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the world. l had money, at one time
though l don't look now as though
had ever been anything but a tramp
He was evidently telling the truth
and his audience wanted to hear more
OF his adventures. The tourist" read.
lily accepted an invitation to join in a
20 cent meal, to which he did ample
justice. The listener, thinking he
Eauld take no chances, suggested that
IL would take some eggs.
Il wouldn't advise you to do it
Lore" said the hobo. "An egg is like
a woman's character. 1t must be
strictly good, or 1t isn't any good at
all. These restaurants do not supply
their patrons with the best eggs, but
buy from the cold storage warehouses.
where they can buy cheap. 1t is a
healthy hen that can lay good eggs
in August"
You seem well posted on the res
taurants of this city" said the listen
er. Are there many that give a
wholesome meal at reasonable
prices?"
Yes. / may say that the majority
of them do. In fact, they Will aver
age very well with most large cities.
There are a number of popular priced
restaurants over the river that serve
better food. but they are in locations
where they can depend upon a large
trade.
"The genus hobo Is large factor
in the patronage OF majority of the
all-night places. The tramp is too
lazy to even eat in the daytime, and
what he does eat he usually begs. In
the morning he seldom has a cent.
He gets a breakfast at some back
door, maybe. and then he rests all
day. At night he 'cadgers,' or begs.
from men who appear to be well fed
and good natured, and it is perhaps
far into the night before he has the
price for a meal. If. after he has had
all he wants to drink, he has enough
money left. he spends it for a sub
stantial meal. But 1t is usually drink
first, and then eat. for a man who
has the price of drink can always
get enough free lunch to last him.
C.n,, Tr,pop lie Mot
The Elbert County tribune., 1906-08-30
Genus Tramp Is Not
Very Frequent Guest.

But Brooklyn all-night restaurants
are freer from the genus tramp than
those of any city ] have visited. In
the summer. particularly. the hest
patronage of such places comes from
parties who have spent the evening
and well along toward morning a.
Coney Island, the Rockaways. Bright
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
For Gay Winter Festivities

is to wait until this is a more assured
fashion.
The short skirt is vanishing, save
for strict unitarian wear. Last year
the richest velvets and filmiest chif-
fons were made short; this year the
pendulum is swinging back. But sensi-
bly, adhere to the proper style for outing
dress, do try to have enough strength
of will not to go back to the slavish
days when every woman, no matter
what her station in life, what her re-
quirements, went along with her arm
wearisomely hanging on to train or
demi-train. AS yet, we are rejoieed to
say, the very long skirt has not affect
ed tailor-made gowns for street wear.
The long cloak, now the mode, al
lows that light and summary apparel
be worn in the daytime; and after
noon reception and studio tea presents
an appearance of midsummer; the light
silks, the lingerie waists, the filmy
white frocks reminiscent of veranda
gayeties. Our houses are so hot it is
style that is refreshing both to be-
holder and beheld. And we notice that
the silk shirt waist suits have been
worn all winter, the warm separate
wrap of heavy cloth making them ideal
Tor shopping and morning lecture.
ELLEN OSMONDE
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are of thickness and warmth that
leave nothing to be desired; and tho
season through we have noticed the
lady of the abbreviated sleeve going
about with no appearance Of chill or
discomfort. Leather is very close and
snug, you know; take heavy sort and
there is small need for the fur wrist
lets prophesied some time ago.
But let us speak of evening "trip
peries. The design given here is one
intended for the woman who cannot in
dulge in decollete, must eschew the
evening toilette. The thin lace chemi-
settle is lined first with pale pink silk
and over this comes pale pink chiffon.
The gown itself is of soft white satin;
that is, skirt and deep bodice are; the
upper part of the waist is of embroid-
cred net. The sleeves are trimmed with
frills Of lace to match the chemisefte.
The fichu effect and high corselet are
particularly becoming to; a slender
form. -.*r.
For evening dress we notice return
to decorations for the hair; a return
we cannot wholly approve, because so
many women do not know how - put
on bow ana wreath, succeed only in
spelling their appearance, in looklas
as IL they bad tried too hard. Fluffy
bits OF; tulle may now be seen perched
on the trasses, and sometimes ribbon
flowers are emplo Dyed. The 81 safest
thing, however, for the woman IN doubt
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At ball and r0ut nowadays one is in
doubt whether the ladies have on reg
uls>tion evening gowns or whether they
are appearing in tea-gowns supposed to
be for home wear only; so much like
the old-fashioned negligee appear the
empire dresses of the present. These
dresses, however, are really made by
artists, are not simple house gowns.
The fronts of the skirts are gored to
give them style, and after one has
looked twice one decides they are very
graceful and proper gowns for the pub
lie eye. Soft velveteens make up BEAU
tifrlly for these, and can be obtained
in delectable shades. Without doubt
the empire modes will greatly affect
spring styles.
And speaking Of the future reminds
us that it is going to take more and
more goods to make the fashionable
gown. Bodices are close-fitting, sleeves
are smaller, but oh, the skirts! the way
they demand material.
Our illustration may seem rather
elaborate, but the models need not be
copied exactly, we simply desire to
show the prevailing styles in evening
dress. Note the wide, but not sloping
shoulders of the empire gown, and the
length and voluminousness of the skirt.
The draped bodice of the second model
is of latest mode, and also that Of the
remaining figure.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

