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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
ONE OF DICKENS LAST DAYS.

M RS PERUG1NI, Dickens daughter, gives in the
IVA Pail Mall magazine touching description Of one
of the last evenings Of her fathers fe
8. He bade me stay with him for little, he had
much to say He was silent, however, for some min
utes after this resting his head upon his hand and
then he began talking of his affairs, telling me
exactly how he stood in the world and speaking among
other things, Of Edwin Drood and how he hoped that
it might prove successful, please God, live to
finish it. 49,.
IT must have turned to him. startled by his grave
voice, for he put his hand upon my and repeated
i say, If, because you know, my dear child, have
not been strong lately. Again he silent, gazing
wistfully thru the darkened windows, and then in
low voice spoke of his hfe and many things that
ne had scarcely mentioned to before was not
surprised nor did it strange at the time that he
should be speaking thus; but what greatly troubled
me was the manner in which he dwelt upon those
years that were gone by, and never, beyond the one
mention of Edwin Brood looked to the future He
SPOKE as tho his life were over and there nothing
left And so we sat on, he talking, and only inter
ruptng him now and then to give him word of SYM
Patny and love. The early summer dawn was creep
ing into the conservatory before we went upstairs to-
gether and left him at his bedroom door,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
Discouraging q BORROWER
TO URE, I've patience wild the likes Of her,
~ said Mrs. Gallagher, rolling her brawny arms
~ in her apron and tossing her head. stShe

llCU RE, I've patience wild the likes Of her,"
said Mrs Gallagher, rolling her brawny arms
in her apron and tossing her head. She
may be good neighbor, SO she may, but I'd lief
neighbor wild the Chink heather, an that's sayin'
strong words litei Bless ye, butter wouldnt melt
in her mouth no more n in my ice box, but to per-
dition wild her p 'liteness, heaven forgive mel
IT went knockin' to her dure on Thursday morn,
in to get her to lind the loan of kittle to bile
up mess o. bacon and cabbage for me mans din
ner, an when she opened the dure an who it
was, Oh but she was the pleased woman entirely It
was AN is it you, Mrs GallagherF' an Sure the
an set down. an It's grand ye're lookin' this
mornin', ma am
). ".I1l not stay says, thankin' " kindly but
il yell be so accommydatin' to lind me the loan
of your iron kittle I'll be obliged to you ma am,'
says Me own has sprung q leak, bad cess to it.,
just as got the victuals ready to put in it, hate
to be a troubn' you,' says.
can wild that her Guild fiddle face got longer than
ever, but she cracked smile acrost it an she says,
Sure it's proud ia be to lind ye the kittle, but
mebbe it wuddent be big enough to hould what We d
want to put into it. 1t amt much of kittle, she
says, 'tho for the matter Of that, tis good ono,
barrin' tits Wore thin wild the scourin' Of it, me
bein turr BILE peticar account of it bein' long
in the family, she says. me grandmother had that
kitte,' she says, AN she set sight o. store by it
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
FOR THE SUMMER BOARDER

Don't expect too much. Paradise
never takes in summer boarders.
Don It encourage sudden friendships.
Sudden friends make gradual enemies.
Don't attempt to take with you
everything you would have at home.
There is no sense in spending half your
time taking care of things you don It
need. r. -: IS -..
Be a "moral monkey;' don't see,
don It hear and don It talk Of the person
al affairs of others.
Don't have elaborate clothes made
especially for the summer outing-fine
feathers don't necessarily make fine
birds. - ",
Don't refer to the refinement or
luxury of your own home. To do SO is
to condemn yourself at once. =.
Don't feel that because "nobody
knows you' 1t doesn't matter what
you do. That g the very reason you
should be careful.
Don It allow every one who knows
you to expect you to write to them.
Take long walks and let your lungs
expand-don It cramp them by leaning
over your writing table when you
should be in the fresh air.
# you can play or sing or help to
entertain the other guests, do SO un.
grudgingly. He gives twice who gives
quickly"
Be punctual at meals, kindly and
considerate toward those who serve
you. Don't make your vacation their
hardest time. Don't believe that lavish
tips will make up for selfshness Of
rudeness.
In every way try to make your visit
| a pleasant memory both for those will
whom you stay and for oursef.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
WHAT WOMEN DO

Time was when certain vocations
were regarded as being exclusively for
men; but that time has passed.
Women now engage in farming not
as supervisors merely, but as actual
New Jersey girl makes comfortable
livelihood breaking and training horses.
Two California sisters operate a large
ranch with success, not only herding
the sheep and cattle in person, but pro-
tecting them from the attacks Of wild
animals.
In France and Belgium women are
to be seen toiling in the coal mines as
persistently as their husbands, fathers
and brothers; Denmark, Norway and
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
FIR M EI. IZABETH LEE
A Fourteen-Gore Skirt.

