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Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01

Of women's voices on the walk from
the hotel, and, turning. We saw my
wife and the widow coming toward
u.s.
II will not dwell on the meeting Of
the two, who had met there before.
In few moments l heard the widow,
pointing rapturously to the sea, Capri,
vesuvius, while the general, having
suddenly discovered that what he had
considered an element Of military
weakness was really a tower Of
strength. declared that million tribes
men, manned by the sons of Hercules,
could not have taken the position from
its ancient possessors.
"Later we excused ourselves and
left the two together. While had dis
covered that Cupid had pierced them
during a previous meeting. It was my
wife who had planned to bring them
together. But how were they to dis
cover that which was SO plain to both
of us? The little god simply inocu-
lates. He is not the physician who
diagnoses the disease, informs the pa.
tiert that he or she Is stricken with
love and suggests the cure. But what
is too delicate a task for him cannot
be safely intrusted to far less tender
hands. All we could do was to keep
the two together long enough for then
to discover what was the matter with
them. This we did. and fortnight
after our arrival the general came tt
me and told me that he and the widow
desired to travel together. and as they
could not properly do 30 unmarried
they had decided to We'd"
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01

Il COULDN'T BELIEVE MY SENSES"
hysterical and fearful little laugh.
''1ts all true as gospel Here 1 am,
kneeling right by you, and there's the
money right in your lap"
"And you found it In that old oak
chist that l thought had been empty
for twenty years:"
Yes, in that secret place In the lid
Don't you remember it?''
Il do now that you speak Of it.
Rachel. But Id forgotten all about it
before. It's been so many years since
the chist was used"
"Well, l remembered It soon as !
saw the chest" replied Mrs. Day.
and when l got home with the things
I'd bought today and they'd been car
ried into the house and | found time
to look them over / put my finger
right on the spot where the spring
was in the chest lid. The little door
dropped, and roll Of bills came tum-
bling down into the chest
II was so upset at first, Mahala,
when I'D pinched and shaken myself to
prove that l was awake l found 1t
was true and that the cavity in the
lid was full Of bills-more than
enough to pay of the mortgage and
almost enough to pay off the note."
"And you brought 1t right over to
me! Oh. Rachelv'
"Of course did, Mahala. Whatever
my other failings are, hateful and
holding spite for years, and all that
I'm honest, Mahala. and l wouldn't
touch pin I'D no right to-"
II know you wouldn't Rachel, and !
didn't mean to hint that you would.
But I'm so glad you brought the mon
ey yourself"
II did think Of sending it." said
Mrs. Day. "but as l sat thinking it all
over and how glad you'd be to get 1t
In the middle Of your trouble l began
to feel sorry for you, Mahala, and the
sorrier / got the more ashamed was
of myself, and the chest and every
thing together called back old times
until I just laid my head on the chest
and had good long cry. got up
feeling kinder and tenderer toward
you than I've felt for twenty years.
though there's been times when I've
wanted to make up bad enough. but l
was afraid you wouldn't"
I'D been glad to. Rachel"
For long time the old ladies sat.
forgetting and forgiving the past and
renewing a friendship not to be bro
ken in the future.
With the money Grandfather Pickett
had secreted so carefully in the old
chest and the proceeds Of the sale Mrs
Pickett easily made up enough to pay
of her husbands Indebtedness. Mrs
Day returned the articles she had
bought at the sale, and Mrs. Pickett
gradually regained possession of her
most cherished household treasures.
Il never could bear the thought Of
havin' vandoo made Of my things"
said Mrs. Pickett afterward during
one of her weekly visits to her old
friend Rachel, but If hadn't made a
vandoc of 'em it amt at all likely that
money ID ever been found In my day
and you and never would have made
up. So there are gains for all our
losses and balms for all our palms, as
the poetry book says"
"That's so. Mahala.'' said Mrs. Day.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01
Drip Coffee For tho Nervous,

Cold drip coffee agrees best with nerv
Gus, dyspeptic people. 1t contains lit
tie caffeine to cause wakefulness, nerv
BUSINESS and insomnia and has little
tannin to stop digestion and cause
dyspepsia. Besides, it has all thu
aroma and flavor of best coffee. 1t is
made by slow dripping Of cold dis.
titled water through dripper full OF
the finest powdered coffee 1t is made
highly concentrated and keeps well IL
z cold place. A few sp0onfuls are
put into q cup and boiling water add
Cd to suit the taste.-Exchange.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01
RsttIina a Witness.

