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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26

scalded to death by the boiling over
of a caldron.
The infant Mercury is represented
as sitting in shoe-shaped cradle,
like the old woman who lived in a
shoe without the children; it is an
absurd picture with the face of a
man and the body of an infant
Kinglcy's water babies are not the
only little ones who have been
rocked in shells. One of the most
celebrated kings of France was era
died in large tortoise shell, and
the great abalone shells of the Pa
cite with their lovely iridescent lin
ings are often used for that pur-
pose.
The simplest cradles are hewn
out of log of wood or the trunk
Of tree is followed out; these are
so clumsy and heavy they must
needs be stationary. Julian Ralph
declares that in some parts of Vir-
GINA these are in use at the pres
ent time and that they are so large
one end is used for the baby and
AAAC OOICA 1OI Dlciiu PAL
In olden times in England mince
pies were baked in the shape of the
cradle where Christ did lie."
The leaves of the Victoria Regina
in India are so strong and spread out
to such size that little Hindu ba-
bies are often laid upon them and
gently lulled to rest; they will bear
the weight of child two years old or
more.
Among the Seminole Indians and in
most of the South American states
tiny hammocks are used for cradles.
In New Guinea the nude little one is
graded in netted bag, which hangs
from the mothers forehead just be-
low her waist.
The cradle boards for Indian pa
pooses are most curious and inter-
esting with the bed of soft moss and
| handsome bead ornaments. Some
times the cradle is suspended from
the plant branch of a tree, where it
sways gently in the breezes, or it is
set up against the side of the wig
/ wan or tent.
! The Alaskan mother fastens rope
to her child's cradle, runs it up over
her head, through a pulley, and then
attaches it to her great toe, so that
wherever she happens to be she can
gently jog the cradle.
The Siberian cradle looks like
great -four sieve, except that the bot
tom is cloth instead of wire. This is
suspended by cords within easy
reaching distance of the mother.
The f lish cradle has solid wooden
rockers with braces upon which the
cradle rests. In some parts of Swed-
en- the cradles have lengthwise rock
ers instead of across each end, as is
usually the case.
| Mothersin Holland often wheel their
babies in a rolling chair like the pic
ture.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26

face prove her at first glance a wom-
an of exceptional power.
Mr.. ,Balfour, the sweet-tempered
prime minister, finds much amuse-
ment in the society of this emphatic
advocate of women's rights. He is a
frequent visitor in her home, ard the
warm friend of her hilarious chill
dren-for they are hilarious, having
Inherited their mothers keen sense
of humor and her penchant for ex-
pressing it. Some one tells me:
Lady Frances says what she likes.
She can take people off to perfec.
ton. When she begins to mimic
we'll, there's nothing slow about Lady
Frances Balfour."
Lady Frances is supposed to have
Influenced the present prime minis.
ter's views on the subject of won.
ans suffrage. AS everybody knows
he occasionally presides over the de.
alterations of the ladies' grand coun.
ell of the Primrose league, and has
done numerous things in and out OIL
parliament which shows that his sym
pathies are for an equal franchise
regardless of sex. No one doubts
that Lady Frances has on more occa
sions than one put the proverbia,
"bug" in her brother-in-law's ear
which has caused him to look kindl,
on the pet schemes of, for instance
| the Woman's Local Government so
ciety. Lady Frances is moving
spirit in that organization.
Lady Frances is Presbyterian; sc
is her brother-in-law, the prime min
lister. Both are philanthropists il
their way, being much interested,
am told, in hospitals. The Travellers
Aid society also counts Lady France:
as one of its patrons.--Detroit Free
Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
TALK ABOUT CRADLES.
Baby Has Many Queer Lodging PlAseH
III Reports of Travellers Are to
he Believed.

The word cradle is Angto-Saxon; in
Anglo-Norman it was bers or bersel,
from which is derived the modern
French berceau. In Brittany cradles
to-day are called bansel; children are
put into them and hung up next to
the ceiling out of harms way.
There were no cradles in ENGLAND
before the seventh century, says the
Chicago Tribune, for an old history
says that the archbishop of Canter-
bury severely punished woman for
leaving her baby Lying loosely
around on the hearth, so that it was
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
Some Royal Kitchen m.4a~.

