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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22
SUBURBAN VILLAS
Minnetonka Electric time opens New
Opportunities 1forra Bsaaaitif nnl Homes.

Opportunities for :bsaalultifui suburban
villas are opened up by; the rev nSsE Lake aks
railroad companies have had lines for
years thru. the same districts that may
be reached from the electric, line, the
disadvantage of steam operation will,
infrequent stops has worked against
the development of the country and the
creation Of country estates: With the
facility Of operation Of electric cars
and the possibility Of frequent and
quick stops the prospect seems to- be
good fol, TIE building. up Of the reg1eI
Paul Suburban on. its way to Excelsior
and to the Hotel ST. Louis. :,
While the trolley line is: bound tx
contribute much population to Excel
sior and Hopkins, because of the ease
with which the city may be reached fo1
daily work, the shorter distance Of tn
intermediate points from Minneapolis
ard the less time consumed on the waJ
to business is going ito work for th'
rapid building up Of the Intermediate
country. q r. :s.~s1 Is@+c -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22
Could Not Rent a
Store or, Nicollef
Japanese agents Of Eastern Syndicate Offered $z,000
a Year, but Were Unable to Secure LocaHon-ALso
Beaten Out by Conry alexander Property on
Sixth Street.

company is that of the three-story brick
store building at No. tbs, occupied by
the John T. Barnum Trunk company
at $1,000 year. The property, which
fronts 81 feet and has depth of l22
feet, has been bringing $4,000.
= Edward J. O'Rrien s Co. have also
sold for James A. Brush the home at
2l33 Kenwood parkway to u. T. famine,
secretary of the Chamber of Com
merce, for $1,000. They have sold
for David Rosenstein to 0. a. Sherwood
1925 Third street S for $4,000, with
lot measuring 20 by 100 feet. For Urial
Thomas they have sold to- George w.
Harst the store and dwelling at TWEEN
ty-sixth street and First avenue S, for
merly occupied by the Northwestern
Telephone Exchange company, for
$4,000. The property dimensions are 81
feet on First avenue by 100 feet deep
s.> House Rentals Booming. .,
The house rental business is showing
boom. Agencies report nearly all
vacant houses leased and fat owners are
receiving applications for the vacant
rooms, which have been somewhat mum
! erous to date Last week and the pre-
ceding six working days were remark
ably good for business. One agent salo
yesterday:a- HLast week was the best
rental week we have had since early
in September
Where the people have been keepine
themselves is a question. Undoubtedly
many have been in boarding houses ane
others have stayed late at the various
lakes. Altho there seemed to be al
overabundance of houses and flats fo1
rent, owners made no reductions THU
year, as they have often done; before
for the sake of getting tenants
Whether home seekers were holding OF
is question, but if so, they reaped NJ
benefit as rates have remained stiff.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22
Minneapolis Trust Co.
Hennepin and Fourth Street
P. @. DEFINING,
24O7 Central Avenue.

$1OOO-Park Ave-, s1st and s2nd,
40x11S. :. 4...:...sE. : ~.
$lO5OeHumboldt Ave. s., between
Franklin and 22nd, 41x12s, west
front. ~ 800 :. = =:
$llOO-Pillsbury Ave-, 25th and
26th, east front. -
S13OO-Portland Ave-, 33rd and 34th,
east front. 45x119. -.
$l3OO-Colfax Ave. S., between 25th
and 26th, 40x127; east front. 49,.
S15OO-On Kenwood boulevard and
Sheridan, 50x150; east front.
$l6OO-Lot on 1st Ave. s., between
18th and Franklin, west front, COX
$2OOO-Lake Of Isles boulevard, 22nd
: and oath, 100x186. -... s.,...-.
s2250-Dupont~ Ave. s., near Lin
: coin 50x135. " . -
S25OO-Lot corner Of Lincoln and
= Fremont 50x135. .'~t.-tt,-. s. ~
SAOOO-Double corner, Pillsbury and
25th, 90x165. -
SSOOO-Mt. Curve Ave-, between
James and Knox, 100xsso. A.. u -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

