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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-06-04
FOR IMPORTANT PEOPLE.
Honorable Mention.)

(Honorable Mention.)
My most lonesome day spent in the United
States consulate in Paris had been travelling in
France with my father. When lost in Paris the
police took to the United States consul, who prom
Used to look after put into large and
told to amuse myself It was the room where persons
of great Importance usually stayed, and you
easily imagine it rather hard work for little
scared boy to himself in it.
see it as if it before it's
high vaulted ceilings its dark rich its silk dam
ask hangings are imprinted indelibly my memory.
All the woodwork dark and massive and the col
ored glass windows set deeply in the walls The
furniture heavy and of the darkest mahogany AS
night the idea of sleeping in that
brought forth untold horror The feeling of utter lone
Illness seemed to overshadow other thing and if
the consul had not been in the next room I would
have broken down and cried
Suddenly the last Of the coming thru the
window fell ful-sized statue of Napoleon. He
looked at a moment and then raised his sword and
after I ran and hid my head in pillow. I
heard his steps the and after pause he
lifted took peep at him and then burst out
crying for joy and nervous fatigue. was lying in the
arms of my father. Charles Hixon,
Eighth Grade, 1410 E Nineteenth Street.
Adams School.
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AN ABUNDANCE OF .1Ts."
(Honorable Mention.)

Honorable Mention.)
"Oh my! have such cold and it's raining, and
oh, those horrid trees make homesick," I said
Grossly into the We then
camping in small house shack, situated among the
pines in northern Minnesota. It very pleasant
play under the trees sunny days. but dark rainy
days when the pines whistled-wel,
prefer comfortable house in Minneapolis to that.
very quickly after few moments
meditation What have you breakfast ?" inquired
entering the dinng-roon. ooh, why didn't you
have strawberries? % After eating tasteless
meal in silence down by the fire to think Of
amusement for the day Nothing presented itself and
thinking eff I had my dolls could play,
if had my games could play, if Alice could only
could have fun, if had book I
could read" The "ifs' were, usual when is
lonesome homesick and out Of Sorts plentiful.
II think Til sew my thought and getting
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TWO WEAR1soNfE WEEKS.
(Honorable Mention.)

(Honorabe Mention.)
MAMA has been away just two weeks to-day.
wonder what she is doing at present? We have not
ceived letter this week." I said
There goes the door bel Mary go and see who
is there. Maybe it is the mail man. but he would not
come in storm like this. messenger boy has
brought is very ILL I thought it
something like that! Oh, such day. everything goes
wrong never felt SO lonesome in all my life. I
wish had let go! I'll read to you and
We'll pass the time away
But it did not do. Every little while thought Of
mama So we just sat down and cried for about two
hours. thought would take nap, but could not
sleep. tried to sew, but were watery and
weak and had to give sewing. I was sitting on
porch when the evening mail came to with
letter This better news. ooh, Mary, come here
and read this: will be home the morning
train. Now will go to supper and in the morning
go-to the depot to meet her." could hardly
wait till could tell my lonesome day, and make
her promise that would go away again to
stay. Margaret Mckinney,
B Sixth Grade, Avenue s.
Jackson School.
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TESTING TIN ROCKERS.

Honorable Mention)
My most lonesome day when ] had to stay in
the house it raned. then but four years
old and to stay in the house unendurable My sis
ter tried to by playing but thought 1 was
too big for that. Then she amused me by cutting
rocking chairs out Of tin. They looked pretty to
I sat down beside them and began to play with
them. My first attempt to test them to sit in
them. They Immediately went to pieces. Pretty soon
I. grew tired of playing with them lay down and
a deep surnber. How long slept I do
not know, but it four o'clock when awoke. The
had cleared and the shining brightly SO I
to play. Dick WEIGH,
s B Fifth Grade, 2549 First Avenue S.
Whittier School. q
RATHER DUBIOUS COMFORT.
"A sultry day; cool, inviting porch containing
hammock; dissatisfied little girl. This the be-
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have your sister with you at home I said "I won't
be lonesome anyhow, I have many girls to play
with Then, said mama, $50 long as she wishes SO
much to go and you also wish her to go, will take
her" "Goody. goody,'' said myself over and over
again
.5 When mama and sister had gone I thought, "Now
snail have the best time in life
was over had changed my mind When Of
the house looked street street. there
was not a girl to be the neghbor-
hood so deserted before. went to the homes of nv
friends and learned that they all gone to
picnic. What shall do?" I said to myself. "I do
wish my sister were home, could have
NO, must not wish that for and my sister would
laugh at me if they knew how lonesome was. After
that have always let decide is going with
her and who is -Verna Berauest
Seventh Grade, 912 Fourteenth Avenue S
Adams School.
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Minneapolis Topics.
For Saturday, June 10:

