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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10


wonderfully like scrubbing brush, but boy, and
so did not about that.
ED Ooh, dear! surely they not going to call
by that odious name) and carry water called
mother After had ugged water till my arms ached,
father told me was to chop wood I did chop till my
sorey bistered then big sister sent down
cellar for something. AS went down horrid mouse ran
right my toes. With wild shrek dashed up
stairs where sat down the floor and fairly screamed
with fright to every IS amusement ct don't want to
be boy don't don It, sobbed. 'Fo- PHYS sake
wake up, broke in my sister IS voice; cts breakfast
time Edna Ildstad,
Ninth Grade. Grafton, N. D.
THE ssRAGGEDY'' CINDERELLA.
When was small liked to read fairy stories, but
Cinderella especially liked and wished she.
did think Of the hard work which she had to do but
that if fairy to and said tWhat is your
greatest wshg' would say ITO be Cinderella, and
nothing else. At last my time came; night in my
dreams a real fairy appeared. " -
- 'tWhat do you wish most of anything?" asked the
fairy. To be Cinderella - firmly answered. trying to
town horse, for that another of my cherished
wishes$K --.-. r.
can right, you may be Cinderella, - answered the
fairy; and then vanished.
True her. word Cinderella all in rags (not at
the ball thGught'I should Beg There stood step
jeering at me- Pwaited impatenty till the night of the
ball hurried to do all necessary things for my sisters
and then went to cry because could not go Cnder-
ella did At last the fairy came asked what the matter
was ETC. She made ready and started for the ball
was Just entering the house of the king when
when wished to be Cinderella I did not Cinder-
ella in rags. Stella Jones,
Seventh Grade, -- Grafton, ~ d.
Central School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

my eyes and saw crab and oyster. Away they went
and in few minutes back they came with the queen,
who lovely mermaid.
She was in a chariot drawn by four seahorses. The
chariot was made gold pearl the gold being found
wrecks of ships She asked me to come with her
to her palace This gladly consented to do. We
in sight of the palace which made of gold pearl
and many precious stones and very beautiful
stayed there several days and had very good time,
until one day the queen s diamond necklace stolen
All of the people denied taking it and the
queen blamed me for it, to get it and give it to
her in less than five hours to be thrown into
deep dungeon. The five hours past, and as did
not necklace chained and taken to the dun
geon lifted and thrown in. fell and fell and came to
the bottom with
sSay do you know it'stime for schoole''
Seventh Grade Florence Desch,
Innofellow School Morris, MINI.
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A TALE WITH A CRUEL ENDING.

One summer evening two years ago, sat up TIL
10: 80 pm reading G. A. Henty's novel, Under Drake
Flag Having finished it, felt sleepy and retired
slept peacefully for hour and then occurred
the incidents Of my strange dream.
/ awoke with start and well I might start for on
nv wrists were pair of ancient letters and two Span
ish monks stood over Before I could scream was
gagged picked up and hastily borne to the Judgment
hail of the inquisition. There judge condemned
me suffer the torture of the rack on the following day
and to be confined in the narrow ce' it called
as an intermediate punishment. So carried to
little hole feet high three feet from the door to
the door very securely, for after they gone
settled down with my back against the door, and feet
against the opposite wall To my joy felt it give.
braced my feet pushed with all my strength, the door
flew open and fell out backward To my intense horror
kept falling, falling falling, TILL crash! bang! lighted
on the floor Beside my bed you don't stop your fool
ishness, I'u come in therc' This cruel ending of my
strange caused to creep slowly and painfully to
bed to dream -kenneth Forde,
Eleventh Grade West Bend, Iowa
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

DrOCneT ndu nOC long ago.
He is bookkeeper for a
company down town, and
often has to work late.
One night : after working
unusually late, he went to
sleep there at his desk and
dreamed this strange
dream:
He thought he was just
ready to 60 home after a
hard evenings work. He
had started when, remem-
bering that he had forgot
ten to lock up, he went
back to do so. He knew he
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
SUCH A FUNNY MAN.

