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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
BRZZNFLZ OF FUN

HERE are two ways of looking at funny acct
dents that happened in the, course Of Junior
it really was, unexpected, amusing and
sometimes really ludicrous; the other, in
considering it as it might have been-a
"truly' accident without any fun about it
at all and coed deal of danger. Some Of
the funny accidents came so nearly being
the other kind, that instead Of being good
deal amused the participants or spectators
seemed to laugh with relief as often as not
Among the latter were numbered duckings;
frisky animals with light feet; swarm of
ased colt, Halloween pranks that might have
trously; sundry tumbles down cellar or thru
H. Lorr m off 1oa1 IF how. swa1lovoa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
BESIDE BEN HUR
The Glass leased Sanballat at
Recess.
(Prize.)

,ts0N, Atari! On, Rigel!
" What, Antares, dost thou
Enger now? Good horse. Ohio,
Aldebarran,' etc. Having fin
ished urging on my imaginary
horses, I walked proudly to my
seat. 1t happened that on this
day our teacher was absent and
we had a substitute. We were
going to read "The Chariot
Race in the form Of dialogue.
I had the part Of Ben Hur' and
another pupil, a boy, had San
ballat's part:
AS there were not enough
books, Sanballat loaned his to
the teacher and sat with the boy
in front of me. He was to 90 to
the front of the room and recite
a portion Of his part and then
finish it while standing by his
desk. All went well until he re-
turned when, instead Of standing
by the boys seat in front of me
and having finished his part he 50
was a laugh in The room which
put his hand to his forehead and
book, and did not look at me, v
his seatmate. I sat still thinking
notice his mistake, but he did
and this caused him to look up !;
hurried to his seat pretty fast tn
not let the class laugh, so they m
Sanballat and Ben Hur at recess
A Eighth Grade,
Garfield School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
MOCKING I.AKELETS
Also Tantalizing Bits Of Lesson
Papers.

Also Tantalizing Bits Of Lesson
Papers.
(Prize.)
COUCH a calamityi And on
~ Monday, too, when I
wanted to begin the week with
perfect lessons and an orderly
desk, - I walled as I gazed on
those mocking little pools of ink
which flowed over my new books
and tablets, and the torn bits Of
my carefully prepared arithmetis
and grammar papers.
I had hastily eaten breakfast
and had combed my hair care
lessly that morning 50 that I
might arrive at school in time to
make general clearing out Of
the old papers which had accu-
INFLATED in my desk during tho
past two months. ga very un-.
tidy Scholar you. will say per-
haps, but then I had been so UNI
usually busy those first tvs
months that I could not possibly
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12

, he stood beside mine;
t down with me. There
he did not notice. He
went on reading in his
HON he supposed to be
every minute he would
not. So finally I arose
md see who I was. He
n. The substitute would
ade up for it by teasing
-Adeline Keen,
1918 Chicago Avenue
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
SUCH AS BOYS MUST HAVE
Shovel Is the Proper Tool to Use in Clearing Away
Traps and Things, -

Fifth and Sixth Grade Prize)
lNE day awoke and said to mother, ssI'm going to
~ straighten up my workroom' Ny room was full Of
newspapers and all kinds Of things such boy must y
have: strings whips nails and traps hidden hero and
there. might have used shovel because could not
sweep. had about half Of the newspapers ont whea
snapl went something under my foot was 20 scared
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
APPLE PIE ORDER
Strengthening up Days Brought Northwestern
Juniors Long-Lost Treasures and Newly Dis
covered Trials.
TOP1c-''A STRENGTHENING UP DAY."
covered Trials.

is queer how things win not stay ttput, "
ism t iti But they never do. A house may
be "set to rights' three hundred and sixty
four days of the year and yet on the three
hundred and sixty fifth it may be in con-
dition quite deplorable and all ready to be
"set to rights" over again. This is par
ticularH true when Juniors are anywhere
around. And then once in great while
Junior consciences have few pricks (bo-
cause Junior heads know that Junior hands
are careless), and Junior heads, hands and
consciences take notion to straightea
things up. Perhaps it is lust az we'll that
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12
TEDDY IN TROUBLE

[Hlgh School Credit
The hot July sun poured its rays down on the yard
doorstep the faro gra7bue his looked cool and
chanting, while around their base crawled train which
seemed like great black snake. How uneventful and
uncomfortable the day Not sound save those Of
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-12

this only occasionally because Strengthening up
days are disastrous unless good deal Of
sckto-t-iveness and at least little bump of order,
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-14


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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-14
CITY NEWS.
BIRCH And OAK
STOCKS ARE LOW
FURNITURE FACTORIES FACE
SHORTAGE OF. RAW MATERIAL.
Sash and Door Men Also Have Diff
ficulty in Securing Wood for Interior
Finisll-Demand of Birch Is Par
ticuIarly Hard to Meet.

