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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
II Is on the Fall Calendar of the New
York State Supreme Court.
DEAF MuTES FOR PRINCIPALS and WITNESSES
Testimony to Be Taken in Foreien Sign Lan-
guages and Translated Into English-Prob-
lem for Judge and Jury-Story
Of the Quarrel

New York.-The most remarkable
suit ever tried in a court of law will
be heard when the New York supreme
court takes up its autumn calendar.
Yet to say that the case will be
heard is not stating the exact facts,
for the testimony will be given in that
most silent form of all silence-the
sign language of the deaf-mutes. Both
the parties to the case are mutes and
all the witnesses, of whom there will
be 80 or so, are likewise afflicted, SO
that the story of the trouble that has
landed them in court will come from
the fingers instead of from the lips.
But this is not the only remarkable
feature of this unusual case, which is
further complicated by the fact that
some of the witnesses cannot speak
English, so that great deal of the
testimony will have to be given first
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
THE INVENTION OF PAPER.
A Chinanan Who Lived in the Time
Of Christ Was the In .,.
veutor.

Paper was invented by a Chinaman
who was contempoTaneous with Christ.
He was secretary at court during
the reign OF Kwang WI, a prince who
reigned A. D. 1858. In early ages,
when the Chinese had no written
language, they had no special need CT
paper. Real estate transfers were GER
tilted by means of a piece of cord, in
which knots We're tied according to
the number Of acres sold or the price
paid. But as population increased and
business transfers became more fire.
quent, something more definite than
the cord was needed, and the art Of
writing came into use. At that time
the deed of purchase consisted of a
few letters on a bit of bamboo. AS
knowledge increased and literature be-
gan to be cultivated, legal and histor-
ical records became more numerous.
These bamboo strips were then found
to be heavy and cumbersome, and the
need of lighter and less bulky ma
terial was felt.
The secretary, Ts'ai Lun, then be-
gan his experiments in paper max
ing. How long he worked before he
met with success is not known. But,
at any rate, the materials with which
he experimental, and of which paper
was formed. are with all the expert
ence which has since been gained,
found to be the best for the purpose.
Though the Chinese have since sub
stituted other materials for the forma-
ton of the pulp from which their pa
per is made-purely for economical
reasons-Ts'ai Lun had the satisfac-
| ton of accomplishing that for which
he had worked. The manner of man
ufacture soon became generally known
| and paper factories were established
in all parts of the kingdom. With the
spread of learning, which received an
impetus from the facilities afforded by
this invention, the demand for paper
soon exceeded the supply. Old rags
| were not plentiful NOT cheap enough
to permit of paper being made and
sold as cheaply as was necessary or
| desirable. Accordingly, experiments
were made with other substances, and
proved successful.
A recent discovery in the manufac.
ture of paper is exceedingly interest.
ing and liable to prove great advan-
tage to the western farmers. 1t has
been found that the stalks of corn. or
rather the shining coat which enwraps
the soft pulp of the stalk, can be
used for making wrapping and note
paper, superior kind of cardboard,
and the best Of stationery. Thus .
corn crop crisped by the burning
winds till the milk of the corn is dried
up and the grain rendered unfit for
any use may. by means of this new
process, be turned into dollars for the
farmers pocket.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

haps, an art, that makes him unique
among craftsmen. He engraves upon
gold and silver by a process all his
own, and since his arrival in New
York four years ago has been en-
ployed at very high salary by Tif-
fany & Co. He had been in this coun-
try less than a year when he became
known to fame by personally present
ing President Roosevelt with a silver
dollar on which was the ef1gy of the
president in rough rider dress on
horseback, for which Mr.. Roosevelt
spoke his thanks in German, Mr.. Lip
gems understanding the movement OF
the lips when they frame words in his
native tongue.
'Mr. Lipgens is married and lives
with his wife who, like him, is deaf
mute, and two thoroughly normal and
unusually bright children in fashion
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

