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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
TRAINED GULLs

What an enormous gull!,'
"A Skua gull, madam said the
eagle.'
The great bird was brown. It flew
beautifully on its broad brown pinions,
AS soon as one of the smaller white
gulls secured tidbit, the Skua, with.
out any, diffic '.lty, overlook it and
seized the prize.
"The people of Foula, in the shet-
land islands, madam, raise and train
Sk T, gulls,,", the boatswain went on.
"They use them as a protection against
eagles. ~
"The lofty red sandstone cliffs of
Foula are haunted by eagles that prey
on the focks. Every day the EAGLES
swoop down and steal a chicken. a
lamb or a young calf They have been
getting so numerous lately that the PEG
pie, knowing the Skua gulls could lick
them,, started a gull hatchery.
The gulls, which do no harm to the
farms, love to fight the eagles, and by
degrees are reducing the number of the
denizens Of the red cliffs.
They have long fight before them,
tho. Not for some years will the
marauding eagles finally disappear.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
DIAMOND CHIPS

If a. g
!. Pear-shaped diamonds are the fash
,lon. The dealer, as he caressed a superb
.pear.shaped solitaire, said: 60.
"A Boer named Van Nierkirk had 9
little son. This boy in 1867 was playing
with homemade marble when a ped
der stopped at the lonely South
African Van Nierkirk farm. The ped
dler looked at the marble, and To-, Il
was a splendid blue diamond.
W.. '.The children Of another Boer nance
Van Wyk a few months later were
amusing themselves with picking of
little stones out of the mud with Which
the house was plastered. The little
stones were diamonds. -
= From the playthings of these chill
dren the De Beers mines grew. The
mines that pay in dividends $iO 900 .O0l
a year on a capitalization Of less than
$20,000,000. .....1- -. ~ ' ~
- have visited the De Beers mine
IFS site IS no bigger than a city square
LIS u annual output would no more thar
MI a trunk. 4 But-a trunk of dia
AAOuOo!
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
THE SKIDOO PROBLEM

Copyright, 1905, G. 9. Kelly, Chicago.
A coin collector had an accu-
mutation Of pennies. He told his
son he would make him present
Of the entire lot if he would putt
them in boxes, the same number in
each box.
There was an odd number of
pennies, 50 that if he put an equal
number in each Of two boxes there
would be- one penny left over; in
like manner he figured on 3, 4, 5,
6, 8, 9, 10, II, IL, -, Il, Is, 16,
IT, 18, 10, 90. 81 and % boxes, but
In every case if he put an equal
number in each box there would be
one (only one) penny left over.
The son gave it up and told his
father he thought It impossible to
perform the feat. -
His father replied: "SKIDO0
!-23 for you.'' 49,
The son then put the entire lot
Of pennies In "a boxes, the same
number in each box. How many
pennies were there? 't@ ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
.BACON's RIVAL

:, Two German clippings appear amono
the items in playwrigktis scrapbook
They are cut from a Vienna paper dated
January, 1889, and the first one, trans.
lated, says: :, .~~ 1885,
1--WE strongly advise our readers to
see the amusing comedy, 'The Merchant
OF CT Venice, now being performed at the
Star theater. The author, we believe
The second clipping says:
: ~ Mr.: Editor-Sir: Will YOU kindly
state, in an early issue of your valu.
able paper, that THE Merchant of Ven.
ice was not written byi' Grillparzer
but by, me-William ShakspereY';
70 this is appended an editorial note
49,: nWe were wrong, it appears, in at.
Gillparzer, and we trust MI. Shaks.
pefe will accept our apology and correc-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
With the Long Bon
.--"RYs naturess walks. shoot fo,y az Il nean
Puzzng Question Of Production
Little Journey to the Political
Are TO Be

Missouri instance the gentmny 35
40 them
mon carrier or the commission the thus
ton Of the kindly fruits the earth provided could get 50 that did
people advertise sell direct You article
miles
than
This
sent 81 Missouri apples big pumpkins
and
wndfa
likely back
in fromS N, city,
"Guarantee
Model postoffce the the
o others a o himself. +.
solution making
individual beginning with baby
we'll until perfect
to
these and take
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
lzNHE MINNEAPOLIS JOUJRNAI.
Curios and Oddities
"a VEGETARIAN BED.

