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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-24
KAISER GREETs THE PRESS.

BERLIN, Sept. 24.-Emperor William
today sen al acknowledgment of the
greetings of the International Press
Congress, now in session here. in which
he said: "I hope you all will enjoy
yourselves in my capital, and I expect
you to place the new ties you form on
this occasion at the service of the great
civiiizing mission Of the international
rress."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-24
s.ooo.ooO FEET OF LUMBER BURN

MILFORD, Me, Sept. 24.-More than
100000 feet of partially finished lum-
Der. valued at $175,OOO, piled in the
yards of the George w. Baker Com
PAN and the Jordan Lumber Company,
in this town, was destroyed by q IRE
early today.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-24
A "JOiLY. BUNCH.''

The Jolly Bunch" Social Club gave
It's third annual banquet at Achtel-
Stetter's last night. Charles Rich was
tcastmastsr.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-24

feet upon the character of a humble
Citizen
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-24
For Great Friday Business

To accentuate the opening weeks diversified lmou ndtheM store atnacaons-n
e centves that will awaken dere to econouHeo ION new good merchandise for present and future
" Al many as the following are they represent butt part of the offerings Read doey-some for
= the lay ony.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-09-24
This September Housefurnishins Sale will
Arouse Every Thrifty Housckeeper.

To the hundreds of knowing women who wait for this event every
promise program of matchless economies and every article, great
involved lin this sale, is of a standard quality, selected from our own regular ste
This year the underprcng is more decisive than ever before and the
are larger therefore it is only reasonable that the selling will be greater
Memorze this fact: "This, sale is for Friday and Saturday only"
"A word to the wise is sufficient" but here are a few more facts
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
The Commuters Weakness.

BE suburbanite ever 80 truthful.
there is one thing he always lies
about" said the man who has COM
muted for many years. "and that is the
distance from his house to the railway
station. He seems to think he'll be
disgraced II he admits it's over fifteen
minutes walk, though ten chances to
one he has to tumble out of bed good
and early to make his train. Lots Of
men who come to the city with me ev-
cry morning have to allow nearly half
an hour to get to the station. but every
man Of them says nonchalantly when
the question is put them. oh, can
make the station easy in fifteen min
utes.' The way they puff and pant
when they Chamber aboard is evidence
enough that they don't make the sta
ton easy. can't imagine what makes
them lie about it. If they want to live
miles from the railway station it's no.
body's business but their own, and no.
body cares. but each one seems to think
it is matter to be carefully concealed.
In all my years Of travelling back and
forth l have yet to meet commuter
who admittedly lives over fifteen min
ntes' walk from the station, and new
er expect to find one."-New York
Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25

arated them ten years before through
the maddening influence of poverty
had brought them together. They
were where they had been when they
were driven apart, but how changed!
Greater trials had made the earlier
ones seem light They chung together
in an embrace. the husband and wife
weeping, the child smiling as an In
dian seldom smiles.
But the mother was still prisoner.
She had not been convicted of murder,
but the intent to murder. There was
nothing for which she could be par
doned. She must serve her life SEN
tence.
The superintendent solved the prob
lem. "Go back" he said to the man.
Ito your cell. Next Saturday you and
your wife shall be married and 20 to
live on Nicobar. There you shall have
the best home can make for you"
The next Saturday among the mar
riages performed in the Andaman pris-
on was one that had been authorized
year before. They were taken to
their new home. given some provi-
sions and for the first time in years
were happy.
ROSALIE WHITING.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
"PeIorus .Jack"

Near the mouth of Pelorus sound,
on the Nelson side of Cook strait. is
the home of remarkable sea animal
known throughout New Zealand as
"Pelorus Jack" He is gray in color,
about fourteen feet in length, and his
pastime is to wait for coastal steamer,
and to escort them for several miles
on their journey. AS boat approach
es Jack" may be seen heading to-
ward her to take up his accustomed
position beside or in front of the bow
of the vessel. There. sometimes for
twenty minutes. he hovers round rush
Ing so quickly from side to side that
the eye can scarcely follow his move
ments. When he considers he has gone
far enough. with last sadden plunge
he dives once more and for the last
time. disappearing in a whirl of foam
to be seen no more that trip.-Sydney
News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Marvels of Memory.