because they wear blouses and look
hungry, and when they left us the
landlord notified the police that sus-
picious characters we're at the hotel,
and came there escorted by the mob,
and the police surrounded the house
and dad went to our room and used
witch hazel on himself where the Co.'S
sack hit him with the loaded whip.
He says Russia will pay pretty dear
for that stroke of the whip by the
Cossack, and I think dad is going to
join the revolution that is going to be
pulled off next Sunday.
They are going to get about a mil.
lion men to take petition to the
car, workingmen and anarchists, and
dad says he is going as an American
anarchist who is smarting from injus-
ttce, and guess no native is smart
ing more than dad is, cause he has
to stand up to cat and lie on his
stummick to sleep. There is going to
be a hAdes Of a time here in St,
Petersburg this next week, and dad
and I are going to be in it clear up to
our necks.
Dad has given up trying to see the
car about stopping the war and says
the car and the whole bunch can go
plum Ito the deviD and he will die
with the mob and follow a priest who
is stirring the people to revolt.
Gee. I hope dad will not get killed
here and be buried in trench with a
thousand Russians, smelling as they
do.
met young man from Chicago,
who is here selling reapers for the
harvester trust, and he says il you are
once suspected of having sympathy
with the working people who are on
a strike you might just as we'll say
your prayers and take rough on rats,
cause the Cossacks will get you, and
he would advise me and dad to get
out of here pretty quick, but when l
told dad about it he put one hand on
his heart and the other on his pants
and said: "Arnica, arnica. arnica!"
and the police that were ON guard
near his room thought he meant an
archy, and they sent four detectives
to stay in dads room. .. IT,.
The people here, the Chicago young
man told me, think the Cossacks are
human hyenas, that they have had
their hearts removed by q surgical
operation when young, and a piece
of gizzard put in in place of the heart:
and that they are natural murderers,
the sight Of blood acting on them
the same as champagne on = hu-
man being. and that but for tho
Cossacks Russia would have popu.
lation of loving subjects that would
make it safe for the Little Father to
60 anywhere In Russia unattended,
but with Cossacks ready to whip
and murder and laugh at suffering
the people are becoming like men
bitten, by rabid dogs. and they froth
at the mouth and have spasms and
carry bombs up their sleeves, ready
to, blow up the members Of the royal
family, and there you are. :, Z IL: :
II you do not hear from me after
next Sunday you can put dads obit-
uary and mine II the local papers
and say we died OF an overdose Of
Cossack. II we gel through this rev.
olution alive you will hear. from me,
but this is the last revolution am GO
Ing to attend. Yours, =#sSz..z
Ii rlNERY. .
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

Copyright. 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
st. Petersburg, Russia.-My Dear
Groceryowa&i:2 Well, sir, l 'spose you
Will be surprised to hear from me in
Russia, but there was no use talking
when Dad said he was going to St.
Petersburg II it was the last act OF his
life. He got talking with Japaneser
In Rome and the Jap said the war in
the far east would last until every
Russian was killed. unless America in
terfered to put stop to it, and as
Roosevelt didn't appear to have sand
enough to offer his services to the
car. what it needed was for some rep
resentative American citizen who was
brave and had nerve to go to ST.
Petersburg and see the czarovitch and
give him the benefit of a good Ameri-
can talk. The Jap said the American
who brought about peace, by few
we'll chosen remarks, would be the
greatest man of the century, and
would live to be bowed down to by
kings and empercrs and all the worl
would doff hats to him.
At first dad was little leary about
going on such mission without Gre
dentials from Washington, bu: as luck
would have it, he met an exiled rus
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

sort of a sleigh, with three horses
abreast, and yelled to dad to take
a hitch on the sledge, and he grabbed
on with his feet on the runners, and
a man in the sledge with a uniform
on, who seemed to be a grand duke.
cause everybody was chasing him and
yelling to head him of, hit dad in the
nose with the butt of a revolver, and
dad fell off in the snow and the
crowd that was chasing the grand
duke picked dad up and carried him
on their shoulders because they
thought he had tried to assassinate
the duke, and we were escorted to our
hotel by the strikers.
We didn't know what they were, but
you can tell the laboring men here
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

