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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
THE SALT OF HER PLEASURE
It Really Was Dreadful Thing to Find and No One
-..-. Could Blame Her for Hiding It.

4%s (Prize.)
OF the first Christmas present remember hardly like
~ to tell. The Christmas before I years old,
mama had maid who had been nurse girl in France.
For time before Christmas Kate would tell every
day just how long it would be until Santa Claus and
that if not good would not receive much unless
it might be sack Of salt. When Christmas came
prepared for many presents I remember hanging up
three stockings and then for fear they would hold
T hung up -four sack A number of times thru the
night asked if she had heard Santa Claus
At last she said he had and gone again, I
downstairs and enough everything full the
frst finding, suppose just what they had all heard
say wanted. By the time started the -four sack
hurrying to what under, when drew sack
that felt very much like salt. dropped it behind me-
hoping had it, but by the way they all laughed
knew they The next day persuaded Kate use
it for coNsing. When older she told she had
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
ANOTHER SANTA CALLED.
(.Honorable Mention

= (Honorabe Mentlon) --- -------- =
EDO you think those children will go to sleep,
mama9" asked. The three smaller had not been
in bed half hour, yet peeped in again for the
twentieth time IT guess you would better wait until
ready to help you,'' mama said When I sat down
to wait heard soft tapping at the door. Before
could reach the door my baby sister jumped up in her
bed and called OUT Us that Santa Caus7 It not
he however, but my vhum E. and my little sister
went back to bed Mama being busy, E and thought
would take her place at being Santa Claus. We set
three chairs in and put their belongings them
We then trimmed the chairs with strings Of popcorn and
candy After this done stepped back to admire
work: said to E., who looking at my largest
sisters DOLL ct wonder if v will like her doll and
cap because she has everything she wanted mos'' No
(Continred on Pare Sky
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
A LITTLE HEATHEN
She Might Have Thought Her
-.. self Somewhat Abused.
(Prize.)
fI1HE first Christmas present T

11HE first Christmas present T
L remember was one I re-
ceived when about 4 years old. I
awoke early on Christmas morn
ing and found the room dark
ened. I began to cry and imme-
diately my mother came in to
quiet me. I would not stop, so
she raised the window curtain
and gave me my stocking which
was filled to the top. The first
thing I spied was Chinese doll.
1 examined it closely and then
began to. undress it. After I
had stripped the little heather I
pulled off its wig, put my fingers
inside the head and in doing so
poked out it's eyes. I now began
to feel its body and discovered a
spring that, when pressed, caused
the doll to. say t'mama.' I kept
this going until it was broken
and by this time the rest of the
family were up. They scolded
me for breaking my doll but that
did not worry me in the least and
L kept on experimenting with the
rest Of my toys. After break
fast a girl friend Of mine came
over with her doll and we imme-
diately began to quarrel as to
the relative merits of the two.
In the excitement [ took up the
remains of my heather and struck
her doll with it, breaking both in
as the fate of my first Christmas
e..... -Marcella Lavell,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
lNEAPoL1s MIMI. SUNDAY MORNING, DECEMBER a. 1905.

could not take my from my head screamed and
my. father into the room. When he me he sat
been filed with tay and my stocking it had SOFT
After this incident hang up but stocking if hang
up any -Helmer Sather,
A Sixth Grade, 70 Bedford Street Sc.
Sidney Pratt School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
A LIVELY GIFT.
It Seems to Be a Good Thing to
Wish Before the Fireplace.
(PriZe

Wish Before the Fireplace.
(Prize.)
ONE bitter cold evening, that
~ of the time-honored night
before Christmas, a little boy
lay on the floor before a great
open fireplace which took up
nearly half the side Of the wide
room. The throat to it's huge
chimney was great enough to
admit freely not only Santa
Claus himself, but his pack of
toys and all. AS he lay there
looking into the bright flames
that Lit up the room with a
ghostly, Pickering light, he was
thinking of brown, curly, fat
little dog about as long as it was
wide, that he had seen at his
Uncle Jacks farm during vaca.
ton. But his mother had re-
peatedly told him that she would
not have such a pest about her
house. Here his trend of thought
was broken by his mother, who
came into the room with a stock
ing in her hand and told him
he must hang it up and come to
bed. He took the stocking from
her and hung it before the roar
ing, cracking fire. After he was
kissed and tucked safely into his
cot, he soon dropped off to dream
Of fat Santa Clauses and roly,
poly puppies. When he awoke
in a pleasant state of mind, ali
ready to call out a hearty
"Merry Christmas' to every
one, what do you think was the
first thing that met his eyes
The clumsiest, largest-pawed lit
tie dog that he had ever seen
Because the puppy would not g
inside the stocking Santa Claus
neck. This the little fellow ha
and then he had fallen asleep o.
angelic dog smile on his face
Eighth Grade, ..--, 49,. :
Horace Mann School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24

