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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-20
THE TRUST OF THE WILD.

so this August afternoon had been left by the party
watch the instruments while they went ahead to find
suitable course the remainder of the line. The
solitude uncomfortable, tho impressive, and it
unenviable Of loneliness The sunlight stream
ing thru the openings among the leaves and making
figures of light and shade on the ground
hemock made the air most uncomfortable Like
vast cathedral this grand mighty forest thru
whose stained windows the last Of setting
streaming illumining the magnificent interior
with myrads of pillars and arches supporting the
roof, and making impressive, more grand.
beautiful the silent worship accorded
by nature to her Cod
In the midst of this revery and dream into which
my surroundings me, the tremble of four little
paws my knees aroused me- Mistaking me for the
remains OF decayed tree trunk chipn1unk had
essayed to climb but moved he jumped to the
ground. Out of curiosity I sat STILL watching his
antics. Scampering around on the log, now at
my feet darting hther and thither constantly his In
curing little eyes upon me, he reminded of tiny
puppy play. At last, tired he took posi-
ton his launches, scarcely an arms length from
the log, and, wonder Of wonders! allowed me to
stroke him. BY unknown means had won his
confidence, and he trusted accordingly. But haoo
from the rest of the party, and my little animal
friend and parted. Allan j. Wash,
A Tenth Grade 2747 First Avenue S.
Central High School.
MADAM CATS FOSTER CHILD.
In village Albertville Wis., there is only
public house The landlord of this public house
cat which is noted mouser and rat-catchers
One Sunday morning the cat caught a young rat,
but to surprise ALL instead of killing it at
it into of the rooms OF the hosiery and
down both the eat and the rat and appeared
to be fond Of the rat than her own kitten My
aunt lives in this village and as was visiting her at
time had the pleasure of seeing the interesting
family three They had also other visitors from
the neighboring houses.
The cat continued to nurse the rat until another
rat with the kitten, pounced upon it and quickly
killed it. long time before the mother cat
covered from her grief over the loss OF her foster child
Eighth Grade, mabel Youngdah
Adams School 1900 Eleventh Avenue S
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-20
PLACING THE BLAME.

summer day, when was visiting, I heard my
to her dog 'Nellie, to the lake after
the cows AS the dog heard this it fast
as it could, when it reached the lake it jumped
the water. few minutes later heard the
swimming When it had driven the cows home
they were so that water dripping from their
backs.
thought this very funny sight to So
the day after said, Nellie, after the cows" It
would not go until picked up stick and was ready
to hit it, then it fast 1t could and
home with the When my aunt came out to call
me to lunch she said, Nellie who told you go after
the cows?" The dog greatly frightened, for it
thought it would be punished So It came to me wag-
cling it's tail if in safety. Esther
A Seventh Grade 1920 Fourth Avenue N.
Harrison School,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-20

What seemed strange to that he was
sleeping and must have that was going out
DOORS mo- Icabod," said, you cannot it is too
cold" But he insisted upon going, and kept Wag-
ging his tail and whining and made such fuss j. at
last said eyes, you may CO., have hap
pier dog my life than Icabod Once outdoors he
little ways and then came back, jumped up and
bit my hands, then and returned, and kept it up
last thought that he must want me to run,
too think that animals did not understand
but almost forced to believe that Icabod does
and can almost understand way of talking, too. 7
tell Icabod everything and Icabod tells me every
thing I lonesome for playmate.
B Seventh Grade, Esther V. Johnston,
Madison School. 2113 Oakland Avenue.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-20
A PRETTY BIG SNOWFLAKE.

ri One Saturday morning went out to feed my rab-
bits. Then I brought the broom and swept all the
snow up pile the center of the yard and went
into the house. When came out wondered why my
old rabbit acting queery. First she poked her
into the snow then she crouched in corner
and with few leaps jumped over the pile of snow,
now and then running around the pile. wondered
what the matter So pushed the snow aside and
my establishment found of little white rab-
bits in the snow. I had swept him there.
\ Seventh Grade Roy Karnes,
Van Ceve School,. 1887 Quincy Street N e.
AN ACROBATIC BEAUTY.
The most intelligent animal that I saw Is
dog which sister She calls him Beauty,
but think is the ugliest little could
in days walk.
One day my sister went to the store to get some
meat for dinner. When she coming home she
dropped the meat and Mr.. Beauty, who was walking
along her, took it in his mouth and under
the porch, where could catch him. and made a
Of it.. When he out every in the house
took turns at Furnishing him. When father came
dinner Beauty, who knew father would not
punish him, to the door, turned half dozen
saults then stood his head. James Kehoe
Seventh Grade, 2405 Sixth Street S.
Monroe School,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-20
A WEE WHITE TOOTH.

