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Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
! all the spirit seemed clean gone out nf
her She went to bed but not to Sleen.


her. She went, to bed. but not to sleep.
The '"knocker up" had an easy task
next morning. That day was the black
est Of many black ones during the past
few weeks, and now no lovers comfort
awaited her. Everything went wrong.
The stuff wouldn't weave. Her looms
seemed bewitched. The overlooker
overlooked with vengeance.
"Yo'll start on two looms to-1norn,"
he said; "think on that! Awe lots
a. wenches o. II at weave better nor
thee, an do moor wark on two looms
tan tha' con O. three"
It was the last straw. She dare not
face Aunt Bet and her sneers.
"Oh, Jim, Jim," was the cry OF her
heart, "why couldn't you say word
| to me?'' For when her heart spoke it
! cried for Jim and not for looms. Com
ing out of the hot mill it was bitter
cold. Next week was Christmas week.
Merry Christmas! She drew her shawl
over her head aud hurried away. Not
10 the place she called home She
scarcely knew where she went. A hope
less despair weighed on her sensitive
! spirit, Tears unchecked and unheeded
dropped as she walked. "AnyWhere.
anywhere, out of the world!' would
have been her exclamation could she
have expressed her deepest wish. Sud-
denly she found herself on the top CT
the reservoir embankpent. The moon
was shining upon the water, which
sparkled and shone with crystalline
brilliance.
"There's nowt left to live for, an I
won't live!" and, casting her shawl
from her, she threw herself from the
embankment. There was sharp, ring
ing sound. The moon shone on, and all
was still.
| "Now, aw wonder what's come out
about this money!" thought Jim Sum-
! per, as he struck the reservoir bank
on his way from the station home.
''Folks are fain to stay in to-neet, aw
reckon. AVN glad nob'y'll see me till
awe cleared mysel'-if clearin' it is
and what can tn masters ha' taken tn
trouble to get my address fro mother
for nob'dy else knew it-an' tele-
graph me to come instantly, if it's not ?
My! but tn frost has bin keen this
two days. Aw'll bet tn lodge'll bear"
So saying, he ran down and tried it
with his foot, and, finding it afe, walked
q distance on the margin.
"What's that? Good heavens!" lie
had stumbled over the PROSTATE form OF
a woman lying few feet from the en-
bankment. The ice was starred in every
direction where her head had struck it.
'Poor wench!" He turned her over
and the moons light fell upon a face he
had often kissed. He reeled as though
he had received the blow that made the
blood flow from that marble"brow. How
cold she was! But she breathed.. He
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
CURRENT TOPICS.

ILLINOIS convict cigar factory has
been abolished.
The greatest depth OF the ocean ever
sounded is 2s, $50 feet.
BETWEEN the ticks of watch ray
of light could move eig hit times roand
the world.
The duration of flash of lightning
is rather less than the milllonth part
of a second.
The Mexican chamber of deputies
has approved bill authorizing a silver
loan of $40, 600, 600.
MORE female than male immigrants
came to the United States last year
from eight European countries.
A REsuRvEY of the state line by the
state of MARYLAND robs West Virginia
of about forty miles OF territory
A MAN has right to wear hat IN a
theater, according to the verdict OF q
jury in a case tried in Washington.
STEEL pens came into use about ~
years ago. A gross which is now sofa
for ten cents was worth over $50 tnen'
IT takes 1000 of the Korean coins
known as leash" to equal 81. Travel
ers need an extra bullock to carry their
funds.
The sultan has forbidden the use OF
the bicycle in Turkey on the ground
that it sis immoral and dangerous to
the state"
In China a company of so actors can
be engaged for s6 to play as many
pieces as may be desired for two days
| at stretch.
MORE than 5000 species Of plants are
cultivated, and most of these have been
broken up into varied forms by the
| hand of man.
TO SHOW the carelessness of mothers
in Great Britain over 5000 children are
burned to death in the year from their
clothing catching fire.
NEARLY 1900, 600 pounds of colors are
used by the United States government
annually for printing paper money
revenue and postage stamps.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28

and describe it. It is very cheap and
easily made, and any bright boy can
put it together in day. By its use
boy can easily raise and hang a hog
that weighs 400 pounds, and the frame
will hold six or more, after being
dressed, and six 4oo-pound hogs is as
much as any ordinary family ought to
kill and eat in one year in Ohio.
Fig. shows the side view of the
frame. 1t is made altogether of oak,
two by four stuff, and the legs are boted
on so that they are easily taken off to
store and carry about. They are set
staggered, as shown at the end view,
Fig. 2. The large wheel (B) is about
two feet in diameter, and the spindle
on the same axle (C) is four inches, so
that one pound pulled down on the
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
COOP FOR FATTENING FOWLS

