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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
Lighting London Streets,

6JSnIln9 IO00on otf00t9s
In 1416 citizens were obliged to hang
out candles on dark nights to illumi-
nate the streets. This was enforced
by an act of parliament in 1861. In
1884 Edward Heming, the inventor Of
oil lamps, made daring offer, which
was that for a proper consideration he
would engage to place light before
every tenth door on dark nights from
6 p. m. till midnight. His proposition
was accepted, and he was given the
exclusive right to light the streets as
indicated for term of years. But the
scheme provoked great uproar among
the people. Some Of them enthusiasts
tically applauded It and hailed Heming
as the greatest benefactor the city ever
had. Thousands of other fur1ously de-
nounced him and his scheme and de-
manded that the contract he Cancelled.
fleming held on, and in time the peo-
pie became reconciled to having the
streets lighted. In 1896 the city gov
eminent assumed the responsibility.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
BY J. A. EDGERTON,

Copyright, 1915. by American Press Asso
citation.
T is one Of the anomalies Of his
tory that the thing which was
considered during Abraham Lin.
coins administrat ton his chief
source of weakness has become his
greatest strength. His cabinet and gen
erals complained bitterly of his numer-
Gus pardons. TO them his inability to
refuse requests was the one flaw in his
character. To us it seems the brightest
jewel In his crown.
The world will not soon forget his
service in preserving the Union and
lfberating a race. but even if it should
It could never forget his sentiment.
with malice toward none, with char.
ity for ALL" Men never yet have meas
ured the conquering power Of love.
There Is nothing so strong as meek.
ness. nothing so enduring rs mercy.
1nasrnuch as Lincoln embodied these
principles, they will render his memory
strong and enduring. The world will
consider him mightier for having saved
life than were all those who destroyed
1t: that his kindness was more potent
than his cannon and that. while his
armies conquered the south and freed
the slave. his humanity will be potent
In conquering the race and liberating
all nations. Sympathy wins men un-
awares. clemency is mightier than pow.
der and ball. and the victories gained
by forgiveness are permanent.
Lincoln was an elemental being.
There were no shams or urtifcialities
about him. He was what he appeared
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
The Xmas of Denmark.

The dust of the Danish kings is kept
In great cathedral at Roskilde, an
old town twenty miles from Copenha-
gen. Every year the entire royal fam
lily always pays a visit to Roskilde in
obedience to an ancient custom. On
one Of the pillars are marks showing
the height of Peter the Great, Mich
olas the Iron Car, Alexander III. of
Russia, the king of England and many
other kings. The cathedral was built
in the eleventh century. It has two
mighty towers, which can be seen at
long distance. The oldest grave is that
Of King Harold l.. who died in esq.,
EXCHANGE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
WEARING Your Rubbers,

V0AbSU9 tONV 7OOOoUOs
How to elude your wife when she In
sists that you positively must wear
your rubbers when you go out:
First.-Tell her you positively will
not do it. This will produce in her an
attitude Of resignation, and she will
almost forgive you for not wearing
them for giving her a chance to act
the role Of martyr.
Second-Say that you never wore
rubbers before you were married. She
will then tell you that you were al
ways sick, too, and will work herself
into jovial glow by thinking what
good care she is taking of you.
Third.-Wear the rubbers to keep
peace in the family.-Judge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
0runt Who Will Tower.

Anne, the duchess In wooden shoes,
who brought Brittany in the pocket Of
her wedding gown to her husband, the
king of France, kept the government
for herself, and when the bishop Of
st. Malo protested against the strong
hold which she built to COW the too in
dependent Maloons she carved ON her
tower the irreverent inscription, which
may still be read there, "Grunt who
will, so shall it be; it's my pleasure"
And the tower "Grunt Who VIII"
(Quicquen Grogne) it remains to this
day.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
L viii Be. All RIGHT Then,