The present queen of England, Alex
andra, while yet princess of Wales Lad
her daughters taught to male bread
and butter. The butter rolls turned
out of the royal dairy were described
Us pretty things to look at and eat
up" and the brown and white bread
made by frincesses Victoria and Maud
were occasionally sent to Windsor
castle and would sweep the blue rib
bons of an entire county of country
fairs. One hour a day the princesses
devoted to housekeeping.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
Charcoal ~ q Purifier.

Housekeepers do not use charcoal
enough about their kitchens. A few
pieces of charcoal laid in the refrig-
orator absorb impurities in the air.
A bag of powdered charcoal tied
around the mouth of the faucet re-
moves impurities in the water as it
passes through it. Charcoal used in
this way soon becomes foul, and should
be frequently replaced by fresh sup
ply. It is best to burn up charcoal
that has been used as germ trap.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
Boiled Potato Cleans Fabries.

A laundryman in Paris cleanses
fine linen and other fragile textures
without using soap or other chem
icals. Instead of these he uses
boiled potatoes, which he rubs into
the goods and then rinses them. It
Is said that this method will make
soiled linen, silk or cotton much
winter and purer than washing in
the ordinary way.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26

-
sufficient to cover the expenses OF 4.
three days convention. When the
treasurer of the committee reported
that the contributions.f from the coun-
try amounted to enough for the pur-
pose in hand, the committee issued a
call, beginning thus: "a delegate con-
vention of Spiritualists of the United
States will be held in Chicago, Septem-
Der ~, % and 80, next, for the purpose
OF organizing national association of
a permanent character and the selec-
ton of a national committee with sub
committees on all subjects! vital to our
welfare"
The call went on to give specific d.
rections for the selection of delegates
from each society, and the records
show that responses were numerous
and prompt, many writer's Offering
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
To Remove Mildew Stains.

Mildew stains may easily be removed
by wetting and soaping the spot, COW
ering it with powdered chalk and then
putting it in the sun to bleach. Damp
it from time to time as it dries and then
wash it in the usual manner with SOAP
and water. II necessary repeAs sae
process. . -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
wooden Lee Always Movinx,

A Brooklyn topper has q wooden leg
which travels considerably. He walks
it off to the pawnshop, pledges it, and
invests the proceeds in drink. Then
his wife redeems it, walks it back
home, and straps it TO her lord, that
he may toddle off to work.: Thus the
wooden leg is almost constantly on
the move. .~ =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
Deadly Tobacco Quid,

At Reading, Pa, a man lately went to
sleep with q quid of tobacco in his
mouth. It slipped down and choked
him 10 eath.-Indianapolis News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
SWEDEN.

