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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13
CONDENSED STORIES.
How the Owner OF Robert Played al
Joke on Stranger.

Joke on a stranger.
Nathan Straus recently recounted
to a party of friends good story
about his world famous PAGER, Rob
ert J, 9:Q1 l-2. "a Few days ago l
drove Robert J through the park Oh
the road to the speedway The
checkrein was loose, and the PAGER
was Flooding along in sleepy sort
Of fashion with his head down.
Nearing the One Hundred and
Tenth street exit from the park I
came abreast Of a gentleman driving
a handsome looking bay PAGER to a
so pound speeding wagon. He was
a stranger to me, but we exchanged
greetings and logged along side by
side. Finally asked him what he
thought Of the 'old skate I was
driving.
"Does he belong to you?' asked
the stranger.
Il evaded his question by mum
bling something about our trying
the horse out for a friend who
thought, of buying him, as he had
been tod the horse was very fast.
"'Well,' said he, 7 DE- rot want to:
insult you, but I don't think that
wreck could cover mile in ~ min
utes, and I wouldn't give you $50
for harness. horse and ALL
"I think he can do better and is
worth more than that said I.
''Chatting> in this fashion, we
logged along, he telling me how
badly my friend would get stuck if
he bought the animal. Finally he
said, why, this PAGER Of mine has
only got mark of about S:24, and
I'll bet any amount you can't stay
with me for an eighth of a mile
At last it was settled that when we
struck the speedway we should have
a little go just to settle the con-
troVersy.
"4 GU can imagine the outcome.
As soon as Robert J struck the dirt
road up went his head and ears.
My acquaintance gave the nod to go,
and I held Robert J in so as to let
him get a good start. When he had
a couple Of hundred yards lead, he
turned to look back at me with a
broad grin on his face. Then I
turned Robert J loose. In an in
slant he was not only on even terms
with my horsy friends PAGER, but
had passed him like shot from a
gun.
"a more astonished man you
never saw. I learned later that he |
had pulled up his horse at the curb |
and inquired Of newspaper man !
the name, mark and breeding of the |
animal that had dropped him so
quickly. When he learned, he sim
ply thanked his informant, turned |
about and logged home. I haven't
run across him on the road since, |
and I don't suppose he is anxious to
meet me, for I had apparently sWal-
lowed his horse wisdom without !
murmur."-New York Times.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13

ct DIDN'T MARK YOU MUCH, DID IS'
new employee, and it suddenly
reached that acute stage when it
seemed necessary to pummel the Of
fender. ; Fhe next day as Mr..
Maxim, who has a chronic inability
to recognize faces, was hurrying
along the street he caught sight of
o man whom he thought he ought
to know, and, fastening toward him,
he extended his hand with a hearty
elbow do you do? How do you
do?" The man took Mr., Maxim's
outstretched hand and, looking into
his face, remarked, 'SWhy, I didn't
mark you much, did I?'' It was the
man with whom he had had the
fight the day before.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13
Wasn't "UneIe Joe'sv Job.

'Uncle Joe" Cannon is SO delight
ed with the way in which he avoided
writing the record on himself q
short time ago that he is telling
every one he meets.
One of the opposition newspapers
in his district in Illinois sent its
brightest reporter to Danvi1le to
gather material for "roast' on the
chairman Of the committee on ap-
preparations. The newspaper man
went about the city for number of
days interviewing every one who was
willing to allow his real opinion OF
Congressman Cannon to 60 into cold
type. After sufficient ammunition
had been gathered, the representa-
tive of the opposition went to the
congressman and asked:
GLOW about this, and this, and
this, and this %
'FUncle Joe" saw that he had to
fnesse if he did not get himself into
the position most desired by his po-
litical enemy, so he took time to
light a cigar and devise ways and
means. At last he opened his
mouth and spoke.
"You say you are from the -
newspaper ?" he asked.
eyes, sir," came the answer.
"And the owner pays you salary
to get news and edit it?" was the
next congressional question. ~
eyes, sir"
"Well, then, go ahead and edit it.
They don't pay ne anything for
such l7,,. wogk;~ -. e
How Excelsior" Came to Be Written
Mrs. Florence Howe Hall, the
daughter of Julia Ward Howe and
the playmate Of the Longfellow chill
dren in childhood, tells many stories
of the poet. Among others she re-
lates the contents of a letter which
Mr.. Longfellow wrote to her father,
DR.. Samuel G.. Howe, telling how
Excelsior" came to be written.
It was cold winter night, and
the poet had gone to bed when the
idea Of the poem popped into his
mind. He tried to put it aside, but
the idea kept haunting him until he
arose and jotted down the verses as
they came quickly to him. =
''The result" he added, els that l
have a severe cold and an attack of
rheumatism, but my best friends
find less in the poem to criticise
than usual"
In the early days before Long
fellows name and fame were ma
tional he went into a bank to get a
check cashed. The teller looked at
the name and said: 'Henry Long
fellow? I never heard Of any such
person" Then, turning it over and
seeing the Endorsement by Charles
Sumner on the back, he paid it.
It is likely that among the col
lectors Of this age the Endorsement
by Longfellow and Sumner would
bring considerable more than called
for by the face Of the check.
Youths Companion.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13

