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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
W1I1MAR MINNESOTA, "WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1905 E
THE GREAT TITAN
ais Was IN All Embracing Genlos,
Courtly, Serene, Majestic.

ais Was IN All Embracing Genloss
Courtly, Serene, Majestic. -.
AT once a genius and favorite Of
fortune, Titan moved through his long
life Of pomp aud splendor serene and
self contained. He was Of old and no.
bic family, born ut Pieve. III the noun
tain district Of Galore. BY the time
that he was eleven years old his ia
ther Gregorio di Conte Vecelli, recog-
nized that he was destined to be a
painter and sent him to Venice. where
he became the pupil first Of Bellini and
then Of the great artist Giorgine. From
the first indeed he enjoyed every privi-
lege that al artist Of his time could
need. The doge and council Of Venice
recognized his ability, as did the dukes
Of Ferrara and Mantua. AS the years
went on kings, popes and emperors
were his friends and patrons. In his
home ut Biri, suburb Of Venice, from
which In one direction the snowclad
Alps are visible and in the other the
soft lnxuriance Of the Venetian lagoon,
he maintained a princely household, as
sociating with the greatest and most
accomplished men Of Venice, working
on until he had reached the age Of
ninety-nine years. Even then it was
no ordinary ailment, but the visitation
Of the plague. that carried him of. aud
such was the honor in which he was
held that the law against the burial of
the plague stricken in church was
overruled in this case, and he was laid
In the tomb which he had prepared for
himself in the great Church of the
Frari.
No artists life was so completely
and sustainedly superb, and such, too,
is the character Of his work. He was
great in portraiture, in landscape, in
the painting Of religious and nytholog-
ical subjects. In any one Of these de-
partments others have rivaled him, but
his glory is that he attained to the
highest rank in all. He was an artist
of universal gifts. His was an all en-
bracing genius. courtly. serene, males
tic. He viewed the splendor of the
world in big, healthful, ample way
and represented 1t with the glowing
brush of a supreme master of color
Charles H. Caftin In st. Nicholas.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
ENGLISH GOLD LEAF.
The Reason Its Manufacturer Pack
It In Bibles.

1t In Dibles.
"1ames," said the English gold manu-
facturer. we are hout Of Bibles. Go
downtown and buy six DOZEN"
James III due course returned with
the Bibles in han(lcart. They were
taken from him by three men. their
covers were torn OF, and the pages
were trimmed with sharp knives down
to a certain small size: Then these
little reduced papers were sewed to.
gether into multitude Of small books.
The small books were distributed
among the hands, and in them the
firms output Of gold le0f was packed
between every two Biblical leaves a
leaf Of gold.
1T seems irreverent. not to say sacri-
lesious. l know" said the head of the
firm, but we Railways do so. We have
done 80 for generations. Cold leaf Is
Railways put OH the market in little
books made Of Bibles.
"Why? III tell you why. Gold leaf
must be packed between printed in.
stead Of plain pages, for the reason that
it would slip out Of plain pages, which
are too smooth for it, whereas the in
dentations made by the types on the
printed pages are just sufficient to hold
the leaf in place firmly. That's why
printed pages are used.
1--WE choose among all printed pages
Bible ones, for the reason that the
Bible is the best printed book a-going
The type is more evenly set, and the
printing Is finer than in any other
work. and we need the best typesetting
and printing in our business. you know,
for any roughness or unevenness is apt
to tear the gold leaf.
''That's why all English gold leaf is
packed in Bibles. It's a necessary
thing to do, but all the same I've Of
ten wondered that the churches ave
never gotten after US gold leaf manu-.
facturers for our hirreverence." LON
don Chronicle.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Here IL the Ideal House.