This is very popular design. Contains
four Mberal-sized rooms in the first story
besides large porch, vestibule, coat closet
open stairway and pantry connecting
kitchen with dining room. Large living
room across front, with bedroom at tht
side. The bedroom would make an idea
library, den or music room. In the sec.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22

ond story are four good sized chambers,
besides a large bath and liberal hall.
+ Width Of the house Is 20 feet g inches,
depth, "a feet 6 inches: First story 9
feet, second story, g feet IN the clear;
basement under rear portion. In case
more porch space is desired, the same
could be extended across the entire front
Of the house - f"EHTsa a#'Sf~ * 49,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-22
MARKED INCREASE SHOWN
Real Estate Transfers and Building
Permits for Week Heavy. ~

The comparative statement Of real
estate transfers filed and building per-
mits issued for the week ending
Oct. 20, 1905, and for the corresponding
week of 1904 shows marked gain
over last years figures. The table,
compiled by the Daily Legal News, is
as follows: ..t .:..
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
Nc <da,n, Road Inventor.

Maurice o. Eliridge. in an article IN
Outing. on rOad-making. remarks on
the comparatively slight knowledge he
world to-day has OF McAdam. the ill.,
ventor of the modern method Of road
construction. Mr.. Eldridge can do but
little to enlghten us. his space being
limited and opportunities for learning
about the inventor being slight. He
says, however:
1t seems strange that in the rosters
of fame and the record Of achievement
in the nineteenth century. the name Of
John Loudon McAdam and his service
to the human race should receive so
little attention.
Among the millions Of books in the
Congressional Library at Washington.
not one biography Of this great Scotch
man can be found. and yet after two
thousand years OF following false the
ory. practicable only for world power
such as that of the Romans. it re-
mained for this humble Scotch sur
veyor. who was not even an engineer.
to tell the world how to build good
roads and how to build them cheapsy.
1t was about 1896 that McAdam as
serted and demonstrated by actual test
the superiority of his method over the
old. He laid down this principle rs
primary: That the natural soil really
supports the traffic. and that while it is
preserved in dry state will sustain
4 weight without sinking.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
Shade Trees on Roads.

When ali Mechlen6urg's roads shall
be bordered by shade and fruit trees.
vines and hedges. as few now are.
tilen shall we feel that as in patriotic
declaration and in good roads. so in at
tractive drives shall MecklenburG
County take precedence. When variety
shall be found in different treatments
neither japan. with her cherry bios
SONS. nor Italy with her lick. shall be
,.Ore beautiful. When each mill set
tlrmant shall rival some other in AltS
effort to make its streets and commons
attractive. and its many houses be-
come embowered in flowers and
shrubs. then will tenants find beauty
and satisfaction in their homes. When
every city shall create park and tree
commissions - care for its public
grounds: when every town shall form
a village improvement society, and
every county an auxiliary 10 its road
committee. then shall our State begin
to realize her possibilities Of beauty
Mrs. !. Van Landingham, Of North
Carolina.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
Old Sideboarffe.

When some cnthuSi, tic furniture
collector tells yous tina Ac has side
board. three hundred years old, do not
believe him. writes y. Hudson Moore,
in the Delineator. for there were no
sideboards then, no. nor a hundred and
fifty years ago, either. The earliest
ones are not more than one hundred
and twenty-five or thirty years of age,
and such antiques as these are few
and far between. None of them are to
be picked up" Before that the table
was the only large piece OF dining
room furniture.
The first man TO make what We kno V
rs sideboards was a cabinet-mak
named Thomas Shearer, of London,
England, who issued 4 book OF designs
in the year 17SS. That they We're i'm
mediately popular is shown by :he
fact that all the other cabinet-makers
took to making them. too, and in 1IS9
Hepplewhite published a book with his
designs, and two years later came
Sheraton with his. After this the side
board may be said to have been es-
tabliShed.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
Remarkable Fox.

A mounted freak fox. owned by L.
Il. Nelson. of Winchester, n. H.. killed
in January of this year. resembles the
cross. silver and woods gray fox. but
is not like any of them: it has the large
black spot on fore shoulder about six
inches square like the cross fox; and
chest, belly. tall and under parts OF
sides are black with silver tipped, the
sides and hips are black under the
prominent gray. The only red on it is
down the spine from kidneys to tail.
The tail is tipped with white. the ears
are four inches long. The fox stands
seventeen and one-half inches high
and weighed twelve and three-Quarter
pounds. 1t has been pronounced by
the best judges Of fur to be altogether
different from the woods gray or the
cross fox. The hair is longer and
coarser than any of then.-Forest and
Stream.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
An ExactiuC Job.