II will ask you. Mr.. Giles" said the
lawyer proceeding to cross examine
him. III, on the night of May 16, 1904,
you were not threatened with bodily
violence by your neighbors for beating
your Old father on the head with a
club"
Sir" spluttered the indignant wit.
ness. What Go you mean?"
"Oh. WELL" rejoined the lawyer "it
isn't fair. perhaps. to ask you that
question. 1t has nothing to do with
this case. You needn't answer IT..
That's all. Mr.. Giles. You may step
aside. e."-Chicag0 Tribune.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01
Egypt Made First Pan..

Pens were first made In Egypt and
were made OF kind Of reed. The
ancients did not seem to know THAI
good pens could be made from goose
quills. One Isidore, who died in 636,
mentions both reeds and feathers "a
suitable for pens Swan quilts AZ be-
ing even better than goose quilts were
referred to In 1920. Steel pens were
invented In the first part of the nine
teenth century People were slow to
use them, because the metal was not
sufticiently elastic. Perry cut slits in
steel pens In 1880. and that settlea
eo0se 0uills.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01
Saved by His Leg.

A sailor with a cork leg was once
shfpwrecked on a cannibal island He
saw preparations being made for the
feast. Of which he was to be the piece
de resistance. and with cOmmendable
presence Of mind he asked the chief
C'chef') If he did not think it would
be az we'll If he tasted sample first.
The chief thought it an excellent sug.
gestion. and SO the man held up his
cork leg while sample was cut from
1t. The chief decided the man was
too old. tough and tasteless, and so his
life was spared.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01
A Job peferred.

Ay tank Ay 60 across the street
and get the tailor to mend my waist, >
drawled Swedish foreman, showing
his employer a very ragged vest.
"All right, John"
IN 1eW minutes the Swede return.
eo with his vest untouched.
Aren't you going to have it mend.
ed?" asked the boss.
Ay tank not in that shop" replied
tne Swede. "Ay ask him what he
cnaree an he say, Two, dollar Then
Ay ask him, win you take the vest n
part payment? an he wouldn't do
h"-Everybody's Magazine.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01
THE VENDUE At Z.
MRS. P|CKETT'S,
Secret Of the Old Oak Chest
Turned Misfortune Into Luck.
BY FRANK H. SWEET.

