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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
DRIVES BIG OSTRICH.
Newest Sensation Mt Saratoga Was
Furnished by Wife of q New
York Contractor.

Az at Newport, the pretty women
at Saratoga are racking their minds
in search of fads that may divert
their friends and help to pass the
time.
Nobody in Saratoga is likely to
give monkey dinner and the fish
suppars at the lake are not susceF-
tihle Of elaborate variation, but
novelties in driving rigs have ap-
Peared on Broadway that oveTshad-
ow anything ever seen on Bellevue
avenue, Newport.
The three horses abreast, driven by
Mrs. Barnes-Allin, have created a
sensation such as Saratoga has not
known for many years. William C..
Whitney's double team of chestnuts
is superior to anything seen on the
Lake road since the days of the elder
Vanderbilts.
In the search for special sensa-
ton 2 pretty woman has hit upon an
idea that for the moment outshines
mere hcrseAesh. Mrs. G.. A. Barthol-
o,aea, wife of large railway con-
tractor in New York, and near rel
alive OF Admiral Dewey, has taken
advantage of the presence in Sarato-
ga in summer of an ostrich farmer
from Jacksonville, Fla, to secure one
of the trained birds for driving to q
light blue pneumatic tire wagon.
The ostrich, most thoroughly brok-
en- to harness, is named Oliver w.,
and is a splendid male bird, standing
over nine feet in height. Four years
of infinite patience on the part of
trainer, Mr.. Campbell, were required
to render the bird tractable.
"The skull of the animal is so small
In proportion to his body that he has
almost no brains," explained Trainer
Campbell. The rig was already har-
messed. The ostrich stood, quite do
Gle, with hood over his head. That
is the device for hitching the great
birds. AS long as they cannot see
they confidently believe themselves
invisible. A brass band or score
of painting automobiles will not
cause them to move muscle.
The pretty woman mounted to her
seat behind the strange two-legged
''steed" and, when she had gathered
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

"Isn't Tmmins' wife angry because
he bet on the raceS?'' mo. He won.
But she's going to be angry if he does
it again. "-Washington Star.
The New Figure.-"I guess that will
take the wind out of his sails" ''Worse
than that. It will remove the gasoline
from his automobile. Flown Topics.
Mr.. Borem-"Dear me! When I'm
enjoying myself I quite forget the
flight of time. Don't hesitate to tell
me when it's time to co." Miss Tyre.
Dout-'lt's late now. You should
have asked me to do that long ago.
Philadelphia Press.
Judge-'I tell you Klinkers is happy
he feels as if he has just found mon
ey." Fudge-"How's that?" Judge
He has employed lawyer who has
succeeded in having his taxes lowered
five dollars" Fudge-"What was the
lawyers fee?" Judge-"Ten dollars, I
believe" -Baltimore Herald.
II suppose you can let me have de-
cent room for few days." said an
eastern man. "Sure, for as long as you
want to stay" replied the Chicago no.
tel clerk. 'I'll need it longer than that.
1 don't want to stay in this town ten
minutes, but I'll have to stay week
at least. "-Philadelphia Press.
The Conceited Neutrality-suspicious.
~ is the most conceited man I ever
met Maud-"What makes .-qu think
500? Phyllis-"Why, he first asserts
that am the most adora BILE woman in
the world, the most beautiful, intel
. lectual, and in every respect a para
gon, and then he wants me to marry
im!"-Washington Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
ENGLAND'S ACTIVE OLD MEN.
Statesmen, ClerEymen, Soldiers and
Sailors Who Have Passed Their
Three-Score and Ten.