posed of laths, set edgewise, one-quar-
ter inch apart. This secures cleanli-
ness. If the strips are too thick they
will retain a portion of the filth. If
the openings are too wide the fowls
will perch instead of squatting on the
floor, the latter being desirable. Let
the feed trough be outside, that the
feed may be kept clean. A piece OF
cloth should bs used to keep the coo,,
dark when the birds are not eating
or drinking. A door in the rear (ajar
in the illustration) is of obvious use.-
Farm and Home.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
tage along the embankment of the

tage along the embankment Of the
great reservoir. ~
<@Why, how's that, my lass? Aw
thought, thai, >wur; all rect ,now,.. an
gradely set up wi four looms, an, av-
eragin' nineteen an six WIKI for,
though Jim. was an assistant cashier,
he dropped, like his lady love, into his
native Doric on all familiar occasions
IAN tha' towd me that even thy cross
grained OVID aunt could speyk civil
now"
"Ay. aw was fain, enuf, Jim, but
Eth. lad aw can hardly tell yo. awe
kept it to myself for days, but aw can
not bear it no longer-th' overlooker's
ta'en one o my looms off me, an says
he'll TAX another if aw don't mend nv
work."
"Dost mean Jabe Smethurst? Aw'll
see that reet-ne'er beed, Rachael" and
as they had passed the railway station
which stood at the upper end of the res
place, he put his arm around her waist,
drew her to him, and kissed her fondly.
''Say nowt, Jim. It'll do no good.
CATER thinks weel O. Jabe. He hearkens
to him as if Jabe knew w~everythin' an
him nowt. An it does look as if my
work was bad, for he gives me such bad
'soarts' at aw cor on'y do half what
t'others con, an my aunt says who'll
gle me tn key O th' street if aw cannot
addle more than a little wench. It's
piece work, tha' knows
"Ay-well, ne'er heed, my lass. Kis-
mas'll soon be here, an We'll get we'd as
soon as tn New Yer comes in. AVN
gettin' two pounds a week now, an
aw m promised rise wi tn New Yer"
A month had passed. Poor Jim! All
his fair hopes seemed blighted. Brim.
ley Brothers, a firm in the neighborhood
with whom Messrs. Peel occasionally
did business, in checking their bank
book, found themselves indebted with
an amount paid by check to Peel & Co.
for which they could find no CORE
on making inquiry from them, found
that there was no account of it's re-
ceipt in their cash book, nor did such an
account appear to have been paid in the
usual way to their credit at the bank.
Evidently check had been drawn and
paid of which the books of neither firm
had any record. 1t was sum under
ten pounds, but as the youth who
ran between the mill and the bank in
the adjoining town of Blackbrook ap-
peared too unsophisticated to trans
act such a fraud, and as Jim Sumner
was Immediately responsible for the
current cash, of the firm, he was held
to be morally responsible, if not actually
criminal, and, according to the imme-
mortal custom of the firm, chad to co.
Poor Jim! He did not wait to. meet
his chapel folks and intimates. He just
kissed his widowed mother, who would
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28

not have believed "owt again Jim" on
the testimony of an archangel, and
went out into the frosty air, straight to
the station, and away to town 30 miles
distant, to make a fresh start. His
sweetheart was still in the mill. He
ought, of course, to have waited for her,
and told her. But he didn't. He would
write. She would learn soon enough.
The, village would buzz with the news,
as though the new "hooter" had pro-
claimed it, by nightfall. And it did.
There were girls who seemed to be glad
to tell Rachael, and when she fared up
and said:
"Yo' know as well as aw do at Jim
ne'er did it," they only replied:
"Well, he's ta'en his hook at any rate.
Yo'r Aunt Bet seed him goo, and says
good riddance to bad rubbidge.' She
doesn't seem to think as weel 20 Jimmy
as her niece does."l What could Rachael
say?' She went home with rage in her
heart against her aunt, and something
like resentment against her lover for
hasting away without a word to the
girl who could have died for him. All,
little did she 5jthink-7-yet even now a
dead misery:ha taken hold of her.
T. swell, Miss Proudie, an how's thy fne
gentleman naa?' ,(Aunt Bets own lad
had had hopes 81 the 'ofice" once, but
had turned out o wastrel-hence her
bitterness.) cav thout wot It 'ud be.
Some fowk can't stand gettin' up i tn
world. Pride1n hev q .fa', an thy whip
persnapper's come a cropper at ony
rate" = %*E%@E~@ 80
!. In tongue warfare Rachael was no.
where; besides, Aunt Bet wasn't worth
answering. Then, that very day the
overlooker had threatened to reduce her
to two looms, and had humbled her 80
terribly before the other weavers. that
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
Anne rican ..Horses in EuroDe.

