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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-07-14
A Barber's View Of tho War.

A 8arDoc'S Wow OF tho wax.
Tonsorialist Maggie ascribes the defeat
Of the Russians to their wearing whisk,
ers, says the Big Rapids Bulletin. No
nation, says he, can be successful in war
unless its fighters are smooth shaven.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1905-07-14

A WESTERN CANADA VILLAGE
SCHOOLHOUSE.
there were 1,625 grain elevators in the
country all the growth of "a years,
with total capacity of 2S,000,000 bush
els. Besides these again there is
storage capacity of over 100000
bushels at Fort William and Port Ar
thur.
The Leading Industries.
The country has three great branches
Of the agricultural industry-grain
growing, cattle raising, and dairying,
each one Of witch is developing as
rapidly as the number of resident
far; s with their means will permit.
Here are the cereal statistics of the
territory that now constitutes the two
provinces of Saskatchewan and Alber-
ia, comparing the yields of the year
1898, the first for which there are COM
plete records, with those of 1904:
Wheat 5,75os5o 17,25o,s5o
Oats ......................3,25O $50 $3.50, $40
Barley NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 465,3oO 1850. 420
AS there is at least rs per cent. more
land under crop this year (1905l than
there was last year it is confidently
expected the yields will reach,
Wheat .......................... oOO OOO
oats ~ ,UUV,VOO
Barley ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 1000
The value of the crop Of 1904 to the
farmers at the prices that prevailed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
WILD Man, tanned
TO GET 4 PENSION
Strange Case of a. Soldier Who
Was Struck on the Head by
q Piece of a. Shell.

Kingston, n. Y, May IAN Ulster
county sheriff IS jury has determined that
John Tombs is incompetent to manage
his affairs, and with this finding is
brought to light one Of the strangest
cases Of suspended memory that has
ever been brought to the attention of
the medical world.
John Tombs was the son of a well-to
do farmer living in the town Of Sha
wangunk when the civil war began. He
enlisted in the Orange County Rangers
fought With distinguished BRAVERY wr7 II
most of the battles in which the New
York regiments took part. Toward the
latter part of the war he was hit or
the head by a piece of flying shell that
burst while passing over him and he
was carried in an unconscious condition
to the field hospital, where he was carec
for until he regained consciousness
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
The Suit Sale

This sale was one Of the
greatest successes we have ex-
perienced for some time. There
are choices left on both the
$4.95 and 1915 tables. The first
kind sold formerly at from $40
up to $25, and the 1915 ones
from $13.75 up to $42.50.
They're in cheviots, broad
cloths, Panama, fancy mixtures
and some voiles.
Worth to $4,000, satur-
day, $4.95. =,
Worth to $42.50, satur-
day at 1915.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Linens

Full bleached 36-inch soft finish
shirt waist and suiting linen, our
55c kind, quantity limited, special,
per yard, 39c.
Full bleached 15x3O birdseye
buck towel, 80 dozen in the ship
ment, cheap at SIC, special Sc. ~ss"
A shipment Of 1926 pattern table
cloths, sizes 8-4, $40, 8-12, 2 yards,
211a yards and 8 yards long, full
bleached heavy Scotch linen, $3.50
for the 3-yard length. The go yard
length for $2.47; 2 yard length,
$l.98.
24x24 Japanese hand made Batten-
berg centerpieces, round and square,
assorted designs, regular prices,
$1.75 to $1.98, special, CSC.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Underwear
For Men and Women

A small lot of men IS fine Jersey
ribbed light weight wool shirts and
drawers, finished in first class shape,
strictly dollar value. until they are
gone, per garment, SOC.
Mems fine French Isle union
suits, long or short sleeves, special
line per suit $1.OO.
Women's white ribbed vests and
pants; vests have high neck and
long sleeves, umbrella style, knee
length pants, a 25c garment, at Ice.
Women's fine jersey ribbed white
union suits, high neck, long sleeves,
ankle length, finished with pearl
buttons, silk crocheted neck and
front, the best. Of value, at per
suit, SOC.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
were held together without the aid Of
nails or other iron

