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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-25
IT DAMNED UPON HIM.

"Oh, dear! this fire won't burn at ALL - said
worked and worked to get it to burn, but still it
not Finally became and stirred the sticks
tn they lay this way and that another Then
ed to light it again and to surprise burned SPLEEN
didly Just then of the boys came thru the bushes
and told him about my exploit. Still he did under
stand why 1t would not burn when the sticks laid
tight together Finally the explanation to me.
remembered that papa had told me when he little
boy that he had had the experience and it
cause the air could not get thru the sticks freely enough
B Sixth Grade, Robert Eyerts
Whittier School, 1928 Nicollet Avenue
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A BIRDS PROBLEM. TOO.

Walking one day in summer thru the woods noticed
brood OF young birds being taught to fly by their
mother Evidently the brides were not anxious to leave
their home and it long before who seemed
to be trying harder than the rest reached the lowest
branch Of the tree In his joy at least that what
took to be, he lost his balance and FELL Fortunately
the branch low and the fall was not serious To pick
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, MOTHER KNEW.

One winter morning decided to make iceboat and
surprise the boys and girls Of the neighborhood The
first thing to Of rusty skates and single
skate Then took plank 2x5 and fastened one skate
at each end for the front Of the boat. Then took
plank and put it between the front skates rudder
But the hardest part to get the mast to stay on
the boat because did not have augerand chisel
had to do the work of the auger the sail had to be
made sail like crazy quilt but when expected to
sail over the ice like bird my boat only little
GLOW can you expect it to go when you have dull
skatess" sharpened the skates and then if you had
been in that neighborhood you might have proud
and happy boy sailing his homemade iceboat.
= Sixth Grade, Graf G1orvg,
hawthorne School. 1900 Sixth Street N.
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A MENU IN STOCK.

ready for the table, After dinner imagine my surprise
at being praised for having prepared such fine dinner
Papa SAID he had not eaten much for long time and
mama laughed and said that she almost because
OF that dinner After this going have the same
menu whenever have to cook dinner One thing, let
tell you and that is had think for half an hour az
to what to make. Wasn't that problemY
E1ghth Grade Emmy Esterley
Sheridan School, ... 700 Adams Street NE
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shAPo1ls MINNESOTA SUNDAY MORNING NovEMBER Is 1906

After that when he asked to take me to school, he
never stopped at friends house sent me- on for fear
might De frightened and cling to his coat again
B Sixth Grade, Marietta Morrison
Alaolson acaOol. Hampshire Arms
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For Sunday, December 16:

- sTGETTING THERETO 49,
Stories Of airships, picnics and thunderstorms
barred. ~ ~ 800 = :
The stories must be strictly original in plot and
composition. They may be true or fiction
The papers must be in the hands of the editor Of
The Journal Junior
Not Later Than Saturday Evening, December s.
at o'clock They must be written in ink on one
SIDE only OF the paper, not more than 300 words
II length, nor less than 10O marked with The num-
Der Of words and each paper signed with the grade
school, name and address of the writer The papers
must not be rolled
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must have broke. I've lost the in
sides!" yed it's awful meaning to
me, and for an instant I felt like cry
ing. Then, as the situation this mishap
placed us in dawned upon us, we broke
into laughter. 'That's what you get
for doing things up in a hurry" SYM
pathized Eugene. But as the train
sped onward, We became more serious
and set about discussing ways and
means. Three days Of visiting with
no extra "duds'' offered very dismal
prospects. My "A1ice blue'' skirt
gone, gone, and the book in which I was
so interested. Katrina lapsed into sad,
tragic silence while I extracted a SOL
emn promise from Eugene to keep his
waist clean, at least until our Journey
end. fumbling at the door knob,
sounds of various articles dropping, and
in came the brakeman carrying our
lost "better half and looking slightly
embarrassed. 81 found it in the end
coach vestibule," was all he said. Oh,
the relief, the joy of that moment when
our problem was solved! - III ~
Z ~~. :. =. Anna Dempsey,
2817 Columbus Avenue
Ninth Grade, Central High School.
A MENU IN STOCK. -.
Not long ago I had problem to
solve which, after being solved, proved
very pleasing. Mama had suddenly
been taken i'll and I had to stay home
from school to do few little chores
and to- take care Of her. When I, got
as far as the cooking, I felt complete
~ lost, and the problem was, t,tWhat
shall I cooke" Finally 7 decided to
make pea soup, to be followed by pork
chops and potatoes, and for dessert,
bread pudding, as that was the only
thing I remembered how to make. I
set to work and after a few hours of
hard hrain-era ckinn Tho dinno- 1uoa
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RATHER EMBARRASSING.

