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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02

was halfway when the door opened and man fol-
lowed I screamed again and mama's
The man opened the door after me, and when looked
at him saw it papa who had been down to at
tend to the fire. Then felt pretty foolish and went
down to my and slept the rest of the night
B Sixth Grade, -Emry Todwin,
II Lyndales School SIP Grand Ay. s.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02
THE LDEE CLOSET
1t Derry Property Punished
a Naughty Girl.
(PriZe,

n 600! How dark it was
- in that little clothes
closet, and how hungry I was,
too. To be sure, I should not
have been there if I had not
been a naughty girl that morn
ing; I would have been getting
ready for my sisters party. But
I had been naughty and had
run away. I came back, Of
course, and hid in the little
clothes closet to escape my
punishment. But what did all
that matter now, as I was there
and could not get out? And
was very hungry. I had called
and called for mama, but no
one heard me.
I was just going to make one
desperate kick when I heard
footsteps the other side Of the
door and I called loudly, but
away. Then I heard some on
pairs of feet walked quickly awe
knew who it was! But I could
was the use of wishing? But I
theless, for something to eat.
knew that some Of my sisters 6
a voice which I did not recogniz
outdoors" Oh, wouldn't they
dark little closet?
Ar that moment the door G
my sister saying, Just wait a m
B Seventh Grade, &c
Rosedale School. A
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02
GREAT DANGERS
Northwestern Juniors Walk for Brief
Time in Regular Pilgrims Valley
OF the Shadow. = y
TOPIC YOUR GREATEST DANGER. :

1ALLY, it almost seems
that snares and pitfalls
and dangers take I'M
limited pains to group
themselves around the
sunny paths criss-cross-
ing and zigzagging thru
Juniorland, in a reg
ular Valley-of-the-Sha-
dow manner. So nu-
merous are these, and
so grievous, that Juniors
may we'll play at Pill
grim's Progress, for in
deed they have a Pill
grim's time of it. But
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02
q HEORIC BURRO
he Had the Courage to Go
for His Dinner.
(PriZe.1


ST IME and tide wait for no
man. I never realized
the full meaning of this little
saying till one day while spend
ing the winter on the coast Of
southern California. Shortly
after our arrival some boys in
vited me to a picnic. The pic
mic grounds were some distance
from home, so we hired cou-
pie Of carts drawn by typical
California burros to convey us
thither.
The spot selected was very
beautiful. On both sides rose
high cliffs upon which the
handiwork of old Father Nep-
tune was very apparent, for
great caves were worn into
their surface by the continual
washing Of the waves. These
caves afforded enough fun and
excitement to delight any boys
heart. So after lunch we took
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02

optical about It, too and drawing long breath they
say gravey that I'VE must all have misfortunes to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-01-02

if it not it proved to be effective bar
what going in another room or outdoors
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09

OF moving form in the dinins-room.
Quietly she slipped around to a door
leading into the dinng-room. opened
1t quickly, and confronted a burglar
who was just in the act of stuffing some
greenbacks in his pocket.
So surprised was the burglar that he
STOCK stalk still. unable to move under
the gaze of the young woman.
Give me back that money" she de-
manded. Then calling to her mother
In an adjoining room, Mother, how
much was there in the purse on the side
board? Twenty-three dollars? All right.
Mister Burglar, now you just hand over
that $23 and you may go, although have
notion to have you arrested"
Trembling like leaf the burglar
counted out the money which he had
taken from the sideboard and handed it
over to the young woman. Miss Fleming
pointed to the open door. and the fellow
SUNK through il like a whipped cur, and
hurriedly boarded a passing street car.
He wore a heavy false beard to hide his
identity.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
Pooling the Keepcr.

A humorous old suburban farmer
tells the following story of how he once
fooled a toll-gate keeper: ut was
when ! was a drummer" he said, and
selling goods around through country
towns in these parts. was goin'
through one of these old gates, and |
slowed up a bit and asked of the old
fellow at the door: 'Ah, my friend, do
preachers pay 10 go through your
gate| No, SIR said he; and with a
profound obcisance he waved me on
and backed into his little room.
We'll, after that | passed through
some eight or ten times, when one dav
he accosted me as ! drove mp:
Good day, sir, he said; what
church do you preach at, sir, may |
askY
None, my good fellow, none, re-
piled.
WHAT Didn't you tell me you wuz
a preacher said he
No. ! said, i only asked Won if
preachers had to pay was Just a
little curious TO know Well, Won
should have seen that old fellows face.
as 1t dawned upon him where the Joke
came in. National Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09

