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Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

Dudley and Mr.. Paul Sexton, be-
lieve; DR.. Withersbee is at your serv-
ice."
When I awoke to consciousness
some one was alternately swapping his
fingers in my face and roughly shak.
ing me. I was in pitchy darkness, and
the air was chill and clammy.
Sexton, I'm ashamed of you," said
Clarke's voice through the gloom
You are a particularly easy subject
I should have given you some lessons
in resistance"
Where are we? What has hap.
pened? Where is Dudley?' 1 asked, in
breath.
Dudley is here. He recovered be-
fore you did," answered Clarke, fact
which Dudley's voice confirmed. 1--WE
seem to be in some sort of an oubli
cite, Of that dear DR.. Withersbee."
In single file we made the round OF
our dungeon. We found it to be about
II feet square, walled with masonry
which drtpped dampness, and floored
with cement. On one side we came upon
a door the height Of my head, ]
being the tallest of the party. From
the rivet heads we judged it to be OF
plate steel and it closed into a steel
frame set into the masonry in a man
ner which offered no entrance for the
point Of pick had we had one al
hand. The absence of any keyhole
bolt or lever showed that it was neve,
intended to be opened from the in
side.
At last, after a wait which seemed
an eternity, heard a soft football
outside Of the door. Then iron bars
clanked and grated. heard the
hinges creak and the door swing slow.
ly open. A dark form framed in the
doorway was outlined through the
gloom. Then it stepped into GU,
midst. My hands shot to his throat
which was cold and clammy as that
I.of corpse. There was no resistance
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

are cooperating with the school de.
partment, say that the high-school.
boys are making better progress than
the full-time apprentices, and Superin.
tendent Joseph G.. Edgerly of the
Fitchburg public schools reports that
the schoolroom work of these boys is
fully up to the standard.
The success of the Fitchburg plan
seems so well assured that steps are
being taken in number Of ether
cities, whose school authorities have
been in correspondence with Superin-
tendent Edgerly, to begin similar
courses next year. Superintendent
Edgerly and Principal John G. Thomp-
son of the Massachusetts State Nor
NAL school at Fitchburg, who has
taken deep interest in the working
out Of the plan, believe they have gone
a long way toward solving the prob
lem of how best to keep the boys in
the high school for the full four years.
course, a problem that has been the
despair of educators in all manufac-
turing towns, such as is Fitchburg.
The belief of many parents, whether
right or wrong, that their boys, who
must eventually find their way into
the shops, were wasting time in school
when they could be learning a trade
has been the chief cause of the falling
on In the enrolment of second and
third-year high school classes.
Inability Of parents to support their
boys during the four years they were
In the high school has also unquestion.
ably been a big factor, but this has
been eliminated in Fitchburg, as the
boys who take the shop-work course
will be able to earn enough to clothe
themselves, and even pay board, with.
out interference with their school
work, since they receive regular an.
prentice wages for the actual time
they work in the factories. The first
year they receive ten cents an hour,
and they work approximately 1850
hours. Working the same number of
hours the two following years, they
receive II and 12h cents an hour, re-
spectively, and they are az we'll fitted
for their trade as if they had put in
all of their time in the factory-bet-
ter fitted, because of a live]ier intellt.
gence and ability to use their heads
as we'll as their hands, Superintendent
Edgerly says.
The shopwoTk consists of fnstruc-
ton under practical overseers in the
operation of lathes, planers, drilling
machines, bench and floor work and
such other machine work, according ia
the ability of the apprentice, as per.
tains to the particular branch of
manufacture of the shop where the
boy is employed. OF the 20 bows who
entered the Fitchburg shops last Au.
gust, 16 are learning The machinists
trade, two are receiving practical in.
struction in pattern making and two
in drafting. The cooperative course
includes English, mathematics. with
tables and simple shop problems.
mechanics, including simple machines:
freehand and mechanical drawing.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

