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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
THE SHADOWLESS REALM.

(High School Credit.)
- s'There goes the donkey!'' -.--
s'Who wants a pack-mue9''
'sHes great king! burro ID be better''
Such the EXPLANATIONS heard by King Louis of
Dracovana when he Travelled anywhere in his kingdom
He would have looked very much like any king but for
his crown, which he had designed for himself and de-
cared be the most beautiful in existence It's base
quite plain but rising from this two tapering
shafts richly ornamented with different colors Of gold
It very beautiful to look at but in the shadow the
shafts very much resembled the Of donkey The
king was proud and liked to travel around to show off
but he could hardly endure the he heard about his
shadow. <esrsa- ~.E4 h.-s liz.
Someone wrote to the king that in half the far
reaching kingdom of Dracovania the cast shadow
that referred to the succession Of day and night but the
king did not know it. So he began to hunt for the
shadowless land where he might build his capitol and
live in peace searched for weeks, asking everyone
where he might find the shadowless land but he was
answered only by laughter and mockery. In Sarge
city crowd of people wearing in imitation
of his and braying loudly . Il" -.1 -. >~-@z-
This was more than the king could bear and he re-
solved to go home and sign his abdication At
few weeks later he reached his palace AS he staggered
the north porch he turned to the shadow for the
last time. It was not there! ''Hereafter' he said
aloud, 1T will be content with staying at home instead
of parading the streets have found what sought
the shady side of my dwelling. satisfied
Ninth Grade, Ross Hutsinpiller,
Riverdae School. -. Cakes, N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
COLLAR BUTTON COMEDY.
(High School Credit.)


49, t'Where is my collar button7 Dear me! It does
funny-when want one never find it. -
So spoke the king Dracovania he stamped around
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
For Saturday, Nov. 26:
CAT THE BEGINNING

beginnings to thing nothing "Just
happens" topic may be stretched to all kinds
Of beginnings personally tell
line
may the beginnings that Of special
Incident business, The topic easily
dead" If not careful in your manner Of tell
beginning is that you know from personal
to reach the Office OF The Journal Junior
NOT LATER THAN THURSDAY MORNING, NOV. H..
They must be strictly original, written one
side only paper,
nor less than
paper signed with the gade school, and address
s the writer. The papers must not be rolled
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-11-05
A WEE BIT HUNGRY.

am the king of Dracovania and very fond Of
hunting day and knights started out for game
and thinking would get back at evening did not
take any provisions with When reached the place
where we wished hunt it nearly dark, there
nothing there but forest We had to stay
the forest all night. The next morning the knights
aoke before did and started out to If they could
find deer. On their return journey they lost in
forest and unable to find for three days We
were getting hungry by that time. When we were all
home On our way sixteen deer and killed eight
of them. When within fifty miles Of home
terrible storm approached that four of the
knights froze to death. But in two weeks reached
home and were thankful. Hattie Maude Bige1ow
Eighth Grade, Woonsocket S. ID.
District No. 4, Warren Township.
NO REMARKS PLEASE.
Once upon time the king Of Dracovania went to q
country Al the people after him and asked
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
The Old and the New
V1o BY
/ ears Josephine c. Goodale.

! cal > Josephine c. Goodale.
THE OLD YEA.
The Old Year, struggling in Deaths cruel
throes,
Lies boar and anguished in the darkening
night,
Reluctant soul, to take his final flight.
Within his hand, with dregs of mortal woes
Defled, behold the cup full well he knows
He pressed to lips of strong men in their
might,
Who, vanquished. fell in life's relentless
fight.
In irony OF. fate, the weakling rose,
His promise unfulfflled Of proud career.
10 death he doomed the youth, ah, cruel
fate!
And spared the old, who longed and
prayed to die.
This is thy record, o thou dying year!
Vain is thy suppliant cry to Heaven! Too
late
In ashes of repentance thou must lilo.
THE NEW YEAR.
Welcome, thrice welcome, thou brths
New Year!
Thou contest smiling from the rosy sky.
Thy form alfght with grace and dignity:
Within thy hand a scroll; we need not fear
To read what shall in lines Of gold appear.
Light In thy eyes, to us a surety
OF happier days; and so we follow thee,
Humbly to meet the smile, bravely the
tear
Why should we not. glad year, be born
anew,
Leaving behind the old, dead chrysalis.
To mount, on wings of service heights
unknown?
Yon kindly sun the scattered gems of dew
In casket stores. the needy earth to bless.
Thy garnered gifts shall by our hand
be strown
Christian Work.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
NOVEMBER AND FEBRUARY.


