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The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09

Another notable bank character was an elderly man who, unlike the poor little Countess, was thoroughly illit- crate and of humble origin, but who, like her, had vague idea of rights to untold wealth. His name was Joe Wal lace. Regularly four times year Joe would show up at the private drawing office and present a check in rough When informed that the check was worthless except as a curio he would fe1gn the greatest astonishment.
 Is this ere intended as a joke?" he would ask defiantly, and being assured to the contrary would stalk out of the building muttering vague threats. On the following day a letter would be re- ceived by the chief cashier from the irate Joe. The bank museum contains several of his effusions, all couched in some such terms as these:
 Bank of England-Sirs: I rite to say as my father as you no left wun millyon pounds for me in you're koffirs, but wen l cum to draw cheq to-day they clarks woodent pay up. Please send me sum as bisniss is pore and oblige, yours obedient,
 JO WALLACE. P. S.-This aint no idel thret.
 The solemn warning regularly con- veyed in his postscript for the past twenty years had never even led to Joe's exclusion from the bank, though full inquiries were instituted in his younger days, when it was found that he was respectable and hard working, if crazy, cobbler, and perfectly harm less
 Perhaps the star crank of the bank certainly the best known in it's various departments-was Mother McCabe. The form of this good lady's eccentricity was religious, and she endeavOred to combine business with pleasure by drawing her quarterly ample dividend in life annuities and looking after the spiritual welfare of the bank clerks. She would bring with her, from her country residence, two stalwart men servants loaded down with New TeSta- ments and queer collection of hymns of her own composition, wretchedly printed and bound in covers of cheap wall paper The meter of these out pourings of the saintly old lady was too fearful and wonderful to admit of de- scription, but I remember that each effusion terminated, as by way of a trademark, with:
 Amen-A. M.
 Amelia McCabe.
 Gods Appointed.
 C. A ADAM
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n Hippocrates is honored as the founder of medicine k@ John Doe esteemed the litigation. I Paeans to his praise have sung equal
 fervor by legal acotes in Justice Courts and by the
 high priests of the law who in it's greater temples the fire litigation flame forever burn ing.
 How many sutors under the inspiration of this hon. ored name, have been melted litigation and either partially ruined by losing case pr comnleteIv ruined by winning For is it when the intelligent tigousy citizen hesitateth as to the expediency of paving lawyer sO for inc ossbi of collecting $5 the probability losing sl5 what is efficient wherewith conjure his unwilling purse whet his purpose than the of the revered Doe?
 What though grateful but impecunous bar have failed to erect in his honor stately figures of marble his in the grander columns and figures of the bill of
 What wonder that the O those reporters who have recorded his occasional trumphs manifold feats, the names of Jewb Syme. Golbot Skinner and de Gex & smae household words upon our lips? What law student who the first and like wise the last time those the past can fail to recall the leading of John " Omnes an action of ejectmen brought by sion of the earth with damages and occupa
 
