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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-03
THE JOURNAL JUNIOR MINNEAPOLIS,
|, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, SEPT. 8, 1904.

cuses to leave the room back coughing
tatiously The neighbors appealed to- and at last
with sufficiently hard heart found This
the grown of farmer who lived too far away to
have known Storm at all well.
He came down one morning armed with his fathers
double barreed ducking gun. He marched up boldly
enough to where Storm lying but stranger he
to the dog he could withstand the pathetic look Of
appeal that from the soft eyes of the faithful old
animal He lowered his and vaanty faced those few
of his friends who had followed him the because
they knew his would fail him l. the end.
It was finally decided that poor old Storm should die
of prussc acid This chosen because it quick
and certain and the girl messenger cried all the way
the drug store and back The druggist said that single
drop on the tongue would be enough-so deadly and
powerful. was the poison.
Storm taken into the backyard, and we all
fancied could the look his eyes, He
was being betrayed, and he knew tive said.
"A gulp swallow and it all over! Storm fell
at the feet of his mistress and the flow
down the faces Of those who loved him They wished
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-03

with all their hearts that they had not done it, but had
let him live out his days with all his aches and pains
They left him there, and walked around the house
find the prettiest place in the garden in which lay
him They chose spot where, as a puppy Storm had
loved to lie in the dapped shade. In half hour the
grave was dug, and they came back to bury Storm.
He was not there!
Instead of lying stiff and cod he actually trotted to-
ward them, briskly waggng his tall
He pranced, he twirled, he paved them. He frsked
and leaped as if he young dog again
And his familya They covered him with embraces
and al sat down and cried over the dog, who had
miraeulously come back to life!
The neghbors are still trying to explain it. Most
people think that the druggist made mistake that he
liked his little joke and dn give prussic acid at all
But if that why should Storm have fallen like
dead dog and what became Of his rheumatism9 The
declares that it prussc acid and the family
doctor declares that Storm took enough to kill dozen
horses But certain it is that Storm did know what
expected of him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-03
LOST ON THE BARRENs.
The Old Prospectors Crazy Notion of Straight Line
Across the Desert.


Across the Desert.
Said the old prospector, tsThe craze find a metal
is funny thing: always had it, and it the
cause OF dreadful experience. away north in
British Columbia and alone when reached the
Element There four Indians trader there
Ihey all ADVISED me not to into the barrens but
only meant to go few miles. There nothing to do
but foot it and carry provisions and blankets my
back.
''The country fat floor and bald and smooth
as my head, with no landmarks The only way 1 could
get direction was by the and stars. -
WI hen l had been out for about two days my pro-
and dash for the settlement All day long gray
suppose it coming slow didn't realize what it
meant to be without the guide There WASH It
even blade of grass that desert, living thing
stone sticking up. The clouds kept bending over
more and more, and finally they closed down
IT shall never forget the lonesomeness of that place
and how, whenever stopped walking, would strain
and strain my ears without hearing thing but the
thump of my heart But I thought all right
and kept walking toward the settlement steadily
until it was nearly night. Then something white
few yards off to side gasp breath went
out of me- The white thing was a bit of cracker had
dropped when had eaten my lunch
L sat down and tried to think. I knew it was no
use to walk that way any farther began to think my
bones would whiten out there the barrens but finally
ate my last piece of bareback, and nearly all day
walked aimlessy, hoping to find landmark There
was no sleep in that night Whenever shut my eyes
across 1.-THE straightest line you ever saw ~
Well, it was that crazy notion that saved my life.
IT suddenly occurred to me could draw line across
thus desert When it was getting light in the morning
there were few minutes when could which Of
the circle was east by the gmmer thru the clouds So
worked with my sheath-knife till I had built little
pile OF earth and waited for day to moment
saw the glimmer had the direction toward the
south hundred yards so, and built pile;
then ran hundred yards more, sighting back
the two piles and built third They only little
piles of dirt but they looked like the desert
- . All that day built piles of earth southwark until
lost count and the next day when the glimmer
morning Knew had the right direction Toward night
struck dogs track, and finally sighted clump
trees and group of cabins fred my several
times until saw two horseback coming out to
me- then swung down my knees and fell over, fiat
my face --5.. =
50 1t several weeks before I could close nv ewes
at night without sighting along little piles of earth
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-03

