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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-13

Dress Goods Department
(Second Floor, Street).
More Beautiful New
Cotton Dress Materials.
TrT\ ONDAY shall show, with already
Il Hi y splendid assortment of the beautiful Spring Coons
LII several additional both foreign and domestic,
arrived-in exclusive designs that be dupi
Gated superb line of chamgly fresh crisp sheer Cotton and
Silk and Cotton Fabrics suitable for festivities and for daily
winter
They include in part:
Printed French Organdie Lisse,
Printed Net, Printed Efleure,
Printed Cotton Muslin,
Printed Dotted Silk Organdie,
Printed Mousseline de Sole,
Plain Coors i'm Silk and Cotton Eolienne,
Silk and Cotton Merveilleux Banzai Silk,
Silk and Cotton Mousseline,
Embroidered Swiss Wolfe,
Printed Nainsook Checks, Printed Batiste, etc.
Also complete lime of
David s john Andersor1's Ginghans.
secnd floor,
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-06-08
Jul l os
SPARKS ,sss e ssps1insasld ASS
Barroom Libraries

"Ohio liquor interests will not go to
the courts to contest the Jones and
Akin laws, but will begin a campaign
of education against the temperance
movement. We presume that, here
after, library of saloon literature will
be found in the rear of every barroom.
Marietta Leader.
If the Leaders prophecy Is fulfilled,
we will probably find in these saloon
libraries: "Dick Dead-Eye," "The
Bandit King" "The Prince of Safe
Blowers" "a Penitentiary Bird" Jim,
the Plug-Ugly,' GA Dead Shot," "The
Queen of the Dive" and other similar
classic literature to help cultivate the
mind of the boy whom they hope to at
tract into these modern libraries. Such
volumes would go we'll with the nursing
bottle filled with whisky recently ped
died to boys on the streets of Cincin-
natl by a saloonkeeper of that city
What a charitable institution the bar
room is becoming-free libraries and
nurseries for the boys of our homes
The American Issue.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-06-08
THE ILLINOIS ISSUE
The Country Press

1t occurred to us this week, as we
ran over our thirty or forty exchanges,
to note the moral tone in them. These
papers are of all sizes and grades, from
almost every variety of town, and are
edited by practical men who are pretty
we'll acquainted with the world, the
flesh and the devil, and in not one of
them did we find defense of immor-
atty In not one of them was there
trace of vulgarity, and none taught or
justified dishonesty. Neither could be
found a sheer at purity, at religion, at
the best things of life. In many of
them are excellent bits of advice, little
homely sermons on temperance in all
things, frugality Whenever there was
mention of the public schools it was in
terms of praise. To be sure, here and
there was fun poked at sham and some
fun at pretense, but the note in every
one of these papers was for decency,
progress, enlightenment, morality
Ridgefarm Republican.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-06-08

At it's regular meeting Monday evening, May 18th,
the city council of Marion Williamson county, Illinois;
voted for the continuance of the saloons When the no.
license dramshop ordinance came up, and was voted
on five of the eight aldermen voted for its passage,
whereupon the city mayor Herrickke) used his veto
power and in as much ordinance cannot be passed
over the mayors veto only by twothrds VOTE the no.
license measure was lost On second ballot the vote
stood four to four of the aldermen who had voted
for the nocense ordinance having weakened and gone
to the saloons The other stood noby by the rights
of the people, doing their duty still throwing the burden
and responsibility the mayor which he took AT the
April election this city Of Marion voted against
saloons by majority of hundred and sixty five,
every ward in the city voting for no-cense by good
majorties year ago the present mayor and the hold
over aldermen were elected lawenforcement ticket
and elected by the people who this present year. voted
against license, only of the hold-overs showed any
respect for the vote of the people One of hem to his
credit be it said voted the people directed by their
votes
suppose if petition should be circulated in Marion
today that majority of the citizens Of that town would
sign it, asking the mayor and the aldermen who voted
for license resign but what they for the wish
of the people, We must have law that will allow the
people to rule Give the people of Williamson county
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-06-08
The Mayor of Marion Says, well Have Them Anyway
Hand This to the Fellow Who Says We Have