Dean Bradley, the oldest Of the
group of public men who have stepped
down from their pedestals during the
past few weeks, is 50, but many IA
nous men in the church are older than
he, and Lord Salisbury has 4 dozen
years to live before he reaches the
age at which Mr.. Gladstone laid down
the reins, says the St. James Gazette.
Lord Halsbury is II next month, but
he is still vigorous enough to be draw
ing one of the highest salaries in the
empire and presiding over the sittings
of the house of lords. Lord Roberts is
70, but nobody, but Dame Rumor sug-
gests that he is not active enough to
command the British army, and Dame
Rumor is likely to be lying jade for
some time longer. One finds much the
same thing in the navy. Only one of
the five ad1nirals of the fleet is far off
20, and Sir Harry Keppel is the young
est of them all at 93-young enough to
have paid a call the other day on the
sultan of Johore in his own palace.
DR.. Temple, archbishop of Canter-
bury, at 81, is young enough to crown
the king, and his brother of York, but
five years younger, showed no sign of
old age in GROWING the queen. Half
the generals in the war were men
whose best years had long since gone
Lord Roberts, Sir George White, Sir
Redvers Butler, Sir Charles Warren and
Gen. Clery, Coke and Kelly-Kenny are
all over 60. Half the things the world
is talking about to-day are the work
of the veterans. 1t is Sir John Arid,
verging on 70, who has built the great
Nile dam. It is Lord Masham, verging
on 80, who appeals to the government
to overhaul our fiscal system. The
men over 70 in parliament could not be
counted on both hands. Even Mr..
Chamberlain is more than half way
through the Cos; in four years, before
the legal half of the cabinet is over,
he will have reached the age at which
mans work is supposed to be done.
Who can believe that the editor of
Truth is an old man of 70? The keen
est debater in the house of commons
is still Sir William Harcourt, in active
opposition at "a. Mr.. Morley is child
of GO beside him. Mr.. Bryce is 81, and
&C. b. is as old as Mr.. Chamberlain,
only four years off 70. All the world
over the veterans lead the way.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
Mosquitoes Fatteu on OIL.

The Summit Town improvement as
ISOLATION, which was among the first
in New Jersey to start crusade
against mosquitoes, appealed to the
health board of the town some weeks
ago for aid in it's fight this year, to the
extent of requiring several owners of
swamp land who object to the associa-
TONS method of work to treat these
notwithstanding spots themselves or
permit the associations agents to do
SO. President Lawrence, in the dis
cussion that followed, declared that
in his opinion the petroleum which has
been poured into the swamp spots
served to fatten the mosquitoes, in
stead of destroying them. It was de-
@cided that it was too late in the sea-
son t., render any service in the mos.
quito war.-Newark News. z#
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
Rational Care of Cloth-.

Air your clothes after taking them
off and before putting them away. Let
the bodice of dress hang over the
back of a chair to air for at least half
an hour before you put it away, but
if possible keep it out some time
longer. Children should be taught to
turn their stockings inside out at
night and to hang them over a chair.
Body linen should be treated in the
same manner, not folded up in the
neat little heaps that our grandmoth-
ers used to insist upon, for the lat
ter, though tidier-looking, are by no
means sanitary. Air is great puri-
fer, and clothes through which it is
allowed to circulate freely will be kept
from that stuffy, musty smell which
characterizes garments that are fold
ed and put away directly they have
been worn.-Chicago Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
QUEEN MARIE AMELIA.
Portuxal's CHARMING SOVEREIGN Laa1
II Beloved BY Every Stratum
of Society.

There is no more captivating fig.
ure on the throaes of all-Europe than
IS Marie Amelia, queen of Portugal.
The queen is the oldest daughter of
the French pretender, the duke Of
Orleans, and was born in England in
one OF the many years when her ia
Tiers residence was at the country
seat, Twickenham, during his long
exile from France. In 1886, through
the influence of that royal match
maker, Victoria, Marie Amelia was
married to Don Carlos, the then heir
apparent to the throne of Portugal.
Three years later came his accession,
and Queen Marie Amelia entered upon
a career which has made her tho
most universally beloved character
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
Food for Nervous Persons

AS a rule, salt meat is not adapted
to the requirements of nervous peo-
pie, as nutritious juices go' into the
brine to a great extent. Fish of all
kinds is good for them. Raw eggs,
contrary to the common opinion, are
not as digestible as those that have
been we'll cooked. Good bread, sweet
butter and lean meat are the best
food for the nerves. People troubled
with. insomnia and nervous starting
from sleep, and sensations of falling.
can often be cured by limiting them
selves to diet of milk alone for az
time. An adult should take pint at.
a meal, and take four meals daily.
People with weakened nerves require
frequently larger quantity of wa
ter than those whose nerves and brains
are strong. It aids the digestion Of
these by making it soluble, and seems
to have direct tonic effect.-Science
News. -. a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
How to Freshen 4 Dress.