phrase began to prick and by
and by the editor began to groan.
Never was it brought home more
foreibly than this week that
"Variety is the spice Of ife,'
in all truth. Now, if some good
fairy would only put the famous
Junior Wishing Stone'' into
the editors Christmas stocking,
she would ask at once for never
ending variety in the opening
sentences of Junior papers.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24

pack resoluteIy refused to be
caught, and when bright eye:
have a chance to look the tres
is most always trimmed or the
stockings filed and the reindeer
team out of sight in the sky.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
FROM SAN7A,S PACK
Northwestern Juniors Look Over the Pictures in
Their Memory Galleries for that of the First
Gift from St. Nicholas ..~-.
TOPIC: stTHE FIRST CHRISTMAS PRES
EMIT YOU REMEMBER, AND WHAT BE-
GAME OF IT, ~

/. !. !
- IT a delightfully."- Christmassy batch Of
II al papers that the editor looked this
IL ~ week. It was like being child again and
| fRI feeling all the joys of that joyous first
/ t&skl remembered Christmas. There weeps
N@)l and laughs galore, in spite Of the sad
| IN w mysterious ends which the fate Of
ISS most Of these holiday gifts. The girls,
III * perhaps naturally told almost wholly of
|CS dolls, while the boys frst-remembered
~ presents were a varied the colors Of
the Kaleidoscope. And it striking
fact that boys and girls both almost invariably began
stories with the Words The first Christmas pres
ent rememher.' After hundred papers, the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
ST. NICK'S NIGHT

Minneapolis Juniors Tell Of Retiring Early While
the House.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24
TOPIC: "CHRISTMAS EVE"

!
[ HERE is of the year so thrilling
MI the Yuletide The Fourth of July
II TT may possibly be exciting, but it
NJ give the curiosity thrills and the
| | MX | anxious thrills that Juniors feel quivering
W. | all thru them when certain is shut
M off for but the grown folks to enter,
w ! when strange gentle sounds heard at
II Y | night and the big sisters and brothers and
@ fathers and mothers to want to stay
C- up very late. No wonder Juniors stay so
very, very wide awake and have to be sent
back to bed again and again when caught their
cursions downstairs Christmas is undoubtedly the
time in the year when small people try their very
best to be "seein' things at night and enjoy it
immensely, too But the good little with th hir hio
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24

the operation. That the fate of my first Christmas
present &-.l=. --Marcella Lavell,
Eighth Grade. Hbbing, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-24

inside the stocking Santa Claus had tied it around his
neck. This the little fellow had worried full of holes,
and then he had fallen asleep the bed with the most
angelic dog smile his face that could be imagined.
Eighth Grade, - ..-... Lawrence II. Cady,
Horace Mann School ,-'' =
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18
LAKEWOOD.

Miss Lizzie Frost and Mrs. Alice G. Finn
visited friends at Mariaville Sunday.
Calvin Prior, of Round Pond, arrived
Friday evening to join has wife, who has
been here several weeks.
Leonard Garland, veteran of the Civil
war, who has been at the soldiers home
for several years, is home on furlough.
Miss Olive Tourtelotte, who has had en-
ployment at Fred Moore's for some time,
is at home on short vacation before leav-
ing for Boston for the winter.
A party from Ellsworth consisting of
Miss Eva Mayo, Miss yictorine Wyman
and j. l.. Davis were here Saturday
gathering beechnuts. The burrs have
not opened enough yet to allow the nuts
to come out freely, but in spite of this a
generous supply was secured, and the
party felt well repaid for their efforts.
One of the party picked a Mayhower in
full bloom and as fragrant as in its proper
sea son
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18
MOUTH OF THE RIVER.

Mrs. Everett Tinker has gone to Bangor
hospital for treatment.
Miss vina E. Ray visited her aunt, Mrs.
Frank SWEET, recently.
Miss Violet SWEET, who has been in
Brewer visiting relatives, is home.
Mrs. Mary Webber, of Bar Harbor, is
visiting her son, Benjamin Webber.
Maggie Matthews, who has been en-
ployed at Northeast Harbor, is home.
Carroll Jordan, who has been employed
on the steamer Sappho during the sum
mer, is at home.
Mrs. Fred WiggIn, who has been in
Northfield, VT, for the past five months,
has returned home.
Capt. William Remick has had tele-
phone put in his house, connecting with
Brady's store at the city. He has also
purchased phonograph, which makes it
pleasant for neighbors and friends on
these cool evenings.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18
WOMAN'S ALLIANCE.

