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through the "cightafile" and see how he or she acted; or by
wireless telegraphy, to talk to a friend on the other side of the
earth and look through the ''i-ightafile " and see everything he
did. Or maybe there would be some kini* of an "X-ray" so strong
that I could look through the earth and set what the north
and south poles looked like.
But, dearie me! If I lived among such strange surroundings
I am afraid that I should go crazy. —Ruth Lowe.
Eighth Grade. - Two Harbors, Minn.
Bound by Chains of Ignorance.
(Honorable Mention.)
I am fully satisfied with the time and place that I am living
in for several reasons. First, think of the educational advantages
we have! In most of the other countries, save those cf western
Europe and Australia, the people have very few educational ad
vantages; in times gone by, they had lers. Second, our govern
ment is more liberal than that of other countries. Think how it
is in Russia, Turkey, and the Asiatic countries! There the
people are bound down to the will of their ruler. Here law is
not an institution to keep us in chains of ignorance, but to pro
tect the honest citizen. Here it also allows U3 religious free
dom. There the people all have to believe in the same religion.
My third reason is our freedom from volcanoes and earthquakes,
the terrors of the orient. Taking it all in all, I have concluded
that America is the best place to live in.
—J. Marvin Nickerson,
Seventh Grade. Cyrus, Minn.
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Sunshine and Fruit Galore.
(Honorable Mention.)
I like this age of the world better than any of the past ages,
because I think people are better now than they used to be; and
as we know nothing of what may happen in the future, I should
not care to postpone living to any of the ages to be. Of all the
countries in the world I should rather live in the United States
because the poor people have more rights and a better chance to
obtain an education, than they do in any foreign country. I
should rather live on the Pacific coast la California, than in any
other state in the union. There it is cool in the summer and
warm in the winter, so that the people that live there can
have fresh fruit any time of the year.
Fifth Grade, -Helen Tuttlo,
School District No. 1. Auburndale, Wis.
A Great Xation in a CJreat Apre.
Of all the ages of the world, from the time when emperors
feigned at Rome to the present day, tiie most interesting and
the one in which I should rather have lived, is the Elizabethan
age of English history. As we look back to that astonishing age,
too much praise cannot be given Queen Elizabeth for the
grandeur of her reign. During this time. England was born
into a new life, through marvelous changes in the minds and
spirits of the people.
Queen Elizabeth triumphed over her enemies and raised her
kingdom to the first place in Europe.
By the assistance which she gave the Dutch, Holland was
rescued from the power of Spain. Some of the greatest names in
the literature of England belong to the Elizabethan age. All of
Shakspere's works appeared at this time, and the writings of
Raleigh and the splendid prose of Hooker were then published.
The enterprise of Englishmen led them to circumnavigate
the globe, to attempt colonization, to extend commerce, and to
open up trade with India. Although Elizabeth did not have
much to do directly with these things, she was the central figure
of a great nation in a great age, and everything accomplished
increased the splendor of her reign. The condition of the coun
try was greatly improved throughout the reign. This was mcst
ly due to the restoration of honest coinage, which was probably
the greatest thing ever undertaken by Queen Elizabeth.
The Elizabethan age, which lasted nearly forty-five years,
is one of the most brilliant periods in English history, and the
numerous statesmen, writers, and other intellectual personages,
have made a place for it in the world's annals that has never
been surpassed. —Clara Strate,
Tenth Grade. Moorhead, Minn.
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Tlie Stirriuß Times of Old.
Emerson said, "America is another name for opportunity."
As I believe that is true I should rather live here in the United
States than in any other country. The topic seems to call for
a past period of time, and if I am to take an age of history out-
Bide of the present, I will go back to colonial days in old New
England. Those were dark and trying times, troubles came
Northwestern Topics.
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ij No topic may be used which has been assigned to
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For Saturday, Jan. 4:
"A SISTER'S DILEMMA."
