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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01

dies appreciate the value Of the SIM
pie gold fastening pin; like many OF
us, extremely tired Of the ornate and
gladly going in for simplicity. A
good, solid, gold safety pin OF fair
size is the sort to choose.
The child of to-day IS picturesque
figure. Take the wee toddler in her
straight frock and puffs for sleeves.
Or her elder sister, attained to the
dignity of belt and skirted dress and
rolling collar and Topping hat. And
the still older sister, with neat bodice
and pleated skirt, square neck and
short sleeves, hat trimmed with q
pompon.
At least line or two for the neg
lected boys. Let us speak of their
negligee shirts, very like fathers,
with soft tucked bosom and tie match
ing the shirt material. The favorite
materials are pongee, madras and
wash silk. On very hot days the
smaller boys may wear their sailor
waists with dickey discarded, and
thrust bare feet into cool sandals that
are simply soles strapped on. There
are wash hats for small lads too
and these are nice and cool; and caps
of all sorts.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01

ficer hailed the deck" and the look
out man, and thus got witnesses to
this weird phenomenon. Though the
sea was calm, and there was a bright
moon, nothing satisfactory could be
made out owing to the wash which
the creature was making. but in its
movements it resembled submarine
travelling just below the surface.
Seriously, we can no longer regard
the "sea-serpent" as myth. There
can be no question but that the ocean
harbors some secret which we have
not yet penetrated. 1t seems unlikely
that this evasive creature should be a
descendant of the old Plesiosaurs
which became extinct millions OF
years ago, though the resemblance to
those monsters is striking. More
probably it will prove to be some
bizarre form of reptile. But the re-
semblance between the descriptions
given by these gentlemen and that
given by the officers of the Daedalus
agrees too closely to be passed by
and furthermore, both agree with the
description of a similar creature seen
off Tonquin some four years since. II
is possible that it may even prove to
be serpent" For it is we'll known
that the land-snakes once possessed
limbs, and some gigantic forms of sea
snake may we'll have preserved its
limbs, though now transformed into
paddles, like those of the turtle and
whale
w. P. PYCRAFT.
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Lady Newdigate's Finger.
BY EDGAR FAWCETT.

| am concerned, you may lift your finger
at once or not at ALL"
Really? Lift my fnger2 But !
don't understands The exquisite race
looked decorously astonished-no
more.
'"Oh, yes, you do understand said
Adela, with far more quiet than she
felt. 81 never knew till to-day that
/! Mr.. Cyril Proigne had paid you court
for years. I never knew till to-day
that the attentions he has shown me
were caused by his wish to regain
| your favor.
Adela was turning away when a
! shape rose from a sofa half screened
| by copious palms. Instantly the girl
recognized Cyril Proigne. He had
| turned very pale, but his usually
placid voice was never more composed.
| Looking straight at Adela, he spoke.
"You didn't see me when you came
in, and no matter what might have
| been the nature of your visit, l should
| at once have discovered myself like
| this. 1 have been here but a short
time, and l came here to tell my old
friend, Lady Newdigate, somewhat
| important matter
AdelaAs lip was curled. Really, /
am not interested in your condolences
| to Lady Newdigate."
For the best OF all reasons"
! Proigne answered, somewhat sadly, i
had hoped that you would be. My i'm
portant matter was the deep wish
that I feel, Miss Adela, to ask you to
become my wife, and my intention OF
approaching you tomorrow with this
Ito me) very momentous request"
| Adela crimsoned, and drooped her
eyes.
why haven't you told me this?''
Lady Newdigate said to Proigne, turn
ing toward him with fragmentary
COO of laughter, and looking as ':eau-
tiful as he had ever seen her.
| Proigne took out his watch and
glanced at it. II have been here just
five minutes, dear lady, as you'll ad-
nit. I really haven't had time
"But I have time," burst from
Adela, ito tell you that, tomorrow OF
at any future day, Mr.. Proigne, YOU
need make no such request of me as
that which you have just described
At once Adela slipped from the IL
brary. Cyril Proigne made several
swift pursuant steps. Then he recedet
from the doorway through which she
had passed. While Adela's unheard
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Styles for The Juveniles

The smart coat of the season is the
led serge coat, trimmed with either
brass OF pearl buttons and With COL
lar and cuffs of hunters green. It
makes decidedly cheerful spot in
the summer landscape.
+ Daintiness is ever attractive in the
small girls get-up, and the separate
wash collar for the cheerful coat is
pretty touch; it may be Of lace, or,
better, OF embroidered linen. Some
prefer the heavy linen with button.
holed scallops; some mothers delight
to finger over fine hand embroidery
with 1nsets of lace and lace frills.
Linen and cambria frocks made in
simple style should be included in
miss's wardrobe, for these frocks are
both modish and practical. Even
khaki, which is popular for the small
boys, is used for girls dresses, the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-08-01
Neither Machine Badly Damaged in
Show at Brighton-Wild Scram-
BILE for Souvenirs.

