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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
RAISED son AS GIRL
A True Story That Rivals Some Of
Mark Twain's Fiction.
Attempted Shooting OF Nellie Mar
shall, of Kenosha, WIS.,, by Brother
ON Her Wedding Day Has
Strange DenOuement

Mark Twain has written some re-
markable stories of the errors of birth
and the consequences that followed, but
in all Of them there is no more remark
able story than that told by Mrs. R. D.
Marshall, Of Kenosha. She has a son.
Earl Marshall, who Is about to attain
his majority.
Three weeks ago last night Earl
Marshall suddenly gained notoriety by
shooting at his sister, Nellie, and her
husband, J. w. Roberts. The ceremony
had scarcely been concluded when
young Marshall rushed into the room
and began shooting. Before he could be
stopped he fired two shots, but they went
wide of the mark and no one was in
jured.
The strange revelations made by the
mother of the boy to-day shows that
the shots were fired on account of jeal-
ousy, and furthermore, the denouement
OF the strange story shows that Marshall
has had a peculiar double career.
For eight years Marshall lived and
was reared as girl, and the strangest
part of the whole affair is found in the
assertion that even his mother was not
aware he was a boy
Marshall was born in 1883 and for 20
years his mother had studiously guarded
from the public the history of his early
life.
At the time of his birth it was an
nounced that a female child had been
born, and for the first eight years OF
his life Marshall lived as girl. His
mother never discovered the error of
the doctor until after the boy was more
than eight years of age, when he was
sent to a hospital for treatment for q
nervous disease.
From childhood Marshall had borne
the name of Eva Marshall, and at the
time of the discovery that he was boy
he declined to accept the change, and
for the next seven years he continued
masquerading as a girl.
When the family removed to Kenosha
Marshall was forced to lay aside his pet
ticoats and he donned mans attire.
Among his few men friends was J. w.
Roberts, who was recently married to
his sister, Nellie Marshall. Marshall
was heartbroken when the approaching
marriage of his sister to Robert was an
nounced.
Since the time Of the shooting
Marshall has been making an effort to
clear himself of the guilt, and in order
to do this he wrote to the papers in his
former home town in Iowa and declared
that the shots had been fired By Miss
Eva Roberts, and asked that the paperl
there make an effort to locate Miss Eva
Marshall and notify her parents
Through the Investigation started by
this letter the strange history Of Biz
birth and the error Of his parents va,
made public. ssF y. @ zs
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Lucky or Not.

Lucky or Not.
Eve was really a very lucky WON.
an" remarked Mr.. Henpeque. "She
didn't have any woman to criticise he,
clothes.''
Mrs. Henpeque's eyes snapped.
ION the other hand" she retorted
"she didn't have any woman around to
ENVY the first gowns a woman eve,
Commercial Tribnne
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Not Meant For Blowine.

'What's the matter with the rht
noceros these days?" inquired the lion.
ITS all on account of that conceited
monkey who came back from the cir
Gus recently" replied the hyena. He
told the rhinoceros that nobody
amounted to anything nowadays I'M
less he blew his own horn and the
rhinoceros has been breaking his back
almost trying to blow his.''
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10

A ring or coin is thrown into a bas1n
filed with water. The performer an.
nounces that he will take the article
out Of the water without wetting his
hand
Solution: Get a few cents worth of
lycopodium powder and strew it over
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
No. 287-Double RHYME.
No. 2SS,-AdditiOna,

Add letter to a body of water and
have marine animal.
Add a letter to twirl and have
thorny.
Add letter to pungent spice and
have cleft
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10

How easy. Is it not, for the strong -
advise the weak, for the well to advise
the sick Schoolmaster.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
No. 29O.-Double Acrostie.

My primals spell the title of popu-
lar book, and my finals spell the sur
name of the author.
Crosswords (of unequal length: l.
Interchange Of goods. 2. A temporary
obstruction. 3. A Biblical name. 4
A round piece used in a game. 5 ANY,
thing preserved in remembrance. G.
A measure Of length. Z. A prefix sig
nifying half. 8. The very same. O. A
guard.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
No. 202.-A Few Pets.

l. Part Of flower. 2. A long winged
sea bird. 8. An fnflammable liquid. 4
Foot stalk Of leaf. 3. A supplica>
don. g. Has become like stone.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
Tickle Mary.

