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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Shark Stories,

A shark Is very tenacious Of life, and
DR.. Gunther, the ichthyologist, pointed
out In one OF his contributions to the
literature Of his subject that "wounds
affect fishes generally much less than
higher vertebrates. A Greenland shark
continues to feed while his head is
pierced by a harpoon or by a knife az
long as the nervous center is not
touched"
A Norwegian antarctic explorer, n.
J. Bull, gives startling word picture
OF a sharks tenacity Of life. This man
eater was caught at tho Iceland cod
fishery. His liver, heart and internal
arrangements were removed 80 az to
put period to his career, and the thus
mutilated body was then cast into the
sea. He simply gave 4 leisurely wag
Of his tail and swan rapidly out Of
sight.-Chambers' Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
MUSIC AND MUSCLE.
Ensrsy Expended In Playing q Bach
Aria on the Gallo.

Energy Expended In Playing a Bach
Aria on the Cello.
A simple air played on the viOlon.
cello calls for a total expenditure of
energy equal to two and e-quarters
pound per note or more than four tons
Of energy for the single selection. notes
the Popular Science Monthly. This
statement IS vouched for by Professor
Poffenberger Of Columbia university,
who made some experiments in his
laboratory with the aid Of the famous
Dutch celnst, Michael Penha.
A special apparatus is necessary to
conduct the tests. Against the surface
Of revolving carbon cylinder is sus-
pended chalked point which IS actu-
ated by slender wire attached to the
musicians finger. At each pressure
the tension vibrates along the cOmmu.
nicating connection and records the en-
ergy expended.
At one test Michael Penha at times
raised the point to distance equaling
three pounds in weight, that being the
record Of the forefnger. The pressure
alone required to produce the charac-
teristically luscious tones of a simple
Bach aria averaged two and three
quarter pounds per note. The total
energy expended amounted to 9,414
pounds, or more than four tons.
This same amount of energy would
be sufficient to carry laborer through
his entire days work. Yet it took but
five minutes for the artist to exert the
same amount of force.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
h0 Thouoht RIGHT.


Two of Britain's greatest fighters,
Lord Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar.
and the Duke Of Wellington, hickman
ed "Old Nosey," met but once In their
lives, and that meeting occurred in tho
little hall at 10 Downing street.
Beside the quaint old fireplace there
those present entered into a general
conversation, and Nelson was 80 i'm
pressed with the duke that he asked a
servant who was the man with the
striking nose.
Major General Sir Arthur Wellesley.
my lord" replied the servant, astound-
ed at the sailors ignorance.
"Ah!' said Nelson. II thought he
was no common man" National Mag.
aZine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27

my folly had doubtless caused her en-
nifty toward some innocent woman to
burst into a fame. At any rate. this is
the way looked upon the matter.
must try bluff. l scowled flercely
and, rising, went into the hall, opened
the door Of the coat closet, stepped in
side and was taking down my hat
when heard the door shut behind me
and the key turned.
Here was a pretty how-d'ye-do. Bet
had me locked in the dark and would
doubtless keep me there until I told
her what had no existence even in i'm.
agination, much less in fact. waited,
expecting to hear from her. waited
In vain. l raped on the door:
"What is ftp
let me out" I assumed an angry
tone.
TELL me what you heard about me- -
II would If l could, but since heard
nothing I can't"
"Then you admit that you are un-
truthful?'
Eyes, anything you like
And you heard nothing said about
meY"
"Not thing"
"Perhaps you have forgotten it,"
"Perhaps I have.'
Every well: stay where you are till
you remember it."
did not propose to remain in a dark
closet where there was no room to
stand except bolt upright. would
break down the door in preference.
But this would make a disturbance in
the house. Bet wouldn't care, but
would must find some other expe.
dent.
There Is confession have to make
here. was quite gone on this tanta
lizing creature and had been deferred
from proposing to her because l ha6
two years in college yet before mt
and three more in the study Of a pro
fession.
"Bet," called.
what II it,"
II give In; crawl; l cave.'
Are you going to teu?"
Yes, am. You have forced i,
from me-"
WELL: tel1 II. 49,
mot while in here. Let me out and
I'll make clean breast Of it."
1t was long while before l could
convince her that I would keep my
word. When I did 1 went with hel
into the library, where we had been
before, and, drawing a small sofa to
an open fire, we seated ourselves side
by side.
II told you had not heard this thine
from man or a woman. twas told
me by little bird"
what did the little bird say?"
1.-The little bird said. You are in love
with Bet"
There was a long pause, after which
Bet asked in a low. soft voice. "And
what did you say?'
Il said, Little bird, you're right"
We celebrated our tin wedding re
Gently. called my wife's attention to
the manner Of my proposal.
"Humph!" she said. II knew the
secret all the while. was determined
to make you say it,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Carlyle an Incorporate Smoker.


