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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
Diamonds.

Professor Crookes, in his recent re-
markable lecture on diamonds, men
toned some interesting facts concerning
that always popular subject When in
examining diamonds under polarized
light the black cross of the polarizer re-
wolves around particular spot in the in
side Of the crystal and the point is exam
ined with high power. slight flaw and
more rarely minute cavity are some
times seen. This cavity is filled with gas
at an enormous pressure, and the strain
which is set up in the stone by the eff
fort Of the gas to escape is not infre.
Quently removed only by the explosion
of the gem. 1t is not at all uncommon
for diamond to explode soon after it
reaches the surface, and some have been
known to burst in the pockets Of the
miners or when held in the warm hand
Large crystals are more liable to burst
than smaller pieces. Valuable stones
have been destroyed in this way, and it
is whispered that cunning dealers have
often done handsome stroke of bust
ness by allowing responsible clients to
handle or carry III their warm pockets
large crystals fresh from the mine. BY
way of safeguard against explosion some
dealers embed large diamonds in raw
potatoes to insure safe transit on the
ocean voyage.
Professor Crookes showed that dia-
mond could actually be too hard. From
rich yield Of beautifully white dia-
monds i'll New South Wales great things
were expected. When a parcel Of many
hundred carats came to England, it was
found they were so hard as to be prac-
tically unavoidable as gems, and they
We're ultimately sold for rock boring
purposes. The intense hardness of the
diamond was illustrated by an expert
ment. The diamond was placed on the
lattened apex Of a conical block of steel,
and on it was brought down second
cone of steel AS these cones were forced
together by hydraulic power the image
Of the diamond and the steel faces of
the'cones WERE projected on the screen
with an electric lantern The stone was
seen to be squeezed right into the steel
blocks without being injured in tie
slightest degree
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
ITEMS OF ALL SORTS.

young n::1 in Foston has trained
monkey to ride bicycle.
No person under IS years of age is
allowed to enter IL thcatcr or tavern in
Heligoland.
MlcE'g2a contains about 4,545 lakes
and aEolt 1890 :t.:cams, and is con-
sldered {: l~::ot';se fer anglers.
Passeac"~-'s Gu t'.c open cars of Bos-
ton, for I'm tl;rrc are TO seats. are
not allowed to st~rd c.: cbstruct the
view of t!.osc '. 10 ere seated.
"A subl:::::::': &c t"::~,i~l - connect Scot
land and :rc-;- Il is u.:Ier considera-
ton by t:e British government. The
estimated cost i; $4,000 eco.
The cl.a-cc,,>ic>? s-ccc:c1 is J.E Dauoh-
erty,. of AZ. a-'.'':,, ~. While leaninp
back in his <..:ir l.. recently sneezed
so hard that lie di::ocactd his SHINE
John Iannis, Of Sheridan, Newavpo
county, Mich, has ,lli-.c sons grown to
manhood. They all marched in 4 bodv
to the polls and voted at the recent
spring election. :~:,....v, -
superstition in Persia, about. 100
years ago led to the adoption of a queer
remedy for cholera. The sufferer rolled
a Leaf OF the Koran into a pill, and
Howard Smith, o lad of ten years, of
schrenersville, Pa, became overheated
while chasing chickens in his fathers
barn, and paralysis and blindness re-
suited, followed by death.
4. 4 musical ll1l bicycle has been invented,
by a man mar in P5esburg, Austria, The
motion OF the wheel grinds out a tune
IKE = hand organ, and the rider rolls
along to the strains II delightful bar
| n,nnv. e & < - = 'it'A-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
ABOUT PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Gen. Cadorna, who commanded the
Italian troops when they took posses
sion of Rome in 1870, died recently at
the age of 50 years.
Dr.. Jameson, according to the Cape
Town Times, will return to South
Africa to carry the Rhodes transconti-
Mental wire to Lake Tanganyika.
The duchess of York was married
July 6, 1893. June %, 1894; December ID,
1925, and April IS, 1897, are the dates of
the births of her three children.
NJ ISIS Mary Isabella Potter, who was
ord aimed as an Episcopal deaconess in
Ne'w Haven recently, is the first wom-
an to take orders in the diocese of Con-
nes ,ticut.
e. movement is on foot to erecta monu-
ny ent to Henri Vieuxtem1>s, the famous
B. elgium violinist The monument will
be erected at Verviers, the birthplace
Of the musician.
Gov. Robert L. Taylor, of Tennessee,
who, it is said, will resign, achieved no.
toriety during his candidacy by playing
a violin, while making speeches. He
now says he is tired of the ingratitude
of politics." ~,
Senator wellington, of Maryland, in
'terests himself while the senate is in
session in looking over newspaper clip
pings about himself. He subscribes to a
news-clippings bureau and reads every
thing that is said about himself with a
great deal of interest. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
Limbless Cotton.