DAY CANT
Nearly everybody has been camping at least has Wis
ited somebody camping If had neither these
experiences surely must heard Of friends
imagine in camp but be to label it fiction.
editor of
Junior
NOT LATER THAN SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE II,
They original
side only of the not than 300 words in
nor less than 100 with number of words
signed with grade
the writer, together with preferred
the list to be published later The papers
rolled.
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THE GHOSTS, CUBBY-HoLE.

'Now must stay right in this corner and Til be
back IN jiffy to bring supper to you So say
ing hustled the maid. assuring the quieer
waited the better she would bring With
thought in mind waited patiently seemed to me
more jiffes than Oh, dear! Would she
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MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, JUNE 4 1904.
THE JOURNAL JUNIOR,
MINNEAPOLIS,

piece of white dress began industrously to
make a small cap. This tiresome Nurner-
other things tried but to avail, I
bound to think of that comfortable sofa at home,
those interesting books, and that magic medicine for
colds in small drawer in the cupboard
It seemed to that that day surely had forty
eight hours in it and it is pleasant page my
memory. -Bernice l. Pratt,
Seventh Grade S12 E Fifteenth Street.
Madison School.
JUST A DOG.
(Honorabe Mention.)
It was fine day in June and think I was the
only who lonesome. Our house
grown people and was the only boy. tried speak
to one of the ladies and said, Little boys should
be seen, not heard.' So retreated again
the lady to whom spoke just said ssWhat?" then
turned away went upstairs to myself
as could, but there nothing to do, lay down
on the bed and at last fell asleep.
After about half hour awoSe and went to
school to meet my sister, but had to wait
hour out the steps before sister came,
she walked home with girl friend and o.
tced me. was about ready to sit down and cry, but
remembered that boys cry, stayed out-of-
doors and played with little yellow grimy dog and
he was my only companion that day. did not go to
the dinner table but went right upstairs to bed
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A DARK DAY VISION,

One Saturday evening children went to bed
we were very happy because We thought could go
picnic the next day. Mama had been sick and if
she felt better, she thought she would, could go
but If she didn't I to stay at home with her I
went to bed in the evening happy lark but in
the morning was not happy because mama was not
we'll enough to had help get ready
did not feel very badly then, but when drew
up to the house with merry n struck
with pang Of lonesomeness They drove off leaving
mama and me feeling badly. 1t very pleas
ant day and did everything in power to make
feel happy but still had in happy crowd
going out to Turtle Lake a picnic. And sometimes
when lonesome it is dreary out I think
Of those people going to Turtle Lake.
B Seventh Grade, T3ertsch
Holmes School, 1881 Twelfth Avenue Sc.
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NOT THE BEST OF GIRLS.

"a picnic! A picnic!" cried my sister coming up
to me, her face beamng with delight. Mrs Brown
has just come over and told mama tosget ready and
come right along" Now, had not been
little girls in the morning and much afraid
that mama would not let go. did not
delighted when she told me. When went down
stairs (for had been sent upstairs for my naughti-
ness9, all the family ready with lunch baskets
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For Saturday, June Is:

"a BIRD STORY"
This may a story captive bird story a
wild Bird it be the story barnyard bird
singing bird; it
from observation There ought be
birds represented stories
observant, but they have had kinds
must be in the editor The
Junior
NOT LATER THAN SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 90,
at five o'clock They be strictly original, written
side only of the not than 300 words in
length nor less than 100 marked with the number of words
and each signed with the school,
dress of the writer together with the Of the prize
ferred from the List printed elsewhere The must not
be rolled.
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(Honorable Mention
PUZZLE PICTURE.
(Copyrighte:d.)

