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Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-07-05
| NORTH / SWEDEN FLOODED
Worst Freshets in Years Threaten
IL: : Renewal Of Famine. +. 49, *

Stockholm, June 28.-Spring fresh
cts in Northern Sweden have inun.
dated hundreds of square miles of fer.
tile bottom lands. This is the great
est area inundated in fifty years and
threatens renewal of the famine.
Many log floating ways have been de.
0trOyed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10
GARDENS FOR THE WORKERS.
Self-Help Movement in France Prov
ing a Great Success.

'The great value of my little garden
to me has not been the fine vegetables
it has yielded all summer and the
good time the children have had in
the open air, but the glasses of beer
and absinthe my husband hasn't ta-
KEN" observed the mother of a French
workingman's rather numerous fam
lily to an Investigator last autumn.
Quite right, mother" echoed man
near by; 'you will never know the
evil we men don't do while we are
busy in our. little gardens
This conversation took place in
France, on one of the workingmen' s
gardens, a movement for self-help
which is growing each year, says a
writer in the Century. A similar
movement was started in Detroit in
1894 under the name of the ,Pota
Patch farms; later carried out: sue
+. cessfully in New. York and other cities
!, in the vacant lot farms, while to-day
Philadelphia is beginning her eighth
year of successful effort. 49,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10
1T ISN'T WHAT WE DO.
But the Way We Do It That Counts
With illustrations by Mr.. Muffleby.

"a wise man has said that it isn't
what we do that counts, but the way
we do it; and how true that is" said
Mr.. Muf1leby, land in how many ways!
II heard a man saying only yester-
day of another that we both knew that
this man didn't go around knocking
everything, but was always cheerful,
and couldn't help thinking how true
that was of him, and of how it helped
him, and how it helped everybody
around him. -, .~-.,---
''He is an able chap, this man, and
prosperous; he can do things, and
still with. him, as it is with so many
of us, it1isn't so much what he does
that counts, as it is the way he does
it. People cotton to him and like to
deal with him, and he's getting on
y "Why, the way we do it can make
dull things gay, turn trolley car into
an automobile and make a scanty
or homely board hospitable and pleas.
ing: I have eaten dinners Of the sim.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

Woodbury. and devoured much grain.
Wheeler and N'esa. clerks there. de-
termined to eXterminate the pests For
days they plugged various rat holes.
then by sprinllling grain temptingly
they finally lured the rats into small
room where bran is stored While the
big drove ran here and there the men
plugged the rat holes in the little room
and attacked the rats with clubs
But the rats, cornered. did not wait
to be dubbed. No sooner had Wheel
er and Wesa slammed the door behind
them than great lean rat, squealing,
jumped at Wheeler's face Behind it
came the rest of the drove They
writhed about the mems feet, swarmed
up their legs, bit savagely at their
shoes and sprang high in the air IN an
effort to get at their unprotected
hands and faces.
The men welded their clubs like
mad and yelled for help, but the
squealing animals only attacked them
the more furiously. One worked his
way inside Wesa's trouser leg and tore
savagely at his ankle Another sank
his teeth into Wheeler's hand The
two might have been eaten alive had
not other employees heard their shouts
and thrown open the door. The rats
scurried out of the building and the
two executioners dropped exhausted
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

side, making cabins and everything
like regular ship, and with some of
the timber saved from our vessel we
rugged her as a bark, bent sails, and
also put on rudder, wheel, sidelights
and eevrything, even going so far as
to paint her and to name her the
Holly.
"She was a fine craft, and foated
like duck when finally launched. We
spent Christmas on board of her and
had great time. l loaded part of the
wrecked Holly's cargo in her and we
then started for Collao, which was
our destination. The ice ship sailed
fine, and was as good a sea boat as
any in which I sailed.
'This was only, however, when we
were down south, in cold water. The
nearer we got to the equator the
lighter became our vessel, and I final.
ly discovered that our ship was melt,
ing beneath us. -
Another two days and we would
have been in the water, when steam.
er picked us up and also saved the
cargo. This paid for the loss of the
vessel, which was also insured, so the
owners came out ahead in the end. -
Chicago Record Herald. ...=z.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10
BUILT A SHIP OF ICE.
Veracious Tale Of Sea Captain, Who
Was Wrecked in Antarctic.

