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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-16
ARTISTS DEFY
GH0STLY VISITORS.
Men of the Brush and Palette Set
Up Studio i'm :: Haunted House,

REPUBLIC Al.
Greenwich. Conn. Dec. b,-Four prominent
artists are living in a haunted house IN
North Mianus. within sight of Henry -.
Havemeyer's home. defyinS alleged ghosts
which are said to appear nightly. The
artists are Louis Loeb and Albert Sterner.
Ernest Benson. a water-color
artist. and W. q. Schneider. a miniaturist.
They have lived in the house for nearly six
and yet their nerves are steady,
and the work they produce bears no sug-
of nightly visitations from spirits.
The place is a three-Story farmhouse and
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-16

Doyle. On the evening OF December oe the
club will entertain its friends with :: hail
at Liberty Park Hotel.
The Good viii Club WIS entertained
Thursday at the home of Mrs. Hanson an
WIikerson street.
Tn Mothers Club met yesterday after
noon at the home of Mrs. LEycns on W,st
seventh street.
Mrs. j. W. McClain entertained tho Mani
titus Club Thursday Afternoon. and Miss
Dora ~IefS hstrom entertained the Eridgv
t:uchre Club last evening.
The old Academy Club has been rroi.1u-
lied with twenty-scSen members. anu will
give IA Christmas ball at Liberty parI
Hotel.
"A Convention Hall Club has been frrmed
by a number oi young women. The officers
are: President. Nella Frey: secretary. Mel
lie Ferguson; treasurer. Louisa Frick.
The finest equipped cyc-teStinE parlor In
the r!ty can he seen at T.. Il. StIauS. av.
expert. No. .3 Locust st. Consultation freq
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-16
IN EDwARDSVILI.E.

Srscial Correspondence Of The sunday Republic.
Edwardsville, Ill. Dec. 1.-THE Misses
Chapman entertained at cards Thursday
afternoon in compliment to their sister.
Mrs. q. W. Fritz of Apex. colo, who is
visiting in the city. Whist was the diver
sion. The prizes were won by Mrs. W x.
CrCssman and Mrs. r. W. Nudge. A dainty
luncheon followed the play.
Miss Clara Burroughs has gone to Chi
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-16

FOR clearness read Macaulay.
For logic read Burke and Bacc
For action read Homer and SEQ
For conciseness read Bacon and
For sublimity of conception res,
For vivacity read Stevenson an
For imagination read Shakesp
Job.
For common sense read Benjam
lin.
For elegance read Virgil. Nfltof
mold.
For simplicity read Burns Whit
yam.
For smoothress read Addison :
thorne. !
For interest in common thi'.
Austin.
For humor read Chaucer.
Mark Twain.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-16
SOCIETY FROM MISSOURI
AND ILLINOIS TOWNS.

The Monticello Chapter Of the Children of
the Revelation met last Saturday afternoon
with lutte Vivian Harding. at the home
uf her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Hard
ing After the answering OF the simple qr"S-
tiunS in history, the children enjoyed a
game. The next meeting will he held with
James and Madeline Harding some time
next month.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-16

SPECIAL.
San Francisco. Cal. Dec. 15-One OF the
most interesting inmates of the PoorhouSe
mere Is Herr Friedrich Mossbrugger: To a
little party Of visitors Herr Mossbrusser
recently related some of the experiences of
mis- life. Not 50 many years ago and the
now poverty-stricken old man was as ac-
tive as any one in operate work and won
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-16
NOTES FROM ALTON.

Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Breeding of Colorado
are guests of relatives I'm Upper Alton.
Miss Hazel Dorsey of st. L5uiS WAS the
guest of Miss nellie Dorsey last week.
Miss Clara McGee of Chicago is a visitor
in Upper Alton.
Mrs. NJ. Wilkinson is entertaining her
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1900-12-16

fame and LaureIs. Now he i the charge
of charity and Is passing his declining DAYS
among the unfortunatcS who have found
the stress OF life too much for them as old
age came on dpacs.
Herr MossbrueGer is a picturesque figure
III has old opera cloak and silk hat, To
which he fondiy clingS. There is still Il dis
tinguished air about him and a bearing Of
pride.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

per. The result of the election will
have DO depressing influence on the
TRIBUNE. 1t is no campaign sheet
dependent on campaign contributions.
1t depends on the good will of the peo-
pie who like to see wide-awake en-
terprising newspaper, fearless and in.
dependent. Such the TRIBUNE has
been; such it shall continue to be. No
efforts will be spared to make it in
teres:ing to everybody. The news de-
partment will be made as full and
complete as possible. Correspondents
will be secured in every town. The
latest general news from all parts of
the world will be presented to our
readers. The editorial department
will not con6ne itself to political
questions alone, but will endeavor to
give clear and concise comments ON
matters of general interest In short,
we shall endeayor to make it as good
q country paper as we can produce.
We ask our friends who have so nobly
stood by as in the past to. aid Us by
speaking good word for the paper
and indu ting their neighbors to sub
scribe. The larger our circulation
the better paper we shall be able to
produce.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

dominant party will have to exercise
some care in what it does. So even
though defeated again. and again our
mission is not ended.
Just what may be the alignment
of the parties in the future it is now
too early to predict with any degree OF
accuracy. The Gorman-Hill Bourbon
democracy may now regain control of
the democratic party and draw to it's
standard eastern capitalists who are
oppc sed to McKinley's foreign pol
icy. In that case the real Bryan
democracy will have to leave the
party and unite with the populists in
some way. It may be new party, or
it may retain the populist name. The
result of this defeat may in the end
prove victory for populism. Take
heart, brethren; our mission is not
ended. Let us keep our organization
and be prepared for future action.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
LOCAL BREWTES.

DR.. G. E. Gerretson, dentist. Office
in Mikkelson block, Willmar. 22tf
One carload of feed just in at Sund-
berg's. Also good -four. 37tf
Window glass, all sizes, at Carlson
Bros. & Frost's.
DR.. G. E. Gerretson, dentist. Office
in Mikkelsonblock, Willmar. 22tf
If you need milk or cream we solicit
your valued patronage.
35tf FERR1NG & Co.
Willmar, New London, Kerkhoven
and Graceville best fo1r at Anton
Sundberg's. 37tf
WANTED-A competent girl for
general housework.
34tf MRS. S. B. QvALE.
For reliable fire insurance as cheap
as any, see B. T. Otos, in TRIBUNE
building. l6tf
WANTED-A good competent girl to
do general housework. Inquire of
Miss Gertrude Booth at the RectOry
of ST. Luke's church, near the court
house. 34tf
Chas. Hardy, who for several days
has been dangerously i'll, was moved
from his room over F. V. Everdell's
residence to the h 'spital. yesterday
afternoon.-Breckenridge Gazette.
I have 25 cords of dry red oak
wood for sale, II miles north OF
Spicer: sawed body wood at 50. per
cord. want corn for 10 cords at 35c
per bushel. G. B. DOTY,
1874 Spicer, MINI.
H. c. Larson has formed a partner
ship with Henry Traue in the bakery
business. Mr.. Traue has decided to
take personal charge of the baking
and will give to this department his
undivided attention. Watch for their
announcement next week.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
ORIGIN OF THE TERM "MOB"