Calendar of the Winters Meetings
at Unitarian Parsonage.
The Woman's Alliance of the Unitarian
church has prepared its calendar for the
coming winter season. The meetings are
held at the parsonage at p. m. All
women interested are cordially invited to
attend. The meetings are preceded by a
business session at 2.30. The calendar
follows:
LIFE PROBLEMS.
~ shall pass this ,oay but once"
Oct. rs. What may / ask of life? And
what claim has the world upon me?
Nov. s. The Laws of Health.
Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Dec. 6. Devoted to work
for the annual fair to be held Dec. 13.
Dec. 20. Work.
Jan. 8. Recreation.
Jan. IL. Social obligations.
Jan. 81. What is culture?
Feb. IA. Books. What shall read9
Feb. Is. Sunday. Shall we lose the holy
day in the holiday
March IA. Marriage.
March 28. Meditation and action.
April IL. Has the Church Mission to
the Future7
April %. All for Love.
The annual harvest supper will be given
in the vestry Nov. /; the annual fair Dec.
13. Other suppers and entertainments
will be given as will be announced.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18
WEST ELLSWORTH.

Asa M. Barron called on Emery Smith
and wife at North Sdrry on Sunday.
William Kemp left last Wednesday for
Boston TO spend few weeks with rela-
tives.
Adelbert Trueworthy and wife move
onto the Benjamin B. Davis farm this
week.
George III. Meader, wife and children, OF
Lamoine, were visiting j. G. Meader and
wife Sunday.
Charles Meader, of Beverly, Mass, who
has been visiting Walter A. Bonsey, leaves
Tuesday foY home.
Mrs. Carrie Brann and children, OF
Lamoine, have been spending few days
with her parents, q. B. Floyd and wife.
Harry Stanley and his friend, w. Burn
ham, who have been spending few weeks
at lakewood, have returned to their home
in Lynn, Mass.
c. Springer, wife and baby, of Lamoine,
were visiting her grandmother, Mrs. Ann
Davis, Sunday. Mrs. Davis, who has been
waiting week for bed at the Bangor
hospital, leaves Tuesday.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18

SCHEDULE OF MAILS
AT ELLswoRFH posT.oFFIoE.
In effect October 9, 1906.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18
NORTH ELLSWORTH.

Edward K. Leach, of Brewer, spent Sun
day with relatives here.
Mrs. Walter Lawrie and daughter
Theresa, of Eastbrook, have been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Charles Gambler.
Ivan, the full-blooded Rhode Island red
chicken which was exhibited at the North
Ellsworth fair by Jenness McGown is
dead.
A party of neighbors and friends spent
last Friday with Mrs. Mary Moore. A
picnic dinner was served, and pleasant
time is reported.
Mrs. Alexander McGown and son Regi-
nald, who have been spending the summer
with Mrs. McGown's parents, George w.
Patten and wife, have returned to East
Dover
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18
ELLSWORTH FALLS.

Henry Card has gone to Lawrence,
Mass, for employment.
Mrs. Nancy Moore, of Trenton, was here
last week visiting her sister, Mrs. Carrie
Hatch.
Mrs. Charles Gray and Miss Bessie Gray,
with Mrs. Edward Dews and children, left
last week FOR Pasco, Wash.
Rev. II. w. Conley left for Monson last
week to begin his pastorate with the Con-
gregational church there on Sunday.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18

MAILS RECEIVED.
FROM WEST. .l6 u m. 6.l3 pm.
FROM EAsr-ilI6 IN. $50 and Io.l7 pm.
MAIL CLOSES AT PosToEFIoE.
GoIN0 EAST m and $50 y m.
GOING wEsT--li.50 m, 5 and Q m.
A Sunday mall win arrive IRON the west at
7.2l m; and one close at the postofnr for the
west at $50 p IN.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18
Bangor Builder Dead.

George F. Lowell, a well-known builder
OF Bangor, died Monday, aged seventy
two years. He was native OF North
Bucksport.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1905-10-18
a0ngrtt5e1fte1lfHo
Are You
Afraid
of Low
Prices?

