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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23


door and there colored porter with four towels
crying, 'sHeah they all, missa Heah they ahl'' My.
father took it joke and laughed. The porter be-
came angry and asked in gruf tone if we did not ring
the bell for towels and then commenced an argument
Father settled it by giving him half dollar. After
B Seventh Grade -Jerald Martin,
Bryant School, 1928 Second Avenue s.
BLOSSOM DESCENDS.
Now, when the first bell rings, take your places,
wait till it rings again, then put your faces thru all at
once commanded our music teacher who was giving an
entertainment. There great black curtain upon
which painted brilliant sunfowers, whose centers
were holes, thru which to put our faces and
sing. From the audience it looked like bed of
flowers; from the rear, far different presented
ITSELF where ladders, boxes chairs.
We waited patiently for the first ring took places,
and at the second ring thrust faces thru and
menced the song. Then the inverted candy-pail on
box, upon which was standing, tipped over: My face
went the pail rolling off the stage into the AISLE the
tain kindly falling and covering my hasty exit but
spostures and sittings which were mostly standings
''Oh Blanche'' the teacher said, angrily, as was
taken out of tange of curtain boxes and .age prop
critics." to the intense enjoyment of the audience
B Sixth Grade, Blanche MacClatchie,
Calhoun School. 5000 Emerson Avenue S.
A TROUBLED WATT.
'tWhat would you like for your birthdayf' asked
mama, day or two before. "Oh l want ring' l
answered quickly.
''Wel, then,'' said mama, ''I will see about ring"
That afternoon went down town. but said nothing
did not went to bed and wondered if there ring
in the house for After two hours Of wonder
ng went to sleep, only to dream that had for
gotten my ring. About o'clock my sister woke
up by saying, awake up; it's time for school, After
wide awake it dawned that it my birth
day and also that it Saturday, instead of school
day. When had dressed and gone downstairs to my
breakfast, turned my plate rghtside up and little
white box met my gaze, which knew at contained
my long-wishedfor ring I told mama my dream and
she said that it would have been true if I had
stayed in bed much longer Alice Niche,
A Sixth Grade, 3613 Ninth Avenue S.
Horace Mann School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23
A MAIDEN'S BOWER.

During my vacation few years ago, Wis
tied my cousin in the country One day went out in
the woods about quarter of mile from the main road
and trees growing in a circle. AS
looking at them decided to make house of the ring
Then went home for some morning glory seeds and
planted them between the trees Before the
this circle of trees covered with flowers Then
stayed there all day. fixing inside and making seats
for it, then when thru with the inside raked
and fixed the outside. No but those who this
house imagine how beautiful it early in the
morning when the flowers blooming.
B Seventh Grade, Hattie Nelson,
Jackson School. 1914 Sixth Street S.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23
A FAITHFUL HEIRLOOM.

The ring have in mind is a mysterious one. It was
made long ago in England and the property of my
greatgrandfather who lived in Scotland This ring
marks it which cannot be made out. It is thick
wide, gold band, with carvings all it. But what is
odd about it is that has been lost and found
1t has been handed down from generation
another and has dropped into my hands lost
it and found it, Once lost it for nearly week, but
found and returned to me by who knew of its
value Now, do not take it around to show anybody.
going to hand it down to my descendants long as
it lasts John Reid
Seventh Grade, 1902 Pleasant Avenue
Whittier School
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23
EXPLAINING THE SURPRISE.

One Christmas morning when I awoke, I found
small box in my bed, opened it and to my surprise
ring was within. Then dressed in a hurry and
downstairs to ask who put the ring in my bed.
She said, ct don't KNOW and began to laugh, so
thought she fooling Then she said, Wait till
papa comes home.'' So waited till noon when papa
told him about it and he said that he put it
there 1t a beautiful ring with two rubies and
opal. thanked him very much for it and I shall
forget my surprise. Sarah Rosengwerg,
A Fifth Grade, 80 Dupont Avenue N.
Grant School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-23
LEAVING IT'S LIKENESS.

