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The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-02-23
OOCTOHcO
1t Was Fixed Up After the Fashion of
Fraudulent Gold Bricks.

EfdCNUle1it SolV Asrlcks.
The found spectacle" trick is a ret
ty old one. but is Ert.rl1ed every day Of
the year. says the New York Herald.
l was talking with IN egg and butter
merchant a short time ago when a
tough-looking citizen jumped off Of a
passing truck and rushed in with a
pair of gold sp%ectacles, or what ap-
peared to be. in his hand. ard glibly
said:
Gents, here's a pair of spectacles
I've picked up-use glasses? What'l
you give me fur EN-? Can have 'em
cheap. don't use specs, and I'm in an
awful hurry-quick.'
What do you ask for them?" in
CURED a bystander. looking at the pair.
They look like gold. man
Maybe they are says the man,
hastily snatching them away. as if he
had suddenly conceived the idea.
worth a dollar and a half-Ill give EN-
to you for fifty cents. say"
He passed them to me. l saw at
once they We're the cOmmonest kind of
ordinary glass in a brass frame.
They are worth just one dollar a
Dozen said l.
And the man looked daggers at me,
but sneaked out without q word. This
is an old trick, played usually in a
crowded street.
That's nothing" said the egg and
butter man. laughing. ito the trick
played on me some time ago. Two
men stopped in front of my store with
a light delivery wagon. and one of the
men rushed in and called me by name.
asked me how business was. and so n
Il didn't recognize the man. and
looking out of the window to get One
cleW to him from the wagon. Just
caught a glimpse of the latter being
slowly driven up street. Still I sup
posed it was some fellow I had had
business dealings with.
"'Look here says he. I've got a
couple of fine cheeses in my wagon
two more than our list calls for deliv-
cry. Now, don't say anything, but you
can get them dog cheap
Il told him didn't do that kind of
business. But he says: All right
your neighbors will And l knew
they would, too, and l says: Hold on.
And he came back. Bring EN- in
says l, and III see He brought EN-
in.
They looked all right and weighed
all right, and ought to have been worth
eight dollars each. | took n and
gave him four dollars. Without my
asking it. he had thrust in his knife
and twisted it around and brought out
the center Of the cheese, and il, wa
sound and good.
But the man was in such a hurry.
and the more | thought of it the more
singular it looked. And l guess my
conscience pricked me a little, for I be-
gan to think it was the same as buy
ing stolen goods. Still, l wanted a
good cheese.
Il sent out for a tester and thrust it
through the cheese and brought out
well, the worst stuff you ever saw! 1t
wasn't worth anything! Then l saw
that this thing had been plugged and
the enter filed with good cheese so
nicely you couldn't see it unless you
were looking for it. twas the regular
gold brick game"
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-02-23
Excursions.

The Union Pacific will sell excursion
tickets good six months from Dillon, Mont.
to San Francisco at the rate of S.5 and to
Los Angeles at the rate Of $50. Excursion
tickets good ninety days are also on sale to
all Mo-, river points at rate of $50. To st
Louis So, and to Chicago $50.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-02-23
Our Patrons G

Through passenger trains, through
freight trains, quick time via the Chicago,
Union Pacific and Northwestern line to the
principal cities east of the Missouri river
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-02-23

TRAINS ARRIVE:
No. 7. From st. Paul Chicago and all
Eastern points, arrive Sapping-
ton daily % a. m.
Whitehall daily at .............. 5 go a. IN.
NJ. Z. No. 2. From Spokane Tacoma.
Seattle, Portland, aud all coast
points, arrives Montana Union
Depot, daily Observation-Disclosures. 9 :05 a. m.
tn \ DEPART:
NJ. U. No. /. For Spokane. Tacoma.
Seattle, Portland, and all coast
and California points, leaves
Montana Union Depot daily at. 8 80 a. m.
No. S. Fer ST, Paul, Chicago, and
all Eastern. Southern and Ca
madam points, leaves Wh!,ehaIl. 10 "a a. N.
Sapplngton ................... II 80 a. m.
Through sleeping cars from Sanpington and
Whitehall il to Spokane, Tacoma, Portland and
st. Paul VII hout change, upholstered Tulist
%Sleepers elegant day coaches and dining car
service Oh al through trains.
For information, time cards, maps and tickets
call on OF write W.. NJ. TUOHY, Gen. Agt., IS
East Broadway, Butte, Mont or
CHARLES S. FEE,
General Passenger Agent.
st. Paul, MINI.
The Madisonian. (Virginia City, Mont.) 1873-1915, 1895-02-23

most thickly settled marine graveyard
in the world.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12

Coxey ran his c..m paign on his
good roads and non-interest bond
bills scheme. That was seri-
GUS mistake. lie should have run
on the silver issue and he would
have. had twice or three times
as many votes. His bond scheme
while it may be all right as an ab-
stract principle, WIS altogether
too new-fangled q theory to take
with the masses of the people.
1t takes an ordinary old party
man about five years to get a new
idea, be it ever so reasonable,
into: his head. The old party
stumpers could. simply ridicule
the Coxey bond scheme down in
no inc, while they could not
have done that with the silver
issue.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
Died.

