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Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
A Startling New Theory.

Again attention is called to- those es-
sentially feminine habits of putting
pins in the mouth or moistening a pen
Gil with the lips. A pin swallowed
means only surgical case, but the
greater danger lies in the contagion
that may be lurking in the pin itself
Under the head of the pin, or in the
point of the pencil all kinds of malig.
nant germs may be located, which will
be transmitted by the mouth quicker
than any other way. It hardly seems
possible that anyone needs to be eau.
toned against holding money between
their lips, yet a person can scarcely &c
block on street car without noticing
some one indulging in the dangerous
habit
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
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FORTUNE IN C0FF1Ns,
Little Woman Showed Up in the
Klondike Displays Rare Versa
tility and Enterprise.

''There have many stories come out
of the Klondike country of the people
who have made fortunes there. Some
have been of moving, some of packing,
some of gambling, some of salooning,
some of feeding the hungry and so
on, but none of undertaking, so far as
1 have heard, and know of a man and
his wife who have got rich by burying
people" Thus spoke a Seattle man
who had been at Dawson since the be-
ginning. 1T was really the wife who
did it," he continued, land her story is
interesting. Her husband, whom she
greatly admires and affectionately calls
'Jim,' was worker in an undertaking
establishment, and when the rush be-
gan toward the gold diggings she hus-
tied him out and came along to take
care of him. At Skaguay some friend
gave her lean and lank little Eskimo
dog, broken to harness, and apparently
broken in health. At least he could
scarcely drag himself around, but his
new owner cuddled him up carefully,
and by the time she was ready to go on
eAAS AoNA eAS oOS was obAC ~ pun 1d1I
sled load.
$50 she and her husband and the dog,
which she had named Jim as compli-
ment to her iege lord, started on their
long, hard journey. They got along
quite we'll or better than many others
on the trail, and when the first tollgate
was reached the woman's wit manifest
ed itself still more. She was in ad-
vance with the dog and the sled, her hus-
band watching the remainder of their
goods some distance back. The toll
gate keeper looked her over a minute,
took a squint at her measly little dog
and frankly told her that he would be
darned if a lone woman like that would
have to pay to go through his gate, and
he sent her along free of cost. Smiling
and thankful she passed on and unload
ed a mile or so further on and came
back to her husband after another load.
Telling him to stay right there till she
had brought everything through free
she finished the job and Jim came saun-
tering through the gate unscathed of
toll.
ARRIVED at the spot, they did not
know just what to do at first, never
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
Queen Wilhelmina's Sayings.

Some Of the anecdotes told Of Queen
Wilhelmina, the young queen of the
Netherlands, are interesting. One day
the little queen was busily occupied in
bringing up her dolls in the way they
should 60. One of them, however, was
particularly obstinate, and the queen
was seen to shake it violently, and say:
''Look here, if you don't behave your
self I'll make you queen, and then
you'll have no one to play with" When
on visit to England, and asked by the
princs of Wales what she thought of
the English people, she replied: ''They
are very nice and amiable, but should
never have thought it from the speci-
msna ! have seen in Holland"
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
ON THE DEFENSIVE.
Great Indignation of NaDoleou q
Being Spied Upon at
St. Helena.

One of the *'Talks with Napoleon ~
quoted from DR.. O'Meara's diary, re.
cords Napoleon's indignation at being
as he considered it, spied upon, while
living at St. Helena.
II understand" said he, "that an off.
Ger is placed here to report about me
and to see me two or three times in the
"a hours, and that they were talking OF
making him go into my chamber to see
me if l did not come out. Any person. ~
said he then, with considerable agita.
tion, "who endeayors to force his way
into my apartment will be a corpse the
moment he enters it. If he ever eats
bread or meat afterward I am not Ma.
poleon. This I am determined on. ]
know that will be killed afterward, as
what can one do against camp: But
what of that? have faced death many
a time. Besides, I am convinced that
this governor, this chief of jailers, has
been sent out on purpose to poison me
or put me to death some way or anoth
er, or under some pretext by Lord
Castlereagh.
! II have seen," continued he, "Rus.
slams, Prussians, Arabs, Cossacks. Tar
tafs, Spaniards, Persians, Turks" (here
he enumerated agreat many more)
"and never in my life before did I be.
hold so ill-favored and forbidding 8
countenance, or so down and. horrid 8
look. He carries crime imprinted on hi.
countenance. He is a man, to. judge
from his physiognomy, that;one would
select for the committal of any afro
cious crime, and as such has been sc.
lected out by your ministers, sup.
pose, to make way with me.''-Century
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
ADHESIVE STAMPS.
May BE Cut from Unused Envelopes
and Saved for Fur
ther Use.

