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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-09-01
GonvOcatiOn Wells Chapter.

Regular convocation Wells. Chapter
No. AZ, r. A. NJ. this. Tuesday eve
ming, at p. m in work R. A. A full
attendance is earnestly desired.
A. G. MILLER, Sec'y.
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School Registration To Begin.

Beginning Monday, Sept. Z, the
books will be opened at Furlow and
Mccoy Hill schools for the registra-
tion OF pupils. Hours each day a.
M, to II noon. The afl1 term will be-
gin Sept. 81. 30-e d
A. G. MILLER, Supt.
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Small Pin Lost.

Lost: Sometime last week, small
coral pin, the corral surrounded by
gold Finder please return to Times
Recorder. Office.
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No, Maude, dear; to say that all
flesh is as grass isn't equivalent to-
calling a man a hayseed.-Ex.
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Is
Gents
PHOTOGRAPHS
SO
Cents

Through the month of August the accompanying cou-
will be redeemed Studio for their value The
50 cent coupon will apply all orders for dozen cabinets
The 25 cent coupon will apply orders of half Dozen
This is special inducemen through the dull season and
is good only to Sept l. Corner Lamar and Lee
STEPHENSON'S STUDIO.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
A STRANGE Seed Pod.

The antirrhinum, or snapdragon, il
one of the old-fashioned garden flow
ers known by everyone. Although
it is a visitor from southern Europe
it has been here SO long that it has
become naturalized. When we say
"lion's mouth" frogs mouth" calf s
mouth" rabbits mouth" we mean
snapdragon, all these names being
suggested by it's grotesque, maskilke
corolla. But there is something still
more grotesque If we will wait till
the seed time and gather the dried
brown skeleton of the seed pod. Look
at them sideways, under a bright
lamplight if possible, and you vii,
find they have quite resemblance
to rhinoceros. Remove the caly1
and the little horns on the nose, and
look at them from the front, and they
have a still more striking resemblance
to human skulls, and by turning them
about you get all sorts of queer ex.
pressions on the grinning mouth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01

IT'S not their English way. A woman
who is dishonored is no more to them
than a tainted orange"
''Dishonored in his eyes? Never!"
cries the girl. I'D sooner you killed
him-sOOner you killed me, much! I'm
in your power; I'm alone here. help.
less in your hands. Kill me. Let my
darling 60"
AS Darella has clutched he9, the old
neck fastenings of the ancient gown
have given way; she plucks it's laces
further apart over her dazzling bosom
and begs: BURY your utiietto here,
but spare my husband"
Her pose only makes Ler the more
alluring to his devouring eyes.
What, kill the being l adore!"
shudders Cipriano. 81 have no stiletto
and have taken care no knife is near
your desperate hands, my lady. Be-
sides, I'll never let you go. If you will
not leave your husband as his wife,
leave him as his widow"
Here, Enrico!" he calls.
The young cavalier with the scar
above his eyebrow comes onto the
veranda and says: my uncle, honor
thee, you have decided to give this
woman death?"
(TO BE CONT1NUED.)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01

proof. There is no written document.
You are still child-but 20-accord-
ing to the French law, you cannot wed
without the consent of your guardian
lot several years. Anstruther, in his
careless English way, thought not Of
it; you were too eager for his wooing
to note the omission. BY my poor
brothers death, his authority as your
guardian passes to me-"
"Pish! was welded in Musso's very
presence answers the girl, proudly;
then cries: II am Edwin Gerard An.
struther's wife, by the church and by
my love-"
IT'S pity; you compel me to make
you his widow"
"Edwin's widow" At that awful
word, Marina shudders and sinks over
come into a chair.
Listen to mel" Cipriano's voice is
deep with menace, yet soft with pas
sion. "On the further cliff down the
coast are quarries of dazzling-hued
green Orezza marble that is taken
from this island to deck palaces"
"Orezza marble, what has that to
do with Edwin's life?" half SCOTS the
girl.
But it may have something to do
with his DEATH" observes Danella.
For the blasting of the rock is used
much dynamite. l have robbed the
quarries and have mined the base of
yonder turret with the explosive. In it
are three men: one, old Tomasso,
whose knife entered my brothers
heart; the other, an American detec-
tive who has placed his Yankee nose
into this vendetta, unfortunately for
himself. Emory is in that turret. You
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
news OF minnesota.
Killed.