Mary had a little calf:
It was pet, you know,
And every time she rode her wheel
The silly calf was bound to 20
Until It worried Mary 80
She would not out a-riding got
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
&&AlR SIS. s
1HE PuzzLER
No. Z86.-Metaxram.

I. Orange peel cut thin. 2. PestflenceL
9. Standard. 4. That which Is left. g.
TO put in possession. g. To make
sport :. In the highest degree. g. A
collection OF boxes. 8. A point of tho.
compass.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10
No. 2S9.-Riddle.

To my first therel daily come
Sounds of sorrow, sounds OF mirth.
My second holds small feathered folk,
AS in cradles Oct. the earth.
In my whole you never lie,
For then cen small things signify.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10

the surface Of the water The hand
when being Immersed will have to 20
through the layer Of powder The
powder clinging to the hand forms a
sort of water tight cover. AS the pow
der is invisible at some distance the
performer can show his band without
fear Of detection. The hand holding
the object taken from the water will
be absolutely dry.
This trick, If done with some clever
ness will not fail to be successful and
entertaining.-NewY York Tribune.
No. 287-Double Rhymes.
The crowded ~" had little s"s~%;
She had. to '-" a pleasant s"s"s
Her robe was ~" queen to s+sss:
She cared no ""'' the plot to s."."
With fair face ''' she watched the >ss>ss
She did not """" away her s"@"
She often """" some dainty s*ss
And used her -" in diverse """".
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10

No. 291-Jumbled Quotations
l. Eternal in springs breast the hu>
man hope.
2. Never but always blest man To-
be is.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-10

No. 286.-DFy Water.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02


increase in size, chiefly, perhaps,
owing to the width that the unde-
niably lovely fur stoles give to the
shoulders.
Innumerable offerings of silk, laid
closely together, form the substance
of some of the newest winter toques.
The fur toques are wider and
trimmed far more extensively with
fur tails or lace, ETC., than they were
last year.
Certain makes of tartan are very
fashionable for street costumes, of
which the box-plaited skirt is made
of the tartan, but the short basque
coat is composed generally of blacl
velvet with revers, and undersleeves
of tartan to match the skirt.
Coarse wool embroidery is styl
ish trimming for cloths of hair,
surface, and is very effective looking
Jet is also being revived in fringes
and is seen in knobs and buckles used
in millinery.
Drop ornaments of every descrip
ton trim dresses, mantles and mil
linery. ELLEN osMoNDE
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Boards Too Numerou..

If the recommendations of State
Auditor Cole are followed by the leg
islature the salaries of a number OF
state officials and employees will be
reduced, and not few of them will
lose their jobs altogether. He wants
the regents of the state university,
state normal school and state agri-
cultural college to be abolished and a
board of four regents be appointed
for the four institutions.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02

Blouses are box plated, and so are
ing, happily, very popular for every
day wear; and trains are narrow and
box plated at the back. All things
reminiscent of oriental garments are
in vogue. Tea gowns, morning
gowns, opera and carriage mantles,
all affect the "kimono" shape. It is
so ample and loose that nothing can
equal it for comfort. The Arabian
"burnous" worn in the early days of
the third empire as an opera mantle
or carriage cloak will be revived this
winter. Nantes, capes, empire coats,
and all sorts of semimantles are
worn by matrons.
Gray furs predominant. Scarves of
fur, made very wide and fat, are
worn round the neck. Pelerine eapes,
narrow to the waist, fall in long
stole ends to the hem of the skirt,
muffs are bedecked with endless
tails, a fashion not much to be en-
couraged; but what are enhancing
ly lovely, are the cape-shaped boas
and frilled muffs of chiffon edged
with fur.
Ermine, marabout, silver fox and
mink are being largely used.
Cloth coats have bright velvet col
lars, and colored velvet coats are
much worn. The tight-fitting coat
with bas4ues, sometimes has a belt
and poaehed front, which transforms
it into Russian blouse. Fancy and
artistic buttons lend a pretty touch
of color to boleros and coats.
Mcieskin is in high favor for
boleros and very small sacques.
Macaroons with hanging tassels and
military braiding are seen on many
of the new coats, all of which have
very full and wide sleeves. Fur coats
vastly affect the bolero or the sacque
shape, and to wear with them we
have short sealskin and other skirts
made rather narrow to save them
from looking disproportionate.
Evening frocks are very light and
airy; no heavy materials save velvet
are used. Painted and embroidered
gauze, crepe de chine, accordion-
plated chiffon. wreathed with dainty
roses made of chiffon, form the most
delicate and evanesccEt dresses inn
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Lively Times I'm Prospect.

