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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
Northwestern Topics.
For Saturday, May 9:

Choose your personage,-and he may be Of any
age, any profession, nationalty,but he must
dead The thing to be noticed carefully in these
papers is make the parsonage talk he probably
would if he really aye that is, you must know
enough about him to know the way he would look
at things and then must put the words into his
mouth If you not to make him talk in the
story, describe him and his actions in this hour
they might really be. The must be mailed
to reach the office of The Journal Junior 4
Not Later Than Friday Morning, May l..
They must be strictly original, written in ink
one side only of the paper not than 800 words
length marked with the number of words and each
signed with the grade, school, and address Of
the writer. The papers must not be .roled
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number of which had not TAKEN III az
connt In the first neghbors chickens (dear te
thngs) the garden into series oi ouhf ~
holes and had to off with sticks and sones'
after the vegetables had begun to sprout aoc CHOICE
to poke their thru the ground was Wy
new difficulty in two-legged ob)ec1s-py
called made the garden thelr relue1'oo'
their banquet these feathered ana ratehaA
tribes had confscated there little e1t of
save broken bsered hands the garue1 poJee'
was tenceorth given up when the stlfed sroahs
Of the hired man the evening breeze Cali
svmpathize him he deserves -MashuS 'o"'u-t,
Ninth Ao'et4-~' N11',
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be great fun. That was the
planting. But after I had
stopped down thirty times
and planted as many hills of
potatoes, I was quite ready
to agree with the hired man
that signing is the most ap-
propriate thing to do. Tho
I fain would have stopped
then and there, / kept on and
finally finished.
1 soon realized that there
was not only the ploWing and
MA anting to be done, as a
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gently assisted nature 60 pro-
duce the coveted fruit.
Meanwhile my uncle watched
with a smiling and encourag-
ing face. In the due course
of time the fruit appeared
and grew to normal size. I
noticed a certain popularity
about the melons, and on in
Quiry I was told not to worry.
I did not worry much, but
waited confidently for their
ripening.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
For. Saturday, May is:

1.-THE MOST DIsTAsTEFUL WORD. WIIY?" ("
What word in the English language do you
dislike the most? Why? What associations are there
with it? Or the purely of good language?
The editors special word aversion is ''got.n Surely,
s now, you think of word that is equally
disasteful to The must be in the hands of
s the editor of The Journal Junior
-Not4Later Than Friday Morning, May 8.
They must be strictly original written in ink on
one side only paper than 900 words in
length less than 100 marked with the number of
words, and each signed with the grade, school
e rolled
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but waited patiently Cd for eight
when small shoot appeared joyfuly to
papa all the gold going to bring him from
the land the sky. told it only fairy tale,
but did not really older. Since then
school, big brother called me Beans
Grade, Marguerite Lewis,
Z South Side School St. James, MINI.
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put seed in just because afraid
planted them upside down they would grow down.
watched watched and at last little thing
coming up Soon came but every that was not
like the pulled But to surprise there
like it. kept pulling all that not
same. After time became worried about it
She told the first that had come
So pulled all the flowers fast
they left the to be watered and watched
hope of seeing beautiful blossoms day. After
long weary waiting rewarded, for the blossoms
fall, when weeds usually blossom. 90.
Seventh Grade, Anne Billnghurst,
Washington School. Pierre S. D.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
3 WHEN WEEDS USUALLY BLOOM.
(HOnorable MentiG

I a very little girl gave me small set
Of tools consisting rake hoe spade
proud about making garden: L
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
The Grace
?.
of Gratitude.
Only the nobIest courtesy makes a true
gentleman; and q the finest grace of
courtesy is gratitude.

while admrng the luscious fruit
thought they ripe. Tho tried best
keep while he selected the ripe
dgious smile his feelings plunged knife
into the melon cut piece, have looked
tasted of it and must have looked
puzzled fairly shook with laugh
jumped his buggy and drove off, stopping only
Pumpkins. Yes. those pumpkins
earnestly resolved to have satis-
faction, but I the opportunity yet.
Winburn,
Tenth Grade MINI.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
A FUNNY TIME FOR TOWSER:
(Honora BILE Mention.)
NATURES GRAND CONSPIRACY.
(HOnOrable MentlOn.)