Minneapolis-On life was lost and
many were imperiled in the fierce
windstorm which swept across the
Twin Cities June %.
Henry H. Fortwenger, 1924 Morgan
avenue north, a coach carpenter in the
employ of the Omaha road at the Min
neapOlis shops, was killed.
Fortwenger and friend, August
Krick, 1925 Lyndale avenue north, a
passenger coach inspector of the Oma-
ha road, had gone to Shady Oak lake,
mile and half southwest of Hop
kins, for days fishing. When the
storm broke they sought shelter in an
abandoned shack or summer house on
the shore of the lake. The wind
wrecked the building and a heavy
beam fell across Fortwenger's chest,
crushing it. Krick crawled out unin-
jured, and at once began tearing away
the timbers of the house to rescue his
friend. Fortwenger died soon after
being taken out.
Fortwenger was about sc years old
and leaves wife and three or four
children. The body is now at Stro-
beck's undertaking rooms in Hopkins.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
Among the Lions.

Minneapolis-A pretty wedding took
place in the lions den on the Red
Cross carnival grounds in Minneapo-
lis, when Rev. G. L. Morrill, spoke the
words that united William J. Geer and
Miss Ruth Julia Berglund
The bride was attired in a becom-
ing going away gown and carried
smelling salts. The groom wore con-
ventional black and carried re-
volver.
The couple stood under canopy of
harpoons. Seven husky carnival en-
ployes acted as ushers.
Guests from out of town included
several well-developed specimens from
the jungles of Africa. They were in
clined to be bit hilarious, but when
Rev. Morrill, entered they sank into
the back rows and the ceremony pro-
ceeded uninterrupted.
The bride and groom, escorted by
the Daughters of Veterans and with a
band playing wedding march, pro:
ceeded from the hospital tent to the
animal show. The lions were tirned
into the performing arena, after which
the bridal party entered.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
Commemorate Battle.

New Ulm-Arrangements are being
made by the people of New Ulln, Fair
fax and Redwood Falls suitably to
commemorate the memorable attack
on Fort Ridgely by the Indians on
August %, 1862. It is proposed to
make the forty-sixth anniversary Of
the battle reunion of old settlers
and survivors of that historic struggle.
The Indians at that time laid siege to
the fort, but were repulsed by the val
liant defenders. The fort was set on
fire by the Indians several times, and
the defenders, under a rain of shot
and she'll, extinguished the blaze in
each instance.
Some years ago the Fort Ridge1y
National Park and Historical Associa-
ton was organized, with Charles E.
Flandrau, of St. Paul, as president,
and Charles H. Hopkins, of Fairfax,
as secretary. The former died sew
eral years ago and his place never
has been filled.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01

will give something for these mems
lives?"
For Emory and dear old Tomasso:
Certainly-anything in reason" The
lovely eyes are filled with a strange
alarm.
''Ah, but it must not be in reason
it must be in a passion as exalted as
my own-for you. When I direct my
nephew, who is bound to me not only
by ties of blood, but of gratitude, and
who is inflamed against you ali by his
oath of vendetta for the murdered
Musso, he will light the fuse leading
to the mine, and puff!-that tower,
with every man who's in it, goes into
the air!"
"Murderer!" shudders Marina, who
has listened astounded.
"Ah, you have sympathy for these
poor fellows! That is we'll; l shall
love you more for your tender heart"
continues Cipriano softly.
But the law!" half screams the
lady.
"Pah-in Corsica-in a vendetta.
Besides, the blown-up tower will be
thought but another outrage of the
rioting Lucchese.' Oh, this is no worse
than dagger thrusts or blows from
bullets which always come in a blood
feud. And in that mined turret," CT
priano's voice is low but terrible,
there is another man, who following
the cyclamen flowers you dropped in
the road and few more we added to
lead him into that fatal tower
Edwin" Marina's limbs hardly up.
hold her.
The man you foolishly call hus-
band" The finger of the suave wooer
points to the turret's upper floor.
Then the game is on!
Her eyes following his gesture,
shuddering cry, low, broken, despair
ing yet full of tenderest love, issues
from the girls lips that have now be-
come white as death itself: Edwin,
my husband-my flowers brought you
to this-following for love of me-
"He is caught like rat in my trap!"
smiles the count
mot without warning, wretch"
She would spring from the veranda
and run over to the base of the tower
and call up to the man whose face she
sees outlined against the grillage OF
the upper window, through whose iron
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
NEWS NOTES.