The season for travellers tales has
now commenced. Here is one: When
we had climbed to the top of the moun-
tain we observed a fine old man sitting
OH rock, with pair of feld glasses
in his hands. Eve.y now and then he
would look earnestly through the glasses
and whoop continuously with a visor
remarkable for his age.
We watched him at Il respectful dis
tance. and then Went Up to speak TO
him.
why do you look through the glasses
and then cry out as if in pain:' asked
one OF our party. He turned and eyed
us carefully. If you talk 10 me you
will take off my attention. and shall
lose my job. am the echo for this
district. and" here the old man
looked through his glasses again and
emitted a series of thrilling whoopS.-
London Daily News.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
Fine American SeaInstresses.

Few people know much about Amer
lean women who are fine seamstresseS.
but there are many of them who eke
out an income by this work if they do
not support themselves entirely by it.
One lovely lingerie waist made by one
of these women is Of the finest and
sheereSt material, with fine hem.
stitched tnckS set in at the top. yoke
deep, and between the rows of the
finest French knots. There is some
thing inexpressibly dainty about this
waist. which is more like baby's gar.
ment than a wOman's. The American
made waists are not sold in lots, and
prices are not reduced us i'll other va
rietes of the handmade waists.
These latter. even those which come
from abroad are anything but well
made or well finished on the inside,
though ranging in price from $50 up.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
compo.i,s pronou w.nsed.

The want of composite pronoun to
express both she" and "she," what is
sometimes more important, to express
neither he nor she. must have embar-
rassed every one at some time or am
other. There are ungrammatical ways
of shelving the difficulty; such as. for
instance. by translating the conyen-s
lent French "on' as they" when he
really means one person who may be
either masculine or feminine. The
lack of portmanteau word to express
both sexes without specifying either.
did not, however, trouble the new maid
VINO approached her mistress with the
ingenious remark: "Please'm, q
friend Of mine has called-and may l
ask it to tea ?'-London Chronicle.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
A Chinese Eite.

WHO has seen i Chinaman's queue
"pigtail," you probably call it. Most
of you. l expect. But how many
know that when 4 little Chinese boy
starts to grow his queue it is just as
great an event in his life as it is when
an American boy dons his first pair OF
trousers. says the Philadelphia North
American. Very proud of his queue
is the young Chinaman, and he puts
it to many queer uses. Surely one OF
the queerest is when lie employees ii
TO strike an arc or draw circle in his
geometry class. Don't you think the
Chinese schoolboy is lucky? II Young
America loses his compass and has nc
string handy there is nothing for him
10 do but .'hunk" in his geometry.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
New Style of Candy Pull.

An amusing little entertainment
which girl readers will enjoy is Il
new style Of candy pull in which rid
dies founded OH the names Of different
sweets. and not the molasses dainty
itself. plays the leading role.
Invite the girls 10 Il newfashiOncd
candy pull" inserting clause in the
note. urging everybody to come in old
clothes. and with aprons, as an old
fashioned candy pulling bee is TO follow
the riddle game.
Prepare in advance rs MANY plain
white cards cut from 4 sheet OF paste
board rs you have received accept
anceS. On each card write 4 set Of
riddles founded on different sugar
plums.-Washington Times.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
N8 FR1ZlS )N:1
MAAEAsHpeM9

4 blouse. in the palest pink. had
embroidery applied like yoke of edg-
ing.
Some Of the newest coats show q
good dea, Of fulness below the waist
lire.
White linen shirt waists and bleuses
will be worn oil winter, with slips OF
lawn, or of silk, if you're a chilly
mortal.
EXQUISITE scarfS are about--some OF
them heavy with embroidery, others
the lightest. most diaphanous bits OF
sossamer silk in the world.
One delectable petticoat of straw-coi-
orcd taffcta is embroidered with flower
baskets spilling their pink and blue
blossoms among the lace frills at the
foot
4 blouse should never look like the
top of a gown worn with stray skirt,
and that is exactly what the surplice
separate waist looks like and why it
does not take
One blouse has tie-ends apparently
hanging from the attached collar. But
a closer examination proves that they
are inset in the blouse, joined with the
inevitable herring-bone.
Among blouses, there's an exquisite
one made of the palest of blue batiste,
with a tiny dragon harmlessly
str etched out on each side of the yoke.
The work is japanese In its finest and
most delicate style.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07