An interesting sight at Opeli,ka, Ala.
is patch Of "limbless'' COT ton. The
plants arc from five to seven feet high
and have no limbs or brar. ches at all:
The hollis form, on little twigs two and
three inches long, and when in bloom
the stalk presents the appearance of a
white column. A CROP OF about four
bales to the acre is what is expected un-
der fair conditions. This Alabama patch
is the property of the lev l. N. Fitz.
patrick, a. presiding elder of the negro
Methodist church, and such is his care
of his unique crop and his confidence in
his neighbors that be watches it at night
with dog and gun. Exchange
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
JOHNsON'S BOSWELL.
The Alleged Original Source Of Our
knowledge of English Literature.

The Alleged Original Source Of Our
knowledge of English Literature.
To some of us-I suspect, indeed, to
good many-Boswell represents the
original source not only of knowledge
about johnson, but Of our knowledge &
English Literature in general. He was
our introducer to the great anonymous
club formed by English men of letters
from the days when Shakespeare met
Ben Jonson 10 the days when Carlyle
discoursed IT, Froude. We became men,
bers of the craft in spirit under Bos-
wells guidance, whether we have or
have not become actually identified
with it in the flesh. It therefore be-
comes next to impossible to abstract
from Boswell-all our later knowledge
has been more or less ingrafted upon
him, however far we may have travelled
from the source. Boswell gave the nu-
cleus, and more or less consciously we
have used his world as standard inev-
itably taken into account in all later
judgments. To suppose Boswell nonex-
istent is for such readers to suppose a
kind Of organic change in our whole es-
innate of literary characteristics
When reading, especially about some
of the other famous takers, Coleridge's
monologues or Sydney Smiths explo-
sions Of fun, l find myself thinking how
they would have sounded at the Mitcr
or the Turk s Head. Thanks to Boswell,
I take the Johnsonian article to be a
fixed datum like the official yard at the
Tower, and to be asked to put that out
of my head is to be invited to deprive
myself Of my only measuring rod. 1t is
exceedingly difficult, at any rate, to put
oneself outside of Boswell and to con-
strue portrait of johnson simply out
of such other materials as are here put
together.
have read Hawkins and Mrs Piozzi
and the rest, but always with the help
of the preconceived notions. Where
they could be fitted into Boswell have
accepted them as considerations, but
when they differed | have probably re-
jected the uncongenial elements with
perhaps careless assumption that they
must be inaccurate, and yet it seems
only justice to these respectable persons
to consider whether we ought not to re-
open the point. If Nine D'Arblay saw
something Of johnson which was not
revealed to Boswell may we not discov-
or similar supplementary hints in the
other attempts at portraiture?-Leslie
Stephen i'll National Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
BASEBALL.

Detroit recently released four Of its
players.
Tim Donahue is the hardest loser
among the colts.
Danny Friend is pitching winning
ball for Kansas City.
McJames, of Washington, doesn't
like to pitch on Sunday.
''Buck Ewing's Cutters" is what the
reds are now being dubbed.
The colonies make a speciality of
double plays in their practice work.
The colts lead the league up to date
in the number of double Plays made.
Dick Cooley is just nov Tic boss bat
ter and base purloiner of Tic phillies.
Frank Selee is said to &c wiling to
wager that Boston will finish one-two.
Catcher Camel is the only bean
eater who has been with the team eight
years.
1t looks as if Tommy fuckers days
in the big league are over Nobody
seems to want him.
St. Paul seems to have a ciEch on first
place in the western league race, for the
present at least.
Buck Ewing is said to have the pref
test set of baseball fingers of any
player in the business.
The St. Louis bleacheries roast Won
der Abe whenever they get glimpse of
him in the stand or On the field
Many veteran ball player has been
| relegated to the bench this season and
many youngster has developed into
| star.
Bar St. Louis, the western teams have
shown themselves to &c fully as strong
as their eastern rivals on the present
shift around:
Catcher Charley Farrell is said to
have Few tricl. this season. In prac-
tice he 2'@.''1cc;:::'''''' has Greet difficulty
in throwing tic ball down to second.
but when the came starts he nips the
first base runner who tries to steal the
| bag.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
HAPPENINGS ABROAD.

