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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
Civil Service Commission Wants Home

department of the government wholly
peripateti1 and without permanent
quarterings is subject to suspicion and
to sighting considerations. We want
ed to be helped out of that situation"
It is nearly twenty-six years since
the commission was organized. The
early meetings in 1883 we're held in the
apartment Of Dorman 3. Eaton In the
celebrated but dilapidated Wormley's
hotel. Later the commission rented
two rooms in a residence in Fourteenth
street. From there it moved to the
seed building of the department Of az
riculture. In 1885 it moved to wing
of the city hall building. In 1898 it
moved to the Concordia building, and
in 1900 it moved to its present wholly
inadequate building.
The commission wants quarters
that are permanent, that will be q
creditable monument to the work 1t
has done and an honor to the public
service that it is performing. An ap-
preparation of 100000 will provide q
proper site and building and this ap-
preparation is recommended. In trans
hitting to congress the commissions
letter and the draft Of bill for the ap-
preparation, President Roosevelt says
he approves the commissions recon-
| mendation.
The force of the civil service COM
mission consists of 1874 employees, Of
whom 1877 are constantly employed in
| Washington. These employees super
wise and complete the work of 1859
local boards, composed of 4,69o men,
bers, distributed throughout the terri
torial extent of the United States, Ha-
wall, the 1sthmus of Panama, and the
island of Porto Rico. Last year there
were 167, 1891 applicants for examina-
! tiOnS,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
FIRST AND LAST CONCLUSION.
Validating Man Arrived at It Only to
Lose Il.

When Willie was boy he used to
wonder II he would ever be rich-but
of course he was too young tOknow.
When he grew older he argued with
himself If smoking was really injuri-
ous-but he never settled that ques-
ton.
Later he went out into society and
discovered that some women are pref
ty and that some bake good bread.
He often thought he would marry
only he could never seem to decide
which kind he preferred.
He grew nightly interested in sci
ence and thought he might write a
book about something of the sort-but
he never did.
He joined five churches, one at a
time-but he never felt quite sure he
had hit the right one
He believed in single tax, socialism
and high tariff-but he wasn't sure
that things were not better as they
WERE
In time he grew gray and weak in
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
British Earl WEEDS American Heiress

orange blossoms, and carried a prayer
book instead of a bouquet. She was
attended by Miss Alice Astor, daugh-
ter of Col. and Mrs. John Jacob Astor;
Miss Grace Vanderbilt, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt;
Miss Edith Taylor and Miss Beatrice
Bishop. She was given away by her
father; Lord Granard's brother, Hon.
Donald Forbes, was best man. The
guests numbered about $50.
The gifts to the bride included q
check from her father for 100000, to
be supplemented later on, it is said,
by London town house from her
grandfather, D. o. Mills. Her mother
gave her tiara of pearls and dfa-
monds with tips of pear-shaped pearls
and diamonds. The bridegroom's gifts
to her were a collar, tiara and cor
sage ornaments of diamonds, but of
these she has only the photographs,
the originals remaining in London to
greet her when she arrives there to
take up her residence there.
Numerous other ornaments of dia-
monds and other precious stones, and
a great quantity of silver, were show
cred upon her, the total value of her
wedding presents being said to reach
quite half million dollars. The earl
and countess will spend a few weeks
at the country home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Mills in the. Hudson:
departure for England. Their home in
London temporarily will be the earl of
Dartmouth's house in Berkeley square
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03

up by the sound Of his own voice and
the effectiveness Of his own effort,
thinking it fine and wonderful and
thinking of nothing else.
What was the tariff to him. or the
need of new subways; or the earth
quake in Italy, or where the money
was coming from to pay the rent, or
whether we could afford to 20 to the
opera, or not, or any Of life's cares and
troubles? Nothing.
He lived in a world of his own in
which he was constantly discovering
new wonders and himself learning to
do new things, and lately it had come
to him that he could initiate the
call of cat and just now he was
in the full flush of his first perfected
power in this; and here he was push
ing the hand cart along, lettering the
handle up and down, and with his
head thrown back, saying at every
otherstep: 'Mi-au-ow! Mi-au-ow!
and finding in it pervasive and per-
meating, a profoundly penetrating de-
light. What greater joy could he
tind?"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03