Used In It's First Meaning In Time of
Chaucer.
AS indicating the populace, proven.
bially tickle and easy to be moved (mo-
bile, from Latin mobillis), the express
sion 1.-The mobile people, is as old as
the time of Chaucer, TIT in it's later
sense. that Of the disorderly crowd,
and in its contracted form, "mob." it is
not older than the postrestoration Pc
riod. In Roger North's Examen, 174O,
reference is made to the Green Ribbon
club. 1892, and the writer adds:
II may note that the rabble first
changed their title and were called the
mob in the assemblies Of this club
first mobile vulgus, then contracted in
one syllable" 1t was used hesitating-
~ at first by Dryden ("Don Sebastian"
1690), Durfy Commonwealth of Wo-
men," 1889 and Shadwell C'Squire of
Alsatia," 1851, and Richardson points
out that Dryden uses both mobile"
and mob" in the sense of rabble, the
former in the stage directions as the
common word, the latter as if it had
not long been introduced.
In It'll The Spectator instances
"mob' as an example of the popular
tendency to curtail many of our words
In familiar writings and conversation
The verb Ito mob" derived of course
as above, does not occur until the pc.
riod Of Horace Walpole, many years
later, and Shakespeare's expression,
the mobled queen" C'Hamlet'), refers
not to the "mob' (mobile), but to the
headdress In disorder.-Boston Tran
script.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
Addressed the Jury.

A man who had never seen the In
side of courtroom until he was intro
duced as witness in a case pending
In one Of the Scottish courts, on being
sworn took q position with his back
to the jury and began telling the story
to the Judge.
The Judge, in bland and courteous
manner, said:
Address yourself to the jury, sir"
The man made a short pause, but,
Notwithstanding what had been said
to him, continued his narrative.
The judge was then more explicit
and said to him: "Speak to the jury.
sir. the men sitting behind you on the
benches"
The witness at once turned around
and making an awkward bow said
with perfect gravity:
"Good morning, gentlemen. n."-Buffalo
Courier.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

Better to go down to defeat in q
righteous cause than to be victorious
in a wrong cause. A man that fights
for what he conscientiously believes to
be the right has no occasion to bow
his head in humiliation if his side is
defeated. It may seem hard at times
to see ones labor and time appar-
emily wasted. But it is not wasted.
Justice will outrun injustice in the
long run. Deeprooted prejudices, lust
of power, the lower proclivities of
humanity, have many times appar-
emily led alton astray; yet the
world has steadily progressed toward
better and noDler conceptions Of
human rights. It may appear how as
if this republican victory was VIC
tory for the idea of war and conquest,
disregard for the best principles of
our government, force supplanting
Justice; bu, we do nos believe that the
American people as whole passed
judgment on our foreign or colonial
policy. The republican party hid
that issue under specious talk of pros
perity under republican rule and
threats of disaster if Bryan was
elected. Undoubtedly they will now
proceed to accept the result as an in
darsement of a policy they denied
during the campaign. Undoubtedly
they will so far lead the nation into
the path of terminal aggression" as
to make it difficult to retrace the steps
taken. But we have confidence enough
in the sense of the people to believe
that they will realize whittier the ma
tion is tending and heroically regolve
to right the wrongs done and return
to the right path. ...... -. =.
OF course if we expect to reach this
desirable result we must not like faint
hearted towards lay down our arms
and quit for one defeat. The man or
party that sees an injustice done is
NOR ally bound to protest and keep at
it till justice is dc ne. E. II !. -.@....| !.
An opposition party is an absolute
necessity in q republic. Without op-
position the party il power will be-
come the mere tool OF corporations.
With . vigorous opposition party.
ready to criticise and take sdysn-
tage Of any mistake or misdeed the
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
Nigh School, notes.

Miss Gjems visited the High school
last Monday afternoon. .~
Mrs. Ramsett was q visitor in the
grades of tie High School building
last Friday. q J. .~
George Tyler, one of our old High
school boys, spent Sunday with his
parents in this city. T.; =
= We found our holiday on Tuesday
so enjoyable that we wish presidential
elections occurred every month.
Miss Ella Gould of the Lincoln
school went to Minneapolis last Fri.
day. Her place was supplied by Miss
Florence r. Porter. II. S
Last Wednesday afternoon the little
ones OF Miss Wharton's room In the
Garfield school enjoyed Halloween
party. .
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
A CatalOxue.