 that entertaining is extracts though many prefer Ponds extract Quoth Bacon, former trea tlse After hearing the argument in this case, usual divided but the Judges while they fail 70 agree other point involved unanimous in the conclusion that plaintiff should be damages by way of costs" Thus established the great prn- cipe of law. which has since very corner stone of it's temple vz the liability suit ors for costs
 An author. whose is. the speaker unknown in a which is not yet in print informs that of eight years John Doe evidence possession of extraordinary ability and that gave such dence afterward. From which circumstance he argues that in the early of his Doe was slow to rise. However this be- it the days his youth full of minor he spent most of his time in courts rather than n alleys
 The first unreported action wherein Doe appeared as
 litigant in the celebrated v Kid wherein appeared that the defendant promised that he would whip him, the said Doe, caught him coram judice or outside of court The defendant kept word, and Doe sued him in trover for keeping he had given 1t to him. In that case the held bare majority, that if Doe would recover
 In the equally important of Doe she demise of Buck Winchester, of the important rulings history litigation Court of Kings Bench but what that ruling have now forgotten
 So within him the spirit litigation that he almost fatal iniur- ies affray, not satisfied with damages he sus- tained. he immediately sued to recover damages
 When this iustrous instituted action in eject customariy entitled on the demise of A B" So and So The word "demise' as here em- ployed means lease.
 make this explanation for the benefit of undertakers reporters and law students who the of this wsd "demise that Doe never sued a defendant until some had died
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in luxury, who had fallen . victim to drink She became such a hopeless case that her husband turned her out of doors without a penny. Her own people could do nothing with her; she was practically in the gutter, so they brought her here. We kept her, ac- quired an influence over her, and taught her to work. That's the great thing, you see She's now earning her living and is greatly valued by her en- ployers. We teach them all to work, and sometimes it's rather difficult"
 Then, for the first time I learned the real object of the home, which is not a refuge" in the usual acceptation of the word. The ordinary rescue" cases brought in are only kept for the night and then passed on to the army's Beu- lah Refuge The 'casuals" handed in by the police are treated, according to circumstance, as may seem most de- sirable But the true work of the shelter is preventive, not curative; it aims at providing q home for the working girl. both in and out of em- ployment, but more especially the lat ter. Its object is to save her from the discomfort, degradation and temptation of the low lodging-house, to provide her with cheap bed and board, to find work for her, if necessary to train her and to keep a hold on her affections so that she need never feel friendless and uncounseled, whatever her after lot
 It is for these that the shelter has been specially organized. Here they are taken in at the cheapest lodging house rates; here they are taught that to the woman intended for a wife and mother there is no degradation in household ministration, that the art of making a home comfortable is as hon. orable as the art of dressmaking and millinery, that the good washerwoman and ironer is as worthy as the account ant or counter-server Here they are taught to cook, to scrub, to sew, to wash, to iron, and, when qualified, em- ployment is found for them in private families or otherwhere.
 But what about the girls with no money to meet your charges?" I asked suddenly.
 "Oh, most of them have no money; we just let them run a bill.'
 'Indefinitely?"
 "Of course That is, until we find suitable employment. We have two scales-the five cent and the ten cent A girl chooses for herself and stays at that rate. Once they are in work they pay us back gradually; many of them have months of arrears, but they all ways work them off and generally look upon this as home. Those who have daily employment often like to stay on with us''
 After seeing the rooms was not sur prised. Most of us have a pretty good ] idea of what a ten-cent lodging is like. | Most of us would not be elated at the prospect of sojourning therein. But here it means sharing a cheerful, well 1 lighted and well ventilated cubicle with one chum. Two neat iron beds, with spring mattresses and snowy counter panes. dainty chest of drawers and
 looking glass, a wash stand, and, in
 short, the appointments of a cozy little
 bedroom, this is what awaits the ten
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
"Wlsh't He Had q Mudder.@

They were children of the slums. and their conversation was overheard by visitor from a charitable society, who was taking them some substantiaIs. It was a half grown lad who asked his little sister what she was reading in a scrap of paper.
 ''Suthin' about poppin' corn," an- swered the child.
 ''Kin you read it out Ioud?''
 You bet I kin. It's about some folks that was settin' roun' a nice hot fire-''
 "Oh, my! Wisht 1t was us," inter- rupted the boy.
 An their mother, she put some corn in de pepper an shook it over de hot coals, an it popped out white, just like dey was flowers. Den dey eat it all up, an dere mother told dem nice stories"
 My, don't I wisht for some popcorn to eat dis very mint" said the boy.
 "Wese ain't got eny popper," walled a shivering infant of stunted growth.
 "Nor no corn" i
 "Nor no fire.'
 Then a sick child lying on a bed of dreary rags in the corner opened his eyes and said peevishly:
 T don't keer for s.e pepper, nor de corn. nor de ffre-not smuch-but I wisht I had a mudderAoh, golly, I dOi''
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fested with cranks, but none of them can boast a more inter-
 esting collection of human oddi- ties than the Bank of England. I am not referring to the casual eccentrics whose visits are of daily occurrence. but to certain characters who, because of their long continued reappearances at stated times of the year, have grown to be regarded by the bank employees as institutions"
 Most of these notable characters, in the days of my service, were women, and women of very uncertain age. There was, for instance, the Countess of Windsor"
 The Countess" was a short, spare little body, with a drawn, pale face, an abundance of soft, gray curls and an ever-present smile, which would have been pleasant to see had its ex- istence been called forth by reason. Her ladyship-nobody seemed to know her real name-had been quarterly visitor to the bank as long as the old est employe could remember, and was invariably treated with the utmost courtesy. Her other regular haunts were the Foreign Office at Whitehall and Somerset House, to the officials of which establishments she was equally well-known. Her history, involving a domestic tragedy and the sudden loss of a large fortune, was told with so many variations that it was impossible to ascertain the true one. but that she was of gentle birth was patent at once, notwithstanding the curious and alto gether out-of-date mode of costume
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09