New York.-"A Duel to the Death
was the announcement on the pro-
gramme of the collision between 1.-TWO
monster engines at the Brighton
Beach race track. A crowd which the
press agent numbered 100000 saw
what most of them called tame af-
fair.
The collision was announced to oc-
cur at three p. m. When the gates
opened at noon the race Enclosure was
rapidly filed. After a vaudeville pro-
gramme the spectators were kept
waiting until nearly six p. m. for the
star event. - $685.
At $40 p. m. the, engines, which
had been standing on a track quar-
tar of q mile long, were backed up
and down the field several times. /
After much. footing the engineers
opened up their thru ttless and hastily
left the mac chimes. With whistle tied
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=Geneseo, N. r, Man Gives Two Start
, y Ing Exhibitions with 1nven-
ton Of His Own. =

: Rochester, N. VA submarine con-
trlvance which permits a person to
walk under water has Been invented
by R. P. Lawton, Of Geneseo. Already
he has given two demonstrations Of
Its power. Once he remained under
water for an hour, the other time for
s45 minutes. E<
.5.5sL awton's experiments were made
at Silver lake. Clad in bathing suit,
he walked out. toward the center of
the lake, holding aloft a fish pole, to
Il the top of which was attached a flag.
He had remarked to some boys on
shore that he was going for walk
IN the lake. When the flag was about
10 feet from the shore It suddenly dis
appeared below the water. The boys
waited for LaWton to reappear, and
when he did not do 40 they gave the
alarm. q
E ESssSI LAYTON .a reap peared soon after.
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Head-On Collision Tame

