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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
A String O,
Good Stories
~ cannot tell how the truth may be;
~ say the tale as twas told to me-"
: ON FAMOUS LINKS

AT the famous St. Andrews links, y
said Andrew Carnegie, "the Sabbath
is respected. Indeed, all over Scotland
the Sabbath is respected in remark
able way. go. u ~-e.zs
s.sGolfng one day in the autumn on
the St. Andrews links, I said to my
caddie:
Angus. man, the leaves are falling
The green is turning red and brown,
Winter will soon be upon us. And do
you get much caddying to do in the
winter, August =. e
"Angus frowned gloomily. !.
Ma, ma said he, blowing his
nose. There g nae muckle caddYin
in winter. & If it 8 no. shaw it s frost;
Their frost nor shaw It'll rain; an Il
it's fine it Is sure to be the Sawbath. : !
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GOOD CLOTHES FOR 1NvALIDs.

1t may seem an odd prescription
that of stgood clothes but since it
has been known to work wonders in
certain instances, its value will proba-
bly, become better appreciated in the
near. future.
Stt One Of the things that helped my
recovery, said a woman recently, who
has Just regained her health after a Sc
vele illness, was a pretty bed Jacket,
which my sister brought me one day in
lieu Of iellies and Sfruit. It was be-
coming, and I enjoyed it. The doctor,
when he first saw me in it, said looked
90 per cent better than the day be-
fore; man like, lie ddn It appreciate
the reason, and my spirits, and. con-
sequently, my condition became better
in proportion.
Too often invalids are wrapped in
any old thing that is handy. remem-
Der laughing once when friend in ro-
bust health showed me a dainty lace
trimmed sick gown; for me, she ex-
claimed, If I ever need it. The no.
ton struck me as.absurd, when she was
snever I'D. bit after my experience with
that bed JACKET, gI appreciate better
tho value Of attractive environment un-
der depressing circumsta nces.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
THE BABY's DEFEAT

Miss Dorothea :Klumpke, the famous
woman astronomer, was talking, on her
her last visit to San Francisco, about
quarrel between two great mathe-
maticians. ..s.e953,IS,S :. : -
$780," she concluded, the one came
out on top first, but the other came out
on top afterward. TWAS. like a young
couple know Of and their baby,
The baby gets the better of his
parents in the. night On. toward 4
clock in the morning, it is a com
mon thing for his mother to say de-
spondentlY: :.=.t5M <
".'! cant get baby to take this
medicine at all. .xy,s .. .'
ttAnd the weary father will answer:
:"'I suppose he s afraid it IS some.
thing to make him sleep. --s,.- .-. ~
There is where baby comes out on
top. But when baby sebirthday arrives
3andsY ask his mother what she gave
him for a present, shetis as apt as not
to answer: 4 2
~. = 4 took SIS out Of the little dar
ling IS bank and bought: him this .beaut
iful parlor table, - - ~ ,5$5.l
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pfttan nv the Bride,-A bride

other night. A bevy Of her girl com
panions was in attendance at the we'd
ding. When they went forward to give
and receive the accustomed kiss the
bride bit every girl severely on the
cheek. AS result there are number
Of indignant young ladies in Bucyrus
None Of the young men who attended
the wedding were bitten and they are
indignant because they were not. Query
must our young brides be muzzled9
zmA
Making Wonderful Run-The Mil
Ter, S. D., Sun tells of the embarrassing
experience of young candidate. He
put up one night at house where
strangers as guests are greeted with the
kiss of peace. After being pecked by
thirteen children he was somewhat sur
prised when the mother threw her arms
around him and gave him the smack thai
all strangers who entered her door wer'
entitled to according to the, tenets of he
faith At this stage Of the proceeding
the candidate looked towards the doc
where his eye met the old man coming
in rapidly to give the stranger the kis
of welcome. The young man supposed
that the head Of the house was about tt
make trouble because the wife hat
kissed him, and he broke and ran acros
the prairie at a pace that made the s.
topping a slight rise of ground about a
of dust like an auto car. His political !
run in the country
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
Stories of Bird Life
Panic-Stricken Birds.
Charlotte Observer.

