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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-01
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Thrilling Tale Of ShlpWrcek and Adventure.
BY
Copyright EdwazdJ
A Thrilling Tale OF ShlpWPcek and Adventure.
BY LOUIS TRACY.
Copyright 1908 by Edward J. Globe.
"What is it?n cried Iris.

What is it," cried Iris.
IT cannot be certain" he said,
doubtfully. would you mind hold
ing the lamp whilst I use a crowb bar 90
In the stone was visible a thin vein,
blush white in color. He managed to
break off fair-sized lump. containing
well-defined specimen of the for
eign metal.
They hurried into the open air and
examined the fragment with curious
eyes. The sailor picked 1t with his
knife, and the substance In the vein
came off in Illuminated layers, small,
brittle scales.
els 1T silver?" Iris was almost ex-
cited.
II do not think so. ] am no expert
but T have a vague ideal have
seem
He wrinkled his brows and pressed
away the burrows with his hand, thai
physical habit of his when perplexed
IT have it, he cried. Tt is anti
mony.''
! Miss Deane pursed her lips in dis
dain. Anthony! What was anti
mony?
said.
sit is used in alloys and medicines
he explained. ITO us it is useless
He threw the piece of rock con
ltemptuously among the bushes. But
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being thoro in all that he undertook,
he returned to the cave and again
conducted an inquisition. The silver
hued vein became more strongly
marked at the point, where it. disap.
peared, downward into a collection of
rubble and sand. Thatzwas all. Did
men give their toll their lives, for
this So it would appear. Be-
that as it might, he had a more press
ing work. If the cave still held a
secret it must remain there.
Fifteen hundred years Of ,philology
bridged by circumstance" unused
jerks. ''How Max Mueller would
have reveled in the incident!''
Shouldering the axe he walked to
the beach. The tide was low and the
circular sweep Of the reef showed up
irregularly, its black outlines sticking
out of the wildly green water like
jagged teeth.
Much debris from the steamer was
lying high and dry. 1t was an easy
task for an athletic man to reach the
palm tree, yet the sailor hesitated,
with almost imperceptible qualnis.
"a baited. rat-trap,' he muttered.
Then he quickened his pace. With
the first active spring from rock to
rock his acknowledged doubts van
ished. He might find stores of price
less utility. The reflection inspired
him. Jumping and climbing like a
cat, in two minutes he was near the
| tree.
He could now see the true explana-
ton of it's growth in a seemingly i'm
possible place. Here the bed of the
sea bulged upwards In a small sand
cay, which silted round the base Of 8
limestone rock, so different in color
and formation from the coral reef
Nature, whose engineering contriv.
i ances can force springs to mountain
tops, managed to deliver to this iso.
lated refuge a sufficient supply Of
/ water to nourish the palm. and thu
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When you get to be president of the
Annual Pumpkin and Quilt Display,
county road commissioner, school
trustee, town committeeman, and dele
start the best at about 100 to l, that
you have got to have a bunch of live
ones and lot of alfalfa growing, Or
you can't stir the custard.
Theophilus File was all of these and
more. His corn preserve made a
smudge on the county map of some
three sections and he held paper on a
fair portion Of the balances, therefore
he was so honored and respected, that
he refused to wear a collar and always
sat at the table in his shirt sleeves. no
matter who was company
His barn was coated so thick with
sun proof paint that.it took ten
penny nail to find the wood. but the
house looked like the birthplace OF a
president and the four stopped parlor
organ had to be nailed to the wall to
keep 1t from falling into the lap Of the
player.
His swife who looked like a second
assistant dish dryer, had lost her per-
sonality so far back In the haze, that
all she could remember was to get up
at 3 q. M, cook breakfast for sixteen
hands, do likewise at Il and also the
same at p. m. If she got thru in
time she could also go to bed at IL,
while the head of the respect trust
drove over to a neighbours In the cool
of the evening and beat him out of a
likely yearling. 80.
During the day when not otherwise
engaged. she learned to feet 800 chick
ems weed the garden, carry dessert out
to the razor backs, separate rev
dozen COWS from their milk, keep the
turkeys out Of the radishes. clean up
the house, mend the children's clothes
and Join In a few other pleasantries OF
a. like nature. Once in every five or
six months a slave from a nearby farm
would drop in and tell her how lucky
she was to be Mrs. File; this always
did her heap Of good.
When her people were hard pressed
for funds, Theo. came to the front, put
plaster on their farm, which he att
erwards foreclosed and to show them
how good he really was, allowed them
to pillow up 1888 acres and keep two TOT
their own use.
At times he would forget himself
and cut off foot of blue ribbon tina,
he had brought home to tie on a prize
hen and give it to his wife, all wrapped
up in a. warning not to expect it every
time.
The strenuous life told, however
and in the thirty-second year OF hel
happy, happy life, she was founc
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SIGHTLESS EYES SCARE OFFICE GIRLS