tOOpyFlsnt, lSS, Dy American FreSS AsS0-
ciation.l
Il never reckoned I'd live to see the
day when my things would be sold at
vandO0"' sobbed poor old Mrs. Pick
EFT as she sat in her big green rocking
chair, holding corner of her checked
gingham apron to her streaming eyes.
II reckon the very cheer I'm sittin'
In II have to 60. and Ill be turned out
with nothin' but the clothes on my
back"
A tall, slender girl about sixteen
years old who had been kneeling by
her grandmother's chair vainly trying
to comfort the old lady rose and said: !:
''Oh, no, grandmother; l don't think it
will be as bad as that. l will see to it
that your old chair and grandpa's are
not sold. You can save out such things
as you care for most. but you know
that we shall not need half of the
things in the two little rooms that
we're going to live in at the village"
"Two little rooms in the village!"
cried out the old lady. throwing up
both hands, with fresh burst of
tears. "And I've got to come down to
two little rooms when I've been used
all my life to plenty of room, with my
big closets and but'ry and good dry
cellar and nice garden, and all that!
Oh, Dotty, what could your Grandpa
Pickett have been thinkin' of to be so
keerless? Dear me, dear mel"
HE didn't know, grandmother. None
of us could know that he'd be taken
away as he was," replied the girl, her
own eyes filling with tears.
Grandfather Pickett had been killed
Instantly by fall from his haymow
two months before. He had been q
kind and good man. but unwisely &C.
centric in some respects, since he had
always made it a rule to tell no one,
not even his wife. of his business af-
fairs.
"Women hain't no head for business.
Their capacity lays in other sp'eres,"
had been one of Grandfather Pickett's
sayings. So his wife had never been
taken into his confidence. and at the
time Of his death she knew almost
nothing about his private affairs.
Some truths she soon discovered, to
her sorrow. One of them came home
to her with stunning and cruel force
five days after the funeral, when Mr..
Hiram Parks. Il money lender living in
the village came to tell her in his
cold, businesslike way, that the mort
gage he had held for ten years OH the
Pickett farm had never been paid and
that a settlement must now be made.
He had. besides, a note for $500 given
him by Grandfather Pickett at the
time the latter had built his new barn
and added the last twenty acres to his
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01

First Publication Aug. 11th-4 WI
Citation for Hearing On Petition for De-
termination Of Descent Of Land.
ESTATE OF BRYNJIL ANDERSON, Deceas-
ed.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Kandiyohi, in
Probate Court:
In the Matter Of the Estate of Brynjil Ander
son, Decedent
The State of Minnesota to all persons inter-
ested IN the determination of the descent Of
the real estate of said decedent: The petition
OF Walter Anderson having been fled in this
court, representing that said decedent died
more than i've years prior to the filing there0fs
ieavlng certain real estate in said petition
described. and that no will OF decedent has
been proved nor administration of said estate
granted in this state, and praying that the
oescent OF said real estate be determined by
this court;
Therefore you, and each of you, are hereby
cited and required to show cause, II any you
nave, before this court at the Probate Court
Room in the Court House in the City of Will
mar in the County of kandiy0hi, State of Min
nesOta, on the 9Th day of September 1900, at
one O'Clock p M, why said petition should not
be granted.
Witness the Judge of said court, and the seal
thereof, this 7th day of Aug. 1900.
(COURT SEAL] A. F. NORDIN.
Probate Judge.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01

"Mildred.' called her father from the
head of the stairs. lis that young man
an auctiOneer:''
"Why. no, father"
"He talks like one. He's been nut
ting up that going blum for forty-six
minutes and has only got as far as the
dOor."-Kansas City Times.
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01
First publication Aug. ll-4w.1
order Limiting Time to File Claims. ss6
for Hearing Thereon.

ESTATE OF PETER ANDERSON, also
known as PETER ANDERSON, Deceased.
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
County of Kandiyohi. In Probate Court
In the matter of the Estate of Peter Anderson
also known as Peter Anderson, Decedent.
Letters OF Administration this day having
been granted to Samuel Nelson.
It Is Ordered, that the time within which AL
creditors OF the above named decedent NAV
present claims against his estate In this court.
be. and the same hereby Is, limited to six
months from and after the date hereof; and
one taas MGnoay, the 18th Day Of February 1870 ct
at the Court House at the City Of Willmar IN
said County, be. and the same hereby ia, fixed
and appointed as the time and place for hear
Ing upon and the examination, adjustment ana
allowance OF sucn claims a. shall be presepte6
within the time Aforesaid.
Let notice hereof be given by the publica-
ton OF this order In the Willmar Tribune "a
provided by law.
7 Dated Aug. 4th, 1902
A. F.. NoRDIN,
lseAL.J Judge OF Probato,
Willmar tribune., 1909-09-01
All That He Knew About.

He had called upon his son at college.
did John show you everything of
interest there?" his wife inquired when
be returned.
HE said he did,
"What did he show your
The gymnasium. the football field,
the baseball diamond. the lighthouses
end the training quarters for the
crew."
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26
GAINES TO SPEAK IN VIRGINIA
West Virginia Representative Wiu
Plead for Kent.

