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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
Actors Triumph.

In 1S45 the Boulevard du Temple
was the heart of the theatrical world
of Paris. In the ten theaters that
lined that comparatively short thor
oughfare so much blood was shed on
the stage every evening at the popular
plays that it was known as the Boule-
ward du Crime.
The audience became so passionate
ly devoted to some of the characters
interpreted for their pleasure that
they sometimes showed quite fierce
hostility to the actors who had to take
parts inimical to them. One night,
for instance, BRAND, who had repre-
sented Hudson Lowe in scene on the
island of Saint Helena when Napoleon
was imprisoned there. was seized by
some roughs as he left the theater
and flung into the basin Of the
Chateau d'Eau. This quite delighted
him, and he gloated over it as a
triumph when he was telling the tragi-
comic incident the next day.-From
the Bookman
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
Curious Swiss BUILDING Law.

A peculiar building regulation is in
force in most parts of Switzerland. 1t
is required that before the erection of
a new building, frames or screeds
must be erected to mark out the shape
of the building in profile as well as in
plan. In practice this amounts to
erecting at each angle of the build
ing a pole or mast with projecting
triangular frame attached to it at
the cornice level to indicate the height
and projection of the cornice.
The purpose of the rule apparently
is to bring out, in advance of con-
struction, the architectural relations of
the building to adjoining structures
and to the district in which it lies,
both for aiding the municipal authori-
ties in passing upon the plans from
the architectural view point and giving
the neighboring owners an oppor
tunity to judge of the effect of the pre-
posed new building upon their inter
ests.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
CAT ENJOYED THE COMEDY
But of the Four Principals Involved,
Tom Was the Only One That
Had a Laugh Coming.

This is the tale of cat with a
sense of humor.
Mrs. Youngwife went to an east end
butcher shop the other day. When
she entered, the greeting was high
pitched shrek. Naturally she shrieked,
too, and then looked to see what the
trouble was. Mrs. Butcher in charge
of the shop in her husbands absense,
stood on small box. Before her stood
a large black cat, CLEAN of fun in
his yellow eyes and a mouse in his
mouth.
A moment the tableau held. Then
the cat walked away and Mrs. Butcher
started fearfully behind the counter.
The cat followed her and dropped the
mouse at her feet. Two screams, the
hutter of skirts, and Mrs. Butcher
again was safe on the box, and Mrs.
Youngwife sat on the counter, her feet
sticking straight out, her skirts gath
cred tightly about her ankles.
The mouse ran a foot or two and
the cat had it again, and again walked
away - b"'NhNi S'SPPNN vi W.
box, picked it up and, carrying her
ark of refuge with her, again tried
to go behind the counter. Again the
cat followed, and the play was enacted
as before.
1t went on that way for about ten
minutes, when the delivery boy came
whistling in. He was hailed as a de-
liverer
Huh" he grunted. He seized the
cat and cast 1t out, the feline jaws
still gripping her prey.-Indianapolis
News.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
PLACE FOR DANGEROUS DRUGS
Household Should Have Some Kind
of Cupboard Where They May
Be Kept In Safety.

Almost every medical man has. ex-
perience of some lotion intended for
outward application being taken by
mistake. and such accidents will go
on happening until the general pub
lie does something for its own pro-
lection. The druggist may label his
bottles ever so carefully, but to child
the label conveys no meaning, and II
the bottle be left within his reach MOI
one can be surprised IL an accidentl
happens.
Every house should contain a small,
safe cuboard out of reach of chill
dren where bottles may be kept, for
harmless If taken as prescribed by
the person for whom they are in
tended would bring about serious re-
suits if the bottle were emptied at
one draught.
People do not realize what great
precautions are taken by dispensers,
at large hospitals who have the re-
sponsibility of dealing continually
with many powerful drugs. In most
cases all poisons are kept in a special
cupboard, so arranged that an electric
bell rings loudly as soon as the door
is opened, summoning Immediately a
checker without whose presence
no dangerous drug can be taken out.
These precautions, valuable as they
undoubtedly are, must be supplements
ed in the patients home; it is there
for the most part that the accidents
take place.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
What Did Il Look Like?

