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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
MAY BE GREAT INVENTION.
New Engiae of the Rotary Type Which
Is Attracting Attention of
Technical Experts.

The New York Herald recently con-
tanned an account of the perfecting OF
the Hoffman rotary engine which, it is
claimed, will revolutionize the use Of
steam. William F. Hoffman, of Buffalo,
the inventor of the new engine, has been
at work on the problem for more than
80 years, and it is said emissaries from
the Russian government have been try
ing to induce him to part with the exclu-
sive rights to the invention.
The story of Hoffman's struggle in his
battles with science are detailed minute
ly. Before he succeeded in securing the
perfected 300-horse power rotary he is
said to have constructed nine complete
engines and to have expended more than
$l5O,O0O. Some of the money was pro-
Vlded by Wall street firm which after
ward was swept away in a financial
panic.
The secret of the invention is said to be
the revolution of the cylinder outside Of
the piston instead of revolving the pis-
ton inside the cylinder Here are some of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
LETTER TOURS THE WORLD
Seaman on Cruiser Receives Missive
Three Years After Date
Of Mailing.

While visiting relatives in Paterson,
N. j., recently Master-at-Arms Charles
e. Newton of the cruiser Des Moines
received a letter which the government
has been trying to deliver to him for
the last three years. The letter was
mailed in New York by relatives of Mr..
Newton, and was addressed to the
Brokolyn navy yard, where the Des
Moines was awaiting orders. Before the
letter could be delivered the Des Moines
was ordered to Norfolk. Va, and it was
forwarded there. In the meantime New
tons ship had gone to Cuba, but the
letter did not reach the new republics
shores until the Des Moines had gone
to the Philippines, SO it was started to
the other side Of the world. It rested
&C the Philippines long enough to be
forwarded to China, where the Des
Hotnss had been sent on cruise, but
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
PUG DRESSED LIKE A BABY
How Teddie's Mistress Managed to
Garry Him Back and Forth
on Street Cars.
This is a real true dog story.

This is real true dog story.
He is pug, and a great pet of his mis-
tress, who is very fond of his fine pedi-
gree. One day she discovered that Ted
die could not see as we'll as usual. She
felt as sad as if he were brother or sis
ter, and a famous oculist was consulted
who told her to bring her pet dog to him.
They started, but great obstacle pre-
sented itself. Conductor after conduc-
tor insisted that the dog should not ride
on his car; so it was only after getting
on and off about q dozen times that the
doctors Office was reached.
Teddie was as quiet as could be while
having his eyes examined, and his mis-
tress was told she must bring him every
day for month, and all would be done
for him that Was possible. So Teddie's
mistress went to a neighbor who had a
small baby and borrowed an outfit that
was not too dainty. Teddie kept very
quiet while being dressed in the long
white dress; then a cloak and muslin
cap, and over the face long white VEIL
Thus they started. Immediately upon
jump a man to give the lady carrying a
little baby good seat Teddie never
wagged his little curled-up tail once,
neither did he even bark.
Each day the trip was taken with the
same result-a good seat and a very
quiet baby.
One day the doctors Office was filled
with people waiting thehir turn, when a
lady turned politely to Teddie's mistress
and said: my turn comes next, but I
will wait for you on account of your
baby. It is so very tiresome to wait with
q baby"
The doctor opened his door at that mo-
ment and called them both in his pri-
vate Office He said: II will show you
the very best patient I have" and took
Teddie carefully in his arms. He threw
back the white veil and disclosed the
dogs little pug nose and pert little face.
looking out cutely from under the frills
of the cap.
Teddie can see pretty we'll out of one
eye now. His mistress expected huge
bill for the experts service, but instead
she received receipted bill from the
good doctor, with note saying that as
Teddie was the first patient he had ever
treated of royal dog blood, he esteemed
it great honor to have been the means
of helping him.-Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09