north and the Chicago, Milwaukee &.
St. Paul on the south. Its creation is
important for it means that an expert
mental field for forest planting has
been secured in North Dakota, the
least fOrested state in the Union, hav-
ing only one per cent. of tree growth.
The forest service expects to establish
forest nurseries with the hope that in
time to come the area may be refor-
ested by artificial means. This feature
is expected to prove very good OBJ
ject lesson to the settlers, who, it is
hoped, will in turn plant windb1eaks
around their farms.
The forest is very open and for the
most part contains scattering stand
of western yellow pine timber Along
the creek bed are found ash, box elder,
cottonwood, elm and birch. Cedar
breaks are also found on precipitous
slopes bordering the streams. West
ern yellow pine is the only merchant
able species, however, on the forest
and the average stand per acce is not
over 1000 feet. The reproduction of
pine is fairly good wherever mature
trees occur, but owing to the open
condition of the forest and the dense
growth of grass it is for the most part
unsatisfactory.
There is but little timber that will
be sold from the forest at the present
time, since this area is very Isolated.
being surrounded on all sides by vast
plains. Many homesteaders have in
the past come to this forest for tim
Der for logs to build their houses.
No saWmill operations have ever
been conducted on the area. When
the Northern Pacific railroad was be.
ing built larger number of trees
We're cut for railroad ties, and together
with the logs which have been pro.
cured for house building by settlers.
this is the only use which has been
made of the timber on the forest. It is
understood that the logs used in the
construction Of President Roosevelts
cabin, which now stands in the state
capitol grounds at Bismarck, N. D..
were obtained from the area now jn-
cluded in the Dakota national forest
Gov. Burke of North Dakota is very
much interested in this forest and
thinks it will be of inestimable valus
to the people who live in the region
where the forest is created.
Both of the new national forests. the
Ocala in Florida, and the Dakota. will
be put under administration by the
forest service as soon as possible.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
Use Machine. for she,rino sh..,

Sheep-shearing machines. arc now
used quite extensively in Australia.
In Tasmania they are Just beginning
to be installed. It seems only a ques-
tion OF time when all the sheep shear.
ing in this island will be done nv ma.
chinery, driven by steam, electric or
gasoline power.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
French Ingenuity Triumphant.

All the women prisoners at the
Clarkenwen sessions recently ap.
peared In the dock wearing their
mats. The rule of mo hatpins" was
strictly enforced, but their absence in
no way troubled the women. Indeed.
one balanced hat more than six feet
III circumference without the slightest
trace OF anxiety. How she did it only
a woman could tell-London Chron.
icle
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

Dudley and Miss Mason were mar.
ried the next spring and Clarke and
are often guests at their beautiful
Lake Forest home. Withersbee's 70.
called asylum, from which. aided by
the powerful Chinese tongs In which
he welded great influence, he conduct
ed his extensive smuggling operations.
now atones for it's past sins as one Of
the principal outposts in the war
against ''The Great White Plague.
Copyright. 190S by w. q. Chapman.l
Copyright in Great Bz2.ain.1
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
A New Kind.

PA. what is the deadly parallel?''
Il guess, son, it is somewhere abo,,a
the one where work in the tropics IL
located. Baltimore American.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06
- ODY Found in Trunk" !"
sssQ began Clarke. But I'll
- skip the headlines.