the right to speak and they will have to say good
bye to the saloons Of that county.
In this senatorial district, two who
running the Republican ticket stood right in the last
legislature and they the only two who ask for
nomination and election. There three the Demo
cratic ticket of them happens to be saoonkeeper,
not say that he is willing that the people shall rule
this question if elected, the other and good
either of the other two WILL if elected stand by the
rights Of the people, What will the people Of this dis
trct do when it to the primary election; will they
say that they want in the legislature who will give
the voter the right to vote to protect his home and make
that vote mandatory?
It hasn't been great while since in this town of
Marion, in fact, last Thanksgiving day, there
murder committed in saloon that caused the people
of the county tremendous expense. It has been only
few years since in the town of Marion two young
tried for awful murder, shooting down a
woman and robbing her premises They convicted
and hanged and the gallows they said, sswhisxy
caused this and yet in the face Of these facts we'll
known to the people of Marion and in spite of majority
vote of every ward in the city, saying they do not want
saloons the city mayor single handed and alone says
'you must have Them Yet this is in perfect harmony
with the laws of the state he has legal right do
We must change the law.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-06-08

Last year there were brought into
this country 100000 pounds of opium
and a ton of morphine, which is five
times as much as was used six years
ago, and the Chicago Tribune estimates
that 100000 people in this country
are addicted to the use of either NOR
phine or cocaine.
The Illinois issue. (Chicago, Ill. ;) 1906-1912, 1906-06-08
Kept the Hill

When William Jennings Bryan was in
arsenal said, with malicious chuckle,
as he pointed to pair of rusty cannon:
IT suppose you know where we got
those?"
''No. Where did you get them?" Mr..
Bryan asked.
"Why," said the guide, 1--WE took
them from the Yankees at Bunker HILL"
Mr.. Bryan smiled.
81 see,'' he said. you've got the
cannon, but we've got the hill. Buff
falo Evening News.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
Fifth Grade,
Pleasant Valley School.
A SILLY SHIELD.

So far as I can remember, Reddy, a red squirrel,
came into my possession when I was a little boy wearing
my first s%uspenders with the air of a king. He did not
dislike his cage as some. squirrels do, but would jump
and run up and down the sticks, which / had placed in it,
go into the running wheel, start at a very fast pace
making the wheel whiz round, stop, then run into the
cage, seize an acorn, run up one of the sticks and sit
there munching it eontentedly. It was one morning
after he had gone thru this exercise that a dog spied him
and came to the cage to find out, if possible, who this
little red fellow was. Reddy became very frightened
and running to one end of his cage stuck his head into
the corner and then spread out his tail behind him, try
ing to hide himself from view. When [ saw this ] took
the dog away and then laughed heartily.
Ninth Grade. Richard Wreisner,
DasseI, Mimi.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
WHAT THE MUD DID.

Red is my favorite color, but it is not becoming to
me. Last summer my cousin was here on a visit and
she had a nice red dress. 1 liked it very much and
wanted one like it. Ny aunt did not want to make one,
but I begged her till she did. The next week some girls
made up a sleighing party and asked me to go with them.
Aunt said I should not put my red dress On for something
might happen to spoil it. But I thought knew better
and put it on. The girls came for me and away we went.
We had not been riding very long when the horses be-
came frightened at something, gaIloped around the corner
and threw US out. I was sitting at the end and received
the worst Of it. My dress was all covered with mud and
/ conld not wear it any more. Frances Zeller,
Fifth Grade, New Ulm, MINI.
Union School
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
TEA-MAKERs.