''The photograph is wonderful
enough. but the human brain is vastly
its superior. as it has been shown to
have stored up for forty-tive years the
thoughts actually passing through it
and the speech resulting therefrom,"
states medical man.
a. boy in a village in the Tyrol
when fifteen years old went to his ia
TIERS field to catch a frisky colt.
When about to place halter about
the animals neck it kicked him on the
head. The wound healed, but the use
Of the boys reason did not return
For forty-tive years he lived in the vii
lage, until he reached the age of sixty.
Then a prominent German specialist
who passed through the village on a
holiday offered to experiment. Finding
that portion of the skull had been
forced into contact with the brain, he
by skillful operation removed the pres
sure. The man at once regained his
reason, and his first utterance as the
effects of the anaesthetic wore off was,
Did the colt get away?'" - Detroit
News-Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Tho Original 1rouaham.

The original brougham, which was
built in 1888 under the personal super
vision of Lord Chancellor Brousham.
is now to be seen in the machine and
inventions division of the South Ken
sfngton museum. This small closed one
horse carriage replaced the ponderous
coach. but it has some relics of bygone
days. 1t has the projecting case for
holding swords which could thus be
accessible to the inside occupant.
"reminiscences Of the days Of highway
men. 1t has also the inch thick guard
board in the rear. reminding one of the
days when reflective police control and
other causes rendered polling by the
succeeding carriage serious and i'm
minent danger. London Graphic.
Where Streets Are Swept by Conviet..
The public streets in the towns OF
Java are daily swept and kept clean
BY native convicts. They 20 to work
chained together in parties of twenty
or thirty under the superintendent of
Daretooted native soldiers. clad in i'll
lifting uniforms. VINO would Instantly
shoot their charges down If they tried
to escape during their working time.
when they are unchained.-Wide World
Magazine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Kits as 1arQets.

Admiral Lambton at q certain high
land society dinner told the following
tale: When the Gordon highlanders
were in L.adysmith the order came tina,
officers were not to wear their swords.
This order was soon supplemented by
another, by which all highland regi-
ments were commanded to cover their
kits up. as it was thought that they
served too we'll as targets for the enc
my. Sir George White knew that such
IN order would not be popular At last
he thought Of a way out of the diff
Guilty. let them cover the fronts of
the kits up he said. The enemy will
never see the other side."-IOndon
Opinion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
His Ideal
By DESTA
E. BROWN WOODS.
Copyrighted. 1908, by Jessie Morgan.

"Now, Harry, honestly you don't be.
lieve that:"
"1es, l do A true woman is al.
ways a coward. Brave is a masculine
adjective, incapable of being used with
feminine nOun'
"Oh. bosh! You are old fashioned.
my boy
II grant you-mediaeval. in fact
but neither Joan OF Arc nor Boadicea
stirs my heart like certain little Girl
who faints when she pricks her finger
with a PIN
That's what it is to be in love.
Your ideal is based on what you think
to be Miss Osborne's character. Now.
for my part. | believe that young lady
capable of herOism.'
And | tell you. George Evans, that
the very thought of physical pain turns
her cheek pale. but in the matter of
moral cOll,g e-well, | could stake nv
life on her there. She has such a high
ideal of truth and honor. She is so''-
way 'S''' '\''' hSpNlC ulC. AclIlcHl-
Der am not in love-"
An hour later he was sitting with his
fiancee. a puzzled. panied expression on
his face
Il don't think | understand you," he
said slowly. You don't mean that
you told your father the money was
for charity when you We're spending it
on this silly SpeculatiOn?"
Jessie Oshorne's pretty cheeks We're
very pink.
"Well. l thought it a good invest
ment. and father never let's me try
stocks"
Put. Jessie. you have been deceiv-
ing him for months.''
\ pair of little white hands few to
hide the pink cheeks.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm miserable, and
you don't care" came in broken sobs.
There. there" he said soothing!y as
he took the slight form in his arms Il
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Half a Loaf.

