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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
THEIR FIRST.
QUARREL
copyright, by Joseph b. Bowles.)
By JAMES DARLINGTON

Miss Pinkerton always made point
OF being down early for breakfast
when she was guest.
On this occasion, however, Mrs.
Henshaw was close upon her heels.
She had been described by fellow
woman as 'ridiculously pretty and
absurdly in love with her husband"
Good morning, Miss Pinkerton.
Come and help me sort the letters, will
yoG?"
Miss Pinkerton was only too de-
lighted.
They seem 20 be nearly all for your
husband" she said Il don't HsAnt to
be inqnisitive, my dear, but do you
read all the letters your husband re-
ceives from his old sweethearts?
Young wives are proverbially sensi-
tive, and in the face of this question
Mrs. Henshaw was almost upset. But
she showed smiling front, and
opened one of her letters.
This is from Kate-Mrs. Tracy.
She used to be my great chum. She
writes such nice letters. Just listen to
this: My darling Grace, If you can tear
yourself away from the partner of
your joys and SORROWS, who will,
dare say, manage to exist without you
for :. bit, l should like you to come
and lunch with me tomorrow
wednesday, at 1870. If you come l
am prepared to overlook your COM
parative neglect of me since your mar
riage. If you don't, beware! Yours
ever. Kate"
Miss Pinkerton's face s0ftened.
Il suppose you never have game
with jack" she suggested, almost tim
idly, get him into little temper,
for instance, just for the pleasure of
undeceiving him the next moment
He would think you quite clever If,
for instance, you succeeded in fright
ening him with that letter."
Frightening him, how? l really
don't"
"Why, don't you see? Read the let
ter aloud again!"
Mrs. Henshaw did so, but still
looked bewildered.
Stupid! stupid! Just knock out
the word Grace and you have most
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16

family at Arlington during the civil
war was a few days ago restored by
G. w. Hendricks, of Philadelphia, to
Miss Mary Gusts Lee, daughter OF
Gen. Robert E. Lee, the commander
OF the confederacy. The ,wanderings
of this old volume will never be
known. Mr.. Hendricks, who is a
book collector, bought the Bible many
years ago from man named Stein.
It was probably stolen, as were many
other treasures from the Lee mansion.
by the servants and soldiers, and
pawned for a trifling sum by persons
ignorant of its value.
The book has been kept with great
care and is in fine condition. Its black
leather cover shows few scratches. A
few pages are torn, but the ink is still
unfaded, anu many leaves and flowers
pressed by members of the Lee fam
lily are still in it. The Bible was print
ed in London in 1902 by "Charles Bill
and the Executrix of Thomas New
comb, deceased, printers to the Kings
most excellent Majesty" It contains
the "Order for Morning Prayer
Throughout the Year." including the
communion service, the articles of re-
ligion, the Old and New Testaments.
with the Apocrypha, the metrical YER
sion of the Psalms and the table of
kindred affinity. :
The Bible does not contain the rec
ord of the marriage of Martha Custis
to George Washington. The earliest
birth reported is that of Fannie Park
Gusts, in 1710. The marriage of Dan
lei Parke Casts to Martha cambridge,
afterward Martha Washington, is re-
corded as having occurred in 1850. .
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STUPID! STUPID"

delightful love letter from an unknown
woman"
Mrs. Henshaw began to see The
fdea was silly, but after all if it would
please this somewhat difficult creature.
what harm was there in it? And Jack
would only be q bit astonished for the
moment. "
Meanwhile Jack Henshaw, blissfully
ignorant of what was in store for
him. proceeded quietly with his toilet.
Miss Pinkerton had got upon his
nerves, and he rather regretted that
his wife had thought it necessary to
send her the invitation she had so
perslstently "fished" for ever since
they had returned from their honey
moon.
Jack HenshaW was by no means
dull, and his foot had hardly crossed
the threshold of his breakfast-room
before he scented something decided
~ unusual in the manner of his wife
and her guest.
What in the name of all that's
wonderful is the matter this morn
ing?' he said.
At that his wife, who had never
frowned upon him since their mar
riage, gave him look which he found
difficult to analyze, and which left
him even more bewildered than before.
Then she rose hurriedly from the
table and went to the window, only
presenting to her husbands aston
ishe1 gaze the spectacle of a pair of
shoulders heaving convulsively.
It's about letter." she sobbed.
Read it, exclaimed Miss Pinker-
ton.
A piece of paper fiuttered to the
floor, and in choking voice came the
words:
"'I-I can't"
Then l must Miss Pinkerton
picked up the paper and stood con-
fronting Jack with the air of tragedy
queen. She noted with some disap-
pointment that her victim was to all
inteats and purposes quite calm. She
had pictured his face turning to a
greepish hue, but on the contrary it
was quite bright and animated.
Your wife opened one of your let
tiers by accident" she began, unblush-
ingly, land these are the wicked
words which shattered her idol and
dispelled all the dreams of her youth. T."
Miss Pinkerton then read the let
ter, with dramatic earnestness very
much in contrast with the feminine
levity of the writer.
my darling Jack (pause). II you
can tear yourself away from the part
ner of your joys and sorrows, who will,
dare say, manage to exist without you
for bit, I should like you to come
and lunch with me tomorrow
Wednesday, 1T 1870. If you come l
am prepared to overlook your COM
parative neglect of me since your mar
rage. II you don't, beware! Yours
ever 1 suppose I need not read the
name in your wife's presence, Mr..
Henshaw!" concluded Miss Pinkerton,
and then she gave something like a
gasp. 4 e.s@e. l.
For the effect of the letter on Jack
had been marvellous. His cigarette was
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Martha Washington's Bible.