The Chinese think our way Of making tea .barbaroua.
They make and drink their tea differently from us. We
draw our tea and let it stand. In China they pour boil
ing water into a cup and turn the tea into it, and when
the leaves sink to the bottom, which happens in a few
minutes, they pour the water off. and drink it. The re-
suit Of our way IS that the tannin is squeezed out of tho
stewed tea leaves, and We get q strong and bitter decoc-
tien, wAish hfps 10 wsssk our nerves instead of the gen
tie stimu4nt that the Chinese beverage amounts t.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

had departed, I hung dolly's dress on the clothesline,
thinking the wind would blow the dust out Of it. I was
tired and forgot to bring it indoors before I went to bed.
That night it rained apitchforks and hoehandles., = The
next morning--aasl for dolly g dress, it was all streaked,
red and white, and was not a bit pretty. I showed the
dress to mama, but she said it would never be pretty
again. I cried, but it did no good. Then I laid the once
beautiful red silk away in my dolls trunk where it is
still kept as one of my cherished treasures.
Seventh Grade, Carrie A. Perkins,
District 8. R. F. D. 4, Monticello, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
AN ILLFATED o

I was visiting at my Cousins farm and the second
day when I was feeding the chickens In the barnyard, T
noticed q large, red COW. I asked her name and was told
that they called her melancholy. I never saw a more
solemn COW. I soon grew to like her and one day by the
help Of q tin pal, got ON her back. When / wanted her
to go one way ! pulled one horn, and when I wanted her
10 20 the other way ! pulled the other. She soon grew
tired and cross and would rot mind me. Just as we passed
tie barn door where the hired naan was standing she
jjnnnped and Il TIE top Of her speed ran down the path,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

gaily on the line. After dinner my sister ran into the
house with the tablecloth and as she had a very bright
face / was disappointed for ] knew that the turkey had
noticed it and had decided in my sisters favor. When
she held the cloth up and showed the large hole in it my
brother, who was n 1.-The room, said, t.That dog ought to
be fed on rags untilhe gets over tearing everything that
can be torn Ny sister and I were mystifed until he
told us how he had seen the dog tear the tablecloth. All
any more anyway because it can. II be fxed.,,
Eighth Grade. Myrtle Palmer,
Winthrop, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
AN EARLY FITTING.

One Christmas morning l arose very early to see what
I had received. When / came into the dining-room T
saw a box on the table: I took off the cover and saw a
package with my name on. I opened it and saw a red
sweater. ] tried it on to see If it would fit. I could not
get my head thru. / pulled very hard and at last had it
thru. In a little while / heard somebody walking up
stairs I did not want them to know that I had had the
sweater on, So pulled very hard and thought I heard
had torn the sweater. There was a big hole in the collar.
I wrapped it up very quickly and put it into the box.
After awhile mama took it out and saw it was torn. She
took her needle and thread and fixed it SO ] could wear it.
Sixth Grade. Herbert Schmalz,
Lester Prairie, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

w -S AAO
where the hay was kept.
There were doves who
used to build their nests
up in the barn. The lad
der, which led up to the
top of the hay, would
not stand straight and
at first I was afraid to
go up for fear | might
fall, but after awhile I
was glad to go up and
see the doves eggs. One
day Mr.. D. let us go up
in the cupola Of the
barn, because there were
little doves up there.
When | looked up | saw
four nests. In two Of
them were eggs, in the
others were little doves.
I thought there was
nothing prettier than the
little baby doves. I went
up a little higher and
could see a house a mile
away and every time I
went there / wanted to
go up in the red barn.
-Clella Warner,
uor Nfr
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
TWO LITTLE RED SHOES.

One time when mama and papa went to town and left
went to bed before they came home. In the morning when
I arose papa took me on his knee. He had a pair Of little
red shoes with cloth tops, for me. The leather was red
and the tops were red with white dots. They were very
pretty. I was only 4 years old, but I do not believe I
shall ever forget them. They were No. 8 shoes and it did
not take long to wear them out because I wore them
every day. Annie Pritchard,
Sixth Grade. Salem, s. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
Peterson,
Litchfeld, MINI.
HUNG OUT TO q S

When my aunt came home. from Paris, she brought
me the most beautiful doll dress I had ever seen. The
dress was Of red silk trimmed with white. My doll was
SO one day when mama gave me a party my doll wore her
red. silk gown. My guests all brought their dolls, each
in its best gown. We took our dolls for a ride in their
dress was a sorry sight after the ride. After the guests
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
AN EFFECTIVE PAINTING.