WARDEN WoIFER proposes to re-
lease the Younger brothers at some
time when there will not be curious
crowd around, and to procure for
them employment with as little motor
iety as possible. Such conduct re-
moves much of the objection to the
parole.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13
Queer Law.

A Russian lady has been sem
fenced to two months imprison-
ment because she was a spectator Of
a disturbance between the police and
the students. Her offense was de-
scribed as 'idle curiosity" In the
old days Of Irish coercion it was as
serted that a peaceful citizen was
prosecuted for looking at a police
man with Ga humbugging kind Of
SMILE" Even that was not so bad
as "idle curiosity"
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13
Maxim Didn't Remember Him.

When Maxim, the high explosive
expert, was in the publishing bust
ness in Pittsfeld, Mass, in early life,
he one day had some trouble with a
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13
CONDENSED STORIES.
Emperor Williams Visit to the Train.
inc Shin,

An interesting story is told Of a
surprise night visit paid by En-
peror William to the training ship
Charlotte at Kiel. The ship was
anchored in midstream when the
guard espied the emperor's pinnace
approaching, and moment later
the emperor was on deck, much to
the surprise of the hastily awakened
captain. His majesty then began a
rigorous inspection of the ship. In
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13
In a bulletin on the Rocky Noun

| In Uu1l0Glu OA Vu0 hOCky MOuH
tain locust. The University Expert
ment Station incidentally makes thu
following sen ible remarks on the
subject of summer following.
"The whole source of this difficulty
/ is the common practice Of summer.
following. Western Minnesota will
not outgrow its grasshoppers until
, it abondons this practice. The idea
seems to exist THAI the soil needs a
rest after a wheat crop and it is sure
ly true that a stronger straw is pro-
duced by land that has been summer
fallowed. Now, just what does this
summer-fallowing accomplish? On
new land the straw grows so rank
that the grain lodges. This is lie.
cause the soil is so rich in nitrogen.
The virgin soil is too rich in nitrogen
to produce the strongest wheat straw.
The difficulty is to a measure re
NEEDED by summer following, which
from their more stable compounds,
iberates all of the so-called essential
elements of fertility: nitrogen, potash
and phosphoric acid. Much nitrogen
must escape from the soil through
identification during this process of
the summer following. This is all
wasted. More humus is lost form
the soil during summerfallowing than
is used by the crop. The phospholic
acid an potash liberated are not lost
from the soil to nearly SO great an ex-
tent. The result is that after the
season of summer following we have
in the soil greater proportionate
amount of pnosphoric acid and potash
in condition to he used by the crop
than is natural to this soil. Hence it
is better for wheat growing. Now
this practice of SINNER following is an
extravagantly expensive one. You
lose the use of the land for year;
you expend an amount of labor about
equal to that of preparing the land
and planting the crop; you dissipate,
in the most reckless fashion. the store
of nitrogen in the land which makes
the Red River Valley soil one of the
most valuable potentially in the
United States, and you rear millions
of grasshoppers. Instead of turning
the grasshoppers eggs under in the
fall and adding their valuable sub
stance to your land you allow the
grasshoppers to mature and fly away
with your crops. Now how else are
we to fit this soil fer wheat? The
problem is an extr emely simple one
Raise crop WHICH demands nitrogen
rather than phosphoric acid and
potash. Two crops very well suited
to this purpose are millet and fodder
corn. The idea that this soil, one
of the richest in the world, needs a
rest is ridiculous. What it needs is
judic;ous cropping. a system that
will draw upon the stock of soil fer
tility in the proportions in which the
various elements become available to
plants"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-06-06
Don't Be Funny,