Sc IS What delightful bed you gave
me, said the guest. never. slept
80 well in all my life. Why, 1T was
like e, camping in the woods. s,gs g -,
me vegetarian host smiled.ilp,
the bedao he asked
! !. - should think so,'' said the other,
An odor like pine forests, Fields OF
lavender, flowers and ferns.''
IT was "a vegetarian bedyEon slept
fofn, SAID the host Not bed Of vile
eass of poor dead nag, but a bed Of
dried MOSES and ferns and. hay and
pungent, aromatic herbs.
We 'vegetarians invented this bed a
year ago. and all who try it love it.
1t is quite as comfortable, quite as
sprlngy and elastic, as horsehair bed
and it is much more pleasant and
shealthful. Its sweet, woodland odor in.
duces sleep, like morphine. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
THE RECORD OMELETrE

The chef lighted cigaret.
"a good omelette souffle. was it
hot' ne SAID. Now I will tell you
OF the record omelette of the world.
company was sent. out, at the farmers
request, to annihilate the sparrows WIN
destroyed the crops. We brought back
it is incredible-5,OOO eggs. Think
"Out of those 5000 sparrows' eggs
we made an omelette. It was ID feet
long, ~ feet wide and foot thick.
And light! Lighter, my friend, than a
1T was the record omelette of the
world. and I have a photograph of it
in my strongbox. -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
One on s'I.awyer."

10 the Skidoo Problem Editor: 41t{st u -
:, So that Bank> Of Commerce lawyer: says all
the rest Of the people who have figured on this
skidoo Problem are silly, and that the correct
answer IS &c. Well, if that isn't. just like a
lawyer; he wouldn't use one word when ninety
nine could be used. therefore he wouldn't have
that wretched ySuse three boxes to put 50 pen
MES IN; when he could use %. If lawyer will
use little common sense (proyiding of course
that he has, 1t to use) instead Of his law-be-
fuddled BRAIN. he will possible notice that he
has added one more to the collection Of ''silly''
lunatics who have been trying to solve this
problem. The grain man from Iowa, who wants
a raise In salary, appears to have filled all
the requirements of the problem as read at first
glance without taking account of the "catch''
which probably turks in the background, / but
$53'o4s, ss.A is really quite sum to give a
BOY all In one bunch Ah, we have it now:
John D. made his son the gift, and that is
why the poor boy, ieried in his Sunday school
class. No wonder:''F tt must be a dreadful
aflictionato be so rich-in pennies.
g.. "E"-M. r: c.. Park Rapids Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
THE MONKEY DINNER SET

Madam,' said the physician sadly,
~ is useless to dissemble longer. Your
little son will grow up hopeless
",Oh, WELL" said the, fair young
mother, emo one will ever know.'' =
And she smiled easily. tg>2
o. For she was Van Trillian, and the
time commanding place in the social
life of New York and Newport.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
ODD BOOKM,ARKS:

:. "A Newark librarian has kent rec.
ord Of the odd bookmarks found in re-
turned books. - :, =
The record includes an insurance pol
icy, So bill, a pair of spectacles, love
letters, a will, a mortgage, photographs,
marriage certificate, a. promissory
note, dress samples. and a .hare,s fool
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11

Onions cure insomnia
70 feed an elephant costs $27 a week
Shakspere spelt his name twenty two
different ways
rings, silk sashes are given.
The average death, rate among sol
dlers is lower than among civilians.
The gold coin in actual circulation
all over the world amounts to S65 tons
s The Flemish word for, automobile is
tuig. t
There is no illiteracy in Denmark
Every Dane, that is to say, can read
and write.
The right eye is usually better than
the left. There are Az many right
eyed as right handed people.
The coolest place in the world is
Wershojansk, in Siberia. It's average
temperature the year around is 81 de-
grees below zero.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
GREAT .SKIDOO PROBLEM
CONTEST ENDS THIS WEEK

Z 8, O., TO- II, r. 10, II, Is, 1e, II, IS, 10,
foun dat des har n,lmer ant can do him ven
ben ad to him, but Ay foun dat de lest. numer
time de lite multiple witch ban Is time vid I
! ad to him, I'll bill. al rite, des es 6O52 6O6 561
| penny in al skidoo boxes, or 263 1856 sO7 in
each Won. Az work. hem backward an he ban
700, 542, 81 is really quite a sum to give q
as frate ban aful hi up har. r. 8.
| j. L. Laing, Knox, N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11

tooth, he asked me savagely why I had
allowed it to play with knives.'' -
And my bachelor uncle,'' said-Mrs,
whoa, ''when he heard that my baby
had begun teething, wanted to know
II 1t would begin hairing soon.''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
BEER MUG POETRY