LEAVING IT'S LIKENESS.
When I was about four years old my uncle came to
visit I took liking to him, especially the nick
els and dimes he gave One day he gave quar-
ter and resolved to spend cent and the rest
went to the store and bought candy with it
brass ring with piece of glass in it. the ring
for several days and then when tried off it
stuck fast! My friend could not get it off, had to
ask my father to do it. He took file and with few
strokes had the ring off. In it's place light green
ring I ashamed of this ring that had hardly
left the house till it disappeared
B Seventh Grade, Peter Skurdalsvold,
Monroe School, 919 Twenty-frst Ave. s.
THE UNREGRETTED YEAR.
In the early morning that last day of December the
air filed with flying snow.
The snowdrifts deep in the country ways,
And short and cold are the cherries days.
I was happy hummed these Ines for It was va.
cation the happiest time Of all the year. As the last
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
Role of the Commonplace.

From the Spartanburg Is. c. Journal.
Great poets are remembered oftenest by.
a great single line struck OF In q moment
of inspiration, so-called. Though the au-
thor's name be forgotten, the line is re-
membered, the gem Is recalled and for want
Of identity is attributed recklessly to some
great poet" Great lines and lofty flights
of poetic fancy may come at times in happy
flashes. The gems in Byron and Moore
read as though they fell from pens that
were always throwing off word Jewels.
But Byron himself admitted that his
masterpiece, Don Juan" was in the main
commonplace. Attentive reading of any
great work shows that out of the mass OF
commonplace the brilliant passages rise
like peaks on q mountain range, the noun
tain on the foothills, the foothills on the
plain, all interdependent in producing the
sublime effect. The commonplace Is the
basic fact of everything. 1t comprises ALI
the tremendous forces of life and society.
Brilliancy, inspired passages, immortal
deeds come rarely and may never come,
but the commonplace rolls on ever and
ever, fine and deep and strong, like the
poetry Of Tennyson. of Browning and much
Of the best that is in Shakespeare. )
The best that is in literature for human
diversion and guidance is not in the catch
lines, easily remembered and oft-quoted
passages. 1t must be dug out-words are
remembered. He lives in his creations, be.
coming lfe's interpreter in peculiar and
individual way. The couplet
Though we may forget the singer. +
We cannot forget the song,
does not apply to the poet who Is known
through his commonplace.
What is true in poetry Is true in the
everyday world. The great things are
commonplaces from a nearby viewpoint.
History as mankind makes ii is unreadable.
Daily life in the great epochs was too much
like life today to make interesting reading.
The historian exploits the results of the
past, and distance lends them spectacular
erect. So the commonplace of today with
all Its humdrum is piling up mountains and
peaks to challenge the admiration Of pos-
terity. Every age is great, and every day
and every deed In every age is great when
given its proper perspective.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19

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per thought It question OF the highest
privilege, as 1t concerned the rights OF
voters in the congress. The president gen.
eral turned to Mrs. Helen Hin Weed and
recognized her on q question Of personal
privilege"
Mrs. Draper declared her question Of per-
sonal privilege had not been properly de-
cided. and demanded that one question be
answered before another was stated.
The president general told her to state her
question of privilege.
Mrs. Weed attempted to speak and was
ordered by the president general to hush
and sit down.
Mrs. Weed retired and Mrs. Draper said
Madam President General, 1 ask that
Mrs. Mclean be allowed to state her posi-
ton on this question"
The president general, amid great confu-
sion, declared she not there to hear
campaign speeches; land / won't listen to
them" she said with a bang of the gavel.
Some delegate moved again that Mrs. Nc
Lean be heard. Again the president gen.
eral ruled the matter out.
Mrs. Mclean rose and addressed the
chair. The president general asked for what
purpose she arose, adding that she was not
there to listen to campaign speeches.
Mrs. Mclean said she was not aware
that any campaign speeches had been made
and that she arose to move that the con-
gress, proceed to business.
On direct vote the congress ordered regu-
lar order of business.
Mrs. Weed who had been standing in the
background, came to the front and hold
Ing aloft copy of the minutes of the for
mer congress-. declared that in them was a
complete cerification of her statement
Mrs. Draper said land of mine" and tina,
ended the episode.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
PROVOKES DEBATE.
Daughters Aroused Over Questions of
Personal Privilege.