The whole world exists for 1t and in |
1t only; science and learning are ex-
clusively its department; poetry, art,
a word, that makes life really beauti- |
full, spiritual and elevated. that COM |
prises the aesthetic and intellectual
part of human life, exists but in and
for this class ndsacts but through this.
class. Go out Of its bounds and you
will find that nobody knows anything.
nobody can do anything. This higher
world writes. criticises, judges. speaks
creates the community's opinion-pub-
fishes newspapers, fills picture CALLER.
les, libraries and theaters; it means
the whole of civilization. Beyond 1t
exists but a huge turbid wave of hui
mainly, living life that is more or
less physical, uncultivated,, dark and
coarse.
Widespread American Culture.
But in America, whereas, perhaps,
general science and culture do not
reach such height in individuals or
in one particular class as here in Eu-
rope, to make up for it this culture Is
far more widespread-nay,t there is no
comparison between the universally
of culture here and in America, so
much does it exceed ours. And this is
what is called American democracy.
"And now l will tell you this: If
high state of civilization does not in.
sure happiness to the human race,
fhoD uya 0r,uhf tn
turn to the times when men walked
about on all fours; but If we admit
| that widespread civilization does con-
duce to human happiness, then can
! only affirm that, taking one country
with another, human happiness is in
| comparably greater in America than
anywhere in Europe. This is to say
! that America the democratic is near.
est of all to that human ideal which
man has been striving after for so
many centuries.
I'm order to be able to Judge of a
nations moral standard one must have
some sort of foundation to go on.
OF all human truths We may take this
one as the least doubtful, that the de-
velopment of education brings the de-
velopment of morality in it's wake. II
anybody doubts this he has only to
take statistics of crime from the first
nation that falls to his hand and he
will see the difference between the
number of criminals who are quite H.
literate, those partly educated and
those highly instructed. And if this
be so it is perfectly clear that, since
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
KNEW THE REAL JOY OF, LIFE.
Case Of SmpIe-Minded Youth Who
TrundIed the Handcart.

I'm what Joy consists" said Mr.. Mac
Whackleton, depends a good deal on
our age, circumstances and point Of
view. l doubt if any joys of later life
are greater than those of early youth.
Going along our block last night
was q youthful grocery boy pushing a
hand-cart and initiating the call of a
cat He didn't know whether he was
rich or poor. If an automobile passed
him he didn't wish that he could have
it. Sufficient to himself he simply re-.
garded it as a part of the show. He
hadn't come to any of the sorrows or
setbacks of life yet, he was fearless
and irresponsible; alive and kicking,
he enjoyed every breath he drew, and
now he was walking along, automatic
ally pushing the handcart, which had
practically gone out of his mind in the
thrill Of his cat-calling achievement.
'Miauow!' he said. 'M-au-ow!'
long drawn out. 'Mi-au-ow!' and he
teetered the handle of the cart in the
intensity OF his enjoyment. all wrought
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03

clothes. The American mans aesthetic
appetite is satisfied when he dresses
up his wife. He seems to want moth
ing for himself.
Social Relationship.
very few American women know
French or other foreign languages. 1
did not meet any women who were
judges of art or literature, on any
who knew how to paint or draw. An
other thing that struck me was the
mixture of Puritanism and freedom in
social relationship. The relations ex-
listing between young men and women
would give rise to all sorts Of scandal.
Gus results in Europe. There we find
nothing of the sort-partly, perhaps.
owing to the American woman's cold
temperament, partly to public opinion.
which puts all the blame on the man.
"One result of their democracy Is
their respect for labor. There. where
every kind of work is equally 70.
spected and held sacred, workers are
not divided into higher and lower
classes of the community. We Eu'
ropeans have not the least idea OF
the extent to which labor is respected
in America, and in this respect Amer.
lea stands UNNECESSARILY higher than
any European nation. To be frank, q
man in Europe who goes in for manual
labor is looked down upon by those
who do not work; he loses his caste
they exclude him from the class he
once belonged to-if he comes from
what We call the upper classes There
is none of that in America. There
classes, according to our ideas, dc
not exist-only different kinds of bust
nesses' exist, and the gentleman who
makes boots Is as much respected al
the gentleman who earns his living az
q lawyer, and this for the simple and
mistaken reason that public opinion
| makes not the slightest difference be
tween a respectable bootmaker and Z
| respectable lawyer.
"And herein you will find the key ia
American democracy. In general
though I did not shut my eyes to the
Americans bad qualities, l must say
that the more studied them the more
good ones I found"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
Warehouse to Take Place of Old Chapel

