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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-15
THE MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL.

one little corner where couldn't get ii HIN.
We'll. Charlie said mama, chnckling at
the very idea Of him trying to get dog out
from under the porch, and throw stones at him
the wayne did. .tio and tells Florence to come
and try her luck.
No sooner said than done; Florence called and
called, but no dog.
Charlie, you &c. in and cali papa said
Florence, still remaining by the porch 6
While Charlie was gone Florence tried and
coaxed and called very gently once more
To her surprise the dog came out very slowly
from under his hiding place to greet whom no
knew would be his friend when he came, for
had he attempted to come out while Charlie
was there, he knew he would have received
many blows and kicks and that is why he
didn't come out for Charlie.
II can't find papa" Charlie replied coming
out of the house.
Never mind now" exclaimed Florence. II
got the dog, poor little DEAR
THAT mean little brute If I got hold of
him once I would give him good beating =
said Charlie, who was inclined to be a little
Gt-tenpered. .f4y a
Listen, listen, CHARLIE said his mother, as
she, took him on her lap aud soothed him
Never try to treat animals unkindly, for they
will not do what one wants them to- and be
sides they will always have fear Of one. Re-
| member that, Charlie. =
| . 81 q p c--AIildred Fleming
Seventh Grade, 1912 Twenty fifth st.
| Seward School. E4S =
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Story Of a Chickens Life.
(Second Prize. J


IN the spring Of 1905 hen waiting for
her chicks to hatch but just five out of twelve
eggs Matched. In few days the hen died.
lea wing her chicks to for themselves. Next
day three died and tho couple that was left
wandered about the yard.
Sister took them and fed them, and put
them to bed. In the morning when she went
to feed them there was only During the
night cat had killed one The chicken that
was left is my pet. 49,. -. .., >.~.
When school closed for yacs ton / took the
chicken and made it mind me, as II l. were its
mother. When chicks bedtime came I fed it
and put it in stocking cap near the stove in
the kitchen. for Il was afraid Of putting him
In the barn. But when it became larger it
rooster with the others.
. Would you like to know how it found its
name? One day friend who shutters asked
me how my chicken was. He said, 'How is
your chez chee-chicken: said, "Au right"
but 1t seemed 80 funny to me that 7 call it
Cheechee.
Days sped on. Chee-chee grew very large.
Chee-chee had but few attacks Of sickness. One
day Chee-chee and were left alone. thought
it would he nice to visit friend, so started.
When nearly there heard something be.
hind me- I looked around and found Chee-chee
following me. My friend did not want to
take him back, did not. Chez Chez and
are separated at the present time, but | hope
to renew my acquaintance Of my feathered
friend at the close of school. -rs---... r. -.
Marian Wakefield,
! Fourth, Douglas School, Minneap polls, Mimi.
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Eighth Grade Papers.
Kindness to Animals.
First F rize.)


Kindness. to animals 1t sounds much as
tho there were little meaning in the words, but
could dumb animals, as they are, speak, much
meaning could be gotten from only the three
little words z ~ *s%f N' So
- Animals are sensitive and very knowing. In,
telligence shines from: dogs eyes as he ticks
his masters face, showing love and affection.
But why this love? Is it not due to the kind
ness and almost human treatment bestowed
upon him? .-.-..s5 F" E
Some people think because animals cannot
show their feeling by speech that they know
nothing about their treatment be it cruel or
kind r., = ..~r- ~. -. ----. -,
But no., we know different. It can be proved
in various ways. A dog once stole article
from n store. He had been found guilty. His
master, after hearing about it, dashed the poor
beast Numerically. Poor dog! He must have
known how cruelty he was treated for he never
gave up what he had taken and never repented.
He was soon. given away and all, what In
telligence he had. He would test his new
master. Yes. he stole an article similar to
his former steal His master was notified. He
called the ,shfvering beast to him, talked
gently and yes, he must have understood, for
soon after he was seen to- drop something at
his masters feet and his Intelligent eyes were
full of love as he raised them to his masters.
It was the stolen article. Clara Betzler,
B Eighth Grade, 1922 Marshall street.
Sheridan School,
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Little Folks Are Busy
Writing Jim Key Essays
This Week-Bands of Mercy to Be Formed in Every
School, 1 .,.<.S@:
PRIZE ESSAY CONTEST
~, AND JIM KEY

