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Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15
SEVEN HURT AT PITTSBURG.
About Fifty Escaped from Death Under
Big Tank

Big Tank.
P1TTSBURG, Pa, June "a TO-
600 gallon water tank crashed down
through the three story brick building
at 531-545 Liberty avenue yesterday
afternoon. causing the rear wall to fall
out and injuring seven persons so that
they had to be taken to hospitals. There
are about fifty employed in the building
and the majority We're enabled to es-
cane.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-06-15
MORE SLAIN BY
REDS IN POLAND.
Hardly Day Passes Without ASsassina,
ton of One or More Of
fiCialS

WARSAW, June 1.-THE terroristS
Of Poland continue to wage relent-
less war against the state, municipal and
police officials Hardly day elapses
without an assassination.
Last night the mayor of Siedlce. the
chief of the governors office and the see
rotary of the police board were walking
III the streets of Siedlce when Il band
of terrorists armed with revolvers at
tackled them. The first two officials were
mortally wounded and the third was
seriously injured.
At Bialystok yesterday the chief of
police was shot dead.
War Veterans Isolated
ODESSA, June 11-Smce the com
mencement of the repatriation of the
troops which took part in the war with
Japan $4,000 men. including Russian
prisoners from Japan, have been landed
here and dlStribu throughout the in
terror of the country.
The most stringent precautions were
observed during the whole period in order
to prevent the slightest intercourse be
tween the returning troops and the
toWnspeople III consequence of fears of
mutlnous demonstrations, as it was un-
denlable that the troops coming home
were largely disaffected
Officers Worse Than Men
The spirit of disaffection was even
more noticeable among the officers than
in the men. The former frankly ex-
pressed the opinion that if Parliament
can hold its own until the spring it will
be able to count on the army TO support
its demands.
Agrarian Question Puzzle
ST. PETERSBURG, June 1.-THE
debate on the agrarian question in the
lower house of Parliament promises to
continue throughout the week but will
hardly be nearer solution. Whatever
fighting occurs will come upon the cleo
ton of the commission, which will con-
sist of lightweight members. While the
commission will be supposed to follow
the general direction of the views ex-
pressed during the debate, its size will
make it easy to reopen q discussion of
all the disputed points. Therefore there
is little prospect that the bill will be
ready for submission before July /, at
about which time it is the governments
intention to declare Parliament adj
journed until September for the summer
vacation.
The members of the House dare not
return to their constituents after a fruit
less session of two months and undoubt-
edly will resist any attempt to adjourn.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
The Romance of Unmarried Women
BY POLLY PENN.

Why does nobody write long pane
gyrics to the unmarried woman9 Often
she is a spinister for the noblest rea
son in the world-because she had to
give up her own happiness for the sake
Of Others. -. a.. .. -. $50
Don It you know among your acquain-
: tances numbers Of single women fill
ing invaluable places in the home of
their relatives, who simply couldn It
get on without them? "
There, is the patient, self-sacrifcing
daughter who gives up her own life
to care for an invalid mother. Rich
ard lie Gallienne had a charming story
about her in one Of the magazines. It
told the little joys of remuneration, the
compensations that come into lonely
woman s life. $500. ..- 10y
. There are many such women, and each
of their lives is little romance. On
the fingers of my hand I count five
without a ysecond's hesitation.
g. One is a dear, oldfashioned daugh-
ter, grown gray in the service of, a
feeble, white-haired old mother Years
ago her lover died. True to his mem
DRY, she has never left the side Of the
invalid mother, to whom she is now
hands and feet and eyes. --
Another is old and white herself
Once she, too, had lover But she
could not marry. There was an in
valid. sister and mother to be care.
for. The lover was impatient. She
bade him go, sadly, but surely, for,
with her, duty was first. Now she is
finishing out her days, lonely, old and
alone.
The other day there was wedding.
"A noble, fne-looking woman, well
along in years, with gray sprinkled
thickly in her hair, was married to the
middle-aged man who had waited for
her from girlhood. All her youth has
been given to the service of her aged
parents, the last one Of whom passed
away recently. Not until they had no
need of her care would she take up
her own happiness. And in this case
the man who is one out Of hundred
waited.
= The fourth romance ended in death,
not. wedding. This time it was the
orphan children of her brother for
whom a woman put marriage definite
" aside. She brought them up, work
ing day and night to do se-then lay
down and died a little whole ago.
The fifth spinister I have in. mind |
see daily. She drives with her mother,
reads to her and is the one interest
the old lady. has in life. Somewhere
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
SUFFERED FOR HIS COUNTRY IN 81