A clever bachelor girl who works all
day long and every day in very dusty
locality has impaired the secret of tho
spick and span appearance that is the
envy of all her associates, writes a re-.
porter for the Syracuse Post-Standard.E
Regularly once a week she lightly
sponges her plain, trim business suit
with tepid water to which have bees.
added a little liquid ammonia and =
suspicion of powdered borax. Will
still slightly damp the skirt and coat|
are pressed carefully, the householdI
laundry irons being employed for thu
purpose. The entireprocess consumeSSll
but few minutes, and the result m
a perpetual and perennial freshneaS
and cleanliness possible in no othe1
way. n
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22

OF modern times, her popularity be-
ing said to exceed that of even that
much sung queen, Carmen Sylvia.
Marie Amelia is possessed of a
character as remarkable for its low
able positive qualities as that of her
royal spouse is for its disagreeablen neg
atlve traits. She is woman of strong
character and high intellectual pow
er, generous, quick witted, far-see-
ing. She is close student of hui
man nature, or, rather, has an intu-
tive perception of it; she is sci
enlist of high standing, is grad
uate in medicine and an expert
upon matters of hospital nursin g and
sanitary cooking. The fact is, Queen
Marie Amelia is most extraor-
binary woman. Her distinction of
being the only royal NJ. D. in the
world is but one of her many unusual
attractions. Although devotee of
quiet domesticity and a model wife
and mother, she is thoroughly mod
ern in her beliefs, and has the cour-
age necessary to reduce these beliefs
to actions. She is an exponent of
common sense in the matter of dress,
and has succeeded in elevating pub
lie opinion in Portugal to that height
where tight lacing is considered low
taste, questionable and immoral.
With all this she is artistic. and has
the reputation of being one of the
most tastefully gowned princesses in
Europe.
Queen Marie Amelia is generous to
fault. She not only refuses to ac-
cept from the government one cent
of the princely allowance made her
each year, but she spends more than
three-fourths of her magnificent for
tune inherited from her father and
his family, in charities and humani-
ties for the poor of her realm, which
charities are as original and inter-
esting as is their royal author. They
include among other things expert
mental stations for the production
of the serum of diphtheria, from
which dread disease Portugal suf-
fers more than any other country
of Europe; a model sanitary bakery
for the poor; hospital and free dis
pensary for stricken women. The
queen who is an authority on these
subjects, is a personal and intimate
friend of Florence Nightingale, to
whom she has paid several visits, and
with whose ideas she is in full &C.
cord. In fact, it may be partly due
to this influence that the queen has
made efforts so persistent and so
we'll directed that the hospitals and
charitable institutions of otherwise
decadent Portugal are in so flourish
ing a condition.
Adored by her own people, be-
loved of English society, worshiped
in Paris, Queen Marie Amelia is one
of the handsomest, wisest, most Low.
able and noblest queens of Christen,.
dom. If sovereign's possession of
these virtues may constitute the
safety of a people, Portugal need
have no fear for the present.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22

During the years 1897 and 1898 the
young recruits Of Sweden to the num-
Der of 1868 were carefully measured
in order that the exact chronological
position of a healthy modern. Swede
might be ascertained. The vast ma
terial has been elaborated and pub
lished in a book which is called
Anthropologia Suecia, and which is
printed in German. The measure
ments established the fact that the
Swedes are the tallest people in the
world, the men averaging 172 CEN
tlmeters. The Norwegians have been
supposed to be the tallest, but their
average height is only about ITO GEN.
tlmeters. What ethnologists call
"long-skulls' are represented by 81
per cent, the "short-skulls'' consti-
tuting the other 10 per cent. No less
than IS per cent of the Swedes have
light hair, % per cent have brown
hair, per cent red, and scarcely 1
per cent black. On the whole the
Swedes are said to represent the
Germanic type in greater purity than
any other nation. Some scholars even
claim that the Baltic countries were
the cradle of the Germanic peoples.
Since the publication of Authropo-
logia Suecia the Swedes are the best
known people in the world from an
chronological point of view.
On Sept. IS, the thirtieth a1niver-
sary of the accession of King Oscar
II. to the throne of Sweden, the
Swedish cabinet wired greetings to
the king, and he replied in the fol-
lowing terms: Il thank my Swedish
council of state most heartily. When
look back upon the past thirty
years my heart is Immediately filled
with gratitude to God, who strength
ems the fates of the nations and to
whom, therefore, thanks are due in
the first place for this happy period.
Though my conscience tells me that
I have done my best to perform my
duties as ruler during partially diff
cult times, can never forget that my
Swedish people have always stood by
me with fidelity, and for this my
heart is filled with the most ardent
thankfulness."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Killed the Snake.