The wonderful horse. Jim Key, Is
the central figure In the humanita-
rian work which his owner, A. r.
Rogers, hopes to accomplish. But
the horses benefit exhibitions, which
are now over, are only a small part OF
the work
Jim Key Bands Of Mercy are now
forming in the public schools. : Any
child In the city may join and the or
ganIzatlon will number thousands.
7 To maintain the enthusiasm and
give 1t direction. T he journal,
In CO. operation with Mr.. Rogers. has
arranged prize essay contest for pu-
pills In the fourth to eighth grades,
inclusive. They are asked to write
brief essays, based on their own OBJ
servatlons, showing how animals re-
spond to kindness and patience.
Papers should be plainly written on
one side of the paper only, and should
not exceed 800 words.
r. Each paper should bear the name,
address, school and grade Of the
writer, and. of course, all must be
original and neat. Spelling Will also
be factor In the consideration.
II you have done or seen any act
of kindness to any animal, Just write
the story simply and send 1t to "Uncle
Bert" care OF The Minneapolis Jour-
nal. This Is the name by which Mr..
Rogers is known to some 1000 Band
of Mercy members In the United
States, and he keeps closely In touch
with the writer's.
Prizes are awarded each week for
the papers from each grade, each
class receiving three prizes. 81, rs
cents and so cents, respectively. From
now on, for month, the best OF these
papers will be published every day,
by which time the Bands of Mercy
will be in running order and the Jim
Key Band Of Mercy column will be a
regular feature Of The jour /.
SEND IN YOUR ESSAYS At ONCE.
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Fourth Grade Papers.
A Brave Act.
NiaA I.l


One very hot afternoon in the month that is
known as @'dog days. I was sitting on the
porch trying to keep cool, when 1 was frightened
by the cry of Mad dog! ! jumped up
quickly, for rushing down tho street was a
large, black dog, with his dry tongue hanging
out of his mouth. People were scattering in all
directions. very much alarmed. Coming down
the sidewalk was a boy carrying pail of wa
ter.
run, boy the dog is mad!' one hol-
Tered, but the brave boy who loved animals and
hated to them suffer, hurried out into the
middle Of the road and set down his pail Then
he went back to the sidewalk. The dog came
running along, everyone expecting that he
would rush at the boy and bite him. But, In
stead, upon reaching the pail. he stopped before
It, and drank every drop of the water, then
threw himself In front of the boy and with
pleading eyes looked up If trying to say,
81 was almost dead, I was SO thirsty. II
folks would only think Of this, so many OF us
would not go mad = = w. .'''
With a happy look on his face. the boy took
home with him this dog, whose life he had
saved thru a little act of kindness.
Willie Linehan,
4 Fourth Grade. 2426 Fifth avenue s.
Garfield School.
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with interesting stories Of animals and
their response to kindness. 1870.
During the meeting the children will
tell of any acts of kindness that they
have seen or done themselves,
Jim Key has awakened a great inter
est in the Bands of Mercy and the
teachers Of the public schools report
that the pupils of every grade are eager
to become Band of Mercy boy or girl:
The following stories were awarded
the prizes for last week, representing
Corcoran, Douglass, Garfield, Blaine,
Emerson, Seward, Whittier, Sheridan,
Horace Mann and Bryant schools:
An order will be mailed the children
winning the prizes.
This order must be presented at the
cashiers office and the winner will be
given the money.
One little Douglass school girl who
was awarded prize must send her name
and address to receive her order.
Here are the stories: .....<. . -, .
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OPPONENTS TOO STRONG
FOR DRAINAGE BILL
Representative STEVENSON Abandons
Hope of Passing Measure at Present
Session of Congress. =, -..-=-,
Nv w. w Jerrnane,

Washington, April 14.-Representa,,
tive Stevenson today gave up hope. OF
passing his drainage bill at this session.
All he will try to do will be to gel, a
report from the committee on public
lands, which will afford basis for dis
cussion among the members.
Friends of the drainage proposition
realize that because this is new
proposition, it, like all other new mat
ters brought before congress, will have
to be discussed and explained before a
majority Of the members will see their
way clear to voting for it. In this
case, too, there is opposition from mem
bers of the National Irrigation asso-
citation, who want the proposed drain
age law enacted as an amendment to
the reclamation act. -
Mr.. Stevenson has hopes that, If the
bill is favorably reported at this SEES
sion, he may get it thru the house in
the short session next winter.
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Little Johns Kindness.
,(Second PRICE,

