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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
WHEN THE DANGER WAS OVER

G ENATOR CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW tells with keen
- joyment of suit brought by acquaintance of his
New York physician to collect bill for services rendered
The attorney for the defendant maintained that the
excessive and, crossexaminng witness for the plain
tiff he asked him, with great impressveness:
'Dont you think that Dr. Blank called upon the defend
ant needlessly after all danger past?'
The witness firm friend Of the physician and he
clustered Up. emo sir he replied, emphacally, there
danger as long as DR.: Blank caled.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
Attention. sunshIners.
INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

h J o urn a wants to help all the
6unshiners in the city to. see that no de-
serving children miss the trip to Won
derland Tuesday and Wednesday,. VIII
every president of the various branches
see that all the children in the districts
have a share in this great treat?
Do not let one be forgotten. Children
from to IA years old are to be taken.
AS soon as the number Of children is ar
ranged, some central place of meeting
will be designated and the streetcar tick
cts will be provided. The Sunshine soci-
ETY. wishes each president and a few as
sistants to go with the children of the
respective districts to have supervision
over them. Is : -Sa #
The Sunshine children will all go on
Wednesday, and to make the proper ar
rangements it is necessary to have the
number Of children each branch will fur
nish by Monday morning early.
Send the number to Miss Blanchard, or
direct to The Journal office as early as
possible. The children are to have free
transportation and are to see all the
sights of wonderland, something that will
delight every childish heart, so do not let
anyone miss it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
IT WORKED BOTH WAYS.

N1HEN some Of the newspapers printing funny
stories about William Loeb private secretary to Pres
dent Roosevelt during the last campaign alleging that he
was the champion blametaker in America because he
always willing responsibility for anything
that went at the White House, Mr.. Loeb laughed
with the very who wrote the yarns.
But, day his patience taxed. The presidents
train had been delayed hours between Philadelphia
and New York while he going to Oyster Bay. Next
morning Of the New York daes had these flaming head
lines: presidents Train Water-Bound- Not to
Blame - E'rs
Oyster Bay, 'that's going too far.''
every well, said the reporter who had written the
story, 'I tomorrow say you to blame
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
HIS LAST CARD.

a CERTAIN venerable archdeacon engaged foot
n man a wellrecommended youth who had served
stable boy The first duty which he called upon per
the archdeacon of formal
calls. ~. @&s%%@s# E* -
Bring the cards. Thomas, and leave at each house,
ordered his After two hours Of visiting from house
to house the archdeacons list exhausted.
'1Ths is the last house, Thomas, he said "leave two
cards here
'tBeggn' your PARDON SIR the reply, 1T can It
I've only the o spades left ''-Harpers Weekly.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
A String Of Good Stories.
THE DENTIST AND THE ALL1GAToR
''Icannot tell how tho truth may be;
slssy tho tale a. twas said to me-"

DOY FARRELL GREENE, the president Of the American
IN Society Of Curo Collectors told at dinner Of dentists
an appropriate story.
"a dentist he said, "was travelling in the east,
and the Ganges his boat overturned and he obliged
strike out for the shore.
Gas the dentist sturdy thru the muddy water,
enormous alligator suddenly up before him. The ALI
gator opened it's jaws and the would
have been the dentists last only in time-the
happened notice the great reptiles sharp white teeth
and an idea struck him.
He drew probe from his pocket and, pressing into
the algator's gums, he said:
'' Does this hurt you7
The alligator screamed with PAIN the dentist amid
its great agony, made good his escape"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
The Power of a Smile,

It's curious what sight O. good a little thing
will do;
How We can stop the iercest storm when it
begins to brew,
An take the sting from what commenced to
/. rankle when twas spoke,
By keepin' still an treatin' it as If it .
joke;
Yen find that ye can fill a place with smiles
instead o. tears,
An keep the sunshine gleamin' thru the shad-
ows O. the years
By jes' laughin'.
Folks sometimes fail to note the possibilities
that lie
In the way yer mouth is curvin' an the twinkle
in yer eye; e.. =" e.. =.
It amt SO much the dom es the way = thing
Is did, - -
An many homes KEEP happy an contented
day by day, -.5.
An like not kingdom has been rescued In
day
By les lauphin'.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11