"Wait until 1 have washed off the
postage stamp on this envelope, spoiled
iii the addressing" said man to a
Washington Star representative.
''It is not necessary to do that as is
commonly supposed" said a lawyer.
''You may take your scissors and cut
out the adhesive (not the impressed)
stamp and stick it fast to your new
envelope with mucilage, notwithstand-
ing the adhering piece of the old en-
velope.
*'It does not look nice, and may be-
come detached in the mail, but if the
stamp is genuine, unused, adhesive
stamp it is not questioned. The gov
ernment, when it sells an adhesive two:
cent stamp, undertakes for such con-
sideration to transport and deliver to
destination the letter to which it is af-
fixed. The fact that it has piece of an
envelope to which it was formely at
tached, but not used or deposited for
mailing, does not relieve the govern
ment to execute it's part of the con-
tract when the letter is deposited for
mailing, the stamp being otherwise
perfect.
IAN impressed stamp, however, cut
from an envelope, is defective and in
valid for postage purposes. tits aston
ishing how many of these are used,
some people, apparently, being unable,
or too ignorant, to discriminate be-
tween adhesive and impressed stamps.
ut is better to soak off the good, un-
used adhesive stamp, but it is valid
stamp, nevertheless, when used as de.
scribed."
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
H. $1e9aY : y y !!llfk
- tssk'5 i 50. 3
ALL ABOUT THE BABY.

Like opening violets, fresh and fair.
pair OF little wide-stretched eyes
Look upward from the cradle, where
The households newest treasure lies.
Within these orbs Of deepest blue
A look Of wonder seems to hide,
questioning of this world so new,
Which lies before him, all untried;
As though this little pilgrim fain
Would all earth's many mysteries know;
Would have the hidden paths made plain,
Through which his feet must learn to go.
But. deeper than the wonder, lies
A look we cannot understand.
He seems, with those far-seeing eyes.
To gaze upon another land.
Perhaps there linger with him still
Some memories of the great Unknown.
It may be that the thoughts which fill
His mind are far beyond our own.
"Ah, little one." we whisper low,
AS o'er the cradle-bed we bend,
IF we to you earth's way will show
From babyhood till life shall end,
"Will you, in turn, to us unfold ;
Those secrets. only known to you .
Reveal the visions you behold.
That we may look upon them, too7"
Oh, foolish thought! to hope again
To dream the dreams Of Babyland.
We. worldly wise, might strive in vain
His Heaven-born thoughts to understand
Nor would we, If we could, point out
To this wee pilgrims wondering sight
The thorns which wait his path about,
The mingling of the shade and light.
He'll learn full soon the joys and cares
Which make this earthly life of ours
His hands will find the thorns and snares
Which hide among the fruit and flowers.
Our all-wise Friend, most lovingly,
Has drawn veil across the way,
Which only lifts that we may see
The duties of a single day.
The question in the baby's eyes
Can only deepen with the years,
While each bright vision fades and dies
When seen through earthly smiles and
tears.
But we can trust the same wise hand
That placed this small bark on life's tide
To guide it safely to the land /
Which lies upon the other side. >
Where, mid the brightness, he may SEQ
His fair dream pictures once again, I
And find his questions answered, where .
Earth's mysteries are all made plain.
Springfield (Mass) Republican.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
Tea Drinking Causes Cold Feet.