Tt does not pay. If you have a
good thing, tell il right out. Don I
use false means to attract attention
We say "right out and me it,too
that Dr.Caldwel's 'sSYupPepsin vii
cure every case Of stomach trouble
II will stop any pain caused Dy i'm
digestion; it knocks sick headache
by at acking the cause of the COM
plant and aids you to digest your
food, no matter what you eat.
Osgood, 40, Oct 28, 1893,
Pepsin Syrup Co., Monticello, ,lll.
Gcntlemen:-I have used Syrup
Pepsin for sCme time and find il
gives most excellent results and il
is one OF the greatest selling prepa.
-ations ] have ever carried IN stock.
do not hesitate 20 recommend it.
Very respectfully, DR.. T. Jones.
Sold bv + Howard.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-06-06

Smoke Gun Club Best Sc Cigar.
Sewing machine needles at the
Faig.
Smoke Gun Club Best sc cigar.
Fresh lime at s1.20 per barrel at
"a. B. Snow s Co.
Velvet Starch the best cold water
starch. tu.th 2sat. The Texas Store
Cheap hats ane courteous
treatment az the Elite Millinery
Co.
Go to Taylor's for your galvan-
ized iron tanks. Guaranteed work
manship and material. 52-tf.
Phone 1873 for anything in the
bakery line: We deliver 1t.
FEELEY BAKERY.
Mr. w B Townsend will sell
paint and paper cheaper than you
can buy it by sending away for it.
PatrOnize home.
Fresh country butterand eggs
pinic hams III cents per Id.
CORNER CASH GROCERY
lyon want your repair ork
done on short notice bring your
saddles and harness 10 Bnie &
Wallace.
Ifyou want to sell real estate
.istit with John Wells & Son 51tf
Arbogast & Belew makes sheet
ron tanks any size you want,
North Bad street.
Lime at sl.20. A. B. Snow & Co.
Sale bill. Express Office.
On Saturday June Sth, The
Great Rock Island will make one
fare rate to st Paul, Minn., and
return; special sleepers will leave
El Reno az $3.50 p m A double
over berth VIII accommodate
.wo persons. The sleeping car
ate will br only 50 30 parties de-
liring reservation should write
dr II II Kellogg. Ei Reno. This
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-06-06

Call or Al Porter if you are
looking for a neat nobby suit Of
clothes and a guaranteed fit. If
Buy Velvet Starch, and receive
beautiful apron free.
tn th. &sat. McGehee II Son.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1901-06-06

Take Ouinaria- All dru lgists are
authorized TO refund the money IN
any case of chills, fever or malaria
it fails 70 cure. Price SOC per
package. Nov9 ~
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-30
BERGsTROM SAYS THAT HE WAS
BUNCOED.
Sues J. @. Wood. who Refuses To Heed
His claim Of Fraud-Alleged Waialua
Purchase.

a peculiar and very slick fraud is
alleged in a complaint filed yesterday
by j. w. Bergstrom against j. q. Wood
the well known stock broker of this
city, who is now travelling in Europe
Bergstrom says that Wood took his
note for some paid-up Waialua stock
Wood claimed to have bought for him,
when in fact he never bought the
stock by this means,it IL alleged,
Wood held the note and sixteen shares
of Bergstrom Music Company stock,
investing only small amount for
Waialua asseSsable
The note was retained in the posses
sion of the Hawaiian Investment Co.
When it became due and was paid, 1t
Is claimed, Wood could nave purchased
the stock and turned it over and he
would have been a couple of thousand
ahead. by the use of Bergstrom's money
and stock.
Bergstrom May 20, 1899 that he had
purchased twenty-five shares of Waia-
lua stock at $500 per share.
Bergstrom alleges the truth to be,
that neither on the goth Of May 1899,
or at any other time whatever, did
/ defendant purchased for or on account
of petitioner said twenty-five shares OF
paid-up stock of the Waialua Agricui-
tural Company, at 5000 per share. But
the petitioner alleges that said alleg-
ed purchase of said twenty-five shares
of paid-up stock of the Waialua COM
! pany was false ana pretended. and tnat
the acceptance of said promissory note
and collateral security of petitioner by
| defendant was fraudulent on the part
of said defendant.
Bergstrom decided to repudiate said
I pretended purchase of stock for him on
| May 20, 1899, and gave Wood due no.
/ tice and requested the immediate re-
turn and cancellation of his promissory
note for $1,000, and the return of inter-
est paid thereon, and the additional Sc
curity. Wood refused to accede 10
| Bergstrom's demands.
Bergstrom says there is danger that
| defendant or some one in his behalf
may negotiate the promissory note to
bona fide purchaser for value with
out notice ofthe equities existing be-
| tween the parties.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-30
CASE ARGUED VERY QUEER STOCK DEAL
MATTER SUBMITTED TO THH
CHIEF JUSTICE.