The strangest dream I have ever had was when |
dreamed that my sister and going to town and we
saw wolf coming after We fast we could
with the wolf after After while we came to a
house. We such funny who told us to come IN
and rest while He told all about himself and said
we should go down to the road. We went down there
and fairy who said that she was the little mans
wife Then she to go to the brook and get her
drink Of water; If did that each could have
wish. We went and saw our wishes IN the water.
wished for most beautiful doll that could Sleep cry
talk and walk Ny sister wished that fairy would
every day and grant her wish Just then heard my
sister say Get up Ruth; it is late and can hear them
washing the dishes = Ruth Hanson,
fifth Grade Hendricks, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
Il Chinese Pn0gerb

ttYou cannot prevent the birds of
sadness from flying over your heads.
But you can prevent them from stop
ping long enough on your shoulders to
build their nests in your hair
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
BAD AS ANY CYCLONE.

stood at the end of grass-grow avenue lined
with deserted houses The air hot and oppressive
the sky bore that dusk greenish aspect which pre-
eedes cyclone. In the weird twilight suddenly heard
faint noise as of dry bones being rubbed together.
looked down the and far in the distance
faint CLEAN Of fame As it came nearer I perceived
that it was skeleton riding black charger. He
surrounded by halo of flame and at every movement
fire shot from joints AS he advanced the sky became
darker until he seemed slhouetted in fame against the
inky background. Nearer and nearer he Now his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
NORTHWESTERN TOPICS
For Saturday, September "a:
o. ~..ruJI Duo0D TOyS

Childhood far away from most of you Juniors
cannot remember toy toys that
cal % They not been shop
nevertheless you spent happy with them
your priced childish toys? How did they
break them?
was the The papers be mailed
to reach Of
NOT LATER THAN THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT 15
They be strictly original written in ink side
ONLY of
than 1OO with number paper
signed grade, school, address OF the
writer. papers must not be rolled
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care you sure you want to
be a boys" queried a small,
squeaky voice in my ear.
I looked and saw Trip, my
terrier, on the rug, smiling
at me wisely. "Of course
I do,'' I retorted. "Eat
one of these beans, then,
and you will have your
wish.''
I swallowed one and at
once the transformation
took place. When I
glanced into the mirror 1
found that my hair was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
AWAY UP IN VENUS.

closed my eyes YEARLY and sighed Why do You
sigha' asked low, sweet voice opened eyes wide
and stared at beautiful creature standing where the
moonlight formed silver pool by the window She
as delicately fair the moonlight itself with great
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10

liquid blue eyes and waving of shadowy dark hair
falling below waist Again she asked "Why do you
sghs Lo, the queen of Dreams have in vain to
you who will neither sleep speak to me-" II won
day night what is the planet Venus, -
swered. sseome Them she said smiling tand you shall
see:'' Up the starry heavens mounted till came
great gate guarded by two fierce BEARS Of
whom huge old grizzly, the other Alaskan Gin
namon bear Here balloon was waiting Away we flew,
up up up, higher and higher Then the balloon aghted
queen of dreams said, .This is Venus sometimes
called fairyland, but in reality it is my kingdom, the
dale the queen calling my attention now to an air
tle now to fountain of tears, and presently came
to quiet whose blue waters clear crystal
sThis is the of slumber, she murmured, and be-
hold walked from strange dream.
Ninth Grade. May ndstad,
-. Grafton, N. D.
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For Saturday, October /:
"YoUR FIRST EARNINGS,

Every Junior the remark "If will
and such thing for me, will pay you-'. Can you
member very said to your Very frequent
fine nothing than cookie
or "a piece but to childish MUD it ample
may instances
vas Something in money and something
In all cases there good story to be told The
should tell to be made how the
Won of it. The must be mailed
as to office of The Journal Junior
NOT LATER THAN THURSDAY MORNING, SEPT. 2. {
they original, written in ink side
only of words length,
less than with the number of words and each
paper signed address the
writer. The papers must not be rolled.
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She ealmed me and slept again, but without
dreams Florence A. Baker,
B Ninth Grade Lake Crystal, MINI.
NO LACK OF DOORS.