nails or other iron.
In Jail Tombs was regarded as a
trusty and for a long time was given
charge Of the infant child of Jailer
Lorin Schantz. He cared for the child
as faithfully as a southern nanny, but
finally becoming weary of city sights, he
begged leave to be allowed to return to
the old homestead, where he could hear
the birds sing. For years he has had
a mania for writing long letters, in
which he has attempted to describe his
experiences since the war. In these let
tiers he writes coherently for a hundred
or more words and then his mind be-
comes distracted by nearby happenings
or reverts to the illusion Of Almighty
God and William Shakspere visiting
him in an airship and the past is blot
ted out from his own recollection as
deeply as is the knowledge he seeks
to find from the minds Of his fellow
humans.
Tombs is entitled to receive pension,
but the pension department refused to
pay it until he had been iudicially de-
termined to be incompetent and a COM
mittee Of his person and estate ap-
pointed by the courts
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Made Wooden Wheels.

OF the war itself, John Tombs remem-
bered little. He had q vivid recollec-
shattered his intellect, and his descrip-
tion Of that Hateful event was graphic.
He imagined that he had been carried
up to the top Of a high mountain and
there rescued by God Almighty and
William Shakspere, who instructed
him to build wooden wheels. The in
junction he had followed out, for he had
constructed immense wooden wheels of
artistic workmanship, and which at
tracted unusual notice because they
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
The Wild Man Captured.

Autumn passed into winter without
the terror abating. and with the open
ing of spring the town constable had
planned to form posse to hunt for the
wild man, when the news came from the
mountain that a party Of wood chop
pers had been attacked by the mon
ster1, who had been overpowered after
a long and desperate struggle. The
wild man himself and his captors fol
lowed the welcome news, and the farm
ers gathered from miles around to mar
vel at the half man-and- half-beast who
had created such turmoil.
In many ways the stories had not
been exaggerated. The farmers beheld
a strange sight. An old man, whose
white beard reached nearly to his waist
and whose unshorn locks hung from his
in a corner beneath a weight Of chains
that had been used to hold him securely.
The man muttered strange oaths and
talked incoher:ently Of the war, Of his
farm and family and Of God Almighty.
From his ramblings it was evident that
he was insane, and as the old farmers
pressed near to peer into his features
they thought they recognized familiar
face, but the wild man was unable to
tell his name, and they returned home
disappointed
| Sleep and rest in the county Jail, to
which he was committed, restored to
some degree the wild man s memory,
and he said that he was John Tombs.
| Old residents remembered the name and
the history of the case, and his record
Twas examined. It was found that his
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12

mind had become affected when he was
struck on the head by the bursting shell
and that he remembered nothing that
had happened since. He had wandered
for years over the world, and in some
unaccountable way had come back to
the farm where he was born. He had
recognized the place thru a befogged
intellect, and with the return Of con-
seriousness Of where he was the inter
val between the war and the present
had been obliterated. Physicians called
in a case of susnendad memory
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12

You may depend upon the
millinery department of the
Minneapolis Dry Goods Com
pany for a correct and faithful
reflection of the newest and
best ideas in headwear. The
showing includes the most
practical novelties brought out
this season.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Wash Goods


A beautiful assortment of. floral
design di1nities and batistes, light
and dark grounds, yard, i5c.
Cotton voiles, all the popular
shades of plain colors, brown, black,
tan, navy and cadet. 15c quality,
: &sfIEs e.-s = 61lE'4 r." @@a"r4 IN , d,
per yard, loo. @~sE ...;o5s.s5.5 j. t.7
Foulardines, in a big assortment
of styles, in brown, tan, and navy,
with neat figures and broken checks,
per yard, 15c.
Basement Wash Goods
There is still good assortment
of silk ginghams, embroidered swis-
ses, grenadines and figured silk null.
They have sold at from 25c to SOC
a yard, to clean them up, special,
l5c. @ s> ..-.-- .~-.... .a.. .
Staple blue print and cotton chal-
lies, all at one price, per yard Sc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
$500 Yards Of Ribbons

HAVEN'T you heard say f you can't get ribbon
match that at the Minneapolis Dry Goods you
in you? And they the who
appreciate exclusvsness and We have the ribbon
trade Of the Twin increasing
Saturday offerings At Bargain Table Stairway
Fancy all washable fancy stripes 81
Sady h w entire oa r yapds ts at % 1 ana % yard Sc
s s eGrs s. 'n:aes 'sns every DAY Tor a5 16c
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Hosiery