Dear Miss Lee-Will you kindly tell
me what shall do to make fourteen
gore dress wider at the tops It is
white. Gan I, without hurting the set
around the hips, let in a strip Of en-
broidery down the fronts Mrs. N.
Minneapolis.
should be rather afraid to insert
a strip down the front, that is, if the
strip were wide one. How would it
answer to open each seam, or every
other seam, from the belt down, until
the fit is comfortable, lay open the
seams, and then cover with bias
strapping Of the goods pointed at the
end, and if the material is linen, q
small white pearl button would be 9
desirable fnisha Graduate the length
Of these straps, as you approach the
back, and give the effect, or impress.
sions Of q hip yoke, as simulated with
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03

the strapping. This is a suggestion, in
case the panel Of embroidery might in
terfere with the. design Of the gown.
You see, I don t want it to look like an
afterthought, and SO give a pathcy
appearance to the gown. If the ma
terial is sheer, and the .strapping there
fore impracticable, then long, narrow
VS. Of lace or embroidery would be
admirable, and, 7 think, be more salts
factory in the end than the wide band
in the front. AS see it, this band
must be put in straight, then this
brings the waist band too large; that
necessitates tucks at the seams over
the hips in order to make smooth at
for the belt, therefore I think opening
the seams will be quite as little trouble
as the other process, and is almost, OF
quite, certain Of success. !.
Elizabeth Lee.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
A STUDY OF THE sTRAP-HANaER.

o. with people borryin'. Not that you ain It free
an welcome to take tn little iron kittle. was
a-thinkin' o. bilin' spinach in it myself she
twill be great loss, tho tits hard to get good
spinach green's this time o. the year. Do ye think
twill be large enough, Mrs. Gallagher, ma'ama'
rs some sizes too small, an don't know how large
it is at that. But things has to be in kapn ma am
it is at that. But things has to be in kapin'
hould all the dacency liver your family had an room
to spare, an good mornin' to ye Thank the Lord
amt p'lte meself, but speak my mind plain -
Chicago News
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
THE SWEET BY AND BY

earths scandal Is printed and the
battered and pied,
When newest muckheap crumbled the Oldest
raker has died. ..r@~
We shall rest, and. faith shall need tile down
two, ....
Till Saint Teddy. the Master Critic shall find
thing to d.
And those that good shall be happy; they shall sit
a cloud and rail- >:'%
At the swing Of the in their at the
the comets tail
Thomas and David and Upton, sarnme and Ida and Ray
They shall censure and kick and cavll and be
tired day.
And only Saint Teddy shall praise and only Saint
... Teddy shall blame: &5T
And shall kick for money,
for fame T.
But just for the Joy Of the kicking; and shall be
perfectly free
To change and creation thinks that ought
to be.
B. L.. T. in Puck.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03

an she wuddent have lint it to Queen Victory, that
was, if she'd askin for it her Bonded knees
an promised to bring 1t back good the
next day; which is asy promised, but amt done
often. T.. g. .r& @ ., 49,,
/" I'm as free as most wimmen is wild their be-
1ongin 8, she says. but twas only last week that
Mrs Mulcahy come around hgre an borried latiron
sight of that hatiron liver SINCE an it's like
will, not to speak Of the chances Of 1t comm back
roosty scratched. Sure the life is bothered out
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
Where Feminine Fancy Lights

Finland boast Of feminine sailors who
are skilled in the ways of the sea.
Kentucky has a blacksmith and horse
shoer-one Of the best in the state
who, despite numerous offers Of mar
riage, still prefers to have "Miss'
written before her name. u .s
And all these women, it is affirmed,
do the masculine work that falls to
their hands as well as could any man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03

