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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
IN FIELDS THAT ARE NEW.
(Honorable Mention.)

\
+ Honorable Mention)
months visit in Iowa. MI II. met depot
took US four miles into the country to his beautiful
home. One day Mrs. b and drove twelve miles
to place called Kancett and left behind. There
two little boys and they asked me if I wanted
ride Yes, of course,' answered, they took old
cart and began to haul around in it. But soon
bled out and they did not know they left behind
until they heard me cry. Then they took into
house and began to sing, 'FThe Girl left Behind Me-
but the girls made popcorn balls for me, felt all
right. The next place visited friends who lived
in oldfashioned log house with very low upstairs
entered by trap door that the children would not fall
did left bed Not being used to the trapdoor
she left it open. When awoke and found her gone
thought she had left behind for good. About half
awake rolled out of bed took few steps, and down
went, landing almost in mama's She declared she
would again leave behind
Sixth Grade. Alma Haugen
Spring Valley, MINI.
SPINNING ALONG FRUDGE
(Honorable Mention.)
One day about Christmas time there many bob
catch with them and ride out in the country told
them would I had caught the sleghs before.
When we were out about four miles, swift sleigh
by that could not CATCH but the other boys did had
been snowballing and mittens wet, when
going to jump off they stuck to the iron
not loosen them When I turned around to look the
other sleigh gone and the one with my nit
tens walked home alone and arrived too late for din
resolved then that I would catch hobs
again with larger boys. Oswald Lundae,
Sixth Grade. Hayfeld, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
ADOPTING THE wEAKIING.

u.
I'VE have new hatch Of chickens this mornng,''
was the news heard when went down to breakfast
beautiful May morning 'Let go out in the barn and
see Them said of my cousins and all of us girls
ran to the barn We the old hen her
lily around her, excepting little chicken that
weak to walk and left behind. To amazement
the old mother hen did not pay any attention to
it. AS days went by and this little always left
behind, decided to adopt it. We found NICE clean
box and putting hay in it, carried it the wood
shed and then put the chicken in it. Then the great
trouble of giving it Several suggested and
at last Chummy'' was decided upon. Chummy liked
his new home and with the good he received he
became big and strong until finally we decided that it
would be better to let him out in the yard the rest
de was 80 much like them that we did not know him;
but Chunmy knew his and all to do was to
call him and he would He followed about when
ever he and he became favorte pet One
day cousin jumped off the back steps; he did not see
Chummy at the foot He poor chick
and killed him at once. How badly all felt The next
day had the funeral and buried him our Pet Gene.
terry After the funeral went back to the house feel
ing very downheartea because poor little Chummy was
again left behind. Charlotte eardner -
Ninth trade Grand Rapids MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
A WISE MANS LUCK.

We going out hunting. As went into the
house the boys started for the woods with their guns
When came out, to my surprise, my companions
gone. looked around the house here and there, but
nobody could be As was left behind, made up
my mind to 60 hunting by myself went and when
to my hunting place there was flock of ducks
"Bang Bang!'' The rest from the place and flew
for life. killed six. It long time before re-
turned from my journey. The other boys away
many hours later than l. 50 went if they
coming At last they arrived asked them what game
they had They said ttNot anything - You did not
get anything because left behind, for went out
and found birds and shot six :, Elmer Eiter,
Sixth Grade. Breckenridge, MINI
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15
ON THE WAY HOME.

Left behind how kind of sstoo bad - that sounds
1t reminds me Of little catastrophe that happened
ne1ghborhood A usb and on our
way home from school and all the boys decided to snare
gophers over the hill which not very far from the
main road. We girls promptly marched homeward, for
we were going to help mothers and it seemed perfectly
ridiculous to think that the boys not obedient and
prompt as we were. When about quarter of
mile from the schoohouse surprised to Of
our big neghbor boys waiting to give ride home He
shouted for US to hurry and the
as we could and finally found ourselves snugly seated
big pile of sacks down in the bottom Of the grainwagon
The boys saw climbing in and knew it a ride
home for the girls they picked up their books and those
horrd old snares and they being paid for
ltbut all in vain They far away that the team
ster said he really could again.
and with crack of the whip the
greater speed.
ooh, isn't this billy bouncy ride?' said I to the
girls who were laughing. When saw what they saw I
laughed too And this it. Away up the road about
mile behind, six painting boys, angrily trying
hit with chunks of mud Then to make them still moro
angry we shouted, q Hal ha! Left behind''
Tenth Grade. -Lottie Hitler,
T. Grafton. N. D. y
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-15

