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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

| bit and stalk. screwdriver and
burglars jimmy. Whether he was
shot in a quarrel with pal or by a
member of the vigilance committee
which had been organized against the
ghouls, no one knows. With his death,
and the passage of a law giving the
schools a legal means of securing ca
davers, grave robbing ceased in SYRIA
! cuse.
Family of GhouIs.
At about this time the country was
startled by the weird story which fol-
lowed the arrest of the McNamee fam
lily. Some three miles from the city
there had lived for five years the ia
Their, two sons and daughter. But
little was known of them, although the
neighbors frequently specialized on
their means of earning livelihood. /,
One night farmer named Goodrich
was returning to his home late from
visit to distant relative, when he
met in the dark road a team. The
road was narrow, so that in passing
he was able to see the occupants of
| the other vehicle. He recognized
them as the old man McNamee and
his daughter. He was somewhat sur
prised to notice that the girl was
dressed in mans clothes, but still
more surprised to see that muff1ed
figure sat between them. He stopped
and asked few commonplace ques-
lions, to which he received sur]y re-
plies. At this point McNamee's horse
started, and as he did so threw the
hat from the head of the third figure.
Goodrich nearly fell from his wagon
as he recognized the set features of
young Wilbur Hill, who had been
buried few days before.
Goodrich, pale from fright, hurried
home and reused the neighbors. They
opened the grave; which had but late
ly been filled, and found it empty. A
search of the house of the McNamees
revealed spades, ropes and all the
other paraphernalia of grave robbing.
Further investigation of the grave
yard showed that many other bodies
were missing, and some of these were
later discovered at Ann Arbor Medical
school. The McNamees were arrested
and imprisoned after a speedy trial.
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'How was it in your case?'
''Ye-er MOTHER: answered Policeman
Flynn, evasively, twas a sooper-yer
woman
How was it in your case?" per-
sisted the girl, quick to see her adj
vantage.
"'Tis wr-rong," asserted Policeman
Flynn, "f'r to go into ancient histh'ry
f'r Examples to folly. TIL worlds
improvin'.''
How was it in your case?" repeat
ed the girl, determined to drive him
into corner
IT'S no jury thrial we're havin'
here" answered Policeman Flynn.
9Th coort S adjourned, an we'll
ha-ave no practisin' iv la-awyer
thricks. l nived did like thin new
woman idees."
How was it in your case?" again
the girl demanded.
well, twas only f'r little WHILE"
said Policeman Flynn, apologetically.
II had tn promise Nv a job on tn
polls foorce with pay enough FIR to
keep a wife, or niver w'u'd have done
But she continued working?'
it,
only fr Bit" explained Police
man Flynn; "but it's d!ff'rint now"
How Is it different?"
Policeman Flynn was so uncomfort-
| able by this time that he began walk
| ing nervously back and forth.
Little did Think he said, that
| amy wan but ye-er mother w'u'd liver
| ha-ave me wa-alkin' tn carpit in me
own home like tn capt'in has tn
| la-ads goin' at tn station whin things
is wrong. But ha-ave ye-er own
wa-ay, only I tell We this: if he mar
ries ye before he can support We, I'll
call him Peter-I will that
why Peter?" asked the girl, some
what worried by this yelled threat.
BECAUSE replied Policeman Flynn,
! impressively, Peter was tn ma-an iv
tn nurs'ry r-rhyme that had wife
an c'u'dn't keep her."
| Copyright 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles)
| Copyright, by the Century Coz
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

