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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11

4 "PREPARATOR' is now wanted
"a by the bureau of entomology Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture to assist in making the bug bust
ness profitable to the government or to
the rural communities. The ruralists
have found that they had legal ex-
cuse to advance the prices on eggs be-
cause the bug crop was cut short by
the dry weather, and there were no
bugs for the chickens to eat.
So the preparation is to prepare bugs
for chicken feed and other uses. At
the civil service examination to be
held soon embryo perpetrators will be
required to assemble ten specimens of
lepidoptera that will be furnished
them and the one who succeeds in
matching the dissected pieces of the
ten bugs will be entitled to the price,
which is position at $50 month and
board yourself or beat the landlady.
Those who fail in the examination
will be- entitled to admission to the
bughouse on the proper presentation
of credentials. Another examination
will be held for applicants for the po-
sition Of aid in the division of insects
of the National museum. This depart
ment pays better salaries than the de-
partm. ent of agriculture, as the salary
IL SIS 3 month. The government also
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11
Dance to Mark Social Debut of Ethel

of state was not invited, and, in gen
eral, that rule will be followed this
year. Miss Roosevelt is only Is years
old, and the guests will probably be
the youngest assemblage of the kind
that ever gathered in the White House.
The fact that the dance will be
given during the holidays means that
special effort will be made to have
on hand Miss Roosevelt's school
friends from New York and the col
lege mates Of Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
Her brother will come to Washington
for the occasion, and Miss Christine
Roosevelt and Miss Dorothy Roosevelt,
cousins of tho debutante, are alao ex-
pected.
In all, about 200 young New York
ers will be invited. At least that
number was present at Miss Alice's
debut, and the Dresidtst has been
careful that his childres, should not
weaken their affiliations with their
New York friends. Young Theodore
will bring with him a number of his
Harvard college mates, and perhaps
one or two of the friends he has made
since going iittO the csrpetmaking
business. The list of those to be in
vited is almost completed, and the in
vitations will be sent out very shortly.
The debut of Miss Roosevelt is ex-
pected to introduce very gay win
ter at the capital. Since the marriage
of Miss Alice Roosevelt to Congress-
man Nicholas Longworth in 1906, the
White House has been voted a dull
place by young people.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11

THE man question is the most seri-
1 GUS proposition a fashionable girl
in Washington has to contend with.
Trouble No. l is, there aren't any
men. Trouble No. is, the men that
there are-that's good Irish-are 50
spoiled to death they are a negligible
quantity.
Said religious young woman in
the innermost clique the other day:
conditions in Washington are fierce
where male creatures are concerned.
Men have no obligations-no RESPONSE
bilities. They seem to think they are
comforting favor on the opposite sex
by simply existing. OF course, for
many a long day they have absolved
themselves from the duty of paying
dinner and party calls-it was kind
enough in them to come in the first
place-but half the time they don't
even answer your notes of invitation
We girls have discovered that the only
way to clinch the men when We really
must have them at our affairs, is to
catch them on the telephone before
shey have time to dodge. Extort a
verbal promise that they will come
and to facilitate things offer to send a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11
never ceased to be thankful, Ellen had

never ceased to be thankful, Ellen had
put their boat on the right course
when she hoisted the sail and crap.
pied the tiller in that moment when
they had escaped from the Flying
Star. The moon rose late and by the
time it was shining brightly Ellen was
so far in shore toward the east side
ANNA, numbering over toward the
Isle of Wight, had no chance of pick.
ing up the small boat.
1t was almost morning when Ellen
made landing. The wind was ad.
verse for Portsmouth-which did not
trouble her, for she was quite anxious
not to appear in the streets of that
town in which she was sure her hus-
band, Strathgate and Sir Charles
would soon be assembled. She had
formed no plan as to the future as yet.
She only wished to get ashore, to get
something to eat and place to lie
concealed while she thought it over.
The wind failed and it was not until
daybreak, or about four o'clock, that
Ellen ran ashore.
It was a lonely spot, some miles
to the eastward of Portsmouth. She
aroused Deborah, who had slept most
of the night in the bottom of the boat.
and the two tired women, after tying
the boat to the shore, plodded inland.
At a little farmhouse-the farmers
wife being just arisen, apparently
they got some bread and milk which
blunted the edge of their appetite-it
must be remembered that they had
not eaten anything since the noon be-
fore-and from the woman they
learned the lay of the land.
They scrambled through by-paths
for a long time and a little after six
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11