her back to the cottage After she Joined u.s. W
went out boating and fishing for about hour, when
we began to feel little hungry and went the land.
Ing Tor lunch When reached cottage, great
surprise, We found man waiting for my cousin and
myself. Aunt had been accidentally hurt and we were
sent for and 80 far good time concerned
was left behind. Myrtle Fortune,
Seventh Grade. Wheaton, MINI.
WITH
When was about six years old, my two sisters and
two of their friends going into the woods to gather
chokeeherries and, childke wanted go with them
Ny sisters did not want because they were going
long way and they felt it too far for to walk.
little dog had followed far we had gone and
they thought of plan to send home They told me
That would better take my pet he, least,
could not 60 SO far as he very young told them
could carry the dog he became tired but they would
not consent to going Finally oldest sister solved
the problem She said she would give her ointed doll
if would go with the dog. fond of dolls, SO
consented to the plan and off with the dog suppos
ing that they would wait for beside the brook took
my pet as far the house and then back to the
brook where had left them only to find that left
behind Bertha Griggs,
tenth Grade. Montevideo, MINI.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
NEW JERSEY STATE NEWS
Knife Exnoses Girl,s Brain

A watery tumor Of large size was re
moved from under the tissue of the
brain of little Ethel Andelman, daugh
ter of Samuel Andelman. OF No. 81
Broadway, Paterson, at the German
Hospital. Ethel is thirteen and o
member of the graduating class OF
School No. /. Some months ago she
complained of a pain in her left hand
Later there wasa similar pain in heI
left foot, and these gradually spread
until her entire side was paralyzed
About three weeks ago she fell into q
comatose condition, from which she re.
covered thirty seven hours later, but
was blind. Last week Or. Lydzenski.
Of New York City, was called tn by
Or. Todd the family physician, and il
was decided to resort to an operation
The little girl was removed to the hos
pital and the operation was performed
by DR.. J. G. Mccoy. Part of the child s
skull was removed and the tumor
found. Experts say that i'll similar
cases 200 out Of 1000 die under the
knife.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

How whole sections OF public lands.
worth millions of dollars, are stolen
from the United States Government
through conspiracies planned under the
very roof Of the General Land ONCE in
Washington, d. c., is the subject of a
remarkable expose in Harper's Week
". The author, Frederick Boyd Ste
Tenson, tells how the frauds are
planned and carried out, and how con-
spiracies to defraud the Government Of
twenty or twenty-five million dollars
worth of land have been unearthed.
One combination of men implicated in
these deals, says MIR. Stevenson, ac-
quired 100000 acres of land in Oregon
alone, and fraudulent applications We're
made for 100000 cares of school lands
in California. 1T would be a conser-
gatiye estimate, therefore, to say that
attempts have been made to obtain
fraudulently more than 100000 acres
Of'land in these two States alone
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
Lost in Mountains

Lost in the mountains near Midvale
while they We're gathering evidence in
the Conklin murder case, Ralph Shaw,
Assistant Prosecutor; Nathaniel Shane,
County Prosecutors detective, and
Coroner Edward L. Wheeler were res
eued at night by posse of farmers
who secured the mountains with
torches. For several hours the trio
wandered aimlessly about the mount
aims, not knowing what road to take,
each attempt to retrace their steps
1nly leading them further away. They
had abandoned hope of finding their
way back when night fell, and were
preparing a bed of leaves and branches
Of evergreens when the farmers found
them. The authorities found extreme
difficulty in getting the mountaincers
to talk of the murder.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
wife Charges Conspiracy.

