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Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-27


pound. Place your order at this office
or G. III. Collins, agent for Utah Seeds.
John II. MeDugall, an expert
plumber and tinsmith, has accepted
position with the Kennewick Hard
ware &C., and now has charge of the
manufacturing department of the bus
mess.
G. F. Gilpin, agent for the Internat-
ional Banking Loan and Financing
Corporal on, of Denver, Colorado, is in
the city organizing building and loan
association. This is good thing and
Mr. Gilpin should find his task an easy
one.
|, Three hack loads of gentlemen from
around Genessee, Idaho, went out in
to the Horse Heaven country this
morning to look over the land with
.he intention of locating.
w. E. Cation, the gentleman who
introduced acety1ene gas into Kenne-
wick, has spent the day in town in
speeding the Hawkins plant and in.
cidentally looking out for new bust
ness.
Bennett Armstrong, one of the men
who has made Pasco famous. and who
continues to do stroke of booming
when the occasion requires, was over
to Kennewick this morning transact
ing business, and giving his friends on
this side of the water the glad hand.
FROM WEDNESDAYS DAILY
Mrs. Crowell was over from Pasco
yesterday visiting with friends.
Rev. Mr.. Sanford was in North Yak
ina the first of the week traEsacting
business.
VIM. Showalter is at present at North
Yakima, where he is receiving treat
ment in the hospital.
Lhe Ladies Guild of the Episcopal
church held a social meeting at the
residence of Mrs. Pallister yesterday.
Miss Fuller returned last evening
from North Yakima, where she spent
the past month receiving medical treat
ment.
Mrs. Fay F. Dean yesterday received
the sad news of the death of her moth
er which had occurred suddenly at the
family home in Chicago. Mrs. Dean
took the evening train for the east.
The Ladies Guild of the Episcopal
church will give Valentine social in
the opera house on the evening Of Feb
ruary 18th. Besides the sale of the
valentines there will be an interesting
program of music etc.
The service prepatory to the COM
munion which was announced to be
held at the Congregational church to-
morrow evening, will be changed to
Friday evening to accommodate those
who desire to attend the school meet
ing on Thursday evening.
The Gilt Edge Cafe, R L. Coshow,
proprietor, was opened for business
yesterday and is already enjoying a
good business. Mr.. Cashow is an ex-
perienced restaurant man and will no
doubt make his place one of the pop
ular eating houses of the city. He has
also started bakery in connection
and ia now prepared to furnish the
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-27

FROM TUESDAY DALI
VIM. Dircksen is another to take II
slck leave of absence from his work.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1905-01-27

Coming, Electric Flour.
Coming, Electric Flour.
Coming, Electric Flour.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
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POOR CROESuS.

IT were rich as Croesus-
But-out on riches. dear!
For have you and love to-day,
And just to-day Is here!
IT were rich as Croesus-
I pause again and laugh
The half the joy Of you and love-
Wealth could not buy the half!
II I were rich as Croesus-
I wonder If the flame
or autumn leaves would be as red.
II skies would look the same.
IT were rich rs Croesus--
Dear heart. l turn to you.
Would you hold me much dearer then,
Love me more than you do?
If were rich as Croesus-
Dear heart. there's naught I lack.
And il lost what now have.
No wealth could bring 1t back!
II were rich as Croesus,
And I were left alone,
Could golden dross bring back thy hear
To beat against my own?
Nay. am rich as Croesus,
Far richer. too. I ween,
For there are hearts so close to nline
That naught may come between:
Aye, l am rich as Croesus-'
I've held your hands In mine!
He never clasped YOU in his arms.
Nor saw your dear eyes shine.
u. NJ. Lewis, in Houston Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
NOT EXACTLY A GUIDE-BOOK.
Journey Which Looked Rather
Significant.