an awful time, and went to a hotel,
suspected by the police, and marked
as undesirable guests by the Cossacks,
and winked at by the walking dele
gates and strikers, who thought we
were non-union men looking for their
jobs.
The next day the religious cere-
mony OF blessing the Neva" took
place, where all the population gets
out on the bank of the river, with
overshoes on, and fur coats, and looks
down on the river, covered with ice
four feet thick, and the river is
blessed. In our country the people
would damn river that had ice four
feet thick, but in Russia they bless
anything that will stand it. We got
good place on the bank of the river,
with about million people who had
sheepskin coats on, and who steamed
like sheep ranch. and were enjoy.
Ing the performance, looking occa-
sionally at the Winter palace. where
the car was peeking out of window,
wondering from which direction, a
bomb would come to blow him up,
when battery of artillery across the
river started to fire a salute, and then
the devil was to pay. 1t seems that
the gentlemen who handled the guns,
and who were supposed to fire blank
cartridges into the air, put in loaded
cartridges, filed with grape shot, and
took aim at the Winter palace, and
cut loose at Mr.. Gar
Well, you would have been par
alyzed to see the change that came
over that crowd. blessing tho river
one minute ,and~damning the car and
the grand. dukes the: next. The shot
went into the Winter palace and tore
the furniture and ripped up the CELL
ing of the room the car was IN. and
in a moment all was chaos, as though
every Russian knew the car was to
be assassinated at that particular no
ment, and all rushed toward the
Winter palace as though they expect
ed pieces of the Little Father would
be thrown out the window for them
to play football with. For a people
who are supposed to be lawful and
law-abiding, and who love their rulers,
it seemed strange to see them all SO
tickled when they thought he was
blown higher than kite by his own
soldiers. '
Dad and I started with the crowd
for the Winter palace, and then we
had taste of Eonarchial govern
ment. The crowd was rushing over
us and dad got mad and pulled off
his coat and said he could whip any
COMPOUNDED foreigner that rubbed
against him with sheepskin coat on,
and he was just ON the point of
shifting a fellow with whiskers that
looked like scrambled bristles of a
black hog when a regiment Of Co.'S
sacks came down on the crowd. riding
horses like q wild west show, and with
whips in their hands, with a dozen
lashes to each whip, and they began
to lash the crowd and ride over them,
while the people covered their faces
with their arms. and run away, afraid
of the whips. which cut and wound
and kill, as each lash has little lead
bullets fastened to them and a stroke
Of the whip is like being shot with
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

Loew told how the emperor, recognize
ing the deaf-mute's great skill in
leather and plush working, as exem-
plified by examples of his work shown
at the Vienna exposition in 1873, had
bestowed grand decorations of honor
upon him. ~. So :.... - il. ,.--s: +:
The Start Of the Quarrel. ~
Lipgens heard with doubling eyes,
and his agile hands replied, sarcastic
ally, that he did not take much stock
in his friends statement about these
decorations. s.::: 81
- 3. /" What! shouted Loew's right hand,
while his left reached for the desk
drawer In which he kept the tokens 81
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

must be made to pay for the folly of
his flippant fingers in a court of law.
And they called in lawyer. He was
John Loew, who, by the way, is no re-
lation to Jacques, though one of his
sons, Moses, is a deaf-mute and men,
Der of the Union League. John Loew's
daughter, Mrs. Rosalie w-Whitney,
Is also a prominent lawyer. .z
On beingzserved With.a notice that
he must answer in. court for the ar
legged indiscretions Of his fingers, LIP
gems Immediately engaged counsel for
himself, who has announced q counter
suit. Both cases will come to trial az
the fall term of the supreme court.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Washington

able apartment on Washington
Heights.
"As soon as Lipgens came to this
country he became fast friend of
Loew. The latter was the first prom
inent deaf-mute to welcome him to
New York, and their families became
closely associated. Dinner parties, at
which the elite of deaf mutedom were
present, social affairs of every kind,
made the LOews and Lipgens families
well known and popular, and the
friendship between them grew strong
er and stronger.
Zone evening Lipgens was a guest
at Loew's house. The conversation
came, somehow, to the 6onors that
had been heaped upon Loew by the
emperor Of Austria, Francis Joseph.
With fingers that twinkled with pride,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

Note.-Avoid the use Of the word very
before superlatives. 1t does not make
the best any better; the highest, any
higher, the longest, any longer.
. Don't say veterinary" for "veterinar.
lam -
Example: "A veterinary disappears
should be "A veterinarian disappears =
or "A veterinary surgeon disappears"
:: Note.-The word veterinary is an adj
jective. 45s5%~sT.-z5 49, - &
.
Don't say vicinity" for "neighbor-
hood" ~ % 1850
Note:-One may live in the vicinity
and not live in the neighborhood. The
neighborhood is the immediate vicinity.
.
Don't say "voracity" for "veracity."
Example: He is esteemed for his
voracity,'' should be "He is esteemed
for his veracity" -~...,> -
Note.-A man may have a reputation
for voracity. but it is not one for which
he will be esteemed
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Shaking Dice for Our Money.