down, they met about midway on the
track with bang that could be
heard over Coney Island. Neither en-
CINE was badly damaged.
The real show was when the crowd
went after souvenirs. The field was
from three to eight inches deep in
water, and men and women fought
, with one another to get to the MAJ
chimes. One man more daring than
the others, got the whistle Of one of
the engines. Then it was recovered
by guard. Parts of the rims of the
wheel, bell rope, coal, and every mag
Unable thing was carried of by the
curious,
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castles. Guatemala by favorable legis-
lation has endeavored to attract i'm
migration, but the foreign population
is only $4,000.
The TERRA fra (cold lands, above
5000 feet) are adapted to the cultiva-
ton of wheat, potatoes and apples,
and even up here, in localities well ex-
posed to the sun, may be grown the
products OF the lower attitudes, sugar
cane and cotton, oranges and bananas.
Above 10000 feet there is no agricul-
ture, but more or less mountain graz
ing. In the "hot lands cacao culture
is carried on, cocoa palms flourish,
and here are forests of rubber and
mahogany.
Manufactures and mining are but
little developed, Guatemala is an
agricultural country, the temperate
lands the great source of the colntry's
wealth. Coffee is the principal prod
uct; in quantity harvested it is sur
passed only by Brazil and the East
Indies; it is cultivated on large
scale by German and United States
planters, on a small scale by large
numbers of Guatemalans. Coffee is
the chief article of export, sent main
ly to Germany, the United States, and
Great Britain. Cotton goods form
the chief import, largely supplied by
Great Britain, the United States, Ger
many and France. We send over also
railway materials, telegraph and cleo
trical supplies, building materials and
iron manufactures.
Salvador (San Salvador incorrectly
is the smallest and most dense1y popu-
lated of the Central American repub-
lies and the only one not having a
coast line on the Atlantic. On the
Pacific it has a frontage of 139 miles.
It has been given the name "Swinglng
Hammock because of the many rock
ing and tremblings of the earth ia
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A younger girl, perhaps 10 yeArs
old, wore on embroidered pink cam.
brio. Her light yellow tresses done
up on top Of her head, it being such
a warm evening, she presented a
quaint grown-up appearance. Her
bodice was cut V shape back and
front, the pink embroidery edges
showing prettily against fair neck
and at dimpled elbow. She wore no
ornaments" whatever, not even the
beads dear to the average girls heart,
and looked as fresh and simple as q
peach.
The guimpe's the thing for the
child's dress, the easily soiled por-
tons can be removed and washed
and while one set is in the tub an.
other be, worn. The rolling collar OF
the day is particularly becoming to
our youthful friends and may be worn
with bow or tie. Some young la
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which it is subject. Particularly In
the neighborhood of the capital city
have these been frequent, the city
wrecked by them many times. There
are also numbers Of geysers and
hot springs in the little land. It., too.
has it's temperate lands" the noun
tain valleys and table lands are Of
great fertility, here the richest agri-
cultural region of Central America.
Everywhere in the republic between
attitudes 1900 and 1000 feet coffee Is
grown; it is by far the most impor-
tant crop. Indigo is valuable prod
uct, the government by means of an
export bounty is encouraging cotton
growing. The census of 1901 gave the
population of Salvador as 100000.
N. H. Castle, writing in the Over
land Monthly of a journey to Guate-
mala, has this to say about the so
called bloodless revolution of this
portion Of Latin-America: Eve are
apt to characterize these Central
American emsetes (upheavals) as
opera bouffe affairs and to underes-
innate their sanguinary character;
but have listened to the accounts of
participants and spectators, have
seen photographs taken on the spot
and at the time, l have seen the
walls riddled with shot MARKS. {.
The plaza, the barracks, the Offices OF
the officials, ran red with blood. i.
AS for its "a particular revolution)
history, I hardly believe that the very
participants can give it-how it came,
how it thrived, and how it failed. It
was in the air, rumors Of it were
heard long before it started; it's echoes
resounded long after it fell. Sudden
ly it came and carried all before it; its
path deluged with blood-the blood Of
it's supporters and the blood Of its op-
ponents. It's success was phenomenal.
and then as suddenly as it arose, SEEM
ingly without rhyme or reason, 1t was
thing of the past. Treachery, sale.
incompetence was charged, but the
old regime was reestablished, and its
thousand-and-odd victims gone to
swell the roll of the millions who
have fruitlessly persisted in times
gone by and Of the millions who will
fruitlessly perish In times to come.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
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stories that have been told, it is sad
to reflect that those of clergymen
surpass in wildness of elaboration
to deceive" At least, so says Mr..
Frank Bullen-and he ought to know!