When Sherman Hoar was running for congress, his
opponent Mr.. Fox Of Cambridge and Mr. Hoar
called his own campaign 'the Fox chase" says the
Boston Herald. The older leaders and local men, Of
course gave Mr.. Hoar points what to speak about
and what local characters subjects he might have
to run up against or to argue about In Watertown,
he was told there was old gentleman veteran Of
the civil war, who dated everything that ever hap
Pened from the war. Nothing important, he thought
had ever happened since.
This old soldier attended every public meeting,
whether republican democratic, seating himself con.
splcuousy in the front row. where he could both see
and hear better. MI. Hoar told that this old
gentleman was sure to be present hear speak
and that he probably would, was his CUSTOM ask
him some questions about the and whether or not
ne mad done anything toward saving his country
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
What the Market Affords

slowly to the boiling point, let simmer
two and one-half hours, pack in jars,
add the syrup to fill the jars to over.
flowing, and adjust the covers. =, :.y
For cantaloup pickle, cut the fruit
into slices, remove the seeds and soft
part, and peel very thin. Boil in lightly
salted water ten minutes, remove and
cool. To seven pounds Of. fruit allow
one quart of vinegar, three pounds of
sugar, three pieces stick connamon
four inches long and one ounce each
allspice and cloves. Boil sugar, vim
egar and spices together ten minutes,
add the sliced melony and cook five min
utes. Take out the fruit with skim
mer and pack in jars. Cook the syrup
ten minutes longer and pour over fruit
IN jars. Preserved ginger is consid-
cred an Improvement by many.
TO pickle the purple cabbage, select
firm, hard vegetables, and after remov-
ing the coarse outer leaves, cut into
quarters and shred. Sprinkle well with
salt and set away. for a: couple Of days.
Drain off the said liquid that will have
formed; heat some vinegar, we'll sea-
soned with mace, cloves, pepper corns
and just enough sugar to take the edge
off the vinegar, and pour over the cab
.bage in stone Jars. Cover lightly until
cold, then fasten close.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
THE TELEPHONE CLUB.


The tall girl quoted line from Mrs.
Browning. " = ~" " e.
"Do YOU see any Improvement in my
.voice7' she asked - - r.! -"
-Four Of the girls shook their heads,
but the top floor girl said: =.
- Yes, I believe I do. It .doesn' It
sound quite SO squeaky as it used too
The tall girl nodded amiably. "Thank
you,' she said. "Don't be afraid to
speak right out. - ou- cant hurt my
feelings by referring to my past short
comings.: know it used to squeak un-s
mercifully,=Th hat is why joined the
te1ephones*cfub. There is nothing like
the telephone treatment for rubbing the
sharp edges off ones voice and making
it sweet and liquid.'
"What on earth do you mean by the
telephone sclub and telephone, treat
ment9" asked the top-foor girls; : !. ~.
"Just what. I say. I belong. to a
clubs whose members cultivate their
voices by talking over the phone for
half an hour every day. think. that
treatment much more effective than
regular lessons in elocution and sing
ing. L know several girls who. have
already taken a regular course in tele-
phonic conversation with most graft
flying results. ! When they began their
voices were high pitched, nasal and
uneven, and now their tones are so soft.
and sweet that it fairly melts your
I heart to, hear them talk. .st,g !.
|: !: My chief troubles in the first
stages of my voicesculture experiment
was to get 5somebodN to talk. to-. In
the beginning called up father and
some of the men friends Of the family,
but they soon got tired Of this, because
I never had anything worth while to
say,sand father advised me to- hire
somebody to listen to me-: He said he
would rather stand the extra expense
than to listen himself. But ;I didn t
like that idea, and anyway, II didn t
know whom to hire, so 7 suggested to
several other girls who had 1squeaky
voices like mine and who were pining.
for improvement that we form a tele-
phone club and talk to each other.
The proposition struck them favorably.
and for the last month we have been
telephoning at. least thirty minutes a
day
When The tall girl started home, the
four girls who had hesitated to express
an opinion on the condition of her voice
and the top-foor girl went with her,
according to the New York Press.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28

in the background there is a romance
there, too. But it is so far past that
the gray-haired girl-she is still girl
at heart-has almost forgotten it her
self. .
Then there are those legions of lonely
women without home ties, for whom
fate has shattered roma nee. Often they
are the best and most unselfsh work
ers. They find large scope for their
sympathies. The poor and suffering
are their brothers and sisters. They
learn to. live nobly, forgetting pain
and loneliness and even poverty in
their devotion to others.
For such women as these, life, altho
it .forbids wifehood and motherhood,
is far, far from narrow and self-cen-
tered.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
TILE TRUE HOSTESS