There was once q very good g1rl, good, that i, except
for one thing. She was very careless. She did things she
had promised she would not do, not because she intended
to disobey, but because she did not stop to think. She
was so careless that her mother said she would have to
punish her. Then for a little while she was very careful.
Her father had some very beautiful plants sent to him.
He put them on the porch and told his little daughter
to be careful not to run up against them. He also said
she must not. play with her ball in that part Of the
grounds. She promised net to forget, but it was not very
long before she did. One morning she began to play. ball
ON the porch. She had not played long before the ball
flew against one Of the plants. It struck it very hard
and broke the delicate STEM She ran to her mother and
told her what had happened. When she awoke the next
morning and looked in the mirror she was surprised to
find the tip of her nose a bright red. She rubbed and
rubbed it, but the color would not come off. Her mother
said, Ct put that mark on your nose to help you remem-:
ber.,, She was very much ashamed Of her red nose, and
it was three days before it became white again. She was
SO afraid her nose would be made red again that she was
ever after most careful not to forget.
b Ninth Grade, Ellen Magnuson,
Cleveland high School. 6a8 Magnelia st,
st. Paul, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
SPARROW HUNTING.

Two years ago last summer we were painting our
barn. 1t was noon and the painters had gone into the.
house for dinner leaving their paint pals near the barn
door. Our old eat was out hunting sparroWs and she,
spying one on the. edge Of the largest paint pail, made a
leap tor i. missed and fell into the paint. She jumped
the lawn. She stepped on a tablecloth mama had left
on the lawn to dry and covered it with red footprints,
spoiled it entirely. Our puppy, who was at the door
step quietly eating his dinner when the cat came past,
gave a .yelp of fear at the sight of her and disappeared
into his little house. Then the cat went into the granary
and soon was covered with feed, which made her look
worse than before. We found her there and took most
of the paint off with the aid of lnseed oil, but after that
she would never go near any fresh paint.
Seventh Grade. Rem Peterson,
Litchfeld, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
A HIGH OUTLOOK.

Whenever we went down to MI. DIS he. used to take
us up in his red barn to see the doves. He had a base
ment in the barn where he kept his horses and cows, and
there were stairs from the basement to the story where
he kept the grain and buggies. From there stairs led up
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

leaving me in the mud in front of the door,. I was
laughed at and at the end of another day ] planned re-
venge. asked the hired man if / could go for the cows.
Yes, # you don't fall off Melancholy back again, y he
said. With lash in hand I marched down the path. I
went to the other end of the pasture, but I could not see
the cows anywhere, so / had to go back and just as I
reached the barn door, which seemed to be an ill-fated
place, Melancholy bounded out and in doing so knocked
me over. It was one of the hired mans jokes and I have
been laughed at ever since. Amanda Waale,
Eighth Grade. Hawley, Mimi.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
A BIT OF

A stickpin was the reward to be given to the best
hider; Mary did her best to win it and would undoubtedly
have done so, had it not been for her new red hair-ribbon,
of which she felt SO proud. The "counter1 had found
every one except Mary and Ben. He had looked in every
the point Of giving up, when he espied something red red be-.
tween the slaves of an old barrel. "There, Z, thought he,
"1She's:in the barrel. - He tip-toed over and sure enough
there she sat. Quickly he ran back, counted ten, then
called, HMary's in the barrel!- Mary's in the barreli''
She was 50 disappointed over it she began to cry. Later
when her mother asked what kind Of ribbon .she. wanted
she answered, Anything but red.
Ninth Grade. -Huldah Hultgren,
-Cokato, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08

said hersmama,c coming in to find Margaret on the floor
slntching at the leg Of the bed.
.sOh, L hate red!,' Margaret cried. After that she
was never. as fond Of red as she had been.
Sixth Grade. -Beatrice Guinness,
GAINESVILLE, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
AN EASY

Talk about rats! They were as thick as could be.
They stole all the eggs they could find, killed the young
chickens and gnaWed holes in the walls of the granary
SO that the grain leaked out on the ground. Viii and I
thought this outrage had gone far enough, SO one eve
procured several steel traps and set them near the rat
holes. Several hours later I went to see If we had caught
any rats. There was a large one in one Of the traps and
I immediately brought it over to the shop where Will
was preparing some red paint. We painted i~t@without
any difficulty aside from covering our hands with paint.
We then let it loose SO that it would go home and scare
the other rats away. Soon all the rats went away and
have not come back since. Otto Kinneberg,
A Eighth Grade, Staples, MINI.
~ North Side School.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
OUT TO RED MOUNTAINS.