chapel has outlived its usefulness and
that by reason of the constant moving
of the resident population to districts
further uptown the congregation of St..
John has dwindled until few Worship
ers remain. These few the vestry
of Trinity proposes to accommodate
at st. Luke's chapel, which is COM
F., parativel" near at hand. ..
The action Of the vestrymen when i!
was first made public brought forth q
protest from the members of St.
Johns parish, and petition signed by
some of the most prominent men in
the nation. among them President
Roosevelt, urging the maintenance of
the chapel, if only for sentimental rea-
sons and as one of the historical land
marks of the city.
Feeling has reached such stage of
bitterness over the matter that there
is talk of an appeal to the courte md
it necessary. to the legislature
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03

4 SEVEN-STORY warehouse will re-
IL place st. Johns chapel on Varick
street, one of the oldest church edi-
fees in New York city. This, at least,
is the announcement made by the
Record and Guide, the official organ Of
the real estate interests of New York.
The announcement of the alleged
plans has served to intensity the feel
ing aroused by the determination of
the vestry of Trinity parish to @Cse
the historic church.
The reason advanced by the vestry-
men for closing st Johns is that the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
Her Indoor Vegetable Garden.

''S' VS8SA0ObS 00G0SUs
The West. Philadelphia woman who
was the envy of her neighbors last
summer by virtue Of her vegetable gar
den in her small back yard, which kept
her table well supplied for a month,
has again stepped into the limelight.
This clever woman has succeeded in
raising several kinds of vegetables in
flower pots of earth inside her house.
Already she has raised several stalks
of asparagus from roots, and her fam
lily is enjoying the luxury of green
asparagus, while their friends and
neighbors are eating canned goods.
Radishes, too, have grown indoors for
this amateur trucker, and now, made
ambitious by her successes, this wom-
an is going to plant some lima beans
and peas. The care of her indoor
vegetable garden is not wearing, for
the West Philadelphia woman. to gain
time, has simply cut down her usual
list of potted plants and devoted her
time to more practical growing things.
Philadelphia Record.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
House at 0bIengorch.

cellar, eats but once day, and never
sees meat but through the butchers
windows. Here in our country pow
erty's teeth chatter with the cold; pow
'erty begs, steals, breaks into other
peoples houses. Show me such pow
erty in America! There even a bank.
rupt former can turn his hand to a
hundred things and earn living.
American Women.
"Never before and nowhere else in
the world have women had such a
good time as in America. The laws
make up to her, custom gives her free
dom, public opinion shields her even
when she is at fault, and all the men
pet and spoil her. This respect for
women is a general trait in the Anglo
Saxon character, but it is greater in
America than in England. The Amer
lean woman is little like spoilt
child. But when you ask me If she
stands higher or lower Intellectually
than the European woman must ask:
With what class of European wom-
en- am l to compare her.? We have
differences between the different
classes of women such as do not exist
at all in America. For instance, with
us 'drawing-room' lady, besides her
own languages, speaks goodness knows
how many foreign ones; she plays on
the piano and knows how to talk
about art and literature with the
oh hot to yhnt Il
chiefly necessary. Her mind is hex-
ible and developed; If she thinks fit
to pose as something unusual she
knows how to cover her perfumed
soul with a cloud Of mystery. In the
thick forest of words and feelings she
moves about as II she were at home.
In general she Is quick and as keen
in society as q razor; to speak the
truth, she is not learned, but devel-
oped, both psychologically and aes-
thetically, to the highest point
Comparison Hard to Make.
Compare with the a country wench
Chloe. She walks about with red,
bare feet, drinks vodka, cannot read or
write, knows. absolutely nothing Of
what is going on around her; the world
reflects itself only in her eyes, as the
heavens are reflected in water; Moth.
ing touches her brain. Now, with
which Of these two sisters am to
compare the American woman? Leav.
ing out the blue stockings and a small
percentage who by travelling in Eu.
rope have made themselves up on
European lines, I will take the average
American woman. We find exactly
the same thing that l mentioned when
speaking about American civilization
and culture. Every American woman
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
An lou at Auction.