when he bit holes in the stock
ings and playfully tore the
clothes from the line, or dug
up the roses in his hours of
ease, looking for a last weeks
bone at the root, and capped
the climax of his mischief by
chewing up the shawl a guest
had hung before the fire to
dry, his mistress thought him
well named. 49,
He was certainly a bouncing
fellow. When the children
were at school, he rode like a
monarch on the seat of coal
wagon, barking ferociously at
all dogs afoot. But however
far he was from home, he
never failed to meet the chill
dren at the gate at 8 O'Clock.
He had a regular engagement,
and a marvellous sense of time.
AS years went by Storm
reached the limit of his in
firmities. He was so crippled
that he could scarcely walk.
In his sleep he groaned dis
mally. One day a family coun-
ell was called, and it was de-
cided that it was cruel to let
poor old Storm live longer. All
the dog powders and remedies
had been tried. There had been
all sorts of dog cakes, and
finally the family doctor had
been called in.
The mistress declared that
Storm s groans made her heart
ache, but she fastened to add
that she could not act as ex-
ecutioner. The boys made ex-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-03
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION
Corney Grain s Neat Way of Administering Wel-De-
served Rebuke to SnohberY.

served Rebuke to Snobbery. ..~sr-s e. =
The late Corney Grain engaged to give an
entertainment at country house, by Engshwoman
of snobbish instincts but socially entrenched behind
great riches She left instructions that enter
tainer arrived he to dine with the servants The
butter aPologized, but Corney easily dis
concerted Jerome K. Jerome in sketch He
dined WELL and after dinner and addressed the as
sembled company. s.~&-as> y
cWen now, my good friends, said he if we have
all finished and if you all agreeable, shall be
pleased to present to you my little show. -~
The servants cheered The piano was dispensed
WITH and Corney contrved to his audience very
well for half an hour without it. ,.~r-s B. -
At 10 O'Clock came down message. Would Mr.
Corney Grain kindly come up into the drawingroomq
Corney went. The company in the drawingroom was
waiting seated - . ,#zs.z
GIVE are quite ready, Mr.. Grain,'' remarked the
hostess. z@,sz-s- r. =
!" Ready for what?' demanded Corney courteously
" For your entertainment, - answered the hostess
= But | have given it already, - explained Corney,
= and my engagement was for performance only u
Given it! Where9 When?''-
" An hour ago, downstairs
But this is nonsense!'' exclaimed the hostess
1t seemed to somewhat extraordinary Corney
replied, but it has always been privilege dine
with the company asked to entertain. Z took It
you had arranged little treat for the servants
At the t.U'' of Chicago.
Japanese is the latest language to be added to the
s list taught at the University of Chicago
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-03
THE KILLING OF STORM
Not Tragedy After AL, and No One Can Explain
Why II Was Not

Why It Was Not. -
Mabel Clare Craft in September ST. Nicholas.
What stormy night that was!-with wind in gusts
and the rain in splashes! We had heard cry
in deserted causeway, and at the door found wooy
puppy, rolled up like hedgehog very wet shvery
But at last the long black curls dried out the big
feet spread seepiy the hearth rug and the
blue eyes closed in puppy g glad dream.
The children fed him by hand minced bread and
the aaXme thew MS @ no b IN
curson up and down the stairs tired him that he was
glad to sleep for hours and out Of mischief The
eat, who was taller towering the newcomer by
head, abused him shamefuly, and the children had to
look sharp to keep her claws out of his eyes, For all
this the dog repaid her with interest," on when the
tables of size turned When he his neck could
be spanned by gold bracelet At six months he had
large enough to be attractive to the gcatchers.
They called him Storm, because he came one; and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-03

At the t.U'' of Chicago.
Japanese is the language to be added to the
list taught at the University of Chicago
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

teution. The Presidents daughter, she
come 20 my country one, two years ago,
ana she say she going to help people an
make school there. I saw her when
she was there. But she forgot all she
say since she come back to the United
States
II wen TO school fra Porto Rico two
years. but ] never learn much. ] had
10 work am didn't have time TO study
I wan yer much TO learn and be bust
ness woman for myself If only / don
get sick. / have two hans. that ees all
an j must work j aim got nobody 20
help me- Miss Gomez has been ln this
country about ten months and says that
ske expects 10 stay here
The German element I'm the class is
large and varied. Hugo Colt is one of
the brightest OF the students. He is
perhaps forty years old and has received
a good education iu his own country.
Another ''Deutche" is Victor Kline. q
native OF Alsace He has been ia the
United States for four years Army life
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
Stories Told BY and About Congressmen