farmer to know his business here,
says the Independent, but there is no
lack of crops for gathering and for
soil making, too.
| The velvet bean needs sharp paced
team to keep up with its growth. 1t
will make so feet Of good hay in
single season and then leave plenty
OF fodder for the COWS and a cover
crop for winter. When you come to
pillow it under in the spring you have
not only big mass Of humus but
large storage of nitrogen added to the
soil.
The beggar weed is anything but
beggar, but is grass of superb quail
ty yielding an immense amount of hay
and then forage, and after that adding
nearly as much to the soil as your vel
vet bean.
This only begins the story of Florida
farming. It does not, however, I'M
dertake to deny that many of the
Florida farmers import their hay from
the north.
Do you know loquat when you see
one? It has the shape of pear but
the flavor of cherry. It is good for
pies and buildings and marmalades
and for pretty nearly everything else
that that marvellous fruit the cherry
is used for. Our New England moth.
ers would have gone wild over it.
The kumquat is G. sort Of compro-
mise between an orange and a stick
! of candy-we do not mean in flavor,
but in shape and size. The tree when
loaded with fruit is as beautiful as
rose bush.
There is not much to create enthusi-
asm about southern city. They are
all of them more or less tawdry and
have slackness in their ways of do
ing business. A cabbage palm brought
out of it's native habitat with con-
genial companions and set in dusty
dooryard is about the meanest thing
we ever saw. What can one say Of
guava bushes and camphor trees
fenced in with wire?
But the country in this state of
flowers-well named Florida-is about
as rollicking and utterly natural a
bit OF the world as can be conceived.
. In the highlands of the central part
of the state the palm and the pine
,, meet together.
It is the north and the south in per-
feet harmony. It. is the garden Of the
world.
The new farmer is coming in to
take possession. The old orange grow
ers were mostly city folk and nature
did not hesitate to shoe them out of
the state. Those who are now find
ing their way into. these regions are
bee keepers, truck growers and very
practical sorts of people who 20 well
under tn name Of home builders.
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pla&t In Gtur FURRY
mnrkrr 4 uatattn&t
By SAMUEL S. KOENIG,
New York Politician.

nerves. have locality where diversion would
practical probability without the usual attendant loss of time and
money, it would be most commendabe
plan have n mind outlined much follws
only purpose CIV
every vacation without idea profit ITSELF and
surplus except that which held against just
To that by the Of small weekly monthly
sufficient with the institution that would give
further the chance to leave his work and have
the with Of to his weekly ps
and charge for his
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

ferocity which was really startling. He
wore in winter a long ulster that
came almost to his heels"
Skilled in Use Of Weapons.
A glimpse of his living rooms in
Warren street, Syracuse, was a reve-
lation of the tastes of the man. The
walls were hung with foils and reg
ular armory of weapons. An expert
fencer and a dead shot, he led an ex-
istence that drew him away from all
but very few intimate friends.
His skill with the revolver was
noteworthy. AS an Illustration of
this, an acquaintance of his said:
Il never knew a surer marksman;
he was absolute lightning. On one
occasion he and I were in the old
medical college one night, and had to
go downstairs into the cellar, where
the cadavers were kept in huge bar
rels of brine. went ahead, carrying
candle, while Hervey followed me.
He had cigarette in his right hand
and package in his left. When half
way down the stairs, in the inky black
ness, I heard a noise in one of the coal
bins. Almost before 1 had time to
catch the CLEAN from pair of vel
loWish eyes, and to realize it was a
prowling cat, heard the report of a
revolver. I jumped, and when I re-
covered myself looked around, to see
this man kicking aside the dead body
of the cat He was laughing at my
fright"
To a man of this morbid nature and
one who, moreover, was absolutely
fearless and who courted adventure
this grewsome work of body snatch
ing had it's destinations. It was IL
legal, and the best brains of the police
force of the country were busy trying
to stop it, which added another in
centive to this man. It was con
test of mind and pluck, as he looked
upon it. And so, while still a student
he organized small gang of men who
supplied cadavers to colleges even as
far west as Michigan.
Emptied Numerous Graves.
The poorhouse graveyard was thei1
favorite hunting ground, and at the
! inquest over the body of Kendall an
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05
"TozER," PET OF THE BATTERY, MISSING.