The next morning it was the same.
Mrs. Hurd was not dressed to go driT-
ing. and Mrs. Vernon was asked in her
place.
So it went on. Mrs. Hurd working
harder and harder, but there was no
David to compliment the Spotless house
or eat the rich cake.
David hardly realized he was neg
lecting his sweetheart until Mrs. Yer
non reminded him. She saw that her
friend was srieving. and she felt, too,
dangerous sentiment for the hand
some David growing in her own heart.
There were so many dishes and quite
4 pile of ironing. Mrs. Hurd looked
ut her mornings work belpleSsly.
Il guess am getting more worth
less every day" she sighed. Il didn's
use to try to do so much An un-
conscious smile lowered around her lips
contradictory to the teardrops that
glistencd on her long lashes. He
won't be here to-day: he wasn't here
yesterday: 1 wish he lad never
come" she was going to say. Into
NV life" when a mans voice interrupt
cd her.
"Who:" David asked. She turned
quickly. She wondered how much OF
the ronologue he had heard.
The doctor" she answered. HE
was here this morning and tried TO
frighten me about My heart"
Aren't you going 10 ask me- to sit
down." David asked q
No. not here: YOU should nor havS
come TO the side door.
Il didn't. dear. until | hat rung the
bell three times without receiving an
answer"
Mrs. Hurd laughed ncrvously. 1-
Acknowledgement you going 10 take
Mrs. Vernon driving" Her pale face
flushed. Her lips began TO tremble.
"Oh. David. what must you think Of
me crying like big baby. Please 20
away for a while
David did not obey the pleading
voice: instead he took her slight form
i'm his arms and kissed away the tears.
Il came for definite answer to-day,
Nellie. Are you willing to your
self III my keeping-forever?' Still
holding her he commenced to sing. His
soft, mellow tones soothed her:
Last night the nightingale wok" me,
Last night when all was still"
She stretched out her arms ioyouSly.
For. oh. the bird was singing, was,
singing
Was singing, Of you-of YOU
David did not tell her of his great
wealth until the next day. And l
can have help? Some one to-tc-
ITO WHAT" David asked.
''To keep the house as clean as Mrs.
Vernon's." she burst out, buryinG her
face OH his shoulder.
wait and see" he answered. thank
full anew for his aunt'S bank account
and peculiar WILL Well import a
chef il you want one. The American
OuepO
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
The Child'A Footwear.

Writing of The Child; Dress in
the Delneator. Dr.. Grace Peckham
Murray has, a word Of advice in regard
to shoes. She says:
AS soon as the skirts are shortened.
children arrive at the dignity of wear
ing shoes. The first ones Should be
very soft and loose. They are to be
had as mOccaSinS and ankle ties. as
wey as in the shape Of diminutive
shd s with very soft solcs. The .attcc
should be thicker when the time comes
for the child TO walk. Chiidren'S 5 shoes
should have broad Sole and should
be formed very carefully so as not TO
deform the feet. They are made with
out heels. for children do NOT wear
heels until they are nIne or ten years
old, and then extremely low. Children
often suffer from weak ankles. If such
be the case. their feet should be batlIed
and rubbed with salt water every day.
They will be helped by the wearing of
shoes the ankles of which have been
made stiff by pieces Of steel which are
held in place by means of little pock-
cts made for the purpose in the lining
OF the shoe. Shoes are made especially
Tor children who toe in, or for those
who are bowleggei. and for children
who have flat feet. The necessary
'thickening of the bottom of the shoe.
which varies in position and amount
of leather according to the trouble to
be remedied. is placed inside the shoe
and does not show at all on the outside
of the boot. Care should be taken i'll
fitting stockings 10 see that they are
not too short or too small, as they will
cramp and deform the foot. Children
are usually so hard OH stockings that
they do hot have time to outgrow them.
and the possibility Of it should be
kept in mind. Knee-caps made OF
leather are excellent to prevent rapid
wearing ont Of the stockings 1T tie
knees.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
A Woman Railroad President.