finland stocks of white nen black scarlet silk turned
linen collar with black tie suited to this style Of
waist; the cuffs closed with links The fulness at the
neck be disposed Of either in three turning
tucks on each side gathered The quantity Of material
CURED for the medium size is 2M yards SO inches wide
Ladies' ShirtWast 2723: sizes, from 80 to A inches
bust Send 10 cents and the sze and address to the
Pattern Department Of The Minneapolis Journal
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11

listen, and nei-
their could I
leave. I don't
know what La
Toilette said. I
know he talked
forever, and peo-
pie kept urging
him to keep ON,
and they cheered
and che!ered. But
you should have
seen Jack! He
had just come in
from. Minnetonka
and he had on a
" h tie flannel
suit. After La
Toilette said. I
through 'spell-
binding,' I got a
glimpse Of Jacks
back. It looked
like that Of a
Saltwater 'lifer,'
and there was
paint even on his
stockings. That
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
a HARYARD soPHoMoRE,s PLIGHr.

4 HARVARD sophomore was reciting memorized ora
n ton in of the classes in public speaking. After
the first two sentences his memory failed, and look Of
blank despair his face. He began follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen Washington is dead, Lincoln
is deadthen forgetting, he hesitated moment
tinued nand-II ana beginning to feel sick MYSELF. :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
The Letters Which Are Appreciated.


Letters mean lot to some people. and
most Of US are glad to receive them, but
never very fond of replying to them.
Perhaps more than anyone else do 'tthe
old folks at home" look for news of boys
and girls now scattered far and wide.
Frequently, too frequently, the absent son
and daughter neglect this small duty.
They don't mean to forget, but they don't
realize the peculiar loneliness felt by the
old people when their children have left
them for homes and, perhaps children Of
their own-and the letter-writing Is post
poned for another day.
Again, it seems quite impossible for
some people to write a cheerful letter.
One feels instinctivly that the reading Of
a certain letter will give one a bad fit Of
the "blues,'' and it does. Why will not
people keep their gloomy thoughts off
paper? The unfortunate recipients can
not possibly sympathize to the proper ex-
tent-not knowing every particular-and
it only has the effect of making them
thoroly miserable, in nine cases out of
ten, over an imaginary woe which be-
longs to somebody else.
Consider it a duty to write cheerful let
| tiers, and, If you haven't anything cheer
| full to say, hunt till you find something.
You won't have a very long search. If
| the sun doesn't shine today, it will to-
morrow, or the day after.
| Works Both Ways.
| He who speaks well Of others speaks
we'll Of himself.-General Phil Sheridan.
| --'' * = .'"s A Secret.
What makes the springtims Of the ysari
| Why, sunlight
/ Just sunlight.
| 1t makes the tender bud appear,
| It crowns the autumn with good cheer
| Just sunlight.
! What gladdens all this world Of ours9
| Why, sunlight,
| Just sunlight;
! 1t paints the beauty Of the flowers,
| It sets the rainbow in the showers
| Just sunlight.
| What If thy Lot right hard hath been?
| Try sunlight
| More sunlight.
| Throw open wide thy hearts Of sin
| And let the glorious shine in.
Try sunlight.
There's more Of power than you would dream
| In sunlight,
Gods sunlight.
| Would you this great, sad earth redee1ni
| Send to its darkest haunt a beam
OF sunlight. A K Bond,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
Today.

We say this day is hard to BEAR
And full of weary, irksome care;
But life tomorrow may be fair.
So full of strange unrest are we,
Our eyes are blind-we cannot see
What blessings in the present be.
Oh, father, help US to behold = =
The sweet content and love untold,
What cen the present hour may hold.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
By jes' laughin'
The Heart.

It Is the heart and not the brain
That to the highest doth attain;
And he who follows loves behest
Far excelleth all the rest.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11

Who will bring some sunshine to a lonely
-life?
Aug. IL, Mrs. William P. Wall, Meher-
rim, Va.
Aug. IA, Almira Pattison, Middleton,
N. Y.
Aug. 16, Rhoda E. Baker, Bentleyville,
Pa.
Aug. II, Mrs. M. E. Maske, Polkton,
N. C.
Aug. 10, Lille May Hinson, Longsville,
& O.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
The Neav La Toilette Strife.
By Florence Bunce.
6 6 q

EOW did you enjoy Governor La Toilette lee
! { ture' asked young man Of a fashionaby-at-
QNMNMNWH Like it? I didn't like it at ALL re-
NIy# sponded the girl. ''Just look at my back!''
WYSE She gave the astonished young man the brief
est glimpse of the back of dainty white gown
smeared with red paint paint patches parallel stripes
in sections and one fluffy lace sleeve
''What earth has your Ashanee attoong got to do
with the ecture? quered the amused youth, and his
reminded Of Rochefoucauds saying that there is
something in the misfortunes Of best friends that does
not altogether displease
"Why," explained the girl 'they had just painted part
Of the seats at the fair grounds this hord staring COLOR and
nobody told anything about it, When started to move
for Jack to sit next after the lecture began
that gown nearly ruined, Of couldn
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
Our Best Side.

