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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
TRANSLATERS WELL PAID.
stenographers Capable of Answering
Foreign Business Letters Re-
ceive Good Wages.

Iranslating business letters received
In Chicago from foreign countries and
making business replies in the same Ian
guage has come to be one of the profit
able side lines of stenography and type-
writing, says the Tribune
Just after the Spanish war, when Cuba
and other Spanish territory came into
close touch with Chicago as a business
center. many stenographers undertook
to master the Spanish language to the
extent of business correspondence. But
even before this there was a necessity
for typewriting in foreign languages,
and as this necessity has grown the
stenographer has kept pace with the de-
mand.
The card of young woman operator
in one of the largest office buildings
reads: 'Translations in French, Ger
man, Spanish, Italian and Portuguese.
Typewriting done in the above Ian.
guages." This young woman not only
can accomplish this, but the demand
for the work is steady. Ordinarily the
business man through messenger
sends the business letter which he re-
ceives, and when the work is done
the letter is posted back to him, worked
into good English. If it be an order
that is to be filled, or the request for
prices, some one capable of replying
to the letter is sent to the Office Of
the young woman, and, taking his die
tation in English, she translates it
into any one of the five languages at
her command.
This work is better paid than is the
ordinary stenographic work of the
better class, and the time is approach
ing when the mastery of two or three
languages at least may be looked for
as one of the exactions of the school
Of shorthand and typewriting.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
HYGIENE OF HUMAN MOUTH.
Many Annoying and Some Serious
Diseases Can Be Avoided
by Cleanliness.

A great many of the bacteria that
cause disease enter the body through
the mouth. Germs are always to be
found upon the gums. Those peculiar
to the contagious diseases have been
repeatedly discovered within the
mouths and threats of healthy per-
sons. Some of them persist for months
in individuals who are not susceptible
to infection; but If, from exposure
physical exhaustion or ether cause,
susceptibility is developed, the germs
promptly produce illness.
There is also group of diseases
which affect only the mouth. The most
dangerous of these are known as
"ulcerative stomatitis' and "noma'
The former generally begins at the
junction of the lower gum and the
teeth, and may destroy the tissues
down to the bone. 1t is mighty con-
tagious. Mona begins on the inner
surface of the cheek, and causes ex-
tensive destruction. Its progress is SO
rapid that it sometimes terminates
fatally within few days unless
checked by vigorous treatment. 1t at
lacks delicate children or those who
are recovering from an acute disease,
particularly measles or diphtheria.
Fortunately it is comparatively rare,
but the possibility Of its occurrence
indicates the Importance of frequent
cleansing of the mouth during Illness
According to the Youths Com
panion the less serious class of mouth
diseases includes several which, al
though not dangerous to life, are pain
full, and may prove injurious, especial
ly to children, by interfering with
mastication and impairing nutrition.
The simplest Of them is characterized
only by redness, with perhaps a few
small ulcers on the tongue or lips II
or the habit of introducing into the
mouth such improper substances as
pieces of wood or rubber. and in older
persons from the use of tobacco. Al
though it is generally of short dura-
ton, it is sometimes followed by other
more serious Affections The con-
tagious mouth diseases are often CON-
municated from child to child by the
fingers or through the exchange OF
toys and pencils, or by the eating of
fruit and CONNECTIONS in common.
Decay of the teeth is due to the ac-
ton of bacteria which thrive upon the
remnants of food that adhere to the
gums and teeth after every meal un-
less removed with the brush.
In Snf1
prevented with any degree of certainty
solely by attention to the mouth, but
those of local nature rarely attack
a mucous membrane that hasreceived
proper care.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
Fertilizer from the Air.

The problem of obtaining nitrogen
from the atmosphere for fertilizing the
land appears to have been solved, at
least from scientific point of view, by
DR.. Erlwein, German experimenter.
His method is first to separate nitro
gen from oxygen by passing an air-cur-
rent over red-hot copper, when the oxy-
gen combines with metal, leaving the nj
trogen free. Then~the nitrogen is caused
to combine in an electric furnace with a
mixture of powdered charcoal and lime.
The product is black substance suit
able to be spread on the land. and pos
sessing the fertilizing properties of Chilli
saltpeter and potassium nitrate. 1t re-
mains to be demonstrated that the new
fertilizer can be produced on large
scale and at an economical cost.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
Studies in Light and Darkness.

