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

How glad was when I read this announcement that
prizes would be awarded to grown up unors Here, at
last my opportunity to write to my dearly beloved
Journal Junior had often >ished as reread and cor
rected the papers Junior work. to be sent that
grown up Juniors might write, too, for the Journal
teacher in the intermediate grades at Fox
home, Mnn and every Wednesday call our Journal
Junior Day. for is then that write stories for
the Journal. Of course don't always have story
printed every week. but have prize picture in
room, of which very proud
sympathize with my pupils when they tell me they
can't write story but tell for used to feel
the way when went to school, If only could tell
the story I knew would receive price, so fondy
imagined to myself but write it must and write it
my very best, too. -: -~s-.-s 1913. 0~
often look back upon my schooldays while
teaching and usually put myself in my pupils place and
it makes it much easier to decide whether the scholar
in the fault not look at work from the pupils
standpoint and also teacher enjoy my school work
very much, but sometimes wish L were pu-
pill, tho much more contented a teacher
and perhaps of than would be,
if I pupil again. and puzzing my brain
my weekly story for the Journal Junior.
Fergus Falls High School, Myrtle A. Stevens
Glass Of 1900. Foxhome, Mimi
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VALUE OFTHE JUNIOR WORK.
Continued from Page Nine.)

urged against the spreading Of thoughts much
space that they became thin in spots, but only the
in the Journal Junior topic that stories
must not be than 300 words in lengh restrained
me from following my sweet will to do so.:
Sometimes it seemed almost impossible to cut out
words which, in the language of John Ruskn thought
rather pretty strung togeher but in due time the feats
were accomplished. And now, oftentimes when difficult
Junior days returns to Whisper 'You can, if you only
want to badly enough" Yours sincerely, -. .
Left School, 1902. Abigail Rome,
Elk Point 8. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
TO AN ATHEIST.
(Third PriZe.)

Up man! Why eriest thou, in vain for rest!
Thru all thy long unanswered questionings, r..
Thru doubts thou dared to crush by full denying,
Thru nights when Pilatewse, thy soul turned jest,
And Knocked the truth whose self had been its quest
Hast thou not learned submission to thy fatef .~~
There is no rest but faith. Once God negate,
Thou to myself henceforth art god confessed.
Thinkest thou god rests IF thou wilt thus
Unto myself impute divinity, ~
Rise up and be god. Unquestioning
Thy futures meet thy future fearlessy.
Thy mind would be Promethean and defy;
But thy weak spirit shirks its deity.
Grace E. Polk,
Brainerd, MINI.
Central High School, Minneapolis,
Glass Of 1898.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21

Come with out Of the commercial fog of the city
into the air of it's homes Enter what to all outward
intents meant for another Of these sweet institutions
of life The outward form is here, yet the grace
gested than expressed for the first floor
used for this purpose It is the expanded and charming
of the seed store where for the third time winter
and spring clerkship is mine.
Once I wondered how in this little could
find satisfaction of any sort. That when it first
after auring but evanescent prospects
had been mine. It unlike my dreams-it seemed
wearisome and bare Now have learned to love it
and will tell you why It is because have found such
sweet restful activity there after the resessness with
OUT because have learned to dream that there IS
greatness ttleness of work. as we make it So
It is worth while bend the spirit to read the sweeter
and humber lessons of life.
In this cradle of work many smiles, and cheer.
full busy activity that buos thru the hours that
sometimes long My duties vary with changing needs
and enjoy nothing better than chance of expanding to
embrace some new phase of the work Of which have al
ready learned many. In this variety I find pleasant
sense Of modest PRIDE until the harbingers of summer
again appear the work dies down to mere hum and
again take up the manifold Of home with Its pre-
cous hours reading and its subtler coin than god
most regreting that must leave this lowry WORK
that is yet sweet. -Julla T.. 1onnson,,
East High School,
Class of 1902.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
MILEs OF FISHING LINES.