Where four-leaved clovers-deary me!
She yawned until she could not see;
So warm, and, oh, so sleepy she!
How could she say her lesson?
Back, nodding to her seat she crept,
And dropped her curly head and slept
Then, with little bashful pause,
Sweet April came, and cried because
She couldn't quite remember
How many days to her belong,
Or where the bluebird learned his song!
December prompted, which was wrong;
But he was grieved, the gentle lad,
To see his little playmate sad;
And in her place, quite trim and neat,
With braided hair and slippered feet,
Came studious young September.
She knew her lesson like book,
And said it off with serious look.
Twas all of sunshine, cloud and haze,
And golden hours aud shortening days,
And sheaves of gathered knowledge;
She spoke in French, of course, with
ease,
In Hebrew and in Japanese,
In Spanish, Dutch and Portuguese:
And ''ologies" and "ographies"-
AS much as any college
She seemed to know; but, bold and spry,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
TIME FOR RESOLUTIONS.
They Come as Happy Thought at
the End of the Dead
Year.

Oh, dear, another year gone, life
slipping by, herd of old mistakes.
faults, trooping out the portals of the
old, dead, used-up year into the new.
Ii is uncomfortable. Danish them,
wave them back!
With what force?
All, a happy thought--fresh resolu-
tions! They stand beside one Instant
ly-that Aladdin's lamp of belief in
yourself is remarkable stunt" The
crisp, brand new fairies smile at the
ancient, ghostly crew, nod with their
shining crowns. and, soft-muttering, the
ragged lot stink to the shadows of the
things we try not to remember.
We do this every year, forgetting
that We have told the same story time
after time and that the law of con-
secutive justice rolls on serenely while
we babble and remain ourselves
N. o. Times Democrat.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

and the ht-before-Christmas stock
ings, but those same men would miss
the gift time, and the feasting, and
the fellowship, and the good cheer.
It is the season when the children
are happiest, and who, at that time,
is not child? Men are but children
of a larger growth says Dryden, and
God pity the man who ever fully out
grows his childhood
Let us eli fill the bumper, fgurative-
ly speaking, and drink health TO
Christmas time-to the gathering of
the family and friends at the freside
and at the table groaning with its
roast turkey, its chicken pie, and its
fat plum pudding, steaming hot.
Let us all be children for the time
being-even il, with some OF US, Ii
has to be a second hifdhood.-FouT~
Track News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
NOT SUCH A FUNNY TRICK.
Drurnmer's Joke on Waiter Turned
Out Costly One On
Himself.

'T suppose there comes to every man q
desire to do something smart on an oc-
casion," said the drummer, as a sigh took
the place OF his smile, according to the
New York Times.
well, such desire came to me az
was leaving a certain southern city after
weeks stay. The waiter at my table
had called me 'Ginerap and been at great
pains to care for me and | made up my
mind to reward him with a S. BILL 1t was
counterfeit with which / had been stuck,
but thought it would be the biggest kind
of a Joke to work off on Bob.
Il had got a hundred miles away when
was arrested on a telegram for passing
counterfeit money, and when taken back
was arraigned in United States court
and had to give bail and appear on three
different occasions. | had a lawyer and
other expenses, lost a good three weeks
altogether and just escaped prison by the
skin of my teeth. In addition to this
had to make good to the waiter, who sor-
rowfully shook his head when he received
the money ard said:
"Ize sorry for you, Gineral, but dis may
be de means of savin' your contemplate
soul from the gallus"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
JUST LIKE PRISON ROUTINE.
Boastful Traveller Brought to Pause
by a Very Embarrassing
Question.

