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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
THE SHAH'S CIRCUIT.
f'ersia'sa r nler Will Make Tour OF
Europe and Visit All the
Royal Courts. -.

The shah Of Persia, having been, four
years on the throne, wishes to see the
world, and has planned long journey.
He will visit St. Petersburg, Berlin, vi
emma, Paris, London and Constantine
pie, and will be entertained at all the
courts. It will be a costly journey, and
the shah is not reputed to be rich; but
his credit is good, especially in ST..
Petersburg, where the treasury is al
ways ready to make advances to the
ruler of vassal state whose territory
Russia covets, says Youths Companion.
Muzaffar-ed-din. the shah, is nearly
50 years old. He looks Younger than
he is, for there are no traces of gray in
his jet-black hair and long. dropping
mustache, and there are no lines on
his narrow forehead. His eyes are soft
and dreamy, the contour of his face is
regular and his smile is that of an in
dolent and weak man who can be easily
amused.
He is a ruler without strength Of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
HOME LIFE in PORTO RICO.


" L. J..
To one unaccustomed to tropical con-
ditions, the furnishing Of the Porto
Rican home would at first sight seem
meager, but it is quite ample, Says
Harper's Bazaar "A short.residencew will
demonstrate that nearly 500 years of
experience with the unpleasant fea-
lures of life in the West Indies have
been crowned by survival of the fit
test in furnishing as in other matters.
Austrian brentwood furniture and
willow ware constitute the main equip
ment of the parlors and living rooms.
Upholstered furniture is unknown and
undesired, little or no attempt being
made at decoration, except in the mat
ter of embroidery and fine handmade
lace work. Hundreds of yards of cro-
Chef work are, used in the embellish-
ment of single canopied bed. The
work is the chief delight of the Porto
Rican housewife.
The walls are for the most part bare.
but here and there painting of merit
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

III summer sun poured relentleSS-
ly down on field and pasture. The
cattle stood with dropping heads in
the shadow of the untrimnled hedge
rows; the heat waves rose and SHIN
mered above the brown burrows; and
the faint breeze scarcely rustled the
green blades of the lush young corn.
A crow sitting on panel of the rot
ting rail fence cawed derisively at the
gray mule slowly drawing the pillow.
The lad who followed watched me-
chemically the upturning OF the mel
low soil, while his long-drawn "Haw,
Wo-haw!" had a istless cadence that
bespoke force of habit, rather than any
need of directing. the old and under
standing animal, which plodded on ex-
actly as before.
'Haw. Wo-haw!" They rounded the
bend in the row and approached a lit
tie knoll near the center of the field.
The crow hushed his raucous cry and
flew lazily away; the boy bent lower
over the pillow handles and the corn
leaves ceased to rustic. The gray mule
went slower and slower.
"Haw, Wo-haw!" They were just
at the top of the knoll; the voice sound
ed far-off, faint and weary; the mule
stopped; tentatively, at first, and then
resting one foot on it's toe settled into
an easier position. The boy said moth
ing, but leaning against the plow,
pushed his old SLOUGH hat back from
his hot forehead, wiped the sweat from
his face with the sleeve of his ragged
shirt and looked off across the fields
He was thin, and stopped by toll; there
was a weary look in his eyes and the
stains of dust and sweat were upon
his homespun clothing. The cartridges
were calling in the wheatfield across
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
THREE SHIPS,

-
Threeships there be a-sailinR S5s
Betwfxt the sea and sky; %% 81 81 .
And one Is Now, aud one Is Then.
# And one Is BY and BY. , 49,
The first little ship is all FOR you
It's masts are gold, it's sails are blue,
\. And this Is the cargo it brings:
5Joyful days with sunlight glowing,
Nights where dreams like stars are grow
IL ing.
Take them, sweet, OF they'll BEGGING.
81 For they everyone have wings.
The second ship is all for me
&-sailing on a misty sea -. -
AND out across the twilight gray
Whatsft brought of gift and blessing
Would not stay for my caressing,
was too dear.for my possessing, 49,
So tt sails and sails away.
The last ship, riding fair and high +
Upon the sea, Is BY and BY.
% Wind, be kind and gently blow! =
Not too swiftly hasten hither.
When she turns, sweet, you'll go with her
sailing. floating. hither, thither-
10 what port may not know.
Harriet F. Blodgett. in st. Nicholas.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
MASCOT OF THE OREGON.
Dull Terrier with n Naval Record
Now Peaceful Chi
caEOan.

A bull terrier with romantic history
and possessing rare intelligence is ''U.
S. Mike" now belonging to a Chicago
man who has offices in the Great North.
ern building. Mike was of Importance
on the battleship Oregon several years
ago, hence the letters ''U. S." branded
pink and deep in his shining white side.
He was the mascot on the ship when
the famous journey was made from
San Francisco around the Horn, says
a Chicago paper.
Greatness did not bring happiness
ito Mike, however, for another dog with
Ness of pedigree, but with eight pounds
more of flesh and muscle, was also a
pet on the Oregon. It was the dream
of both dogs to go ashore; they looked
forward to such an occasion with more
eagerness than they displayed in 60
ing after a bone.
One day when the big dog returned
from trip ashore and proudly strut
ted about the deck Mike made a rush
at him and a thrilling fight ensued. 1t
was regular occurrence after that
A fight followed each dogs journey
ashore. The sailors were delighted
with the fights and arranged many ex-
tras. A British captain who visited
the ship was touched with pity for
game little Mike, who was 'licked"
every day. but was ready to fight again
the next. After much negotiating the
Englishman succeeded in buying Mike
and carried him off to his own ship.
There, alas, Mike met fresh troubles.
A goat was the mascot on this British
ship. The goat became jealous of Mike.
One day when unsuspecting Mike sat
looking out over the water the goat
galloped up behind him and-splash!
Mike was overheard. Just once; for
the next time the trick was ATTEMPTED
the goat skunk into dark corner, and
Mike. hanging by the teeth to his flank,
went with him.
Mike was finally transferred through
several owners to Lieut. Mark, of the
marine corps. who gave him into the
keeping of his present master in Chi
cagO.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
English Coal Dearer Than au..,.

english Coal Dearer Than Americas,
The fact that the United States has
become the worlds greatest producer
OF coal and at cost of production far
below that of any. other part of the
world is attracting great attention, es
Recllaiiy from British producers and
consumers Of coal. The present output
Of the United States is larger than that
OF the United Kingdom. and coal can
pe bought in America at the pit mouth
at $l.l8 ton, as against $1.36 paid in
Great Britain. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

may be seen. The sofa pillow is one of
the great features of the home; it is
everywhere, in every conceivable size.
shape and material. Ferns of gigantic
size and exquisite formation, as we'll as
broad-spreading palm leaves, are used
to festoon the walls and arched door
ways. Cut fresh from day to day. they
render the dark. cool rooms inviting
and attractive. Potted tropical plants
in great. variety abound within and
without the house -. -..#
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
DANGER IN A FOX BITE.
An English BarOnet's Son Was Bitten
and Died of Blood Poi
sOninE.

Blood poisoning frequently occurs
in cases of wounds from the teeth or
claws of animals, especially those that
feed wholly or in part on putrid flesh,
and it is easy to understand that, in
the cases of such species as eat only
game of their own killing, there must
be traces of their feasts, in the shape
of shreds of animal matter, left adj
herring to their claws and teeth to
decay and become poisonous in time
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

the hedge, and just beyond in the shad-
ows of the pines the wild Strawberries,
cool and ripe, sprinkled the ground like
scarlet stars in an emerald sky. How
hot and tired he was, and how good
it would be to lie there just little
while and rest and dream. For he did
dream--this poor, bent, toil-scourged
clod. From the elevated spot where he
stood he could see field after field OF
corn and cotton and following grain,
spread broad and fair in the June sun
shine. Back there in the dilapidated
gray house wealth of old books lay
hidden away in hooks and corners.
Many of these he had read, spelling
them out in the slow painful fashion
taught in the village school. And
among them he found, now and then,
old papers between whose faded lines
he could read how his forefathers had
wrought in the old days, how all these
broad lands, as far as the eye could
reach, had once been theirs, how they
had lived, and how in troublous times
they had ridden forth to battle from
the, open doors of the old mansion.
whose battered columns, long since
bereft of plaster, looked out like rain-
bleached skeletons upon the one field
left of all it's broad domain. As for
the rest, the gray gravestones beneath
the cedars told it all.
He had read the inscriptions hun
dred times, and to-day they mirrored
themselves before him upon the back
ground of the hazy,h Gated air. Sol
diers of the revolution and of 1912
were there. His grandfather, brought
dead frpm the field of Churubusco, was
there. And in another place a stone,
small and mean when compared with
the Others, marked his fathers grave.
How well he remembered that tall, sol
dierly figure, marked by q long scar
across the face from q saber cut at
Gettysburg, and imPing because a rifle
bullet--77sa relic Of the Wilderness, was
still mis- leg. \: ,..
There were other gravestones Of
4 lawyers sand lawmakers, whose names
are written high il the old-time annals
OF the state, but these did not appeal
to him, save to int ensify the realiza-
ton that Icha bod was writ ten on
the pillars 81 his house that glory had
departed his name and his race. His
learning was small and he could do
pothing in such pursuits. He knew
this and then it seemed a little thing
I to fight with words and to march and
count ermarch y with the quips and
squibblea of the law. The old book il
the garret said i tile Of such things,
J but pages were lied MI d stories and
pict lures 81 Light ldoises AIRY Ieetand
~ drag oons,s 81 & ara1on, Sum
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
An Ironic Condolences.

When man becomes suddenly rich = not
infrequently follows that he becomes as sud.
denly obivious to his old friends. Thus. a
Persian. having obtained a lucrative position
at court, friend Of his came shortly after
ward to CONGRATULATE him thereon. The new
5cour IT asked him: no are you and why
do you come here y The other coolly re.
Piled: % yo!l not know me, then? T am
.yo Y old friend and am come to condole
lost your sighh 1t. ~ San Francisco Wave: .
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
I Woman's statu. In France =,

The cause Of woman has received a
severe blow in Paris, the center Of POI
likeness! AT recent election of a COM
imittee in the Societe des Gems de Let
tres there were four women candidates,
all Of whom we're defeated. It's not:
easy to induce the. French mind to: ac-
cord recognition to minnie talent It
was Frenc man who said Women
60 into literature as 2 cat plays with a
mo- use glancing around to- see il any.
one IS looking. II other words, to at.
tract attention
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
An: Ari.tocratic P.un.-

d. Gov. Stanley, of Kansas, in SPEAKING
of the prosperity of that state, said
recently that il Finley county there
Is put one pauper, yet the county has
poor farm which cost $4,000, and
Is. Is now maintained for the single in
mate. s.s , ssss5 I 7'Ss75sr.' -. Z.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
Couch Bath.

fhe latest combinat ton in furniture
g the couch bath. On the top Of the
couch being removed. which can il
done t[t9fl very easily. regulation bathtnh
g isclosed, with 9 water tap sc the.
pillow end of the couch. se.5.s7'>
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

an Irishman- pulled himself togeth-
er and chased his mount. As he ran
past the infantry lines, the .'Tommies','
jeered at his undignifed position.
Paddy halted for a second. Eyes, yes
may laugh. bhoys,' he said, ''for sure
Ohm nothin' but a common foot sol
der now!'' s5 5y= .s8* n F. u: ..$Ss i
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
VERY Strange.

Y Sunday School Teacher finishing the mar.
ration And this is the story Of Jonah and
the whale. s. .s5s 4 -
Johnny Cumso Isn't it strange they knew,
what Jonah was that long ago Harlem
Life. z ST, ..s Az,
& First Medical Student 81 believe III let.
ting well enough alone. = Second Medical
Student Then you Il never make success.
ful doctor. ~ hiladelp hia Record.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
Something Practical.

Many a young girl makes the mistake Of
thinking that because she would die for 4
man she really loves him. In this restless,
throbbing age it is necessary for her to ask:
herself in all seriousness: "Would I take
in washing for him ?'-Detroit Journal. 5fS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

character, who is believed to have Sc
cured the throne through Russian sup
port when his older brother had a
clearer right to it, and would have re-
sisted foreign influence more strenu-
ously. He is a pleasure-loving sover-
eign who likes to go about everything
in the easiest way.
Great results may follow the shah's
circuit of European travel. An empire
larger than France and Germany to-
gether may be, opened to European
commerce and American railway build
ing; and Russia may find herself on the
Persian gulf and ON the frontier of In
dia, while Engiishmen are asking
whether Lord Salisbury was really
dreaming when he declared that there
was 'room enough for all ineAsia.''
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
Tommy Atkins ENDORSED.

In one of the scrimmages before
Ladysmith, various sections of infan-
try had been slapping away for some
decided to send forward detachment
of Dundonald's cavalry to try to head
off band of moving Beers. As the
horsemen galloped past the infantry
men, one lost his seat. The fallen rider
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

And gold was not going abroad to
any amount this season. The total
shipments have already exceeded $780,.
100000, the government 800, O0o, 900 of
gold being now depleted to close to $780,.
600, 900, and more going to the tune Of
$500, 900 to S. 900, 900 weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

Indiana as an asylum for Republican
political murderers is success. The
shielding of Kentucky Taylor ought to
make the state certain for the Demo.
Gratis, and such are our advices.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
A Lad in -Homespun
- -. y T>f4
BY E. Crayton McCants.

=
From The National Magazine, by Permission.)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
STEP By STEP
ARE THE ,NTEREsTs or THE PEOPLE
ADVANCED az THE ADMiNlsTRA- !
49,. TON OF GOVERNOR LIND.

The New Ulm Coal Rate Case Sustained bv
n
tho Supreme Court, a. Was Expected.
''And There's More to FOllow"-The
Weeks Roundup Of State and National
Politics-The County Democratic and
the State Conventions-Every Indication
of Enthusiastic and Harmonious Out.
oome-Now for Kansas City and Next
for Victory.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
j japanese 3, ls,11 Use --Chine.~

Japanese Use Chinese. s5
~ In dining such mod ern words as
elegram 3 s. hoto e "a PHI to-, lie
Japanese haYe rec curse to the Chinese
'siani ge, 5as We dlo to ttIhe. sGreek
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
s GoyelrlnmenI,t IN Denl NJ 81

For the last 80 years in Denmark
ithe+Party Of the l left has had . maj or-,
ity5 in the chamber, while the king has
'reti aimed 8ip power ministry Ne
rfgh
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

Strike Commenced May 81 has
lasted (days). NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. sc
Number persons killed. .... II
Number wounded by bullets.... 81
Number otherwise injured 5000. &C
Estimated business loss, per day 100000
Business loss, 36 days So, SOC, 900
Loss of strikers in wages. ........ $275,OOO
Cost OF armed posse colnitatus... 1925, 900
Number in posse colnitatus ..... $500
Number police on duty (regulars) 1,OOC
Number special police. ......... 500
Total number armed men,. ...... 5000
Men on strike. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 1900
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

are also from all parts Of the country
kindly expressions toward Mr.. Towne.
Where are we going to do better in the:
whole situation? is what the Democracy
is asking itself. II .t&
Mr.. Towne certainly has reason to be
pleased with the endorsements given
him by the Minnesota county conven.
tons.
Speaking of those who are at Phila.
delphia booming Washburn for vice
president, it is safe to. say that their
pockets are not stuffed full with the
Washburn antitrust and pro- Boe1
pamphlets. Watch the trusters and
the English administrationists do ur
the able man from Minnesota.
These jabs at Methodist Brother Nc.
Kinley are almost more than even a
Napoleon" can endure. And they dc
charge him with insulting Miss Frances
Willard, created her with less respect
than he would a ward heller" is the
open charge made by the temperance
vice presidential candidate.
Ex-senator Gil Pierce is showing the
G. 0. P. "What to Eat," vice presiden.
TALLY, and is for Washburn. The out
look is that while the senatorial vege.
tables may "wash," they will also
"burn," and the trusts "throw them
out"
Speaking Of the vice presidential
ticket, Chicago Times Herald CORE.
spondent looking for Republican cam.
paign slogans, wants something dis.
covered that will compare with the cry,
"Polk and Dallas" which was made to
stand for "pork in the stomach, and
dollars in the pocket" Well, what's
the matter with taking on Bliss of New
York, and then it would be Mckinley
and Bliss for the trusts.
At this writing Mr.. Bryan and Mr..
Towne are rusticating where the wicked
(poiticians) cease from troubling, and
where the weary are at rest.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

AAOAf@Aes eaS oil dsy AulA 1Or OepuOl1Can
political murderers is a success. The
shielding of Kentucky Taylor ought to
make the state certain for the Demo.
Gratis, and such are our advices.
And speaking of the Philippines, how
different a situation we would be in had
we told the Filipinos to go ahead with
their independence, under our protec-
ton, we taking as they would have
been glad to have us do, whatever we
wanted for station. In the new Chinese
situation we would have had ships or
men at hand, whereas few or no men
can safely be taken from the Philip
pines. But, best of all, we should have
done right.
To date all that the goppite press has
been able to say for the re1nissness of
the Republican secretary of state as to
foreign corporations not paying their
taxes is that some 60 companies have
been found in Governor Limbs list that
are not liable. Well, that leaves some
200 or more Of the delinquents What
is this Republican official going to do as
to those?
The repudiated St. Paul Republican
city administration died harder than
any one supposed. Comptroller Nc.
Cardy has barely skinned in, by the
means of recount" often so disrepu-
table, especially when election machin-
cry is under careful guard of the other
fellow, and the old chief of police, and
other heads of department., refuse to
surrender except as they are thrown
out. Meanwhile Mayor Smith is pur-
suing the even tenor of his ''good old
Democratic ways" greatly to the salts.
faction Of the people.
The date now set for that great flood
of Northwestern prosperity was after
the farmers spring work was over.
Now it is after harvest, and little
later it will be after the election. Selah.
Speaking Of business, the much
Wanted Russian loan which was
to have been foated in the United
States, has floated out of sight, the
Wall street statement being that it was
absurd to expect the loan to be placed
here, when ''even United States bonds
are not in active demand"
Now that Mckinley and Otis have
snapped praises, let the Philippine war
go on. But it is rather dampener on
imperialism, that Otis praises the Fill.
pinos so highly. That they learn Eng
fish with surprising rapidity, and are
eager for schools, lily agrees with the
estimates of Mckinley himself, of their
dense ignorance, their lacking in patri-
otto inspiration; and that they are not
qualified to be more than an abject peo-
pie.
An important development of the
week is the attitude assumed by the
local Silver or Lincoln Republicans of
Minneapolis, who through an author.
lied committee announce that they join
the Democratic organization in fact, as
they have in reality acted during the
past four years. This will strengthen
the Democratic organization materially,
and it is well known that many Repub-
icans are leaving their party on other
issues than silver coinage, and will 60
to the Democrats. G. S O..
Something Practical. .s 3.
Z Afo,,r ~; ~ 10 - IL "a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

The following are the figures of Nc.
Kinley prosperity as applied in the St
IOuiS strike tO date.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

At this writing Mr.. Bryan and Mr..
Towne are rusticating where the wicked
(poiticians) cease from troubling, and
where the weary are at rest.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27

And speaking further of the commits
sion, it has ordered stations maintained
at Wylie, on the Great Northern's St.
Hilaire branch, and Crow Wing, on the
Northern Pacific. A commission that
commishes is what the people have now.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-06-27
Reform Press Bureau.
G. nonl lima 10 dO00

The railroad and warehouse commits
sion is about all the machinery pos
sessed by the state for protection of the
small interests which the people in the
past have not voted away in franchises.
The people are, therefore, more inter-
ested in its administration than in al
most any other department.. That they
are pleased with the present board is
conceded on all sides.