buck shot or kicked with frozen
boot.
Well, sir, dad was going. to show
the Cossacks that he was pretty near
an American citizen and didn't pro-
pose to be whipped like a school boy
by a teacher that looked like q val
entine, SO he tried to look like George
Washington defying the British. but
it didn't work, for q Cossack rode
right up to him and dashed him over
the back (and about Is buck shot in
his whip took dad right where the
pants are tight when you bend over
to pick up something) and the Cos
sack laughed when dad Strengthened
up and started to run. @*< :. III. ..S#
. ! never saw such q change In q
man as there was in dad. He started
for our hotel, and as good q sprinter
as am couldn't keep up with him,
but kept him In sight. Before we
got to the hotel I sledge cams along,
not an old sled 9 such O. you play
with cards, high low ack. but 8
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
, Domestic Service in Brazil.

Some curious facts about domestic
service in Brazil are brought out in
a consular report from Rio Grande do
Sui. Servants will not sleep in the
house as a rule. but expect to leave
at seven at night and not to return
till seven or eight the next day. As
a result, some houses have a pane OF
glass in ore OF the windows taken out,
through which the baker and the milk
man pass their goods on their early
morning rounds, without troubling a
member of the family to get up and
open the door.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Saw Stone with Wire.

In some French quarries stone il
sawed by means OF steel wire cables
moistened with wet sand and passing
in an endless rope over series OF
pulleys. The wire, which runs from
1000 feet to 1900 feet per minute, is
charged as it enters the cut with a
jet of water and sand, which forms
the cutting material. A running cable
Of 500 feet can make a cut 100 feet
long.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
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in the sign language in German, then
translated into English, again into the
sign language, and finally to spoken
English, so that the court and the jury
may know what is going on.
Case OF Wide Interest.
The New York World, commenting
upon this remarkable case, says:
Eighty thousand deaf-mutes in this
country, and fully as many more in
Germany, Austria and France, will be
affected by the outcome of the case,
whatever it may be, for the parties at
law are both among the most prom
inent mutes in the world, and what
ever interestsjthe will interest their
fellows in the United States and Eu-
rope.
THE belligerents are both prom
inent in New York city, where they
reside. There are two suits, one
brought as an Offset to the other, 50
that both parties are plaintiffs and
each is defendant. And, most Gu
rious point of all, considering the fact
that everyone connected with the af-
fair is a deaf-mute, the twin suits are
. f0r-slander! -!
1T would be hard, then, to conceive
q more intricate, complicated, para
doxical situation than presents itself
now.
Jacques Loew, one of the plaintiff
defendants, is a well-known resident
of New York, which he has made his
home for the past 30 years since he
came from Austria. Although a deaf
mute, he is an expert worker in leath
er and plush goods, and made a good
living even before he became a part
ner in one Of the biggest concerns
manufacturing these goods. For a
score Of years he was prominent fig
ure at ,Fleischmann's Vienna bakery,
where his huge white mustache and
dignified bearing earned for him the
sobriquet of THE Baron He break
tasted at Fleischmann's early every
morning, and at dinner every evening
was generally surrounded by score
or more of guests, all ,deaf-mutes,
whose animated conversation was
most interesting to other patrons of
the restaurant.
Married Deaf Mutes.
when nearly so years Of age Mr..
Loew married q deaf-mute daughter of
Lonas Somehow. a retired millionaire
merchant, who lives in West Eighty
sixth street, and has two children; the
son, strange to say, being a deaf-mute
like his parents, It being unusual for
the affection to descend from one
generation to another. Young Loew,
however, became deaf-mute through
illness and not as direct inheritance.
Their daughter, a beautiful girl of Is,
possesses the faculties OF both speech
and hearing. One Of Mrs. Loew's SIS
tiers married son Of Meyer Guggen-
helm, the Silver King, who died re-
Gently. Mr.. and Mrs. Loew spend
their summers with the Sonneborns
at Long Branch, where they drive the
smartest rigs and entertain largely.
"The other defendant-plaintilf In the
case is almost equally we'll known, and
among the deaf-mutes perhaps even
more prominent than his septuagen.
arian opponent. He Is Wilhelm LIP.
gems, German with trade. 81, per.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
The Charce

me CuaTge.
What do you think that man who
is now under investigation for graft
ought TO be charged with?"
1T seems to me- answered Senator
Sorghum, that he ought to be charged
with criminal careiessness. Wash
ington Star
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
And Now They Do n

