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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
THE MODESTY OF A MONARCH.
King Frederick vi. of Denmark
Didn't Know of Any Great Deed
of His Own.

Gen. Cronje, who is visiting the st.
Louis fair, was asked to pose for his
picture the other day by news pho
tographer, relates the New York Trib-
une.
II am too modest" said the Boe1
leader, laughing,
But a great man like YOU" tie
photographer began.
|'Oh, if were great, should be still
more modest" said Gen. Cronje. LET
me tell you about the modesty of a
king-King Frederick vi. of Denmark
who really was great man.
"King Frederick vi. was visiting a
certain Danish school. The pupils were
intelligent and alert. He put number
of questions to them.
What he said finally, ARE the
names of Denmark's greatest kings {?
'The we'll read boys answered in
chorus:
'Canute, Waldemar and Christian
w.
'*Then tke schoolmaster bent over
a boy and whispered something, where.
upon the lad rose and raised his hand
Well said the king, do you know
another?'
eyes; Frederick w. the boy an
swered.
"The king smiled. What great deed
did he PERFORM he said.
"The boy was silent. He thought
hard. Finally he stammered:
"tI don't know :
"'Well, my child, be comforted,' said
the king. 7 don't know, either"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
IT, 81; 19 q , !
THE OLD RED SCHOOLHOuSE.

All, little old red schoolhouse on the hill
In freckled days. in cowlick days o.
yOre,
MY heart it used to bump and jump an6
thrill
When was called to mount the plat
form floor,
A little maiden used to pose sedate.
Her seat it was the first one front, you
know.
Her eyes they dazed me while I ranted
great
About Demosthenes or Cicero.
She used to wear pretty tucker gown,
Twas trimmed with pink about hel
dainty neck:
Her golden hair in p1gtails hanging
All, ME, that vision sent my heart
But. heavens! how I used to tremble
then,
The while her eyes they bored me
through and through;
used to march a hundred thousand men
In Quavering before those eyes of blue.
And when my mighty effort had been
And I went marching back unto my
seat,
TO my dismay I saw her eyes they
strayed
DO"H ~ the region OF my clutt ring
There from the vantage of my royal
throne,
Id note how very nicely and precise
The pretty golden pigtails they had
grown;
For I was brave-behind my paradise.
All, me! There came day of parting
The schooldays they are ended, and
the tune
OF life it bore sombre sounding air
Long years ago one afternoon in June.
And I was standing in the same old spot,
With eyes fixed on pretty maiden
trim,
Each pulse within my being throbbing
hot
While acclaimed with more than
wonted vim.
All, me! The sweetness Of the school,
house bell!
My ears they hear your calling notes
again.
Anon I'm trooping at your beck and
spell
With kindred spirits down the shady
The clover flowers splitting on the air
The essence of its sweetness and per-
fume;
And by my side maiden wanders there
Along the fields of sunshine and Of
bloom.
Fond memory recalls the winding ways,
The daisy chain, the sunny brook that
flows,
Each throb and thrill of childish rounde-
lays,
The grapevine swing, the brier path,
the rose.
All! sweeter to my heart than all the
rest
OF lifes delightful pleasures of the old
Was one who laid her head upon my
breast
And whispered-what? I never yet
have told.
Horace Seymour Keller in N. Y. Sum-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
.NoRMANS' FEAR coMIcAu
Natives Distrust Strangers Because Of
r Fear of Being Swindled or
Perhaps Robbed.

The greatest obstacle to agreeable
pedestrianism in Normandy is the pro-
verbal Norman distrust, says Book.
lovers Magazine. The Norman's dis.
trust of the stranger takes the form of
comical sort of terror Of being fam
cially unprecedented or swindled, not
to say robbed-probably because he is
himself perpetually engaged in flnan*
cial duping- II the tramper does not
succeed in dfsarm1ng, by one means or
another Norman distrust, his tramp
ing life in Normandy will be made q
burden to him. Norman distrust can
be disarmed, but it cannot be disarmed
in an instant, pAmericaine. It takes
time to do 1.-THE Norman is the last
person in the world to stand and de-
Hver-and there is no social device to
be mentioned in the same breath with
drinking for courteously consuming
time. If the tramper asks simple
question at farmhouse, he cannot de-
Gently linger-not in Normandy-after
his question is answered. If he makes
petty purchase in store, his situa-
tfon is only trif1e less awkward since
he is morally obliged to retire as soon
as the transaction is completed. On
the other hand he has only to order a
dr1nk-1n this country of cider and
app1ejack every store and nearly every
farmhouse sells liquor-to be entitled
to sit at table for as long as he wills
it and to talk.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
ARMIES ARE NECESSARY.
And Yet Civilized Men Should Have
a Higher Ideal Than Saw
ages Manifest.