Since 1896 the effects of light and dark
ness upon crustaceans, batrachians and
fishes have been studied in a biological
laboratory of the catacombs of Paris. In
the underground portion of the labora-
tory animals accustomed to daylight are
kept constantly in darkness, while in a
section above ground cave animals are
kept in ordinary light. Life in darkness
brings a gradual fading of color. The
organs of smell, touch and taste soon in
crease to three times their former size:
the eyes remain normal for a time. but
in fishes doubled in size at the end Of
five years, though with loss of power
and evident coming atrophy. The size
of fishes becomes much reduced. The
cave animals show that light is disagree
able to them, and in few months deyel-
Op color
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08

a blorde," was the next observation
| from the girl.
"Of course" he returned. covered
like q guilty wretch in my chair.
| felt it almost duty to correct him,
but discovered that I was calling my
self an "old fogy" and "back number"
Deceitful silence was happy recourse.
Several days followed, more rapidly
for me than the time was wont to pass.
I wondered vaguely at times if sewing
was remunerative, and if making up
for lost time by lamplight was not a
trifle hard on the eyes. Also whether
painting signs had to be done with
any great dispatch in order to be profit
able, and just how much time should
really be taken to paint large cigar
sign like the one below our window.
Then began to hope that time was no
particular object in sign-painting and
that gaslight was not hard on the
eyes.
Il will be through tonight" he
said. on the morning of the tenth day.
''Then l will be able to see the pic
ture tonight" she said, not gaily, but
with half note Of sorrow. She had
rigidly refrained from viewing the sign
until it was completed.
He painted silently for time
''You seem very much in love with
your work." she said finally.
eyes," he replied quietly, though the
words reached me clearly. ''You are
right, I am very much in love with
my work."
That night he came for her, and
they crossed the street together in the
gathering dusk to look at the picture.
l found myself quivering with excite
ment, and wondered if my old ears
would serve me at that distance At
least I could depend upon my eyes to
a certain extent. l both saw and heard
something of what occurred. They
stood closely together, and as the girl
turned l heard sharp exclamation of
surprise. I could detect no anger,
though l was listening intently for it.
He began talking rapidly and vehe-
mently. I knew intuitively what he
was saying. and almost prayed that he
would be successful. After a short
time the two forms melted together,
and I could see his arms steal about
her. I fell on my knees and the tears
rained down my cheeks.
I'VE must tell Uncle Ben" I heard
her say presently.
''The first thing, to be sure.'
They were upon the steps in a mo-
ment. and it was a guilty old, rheu-
matte wretch they found Stimulating
surprise on their arrival
have saved and reread a hundred
times the clippings from the daily pa
pers which told of the sudden rise to
prominence of young "ad' painter
in the city, and the crowds which
gather every day to look upon the pic
ture of the young American girl on the
Dorothy cigar sign little imagine the
secret in the heart of the old man in
the window Unconstitutional Maya
zine
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
The Work of Ocean Currents.

We have been told of fossil rain and
fossil wind, and Prof. Stanislas Meunier
has now pointed out the existence of
certain rocks of fossil ocean currents.
In many localities the stratified sand
and sandstone show peculiarly curved
and interlaced layers. This interlaced
structure is now to be seen in formation
by the river Seine, and the rivers of the
ocean have transplanted sand and mud
to deposit in their windings in similar
way. If the seas were dried up the
course and history of the Gulf stream
and other currents might be traced in
these deposits. The sand and sandstone
of lnterlaced structure are found from
widely separated geological epochs, and
an interesting lesson taught by them is
that the ocean currents and their. work
have been substantially the same at all
periods of the earth's evolution.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
4 WOMAN ROBINSON CRUSOE.
Romance and Hardship of a French
Girl Exile ON q Lone
Island.