Capt. S. A. Hoyt, secretary of the
Masters and Pilots association Of
Seattle, has a fund of experiences to
draw from when he wishes to while
away an hour. Up in the big, pleas
ant rooms of the association the cap
tain told the following tale of one of
his earlier trips at sea:
"The approach of Christmas always
reminds me of the December that l
spent on an ice ship. Never heard of
one? Well, they are unusual.
s. Il was master of the little brig Hol-
". and along about the first of No
yember we were wrecked away down
south of the horn. The ship went on
an ice foe and was battered all to
pieces. We did manage toss some
tools and food and part Of the cargo.
81 put the crew TO- work to cut off a
iange pinnacle of the berg. Then, set
them all to- work with axes, and we
shaped it into a graceful ships hull.
3S4s.sAfter that we followed it out in
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

plest foods that were more delightful
far than others Of the grandest. be.
cause of the finer grace with which
the simpler offering was, pervaded.
I'VE are so apt to go wrong abont
that, for instance; to think that we
can't compete with people of thou:
sand times more means, and 81 not
try" What's the use? we saw Wa
can't do anything with what we,ve
got, why should We try to do anv.
thing?
"A worse mistake it would no i'm
possible to make. Let us not think IN
OF ourselves, or of our hosnita 1itv
True, a mackerel is not a shad nor Is
stone china fine porcelain; but is that
any reason why we shouldn't make
the best of what we have and mt >
smiling face on it?
And ours may in truth be the mora
enjoyable entertainment A generous
welcome will make mackerel salmon
and turn stone china into ware. nj
Sevres, in the taste and fancyrof. the
guest, One need not have tapestried
walls if his hearth fire burn bright. 3
Let us. all take heart! .. In. what;
ever We may do it issnot what we ia,
but the way. we do it that counts
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10
ISLAND INHABITED
BY 60 CRUSOES.

The island is oyerrun with rats,
which eat all the crops. wheat espe-
cially, and for six months they had
not had bread. but had lived chiefly
on potatoes. The rule of the islanders
is for all to share alike, so that when
an animal is killed each gets his por-
ton. This applies to everything that
can be divided
1T took a whole day to land the
nine tons of baggage, and owing to
the roughness of the sea, it was an
extremely dangerous task Some Of
the passengers helped One was
washed out of the boat, but, being a
good swimmer, struck out for the
shore
THE fareWells were said and the
party got into one of the canvas boats
which had been swinging on the davits
to make it easier for them, but the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10
LONE COLONY OF ADVENTURES
ON TRISTAN DA CUNHA, IN
THE SOUTH ATLANTIC,
ALL MADE DARK BY THE SUN
Do Without Bread for Six Months OF
the Year and Sustain Life
Chiefly on Diet of
Potatoes

Cape Town, South Africa.-An ex-
traordinary picture of life on that
barren isle in the South Atlantic is
drawn in a letter received here from
a passenger who sailed from Table
bay for Montevideo by way of the Is
land of Tristan da Cunha.
pathetic appeal was recently re-
ceived in this country for some one,
preferably a Church of England man,
to go to Tristan de Cunha to teach
No salary could be offered, the APP
peal said, as in one whole year only
$25 was taken on the island.
The letter from the passenger on
the Surrey brings news of calamity
which has bereft the island of a
large part of it's able-bodied male pop
ulation and tells of conditions of pri-
walton and misery among those who
are left.
Among the Surveys passengers were
Rev. Mr.. Borrow, his wife and an
other woman, bound for Tristan da
Cunha. Describing the difficulty ex-
perienced in landing them the letter
says:
The coast is very dangerous, and
there was quite a possibility that the
| trio would have to be carried on to
Montevideo, but fortunately, although
we had encountered many rough seas,
when we came in sight of Tristan, the
| weather abated, and contrary to the
| captains expectations we were able
| to anchor within a quarter of a mile
! of the shore.
! Two canvas boats put off from the
shore Immediately, bringing letters
which the islanders wanted posted
They had live sheep, ducks, etc., and
cured albatross and other birds fol
barter also milk The settlers were
very peculiar looking. With some few
exceptions their skins are exceeding
ly dark, owing to the sun, but most
of them are of European descent.
| The postmaster came on board. He
said that the yacht Valhalla hac
brought them word that Mr.. Borrow
would arrive on the Surrey, and they
had reckoned SO we'll that they hac
expected us the day before.
He said they now number only Ct
Inhabitants on the island, mostly wo
men and children. The two boat!
alongside us had the sole able bodice
male population Some time ago 1.
men had put out to sea to fish and ha(
been lost.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