Edith shouldn't think you'd want
to marry such a forgetful man as Jack.
Ethel-But he says the reason he for
gets things is because he's thinking so
constantly Of me that he cannot re-
member anything else. Edith-Oh,
see. You don't expect to have any
trouble after you are married. Bos-
ton Transcript.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24

and carried to the home Of q family
whose southern sympathies were 50
strong that he was left in an attic
room for three days without proper
care until Mrs. Van Metre, then a girl
Of twenty years, heard of his condition
and insisted on acting as nurse. She
watched over him, regardless of the
criticisms of her friends, until he was
able to be moved back to hfb home.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24

dictated sleepless nights and weari-
some days. For a moment he was
oblivious of my presence; then he
nodded to me and l entered, handing
him the message After reading it he
turned to me with a sigh.
"Beckwith,' he said, the hardest
part Of this general business Is the re-
sponsibility for the loss of ones men.
I can see no other way out of it, how
ever; we've got to keep at them. But
1t is hard, very hard, to see all these
brave fellows killed and wounded. It
means aching hearts back home" And
he lapsed again into Illuminating 81
lence
There were two occasions when I
saw General Grant actually shed tears.
The one was in the forepart Of July
of 1864, while we were in headquarters
at City Point in the operations before
Petersburg. A telegram came in from
Gen. W. T. Sherman, who was Crap
ping with Hood at Atlanta, Ca, con-
veying the painful intelligence of the
death of Mcpherson, the beloved com.
mander of the Army of the Tennessee.
WORD OF M'PHERsoN's DEATH.
This rugged and gallant leader, by
his intrepid and cavalier bravery, had
won for himself the enthusiastic sup
port Of his men and the unreserved
confidence and admiration of Grant
and his generals. It was q telling
blow, just as this time, to the hopes
and aspirations of the North.
took the dispatch to the general,
and he read it silently. He was hard
hit, could readily see that. His
mouth tw!tched and his eyes closed as
If he were shutting out the baleful
words. Then the tears came and one
followed the other down his bronzed
cheeks as he sat there without word
of comment. It was most eloquent
silence.
The other occasion was in October
of the same year, when the news of
the death of Gen. T. E. G.. Ransom
reached us. Ransom and Grant had
been comrades in arms in the West in
the early days of the war, and a
strong friendship had grown up be.
tween them. The loss Of the young
officer struck home with peculiar force
and none felt that loss more deeply
than General Grant.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
So He Would.

The keeper was feeding the pythons.
Several live rabbits were tossed into
the cage and were Immediately and
greedily seized by the reptiles. The
struggling rabbits, although seeming
" almost as large as the snakes, were
swallowed whole one after another.
The CHASTITY sight prompted the scho-
larly looking man to exclaim, Screw
some, eh, keeper" The keeper turned
q glance of scorn upon the professor.
Eyes, and you'd "a grew some. too,
II you'd ct all that live stock, guess.''
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
Enljuhteninu Jamie.

Papa" said jamie, 1.-The reason
there's so many laws is because there
are so many lawyers in the legislature.
isn't it?"
"Yes," said his father. BED for
yours now"
Just one more question, papa" said
jamie. "Why are there so many taxes
when there aren't any taxidermists in
the legislature?"-Judge
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
Think IL Over,

There is fortune for the man who
can invent some sort of machine with
which he can cut his own hair
And the man who can concOct some
sort Of a mixture in which a dose of
castor oil can be effectually concealed.
And a summer belt that will stay
put.-Richmond Times Dispatch.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
An Echo of the Civil War.

m ECHO OF the CIVIL War.
A resolution was adopted recently by
the Vermont legislature commencing
Mrs. Bette Van Metre Of Berryville,
Va, for her care Of Lieutenant Bedell
OF Westfield, VT, In the civil war.
Lieutenant Bedelrs leg was broken
by shell in battle at Opequon, Va,
and he was left behind by his regi-
ment. He was picked up unconscious
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
Tho Better Job,

The Better Job.
"You men are not so smart" jeered
the bachelor girl. 1T takes you an
hour to sew on a button"
1T does," acknowledged the widow
er, who had sewed and had been sew
ed for. "But that button never comes
off."-Judge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
But Thew Don't Paw ,

But They Don't Pay a Rentstte.
$50 you were up to see the Newly
weds. What do you think of their
datY'
Flat? It's merely a flatette. con-
sisting Of kttchenette, parlorette, cham
berette and bathlette. "-Exchange.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
Her Title,

Her Title.
MARY Ann Simpkins has married
title"
"Go way! What is it,"
little to 'Ziar Hopper's 200 acre
farm."-Browning's Magazine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
The Sea Horse,

no S0a t10f30s
The hippocampus. or sea horse, is by
no means an extinct creature. nor Is
1t a creation of the old mythologies or
fairy tales. Hippocampus, though very
small, is living reality and not dc-
hon, a distinct order Of the class of
fishes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24

Purposelesaness Is the fruitful moth.
q Of crime.-Parkhurst
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24

More Supes, Most Of Us.
All the worlds stage, but only a
few performers get the spot light
Boston Transcript.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
Naturally,

Naturally.
Boarding House Mistress - What
part of the chicken do you wish1
Freshman-Some of the meat, please.
Pennsylvania Punch Bowl
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24
DENIES that
GENERAL GRANT
Was UNFEEL|NG
One Who Knew the "SiIent Man,
Well Tells of Instances That
Prove Rumor's FaISity.