The case of l.. a. Thurston, sentenced
by Judge Humphreys to Imprisonment
and fine for contempt of court i'm not
answering questions OF the grand jury.
was argued before Chief Justice Freai
yesterday afternoon and submitted. 1t
is expected that a written decision will
be fled although that seems not to
be assured at this time. The court has
taken formal cognizance of the case
II appearing to be apart from the bear
ing of certain former decisions i'm which
kindred points were determined. In
the case the legality of the grand jury
is coupled with the question of rela-
tions between attorney and client, and
il is pointed out that habeas corpus af-
fords the only remedy under the cir
cumstances in the matter in question.
General Hartwell began the argu-
ment His first point was the rela tions
between attorney and client He point
ed out as custom from time Immemorial
that these relations were sacred and
could not be divulged except by agree
ment or in a manner not prejudicial to
the interests of the client General
Hartwell thereupon took up the mat
ter of the legality Of the grand jury,
and maintained that there was no law
, supporting the process and manner OF
its selection. He gave the history of
the Thurston case and referred to its
j. Coerper the man Immediately con
cerned as the client in question.
Mr.. Thompson, attorney for the lower
court, spoke briefly. He called atten-
ton to previous decisions by the Supre-
me Court in which contempt matters
had been denied cognizance. The Davis
case was referred to and the recent con-
illusions in the case of the japanese
murderer of HilO were referred to in
substantiation of the position that the
supreme court could not now assume
jurisdiction in the face of its former
contra opinions. He contended that
habeas corpus could not apply in a
contempt case unless the question of
jurisdiction of the lower court was
| raised, and that in this matter no such
plea was urged Here the attorney
referring back to the conclusion in the
japanese murder case. contended that
in harmony with the Supreme Court S
decision therein, cognizance could not
be taken of the plea for relief under a
writ of habeas corpus for the reason
that the objection to the grand jury
was not made in the court below In
this Japanese case the Supreme court
considered the plea against the legality
of the grand jury waived because the
point had not been raised in the trial
court, and so stated plainly in it's de-
cision.
Mr.. Ballou contended that the court
had right to review any matter that
came to 1t under habeas corpus pro-
ceedings. The circumstances of the
matter Immediately in question made
it the duty of the Chief Justice to in
quire into and decide the points raised
He represented that it was within the
province of a higher court to review a
contempt matter, and that the facts in
this case and in those of Davis and the
Japanese were not the same.
At the conclusion of the argument
the court took the case under advise
merlt.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-30
HALF STARVED PEOPLE.