An lou for 100000 marks was put
up to public auction a few days ago at
W1esbaden, and fetched the handsome
sum of 7C0 marks. The signatory to
the interesting document is a well.
known German prince, and there was
an idea, which proved to be ill-found-
ed, that his relatives would honor the
signature In order to avoid any: pub.
licity.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03

they are laid. Those of the ringed
plover, little tern and oyster catcher
resemble the sand and single If the
beach. The lapwing's eggs closely
simulate bare soil or dried bents. The
young chicks show similar protective"
colors.-Youth's Companion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
The Color Of Eaus,

Mr.. A. H. Norwood of the Leicester
{Ergland) museum. remarks that the
colors Of birds eggs can in large
number of cases be traced to the ne
cessity Of protective resemblance"
White eggs are usually laid by birds
nesting in holes in trees, or in dark
situations, like owls, woodpeckers and
some pigeons. Most birds nesting on
or near the ground lay eggs of an o.
lve-green or brown ground color. The
eggs of grouse, ptarmigan and so forth
resemble the heather among which
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
Smottered In Orders.

The high military officials in Ger.
many are equally highly decorated,
According to a Paris contemporary,
the eight adjutants of Frederick L..
possessed but IS decorations between
them. Count Hulsen Huessler had
81 and his successor, Gen. Won Pies.
sen, has already So. The five personal
adjutants of the kaiser possess to.
gether 100. Marshal Bluch could boast
of only Is in all.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03

the knees. One day he was taken very
i'll. He called in a homeopath, an allo.
path, an osteopath and an herb doc.
tor. They all prescribed-but he
couldn't decide which medicine was
most likely to cure him. So he took
them all.
Then he died. And his friends felt
that 1t was the best thing he had ever
done. At last he had arrived at a con.
clusiOn.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
Carriage for "Uncle Joe" in the Future

er either of the officials shall have one
or two horses, rockaway, victoria,
trap or phateon. 1t simply specifies
horses and carriages. That is GER
tainly sufficient for one of the plain
people like Uncle joe" Cannon.
Up to this time the president and
members of the cabinet were the only
ones Uncle Sam provided with horses
and carriages.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
Pro gress.

"How's Smith getting on in Its xeW
position?'
Fine; he's already begun to tbiak
that the boss couldn't run :he busif.2ss
without him. Detroit C1et Press,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
The Oriujn.

PA, what is the origin of tho word
.because?'"
Don't know exactly. Guess some
woman got it up:'-Detroit Free
Press
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03
Getting On.

"How's your boy getting on in the
college engineering course?"
Fine. He writes me that he's
been made master of the locomotive
N."-Detroit Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03

general education stands higher in
America than anywhere else, general
morality stands higher, too. But OBJ
serve, please, that do not include
the large parts of the country which
are principally crowded with immi-
grants from Europe, driven to crime
by want. do not mean the towns on
the Indian frontier, either; l speak of
what l must call the finished states. >
that is to say, those states which are
living under normal conditions, and
here l can assure you that you will
find far more loyal people than any,
where else in the world-loyal in the
sense that public safety is greater in
these states than anywhere else.
Respect for the Law.
Before visiting America, some years
ago, was told that should
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03

The small courtesies sweeten life;
the greater ennoble it.-Richter.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1909-02-03

The Author Of "Quo Vadis"
Believes That Culture IL
More Widespread in the
United States Than IN
Any Other Country
"An,erican Democracy
Nearest of All to the
Ideal Humanity Has Been
Striving After"-Ameri-
can Cooking DepLorable,
American Women Less
Industrious and More
Dressed Than the Won,-
en- of Europe.
The Washington herald., 1909-10-23
FUNERAL FOR BARNES
WILL BE HELD TODAY
WITH MASONIC HONORS

