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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
Lu,yOs and Qualities.
"'7is passing sfrssssi'
A BLACKLIST AND A PROTEST.
= IFS passing sfrssaei"

THIN, bent old Of 70 broiled fish over coal
fire. her wrinkled and wthered cheeks flushed with
heat Her bare looked ptaby old and fra like
out ppesems and the hand that held the broer rembled
But her face puckered up with care
and dauntess.
She helping suburban cook. The suburban
woman herself, peepng in at her, said to guest:
This poor old soul is the victim Of the crueles black
list in the world Instead Of shaving my hot Kitchen she
ought to be sitting in rocking chair under the trees the
wind-swept lawn Of home for aged women But all
homes for aged barred to her. She is their
blacklist
she old maid and she lived with her brother an
old bachelor all her life He died years ago. He
queathed her $780, the admission fee certain hoe and
IN pathetic letter he told her from the grave pass
this institution the few years left to her
"She entered the home she liked there But after
noon calling old FRIEND widow Of her age she
induced to stay all night tho the had given her
permit to do this.
She very DID, you She did not understand the
need Of strict discipline almost military discipline among
group of old And, when the matron upbraided
her public for staying all night without permission
she answered tar Then public apology demanded
OF her, and when she refused her $3.50 returned she
discharged from the home, and her put
the blacklist.
''The blacklist crcu]ates among all the homes It bars
the doors of all the homes This decrep and lonely
must work for the rest Of her fe-wor spend her
$3.50, and, after that is gone, starve
have taken her in out Of pity, and protest against
these blackists The matron Of home infallibe
necessarily quarrel with inmate she may sometimes
be to blame yet she has the power which she freely
of barring out of homes forever any old with whom
she may have CHANGED to squabble.
IT protest."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
A COLLECTOR OF AMBER.

A MILLIONAIRE Of New York collects amber. He has
n amber from Pompei, he has amber from Thebes he
has a lump of amber weighing eleven pounds.
'The eeven-pound lump, he said, cos $780, There
only three Jumps like it in the world and they belong two
to kings, and the other to a municipal museum
He took from cabinet necklace of rubycolored amber
EThis is very valuable, he said Gambler darkens with
tines passage and these pieces dark because they
old The necklace dug up from buried city in Asia
Minor It has age Of at least three thousand years.
Here is amber goblet. It looks like yelowsh glass;
doesn't it? don't believe there is this goblet mate in
America.
Those amber mouthpieces with the cigare holders and
cgar-hoders belonged to famous Bismarck the
Emperor Frederick General Grant, Charles Dickens
ttYou know how get amber7 It is mined the
Of the Baltic Down hundred feet below the there
the remains of pine forests and among these forests the
amber is found in Jumps.
Gambler is gum, emulation from the pnes that in
the Of millions Of years has turned to it
occasionally imbedded Sometimes insects
fakes that workman has put in Sometimes they
the real thing.
It easy prove their authenticity Take your piece
Of amber to entomologs and let him study its imprisoned
insect If it belongs to extinct Species all right-the
specimen is genuine it is ordinary insect, fly or
bee of today, the specimen is a fake.
For is only extinct insects which lived the earth
millions of years ago. perhaps before mans coming, that
find in AMBER
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
What Women Want to K1z0aD.

. OSE JAR-Will you kindly tell how to make rose
jar that is how preserve petals 50 that they will
not mdew? know that spices put with the petals,
but what kind and how much do know-June roses
Spread the petals out in cool place stir
them until they free from dew Then put layer Of the
leaves in large covered dish and sprinkle salt over them
Add another layer of leaves and salt you may continue
to add petals every day until you have many as will
fill your jar. Let them stand ten days. stirring every
morning Put two of coarsey ground Cloves the
amount Of broken all SPICE one grated
nutmeg the bottom Of glass fruit jar Then add the
leaves which must be entirely free from moisture and
let the mixture stand for six weeks with the jar tightly
closed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27

