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New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
THE TEST OF COMPARISON.

she came couple Of trains earlier than We had
expected. and I out when she was driven I'd
90 the house When. eager with anticipation
came back sister me with puzzled expression
On her face John she said I'm afraid there has
been mistake Are that the Miss Agnes
r. whom invited down here is your friend
rom Africa? You said she very beautiful.
Isn't II possible that the wrong person got our
noteT
q Absurd" a" scoffed. brushing past her in nv
haste TO gain the terrace. where an entrancing bun
die Of white silhouetted against the sonlbre ivy
beyond I'd know her handwriting among a mill
ion
7 bounded uo the terrace yards in advance Of
sister. 10 pause aghast before the apparition
Of gaTnt, middle aged stranger who was smiling
weakly I'D st me from q seat by the tea table I
knew her by her coral brooch had bought f. for
NY sister the day left Africa-her Maufu lizard
skin handbag-7fat was from Captain Broadstairs
and the mole her left cheek. Those were
about the only familiar things noticed Yet she
she had left the steamer. had been seeing other
7irls. that was ali.
p we made brave effort to make her visit
pleasant one. but It was no go The same thing
had probably happened at the other places she had
tackled. and was, doubt, reason for the sud
cen setting forward OF our date On the second day
Ehe began speaking Of other pressing invitations
she had received and the third day she went
back 20 London. And 81 not until the carriage
had ratified OF sight down the driveway with
her that my sister turned and how II was
that had meyer mentioned that Miss r was cross
eyed An6 for the life I can't recolIect no
ticing Il until that CHASTITY moment when I found
her waiting On the terrace"
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
ELECTRICITY FOR HEAD HUNTERS.

Having done what they could 10 put a stop to the
work of the savage head hunters of Formosa. the
Japanese who own the island. making strenu-
Gus efforts to bring dewn wholesale punishment
upon them. on the island there are about
hundred thousand OF these saVages, who delight to
run a man to earth and take his head trophy.
and when recently three hundred Japanese treasure
seekers masSacred and their heads taken il
was decided invoke the aid of modern science
and execute the savages III job lots. Wire fencings
were run around the villages and then when the
Japanese fired a few shots the Formosans
away but only to fall upon the highly charged
wires and be electrocuted-The Pathfinder
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
ANY WHITE WOMAN
LOOKS 4 BEAUTY
ON RETURN FROM LONG
AFRICAN TRIP.
dian Generally Proposes 10 the First
One He Meets and Repents
Soon After7cagd
By Lewis II. Freeman.

While there may he found here and there among
the native women of Africa one who has
claims 10 beauty as beauty is understood by
European. the majority ugly. and even re
pulslve. in appearance. is wholly surprising.
therefore, though # is amusing, hear a white
man who has seen 70 other kind of but
these for a year tell how his first meeting
with a white woman affects him after his return to
civilization \ SteUardesS =. Eider-Dempster
Eteamer-about the usual Of her class for looks
and personaIity-assared me that she had averaged
two proposals every honlevard voyage during all
The three years or her service nearly every one Of
which as coming from a man far above he- in
station she haG religousIy made point of accept
ing. Out Of all these men-I forget how
dozen in aIl-not had ever come back for her
after he had crossed the gangpank- Several OF
them had made return trips 10 Africa with her
without SO much as vou-hsafng her nod but one
who had made the London VOYAGE from Africa for
g second time her steamer had repeated his
proposal. Ne. she never brought breach of prom
lse suit bl: stsWardess another of the Demp-
liners had done so. only to lose her case on
ruling by the judge the effect that man who
had not seen white woman for two years was not
responsible what he said 10 The first one he met
on his return
Usually the stewardess is the only white woman
one encounters on London bound West African
steamer, bat occasionally there two or three
others and conditions proportiona tely aggra-
waited I always hear with increasingly keen en-
3oyment the recital Of California friend of mine
q well known mining eXpert-of his experience
when thus exposed He returning from an
eighteen months trip ia the back country Of the
Gold Coast. and on the steamer invalded home.
was an English nurse. sole survivor Of party Of
four who had attempted to take charge Of coast
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

more reason pinned me to the ground II was my
first lion. II aI1-important to give my gun
bearers confidence. If I stood up they might be
dancing round and, in spite Of the awful threat
enngS 1 had Illuminated against any one VINO
should ever under any circumstances fire one OF
my guns, the guns might have gone off themselves
gun bearers guns have way OF doing; whereas
them,
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
STUDIO NOTES.