Mrs. Irene " Allison, of Philadel,
phia, Pa, has made serious and sensa-
tional charges against her husband, ].
w. Allison and Frank. w. Shrlver, also
Of Philadelphia, in an answer to the
suit instituted against her and her
husband by Shriver and involving the
transfer of valuable real estate in
Cape May City Shriver AYERS that
Allison owed him $4,000, and to es-
cape liability for payment transferred
all his property, valued at $4,000, to
his wife Mrs. Allison denies that her
husband ever owed Shriver. She con-
tends the property was transferred to
her as part payment of a debt of &c.,
300 and charges that there was con-
spiracy between her husband and Shrl-
yer to prevent her from retaining the
part payment on the amount due her
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
italian I4aborer Murdered.

A human body, or portions of it, was
found on the tracks of the Northerln
Central branch of the Pennsylva-
MIA Railroad at Innerdale, four miles
south of Canandaigua. Coroner War
ner ascertained that the dead man was
Lupcrto Ferrari q young Italian en-
ployed with the section gang Who
dwell In a shanty near where his body
was found. The body had been mutt
lated by a train. hut a long, clean CASH
was found on the skull over the right
eye and small hole like a bullet
wound, which went through flesh and
bone. was found on the temple. 1t is
known the man had two enemies, who
are under suspicion. Ferrari was a
we'll thought of and Industrious man
A peculiar circumstance is that 5000
In money he had is missing.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
number Of European railways

A number of European raliwayS
have recently been utilizing motor cars
Pf the gasoline or steam type, in or
der to improve the service and de-
crease the cost of operations Of branch
lines where there is but limited traffic
and long trains ars usually operated
pit loss. The use of these cars is
also being introduced to meet the Sc
we're competition of the electric car for
interurbsn and suburban service. BY
the use Of the steam car or the gaso-
line motor car the cost Of transporta-
ton is but small fraction of the cost
by locomotive and regular train SER
vice, says Railway Age.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
Dog Goes Mad in Baggage Car.

Henry Ball, baggageman on the
Lackawanna, had an exciting expert
pnce with a mad dog. At Stroudsburg,
the dog. which had been chained in the
baggage car, but managed to get loose,
sprang at the baggageman, swapping,
snarling and frothipg. The baggage
man barricaded himself behind piles of
baggage. Balls assistant ran into the
coach, where Mrs. r. L. Burnett, the
owner of the dog, and her daughter
were seated, and told her the dog was
mad. Mrs. Burnett and her daughter
went into the baggage car and at
tempted to quiet the hGast, which
sprang upon the child and bit her
twice. 1t then fell upon bundle Of
newspapers and worried them until X
lied.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
LEGAL Triumph.

The attorney for he denfense snooH
his finger at the complaining witness.
and raised his voice little higher.
''Let us get this right, he said
"You state on oath that you had the
defendant arrested because he was
bounding you with threats to do yox
up. Is that rightly"
Eyes, sir"
You repeat the assertion that he
was bounding you?"
Eyes, sir"
"You saw the weapon that was
found on him when he was arrested.
didn't you?'
Il did,
The attorney rose to his feet, leaned
forward and glared at him with an
expression terrible to behold.
Now, sir" he Numbered, "will You
please tell this jury how the defend.
ant could possibly have bounded Won
with bulldog revolv err"
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
Profit shartng Do 10 Dad.

Up Boston way q well known retail
furnishing goods store has introduced
decidedly novel system of refunding
money to purchasers. A few days ago
this New England enterprise an
nounced that in honor of its tenth
anniversary a departure from conven-
tional methods would be made. The
annual date was duly observed by of
fering something for nothing in every
department. In other words, ''extra
special' bargains were available at
every counter.
On the morrow this proclamation
was published:
Lucky day was yesterday. All per-
sons having made purchases in our
store on November ~, upon presenta-
tion Of their sale slips will receive
back in cash every cent spent here on
that day. Present them at cashiers
desk; the treat is on MS; this is our
birthday gift to YOU
Can Down East" be eclipsed New
York Press.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