Hurry! The train is going.' Trying hard to follow
kat1nas directions and dragging my small, unwilling
the station walk fast could, and we mounted the
car steps just as the train pulling out 'We we re
OH at last! painted lifted Eugene into the cush-
1oned seat and sank down exhausted him. Receiving
no affirmative answer glanced toward Katrina and found
TO horror that staring with expression
on her face at the Of telescope She held on
high and from which dangled long strap Her aed
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A frog among some rushes dwelt,
A bachelor was he; ~ .r. 4sz:.ss.
No frog was ever so polite,
Or such beau could be. e.,
= Puzzle:-Find a rival,
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TIE JOURNAL JUNIOR,
HO VS. "A Nd WHY'S
Continued from Page One..)

of universal interest social political prob
lens pressing for considerations that the choice of SUBJ
ject had persuaded myself would not be difficult With
these thoughts began to consider this all important
ter: My mind roamed from end of politics to the
other What were the political evils anyhow9 What
there in society to condemn? Over what virtue could
grow eloquentg In vain reviewed history. In vain
dwet upon the lives of glorious men, In vain did
search my mind for political social influence for
either good bad that offered subject for an Grafton
There was corruption graft democracy citizen
ship and others Similar but had these subjects already
been grated to deathf Could do justice to the lives Of
Washington, Lincoln, Grant McKinleyg Could
quenty eulogize Gladstone, Bismarck or Napoleong l
doubted it. Never before had my elfcondence so
petey left & .-- - : @-~
The following afternoon my mind Jared no better.
Again reviewed the political and social Institutions
Again searched my mind for evil to denounce or
beneficial influence to praise But again my efforts
IN vain What subject should chooseg This was the
.oblem that confronted the first problem solve if
were to be successful in the writing Of the Grafton
That evening, in talking to friend for the sake of
argument grew eloquent subject to which had
previously given but little consideration Here was an
inspiration, and the solution came like fash after MANY
hours of elaboration and mental anguish 49,
Eleventh Grade, Richard Groettum =
South high School. 2527 Twenty-ffth Az. S.
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EASY AFTER ALL.

(Honorable Mention.)
s'Now, what shall do?' thought as stood GAZING
at it lying in thousand pieces at my feet It was or
rather it had been, few moments before very pretty
glass dish that my mother priced very much. It could
never be replaced by another not only because pat
tern was very odd but because it had been my grand
mothers and been bought many years ago. expected
every minute to hear mamas voice inquiring what was
the matter In the meantime busted myself picking up
the pieces Mama however, had not heard the crash
that made it douby hard because tell her. and how
would do that problem that could not be solved
very easily kept turning it in my mind as fin
ished washing the dishes. As my work was fin
lshed took the fragments into the other room where
mama was did not travel very rapidly. In fact went
very slowly wondering how would tell her. opened the
to anything for she what had happened
She was about to make some exclamation when she
caught sight OF my face All she said was Ina how was
II doneY am very sorry that it happened but never
mnd That was the first and only problem Of that kind
that have had to solve for then have never
been afraid to tell her of accident .-., =-r-@
A Eighth Grade, Ina M Getcheu
bryant ochool. 1916 Blaisdel Avenue.
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CHANGE IN THE YALE LINE.
shifting OF Forbes 10 End Not Entirely
Beneficial 10 Football Team.