OF the coast of Newfoundland lies
a small island known as the Isle Of
Demons, which holds within it's rocky
tragedy as real as any told in fiction
says Youths Companion. About 1910
Marguerite de Roberval, niece of the
French viceroy, fell in love with q
young cavalier and promised him her
heart and hand. Her uncle. the vice.
roy, considered the youth unworthy Of
his niece's proud position, and angered
by her refusal to give up her lover, he
passed a sentence of exile upon both
of them. A vessel carried the couple
to the Isle of Demons, leaving them
there alone, with an old nurse who at
tended the lady Marguerite from her
childhood, and who wished to share
her exile.
At first the Punishment did not seem
so dreadful a thing; the young mans
strength stood between his wife and
suffering, and for two years all went
WELL A child was born, and the par
ents began to plan for the establish
ment of colony which might thrive
in this island home. Then came trou-
BILE, swift and terrible
Disease smote the little family, and
the young wife and mother saw her
husband, child and faithful nurse all
sicken and die. With her own hands
she dug their graves and buried all
that was dear to her; and then began
a. life alone, life in which the mere
question of existence became a prob
lem hard indeed for frail woman to
solve. BY means of the gun that had
been her husbands, she kept herself
provided with food and with skins for
her clothing.
For two years she lived a Robinson
Crusoe life, this gently nurtured,
highly bred girl. Once boat filled win
Indians came near her shore, but the
painted faces and fierce aspect of the
savages frightened her, so that she
hid instead of hailing them. She spent
weeks of labor in making a crude ca
noe, but her hands were unskilled, and
when she launched her craft it would
only tip over.
At last she was rescued by some
fishermen who ventured on the island,
half-frightened at first by what they
thought was an evil apparition.
Marguerite was sent to France, but
her uncle discovered her whereabouts
and continued to prosecute her. She
finally found refuge in small French
village, where she hid until the vice.
roy's death. After that she came into
the world once more and lived to a
good old age.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
YESTERDAYS.

A ghostly company they fade away
Into the voiceless dark, and come no
more,
Bearing rich trophies Of our human play
To cast them down upon q foreign
shore.
Not long we watch them, for we face the
To-morrows beckon. radiant with de-
light.
Fen at the parting we scarce say adieu,
The future charms US with it's wondrous
might.
And yet these yesterdays are all we own
Save this brief hour filled up with love
and thought;
For they are days each yearning soul has
From Which times coming harvests
shall be wrought.
We strain our eyes to catch a CLEAN of
light,
But 10! their lamps burn baleful in the
gloom;
We cannot read the heeting message
And only hear their mutterings of
doom.
Somehow they seem to jeer and mock us
here.
AS slow they march into the void Of
things,
And seem to say: For every smile
Behold to- us what joy and sorrow
clingS."
They take the choicest blessings from our
hands,
They take our youth. our strength, our
high resolve,
And leave us but iuCreas sing soul de-
manls,
New duties that our tired lives evolve.
But all. they take our trials troubles.
Impartial servants of unfeeling fate
They take at last the memory and tears,
And We have but to look ahead and
wait.
Grim yesterdays. that ghostly file away
Into the past and come to us no more,
Their hands are filled with ashes and de-
cay
Their destiny some long deserted shore!
We would not bring them back to fret the
earth
With all their store of certain toll and
Behold: for each a new day has its birth!
And We shall fill it with abundant
cheers.
''The king is dead! Long live the king"
We cry.
Go ye your way! To-! all the days shall
While we shall own still unendins
store
-Charles W. Stevenson, in SPRINGFIELD
(Mass.( Republican.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08


DR.. Vaughan, for many years head
master at Harrow, once had an anus
ing encounter with small boy who
carried off the honors of the occasion.
A frightened child named Dodd was
brought before DR.. Vaughn, charged
with some dire scholastic offense.
what is your name?" asked tho
master, with due severity.
"Dodd, SIR" answered the trembling
boy.
"Dodd! Do you spell it with one d.
or with two?''
''No, sire, three" answered the boy.
The doctor. put his head upon the
desk, covered it with his hands a mo-
ment, and then dismissed the danger
GUS criminal with a warning.
He said afterwards: II could no
more have punished that boy than I
could have flown. Nobody before ever
gave me such lesson in stelling."-
Short Stories. -:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
WEALTH MADE A PURSUIT.
Few Who Have Won a Competence
Are Disposed to Retire
from Business.

