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the scene was changed on the eighth day. The usual performances were given until o'clock. when a procession around the town began, in which all manner of quaint and curious things were carried about. such as big boxes made up in the shape of birds. while people of importance were carried about as part of the procession.
 The procession lasted an hour and was followed by one of the most interesting and vital parts of the ceremony. name ly, picking of enai.'' This consisted of the entire procession parading seven times around garden planted with artificial flowers. Then the great ones get out of their ornamented seats, and walking to the center of the artificial garden. picked two handfuls of the leaves from the enai trees. These leaves were afterward taken to the house of the bride and bridegroom and sprinkled over them, an address being delivered to each of the happy pair separately. for they had not yet met each other
 The ninth days program was the same as that of the second, the natives re- yelling in fencing and cock fighting.
 
 The Ninth Day.
 in the evening, however. the bride and bridegroom met for the first time. They were carried through the town on a throne borne by no fewer than 200 na- tives.
 The Tenth Day.
 Here is the round of gaities for this day: A. M. to P. M, various per formances; P. NJ, tiffin; to 6 P. M., sports and Malay fencing; 7;30 P. M.. dinner; P. M.. fireworks.
 The Eleventh Day. The eleventh day was very similar in character. P. M. tiffin; 7:S0 P. M.. dinner; 7:J P. M to A. M. iilumina- tions. various performances; A. M.. supper.
 The Twelfth Day.
 This day was more crowded with a round of rejoicing. A. M to P. M. various performances; P. M. tiffin; to P. NJ. sports and Malay fencing; 7.3O P. NJ, dinner; P M.. fireworks; 7;SO P. M. to l A. M., illuminations. va rious performances; A. M.. supper.
 The Thirteenth and Last Dny. The last day of all Sunday was marked by very curious ceremony known as the lime bath" (ber limoh), which greatly interested the foreign spectators, although it must have made the European ladies who were present very indignant. considering the damage
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Away down on the edge of Siam, that mysterious tailend of Southern Asia, there reigns no less a person than Ay shah Tunku, Sultan of Kedah. brother of the moon, kindred of the shining stars, an absolutely unhampered and ir- responsible ruler of some 30.0G many hued Asiatics. Now, the habit of marry ing and giving in marriage obtains in Siam much as 1t does elsewhere on earth. and, in fact. more so; fer within the last 10 weeks the Sultan of Kedah. who has been married some 22 or 2S times himself. has carefully arranged the marriage of five of his several dozens of sons. each of whom took as bride graceful. shy and moon-eyed maiden from other minor kingdoms that are really governed from Paris through the vacillating person of his imperial highness, the Emperor of Siam.
 Siam. the land of the original white elephant. blue buffaloes and beautiful women, despite the remarkable ease with which matrimony can be arranged within its borders, has never before ex- perlenced such a violent spasm of con nubiality. which has practically taken up the entire time of the kingdom of Kedah since the 1st of August Since that date no less than five royal princes have been married through the kind offices of their papa, who has rot only taken the trouble to select their wives for his sons. but has even gone so far as to furnish the necessary trousseaux and supply each happy couple with a bamboo palace and suite of turbaned servants. Each little prince-and the oldest was IS and the youngest l5- wears a lofty turban, that remarkably resembles a drum, patent leather shoes, pique vests and London rour-in-hands and satin-faced frock coats.
 Who The Sultan Is.
 The Sultan of Kedah, who has thus proceeded to boldly butt Into the whole sale marriage market, is fairly well known in Paris. where his escapades ----- the incoRnitn of prinaA Tihnaa