l prefer teaching our children that
war is one of the direst curses that
aff1ict this earth, and that, while all
should be prepared, if needs be, to de-
fend our independence, our persistent
aim should be to avoid all wars, says
Henry Labouchere, in London Truth.
and as was we'll said by Lord Percy
nations should consider, not how lit
Tie they can concede to one another,
but how far they can meet each 9TH
er's views"
This is the spirit that now animates
the Workingmen of France, of Ger
many and of Italy. Their leaders are
ever deprecating any recrudescence of
the military spirit that has conduced
SO often to war in the past It is the
spirit that animates our own working
men. If we were attacked they would
need no military tomfooleries in ma
t1onal schools to induce them to fight
for their country. But they know that
peace is the best of policies for them,
as never has there been a war which
has not been harmful to those engaged
in industry. Napoleon infused a mill
tary spirit into Frenchmen. What did
the workingmen of France gain by his
conQuests? What do our workers gain
by our annexations of Uganda, of the
Soudan and of the empire of Sokoto?
What have they gained by our war in
South Africa, except having to pay
more for some of their necessaries
and the knowledge that it has paved
the way for the introduction of Chi
nese chattels to work in the Transvaal
mines for the benefit of cosmopolitan
millionaires?
A tribe of savages is always cult
waiting a military spirit. It's sole oc-
cupation is war, and the arts of peace
are despised as contemplate to men of
spirit. Among civilized men there
ought to be a higher ideal, and there
would be were it not that there are
usually too many missionaries of strife
among them ever appealing to the
baser passions and trying to persuade
their ellow-countrymen that there is
something noble and elevating in war
and that soldier is the noblest of hui
man beings. Armies are necessary
evils, but for my part I prefer pro-
cession of =, trade unionists to the
marching by of armed regiments, and
the simple and homely garb of work.
or to the tawdry trappings of men of
war. I respect man who honorably
fulf1ls his calling as soldier, but he is
no better in my eyes than the man
who honestly labors in other and
more peaceful avocations
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
BRIDGE BUILT OF COTTON.
Wonderful Piece of War Engineering
Done Under the Direction of
Gen. Hickenlooper.

The death of Gen. Andrew Hickenloop-
teresting "reminiscences illustrative of
his efficiency as an engineer. One of
these stories embodies an adventure of
his during the civil war The Boston
Transcript retells it in his own Ian
guage as nearly as that can be remem-
bered.
Zone evening with Mcpherson on the
Tennessee river l shall never forget.
There was no enemy in sight and none
expected. About an hour before sun
downI was suddenly summoned to the
generals tent, and Informed that our
whole army of 80, 900 men must be across
the river and start after the cOnfederates
by daylight the next morning
But, general I protested, there
isn't within 40 miles stick of timber
big enough to carry an empty caisson,
and the wagons with the ponies are ten
miles back
I can't help that said Mcpherson.
The bridge must be built and the army
on the move before four o'clock. Good
night, Col. Hickenlooper!'
I'm my despair I went down to the
riverside and paced the bank for an hour.
trying to think out a key to the prob
lem. AS chief of the engineer corps
knew what was expected of me, and that
IT l failed my career, both in military
and IN civil life, was at an end. Wand
erlng back about half mile, came
upon an old gin filed with cotton. Isup-
pose it most have held from 900 to 3, 900
pales. Here was my salvation. Why
not build bridge of the cotton and use
the old boards as a roadway?
Inside of half hour l had large
detail Of men on the ground. We sank
the bales with large stones, laying two
tiers of four bales each clear across the
river, and holding them in place by two
big cables stretched across on the lower
side.
AT three CLOCK l walked up to Nc
Pherson's tent and routed him out of
bed. General, the bridge is ready
said.
Very we'll, colonel was the re-
Spouse, and had not walked three rods
|
the camp became a bedlam.
II crossed the bridge and stood at the
edge of the water, expecting and dread
ing to see the cables part under the ter
rife strain; but they stood the test, and
at half past II the last wagon had made
safe passage, and we signaled ahead to
Mcpherson, ALI over
I'm little while was called to the
general, who was five miles ahead. AS
I rode up he saluted and said, That was
we'll done, colonel. Now you go back
and cut the bridge loose, and I'll tele-
graph the gunboats down the river to
pick up the cotton for you and your as
! sistant engineer
81 though that was first-class reward
and of course performed my part of the
work."
AS matter of fact, he received no re-
ward for this extraordinary piece of
work except his satisfaction in having
accomplished what seemed like the inn
possible. : " .s.=
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
SETTLING MEXICAN STRIKE
Vigorous Means Used by Government
in Ending Notwithstanding
Claims Easily Secured. "

