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Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
After Sixty Years of Waiting French
man Becomes Officer of the
Legion.

An old man of SS, Guillaume Rol-
land, has just been made an officer of
the Legion Of Honor for a deed of hero.
ism upon the battlefield, which he per.
formed &C years ago. It was in Al
giers. ROLAND was bugler in the
Chasseurs d'Orledns when Ab-del
Kadir thinned the French ranks after
one of the most desperate battles in
Frances history. His regiment was
charged. The Arabs rushed over II
like cyclone over cornfeld. Only
30 men were left. Again they
charged, and left but Is standing. A
third charge and ROLAND with his
bugle stood alone.
Brought before Ab-del Kader, he was
questioned. There was still some hun
dred Frenchmen left upon the battle
field, and Ab-del Kader knew that they
would fight until the bitter end. HI
questioned the lad. 'Is there no tun.
Nou hlow." he said, (which make,
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
Humorous Writer in Lippineott's
Makes Few Remarks Of More
or Less Value.

The most difficult, exasperating and
rantankerous pessimist with which the
smiling, festive and irrepressible op-
timist has to deal is the fellow who
takes some stock in the old saying
that it is always darkest just before
dawn. There is, of course, no argu.
ment over the fact that dawn is a JOY
Gus occasion, even If it is more pleas
ant to stay up for it, under proper con-
ditions, than to get up for it, but, says
the pessimist, admitting the truth of
the adage, one cannot tell when it 10
darkest, until ne actually sees the
dawn. He is likely to say, further.
more. that il it's going to bring dawn
any sooner, let it get dark as-almoet
anything, and the sooner and darker
the better.
One positively cannot argue against
such logic. for. % aforesaid. dawn is q
joyous occasion except to tho man
who IL alseep, and he doesn't count
~ 6oe The man who q intoxicated. Il
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
Seeks Raise for Uncle Sans Clerks

ton may as we'll be dropped.
He points out that many men who
are married and have families are
compelled to work along for from 5000
to $500 year. This means, he says,
that many men of more than average
intelligence and ability, caught fast in
the rut of government and municipal
service and unable or afraid to seek
more remunerative employment, are
making a vain endeavor to maintain
life and support their families in com,
fort and respectability.
He says the men working for these
wages are found principally in minor
clerkships in the agricultural, treas.
ury, interior, commerce and labor,
war, navy and post Office departments.
Some of the municipal employees, he
learns, are working for from nine dol.
lars to ten dollars a week.
AS result, he says, Washington ID
facing a housing famine, because the
working people cannot find homes in
which they can afford to live. He ad.
vocates immediate action looking to 4
general advance In salary for the un;
derpaid clerks. When their case has
been attended to, he says, so that
they have been made a self-supportinp
and self-respecting class, other efforts
to beautify and improve the city will
be more easy of attainment.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13

A JIMMIE REYNOLDS 10 as indis.
"a pensable to an American admin.
istration nowadays as a soothing syrup
In an orphan home. No president can
get along without Jimmie Reynolds,
and President Roosevelt made sure of
his position by keeping two of them
on the job. President Taft has com.
promised on one, but he has recently
shown his leanings to the Jimmie
Reynoldses by appointing James Bur.
ton Reynolds Of Massachusetts as a
member of the tariff commission. Mr..
Reynolds has been an assistant secre-
tary Of the treasury for four years.
Prior to that he was newspaper
man. and more often he has been the
caretaker of the Republican party in
Massachusetts.
Mr.. Reynolds has been born ever
since 1870. During the many years
which have followed he has been a
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
No President Happy Without a Reynolds

common garden variety of reporter, a
statehouse reporter, Washington cor
respondent, an editorial writer and
an Alpha Delta Phi. He has Joined
several clubs. and ever since 1905 has
been on Uncle Sans pay roll in the
treasury department. He is a quail.
fled expert on customs matters, and
his fitness to serve on the tariff board
put him there in spite of his desire to
continue in his present place.
The other Jimmie Reynolds is other
wise known as James Bronson Reyn-
olds. sometimes called James Bewil-
dered Reynolds by the hated opposi-
tion. Mr.. Reynolds is a reformer and
he is now in New York engaged once
more in the seventh lap Of the Mara.
thon of reform in that place. He be.
gan life in 1861, later on he was a
lawyer, and he has ever since been in
the public eye. He was as necessary
to President Roosevelt as the big
stick. He followed Upton Sinclair
through the jungles of Chicago's pack
ing town. and helped the country
homes commission get the dope on the
evils of city life. He formulated a
nice plan for new municipal govern.
ment In Washington, but up to date 1t
has not been tried out.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
"Harmony Club" to Spread Happiness