J. P. Morgan is said to have taken
suite of rooms in Washington.
Theodore Roosevelt had previously
taken u house there, and newspaper
row is confident that there viii be o
struggle between the two. distin-
guished gentlemen to procure. or to
prevent, congressional action on the
trusts. Mr.. Roosevelt wants less
water and more light in and about
trusts, and Mr.. Morgan does not want
congress to regulate the amount Of
ekher. 1t should be a good winter
for statesmen who enjoy fine dinneIn.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Good Thing to Pas. Around.

Secretary Wilson contends that peo-
pie who kill their cattle afflicted with
the foot-and-mouth disease should
be paid for the same. What about the
man who sorts his potatoes and is
obliged to throw away the bad ores?
Then there is the newspaper prbish-
er who would not object to receiving
compensation for the papers that are
spoiled in the process of printing.
But there are so many other indus
tries the secretary might benefit in
this manner that it is not practical
Tor Us to enumerate.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02

AS sign of submission to japanese
rule, the Farmosans are cutting their
hair, something that has always been
considered a mark of indignity.
Every week the governor of Formosa
telegraphs to Toxic the additional
number of natives who have cut their
hair, just as our officers in the Philip
pines send weekly reports of the mill
tary operations there.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02


IN. practical illustration OF
w ~ the longevity of all things
WXE smart and useful. Fancy
- bodices and the new cof-
fee jackets are some of
the latest creations we may revel in.
The coffee jacket is really sort
of elaborate tea jacket. 1t has smart
coat tails, or a small bunchy ar
rangement at the back, often COM
posed of loops of those lovely wide
ribbons that are so much in vogue.
But the latest style is a sort of di-
rectoire bodice, which can be made
with or without short swallow tails
at the back.
In sleeves there is very decided
appearance of the leg-'o-mutton
sleeve, shaped in widths, which is
not to be commended or admired,
but it is considered smart according
to the dictates of fashion.
The novelty of novelties is the
pelerine or cape, which falls over the
shoulders and into a point at. the
back, and at the front ends in
bolero. These look best in lace or
crepe de chine trimmed with fringe
They are often made of soft wooden
fabrics, or even velvet.
The most fashionable material for
dresses, coats, blouses-in fact, for
everything or anything-is velvet,
soft, pliable, and luminous. Velvet,
however, is expensive, but the new
yelyeteens. which are well fitted for
tea jackets and blouses, can be had
very cheap, and delightfully."- soft and
supple they are. Every material has
to be made pliable, to allow for the
box plating which is seen SO much
on dresses.
Skirts are box plated from a yoke
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Shallow Device Exposed.

The ancient and truthful saying
that figures can't lie, but liars can
figure, is receiving demonstration in
the testimony offered by the coal
trust before the strike commission.
The device of crediting to one man
earnings which were in fact divided
among two, three or four men, is in
genious enough, but it hardly does
credit to the divine grace claimed
by Baer and his sainted associates.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Quick Work.