The house had quieted after the we'd
ding. The old shoes had been picked
up and the rice swept from the piazza.
While some one was packing the gifts,
and somebody else took down the
dropping ferns, mother and Aunt Mary
were in the parlor, talking it over.
They sat on the sofa, and were, az one
Of the giggling children reported, after
looking through the doorway, "hold-
ing hands," For Aunt Mary lived 800
miles away, and she die not come
often, relates Youths Companion.
SO it's over" she said, smiling into
mothers eyes.
eyes," said mother. bravely, al
though little tearfully, tits over
and begun"
They'll be happy, I'm sure"
Eyes. They are very we'll suited to
each other"
every. could see that. They both
have studious habits
eyes. But, Mary" Mother paused
and the CLEAN of mischief evoked by
Aunt Mary sooner than anybody's else
darted into her eyes. MARY, they
can't have much sense of humor,
Though it's my own girl, say it."
why not?"
DC you know what they took to
read en- the wedding journey? Steven
sons Travels with a Donkey!'"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
STEAM AND CITY TRAFFIC..
Electric Traction Likely to Displaco
Steam on Roads Entering
Large Cities.

The prediction that the steam-Iocomo-
tive must yield to electric traction 10
laughed at by most railroad men, but
the plans of the great roads entering
New York show that for city AMI suburb
an traffic this substitution Is likely soon
to take place. Says an editorial writer
IN the Electrical Review, discussing
the proposed electric equipment OF the
New York Central in the zone con-
lguous to the city:
The effect of the success of this
equipment from an operating standpoint
VIII be far-reaching. It will show that
there Is no longer any necessity for rum
ming steam-locomotives within city
limits. 1t will probably mean it will not
be long before all large municipalities
VIII take steps toward excluding steam
locomotives from their limits. Where
entrance Is mace through a tunnel We
inay expect an early change to electric
operation; and, conversely, electric
operation will enable roads to enter
cities which before were unattainable.
IN tact, the Pennsylvania railroad has
not waited for other roads tn demon
strate the feasibility Of electric opera
tlon, but is at the present time con-
structlng an elaborate terminal for its
system in New York city. entrance to be
mace by means of tunnels driven under
the Hudson river, all trains being driven
electrically. The next question con-
fronting the trunk-line engineer after
adopting electric operation for the
terminals will be, how far is it ady;s-
able to extend the electrical zcne? And
having certain section OF the road
operated electrically, will it Ie adviaabie
to continue tee use Of two syE,en1s:
Conservative electrical engineers saw
tnat harm is done by advocating the
electrlhcation OF trunk lines at this
time, as the s1eam-roads are not yer
ready for it. But what of the future?
Electric traction has grown so rapidly
since it was first shown TO be successful
that it would be rash to make predic-
tons. At the present time, however,
there does not seem to be any inclination
to stop its progress
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Top-Heavy Passenger Engines,

Locomotive engineers of experience
and observation are almost unanimous
in their condemnation of the lofty type
OF passenger engines adopted by many
of the railways recently. They insist
that many accidents have occurred be-
cause the laws of gravitation have
been too mucn ignored and that the
standard gauge Of modern American
railways is too narrow as a base for
the huge locomotives, and weights of
which have been lifted upward until
when curve is struck at a high rate
Of speed, it is more luck than good
forethought that prevents an accident.
cleveland Plain Dealer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
FOR LEGS OUT OF SHAPE.
Pneumatic Rubber Forms Are Avail
able Now to Make Them Beau
tiful and Rotuud.

Pneumatic rubber leg forms are now
on sale, says the New York Sun. Advo-
Gates of these first aids to the unshapely
man contend that no more violation OF
material property is involved in their
use than in the employment of padding
to correct dropping shoulders or in using
braces to remedy the effect of a stopped
back.
The forms may be so inflated as to
round out unnatural bands. They can be
had from stock or made to individual
measurements. They are light in weight,
comfortable and invisible, being worn
on the inner side Of the trousers leg, and
they allow of easy adjustment
Tailors view this innovation approx
ingly, as it assists them in producing
proper results.
Cushion rubber forms for knock knees
are also on the market, having recently
been introduced. =:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
be. der COUNT akain sendt word dot It