NO LACK OE DOORS.
Dear Friend May-As you told strange dream,
will tell you one, too. One night dreamed in
strange city. lost and everything seemed to
change thought that large brick house belonged to
and went in and there door ahead of me. I
opened that door and still there door ahead of
On and I went and opened and shut the doors And
still there doors ahead Of Finally to the
end and there with swords there, and [
tried to get away from them, ran and ran but I
could get At last opened door that led into
my sisters schoolroom. T sat down with her and
care you going to get up todaya Are you going to the
pcnic9'' I heard say Your friend,
Sixth Grade, s-Margaretha Desch,
LongfeIlow School. Norris Mimi
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little room adjoining the office, thought he could
find it without lighting the lamp He had Just gone IN
he heard the outside door softly Fortunatey
Office. He climbed upon chair to look thru and saw
two men with dark lanterns kneelng before the SAFE
They had evidently learned the combination as they
opened it very easily He could very clearly the
combination they used The took everything of va4e
in the safe while brother stood looking guea 70
had come ''The police must be notified thought my
brother lo he awoke to find the sun streaming IN
the window and the clock striking g. He did not know
the real combination of the safe but he went to 1T and
turned he had dreamed, when behold! the
safe had learned the thru his
dream. Yours truly, -Hazel olngle,
Eighth Grade, -.-s-. Devils Lake, IN. L.
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THE ONLY STICKY GLUE.

Dear Marjorie-Knowing That you great dream
er, going to tell you of very strange dream my
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
THE MAGIC OF A BEAN.

II wish I were a boy, [ cried, as threw mysen
on nv bed in a pet. "Why can't girl hunt, fish,
- y whistle too e,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-10
HOW DID IT s'CoME oUT?"

etI want The Journal Junior, - said to my brother
he reading he would not give 1t to me; so
began to read something cse but that did not seem
interesting, and it about CLOCK went to bed
After while dreamed dream. in the sitting
room when tony surprise pile Of Journal Juniors
near me- looked at them while and soon took one
and read some it. But just had begun to read
tsEdna it's time to get up is after o'clock And
I said, ''Oh, dear, why didn't you let me finish my
dreams" EDNA Jameson
h. :~< r. F. D. No. l, Hendricks Mimi
Seventh Grade. - ,.rte
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
COFFEE SPONGE.

LEFTOVER VEGETABLES.
String beans, beets, and celery are
most excellent made into salad with a
simple French dressing poured over
them, when put on the lettuce leaves.
Chives, a bit of onion or parsley are an
addition to the flavor.
Cold corn, either fresh or canned,
makes a most appetizing soup. Cut
from the cob and simmer on the fire for
an hour; some bits of celery will give
good flavor. Mix one tablespoonful of
flour in cup of milk and add few
minutes before taking from the stove.
You can also make fritters of your
cold corn. The following is a good
recipe: Beat the yolks of two eggs very
stiff, add one cup of milk, one-half a
teaspoonful of salt and one-quarter tea.
spoonful of pepper. Mix one teaspoon
full of baking powder through four
tablespOonfuls of flour and with one cup
of cold chopped corn, stir thoroughly
through the mixture. Now take the
whites of the eggs beaten to stiff froth
and add, only stirring very lightly. Drop
from q tablespoon into hot lard and fry
light brown.-McCall's.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
Inauisitive Birds.

OF the birds undoubtedly the blue
Jays have the most inquisiuveness.
And they are the most noisy in express
ing it, although crows will hold close
second place, if not fully the equal.
How the jays screeched and whistled
and called-a confusion Of all the
sounds of jaydom-near my home!
More than a dozen darted into a small
evergreen tree on the lawn. People
came from several houses in the vicin-
ity, all curious to know what was the
matter with the birds. 1t seemed to
be "want to know on both sides.
The jays had discovered a cat walking
meekly along by the fence in the low
shrubbery near and under the spruce
tree. There was no nest in the vicinity,
and, so far as could be ascertained, the
cat had not attacked the jays. But
what pandemonium of jay jargon
over one meek looking, quiet cat! The
jays outdid themselves and called out
nearly all the occupants of the many
houses on that street.-St. Nicholas.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
Ne~,on's Blue.

