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Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28

and It's castle to-day. He it is who
owns the long village street, the forge,
the apothecary shop, the cobbler shop.
He it is, little Mike OConnor, who
owns the squirc's white house, and the
brown rectory, and ali! even the pref
ty little church and the chapel stands
on Michael O'Connor's freehold
ground.
Formal announcement of the pur-
chase of the village was made recently
in the Leitrim Observer, published at
Carrick-on-the Shannon, and the same
issue contained detailed story of
Michael O'Connor's adventures in the
land of his adoption.
Fortune Made Through Real Estate.
Strangely enough, he did not make
his fortune after the manner usually
adopted by heroes of romance. Heroes
from time lmmemorial have won their
millions by wrestling it from the bow
els of the earth, by clever manipula-
tions Of the stock market, by war and
conquest. But who ever heard of a
hero Of romance who made his money
in plain, prosaic real estate dealing?
That is what Michael O'Connor did,
and 1t paid him vastly more in re-
turns than more romantic money
making might have. Pennfless when
he came here, he managed to secure a
clerical position almost Immediately
upon his arrival. He was Industrious
and frugal. and after several years he
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28

ing a fortune Of 5000 900 in cash and
much valuable real estate in Belfast and
the surrounding country. n II H.. !
Hughes is 38 years old, three years
older than Michael O'Connor. He
learned to weave silk in the factories of
Belfast long before he left Ireland: He
has worked hard all his life, always at.
silk weaving. BY virtue of intelligence
and industry he was promoted some
thing like five years ago to the position
Of foreman. His pay is, or was, $18 a
week. He has wife and two children
to support, and by strict economy he
was able to lay by enough to buy little
house. Two tiny rooms downstairs and
two upstairs, with small porch in
front-that is the sort of house Robert
Hughes has been living in in Lodi. The
Belfast mansion he has fallen heir to
contains 80 spacious chambers; any one
of which would almost be larger than
the little house in Lodi. In Lodi Robert
Hughes had one fire, that which glowed
in the kitchen stove. In Belfast there
are % great open hearths whereon the
logs are wont to blaze all day long.
Pleased at Good News.
Don't think am excited" said Rob-
ert Hughes, when interviewed by a re-
porter, cor puffed up with pride, for
am not. l am only happy to hear the
good news. Do you blame me?
"Think Of it! Only the other day
was a poor man. To-day, we'll, to-day
am wealthy. How wealthy l do not
know. seem to be walking in dream
even yet. get up in the morning and
I eat my breakfast just like man only
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
ARTISTS ODD MISTAKE.
His Work Was All Right, But He
Had Made Mistake in the
Subject.

Danton, the celebrated caricaturist,
had a wonderful power of modelling
from memory. After" one long look at
his subject he could 60 to his studio and
make bust quite perfect in its resem-
blance, says an exchange.
One day a young man came to him,
saying that his sister was Ill and about
to die, and that, although the family
wished her bust modelled, they dared not
excite her by mentioning 1t. Would he
undertake to reproduce her features
after seeing her once? Danton agreed,
and next day the brother informed his
sister that he intended to present her
with some jewels and that a young man
would bring some specimens for her ap-
proval.
Danton brought in the jewels and,
going home, modelled bust of striking
resemblance. Next year an old gentle
man, the father Of the young woman,
came to order a bust of the brother, who
also had died. This, too. was marvel
Gus success.
The result of such planning, how
ever, was not always as satisfactory to
his patrons as in these cases. A gen.
tlemen who could not persuade his wife
to sit asked Danton to enter a certain
omnibus one day and fix in his memory
the features Of the lady opposite him.
T7e, did SO, modelled a beautiful
bust md sent it home. It proved.
howeve~, to be not the mistress. but
the maid, who had also taken the
trip in the omnibus.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
PULLED OFF HIS ARM.
Quick Presence Of Mind of Man Who
Was Being Crushed Saves
His Life.

