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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
A STREET SCENE IN TOXIC.

consists of rice and some kind of ia
voring, fresh or picked vegetables.
sailed fish and eggs, and green tea,
taken without sugar. At the second
meal. the principal one of tie day,
there may be fresh fish, a little beef
or chicken cut up and cooked with
vegetables in stew, and the inevita-
bic rice. Between nine and ten
O'Clock comes a meal the main part OF
which is more rice. Fruit is eaten be-
tween meals. =,
We know the Jap always takes his
daily bath, and it is said that some
that belong to the servant class battle
three times day. We are wont to
think of warm bath as rather risky
thing, making one susceptible to cold:
but the Jap gets around that Dy taking
his 50 hot there is no reaction after
ward. And he is the least susceptible
Of mortals to draughts and breezes.
He comes from his steaming bath with
his one garment open at the chest,
and sits in his well-yentilated house,
or unconcernedly rides in a railway
- oAA 0OoAOC Oh OpCA "1AOOHe x10 ~
afraid of neither water nor air.
His house is open to the four winds
Of heaven by day, and by night airy
shutters afford slight protection to
those within. Protection from the ele-
ments, or from marauders; but burg
lars are few and far between in Japan.
No one molests by day and only very
desperate ones by night
The nude condition Of the Jap in
public has affronted many foreigners,
and has been misrepresented It Is no
sign of immodesty among these peo-
pie, and until their attention was
called to it by the shocked European
they gave the matter no heed. At the
public baths It was expected one
would remove ones clothing, and until
recently the sexes bathed at q common
place with no thought of indecency.
Now this is forbidden, but is still the
custom on private property in coun-
try districts.
Speaking Of the question Of decency,
reminds that the Japs are regarded in
a very different light by different trav-
oilers. and, In pursuance OF our prom
Use not to attempt speaking authori-
tatively of this phase of the Jap char
acter, We will merely mention that un-
doubleday japanese marriage is open
to criticism. Divorce is very easily
obtained by the husband, marriage
depends wholly on the selection
by the young man; the woman Is 4
passive agent, trained to utmost do
cility.
The Jap women are as demure, Sc
date and dignified in their manner as
it is possible to be, seem as far re-
moved as pole from pole from our
idea Of women who lack in virtue.
And we uphold that as they seem so
they are, to large extent, very Iowa
BILE members of the world of woman
kind.
KATE WAR1NG.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01

through the streets of one of our great
cities is almost certain to see or hear
something that leaves an unpleasant
impression; and should he visit the
slums his thought must be-what an
inferno our modern civilization has
created. In Japan there is no trace of
this. There is no drunkenness and no
quarreling, and should dispute arise
1t would be conducted in dignified
way, for the Japanese, when excited,
do not raise their voices, and the ma
ticn possesses no oaths. These re-
mtrl1s are not meant to apply only to
the better residential quarters, but
also to the meanest parts of the great
Cities"
Add to the universal peacefulness
the universal cleanliness, the beauty
OF the scenery, the picturesQueness of
the people and their costuming, and
one would seem to find in the empire
CT the mikado an earthly paradise
whence no one would ever care to
Journey forth. But, of course. this
being part of the terrestrial sphere,
there is not absolute perfection: there
abounds fickleness, immortality, a pea
cock pride, not to be counted admira-
bic by the most devoted worshippers.
However, in this article we shall have
space for but fleeting glimpse of life
rs It appears; will not presume to give
an exhaustive study of the much dis
cussed islanders, close analysis of
their principles. We, too. shall praise.
St. Francis Xavier wrote Of the JAP
anese back in the sixteenth century:
This nation is the delight Of my
SOUL" and since that time innumerable
visitors to the east have spoken SUI
perlative words OF praise of them. For
the charm of the Japanese is strong on
one once associated with them, espe-
cially one from prosaic America or
England: it is very difficult to re-
strain admiration within bounds in
face of so much excellence.
The Jap unconsciously lives the SIM
pie life, without any complex striving
after it he daily and hourly goes his
unencumbered way. AS to the matter
of clothes, he has reduced them to the
lowest terms, without any apparent
crusade for rational Dress" his fur
niture is delightfully."- simple, and on
this subject we would wax eloquent.
It certainly is the most delightful,
care-free land in the world for the
housekeeper. Very little dirt is
brought into the house, very little
busting need be done. Everyone leaves
his sandals outside as matter of
course. and enters the carpetless, mat
spread rooms barefooted or in stock
ing-feet- The usual furniture, besides
the ever-present mats, is a wall pic
ture or two, in front of which may be
q vase of flowers or a perfect bit of
bronze. Not the thousand and one
fol-Ge-rols that make our own apart
ment crowded and untidy.
The sleeping arrangements are like
wise delightfully."- simple. When it is
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01