A part of the new electric railway
system of Gothenburg, the so-called
belt line, was formally opened for
traffic Oct. ~.
A man-of-war was struck at
depth of twenty feet in an excavation
at Strandvagen, Stockholm. The hull
of it had been made of hewn pine
beams and a few oak planl1s. It's
width is about 25 feet, but it's length
is not yet known. Some copper coins
of 1888 were found in the hull.
The city council of Landsllrona has
resolved to construct new waterworks
at cost of 100000.
1t is feared that many reindeer are
apt to be killed on the Gellivare and
Ofoten railway because the depth of
the snow in that part of the country
is so great that fences would be inn
practicable. It is proposed that the
government pay the Lapps 1925 for
each animal killed.
When funeral party in Upsala ar
rived at the cemetery the grave
digger announced that, inasmuch as
the party was little behind time,
the officiating clergyman had already
performed the proper rites and left
the place.
Captain A. Elk, of Stockholm, has a
grievance against the telephone COM
pany of that city because a person
was permitted to attach an ap-
paratus to his wire in the attic of his
house and listen to his messages for
thirteen hours. The man on the roof
was a private detective.
The director of the mint is strongly
in favor of replacing the present ten
ore (2.7 cents) silver coins by nickel
coins of the same denomination, his
argument being that the former are
too small. The director has proposed
the appointment of joint Scandina-
Wan committee to report on this sub
iect to the different governments.
The authorities at Lulea have re-
ceived contributions to the amount OF
$4,000 to be distributed among the
poor Norrlanders who are threatened
with famine.
Business men of Gothenburg are Sc
riously contemplating the establish
ment of direct steamship line from
the Baltic seas to South Africa. A
beginning may be made next spring
with two, steamers of 5000 and 6,5OC
tons each. At first only freight will
be carried, but passenger traffic is
counted on just as soon as the affairs
of South Africa are running smoothly
!. in their old ruts.
The bishops of Sweden are going
to have business meeting at Upsala
Z in the course of November. 1t was
Archbishop Ekman that called the
(, meeting. ~
Grandmother's grandmother. A
Hapmerdal lady has enjoyed the rare
opportunity of seeing four genera
tons of descendants. It is Lisbet
Eliasdotter of Gorvik, whose daughter
Is also named Lisbet. Her granddaugh-
+ ter is Elisabeth Nord, who resides at
! Klumpen, and her great-granddaugh.
ter is Karolina Person of Sikas. The
! last mentioned gave birth to Alma
Elisabeth about two months ago.
"a rich and very large vein Of cop.
per ore has been discovered at Nau-
tanen, near Gellivare. The find has
caused sensation among those who
& are interested in mining.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
PaPadOXical.

= PaFadOK1ca1.
Snifaes-What did your wife say
when you got in SO late last night?
BifAes-she said she was speechless,
but talked nevertheless for an hour
Los Angeles Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
Easy Deriyation

sSo@3 OSEANUN1Vus
II notice that the derivation of bois-
ferrous is obscure" -.
"Obscure? Why, that's easy. BOYS
stir us, of course. IN. Y. Times. =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
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GOSSIP FROM:
SCANDINAVIA:
D0o0Ooo0OOoo ooooeoooool

Dagbladet, the acknowledged or
gan of the Norwegian cabinet. insin-
yates in provoking terms that the
swedish government aims at post
ponement of the establishment of a
separate consular service for Norway.
ihls is question that may stir up
bad feelings at any time, and the
Swedish papers respond in manner
which bodies ill for satisfactory So
luton of the consular service contro-
versy. The Stockholm Nya Dagligt
Allehanda is the most outspoken pa
per in Sweden, and many other pa
pers follow in it's wake.
FINLAND.
Something must be said about the
unique manner of unwilling the ma
tiona] monument to Elias Lonnrot,
the compiler of Kalewala, the Finnish
Had. The Russian authorities made
the monument committee understand
that the addresses to be made OH the
occasion had to be censored before
hanc. and that ''Vart Land" the ma
tlonal hymn, must not be sung at
all. In fact the Russian authorities
placed so many humiliating obstacles
in the way that the committee decid-
ed to unveil the monument without
any ceremonies whatever. The I'M
yelling was to take place early in the
morning of Oct. IS. But when those
five men who had been selected for
this task came to the monument they
were astonished to find it unveiled
In the course of the day it was found
that the canvas had been removed at
midnight by three farmers living at
sammatti, Lonnrot's birthplace. The
farmers had come to Helsingfors to
sell some farm products and had
stopped over night ut the house of a
merchant. Shortly before midnight
they had been aroused by man
''dressed in black" who ordered them
to get up at once and attend the I'M
yelling of the Lonnrot monument.
They obeyed his orders, accompany
ing him to the place. He next order
ed them to pull the line holding the
canvas together. When they hesitated
to do this he told them to do it "in
the name of the authorities" and
that settled it. AS soon as the line
was pulled the statue doomed up in
all it's grandeur before the eyes of
the astonished farmers. The man in
black next told them to sing 'Vart
Land" but this they did not do be-
cause they were very poor singers.
But who was this strange man in
black? The farmers were afterwards
summoned to appear in court, and
they claim that the man who caused
them the trouble was there too. It
appears, therefore, that the man in
black belongs to the police force of
Helsingfors. Under ordinary cir
cumstances a policeman who played
such serious trick as this would
have to suffer for it; but the COM
position of the police force of Hell
singfors is such that patriotic Fin
landers may expect almost anything
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
MINNESOTA NEWS.
Fell With a Crash