Cincinnati-The quick presence Of
mind in the face Of terrible accident
Is all that saved the life of Frank P.
Thomas, manager of the Peacock dis
tillery. The accident occurred at the
plant of the Peacock company, at Kais-
erton, KY, which is four miles from
Paris.
Mr.. Thomas went to the plant sever
al days ago to superintend the placing
of new machinery and prepare to start
the distillery for its season run. A
new machine had just been installed.
which is used to crush the grain for
its mash. The rollers of this machine
are adjusted to crush the grain down
to the thickness of newspaper.
While feeling up the grain chute which
feeds this masher Mr.. Thomas, who
wore glove, accidentally got too close
to the rapidly revolving rollers, and
his right hand was drawn into it.
Hsi arm was being rapidly pulled
through the machine, when, with rare
presence of mind, and with power
full jerk, he pulled off the crushed por-
ton of his arm, the rollers having
reached to within 2 few inches of his
elbow.
j. He was removed to the Office of the
company, where medical aid was sum-
moned, and his arm was later ampu-
tated near the shoulder.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
Michael O'C0nn0r and Robert
Hughes, Sons of Erin, Now
Roll in Wealth.
MONEY ACQUIRED BY Different METHODS
Former Prospers Through Speculation in
Real Estate - Buys His Native Town -
Latter lnherits a Million Dollars and
Ancestral Castle in Ireland.

had managed to save up several hum
dred dollars, which he invested in a
few lots in the Bronx. It was the luck
lest thing he could have done. He
sold them for more than double sew
eral years later and reinvested his
money in more real estate. Soon
Michael O'Connor, from Leitrim town,
was worth a hundred thousand dol
lars; then the road to wealth was
easy.
When prosperity had claimed him
for its own Mr.. O'Connor's thoughts
began to turn to Ireland, and one sum-
mer, some six or seven years ago, he
journeyed back to Leitrim and mar
ried the girl Of his boyhood love and
brought her to America.
1T was then that I first thought of
buying my native town." said Mr..
OConnor in All interview with a re-
porter. II suppose all men banker for
their native towns, and 1rishmen
most of all. Anyway, did. l used to
think when was a little barefoot
boy, playing about the ruins of the ola
castle there, how much I would like,
when I became man, to be able to
buy 1t and restore 1t to it's once ia
nous grandeur. You see, every boy in
Leitrim knows the story of the castle
and of the kings and princes who once
feasted in it's great halls. Then there
were songs, sweet old Irish songs, to
keep our memory green. I suppose
there was not boy in the village who
did not share in the same emotion.
"Well, fortune has been very good
to me. and it turns out that l have
been able to go back and buy not only
the castle but the old town. Every
stone and stick of the dear old place
is my property to-day, including, to be
sure, the homestead where my fore
fathers for generation upon generation
have been born and lived and died. I
have been able to buy the dear old
place and know that my father and
mother will live there for the rest of
their lives.'
Mr.. O'Connor and his wife and
daughter expect to take formal pos
session Of their feudal town and castle
early in the coming summer.
Story Of Robert Hughes.
Robert Hughes story is the very op-
posite to Michael O'Connor's. Wealthy.
too, he Is to-day, to be sure, wealthy
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28

pains to come SO far to see him, treat
ed him with great deal of attention
and politeness for several days. AS
the visitor showed no signs Of leav-
ing, the Quaker became uneasy, but
bore it with patience until the eighth
day, when he said to him:
my friend, am afraid thee will
never come again."
20, yes, I SHALL" said the visitor.
81 have enjoyed my visit much, and
shall certainly come again.
But" said the Quaker, III thee will
never leave, how can thee come
ain?"-London Black and White.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28

New York.-Dame Fortune, that
tickle being. has smiled on two men
who came to America Is years ago
fresh from the land of Shamrocks. AL
though both of these sons of Ireland,
Michael O'Connor and Robert Hughes,
are now rich, they obtained their
wealth in ways that are greatly differ
ent. The stories of their careers and
of the triumphs which recently crown
ed them, are the making of two as
pretty and interesting romances as
ever were conceived
Before relating the story of Michael
Connor it will be necessary to ina
gine ones self transported across the
sea to the ancient village of Leitrim,
where the O'Connors have lived since
time immemorial Leltrim is on the
banks Of that much sung stream the
River Shannon, beloved of "TOm"
Moore and immortalized in his songs.
There. close upon it's banks, stand the
ruins Of the great old feudal castle
which was once the seat of Michael
O'Connor's illustrious ancestor, Rhod-
erick OConnor, the last king of Con-
naught, Prince Of Branffny. About the
crumbling walls the little town nestles
closely. There is the white house of
the village squire, the apothecary
shop, the cobbler's shop, the wagon
makers and the village forge. In the
little white houses between dwell the
villagers, descendants every one of
them of Irish kings.
The ground floor of ono of these
dwellings, contains a general store. The
people of Leitrlm may buy anything
i'll this small store from pound of tea
to yard Of gingham or peck of po-
tatoes. The proprietor of the store is
Michael O'Connor's father, to-day the
most prosperous citizen in Leitrim
and the happiest and proudest man
In all the green land OF Ireland.
O'Connor Comes to America.
For his son, his first born, the bow
who 13 years ago set sail for the alien
land OF America, has made fortune
beyond the dreams of Leitrim avarice
and like a fairy prince has bought
back not only the castle OF his long
deposed ancestors, but the entire
town Of Leitrim, his native place.
Aichael, the fair haired, blue eyed.
merry mouthed boy who sailed away
Is years ago, is master Of the town
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28