50 fascinating in their loose brevity,
are the cause Of all the trouble. For
every waist buttons in the back and
every sleeve flows loose at the elbow.
Deprived Of the front Of her waist
wherein to stick her handkerchief and
bereft Of cuff to keep it safe in a
sleeve, what is the summer girl to do9
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
ONE KIND OF LOVE-

ttWHEN marriages are unhappy said Mark Twain
at dinner, lit is usually because the hus-
oand ism Y tender and observant about trifes
''The husband Is too much like the Young man
who sat singing with great expression:
love theeI I love
With love cannot
100. With love that cannot die
- His wife just then in and said:
" James, l want scuttle of COAL .
"'Oh go to the dickens said he.o
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
QUICK CALL FOR JACK.

r HEY had been married but two months, and they
still loved each other devotedly He was in the
back yard backing his boots.
"Jack' she called at the top of her voice, "Jack,
here, quick!" -
He knew at that she was in danger He
grasped stick and up two flights of stairs to the
rescue. He entered the breathlessly and found
her looking out Of the window .s--.
''Look!'' she said. t'That's the kind Of bonnet
want you to buy me. New York World.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
STILL LEADING.

ENRICH CONRIED, in his office In the Metropoli-
- tan Opera House, said of musicians quarrel:
How strange it is that music, which is harmony,
should cause dscord Music often causes discord.
Once, in my native state, Sesia, 1t nearly caused
duel.
"Two Silesians seated in a music hail. began to
argue about the music of Wagner. The argument, as
it progressed grew heated The upshot that the
younger challenged the older silesian to duel.
'3But the older Sesian declined to fight.
"'No no. he said. Il refuse to meet you. The
risks are not equal You, you see, bachelor,
whereas a married man with three children. ri
tell you what to do. Go get married. and wait till
you've family as large as mine. Then, when our
risks alike, come and challenge me again
t'The younger complied He married Three
years passed. and day, three years later, he went
accompanied by nursemaid, to his opponent g house.
home In this coach are my three children. Now for
duel
f'But the older man shook his head.
Not yet awhile he said. Il have five now"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
Veal outlets, 10 cents a pound.
Caulifower, s, 10 and Is cents each.
Peas, IS cents a peck.
Turnips, three punches for 5 cents.
Sugar, II cents pound or $5.O5 a
hundred.
Currants, $1.75 crate.

tas 4s
Currant Barbecue, which has been
SO popular served with the cheese
course Of a dinner or luncheon, can be
prepared at home at much less expense
than it can be purchased. Harper s
Bazaar gives recipe which, if followed
carefully, will give as excellent an ar
ticle as that sold in the stores Get
the largest sized currants, red or white,
and stem them without breaking. To
each pound allow three pounds of sugar.
Take some ordinary currants and
bruise them while warm until you have
a pint Of juice. Put half cup Of this
into porcelain preserving kettle and
add three pounds of sugar. Bring slow
" to boil and skim very carefully.
After boiling five minutes drop in care
fully .one pound of the large currants
and simmer four minutes. Take them
out without breaking them and boil the
syrup down five minutes or longer, if it
is not very thick; as the currants are
sometimes less juicy than at others,
few more minutes will be needed at
one time than another. When thick,
skim we'll and strain thru a hot cloth
over the fruit. Put it into little jelly
glasses and when cold cover with par
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03

Half a lemon dipped in salt will be
found quite as serviceable as oxalic
acid in cleaning articles Of copper and
brass.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
A LONG WAIT.

ST HEsE here old lady actresses said the Paint
Rock sage, els each continually maxim their
farewell appearance Their farewell disappearance is
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
GETTING BACK.
Bathing Suit.
For Minnesota Waters.

A GREAT wind blew from the sea- the waves white
~ orests flashed in the sun, the glitterng beach
girls in pale toilets walked alone.
And the mothers discussed the hotel piazza the
lamentable lack of young
''Gtrls nowadays have charm, - spinster
planned. "When I young, much sought
after.'
offeredP''
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
SUCH RAILROADING!