And Now They Do Not Speak.
Cordelia-I had six offers of mar
riage last month. What do you think
of that?
Elvira-1 think a man with such
bulldog tenacity is worthy of a better
fate.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

I. The woman of to-day.
IS physically unable to.
provide sufficient nour-
ishment to her offspring
AFT; after q: Bearing ji four or
five children. H e r
strength, is greatly ex-
l1austed in the majority
of cases. and without
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

BY HON. GEORGE ". PECK.
Ex-Governor OF Wisconsin, Former Ed
,. itor OF Peck's Sum- Author OF "Peck's 10
Bad Boy" etc.) 81, =,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

The Bad Boy. and His Dad Go to Rus
sta to Stop the War They Riot
Little and Dad Gets dashed with
. Cossack's Whip-He Takes L
Hitch on the Grand Dukes Sledge,
But Doesn't Ride Very Far. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

BY EDWARD B. WARMAN, A. NJ
(Aut1Or Of 'Practical Orthoepy and Crit
ique." 'The Voice: How to Train It:
How to Care for It." Etc.) ..~
'(Copyright, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Authors Note.-1t is one thing to record
errors, quite another to avoid them. He
who waits for the faultless one to cast
the first critical stone waits in vain;
therefore, as one Of many working for
the betterment OF the English language.
shall be pleased to receive kindly criti-
c1sm II. perchance, I, too, have erred.
Ones theory often is better than ones
practice. This was exemplified by the
teacher Of language when he said to His
class: Never use a proposition to end
a sentence with"
Many years ago began to be watchful
OF errors. I noted them in little book :;
the book grew as: the years passed. I
profited much; shall profit more. now
record them that I may benefit others as
We'll as myself. Many Of them are re-
corded for the first time
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-05-12
Ladies' Shoes.

Over 1000 pairs of the very finest of
the Spring seasons goods, hand sew
ed, lace or button, all weights of soles,
French kids, patent leather, Russian
calf, etc. They are far the best of any
shoe brought to this market, and they
come in all sizes and widths. Worth
from $3.50 to $500. Come and pick
them out 81 49,
Ladies' fine vici kid shoes, button
and lace, Paris toes and patent tip,
KubDers tor men, women and child
rem, Come pick them out.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-05-12
Bows Suits and Mems Pants.

Small boys Suits worth $175 sale
price only SSC.
Boys Suits and Overcoats, worth
$3.50, sale price Observation-Disclosures $l.3S
Boys Suits and Overcoats, worth up
to $500, sale price ----- $2.S5
1000 pairs of Knee Pants, worth ST.
only y-------------- 39c.
Mems strong, fine Worsted and Cas-
simerers, neatly made, all sizes, worth
$3.50-this sale only $3.50
Mems finest Dress Worsted Cassi-
meres, fancy Cheviots, worth up to
$500, $2.38
1000 Pairs of Knee Pants, worth 75c
and SOC. Price; per pair &c.,
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-05-12

&c. Seller Unbleached Muslin, yard SC.
Best quality Calico, all colors, yd SC.
Yard wide White Percales, yd- SIC.
Imported French Mercerized Sateen,
per yard tic.
Ladies' Ribbed Underwear 19c
ChiIdren's Ribbed Underwear - &c.
36 inch Red Flannel worth 75c. at SIC
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-05-12
Underwear e. Hosiery

Women's md Children's fast black
Hosiery, made with double heel and
toe, worth 25c, Steinberg's price, &c.
1000 dozen silk, isle ana fancy Hos
iery for women, men and children, al
less than actual cost of material.
Wonen's part-wool Vests and Pants,
silk tapped, also fleece lined, worth SOC.
Steinberg's 23c::
Ladies' Purses, Belts and Z Umbrellas
all 90 tor less than the cost of material.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-05-12
Hat Department.

About 100 Dozen Mems fine Hats, all
shapes and styles. worth up to $500
only ---- 49c, 69c, CSC, $l.4s, 81 SO