paint We mixed it ourselves. No zinc other old stuff
pure lead and inseed o.''
Mrs. Talbot doubtful
ooh. you select the color and leave the work me- It
takes longer to dry but what's that? It's the real thing
when it is dry. I remember. when boy, mother
always left her kitchen floor just week to dry We
didn't have to try just let down the bars lugged
things back
cts long while ago. Ezra Maybe you've forgotten"
forgotten nothing
sWel, have. your way You always do,'' she said
The paint was and everyone warned off. The
gasoene stove in the diningroom, served very well
kitchen The week of waiting end good time
sNow, my dear, make note Of this date. I want to
know how long this paint lasts As he spoke stepped
with upon the shining surface In incredibly
small fraction of time his feet waving wildly the
without any definite purpose and he down his back
sliding clear the room
eve must have lost day somehow in our reckoning"
he sputtered he slid around figure eight Dutch
and fancy Lines unknown to the professional skater
'Theres evidently miscalcuation somewhere said his
wife unfeelingly.
Then Mrs Talbot after washing his clothing gaso
ene took old trowel and scraped it all off gave it
coat of modern floor paint, with plenty Of drer in it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
Be Somethlnq.

Certainly, in our own little sphere it is
not the most active people to whom we
owe the most. Among the common peo-
pie We know, it is not necessarily those
who are busiest, nor those who, meteor
like ARE ever on the rush after some
visible change and work. 1t is the lives
like. are ever on the rush after some
on us the calm light of their bright and
faithful being, up to which we look and
out of which we gather the deepest calm
and courage. It seems to me that there
is reinsurance here for many Of us who
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27

D ED RASPBERRIES, 1872 cents to Is cents

D ED RASPBERRIES, 121a cents to Is cents.
N Backberries, 10 cents ~ S<s - - s'~4@f'sL
Currants, Is cents. ~ r. "2* 4@~
Pineapples IL cents apiece; $120 dozen.
Plums, 40 cents basket
Apricots, Is cents basket
Grape fruit, cents. ..'
Celery, cents stalk; so cents Dozen
Crookneck squash, 10 cents
Peas, 10 cents quart
Asparagus, cents -.
Turnps, two punches for 5 cents. -.
Sweet peppers 5'cents apiece. 1~~-a. .a5-r~a@x4.
Combinations of fruit in canning and preserving de-
Gcious and piquant if managed with good judgment
bnaon that should be put up this week pineapple and
strawberry preserves. TO make this the skin and
eyes from two pneapples Of medium sze then chop fne
dscardng the hard center Hull and wash three quarts
of choice strawberries Distribute the fruit and four pounds
Of alternate layers in granite kettle and stand
aside cool place night In the morning add the
juice Of two lemons cook to thick preserve then and
seal. E4~@
Strawberries and gooseberes, either green just
ing may be used together using three quarts strawberries
quart of gooseberries.
Equal parts of gooseberes and ripe red currants
form another excellent mixture for preserves
Red raspberries and currants make well-known and
favore combination using two quarts Of aspberres
Of currants.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
MADE NEW STRENGTH
QUICKER THAN DOCTORS TONIOS,
SAYS TYPHOID PATIENT.
Young Lady Left by Fever in Very Weak
State Uses DIR. Williams Pink Pills
with Gratifying Results.

Young Lady Left by Fever in Very Weak
State Uses DR.. Williams Pink Pills
with Gratifying Results.
After fever, such as typhoid or scar
let, has run it's full course there remains
the recovery Of strength. The tonic that
will most rapidly increase the red cor
puscles in the blood is the one that will
most quickly restore color to the pale
cheeks, strength to the weak muscles,
and elasticity to the sluggish nerves. So
far nothing has ever been produced su-
perior to DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
this purpose.
Miss Midendorf had been I'LL with
typhoid fever for fourteen weeks. She
had good physician who carried her
safely through the critical stages. When
he left, nothing remained to be done ex-
cept to build up her strength, which was
very feeble, and he gave her some pre-
scriptions for that purpose. Here, how
ever, she met with disappointment.
"I took the Doctors tonics," she says,
'tfor two months after had recovered
from the fever, but they did not do me
the good looked for. My strength came
back SO slowly that scarcely seemed to
be making any progress at all. Just
then read in book thrown in our
yard some STRIKING testimonials showing
what wonderful blood builders and
strength givers DR.. Williams Pink Pills
are. got box Of them soon after
this and after had taken only about
half of them I could see very great i'm
provement in my condition. When /
had used up two boxes, felt that did
not need amy more medicine. I have
remained strong ever since"
Miss E. B. Midendorf lives at No.
1901 Park street, Quincy, III. DIR. Will
Hams Pink Pills are the best remedy to
use in all cases Of weakness, from what
ever cause the system may be run down
Ia cases Of debility due to overwork they
minister fresh strength and overcome
nervous symptoms. They are specific
Tor anasmia or bloodlessness. They are
particularly helpful to girls on the verge
Of womanhood. They meet all the re-
quirements Of the period known as the
change Of life. They correct spring
languor. They strengthen weak diges-
ton and rouse up sluggish organs. No
ALI druggists seu them
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
vEREsTcHAGIN's RIGHT HAND.

