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Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
GET POLAR BEAR :,
IN ODD MANNER
DIG 6RUlN, JARRED FROM ICE.
BERG, LIGHTS ON DECK OF
LARGE OCEAN FREIGHTER.
VESSEL BUTTS INTO OBSTACLE
Sailors Attempt to Clear Deck When
Supposed Lump Lets Out :,
GrowI-captain Swears to
Truth Of Tale

New York.-1f anyone foolishly be-
lieves that the age of romance is dead,
that sailormen have become machin-
lists and dull arithmeticians, or that
polar bears are no longer met with ex-
cept in the dreary captivity of zoolog-
ical gardens, then let him seek out
Capt. Fritz FRANKIE of the steel ocean
freighter Karthago, which slipped inta
this port the other day carrying a
mixed cargo of live polar bear in a
pigpen and the finest sea story Of
many long year.
Capt. FRANKIE swore seven sea oaths
on the story and called his whole aft
srguard to verify him.
But let Capt FRANKIE tell the story
himself just as he told it, and then if
you don't believe it go over to Ho-
ooken and see the bear for yourself.
ION December 6, while we were run
ming before the worst gale I ever en-
countered in all my life at sea, the
first officer came to me, his face as
white as ghosts.
1.-THE ship is afire,' he cried. Come
out and see for YOURSELF
x went with him and, sure enough,
some cans of calcium carbide that we
we're carrying on our after deck had
broken loose and were atire 1t was a
magnificent sight. The more water
that came aboard the higher the car
bides burned, it being the nature of
the stuff, as you know, to burn fierce
ly when wetted.
Il smiled, knowing that the carbides
would burn themselves out without in
3uring the vessel, which has steel
decks. At that moment the lookout
raisedsa blood-curdling cry.
"1cebergs! Icebergs ahead!'
Before I could give an order the
vessel crashed into the berg, which
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

was dead ahead. Nothing saved the
vessel except that we had come up to
the berg under half steam and against
. terrific head sea. 1t was night, of
course, and the weather was very
thick, of course, otherwise of course
we would have seen the berg in time"
How about that heavy head sea,
captain?"
why, the wind had shifted, you
lubber. But listen, now comes the
bear part. We crashed, as have said,
into the iceberg, and at least 20 tons
of ice came tumbling down upon our
bows. l gave the order to full steam
astern; and when we got clear of the
berg I ordered all hands forward to
shovel away the loose ice that had
fallen on us.
1T was then that got my surprise.
Two men who had tackled an espe-
cfally big block of ice suddenly leaped
back, screaming. The ice, it seems,
was not ice at all, but a polar bear that
had been on the berg and had fallen
on our bows when we struck Strange,
was it not? The first intimation my
men had that the piece of ice was bear
was when the piece of ice growled.
What did we do then? Why, we
tied the bear hand and foot and put it
in a pen we have for hogs, but in
which at the time there were FORUM
ately no hogs. We have the bear still
and will take it back to Hamburg with
us and present it to the animal gar
dens there"
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
OLD FASHIONS COME BACK.
Ornaments Worn by Another Genera
tton Become Popular.

: So much that is old has become new
that our grandmothers' possessions
are being held up as the latest thing
in fashion. This is not only true of
cloths, scarfs, hair ornaments, high
heeled slippers, but of jewelry.
With the craze Of Byzantine jewelry
has come the revival of three kinds of
ornaments worn by another genera
tion.
These are corals, seed pearls and
canoes. All three are in the height of
style.
Necklaces Of seed pearls are almost
as valued as diamond ones these days.
Brooches of them are sought after and
worn with great pride.
Canoes, If good, are now worn on
the most elaborate evening gowns az
well as for street. Large ones set in
f1ligree gold or seed pearls are used
for the shoulder clasp or the front of
the bodice or belt buckle; the small
or ones are quite fashionable to catch
turnover collars together, to fasten 4
iabot. or to pin bow Of ribbon.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
The Pierrot Ruff,

