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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
A Long-Remembered Kindness.

A Long Remembered Kindness.
Dolly was little colt who lived on q farm.
She was black with a white star on her fore.
head .a. ,5s =. g.
When she grew large enough and could eat
grass Mr.. A. put her in the pasture with the
other horses. Here she could eat the tender
green grass and grow fat, but one day Dolly
saw patch Of clover just outside the fence and
of course she wanted to get 1t.
She tried and tried to reach it over the fence
but her neck was too short she thought she
would jump
But alas, poor Dolly got her foot caught in
the fence and cut
Mr.. A. did not think she would live, but
tried to bandage her foot the best he could.
Dizzy was frightened the first time the men die
up her foot but after that she seemed to know
they were doing 1t for her own good. The sore
| foot needed the greatest Of care and had to BIZ
| bandaged and washed every day.
The next day Mr.. A. came to bandage he
| foot and thought he would have hard time
getting her to be still. But he was greatly mis-
| taken for the minute he touched the cut foo
| Dolly held 1t up for him and she did this every
day until her foot we'll.
! long time after this Mr.. A. happened
to touch the foot that had been cut DOLLY
promptly held it up.
This shows how animals remember kindness.
Eighth Grade. Ethel Symons
Ulen Mimi
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
Fowler.
MORNING.

Anthem. ''Like as Father .......... Lansing
Ofertory. "Fear Not Ye, 0 Israeli. ...... Buck
- EVENING.
Anthem. s'Hear. Lord .............. Watson
Ofertory. "Out Of the Depths. .Marston
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26

the field. took good care Of them, and they
seemed to be contented with lis.
One evening as I was sitting near window
helping my aunt do some fancy work, saw
rabbit come across the yard and 1t acted as tho
1t were looking for something.
Then I began to think that it might be the
babies so went and, took the little rabbits to
the place where thought my uncle got them Z
put them, down, went a distance away and hid.
In few moments saw rabbit which think
was the same one that walked across the yard,
come and walk away with them. s
was sorry that we could not keep them any
longer, they We're cute little pets, but knew
their mother wanted her little babies, too
They went into some trees which grew near
by and seemed to be glad that they could be
together again. think they would have shown
some kindness to us If they had only known
how. Helen HIM
Seventh Grade. Andoyer, S, D,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
Gave Up Her

+ Gave UP Her Pets.
Some years ago while L was staying with my
uncle and attending school, my uncle brought
home three little rabbits that he had found In
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
MUSIC IN TIE CHURCHES
Park Avenue Congregational.

MOhNlNG.
Organ prelude "Scherzo' .................Bu Buck
Solo, "Song Of Praise. Goublier
Miss Nellie Wescott. ~
Organ offertory, 'Allegro Symphonique" .Faulkes
Solo. 1.-THE Deathless, Army. ........... Trotere
Sydney II. Morse.
Organ postlude, Queen of Sheba"
March GOunod
Miss Evina Chenevert. organ1st.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-26
Hennepin M. E.

Miss Edith Grace Pearce. the contralto in the
quartet Of Hennepin Avenue church. has re-
be in her usual place on Sunday. In the morn
ing she will sing abide with Me-" by Lid
the evening Babylon" by Adams. will be
sung.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
THE JERICHo PosToFFIcE.
Pap Perkins, Postmaster, Tells How n
Boom Was Killed.