In the United States leaders in every
line Of activity in politics and business,
have been cOnspicuously prone to die,
as it is said, in harness, observes the
Bankers Magazine. But the list of those
distinguished for their successful at
tainment of wealth and fame, who have
| continued their activities long after the
advance of age and the diminution of
physical strength must have warned
them of the approaching end, is very
long one. In the older countries of Eu-
rope, on whose civilization that of the
United States is founded, it seems easier
for men who have more or less success
fully obtained the object they aimed at
to retire and enjoy freely the prizes they
have gained, although even there the old
barbaric struggle is in many cases kept
up to the end Public opinion there too,
is more tolerant of those who lay off the
harness before being compelled to do so
by the decree of fate. In this country
however, there seems to exist in the
mind of the ordinary man certain con-
tempt for those who give up the strenu-
their strength has wasted away. The
successful men of the United States who
have sprung from the masses are imbued
with this opinion. Until within the last
Is years the idea of'retiring from active
life and settling down to life in which
personal tastes and proclivities could
be followed was regarded as at least
eccentric.
There have always been two neces-
sary steps to be taken before retirement
from active life could with safety be &C.
complished; one was the requirement of
wealth and the other provisions for it's
safekeeping. AS civilization progresses
the second and more important step can
be more easily managed. The individual
no longer has to depend upon his own
efforts to guard the store set aside for
his future support. The power of cor
porations, originally directed simply to
the accumulation of wealth. is now to a
very great extent applied to it's conserva-
ton.
In Great Britain there has always been
a wealthy leisure class, and naturally
there has been a system atization of the
manners and customs consequent on
such an association of wealth and
leisure. Public opinion is more tolerant
of man who wishes to do what he likes
with his own than it has yet become in
the United States. The existence of a
leisure class. able and willing to enjoy
their lives nationally and inteligently.
is a check on the wilder exhibitions of
leisure on the part of suddenly acquired
wealth. 1t also holds out something be-
You'd mere money getting as the goal of
a successful life. 1t encourages retire.
ment after reasonable fortune has been
gained and discourages to some extent
the piling up of exaggerated redundant
cy. The effect of more philosophical
view of life on the part of our own bust
ness men will tend to a more even dis
tribution of wealth and feveling of the
Inequalities now so frequently pointed
out
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
London's Holiday Makers.

The Bank Holiday figures are always
curiously unsatisfying. Take the great
places of amusement and the turnstiles
will only give you total for the whole
lot of some 100000 people. The railways
can only make up their totals to about
100000, and guesswork about Hamp-
stead Heath, Kew Gardens and Rich
mond provides for some 100000 more.
Do what you will in the way of reckon
ing, and you cannot, discover more than
ESQ 900 out of London's 100000 on a
holiday. Guardian.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
Had to Draw the Line

The various branches of the Smith
family had met for their annual re.
union.
When summoned to dinner in the
vast amphitheater it was found there
were not places enough to accommo.
date the whole crowd.
Ladies and gentlemen,' said the
master of ceremonies, much embar-
raised, 81 shall have to ask the
Smyths and Smythes to wait for the
second tablet Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
Viewpoints.

Cobwigger are you crying
about, my dear?
Mrs. Cobwigger-I have just been
reading the old love-letters you sent
me before we were married.
Cobwigger-That's funny. I was
reading them myself the other day and
they made me laugh.-Judge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
Poor Man.

Ernie-Before they were married it
was a little drama to see him kiss
her.
Eva-Yes, and he used to get curtain
calls, too.
Ernie-What does he get, now they
are married?
Eva - Curtain lectures. - Chicago
Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
The Herreros Of Africa.