A GROUP Of correspondents talking about the
n unhappy Russian painter, Verestchagn.
'sDd you notice his right hand7' one said.
1Indeed, yes said another. How deformed it was.
It seemed incapable Of creating those grim pictures
Verestchagn resumed the first correspondent stonce
held up his right hand before with sad SMILE The
thumb gone "A leopard, he said, bit my thumb to
the boneit had to be amputaed The middle finger stuck
straight OUT he could not bend it. "A bullet passed
thru this finger leaving it good for nothing he said Then
he moved the hand about with odd stiff motion. Several
of the small bones he explained were shattered in fall
from pony the steppes The muscles have been stiff
ever since
Verestchagns right hand endured much BEFORE the
end it sunk the cold but it lost its cunning
with the brush
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27

down with cruel
force upon the
foot Of Mr.. Tai
bot, which rested
upon the window
sill. Then she
knew, for sure.
Beside this, Mr..
Talbot had step
ped from a chair
upon a piece Of
moulding with a
long finishing nail
sticking thru it.
The nail .pene-
trated the sole Of
Of his slipper,
likewise his foot,
and he had it in
an immense band
age. Still he stuck
to his end Of the
work.
When it came to
the kitchen, he
had a suggestion.
"Let's paint the
W o o DIV ork and
floor in real old
style. The paint in
the old days was
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
SincerltY.

Am acting in simplicity, from a germ
of the divine life within, or am shap-
ing my path to obtain some immediate
result Of expediency? Am 1 endeavoring
to compass effects, amidst a tangled web
of foreign influences I cannot calculate;
or am I seeking simply to do what is
right, and leaving the consequences to
the good providence of God?
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
Measure Your Lot,

We ought to measure our actual lot
and to fulfill it; to be with all our
strength that which our lot requires and
allows. What is beyond it, is no calling
of ours. How much peace, quiet, con-
fidence and strength would people attain
If they would 60 by this plain rule
Manning.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
Nth the Long Boz.
Fps NATURES walks, shoot folly II flies"


CAUGHT on the Fly-the disease germ
In Massachusetts, Canadian reciprocity issue is being
trotted and given taste of the fresh grass again.
-
Do you remember how the wheat crop beated
that the hot winds caught it Gin the milk'9 Then in
October farmers began rushing in about million bushels
day.
How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour,
By landing the neighbours child
With six to eight horsepower
After reading in Mcclure July Miss Tarbe sketch
Of old friend John d. and after studying Lincoln Stef
Ohio politics and the worked by
sour vested interests feel like neglecng family
standing around the curb of the down town streets
frothing at the mouth.
How would you contribute so to fund to
supply nations Of equatorial Africa with ice cream?
When the cost of living as artifcay high it is at
present why should the city pay for health department.
to keep us alive? ~@@at#E
The Litchvile Bulletin tells how Merchant Lum, not
Wun Lum took Barker Casey out forty miles into the
country in his gasomoble which broke its kafoojlum
10 ueaVy HOdiou
fell and the wind blew and the Lchvie couple talked in
loud Voices monkeyed with the thing until they got the
bacup gear going Then they the automobile backward
into town. rubberng rearwards at the road going forward
until their necks timber and elastic piece of
weused garden hose Part of the time Casey acted
pilot and called out the 3To sarboard' hard port
until this grew monotonous then they perched themselves
upon the azyback of the machine and rbered backwards
as they sped homeward When they arrived their wives
hung up the clohesne dry and the machine is
in the blacksmith shop.
Rev, Dr. W. C. Pray, pastor Of the Methodist church Of
Sheepshead Bay N has always maintained that he could
crowd from Sunday baseball game by preaching
holding meeting outside the grounds He tried it the other
Sunday with unfortunate results He arranged to have the
meeting in the lot that used by the baseball clubs
and pulpit erected not than hundred feet back
Of the cachers box This unfortunate selection Of
SITE When the game in full blast foul tips bound
ing toward the congregation that listened to Dr. Pray
Dr. Pray opened his meeting 490 o'clock with
blage of thirythree persons Most Of them women
but few boys. There All Of the
boys except youngser to the ball field
when they heard the crowd shouting More than 5000
crowded about the diamond to watch the ball game.
Dr.. Pray going along all right with his attenuated
meeting when Kavanaugh the star pitcher for the Sleeps
head Bay team, knocked home The racket that
would have shanned the baby 1t broke
meeting entirely We contend that Dr. Pays zeal ouran
his discretion "A. j. R.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27