For about seventy Of his eighty-six
years Carlyle smoked and made most
Of his contemporaries smoke. The
trouble with him was that he was too
fond OF smoking rank pipe on an
empty stomach. That gave him pains
and his contemporaries particular
pains, for ''puir aud Carlyle" was as
savage as a meat house dog all the
time
He really cared for but two men In
the world, Tennyson and Dickens. All
the rest were "puir. feckless, reckless.
Incorporate bladders and gas bags"
and all because Tom did not know how
to clean his pipe and keep 1t clean and
would smoke before breakfast - Ex-
change.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Getting at
A Secret
By JOHN 'TURNLEE

Betty and were at the piano.
was handing her sheets of music,
which she would play or try to play.
Presently I tired of this and said to
her:
Il heard something about you the
other day."
What did you hear?'
I'm not going to tell you"
If had really heard anything about
her l might have leased her for awhile,
then told her; but, since l had heard
nothing, had drawn down discomfort
on my head.
Every now and again would admit
something In which there was not
grain of truth, and every time I did
so sank deeper into the mire
Did you hear it from a man or q
woman2''
From neither" This was about the
only truth there was In all my an
sWers.
did you see it writtenT
mo"
"Printed?''
Certainly not"
This ended this series of questions,
and after some thought Bet went OF
on another tack, in which, of course,
it was as easy for me to run her on the
rocks as before. At last l said to her:
Really, Bet, there's nothing in what
heard, or, rather, l heard nothing at
all. l said what l did only to tease
you"
you didn't do any such thing. You
heard something that 1 am sure l
should know. There is an enemy
against whom I should be on my
guard. It Ia your duty to tell me who
she isl
"She?'
Yes. I'm not afraid of a man. Men
have no interest in injuring women,
and If they had they wouldn't know
how. They'd blunder, and it would
all react on themselves"
didn't tell you that what I heard
was complimentary
And don't know how to injure a
rival by pretending to praise her?'
How would you do thaty" l asked.
hoping to divert her attention from the
subject in question.
"You may as well tell me who this
she devil is and what she said about
me-"
There is no she devil, and she has
not spoken word against you.''
HAS she red hair?''
gave shrug, but no reply.
This is ridiculous" said Bet. "Just
as if didn't know who had been say
ing disagreeable things about me!''
What a fool I had been! And by
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Facts About Animal Structure.

fAcSo AoouS animal structure.
The completely of animal structure
is marvellous. A caterpillar contains
more than 1900 muscles. In a human
body are some 100000 perspiration
glands. communicating with the sur
face by ducts, having total length Of
some ten miles, while that Of the ar
teries, veins and capillaries must be
very great. The blood contains mill
lions of corpuscles, each structure in
itself. The rods in the retina. which
are supposed to be the ultimate recip-
tents Of light, are estimated at &c.
100000, and Meinert has calculated
that the gray matter Of the brain is
built of at least 6OOOOO,OOO cells.-Ex-
ohon
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
London Lacks. Bio 1uildir

London Lacks. Big Buildings.
It would have been well indeed If the
designers Of London had had some
thought Of what we might want In
time Of war. Then we should have had
such towering piles of Offices as glor1fy
or disfgure-it Is matter of taste
which word you choose-lower New
York. But nature would have had to
be kinder in the matter Of foundations.
New York has rock on which to build.
London has chosen for its official Gen.
ter an area Of the alluvial deposits of
the Thames, and these give no secure
foothold for thirty stories. One re-
members that even when the present
war office was built concrete fouada-
lions Of enormous strength had first to
be constructed Westminster Gazette,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
FAULTFlNplNG.

