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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13


A travelling photo salesman showed
me = very Ingenious trick camera the
other day said g local dealer to the
New Orleans Times Democrat. It was.
q box about ST inches square, set in.
side Of Wh2t sseemed 10 be an ordinary
wicker lunch basket. When desired,A
the box could be pushed down through
the basket, SO that its top was on a
level with the wicker bottom. The top
of the box was Also covered with wick
er, and the basket would then appear to
be perfectly empty. The camera pro-
truding meanwhile from the under side.
An upward push would restore. it to it's
original position, and the lens worked
through q small hole near the end. The
continuance was evidently Of foreign
manufacture, and the salesman told me
It had been made especially for an
agent who was sent to take pictures of
Notifications on the French frontier.
According to. his story, which is q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
All Been there
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When the lame and dejected-lookin
man had finally got seat in the car
he seemed to Feel that someexplanation
was due the passengers, and he said:
didn't go down with q bridge, and
4 wasn't blown up on steamboat. I
was simply run over by a bicycle. Al
none of you may have ever come in
contact with one of those vehicles it
will peshaps interest you to- p =. 3z:
Say!" interrupted the man on his
right, you can't tell me anything
about it. was run down about three
months ago, and left my cane at home
to-day for the first time. No use to-
20 on and describe to me how took
jump about seven feet high, and then
landed on my ear on the pavement with
my legs tied in knots. I've been run
over by butcher cart, but between
the two I'll take the cart every time
"And I don't need to be told the sem
sations," added the man on the left.
Its only about a month ago that /
was crossing the street at night. Along
came 'bicycler without a lamp and he
was just humping himself. The wheel
didn't seem to hit me in any particu-
lar spot, but all over. I was knocked
into the middle of next week and lay
there for half an hour, and I'm feel
ing sore and lame yet. OF course the
man on the bike didn't suffer the least
injury. They never do, you know
II was going along, you know" con-
t1nued the lame mani was going
along about my business. when"
''Eeing run over by one bike amt
enough to raise a fuss about" inter-
rupted man across the aisle. 1T
stirred you up some, of course, but you
wait until you've been struck by tan
dem going like a cannon ball! Then
you'll have a story to tell. was driv.
ing out with my wife, and I got out
OF the buggy to pick up my lost whip
That tandem came smoking around q
corner, and as I Strengthened up with
The whip in my hand the heavens and
the earth came together with a crash
and midnight darkness was upon the
land. Two ribs broken, a shoulder dis
located and one of my knee-caps frac-
tured, and my whole body generally
bruised. The shock didn't even throw
the fellows off the tandem. 1t just
checked 'em for a second, and as they
went on one of the would-be murder
ers threw kiss at my wife! Don't 90
to giving us any vivid yarn about being
run over by common bike, for it's
nothing'to brag about
II was knocked down by one," re.
marked timid-looking woman.
"And so was l." added the big woman
nth satchel.
"And l, too"
"And t.
In fact there was only one person i'll
the car who hadn't been made a VIC
tim. He seemed to feel his position,
and when everybody looked at him
eskance he rose up and bowed and said:
1--WE been expecting to be run down
every day for a year past, but have
| somehow escaped. However, just be-
fore left Texas had herd of 500
steers run over me, and as near as ]
can calculate 795 of 'em stepped on
come portion of my body"
Then everybody looked at the lame
man: to see II he had anything more to
! say, but he hadn't, and neither did any
one sympathize with him.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
PERSONAL AND PERTINENT.