Special 10 The Washington Herald.
Charleston. w. Va, Aug. @.-The
Charleston Mail. a Republican newspaper.
publishes the following:
West Virginia Republicans, especially
those living In territory contiguous TO
the Old Dominion and familiar with the
politics Of the mother State, believe that
Republican governor can be elected in
Virginia this fall. and West Virginia
orators are going to take an active part
in the campaign before November.
One OF the West Virginians who will
lend assistance to the Virginia Repub-
licans is Representative Joseph Holt
Gaines. Of the Third West Virginia dis
trict, and member of the Ways and
Means Committee Of the Lower House
OF Congress.
AS an orator Mr.. Gaines has no peer
In the State Of West Virginia. and
through some sections OF the old State
he has a wide acquaintance The Vir-
glnia Republicans who are preparing for
the biggest fight ever waged IN the poll
tics Of the Old Dominion, will arrange an
itinerary for the West Virginia Repre-
sentative
Mr.. Gaines Is going into the Virginia
! fight at the earnest solicitation OF the
! leading Republicans of the country, in
cluding President Taft. who has written
him from Beverly, thanking him FOR his
acceptance Of the invitation 10 make a
number Of speeches in Virginia during
the month OF October
Throughout the country the eyes OF
many politicians will be centered on Vir-
ginIa this fall, for II Is believed that the
national administration, fortified by the
attitude OF President Taft toward the
South, viii lend its assistance IN prying
Virginia loose from her Democratic moor
ings.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26
WOMAN RIDES 400 MILES
Mrs. Babcock Makes Trip on Horse
in Thirteen Days.
She Cared for Mount Herself-OnIy
Trouble Was Finding n Fit
Stable for Horse.

Fairmont. W. Va. Aug. 25-After "a
horseback ride OF 400 miles in fifteen
days, Mrs. Marie Babcock. OF Beth
lehem. Pa, is the guest Of Dr. H. o.
Rohrbach. Of Monongah She arrived
there last night and says she is not
tired, but that her mount needs a rest.
She was in the saddle for thirteen days.
having stopped of two days en- route
to visit friends.
Mrs. Babcock. who IS a fine looking
blond Of about thirty years. was born
in Nebraska and passed her girlhood on
the plains. On her ride she carried a
large revolver in plain view until she
reached the West Virginia line, when,
out Of Difference to the Anti-pistol Toting
Law, she concealed It in a bundle tied
to her saddle bow.
Mrs. Babcock's only difficulty was find
ing stables she thought ht for her horse,
which she 'curried and fed herself Even
when the hike was over she refused 10
let any one else care for Bob.
DR.. Rohrbach. who is IN the EMPLOY
OF the Consolidation Coal COMPANY went
to Monongah recently from Freemans-
burg. Pa, about two miles from BethIe-
hem. Bob, his fine sorrel horse. he in
tended 70 send by freight but Mrs Bah
cock interposed and DR.. Rohrbach grant
ed her request to be allowed 10 ride
him TO his new home.
Mrs. Babcock started from Bethlehem
bright and early the morning Of August
9, and last evening at 7:30 dismOuntcd
IN front Of DR.. Rhorbach's door. In thir-
teen days actual riding she averaged
nearly thirty-one miles a day Her firsr
point was Bethlehem. and after that snt
passed through Allentown. Reading. Har-
risburg. Lebanon. and Shippensburg
where her two-day visit to friends was
made,
From shippensburg she crossed Mason
and Dixon's line, passing through IIqgers-
town and over the historic national pike
10 Cumberland. She reached Morean-
town. w Va. Monday night. stayed with
friends. and yesterday morning began the
last leg OF her Journey.
Mrs. BabcOck said her only difficulty
was in getting suitable quarters for Bob.
Most OF the stables she said, were not
near good enough for such a horse.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26
: MARLINTON ON THE BOOM.
Erection OF Many Residences and
business Structures Taking Place.
Special to The Washington Herald.