and stored in the attic with the stoTmsash He carried
the coal stoves into the soreroom and climbed ladder into
mysterious unknown cobwebby place. and handed down
screens for the windows for the DOORS and
for the porches He did count the and had idea
that no could, there many Their number
doubled when he fastened them their Judgements
The cleaning done except the kitchen thru all
he had preserved comnendable Of good
Mrs Talbot who had simply planned the campaign issued
the ORDERS cooked the meals, helped the furniture
swept dusted and cleaned the floors and woodwork and
closets; taken down the brc-abrac pictures and put
them back again. and cleaned the curtains draperes
in very ungracous frame Of mind Besides her feel
ings hurt She had stood inside
and held the upper sash in place while Mr. Talbot did
repairing. He had made mscaculation and struck his
thumb fierce blow, intended for nahead It hurt
clapped tight up under his arm, and howled savagely
''Anyhing but an old fool"
Mrs. Talbot could not tell for whom the epithet in
tended and her quandary let Of the SASH It
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
Be Useful.

Be useful where thou lvest, that they may
Both want and wish thy pleasing presence still.
Find out mems wants and will
And meet them there. All worldly Joys 90 less
To the one joy Of doing kindness.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
QUESTIONS FOR TOMORROW.

HAIR ORNAMENTS you please inform me thru your
paper if know Of place have watch chain
made out of hair and about how much it would cost9
Also if the engagement ring is necessarily rng9
4 -E. NJ
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
Another Day.

So here hath been dawning another blue day:
Think, will thou let it slip useless away?
Out OF eternity this new day Is born;
Into eternity at night will return
CorJyla
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
Sing a Song.
INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

If you'll sing song you go along,
In the face of the real the fancied wrong;
In spite Of the doubt, If you'll fight it out,
And show heart that is brave and stout;
If you'll laugh at the jeers and refuse the tears,
You'll force the ever-reluctant cheers
That the world denies when coward cries,
To give to the man who bravely tries;
And you'll win success with little song
If you'll sing the song you go along.
If you'll sing song you plod along,
You'll find that the busy, rushing throng
VIII catch the strain of the glad refrain;
That the sun will follow the binding rain;
That the clouds will fly from the blackened sky;
That the stars will come out by and by,
And you'll make friends, till hope descends
From where the placid rainbow bends;
And all because of little song
If you'll sing the song you plod along.
II you'll sing song as you trudge along,
You'll see that the singing will make You strong;
And the heavy load and the rugged road,
And the sting and the stripe Of the tortuous
gOad
Will soar with the note that you set afoat;
That the beam will change to trifing mote;
That the world is bad when you sad.
And bright and beautiful when glad;
That all you need is little song
If you'll sing the song you trudge along.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27
Talbot Paints the Floor.
By KATE E. THEW.
ROOM AT THE TOP.

