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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

An article in the London Graphic
says terror is the key to the admins
tration Of the Congo Free State and
gives definition Of the administration
OF this dark region in darkest Africa
I'm nutshell the Congo administra-
ton IS this: The farming out Of gov
eminent taxation to commercial mo-
nopOlies to which the right of their
claim is conceded, and the enforcing of
an ever increasing tax from the people,
from which the government Itself
draws so per cent. of the profits. The
white agents carrying out this system
are permitted by the government to
employ large bands of levies' or SEN
tries and also arm the 'irregulars.'
These companies have also the right Of
contrait de corps, or the capturing and
holding of hostages until the demand
Of rubber is satisfactory. These armed
5entries carry out the captures and
bring in to the white man the hostages.
The raids for these hostages are sell
dom f"3e from blCodshed and are often
accompanied by nameless fortunes on
the defenseless people,
When we understand that the Sen
tries and levies and irrcgulars are ma
lives Of the country, perhaps as '1e-
graded and cruel a people as it is pos
5ible to find on this earth, We realize
something of what it means to put this
power into their hands, to put these
arms into their possession. And who
is it gives the bloodthirsty, irrespon-
sible creatures such dangerous power?
The white man, so-called Christian,
so-called highly civilized. The Bel
gians, at the head Of whom stands
King LeopOld-Whose title reads the
opposite of Gladstone's (But we have
read what Mark Twain thinks of Leo
pol1, and after that naying it would
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

Mia, In the sixteenth, seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. The white race
was mingled with the brown in the
ESQ years of Spanish domination. In
northern 1uzon and in the mountain
GUS and central portions OF oaher is
lands, the native blood has lot been
changed, but elsewhere the term
''pure-blood" has little meaning.
The mestizos, the half-breeGs, form
the Filipino aristocracy. III India
half-castes are looked upon with e~,n-
tempt by either RAGS, they are outcast,
despised; but in the Philippines we
find an exactly different state Of at
fairs. Maj. Woodruff, in a most inter-
esting article in the New YORK Times,
says:
There is final element among the
Filipinos which must be considered
apart. for it Is type or collection of
types having nothing in common with
the Malays. These are tho half
OF mestizos descendants Of European
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

be weak to attempt anything in the
way OF denunciation.)
How came Leopold to have control
OF that very considerable region NOM
mated the Congo Free State? In 1876
King Leopold, in furtherance of At
rican exploration and colonization, or
Sanized, with the cooperation >of lead
by several European governments, the
International African association. The
following year Stanley was sent out to
the Congo country by the association,
Leopold defraying the expenses. Trea-
ties were made with the Congo chiefs,
and posts established. The Interna-
tional Association Of the Congo now
took charge of the work, and the sew
eral small territories were combined
into one state, for which recognition
was asked of the civilized govern
ments. This recognition was given,
being. At an international conference
on African affairs, 1885, an act was
passed concerning the rights of the
several nations in the Congo, humane
treatment Of the natives, the abolition
of the slave trade, etc. The state was
placed under the personal sovereignty
of Leopold. (Leopold, by will made
in 1889, bequeaths the state to Bel
gium.) Other matters calling away
from this region the attention of the
several powers, Leopold strengthened
the Belgian interests. And the Bel
gians have stoutly upheld their king
in his exploitation of the Congo.
Congo Free State is a rich country,
and while it could not be said the
Belgians have developed" it, they
have exploited it as commercial en-
terprise. Give, give, give, say the
agents of the white man, the "sen-
tries" and ''irregulars;" and the ma
tiyes make desperate effort to procure
and hand over that which the white
man demands. Rubber is by far the
most important article Of commerce,
forming nearly 80 per cent. of the spe-
cial exports. The general export trade
rose in the four years succeeding 1896
from 100000 to nearly $10,000,000
Belgium has about SO per cent Of the
total special commerce.
We are told that since Leopold as.
sumed sovereign power over this ter
ritory the slave trade has been sup
pressed, If not entirely abolished; thai
inter-tribal wars and cannibalism, as
we'll a.; abuses arising from the liquor
traffic, have been largely reduced. But
the commission appointed to inquire
into Congo atrocities, the report Of
which commission has but recently
been given out, tell Of most horrible
conditions; though the document Il
of verJ limited dimensions, it affords
striking confirmation of all that thu
Congo Reformers' have alleged. Il
will nc, longer be possible to deny thu
existence of legalized hostage taking;
of mutllatiOn by black soldiery; Of TIT
ruin of villages and wholesale muir
ders, tie only object of which was, ant
is still, the extorting of large quaint
ties Of rubber. Rubber is, Of course
the main cause of the slave trade il
the Congo. This commodity must b.
delivered in ever increasing quaint
ties. otherwise there is trouble from
Brussels" r.z.5.:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21
Books as Medicine