eyes, and thought they were being in-
suited.
Benjamin Rlke1dfer, agent for the
sanitorium, had swallowed dose
of morphine sulphate. In an open,Iet>
ter on his desk before him his en-
ployers declared that he had failed to
please them.
Rickeldifer was first seen by clerks
in an office across the street. He
leaned back in his chair, turned slowly
to the window and sat still. A com-
plant from the girls caused an in
vestigation and the man was found to
be dead.
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coils, pulling and pumping at its prey
with remorseIess certainty.

coils, pulling and pumping at its prey
with remorseless certainty.
He was nearly spent. In a par,
oxysm of despair he resolved to give
way, and with one mad effort to seek
to bury the axe in the monsters brain.
But ere he could execute this fatal
protector the cutie would have in-
stantly swept him into the trailing
weeds-five revolver shots rang out in
quick succession. Iris had reached tha
nearest rock.
cause to reflect. It squirted forth
torrent of dark-colorede fluid. In
stantly the water became black,
Opaque. The tentacIe fourishing in
the air thrashed the surface with Inn
potent fury; that around jerks waist
grew taut and rigid. The axe flashed
with the inspiration of hope. Another
arm was severed; the huge dismem-
bered coil slackened and fell away.
Yet was he anchored immovably.
He turned to look at Iris. She never
forgot the f1eeting expression Of his
face. SO might Lazarus have looked
from the tomb.
'sThe rope!" she screamed, dropping
the revolver and selling the loose ends
lying at her feet.
She drew them tight and leaned
back, pulling with all her strength.
The sailor flung the axe to the rocks
and grasped the two ropes. He raised
himself and plunged wildly. He was
| free. With two convulsive strides he
was at the girls side.
He stumbled to q boulder and
/ dropped in complete collapse. After
a time he felt Iris hand placed tim
Idly on his shoulder. He raised his
i head and saw her eyes shining.
i THANK you" he said. I'VE are
quits now
| (To be continued to-morrow.l 9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-01
BUYING, SELLING
AND BUILDING
:REA1. ESTATE TRANSFERS.

John J. McHale and wife to Theodore e. Ryan,
part lot z. block 1, Atwater's addition, s. $50.
L. Eugene Parker and wife to Anna V: Du
Prey, lots II to 16, block 1, Inglewood Park
addition, $500.
william Ross and wife to Emil J. Upgren, in
section 33-117-23, $3.50.
Peter q. Schock and wife to Alfred Peterson,
part lots and 8, block SO, Hoyt's addition,
$1.70O.
Louise Tobey ct al, to Joseph Keddan, in Sec
ton 14-117-22, 81 800.
Mary A. Williams ct al (executri1), to George
F. Castle lot 4. block 2 J. B. Tabour's Third
addition, 81 $50.
lin and wife. lot ID. block 81, Bakers Fourth
70 Berkhofer Brewing Co. to Peter Hirt: part
lot IA, block SO, Browns subdivision, $3.50.
Susie Anderson and husband to Anna l.. Elk
strom, lot Is, block Z, Robert Blaisdell's add
ton, $1OO.
Frank A. Langmaid (treasurer) to William
Wylye part lot s, block II. Elliot's addition
Frank e. Kelly (executrix) to Carrie Olson
lot II, and part Of lot 20, block 20. sibley's
addition, 81, 800.
G.. A. johnson to Susfe Anderson, lot 10
block Z, Robert Blaisdell's addition, $500.
Louise Heshtman to August Roeder In section
Alice NJ. Hapgood and husband to Edward D
Person lot S. block g. Allan & Andersons al
ditiou, $275.
Total, twenty -four deeds, $145
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roots, firmly lodged in deep crevices,
were we'll protected from the waves.
i Between the sailor and the tree in
tervened a small stretch OF swallow
water. Landward this submerged sad
die shelved .steeply into the lagoon.
Altho the water: in the cove; was TWEEN
ty fathoms In depth, its crystal clear
ness was remarkable. The bottom,
composed of marvelously white sand
and broken coral, rendered other OBJ
jects conspicuous. He could see
plenty of fish, but not a single shark,
whilst on the inner slope Of the reef
was plainly visible the destroyed fore
beyond the tree, relatively to his pres
Eent standpoint. He: had wondered
why no boats were cast ashore. Now
| he saw the reason. Three! Of them
were still fastened to the davits and
| carried down with the hull.
| Seaward the water was not SO clear.
The waves created patches of foam,
and long submarine plants sWayed
gently in the undercurrent.
i : TO reach Palm-tree Rock-antici-
.pating its subsequent. name-he must
i cross a space of some thirty feet and
i wade up to his waist.
/ He made the passage with ease.
Pitched against the bole Of the tree
i was a long narrow case, very heaVy'
/ n-cIamped, and marked WIN let
i tiers in black triangles and the broad
4 arrow Of the British government
i "Rifies, by all the gods!" shouted
i the sailor. They were really by the
q Enfield Small Arms mandatory, but
4 his glee' at this stroke of luck m1gh1
4 be held to excuse a verbal inaccur-
4 acy.
The Sirdar carried a, consignment
i of arms and ammunition from Hong.
4 kong to Singapore. Providence hac
d decreed that practically inexhaus.
4 tible store Of cartridges should be
j hurled across the lagoon to the island
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CAUTION S
W.-REsPECTED