Local furniture and sash and door
factories are facing a serious shortage
Of the raw material, which may ham
per their work considerably before
spring. Stocks Of hardwood in the
north have never been as low as they
are this winter, and the supply OF
birch and oak Is rapidly approaching
the vanishing point. "
Birch is now a favOrite wood for in
terror finish, especially In flat build
ings and is used by all sash and door
makers. 1t is also largely used in
furniture making. Until the last year
or two it was a drug on the market,
but the supply has been diminishing,
while the use of birch has been on the
increase. The prices have advanced
rapidly. and on that account consum-
ers have been slow to buy, hoping for
decline. AS a result the factories
have very small supplies of stock on
hand, and the local dealers in hard
wood are not able to supply farther
orders. Within the last week or two
they have sold out all the stocks they
had left, and are now turning down
orders right and left.
II don't know what the factories
| will do for birch stock from now till
spring." said a prominent hardwood
lumberman to-day. "Some of: the
larger mills can put their green lum-
Der In the dry kiln, and make 1t, fit
| for market in that way, but it is not
so good when hastily dried. The. pro-
cess is expensive, and the supply will
| be limited
There is about the same situation
with regard to oak. The scarcity OF
northern oak can be made up some
what by shipments from the south, but
stocks are scarce down, there too, and
I oak will be very hard Ito get. Bass
wood Of all kinds is also hard to fine
now, and is always in active demand
during February and March. Man
ayers Of the local factories are now
thoroly awake to the situation, an(
are picking up anything they can get
They hope to get stock enough to las
thru the season, but it is hard to set
where it will come from, judging b!
reports from the mills and the dealers
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the testimony on which they were con-
Vlcted was not considered Of the best
character. =
The chief justice replied to Mr.. Saw
yer's remark that the supreme court
had passed on the evidence: Yes, but
bear in mind, that the. decision Of the
lower court was only affirmed by a
bare majority. Only three Of the JUS
tees voted to sustain the verdict, and
there was one vigorous objection"
Warden Wolfer appeared before the
| board and told Of the two confessions
made by Sutton. Sutton first broke
down and told him that his evidence
| at the trial was false, and he wanted
to set the matter right. A few days
later he sent for the warden again
and told him he had lied, that his evil
| dence given at the trial was true. Mr..
| Wofer does not believe Sutton now
| knows what the truth is, and says he
is broken down in mind and in health
He does not believe the boy will live
more than twenty days, and may die
sooner. Something seems to be prey
ing on his mind, and he is continually
mumbling to himself: II want to tel
the truth; l want to tell the truth fol
the state. I don't want to do wrong
to anybOdV.' .-.-
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NELSON'S MAY NOT HANG
SOME MEMBERS OF THE PAR
DOMINO BOARD SEEM DISPOSED
ITO COMMUTE THE DEATH SEN
TENCE,.

Chief Justice Start and Attorney
General Douglas made statements yes
terday which indicate a disposition on
their part to extend clemency to the
Nelson brothers. A delegation of six
citizens Of Owatonna, headed by W..
r. Sawyer, appeared to urge the en-
forcement Of the death penalty. Mi.
Sawyer dwelt on the terrible character
of the crime, and the necessity of set
ting an example which would lessen
the danger Of mob violence. The at
torney general said there was no cues
ton as to the heinOus character Of the
crime, but the plea for communication
was based Oh the youth and previous
environment Of the boys, and the fact
that evidence received since the trial
has cast q doubt on their guilt. Also,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-14
E. DORSEY KILLS HIMSELF
He Shoots Himself In Daughters Pres
ence.


Edward Dorsey, SO years old, committed
suicide by shooting himself last night. at
the home Of his daughter, 3045 Pillsbury
avenue.
Dorsey had had some trouble with his
wife and last night he went to his. daugh
ter's home. He was told that she had
gone down town. On hearing this Dorsey
walked into the hail. passed his daughter
and entered her bedroom. She heard him
muttering to himself and walking about
the room. Fearing that her father was
not in his right mind, the young woman
entered the room and saw that'her father
was preparing to shoot himself. y:
She seized his arm in an attempt to re-
strain him, but he pushed her away and
told her to stand back or he would shoot
her as we'll as himself. Before she could
do anything more he pulled the trigger
twice and fell dead at her feet.
Dorsey leaves nine children and his
wife from whom he has been separated
for three years. :, -.
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POLICE MATRON'S REPORT

II Shows US Women and Children Looked
After in 1908.
Police Matron Schaeffer's annual report
shows that IT'S women and children were
in her department last year. OF these
90 were boys under 16 years old. Ar
rests were made in SIT cases and lodging
was furnished to 100 persons; three wo-
men and three foundlings were sent to
Bethany home, and two children to the
children's home. There were 127 arrests
for, drunkenness and S3 for vagrancy.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-14
ENDS SERVICE WITH HONOR

George II. Goodrich of Anoka Retlres
from State Pharmacy Board.
After nine years most creditable service
on the state board Of pharmacy, George H.
Goodrich Of Anoka, has retired, and is
, 1904-12-28
Tibetans and JeweIry.