People who suffer from cold feet
rnay ask themselves if this is due to
tea drinking, says the Glasgow Mail.
Prof. Hutchinson says it often is such.
Goodness, we are told, is probably due
TO contraction Of the arteries. In one
lady tea drinker the feet were not
only cold, but were observed to be wet
with perspiration. We are of opinion
that there must be some predisposing
cause, unless the drinker be : Tea iue.
hrlate. NE
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

thinking of the undertaking business,
which they had run away from. But
one day man died on the creek where
they were, and there wasn't anybody
in particular to bury him. This was the
little woman's chance, and she hustled
Jim out after the job. He got it, of
course, and in short time he had his
carpenters tools out and was at work
building coffin. He turned out very
good one, got rything ready in true
professional style, and the funeral was
great success. Jim got $3.50 for his ef-
forts, and Jim's wife knew what their
mission was in the Klondike.
"Other funerals followed, and Jim
got them and took in $500 or $500 for
each one. Now and then man would
die who wished his body sent outside,
and for this kind Jim got $500. In the
winter it was impossible to take bodies
out, and Mrs. Jim arranged cold cor
ner of their cabin, where she had the
waiting boxes piled up, with portiere
drawn over them to make them more
ornamental, and there they remained
until spring.
"Grave digging was hard work in the
winter, and it required two or three
days of thawing and digging to get a
grave sufficiently deep for it's purpose
A little incident will show what kind
of business woman Mrs. Jim was
when it was necessary. One winter
night word came to Jim's cabin to come
six or seven miles over the mountains
to look after a man who had died. Jim
was not at home, but Mrs. Jim was,
and without word she hitched her lit
tie dog to his sled, took her lantern and
started over the snow and the noun
tain, entirely alone in the darkness of an
arctic winter. She arrived at the place
without mishap and the live man wait.
ing with the dead one for Jim thought it
was ghost when he saw Jim's wife at
his cabin door. He offered to do any
thing he could for her, but she said
there was nothing he could do except
to help her put the load on her sled
and back she came to her home, leading
the way with her lantern for the dog
and the dead man to follow.
1'When the springtime came again
Mrs. Jim went down to Seattle, where
she laid in full supply of funeral fix.
ings, except cofins, which are all home
made, and she and Jim have a first-class
place and have made comfortable for:
tune, besides owning several claims on
which they have not yet realized"
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
For. Wireless Steering.

An English invention for steering any craft,
whether. submerged or otherwise, by means
of an ether wave on the wireless telegraph
principle has been perfected. In naval war it
is expeesteefd! ef!, to make the torpedo boat al;
the great American dyspepsia cure-Hostet-
ter's Stomach Bitters-which never fails to
cure constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia,
biliousness, malaria fever and ague. Every
one needs it and all druggists sell it.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
a Competent Defense.

The homeliest man in congress is Eddy, of
Minnesota. He rather glories in the distinc-
tion of uginess, especially as all his other
characteristics are enviable. During his last
campaign the enemies of Mr.. Eddy charged
him with being double-faced. He met the
charge in a manner that disarmed all crit.
icism. "Great heavens" said Mr.. Eddy to
his audience, "do you think that if had two
faces I would wear the one am showing you
noW?"-Arponaut.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

Uncle William-I read that Gladstone
used to go out and cut down big tree
each mornin' before breakfast.
Aunt Mary-Well, I declare! How
reckless in usin' stove-wood his famil,
must have been.-Brooklyn Life.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

I could not get along without Piso's Cure
for C9e9sumptiq9 It always cqres3MPs' %e. 20 16z
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

It is not necessary to die to prove friend.
ship; just refuse to tell all you know on a
man.-Atchison Globe,
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

To Cure Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money If it fails to cure, Csc.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

eyes, he brought out his history of the
regiment for private circulation" "Indeed
That's strange" II don't think so. Every
private in the regiment bought copy
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
TO MEET STEAMSHIPS.
A New Service by the New York Cen.
tral RailrOad.