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wedding festivities. in an airy and com modious bamboo palace in a corner of the huge garden that surrounds the imperial residence of the Sultan. While the exterior is purely oriental, the fur niture and finishing of these miniature palaces were a curious hodge podge of misplaced Parisian fnery and Asiatic simplicity. The floors were made of the magnificent native mahogany highly polished by slave labor. covered here and there with superb oriental rugs. and the principal furniture consisted of small fancy tables inlaid with gold. and of sumptuous couches. The Sultan has the true oriental idea that the only neces- sary furniture In an oriental residence Is an abundance of comfortable places to lie down. The newly married couples are extremely lucky in that they will not be troubled at all with the Western horror called the servant problem. as the royal father-in-law presented each of the dusky princesses with a small army of slaves. As a matter of fact. they are not called slaves, as this would wound the sensibilities of Parisian cab inet officers. but the domestic servant of Kedah. who would take it upon him self or herself to deliver months warning would quickly be hurled into another and better world on much shorter notice than 30 days.
 All the native peers of the Sultan of Kedah sent few of their surplus dia- monds and pearls, and each prince and princess was decorated with the mag nificent Order of the Sun, which is the hipheSt Sian,ese decoratfon As shown in the photograph of the Sultan him self, this insignia is made up of sim gle huge diamond. In the case of Ills Majesty, however. 1t is surrounded by rays formed of several hundred superb stones, the whole making dazzling sunburst of exquisite gems. The beauti- ful star of diamonds worn by the Sul- tan as head of the order is itself worth probably over $1, 100000. and Is one of the wonders of Southern Asia.
 The stars worn by the royal princes and by the lesser Siamese nobility are. of course, much smaller and infinitely less valuable than the marvellous in- signia which it is for the Sultan alone to wear. In addition to these costly presents of jewels, each of the five cou- ples was presented with numerous serv- ices of gold and silver. which were sent in carefully guarded chests to the lit- tie palaces, also presented by the im- perial papa.
 According to last reports, the i've princely couples are each peacefully in- habitating their airy bamboo palaces and contentedly jogging along the Slam csc pathway of married life.
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non more was spent for Parisian gowns and millinery for the five brides. Con 1 tetu and bonbons and other Parisian delicacies made big item in the Sul- tan Dill for marrying off his sons, and the rest of the money is said to have been eaten up in the distribution of val uable Jewels and native orders to the chief European and Siamese guests Numbers of open stages were erected on the roadsides throughout the town on which the ''various performances" were given. Every class of inhabitants-and the town is as polyglot as Babel, in cluding Malays. Siamese Hindus, Chi nese. Mohammedans and so on-had a stage to itself
 While these play-acting performances were being given the Europeans had plenty of sporting facilities. for many shooting parties were organized by the Sultan's brother. the Rajah Muda of Kedah. the father of the bride of the Crown Prince.
 detailed statement of the astounding ceremonies which were thought neces- sary to make one the Crown Prince and his bride would include:
 P. M.-The first day of each wedding began very seriously with prayers for the bride and bridegroom. who had not met before.
 F. M.-The marriage ceremony, after the Aohammedan manner, was cele- brated in public.
 7:30 P. M.--Dinner was served to almost all classes. The European guests and highest class of natives had the greatest attention paid to them. The banquet was served in the courthouse, beauti- fully decorated for the occasion The largest room was laid out with four long tables for the leading members of the royal house of Kedah and the European friends. while the Malay officials were entertained in the adjoining rooms Two refreshment bars were kept open in the courthouse day and night. free to every body. during the two months of the cere- monies. Many temporary buildings were also put up for the refreshment of all classes.
 SecOnd-Seventh Day a round of junketings was given. begin ning sometimes as early as 9 in the morning and lasting until l next morn ing. Here is typical day;
 9 A. M. to r. M., various perform ancesi l F. M.. tifln; 4 P. N. sports and Malay fencing; P. NJ. dinner; 10 P. Nj, fireworks; A. M.. supper; F. M., various performances.
 Eighth Day.
 As Glassford Bell would have saJd,
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second-seventh Day.
Eighth Day,

As classford Bell would have saiA,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
JAPANESE PROVERBS.
They Are More Picturesque In Lam
RuaRe Than Ours.

