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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-08-24

fields, and some of them had even
managed to climb the telephone poles.
Trees of all kinds and dimensions were
broken and in one instance q whole
grove was annihilated. j
Our Lake Elizabeth correspondent
reports much damage to wheat stacks
and shocks. The warehouse at the.
store was damaged and Andrew Peter.
son,s granary was tipped over. 3.
Our Whiteheld correspo giyes5
the following report 81 the dsstructlYel
work done by the storm II that To-
cality: /:
Last Saturday evening about 81
O'Clock . part of this locality was
visited by the most severe storm the
oldest settlers here can recollect of
having had. The wind blew regular
hurricane and did considerable dam
age to everything in its path. Hay
and grain were scattered all over the
prarie, out houses tipped over and
smashed, and trees went down a. II
cut with q scythe, some OF them meas
uring about six feet in circumference.
The telephone lines were also damaged
to great extent in some places. An
sons wind mill was totally demol-
ished. But the most peculiar of al
the accidents was the removal of N.
Trulson's corn. crib, which was moved
about six rods from its former loca-
tion without receiving any damages
whatever. 1t seems q miracle that
the destruction was not greater. Still
we think It was plenty and feel assured
that no one that experienced it will
wish for another one like it.
Anton Peterson, who is. employed
1t the lumber yard OF ]. S. Robbins
at Pennook, was quite badly injured.
He had just assisted = friend in put
ting . team in the livery barn and was
on his way home when something
struck him in the head and knocked
him senseless. The first he could re-
member was that he was trying to get
into the house. How long he had re-
matned unconscious he was unable to
tell but he thought 1t was about 30
minutes When he succeeded in reach
ing the house it was found that he was
bleeding quite severely from two deep
gsshes cut In his forehead. His in
juries were attended to: by Dr.. Frost,
who was summoned At present the
patient is recovering rapidly. Mr..
Peterson is unable to say what struck
him but It 10 thought to have been .
piece Of timber picked up by the fierce
wind. ! 2=..s...~s t.=% t.=s>s B. -. :
During the electric disturbance that
proceeded the storm the house Of g. G..
Haines In the First ward vas struck by
lightning. It struck one Of the chin
neys, glanced OF and penetrated the
roof, cutting hole more than four
feet long and about two feet wide.
The bolt came out on the same side oi
the roof, shout four feet from where
II entered, went down the groove be.
tween two gables and followed the
water pipes to the ground. Luckily
no one Of the family was injured.
I
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SATURDAY. BIG STORM !
Damage Done In This Locality
By the Wind Storm That J
Swept the State. !.

A most severe and destructive Storm
passed over parts OF our county last
Saturday evening between seven and
nine O'Clock. In some places it de-
veloped into . hurricane and wher-.
ever it proceeded it wrought q great
deal of damage. .~. -:
That Willmar escaped q visit from
this terrible agent of havoc seems,
strange, all the more as the storm
ragged all around here. The wind blew
quite hard here for awhile but did no
damage. North of the city quite few
places were visited. On John Olson's
farm it tore down and completely de-
stroyed . $500 windmill, twisted =
small barn all out of shape and scat
tered stacks of grain all over the
ground.
A residence under course of con-
structioa on Marcus Sonderson 3 farm
was leveled to the ground and the car
penter work will have to be done all
over again. Ia town of Edwards the
storm destroyed Ole Oslle's windmill
and part of the barn. On the Lake
Milton stock farm in White6eld it
wrecked the windmill and q heavy
wheel scraper, left in the yard, WAS
completely turned over by the terrific
blast.
The freakish nature of the storm was
shown by the way in which it treated
the stacks of grain and shocks. In
the same field some of these were left
untouched while their immediate
neighbors were spread around in q
very liberal manner. A hay stack
was first soaked by the rain and then
scattered far and wide over the prairie
to dry in the sunshinesthat came after
the storm. Bundles of wheat were
found sheltered in bitches and corn
fields, and some of them had even
managed to climb the telephone poles.
Trees of all kinds and Dimensions were
broken and in one instance q whole
grove was annihilated.
Our Lake Elizabeth correspondent
reports much damage to wheat stacks
and shocks. The warehouse at the
store was damaged and Andrew Peter
aonSa pranarv waa Hnneds own. yssa.sssa sa$%4ss<S
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-08-17
Change From English Life.