The Herreros, whom the Germans
are now fighting in Southwest Africa,
number 10000 fighting men, of a class
far superior to most of the African
native races. -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
Art i'm Architecture
Designed and Written Especially
for this Paper

flooring and has tar paper between
finished siding and sheathing. Sidingi is
four inches, laid three inches to the
weather. Shingles on roof are cedar.
Veranda roof deck is timed. Glass
throughout is American double thick
All floors are double having tar paper
between them.
The hall and dining-room have
beamed ceilings. All inside finish is of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
New Bursting Charge.

The Austrian government has re-
Gently adopted a mixture of powdered
aluminium and nitrate of ammonia as
bursting charge for projectiles.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08

THIS eight-room house of colonial
design will cost So, 900 built upon
stone foundation. The arrange
ment of the room. etc.. is very good, and
sizes are shown herewith:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
The Whole Story.

Old Gentleman-See here, youngster!
Do you know what happens when little
boys stay away from school?
Little Boy-Sure! A good time an den
a spankin'. -Philadelph Ledger.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
Didn't Eat Him.

Missionary-How did you like my
predecessor?
King of All the Canniba!s-He
eScaDed.-Chicago American.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
Not Insured.

Mrs. De Style-Marie! Is the dog
chained?
Servant-Yes'm
And the cat put out?"
'Yes'm."
And the children. tied to the bedpost
in the .nursery?' =.
"Yes'm,"
= VERY we'll. Then you may light the
piano lamp."-N. Y. Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
The Typewriter in France,

i The typewriter is more largely used
in Mexico than in France. 3D..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08
Valuable BADGE

The badge worn by the lord mayor Of
London is studded with diamonds to the
vale of 100000. =>..-z. - s..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08

yellow pine. Finished floors are of yell
low pine.
Painting is three coat work, plastering
two coat work. The rear stairs lead
from kitchen and dining-room Stairs
to attic lead up from secondstory hail.
Stairs to basement from kitchen.
Bathroom fixtures are of an up-to-data
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-08

All the closets are large and have
shelves. The parlCr and dining-room
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-03-23
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gen SObn, berlebte feline Grau tOotlid
unb begging oann Sslbitmorb. giTer.
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Die republ. Stats : Gonpention irai
beuie 3uiammer, I'M A 9eleeaten al
large our Naticnal Contention su
pdblen.
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@uhel lprad in ieiner Reoe 81 Sun.
fen zines 9idsis nit HoOIebelt FIJI
prdIibent unb s. 3. Wclbrio9e,
frabslsr ct. 2ouiisr BhrgermeiIer,
ais Yice- prdli oent.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-03-23
WrAnte uup u tmAte.
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Gitronen-S3.00- $50 fir 8OO-580.
Oranqen-6ansp Jlorioa $3.50 per Boz,
California Seedlings $i.75, California gas
peIs 1928 bis z.s6 per Boz, Tan9arlnes
50 80 bis $s.75
gananen-Remdhlte 81 80 bis Si.85 Der
Bun6, slpeite AuaI.tdt $40 bis $1.35.
RoiusniHe-S3 O0-3.2 , per Sunbert.
0eigen: Gmprna li-l6c bos gfanb.
Datteln &c per %funo, 80 4fc. 2ilten.
9lepfeI-s2. 30 bis "a. 90 per 6ab.
Weler~ Scnig-l6c.
qineospleS % 80.
Gronberries $2.26-2.75 per guibeI.
Gemdfe.
8miebeIn-geIbs $2.75 per 100 Tfo., weibe
ooef rotbe $500.
Gpanii9e 8rpiebeIn 81. 80 per Crate.
3artofeIn $l--$l 10 per Sulbel
Suinois Sibiortofeln $3.50 per 5ab.
4raut-S1.50 pei Tab.
GeIerb-per Tuteno 30c.
Rotbe Rlben 80 per SaB.
Napp wpbnen 81. 10 per guibeI.
2noblau6 &c per Nfunb.
ggeibe Rnben IL 20 per 5ab.
Indiana tribuÌˆne. (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1878-1907, 1904-03-23

3anbIer be5abIen folsenbs greiie:
Butter - eountrs, l2s, Greomsrs 2bt,
qIein 00e.
Gier-l0e per Dutenb.
8dbner loe. Sdtne 8. Eurfess-l4e.