Just "s'posin' " a sister about 16 years of age is study-
Ing. Her little brother, in spite of her requests for him
to let her alone while she is studying, teases her to come
and play with him. Finally she slaps him. Which one i 3
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THE JOURNAL JUNIOR, MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1901.
thick and fast; but the patriots were stanch and trne. How
much determination and daring they showed as they fought for
the cause of freedom. They said, with Patrick Henry, "Give
me liberty, or give me death."
The Boston tea party was a stirring scene. How I should
have enjoyed helping to throw the tea overboard! After weeks
and months of anxious waiting the excitement must have been
intense, when the Declaration of Independence was signed. Guns
were fired, cannon boomed, bells rang, men and boys threw their
hats into the air and yelled till they were hoarse. The ink of
that immortal document is faded now, so it cannot be read, but
the principles for which it stands will never pass away as long
as our country shall endure. The events of this period made
it possible for us to become the great nation we are to-day, and
made possible the wonderful opportunities of the present.
Grace H. Anderson,
Seventh Grade. . Luverne, Minn.
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In Historic Bethlehem.
. I should like to have lived in Bethlehem, nineteen hundred
and two years ago when Jesus was born, because I could have
seen Him when He was a little boy and went to school. And I
I^ests ' ♦ liJflf AKS yourselves nests of pleasant
t | aY& thoughts. None of us yet know
jr ' \ \ J^3B§ what fairy palaces we may build
©/ \ ♦ ■ \—JSz3r o beautiful thoughts, proofs
♦ . | againat all adversity, restiul thoughts,
Ple&S2l.!\t ♦ ♦ which care cannot disturb, nor pain make
::•;.{ gloomy, nor poverty take away from us—
*«*<■ «-•. : ■:; ♦ houses built without hands for our souls to
ThOUghtS | j live in._Ruskin.
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could have seen Him as He grew up to be a good man, "and I
would have gone to the churches and heard Him speak. I would
have been kind to Him. —Ellen Erickson,
Sixth Grade. ■ 306 Belgrade Ay, N. Mankato, Minn.
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With Robin's Merry Bleu.
I wish I had lived in merry England at the time of Robin
Hood. I would have become an expert with the bow and arrow,
and with the quarterstaff. I would then have joined Robin Hood's
merry band and would have enjoyed myself with the others,
doing mischief, by annoying the sheriff til Nottingham, shoot
ing deer, and helping the poor by robbing the rich and giving
their money to the needy. It would have been great sport to
have gone into the city disguised as a yeoman and to have won
the archer's prize before . the . eyes of the sheriff, who was en
deavoring by every means to harm one. Afterwards it would
have been very amusing to hear how angry he was when told
that the very man he was looking for had been in his grasp but
.had escaped. The reason that I wish to. have lived at this time is
because of the sport, the danger, and the joy of living a free,
wildlife. * —Edwin Eklimd. .
Tenth Grade. Moorhead, Minn.
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Heroic Scoteli Patriots.
To have lived when the Scotch were trying to free themselves
from England would have been a great thing for me! I would
have tried to do some brave act to help Robert Bruce or Wil
liam Wallace. Oh! how I wish I could have been with Bruce
when he stood at the end of the bridge, and, like Horatius, kept
an army back until his men (who were just sleeping over the
hill) arrived.
Wallace also was very brave, for did he not die on the scaf
fold rather than tell where Bruce was hid Jen? There are not
many men v/ho could resist such a temptation, as Wallace had.
Just think of it! If he had only told where Bruce was hidden,
foresworn Scotland forever, and taken an oath of allegiance to
England, he would have been sot free and would have been given
the English earldom of Cleveland. But he was so brave that
hr would rather die on the scaffold with his wife on his breast,
I than sign his name to the scroll. Never before in the history of
Scotland, nor of any other country, did there live two men
who were braver or more beloved than Wallace and Bruce. But
as the English were the stronger, the Scotch were conquered. '
—Lillian Spain,
Eighth Grade. Two Harbors, Minn.