RANT did not select the Wilder
ness as the scene OF his first
engagement: he was COM
PEELED to take it. writes Sam
ue,l H. Beckwith. chief cipher operator
to General Grant. 1926. But he was
not caught unaWares. as some un-
friendly writer's have argued. We we'll
knew that the "JOhnnies" were some
where before US, ready to oppose brisk
defense to our forward movement. and
every possible precaution was taken
to protect our troops against surprise.
When the fight started we were pre-
pared for them, so far as an army
could be prepared for the struggle up
on such field.
During the first days engagement
General Grant was not idle. He want
ed to learn first-hand what was going
on about him. A personal inspection.
therefore, was necessary. and C1nc1n-
natl, that magnificent war horse, was
drafted into service. There have been
many horses that have gained con-
spicuous places in equine history, but
pAe>N0
among the best. He was chestnut
gelding of rare mettle. and when in
action upon (; smOke-COvcred field he
certainly was an object Of admiration.
was the generals only companion on
that rice, and for one excellent rea-
son, among others, my mount could
keep pace with his.
There we're few moments during
the ride in which l was reasonably
sure that our time had come. AS we
penetrated a thicket Of dwarf pine and
emerged into small clearing line OF
Federal troops cropping their way along
clashed, in our Immediate front, with
detachment Of Confederates who
we're pushing through the tangle OF
wood A fusillade Of bullets was the
result, and several sang an ominous
song about our heads. We refined up,
and then, as our men drove the enemy
back to cover, he continued on his way
with this comment:
when our time comes, Beckwith.
we'll go, and not before. There's no
use trying to avoid it."
And avoid it he did not.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-05-24

s: g.: :: $: :: -: 9:
Delled to take it, writes Sam
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14

memorial that extraordinary
/ native England
little for Geniusos
produced their
bleak
ther bis ha-ad alcoholic
daughters literary achievements seemed insignificant
Until Of wenysx the passionate silent char
Timdy with
tried touch hands with the rich literary life
worth these aureled worthless them nothing than chilly
literature
Here life,
knows VIII know
Ieger
middleaged
literary loved him
lowered that
seller Shirley
VNte idiot
Charlotte
expressed on social pro lens poverty factory conditions
things of which supposed nothing.
No wonder Jane Eyre described the Quarterly Review
al v1gor" o Shirley"
artist
like
loneliness hostile criticism She lived
things "Vette
books will everything about
That, enduring
Copyright, Evening Mail Syndicate, Inc.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14
OIL AND GAS
DEVELOPMENT
OF TR|-STATE
Latest Reports Of Operations b
West Virginia, PennsN.
vanla and Ohio.

Tho rounding out Of development
work Of tho week In the eastern fields
was not attended by anything sensa-
tonai. Aside from an Increased num-
beF Of competitions there was no de-
psrture from the routine that has
characterized development work since
the FIRST Of tho year. Operators are
making worry great effort to find new
production, but the result Is far from
satisfactory. The old districts, in
which most wells are drilling, are no
Longer capable OF furnishing large
producers and tho combined produc-
ton Of oil tho compilations in such
districts Is very small. During the
last week. West Virginia alone sup
piled producers Of an average better
than any Of tho eastern fields. There
were not many Of them and all To-
Gated IN defined territory.
Reports from the mid-continent
folds orc to tho effect that western
operators Gro not meeting with much
suocoss IN thoir efforts to find new pro.
ducing territory. This is all the more
remarkable when II is known that 8
greater effort Ia now under way than
at any time in the past. With no new
fields in sight, eastern operators and
producers are encouraged to believe
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14
Invitations and Banouet,