JS~S-S-- --SSs1 -~->es
had entered largely in as a potent fac
tor to persuade people that their time
had come. Presentiments, prophecies,
premonitions and general nervousness
all played their part. On the other
hand, short time ago a patient of a
New York hospital was frightened into
getting well. This man was brought
in an ambulance, supposedly dying
from heart failure.
He was laid on a table and a dag
nosis showed him to be suffering with
hysteria- The surgeon turned to one
of his assistants and, asking for a knife,
remarked that he would cut down to
the heart and find what the trouble
was. The patient gave yell and,
leaping from the table, started for the
door Remonstrance was in vain. That
man was cured and never came back.
Some time ago four CRIMINALS, con-
demned in Russia to die, were taken to
house and shown several beds, in
which they were told number of
cholera patients had died. AS a mat
ter of fact, the beds were new, never
having been slept in. The criminals
were informed that they would be set
at liberty if they would undergo the
ordeal of sleeping severs, ajghts in the
beds. From the pri.coers' point of
view it was a possible, though a des-
perate, chance of escape. They one
and all decided to take the chances. At
the end of the time prescribed two
were uninjured and went free, but the
others developed all the symptoms and
died of Asiatic cholera.
Two physicians determined to take
advantage of the impressionable mind
of a female patient and prove a theory
for the benefit of science. The lady
had complained of an itching on her
back She was told that blister
would be applied. Instead, common
postage stamp was applied, and, so
runs the chronicle, performed all the
offices of the plaster which was not
there.
college professor was once the sub
ject of practical joke at the hands of
the students. They met him one after
another, and each successfully inquired
after his health, saying that he looked
i'll. He took to his bed, physician was
called and for days the professor inag-
ined he was ill.-N. Y. World.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09

ne made out cross-eye blinking al
him through knot-hole in the door.
The sight exasperated the farmer be-
yond measure and, dropping the pan ON
the arch, he threw the door omen and
the cross-eyed bear jumped on him and
bore him TO the floor. There is some
question as 10 which was the most
startled, but the odds favor 81. At
all events the farmer leaped over the
strip pan frog fashion and dove through
the only window, taking the sash
with him, an ran into the arms of
Ben.
Bar, tn cross-eyed un," he gasped.
"Whur?" asked Ben.
81 motioned toward the sugar house
from which the strong odor of burned
maple strip WAS issuing Ben gripped
the farmer by the shoulder.
"I'll git hint" he whispered bosrse,v
You scoot { tn house fer a gun while
hypnotic tn cuss. seen a Teller
with an eye suthin' like mine do il e
dawg down t tn county fair last fall
an kin do tn same tt h bar"
81 didn't just comprehend, but he was
only too glad of an excuse. and he
legged it to the house a quarter of
mile distant for his carbine. The mo-
ment he had turned his back Ben drew
IN long breath and cautiously ap-
preached the sugar house Their were
sounds of pans rafting within. and hs
rightly judged that bruin was investi-
eating the results of the last boiling
cautiously opening the door. he SWINE
2 h.
FOR an instant the astonished animal
stood motionless, and then uttering
low whine arose on his launches and
almost grinned. This was Ben's che
10 back out, and slowly and with his
eye diving from one point of vision to
another he cautiously withdrew. The
bear, hynotized, followed.
! seen 'em jest es soon es I cIuuh
over tn pasture fence" said 81 telling
the rest OF the story. ben was baclxin,
and III bar was movfn' long on. all
tours Jest es peaceable es a dawe an,
now an then lickin' tn sirup off his
chops. He didn't pay no attention :,
me an yelled Ben so he wouldn't |
take his eyes off the varmint.
Il was afeard if l went round the
euss he'd turn tail, so hid blind the |
sur wall an waited fer 'em to pass.
ANhen they got longside Ben's eyes was
ost poppin' out an histed tn ole car
re an let tn bar hev it back of the
Sar. Thet finished him"
Is so proud of the episode that
CuIont take yoke OF oxen for
ne eye He is thinking of going
hynotizing business some fan,
kisen In Sis estimation and the
las agreed to give him an all
Job.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
COW KNEW HIDE OF CALF.
Strange Case of Animal Identification
Occurs in Court Room
Out in Oregon.