John is a little boy of 6 and he is very kind
to all animals and loves cats, dogs, rabbits,
chickens, pigeons and horses; WELL he loves
verything, I guess, that lives on their farm:
and SO every animal the farm has to be in it..
The dear little Tab: who always rides on
Sports back, starts the circus; then comes the
horse. which John thinks cant be beat and
they ride around the farm happy as two mice.
thing so much that John claps his little hands
every time he sees Tab happy and Tab loves
John because at $3.50 every morning Tab comes
up to Johns room and lays with John one-half
hour. He. seems TO- think there is nothing so
nice as his morning rest and at TOO o'clock,
when the clock strikes, UP Tab jumps and runs
down stairs to let John get up and dress.
Johns early morning task IS to 60 after the
milk and at first Tab would follow as far as
the gate and wait for John to come back Next
week he went as far as the roadside and then
waited but now as John goes about block,
Tab follows the whole way and waits and then
comes back So this world would be made good
and happy If we all were kind to animals.
~ .,.%,.>' Ada Clark
Eighth Cradle =. 2s26 First avenue y
Whittier School. ~-,>s s.-:
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Fifth Grade Papers
A Kind Little Girl


think Jim Key is a most wonderful and
beautiful horse. - q" 'g.sj
There poor stray dog came around our
home in Iowa, and I can't Or never could
see anything suffer, took him in. The boys
had been throwing stones at him and had
broken his leg. l took him and doctored him
and gave him some good food and after a little
while he became quite a nice looking dog,
1 also had a white hen. She was very, pretty,
but she had a crooked bill. The, lady who gave
her to me took good care Of her, too, but she
had a lot Of other chickens and when she fed
them it could not eat very fast and the other
chickens would get the food all eaten up be-
fore she had chance, SO she gave her to me,
where she would not be bothered. 1, took good
care of her. and she got quite fat and large,
but l would mot let anybody kill her for Sun
day dinner, or: any other time. =
1 always disl1ked TO- have chicken. bought
alive and killed. 1t always made sick. as
it seemed tome they were suffering
1 hope to become q member Of the Bands Of
Mercy club. 81 ~, ~, -. .-.'.lt5; y
I am so.sglad you came to Minneapolis with
+ your dear Jim Key, and I hope he has taught
| cruel boys to be kind to all animals. 5- :
- - -Genevieve Godfrey, :,
Fifth Grade rT,;i 1921 Second avenue s.
Bryant School, ~ - j.
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News Section.

day he opened his mouth alone. After that he
looked forward eagerly to his meals.
He began to get fat and grow very fast He
had long bushy tail. SO we named him Bushy.
Il We had. no cage for Bushy. but kept him In
our room. One day we found him upon the
table trying to get the cover of Of a box OF
sugar. He worked and worked and finally sucr
ceeded. He filled his mouth and claws, with
it and went under the bed to eat.
We taught him to roll over and beg # we
said sugar, Bushy would Immediately begin to
search for 1t. st "
Thru Kindness, Bushy had no fear Of us,
One day Bushy was missing. At night we
heard noise and saw Bushy on the window
sill. After that Bushy never stayed in our
room. but always came for his meals.
One May morning three years later we dis
covered Rushy had u family. ts', ss.r-s
Every day he came to the window for nuts
and sugar for his wife and babies. s>s
In the fall my cousins family went to En-
rope for year and Bushy was nowhere to be
found when they returned. Z
Harriet w. Barnes,
A Sixth Grade. ~ 1414 Stevens avenue. :.
Emerson School, -@,.-@s g " i,s.l - ~. ~
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Ambitions Taft.

William H. Taft, secretary. OF. war,
has a paramount ambition which Is not
the usual one assigned to him, says the
Saturday Evening Post. He weighs
somewhere near the 800 mark, and has
to have his office furniture made along
special lines. Outside his office he
stands unless sure of the, furniture.
This weight, he feels is TOO much to
diet, cutting out all sweet and starchy
foods. His goal is the. $50 mark. When
he gets there Quoting. the Post again)
he Will probably give dinner in cele-
bration of the occasion, and increase
his weight 10 or Is pounds To keep in
good physical trim drink golden grain
BELT beer at every meal. AS a pure,
healthful spring tonic it has no equal.
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Won BUELOW SICK and
HIS SPIRITS CRUSHED.
Germany's Chancellor Suffers
Paralysis and Hair Turns
White in Ordeal.
BY Publishers Press.