Justly and oppressively taxing the for
eign merchants, and discriminating
against them in the most fragrant man
ner. He is monopolizing for his own
personal profit and that of his syco-
plants, the principal staple products OF
the land, and in violation of the spirit,
If not the letter, CT the treaty, nego-
lated by Mr. Bowen, the American rep
resentatiye at Caracas, is diyerting and
doctoring the customs receipts of La
Guayta and Puerto Cabello
The general situation in Venezuela is
deplorable to degree which is hardly
creditable. Castro is ruling with high
hand which is little short of despotc.
He has about 1900 political prisoners
in jail at the fortress Of San Carlos, and
the stories which are told of cruelties
practiced there are almost beyond be-
lief
Andres Duarte Level, son of the vice.
president under Guzman Blanco before
Castro's military proves placed him in
power, has just come to America, after
surviving the hardships and horrors of
the prison life.
Death is not feared by the prison.
ers," he says, "it is the greatest boon
which they can ask for. Shackled one
to another with irons that often weigh
50 pounds, beaten, starved, denied an
occupation, and living in stencil and
filth is the lot of these unfortuuates.
Fifteen hundred men, the greater part
NJ thnm p0IificoJ pricororo ~. ,~ou,5 =
into space that would have been taxed
by one-third Of that number. The cells
are In the easements of the fort. and
those racing the sea are swept by waves,
there being several inches of water in
them at high tide. The largest OF the
cells was barely Is feet long, eight feet
wide and six feet high, and in these as
many as IA to Is prisoners are cast"
In those museums in civilized coun-
tries where instruments of torture are
on exhibition may be seen the shackles
now used to bind the prisoners of San
Carlos, relics of what has been supposed
generally to be forgotten period. There,
also, may be seen the whips that are
still employed in the Venezuelan prisons
whips made of bulls hide, which in
flict so heavy blow that Voltaire once
described them at great length, being
impressed with the malignancy of their
invention.
But these cruelties to the political
prisoners is but the beginning of the
story of the troubles Of unhappy Venez-
uela. Castro seems to care for nobody
or nothing but his own prosperity and
pleasure. He is turning the resources
and revenues of the country into his
private Golfers. It is said that he has
several millions snugly tucked away in
banks in Paris and London And while
the country feels the oppression of his
dictatorship, he is spending most of his
time in excuses.
Ore of Castro's most favored amuse-
ments is the dance, and on recent &C.
casion, after completing II days trip
through the interior of the country, he
boosted of having danced at % different
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Prayer with a Reference,

Many years ago distinguished off,
Ger of the army, who also held the po-
sition of chaplain, offered prayer before
the regiment" says Representative
Cooper, of Texas. Gle summed up the
causes and objects of the war-the war
with Mexico-and asserted that it was
no war of conquest, but annexation
only, concluding his supplication to
the Throne of Grace with: I refer
you, good Lord, to Folks message on
this subject NASHVILLE Banner.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
News Notes.