- STRIKES are unknown in the Mexican
Mines" said DR.. Frank. Toussaint, to a
Milwaukee sentinel man, in speaking
about conditions in Mexico, where he
spends considerable of his time. While
down on my recent trip to Huepac, So
nora, heard of an attempt to strike
The men, urged on by number Of agf-
tators, formulated protest against
their hours and wages and threatened to
90 out on strike If their demands were
not complied with. The operators
scarcely had time to look over the de-
mands made by the men when word
came from the government in Mexico
City to arrest the agitators Immediate
ly. Those who hailed from the states
were unceremoniously deported, and the
Mexican miners who had been led by
these unionizers went back to their work
or, to speak more properly, they contfn-
ued their work, as they had not yet quit
work. To get mining claim in Mexico
is the easiest thing in the world; all
you have to do is to find some stone,
tree, or other mark, then draw an i'm
aginary line around as. much of a tract
as you want and then make your de-
nouncement This costs you $3.50. A
surveyor will then be sent out and meas
ure off as many rods as you want. He
will take about 500 for his services
The plat which he prepares now goes
to the capital and in due course of time
you will be asked to pay tax equal to
about $40 for parcel of land the size
OF city block. This tax must be paid
annually, and as long as you do this you
will be considered the owner of that
claim"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14

shall reach your command in safety.
Good-by and God bless you!"
The federal started on his return
trip. He dreaded the enemys fire and
fully expected a chance shot would
cripple him and cause him to fall into
the water, where death would be GER
tainty.
He was half way across when the
first shot came. There was another
and another, until the whole brigade
seemed to be firing at him.
The fugitive walked rapidly onward
until he reached the federal lines and
vaulted over the breastwork. Then he
looked back and saw his protector
standing on the dixie. The confeder-
ate waved his hand turned about, and
marched back to his own side. He
had kept his promise like true SOL
der.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
8lDDY WEIGHS MASCOT. {
How an Unfortunate Soldier Raised
the Wind After He Had Lost
All His Money.

A brother of mine served in the Sew
enteenth regulars during the siege Of
Petersburg, and tells the following:
"A large, powerful, good natured COM
rade by the name of Welch-a brother
of Co.. WEIGH, of the Sixteenth Michi-
gan, who was killed at Chapin's farm
was dubbed Biddy' WEIGH Boys were
wont to play little game of draw at
times When pay day passed in the dim
distance and greenbacks were flown they
played scale of two hardtacks equal to
one spoonful of coffee; two spoonfuls
of sugar equal one Of coffee, etc. Sugar
graded at rs cents; coffee, so cents; 4
square inch of plug tobacco, rs cents.
Eve drew rations every ten days, and
the boys who went broke at the game
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
floated the big sponge against his
ankles. He reached down and grasped

-
doated the big sponge against his
ankles. He reached down and grasped
it.
AS he Strengthened up with it poised
a light step on the back stairs-Mrs
Loomis was descending to see why he
had not come to bed. It was fear
full crisis. At that very moment the
bath-tub exhaust emitted a CHASTITY,
gurgling groan, followed by sucking,
swfrling Shrek.
The very worst had come, and Mr..
Loomis, steadied by a realization of
the critical situation, raised the satu-
rated sponge with careful aim, and let
it fly. With soggy swash it struck
the burglar squarely in the back of the
neck, forcing the villanous face vio-
lently into the center of the lemon pie,
to the very bottom Of the dish.
When the burglars countenance was
withdrawn it wore a mask of yellow
fringed with frothy white, from which
two beardy eyes protruded with hor-
rible stare. They fell upon the open
doorway Of the back stairs, where
plump matron in snowy white just
then sat forcibly down upon the bottom
step, still Clinging to smoking lamp,
whose shattered chimney fell upon the
floor.
Then, as they turned in the direction
from which the cold, paralyzins, missile
~
OF Mr.. LOOMS, their owner gave utter
ance to a cry very like that just emit
ted by the bath-tub, and disappeared
through the open window. The clock
struck two.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14