Hans Delbruck, editor ofthe Preus-
sische Jahrbuecher, has been appointed
to the chair of history in Berlin uni
versity, held by the late Heinrich Won
Treitschke. II
Lamartine'smanuscripts of his poems
have been handed over to the Paris
National library by NJ. Emile Olivier,
as the literary executor of Mile. Valen-
tine de Lamartine.
Italy has music trust, a well-known
firm of music publishers controlling
copyrights and theaters so that no
opera can be given without it's consent
and no singer engaged save at it's dicta-
ton. I,
When the duke of Connaught's term
as commander at Aldershot expires he
will be made quartermaster general.
His next step toward the commander
in chief will probably be the adjutant
generalship. :.
Three thousand Lascars, specially i'm
ported, are to be turned loose on Lon
don by the Peninsular and Oriental
and other steamship lines plying with
the east as their contribution to the
picturesqueness of the queens celebra-
ton.
Important frescoes of the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries have been dis
covered under the plaster on the walls
of the Church of San Domenico at
Riete in Umbria. Among them is a
coronation of St. Peter Martyr by
Pinturicchio.
Guesen, the primate of Poland's see,
is celebrating the ninth centenary of
it's patron, Saint Adalbert, who was
put to death by the heather Prussians
he was trying to convert in 997. His
body lies in solid silver shrine in
Guesen cathedral.
In Italy only half of the criminals es-
cape detection, according to Signor
Ferriani, who has written a book on
"Clever and Fortunate Criminals" He
asserts that while 5000 crimes whose
authors were not detected were COM
mitted in France in 1925, the yearly
| number of such crimes is now $4,000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14

of the legislature and prominent in
commercial and financial enterprises.
Above all, he was man, trusting in
God, feeling for his fellowmen and
making the world better for his hav-
ing lived in it. His crown will appear
brighter and brighter as the victory
draws nearer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
NEAL DOW.

The "Grand Old Man Of the Temper
ance Reform" died Oct. 2, in the 9th
year of his age. While he was not the
first to advocate prohibition in Ameri-
ca, his early and eminent services
have also won for him the title of the
"Father of Prohibition. At the ear
nest request of the wife of a neighbor
who was fast going with drink, he Wis
tied d saloon to bring her husband
home. He was informed by the sa-
loon keeper that he had a license to
sell and that if Mr.. Dow, then a
young man, would attend to his own
business, it would be appreciated.
"You have Il license have YOU? We
will see about that,' was his reply,
and he then determined to devote his
life to the overthrow of the saloon.
In 1916 an anti-liquor law WAS passed
in Maine and in 1851, the MAINE
law It was repealed in 1856, but
restored the following year and is still
upon the statute book. Despite all
difficulties, it has worked so we'll that
a prohibition clause has since been
placed in the state constitution by a
popular majority OF 47.0oo. In effect
ing this great reform Mr. Dow per-
formed herculean labors. He Travelled
over the entire state in AN open bug
gy, speaking everywhere in churches,
halls and school houses. and scatter
ing literary "knee-deep," as he once
declared. Convinced that the national
LIQUOR traffic would never be, abol'
ished through the agency of existing
parties, lie lett the republican. party
and ia 1880 was the prohibition can.
didat, for president OF the United
States. 49,,
When neatly SO years OF age: he
raised 4 regiment and WAS "n made
! a brigadier general by President Lin
coin. His body was PIERCED by two
bullets and lie spent nine months II
Libby prison. 81 : z,...7:...: -;
Hto wis mayor ot Portland, t,ethbei
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
CAT, ;~SN, liG EYES.

Keep s:l::. '*;l>: {. :, out of the eyes.
E>:>':' - =, The CO.'S for fine
wor.. t:.... :; ~: :.
NI:c:! TIM clcs Z. . weak sleep all that
is possible. -. :.
SlaaGt al.c.cycs from the full glare of
the SUN -. I '.....
= Let tic light co11.e to your eyes from
one side or fro1:l above, not from in
front. 1911 =. =.
Have an abundance of good, steady
light for any WORK ycu may have on
hand. 49,. r.. Ia. .zs Il:
Do not work in O poor light, and avoid
p glarin;5s light, as it may be as bad as
tn little li0ht. :. u, $ - y
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
A YOUTHFUL ExEGETE.
His Interpretation of the Scriptures Wa
Not Orthodox.