Miss Mary" said the sable maiden,
I'VE 'spect to have an en'tainment at
our church: nex' week, and got to
speak piece. l was jest goin to asst
you If you had book with some OBJ
them pieces in?"
"Why. yes. Dora, l have a book Of
recftations. What kind Of piece do
you wantY"
"Well. was thinkin OBJ somep'n in
de nature OBJ catalogue"
"A whatw
"A catalogue-you know, piece with
one person a-talkin and mother one
answerin 'em back. Has you got a
piece like dat? Ed like it fust rate."-
New York Tribune.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
A DOSE OF JUSTICE.
aADLED OUT WITH A LIBERAL HAND
BY JUDGE HOkE.

The Court Considers the Case Of Afi-
zona Sem, General bad Man, and
D1sposes Of 1t without the Al" of
Advice Vrom His Lawyer.
copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.]
~This yere case," said Judge Hoke,
as he called the court to order, zap
peals to me not only as the legally
elected and only jestice of the peace fur
the county of Cold Chuck. but to every
man in these diggin's who carries CUR
and is supposed to hev the sand to take
keer Of hisself. 1t is the case Of ArizonGl
Sam versus Pete the Half Breed.
and Sam is the complainant. see he's
got lawyer yere to CAB fur him, but
that lawyer won't hev no talkin to do.
LET US begin at the beginn1n. Ar1-
zona Sam strikes this town year ago.
He has yell like fog horn and he
weighs 200 pounds. He wears two
guns and a knife, and he bites the
tops off dozen beer bottles to show
that he was born in a cyclone and era
died in hurricane. he was sized upI
fur a bad man, and fur months and
months he's bin cock of the walk. l
can't remember that he's killed any
body, but that was bekase everybody
swallered his bluffs and stepped around
softly. He has defied the vigilanceI
committee and he has bluffed this court, |
and it'll astonish ye to find out jest
what sort Of a critter he is. Yesterday |
mornin he starts over the hills fur Tin
Cup City. On the way he meets Pete
the Half Breed. Most of We knowl
Pete and most of We hev heard thqt
he's got no backbone Pete was ridin
his cayuse and Sam was hoofin it.
When they come together Sam holds
up his hand and says:
"'Git off'n that hossv r:
"'What furY asks Pete. t~.ixasff
"'Bekase l want him.
"'But he's nine
''Then Sam calls him g. string of
names 40 rods long. He abuses PetGs
father and mother and all the rest of
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
New Blacksmith Shop.

1 wish to announce to my friends
that I have dissolved partnership with
Mr.. Parson and have opened a new
shop on Trott avenue and End street.
[ am now prepared to do all kinds OF
blacksmithing and repairing and will
be pleased to have all my old custo-
mers as we'll as new ones to call on
me when you need anything in my
line. If you need your horses shod
can save you money.
38tf J. II, PERSON.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
"GTT OFFN THAT HOSS!"