DR.. c. w. Brandenburg, of the New
York Medical college, declares that he
regularly prescribes humorous books
to certain class of patients. When
he was student in Ohio some 80 years
ago he was a roommate with John M.
Pattison, now governor of that state.
The latter, law student, was Ill and
blue one night and the doctor says:
'"I read one of Mark Twain's books to
him and he laughed himself we'll.
Laughter is one of the best, most nat
ural forms of exercise know of. The
idea that side-splitting laughter may
retard the healing of wounds is, I am
afraid, a trifle far fetched. really
think that granulation might be gently
stimulated instead. OF course, people
have burst their hearts by laughing.
but the instances were most excep-
tiOnal''
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

or Chinese fathers and Malay women.
They, are not SO very numerous-per-
haps one-tenth of one per cent. of the
whole, perhaps somewhat more than
this.
"They hold themselves as much
above the Malay as our educated mu-
latto is above the field negro. Curious
ly enough, they look upon themselves
as the real Filipino people and strong
1y resent being grouped with the races
mentioned above. There is nothing in
this country comparable to them, so
that their status is extremely difficult
to understand.
1.-THE Spaniards held themselves as
a special caste superior to all natives,
and the mestiZo was a halfway caste
between the rulers and the real ma
tive and born Of both. The unfortun-
ate Eurasians in India are in the
same position ethnically, but are vast
ly different socially, for they are ac-
cepted by neither race"
Maj. Woodruff tells us the mestizo
is the social leader, the land owner,
constitutes the wealthy class, is polit-
ical leader. Being descended from
Europeans, some of whom were of
great mental strength, it is found that
the mestizos are often men and wom-
en- of marked intelligence, great cul
ture, sweet manners and lovely char
acter. Between them and the apelike
Negrito there is every graduation of in
telligence and civilization in the in
Vulnerable little tribes and mixed
types into which the various races
have been broken up."
We learn it is a grave mistake to
look upon the Filipinos as we look
upon American Indians, as being close
ly related. There are found the five
distinct peoples, migrating at differ
ent periods. Among the 70 tribes
there is found a variety of languages
and dialects. The Negritos are pyg-
mics, and bear close resemblance to
! the small creatures of the Malay
| peninsula and the Andaman islands;
t'the close resemblance between them
and the Negritos Of the Philippines
leaves little doubt that all this part OF
the world was, for a very long time,
in their undisputed possession.
"Frail Of physique and of very low
intelligence, they were no match for
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

brown man, black Filipinos, yellow
ones, white ones and even few reds;
though, to be sure. the browns pre-
dominate greatly. Long, long, long
ago-thousands Of years ago-man
dwelt here, and to-day supposed rem
nants Of the aboriginal people are to
be found in the interior districts and
on the outskirts of the islands. But
let us quote directly from our author
ity: The blacks comprise native
tribes, with descendants Of African
negroes and Papuans introduced by
Spaniards. The native blacks are of
Negrito type; they are dwarflsh in
stature, and dwell in remote parts of
the archipelago. They are usually re-
garded as the aborigines, and as rem
nants Of pigmy race. There are only
10000 of them. The brown race, either
pure or mixed, constitutes nine-tenths
Of the population. A fraction are re-
immigrants were uncultured savages.
These were followed by incursions in
historic times of Malay people having
alphabets and a primitive culture
About B. c. 200 came the ancestors of
many head-hunting tribes. The i'm
migration of the Taga, Visaya, Wool,
1locano and other industrial tribes is
assigned to A. D. 100000. Third and
last came the Islamite or Moro inva-
sion, occurring in the fourteenth and
fifteenth centuries, and brought to an
end by Spanish conquest in the six
tenth century. The yellow or Mon
goloid type exists in the Philippines
partly as pure-blooded Chinese, Japan.
eses, Siamese and Cambodians, but
principally in mixtures of various
sorts. The Chinese held sway in LII
ION for centuries, and after their rule
was thrown off trade continued be-
tween them and the natives. It is inl-
probable that these immigrations and
blendings were numerous prior to the
founding of Manila Q571) and the
coming of Mexican and Peruvian sill.
yer in trade, So vigorous was the
Chinese invasion afterwards that il
threatened to overthrow Spanish rule
while it resulted in the creation of q
large mestizo population. The red OF
American race found Its way into thu
islands in the Spanish ships sailing
annually between Acapulco and Ma
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