Gov. John Lind, of Minnesota, has q
pet kingfsher at his country place. The
bird has been trained to capture fish
and lay them at his masters feet.
A famous man was the late James
Bradt, Of Mendon, Mich. He gloried in
the title of champion pie eater. Of the
state. He once ate ten pies in one hour.
William M. Chase, the artist, says the.
greatest difficulty which the portrait
painter has to encounter is to keep his
sitter in q natural pose. No man, he.
says, will ever, when being painted, as.
sumo one Of his own accord.
The present Lord Byron is q man Of
far more simple manners than his fa-3
nous ancestor. He is extremely demo-
cratic in his tastes, and there Is tradi-.
ton that he smokes his after dinner.
cigar in his shirt sleeves.
The terrible scaron the cheek Of Cen.
Guy Y. Henry was received in the Sioux
Of 1873. hen 4 was fighting
the indians. Z he explains, 81 was wound
ed and fell from my horse. The savages
.didn' seem to think much Of my scalp
and 50 they took my cheek. Z
S Desiring, at the age Of 100, to leave
the Methodist demo minat ton for the
Baptist, Mrs. Pendergrass, Of Oxanya,
Ala, was baptized recently AS she
been bedridden for some years, she
was carried to- ant.. from church, and
was Immersed sitting in q chair
The only son of = prize fighter who.
ever amounted 50 any thing says Vic
tor Smith rs Rt. H lon. villiam Court.
Gully, speaker pf the British house Of
commons. His Their. John Gully,aZ
butcher, md ttersyAfidl u prize fighter.
grew rich and WIS aS1nemberof psrlia-
ment for Ponte r att S. slss5. Speaker
Gull incide ENTAIL ece.iiyesa salar 81
|I2s, g
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13

little romantic, but which have no
reason to doubt, the spy would saunter
out, dressed as tourist, and carrying
the lunch basket on his arm. When
an officer came along he would push
down the box and show him that the
basket was perfectly empty. It never
occurred to the guards to turn the
thing upside down or it would have
been promptly confiscated. The pres
ent owner carries it around as curio,
and it is certainly the oldest little ma
chine ever laid eyes on. As far as
know, it is the only camera in the
world that is mounted on a disappear
ing carriage" =. .--. T. =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
81 Sweet saSy1fiHEthy.

A pretty story is told at Vienna about
Archduchess Valerie, youngest daugh-
ter of the emperor. It seems that when
travelling the other day from Linz to
Vienna she noticed on the platform at
Linz 14-year-old schoolboy crying bit
terly. She had the conductor bring the
lad to her compartment. and, finding
that he was proceeding to Vienna to
attend his fathers funeral, she insisted
on his travelling with her, paying the
difference in his fare, as he had only a
third-class ticket. During the trip she
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
OLD FOES WATCH EACH OTHER,
Navajos and Mokis still Keeping a
Guard Their Ancestors Estab-
lished 300 Years Ago.

= The Navajos and the Mokis are an.
cient enemies. The Navajos stalk the
plain, wide scattered. The Monks
huddle on the point of a precipitous
mesa towering thousand feet above
the red desert. Inch by inch they
covered before their prosecutors
through a hundred years until at last
they built their village of to-day on the
heights four centuries. Though bitter
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
Es
|. Countyzys. State.

1s S9SxS
st. Louis county is threatened with.
e suit ~ the state and when It comes
WI II raise two imp questions ia
2 counter claim. A few days sago the
county Is sending the state the
amount am OF It's airport onment Of taxes:
took out 81 I, 800. "a, the states share Of
the count losses in dead banks. The
state has disregarded this and drawn
Tor the full amount, and will sue If it
IS not paid, which5it will not be. The
county will put in 3 large counter
claim on two points The first one is
the iron ore tonnage tax, which was
declared unconstitutional. Under it
the state took half the tax. and the
county will sue for the differenc e
between that and what they
should have had, one-tenth. Another
point is the railroads gross earnings
tax. The county will claim that it
should have been apportioned among
the counties in which the railroad
property is situated, instead of the
states using it, and will sue for its
share. The amounts involved will be
several times the states claim.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
The PeSNimiSt.

The pessimist looks in the sky,
And II a cloud be there
He straightway heaves doleful Ssh
Because it isn't fair.
Or If, perchance, no cloud appear.
He gravely shakes his head
And groans: "Unless it rains, fear
The crops will soon be dead"
Chicago Times-Herald,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
N.tional Power alesy,ai.x ve.t

New York World i: Some day soon
The. east Is going g realize the fulli
meaning Of the fact that the center
yof.populati IN this co,lntry q 81 the.
state Of Indiana and moving toward
the Mississippi.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
The Right TaekI.

There's the smartest little woman
that ever took hold of this servant girl
problem aaid the old gentleman,
pointing with pride to his only daugh.
ter. s55s$ q s5ss
s. How's she going Of il ~
. Gettin' up q popular song to idealiss
dish washin, !. z Detroit Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
News In Brief.