Upon opening a box
which they had purchased
at an uncalled-for-freight
sale two young men resid-
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-06

Many svomen stenographers.
Women as stenographers have been
greatly increased in number in New
York city during the last year and
there are now about 11,2OO of them.
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thoroughly happy you simply have 10
nave ono OF the mnlc guests ne vour ovrn
particular odmircr, ma don't size uo thc
rIHcc' when you arrive by the aprco-
oneo or the young men lroped across tb,
front vcronda.
Don't forget That n summer ro,o vor,.,
wonders with n chap whom You mlgb,
not fancy much In the clty-and don,
forget that you. ioo arc susceptible 10 m,
demoralizing rays.
Don't think that the other guests aren't
wise to whnt IS going on between va,
ana tho chap who ls rushing you when
both OF You SIT In the hammock and
make "shcep's eyes" at cncb other
They've been there themselves and the
more You try to pun the wool over their
eyes the greater chump you uro making
Of yourself
Don't tell one Of tho SWANS, whose
horemonshlp you admire TINT in your
estimation man really isn't good
horsemnn unless no cnn drive With one
hand Even such an Innocent statement
MS this mny prove a boomerang.
Don't be forever and a day telling tho
otber guests whnt you nrc accustomed TO
In your own home und complaining about
the board md rooms where you are.
Don't-oh, don't-lnterrupt the bridge
players, not even 10 warn them OF nm
approaching thunderstorm When II
really begins to ruin they Will move In
sldc-if It's hard ruin.
Don't think TINT n precise explanation
Of tho cxnct number OF fellows bnck ia
the city, who write to you each week. Is
going to help you any 10 your summer
airtations where you arc. And don't
show even ono word OF their letters to
anyone
Above NIL, don't gossip. Mind your own
business and leave your hammer at home
in moth balls.
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77BHAT makes man shy at tho
hA altar when 1t comes to being mar
W. riedl This Is n question which
has puzzled many. yet 1t has never been
fully solved And 1t Is unaccountable
why mauy a man who would face any
Kind OF danger "shcs" Mt the altar.
Thomas Carlyle could not sleep for
weeks In fear OF wbut be called the
"odlous ceremony" He stated that his
mind was full of "horrible imaGmlngs"
and present fears
one OF those who most feared the
altar and tho marriage ceremony was
President Abraham Lincoln. Prince
George. OF Wales. feared his wedding
ceremony so much that he drank too
much Just few minutes before the
event and almost had TO be carried TO
the altar. He wept copIously during the
ordeal" Many another man has equip
ped himself with dutch counGc' be
fore taking the hual step
a story T. told of d bride and groom
who went 10 a minister 20 be married..
The groom was In a very bnd state OF
lntoxlcution The minister refused point
blank tc marry them, telling the bride
To brug her future husb0bd around ao-
other tmc when he was sober. They
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Dripping wet and puGnc and blowing.
he banged his end Of the trunk down on
tho floor and made for the refrigerator
Then he sat down, with liquid consola-
tion beside him, Tor n fun bn.r hour. dur
Ing all Of which time Mrs Justwcd
waited patiently
nroso and banged the lid Of the trunk
open md began on one Of the bureau
drawers.
Selecting his own clothes. he threw
them. hcltcr-sEeltcr In a pile Gu the
door. Then he started 10 on Mrs Us
In the same fashion.
Blossom stood II ms long as she could
stood H. in fact until no woman on the
face of the curth could stand IT longer
Homer. Homer" she objected. do be
careful Your running everything l
have"
Homcr-dcur stopped In his labor i'm
prcsslvcly-
VERY wcu, then" he snld frigldly.
you Pile your clothes on the noor bcsd
the trunk and let me know when you've
finished"
And struiShtwny he adjourned to the
next room whcrc he selected a com.
Portable chair by nn open window aud
a large polm-lcaf fan,
Mrs J smllcd-scveroI tlmcs-but made
no reply
In - minutes she called Homer-dcar.
Mr. Justwcd entered, surveyed the nile
or clothes aud things before him aud
gaspcd:
DO you expect to put all those things
I'm that ono trunkI"
"Of course, Homer, OF courscl'
That's absurd"
why. Homer! You nro unklnd"'
''No! Not ot all! only sensible, you
don need onc-balf Of these tbluCs1 Now
for example youu have no earthly need
Of this heavy fall suit or this raincoat,
Aud you surely can't wear nu these
gowns-uulcss you put on n different ono
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she turned and went into the dining
room.
Homcr-dc0r pushed the lid Of the trunk
down. Then he pushed II nttlc harder
SIohclnE iurtlyoly around to sec that Mrs.
=. W1s not looking, be climbed on top Of
th' lid- seized one Of the straps and
tuggcd and bounced and swcutcd and
sworc profoundly At lust-nt laat-onc
oi those blessed straps was bucIlcd' Wlp.
lrs his pcrspiring brow. he climbed up on
top OF tho trunk again. ana was putting
thc other strap through "thc third de-
HIrc when Mrs JuStwcd entered
Homer. she said quito socmnly
there's whole lot OF things YOU left
ogt. They're in the dlnlng-room on one
OF the chairs"
What Guspcd Mr. ]; why didn't
you tel me about themi You let me get
everything packed and fixed without any
OF The russ you are accustomed TO have.
nnd then you inform me that / Invent
everything In the truuki That's lust tho
way with you women, II you'd let me
attend TO this-hcrc I've got the trunk
oll locked. aud I'll be switched II open
II again! You Gun leave those things be-
"L0ckcd1" questioned Mrs. Jugtwcd.
You haven't locked II yet, Homer.
You've only strapped IT."
only only -str-a-strappcd IT." gnspcd
Mr.. j. beside himself Gee whiz, Pcr-
haps you think that's easy! Iu get that
Key In n minute md 1t will bo locked,
though Where did you put that kcyI'
Il haven't seen It, uomcr.dcnr." r..
piled Mrs j. swectly. "You have had
charge OF the packing, remember When
YOU opened the trunk / saw II I'm the
second trny-but I'm sure you couldn't I
have neglected to take II out only won.
en- do such a fool thing rs to strep thcIr
trunks and then nud they have Loft In.
key In the bottom, don't thcy2"
But MIR J. was beyond reply. lie Ind
Sunstroko. apoplcNy, heart burn and heat
prost1tiou. all az the same time.
CARNEL CALVERT HALL.
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Count Your Change.