Life never turns its best side towar
us until we have turned our best sid
toward it-Marden.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
Write to Them.

-. Write to 7 hem. - ~
The following is a list Of birthdays OF
shut-ins and suffering ones who would
appreciate letters of cheer or some little
token of remembrance on their birthdays.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
What Women Want to K11O@,.

FRECKLE LOTION.-Kindly tell what will remove
freckles? The recipe has been given before but don
remember what it Also what will sunburn p
T. 7. j.
Use coorless iodine the freckes It made Of part
of pure to three Of ncture Of iodine and after
standing day the iodine becomes white Apply the
lotion to each frece with swab made by wrapping wisp
of cotton around toothpck and use fresh swab every
time Apply night and morning until the skin Redeemed,
but not rrtaed Battle the sunburned face in hot water
and then appcream butermilk Hot water is splendid
remedy for sunburn if used at
TIC. CLEAN A RAINCOAT.-Please tell me how to remove
axle grease from light raincoat.-M. M. T.
If the stain is thick and dry soften with lard and then
soak in tpentine Scrape off carefully with knife all the
loose surface dirt and then sponge clean with tpentne
QUESTIONS FOR TOMORROW.
BOOK ON ETIQUETTE you kindly tell thru
your columns what is the best and latest book etiquette
for everybody especially for young people9A Reader
TO CLEAN LIGHT NECKTIES.- Would you please inform
me thru your department. how to clean very lghtcoored
neckties9 find you very often have valuable infoma-
tionafor in this column and looking for early
reply-C. T. T
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-08-11
What the Market Affords.
fDLUMS, 40 to go cents a dozen.

fDLUMS, 40 to 60 cents dozen.
~ Backberries, Is cents.
#$ Red raspberries to - cents. -. ..
k BlueberTes, II cents.
IA Tomatoes Is cents basket; homegrown, 25
bound.
y Sweet potatoes or pounds for Is cents.
Hubbard SQUASH 10 cents
Kohl rab, 3 for s cents. FL ~. ~. :.
l Celery, 20 cents dozen up. ..s'"1.@ -. +-%~.-"
4 Egg plant, Is cents @~'% ~ @%| ~ "@#=
Peas, IS cents peck. >@~< -" 49,: 49, -
Corn, to 10 cents. ,"~ -..t.-, ;
Green peppers, l5 to Is cents Dozen ~..s
There very wide divergence in the prices Of tomatoes
Ind cucumbers but the difference grade equally great
Fancy homegrown tomatoes solid, smooth and almost
seees while the shipped SOFT thin feshed
and watery There is wide variation also, both in the
quality and size of boxes of backberreswh correspond
ing difference price The fresh Minnesota berries ne
but the lot is not good All the fruits
The choice large pums 60 cents basket and
have been selling for 25 cents Dozen Good large,
heavy pears 40 Dozen while 80 cents dozen is
the prevailing price for good peaches Red raspberies
scarce but for II II there large choice
be had Apples PLENTIFUL ripper and little cheaper,
i 40 cents being about the average price.
Very large glossy peppers of very mild flavor have
become abundant and the price has dropped to Is
Dozen the usual mdseason price They being and
used year. both in picking and cooking Sweet
potatoe SQUASH celery cabbage and all lower
they coming into market freely their being well
ION The main of peas being past, the few market
are high but they choice grade
The only dependable cantaoups in the market are the
Rocky Fords and they high Common melons sell for
20 cents basket holding about dozep
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-25

