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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09
fro BE Continued
STORY OF AN OPAL.

alllnB about luck stones said the
jcSveler, Il was an eye witness once to
u most remarkable instance of super
stition in regard to the opal, and dis
like to tell the story because it sounds
hardly CREDIBLE
Tell it, tell it," urged the company;
1.-THE bigger the yarn, the better we will
like it"
1T is merely an incident of travel
that came under my own observation.
l was returning at the time from trip
abroad, and when we were one day out
I made the acquaintance Of two stran-
gers in rather peculiar way. A gen.
tle1nan approached me and said he had
learned who was and wanted me to do
him a favor. Then he pointed out man
who was pacing the steamers deck
and told me to notice the opal he wore
in his scarf. l had already seen it and
observed that it was very fine stone.
"'Purchase it for me- said my new
acquaintance, and he told me his na.ne,
which represented uncounted wealth.
But objected, as the affair seeme'l
little peculiar.
"'Pay any price he asks--I must
have it, he urged.
MAY I inquire why you want it??'
asked. He hesitated, then said:
My wife is with me on the boat.
on obtaining it. She is an invalid and
try to give her everything that che
desires. She is not unreasonable. al
though this may appear so to strangers.
My check will be ready for the price OF
that OPAL
"Well, had become interested, aud
l made the acquaintance of the man
who owned the opal, and after admir-
ing thegem sufficiently and letting him
know that was in the business of buy.
ing and selling stones, casually made
him an offer. You see, didn't want,
him to think was after the opal. He
was at first surprised, then seemed to
consider the matter, and finally named
the only price which would induce him
to part with it. 1 really think he asked
twice it's value to prevent me from
taking it. But accepted his figures
on the spot and, possessed of the opal,
sought the millionaire, who insisted
on adding handsome commission to
the original price,"
"Well?" queried the crowd as he
ceased speaking.
1.-THE climax came am hour later when
the new owner of the opal called me to
the bow of the steamer and asked me to
witness the burial of the gem in five
fathoms Of green water"
"Threw it overboard?"
Exactly. He said his wife would not
have known q moment of peace with
that unlucky gem flashed in her eyes
whenever she was on deck. wished
he had commissioned me to throw it
overheard, but he made sure that it
could never again act as hoodoo."-
Detroit Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09
An Interesting Item,

BY reason Of its mileage and location, the
Texas & Pacific Railway is the most impor-
tant of all railway lines in Texas. 1t trav.
erses the Lone Star State from East to
great forests of pine, and the broad prairies
and we!l-kept farms, affording the most
beautiful scenery all along the line. No
other line affords such opportunities for the
home seeker or investor to see and enjoy
Texas. Cheap lands for ALL Low rate Home
Seekers Excursion Tickets on sale at all
points in Texas and Louisiana February
18th, March 2nd and 10Th, April 9Th and
Goth, May 4th and 18th.
For a handsomely illustrated book fully
describing the wonderful State of Texas,
conceded to be the finest publication issued
CASTOR Meslier, Gen'l Pass'r Tiki. Agt.,
Dallas, Tex.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09
GrO0n If You Must.

But also appeal to means of relief of the
groan. rheumatism is prolific source of
agony in it's acute infammatory or chronic
forms: But it may be annhilated at it's birth
with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which, un.
like the poisons in minute doses often pre-
scribed for it, is perfectly safe. In malaria]
kidney, bilious, dyspeptic or nervous all
ments the Bltters is certain source of relief
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09
WHAT A sruPENDOUs LIE,

We hear a farmer say when he reads
that John BREEDER, Mishicott, Wis,
grew 173 bushels of Salzer's Silver
King Barley per acre in 1896. Don't
you believe it? Just write him! You
see Salzer's seeds are bred up to big
yields. And Oats 23O bushels, corn 26O,
Wheat 60 bushels, Potatoes 1000 bush
els, Grasses tons per acre, etc., etc.
$1,000 FOR 10 CENTS.
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 10 CENTS
stamps to John 4. salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, and get IL farm seed sam.
pies, worth $40, to get start. lKl
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 933 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09
Pats Password.