TT would probably surprise many, II
they should begin from now on TO
u count their change, to nnd how many
mistakes arc made and either too much
or too little change given. A man In
hurry tho other day entered restaurant
for lunch. and after partakinG of fairly
good meal took up his check. IL reod
nfty cents. Taking out his purse. be
found he Ind n 50 and n 81 bill and.
handing the 81 TO the cashier, he received
his change aud slipped It into his vest
pocket.
a little further down the street he
spIcd in a store window a pretty necEtie
reduced from nifty cents 10 twenty-five
Seeing that this really wPs bargain,
he entered the shop. bought the tic and
gave the coin he had dropped In his vest
pocket TO the man His nccktic was
wrapped up and handed him. but stll
he wnlted Finally he said: II believe
| have twenty-five cents coming TO me"
The clerk looked at his book and said {,
"No That Is all right. You gave mo
a quarter" The man protested, but huv-
Ing nothing 10 show tbot he had given
tho clerk hfty cents, he had TO let the
matter drop. He could not tell whether
tho mistake had occurred at the res
tauCant or la thc store.
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Mr.. A. Good Fello1v on Keeping Cool

M ID ycu ever stop TO think OF the
~ Ia different ways men try TO keep cool
" In summer-and make themselves
III b all the hottcr?' asked Mr.. a. Good
Fellow. as he stopped In the shade
Of an awning with friend likewise busy
with his handkerchief and his dripping
brow. Been sort of watching IL today
Just TO get a line on tho dope they use.
"NIet old Jouesy this morning. Come
on. A. Good he called TO me, step Inside
and have tall one with the mint stick
ing out It's the only way 10 keep cool
About 10 minutes ago | ran Into the
same Jenesy He had evidently gotten
on the outside Of so mnny tall ones dur
Ing the course OF the day that they were
all trying 10 break out on bin at the
same tlme-cyen the mint lie was about
the hottest thing I've seen todny.
"Bnly Brown ran into INC about Tho
time the mercury wac doing Its widest
war-dapcc Mt the top OF the tube and lined
noe up before Il drugstore bar Take from
me. old scout he says this soda-fouutaln
stunt may BE- for old maids and bcn-pecEcd
husbands. but I've found 1t the best thirst
quencher 10 the business. 1t puts all the
rest Of them TO the mat for the count. al
right alright Nix on the spiked stun
for mine. not even beer Just try one
OF these plain. straight cold drinks
"lIuDul II lultk syrup uhNpI pl INt-Ilealb
and you'll feel like taking your winter
coat out OF moth bals-or the pnwnshop.
whichever place II is. ! have bad six Of
them since q o'clock this morning.
"And there you are-six Of them and
after more
There's another chap who holds 20 Ice
woter-drlnks 1t by the JugEfnll every 10
minutes and on the other band, the man
who leaves 1t alone with Spartan fortitudc.
arguing that the more you drink the more
you'll perspirc. Your lccd-ten ana cold
coffee ilends also come In with their littlc
limo OF cold-storagc interior prescriptions.
'And the chap who fans J You've seen
him. A nice. big palm-lcaf that be wnycs
and 0lrtR md juggles around wherever
he goes. The minute ho stops tanning.
he's broiIDg Ike q lobster-so he goes
at 1t again until by evening he can't move
his Tanning arm. In bis own Office may
