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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15
False Witness.

(Original.1
One evening during the early part OF
the last century man wearing a
Scotch cap and a plaid waistcoat en-.
tered the country place of Archibald
Hastings in England and asked If be
might be taken in for the night The
only member of the family at home
was Miss Amy Hastings, aged twenty,
to whom the matter was referred. She
took look at the visitor and saw tina.
he was in evident distress. but whethe
it was from WEAKNESS or hunger OF
both or from some unexplained trouble
she did not discover. She was not in
clined to turn him away. So she order
ed that supper be given him and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15

sIgnlfying contempt, he turned his
back and walked away, the berg hiding
him as before. s.,..--%se =
1.-THE man is crazy and should be
brought aboard, whether or no." said
the mate to the captain.
1--WE will leave him where he isl an
swered the other. II am not quite sure
yet whether he is man or a ghost.
II he is a man he doesn't want to be
rescued; If he is ghost we don't want
him aboard"
During the next three days we spoke
three whalers and gave them news Of
the man. Later on each one Of them
saw him. Two of the ships were two
miles away and making heavy weather
of it, but when he was sighted by the
third the day was pleasant and the
sea calm. The captain determined to
land and bring the unknown off or to
at least find out all about him. He
sailed his ship to within quarter or
mile of the ice field and then lowered
a boat, and the mate and four men
rowed ashore, as you might call it
They were making their boat fast
when they were startled by the ping
of q bullet and the report Of a rife.
The man was firing on them to drive
them off. When the second bullet
came humming about their ears they
cast loose and rowed back to the ship.
While the captain was vexed with the
man, he hated to leave him to what
must be sure death sooner or later, and
he rugged up blackboard and wrote
messages on it in chalk. From his
hiding place the man could easily read
them, but he made no sign.
The man had rifle and was deter
mined to prevent rescue, and the on
~ thing to be done was to sail away
and leave him. He was later on seen
and reported by two other whalers.
One of them, off Cape Horn, reported
the case to British man-of-war, but
her captain refused to take up the
search. There was reason to believe
that the mysterious stranger was at
+, least ship captain and perhaps some
one Of more prominence. If he had a
rifle it was fair to presume that he was
otherwise outfitted His garb was not
that of common man. He must have
had food and bedding in plenty. It
would have seemed that he must have
left some ship to get on the Ice, but
to this day his identity has not been
established. After being reported by
the whaler that reported to the manor
war he was not seen again If he did
not at last succumb to the awful cold
Of the south. some wild gale tore his
field to bits and gave him grave
fathoms deep in the freezing sea.
NJ. QUAD
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15

thing. There was no moon. no trefies
no pencil mark on daffodil sky.
was appalled, at the change in me. He
was to come to see me in the evening
and to get rid of him went away
from home to spend the night l did
not sleep wink. "If this is the hap.
pfness Of an engagement" l said to
myself, ut is the happiness Of insan-
ity. At any rate, another day will
drive me crazy" l went home in the
afternoon resolved to tell him that
I'd made mistake: he must release
me. They told me he had been to see
me the night before, and when he
learned that Id gone away without
leaving any word for him he was
nearly frantic. I waited for him to
come again that might put him. out
Of his misery and have the thing over
with. He came at last and asked me
for heavens sake to tell him what
was the matter. I said to him:
"Forgive nre. I didn't know what
was doing"
"And YOU don't love me after ALP
II don't feel any different from
what did before l got engaged"
"Feel?"
Eyes. l thought I'd be in a heaven
~ trance. I'm not don't feel bit
heavenly"
He stool regarding me for some
time with a curious look on his face,
then took up his hat and. turning to-
ward the door, said:
IF you ever regret this. if you ever
feel a desire for me- send me word,
and will come to YOU
That was the end Of my engagement.
1t lasted just two days, and when it
was broken it was the greatest relief
Of my life. l love things. but not in
that way. Just now l lavish all my
being on girl; in month may love
a boy; next dog or cat, but never
q man.
BEVERLY WORTH1NGTON.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15
TheMan on the: Ice.
copyright, 1906, by NJ. McKeon.l