Some of the cod lines used in The fishing industry
measure 1000 fathoms long, about eight ordinary miles,
having 1850 hooks the whole costing in cases. two
or three hundred pounds.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21

THE BEE AND THE BUTTERFLY-A FABLE.
(First Prize)
A bumblebee and butterfly
Awoke night when the moon was high,
It looked so near
And bright and clear
That they started aloft, to reach the sky.
= The wind was cool and the night was fair
And they flew so high thru the summer air
-. That they passed the trees
Where the southern breeze
Laughed to itself at the giddy pair. "
GLOW high we are' said the bumblebee
-''Look at the lands and the moonlit sea! Z
-. Well never go down
To the stupid town 49,. ~. y
0, the air and the clouds and the sky for mel"
But the higher they went, and the farther they
The sadder and weaker and wiser they grew
Till the silly things
On their weary wings .:.
Dropped back again to the meadow dew.
TITS true, ambition s noble thing,
And rich reward it will often bring;
But like the bee and the butterfly,
You'll surely drop if tits placed too high.
Miriam Clark,
729 Tenth Ave- Sc.
East Side High School, Minneapolis,
Glass of 1904.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
ANNUAL LOSS FROM FIRE.

An annual loss from Che burning Of buildings in The
United States is about $135 OO including of
insurance and the appliances for fire protection
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
GOING HOME:

(second Prize.)
If you've been complainin' -
An grumblin' bout your life, Il
And sort o. gettin' weary @-< NJ.
Of it's ceaseless din and strife p. S.e-
There is nothin' else know Of H.
That will draw away the smart
O. the months Of disappointment
IS when the engine gives start .,. i .tzz.ss
An you settle back KNOWN -. sa.l53 @:EE95& Z
That at last you re borne away ~
Where the family folks waitin 80 :-.- f.
To greet you Christmas day. - ~
Perhaps the scenes you We hated, .t@zE:.
AS they disappear from view, uszs .@s-s
Begin to grow more tender, - e
An say "good-bye" to you; zzs*>ss5
An the time you we spent in countin @&e
Fore you ID be homeward bound 49,
You just afford to smile at %-s
(Now you're speedin' Ger the ground).,
An then your heart grows softer
An you feel ungrateful, too
AS you think o. mother perrin
For that first glimpse o. you.
You look out on the prairie
Stretched far an white an drear, -
An wonder why everywhere 49,
There's not the Christmas cheer
. You wonder if the little church
Is decked in green again,
AS when the parson used to read
= O, "peace, good will to men, r. w..
An you somehow can't help thinkn'
AS you re speeding homeward bound
You know a spot where ''peace earth,
Good will to men, is found. -,.-. -
Left School, 1902. Abigail Rome,
Elk Point, S. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21

ceeded in keeping up Appearances which in pro-
fesson means remaining calm, yet anmated neverthe-
swelling, when little girl popped up from the rear
the and shaking her for permission to speak,
claimed:
''Teacher, teacher! Rudolph, he can't understand
English We always talk German at home!''
And verify, the first day was, all the rest
Left School, 1902. Abigail Rome,
Elk Point s. D.
WHAT THEY SAY TO ''TEACHER.''
''Teacher, I'm going to my pink ribbons to-
hght' "Teacher, mama g just got to the buttons
my Dress then it's all done'' "Teacher, papa
ing, cause he don want to keep home when we re
in it, and spoil it," Il Quaker, and not particular
about being Mssed'-half the district call me steach-
cry
When I look into the score of happy faces am glad
that away back there at the beginning Of career when
l was 49, ''stuck it ou'' I only rural teacher,
yet, but somewhat different type than when L drew
wages for three months of spring term about four
ago. (There didn It mean to tell my ageD
That first three months revealed something of what
did not know; during the next few terms learned little
Of what did not know and discovered still that
did not know. In fact the chief difference between
'teacher'' then and teacher' is in the amount OF
time takes her to convert what she does not know into
what she does know.
No-I am not model teacher, but claim right to
stay in the field because reaze, - and there not
enough who realize, to teach country schools And
BECAUSE no will publish my stories since grew
away from the Junior.)
school the county the other night Our county supern
tendent neigborng county superintendent and let
ter from Superintendent Olson there Inc Or
hestra from town. enough people to pack the house
were there also. And-well was happy for-but this
must be about 300. -1la D. hahoui
North High School, Minneapolis
Left School, 1901
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21

