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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
MRS. STACK CRITICALLY ILL.

Special to The Journal.
Saltwater, Mimi, June 21.-Mrs Mi
chael Stack, wife Of prominent logger,
is critically ill.-The contract for re-
pavig Second street has been let to
Carlson & Swanson at $1.95 a yard
The charter commission is meeting to.
day and will hold continuous sessions
hereafter.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
NEW CABINET FOR SPAIN

: Madrid. June 21.-King Alfonso today
charged General Montero Refs, the for
1ner president of the Spanish senate, to
form a new cabinet in place Of the Viii
laverde ministery which resigned yester-
day ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21

Journal Excursion Saturday nigat
down the Mississippi. Chartered cars
leave Minneapolis at pm. Tickets
10 cents; children 80 cents.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21

A well-attended farewell festival was
held at the church in the evening.
deeqates and pastors and the cher
the local congregation sang several fine
selections. A resolution was read
thanking the members Of the local con-
gregation and the citizens of Willmar
for the kind and generous manner in
which they had entertained the hum
dreds Of visitors during the week IS
convention
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21
MORMONISM A
REAL MENACE
Continued from First Page.
most accomplished Of European diplo-

most accomplished Of European diplo-
mats.
For instance, I would inquire Of
plural marriages are still taking place
in Utah. He is surprised, even panied,
in q polite way, at such question:
Polygamy in Utahq Not since the
manifesto. He has never heard Of a
case within fifteen years. Yet in that
very village plural marriages had taken
place within one week, and were the
subject of daily conversation in public
places. The highest officials Of the
church will lie just as cheerfully and
easily.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-21

Inventors.
Americas Best l0e Cigars.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

The Bad Boys Return Home-He
Treats His Uncle to a Turkish
Cigarette-He Meets the New Dog
and Feeds Him Cayenne Pepper
Horseradish.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Milk Melons.

One of the latest French agricultural
fads is being agitated by farmer near
Marseilles, who declares that water
melons supplied with milk freely
poured around the roots will grow
twice their normal size, and offers
proof in the shape of prizes from many
fairs which, he asserts, he was enabled
to win through this practice. Accord
ing to his theory the melon is provided
with the proper combination of foods
in exactly the right proportions and is
enabled to throw all of its energy into
its growth instead of sending forth
long roots in order to draw from the
soil what it requires as food. The
process is said not only to increase the
size of the melon, but to insure firm
red pulp of delicious fiavor.-N. Y.
Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

dad's back, and says when his back
warps back to fit the board he will
be sound again"
Say, this is a genuine Turkish Gig
arctic, isn't it," said the old man, as
he pulled away at it, and blew the
smoke through his nose. II have al
ways wanted to smoke genuine, i'm
ported cigarette. Got flavor some
thing like a Welsh rabbit, amt it?"
and the old man looked at the cigar
cite where the frying cheese was soak
ing through the paper. Gee, but
can't go that" and he threw it away,
and looked seasick.
Turks always take cheese in. their
cigarettes" said the Bad Boy. ''They
get smoke and food at the same time
But If you feel sick, you can go out in
the back yard and will wait for YOU
mo, l will be all right" said the
old man, as he got up to wait on Gus
toner. Here, try a glass of my
cider" and he handed the boy q
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Our Harvest Wealth.