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Conspicuous Almfni-r of Work.
I should like to have lived at the time ot Adam and Eve, when
there was no sin, nor sickness, nor sorrow; and whenever one
wished, he could go out under the large trees and have a supper
of figs, apples, and all kinds of delicious fruit. There would be
nothing to think of, no work, no school, but just play all the
time. That is why I should like to have lived in fair Palestine
at the time of Adam and Eve. —Emma Swanson,
Fifth Grade. ;:"-; • Warren, Minn.
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When Wives Were Bought.
. I should rather have lived in the colonial age when people
from England and other countries came over to America to seek
homes for themselves, and have religious freedom. I should
rather have been in the Jamestown colony and have seen the old
bachelors rush to the ship which was brin.^ing them wives. It
must have looked queer to see each buy himself a wife. But- I
would not have liked to be one of the ladies who were sold for
tobacco. Although they had it hard sometimes, I do not think
they had it so hard but that they enjoyed themselves......
—Delia Lindholm,
Seventh Grade. ... " Clinton, Minn.
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For the Cause of Right.
I should like to have lived during the civil war, which
lasted about four years, when Lincoln was president. I would
have tried to help the president as much as I cculd. If I had
been unable to help him, I would have helped the poor northern
soldiers, who fought against slavery. I would have given them
all the money that I had and tried to have more people enlist
« to carry on the war. I think the northern soldiers were fighting
for the right,*because the poor slaves. had hard lives, and some
times their masters treated them very cruelly.
—Anna Laaser,
Eighth Grade. Young America, Minn.
The Greatest Glory- of Athens.
Of all times in ancient history, I think the age of Pericles
In Athens would have been the most pleasant time to have lived.
During this time there were very few wars waged. This was
unusual for ancient times, since war was the chief occupation
of many of the nations.
It was at this time that Athens reached her height in all
arts and literature. I , could have seen the works of the great
poets and artists fresh ■ from the poet's pen and the artist's
brush. I could have heard the great debates and orations just
as they were spoken by the most wonderful of all statesmen ani
philosophers. It is said that during the age of Pericles all men
were well educated and fully qualified to hold public offices.
Athens was a beautiful city at that time. There were a great
many grand marble temples built to the immortal gods and
goddesses. Perhaps I could have seen the great tragedies and
ccmedie^s when they were first written by Sophocles, Euripides
and Aristophanes. At some of the banquets, which Pericle3
gave at the public expense, on festive day 3, maybe I could have
seen Pericles, that great and good man whom all the world
admires. —Lola La Valley,
Eleventh Grade, Moorhead, Minn.
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Metumorpliosis of .Nature.
I should much rather live forty years from now than at the
present time, for I have read a book which says that crang'S
will be the shape cf cucumbers, apples as large as citrons, straw
berries as large as plums, grape the size of eggs, eggs the size of
apples, and cherries as large as crabapples; that there will be
a bridge across the Atlantic ocean, a railroad to the north pole,
and that watermelons will not grow. If all this happens at
that time, I will be too old to climb trees to pick those wonder
ful apples, or to go on strawberry excursions
to the woods. What jolly times there will be
in this century! How happy all children will
be! I want to live just ro see how happy each
child will be. I hope this will all come true,
for if it does not it will make many sad heart 3
• among the children. —Eva Watson,
Sixth Grade. Willow City, N. D.
loe (ream in TnhletM, Pocket Sine.
To my mind it would be bard to find a better
place in which to live than the United States.
I should like to live one hundred years from
now, by that time I imagine it will be almost
ideal.
Our houses will all be heated from a cen
tral plant very much as they are now suppliei
with water. In the hot season fresh, colt! air
will be broughc into them by opening a faucet.
