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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
AN AMERICAN GYPSY CAMP.

people. To quote again from the au-
thority cited: THE Romany is still
the life of the entire vagabond popu-
lation OF the roads in England, it be-
ing almost impossible to find a tinker
or petty hawker that is not part gip-
sy. There are but few hundred full
blooded tent-gipsy persons in Eng
land, but OF kairengrOes, or house
jewellers, who keep their gypsy blood
a secret, and of half-breeds (churedi
or posh an posh), of those affiliated
by blood-all Of whom possess the
great secret of the Romany language
to greater or less degree-there are
perhaps 100000"
An astounding number, it seems to
US. and yet when one learns how they
once overrun the country, it becomes
very reasonable that at least that
many now remain. Four hundred
years ago they entered Britain, slip
ping in slyly, and in SO years in
creased so largely, their depredations
were so bold and burdensOme, that
acts for their suppression were de-
NAMES were executed simply on the
accusation Of belonging to the out
landish gypsy race. The outrages COM
mitted by the gipsies at this time
were incredible, their presence in the
country most evil infliction-hence
the summary punishment.
In divers ways England checked the
growth of her gypsy population. Dur
ing the American revolution she
forced this portion of her human ma
terial' into the fleets and armies sent
to fight the Yankees, but many of the
unwilling soldiers deserted on reach
ing land, and sought home on our
soil. Railway extension also inter-
fered with the gypsy in England, AMI
the inclosure act, which took away
from him the open stretches wherein
he had been wont to pitch his chan
ging camp. Doubtless the English
gypsy can say feelingly that things are
not what they once were.
To-day the gypsy in England is an
industrious person, and lives on the
fat Ut the land; not on refuse, the ira
ditional food of the gypsy wanderer.
Both men and women work, the latter
the better wage-earner Of the two;
palmistry with the women is no lost
art, neither is horse-trading with the
men; and they have control of the
trade of mending chairs of split rat
tan, they buy and sell baskets, brooms,
clothes-lines, etc.; they make meat
skewers and clothes-pegs, and they
provide music and necromancy at the
fairs. Really, the modern gypsy makes
a very good living in England.
In the United. States the gipsies are
not so we'll known as in the compact
isle: there are not so many and as
they travel from Maine to Texas they
can give a locality but glimpse of
their mode of life. We are more or
less acquainted with the be-shawled,
bare-headed fortune-teller, that goes
from house to house, and with the
gypsy musician; many of the door-to-'
door, peddlers we recognize as OF gip-
sy blood, also the keepers of small tin,
crockery and basket stores, and the
infrequent itinerant thinkers and cut
lery men. ,.>>.y ~ i, j. n.
Il s# It Is said that gipsies established two
villages in this country, one in New.
England. the other IN Pennsylvania,
send that In these villages Romany Is
5otall spoken, though socretly. 70 con-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
A BELLE OF THE CAMP

this true or not, the Romany is still
a secret language.
The gipsies are witty and philosoph.
ical, as witness by their proverbs:
Never buy handkerchief or choose
a wife by moonlight.
A bird in the hand is worth two in
the bush or hedge.
It's like a kiss, good for nothing
until it is divided between two.
He's too proud to speak to a Door
child.
To see an old friend is as agreeable
as good meal.
The g1psies, as a race, are a healthy
people, their open-air life giving them
robustness and endurance, and live to
advanced years. They really are not
so dishonest as reputed, and when
trusted often display a fine sense Of
honor, kindness and friendliness.
The men quarrel amongst themselves.
but show jealous faithfulness when
one Of the band falls into trouble.
They are uneducated, childish, quick
tempered, but not the immoral, dis
solute lot generally believed. It n
computed that the number of gipsies
now in existence is about 900, 900, and
1t is thought they are on the increase.
In Transylvania they are very numer-
Gus, and Turkey harbors about 10o.-
900 Of them; in Pesth there are about
10000: s. Spain, 10000; In Hungary,
A0.0oo. .5,,
xATHERINEPoRD
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19