Duluth struck for an increase of wages.
While George Wilson was exercising
his horse on the fair ground at Monte
video, he was thrown from his sulky,
owing to the sudden stumbling of his
horse, and seriously injured. He will
recover.
Brakeman Ross Coney, Mountain
Lake, had his right leg cut off and his
left leg badly lacerated by being run
over by train.
While two sons of farmer named
c. U. Christensen, of Riceland, were
out hunting ducks on Rice lake, the
Younger, a lad Is years of age, was
shot and instantly killed. The older.
boy took aim and discharged the gun
just as his brother: raised up, receiving
the entire charge IN his head.
The ,10-year-old son of Rudolph
Luscher, living near Redwood Falls,
was killed by lightning while in the
harvest field. 81 49,. I'll
The NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. bureau has
arranged for series of lectures at
Winona by Prof. George E. Fellows of
Chicago on The Close of the Century"
Prot. Fellows occupies the chair Of his
tory in the Chicago university and the
lectures will deal with recent events
in American history. =s. SD
b "A Northern Pacific freight train
broke in two and several cars were de-
molished near Clithoral. Ten passen-
gers in the rear coach were shaken up,
and /. =. Ferris and G. "A. Erickson,
travelling men, were somewhat in:
jured. i. .. az. i. s s. -
Miss Belle Austin, Of Minneapolis,
has been appointed teacher Of the first
model school in the Winona state nor
NAL. ST 80.
5 The Mississippi river was higher at.
Winona than it has been for several
years at the beginning Of September.
IS is S feet six inches above low water
mark. sg # s nj !9. a IS.
5 The Minnesota Elevator company.
has purchased the Cargill terminal ele-
svator at Winona. s.s@ Isl s.s55S
Visitors at Minnehaha park have.
been forbid den to walk under the crest
of the fall. Two children, however,
elnded the policeman and were soon
#trayersing the slippery path back Of
the cataract. a mass Of rock weigh
ing fully . ton and 8 half gavez5way,s
and al but carried the children into;
the pool.
Knut Logmansford, living near Mon
stevideo, was killed BY Iii htning while
stacking grain.
. Inns far cans 81 minnows bass.
1croppies. perch, etc. have been shipped;
from q Hastings IS the state fish hatch
cry, Tor distri but ion "a the inland.
lakes throughout the state. ..
Mayor John Ludwig yTinona,.
lately appointed = member 81 Governor
ILind''s stan vas presente NTH Is:
some sword Ia honor 81 the event.
The sword epresents the indiyid nal.
contr ions. At several lhnndred citi.I
1sens IS Whom ias5ssS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
Ari.ona,. Buried Cities.

a petition IS to Be presented to con-.
gress az its next session asking that:
steps be taken IS protect against yan-
dals the burie scities Of i wonderful
prehistoric race ii zsouth ern Arizona
The ruins 2of m ancient temple at Casa.
.Grande have been preserved BY the ere.
alton Of government park and cons:
gress viii be askesil to- create q similar.
reservation embraci the best pre-
served remains s. historic cities Ia
the Gila valle
Blreh vaod Il xpor "a Tor spo ols. 81
bout tteet off birch wood
win mi ssnt ttllls ON Laine to11
land ana Scot 81.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
The Thirteenth.

Money to bring the, Thirteenth regi-
sment from San Francisco to Minneap-
oils has been raised and placed in the
hands of the proper authorities. A
fund of $4,000 is to be raised by Thorn
as Lowry and the business men of
Minneapolis and every cent of this will
be expended in provided pleasure for
the returned soldiers. At a recent
meeting of the committeesoft the Twin
Cities the following agreement was
signed: 1t is hereby agreed by the
joint committees of Minneapolis and
st. Paul, appointed to arrange for the
reception of the Thirteenth regiment,
Minnesota volunteers, on their return
from the Philippines, that the regi-
ment be given a breakfast at St. Paul
upon its arrival in the Twin Cities and
that it shall not be detained in st.
Paul to exceed three hours, but in any
event the regiment shall leave St.
Paul for Minneapolis by IL o'clock a.
M, to be reviewed there by the presi-
dent of the United States this being
the presidents first appearance before
the regiment, said review to be fol-
lowed by dinner" r.. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
FINLAND.