Often the most unhappy pso-
pie are those who have lost the
art Of admiration and become
experts in the art Of fauItfind-
ing. Beauty 10 everywhere, but
they see it not because Of the
flaws somewhere below It. Fault.
finders should turn their maqni-
tying glasses upon themselves
and there discover why they are
not loved.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Rocks Tell Ear&h's Story.

Rocks Tell Earth's Story.
In the quadrangle of the Grand can.
yon, known as Powells plateau, the
visible rocks represent In turn nearly
every geologic age and the sequence or
order Of deposit Of each series Of beds
is apparent at a glance.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
METHOD.

Do not waste precious time
from lack Of method. The secret
Of getting through work 10 sneth.
cd. Order, It has been said, 10
GODS first law. Let it be yours.
Do not let your work accumulate
upon your hands. Il 10 not work:
that kills, but arrears Of work.
Work put off 10 work put on
heavy Interest. "Suficiont unto
the day 10 the evil thereof" Il
becomes intoierabie Il Il b laid
upon tomorrow.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Unqualified Indorsamont.

Unqualified Indorsoment.
rs your wife good speechmakerr'
Eyes. SIR" replied Mr.. Meekton.
when 1t comes to eloquence Henriet-
ia shines. I can say that, even
though I never heard her in public."-
Washington Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
The Artist and HE Work.

The Artist and HE Work.
The great artists, like the great he
roes, have always done whatever came
to hand.
Michelangelo grumbled and said he
was sculptor when julius II. set him
to paint, but he painted the roof Of the
Sistine chapel. Shakespeare chafed at
the popularity of tho fool In the drama
Of his time and then produced the fool
in Lear"
If either Of them had waited for per-
feet conditions and an inspiration un-
trammeled by circumstances he would
have done nothing. They produced
masterpieces because they made the
best Of things as they were. And this
is the business of the artist in life
London Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
The Dizziness Of Routine.

It is remarkable how few events or
crises there are in our histories; how
little exercised we have been in our
minds; how few experiences we have
had. would fain be assured that i
am growing apace and frankly, though
my very growth disturb this dull equa-
nimity-though it be with struggle
through long, dark, muggy nights or
seasons Of gloom. It would be well
II all our lives were a divine tragedy
instead Of this trivial comedy or farce
When at rare intervals some thought
visits one, as perchance he Is walking
on railroad, then indeed the cars go
by without his hearing them. But
soon by some memorable law our life
goes by and the cars return.-Thoreau
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
H0 Was Not Laconio.


John Morley In his life Of Gladstone
tells the story Of the statesman's ex-
animation for admission to Oxford uni
versity when he was a youth. The ex-
amtner, having utterly failed to floor
the candidate on some point of the
ology, said, I'VE will now leave that
part Of the subject" mo, sir" replied
the candidate. III you please. we will
not leave it yet" and proceeded to
pour forth fresh stream. The dean
in Mr.. Gladstone's day was Gaisford,
famous among other things for his
trenchant brevity. "This laconic gift, "
observes Mr.. Morley slyly, 1.-The dean
evidently had not time to transmit to
all of his hock."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
DOING GOOD DEEDS.

Do a good deed every day.
Each ray Of light from a dis
tant star has been travelling on
through tho ether for hundreds
Of years. Vet it still remain.
pure and strong enough to af-
feet tho negative plate of tho
astronomers camera. So with a
good deed. Set it going and who
knows the end Of Il? Not the
world Of this century or the
next, for ito influence will travel
on for aces TO come.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
YOURSELF.

The fate Of tho country does
not depend on what kind Of "a.
per you drop into the ballot box
once q year, but Il does depend
on what kind Of man you drop
from your chamber into tho
street. every mornine.-Honry
David 1horoau.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Rope Slippers Of spain.