With crash that could be heard
Tor blocks around section of six
floors of the handsome new seven
story warehouse, occupied by the
remembering company, of Mime
apolis, fell to the basement, CARRYING
hundreds of tons of machinery. bug
gies, agricultural implements, sugar
and salt which were stored on the va
riOus floors.
The accident occurred about 1890
o'clock in the morning, and by mere
chance no one was injured, although
a number of persons were near to
danger. The loss is estimated at $685.
600 to the stock and $4,000 to the
building.
The Bement-Darling company are
wholesale dealers in agricultural ma
chlnery, buggies and stoves. About
four cars of sugar, belonging to L. M.
Parks, had been stored on the sixth
floor, while on the fifth about a car
and a half OF salt was in storage for
the Provision company.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26
First Thing Needfu

81 First Thing Needful.
She What is necessary to get d.
Vorce in this state?
Reject married. Yonkers states-
man
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26

An entertainment for the benefit of
the Norrland farmers who lost their
crops was given the other evening at
Billesholm, SHANE, and the net pro-
ceeds exceeded $500.
DR.. Sven Hedin, the explorer of
Central Asia, will lecture in Copen-
hagen, St. Petersburg and number
of English cities during the latter
part of November.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-11-26

taken by them in favor of a universal
life insurance law.
The estimated expenditures for the
| army for the coming year aggregate
$3,624, 4S0, which is $4,000 below the
| expenditures for the, current year.
The percentage of crimes increased
at an alarming rate from 1895 to 1899.
but since the latter year there is a
steady decrease. The years fS95-1S99
were known as typically ''good times"
while the Norwegians have had hard
| times since 1899. Conclusion: Good
times breed crimes.
Money is being raised in Canada for
North Pole expedition, and the gov
| eminent of Norway has been asked
| to rent out the steamer Fran for that
purpose. No answer has yet been CIV
en-. The vessel must undergo extern
| sive repairs before it can be sent to
| the Arctic waters again.
About 200 clergymen and theologi-
cal candidates are attending the fall
school for ministers at Kristiania.
Statistics for % years show that it
did not pay to keep the military es-
Establishments of Norway insured. and
! the department of war has decided to
! drop the insurance, thereby saving
$4,000 year. ... .
A large wood grouse few directly
into the sitting-room of the Roros
| parsonage, and the minister and his
family had a fine meal from it. But
it was an expensive meal, for the bird
managed to do considerable damage
before he was dispatched. :s
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-09

The Detroit Evening News re
the following incident of Presldeh
Roosevelt's recent visit to that city:
"Hello. Teddy, old boy-Wat du
yer tink of Dee-troit?" =,
Shrill and clear above the noise o.
the cheering crowds and the bands
this greeting from IL bunch OF young
sters assembled on high board fenc'
was waited to the president as II S
carriage neared the turning point o.
the parade on Jefferson avenue.
The president looked over the sea
of faces on the sidewalk and on up t"
the bowling Young Americans. linen
the silk tile in his hand clrcleo
around in a half dozen evolutlons III
i'm which there was more genuine run
than dignity and the chief executive
of the nation seemed about to say
something, but he smiled instead
and once more waving his hat, his
carriage passed on.
Say, kids" said one of the young
Americans, who had nearly kicked
himself off the fence with the fervor
OF his applause on the high boards
Didn't yuse tink Teddy was agoing
to invite US to come and ride in his
keerige?"
Sure he was" was the quick re-
Spouse. He'd done it in a mint
if ut hadn't been fer dem secrut sur
vice guys-dey wouldn't let him.
datS de reason"
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-09
MEDICAL oBsCURITIEs.