Mrs. Harry S. Holladay. who made
herself President Of the Williamsviile,
GreenEille and st. Louis Railroad be-
cause although she was a director the
mana&r of the railroad refused to give
her a pass, sold the road for 81, 900,
received the money and returned to So
ciety. Until she sold tie road. Mrs.
Holiday was the only woman railroad
President in the United States. prob
ably in the world. The Williamsville,
GreenyiIle and ST. Louis Road. though
only sixty miles long, is one of the
best feeders in Southern Missouri. a
purchasing syndicate headed by John
S. Long, Kansas: City, NO., succeeded
Mrs. Holiday at the helm. The ST.
00o,o0O was paid to Mrs. Holiday ar
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1905-12-07
His Dog and the Train.

Persons waiting for trains at the
Union Station last night witnessed an
amusing incident in the cab stand and
had laugh ut the expense of j. L.
Sparker, OF Squirrel Hill. who missed
his train because his big greyhound re-
fused to stay at home when his mas
ter departed. The owner of the dos ar.
rived ut the station in cab and ill.,
tended to take the . O'Clock train
East, but on jumping out of the cab
with his grips. he WAS greeted by Tie
dog, which jumped about and barked
on seeing him. The owner of the doc
was stumped. as he could not take
the animal along and did not have time
to return home with it and get his
train. The dog. innocent of the trouble
he had made by following the cab
from home, tried to be playful, but his
master was angry. While the crowd
laughed the owner concluded to take
Il later train and bundling the dog
into the vehicle, ordered the driver to
20 back to Squirrel Hill.-PittsburS
Gazette.
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How to Get Legislation.


5 II s aid to highway improve
4 l. ment all over the country
6on than at any time since Con-
gressman Brownlow first introduced
his bill providing for it. AS more end
more the subject is discussed in the
press more and more is it seen that the
proposition simply covers the discharge
of a National obligation to the people
who furnish life and sustcnancc to
the Government. There is no family or
individual in the United States unaf-
fected by highway conditions. In
proved highways in the United States
would save TO the people the enormous
sum of S600.0CO,O00 every year. The
Department Of Agriculture is authority
for the figures. Statistics gathered ty
Government agents from 100 counties
show that 1t costs an average of twen-
ty-fve cents a mile to haul 4 ton OF
produce. On the level OIL good mae
adam road Il horse can draw G'"
pounds: OH the best dirt roads. lie can
draw $500. or not quite half rs much:
on muddy roads he can only draw
1000 pounds. about One-Seventh what
he can draw OH the level macaG%m
road. Thus we see that it costs the
farmer sevca times as much to carr!
his products to the railroads o. Vie
county town over muddy road as it
would over q good macadam road.
Thanks again to the Department OF
Agriculture. we know how much il
costs the farmers of the United States
to get crops to market, and the figures
show that system Of good wagon
roads would pay larger dividend TO
the country than our expensive system
of railroads. Briefly. it costs the farm
ers annually Qhe figures are Officially
S946. Ala. .665.54 10 move their products.
AS at least five-sixths Of it is moved
on dirt roads and bad ones at that.
there would be saving to the farmers
of at least sixty per cent. OF this cost
il we had macadam roads. Or. as
stated above. bad roads cost the farm
erS annually SG00.00O,GOO. This is more
than all the railroads OF the United
States receive for freight. 1t is this
appalling condition the Government is
asked to appropriate Sd. 100000 to help
cure. The States cannot do it unaidea.
but with S24.OOO.0o0 distributed
through three years to States and conn-
ties that will accept Ill" conditions OF
the Brown!ow-Latimer bill. such 4
stimulus will he given to road improve
ment as will in 4 very few years lift
agriculture ont OF the ru.s and save
to the country the enormous sum now
lost as the cost Of bad roads.
The way 10 relief is to demand it Of
Your own Senator and Representative.
by letter. by community petition and
by resolutions of neighborhcod good
roads meetings. Write to Hon. W. I.
Brownlow for a copy Of his bill, aud
to your T. S. Senator for Senate Doe
ument No. 2O1. Fifry-eighth Congress.
Cd Session. The way to get good roads
legislation is 10 make the call for it so
determined and emphatic that the Con-
gresS will not fail to act.