We had had a Liars club in jericho
Tor over five years. and it was admitted
on all sides that it had been a great
benefit to the town 1t met at the post
office every. night in the week, and on
saturday nights It drew farmers IN
from five miles around Many OF the
latter would have gone to Dobb 5 FERRY
10 buy their groceries but for the club
They just loved to sit around on the
barrels and boxes and hear the LIARS
lie, and ii was calculated that their
purchases at the stores amounted TO
over one hundred dollars a week
In addition to the farmers, when
ever a peddler. a lightning-rod man or
a. piano agent found himself within I'VE
miles Of Jericho and night or sunday
coming on he made for the village SO
as to be present at the meeting OF the
Liars club. Strangers passing through
and intending to simply stay over night
at the tavern would hear Of the clup
and stop for two or three days. The
three ministers of the town had set out
time after time to break up the club
Deacon Spooner was chairman and a
member of the church, but when they
argued and appealed and threatened
to discipline, he merely replied
we are club Of liars. but we don
lie to hurt any one They are just
slick, pleasant lies. told to pass the
time away and to help along the bus1-
ness Of the town Take away our liars
and we would degenerate into one
horse burg in two weeks.
The Liars club had passed its fifth
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as lie or the truth2"
why. it's a falsehood pure and sim
.'sorry to disagree with you, gentle
mne, but that story is the solemn
truth. I can prove every incident Of
it,"
At that they grew more severe with
him and talked about warrants and
had tears in his eyes. Deacon spoon
er was sent around to see him and tell
him he had better go a little slow, but
his reply was:
Why, I thought you all knew that I
was telling the solemn truth. There
has been so much lying here that
thought I could slip in something
truthful for a change"
SAY. you do It nicelX!" compliment
ed the deacon as he winked at him.
But I can prove the story to be
ITS the snckest lie L ever heard,
and you shall receive all credit for it.
Don't trade It off for any other"
! Other men complimented him on his
gigantic lie. and Winked at him when
he declared he had been telling the
truth, and the iron entered the Old
mans soul He wrote letters to Colo
RADIO, and in the course of a couple of
weeks he got afiidavits as to the truth
OF his story. They even sent on claws
from the feet of the bears. Bankers
merchants and ministers united in say
ing that Mr.. CfOOdheart had never been
known 70 tell a lie He got all this and
much more. but Deacon Spooner came
around and poked him in the ribs and
Winked, and the ministers called on
him and said that his moral example
was dragging scores of men down to
perdition- After they had told him
this the old man went to the Liars
club. and told his story once more.
He took plenty Of time and rung ia all
the old incidents and few new ones.
He was listened to with the closest at
tentiOn. and when he had finished he
shook hands with every liar. and walk
ed away with a mouruful face on him.
Several parties tried to cheer him up
by saying that he ought to get a posi-
ton with a daily newspaper as circu-
lation manager, but no smile came to
his face.
The next morning it was discovered
that Mr.. GoOdheart had committed
suicide by hanging himself in his room
a the hotel Three days later two
men from the west arrived They
brought more proofs. and the minis
tiers and all others had to knuckle
under and admit that the old mans
story was gospel truth. That killed the
Jericho boom in a day, and dissolved
the Liars club in week There was
novelty in lies, but none in truth In
general, the town was conscience
stricken and anxious to make repara-
ton Every one turned out to the fu-
neral. q gravestone was bought by
placed at the head Of the old mans
grave it bore the words.
Here lies AbiJah GoOdheart but he
wasn't lying when he told the story
Of the snowsiide- - Copyright 1906,
by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.0
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

stop right there Mrs. Bowser-
stop right there!" he exclaimed as he
pointed his knife at her across the
table. Il know nothing about the
Jolly Old Boys. I never wrote an adj
dress for the jolly Old Boys. The
Jolly Did Boys can go to grass for all
of me. What do you mean when you
say that they made fool of me p
Why. they got you to write an ad-
dress and then shouted and laughed
and guyed you so that you could not
deliver it. Don't you remember how
they stood you on your head, made you
climb a ladder and rolled you on a
barre12'
by thunder. woman. but are you
talking such talk to me2 Are you out
Of your head Have you gone plumb
crazy since I left the house this morn
ing? Bowser laughed at Bowser on
a. ladder! Bowser rolled on a barrel!'
But you told me SO when you came
home that night
Never, Never in all this world!
Howev We have had enough of this.
shan't answer them I have no time
to throw away on lunatics.
Mrs. Bowser subsidized, and few
minutes later Mr.. Bowser finished his
dinner and went upstairs and locked
himself in the library.
IT'S it that he's going to practice on
the water pipes?" asked the cook in a
whisper
ooh, no."
'eWiil he blow up the range or the
furnace, ma am %
tsHe is going to do some writing
esBut if he's going to put dynamite
in the chimueys to clean them out you
should let me know, Mrs. BOwser. IN
the sole support of a widowed mother,
and I don't want to be found hanging
across the clothes line a mangled
corpse
Mrs. Bowser sat down in the sitting
room to read, and it was a full hour
before she heard from Mr.. Bowser. He
finally came out of the library with
some sheets of paper in his hand and
a perpIexed look on his face. and after
pacing up and down the room for two
or three minutes. he said;
perhaps I spoke too harshIy at din
ner but I had a great thing on hand
and was somewhat worried about it,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
MIR. BowsER. ORATOR.
He Tackles an Address for the Branch
County Fair.