One OF the commonest and
least suspected causes OF III
health is somi-starvation. H. j.
due to, or aggravated by, debH-
ity of the stomach and bowels.
This condition is of many grades
of severity; being sometimes
so slight as to induce a mild
chronic foebleness, and then les
pecially in young men aud'
women) it may, and frequently
does, become the exciting cause
of some rapid disease, which
ends life without arousing
suspicion Of the real source in
which it arose. The blood, in
these cases, is thin and pale,
the skin pallid, there is a ten
dency to Asthma, Indigestion,
Debility and loss of appetite and
flesh. In young women there
is a decided drift towards Hys-
terra and other grave nervous
symptoms. The tried and true
remedy for this and all condi-
tions marked by low vitality is
WAMPOLE'S PREPARATION
which is palatable as honey and
contains the nutritive and Cura-
tive properties of Pure Cod
Liver Oil, combined with the
Compound Syrup Of Hypophos-
phites, Extracts of Malt and
Wild Cherry. This effective
medicine is rich in food proper
ties, containing the full medi-
cinal value of the oil, without
its offensive taste or smell. 1t
agrees with the most Sensitive
stomachs and brings about good
results from the outset. The
blood is supplied with needed
elements and flesh and strength
quickly follow. In Fevers, Rheu-
matism, Scrofula and all Ills
founded upon, or associated
with poor digestion, it is worthy
of complete confidence 1t can
not disappoint you. DR.. TRos,.
Hunt Stucky says: "The con-
tinued use of it in my practice,
convinces me that it is the most
palatable, least nauseating, and
best preparation now on the
market. Effective from the first
dose. Sold by chemists here.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-30
PETITION FOR HUMPHREYS.
Vivas Tells Why He Stayed Away
Yesterday.

Mass meetings are talked of now, to
discuss the Humphreys matter and a
petition has been circulated in behalf
of the circuit judge for whose removal
the Bar Association has asked Some
of the Home Rulers want to call a mass
meeting to adopt counter resolutions to
the one adopted by the lawyers.
Attorney j. NJ. Vivas objects to be-
ing classed as one of those who STAYED
away to avoid taking action on the re-
solution yesterday. The following is
a communication from him on the sub
ject:
EDITOR STAR: find by the report
of the proceedings of the Bar Associa-
ton yesterday and the comments on
the same by the Advertiser that one
of the speakers, Mr.. Thompson "uotes
the detested class of silent ones and
in its comments the Advertiser names
me as one of the terrorized minority
Now Mr.. Editor, / wish to state that
my public record in Hawaii mel is such
that ] should not be classified as either
having always taken an interest in all
matters pro bono publico. And for
those that are ignorant of the fact ii is
due on my part to inform them, that
have been afflicted with paralysis
since August, 1900, and of which I am
not over yet and prohibited by my ply
sicians from taking part in any ex-
clteable gathering or movement. And
therefore the reason why / was not
present at the important bar meeting.
j. NJ. WAS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-05-30
NO POSITION FOR HIN
SALESMAN DECEIVED BY
PROMISES.
Brought His Family and Household
Goods From The Mainland Expecting
To Find an Opening Awaiting Him.

How to solve the problem of securing
clerical as well as other labor is one
that has often troubled business men in
the islands. The old time method. was
by sending to the coast and paying the
expenses of people coming here ami it
is still very often necessary to 10 So
One man who arrived on the Zealandia
this way, says it is his last trip under
such circumstances.
He was clerk in one of the large
stores in San Francisco and in COURSE
of conversation with a visiting Homo
luluan about the subject of securing
work in the Hawaiian Islands was
touched upon. Finally the Honolulu
merchant asked the clerk how he would
like to come to this city. The clerk ex-
pressed Willingness, provided he
could obtain living wages. Matters
were settled at length by the merchant
telling the man whenever he was ready
to leave California for Hawaii, to go to
his father, who would advance hm $50
towards covering expenses.
The clerk lost no time in making ar
rangements to come to the island ter
ritory. He gave his employers due 20.
tice of his intention to depart, closed
up his business affairs, and took pas
sage on the Zealandia bringing with
him his household effects and his fam
lily. No sooner had he landed then he
had so generously offered him employ
ment, He declares he was dumfounded
when he announced himself, to find
that there was no place for him. All
the clerks in the store were giving sat
isfaction, and there was no chance of a
vacancy occurring at any time in the
immediate future.
Later, the proprietor of the store
came to the new arrival and said that
If he were disposed he could go to work
in few weeks but the man from Sar
Francisco thought it best to be a little
backward about accepting any more
offers. According to his mental arith,
metic while he was minus a position we
was still $50 ahead of the merchant
He feared that if he We're to = to
work, in the light of what had trans
PRED since he came to Honolulu he
could, after performing $50 worth OF
services be told that the employing
| firm was not satisfied with him.
| The man is still in town, with hi,
| family. If he can secure employment
| as a clerk in his line, that of ;an.le
mems furnishing goods, he will remain
if not he will return to San Fran2isc,
poorer in pocket but richer in expert
ence.