combined weight was too much, and
the boat began to break, so it had to
be lowered into the water first, and
the trio made the descent one by one.
aided by the officers.
The ship was standing very high
out of the water and going down the
ships side with the roaring surf below
must have been a terrible ordeal for
all, but they were all very brave We
did not continue our voyage until we
saw them safely through the surf and
on shore but it was an anxious time
even for us on board as we could not
foresee how it would be with them.
every other wave seeming to cover
their boat.
THE government sends a warshlo
once year to this island With this
| exception it is a chance whether they
get in touch with the rest of the
| world
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ton he passed the latter to persons
in neishboring fiat, and then handed
Mrs. cyl, who was unconscious from
fright and the sutfocating effects of
the smoke, to fireman who mounted
a ladder to one of the fourthastory
windows. O'Brien himself nearly lost
his life in the flames and smoke, and
was carried to the street by firemen.
The commission has awarded him
silver medal for his bravery.
James Giln1er
A race to death in Monongahela
river flood was the end of two friends,
one of whom was trying to save the
other. The waters of the river had
been swelled to giant proportions two
years ago by one of those freshets
that so often occur in that part of the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

to swell and turn black Thoroughly
terrified, Schoenut declared that he
was dying, and implored his compan-
ion to save herself from possible dan
ger. Miss Ernst, however, tore the
young mans sleeve from his arm, and
applying her lips to the wound made
by the RATHER, tried to suck out the
poison. This she did at imminent
peril to herself, as she knew, because
a cut on her own lip brought her into
the most dangerous contact with the
poison. Once during the operation the
intrepid girl cut a cash in Schoenuts
arm, ito make the blood come faster"
as she afterward expressed it. The
boy tainted at the sight of his own
blood, and it was only by beating him
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

liam Wesa fought for their lives with
a thousand big gray granary rats.
The men had planned a slaughter of
the rats, but when the animals were
cornered they came precious near DE-
vouring the men. Wheeler and Wesa
killed 200 rats in the brief but deadly
combat, which ended only when other
men went to the rescue
A horde of greedy rats infested H.
R. Stone & Co.'s grain warehouse at
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

Nine. Herview, a charitable woman
in Sedan, tired of aiding the Door bv
gifts of money, attempted to rouse
them to self-help bys an offer of dou-
bling any sum of money which they
should deposit in the local savings
bank. She rented a small tract Of
land and said to the poor people:
Now go to work"
They did, and as they worked the
taste for it grew; they kept steadily
at it, especially as they knew that the
fruits of their labor would belong to
them. that the vegetables they raised
could be taken to their homes or
sold.
Such was the humble beginning in
1899 of a little movement, but one so
simple and practical that it grew until
last October, in Paris, there was held
congress of workingmen's gardens.
attended by TOO delegates, under the
presidency of NJ. Aynard of France.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

debris and smoke. The outside she'll
of the building, however, remained in
tact, and on fire escape on the
fourth floor stood mother, Mrs. Bes-
sic cyl, and her two children, implor-
ing help from the people III the street
below. Among the latter stood Michael
P. O'Brien, a young plasterer and a
near neighbor to Mrs. cyl. Accus-
toned to scale buildings under pre-
carious conditions, O'Brien quickly
determined on plan of rescue Dash
ing up the stairways of an adjoining
house until he reached the fourth
floor he made his way along a series
OF window lodges to the fire escape
where Mrs. cyl and her terrified chill
dren stood. From this perilous posi-
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III NE ZsR1ZI7C RHS|