r(COpyrlghtGd)
Fill the numbers 8 into the empty circles in
such that each across the center of the two
circles counts up the number
Solution to last weeks puzzle-Twenty
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not any one till the next day.
+. B Eighth Grade, Robert Behrens,
Douglas School. 1902 w Franklin Avenue.
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was in those few minutes There
sat in a small, dark, cubby corner
(Which before this we had delighted
in telling ghost stories about), and
now I was really shut in it. I tried in
vain to think of the good time in store
for me on the morrow. But this and :
many other things failed to draw my
attention from the present situation.
Before many minutes passed I was
again thinking of this terrible lone
someness.
Just then my eye fell upon a slit
in the curtain that separated my cor
ner from the hall, and heard numer-
Gus voices which Informed me that
the guests had arrived at the dinner
party to which had not been invited.
l wondered why some of them did
not come and keep me company. T
was sure that the tall man with the
tall hat would be very nice company.
But they did not seem to think of me
and went on into the dining-room.
could then hear them laughing and
talking until I really wondered where
they found SO much to talk about.
After this it seemed to be still colder
and darker about me than before
How much longer I waited I could
not tell. But at last I found myself
seated before a table heaped with
good things, for indeed ] had been
quiet. Doris Brown,
127 Clifton Avenue
B Eighth Grade, Emerson School.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-06-24
VERDICT FOR MRS. GRAVES.
Milwaukee Company Must Pay Her
S1O5.--Oiher Court News.
From Tuesdays Daily.

From tuesdays Daily.
Mrs. Loretta Graves won her suit
against the Milwaukee railway company
for damages for the, destruction of
stock by fire while in transit, to the
extent Of getting verdict in the sum
of sos.
The next case taken up for trial late
yesterday afternoon was that of Ursula
Kotthoff and Geo. A. Kotthoff against
Katherine O'Heirn, suit for damages
in the sum of $500 on the grounds of
trespass, assault and SANDER. The jury
was impenelled for the trial of this
action at four o'clock yesterday after
noon. II. L. & j. W. Schmitt are at
torneys for the plaintiffs and w. R. & G.
d. Geddes for the defendant.
The damage suit of A. R. Musser
against the city of Mankato for ST.
200 on account of alleged injury to her
property by the grading of Cherry street,
was yesterday continued by consent of
the parties to the November term.
The jury late this afternoon in the
Kotthoff -O'Heirn case brought in ver-
dict for $3.50 for the plaintiff.
The suit of w. R. Barnes VS.. Erland
Kelley is on trial.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-06-24
DEATHS ROLL CALL.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
!. Miss Sophronia Abigail Moore died at
about midnight last night at the home
of her nephew, Nelson Weed, at 600
South Second street. Some weeks ago q
slight attack Of apoplexy made it neces-
sary for her to take to her bed, and a
sudden inclination to go down stairs a
week ago last Saturday when she was
alone resulted in her falling down the
stairs, Her shoulder blade and one rib
were broken, and this resulted in her
death. ~ =
Miss Moore had resided with Mr..
Weeds family for the last twelve years.
She was born in Avon, New York, De-
|cember 9, 1914. A part of her long life
was spent in Ohio, part in Illinois, the
last years in Minnesota She. was a
teacher by profession, and a member OF
the church from her girIhood. After the
disabilities of age retired her from &C
tive life and work, she maintained hel
Interest in religious and reform work, be-
ing specially interested in the work Of
the W. C. T. u, and in the missionary
work of the church, and continued to b.
deeply interested in her church papers
The deceased has sister living in New
York, and a brother, Rev. Edwin G
Moore, of the Presbyterian church, il
Sherburn, MINI. The latter will attent
the funeral. The funeral service will
be held tomorrow at 2 p. M, at tt
residence of Mr.. Weed.
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OLD MAPLEr0N NOTES.