b. he gets come sort OF n surecaSc from
Ills labor By pointing the electric fan
straight at tho center of tho bald spot
on his Uranium The next day he's won
dcring how In tho dickens be could bovc
SoUSSt a cold In hot weather.
The mon who vows. Indies or no Indies,
that he simply won't wear that heavy
coat OF his along the street. keeps cool
and he doesn't. Shirtwast manf Sure
he Is! But did you notice that he carries
Tint samo o8trncizcd coat of his nlonG
on his arm7 He means TO leave " OF
entircly-but somehow he sort OF carrlcS
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The Just1Oeds Start on Their Vacation.

IT. the old axiom about bad beginning
making good ending holds true re-
;nrdlng vacations Of hot, tired. city
u worn folks. then the Justwcds voca-
tioh at Blythe Sad Sea Waves Ger.
tainly So7c promise Of a whirlwlnd JOY.
finish. For Its beginning was anything
but chccrful-aud. or course. every bit OF
1t was due to Mr. Justwed's buttlnc In
on affairs that riChtfully belonged TO Mrs.
s province
For a solid week before they LEFT town
alr. Justwcd claimed Mrs J. had been
Stewlnc and frcttlng md fuSslng and fun
Ing about the nwfulnoss OF the task OF
preparing for vacation She absolutely
hhuu rag 20 her name, And she didn't
see bow she could make the necessary
gowns on such short notlcc-cycu with
the help OF two scnmstrcsscs There
were n thousand aud one things 10 he
done-nnd nobody TO do thCm but herself.
All OF which be II stated made Mr..
extremely weary
Honest. Blossom" he exclaimed You
women orc beyond me Hero we nrc.
fortunate enough to be nblc TO cnioy
TRIP TO tho ocean. and yet you Cnn't oven
make the preparations thnt You consider
necessary without complaining about
having 10 make them Do you suppose
thal ! groWl and Erumbc about staying
at the hank after hours In order to get
my work up sufficiently 10 take n two.
weeks vacatlon1 No Of course not Tho
trouble with you women is thnt YOU
aren't content with reasonable. common
sense preparations. Why. from the clothes
YOU nrc having made. one would imagine
you were preparing Tor n wedding trIp.
uow'S that? The awful pucklncI Huh
Just you leave that to me I'll show you
how to do it-syst otically-without this
foolish fuss and splutter about the awful
ness Of the job"
And Mrs. Justwcd lot 1t 60 at That
So on tho day before their departure
MIR !. rustlcd Into the hot. stuoy apart
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mcnt In buslncsslikc manner. peeled or
his coat. rolled up his sleeves and cx-
claimed;
Now, then. where's those things you
want pnoGcd1"
in the bureau drawers" replied Mrs.
Justwcd hanging in the closets and IN
the trunk downstairs 10 the storage
room
Mr.. Justwcd glanced up as one who Is
being imposed upon
"Huh"' he muttcrcd. 'Td think you'd
ot least have bad everything collected In
a pile Tor me But, never mind"
why. Homer explained Mrs. j..
that's the most troublesome part OF
pocElnE' II everything were all ready to
be put In the trunk"
Never mind Never mind that To
tortcd Mr.. j., I'm not complaining, am
r.
When, finally. with tho assistance Of
the janitor Mr j. had tuegcd aud hau;cd
the trunk from the storage-roOm In the
basement TO the middle OF the llylng-room
Ia his 0at he was a sight To behold
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The Skin in Summer.