depositors have drawn out part of their
savings to go to the worlds fair, and he
knows that some of them have bought
bicycles since the last school term
ended. They save up all the while they
are m school, said Nc. Webb, $50 that
they can have fun dur,rg the, vacation
Some of them have ver;4 active accounts
as they not only spend = lot of money
but they are bringing u lot in-that is
relatively lot, for the. are but school
children. We can tell from the way
some accounts are growing that the boys
are working during thei& yacation, and
We can tell from other accounts that tho
owners of them are enjo, ing the sum.
mer."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
Mines in Heart Of Butte.

Business before all else IL the mot
to In Butte, Mont, and if there is any
ore beneath the surface of to- streets
which has not yet been discovered, it
is because the prospector has not yet
arrived to dig hole in that spot.
Hardly building has been put up in
the business section for the last two
years that some sort of copper head
has not been found in the cellar <xca-
walton. When the Thornton hotel, the
finest hosiery in the city, was built in
1901, large deposit of surface ore was
found in the cellar.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
4 GENTLEMAN OF HONOR,
Confederate Lieutenant Kept His
Word in Spite of Orders and
Flying Bullets

The Atlanta Constitution relates
this interesting war "reminiscences:
Lieut.. c. A. Coryell, formerly of the
One Hundred and Forty-first New
York Volunteers, Twentieth Army
CORPS, was with Sherman on the IA
nous march to the sea. One bright
Sunday in December, 1864, the lieuten-
ant was detailed to take charge of the
picket line in front of Savannah, ON
the edge OF rice swamp. There was
a truce between the pickets, and
everything wore q Sahbath-nke still
ness
Coryell had nothing to do, and was
out OF tobacco. How to get chew
was the question. Finally q hand
some young officer from the confeder-
ate side strolled out between the lines.
Coryeh hailed him at once:
Il say, Johnny, got any chewing to-
hacco over there?'"
Yes, plenty of it-something good >"
"Come overt" shouted the federal.
Il want to buy some Got lots of con-
tederate money, but no tobacco"
Cant do it," replied the confeder>
ate, tits against orders to leave my
post
well, then, come half way, and I'll
meet you.'
Sorry, Yank, but can't do that.
I elther,' yelled the confederate.
Johnny" yelled the desperate fed
eral, If I come over to you can I get
the tobacco and return safely to my
lines?"
Come along, I'll treat you right
HOW do you know that I will not
be taken prisoner?"
You have the word of a gentleman
and confederate officer
Coryell thought moment He
wanted the tobacco, and the young
officer had spoken in manly way.
The federal decided to make the
venture. He laid aside his sword and
belt and started across the high and
narrow dixie leading to the confederate
line. On either side of the dixie the
water in the rice fields was ten feet
deep.
! The lieutenant reached the opposite
shore without any misgivings. The
confederate produced some tobacco
and trade was made in no time. Then
the two fell into a pleasant conversa-
ton.
Suddenly Coryell saw signal futter
from house some distance in thu
rear of the confederate line.
what does that mean?" he asked
sharply
Just then an orderly dashed up or
horseback and with a dignifed salute
said to the confederate officer:
Lieutenant, the general orders yor
to take the Yankee officer to head.
quarters"
Coryell was dumfounded. Visions
of Andersonville, Castle Thunder ant
Libby prison danced before his eyes
He thought of his loved ones at HON.
and the disgrace attached to such &
capture.
He cursed the Internal tobacco thai
had placed him in such an unlucky
position. Then he looked at the con
federate lieutenant and noted the hon.
est eye and his manly face.
'Am I your prisoner" asked Cor.
yell.
The confederate extended his RICH,
hand
Il offered you my protection" he
said. go to your lines I will follow
you over the dixie, and if my body car
shield you from confederate lead you
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14