The publication of the following item in a
morning paper is what caused all the
heated discussion in the session of the con-
gress yesterday:
Upon being told that friends of Mrs
Mclean charged that the managers of Mrs.
Sternberg have circulated the report that
Mrs. Mclean was opposed to Continental
Hall, Mrs Walter H. Weed vice president
general from Montana, who is the resident
manager of Mrs. Sternberg's campaign,
said:
las far as I know one has ever said
that Mrs. Mclean was opposed to the idea
of Continental Hall at some future date, but
Mrs. Mclean placed herself on record al
the 1902 congress being opposed to 1t as
the great present duty of the society, say
ing that the Continental Hall fund might
grow tby life membership fees, presumably
as the society grew. She has always led
the movement for the reduction of national
dues, the only result of which would ad-
mittedly have been the cutting off of the
large annual appropriation from the cur
rent fund, amounting to from $1,000 to s15.-
coo annually.
Moreover, actions speak louder than
words, and Mrs. Mclean has never person
ally contributed to the building fund (al-
though she promises to place a s1OO coat-of-
pletion), and the great New York City
Chapter has In fourteen years contributed
only $3.50 collectively and individually to
Continental Hall"
Mrs. Amos Draper arose to a question OF
privilege to reply to this statement, saying
society would show It.
The president general declared Mrs. ORA.
per was not stating a question of privilege
and ordered her to sit down." Mrs. ORA
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
An Arizona Diana.
From the Arizona Republican.


Mrs. Kuonf who with her Invalid hus-
band, prominent lawyer of Peoria. ILL.,.
has been spending the last three winters
at Cave Creek, has developed into a mod
ern Diana. Her tent housekeeping and
nursing, though she makes the most of
both. require only a part of her time. She
is healthy, handsome matron, yet young
and robust, in need of strenuous exercise
and plenty of 1t wharewith to expend su-
perabundant energy
SO she has put INTO commission big
saddle burro, and. clad in divided skirts and
armed with shotgun. or rife or both, she
rides far and wide. She is said to be the
surest rifle shot thereabouts With q shot
gun she could clear that range Of small
game, but Is not ruthless-she has a true
sportsman's contempt for wanton. useless
killing. but she is sure death on wild cats
and coyotes.
She has several square yards of nicely
tanned lynx pelts-of big toms, weighing
fifteen to eighteen pounds, and measuring
three TO four feet from nose to root OF
tail. Some of these she hit while they were
In the air leaping toward her That, to
her, is genuine sport, She has shot %, 00C
head of sheep with a camera, and has a
fine collection of such views. Lions she can
not come on, for she has no trained dogs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
"SHOVE-HALF-PENNY."
Revival of Historic British Game OF
"Slide-Thrift.'
From the London Mall.

From the London Mall.
Twenty-six men crowded recently into
the upstairs parlor of the Queens Head In
Little Pultrney street, and wrestled Sc
riously to win prizes in tournament OF
the historic British game of shove-half-
penny. or slide-t thrift, as it was known In
old days.
They are the expert showers from all
over London was the ecstatic remark OF
the landlord, who was also marker and UNI
pire There was a grim earnestness In
their play which would not have disgraced
a. professional billiard match, and the on
locker who made remark ION the stroke
was hushed into abject silence. Shove
half penny demands rigor of the nerves
and clustered stiffness.
1t was not the game as seen in village
inns, where farm laborers propel their cop
pers toward target marked out on the
beer-stained table of the taproom Science
has invaded shove penny. Unwin's
patent board has an area OF play only
about IS inches long, with brass edging
from which to knock the half-penny to its
designed bed"
them divided by a transverse brass rule,
which can be lifted up to test whether a
doubtful coin is plumb on the bed" or
is lover the line" The game is twenty
and a player showing coin to bed on
which he has already scored three sacrifices
a point to his opponent.
One could not but admire the subtlety of
| the "shovels." Each man produced his own
| five half-pennies, polished to varying de-
grees Of fineness according to the bed to
be played for. They were solemnly rubbed
before using, and ii ascertained that
| the board was well oiled. Then, amid a
| tense silence, each competitor showed his
| five coins in turn, seeking by cannons and
| volleys to move on those which rested near
| the wrong beds
Explanations such as What a splendid
| screw and did you the side he got
| on his fourth?" revealed some of the posi-
| bilities of the game. By a sliding side
| to make coin spin, and, on cannoning,
| turn back to bed behind the object
| coin. There other subtleties of the
| play, and the ninth bed" is peculiarly diff
| ficult. Pm too nervous" said player,
| who, wanting one point to go out, Showed
| short. and gave his opponent needed help.
People in search of a new sensation in
| parlor games might try modern shove half
penny, which is without doubt a modified
| version of the old national pastime Of shut
| fe or shovel board, which in its turn seems
| to be variation Of a game played by the
4 ancient Romans.
| AS far back as the reign of Henry VIII
| an act was passed for the increased pun
| ishment of gambling. and 1t recites that
crafty persons have invented many and
| sundry new and crafty games and plays, as
| forgetting the fields, slide thrift, other
| wise called shove-groat, &c.
But shove-groat was still flourishing in
the time Of Shakespeare. who makes Mas
purse of seven greats in smill-sixpences
and two Edward shovel boards that cost
| me two shillings and two pence apiece OF
! Yead Miller"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19