Rope Slippers Of spain.
An important industry and one Pc
culiar to Spain Is the manufacture of
the jute and hemp sandals called al
pargatas." Practically all Of the work
ing classes use this cheap and CON-
Portable form Of footwear almost ex-
clusively the year around. Alpargatas
are also popular in Latin America, to
which thousands Of pairs are exported
annually. The alpargata Is made by
winding the hemp or jute rope around
to form a small foot shaped mat, and
by then firmly fastening the cords to.
gether strong rope sole about q quar-
ter Of an inch thick is made. White
and black are the colors generally pre-
ferred, though red, blue and brown al
pargatas are also sold.
A casus esIIi.
A visitor to an English training camp
vas greatly shocked at the appearance
of the men. Turn where he would,
black eyes and bruised faces were as
tonishingly frequent among the SOL
iiers.
"What's been the row." he asked his
friend.
Had. 4 row with the next regiment,
that's all;,, replied the corporal.
"What about2''
"Oh, the beggars set sentry to
watch their towel while it was out
drying, and we felt insulted.''
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Lucky.

Lucky.
Patience Peggy says that her face
b her fortune.
Patrice-Well, it's q very good thing
it's the kind Of fortune she can't
leave to any one when she Is gone
YOnker9 Statesman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Cart and Horea,

Cart and Horoo.
A certain man, being much vexed
by politicians, made bold at length to
speak his mind.
you put the cart before the horse"
he insisted. mo man ought to belong
to a party. The party is a mere con-
venience, and It ought to belong to the
man, like any other convenience, to
serve him as it may or give way to
something else as it may not"
But the politicians hadn't been in the
business all these years for nothing.
They were by no means to be talked
out Of good thing. I'VE confront
condition and not theory" they made
answer. 1.-THE horse is so used to
working that way he doesn't know
there's any other York Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27

Tho man who owes everything to his
wife seldom pays Il back.-Life.
I. Tia Public library Of Cincinnah.
- lan1oEn sliIieo
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27

Want Advertisements, London, 1893.
want a young man that can read
and write, NOW and roll a garden, use
a gun at deer and understand coun-
try sports and to wait at table and
such like.
I want a complete young man that
will wear livery to wait on very val
liable gentleman, but he must know
how to play on violin or flute.
I want genteel footman that can
play on the violin to wait on a person
of honor.
II can meet with a sober man that
has a counter tenor voice l can help
him to a place worth EDO the year or
more.-Sampson's "History Of Adver-
tising."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-12-27
Oldest Fort In New World:


It is fascinating experience to visit
Santo Domingo and wander amid the
ruins Of the ancient city-from the for
df1cat1ons Of Homemade, the oldest in
the new world, to the first stone church
built on this side of the Atlantic. and
to the tomb of the great discoverer.
Nowhere else in this hemisphere are
there scenes fraught with more histor-
zeal significance to Americans than
here where Columbus had his hour Of
triumph and his hour Of sorrow, and
where, when he had embarked upon
the great voyage from which he would
never return to endure the tickle favor
Of petty princes, his ashes finally found
repose.-National Geographic Maya
zine.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10
TURNED HIM DOWN
Violet Merscreau Couldn't See Winner
of Beauty Contest.

Roy Fernandez, Americas handsom-
est man, who won the prize of
one years Universal contract from
ten thousand other good looking as
pirants, is not Violet Mersereau's ideal
husband type. He is d blonde, and
her ideal is a dark type. What does
all this matter? Little, except that
H. H. Van Loan, the Universals pub
licity head, in advertising the hand
soonest man contest had Offered an
extra prize in the hand of charming
Miss MerSereau-
1t was widely announced during the
contest which closed recently, that
Violet Mersereau, popular Universal
star would propose to the winner.
That is-she would if she saw fit. But
she didn't see fit. No handler excuse
being present, it was discovered that
both Miss Mersereau and Mr.. Fernan-
dez were blondes, which wouldn't
make an ideal union at all. Business
of tears by the handsomest man.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10
REEL DOPE
new DARK HORSE
Movie Producers May Enter Candidate
for President.