Speaker Cannon tells a story about a
young poker player in mis- home town I'm
Illinois who always played a rafting
good game and never got what the boys
term cold feet"
My young friend was an artist at
cards says Mr. Cannon. but, like the
best Of 'em. lac would play in hard Iuck
occasionally. one night ne had am un-
usually tough road and dropped his
money and then put up his watch. cuff
buttons. and other pieces OF jeg glry.
finally giving his I . US for good
many dollars.
when be went TO his home he was
pretty wei tanked, and after he sueaked
into bed he slept like a rock. II was a
chilly morning. just about such as we
are having now and mis- good wife
wanted the stove put up. a job the
young fellow had promised to attend 10
Tor several days. She gave him a shake
and said. Jim, put uD the stove
" III be - if dO. came the answer
from the brain-befuddIed man. I've put
mp everything except the stove. ana III
not risk that
"When he was sober the wife got after
him aud he owned up TO the fact that
he had been against it,
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
Mater Of Curiosity.

One of the WhirlWiud spgIbmdcTs Wh0
has been doing the State of Indiana is
getting 1t rubbed fun pretty hard by
some of his friends. The aforesaid spell
binder is lone ON both words and wind.
and knocks out "a couple of hours ora
ton without the least signs OF fatigue.
u appears that at one of the smaller
places where he held forth i'm an effort
to tell the voters how 90 save the c0uu-
try, the crowd got tired of his flow OF
words and gradually dropped out of the
courthouse. one OF the older citizens
he'll OUT and turned a deaf ear 20 sever
al of his sons. who attempted to geJ him
a. leave. Ar the close of the spe =ch-
making one OF the sons asked OF the old
voter.
pap why In the name of Bin Jones
and his gray mule did yol want TO sit
there and listen 90 that Teller spurt2"
"lIy son." answered the father, cit
was curiosity
Curiosity HoW's that?" asked the
son.
.'Weu. son; I've attended political
meetings for nigh on 20 sixty years.
and this is Iho fraJ time ] ever saw ONE
OF them - spellbiudeTs who could talk
two hours say as IJtIe as he did. and
without the least signs of mental or
physical eNertlou.'
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
Expecting Better Times.

one of RentUcky's Representatives
saws the darks IS I'm his neck o. the woods
are Of che opir on that better times are
I'M store for thor, and that some of them
are beginning 10 tAiuE they are the SUI
perior race.
go negro Is "a funny being at best
saws the Iawmaksr. "and "a Louisville
darky is credited with this hymn.
"NFe'ra nearer 10 the lord
Dan de white. fJlFs an ueE knows 10
See the Glory Gates uuDaIFeu-
Wuik UU. sem men, pass de Suafa5
Bet d dollar Le don't close IT,
Walk up. gem men, thro' d5 sltei
Hark de collgred angels E1ii-5
Go way. Wllle folks. You 80 toe L-tu'
We're die HilHil' color wait
TIu de trumpet sounds 10 11iler.
TIu.leluiah thanks and praise
LauE eruuH We've borne car crosses
Now we is de 'sperior race
We'se "uiue 10 Hcapen Iors De
bosses.
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

from over the sea. She speaks English
fairly well but is beginner at the
school Like the rest she is ambitious
TO learn Spanish, she speaks with great
duency. AT present she SIS working in
the home OF a Washiugtonian. She IS
a native OF Ponce and worked as maid
for number of ladies I'm the island. At
last she had saved enough money to- come
20 the United States. She is absolutely
dependent upon her own resources Her
father died before she was born and her
mother died when Jennie was q baby
A brother, who Is suT IN Porto Rico. is
ali the family she has. Tia her soft
broken English she explained that she
likes this country and the people here
who have been kind % her
cit ces nice place So was Porto Rico
before the Americans people steal ia. %
said she. laughing. Now it is bad. YER
bad. When the Spanish were there eet
was much better. II I were a man then
I could talk for my people here. but I
am a woman and nobody don't pay at
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
Not Easily Influenced