The Irish soldier seems to furnish the
story-teller with many an anecdote.
The following incident is said to have
occurred at the battle of .Fontenoy,
when the great SAKE was the marshal
in command. ..
1.-THE password is 'Saxe.'" said the
officer of the guard, as he sent off an
Irish trooper with message; don't
forget the word" -
'''Sure 1 won't, sir" was the reply.
'.':Sacks-my father was a miller" g.
When he game to the sentinel and was
challenged, the Z7ishman looked wise,
and whispered: ~: ~ >s..s. .. n.
ii s.'''..Bags,' you spalpeen; let me
through! "Harper's Round Table. I'll.
The man who keeps his mouth shue
3navor has n, emf fanv onfH I
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

The Grip Of Pneumonia may be warded off
with Hale's Honey of Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

She-"Does the baby take after its moth
err" He-"Well, it hasn't begun to talk
yet."-Yonkers Statesman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

There is one thing about prayer meet
ing: 1t lets out at nine o'clock, while a
dance keeps going until one or two o'clock
in the morning.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

Beggar (piteously)- .'Ah, sir, am very,
very, very hungry" Dyspeptic (savagely)
-''Then have the decency to keep your good
fortune to yourself: | haven't had an appe-
tlte for years. Tit Bits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

Too much goodness is as monotonous as
too much ickedness.-Atchison Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

I have found Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton an unfailing medicine.-F. R. Lott,
1875 Scott st., Covington, KY, Oct. l, 1894
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

1t takes a higher degree of courage to be
laughed at than it does to be shot at.-Ram's
Horn
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

Cold stiffens a sprained muscle St. ia
| cobs Oil warns, softens and cures it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

When bilious or costive eat a Cascare
candy cathartic, cure guaranteed lOc, p
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

The man who rides hobby, thinks no.
body else is making any Roadway Ram
Horn
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

The man who knows himself well, will
know good deal about other men.-Ram' S
Horn.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

The way to get better position is to more
than fill your present one.-Ram's Horn.
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Icy pavements and bruises give aches and
pains. st. Jacobs Oil gives cure, comfort.

Nobody has sympathy for fat man,
though every real fat one needs it all the
time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09
Won't Keep 1t Up.

Won't Keep 1t Up.
Conductor you sec that man
with the child?
Driver-No.
He's the proudest father ever met.
Insisted on paying full fare for the six
months old boy."-Pearson's Weekly.
Said Bagsley: II hear that New
dule sold himself to the rich girl there
by his side. Wonder how much he
got?" Said Jawkins, as the handsome
heiress moved away: II should say a
pretty good figure. "-Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribune.
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Incurables

''And this one?"
"Ah! that is a hopeless case of water
on the brain. He labors under the inn
preston he is a milkman." Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

NO-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Over 400,000cured. Why not let No To- BAG
regulate or remove your desire tor tobacco?
saves money, makes health and manhood.
Cure guaranteed, SOC and 81 90, all druggists.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-09

The man who keeps his mouth shut
never has to eat any GROW Il $ssss
The herald., 1897-11-05
Street DISTINCTIONS

To the Editor Of the Los Angeles Her.
aid: Permit me to direct your attention
to the abuse of the rights Of the munic-
ipality IN its streets, notably in the case
of a merchant at 1856 South Main street,
who is keeping goat with gilded horns
and a donkey packed ready for "Klon-
dixie" hitched to the curb. This condition
Of affairs would not be tolerated in a
third-rate village in Arkansas. In the
city of New York this question came up
in little different form. Numbers Of
drays and trucks were allowed to re-
main on the obscure streets over nights
and Sundays. The street department
took hold of the matter and found that
there were by actual count Is, 900 vehicles
left to stand in the manner described
and from measurements and calcula-
tions found that nearly a million and
half square feet of the city's property
was occupied free of charge. But fur
ther than this, they found that the crime
OF the city was in many instances trace
able directly to the existence of this nui-
sance-thieves hiding in the wagons and
various other vile and nefarious reptiles
bred in these arks of refuge.
Let Los Angeles save herself from the
stigma Of this hitching evil. Yours re-
spectfully. PAUL VAN EYRIC,
A New Yorker.
Los Angeles, Oct. 81. 1897.
The herald., 1897-11-05
REPAIRING PAVED STREETS

The Spring street resurfacing petition
now has a safe majority of over 600 feet
The welcome document will be present.
ed to the city council next Monday, to-
sether with an ordinance already pre-
pared to meet the wants of the case
This will save a week, and the work
ought to be completed before the holi-
days.
Then, what about Main street? The
Oldest leading business street in the city
must not lag haltingly behind In some
parts it is even in worse condition than
made spick and span with a new as
phalt surface, a comparison will be
very odious. Let US now hear from the
Main street petitioners.
There is Sixth street also, which is in
still worse condition than either Spring
or Main, all things considered. Sixth
street is the leading cross street in the
city and carries large amount of traf-
fic. 1t is also one of the roadways lead
ing to the Sixth street park. At present
it is actually impossible to drive horse
on Sixth street faster than a walk. Let
us have a clean sweep and a good job
while we are about it. VIII the Sixth
street property owners do their share?
The herald., 1897-11-05
,ever been accused of lacking sense. No