Women's fine Xxi ribbed, black
isle hose, high spliced heels, and
double soles and toes, special price,
ESQ.
! Women's plain black Isle hose,
with spliced heels and toes, double
soles, never sold under 25c, special,
per pair, lSc; 8 for SOC.
Boys extra heavy and very elastic
Xxi ribbed, black cotton stockings,
always sell for 18c, any size from 6
to 10, a pair, 127ac. .
Misses fine Xxi ribbed, black COT
ton Isle finish hose, with double
knees, heels and toes, any size from
5 to 9, per pair, 121ac.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Men s Wear


Mems hose specials. All black or
tan, seamless, extra fine gage, per
pair, l27ho. II
A fast black stocking, full regu-
tan, seamless, extra fine guage, per
pair, 18o or for 500.
Popular NeckWea1'
Rumchundas, or English twill, Is
the most popular summer neckwear
silk. We have 30 dozen Of reversi-
BILE four in hands in the new length
and width. You'll pay SOC for them
at most stores; Saturday we place on
sale the following colors: Blue,
black, brown and white, with figures,
scrolls and various sized dots, $50
each, or 3 for $1.OO.
In our shirt department you'll
find everything complete. Between
the sizes Of ID and 10 you can buy
any kind Of shirt you like; diff
ferent length sleeves, plain, or plait-
ed bosoms, light, medium or dark
patterns, coat or regular style, at
tached or detached cuffs, in OK
ford, madras, cheviot and percale,
at $3.50 and $l.OO.
Among these are the best known
makes, Monarch, Wilson and Cluett
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
when his place was taken bv those more

when his place was taken by those more
recently wounded, and he disappeared
Records of the regiment showed that
he had been wounded, recovered and
then disappeared, and his comrades be-
lieved that he had either been killed by
a stray bullet and buried with the un-
known dead, or else had wandered away
to die in some sequestered nook. After
the war his family waited vainly for
tldlngs of the lost member Of the regi-
ment. Years passed by and the family
became smaller and smaller until finally
all had died and the Tombs family, so
far as Shawangunk knew, was extinct.
With the passing away of what was
once large and prosperous family, the
Tombs property was sold to strangers.
| They allowed the house to fall into
decay, and the once fertile farm was
turned into an immense pasture. The
4 house on the hill was seldom visited ex-
cept by cattle and tramps, and soon be-
came mass Of moss-covered ruins.
Tombs Family Forgotten.
Years had rolled around with such
frequency that the Tombs family and
the strange disappearance Of Soldier
John had passed entirely from the
minds of the Shawangunkites the civil
war was but a faded recollection that
was refreshed each succeeding year by
the decoration Of the graves Of the dead
heroes on Memorial day, when rumors
began flying thick and fast around sha.
wangunk that wild man had appeared
and taken possession Of the mountains
He was said to be half man and half
beast. Hair hung from his head and
face in wild profusion, it was said, and
the monster Of the mountains, as he
wa. called, was credited with all kinds
4 of fnrnoitu Strnn tales wara told %O1
midnight feasts held on the mountain
top, where cattle were slaughtered and
eaten and wild orgies practiced, but al
these revels only one figure was seer
1 silhouetted against the blazing bonfire
that figure was the wild man.
With the passage of weeks the stories
.Ibecame enlarged. The stories told BY
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Covert Jackets

22-inch jacket, in a good.
quality of covert cloth, collar
less effe;t, full mutton leg
sleeves, plated at wrist and
finished with turn back cuff,
neck finished with stitched vel
vet band, satin lined, $3.50.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12

even the most unima ginative farmers
were hair-raising in their character,
while man or woman with good,
healthy imagination could work auditors
into frenzy Of fear. It was said the
wild man killed, baked and ate little
children Of the neighborhood, and as no
body had sense enough to take a census
OF the neighboring youngsters, the state
ment found many believers. The entire
town was terrOriZed
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Children s 90
Wash Dresses

A fine assortment of wash
dresses for girls, from 6 to II
years, in percales, linens, ducks
and gingham, from SIS down
to 39c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
Cotton Specials