The Negroes love of titles of whatever
sort is amusngly illustrated by a story
told by the governor Of a southern
state.
1t appears that the congregation of a
colored church in Georgia conceived
the notion that it would add greatly to
their dignity if the pastor of the church
We're enabled to add the initials d. D.
to his name. \ member, hearing of an
institution in the north which would,
for value received. confer such de-
gree. entered into correspondence with
that end in view. Reply came to the
effect that the sum of $75 would obtain
the desired dignity.
a difficulty arose. however, in that
the congregation were unable to raise
more than $50. Finally, after much
Capitalization, the congregation dele
gated one Of their number to see the
thing out The following message was
sent to the institution mentioned:
KINDLY forward our pastor one D..
we being unable to afford the other at
this time.'-Harper's Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
A Prison Marriage.

(Original]
1t Is matrimony day in the prison.
In the reception room stand a row Of
women to be chosen as brides. There
are about dozen of them, and as
many men will be brought up to choose
them.
They are members Of penal colony
on the Andaman and Nicobar islands,
In British India. These matrimonial
candidates are chosen for good behav-
1or. When married they are given a
hut and a few acres of ground on one
OF the islands and left together to
make home.
AS l was saying, it is matrimony
day. Saturday-these receptions take
place on Saturday-and the candidates
for husbands are in line. only women
being present. The record Of a man
was read, giving his name. religion, age
and the crime he was there for. Then
he was admitted to the room where
the expectant brides were standing.
He looked strangely at them, for he
mad not seen woman for ten years.
Slowly he approached the woman
standing at the head of the line of
those who were Of his religion. He
chatted with her few minutes and
passed on to the next While convers-
ing with the first two or three he cov-
ertly cast his eye down the line. Sud-
denly he started. put his hand to his
brow and passed the palm over his
forehead. Then he went on chatting
With the women as he passed them
till he came to one near the end of the
line. She turned away her face.
"You are he said and paused.
II am"
"And you know me?''
II might not have known YOU had
not heard your name and record read
You have suffered much"
did You know your act brought me
here:'
NO"
'And the child?'
Il am here for the child as YOU are
here for me-
The man shuddered
did you see it die?"
mo; got another to do it,
"Why:'
Il did not wish it to suffer-"
The man paused. then said: "They
made mistake in sending me here for
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Trials bv Bread and Cheese.

There were many odd ways in an
cient times of detecting criminals. Our
ancestors had not lived long enough to
lose their faith in the cravings OF
conscience, and divine interference il
earthly justice was superstitiously re-
garded as daily occurrence.
No queerer example of this could be
found than the ancient mode of try
ing prisoners by dread and cheese"
The unfortunate offender was led. with
halter round his neck. to the parish
church, and there in the presence Of
all the people the priest put pieces of
cheese and rye bread in a patten on
the altar. These he blessed, and then
the supposed criminal had to eat them
dry before the congregation.
If he managed to swallow them cas-
lily, he was acquitted, but if he choked
he was condemned. Naturally enough
scores of innocent folk were thus done
to death.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Water and Freezino.

Although water is supposed to freeze
at 3: degrees. you need not try to make
ice at that tempera ture. All you will
get in tubful will be thin outer
shell filed with very wet water. Sea
water freezes at - degrees nomnally
and the ice is always fresh. One of the
old and very common beliefs is that
not water freezes more quickly than
ccld. This is nature fake. Another
false belief is that impurities are
frozen out Of the ice, yet we all ought
to know that some ice is so impure that
Its water is dangerous to drink Most
people will insist that it is the thawipe
or Ice In frozen pipes that bursts them,
wrong. The freezing does the bursting:
the thaw exposes the damage.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25