volunteer to prosecute him tomorrow.
should any of you wish me to do 30
But don't disgrace this neighEorhood
by an angry. lawless performance to-
night"
The face of the lawye. was a study
as he stood under h glare Of the cleo.
trio light. The firm chin was set, and
the eyes were flashing while his glance
never once left the crowd or knew Of
the. presence Of the prisoner.
Joe Francis is a scoundrel; he's an
un-conscionable wretch" exclaimed one
OF the younger men, and some OF the
rowdy hangers-on added epithets and
oaths to the chorus. But the Judges
straight form doomed up like the figure
of a general as he requested mi of the
company by name to ummon an Off.
Ger. The crowd scattered a little and
waited, but its determination was brolk.
en-. A few moments later two officers
appeared, and as they hurried theil
mar to the patrol wagon, the prisoner
exclaimed in a whisper: Let me
get me in the wagon" Responding
with little g~raciousness. the policeman
beckoned to the Judge to approach.
1.-THE cuss wants to speak VII you
sir" said the b%luecoat.
MIR. Lewiston came up to the side rail
of the vehicle and there he saw Francis.
his hand extended as he blubbered in q
frightened, broker voice. Thanks.
Dick, old man. Ill not forget It," The
judge did not take the extended hand.
but drew his coat close about him as q
You are not the Joe Francis I knew
when I was a boy. but for the sake Of
thai boy / could not see you Inundated
as you deserved"
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has brought my old curse upon me and
1 am like TO rattle my teeth loose"
Let me go alone then. Another cold
plunge may be the death OF YOU"
NO" said he, stubbornly. Wait but
a minute and the fever will be on me;
then 1 shall be fghting-ht for any
thing that comes"
So we waited, and I could hear his
teeth clicking like ~castanets. Having
had a tertian fever more h once in
the Turkish campaigning. 1 had a fell
low-feeling for h poor lad. knowing
cold water would make him shrink.
In a little time he felt for my land
and graped it.
I'm warm enough now, in all con-
SCIENCE" he said; and with this we
slipped into the stream.
Twas a disappointment of the crate
full sort to find the water no more than
m%id-thigh deep. The current was swift
and strong, but with the pebbly bottom
to give good footing twas possible to
stem 1t slowly. Laying hold Of each
other for the better breasting of the
flood we felt our way warily to the
middle of the pool: felt for the low
lifting Of it where we hoped to find head
| room between stone above and stream
below.
We found the highest part of the arch
after some cropping, and making lowly
obeisance to the gods Of the underworld
began a snail-like progress into the
gurgling throat Of the spewing rock
monster.
I here confess to you, my dears, that.
had l loved my sweet lady less, no
earthly power could have driven me
into that dismal sitting place. All my
life long 1 have had a most unspeakable
horror of low-roofed caverns and
squeezing passages that ramp q man
for breath and for the room to draw it
in; and when the suffocating madness
came upon me. as it did when we were
we'll damned III this cursed h~orror-hole,
I was right glad to have my love FOR
Margery to make an outward seeming
man of me; glad, too, that my dear lad
was close behind to shame me into go
ing on.
Yet, after all, the passage through
the throat of the rock dragon was vast
ly more terrifying than difficult. Once
we'll within the closely drawn upper lip
we could brace our backs against the
roof and so have a purchase for the
foothold. Better still, when we had
passed a pike's-length beyond the lip
the breathing space above the water
grew wider and higher till at length we
could stand erect and come abreast to
lock arms and'push on side by side.
From hat the stream ~broadened and
grew shallower with every step, and
presently we could hear it on ahead
babbling over the stones like any peace.
full woodland brook Then suddenly
the dank n noisome air of the forest;
and, looking straight up we could see
the twinkling stars shining down upon
US from a narrow breadth of sky.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-25
CHAPTER XVI.
WE TAKE THE CHARRED STICK
Enp A GI1InIH

Luckily for us the new danger was
approaching from the westward. So,
by dint of the maddest hurryings we
got the bodies of the three Cherokees
hoist upon the horses, n We're able
e etface in part the signs of the late
encounter before the band Of riders
coming down the Indian path was upon
Us. But there was no time to make
an orderly retreat. AT most we could
only withdraw a little way into the
wood, halting when we We're well in
cover, and hastily stripping coats and
waistcoats to muff1e the heads Of the
horses.
So you are to conceive us waiting
with nerves u%pstrung, ready for fight
Or fight as the event should decide,
Sitting in such pentup suspense as any
Or all Of us would gladly have ex-
changed for the flercest battle. Hap
PLY, the breath scanting interval was
short. From behind our thicket screen
We presently say a file of Indian horse
men riding at a leisurely footpace down
the path. Ephrairn Yeates quickly
AIMED these new corners for US.
Ills about ez / allowed-some o.
the Tuckaseges %a-scouting down to
hold a powpow with the boss captain.
Now. then: IL the sharp nosed ponies O.
their'n don't happen to sniff the
blood"
The hope was dashed on the instant
by the. sudden snorstng and shying of
w or three Of the horses In passing,
q We laid hold OF Dur weapons. key
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-08-25
CHAPTER XVII.
A KINGS TROOPER BECAME

