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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26


counted out the pennies in peculiarly automatic
''Where's the old who sold papers here?'' he
demanded from the boy in the voice of who has been
subjected to great injury
"She's aunt sir, but She dead. Got by
Me dad hes going sell the papers here' continued
the boy, adding Hes blind Here's your change, sir''
''Hang the pennies hate 'em!' growled the old man,
and, without taking his change, climbed the stairs.
Next morning the old gentleman again offered nickel.
Then, declaring holly that he couldn't wait all morning
his change, he assembled to the station without it,
Then the boy got WISE Next morning he greeted the old
gent with smile and while handing him the paper, also
offered four pennies in change.
The old gentleman glared at the coins
'Hate pennes-copper-full Of microbes-don't want
em! he snapped out Then they understood another
worth 5 cents.
When the holidays the boy received the one great
shock of his life He greeted his old patron with CHEEKY
"Mery Christmas sir.' The old gentleman growled an
inauibe reply and offered bill in payment for his paper
While the boy getting change from his father old
gentleman, who already half way up the stairs leaned
the railing and shaking his cane almost screamed
"Confound you Do you suppose stay there all day
waiting for my change? You young idiot''
The took place just before New Years day.
Neither of the two knows about the other than
they did at st but neither they satisfied
to play their parts-New York Press.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
MOUNTAINEERING ON A BICYCLE.

Ia
81 ONCE made tour Of Switzerland my bicycle,
| L said artist, 'EIt most interesting tour
Sin canton, if you frightened horse the driver
could compel not only to dsmou but to hide your
chine we'll You would have to gather it up your arms
and for the nearest bush rock.
con some Of the long ascents horses towed French and
German wheelmen rope 80 40 feet long would be
attached to the horse traces and this rope
tourists would fasen their machines The horse would set
off, the would mount and up the hill the procession
would slowly Sometimes the horse stopped suddenly
then everybody had to dismount An odd sight"
WHISKY MADE FROM RAGS.
ttTHs whisky said the chemist twas made from rags
It made from bundle Of old shirts and collars
Will you sample it?''
Ono, thank you.''
II made the whisky an experiment. the chemist ex-
planned Everybody knows that it is possible convert
linen rags into sugar and alcohol but doubt if anyone has
actually done the trick before.
First immersed the linen in strong sulphuric acid
This dissolved the celluin which, assmating moecue
Of water resolved itself into glucose recovered the glucose
by neutraizng the of acid with salt Them by means
of the ordinary of fermentation alcohol appeared
The final result this small flask Of whisky you
have tasted worse =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
DISLIKED HAGGLERS.

TIRED STERRY of the Palm Beach Power Boat assoca-
ton talking about the high prices that motorboas
and automobiles bring.
'sFor my part he said ~ don't object these high
prices The workman is worthy of his hire Fine things
rare things would be fine and if they cheap
IT think the laborer worthy of his hire, and incline
to svmpathze with grocers clerk whom knew the
west. 49,
stThis young man had very unbusnessike scorn for
haggers and bargainers. One day entered the
grocery and said:
" what is the price of your cheapest butter?
& Eighteen cents pound ma am, said the young
t'Oh, that's certainly too dear, said the woman.
Haven't you anything cheaper9
"sWell said the young man. I'VE have some soft soap
at cents pound = 4:
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
Go to John D. Rockefeller,
Thou Shopper
CONSIDER HIS WAYS!

This advice is given because MIR. Rockefeller is an
Improvement upon the tabled ant-formerly chief ex-
ample Of hustle and thrift.
It is related of the richest American that IN reply
to friend who asked him about the reasons Of his
success, he said, in effect:
80. THINK MY BUSINESS SUCCESS Is DUE
LARGELY TO HAVING ALWAYS TRIED TO
PLACE PROPER VALUE UPON UNITS.
This idea is so big, so all-embracng, that it is
safe creed for anyone business man or who-not. It
goes beyond the ant and the busy bee, who have
preached chiefly long hours Of labor!
The shopper-which means the universal woman
and the ninetenths universal man-has daily oppor-
tunity to test the unit ruleto buy thing at the
right store and right price before making ,econd pur
chase and to repeat the process indefinitely thus
making right buying yield real income, over
wrong buying, at the end Of the year. Of course,
only shoppers who study Journal advertisements are
able to place proper value units that the
point of this preachment is plain
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26