didn't mean to be cross; but my dar-
ling, we must be honest We must
help each other to be true and morally
brave"
''Of course he unused on the way
home, her father must have known
from the first what she was doing and
simply meant to give her lesson by
allowing her to proceed Poor little
girl, she didn't mean any harm. but
am disappointed. didn't think her ca
pable of the slightest deception
AS he turned the corner leading to
his boarding house the light streamed
out from DR.. Gordon's office, and he
dropped in for 4 moments chat.
Il say, Neil, you don't look WELL
What's the matter?' the doctor in
quired.
"Oh. believe l have nerves, and
haven't slept we'll lately
You had better let me give you il
sleeping draft and then take a week 5
rest soon"
The sleeping draft had the desired
touched the pillow when he was wrap
ped in deep slumber. After time he
was dimly conscious of hum of
voices in the street below. The room
was hot, and he tossed off some Of the
bedclothes. His throat smarted, and
his head ached. There was a strange
roaring in his ears He struggled to
rouse himself. but it was too great an
effort. and he lay dreamily listening to
the voices below
Il tell you. Evans. Neil is in his
rOOm! came in terrified tones from DR..
Gordon. IL gave him a dope. and the
noise has never wakened him."
eve must take a rope to him." said
Evans. And Harry wondered vaguely
ut the unaccustomed ring in his
friends voice.
but how?" Again it was DR.. Cor
don's voice. ''The front verandas are
all in f1ames'
''Could we reach him by means of
the new building? That beam runs
parallel with his ROOM
1T would be Madness" exclaimed
Mr.. Osborne. ''The beam wouldn't hold
your weight. See! 1t has burned
through at the end next the Nelson
house."
Was it all nightmare. Harry won
dered, or was it an awful reality? But
the next words which reached him
cleared the vapors from his brain and
made him spring from his bed with Il
bound.
1.-THE beam won't hold you heavy
men, but can go ! weigh only nine
ty pounds. I'll take the rope" came
in .Iessies we'll loved voice.
Neil rushed to the window and hur
riedly sized up the situation. His room
was in the corner of the third fiat
with two windows-one at the front OF
the house and one at the SIDE From
the front window he could see the fire
men at work. The verandas and whole
face of the house We're a mass of fire
and smoke. Water from the hose
played on the blaze, but the cracking
Of the flames came like the laughter oil
= victorious f1end.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25

Erred Marsden is so tiresOme." said
Peggy as she permitted Janet to unlace
her boots and spread out her dinner
frock. "IIe seemed to think that Nat
Gregory had no right to skate with me-.
And we were old friends before Fred
moved here. Nat has improved, too.
don't you think so?"
Janet bent down to plait chiffon
founce that had not come unplaited.
''Oh, l can't see that he has changed
any," she fibbed. her face now rs rosy
rs the pink chiffon.
At that particular moment Nat Greg
ory was sitting before the crate fire in
his room, lingering parcel of letters
tied with deep violet ribbons. Then he
laughed-a short. chuckling, eloquent
laugh-and laid the letters, ribbon and
ALL on the glowing GOALS
1T was just when she peeped at me
above that silly big ,muff! OF course l
never really cared for her. but some
how l knew it was Ill up when she
gave me that look to make the other
fellow squirm. Heavens. how l used
to squirm too! Now. Janet wouldn't
make a man squirm. And where in
time do you suppose she had been hid
ing that dimple? BY Jove. come to
think Of it. never looked to see
whether she had a dimple or not in the
old days"
For a few minutes he sat very quiet
~ watching the mass of letters turn
from fame color to yellowish pink and
to pinkish gray. Then, whstling, he
went down to the library, closed the
door and picked up the desk telephone.
is Janet in: Yes. Miss Janet Bar
ton. All right Hello, Janet. is this
you? This is Nat-Nat Gregory. Oh.
just happened to think that you did not
answer my question. Are you going to
the st. Andrew dance tomorrow night I:
No, you did not answer my question.
All right, then, I'm coming, about $50.
Nonsense! | used to call On-er-other
girls before they came out All right
goodby. Oh. wait a minute Say, |
want to know-wOuld you mind telling
mc-did YOU always have dimple in
YOU chin: No. really, never did
goodby."
He hung up the receiver. crossed to
the manteI and by the aid of the low.
broad mirror reaujusted his tie. But
evidently this was done mechanically,
for what he said very gently to the
tanned, clean cut reflection in the glass
was:
Funny how some girls can say of
course and make it sound like some
thing ever so much better. Funny-no,
just great And then he leaned back
in the most comfortable chair in the
room and sighed contentedly. This was
better than sqnirming, decidedly bet
ter
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
you. Perhaps they have made another
in sending you for the child"
II hope not"