A Pferrot ruff, but having d huge
bow at the side in which little Pierrot
would not have known himself, is one
OF the pretty little gifts to pass from
friend to friend. Choose maroa1sette,
crisp chiffon, net or point 9'esprit in
one of the catawba or wistaria shades
Ruffs Of these exclusive colors may be
found in some of the shops, or the
materials may be bought and carefully
doubled and quilted into shape. The
very full quillings are then fastened
on to a soft fold of silk of the same
shade, measured to fit the neck. The
bow OF satin ribbon is, again, the iden:
tical color, and be sure the match is
perfect.
While it is very lovely to say "tie
on with big soft bow" it is far
wiser to caution the giver to have the
bow tied permanently, and to fasteu
Pierrot's ruff with a hook and eye.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

from which they were printed and the
printing plant. This was something
that Hank hadn't counted on. He said
1t was impossible, but Boggs was as
adamant and refused to invest dollar
unless they showed him. Hank agreed
to do so the next day, and during the
night he bought a small hand-press
and some ink and had half-tone plates
made of both sides of the three de-
nominations of the bills that he was
purporting to have In such profusion,
tens, twenties and fifties. He figured
that Boggs wouldn't know the differ
ence between half-tone plate and a
steel plate. There was one matter he
overlooked, and that was the paper on
which to print his bills.
Boggs was conducted, with great
secrecy, to the printing plant which,
as matter of fact, was on the floor
above the room where the profusion
of money was displayed. He examined
everything minutely and expressed his
satisfaction with everything. Then he
wanted to see the stock of paper, hav.
ing learned somehow that government
bills were printed on a specially pre-
pared paper. Here he seemed to have
Hank, but that gentleman was ready
for the emergency. He regretted ex
ceedingly that his paper supply was
exhausted. Indeed, he said, it was q
specially prepared paper, and his con,
federates were then engaged in manu-
featuring large quantity of 1t, but II
would not be ready for use for some
| two or three weeks.
This seemed to satisfy Boggs fol
the time, but he wanted to see thu
paper being made. Hank was stumpef
here for fair and had to decline, say
ing the process was 20 secret tha,
even he had never visited the place
Boggs accepted this explanation to al
appearances, but as matter of fact
he was not satisfied In his own mind
His suspicion was aroused to the last
! degree and he made a resolution t.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
Frills on. MuHs.

A pretty fashion is that Of adding q
frill of soft satin or closely plated
chiffon to the lower edge Of fur
muffs.
Brown is used with all brown furs,
black with black and white with such
furs as ermine and white fox.
When furs are scant this addition In
a decided improvement.
The immense round muffs that are
forcing their way to the fore have the
cosiest-looking arrangement of quilted
and primly looped ribbon at the ends
where the hands are received.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

Boggs was shown the printing plant
again, and again asked to see the stock
OF paper. This was shown to him, and
there was enough of it to have made
millions Of dollars if it had only been
the real article. Boggs seemed salts
fled, but he wanted to see few bills
printed. Hank was up a stump here,
but he explained that. his printer was
at the bedside of a dying mother and
there was NO telling when he would
report for duty again and he, Hank,
knew as little of the art as a new born
babe.
Boggs had surreptitiously appro-
priated corner of one of the sheets of
paper, and that night, at his room, he
compared it with the material of one
of his own bills, and he saw that it
was quite different in texture, nor was
there a suspicion of silk thread in it
that he could find. He knew by this
that he was dealing with real crooks,
and he set about to circumvent them.
On the occasion of his former pur.
chase he had held on to his money
until the other was in his pocket, and
he figured that he could work it again,
so as soon as the bank opened next
morning he bought $4,000 of New
York exchange and forwarded it BY
registered mail to his home bank.
Next he bought two pairs OF hand.
cuffs at sporting goods house. . bot
tie of liquor, and some drugs. How he
knew what drugs to buy no one ever
learned, but Boggs was . crafty scoun.
drel, and it is said that he was many
| things other than a simple farmer be
fore he made his advent into the quiet
Louisiana parish where he had grown
rich by stealing timber. Neverthe
less, he secured the right sort of thing
and he dosed the bottle with enough
of it to send 20 men into dreamless
sleep, If the half-pint had been dis
tributed among so many.
That night he met Hank according
to appointment, and was conducted
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
der-sleeves. The ov(

der.sleeves. The overskirt and pima
fore bodice of the cloth are trimmed
with Greek key pattern, worked with
gold and brown narrow braid; velvet
covered buttons form a further trim.
ming.
The yoke Is Of piece lace.
Hat in velvet Of the color of the
skirt, lined with soft, pink satin, and
trimmed with a rosette of satin and q
long brown feather.
Materials required: For the dress,
nine yards velveteen, four yards
cloth 48 inches wide, several dozen
yards of narrow braid, three dozen
buttons, one-half yard piece lace
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

