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The broad ax., 1906-10-20
Pieture InAuses Hay Fever.


In Paris there Is just now proceeding
q discussion on bay fever. concerning
which an amusing instance Of the ca
PRECIOUS nature Of the infection IL re-
lated. A lady was quite proof against
catching the sneezings Of hay fever
from either bay or any other flower or
plant except one. The mere sight Of q
rose used to set her sneezing violently.
Knowing her weakness. abe carefully
avoided these flowers. But one day
she carelessly stopped before q stif1
ltfe painting representing q basket Of
rosea- Almost instantly she was seized
with & sneezing 1t Clearly imagina-
ton has III part In the ease.-London
Globe.
The broad ax., 1906-10-20

f1llmma. rTe been praying every
rIr,,l ~ = new dan" said nftis Doro-
~. Ind Gsd hasn't ssnt Il ret :,
P6Ih1ps eed doesn't think that yoa
.1 anolhsr dosl. dslrss answered tlls
,11 Nky Doesn't he teH ne askc1
&c Hfl'o Girl - I couId pay Ter
11rle,.Ine eissfs Woman's Home
cpsnlea
The broad ax., 1906-10-20

ne night oaAcer found the old farm
e sitting On the steps Of vacant
honss eontente6ly chewing q straw.
waiting Tor any onefs asked tie Of
neerausplcIously.
YEP, responded the old man in con-
adence. 4 am waItiE' for the scientist
toeet hacT
what 8cienlistfs
Why TIE one with my ten dollar
IN. BE 6lapped ne On the back and
fsId ne that thar be seventeen dlKere
ont craving germs On every ten dollar
blIl He said Il I'd LET him have q tsn
dollar bIn q few minutes he would
faksit down to the arc light Ground
Ne corner ana stick q pin through
saeh germ 20 / could zee them with
NJ own eyea. Hes been gone abOGt
bllf en- houE, but reckon It takes him
cutie Z little whiIe. ,eause them germs
nrs pezlv small 70 see
And TIE old farmer settled himself
ctfartdhlF 70 await the return u tie
Detf3if rilbunS
The broad ax., 1906-10-20

Huf17s trrk1l Lsfs1 81 eNt e il6
wn1. H1t1 cones JaglsF.e
Wy art 1pu afraid e hlnlH
WY. h9'a fn1t b1ck from Egltpo.
1n4 ban want . izll ~ Al he saw
"a - W1nsE Re did1,t eee orT.
ne BE anaEs from TIE IKE -
1..1 rnfn - ct h1elE R1a11l-
The broad ax., 1906-10-20
Exeevtim.

New. IN order 70 subtract explain
q 4 teacher to the class IN mafhemat-
e. -things always have 70 Be q he
sane denomination. For instance. We
couldn't take three apples from four
EeaEs nor SIX horses from nine dags'
A band went up h the back of tie
room.
~Wsn. 5ohnnyis snIled ne unsns-
pecline teacher.
eease. ma.am.s shouted TIE boy.
cent Tou take four quarts q mix
1len .rss cousf-Judgssn Magazine
- I'm.
The broad ax., 1906-10-20

Rlrat LADY KIdsf-I.m yeEy much at
fschsd 10 NY horse.
Second Lady Rider feeling very IN
cQmtortablel-I-IIwsw-wish IIw-waa
chlcago News.
The broad ax., 1906-10-20
me-, Ranehes a. MEXICO.


Ranches In Mexico are Of no mean
Size. Ex-GoFernor Terrazas OF Chlhua-
hea has 100000 acres. The Zuloaga
family h said to hold 100000. Prop
critics Of 100000 and 100000 acres
are not uncommon. Among the Ameri-
cans who have large ranches may be
mentioned Fleming & Ross. the River
side Cattle company with 2oo0o0o
acres and a fne herd Of Herefords;
Phoebe Hearst OF California, who has
4 magnificent place west Of Mfnaca;
the AIllers and the three Mormon col
onies. Gordon. Ironsides & Ferris, q
Canadian company has 100000 acres;
Lord Beresford, a relative Of the admit
raj, has 4 large ranch. where he raises
ane horses: another Englishman NAM
ed Irmstead owns a large property.
Smaller places OF from 10000 acres up
ward are numerous. The price Of land
now runs from 80 to 70 cents gold per
acre. with a strong tendency to rise
Modern Mexico.
The broad ax., 1906-10-20