Doubtless a proper holiday involves a
complete change Of scene. employment.
food and customs. This was just what we
had. If half hemisphere separated Eng
land from France instead Of the silver
streak" of channel, the difference could
hardly be greater. There Is far more re-
semblance between the United States and
England In food and manner Of life than
few miles away.
We realized this. not, Of course, for
the first time, but with increased force, as
we sat at breakfast out of doors under the
shady hotel arcades facing the Place Gam
beta, where the docks reach right up into
the heart of Havre. and whose basin was
filled with yachts and smaller craft from
all parts. No stuffy. decorous dining room
inside four walls, but out in the open air.
with the picturesque scenes of a foreign
land being enacted in front of US. This Is
the first difference to strike one. and it Is
the keynote Of all the others and all charm
ing in their way.
Not intending to do much sightseeing, we
merely looked about a bit, taking in the
Church of Notre Dame on the way. This
is the church which had it's high tower cut
down to it's present stump, hardly higher
than the roof. because when Elizabeth 8
soldiers held the town in connection with
the French Protestants they mounted guns
on the tower and fired into the royal camp.
When the French regained the city they
punished the church by demolishing the
STlir
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HOMEGROWN ORCHIDS.
shatteIing Halo of Romance Surround
ing Regal Blooms.

From Country Life in America.
IL there Is any popular fallacy that
should love TO puncture. It Is the amiaoie
delusion that all orchids are worth thou
sand dollars a pot. Great was my surprise.
some years ago. when l met a suburbanite
OF modest income who grew orchids That
were the talk of the town. In little ten
by-twelve greenhouse. AS his wife was
too much of an invalid to look after the
greenhouse, my friend watered his plants
every morning and adjusted the ventiiators
before he caught the 1850 express for the
big city. and at night he came home to see
what had happened. Usually no great dis
aster had befallen. And in February II
you were lucky enough to be invited into
his snug little greenhouse, while winter
storm ragged outside. you would be likely to
find some gorgeous cattleyas. with perhaps
twenty flowers on plant and each flower
fully eight or nine inches across.
You should have heard the ladies ex-
claim: How do you grow these lovely
orchids. Mr.. H"
'Oh. the kinds l cultivate are as easy to
raise as any other plants"
But don't you have to have a special
kind OF house?''
mot for these You see. have other
plants besides orchids"
"Wsll, how does II come that your green
house "a 80 comfortable? Don't all those
tropical orchids need hot. close atmos-
phsref"
'.Not tho kinds that grow high up on the
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day which have scored more than a CEN
fury of years. The Hartford Courant
dates back to 1894, the Philadelphia
North American made its first appearance
in 1771. while the Baltimore American
Gazette tthe oldest newspaper west Of
the Alleghanies) in 1855, the New York
Globe and Commercial Advertiser in 1871.
the New York Evening Post in 1901. the
Charleston News and Courier (the oldest
of the souths newspapers) in 1903 and
others which have passed the 1O0-year
mark escape our memory at the moment.
The oldest illustrated paper in the United
States is Leslie's Weekly, which was es-
tablished In 1855. A weekly paper in Phil
adelphia, the Saturday Evening Post
claims to date back from 172S
The business of printing and publishing
has expanded into one of the countrys
greatest activities. According to the CEN
sus computation of 1900 IL represented
at that time a capital Of $293 900 900 had
lo3,0oo wage earners. who received $S4-
100000 In that year. while the cost of
materials which they worked up in that
twelvemonth was SS7, 100000 and the val
ue of their finished products was $347.-
Ooo.oOO. For 1904 all these figures would
De much larger. Very nearly half of the
WORLDS 10000 newspapers and periodicals
are published in the United States. Ours
-dailies, weeklies and mopthlies-have u
larger individual circulation than Eu-
ropes. New York has far more publica-
tons or all sorts than has London. Amer
leans read more than do any other people.
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was safe rule anyway, to separate
them. Both churches are massive and OF
purely Norman architecture, ana are as
solid today as when they were built. ana as
his queen were buried in their respective
churches but nothing remains OF Matlida
bones, and only thigh bone OF William.
both graves having been desecrated by the
HuRueuots
Fascinating Medieval Tower.
Our room was approached by spiral
staircase-a sort Of medieval tower which
fascinated me- only 1 got very dizzy every
time I mounted its giddy heights 1 would
not have missed that hotel for the whole
trim. The business Of the house was chiefly
carried on in the courtyards. We could
see them cleaning bicycles. washing dishes.
preparing vegetables. etc, Tor dinner anu
assist at various discussions taxing
Could shout down and not bother with the
bell and its dangler.
On the night we arrived military oand
played in the Place de la Republique and
we had coffee at cafe In the place to
hear the music. The first piece was one or
Sousa's and, of course. we felt highly com
plimented. The band played 1t marveiously
we'll and with proper spirit. much peter
than I have heard Sousa's music played
In England, where the bands do not AL
WAYS catch the exact tempo. Ths leader
gave US special delight In the way ne con
Quoted He had evidently seen Sousa, as
he amused us greatly by many OF the iat-
ter's peculiarities OF manner In conducting
his music, which did not appear when ieaa-
ing at other times. He even had the Sousa
one finger movement down fine.
The second night brought US TO HON
fieur and. after spending some time LOOKING q
about this queer old seaport we oroSs sga,n
lovely weather. good roads. excellent food
and magnificent thirst were the crown'hs
features Of a most delightful TRIP:
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.MER1cAN NEWSPAPERS.
R,c.ntennial Of Beginning Of American
Newspaper Press.
From Ieslie's Weekly.