~ silly, more than enough cases have
come to light Of very brutal treat
ment. Although penalties for hazing
are very severe and candidates are
warned they must not submit to haz-
Ing. it is practiced regularly and VI
cfously. The upper classmen feels
the fearful responsibility Of bringing
the greenhorn up to the standard, II
the plebe shows any reluctance, any
want of respect to his superiors, the
upper classman calls together his
"scrapping committee" and a man is
selected to fight the plebe. They have
all promised to obey the academy
rules against such combat-but
where do academy rules come in when
1t is a question of "class sentiment?"
Wherefore the fight is called, and pro-
ceeds. The combat&ats fight with bare
fists and fight till oDe Of the two can't
stand any longer, until he falls. 1T
Is not enough that he fights until
"groggy," till he staegers; he must
fight until he can actually stand no
more. There is no let-un II he fails
to do this, he is branded a. a coward
and loses standing with his fellows.
Other similar gentle "punishments"
are inflicted, Of such kind the victim
is brought to stage Of collapse. or
goes into convulsions. He IL doc
tored with stimulants, or perhaps sent
to the hospital: and when presently
his battered condition comes to no.
tice, the presumption goes that the in
juries were received in the -gymna-
stun.
In a stringent editorial on hazing,
as carried on at West Point, the au-
thor says: "A West Point student or
graduate is not necessarily q gentle
man.. He sometimes is a brute. We
do not always trust his moral in
stincts, for they may be perverted.
The cadet who is a bully will be a
bully as an officer: and such boys and
men we want weeded out of our mil.
itary service. War, and authority in
time Of peace, cultivate too much,
even under all possible restraints, the
tyrannous elements of q mans char
acter. It is idle to assert, al many Of
f1cers are doing, that such brutality
as this exercises beneficial effect in
breaking q boy to the rigors Of mill.
tary disicipline.' ~.v.@ ->:e -~>-y s..
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
Ar English Fad.

Black Spanish lace shawls are pre-
scribed for wear in England next sum-
mer. That is because Of the marriage
of the king Of Spain and Princess Ena,
The Pail Mall Gazette remarks. that
when the late duke Of Manchester was
about to be married the booksellers
OF London were rather put to it to sup
ply the sudden demand for George
Sands "Consuelo."
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28