open piece of sward, newly moved 1t
was evident from the piles of grass
that had been raked away on the
edges. On the opposite of it a little
brook puzzled merrily over sand and
pebbles.
Thither the two women staggered,
and kneeling down took long draughts
Of the sweetness and bathed their
faces and hands in the cold water
They were thus engaged when they
heard voices coming from the direc-
ton Of the hall.
Instantly Ellen seized Deborah and
ran back to the thicket whence they
had just emerged and lay down, en-
tirely concealed by the underground,
although able to see everything them
selves that took place on the grass.
who is it, think you?" whispered
Debbie, after she had been forced
down into a prone position.
How should l know" answered
Ellen
well, if it looks like gentleman"
continued Debbie, desperately, I'm 60
ing to get up and ask his assistance"
you'll do no such thing" said Ell
len in sharp whisper. BE gVded
by me. l know men and the world
as you don't"
Indeed, it would have been hard to
choose between the innocence of the
matron and the maid, but Ellen fiat
tered herself that her years and her
marriage had made her wise.
LET me decide what is to be done"
she added.
you've decided everything" said
Debbie, resentfully, land look what
position we're in"
"Hush!" said Ellen. Here they
are"
At the same instant man stepped
into the clearing. Deborah opened
her mouth as if to scream. Ellen
caught her violently by the arm re-
peating her caution.
"It's Lord Strathgate!" murmured
Deborah, amazed.
II see," returned Ellen. Nov, will
you be quiet?"
II wonder what he's here for?'
whispered poor Deborah under her
breath.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11
Fatal Fire.

St. Paul-Fire which started in the
basement of the Shea livery stable on
Selby avenue, next to the Angus hotel,
is believed to have cost the life of one
man. Seventy horses were destroyed.
The fire started about $3.50 o'clock
this morning and before the depart
ment arrived the building was doomed.
The fire gained Roadway so rapidly
that the fourteen men who slept in
the place barely escaped with their
lives and did not have time to dress.
Olaf Johnson, one of the employees,
is missing, and it is thought he per-
ished in the flames. He slept up
stairs.
Herbert McDermott was badly cut
about the body and was taken away
in the police ambulance
John C Shea, the proprietor, had
forty horses and the Igo Express COM
pany had thirty in the barn. None OF
them were saved.
All of the carriages, including val
liable hearse, also fell prey to the
flames. The loss is estimated at
least $4,000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PrahoipaI Evenfs Gathered - the
Oh Scandinavian Countries

The new treaty of arbitration be
tween Norway and Denmark has been
signed by both contracting parties.
Count Raben, the retired-minis
ter Of foreign affairs of Denmark
has expressed himself quite freely
about the preliminaries of the cleo
ton of Prince Carl of Denmark as
King of Norway. Germany wished to
put the duke of Augustenburg or the
duke of Glucksburg on the throne Of
Norway. But as this proved to be
impossible the only choice was be
tween Prince Carl of Denmark and
republic in Norway. This was i'm
mediately realized by the German
government, and in . conversation
between the leading ruler of Ger
many and Count Raben, the matter
was decided by the declaration OF
the latter, "Wir wollen keine Re
publik haben"-We want no republic.
Count Raben claims that Denmark
did not act in the interest of her
dynasty but mainly in the interest
of law and order in Norway, and
peace among the Scandinavian coun-
tries, when she advocated the cleo
ton of King Haakon VII. to his pres
ent position.
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Miscellaneous News.