-~.." The Journal Junior work has proven very
Criticm satisfactory in this grade The pupils feel
From an interest in this that is not usually felt
Stranger composition work The fact that crti
cism comes from unacquainted with
them seems to make them look seriously to their
writing. On the whole it is good thing. -@@EE
Sixth Grade. -Nettie .. Asp.
~. The Journal Junior work helps the pupils
stimulates of this grade to themselves more
the freely, especially when the subjects are ia
agination mar they like Them. It also makes
them use their imaginations
Fifth Grade f - ea-. Minnie J. Crist.
consider The Journal Junior work valuable
Provides because it supplies good variety of top
Two Good les, and especially because of the in
Incentives centves it provides beautiful pictures and
the pleasure Of seeing ones compositions
in print. Kathleen Malloy,
Fifth and Sixth Grades.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
THE ANATOMY OF A PEACH.
The Little Chrol


A little girl aged four, eating peach when sud-
denly she bit the stone and said, ooh, mama, this
peach has bone =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
tsProvides
Two Good
Incentives

Fifth and Sixth Grades.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
express
Themselves
Better.

it as regular con
Seventh Grade.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
a FALCON TRAVELLER.

falcon has been known to fly 1850 mes-fro~o Par
is to Malta-in twenty four hours.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21

The Two Harbors Iron News in a review of the work
done by pupils Of the schools in Two Harbors for 1903
printed the following testimonials from the teachers who
had tried the Journal Junior work. and found it practi
cal:
8 The greatest value of The Journal Junior
Connects work, to my mind, is that it connects the
School With school life with real life, making it vital
Real Iife' and practical, while it impresses the stu
dent with the Importance of independent
thought and opinion in school work. less than in out
side life. Florence Burlingame High School.
The Journal Junior work furnishes the best
'Topics material for composition work that know
Always Of. The topics always interesting and
Interestng alive If the pupils write at all they must
write originally and out Of their ex-
perences for nowhere they find discussions such
subjects ''y Experience Gardener, - Ny Most
Unpleasant Surprise " The Person Admire Most " etc.
Such topics make the chds school life part Of his
real life. Alice j. Hickey,
Eighth Grade ~. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21
POEMS.

First Prize-Miriam Clark, 729 Tenth Ave. Sc,
Minneapolis. .. F.. - .--~s ~
Second Prize-Abigan Rome, Elk Point, S. D.
Third Prize-Grace E. Polk, Brainerd, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-01-21

I think the Journal Junior work has ben
Gifted my pupils greatly. They express
themselves better both in oral and written
work, and have improved in spelling. Most
pupils enjoy this work and do not think Of
composition work. Annie Nelson
ade.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
FIFTY MILESOF DITCH
Sherburne County's Swamps and
Low Lands to be Redeemed
by Drainage.
Fifty Miles of Proposed bitches Now
Being Surveyed and Cost of
Construction Estimated.

Sherburne county has the ditch
fever and if all the bitches are built
that are at present being surveyed
there will be about fifty miles OF
bitches in that county by next fall.
At the present time Richard Chapman
OF Princeton, j. r. Hill and J. D.
Morgan & Son of St. Cloud are at
work making surveys and estimates
for the proposed bitches. Glen How
ard is assisting Mr.. Chapman in his
work.
Mr.. Chapman has four and half
miles of ditch work in the town OF
Baldwin, four miles in Blue Hill and
about seven and quarter miles in
the towns of Blue Hill and Orrock.
Mr.. Hill has twenty miles of ditch
work in the vicinity of Zimmerman,
the main ditch to be about eight miles
in length while the branches will be
over twelve. He also has a short ditch
in the town of Haven to survey and
estimate on #
Morgan & Son have about two miles
of ditch in Santiago and Blue Hill to
report on.
1t is estimated that the work on the
bitches will amount to about 5000 a
mile.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
Maple Leaf in New Quarters.