(HOnOrable MentlOn.)
One summer all the family very busy. was too
vong to do very much papa thought that the men
could garden Ihey selected
a niece of ground about a quarter of mile from the
destroy it, but thought 1T was
because and fresh going to and fro
time to make garden planted the SEEDS ana IN
due time That dry summer; as
the garden four large trees when 1t
of struck the garden and the ground
became hard and baked The cucumber vines eaten
by rabbits all the Everything else
of water The result was that we never
had finer had to buy all vege-
The next hired man to help
him garden. have never tried my hand at
it since and do think I shall.
Margaret Mccarthy,
7iohh Grade Caledonia, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
A VEGETABLE QUARREL

Pumpkins and sunfowers do not thrive very we! - @
same he'd as found *dama was pantls
ber Garden in the spring when the idea entered
mind to show them could do in the line o.
ing s'Jack" said, running over to Where tla' NC
was walking on the top the fence, please get
seeds am going make garden fou-soL'E - ii,a
Garden he said balancing foot and regarding
mo with scorn You boy, cried, angrlly ana ran
into the sat down and housht oo my p".
Jack had attempted sunowers last year anu e
blossoms. The year oe1ore ne au
tried pumpkins which had been all leaves ana oiosoi
M n1mnkins a chair to get some 'punphn
Goods in one hand and seeds in the other
hen made an uneven planted seeds with high
homes Soon green sprouts appeared fleher anu
biohar the slender strange thing nap
pened Down of the slender green Stalks p
neared dark green which more hlck eac oy
SLOWLY slowly, the graceful leaves of my sunfowers were
droopng and dying remarkably short tne not one
stalk remained which completely covered Win
the trailing vines yellow buds appeared tne
came the blossoms pumpkin, which recognized d.
first glance blossoms tiny green pumpkins gre"
IN yellow ones handful Of seeds live large
yellow pumpkins umphanty into the mousse
co.o,,+, l.r.de Matte Dange1field
y, School eia1'oii' ~ -
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
THE PUMPKIN PIE PLANT.

One day in spring when about seven years old l
fonnd n,mpkin seed and to plant it.
dug up plot ground and put the pumpkin seed in it.
waered every day and when fall came there was big
round yellow pumpkin thought would make jaclS-o'-
lantern of day. when day and went
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RAISED A BONFIRE, ANYWAY.

CFIonorable Mention.)
when 7 years old said I could
plant garden asked what wanted said water
The next day went out and planted all the
waited for them to expected them to
the ground that minute did not see any signs
of watermelons into the house. In about week
I something growing in my watermelon patch.
thought watermeons But every time
watermelon vine did up pulled it up for weed
When fall came bonfire of the watermelon vines
I pulled up during the The weeds were still
growing, but they watermeons tried to
watermelons again. z Harold Hlpes,
Fifth Grade. .=~ Spring Valley, MINI.
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AFTER THE INTRODUCTION.

Gardening may be anything but fun to the who
makes it his vocation but regarded it pasme and
why neighbors hired sighed
heavily leaned his hoe and rested That
before the acquaintance of it, Not afterward!
One spring I determined to have garden Of my
whether Nobody demonstrated and was given
First the soil had to be turned
furnishing a day k-breaking labor
the which had anticipated would
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
PUZZLE-FlND THE MELONS.

Had these experiences gardener happened lately
one whom could prevent of them; but
back to be almost oblt-
memory do not mind telling them now From
preceding judge of success in the UNDER
taking It altogether Still mixed
trials and trbuations few wandering rays of
sunshine hope found their -.>-'-
IN mine living farm gave me the lnsplra-
tion particularly joke too il 1t is at
nephews He knew that was fond OF water
melons and told to ready the decousness
of kind he raised OF course all done with aim
suggested luck at raising some of them and
Immediately fell in with the idea Accordingly ne gave me
seeds I planted with great watched them
come up grow carried water to put them and dill
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until there was not u1np brought some
rich earth from woods, them again When
had beds all planting planted SEEDS ncev'
all in even rows. alas! work ated TO snow no
returns generally three dogs ana ooss
seem to made for their especial
beds They dug up everything had planted Then planted
other seeds high wire fence around It.
When the grew there two or three plants
here and there, then bare spot
But still my not lett unmoested Inc uoss
took great pleasure worrying the and 70 escape e
she would climb up my and down Into my HoWer
beds Then the dogs line the outside OF the
fence and break the flowers mercilessy
NIGHT high the fence and placed II IN the
next lot the cats stronghold was gone
and the flowers good substitute
and such scrambng took place indescrbable
rhe result-thee flowers left that
really could be This practically ended my
another flower bed THIS ana
dog that dares to put a nose near
enough to the smell the flowers even ..
-Maizie Hall,
canior year Grafton, N. D.
A FUNNY TIME FOR ToWsER: %-~*
(Honorabe Menton.) ..%s~
A few years ago made flower bed It was star
shaped pretty When the seeds were paneo
along came my dog Towser. He mischief now
Keen off that flower into the house. AS
soon as fairly jumped the bed and scratched
all of the seeds out hole in the middle ana
nestled down a out there he was rlght
in the middle. Oh, I was! My flower ped was
spoiled and wagged his tail as If 1t were
great fun discouraged that did not make
anotber flower he'd that spring Bowers
cx+b cr.de ~ =. Benson, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
"RuT SAD AS TITS, IT'S TRUE"