Soft bleached sheets, 1890, 43c.
Soft bleached sheets, 81x90,
471ac.
Bleached pillow cases, 45x36,
1910.
Yard wide brown cotton, 41ac.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12

let & West Hotel; Thompson. 4th & Nicollet,
Side--Gamble & Ludwig, 3o1 Hennepin; Lane,
ee. 230O Hennepin: Washburn. 30o1 Hennepin;
Nfcollet; Cirkler, 602 Nicollet; Bush 1929 Mic.
upper & Chamberlain. 500 10th; Dillin Drug Co..
uckeberg, 25th & 9th av: Peterson, 1901 Wash.
av s; Horn, 1885 Chi. av: Guiwitz & Jones' 2451
tn -Bingenheimer. 642 1920 9th ay N;
N; Danek, 1928 Wash. av NJ Nagle 1105 26th
Y. East Side-Thompson. Wash. av Sc & Oak
Oh Central av: University Phar., 401 18th av Sc.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12

lined, also stockinet shields, good 1oc and
15c values, choice, per pair, SC.
ONO shields, they're Seconds" but no
one but an expert could tell the difference,
good value at double the price asked, sizes
2, 8 and 4, Saturday, per pair, Sc.
Fancy. pin cubes, made up with black,
white, dull black and assorted colored heads,
10c article, for SC.
Corticelli and Eureka spool silk, full 100
yards, in large variety of colors, loo value,
special, per spool, SC; per dozen, $50.
Velvet brush edge skirt binding, in black
only, regular 7c value, for, per yard, &c.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-05-12
about Ribbons

About Ribbons
Allow to regarding ribbons.
DIRECTLY o
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-16
JOHN COLLINS ARRESTED
ON 4 SERIOUS CHARGE.
Alleged Bigamist and Perjurer Taken
Into Custody by Sheriff Frantz.
He IS NOW IN UNlONTOWN JAIL
His Sudden Disappearance from the
Home of Wife No. 2 Gave Rise TO
Unbound Rumors Concerning
Death of His rlOther-in-Iaw.

John Collins, we'll know in Oak
land where he has resided for
twenty years or more, and has
seven children and a wife, was
arrested last Friday night by
Sheriff Frantz on a warrant taken
out by County Detective McBeth,
of Uniontown, Pa, charging the
prisoner with bigamy and perjury,
the offense having been committed
over in Fayette county, Pa.
Early last fall Collins had some
domestic difficulty and parted with
his wife. At the time a woman
named Fannie Siebert, whose home
is at Jockey Hollow, Pa, was
living in Oakland with whom Col
Inns took up hisresidence. Collins
and the Siebert woman left here
in the summer and went to her
home, where, it is alleged, Collins
assumed the name of John Siebert
and under this name procured a
marriage license to marry tle Sic
bert woman, giving her name as
Fanny Hays.
A few weeks ago Collins return
ed to Oakland and boarded with
the family of David Martin. He
was located by the Pennsylvania
authorities and his arrest followed.
The prisoner was taken from here
to Uniontown where the trial will
occur.
Five weeks after Collins married
the Siebert woman her mother
died under suspicious circum-
stances, but nothing was thought
of it until after his disappearance
when poisoning was limited at as
the cause of her death. The body
of the dead woman was exhumed
on Saturday last and post-morten
examination made. DR.. r. 7.
Jacobs. who conducted the exam
nation, stated over the telephone
to this office that no poison could
be detected in the stomach of the
dead woman.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-16
new JAIL NEARLY COMPLETE.
Iron Workers Busy Erecting Cages
and Inner Steel Walls.

Garrett county's new forty thOu-
sand dollar jail and sheriff. resi-
dence is nearing completion at a
rapid step and it will not be long
now until the building is turned
over to the county authorities by
the contractors. The best thing
connected with this binding is
that when it is done it will be free
of debt, the County Commissioners
having levied sufficient money last
spring to pay for it in full.
The building being public prop
erty in which every citizen and
taxpayer Of the the county is in
terested we suggest to the Com
missioners as soon as it is turned
over to them by the contractors
that two or more days be set aside
in which the residence and Jail
proper be opened to the inspection
of the public so that the people Of
the county may go through the
structure and make a minute in
spection of the interior, its arrange
ment, the class of work and the
material entering into its constuc-
ton.
The building being modern in
every respect and with the sani-
tary arrangements as have been
devised, along with the handsome
exterior ofthe building, the people
we are sure, will take advantage
of the time set apart for the inspec-
ton and will feel sufficient interest
in the building to visit it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-16
BANK STATEMENTS.
Splendid Showing Made by Garrett
County Institutions.