"Did you ever study the poetry on
beer mugs9 It is quaint.'' -
The speaker took down. one from the
superb collection of beer mugs on his
mantel. It was an old and heavy mug
of pewter, and inscribed on it was the
couplet: - ~. "
Since man is dust, it would appear
~ 'Twere wise to water him with beer.
A lidded Dutch mug Of blue Delft
had a German couplet that the col.
lector translated:
Be merry while you can,
There may be no tomorrow; .
No man SO sad who cannot find
In beer balm for sorrow.
Other bacchanalian verses on the beer
mugs were:
Drink fayre, don Il swayre;
God save we governments.
While beer brings gladness, don't for.
get
That water only makes you wet.
Drink beer and forget your sorrow.
II the sorrow comes back, drink more
tomorrow.
If you daily drink your fill
There Ill be no need to make will.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
In Just Two Minutes.

To the Skidoo Problem Editor: r
Trying for couple Of minutes to solve your
problem. I take the liberty to write it down
here. The boy had 253 pennies, II in each box.
- Alexander Person, "
... = Twin Valley Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
BACHELOR IGNORANCE

"Aren't men the limitq' said young
Mrs. Wheel. "When I told my brother
this morning that baby had just cut a
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
JONES. & SMITH,
Cheap Skates.

The spread with rapdity the
awakened
language thru the efforts of those who make slang
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11

Mr.. Grouch-How 8 this7 You said
that hat would be 500 and here get
Mrs. Grouch-Well, you see, dearie,
that extra was for the trimmings. :,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
A Voice from the North.

Mlster Sk1doO PROBLEM Man: - 2 100
al rite, so is better sen me pennys by telegraf
Won guide rithmeticker maself. yAy ben jusine
plainly paper and Az max plainly tigers an Az:
foun Ay ken do him lax dis: Ay foun de little
comon multiple of des har tigers, 2, 5, i, &. 6.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
Poet Gives It Up.

To the Skidoo Problem Editor: 5I' - -.
Skidoo for you, and twenty-three, -
Whatever the solution be- - 49,. ~
I give it up; I've worked In vain; -!
Ny heads too light, can't stand the strain.
I hope, indeed, it won't be said
This fun has turned some fellows head.
And. that the work on these solutions =
Has: helped fill up state institutions.
My sympathies are for the lad;
An endless task he must have had, ~.
If billion answers are. correct -.
That in your columns we inspect.
If he with Adam had stadt -
And worked on steadily and smart, r*
He may get thru by judgment day,
If Gabriel will but delay.
Some think the thing is only fun,
Its answer hidden In pun.
It may be so, I'm down and out .
OF twenty three, skidoo, no doubt.
general denominator
, Some persons have suggested later,
OF numbers two to twenty three y
Must the correct solution be. =,
And in their mind this number will
Plus one, exactly fill the bill. = - F.. d,
The thousand pennies may be new
And sparkle with golden hue.
They will not tempt me; I am proof,
And from skldoo will hold taloof.
I am afraid the mortal poor
Who gets them finds them but a BORE.
And with some sense it may be said,
His pockets, heavier than his head. -
I hear We editor say: "Gee whiz,
A case Of sour grapes is his
IS. Hanson, Fallon, Mont
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11

The Skidoo Problem Editor an
nounces that the contest will be closed
this week and that the correct answer
with the name of the winner of the
prize of 1000. pennies and Of the. win
ners Of the. %. skidoo buttons will be
published in the Sunday journal &, OF
ISec: %. No. answer thatn,is mailed
after! Saturday, Dec. Is, will be CON
sidered in awarding the, prizes. So
there is still a. week for the mathe-
matieal sharps to work on the, puzzle.
Here are a few of the recent efforts:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-11
ODDITIES

If you daily drink your fill
There I'll be no need to make will.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-28
SUNKEN GOLD.
Construction Company May Recover
Treasure From Ocean Bed.