Lecal patriots n Munich ars detected
e ne latest Statistics Concerning ths
consumption Of their famous beer
within their own borders. ONLY few
Tau 30 thsy broadly boagtsd that
- anD1ai consumption pr had Of
- pepulatian vas rs gallons. mis-
has nov sunk 10 TIE mere bagafslle Of
elxty-aFs gHil0ns. ne shrinkags = at
zl1uked - ~ gradual spread e tenn
perlnce pEinclpIes. % TIE anfibesrp.op-
oBanda b pzblie schools ana 3 ths
faci that employers of labor ars 49,
~ q Sige fEae boer 70 thsir work pso-
49, cn1cn Ielssraph-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
BUCKEYE INcASED IN GOLD
New Orleans Man Values Very Highly
His "Lucky" Horse
Chestnut.

81 wouldn't sell that thing for $1,000.
If lost it I'd hunt for it like the
knights Of King Arthur hunted the
Holy Grail. That thing exercised a
hoodoo that hung about. me for five
years. That thing stays with me till
l die"
All this, with great conviction, says
the Kansas City Star. about a little
buckeye incased in a small gold cage
that hung on the watch fob of Herbert
Herring, a New Orleans man.
Cup to September 2, 1900, had
been the victim of bad luck of one
sort and another" he said. THAT day
was going to Galveston. 1t was Fri
day. I recollect that the train was
delayed half dozen times before it
reached the city, and was Tuning.
We got there at last and just as
was leaving my car I saw this buck
eye lying on the opposite seat. I
picked it up and put it in my pocket.
I had intended going to the Black
hotel that night, but after picking up
that buckeye I suddenly changed my
mind. A good many guests at the
Black hotel persisted in the food next
night.
Later on at New Orleans I was out
fishing in a catboat with three other
men. A squall struck us. The others,
who could swim, were drowned. l
can't swim a stroke but I had my
buckeye and was saved. After that
I had the thing fixed in this gold case.
And that's why I treasure it,"
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= . \ Gi &
which it runs down inside ths door
along the sides OF the bottom. This
done, the thieves put the percussion
cap in the soap lip, attach foot-long
fuse. light Il and retire outside, clos
ing the door Sometimes when they
are blowing a safe inside vault they
even close the door of the vault. These
precautions lessen the noise and mini
mize the danger 1T an alarm. =.
Old detectives say that there are
really no safes that can withstand this
attack with. nitroglycerine. Many
so-cal!ed burglar-proof safes have
been laid open until their experience
has taught them to lose faith in, the
name. True, there are safes that fire.
quently resist attack, but this is be-
cause the thieves do not know how
to do it; not because it couldn't be
done.
The detectives say that bank rob-
bling is crime in which only
white men engage. 1t is unknown OF
negroes. Another singular fact about
it is that the men engaged in it are
almost all of an age. It is not the
work of boys or graybeards, but the
adventure of men varying little from
IS Years. Most of them are ex-cOn-
victs. Detectives have observed that
a safe blower once settled" as they
call conviction and imprisonment, in
variab]y returns to the soup and soap.
The explanation is obvious: He needs
ready money.
The inference from all this is that
the winter can have no terrors for
the bank robber Handsomely reward
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

two guards without. Occasionally
there is fifth man, but not often.
The bank robber is considered by
detectives and police officers to be the
most dangerous kind of criminal It is
said that bank robbers will shoot
quicker than any other type. They
are absolutely fearless, and their dis
covery of the destructiveness of nitro
glycsrine has made it an easy matter
for Il 'second-class bum" to become a
first-class. bank robber.
It is said that few bank burglars
are mechanics, relying upon the nitro
glycerine to open the vault, no mat
ter how strong the safe or how we'll
barred the doors. "Give tramp a
can of soup and a bar of soap, and
two or three other buns to work with
him, and he'll get into the fanciest
burglar-proof safe that was ever
made" said detective.
That so few robbers are caught is
explained by the detectives in this
way: $50 The robberies occur at little
towns, here. there, everywhere. Crack
ing the safe between midnight and two
o'clock, the thieves have often as
many as four or five hours of dark
ness in which to get away. # they
can catch a train across country in
this time it is a long chase to catch
them. Unlike the, James and the
Younger boys; they don't ride into
town In the daytime; shoot up and
down the street until the bank Is
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