James Lee, charged with larceny OF a
calf, was tried in Hillsboro. Ore, before
Circuit Judge T. A. Mcbride. The lost
property was taken from Mr.. Dennis. of
Patton Valley, over one year ago, but
the trial was continued until this term
because some of the witnesses could not
be found.
The evidence showed that the herd of
cattle with which the calf was run
ming had been rounded up in a pasture
near by and the calf and its mother
driven to Mr.. Lees corral.
One OF the witnesses had seen the
mother of the calf shut in an inclosure
near the defendants premises, but the
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
ONLY A MISTAKE, AFTER ALL.
And Nothing for Respectable Coiored
Gentleman to Worry Anout.

And Nothing for a Respectable Coiored
Gentleman to Worry ABOUT.
serious blunder occurred in a West
Virginia county not long ago. A num-
Der of the farmers had sustained losses
of sheep from their respective flocks.
and, being skeptical as to the efficiency
OF the law officers, one night took thu
matter in their own hands A doze1 &
more of them proceeded some miles
away, to the house of Rehoboth Jem-
son, and, Notwithstanding his protesta-
lions of innocence, gave him a severe
drubbing.
The affair created no little STIR. a..
Rehoboth was a very respectable col
ored man, who owned snug little farm
and was deacon in the Baptist church.
He had the confidence and esteem of
his white neighbors, who were so
worked up over the matter that they
considered the expediency of an investi-
cation that should lead TO the punish
ment of the raiding party.
Within few days the farmers dlscov-
cred they bad made an awkward mis-
take, the guilty party having been
caught red-handcd and had made full
confession; so, being in the main right
good set of fellows they decided TO offer
balm TO Rehoboth for his many wounds.
Three of their number were designated
committee with full power to act. and
they fastened to the discharge of their
duty. Old Rehoboth was sitting in his
neat little cabin with bandaged head.
while his wife was applying a cooling
wash TO his lacerated back The com
mittee looked foolish and scarcely knew
how to begin; but finally one of the
number stammered out an apology, and
added that they were willing TO pay a
reasonable amount as recompense for
his sufferings.
La, child, how you does talk, shoTvl
Amecl1in' sich furse dat Is ershamed
on vel You jes git back ter yer homes
n stay dar. / ain akin muffin n DON
want muffin. Wy honey, eff done tuck
on erbout &c misteclls er white folllses
I'd jes' be plum mis'able harf de time"
Chicago Tribune.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
HYPNOTIZED A BEAR.
CRoSS-EYED BEAST YIELDS TO
CRoSS-EYED MAN.
Sruin Meekly Followed Sis Hired
Man and Was Led to Slaughter
Without a Single Growl
of Protest

From Sherburg, VT, a New York World
correspondent writes as follows: "If
you ever run foul of cross-eyed bear
and cant capture him get cross-eyed
man TO hynotize him and you're sure to
get the bear" This is the advice ST
Bugbee gave out at the general store
the other night, and ST should know. for
he's about the most likely individual in
the fishing and hunting line in these
parts. Besides he's had an experience
Of the kind himself
I When 81 was down from the Med
oers'' last week to hire Ben Jerome to
help him sugar he let on that the
cross-eyed he-bear which caused him
no end of trouble stealing his live
stock last summer had come back and
be was "pestered most E DEATH
I've been arter him fer nigh ont a
year" he declared, IAN amt no
cluser t gittin' him now than / was
last fall. Even tn parsons sot agin
tn critter sense he broke up tn meet
in down t tn Holler b. runnin' up tn
aisle an scarin' tn people"
Ben, who is afflicted with one cross
eye, admitted that some action should
be taken to rid the community Of the
pest
A big boiling Of sap was Just reaching
the consistency of strip late one after
noon early in the week when ST. who
was keeping a sharp watch on the fluid.
heard footballs without the door Think
Ing it was Ben returning with more sap,
he lifted one end Of the big pan and
yelled to him to help pour off the strip.
There was no response.
Hurry up, gol durn ye, er tn hull
messn burn!" he shouted.
Still there was no response and 81 was
very angry. Peering through the steam.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
ALL READY FOR BATTLE.