to establish the perfect unity of body,
mind, heart and spirit"
This seems to be very large omar.
ter's worth if the Harmony club can
deliver the goods.
Others have sought to show how to
be happy though married, or within
other narrow limitations, but the Har.
mony club will dispense happiness by
mail to those of any and all ,condi-
tions. Already, as it modestly an.
nounces, it has started "a great wave
of cheer-philosophy sweeping around
the globe"
Oddly enough. the president of the
club is a lawyer, E. H. Fa1iows. son
of Bishop Fallows of Chicago, who has
become prominent in connection with
psychotherapy. Mr.. Fallows is not to
be deferred in his plan of promoting
universal harmony even though it haa
been pointed out to him that to sue
ceed in such an undertaking would 70
move the main reason for the exist
ence Of his profession.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
Dissertation On The Dalun

Is also question whether manv If tho
beauties of dawn are not lost. because
he is already SO busy with his own re-
sponsibilities that he cannot take on
any new joy.
Then there is the man who would
stay up all night in brilliantly Lighted
room, practicing auto-suggestion hv
repeating the word good" Under the
glare of artiticiality such a man would
be prone to claim that there was M
darkness outside, but that it was sn
inside. But. if after settling up. he
went out at the first faint blush ~
dawn, it would look to him like abont
30 cents worth of adulterated tallow
candles, and it might require several
subsequent sitting3 with the cards
running better to dispel the hallucina
ton.
All these. of course, are exceptions
which cannot be considered. Normally.
darkness and dawn have to be taken
just as they come. and they continue
to come with regularity, pessimists
and optimists to the contrary uotxdth,
Standing.-Lippincott'A
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13

A N organization has just been incor-
II porated in New York city, the
laudable purpose of which is Ito
make everybody happy" And that it
strives to bring happiness within the
reach of even the least endowed finan-
eially is shown by the fact that mem
bership costs only rs cents a year.
The objects of <he Harmony club,
as the new association is called, are
set forth in its incorporation papers
as being ito harmonic people with
themselves, their surroundings and
each other; to prove <he value OF q
smile and song ip everyday life and
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
Food. Yes: Money. No

Il meet lot of beggars," said tho
East side woman, but they're never
hungry; they always want money. Gen.
orally it's couple of cents they ask
for. A woman with two small children
came to my door once and said she
was about to be dispossessed. and
would please give her a couple of
pennies. don't know whether that
satisfied the landlord or not, but she
was apparently content with her two
pennies. Others come and ask for
help, but they shy of when I offer
them food. NO. lady they say; If ia
all the same to you, I'd rather have
the money And when they find od
that it isn't the same to me they ara
quite disgusted. Long ago hoped to
get rid of them by handing out the
carfare they requested to go to Brook
lyn or The Bronx, but it never worked.
Next week they were back again look.
ing for more easy marks. But I've
been cured. Any creature, however.
wretched. can get something to eat at
my door, but no more couple of cents
from me."-Nsw Yorl. Press.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
Tardy Reward For Bravery

your countrymen give up the battle?"
"Yes," said ROLAND. Then blow it.
or your life is forfeit" answered Alb
del Kader
Roland was about to throw down his
bugle and bid them take his life,
when a sudden notion, half heroic, half
born OF the impertinence of the Paris
ian street boy, caught him. He smiled,
stepped out. put the bugle to his lips,
and. as loudly as he could. blew the
charge. It turned the tide of battle.
Late in the day ROLAND was told by
his captors as they hurried him away
with them in their flight, that the
French had, after all. been victors.
and eight months later, when he was
released from captivity, the cross Of
the legion was his reward. A few
months afterward he had left the
army and became postman in his ma
tive village OF Lacalm. A few days
ago the old man exchanged his
red ribbon for the rosette, and when
he dies he win receive full military
houors.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
Free Lunch Spreads Better Than Ever