From Leslte's weekly
Tn addition to it's other distinctions the
wear 1904 marks the completion OF Two
oantur,es since the first American news
raner was started That paper was the
Boston News Letter. whose publisher ana
editor was the postmaster OF that town.
Although the News Letter consisted OF
cbeet of only seven inches by ten and
half. printed on both sides. 1t was the
only paper that England's colonies in the
new world had for over a decade and
half. Philadelphia got the second paper
established In America, and New YORK
cot the third. All these were Technically
1eekIies. but often In the early DAYS
there were intervals of two or three
weeks between their successive appear
ances The first daily paper In the new
World was the American Daily AdVer-
tiser nrinted in Philadelphia. After near
iv a century had elapsed since the nrst
nawspaper appeared on this continent
or in 160O-there were only fifteen daiifes
ana 100 weeklies in the United states.
The contrast between those days ana
todav Is striking. There are 24.ooo news
no ners and periodicals of all sorts-week-
fias semi-weeklies. trt-weekies, month
iiea and ouarterlies - published IN the
IYnfted States In 1904, of which about
, 400 are dailies and 10000 weekiies. Any
one Of two or three of New York's daily
ma pers OF 1904 has a larger circulation
fhan did all tho daily and weekly papers
nubIished In the United States in 1904
Many newspapers are In the country to-
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DANCING DOOMED IN LoNDoNp
Mems Interest in the Ball Room Said
to Be Declining

From the London Chronicle.
The matrons of BeIgravia and Mayfair
are said to be deeply concerned at the de-
cline Of interest In dancing among young
men, 1t is even rumored that they are
driven to the dire necessity of engaging
professional dancers. presentable linen
from Blankney's' or some other universal
provider. who will help at a ball and go
meekly home with the hired plants in the
morning.
The war in South Africa undoubtedly led
to a decline In the graceful art, for the men
were away fighting and the women stayed
at home to think and weep. IL is not In
conceivable that with the return of peace
men who had been accustomed to an active.
stirring life on the 'illimitable veldt'' were
disinclined for the easy dalliance Of tho
ball room. That Is the suggestion. but IL Ia
discountenanced by such experienced
teacher of dancing Miss Vincent of st.
James street.
Nonsense she said emphatically.
dancing is not on the decline among the
people of Belgravia and Mayfair. don't
know what II may be in the counties. but
/ understand that considerable number
Of house parties are being given. and dane
ing Is just as fashionable as ever. High
class ball room dancing among society
people is certainly not doomed"
Another PROOF Is tnat ladleSs IN fncreaS-
ing numbers. are seeking to qualify as
teachers of dancing. If the dismal proph-
ecies of decadence were justified their oo-
cupation would be gone. instead Of which
1t Is fiourishfng and profitable profess
sion. There Is. therefore, no foundation
for the statement that West End hostesses.
especially those with manageable daugh-
ters, are lamenting the dearth of those OPP
portunities for effecting matrimonial ALI
ances which ball room affords. Neither
the aftermath of the war nor the craze FOR
amateur theatricals has affected the pas
son for cancing.
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CHARMING NORMANDY
Cycling Tour of Wooded Hills
and Sunny Plains.
ITS HISTORIC POINTS
COUNTRY RICH IN RELICS OF
THE oPULENT TIMES.
William the Conqueror's Favorite
Town-Rouen q Small Paris-Per-
verted Use Of Structures.
ITS HISTORIC POINTS