1t is reported that church capable
of seating 5000 persons was built be-
tween daybreak and midnight on a re.
cent Saturday in a suburb of Chicago.
The contract for erecting the church
was signed on Friday at midnight,
and the building was dedicated on
Tunday morning.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02

aginable for gala wear. Matrons af-
feet painted velvets, brocaded silks,
bengaline, and such-like sumptuous
fabrics.
Wedding dresses and trains are
made of white moire, a material we
are reviving, and a great deal of sill
yer and mother-o'-pearl embroidery
is used. Eastern, Russian, Byzan-
tine and Breton embroideries are
fashionable trimmings.
The lace shawl pelerines are very
pretty draped about a low Victorian
bodice. Canoes, hair bracelets, and
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
New Transportation Scheme.

j. L. Caldwell, senator of Bourbon,
has evolved a novel plan to solve the
transportation question for members
of the legislature. He will try and get
a bill through providing that the
state shall furnish transportation
over all Kansas lines to each mem
Der. Then, he says, member
would not be under obligations to
railroad when he goes to Tope-
ka to legislate in the interests of the
people.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Chicken Dinner for Convict,.

The 1900 convicts at the Kansas
state prison were given Christmas
holiday. In the prison chapel six
actors and specialists from Kansas
City gave continual vaudeville per-
Torrance for two hours. The prison
ers were given chicken dinner, each
one getting a little over pound Of
chicken, with vegetables two oranges
and two peach pies.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
His scheme Didn't Work.

The report of the murder of the
three Puleston boys, of Hoisington,
on a ranch near Calden Springs, Col,
has been found to be false and that
William Puleston who, it is claimed,
wrote the letter containing the &C
count of the murder, under a fcti-
tious name, did it as a means to avoid
paying to C. II. Walker, of Salina, a
debt which he owed the latter.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Christina. Cheer at Parsons.

The poor of Parsons were bounti,
fully cared for Christmas. Mayor
Busby personally contributed so tur-
keys, and another generous citizen
sent 40 packages, each containing a
chicken, good roast of beef and q
peck of potatoes. Grocers, bakers
and others contributed other things
so that every poor person in the city
was well fed.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
A Church-Going People.

A traveller, well known for his in
fidelity, writes that upon visiting
Honolulu on the Sabbath he was I'M
able to find anyone to show him the
sights of the place, and was compelled
to go to church in order to see the
people.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Got the Wrong Man.

Henry Whitson, a young insurance
and real estate agent in Wellington,
was stopped Wednesday night by a
man who wore mask and carried a
revolver and who demanded that
Whitson disgorge. Whitson is husky
and flew into the would-be footpad,
giving him a sound beating. He then
allowed him to go, as the man said
he was playing a joke and mistook
Whitson for another man.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Big Attendance Assured.

The interest and enthusiasm al
ready manifested in the thirty-second
annual meeting of the state board of
agriculture. which is to be held in
Topeka January IA to Is, make
well nigh certain large attendance
and royal time.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Wants a Fish Hatchery.

State Fish Commissioner Haughey,
in his annual report says: ''There
is no question but that the waters of
Kansas are remarkably well adapted
for the raising of black bass, rock
bass, crappie, channel cat and sun
perch, and if the state will appropri-
ate sufficient money to establish
fish hatchery every stream in a few
years can be well supplied with fine
food fish. A hatchery should be es-
tablished beyond all question. The
government already has established
rs hatcheries, and is expanding mill
lions every year to promote the fish
industry
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
wouIdn,t TRUST Banks.

Before dying at Ottawa the other
day Charles P. Robinson, who never
had any faith in banks, revealed the
hiding place of his accumulated earn
ings. Two trusted friends went to
Robinson's barn and from a manger
dug up $1,000 in gold and greenbacks,
which he had buried in jars.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
For a Dairy Commissioner.

The dairymen of the state will ask
the legislature to create the position
of state dairy commissioner and put
the position uzder the control of F.
d. Coburn, secretary of the state
board of agriculture.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Commenced I'm Small way.

C. G. Casebier, of McLouth, COM
menced the manufacture of sorghum
in a small way about six years ago.
This season he has shipped out so
carloads, and his supply is not yet ex-
hausted.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Diphtheria at Monitor.

Diphtheria has broken out at Mon
ftor and has caused a great deal of
alarm. School has been stopped and
every precaution taken to prevent the
dreaded disease from spreading.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
An Attractive Programme.