There are seven of these under tho
management Of the government,
and they distribute $160,000.000 in
prizes. The anxiety to secure q
part of this amount has destroyed
the happiness Of thousands OF
households and has diverted thousands
of good men from honest industry and
thrift to idleness and poverty. In the
seven lotteries there are about $4,000
winners a year. but Of these only about
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
sieeper Locked in GARBAGE Can

Sleeper Locked in Garbage Can.
Pittsburg, Pa.-A man who gave the
namo of Tony Kirshmeir and said he
lived In Pittsburg crawled into a gar
bage can in the basement of the
Union station and was awakened
when a load of garbage was dumped
ON him and the lid fastened the other
morning.
Banging at the sides of the can, he
attracted the attention of a colored
porter. who called Policeman Andrew
Welsh to the scene.
When the officer opened the can the
man jumped out, gasping for breath.
He was sent to Central station.
charged with vagrancy.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

bition to make the policeman Of New
York as perfect a model of training AZ
a German infantryman. At the same
time he is martinez who possesses
q sense Of humor. and one Of his
favorite stories is about a hospital
nurse who was being discussed by two
physicians.
'Was she trained nurse?" asked
the first medico.
"She must have been," replied the
other. "She had not been in the hos.
pital two weeks before she was en-
gagged to our richest patient"
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
Plans for Bedrooms.

pbanS tor 6eofoom4.
Instead of a double bed take two
single bedsteads, remove the upper
part of the footboard, put the two
ends together in one corner of the
room, make bed on each. Then you
have the center and the sides of the
room for other things.
1t is also nice for larger room that
is to be occupied by two individuals
or elderly people, for they can each
have their own bed and can often
wait on and be company for each 9th.
er many times when otherwise they
would have to be alone.
And it Is good way to fix the
little girls or boys room, so that
when they have chums come to seo
them and stay over night they vii,
have a nice spare bed for them in
their own room.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
Rosebud Hatpins.

The latest novelty in hatpins is the
natural rosebud or half-grown flower
which, by some wonderful process, is
transformed in all it's perfect beauty
of form and color into an imperishuble
substance. Nesting in the fur or
foliage Of emart hat, they add the
newest touch Of elegance.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
see the paper before he invested

see the paper before he invested
heavily.
Nevertheless, he invested 800 In
the money, a part of the 5000 he had
secured in having the four bills
changed, getting for it $1,000, which
he counted with great care, examining
each bill as it was handed over to him.
Hank had carelessly thrust a bundle
containing thousand dollars at
Boggs, but the farmer had united it
and looked at every bill on both sides
before he paid over the 500 agreed
upon. He returned to his swamps and
passed the money with so little diff
Guilty that he soon wrote Hank and
arranged to come on to New York and
take his entire stock and trade. This
was what Hank had been playing for
and he counted on getting his $1,1O0
back and lot more besides.
He made preparations accordingly,
drawing out of the bank some $45,O0O,
the net proceeds of his years of swim
ding, and laying in stock of paper
that he thought would fool the farmer.
He had grip built especially for this
transaction, an ingenious contrivance
with false bottom. The grip was a
plain alligator handbag and In the
deviltry of It's construction 1t was q
work Of art. Hank knew that he
couldn't palm of bundles of green pa.
per, veneered with bills, on the shrewd
farmer, and he didn't have much faith
In switching grips on him. His plan
was to let the farmer place the bills in
the grip while it stood on q table. The
bills dropped through a hole In the
table and down through z pipe to the
room below where they were caught
In basket and brought up to Hank
by his confederate as they were need.
ed, for Hank had to make his $45, ,O0O
serve for 100000.
Boggs arrived In due time, and he
had with him, as Hank had taken the
precaution to learn from Boggs' own
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
German Government Lotteries