By Publishers Press
Chicago, April IA correspondent
of the Daily News cables as follows
from Berlin
Despite the reassuring statements is
sued by Professor Renvers for the ben
eft Of the public, your correspondent is
enabled to state positively that Prince
Buelow's condition is altogether sad
and discouraging. His lower limbs arc
paralyzed and useless, his hair has
whitened. his frame has become ENACT
atea and his spirits seem TO be crushed.
! Nearly all Of Good Friday was spent
by the chancellor in prayer with the
former court chaplain DR.. Stoecker,
who informed his friends that he was
very much shocked at the helpless and
reduced condition of the prince. Dr..
Stoecker declares that it is out Of the
question that Prince Buelow will ever
again be able to take up the govern
ment leadership. T.
Speculation as to the chancellor 8
successor concerns chiefly Prince Philip
Eulenburg, former ambassador to Wen
ma, who is the kaiser's candidate, and
Baron Won Rheinhaden, Prussian minis.
ter of finance, who visited Chicago in
1904, and whose chances are considered
the best because he enjoys the conf
dence Of the reichstag.
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A Kind Act.
tSecond Prize.)

One day when I was coming home from
school passed by yard where a man was
loading sand onto a wagon. AS heard very
loud talking. went over to see what the mat,
ter was Two horses were stuck In the sand
and as they could not pull the wagon out their
master SSaa beating them er,,sny. n httle Eirt
was standing there pleading for him TO stop. but
he only muttered something about people mind
ing their own business, and when she saw that
kind words had no effect, she commanded him
to stop. By this time T. too, had become very
much excited and angry and we set of together
In search of a policeman. We soon returned
accompanied by an officer. The owner Of the
horse was punished severely, for besides pay
ing heavy fine. the poor animals with the
marks of the whip on their backs were taken
away from him. We went home feeling pretty
sure that the man had learned a lesson; and
we also felt happy to think that we had saved
the horses from many more such lashings.
Mamie Linehan,
A Sixth Grade 2426 Fifth avenue s.
Garfield School
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Seventh Grade Papers.
A Sixth Grade,
Garfield Schot
First Erize.)

Jim Key may be said to be the model Of hui
manitarian work ever accomplished. How 1t
was Accomplishment is a question discussed by
all. The secret Of this great work is Kindness
and patience, for without these virtues nothing
can be obtained. r:..'.-..f ..t
People say. I'VE can't be kind to- animals be-
cause they are Wild but all children are in
that state. AS time goes on they, are given
training and different natures are developed. If
they are brought up by kind parents they grow
themselves the same by the example set to
them: If not they become cruel and rude. :
It is just so with animals, but 1t is much
harder task to teach them. because God has
not given Them the gift of communication which
enables one to deal with the other; still
they understand when kindness is meant. But
1t takes time, and here patience comes handy.
And by and by the. horse or any other animal
will become dear to the owner, as shown from
the intimacy between DR.. Key and Jim. From
this noble example we can see that even ami
mails can be friends. So let us try to be kind
and patient with them, and they won't need
to be forced to do thing as they are now.
Jennie Frisch,
A Seventh Grade. SOL Lyndale avenue ~
Blaine School.
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Our Teddy.

and homeless. Nobody seemed to care for 1t,
SO I called him in and soon he became a great
pet. q ,.,-". --.5 -, =. -. ..,. ~, = '---
But he was SICK he had a. sore below his
ear. could sit and see mother caring for it.
She would take him up In her lap and open the
sore and wash it with warm water. Then she
would put some salve it. He would lie very
still and look up into mothers face, as much
as If TO say, ''How good you are to me-
Mother would then wrap him in piece of
| flannel. put him in box which she placed in
the sitting room by the stove. This could
sit and see mother do at least twice day, and
soon our Teddy was as well as ever 81
Myrtle johnson.
B Fifth Grade. 3421 Cedar avenue s.
COrcOran School. =. :, .aa ~. IL.
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ERICHsEN BUYS SHIP
FOR TRIP TO GREENLAND
Danish Explorer Gets Around Difficult
ties with Duke of Orleans and Pre-
pares for Expedition. =
By Publishers Press.