We are again called on to. re-
cord the death of an old pioneer.
This time the death angel has
seen tit to call George Sheldon
Geer, of Burbank. He died at
his home Monday of heart failure,
lacking only four days in com
pleting his sixty-seventh year.
Mr.. Geer was born in New
York Nov. 8th, 1928. Married
Miss A. Fish in 1848. With his
little family he removed to Iii
nols four years later, and in 1855
came to Minnesota Territory, SET
ling at Watab, where he remained
until 1865. In April that year he
took a homestead in Burbank
where he has spent his. last 80
years.
His life in the west was spent
at numbering and farming He
was believer of diversified farm
ing and took much pride in his
farm. He was highly respect
ed citizen and well known, often
making contributions to the coun
ty papers above the name of "E
Pluribus Unum.''
Although an invalid and a great
sufferer for the last twentyy years.
yet the final change was sudden
and unexpected. He leaves a
widow, two. sons and five daught
ers to sorrow over their departed
husband and father.
Funeral: services were held at
his residence Wednesday and
were conducted by Mr. Geo.
+. Stevens Of Paynes vile and
Mr.. a. j: Smithson, of Hawick.
His earthly remains were inferred
at the Burbank cemetery New
Lond Ion Times. .... s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12

Mr., N, P. Aspinwal, of Harri-
son, sends us a tlattering letter.
We omita part, because of our
modesty, but reproduce the bal
ance of the letter as follows:
"That little notice will save me two
or three dollars in the purchase OF
some Plymouth Rocks.
L. Gulden, of Hawick, ought to ad-
vertise his Poultry in the TRIBUNE.
l did not know that there was a poul-
try farm in the County until I got his
catalog.
They charge about $500 too much
for that St. Louis Steel Range. I
have seen and priced stoves at the
State fair, and know.
Yours very truly,
N. P. ASPINWALL.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12

A farmer mot a. popuist) came
in the other day and showed us
in cold figures that after selling
his large crop of wheat he will
not have enough to pay his actual
running expenses during the
seasun, not to mention the pay
for his own hard labor and the
clothing and necessaries for his
family. Another farmer came in
and told us the same story. The
fact Of the matter is that the
times are harder this year for
the fal mer than ever before ir
spite of the large crop. They are
getting more used to it, that's all.
There is areason these low prices.
There is a cause for every effect.
That cause has been so plainly
marked out by such men as Har.
vey, Town and hundreds of 9th
ers that these hard times seem
the most natural result. He who
wants to see, can.-NeW Londo1
Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
Torture by Water Drops.

The torture this inficts is proved
by an experience of Sandow, the
strong man. When he was in Wen
ma, schoolteacher bet him that lie
would not be able to let half liter
OF water drop upon his hand until
the measure was exhausted. A half
liter is only little more than a
pint. Sandow laughed at the very
idea OF his not being able to do this.
SO a half liter measure was procur
ed and a hole drilled in the bottom
just sufficient to let the water escape
drop by drop. Then the experiment
began. Sandow laughed and chatted
gayly-at first. The school1naster
kept tab upon the number of drops.
AT about the two hundredth Sandow
grew a little more serious. Soon an
expression Of pain crossed his face
With the entrance into the third
hundred his hand began to swell and
grow red.
Then the skin burst. The pain
grew more and more excruciating.
Finally, at the four hundred and
twentieth drop, Sandow had to give
up and acknowledge himself van
quished. His hand was sore for sew
eral DAYS afEer:,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12