The country divides itself naturally into
three parasitic north coast strip. the VAL
leys of the Orinoco and its continents, and
the southwark projecting area OF Amazo-
mas territory, lying between the equator
and the fifth parallel of north latitude. Tho
Orinoco river. 1900 miles in length, Is navi-
gable for 200 miles from It's mouth. It is
fed by 436 streams and rivers, some OF
which are navigable for light draft vessels.
The immediate coast line is hot and I'M
healthy, but this strip is narrow, and be-
hind 1t attitudes where the climate is
almost perpetualy vernaL The hills are O.
white mans country" 1t is most doubtful
If the Orinoco valley and the pampas of
southern and southwestern Venezuela ever,
will be.
Yet in the valleys, the pampas and the
vast forests there lie the possibilities of
endless wealth for those who value money
more than life and comfort. The develop
ment of this region is prevented by political
conditions quite as effectively as II Is by
physical conditions. 1t most needs pre-
cisely what several Of it's neighbors need
Porfirio Diaz as its ruler, or a Lord
Cromer as its administrator. 1t needs also
for its economic development working
population. If the present population could
be deported or exterminated and its place
be taken by 100000 Cinnamon, Venezuela
would, in ten years. export s50,O0O.000 worth.
of products annually.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
Reflections of a Bachelor.

From the New York Press.
When they say man is all heart gem
orally he is no head.
The sun sets on most people while they
are waiting for it to rise.
1t sometimes happens that man S
friends have to ball him out when he gets
full.
A woman's waist is located anywhere be-
tween her chin and her knees, according
to her dressmaker.
A mans idea of a fine holiday is being
allowed to drink coffee for breakfast that
doesn't agree with him and to throw cigar
ashes on the floor.
To save your life you couldn't make a
girl who is just engaged believe that all
men are only ordinarily human beings
with a good appetite and an easy con-
science.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
Topography.

ably, endless mineral wealth. Between 1884
and 1899 the Callao gold mines alone yielded
n0o
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
The Mechanical Housekeeper.

From London Motoring Illustrated.
. Housekeeping by motor will be the happy
fate of the bride of ten years hence AL.
ready her sewing machine is driven by elec-
tricity. The irons in the laundry are cleo.
trically heated. The very mangle is pro-
PEELED by dynamo. A new invention
promises that dish washing and drying shall
be done by motor-power. Motor-driven poll
ishers for stained floors and electric carpet
sweepers are already ancient history
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19
Scotland's Home Talent.

From London Black and White
We in England are apt to think that
every Scot worth his salt has crossed the
border. AS a matter of fact, the Edin-
burgh men unknown to the average London
art critic could put together an exhibition
which would make the said art critic feel
he ought to begin life over again.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19

The work of the Salvation Army in this
acterized by such enterprise, sound man
agement and self-sacrifcing devotion. and.
moreover, has been actually productive Of
such excellent results that 1t has become an
progress-American Review Of Reviews.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-19

It would not do for the bride and groom
to hear all that the bridemaids ard ush-
ers have to say about the marriage cere-
mony.-Baltimore American.
The Forrest City times., 1905-02-24
HAD HUSBANDS TO BURN.
What a Spinster Said About a Wid. owed Friend Just from the
 Country.