been eaten off the ground they must
strike camp and go elsewhere. AS a
herd of 100 deer will soon strip half a
dozen acres of the moss growth, it
does not take long for them to eat up
everything around the settlement,
even the shoots of the birch and will
low trees, as far up as they can reach.
So away goes the band, and the place
may be deserted for several years, as
it requires three or four seasons for
the moss again to spread over the
ground from which it has been eaten.
This is why the Lapp wanders
through valley and over plain, as does
the tribesman of the desert. He must
move to live, but this sort of life has
'sharpened his wits, and he is as
shrewd at driving bargain as the
proverbial Yankee or Scotchman.
1t is not strange that the aged
women are ugly when it Is remem-
bered that years of bending over the
flreside with the inevitable pipe have
smoked them within and without al
most into living mummies.- When
placed in her pulkah during the fam
lily migration, grandmother is as bur-
led in furs as the youngest baby, and
when the tent is put up at the new en-
campment she is. the first to be car
ried in. The fact is that the true Lapp
looks after his old better than his
young. He may be a thief, liar and
vagabond, but this can be set down
to his credit After the aged come
the reindeer, then the younger women
and children.
The average Lapp of the north
country hates water as much as a cat
does. Such a thing as a wash is al
most unknown. In the winter fam
lilies of dozen or more live in their
little snow covered huts, crowded to-
gether like sardines in a can. The wa
ter they need for cooking and drink
ing comes from the snow, and fuel is
so scarce that the idea of melting
snow for bathing would be considered
a crime. Consequently when spring
comes they leave their tents with
their skins nearer the color of leather
than human tint-the results of
combining dirt and smoke. The Es-
quimau has been called the dirtiest
race on earth, but it is a question if
the Lapp cannot give an Esquimau
points and beat him in this respect.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09

when the letter reached China Newton
and his ship had gone away and the let-
ter was again started oft-this time for
England.
The Des Moines did not stop on Eng
lish shores and the postal officials OF
that country returned the letter to the
United States postal station at Shang-
hal, China, whence it was sent to the
Philippines. Back it went to Norfolk,
Va, just missing the Des Moines by a
day or two. Then it was forwarded to
Paterson, and was finally delivered. Tho
envelope was covered by the forwarding
addresses, but was in a good state Of
preservation, although it contained u
pages OF writing paper. The news in the
letter was a little out of date, but New
ton was glad to receive it. The letter
will be kept by him as a curiosity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
"THE OTHER SIDE"

Trouble came to try him-no rainbow in
the sky;
The gentlest winds a-blowin' had the sor-
row of sigh.
But he saw a star a-shinin' in the flrma-
nent on high,
An sang about 1.-THE other side of Jor-
DAM"
The Light-the Light was with him! the
light that ever dwells
In the soul that hears a welcome DER the
saddest of fareWells;
He heard the ringing-singing Of the ever
lasting bells,
An sang about 1.-THE other side Of Jor-
DAM"
And the world, It heard his singin', and
gave back an echo true;
Its fading flowers quickened with the
freshness Of the dew;
The shadows left the dim sky, and all
heaven came in view
He sang about 1.-THE other side Of Jor-
danv
~. L. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitution.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
COMPLEXION OF LUNATlCS.
Fewer Blondes Than Brunettes Arc
Confined in the Asylums Of
the Various States.

Several months ago l happened
across a pamphlet published by the
government of a southern state, in
which were some interesting statistics
regarding the complexion of the in
mates OF the state insane asylum
Hobart Langdon said. "Only three PEI
cent. of the total had light hair, and
only two per cent. blue eyes,
1T struck me as rather curious
fact that dark haired and dark eyed
people should so largely predominant
among the insane, but the matter Of
latitude might play some part in this,
l thought: for naturally there were
more dark than light haired people in
that section. Just as matter of Curl
osity, however, I thought I would
write to asylum authorities in certain
other parts of the country to see what
the ratio of light haired inmates was
to those who were dark, and expected
to find the percentage increase in COM
munities where the total of light
haired was larger, but in this l was
mistaken; so l am led to infer from
the statistics I gathered that there is
greater possibility for insanity
among dark haired than among light
haired people.
MY figures were obtained from 68
asylums, located in nearly every state
in the union, and a few in Canada and
England. The total number of pa
tienls in these institutions was 1852,
of whom 703 had light hair and only
&c red or auburn locks. In other
words, 96 per cent. OF the inmates
were brunettes, with either black o.
brown hair, the latter IN varying
shades. In one asylum in New England
there was not a single inmate that Was
not a brunette. Of course, l do not
know how to account for this, for
am not a specialist in such matters,
and secured the statistics only out of
pure curiosity, but it certainly looks as
though blondes were less liable to in
sanity than those with darker hair or
eyes.
another peculiar feature about the
facts obtained, however, was that
the percentage of those regarded as
incurably insane was much greater
among the blondes than among the
brunettes. The totals show that
among the dark haired inmates only So
per cent were marked hopelessly in
sane, while among the blondes 81 per
cent. were put in this category, and
only three among the red haired pa
tents escaped the same classification
St Louis Globe Democrat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Consi derate People.