If Mr.. Bowser had discovered a way
of steering a balloon against a cyclone
he could not have looked more i'm
pOrtant than he did the other evening
as he came home from the Office. Mrs.
Bowser noticed his general bearing at
once and began to wonder what had
caused it, but it was not until they
were seated at the dinner table that
she queried:
Has anything special happened to-
some folks might not call it spe-
cial," replied Mr.. Bowser as he swelled
out a little.
"You-you haven't been buying a
barrel of root beer for a fall tonic r.
Mrs. Bowser, when I buy a barrel
Of root beer for a. spring or fall tonic,
the said barrel Will be rolled in at the
basement door. No barrel came this
afternoon. did it p
You are not thinking OF trading the
house for a chicken farm ?" she per-
sisted.
NONSENSE"
'sThen-then-"
He regarded her for a minute in
silence and then pompously observed:
II shall be very busy in the library
this evening. and if any one calls you
are to say that am not at home I
have a. little address to write"
ooh. What sort Of an address? I
hope it Is not one for some club. You
remember how the Jolly Old Boys
made a fool OF you last spring. They
pretended they wanted an address, and
then"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

IA FaDAe Dy Uncle Eli
An edict having gone forth among
the animals of the forest that the tails
OF ten of them were to be cut off by
certain date and sent to the Caliph
ii trim his new coonskin cap with.
there was instant and great excite
ment all along the line.
The Elephant declared it the crown
ing outrage Of the nineteenth century,
and vowed that he would perish before
he would surrender his eaudal appen-
dage, though it didn't seem to amount
to much compared with the rest of his
body.
The Lion roared and CRASHED his
teeth and declared that whoever laid
hand on his tail with selfish intent
would find something coming to him.
The Tiger came out OF the jungle
with a growl and said that he could
for his tail.
The Wolf said that he had found his
tail rather handy during his few years
Of existence. and if love OF country
would keep it where it was it would
never adorn any mans cap.
The Leopard. the Jaguar, the Jack
all and other animals had their little
say on the matter. and then a call was
issued by the Hare for all interested
parties to meet at Il certain spot on a
certain day. There was a great as
semblage from all parts of the forest,
and at the proper moment the Hare
called the meeting to order and made
a speech. He went back to the May
flower and made the dust fly. He
came down AS far as the American
Revolution and splinters filled the air.
He began TO shout of tyrants and free
men and things grew red-hOt- He had
just offered to head d revolution to de-
pose the Caliph when the Raccoon
rose UP and called him to order and
explained.
II call the attention of the meet
ing 10 the fact that the Hare has no
tail to lose. and this being so he can
have no interest in the proceedings of
this meeting
Thereupon. with all manner of hu-
Mutations. the Hare was driven far
away and made to feel his worthless
ness.
Moral-It is the man who never
owned a foot of real estate that is the
greatest kicker against taxes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