/, Night before last this city had one
of the strangest visitations in all its
history-thousands of wild geese, ducks,
cartridges and the ordinary song birds
Of the woods, down to the sparrow and
even smaller. They came all in a jum-
Bile, frightened creatures, and settled
on the roofs Of the tall buildings. ny
All night the police at headquarters
could hear the geese honking, the ducks
quacking and quails piping. By early
morning the great mass, futtering and
screaming, flew away. On Market
square were left hundreds Of the small
or birds dead, either from the exhaus-
inc ing bounded peU eds and beaten against the
electric lights. It is supposed that some
sudden storm drove them from the
woods and swamps and that they found
the tall blocks Of buildings the first
perch or refuge.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
GERMS IN EGGS
Agricultural Department Views Hen
Fruit with Alarm. 49,.

Agricultural Department Views Hen
- Fruit with Alarm.
Journal Special Service. -.
New York, Oct. 2O.-New Workers
can no longer eat a fresh egg under the
delusion that it is a pure article of
food. It is liable to contain bad germs,
according to the scientific exports of
the department. Of agriculture Of Wash
ington.
Secretary Wilson has sent out word
that even the freshest eggs may under
certain conditions, cause illness by
communicating some parasite. 49,
It is possible,'' he says, "for an
eg to become infected with micro-or-
ganisms, either before it is laid or
after. The shell is porous and offers no
greater resistance to micro -organismsm
which cause disease than it does to
those which cause the egg to spoil''
The typhoid fever germ, the eggs OF
worms. as well as grains and seeds, are
found in eggs, having made their way
there while the white and the shell
were being added to the yolk in the
egg gland of the fowl.
Pasteurizing the hens and subjectine
them to X-rays are possible steps to
ward the germless egg.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
THE BRASS KNOCKER

An editor looked up from his dog
cared copy Of Lorna Doone," R. D.
Blackmore s masterpiece.
"I've read this book about eight
times,' he said. "What first attracted
me to it was remark of the Arch
bishop. Of Canterbury 8. LII # al {. II
"In England, some years ago, I saw
the archbishop distribute some prize
books to, school boys. One Of the books
it out, the archbishop said Ass5s
{" went to school with the3writer Of
this book. AS he was a little younger,
when he misbehaved I used to knock
him on the head with a brass ham
nlier.' - x: --.sr~ 90 @i:.1 IL
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&
With the Long Bo,D
Nipped Pits Romance Of North
Dakota aeraldine's Journey or Lost Love-
--"Eye natures walks, shoot folly az i Mes"

Ross Stuart of attend
in
worn diplomats great state occasions -
the back end OF his shop
his work During the night some wandering
fromth pegs
leg and likely the masked ball in kits
O'Clock with the just peeng
to 7yeard
that early
ndsposed and nimated heWas
Considerable difficulty locating the disease
up and perhaps win feel BETTER
just like a lady9' 80
s.Just
like it' s
wel,Iw will send it up'
Laughter and ahe Of and
songs downstairs Somebody struck chord on the piano. It
was huving to be conversation
breakfast in bed postponed for
correspondent
Rockefeller While Mr. Rockefeller
following emam
straight Here the
Oresusf famed for r. S}%
Thy glory's sun in cloudy darkness set; q
patient Job, who calmly sorrows met, L q
No longer Craze herds the
thou, o Caesar old and ever ken
4 untimey hit the sand;
Of lordly MEN, :. ="
E'en hou
But thou,O marvel of %>.@sr a4%
Art ever eapin where thou dd not " . .
In Of Tom and TeddYs big stick band &@@
Thoust artw a saint ~
Ands a and jure =
Art business at-the old stand ~
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
DAFT BUT CANNY;

Frederic Irland, stenographer Of the
house of representatives at the conven.
ton at Atlantic City Of the National
Association Of Stenographers, said
apropos of rash course:
TT can It approve of this action be-
cause I am, a foe to rashness. In hand
ling. the affairs Of a great body Of men
I am almost as prudent and careful as
the weak minded Scot of PEBBLES.
tt'This Scot, silly look on his face
was. skating: near the famous iron
bridge of PEBBLES on a winter day.
e. 1 Some young ladies wished to skate
under the bridge, but they did not
know whether the ice was safe or not
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

old chief to whom his arguments were
chiefly addressed had time to reply, a
honeyeater, whose netted cage hung to
rafter overhead, responded ina clear
emphatic way, Titol' (false1 :
The j. circumstance naturally caused
much merriment among his Audience
and quite upset the gravity, Of the
We 5al,ah odd e 29 "Friend,, said
very good, but my mokai is a very
wise bird, and he is not yet con.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20


So, thus, you see, below
I trace g. head, If
not a handsome face.
The 1 and 2 I show to
you, they form the
head and hair. j
The figure 8 then forms
the nose. the 6 sets
out the ear.
The 4 and 5 I did con-
trive to make as one
fit in,
And curled them round
in such a way as
forms the mouth and
chin: |
Then Z and 8 the collar
make, and 8 and 10
the chest.
So thus the man, SO far
complete, until =. ]
make the rest.
The Strand.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
Remarkable Kentucky Bird.
Henderson Journal.