Crookston-The $4,000 club Of this
city has distributed 5000 "Crookston
Offers Opportunity" buttons thruout
this and surrounding cities.
st. Peter-G. H. Fairclough, Of St.
Paul, will head the Minnesota State
Music Teachers association next year
having been elected at the seventh an.
nual convention of the association be-
ing held in this city.
Minneapolis Diamonds and rubies
valued at $4,000 were stolen from the
apartments of Miss r. S. Baum. 914
Fourth avenue south, in broad day.
light. The burglars smashed open a
trunk containing the gems, Shipped"
the sparklers from their settings and
escaped.
St. Paul-1f present arrangements
are carried out, and there is appar.
emily no reason why they shouldn't
be, international balloon races will be
held during Shriners' week. The big
race will start from the fair grounds
Saturday, July IS.
Sparta-The United States Steel
Corporation is buying the village, and
will use houses not RACED to permit
mining for employees homes.
Kimball-A mad dog came to town
and was killed. Four dogs in the
country were bitten and were also
killed.
Washington-The postmaster gen
eral has issued fraud order against
S. A. Phillips Of St. Paul, who is said
to be promoter Of the st. Paul. Min.
neapolis & Seattle Electric Railroad
company.
st. Paul-Fred Olson, 40 South
Robert street, by throwing blazing
stove through the window, saved his
mother from death and his home from
probable destruction.
st. Paul-Supreme court holds that
George L. Bloedel was elected member
of Duluth city council by just one vote
over James L. Cromwell.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01

bars he Is struggling TO force his Wv;
But Cipriano's strong hand clutches
her white arm; he pulls her back into
the seat and commands: mot until
you've heard my words, which may
save his life!"
'His life? Tell mel"
Il have explained you are not legal.
ly this mans Spouse" Cipriano's voice
is trembling with desire. Become
mine! l had purposed in Nice to give
you a very cruel death for what you
had to do with my brothers killing,
but when saw your beauties and
knew that the little child l had once
seen had grown into a Venus, but no
marble one, to myself said: 'Corpo di
Baccho, it's in the blood of the DANIEL
las to love this woman. am enamored
of her as wildly as poor dead Musso.
IT'S a medieval idea; instead of STAY
ing her, I'll have revenge in winning
her-against herself, the wife-also
against the husband
mot against Edwin! You have no
cause of hate against him."
"Vendettas are caused by love as
we'll as hate! He dares to call you
wife. Each moment my eye rests upon
you increases thy sweetness to me.
You are Corsican-so am mo for
eigner should stand between u.s.
Holy Virgin, you expect me to love
you?" stammers the girl.
To this he answers with Machiavel-
liam subtlety: "Of course not now,
but that may come in time. At pres
ent you love Edwin! Because of this
devoted love-to save this gentleman
you adore-you give yourself to me-"
At his hideous mathematics the
girl utters cry of horror.
If you would save the life of this
Englishman whom l should dispatch
by my oath of the vendetta, at once
your kisses.
would Edwin wish to live. his wif6
untrue? Monster!" Marina's face
blazes with shame.
"Oh, no, not monster; simply a
man who has gone crazy for thee.
Understand, If you are mine, the man
in that tower lives. Tonight on the
vessel that is anchored here, I'll bear
you away to some far distant isle OF
Greece"
my husband would follow US for.
ever!"
mot If he knew you were faithless!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
Betsy Ross.