A Russian correspondent to the Lon
don Daily Mail maintains that the pol
icy of outstanding Finland is not due
to any certain plan on the part of the
car. In fact no single man can be
picked out as responsible for it. The
momentum of the whole Russian peo-
pie seems to demand such policy and
those who are at the head of the gov
eminent have yielded to it.
A Finnish agricultural journal has
been suppressed. The obnoxious parts
of the paper were lecture on stock
raising by E. Nybergh and an article
on the history of the potatol .s.:::-.
The waterfalls of Imatra will soon
be utilized for manufacturing and
lighting purposes. Theodor Hoffding.
a Dane, is at the head of a syndicate
which is backed by 100000 and
which is to build power stations and
transmit the power to St. Petersburg.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
NORWAY.

umns, Bentsen and Bjorvig, members
of Wellman's Arctic expedition, spent
most of the winter at Fort Mckinley,
Franz Josef's Land. They agreed that
if one of them died the other should
keep the dead body in the hut uutil
helprcame. Bentsen did die, and Bjor-
Wig slept with his dead body for two
months. Upon the arrival of Well
man and the rest of the expedition
Bjorvig said that he had managed to
keep up his spirits by reciting Ibsen's
poetry aloud. 1t is safe to say that
3 Ibsen's poetry is not often put to such
use as this. The body was buried un-:
der heap Of stones, and q few fitting.
words spoken, presumably by Well.
man. Ett# 5.s>5$ r /. ..3 zs.@
4 The Scandinavian students conven-
ton at Molde was attended by 400
students from the four Scandinavian
countries. They were enthusiastically
in favor of closer conn ctions among
their countries. s..,'
Hundreds of acres of valuable tim
Der was destroyed BY fire in Remso,
near Fredrikstad. Several hundred
men were on guard, but no amount Of
work could put out the fire, everyt thing
being SO dry. .ss5
Sss The Norwegian bark Drot, bound
from Pensacola to Buenore Ayres, was
8 wrecked Aug. IS off the Florida coast.
d Two weeks later Mauritz Anderson
and Goodmund Thomasen, members Of
the crew, were picked up 25O miles
4.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
Killed by the Cars.

An unknown woman was killed by a
Minneapolis & St. Louis way freight
train near Eden Prairie. She called at
the home of S. F. Miller, postmaster,
of the village, and asked for drink
of water. She was given the drink of
water and then she started down the
railroad track. She had gone towards
Minneapolis about q mile and a half
when she reached a long trestle bridge
across which was coming the freight.
She started to step off the track but
was too late, and the engine knocked
her down. Her head was badly crush
ed, both legs were cut off and her en-
tire body horribly mangled. The en-
CINE carried her some forty feet.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
Instantly Killed.

David w. Burkhelder. was instantly
killed by falling over the banister on
the fourth floor of the Grace hotel in
Minneapolis, distance of fifty feet.
Burkholder was a single man about
As years of age and has lived at the
hotel for the past five years. He left
the Office on the second floor and start
ed up the stairs to his room on the
fourth floor. The stairway is an open
area from the second to the fourth
floors, the stairs being protected by
ratings. Some way Burkholder1 lost
his balance on the fourth floor landing
and fell over the railing. His body
struck across the railing on the second
floor and fell to the floor. His left leg
was broken in two places and his skull
was fractured at the base of the brain.
He was picked up dead.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13
DENMARK.