New HAVEN. Conn, Oct. 2s.-Has the Yale
eleven made any real progress OF late? is not
a question easy to answer. The thing Of
importance has been the entire change in
the left side Of the line. The benefit attained
thereby is a mooted question. In some way
Yale has undoubtedly bean strengthened
In others just as surely wea kened. BY SHOW
ing Forbes out to the end from tackle the
wing has gained q fast heavy man who can
make good almost anywhere on an eleven.
but his departing from his old place has left
a weakened spot. Paige takes no weight
away from tackle by going into Forbes's
position. He ia strong aud fairly fast, but
has not the football sense Of his Predecessor
and can never be the equal in offence Of
Forbes.
Brides. who has apparently displa ced
Hockenbsrger. ia kes away weight from the
centre. But he adds speed and endurance.
lie ia a willing worker, IL improving rapidly
and bids fair TO attain somewhere near Hook 3
bulb. before the season ENDS, as he Is putting
or flesh.
Another feature last week was the recur-
renca ~ the seemingly inevitable Yale slump
in the IntdseS son. II has been general and
has msre IT l'ss permeGtsd the whole first
squad. Thp c2ndItions. bad as they are,
have net d.sc)ura H"d the coaches, who ha We
looked Tor TINS as a mater o. course; but
normal conditions r turning at the week end,
The SLUMP was rartly due TO the revised
lllNUD, UlI mtTt " NehEiuk away VI NUF
novelty Of the work and a stating ~ because
Of the continued warm weather.
In the baokfeld all seems TO be serene.
While the rushers have not been able 10 make
such large gains as in previous weeks, this
has been largely due 10 the fact that the line
nen have not offered az good assistance, or
Interference as earlier and 10 the fact thai
the scrubs have been putting up 2 better game
through a more familiar knowledge Of signals
and team work. A goodly number OF Ions
gains have been made by trick plays, but
AT the end OF the week Yale was again ham
mering straight football at the candidates
ard gained consistently thereby, Hocken =
bert ger is being tried at centre and may. be
the man for the place, as was forecasted in
the early practice.
Practically all the coaching squad went
either to the West Point-Har yard or the
Princeton Cornell game YESTERDAY; The
first contest was Of especial interest because
Yale was able to get lines on two Of the sea
sons rivals. But much was expected TO be
learned Of the Tigers in the way OF Prince
toms general style Of play.
Henel1nRer, preeminent among Yale guards,
will be here this week. and then the policy
Of choosing the ultimate centre probably will
be made known. His judgment Is accepted
here almost without question, and he is aole
TO teach the game As no other guard can, with
the possible execution Of lass.
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n nj Tuxedo.

TuxEro PARK. n. Y, Oct. 2s,-The annual
autumn lawn tennis tournament in mixed
doubles At the Tuxedo Tennis and Racquet
Club reached the final to-day, Mr.. and Mrs.
c. 3. Lee winning from Miss Isabelle TIlford
and b.. Prentice after a very exciting match.
The conditions except in the anal were best
0 of " games. The summary,
Preliminary Round Miss Emily CoSter and
Clarence Z. Pei defeated Miss BoHland and J,
Macy, o--S: Miss l.. Jones and N. Rae defeated
MISS Parsons and Roger Poor, %: Miss Tllford
and D.. Prentice defeated Miss Deacon and n. p.
Rogers, JIa9-I Mrs. r, Il; keech and ~ Choste
FaTr and s. Mortimer defeated Miss Tweed and
W. Wood, 9-e: Miss sheldon and George Bak er.
Jr, defeated L. J. POoleI and partner by default.
First ROund-Mr. ana Mrs: {. s. Lee defeated
Miss Dixon and l.. p, HUI, ~: Miss Jones and
y. Rae defeated Miss Cosler and Clarence Pell.
FL: Miss Tilfovd AND b. PRENTICE defeated MIS-
George r. Baker, JT., defeated Miss Farr and S.
Mortimer. 0-b.
Semi nnal Round-Hr:. and Mrs. c. 5. Lee de;
feGted Miss Jones and N, Rae, 0-5: Miss Ttlford
F, Baker, Jr, 81.
Miss Tilford and Il. Prentice. %. o-a.
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DERBY FAVORITE BEATEN.
GaIvanI Defeats sieve Gallon in Middle
Park Plate.

The most sensational event Of the English
racing season took place the other day in
the Middle Park Plate OF 81. 500 with a sweep
stake Of $3.50. for two-year -olds. a distance OF
six furlongs. In fact II has been set down
as the greatest two-yeaT old race ever seen
In England A prospective Derby favorite
has been dethroned and a new candidate
set UP in his place. Sieve GALLON was the
idol and he was fAvorite at odds of Z TO l on,
Opposed to the unbeaten black one were
Galvani, owned by Major Loder. and Traquair.
owned by Lord ROsebery and ridden by
Danny Maher. the betting being 10 to / and
Dillon on Gal vanT.
King Edward was present and visited the
Ills Majesty expressed his admiration for
Sieve GALLON, but was greatly struck with
o GSi .y.ry ;a poIn ne 81 sp Majo se Eed.r.s m ans Chestnut sylnE
QUAR- were unsteady. but when the signal
w Ways Sl jUss n sl's ADVANCE ESts,G of Gal Galv n1s % bur S Si%s
they had covered a .fuIlong the black was
three lengths in the lead with Traauair two
dying over The ground. In the dip, or about
half. way. Dillon took q pull at Gaivani and
&SSiss1Nss Gallon and then sttesSdied himself for
sesins tie chestnut on his Eirth Hlgss
his best. He responded noHty and drew
away but Dillon sat down on " mount and
overhauled the ~favorite hard over hand.
finally winning by half a length. No such
excitement ever marked the finish Of a two
year-old race, The time was ! minute II rs
record made by Pretty Polly IN 1908, Galvani
is by Gniievana out OF Layeno and has q fne
at rain In him from both sides. the Stockwell
line predoninAtinR. Slleve Gallon and Gal
vaDi will not meet aRAin until next year.
Derby, az Major LodeF's colt ia not nomi-
that Gslvani will be ~favOrite for the Derby
In the winter books.
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Boston Builders Busy.