The total value Of the farm products
Of the United States for the year 1865
will equal approximately the total
value or all the gold produced in the
world for the last 80 years. The an
nual output of the worlds gold and
silver mines is even now worth less
than one-tenth the gross output OF
American farms for single year. The
director of the mint estimates the
value of the worlds production Of gold
between the years 1873 and 1903 at
$4,S9I ,265, 800. The gross value of the
farm products Of the United States for
the year 1899, as given in the last fed
cral census. was s4,717,010,973. The
value Of this years products will I'M
questionably exceed that. The wheat
crop is estimated to be in excess OF
700,e00,000 bushels, second only to the
reccCrd-breaking ccrop of 1901. The
corn crop is estimated at 2.716.000.0O0
"a figure that has never before been
reached. While the cotton crop is ex-
pectec to fall below 100000 bales,
the gross market value will not fall
greatly below the average of the last
Eve years. In other directions the re-
ports indicate a year of prosperity for
American agriculture for which no ad-
ministTation in power need ever be re-
luctant to claim the credit. While
the backbone of this prosperity is rep
resented by the three great speculative
crops, wheat, corn and cotton, other
crops which never lash boards of trade
into frenzy modestly contribute their
hundreds of millions to the annual
production Of the American farm. No
body ever hears Of an egg panic, but
the American hen, without ostenta-
tious display, lays S145, 900, 900 worth
of eggs in year. The co1d-storage'
companies know about it and so do
The benevolent gentlemen in Chicago
VINO are known as the meat trust. The
newspapers never report a corner in
hay, but the hay crop is worth about
as much as the wheat crop and more
than the cotton crop. In spite of all
misglvings about the decline of Ameri-
can agriculture, remarks the New York
World, and the aversion of the Ameri-
can boy to farm life, the farm keeps on
doing its work and laying an increas-
ingly solid foundation for the prosper
lily of the rest Of the country. The
farm output is more than keeping pace
with the population, as the statistics OF
line last generation amply prove.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Intellectual Improvement.

The capital of nearly all of our
wealthy citizens is invested in manu-
featuring, mining or transportation,
giving useful and profitable employ
ment TO millions. Many Of those ciIi-
Gems, observes the Washington Post,
are giving more time to business than
their employees do. Some of the own
ers of vast properties are accused OF
squandering their wealth because they
are free-handed in spending money.
But that puts their cash into the chan
nels OF trade, paying for labor of many
kinds. OF course, there are rich fools.
for the ability of man to accumulate
a great fortune does not furnish an as
surance that his sons will inherit his
business capacity along with his es-
tate. But those weaklings, by exer-
cising their folly, only distribute the
millions their fathers piled up. AS for
intellectual strength and culture the
present generation of Americans shows
NO decadence. AS to morals, this gen.
Grafton is on a higher plane than any
that has preceded it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

