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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17
Tho Scaly Ant Eater.

An animal made Of tin plate, Of the
shape of an elongated fir cone, about
three feet in length, which crackles and
rustles with every movement, jig one of
the latest acquisitions of the Geological
society of London. It's name is the pan.
COLIN, or scaly ant eater, and it belongs
to the same family group as the arma-
dillo and platypua 1t has excited great
attention at the ZOO, for it is-if we are
correctly informed-the first animal of
the Kind which has been exhibited
there. Its home is where the termites,
or white ants, are found, for the animal
feeds on these destructive creatures and
possesses claws which are designed to
break down their strongholds. The
claws are also necessary for burrowing
in the ground. for the pangolin exoa-
Yates cave for himself and his mate
eight feet or 60 below the surface Of
the earth, and in this strange home one
or two young are produced every year.
The pangolin at present at the zoo is
fed upon ants, and their eggs, and also
exhibits Partially for cockroaches
scalded in milk. The scales with which
its body is covered are hard and sharp
as steel, and it can give terribly cut.
ting blow with its powerful tail. It can
roll its body up into 4 ball like hedge.
hog when It SO wills Public Opinion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17
Tonnyson and His wife.

= Tennyson was devoted to his wife,
but, like man Of true taste, be wrote
very little about his feeling for her.
That beautiful dedication beginning.
'tDear, near and true,' - is that bit of
his writing which will be most often
associated with her name. She was q
shreWd critic Of her husbands work.
Tennyson has Eeen accused of inability
to fuse the different portions Of a long
poem, and the difference in style be-
tween ''The Coming Of Arthur and
"The Passing Of Arthur" and the other
"Idylls of the King" has been cited in
illustration. Concerning this difference
Lady Tennyson said to her son only
two, days before her death, "He said
The Coming of Arthur and 'The Pass
ing of Arthur are purposely simpler in
style than the other idylls as dealing
with the awfulness Of birth and death, >
and she wished this statement of the
poet to be put OH record in her son 9
biography Of his father.-New York
Tribune. 25,@%e y.
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The independent stage Driver.


Eastern tourists who cannot diferen-
tiate between a California stage driver
and an eastern coachman meet with
many rude shock in the wild and
woolly west, and they soon learn that
the Californian is a knight of the reins
several grades higher in the social scale
than the mental of the east.
There is an old driver at Monterey
Who is determined that his patrons shall
make no mistake concerning his exact
status, and in quiet way he checks oil
attempts to make a servant of him. A
short time ago he was driving q party
of tourists about; when one querulous old
lady who had annoyed him not little
by her air Of superiority asked:
"My man, do you know the name Of
that wild flower2''
''Yep," he replied and flicked one of
his leaders with his whip.
> She paused a moment for him to give
the name, but he merely clucked to the
wheelers.
''Drivor, do you know the name Of
that fower2" she repeated in an imperi-
Gus tone.
"Yep. Git up there, Ballyl"
Again she waited and again demand
ed:
"Man, don't you know the name Of
that hower:''
"Yep. G'long there, Petei''
'Theu why don't you tell me?''
"Oh. You want to know. too, do yorl
That's wild rose. San Francisco
Post. -1.>
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An Unexpected Greeting.

The gentle Elsie sat drearily in the
cleaning in the front room.
She was very miserable, for on the
previous night she had had words with
her own, and now she fears her naughty
Harold will not call. .
She hears step, ring, q voice she
knows, and some one speaking to the
servants in the hall.
She will not wait until light is
brought, but gently calls, Come in"
The visitor enters, and, with a sigh
OF awful 70, ume the fair Elsie casts her.
self into his arms and softly murmurs
"Oh, my darling, am so glad you
have come. l have SO wanted to make
it up and SETTLE
And he of the embrace remarked:
swell, miss, it's very nice of You,
and I'm very glad, too, that you're go
i>g to settle>up at last
1t was tho gas collector. Spare Mo-
lnents
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Coal Mine Worked @bv One w =.

