New York, Dec. S.-James Johnson
Of LIS Jefferson avenue, Jersey City.
had a pet cat which gave birth to a
half dozen kittens a few days ago.
To-day she died. Johnson went to see
how the kittens were getting along
and found that a mongrel bitch had
adopted them.
The animal growled when he APP
preached her, and he concluded to let
her alone. He says that she nursed
the kittens, and he believes they will
thrive under her care.
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PATTERN NO.

CAUTION-Be careful to give COR
rect Number and Size Of Patterns
wanted. When the pattern is bust
measure you need only mark 80, "a,
So or. whatever it may be. When in
waist measure, %, "a, 26. or what
ever it may be. When misses or
child's pattern, write only the figure
representing the age. It is not neces-
sary to write inches or years"
Pattern for this garment will be
sent postpaid on receipt of 10 cents.
Be sure and mention number of pat
tern. Address
PAPER PATTERN DEPARTMENT,
JOURNAL, MINNEAPOLIS.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST
vicinity: Fair tonight Wednesday, warmer

Minneapolis Wednesday,
Weather Now
ID degrees FL Il
variable
no
IOwa-Poibly
Wednesday,
{
South Enthusiastically
ENTHUSIASTICALLY
wine
hurres
WEATHER
Colorado
40
and is high the northern
OUTRAN,
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had evidently been added at a later
date. A white marble mantel and the
CRATE beneath it were hidden by palms.
Above the mantel was a large mir
ror framed in heavy gilt. A piano
formed a barricade across the lower
end Of the room. One wall was COW
cred with a wonderful old French
tapestry depicting a fierce hand-to-
hand battle in which the warriors and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-08
DEATHS.

Sinith--Ardella; 613 Fifth street N
Plerce-AIargaret. Excelsior avenue
l3endecksGn-S Samuel. city hospital.
.Leach-W1lliam Benton, 2515 Blaisdell avenue.
iIumley-Irs. Hattie st. Barnabas hospital
Melberg--I4aura 3349 Aldrich avenue s.
Peterson-Secelia. Swedish hospital
tiusta fson---Carl. 2T3 Twenty first avenue S.
pfta1. o Nv"
Marcus--samuel, 725 f Fourteenth street.
liailorall-Dennis, LIS Third avenue S.
Anderson----An ma. 1922 Eighth street SE
sl4yncl-A1ary PHO Fourth avenue n
5Conter-Gcorge W., Fourth street and Fourth
avenue S. o'- -
CarIson-Irs Emma. 1926 Madison street NE.
Mlller-Charles F., POS Second street N
McCracken-Margaret st: Barnabas hospital.
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Indianapolis, Ind, Dec. S.-1If you
could get anything for me I wish you
would sell me" said an aged colored
man to one Of the women who was
conducting the Marion county w. c.
T. U. rummage sale. He explained
that he had been tramping over the
country, was tired and hungry and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-08

venting your palms from falling on his
upper arm. You must take those
chances.
A more frequent cl1nch occurs when
one or both men are rushing, when
they get tangled in a mix-up or when
each is afraid to step back for fear
Of receiving a blow while doing so.
AS a natural result the man thus hard
pressed throws his arms about his adj
versary in such a way as to preclude
punishment. The left arm holds his
opponents right arm pinioned, and his
right arm or hand forces back the
others left. The face should be close
to the antagonists body in order to
avoid short-arm blow in case one of
the pinioned arms should be Wrenched
free.
In c1inching never yield to the temp
tation to "hold" your opponent. In
other words, don't grip him with
either hand. That is not. allowed
biceps do so without contracting the
fingers. Never be guilty Of the I'M
fairness of holding him with one hand
while hitting him with the other. I
have seen boxers do this unconscious
ly. 1t is a foul, and the man who does
it should lose the decision. In like
manner never catch your sparring
partners glove between your arm and
your body when he leads, nor hold it
there while you hit with your other
hand. This is sometimes done in the
excitement of a mix-up, but there is
no excuse for it. That sort Of work,
perpetrator as a man not worthy a
square" boxers notice.
We will continue this subject in
next Fridays issue.
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YYP-TO-THE-MINUTE
~ FASHIONS
A Daily Hint Of Practical Value
to Journal Readers Of the
Fair Sex.