(reTerrlng to a man who had worked
with him. in the construc tion of q
fatboatsin 1881, and who later earn
cd riches), was slave at one time,
but he is q free man now, and I used
tosbe a slave, and now / =. am SO free
that: they allow me to practice law:
: For the fash Of ~humor =illumin-
ed all his doctrines, and the truth
was better understood and farther
carried because Of the SAVIOR of hui
manity which he impaired to it.
THE other event which his name
recalls most wildly continued
Judge Bradwell, is that night when
his body lay in state here in the old
courthouse. No one can describe the
awful solemnity Of. that occasion.
For nearly a week we had mourned
as no nation was ever before called
upon to mourn, and then his slain
body was brought here, and we held
solemn watch over it. I shall never
forget the night when it lay there
in state. The whole great building
was draped with black and all the
early hours of the night the people
had gone about the city so sadly de-
pressed that it seemed they had no
interest for other things. And then
at midnight, away up there in the
dome of the silent building, there
arose the sound of dirge-the most
solemn thing ! have over listened to-
What the music was do not know
The persons who composed the choir
might be easily learned. lido not
remember that. But do remember,
and I always shall remember, the
fearful impressiveness of that dirge.
midnight, and the murdered
chief of my nation lying in state be-
Low! The war was scarcely over.
The country was in turmoil. Ev-
erything was unsettled. No man
knew what the next day would
bring forth. And this chaos haunted
US, and impressed US, and added to
the marvellous effect of that mid
night music. Isha1l never forget it. "
Chicago Times-Herald. .
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
LINCOLN'S DEMOCRACY.

as he Would Not Be a Slave. So He Would
Not BE q Raster.
There are two. things in conneo-
ton with the life of Abraham. Lin:
co1n,'' said Judge James B. Brad
we'll Of Chicago, which will always
impress me-. Ore is associated with
his life, the other with his death. T
have here, from his own hand, his
definition Of democracy - and : it
seems to me still the best definiti, N
that could be made. These are the
ines:- -
49, AS I would not be a slave, so 7
would not. be a master. This ex.
presses my idea of democracy, and
whatever differs from this to the
extent of the difference is not de.
mocracy.'' *.5 .s
"The absolute sense Of edua 1ity,
which underlies this !. sentim ent
seems seem 81. to have been keynote Of the
man s character. ..s..:. ..G !. :.z !.
~ was not so much that Lincoln
believed il the unalterable equality
OF all mentor Che truth that all
men are created equal does not in
volYe that doctrin e-but. chat he be.
lEieved unalterab1 il an zeq utiity:
which insured to each ma d, Of what
ever race, precisely th at reward
Which; WI: q his labors could ca m for him
This definition must i 8. taken ii
.o I g elton with the SO ntirnent ex-
pressed jig one Of his spec ohes at
Springfield
81 must all Of us have been
gig at one time ia our lives. he
said s but the white man MAY work
ont III bis freed om q. negro can
not Nv old ffrierx q. John ERnl 4 here
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
Hitting Haze1tOn..
Willmar. Minn.. Nov. 9th. 189

Wil]mar, Mimi, Nov. 9th, 1895.
EDITOR WILI.MAR TRIBUNE:- see
by letters of Judge Haselton as they
appear weekly in the Willmar Repub-
lican Gazette, that our foreign exports
have fallen off the last year. That is
right. as so per cent of our exports
are the products OF the soil and repre-
sent the brain and sinew of the Amer
lean farmer, and when God in his in
finite mercy sees fit not to allow the
American farmer to raise big crops
each year as was the case in 1894, our
foreign exports are bound to fall off
in proportion to the crop raised. AS
Haselton states, our exports did fall
off in the last part Of 1891 and first
part Of 1895. Our farmers did all
they could to prevent it, but the pow
ers that be, ruled otherwise. He also
states that there men down in down in
Detroit, Mich, that have seen fit to go
into the honorable business of raising
truck. That is right. and by raising
truck they are running a business in
opposition to the farmers of the North
West. Good heaven, if the farmer
of the Northwest had nothing more
to contend with than few truck rails
ers down in Detroit, Mich, we farm
ers up here would all be wearing silk
stockings and plug hats in five years.
He also states that there is now
enough money in the country to do
the business that we are doing. That
is not the ISSUE. Is there money
enough in the country without borrow
ing from England to do the business
the nation ought to be doing? If so,
all right, if not, and by free coinage
of silver there would be then I am in
fnvor of free coinage of silver.
He also speaks against Government
ownership of. .railro Dads: would like
to ask Mr.. Haselton how it is that
our cattle buyers in Willmar have to
pay $75 for a car to Chicago when: a
Montana buyer can get a car for: .S48
to the same place. Where does the
equality come in: Also states that
the country is looking. That is right,
but when a. nation or man is laid
and being held upon their back where
else can they. look but up. ><: MI :=s~: ::
Also speaks about Cain killing
Able. That is right, but fails to state
why Cain killed Able. Does mot
state that Cain grew jealous Of Able
becauss Able brought better meat Of
ferings to the Lord than he did, so it
T is the case 10 this country, there is
9 crowd that is jealous Of Dr.. John
son because he brings better offerings
and arguments in favor Of his party
and POLITICAL position than they can
for theirs 50 they would like to polit-
l=ically kill the Dr.
PRoH1B1T1oNIsT.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12