Lecturing in Philadelphia, DR.. Rob-
ert Ellis Thompson described the city
home Of the future. He said it would
contain no stoves. Cooking will be
done by power. the building will be
heated from a central plant, elevators
will run from cellar to garnet and
breakfast, lunch and dinner will be
supplied from cooperative center. The
era of scientific cooking on the cooper
alive plan has been inaugurated in
Bergen, Norway, where for nearly
generation cooking has been banished
from the home, and all receive their
meals from cooperative centers.
Not only will the house OF the future
be cleaned by power, but the dust will
be removed by pneumatic exhaust
system. Streets will be cleaned in like
manner, and the dust and dirt will be
carried away into the country, 30 that
country people may yet visit the cities
~ 4 breath Of fresh air.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
THE DISSATISFIED ONES.
Lives Npoilct by Fruitless gins
For Other Fields.

Lives Npoilcd by Fruttless L0nE inG
For Other Fields.
Everywhere we find people who are
dissatisfied with their lot. who think
they would be happy II they could only
get somewhere else, into some other
occupation. They see only the thorns
In their own vocatiOns, the roses in
those Of others. The shopgirl would
be an actress; the cook would change
places with her mistress, the butler
with his master. The lawyer would be
a doctor, the doctor a lawyer. The
farmer bemoans his hard lot and longs
to exchange his life Of drudgery for
the career Of the merchant or the man.
ufacturer. The country boy leans on
his plow handle and looks toward the
city with hungry eyes. If he could
only be free from the slavery of the
farm, he thinks, wear good clothes, get
counter! Happiness, opportunity, for
tune-everythi lies yonder; around
him misery, toll. poverty-nothing de-
sirable. A city youth behind a counter
or sitting on high Office stool rails at
fate for combining him to the limits of
brick walls and the dreary details of
merchandise, buying and selling. or Of
figuring up accounts. Oh, if he could
only 60 to sea and travel to distant
countries, become captain in the ma
w or skipper or owner of merchant
vessel! Life would be worth something
then. But now
How much energy has been lost, how
many lives have been spoiled by this
fruitless longing for other fields. other
opportunities out Of reach. What is the
use of signing or dreaming Of what
you would do If you were in somebody
else's place? What is the use Of trying
to reach into your neighbours pasture
when you do not know what bitterness
may lie at the root of it, hidden from
your sight, when you have never tried
to develop or to call out the sweetness
and juiciness which thrive in your
own?-O. S. Marden in Success.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Unreasonable Woman.

His wife asked him to read to her.
Taking up the paper, he turned to the
woman's page and started with the
first article that attracted his atten.
ton. 1t was by distinguished med.
zeal authority on the subject of correct
breathing and began:
"As means for preventing wrinkles
In the face 1t is certain that the prac.
tice Of keeping the mouth shut is one OF
the most positive"
"That will do, sir" she snapped. II
asked to be entertained, not to be in.
suited. New York Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Funny Stories.

"Ha, bar said the jovial man as he
slapped an acquaintance on the back
"l'm glad to see you. have one Of
the funniest stories on record, and
you are just in time."'
I don't care for it," was the can
did reply. "You see there is often
pathetic side even to humor. l have
Just been out with my architect. and
he showed me three Of the funniest
stories ever saw. II l hadn't been
paying for them I'd have laughed my
self silly."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
The Negroes Status In Bermuda
By President ELIOT Of Harvard

Of Harvard
Bermuda with great pepondernce Of in the popu
lation there absolutely equal suffrage based edca
honal and property qualification. With the whites in the
minority there they yet rule, AND RULE SATISFACTORILY
Every taxed support the public Schools yet all the colonial
schools occupied children, while the white children
private schools slight additional would be the
the south the southern people would attack THE WHOLE CUES
TON in like and intelligent fashion We know how settle
the question: and would do it quickly only southern brethren
would up the courage and justice do the Bermudans
have done, AND so WIPE OUT THE WHOLE "NEGRO
QUESTION:"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Deaf a. an Adder.