T HE cleverness of Lemuel C. LOOMS
1 was ingenuity raised to a very
high power, and if he had any local
rival it was certainly his ingenious
helpmeet, Lucinda L. LOOMS, born
Laurence. When they we're married
the groom had reached his fifty-second
year and the bride had hidden farewell
to the frivolous thirties.
AS nothing will develop latent tai,
ent for labor-saving devices more
thoroughly or impart more intimate
knowledge of ones own peculiar traits
than living alone, the couple entered
upon their own experience unusually
we'll equipped in both these respects,
and their house-hunting was rendered
both easier and more difficult. They
examined number of houses in their
little village, and made the real estate
agents a great deal Of trouble, but
they knew SO well what would and
what would not answer their purposes
that they were able to give prompt
: and decided decisions after one inspec-
ton.
Finally the choice narrowed down to
two houses, at about the same price.
Each was three squares from the
church which they attended and four
from the postofice, and the interior
arrangements of both were, in the
main, satisfactory. Each. however
had one great defect The house on
Locust street had no hall, the front
door opened directly into the sitting
room, while the Elm street dwelling,
with an ample hallway, had neither a
bathroom nor any space that could be
converted into one
(which shall it be-. Lucinda?"
What do you think, Lemuel?"
Il would rather that you would say,
my dear"
"And should prefer that you should
decide, darling"
We'll, then, without either of us de-
Gliding it," said Mr.. LOOMS, diploma
tically, 'let us each write our opinion
on piece of paper, and exchange
them"
''All right" agreed Mrs. LOOMS.
Mr.. LOOMS unfolded his wife's opin-
AOAA "ASAA AAAOSA NuAAOoAty duu I0dU.
II have always said I would never
live in house which did not have a
front hail.
Mrs. LOOMS read on her husbands
slip:
1T has always seemed to me that if
were building house, I'd build a
frst-class bathroom, and with what
money I had left build the best house
I could around it,
Both laughed heartily and rose with
one accord to give the houses another
inspection.
81. would be pretty hard to build a
hall on that Locust street house." said
Mr.. Loomis. s.. ~. -
"But by building an addition on the
west side of the Elm street house,"
replied Mrs Loomis, I'VE could have a
nice bathroom, without much cost, and
build it when we can best afford to-" +
& Mr.. Loomis complimented his wife
on this happy solution OF the difficulty,
and before night had secured a deed OF
the Elm street property. Then he
figured little and said:
= DON'T think we can afford to build
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
Clever Swiss Watch.

A new Swiss watch contains tiny
hard rubber photograph plate which
calls out the hours loud enough to be
hear 20 feet away. Sentiment can be
added by having the words recorded
on the plate in the tones of a dear
friend-as those Of a mans wife q.
children.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
CHlLDREN'S BANK ACCOUNT
Cashier Of Missouri Savings Institu-
ton Declares That Idea Is
Becoming Popular.

Chasier Will Webb, of the Missouri
savings bank, which holds the deposits
of the Kansas City school children, says
there are now 1864 school children with
bank accounts, and they have little bet
ter than $40 apiece to their credit. Their
exact balance on Saturday when the
bank closed was $16,864. The per capita
is slightly less than some months ago.
Mr.. Webb thinks many of the p1utocratie
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
ENDED WILD TURKEY FIGHT
South Carolina Man Finds Playing
Peacemaker a Rather Painful
and Unpleasant Role.

There are turkey stories as we'll as fish
stories, and NJ P Bullock, of Tarboro,
N. c., tells the following:
few days ago he was not far from
Doehead. near the old race track back
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
Glovemakers Meet New Conditions

Glovemakers Meet New Conditions.
A size six glove to-day is larger than
a size six glove five years ago, and this
applies to all the sizes made. The ex-
PLANTATION is that ladies' hands have
grown larger than they used to be,
through their practice of cycling, golf
ing, hockey, ETC., but. they do not like
to admit it, so the glovemakers meet
the new conditions and yet avoid hurt.
ing the vanity of their customers
Westminster Gazette. l..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
French Society Fad.

!. Trained cats are the latest fad of
French society women. Fashion de-
crees that the animal must be .*edu-
Gated" entirely by it's owner, and sew
eral Of the best-known women. in
Partisan society are giving an hour
J day to training their pets.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14

Dining Service in Street Cars.
Dining car service is a new feature
of street railway service on a line
which meets passengers at a boat
landing, and HES them away to a dis
tant city just as meal time.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-14
One Divorce to Three Weddings.

One Divorce to Three Weddings,
divorces in Japans which can be OBJ
tanned on the most trivial pretension,
have somewhat diminished in number
in recent years, but they still occur al
the rate Of one to every three mar
riages. In 1902 there were 349,48s
marriages and x1>3,4ss divorces.