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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

summer by Understandable young
women, and that they are to form the
most brilliant feature of the summer
wardrobe.
The accompanying picture shows one
of the most effective parasols that have
been made this season. The foundation
is of changeable blue and green silk,
lined with satin of bright yellow. The
stick is of wood with handle of mala-
chite and gold. Peacock feathers of I'M
usual size and variety of hue cover the
silk completely and suggest wonder
fully brilliant bird poised for flight.
French women, who originated the
fad, claim as one of it's, merits that
it can be worn with any costume. The
peacock plumage is harmonious with
almost any summer gown and is de-
cided ornament at any function where
it may be worn. An imitation of this
idea is seen in the parasols of heavy
silk, brocaded in design resembling
the actual peacock feathers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
Fruits as Boot Cleaners.

Orange juice is one of the best dress.
ings for black shoes or boots. Take
slice or quarter of an orange and rub
it on the shoe or boot; then, when dry,
brush with a soft brush until the shoe
shines like a looking glass. This is an
English recipe. Another fruit dressing
is for tan shoes, the inside of banana
skin. Rub the skin all over the shoe
thoroughly, wipe off carefully with
soft cloth and polish with flannel
cloth, briskly. Patent leather shoes
should not be polished with backing.
These are the hardest kind of shoes to
keep looking we'll and require constant
care. They may be cleaned with damp
sponge and Immediately dried with a
soft cloth, with occasionally a little
vaseline or sweet oil. They must never
be donned in cold weather without
heating or they will crack as soon as
exposed to the cold air.-Chicago
Chronicle.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
MUZZLE FOR HEIFER.

the mother when calf or foal attempts
to suck. When weaned the flap of
leather in front can be removed by un-
buckling the straps, and the other part
converted into a useful leather head
stall. This muzzle does not hinder ami
mails from eating grass, even if it be
very short, as the flap, if properly fixed,
goes out in front sufficiently to enable
them to Craze with freedom. After hav-
ing them on for a day or two they be-
come quite adopts at feeding with them.
The two leather straps underneath the
one on each side, and extend
ing to the flap in front, can be shortened
or heightened at will. The two iron
clips which are riveted on the front
flap of the muzzle are to prevent it roll
ing up when the leather gets wet.-
Farm Journal
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
Mirrors for Theater Goers.

Z II. A. Smith, of Brooklyn, N. Y, pro-
poses to supply every seat, except the
front row, in theaters, with tiny in
dividual mirrors. These will be affixed
by. means of light frame, the lower
end of which will form telescope rod.
The glass could be drawn up, by means
of a ring, and the occupant of the seat
behind be satisfied regarding her ap-
pearance after her hat is removed. The
mirror could then be pushed down into
Q shallow box. There would be no need
dressing rooms. The frame
to which the mirror is attached is so
shaped as to form q coatrack. II: .... !:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
WORK FOR CONVlCTS.
rhey Should Be Employed In the Con-
structiOn Of Roads.

They Should Be Employed In the Con-
structiOn of Roads.
The abnormal floods along the Missis-
slppl river have provoked much discus
sion OF ways and means for preventing
their future recurrence or for restrain
ing the swollen stream within safe linn
its. Some urge stronger and higher
system of levees; others the opening of
new or reopening of old, channels,
through which the river may be partly
or wholly diverted from it's present
course; and others yet other projects,
all, OF course, involving the doing OF
much work and the spending of much
money. The further suggestion is made,
as applicable for the execution of any
OF these schemes, that the manual labor
required on the vast job shall be done by
the able-bodied inmates of the prisons
of the various interested states. This
suggestion is an eminently practical
one, and it leads to the further sugges-
ton that just such jobs afford the best
possible field for the employment of
convict labor.
Country and suburban roads, for ex-
ample, which in all parts of the
union are in need of improvement. The
spring season is the best of all times
for road-building. It is the very time
when farmers and villagers are most
busy with other matters and can least
well devote attention to the roads. And
1t is the time when the housed-up pris-
oners are most in need of wholesome &C.
cupatlon in the open air. There are
three elements of the problem which
unerrlngly point to it's right solution.
II to DO work when it can best be done,
with the least possible disturbance of
other industries and at the lowest cost
to the proprietor and to the greatest
benefit to the workmen, and, indeed, to
all concerned-if that be business wis
dom, the inmates of our state prisons
should be set at road-making forthwith.
In that way they will get the exercise
they need, the public will get the much
needed good roads, and there will be no
competition between convict and free
| labor. How much the convicts need
such work is demonstrated in the Kings
county penitentiary, where the inmates
are reported to be in danger of going
mad, some of them actually doing so,
through enforced idleness. How much
improved roads are needed almost any
suburban or rural village will testify
N. Y. Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
Fruit in Hot WEATHER..