Burgess 4 Packard OF Marblehead are
busy turning out six one design boats for
use at Bar Harbor next season. These boats
are similar in type to the Orestes. the cham
pion boat Of class Q. but they are a little
smaller. One OF these has already been fin
ished and will shortly be tried out.
Small Bros. have. made plans OF a, boat
similar N type TO the bingham one deslfn
men and are to be OF the keel type with 400
pounds Of outside ballast. The dimensions
fleet 9 inches extreme beam, 3 feet II inches
extreme draught, least freeboard. 1871 inches
and seil area fs2 SQUARE fest. These are to
r. l.. Dunno. Alfred Douglass. George II,
Street, OeOrge @. Williams, C.. B. Pratt and
otktr Hull y%achtsmen will Join the class.
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The Star 4. e. held a big run over a course
along jackson avenue toward the water
works, making about Ave and a half miles.
The English cross-country season. is now
in full blast and the long list Of club runs
shows whist a great hold the sport has on, the
Briton. At the opening runs the. combined
force OF three or Tour OF any Of the London
clubs would mean . pack OF, 200 runners
AZ the initial spin the Polytechnic Harrisrs
while fine gatherings showed az the head
quarters Of the south London, Blackheath,
RanelaRh, Finahley and other clubs, The
Thames Hare and Hounds Club had their
opening at RoehAmpton. where. they have
met yearly since the inaugural run forty
wears ago. Z. A. Dawson and W. T. Sonnen-
schein Of oxford we're out with the boys and
their most important fixture is a dual contest
with oxford on November IL. Lieut.. II, c.
Hawtrey. the oiympic FIVE mile GhFmpion.
Harriers had among those who put in an
appearance. W. II. Coad, the veteran, ten
mile champion Of 1883. who. despite the flight
Of time. managed 70 move IN good shape
Southern Counties champions, are IN good
shape thus carly. At their
ment run there appeared J. Bints, holder OF
the English mile record OF Z minutes 10 4!
seconds s. Pearce and J., A., Pesrcc. two Of
the best hill and dale cracks in the county.
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Yacht Designed by G. ID. Mower.

Charles d. Mower. who has turned out many
small boats that have been very successful.
has several riders for craft Of all sorts for
next season. The largest Is 4 70 foot wlt,r
line steel schooner for cruising and rncing
has IN oklsd and IL will be watched with interest
lie has an order for 4 Class y boat for racing
JOY. His other orders are a s. foot water line
au Hillary yawl for Lake Michigan. n - foot
water line A. Hillary ketch for a Milwaukee
va chtsman: a SO foot over all shoal drlught
pole m1st schooner for Barnegat Bay a 81 foot
over all cruising boat auxiliary for a pills :
dtlpbta yaoht'mani q 20 foot racing yio and
SIN III boats for one design classes.
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MAHER'S BIG PERCENTAGE.
Heads Jockey List, but Il Only Third Ac-
cOrdlnE to English Rating.

Danny Maher. the American Jockey. has
had a most successful season Of il on { ne En- e
lish turf. and in the flag end Of the fiat racing
season leads the Britlshers In percentage.
Racing critics Of the old world, however. do
not rate the jockeys the same way 90 Aneri-
cans, and on that account MAher Is only In
now rides at 1875 pounds and h. one Of the
heaviest OF the nat racing brigade, Is. Lyn-
ham being, the topnotcher, Wit l29 pounds.
~ Maher scored 7 hrsts out OF n mounts,
while HiRgs was close on his heels with , irsts
work, with 100 1rsts. OJ seconds. GO thirds.
and Il is possible that he will be in the lead
when the season closes. Following Is the
list 10 date on the English rating
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Billiards.