Once, when down in the cellar I heard some
one chewing something very hard. / hunted and
hunted everywhere, until thought it out
doors The only in the cellar were the dog and
At last gave it up and went with my work. AS I:
passed the dog I thought would what he do
ing So I opened his mouth and found him chewing
coal. I wondered what he was chewing coal for; I
did think it for his appetite his digestion
When papa came home for dinner asked him why
the dog cheWed He said ITO get rid Of his baby
teeth to make room for the larger that to
come" I found it so for few days after when
going down stairs thought diamond but it
was one of his little teeth.
B Sixth Grade Grant c. McCluskey,
Madison School 1913 Fifth Avenue S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-02-20
A FANCY FOR ROCKERS.

The most interesting animals have had chance
and cats Cats not be as intel
ligent dogs but I think they amusing when
at play. I have young Maltese cat about months
DID, its chief pastie is to rock in rocking chairs
Whenever it chance it jumps on the chair
climbs the top of the back and sets the chair rock
ing, sometimes with such force that it tips over One
evening rocking chairs standing about i've
feet apart. The cat from chair to the other
and kept them rocking almost continually for about an
hour. Clarence knutson,
A Fifth Grade, 3147 TWenty-eighth Avenue S.
Longfelow School,
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29
African Ants.

The following is an extract from DR..
uvingstone's. Narrative Of an Expe.
ldon to the Zambezi:''
1--WE tried to sleep one rainy night in
/ native hut, but could not because Of
attacks by the fighting battalions Of .
very small species Of formica not more
han one-sixteenth Of an inch In length.
Il soon became obvious that they were
ander regular discipline and even at
smpting to carry out the sdllful plans
md stratagem Of some eminent leader.
Dur hands and necks were the flrst
objects Of attack. Large bodies Of these
little pests were massed in silence
round the point to be assaulted. We
sould hear the sharp, shrill word Of
command two or three times repeated,
though until then we had not believed
b the vocal power Of an ant. The in
rtant after we felt the storming hosts
tver head and neck.'
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29
Csler ana warmth.

The color Of materials has some indu.
ence on the warmth Of the clothing.
Black and blue absorb heat freely from
without but white and light shades Of
yellow. etc. are far less absorbent
This difference can. be demonstrated By
experiment. The same material, when
dyed with different colors. will absorb
different amounts Of heat. In hot
countries white coverings are univer-
sally worn, and sailors and others wear
white clothing in hot weather.
With regard, however, to heat given
OF from the body, the color Of the
materials used as clothing makes little
lie any difference Red flannel is popu-
larry supposed to be warm, though It Is
no better in this respect than similar
materials Of equal substance, but white
Tor gray In color. Dark clothing is best
for cold weather, because It more freely
Absorbs any heat that IL obtainable.-
Fortnightly Review.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29
Hard On the Engli.h.

In the time of James II. of Scotland
the relations between the Scotch and
English were bad indeed. The king OBJ
jected to any business dealings between
the Scotch and their southern neigh
bors. To his subjects he thought moth
ing could result therefrom but evil. To
preserve them, therefore, from any ap-
proach to amity and intercourse with
the hated southron he actually decreed
outlawry against those who should
desire, even in that time Of peace, to
smooth down the differences which d.
vided the two peoples. Against Eng
lishmen visiting Scotland without leave
the law was especially severe. Nor was
any Scotsman to be allowed to become
security or guaranty for an English
man under any circumstances what
ever unless he wished to be accused Of
high treason. Even legitimate trade
was forbidden. No Scotsman was to
supply the English garrisons In Ber-
wick or Roxburgh with ''ony victual,
fewal or luther supportation' under the
pain Of treason, while no intermarr1age
was to be allowed between 'tthe Scottis
and English, that mems affections be
ma led away fra their ain kinrik."
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29
How lee Ferns.