I shall never forget the day we took a trip to Big
Cottonwood canyon in Utah It was a glorious day in the
month of September. I arose early and helped pack the
lunch. We started in a mountain team about Z o'clock.
Over all the mountains was a reddish hue caused by the
sand and stones. We drove twenty-five miles thru the
canyon, steadily climbing higher and higher. In some
places the rocks almost met over our heads the road was
SO narrow. Occasionally we would meet a lonely sheep
herder with his flock. We also passed the ruins of an
ffties. At last we reached a clearing by the roadside
where we decided to camp for the day. The mountain
lunch.-Thes entire afternoon was spent in roaming over
the mountain sides. Towards evening we started for Salt
Lake City. It was a beautiful sight to see the twinkling
lights of the city as we came out of the canyon. Then
the moon came up from behind the mountains and the
last of our drive was one long to be remembered. Tho
all were tired and dusty, the entire party voted that a
red-letter day. Frances Whitcomb,
Eighth Grade, 1902 First Ave. n,
Central School. Fargo, N. D.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
NO DEEP MYSTERY.

There falls that red pencil again! I'm going to
throw it away l said to myself. Teacher always
frowned when we. dropped things. That afternoon I
threw it into the waste-basket just before school closed.
The next morning. I found that identical pencil on my
desk. Z threw it into the basket again, but the next
morning I found it on my desk again. whit never
be rid Of that pencil?" I thought. I decided to watch,
SO T stayed after school. I saw the man who empties the
basket take out the paper, pick up the pencil and place
1t on my desk, which happened to be in the first row. I
told him did not want it so he put it in his pocket and
that was the last 7 ever saw Of it.
Grade. George HemenWay,
LeSueur, MINI.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-08
THE OWE TREASURE.

THE ONE TREASURE.
Little Resale had long wished for a box of crayons.$
IF she only had some, she thought, what a lovely time
she would have. In her new fairy book there were many
picture, but not one of them was colored. They were
not at all interesting to her childish eyes because they
were just : : plain black and white, Some time after-
ward she was taken i'll and became very restless and cross.
Nothing could please her from an orange to ssthat nice
But one day something was given her that
did please her, and that was her long-Wished-for box of
erayons. She tried all the-colorss on a piece of paper,
but the only one she cared for was the red. Many of the
/. plain black and white pictures in her book were won
derfuny changed to a bright red. It mattered little
what the picture was, for whether frog, mouse, cat or
rabbit, it was painted red. When these pictures were all
several books and papers and even furniture. Wherever
Rosalie went, the pencil was sure to go, and wherever
the pencil was she&Was sure to be. One day it was lying
ON the floor and some one accidentally stepped on it,
much to little Rosalie's sorrow, and she Wept bitter
tears when it was thrown into the fire, wondering what
she would do without her old keepsake.
Eighth Grade, Hazel Hystedt,
District SO. Maple Plain. MINI
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1906-07-13
Excessive Use Of Ice>,


It was estimated a few years ago
that the ice cream consumed during
the summer months in the city OF
Cincinnati alone would make mount
ain taller than the highest public
building in the city. This gives but
a faint idea Of the extent to which
the American people use ices and al
kinds of iced drinks.
Physicians tell US that ices eaten
hurriedly or in large quantities ar
rest digestion and are otherwise in
furious. In addition to this, much OF
the ice cream sold in cities is of the
most inferior kind and the cheap
flavoring as well as the ingredients
used in "doctoring" it, and the fact
that it is frequently left standing for
several days at time render it most
unhealthful.
The English give us an example OF
moderation in the use of ices that
we might we'll initiate and the sooner
we learn to check our appetite along
this line, the better will be our health
and the less our doctors bills.