" 1t is popular fallacy that the free
use of fruit in summer is the cause of
bowel disturbances, while as matter
of fact no diet can be more healthful
at this time than one composed of fruit
and farinaceous foods. with perfectly
pure milk. Flesh of all kinds decom-
poses with great rapidity both before
and after eating, and summer heats
greatly accelerate this process;
hence flesh food frequently causes
grave arrangement of the bowels, as
the poison produced by this decomposi-
ton acts powerfully as an emetic and
purgative. ALL meats are so heating
that they should be used sparingly dur
ing hot weather, and there is the added
argument that the whole system Graves
a change from the winters diet. 4 r.. +
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

ing near the ground, and mounting and
.dismounting are easier
Then there is the girl with her saddle
too high. The fault il position is ! not So
easily detected. If you notice the foot
on the pedal at the lowest point you
will find it is only reached tiptoed, as
it were. There is also a slight lateral
twist of the lower back muscles and
hips, which becomes very apparent in
hill climbing.
With the handle-bars too high, the
arms are too much bent at the elbow,
and there is loss of steadiness.
The position is regulated mainly by
(D the inclination of the trunk for
ward; (2) the relative position of trunk
and saddle; 60 the adjustment of han
dle-bars and saddle.
With body and saddle in the proper
relative position the weight is sup
ported where the pelvic bones rest on
the saddle, and there should be no
pressure at any other point. The tilt
of the saddle should correspond to the
inclination of the body, and the trunk
and saddle should always form right
angle.
A good test of the height of the saddle
IS made by first placing the saddle far
enough forward to put the rider we'll
over her work-the forward tilt to cor
respond with the inclinat ton of the
body. If, sitting in the saddle, the foot
can be placed under the pedal so that
the pedal will rest on the instep, but al
most in horizontal line with the toe,
the height is right.
These are some things that saddle
should not be:
For the average woman rider
It should not be too soft and springy.
It should not be too hard.
1t should not be too narrow.
1t should not have long peak or
horn.
Give equal support to both sides of
the body.
Be so adjusted that there is no an
terror pressure.
There must be perfect freedom of
movement at the hip joint. A saddle
with too broad horn restricts the free
action of the thigh muscles.
My first and last advice to women is:
Learn to use your wrench and adjust
your own saddle, bearing in mind the
best position for the saddle and YOUR
self.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
. WOMAN AND HOME
HINTS FOR WHEELWOMEN.
Cycling ~ an Art, as a Science and az
Recreation.