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The smallest coal mine in the world
is in the southern province Of New Zea-
land, where, according to the reports Of
the inspectors Of mines for the colony.
the Murray Creek colliery is worked By
one man, T. Bolitho, a Chinaman, who
owns, manages and works this small
but to him valuable coal mine. There
sis another small colliery in the same
province worked by one man with the
assistance of a donkey. The next small
est colliery is in England, in the village
OF Nelson, in Lancashire. It is situated
near the Golfers Arms and affords
employment for two miners, father and
son., who combine in themselves the
positions of proprietors, managers,
miners and haulers of the undertaking,
The have the assistance of donkey,
and all the output Of the mine is sold
to the householders who live in the viii
lage or its immediate vicinity.-Ex-
change.
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they did dhtlf You could near them ID
the middle Of the town. ana inform

they did 1htlI y6u could hear them ID
the middle Of the town. ana inform
ed
Our honor. s cried the young attor-
ney, 81 our time TO be taken up listen
Ing to hearsay evide He does not
know. He was informed that such and
ssuch was so and 10. What we must
have is what he knows about the trade
and whether or not he s ..5
IT am informed on real estate values,
having been real estate agent all my
life, = the old man said, and knew
what the worth Of that lease was to the
holder Of st Knowing the facts, ! would
fix his damages at e78.S2. lbelieve''
30 Objected to as conclusion and as
incompetent. What any man believes is
not necessarily good proof. ! don't want
to know what you believe, but what
you know. We must insist on your tell
ing what You know and not what you
surmise or what you conjecture or what
you think qx what you imagine. A
courtroom is not 3 place for exploiting
what q man believes, but what he is
sure Of. I think the court will support
me in saying that we don't want to
know what this man believes. - And
the young lawyer looked confidently ut
the justice. tx. = =
II was going to say" said the wit
ness, "that I believe that is all. Chi
oago Record. '.:-5- :. -
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: CHECKING THE WITNESS.

Testimony of q Careful Old Man to q
6hrewd Young Attorney. @zsz
The young lawyer was determined
that if vigilance could accomplish any.
thing the case should be decided in Ia
vor Of his client, and SO when the care
ful old man went upon the stand for the
defense the attorney leaned forward:
prepared to fight every inch of the way.
Mr.. johnson, the plaintiff, z said
the careful old man, 9 said that IL L
would buy the house he would get Mr.
Gimpson to relinquish his lease. He
said he thought MI. Gimpson would
agree to 60. Il guess 90
Never mind what yon guess We
don't want any hearsay or guessing.
Your honor Ito the court i object to
this witness testimony. Heis guessing
at what he says We want facts. ,'.5sz.s ss5sss.
ss Excuse me- = said the old ran. 81
I was about 70 say I guess at not hing and
insisted on the understan aing being ea-
tablished in my presence. 50 the two two
men got together, with me- On hand, to
listen e Whit they said undat.
stand
injected 80 10 incom petant Four
hcs'or, we don & ant 10 know what.
this man underst was done
8 ant shat hes knllva WIZ q!
ne naomsnt /. said the lDlu
man q abuut 81 say Hint j alts.e
Itand ordinary cow ion olas.
% ieult aud 80 IS
1sAlIur ifisiate Tint ths MI on;
iisa 1!
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Hers:I.oss His Cain.

IS Dramatisz persons small street
sgamin leaning iidly against. tree On:
the opposite sid of the street q young
woman carry ng her pocketbook ii her
hand. Coming toward her the ubiqui-=
5tous man who rescues damsels III dis
5tress inst az these two met on the
.muddy crossing the; yonng woman drop:
ped her pocketbo a. The mud. ItI fell
open. and the usual assortment of thin
sbles pennies scissor samples and.
dimes Was scat
-. " How me, the young man.
and The owner 6 TIC pocket book blush.
~ onaingl lowed him Is %;
=i1oWnSOn hin knees mud fo rescue
Ihaf si6na had picked 40
llns ,liil r. md %
Ram utker rticles tu
slhe nm
q. GO
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Clerical Duucea.

1t is to be feared that clergymen who
have entered the church through theolo-
gical colleges are wretched scholars as
rule. The bishops have lately found it
necessary to insist on an entrance exam
inatior OH general subjects before ad-
mission to a theological college can be
granted, and the results have been de-
oidedly startling. The requirements are
almost ridiculously elementary cou-
pie Of books of Xenophon's 'Anaba.
sis some quite easy Latin, two books
of Euclid and so forth. Nevertheless, it
is stated that o large number of candi-
dates for orders arc SO grossly ignorant
that they have been unable to get
through this exceedingly easy ordeal.
London Truth. -.
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There is determination on the
part of the reform leaders in the
late cam paiyn to go on with the
fight and they have issued ad-
dresses calling on the people to
continue the campaign of educa-
ton. That agrees with our senti-
ment. But it seems useless. -
Elk Cong. Haldor E. Boon in Fer
gus Globe.
It is useless. The people are
tired of this agitation. Give them
a rest. If in two or four years
things don't go to suit the people
then there will be a spontaneous
movement outside of all political
parties that will revolutionize
society. We should keep the
people posted on passing events,
give them acorrect Interpretation
of the political moves of the day.
That is the promise of the indie
pendent press, We should leave
political organizations strictly
alone. When the people get
ready to move On masse they will
organize themselves.
The Peoples party as political
organization. like John Brown s
body lies smouldering inthegrave,
but it's spirit is marching on and
will in one time be the inspira.. ion
of the victorious political move.
ment in this country, no matter
what name it may bear. The
Democrats stole our thunder at
Chicago and brought about our
ruin as a political party. The
Republican party will no doubt
steal ourleading principles before
four years are gone, and carry
them out SO far as to deprive us
of an issue. p. a.. f.:
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"A Queer Coin.

