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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21

81 ,75o-HERE Is a DECIDED sNAP-A O.
room house on lot 45x12s to alley; in eighth
ward; on Sd av near 84th st s; two blocks
from Attn av car line, City water In house;
also good cistern and well. Storm windows
and screens. Sewer In street and paid for;
also gas and electric lights in street At
\ small cost house can be made fully modern.
Terms about one-third cash, balance in monthly
payments. Franklin Benner. SOB Bank OF Com
Inerce building
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
Not Composing Now.

A few years ago in Cincinnati
musical was given in honor OF
James Lane Allen, the prominent
novelist. A wealthy society woman
of that town, somewhat limited ir
her knowledge of music, but anX,
ious to pose as patroness of music
and art, rushed up to Mr.. Allen and
etfusively exclaimed:
"Oh, Mr.. Allen. Are You fond
of Bach? Is Bach still compos-
ing"
'No, madam" gravely replied the
writer, 'Bach is now decomposing.'
--Lippincott's Magazine.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
The Companion as a Christmas
Gift.

Can you think of gift more GER
tain to be acceptable than year s
subscription to The Youths Com
panion? Is there any one, young or
old, who, having once had the paper
in his hands mad looked through it,
did not wish to possess it for his
very own? 1t is a gift which, far
from losing its freshness as Christ
mas recedes into the past, grows
more delightful, more necessary to
ones enjoyment week by week.
The boy likes it, for it reflects in
its pages every boyish taste and
every fine boyish aspiration. The
father likes it, not only for its tic-
tion but for its fund of information
of the practical sort. The girl likes
it for the stories. anecdotes, sketches
and editorial articles printed in each
number especially for her. The
mother likes it for its stories of
domestic life and family affection,
for it's children page and for its
medical article.
On receipt of 3l.I5, the yearly sub
scription price, the publishers send
to the new subscriber all the remain
ing issues of The Companion for 1905
and the 'Minutemen" calendar for
1906, autographed in twelve coIors
and gold.
Full illustrated announcement Of
the new volume for 1906 will be sent
with sample copies of the paper to
any address free.
The Youths Companion, IA
Berkeley street, Boston, Mass.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
LITTLE NONSENSE.
Story About a Catfish as Related BY
Benny.

The catfish is slippery, gooey
kind of fish that inhabits all kinds
of water, but prefers dirty water. IL
looks like a large head with a body
and tail stuck on to it. Catfish fire.
quently attain the size of a good, big
schoolboy and are quite irritable and
ferocious. They have sharp Jlggers
on their sides and elsewhere with
which they can jab you like every
thing. When you suddenly pull a
small catfish with large head and
yellow underside out of the water
and flop it on the bank it sometimes
makes noise like ''glug,' which Is
catfish for swearing. Once there was
man who lived on the Mississippi
river. A large catfish had broken all
his lines and swallowed all his
hooks. He made a big iron hook,
fastened it to the end of a long
leather strap, took a porterhouse
steak for bait and caught the cat
fish. II weighed PIP pounds. llo
told another man about ii and tho
other man told father. If it had
weighed 215 pounds he would have
said so. The works of creation are
wonderful. Let us always be honest
and courageous and obey our par
ents and teachers and we will grow
up to be useful.-Chicago Tribune.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
Notice of Stockholders Meeting

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Consolidated Hills
borough Ditch Co. will be held at
Johnstown Hall. in the town of
Johnstown, Colo, Saturday after
noon, December 9. 1905. at the hour
of / O'Clock p. m. for the purpose of
electing five directors for the ensu-
ing year, to levy an assessment, and
to transact such other business as
may properly come before said meet
ing. Yours respectfully,
p. W. Allen, Secretary.
Greeley, Colo, Nov. 9, 1905.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
THE CROP ENORM RMOUS
Michigan Raises Banner Peach
Crop of its History