"Tozer'-nobody knows where he got his
name-has disappeared from Battery park. Tozer
is little half-breed fox terrier, and for years he
has lived along the docks on South street by
night and in front of the barge Office by day.
Every policeman, every tramp, every longshore-
man, every newsboy, and for that matter every
body who had business that took him to South
ferry and South street more than once week
knew Tozer, for Tozer was the smartest, sleek
est little tramp Of dog that ever begged meal
from free lunch counter.
>Tozer came to the Battery five years ago.
"Dick' =Ganley, one Of the veterans of the police
force, found him. Tozer was SO hungry that he
nearby delicatessen shop and got banquet for
the dog. Tozer ate until he almost exploded:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05


she was fair look with that like Diana than
venus But time all things Sarah
wowy maiden through becoming
! turns plump large, stout fat, and finally obese
Louis applied
Sarah had
| oonpont in keeping with his taste
. and Sarah determined
i
| longer"
Yes
.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05
If there was some eco

If there was some eco
nomic scheme or plan by
which the thousands of
the underpaid and over
worked men and women
Of our large cities could
be given a week away
from the surroundings
that become so monot-
onously impressed on the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

automobng
should be.
pint of petroleum believing that there no exercise in it. They think
tell him how the thing and miles will convert him
of peasanter and healthier
ton the ordinary cycist"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

pleas Brooklyn
Since they replaced
~ ~ ~1O ~ AO OO~4"
used be
might Then the
%
Their msuspecting again
other families. ~ ~
bigamous all chill
property rights.
made public matters comics
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

viduals who make odd requests, but in
my long experience / have never come
across one. This steel casket is as
far as they ever vary in their ex-
pressed wishes"
A member of the local branch of the
company, from whom it was reported
the $4,000 casket was bought, also
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colonies
knowledge evil
supernatural
witch find her.
working this
In
such existence
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05
MANY suPERsrlTIous FOREIGNERS.

It will probably surprise many to learn that
there are thousands of people in this city who
believe in ghosts, witches, spooks and superst
lions.
Director Smith, of Central park, called atten-
ton to one large body of the supersttious few
weeks ago when he protested in their behalf
against the sale of the two donkeys in the ZOO.
He declared that if at least one of the donkeys
was not kept on hand mothers of babies with
whooping cough or threatened with that COM
plant would be after him tooth and nail. And
why? Simply because if baby has whooping
cough mother or nurse sneaks off with him to
Central park and passes his wee body three times
under and over the donkeys body in circle.
And of course-the whooping cough disappears.
1t may take some time for the cure to be effected
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

Interesting Gossip by Our Correspondent in Goham-0besiy
New Cause for DivoceMany Illegal Separations During the
Past 20 Years.

NEW YORK.-Young maidens, beware! If
single blessedness does not appeal to you and
you are contemplating matrimony, be careful and
do not put on too much weight in your new home
or you may be relegated to the ranks of the
grass widow.
Why? Because obesity is now an officially
recognized cause for divorce. Hereafter slender
maidens may recall with pang as they take the
marriage that "Till death us do part" means
Until I get fat" And the well established ten
dency of American women to press the limit of
comfortable plumpness may well become shad-
ow over many homes.
Fat as cause for divorce was put into the
records by Louis Link, "a tailor who was legally
separated the other day from his wife by the
supreme court.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05
GIRLS ON ODD VACATION TRIP.

Miss Jessie Blythe and Miss Ruth M. Garri-
son. both of Montreal, Canada, passed through
this city the other morning motor bicycles of
three horsepower en- route for Washington. In
this way they are spending their vacation. They
left Montreal four weeks ago, and on their ar
rival here they had travelled about 1000 miles.
Miss Blythe is the daughter of John E.
Blythe, member Of the Montreal stock ex-
change, and Miss Garrison tn daughter of Roger
Garrison, wealthy grain merchant of the same
city.
"Our average daily run was 40 miles," said
Miss Garrison. eve could easily have covered
more than doubt that distance day, but we
started out for health and pleasure and not to
break records-and our necks."
Miss Garrison maintains that motor cycling
&c NJ FOR and that IT.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

that state, there was but this one way
in which bodies could be secured. The
prices paid for them were high, and
in consequence group Of men about
Syracuse Medical college and the Buff
falo Medical college did a thriving
business as "resurrectionists. OF
them all, no one was more famous
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05

showed him horse in Five minutes later To
een Of called
Ganley the dog practically
himself - -. WA 7.a.
body possibly by accident
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05
THE WONDERS OF FLORIDA
Crops Grow So Fast Horses Are Kept
on the Trot to Reap
Them.