Fully half of the grown up people of
France believe the old story that Napo-
leon Bonaparte put check for 100, 900
francs III q silver franc piece and that
the coin is set in circulation They say
that the people did notwant the franc
piece, and that in order to create de-
mand for it Napoleon resorted to the
device mentioned. The check or treas
ury order. it is said, was written upon
asbestus paper and inclosed in the met
al at the time the coin was mado. Thou
sands Of 5 franc pieces are annually
broken open and have been so inspected
since, the story Of the check was first cir.
oulated. New York journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17

THE WE .l IN N Erred BOY
He 70 Simply Charming, but Altogether

He u simply Charming, but Altogether
s a Too Scarce. SIS As .545 EOS;
# Is there any thing more charming in
this world than a nice, well hammered
boy?y i don t want to be ypercritieal,
I but must add, as am a strictly vera.
cious woman, that they are, alas, as
rare as they are charming.
Such a boy, tho we'll hammered gen
ius, thank heavens, met not long
ago. and my instant thought was, What
q fine mother his must be. ] know her
by reputation, q celebrated actress, who
has carefully shielded her private life
from the public, and my estimation OF
that woman Immediately rose 30 de-
grees. None but a woman OF culture,
refinement and true nobility Of scharac.
ter could rear a son whose every light
est word showed respect for women, in
nate good breeding, and, best Of all, in
this day Of affected skepticism among
the jeunesse doree, an honest belief III
the existence Of good among men and
women in general. =. 5a..:~ =. 4 z T..
Aud I cou1dn t help thinking sorrow
fully as .chatted with this delightful
boy how few mothers really understand
their meter. It's the most responsible
work in the world, that Of motherhood,
and is entered into with the least train
ing and preparation. Women are pro-
verbally proud, vain, their masculine
critics say, and wonder whether they
realize how they are reflected in their
children: II they did, would they not
make a greater effort to have reflected
only their good points, their gentleness.
breeding, and, above all, their faith in
human Observation-Disclosures Record.
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TOMMY CRUISE.

In Hard Luck When He Struck Drum
Lummond and Bloomed Out. :
When ! met Tommy first, his only
asset was q serious danger, for his five
underfed and underbred ponies were
about to be seized for overdue taxes. I
could not help Tommy with money. but
I tried to with advice. Strike old Sam
Ashby for q couple Of hundred dollars, .
I suggested. Sam Ashby was one Of the
rich men Of Helena, Moa., at that PEI
riod and ran a small savings bank. Tom
my Cruise stried old Sam Aahby. = All
he got, however, was some pretty free
talk, in which the banker assured Tom:
my Cruise that he would rather throw
his money into the home OF his satanic
majesty than loan it to such drunken.
Unfit less fellow.
Tommy Cruise got the money, how.
ever. Three weeks later he located the
great Drum Lummond gold mine. He
knew he had a big thing, but somehow
he could make nobody believe IN his
mine. For years he worked at il, how
ever. living at times d dogs life. 2z5s
8as Oncey9sW nllo KING 70 g 1a friend OF
mine, he fell forward unconsciou He
had not eaten q mouthful 81 food Tor
86 hours. and yet with logged 5persist-.
senoy, had worked on ttiili HE tell III his
tracks At last hiss day Came. He open.
"a mp q big vein and had 81, 600, 900 to
his credit il 8 good zafe banlk Hard
1timess over, he decided to pose as 8 sssol-
IA citizen, g: he opened q. saviilngs5
hank "a Helena One off TIC first: mon.
sto.apply to- Tommy Cruise, ban ker, FOR
= snall loan was HE one time banker
Did Sam Ashby, now less prosperous
Then came To the old prospectOr the
Ihlppiest l,1oinent of lis one Tint.
wiped out all ,ne emory 81 staryation and
fsiyation For .onnn1y Cruise. showing
1suuad 6s Gus oner "a the door. as.
ttRRtB sl,.s Rnaas. as,
|ein ani tbli I'd i 61i ISne ears,
throw Ills money
Tho hons iss ia 1n .n.:j;i,t
IN
Inv l,,aa,
81
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BLUE PETER. IN WHIST.