A story is being told of a gentle
man who was on motoring tour
when his car broke down near a
small village. 1t was late in the eve
ming, so he decided to put up for the
night at the only inn the village pos
sessed.
After q rather scrappy supper he
was shown up to his bedroom, but
soon after the landlord had come
downstairs again his guest leaned
over the balustrade and called:
Landlord! Landlord! Do you think
I'm going to clean my own boots?"
What dye mean?' grumbled the
landlord.
What have you put a polishing pad
on my bed for?" demanded the guest.
Polishing pad" he snapped
That's not polishing pad! That's
the pillow!'-Pearson's Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
Passing of Tears.

Taking them altogether, the char
acters in present-day fiction show
more self-restraint in one direction
than their ancestors in the pages of
Dickens and Thackeray. 1t would
seem there is a fashion in tears, as in
everything else. How fast and furious
fell the tears in the days of poke bon
nest and hoop skirts! A tear-a
scream-more tears-fainting fits
burnt feathers, and the unlacing of
viciously tight corests; as the mind
touches upon these points of emotion
al expression common to Early and
MidVictorian days and then glances
over the stressed moments in the life
of today, one is almost forced to be-
lieve that we have all become stoics.
Wilkinson Sherren, in T. P.'s Week
ly, London.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
Eskimo Lamp.

1t is believed that the Eskimo lamp
was invented before it's possessors
emigrated from their original home,
which was probably further south
and near the seacoast. But the form
of the lamp becomes more specialized
the higher the latitude is The lamps
of southern Alaska have "a wick edge
of two inches, while those of Point
Barrow and nothern Greenland have
wick edges OF seventeen to thirty-s
inches
The lamp is employed for melting
snow and ice to obtain drinking water,
for cooking, lighting, warming, drying
skins and in the aris. 1t Is also a
social factor and the sign of the fam
lily unit, each head of the family hav-
ing his lamp.-Harper's Weekly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
Fair Warninu

A golfer at the Haworth club, in the
jolly little suburban village of that
name, got off one of those beautiful
grass-clipping drives, the sort that
start low and bend upward as they fly.
But unfortunately it struck man on
the head; and the golfer hurried up
with terror in his heart.
who done that?" asked the
stricken man gruffiy, turning toward
the golfer.
81 am very sorry" said the golfer.
Il didn't see you. | am very sorry" "
"Youse people want to be careful"
said the man. You'll be hurting
somebody first thing you know"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
Legal Opinion.

"A cat sits on my back fence every
night and he yowls and yowls and
yowls. Now, don't want to have
any trouble with neighbor Jones, but
this thing has gone far enough, and
/ want you to tell me what to do
The young lawyer looked as solemn
as an old sick owl, and said not a
word.
Il have right to shoot the cat,
haven't II"
Il would hardly say that" replied
young Coke Blackstone. THE cat
does not belong to you, as l under.
stand it."
No, but the fence does.'
Then" concluded the light of law
II think it safe to say you have per
feet right to tear down the fence
New York Press.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
Hairless. roeIess, ToothIess Race.

The human race will soon be devoid
of hair, teeth and little toes, says
Professor Starr, of the department of
anthropology of the University of Chi
cago. The natural man has hair for
defense and protection against nature
and foes. We, with hats and civili-
zation, do not need it, Among saw
ages hairless individuals do not sur
vive long, among civilized men hair
less men seem on the increase. Pre-
digested, soft, non-chewable foods are
driving out teeth. Shoes are making
toes useless. If these appendages are
to be preserved, says this professor,
the race must get back to nature
quickly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11

"Oh, teacher" cried the older of two
little girls, running breathless into
the kindergarten room, 1--WE are going
to have a new baby at our house;
mother says so, and the carriage is
downstairs, and the nurse is there
waiting for it."
"Will it be a Scotch baby?" asked
an envious small boy, who had no
babies at home, but had just become
the proud owner Of Scottish bonnet
like Harry LADDERS.
mo, stupid" said the first mite
scornfully. It'll be boy or a girl.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
County Commissioners Contem
plate Road Improvement.

improvements to several roads IN the
county, which is supposed to be done
under an agreement between the parties
living along the roads and the County
to bear about one. half Of the cost. Each
will be commenced in few days A
stretch of road between Walkersville
and Emmitsburg, distance of a of a
mile. From Walkersville TO Mount
Pleasant, three miles; Myersville to
Wolfsville, one mile. The large stou
crusher was removed from Montevue 10
the works at Walkersville.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11

When you see a youth that will do any
sort Of work, no matter how menlal it
may be, rather than be idle, you may
make up your mind that he is going to
amount to someth ng The young man
who would starve before he would do
anything beneath what he conceives to
be his dignity, is not made of the right
kind of stuff to cut much Of figure in
this world. All honest toll is honorable.
There is nothing SO morally degrading
as that aversion to manual labor which
is usually combination Of laziness ahd
conceit.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
Gall For Statements.