The scene was a third-class smoking
compartment, five on side. The speaker
was stout, forid, with shortcut gray hair,
and was very self-satistied. The effem-
mate degeneracy of modern young men
was his theme, relates London Tit-Bts.
Look at me! Sixty years of age-never
my four miles an hour! Why? Because
from when l was 20 to when / was over
40 | lived regular life. No delicacies
for me! No late hours! Every day, sum-
mer and winter, | went to bed at nine,
got up at five, lived principally on por-
ridge, worked hard-hard, mind you, from
eight to one, then dinner, then an hours
Beg your pard'n, guv'nor," interrupted
a young working man sitting opposite,
"but wot was you in forw
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
The Dawp of tbe Year.

BESIDE tie gate Of opening gepr
5ORle looRlng al lts prospects iait
. DisR you eOetg Blessing, dent
5IRo8e Beauty Raurt8 me eDerypRsrs;
ay Reart gocs out pdR tRro6 Of pain
8eseecRiug deep tie ReaDens aBoOe
GRaI you may suuy gRadness gain.
1Ot6 purest peace and smile Of PoOsi
AGi soed as rose hat gteel8 tie 5uas
is gour hearts foOe, 3 surely RuoD.
Aa Ige Ire springfield Rhythmic rune
Gle ports that from gour presence Poo'
alI dopr iRm tie deepest sa-
Ail RtgRr tRan Ire sRg a6oos-
IS 3ooe ng darling Rolda foe me,
dOl6iu Tie Kingdom Of her IOOel
a,s,d, lie portals d tie gcaf
! ptsR you pIcniIudr d grace
flag az lie Dor'd 6efumd you dur
arI Bless IN Beauty d gopr Racg
3or HE a 8oaB al eosniide
3.Rs lader tones Of coong aous
IRE you my songs DELIGHT and pride.
Gle queen Of on my Heart eau lopsl
ram kxhUSeHEEDIHS
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
is ALWAYS WELCOME,
The Christmas Saint Finds a Hearty
Reception Wherever and How
ever he May Come.

1t matters not whether you call him
st. Nick, Kris Kringle or Santa Claus;
or whether he comes by sleigh and
deer or in an automobile, he will be
welcome. Can you imagine the patron
saint of Christmas cheer finding any
door barred against him?
And how good it is, forsooth. for us
to give to this jolly st. Nick the free
dom of the world, and a right-of-way
even over our house-tops and down
our chimneys.
Some men sigh at the annual sea-
son Of holly and mistletoe, and groan
ut the thought of the Christmas tree,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Found at Last.

Hensley, Ark, Dec. 26th.-( Especial -
That q sure cure for Backache would be 8
priceless boon to the people, and especially
the women of America, is admitted by all
interested in medical matters, and Mrs. Sue
Williams of this place Is certain she has
found in Dodd's Kidney Pills the long
looked-for cure.
AZ am 3s years DID," Mrs. Williams says,
"and have suffered with the Backache very
treated by good physicians and got no relief,
but thanks to God, Ihave found a cure at
last and it is Dodd's Kidney Pills. have
taken only one box and it has done me more
good than all the doctors In three or four
years. [ want all sufferers from Backache
Pills and get we'll"
Backache is one of the first symptoms of
Kidney Disease. Guard against Bright $
Disease or Rheumatism by curing it with
Dodd'R Kidney Pills.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
November bit an apnle red,