Heron Lake.-Freers livery barn,
with seven horses, carriages and har-
ness, burned. 1t took great effort by
the fire company to save the town.
Two Harbors.-The Lake county
board has awarded the contract for
the construction of a steel bridge
across Beaver creek to Beaver Bay
township, the work to be completed
in few weeks.
St. Paul--S. F. Fullerton, state
game and fish commissioner, return
ed from Wabasha with $4,000 bass and
croppies, which after a brief rest IN
the state hatchery will be placed in
lakes in the southern part of the state.
Minneapolis.-The offering at the
Bijou Opera house the week of Nov
ember 9Th will be the new play en-
titled 1.-THE Lieutenant and the Cow
boy" It is not blood curdling,
hair raising melodrama but is said to
faithfully and realistically portray
western people and customs as they
really are.
MISUNDERSTANDING August, Sep.
TENDER and October the railroads OF
the Northwest have hauled approxi'
mately 100000 bushels of grain
from the farms to the big terminal
markets.
Eagle Lake.-Edward Stevens gen
eral merchandise store was robbed
the safe being opened and money
drawer pried out, and cash and checks
to the value of Sal being taken,
Lakeland.-Sam Sanderson, post
master and merchant, was held up by
three masked men last night and re-
lieved of $40.
Brainerd.-Mrs. William Durham
was robbed of her purse on one OF
the business streets of Brainerd. The
thief grabbed her handbag and fled
down an alley at about o'clock in the
evening, wnen there were many per
sons on the streets nearby.
Faribault.- H. Piepho Of
Richland, who has been missing from
his home since Oct. l, was located al
Sanborn, Iowa, in a demented condi
ton.
Red Wing.-Adolph Reminder, prom
inent pioneer brewer dies at age Of
seventy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11
NEWS Of minnesota.
Bio pitchina.

Brainerd.-R. A. Ely of MARSHALL
town. who is taking out half million
cubic yards of earth for the state of
Minnesota in Koochiching county,
says that contractors in the swamps
of the north generally have put in a
very good year.
R. A. Ely & Son are building two
bitches in Koochiching county which
they will complete in contract time,
the first of the year. Both bitches
drain into the Rainy river basin and
are located near International Falls.
One of the machines is digging down
the ditch and on the other ditch the
machine is digging up from the Rainy
river. The bitches are very long and
deep and will drain many thousands
of acres of tillable land in that neigh
borhood.
The machines employed on the work
are "foaters" or vertical dredges.
Their progress has been threatened
somewhat on account of the lack of
water during the dry months of the
year. Even at this time, however, wa
ter is very scarce and some difficulty
is experienced in getting enough to
float these huge machines.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11

WASHINGTON.-T date for the
W coming out dance of Miss Roose-
welt, the presidents second daughter,
has been set for Monday, December
%. While this will mark her debut
into the social life of the younger set,
as has been announced before, the
first state dinner she attends will
really mean her formal debut. This
dinner will be the first cabinet dinner
of the season and will be given short
ly before Christmas.
Though the announcement sent out
from the White House describes the
entertainment as a small" dance, the
number of invitations will not fall far
short Of 1000. The dance will be held
In the East room of the White House,
and, according to present intentions
will follow the plan adopted when Miss
Alice Roosevelt came out, that of dis
pensing with the cotillion.
President and Mrs. Roosevelt have
maintained that entertainments given
to the young members of their family
should be as personal as possible
When Miss Alice Roosevelt made he1
debut even the first assistant secretary
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o'clock reached the main road. Be-
fore them rose the broken walls of
gentleman's country seat The road
was deserted at that hour. Ellen
hardly knew what to do. She did not
know how far it was to the next inn,
nor was she certain, if she did know,
that it would be safe place for her
to hide. Debbie, out of whom the
spirit had been almost crushed by the
succession of dazzling adventures
through which she had passed, could
offer no suggestion of value. She
chung to Ellen's arm as if the latter
had been a man, and so far as
help or assistance was concerned was
a mere dead weight.
lone thing tell you, Ellen" she be.
gan at last, II can go no farther; that
is, I can walk no farther We must
find some place to rest"
We'll, DEAR" said Ellen, tired
enough herself, but man beside poor
Debbie, lets enter that park, per-
haps we can find some one there
among the servants who will help us
without asking too many questions.
"Those clothes you have on, Ellen"
said Debbie, desperately, ARE bound
; to attract attention, or you in them
l don't know what we are going to do!
l wish 1 were back in Darlington, or
l wish I was in Boston, or on the Fly
! ing Star, or anywhere but here
Cheer up, Debbie," said Ellen, TAX
ing her by the hand and leading her
forward, well get into this park and
it shall go hard with us If I don't find
some means of succoring YOU
The two stumbled along the road
for quarter of mile, looking for a
place Of entrance. The gate was be-.
hind them, but Ellen did not deem it
wise to try that. Finally they came
to low place in the wall over which
Ellen helped Debbie and followed her.
self. The park in which they found
themselves had been badly neglected.
A mile away, as openings through the
trees gave them glimpses of it from
time to time, they saw the chimneys
and towers of great house. Toward
it the two painfully made their way
through the underground, meeting no
one in their progress. After half an
hours struggling, they came to an
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11