New rules for the pardon board are
made in q house bill.
State employment bureaus are pro-
vided for in a house bill.
Duluth national bank teller and
$4,000 are missing and defalcation is
charged.
Duluth citizens are engaged in a
court house site war. The conten-
ton is between those who would like
to have the new half-million-dolla
court house built on the old court
house site, and those who would have
it on a site nearer the business CEN
ter.
1t has been definitely decided by
the Standard Lumber company, of
Bemidji, not to erect a saw MILL on
the reservation, as originally planned.
All logs will be shipped by rail to
Grand Rapids and foated down the
Mississippi to the company's mills
at Dubuque.
NJ. F. Kahn has been appointed dep
uty public examiner. He has been
assigned to do special work for the
department at Maaelia-
Joseph Doerner, of St. Cloud, ap-
peared before County Auditor Crever
with the carcass of full grown tim
Der wolf which he had killed within
the city limits of St. Cloud. The
beast was shot by Doerner not half a
mile from the business center of the
city early Wednesday morning. While
the wolves have been thick in the
country surrounding St. Cloud, this
is the first one in years to be killed
within the city limits.
The St. Paul city council has about
decided to use voting machines at the
next general election, but as it has
no fund from which to appropriate
the amount, bonds have been ordered
issued.
"Flood," the champion Russian
deerhound, holding the worlds 1ec-
ord for the highest and longest jump,
has been operated upon in Chicago
dog hospital. One of the animals
legs, which had been broken by the
kick of a horse, has been amputated.
Within few days the dog will be
!. shipped back. in good health to its
owner, J. S. Wolfing, st. Paul, Mimi.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
More Than He Bargained For.

More Than He Bargained For.
"Ah," sighed the sentimental young
man, "would that might induce you to
fly with mel
"Well, I'll go you" replied the prac-
teal maid. Bring an airshfp around
tomorrow afternoon at three o'clock,
and I'll be ready. "-Chicago News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
DENMARK

Ladies will henceforth be permitted
to pass examinations as candidates of
theology in Denmark, but they shall
not be ordained for the ministry of the
gospel. -: H. ~. ..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
The Symptous.

First Village Loafer-Hear about Hi
Huskinby gcttin' letter day afore yes
tiddy?
Second Village Loafer (rE surprise)-
No. What WIZ it?
First Village L.oafer-Nobody knows;
but he's actin so darn close>moutheo
over it, guess he's gittin' ready tew be
bunkered.- Brooklyn Life
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01

For a Different Reason. -
"Young Tiffany says he can't live a
$4,000 q year.
"That's nothing! neither can L.
Houston Post
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
His Money Worked.

Riggs-Is Reggie very rich?
Diggs-He is so rich that when he
wants q thousand dollars he goes to
sleep for ten minutes and saves it up.
Town Topics.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01

"Why, we not only gave a fishing boat
considerable the worst of it, but We went
clear through the war without losing =
ship."~Wash:ngton Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01

Achievements Summarized.
Its funny" said an officer on the Bal
tic fleet. that we don't receive any Mar
conigrams of congratulation from st.
Petersburg" &c.,.
''Conxratulations2 What Tort"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
All the Job He Wanted.

Are you out OF employment my
MANI" asked the lady at the door.
mo. lna'am," replied the tramp; II
have employment every day."
What At ma. I ask2s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Looking for job, ma'am.'-Yonk.
ers Statesman.
Another Test.

rs he really great financier?"
well, he has piled up billion or 50
OF dollars. But he has never written
anything for q magazine. "-Washing-
ton Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Special Inducement.

Spec1al 1nducement.
Miss Beasley-Dey say dat Jane
Green am aftah Sans heart.
Miss White-Yeas, she dun heard dat
he 10 chicken hearted.-Chicago NeWA
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Beet Sugar.

Eight and one-half million pounds OF
sugar is the estimated output of sugar
at the Minnesota Beet Sugar company
mill, St. Louis Park, for the season of
1904. The crushing period, which
usually lasts about 100 days and ends
about Jan. l, will tais year continue
about ten days longer, marking the
season as the most successful in the
history of the industry. The per cent
of sugar in last years beets averaged
1875, varying from IA to 1875. The
quality of the sugar is chemically
pure" and has been pronounced by
New York experts as the finest on the
market:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Saved the Children.