be, der COUNT akain sendt word dot It
vos ven madter OF inheritance. und she
vas young und scharming asund Herr
Walters 10 sendt ofer der same yordts.
I drinks cannot nit der segredaire stay
no more! vas hoory to der cloob 10
loonch. On der way schtop vor Won
glass OF pier. und when COON to der
cloob I dhere tlndt dree messach, Won
vrom der lady asking where vas /?
l cannot eat of mine loonch, und den
Count Linstow sendt wort dot der
countess dit telegraph dot she will
gone at dree by der cluck. insteadt of
dis efening, upd der abbointment NIT
der yoong lady must be schange to
dwo. I schange! It und der lady. say:
dot vas goodt, so Herr Walters tell
me. 60 to mine loodching before two
und NIGHT fndt der lady. Herr VAL
tiers telephone. She dit gif no undser.
Vot am I to do? I Wait. l Wait Won
hour und she vas NIGHT gone! Herr
Walters do all vas he gan: he telephone
yonce more, but der fraulein git no
undser. Walk oop und walk
down. Den dink dot vas Won schoke!
Dhere vas no lady! I poot on mine
hatd und schoin Count Linstow. In
all der time NIT Washington city am
I nefer has SO crate hoory und eggs
element undt distress! But now udt
last behold der lady!"
BY this time there was Of course an
enraptured audience on all sides.
tried to speak, but no words came.
The silence was chastity.
"Vhat, fraulein, may ask, What gan
dees so imbortant madter be-" in
quired the baron.
My voice returned and I stammered
blindly: "What kinds of hens, sir, is
freiherr Won Puclller-Lundorst going
to take back to Germany with him."
1t was out! dimly saw the total
and utter collapse Of my friend the
count. I vaguely heard through the
roar of laughter in the car the loud
tones Of the Baron Gustave Wilhelm
Won dem Mueller:
'Fraulein! Vot vas dot? Ach! Der
plymouth Ruck, und der Vyandotte
under der Placlz Spinach, und der Putt
Goshen. und-" he paused to wipe
the perspiration from his brow.
"Just-those- I faltered.
IVY ask you, fraulein, If der vas
hens alone? Der will be hens und
cocks, too!'-National Magazine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
THE CHiLDREN'S HOLIDAY.
In China New Years Is the Great Day
Among the Little
People.

Except at the Chinese New Year,
which comes in February, it is very hard
to catch glimpse of children in China,
writes Bertha Runkle, in "Child Life in
China and Japan" in St. Nicholas. Little
beggars will run beside you for miles
to earn one "cash," copper coin with
a square hole in the middle of it. worth
the twentieth of a cent; but children
who have parents to care for them seem
to be kept indoors all the time, or only
allowed to play In walled yards and gar
dens. We used to say to each other:
why, where are the children? Haven't
they got any?" But at New Years we
found out that they had. This is the
great holiday Of all the year in China,
when everybody hangs out flags and
colored lanterns and sets on fire.
crackers. 1--WE borrowed our custom of
fire-crackers for the Fourth Of July from
Chinese New Year's) All the people
put on their very best clothes, and the
children the best of all, Jackets and
trousers Of bright blue or green or yell
low or purple, the boys and the girls So
much alike that you can only tell them
apart by their hair. The boys, of
course, is braided in a pigtail, and the
girls is done up on her head with silver
pins, or, If she's very grand little girl.
with gold or jade. Thus decked out, the
children go walking with their proud
papas and mammas, and often go to the
theater, which is a rare treat for them,
Perhaps Chinese children have romp-
ing plays together, but they always look
as If they were born grown up. 49,.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
NAVAL ALLIANCE SUGGESTED
English Officer Sees Move Of Economy
in Combine of John Bull and
Uncle Sam.