That one planteth and another reap
eth has been strikingly illustrated in
the successful voyage which Capt.
Road Amundsen and his eight men
have made through the Northwest pass
age, for he has only followed the route
known to exist by reason Of the dis
coveries Of Sir John Franklin, in 1847.
But Notwithstanding the fact that
Amundsen has not made an original
discovery, his feat in taking the first
vessel through the channel from Baf-
fin bay to Behring straits is none the
less remarkable, for it took boldness to,
conceive and courage to attempt, and
good luck born Of persistent watchful
effort to accomplish what for the past
300 years the most strenuous efforts of
arctic explorers has failed to do.
In addition to his bringing his
stanch little ship, the Gjoa-a sloop of
Al tons, 20 feet long, 20 foot beam and
propelled by small petroleum engine
safely through, he has made impor-
tant observations which it is believed
will, when they are all figured out and
the proper deductions made, settle the
location Of the magnetic pole. A mag
netic pole is point where the freely
suspended needle shows dip of 80 de-
grees. An observation station was es-
tblished by Capt. Amundsen at King
Williams land, latitude, 68 degrees
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

Old raspberry color Is most modish
to select for ones dressy afternoon
cloth costume, and it may be toned
down by dark wrap and furs. Pink
hats for evening are seen a-many, and
we feel moved to make forecast that
the fashionable hat for late winter,
the time when folk are tired of the
cnapeau that has got worn and drag
gled, will be the pink beaver adorned
with green leaves and Parma violets.
Pink for evening dress is lovely this
year. Recently there was worn at a
restaurant dinner a charming creation
Of pale pink and pale yellow, the ma
terial shot silk. The trimming consist
I'd Of little touches of pale pink velvet.
Tie chemisette was sheer lace over
pink chiffon, and close about the neck
lay two strands of pale coral beads.
Another gown we think worthy of de-
scription was one that could be copied
with old material about tho house, or
rather the lining might be. The out
side was black chiffon, which of course
would have to be new and fresh; the
foundation was black satin. A band
Of silver braid bordered the skirt, the
gi,dle was of silver, and there was
silver-embroidered chiffon scarf draped
as a fichu. Such dress as this would
be stunning for the girl with shining
raven tresses.
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with her 100000 people. her COM
mercial ambition, her open ports and
special export ports. The on to ST.
IBERIA, whose great stretches of land
at present unoccupied, shall one day
produce enormous crops Of wheat and
other cereals. And now we 'have cir
cled the vast circle Of Pacific lands.
How rich In possibilities they are. AL
ready on the shores of this New Med
iterranean' live nearly half the human
race, and yet half the lands are unoc.
cupied, half the fertile acres lie un.
titled"
Mr.. LATER, the author of the Argo.
naut article, asks: rs 1t wonderful
that all peoples begin at last to see
that during this twentieth century the
Pacific ocean Is to be the scene. and
center Of human activity? Here clash
or coalesce the two great civilizations,
those Of occident and orient. Here
shall be determined the name and
character of the race which shall hold
aloft the standards of progress What
the Atlantic ocean has been during
two centuries; what the Mediterranean
was during the centuries when Rome
and Carthage contended long and val.
iently for it's mastery. that the Pa
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