The expression deaf as an adder Is
from the Psalms Of David, where it
appears In the following form: Their
poison is like the poison Of serpents
They are like the deaf adder that stop
peth her ear, which will not harken to
the voice Of charmers. charming ever
90 wisely" East Indian travellers tell
Us that there is widely prevailing su-
perstition in the east to the effect that
both the viper and the asp stop their
ears when the charmer is uttering his
lamentations or playing his music by
turning one ear to the ground and
twisting the point Of the tail into the
other.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Very Old Treea.

An old yew tree stands in the church
yard at Portugal. in Perthshire. which
De Candolle nearly a century ago
proved to the satisfaction Of botanists
to be twenty-five centuries old. and an
other is still standing at Helsor, in Blu
elias, which is 3.240 years old. How De
Candolle arrived at an apparently cor
rect estimate Of the enormous age of
these living trees is simple thing, and
the principle is doubtless we'll known
today to all. The yew, like most other
trees, adds one line. about the tenth of
an inch, to its circumference each year.
But the oldest living thing in the world
today as far as known Is cypress tree
In Chapultepec, Mexico, that is 6,260
years old.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
la1Iig5
THE MODERN BATTLE.

Directed From n Deak Many Miles
From the Scene Of HOxtilitieA.
Today circumstances place 4 CON-
mander completely ont OF sight Of his
army. He is usually located ut least
ten or fifteen miles from the firing line
and In many instances is even farther
away. He sits in Il room whence raui-
ate telephone and telegraph lines to the
remotest portions Of the field, placing
him In instantaneous communication
with his principal subordinates.
The famous painting Of Napoleon at
Austerlitz represents in the popular eye
a commanding general directing a
great battle. But it belongs to the war
fare OF the past. The artist who as
pires to depict the direction Of a mol
ern battle must sho>Ib man seated at
a table on which Is spread Il huge map
dotted with little flags indicating the
location Of the opposing forces with an
ordinary desk telephone at his elbow.
In an adjoining room is i switchboard,
where sit alert operators ready to con-
meet the commander with any Of the
field headquarters. From this room also
comes the steady clicking Of Il score Of
telegraph instruments busiH receiving
and sending messages.
But for the military uniforms Of the
messengers and the going and coming
Of staff officers the man at the table
might be stock operator directing,
through his brokers, 4 deal in steel or
railroad securities. Even the stenogra-
pher at his elbow is not lacking. but
sits quietly taking messages under die
tation to be transmitted presently by
telegraph Other officers copy these
messages and file them away after put
ting them under time recording stamp
to show the hour they We're sent, 80
that afterward delinquencies may be
located and responsibilities fixed
Thus. apart from the excitement and
horrors Of the battlefield. general sits
at desk and calmly directs the battle
BE hears that this attack has been re-
pulsed, that re-enforcements are need
ed here. that ammunition is running
low there, that this division has been
cut into pieces, that those troops have
been two days without food, and so on,
along his forty miles OF front, and takes
his measures ccordingly--Tbomas F.
Willard in Scribner's
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
BOOK GLUTTONY.
Lord ROsebeFy ON Wise Reading and
~~ the Sin Of Borrowing Books.