The fashion pictures given daily In
this department are eminently pracH-
reproduced easily from the paper
patterns, which may be obtained at
trifing cost thru The journal. The
models are all In good style, pretty
and original in effect and not too
elaborate for the ambitious amateur
to reproduce.
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Observations
MARRIAGE LICENSES,

Edwards-Mr. and Mrs. A., 800 Minnehaha
avenue, daughter.
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.
Hobart Green and Mae wye.
Arthur Murray and Tessie Saphner.
Rudolph NJ, Nelson and Lena Thompson
herman NJ. ThaXter and May R. Wentzel
Alonzo D. Leach and Mary Foster.
Archie Mcpherson and Annie living
Warren y. Steele and Blanche E. Lawton,
CHARLES Teesmen and Minnie Rieman,
Bert e. Greenfield and Laura NJ. Hoyt
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The Man Was Willing and Promised
to Work for His Owner With
out Demanding Pay.

New York Sun Special Service.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-07-01
Maxine Beef Without Hoes.

... Making Beef Without Hogs.
If cholera attacks the hog and wipes
Tim out, about twenty-five per cent CT
our high-priced corn is wasted except
from fertility standpoint. This is
question which every farmer should
study carefully. How can he make
beef without the hog to consume the
waste feed? Not that we have any
objections to the hog, fer he certainly
is the farmers best friend, but we
must be prepared for emergencies.
We must feed cattle oftentimes when
we have no hogs. We must study
more carefully the process of diges-
ton of feedstuffs. When we see from
twenty to thirty per cent Of the corn
which steer is made to consume
passing through the digestive system
it is a sure indication that there is
something wrong. We are either feed
ing the animal more than it can as
simulate or its digestive system is out
OF condition. In most instances the
trouble is due to a deranged digestive
system caused by overlooking. This
leads up to another point which is the
mixing of grain and roughage, to-
gether which is. in our estimation, the
ideal way of feeding cattle.
When grain is fed separately from
the rougnage it is greedily swallowed
and passes into the third and fourth
stomachs of the animal, thus escap
ing mastication and the action OF the
saliva of the mouth which has the
power OF converting starch into sugar
which is digestible. BY mixing the
grain with the roughage it will be re-
masticated, thus much more thorough
ly digested than when each are fed
separately. This method of feeding
involves the cutting Of roughage, a
step which most farmers are not pre-
pared to take as yet, but one which
they can well afford to be thinking
about as in. the near future it will be
practiced by the most successful cat
tie feeders.
. Another question which is worthy
of our attention is the silo. The silo,
while new thing in Iowa, is by no
means an experiment. 1t has been
thoroughly tested in the eastern
states and Canada, and when once
tried it speaks for itself. 1t is now
considered to be indispensable on the
dairy farm, and while it has not been,
as yet, very generally used in the pro-
duction of beef. the results as report
ed to date are most encouraging. The
silo is by all odds the cheapest me-
dunn through which we can obtain
succulent feed for our stock during
The winter months.
In recapitulation l may say that the
successful farmer of the future will
be tho man who combines the pro-
duction of first-class live stock with
his farming operations, who keeps
beef COWS for the double purpose of
producing butter and calves intended
for the block, who gets nearly as
many pounds of gain from sixteen
pounds of corn as the. average feeder
of to-day gets from twenty-five
pounds when fed to cattle. Who com.
bines his grain with the roughage fed
to his animals thereby securing more
complete digestion of the same, and
who stores his corhstalks in the silo
that they may be converted into beef
and dairy products instead Of being
burned in the fields.-W. j. Kennedy.
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A woman's Back.

