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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

~ HARCOAL is one Of the greatest
purifiers Of water that we have.
II Water or any substance allowed
" to percolate thru it will be
freed Of all animal organ
isms or foreign particles. It is
one Of the best sweeteners Of the
breath. After hearty meal it is a
splendid thing for the stomach, if added
to it is little ginger. 1t is excellent
with which to cleanse the teeth. for 1t
removes fungus growth that many tooth
powders fail to touch. It relieves pain
caused by burn.
+ + !.
For brilliant windows take a pad Of
cotton rag soaked in gycerin and rub
the glass all over inside. Then take
a piece of clean, dry rag and lightly
polish the glass until the glycerin is in
visible but not entirely rubbed away.
Do this when the glass is fairly warm
and dry, and you will get brilliant win
dows, no condensation, and great saw
ing in the amount of cleaning.
1. i i.
IF you want to make the broom last
long and be pleasant to use, put the
straw into boiling water and let it re-
main there until the water is cold.
Then put it out in the open air until
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

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really loose garment reaching to the
waist worn over the regulation night
shirt. We make it Of flannel, Indian
cashmere, silk muslin, summer silk, en-
broidered batiste and lace.
ftBut the. worst ISL said the trous-
seau man, discreetly lowering his voice,
"royalty no longer cares whether it
gets the real thing or fake, if the arti-
Gle is bat cheap. Now an American
heiress will have everything of the
best, in fact nothing is too good for
her. When I think Of the lace I sold
to the Duchess Of Marlborough, and the
imitation lace trousseau made for sew
eral royal highnesses, I sometimes won
der whether it can be true. Real queens
clothed in cotton and machine work,
American pseudo duchesses wrapped in
the oldest French, Spanish and German
laces that money. can buy. Outside Of
the bridal veil, there is little real lace
in royal trousseaus nowadays. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

N LAIN clothes well shaped, clean,
ID and in full supply, are worth all
the inery that ever futtered to
the torments Of little hearts and
Il the discomfort of big ones. It
was wise mother who said: 81 try
to give my children just enough clothes
every season to wear out WE'LL
1t is an unspeakable cruelty to swathe
a newborn baby in things stiff with
tucks an embroidery. A baby's skin
all over is more delicate than that Of a
grown-up eyelid. The eyelid is the test
for an infants wardrobe; whatever
hurts or is even unpleasant to it ought
to be thrown aside. Even the softest
stuffs are sold with more or less dressing
in them. They should be well shrunken
in boiling water before making up, and
then after making thoroly laundered
without trace Of starch. Further,
they ought to be ironed with warm
not hot-irons, as the hot ones give a
sort Of crackly surface. Make the first
long clothes as simple as possible. No
other trimming than frill lace edge
at neck and wrists is comfortable, and
none other is therefore permissible. For
children Of larger growth the essential
points to remember are simplicity, sym
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
A China Closet in an Old Recess

THERE obviously wasn't space in.
that box of dining-room for a
china closet, yet the resolute lit
i tie mistress Of that box declared
she must and would have one, if
only for plates.
them had been particularly proud Of be.
fore; for, like most heirlooms, it was
"orly old enough to be ancient, instead
Of properly antique.' But the architect
had, for some occult reason, made it
with odd recesses-not interesting, deep
places, suggestive Of cozy corners and
effective places for palms. But the wall
was pushed back in queer places for no
apparent reason-perhaps miserable
six inches or even less-which made
rugs necessity uEless you were willing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
Copyright, 1905, by Helen Irene Lutz.)