She must make you feel individually
that you are the favored guest.
~ She must make you feel perfectly at
home.
, She must see everything, and yet
possess the art to see nothing.
She must never look bored.
She must know how to get congen-
ial people together:
She must know how to keep CONVEX
sation always going.
She must never let anyone be slight
ed or overlooked.
She must know when to ask the anna
teur musician to display his or her tai
ents. 49,.
She must be prefectly unselfsh about
her own talents.
She must remember that nothing il
so tiresome, so surely death to all en-
joyment, as the feeling that one is be-
ing entertained.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
FROM ELIZABETH LEE
a Made Over Rroadcloth.

Dear Miss Lee: I AN 16 years old,
weigh 100 pounds, i've feet in height;
my complexion is not dark or light I
have dark blue brDaac1oth suit to
make over for winter; the skirt was a
sevengo one, SO can y make four
or two-pieced skirt, which is real
stylish How would you make it9 Also
I hear they are wearing ribbons from
one and onehalf to two inches around
the cufs of short sleeves, with big bows
al the elbow Do girls Of Is years wear
thems And does any one wear them9
How do they fasten them on the cuffsa
DO they Pull the ribbon perfectly Tight
& Would bright red dress Of dimity
be all right to VICAR to dancing party ?
+ have ONE with two deep tucks in full
skirt and fine tucka, yoke depth, IN
'FRONT.' and back, rather low meek, square,
with black imse1 fipm I'm neck and short
1aevus with black Aes and insertion
IN fhen. Hgw would Ii look to put red
1iababom to- fastHn them up, with bows
at aEb@w9 FL P.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28

CARELESS of whether Mr. Hoar was old enough to know
Mr. Hoar, sure enough, was interrupted in the mid
die of his speech by the veteran, who said: *>~ "
-. "What want to know is, What were you doing
during the warf Did you fight for your country, or
didn you7 That 8 what want you to tell and
the rest of the folks here What you don along
in 81 and 62, an up to !Appomattoxa'' 1884,. ...
"'Well,' said Mr. Hoar, with kindly smile ana
boyish twinkle in his eyes, 81 guess suffering
about much you were, for along in 81 and 62
I teething.' 49,.
And the veteran the shouts of laughter went
up, unable to say single word that could be
heard, tho he kept talking for time.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28

and that soreness is going to increase
rapidly if the :short-sleeve craze con-
tinues. .. -.
"It would be all right if the women
barred their arms merely on very warm
days, but they go out in spanking
breezes, 60 sailing, 60 out in rain
storms, 60 on long trolley rides and on
automobiles trips, with their sleeves
up above their elbows And it's 60
ing to mean fine harvest Of Old Rheu.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28

ing your skirt except by trimming it..
This you might do with black braid, if
you wish. Run braid down. each seam
from the belt to just above the hem,
then take it half way across the width,
ending there in a motif. If you think
I can help you with the coat; or waist,
as the case may be, I hope you will
write again. In>regard to the ribbons,
it is pretty fashion to bring the short
sleeves into the elbow in band cuffs
of the material, and then cover the
band with twisted ribbon ending in
a bow at the outer edge Of the arm.
The ribbon is caught down invisibly
and is never less than three inches wide,
the bows short and resembling butter
flies. Girls Of your age have the sleeves
thus finished.
Your red dimity frock will be quite
correct and very pretty for the dance,
but instead of the red ribbons, should
use black velvet ribbon in the same
way. In this case, however, the velvet
may be narrower, say one and one quar-
ter ainch, with quite long loops. Wider
ribbon velvet will be too heavy-look-
ing. Elizabeth Lee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
BARE ARMS AND RHEUMATISM

. The front seat Of the trolley was
filled with, bare-armed maidens, who
were reveling in the cool breeze A
physician who sat behind them shook
his head disapprovingly.
81 know it seems lovely. now,' he
said, sbut it:means rheumatism in the
fall. I IN very much mistaken if there
isn't an epidemic of rheumatism in
Che arms by the last of September. Al
ready, I've had young women consult
me- about such. soreness in my arms,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
WHEN THE BOY, KING. SLEPT.