keeps it with scrupuous regularity AS most old gentle
of the old school he verabe model of puncual
y and arrives every morning the foot of the L road
stairs at the exact minute
Until few months ago a old woman who had
stand at the L road could always tell when it
o'clock by the arrival of the cold gent who always got
his paper from her Every Misunderstanding Sundays
he would appear the stroke Of get his hand
his penny and ascend the stairs These people did bust
ness for years. but word passed between them
One morning recently the old gentleman along
punctual overland missed the newspaper woman.
lawfully annoying he growled and thrown out Of
his routine looked about him with almost helpless
sion.
''Popers sir popers? shouted boy, coming from the
little booth and showing paper under the old gentemans
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
AN INCREDIBLE FACT.

"A FRENZY the astronomer his long, white fingers
thru his gray hair
1Hows explain to you, he cried 1.-THE immensely
Of universe and by contrast the tenes Of the EARTH
the petty futiy of man?
travels at the rate Of 10000 miles second The
inhabitants Of Sirius if they looking thru their
telescopes behodng the destruction of Jerusalem which
took place over, 1SO0 years ago
$50 far away Sirius that the light of the world with
what this light Eliminates travelling 10000 miles hour
takes nearly 1000 years to reach Sirius"
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
Curiios and Oddities
WOMEN AND PA1N-A MANS rHEoRY

HE man, when his tooth pulled, yelled hoarsely The
next patient, woman, bore the pain three extrac
lions with silent forttude.
Eyes, said the dentist, women endure the pangs of
toothpullng better than men, but they deserve praise
on this account. They feel the pain less
Experiments have frequently been made, he on,
test the acueness Of the masculine and feminine
The last experiments made this town. and they
interesting and conclusive.
First, taste tried The male subjects could detect
in water the of the sxteth part of grain Of gall
The couldn't distinguish the gall smaller quantity
than the twentieth of grain The mems three
times keener than the women s.
Next, SMELL The smelt the presence Of the hun
dredth part of grain Of prussic acid The
unconscious of the acid till quantity five times greater
set before them. In smell the five times the
women superors.
Men heard watch ticking at distance Of ten yards;
could only hear it at distance Of two yards The
males, again, you see were five times the better.
It the thing with sight and with touch The
five times better They felt five times keeny
and deicately.
.These experiments explain away the apparent anomaly
Of woman s wondrous forttude to pain Womans senses
being less acute she is less affected by pain than man.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
BIBLE AGAINST TATTooING.

T A MARINERS bethel missionary attacked tattoo
n ing.
You sailors disgust me- " he said with your ships and
ladies and anchors and flags attooed all your and
hands and breasts It only silly tattoo It posi-
lively wicked and inpious-''
"Avast there, sky pilot = said aged shelback Ye
can't prove them words by the Log o Grace
1But cam tho " said the missionary, quick as flash,
and he read from Levitcus xix, %:
8 Ye shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the
dead, print any marks upon YOU =
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
STOLE RIVERS AND CEMETERIES.

ssHE theft of the ashes Of Columbus attempted IN
- Chicago during the worlds fair, said Lecoq, the
detective Thanks friend Of mne the attempt failed
Stranger attempts have succeeded tho.
The theft of lighted stove constituted my first case.
man. having deserted his wife, returned home hafdrunk,
and in the good woans absence put the stove push
cart and started off with it. He had set up it seems
establishment of his further down the street.
'Two villains stole Wisconsin cemetery. First
they looted the graves selling the skeletons to anaomists
Then they stole the tombstones, getting, naturally good
price granite marble The place wasn't
terry by the time the theft discovered 1t only
torn-up field. ."@ = -
.sMen have stolen rivers often To irrgate their land
they change streams They dig channel thru
their property and the river leaving its natural bed
follows this channel It stolen-a stolen river-and bit
terly does such theft enrage the who suffers from
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
A Cheeryble in Disguise