Wesley Ray Burroughs a pupil of William c
Carl, has been engaged as organisJ-solost for the
Buffalo May Festival Mr.. Burroughs will play a
number Of interesting organ compositions Among
the artists engaged for the festival are Geraldine
Farra-, Margaret keyes. Daniel Beddoe, Herbert
Witherspoon and the Theodore Thomas Orchestra.
George Kruger gave an informal musical on
Monday evening May 3, In his studio Nos 90
and e Carnegie Hall. Among the numbers much
enjoyed by those present 'Carneval'' by
Schunsnn; dragon Flies" by H. B. Bartlett and
q concert etude by Groendahl
John ". Nichols. tenor and teacher, who returned
last year from Paris. where he OF NJ.
Jean de Reszke's pupils Is receiving numerous ap-
plications from students who desire TO take ad-
vantage Of the special summer course in vocal cult
ure. which he VIII give at his studio. No. I East
10Th street.
Josephine swickard, the concert soprano, is meet
ing with renewed success at each appearance. Miss
aEickard, Eho filed her second engagement with
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
STORIES ABOUT BELLS.
Associated with Many Historical Events
Some Famous Ones

Bells were used in India and China long before
they known in Europe. Their history is full
OF interest In civilized times they have not only
been associated with social and religious affairs.
but also with a great many important historical
events. In the year 12S2, at the ringing OF the
Sicilian NesPers, says The London Globe eight
thousand French were slain in cold blood by John
of Procida, who thought that he would thus free
Sicily from Charles of Anjou. Again. on St Bar
tholomews Day, 1572. bells gave the signal for the
slaughter of the Huguenots to begin; while. to
come to later years when the news of Nelson's
victory and death came TO England, the bells OF
Chester rang a joyous peal alternated with a
single toll OF the Passing Bell Bells have rung
over both victorious and defeated cities and in
deed. throughout the whole of Europe, to COM
memorate events widely apart from each other
Life and Death.
There are several old bells in Scotland Ireland
and Wales; the oldest often quadranguar
being made of thin iron plates which have been
hammered and riveted together. At the monastery
Of ST. Gall in Switzerland the four-sided bell Of the
Irish missionary st. Gall who lived in the seventh
century, is still preserved; but more ancient still
is the bell OF st. Patrick in Belfast which Is
ornamented with gold and gems and silver dIierse
work. The curfew bell that about which most
has been written and said 1t has been thought
that 1t only used IL England. but 1t quite
common the Continent in the Middle Ages.
The ringing OF bells by rope is still very popular
England, especially in the country, where almost
every hamlet. however small has It's church with
its peal OF bells. which often remarkably well
rung. To the town dweller church bells do not
strike the same personal note which the country
hears in them, where for miles around each
village every man. woman and child Is known the
one to the other. The plOughman in the fields
hearing tolling OF the Passing Bell or the joy
Gus wedding peal. knows once for whom they
ring What the bells to him is well expressed
in the lines:
say, how thou mourn7
Tetoccs
metal dun
a sorrowingS
al Tejoicngs
Thou feel them all
The first real peal of bells in this country
by Pope Calixtus Iii. to Kings College. Cam
bridge, and for three hundred years the largest
peal in England. About the beginning OF the year
i5OO sets of eight bells were hung in few OF the
large churches. In the middle OF the seventeenth
century a man named White wrote q famous work
bells. In which he introduced the system Of
numbering them I. ,, ). /, etc. on, slips OF paper
in different orders according TO the changes in
tended rung. 1t Is calculated that To ring all
the changes upon twentyfour bells. at two strokes
a second, would take 1I7,0Oo.0O0OOo yearsi
One OF the most famous bells In the world Is the
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
ALL WOoED ONE WOMAN.

