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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Poser for the Latin Student.

Self Made Man (to highly educated grandson)-
Well, Teddy, my boy, what do you learn at schoola
Teddy-I4atin and Greek and French and algebra
Self Made Man-Ho, indeed! And what s the aIgs-i
bra for cabbagef
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
BIG AND LITTLE FIDO.

Johnny had been all day In the morning he
would not get up when he called and was late
for school, and the teacher had kept him at
He home for lunch and went back school
still / tried to think Of something
seemed powerful enough Coming home from school he
large dog across the road at great speed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
A-FISHING AT LAST.

AFISHING AT LAST.
Johnny was eleven years old and he had always
wanted to fishing but his father busy he could
not take him. One his father home and told
Johnny that Mr. Jones was going fishing Saturday and
if he wanted to he might go with him. Johnny
glad that he going His father him some money
Saturday morning Johnny early and arranged all
of his things. His mother put up nice lunch for him
and with his things all in sack he went for Mr. Jones
and they set out their trip They had to about two
miles before they to the lake. Mr.. Jones had
often been fishing this lake and he knew just
where to go. They caught quite few fish and then
they sitting there waiting for some.
thing jerked at Johnnys pole and in went pole and boy
When Johnny fell in he did not let 60 Of his pole so
when Mr. Jones pulled him out he pulled the pole out
too. When they pulled the line in the fish was still
it, 1t was the largest fish they had caught that day
Upon arriving home Johnny showed the fish to his father
who told him that that the finest fish he had ever
seen-and that made Johnny smile.
Seventh Grade. '-Alzina Feldmann
e. Northome, Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
PETTING NOT APPRECIATED.

In the early days of the Dakotas when help
the women learned to help the with their
work. One morning said she would feed the calf
and Johnny could 60 with her and feed the horses.
Johnny answered with half frown but he glad after
wards that he did It rather late and the calf
very hungry he dived into the pail tho he half
starved. Mama stopped down and petting him and
calling him pet when suddenly he gave the pail
bunt and the milk flew all her. making forlorn
looking parsonage, indeed. Then Johnny broke into
broad smile and he has forgotten that experience
up this day H. Evelyn Goodsel,
Sixth Grade F1andreau, S. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
JOHNNY'S FUNNY FACES.

Johnny was sick with the measles and it was his
birthday. He five years old. His uncle, Henry,
there, trying to make him smile. He fold all the
jokes he had heard but Johnny just lay and
made faces at him. Then his uncle upstairs and
stayed quite awhile and said to Johnny, CHOW Uncle
Henry is going away He made faces at and we
also went away and left him alone long time When
went in again. Uncle Henry had small package.
BE unWrapped it and there horse with little
wheels would go around the would whip the horse.
Then brought board and started the cart and
all Johnny could do to smile. When he was well
he tried to walk and tumbled down. then smiled but
laughed and he made another face at me-
Fifth Grade. Thomas Tolman
Paynesville, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
Golden Days.

saddle that he had wished for long. Whenever he
put it on his pony he would galop away smiling
Fifth Grade. Carl Swanson
Cannon Falls, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10

had carried things little too far and her looks foretod
the future, she did not laugh but only smiled For
some reason Johnny kept after school that night
Ninth Grade. jay Ferguson,
Dassel, Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
THE BUNNIES COME m.

It rainy summer day. Johnny sitting at
the window in his watching his tive pet rabbits
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-12-10
LEFT TO IMAGINE.

There to ears still summer night the
sound of hurrying footsteps Lo and behold! What
sight burst upon There our favorite and
beloved maltese cat, clad in dollclothes and pursued
by neighbour dog But it presently began to dawn
upon somewhat bewildered minds that cat
in dire need Of help, having become entangled in her
superfuous clothes and the dog almost upon her.
We rushed to her and the cat gave sigh Of
relief at being rescued from her very unuseful Clothes
Johnny began to smile and wondered why he did
Ninth Grade. Irene Gilhooy,
Inkster N. D.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25
Grandna,s shnmrocks.