While the peach crop OF Colorado
was very much OF a failure the re-
port comes from Michigan that tie
crop there was the biggest in the
history of peach growing in that
state The talk by some grocers has
been right along that there were no
peaches any place in the country and
that even canned peaches were go
ing to be so high that ordinary
people could not afford them. That,
however. was while fresh peaches
were in the market and selling at
somewhere near - crate, with a
good profit to the grocer.
The report that comes by way OF
regular market report from Michigan
viii dispell the high priced canned
peach story. The report comes from
ST. Joseph, Mich, one of the biggest
shipping points and says:
The fruit season has been the
greatest ever known here and the re-
ports which are being given out at
present are really amazing.
The figures just published show
that the total number OF cars shipped
from Benton Harbor and st. Joseph
was l $40 Each OF those cars, it is
calculated, paid the shippers si0o
and the total amount will reach
$50, 600
1t is claimed by the boat people
that more fruit was shipped by boat
than by rail and this is probably so.
as the boats carry fruit Of the twin
cities long before the railroad lines
commerce to run refrigerator cars.
Under these conditions it is esti-
mated that the value OF the past
peach crop has been in the neighbor-
hood Of 81, 900, 900 to Berrien county
and of this st, Joseph and Benton
Harbor share the largest portion.
THE farmers are literally rolling
in wealthss,this season. They have
plenty of money and scores OF them
have purchased more land besides
paying off any incumberances cover
ing the old property. The CONNER
cial houses of the country are doing
an enormous business, the farmers
spending their wealth more freely
than they ever did before.
''One reason given as accounting
for the great success of the peach
crop is the fact that the growers are
caring for their fruit far more care
fully than tney did few years ago
and results prove that the fruit is
worth all the care that can be Law
ished upon it. This year the better
grades of the fruit were of exception
ally fine stock and sold at high
rate. This boosted the net receipts
of the farmers far above what they
otherwise would have been.
The dreaded ''yellows, which
few years ago was making inroads
on the peach orchards, has succum-
bed somewhat to the fight made
against it and is not now as danger
Gus as formerly. 1t is thought that
within few years this pest Will be
stamped out by the farmers.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
WILLING to Obliqe.

Mr.. Dudling = Waitah, you hov
fohgotten the-aw-fngah bowl.
Waiter - We don't serve finger
bowls any more, sir, but when you
get through roofing around among
the vittles I'll bring you wash
basin if you want it.-New York
Weekly.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
Never Still.

Church. thought you said you
gave your wife hush money?
Gotham-I did.
well, she ought to be arrested
for obtaining money under false
pretenses. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
We Buy Gull Potatoes

The Greeley Ice and Starch com.
pany are in the market for cull
potatoes, and will pay 90 cents per
hundred pounds, loose, delivered ot
factory. Phone l472 red.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
Friendly Pats.

Rodrick-They say Cholly Good
fellow is very popular around town
Van Albert - | should say so
Why, he wears out two coats a
month just from people slapping
him on the back.-ChiCago News.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
Convincinn.

Amicus-So you have another
baby at your house. What is he
Eminent Critic-Well, he is not
very interesting, but he is mighty
eonyincing.-Lfe.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
A Good Artist

Dauber-Nirs. Goodsole. | believe,
remarked that she thought l was a
very good artist.
Crlteek-Yes. 1t seems she saw
you in church last Sunday-Pbila
delphia Record.
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
Love La Blind

Feeari-They eloped in an auto
Ruby-And was it a success?
Pearl-1 es. Even Cupid wore
goggtes.-Baltimore News
The Greeley tribune., 1905-11-23
Worse and Morc NJ -

'rqmbell-Most women have but
oneidea, and that's dress.
Jenks-Huh! My wife has about
q p,:1 dozen IDEAS, all on that subject
Philadelphia Press.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-27
Man and Woman,s Work.