THE GEESE AND THE DUCKS.
Having a large pond on his land, the
Peasant bought him twelve Geese ana
the same number OF Ducks and divid-
ed the waters between them. There
was plenty Of room for all, and all
were fed alike, and for some time the
fowls were content and fell into no
disputes. Then it came about one
morning that an old Camden noticed
that the Ducks enjoyed the sun a few
minutes more on their side Of the
pond than the Geese did on theirs. At
the same time an old Drake took
notice of the fact that the Geese were
on the side of the pond nearest the
house, and were consequently more
under the masters eye. Within half
an hour wrangling had begun, and a
little later there WAS a free-for-aII
fight and a noise that brought the
Peasant from the field to exclaim
Here, now. but what is ali this row
about
1T is that the Ducks are getting
more than their fai.s share Of the sun -
replied the old Gander.
1T is that the Geese are occu pyinR
the best side of the pond" added the
old Drake.
"Oh, I see unused the Peasant az
he chewed on a thistle. well, then
since / cannot control the sun nor
ing one cause for quarrel YOU will
certainly have others and keep me dis
turbed, I viii take advantage OF the
presence of that chicken buyer at the
gate to sell the whole caboodle Of you
and invest the money IN mud turtles
MoralZit's all in hanging on 10 a
good thing.
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THE SAGE AND THE YOUTH.

One day as the Sage was lying on
his back in the sun and wondering
why a ram S horns had a twist in them
instead of growing straight as a
broomstick and being put to use as
baseball bats, he was approached By a
young man who made him obesisnce
and said:
20. Sage, I have come all the v-sv
from Pikeville to drink Of thy Wis
dom
That's right smart town. that
Pikeville. replied the old man as he
sat up. Anything like FAN boom on
''Pikeviile is holding her own and a
little more. @ wise man but what I
would ask thee about is this: There
dwelleth near me a fair and gentle
maid"
tie [ believe
7 no sooner beheId her than I loved
That's right. Never lose any time
in getting hold of a good thing.
Three days ago I told her Of my
love, o Sage"
Right again. Never let a girl get
away from you for the want of q little
gab.Y
= poured out the tale Of my love.
She listened to me- told her that
unless she consented to. be mine
should Kill myself
VERY proper, young man-very
proper Did you specify any partIcu-
lar way in which you intended to take
yourself off ?"
IL think said something about
drowning
Nice. easy way. And the girl?-
''She sighed. but said nothing. Canst
tell me. Q Sage, If my love is re-
turned -
Certainly it is my son. Get a girl
to signing and love quickly follows.
Old Sam Ray of PikeviIle, could have
told you that
But, 0 wise man, canst tell me II I
Will be happy if we marry?' p
The sage made no reply, but arose
and beckoned the young man to follow
him. He led him to a grove where 2
man was hanging by the neck, and
pointing to the cadaver he said:
You love, and will die If you can't
marry the object Of your affections
He loved and is dead because he mar
ried her. It's even up. young man,
and you can take your choice.
Moral-Of the two evils 60 a-flshinE-
- copyrighted. 1905, by Mcclure,
Phillips & Coz
Jones-Ever been here before. Smith
Smith--No; that accounts for being here
now.-Puck-
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turned home. We simply told him that
the first time he broke a patients jaw
no time would be given him to get to
the woods. AS a pople We hold a man
Copyright, 1906. by Mcclure News
Oauar Syndicate
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

We are in receipt of a letter from
minister of the gospel in Connecticut.
criticistng US severely for INDUCING IN
the sport of horse racing. We admit
all he says, but what's a Teller going to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
ARIZONA kICKLETs.
Lots Of Things Have Happened Out
West.

AS usual when We rode over to Lone
Jack one day last week to ask the edi-
tor OF the Banner why he had called
us a liar over the telephone, we dis
covered that he had made for the
woods. We shall have the luck to run
across him some day and strew his car
cass on the sands Of time.
We don't know whether our esteem
ed contemporary shot at us one night
last week or not, but as long as he says
he did we Will let It go at that. If he
did shoot, then the moon had a narrow
escape.
Mr.. Henry Shine writes US from Salt
Lake City that he viii come to
the Gulch within a month and end
our career With bullet Well bet ten
to one that if Mr. Shine arrives here
with any such bee in his bonnet he will
become permanent occupant Of our
private editorial graveyard.
Colonel shipley wishes US to an
uounce that he raised strawberries
this summer as large as quart bowls.
We make the announcement to please
the colonel, but add, for the benefit Of
the public at large, that We have ever
found him the biggest liar in Arizona.
In riding over to Big Tree last Tues
day in hopes to add a few more sub
scribers to our list we were halted at
Cat Hill by a road agent and robbed Of
fifty dollars and our guns. AS a cOnse-
quence we have lost prestige locally
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27
The Traveller and the Peasant.
"a Fable by Uncle Eli.)