Henderson Journal.
Samuel Bumpus, who resides near
Lafayette, KY, about one mile from
the state line, lost his barn and con-
tents by fire.
While Mr.. Bumpus' barn was burn
ing bird flew thru the fire and lit in
his hand and was not burned in the
least. The bird is dove colored, with
a white breast and white wings, meas
ures three feet six inches from tip to
tip and has bill like a hawk. No one
knows what kind Of a bird it is and
that the Lord sent the bird as a signal
that the world is coming to an end.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

So approaching the Scot, the youngest
and prettiest Of them said:
. Sanders, would you mind just
as to test the iceq'
"The half-witted Sanders took off
his cap, and with bow and a smile,
he replied:
Ma, ma! If am daft I ken man
ners. Leddies first. y, ~-<- 49,.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
Nests that Weigh Five Tons.

Is. st. Louis GIobe-Democrat.
The largest BIRDS nests are to be
found in Australia. The Australian
Jungle fowl build for nests great
mounds fifteen feet in height and 125
or $50 feet in circumference. Grass,
leaves and other vegetable matter are
used in the construction of the nests,
which easily weigh a ton.
The enes h bfHSh nt tpshGys W york.
even larger. One Of these nests, on
being removed, filed seven carts, and
its total weight was five tons.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
New Zealand Mocking Bird.
London Graphic,

# London Graphic. f.-.-
The Poe honeyeater is one Of the
commonest and at the same time hand
soonest of the New Zealand birds. The
neck is ornamented with frill Of
curly feathers Of greenish color with
white centers, and the throat is
adorned with tuft Of white feathers,
which has gained for it the popular
name of sSparson bird an appelation
appropriate not. only because Of this
decoration but because of the resem-
blance Of it's peculiar attitudes when
singing to the gesticulations INDUCED in
BY exuberant lecturers when wishing to
drive home their points. The bird is
an excellent mimic, and can be taught
to repeat short sentences with tex-
traordinary clearness and also to
whistle short songs quite as well as a
parrot. l.3S
The late. Sir Walter Butler tells the
amusing story that he was once ad-
dressing large meeting Of natives on a
matter Of considerable political import
ance and had been urging his views with
all the earnestness that the subject de-
manded when, mmediately on the CON
clusion Of the speech and before the
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
Five Acres of Cucumbers
Bring $940.

Mr.. S. L. Kostoryz, who lives five miles
south Of Corpus Christi, planted five acres of
cucumberss in March this. year: About the first
OF May this gave him a crop of 1887 bushels,
from which he realized $o4o
you would like to have Mr. Kostorz confirm this state.
ment, write him at Corpus Christi He can tell you many
richness of the SOIL the excellent supply water for rga
ton, and the mild climate where tender vegetables can be
raised almost month in the year Two and sometimes
three, crops year raised
Twenty there will make much as Fifty acres in
many other Places Even inexperienced farmers have
difficulty in making $500 an acre.
Wouldn't you like to have small farm in Gulf Coast
Country where does not depend weather
with rreg ular rainfall? =
NoO the land cheap and you get it easy
twenty acres will cost about $500 The cost of clearing
about S. The of for irrigation VARIES
You want artesan well Of your own; you may get
water from some ver you may get from your negbor
But the cost not great and those who have tried it have
netted from the first crop which has paid all expenses
and left good surplus.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

A Diller a Dealer, he 81
|. Wash It a Fsquealer.'' - Z
'Foot-Schulze Gums,'' his trade said,
"Are boon'' :
Twas nine in the morning. He was
Not advice. searching, %=.r
And ID ordered ten cases by noon. -.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
Winter Tourist Rates.