Some one speaks of this wonderful
body of water as too vacant ocean.
And true, the voyager on the Pacific
may cross to distant lands and per-
chance not meet sail the whole way,
speak no ship. I have been told that
the berth of captain on many Of the
Pacific vessels Is the easiest to be
found; among other exemptions, he
does not have to be on the alert for
collisions, is spared this burden Of
a captain on the ship-laden Atlantic.
But all this will be changed in the
near future; the tide Of commerce is
fast moving westward, and fast pour.
ing in from the west, this great ocean
path" as we'll as "divider.''
Some time ago in the San Francisco
Argonaut there appeared an article
rich in suggestion, under the title
"The Mastery of the Pacific" and
what specially impressed us was the
manner in which the writer made Wis.,
ib1e the circle of rich lands about the
long and wide waters. Let us con-
dense-although we regret We must
the writer's story He begins with
the far northwest, with Alaska, once
considered frozen and barren of re-
source. First Alaska, known to be
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cific will be during the twentieth GEN.
tury-and more.''
Yes, there may be some question as
to whether occident or orient shall
rule Mr.. LATER weighs the matter
thus: "Will it be that dominion over
the Pacific will have passed from the
hands of America into those. per.
chance, of the Japanese? Will the
long-slumbering orient, by the middle
of this century, have reused itself 50
thoroughly that the tide Of commerce.
will then have turned and be flooding
back upon us-the orient no longer
the exploited, but the exploiter: Amer
lea no longer sending forth from shon
and factory to the orient manufac-
tured goods, but striving, by high tar
IFS and other restrictions fnnumer-
able, to prevent the manufactures If
Chinese or Japanese factories, EMPLOY.
ing labor the cheapest in the world
from competing in domestic markets
with manufactures necessarily of high.
er cost of production because of high.
er standards of living and consequent
higher rates Of wages?" If one NAV
judge the attitude Of the Chinese to
be truly presented in that very inter-
esting book, Letters from a Chinese
Official" then we may look upon the
people of the greatest country of the
Pacific as desiring to be let alone and
to let alone. The attitude of the jan
anese appears quite to the contrary.
the Yankees Of the east, a term We are
learning to understand.
The Pacific has been called "The
New Pacific" since our war with
Spain, since we went in for imperia1.
Ism and colonial possessions far re-.
moved from ''the states" And nres.
emily we shall have a still newer pa.
cific when the Panama canal is com.
pleted and in use.
From the port of San Francisco now
radiate lines to every quarter of the
Pacit1c-alcaE the coasts of northern
and southern America, to Australia.
to Asia, to the principal islands. II
the Americans win in the commercial
struggle, we may look to see San
Francisco succeed New York; to use
the phrase in cent book by Wolf Won
Schierbrand, look to see San Fran.
cisco become the imperial city Of the
country. A western enthusiast writes
thus OF this port: "San Francisco
upon a bay second to none in the
world, began in 1885 as Yerba Buena.
The waters Of the bay, which is 60
miles long, come in from the junction
OF the rivers Sacramento and San
Joaquin through the strait of Carqui-
nez, and find the ocean through the
Golden Gate, a strait five miles long
and one mile wide, with dep4n Of
30 feet on the bar at the entrance. San
Francisco has now the opportunity;
to become the London. New York. 1
Chicago Of the Pacific II:
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schools of the ancient capital Of Nor
way. He first came prominently be-
fore the public as a member of tho
antarctic expedition of the Belgica,
which vessel in 1879 cruised in the
south polar seas under NJ. Gerlach.
Returning from this expedition.
Amundsen conceived the idea of an
arctic exploration, the object O. which
would be the discovery of the North
west passage and the location of the
magnetic pole.
Amundsen told his friends Nansen.
the explorer, and Profs. Schmidt and
Neumayer, Of Germany, his hopes, and
laid before them in detail the plans
which, il followed, he felt convinced
would solve two of the three greatest
arctic problems. These friends. thor
oughly believing in Amundsen, real
lied at once the merit Of his argu-
ments, and unhesitatingly indorse his
scheme, and thus was inaugurated the
expedition that was destined to live
forever as among the most brilliant ex-
petitions in history.
But Capt. Amundsen is not satisfied.
it seems, for he is planning next sum-
mer to continue his voyage around tho
arctic circle. To do this he must go
through the Northeast passage, feat
second only to the one which he has
already accomplished. When he reaches
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
CHART OF A