BY SAM HILL.

breathing her last, at her post in the
summer kitchen, the throttle of a flf-
ty-gallon churn clutched tightly In
one hand and the other reaching out
unconsciously towards a cake Of soour-
ing soap that had dropped from her
clasp.
In a month the town committeeman
was wearing out the turnpike in
search of material to take her place,
and he finally selected a ptnk-cheeked
creature with good teeth and a Sepu-
taion for carrying a tub full of
clothes up two flights of stairs. and
made her the partner of his joys.
Three days after the respected
farmer had completed the transfer by
slipping the circle Of gold over the
second joint, he discovered a bright
yellow carpet in the parlor, and the
doctor had to tap an artery to relieve
enough to be out, he also found q
fresh coat of paint on the house, and
she of the pink cheeks and the repu-
tation for lifting heavy weight, told
him in a loud, harsh voice that he had
not hithertofore noticed, that If he did
not like her pancakes, he had best
arrange to take his breakfast at the
next farmhouse. Likewise. If he did
not encircle his thorax with band of
white and secrete his shirt sleeves; at
| the dinner table, there would be very
little doing for him in the commissary
department Further and more, she
invested some sos in a sewing-machine
and automatic dough-nlixer, causing
the farmer to absorb So worth of
tincture of iron to keep his head above
! the waves.
| When the friends of the late Mrs.
File would drop in to inventory the
improvements, and with protrudine
orbs tell her all about what saver
the late lamented was, she would tell
them to go back in the garden and
kill angleworms; that number one was
a dead letter and that she intended
to take the heavy lead in home poll
tics as long as the crops held good.
In less than month the man OF
affairs had to nave his signature
o. KID by his wife, and his hand shook
so when he wanted to buy sack OF
peanuts that they had to take the
money out of his pockets for him. Il
was also observed that the house alb
sorbed as much paint as the corn
cribs, and that the farmer carried
water to the stock.
| Caution.
! Don't take too many chances.
Sam HILL"
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Is made Of mixed gray cheviot, with
threads Of white and Of blue, and is
trimmed with white cloth and blue
velvet to give an exceedingly hand
fsome as well as novel effect, but all
Fsulting materials are Inappropriate and
trimming can be varied again and
lagain. Braid Of all sorts is in style
land numberless landings are shown
The fiat neck is specially desirable and
the box plait effect at the back, pro-
Auced by the elongated yoke, is as be-
coming as it Is new, inasmuch as it
does away with the over-broad back
sapt to result from plain blouse.
The Elton is made with fronts and
back and is fitted by means Of Shout
kder and under-arm seams. Over II
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And here were Lee-Metfords enough
to equip half company. He would
not risk the precious ak in an attempt
to open the case. He must go back
for a crowbar.
What else was there in this store
house, thrust by Neptune from the
ocean bed? A chest of tea, seeming
ly unchanged. Three barrels of flour,
utterly ruined. A saloon chair,
smashed from its pivot "A battered
chronometer. For the rest, fragments
of timber intermingled with pulver-
lied coral and broken crockery.
A little further on, the water
tween sunken rocks. On one Of them
rested the Sirdar's huge funnel. The
northwest section of the reef was
bare. Among the wreckage he found
a coil Of stout rope and a pulley. He
| instantly conceived the idea of con-
structing an aerial line to ferry the
chest of tea across the channel he had
forded.
He threaded the pulley with the
/ rope and climbed the tree, adding q
/ touch of artistic completeness to the
ruin of his trousers by tho operation.
He had fastened the pulley high UP
the trunk before he realized how
much simpler it would be to break
open the chest where it lay and trans
port it's contents in small parcels
He laughed lightly. I am becom-
ing addleheaded, he said to himself
Anyhow, now the job is done may
as we'll make use Of it,
Re-coiling the rope-ends, he cast
them across to the reef. In such srnal
ways do men throw invisible dice with
4 death. With those two lines he would
within a few 1eeting seconds, drae
d himself back from eternity.
I. Picking up the ak, he carelessly
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is arranged the yoke collar, which
droops over the shoulders, and both
neck and front edges are finished with
a, shaped band overlaid with pointed
tabs. The belt is full and arranged
over the lower edge, closing with the
coat at the front. The sleeves are
made in .one piece each, are tucked
above the wrists and are held by the
cuffs, the pointed bands concealing
the seams. -..-..r-z
The quantity of material required for the me-
dunn size is AZ yards 81 inches wide, 3A
yards q inches wide, or 2h yards a inches
wide -ts..
The pattern (4666) is cut in sizes for 30, "a,
&c. 3S and 4O-inch bust measure
In ordering pattern fill m this
coupon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-01