HERE was recent
~ restored to it's
rightful owner one
of the most inter-
esting relics of
colonial and revo-
lutfonary tim e $.
The long los+: Bible
of. Martha Wash
ington, which was
taken from the
home OF the Lee
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16

city has been subject to disagreeable
eruptions, some of them fatal, most
of them seriously damaging. They
come out of the bowels Of the earth
out of the entrails Of the city to be
unpleasantly exact. Manholes blew
up, windows were shattered, street
cars and cabs were thrown over,
limbs were mangled. No man could
tell when he would see his fellow
man: rising in the air, If he did not
have the ill luck to rise in the air
himself. The sewers were on. the
rampage and investigation showed
that the wicked automobile, which
does SO much: damage on the surface,
was to blame for this sub-surface dis
turbance. The garages were emptying
gasoline into the sewers and the
liberated gases were doing the rest
e vast section Of the town began to
feel as If it were living over a crater
At last the aldermen have taken
the matter up and it is to be an Of
tense against the: town to empty gas
of1ne into a sewer under. any cir
cumstances whatever.
The new statute may be obeyed.
It would be very difficult to catch Of
tenders. But New York breathes east
ser.> One peril seems to have been
removed. Many remain. 1t has been
figured out that there are hundred
3dinerent ways of being killed In New
York. Probably the figures are con-
servative. The Pennsylvania railroad
excavators for the across-New York
subway alone represent enormous op-
portunities for killing. Twenty-four
doctors are in the relay system of first
aid and many accidents are recorded
In single~day. Civilization as New
York sees it comes high.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
Street Car Fare.

I'll In 1905, I'LL, ISL 1898 cash yares were
collected BY the elevated, surface and
subway railways Of New York city,
this 3. number marking an increare Q.
g, 493, 651 cash fares over 1904. IAis
means z daily average Of over 3, 100000
nickels, Sundays and holidays includ-
ed. eddcing these numbers to dollars.
the ell daily contrib ution to. the railway
q sportatton systems Of New York
city ts seen to have been about $780,
l cog, and the yearly revenue almost six
mill lions 81 dol lars. ss}
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16

century tney IOund MS bones. His
legs were so much like those of men
that a great cry went up of the dis
cOvery of the remains of q race Of
giants.
There were giants in those days."
>: But when all the bones were put
together It was found that they were
not human. The mastodon stood
forth, the biggest Of all mastodons.
The head and 16-foot tusks alone
wefghed-in the bones-a thousand
pounds.
The great skeleton went into the
Spencer, collection of Boston, and the
Spencer. will kept the collection in
tact for so years. Now Pierpont Nor
gan has bought the mastodon for $780,
600 and presented it to the Metropoli-
tan museum here. So that the masto-
don; is home again-back to his old
: New York haunts. He is a wonder
to behold, and the, metropolis will
soon have an opportunity to look him
over. Surely he was powerful beast,
relatively as powerful as the man
companions that we're his in the stone
and ice ages.
It IS not generally known that the
beginnings of the great Metropolitan
museum were laid by Pierpont Nor
gan and ex-Ambassador Choate, who
for 30 years have devoted much time
and q great deal of their own money
to its welfare. Mr.. Morgan's gifts
pass the million mark, I believe. He
is always giving something-paint-
tngs, bronzes, relics Of one sort or an
other. The museum is rapidly near
ing. the point where it. will deserve
the name of the greatest in the world.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
. The MODERN Idea:;

# Small Boysay. Chimmie, gimme :
bite Nv dat apple, will yer !?
as Big Boy Sorry Chauncey;;= but il &
should begin ter b charitab bic folks
would say WIZ crooked. I've got ter
4 look out fer. me own ration, ~
2knoW judge
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
]. by B. L.,TAYLOR
:, Copyright, 1905, BY Jossph B. 8owlss.)