Seven or more Of the leading billiard players
or their representatives IN that class imme-
diately below the professional Class A., which
is made mp OF Schaeftr. Hoppe. Sutton and
Slosson. will meet at the warsrooms Of the
n. 3. &. Co, Fourth avenue and Eighteenth
street, at 1890 O'Clock this morning TO arrange
for 9 tournament TO be held IN this city drrinE
the coming mOuth. For this tournament the
TO be known "a the emblem for the American
chaupionship at rs. ? balkline. and will become
the prODerty Of the player who successfully
defends il for one year either in match or
players eligible for the arst tournament
IRE those who have not won q worlds cham
piopship IN me l4st ten wears. The probable
entries are Thomas Gallagher and Prof.
Edward Mclaughlin Of New YORK. Albert
= Peterson Of 81. Louis, n. p. Cline o. FhilA-
dplphis ard Leonard HowiSan Of Montreal.
not rnter' as lie VIII soon challenge for the
Worlds championship emhlems.
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ENGLISH billiard RECORD.
Inman scores 800 on the Red BaII IN
Match ut London.

NJ. Inman Of Twickenham broke the worlds
record at English billiards with breaks on the
red ball in his match against q. Haverson
the night previous Inman pocketed the white
ball. 40 he had only the red to score on. but
he gave a remarkable display OF hazard
the break to Si5. This left him exactly. 800
or an actual run and II beats the previous
wear in his match against Harris at Man
chester. Seven years ago Dawson held the
record with 30. Inman's previous best on
the red was IS8, four years ago in his match
with Bert ElphiCk.
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run I'm the frst race. at six fprloaEs. with
Beggar Maid. Judge pavsy. Blue Dale and
Royal Breeze having good chances. In the
second race. for piaters. at q mile and . six
teenth. L-indAle. Master Of Craft, Stamping
Ground and Penrhyn look the best. In the
NTH event. for mares and geldings, one mile
and a sixteenth. Druid. Tipping. Rather
Royal and Columbia Girl should 20 well.
The entries follow:
First RAce-Selllng. for two year Olds; six hlr-
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CROSS-COUNTRY RUNNING.
weekly spins OF Mote Haven A. G., Mohawk
A. &. and Z a. &.

The Mott Haven A. C. pack was on hand
early yesterday for the weekly spin and u
course OF six miles was covered, On the
outward journey toward Jerome avenue.
the start being from l3sth street and Third
avenue. the pace was made by +. p. Devlin,
and on the way back Oberhaus and 0efnger
took turns at showing the way. Toward the
finish Devlin spurted and won by a few ysrds.
The order and tin rs Of the FIRST dozen we're as
follows:
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TO DEVELOP COLLEGE, TENNIS.
West Side club Players to Meet Princeton
Other Universities Later.

The West Side l.. 7. e. has made arrange
ments for a dual lawn tennis match against
the Princeton team for nest Tuesday. This
is the first dual meet bot ween the club and
a college team and marks the beginning of
a plan to offer the younger collegiate pla yers
opportunities TO contest with the ranking
tennis men. Frederick r. Alexander, who
ranked fifth last season and II a former inter-
cole gate champion, Is the promulyator Of
the idea. II Ia planned to arrange team con-
tests with Yale, Harvard. Columbia, New
York University. the University OF Penn
sylvania and others.
The plan Of the Princeton team match
Includes four matches in singles and two in
doubles. the best two out Of three sets in
each. 4 new method Of scoring will be tried,
as each sci won, as well IS each match won,
will count one point for the victorious side.
The reason for this change In the usual method
Of scoring only the. point for the winning
match is that il will cuse the young coli
legiate players 10 strive TO win sets in a match
which appeared to be going against them,
While Princeton is the only collegiate team
that will meet the West Side men this year.
all Of the other college or ptains have hearti.
faVOTed the new departure in the sport. -
j. believed by them that IL will bring more
Of the best college pla yers into the champion
ships and tournaments Of the national Assoc
ciatiOn list and be the means OF developing
PLAYERS such as Karl Behr Of Yale showed
himself to be during the season drawing to a
close.
Princeton will put forth her most. expert
wlelders OF the racquet in the matches on
election day. The team will be headed by
Capt. l.. X. RI, tardson. Spencer Gordon, NJ
West Side team Frederick u. Alexander and
Harold n. Hackett. the Frinceton-Yale pair,
will play in the doubles: and also j. y. A.
shaw and o. NJ. BostwiCk. In the singles
will he Or. Augustus WadsWorth. Hugh Tall
liant. the Harvard veteran; Thomas c. Trask,
ex-Yale player, and William. b. Gragin. yr.,
A. W. Brown and Cecil De Mile. The singles
matches will be played during the morning
and the doubles early in the afternoon.
Should these matches prove successful,
H. is probable that some indoor play for the
cOIleRians may he arranged during the winter
in the Seventh Regiment ArnOry, Of which
lawn tennis association, and by the Brook
lvn HeiQ hts Casino, where Hugh Taflant 10
the leading spirit and where an elaborate
programme Of indoor tournaments and
matches Is being arranged to Ill the season
on covered courts.