'I thought / han number of handsome
vvomen IN one place ard another, said s. In
telling the story. but from the moment l came
aboard the Congo and saw her propped up in her
deck clair under the after awning trying 10 hold
her white hand steady enough TO drink cup of
beef tea the stewardess had brought. told myself
that all the others bulked but clay walled
pocket to a true fssure vein comparison with
her. Unluckily about two dozen other chaps
seemed 10 feel the same way, and every fifteen
minutes Of The waking hours Of the two weeks
voyage the doctor had to charge down and break
up the solid wall Of humanity which surrounded
her chair let the trades blow IN enough oxygen
TO keep her from fainting. There man 10
swing every lib # her fan. with enough left over
70 chase every fly that lighted her the rail
and into the Atlantic After breakfast luncheon
and dinner regularly drove off the negro wallah
and shouldered eac, ether not any too politely for
{ chance TO pull her punkah don't think that I
ever really proposed TO her. but several of the
other chaps did, and poor devil made a pretty
serious fein at jumping over the rail the night that
she turned him down No TWO Of US actually came
70 blows he, atmosphere OF the
eTnoking room was as frtgid as that an icebox.
and the only who were really popular with
their fellow passengers wele a chap who was con-
fined 70 his stateroom with fever and was there
fore out Of the running, and the lad who had pro-
posed and been forced out.
BY the time the Congo had been warped along
side Tilbury Docks I entirely satisfied in my
own mind that I wanted marry what I firmly
DeueTeQ was the most beaulful, talented and win
some woman I had ever encountered: but determin-
fng to DO the thing decently and in order I took
the address Of the lodging 10 which she was going,
and begged permission 10 call upon her with my
sister. In due time the call made Miss B.
was out, but at my urgent request sister left
note inviting her to spend week with US
5Isidenhead, where my brother-in-law had taken a
home for the summer A couple Of days later she
wrote US saying that she had engagements cover
ing The next three four weeks but the end OF
that time It possible that she would be able
70 give a few days of her company. Nv hated
rivals were getting ahead of me. I thought, and
good deal cast down until at the end of
three or four days. another letter came say
that she had cancelled her engagements and was
al liberty TO come down at once got sister 20
wire her TO come tie following afternoon, and
spent the interim rehearsing a proposal.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09
NATIONAL GUARD NEWS.

The list Regiment will parade for divine service
on Sunday in the Collegiate Church, 12@d street
and Ienox avenue The command Will wear the
distinctive full dress of the regiment with white
trousers and will assemble at the armory ct 40
o m The regiment will proceed to the church by
the subway to 125th street and Lenox avenue, and
will return by the same route.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

Mechanic Heinrich. of the 1st Battery. has been
presented with long service medal for fifteen
years and Sergeant Dorr and Corporal Strolneckar
with medals for ten years service.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

The spring festival concert Of the Schubert %ra-
torio Society took place last Wednesday evening
Wallace Hall. in Brooklyn In addition 10 num-
hers b. chorus soioists and orchestra, Saint
Saenss cantata The Deuge,' ably presented
under the direction of Louis Arthur Russell. the
well known conductor
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

The 26th Company of the Sth Regiment is without
a captain and first and second lieutenant Colonel
Austin to meet the difficulty has detailed Lieu
tenant Thomas Bullivant, from the 3lst Company
20 command
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

A rife contest will be shot Saturday between
a team from Company b of the 47th Regiment and
one from Company l. 10th Regiment.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

Il made up my mind what I should do I knew
well, of course that if the wind did give away
the lions might just retire behind the heap they
We're lying and then all my trouble would begin
again; but not without hope that when
they got the wind. they would come forth just for
one moment to make sure, and staked my all on
that If hard luck had been mine I'm my long wait
ing. surely fortune would smile last. I
crawled away from my men. and sitting up In the
grass. here two feet high. where l could command
the side toward the river l rested my elbows on
nv knees and waited
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

Captain Carl G.. Rasnus, of Company A, 23d
Regiment has been elected major of the Sd Bat
talon, over Captain W. 7. Mynotte, by a vote OF
81 10 IS. Major-elect Rasmus was the sixth senior
captain in the regiment, which he Joined as a pri-
vate in May. 1855. He VIII be succeeded as cap
tain by First Lieutenant g. L. Lamont Colonel
w a Stokes who announced his intention OF re-
signing some time ago. will give up the active COM
mand Of the regiment about the middle OF next
month.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

At the last Of a series of oratorio services for
this season Sir Arthur Sullivan's The ProdSal
Son" will be given at the Memorial Presbyterian
Church BROOKLYN this evening. under the direction
of the organIst and choirmaster, S. Lewis Elmer.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