ing rs cents to the waiter got all the
food they wanted.
THAT was not the only way in
which the walters used the lunch to
their own financial profit. Oflse boys
used to come in from the buildings In
the neighborhood, give the waiter a
quarter and carry off half dozen
roast beef or chicken sandwiches
OF course that was a dead loss to the
house as we did not even get the price
of glass of beer.
II reorganized the free lunch depart.
ment by hiring carver who not only
cut the meat but also served it on a
plate to the patrons who wanted
something to eat with their drinks.
That worked like charm. The aver.
age cost of the free lunch went down
to about $25 day and the bar bust.
ness jumped up because everybody
got a chance to try the lunch and il
was not kept for the few who tipped
the walters literally"
Ten years ago scarcely hotel bar:
room in New York of the first class
troubled itself about providing any.
thing elaborate in the way of free
lunch. The old Gilsey house held on
to it's famous sausages and cold ham
until almost the last Then there was
a period in which cheese and crackers
with possibly some olives were the
limit of the gratuitous refreshment
The contrast now with the dispense
tion of those seven lean years may be
observed in every large hotel.
Two alone stand out against the
free lunch. One has no barroom and
the other has distinguished itself by
keeping music out of the dining-room
all this time. Some of the other no
tells have even moved forward the
time of the lunch and serve It al
noon, so that it may serve as meal
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
Steak in Many Forms Served in Wall St.

money king" 'Tis, indeed, a far cry
from one to t'other.
Discussing beefsteak, as it appears,
say In the neighborhood of Broad
street and Exchange place, one finds
67 different places within a radius of
two blocks where the staple is served.
In each cafe one may find, conserva-
lively stated, one dozen varieties. The
grand total, therefore, is 804 different
grades, styles, manner or previous
condition of servitude In the Beef
steak family.
To be explicit, there is the steak
carefully removed from the base of a
venerable oxen's hams, which (the ox)
has outlived it's usefulness as a beast
of burden, and which is served to the
appreciative messenger boy for ten
cents, one dime" There is also the
cut that carries with it French fried
and gravy" and which goes like hot
cakes at rs cents throw. This is ar
fected by stenographers and clerks.
Then for chief clerks and others there
is the old friend at so cents a portion
and on up to 81.
Finally there comes what might be
termed the king Of its kind, found
only in the highest grade of cafe. Here
the piece de resistance comes three
inches thick and beautifully Drowned,
decorated with mushrooms, delicious
and luscious, served on a plank
alongside bottle of wine and a check
for SO. This, of course, does not in.
clude bread and butter.
Yes, there is steak to be had at ten
cents just as there is steak to be had
at Sc, but, oh, what a difference! yet
all are appreciated.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13

the spot where the most beautiful
view is obtained, the train runs into
a tunnel and the passenger finds him
self in darkness. Perhaps the almost
dramatic contrast may. however, en-
able him to even more greatly appre-
ciate the beauty of the scene thus
luthlessly cut of by nature and the
inartistic though practical mind of the
railway engineer.
At Blair-Atholl visitors will find ex.
cellent hotel accommodation and those
who are interested In highland history
will be delighted with a visit to Blair
castle, the seat of the Duke of Atholl,
to which they are admitted between
the hours of a. m. and 6 p. M, on
signing their names in a book and on
payment Of one shilling each to a
guide, who will accompany them and
explain the various points of interest
as they proceed. An interesting drive
or walk may be enjoyed from Blair
Atholl to the Falls of Bruar (three
miles) and to the banks of that river,
which owe their beautiful woods to
the petition addressed in 1887 to the
then Duke of Atholl by Robert Burns
during his travels In the highlands.
Leaving Blair-Atholl. the train COM
mences the long, steep climb across
the Grampian mountains. For 16
miles the highland engines have to
grapple with the hardests task allot.
ted to any British locomotives, the
line rising ultimately to a height OF
1,4s4 feet short way beyond Dalna.
spidal station, the highest point
reached on any railway system In the
kingdom.
The Findhorn river, beautiful be-
yond description, and with some ro
mantle history attached to every mile
| Of its course, Is a source of unendine
delight. not only to summer visitors
but to all the residents for miles
round; no one can ever tire Of the
FindhOrn; the angry waters rushing
between the crags at Randolph's Leap
or as in calmer mood they flow by the
Meads Of st. John, the site of many
a tourney in the days Of old, OF
sparkle through the trees as one looks
down at the river from the hill above
the Heronry, will ever preserve theil
irresistible attraction to those whit
love that mixture of wildness and nat
ural beauty for which the Findhor1
river Is SO famous. II wish." wrote
one who visited the river In 1906, ."
wish heartily that I could picture t,
the intending tourist the wonders o
the Findhorn river, the historic site
of ancient fights and the feuds O
clans that never died until the las
wsll-guided claymore had drunk IT.
tale of blood"
Perhaps the most beautiful spot OF
the river. as it is the most famous IL
romance, is Randolph's Leap. Thi
part of the river is open to the publi
on Wednesdays throughout the sea
son: it involves a drive or cycle ru1
of about 10 miles from Forres, or
short walk from Dunphail station an
no one should fail to pay visit t.
this, the most beautiful piece of rive
scenery in the country. Curiousl
enough, Randolph never leaped owe
this chasm. wisely preferring the con
parative safety of plank bridge;
was one of the Cummings of DunphaI
who performed this feat during tn
fight known as the Battle of the Los
Standard"
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
Complete White House Lighting Plant