you. felS:ES they have made another
in sending you for the child"
II hope not"
"Why?'
Because if that is SO she suffers"
They talked for some time, and at
the end Of their conversation the man
announced to the prison authority that
he chose this woman. They went up
to a table, and her history was read
to him. The man who read did not
know that they were Il married pair.
A dozen years before poverty had
maddened them. They quarreled, the
woman disappeared, and every one
was sure her husband had murdered
her. She had given her daughter to
be drowned-given her to a woman
whom she thought friend, but who
was secret enemy. This woman told
that she had been hired to do the deed,
and the mother was convicted.
The couple talked over what they
should do. If they had known their
child was dead, they would not have
hesitated. They would have said moth
ing, but taken the home they were to
receive on the Nicobars. But they did
not know this. Should the man claim
his freedom and look for the child: If
he did so. the woman must remain Il
prisoner. They had been parted by
the torment Of poverty. If they tool,
the home given them by the govern
ment, they would need little, and that
little they would have What should
they do:
The woman decided. She would re-
main in prison while the husband
went to look for the child. The man
made his claim for freedom, his wife's
existence proving his innocence. After
much delay he was pardoned This is
the only short way civilized nations
have yet found for untying the knot
Of wrong conviction.
The man went away: the woman re-
sumed her work. She could have stood
the next Saturday in the matrimonial
line. but she did not She waited long
and anxiously. Never did a prison Of
fetal approach her but she looked ut
him eagerly to see if he were coming
to tell her if her husband had re-
turned.
A year passed. One day she heard
her name called and, looking up. saw
a keeper at the door He beckoned to
her. With wildly beating heart she
dropped her work and followed him.
He took her to the office of the super
intendent. There she saw her husband
holding by the hand a girl of twelve.
Strange meeting, Fate that had se,;-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
A Burma Natives Plea.

A native postal subordinate who had
been fined for neglect of duty address
ed his chief in the following terms:
"Your honor may be right. l may be
wrong. may be right and your honor
wrong. Let your honor give me back
the fine; then at day of resurrection.
when all hearts will he open, If am
wrong l will most gladly, sir, return
your honor the money" - Rangoon
Echo.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25

Dumley-Your friend the editor. was
good enough to glance over my poem,
so l fastened to assure him that it
was entirely original Ascum-And
what did he say? Dumley-He said
that he knew that at once He didn't
suppose l had ever seen it in print any
where Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Revenge.

A witty woman staying in a Cana
dian village met an old woman who
had feud on with another woman.
How is it. Miss Smith was taking tea
with you yesterday?' the inquisitive
visitor asked
Oh we'll" she said triumphantly,
she asked me to tea the day before,
50 | retaliated the next day. l knew
she'd make herself III with my johnny
cake"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Oressino,

Old Beau-Williams, are my eye
brows on straight and is my wig prop
erly crumped? Valet-Yes. sir, but
your chest has slipped down bit
Life.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Part Of the Treatment.

After being treated by a special for
a month the stout parsonage anxious
to reduce his bulk received his bill.
He gasped. fastened to the doctor and
arrived in great perspiration.
Doctor. doctor" he exclaimed
breathlessly, this bill is as big as
am. l haven't lost an ounce"
Tut, tut" replied the specialist af-
fably. 1.-The bill is part of the treat
ment. see it has made you perspire."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25
Fine Anvwav.

He-Have you any fine tooth combs I?
1t-NO. but we have some fine tooth
brushes-Cornell Widow.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-25

Zones says his wife has one saving
quality as COOK
what is that?'
She doesn't try"