In an article on the lotteries the Ber-
liner Tageblatt says there are three
ways by which wealth 10 acquired-by
work, which In long and tedious; by
dishonesty, which is precarious pro.
ceeding, and by gambling. The mum.
Der of persons who prefer the last.
named method, sayn the writer, ia
large in the German realm. for there
the E; ear lotteries thrive the best.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

was injured, although they were all
badly frightened. The young son,
with great excitement, was telling that
he jumped two feet high.
How do you know you jumped 70
high?" said his father.
Why" said Johnnie, II looked down
while was up."-Youth's Companion.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
Hiqh Boots Of Tan

AS the winter weather advances
there is wider popularity for the
smart tan boot that laces or buttons
six and eight inches above the
ankle.
The extra heavy soles are not used
as much as they were for city streets
They are kept for county roads. The
fashionable shoe has sole Of or
binary thickness, is we'll arched, has
slightly rounded toe, and high,
straight Spanish heel.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
To PopuIarize Electric irons.

Ten thousand electric fiat !rons are
to be loaned to reliable customers of
the Chicago Edison Company for a
period Of six months. The object of
thia is to popularize the use of elec-
trfcity In the household, and lead to
the Introduction Of other electric uten.
sils. While these irons are loaned out
for six months only, it is intimated
that II the plan proves success, they
may be permitted to remain in the
hands OF the consumers for an 1ndea.
mite length of time.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
Goina to Sleep.

What IN this thing that knits up the
raveled sleeve of care? C2bains, in
his investigations on the mind. en-
deavored to fix the order in which tho
different parts Of our organization 30
to sleep; namely-first, the legs and
arms, then the. muscles that support
the head and back. The nrst sense
that slumbers is that Of sight. followed
in regular succession by the senses Of
taste. smell. hearing and feeling. The
vlscera Contents of the body cavi.
ties). he says, fall asleep one after
the other, but with different degrees
of soundness.-New York Press.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
a eird's-Eye View.

The following incident occurred our.
ing terrific thunder storm at the
home Of . contractor who lives in the
vicinity Of Tampa, Fla. The contractor
and his family were sitting on the yer
anda, watching the storm. when q
bolt of lightning struck q tree not fif.
teen feet from where they were sit.
ting.
The shock was terrific, but no oas
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

town, through a confederate, $4,000
in cash, all in $1,000 bills.
He had something else with him. as
Hank had learned to his sorrow. but
Hank didn't suspect that at the time.
Hank lad as few confederates as DOS
sible, both because it made the split
ting of the swag into fewer parts and
because every additional man in on
the deal was an added danger of de-.
lection. He worked his delivery of the
goods always with only one man be-
sides himself, Joe Lattimer, as old q
criminal and as shreWd a bird as the
redOubtable Hank
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

rected to pick out three or four bills
at random from the litter of the room.
This he did, being careful to get four,
the largest number mentioned, and
also being careful that they were all
fifty dollars in denomination. He was
then spirited back to the uptown dis.
trict, and he and Hank made a circuit
of the banks where the bills were
changed for those of smaller denomi-
nation without a murmur as they were
as genuine as any that ever left the
bureau of engraving and printing.
Boggs was very much pleased with
this. Next he wanted to see the plates
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
DESIGN FOR VISITING DRESS.
In Russet-6rown velveteen and Fine
Face Cloth,

Here is very elegant combination
Of russet-brown velveteen and fine face
cloth. The plain trained skirt is of
velveteen, 80 are the tight-fitting un-
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
Wedding Notes,

The Bride-Just think of it. dearest,
so years from yesterday will be our
golden anniversary.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20
Bingham Has Sense Of humor.