cycling ~ an Art, as a Science and as
a Recreation.
cycling has become both a science
and an art, since being merely big
word for knowing how" and art, "the
best way" Misapplied effort never met
with less encouragement than it does
awheel, says an expert in the New York
journal. 1t means visible discomfort,
loss of pleasure, and, eventually, phys
1cal injury TO the rider, to say nothing
OF the distressing spectacle she pre-
sents or the ridicule and amusement af-
forded the passers-by.
o, wad some power the giftie gle US
To see oursels as ithers see US!
Ihe beginner, who has been told to
sit up straight" assumes a painfully
erect position. If the saddle is not
properly adjusted the tip of the spine
comes in contact with it, and the jar
ring is most injurious to the spinal
column. Again, the rider in this pos
ture depends upon the leg muscle alone
for propulsion, as the weight of the
trunk is thrown entirely upon the sad
ole. This is great loss of power.
The opposite extreme is affected by
would-be scorchers, never by the genu-
inc one. The correct far-forward pos
ture demands the lowered handle-bar,
SO that the arms can be extended. The
bend is at the hips, the chest is not
contracted nor the shoulders rounded.
This posture may be used for short
distance occasionally by women, but
is dangerous in the extreme for habit
ual riding. No position should be
taken that admits of the downward
pressure on the abdominal contents.
An awkward position is sure to re-
suit if the saddle is too far back and
too low. There is also great waste of
effort. The knee is in painful evidence;
no good ankle movement is possible:
the shoulders are apt to be rounded in
the effort to reach the handle-bars, and
hill climbing is almost impossible.
Overstout women frequently assume
this position because of a desire of be-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

i The mulberry is easily grown. g
Easturtiums are pretty and easily
grown. @ If .1 - ..s: !. "
Poisoned bran is recommended for
cutworms. *: 13 z ( /. =:
Vick's Magazine recommends mulch
for the peas. 6 s . ..== r !. .",%s..&=z
Don't let the Kohl rabbi become too
old before working. 5.ss.
Don't put much money in new varie-
ties, until you learn about them from
meothersource than the glib-tongued.
agent.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
MQthRmatica.

There are people who tell us the distance
old Mother Earth is from the stars, count
ing miles upon miles into millions, as the
distance from Neptune to Mars. The way
they throw figures is awful, on the size Of
the little sun spot, and how long it would
take to walk. round it if it wasn't so deuced-
ly hot. They measure the depth of the
ocean, and the distance across it as well,
get the weight in the air of meteor, and
locate the right spot where they fell. But
astronomers and mathematicians all con
TESS that they can't get just right the miles
gone over by papa, when he totes" the cross
kid in the night.-N. Y. World.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
Short, Cheap and Pleasant Route to tho

The Flint & Pere Marquette Steamships
leave Milwaukee every evening, except Sat-
urday, at S:45, and the big car ferry "Pere
Marquette'' Qargest in the world) leaves
Manitowoc every evening, except Satur-
Ludington the following morning in time
to connect with trains for all points in
Michigan, Ohio, Canada, East and South.
Passengers will save money and time, as
well as enjoy a pleasant journey, by pur-
chasing tickets via F. & P. NJ. R. R. Ask
your local agent for tickets via this route,
and for further information apply to your
agent, or H. F. Moeller, Asst. Genl. Pass.
Agt., Saginaw, Mich.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
PEACOCK FEATHERS.

Used Literally In the Construction
of Up-tO-Date ParasOls.
Possibly there is something refresh
ing in the cool greens and blues of pea
cocks feathers. Possibly the bril-
liancy of color and contrast demanded
by the seasons fashions is responsible.
In any case it is true that peacock
feather parasols are to be carried this
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
The New Navy Rifle.

The strongest shooting gun in the world
is the new Lee rifle made by the Winches.
ter Repeating Arms Co., New Haven, c.,
for the U. S. Navy. When fired there
to the square inch. To build gun that
would withstand such tremendous strain
was great undertaking, but the Winches-
tiers, with their vast and varied experience
and wonderful plant, succeeded in turning
out gun entirely satisfactory in every way
to the Navy: Like all Winchester rifles
they shoot to perfection, work smoothly
The, Winchesters send a large illustrated
catalogue free upon request.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
MUZZLE FOR HElFERS.