November bit an apple red,
And vowed, although he cooked his
head
With manner brisk and perky
you'll scarce believe me, but It's so),
What pie might be he did not know,
And never heard of turkey!
Then little Feb. began to jeer,
But though behind his rosy ear
A nice quill pen he carried,
He could not make rhyme for dove"
Or spell little word like ''love;"
And while perplexed he tarried,
Last in the line December came,
And could not tell Kriss Kringle's
name,
Or even-really twas a shame!-
The mission of a stocking!
The teacher turned away, tear
Upon her cheek; did ever Year
Know anything so shocking!
"Alas, dear Father Time!" she cried,
81 fear you're scarcely satisfied!
But, as I hope you've noted,
The children are so young! And then
must remind you once again,
They've all just been promoted,
And are not used as yet, you see,
In this new century class to be.
I'm sure they'll study harder now!"
"And if they don't''-upon his brow
A frown-"why, I can tell Them"
Said Father Time, they'll have to go!
We cannot be disgraced, you know.
And though, of course, twill sadly mar
The beauty of our Calendar
So many Months to skip, if they
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
MAY AND JUNE.

Ere she had done, with flashing eye
And martial air, out stepped July,
And pompously began to try
To say the Declaration.
Before the opening words were out
He stopped and gave a sudden shout,
Flung up his cap into the air,
And yelled till twas enough to scare
Old Time himself; and from her chat,
The teacher sprang with startled stare
And frown Of CONSERVATION.
The little Months, delighted, clapped:
The Year for order sternly raped.
And when the room was still once more
Called out the children as before.
Alas, their wits were scattered!
They quite forgot they were at school:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Slams Royal Family.

The biggest family of to-day, &C
cording to French authority, belongs
to the king of Siam. This monarch
has two official wives, 80 more of a
minor order, and his children num-
bered, a few years ago, no fewer than
72. His majesty had also brothers
and sisters to the number Of 80. and
nearly five times as many uncles;
and 1t said that the king boards all
these in addition to his own particular
family.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Are You Going to Florida or New
OrleansP

Route and Southern Railway to Florida,
New Orleans and other points south at
greatly reduced rates, good returning May
51st, 1905.
Also variable route tickets good going to
points in Florida and Cuba via Atlanta, and
returning via Asheville. For rates and
other information address -
w. A. Becker, N. P. A, 113 Adams Street,
Chicago, Ill.
D. P. Brown. N e. P. A., Il Fort Street, w,
Detroit, Mich.
". ". Dunnavant. T. P: A, Warren, Ohio
w. G. Rinearson, G. P. "A, Cincinnati, Ohio.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
New York & Philadelphia.

cannot be more pleasantly or convenient
ly reached than by the Grand Trunk-Le-
high Valley Route. Solid Through trains,
magnificent scenery, all trans run via
Niagara Falls. Descriptive literature sent
ment, Grand Trunk Railway System, l35
Adams St., Chicago, H., Geo. w. Vaux.
A. @. p. & T. A.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

October tore his book till, brown
And thick, the leaves came 1uttering
down;
And March chewed gum, | grleve to say,
And whistled in the rudest way;
And little rosy June and May
Just laughed and dimpled and looked
sweet,
And danced about on airy feet
And could not tell where daisies grew,
Or why the violets' eyes are bluel
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
About His Raisin'.

automobile?"
That's Jones-the successful author"
"Why-he used to ride in an ox-cart!"
"Hush!-he wouldn't be seen in one
now. He only makes his money by writ
in about ox-carts, an the poor folks that
ride in 'sm!"-Atlanta Constitution.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
BEAUTIFUL SKIN,
Soft White Hands and Luxurxant
Hair Produced by Cuticura
Soap.

Millions of Women Use Cuticura Soap,
assisted by Cuticura Ointment, the great
skin cure, for preserving, purifying and
Identifying the skin, for cleansing the
scalp of crusts, scales and dandruff, and
the stopping of falling hair, for softening,
whitening and soothing red, rough and
chafings, for annoying irritations and ul-
cerative weaknesses, and many antiseptic
purposes which readily suggest them
selves, as we'll as for all the purposes of
the toilet, bath and nursery.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

There is wide difference between the
voting machine and machine voting The
one resembles, mechanically, cash regis
ter, indicating money received; the other
often registers cash disbursed-a vital dis
tinction.-Y outh's Companion.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