Should a man who is too poor Ia keep
a servant for his wife help her with the
houSeworkE
y Baptist minister asked that cues
ton from the pulpit the other night and
answered IL i'll the affirmative according
to the Chicago Chronicle. He said that.
after the evening meal it was grand
sight to see husband Scrape and carry
out the dishes. clear off the table and
bring up a bucket or two of coal He
said that Il sight like that was a good
indication that the WlTe vi the man in
question was II happy woman.
Here are two pictures, two contrast
ing pictures, said the Baptist minister
Il supped one evening in AIanayumk
with a grocer iii good circumstances.
The grocers wife kept a servant. bur the
evening | was there the servant was out
The wife. after supper said TO the gro
Ger:
Al, won't YOU scrape off these plates
FOR -?
No Martha. | won't Al replied.
That's woman's work not mans work
And he leaned back in his chair with
an air of dignity. looking at me as much
as TO say, y on see parSon, / know how
TO assert myself
Another night | supped with loom
fiXer and his wife. \ Manayunk loom
fixer is not rich. He does not keen n
servant. This loom fiXer, though pretty
nearly took a servants place. He wait.
ed on his wife as tenderly as he waited
on her before the marriage. He carried
in the coffee and the fried oysters. When
the glasses got empty he ran out to the
pitcher to fill them. He changed the
plates and brought out the dessert, and
after supper he helped wash the dishes,
he and his wife working SO well together
that everything was cleaned up III fif-
teen minutes time.
"A mans wife helps him whenever she
can. He ought TO help her whenever he
can. As for that silly talk about mans
work and woman's work--wel. any work
that would degrade the husband is not
tit for the wife either
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-27
HIGHEST OF ALL CHIMNEYS.
Concrete Smokestack of the TacOm a
Shelters Is Now Finished

What is considered by engineers 10 hc
one Of The greatest feats ever attempted
is tie completion Of the mammoth con-
crete chimney nj the Tacoma smcltcrs.
1t is the highest concrete chimney in the
world and was built for the purpose uf
abaiing the Smcltcr smoke nuisance in
the north end
The height of the chimney above the
base is 307 feet 81, inches The inside
diameter is Is feet, The foundation is
40 feet square and six feet deep. The
construction Of the chimney is what is
known rs re-cnforccd concrete aud con
sistS Of steer rods running parallel
through the concrete IRON the foundation
10 the top of the chimney.
The cost Of the chimney alone was
$4,000 and the connections viii cost
81. 900 more.
The chimney consists Of two parts.
The lower double she'll part being 80
feet high and the single shell being 30
feet high. The chimney was built in
sections Of three feet. sectional molds hc-
ing used and the entire work being ham
died from the inside Of the chimney
where scatfolding was built as the work
progressed Construction work was he
gun January - and tie inst finishing
touch has inst been put on the structure.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-27

ties Of the dog with almost human in
tetiIgence. As the dog became more and
more beWlldered he gave vent to his dis
appointment at intervals in iOng-drawn
bowls. These seemed ia elpctrify the
ioN, hlS hair hristied. and for Il moment
ne looked very fierce; but almost instant
~ change came over him, he lay down.
opened his mouth aud fairly laughed as
NE dog became more and more puzzled.
ih|NV varied scenes lasted fur half mn
h"ur, until the hound uttered one pre-
'0nSed howl and gave up the struggle.
Ihereupon the fox became quiet. resi-
lng an 81 position half concealed hy d
stump where he could watch every
movement OF the dog. After the dos.
Gad PASSED. the fox sat M ON his
haNnchrS aud watched him until he was
ONT of sight, when, almost instantly. the
fox turned and disappeared among the
low bushes which Skirted the maple
grove.
hlS performance was repeated almost
10 the letter ON the following day The
situation WAS now perfectly clear to me.
rue fox was on guard at the head of tive
valley, ready 20 lead the dog away, and.
Mtcr completely fDoling him. returned
10y way of the creek, and from his van
lag'~polnt at the upper end of the valley
m the Stump-lot watched with absorbing
interest the perpleNitieS of the old hound.
~ShaS \. Lottridge in St Nicholas.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-27

Prof W. G. Hayes Of the geological
survey was talking in Washington about
the trials ot biologists.
Did You ever hear of the gpulogid iu
New Ilampshirey' he asked. "Ncli.
there was u gcologist who spent a long
hot summer day ia Croydon gathering
specimens Of the very odd New Ifamlt-
Shire rock formations 10 be found there.
and late IN the afternoon be hired n boy
io carry his heavy bag back 10 Newport
for him. This boy exhibited tn friend
that night hulf-dollar, and the friend
said. cuvluusiv:
'Nhcr" did you get that
90 | made IT,. was the answer.
How did You make itF
lou know that there man that WIS
working ail day with It little hammer
brr"about~. chipping Of pieces of rock
aud putting thcln in leather bagT
D." 'ir>.
well. h. asked me to carry his hag
for him to the Newport hotel. and he
gave me - cents for The job
Wei. IL WAS worth it. Must have
been pretty heavy, carrtu' an them
locks four miles
Tho other boy smiled
10 YOU thiuk ] carried tbom rocks
1il that vay| hc said. Ne sir I cuip-
tied the bag h,torr starjiu' anil just
filled it again out-.lc the hotri '- New.
Orleans States.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-27
Spider Silk at $40 a Pound.