cert has been defned,' said, wear
ilv. g as doing without something which
Won want, in order that you may some
day buy something which you probably
won It want
Polly shuddered and looked at me re-
proachfully. -,
HAnd you were preaching 1t to me-"
she said accusingly. ;, >,
m wss only saggss.nS i sa
Polly turned 1mpatiently to her mir
"What is the matter Jack' Why
don't you 60 on?' :,
I looked at Polly, who seemed sto be
engaged in forcing hat-pin thru her
cerebellum, and shuddered. There is
perhaps no more difficult thing in the
world for a man to do than to tell q
spoiled and pretty woman that ne can
NO longer furnish her with the things
to which she is accustomed and which
are so much a part of her that you can
hardly differentiate her from them.
seriou eyf a mRoment's,' VIII
Polly gave the hat-pir a finishing
twist thru her cerebellum and turned
toward me. You would have fancied
from her expression that l had asked
her to take paregoric or to cut off 8
niger.
HFirst," she said plaintively, "you
request me to economize and then yoU
want me to be serious. That's just
like man to marry a woman who is
neither economical nor serious and the1
to try. to make her both. If extrava
gance and frivolity are such dreadful
things, why didn't you. marry Miss
Hoffman. She's economical and seri
ous-and hideous and uninteresting:
dor't believe your dinner is agreeing
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
Nile.

game. For instance, at the first table
have cold maid' or "hearts,' while
those at the foot table are picking
beans from a dish of BRAN with tooth
picks. Four at another table may sew
buttons on square of cloth, and at
the others you may have 81 bean bags"
lack straws,' "carroms,' and tying
pins on thread. Provide score cards,
progress and change partners. The bell
will ring at the head table. This party
will produce an evening Of hilarious
fun.
4 !. +
An absorbing entertainment for
school or church affairs is an g Evening
with Trees.' Decorate as far as pos
sible with leaves, branches and vines.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

For the rest, there were narrow
shelves leach with an extension on one
edge) which were adjusted to the right
distances apart by means of little metal
plugs fitting securely into the holes.
On the lowest shelf went dinner plates
and on the top the Prettiest of the bread
and butter plates, while in between
were graduated ali sorts and sizes of
plates. And on the very top-the tout
vases. Around the room, level with the
top Of the china closet, ran plate rack,
disposing Of still more Of the plates.
Yet the china closet, altho easing the
real closet of half it's burden Of china,
and putting the prettiest out of the
danger Of daily contact, practically took
up no room, A...- -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

to have carpet breadths cut into at a
ruinously extravagant rate.
After all, it was one Of those very re-
cesses that saved the day. There was
only one in the dining-room, and it was
exactly four inches deep. and just about
Blk feet wide. And there the china
closet-a plate closet, the other half
insisted upon calling twas built.
49,. + i. +
It was mostly doors, for two big
doors made the front, and the rest Of
it was just top and a strip Of wood
nailed at each side of the recess, to
which the doors were attached, and
which, besides, were treated with augur
holes every two inches apart, all the
way down. ,s.. : T..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

an outdoor garden to add novelty to
the affair.
!. J. ].
A combination which makes cup of
delicious tea, is a mixture Of English
Breakfast and Orange Pekoe. This has
an unusually pleasing flavor. To each
cup add a slice Of pineapple which has
been soaked In rum, and small amount
Of Marashino. A small bit Of lemon
added brings out the flavor Of the pine
apple. ..-.
A teaspoonful' Of rum in the ordinary
cup of tea is in great favor, while Rus
sian tea with lemon, is always in gooo
ed and strained lemon juice in a cut
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

To clean combs select a square-point-
ed nail, something like lath nail, and
fit it between the teeth of your comb;
make a snug fit. Take small piece
Of wood the length of the comb, lay
the comb on it, and work along the
center of it the spaces between the
teeth. Drive the nails all the way thru
that strip at each place marked. That
will form an iron-toothed comb to COR
respond with your hair comb. Pass
those iron teeth between the teeth of
the comb and clean it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

evening by being
serious. Why even
If I knew we
should have to
move into a cottage
and keep house
with one maid to-
morrow, I should
not be serious. That
is just what makes
poverty so dread
full. People always
take it seriously.
Instead Of being
merril,y poor they
are sadly poor.'
"There are worse
things, - I re-
marked gravely,
than living In a
cottage with one
maid. -
Polly : looked at.
me incredulously. ':
"There Is such a
thing, " I pursued,
Gas living in a fat
with no maid at
all. -
Polly studied her
imported gloves
meditatively an d
8 h r u gg 9 d her
shoulders.
"That d o Q 8
sound Serious she
agreed, but - -
and she glanced up
with sudden cheer
fulness. IT sup
pose even that
does not seem
like poverty to
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