A New Kind Which Is Said to Accom-
plish Great Things.
One of the puzzling things in dairying
is the bad habit that calves and heifers
acquire of self-sucking and sucking
each other. To remedy this, this muz-
zle is said to be equally effective for
foals, and having no spikes cannot hurt
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
Enterprises of Great Pith and Momen,

Have, ere now, had their currents turned
awry," as Hamlet says, by an attack of dys-
repsia. Napoleon failed to improve his ad-
vantage at Austerlitz in consequence, it is
said, Of indigestion brought on by some in
discretion in eating. In order to avoid dys-
pepsia, abstain from over indulgence, and
precede the meal by wineglassful of Hos
than any dietetic in improving the tone of
the stomach: Liver complaint, chills and
fever, and rheumatism are annihilated bv
the Bitters.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

- '.How foolish" said the good old minister;
do you not realize that the chances are
answered the young man, who had bought a
lottery ticket; ''and yet my hopes are not
half as ridulous as those you raised in the
hearts of the Sunday school boys when you
told them that every one of them had a
chance at the presidential .'-Indian-
apolis Journal,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
Her Regret.

He was worth good deal in money, but"
not in anything else
he said, as he put on his overcoat and start =
ed for the club.
II am sorry you can't leave me more ant
do it sooner" she returned.
And somehow that bothered him all thu
evening. In fact, he was somewhat tempt
ed to change his will.-Chicago Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

In order not to be an exception to the
law. briefly, What have you against her?;
asked his friend, impatiently. HHer daugh-
ter, was the laconic reply.-L'I llustre de
PQche. ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
New jersey Grocers Sued.

Trenton, N; J., June "A Especially: Suit
Register Company Of Dayton, Ohio, against
Edwards & Vreeland, grocers of Paterson,
n. j., who use Globe cash register, which
the National Company claims infringes it's
patents. An injunction and damages are
asked for
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

Dear me" said an old lady, who prob
ably never knew of such game as base.
ball, "dear me! How this craze for china is
that is paying $4,000 for pitcher"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

A Kings Humor-"We have long &C.
count to settle with Turkey" said Prince
constantine, grimly. YES" said King
count at that. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
"Star Tobacco

As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. It is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
Words ora Wise Man,

Good roads throughout this common
wealth are absolutely necessary. am.
for the good roads bill and all that it:
means, and will be until it becomes a
law.Representative Ebenezer Adams,
of Pennsylvania. " +, x.s.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
Woman In Cuisines. Life.

d Dean Matthews, of Des Moines, Ia,
said in "a recent sermon, on Young5
Women in Business Circles: ''''.sS. ' ~ Dung
women, you have gone into the markets
of the world as workers. Prepare to
do your work on an equality with man,
and do not think it a charity or ask:
it as q favor. And, above all, don't cry
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

Every evening we make resolutions about
getting up earlier, and break them the next
morning.-Washingt Democrat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

d It is much more economical to stone
canned cherries, or fresh ones, before
using them in pies than it is to buy arti-
fetal teeth.-Western Plowman. 81 81 SIS S.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

Mrs. Newed-<'Was I nervous dear. dnr.
ing the ceremony" Miss Spitegirl-Well. a
trife at first, darling, but not after William
bad said YES Truth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
She Knew What She Wanted.

Medium-The spirit of your wife wishes
to speak with you, Mr.. JONES'
Jones-Tell her lock the door and put
the cat out every night.-N. Y. Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

If man has little money and doesn't
work, he is called capitalist. Washington.
Democrat
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
1t Mirht Paw.

Great Editor (meditatively)-I wonder *
partment in our Sunday edition?
Managing Editor-It might. I've got -
scrap book at home full of frst-rAte Jokes
about bishops.-N. Y. Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20
A HEALTK2WyIFE
1s a Husband s IHsppiration-

A sickly, half-deada nd-aais we woman,
especially when sheissthes,hother of a
family, is a damper to al ,joyousness.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