the museum of the University Of
Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. It
is q head of Jupiter Aegrochus, ex-
quisitely carved from single chrys-
oprase and is z inches long by near
II 5inches in width. 1t dates from
the second century a. D. andsis said.
to be the finest specimen Of cut
ohrysoprase now known to exist.
The antiquarians prizo it,>bove price
because it shows both the oak leaves
and the Rgis, or armor, con1bina-
ton known in only two other repre-
sensations Of Jupiter. This rare
gem is valued at $4,000 and is a
part of the famous Somerville COL
leotion.-St. Louis Republic.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
From New London Times.

From New London Times.
A little girl was born to Mr.
and Mrs. A. G.. Sakariason last
Friday morning.
-" Messrs. j: S. Robbins and M.
= J. O'Brien Of Willmar did bust.
ness in our town last Monday. :
I A. A. Sperry sold two spring
colts for $500 the other day, and
another for the sum of $500.
How is that for prices? .~*
Mr.. Arne Skeie returned last
Monday from Wheatland, N. D.
where he has been working, at
the blacksmith trade for three
months. Arne says that part Of
the country is indeed a '.wheat
land. ....=ss S.
Samuel Hammervik the cele-
DRAFTED Norwegian violinist. will
hold g concert at New Lond Ion
Monday, Nov. ! 18th, at the SW..
lL.nth. church. A speech will al
50 be given BY Rev. Collin,
NJ. "a, Swenson and Miss.
Mimi Bergman joined hand > ia Is
the holy bonds Of ma rimony at.
Union Grove Thur sday. 81
Amach inist Mr.. p p. Hilton,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
AtWater Nov 5th 9j
Editor Willmar Tribune.

Editor Willmar Tribune.
Received my last weeks mail to day,
and have looked over the writing I sent
you a little while ago about my Home
Comfort Range. I must say I am not
much pleased with the appearance it
makes after gone through the printers
hands. A few changes and a few
words left out here and there leaves it
in bad shape [ like to have it cor
ected. and WILL therefor ask for little
space in your paper again. Comenc-
ing on the 18th line 2de column it reads:
But it takes more then half as
much as my q years old stove for
baking, cooking and heating. If my
copy don't lie I wrote it thus: But it
takes more than half as much as my
n year old stove for baking, just as
much for cooking and for heating?-
will only say. e. t. c. I see am mis-
understood here so [ will try to put it
a little palmer this time. The Range
is very good one, for baking and do
not take much over half the amount of
fuel as our old stove needs for that
work. but for cooking it needs just
as much, we can not cook comon
meal with less wood or in less time on
it, than we can on our old one. I
have also tryed it sufficient to con-
vince me that it gives less heat in the
room from the same amount of fuel.
By leaving the ovendoor open it will
of course give little more heat than
when closed any cook stove will do
that) but a good deal fit is by that
asbestos lining retained in the range
anyhow, and after going it's measured
rounds it passes out through the nat
ural way--the chimney, no matter
wether we wants it to radiate' in the
kitchen or not: On the45te line the
word Summers should be, summeruse.
On the 5lth line-''to buy a stove-''
should be-but wants to buy a stove
In the last part of the piece is few
words left out that means a good deal.
it is this-And shall also. promise to
take it back if it does not work. That
is what the salesman promised me
WrOte-and shall also promise to take
it back If it doss not work as say e.
t. C.. If he had only promised me to
take it back if: it did not work,
would have been more of O fool when
wanted him to take it back, than when
/ bought it. OF course it works.: ANY
stove with all doors and covers on
will do thatf when fired up, but they
do not allWork to satisfaction. After
telling all that should be sayd about
the good points about the Range, and
more too, he promise to take it back if
it did not work to satisfaction, or
just as he claimed it would. a few
lday later he told me: I will have to
pay for that stove even if it wont burn
paper. I know will; il Salesman and
Company is alike. +:.=s. ...=s..
Z Hoping you will put it all in this
time; mistakes an all, remain
yours for truth
I. L. sAUaMYHR.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
STEEL RANGES AGAIN,