at night so worn out'that did not even
strike light" he said. but threw of
my clothes and piled myself into one Of
the beds along the wall. In few min
utes | was sound asleep.
Frequently during the night was
awakened by what seemed TO be a NOV
ing ridge in the bed. | was too sleepy
to get up and investigate, however.
Rising early the next morning. I be-
gan the task of folding up and putting
away the blankets on the bed. as was
the habit of the men i'm the camp. AS I
jerked the third one from the bed and
gave 1t n vigorous shake heard a heavy
thud on the other side as Of some body
striking the ground.
There, all coiled up and ready for bat
tie, lay an immense prairie rattlesnake."
With the aid Of some of the men about
camp who had answered his call Mr.. Car
ter killed the reptile. 1t was exactly five
feet In length and as large around as a
mans wrist
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09

hlttle, 12SS Degraw street, Brooklyn,
In the absence of Mrs, Kittle, accord
Ing to the legal papers duly setting
forth the transaction. filed by Emma
kelacey in the Kings county supreme
court The case will be heard in the
June trial term.
Mr. kittle repudiates the bill, saws
1t is blackmail and will fight the SUIT
to the end.
Emma says in the papers that It was
her misfortune to be alone in the Kit
tie home when the master of the house
returned unexpectedly from his Office.
He proceeded to the kitchen. she de-
clares, and put his arm about her
waist. Then, she AYERS, he kissed her
again and again, causing her much
mental anguish, and physical discom-
fort He held her fast, she asserts.
bruising her arms and neck. At that
moment the bell rang.
My God! my wife!" cried the bro
ker, according to the complainant. He
ran to the door. Emma locked herself
In the buffers pantry. Kittle returned.
says the complaint, and made speeches
through the door, thereby adding I
the bill of damages Things wer,
growing critical when tie doorbell
once more came to theYescue.
This time It was Mrs. Kittle. and
the girl set about preparing dinner.
The next morning she packed her
trunk and left the house. With her
lawyer, George A. Mott, she figured I'D
her bill of damages at SIC, 900. and pa.
pers were served on the broker two
weeks ago. He answered them through
his attorney, James w. Ridgway. He
makes q general denial
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09

calf was not in sight. 1t was also proved
that the defendant had at the time the
property was first missed taken calf Of
the same description to Forest Grove
and shipped 1t to Portland.
Mr.. Dennis went to Portland, pur-
chased the calf's hide. and, taking it
home, placed it in the pasture where the
cows were grazing, when the mother
seemed to recognize it, while the rest of
the herd, greatly frightened, fed from
it. The hide was identified in court as
being that which came off the stolen
calf
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
RATTLESNAKE IN BLANKET.
Why Western Railroad Contra ctor
Removes His Bed Covers Be-
fore Turning In.

John l.. Carter, railroad contractor of
colorado, always upon preparing for bed
removes the covers and shakes them
thoroughly before daring to turn in.
The reason he does this is that about
tne middle of last July, when he was at
1ucumcari, n. NJ. with a construction
party of the Rock Island railroad, he had
an experience that made a very vivid
impression upon him.
After an unusually hard days work
entered the quarters of the engineer late
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
Forging the letters.

Mrs. Enpeck-I think, Henry, that our
daughter has made very satisfactory
marriage. and that she will succeed
very well in the management of her
husband.
Henry Enpeck-Why do you think so?
Mrs. Enpeck-I overheard her talking
to him this morning, and she got him to
agree to proposition like this: "Ifyou
will do as l want. promise to Go the
same. "-Tit-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
{: S
The Greatest Clairvoyant &
Fortune Teller the World
Has Ever Known.

onltes Separated. Brings back the
one you Love, Helps Quickly all in
Trouble.
Removes Evil Influences, Cures Mys.
ferrous Diseases, Gives Luck and Sue.
cess. Send Lock of Hair, Date of Birth
and IL cents. Ask three questions and
receive Horoscope and Lucky Birth.
stone by mail. GONZALES. 1856 Ber.
gen St., Brooklyn, New York.
t1-2126y,,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09