and 80 minutes north and 80 degrees
west. Capt. Amundsen declares his be-
lief, based on the two years. of OBJ
servation by him, that the north mag
netic pole is within 80 minutes of that
point. The observations have been
taken day and night for a period of
three years, and, in the opinion of the
explorer, the actual position of the
magnetic pole will be determined as
soon as his observations can be fig
ured out.
In 1881 Capt. James Ross, from OBJ
servations made located the magnetic
pole on Bothia Felix, Americas north
ernmost peninsula, and it is evident
that there has been little change from
the point marked by him. Capt. Amund-
sen found that in passing from the
northern point of Peel sound to the
western end of Simpsons strait the
ships compass was useless.
When Amundsen sailed from Chris
tiania June II, 1908, he knew definite
ly the course he wanted to take, be-
cause of the records made by the
Franklin expedition, and the story of
that expedition is really the introduce
ton to the story Of what Amundsen
has accomplished.
On May "a, 1847, Graham Gore, first
lieutenant of the Erebus, with another
officer and six men left their ships and
started southwark. They reached Point
Victory, on King William Land, and
went onward till they came to Cape
Herschel. A little beyond they saw
the coast of North America, the charts
Of which were in their hands. The
Franklin expedition had been sent from
England for no other purpose than to
find the Northwest passage.
The little party realized that. the
long-sought-for passage had been dis
covered, and could actually be accom-
plished, if they might only force their
ships through the short ice barriers
that interviewed between them and the
open water. They deposited a record
of their discovery and then hurried
back to their ships to impart the joy
flu! tidings to their comrades. They
found the expedition plunged in the
deepest grief, for, during their absence,
Sir John Franklin had passed away.
He was shared the misery of sharing
with his men the starvation that befel
them all when they finally abandoned
their ships and sought the mainland.
And it is this summer channel along
the coast that Amundsen has followed
westward; and the Franklin party not
only pointed out the short cut to the
channel, but the fate of its ships gave
a warning to Amundsen which he fully
improved.
The map shows tho track of the
Gjoa as she entered Lancaster sound
from Baffin bay and threaded the chan
nels leading westward till she reached
the region where Amundsen made his
magnetic surveys. This region is
roughly ,pclosed with circle of KS.
In this &rea Amundsen spent nearly
two years. His last magnetic work
was done on King Williams island, not
far from where Lieut.. Gore solved the
question Of the Northwest passage; and
It was here that the Gjoa started on
the journey. 49,
Born in Christiania IS years ago, a
Norwegian OF the Norwegians, Capt.
Roald Amundsen, when little more
than q boy began his maritime career.
Amundsens attended the public schools
Of hristiania, and the only diploma
that -. owns is from one: Of the high
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

From now on until Lenten peniten-
tial days society will be on the move,
which means there will be a lot Of
good clothes needed, that madam and
maid will have to look we'll to their
fnery if tney would make brave
show.
At the beginning Of the season We
wondered how the short-sleeved fash
ion would eventually be worked out,
and have been considerably surprised
at the ease with which the matter has
been solved. The long gloves of the
winter, those meant for street wear,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
THE CIRCLE OF RICH LANDS.

