The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-15
With the Long B0aU.

G OMETIMES the wind blows; keep your insurance
Dr. Dowie has made a strong attack on Santa Claus
Santa get by shaving :... ...-
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A late book is ''The Autobiography of Whale.'' 1t
must be a regular encyclopedia.
An eastern expert proposes to bottle Atlantic water
and sell it for mineral water He it smells and tastes
bad enough for the purpose after having set' for short
period.
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Cleveland dispatch Detroit News says that the
operations of the Queen of Finance have impaired the
funess of waste paper as loan collateral.
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The Wadena Tribune claims that Mr. Hill has every tie
the Great Northern road tagged it's history
staying qualities It is possible tell from record kept
just when tie put in, when it taken out how
long lasted what the wood and the difference dura
bty Of the different kinds of wood That is why certain
mysterious spikes driven into the ties There date
the spike head showing when the tie put and when
1t Is taken out this spike is headquarters that
the record be looked This the Tribune considers
instance Of the horoness Of the syse in vogue the
Great Northern
Mayvlle, N D., has been having trouble with bootleg
gers and the hotels special sufferers The other day
fellow with couple Of extra big grips arrived in town about
chat time and put up at the Hotel Cady in 90 His
actions and steaty aroused the suspicious of
lord Berg Now Mr. Berg says the Mayville Tribune
but in this he had proof and his suspicious hardly
justified his ordering the fellow to leave So he hit this
exedent He just happened approach his guest gradually
switched the conversation from the weather and happened
tell him officer had just been at the hotel making inquiries
about alleged bootlegger said to have
worked The fellow didn't stop to get his GRIPS for the
usual formates Of leaving. He made short
steam and just in time to catch the night freight
Another stranger followed up two weeks after
wanted room he said he had preference for room 90
but the wise landlord informed him it occupied
didn't stay The grips filled with pint bottles of
whisky What became Of the grips is Brother Bergs little
secret and he is not offering any prizes for the solution
the problem.
J. K Gum Of South Newton N j., has made great dis
covery hen lore which he calls the mobile chicken
He covered the floor Of his henhouse with cement me
and WATER to make foor but neglected keep the
chickens from it. The result that when the paving
set it found forynne fowls with their legs solidy
bedded in of stone Eggs being at top price, Mr..
Gum did thinking Suddenly the scientific theory
which he has acted to him. He put wooden box
for food front Of each chicken Behind each hen he placed
small box The edge of the box directly adjacent the
is comfortably padded and tufted like Pullman seat
that the hen may sit it comfortably Once day
Gum makes rounds and gathers the eggs The production
about ped Each hen lays egg day, just if
May or June, and some Of them lay two.
The of the matter simple The ordinary hen
tive disposition spends much Of her in the
scratching and digging Of everyday life In the satuesque
hem all this force eggs-at 48 cents
dozen The problem Of turning scratching energy into the
channel Of egg energy seems to have been solved.
A. T.. r.