They Are More Picturesque In Lam
guage Than Ours.
"Roses have thOrns" and walls have
ears are as common in the Japanese
speech as in our own. We say More
haste, less speed" but the Japanese
phrase is 'If in a hurry go round"
In this country we very often remark
that ''accidents will happen in the best
regulated families" The Japs, on the
other hand, with an eye to the pictur-
esque, vitalize it, so to speak, in their
Even a monkey sometimes falls from
q tree" One Of our useful English
sayings is "Those who play with edged
tools must expect to cut their fingers"
In expressing similar thought the
Jap goes us one better so far as pic
turesqueness is concerned. He says.
have trouble" One Of our standard
maxims is to the effect that "oil and
water won't mix" The Japs have not
improved on this. You can't rivet a
nail in custard" is their way Of put
ting it. 1.-THE lotus springs from the
mud" Is their poetical expression Of
the common thought that ''out of evil
good may come"
What could be more suggestive and
at the same time so poetic as their
'Scattering a fog with FAM? When
a Jap undertakes the impossible his
neighbors do not scott at him or mock
him. They simply say that he is
building bridges to the clouds" or
that he is ''dipping up the ocean with
a SHELF Failure in such country
must be as delightful as success in our
more material land. "Thine own heart
makes the world" is worthy Of Elmer
son or Observation-Disclosures Post-Ex-
press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
The Defiant Drummer.

ut was right funny" said Uncle
Hosea, telling Of the orchestral con-
cert. "a smart Aleck lookin' Teller set
In the middle. an all ter oncet the lit
tie man at the end O. the line hit the
big drum sassy rap. Well, the smart
Aleck Teller shakes little stick at the
drummer, an what does he do but hit
her up ag'in jest ter show he was as
good as the next man. An, by links.
be didn't take no back talk-or, rather,
no orders-from the smart Aleck man,
because he just kept a-whackin' that
big drum in spite O. the boss a-shakin'
that stick, as If ter say he'd catch it if
he didn't quit. Yes, sir; gloried in
his spunk, If he was little. An at the
end O. the tune he whooped it up on
that drum harder than. ever. A little
man for nerve every time"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
WEDNES DAY. JULY 6, 1904

The last issue of our esteemed con-
temporary, the Willmar Gazette,
again takes fall-out with the TR1-
BUNE because we dared to commend
the council for admitting the Tri-State
mpany to Willmar. 1t cl> inns that
the re quirement Of paying one thou
sand dollars into the city treasury
changes the merits OF the question en-.
tlrely. 1t does not. The main ques-
ton was whether the line should be
admitted or not. The Gazette claimed
that such admission would do great
injury to extensive business intere sts
of the city and would be of no benefit
to the public. The TRIBUNE advo-
Gated admission as necessary to give
needed competition In the telephone
business. The matter of conditions
ere not discussed in public before
the action OF the council. The North
western was admitted to the city eight
years ago without being required to
pay admission. The Gazette is righ,
in its assumption that we would have
been In favor of admitting the COM
peting line on the same terms. But
we are not opposed to have the cit,
receive compensation for the use of it,
streets, but on the other hand believe
these public franchises should con-
tribute something to the city. There
fore We are pleased that the council
has established q new precedent to
that end. The somersault tactics Of
the Gazette in getting upon the right
side after the council had decided to
admit the lines was too apparent to
be hidden by its renewed attack upon
the TRIBUNE AS far as Mr.. Moul-
tons figures go, which we quoted, we
have no means OF knowing whether
they are correct or not. Possibly the
Gazette editor knows more about the
telephone business than the State
people do, and if so it does right in
making CORE ctiOns. We have no in
terest in the Tri-State company, and
the matter of competition havi' g been
settled there can be no object In con-
tinuing the controversy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
Administering Ether.

The most common mistake made by
beginners in the administration of
ether Is that Of forgetting to lessen the
proportion Of the substance when full
an@thesia is established-that is, con.
tinuing to make their patients respire
an atmosphere as highly charged with
Its vapors as when getting them under
its influence. 1t is matter Of sur
prise to physicians how very little
ether will often suffice to keep pa.
the close Of an operation, and this
small quantity will always postpone
vomiting until the operation is com.
pleted.-Medical Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
key win appear Next Week
The Number Ten,

In arithmetic everything goes by
tens. Sociologists trace the human lik-
ing for that number to the 'pentadigi-
tate'' or five fingered limb, which is a
characteristic feature Of the entire
vertebrate family. A frog would
plump for the decimal system for just
the reasons that impel human beings.
Even horse, which now has only one
finger and toe on each foot, has hints
in his anatomy which show that his
ancestors had the pentadigitate ar
rangement. Biologists are much inter.
ested to consider how the number
evolved was five. Why not four Tin.
gers or six or more? Somehow, more
than five would appear to be rather
more than one brain could give indie
pendent attention to, while FIVE are
more useful than four.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
A GIANT OCTOPUS.
The Way Thirty Foot MOnste
Came to Be Captured.