On the surface of q river or water
exposed to the air ice 10 made by the
coldness Of the air against the top Of
the water. When water 10 cooled thus
It at first shrinks In size and therefore
sinks below the less cold water next to
It. This In turn gets cooler, shrinks
and sinks, and 20 ON till all the water
from top to bottom 10 lowered to I
degrees G. above zero. Az soon as the
water gets colder than this It begins
to swell and therefore no longer sinks
% before, but stays on the top. and IL
the cooling still goes on till zero G. 10
reached It begins to turn into Ice.
When, by the colder air atop Of II, az
much heat IL taken away from this
water at zero az would have raised
q pound Of water at zero to pound
Of water at 70 degrees G. q pound Of
Ice is formed; when twice as much,
two pounds, and 20 on till, IL the air
above the water keeps cold enough, the
Rhole Of the water will in time be
made into ice.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29

paper3 . It always goes to my
heart to treat you 20 genteeiiy."
And eight years later. when she has
been exalted to post in Queen Char
lotte's household. we find little Fanny.
fresh from a royal visit to Gloucester.
and look In her diary again. II will
not detail It," she says, "for any
Gloucester guide will beat me hollow
at that work." Strange! We did not
think that the literary ladies in the
eighteenth century would have per-
mitted themselves expressions SO un-
classical as these, and least of all the
first of British lady novelists. DR..
Johnson's daring little Burney. After
all, no doubt, we do injustice to that
poor century. Life was not all made up
Of tears and swoons and sighs There
were naughty people, perhaps. who
knew the right and did the wrong then,
Us now. Or is fashion to blame again,
and were these respectable literary ex-
pressions and their authors most inno-
cent? If we remark that I'VE are
afeard the price Of tea is ris," we can
scarcely hope to pass for literate per.
sons, and yet once upon time this
was excellent English. And does not
one of Fox's martyrs talk of his per-
secutors finding themselves Gin the
wrong box?" And do not certain old
translators of Latin talk of some one
'.going to pot" and of the Romans be-
ing Gin the Dumps after their defeat
at Cannae? And Milton surely uses
somewhere one unbeautiful expression,
Ito save ones bacon!" So that we
must not be hard on the little keeper
Of the robes. Perhaps Fanny Burney
and her good father come out scathless
after all.=Pall Mall Gazette.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29
eIsMARck's STRATEGY.

~ AetyeR
OAcial Curiosity In Austria.
Bismarck was not only statesman,
able to handle abstract theories Of gov
eminent, but shrewd player OF the
lesser games Of life. Some years ago
an anonymous writer contributed to
the New Review this story Of the Iron
Chancellor's very human clevefness.
When he represented Prussia at the
diet OF Frankfort In 1865 he had rea-
son to suspect that his letters and dis
patches were tempered with BY the
Austrians. Other diplomats suffered
from the same meddling.
One day. after stormy meeting,
Bismarck and the representative from
Hanover walked away together. and
40 they walked the. Hanoverian touch
ed on the sore subject and asked Bis
marck IL he had found way to get
his letters through.
"You shall know presently" answer
ed Bismarck.
The prince, as the two strolled along,
led the way through dingy bypaths in
to slum. Drawing on thick pair Of
gloves, he entered little shop where
the poor bought tea, cheese, pickles,
lamp oil and such commodities. The
astonished Hanoverian followed.
boy" called Bismarck to the stupid
looking lad behind the counter, do
you sell soapy
Eyes, sir.' replied the boy, putting
before Bismarck a variety Of strong
scented cakes.
"How much is this? And thisY" said
the diplomatist, handling one cake aft
er another.
While the soap selected was being
wrapped up Bismarck thrust his hand
into his pocket and drew out an un-
inclosed letter. He gave an exclama-
ton as of dismay and surprise. APP
parently annoyed at his forgetfulness,
he cried, boy, do you sell envelopesf
Envelopes Of a cheap grade were pro-
duced, and Bismarck put the letter In
one. Then he asked for pen and ink
and set out. to write the address, but
bis heavy glove hindered him. Here.
boy" he exclaimed, throwing down the
pen, ''just write this address for mev'
When the scrawl was finished Bis
marck took the letter and left the shop.
'"There." he said, putting the letter
to his companions nose, what with
the soap. the herring, the candles and
the cheese, don't think they'll smell
my dispatch under that writing"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29
Apples ana Drunkenness.