Ever since the Philippines were
discovered" to the American public;
that public has been called UPON to
consider various matters relating to
tie far-away land and far-away peo-
ple.~ Just at present our political and
trade relations with the islanders
form a topic concerning which there
is considerable comment.
What picture does the word Filipino
call up? We think of a brown man,
unclothed, lazy, or we may think as
typical the fierce, fellows on show
at the St. Louis exposition. In any
case, what we know of the Filipino is
almost nothing. Suppose We try to
find out little.
One Of the first authorities consulted
tells us there are, in addition to the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21
(Copyrighted)
Uncle George Explains the Reform
Movement.


II observe, dear uncle" said Little
Oily, that the newspapers are pay
ing great attention to reform move
menrs at this time. should be glad
If you would inform me of the nature
of this matter. Some simple exposi-
ton of it's principles would assist me
in my studies."
'Ah, my dear nephew" replied I'm
Gle George, carefully filling his pipe
with the hay mixture Dilly's aunt had
purchased for him, you have touched
upon most important point in 0u1
national existence, a point I may say
that has become absolutely vital. rc
gain a clear and comprehensive idea
of the movement, for it is movement
one must consult good Master Web.
ster There we will discover that the
word has variety of meanings, but
the one with which We must deal is
expressed thus: TO abandon that
which is evil and return to the good.
At this time reform is rampant in
every section Of our country. We are
striving nightly to turn away thu
evil and bring back the good. Polit
ically speaking, to reform is to create
chaos, but only in the minds of those
opposed to the reform. Personally
cannot say, my boy, that I am great
ly taken with reform. Doubtless those
estimable gentlemen, Messrs. Folk
La Toilette, Jerome, ct al, are seri
GUS and manly in their intentions, bu
as to the result of their labors I an
not prepared to state
eve are we'll aware that reform il
now chiefly applied to our politica
structure. To go at the matter in it
| brOadest sense, we should rustic bac]
about a century and quarter ant
kick the Stats out Of the Father O
His Country and his advisers. AS W
cannot accomplish that we must d
what we can with matters at present
To. be plain with you l would So,
that reform is based generally upo1
jealousy. After that it comes iron
pure and honest heart, but I great
ly fear, Dilly, that the said p. and h
organ is merely running for place
Had we no news sheets, the wave Q
reform would wither and die like
good resolution about January
When man is seeking political pre-
ferment, my dear nephew, he start
In with high principle, and desir
to reform something. About this tim
he awakens. to find things easy t
his hand. On the principle that va
riety is the spice of life, the populac
turns in and elects him with a hui
rah. From that moment he is doomed
We read scare headlines in the new
sheets informing US that. Mayor Blint
has declared war against the dives
that he is about to turn the CRATER
out of the city hall; that he has il
spected the plumbing department an
found it; full of leaks; that the cit
chamberlain has been caught drivin
a team of bays; that the street raj
ways are grasping and corrupt, an
many other terrible things. Principa
|ly he discovers that the police depar
4 ment is rotten to the core, and ths
!! Is where he begins work. s..:: .= a .=..
This good reform mayor. who Wa
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21
attnnal patfnt
Gan1a Mnjnat
JUSTICE DAVID j. BREWER,
Of United States Supreme Court.