II Is we'll known that under the &C.
ton Of gravity the water composing
such thin shell as soap bubble tends
70 run down on all sides, so that the
walls of the bubble grow thin ut the
top and thicken toward the bottom.
After time the bubble becomes SO
thin at the top that further flow OF wa
ter from this point can hardly take
place. and finally the bubble bursts.
But before this last stage Is reached a
degree of thinness in the walls OF the
bubble is attained which causes 1t to
glow with brilliant iridescent colors.
Newton noticed that on top of the thin
bubble illuminated by white sky light
a black spot is formed. With increase
of thickness downward from this point
on all sides, red band next appears;
then q blue one; then again red and
blue, red and blue, and so on, the col
ors showing more extremes of red and
purple in the higher orders. This blue
band which first expands outward from
the black spot at the top and descends
slowly with the subsistence of the wa
ter Newton called the blue of the first
order" and, although somewhat dingy,
lie Judged it to be Of the same tint as
the blue Of the sky. j. j. See in At
lantic.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
.Iapan's Defiance.

Seldom does a nation which invites
war with such open defiance as Japan
gain such widespread sympathy. This
sympathy is partly selfish, Russia stand
ing for check to trade, but 1t is more
the generous impulse of the world, which
goes out to the smaller and more honest
combatant. The preliminaries have
been carried on with the eloquence OF
prize-fghter by Japan, and with sort
of sullen reticence by her huge opponent,
and yet the world has swung, during the
elaborate interchange of defits, distinct
ly nearer in feeling to Japan. The
universal sense of justice has been touch
ed, since the belief is SO general that
Japan's fight is for her life, and there
fore inevitable and just. A sort OF
straightforward integrity has also won
friends. In contrast to Russian wiles
and blinds and bluffs, Japan has said, as
one man, that she meant to have one
particular thing, if the effort cost her
life. On such grounds the sympathy OF
statesmen may not be given, but the
sympathy of peoples is, and in diplomacy
leaders are often driven by the bulk OF
sentiment in the masses behind. EX-
perts are now busy contradicting one
another about the relative abilities of
the rival powers, and statesmen are busy
studying the interests of their own
countries, but the people all over the
world observe the situation with dis
interested emotion and cheer for the
nation which they think has the fairer
cause. If actual warfare comes, this
moral sympathy may mean little, or it
may mean everything. Chance is a
mighty power in war and peace, and
Japan has at least prepared herself ad-
mirably to take whatever favorable
chances the future may unfold. A little
nation which is backward and deceitful,
like the Beers, gains sympathy merely
from her littleness. A little nation like
Japan, which is remarkable for character
and progress, arouses widespread kind
illness which may at any moment find an
opening for decisive expression. Ger
tainly, if Japan had enjoyed the repute
in 1895 which is hers to-day, the powers
of Europe would never have forbid den
her to take what she deemed hers from
China.-Collier' Weekly.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
GOOD SPIRITS.

Good spirits don't all come from Ken
lucky. Their main source is the liver
and all the fine spirits ever made in the
Blue Grass State could not remedy bad
liver or the hundred-and-one i'll effects it
produces. You can't have good spirits
and bad liver at the same time. Your
liver must be in fine condition if you
would feel buoyant, happy and hopeful,
bright of eye, light of step, vigorous and
successful in your pursuits. You can
put your liver in fine condition by using
Green's August Flower-the greatest of
all medicines for the liver and stomach
and certain cure for dyspepsia or indi-
gestion. 1t has been favorite house
hold remedy for over thirty-five years.
August Flower will make your liver
healthy and active and thus insure you a
liberal supply of "good spirits" Trial
size 25 cents; regular bottles, Is cents.
For sale by F. A. Shurtleff & Co.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
A FIyiug Machine that Flies.