Wallachian, Romanie; some argue
that it is a corruption Of the Hindu
DOM" the name given to one of the
wandering people Of India, known
from ancient times. The jealousy
guarded Romany language is supposed
to be Hindu dialect derived from
the sanskit, but very greatly corrupt
ed by admixture with the many Ian
guages of the many lands visited by
the nomads. The name gypsy is a
corruption of the word Egyptian, is
used in several languages (Spanish,
Turkish, Albanian, Hungarian), and
accounts for the belief that the wan
derers originally hailed from Egypt
The French call them Bohemians, the
Italians, and also the Spanish, allude
to them as Zingaro. 1t is said the
Romany dislikes to have one word OF
his vocabulary learned by an outsider.
a stranger. and if word is stolen he
at once drops it himself and adopts a
new one in it's place, borrowed from a
country foreign to the intruder. Ba
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
WONDER


through a series of years, sought to de-
velop as far as possible the faculties OF
this horse.
Having been examined by the cele-
brated student of animals, Prof. ke:l
Moebius, director of the geological muse
um, by Minister Won Studt, minister Of
education, as well as by several leading
generals in the army, it has been ar
ranged to have the emperor witness this
remarkable performance when, it is sup
posed, scientific commission will he
appointed, composed no doubt of expert
psychologists and students of animals,
whose report will be awaited with in
tense interest.
1t must be added that this horse is not
on exhibition to the public. Herr Won
Osten is we'll to do, and avoids publicity,
Only by special permission, granted to
select few can the horse be seen. The
picture shows at the left hand
corner the blackboard, reckoning tablet,
balls and number scheme used in tho
instruction.
AMOS W PATTEN
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
GOSSIP FROM:
SCANDINAVIA:
FINLAND.

A correspondent of the Echo de Paris
had an interview with Prince Sviato-
polk Mirskij, the new Russian minis
ter of the interior, and the latter,
upon being asked whether any changes
would be made in the administration
OF Finland, gave the following reply:
Excuse me; Finland is not connected
with my Office. Of all the ministers of
the interior, Won Plehve was the only
one that ever attended to the affairs
OF Finland. The Lutheran people of
Finland now have for their governor
Prince Obolensky, whose first steps
among the people were exceptionally
fortunate, and whose praiseworthy ef-
forts, according to my conviction, will
lead to the best of results for the pros
perity and happiness of Finland"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19

opens, I found the duke of Meeklen-
burg, several high military commanders
in regimental dress, an Italian noble
man, Herr Won Schilling, noted Afri-
can explorer and student of animals, sew
eral professors, number of ladies and
gentlemen of high social standing, be-
sides several correspondents of foreign
newspapers. Hans" is beautiful fei-
low. with a fine face. AS he was put
through his exercises the wonder of the
audience grew, for, during nearly two
hours, in answer to questions from his
master and questions from the audience,
he showed that he could count, add; SUBJ
tract, multiply, do simple sums in frac-
tons, distinguish between the seven
tones of the musical scale, pick out a
man in the audience whose photograph
he had been shown, single out the men
from the women, distinguish the straw
hats from the felt hats, indicate UNI
brellas or canes, tell where the large or
small hands of a watch were at given
moment, tell whether piece of money
was gold, silver, nickel or copper, and
also it's denomination, and spell names
given to him. His language is the tap
ping of his right front foot. He ind:-
Gates number or letter by the number
of taps, thus spelling by tapping until
he comes to the number of the letter in
the alphabet Gold is indicated by one
tap, silver by two, nickel by three and
copper by four. Similarly the colors are
told. In teaching him numbers the mas
ter has used reckoning tablet and a
black beard.
On she occasion above noted there
were present in the little court 80 per-
sons The person who Intercepted
Hans was not his teacher, but Herr Won
Schilling, the African explorer, who had
known the horse about two weeks. 1t
of his teacher hatprompted the answers,
as is the case in the stock exhibitions
of educated animals, but the intelligent
comprehension of the horse. Glow
many persons are here?" was the first
question. The horse gave a swift glance
at the crowd and then struck the ground
with his hoof 80 times. "How many
have straw hats?" Three taps: correct.
How many have felt hats? Eight taps;
correct.
A photograph was shown the horse,
of an officer who few days before had
been present in his uniform. Hans was
asked if the man were present to-day.
He indicated always counting from
left to rlght) the exact number of the
officer in the semicircle. He was asked
to tell tho colors in the cap of a certain
officer One stroke of the hoof, then an
interval followed by five strokes, thus
pointing out red al blue, which CORE
spond to the respective numbers in the
prismatic scale.
The duke of Mecklenburg held his
watch up to the horse and said: ION
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19