Police Commissioner Bingham II q
great believer In training and discip.
line as aids to efficiency. It Is his am
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

$50 receive prizes Of more than 1000
marks each.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

Hank Bonner, alias s''Red, J"
Madison, ''Shorty," |.
Badly Stuns by Hi. Own
Game Juggled BY a De-
ceivins Farmer Who, When
He Had Notified the
Proper Authorities,
Skipped for Part. Un-
known After Di.po.ing Of
His Farm Propertie. in
the South.
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

Blouse for Girl from II to 6 YearsCream this
blouse;
elbow. ~'O ~N'~0AoN A~~'' W. ~
Materials
rnmin
Simple BoueA
as
small between;
embroidery band of
cuffs ~ 1
Materials requred yards
trimming ~ ~ ~ ~ '
Cloth acket-Here in
match 1t
OF
loops Embroidered gaoon
buckle ~ ~ N 'A -
half yards 4e inches wd one
yard galoon, three " ' ~
Willmar tribune., 1909-01-20

NE evening when I looked in
on Capt. Dickson, who had
but recently retired from a
position high in the United
States secret service, l
found him seriously engaged
in reading the afternoon na.
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Baptist Aid Society.

The members of the Baptist Aid So
ciety met Tuesday afternoon at the
Masonic Hall with ten ladies present.
Brazil was the subject for this meeting
and the lesson was made very instruc-
tive and interesting by the leader,
Mrs. Hendricks. The society will
meet again next Tuesday, and as this
will be the regular business meeting
all are urged to attend. Before ad-
iourning Mines. Mills and Hendricks
served delicious cake and hot coffee
to the ladies present.
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Episcopal Guild.

Members of the Episcopal Guild met
Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. l.. O.
Clark as hostess. This was quite an
enthusiastic meeting as there were so
many in attendance, and a delightful
time was had. After the business part
Of the meeting was over the hostess
served a delicious two-course lun
cheOn.
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Apron-Handkerchief Sale.

The Ladies' Auxiliary. B. of R. T.,
will hold an apron and handkerchief
sale at the armory (old Arcade) Mon.
day, April 10, from 4 to Z p. n. Re
freshments will be sold and at night
a dance will be given. EVERYBODY in
vited.
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Society.
Wednesday Club.

Each member of the Wednesday
Club received through the mail Tues
day a little envelope with the follow
ing enclosed:
''The world loves a Laughter
And loves to laugh, too,
So please bring a laugh,
When you come, with you
Laughable incidents happen each day
And doubtless many have fallen
your way;
Come prepared with something funny
to tell,
The pest narrator will be rewarded
WELL"
At the appointed hour Wednesday
the members began to arrive at the
home of Mrs. G. c. Scarlette eager
and anxious to hear the many funny
Jokes to be told. The ladies were well
coined at the door and ushered into
the parlor which was made very at
tractive by the numerous and fra
grant cut flowers. Each guest was
presented with a pretty little Easter
souvenir card, upon which there was
space to write the name Of the best
narrator. After numerous jokes were
told which brought forth many peals
of laughter, the votes were gathered
and counted. Mrs. DucrocQ received
the greatest number of votes and Mrs.
Scarlette presented her with the much
admired hand painted bon-bon dish.
The hostess then invited her guests
into the dining room where the Eas-
ter decorations were very pretty, and
appropriate.
In the center of Of the table was a
cut glass vase filled with lovely Amer
lean beauty roses, resting on an ex-
quisite Cluny lace and hand embroid-
cred centerpiece. Miss Bessie Caffery
assisted the hostess in serving the
following dlicious luncheon: Salad
in tomato cups, stuffed olives, cheese
straws, Philadelphia cream with red
cherries and cake.
The guests of the club were Mines.
Masters, Gienier, c.. M. Patterson,
Misses Jeanmard and Caf6ery.
II you want the latest in spring and
summer clothing go to Kahn's.
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For Rent.

Will zen my entire house furnished,
or will rent part for light housekeep-
ing, furnished.-Mrs. Julia Huff.
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II you want the latest in spring and
summer clothing 60 to Kahn's.
The La Jara chronicle., 1909-12-31
Notice..

The Home Lumber, Coal and
Grain Company wish to say to
their patrons that their rapidly
increasing business, and the large
amount of capital necessary to con-
duct the same, compels the collec-
tion of all outstanding accounts
before January l, 1910. All ac-
counts must be settled either by
cash or bankable note We can
not extend credit until the accounts
of 1909 are settled.
I. J. RICHARDSON,
Manager.