"RUT SAD AS TITS, IT'S TRUE."~ .~-
How it to the heart of nature we
watch everything with the greatest interest as e warm
snring sunshine all sleeping insects MOI d e"
little shoot sprouts of the moist earth unless we
See # and watch its rapid growth day by day.
Then there seeding time. well remember my
wears this line 1t was the latter par VI
April One bright Saturday afternoon beng very ioh VI
flowers began preparations for new PED "nlch
made as large could without disturbing our nelgnpors
property all that afternoon and when nsht came
IN all that was lacking garden the flowers MONDAY
afternoon them Such beautiful flower peo housl'
it would be asters pansies and carnations sur
ronnded nignonettes full bloom Watcheo the
Garden anxiously weather still deghtfu A week
had nassed cooler and l became anxious
ahont NV flowers Upon reaching the bed found TO my
surprise delight that there were numerous Tiny green
snecs here and night the wind Increased ana
# grew colder. anxious about my plants that
could hardly Sleep Outside the wind raging Fnay
fell into troubled sleep whenI awoke sat up with
start dreamed that Jack Frost had spread "nlle
mantle over young plants and they were frozen looked
ont The window with frost and on the ground
fully hurried down to my gaIoeh
and alas! my all too true. -f@-..~szs
Ninth Grade .g-:-f'hen e'ostslsol
Crero,an nj High School. ~ ST. Paul, MINI.
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NOT JACKS KIND OF BEAN.

" .Jack and the Beanstak! My, what lovely beanstalk
that must thought spring day. Ihen
suddenly an idea head and said, TIL do IT,
see if dont'' saying down town, got Lima
hean and went plant it. First brought my toy
hoe and rake carefully wrapped the precious bean
in paper so safe from
arose morning peeped out of the window ex-
Meeting to stalk towering into the sky
visible thought the bean angry at
mo because had wrapped paper again wrapping
it in cotton put carefully in the ground and almost
drowned Then covered it. was greatly disappointed
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