his relations. He chanks his teeth and
rolls his eyes and pulls his guns. He
wants that cayuse, and he wants him
inside Of two minutes. Ye may fgger
that Pete. who hadn't any gun with
him. turned pale and fell out Of the
saddle with thump. but yell be mis-
taken If ye do. 1t took him some
leet.e time to realize the situashun, but
he didn't skeer. When he got things
straight he slid off his critter and lit
on to Sam. Did the bold, bad man who
has carried the county Of Cold Chuck
in his pocket fur a year drill holes
through the half breed as he come?
Not drill. Was thar an awful strug-
gle lastin half an hour before victory
perched on either banner? Not A
struggle. That half breed. who was
thought to be worm of the dust, takes
the bold, bad man by the nose and
leads him around fur awhile Then he
strips him of his weepins. pulls his
ears, slaps bis jaw and kicks him
around bend of the trail.
what does the terrible terror of
Cold Chuck county do? Hevin given
hisself away as a coward and blow
hard does he fall over cliff that men
may furgit him? Does be strike out
fur pint 1000 miles away, that his
name may never be known? Not
much. He comes right back to town
and to me, and the fust thing be says
is:
:Jedge, want jestice.'
"'Wbat sort Of jestice?
"'Jestice fur bein held up and robbed
by Pete the Half Breed
but why didn't ye shutter
"'He skulked up on me- Gimme ies-
tice, jedge-gimme lots of it,
THAT was Arizona Sam, bold, bad
man, and l believed his yarn and sent
out warrant and had Pete arrested.
was calkerlatin to gin him mighty
dose Of jestice, but hearin his side of
the story has changed my mind Sam,
the buffer, stand up. Are ye denyin
that what Pete says is true?
HE lit on me mighty sudden,
jedge,' was the reply.
"'But you didn't try to pull a gunr :;
"'Mebbe not =;
Sand you didn't fight? 7;
81 don't think so.'
""Tbat's 'nuff. Ye ar simply q great
big blowhard and a buffer, and ye've
made every good man in this town back
water. Well be the laughin stock of
Tin Cup, Pine Hill and all the other
diggin's, and We'll feel the disgrace fur
five Vars. l can't send ye to Jail fur
bein buffer and a duffer, but I'm
goin to sentence ye to be booted from
this we're temple Of jestice to the Red
Dog saloon, and If ye amt over the.
hill and out Of town ten minits later Il
won't answer fur consequences. As|
fur Pete, he is sot at liberty, and bel
kin keep yer weepins and be the fust|
man to apply the boot The rest Of us.
includin the court, will fall in arter|
him, and as ye feel yerself lifted cl'ar|
OH the earth l hope ye may come to|
realize that though jestice is blind and
moves along like kyote with two legs
broke, she keeps reachin out her hand
till she gifts the right critter by the
neck" NJ. QUAD.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

Now that the campaign is over the
publishers and assistants will again
devote their best efforts to making
the TRIBUNE q newspaper that every
body will want to read reg ardless OF
politics. During the campaign the
many additional duties resting on US
have sometimes forced ns to neglect
the news department. Now we shall
deyote our entire attention 70 the pa.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

Having di$posea Of my business ~
te.'ests IN tow: I will se'Iimy. Real Et-
tate at bargain prices. OK.-9
5oxi5o, with residence, on litchfield
Ave., next west Of Catholic church.
a FINE RESIDENCE LOCATION.
i50xl5o with residence. on l0thISt.,
f'xE Resioesc9 LoeA1ioxExEAsv
RENTER At $40.
25xi5o, with fiat house, or Pacific
avenue, between 9TH and 9Th streets.
AN EASY RENTER At 81.
These must be sold at once. and
the first reasonable offer takes any Or
al.
23tf W. D. WICCINS.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
A Secret of Youth.

One night at reception which Sen
ator Beveridge and attended soon aft
er his election the hostess said in mock
surprise:
"Are you Senator Beveridge. the SEN
atOr from Indiana
The senator bowed modestly.
ut hardly seems possible. Why, you
are mere beardless youthv'
madam" replied Mr.. Beveridge with
out a smile, II shave. ."-Saturday Even
ing Post.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
Notice of is.oiution Of Partnershi

's~s'So W ~sOSVsOssOu " SUBP.
The firm heretofore consisting of
S. E. Stansberry and Russell Spicer,
and doing business under the. firm
name and. style Of: Stansberry &
Spicer, in the retail farm machinery
and implement business, in the village
of Willmar, county of Kandiyohi, and
state of Minnesota, is this day dis
solved by mutual consent, S. E.
stansberry having purchased the en-
tire interest of Russell Spicer in said
stock, and said S. E. Stansberry will
continue the business of said firm.
All outstanding debts and liabilities
of said firm are to be settled by said
Stansberry & Spicer, and all debts
due said firm are payable to said
Stansberry & Spicer; but no future
obligations are to bind the said firm
dissolved.
Dated this 9th day of October, A.
D. 1900.
STEPHEN E. STANSBERRY,
1873 RUSSELL SPICER.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
Farm for Sale,