AL Greig was q Mankato visitor Sat
urday. -
Miss Williams returned to her home
at GAINESVILLE Saturday. 9sl
A letter from Clay county brings the
news that George Sherman is papa OLA
nine-pound boy. so @ A494
The Anderson brothers furnished music
for B. F. Taylor's dance Friday evening.
Mrs. B. F. Taylor has gone into the
poultry business and has one young.
duck. 49, .a.3e 81 s~sl
Mr.. and Mrs. Judd Cornell spent Sun
day at o. Healy's. so, ,.,lo.r, 2sp,a
!. Mr.. and Mrs. G. Phelps spent Sunday
with their son, L. G. Phelps at, Good
Thunder. ~es -: sd
A few from here took in the ball
game at Mapleton Sunday.
Russell Roe is working for Charles
Chandler.
j. E. Heickert commenced haying Mon
day
A few from this way went to Vernon
Thursday expecting to see a good ball
game but were very much disappointed.
Miss Luhring is assisting Mrs. William
Mead with her sewing this week.
August Rusch has an up-to-date cul-
tivator with a sun shade.
The Congregational Sunday school is
holding picnic in Judd Cornell's grove
today.
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Mayor Cuts the Wires.

Over month and a half ago the Al
bert Lea city council ordered the West
ern Electrical company to take its poles
and wires out of the city, owing to the
arbitrary manner in which it attempted
to dictate terms to local and rural lines,
the company never having secured any
right to use the streets for telephone
or any purpose. The company did not
take action except to send its president
there and parley with the council, and
at the last meeting the mayor was re-
auested to enforce the order. According
ly Mayor Knatvold has cut the wire.
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EIsTEDDF0D TO BROADEN.
Well Known Welsh Society Will Ex
tend Territory of Members.

Steps are being taken to extend the
territory of the well known Welsh liter
airy and musical organization, known as
the Eisteddfod association. At present
the membership of the association in
cludes only the counties of Blue Earth
and Lyon in Minnesota and Clay county
in Iowa. The association is to be ex-
tended to include all of Minnesota, Iowa
and the Dakotas. Stock in the associa-
ton is now being sold at S. per share
with this extension in view. The exc
|cutive committee of the Eisteddfod will
meet Thursday night at Lake Crystal
to pass finally upon the matter. The
association will have its territory extend
ed as planned, if sixty shares are sold
before the meeting takes place. The
money of the stock purchasers is pay.
able on or before Dec. 1st.
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Seasonable Topic.
H-L--~l~xl~n os IL