The Germans show more intel1i-
gence than any other nation in the
cultivation of it's foreign commerce;
it gives people the quality of goods
they want, packed the way they want,
and do not seek to make the other
fellow buy what they make and take
it the easiest way they can make it.
They maintain large schools where
commercial travellers are trained in
foreign languages, banking systems,
etc, and no commercial traveller goes
out of the country unless he be thor
ly equipped in all these branches OF
study, and he invariably knows the
language Of the people he Is going to
visit: Our commercial houses could
learn much from German methods.
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WOMAN BECOMES SISTER TO HER SONS

thru the desire Of Mr.. and Mrs Wod-
rich to make Mrs. Kruger, who had
lived with them since she was years
old, their legal daughter.
Mrs. Kruger is a widow, rs years
old, and her four sons are 9, 6, and
l years old, respectively.
Judge Carter declared the adoption
one of the oldest in his service on the
bench. Not only do the children be-
come brothers Of their mother, but
should she remarry they would be
brothers-in-law to her husband
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-03-01

There were ninety-four fatalities on
the Great Lakes last year; forty one
men were lost overheard, twenty-three
persisted in laundering vessels, eleven
fell into the holds, ten were killed by
machinery, five in collision, two fell
from the masts, one persisted by ire
and one was shot by mistake.
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PATTERN NO.

CAUTION-Be careful to give cor
rect number and size of patterns
measure you need only mark 80, 81
sc or whatever it may be. When in
waist measure, %. "a, &c, or whatever
it may be. When misses or child's
pattern, write only the figure repre-;
senting the age. It is not necessary to
write "inches'' or years"
Patterns of this garment will be sent
postpaid on receipt of 10 cents. Be
sure and mention number Of pattern.
Address
PAPER PATTERN DEPARTMENT,
JOURNAL, MINNEAPOLIS.
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YYP-TO-THE-M1N
OFASHIONs
"A Daily Hint Of Practical Value
to Journal Readers Of the
Fair Sex.

!, The fashion pictures given daily In
this department are eminently practi-
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 10 elaborate
for the ambitious amateur to repro
duce. $50
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CRADLE, ALTAR
AND GRAVE

BIRTHS.
Davies-Mr. and Mrs George n, $3.50 Ere.
mont avenue N, daughter.
McCall-Mr and Mrs. Josef, e21 Third avenue
N, daughter.
Collyer-Mr. and Mrs. Sam, 527 Sixth street
s., daughter.
Leach-Mr. and Mrs. Arthur E., e46 Twenty.
eighth avenue Me-
Seer-Mr. and Mrs. Frank g., 626 University
avenue NE.
Teyner-Mr. and Mrs. Walter, 1887 Fourteenth
avenue 8, son.
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BUILDING PERMITS