His Interpretation of the Scriptures Was
Not Orthodox.
Strange are the workings of the in
FAINT mind. The little son of we'll
known naval officer stationed here has
advanced new version of an OIL text.
The wife's mother, who makes her
home with her daughter. is of the old
school, a dear creature, with puffs and
caps, who reads her Bible from prefer
ence. 1t is custom for her to teach her
aA little grandson every day verse from
the Bible, and OH Saturday Of last week
the verse selected was:
Remember the Sabbath day TO keep
it holy.''
The child had unusual difficulty in
committing the verse, but, once mas
tered, it must have settled deep into
the very largest brain cell possessed by
the little fellow.
Sunday morning the youngster came,
fresh, white and starched, from his
nurses hands and was deposited on the
front porch until the family assembled
~: for church. Emerging at the last mo-
ment, the mother was Mortified at the
sight Of her small offspring seated upon
the terrace, digging with all his might
into the moist ground.
"Baby, baby, come here this minute
Don't you know it is naughty to play
on Sunday and get yourself all drip
cried the mother.
The little fellow looked up with a
1893 puzzled air and made answer, "Why,
muvver, dear, l is digging holes for
Sunday"
digging holes for Sunday? What
nonsense! You bad, bad little son." re-
turned the mother, none too gently
trying to rescue the once immaculate
suit.
ri 7Now, muvver, dear, did learn We
verse from grandma, and it was Re-
member We Sabbath day to keep it
- 1s holy and is only digging We holes for
Sunday to make it holy, and isn't a
bad little son at all. -
There was suspicious trembling
about the mouth, but it is needless to
relate that the little philosopher was
caught in his mothers arms and kissed
before the cry developed and that he
was giEap two plates of dessert for his
Sunday dinner, all because of his orig
inal theory. Washington Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
N~<&N~NN~NNNNA
;W. c; 7. i, COLUMN. :
THE TEMPERANCE VERSION OF
THE "S'rA R-SPANGLED
BANNER.''

by j. NJ. LOGAN, NJ d.
on n say, ca"'tyou sec, in the nations dark
When rumshops are licensed with wicked
ness teeming.
All the dangers and woes of downtrodden
right.
While sad. pleading faces with teardrops
And at Satan's command
Strong men idle stand.
Permitting King AlcohOls reign in the land
Chorus.
On. say, does the star-spangled banner yet
Ger It'll the Ella land nc! of the free and the home OF
On the shore dimly seen, where temperance
shall reign.
Well anchor at last beyond Runs sea of
trouble.
II we work with Il will. Sinking not toll or
pain.
And W. we'll show the proud scorners our
None a license shall pay.
10 take men souls away;
Well work for just laws; where's will
there's way.
Oh. where is that band who so vauntingly
TO make and use laws for the peoples pro.
lection!
Their pockets are full, they remember nc
more
The promises made before the election.
Then, arouse! TO such knaves
We will never be slaves.
But stand by the'man who saloon fighting
braves.
Chorus.
Oh, this be it ever when daring ones stand
Between their loved homes and runs desc
latiOn;
Blest with victory and peace may the heu
ven-rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and pre-
| served US a nation.
Then. conquer we must,
| For our cause it is just;
And this be our motto. I'm God is Ou
trust.
Chorus:
And the star-spangled banner in triumph
| shall wave
Ger the land OF the free and the home O
| the brave.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14

Among the many devices TO assist the
blind on4 Of the best IS a typewriter in
which the keys have raised letters AMID
which punctnatcs the paper with either
letters or the dots contained in" oue of
the blind alphabets. - -. -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
Kilts. ,

Between 100000 and 200,O kits
are made every year. The killed regi-
ments of regulars, militia and volun-
teers number some Il battalions. AS
the military kilt is only provided bien-
nlally this represents supply Of 1000
q year
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.

Much coal is wasted by keeping
draught on unnecessarily.
Sterilized milk is safer for infants
than is milk simply warmed.
All cold vegetables left over should
be saved for future use in soups or
salads.
People of small means can live we'll,
if care is taken that there is no waste in
the kitchen.
Wealthy people spend double as much
as is necessary from lack of care in
domestic matters.
Cold water put into glasses or dishes
from which eggs have been eaten will
soften the egg and make washing
easy.
A good jelly may be made from rhu-
barb by boiling to pulp, straining. and
after adding a pound of cat sugar to
each pint of juice boiling, Swimming
often, until it jellies on the skinner.
If tinted willow furniture is very
dusty, wash in clear water, Using a
brush in the crevices and DIR y in the
shade. Willow or rattan furniture in
natural color may be thoroughly
scrubbed with u stiff brush, warm wa
ter and white soap. Dry in the sun and
wind.
Often very rich cream will not whip
up readily; it should have a little milk
added to it. Cream should be very
cold to whip easily and quickly. If il
is well chilled there is not the danger
of the cream whipping to butter as
housekeepers frequently complain il
does.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
A NEW WOMAN.