RS. TALBOT was cleaning house.
Mr.. Talbot had assisted obediently,
taking out tacks, Juggling dusty car
pets out Of doors and pounding the
dirt out Of them; bringing them back
and lacking them down again. He
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27

seem to have no chance for active use-
fulness. We can do nothing for our fell
low men. But still it is good to know
that we can be something for them: to
know land this we may know surely) that
no man or woman of the humblest sort
can really be strong, gentle, pure and
good, without the world being better for
1t, without some one being helped and
comforted by the very existence of that
goodness. Philip Brooks.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-06-27

ON ONT you know what music ghost sq'' said the
- song writer. 'Wel, wish I didn't know, either''
He swung round from his grand piano, and lighted
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-10
"yyizard- Burbank is Busy.

The thousands of varieties of po-
ta.oes which were planted some time
ago in Luther Burbank's expert
mental grounds, from which Mr.. Bur-
bank will carefully select specimens
with the idea of producing potato
that will revolutionize the tuber
world, are all making rapid growth,
says the San Francisco Examiner
It will not be until digging time comes
that the selections will be made. Then
hundreds of the potatoes will be dis
carded. Only a small percentage OF
the tubers will be held over for fur
ther tests This is one of Mr.. Bur-
banks busiest seasons and he has very
little time to devote to visitors and
only those who make previous en-
gagement can hope to have few min
utes' talk with him. Curiosity seek
ers should give the Burbank resi-
dence a wide berth for Mr.. Burbank
is too busy to spend any time worth
lessly and does not do so.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-10
Better Terms for State Leases.

That the new policy of the land
commissioners office in insisting that
the state shall received better rentals
for leases of state lands is bringing
more money into the state funds is
evidenced by the proportionately large
number of protests that come from ap-
plicants for leases, is a report that
comes from Olympia.
There was one incident the other
day. An eastern Washington man
who had a lease on section applied
for a release. He had been paying $64
year under the old lease. He was
notified that the appraisers had ex-
amined the land and decided that as
compared with privately owned lands
of the same character in that vicinity
the land should rent for 1920, in
other words, for SO an acre instead of
10 cents an acre.
The applicant wrote over to ask II
there had not beeen some mistake
made He was advised that there
was no error and that the SO rate
went. He promptly closed the lease.
And this is said to be no isolated case.
-walla Walla Statesman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-10
PLACED UPON THEIR HONOR
Two Boys Paroled From the Reform
School Pending Good Behavior.

Seven boys were committed to the
reform school during the month of
July making the total number in the
school at the close of the month 110,
says the Salem Statesman. Upon the
recommendation of superintendent
Looney, two boys, Melville Allen and
Henry Drollinger, were placed upon
parole, the first to go to his uncle at
Spokane, Wash, and the latter to his
mother at Roseburg.
In his report to the board Of trus-
tees of the institution, yesterday after
noon, Superintendent Looney says the
general health Of the school has been
good during the past month. He also
says the new sidewalk from the build
ing to the railroad station has been
completed but the Southern Pacific
company has not yet finished the walk
around the station. He reports the
hay crop good this season, 1913 tons
having been harvested and stored.
II. l. Beard, the bandmaster, con-
templates leaving the employ of the
school next month, and the superin-
tendent has been seeking another in
structor In band music to replace him,
with poor success. In this relation he
says I'VE have tried hard to fill his
place. applying to different institutions
IN the east. but have had only one sat
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-10
ORIGIN OF enc -Four ro.t nedntead.

Origin OF the Four Post BedHtead.
In medieval times, when life was
very insecure, 1t was usual for people
TO sleep on a bed which was surround
ed by sides of boards with strong posts
at the four corners. These sides con
tained sliding doors, which could be
fastened inside. When men retired to
rest they took a weapon with them. II
attacked in the night they were arous.
ed by the noise made by the crashing
In of their wooden defenses and We're
able to defend themselves. When the
law became strong enough to protect
human life the sides of the bedstead
were gradually dispensed with. but the
four posts remained. The boXlike bed
stead still survives In the rural parts
of Scotland and is almost necessary
where the earthen floors and imperfect
ceilings cause much damp. Emily
Bronte in "Wuthering Heights de-
scribes one of these bedsteads In the
old mansion as forming little closet"
Mr.. Lockwood, who had to sleep In IT,
says, II slid back the panel sides, got
in with my light, pulled them together
again and felt secure"