the rat, and, rushing behind the coun-
ter, began to growl, and grabbed the
Bad Boy by the seat of his trousers
and gave him a good shaking. The
boy set up yell that caused the
plaster to fall, and the old man al
most 10 faint with excitement. and he
went to the door to call policeman.
The boy kicked the dog off, and raised
up from behind the counter, causing
the old cat to raise her back and spit
cotton, and as the old man saw the
Bad Boy he leaned against the show
case, and large smile came over his
face, and he said: Gee, whiz! where
did you get on?''
The porter was not in, so l turned
In the first lower berth l came to -
said the Bad Boy, as he jumped over
the counter and grabbed the old man
by the arm and shook his hand until if
ached. Introduce me to your friend
the dog, who seems to have acquired
an appetite for pants" and the Bad
Boy got behind the old man and
kicked at the dog, who was barking as
though he had cat on the fence.
Get out, Tige," said the old man
as ne pushed the dog away. "You
have got to get used to this young
heathen," and he Rugged the bright
looking. well-dressed boy as though he
was proud of him.
What are good fat rats selling for
now" asked the boy, as his eve fell
on the rat the terrier had brought ont
of the cellar. 81 did not know Won
had added a meat market to vonr
grocery. Now. in Paris, the rat bust
ness is very important industry. but
didn't know the people ate them
here. What do you retail them att"
20. get out, L don't sell rats" said
the old man. Indignantly Il got this
dog for company. in your place. and
he has proved himself more useful
than any boy l ever saw. Say. come
and sit down by the stove, and tell me
all about your trip. as your letters to
me were not very full of information
How is your fathers .health?"
Dad is the healthiest man in
America" said the boy, as he handed
the old man Turkish cigarette, with
piece of cheese under the tobacco
about half an inch from where the old
man lighted it with match. Dad is
all right, except his back He slept
four nights with cork life preserver
strapped to his back. coming over, and
he has got.curvature of the spine, but
the doctor has strapped . board to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor of Wisconsin, Formerly
Editor of "Pecks Sum-" Author Of
''Pecks Bad Boy" Etc.)
Copyright, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowies)
The old grocerman was sitting in the
old grocery one fine spring morning,
looking over his accounts, as they were
written on a quire of brown wrapping
paper with a blunt lead pencil, and
wondering where he could go to collect
money to pay note that was due at
the bank at noon on that day. He
was looking ten years older than he did
the year before, when the Bad Boy had
played his last trick on the old man,
and gone abroad to chaperone his sick
father, in a search for health and ad-
venture. The old man had missed the
boy around the grocery, and with no
one to keep his blood circulating, and
his temperature occasionally soaring
above the normal, he had failed in
health, and had read with mixed feel
ings of joy, fear and resentment that
the Bad Boy and his dad had ar
rived home, and he knew it could not
be long before the boy would blow in,
and he was trying to decide whether
to meet the boy cheerfully and with
a spirit of resignation, or to meet him
with club; whether to give him the
glad hand, or form himself into a COL
umn OF tours to drive him out when
he came.
He had accumulated a terrier dog
since the boy went away, to be COM
pany for the old singed cat, to hunt
rats in the cellar. and to watch the
store nights. The dog was barking
down cellar. and the old man went
down the rickety stairs to see what
the trouble was, and while he was
down there helping the dog to tree 4
rat Under a sack of potatoes, the Bad
Boy slipped into the store, and finding
the old man absent, he crawled under
the counter, curled up on a cracker
box, and began to snore as the old
man came up the stairs, followed by
the dog, with rat in it's mouth. The
old man heard the snore, and won
dered if he had been entertaining j
tramp unawares. when the dog dropped
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
Story of Adolph and Anna.

Adolph, an Austrian artisan, adored
Anna, an aristocrat And Anna adored
Adolph. Another aristocrat, Alfred, ar
ambassador, adored Anna. Anna alb
horred Alfred Alfred addressed Anna
admitting admiration. Anna assumed
amazement. Alfred abjured Anna
Anna admonished Alfred. Alfred
adopted aggressiveness. Alfred's au
dacity alarmed Anna. Alfred attempt
ed abducting Anna. Anna, afraid and
agitated, acquainted Adolph. Adolph
accused Alfred. Alfred, angered
abused Adolph awfully. Adolph an
swered Alfred. Alfred attacked Adolph
Anna, aghast, aided Adolph. Adolph
and Anna almost annihilated Alfred
Alfred abdicated absolutely. Anna &C
copied Adolph. Adolph and Anna alb
ruptly absconded and abandoned Aus
tria altogether, arriving at Antwerp,
and always abiding abroad afterward
Town Topics.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

dirty glass half-flled with cider, which
the boy drank, and then looked queer
at the old man.
Tastes like it smells going through
the oil belt in Indiana" said the boy.
whats in it,"
Kerosene" said the old man. 1.-The
Turks like kerosene in their cider.
They get drink and light. if they touch
a match to their breath. Say, that
makes us even. Now, tell me, what
country did your dad get robbed the
most i'll while you were abroad?'
well, it was about a stand off, -
said the boy as he made a slip moose
on the end of piece of twine, and
was trying to make a hitch over the
bob tail of the groceryman's dog,
with the idea of fastening a tomato
can TO the string a little later, and
turning the dog loose. do you know,
said lie to the old man, that | think
1t is wrong to cut off dogs tail.
cause when you tie tin can to it you
feel as though you were taking ad-
vantage of a cripple.
robbed dad of all the money he had.
| one way or another, sooner or later;
even our own country, when we ar
rived in New York, took his roll for
duty on some little things he SNUG
gled, but / think the combination of
robbers at Carlsbad stuck together and
got the goods off dad in the most
got news when we arrived, of the ex-
act amount of money dad had got out
of the bank, and before we had break
fast the fakirs had divided it up among
themselves, and each one knew Just
| what was going to be his share, and
1t was just like getting a check from
home for them. If we were going
there again we would give the money
| to some particular fakir to divide with
| the rest, and then take few swallows
of their rotten egg water, and get
out.
Say. did you ever eat a piece of
custa-d pie made out of stale eggs
Well, that is just about the same as
| the Carlsbad water, only the watef
| is no1 baked with a raw crust on the
| bottom. But the doctor dad consult
ed was a peach. Dad asked him how
much of the water he ought to drink.
and the doctor held a counsel with
himself and said dad might drink
all he could hold. and when dad asked
him how much his charges were, he
said: oh, wait till you are cured.
So dad thought he was not going to
| charge for his advice, but after we had
drank the water for ten days, and dad
was so weak he couldn't brush the
flies off his bald spot, we decided to go
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