"A Washington dispatch says that
there. is an insIeasing demand for a
high. grade of American horses abroad,
as, shown by the consular reports. In
Belfast, Ireland, recently kentucky
bred horses. geldings and mares
brought from $3.50 to $1,000 per head
at public auction. They were one OF
the finest lots ever imported and the
attendance the largest and most rep
resentati~e ever seen in the bazar.
American horses also sell well in Ger
many-thick-set animals of the Per-
cheron breed, with short, specially
heavy legs.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28

picked her up and carried her, he knew
not how, up the bank and away till he
staggered into his mothers cottage.
Could she be in better hands? Still
uncon onscious, but with signs of return
ing animation, he left her and hastened
to the mill. The lights still burned in
the office. The masters were seated bv
the fire, and in the background sat the
messenger and Jabez Smethurst.
How dye do, James-you got our
wire?"
II did, sir, thank you."
boy, tell us again what you told this
morning." Whereupon the penitent lad.
with fearful looks at Jabez, told how
the overlooker had terrorized him about
small betting debts: how, at his insti.
CATION. he had obtained blank check
from the Office lad at Bromley's; how ia
beg had filled it in, copying the writing
from another of Bromley's checks; how
he had presented it with the rest at
the bank and got the cash. The SEQUEL
was known, and did not need recount
ing Jabez swore it was parcel of
lies, but the boys evident sincerity, rev.
elations ,of -Jabez' :boolsmaki trans
*actions. and, later, Rachel's account of
her rejection of his suit and his subse-
qnent threats and persecution, con-
vinced the masters Of Smethurst's
guilt. They simply discharged him and
eased their consciousness of Jim's over
hasty dismissal by raising g his salary to
s150 a year. ~~
The folks who cheered happy pair
on New Years day. and pelted them
with rice did not see q scar on the brow
Of the bride, for It was covered BY her
bridal veil.- don Tit-Bits. J. .
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28

cannot help lovin' someb'dy else, con
Ia? Thall live to rue it, aw tell thee,
an so will that hupstaTt tha's sect thy
heart on-mind that
The SRI thus addressed blushed faint
ly, but Gid not hang her head. Rather,
she lifted it with a proud look which,
despite her working shawl, plain black
hat and somewhat asty-white COM
plexion- the common heritage of mill
girls-leh't som mething queenly to her
whole appearance.
Had you seen Rachel Swami on Sun
day, as She walked with her Bible and
hymn book 20 the Methodist Sunday
school to teach her class, you would
scarcely have known her. Dressed in the
latest style-or the latest that had per-
colated to the provinces the
'"tips' il her hat and the "fall'' which
expressed rather than hid her delicate
features, to her neat little shoes, she
looked what she was-a lady. And
had you seen her at the chapel door
after, evening service. without ado or
even greeting, beyond q mutual look
of satisfaction, meet pleasant-faced
young man and walk away by his side
you would have been in possession of
the secret-no secret now-that James
Sumner, assistant cashier at Messrs.
Peel's mill, and Rachel Swami were
"keepi1,g company"
jim Sumner had started life as a half
timer and ittle-piecer, but, naturally
an intelligent lad and great favorite
with the scnoolmaster, he had, in spite
Of the great disability of beginning TO
earn his living at ten, made such good
use Of his opportunities that he was
early taken into the ''office" and was
now. quite ''looked up to" by" right
thinking folk as a man who .:could ad-
die <earn) his brass bout al5kin> his
cooat off," Moreover, he was :junior
chapel steward" at the Methodist
chapel, and altogether man any girl
in that place might be proud to keep
company with. 80.
That Rachel was proud of her lover
every body knew. They had only 'made
it. up ashort time ago and had walked
in public less than a fortnight when
the above conversation took place. The
man, for such he; considered himself,
who threatened to *.mak' her rue'' was
considerably older than herself and an
"overlooker" at the mill in, which they
all worked. He had long forced his at
tentions upon Rachel, who, while giving
him no encouragement, had not abso-
lutely repulsed him until she. heard
that he did a Atae priy yat sbookmaing
among the youths and young men in
the great mill. Until then she had re-
garded him as decent fellow and
shrank from hurting his feelings, hop
ing he would desist in time and give
It up as bad job. She did not know
Jahez Smethurst. He was the sort of
man whose love can turn to bitter hate,
and now. both against the girl and the
man he deemed his supplanter, his rage
! burnt fiercely. .>.: .:
"a v'm fair miserable at my work,
Jim 1ow." said Rachel, as she walked
W. "" lover, from his mothers cot
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
~BuTCHERlNG MADE EASY.
A Convenience of Real Nj erit for Hog.
Killing Time.