w OF touch OF mystery, adj
venture, romance, to the
uttermost parts of the
eartn. Mere mention of the word gip-
sy presents this picture, and when we
reao' as lately we did, that a band OF
tnese more or less undesirable visitors
mad been deported from our country,
sent back post-haste from Ellis Island,
we Set to musing on the existence, the
persistence, in the strenuous twenti-
eth century of the Romany.
Ihe recent deportation from our
shores of the gipsies brings up a
somewhat similar happening that &C.
Cured In 1886, when q company OF
elpsles started from Corfu for New
York. The band, come together from
various parts of Greece and Turkey,
succeeded in getting only as far as
Liverpool, for no steamship company
would take the gipsies aboard, the
United States being closed to pauper
immigrants 1t was for fear the
bohemian gipsies, the ones just de-
ported. would eventually become pub
TIC charges that caused the United
States officials to refuse them admis-
sion. The unlucky band of 1886, held
at Liverpool, camped there a long
while, but, year after year failing TO
obtain passage, in time it was scattered.
An authority of gypsy lore declares
that there probably is not to-day a
circus or theater in the United States
that does not have at least one mem
Der OF its company with gypsy blood
In his veins. England, especially, has
been taken possession of by the gypsy,
and it is estimated that there are now
In that country thousands of these
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19

Bridget-Shure, thin, it serves 70
roight: Ye should have felt tn wather
befoor ye put yure hand in 1t-Judge.
Doesn't Play Golf.
what yer doin' now, Fomm1eT
''Not'in!"
"Ain't yer workin'?"
"Nope"
II heerd yer Was caddyfn' at de golf
club?"
$50 is"
'@Well, amt dat workings
mo, I only carry de clubs; do other
fellers does de work. "-YQnksrs States
man. - =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
Noisy Modern Pleasures.

In every assemblage noise is synony-
NOUS with enjoyment The average
afternoon or evening party really re-
duces itself to a struggle between the
human voice and paid orchestra, as
to which shall get the better of the 9TH
er. The perspiring conductor urges his
musicians on while the distracted
guests exchange confidential shrieks as
to the impossibility of drowning that
awful band.'-Ladies' Field.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
He Took the Civilized Method.

He Took the Civilized Method.
Went into Chinese restaurant last
night" said the first Chicagoan. Fun
ny, the way them Cinnamon eat boiled
rice
''Chopsticks, eh?' said the other.
did they expect you to eat it that way,
tOO?"
eyes, but civilizations good enough
fur me. I jest called fur knife and
ct it right. "-Catholic Standard and
Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
Win Grand Prize.

Minnesota has won the grand Prize
at the st. Louis exposition for its ele-
mentary educational exhibits and the
gold medal for the secondary educa-
tional exhibit.
The facts were announced in a tele-
gram received by Condo Hamlin, presi-
dent of the Minnesota board of CON-
missioners, and show the high standard
of excellence which was reached in the
Minnesota exhibit.
Since the beginning of the exposition
Minnesota has captured all the highest
awards every month in the dairy d.
vision, and has carried off many other
high premiums for other exhibits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
Beyond the Limit,

"YOur worst enemy Is whisky" said
the parson to an incorrigible member
of his flock.
But" protested the hayward one,
'you have always told us to love our
enemies"
eyes," admitted the good man, ''but
! never told you to swallow them
Cincinnati Enquirer,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
He Had One Experience.

nc aau 0He Experiences.
The two hypochondriacs were ex-
changing condolences.
Were you ever bedridden?" inquired
one.
Eye" replied the other.
"When?"
three years ago, during a cyclone
out in Kansas. The wind blew my bed,
with me on it, a distance of seven miles
before it let up!"-N. o. Times-Demo.
crat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
Heavy Grain Receipts.