81 don't think Foreman Of Printing
Ricketts, would be very easily i'm
huenced, " remarked a Representative
from Pennsylvania, while discussing the
ugly charges which were brought
against the official in relation TO the
awarding Of prizes at the st. Louis Exc
position.
Il understand that not many months
ago an agent and collector OF an instaII-
ment jeWelry house called on Mr..
Ricketts, and told him that a printer in
his departments had bought a 500 dia-
mond ring from his house and was shy
in payments. Ricketts, told the jeweIeF
that he didn't see how he could aid him
in forcing the zinc-picker TO make good;
that the Public Printer insisted on sm-
pIoyes paying for Stub and house rent
and necessariess but that SOD diamond
rings didn't exactly come under the head
Of ueCessaries
However. Mr. Ricketts, agreed that
he would bring the matter 90 the print
er's attention and see what could be
done This pleased the 5eWeler and he
thought 1t n good time TO turn q trick,
so he i'm q very careful way suggested
that il the foreman or printing would
stand in with him In bringing his Gus
toners to the rack that q valuable
sparkIer In his shirt front would cost
him nothing
Mr.. Ricketts, looked at the fellow a
moment. eyeing him from head 20 foot
and pointing to- the door, told him 70 get
our and set quick. that If he ever dared
enter that Office again unless on official
business there would be hack party at
/ bis house
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

Bishop Gambler. of Georgia, recently
told one OF the national lawmakers from
that state an experience he had when
he hrst began 20 preach the gospel ana
tie nuDtial knots.
zone day was called on anG engaged
to marry a couple in one Of tie out-ot-
the-way districts. I found the house a
rudely constructed log affair. with but
one room and a loft above. which was
entered by a ladder and "A trap door. A
big table was i'm the center OF the room
and il was loaded with sood things ts
eat. everything having been cooked on
AN open fireplace which took up nearly
an OF one side of the room. The bride
and groom lined up and / was proceed
ing with the ceremony, and while in the
most impressive part of It, the old lady
pokld her head out of the trap door in
the loft and called:
sally. turn them chickens and jag
EN- with a fork.
.'ghs sommand ~ sAssi 4 abe
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
PRAYERS Were Asked.

The late Senator HoaT was f0nd of
thinking of the good old New England
times one of his favOTiJe stories was
about am application for prayer which
was made secondhand by a Mr, De-
lune, of Aiusdale. who had been thrown
from his horse and received severe in
juries. one OF Dulaue.s ueighbors wrote
the note to the local pastor. ana it read.
aIr DuIaua requests your prayer
In falling of ais old gray mare
BE broke uJ bones but bruised the meat
From crown of head 90 sole OF feet.
The request was read from the pulpit
and prayer was offered.
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
A Peculiar Verdict.

Representative BrOussard Of Louis
lana gives this as a specimen Of a Pc
culiarIy drawn jury verdict:
"A fellow nad put a load OF bucksh0t
into the anatomy OF a neighbor who
persisted in trespassing on his lands
The buckshot. each and everyone OF
them, nit where they would do the most
good. and the result was that there was
"a dead man with his body riddIed with
leadeu missiles Now, the fellow who
did the shooting was a very popular
man. and had a good bank account too,
II was evident from the first that the
coroner's jury didn't have any idea OF
holding the man for murder. The jury
deliberated long and wisely and returned
The jury are Of one mind-temporar-
tlv insane.
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

II found "a fellow. out in Texas" says
a Representative from Kentucky. ''who
lives I'm one of the bis counties where
there are only q few inhabitants, and
who declares that the county is getting
too thickly settled FOR him. AS perhaps
you know, Texas has one county with
only tWo inhabitants. ana several c0uu-
ties where 1t is ten and twelve miles be-
fore sou run across "a neighbour.
81 asked this man if he was going 20
vote and his reply was that he m0ut
and he m0ut not 'Ef / could vote for
old man Jen Davis, ef he was alive. I'D
do it. but I've bin out here by myself
SO long that L haint interested i'm poll
tics. It's gittiu too thick here now. ]
seed TWO men yesterday and ] under
stand "a whole family SIS moyin' in up
the creek about sixteen miles. 1 want
TO move TO tho woods. "
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