The Way Thirty Foot Monster
Came to he Captured.
One Of the most interesting objects
in the Natural History museum in
Trondhjem, Norway, is a large octo-
pus. E. r. Kennedy, the author Of
Thirty Seasons In Scandinavia" not
only saw the octopus, but little later
heard the story Of the capture Of it. as
related both by the fisherman whose
boat it attacked and also by two in
dependent witnesses. The fisherman
was leisurely rowing on a calm day
close to the rock bound shore of one Of
the fiords situated some fifty miles
north of Trondhjem. Suddenly long
and glistening arm swept over the
stern of the boat and remained there.
The fisherman, astonished at this un-
wonted appar1tion, dropped his oars
and sprang to his feet. Like magic
another htdeous looking arm shot over
the gunWale. The boat canted. The
man, realizing that he was attacked
by some monster against which his
old fish knife was the only available
weapon, seized his oars and labored
with might and main to get his boat
into a crevice Of the rocks, all the time
yelling for his mates, who were not
far off. He had to strain every nerve
to drag his h1deous cargo after him.
for the suckers never relaxed. When,
half exhausted, he got the bow Of his
craft within reach of willing hands, 1t
took the three men to haul it up a
slight incline, for the monster still
hung on, even over the bare rocks.
Then they belabored It's head with
oars and clubs. Having safely secur-
ed it, they sent off to the nearest sta
ton and telegraphed concerning their
prize 1t was at once purchased by
the museum and carried there after it
had been photographed. They stretch
ed it's arms out before preparing it.
The longest We're each five allen, or ten
feet four inches, in length. Over all,
together with the great carpet bag
body, the monster measured thirty
feet across.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
.When the Holste,n-Frles,an asso-

!. X. when the Holstein-Frieslan asso-
citation decided to-. enter the contest l
went out into one county in New York
State and bought some of the cows.
The remainder will come from Wiscon-
sin. They are Just good, average, pure
blood Holsteins, the same as may be
found in any 9rst-class dairy farm.
There Is no need to spend time in &C.
climating HolsteinA They do well in
Russia and equally as well in South A.
RIGA or any climate in the world.
t"The milk Of the Holsteins is not quite
as rich as the milk Of the Jerseys. But
it more than makes it up in the quantity.
A Holstein cow at the international
agricultural exhibition at Amsterdam
from September z, 1883, to June Z. 1884.
produced 1929 pounds of milk. The
record Of Pietertje II. for one year is
30,1S2 pounds of milk.
Mercedes Julipes Pieter1e, 4 COW de-
veloped myself, produced as a six-year-
old in an official seven-day test 20 pounds
and three ounces of butter.
''Sad1e Voll Concordia, the present
worlds champion, not alone among the
Holsteins, but of all breeds, produced in
an official test in seven days 697 pounds
of milk, which. yielded 30 pounds and
ten ounces of butter. This test was
made in New York state at the Cornell
experiment station in 1903. This COW
at the age of 13 years sold for $4,000.
A calf from this splendid COW, at the age
OF four weeks. sold for $4,000.
"Now the Holstein is not only milk
producer without an equal, but she is a
beef producer as well. We will COM
pete with the shorthorns on the beef
production, a thing the Jerseys would
never attempt, The Holstein is the
practical and economical breed Of cattle
for the United States, and it will be
proven at the test this summer"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
! CATTLE | !. !.
HERD OF HoLsTE1Ns AT THE
WORLDS FAIR. f.
Are Out for a Record-The Average
Weight Is 5000 Pounds-Won-
derful Milk Producers
: Age Of the Breed.