Here, grandma, here's a present, it has come a distance. too; Iris q little pot of shamroeks, ana It comes addressed to you. Yes, all the way from Ireland, and the card here mentions more There were gathered at your birth place on the banks of Avon More. ;" From Ireland! Do you tell me? O, darling is it true AcushIa. let me feel them-and you say twas there they grew. Why, can scarce believe it. Is it really From my birthplace in old Ireland, dear old Ireland, far away. I'm old and stiff and feeble, and in darkness, God be praised, Yet, Kitty, how it stirs me, how my poor old heart is raised To feel it here so near me, the soil that gave me birth The very clay of Ireland-let me kiss the holy earth. These blessed little shamrocks! cant see them, yet I know They bring me Back-the eyesight of the And rushing iHf through the darkness comes the picture that l love The dear, green fields of Ireland, the sunny sky above.
 
 like you I stood Amid the furze and heather-there'
 the chapel. hill and wood; There's the abbey clad with ivy, and
 the rivers winding shore, And the boys and girls all playing on the banks of Avon More. God bless the little shamrocks, then,
 for calling back the scene, The beauty of the sunshine, the bright
 ness of the green; Thro' long, long years to see it, and to
 see it all so plain An! child. I know you're smiling, but
 I'm feeling young again. And though I'm truly thankful for the
 blessing that Gods hand Has brought me, Kitty, in this great
 and happy land cant forget the old home midst the comforts of the new My heart is three parts buried where
 these little shamrocks grew.
 IT, A. Sutton.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25
- 4 GoOD WoRD TOR GAS.

Awhile ago when the electric light first began to shine some gloomy pre- dictions concerning the future of gas were made. But it was soon found that there was room for both illumin- ants, and both have gone on shining
 more and more. MT. Newbigging, chief engineer of the gas works in Man chester, England, in an address the other day said that the introduc- tion of the incandescent as-burner had given a new lease of life to gas undertakings, and had placed gas in the front position as the cheapest illu- minant, While he did not deny that, for decorative effects, electricity had advantages over gas, he thought that the recent introduction of the invert- ed incandescent gas-burner bade fair to rival the present incandescent cleo tric light. Having made the state ment that electricity, light for light at Manchester prices, is eight times dear CT than gas, he said an incandescent gas-burner develops, per cubic foot of gas consumed, from 15 to 40 candles, according to the system employed. With gas at 56 cents per 1000 cubic feet and electricity at 7.72 cents per unit, average prices in Manchester, and taking the lowest power developed by the incandescent gas-burner, viz, 15 candles per cubic foot, 15,O0O candles per 1000 cubic feet, the cost would be 3.72 cents for 1000 candles, while one unit of electricity developed in "an incandescent burner" a light equal to 256 candles each at 7.72 cents per unit, or 30.1O cents per 1000 candles. The Manchester gas works intends to es- tabIish new department to deal not only with the maintenance of con- sumers' incandescent burners, but to assist ia developing the . greatest
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25
THE CANAL WORKERS.

The government of the United States will go, abroad to secure la borers in wholesale numbers for the Panama Canal. Trial patches of Chi namen, Japanese and Italians, in lots of 2,000 each, are to be contracted for and, if they turn out all right, the government will hire from 25,000 to 10000 more. Care is to be taken to avoid anything that looks like slav- cry. The foreign laborers on the canal will be hired just like other employees of the government. As each man steps off the boat at Panama he will sign an appointment, which will have the form of a contract. It will fix his hours of work and rate of pay, The privileges he will enjoy will be clearly set forth as well as his re- responsibilities. The government will agree to provide quarters for each la borer, and will furnish fresh water and fuel for cooking. Free medical attendance will be furnished, and proper sanitation guaranteed. The government will have to take it's chances of getting the worth of it's money out of the Japs, Chinese and Italians, just as it does with the or dinary stenograpter or bookkeeper. If the Italians decide, after being on the Isthmus a few days, that they prefer working in Italy, there is noth- ing to prevent their departing at once. The government has some protection, in that the contractor will be under bond to furnish transportation for any laborers who want to quit and go back home
 This is practically the only hold that the government will have on the contractor after the delivery of the men on the Isthmus. Care will be taken to enter into no other agree ment with these men. The pay of the laborers will go direct to them, and the contractor will not be recog- nized in any demand that may be made for part of the wages of labor CTS in the way of commissions, etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25
NEW METHOD OF WATERING
 PLANTS.