when I hear the factory whistles calling
me to work, and they too sound like they
might be blown in dream.
"Oh, yes. still 60 to work every day.
The habit of work is very strong, espe-
cially when one:has worked all his life
as l have done. Indeed. l do not know
whether shall ever be able to stop
working, now that have an opportunity
to quit.
"Will I go back to Ireland to live?
Not on your life. I would not take the
whole city Of Belfast, much as I love
every stick and stone of the dear old
place-I would not take 1t all as
precious gift and be obliged to live there
the rest of my life and give up my Amer
ican citizenship. I have toiled and suf-
fered here, married my wife here and
my children were born here. I have
helped to elect three presidents of the
United States. I tell you am mighty
proud of being an American and I
would rather forfeit all the money of
John Hughes, of Belfast, than lose my
right to that name.
God has been good to me, and Uncle
Sam has been good to me In spite of all
my hard luck. America has stuck by
me when was down, and now that am
up mean to stick to her. America was
good enough for me to earn a living in,
and guess It's going to be good enough
for me to spend my money in.
Will Buy Coveted Home.
"Wil move to New York city? No,I
won't. I don't like New York. have
been up there twice, and don't like the
place. I don't feel at home there. I'd
rather stay right here in Lodi, even II it
is barren and ugly, than to go up to that
great, cruel, unfriendly city. No, I
think shall not go further than Pater-
son. There is a beautiful place, white
house in green hill that looks down
over the town. which l have always
coveted. And now have made up my
mind I will buy that very house. No
house In the world, not even the great
mansion in Belfast which the letter
tells me now own, could mean the same
to me as that white house on the hill
overlooking Paterson. And now will
tell you why.
In the mill where used to work
could see that house all day long every
time looked up from my loom and al
lowed my eyes to wander across the
floor toward the window. Paterson, or
that region of the town where the mills
are located, is, as you know, black and
ugly place, and this white house on the
green hill always looked so beautiful
and serene and peace giving.
Il always rested my eyes upon the
green of that hill when they got tired
following the pattern of the silk web.
There is nothing like green to fest the
eyes upon when they are tired, you
know. used to look at the hillside and
at the white house, and built castles in
the air about what would do and say
and how should feel if that white house
and that green hillside were mine.
Dream Finally Realized. .
"And now, all of sudden something
has happened which makes It possible
for me to live in house much grander
by far, and with green gardens much
more beautiful, perhaps, than the hill
side at Paterson. Or I could buy much
more elegant house here. But / want
neither. What I want is the house OF
my years Of dreaming and the green
hill it stands upon, That is all my wife
and and my little girls want. We feel
we can be happier there than ii any
I<@%1 - >
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28

delicate art OF the Japanese about
which we raved for years, is manufac-
tured on the East side of New York
by few beetle-browed Germans under
the able supervision of Milesten
foreman. You can buy heathen idols
by the gross on West Madison street
in Chicago, and if you wish the finest
lace work of Rome or Florence. YOU
must go to the lower quarters OF New
Orleans, where it is made.
"Then, again, Dilly, art is dependent
upon price. Should you see a noble
painting with price tag on it calling
for SO cents, you will know it is not
art. II it reposes In gilded frame
with q plate glass front and is Ia
beled $4,000, you will know at once
that this indeed is true art, even
though you cannot detect the differ
ence. The American is the largest pa
tron of art In the world, Dilly. He
goes abroad with wad Of the long
green in his trousers pocket, and he
finds the artists waiting on the dock.
or coming out to meet him on a tug
His appreciation of art is judged BY
the price, and he couldn't tell the diff
ference between painting, depicting
four sausages on tin plate and la
beled with a tin tag, which is still
life, my boy, and chrome tint etsh-
ing of Noah mailing the last arrlor
plate onto the ark. When our American
millionaire heaves in sight abroad, tho
entire population throws up its job in
the spaghetti factory or the steel mill
and begins to sell him objects Of art
It Is q great game. A great game
Here we have some noble specimens
Of art in our country, my dear nephew
We have just discovered that the treas
ures Of our national museums are
largely culled from the junk pile, and
that our art experts have been buying
phoneys at an enthusiastic rate. It IS
sad, but true"
But surely the art dealer knows
what art is, dear uncle" said little
Dilly.
"He does, indeed, my boy" replied
Uncle George, fervently. He is a
fly party, is the art dealer His ideas
of art and ours however are widely
different. He considers it the height
Of art to sell a 20.cent tintype to rr~
raj senator for Corregio or genuine
Astrakan rug to a museum curator.
that was made in Athens-Ga. The
art dealer knows great deal about
art, my boy, and he keeps it to him.
self. If the purchasers knew as much
there would be no art dealers Opin~
ions of art differ. Kitty Mahoney
makes a cosy corner out OF soap
box and her last years polonaise, and
she calls it artistic, while Mrs. Van AS
torbilt gives an order to dealer for
a genuine Turkish effect which costs
her $4,000. The result is the same.
Dilly, and it would require Phila
delphia lawyer to decide which was
the more artistic. Some day we will
have standard Of art, and by that
time the pursuit Of art will have be-
come sordid occupation, indulged in
only by members of the Artists union
at the prevailing union rate of six
dollars for seven hours work with St.
Patrick's day and Washington's Birth
day thrown in"
Is there no good art in America, dear
uncle?" asked Dilly.
Undoubtedly, Dilly, but it's so ar
tistic that none of us can tell just how
good it is,'' said Uncle George, with
! heavy sigh.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
Tactful Quaker.