1TcdSuIS IOm SCCdA oCo.
PHILADELPHIA, November 2s.-To re-
cover more than 100000 in gold buried
in a sunken ship in the Pacific ocean Is
the task undertaken by the Richardson and
Ross Paving and Construction Company OF
this city.
BY agreement with the Mexican govern
ment, the firm will attempt to get the gold
from the American ship Golden Gate. which
was wrecked In the ocean opposite Colma.
Mexico, on July q. 1851.
To regain the treasure a dock Is being
built around the wreck and modern ma
chinery costing $4,000 is being shipped to
the Mexican coast. Steam derricks, boil
ers and q twelve-inch sand pump Will De IN
stalled on the dock.
With $50 miners aboard. the vessel left
San Francisco for New York by way of
Cape Horn, on July 2. 1851. With them
the miners had the gold picked from the
diggings-fortunes earned by hard work,
and which assured them a comfortable life
in the east with their families. consid-
cradle part of the gold aboard was being
shipped by the Wells-Fargo Express Com
pany. When opposite Colrna, on July ~,
the vessel took fire and was beached north
of Manzanillo. About 100 persons swan
ashore. The others lost their lives. The
following year a company was organized to
recover the bullion, and one half of 1t was
found. After considerable litigation 1t was
divided with the Wells-Fargo Company.
to get the remaining gold. but the pump
ing was delayed and the season of high
tide came on and the work was given up.
The Mexican government made contract
with the Gordon Construction Company,
of which the Philadelphians are members.
done Mexican soldiers will be on guard
along the shore and on the wharf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-28
L. Jillson of Worcester, Mass. made the
second division. Match play will continue
through today and Thursday.
PIGEONS FLY
FOR TURKEY PRIZES

The annual Thanksgiving race Of the
Washington district was flown last Sunday
from Quantico. Va, and the rare sport of
which it gave promise was fully realized.
Two birds from each of eleven lofts were
liberated by Mr.. c. G. Leary at 10 o'clock
in veritable spring weather. The first re-
turn was to the loft of Mr.. w. ]. Toy at
II O5, winning for him 16-pound turkey;
the second to Mr.. A. Balm, the coming
champion. at II 06, winning 14-pound tur-
key, and Mr.. Donath's duck appetite will be
fully appeased by tender spring duck
ling, the "booby" prize. Messrs. Norwood
and tombstone will be awarded the consola-
ton prizes for failure of their timing ma
chimes to start properly.
The prize winners will be the envy of the
other contestants at lively meeting which
will be held tonight, when not only will
the prizes be distributed but all plans for
the grand banquet which will be rendered to
the National Federation of American HON.
ing Pigeon Fanciers on December II will be
perfected and at which the Washington dis
trict expects to maintain its prestige as the
most enterprising homing pigeon club in
America.
The following Is the average speed per
minute of each loft:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-28
CLUB AND LIQUOR.
Exclusive Maryland Organization
Charged With Law Breaking.

BALTIMORE, November 2S.-The Mary
land Club. Charles and Eager streets, was
presented by the grand jury yesterday on
the charge Of violating the law by furnish
ing intoxicating liquor to its members on
Sunday.
On the back of the presentment Judge
Harlan wrote that the personal recognizance
of any member or officer of the club should
be taken for the appearance Of the club for
trial. In accordance with this order, Mr.
George May, secretary of the club and one
Of the witnesses before the grand jury in
the case entered his recognizance for the
clubs appearance when wanted.
The action of the grand jury came as a
surprise after the refusal of that body No
vember Is to present the Maryland Club on
the same charge. After the dismissal by
the grand jury of the first case sent to that
body against the Maryland Club States
Attorney Owens refused to say whether or
not he would drop his contemplated cru
SADIE against clubs which furnish liquor to
their members on Sunday. The action Of
the grand jury yesterday 10 taken as an in
dication that the states attorney will en-
deavor to carry out what were understood
to be his original intentions. Judge Harlan
was before the grand jury for some time
yesterday. It was surmised that his pur-
pose was to call the attention Of the grand
jury to the Sunday liquor law.
Only two witnesses were summoned be-
fore the grand jury in the case. The other
witness besides Mr.. May was Robert Meyer,
steward Of the club. They were the only
two names on the presentment, which was
drawn in the states attorneys Office. AS
in the previous presentment. which the
grand jury dismissed. the club is charged
with furnishing liquor on Sunday in viola
ton OF section $50 Of the city charter. The
section provides that no licensee for the sale
Of liquor shall sell or furnish intoxicating
liquor on Sunday or other prohibited days
or during certain prohibited hours. Social
clubs which sell liquor are licensed under
the same law as saloon-keepers. States At
torney Owens said some weeks ago that
club under the law Is no more or less than
retail liquor dealer, and possesses no
privilege not possessed by the humblest
saloon-keeper.
At the time the grand jury refused to
its action was largely caused by the fact
not want the powerful influence of club
members to be brought to bear to change
the present liquor law. The present law,
they thought, was a good one but the club
members might have 1t materially changed
for the worse. This sentiment still exists,
it was said yesterday, but the presentment
was found.
The Maryland Club is the foremost social
organization of the state, and includes
among its members representative profess
sional and business men. Its officers are:
President. Mr.. r. Curzon Hoffman; vice
president, Mr.. J. Livingston Minis: secre-
tary, Mr.. George May; treasurer, Mr.. Henry
c. James.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-28
Foot Ball Notes.