It is estimated that grain to the
amount of more than 1000, 900 was
handled on the Minneapolis market in
one day, and, for instance the day is
said to be one of the biggest, if not the
biggest in the history of the Minnea-
polls chamber.
The total number of cas- involved
was 1,400. as compared with 1873 for
Monday of week before. The grain re-
ceipts for the 3rd were as follows:
Wheat, 1904 cars; corn, 8; oats, $50;
rye, %; barley, 213, and fax, 90.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
A Gentleman of Leisure

A Gentleman of Leisure.
Mrs. Casey-Where's your husband
workin'?
Mrs. O'Flannigan-He amt workin':
he's on the polls force.-Town Topics.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
DENMARK.

Six pilots have left Fredrickshaven
for an unknown destination, their de-
parture being supposed to be in con-
nection with the sailing of the Russian
Baltic fleet.
1t is stated that ships hired by the
Japanese, with explosives on board,
are cruising in Danish waters for the
purpose of blowing up some of the
Russian vessels. The admiralty has
sent two warships to patrol the straits
and compel respect for Danish neu-
trality.
ministerial crisis which had long
been threatened has been averted, as
surances of support having been given
by his colleagues to Minister of JUS
tlce Alberti, who insisted on bringing
in a law to re-esta blish the whipping
post for thugs. Though a split has
thus far been averted, it will cause an
exciting session of the rigsdag, which
convened recently. The rigsdag was
dissolved in May last because the min
istry was unable to prevail upon it to
enact the whipping post bill and on
account of differences in the cabinet
on the subject. Since then the matter
has been heatedly discussed in the
press and on the platform, and now
the apple of discord is once more
thrown into the rigsdag.
Negotiations between the minister of
public works, the minister of Iceland
and the Great Northern Telegraph
company will result in the laying of
cable between Denmark and Iceland,
by way of the Farce islands, The ca
BILE is to be ready by Oct. l, 1906, and
shall be operated by the company for
twenty years from that date. The ca
BILE is to land on the east coast of Ice
land, and the government of Iceland
shall connect it with the towns of that
country by land. The company shall
contribute $s1, 900 to the construction
of the overland lines, and shall receive
annual subsidies of $14, 500 from the
Danish and $4,000 from the Icelandic
government.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
Dangerous Compound s.

The state dairy and food commission
has issued proclamation, cautioning
housekeepers to beware of canning
compound which is found in canned
fruit and vegetables.
This step was taken as the result of
inquiries to the number of about fifty q
day, which have been coming into the
office asking the opinion of the depart.
ment on the compound.
A careful analysis was made and
this was followed by the proclamation
that the compound was dangerous, con-
tanning only starch and borax, which
is harmful to the stomach The COM
pound sells at very high price, while
it is lamentably cheap in itself.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
News Notes.

Delegations of Minneapolis business
men appear before the state board OF
equalization to object to an increase in
their assessments.
Amos Woodman of Baldwin is the
victim of a mysterious stabbing affair
and is lying at the point of death.
Frank Il. Hamilton, who was sent
to the penitentiary in February, 1901,
for the killing of Leonard Day at the
West hotel, Minneapolis, has been re-
leased from prison.
The steamer Knute Nelson has been
launched at Warroad. Mrs. Gladys
Moody broke a bottle of champagne
over the Prov, and Albert Berg made
an address,
The killing of George Judnich while
he was hunting on farm three miles
west of Eveleth still remains a mystery.
A deer hunter, it is generally believed
fred the shot, mistaking his victim for
the game he sought.
A small fire in the elevator shaft of
the wholesale house of Lindeke, Warn
er & Sons, was the cause of an alarm
sent in St. Paul. The blaze was ex-
tinguished with chemicals. There was
no damage done.
Officer Jarvis arrested four men who
are charged with robbing two passen-
gers at the Northern Pacific depot in
st. Paul
Engineers Luethgen and Winkhaus,
i,oo a ho
are on tour of the mining properties
in northern Minnesota.
Flora Roy has been appointed post
mistress at Beaulieu, Norman county;
vice Truman Beaulieu, resigned.
Mitchell Mousseau, assistant super
intendent of the Twin City Rapid
Transit company, died at his home in
Minneapolis. Heart disease is sup
posed to have been the cause.
The barn of Mrs Goers, together
with a horse and several tons of hay,
was burned near Hastings The fire
is supposed to be the work of an in
;cendiary.
A. j. Johnson's general store at Err
dali was burglarized and goods of
some value taken. A large safe was
blown but very little money secured.
Benjamin Smith, accused of having
swindled{ a number of prominent men
of the Twin Cities out of large sums of
money By means Of . con fidence game
applied to book canvassing, has been
sentenced to imprisonment ID the Still.
water penitentiary for three years u q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
Good Advica
Tommy.