The Comptroller of the Currency, of
Washington. ID. c., recently issued call
on the National Banks for statements OF
the condition at the close of business on
Friday, April 4th.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11

| uC ldCl Is, llIC WOulu D6 IdT II1OTG
agreeable to many of us, if home polite
ness were more assiduouslv cultivated.
We know how brutal the frankness of
home can be; how sensitive natures bleed
and suffer, because of the inexcusable
candor of criticism which takes TO itself
license In the privacy of the family
circle
! We vex our own
With look and tone,
Though we love our own the best.
How are they to know that we love
| them best if we never take pains to show
it by small acts or attention. by gentle
words, or by open admiration? 81 never
| knew that my father cared for me at all, -
said young girl, patheticaly unaware
| of the sadness of her speech. until once
when was very i'll and they thought that
! was dying. | heard him sob behind the
curtain" There Is far too much taking
| love for granted in average Christian
| home.
In like manner some of us fail to show
the courtesy we ought in our intercourse
| with friends and aCquaintanCeS. Do you
! tell the pastor how much you have en-
| joyed his sermon or how greatly it helped
| tunity Of cheering and aiding the pastor,
which he would prize very highly and
which would react in blessing upon
! yourself. Do you always act promptly
and send a note of acknowledgement in
return for little gift of flowers, or
| books, and little daintes left nj your door
in times of illness? Are YOU careful to
| answer ordinary letters within a reason.
! able length of time, and to write often
| to the dear relative on the frontier, or in
| the distant city. the one who is among
! strangers and the one whose heart yearns
| unSpeakablv for the news from home?
| Are YOU thoughtful about the feelings Of
the little children, and above all do you
| defer to those older than Yourself even
| when you are sure in your mind that
they are wrong, and you are right? Have
a care, my'friend, for these small, gen
uine courteSies of life.
|
A town, unlike a city, is no place to
| foster iealousies and nourish contentious
| All should learn to know that whatever
will Conduce to the welfare of a town
| cannot iujure her citizens. The DISPOSE
| ton made manifest by her citizens point
to her downfall or her rise. The char.
acter of the people make the town, not
her structures, towering houses, domeS
and monuments, and when people lose
interest in the promotion OF their town,
/ they can not hope to thrive. Harmony
among the people of community is indi
Cative OF its progress. Farmers cannot
be at variance with one another and hope
to prosper; merchants cannot, churches
cannot, nor can any similar organization
| or community.
X X
Go forth with a smile upon your face
and then YOU will return believing that
most people are good uatured. Wear a
frown and You will find plenty of quarrel
some people.
X X
Let us not wait until our blessings are
gone before we begin to prize them.
There is nothing better than a good
wife and nothing much verse than bad
one.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11
Crude IT
Thoughts HOIIIe
AS They -,
Fa5l Fadn tn. Circle
Editorial
Biss.sn, Bsa:@ Depart
Evening
Reveries. mQnf
COURTESY IN THE HOME.

The fact is, life would be far more
agreeable to many of us, if home polite
ness were more assiduouslv cultivated.
We know how brutal the frankness Of
home can be; how sensitive natures bleed
and suffer, because Of the inexcusable
candor of criticism which takes to itself
license In the privacy of the family
circle.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11

Go forth with smile upon your face
and then YOU will return believing that
most people are good uatured. Wear a
frown and YOU will find plenty of quarrel
some people.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1913-04-11