Lord R0sebeFy ON Wise Reading and
the Sin Of Borrowing Books.
In a speech made at the opening Of
new Carnegie library in London Lord
Rosebery said, as reported in the Lon:
don Mail: knowledge is power, but
that does not necessarily mean book
knowledge. Book knowledge Is only Il
part Of the knowledge that constitutes
power. Books are excellent things-it
coming here to open a free library-but
q gluttony Of books Is just as bad as
surfeit Of anything else. and there are
4 great many excellent people in this
world who spend all their days in read
ing and who are Of no use to them
selves or to anybody else.
The fact Is that an appetite for read
ing without digesting is as unwhole-
some as any other form OF gluttony::
The man Of vigorous life among men
would beat the man of books always
and at everything in this world. Ii
braries, however, give them the tools
with which they can work out their
OWL SHlEdtlOu.
Mr.. Gladstone, by the aid Of immense
industry, was perhaps the only man
have ever known who was able TO adj
just the balance between his life Of
study and his life Of action satisfac-
torily to himself and to others.
But books can also be an end in
themselves. The man with happy
taste for books can come in, tired and
soured though he may be, and fall into
the arms Of some great author who
would raise him from the ground and
take him into new heaven and a new
earth, where he would forget his bruises
and rest his limbs and return to the
world fresh and happy man.
No limitation Of means can in these
days excuse anybody from not buying
books, but we must distinguish be-
tween books to be read and books to be
bought. There are two further classes
Of books-the books that are borrowed
from friends and returned and the
books that are borrowed and not re-
turned. The nonreturning Of books has
ended more friendships and terminated
more affections than any other cause
Of which l am cognizant The man
who borrows one volume out Of a set
Of volumes and never returns it is a
man who should be treated like vermin
trapped or shot at sight or any other
Of the punishments which might be
extended to the lowest and vilest of
mankind.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
The Governors Wife.

1.-Two men In Buffalo," says a state
official, recently had a heated argu-
ment over the question whether the
wife OF governor of a state had an
official title. One man contended that
she should be addressed as Mrs. Gov
ernor So-and-so.' while the other stout
" insisted that she was simply Mrs.
Blank, wife Of Governor Blank Final
~ they agreed to submit the question
to the first man they should meet. he
proved to be an Irishman. The case
was put before him, and he was asked
tor decision.
'Nayther Of yez is right said the
1rishman after a moments reflection.
The ' g Of a governor is a govern
ess.' - oilers Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
MATCHING THE L,IVNETS.
odd Pastfme and Business In thD
Sluma Of London.


In the little, swar1ning streets OF
Whitechapei road, down through Shore
ditch and Bethnal Green. linnet singing
Is the pastime Of thousands and the
business Of scores of men who will bet
themselves to standstill over the
sweet voiced rivalries Of two wee
brown birds Gagged on the wall of some
public house whose reputation makes
responsibility timorous of intrusion
The hard faced least ender," whose
chief jsy is a bloody limited round
go" In the prize ring Of a resort In
Whitechapel, may be seen next night
in the back room Of another pub" sit
ting in breathless silence and behind
locked doors, with hundred of his
kind, while his linnet sings a match
for pheasant song" and q stake Of 10
6hillings side.
When the referee says Now" the
watch is started, but this does not
mean that the birds are yet engaged
in any rivalry. They sit on their little
perches in silence, and the crowd sits
In silence watching them. Presently
one Of the rivals pipes up his opening
lay. This is called the lead off," The
first note Of song is called the "chuc-
kle." Perhaps the bird which makes
the lead off, may stop with this
''chuckle' and not finish his song. The
stimulus is enough to start the other
bird, however, and he in turn makes
his ''chuckle" and then without q
break performs the whole Of his roper
tolre Of ten pheasant songs"
The sulky bird is frenzied at this SD
periority and to make up for lost time
sings as II its heart would break Both
scorers are busy now "chalking the
scores as fast as their pencils can fy.
To the unframed ear the torrent Of pip
Ing notes is hopelessly intermingled,
and even when one bird is singing
alone it is impossible to tell where one
song ends and another begins.
This sweet piping absorbs the atten-
ton Of the audience, while just beyond
the closed door horde of bloated men
and slatternly women are drinking
themselves more sodden. with bias
phemous and vulgar merriment.
The birds are all Of purity and senti-
ment and sweetness that can be found
In this east end 'pub,' and they sing
as gladly as If green fields were their
environment-Outing.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
The Lanxuaxe OF India.