the patent granted him. 1t is comparatively small forget
exactly how much about $50, This of course addition
whatever securing
Now, if the government finds that he entitled
fee is returned to him.
This do think to be just The thing exactly the reverse
from all ideas of equity The has been put t1ouhe
looking the applicants right be granted patent
should be paid that trouble refund the
for conscientious work DONE On the other hand the
entitled to PATENT the should charge nothing for
granting simply because the should nve
ton Of all kinds would be almost pay pre-
MUM for making real invention.
Now look what happens under the present system
granting The government does refund the
money, and the country deuged with mass OF
useless patents The majority of them original or are
Inventions They only distorted applications the real in
ventor's idea.
AS instance you would say corrugatons on wash
simple matter and that the sect
ended The ordinary would suppose that patent cor
rugated dashboard simple matter and would preserved
all time for the who first thought of contrary
believe that the patent office has issued nearly 50 patents on this
very idea If could issue could issue 5000 because
slight change here there would
ferent from the original inventors model
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

Belonged to the Lower Glass.
A lady of most naughty mien.
And neither too plump nor too lien.
Once wore to ball
A gown cut so small
In the waist it could hardly be sien.
Houston Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21
Women in Mems Clothes.

For woman to masquerade in MANS
attire is no new thing In Wells
church, Norfolk, is the grave of Eliza
beth Clayton, who died in 1906 after
dressing and working as ships car
:penter for many years. According to
a periodical of the time, she drank,
swore, chewed tobacco and kept com
pany only with the workmen. She was
a strong and healthy person and would
employ her tongue or fist as much to
the danger of an opponent as the bold
est man."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21
THE INFALLIBLE TEST;

First Waiter-That's a rummy pair
I'm serving. Man and wife, I'm told;
but blest If can tell which is which.
Second Waiter "a man of expert
ence You just put that big bill on
the table, and you'll tell by the face
he makes which is the husband
Scraps. # 81. +. >.= =... s.. E: + j.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21
CIL1R NOTES

Canada.-Dr. David H. Reeder, La.
porte, Ind. Dear Doctor: ! would be
very thankful for your advice regard
ing my health. i suffer with diff
Guilty seated in my right side; it is
q terrible pain, which I do not know
how e describe will continues for two
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

Now, this reckless and wholesale issuance ii
patents is detriment to the bright genius who
gives the world all invention If his invention !,
of any real value, there will be thousand othe,
men who spring tip with slight notifications or
it and also get patents. Inc real inventor is thus
robbed Of the proceeds of his genius, and the
United States is afflicted with continual and cease
less litigation on the subject
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21
Objection.

Weary Willie-Can yer swipe a. ride
under an auto?
Dusty Rhodes-Naw, that's where
the owner stays.-N. Y. Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

Af:s ~ Is : i, :
The whole system !
of the patent laws in i
this country is quite
wrong. This is the
way it operates now.
A man sends in an
application for a pat
ent. He has to pay
a certain sum tn have
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

"Ot course, in the theatrical pro
fession it doesn't matter how often
lovers quarrel .sf s., s=s.s ss {. 35
why. SO ;= Z # .>e>. 81 ..- @=. rs,
Because they make up every night.
and twice Oh matinee days
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-21

yet II Is not always possible, and In
cases of emergency there should al
ways be remedy at hand to supply
the place of herbs I presume many
Of my readers will think it useless to
tell more about hot lamentations,
which may be so easily, quickly and
effectively, made with flannel cloths and
hot water, or a hot bran poultice TO-
mentation, the soapy blanket fomenta-
ton, and all such ready appliances
about which the club lectures instruct
ed you in the past, but there are now
so many new names on your list, that
these things will be new to the ma
jority, and besides it pays to revive
such valuable lessons as were taught
in the earlier lectures. A good-sized
piece of soft, old flannel blanket should
be folded tightly and placed in the bot
tom of a pan, or pail, and boiling wa
ter poured over it, just enough to fill
it without soaking or dripping. Let it
remain few moments in order that
the heat may be we'll diffused through
the cloth and then wiring out and apply
where it is needed. The result is quick
relief from pain, and a start on the
road to recovery.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-10-05
Improved the Shining Hour.