Plants suspended from the ceiling are not easy to get at and are freoently neglected or forgotten for days at a time. As a result. they are generally sorry-looking specimens. Take a tin can holding a pint or more, make a hoie in the bottom of it, just large enough to let water dribble through slowly This fill with water anl place ch the soil in the center of the basket, Geherally there will be foliage enough to conceal it. If there is not it can De made inconspicious by painting if dull green. The slow, steady out- now of the water will keep the soil evenly moist if the hole in the can is ol the right size. This must be deter- Hilhed by experiment. It is an easy matter to fill the can every, day. or even cftener is necessary, and mt if m place but it is not an easy matter 10 mount chair or stepladder and an- ply It in the old way.--Lippincott's Magazine. r'''e0'' D
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

amount Of light from the gas con- sumed.
 There has been very great prejudice in England against the use of carbu- reted-water gas, After describing the manufacture of coal gas and of car bureted-water gas, MT. Newbigging said that in regard to the latter much unwarrantable public agitation had been directed against it's distribution in England. As a matter of fact, carbureted-water gas was purer than coal gas, and had the same character istic odor. It has been manufactured in Manchester for the past seven years, and there has not been a single accident caused through its use.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25
MiNY MERDERS.

The United States is a civilized coun- try. the most civilized on the face of the globe, as we who live in it well know and often say It has laws against murder murder is not thought well of by the people, and occasionally somebody is punished for murder. And yet during the twenty-year period of 1SS5-19O4 the total number of murders in this country was 191,951. This is a rather startling record for such a civ ilized country, and perhaps it indicates that a little more civilization wouldn't hurt us. During the twenty years as many people have been murdered in this country as there are in New Ha- ven. Of course the murdered ones may not have been as good and valuable as the people of New Haven, but many of them thought we'll Of themselves, and none of them wanted tobe murdered.
 It is decidedly interesting to notice that though durng the twenty years 1S1,951 people were murdered in this country, there were only 2,2S6 execu- tions, one for every fifly-seven murders. Perhaps this indicates that our civili- zation is really more complete and kind-hear than the murders indi- cate. Anyhow, it indicates something.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

A little island and the establish ments thereon, about 11a miles from ltaparica, are for sale. Tho place is well situated for fishing purposes, and is said to have an excellent climate, luxurious vegitation. and good sani- tary conditions. There seems to be no reason why whale fishing at Caravel- las or Bahia should be less lucrative that at Newfoundland, where the com panies in the industry are said to earn now, since the adoption of rational me mods, from 10 to 50 per cent on their invested capital. Persons interested might well investigate the chances in Brazil They may rely on my assist ahce.-Eugene Seeger in Consular Re- ports
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25
IN.