Dreams are illusions; therefore when a girls complexion is a perfect dream. well, you can draw your own conclusion
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09

policeman, after all, is but a man. de- spite his baton. He knows, better per haps than any of us, the sorrows and
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09

Of errring human nature we p. Are born, each with his share. We all are vain; we all are weak,
 And quick to fly from care; And if we keep our footing,
 Or seem to rise at all, 'TWere well for us with charity To look on those who fall.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-09
ODD CHARACTERS
 Around the BANK OF ENGLAND

@ UBLIC institutions the world
 over are all more or less in-
 fested with cranks, but none of them can boast a more inter-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
PITH AND POINT.

-Employer-"I see you have a glass
eye, Pat" Pat-"Yes, yer 'anner; but
it's swindle, sir. I can't see nothin',
out of it."-Nt-Bits.
-"Bridget, does your mistress assist
you in coolain.g?' "Yis, very much"
Elbow does she Go ?'' 'By haping out
of the Kitchen What to Eat.
$50 you are engaged to the man I
rejected three times?" eyes, he men,
toned it; he said the luck of odd num-.
bers was really wonderful Truth.
Sweet NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. you
think Miss Plainly is the very image.
of her mother?" She-"Yes, indeed;
the resemblance is some thing awful
Washington Star.
A Msunders tanding. - Americana
Tourist understand, Marquis, that
you fell in love with a distinguished
American lady on account of her pref
ty foot" Marquis-"Dat is it. Dat is
it. De pretty way she foots de bills."-
N. Y. Weekly.
Must Have Been Inspired.-She-
'There is doctor in Berlin who, after
a great deal OF study, has found that
married men Live. longer than bach
elors." He-''Save my life!" She-"Oh,
Clarence, how did you guess that I
loved ?''-Chicago Daily News.
No Paragon.-"I am a poor, moth
erless girl!' faltered Evangeline, her
voice quavering. But James Wetmore
Wetmore-Smith Was not man easily to
be baked. 81 do not expect my wife,"
he replied, gently, albeit something re-
proachfully, "to be both rich and moth
erless." -Detroit Journal.
His Way of Putting 1t. - "My
friends said the minister, earnestly,
S'let us beware of Satan. We know that
he scatters tacks along the narraw
way in order that TIL just may puncture
their tires" And, as the congregation
pedalled homeward, many a member
thought of the pastors worGe.-Puck.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
SEEKING THE TRUTH.
congressman Leave for Cuba on a
Tour of Personal Inspection.

Tour of Personal Inspection.
Washington, March "A party of
senators and members of the house
consistingof Senators Gallinger, Thurs
ton and Money and Representatives
Amos j. Cummings and William Alden
Smith and their wives left Washington
yesterday for trip to Cuba. Senator
Ihurston said that the trip was under
taken for the purpose of making per-
sonal investigation into affairs in
Cuba.
1T is not" he said, Gin any sense an
Official tour, but it will naturally give
us better opportunity for investiga-
ton than we can possibly have from
this distance" He said the party would
be absent about ten days, which would
allow several days in Cuba.
Senator Gallinger said in reply to
question that he had not exchanged a
word with the president about the
trip, and that it was purely private I'M
dertaking for the purpose of making a
personal inspection.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
TEN MEN KILLED.
terrible Result of an Explosion OF
Chemicals in Kalamazoo.