The deadly pest" as the Investigate
ing committee has been calling it, has
been slain in the vault of the state In
surance department at the capitol, St.
Paul. It turned out to be snake, as
Deputy Commissioner Lightbourne had
reported. 1t was bumped and sbayo-
Melted by capitol janitor just after it
wriggled out from a. nest of old records
into the hallway and the sunshine.
Publicity killed it," commented Gov.
Van SAINT, when he heard the glad
news. ut was only a Columber WAX, ~
explained State Auditor Dunn, ''about
as dangerous as a rattlesnake. But
we'd have got it, if it had been a
double-headed octopus"
Mr.. Dunn's natural history didn't
satisfy the most erudite stenographers.
They examined pictures in the diction-
ary and in books at the city library,
but they could find no portrait of a
slender serpent feet inches long, of
a bright steel color, and a triangular
rattlesnake head.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
Cornmeal Mumn Formula

This recipe for cornmeal mullins was
selected from among a housewives
choicest formulas: Two cups of In
dian meal, two cupfuls of flour, two
eggs, one heaping tablespoonful of
sugar, one heaping tablespoonful of
melted butter, two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder and milk to make a
thin batter. = -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
Care Of silk stockinxs.

Silk stockings, it should be remem-
bered, must never be washed with
soap. Warm water, to which bran is
added in the proportion of two table
sroonfuls to pint, is what is needed.
Do not wiring, but squeeze out after
ginsing them and dry In the shade.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
A Test Case.

The question of the constitutionality
of the state drainage law was argued
before the supreme court recently. The
matter involves from $4,000 to ST.
oOo,0 900 and the drainage of large areas
of land in the Red River valley.
The action is in the nature of a writ
of certiori to prevent the commission
ers of Polk county from proceeding in
the condemnation of lands to build a
ditch in their county. Contracts ag-
gregating 1915, 200 have been let.
John Uticl5, who brought the action,
contends that the law is invalid be-
cause it condemns private land for the
benefit of private persons.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
Roasted to Death,

Elmer Stone, a fireman, was roasted
to death in the basement of the Lum-
Der Exchange, Minneapolis, at an early
hour in the morning, during fire that
destroyed a pile of shavings that were
to be used as fuel. The exact manner
in which Stone met his death is a mys-
terry. There is little room to dispute
the theory that he was killed by the
heat in the boiler room. Owing to the
density of the smoke, it is thought he
lost his way through the confusing ar
rangement of the different passage
ways, and when cropping around IN his
bewilderment for the door leading to
the ground floor collided with the stone
walls and fell to the ground, exhaust
ed and unconscious. The body did not
bear any marks of violence.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
News in Brief.