HOW A KINGS TROOPER BECAME
A WASTREL.
Dick pressed closer to me, and I could
feel him drinking in deep draughts OF
the grateful outer air.
What new wonder is this?" he would
ask, with something akin to awe in his
voice; but we must needs grope this
way n that to feel out the answer
with u tinger-tips.
When the answer was found, the
mystery OF the lost trail vas solved
most simply. AS we made out, we
were in q deep crevice cut crosswise by
the stream which. issuing from a
yawning cavern in the farther wall,
was quickly engulfed again by that
lower archway we had just traversed.
In some upheaval Of the earthquake
age a huge slice of the mountains
face a split off and settled away
from the parent cliff to leave a deep
cleft open to the sky. One end of this
crevice chasm-that toward the upland
valley-was choked and filled by the
debris Of later landslides; but the low
er end was open.
Through this lower end, as we made
no doubt, the powder train had come,
turning from the Indian path in the
gorge up to the bed of the barrier
stream, turning again at the outer cav
ern mouth to squeeze in single file be-
tween the thickly matted underground
on the cliffs face, and SO to pass
around the split-off mass and come into
the crevice rift.
How the sharp eyes of the old hunt
er, INC those Of the Catawba as we'll,
had missed the finding of this squeez-
ing place where the cavalcade had left
the stream-bed, we could never guess:
but OF the chance that we might yet
need to know all the crook and turn
ings of this outlet, we felt our way
quite aroun the masking cliff and
down to the streams edge in the gorge.
That done we We're ready for a far
Their advance, and clambering back into
the crevice we once more took the
stream for our guide and were pres
entity deep in the natural tunnel pierre
ing the mountain proper. This extern
sion of the subterranean waterway
proved to be a noble cavern, wide and
high enough to pass a loaded vain, as
we determined by tossing pebbles
against the arching root. None the
less twas full of crooks and windings;
and in the sharpest elbow OF them all,
where we were like to lose our way by
laundering into one of the many
branching side passages, Richard
stopped me with a hand thrust back.
Continued Next Weekly
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OUR AGRICULTURAL PROGRESS
The large Things We Have Accom-.
pIished in Fifty Years.
From Harner,s Vveelx1v

The farm gardens, market gardens"
and truck gardens of today are this
producers of a multitude of "miscella-
neous vegetables" almost unknown fifty
years ago. In the census of 1890 the
large increase In garden products was
recognized, and a systematic count Of
their bulk and value was made. 1t Is
possible, therefore, to make a lO-year
comparison Of the fncreaseof such prod.
ucts, and this records the remarkable
cent. in he five several divisions OF the
country. The North Atlantic states
had a well developed Industry In gar.
den products" before 1890, which ac.
counts for its relatively low increase,
However, 100 per cent. in ten years.
while the population Increased only q
trife over 20 per cent. Is amazing.
Could great-granddaddies, who
thought tomatoes poisonous, and our
Observation-Disclosures. who grew them as
ornamental plants in window-pots. un-
der the attractive name Of love
apples" come back and realize that
over 30.o00,O00 bushels Of the pretty
poisonous vegetables are eaten as q
common n healthful food, they would
surely realize that time works Won
derful changes. Another interesting
statement is that the lettuce crop OF
the south has 80 increased that in the
spring of this year North Carolina
sent twenty CARLOADS OF that vegetable
north in q single day.
T~hirty-1ve years age celery was
rarity even on hotel tables, and wa,
used by few families, even Of wealth.
Today 1t is a common edible, occupying
thousands of acres in Michigan, Ohio
and New York. One firm has celery
farms in Michigan, Florida and Cali
fornia. and because Of the variety OF
seasons 1t is engaged In shipping celery
by the carload the whole wear round
Twenty-Five million punches OF radish.
es and 100000 punches of asparagus
are the figures for the crops OF these
~bles.