With officers looking for him to an
swer a charge of assaulting fifteen
year-old Hattie Mick, of Pleasant Mills
Hayes Mathis has fed and his wife
attempted suicide by throwing herself
into the Batsto River. She was res.
cued in a hysterical condition. Mathis
is a glassWorker, whose home is in
Glassboro After the season closed a
few weeks ago, he came to Pleasant
Mills to visit friends with his wife
One day he went out after huckleber-
ries with the little girl and she says be
attacked her. Complaint was lodged
by her mother with Justice Of the
Peace Carton, of Hammonton. Mathis
got word of it, and. jumping his bicy-
Gle, rode thirty-t five miles to GlassborC
and took a train, Seen by an acquaint
ance, Mathis said he was going West
to attend a funeral.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
Bath in eoIdheld.

"All trouble and inconvens ence
growing out of the scarcity of water
in the new mining camps of Nevada
is rapidly disappearing, remarked
Oscar J. Smith, lawyer and capitalist
Of Reno. They have quite as much
water in Goldfield now as will satisfy
the requirements of the camp. 7 was
down at Goldfleld recently, and MOTTO
Ing a sign on building which pro
claimed the fact that baths were to
be had there | went in and announced
that / would like to get a bath. The
fellow in charge handed me ticket
and took my money.
Well, see here said l, I don't
want bath ticket. I want BATH
"'Oh, you'll get a bath all right,
and the bathhouse manager. Let me
see your ticket, No. S1S. There are
about S12 people ahead OF you. Come
around in about three or four weeks. ,
San Francisco Chronicle.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

While embracing his wife with his
left arm and kissing her on her return
at night from visit to Newark, Will
lam Wagner, Of Paterson. accidentally
discharged Il revolver that he held in
his right hand. and the bullet entered
the woman's back. piercing the lung
tissue. The wound is not thought to
be mortal Wagner who is foreman
In a barber shop Ia the Ronlaine Build
ing, says that as he kissed his wife he
reached back 10 his hip pocket and
pulled out his revolver intending to
place it in bnreau drawer. In some
mysterious way the weapon was dis
charged. He is corroborated by his
wife.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
Cndd,s curienn pefansen.

{ An Interesting book might be writ
ten on the subject Of Curious De-
lenses.
One excellent instance is supplied
here in what was known as Colds
Puzzle Codd was defending client
accused of stealing a duck. He set
up seven defenses: a The accused
bought the duck and paid for it; ~
he found it; co it was given to him;
al 1t few into his garden: (JS it was
put in his pocket while he slept; and
z are not recorded; but an amicus
curiae suggested that there never was
any duck at ALL Then accused was
acquitted, not because they chose any
particular defense, but because they
did not know which to choose, ana sol
gave the prisoner the benefit Of the
doubt. Spectator.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

Party loyalty never demands that
one shall swallow his conscience and
Shirk his duties as citizen by toler-
ating the boss, the gang and corrup-
ton. John Weaver is better Repub-
lican for having challenged the brazen
DULLES and boodlers that made his
party in Philadelphia a stencil in the
nostrils of honest men, declares the
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

President Roosevelt may not add to
his popularity with that extremely
conservative class Of society, the barr
by some Of the things which he said in
his Harvard speech, remarks the New
York Tribune. There are lawyers who
dearly love old abuses and are fertile
inventors Of new ones, and the Presi-
dent has doubtless found such menu
bers of the profession ready at every
turn to hamper his efforts to make cor.
porations obey the law. If he did
speak from the depth Of personal ex-
perience with the difficulties Of &C.
complishing any reform which touch
vested wrongs defended by able legal
talent. he had good reason to do SO.
He is perfectly right when he declares:
EVERY man Of great wealth who runs
his business with cynical contempt
for those prohibitions If the law
which BY hired cunning he can escape
or erade is menace to our commun-
lity and the community is not TO be
excused if it does not develop a spirit
which actively fsowns on and discoun-
tenances him.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
:::::BY B. L. FARJEoN. ::
CHAPTER y
Cnntinned.