N ONE of the fashionable hotels on the
upper West Side lives on old gentle
man, who, who, in spite of his advanced
age, still "goes to business" every
morning. His two sons are married,
one of them living in the family resi-
dence The father, widower, prefers
to live in the hotel instead Of the big
mansion. The two sons are the real
managers of the old gentleman S gigan-
tic business; but, having made his
downtown trip for so many years, it
has hanonna q habit with him and he
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
LUNG BATHS-TRY THEM.

lungs quit: well as our bodies ths need saa 0a hsh
after we have sat four hours the impure and
stale air of theater church. Then if could
them, lungs would look unsightly the face Of
coal-heaver looks after a hard days work. F.
They need bath, but not water Air, pure air,
the cleanser of the lungs and battle them the head
should be thrown back and thru the nosrs pure, fresh
air should be inhaled till the lungs distended to their
utmost limit About twenty-five of the deepest possible
lungfus pure air should be slowly inhaled and exhaed
CITIZEN the pure air rushes like torrent thru all the
dusty crannes and hidden gry Of the lungs and
it carries out with it every impurity. ,s@aa
After long sitting in theater's stale air, try lung
bath You will be amazed to find how it will cheer and
strengthen YOU $50 A.~s...~ E..
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
BIRDsK1N AND F1sHsK1N CLOTHES.

WHALER talking about Walter Welman IS balloon
n dash to the pole. = - 81. .=#+G i. ii. @.-:
''Weman made,' he said can aluminium dash for the
pole years ago. He had aluminium boatseds drawn by
dogs that boats the water and sedges the land
They failed tho, to work well in the White North.
''Welman brought back with him suit Of Eskimo
clothes They queer garments There an ahee
netcheh nanookies, and kamiks ..-
''The ahtee shirt of birds skins. Sometimes the
feathers left the ahtee and the skim but
usually, Wellman says, they removed. Sometimes the
ahtee is made Of ishskin. 49, ~# .~.-
cover the ahtee is drawn the netcheh, loose shirt
sealskn, with the fur side out The netcheh like
football jacket is cut short at the hips and pointed
and front. seasin hood is fastened it, the achia
The trousers, of seaskin short They come to just
below the knee. They called nanookes. = = /
Into boots Of tanned sealsn kaik the trousers are
tucked
tMen and alike this same simple warm
Dress Of ahtee necheh, achia nanookes and kamiks'
THE FALLEN IDOL
ELL your master he said ''that friend wishes to
see him. -
But the English butler looked doubtful
ga friend? My maser?'' he stammered t.You must
have mistaken the house, sir This is the residence of Sena
tor Depot $500 Az
A LITTLE RELIEF.
THE proprietor looked sympathecay at the pale drawn
i features Of his bookkeeper.
Baby cry much ever Mr.. Penn?'' he asked.
The young man binked his red-rimmed, haggard eyes,
..Not quite, SIR he answered cheerily 'tThese Feb
ruary nights getting little shorter now.''
STRIKING.
Cd CAD " said young Tete de Veau, "a idea by
ssWhat is il, dear boy?v asked L'Ognon
s.New idea in mourning, " said Tete de Veau.l ssYou
know, my unce's dead I'll spring the idea tomorrow
Little bard Of crepe around my cgarets.'
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-26
"A QUICKER WAY.

J. CASSATT the president of the Pennsylvania rail
n. road said at his New Years reception, anent
experienced workman:
''1hat reminds of western lad He gota place a
railroad became brakeman then fireman. and day. in
an emergency he undertook to locomotive.
He the locomotive well enough, but he could not
stop with the necessary precision for this needs practice
'tWth station in particular he had trouble He
thirty yards beyond this station and hen putting back,
far the other way He preparing for third
attempt when the station agent put his head Of the
dow and shouted: 1895
sStay where you are jim We'll shift the station -
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24

Heavy Feeders.

It is sometimes used as an objection
against hens OF some fiocks that they
are heavy feeders, thus adding 100
much to the cost Before a decision
is made the poultryman should com
pare the cost of the food with the re-
suits obtained from the hens. hen
must consume a certain amount q
food, in order to produce a large NUM-
Der Of eggs. The eggs are simply tne
food converted into something OF oil
ferent shape and composition. It Is
Of no particular advantage. when one
is raising fowls for eggs and market
to keep only small hens. 1t is true
that they lay as well. without consum-
ing as much food. but they viii not
bring as high price when they are
marketed
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
The Engineer Cried.