F1,e Siona1 Fo, Trnr,,. u,,,+ r,-,...,..---,,
Nv Iora Han,1 ns ass .''NPaoyed
.rhoro ';a loo !,
shon,d be ~ M nouso - - -, Lonuon wnicn
Who believe = 49, aa,s aa %,s. liay ta
..;nforma+;on,, . a.a,a ~" soIoo. sna .ne
which than s,,o,,1d a ~, :. 1919 u11ole
t H fannta;, hsaa 5. wv lesleo'1uA1y as
~ tha aa;aa o. M; - 81 e q, = MODERN
street and f,: n a;th; = ee: James
horo,,oh Honsa ts14n s.ss - Mall-
~ The fart +ha+ = e lesss onaeny
i.,,a..1., 60 g one talne
, nIyMn -; - slanam. e1up, and that
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17
9 OFFICIAL FROM KENTUCKY.

Complete Figures Show That One Bryan
Elector Is Successful. ,.@
FRANKFORT, KY, Nov. 16.-Complete
official returns have been tabulated, by
counties, showing that Smith, one Of
the Bryan electors, runs 2,000 ahead of
the lowest Mckinley elector, and is
elected. The other 10 Bryan electors
run from 300 to 700 behind ~ of the
Mckinley electors
The total vote Of the state was 444,-
24S, as follows: Mckinley, 8,055 +;
Bryan, 217,797; Palmer, 2,018; Lever.
ing, 1874. McKinley's average plu.
rality, 258 on the vote for electors. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17

s. oh, aud lifting Ills hat lie walked.
on, not having received SO much as 4
tnank you uI for no service. But then
q. she was very pretty. q - q.
mere ~ r'l'f ls a climax to this story When
. the. young woman had ceased looking
1 l'l, lost property, she went on her way,
and the street sgamin darted across the
street from his post Of observation, and
IN N 9 moment 'p' be had found that lost
penny under the stone where he saw it
roll. and as he walked away with it
hidden in his cheek butter wouldn't
have melted in his mouth. Detroit
Free Press. .zs,--*a> ~ 80 : =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17
Spider Wort.

The Virginia spiderWort is apparent.
~ unable to endure a high temperature
During the day it is wilted and defect.
ed. AS the evening comes Oh it reviyes,
all its leaves assume alively appearance,
and the plant appears to- flourish and
enjoy it's life until the morning light
again returns. = - =. 8 +.z
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1896.

Talk about ignorant voters? A
fellow living south of hereinquir-
ed a few days after election of
one of our wheat buyers who the
"Lind' really was that ran for
governor, and if he was the
"Lien" connected with the Bank
of Willmar.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17
The Plurality in ohio.

COLUMBUS, O., Nov. 16.-McKinley's
official plurality in Ohio is 51,109. All
parties except the Republicans and
Democrats have failed to cast one per
cent of the total vote, cannot be placed
on the ballot at the next election except
by petition of per cent of the voters.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17
sLA'u GH1TER OF DEER

Saame IS f11ed IN Montana by Snortsmeli
Inst Tor the Fun of the Thing
Szss q Wright tells ii Recre Is
where much q 4 oltana' game has
gone Hesays
- have known two sel q ca led sports
mel, sleave Epoknne for two slay ana
llll ietnfnin4 81 int li 0ee||
8 y! 81 eIls ii W d i
d oihe M ttfr s,tbornff eel ,hhns;
yeara Guild jul Jun
hunt ler Iasss2 once.
MAJ I'D u S7i,:iys|
Eeamp 8 NJ q Iie!lhs||
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DEAF. AND :DUMB.
What It Means to BE Cut or From spe
and Hearing. ~