Kalamazoo. Mich, Feb. 2s.-While
firemen were trying to extinguish a
fire in the second story of Hall Bros
laboratory Saturday night terrific ex-
plosion took place, blowing the roof and
the walls of the building into the street.
len men were killed and fourteen in
jured as follows:
DEAD-George Halliday, engine driver:
Pat McHugh, pipeman: John Hastings, Jr.,
hoseman; Charles Whiting, spectator;
James Quigley, spectator: William Wager,
fireman; u. L. Holloway, druggist: Frank
AuWers, fireman: Eugene Dole, fireman:
Joseph Clifford, telephone lineman.
lNJURED-Will Hastings, scalp badly
cut and right foot blown off, necessitating
amputatlon James Utter, driver. both legs
broken; John McDermott, fireman, leg
broken, face badly burned; Ordway knight,
fireman, head badly cut; George Chatter
ton, back broken, leg injured; Victor Vo-
celle, scalp badly cut, skull injured: Fred
Stohrer, hip injured; John AcAllister, fire.
man, leg broken; six others received lesser
injuries.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08

The drainage of the Red river valley,
the plan OF which had its origin in
Crookston, is to receive its first full ex-
emplitication in Polk county. The
Polk county commissioners have au-
thorized the construction of five canals
and the aggregate cost will be $3.50, 600.
The press room of the Duluth Even.
ing Herald was damaged by fire to the
extent of So, 900.
The contract has been let for the
scaffold on which John Moshik is to be
executed at Minneapolis. The contract
was let to contractor named Smith
for $5S, and calls for the preparation
of the Of the tim bers and lumber out
side OF the prison, everything to be
made ready and set up at the proper
time
February was four degrees warmer
than the average February for thirty
three years. The mean temperature
was about the same as that of last
year, being 10 degrees above zero.
Owners of slot machines in Moor
head saloons have removed them as a.
precau tionary measure-since the sher-
if seized machines in one establish.
ment.
Dogs of Charles Dabelstein, of Pleas
ant Valley, killed wildcat that was
| one of the largest ever seen in that
| section. The fight between the cat
| and the dogs lasted for nearly an hour.
1t is believed that the killing of the
cat explains the sheep depredations in
Pleasant Valley for several weeks past.
Among the other freaks" in the
Dime Museum at Minneapolis was a.
a couple who were joined in the holy
bonds OF matrimony IN den of lions.
j. E. st. Vrain has offered to fit out
a base ball team at Winona with uni
forms and the necessary playing para
phernalia, and some of the local hall
enthusiasts are thinking of forming a
club.
Anglers cigar factory at Preston.
with $4,000 cigars, was burned. Loss,
81 200.
There are now $50 men employed at
st. Cloud. including IS cutters, in get
ting out the granite which will be used
in the building of the new state capi-
toll.
Ole Paulson, laborer employed bv
Dale q Raumgartner in grading a tract
OF land in the vicinity of the South St.
Paul stock yards, was caught by a
mass of falling earth, and his BODY
crushed to an almost unacceptable
shape.
During the present fiscal year, which
will end July 81, the state treasurer
has paid out $4,000 for wolf bounties
on the certificates of county auditors.
The amount covers over 1000 wolves.
The annual appropriation is $4,000. ~,
+. B. Fleetham sues f. J.. DUFFY. Of
tho The East Grand Forks Courier, for. az.
legged Libel ... B .3s =@s= f. Esz7II
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
THE LAW is VOID.
Government Inspection of Meat Is
Held to Ee Illegal,

HELD TO BE illegal.
Kansas City, Mo-, March 1.-The en-
tire system of government inspection
Of meat which has been tablished in
the packing houses of the United States
was declared to be unconstitutional, in
effective and void in an opinion handed
down in the United States district court
Monday by Judge John P. Rogers, fed
eral judge at Fort Smith, Ark, who sat
for Judge Philips.
The effect of the decision is to de-
clare invalid the law by which people
who consume the products of American
packing houses are protected from i'm
pure or diseased meats. It is probable
that the decision will make necessary
complete reorganization of the bu-
reau OF animal industry of the depart
ment OF agriculture.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
Indian Students Graduate.

Carlisle, Pa, March 4.-The tenth
commencement Of the Carlisle Indian
industrial school was held Thursday,
when fully 5000 persons witnessed the
presentation OF diplomas. There were
"a graduates. Visitors were present
from all parts of the country, including
Alaska, and congress was we'll repre-
sented.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
WAS A CUBAN VICTORY.
Spanish Lose 1000 Killed and Wound
ed at HOlyuin.