Manager Avery of the Maple Leaf
Telephone company who was in
Princeton last week experimenting
the work of installing the local ex-
change in new quarters after the fire,
returned home Saturday. The new
exchange is now located in the rear
room in the old Roos building oppo-
site the hotel that burned. These
quarters will be used until Mr.. Avery
can secure permanent quarters for
Interchange which he hopes to in a
short time. Because of the fire and
the tearing out of the switch board in
thNsAd exchange. it has been necessary
t0SMake all new connections and the
total service was practical1y cut of
commission all last week. The repair
crew has finished its work of replac-
ing all the wires and making the
proper connections and the service
has been resumed again. Mr.. Avery
OF the company wishes to thank the
people of Princeton for their patience
and courteous treatment during the
temporary delay because of the fire.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
They Get Together.

There was a special meeting of the
village council last Friday evening at
the Office of the recorder. The council
met to check up the annual statement
of the village which appears in this
issue of the Union. The meeting
was enlivened by the presence of a lot
:of the members of the fire department
who were present to confer with the
council regarding certain matters OF
interest to both the council and the
department. There was some refer
ence to the late unpleasantness but
the whole matter was passed up with
good feeling on all sides. One result
OF the meeting with the council was
that the village authorities finally de-
cided to get next the department and
to also get the department next the
village council, and E. L. Mcmillan
volunteered to confer with the mem
bers of the department and show them
what will be necessary in order for
them to qualify as a legal body to
handle the money received from the
State for local fire companies.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12

and hardships they went through in
those days, and especially on the trip
to Minnesota. On the boat he became
very hungry and his gnawing appe-
tite made him bold enough to advance
to the cook one day and ask for some
thing to eat. The cook brandished
the butcher knife at the starving lad
but two of the negro walters on the
boat saw the little hungry Norwegian
and when dinner was over they made
him up a great spread of good things
to eat. Mr.. Berg in telling the story
said that he could not remember
whether any of the. other members OF
the family ever got any of that lunch
or not but he was quite sure that he
did
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
A Small Blaze.

The week started out with a fire
Tuesday morning about $3.50 in Pres.
colts jewelry store. The morning
was cold and the fire made the chin.
ney so hot that the woodwork was
ignited over head. An alarm was
turned in and the department. and pri-
vate citizens turned out en- masse.
The fire was burning slowly and
about all the property in the jewelry
store and the tobacco store of Julius
Sugarman was taken out into the
street. The core of the fire was dis
covered up under the roof and the
chemical. did the business. The build
ing in which the jewelry store and the
tobacco factory are located is the old
frame building belonging to S. NJ.
Byers adjoining the store of r: D.
Byers. The building was damaged
slightly and the property Of Mr.. Pres
colt and Mr.. Sugarman was also
damaged some in hastily removing
the same from the building.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
Turned Over q New Leaf.

Mrs. Nancy LePage who has been
residing at Delano for the past year
or so was in Princeton this week with
her future husband, who: is said to be
man from the northern part of the
State. Mrs. LePage secured divorce
in Wright county from James LePage
during the holidays and has decided to
try welded life once more with new
partner. She came up Tuesday with
the man she intends to marry and
tried to secure sum of money left in
charge of a Princeton party who was
out of town at the time and she was
obliged to leave without securing the
coin. She informed friend that thew
intended to go to Fargo. N. D.,
where they expect to get married and
then intend to locate on a farm near
Brainerd where her new-found hus-
band says he has a farm. Mrs, Lee
Page and her first husband settled
down at Delano some time ago and
tried to make their domestic bark sail
smoothly but it failed to do so. Big
pillows swamped the frail craft and
the breakers were nigh. A divorce
court did the rest.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
fright rates, and in addition it
sIpuld be made, a highly penal
oAense.'
HIGH, SCHOOL BUDGET.