By Publishers Press. -: -
Copenhagen, April H. Having
broken off negotiations with the duke
of Orleans regarding the duke s polar
ship, the Belgica, the Danish explorer,
Myths Erichsen, has bought the Nor
wegian polar ship, the Magdalene, for
his expedition to northwest Greenland.
The Magdalene arrived here yesterday;
She has been locked for refitting and
will be called the Danmark. She IS
a new vessel. is in excellent condition,
and was used last year as supply
ship for the ziegler depots: 1t IS said
she will start on the Erickson expedi-
ton June. "a.
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"Do Unto Others as You Would Like
.s,, Then to Do Unto YOU

Just take into consideration of all the dumb
animals that are being abused each day. IT
the people who do this would only remember
the saying, do unto others as you would like
them to do unto you,'' the ami mails could feel a
great deal happier. l am sure that Jim Key
could not have learned how to read, spell.
figure. change money, open and shut his trunk
If it had not been for the patience and kind
ness he was shown. A person cannot expect
that dumb animals going to do any wonder
full things If they are kicked and abused,
hope that the seeing Of this wonderful horse
has taught great many people good lesson.
We will have to praise DR.. Key for using his
patience and kindness on this horse, but he was
certainly we'll rewarded for it by Jim. Most
any animal can be taught wonderful things,
but it takes times, patience and kindness
-Eva Olson,
A Seventh Grade 1928 Park avenue
Horace Mann School. - - = -
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JAR|T0R INTRODUCES
COLLEGE PRESIDENT
Little, Episode at Lawrence Uni
II. versity Has Attracted
Much Attention.
Special to Tho Journal.

z,
Appleton, Wis.,. April IA janitor
of a college giving the president. of
that institution letters Of introduction
to be used in Germany is an odd cir
cumstance which happened at Lawrence
university When DR.. Samuel Plantz,
president Of the Methodist institution
was about to 20 abroad he desired let
tiers to take with. him. Paul Seth, the
janitor, Immediately responded and sup
%sshv4 the d fsa with a,s ettszs 4e e a his
accepted By the president and used TO,
good advantage while he remained in
While Seth is only a ianitor, he is.
a graduate of two German colleges,
one of which DR.. -Plantz studied at
while away. When boy the Law
renee ianitor finished at the Royal gym
nasium at Stettin and later took his
degree at the Royal academy, Berlin,
in 1874. In the, boiler-room at the
local college can be found numerous
drawings and devices which the gradu-
tions. At the present time he is labor
ing on a smoke consumer. For some
months he has had patterns of the
device, but is trying to perfect it.
Among other things which he has in
vented and sold the patents on are:
A dustless chalk eraser, fypaper holder,
combination kitchen and ironing table
and safety device on stepladder.
No member on the Lawrence faculty
takes as prominent part in politics as
does the janitor. While q democrat,
he inclines towards socialism. In
speaking Of his views he said, 81 am
socialist, but not red j do not
believe in strikes. I believe that labor
/ ing men should be sent to congress in
place of rich men and those who are
controlled by trusts. Laboring men
should also be in the city council. !. I
believe that the laborer over 80 should
Germany, where they get from 200 to
500 marks a year, 80"
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Sixth Grade Papers.
The Story Of Bushy.
First rize.)

One day in May Florence and mSs self were
out fora long tramp, when we heard faint
noise Hike the cry Of q mouse.
We locked inside a hole in the tree and saw
baby squirrel. @
Floreuce put him in her Tam OShanter.
where it WINS soft and warm. No one thought
the roor little thing would live as it was very
thin and sick. =
We tried to feed him little warmed milk.
but he would not open his mouth. then held
his mouth open while Florence poured in some
milk. Each time he made a big fuss. Tie ffth
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A Poor Bird.

Once I found little bird that could not h!.
I picked it up and called to my mother. Here
is poor bird which some cruel boy has shot. ~
My mother took 1t and looked at 1t, aud
there was hole in under its wing. 50 we
washed the blood off. Then found safe
place for him out of doors, where no harm
could get at it. In a few days the bird was
we'll enough to fy away.
--Lorain johnson,
Fourth Grade. B421 Cedar avenue S.
CUrcoran School.
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