One night when the rain fell and the
highway was deep with mud, a Travel
rr who was ma king his way across the
country arrived on the banks of a
stream and found a lantern hanging
on the limb of a tree, as if to guide
him.
THAT lantern must have been placed
there by some considerate hand to
guide me to the ford he unused as he
halted for a moment. Il know not
who it was but I thank him"
Next moment. as he entered the
feet, and it was almost by miracle
reach the other shore himself. He
do over things when the Peasant came
above and asked what was the matter.
Why my horse has. been drowned
and had q narrow escape from death
myself" was the reply.
But why did you seek to ford the
river at this, the most dangerous
psot ?"
Because of the lantern hanging on
the tree I could not hut infer that It
was placed there to show the ford
.Oh, as to that, replied the Peas
ant. II placed the light there that you
and others might see that 1t was a
spot to be avoided. and that the safe
place was above
Moral; Inference is as often wrong
as right.
In seeking to benefit our fellowmen
We often in5ure them
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

A Cincinnati paper announces thai
we. as postmaster of the Gulch
have been called to Washington to in
struct the postmaster general in the
art of playing poker. The article is a
little too previous. We live in hopes
that such instructions may come, and
If they do we Will make such a polk
erist of him as has not been seen in
the east for the last twenty years.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

do? When you are in the Gulch
you have got to do as the
Gulchers do or be thought q kicker.
We race. but we do it hoping. the other
party will win and give the money to
the heathen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

How did you come out in that game
you PLAYED with the Deaf and Dumb col
leRe ball team p
7 guess they'd have beaten us if their
pitcher hadn't thrown his arm out OF
Joint while he was in the coacher's box,
yelling TO men on bases. Judge.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

A stranger named William Bliss
turned himself loose in town the other
evening and shot the insulators of Of
twenty-one telegraph poles. Some pa
triotic citizen then split Williams left
ear with a bullet, and he howled
around like a boy five years old after
a spanking. lie was finally duclzed in
the creek and ordered to move on.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

This is our regular day for lying
about our circulation, and we there
fore grid on our armor and announce
that the figures are very close to the
three million mark, and that If the
boom keeps up we shall have to order
one hundred new presses to print the
edition in time. Our circulation now
exceeds the combined circulation of
everything in the shape of printing in
the whole world We have done it
with cur little Ratchet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

We are mayor of the town. deputy
United States marshal, fish commits
sioner, postmaster. game warden, a
member Of the irrigation committee,
secretary of the vigilance committee,
editor of The Kicker, foreman of the
fire company, and captain of the local
guards. but when we are asked to step
up to the bar and have something, our
dignity won't excuse a refusal.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

The twenty-five saloons IN this town
formed a trust last week and raised
the price of drinks one hundred per
cent. After the indignant populace
we'll started the trust announced a
bust and prices went back to normal
We have our little way here, even with
trusts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

Car I sell You 4 Photographic
You are evidently mistaken in your
man.
How so2
ny wife isn't away Tor the summer.''-
Houston Post.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

and number Of subscribers have
stopped their papers. We are sorry.
but we shah have to stand it. When
d beetle browed desperate has the
muzzle of his gun within a foot of
our eye and commands us to climb
down and shell out we are not going to
stop and argue the matter. We may
some day add our friend OF the road
to the happy collection in our private
graveyard, but meanwhile we wish him
luck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

At ten o'clock on Wednesday even
ing last we had to mount a mule be-
longing to Mr.. Charles Helmsford and
drive three cowboys out of town. They
had fired over one hundred shots at
random. and many citizens had had
narrow escape. We got the trio on
the run after firing six shots and utter
ing three warwhoops. and we drove
them two miles.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

Mr.. George Taylor. a painless dentist
from Denver, arrived here last week TO
open parlors. but after a short talk
with US he concluded not to and re-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-10-27

Jones-Ever been here before. Smith
Smith-No; that accounts for being here
now.-Puck.