There can be no pleasure in 4
! the work which makes man his !.
:: own inferior. J
! Love is never apropos. A 4
! love talk is always apropos Of y
nothing-but love. y
Give whimsy a fair field and \
outlaw none Of our. illusions. q
delusions, and heresies, and 10, !
you have the federation of toler-
ance-the millennium of mind.
: - . 4
Civilization is a poor sort Of 4
makeshift. yet l suppose We \
should be thankful that people Y
are tame even If they are not q
very humane. 4
Our work which takes SO !
much Of us and should be the !!
best expression of us, is actually d
OF our real lives a thing apart <
! "a concession to the Belly. !
Life in civilized state begins q
with the sensation that there are
100 cents in dollar. 4
We seek the society Of those Y
who flatter us; and we like the q
flattery, but we despise the dat
/ terer. i
Don't 80 back to the places \
|! endeared to you by childhood, d
! for then you lose your illusions 4
|; and gain only a new pain. !
Heartiness effects more than 4
humility in the affairs Of life. 4
= 4
: "A great many men, and wom- !
: en-, too, mistake stupidity for Y
!. common sense. -.2 g.,
! So many people have opinions y
: without having convictions. \
Z
We all profess to think we'll (
!. Of humanity, because we like to ::
|. be we'll thought Of. !
!! WALTER BLACKBURN HARTE.>
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
OF Interest to Bibliophiles.

A very rare first edition of the
Worlds Almanac for 1901 sold at auc-
ton in Brooklyn for 1870. Barring a
loose cover and a few torn pages, it
was in excellent condition.
Theophilus Bugg, the well-known
collector of Evanston, ILL.,, announces
another find of great value: Mark
Twain's Sketches" Chatto & Windus,
Piccadilly; cocoa and pill ads on n.y.
leaves and Bears Soup on rear cover.
The back of the book is unglued and
the front cover is detached. A mag
nincent acquisition.
Lovers of fine books will. welcome
the sumptuous volume which Messrs.
Josh, Gosh 4 Co. are issuing for the
bibliophile trade-a. de luxe edition of
Roget's Thesaurus, with illustrations
by Howard Chandler Christy and
Henry HUT. These famous illustra-
tors have never done anything more
beautifully irrelevant or less in keep.
ing with the text.
A unique copy of Marie Corelli's
Romance of Two Worlds" fetched
ESQ at auction in London. The book
had once been read by the late queen,
and contained nearly a hundred mar
ginal notes in pencil, such as How
true!" my own sentiments" etc. Vic
toria was very fond Of Corelli's books,
and read little else.
The author of the comedy Coming
Through the Rye" proceeded on the
theory that the original Rye was a
field Of waving grain. Probably not
two authors out of three are better in
formed.
The golden goose which Herr Con-
ried, Of the Metropolitan opera house,
came into possession of not long ago
has been laying two eggs day right
along, and six when Herr Conried has
benefit. 1t is feared that the goose
will expire from overwork, and the
attention of the S. P. G. A. has been
called to the matter.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16

fancifdl e believe that It had The.
characteristics Of the mans acting:
and his living. Il had pleasant quail.
ties e 40 II was genial painting, think
! may say, and, there is no doubt that
Joe Jeferson's brush work will steadi-
y rise IN value, IN the end far beyond
any value It can have as work Of art.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
Homecoming of a Mastodon.

NE day, some mil
lions of years
ago, q mastodon,
tired of fighting
the ice, and
grown old enough
to i: retire, laid
down and died
near the New
York city of to-
day. In the mid.
do ~ tho 1oo%
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
'"Joe Je6erson's Mauve."

III sale OF Anton
Mauve's painting
Of the flock of
sheep. for $4,000
has indeed made
q sensation in
the particular cir.
Gle Of those who
" at c. picture
prices. 1t '| did
not astonish \ al
together three
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
A New Fertilizer.

ECRETARY WILL
sons department
of agriculture is
constantly discov-
eringi something
that is destined to
be of benefit to
the farmer. Just
now the scientists
in that depart
ment are some
what, excited over
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
Wholesale Eviction.