faction, the opportunity yet.
Winburn,
Tenth Grade. Waterville, MINI.
AN Yearly BIRD" INCIDENT
few years very enthusiastic the idea
of wing garden. heard from
but IT am going to plant this" going plant that
my garden" however decided to plant lettuce
they be planted the earliest and was
anxious to begin gardening plants
fully for about they up. Then began to
neglect folk, however, reminded me quite often
large enough to I interest in them
told could have for my dinner on a
certain dav went to bed the night before day very
happy and of hope first thought was
AS soon as was dressed ran down to it,
only to find that the gate had
entirely spoiled it, Susie Sawyer
Sixth Grade. Jackson, MINI.
VERY LARGE PANslEs.
about the first of May when my mother asked
to make garden. The ground was very fertile and
everything planted in it fast. So 1
planted panses waited for two weeks and then
small things just peeping out of the
ground and day I imagined
that I saw grow probably really did: In four
the plants had grown quite high and began to
did have buds Days and nights passed
last discovered that the pack
which contained the seeds did not bear the word
'pansy." bought the seeds thought that they
rather large and that surely these seeds would produce
The seeds planted in the front yard
right plants be about feet long
noticed large bulb hanging among the leaves
months since had planted the seeds and
of big leaves and three
tiny pumpkins let them there and everybody laughed
and asked me how my panses were getting along but
1 think they enjoyed the delicious pumpkin pies which
appeared at the Thanksgiving dinner Willard Doerr
Eighth Grade Two HarboTs Mnn
- A SURPRISE FOR UNCLE 7" = ,-=.-
experiences gardener have been many and varied
have planted ground in which they could
grow strip of ground for weeks thinking
something planted in it only to find that there was
not seed there squashes for pumpkins In
fact have made every blunder could think
Of but is I shall forget. .-'-
in Minnesota there was large garden IN
which my When the plants
above ground, playmate and suddenly took
it into our day the tomatoes. This
not a difficult task as small hand plow to be
pushed before pulled by horses All
the afternoon last with great sasac
ton we finished the house for How
surprised when he from the field"
thought and at him coming He had to by
the tomato garden would be glad when
he saw what and-why, what the matter?
Why did he look angry? The next minute he was de-
mandng WHO plowed up tomatoes?" 'Tomatoes!"
gasped, whole dreadful truth to In
stead of blowing up had powed the to-
natoes Since attempted separate
weeds from plants when tell them apart.
- Grade
Central School. 7th st. N, Grand Forks, N D.
THE PUMPKIN PIE PLANT
One day in spring about years old
found a pumpkin the and to plant it,
watered it every day fall there big
lantern But when next day came and went
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-16
She Considered 1t.
CKan) Messenger.

Minneapolis (Kan.) Messenger.
A girl in this town had proposal Of mar
rage Sunday night, and asked a week to
consider it before filing her answer She
then organized herself into an Investigating
committee, and commenced taking testi-
mony from the married women of her ac-
quaintance. The first one she visited used
to be a belle. and the most admired girl
in the town before she was married six
years ago. The croSs-eXamination brought
out the fact that she had three children
did all her own work, including washing
and ironing, and hadn't been down town in
four weeks. and that her husband hadn't
given her but 81 since she was married
and that he had borrowed and forgot to paw
$40 which her brother gave her ence as a
Christmas present. He bought him a new
overcoat with the money, while she wore
the same plush coat that she wore when
he was counting her. Another woman
whom she visited quit teaching school three
years ago to marry 1.-The handsomest and
best-dressed man in town. and she is now
supporting him. a third didn't dare say
her soul was her when her husband
was around. though she used TO write some
lovely essays when she was i'm the school
on the Emancipation of Women" and the
fourth woman she visited was divorced
After visiting them and summing up the
evidence, she went home and wrote to the
young man. She will be married next
month.
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Barthold Frederick Keller. The Rev. ]. G.
Peters, of the Zion Church. was the Off
ciating clergyman and the guests were the
relatives and most intimate friends. Miss
Mabel Mills was the maid Of honor and
Miss Bertha Keller the bridesmaid, and
both wore dainty frocks of white and car
ried pink roses. The bride wore her tray-
cling frock of brown cloth and carried
Bride roses. Mr.. Emil Keller was the
best man and Mr.. Alebrt Ginz the grooms-
man. The rooms were decorated with pink
asters, palms and ferns Following the
ceremony a dinner was served and Mr.. and
Mrs. Keller left later for wedding trip
East. They will be at home at 314 North
Noble street after Oct. i.
MCOLLUM-HADLEY
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
LOGANSPORT, Ind, Sept. 15-This
morning at 10 o'clock at the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. j. c. Hadley, on Ninth street,
occurred the marriage of their daughter.
Miss Mary B. Hadley. to Mr.. Stuart F.
McCollum, Of Anderson. Rev. E. Yates
Hill, of the First Presbyterian Church,
officiated in the presence of small party
of guests. The bride is the only daughter
of one of Logansport's leading business
men, her father being a member of the
firm of Ash & Hadley, of the Logansport
Furniture Company, and is one of the most
popular young society ladies of the city.
The groom is member of the Pioneer
Pole and Shaft Company, of Anderson,
where the newly welded couple will re-
side.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-16

Detroit Journal.