- ERHAPS the most picturesque fig
ure at the International Tubercu-
losis congress, in session here lately,
was DR.. A. J. Beall of San Marcus,
Tex. Dr. Beall is IS years old, has
been a practicing physician in Texas
for more than half century, and, be-
cause of his long record and his fidel-
ity as practitioner, is one of the best
beloved men in the Lone Star state.
DR.. Beall's trip to Washington was
intended to be the closing and crown.
ing feature of his career. When he re-
turns to his home at San Marcus, so
he told his friends and patients before
he left, 1t will be as man retired
from active professional pursuits
private citizen.
The esteem in which the veteran
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11

The university of Oxford has con.
ferred a doctors degree upon Prof.
Svante Arrhenives.
Johan Lindberg and two of his chill.
drent left Musko in a sail-boat bound
Tor Tito, and two days later river
boat and Capt. were found on the
shore.
The different parts of the colossal
statute of King Karl XIV. have been
cut at Stockholm, and the monument
Is being erected in the geological
garden Of that city.
The lime pits at Limhamn have
been worked very extensively during
the past year. A large portion of the
fertilizers goes to Denmark, and some
as far as northern Germany. The
proprietors are making preparations
for an output of $4,000 tons during
the coming year.
Grand Duchess Elizabeth, the
foster-mother of Duchess Maria Paw
Iowa, who recently married Prince
Wilhelm of Sweden and became
Duchess Of Sodermanland, has re-
tired to nunnery near Moscow. 1t
is said that she intends to spend
the rest of her life as a nun.
The automobile in which Prince
Wilhelm and his wife, Princess Maria,
were driving home on the evening of
October twentieth, ran over an aged
woman, the widow of a member of
the supreme court of judicature.
The victim died in short time. The
prince and princess were greatly dis
tressed at the occurrence. The prince
himself telephoned for an ambulance,
and while waiting for it's arrival took
off his cloak and placed it under the
injured woman's head.
Aino Ackte, Finnish lady who has
acquired international fame Is an
opera singer, entered Stockholm with
out observing the rules adopted for
keeping the cholera out of the city.
The police put itself in motion to
cause trouble, but the lady tended to
her business and left the city before
the police managed to reach her.
The production of whiskey has
fallen off IA per cent during the past
year as compared with the CORE
spending output for the previous
year.
The Socialists have published a
hymn book for children which con.
tains song parts of which are re-
produced in literal translation be.
low: up, slaves of all nations!
make storm against the proud pol.
troons! We rush ahead against altar
and throne. Our watchword is, Social
revolution. Try to fool us with the
splendor of heaven? That fake won't
work! A heaven never, never ex'
listed. In this land of thousand
scoundrels we have built palaces and
churches. But they can be torn down
by the hand that reared them toward
the sky. AS sons of our country we
have no rights, as food for cannons
we are carelessly sent out. Here you
see treason against the people. No
rise, We workingmen of the poletar
ist!"
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under his arm. The small man yawned
prodigiously and appeared to be great
ly bored by the situation in which he
found himself, or by the early hour
at which he had been compelled to
arise. Back Of the two came another
man of palmer aspect, with a keen,
shrewd, business-like face. He was
dressed in a naval uniform of blue
and white and carried strange look.
ing, leather covered box, of which
neither Ellen nor Deborah knew what
to make at first.
The man in uniform selected a con-
venient spot about the center of the
sward, we'll in the shade of the trees,
deposited his box, opened it, kneit
down and busted himself over it's con-
tents, which SO far as the women
could make out consisted of bottles,
bandages and shining instruments of
some sort. Lady Cecily would have
known instantly what was about to
occur, but it was some time before
either Deborah or Ellen OWNED that
they were to be the spectators to a
| duel.
II wonder where they are?" the
little man carrying the swords yawned
out, looking vaguely about the clear
! ing.
Strathgate pulled out his watch.
"'Tis not yet the appointed hour"
he answered.
I What the devil made you get up so
early, them" asked the small man,
grumpily
Il always like to be beforehand in
affairs of this kind, Blythedale," re-
turned Strathgate.
"Well, I wish the others would come
SO we can have it over and get back
to breakfast, or more like to I'D"
growled Blythedale, Grossly.
Strathgate laughed at him.
They'll be here on time. You
needn't worry. Darlington is fool
where women are concerned, but he's
not afraid of any man, take it, and
you'll see him in due course"
well, l wish he'd hurry up," grum-
bled the bad-tempered baron as Strath.
gate turned and walked over toward
the doctor.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11
DENMARK.