copyright. 1906, by NJ. McKeon.l
.Ve were whaling down in the south
sea in the bark Wanderer when u four
days gale drove us down among the
Ice fields. On the third day of this
weather l went on deck to have a look
about. l was scanning it with a care
less eye, having made out that we had
nothing to fear from its presence, when
all of sudden man stepped into
view. After moment Of establishment
I ran for the glass, and when got the
proper focus could even tell the color
Of his eyes. He was man six feet
high and dressed entirely in furs. But
for the glass might have taken him
for an Eskimo. With it it was easy
to make out he was European. He
stood with arms folded and looked into
my face. AMI saw smile on his. He
did not so much as lift Il hand.
Naturally was considerably excit
ed and ran down to the cabin and
shouted the news. The captain and
several of the men came on deck. and
we shouted and waved our arms at the
man ON the foe. He made no signal
The gripes Of the boats We're frozen
fast, and it would be half hours work
to get one afloat. but we had begun
operations when the man, who seemed
to know what we We're at. turned his
back, walked away and was hidden by
small berg. We stared after him for
awhile and then retreated to the cabin
did we see live man on the Ice, or
was it one Of the many strange illu-
sions of these frozen seas?" asked the
captain.
All of us insisted that we had seen a
man. There was no mistake.
We would make no attempt at res,
cue, but you may be sure the mystery
was one to puzzle us for many days.
If the man had a shelter he had no
fire and dressed as warmly as was pos
sible. 1t did not seem that any human
being could stand that cold for half a
day. We had the cabin stove red hot
and yet six feet away water was freeZ.
ing in dish. To thrust your face
through the cabin doors was like sub
hitting it to cuts and slashes from a
razor 1t was so for two days more
and then the weather moderated. As
near as we could estimate. the i'e field
on which we had seen the man was ten
miles long by half as many broad. W..
were far out Of sight of 1t when the
weather broke. and we lowered for Il
whale. A week later after we had
killed whale we got another bad gale
and were driven to the west At the
end Of two days we had ice in sight in
every direction but one. We were fight,
ing our way through 1t and it was I;
o'clock In the afternoon when man
who had been aloft cried out that We
had come upon the stranger again. Sc
we had. His field had been broken up
by the gale. and he was left on an area
not over half a mile in extent, with a
berg forming its center. This time we
ran through lane and within stones
throw Of him. He stood surveying us
as before, a grim sort of smile on his
face, and every man of our crew had
him fairly under his eye. At the near.
est point the captain shouted at him:
"Ahoy, you! What are you doing on
the ice? Who are you, and where Is
your ship? Do you want to be taken
OFF,"
For answer the man stared at us for
half minute. and then, with gesture
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15

mended to him. Later, when In tho
same condition, he had prescribed it to
himself - .. .... 20. =,
From the time of the accusing Of
Mrs. Ringland, Edward Parsons kept
in the background. there being moth
ing he could do but deny any knowl-
edge of any evil intent on the part of
the accused. Her life was a bitter one
till brought forth the evidence that
indicated the lady. A year after the
pardon he married her. This convinc.
ed the tongue waggers that after all
she was guilty. and Mr.. and Mrs. Par.
sons left the country to take up thei,
residence in South America.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15
The First Step Away from Self
Respect is the Lack of Care in
the Personal Appearance.

A good hat, clean linen and a
good-looking shoe go a long way
toward making up the best personal
appearance. The most important
thing is we'll made, we'll fitted
suit. See it made from cloth that
does not fade. knowledge of cloth
is necessary. Rodlun has 40 years
experience as a tailor and dealer in
clothing. His assistance is re-
liable.
The ROdlun Shoe & ClOthind Co.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15
PLANTING a Garden.