Of November q, and the same night
another futile attempt was made at
TamarOa, Ill.
Robbers entered Eldon, Mo-, on
nigh. of November rs, but were re-
pulsed by citizens, who captured their
bottle of nitro glycerine.
JOHN Rodenberg, of East st. Louis,
feeling that safe blowers might visit
him, Losted the combination of his
safe in plain view. The expected
visit came, and the thieves got $32
out Of the safe on the night of Novem-
Der &c, without! using the destructive
nitrogly cerine. He saved the safe.
The State Bank at Chapman, Neb.,
was dynamited on the night OF NO
vember II, yielding $4,000.
The entire front of the American
Exchange bank, at Browns, ILL.,, was
wrecked by nitroglycerine on the
night of November %. The robbers
got $1,000. On the same night another
gangs got 1925 at Piggott, Ark; a
small sum at Metz, Ark; 500 at Law
ton, G. T.; $85 at Terrell, Tex, and
$1,000 at Vallonia, Ind.
Over $4,000 was taken from the bank
at Owl, I. T., on the night of Novem-
Der 80.
Robbers blew a safe at Shelbyvi!le,
Mo-, and got 500 on night of De-
cemDer 1.
The Farmers and Merchants bank,
at Forest Grove, Ore, was robbed of
$5,453 on night of December 2. On
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

pomp and ceremony, through the
streets of the city and lodged at Dilao.
on the then outskirts of Manila.
1t was this infected delegation from
Nippon's shores which gave rise to the
foundation of the San Lazaro leper
hospital, which institution, as hereto
fore stated, is in active operation to-
day. Of course the institution has
been improved and so enlarged from
time to time that it now bears but lit
tie resemblance to the little adobe
structure built to accommodate the
Japs. Wings and separate buildings
have sprung up, especially since the
American regime, until the buildings
cover over ten acres of ground, but the
original stone structure, that part
shown in the center of the picture, is
apparently as strong and substantial
as it was in the troublous days of 1000.
It is thought that from the importa-
ton of these lepers sprang the dread
affection of leprosy in these islands,
as hitherto a case had never been
known, and to-day the number of ma
tive lepers will reach into the thou
sands. Indeed so high is the number
that it has become necessary to estab-
lish a leper colony at CoulliOn, where
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editor never gives money back. He
may build 4 home for destitute and
abandoned typhoid bacilli, or even
found a scholarship for the" higher
education of INDECENT tadpo1es, but he
never gives money back. OF late there
has been a disposition on the part of
the public to ask why society requires
so many journals. It is we'll known
that no one reads them, yet they multi
ply. 1t is base curiosity and should be
discouraged, yet the answer is easy.
It would be fearful thing should
there exist no publication that would
print the things that never happen.
One sees words of praise for society
folk in the society journals, Di11y, and
one is moved at once to remark to ones
friend: 'Ah, see the Smythson.
De Fogartys have permitted their fam
lily skeleton to kick the Stats out of
the closet. There is a flattering article
on the touching home life and devo.
ton OF the pair in to-day's Social
Slush.'
perhaps you are waiting to ask me,
my dear boy, how the noble and enter.
prising editor obtains his facts. II
such was your intention, would mere
ly remark that every woman has an
enemy, and that the enemy usually is
her best friend. The best friend, Dill
ly, has permitted her foot to straggle
over the towpath, and her best friend
has told the editor all about it in a
scented note. But that is Of no ma
terial interest to us. We should not
inquire too closely into the workings
of society,". Dilly, for fear we should
catch something"
II have heard, dear uncle" said lit.
tie Dilly, that society serves a great
and good purpose in the world, and
that it is of great use to mankind,
Is that not true?"
Eyes, my boy" replied Uncle George
thoughtfully. Society is of great use
to the world. It is just as useful
Dilly, as a necktie would be to a man
with full beard"
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ed COR his industry. he can retire for
season and indulge in few luxuries.
If. as bank officials affirm, the bold
bank robbers who have made such a
whooping campaign this last year
take refuge in the brick-walled can
yons of the larger cities of the CEN
trail west after their autumn activities,
this should be winter Of plenty Of
prosperous robbers in the Mississippi
valley, with plethora of money. To
be sure a good deal of it under these
circumstances would be tainted chiefly
by powder and some Of the currency
may be a little bent, but it will have
to be pretty badly shot up to be I'M
welcome.
Many a small banker would rest
easier if some means could be found
to more fully protect himself and
his patrons.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