To sail three miles through the air at
a speed of eight miles an hour against a
breeze blowing twenty-one miles an hour
is the most notable achievement in fly
ing machine experiments. Three years
ago, two brothers named Wright, of Day.
ton, Ohio, went down among the sand
hills of the North Carolina coast. They
were expert mechanics, and brought
their own tools and machinery. They
had studied the experiments of flying
machine inventors here and abroad.
They were going to put their study and
ingenuity to practical use. They tried
the multiple wing machine with its
large number of sails. Then they turned
to the gliding machine invented by
Octave Chanute, and modified it to their
purpose. Their first machine carried
one of them three hundred and sixty
feet, and after another year a new APP
paratus sailed an eighth of mile. Last
year they made changes, and added a
gasoline engine and prOpellers, with the
final successful test late in December as
a result.
The machine, in which the operator
lies at full length, is In some ways ike
box kite with rudder instead of tail.
The framework is covered with cloth at
top and bottom. 1t is buOyant enough
of itself to float its own weight and that
of one man. During their three years of
experiments, the brothers had added con-
siderably to their knowledge of air cur
rents and of the resistance of canvas.
Keeping these things in view, they de-
signed and built their propelling appa-
ratus. One propeller, revolving hori-
zontally, is placed underneath the CEN
tire of the machines body. The other
is like the screw of a steamship, whirling
vertically at the rear. The gasoline
engine, with 4-inch pistons and 16-brake
horsepower, operates at will either or
both of the propellers. The one beneath
helps to hold up the machine; the one at
the rear drives it in the direction toward
which the operator points it.-Collier's
Weakly
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
OUNCE TRIFLE.

Take some stale sponge or plain cake,
cut in slices to cover the bottom of a
glass dish. Pour over the dish two or
three tablespoonfuls of sherry, and leave
them to soak short time. Take some
stewed or preserved ounces and rub
through a sieve. Spread this pulp on
the cake and pile on top some whipped
cream. This makes very delicious
dessert.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
pawnins Wives and Daughters.

They have curious way of utilizing
wives and daughters in some parts OF
India. If Il man wants money he puts
these members of his establishment il
pawn, and his creditor dctains then
until the debt is discharged. The Gus
tom varies in different localities. IL
MellOre the Yercalls pledge their daugh
tiers to creditors who may either marry
them or give them away. and Il man
who has TO 20 TO Jail deposits his wifi,
with another family of her tribe unit
his return. In North Arcot unmarried
daughters ere frequently mortgaged
and become the absolute property of
the holder until liquidation.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
When Two Rainbows Are Seen

When two rainbowS are sometimes
seen at once, one outside the other, the
inner or primary bow. rs it is called
is always the brighter, and the red
band of color is always on its outside
The outer or secondary bow is much
fainter in color, and the red band is
always on its inside. This is because
in the primary bow the suns rays are
only reelected once, while in the sec
ondary bow they are reflected twice,
which makes them fainter in color and
turns them upside down. In one rain
bow we see the rays of the sun enter.
ing the raindrops ut the top and re-
Elected to the eye from the bottom,
while in the other we see the rays en-
tering the raindrops at the bottom and
reflected from the top, whence they
reach the eye.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
The Lion Didn't ROar

1t is related that Pinnow, the faith.
full servant and personal valet of Prince
Bismarck, once trod on his masters
equity foot. Instead Of swearing at
him or even declaring he was clumsy
fool, Bismarck, noticing that Pinnow
himself was frightened, said: "Consid,
er yourself honored. No other person,
my dear Pinnow, not even the kaiser
himself, would have been suffered to
tread on my cOrns."
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
Her Husbands Male Friends,

One of the most complicated duties
of wife is the shuffling Off of her hus-
bands male friends, says the Ladies'
Field. Fifty per cent can go ut once,
for half mans bachelor associates
are. according to his wife, not fit for
polite society, either because they have
no manners or because they wear the
wrong sort of collars. Ten per cent
she may genuinely dislike. or possibly
they may not take to her. Some of the
rest are On the borderland of liberation,
but most of them have knack Of
dropping off by slow. degrees. Possibly
this is the inward and spiritual mean
ing of the farewell bachelors dinner
most intending bridegroOms give,
though they never realize it ut the
time.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1904-02-02
The Veil In perHin.

]. ID. Rees, lecturer on Persia, says
that the wells worn by Persian ladies
are more of n privilege than Il punish
ment. Screened behind it woman may
walk wherever she pleases, and even
her own husband dare not question her
movements. Doubtless many Persian
mites. The Persians, as a rule, do not
think it right to take wine, but as near
ly all their poetry is in praise of the
flowing bowl it will be inferred that
they frequently do violence to their
conscience. Occasionally, however, they
are seized with remorse, whereupon
they destroy the wine of their Arme-
MAN neighbors.