A quiet house, quiet street,
A needle and a thread,
A scissors and a square of blue,
Some strips of white and red.
And slender hands that deftly stitched
The shining stars across
Twas thus the flag Of Liberty
Was made by Betsy Ross
Though Father Time has worn to rags
The ermine robes of kings,
And left the guns of war to rust
Among forgotten things;
Though crowns and scepters at his touch
Have turned to dust and dross-
Yet not a broken stitch has married
The work of Betsy Ross.
In stately hall and lowly home
This day it's colors wave,
The shelter of the worlds oppressed,
The beacon of the brave.
Let glory on the nations shield
Among the stars emboss
The thread, the needle, and the name
And fame of Betsy Ross
-Minna Irving, in Leslic's Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
Has Five leus: Two Tails

Stately. B. Rubey is the owner
OF a freak Poland China boar pig,
which was born on April rs. The
animal has five legs, the extra leg
being between the two front legs:
three ears, the additional one being
behind the right shoulder; and it has
two tails, the one out of place being
located on the right hip. The animal
weighs about twenty pounds at this
time and is thriving. Mr.. Rubey has
received some f1attering offers for his
freak pig.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
Buying Up Houses.

Eveleth-The United States Steel
Corporation is making a clean sweep
In It's negotiations to purchase bust
ness and residence property in the
village of Sparta so that mining OF
iron ore can proceed.
The method adopted is that Of Sc
curing options on the property for a
limited time, with privilege to pur-
chase at prices agreed upon. BY the
middle OF this week the majority OF
owners had made deals with D. NJ.
Mouser, the representative of the steel
CORPORATION.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01

even above his beloved Shakespeare.
Two years after the first Fourth of
July, there occurred a celebration in
independence square that had spe,
c1al significance. The advance of the
British, and their occupation of Phil,
adelphia during the winter of 1777-
ITS, had forced congress to leave the
Quaker city and 60 to York.
After the evacuation congress re.
turned July 2 and a grand celebration
of the recurrence of the PRONUNCIATION
of the declaration was held, in which
nearly the entire population of Phila-
delphia Joined. Chevalier Conrad AL,
exander Gerard of France, the first
minister ever accredited to the United
States from any power, was an inter-
ested spectator
During the centennial in Philadel-
phia there was naturally notable
demonstration, and no less a person
than Don Pedro, emperor of Brazil,
sat among those who cheered the SEN
timents that had sounded the downfall
of monarchy in this country, and were
finally to take his throne from the
ruler of Brazil.
In later years, another representa-
tive of foreign country was the cen,
trail figure at Independence square.
WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister,
spoke there with fine eloquence, and
made one of the best speeches cred
tied to him in his many felicitous utter
ances in this country.
The anomaly that he was the envoy
of one of the most absolute of mon
arches did not prevent the celestial
from painting in most graphic phrase
what the venerable building stood for,
During his first administration.
Grover Cleveland, president of the
United States, came to Philadelphia
one Fourth of July and, standing on g
platform raised on the square, an
pealed to the young manhood of Amer
lea that the great lessons of 1776 he
not ignored.
Samuel j. Randall, Judge Kelley,
Gen. Grant, Lewis Cassidy have also
figured prominently in Fourth of Julv
celebrations there
During the administration of Mavor
Warwick, himself an orator Of genuine
gifts, every year was made the o.
caslon of notable demonstrations to
which were invited men of national
fame.
Under the direction of the governor
OF Pennsylvania work of incalculable
interest has been finished at Valley
Forge park by the state.
Valley Forge has a close relation.
ship with independence day, and the
old camp site has proved Mecca IN
July 4 to thousands of Americans who
come from all over the union to nav
a tribute to the fathers of the United
states who suffered and died on this
historic spot. Practically the entire
site has been reserved. A chanel
has been erected on the SPOT where
Washington was discovered at nraver
At the moment Valley Forge park
comprises about IT'S acres. It is
properly policed and cared for by
workmen, whose duty it is to keen the
roads and the entire park in perfect
order.
Public interest has kept pace with
the work. On Memorial day 1900 per-
sons registered at the headquarters,
and this is probably not one-fourth of
those who were in the park.
Anywhere from 5000 to $1,000 Amer.
leans will f1ttingly celebrate July 4.
1908, by going over the ground, on
which their heroic forefathers under
went the sufferings that made indie.
pendence possible.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
q
His Poor Memory.