d1o oil bhOSO III ScINA-
Polly shuddered-
e, and the box, and
and the supper, are
waitingq''
"Because," I
said gravely, going
over to Polly and
taking both her
hands gently in
mine, because I
have just picked
out q little fiat,
Polly--for-us.''
Polly lifted her
eyes to mine and
her lips went
white. I felt her
fingers tighten
about my own.
You 70 u
m a On Q ~ @ h a
breathed.
"That the firm
has failed - and
there is nothing
left!"
"Jack! Dear,
dear JACKIE and
Polly g arms were
about my neck and
her face crushed
TO mine IN spite OF
the French hat,
She was sobbine
softly.
els it 50 hard
little pirl9'
"No, no, no! But
oh, how hard il
must have been fol-
you to tell me
dear, dear boy!
And you took 81
much pains about
it. And, oh, I'm Sc
open before we were
might have stopped
a ~ non A. r
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

be kept. And why, oh why, Jack, are
we talking of fats and all these dread
eul things" and Polly shuddered-
while the carriage, and the box, and
ri sF opd tho ouY,par are
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

with you, Jack Here we are all ready
for the theater with box engaged
and the carriage at the door and supper
ordered and you want to spoil the whole
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
9 Wm
NURSERY

metry, and freedom to develop their
frocks with tight belts.
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"A plan for q modern nursery is to
cover the floor with cork material, the
walls up to height Of three feet, six
inches from floor with burlap painted
jet black in dull finish. This space
would answer as a blackboard for the
little ones, and should be separated
from the upper part Of the wall by a
four-inch wide straight board or chair
rail. This rail, as we'll as the wood
work in this room, may be painted or
enameled in soft olive green tone.
The upper part of the wall could be
tinted or painted good shade of burnt
orange, while frieze may be created
in one foot to one foot six width by
applying inexpensive tho artistic chill
dren's pictures. Then there should be
a low enough oblong table and, if pos.
sible, a bench or settle on each side Of
same to produce homelike or family
feeling among the little ones. A doll
bed, with its sweet appointments, a
chair, a rocker and a small stand for
books would be all that is required for
this room. The window curtains could
be made Of an orange or light blue
color, which may be trimmed with an
inexpensive Battenberg edging and in
serting to be applied on the material,
thus allowing the color to protrude.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

With perseverance any woman,
whether she works at home or in bust
ness, can keep and improve her COM
plexion. At night when work is over
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

Cold in the head in young infants is
often accompanied by so much stiffness
as to cause difficulty in breathing and
to prevent the child getting it's food
properly. The base of the nose should
be bathed with warm water, and then
a camel's hair brush with some vaseline
on it should be gently passed round the
inside Of the nostrils to prevent harden
ing Of the secretions. This should be
repeated frequently and will ease the
child much.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

Don't put up bluff with girl I'M
less you are prepared to have her throw
you over.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

some people. Poverty is only relative
It is K minus the things you want. And
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29
Noble Names for Sale

A remarkable agency was recently es
tablished in western suburb of Berlin
It acts as go-between for impecun
ious widows or others bearing a noble
name and young burghers who are pre-
pared to pay to be adopted, and, o,
course, to receive an aristocratio name
The price paid for such an honor aver
ages $500, and the agent charges {
commission of 10 per cent.
Where title Of baron or count is of
fered, other branches of the family ar,
first sounded as to whether any obiec
ton would be entertained as to the in
PRODUCTION of common blood.
Highest Of all trees in the world is
specimen Of the eucalyptus colossal, il
the Dandenong mountains, near Mel
bourne, Australia. It has "a height o
494 feet, exceeding by 25 feet the high
est of the big trees in California.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