Medical science FORCES ahead slowly but medical
verbiage progresses fast that it leaves wondering
world stunned and awed by its laundering obscure
ties.
President Roosevelt, as we all know, was one of
the victims of trolly car at Pttsfeld, Mass. He
received number of painful bruises, and one OF
them, situated on his left leg, deep and so
extensive that some of the tissue died from lack OF
proper nOurishment. Nature has her own way of
making repairs, and she proceeded after her usual
manner i'll perfectly healthy subject She dissolv-
ed the dead tissue into serum and then set about
making an exit for it to prevent it from being alb
sorbed and doing more serious damage.
Medical men, when they talk from the shoulder,
call this process and abscess. Otherwise they are
apt to term it some fearfully pollysylablc form of
cellulitis
During his recent western journey and when he
had gotten far as indianapolis the presidents leg
was humping Itself right where nature trying to
force an opening. The pain was probably great. AT
the hospital the physician laid him out and ran a
bistoury into the lump letting out two ounces of
UNI. What the president SAID during the operation
is not yet reported. That is left for Mr.. Dooley
but what the doctors said seems to have awe1 Sec
rotary Cortelyo into attempt at repetition. He
issued bulletin like this:
As result of the traumatism received in the troll
ley accident at Pittsfed Mass, there was found to
be circumscribed collection of perfectly pure serum
in the middle third of the left anterior tibial region
The sac, containing about two ounces, was removed
Had the patient been all ordinary patient, and the
physician an od-fashioned doctor, he would have
described the affair painful lump just inside the
left shin bone, and about half way between knee
and ankle
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-09
THE LATTER DAYS OF TWO WOMEN.

Sarah Bernhardt, the eminent French actress, at
her home in Castle Belle Isle is afflicted with acute
melanchoia She prays, Come death! Bernhardt
is waiting for you. Be merciful and remove me.
Do not force me to feel the miseries and bitterness
of dotage."
Old at SO, the fires of genius and passion smold-
ering on the lonely hearth of her heart, this
longs for and breads the coming of death. There
are paroxysms of insanity in her melancholia and
the actress must be watched to prevent suicide Her
morbid dependency leads her to refuse food at
times, saying: "Why should have dinner? am
old and used up. My days of glory are passed,
never to return. There snothng for to live for "
That is one picture and a somber one. Here is
another
At the banquet given in Detroit two weeks ago by
the Spanish American veterans in honor of Presi-
dent Roosevelt but woman present. Amid
the cheers of thousands the president escorted her
to hec seat.
That woman was Clara Barton. She is 7S-twen-
ty years older than Bernharit
Clara Barton neither fears courts the presence
of death. She has lived in his company and looked
into the bony sockets of his eyes with a smile.
Why the difference in these women? Bernhardt
has lived for glory; Clara Barton, for humanity
"The days of my glory are long past, never to re-
turn" says Sara Bernhardt and she speaks the
truth. The days of glory for Clara Barton are not
passed The nimbus of the saints is about her;ven-
enable brow and will be always.
The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-09
BRUTAL ARROGANCE OF COAL BARoNs.

The efforts of President Roosevelt to end the strike
in the coal regions of Pennsylvania, while forming
precedent of great significance, are none the less
deserving of much praise The only matter of re-
greet IS that failure marked his zeal to bring about
peace in the disturbed section The discussion IN
Washington of the questions which led up to the
strike has placed the whole matter squarely before
the public.
1t shows concHsively that brutal arrogances OF
the coal barons in refusing to submit the points III
dispute to arbitration.
If the operators are able to prove the charge OF
lawlessness and anarchy, which they make in their
statement to the president it will appear to honest
men that they should seize this opportunity to do so
before such tribunal the chief magistrate OF the
United States would select.
But they prefer to continue their attitude OF def
ance and total disregard of popular sentiment. By
this action on the part of the operators the miners
have won a great moral victory, and John Mitchell
emerges from the conference stronger than ever III
the svmpathies of the American people.
No one can now predict when this deplorable and
far-reaching strike will end But one thing is GER
tain at such time as this the administration of
constitutional government must feel like putting
fundamental law in cold storage for time and re-
sorting to the methods of despotism-just as there
are times when man of puny strength would give a
wear of his life in exchange for the powers of a
champion pugilst for about 10 minutes, or until he
can properly chastise some bully tormentor.