The Tulane University team has closed
Its season in New Orleans with a record of
not scoring a point this season. In the
game the Tulane eleven gained 90 tie.
The great Chicago quarterback, Walter
Eckersall. who played his last game Sat-
urday. says he will not coach next fall.
There's time for work and for play. I'm
going to work." he declares. =
Professional foot ball in Ohio is breeding
a scandal. Massillon promoters claim that
a Pittsburg syndicate Of gamblers tried to
bribe the team with an offer Of $4,000 be-
fore Its first game with Canton, which
Massillon won.
Big Thompson. the Cornell guard. is re-
ported to have recovered from a recent in
jury He is counted upon to open holes to-
morrow.
When the rule tinkerers discuss changes
In the presence of Head Coac,i Rockwell of
Yale he always says. with spirit: Let 'em
alone. Give 'em a trial for another year"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-28
Cornell's Last Practice.

ITHACA, November 28.-Cornell held its
last practice before the Pennsylvania game
yesterday before a crowd of several hun
dred undergraduates. One thousand students
will leave for Philadelphia today. The work
yesterday was light. The varsity and
scrub teams kicked the ball around the
field for awhile. and ran down the field
on kick-offs. Later Jameson and Gardiner
ran the teams through signals. The same
speed and dash has marked their work
ever since the Swarthmore game was
in evidence. Valdez and McCutcheon kicked
several goals from placement on the forty
yard line. After Gibson and Earle had been
given an opportunity to run through the
plays McCutcheon and Cornwall we're sub
stituted. and they played with the regulars
during the rest of the practice. Babcock
was at right end, and will be in the game on
Thursday. The lineup for the Pennsyl-
vania game includes Vanorman and Bah
cock ends; Cook and Brinton, tackles;
Thompson and O'Rourke. guards; Newman,
center; Jameson, quarterback; Earle and
Gibson, halfbacks, and Valdez, fullback.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-11-28
CERTAINLY
SURPRISED CENTRAL

For the fourth consecutive time the West
ern High School foot ball team defeated the
Central High School team yesterday after
noon at American League Park by a score
OF 4 to o. The contest was won by a drop
kick by Howard from the twenty-five-yard
line. This leaves the high school champion
ship undecided. as each team has won and
lost one game.
The dopesters were certainly outdone by
the showing Of the red and white team.
Before the contest opened the Central team
was the decided favorite. and 1t was thought
that they would at least run up a score of
fifteen points, as they had decidedly the ad-
vantage in weight in nearly every position,
the three backs outwelghing the Western
backs by about twenty pounds to the man.
The contest was one Of science against
Drawn. as shortly after the whistle blew for
the first kickoff the red and white boys
started springing several trick plays on their
opponents. which they could not solve. The
winners also played fast game, getting on
their feet very fast after each down. Al
though the team did the work much credit
is due Coach Kirby. who with the lightest
team In the high schools has rounded out
an excellent team.
The contest opened by Central kicking to
Radford. On the lineup the Western boys
tried two line plunges with short gains
They then, instead of punting shifted the
entire line and Radford carried the ball up
the field Tor hfteen yards. They were held
on the next two downs and punted. Central
tried two line plunges and then an end run
but were forced to give up the ball. and
Western tried an on-side kick and another
line shift which planted the ball on their
twertyyard nne. Howard. the smallest
player In the high schools, then dropped the
ball over the goal posts from the twenty
five-yard line.
Only once was Central within striking dis
lance OF the goal, and then the Western
boys line was like stone wall and they
were held for downs.
The work of the entire Western team was
very good. Morse did the punting for the
winners and sent the oval up the field for
long gains For the Central team McDon-
aid. Burch and Hamilton did the best work.