It's excusable if you are, some-
times-but never here. lie
you can't tell good groceries
by looking at them (few peo-
pie can) at least you know
our guarantee: "Your moneys
worth or your money back.'
just think of that every time
you read one of our ads; just
think of it as you read this
list:
Flour, $3.50.
Sugar, 5 1-2c.
Coffee, 19c, 23c, 25c.
Tea, 35c, 4Oc, 45c.
Patrick kearns,
Main Street, Ellsworth.
THE ELLSWORTH AMERICAN
1.-THE only COUNTY paper.l
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27
ANOTHER BIG BREAK
IN CHICAGO MARKET
Price of Corn for May De-
livery Is Steadily Go
inc Down.

CHICAGO. May ga fresh break in
the price of corn for May delivery to-day,
following the Scent decline yesterday.
gave seemingly complete evidence of the
end of the attempted corner" An addi-
tional reason for the drop in prices was
the report OF liberal receipts Arrivals
to-day were 40S cars. with 2SS cars SUIT
able to deliver on contracts The with
drawal OF 125.000 bushels of contract corn
from private elevators was another factor
that tended to discourage bulls. The
market was weak from the start, initial
quotations being of Sc at Soc. No support
was at hand and the price fell 70 SIC
Later the price dropped to 5514c. a break
Of 7ztc from yesterdays closing quota
tions- Although the price rallied consfd-
erably on renewed covering the close
was weak at Sc
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27
INJUNCTION GRANTED
AGAINST EQUITABLE
Order Restraints Directors
From Mutualizing the
Society.

NEW YORK, May 26.-The motion of
Franklin B. Lord which sought to re-
strain the directors of the Equitable Life
company was granted to-day by Justice
Maddox in the Supreme Court in Brook
lyn- In granting the motion Justice Mad
dox said, after reviewing the facts in the
case:
THE motion therefore is granted, but
is limited to the filing and effectuation of
such proposed amended charter, for it ap-
pears that such contemplated amendment
has been adopted and executed by the
board of directors
The injunction against the mutualiza-
ton of the society is to be in force only
pending the trial of the action, which
also involves the same question.
In his decision Justice Maddox sus-
tanned the contention that the Equitable
stockholders never had a chance to vote
on the naturalization plan, and rejects
as of no merit the suggestion made in
court by counsel for James H. Hyde that
the assent of a majority of the stock was
sufficient, even if no stockholders meet
ing had been held The Justice quoted
from former judicial decisions to the eff
feet that the Equitable was stock, not
a membership, corporation, and that pol
icy-holders are not members of the COM
pany. To deprive the owner of stock Of
the right to vote for the management OF
the company, Justice Maddox held, might
be the same as depriving him of his prop
erty
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27
DoAN's PILLS.
A FRIENDS ADVICE
Will Often Help You Greatly.
Read What a San Fran
cisco Citizen Says.

You may hesitate to listen TO the
advice OF strangers, but the testimony
of friends or residents of San Fran
cisco is worth your most careful at
tention. 1t IS an easy matter TO in
vestigate such proof as this The evi-t
dence must be conclusive Read the
following:
Margaret Niler (cook) of ? Hunt
street says: There is nothing like
the truth. I can truly and conscien-
tiously say that Doan's Kidney Pills
stopped my back aching, and | had at
tacks Of it for years, some OF them so
bad that / did not know what to do
with myself When a woman is an
moved like / have been, and at last
finds a means to end that annoyance,
she is not only thankful but is also
anxious to do her friends and ac-
quaintances a good turn by acquaint-
ing them of the fact, so that they may
profit by her experience Let me en-
phatically advise any one suffering
from kidney complaint or backaehe to
use Doan's Kidney Pills"
For sale by all dealers. Price so
cents Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo,
n Y. sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name, Doan's, and
take no substitute.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27
LAWYERS FACE
CRAVE CHARGE
Three Members of New York
Bar Indicted for Grand
Larceny and Conspiracy
MISUSE A BIG ESTATE
Defendants Are Jointly Ac-
cused of Getting Away
With Valuable Property

NEW YORK. May 26--Armitage Mat
thews, a lawyer and secretary OF the
Republican County Committee and for
mer Assistant District Attorney. and
two other lawyers. Samuel / Ferguson
and John W. WOoten, were indicted BY
the Grand Jury to-day on charges of con-
spiracy and grand larceny IN connection
with their handling OF an estate for Da-
vid Rothschild- ROthschild. who was
president Of the defunct Federal Bank. is
now serving a long sentence IN Sing Sing
for mishandling its funds
The indictments allege that after the
death OF man named WeisseI, who left
an estate valued at $4,000. ROthschild,
Ferguson, Wooten and Matthews con-
spired together TO get the property into
their possession. and to that end sue
ceeded in getting RothschiId appointed
temporary administrator Of the assets. IL
Is further alleged that they did obtain
possession Of the money by fraUdulently
pledging and hypothecating assets Of the
estate as security and turning the pro-
ceeds of their action TO their own indi-
vidual profit and use.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27
RIO GRANDE RIVER
THREATENS Ell PASO
Hundreds of Men Working
on the bikes to Pre-
vent a Break.