Mr.. Hunt, the American consul at
Tamataye, Madagascar, sends an inter
eSting report on the manufacture Of silk
from spiders web.
The first difficulty in securing tie
thread direct from the Madagascar spid-
or c'halabe" big spider tie natives call
herr was met with in devising a suitable
holder 10 secure the living spider while
winding off the web. This was origina +
~ performed 10y confirming tie spiders u
empty match boxes with their abdGmeus
protrudibg making So many living
reels Tie extraction Of the web does
not apparently Inconvenience the insects.
although care has to be taken not 10 in
iure them. From that stage has been
evolved Il frame Of twenty four small
guillotine<. IN each Of which a spider is
secured In such a manner tbdt on one
side protrudeS the abdomen. while ou the
other the head. throaX and legs are free.
The precaution 81 keeping the legs ont
Of the way is necessary. because the
spiders. when their secretion is spun of
ia this fashion. are liable to lraak off
the web with their legs.
The spider submits without resistance
20 the wimding-oH of It's thread. After
tile laying period. or formation If the
web IL can be reeled of i've or six times
IN tie course Of "a month"; after which rhe
spider dies, having yielded about 1000
yards Native girls do the work.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-27

sessed by its individual members. The
lump needs the ieaven: il is. indeed. the
leaven'S highest opportunity The woIn-
an with gifts, who moves among others
loft}ly, bearlBg them consciously bar
never sharing them. is making them as
barren as they can be made The Holn-
an who refuses ia use her powers IN u
small town because sine IeeiS herself en-.
titled to a higher sphere. makes that
town. by her attitude seem poorer and
narrower To herself and to others The
superior woman III the small town is a
Quickenlng force, Il tombstone to bring
cut what gold there is.
And it is the glory Of our small towns
thar the superior woman is 50 often
found there. One teacher. one librarian
one musician, one born hostess or or
ganizer OF saint, influences Il small COM
munity very deeply. aud there is hardly
one small town or village hut has either
It's traditions of such women. or one
present and beloved. Perhaps the SUI
perlor woman may. naturally aud in
the fullnesS of time. come into lter king
dom. leaving the smaller place behind
for larger paths. But, because she has
been there. lives have been widenetl,
tastes cultivated. souls touched TO finer
issues Having the light, we pass ii on
to others. That is the true mark of the
largest natures iarper's Bazaar.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-27

body. but to 90 out of every 100 people
yen meet the story would be only family
amusing. II would hardly be remem-
hered by them two hours after you had
told it,
IL is a good plan 10 think over these
promptly aa"nch n ones self tbat 90" r%a, Y
teal longing 10 tell cur little tale Of woe
90 amy one who viii sit and listen to il.
We are not likely to be sorry that We re-
Trained from speaking. We may be cN.
ceedingly sorry that we did speak.
The realization that we as individuals
IN our day-to-day experiences are of
small account To the world at large must
come ii we would carry strong, healthy
minds We must find consolation and
compensation in ourselves, and when we
have done 50 we no longer feet the need
of an indiscriminate c0nttdant Ada NJ.
krecker in Washington Star.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-27
The Unexpected Guest.