building, the navy department annex.
the was department annex and the
White House stables.
AS the White House is absolutely
dependent upon electricity as an H.
lumlnant (the mansion not being sun.
Piled with gas), it is Of supreme i'm.
portance that dependable current he
available every minute of the "a
hours. The equipment in the dyna.
mo room presents three sources Of
electrical energy, any one of which ia
all sufficient for White House needs
and in the unheard.of event that ali
three installations should be simul-
taneously out of commission or I'M.
able to carry the load from any cause
the White House may Immediately be
thrown on to an emergency street
service supplied by one of the com.
mercial companies of the city.
In addition to providing the illu.
mination for the presidents home the
electric current generated in the biz
granite building across the street does
many other things to make the in.
mates and employees of that establish.
ment comfortable and happy. The
elevator and dumb.waiters and the
vacuum carpet cleaner are operated
by electricity. The same agency is
employed to drive upward of 200 house
fans. number of exhaust fans for ven.
tilating purposes; to help the cooks
In the kitchen and the force in the
laundry room. Facilities recently
have been installed to provide elec.
tricity for charging the presidents
new electric automobile, and private
telephone system has also been "a.
tablished. with stations in all parts o1
the building and grounds.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13

- ONE people imagine that In
verness is the end of the high
lands. Nothing could be more
untrue. Inverness is the cen
~ ter. and, In many respects.
the best and most beautiful
portion of the highlands Is to be found
farther north" The population in
the far north is sparse and there are
no manufacturing towns to assist in
the prosperity Of railway company,
1t is not possible. therefore. to have
a daily service of express trains to
the north; but the Highland company
has adopted the system so common In
the great tourist countries on the con-
tinent and offers express train SER
vice on certain days of the week.
Time tables should be examined, as
changes may be made from time to
time. so that the very latest informa-
tion as to train service may be OBJ
tanned and passengers will do much
for their own comfort and conven-
ience if they will try to arrange their
Journeys on the days on which special
provision is made for them. The
Farther North" express, on Fridays
only, was most successful and prob
ably an improvement even on the run.
ming Of this splendid train will be
made in the future. All the way from
Inverness to Helmsdale (101 miles)
the scenery is simply magnificent AS
the train winds round the three great
firths of Beauty, Cromarty and Dor.
noch, with the great hills towering
above on the opposite side Of the line
the scenery seems to grow ever more
and more enhancing.
Through the woods of Beaufort
castle, across the Beauty river and
over the neck of land that separates
the Beauty and the Cromarty flrths
the train goes all too quickly for the
eye and reaches Dingwall, the capital
of Ross-shire, within half an hour o1
leaving Inverness. On its way Il
passes, ct Muir Of Ord, the junction o1
the Black Isle line and the main line
The Black isle, which is really a pc
ninsula and not an island at all, con
tainp some OF the best agricultural
land in the highlands and Is famou,
for the crops 1t grows as well as To-
the cattle it rears. There are som,
Interesting historical spots well worth
visiting in this part of Ross-shire; bu
the chief attraction for the summer
visitor is the town of Fortrose and II.
suburb. Rosemarkie, where a fin'
sandy beach affords excellent facili
ties for bathing: Excellent hotel ant
other accommodation is available an,
IFortrose Is worthy of visit, If 1t 4
only for day, for the purpose Of see
ing the ruins of the cathedral, whicl
are we'll preserved.
The difficulty of deciding on tn
most beautiful scene in the highland
is no small one, but certainly the pas
of Kllliecrankie has good claims t.
first place and it Is doubtful II ther
be stretch of railway line thre
miles in length in any part of tn
British islands that can hold It's ow
with the three miles between Phi
lochry and the tunnel at Killiecrankie
TO see the pass as it ought to be seer
. one should walk through it; but
magnificent view of 1t may be oil
tanned by sitting with ones back t
the engine as the train runs north an
looking out towards the river. Unfo
tunately. Immediately after reachin
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13