J MasseT vocal teacher, with studio in Carnegie
Hall announces he has received contract from
I3igmsrdi & Co an operatic agency of Milan,
Italy for his pupil. a. Wilson, soprano, to sing
leading parts at several of the leading italian
theatres Another pupil, Miss Helen Heineman.
soprano and professional flute player, after com
pletng her studies next year will so TO Italy with
several other students to make her debut under
the direction of Mr. Massell.
Henry Holden Huss directed orchestra Of
twenty PLAYERS at Carnegie Chamber Music Hall
last "Wednesday evening the occasion being the
annual charity concert by artist pupils Of Mr..
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

To many man such a moment may have come as
ordinary one but not to me Day after day,
for five long months, had never gone out hunt
ing in the early morning without hoping ana long
ing to find myself face to face with the finest beast
in the world the lion Of British East Africa
"One hundred and seventy yards IN front OF the
bush we crouched, under bushy screen Of thorn
stretched for twenty thirty yards. Beyond that
rose wide. low. red anthill, and round the warm.
sunny. bare base OF it there seemed to be a buff
colOred. yelowish mass The intervening thorns
hid the crown OF the authill. and anything there
might be il invisible TO me, but the fawn-
colored mass at the base just showed movement to
the naked eye. and through the glass l saw legs
and tails and yellow fanks and heads all pressed
together, that great cat family-the lion, his
harem and their Ohspring-tOok their pleasure in
the sun.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

The Henry Lift Quartette will give spring m1si-
cal on Monday morning at the studio of MI Lifr
No SO Irving Place This will be the first OF
series Of four private musicals to be given IN the
spring months. Marie Lecea BrackTnan' contralto
VIII be the soloist for the fourth.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

A parade of the 9Th Regiment will be made on
Governors Island the occasion OF the garden
party to be held there in a few days in aid Of the
Army Relief Society
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

Company II of the llth Regiment will participate
IN the military mass at the navy yard on May g.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

Veterans Of the 47th Regiment will hold an out
ing at Jamaica Bay June 8. Dinner Will be
served at the Jamaica Bay Yacht Club.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

Company I, of the 69th Regiment, Captain Charles
Healey will hold shirt waist dance in the Man
haitian Casino on Friday night July ..
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

General David r Austen has appointed board
Of officers consisting OF Major Franklin w Ward
9Th Regiment; Captain b. II. Pendry, of the 18th,
and Captain Paul Loeser. OF the Sth, to devise
uniform system of instruction and drills for the
three coast artillery regiments, The general has
also appointed another board consisting OF Major
W / Taylor OF the staff, and Major H. {. Wilson
and Lieutenant Ames. OF the Sth Regiment. to pre-
pare and recommend uniformity in the system OF
position finding and the service and duties OF ex-
pert noucommissioned stan officers.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

the Detroit Symphony. Orchestra April p has
also been engaged by the Harmonic Society 1or
June / She will also appear in recital before the
Indiana State Music Teachers Association al
Lafayette Ind, on June 80.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

Captain Hearn OF Company 1. 22d Regiment. has
nominated r y. Benjamin for first lieutenant and
Sergeant J. Rohers for second lieutenant The
members Of Company G Monday night presented
handsome gold watch former Captain George
Mahon. The presentation speech was made by Ser
geant L. A Wedcmeyer.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

First Lieutenant Charles NJ Read. OF the 1lth
Company Of the 18th Regiment, VIII. II is said, be
unanimously elected captain next Tuesday night
The 9th Company, Captain H. H. Royce. VIII hold
a moonlight excursion on the night Of July l.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

parade Of the 18th Regiment will be made this
afternoon to 81. Patricks Cathedral TO attend di-
vine service. The regiment will assemble in the
armory at 4l5 p. wearing fun dress uniform
Company II, Captain Norris Will shortly hold an
election for second lieutenant. The only candidate
viii be Wray Wood. from the 7th Regiment, who
also served in the Kentucky Volunteers during the
war with Spain.
New-York tribune., 1909-05-09

The lst and ID companies of the Signal Corps
will receive some interesting joint aeronautc in
struction in the arnory Of the list Regiment on
Thursday night. The instruction will be under the
direction Of Lieutenant Colonel f. T. Leigh, chief
signal officer, and will include the OF "a large
model of a war balloon and also large partly in
fated balloon.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-02
North Protiyin.