God Almighty first planted a garden
And, indeed. it is the purest of human
pleasures. 1t is the greatest refresh.
ment to the spirits Of man, without
which buildings and palaces are but
gross handfworks, and a man shall
ever see that when ages grow to civil
tty and elegance men come to build
stately sooner than to garden finely, as
If gardening were the greater perfec.
tion.-LOrd Bacon.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15
Vail Paper

Are you going to paper your rooms
this summer? If so, it will pay you
to come in and look oyer my large
stock before You buy-all new designs
and up-to date and the beauty of it is
my prices are right. Why pay big
price for an Id and shelf-worn paper
when you can bu! the new and up-to-
date just as cheap? Give me a chance
to show you what I have.
I also handle the largest stock Of
Paints, Oils, Paint Brushes, Window
Glass, Room Moulding and Painters
Supplies in the city. Your trade is
solicited
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15
The Lid MAJ On

4 From one Of the big ranches IN the
San Joaquin valley an elderly work.
man, not addicted to vacations, recent
" made g trip to San francisco. The
postmaster on his return said to him,
employing word needlessly complex
and lopg. w ell, Jabez. how did Won
Ike the metropo r. syvot say r. ask
ed the old man How did you like the
metropolis b? be repeated. I. 'lrsy want
open, 6 aid 10. rgonau
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15
Living on Water.

Bromley, here's an account of wo
on water"
''That's nothing, Darranger. My ia
Their has been living on water for the
last ten years.:
"You expect me to believe that. eh
Why don't you add that he grew fat on
it,"
"Well, he did. He's a sea captain"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-05-15
Painfully Absentninded.

: A young bridegroom after the wed
ding was all over and the brides old
father had gone of to. the club began
to search anxiously among the wed
ding gifts. what are you looking for,
dear" said the bride. THAT $4,000
check OF your father's,'' he said anx-
iously. y don't see It anywhere
s".Poor papa is SO absentmindedr., said
the bride. He lit his cigar with it,
st. Louis Republic. s. $.s5&s Y. ss
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-24
"7his is Ny 2Oth BTfhday''
Queen VictoFIa of Spain.

Queen Victoria, the consort of King Alphonso XIII. of Spain, was born Oc- tobeP 24, 1867, the second child of the late Prince Henry and of Princess Hem ry of Battenberg. Her mother, Prin- cess Henry, Is IT. H. R. Princess Beat rice, sister of King Edward VII, who married Henry Maurice of Battenberg, a favorite of the late Queen Victoria of England. Prince Henry died in 1SAe from a fever contracted while serving fin the Ashantee. campaign. Princess Victoria Eugenia, as she was before her marriage is the beauty of the several branches of the (English royal family. and Is of most attractive per. sonality. She is the god-daughter of the Empress Eugenie, and Is said to be her heiress. Princess Victoria and AL phonso XIII. were married in Madrid on May 31. 1906. amid scenes of the greatest splendor, followed by the hor- TOT of a bomb explosion which killed scores of people and narrowly missed the royal coach in which their majes- ties were returning from church. On May 10, last, Queen Victoria gave birth to a son. who. in the natural course of events, will some day become KinG of Spain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-24
SUCCESS AT LAST.

Is there any limit to the wonders and Can any one even imagine stopping place at which human Knowledge and human effort will be halted and hear the fiat: Thus far shall thou so. and no farther? There are many yet liv- ing who call to mind the first efforts at sending messages by wire, and how skeptical and incredulous people were on the subject. Talk of sending a message over wire so that it can be understood is all pure nonsense" they would say; 'lt can't be done, and that's the end of it."
 But that was not the end of it, for there were men interested in it who were not to be put down by the dis= belief of others. They had an abiding faith that the thing was both possible and practicable, and they won. Now the electric telegraph Is as common as the mails and the chief wonder is that any one should ever have doubted 1t. We are also sometimes inclined to wonder why the discovery did not soon CT follow the experiments and discov- cries connected with electricity itself.
 So. also. we know there was much doubt and incredulity felt and ex- pressed when the subject of an Atlantic cable was first talked about. It was all very we'll people would say, to have telegraph wires carried across the country on poles. for that offers no real difficulty. They can be easily placed, and as they are always in full view there will be no trouble about watching and keeping them in order, but I e other proposition was far dif- ferent. Nobody knows. they argued. now deep the ocean is or what sort of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-24
The Goxernor,s nlun Called.