The annual meeting of the State
Bar association viii be held on jan
uary 27s and %. It is expected the
attendance viii be unusually large,
as the legislature will then be in ses-
sion, and the election of United
States senator will take place on the
day the first session of the associa-
ton is held. An interesting feature
will be an address by woman law
yer, Mrs. Julia F. v. Harris, of We'll
lington. She viii talk on the "Con-
tracts of Married Women" Chan
cellor Frank Strong, of the state uni
versity, will make an address on ''The
Unwritten Constitution of the United
States" "Extradition" will be the SUBJ
ject of an address by Eugene F. Ware,
pension commissioner of the United
States.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
His Orchard Was Burned.

Jacob Geiser, of Leavenworth, Sc
cured judgment for 5000 against the
Santa Fe railroad for the burning OF
his orchard by fire started from
spark from an engine.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Joyous Family Reunion.

There was a joyous family reunion
Christmas day in the home of James
Branham, in Kansas City. August H.
Branham, son from Rison, Ark, was
a member of the group, and for the
first time in Al years he sat at his
fathers table and looked into the
faces of brothers and sisters whom
he had never seen before.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
French soldier., Marching RECORD

Sixty French soldiers belonging to
the 47th regiment of the line have
done record performance recently
by maching from camp to ST. Malo, a
distance of 62 miles, in 80 hours. Not
a man fell out during the march.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
LicOrice Root Bed.

1t is stated that large beds of leo
rice root exist in an unimproved con-
dition in the northern Caucasus re-
gion, near the shore of the Black sea.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02

all the old-world jewelry one can pict
up is now worn, and the treasured
possessions of our ancestresses are
being sought after by collectors.
In materials all zibeline cloths are
la mode. Costumes of these are fire.
quently trimmed with strappings OF
plain cloth of the same color, or Of
velvet. Tiny fiat buttons of quaint
shapes also form pretty finish OF
bodices and blouses, and for the lat.
ter, most lively fabrics in the WY
ella" and "Remino" makes are to be
had. Indeed, the flannel blouse, like
Cinderella, has become quite trans.
formed, and what was once rather q
dowdy possession, is now one to be
envied. Tuckings, box plaitings, rib
bon trimming, lace, herring-boning,
all help to make the flannel blouses
for this winter smart and pretty
enough for both day and evening
wear.
Narrow collars of embroidered
lawn or lace are worn with the ma
jority of wooden blouses. These a
deft can fashion for her.
self out of a pretty bordered hand
kerchief, so that they need cost only
a few cents.
Net and crepe de. chine are favor
tie materials for evening gowns.
but net is made in large and small
meshes, and is woven from that of
a pins head up to a quarter.
Picture hats show tendency to
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02

The enrolment at Baker university
is 80 larger than last year. The en-
dowmnet has been increased $685.
by Mr.. Nicholson's gift, and President
Murlin is now busy raising $4,000 for
building purposes, $4,000 of which
has already been secured.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Ways of the Ostrich.

An ostrich never goes straight to
its nest, but always approaches it
with many windings and detours, if
possible, to conceal the locality from
observation.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02

The biggest nugget of tin on record
has been found at North Dundas, in
Tasmania. 1t weighs 5,4O0 pounds,
and is 81 per cent. pure tin.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Attorney Generals Assistants.

C. W. Trickett, Of Wyandotte, viii
probably he assistant attorney gem
eral at 81, 500 year. John Dawson,
of Graham, win probably be an as
sistant at $1,000. The third assistant
will be Close, of Republic, or Will
moth, of Cloud.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
After the Lawrence Dam.

The state fish warden says the
Bowersock dam across the Kaw river
at Lawrence is a menace to the fish
industry of the state, and he wants
the legislature to compel the building
of proper fishway.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02

J. p. Halter, Neosho county
farmer, while butchering, was given
vigorous kick by a hog he supposed
was dead, the result being that one
Of his hands was severely cut by .
knife he waa using. ....,I.s.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1903-01-02
Strenuous Life.

F. A. Beach, Wichita travelling
man, has been mixed up in Is rail-
road wrecks and six hotel fires; yet
he has never ben hurt to amount to
anything.