One or two of the more serious &C
counts are worth repeating No long
er ago than 1891, one Peter Nelson, a
quartermaster, and therefore IAN
honorable man, saw from the deck of
the Rotomahana beast with the head
of an eel and fins ten feet long rise 80
feet out of the water. It was dark
above, and white below. He gave a
long account of this strange beast,
yet, SO far, those whom he intended
to convert only reply that it was very
like whale"-in short, that he saw
nothing more than whale breach
!. ing"
Capt. McQuhae, of H. M. S. Daedalus,
and his officers, in 1848 created a
! great sensation in England by sea-
serpent story which at the time was
discredited by the late Prof. Sir Rich
ard Owen. But time brings it's re-
venges, for it may turn out that the
professor was wrong. Briefly, he re-
ported having seen an enormous SER
pent with head and shoulders some
four feet out of the water, and some
60 feet of its body on the surface. 1t
passed rapidly so close to the ship
that g mans features at the same dis
lance could easily have been distin-
guished. It had no fins, but something
like seaweed washed about it's back.
Now within the last few weeks the
honor of the captain and his officers,
or rather, their credit as observers,
has been .singularly indicated, for at
{ the last meeting Of the London Zoo
At first he thought it was a rock
{ "awash,' but a most careful examina-
: ton showed that it was beast of
) some kind, travelling faster than the
ship, which was then making only
about eight-and-arhalf knots. The Of
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Just the other day the world lazily
turned it's eyes toward Brazil and the
conference at Petropolis. Now atten-
ton is called to the states of Central
America, those states that have failed
in building up strength by federation,
little republics frequently disrupted
by personal jealousies and ambition.
Salvador and Guatemala in battle ar
ray, the message comes, Honduras
drawn in, Central America threatened
with general discord. Weighed with
the responsibility of digging the Pan.
anna canal, the United States is par
ticularly interested; very particularly
anxious that harmony prevail in Cen
trail America, SO close to the isthmus
Let us glance back at attempts at
federation in Central America, to the
connection with Mexico, to the throw
ing off of the Spanish yoke. And
then let us come back to the present,
to consideration of present conditions
1t was in 1923 there came into be.
ing the Republic Of the United States
of Central America. From the first
there was bitter discord; the clergy
and old Spanish bureaucracy against
Capitalization, Guatemala theil
stronghold. The federalist element
showed greatest strength in Hon
duras. The struggle between these
two elements has continued long
years, persists even to-day. The fed
Grafton lasted until 1889, then the
conservatives won, the union was dis
solved. In 1912 new union was eff
fected COSTA RIGA not included). was
was dissolved in 1916. In 1850 Hon
duras, Salvador and Nicaragua at
tempted by force to restore the re
public, but their armies were defeat
ed. Subsequent forceful attempt!
met with defeat. A peaceful unio1
was formed in 1895 by Nicaragua, Sal
vador and Honduras, constitution
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adopted in 1898, but Salvador showed
dissatisfaction, the union was dis
solved just a month after the adoption
of the constitution.
At the time of the organization of
the Republic of the United States OF
Central America that territory had
been for some Is months past por-
ton of Mexico. The captain-general'
cy of Guatemala, which included all
Of Central America, in 1921 had de-
clared itself independent and in 1922
was united to the Mexican Empire OF
Iturbide Iturbide fell from power
very shortly, and shortly Central
America was standing alone.
Central America land Mexico had
suffered alike from the Spanish op
pressor. To go far back, to the early
part of the sixteenth century, to the
day when the Spanish finished their
subjugation Of Mexico, we find them
Enthusiastically greedy for added
conquests. Hearing of the wealth
and beauty of the lands beyond, the
conqueror marched to the southwark
swept with fire and sword over Guate
mala. For 800 years Spain held sway
To-day the name Guatemala repre-
sents but one of group Of Contra
American governments. The presi
dent of Guatemala is Don Manue
'Estrada Cabrera, who has held thu
reins since 1899. President Cabrer;
has held his place by force OF arms
and his so-called czar-like rule is con
sidered cause of the present troubles
/. Guatemala IS largest and most i'm
portant of the five republics that form
| the Central American states. I
boasts about half the total population
leads in extent of domestic and fo1
eign commerce. It has frontage o
200 miles on the Pacific and of Y
miles on the Caribbean sea. Like Sal
vador it suffers from volcanic erul
tons and severe earthquake shocks
city and plantation laid waste. Il
the low, hot, fever-infested region
the white man cannot settle, bu
among the mountains there are health
full temperate regions, high cool pla
teaus. In 1903 the population va
! 1,842, 900; about 60 per cent. pure IL
dams, most of the remainder hall
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Fashions of Midsummer