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LONDON. July %. 1904.
have just returned from a most de-
lightful cycling tour in Normandy. A
friend and myself covered 100 miles Of
charming country through roads bathed in
brilliant sunshine with wide fields Of ripen-
ing grain. yellow already In the ear. ex-
tending on both sides Of US: past ancient
Norman churches and ruins. handsome
chateaux with avenues Of old trees Lead
ing to them. through tiny hamlets and old
world villages, and finding rest and re-
freshment at country inns whose best
room was often paved with brick. and
whose only wall decorations were highly
co!ored advertisements of American agri-
cultural machines.
Sometimes, many times. our way led by
roads lined with dense cooling forests.
where deep shade was comforting to our
faces and an. immense relief to our eyes
after the ceaseless glare of the bright sun
shine. Long. dark green lanes opened
through the trees and often a house could
be discovered at the end of the perspective.
1t was always satisfying, and the scenery
of the highest order of beauty. comprising
wooded hills and smiling plains, with the
ever-lovely Seine winding through it all
to the sea.
1t would be difficult to conceive of
sweeter or more wholesome land. or, If one
way Of making holiday. We started from
Havre. following all the windings Of the
Seine to Rouen. from there to Bernay.
Lisieux. which probably has the oldest
timbered houses in the world; Caen. the
favorite town Of William the Conqueror.
and back by the seaside route. through
Cabourg. Dives. Villers, Sur Mer. Trou-
Vile, Honfeur to Havre again
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mountains"
But l thought they all lived on tho air.
and here you have some In common flower
pots.'
Yes. those lady slippers are as easy to
grow as q geranium."
This was where my friend nearly lost his
reputation. He was a simple hearted man
who had early fallen into a way of telling
the truth without thinking, and found the
habit hard to break after attaining the age
of sophistication. He came near shattering
the halo of romance with which these la
dies had Invested the magic word ':orchid,"
which applies to some of these regal flow
ers. at least. that can be grown in the do
nestle greenhouse.
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Too Much Counting in This Church

The vicar of St. Paurs. Scotforth. Lam
cashire. has invited suggestions from the
congregation for the curtailment of oppor-
tunities for counting in church.
One member of the congregation has pro-
posed that offenders should be placed In
seats nearer the pulpit. and the vicar
own remedy Is the drafting OF BLACK
list The curats limited at separation Of
the sexes. and mentions that he has even
heard OF photographs being handed about
by young people in the church.
The vicar certainly thought II duty to
restrain the practice as far as possible,
and finally two laymen were appointed to
discuss and recommend preventive meas
ures.
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Major Sylvester sent him q copy of the
law governing regattas on the Potomac
river. an act passed March 10, 1885, which
provides:
I'm order to provide for the safety Of
oarsmen and all craft. whether as observ-
ers or participants. taking part In regattas
amateur or professional, that may here
after be held In navigable waters, the Sec
rotary of the Treasury (this has since been
changed to Secretary Of Commerce and
Labor be and he Is hereby authorized and
empowered in his discretion to detail rev
enue cutters to enforce such rules and
regulations as may be adopted to insure
sion steamers. yachts, oarsmen and all
craft. whether as observers or partici-
pants taking part in such regattas''
This act was passed after complaint had
been made by Lord Dunraven at The time
Of the International yacht races for the
Americas cup that he was hampered In
sailing his yacht by the crowding of OBJ
servation and other boats. Whenever re-
Quested to do so the Secretary Of Commerce
and Labor will, in accordance with this
act, give such protection to those particle
pating In regattas as they may wish within
the purview of the law. but only after such
request has II been customary for the gov
eminent to participate In patroliing the
course.
Aid Not Requested.
The members Of the committees In charge
of the regatta this year made no request of
the police for aid in the matter OF keeping
the river clear. nor was tho Department of
Commerce and Labor asked to take action
under the law cited. MAJ. Sylvester says
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This" said the farmer. proudly, us the
best layin' hen I've got"
Yes" replied the pressman, who was or
his vacation in the country, what's her
capacity per hourr'-Philadelphia Press.
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Old-Fashioned Market Place.