Miss Quinn and Mrs. Phipps have
new desks. They are very acceptable
pieces of furniture.
Miss Kings room is so crowded
that she has to seat some of her pupils
in the adjoining room.
The laboratory has to be used now
for historical and mathematical room
as. we'll as laboratory.
School opened Monday with all the
pupils and teachers in their respective
places. All glad to go to work again
of course. Why shouldn't they be.
Prof. Pinney has his Office fixed up
real nicely now. Now if some of the
high school pupils would get up a
petition to get large rug or carpet
for the office, I am sure it would be
very acceptable.
Many new pupils started school
Monday. The names are as follows:
Mary and Henry Shockley,/ Victor
Eckland. Lloyd Boyn, Earl Prescott
off Spencer Brook, Emma Taylor,
Bhe Hill, Anna M. Frost of Baldwin,
Herman Nordstrom.
We thought that the enrolment last
term was large but it seems some of
the young people in their New Years
resolutions, resolved that they would
begin the new year right by comenc-
ing school. This is encouraging and
it we can help the new pupils who
have entered, we will give you a
starting word and say, ':good luck to
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
DIPHTHERIA VICTIMS.
Two of the Children of rlr, and Mrs.
Charles Walker Die of Diph.
theria--Two Others Sick.
Initial Horse Auction of the Year is
a Great Success.-Mark Horse
Company Organized.

The family of Charles Walker liv-
ing on the north side of the river is
sorely afflicted at the present time.
Diphtheria broke out in the family
last week and the four little children
were attacked with the disease. Mr..
Walker was sent for and reached home
to help his wife in the sickness. Two
of the children died last week, one
Wednesday night and another the fol.
lowing day. It is said that the cases
were very bad as no physician was
sent for until the disease had reached
a dangerous stage.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1905-01-12
was rust-stricken last year, nor are
Minnesota farmers under any real OBJ
legations now to search for good seed
wheat beyond the boundaries of their
own commonwealth Paul Globe.
ATTACKED BY WOLVES.
"A Stearns County Farmers Thrilling f.,
perience With Wolves.


pertence With Wolves.
A ST. Cloud correspondent saws:
More wolves have been killed in
Stearns county than for many years
back. Hundreds of dollars of wolf
bounty have been paid to the farmers
living around st. Cloud, and the
brutes have become holder and holder
until it has become unsafe to travel
some of the country roads without a
lrearm. School children have been
chased and attacked by the animals
on their way to and from school, but
the boldest attack was made upon a
farmer and his wife, who with their
little girl were returning from church
in St. Cloud Sunday morning.
1.-The farmer, whose name is Hob
man, was driving a cutter, and had
his wife and three-year-old girl in
with him. About two miles from
town, on lonely road, the little girl
looked over her mothers shoulder
and exclaimed, %, mamma, see the
dogs.'
'The mother and father looked back
and beheld a pack of at least half a
dozen large timber wolves. Holman
whipped up his horse and endeavored
to get away from the animals. but
they kept getting closer and closer,
and began swapping at the fur robe
which hung over the side of the sleigh.
''They attacked the frightened horse,
and the horse took to his heels, so
that Holman had all he could do to
keep the cutter from being overturned.
While he tried to control the horse.
his wife dashed at the wolves with the
heavy whip her husband had in the
cutter.
"The horse was finally exhausted
just in front of farmhouse, and the
wolves attacked him and dragged him
down to the ground. Mrs. Holman
grabbed her daughter and started up
the lane to the house. The howls of
the wolves and the cries of the woman
and child brought two men from the
farmhouse with their guns and they
arrived just in time to save the horse,
and Holman was pounding the fero-
cioss bfttes~-with his heavy driving
whip. he was about to drop from ex-
haustion when the farmers arrived.
Three of the wolves were killed and
the other three took to their heels and
disappeared in the timber. The horse
was terribly cut by the wolves teeth
and Holman had several bad gashes
on his hands, but is otherwise all
right.
"There is talk of organizing num-
Der OF wolf hunts to roundup the
beasts and drive them from the coun-
try.''