The whole coast Of the Gulf Of Cali
fornia abounds in pearls, and last year
$350,000 worth was harvested in Lower
California alone. .,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-10-29

married; for papa might have stopped
it the marriage, I mean. And
The leader., 1905-03-11

for our cotton and cotton goods.
10 induce the rapid building Of
cotton mills in the South, to de-
velop Southern ports and prepare
for the immense trade that will
spring into existence between this
country and the Asiatic nations of
the far east through the opening
of the Panama canal; to bring
about better and more direct
trade relations between this Sec
tion and the Central and South
American republics; to teach di-
versification in agriculture; to
better perfect the educational sys-
TENS Of the South; to bring about
a better understanding and closer
relationship among the growers
and the Southern business mtn
with whom they have to deal; in
order that by mutual cooperation
a tidal wave of prosperity may
sweep over this Southland from
the farm to the bank. to the MILL.
and to every line Of business and
profession in this country. These
are some of the principles of re-
forms, inauguFated at the great
New Orleans Cotton Convention
and which are to be put into prac-
tical operation and experience,
through the Southern Cotton As
sociation, the greatest movement
ever conceived BY the brain of
man. To say that this work will
fail is reflection upon the intelli-
gence and manhood Of the South.
10 say that it will succeed but
emphasizes the fact that every
man who gives utterance to such a
statement realizes that he is fac
tor in this great movement and
has faith in the ability of the
South to execute as well as to res
olute, and he who doubts, or de-
nies that success can be attain
ed, has no faith in himself and
none in bis country.
HARVlE JORDAN,
President Southern Cotton Asso-
citation.
The leader., 1905-03-11
SehOOI Notes.

Beginning with Montgomery on
the south and extending north to
Bogue Chitto, there is a line of
schools on the eastern limit of
heat 4, that deserves special men,
tion for the work they have done
and the advancement they have
made within the last two terms.
At Montgomery, they have a
commodious, two-room building,
with patent desks, ample black
board room, and other furniture
and apparatus that makes it possi-
Bile for the teachers to do effective
work. One feature in advance
over any other school in the coun-
ty is a handsome teachers home,
recently erected and now being
occupied by Prof. /. e. Russell,
principal of the school. A music
department will be added to the
school at an early date.
Mt. Pleasant has one Of the
.handsomest and best constructed
lural school buildings in the conn-
ty. Miss Benlah Anding, princi-
pal. is an A. b. graduate Of Blue
Mountain Femaie College. She
is assisted by Miss Octavia Gage,
of Brookhaven. The patrons of
the school are interested in its
welfare and seem to Be determined
to advance the school along the
most approved lines.
The next school to be visited
was Norfeld, Miss Susie Powell,
principal, and Miss Eugenia Mill
saps, assistant. Miss Powell is a
college graduate and for several
years has been taking post grad
uate work in the University of
Chicago. In point of discipline
and management of class work,
Norfeld has no superior in the
State among schools of its class.
The supplemental reading, the
English, and Practical Arithmetic
in all grades was the best conduct
ed that has been the privilege of
the county superintendent to ex-
anime in any of the schools that
have been visited up to the pres
ent. And one of the finest fea-
lures about Miss Powell's work is
her willingness to help others.
She will be present at Gum Grove
on the 18th with a strong repre-
sentation from her school.
Bogue Chitto was the next
school visited. Miss Lucie
Vaughn, principal, Misses EAie
Ball, Maize Buie and Jennie Mar
tin, assistants. On account of time
being limited, all of the grades
we're not examined. Miss Martin
is doing some skillful work in the
primary department. Some of
the best work examined in the
school was in Miss Buie s depaTt..
ment, including the third, fourth
and fifth grades. Her language
work, included selections from
supplemental readers, memory
gems from myths and fairy tales,
also selections from LongfeIlow
and other favorite authors. The
examination tablets and maps in
Miss BalI's department are we'll
done. At some future time the
writer hopes to be able to visit.
the school in company with the
The leader., 1905-03-11

trustees and all the other work
will be examined.
In all this section of Lincoln is
to be found an energetic, content
ed people. Should they accom-.
plish as much in the next two
years as they have accomplished
within the last two, they will have
attained to that degree of adj
vaneement along all lines which
will make them superior not only
to that section of Lincoln county
but to any part of the State.
EDGAR GREEN
Supt. Of Education.
The leader., 1905-03-11