- = : = f. gEss r ~. ~.
ropped; and then ride OF into the
woods. The up-to-date bank robber
comes and goes under cover Of night,
and almost invariably relies upon the
railroads to carry him far away from
the scene of his crime within a few
hours.
So it is that the muf1led boom of
the bank robbery is a nightly occur
renee somewhere in the middle west
at this season. The dweller in the
country town knows what it is when
it brings him out of his peaceful slum-
bers in the dead of night.
There is no mistaking that sup
pressed roar. II he is a game man
the citizen gets his gun and goes out
on the firing line; il he is man of
peace, he assures his wife that the
noise they heard is thunder.
Few Robbers Caught.
1t is a singular fact that few bank
robbers are caught. Now and then
gang of them will make a mess of
it. and bring the wrath of the citizen
soldiery down on their heels, but the
average of mortality in the business
is below that of street car riding and
automobiling. Bank robbers work in
Quartettes, as did the adventures of
Dumas, and about the only difference
between their lives and those of the
famous Three Musketeers is that the
bank robbers adventures are invaria.
bly, more remunerative and always less
sentimental
Sometimes everything goes to
smash, as it did with a gang at Will
lard, KY, on the night of October 29
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

There has just been unearthed in an
old Catholic monastery in Manila a
dilapidated, worm-eaten volume, we'll
worn, with age, which brings to light
some meager details of the relations
existing between Japan and the Philip
pines about 300 years ago, as well as
to throw light on certain incidents in
the history of Manila itself.
The book was written decades past
by Spanish monk, one Father Juan
dc la Conception, and gives what is,
perhaps, the most authentic historical
account of the islands and the people
as far back as the year 1900, trans
lation of the work disclosing exhaust
tive and valuable information on many
points hitherto left to imagination and
guesswork.
Among the things of interest just at
this time, in view of the struggle which
has but lately closed in the far east, is
chapter relating some of the details
of a religious feud existing between the
Japanese and the Spanish during the
period from 1880 to 1886. The story
Of this feud is of especial interest to
Manilans because it tells the manner
in which one of the Oldest and most
imposing structures in the city was
founded, that of San Lazaro leper hos
pital, now in use by the government
as an asylum for lepers, cholera, small
pox and bubonic plague patients
It seems That during the reign OF
Emperor Dayfusama and that Of
his SON., Xognesana, DEGREES were is
sued against missionaries who
preached the Christian religion ant
made apostates among the japanese
subjecting the priests and their con
verts alike to the most atrocious tor
lures imaginable, the former fo1
preaching foreign religion ant
the latter for having abjured thu
religious teachings Of their fore
fathers. Among other things the con
| verts were deprived Of their proper
y and, in less aggravating cases, thei
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07

in future all such patients will be sent.
Coullion is said to be the most modern
town, from an American standpoint, in
the Philippines, and the lepers will be
given greater advantages there than
they have ever known before. The
buildings OF the town are all of Ameri-
can material, the streets are regularly
laid out, water and light plant is DE-
ing installed and there will be MT
nicipal government formed among the
inhabitants the same as other towns
enjoy. So much for American enter
prise and charity. When the Coullion
colony is ready for occupancy the in
mates of San Lazaro are to be trans
ferred there, as the rapid growth OF
the city has mate the retention o:
them at their present domicile men
ace to the safety of the city's popula-
ton. The Cervantes fire station and
the municipal stables occupy quarters,
as shown IN the picture, not 100 yards
from the hospital. an evidence of tho
remarkable growth of the city within
the past five years.
r. NJ wOOTLEY
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
Many Institutions Plundered by
Craftsmen During Re-
cent Months.
HOW NEFARIouS WORK IS ACCOMPLISHED
Over Thirty Successful "Jobs" i'm Mississippi
Valley States During Last Quarter of 1905
Are Regarded Most Danger
Gus of Criminals.