Some time ago there lived gentle,
man Of indolent habits who spent his
time visiting among his friends. After
wearing out his welcome in his own
neighborhood he thought. he would
visit an old Quaker friend some i 20
miles distant. On his arrival he. was
cordially received by the Quaker, who,
thinking the visitor had taken much
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
Free Dentistry in Germany.

Free Dentistry in Germany.
False teeth will not be in demand in
Germany, if the free care of children's
teeth continues to grow in popularity.
Strasburg. started the movement In
1902, and Darmstadt, Muhlhausen and
other cities have followed suit. The
third annual report from Strasburg
says that there were 1851 visits to the
clinic last year and that the children
are improving in the care they give
their teeth.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
The Perfect Diet.

Bread and butter is the food TO:
muscular work, according to DR.. e. F.
Willoughby. The perfect diet for those
who are neither faddists nor teetota:-
ers is eight ounces of cooked meat. "a
ounces of bread, eight ounces of pota-
toes, two ounces of cheese, two ounces
of bacon, one ounce of butter, half a
pint of milk, and one pint of beer per
diem. Green foods are resirable addi-
tfons to any diet.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
Monopoly.

Eyes, sir" said the man with the
bulging waistcoat; II was the only child
of the family"
"That explains" said the other man,
yawning, why you do enough talking
for six average n."-Chicago Trib-
une.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
Hairpins In China.

The hairpin is in China almost what
the ring is in Europe, and the value of
some of these ornaments is very great.
They are so complicated in shape, and
so difficult to insert, that they have to
be worn night and day when once they
have been put into the hair. Jade is the
favortte material for these articles. and
to put jewels into them is considered
to be a mark of ostentation.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
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Remains.

With trembling fingers the sorrow
ing father opened small box which
had just been left by the postman.
When the lid was removed there lay
revealed 9 boys shoe, part OF q cravat,
q ring and collar button. j. z....z 81. ..S.
:Alas!" sighed the grief-stric old
man, gazing on the fragments, ST al
ways feared that Clarence couldn't
stand the hazinl;,. 4 dee. 5..5.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
Laugh Broke the Match.

0sse1SH 01VA0 CU6 700HCCU,
While walking to the village church
at Slmmenthal (Switzerland) with his
hnancee, on the way to their wedding
bridegroom slipped In the snow and
1ell. His bride, instead Of being sym.
pathetic, burst into laughter at his
discontinue: White with anger, the
young man at once broke of the
match, and the sorrowful bride had to
continue her way alone.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28

11e11 01 0t11 01
them could be recorded as happy. Money-naking,
when pursued exclusively without regard to whole
and healthy pleasures, is most para1yzing perform
1t almost invariably the capacity for
normal enjoyment, and beyond certain point is
more of bane than blessing.
The money making ideal stu1tifes us mentally,
artisticay and morally. But am optimistic in this
as in other things. believe are becoming rich
enough in material things to realize the necessity of
having other and higher ambitions
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
6a}1pittraaM Mnt 1untt
by @nt1r1y @aklttg
By ANDREW CARNEGIE

of all Another improvement might be made IDEAL and tas
find something worth while than money work for
Wealth all right and properly made and used But
should be end and be the end itself By
looking end losing people, the best and
brightest boons of life
Happiness? Money alone, be piled the moon
make anybody happy the best and
the word poll taken of the weahe peoppe in this
ndo4e1,ri ricL euofo1r hardu 4tho of
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
Cynicisrn.

"People are getting more charitable.
Wonder why?" 49, ...<...- .. .-...
II! They're: probably learning that il
pays to advertise. Chicago Sun>
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
As Z nation we Amer.

ican people are inclined
to take everything, in
cluding ourselves, too.
seriously. If I had the
making Of the Ameri-
can character over 1
think I should remedy
that national trait first
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28
Recognition.

Recognition.
A hero in his way was he.
, His: memory fond :thrives.
From ice he kept his sidewalk free. y
And thus saved many lives.
Washington Star.
Willmar tribune., 1906-03-28

Cholly People talk about q "horso
laugh. 3 Horses never laugh while I'm
around 5s535$ II. 81. l = ISL: i s.* :5s5
Miss Pepperly Then they can't
laugh, that's all Chicago Daily Newsls