A noted tailor praising the tact Of G. B. Win
ter, the London tailor, who, tho: he came over ito
America to remodel the armys uniforms still managed
to keep the native tailors pleased =.
"Winter is fine designer" said the tailor "and
against him. could have done his work here if there
had been cutlery, and at the same time have fat
tered the nation till it purreda -:
"'Wnter is tactful and cool. He offends one,
and it is impossible to offend him. He reminds me
Of the tutor of King Alfonso of Spain. ::s- =
"When Alfonso was or years DID, he would
often fall asleep in the midst of his tutors lectures
and readings. The tutor would then say in a low
voice: ..E.~ T.. .: a., =:
" Your highness is induging in little private
meditation. l will suspend my remarks for the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28

II y T.
X a change. Bert Bell of Miller, S. D., has in
- vented burglar alarm which is said to turn
the trick. 1t not only gives the ALARM but prevents
the door against which is placed from being opened
The machine weighs about four pounds and may be
carried in the pocket or small valise. Editor STRAIT
ton of the Miller Sun is talking of connecting
phonograph with the alarm that when it goes off
It yells 90 murder! 'poce' 'fre!" bangs a gong,
holds the door, releases the dog in the front yard and
starts the kitchen fire. = ~. y - 49,.
If burglar with any tendency to heart failure
or nervous breakdown starts one of these machines,
he is than likely to be in need of quick medi-
cal attention.
Probably makes cheerful chirp over
the newly married than pastor at the Unique.
Yet in five minutes he has laid aside the character
and assists with profound sadness at the last ser.
vices for the dead. '"Life struck sharp DEATH
says Mrs. Browning, "makes awful ightning,'' and
the suddenness of these strokes may be the
that many, both married and dead, forget that the
pastor must pay his grocery bill or fall into disrepute
in the community. >>~ =. '~-- 49,. .. -:
In other words people marry and die and imme:
diatey forget the pastor Of course he does not feel
like setting the collector their trails, he puts
it down to profit and loss-proft from the peace of
conscience that comes from having served the COM
munity loss from drawing nothing therefor
1t is sad commentary on the shallowness of our
civilization. s*: 49,. L
We feel very kindly toward the pastor because
he does not get mad every time anybody says things
about him in print. When he ''did'' Europe with
hand tied behind him, slapped the sultan of Tur
OoSny
to get an interview with the pope to show him how
to his church, it all written up in this cor
Was the pastor annoyeda Not in: the least.
He bought two extra copies of the paper.
When he lit into the First Baptist organ like forty
stomach aches and batted the keyboard to a mass
of splinters Bach ''Tiddly in clef''
we wrote it up aecordin'. Did the pastor come In
and offer to thrash us9 No. He pleased.
IF you have to turn out twelve inches Of
Joyous fooshness per day, double measure you will
understand this affection 5
49,
The bard Of Rich Hill, NO.. objects to the song
'*Lift Your Eyes to Mine, - and asks
Would you II should kick your
Would you II should knock?
Would SHOULD
One upon blooming block?
Would you II 1 should murder
You for singing stuff like that?
Would 1t pain just little?
. Tell me, brother, would you care? 49,
OF course he wouldn't care. Hit him ANYHOW
and find out his sentiments later. -
+ M-$
= Our tariff platform:
''The tariff ought to be revised but
durn the that dares touch it,
~
Mary's little lamb fell into an excavation for a
cellar and rescued by Mary with the utmost
difficulty Mary was at that time taking lessons in
modelling in clay and she made ba-a-a relief Of the
incident. "A. j. R.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
WASTED ENERGY.