tration.-She-And did you ever propose to a girl in a canoe? l He-Yes, and I'll never do it again! The girl jumped at nay proposal, and upset the boat.-Yonkers Statesman.
 That girl tas an unfortunate idea or repartee."
 Yes" answered Miss Cayenne. "she has an idea that she is saying smart things when she is merely saying things that smart. t."-Washington Star.
 Worn Out-Mr De Rich-What? An other new street dress? Where is the last ono. yea got? :. ..... ... Mrs. De Rich--I have worn it out. | Tt isn't week since you got it." | T wore it out last Thursday. "-New York Weekly. ', But you will admit that my jokes 1 ljokesmith with the rejected batch of manuscript.
 What do know about their flavor?" growled the editor of the comic weekly. T am no goat. I don't eat them. ."- Chicago Daily News.
 First artist-Well, old man, how is business?
 Seccnd artist-Oh. splendid! Got a commission this morning for a million aire. Wants his children painted very badly.
 First artist (pieasantly)--Well, my boy, you're the very man for the job.- Glasgow Evening Times.
 "Oh, love roses sol" she used to say;
 He bought them by the dozen-and the score.
 And smiled to see her gladness, as they lay
 Upon her breast. He buys them now no more!
 She'd stare, indeed, if thus he sought to please Strange is the wisdom man must 1 learn to knowD
 For roses now are just one cent apiece
 They were dollar, when she loved
 them so! a | Brooklyn Life.
 If t were only conscience that made towards of us all there would be no lack of bravery in the world.-Puck.
 Daisy-Did Harry blush when he pro- posed?
 ! Maisie-I didn't notice. I was busy looking to see if my Gibson pose was all right in the mirror.-Chicago News.
 What if you were to find a strange man in your room?''
 Mercy! Of course I should sink through the floor"
 But what if the flat below were oc- cupied by bachelor? ?"-Puck. 1 Mrs. Nexdore-Professor Fortay call ed at our house to-day and my daugh- ter played the piano for him. He just raved over her playing. ] Miss Pepprey-How rude! Why couldn't he conceal his feelings the way the rest of us do?-Philadelphia Press.
 An English and an American mer- chant were discussing the relative im- portance of their businesses. l Why" said the Englishman, 'in my firm the clerks use 3O,OOO gallons of ink Q year!"
 "Oh, that's nothing," retorted the American, i've haved that much ink in a year by ordering our clerks not to dot their i's ''-Harper's Weekly.
 Miss Amateur-"How dil I do? Ycr know I was cast to the part of SO ciety lady," Mrs. Sage-"You 1it splendidly. You acted just like a lady who had been used to the best sociat; I all her life-quite refined you know. . Boston Transcript.
 Mrs. Blinks-"That horrid Mrs ! Tf,,1xr T am sure she would not make such an ill-natured remark" Mrs. Blinks well, she didn't say that in SC many words, but that is what she
 meant. She says believe every thing you tell me. "-New York Week | ly. .-2>s
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25
The Chase Sale.

Negligee shirts, 17c half hose, straw
 hats and 25c Handkerchiefs are all
 gone.
 s12.5O English silk pajamas are now on
 sale at $500 S5.5O Fine White Batiste Pajamas, $500 s5 and 7.5O Fancy and White Vests. 2.5O Odd Vests. 100 $1, 1.5O and 2.5O Scarf Pins, soc $1, 1.5O and 25O Cuff Buttons, soc Rain Coats. Bath Wraps. Bath Slippers
 Just F price. and some $15O and $2.5O
 Neckwear not put on sale last week. soc Together with 10 dozen English Wind
 sor scarfs, 75c and $1 quality for, 121kc
 Store closes at 5:8o P. M. Saturday at 1 P. M.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

ibIe for this. The name of Lincoln is a close second. Other statesmen are well. represented. There are twenty three Logans, twelve Shermans, eight Harrisons, nine Jacksons. six Blaines and four CIevelands. Many townships are named after States. There are six Ohio townships and four Ilinols townships.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE C1TYs 12 GENTS A WEEK. 50 GENTS A MONTH, s3 FOR SIX MONTHS. S6 q YEAR THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIES. 3 GENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements, One Cent Word each insertion. Five Cents a word for a full week.
 Display advertisements, per inch' one insertion, s1.2O; each subsequent inser- tion 40 cents; one week, $S.2O; one month, S1O; one year, $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

The Boston Herald takes pleasure in saying that "most of the automobilist tourists have Glidden safely out of New England"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

The health officer of Cleveland, Ohio, states that during the first sev- enteen days of July the infant mor- tality in that city was nearly double that for the previous six months.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

There are more Grant townships in Kansas than any other kind. Twenty eight bear this name. The fact that Grant was doing things and making news when the townships of Kansas were being named is chiefly respons-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

In spite of his years, King Leopold, of Belgium, is one of the most daring zof men. Not only is he given to riding iii an automobile at tremendous speed, but he also employs as a chauffeur one Marcel, who Is a pronounced anarchist He has been warned against the man by the police of Belgium, France and Germany, but he pays no heed to their Iounsel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