In II years the naval expenditure OF
the United States has trebled, while that
of Great Britain has doubled, and under
existing conditions the international
rivalry for supremacy on the sea bids
fair to necessitate still further increase
in the annual outlay on the manufacture
Of fighting ships. Lieut.. Carlyon Bel
lairs, OF the royal navy, says the North
American Review, proposes an arrange
ment between Great Britain and the
United States which would enable both
countries to effect vast economies by
curtailing their annual naval output.
without impairing in any degree the
guarantee of their national or imperial
interests which their navies are in
tended to provide.
These patrons have no interests which
conflict in any material way, their poi
icies are Identical and neither power
can be successfully attacked except from
the sea. Should they jointly agree to
come to each others assistance in the
event Of either power being threatened
by a coalition of three maritime pow
ers, they could each afford to reduce the
rate at which, as matters stand, they are
compelled to add yearly to the strength
of their respective navies. Says Lieut..
Bellairs:
THAT population and riches are no
match in war against such careful or
ganization, We have seen in the case of
Russia. 1t is only the knowledge that
the sea barrier is impenetrable which
will effectually prevent the expanding
Teutonic, Slavonic and Latin races of
Europe from contemplating aggression.
on the American continent. If unable
to do so singly, nothing but sea power
will prevent them from trying to effect
their purpose in combination. They
have combined in the past for the parti-
ton of Poland. By the Russian declara-
ton of February &c, 1880, Russia.
France, Spain, Holland, Prussia. Sweden
and Denmark combined to resist the
right of search. and the same powers
were acting together against Great Brit
ain over this question in 1900.
"1n 1907 Great Britain had to break
Napoleon's compulsory alliance, framed
by the treaty Of Tilsit. by Selling 1S
Danish and eight Portuguese battle
ships and by blockading the Russian
battleships. Thus fresh union of over
140 battleships was nipped in the bud
but such decisive action could not have
been taken had not Great Britain been
in the plenitude of her naval strength
with 212 battleships. We learn that
within period of q years there were
three European alliances Of three or
more great powers against Great Britain
and all We're broken up by the operation
of sea power"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
BEHEAD FAILING BANKERS.
Summary Treatment Of Chinese FL
nAnciers Who Are Unsuccess-
full in Business.

Col. H. o. S. Heistand, assistant ad-
jutant general, u. S. A., has, locked up
In his safe at department headquarters
on Governors Island, Chinese bank
note. only one other of which is known
| to be in existence. That other one is
IN the possession of the British museum
The bank note which is guarded 80
zealously by Col. Heistand is more than
Is inches long, very nearly foot In
| width. and is gray and crumbIing with
age. The good quality of the ink used
by the Chinese Is evidenced by the
clearness of the characters, considering
that the note was printed in 14O1 A. D.,
or nearly 100 years before Columbus set
foot on the shores of America.
This ancient specimen Of John China
mans banking efforts was secured by
Col. Heistand during the occupation Of
Picking by the foreign troops in 1900.
when he was chief of staff of the Amer
lean forces in China. The bank note is
an accurate proof OF the antiquity OF
certain customs which are in vogue to
some extent throughout the civilized
world to-day. While Columbus was try
ing to make an egg stand on end and to
prove that the earth was round, the
Chinese were printing newspapers.
They had banking laws and were versed
In philosophy and science to a degree
that far exceeded the knowledge of the
discoveries Of the new world.
The custom bequeathed to present day
civilization is that of burying in the
corner stone of public buildings am:
places of worship coins of the nation.
The bank note secured by Col. Heistand
was found in the stomach of a Buddha
idol which was thrown down and broken
at the time of the fire in the summer
palace in Picking. during the occupation
of the city by the foreign troops.
The note came into his possession
intact, together with specimens of all
other forms of Chinese currency. The
bank note was taken to the leading Chi
nese scholars of the empire, who identi-
fed it and assured him of it's anthem
ITCHY. 1t is treasury note issued by
the Chinese board of revenue during the
reign of Hung WI. in 1401 A. D., the first
emperor of the Wing dynasty. Similar
notes were then in general circulation
and were equivalent in value TO 1000
Chinese pennies, one tael or one ounce
of pure silver.
The laws against counterfeiting in
China are much more severe than in
Uncle Sans domain, and while the bank
notes were in circulation Hung WI, who
must have been a strenuous monarch,
authorized the Chinese board of revenue
to behead him who should counterfeit
note and to reward with $50 taels any
person who should arrest the counter
feiter.
Chinese banking laws are all severe,
but, according to Chinese savants. the
end has justified the means employed to
keep the nation free of "frenzied
finance" When bank fails in China all
the clerks and managers have their
heads cut off and thrown among the
books of the firm, which are set on fire.
AS result of this penalty for over 100
years bank has never been known to
fail.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Gooseberries and 4 Cat,