Because Oliver Powe, builder. of An
sonia, Conn, put all his property in his
wife's name and she died childless he
has lost it all, according to the probate
courts ruling, and is left penniless at
the age of 72, too infirm to work. Be-
lieving that at his wife's death he would
be her heir, Mr.. Powe had his home and
savings, $4,000 in all, transferred to
her. so she would have no trouble in
getting his estate should he die first
Mrs. Prove died at year ago, her estate
was promptly claimed by her relatives
and the probate court sustained their
claim. Mr.. Powe has brought suit for
equitable relief.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
The Khedive.

The khedive is strict Mohammedan,
and as such eschews both wines and
spirits. His abstinence goes even fur
Their, for in a country where everybody
smokes he will have nothing to do with
the fragrant weed. Like his father. he
is a monogamist, although his religion
allows him four wives. He is known
to be greatly attached to his consort,
who was Circassian lady of the khe-
dival household before her marriage.
In fact, he is essentially domestic
man, and is very fond Of his children.
Westminster Gazette.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

Travellers returning from Japan are
generally of the opinisn that the mika-
dos subjects have become quite inflated
over the result f.their war with Rus
STA. AS one American put it: ''They
are scratching their heads where the hat
brim ought to be- A white man is poor
cirtter in their eyes. They seem to think
that they can lick German, an Ameri-
can or Frenchman with the same ease
which the white brethren Of the Rus
slams in other countries SO gleefully d.
lated unon In the beginning OF the
war"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25

A corporation Of women has been
formed in Indianapolis, Ind, for the
purpose Of building small but artistic
homes for people Of moderate means.
All the directors are business women;
one of the vice presidents is Miss Eliza
beth Browning, the city librarian, and
another is the principal of one of the
public schools. The secretary had for
some time been In charge Of the office OF
a savings and loan association and is
the only woman member Of the Indian
apolis fire inspection board. Six houses
are to be erected at once in various parts
Of the city.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
wrench was sweat out of him. Say, does