Killing Time.
One of the advantages of living at
Woodland farm is that in our village
there is young butcher who we'll un-
derstands his business, and who makes
practice of going about among the
farmers and killing their pigs for
them, or their beeves or lambs. This
butcher goes to the farm, takes his
large kettle, his scalding barrel, his
hanging frame, his lard press and
sausage mill, and kills the pigs, scalds
and cleans them, cuts up the meat,
makes the sausage and renders out
the lard, and charges for it all, Is
cents head.
When at our farm recently 1 noted
the very ingenious arrangement he
had for raising and hanging the hog
and by his permission I here illustrate
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
A FATTENlNG COOP.

Handy Thing to Have ON Farms
Where Poultry Is Kept.
To facilitate the fatteniag of fowls
when the number is small it is often de-
sirable to have small space in which
to confiue the birds under as favorabls
circumstances as possible. At almost
any time of the year it may be cor
venient to have place for fattening
one fowl at time. Such a coop is illus
trated herewith. The bottom is COM
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28
.%{zRYXh !R;(:!!! 49,.
9A ~: e&D5'& e =

SCSH 80 EVERY year;
VG9 For the weak ar,
<S0tZT ~RV heavier crosses,
SG18@EEN Every year;
OVS0 Lost springs will
sobs replying
unto weary autumn's signing,
While those we love are dying
Every year.
The days have less Of g1adness,
The nights more weight of sadness
Every year:
Fair springs no longer charm us.
The winds and weather harm us,
The threats of death alarm us,
Every year.
There come new cares and sorrow,
Dark days and darke: morrows,
Every year:
The ghosts Of dead loves haunt us,
The ghosts Of changed friends taunt us,
And disappointments daunt us,
Every year.
To the past go more dead faces,
Every year:
AS the loved leave vacant places.
Every year:
Everywhere the sad eyes meet us,
In the evenings dusk they greet us,
And to come to them entreat us,
Every year.
You are growing DID," they tell us
Every year;
you are more alone" they tell us,
Every year;
You can win no new affection,
You have only recollection,
Deeper sorrow and detection,
Every year."
Too true!-Life's shores are shifting,
Every year:
And we are seaward drifting,
Every year; '~.~
Old places, changing, fret us,
The living more forget US.
There are fewer to regret us,
Every year.
But the truer life draws higher,
Every year;
And it's morning star climbs higher,
Every year:
Earth's hold on US grows slighter.
And the heavy burthen lighter,
And the dawn immortal brighter,
Every year.
Albert Pike. in Washington Post.
Willmar tribune., 1897-12-28

: There are always s,soo.ooo people
IN the seas Of the world.
Evening journal., 1897-04-05
80 fAcIoRles.
ehowmeu Have no Trouble In Providing
Ncss Attractions.