tIf I'd been yer own brother-no, I
never want to be that-if I'd been yer
sweetheart as you was going to git
married to, yer couldn't have done
more for me than yer did. You regu-
larry kept me for I don't know how
many days; yer come to me late at
night and give me grub, and all that
time yer never peached on me. What
did yer do it for?'
81 did it out Of pity" she answered.
"Pityp' he exclaimed. But that was
no good. You couldn't make nothink
out Of pity"
II didn't want to make nothink out
of it," she said. "All as thought of
was doing yer a good turn"
'And all that thought Of was that
you wouldn't ha' done what you did
do if you hadn't cared for me bit"
II do care for you little,' she said,
earnestly, "but not in the way you
want. No, don't look like that or you
will make me cry. See here, Foxey, l
hold yer to yer word, yer know. Yer
promised me to get honest living.
You'll 60 on doing it, wont yer? Yer
wont turn bad again?"
81 don't know what I'll do" he said,
as he turned to leave her. do yer
think I care what becomes of me
now?'
He was out Of sight before she could
say another word.
Her eyes were red when she re-en-
tered the room in which she had left
Saranne. for she had not been able to
suppress her tears as she walked home.
But she did not tell Saranne what
made her cry, and Saranne did not
press her, being too full Of delightful
anticipations of the coming holiday.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

When a rich New York grocer gets
only fifteen days in jail for selling
skinned and watered milk marked as
pure milk he gets about one-hundredth
of the sentence he deserves. Hardly
any dealer gets what he richly merits
when he is caught selling bogus milk.
All such men are prisoners, avows the
Buffalo Evening News.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

side against the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company found more than verdict
for the plaintiff in the case. and they
are very indignant. The jurors were
out all night, sleeping on cots in q
stuffy room on a hot night and the
prevalence of unwelcome company
made lasting impression upon the
twelve victims. For some time it has
been known that the Court House was
not being properly cleaned, and the
Board Of Freeholders will be called
upon to tNke action.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

Uncle Sam announces that he has a
new $40 gold certificate ready to put
on the market. He seems to expect
editors to advertise his wares, but
he has never once so much as sent us
a single sample of his goods, remarks
The Pathfinder.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

Dean Hole was famous as a joker
His chief yerger at Rochester cathe
trail was gentleman named Miles
he original OF Dickens Tope. who had
leen connected with the cathedral fol
eventy-three years. Mr.. Niles was
he youngest Of twelve. Said Dean
Hole one day:
Miles, what pity you never saw
j0ur eldest brotherl"
Il did. sir. often.' said Miles.
''But you couldn't" replied the dean.
why not. STRIP Queried Miles.
Because maid the dean, sthers
~arA awavs tan uilas hatwaan paaa Y
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
Six Hurf in Auto Crash.

Six persons were hurt in an autom6-
bile accident on Canal Bridge, in Boom
ton. A large car, which was driven by
a man named Hickey, of East Orange,
and a carriage driven by M. $. Van
Duyne met on the bridge. With Mr..
Hickey were four men The bridge is
narrow. The two vehicles crashed.
Mr.. Hickey and his four passengers
were thrown over the top of the auto
mobile into she road. Mr.. Van Duyne,
who is seventy years old, was also
thrown out. His collar bone was bro
ken
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

The effect Of the continuous success
of the Japanese against Russia is
spreading so widely among men of
color the world over that general
revolt against the domination Of the
white races in some form is a thing
to be looked for, admonishes the New
York Sun.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01
chilI Of Ser caused Death

While bathing in the surf at Town.
sends inlet, near Sea Isle City, Mrs.
Mary Louise Maine, of Philadelphia,
Pa, was suddenly stricken i'll Hast
lily pulled from the water she was
found to b. dead Coroner Clouting
pronounced death due to heart disease,
caused by the chill OF the sea. Mrs.
Names body was sent to her lalu
lone.
The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-01

Six months Imprisonment and $4,000
in fines and damages fall to an auto
mobile speed maniac who killed a man
on the road to Nice Another Of those
things they do better in France.