Eyes, indeed, we have some queer
little incidents happen to US, said the
engineer "A queer thing happened to
me about a year ago. You'd think it
queer for rough man like me to cry
for ten minutes, and nobody hurt eth
err. wouldn't you? Well. did. and
almost cry every time think Of it,
Il was running along one afternoon
pretty lively, when l approached lit
tie village where the track cuts
through the street. l Stacked up lit
tie. but was still making good speed,
when suddenly about twenty rods
ahead of me a little girl not more than
three years old toddled onto the track.
You can't even imagine my feelings.
There was no way to save her. 1t was
impossible to stop, or even slack
much, at that distance. as the train
was heavy and the grade descending.
In ten seconds it would have been all
over. and after reversing and applying
the brake l shut my eyes. didn't
want to see any more.
las we slowed down my fireman
stuck his head out of the cab window
to see what I had stopped for. when
he laughed and shouted to me: Jim,
look here.' | looked. and there was
big, black Newfoundland dog holding
the little girl in his mouth. lesurely
walking toward the house where she
evidently belonged. She was kicking
and crying, so thGt knew she wasn't
hurt, and the dog had saved her My
fireman thought it funny and kept
laughing. but l cried like a woman
just couldn't help it. l. had a little
Home Companion
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
Meat That Is Wasted.

A large quantity of excellent meat
suitable for poultry is wasted in the
country every year. Old horses that
are as suitable as ordinary beef for
poultry. More money can be realized
from a useless horse by taking of his
hide, feeding the meat. and using the
bones for fertilizer, than by any other
mode Of disposing of it. Any kind OF
meat will answer for poultry. In
Texas, rabbits are used because they
are plentiful. Horses are converted
into ground meat" and sold in that
form. They can be used to better ad-
vantage when the meat is fresh. 4
bone cutter will reduce both bones
and meat to a fineness suitable for
poultry, and increase the number OF
eggs. In winter. such meat will keep
for a long time 1t pays better to
use horses for large flock than to
buy grain, as the extra number OF
eggs secured will more than return
the cost Of the meat. Meat will in
duce the hens to lay when other foods
fail Give more meat. but avoid that
which is very fat-Farmers Home
Journal
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
An Educated Rat.

There was an educated rat
The very worst OF scamps >
Who used to call on Mr.. Ray,
And steal his postage stamps.
So Mr.. Ray prepared some "twos -
Upon the side you lick
He spread some poison with a brush
And Mr. Rat fell sick
lie didn't die but rather hoped
He might be called away.
But never did he steal again
A stamp from Mr.. Ray.
These silly lines this lesson teach,
Though light as any bubble:
A little education can
Create a deal Of trouble
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
The knack Of Budding.

The chief requisites, in budding
either fruit or ornamental trees, are
proper budding wood and suitable
stocks. Fairly we'll ripened buds
should certainly be obtained. Sepa-
rated from the twig on which they
are growing, these, if rightly planted
on the stock, will then readily unite
and become a part Of it, Shield bud
ding is the commonest type known
1t is so named because the form Of
the buds resembles shield. The
stocks on which to use them should
have been planted in the spring, and
as rule, consist of seedlings. Taken
from wood Of the current years
growth, at any time in July, August
or September, depending on the local
ity, they should be inserted under
meath the bark of the stock near the
ground; it must be done. remember,
before the season is so late that the
bark cannot be easily separated from
the wood All that is required is to
make longitudinal slit in the bark.
followed at the upper end Of it by a
cross incision. This will result in a
T-shaped cut. The corners Of the
bark can then be raised and the bud,
smoothly sliced from scion with a
very little Of the scion adhering. in
serted. 1t should be bound in place
with wooden yarn. Without any wax
being used, it will thus unite, although
it remains dormant during the winter
The next spring. if found in healthy
condition, the stock should be cut off
just above the bud. which will soon
cause it to become as one shoot.-Edi-
tor Of The Epitomist.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
About the House.