"They are such considerate people
in Chicago, you know" said the old
lady. as she returned TO her village after
a shopping excursion to that metropolis
"You got your right change every
time, did your" was asked.
LA, yes, and must tell you how they
treated me in a 'brick-a-bat' store. +
went in there to look at some Indian
relics and the clerk took the greatest
pains to show me everything. finally
mentioned that when my dear husband
was crossing the plains 20 years ago he
was killed and scalped by the Indians
and that clerk almost wept with NE.
"He said he was awfully sorry about
my husband being killed, but as they
had the scalplocx of the Indian who
killed him, and as it seemed to be q
sorrowful case, might have the relic
for seven dollars to hang on the parlor
WALL Chicago Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
THE EFFECT OF EXPLOSIONS.

to ton. The effect of this was found
to be limited to very small area. The
discharge of so pounds was only felt a
distance of So feet, while that of a ton
extended to but 125 meters, or 40 feet
Beyond that distance the only effect
was caused by the rush of air to the
point of explosion, to take the place of
that which had been lifted up. In tha
cabins the windows we're broken out
ward, the pains of glass falling out
side. The accompanying diagram il
illustrates this. The dynamite forces
upward a volume of air, and then there
is a rush of other air in to take it's
Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09

or strong drink, it is even then hardly
necessary that he should work for it, for
is there not his wife? He believes in
fair division of labor-the wife earns the
living, and he consumes it. A hundred
Fantis will do less than dozen English
navvies, and do it badly without white
overseer. Under Fanti overseer, they
soon begin to shirk the work and lie
basking in the sun, and by and by the
overseer joins them. Every burden is
carried on the head. Set them to carry
stones from a heap and they will carry
them one by one on their head, walking
to and fro, no matter what the distance.
A contractor for some buildingsat Cape
Coast castle introduced wheelbarrows
The Fantis rose to the occasion. They
carried the barrows on their heads!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09

Dr. Arthur r. Reynolds, commissioner
OF health in Chicago, in a paper read
In st. Louis says that milk more than
IL hours old is dangerous to the young,
On the other hand, Prof. Ellie Metchni-
koff, of the Pasteur institute of London.
declares that sour milk is the nearest
approach to the elixir of life, and says
that it contains a bacillus which preys
on dangerous microbes. You pays your
eight cents . quart and you takes your
choice. @1>s s.. T. = '*=* e., -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Cupid and
the Cowboy
BY VARAH A. ARMSTRONG
Copyright. 1904. by Daily Story Pub. Co..

uELLo, Crosby! I suppose you're
in town for the cowboy fest1v-
tiles? What's it all about, anyway"
"Well, you see, Mr.. Vinton, some Of
the boys get hurt every year. It's pretty
hard on the fellows who haven't any
friends. especially if they don't happen
to have much coming; so we thought if
we'd give an exhibition of horsemanship
tomorrow and get crowd together,
then in the evening we'd have big blow
out at Thomson's hall and use the pro-
ceeds to establish a cowboy bed at the
hospital"
Good idea. By-the-way, Crosby, my
wife has been east after her spring stock
Df millinery and she brought home &
niece to spend the summer. She's a
pretty girl with yellow head full of
romantic notions. She has been reading
some cowboy literature and thinks, now
that she is in the west, she will have
some hair-raising experiences and I
wouldn't have her disappointed for all
The outlaw horses that you fellows will
ride tomorrow.
Cant you fix up some scheme, Cros
by? She will be down at the store in the
morning. trying to get glimpse of the
cowboys, through the windows"
"Now, Mildred, if you'll help me I'M
pack this box of flowers and put them in
the show case before dinner, we will be
all ready to go out and see the broncho
riding. this afternoon"
"In just mintue. Aunt Vinton. Two
men with broad-brimmed hats on are
getting off their horses out here They
are just dropping the reins instead of
tytns the horses, and they have on such
funny pants. with long shaggy hair on
the fronts: one pair is black and the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Matter of Opinion.