Erection OF Many Residences and
business Structures Taking Place.
Special to The Washington Herald.
Marlinton. w. Va. Aug. 25.-The Deer
Creek Lumber Company is erecting build
ings for its big band saw mill at Cass.
They Will cut the timber from 1900
acres on the east side Of Greenbrier
River.
The Burning Mountain Oh and Gas
Company will start drilling on their leas-
ed lands in the Greenbank district in a
few days. What appears 70 be a gas
we'll has been burning steadily since
last winter. and this company has leased
all OF the land adjoining, and will drill
for oil and gas.
Quite a building boom Is on IN Marlin
ton. Col. Alexander Is erecting a build
ing 10 be used as a shooting gallery and
dance hall. and a building IS proposed
for an opera house s. y. Wallace &
Co. are erecting a brick warehouse. !.
A. Sydenstricker, cashier Of the First
National Bank, has the foundation for
his new home completed, and the work
OF erection started William Gibson IS
starting a new house on Camden ave
nue. The home OF Hon. A d. Williams
IS nearing completion. The colored Meth
odlsts are erecting a church near the
coal tipple.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26
FIRE UNDER CONTROL.
More Than Half of Tunnel Has Not
Been Damaged.
Special to The Washington Herald.


Lynchburg. Va. Aug. 25.-To all ap-
pearances the fire in the tunnel on the
partially completed route Of the Southern
Railway through Lynchburg is under
control again. and It is believed It VIII
be completely extinguished now before
the tunnel is again reopene6. Steam
and water win be kept going into the
tunnel for some days. and when II is
stopped an effort will be made 70 IN
spect the interior as quickly afterwards
as possible.
At least $50 OF the 1900 feet IN the
original tunnel seems to be intact. and
will hardly be injured now, unless the
unexpected happens and the fire again
gets headway
Despite the fire in the tunnel. which
was discovered on August II. there has
not been the slightest cessation in other
contracts on the seven-mile cutoff. and
everything Is being hurried TO the earliest
completion possible
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26

Special to The Washington Herald
Harrisonburg. Va. Aug. s.-Rev. Ed
ward ]. Richardson. anti-saloon field sec
retary for the Northern district OF Vir-
ginia. who had charge OF the Harrison
burg fight, declares that the wet vic
tory here will IN no wise affect the aims
Of the league IN Virginia.
"a defeat In an election like this is
only a brief delay OF the end OF the
liquor trafic in the Old Dominion" said
Mr.. Richardson. Defeats DO not dis
courage us; they only stimulate US FOR
mere energetic efforts in the future, but
the liquor traffic in Harrisonburg. in
Virginia and In the United States need
not be especially jDbilant over these
temporary victories.
"Wets" Better Prepared
1T is true that better preparation in
the payment Of poll taxes could have
been made by the 'drys. but their or
ganlzadon was strong. and excellent
work was done during the campaign.
( Both men and women acquitted them
selves splendidly. and Il has not been
my pleasure TO work with a more worthy
/ people
That which fills me with most regret
/ is the fact that S7S voters have failed to
heed the petition Of 55s women Of your
| city. and thousands Of the 5000 people
/ OF Rockingham County: and while
have no harsh criticisms 10 hurl at
I these voters, I deplore the fact that
/ there can be found In so fine town as
Harrisonburg S7S voters who could line
up with six saloons rather than with
those elements OF Rockingham County
and Virginia that stand for the intel
lectual moral, material and spiritual ad-
vancement Of society.
Only 425 saloons Left.
But the saloon system must go-it
will 60" declared Mr.. Richardson en-
phatically. only IS saloons now re-
main in the state. as against 2SoO eight
/ years ago, and the time Is not far dis
/ tant when. instead OF having saloon
ridden communities, civic ideals shall
/ be higher. and purity shall reign"
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26