WiSuSu WoS SNCol Jul VI ulIQ. Say, does
your dog like candy?"
20, yes, he eats a little" said the
Eroceryman, and the boy tossed q
piece of candy such as he gave the
king Of Spain, with cayenne pepper in
.t, to the dog, which swalloweS. it
Vhols and the old man said: WV, I
,1lppose your father is cured, VS.: will
=: stay at home for awhile, ard set
lie down 70 decent citizenship, and
.ake an active part in the affairs OF
your city and state? Gee, but what
is the matter with the dog?" added the
old man. as the dog jumped up on
all tours, looked cross-eyed, and tried
to dig hole in his stomach with his
hind leg.
much more,' said the Bad Boy, get
ting up on a barrel and pulling his feet
up to get away from the dog, who
was BEGINNING to act queer. You see,
dad got cured all right, of few dis
eases that were carrying him off, but
he has taken the Jumps disease
that is incurable. When a man has
the Jumps he can't stay long in one
place, but his life after taking the
disease is one continual round of
packing up and unpacking, his litera-
ture is time cards and railroad guides,
and his meals are largely taken at
railroad eating houses, sitting on a
stool, and his sleep is uncertain cat
maps. Say, that dog acts as though
the nCuthful he took out of my pants
under the counter didn't agree with
him." added the boy, as the dog
rolled over and tried to stand on his
head.
Dog acts kinder like he had some
thing on his mind" said the old man,
as he got out of the dogs way, so
he could do his acrobatic stunt
Say" said the Bad Boy, IF you have
never been vaccinated against mad dog,
you better take something right now, for
that dog is mad, and in about two min
utes he is going to begin to snap at
people, and there is no death so ter
rible as death from a mad dog bite
Gee, but l wouldn't be in your place
for million dollars And the boy
stood up on the barrel, and was be-
ginning to yell mad dog" when the
old man asked what he could take to
make him immune from the bite of a
mad dog.
Eat bottle of horseradish," said
the boy, as he reached over to the
shelves and got bottle, and pulled
the cork. Eminent scientists agree
that hOrseradish is the only thing that
will get the system in shape to with
stand and throw off the mad dog virus. -
and he handed the old man the bottle
| who began to eat it, and cry, and
choke, and the boy got down from
the barrel and let the dog out doors,
and he made Decline for the lake.
Hes a water dog, all right" said
the boy, and as a servant girl came
in to buy some soap, and saw the old
man eating raw horseradish and chok-
ing and looking apoplectic, she asked
what was the matter with the old man,
and the boy said mad dog just es-
capped from the store, and that the old
man had shown signs of madness ever
since; the girl gave yell and rushed
out inro the world without her soap. "Let
this be lesson to you to be kind to
dumb animals said the boy to the
old man as he finished the bottle of
horseradish- and put his hands on his
stomach.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25


to rest cure, and when we had ON,
tickets bought the doctor attached our
baggage. and had a bill against dad
for $460 for consultations, operations
advice, board and borrowed money
and he had dozen witnesses to prove
every item. Dad paid it, but we are
going there once more with a KEEP of
dynamite for that doctor. But dad
thinks he got the worth of his MONEY
You remember before he went away
he thought the doctors who onerated
on him for that 'pendicitus left =
monkey wrench in him when tbev
sewed him up. Well. after he began
to drink that water he found iron
rust on the towels when he took !
bath, and he believes the monkey
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-10-25
The Norwegians.

There are practically no illiterates
in Norway The men are perhaps the
finest in the world physically. Army
service is universal; only % per cent.
Of youths are rejected for physical de-
fects.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-04-07

Every housekeeper should know
that if they will buy Definace Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
will save not only time, because it
never sticks to the iron, but because
each package contains 16 oz.-one full
pound-while all other Cold Water
Starches are put up in q pound pack
ages, and the price is the same. 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. If your grocer tries to sell you
a 1907. package it is because he has
a stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose of before he puts in Defiance.
He knows that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package in large let
tiers and figures 10 Ozs." Demand De-
fiance and save much time and. money
and the annoyance of the iron stick
ing. Defiance never sticks.
The McCook tribune. (McCook, Neb.) 1886-1936, 1905-04-07
EFFECTS OF PROSPERITY.

In the six years of the country's
greatest prosperity, from 1897 to 1903,
average prices of b~readstuffs advanced
60 per cent, meats 23.1 per cent, dairy
and garden products SOL per cent,
and clothing 24.1. All these were prod
ucts of the farmer and stockman who
proited more than any other class of
the community by these advances.
The miner benefited 42.1 per cent by
that advance in the average price of
metals. The only decrease in the
average prices of commodities in that
period was in railway freight rates
which decreased from 1913 per tom
mile in 1897 to 1853 in 1903, a loss
of A per cent. The report Of the In
terstate Commerce Commission shows
that the average increase in the pay
of railroad employees in the period was
q trife above S.5 per cent.