King Fredrik announced Oct.
that new portfolio will soon be
added to the Danish cabinet, namely,
that of commerce.
Premier Neergaard has announced
the policy of his cabinet with regard
to the relation of Denmark to the
neighboring powers. The main OBJ
ject of the cabinet, he says, will be
to maintain the principle of abso'
lutte neutrality and to endeavor to
have arbitration substituted for a re-
sort to the force of arms. In order
to make the neutrality of Denmark
respected the country must develop
it's defences to the same extent as
other nations of the same rank. The
cabinet will soon report definite plans
for the improvement of the defences,
and the cabinet will stake it's exis'
tence on the adoption of those plans
Premier Neergaard has demanded
that every member of his cabinet
shall sever all connections with pri'
vate business during their service.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11
Little Girls Hand Blown OF.

Duluth.-A shocking accident oc'
Cured at the home of C. E. D. Nett
ner on Wyoming street, near Lester
Park.
Thomas, the 12-year-old son of the
family, and Mary, the 4-year-old
daughter, were playing with fulmin'
ating cap, used for setting off nitro
glycerine.
The boy had found the cap with
wires attached.
He was ignorant of the danger
which the cap contained and carried
1t home, where he and his sister were
playing with it.
When the cap exploded, it literally
blew the entire hand off the little
girl.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-11-11
NORWAY,

The first snow of the season fell
Sept. "a in Finmarken.
The bishop of Bergen has been au-
thorized by the government to ordain
nine theological candidates at the
Stavanger mission school. Two of
them will be sent to Zululand, four
to Madagascar and three to China.
Ex-Premier Nicholson has bought a
controlling interest in the Sorstokke
and Kolsto mines, near Haugesund.
They were formerly owned by an
English syndicate, and they have not
been operated for ten years for lack
of capital
At Svaneviken a home has been es-
tablished for tramps who express a
desire to return to a settled, orderly
life. Those inmates who behave well
will afterwards be provided with
homes of their own by the national
government.
Five men who have had experience
in public life have been appointed to
stake out boundary lines between
the mountain regions owned by the
state and the land owned by private
parties along the inhabited valleys.
The work to be performed is most
difficult one.
Mons Evertsen Stangeland, of
Haaland, now Stavanger, died at the
age of 81 years. He was an able,
popular and generous man, and as a
farmer he was leader in that part
of the country. The Stangeland fam.
lily is we'll and favorably known both
in Norway and America. .
Fire was started by the ignition
of kerosene fumes in the store of
Mr.. Kjellesvik Of Hasselo, near
Hangesurd. The flames spread SO
rapidly that no attempts could be
made to save the goods, and only
part of the walls of the building were
saved. The proprietor burnt his
hands badly while fighting the fire.
The new railway bridge across the
Bagna river at Honefos will be a
monumental work. There will be
nine arches built Of granite blocks
weighing about three tons.
Rev. DR.. Alfred Eriksen suffered a
light apoplectic fit while officiating
in his church in Karlso, and the dean
of Tromso had to go there the next
day to finish his work.
Golden weddings have been cele'
brated by Ole Andersen Skorge, near
Sandefjord, and wife, nee Olsen; and
by Ole Petersen Berg and wife, OF
SOlum.
A prominent authority has stated
that Norway had better crops in 1908
than ever before, the value of it be.
ing twenty per cent above the aver
age. The average crop is roughly es'
timated at $50.000,000.
Rev. Franz Gottlieb Bruun died at
the age of 761s years. For mum
Der of years past he lectured on reli:
gious questions in different parts OF
the country.
! About $4,000 congratulatory tele
] grams were received Oct. in Kris
tiania by the young people who were
confirmed on that day.