as It is practiced in Germany has no
attractions for him. He decided to come
here before the recruiting sergeant
should lay hands on him. and now he
cannot go back to Germany unless he IS
willing 10 serve his two years in the
army-two years II the infantry &c g him
and three II he becomes a cavaIrz-mau.
But going back TO Germany does not
enter into Klines scheme Of life. He
prefers 10 remain here and continue 20
practice the trade ne has learned since
he arriyed-that Of a cOnfecuOner-
One Meal a Day.
'The soldiers in the old country only
get one meal a day" said Kline. 1t was
plain from his expression that that kin.
OF life would not satisfy him for a sim
gle day, not 10 mention two years. "a
little black coffee IN the morning and
a plate Of soup for supper at night is ali
they get except meal at II O'Clock.
Kline is going u alone" over here and
hopes 10 get a business for himself when
he has lea rned how 10 read and write
wei. In German he is a star performer.
but he stH has a bit to learn about
English. In Aisace Kline worked In
his fatI er's garden. AS a country. he
likes better his native land. but he likes
the United States because OF its posi-
bilities IN the money making line.
One Of the brightest and most indus
trious students in the class IS Francisco
ShacoTeln. At present he is driving a
wagon for a fruit dealer. but he does not
intend TO stop there. When he has mas
tered the language and acquired the
necessary business knowledge he IS go
ing 70 make az ssfort to get into bush
ness for himself. e IS curious 10 note
that all OF these foreign students have a
poor idea OF working on a salary for
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

reminded him that he was yet a young
man. possessed with ii more than or
binary share of mental endOwmentsi SUI
helent, If wei applied to place in
honorable society. The judge got warm
ed up and he got tangled up, for in
closing his remarks he said.
" Hamilton, ] shall sentence you to
three years fin the State legislature %
1.-The State peuiteuuary. your honor,
suggested the prosecuting attorney
eyes. the State peuitentiary,' said
the judge. mutteriug at the same time
something about there being only a
slight difference
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

some one else. one and all have the
fixed idea that they must get into BUSH
ness for themselves. Another Italian
who is working with the class IS Ia
MOnnis. He is q barber. but has had
good education In Italian, and probably
his activities in his own country were
not confined TO the toEsorial art
Nathan I[lazEy- a Russian jew. who
has been In the United States only I'VE
months. has made such progress that he
can now read and write q little. He is
a peddIer OF notions. ard has some OF
his own, one being that he is far better
out Of Russia than in it, He is con-
WINGED that the Russians are not sufi-
GENTLY c0nsiderate in their attitude to-
ward the Jews. lie IS not native
Of Kisheuef. but has seen atrocities per-
petrated upon his race that he IS not
likely so forget. He is twenty-one years
old. "In Russia, he says, they don't
take Hebrews into the public schools e1--
cept a few. IF there IS room f0r a huI-
dred students in a school they win only
take ten Hebrews, NJ matter how many
there are in the district" He has. how
ever. been ore Of the few fOrtunates
and can read and write in Russian Like
his c0mpatrior, Schapir0, he has no use
for the army. where. as he says the sol
dieTs are only paid so cents for three
months service. and that IS Tor shoe
polish.
Scandinavia has always been noted
for the good citizens which she sends TO
this country. There are a number OF
NorWegians and SWeues In Miss JIrlck-
sons class, and among them two BROTH
ers named Grapstad. Christian Grab
stad has been I'm America Tor two years
and is palnEer. He and MS brother,
who has recently reached here, came TO
avoid the military service which is en-
forced in EorWaF
The Washington times., 1904-10-30

that an effort to get new trial would
be made on the slightest ground. So.
when the violence TO the law had been
duly expatiated upon. in the summing
up. the judge charged the jury. saying:
Gentlemen OF the jury, If the plain
tiff had met me walking along the
street with my wife. and had called me
what 1t Is not denied he called the de-
PENDANT, / should have knocked him
down just as the defendant did But.
gentlemen Of the jury. that IS not the
law. Take the case
-Of course. there were no damages
The Washington times., 1904-10-30
The Damages Awarded.

Senator EepeW believes I'm putting
yourself in the other mans shoes He
tells aU interesting story about judge
iu New York who was "a stickler for
what was right regardless of law.
An action was brought in the court
for damages FOR assault and battery,
and the evidence showed that the de
PENDANT while walking in the street with
his wife was rudely accosted by the
rIainuff who used iusultlT~ terms. The
defendant left his wife and gave the
pIainun a sound hopping. making his
face and head look like porterhouse
steak
.'It was evident" said the Senator,
that the judge sympathized with the
defendant. but as the case was closely
sried by the plaintiffs attorney, lac knew