never been accused of lacking sense. No
doubt they will do what may seem nee
essary to maintain political ascendency;
but, crediting them with ordinary dis
cretion, it is a fair presumption that
they will heed the warning that has been
given: that they will fully comprehend
the situation and do something at least
to break the force of attacks from the
reform and good government elements,
which have developed so much strength
within the last few years.
Judge Van Wyck is evidently a man
of more than mediocre ability, and there
have been no assaults of weight against
his personal character. 1t would be
harsh to presume that he does not real
ize his responsibilities, or that he has
no regard for his reputation. His posi-
ton in the municipal world will be sec
ond to none except that of the lord
mayor of London-and here only in
pomp and circumstance-more con-
spicuous than that of the governor of
any state, and in some respects of great
er power for good or evil than that of
president of the United States.
New York is the great commercial me-
tropolis of the western hemisphere
Eighty per cent of our customs duties
are received there. and through it
passes the bulk of the imports which gc
in bond to the interior cities. 1t is the
American clearing house for the COM
nerce of the nation, and where the
money of the country, to a very great
extent, is concentrated. There are
abundant influences which will induce
he first mayor of so great city to do
what will aid in giving it the prestige of
wise and honest government, and also
n achieving an enviable reputation for |
himself. Give Mayor Van Wyck a |
'hance to display himself before final |
Judgment is formed and pronounced.
The herald., 1897-11-05
LOS ANGELES HERALD. FRIDAY MORNING NOVEMBER S, 1897

trust in Greater New York. 1t IL
branching out to other cities. There
are several gas companies that do NOT
dare to buy a barrel of the naphtha
product for the manufacture Of gas ex-
cept from the Standard Oil company.
The number of such companies in
creases as the octopus gets an arm
around them.
1t begins TO look as if in the near fu-
ture. should anybody say, Let there be
light" he will have to ask permission
from the Standard Oil company before
he can carry out his own order. Elec-
tricity will be the only hope for compe-
tition, and it is fair to presume that
should electricity cut too heavily into
the business and profits of the Standard
Oil company, this corporation would alb
sorb the electric lighting business Of the
entire country. 1t has the capital nee
essary to accomplish the feat.
The herald., 1897-11-05
POOR HANNAH!

The Ohio legislative election is still in
of the Republicans, according to the
Associated Press reports. It will take
the official count to decide the matter
Of party supremacy.
This condition of things would or
dinarily be taken to mean that the
chances are somewhat in favor of Mr.
Hanna's return to the United States
senate; but new developments among
the Ohio Republicans indicate that
Hanna will not be out of the woods,
even when he sees a clear Republican
majority in the legislature 1t was
openly asserted yesterday that the die
tator would have opposition in his own
party, in case the election of Repub-
lican senator became possible. A ma
jority of five or six votes on joint bal
lot, it is said, will not make him safe.
Senator Hanna was endorsed by the
Republican state convention, but this
fact, it is alleged, will not insure his
election by a party vote. He has yet
to get the senate caucus nomination,
and rumor has it that a sufficient num-
ber Of Republican senators will stay
away to defeat the purpose of the meet
ing. Some other Republican, or else
a Democrat, may be elected in his place,
when it comes TO the jointJballot.
These reports are, of course, mere
rumors, and they may not materialize.
At best, however, they must be bit
ter pill for Hanna to swallow. His per-
sonality was the real issue of the cam
paign. He has pulled down the tremen-
dous Republican Legislative majority of
last year to d matter of doubt. He has the
whole force and power of the admins
tration behind him, but he cannot con-
troll the leaders of his own party in his
own state. Hanna and Rannaism are
alike odious.
The situation ought to be lesson and
caution to the Republican party.
That organization is now more than
ever political Sindbad, with Hanna in
the role of the Old Man Of the Sea. He
won't be got rid of.
The herald., 1897-11-05
TIE GAS MONOPOLY

An Associated Press dispatch from.
New York, appearing elsewhere in this
mornings Herald, announces the incor-
poration of the New Amsterdam Gas
company with capital stock of $23,-
100000 This is sequel to the consolida-
ton of the Equitable and the New York
and East River Gas companies, and Is
accepted as an indication that within
six months all the gas companies of
Greater New York will be united.
The master spirit of John d. Rookie
feller and the guiding hand of the Stan
dard Oil company are seen in the con-
solidation of the New York gas COM
panies. If Tan!many is sincere in its
platform, it may have a merry time
fighting the combined forces Of the
Standard Oil monopoly.
But why should the Standard Oil
company, already controlling the oil
desire to branch out into
the gas field? There is a naphtha pro-
duct in refining kerosene oil that until
recently was practically worthless. 1t
was discovered some time ago that
this product was valuable in the manu-
facture Of ''water" gas. In this way
1t brought so or 80 cents barrel. If
the Standard Oil company could control
a sufficient number of gas companies.
there would be a ready market for ali
the naphtha product at its own price
So the Standard Oil company went into
the gas business.
THE oil monopoly is behind the gas
The herald., 1897-11-05
UNFAIR PESSIMISM