Mr.. Saugmyhr, Of Atwater,
sends us a letter correcting his
recent contribution on the sub
ject OF steel ranges, with request
that we publish it with mistakes
and ALL" and we comply with his
request. The changes made by
the compositor in setting up the
article in question were certain
ly made with no intention of
changing it's meaning. Extracts
from Mr.. Sangmyhr's contribu-
ton have been published by sew
eral papers of neighboring towns,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
Auction Sale.

z.s.l will VII sell at Public Auction at nv
farmo on Sec. 8, two miles west III viii.
mar, on Thursday, Nov. l4th, #l8g5.
the foil 3 3 Wor kinrp horses. Witb'
harnesses, two self binders, two l1In-
ger ger wagons 2 & ploWs, tWo-seaG bug
8Dyy,.I narrow, mower, rake, {
sewing machine a''1 ~ king stove. 4
gas cline eI. stove, heating stove, furnit-
nre, ana az other articl les too numerous
to amenti - S. D -
5 lls HRAs - mounts under SIS, cash.
over that amoun years time OF less
Wlt z notes with app we'd secnr ity
l3 va & l DIN {, OLsosS'
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
At MS| AND 1 MOLECULES.
Their Relation to the Earth and to tho
81: %%~ Planetary Systems. IS

-- & -
Their Relation to the Earth and to tho
Planetary Systems. :. SIS. 81,
In astron o1ny we have to do with
the greatest thi lgs in nature. The
sun is 80, 600, 0oD miles distant from
the earth and Of q bulk one and
one-third million times as great. The
planet Neptune is so times as far
away as the sun. The nearest to us,
so far as we know, of all the stars
"a Centauri) is we'll nigh 10000
times as distant as the planet Nep.
tune, while beyond it are hundreds
of millions of stars farther and yet
farther off. Some that can DO just
detected are probably 10, 1000 times
as remote as a Centauri, or, in 9th !:
or words, 5000, 900, 900 times as far
away as the earth is from the sun.
But the light that comes across
those distances and reveals those
faraway orbs reaches us through
movements and vibrations Que to
molecules far smaller than aa!Y mi
croscope can reveal That light
shakes the minute molecules If a
Photographic plate placed in tlio TO-
GUS of a telescope and leaves behind
the record of it's knocks. It vibrates
in the bright lines of solar and stel-
lar spectra. In no less wonderful
way molecular knocks-most mi
mute, but most numerous-transmit
and maintain the heat of the sun and
of the stars. But, it may be asked,
what are molecules and atoms? Can
we affirm their existence? Can we
measure their size or detect their
action? Can we count them OF de-
termine the number and energy of
their knocks if they are so minute?
An atom literally means that
which cannot be cut. According to
the atomic theory of the constitu-
ton of matter all bodies are suppos-
ed to be made up of atoms. An
atom therefore represents the small
est possible quantity of any elemen-
tary body, a quantity incapable of
subdivision, if, indeed, such a con.
ception of indivisibility is possible.
A molecule literally means a lit
tie mass, and is considered to be an
aggregation of a certain number of
atoms; in general, of atoms of diff
ferent clements, but in some cases,
it may be, Of atoms Of like kind.
Molecules are held to form the ulti-
mate constituent particles of a COM
pound body. The molecules of such
q body cannot be divided if it is to
retain its nature as compound.
They will, however, be resolved into
constituent atoms if the compound
body be resolved, by some process
or other, into it's constituent ele-
ments. So long, for instance, as wa
ter is water, it's molecules each con-
sist OF two atoms of hydrogen join
ed to one Of oxygen. But if VOL
ume of water: be resolved, by heat
or electricity, into two separate
volumes of oxygen and hydrogen,
each molecule of the water is there
by resolved into it's constituent at
oms. All the atoms of oxygen go to-
gether to make up the total volume
OF oxygen, and all those Of HYDRO
gen to form the total volume of by
drogen obtained from the given
volume of, water. So also in other
similar cases. -Nineteenth Century.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12

OF st. Paul, is putting in the new
steam plant for the mill this
week.
The Lutheran Ladies Mission
Social will be held at Alfred
Olander's Friday, Nov. 22nd.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1895-11-12
Expense Regardless of Pleasure.

A:visitor who passed. more than
one summer in Newport has been
struck by the statement that some
Of the richer people there "devote
themselves to pleasure regardless of
expense" and suggests that moro ia
miliarity with the subject would
have indicated to him that they de-
vote themselves to expense regard
less of pleasure.