On Monday night Pharoas Temple
No. 731. Order of the Twentieth
Century Orient, side degree of the
Junior Order of United American
Mechanics, will hold class initiation
and banquet, In the Reed hall. or
West Pike street.
This will be one of the largest af.
fairs of the kind ever attempted BY
the local temple. 1t will have class
OF fifty pilgrims to escort over the
burning sand of the oriental desert
The Oriental Band OF Bedoins temple
No. 727, of Weston, will furnish mu.
Sic for the caravan while on its Jour.
hey.
Among the prominent visitors who
will be present are the following
Past Grand Master DR.. ]. H. Jung.
hans, of Washington. D. c.. and
Grand Vice Orient B. F. Shaney, OF
Cincinnati, o.
The arrangements for the BANQUET
are under the management OF the
Grand parchment keeper. Jasper
sayre, Of this city. A committee OF
len Of the princes will meet all trains
and street cars and escort the visit.
prs to the temple.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14

absolutely refused to enlist after
passing the examination. and asked
to have his entry into the service
postponed until he could see the re-
naming chapters of the serial.
But other and more interesting
pictures are shown at the recruit de-
pot" the local marine corps recruit
ing officer told Suffer.
II don't care about that" returned
tho recruit. II started in to see what
happened to Mary Page and I'm go
ing to see It through II 1t takes all
summer"
This statement shows upon careful
analysis, the recruiting officer said,
n close resemb lance to another made
by General Grant years ago, and is
a strong indication that the recruit is
imbued with proper spirit of grit
and determination.
But in any case tho United States
marine corps will have to wait for
John sutter. of Boone. Mo-, until
Mary Page gets through with him.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14

that the market will not be reduced in
the near future. 1t is the consensus
of opinion that a new field will have
to be Forthcoming at no distant day If
further depreciation of stocks is to
be averted.
Field Developments.
With the kind Of wells tho eastern
fields are now completing and very
little new producing territory in sight
the prospects for increasing produc-
ton are very slight. The digits on
one hand would be sufficient to enum-
crate all of the wells in the easter n
fields producing 100 or more barrels
day. In the Weir sand development
on Blue creek, Elk district, kanawha
county, the Ohio Fuel Oil Company
completed and shot No. on the Henry
A. Sampson farm. 1t is located 900
feet southwest of No. and produced
twenty-five barrels the first twenty
four hours. On the same stream and
III the same district, the Ohio Fuel
Company drilled It's test on the A. B.
Edens farm through the Weir sand
and gave 1t a shot. 1t may make a
J very light pumper.
A Good Producer.
| In the same development, the South
Penn Oil Company has completed a
larger we'll than has been the rule for
some time in that district. 1t is this
company's No. on the w. A. Nc
Corkle farm and the first sixteen hours
after it was drilled into the Weir sane
produced 100 barrels. However, this
is no indication of what it will be
doing at the end of week for the
wells in that district decline very rap
idly. Shooting has stimulating effec'
on the wells in this district. The Ohio
Fuel Oil Company's No. II on the Ed
ward Gebhart farm was down to al
most nothing but a shot brought i
up to thirty barrels day. The same
company's No. l on the Frank Myer!
farm was down to ten barrels da!
and increased to thirty barrels. The
South Penn Oil Company shot its No
I on the ]. V. r. Skinner farm ant
brought its production up from five Il
twenty-five barrels the ensuing twenty
four hours.
Buster in Richie County.
At Mole HILL Clay district, Richie
county, Plttsburg and Clarksburt
parties drilled through the Maxor
sand and scored a duster on the ]
K. WhItecotton farm. On Laurel run
Murphy district, the Hope Natural Gas
Company drilled its test on the C. L
Douglass farm from the gas TO the
Big Intun sand and secured gassel
in the lower formation.
Gassers are the result Of late com
nletions in Harrison county. On Yves
Fork river, Clark district, the Clarks'
burg Light and Heat Company has
completed q test on the L. f. Barnett
farm and secured very good gassel
in tho fifth sand. On the same waters
in Union district. the Hone Natural
Gas Company has a thirty-foot gassel
on the V. L. Sidebottom farm. In gas
producers, Wetzel county Is in the
same class with Harrison. On Fishing
creek, Grant district. the Hope Nat
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14
School Opening Exercises,