Calmly chewing their. cuds in COM
Portable stalls In model barn on the
worlds fair grounds at St. Louis are Is
stein-Friesian association pin their
faith and are confident that they will
demonstrate the superiority over all,
other breeds of cattle.
In other stables near by are represent
alive herds of Jerseys, Devons, Brown
Swiss and Shorthorns, and the same de-
gree of confidence is evinced among the
followers of each breed.
E. B. Won Heype, who has earned an
enviable reputation as developer of
mich cows, is in charge Of the Holsteins
at the world s fair. He thinks this breed
Is the best in the world, and he says
that the present test will surely settle
the question and demonstrate that the
Holstein, as a dairy COW especially, as
we'll as for general purposes, has no
equal.
EYES," said Mr.. Won Heyne, as some
Of the Jerseys were driven by, "the Jer-
sey cow won in Chicago, but then it
had no competition. The Holsteins did
not participate in that test, but this time
it will be different. We are here to win
that prize" and the superintendent
leaned back In self-satisfied manner,
as though it were all over but the shout
ing.
The Holsteins, said Mr.. Won Heyne,
have been bred in Holland and the Frie-
sian islands for more than 1000 years,
and he thinks that in that country the
science OF dairying is as far advanced as
in any other country of the world.
The Holstein COW is angular Of frame,
rawboned and big. The average weight
is about 5000 pounds. The Holstein
colors are pronounced and unmistak-
able-the black and white notified. The
good cow is never fat. Mr.. Won Heyne
explains this by saying that the ideal
cow is machine and that her mission
is to assimilate her food and convert it
into milk. The mich cow Is not bred
for the flesh.
"A good Holstein cow is never fat"
said Mr.. Won Heyne. ''She is machine
for the manufacture OF m1lk-nOt tai
low"
The first importation OF Holstein cat
tie to America was made in 1921. Other
importations were made at later dates,
but no attempt was made to keep the
breed pure until 1861, when w. w.
Chenery, of Belmont, Mass, brought
over a herd. Since then many other
herds have been imported, and there are
as many pure blood Holsteins in the
United States now as there are Jerseys.
while l confidently expect to tri-
umph over the Jerseys and all other
breeds here at the worlds fair, I want
to say that We did not consider it neces-
sary to go to the length that the Jersey
people did. They selected the choicest
specimens from all over the United
States. They assembled their cows at
Jerseyville, ILL.,, near st. Louis, and have
kept them in training for year.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
BUYING RURlES IN BURMA,
4 Peculiar Method of Bargaining For
the Precious Stoues


the Precious Stones.
The peculiar business methods Of orr
entail merchants are illustrated by the
manner Of buying rubies in Burma. In
the examination OF rubies artificial
light Is not used, the merchants hold
ing that full sunlight alone can bring
out the color and brill1ancy Of the
gems. Sales must therefore take place
between ga. m. and 3 p. NJ, and the
sky must be clear.
The purchaser, placed near a win
dow, has before him q large copper
plate. The sellers come to him one by
one, and each empties upon this plate
his little bag Of rubies. The purchaser
proceeds to arrange them for valuation
In a number of small heaps. The first
division Is into three grades, accord
ing to size. Each of these groups 10
again divided into three piles, accord
Ing to color, and each Of these piles In
turn is again divided into three groups,
according to shape. The bright copper
plate has curious use. The sunlight
reflected from it through the stones
brings out with true rubies q color ef-
feet different from that with red spt-
nels and tourmalines, which are thus
easily separated.
The buyer and seller then 60 through
very peculiar method of bargaining
by signs, or, rather, grips, in perfect ST.
lence. After agreeing upon the fair
ness of the classification they join their
right hands, covered with q handker-
chief or the Zap Of a garment, and by
grips and pressures mutually under
stood among all these dealers they
make, modify and accept proposals OF
purchase and sale. The hands are then
uncovered and the prices are recorded.
Jewellers Circular-Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
GlARn Gum.

The first glass cups were made at
Alexandria. Some were colored like
Bohemian glass and decorated with
glass pastes, initiating precious stones
and canoes. Some were opaline, 9TH
ers clear as crystal and still others
formed Of opaque layers welded to-
gether like the famous Portland vase,
in which the white upper layer had
been cut away like that Of a cameo,
leaving blue ground around the fig
ureS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-07-06
An Authority on Books.

Emile Terquem, who is in charge OF
the French book exhibit at the St..
Louis fair, gained his first exposition
experience 80 years ago when the
Cercle de la Librairie chose him to
look after the French exhibit at the
International, and later at the Cen
tennial. He was in charge at Chicago
in 1893, and filled the same position at
the Paris fairs of 1878, 1889 and 1900.