Association stands for no particu-
lar class, that it stands for the sol
lid South and all classes in the
South that are Interested in adj
vancing and promoting the future
prosperity Of this Immediate sec
tion of our great union. The
original idea and intention of the
Farmers Alliance was good as far
as it went, but unfortunately it
did not go far enough, was not
sufficiently broad and liberal in its
scope and among its tenets taught
antagonism and prejudice be-
tween the farmers and those with
whom they had to deal. The re-
suit was disaster even before that
great movement became finally
stranded on the barren rocks Of a
political upheaval. The Southern
Cotton Association will avoid the
dangers and pitfalls which wreck
ed and ruined the efforts of the
farmers il the past and which
failed to enlist the active cooper
alton and support Of the business
interests of the country. The in
terest of the farmer, merchant,
banker and Southern spinner are
all joined together and the success
OF failure of one is inter-depend-
ent upon the other. We, there
fole, must rise or fall together
and no single class can expect to
succeed that undertakes to monop-
olize and jeopardize the interests
of others. We stand for the SUI
premacy of the South agricultu-
rally, commercially and financial
ly. To succeed we must all join
hands together to work in com
mon cause for the attainment Of a
common end.
The cardinal principle Of the
association is to safeguard and
protect the value of the great
money crop of the South cotton.
Upon the price of raw cotton paid
to the farmer depends, not only
the prosperity of the growers.
but the prosperity of every legit-
innate business and profession in
the South. BY the price of cot
ton is regulated real estate values,
increased or decreased school fa-
cilities, the improvement or re-
tardment of the public highways,
increased or diminishing manufac-
turing industries and banking
capital. Indeed, the price of cot
ton regulates the pulse Of the
South's industrial advancement
when it sells at a profit to the pro-
ducer, and locks the wheels of
trade and creates financial depres-
sion when sold at prices below the
cost of production. To bring the
whole South together in an earn
est and active effort to assist the
growers in regulating the supply
of raw cotton TO meet the legiti-
mate demands Of the world for,
consumption and TO maintain the
price at a stable figure, profta-
Bile alike to both the producer and
the spinner, is the primary pur-
pose Of the. Southern Cotton Asso-
citation.
BROAD EN- OUR MARKETS.
The Southern Cotton Assoeia-
tion will undertake to solve the
fear Of oVerproduction in future
~, NC hrr I,,.rase. L.. .l-1.L. I.
The leader., 1905-03-11
Cases Disposed Of by the Mayor Dur
ind the Past Week.

City vs.. Sylvester Byrd
Drunk. $5 and costs.
City VS.. S. j. Wiley Petit lar
ceny. $40 and costs.
City vs.. Joe Van Drunk. $50
and costs.
The following cases we're dis
posed of by Mayor Lanier as JUS
tice of the peace:
State vs.. Joe Van Disturbing
the peace. Sentenced to go days
on the farm and costs.
The leader., 1905-03-11


Gov. Valdaman has appointed
w. j. Lamb, Of Corinth, chancel-
lor of It's Fifth District to succeed
the late Fl. L. Muldrow. Mr..
Lamb is a member of the Govern
or's staff and has been prominent
in politics in his section of the
State for years. He formerly
represented Alcorn county in the
legislature.
Mr.. j. I.James, of Fair River,
was a caller yesterday.
Cotton was selling at from 7.25
to 7.50 in Brookhaven yesterday.
The leader., 1905-03-11
EXPLAINS COT
TON MOVEMENT.
PRESIDENT OF SOUTHERN COTTON
ASSOCIATION WRITES AN INTER
ESTIaG ARTICLE.
ALL INTERESTS JOINED.
To Bring South to Assist Growers Of
Raw Staple and Regulate
the Supply.

Atlanta, Ca, March s. As
many people throughout the South
are not thoroughly familiar with
the purposes of the Southern Cot
ton Association President Har-
vie Jordan has written an article
which fully sets forth the scope of
the work which has been under
taken and explains in detail what
is to be accomplished. Mr.. Jor-
dan calls attention to the fact that
the movement is by no means con-
fined exclusively to the farmers
of the South, but states that it is
a movement for the whole South
in which every line of business is
interested. Mr. ,Jordan's article
is in part as follows: