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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
sydney Dayre, in S. S. Times
BIANCA'S SAVAGE PETS.
How a Pistol Shot, Fired just Mt tn.
Right Moment, Saved a Lion
Tanners Life

One of the anecdotes related by
Cleveland Moffett in his danger and
Daring papers in St. Nicholas, shows
how necessary is presence of mind, if
one aspires to be tanner of wild
beasts.
+ This recalls story that Mr.. Bostock
told me, showing how Bianca's fond
ness for her lions persisted even in the
face OF fierce attack. It was in Kansas
City, and for some days Spittire had
been working badly, so that on this
particular afternoon Blanca had spent
two hours in the big exhibition cage
trying to get the ioness into good
form. But Spitfire remained sullen
and refused to do one perfectly easy
thing, jump over pedestal.
ASK Mr.. Bostock to please come
here" called Blanca, finally, quite at
her wits end, with the performance
hour approaching and hers the chief
act. TO go on with Spitfire in rebellion
would never do, for the spirit of mis-
chief spreads among lions and tigers
as among children. Spitfre must be
forced to jump over that pedestal.
Mr.. Bostock arrived presently, and
at once entered the cage, carrying two
whips, as is the custom. There is some
thing in this man that impresses ami
mails and tanners alike. It is not only
that he is big and strong, and loves his
animals, and does notfear them; that
would scarcely account for his extraor-
HInlrv soL So L
because he knows lions and tigers as
can only man who has literally spent
his life with them. From father and
grandfather he has inherited precious
and unusual love of the cages. He was
born in menagerie, he married the
daughter of menagerie owner, he
sleeps always within a few feet of the
dens, he eats with roars of lions in his
ears. And his principle is, and always
has been, that he will enter any cage a Il
any time if a real need calls him
which has led to many a situation like
that created by Spit6re's disobedience.
1t should be borne in mind that there
were many groups in the menagerie at
this time, each with it's regular tanner;
and while Bostock, as owner and d.
rector, watched over all of them, it.
often happened that months would
pass without his putting his foot in
side this or that particular cage. And
in the present case he was practically
a stranger to the four lions and the
tiger now ranged around on their ped
estals in semicircle 30 feet in diam
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
i MOTHER ROBINS LESSON

The other morning I stole away,
Just at the very break of day,
And hurried till I could peep and see
A cunning thing. in the linden tree
Dear Mother Robins dainty nest,
Built for her precious birdlings' rest.
I wanted to hear, if only could,
Listening there in the quiet wood,
exactly how Mrs. Redbreast taught
Her bonny brood to sing as they ought.
l wanted to hear the darling things
Just as they first should spread their wings
Would she, teaching their first wee song,
Beat the time as she went along
Snake her head with look severe,
As II she would say: mo trifling here?"
" oulo she teach them their "soI, la, ST."
6e1ore they could sing note to me?
What would the earliest lesson be-
A. 'Chlp, chip, chip" or 'tWit wit, WEEP
would she give them a tonal drill
Staccato ch1rps, or long-drawn trill,
Scales and triplets? Do robins wee
Have all those dreadful things like me?
Were they beginning? A "weet, weet
Now would learn her method sweet.
Method! A flood Of joyful notes
f0ureq from the tiny feathered thrOats
was their lesson learned? I never knew,
For, with twitter and chirp, away the,
flew.
Sydney Dayre, in S. s. Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
LOVERS CLEVER TRICK.
How He Changed the Color of u Rose
and Surprised His Innocent
Best Girl,

1t was lover who lately discovered
this trick. When he was not with his
ladylove he was studying chemistry
and experimenting, and one day re-
Gently he found an easy method of
changing the natural colors of flowers.
He was in the habit of presenting
his sweetheart with bouquets of beau
tiful roses, which grew in his garden,
and few hours after he had made the
discovery he took her half a dozen of
the choicest white roses and told her
that she could learn through them
whether he was really in love with her
or not.
IF you and are destined for each
other" he said, 'these white roses
will become crimson within five or six
hours from now. Gradually but surely
they will change color and you may
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
WALKING FOR HEALTH.
II Gives Henlthful Play to More I'm.
portant Muscles Than Any
Other Exercise

OF all forms of exercise, there is
one that cost nothing, and is proba-
bly, better than any other, and that is
walking. For. walking as an exercise
there is no adequate substitute. and
no man was ever prepared for a
physical contest of any kind-rowing
jumping or wres tling-without much
time being spent in pedestrianism.
1t gives healthful play to a larger
number of important muscles than
any other exercise; besides, it es-
pecially tends to promote that cheer
full frame of mind so indispensa able
to aid easy digestion and normal
flow of blood.
OF course, by walking, it is not in
tended to convey the meaning that
the mere moving of the legs, in a
close room or any building however
large, is beneficial. Walking for
health and exercise must be in the
open air, the more open the better.
People of sedentary ha bits will find
daily walks better than pint of
''tonic." Our breath vitiates the air,
and the only way to change the air
is to keep moving.
Walking expands the lungs as we'll
strengthens the muscles; it defends
the body from lassitude, puts doctors
at arms length, and increases the
span of life.
The English live longer than Ameri-
cans, simply because they live more
out of doors. In this country a man
of 60 is called "old;" in England
he is in the prime of life; yet the
climate of England is not to be COM
pared with ours. It is always damp,
and generally foggy and rainy, but
the average Englishman cares moth
ing for that. While the American
takes car to 60 to his Office or shop,
a mile from home, the Englishman
foots it, saves his money and betters
his health.
Gladstone at eighty years of age
did an enormous amount of work
without perceptible fatigue. He al
ways was great walker, and at the
age of IS could walk IS miles
in single day, over the hills
of Scotland. At 80 he was
still good for 20-mile tramp. How
many 20-year-old Americans can say
the same?
For girls there is no exercise like
walking, and, besides, it is proper"
To be sure, they must wear common
sense shoes and, moderately loose
clothing; but if these conditions are
complied with, there is no reason why
they should not do their five or ten
miles a day, like their English sisters.
They would reap their reward in
rosy cheeks, expanded forms and bet
ter health all round.-Golden Days.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
PEACE WITH HUMOR.
Cat and Mouse Game Played with
Captive Indian by a Grizzly
Hear.

An old Indian, says Mr.. Joaquin Mil
Ter in his recent book, "True Bear
Stories," was terribly frightened by
an old monster grizzly and her half
grown cub one autumn, while out
gathering manzanita berries; but bad
ly as he was frightened, he was not
even scratched.
It seems that while he had his head
raised, and was busy gathering and
eating berries, he almost stumbled
over a bear and her cub. They had
eaten their fill and had fallen asleep
in the trail on the wooded hillside.
The old Indian had only time to turn
on his heel and throw himself head
long into the large end of a hollow log,
which luckily lay at hand.
This was only a temporary refuge:
but he soon saw, to his delight, that
the log was open at the other end, and
corkscrewing his way along toward
the farther end, he was about to
emerge when he saw the old mother
sitting down, quietly waiting for him.
After recovering his breath, he ell
bowed and corkscrewed himself back
to the place at which he first entered.
But 10! the bear was there, sitting
down, half-smiling, and waiting to re-
ceive him.
This, the old Indian said, was re-
peated time after time till he had no
longer strength to struggle. He
turned on; his face, whereupon the
bear thrust her head in, touched the
top of his head gently with her nose,
and; then drew back, took her cub with
her and shufled away. *:'& II ).
z Mr.. Miller went to the spot with the
Indian q day or two after, and was con-
vinced that his story was exactly true;
and when you understand that the
bear could easily have entered the hol.
low log and killed the Indian at anv
time, you will see that it must HAYS
been sense Of @humor which caused
her play the cat-and-mouse game
with him. ca 49,. ..,~>.s,s.I> -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
CHANGING COLOR OF A ROSE.

regard the change not only as an in
dication that the flowers are delighted
to be worn by you, but also as an in
fallible sign that happiness is assured
to US in the future"
Sure enough, says the New York
Herald, before the eyes of the wonder.
ing maiden the roses changed color
and were crimson at sunset that even
ing. Marvellous indeed the change
seemed to her, for how could she know
that the roses were originally red and
that her lover had simply bleached
them white by holding them for some
time over a pan filled with smoking
sulphur before he handed them to her |?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02

soothingly to Marion, land thought
he ought to see you.'
Somebody who had not been a SOL
der at ALL" said she to Sandy. ,'He
had neither the look nor the manner
of one" And Sandy marveled bit
and decided to be on guard.
| "Maidie," he had said that after
noon, before riding away, "when you
get out next week we must take up
pistol practice again. You beat me
at Leavenworth, but you can't do it
now. Got your gun-anywhere?-
the one Dad gave you?'' And Dad
or Daddy in the Ray household was
the "lovingest" of titles:
Maidie turned languid head. on
her pillow. ''In 1.-THE upper drawer
of the cabinet in my room, I4think,' -
said she. II remember Mrs. Brent's
examining it,
Sandy went in search, and present.
1y returned with the prize, short,
big-barreled, powerful little weapon
of the bulldog type, sending bullet
like that of Derringer, hot and
hard, warranted to shock and stop
an. OK at ten yards but miss a barn at
over twenty; woman's weapon for
defense of her life, not target pis.
tol, and Sandy twirled the shining
cylinder approvingly. It was a
cleaning toy, with it's ivory stock
and nickeled steel. Z. - r. "a Z.
>, "Every chamber scrammed," said
Sandy, land sure to knock spots out
of anything from a mad dog to an
elephant, provided it hits. Best keen
it by you at night, Maidie. These ma,
tives are marvellous sneak-thieves
They go all through these ram an
shackle upper stories like so many
ghosts. No, one can hear them 8 90
Then, when he took his leave, the
pistol remained there lying on the
table, and Frank, coming in to see his
most interesting patient just as the
band was> trooping back to it's post
on the right Of the long line, picked
it up and examined it, muzzle upper.
most, with professional appreciation
Yours, I see, Miss Ray; ana from
your father. "A man hit by one 81
these he continued. musingly, and
lingering the fat leaden bullets
would drop in his tracks. Do you
keep It by you? always % ,...s
II? MOI" laughed Maidie. .'I'm
eager to get to my work ealing-
not giving gunshot wounds 9
on will have abundant time, my
dear young lady z said the doctor,
a1oyplyL ag he carefully replaced tie
weapon sons the e able BY her side, and
limit &. 6 u 8 read I the q,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02

white dress of the tropics and a hat
OF fine Manila straw, q young man
who would not send up his card, but
in very Mexican Spanish asked for
Miss Ray. Ignacio sent boy for Mrs
Brent, who came down to recon.
hotter, and the youth reiterated his
| request. ~
can old friend'' was all he would
say in response to her demand for
his name and purpose. She put him
| off, saying Miss Ray was still too far
from well to see anybody, babe him
| call next day when DR.. Frank and her
husband, she knew, would probably
be there, duly notified them, and
Frank, met and received the caller
| when he came and sent him away in
short order.
''The man is a crank" said he, "and
shall have him watched"
The colonel asked that one or two
of the soldier police guard should
be sent to the house to look after the
stranger. A corporal came from the
company barrack around on the
Gale Real, and it was after nightfall
when next the "old friend" rang the
bell and was permitted by Ignacio to
enter.
But the instant the corporal start
ed forward to look at him the caller
bounded back into outer darkness.
He was tall, sinewy, speedy and had
a 20-yard start before the little
guardsman, stout and burly, could
squeeze into the street. Then the
latter's shouts up the San Luis, only
served to startle the sentries, to spur
the runner, and to excite and agitate
Maidie.
DR.. Frank was Disguised when he
tried her pulse and temperature half
an hour later and said things to the
corporal not strictly authorized by
the regulations. The episode was
unfortunate, yet might soon. have
been forgotten but for one hapless
circumstance. Despite her announce
ment, something had overcome Miss
Perkins sense of injury, for she had
stepped from carriage directly in
front of the house at the moment of
the occurrence, was witness to all
that took place, and the first one to
extract from the corporal his version
of the affair and his theory as to
what lay behind it. In another mo-
ment she was driving away towards
the Nozaleda, the direction taken by
the fugitive, fast as her coachman
could whip his ponies, the original
purpose of her call abandoned.
AS in duty bound, both Mrs. Brent
and DR.. Frank had told Sandy of this
odd affair. Mrs. Brent described the
stranger as tall, slender, sallow, with
big cayernous dark eyes that had
wild look to them, and a scraggly,
fuzzy beard all over his face, as
though he hadn't shaved for long
weeks. His hands course, she had
particularly noticed his hands; what
woman doesn't notice such things?-
were slim and white. He had the
look of a man who had been long in
hospital; was probably recently
discharged patient, perhaps one of
the many men just now getting their
home orders from Washington.
''Somebody who served under your
father, perhaps" said Mrs. Brent,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
BLANCA REsCUEs BOsTOCK.

eter, with big Brutus in the middle and
the snarling Spitfre at one end.
"Well," said Mr.. Bostock, explaining
what happened, II saw that Blanca had
made mistake in handling Spitfire
from too great distance. \She had
stood about seven feet away, so I
stepped three feet closer and lifted one
of my whips. There were just two
things that Spitfre could do; she could
spring at me and have trouble, or she
could jump over the pedestal and have
no trouble. She growled little, looked
at me, and then she jumped over that
pedestal like lady.
"The rest was easy. I put her
through some other tricks, circled her
around the cage a couple of times, and
brought her back to her corner. Then,
as she crouched there and snarled at
me, played a tattoo with my whip
handle on the floor just in front of her.
1t was just a sort of flourish to finish
of WITH, and it was one thing too
much; for in doing this turned away
from the rest of the group and made
Brutus think that meant to hurt the
.ioness. He said to himself: 'Hullo!
Here's stranger in our cage taking a
whip to Spitfire. I'll just settle him.
And before could move he sprang 20
feet off his pedestal, set his fangs in
my thigh, and dragged me over to
Blanca, as if to prove his gallantry.
Then the Frenchwoman did a clever
thing; she>clasped her arms around his
big neck, drew his head up and fred her
revolver close to his ear, OF course she
fired only blank cartridge, but it
brought Brutus to obedience, for that
was Bianca's regular signal:i in the act
for the lions to-, take their pedestals;
and the habit of his work was so strong
in thesold fellow that he dropped me
and jumped back to his place. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
BUSY WOMEN STUDENTS.
How Poor Undergraduates. Manage to
Make Both Ends Meet Mt Amer
lean Colleges.

Miss Alice Fallows is the author of
an article in the Century, which is en-
titled working Ones Way Through
Women's Colleges"
Just within the entrance of the gym
nasium at Smith college is small
square room which looks like a booth
at church fair. The bulletin-boards
ON its walls are covered with blue
prints, copies of Gibson pictures.
painted frames, college flags, bright
colored class banners, pincushions,
p1llow-covers and a score of other
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
a Liberal-Mindeds Tribute =.

& There is one thing that admire
about germs" said the professor, who
has no patience with people who doubt
scientific discoveries. =..:.E ~ = (. s u.
IT didn't know they had any praise,
worthy traits whatever =
.'They have at least one. They arr
Industrious and take things as they
find them. They settle down to thei,
business of making trouble, and dom
ssvaste time in debates concerning, sns
human being theory g ssalhiaS ID
Star. 's5s'57
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
Mouse / Cake for Children.

"A chocolate cake covered with white
mice is sure to be hailed with appre-
citation by the youngsters at q child s
party. A layer cake with chocolate ic-
ing should beused. The mice are made
of marshmalloWs, pinched into shape
and finished with white icing for tails
and chocolate dots for eyes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-02
Agreed with His Honor.

It's rare sentence which can't be
construed in more ways than one. In
case on trial in. a Cincinnati court the
other day the lawyer for the defense
was making a, very lengthy cross-ex-
animation of an old lady and it seemed
as if he had extracted every possible
bit Of evidence. Then. the judge re-
marked: 81 think you have exhausted
this witpess."'.S=.''' Eyes, judge" she ex-
claimed, II do feel very. much ex.
hausted.'n' SPY &.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-16

The business men of Dodge City
met at the Phoenix Club rooms last
Wednesday evening for the purpose
of taking some action in the matter
of the Southwestern G.. A. r. Re-
union which is called to meet here
this fall. The meeting was called
to order by Capt. Sweeney, Mayor
Hoover was chosen as chairman of
the meeting and J. A. Arment as
secretary. After exchanging views
and listening to visitors from other
towns, it was decided that the mat
ter of the reunion should be made
success and on motion the chair
man appointed an executive COM
mittee of seven, of which the mayor
was to be chairman. This commit
tee will have the power to appoint
subcommittee to act in conjunc-
ton with the G. A. R. Committee
here and raise funds and arrange all
the details for the reunion. Follow
ing is the committee; G.. NJ. Hoov-
er, Chairman, ]. J. Summerby, Sam
Stubbs, DR.. G. A. Milton, H. Ju-
neau, W. J. Fitzgerald and c. NJ.
Buson. The meeting then adjourn
ed and the executive committee i'm
mediately met to perfect their or
ganization and select the following
finance committee: w. J. Fitzgerald,
H. B. Bell, and c, NJ. Buson. The
following subcommittee for the G.
A. R. of Dodge City was appointed
to solicit funds among the local
members of the c. A. R., Capt
Sweeney and J. l.. Finley.-Dodge
City Democrat
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-16

B. H. Campbell, one of the pio-
neer stockmen of Clark county, was
in Coldwater for a short time We'd
nesday. He was on his way to Bar
Der county where he still has be-
tween 50 and 100 COWS, which he
expects to dispose of. Last week
he sold from his Meade county ranch
465 head of three and four-year-
olds at an average of S38 per head.
Chase Bros, of Chase county, were
the purchasers. "A Sumner coun-
ty man lost a number of head of
cattle recently from what at first was
supposed to be an unknown cause.
They would generally die at night
and without previously appearing to
be sick. AS soon as they are dead
they begin to bloat and swell to an
immense size. Investigation reveal
ed the fact that they were poisoned
by eating young cookie burrs which
grew in the pasture. Cattlemen
in Greenwood county, says an ex-
change, are making hard times for
lawyers. They have established a
system of arbitrating differences.
Three men are chosen as an arbitra-
ton committee. They investigate
the trouble and make a decision,
which is final. A controversy in
volving 500, 900 was settled in that
county by arbitration. Why not
adopt the plan more generally in
other counties? -Coldwater Star.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-16

w. w, Ward, of Folsom, was
down from his ranch Tuesday and
Wednesday on business. Mr.. Ward
was making some inquiry about the
recent gold discovery and would
like to make a personal investiga-
ton.
Mr.. Dick Skinner has purchased
fine Morgan stallion which can be
seen at the barn in the east part of
town. We are informed that this is
one of the best bred animals in the
state. Mr.. Skinner has handled
horses for a number of years and be-
lieves in keeping the blooded stock.
John Foster, of Crooked Greek
twp, was in the city last Friday
and remembered THE News. He
reports gardening rather slow this
year and says he sowed a large
amount of onion seed which failed
to grow, thus making him short this
crop. Last year Mr.. Foster raised
some of the finest onions ever
brought to Meade.
John Sims of Fowler twp, made
this office pleasant call last Satur-
day. He was looking for the prairie
dog exterminator receipt, and is pre-
pairing to make war on these pests.
He also discussed different matters
and chanced to tell us of our friend
Rountree, at birthday party the
other night at Mr.. Sims's home.
Said that Rountree, besides being
the champion lce-cream eater, could
also beat anyone he ever saw "cough-
ing it up"
The Home Seeker is the name of
boom paper published at Wichita,
and sent out by c. P. Fullington,
who recently got possession of the
United States Land Cos land in
this county comprising about 26, 900
acres. To read the glowing de-
scription of the land given in the
circular one would imagine he was
living in veritable paradise. 1t
reminds US of the pamphlets issued
about IS years ano which brought
thousands of people to this country
who built town after town which
have long since gone out ofbusiness.
We would not be surprised to see a
large number of people drift into
this country, try to make living by
farming and after year or two
take their departure.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-16

About the first of June there will
be new life near the Beaver river in
Oklahoma. The pushers of the new
town will begin the construction of
the business houses in a short time
1t is expected by the leading men of
the place to be ready for business
in about two thirty days.
Liberal News.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-16

The Meade News of last week
contained long write-up of a sup
posed gold find in that county.
Don't sink any of your hard earned
money in that kind of a "fnd, /"
brother. -Coldwater Star.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1901-05-16

C. P. Fullington of Wichita this
week purchased from the United
States Land company of New York
26, 600 acres of Meade county land
for about $40, 900; less than 81 an
acre. About 1900 acres Is wheat
and alfalfa land, and the eastern por-
ton of the tract is in the artesian
well district. Capital.