The Fleckten farm in the town of
Kandiyohi is for sale. It is situated
between Lake Waconda and Little
Kandiy obi, and consists of 289 acres,
Is acres natural timber and s acres
planted, $50 acres under guilty alton,
70 acres mexdow and the balance is in
pasture. For particulars call at the
farm OF V. A. Fleckten, Kandiyohi,
MINI. - 37-4
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
Hogs and Horses for Sale.

l have for sale hogs ranging from
small pigs to the age of II years,
from registered stock Poland China.
Sows, bred to farrow in November
and December, for $15 each.
I also have twenty head of horses,
drivers and heavy work horses, for
sale, and if sold within the next twenty
days I will sell them at half price.
J. S. Anderson,
37-3 Atwater, MINI.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
ParRHuay Tea.

When the yerba mate, or native tea
Of Paraguay, is cultivated, the seeds
are treated to an acid bath before
planting. This softens the hard shell
which surrounds the kernel of the
seeds and enables them to sprout In
three or four months. II planted in
their natural state, it requires three
or four years for the seeds to germi-
nate. & f@..t 4. . *s.z II s
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
Real Estate, Loans and Insurance

I will loan money at low rate of in
terest and on favorable terms. Will
buy and sell real estate. Insurance
written in reliable Insurance compa-
MES. -. SOLOMON PORTER,
52tf Wfllmar, MINI.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
The Latest Election Bulletin.

Special to the TRIBUNE:
ST. PAUL, Minn., Nov I, 7:30 p. M. :
show result is close. 1t is
anybody's fight Chances slightly in
our favor. Lind feels quite confident.
r. W. S.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

A man who inadvertently steps upon
a banana peel has doubts about the
sustaining power of the fruit. - st.
Louis Star. /
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

The vote on county commissioners
resulted in the election of Olson in the
lst district. Smithson in the 3rd, and
Hedin in the 5th.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

English archers in battle used the
sl0ngbOw. French archers the cross
bow. The longbow was certainly the
better.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
A Contractor.

: hn1cker-You say your son is a con-
tractor: What is his special line?
BOcker-Debts.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07

The average man likes to point to
the good traits in his children as al
heritage from himself.-Chicago News.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
wj)Imar Market Report

[Corrected every Tuesday afternoon
by ANTON SUNDBEKG, dealer in Flour,
Feed. Fruit and W. etables.
Willmar tribune., 1900-11-07
RETURNS FROM BURBANK.

The result of the vote in the town of
Burbank is as follows:
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1900-06-22

euloglum TO cne scaCesman.so1n1er presY.
dent. (: 49, apparent that the conven-
ton was eager for definite results and a
growing hum rolled through the hall as
Governor Mount spoke. AS he closed
the convention again demanded q vote
ana the chairman announced that the
roll OF states would be called for the
vote on the nomination for president.
Unanimous for Mckinley.
During the call Of states on the vote
for the presidential candidate, the
galleries We're noticeably attentive, and
there was no unusual demonstration
among the delegates. When chairman
Lodge announced that Mckinley was
the unanimous choice of the conven.
ton pandenonium broke loose in one
swelling chorus of enthusiasm for the
new candidate. Up went the plumes
and standards. Up stood the great
audience, men and women, mingling
their shouts and their frantic demon.
strations
The huge counterfeit Of an elephant
emblem Of Republican strength-was
brought into the hall. Around its
neck was entwined garlands of flowers.
Laughter and applause We're mingled
as the great emblem was borne about.
The demonstration in honor of the
presidents nomination lasted five
minutes and then the chairman called
Tor order for the further event in store.