Chas. D. Durfey, the mail carrier on
R. F. D. No. 4, has quit hauling mail,
and intends moving to North Dakota.
Joseph Patterson took his route.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Valvoda visited
at the home of her father, Joseph
Mlady, Sunday last.
The Wagner brothers visited at the
home of their sister, Mrs. James No
votny, recently.
Hrdina's young folks called on John
Slifka's family a week ago last Sum
day.
Horkey Bros. sawed wood for Joseph
Haskovec last Friday.
John Brom, from near Spillville,
called on John Sobolik, one day last
week.
A number of our young people
attended the party at Joseph Riha 8,
last Thursday. All report good time.
Joseph Berka was entertained at the
Stika home.
Anton Mrazek hired out to James
Vrba for the coming year.
Miss Jessie Kratz arrived home from
DEBORAH where she has been staying
with her sister, Mrs. George Shimal.
Miss Josie Haskovec was out visiting
for about week at the home of her
sister Mrs. Mike Hruska.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-02
Notice to Subscribers

If you wish to cast ballot for one of
the piano contests, and pay your sub
scription at this Office, you must ask
for ballot-we will not furnish you
one unless you do. If we should COM
mence handing out ballots to those who
are not enough interested to ask for
them, in the vast majority of instances
we would be asked for the names of
contestants and their standing, and no
matter how fair our intent in the mat
Ter we might be thought to be favoring
some candidate. This we will not do.
We give all an equal chance and fair
field, and the hustler will win on her
own efforts. Remember, ASK for your
ballot and know for whom you wish to
vote Another thing, do not pay your
subscription and some time later ask
for ballot.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-02
Well Satisfied.

BISON, S. D., March %, 1909.
F. Dana Mead. Dear Sir:-Will you
please change the paper to Bison, S. D.,
instead of Davidson. We are having
fine weather; snow all gone, some men
are breaking in the middle of the day.
George and Earl reached here all right.
Earl has filed on land. We now have
480 acres and if we get enough rain we
are all right. This is all new land and
has been used for ranching, but is being
rapidly settled up. Nearly all of the
level land is gone, lots of hills or buttes
as they call them, but we have good
land, no complaint to make about
the yield of oats and corn last year,
and the potatoes were fine. We get
all the coal we burn for the digging
only two miles away; went 26 feet for
water and it is good. If the settlers
could only get lumber cheaper it would
be great benefit. We will all hope
that Congress will put lumber on the
free list. A great many build of Da-
kota brick (sod); it makes a warm
house, so they tell me. We are %
miles from the railroad, but are hear
ing railroad talk. The M. & st. l..
may come to our county seat.
Hoping you are having better weather
and less sickness, we are yours in
friendship. LIBB1E MILLER.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-02
Lourdes.

The snow in our vicinity is slowly
but surely leaving US, and the roads
are rather muddy.
We hear that Mr.. and Mrs. Pat.
Waldron are the pr, ud parents of q
baby girl.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Urban visited
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. J..
Falada.
This seems to be wood saving season
in our vicinity, the hum of the saw be-
ing heard at Chihak's on Monday last,
at j. ]. Kovarik's on Friday, and at
A. Kubik's and E. J.. Cenek's on
Saturday.
Miss Mary Ondrasek attended church
at Lourdes, Sunday.
John Kubik was seen crossing the
field going north on Sunday last.
Mrs. John Voves and children, john
ME and Mary, and Mrs. Anton Kubik,
visited at the v. Kubik home.
Wonder what attraction Frank Neu-
bauer has up north these days?
Miss Lottie Smith was seen in our
town, Sunday last.
Mrs. M. E. Birmingham is reported
i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Seery attended
church in our town, Sunday last.
RED WING.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-04-02
Hurt in a Runaway.

C. S. Mulks and Frank Inwards were
more or less severely injured in a run
away last Monday. Mr.. Mulks accom-
panied by Mr.. Inwards was driving to
Riceville to deliver milk in the after
noon. When they reached the C. D..
Cutting or Paul farm the team became
frightened at mail box and got away.
They collided with a telephone pole,
throwing both men out. Mr.. Inwards,
who was hurt the less, secured team
at Mr.. Paul's and brought his compan-
ion to the doctors Office.
Upon examination, it was found that
Mr.. Mulks sustained fracture. of the
outer table of the skull, dislocated
thumb and a deep cut at the outer cor
ner of his right eye and was more or
less generally bruised up. Mr. Inwards
although badly shaken up escaped with
painful scalp wound. The horses
were quite badly cut up also, and some
damage done to the rig. Riceville Re-
corder.