I suppose our food will be prepared for the table in a large plant
and sent through pneumatic tubes to the various homes; when
the meal is over the dishes will be returned in the same way.
Much of cur food by that time will be put up in tablet form.
When we are busy or obliged to go awiy from home all we
have to do will be to slip a few tablets into our pocket. I read
not long ago of a Kansas professor who was studying how to
-graft the milkweed and strawberry plants so that cream and
berries would be produced on the same plant. I hope his dream
will then be realized. Airships and automobiles will be as
common in all the small towns as bicyclss are now.
Under such conditions life will be much more pleasant, and
valuable time will be saved tbat may be spent in recreation cr
study.. —Ruth N. Anderson,
Sixth Grade. Luverne, Minn.
Confession of a Falling.
.■•■•.-.
"At what time in history would you like to have lived?"
That was the question asked by my uncle, who had come for a
few weeks' visit.
~ "I should like to have lived at the time of the revolution," I
answered, glad of a chance to imagine myself so far back in the
history of the world.
"And why would you like to have lived at that time?" he
asked, amused.
"Because it would have been a great thing to have helped '
set the country free; and to be a spy, or do any other thing
that I was sent to do. Of course I should rather be a spy be
cause it would be an interesting thing to spy into the plans and
schemes of the red coats. I would not think of being a second
Nathan Hale, because if I were going to be hanged a3 he was,
I very much doubt if I would say, 'I only gret that J have but
one life to give for my country.' I should have been too fright
ened." —Sammy Tollefson,
Sixth Grade. Pomme de Terre, Grant Co., Minn.
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Every Phase of I^ifo.
Being a girl, I should like to live at the present time. We
girls now have almost every advantage that boys have. My
ambition is to study a profession, so I would choose the city that .
would best suit my purpose. I think this city is New York.
Here I could see and study every phase of life. Being the
largest city in America, it would afford many good chances for
the study and practice of a profession.
Seventh Grade, —Jean Fraser,
t Central School. Grafton, NVD.
Tobogganing on the Alps.
I think I should like to live in the present time, and in the
country of Switzerland. There is beautiful scenery, mountains
and high hills where we could go tobogganing, and there I could
enjoy myaelf very much. I should rather live in the present
age, for we are much more civilized than in the olden times; we
hav-e many more things so that we can live more comfortably
and enjoy life more. —Beatrice Olsen,
A Sixth Grade. Benson, Minru
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"Where >'©ne Were Poor.
Of all the ages of the world I choose the period of the old
colonial days during Washington's administration. I should like
to have lived in Boston because the people in those days were -~
so odd. The rich people lived in mansions. The men wore small,
three-cornered hats, and long velvet coats, lace ruffles, white
silk-stockings, and low shoes, so different from those the men
wear now. The ladies dressed very richly. The laws were very
severe but they semed necessary for the good of the govern
ment. Then all the attraction of the times seemed to center
in Boston, and the learned men gathered there. Nearly every
one seemed to live comfortably and there were very few poor
people. - - —Clara Turner.
B Seventh Grade. Golden Valley, Minn.
Oak Grove School. "
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- When J. Itnll Felt Ashamed.
Burgoyne's campaign was one cf the most important event 3
of the revolutionary war. When Burgoyne's army was at Sara
toga, where the two battles were fought, s the time I should
like to'have lived, because I might have seen the British sur
render with six thousand., men and forty-two cannon, between
four and five thousand muskets, and all their ammunition. I
should have seen how the happy Americans marched off the
British soldiers with the American flag lloating over our sol
diers, and the British feeling so ashamed. ;';V
•-Alice Kolstad,
Seventh Grade. . Canby, Minn.
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>Xcath Blue Italian Skies.
I should like to have lived in Italy about the year 79 A. D.
that beautiful garden, covered with vines and fruit trees, where
"there were graceful women going to the wells carrying their
pitchers on their beads, with sandals on their feet and wearing
white robes. I should like to have lived In Naples before the