Can you repeat the Declaration of
Independence" she asked.
Il used to be able to- he replied;
"but about all I remember of it now
Is: To be or to be, that is the ques-
ton"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01

He fell in line behind the band
That played Red, White, and Blue;;"
He sang to help the noise along,
Though the words he never knew.
Then to the Celebration Grounds
He marched with gallant tread;
And listened while a Wondrous Man
1.-THE Declaration read.
Then came the picnic dinner
Spread meath great oak tree;
And little Billy ate his fill
While the band played Liberty"
And all the rest the day was spent
In making fun and noise;
Shooting lots of firecrackers off
With all the girls and boys.
And when at eve he wandered home,
AS tired as he could be,
He said: II love the Glorious Fourth,
IT'S a day what jest suits me-
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
THE ONE DAY.

Sizz! Boom! Bang!
You can't get away,
So you may as well stay
To the big show.
It will positively appear
But once this year.
Promptly at midnight
The red light
Begins to burn
And no one dares turn
1t low
Until the last firecracker has been ex.
ploded.
Hark, children, the day is loaded,
And you'll know it when you see it
Unless your ear muffs fit
Pretty quick.
1t is the reflex action of the big stick.
The only and original grand aggrega'
tiOn of noise.
Come and bring your boys.
1i;szi 49,.
A Bit Of Advice.
Tie the thumbs on little Willie
AS he wanders forth to play.
1t may look triae silly,
But he'll need the thumbs some day
He may chafe at the restriction
And protest against the plan,
But you'll have his benediction
When he gets to be man.
49,
Where to Draw the Line.
We hear a good deal about sane
Fourth, but what is really needed is
the ability to draw the line between
harmless noise and combination of
train wreck, dynamite explosion and
war with the improved implements of
modern warfare.
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
On the Glorious
Fourth
By MAUD WALKER

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NINTH many firecrackers in his hand;
W Some matches in his pocket;
A Hip, hip, hurrah!'' on his tongue;
And one immense skyrocket,
Thus little Billy wandered forth
Most joyously to try
To celebrate in the right way
TIL Glorious Fourth of July.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
SYNOPSIS.

Burton Fl. Barnes, a wealthy American
touring Corsica, rescues the young Eng
iish lieutenant, Edward Gerard Anstruth-
dr. hna of ms the coFsean bride Marma
derous vendetta, understanding that his
reward is to be the hand of the girl he
loves. Enid Anstruther, sister Of the Eng
cio to Marseilles on board the French
steamer Constantine. The vendetta pur-
board the train for London at Marseilles,
which causes her to collapse and necessi-
tates a postponement Of the journey.
Barnes and Enid are married. Soon
appears: Barnes discovers she has
been kidnapped and taken to Corsica.
me groom secures fishing. vessel and
is about to start in pursuit Of his brides
the villa and rushes back to hear that
Anstruther's wife, Marina, is also MISS
ing Barnes is compelled to depart for
the search for Marina to her husband
while he goes to hunt for Enid. Just be-
fore Barnes boat lands on Corsica's
shore Marina is discovered hiding in
action by saying she has come to help
Barnes rescue his wife from the Corsi-
cans. Barnes and Marina have unusual
adventures in their search for Enid In
amazement they discover Tomasso, the
foster father of Marina. Tomasso learns
that Marna's husband did not kill her
brother. Many wrongs are righted Barnes
is surprised in the hermitage by Rochini
and Romano, the two detested bandits,
who have been searching for him to
murder him for his money. The bandits
attempt to take away Marina. Barnes
darts out the door. The bandits start to
pursue, but as they reach the door both
are laid low by Barnes revolver. Anstru-
her arrives to find Marina and learns that
she has been lured away by the telegram
which had been sent by another without
his knowledge. The two start in search of
Marina. Barnes and Edwin take different
roads in their search. Edwin is trapped
n tower where he is made prisoner. In
endeavoring to escape he opens a trap
door where he finds Emory, the detec-
tive, who had been imprisoned there pre-
yiously., In another secret chamber To-
masso Is found imprisoned. Edwin in
climbing down a wall sees upon the porti-
70 of farm house Marina and Count
Danella sitting and talking together
Barnes arrives and finds the bridge swung
preventing his crossing over. He hears
the voice of Marina crying for mercy. He
examines his revolver.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-07-01
AN EXPLANATION.

"Why is Fourth of July anyhow
Eddie?'
why -er you see = Christopher
Columbus or George Washington dis.
covered it in 1892, an so we don't
have no school on that day."