Ehowmen Nave No Trouble In Providing
Ncw Attractions.
GLOW do yoa manage 70 find new
freals and cnuosiiies?' was the quos-
iion asked q ttc manager Of travelling
show hat mad pitched its tent in a
Lon6Cn suburb
Don't hayo to find thcm, was the
laconic rypopso. 'Thcy find Us Tho
fscal, Easi,c css isas regularly established
as ary other and has It's Wholesale and
retail firms. travelling salc1ler, brokers,
price lists factories '--
"Fcctodes. qucried tho reporter
aghast
WHY, certainly, factories, Of course
The freak lueiaess IS divided into about
;hroe yarieties-ioreisn domestic and
iake
"m ihc first class Tie collectors travel
all over the world in arch Of raritics,
bat the vtry tcei freaks ccmo from IN
cia ana the eialay peninsula IN these
countries ,hcrc are people who breed
freaks. They buy ygung children ard
;.niniais ard acicIm lhom while their
lCnes slo sCit ny al llarIC.7 CT means.
HAiA klihN ttAA NNtiHAsttsNA t.l+ iiaA AAAANbA
for genuine natural freaks and in those
lands tho birth cf f-c~k occurs very
frequently. The headquarters of this
blsino.s is at Singapore
'Ihen thcre arc any number OF men
who devote themselves to the discover
ing and placing Of freaks Of all kinds
and varieties, and there is scarcely a
clay goes hy that we do not receive
packages Of photographs and illustrated
circulars frcm some freak merchant or
other.
"Of course thero are the faxed freak
mcn--a perfect host IN themselves. If
tho proprietor cf SOHO little show needs
an additional attraction and dces net
have the money TO hiie something good
for, like everything else, freaks have
their Trico-Le can get something for
/ littlo money tgat viii serve his purpose.
"Tho real, genuine live freaks always
command high prices ard travel all
over the world in order 60 ezhibit them.
selves Mcstd them have regular route.
mapped cat hy thcir advance agents
Just like theatrical companies, and q.
they cnly appear at place at long in
tcryals they ICvcr ect stale, and some
timos make bigger hits Cu their second
or third appearance than on their first
London Mail.
Evening journal., 1897-04-05
eua..l q - IS Ix.
Tho EoGg Walled Up In Temporary
Tomb Urtii it Is Put Ia the Crypt.

Tho EoGg Walled gp In Temporary
Tomb Urtii it Is Put Ia the Crypt.
Few saw the sconc which followed
when tho good pcpe's body had lain
four days ~ state and was then placed
IN its coffin at night to be hoisted high
and swung noiselessly into the tempo
rary tomb above the small door on the
east sidc---that is, TO the left of the
Chapel of the Choir il was for long
timo the custom that each pope should
lie there until his successor died, when
his body was removed to the monument
prepared for it in the meantime, and
the pope just dead was laid in the same
place
The church Was almost dark. and
only in the Chapel Of the Choir and that
of the Holy Sacrament, which are OPP
positu each other, a number Of big wax
candles shed q yellow light In the
niche over the door q mason was still at
work, with tallow dip, clearly visible
from below. The triple ccffins stood be-
fore the altar in the Chapel Of the Choir
Opposite, where the body still lay, the
Noble guards and the Swiss guards, in
their breastplates, kept watch with
drawn swords and halberds.
The Noble guards carried the bier on
their shoulders in solemn procession,
with chanting choir, robcd bishops and
tramping soldiers, round By the Confes-
sion and across the church and lifted
the body into the coffin The pope bad
been very much beloved by all who were
near him, and moro than ore gray
haired prelate shed tears Of genuine
grief that night.
In The cOfiin in accordance with "a
ancient custom, u bag was placed con-
tanning 03 medals, enc OF gold, one of
silver and one Of bronze for each OF the
- years during which Pope Plus had
reigned, and history Of the pontiii-
cate, written ON parchment, was also
deposited at the feet OF the body.
When the leaden coffin was soldered,
six seals were placed upon il, FIVE by
cardinals and one by the archivist Of the
Chapter of ST. Peters. During the
whole ceremony the prothonotary apos-
| tclic, the chancellor Of the apostolic
chamber and The notary of the Chaptor
Of ST. Peters were busy, Pen in hand,
writing down the detailed protocol q
the proceedings
The last absolution was pronounced,
and the coffin in its outer case Of elm
was slowly moved out and raised in
slings and gently swung into the niche.
The masons bricked up the opening ii
the presence of cardinals and guards
and long before midnight the marble
slab, carved TO represent the side Of {
sarcophagus, was in its place with it:
simple inscription, ''Pius TX, p M. -
Marion Crawford in Century.
Evening journal., 1897-04-05
Where was nc?

The Torfmshire lairds of remote
day were wont 60 go weekly 20 great
Dundee, not so great then, TO dine early,
but too wen, and ride away home, not
in every case very ft fcr the saddle.
The read ran eastward for some miles
ON a height above the Tay, steep
grassy slope down to the Firth. One of
the cid gentlemen (they were gentle
mem rolled eff his horse and rolled
away down the dcclivity. The water at
tho edge was only q few inches deep at
that season cf the tide, and there he
lay. BY and by some one remarked
that the laird's saddle was empty,
though his horse was trotting on with
the others. SO the party turned back,
looking for the missing man, and ex
claiming: "Faar are ye. Balnawiggin?
Faar are yes" At length voice was
heard, coming from far below. 1.-THE
Lord knows faar l am. But / Gamma be
in hell, for here's waiorW-Longman' 5
Magazine.