Brio get-Why, Master Tommy.
phWatiyer is tn matther?
NJ Tommy---1've hurt my Inland In IL
fA-hot Watsr. b ..ss !. = 8 ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
MINNESOTA NEWS
Drunken Man in Church,

stepping down from the pulpit in
the midst of his sermon, Rev. T. E.
cullen OF the Church of the Immacu-
late conception, Minneapolis, startled
ms congregation by picking up a pail
oao1y intoxicated man from a front
pc" and carrying him tenderly to the
front door and the sidewalk.
The man had staggered into the
church during the service and planted
himself in front seat. In the middle
OF Father Cullen's sermon he was over
come with remorse, and began to moan
very audibly about his sins.
The clergyman continued for a brief
period, but when the penltent became
too loud for endurance he descended
from his pulpit and grasped the poor
wretch and took him to the cool breezes
Not word was spoken, and when
his charge had been carefully laid on
the ground, Father Cullen resumed
his sermon at the point where he left
off.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
Burned to Death

Fire broke out in the residence Of w.
81. Dickinson at Rochester, and for a
while the entire block of residences
was in danger.
Miss Clara Dickinson was the ONLY
person in the house when the fire broke
out and burned to death, before she
was known to be there, having made
no cutlery.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
Lost in the Woods.

After spending four days and four
nights in the woods, without food and
sufficient clothing to protect his body
from cold, D. j. McPhee, former en-
ployee of the Duluth & Iron Range
railroad, arrived at Highland near
midnight, in state of utter collapse.
tie was without shoes or any covering
for his feet which were badly cut and
bruised and swollen to about twice
their natural size.
McPhee said he started to walk from
Two Harbors to Duluth, and became
lost and wandered around in the woods
and sleeping on the wet ground He
was TAKEN care of by the authorities
and with proper nourishment will re-.
COVER
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19

\lPS1ES-roamers; folk that
. walk with their feet
straight; nut-brown people
! OF glittering eye;; bringers
OF touch of mystery, adj
venture, romance, to the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19

to 40 what he could for him, and at
the end of the interview, at which the
ex-prisoner had to relate his expert
ences in Jail, presented him with his
signed photograph. Mr.. Beck left for
Kristiania to collect material where
with to prove the losses he has suf-
fered during his imprisonment, and
this he is going to lay before the COM
mittee of judges appointed in London
to examine his case.
The local elections are absorbing
the attention of the people. And we'll
they may. For the local taxes already
swallow up about 10 per cent of the in
come, and there is no fixed limit IN
the rates of local taxes.
The Institute of International law
which has been in session at Edinburp.
Scotland, made former Minister Of
State Guam member of the executive
committee.
The latest phase in the Beck matter
is the production of drama based on
his experiences in prison, which will
be presented on the London stage in
short while.
Rev. Krogh-Tonning, who was once
a great light in the Norwegian Luth-
eran church, but who joined the Cath
olic church few years ago, has writ
ten German book in support of the
doctrines against which Luther re-
volted. -
A sick COW at Elverum vomited =
snake: 1t was badly decomposed, but
was supposed to be a viper = = >s.11
In letter written in. 1882 Henrik
1bsen states that inhis Ghosts there
is not q single expression which gives i've.
the personal opinion Of the author. An
he intended Is DO was TO present s; ! bio
tnre Of real ife. ''
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-10-19
SWEDEN,

Potatoes were damaged by frost in
the country around Stockholm
It is estimated that it will cost al
most IS, 600, 600 to complete the fortifi-
cations at Boden, on the Finnish
boundary line.