Marking the opening OF the new
~ remodeled Morgan public school
at Stealey Heights, an interesting
program was carried out by the pu-
pills Friday afternoon in the presence
Of nearly 200 patrons of the school.
AT the close Of the exercises work OF
The pupils and the new auditorium, OF
The school were inspected. The pro-
gram was as follows:
Song, "Baby's Boat" First grade
Recitation, Parents Day
..........G George Lee Anderson
Recitation, Vacations Almost Here"
............... Alfred Lindsay
Song. "Baby's Boat" First grade
Play, THE Race. 900. Third grade
Song. Spring Song. Fourth grade
Play, Miss Pansy's May Party
Tin two acts) .... Second grade
Act Invitation given.
Act II-May party.
Recitation, 1.-THE Doctor. ....
.............. Ethel Wadsworth
Song, Lullaby. ..... Third grade
drill. Peace vs.. War" Fourth grade
> song, Dolls Cradle. First grade
Recitation. my Sisters Best Fell
low. ............... Dale Ayers
Play. Tim, Tit, Tot" Third grade
Song, Pussy Dillow".. Second grade
Recitation. "Mama's Hired Girl"
..........E. Morgan Van Horn
Song, May Day.. Third grade
Recitation. 1.-THE Charming May
Queen. ...... Margaret Wright
Play, MAY Day.. ... Fourth grade
Play, Mrs. Mary's Rosebush" -.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. First grade
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14

ural Gas Company drilled test on
the F. IL and c. Brookovcr farm
through all sands, II is light gasser
In the NTH sand. On the same stream
and In the Same district, the Manufac-
tnrers Light and Heat Company has
Maxon sand Gasser on the s. S. Potts
farm. The Carnegie Natural Gas
Company drilled No. on the Surllda
Stoneking farm through all sands and
found II dry, On Long Drain run, the
Hope Natural Gas Company's test on
the Fountain Smith farm is gasser
in the Big Injun sand.
Southeastern Ohio.
Operators in the shallow sand dis
tricts in southeastern Ohio are up
against pretty hard proposition in
their search for new production.
busters are conspicuous in all dis
tricts and the Rinards Mills district,
Ludlow township. Washington coun-
ty furnished striking illustration,
One-half mile north of production,
the Carter OIL Company drilled its
test on the Henry Nowder farm
through the Berea grit and found
production on the John Cline farm,
Rowland and Company drilled test
on the James Howells farm through
the Big Injun sand and got one OF
the same kind. East OF production
1000 feet. Graham. Hall and Com
pany drilled test on the BENJAMIN
Hood farm through the first Cow
Run sand and completed the trio of
busters in this district.
In the Reas Run district, Indepen-
dence township. W. E. Sykes and
Company are drilling a second test on
the Salesberry heirs farm and tho
Bradfield heirs are drilling No. 8
on their own farm. In Lawrence
township, L. o. Dauber and Company
are drilling No. on the Katherine
+Jauber farm and ]. B. Braden and
Company are drilling No. 4 on the
H. G. Kidd farm.
Busters in Noble County.
In the Caldwell district. Olive
township. Noble county, Lasnet and
Crosen drilled n test on the ]. L.
Tllton farm through the Berea grit
and s. w. King and Company drilled
No. on the Martin McAtee farm
through the Macksburg 700-foot sand.
Both are dry. Near Elba. Jefferson
township. Thomas Nally and Com
pany drilled second test on the
George Singer farm through the Buell.
Run sand and have very light pun
per. In Malta township, Morgan
county. the Malta Petroleum Com
pany's No. 10 on the Agnes YounlSin
farm is very light pumper In the
Cow Run sand.
South of Cadiz in the southwest
quarter of Section 90. Green town
ship, Harrison county, the X. NJ. G.
Oil Company drilled test on the
l.. A. Morehead farm through the
Berea grit and 1t shows for natural
producer good for two or three bar
rels day. It will do better after
shot. North of developments in Rum
/ ley township. Callahan and Com
pany's test on the N. Adams farm is a
buster in the Berea grit. Six miles
northwest of Scio in Perry township,
Carol county, the ButterHeld OIL
Company has started to drill Wild
cat on the John Butterfield farm.
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-05-14
GRANT
IS N|SS0UR|AN
Who Declares He Intends to
See Famous Moving Pic
ture All Way Through.

ST. LOUIS, Mo-. May 13.-Uncle
Sam and his preparedness plans can
go to the perdition bow-wows this
Rummer for all John Suffer. OF Boone,
Mo-. cares.
Learning that the moving picture
serial Strange Case of Mary Page"
Ia not shown on the regular program
Mt the United States marine corps re-
cruit depot, Port Royal, s. c.. Suffer