Dublin, Mich, June 29th.-To the
many women who suffer with weak
back and pains and tired feelings III
the small of the back, the experience
of Mrs. Fred Chalker of this place
will be interesting and profitable.
Mrs. Chalker had suffered very
great deal with these back pains and
although she had tried many things,
she could find nothing that would re-
lieve her. The pain kept on in spite
of all she could do.
At last she CHANGED to read the
story Of another lady who had suf,
fered with the backache, and she had
been cured by a remedy called
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and Mrs. Chalker
thought she would try the same thing.
After the first two boxes had been
taken according to directions, she be-
gan to feel some better, and she kept
on till at last she was cured.
Her pains are all gone, and she is
very grateful. She says: "Dodd s
Kidney Pills helped me greatly, and
l will always recommend them as Q
cure for Pain in the Back"
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Prizes for oxfords.

The American Oxford Down Record
Association will offer $4,000 in special
prizes at each state and provincial
fair in 1903, provided the Oxford breed
is allowed separate class. The mon.
ey to be divided as follows: All stock
competing for these: prizes must be
good specimens Of, the breed or no
prizes will be awarded: must be bred
and owned by the: exhibitor in the
state or province where competing,
registered in the American Oxford
Down Record, bear. the A. @. D. r.
A. ear tag and certificate of registry
under seal of the association, present
ed at time of exhibition. Where there
is but one exhibitor, but one prize
will be paid. One hundred and sew
enty-five dollars will also be offered
by this association in special prizes
to Oxford Down Sheep at the Interna-
tional Live Stock Exposition, Chicago
December, 1903. :'and $500 will be
offered at the Ontario Provincial Win
ter Fair, Guelph, Ont, December, 1903.
For further information address. W..
A. Shafor, Secretary, Hamilton, Ohio.
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A SURE REMEDY.
This Is Coed Advice: If the Dog Earks
Ejnu the Bell: ~.

This Is Good Advice: If the Dog Earks
Fling the Bell:
Do unto others as they do unto you
might we'll be the heading of this true
tale. Two men and dog are the
characters therein. Man No. /, being
unable to sleep for three entire nights
dog aforesaid. got up and arrayed him
self at o'clock in the morning and
HE'D him to his neighbours front door
There he kept his thumb on the cleo
trio bell until the dismayed servant ar
peared.
II wish 10 see Mr.. W."
"Why sure, he's in bed at this hour.
sir"
Pm sorry, but must see him now. >
"He amt goin' ter get up at this time
ter see nobody"
We'll intend to stay here and ring
this bell until he does see me, and you
car go and tell him that"
After an ominous interval Mr.. W
descended, almost speeches. with
wrath.
What do you mean by disturbing
me in this manner. It's the most out
rageous-"
Eyes, that's what l think, and l sim
ply called to warn you that as long as
your dog keeps me awake every night
shall come and ring this bell, for II
l can sleep you certainly shall! not
Good morning. New York Times.
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GARY earn ard YcrG.

OSb la ~ Ii'O
In locating a dairy barn care should
be taken to have q gentle slope tror1
the barn in at least one direction, Gt
fcrding good natural drainage fC!
10th barn and yard If the barn il
already built ard poorly located
draining and grading will do much to
remedy the evil. In most cages it
would take but a small amount G:
labor with pillow and scrapcr, when the
ground is in suitable condition to
handle, to give the surface of the
yard slope from the barn sufficient
to carry off the surface water. Even
II dirt has to be hauled in from out
side the yard to accomplish this it
will not be expensive. The drainage
aloac under yard is not sufficient,
as the tramping CT the cattle soon
puedles the surface, preventing the
water from passing down to the tile
After the grading is done the yard
ders. Ey putting the coarser in the
bottom and the finer on top a good
lard yard can be obtained and at a
comparatively small expense where
material of this kind is available. Ii
this cannot all be done in one year, 1t
is Of the utmost importance that be-
ginning be made by grading and gray
cling portion of the yard next the
barn, SO that the COWS may have some
place on which to get out Of the mud
and filth. BY grading a part Of the
yard each year and applying a thick
coat OF gravel or cilders to the graded
part, the entire yard will, in few
years, be in good condition. When
gravel does not contain enough clay
to pack hard small amount of clay
should be mixed with the top layer.
1t will taen form a firm surface.
A portion Of the yard should be bed
ded, thus affording the cows a place
to lie in the open air on pleasant
days II straw is scarce the cleanest
of t soiled bedding from the stable
will answer for this purpose. When the
straw and manure on this bedded por'
ton OF the yard become too deep and
soft it should lie hauled into the field
and the bedding commenced again op
the solid yard.-W. J. Fraser.
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Rux a Pasteurizer.