meantime DR.. $nith had started in to
examine large G1lmbers of marsh mos
quitoes for wolT2s. In lot that was
sent in from Eyrnegat bay he found
many infested. In fact. every collec-
ton received q the experiment sta
ton from Rarissn river to Cape May
yielded numerous worms.
He thinks 1t beyond doubt that the
parasite shortens the life of the mos.
quito 1t infects-though this, of
course, is a matter unimportant COM
pared to the prevention Of reproduc-
tion. Apparently. the worm does not
diminish the insects appetite at all.
One afternoon. at Anglesea, DR.. Smith
occupied himself for an hour in cap
turing marsh mosquitoes that came to
bite him. and found that fully half Of
them were infected.
On the other hand the infected in
sects were noticeably sluggish and
easily recognized by their actions and
appearances as diseased. Investiga-
tion showed that they were least nu-
merous in places where the worms
were most common. Evidently, then.
the worms are agents of nature for
keeping mosquitoes in check to a GER
tain extent. They do the work with
great effectiveness. It only remains
to be ascertained whether their ef-
ficiency in this line can be important
ly increased by artificial means.
In other words, is it practicable to
breed the worms artificially and in
troduce them into mosquito-cursed
places? The first thing to be done,
obviously. In making such an attempt,
is to obtain definite and exact knowl-
edge of the life history of the para
site. Fortunately, although almost
nothing is known as yet on this sub
ject, there is good deal that can be
inferred with reasonable certainty.
For example, there is hardly any ques-
tion Of the fact that the worms breed
| in marsh mud.
DR.. Smith has found them not only
In the adult mosquitoes, but also in the
abdominal cavities of the larvae and
pupae-the two forms of mosquito life
following the egg, both of which are
water-dwellers. It seems evident. then.
that infection takes place in the water
and nowhere else. That is to say. the
worms themselves water-dwellers)
attack the "wrigglers" and the pupae
into which these larvae transform
themselves. and bore into their bellies.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13
Cannon to Retire Is Latest Gossip

not surprise them if he retired from
public life at the close of his present
term. They call attention to the fact
that he is serving his eighteenth
term, at the close Of which he will
have served in the house 36 years,
more than generation. And on the
fourth of March, 1911, he will have
completed four terms In the speakers
chair, no speaker, save Henry Clay,
having served longer.
When the time arrives for the next
congressional campaign Cannon will
be "A years old. This is rather well
advanced in years for a man to 60 up
against fight such as is known win
be made against the Sage of Danville.
Cannon's friends say he dearly loves
fight, and it is the knowledge Of the
fight that may induce him to run
again.
However. 1t is whispered that he is
not so strong physically as he was
several years ago, and he might take
his health into consideration. He
realizes that he has had about all
there is for him in the way of political
preferment that his state or district
can bestow, and he knows that he will
never be considered as candidate
for the presidency, as he is now in
the aged class.
There are not few well-informed
public men who for this reason be-
lieve that Speaker Cannon is serving
his last term and that he will make
the public announcement next spring
that he has had his full quota of serv.
ice and the time is at hand to give
some of the youngsters in the Dan
vile district an opportunitY.
Willmar tribune., 1909-10-13

Car Is Largest Landowner.
The czay of Russia, with 10000. 900
acres, is the biggest landowner in the
world.