Detroit Journal.
Eyes, just back from the country" adj
mitted the sun-burned man to his pale
faced city friend, as they met on the street
car.
mo, 1 wasn't thinking about how many
fish caught. 1 was moralizing on the fact
that everybody in the city looks alike. 1t
was the first thing that struck me as l got
cially, of course. L have got tired of look
ing at them in less than twenty-four hours.
They've all got the same walk, a gliding
gait with long steps and outStretched necks.
They all wear those scoopy hats, that stick
way up off their hair, and their hair is all
done alike.
Notice how their skirts are all the same
shape, too. Then all their sleeves are big
at the bottom, and all their shoulders are
long, and every waist has a full blouse.
Actually, their faces look alike to me. The
hats and coiffures and gowns seem to give
them the same expression.
1T isn't a bit like that in the country.
One girl you meet has on sunbonnet the
next mans straw hat and the next is
bareheaded. One wears a trailing blue
muslin gown of the cut of the sixties, and
another has on a red sack and a short
black skirt. My, but it's interesting, won
dering what you'll see next A fellow has
some pleasure in being introduced to a girl
If he doesn't know what she's going to
look like beforehand. They're lot pref
tier that way, dressing as If each had a
mind of her own"
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him four years to secure permission from
the various countries to make reproduce
tons OF the crowns, and to complete the
work of building them. The gold work was
done in Paris and the jewel work in Austria
and the crowns are exact representations
in size, cutting and jeweling of those which
rest upon the heads of the kings and queens
by right divine. 1t is hard TO believe, too,
that the real ones can be much handsomer
than these reproductions.
Perhaps the most beautiful of the crowns
in it's artistic lines, and certainly one of
the most interesting is that of Napoleon
which, however, was not used in the En-
peror's coronation, being. finished too late
for that event. The crown has arches
formed by alternating feathers of grace
full curves, and imperial eagles, and is
surmounted by the cross, which forms the
apex of the crowns of all the Christian ma
tons. The earlier crowns were simply
circlets. with eight points at intervals;
later the points were marked by three
fingered leaves, symbolizing the Trinity and
from these finally grew the arches which
form what Is called the covered crown.
Such crowns are worn only by rulers and
for that reason the dainty graceful crown.
blaze of diamonds, which was presented
to the Empress Josephine by Napoleon, is
nothing more than a coronet which leaves
the head uncovered.
CROWN OF SPAIN.
The crowns of Spain. Portugal, Italy and
The Netherlands are very much alike in
their lines and all have the arches set with
pearls. The Spanish crown shows a mar
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-09-16
Remember, the General Admis-
sion is only 50 cents, with seat

themselves for the play. The new theater
will be absolutely fireproof and will have
so many exits that Il can easily be emptied
IN two minutes.
OWN TWO FRANCHISES.
For the last two years Dickson q Tai
bolt have owned the franchise for what -
called the Independent High-Priced Cir
cult and also the franchise for the Stair 4
Haviin Medium-Priced Circuit. but have
been able TO accommodate only few OF
the attractions playing over these circuits.
booking them at the Park at the end OF the
regular season at that popular amusement
house of low prices. The opening Of the
new Perry Theater will therefore mean q
great deal to Indianapolis in an amusement
way, as it will give to this city numerous
attractions that would otherwise be COM
PEELED to remain away from here on ac-
count Of the impossibility OF securing
time at Englishs which is at present
tne only PLAYHOUSE IN town not catering 10
Although Dickson d Talbot have just
concluded their arrangements for the cree
booked the following attractions for next
season: Weber Fields in "Whoop-de-
do" Mrs. Fiske in her great revival OF
Macbeth" and a new production. Henriet-
man and Louis Mann, Charles Richman.
Isabelle Irving, James X. Hackett. Martin
Harvey, Harrison Grey Fiske's new Span
ish play. Marta of the Lowlands." Ward
& Vokes, Eugenia Blair. Chauncey Olcott.
the Four Cohans, Vests Minstrels, Al II.
Wilson. George Sydney Kellar. the magi-
clan, and a number of well-known plays
that are now meeting with success on the
medium priced circuits-plays such as
'EDen Holden" "Sky Farm" ''The Gov
ernors Son." York State Folks" Sweet
Clover and 1.-The Sign of the Cross"
1.-The new theater will be ready TO throw
open its doors by the first OF next August
If all of our plans are carried out without
a hitch" said Mr.. Talbot. last night. and
we hope to give TO Indianapolis next sea-
son a fine list of theatrical entertainments
OF one thing you may be certain-the new
playhouse will be thoroughly up-to-date In
every way"