The Big Four Route announces allow
Tourist rate from Chicago to Florida
and Cuba and many other Southern
points. Fastest time to Jacksonville;
1l:30 pm. train arrives early second
morning. Inquire of Geo. W. Alexander,
Pass. Agent, New York Central Lines,
office -257 Nicollet Ave, Minneapolis
or I. P. Spinning, Gen. Northern Agent
238 Clark St., Chicago. III.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
Four Through Tourist cars to California
The Ghicapn Great Western Railma 3

The Chicago Great Western Railway
offers choice Of four through tourist
sleeping cars to California every week
via different routes. one car goes via
Kansas City and Santa Fe route; one
via Kansas City and Rock Island-El
Paso route; one via Omaha and Rock
aIsland-Scenic route and one via St. 10.
2 eph and Santa .Fe. No other line Of
fers such choice of routes; For full
eral agent, corner Nicollet avenue and
Fifth street. MINNEAPOLIS. -.
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trail
in the country. J.
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ELECTRICIANS COMING TO ST. PAUL.
Indianapolis, Oct. 20-The closing session OF
the Western Association Of Electrical Insnect-
ors decided thru its executive committee to meet
next year at st. Paul. The delegates returned
home today, - -..s..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20

Aguadiente, a kind Of rum made Of sugar
cane, is coming into such great demand in
Mexico that much cane formerly used for sugar
Is now converted into alcohol entirely.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-10-20
A "Flgure"- Head,

A head Of figures, so it's said, must surely
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-09-27
The Land of the
Southern Cross

Paper Read Before the ChautauQua Circle.
TIME aboriginal inhabitants Of
Australia are perhaps the low
est specimens of the human
family, not so much on account
of their innate wickedness, but because
of the total absence of any one redeem
ing trait that might lead to develop
ment. They are lazy and of poor
physique; they have an appetite like a
boa constructor, and are willing to sat-
isfy it with any refuse that can be
obtained without exertion. They will
sit for days gorging themselves with
the entrails of sheep, that has died
of some disease, hardly taking the
trouble to warm it. They have a
low grade of mentality and have abso-
lutely no conception of morality.
Their religion consists largely of a
belief in a malignant being that they
call "The Bunyip" to whom they
attribute qualities somewhat akin to
the earlier Christian devil; but the
Bunyip. instead of going around like
a roaring lion seeking whom he may
devour, p0unces on them silently in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-09-27

years ago well-to-do farmers let their
$4,000 self.raking McCormick's go to
the junk pile, replacing them with
self-binders. Do the same with your
spelling and snapyour fingers at critics
who have "joshed" you about your
"breaks." Some of the words at first
do look bit queer, but let the public
print use for three months phonetic
spelling and aItho, catalog, rime, sui
fur, will look just right, as also
anesthetic, apothem, controller, encyclo-
pedia, maneuver, and tecnic and will
lose entirely their first appearance of
strangeness.
In adopting this new and up-to-date
method of spelling, you will possibly
get some idea of how your grandfather
felt when he took his first ride on the
railroad: still, he never wanted the i'll
ventor, Stephenson, of "Rocket Fame"
-strangled. No, he blessed to his dying
day the beneficence of the iron horse.
Well, what are we to do about it? BE
as logical in determining your stand
in this matter as you would be in
choosing your preference for a presi-
Dental candidate.
AS l have said, very small percent
age of scholars spell correct, then why
may we not take action that makes
every man master of orthography
Philologists in plenty approve the
twentieth century proposition. The
lethargy of a third of century ago is
dIspelled. The question is now in the
hands of the people. | am aware Of
the antipathy of the educated classes
toward all decided innovations to old
and stereotypedsways of doing things
literary. These people prophesy
great disaster, and impending dangers
if our spelling be tampered with. But
tho L have read several arguments
against the movement, none of them
changes my attitude in the least. One
cannot lose sight of the great Difficult
| ~ ICAOI uOio LII Will CuCOuH
ter when they seek to spell fonetically
such simple words as when, where, etc
For these words really should be hwen
hwere, etc.
No other modern writer has done
more to record the history of our Ian
guage than has Dr. Murray, editor Of
the Oxford dictionary, the Webster OF
England; and he frankly casts his in
fuepce with us in the matter. 1t took
ali "Uncle Toms Cabin" to free the
negro slave, "A Black Beauty" tt
free the horse, an Upton Sinclair ani
his novel, "The Jungle" to reveal the
horrors of Packingtown, but this In
nOvation frees four hundred miIlior
English speaking people from thral
dom more merciless, more treacherous
Antiquated spelling Eust go. The
fOlly-nay the crime of its continuance
cannot, will not, ,be long permitted, fol
of all things most brutal, is to perpet
uate folly or crime. BEN HILARY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-09-27