country. In it's course the flood had
torn an unwieldy barge from its
moorings. Alone on board was How
ard Mccartney, youth who could not
swim. His old-time friend, James w.
Gilmer, who had worked with him for
years on a towboat, saw the flying
barge, knew that Mccartney was on it,
and knew, too, that the runaway YES
sci was heading for great dam a
short distance below on the river. 1t
meant certain death to Mccartney if
some quick act was not carried out to
save him. Gilmer jumped into skiff
and raced after the barge. Mccartney
had long start of him, and the sound
Of the waters foaming over the dam
reached Gilmer before he was we'll
under way in his little craft. He
hoped to get near enough to the barge
for Mccartney to jump into the skiff
and then together they could row to
the shore. But the barge was going
too swiftly, in the eddying currents
the skiff was too unmanageable, and
UclOlc uc COulu lcdCA I'LL 0llAucl ID"
his friend hurled over the rapids
above the dam. So appalled, was he
at the fate of his friend that he forgot
his own safety. He floated down to
the danger point, jumped from the
skiff into the boiling flood-and the
dead bodies of the two friends went
down the river side by side. A bronze
medal and 5000 has been awarded by
the commission to Gilmer's father in
commemoration of his sons daring
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10
Moore

81 thought I had an even chance,
and that's more than the poor old fell
low ahead of me had" That is the
way Harry E. Moore, fireman of AL
lance, O., explains why he tried, two
years ago, to run ahead of his own
train and save the life of drunken
farmer Moore was riding on the pilot
of his coal train when he saw an old
farmer sitting in stupor on the
track. Signaling to the engineer to
check the speed of the train as much
as possible, Moore waited until he
was within IS feet of the PROSTATE
and unconscious man and then
jumped. Racing as hard as he could
Moore was overtaken by his own en-.
CINE and knocked to one side of the
track, the wheels taking off three fin.
gers of his left hand. The farmer
was killed instantly. Moore has re-
ceived a bronze medal and $500 from
49, roo,,or;o nm,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

one of his playmates, Ruth School:
craft, who was more than a foot tall
er than he, fell into intermediate
river, Willie was quick at the rescue.
He was wise enough not to get in the
clutches of the girl, but, swimming by
her side, held her up with one arm
while he swan with the other, thus
bringing her safely to shore. The
commission has awarded a bronze
medal to the boy and has set aside for
him the sum of $4,000, with which he
will pay for an electric engineers
course in college.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10
Hit by Train: Runs Awav.

Bloomsbury, Pa.-Knocked from the
track by a locomotive and escaping
uninjured was the experience of Will
liam Neal of this place. Neal stepped
from the main track to a siding, and
was watching a passenger train go
past when he was struck and hurled
several feet from the tracks.
The crew hurried to his assistance,
but before reaching him Neal jumped
to his feet and ran from the place.
Upon reaching his home a physician
was called. and it was discovered that
he had not suffered even a scratch.
He said that after being struck his
one idea was to get away from the
railroad as fast as he could.
Send me! 1t is a prophets PRAYER.
No pot-boiler eyer prays it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10
BRAVE DEEDS THAT HAVE
WON CARNEGIE MEDALS

New York.-TYo years ago Andrew
Carnegie conceived the novel idea of
discovering ard rewarding true hero
ism wherever it may occur. For this
purpose a hero fund commission was
appointed whose preliminary labors
have now been completed. Deeds of
daring, whether by land or sea, in the
effort to save life. have received due
recognition in this way, while the
task of the commission has resulted
besides. in bringing together a series
OF little tales of human pluck, endur
ance and self-abnegation, the reading
OF which is bound to give an uplifting
sense of some of the noblest qualities
Of men and women when brought face
to face with the peril that. at some
supreme moment. threatens the lives
of their fellow beings.
OF the Sc cases Of heroism which
the commission, after prolonged and
careful investigation has deemed
worthy of public recognition. the fol-
lowing have been selected on account
Of the novel human interest which
characterizes them. They tell Of the
courage and humanity of men. women.
and even children. in all walks Of life.
and in every section of the United
States. Not every hero thus chron-
icled has succeeded in the rescue that
he has planned. while numbers have
lost their own lives in the effort to
save the lives of others
Lucy E. Ernst
1t was unique deed of herosm
that Won for Miss Ernst. of Philadel
phia, one Of the commissions silver
medals. Two years ago she was talk
ing an outing in the country with
friend, Harry E. Schoenut. lad of 49,
The two tramped through the woods
and along the side of a rocky ravine
The latter gave but poor footing to
pedestrians. and in jumping across a
rift between two bOulders SchOenut
slipped and fell. There was an angry
whirr and rattle of sound, and before
he could save himself the fangs of a
rattlesnake were fastened in Schoe-
nuts arm. The reptile darted back
into his hole beneath the rock, but al
most instantly his victims, arm began
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