n HE blnzlnc sun is probably harder
E than the Otter wind Of winter on
Va the skin. but n tcpld or moist sum
mer has an excellent effect. The Amcrl-
can climate, unlike that Of England. has
an effect OF drying out the skin, especial
Is In places nwny from the coast. The
American woman is not fond Of Indoor
lie; she must be in the Open hence tho
bnzlug summer sun ruins many a com
plcxion, The question arises as 10 what
TO do to protect the skin. One cannot
wear n heavy yell-that Ia absurd. Cos
metlcs may sorvc on cold winter nftcr-
noon but they are almost unbcurObe in
summer, and even the powder must be
put on carefully.
When one goes our INTO the open air on
hot days or in the binding glare of the
suns rays one should always coat the
face with q llttlc cold cream TO make
slight protective layer OF grease over the
Cuticlc, through which the rays viii not
penetrate And over this should he busted
some violet tnlCum or fine rice powder.
Special Gaze should he taken later 10
wash the powder. cream and dust from
the face Tcpld water should be used.
with a little almond meal instead Of
soap. Soap Is not good to rub on the
face In summer unless one Is quite sure II
Is pure, Good drlDking winter Is nlSo es-
sentlal 10 the purity Of the skin. Very
hot wntcr is excellent In both summer
and winter, MS Is orange juice, taken be-
fore the meals and throughout the after
noon When the skin burns and is harsh
II does not need water. but should be
cleaned with cold cream and wiped with
q soft cloth, then spongcd with n mild
solution OF ocnzoln md alcohol
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1t along for m emergency and. conse~
queuty. burns and stcws and Stcams like
a Turkish bath on the side next the coat
Speaking OF baths puts me in mind
Of the chaps who bathc to keep cool. One
uses cold water Another can't see IT at
oil unlOs the tub Is oiled with boiling
hot water Heat drives out heat be
argues stu another would Just as leave
wash I'm u tin basin unless his tub-wntor
is cmbershcd with a bag OF sea salt,
"Theu there's the wise Gazabo who
gathers his family around him OF m
evening and struggles and crowds and
pushes aboard n trolley and bics AWAY
20 one of the out-of-town resorts Sure
he's cool but he doesn't look 1t when he
gets home later and makes n bccline for
the refrigerator Uow's thati Whnts
my method? Well. 30 % trying SEVERAL
OF them-iu the mad hope Of eventually
hitting one tbat Ia the goods.
Tonight, for example. I'm goinS up TO
my ilttle den, put on my two heaviest
ovcrcoats. wrap the fur rug around me.
pull down tho windows. get oil the photo
graphs and reading matter about life In
the Arctic circle ] can lay my hands on
and Imagine I'm freezing to death What's
that? No sure I'm not overcome by the
hcatl I'd better talk about that plan
dubious though II may bc-thnn ask you
II IL is hot enough for you, hadn't |.