A good sort of trolley conductor, who has ears for other things besides the bell of his fare register. and whose run in Brooklyn brings him passengers to and from a certain cemetery. vouehes for this story, says the New York Sun
 woman boarded his car at the ceme- tery the other day shaking with sobs She had not been in the car long when two women took seats opposite her One of them seemed to recognize the woman from the cemetery. hesitated for a mo- ment. then crossed the aisle and spoke to her. The sobbing one looked up and the identification was complete.
 Why. Mary" said the woman who had crossed the aisle. where have you been for so long, and what is the mat ter2s
 .I have been married" came the sob- broken answer. and I'm just after ere mating my husband.
 Condolences were offered And the
The Forrest City times., 1905-02-24
NOT so MANY MiLulONAlRES
The Number Generally Supposed to Exist in the World Is Greatly
 Overestimated.

There is great misapprehension as to the number of millionaires in New York and in the world. Chauncey Nj. Depew said recently that there were 100, ,000 millionaires in the United States. According to a great commer- eial agency, which is probably nearer right there are only 1000 The Ffnan- cial Red Book. most carefully com piled publication. gives the names of practically all the persons in the United States who are supposed to be worth more than S300 000 And there are only 15.000 names on the list. No claim is made that the name of every person worth that amount or more is given. but the proportion of those left out is extremely small. for most ex- haustive investigation has been made
 In the last few years there has been a marked tendency among men of wealth to conceal the amount of their world ly possessions. The first incentive in
The Forrest City times., 1905-02-24

view of the fact that the Abbey final resting place for qrioGs prepared elaborate designs imperial Monument Hall of which taken 0
The Forrest City times., 1905-02-24

this respect is the vulgar prominence given to the man that has lots of money. There are other reasons men have for suppressing knowledge of the amount of their wealth. Some wish to avoid heavy taxation and give false returns. Another man may have made his money in a business not uneom- tive. and he doesn't care to have his affluence blazoned forth to arouse com petition.
The Forrest City times., 1905-02-24
Hundred Thousandth Pheasant.

There is a game preserve in Ger many owned by Count Tschirehsky- Renard. who has raised a monument there in honor of the kaiser. It com. memorates the occasion when the kaiser shot his fifty thousandth cock pheasant. Marble and orphyry bear witness to this achievement for the rest of time. But that happy cock pheasant was immolated two years ago, and since then the kaiser's bag has grown prcdigiously. What monu ment. even in brass, will be good enough to celebrate his hundred thou. sandth COCK pheasant?-London Chron. iele
The Forrest City times., 1905-02-24
Uses a Delicate Perfume.

A young man bearing the earmarks of an "agricuturist" walked into a Main street grocery the other evening and called for bottle of vanilla ex- tract Before opening the door to step back into the street he pulled the cork. poured few drops of the flavor ing on his handkerchief. and as he placed the bottle in his vest pocket, remarked to the clerk: If there is any thing Missouri gals like better than chewin' gum it's perfumery. Joplin (Mo) Globe.
The Forrest City times., 1905-02-24

widow soon afterward left the car, ap- parently cheered while her friend re- turned to the seat beside her companion and told all that Mary had unbosomed to her.
 And she's got husbands to burn" re- marked the companion enviously, while I'm still single
The Forrest City times., 1905-02-24
King Edwards Gift to Monks

Recently the monks of St Bernard received with great cheering like sehoolboys'- piano sent to them for a present by King Edward They took it in procession up the mountains to their monastery.
The Forrest City times., 1905-02-24
Marriage Prohibited in Korea

Owing to the demise of the Korean crown princess, pending the definite ap- pointment of new consort for the crown prince. the Korean people in gen eral are prohibited by law from marry ing. In view of the different factions in the Korean court. the selection of the new consort will probably not take place for some time to come.-Tokio Asaht.