ADD1o0 ana O400R0A0oD0s
With the view Of learning the opin-
Ions Of other medical men concerning
the efficacy Of the habit Of eating ap-
|ples to destroy the taste for liquor o
New York city physician corresponded
With many medical men living In vari-
Gus states. He received replies from
| all but three.
From . large majority came answers
that they had never known q case
where person was accustomed to the
free use Of apples and was q drunk
ard, nor did they ever know Of q
druukard who was accustomed to the
daily use Of apples.
From q personal observation, cover
ing period Of more than TWENTY-FIVE
years. the physician says he never has
known q single instance where per
son who was q free user Of apples &C.
CURED the liquor habit, nor has be
known q person addicted to the free
ese Of liquor who was fond Of apples.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29
DUTCH FISHER FOLK.
An lsteresting reeple Who Are RonA
u jevvelvy anA FinePy.

A interesting People Vvho Are Fond
q Jevvelry and FiaeFy.
The presence OF any foreigner, Dutch
or otherwise. trading or living the life
OF the people, would NOT be tolerated
for day in most OF the Dutch lishina
villages. No person from the mainland
has for years taken up his abode on the
island OF Marker. They intermarry
with each other; the priest forbids their
marrying within the third degree. and
they implicitly obey him. They never
marry out Of their own village, and
this accounts for the extraordinary
similarity in their faces. They might
all have been cast in the same mold.
To those who approach them in a
friendly, manner the men are as inter-
esting and attractive as the women.
Both sexes are singularly good looking,
with regular features and blue eyes.
The women have beautiful complex
ions; the men are bronzed by the sun
or the sea. At first the latter appear
somewhat surly and defiant, but that is
generally due to shyness, and they
soon become kindly and courteous.
They are nearly all teetotalers, their
drink being weak tea or coffee, which
they take several times day and on
which they seem to thrive, for they are
splendid rage. They are very moral
and religious. At 6 o'clock every even
ing, in the Roman Catholic villages,
the angelus rings, and then both the
men and women rise from their sitting
postures by the doors, the men dof
their caps and the women lay down
their knitting, all bend their heads,
cross themselves and remain q few
minutes in prayer. Religion is no mere
name to these simple fishing folk.
Both men and women are very fond
OF jewelry, and most Of the cottages
contain a good many gold and silver
ornaments. necklaces Of coral beads.
with large gold clasps Of curious de-
signs and solid gold head bands, called
helmets, with rosettes Of gold filigree
on each side. In Friesland there are q
number Of goldsmiths' shops. When in
holiday dress the men almost outshine
the women in their love Of self adorn-
ment. Their shirts are fastened with
gold button links and are embroidered.
with black lines; they wear velvet knee
breeches and silver buckles to their
shoes. which are often richly chased.
In most OF the fishing villages the men,
when in full dress, wear four great sill
yer buttons. These are often decorated
with Scriptural subjects in repousse.
They are enormously proud Of their
buttons, which are heirlooms from IA
Their to son. Most Of the Dutch fisher
folk are very well to do. They are
thrifty and economical, and their wants
are few. They have no desire for lux
uries. They rarely touch meat, are to-
tai abstainers, and this is probably the
reason for the high standard of moral
ity which obtains among them.-Pil-
grim.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1904-12-29

Of whether It makes 10 feel old the
habit Of noticing words and Of inquir-
ing into the origin Of common phrases
u an excellent one and unfortunately
not common.> Take some Of the stock
political expressions one nnds In ev-
sfy Newspaper, for example. The ''man
In the street." whom the Boer war
made famous, has Emerson for his
parent. And Horace Walpole has the
phrase little islander" which has per-
taps family likeness to the epithet
little Highlander" And what Of slang
terms which we are accustomed to
think Of a. American and modern and
Nholly reprehensible? Alas, Horace
sValpole, the typical nne gentleman Of
me Georgian courts and literature,
ealks-it IL almost too shoclDkg to re-
about sitting guzzling' and Of
being "as drunk 40 an OWL" both cpl
thets, we hasten to say. descriptive Of
others, not himself. And DR.. Burney.
he historian Of music and astronomy,
The friend Of johnson and Of Burke,
y actually found writing to his daugh-
tef In 17o6. The young Lady Spencer
and have become very thick" But,
moro surprising still, that celebrated
daughtse herself writes in her diary,
II sneaked out" II had vile cold,'
did you ever know such toad9'
nj very direct, forcible expressions,
any schoolgirl will say. ''Is It not a
shocking thing, my dear susette," the
author OF ''Evalina" writes Tin 1880
~ her favorite sister, ''that am oblig-
q to write to You upon this decent
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-01-21
FOREIGN NEWS,