The population of the city of Lund
is 1924.
Ninian Patton, Stockholm whole
sale merchant, has Wlled 100000 to
charitable institutions and private par
ties.
The managers Of the estate of the
late Alfred Nobel report that the
Nobel foundation now amounts to
about $S,600,000, and that it is draw
ing an average interest OF about Al
per cent.
The sugar barons Of Southern Swed-
ell will have to pay higher wages to
their field laborers next summer than
ever before. Many persons who for
merly worked in the beet fields are
going to cultivate small farms on their
own account because it pays just as
we'll, besides making life pleasanter.
The king and queen Of Sweden are
going to stay at the Kulla Gunna1-
storp castle from April Is to June 1.
Countess Wachtmeister has offered
the use of the castle as tho it were
the property Of the royal couple. This
place is the southernmost extremity
Of Sweden, and it is known far and
wide for it's romantic beauty
P. Anderson of Safverum has sure
~ had little too much ma-in-
law. He had the following announce
ment in a local paper. over his own
signature. March 13: Impossible can
not be done! My mother-in-law has
announced that she is going to sell
stock and implements at Salfverum
March Is. I wish to notify auction
spectators that I am lawfully entitled
to the use of the personal property as
long as I pay the rent for the real
estate, the term expiring March IA,
1908. Therefore I forbid the auction
and lock my doors"
The New York Herald says: Com
plant has been made to the state de-
partment in Washington against
Charles H. Graves, United States
minister to Sweden. by Mrs. Ida NJ
Won Claussep, formerly Of this city
who alleges that he refused to for
mally present her a the court of King
Oscar, although that ruler had per-
sonally invited her and her credentials
were Of the best. Mrs. Won Claussen
will go to Washington, where she will
seek to relate her grievance to the
president. Mrs. Won Claussen's father
is retired merchant Of this city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-10

town on the YOuShiOgheny river. near
Pittsbrrg. Just what the trouble was
has never been made known; but
whether in the mining camp or on the
river or in the boarding house where
they both lived together, George
South and ED" Campbell never spoke
to each other. One day, about three
years ago. the alarm went out that
South had fallen into the river at the
end of a great coal chute. Campbell
heard the alarm and rushed to the
river There was no sign of South,
who, he knew, could not swim, and it
was evident that the Inflated man had
been swept by current under large
coal barge that was dashed to the pier
1t was all a mans life was worth to
dive into the eddy of waters that
stretched before him, but tearing off
his coat Campbell took the risk After
desperate struggle wi tn the treacher-
GUS tides, and diving repeatedly under
the barge. Campbell found his man
where he had expected. wedged be-
meath the hull of the vessel between
some driftwood. 1t took all Of Camp
bells strength, working under water,
to get the limp body of his enemy to
the surface. He succeeded finally
only to find that the man for whose
safety he had risked his own life, and
whom he had once cordially hated,
was dead. The commission has sent
a bronze medal to Campbell.
Maude Titus
In Casco Bay, near Yarmouth, Me-,
in the summer of 1904, a deed of gen.
erous heroism was performed by a
girl of 16. Maude Titus, student at
| the Newark On. j. high school, was
out on a pleasure trip in sailing
yacht with some of her friends. An
accident occurred in changing the
course of the yacht, and the captain
| his niece, Miss Titus, and her friend
| Miss Reifsnyder, were thrown into the
| water. The captain rescued his niece
| by lifeline which had been thrown
to him from the boat, and he himself
then followed her to safety, leaving
Miss Titus and Miss Reifsnyder tc
struggle for themselves in the waves
Miss Titus was poor swimmer, and
her friend was utterly helpless in the
water Instead of striking out for the
boat, however, which she could have
reached with ease, Miss Titus re
manned with the half-drowning girl
She did not attempt to swim with her
but took hold of her, Gained her. anc
endeavored to hold her head above
water until a boat was sent to the
rescue. For this act of heroism Miss
Titus has received a silver medal
The commission has also given he,
$1,000 to assist in completing her edu
cation, Dr. Titus, the girls father
having recently died.