She's up 10 date and strictly new,
And yet she IS not aflanle with zeal.
She wears no skirt that's sewed in two.
She is not skilled TO ride a wheel.
Her sex's wrongs she does not feel.
No public scheme her thoughts pursue,
And yet, the fact can't conceal
She's very new.
Her souls ideals are scant and few,
not by man is she controlled,
!; And, though her eyes are deeply tiue.
No occult force her chances hold.
--- She cares not for the days Of old,
Nor does the future charm her view.
She does not work for fame or gold,
And yet she's new.
All homage at her shrine is due.
Her claim no mortal dares to scorn.
She from the infinite takes her cue
She's fresh as earth's primeval morn.
She faces life with powers unworn,
For, now to prove my statements true,
It's scarce ono moon since she was born
You see, she's newt
"SMarion Couthony Smith in New YORK Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
Iii Sir Walter Scott's Mail Bag.

Some letters from the fair sex caused
Sdf NValtGE Scott at least as much amuse-
ment as annoyance. In his earlier years
"a mad woman from about Alnwick,'
by dint of letters and plans, first ex-
tracted from him guinea for a charity,
then sent him the manuscript of curl
Gus novel, which he was to publish in
his own name, and Of which he was to
take half the profits. Finally, on his de-
clining the partnership, she suggested he
should take shares in a medicine for
babies. her oWp invention. Dread of
baftHpatRn in such Herodlike
= afAEt dioye Scott to decline the honor
I Of neutrality-suspicious. with the lady.
On March day in his fatal year,
1895, Sir Walter answered two modest
requests from. widow ladies' One Of
&9S e Il: t %a;sss s'' sss;: ss
that he should impress Oh Peel then
home secretary, the merits of her second
son, whom he was to represent as eft
for any situation III public Office. :"
The second 9adlsy.7ssho had already Pc
rused "Marm14 lid The Lad of
the Lake. - engsgetts NJ return for suit
able provision for her sons education,
to read all hez5SlaR4aS3FSr' other works.
After dealing&titk 2A$e letters, Scott
felt himself constrained to record his
conviction that your destitute widow,
especially if she mth charge of chill.
dren and eeass aE;tXofN for patronage, is
one OF thd:Mpat .ihll1td&n& animals liv-
ing. "-T&4p5BRrS: i: III:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14

IN North Dakota the killing of quail
rand English and Chinese pheasants is
prohibited until 1906 and beaver aud
oaiailt'' ir trapped sud ka4led until
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Village Council Proceedings.

COUNCIL Room,
WILLMAR, Dec. -, 1897

Regular meeting Of the village coun-
Gil. Present-Aldermen Nasset, Kar-
wand, Void, Ramsett, and President
johnson. Observation-Disclosures Tallman
and Nelson
The minutes of previous regular and
special meetings were read and ap-
proved.
The following bills were read and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14

A young girl of twelve became a
pledged abstainer from intoxicating
drinks. "What can child 90 in
temperance work?' Some one asked
a little scotfingly. The child could
THINK and FEEL and PRAY; and work
the work which was visible-came
in maturer years bringing oh! such
privileged service for Christ. Oh!
why does not every Christian worker
share her privilege! While 10000
drunkards go annually to an untime]y
grave, and broken hearted men and
women and starved and neglected chill
dren swell those figures to 1000
the annual number Of drinks victims
who that takes Paul's standard as
his own, "Whether therefore We eat OF
drink or whatever We do, do all to the
glory of God''-who with THIS stan.
dard of life can support the drinking
customs Of our country? 90. '~
A purse-proud man, just getting in
to his carriage. with his wife an6
daughter Haunting in velvet and furs
said to II poor iaborer who was shove
ling coal into his vault: Joe, if 20,
had not drunk gin, you now Nigh
have been riding in II carriage, fol
nothing else could have prevented {
man Of your talents and education
from making money" "Tru'
enough" was the reply OF the poo
man, land if you'had not sold gil
and induced me and others to becom'
drunkards, you might now have beel
my driver, for gin spinning was tin
only way by which you ever made ;
shilling in your life.''