&C UGH railroading' said President Baer, of the
- Reading line, apropos of reckless running, SIRE
minds of an Irish brakeman
ssThis brakeman, who employed railway
In the neighborhood of Cook, annoyed one morn
ing to find the train stopping in desolate place miles
away from any station.
'He ran to the cab and shouted to the engineer
Hi, ye omadhoun, what ye stoppn here
furq'
ttThe engineer retorted angriy:
"Dont We the signal IS agin us, ye gossoonq'
'Musha, said the brakeman, how mighty pars
ticular ye re gettin'.' -
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
THE COUNTRY LIFE.

DALE and emaciated, he approached the rich old
l farmer humbly.
'fKin We gimme job diggin' potatoes, Mr. Close
fta' he asked 'tI'd work cheap for We, sr.''
''The fellers starvin'; plumb starvn,'' Oloseft
muttered to himself Then he said aloud:
81 spose could take We at cent an hour,
fnend but first Of all we must satisfy me ye ain It
vegetarian
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03

The king Of Englands gold and silver plate is
valued at $1o,ooo,o00. ..'1
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-19

IS CAUGHT
cLARKssuRe pUskY BELLE FIN
ED FOR TAKING GOODS ON
THE SLY.

CLARKSBuRG, Dec. 10. = Lizzie
Gordon, colored, was flned Monday
night by Justice, James M. David for
shopltfting. The amount of the fine
besides the costs was ten dollars, ana
she was given Into the custody Of al
officer in order to arrange for the pay
ment of the fine rather than go to jail
The lifting was committed at the
store OF the Parsons:souders Company
Saturday night, while the clerks were
all busy with customers of the store
The Gordon woman was there with
several other coIored women and was
seen by lady clerk TO lift fur from
the counter and place 1t Under her
wrap.
Mr.. souders was notified, but she
denied taking the fur. He insisted
that she had 1t and told her she would
have to 80 buck to the office and sub
NIT to being searched. On the way to
the Office he preceded her and Just be-
fore they entered the Office she was
seen by a lady clerk in that end OF
the store to throw the fur under some
articles at the Office door.
The search failed to reveal the fur
in her possession, but inquiry among
the clerks led to the finding of the
fur, where she had thrown it just be-
fore she entered the Office.
Mr.. souders then caused her arrest
and trial with the result Of her being
,AnedNas stated.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-19
'PARKERSBURG P. 0. ON WAR FOOTING
Slew Husband
In a Trance
THAT IS EXCUSE NOW PUT UP
FOR CATHERINE
NELL.

NEW YORK. Dec. 19.-Physlcians
believe that If pretty Catherine Neill
the actress bride, slew her husband
by jabbing him IN the eye with ha
pin, as charged by the police, she did
1t in trance.
Joseph Neill. the hlant blacksmith
and athlete, died from hat pin thrust
that penetrated his brain. The murder
was comitted last Saturday in a no
tel room in Greenwich, Conn,
Mrs. Neill is under examination by
Bellevue physicians, who assert that
II she killed her husband the young
actress is a modern Jekyl.Hyde and
was in an abnormal condition Of mind
Mrs. Netll may have planned the
murder, the physicians say, While un'
der the influence of drugs believing
herself to be another person. Mrs.
Neill is a morphine flend. the doctors
believe. vi
Mrs. Neiil is awaiting extradition to
Greenwich. She asserts her limo,
cence.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-19
Bonaparte Was
Never in Europe
CABINET OFFICER WITH NOBLE
sLoop IN HIS VEINS NEVER
ACROSS THE OCEAN,
washington Herald,)

Now that the Hon. Charles ]. Bona
pafte will soon be brought into the
full glare of publicity by reason of his
early assumption to the Office Of At
torney General. every detail Of his
life and record is being eagerly
sought by representatives in Washing
ton of the big lawyers who represent
the huge special interests which 1t is
assumed he will sooner or later at.
tack. One interesting fact Connected
with his life is that he has never been
to Europe. He could, If he were so
disposed, go TO the Old World and re
ceive the treatment there of a prince
of the blood, or something very akin
to It, His elder brother left Balti.
more soon after the last Napoleon was
seated upon the throne of France, and,
although he was introduced at court
as Colonel Patterson" the family
name of his American grandmother,
his standing in society and official life
at the French capital was that of n
member of the royal family. Why
the future Attorney General of the
United States has never visited Eu.
rope, If for no other purpose than
merely to witness the physical evil
dences of the world.conQuering career
of his immortal kinsman, is not
known. He was born with an ample
fortune, has had leisure all his life,
is fond of travel and study, and is an
llnguist, speaking French
as tluently as he does English. But
for reasons of his own he has pre-
ferred the life of an American gentle
man to that of European noDleman,
and seems content never to indulge
the pleasure. OF the average rich Amer
lean who goes to Europe, which is to
see with his own eyes the spoils
brought to Paris by the great Ma
poleon, and the monuments erected in
that capital to celebrate his victories
in war
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-19
ELKINS
SAYS SCARCITY OF MONEY AND
BUSINESS CONGESTION MAKE
OUTLOOK BAD.