Twining, samuel NJ KrkwOOd. Z. NJ Allen. H..
]. Wesley Carver
Hownrd COunty-Trumsn @ yelling. A A. Blake
noy n. r. Gather.
Kent County-Jamea II. Baker. John Q. Davis
George 7. Heary
Montgomery County-Daniel W. Baker, Gist Blair,
Thomas Dawson. James A. Warhed.
Prince George County-James B. Belt. Richard n.
Ryon. Clarence Hawkins. Wallace PyleS Cornelius
ElwOOd.
Queen Anns Coanty-W. O. OrTell. A. q Hay
den jonathan Chance George =. Lane.
81. Mary County-Enoch B. Abel. John w.
Jones George II. Beachins
Someret County-A. Lincoln Dryden. George 2.
Parsons. Robert r. Duer. George Fl. Ford.
Talbot County-R. Rastel Walker Clayton w
Mulrken Joseph s. Cooper. Joseph +. Mansfield.
Washington County--Norman b. Scott, lr., Scot
NJ WohnEer Capt Leander H. Kuhn. William u
Roulette. c. c, Scigler Or. W. NJ. Nihiser.
Worcester County-Edw S. Farbush. Elijah J.
schoolhed. Ashury Q. Riley William z. Tuh.
wicomico CouDty-Willism H. jackson. w. W
Knowles. Joseph l. Truitt A. L. Win1te.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26
WILL MEET NEXT WEEK.

Democratic Committee Called to
Canvass Primary Returns.
Special 70 The Washington Herald
Richmond. Va. Aug. Estate Chair
man J. Taylor Ellyson Issued call this
morning for the Democratic State central
committee 20 assemble at Murphy's Ho-
tel, IN this city, at SIS o'clock on Tues
day night August 81 This call. at this
time IS thought 10 be the outcome NOf
the present conference OF Democratic
leaders here.
While there Is no question OF doubt as
to any contest. a general desire has
been expressed to have the exact vote
cast in the Brown -Koiner fight canvassed
and published. The State central COM
mittee viii complete its work IN short
order, after which all hands Will settle
down for work In the general election.
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26
sawmiII DESTROYED.

Special to The Washington Herald.
Elldns, w Va, Aug. &.-The sawmill
OF the wildeil Lumber Company at VII
dell, a Coal and Iron Railroad town.
was totally destroyed by fire about IL
o'clock last night. The estimated loss is
$500 The fire was Of unknown origin.
The flames had gained such headway
when first discovered that it was i'm
possible to save the mill and efforts were
confined toward preventing the destruc-
ton OF the rest Of the plant and the
yards Of the company. The plant Will be
rebuilt at once
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26
white Man Attacks Girl.

Special 70 The Washington Herald.
Roanoke, Va, Aug. 25.-There IS much
excitement in Norwich, a suburb Ct
Roanoke, over the attack upon thirteen
year-old Pearl Farris. daughter Of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Farris, by an unknown
white man last night. The girl, accom-
panied by her little brother. was going
on an errand. when the former was at
tackled and the latter chased away with
rocks. The girl screamed and fought
her assailant and succeeded IN freeing
herself. Bloodhounds were secured. but
the trail was lost
The Washington herald., 1909-08-26
G. 0. P. BUYS NEWSPAPER.
Buena Vista Times VIII BE State
Organ of Republicans.

SPECIAL 70 The WashingtOn Herald-
Roanoke. Va. Aug. Is. - The Buena
Vista Times. which since its installation
three years ago has been a Democratic
paper, will appear tomorrow as the State
organ OF the Republican party. Col ".
l. Boone, lately Of North Carolina and a
well-known newspaper man in that state,
has leased the paper and will be its ed
itor. A number OF the best writer's in
the State have been secured. and the
plant win be enlarged. It will be the
State organ OF the party, and will have
a circulation in every county OF the State.