The Pope has expressed the belief thai
it would be better to have Archbishop
Ireland first transferred to some more i'm.
portant archbishopric than StPaul before
elevating him.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick, who has beer
serving out a life sentence in an English
prison for the poisoning of her husband,
is most cheerful over the prospect of ar
early release. Her health and spirits
are excellent.
The Birmingham, England, Post today
quotes a friend of Dom Paul Kruger a.
stating that the health of tho former
President of the Transvasl is not only
Indifferent, but that he shows signs of
progressive decline.
The report that Hal Game, the Eng
lish author, was lying almost at the
point Of death in his country house, near
London, was greatly exaggerated. He
has been suffering much lately from in
somnis, but outside of that his health is
not bad.
1t is reported in French diplomatic
circles that the Franco.Siamese treaty,
which is on the eve of being signed, has
been side-tracked, and that a new one will
be framed because the Gar of Russia OBJ
jected to certain clauses concerning con-
c~essions to Siam.
The Central European Commercial
League, whose purpose it is TO conduct a
propaganda throughout Europe against
the American commercial invasion, was
formally established at Berlin this morn
ing at a meeting attended by many in:
fuential Germans.
A dispatch from Somaliland reports
a successful British engagement with a
force of Karias of Aligheri on January
18th. Major Kenna, in command of
the British force, surprised the rebels,
killed fifty spearmen and captured 5000
camels and several thousand sheep.
Gen. ZoDticheff, leader of the Mace
donian committee, says that Paris and
London believe a solution of the Mace
DOMAIN question could be obtained along
the same lines as were pursued in Crete,
that is by dividing the country into sec
tons, each power supplying troops and
f~unctionaries.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-01-21

THAT President Roosevelt is distaste-
ful to many in the republican party has
long been apparent, not only from the
fact that he is calculated to endanger
the success of that organization at the
election this year should he be renomi-
mated, but for divers other reasons,
many of a personal nature, the conserva-
tive members of the party regarding him
as unstable. So long as he occupies the
presidential chair more or less apprehen-
sion will be felt by members of both
parties. The crusade of certain business
interests against his nomination has now
extended far into the West, where there
is now a decidedly anti Roosevelt move
ment. 1t is said that some such cam
paign as was directed against Mr.. Bryan
in lS96-1900 has been begun in the far
West against Mr.. Roosevelt. The great
railroad magnates are said to be against
him. The leading men of some of the
great transcOntinental railroads have
passed the word along. The effect of it
is already seen with the thousands of
officials, railroad attorneys, banks, and
allied business interests.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1904-01-21

THE HACK and hearse drivers of st.
Louis have struck. They claim they are
backed by an international association
having $3.50, 900 in the treasury, and
that no funerals which they are not
called upon to conduct shall take place
in st. Louis. The Governor ofMissour'
aud the chief of police of St. Louis have
been in communication and measures
have been formulated by which attempts
will be made to afford protection to fune-
raj professions. II remains to be seer
whether or not scenes similar to those
recently enacted in Chicago are to dis
grace the city ofSt. Louis. Strikes anc
incidental disorders are unfortunate oc'
currences under all circumstances, buI
when men fight over the cOrpses OF theii
fellew-creatdres it would seem that they
forfeit all claim to sympathy, no matter
what injustice toward them superinduce'
the strike. The doleful rumble of 6
hearse and the surroundings of a funeral
cortege afford dismal reveriss, especially
TO the family from whom the deceased is
taken, and those who would add to the
burdens of the stricken nes place them
selves in positions to be suspected of
demoniac possession.