The small children of Mr.. and Mrs
Deverey of st. Paul were saved from
being burned to death by the timely
arrival of Frederick label, uncle of the
children.
The children. three ,and four years
old, were left at the home alone, their
father having gone to work, and their
mother shopping. A woodbox stand.
ing close to the stove, which had been
overheated, caught fire, and the flames
soon filled the room.
The children, panic stricken, wrap
ped themselves in bed clothing and hid
under the bed. Mr.. label, who lives
in the next fiat smelled smoke and in
vestigated. He broke in the door OF
the Deverey fat and rescued the child
rem, who had been rendered uncon.
cious by the smoke. The fire was ex.
tinguished with a loss of $50!
TO Aid Reserves.
Two bills will be introduced to thu
present legislature relating to the Min.
nesota naval reserves. One will be
code bill for the government of the ma
val militia. It really will be an amend
ment to the naval reserve bill of 1899,
except that it will provide for an ap~
priation of about $4,000 year for
maintenance. The reserves will have
the United Safes ship Fern for train
ing ship on Lake Superior next season,
and will have her or some other gov.
eminent vessel permanently. The ma
val reserves have spent $500 themselves,
in addition to what the city of Duluth
and the government has done and are
1oinn
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Iron in Crow Wing.

There is strong evidence that an
Important iron range may exist in
Crow Wing county. This is not based
on the fact that explorations have been
In progress couple of years, or that
the explorers claim to have discovered
important deposits of ore, but the sig
niticant fact that some of the big iron
mining operators are beginning to give
the district their attention.
The firm of Pickands, Mather s. Co.. :,
one of the large independent mining
and furnace concerns of the United
States, has taken options on properties
on the Guyana range in Crow Wing
county and will drill the ground. The
firm has taken options on three tracts.
Cuyler Adams of Dulth, who has been
at the head of a company to explore
that territory, the last two years and
conducts the negotiations with the
prospective lesees His company has
spent large sum of money and they
claim to have discovered iron of mer-
charitable qualities and in commercial
quantities
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
MINI ESOIA NEWS,
The Best Kernels.

experiments conducted at the MIN
nesots agricultural school have proved
that seed corn taken from the middle
OF the ear is better than that taken
from the tip or the butt Of the same
ear, because the former terminates
faster, grows more rapidly aud is like
~ to give heavier yield.
50 rs to give uniform, results twenty.
i've Sc eds were taken from the three
parts of each car aud were planted ut
uniform depth in stcrilixsd sand which
contained no plant food. They were
allowed to grow twenty days. OF the
seed selected, 6s per cent from the tips
and SO per cent from the middles and
butts terminated. The total growth
OF the tips was 377.5 centimetcrs and
the average growth per plant was g.
centimetcrs; butts, total growth, 442. S
cent1meters, average gro with per plant,
20 centimeters; middles, total growth,
491 centimeters, average growth per
plant, 26 8 ccntimeters, showing gain
OF 30 per cent for seads from the mid
die OF cobs over the tips and eleven per
cent over the butts.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01

of Stag. Twenty tons were used at
the Bergen elecric power station, and
the man who conducted the experi.
ments at that place was pleased with
the results.
The Kristiania labor market was in
a worse condition in December. 1904.
than in any corresponding month since
the public employment office was es.
tablished, in 1898. In December, 1904.
the rate of applications for work by
men was SCI applications for every 100
positions offered.
A regular manual training school for
boys was opened in Haugesund. The
Institution, which cost Sc, 900, is a gift
from Johan Thorsen, of Vikebygd, a
former resident of Haugesund. There
are five distinct departments, and 1902
boys may be kept busy at the same
time. -,
Rev. F. V. Vinsness. dean of West
Totem, has been made knight of the
order of Dannebrog.
A reliable daily corrects the state
ment that the crown prince of NORWAY
| and Sweden was the real cause of the
hitch in the negotiations looking to
the establishment of a separate con.
sular service for Norway.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-14

Smith, who has held the office Of secretary for
some time, will again be elected The stereo-
typers voted in favor Of q parade On Labor
Day.
An open meeting Of the Meat Cutters union
will be teld at Alexander's hall on Wednes-
day evening, April 20. Refreshments will be
served. - ~
At the meeting of the Federation Council, to
be held in Minneapolis next Sunday, April 3,
it is said the decision in the Rogan-Kellington
controversy will be handed down. The official
report Of the trial is in the hands of the mem
bers of the council.
G: A. Moore and f.. A. Lunt of the Press
Assistants union have been elected delegates to
the convention Of the international body. to be
held in San Francisco next June. Labor Day
yin be celebrated with a picnic at Jordan,
Anna 0,Gorman and May Ohatto have been
ers to the Label Council. .-> U.s.
Electrical Workers union, No. "a. voted in
favor of Labor Day parade. -
| H. K. Sheldon and r. J. Richter have been
elected delegates to the Building Trades Coun.
| ell from the Metal Polishers.
At the meeting Of the Billposters' union last
Sunday afternoon, J. J. Whitehead was installed
| as president. - ".."
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-14
Special Notice
to out-of-town
MEN