Among the 145 distinct languages
spoken in British India are some pos
sessing only few hundred words. 9TH
ers rivaling English, as DR.. Grierson
says, or Russian, as would say, In
their copiousness, some in which every
word is a monosyllable, others In
which some are elongated by aggluti-
nation till they run to ten syllables,
like da-pa-l-ochoakan- tahen- tae- tin-a-e,
a Sontali word, meaning HE who be-
longs to him who belongs to me will
continue letting himself be made to
fight" Some Of these divers tongues
lack verb and noun, others are as CON-
pick and systematic as Greek and Lat
ln.-Nineteenth Century.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Rad Teeth and Cancer.

Walter Whitehead, the we'll known
English surgeon, believes it possible
that cancer may be due to bad teeth.
Addressing the students Of the Vic
toria Dental hospital. he said that to
drain, trap and venulate a house for
q man with bad teeth was waste Of
money, for he polluted the purest air
as he breathed it and contaminated tho
most wholesome food as he ate it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Proprietary RiEht.

Little Edith had spent an afternoon
busily searching with nimble fingers
through the soft fur of her pet kitten,
says Lippincott's Magazine. When she
was through she came to report to her
mother.
"Oh, mamma" she cried, II found a
little flea on kitty, and caught it,"
what did you do with it?" asked her
mother.
"Why, l put it back on kitty again.
Of course It was her flea"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
People who Radiate Cheer.

People Who Radiate Cheer.
Who can estimate the value Of sun.
ny soul who scatters gladness and good
cheer wherever he goes instead OF
gloom and sadness? Everybody is at
tracted to these cheerful faces and
sunny lives and repealed by. the gloomy,
the morose and the sad We envy
people who radiate cheer wherever they
60 and fling out gladness from every
pore. Money, houses and lands looh
contemplate beside such a DISPOSE
tion.-Detroit Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Fame.

schumann. the famous musician, is
the principal character Of an amusing
story told by Vienna critic: "The
composer once accompanied his wife.
who was even then a celebrated pi-
anfst, to the palace when she went to
play before the king Of Holland and
was gratif1ed by the monarch's COM
pliments of her performance. The com.
poser was somewhat surprised, how.
ever. when the king turned to him and
courteously inquired. Are you also mu-
sical?'"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Dared.

''Tell me what you cat and I will tell
you what you are"
"Well, s'pose I eat more wiener
wurst than anything else. Now, con-
found you. 60 on with your theory If
you've got the nerve."-Chicago Rec
0rd-Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
"Yes" That Meant "No. !"

Harry-What did Kate say when you
proposed to her? Frank-She said yes.
Harry-Then she is really going to mar
~ you? Frank-Oh, dear, no! What
put that into your head? The question
! asked was, do you prefer to remain
single rather than accept me?"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Could Do II With Ze.t.

"Going out, eh2" she sneered after
their quarrel.
YES" replied her husband, I'm 60
ing to congratulate Ned Pilkinton."
you're slow. The engagement waa
announced six weeks ago."
Eyes, but it was broken OF yester
day."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
At the Cotlllon.

Elderly Lady (watching the dancers,
How we'll Mr.. Heavyweight dances!
He is so light on his feet. Young
Lady (who has had experienced
Humphl wish he were the same on
otasf people's.-Smart Set. :.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01

Never Had the Coveted Chance.
Harris-When you so to the polls, of
course you vote for what you think II
the ideal man? Berry-Why, l never
was a candidate for public Office in all
my lffe.-Boston Transcript.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Didn't Pan Out.

II thought you said you had gold
mine in that play Of yours"
II had" answered Mr.. Stormington
Barnes. ''but it was one Of the kind
that sells stock and never pays any
dividends. "-Washington Star. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
1t Helps.

money doesn't bring happiness"
mo, but 1t isn't necessary that II
should. If you have money and want
happiness you can afford to go after
it."-HoustOn Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-02-01
Both Sides Of II.

Giles-So you've got place in that
banking house? I suppose it was be-
cause you knew the president? Har.
ris-Partly that and partly because ha
didn't know me.-Exchange.