Let us not wait until our blessings are
gone before we begin to prize them.
x
There is nothing better than a good
one.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-05-07

put up candidate and made a frenzied
campaign for him. At commencement
the result was made known-the anti
Wilson, Mr.: Joline, had been over.
whelmingly beaten. But the president
himself felt that his work at Princeton
was done. 81 Is
He was to retire, but not to obscu-
rity, even temporary. The country had
not missed altogether what was going
on at Princeton. The state had been
watching him. And now there came
rolling up from the people-the people
outside Of the colleges, the citizens for
whom colleges exist-a great shout that
this man was the sort OF man that
ought to be leading the fight for their
cause out in the world of real affairs.
Politicians heard that call and shrewd-
~ joined it. On Sept. Is New Jersey
state convention-that Of the Demo
cratic party-in session at Trenton,
nominated Woodrow Wilson for the.
g0vernorship.
A week later Princeton university
opened for new term, with the resig-
nation of its president in the hands Of
the trustees, who in due time voted
him all manner Of complimentary reso-
buttons, made him still another kind Of
doctor, 1nexpressibly regretted his resig-
nation and accepted it on the part of
small majority with thanks unspoken,
but infinite in their sincerity.
Ito be continued)
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-05-07

There Is 10 Quarreling- with the dead.
At the June trustee meeting the Proc
tor offer was renewed and accepted
The president made a polite announce.
ment of his acquiescence in the situa-
ton created by the miraculous wind
fall. The gigantic new fund altered
everything. 80 4. f. s.. 80 49, r.
Commencement was season of care
sui observance of all outward ameni-
ties. The president made the speech
presenting NJ. Taylor Pyne, Esq, the
leader Of the opposition among the
trustees, with gold cup, celebrating
the attainment of his twenty-fifth year
as trustee. He attended a dinner
given by Dean West in honor of Mr..
Proctor. All that man forced to con-
fess himself defeated by events could
gracefully do he did. What it cost his
soul no man could guess. A moral de-
feat he had not suffered. The principle
for which he had stood had not been
dispr0ved, discredited or annulled. The
gods had overwhelmed it; that was
all.
OF course he was laughed at, sneer-
ed at even, by certain alumni, called on
to resign. If they had dared the tri-
umphant party would have dismissed
him. They did not dare. Woodrow Will
son was too strong before the country.
There was this fly In the ointment of
their rejoicing-an alumni trustee was
being elected this year, as usual, and
it was the turn Of the west to name
him. But eastern anti Wilsonites had
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-05-07

n. g. JOHNSON Chairman County m
H. J. Ramset,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-05-07

Application for abatement of taxes on
excessive valuation filed by the herein
after named taxpayers were recon-
mended to the State Tax Commission:
Henry Stene.
Commissioner VIM o. Johnson offered
the following resolution:
representing the State Highway Com
mission having appeared before the
County Board recommending and did re-
quest that the County. Board for the
duties Of and supervision by said State
Highway Commission over State Road
No. 2 of Kandiyohi county necessitates
Of Kandiyohi County
b It Hereby d:d R Re- that afops
couty be and hareby is and
changed from that Of State Road No. 2
Of Kandiyohi County to that Of State
Road No: 6, and that State Road No. 6
transposed and changed from that of
State Road No. to that of State Road
No; 2, and o,o .,, 4,,o4 w. ao,a
state Roads from and after the adoption
Of this Resolution be known and de-
signated respectively according to the
e9anEed made by this Resolution
On motion recess was taken until 2
o'clock 2: m, April 20, 1919:
The Board met at z O'Clock p. M,
April 20, 1913.
The following resolution offered by
VIM. O. Johnson was adopted by a full
vote:
Resolved, by the Board Of County
Commissioners Of the County of Randi
yohi, that the sum Of $500 be, and the
same hereby is appropriated from the
Road and Bridge Fund of said county
to lie used and expended in the construc-
ton and improvement Of State Road No
/, between the City Of Willmar and the
Village Of Spicer.
The following resolution offered by
Commissioner VIM. o. johnson was
adopted by full vote:
Resolved, BY the Board Of County
Commissioners Of the County Of kandi:
yohi that the sum OF $7oV pc, es ana the
Road a1l bridge Fund of said county te
4 be used and expended on State Roac
I No. 1 in the Town of New London.
The following resolution offered by
Commissioner Boese was adopted by 8
II full vote: sG III !. $5i A. N
Resolved, BY the Board Of County
y commissioners Of the county OF Kandi'
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-05-07