1 II I'm p r o Y e.
ments" in New
York, which real
.ly do improve
but are never
fl n / 8 b . d, are
sometimes h a r d
on the lowly
folks. 80 also
are the reform
atory movements.
For instance, 800
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
&@aala@s%@ssa&as=a5=&5z
BLACKBURN HARTE..

There is talk, we hear, of forming
"the Association of Deans Of Ameri-
can Letters"-a most interesting
brotherhood which should have been
installed long since in clubhouse of
its own: The; plans at present are In
definite, but there is promise, Of a
large formal dinner annually, with
smaller and informal spreads when
ever Mr.. Howells, or Mr.. Clemens, or
Or. Hale, or any other Dean has a
birthday. There Is some talk Of in
creasing the membership of the asso-
citation by electing so or 100 Vice Deans
of American Letters. Thus, James
Whitcom Riley would be the Vice
Dean from Indiana; Edwin Markham
from Staten Island, and so on. No au:
thor will be eligible for deanship I'M
der the age of 60, nor for q vice dean
ship under IS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
Is New Z FORK LonesomeP

U. . 8 + the other Il
day a man = named 2 Al :lt d.
9! G,' Ell hal DIT, a sub :.
III, urban q q t arm er,.
who s, had steadily "a { i
resisted the e. a d:
vance of iciviliza-
ton, decided !, i that hat:
he must lose his
far m. In fact a
new subway sta
ff0n WAS likely
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
Confidence Restored.

He United States
army has won new;
laurels by the part
it has played in
SanFransicso. Tho
authorities at the
war department,
however, are Of
the opinion that 1t
has about COM
pleted its work
there. Secretary
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
Washington GOSSIP J p
AFTER PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT
LEAVES OFFICE IN 1909. "
MAY MAKE WORLD TOUR.
President and His Associates in Their
Fondness for Athletics - The
American Soldier in San : il. :
- Francisco. - = =

A:sHINGTON.- Po-
! litical prophets in
Washington are
trying 20 find a
place for Presl-
dent Roosevelt aft
er he goes out of
Office in 1909. One
ingenious writer
has predicted the
election , Of: Secre-
tary of War: Taft
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16

# Naupsssant says y cprrent author;
never talked about literature. There
arc 50 many other things Of 50 much
greater: interest to talk about" hl
used to say. But this was pure anep.
tation. Everyb body knows that there
is nothing SO interesting as literature
and the persons who manufacture it.
1T The Wheel Of 1irth. ~.
"a rainy afternoon. Scene: The
main hall Of the Eden Musee. New
York city. Discovered. seated, Edith
Wharton and Ellen Glasgow
Edith-What perfect weather! II
only it would rain every day!
( Ellen-Yes; but, unhappily, into
each life some sunshine must fall
Edith-Life is such a dismal busi-
ness! How perfectly it ID symbolized
BY. these faded. tawdry waxworks
around US, these dusty, rusty
crowned heads! 1t is 50 beautifully
depressing. Do you come here often?
Ellen-Of late I have done much Of
my thinking here. The plot of "The
Wheel of Life" came to me while
was sitting in this very chair.
Edith-How interesting! do near
~ all my, work here, both. thinking
and writing. I wrote The House Of
Mirth'' here, over in that corner, be-
hind the wax figure of Schopenhauer.
l know Of no other corner where the
atmosphere is quite so thick.
Ellen-Except the Chamber of Hor>
rors downstairs. planned my best
scene there.
Edfth-For certain ghastly effects
l recommend the Chamber of Horrors.
but for general dreariness, think the
atmosphere Of this hall is much the
best. I enjoyed your Wheel very
much. At thirty, I confess, my view
OF life was still tinged with optimism.
You developed early, my dear.
Ellen always had intuitions, mons
real to me than the so-called facts OF
existence. AS a child l stunned the
rose because sensed the thorns. The
first marsh marigolds Of spring threw
me into profound melancholy. DAT
odils always suggested danse maca-
bre Experience taught me that my
intuitions were correct.
Edith-It is always safe to trust
ones intuitions, that is, if one be a
woman and literary genius. Still,
experience is not wholly without value.
4 = Oh dear, the rain has stopped
and the sun is coming out. Isn't it
too bad!
Ellen-And spring ia almost here,
with its foolish violets and perky
green stuff. l can hardy wait for
autumn.
Edith-There is nothing lovelier
than wet day in October. Els lebe der
Tod! Els lebe der Tod!
Ellen-What a splendid title for a
novel-Es Lebe der Tod!
Edith-Shall we collaborate on it?
Ellen-I should love to!
Edith-Come over in the Schopen-
hauer corner and we will block it out. =,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
Good Athletes.