Predictions are very common in cer-
tain quarters that Judge Van Wyck.
mayor elect of Greater New York. will
be SO under the control of the Tammany
machine that he Will give the city an eX-
pensive and corrupt government. The
English newspapers all join in such
forebodings Such predictions may or
may not be fulfilled, but it is unfair 10
snirch, in advance, an untried official
it would be more generous and Chris
tian to give him a trial before indulging
in condemnatory criticism.
1t is true that in the past the govern
ment of lesser New York by Tammany
has deserved the scathing censure it has
received. 1t has been just condemna-
tion, and judging the future by the past
there is ground for apprehension. Con-
ditions. however, have changed. New
territory and new people have been
added, and political forces have become
more nearly equalized. In fact, the cleo
tion shows that Tammany has not a ma
jority of the voters and would have been
beaten, had the opposition been united,
by more than $4,000 votes. IF the Tam
'7'ary chiefs have DO honesty, thev have
The herald., 1897-11-05
SAN DIEGO'S DILEMMA

In San Diego the proposition to sepa-
rate that county from California and
attach it to Arizona has recently occu-
pied public attention to such an extent
that the harbor question is temporarily
shelved in that neck of the woods and
poor Secretary Alger is left to fight his
own battles.
| Two or three weeks ago the National
City Record, with malice aforethought
and in all sincerity, proposed the elope-
ment. The idea was that so long as
San Diego county remained in Cali
fornia the city of San Diego would al
ways be inferior in population and in
fiuence to Los Angeles. Inasmuch as
the San Diegans could not have their
own way in the harbor matter, the
proper thing to do was to with
draw, and then the lamentations
of the rest of the state would
rend the air. San Diego would be-
take herself, bag and baggage, to Ari-
zona, giving that territory an outlet to
sure thing at the next session of con-
gress.
Up to this point the scheme was
splendid success, but now two sad fea-
lures have crept into the landscape.
Southern California was not properly
sorry over the idea of parting with San
Diego county, while Arizona positively
refused to have a hand in the proposed
meeting with refusal in leap year.
Such events left the divisionists in a
pretty pickle, and now the National
City Record, having first proposed the
scheme, throws cold water on it after
the following fashion:
1t is folly for the San Diego State
Division league to think that this coun-
ty can be the leader in q state division
movement. Los Angeles and the coun-
try tributary to it embrace the bulk
both of the population and Of tte
wealth of Southern California, and at
the very beginning must take the lead.
We can only follow and subordinate
our wishes to those OF our immediate
northern neighbors. In the framing of
a state constitution, were Southern CAL
ifornia divided from the north we
would cut very small figure, since we
do not have over one-eishth of the
population that the whole would en-
brace.
So far as Los Angeles is concerned
it is not doing a thing but sit still and
watch the circus. The only resort left
to San Diego county, providing she
really wants to break away, is to annex
herself to the peninsula of Lower Cali
fornia. But it is not at all likely that
San Diego county is really in earnest.
She is just indulging in a slight fit of
the sulks, from which she will come
round all right if she is given time and
left alone.
The herald., 1897-11-05
HOW CHANGED

But few days ago the Republicans
were telling us that on account Of the
return of prosperity, with Republican
administration in power, the people
woulo never vote the Democratic ticket
again.
Since the election Senator Hanna
seems to have taken a different view.
He has telegraphed the New York
Evening World as follows:
The weather was against the Re-
publicans this year. and good times
l,a.ve made the people careless.
II is st!apgc that the good times
should have had such an effect. The
The herald., 1897-11-05
Showing No Mercy to McKinlev

1t is given out that President McKin-
ley will, in obedience to the orders OF
Boss Hanna, go to Cincinnati for the
purpose of ''harmonizing" decent Re
publicans with the Cox machine on be-
half of Hanna's senatorial ambition.
Is there no limit to the demands that
Hanna makes on the man he has made
president? Is it not enough that the
president places departments at his
service and countersigns the commits
sions of disreputable politicians? Mus.
he personally plunge into the mire of
corrupt political deals ?-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.