crafts are members of that organization,
and central body of this kind would
not be able to control the unions un'
affiliated with the national. ii,
Alliances have been started in some
other cities, and Duluth is the latest to
dissolve her Building Trades council and
Torn Torn an aani ne: IS too eacy to b ae
the sentiment locally is so strong
against such a step that there is abso-
lutely no chance Of the council being
put out Of business.
At the meeting April 9 ways and
means of strengthening and broadening
the scope Of the council were discussed
Members of the council do not take
kindly to the idea Of dissolution, and
say that the present officers will in all
likelihood serve out their terms Def ore
anything is done in the way of turning
things over.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-14
MINISTERS AS DELEGATES
Trades and Labor Assembly Invite
PRESBYTERIAN Pastors.

J. L. Chapman, secretary of -. the
Trades and Labor Assembly, sent out
notices this week to the delegates from
the local Presbyterian Ministers asso-
citation. The preachers will probably
attend the next session of the council.
There is a disposition on the part Of the
Presbyterians all over the country to
get in closer touch with the labor
union element, and several Of the larger
cities have ministerial delegates. The
presence of the "sky pilots". as union
lists sometimes call them, seems to
have good effect upon the meetings
wherever the plan has been tried, and
the st. Paul assembly has had several
ministers as delegates for a long time.
Rev. A. B. Marshall, Rev. Willard s.
Ward and Rev. W. O.. Wallace will
probably represent the. Presbyterians.
All are known to be intensely inter-
ested in labor matters, and Mr.. Ward
was at, one time an active member of
one Of the local unions.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-14
WILL MARCH LABOR DAY
United Union Label Council Votes fol
a Parade,

Delegates from the Broommakers
and the Flour and Cereal Mill EN-
ployees unions presented credentials at
the meeting Of the United Union Label
council last Friday night. Avote as
to the choice of the manner in which
suited in the council favoring a parade
by small margin.
The resignation Of Karl Poertner of
the Retail Clerks association as re-
cording secretary was accepted and 0.
M. Wassing of the Grocery Clerks was
chosen to fill the unexpired term. Z.
w. Nickodemus was elected trustee and
will constitute the investigation COM
mittee. ~
President Donnelly Of the Amalga-
mated Meat Cutters will be invited to
speak at an entertainment to be given
by the council soon.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-04-14
'MiuAbbyEBorrpwS
Day in and day
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and she is often the bread-winner Of
the family. Whether she is sick or
well, whether it rains or shines, she
must get to her place of employment,
perform the duties exacted of her
smile and be agreeable.
Among this class the symptoms Of
female diseases are early manifest by
weak and aching backs, pain in the
lower limbs and lower part of the
stomach. In consequence of frequent
wetting of the feet, monthly periods
become painful and irregular, and FREE
quently there are faint and dizzy spells,
with loss of appetite, until life is a
burden. All of these symptoms point
to arrangement of the female organ
ism which can be easily and promptly
cured by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
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| Miss Abby F. Barrows, Jacksonville,
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II feel it my duty to tell you the good
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/ took them / was very nervous, had dull
headaches, pains in back, and monthlies were
irregular, I had been to several doctors, and
they did me no good.
'tYour medicine has made me well and
strong. can do most any kind Of work
without complaint, and my periods are all
right.
II am in better health than ever was
and know it is all due to your remedies.
recommend your advice and medicine to all
who suffer-"
It is to such girls that Mrs. Pink.
ham holds out a helping hand and ex.
tends a cordial invitation to correspond
with her. Her long record of success
In treating woman's ills makes her let.
ters of advice of untold value to every
ailing working girl, and from her wide
experience and skill she quickly points
the way to health. Her advice is free,
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the strictest confidence. Address, Mira.
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