American Linen Supply company, brick struc-
ture, 913 Mary place, So o,,1
Mrs Belle 3Silbaugh, frame dwelling, Sll4
Thomas avenue N. 81 900.
Mrs. Jennie Alcock, frame dwelling, 1914 Queen
avenue N. 81, 800.
Six minor permits, 81 ,OS5
Total nine permits, SIP, 1856.
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Suicides Dead Body Sits in Window
and Appears to Gaze with Rude
ness Upon Fair Workers.
New York Sun Special Service

New York Sun Special Service
New York, March 1.-Sightless
eyes apparently gazed from the win
dow on the floor of a building
on West Twenty-eighth street, where
the dead body of a man reposed for six
hours yesterday. Girls EMPLOYED in
the offices across the street saw the
montionless figure and the wide open
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BLOUSE ETON 1886.

Short coats are the favorites of the
season for handsome suits and prom
Use to still further increase their
vogue. This one is peculiarly smart
and includes both a. novel yoke collar
and wide sleeves finished with flare
cuffs and falls of lace. The model
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Legal Adoption of Widow and Family
Creates a Curious ENHANCEMENT
i'm Their Various Relations.

New York Sun Special Service.
Chicago, March becoming the
sister of her own children is the sit
uation of Mrs. Minnie Kruger, who
with her four sons was legally adopted
yesterday by William r. Wodrich and
his wife.
This unique arrangement resulted
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MARRIAGE LICENSES

Fishel Frank and Minnie Captain.
David Anderson and Emely Person.
Swan Carlson and Emma Nord
George Leach and Mamie Kicker.
Edward Albert and Catherin McVarry.
Olaf Alexander Rowik and Alfrida Marie Fas
set.
Oscar E. Johnson and Anna r. Anderson
Marion p. Charmon and Nancy B. Bludsoe.
Harry Cunningham and Elizabeth Redmond.
Andrew J. Nelson and Hanna NJ. Nystron1.
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST
For Minneapolis and vicinity: Fair


Weather
K
cloudy tonight
siby
mort winds
Upper NchganProbably
wednesday
Z
cloudy
oay
winds
DakoaFarty
portion;
dontana-PobabB
WEATHER
portions of North
temperatures
the north Pacific
ction Director. i
temperatures in last
rhead. is
ao New York. =
4
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IF YOU DO NOT KNOW
YOU OUGHT TO KNOW.
THAT

The final figures are in for the COM
merce of 1908; our total imports were
995,473,101 and our exports $1,4S4,-
66S,127, or just double our exports Of
1888. -.
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Norway and Sweden have made the
greatest progress of any nation
toward temperance. In 1929 Sweden
had one saloon to every 100 inhabi-
tants, now she has one to every 5000
Inhabitants. Canada ranks first as a
temperate country with a consumption
of but 81 of a gallon Of liquor per
person per year; Finland, .5S; Nor
way and Sweden, So; United States,
1877; Holland, LA; Austria, 2.26;
England, 2.35; Germany, 2.44; Den
mark, 2.69; Italy, 2.72; Belgium, 2.75;
Switzerland, 1872, and France, 4.81.
It is to be noted, however, that these
latter nations drink vast quantity
of comparatively harmless wine.
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DEATH!

Harry Shipley 391e Clinton.
John Jonas st. Barnabas hospital.
Frank Warwick. st. Mary's hospital.
William B. Thompson. 1922 First avenue 3.
Mary Stelter. 1923 Aldrich avenue N.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1904-04-02
Increase In Church Membership.

In 1900 only Z per cent Of the total
population Of the United States were
church members, whereas today the
ratio is 36 per cent, the members in
creaslng from 364,000 to 29,000,000. Not
only has there been this great gain In
numbers, but there has also been a
great increase in activity, as indicated
by the rise Of foreign missions, the
modern Sunday school, young peoples
societies, brotherhoods, young mems
Christian associations and kindred
movements.
Investigations show, however. that
the large majority Of young men, or
9O59,OOO out Of 14,250,000, are outside
of church membership. Even after al
lowing a large margin for those who
are not members, but attend religious
services at least occasionally, it Is safe
to say that fully one-half are wholly
outside of church fellowship or direct
influence.
1t may be a comfort to know that
this Is no new problem. Professor Will
cox in his book, "The Pastor and His
Flock" describes conditions a century
ago as follows: There were no young
Christians in any considerable mum
bers. When a young man joined the
church Of DR.. Lyman Beecher In Litcn
field, Conn, early in the century, SC
strange an event astonished all the
western section Of that state. e."-Churcf
| Economist.