Ell PASO, Tex, May 26.-The Rio
Grande has spread over the MesilIa Val
ley north Of FL Paso and has done great
damage to crops. especially alfalfa. Many
adobe houses have also crumbled and the
inhabitants have fed to high ground.
Santa Fe freight train was wrecked
to-day as result of the food undermin-
ing the tracks near the river at Donna
Ana. Thirteen cars went into the river.
At FL Paso hundreds of men are work
ing on the dikes protecting the lower
portion of the city, strengthening them
as the river rises. If a break should oc-
cur much Of the Mexican section Of the
city would be swept away. The Mexicans
are moving out.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27
Said to Hold First Position
in the Race Across the
Ocean for kaiser's Cup
REPORTS FROM VESSELS
Latest Intelligence From
the Atlantic Discouraging
to Her American Admirers
Special Dispatch to The Call

NEW YORK. May 26.-Up to tonight
there had been so many conflicting re-
ports regarding the positions of the ocean
racing yachts sent in by the steamships
both westbound and eastbound that il was
a puzzllng matter TO form an idea Just
how far the vessels were on their jour-
ney. The Hamburg was first alleged to
be among the laggards, and soon after
ward at the most advantageous point
eastward of her competitors. That there
was apparently much truth in the later
report is indicated by the latest wireless
MESA ge received, which came tonight
from the White Star steamship Celtic by
way of the steamship oampania. 1t is
evident that the Hamburg was leading
the Endymion by fifty miles and that
it would have taken the latter six hours
or so to reach the German crafts posi-
ton. With the exception of the Apache.
these schooners are farther to the north
ward than any of the yachts yet reported
According TO a wireless dispatch from
the steamship ST. Louis through the
steamship Campania, the Hamburg was
found on Monday, May %, leading the
Endymion and the Ailsa 136 miles
The wireless messages brought from
the st Louis by the Mediterranean steam
ship Carpathia, which arrived here to-
day. are practically the same as the dis
patches sent by the Campania
According to the latest report the At
lantic was practically southeast of her
position as reported by the steamship
Bremen the day before, and the differ
ence in the distance between the points
is matter of only forty-five miles and
in time nineteen hours and half
May % the Ailsa and the Hamburg
were sighted by the steamship Mime
haha. The Ailsa, which was sighted at
2:34 O'Clock a. M, was in latitude 40
north, longitude 81 west, or 1861 miles due
east of Sandy Hook Hghtship. The Ham
burg when sighted by the Minnehaha was
in latitude 40 north, longitude so west, or
ll07 miles due east of the lightship. AS
the time she was sighted was not given
in the dispatch received from the Mime
haha by Marconi wireless, however, the
relative positions of the yachts cannot be
determined.
The Hamburg was leading the Endy-
mion by more than fifty-five miles when
both yachts were sighted by the Cunard
liner Celtic on Wednesday last The
Celtic sent her report to New York by
the Campania and Marconi wireless.
The San Francisco call., 1905-05-27
JOINT LINE FOR UNION
AND NORTHERN PACIFIC
Two Companies Thrown Together by
Accident on the Borders of Idaho
and Washington.

NEW YORK, May 26--An agreement,
ratihcations Of which have just been
exchanged by representatives of the
Northern Pacific and Union Pacific ex-
ecutive committees. for the develop
ment of the Nez Perces territory by The
building of a joint line into the rich
farming country on the borders of Ida
no and Washington, involves the con-
strUction of about 800 miles of road.
Recently both systems sent survey
ors into the country TO map out lines
and these surveying parties met. Each
informed its superiors of the presence
Of the other and when the main Offices
heard of it they tried to find out as
much about the others plans rs pos
sible. Hartman. for the Union Pa
cihc, finally met Colonel Lamont, rep
resenting the Northern Pacific and
they talked the matter over.
The result was that they agreed that
the building of two lines was a reed
less e9rense and decided TO build one
line and use il jointly 1t will run from
the Clearwater district to a poin. near
Pasco, Wash The main line Will run
along the north bank of the snake
from Lewiston to Riparia-
1t is probable that a new company
will be organized to do the work and
that when the construction is complct-
ed the Union Pacific and the Northern
Pacific viii each lease one-half Of the
new road