Tibetans, like all people of a low
civilization, delight in snowy and mass.
I've jewels. A man is only poorly
adorned with a heavy silver earring
coral mounted. The women wear regu.
lar jewelers. shops on their heads
Among the nomads their hair, arrang-
ed in innumerable small tresses that in.
volye more than a whole days work, is
decorated with three great bands OF
wooden stuff or red silk strewn with
rubies, shells, artificial pearls, corals
turquoises. amber heads, red agate
gold, silver or copper reliquaries.
, 1904-12-28
A Striking individuality.

1t does not pay to be too striking in
ones individuality unless that charac-
teristic is the outspringing of ones
W nature. Directly little eccentrici-
ties are assumed criticism is invited.
We become conspicuous. and the un-
conventional beauty which we wish to
achieve turns to gall and NORWOOD in
what the world calls only ''queerness."
nile you can be a~rtistically out of
the ordinary do not try to be other than
commonplace. 1t does not pay to bring
down reproach and sarcasm upon your
unprotected head for the sake of WIN
ming notoriety. Better by far to pursue
the even tenor of your way, exactly as
thousands of other mortals do, than to
strike out into new paths which lead
only into the jungle of ridicule and
'-,nlemnation.
, 1904-12-28
HOW A WATCH WORKS.
A Vibrating Wheel AXE the Place
of the Clocks Pendulum.

A watch differs from q clock In its
having a vibrating wheel instead of a
vibrating pendulum and as in a clock
gravity is always pulling the pendulum
down to the bottom Of its arc, which is
its natural place of rest, but does not
fix it there because the momentum ac-
quired during its fall from one side
carries it up to an equal height on the
other. so in a watch a spring, generally
spiral, surrounding the axis of the bal
ance wheel, is always pulling this to-
ward a middle position Of rest, but does
not fix 1t there because the momentum
acquired during its approach to the
middle position from either side carries
it just As far past OF the other side,
again. The balance wheel at each vi
bration allows one tooth of the adjoin-
ing wheel to pass, as the pendulum
does In a clock, and the record of beats
is preserved by the wheel which fol-
lows. A handspring is used to keep up
the motion of the watch instead of the
weight used in a clock, and as a spring
acts equally well, whatever be its posi-
ton, a watch keeps time, although car
ried in the pocket or in a moving ship.
In winding up a watch one turn of the
axle on which the key Is fixed is render
ed equivalent by the train of wheels to
about 400 turns or beats Of the balance
wheel, and thus the exertion during a
few seconds of the hand which winds
up gives motion for twenty-four or
thirty hours.
, 1904-12-28

dure no longer the heartache 1t gave
her. The national military hospital de-
partment was at first quite unprepared
for the task suddenly thrown upon II.
Night and day the sorrowful picture OF
sick. wounded and dying men who
needed help was before Clara Barton.
At length she resigned her clerkship
to go az a volunteer unpaid army nurse
In hospital and on the battlefield. She
likewise called on generous civilians to
contribute to the relief of the soldiers.
So much good did she and her helpers
do that in 1864 she was appointed to
take charge of the hospitals of the ar
my In front of Richmond. She was on
the field In several battles.
Miss Barton has a natural gift for
organization and executive work. She
began life as a teacher, which gave her
the discipline of system and superin-
tendence. Shortly before his death in
1865 President Lincoln commissioned
her in behalf Of the government to
search for missing men Of the Union
army. This occupied her till, weary
and weak In health. she went to Eu-
rope for rest. While she was there
came the Franco-P russian contest, and
once more Clara Barton took the part
of q peaceful helper in war. BY the
time the war between Prussia and
France had reached Its height the Red
Cross society Of Europe was well or
ganized, and Miss Barton had opportu-
nifty to see its b~eneficent work. At the
close of the Franco-Prussian war she
received the decoration Of the iron
cross Of Germany.
She came home and earnestly sought
to induce the United States govern
ment to join the international Red
Cross agreement, which it did in Dc
tober, 1881. Clara Barton was elect
ed president of the American branch
and held the Office till this year.
MARY EDITH DAY.
, 1904-12-28