The best dressed woman one sees
now is the one that presents the COOL
est and freshest appearance rather
than the one arrayed in gorgeousness
seems there are. goodly number of
we'll dressed women. Let us speak
of a few costumes that lately came to
our notice.
Here is a delectable> one-a coat
suit of butcher blue linen. The shirt
waist is of white Irish lawn, fine and
exquisite; it is delicately hand en-
broidered, worn with necktie of
pale blue velvet tasselled with black
and white silk. The Panama hat is
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Verify the perversity of mankind
passeth all understanding! And If
tnere be any who would challenge the
Justice of this aphorism, let him reflect
lot moment on the fact that we talk
OF the Phoenix as if it were real, and
OF the sea-serpent as though it were
9 purely mythical beast! But the sea-
serpent is probably himself to blame
1or this, inasmuch as he is indiscreet
enough to show himself from time to
ume to those who go down to the
sea In ships. Hence, as with other
distinguished mortals, everybody who
mas occasion to cross the ocean burns
1or an opportunity to boast an &C.
qualntance with this distinguished
dweller in the deeps.
Naturally, "land-lubbers," out of
plque and jealousy, belittle the expert
ences of those who profess to have
seen this monster, and yet live! But,
as rule, in their efforts to crush,
tney have to use weapons obtained at
>second-hand; weapons borrowed from
other ocean travellers who assure us,
on their own experience, that the sea-
serpent is creature vainly imagined,
Pigment of the brain, a thing born
OF after-dinner orgies; it may even
have semblance of reality, but when
analysed it proves to be nothing more
than a school of porpoises playing at
follow--my-leader," a gigantic cutie
hsh vainly waving it's long arms in an
endeavor to escape the grip of some
hungry whale! On occasions, indeed,
the sea-serpent has turned out to be
nothing more interesting than a float
Ing spar decorated with tangle of
sea-weed!
A vast amount has been written
about the sea-serpent. but of all the
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logical society Mr.. E. B. Meade Waldo
and Mr.. M. J. Nicoll described crea.
ture seen by them from the deck of
the earl of Crawford's yacht, the Val.
halla, which bears remarkable re-
semblance to that seen from the
Daedalus. These two gentlemen, &C.
companied Lord Crawford as natural
lists during his usual winter cruise.
Both are well-known naturalists, and
one is member of the council of the
Geological society. The story they
unfolded to breathlessly excited as
sembly of the Fellows is briefly this:
When off Para on December z, 1905,
at ten a. M, they were standing on the
deck of the yacht, when their atten-
ton was caught by a curious sail-like
object of some four feet long and two
feet high waving from side to side in
the water. No sooner had they turned
their glasses on to this strange object
than there appeared huge eel-like
neck, some six feet long, and as thick
as a mans thigh, and this neck was
surmounted by great turtle-like head
with large eyes, now borne high above
the sea. which was quite calm. It was
dark colored above and silvery white
below. After few moments the head
and neck were slowly lowered, and
when level with the water were vio-
lently dashed from side to side, churn-
ins; up the sea into great sheet of
foam. and then it vanished.
Adverse winds caused the ship to beat
about 50 that at midnight they were
only 20 miles from the scene of the
morning. This is noteworthy, because
when Mr.. Nicoll came ON deck after
breakfast one of the officers came up
and reported that during the night he
saw strange commotion in the water
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CAB ratCleQ Oh alOnS the big square,
Cyril and Lady Newdigate stood star
ing, so to speak, at one another's mu-
tual stares.
"You meant it?' she said.
absolutely"
And now she has just refused YOU"
Il have hope-much hope Eventu-
ally, l am certain, she will pardon
me-"
"Cyril," she went on, you mean
that you really love her? Well, if you
do, she's refused you. Pray, pray for
give me for laughing, but it struck me
as so droll.''
$50 droll?" he wavered.
ITO think of you as married man!
And married to her! Why, she'd bore
you to death in six weeks, with her
moralities and proprieties Am | not
enough for you as regards both? I
hate her. I hate every one who
would separate US. No one shall; no
one shall! Poor dear old Ralph is ten
years older than both of US. If he
should die, Tll-Pll wait year, and
kAOA ~ AAoAAy yON"lAC10s
"This girl-a nice girl, but a trifle
bourgeo1se, you must adplit-said that
I'd boosted Of how I need only lift my
finger to have you back again. It's
not true. Still, lift my finger now,
Cyril. You've been terrible. | didn't
dream you could be so terrible But
never mind; l forgive you this once,
and see: / lift my finger"
Cyril stood quite motionless. But
he might have made some answer II
Sir Ralph Newdigate had not entered
the library ten seconds later, red
faced, massive, perspiringly hot.
'Bless my SOUL" he cried. II mot
Lady Jenny Smythe as was coming
home in my cab, and Lord Lymelynde
was with her; he usually is, you know
-ha! ha! ha! asked 'em to drop in
for dinner-pot luck, you know-and
go with US tonight: They accented
(including old Smythe,, of course-ha!
ha! haD. How old smythe can stand
his goings-on with Lady Jenny, I'm
blessed If well, never mind. You
will stay and dine, Cyril, that's good
old chap!"
II was just trying to remember. .
murmured Proigne, pulling at his
chestnut mustache nervously.
His eyes again met Lady Newdi.
gates. >. :
And Cyril Proigne stayed and dined
that evening in Grosvenor square,.
downright, 1906. by Joseph B. Bowler,
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: :Q.UICk START.

ting rich, and you can pay me $685. Be
saving; of course, and when Won do
make a bargain with anyone be sure
that no one hears you, and then il you
get the worst OF It, or: want to back
:: ont, You can. Now hand me the $25.,'
*.J Joe thought. q second and then said:
Did anyone hear u.s. make this bar .
gain captain S73
NH SOU, replied til, captainL.
.=ss'' then, Joe said guess ri
begin Sc