By reference to our advertising
columns this week the statements
of the Garrett National and First
National Banks of Oakland, and
the First National Bank of Friends
vile, will be noticed.
These statements are published
in accordance with the order of
the Comptroller of the Treasury Of
the United States and are as of
November 9th.
The First National Bank enjoys
resources aggregating $3.50, JOSIAH
and has on deposit SI84.I85.22,
with surplus fnnd and undivid-
ed profits of an amount approach
ing $4,000. This showing of
the condition is very gratifying to
the directors and stockholders of
the institution and shows it to be
in a healthy condition.
The Garrett National, the oldest
bank in the county, leads all other
financial institutions in the com
munity. 1t has resources of nearly
SSH, 100000 and a line of deposits
amounting to $4417o9.I7, with a
surplus fund and undivided profits
Of more than $4,000. In the
past few months the aggregate re
sources Of this bank have increas-
ed very perceptibly.
The First National Friendsville
shows resources ofnearly $500, 900.
The surplus fund and undivided
profits amount to nearly Sic 900,
w it'll a line of deposits aggre-
eating nearly $4,000. This bank
has the best business men in the
community interested in it and its
welfare goes hand in hand with
the welfare and best interests of
the town in which it is located.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-16
LITTLE SERMONS. NO. 8.
BY UNCLE JAY BEE.

u NANNi1i9 n DEE
One of the meanest characters
named in the Bible is the man
Doeg.
He was a sneaking informer; he
is the Noah Claypole of the Bible.
What business he had at the
Prophets Lodge at Mob when Da-
vid passed by and asked bread for
himself and his hungry compan-
ions, is not stated, Likely he had
no other object in view than pick
ing up a scrap of dirty gossip or
finding an opportunity to betray
some innocent person.
The fact that David knew and
recognized him seems evidence
that he was then already notorious
in his character of informer or be-
trayer. He no doubt rose to emil
nence in King Saul's service be-
cause of his readiness to do such
low work as that which led to the
death of Ahimelech and his house
of eightyfve souls, and the utter
destruction of the little city of
Mob, with everything that had life,
within its walls.
Had this vile betrayer and muir
derer of men, and women and ckil-
dren, been required to meet any of
the men whom he destroyed, in
fair battle, doubtless he would
have run away, like any sneaking
dog. Informors are always muir
derous towards.
In the sgd Psalm David gives
us A hint of the fate Of this vile
wretch, and a vivid characterize
ton of his class.
Doeg and ''bad-egg" have
about the same meaning. AS the
smell OF the latter is to the physi-
cal sense, so is the smell of the for
mer to the moral sense.
Not only the"Righteous Judge"
but all right minded men have on
ly utter detestation for people
going about, seeking whom they
may betray. Avaunt, Doeg
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1905-11-16
DIED..

BITTNER-Atthe McComas San
itarium, in Oakland, on Saturday
NOR ming, H. J. Bittner, of near
Hauser, this county. Several
weeks ago the deceased cut himself
in the ankle with an axe, which
resulted in blood poisoning. He
was treated by his homephysician
shortly after the accident, but his
entire leg had become infected and
he was then brought here for
treatment and attention. He was
about twenty three years of age
and well thought of by his &C
quaintances. His funeral took
place at the Red House on Mon
day morning.
WHETsELL-At her home in
Allegany City, Pa, last Saturday
morning, alter an illness OF several
weeks of typhoid fever, Emma,
aged about twenty years, daugh-
ter of the late Charles H. and Mrs.
Isabelle Whetsell. The deceased
was until the present year one of
the public school teachers of Gar
rett county and was highly respect
ed by all who knew her. She
leaves besides her mother two sis
tiers and two brothers, one of the
sisters being Mrs. Warren Rath-
bun, of Mountain Lake Park. The
remains of the deceased were
brought to Oakland Monday morn
ing and inferred in the cemetery
here. The body was accompan-
led by the brother of the deceased,
her mother being unable to atten d
the funeral on account of her
health.