of terror In France, the battle
of Waterluo-these three am
bilious authors have Wed with
one another to picture forth in fine
writing. There is a chapter of sim
pie fact. prepared without any attempt
at fine writing at all, which is worthy
to be classed with any description of
the historic events mentioned. 1t is
the chapter concerning the Galveston
flood in Clara Barton's book, "a Story
of the Red Cross Here is an extract,
coming after the description of scenes
in desOlated Galveston:
"Some thoughtful reader may pitiful-
ly ask what became of these miles Of
wreckage and the dead on the Calves
ton seashore.
"At this distant day it may be safe
to tell. l recall that at the time much
criticism was INDUCED in.
"All were burned"
One day a little girl asked the presi-
dent of the American branch of the
Red Cross society to tell her what the
Red Cross did. The history of the or
ganization had been written time and
again, but at the little girls question
Miss Barton suddenly remembered that
the large events in Which the Red
Cross had figured as relief bringer had
never been fully described. Acting on
the hint the child's question had con-
veyed to her, she set herself to the
task of writing out the full story that
facts might not be lacking to inform
the present and coming generations of
Americans who may wish to know
what the Red Cross achieved between
1850 and 1900.
Large occasions for the good works
of the American Red Cross came and
are set down in the book as follows:
The Texas famine and the Mount Yer
o cyclone, 1885-1SSS; yellow fever in
Florida. 1887; Johnstown flood, 1899;
Russian famine, 1891: sea island relief,
1893; Armenian relief. 1896; Cuba,
1893; Galveston, 1900.
The reader of this story of the Red
Cross. however, will look In vain
through its pages for any of Clara Bar
tons personal history, although she
was really sit in the events described,
the head and prime mover of all. Her
life is in her work, and her work has
been her life. One cannot be separated
from the other.
Clara Barton was born at Oxford,
Mass, in 1880. Early in the civil war
, 1904-12-28
HUNTING FOR SEAL
Something Unusual Now Seen in
This Section

Local sportsmen are cunning for a
new kind of game-that is, new to these
waters. During the past few days a
young seal has been seen disporting in
the water off Longport. Its appearance
has created a lot of excitement among
gunners and fishermen, and efforts are
being made to capture it. How it ever
reached this section is a puzzle to all.
The seal is said to be a beauty and
decidedly sportive.
Among those who have seen the seal
is Captain George Lee.
Probably before the week is out, there
will be regularly organized seal-hunt-
ing parties.-Ocean City Sentinel.
, 1904-12-28
Assistant Senate Clerk Stevens

Through the influence of Senator
Crosse Editor Lewis It. Stevens, of the
Cape May Herald, has been chosen to
be the assistant secretary of the New
Jersey Senate which will in
annual session at Trenton on Tuesday,
January 10, 1905. This is a very desir-
able position and the JOURNAL extends
congratulations to Brother Stevens. Mr..
Stevens is a hard worker and we pre-
dict that he will attend to his duties
in a n that will reflect credit
upon Cape May County and its repre-
sentative in the Senate.
, 1904-12-28
OYSTER SEEDS GREAT GROWTH
Natural Beds of Delaware Bay
Show Unusual Development

Show Unusual Development
Recent trial dredging upon the nat
ural beds Of the Delaware Bay shows
that seed oysters are more abundant
than at any time in the history OF the
industry of the State, and the planters
are facing prosperity. The oldest plant
ers in the business declare that they
have never known "spat' to develop in
such quantities. Many single shells
taken from the beds are covered with
sufficient email oysters to fill a half
bushel basket.
This development has led many of
the more important planters to advocate
the closing of the bay for one year y
give the seed a better opportunity TO
develop. 1t is declared that if this step
were taken there would be enough seed
to plant Maurice River Cove for the
next 25 years. The small planters are
opposed to the suggestion, as they
would be obliged to give up business
for at least one season.-Philadelphia
Record.
, 1904-12-28
His ming Love.

Il am afraid George is beginning to
grow cold toward me-" half sobbed the
young wife.
whats he been doing now?" inouir-
ed her mother sharply.
"In his last letter he only sends me
a thousand kisses, and always before
he used to send 10. 100000"
, 1904-12-28
Report from the Reform School

j. 6. Gluck, Superintendent, Prunty-
town, w. Va, writes: "After trying all
other advertised cough medicines we
have decided to use Foley's Honey and
Tar exclusively in the West Virginia
Reform School. / find it the most eff
fective and absolutely harmless Sold
by Cohen Bros, Wildwood and Holly
Beach.
, 1904-12-28
A Timely Topic

At this season of coughs and colds, it
is well to know that Foley's Honey
and Tar is the greatest throat and lung
remedy. 1t cures quickly and pre-
vents serious results from a cold. Sold
by Cohen Bros, Wildwood and Holly
Beach.
, 1904-12-28

1t is surprising what liberal clubbing
the JOURNAL is able to make with the
country's most popular magazines.
Xmas is coming. Look them up, on
page six.
, 1904-12-28
CURRENT
COMMENT
The Story of the Red
Gross

burning Of Rome, the reign
of terror in France, the battle
of Waterloo-these three am