An old-fashioned brass stevu
tie makes an artistic jardirs.
wild flowers or for a green plaul
kettle should be kept well nl
No other receptacle is prettis
bunch of naSturtiums than a ba
copper bowl. #.. 5
Raspberry shrub is greatly ialI
by squeezing into each glass Il
lemon juice. Raspberry shrub i
makes a delicious sauce for IL l
If the housekeeper is unsbh l
tain a regular brush for clemls|
ished floor, a substitute can vi
by covering an ordinary broom
a soft muslin bag. For IN
rooms that are covered with %
dampen the bag.
For removing grease from I
len or silk dress. try sprlnsA'
spot with warmed -four. Ruba
face quite hard, then brush tf
off and repeat the process. ~
will gradually disappear
chalk may also be used fof ~
grease. Rub the roots well vi
chalk and then hang the sa'n
a dark closet for a few days
spot has not entirely dlSapPa1
peat the process.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
Precept, Not Example.

A new family had come to stay next
door to us, and our houses were so
close together that their three chill
dren played under my bedroom win
dow q great deal.
One morning, as l sat there sewing,
they got into a wrangle over some
thing. and the frst I knew, the two
little brothers were both Shaping the
other sister as hard as they could.
I leaned out to remonstrate-they
were all just babies. you know-and
what I saw was the little girl. in a
perfect fury. shaking first one and
then the other Of her small brothers,
while she said savagely, with shake
to emphasize each phrase: Let love
through all-your actions run And
all-your words-be midi"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
Marking Poultry.

Punches for marking poultry have
been in use only few years. but
have become very popular. and With
good reason The great object Of be
ing able 10 identify your birds at
glance can in no other way be so read
lily attained.
Breeders OF first-class stock have
in their yards. among many good birds
q few superior fowls, which they mate
for their best breeders. So far sepa
ratenesS is easily attained. and by
marking the eggs from this pen we are
able to identify them. But once set
and Matched, how can one ball Of fluff
be recognized from another?-the cue
is lost, and our former care goes for
nothing. However, by taking little
pains to mark the chicks from the
marked eggs by string about the leg.
or something that will last till the
chicks are fairly on their feet, and
then using the punches, we have OBJ
tanned an indelible mark which will
always serve for recognition.
After the chicks are grown to ma
turity the marks may be enlarged by
the second size of punches. and then,
if the fowls are by any mischance lost
or stolen, can be readily identified by
any one. whether poultry fanc!er or
nOt.-Farmer's Home journal
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
A Year Without a Christmas.

"Ai. All All" tolled the bells mourn
fully, for sorrow had fallen upon the
town Of Moralia-on-the- GoOdland river,
and all the inhabitants thereof There
was to be no Christmas that year. The
children Of Moralia draped the win
lows in black, but the unfeeling moth
FRS, seeing in the drapery the ruins of
heir best silk gowns. removed it, and
led the culprits away to that well
Known and much dreaded chamber of
torture with which each house was
supplied, in accordance with the de-
tree of the wise and good mayor of
Moralia-an apartment known famil-
iarly to all the townsfolk as the spank
ing room.
And the cause Of this gloom? These
ire the awful facts: Never before,
within the memory of man, had a
child Of Moralia been known to do a
naughty deed. But now it seemed that
4 curse had fallen upon the town For
the last month the children had led a
most shocking life and had done the
very naughtiest things that one can
think Of. They refused to rise from
bed before O'Clock. they spoke at the
table, and they even contradicted
their elders! The maiden aunts were
shocked; the mothers were grieved
the mayor was wrathful. He called a
conference of the mothers of Moralia
Something must be DONE" cried
he. ''to stop this frightful degenera-
ton Of the morality of Moralia. If
YOU do not take matters in hand.
Will" The poor mothers shook with
fear at his laundering voice and tear
fully wended their way homeward to
them of the ancient traditions of Mo-
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1906-02-24
Small Girl Tiger Hunter.

The kumarah Rajah, Of Venkatagirl,
writes to the Madras Mail that one of
Jatprole in the MANS dominions,
began her hunting career while she
was very young. She bagged tiger
in her Sth year. and completed her
hunting career lately, having bagged
in all SO games without single miss.
including tiger. five cheetahs and
other games. She is now in her 18th
year"