The next day we started on our ride.
and though the sun was hot. with the tenn
perature something like 90 in the shade.
we enjoyed thoroughly the run over fine
roads through beautiful scenery. Some
miles out Of Havre we ran through the
market place of st. Roman, which, as 1t
was Saturday, was In full blaze In the old
fashioned square. All sorts of livestock
and merchandise were exposed for sale.
Twenty -one miles before breakfast (the
French second breakfasD were calculated
to develop hunger and thirst, particularly
the latter. Finally at Tancarville We came
after searching. upon a small wayside inn.
where you could have your meals on the
canopy covered terrace or in summer
house covered with vine. or, If you had no
soul, you could so inside altogether. We
chose the terrace on account of a delightful
breeze from the river. and were repaid.
Twenty miles further on we put up for
the night at Caudebec. where from our
hotel windows we could see across the
Seine to the lovely country where Louis
XIV lived with the beautiful Louise VAL
liere.
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Like Catskill's Scenery.


Our ride on Sunday to Rouen was
charming 1t led mostly by the river and
we had at times. when on the hills back
from the Seine. scenery like the milder
levels of the Catskills, with dense forests
and valleys, with occasional gIimpses Of
the river winding among the hills 1t was
very hot and we were glad, indeed. when
from the heights of Canteleu a view of
| the city burst upon us. From here 1t was
a free wheel run Of over two miles down
hill into town. 1t Is a singular thing, but
my experience Of all Norman towns Is that
| they are entered and left by hills. each
almost invariably two miles long
We had many tedious hills to push our
weary bikes UP. but We were always COM
pensated finally and would dash down into
our chosen resting place for the night az
fresh larks after our two-mile coasting
We stopped night in Bernay. a quiet
deadly, dull little place, whose greatest
claim to notice is the shameful use made
of the old abbey church there, which was
founded by the conqueror's grandmother in
1913.
The Huguenots, under Coligny. sacked
the place in the sixteenth century. but 1t
century to turn the still beautiful Norman
church into a granary and depository for
| rubbish. The abbey buildings have been
| turned into the local town hall and the alb
| we had short run of about twenty-five
| miles to Lisieux, which Is the most veneer
| able looking place l ever saw anywhere.
| The houses seem, many of them, to be lit
| orally dropping to pieces.
| Chance for American Investment.
There is a great chance for Americans.
with a well-deveioped love OF the old. to
| purchase a few of the ancient timbered
| buildings at Lisieux and set them up in
| the United States. The st. Louis EXPOSE
| ton missed a good thing by not doing so.
| One of these houses. still in decent condI-
| ton outwardly. is fully 800 years old. and
| Is a curious enough sight with its heavy
| overhanging upper story. 1t looks about to
| fall into the street, but 1t has looked that
way for centuries. and Is likely to do so for
| several more unless the iconoclastic spirit,
| not now evident in Lisieux, DEGREES its
| downfall.
A sturdy, Independent race these Nor
! mans in the heart Of Normandy. They
| have not the tongue of Paris. nor anything
| of the look of Parisians. They look more
| like English of an old-fashioned type. They
| are slow Of speech and frugal, too, with
| their words, and do not use many gestures.
! The next day found US In Caen. which
! may be properly described as William the
! Conuuerers favorite town. Nearly $4,000
| neople live here, and 1t IL mixture OF the
very old and the new. The first object that
strikes the eye Is the big Abbaye aux
! Hommes, which William built to appease
| the wrath OF the pope. who excommuni-
/ Gated William and his wife Matilda because
| their marriage came within the forbidden
limits, both having grandfather In COM
mon. Matilda, not to be outdone. built the
Abbaye aux DANES. These abbeys are
situated at opposite ends OF Caen. over q
mile apart, 30 suppose the men and wo-
men never Quaxreie6 with each othsr. II