& II you grow flowers you must ap-
ply water. 80 -. .3Esss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-20

which you adj
vised fora short :
time, that ter
rible flow
stopped. l am
now gaining
strength
- and flesh.
an: ; s: IT.;
than I have
past ten years.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-05-29

ate farewell to this august body, under
whose orders / have ST long acted, l
here offer my commission and take my
leave of all the ~employments of public
life."
Mrs. Washington, in company with
other ladies, had witnessed the final act
in the great drama from a small gallery
at the end of the chamber. The general
Immediately retired, and after dinner
with a few friends set out for Mount
Vernon in the chaise which his wife
had brought for the purpose. They pass
ed the night at Queen Anne's, crossed
the Potomac at Georgetown and reach
ed their home just at sunset of Christ
mas eve.
Met at the borders OF their estate by
old Bishop, dressed in the English regi-
mentals in which he had served under
Braddock, the octogenarian saluted and
kissed their hands, and then they passed
on to the west door of their mansion,
illumined by the leveled rays of the set
ting sun. The air was sweet and balmy
as in May, and On the morrow Washing
ton spent, mainly out of doors, his first
Christmas at home in eight long years.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-05-29

plunged the country into the horrors of
civil strife. Indeed, some Pennsylvania
troops did mutiny. but Washington
steruly repressed the outbreak, showing
scant mercy to the ringleaders. Thus
for the space of nearly two years, while
definitive terms of peace were being ar
ranged, Washington was the mediator
between the army and congress. At last,
however. ON the 25th of November,
1888, the last redcoat left New York,
and, after taking possession of the city
from which he had been driven nearly
seven years before, Washington finally
said farewell to the army. On the 18th
of December he set for Philadel-
phia, where he rendered his expense ac-
count for his seven years. service, which
Che had drawn no pay amounted to the
sum of els. 600.
Then he continued on to Annapolis,
and ON the 23d of December resigned to
congress that commission which for SO
long a period he had held as a sacred
trust to be surrendered only on the ex-
pulsion of the invader from American
soil. He concluded a short speech of no
BILE simplicity with:
Having now finished the work as.
signed me, I retire from the great the
Ser OF action. and. bidding an affection.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-05-29

WASHINGTON REFUSING A CROWN.
en- to his country 80 of the best years of
his life, acting in various capacities of
explorer, statesman and soldier, he was,
he thought, entitled to spend the re-
mainder of his days in retirement. Still,
neither his own active nature and inter-
est insaffairs nor the manifest will Of
the people that he should again come to
the front would allow him rest. During
the next three years crowds of visitors
came to Mount Vernon, who consumed
his time, and hosts of correspondents
added to his labors.
In 1884 Lafayette. always q most well
come visitor, for the last time during
the life of his former chief, came to see
him, and later, when Washington had
been called to the presidency and La.
fayette himself was a prisoner, his son,
George Washington Lafayette, found a
welcome and a homo here. Washington
still continued those noble charities that
endeared him to all his slaves and poor
or neighbors and kept open house for
all. While a bountiful host, and even
lavish in his entertainments, he yet
kept watch over the household econo-
mics and allowed nothing to be wasted.
Returning from the wars, he had found
his estate embarrassed, and, despite his
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1897-05-29

vast holdings, himself on the verge of
bankruptcy. AS he had accepted nothing
above his expenses during his long serv-
ice as commander in chief, his self abne-
CATION in again returning to public life
lstill unrewarded, except by the approx
nj of his coli -.>nce and the people) is
apparent.
But for Washington the Union and
the constitution would never have been
acceptable to nor accepted by the peo-
Pile. Through his unremitting CORE
spondence he had prepared them for the
constitution, and as president of the
convention the prestige of his name and
the power of his reasoning won over all
opponents.
sit is the result Of four months de-
liberation" he wrote Lafayette. at is
now q child of fortune, to be fostered by
some and buffeted by others. What will
be the general opinion or the reception
of it is not for me to decide, nor shall I
say anything for or against it. If it be
good, / suppose it will work its way if
bad, it will recoil upon its trainers.
At the time of the adoption of the
constitution foreign powers refused all
negotiation with congress. Public credit
was gone, nor was any function Of an
existing government performed. Called
Continued next week.