Not long ago officials of the depart.
ment of agriculture were much, amused
by a letter sent the department by an
occasional correspondent in Virginia.
Among other things, the writer hast
ened to advi Sc Secretary Wilson to
this effect:
my wife had a Tame cat that dyd.
Being a Tortureshell and Crate
faverit, We had the same berrcd in the
Gardin, and for the enrichment of the
soil had the Carkis deposited under
the roots of Gooseberry Bush. (The
Frute being up to then Of the smooth
Variety But the mex seson's Frute,
after the Cat was berred, the Goose
berrys was all Hairy-and more Re-
markable, the Catapilers of the Same
Bush was All of said Hairy descrip-
."-Collier's Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Portuguese P0liteness.

The Portuguese are extraordinarily
polite, not to say ceremonious, in adj
dressing their friends. whether viva
.voce or by letter. In writing to q
Portuguese lady you must not put
on the envelope an equivalent to
MRS." or Madame" as in England or
in France; no, it must be Tin Portu-
guese, of course) "Her 1llustrious Ex-
cellency, Senhora Donna Maria Kater-
ina So-and-So." "Senhor' and "Sen-
bora" are never put alone on an en-
velope when writing to a gentleman or
gentlewoman; they are. indeed, when
used 'tou1 court" addressed only to
inferiors.-Lady's Pictorial.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
BEAUTY BEHIND THE TREES.
Bitter Experience Brings with It
Knowledge Of the Law Of
Compensation.

In a spiritual sense only did the
oak grove belong to the Belknaps. The
title-deed was held by city man who
perhaps had never seen the place. Yet
the Belknap farm was the nearest to
the stately old trees, and Ethan and
Martha were as fond and proud Of
them as if they owned them, relates
Youths Companion.
Its was bitter day for the old folks
when the woodsmen came. Oak was
"high," they said; the owner had sud-
denly realized that his trees were
choice timber. The orders were to clear
the lot-and they did it thoroughly.
Scarcely sapling was left.
The Belknaps could not avoid sight
and sound of the proclamation, but they
would not speak Of it. They would
not have liked to admit how much
the trees meant to them. They had
been quiet people, leading a some
what lonely life, and the only change
was that they became little mora
silent and sad.
But after the woodsmen went and
the trees had been taken quite away
the Belknaps grew conscious, little by
little, that some new influence had
come into the day. Now that the
oaks were gone, Great Bay and Blue
Hills appeared. There were stumps
and unsightly underbrush where the
oak grove had been: but beyond-ah,
nature never spread fairer scene at
sunset!
The time came when the scars OF
the axe were healed and even the near
foreground was no longer desolate and
forbidding. By that time the old peo-
pie had learned to look above and
across it. Perhaps the trees had i'm
pressed them to sobriety, If not to
somberness. The message of the waters
and the distant hills was clear. It was
strength and cheerfulness and peace.
The Belknaps never forgot the oak
grove, but they ceased to lament it.
BY its aid they had tested the beautiful
law of compensation. They had learned
what lay hidden behind the trees.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Electric Light Aids Vegetables.

Electric light is known to have
stimulating influence on the growth g:
vegetables. Two farms on Long island
which are equipped with arc lamps
are said to yield remarkable products
in much less than the time usually re-
quired. The effects of an exclusive
electric light on the colors of flowers
are still to be determined, although
all kinds of plants are reported to
grow with uncommon rapidity and to
bear blossoms Of deeper tone when
subjected to the rays. One florist be-
lieves he will yet show coal-biack
rose by the use of this light with
globes Of certain colors.-Philadelphia
Ledger. "s.. v
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Discarded War Material.

Some idea of the vast quantities of dis
carded war material thrown upon tho
general market by the successive
changes in armament adopted by the
various great powers may be gathered
from the list of arms now offered for
sale from this cause by the Italian gov
eminent. The list includes 5000
rifles, adopted so recently as 1887, with
4S,OOO.0 900 cartridges; 1,2C0 nine-pountl-
er and 500 seven FOUNDER guns, with
100000 shells, and ITO .seven-pounde1
mountain guns. with 1900 shells.