Representatives from the Masonic Or
der. the Chamber Of Commerce, and the
city post-ofiice will join to-day IN the final
rites to be held for Postmaster Benjamin
Franklin Barnes. who died at the home
Of his father-in-law, Jacob Frech. last
Wednesday night
The members OF Temple Lodge. +. A.
A. NJ. headed by WOrshipful Master
Thomas c. Noyes will attend in full Ma
sonic costume.
A delegation OF letter carriers. selected
by Assistant Postmaster Allen Merritt
will act as pallbearers The honorary
pallbearers will be Allen Merritt COT
NJ A. Winter, Capt James F. Oyster
w. L. Sinclair, and two others who have
not yet been selected
At a meeting OF Temple Lodge vester-
day, II was decided that the Rev. James
h. Stuart pastor OF the Fifteenth Street
Christian Church. would officiate Mr.
Stuart was a close friend OF the late
postmaster. Music at the service will
be furnished by Masonic quartet. In
compliance with the wishes OF the family
me services viii be unusually simple
me poInp usually accorded a public Off
clal VIII De lacking both at the home and
at the grave
The Masons have been asked by Mr.
MOVES 10 assemble at Masonic Temple ar
CLOCK this afternoon, whence they will
80 "a oody TO the Barnes home Burial
VIII De in Rock Creek Cemetery.
"hle the services are being held. the
The Washington herald., 1909-10-23
DIED.

BARNES 80 Suddenly, on Wednesday
October 20, 1909. at $40 p. m, BEN
JAMIN F., beloved husband Of Emily
f Barnes
Funeral from his late residence, IS r
street northeast. on Saturday. October
Is, at p. m, Interment private, a.
Rock Greek Cemetery. Kindly oml'
flowers.
BATES-On Wednesday, October IS, 1903,
Mai. Gen ALFRED +. BATES.
Relatives and friends are invited 70 at
tend the funeral services, at West
Point, on Monday. October % az S;45
p. N.
BOARDMAN-On Friday. October p. 1909,
al 9.3O a. m, at the residence Of her
son-in-law. Gen. J. Edwin Browne. 6l4
East Forty-first street. Baltimore Nd.
CATHERINE NJ. widow of Hon
George W. BOardman and daughter
OF the late Robert and Mary 5. Wild
dicombe
Interment at Congressional Cemetery,
Washington, at p. m saturday &C
tOber g
GHEEN-After a brief illness, on Friday,
October p 1903, at 7.45 a. m, JOHN
H. GHEEN. beloved husband OF Ruth
Birch Gheen.
Funeral from hts late residence, 1915
Park road, Monday, october =. at 3
p. m. Friends and relatives invited.
Interment private.
.HUBBARD-S Suddenly, on Wednesday
October %, 1893, Mrs. GARDINER G.
HUBBARD.
Funeral services at the Church OF the
Covenant Sunday, October "A, at s
p. N.
KANE-On Thursday, october z. 1905. at
D. m, WILLIAM A, beloved son
OF Michael and Joanna v Kane (nee
Burkel.
Funeral from his late residence. As Mas
sachusetts avenue northwest. Satur-
day, October q, at 10 a. m. Requiem
mass at St Aloysius' Church Rela-
tives and friends invited.
REED-On Wednesday. October 90 1909.
at $40 p. m. in the Hutchins Build
ing. after a long and painful illness.
ROBERT WILLIAM REED the be-
loved husband Of Emily Reed. in his
sixty-third year.
Funeral from 5l6 Twentieth street
northwest, thence to the Nineteenth
Street Baptist Church, Saturday, Oc-
tober q, al p. m. Interment In Har-
mony Cemetery.
ROBERTSON-On Wednesday, October
90 1903, at 1:S0 p. m, at the residence
OF his brother. DerwOOd. MONTGOMERY
County, Nd. JOHN S ROBERTSON.
Funeral from St Mary's Church. Rock
vile. Nd, saturday October g, at
1880 a. m.
ROTH-On Wednesday, October %. 1909.
at $50 2. m. CAROLINE I. ROTH.
beloved mother OF Charles II. Bau-
man, Amelia r. Veitenthal and Clara
A Roth, in her seventy-frst year
Funeral Saturday. October %, at 2:S0
p. m. from the residence of her son,
90S 7 street northwest Relatives and
friends invited.