BeSSemeri w Weekly
 The bludgeon held over the Louis vile and Nashville for the last six months by Governor Conner has final ly been administered or at least the Governor thinks so, hut the Louisville and Nashville does not seem to he aware of it, or using another simile the bluff put up by the Governor has been called. and the Governor had to one that he ought to be ashamed of The threat to punish or injure the Louisville cnd Nashville because of it's legal and perfectly proper resort to the courts to protect itself against what it deemed injurious and unconstitu- tional legislation has culminated in the call of the third session 1 the Legislature, within one year, some thing unparalleled in the history of the state. and it was called as the Governor uneqdivOcally states, to force the Louisville and Nashville to aban- don or surrender its right Of protec- ton by the courts.
 As was a foregone conclusion, the Louisville and Nashville, standing up- on It's legal and proper rights, disdain- ed to notice and calmly ignored the threat.
 The special session is called, and to what end? The results will show.
 It is self evident gthat they can be no more detrimental to the l.. and N. than the legislation already enacted.
 The l.. and N. cannot be leglslated out of the courts. So we await with simple curosity the future antics of the Governor. His bluff was called. Let us see if he can show a better hand.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-24
RevuI.,op From 4Reform., :,

Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
 For some titne past 1t has been ap- parent that the people were beginning to feel the effects of their overdose of "reform." Slowlyfbut surely q change in public sentiment has been setting ih. and today a hundred men will speak out boldly and emphatically against the politicians who brought on the recent epidemic of agitation against corporations where not a dozen of them would chirp a year ago. Look where you will and you will find the disastrous effects of the agitation that has been carried on for the past year or two by political demqgogues and their newspaper organs in this and other States.
 Is it any wonder. then, that at last conservative thoughtful business men and flnaneiers are prompted to speak out against such a suicidal policy? Is it any wonder that the tide Is turning and that everywhere the men who have the best interests of their section at heart, who desire to build up rather than to tear down, are speaking out against the disturbers of their coun- try's prosperity?
 Significant evidence of the growth of this sentiment was pointedly pre- sented in a series of interviews pub lished in Sundays Atlanta Constitu- ton. The Constitution cannot be nc- cused of having arrayed itself against the "reformers." or trying to offset the agitation that has been carried on of late-evidently being willing to see this epidemic run it's course--and tt has made no effort in this instance to reguIate the character of the tntAr-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-24
THURSDAY, ocroBnn "A, 1907.
HEAR IT BoAsT.

when 1t comes to whooping up ones own State one can always depend on Ths Houston Post to set Texas just little above the rest of the world. The Garden of Eden was a bowling wilder ness compared to Texas, if The Post is to be the judge. Its latest yawp Is about 'possums. being melted thereto by the statement that the President 5 hunting party highly enjoyed dinner or Louisiana 'possum. The Post lets Itself out this way:
 has been impossibie to try to reform some of the natives of this country by starting them on 'possum and taters mot the little sinewy and stringy Ala Advertiser raves about-but the maJes- tic lard producing Texas possums. If we could ever assemble the epicures of The New York Mall. Milwaukee Senti- nel Cleveland Leader. Washington Herald, Charleston News and Courier, Richmond Times Ditspatch and The Boston Globe around table burdened with a pair of Texas 'possunis, duly dressed and baked, garnished with faters and accompanied by Texas eel
 
 buttermilk and punlkin pie. they would understand the raptures of Mir Roose- welt and would scarcely ever boast about their little specialties again. Fur 4hermore. if they win come to Houston for Thanksgiving dinner, we promise to furnish the vittles.
 We do not know of a certainty that The Post ever saw or tasted an Ala bama 'possum. If he did 1t was one that had been confined and starved in a pen until 1t was but the shadow of the real thing. A fat, tender speci- men, such as an Alabama country ne- gro can furnish. dressed and cooked by an old Alabama black cook. would cause The Post man to forget there is such a place as Texas in all the broad earth. What he needs is to travel and learn things.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-24
". nyraen of Cost on Railroads,