New York, March 3.-Reports of the
recent battle at Holguin, province of
Santiago de Cuba, have been received in
New York. Instead of the battle being
Spanish victory, as represented from
Havana, it was a disastrous defeat, fol-
lowed by retreat on the part of the
Spanish forces. The Cubans' loss in the
five days fighting was less than so KILLED.
The real Spanish loss will never be
known, as the dead and wounded were
taken from the field at night. It is esti-
mated that nearly 1000 were killed and
wounded. The Cubans in the field, ac-
cording to the letters, are praying for
the United States to strike blow in Or
der that they may attack Havana from
the land.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
Must Conform to the Law.

Secretary Hart, of the state board of
corrections and charities, received
specifications for village lookup at
Deer River, Itasca county. The speci-
fcations provide for a frame building,
with cells made of pine scantlings.
Secretary Hart will notify the village
authorities that a tire-proof lookup
will haye to be built or none at all, in
accordance with the provisions of the
law.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08

Memphis, Tenn, March 1.-Col. Mat
thew c. Galloway, founder of the Mem
phis Avalanche and afterwards editor
of the Appeal, died Monday night in his
seventy-eighth year.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
His Day.

She (gushingly)-There are days
when we seem more in unison with
nature than at other times, when our
hearts seem to beat in accord with the
sublime harmony of the universe.
Have you ever noticed it? 80
He-Indeed I have. It is always that
way with me on pay day.-Tit-Bits. y.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
MINNESOTA STATE NEWS
Fight with q Maniac.

fight with a raving maniac during
the midnight hours-a struggle for dear
life at time when assistance could
not be obtained-was the thrilling ex-
perience of Charles Hanson, steward
of the Red Wing hospital. His assail.
ant was Charles Ell, maniac at the
time. Ell struck the steward in the
face several times with his fist and
then picked up a mop handle and beat
him. At that time, wounded aad bleed
ing, minutes seemed like hours to Mr..
Hanson, but no one came to his assist
ance. His horrible fight for life con-
tinued for nearly an hour. and when
he was about to give up on account of
failing strength, nurse, being at
tracted by the noise, came in time to
save his life.
To Be Returned.
Two insane patients are to be de-
ported under the United States statute
and the state law governing the depor-
tation of the foreign insane. State
Agent w. A. Gates left with his wards
for New York, and thence they will be
sent to their native lands. Kristofer
Askhjem, a Norwegian who came to
the United States in August, was taken
from the st. Peter asylum. He was
committed from Minneapolis three
weeks ago. The other is Carni Vincezo,
an Italian, who has been confined at
the Fergus Falls institution for two
months
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
To Be Expected.

Chow in the world did Racket get;
pneumonia? He is the most careful
man I know Of" -..,.a ~ r.=. ..zgzs,...l -
"He heats his house with q furnace .
and attends to the furnace himself. ~ Z
Detroit Free Press. J= i
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
We Are First.

The big event of the National Cream
cry Buttermakers' convention at To-
peka, Kas., was the awarding of prizes
for the best creamery butter. There
were 500 entries in the contest. The
Judges awarded the first prize, gold
medal and sa5 in cash, to Sam Houg-
dahl, of New Sweden, Mimi, who
scored 9S; the second prize. silver
medal and $40 in cash, was given to
Martin Mortenson, of Ames, TO-, who
Sooro6 Q@1/
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-08
Trees for Schools.

The state Forestry association offers
to send a small package of box elder
seeds to any teacher or pupil of any
public school in the state who will
send cents to pay postage. The Tree
Planter, which gives full directions
how to plant them, will be sent for an
additional cents The object of the
offer is to encourage the planting of
trees. Address H. W. Barrett, acting
secretary Minnesota State Forestry as
ISOLATION, Browns Valley, MINI.
Officers Elected.
At the grand encampment of the
state l. 0. 0. F. the election of officers
resulted in the elevation of the follow
ing: R. E. Patterson, Duluth, grand
patriarch; M. c. Kelsey, Sank Center,
grand senior warden; Robert Romick,
Lake City. grand high priest; S. w.
Burgess, Mankato, grand junior war;
den; j. D. Two, Minneapolis, grand
representative; S. E. Ferrel, Mime
apolis, grand scribe; F. N. Ware, Win
nebago City, grand treasurer.