They had escaped from the tall grass
via the excursion route, and were bent
on committing matrimony. Finally an
obliging minister was found, and the
trouble began.
young man. said the parson, "do
you take this woman for better or
worse?"
'Blam'd eff know, mister" answered
the rural youth. ''Her folks low it's
better, but my folks low it's wuss."-
Cincinnati Enquirer
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Says Moon Controls Hair.

The hair is controlled by the moon.
If you cut it when the moon is full It
will "bleed'' and change color. The
study of the hair is a science Of which
the ordinary barber knows nothing.
This Is the warning of Mrs. Anna
Finch, hair expert. She has issued
an offer to grow luxuriant crop on
the bald poll of John D. Rockefeller.
The answer Of the Standard Oil mag
nate is awaited.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
LATEST PEOPLE ON EARTH
They Live on the Gold Coast Of West
Africa and Are Known as
the Fantis.

In most civilized countries laziness is
looked upon as vice. If man does not
work neither shall he eat, is the rule in
such nations. But in tropical lands,
where nature is very kind, food can al
most always be had for the mere gather
ing. This will explain why the Fantis,
of the west African Gold Coast, will not
work. A penny day will enable Fanti
to live like fighting cock. Why, there
fore, should he distress himself? If he
wants any little extra, such as tobacco
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
APPLE-TIME.

We list loves to go to gran'ma's
Apple time,
When the trees list loaded awful
An we climb.
N get list all the beauties,
Ev'ry one:
Up fore day to help 'em gather
Awful fun!
Gre't big Baldwins, yaller Midas,
Sour crabs,
Men when we see extry beauties,
We ist grabs!
Apple-pie, n apple-dumplin's,
Cider, too!
Men we have to have a doctor
Fore we're through.
We list loves to go to gran'ma's,
An to climb
When the trees list awful loaded,
Apple-time.
st. Nicholas.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
OPEN-AlR EXPLOSION TEST.
It Showed Strange Effect Of Quanti-
ties of Dynamite Upon Sur
rounding Objects.

Leon Thomas has been conducting
experiments in Belgium with large
quantities of dynamite in order to test
it's effect upon surrounding objects.
There were erected around, at dis
tances ranging from five to 5000 me-
tiers GIG feet to three miles,, so fixed or
movable screens and two cabins Of
wood covered with tiles, with doors
and glazed windows. The amount of
dynamite exploded ran from so pounds
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Told the Truth.

Weary WILHELM a victim O. police
persecution. lady, dat's what I am.
Why, de first time I was arrested
wasn't doin' nothin' at all.
Mrs. Goodart-Poor fellow. Here's a
dime for you. And what, charge did
they trump up against you?
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Lunar Oscillation

Prof. Filippo Zamboni, of Vienna,
says he has discovered that instead of
'man in the moon" there is kissing
couple" there. He photographed, what
he saw and now is selling hundreds Of
thousands Of illustrated postcards show
Ing "a kiss in the moon" -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Japanese Village in Volcano

A little Japanese village, 80 miles
from the town of Kumamoto, is situ-
ated in the crater of a volcano, which
may some day become active again.
The village, lying 900 feet below the
top of the volcano, the walls of which
are very steep, is quite hidden from
sight. Its 1000 Inhabitants seldom
leave the place. -. 49,. ~ "
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
USE QUEENS GREAT SEAL.
New One for Edward VII. Has Not
Yet Been Finished and Old
Dies Still Serve