Olaf j. Swenson, son of Olaf Sven
son, prominent farmer of Lyon coun-
ty, shot himself in the head with re-
volver, death resulting instantly, at
the home of C. L. Parcillis, nine miles
south of Marshall.
A young rattlesnake, the only one
seen for many years, was captured
alive at Bridenthal's Springs, near Lee
Sueur.
Mic Nadumo, living in St. Paul, was
badly burned in extinguishing the
burning clothes of his daughter.
Marie Manske was savagely assault
ed by an unknown man near her home
in St. Paul. Her cries attracted help,
but the assailant escaped.
The proposition of extending one of
the street car lines in Duluth to the
Catholic and the Jewish cemeteries,
five miles distant, is being considered
by the street railway company. 1t is
expected that it will be brough to a
successful elimination.
A serious accident happened at Ken
yon, when Broin & Robes threshing
rig fell through the bridge over the
Zumbro river and killed liver Broin,
the engineer, and seriously injured. o.
K. Haugen, the fireman. The bridge
is complete wreck, and the engine
and separator are piled upside down in
the river.
Governor Van SAINT has appointed
A. j. Sauve, of Gentilly, Polk county,
as member of the state board of grain
appeals at Duluth, to fill the vacancy
caused by the resignation of John
Gleason, of Crookston.
Wong Chin Flu, the Chinese minister
at Washington, will visit Minneapolis
in December, the guest of Rawlins
Post, G. A. r.
Thomson Bros. g. Wilson have dis
played in their land office window at
Morris squash, raised on one of their
Stevens county farms, which weighs
961 pounds.
Tho sign painters of Minneapolis de-
mand an eight-hour day.
Two local hunters-W. B. Eaton and
A. N. Casey, with Silas E. Foreman,
of St. Paul-were out on the river
above Elk River after ducks. When
preparing to fire, Foreman's gun was
discharged, striking Casey in the
breast, killing him instantly. Mr..
Casey leaves widow and five chill
dren.
In Compliance with the request of
citizens of Hubbard county, ex-Gov.
Lucius F. Hubbard has sent life
size portrait of himself, beautifully
framed, which will adorn the walls
of the courthouse. w. " -
Harry Ekstrand, bookkeeper for the
White Bear Mercantile company at
White Bear village, committed sui
eide by. shooting himself. It is
thought that he, became, insane by.
overstudy in fitting himselt for the
civil service examinations for the
railway mail service. u
The National Automatic Cigar Ven:
dor company filed articles of incor-
poration; capital stock, 100000; in
corporators, w, ]. Prendergast and
Stephen Conday Of st. Paul, and G.
/ F. Hallberg, Of Warroad. The com
. pany is to manufacture tobacco and
/ cigars. -, s$s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
Fewer Accidents.

The state labor bureau has just COM
pleted tabulation of the accident sta
tistics of Minnesota for the past two
years. The record is necessarily an in-
complete one, as many owners of in
dustrial plants are very careless about
making the returns on accidents which
the law requires.
The record covers the whole twelve
months of 1901 and the nine months of
1902. During that time the first twelve
months showed a record of nine acct
dents to every 1000 workers, while the
record for the following nine months
indicates better fortune in the shape
of only six accidents per 1000. The
of damages shows that
reports range all the way from actual
fatalities down to the unpleasant but
hardly dangerous experience of getting
slivers in the hand.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22
Worka ROT iW.~..

"Propinquity causes most ma,s
liages." E s,.Ss.',:=s
S>'..And al divorces! Town Tnrs,,.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22

II. Flander, banker at Jyvaskyla,
is tie owner of the writing chair
used by Johannus Messenius, the his
torian, at Kajana palace, when he
wrote his Scandal Illustra. The chair
has been inherited from father to
son in the Flander family.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-10-22

scattered about the sidewalk on Fifth
street in st. Paul the other day. 1t
was in $40 gold pieces. Three very
excited bank clerks, assisted by sew
eral bystanders, were picking up the
coins and depositing them IN can
vas bag, which originally held them.
The spill was caused by the bag be.
coming united.
The Merchants State bank of Lit.
tie Falls, incorporated with capt.
tai stock of $4,000. It is one of the
chain of banks now being established
by the A. D. Clark syndicate of Iowa.
E. G. Kirscher, of Little Falls, is
president, and II. A. Warner, cashier.
The candy trust has secured con-
troll Of the plant of J. II. Roach & Co..
St. Paul, where a candy factory will
be established, and G. A. Roach will
be retained as manager.
It is estimated by prominent lum-
bermen that there is now on dock
at the head of the lakes 140,000,000
feet of lumber, of 4 which amount
about 75,000,000 is sold. -.
Andrew Goreske, New Brighton
farmer, was knocked down and tram
pied to death by his team of horses.
He died an hour after receiving the
injuries. He went to back the horses
from the side of the roadway when
they reared, struck him with their
hoofs, knocking him down, and tram
pied on him.
The railroads took 572 carloads of
foar out Of Minneapolis in one day
These cars contained III, 769 barrels.
This breaks the record for one days.
-four shipments from Minneapolis.
Some of this was -four loaded up on
Sunday night and turned over to the
roads On Monday hut the great bulk
represents hslsiness loaded and
slhippcd on Monday .=S,i 4