Nav york Journal of Commerce.
 Further evidence of the burden of irf- creased cost of labor. material ana imppoyement ihnpPssys % comes from the report of year yea senenn ending June 50. II Is stated that the income account JsC giyss ss, a snarss ba,arss with with ss,ass. .oss in isos. The preferred stock dividend of l 1-2 per cent. pay. able this month. is charged against the surplu sof previous years instead or the income of the last year, or this balance would have been wholly wiped out and q deficit of s65o, 900 created m place of the surplus reported as szos,-
 While this unfavorabie financial showing is made, it is stated as evil dence of rapid industrial expansion in the South and increasing traffic that S60 new industrial enterprises were pany during the year while many old CT plants were enlarged. Improve ments in facilities and in the service are cited, but 1t Is said that the cIs South is more tracks. more equipment. more terminal facilities" and that con- gestion on the lines while exasper-- ating the public rolls UP the expense
 Some examples are given of the growing burden of cost and of the dff- ncutty It entails. RTesldenI rihiey states that during the year the pay of employees of varous classes was in- creased to the aggregate extent of ap- proximately $i,250. 900 . year. Mak- ing some comparisons with the period before the prosperous times." he says that the cost of labor per mile or road advanced from $1,621.87 in 1895 to S2,- 5t3.e4 in 1906 and to $s.189.11 in 1907. The cost of bridge timber has increased since 1880 from se.3e to s23.5s per thousand feet, that of cross ties from $17.75 to $z9 per ton, and fuel from S9 cents to si.37 per ton. Under these conditions of increased construction and operation. and of pressing require is not to be wondered at that Southern railroads groan at increased taxes and misguided attempts to cut down rates for traffic without careful consIdera-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-24

A somewhat complicated question was up to a New York magistratee 6 fewAdays ago. A doctor was brought before him charged with violating tho speed limit in his auto, and gave as an excuse that he had received an emergency call and was hurrying at full speed to save a life. The magis- trate refused to accept the plea and fined him the limit, on the ground that while he might have been trying to save one life he was endangering dog ems of others, Was the magistrate right or wrongG Should a doctor run the risk of killing or injuring people on the street in order to save a patient? What Is the answer?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-24
A Pretty fasa.

Athens Courier.
 1t has reached pretty pass in Ala bama when the men elected to the Leg islature of the great State by the peo- pie to make their laws, are declared incompetent by the Governor to prop, erly frame laws that are needful and helpful for the people who elected them. This ia what the people Of Ala bama are witnessing just now. Govern or Conner despised the ability of the Legislature to the extent that he hired Birmingham lawyer to go to Mont gomeTy last winter and draw up bills for the Legislature to pass. and for this service the tax payers who were already paying their representatives, have been called upon to pay SLIGO for the bill making he did at the behest Of Boss Conner. No wonder the Governor wanted bill passed giving him fifty thousand dollars to light the railroads. It Is now discovered by him that his laws passed, bought of paid attor- ney at the cost of $1a10O, and which were eagerly passed by the Legislature whom he had insulted by tacitly saying none of you have sense enough to draw a bill so have hired me man from Pennsylvania, now lawyer In Birm- ingham to show you Alabama law makers how to frame bill that VIII take hide and hair off the railroads. They are N. G., did not take 1t off, so he has called the Legislature together again. and on the Eth of November the law-makers will meet tgain 10 try thelr hand. The Legislature has already cost the people of Alabama more than any legislative body in its history The first session was mainly spent Tn do- ing the bidding of Boss Conner who was busy having his hired lawyers, that you, MT. Reader, were paying, draw up bills for the boys" to pass. The next session, or the summer term, waa mainly devoted to repealing laws that had been passed at the former session, Now the Governor comes and says it is all rot. Let us wipe it or the statute books and begin again. We have plenty of money to hire law-writ- CTS and you fellows come on down here and pass some more of my man Sell heinaer's bills. We can improve this time, for we have had two previous whacks and think now we know where every pig-hole Is. When the people of Alabama get through paying the expenses of the Conner aduainistras tion they will have something to re member. Tho great sum of money that Governor Jelks left in the vaults has already melted into a deficit. The end is not yet. It is a disgrace upon the intelligence of Alabama when her law makers are not competent in the es- timation of the Governor to draw the necessary bills and pass them but must hire a man to do 1t for them and then direct the bills so drawn to be passed without a change of letter