Although Queen Victoria has been
dead for several years, yet, astonishing
though it may appear, her great seal
still continues to be used for the seal
ing of all official documents This is in
accordance with precedent and has led
to good deal of confusion among his
torians, since ancient documents are
often found bearing the seal of the SOW
ereigns who have died as many as ten
and fifteen years prior to the date re-
corded therein. The new great seal of
King Edward will not be ready until
the end of this year, and, instead Of
being made of silver, as has always been
the case since the days of William the
Conqueror, nearly 900 years ago, it is for
the first time being made of finely tenn
pered steel. 1t consists of pair of dies
six inches in diameter and three-quar-
tiers of an inch thick. When it is re-
quired for the completion of any state
documents the dies are closed, melted
wax is poured in and the great seal is
ready to be attached to the document to
which it is to give official value.
Radium and Earth Heat.
Prof e. Rutherford, of McGill univer-
Sity, said in recent lecture that radium
is distributed very widely over the earth,
being present, in minute quantities.
everywhere. Since it keeps itself con-
tinuously at temperature several de-
grees above that of it's surroundings, the
question was suggested whether the
presence of radium could account FOX
the gradual increase of temperature as
We penetrate deeper into the earth. The
lecturer believed that the amount OF
radium present, if uniformly distributed.
would explain this increase, and would
account for all the heat lost from the
earth. In that case the date calculated
by Lord Kelvin, when the globe will be
so far cooled as to be uninhabitable.
might possibly be postponed for a few
million years. IS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
The Moon and the Weather.

The moon is the most powerful agent
in producing the tides on the earth; it
also produces some slight variations in
the earth's magnetism. So far as sci
ence has been able to Investigate there is
absolutely no change in the weather
which can be attributed to the moon, al
though half or more of mankind seem to
believe that the moon does have some
control over the weather. All such be-
liefs, including the time for planting gar
dens and for going fishing, are mere
superstitions-the survivals of an age of
ignOrance.-St Nicholas.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Easier.

Rich but Indulgent Uncle-Harry,
my boy, give me a list of the trades
men you owe. ##=..> i: ..s.> GIL 5:.g
spendthritt Nephew uncle
here's . list Of the fellows : don't owe.
shtcago Tribune .z
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Bit Of Realism.

Alexis came home one night with his
clothes full of holes.
"What has happened to you?" ex-
claimed his mother.
"'Oh, we've been playing shop ever
since school closed" Alexis replied.
Fl "Shop?" echoed his mother.
Eyes. We opened grocery, and every
body was something Alexis explained
q was the cheese. Sunday at Home.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
Lambs Wool.

when a. persons wool gathering
that means he's lazy, doesn't it, pa?"
''Not necessarily, my son. He may be
gathering the wool off the lambs in Wall
street. '--Philadelphia Ledger.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
END VIEW OF ROTARY.
CA, Revolving Cylinder; B, First Segmental
Blade; C, Second Segmental Blade;
D. Housing; E, Hollow Shaft Ad-
hitting Steam; +, Cut-offs;
c., Cranks to Segmen-

D, Housing; E, Hollow Shaft Ad-
hitting Steam; f, Cut-offs;
C, Cranks to segmen-
tai Blades.)
the startling things claimed for the new
engine:
1t possesses one-seventh of the friction
of the ordinary type of engine.
There is practically no limit to the
speed.
Two thousand revolutions per minute
are easily accomplished.
There is no vibration whatever under
excessive rates of speed.
Engine compounds twice as well as
the ordinary engine.
| Floor space required for stationary en-
gines is reduced by two-thirds:
Consumption of fuel is reduced one
! third
First cost of the dynamo is reduced
so per cent.
Engine requires only slight founda-
lions, and, possessing no vibration,
could be placed safely on the top floor
of the Flatiron building
Can be stopped instantly from 100
| horse power load to one-half a horse
power.
| Will reduce the time of freight and
passenger transportation by land and
sea by one-half.
Solves the suburban traffic problem by
the rapid propulsion Of single car.
The first perfected rotary constructed
was for only 25-horse power, but it de-
veloped % in operation and was used by
the inventor to run his shop. By means
of it he found the astounding results de-
tailed could be attained readily and then
he constructed his 3O0-horse power en-
CINE.
In railway use, it is stated, the center
of gravity can be lowered one-half, max
ing the long dreamed ingle-car-propul-
sion a possibility. Built after Mr. Hoff-
mans pattern the railway freight engine
would resemble a big auto touring car
with a conical boiler, on the apex Of
which would be an electric headlight.
| A combination carriage and engine
would be pointed like cowcatcher in
front and the roof would shape back
| ward and upward so as to utilize the air
pressure to hold the car steady. Travel
| at the rate of 100 miles per hour, it is
claimed, would be as safe as it is now at
less than half that rate.
USE QUEENS GREAT SEAL.