Pasteurization OF milk is done very
satisfactorily by intermittant pasteur.
ization whereas for cream it is neces
sary to use continuous pasteurizer
says NJ. Mortenson. 1t is mistake
when people conceive the idea that
they will star; to make pasteurized
butter and first experiment for while
before they go 20 the expense Of buy
ing a pasteurizer. The result. is that
they start to pasteurize their cream in
cans; If cream especially that is rich
in butterfat is exposed to high TEN.
perature for any length of time the
body will be injured, and butter made
from such cream will acquire a body
similar to that OF renovated butter;
that kind of butter will sell below quo
tation and the operator is apt to de-
eide that pasteurized butter will not
be success. 1t must be fully under
stood that whenever we want to pas
teurize cream for buttermaking we
must invest money in pasteurizer;
the can system will always be fail
ure.
All manufacturers of pasteurizers
use every effort to make the best on
the market and one that can be oper-
ated with the greatest possible degree
of economy; they are fitting them with
stirrers of various construction; these
are 10 make the milk move rapidly
over the hot surface with the object
of having it thoroughly mixed and to
prevent it from burning on the sides
of the machine. They also aim to
have the cream exposed to the high
temperature only short time and
then cooled Immediately SO as to
prevent any injury TO the body.
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Getting the Most Cor Milk.

From the Farmers Review: Ny e::.
perience with a creamery began a
number of years ago. l was in debt
for my farm, had ground to clear,
fences to make and buildings to put
up, and, do the best l could, it was a
losing game. l came to the cOnclu'
sion that the thing to do was to get
where competition was not so strong
We had some COWS, and began milk
ing them, taking the milk to the
creamery, which Brought in some
thing every north. After trying it a
while it seemed like worth holding
on to so l got well-bred Jersey bull,
have kept one ever since and now
my young cows look like fine full
blood Jerseys, and some of them are
as good. The creamery was de.
stroyed by fire after two or three
years and it was year or more be-
fore they rebuilt. In the meantime
had to do something with my milk.
so began making butter for private
trade, purchased U. S. Cream Sep
arator, tread power and Babcock milk
tester, and went at 1t in scientific
way, letting the creamery so. l now
have large butter trade, am getting
a good price for my butter, and the
cream have over, after filling my or
ders, goes to the ice cream trade in
summer and in winter the extra but
ter is shipped. If any are not sit
uated so they can make first class
butter, take your milk to a cream
cry, where they cal make fine goods,
rather than put on the market an in.
ferior grade that cannot get above
the grocery store prices, which are
always the lowest.-T. A. Bloomfield
Brown County, Illinois.
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Charitable Sex.

Bess-So you are really going to
marry young Softleigh, are you?
Nell-That's what.
Boswell, it will save you the
trouble of hunting one when you get
ready tn begin housekeeping.
Nell-Hunting what?
, Bess-Why, flat.-Chicago News.
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To clean greasy kettles, warm the
pot or kettle, then throw in a handful
of corn meal and rub well. You will
find the meal will absorb all the fat SO
that soap and water will make the
kettle perfectly clean.
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The ear otes' sre the folds Of bare
Kin hanging Just below the ears-by
many called deaf-ears.. They vary in
color, being red, white, blue and cream
colored.