The Blue Earth Medical society will
hold its monthly meeting next Monday
evening at the Saulpaugh, and as this
may be the last meeting before fall an
unusually good program has been pre-
pared. Dinner will be had at the hotel
at p. M, and after that a symposium on
Summer Diarrhoea in Children" will be
had, as follows: 'Etiology and Pathol-
ogy," DR.. H. g. Parker of Madison Lake
symptoms and Diagnosis DIR. F. U
Davis, st. Clair; Treatment" DR.. E. w
Benham, Amboy.
The report of the delegates to the
house of delegates will be made by DR.
G. r. Curran.
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Israel, has distinguished this above all
others: "Thy brother, the son of thy
mother, thy daughter, the wife of thy
bosom, and'-what he meant to be thu
greatest of all-'thy friend, which is al
thine own SOUL We have this beau-
tifully exempliied in the history of Da-
mon and Pythias, in which we find -ths
true foundation of this society-The
Knights of Pythias.
"Now, the object of this order as stat
ed and adopted by the supreme lodgs
lis to strive to gather into one mighty
fraternity worthy men who appreciates
the true meaning of friendship as exem-
plifed in this pathetic story.
"What are the elements of true FRIEND
ship? According to Emerson they ara
two; the one is truth, the other is ten->
derness.
GAS members, one of another, united in
a brotherhood or knighthood, it is OBJ
vious that certain duties necessarily
spring from this association. You have
them ideally stated in the declaration of
your principles: Men, who appreciate
the true meaning of friendship; who love
truth; who are brave in defending right;
whose honor is untarnished; whose sense
of justice will prevent, to the best Of
their ability, a personal act or word in
furious to the worthy; loyal to prin-
ciple, to family, to friends, to their coun-
try and the the constituted authority
under which they enjoy citizenship I
wish I could dwell on all these. They
are precious stones, every one, and they
form together the beautiful arch of true
friendship as understood by the Knights
of Pythias. But, there is no key stone.
Wait. Yes. Do you know what it is?
It is the golden rule and it gives luster
to all the other stones: Men, who are
prepared to do unto others as they would
that others should do unto Them.
'Yet, however, beautiful the ideal pre-
scented by these worthy Knights may be,
even the ties of friendship are subject
to change and decay. The friend whom
| we loved as our own soul may be treach-
erous, or he may be taken from us by
death. But the Gospel exhibits to us
Friend who will never fail us. Our
blessed Lord is the Friend of man. Every
property of friendship is to be found in
Him in its fullest perfection. He is
Friend that sticketh closer than a
! brother"
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Will Stay in Mankato From Now
Until Winter. =
Congressman Still islands Pat" on His
Tariff Speech.
Says Chicago Platform Will Not Vary
From His Views.
Invitations IN Mako ca m na inn Snneches
Invitations to Make Campaign Speeches
in Eastern States.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Congressman j. T. McCleary and son,
Leslie, arrived in the city this afternoon
from st. Paul, and are registered at the
Saulpaugh. Mrs. McCleary is visiting
relatives in Wisconsin for a few days,
after which she will come to Mankato
The family expect to spend the sum-
mer and fall here.
"A Free Press reporter found Congress
man McCleary in room 16 of the Saul
paugh, in conversation with couple of
Fairmont gentlemen. The congressman
said that he understood that he had
opposition for the nomination this year.
at is funny" he said, "but it is fact
that have had opposition every presi-
Dental year, and none on off years. Mr..
Miller was one of my opponents in 1892,
and his candidacy at this time is not a
surprise"
Mr.. McCleary Stands pat" on his re-
cent tariff speech, and referred ito the
circulars which he sent out the other
day containing clippings from President
Roosevelt's speeches. He said that the
tariff plank of the Chicago platform to
be adopted today will be found to have
the exact wording which he used in his
speech. He will stand squarely on that
platform, which, he said, would not vary
a hairsbreadth from the position that he
has been taking.
Mr.. McCleary was asked in regard to
the following from The Minneapolis
Journal Monday:
Congressman McCleary is favoring his
friends with post card on which are
printed extracts from speeches by Presi-
dent Roosevelt on tariff revision, from
which it is intended to convey the idea
that the president is 'standpatter'. The
Bible has been quoted at times in sup
port of some mighty mean things"
"That," said the congressman, "does
not need any answer. It contains its
own answer"
Mr.. McCleary said that he has been
invited to deliver speeches in Maine in
August, and later in Ohio, Nebraska and
Pennsylvania. He has not yet accepted
these invitations.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-06-24
ATTENDANCE RUNS UP.
State Summer School Now Has '425
Students.

From Tuesdays Daily. 81 5.
The attendance at the summer school
is surprise to all. UP to noon today
it had footed up to 425, and is easily ex-
pected to run up to 500 or more. Yes
terday, the first day, the enrolment was
as7, against 200 the first day last year.
The total enrolment for all or last year
was 1884,, or % less than the first day
this year. !.
President Cooper, the conductor, states
that. the attendance is so much greater
than had been expected that more teach.
ers will have to be secured, and he has
made requisition upon State Superin'
tendent Olson for this. 1t is to be hoped
: that Mr.. Olson will be able to furnish
the teachers, so that the school may ac
complish all the good that it is able to.
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NOTHING DOING.
Democratic State Convention Late
in Getting Down to Business.

Duluth, Mimi, June 22.-The Demo-
cratic state convention was called to Or
der at 2:3O. Nothing Of moment has
been done up to 3 late hour. Both fac
lions claim to be in position to win
ont ff s-sS N~eT' =
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Secure More Contracts.
From Wednesdays Daily

Mayer Bros. have secured another
contract. The town of Ceresco has
awarded them the job of putting in a
steel culvert in that township. The work
will be done at once.
This firm also has the contract for put
ting in the iron work on the Mc.-Web-
Der building, two story brick block at
LIE Sueur.
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DIVORCE GRANTED.
Mrs. Frank Thayer Secures AIimony
to the Amount Of $4,000.

Mrs. Frank Thayer, accompanied by
her mother, Mrs. Wollam, returned last
night from Seattle, Wash. The court
there, after considering the matter for
some time, filed an order last Friday
granting Mr. Thayer divorce, but grant
ing Mrs. Thayer alimony to the amount
of $4,000 in property and cash.
Mrs. Thayer and her mother will re-
sumo their residence at Kasota, theil
former home, but intend to spend the
summer at Lake Emily.