Sometimes" said Mrs. Marchmont,
ruefully, II wish people wouldn't apollo
gize for their children's misdeeds, but
would spend the time spanking the chill
dren."
You speak with feeling" returned
the good woman's husband. whats
the trouble?"
why" returned Mrs. Marchmont,
fright after breakfast this morning
Mrs. Sniffen came in with one OF my
very best tulips in her hand. AS near
ly as can remember, this is what she
said:
40 Mrs. Marchmont! I'm 30 asham-
ed Of my little Edward that l don't
know what to do. He came right into
your yard and picked this perfectly
lovely tulip, and / left him on your
horseback and came right in to apol-
ogize. I've told him time and again
that he mustn't pick flowers out Of 9TH
er peoples gardens, but he's always do
ing it don't know what you'll think
of him. He Isn't bad child, but he
does love to pick flowers. And your
tulip-bed is always 30 pretty that it
seems just a shame to pick even sin
gle blossom. / know how much you
think OF 1t and how much time and
money 1t takes to have a pretty gar
den.' That's the way she talked"
IT don't see," returned Mr.. March
mont, shat there was anything cut Of
the way about that"
There wasn't" returned the owner
of the tulip-bed, sadly. "But while his
mother was apologizing for that one
blossom Edward picked all the rest"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-10-05

several shades the worse for wear, says
the New York Tribune.
II beg yoEr pardon" said he to
pedestrian who was giving hfe-size
demonstration Of New Yorker who
had an engagement to meet and just
half time enough to meet it; II don't
want you to give me any money, but
could You take me in somewhere and
get me bite to eat?"
Certainly" was the reply. Then he
added. alphabetically, ''you haven't
had anything TO eat in two days, have
you? Come along and I'll fix You out !"
The victim of heartless capital was
somewhat surprised at the cordially Of
his reception, but admitted that he had
been fasting for the length of time nam.
ed. He followed eagerly for half a
block and then began to hang back. The
would-be philanthropist observed this
detection and assumed that the poor
fellow was weakened by starvation, as
1t must be especially difficult for a
starving man to carry his $50 pounds
at rapid pace.
II don't want to Inconvenience you
any, SIR" said the mendicant, noting
the sympathetic look, "and II you're In
hurry and don't want to stop you
could let nae have a quarter and Il"
"Oh, l don't mind at all about the
time; I'm not particularly busy just
now and as have the Indigestion my
self have notion to see how hun.
cry man eats just for old-time's sake. I"
They went on for another half-block,
but this time the falling Off in the hun
CRY mans speed was too noticeable to
be ascribed to mere physical weakness,
and when the benefactor turned again
the unfortunate one said:
You're a gentleman and can under
stand how I feel. Don't you think II
would be more considerate not to humil.
late poor fellow by advertising his
poverty in restaurant just because
he's down and out? II you could let
me have the money could walk into
the restaurant like a man and retain
my self-respect."
The man addressed could not see 1t
that way, however, and when he turned
around moment later he was pained
to observe that his hungry friend had
become lost In the crowd.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-10-05

ted States government up to a standard
which places it on par with the best
police forces In the country.
In a country where men vote and
have a voice in the choice of their rul-
ers there is less of political crime
against the STATE than in European
countries, where men are dragged from
home and Preside and confined to dun
geons for years to expiate crimes that
are considered as nothing on this side
Of the water. For instance, a German
paper that came to the newspaper Of
fees on this side less than a month
ago contained long account about a
German who was sentenced to six
months In military prison because he
drew a picture of his Emperor lying In
bed snoring. Under the picture was the
caption, wake up to the needs Of your
people, oh. sleepy head" w
This picture was found pasted on a
dead wall In small city and the Sc
cret service bureau spent some time in
tracing the crime to the perpetrator.
Happily the secret service in this coun-
try Is not called upon to trace the au-
thorship Of cartoons against the Presi-
dent If 1t were, Its force would have
little timesto do anything else.
The secret service through Its chief
keeps in touch with the big police sys-
TENS Of other countries and in that way
Is able to follow the movements Of So
called dangerous Anarchists who may
be sent to this country to take the life
Of the President The currency of the
country l. guarded against counterfeit
ers and In a thousand ways the secret
service proves Its value every day.