Il have nothing but condemnation for
the average unexpected guest declared
woman with Il reputation for gentle
ness and sanity. II am not inhospit-
able. | think. | like to entertain my
friends, bat like to entertain them
when | want them and when it suits me
to have them. and not in season and
ont of season.
Every housewives home is her castle.
She should have the privilege of choos-
ing when she shall have guests and
When She shall not. In the better
classes of society this privilege is ac-
corded her She invites a person to
stay with her a certain length Of time.
She asks others to dinner. Size has Il
day in the week set apart for callers.
People do not break in upon her privacy
Just at any time they choose. upsettiBg
her arrangements and spelling her spirit.
"Oh. no. that barbarism is left 10 what
we call the middle class housewife-that
excellent woman who does her own work.
with the assistance of one maid. per-
haps. She is at the mercy of all her
relatives and acquaintance.
she plans to have a few cOngenial
friends in to dinner or supper or lunch
con. and prepares for just 50 many.
when. shortly before the meal. in walk
Cousin Johns wife's sisters family. or
Ted's best friends family. or somebody
else who wasn't invited and whose COM
ing upset~ the table arrangements and
spoils the congeuiality Of the atmos-
pherc.
After repeated occurrences Of this
kind the disheartened housewife gives nj
all hope of enjoyable entertaining and
just Surrenders herself To the conven-
fence Of thoughtless people.
'Every body has friends and even rcla-
rions who won't mix. socially speak
ing 1t is misery for the hostess to have
these all thrust on Ter hands ~ once
say it i barbarous that She should NOT
/ g allowed 20 choose whom she viii have
and wien she will have them.
The unexpected guest is a WORKOUT
institution that ought. except in rare
cases. To- be done away with. Selected.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-05-27
polly Porter"

Perhaps all parrots have equally re-
markahlc memories but twenty-five
years acquaintance with Polly Porter
enables me to say that he never torgct>
what he has once learned. Like other
parrots. when he is alone he exercises his
memory, as IL amusing himself. Then ii
is that Polly Porter chaucrS in sea-
tences; laughs aloud, hySterivally: calls.
I'M various tones, cummaudinyly on he
seechingly, calls the names of servants
who, but for Polly, would have been
forgotten; calls the cat; whistles Tor dogs
who were about him years age
PolyS cage Is in tue how window ot
the dining roonl--a good place for keep
ing an eye on the family, When the
father rises from the breakfast table
Polly advises. Hurry, Hurry up.
Hurry"
Later. with the first movement prcpa-
ratury to the childrens start for school.
lac repeats sharply; Hurry up, Hurry
M. hurry
When guest comes in he says briSkly,
why, how dye do?
When he calls Good bye" O. persons
passing on the street il seems almost
certain that he reasons about the couiug
and departing guest, lie quickly notices
little children; coming to one particular
corner of the bottom of his cage, he tlul-
tets tclbit II iilttt one. attempting bUtN
talk. which Is very funny, ending with
Beautiful child, Beautiful child" and a
loud laugh.
When the house is quiet and his mis-
trcSs has Il visitor in the parior Folly
Graves attention.
lie repeats the chldrcn's names. al
most as If he were calling the roll, In
sweet low tones. Then he says Ma.
ma" over aud over, in II childS Noicr,
. T., \,
answer that child. or Someone Is call
ing YOU" He comes very near To tell
ing tales. saying. All, all, nnught! boy,
with great severity.
Polly is most inpatient at breakfast
time, when lac shrieks ill hc receives
attentions: Polly wants coffee. Polly
wants breakfast
lie takes II piece of bread cautiously
examines IL; If il is not we'll hutirrcd ho
throws it down. lie enjoys bunch of
grupCS. holding il down with one claw
while with the other and his beuk he
opens grape after grape, eats the seed
and casts the pulp away. lie easily
| brushes II pear or an apple Z" get at the
seeds.
Last Christmas Polly was sent by his
| owner, a New York boy 10 friends as ,
/ present They were told of his lycliucSl
/ and astonishing powers OF speech.
For some months Polly moped and SAT-
nothing, but at last began calling mcm
| berS OF the family by name. III let OF
/ of his cage he fought the pug an,
( whipped the cat. whcn shut up III hi
| cage for punishment hr would persistent
| ~ work at the wires till he would fore,
| them apart and wall, ont dcduntly, Re
| Gently hc began upon his old lessons. AM
now repeats the cries of the ucWSbuys
! in the street: "EEtuh, ENtmhi Jour
I 4 "a
| we'll Yankee Doodle which was taught
! him last summer.
Good bye. liy.-NarH Rice Miller iI
/ ST Nicholas