Florida is strange land, as big as
all New England or nearly so, and
with wealth untold. It takes a good
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-09-05
MANY DIVORCES FOUND ILLEGAL.

Speaking of divorces, amazing irregularities
in the past 20 years have been discovered. So
far there is a flaw in divorce out of every
five examined.
These defects were found by William H. K.
Jarvis, of the census bureau, and his corps of
Is divorce girls sent from Washington for sta
tistics of divorces If made known they would
make bigamists of many couples married in good
faith and illegitmatize many children.
How much and how many of these discov-
cries will be made public depends largely on &C.
ton to be taken by Mr.. Jarvis If he applies to
the court for necessary data in thousands of
cases an order may be granted to "unseal the
papers"
From 1886 to 1896 divorces were granted in
the SuperiQr court n Ia court Of c01oroor
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NURSERY

When such care IL taken the dishes viii
bear washing with warm or cold water but
must not be soaked In either.
The leather trappings of small ponies,
sheep and goats which little ones delight to
drag over the floor are: soon dangled half
off. A package Of one ounce tacks will re-
place the little brides. reins, and saddles.
where larger tacks would not do at all. The
wheels of tiny carriages, carts and wagons
have a way Of coming off. The circular
pieces Of tin which are placed against the
just the thing to remedy the mischief and
with an eight or ten ounce tack driven
through the central hole of the tin each
wheel will revolve easily, and yet not part
company with the axle.
Objections
Have been made often against many toys
or playthings. These hold good every time
if the nursery is filled with ready made,
mechanical. ready-to-go toys.
The child's toys are as necessary to his
welfare as the tools and scientific apparatus
to the skilled workman or inventor. But the
toys much have something for the child to
do-either to build up. as with the all i'm
portant building blocks, or to take apart
what may be put together again. 1t should
be understood that these are not unimpor-
tant matters.
1t is important to give plenty Of room for
rich in this great power Of the mind. some
more, some less; but all need the story. the
game the playfellow, and material to build
I'D their dreams. Then the Imagination en-
riches the after life and diminishes any ten
dency to become morbid.
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many novel effects in candlesticks, sconces
and candelabra from the French gilt that
are genuine antique and have been broug mt
from many of the homes that Iiourished in
the times of Louis XIV, and whicn one has
only to look at to picture again that BIZ Ill
liant court and all its surroundings Then
there are the more modern but staple ones
that come from Sheffield, and. Ike its CUT
lery, always in demand, bringing in price
anything from s. to 500. But most beauti-
full Of all are the glass ones which are to
be had In lovely patterns Of pressed glass
in colonial design for as low as $50. and
in the genuine cut glass in ell shapes and
sizes from the tiny one to hold taper on
M lady's dish to the grand aad stately
candelabra Of $3.50 for the enter of Inc
dining table, and one Is carried back CEN
fury and sees courteous men and gracious
danes seated around that board. and We
wonder with a revival Of those furnishings
will there also be a revival Of the old time
courtesles and manners, of which in this
busy workaday world Of ours VIC ale so
sadly lacking.
Among the novelties there was cello riai
brass candlestick fitted with a tall. v1Sel Ike
chimney to protect it from the VIVID and
was called colonial hurricane. and IN the
French goods tiny silk-ernbro'dered
screen to be used in place Of shade.
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Wooden Playthings-
Are the easiest to mend. Heavy substan-
tial carts and toys Of large size will be oen-
Gifted by screws and stout nails. but with
smaller objects glue Is more satisfactory
and will mend many a crack or Joint TOO
delicate to be tinkered with nails or screws.
But the glue must be good. else the labor
is useless. Buy at the cabinet makers or
paint shop a supply of cabinet makers glue
in the bulk. Melt it in water, putting 1t into
an old small tin pail and placing the pail
over the fire in basin OF water to prevent
burning. When dissolved let it boil ten min
utes and then thin 1t with hot water TIL IT.
will spread with brush like paint. Apply
IT hot to the parts or joints to be mended,
match them carefully, and set away the
article twenty-four hours to dry, tying all
together securely IL possible. A toy so glued
will hold and often will be stronger than at
first. The glue pail and brush should be set
away and when needed again 1t only has to
be heated and thinned with water II stand
ing has dried 1t too much. Such glue Will
mend the torn book. firmly fasten doiiy's
wig and hold on all sorts Of plasters ana
bandages despite the toughest handling.
When china dishes and playthings break
in large pieces they can be restored to Or
binary usefulness with any good china &C.
ment provided that both the parts them
selves and the cement are thoroughly heat
ed before joining the broken edges, and
that the dish Is dried for twenty-four hours.
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A Garden
OF peas is a fetching title for an attractive
summer party. Have an improvised treil's'
with a vine gracefully draped upon 1t. ON
this vine are tied. as though they were
growing, twenty-five peapods, each con-
tanning a cOnundrum
Provide the guests with small. leaf shaped
pages and pencil. Every guest Is asked to
pluck a pod and to read aloud the conun-
drum, II contains; at the end of the game
prizes may be awarded
The conundrums are as follows: Take
from
/. A medicine and get sick: Pili-il.
2. A Clergyman and get a millionaire. Pas
tor-Astor.
2. squeeze and get a unit Of measure:
Pinch-inch.
a. A rind and get fish: Peeled.
8. Short quick breath and get an insect:
Pant-ant
8. board and get thin: Plank-lank.
Z. carpenters tool and get a narrow
street: Plane-lane.
8. dish and get tardy: Plate-late.
o. pledge and get illumination: Plight
light.
10. A locality and get a dress trimming:
Place-lace.
II. A flower and get writing fluid: Pink
ink.
u. A precious stone and get a tile Of no
biiity: Pearl-earl.
l3 A tropical tree and get gift to the
poor. Palm-alm.
IA. Two things of a kind and get what
we breathe: Pair-afr
H. A step and get high card: Pace-ace.
18. Courage and get good fortune: P1uck-
luck.
II. Exhortations and get the act OF
al PreachiuR-reac ching.
Is. A minister and get a fiery crime: Par
son-arson.
TO- A fruit and get the organ Of hearing:
Pear-ear.
20. A proud dandy and get carriage:
Prig-rig.
81. A portion and get skill divine: Part
art.
ass.
%. A surgeons instrument and get a
dress: Probe-robo.
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" "