N . PRESIDENT
Roosevelt's C abb
met there are sew
eral men who can
hold him level in
certain lines OF
athletics, although
the president has
the reputation OF
being the greatest
all-round athlete
among mn hii
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
Best Advertised Books.

Best Advertised Books.
To be mentioned in our list of Best
Advertised Books a novel must be
equa. to Thackeray, Dickens, Scott,
Dumas, Balzac, or Stevenson, or must
have 4 pathological effect on the read
er. No attention will be paid to the
greatest novel Of the year." or the
strongest, most powerful, or most
striking novels Of the year. Our re-
turns for the past month show the fol-
lowing publications to have been tho
best advertised:
THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CAN
DIES
The best novel since Stevenson"
THE RECKONING
"A book to make the pulses throb
and the heart beat high
HEARTS AND Masks
Teens with breathless excitement.~
THE STORM SIGNAL
ITO be read with drawn breath and
quickening pulses and swelling
heart
THE CHRISTY EVANGEL1NE
BOOK
Makes Longfellow Worth While
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
IN | III METROPOLIS
sohES MoRE WORK or !, THE
WICKED AUTOMOBILES.
LIVING '' OVER 4 CRATER.
The Risks Attendant on New York
Civifiza tion-At the Metropolitan .
!, 5- : u: 1Mluseum,-Monetary Values : 4:
ST JET Of Paintings. s...5

NV .wgork.--n ID
quite possible sill I
think, that Vesu-
yius and San
Francisco sh,a d
something to: do
with New York's
sudden. de te r
mination not to
be blown up any
more. For q
long time the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16
Letters of an Art Student.

ASkt0A0 VA III 4Axt Stu0o0t.
being second communication from
Charles Dana Gibson to Robert W.
Chambers.)
My dear Chambers: In my last let
ter told you of my remarkable dis
covery that red and blue mixed to-
gether produce purple. Since then I
have happened on a number of sur
pr1sing things, and regret thousand
times that did not take up the study
of color years ago. Would you be-
lieve that blue and yellow combined
give green?' had always supposed
that green was a primary color, one
sees 10 much of it in nature. do not
yet quite see why it should not be.
But my greatest discovery is "Endy-
mion." It happened this way: Clean
ing my palette the other day I scrapedf
the little dabs of paint into heap and
this casual mixture produced the most
beautiful tint, unlike anything in the
pains shops. I Immediately named it
'Endymion" and gathered it in a tube.
1t would be very effective In a Greek
landscape, and l intend to send some
to Ohio Gushing to color his Olympian
fashion plates with. My one tube is
priceless, as I cannot seem to find the
combination again, though I have tried
dozen times and wasted a vast GUAM
ttty of colors. think a'beautiful poem
might be written on, say, 1.-The Lost
Tint" The first stanza runs in nv
head as follows:
Sealed one day at my easel,
:: was weary and i'll at ease,
And my fingers wandered idly,
scraping the palette's lees
I am not much of a hand at verse;
making. Perhaps you can do some
thing with it. 1t is more in your line.
AS ever,
CD. GIBSON
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-16

Don't 30 back to the places
endeared to you by childhood,
for then you lose your illusions
and gain only a new pain.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-06-12
NOT CRUEL TO 6X5 WIFE.
Won Horn Intimates That Mathilde Gould
Whip Him and Did DRUG Him.

The application of Mrs. Mathilda Won
Horn for alimony and counesl fee pending
the trial Of her suit for a separation from
George X. Won Horn came mp yesterday
before Supreme Court Justice Glegertch,
who reserved decision.
Mrs. Won Horn accuses her husband of
cruelty. ~intoxication and familiarity with
other women. She saws that he is worth
over $500 600 and should allow her at least
SIS 900 a year
The husband. in his replying afidavits,
admits that he does drinE occasionally
but denies the intoXication indictment.
He says that his married life became so
miserable. owing to his wife's nagging
and farlt finding, that he was driven away
for self protection. As he describes her
Ashe Is about six feet tall. nearly as broad
and very powerful He is only Of average
size, he says, and he was not cruel to her.
He also alleges that she drugged him into
a marriage. Had he been in his senses
he would never nave become her husband,
he says.
During their married life, he says, she
pawned MANY OF his most valuable souve-
Mrs. among them a SIC, 900 vase which was
given him BY the Emperor Of Germany.
In support of his Legations Won Horn
submits an affidavit from his former wife,
who got a divorce in 1884. She describes
him as having always acted the part Of a
gentleman and as being "the soul of honor
She adds that he still owes her 81 500. This
is to show that he is not worth what his
present wife says he is worth.