,"John, she said, ''what type of canal would be
the best to build at Panama9' -
Delighted, John laid down his paper. This was
sounded with such terms as CLOCK levels,'' Glide
speeds, abutments,' - angle irons' and 'geodetie
surveys" - '&'
At the. end he smiled at her.
.ttDo you agree with me9' he asked. =.
"Yes,' she answered, absently. "But I was
thinking
* Thinking whatq'' -
Ct was just thinking, John, that I'd have my old
black mohair made over for the fall and get baby
one Of those white rabbitskin coats,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
IN A. o. 1000

Give me spoon of cleo, ma,
And the sodium alkali,
For I'm going to make pie, mainal
I'm going to make pie.
For John will be hungry and tired, ma,
: And his tissues Will decompose;
So give me gram of phosphate,
And the carbon and cellulose.
Now give me chunk of casein, ma,
!, To shorten the thermic fat,
And give me the oxygen bottle, ma,
And look at the thermostat
And If the electric oven is cold,
Just turn it on half an ohm.
For I want to have the supper ready
AS soon as John comes home
Cleveland Leads&
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when I did say anything my voice sounded funny
that 7 didn It dare to try to talk.

when I did say anything my voice sounded SO funny
that didn It dare to try to talk.
IT wanted to go to sleep-I, who have insomnia
and never willingly went to bed before O'Clock in
the morning in my life. I felt tho I were slipping
away from everything and everybody. 1t was good
enough feeling, until it changed to horrible feeling
that someone had asked me question Some had
It was he. Should say yes noR
81 ddn It know the answer, at last said, Par
don me; but you weren't talking to me, you9'
"Then he arose and said 1T was immaterial, if
was. I beg Of you not to I will say good
night.
tsIt seems that he had asked to 60 out in his
new automobile the next day, and, well, never
him again. He told Aune Sadie that he thought she
had peculiar ideas of what charming and vivacious
means .. 5.'..-
II got good and rested during that visit, but
didn It get anything else Perhaps do talk too much
but at least the most conspicuous failure made
in regard to when didn It talk enough. il"
Tom laughed. ''Talk all you want to Margery-
to me,'' he said II like it, but believe I'm little
glad that night in your life you didn't talk
man with million and an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
bad combination to try to beat'' :,
Margery seemed to be smiling, but he could not
down into her lap.-Chicago News. 49,. =.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28

They separated at. the: corner, and ff-
teen minutes later every one Of them
could have been found in nearby tel
epbone booth shouting "Hello' to an
astonished friend at the other end Of
the wire, ..~E
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
$34.9O-Californi go.

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From August 29th. to October 31ct
the Rock Island Lines will sell colonist
tickets to Los. Angeles, San Diego: and
San Francisco for $34. 80. For .Califor-
MIA literature and full information, call
or address A. L. Steece, 322 Nicollet
avenue, Minneapolis, MINI. ~, g. =
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Curios and Oddities
REMARKABLE RENTALS.
otis Passing Strange!"

church paid lily annually, and that convent paid
two doves. A real estate man said
owe have some remarkable rentals, but England
beats here, for she is the older country and she
delights in maintaining the quaint customs of the
past. Re ~ >5.-a.- g..
''The splendid of sFarnham Royal is held
by the service of putting the glove the kings
right hand and by supporting the that holds the
sccpter on coronation day. There is other pay
ment.
'tThe rental of the manor of Ayesbury is three
GELS in winter and three green geese in summer be-
sides a litter Of straw for the kings bedchamber
thrice year if he that way so often.
''The manor Of Addington's rental is pair Of
gilt spurs, pair of tongs, SNOWFALL midsummer
day and at Christmas.
''1he rental Of the manor of Coperland is the
holding of the kings head, if needful, often as
he crosses the between Dover and Whitsand.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-28
FROM BELOW, NOT FROM ABOVE.


F. h. Rawson, Chicago millionaire, has sent his
faithful women servants off on six months tour of
the world. IT.. - -. .:.~'.. :: L.. .-:..s
Of domestic service Mr.. Rawson said recently:
81 think that young make a mistake to
regard domestic service degrading 1t is never de-
grading, and it is often, exceedingly we'll paid and
pleasant work They who repudiate this work solely
on account of its name foolish They let imagi-
nation rule them overmuch. They are like certain
poor man who lay sick of dangerous fever.
'One afternoon, when the fever was at it's height
and the patient in very bad way indeed, he turned
his sad eyes his wife and said in low tone: =
my love, think my time has come at last; /
tai ear--'::-. .-.v. ...-..
rhat's a German band in the street, George
the woman interrupted. '. ,-.~
So it u.s. said the patient fretfuly. Tell them
to move on -