"A. A puncture and get pile of hay:
Prick-rick.
Is. Idle talk and get baby's toy: Irattle
rattle.
Lawn Pool
Is a good game for out OF door days.
Nine pedestals with cups at the top hold
each a ball with a number. Light playing
balls and light mallets are required. The
pedestals are laid out in the shape Of q
double diamond with an additional pedestal
at each end. And the object Of the game il
to dislodge the ball which rests in the cup
by striking the pedestal. The balls must be
.dislodged in regular order, and the player
is credited with the number Of the ball. A
series Of counters such as are used in bill
lizards accompanies each game for scoring.
There are a number OF rules and forfeits to
the game. and several variations In playing
which make the game quite exciting. and
calls for certain amount Of skill. Imperial
croauet is another name Of the game COM
bining as it does, many of the principles Of
pool and croQuet.
Grace hoops are both old and interesting
It may be played on the piazza as well as
on the lawn. and 1t has the recommendation
of being cheap. Light hoops and sticks are
the only accessories. and the hoops are
thrown to- nd fro between the players. It
is not as simple as 1t sounds. and requires
much skill to throw the hoops from the
crossed sticks as well as to catch them.
A game that suggests tennis Is that Of
battiedore and shuttlecock. but no great en-
ergy is required in playing 1t. It is adapted
for indoors as well as the lawn. and may
be brought to great proficiency. The rae
quets are light AFFAIRS and the shuttlecocks
are Of cork and leather frinsed with feath-
ers to steady them in ths air.
Everybody probably has seen Aunt Sally
at country fairs. It makes q most amusing
game for the lawn. Aunt sally il the fgure
Of an old negress with wooden head and
a place for an old clay pipe. The object OF
the game Is to toss the pipe from her
mouth by throwing small stick from q
distance. AS rule women are not sue
cess at throwing straight and they can here
get excellent practice while enjoying the
fun OF the sport. Aunt Sally always scores
success at garden party.