"This country" said Senator Elkins
Of West Virginia, to New York Her
aid reporter, as threatened with a Sc
rioUs business congestion, due IN large
part to the lack of railroad cars for
the transportation of its products. The
scarcity of time, money and the scar
city and high price of labor are other
things working toward such situa'
ton, and, while | would not care to
predict trouble, I confess regard the
outlook with something like appre-
hension. If legislation would supply
cars should be glad to pass all the
laws needed, but cannot see how Con
gress can do anything to enable the
railroads which have not the money to
buy cars when the car builders already
are two years behind their orders"
Senator Elkins thus epitomized a
situation to which many public mon
are giving anxious attention. The last
two relief. measures which Secretary
Shaw has taken for the benefit of the
money market we're due largely to 4
similar appreciation of the country s
condition.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-19

Look away, Look away, Look away,
To Yankeedom
Oh! he is for the Union;
Hurra, Hurra;
To Mexico he once did go,
And again his bravery he does show;
Hurra, Hurra;
He's with us for the Union.
He called with Company A one day
And we did wish that he could stay;
Look away, Look away, Look away,
To Yankeedom
He and our Captain did unfold
Some stories that they learned of old;
Look away, Look away, Look away,
To Yankeelom.
Oh! he is for the Union,
Hurra, Hurra;
He has been tried, that's not denied
And to the Union he is tied;
Hurra, Hurra;
He's with us for the Union.
From 'mong the regular army boys
Did come Lieutenant Colonel Hoy;
Look away, Look away, Look away,
To Washington
He is a man and not toy,
And we his presence will enjoy;
Look away, Look away, Look away,
To washington
Oh! he is for the Union,
Hurra. Hurra;
He's stout and brave and does intend
The Union cause to help defend,
Hurra, Hurra;
He's backing up the Union.
And now, brave boys, to you to YOU
My warning voice / raise anew:
To washington
Look away, Look away, Look away,
And there behold q. floating high
That flag for which good men will die;
Look away; Look away, Look away,
To Washington
Oh! we are for the Union,
Hurra, Hurra;
While Wilkinson with his one hand
Will march us down to Dixte's land,
Hurra, Hurra;
And we'll there make Q Union.
Old Henry Wise and General Lee
May do their best to beat us back,
Look away, Look away, Look away,
To Dtxie's land
But II our eyes those rebels see;
They'll hear our MIME Muskets crack
Look away, Look away, Look away,
To Dtxies land
Oh! we are for the Union,
Hurra, Hurra
No Secesh hands shall break oar bands
For we are under Rosecrans;
Hurra, Hurra;
And well preserve the Union.
Our friends may mourn, our blood MAJ
flow,
But no cowardice will show;
Look away, Look away, Look away,
For better days
II dust again returns to dust
Remember that our cause Is just;
Look away, Look away, Look away,
For better days
Oh! we ara for the Union,
Hurra, Hurra;
So, now, kind friends, dry up you
tears,
And for the Union give three cheers
Hurra, Hurra;
And well die for this Union.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-12-19

1t is expected that this week Judge
Moss will hand down decision in the
u H, Fischer homestead embez2ling
case. 1t is confidently predicted by
those who heard the arguments for
the appeal and are familiar with the
record, that Judge Moss will grant the
appeal, set the verdict aside and order
new trial. Whatever this prediction
is worth 1t can be taken for, for
Judge Moss will thoroughly sift the
subject matter to the bottom and II
Fischer is entitled to a new hearing
hs will get it; II not he won't. 1t
would prove a nice Christmas or New
Years present for the old man Fisch.
{er, for then he could be liberated
from Jail. pending a new trial. He
Is not well at all, and the confinement