The Cuban house of representatives has Passettt a bttfi>sssr 1bttfi>ssr the liquidation of the entire remaining half of the revolu- tionary soldiers pay by means of issu- ing bonds of various denominations di- rect to the veterans or to their assign ees, the bonds to draw per cent. inter- est until paiG. The bill devotes the en- tire treasury surplus, which is at pres ent about s1S,OOO,OOO, toward the pay ment of these claims, less $6,0O0,O0O, which will be devoted to public works, and also devotes to the same purpose the surplus realized from the original loan of $35,O0O,O0O and the surplus from stamp taxation, which was levied to pay off the said loan. The balance of the money needed to pay off the propos- ed soldiers bonds will be raised by an- nual appropriations made by congress, the bonds to be retired being selected by the drawing of lots.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

The Hartford Probate court has just appointed d Hartford woman admins trator of the estate of her husband, who left his wife and family a little more than seven years ago and has not been heard from since. Although the family has no knowledge of his death, his absence for such l@lgth of time makes him legally dead in Hart ford, and his wife may now take pos yession of his property, of which he left considerable. She may also legally marry again, should she so desire, and the husbands should he return, would have to remain dead" so far as his wife and property are concerned.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

As appears from a report from Ot- taWa, MT. Rider Haggard, who re- gently visited the United States and Canada on a tour of inspection of va- rious colonies, such as that of the Salvation Army and others, preferred a request to the Dominion Parliament for ten townships of land, or about 240000 acres, to be appropriated for a Settlement, funds for the settlement.
 it's initial stages to be supplied by
 British government. Premier
 arier has expressed himself as in pr of the grant, on condition that
 Jaws of the Dominion are com
 l with. Should the experiment & uceessful it is probable that other !. It's will be asked for and that til. the movement of crowded city pops lations to the lands will be begun.
 There is no demand here for Amer. ioan makes of bicycles, reports Con- sul Moe from Dublin. This is due to the generous guaranty which Eng fish makers give with their machines, which are very well made, and the apparent unwillingness of American manufacturers to supply their wheels with metal rims instead of the wood- en variety The great amount of dampness in Ireland at all seasons of the year makes wooden-rimmed wheels practically useless. The de- mand for bicycles has increased enor- nlously, and it is no exaggeration to state that cycling here is as popular this year as it was in the United Nstates in 1896 and 1897. There is 8 splendid demand for motorcycles,
 ost of which come from Coventry
 present and give entire satisfac- }eion."
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25

TEE OLDEST DAIRY PAPER PUB LIsHED IN CONNECTICUT.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-07-25
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL,
ADVERTISING RATES.

Easued Thur.cnyu, One Dollar Year.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-22
DROPS DEAD
ON Coal.
WAGON

sudden death occurred at the corner
OF Eddy street and Potter's avenue, at
$3.50 o'clock, this morning. under quite
remarkable circumstances.
A wagon had been loaded at the Cur
ran & Burton coal yard on Henderson
street
The driver. James O'Brlen. took with
him helper, who rode on top OF the
load.
when tho wagon reached Potter's ave-
nue.. the driver heard a noise and looking
back. saw that his helper who had .ist
lighted his pipe. was I'm distress.
The next moment the helper would have
toppled over and fallen under the wheels,
had not the driver seized him by the
arm.
The driver held up his horses 20 speak
TO the helpless man. when he discovered
that the latter was dead
The seventh station police were nou-
ne6. the body was brought 20 the Side
walk and Medical Examiner Pegram was
notified that the remains had been taken
10 a nearby undertakcr's rooms
The driver could not tell the mans
name. and al Curran and Burtons office
all that could be offered by way OF iden-
tihcatlon was that tho man was hired and
paid under a certain number and that he
had been living on Globe stret
subsequently an identihca tion wac 90
tablished The unfortunate man was
Thomas Lahey. lie was 60 years OF
age
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-12-22
MAINE SHIP CAPTAIN
DIES AT LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND

Thomaston. Me- Dec. 22.-Captain Ed
ward V. Gates Of the American ship 8 y.
Hitchcock. died AZ Liverpool. England
December 3. according TO cable advices re-
ceived by relatives last night
- Captain Gates resided az Portland.
where he has wife. son and daughter
he was born here So years ago and first
went to sea in 1855 as second mate of the
ship St Charles He served in the navy
during the civil war. A. he had been
subject 10 heart trouble his death is as
signed 10 this cause.