What II Means to BE Cut or From Speech
= and Hearing.
E. 70 bo deaf is to be unable to hear,
and to be dumb is to be unable to talk.
The lack of hearing is remedied by
teaching the child to use his eyes and
understand either signs or the motions
IT the lips, and the lack Of speech is
remedied by teaching the child to use
his vocal organs or his hands to make
others understand, and. behold, the task
is accomplished, and he is "just like
other, folkal" Not one thought is given
to language, to the wonderful medium
OF exchange by means Of which the bust
ness Of life is carried on, that is sup
posed to come by nature, or>instinct, OF
miracle, but never by teaching. =
!. A cultured lady. Q literary woman,
said to me once, after seeing some deaf
children and hearing them 60 through
certain vocal exercises which included
every elementary sound in the English
language: Now, If these children can
make all these sounds correctly, why
don't they 60 right on and talk? What
binders them?" Shewa bright wom-
an, and when very short explanation
bad been given her the reason flashed
upon her, and she said; (. (. Why, what 1,
fool ami I seei They We got something
TO say, and the mechanical ability to
ray It. but no language to say It il. :
And In that one sentence she expressed
the reason for being Of all the institn.
tons and schools for the deaf IN the
country. ,%s
No language 70 say il il, that ex-
presses the. dition 81 deaf child
mind before he is taught very we'll, but
perhaps and no language to think It
5in's should be added. Let the reader
Try for himself and see how much con.
ssecutiye thought he can accomplish
81 thout ords,, and ifs with his mind
trained BIZ years of intel igent thinking
/ be can do little unit the words come.
let him imag zine, sc lie can, the state sc
s mind gu. Of from language label
dams .ins Popul lar Science Monthly.
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s. BY the nearest mail route from St.
Louis to Mobile a distance of 643 miles
must be travelled. f.:
-. GRANT AND. PORTER.
The Latter's First Meeting With His Sub
seQuent Chief.

The Latter's First Meeting With His Sub
sequent Chief.
While sitting in my quarters in the
little town of Chattanooga about an
hour after nightfan OH the evening of
Friday, Oct. 49,, 1868, all orderly
brought me q message from General
George 81. Thomas, commander of the
Army Of the Cumberland, on whose
staff / was serving, sumnoning me to
headquarters. A storm had been raging
for two days, and a chilling rain was
still falling. A few minutes walk
brought me, to the plain wooden, one
story dwelling occupied BY the COM
mander. which was situated on Walnut
street, near Fourth. and upon my ar
rival I found him in the front room on
the left side of the hall, with three
members Of his staff and several strange
officers. TIL +. ::*s.sz* 49, !. - -.
In an armchair facing the, fireplace
was seated q general officer, slight in
figure and Of medium stature, whose
face bore M expression Of wcariness.
He was carelessly dressed, and his uni
form coat was .unbottoned and thrown
back from his chest. He held lighted
cigar in his mouth and sat in stoop-
ing posture, with his head bent slightly
forward. His clothes were wet, and his
trousers and topboots were spattered
with mud. General Thomas approached
this officer, and, turning to me and
mentioning me BY name, said, IT want
to present You to General Grant. -
Thereupon the officer seated in the
chair, without changing his position,
glanced up, extended his arm to its full
length, shook hands and said in q low
voice and speaking slowly, 81 How do
you do?' This was my first meeting
with the man with whom Twas des-
tined afterward to spend 80 many Of the
most interesting years Of my life.
.sz The strange officers present were
members Of General Grants staff.
Charles "a. Dana, assistant secretary Of
war, who had been for some time with
the Army Of the Cumberland, had also
entered the room The next morning he
ssent q dispatch to the war depart ment,
beginning with the words, Grant ar
rived last night, wet, dirty and well. q 3
-. Campaigning With Grant, Z By Gem
seral Horace Porter. il Century
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17
Tho Passion Flower.

The passion flower is intimately as
Eociated in popular legends with the
crucifixion. Its three petals are supposed
to typify the Father, Son and Holy
Spirit, while in its other parts the i'm
aginative eye finds the cross. the nails,
the spear, the crown Of thorns, the halo
and various other emblematic objects.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17
With Lightning Rapidity.

"Wonderful eye that boy CT mines
got, :" said the proud father.
'"That so?'' mechanically replied the
man who was trying to get away.
"You never saw such a sense of pro-
portion, " cried the proud father. 'Pass
that boy the cake dish, and he'll spot
the biggest piece Oh it every time. -
Rockland (Me Tribune,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1896-11-17

only single deposition which was
that Of Bishop Journal, who was in
sane. The Italie, however, suggests as
possible that if Archbishop Ireland
committed further imprud ences, the ir-
ritation Of the vatican would be SO
great that he might be invited to re-
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a MILLION STARVING.

Report From Eleven Famine Stricken
= ..r:e.ss% District of India. "ss
LONDON, Nov. PA special dispatch
from Bombay says that in IL districts
Of Deccan and Concan, a million and
aquarter of people are believed to be
on the verge of starvation. 49, --.:-7-> -