ChicagO.-A compilation of the bank
the middle western states last fall
shows that the season was an excep-
tiOnall% prosperous one for cracks
men. Many little banking institu-
ton was plundered OF it's wealth by
the aightprowling profession.
r'or a time it was daily occurrence
to learn that bank robbery had
ta|;.h place in Missouri, Illinois, In
diana. Kansas. or some Of the other
neighloring states of the Mississippi
vale: Very often as many as two
or three banks were robbed on the
same night at different towns. show
ing hat several bands were pursuing
the nefarious work.
Partial List of Robberies.
Beginning with the first of October
and ending with the last day of the
old year, no less than 30 successful
bank robberies occurred in the states
Of The middle west. Following are
some OF the Jobs"
Tho bank of Willard, KY, was
robbed on the night of October 8, and
pursuing citizens killed one robber
and captured four others.
A series OF bank robberies occurred
IN Indiana between October "a and
November 3. The robbers got $4,000
from 'he bank at Sanborn. SIS 800 from
the ,,ank at Hagerstown, $4,000 from
the bank at Ridgeville, and wrecked
the .ault at Windfall. An attempt
was also made to rob the bank at
OdOa. but no money was secured.
Citizens Of Duquoin. Ill.,, routed a
gang OF safe blowers on the night of
November l.
Bank Of Creighton, Creighton, Mo-,
was ,obbed of $4,000 night OF Novem-
her 3, and the vault partially demol-
ishel by nitroglycerine.
On night of November 3 robbers
tried 10 blow the bank at Washing
ton, Ind. and were frustrated in get
ting $4,000 by the bottom of the safe
blowing out before the doors opened.
In blowing a safe al Cherryvale,
Kan, on the night OF November 20,
robber; started a fire which did $75,-
900 damage.
Bank of Pleasant Plains. ILL.,. shot
up by safe blowers on night of No
yember Is. They got $500. Another
gang sot $1,000 at Jamestown, ILL.,, the
same night, anu a third 5000 at Fair
mount. Ill.
Bank robbers made an unsuccessful
attack upon Danyille, Ill.,, on the night
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
TALE FROM THE JAPANESE.
Native Of Nippon Relates in Unique
English a Touching
Little Tale.

In the morning when I was working
On my business under window which
is just located for the street, have
companied by enormous voices of ami
NAL, Bow Bow Bow after Bow, a
great many number persons assembled
near the place and the tracks of crowd
invited me to attend what shall be the
accident one cow boy who was leading
his bull, with her calf on their way had
come to branch street and the calf
refusing to cross it run away off. In,
order to drive his animal back the boy
whipped frequently but the calf did
not turn her mind to go. At last the
boy took his rope lashed around the
small animals neck and, begun to pull
in by the edge. The pity. calf having
a rough rope around her throat while
it is increasing more pain pull by pull
still she did not advance and felt down
in. the road. A quite aged gentleman
with fine stove pipe on his head had
COMPASSIONATE face come out be-
tween the assemblage to the boy whis-
pered to him to give up such cruelty
But the poor beast could not distin-
guish her preserver Of the life-on the
contrary rushed up on the gentleman
to hook him up. There was only a
little space to escape the danger, he
scarcely got away, but tumbled down
in the ground flying away his hat.
Then another Teller came out and tried
to loose the rope from the animals
neck. The ungrateful and awful be-
ing sprung up on gain: his back and
with her huge horns hooked his side
and legs but he also escaped the diff
Guilty without no injury. Now all peer
sons could find out no best way how
to drive them. Shortly after a kline
man coming to the matter he told them
to get a wagon and will carry the calf
there it is easy to lead the mother so
the boy obeyed to his opinion had
called carriage took the calf in and
drove the horse with the bull together
in safe:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
JUST A WORD OF CAUTION.
Would-Be Purchaser of Land Is Put
Right on Matrimonial
Prospects.

In the boom days Of Kansas I wanted
to get hold of piece of land in which
a widow named Hawkins had some
sort Of claim. 1t seemed to be prudent
to find out something about her in ad-
vance, and I went to the sheriff Of the
county to do it, relates a Louisville
Courier-Journal writer.
. eyes, sir. know the Wilder Haw-
kins," he replied to my interrogatory.
Been acquainted with her five years
past"
IFS she business woman?"
"We1l, wouldn't say she was. No,
don't think she knows heap about
business"
els she what you'd call sharp or the
opposite?"
"No, sir, couldn't say that she was
sharp; but I guess she knows enough
to get along Got business with herr"
II may have. suppose I'll find her
homer
"You may and you mayn't. Is it. a
pressing matter?"
Rather SO. Do you know of her
specializing in land?"
"Never heard that she did, but you
can never can. tell what q wilder wom-
an will do. Want to buy her FARM"
mot exactly. How long has her hus.
band been dead?"
Three or four years, I reckon"
I was wondering whether to let the
man know just what I wanted, and
nothing was said for two or three min
utes, when he turned on me and OBJ
served:
"Stranger, you are sorter holdin'
back your confidence from me and
keepin' me in the dark, but want to
give you word of caution. Two weeks
ago the Wilder Hawkins would have
jumped at the chance of marryin' even
such lookin' man as you are, but
four days ago she sold the petrified
body of her husband to Snowman
for $50, and she'll be that stuck up
and aristocratic to-day that she'll prob
ably set the dog on you as soon as you
get inside the gate!"