yohi, that. the sum Of $4,000 be and the
same is hereby appropriated from the
Road and Bridge Fund of said county to
be used and expended in the construc-
ton and Improvement of State Road
The following resolution offered by
Commissioner Boersma was adopted by
full vote:
Resolved, BY the Board of County
Commissioners of the county Of Kandi-
yohi, that the sum Of $500 be, and the
same is hereby appropriated from the
Road and Bridge Fund Of said county
struction of a bridge on State Road No.
8 at the outlet of Stevens Lake in the
Town of Whitefeld.
The following resolution offered by
Commissioner Boersma was adopted by
full vote:
Resolved. By the Board of County
yohi, that the sum Of $500 be, and the
same is hereby appropriated from the
to be used and expended in the CON
strueti9n and improvement of State
The following resolution offered by
Commissioner Reigstad was adopted by
Resolved. BY the. Board of County
Commissioners of the county of Kandi.
yohi, that the sum Of $500 be and the
same is hereby appropriated from the
o BE- a nsed Pr aa pga Of Saq eoenS
struction and improvement of State
Road No. 5. III = ..
The following resolution offered by
Commissioner Reigstad was adopted by
Resolved, BY the Board of Count,
| Commissioners of the county of Randi
yohi, that the sum Of 5000 be-. and thu
| same is hereby appropriated from The
! Road and Bridge Fund of said county
| to be. used and expended in the con
struction Of State Road No. z. :S.z.z L.
| The. following resolution offered b,
Commissioner VIM. o. Johnson was
| adopted by a full vote: s:s < Al
| Whereas, It appears essential to thu
County Board to properly maintain, con
struct, improve and keep in repair thu
State Roads of Kandiyohi county, tha
work will be necessary and required t
be done thereon frequently and tha1
such work may be done by day labor
and without the letting Of contracts
and, . ..a:, s. I'D. IN -
Whereas, all work on State Roads /.
under the supervision Of the State En-
gineer; and Whereas, such work ant
| Improvement - said State Roads vii
mot warrant the expense Of having thl
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-05-07
'CONINlISS I /
PROCEEDINGS
State OF Minnesota.
County of kaEdiYohi. SS.

J
County nt'; A A. Office. willmar, Minn
The Board of Of County Commissioners
of said Kandiyohi County, convened in
special session this date at 2 o'clock D.
m, pursuant to call. 1.-5.->s- go
Members OF Board all present.
pet1tlon OF J. P: Iverslie and others
for coy eo9n S.s road In the Towns Of Bur
and considered. On motion it was vot-
ed that hearing be had on said petit
ton on June 10, 1913, and the follow
ing order was issued and adopted
Order Of Hearing and Appointment Of
committees on County Road.
County Of Kandiyohi 60
State of Minnesota,
Whereas, On the 2Sth day Of April
1913, a petition signed by twenty-four
freeholders of said County was pre-
scented to us praying for the establish
than one town in said County, and not
within the limits of any Incorporated
city, and described as follows:
Beginning at the northwest corner of
section 90 in township one hundred
and twenty-five l22) of range thirty
n three 49, in said Kandiy!ohi county.
commencement a point in the centre of
public highway at the said northwest
corner of said section fifteen (15), in
near as practicable on the section line
between sections nine and sixteen (16),
sections eight (S) and seventeen (17),
all in said town one hundred and TWEEN,
ty-two l22). range thirty-three (33),
and sections twelve (12) and thirteen
uS), in township one hundred and TWEEN
ty,-two Q22), ran e thirty-four (34), un-
TIL the southeast corner Of the south
west quarter of said section twelve (2),
In township one hundred and twenty
said county and state is reached, and
there terminating and having for it's
point of termination a point in the CEN
ter OF a public highway at Or near the
said southeast corner Of the southwest
quarter of said section twelve (12), in
said township one hundred and twenty
county and state, and the Board of
County Commissioners having determine
ed that in the judgment OF a majority
OF its members said petition is reason
1t, Is Hereby Ordered, That hear
ing be had on said petition at the Coun-
ty Auditors office, in the City of Will
10th day Of June, 1918, at O'clock ,.
NJ. at which time and place said Board
will hear all that may be said in favor
OF, and against, the granting Of said
Petition of Eric Moline and others for
the change of county road in the
Towns of WHITEHEAD and Fahlun was
On motion it was voted that said petit
ton be heard June 10, 1913, and the
following order was issued and adopt
ed
Order of Hearing and Appointment of
Committee on County Road.
State of Minnesota, ,ss
County OF KandiyOhi, 80
Whereas, On the 2Sth day of April,
1913, a petition signed by tWenty-four
freeholders of said County was pre-
sented to us praying for the change of
a highway running into more than one