George n. Daniels, general passenger
agent of the New York Central and Hud-
son River Railroad, has added a steam
ship bureau to the equipment of the passen.
ger service of the road. He has engaged
Captains Louis Ingwersen and F. A. G.
Schultze to superintend the bureau, and one
of their duties will be to meet all incoming
transatlantic and the principal coastwise
steamships to assist passengers who wish
to leave the city via the Vanderbilt system.
Capt. Ingwersen will have charge of the
American, Cunard, White Star, Atlantic
Transport, Wilson, Anchor and Allan State
lines, and Capt. Schultze has been assigned
to the North German Lloyd, Hamburg
American, French, Rotterdam, Red Star
and Thingvalla lines:
They will meet all incoming steamships,
and will be prepared to furnish railway
tickets, parlor and sleeping car accommo.
datlons and to assist passengers with their
baggage and check it to points on the line
OF the railroad, after it has been passed
by the customs inspectors. They will also
furnish passengers with cabs operated by the
railroad company, and furnish time tables
and general information to passengers. The
two men have also been directed to assist
passengers who come to this city with a
view of going abroad, and such passengers
will be met at the Grand Central Station
on incoming trains and conducted to the
steamship. Their baggage will be attended
to, and steamship tickets can be procured
in ADVANCE. by communicating with Mr.
Daniels.-From the New York Commercial
Advertiser
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

What the public call failure is often
7 simply an unrecognized success.-Town
4 | Tnpins
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

Growells (angrily)-"You know that a
fool can ask questions that wise man can t
answer, don't you?" Howells-"I've heard
90, but never knew it until now."-Boston
Traveller.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
An All.Year ReaOrf-

The Crescent Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark,
opens March l, 1900 A most desirable, at
tractive and convenient resort for health
and pleasure seekers. Ideal climate, pure
sparkling water, best accommodations.
Through Sleepers via Frisco Line Write
for particulars to Manager Hotel or to any
representative of Frisco Line.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

Dyeing is as simple as washing when you
use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Sold
by all druggists
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
He Fell Into the Trap.

He Fell Into the Trap.
Wife--Did you mail that letter gave you
this morning?
Husband-Of course, I did.
"How provoking! Iwanted to add post
scrip"
Producing the letter)-"Well, here it is.
Why didn't you tell me that in the first
place?"-Chicago Evening News.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
"GaHy Begins
At Home. -

Be Kind to your body. Re-
member it IS fed not by
thoughts of zvhat you think
you'll do, bat BY the strong
polune of pita1 force euhich the heart
distributes. Treat your ties blood q'eA.
Hoods Sarsaparaa IS medicinal sister
of charity. and aids to Keep you in good
health as nothing else can.
Pure 8lood-"W blooduas poor.
! had headaches and but little appetite.
Since taking tzvo bottles Of Hoods Sarsa-
parila, the headaches are gone, my blood
is in good condition andI hape a good ap-
petite. G. A. Hoffman, $50 Broadaav.
Long Island City. N. Y.
&od3 Sat4qbnuM
El7z72:(E3Z2l:Zzdz1
Hoods Pills cure liver ills; the non-irrltatng and
only cathartic to take with Hoods sarsaparilla.
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07

"Doyou think we'll be Grownded 2" be
asked, and he shivered little as he put
the question. ] =
"Oh, no." Seneca answered cheerily.
"We've got good raft here. The ice
isn't breaking any more, and even if
this piece did break and dump us into
the water, we could get onto another.
When our folks find we don't come home
they'll probably suspect we got carried
away on the ice, and in the morning
they'll send tug out for us. All we've
got to do is to wait" i
!. Perhaps Seneca didn't feel as conf
dent as his words indicated; but he
was brave lad, and thought it best to
look on the bright side. !
"If twas only summer now," Sidney
said, maybe the whaleback or the Vir-
sginia would come along from Milwau-
kee and pick us up 8 z;aAz.' NIL $35F s$AFa: T.
y eff twas summer we wouldn't have
any ice to stay on, and we might get
drowned before they had a chance to
pick us up," returned Seneca, still bent
on taking q cheerful view of the stu
alton. = ! =. ~: ,.>-:. :.
But after they had drifted a couple
of hours longer, even Seneca lost some
of his courage, and they fell into more
sdoleful strain of conversation. They
talked about the ill-fated Chicora that
had gone down in those icy seas, and
wondered what had been the feelings
of her hapless crew as they faced their
fate. ..}::, .s4. ss8, ,
"I'm cold, ," Bobby shivered. s.s.
SWELL, we must move around and get
Willmar tribune., 1900-03-07
Adrift on the Ice
HE wind had been blowing briskly
By James Raymond Perry.

H7EzSzlS ~ 7SS:SalS 5ISzIS7E:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-12

Dor. the shoemaker, Of a customer. The
shoemaker, In turn, by buying his clothes
abroad deprives his neighbor. the tailor.
OF a customer. Thus seinshness over
reaches self.
NJ. Bryan Is free trader. avowedly
so. and glories in the fact. The speech
or Senator Jones replies to arguments
which Mr.. Bryan has often advanced.
and which he would be using on the
stump today. save that his caution adj
vises him that the people are not in 3
frame Of mind to listen to any PROPOSE
ton for tinkering with the tariff. Yet
the election of Mr.. Bryan and con-
sress in sympathy with his political
views viii necessarily and inevitably
be followed by legislation along the
lines which Mr. Bryan advocates and
always has advocated Imperialism"
is the device to catch votes. Free trade
and free silver are the principal fea-
lures Of the proposed Democratic leg
islative programme.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-12

Senator Turner says the Democratic
party Of today IL the Republican rarty
OF Abraham L'ncoln's day. According
to the senstor's notions. the Repubii-
can party Of 1884 was the Republican
party Of Lincoin's time: the Silver Re
publican party Of 1899 was the Repub-
lean party OF Abraham Lincoln: the
Peoples party At 1887 was the Repub-
hcan party OF the Lincoln era. and naw
the sryanite organization Is the Re-
publican rav.v ~ f.'n~c'r. THE senstor
gives no intimAtion with which party
he will be associated when ii comes T.
standirr for recollection. and II is there
fore diflcu't 10 ter Whist in his opinion
VIII be the Abraham Lincoln party in
1909.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-12

score. and every one Of them died. Peo-
pies party votes against vic Gus meas
ures were delivered. for considera-
ton. in blocks Of four. and the more
pious reformer appeared on the floor.
the easier was he TO square" In all
the history OF the state there never was
before and never has been stree legis-
lature 90 unscruruious. weak. vsnai and
avaricious as that which met in 1897
and was controlled in both branches by
the "reformers"
Within one month after the reform"
admin stration had come into rover the
reform idea was looked upon as a Joke
by everybody who had TO 90 with the
-reformers." II has been Joke ever
since with az people who have had an
opportunity to see how much Of ridicu-
ious pretense there Is among these peo-
pie who ere forever preaching honesty.
truth and fair dealing and at the same
time stopping to all the low practices
that are such q menace to American
political institutions There has never
been bigger swindle in all the politics
OF the Northwest. either In state or
territor al days. than this Irnpudent at
tempt Of the fusionists to masquerade
as resormers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-12

the United States. The man who gave
liberty and civil rights TO the slaves
Is held sponsor for the party which
seeks In half dozen states, where II
controls the government machinery. to
deprive those former slaves Of the civt
rights which the party of Lincoln gave
them.
The whole idea Is preposterous. 1t Is
simply the excuse Of the renegade. who
deserted his party. for reasons personal
to himself, actuated by no motive save
a lust for office. and who seeks to ex-
cuipate his treason by maiigning the
dead leaders Of the party to which he
once belonged.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-10-12

FUTT NIINFIWH N9WIINFFl
The Seattle business man IL one 81 the
choicest products % the Bafyss1us con-
rnerclal genius OF the closing century. lie
Ia a splendid type % that hrazd-gAugef
constructive commercial activity. whsca
nufl6s great cities. constructs vast sys-
TENS OF railway. establishes extensive
transportation lines. promotes immense
Industrial plants and develops and utilities
q nations material resources. and sets In
melton inngnsrahIe wheels 81 rnanufAc-
tare. To reei. 10 greet and 10 come n
contact with these representative citi.
Inspiration as n@il AZ rare privilege ana
a genuine pleasure. The Seattle suslneas
man "a a good thing 70 come Ia contact
with ard the Seattle spirit 10 a good thinx
70 cultivate.