The hen patiently sets" only through
the overpowering pressure of a mysterious
creative impulse that masters her restless
impulses to be outside scratching and cack-
ling instead of working for posterity.-
Boston Herald
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

1t is Partisan doctor who insists that
love is the result of a microbe. Then let
science take warning and leave the ten
der germ undisturbed. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

A three-year-old boy of Machias, Me-,
walked eight miles over rough country
roads the other day. That boy will grow
up to be a great actor.-Ohio State Jour
nal
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
a Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

You need not be a shadow because yo
are not sun.-Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
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r. ABTo 4s-page book FREE,
EIrzG ERALD g Co. Box X, Washington, d. O.
Too Much to Expect.

"See here, landlord, must | sit here for
ever before / get the half chicken that
have orderedW
"Oh, no. sir! Pm only waiting till
somebody comes and orders the other half.
Of course, | can't kill half a chicken!"-
Fliegende Blaetter.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

A mother could tell her daughter lots
about helping out her lover if she dared
to give herself away to her.-N. Y. Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
Further DENOMINATION Needed.

Possible Purchaser What is the title
of this painting?
Artist-That is "A Ship in Storm"
'Tts wonderfully effective and striking.
WouId-h' m-would you mind telling me
which is the ship and which is the storm ?"
Chicago Tribune.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

Even hope has been known to die of old
age-N. Y. Times.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

It's wise industrial stock that knows
its own par.-Chicago Daily News.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

Itching Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles.
Your druggist viii refund money If PAzo
OINTMENT fails to cure in 8 to IA days. Soc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

At this the little Months, amazed,
Wide-eyed upon the teacher gazed;
Then to their places flying;
Picked up their books and went to work,
With not pause for Quip or quirk;
Their fingers in their ears, that so
No sound might reach them, to and fro
They rocked and buzzed until the room
Was like an orchard full of bloom
And thick with bees. The teacher smiled,
And Father Time was much beguiled-
He laughed instead of signing;
And off they went and shut the door,
And left the little Months once more
To learn their tasks unruly;
And there they rocked and buzzed until.
For aught I know. they're buzzing still.
/ hope they are, for, truly,
If they should fail again I fear
It would so grieve the little Year:
Shed be very blue Year;
And as for us-for you and me-
With half the little Months in doubt
Just as to what they were about,
And all the holidays left out,
AS you can very plainly see,
My little dears, 'twould hardly be
A very Happy New Year!
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29
To Cure a Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
druggists refund the money if it fails to cure
E. w. Groves signature is on each box. Csc.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

Reprinted from the Womans Home Com
panion, by Permission.)
The New Year raised her slender hand
For all the months to pass.
The prettiest little schoolma am she
That ever looked into glass,
Or waited, frowning anxiously,
To hear little class.
my dears," she said, good Father
Time,
Our well-beloved trustee,
Has come to visit us to-day,
And much would like to hear you say
Your lessons, just to see
# you have weIl-instructed been,
AS little Months should be-
March nudged September; August
sighed,
And April hid her face and cried,
The timid little creature!
I'm sure you'll do your very best.
Come, January; then the rest
May follow" said the teacher.
Then out spoke Jan, forward lad,
Wrapped in his muff1er's scarlet plaid;
A perfect lesson, too, he had,
Correct from A to lizard;
How many snowballs to a pound?
Where best and longest slides are found?
How skating may be easiest learned?
And when a new leaf should be turned?
And how to make blizzard?
Then, very proud, he took his place,
And August came, with glowing face,
And such pretty dress on!
She, blushing, tried to tell how high
The mountains are that touch the sky;
How wide the fields, how deep the sea,
The lineage of every bumblebee;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

Magnificent climate-farmers blowing in their
shirt sleeves In the middle of November.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

.'Ali are bound to be more than pleased with
the final results Of the past season's harvcss. 49,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1904-12-29

Coal wood, water, hay in schools,
churches, markets convenient.