SSS-S@ASA
cussed, among other subjects, the at
tempts made to discredit the historical
correctness of certain statements in
the Bible. He yielded to the spirit of
modern criticism sufficiently to admit
that considerable changes would have
to be made both in the Bible history
and in the means of instruction." But
he added that ''the old ,apparatuses
ought to be retained as long as posi-
sible." In the same breath he said,
''the teacher ought to make verbal ex-
plantations" The position of Rev.
Martensen-Lassen has been assailed on
the ground that he was inconsistent.
He admitted that the traditional Bible
histories ought to be changed; recon-
mended that they be not changed, and
finally encouraged the teachers to con-
tradict the text books on the plea of
explaining them.
The most of the speakers at the
teachers national convention ex-
pressed themselves in favor of COM
batting intemperance by appealing to
the school children. But no definite
plan could be agreed on.
The profits of the National bank cx-
ceeded $500, 600 for the year 1s9s-es. i
An agricultural colony for poor chill
dren has been dedicated at Raaby,
Stevns. The establishment was named
Eliezer, and it will accommodate 20
children. Il
The attendance at the teachers sum-
~ ALL
poetry and religion will receive large
share of the attention of the school.
The opening address was made by DR..
F. L. Feilberg, noted ''folklorist,"
who spoke on ''The Hearts Longing for
Paradise" as mirrored in lore and
legend.
Herman Baang, the author, is con-
valescent.
Sofus Rasmussen, a noted temper
ance lecturer, is losing his eyesight
and has already been compelled to
withdraw from the field. He has de-
livered about $500 lectures in all.
The much discussed war against the
rats in the Danish capital was opened
Aug. 8. The bodies of the fallen enc
mics are delivered at the public fire
stations.
Out of a total population of 1922, 900
in South Upland about $50, 900 speak
German, the rest Danish. But this
German is strongly mixed with Danish
words. .,. =,
!. .Kulturkamp,--73A girl recently, wrote
her name as follows in the directory
of the Gothenburg historical museum;
''Nissine Horluck, Weaving School,
Graasten, South Jvlland." A couple
of days later the words ''South. Jyl-
land" were heavily UNDERSIGNED and
after them were written ''in. Russia"
A German paper is positive that the
car and czarina of Russia will soon
be in Denmark and that they will stay
three weeks in Copenhagen.
The fire in Vildmosen has been at
work about six weeks.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13

50. Olaf IS dead S.
Rex. Ksrogh ll,o4n Il &. the greatest
living authority on sogmatics il Nor
way, has handed "a his resi- lon Is
pastor sof the old Aker church III.
Kristiania. II.
& otracted rains caused q landslide
At. s. olden,. Verdi allen. About Il, o0o
square yards of ground was carried
into the bed OF the Helgaa river.
Senator Knnte Nelson arrived in
Bergen Aug. 10. It is just . little over
20 years since he saw Norway as boy.
of six years. =.s ID. 55::3 S
Col. Johannes Sejersted has been
promoted to the rank Of ma or general
sof the Kristiansand brigade. He is 81
years old and all but one Of the male.
members of his family for $50 years
past have been soldiers ;. .==5==1 ' B
& Kristiania, Sept. The cabinet has
decided to forward a copy of the law
for the introduction of purely Nor
:wegian flag to the Swedish minister Of
war, Baron Won Rape, in order that
he may notify foreign powers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-09-13

The Wears Daughter Papa was very
shocked, Giles, to see you standing out
side the Green Man" this morning.
after church. t:s 80 ~. s. =
The Village Reprobate-Oi can sure
We, miss, it wus ma fault o. moline that
I wus standin' ootside! Punch.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-11-03
CURIOUS BUGS AS PETS.
Yucatnn Insects Are Highly Esteemed
by the People of That
Country.

Three of the most curious pets that
were ever fed were brought to Mexico
City the other day. They were brought
there by the butler in the household of
President Diaz, who has been on trip
to progreso. They are three bugs of a
rare breed. The only place in the world
in which they are found is Nucatan.
The average specimen is about an inch
and half long. Its body is in two Sec
tons, resembling the bodies of some
species of the beetle, and each section
is covered with II stout shield or plate
which is almost fiat, curving but little
at the edges. When the head of the bug
is placed under the microscope it looks
rather intelligent and amiable.
The bugs which were brought here
are in highly ornate state. Some cum
ming artist of Yucatan has painted
shields in the Mexican national colors on
the rear plates over their bodies and
highly colored punches of flowers on
the front plates and has gilded their
long, doubled-up legs. Little gold
chains are attached to the middle of the
rear plate, which is the larger of each
bugs body, by which his bugship can
be lifted up or led around.
One of the bugs was presented TO
President Diaz, one to "A Mexican lady
and the other to an American lady.
They are pets in the literal sense of the
word. The American ludy's bug is re-
ceiying all kinds of soicitous attention
and seems to like it. An effort will be
made TO teach him some tricks.
His habits and manners are being
closely watched. He loves the sun
shine, having been raised in the hot
country, and when he is lifted by his
gold chain and dropped in the full
glare of the sun, with the cork Of a beer
bottle in front Of him TO MUNICH, he
seems to be supremacy happy.-MeXi-
can Herald.