rich in yellow gold; rich in her vast
forests, and rich in fisheries" And
attention is called to Alaska's great
river which runs into the Pacific. lone
of the worlds greatest rivers" Now
southwark let us move, and here lies
Canada, Canada at last awake to her
wonderful agricultural possibilities,
Canada no longer sending her sons
forth in search of fortune but keeping
them at home and opening her doors
to the outsider, American as well as
old world immigrant 'This year 100,
100000 bushels Of wheat will be ex-
ported and year by year the yield will
expand and grow. From her chill but
fertile prairies it is only little way
by rail to Pacific ports, where huge
ships soon will wait to bear the good
red wheat or flour to all the hungry
lands"
Farther south, and we come upon
the matchless forests of Oregon,
Washington and northern California.
Still farther south and we have the
gold and fruits and grain of California
Continuing downward, and here is
Mexico, across which even now rail.
ways are passing from the east and the
north, toward the Pacific. provision
ing the coming greatness, in trade and
commerce, of a hitherto too vacant
ocean," In Central America we find
a wealth of forests and fruits, then
come to the as-yet not very important
South American Pacific slopes.
Now we make a wide sweep, across
tsland-continent, land of great posi-
bilities, of undoubted future. a land
whose foreign trade to-day amounts
to nearly billion dollars a year. To
the east lies New Zealand, also land
of rich resources, as yet undeveloped.
Next we journey to the Dutch posses.
sions north of Australia. and may
mention the well.xnown islands of
Java, Sumatra, Celebes, Borneo and
Dutch Guiana, which "have a total
population of 36,OO0,0vo souls in an
area of 783,400 square miles. They
are Of immense commercial interest,
the imports and exports for 1900
amounted to $1S6, 100000"
Next come Siam, French 1ndlo.Chlna,
and our own Philippines, and then
China-"greatest Of all nations on the
Pacific" The trade of China with her
"400, 100000 industrious people" has
grown very slowly, but the railway de-
velopment is expected to work a rad.
zeal change. what tremendous CON-
mercial change will come when, trav.
ersed by railways, China, like India,
and Japan, awakens! Should her
commerce rise to the amount per cap
tia that Japan's commerce now Is, it
would amount to the enormous total
of 92,400,000,000. What a tremendous
'ompercial prize! What an 1nex-
o'9tihle markell" a. -, :;
. w we visit progressive Japan,
r4 ,-.T
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

Norway he will have done something
no other arctic explorer has ever at
tempted, the circumnavigation of the
globe within the arctic regions
Capt. Amundsen was first mate Of an
antarctic expedition which seven years
ago made important discoveries in the
southern polar regions, and DR.. Fred
erick A. Cook, of Brooklyn, who was a
member of the same expedition, speaks
in the highest terms of the Norwegian.
when one is shipmate with a man
in the arctic region for two long
years." he said, ''he begins to under
stand him. l knew Amundsen well.
AS first mate Of our expedition he
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
LONG TRIP WITH OK TEAM.
Over 1900 Miles Made by Elderly
Couple and Family in Eight
Months.

An old-time prairie schooner, drawn
by two OK teams, and the wagon filled
with the entire earthly possessions of
William Hoyt has covered the
distance Of 1900 miles be-
tween Decatur, Ala, and Guth.
RE since April 6 last, with stops of
several weeks duration at Memphis,
Little Rock and Fort Smith, where Hoyt
worked to get enough money on which
to continue the journey to Beaver ccun.
ty, in this territory, where he will home
stead claim and begin life anew. says
a Guthrie (Okla.) correspondence of the
st. Louis Globe Democrat. Hoyt is now
90 years old, and is accompanied by his
wife, aged So, son, Louis, aged IA, and
two daughters, Clementine, aged 13, and
Katherine, aged 10. When the outfit
reaches Beaver county it will have COW
cred 1900 miles. D..
Hoyt himself is white haired, but
spry. All his life he has been an iron
molder and for 40 years he worked in
shops at Decatur. Finally he became
SICK and his physicians recommended
complete: change Of climate. = Hoyt
sold what property he had and pur1
chased the oxen and six head Of cows
and started. Hoyt and his son attend
tend to the oxen while the mother and
Oldest girl follow on foot with the
COWS. The cows are tied together, to
prevent a stampede, and all are led by
Mrs. Hoyt. The girl leads q three;
months,old cali, All parties, excepting
the youngest daughter. have walked
practically the entire distance, 81 s.5,Z
Ct St. 1zavt has regained his health and ax!
poets to use the oxen next spring to
break sod and tend atS least So screa
of5 corn and kaf1r corA.