and started housekeeping-got by with
dead new one on me.
L want dozen eggs she said to
me when she came up.
Il inflated the paper bag, went over
to the egg crate, and began TO pick the
eggs up, two at a clip.
Wait a minute. please said the Just
Married young woman. who had fol-
lowed me over to the crate. 4 want
black hens eggs
"'Black hens eggs?' said I, standing
up sstraight. How do you tell black
hens >eggs from any other kind?
"Wl V, don't you know? she asked
me. with an innocent air. why. it is
very easy. I'll show you-give me the
bag ~
81 handed her the paper bag. and
she stoonad - the crate and began
to nick ont CO.,. She went over the
80 p,eN OUT egss. sing ont the very
whole top layer pic Is 0", ne 'e.y
largest eggs in the ca men she
mad got out the dozen q, s ones,
she looked at me out of Il. wi nei VI
her merry eye. and said.
ihere-these are all black 80,
eSss, you can always tell them bee
tney re the biggest you know. and The
she gave me the cheerful chortle.
As IT was new one. and not so had
at that' let her set by with it. of course
But you can't tel any groeeryman or |
marketman In little old Washineto |
these fairy tales about the rawness of |
JUST married young women in doing
thelr table buying. They are. as mat |
Ter OF taet, the most next customers we
have"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09

The Most Attractive Route 20 the
World Fair, st. Louis is via the
Southern Railway through the
Land of the Sky from Richmond
to St, Louis without Change Of
Trains.
The Southern Railway has on sale at
Richmond, and all stations on its lines
very low rate excursion tickets to st.
Louis, Mo-, account the Worlds Fair.
These tickets embrace stop over privi-
leges between Salisbury and Morris
town, which includes the famous noun
tain section of Western North Caro-
lima, Asheville, hot Springs and 1.-The
Land of the Sky" Elegant day coaches,
through Pullmans, and Dining Oar Ser
ce of the highest standard Of excel
{. q.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
LESSON FOR THE GROCER.
Mrs. Newlywed First Explained and
Then Demonstrated What Black
Hens Eggs Were.

You can't tell me anything about the
unsophisticatedness of these just mar
rled young women when 1t comes to
marketing" said Center Market deal
er to a Washington Post reporter.
Their lack of the buyers acumen is
al in the eye of'the joke writer's. Only
the other morning one of them-she
lives right across the way and only re-
Gently got back from the HONEYMOON
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
Not TIME to Nat,1re

A visitor to a museum reports that he
saw a countryman standing before the
bust of woman in a collection of stat
uary. The woman was represented in
the act OF coiling her hair, and as the
visitor came up the countryman was
saying to himself:
No, sir; that amt true to nature.
She amt got her mouth full o. hair
pins. It'll
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09

Mo. 1t is quite large. and is evidently
the fossil of a prehistoric bird. A
strange feature is the position, showing
that it was on the alert, squatting on the
ground, with its head turned to one side.
Scientists who have seen it say that it
belonged to the cretaceous period. but
they do not attempt to account for the
birds position. How it became fossil
lied while on the alert is a mystery.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
Where Rain Is Unknown

Upon the coast of Peru, for hundreds
of miles, rain is unknown. In one I'M
broken state of aridity the whole region
rises up to the view of the beholder.
with not blade of grass to refresh his
gaze. Baked. sterile. all is barren.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
Career Before Her.

Il suppose you loved your last hus-
band dearly" said Mrs. Hunter, of Jer-
sey City, to Mrs. La5eshore, of Chicago.
i haven't married my last husband
yet" was the reply. IF you mean to
express a supposition that / loved nv
most recent husband, can say that /
did. Town Topics
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
GIRL FACES BIG BURGLAR,
incidentally She Gives. Him Tongue
Lashing and Makes Him
Return Spells.
Hand over s2S and you NAV 20"

Hand over s2S and you may CO."
The person who made the demand was
girl, young, fair and slender. The
person to whom it was addressed was
burly man, who cowed before the gaze
OF the young woman.
One day not long ago Miss Katherine
Fleming, Of 426 South Waller avenue.
In Chicago, was in the kitchen eft her
home, when she discovered the shadow
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
THE EFFECT OF FEAR.

imagination a Potent Factor in Acquirinc
a Fatal Disease.
"Of the whole number of persons
supposed to die of disease" said a
prominent physician the other day. -
should say that at least fifty per cent
are really carried away by fear Were
II not for this element mortality would
be far less than it is"
In support of this statement he cited
various cases where the element of fea,
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-07-09
'Ht "oNDtR oF The WORLD THE WONDER OF THE WORLD
This Wonderful Woman Will Read Your / ifp

As the world
life
thaprineS
n
many caned
Of
yohs
thousands of Mediums call
the
lives
sshenn
of
"e 0"" you were born lock hair
Mrs. Dr. WHITE, 1917 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore Md u S.A