Continued on page four.)
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-03-14
Editing a Newspaper

An Indian Territory editor has
this to say of his work:
Editing a newspaper is = pleas
ant business-if you can stand it..
"If it contains many ADVERTISE
mentS, subscriber complains that
they take up too much space. II
there is lack of advertising, it is
unpopular and the people won't
have it.
eff we attend church regularly,
they say We 20 for effect. If we
stay away from church, they say
We are monstrously heathenish.
IF we 90 to the opera mouse,
they say We go on free tickets. II
We are seen upon the streets too
often, they say We neglect our
business. II We avoid going on
the street, they say we don't hustle
around after the news.
"If we publish man who has
brought disgrace upon his family,
the friends of the family never
forgive US. If we, out of goodness
Of heart, decline to say anything
on the subject, the mans enemies
are disappointed, AID we are
branded as white livered cow
arda.p
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-03-14
With the Photographers

Baltimore American: In speak
ing of their troubles, the railroad
can truly cay that these things
came to pass.
Washington Post: How easy the
solution Of thece public question:
would al be il the Senate was COM
posed of magazine writer's instead
OF lawyers and statesmen.
Brooklyn Eagle; The palace of
the Escurial in Spain, has 5000
rooms. With a houGe like that to
sweep and dust, is it any wonder
that Alfonso wants a wifeT
Washington Star: That adags,
"Compttitlon is the life Of trade"
has become very dusty and
potheaten In the last few years.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-03-14
Negro Sold with Salaon

When the saloon of Frank N.
Castleman at Berryville, was sold
to w. A. Hartford & Company a
few days ago, an old negro man,
Dan Robinson, was included in :he
inventory Of the whiskeys and
wires and regularly sold with the
saloon and its contents. The bill
Of sale stipulated that the old
negro was to be sold along with
the saloon aud lie contents. Robin
son has been attached to Castle
mems salcon for quarter Of a
century. Such a transaction has
not been made in Virginia since
the Gays of slavery.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-03-14
An Aalle Marshal,

The whimsical Suvaroff, one OF
the Empress GATHERINGS favorites,
on receiving the marshals baton or
dered a "Te Deum" and command
ed a number of chairs to be placed
in the center of the church, one for
each officer his senior. He appear
ed in the sacred edifce arrayed in
his pajamas or something less than
their equivalent and proceeded to
vault over these files of chairs, tax
ing each in its due succession. 1t
was not until the conclusion of this
performance that he donned the
new uniform and desired the horror
stricken clergy to proceed with the
office.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-03-14
AeauIrinn Knowladns.

''Papa, what is an old saw-not
the saw you saw with, but the kind
this paper speaks abOut'"
"What old saw does the paper
speak about"
That's what | want to know. 1t
says, Everybody has heard the old
saw, Never look gift horse in the
mouth. | want to know where
the saw comes in"
"Well, there's your old saw. An
old saw is an old proyerb."
"Why shouldn't you look a gift
horse in the mouth z"
"Because-because it's in bad
taste. It's ungrateful and all that
sort of thing"
"All what sort Of thing"
"Why, to look a horse in the
mouth that has been given to you
shows that-it shows that you are
not thinking Of the giver, but of the
value Of the gift"
"What would anybody want to
look horse in the mouth for?"
ITO tell how old it is"
(After a pause. Papa, can you
tell how old saw is by looking at
its teeth%
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1906-03-14
Condolences

The late Lord Acton for many
years kept a record Of condolences.
A very strange one occurred in his
own experience. A rumor spread
that his wife had drowned herself.
She had done nothing of the kind,
but it was quite true that a Baroness
Acton had drowned herself at Te-
gernsee, where Lord and Lady Ac-
ton were staying, and had drowned
herself under their window.
The strangest of all condolences
noted by Lord Acton concerned Sir
Edmund Berry Godfrey, who was
at the bottom of what is
now Primrose hill, but was then
known as Greenberry hill, in Lon
don. Three men were hanged for
the murder. Their names respec-
lively were Green, Berry and Hill.