A movie star candidate for president
of the United States! That is the latest
announcement that comes from the
camp of the film producers. His plat
form-free silence.
A campaign committee that has I'M
dertaken to launch this new boom for
the presidency declares in a prelimin-
airy statement that their action will
not occasion surprise when the people
begin to realize how important a part
the motion picture will play in the
coming election.
Their campaign they say will not be
one of marching parades, on vocifer-
Gus appeals from platform or stump.
Their defence of the freedom of the
screen will be made in silence from
the screen itself.
Free Speech has long been a
watchword of Americans" they de-
clare. THE day now has come for
Free Silence! as a rallying cry
And no less startling than the an
nouncement that they will enter can
didate for the presidency comes the
statement that figures can be pro-
duced showing that no difficulty will
be encountered in electing him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10
TODAY'S
ADJUSTMENTS
LEAGUE PARK-Basebal

LEAGUE PARK-Baseball, Topeka
VS.. Omaha.
ORPHEUM-"A Child of the Paris
Streets Triangle-Griffith pro-
duction with Mae Marsh, Robert
Harron and Tully Marshall. Also
the RUDE quartet. Special chill
dren's matinee from l to
o'clock.
IRIS-Special childrens matinee
beginning o'clock-Two-Ie eel
story of Jack Pickford and his
dog; How Winter Flowers
Bloom" Bobby Bumps and His
Goat MOBILIZE" How Whit e r
Flowers Grow" Sunny Jims
First Love Affair." Regular bill
starting $3.50 o'elock-Francis X.
Bushman and Beverly Bayne in
"A Million a Minute
[For prices and particulars see adver
tisements elsewhere in this paper.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10

1t is foolish to think you can gain
good clear complexion by the use of face
powder. Get at the root of the trouble
treatment of DIR. Kings New Life PMS.
Gentle and mild in action. do not grippe,
vet they relieve the liver by their action
on the bowels Good for young, adults
and aged. Go after a clear complexion
today. 25e at your druggist-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10
MORE ROUGH STUFF
Mabel Normand at New Studio Starts
Work on Comedy Drama.

With the soft, soft pedal on the
rough stuff. the comedy hose and
bomb laid away on the shelf, Miss
Mabel Normand began the filming of
the first four reel comedy-drama to
be released under her own name on
the Triangle program at her new
studio in Hollywood the first of the
week.
As the construction work on the
studio has just been finished and all of
the necessary props have not been
made by the keystone company, no
estimate can be given as to the first
release date. The present plans of
the former Keystone Coincidence are
to make eight comedy-dramas year,
and if possible have the first one ready
for the exhibitors some time in July.
Although Miss Normand has her
own studio, she has by no means cut
adrift from the famous comedy COM
pany where she was featured for so
many years in the worlds greatest
comedy screen stories. Her first story
was selected by Mack Sennett, Key
stone director general and Hampton
Del Ruth, managing editor and assist
ant manager of production of the Key
stone company.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10

Carmen" the William Fox feature
starring Theda Bara, was Cancelled in
a little California town last week for
most peculiar reason, according to
the proprietor of the motion picture
house there. He wrote the Fox branch
manager as follows:
please send US another feature in
stead of Carmen Some of my reg
ular patrons have just told me how
glad they are that 1 have booked a
photoplay dealing with conductors
and they hoped they would see a
good strike
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10

who appear frequently in feature
productions at the Iris: In addition
to being a player of winsomeness and
charm, this little six-year-old star, is
skilled in the technical side of pic
ture making. For an entire year of
her life, the little actress went with
out a real name. Meanwhile, her
parents called her Kittens. Finally
they decided to retain the name per-
manentIy, so to church they went and
Kittens became Miss Reichart's hon.
est to goodness name for all time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10

1t has been determined that the Rus
slams display greater resistance to tie
typhus germ than the Germans.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-06-10

Somewhere in France" the last
story from the pen of Richard Hard
ing Davis, will soon be seen in motion
pictures, it is announced. The story
has been purchased by Thomas Ince of
the Ince-Triangle company and is now
being made ready for production at
the Culver City studios.