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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
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How 30 Use Old Barrels, to Make a
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How 30 Use OLD Barrels, to Make a
Comfortable Couch.
OF three barrels, some boards, few
screws and tacks, some draping mate
rial and an old mattress, comfortable
and good-looking couch can be made.
TO make it obtain three good, strong
sugar barrels, and arrange them at reg
ular distance apart, the heads and
bottoms should be fastened secure
ly in place with nails, and to them at
tach two side runners or rails three or
four inches wide and six feet long. Use
stout screws for the purpose, and drive
six Or eight through the strip and into
the head of each barrel.
The two end barrels should be joined
first and afterward the middle one. This
precaution is to give an even bearing on
the floor.
Two more strips, each one inch and a
half square, are to be fastened to the I'M
der sides of the, barrels at the ends near
the heads and bottoms. This rail will
rest on the floor and prevent the couch
from tipping like a cradle, as the bulged
sides of the barrel would cause it to do
if it were not for these strips.
To the top of the barrel platform is
to be attached. This is 80 inches wide
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
School Dresses for Girls.

The head of a well-known school for
girls in speaking of appropriate school
dresses advised the use of lightweight
materials. Light garments of serge
or cashmere should be worm" she said,
land clothes of extra warmth for out
doors. Children dressed too warmly
complain of the heat of the schoolroom
and ask to have windows opened, which
is impossible. White aprons for little
girls keep them always fresh and dainty.
If it be incuicated thatit soiled apron or
hair ribbon shows lack of refinement.
they soon acquire habits of daintiness
in the care Of their clothes One thing
should like to emphasize is that it is
unfortunatet that children are obliged to,
wear out clothes which were made for
best in he schoo lroom.5 1t !, would,
seem to be much better to give them
away to poorer rela tives and keep all
ways simple gowns for everyday wear
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
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CONVENIENT GRANARY.
Lumber and Other Material Required
= #G:sl@tss /" VIII Cost 8SS. A.

AA1A1De1 anu Otnef material Req ufred
- 2 Js/ VIII Cost $sS. !
Tins has building is "A by 20 feet, and Il
feet high to the caves. The lower part
IS ~ feet high. The bins are slantiny
as shown. Grain is put in above and
drawn out at S S.. The steps of STAIR
ways W, are seven inches high, so that
II IS easy to carry grain up and empty
1t into the'bins in each side. To get the
grain out is always hardest, but in this
granary it is the easiest work, as all you
have to do is hold the bag under the
spout (S), turn the shut-off, and the grain
does the rest. 1t is only play to sack IL
Load OF grain. One man can do it as
fast as two with half-bushel.
There are three bins on each side in
my granary, each of 200 bushels capac-
lty. The space on upper floor between
BINS, back of the stairway, is five by
eleven feet, and high enough for any
man to walk and work in. Lower floor
mostly used for storing seed and grain
IN sacks, such as faxseed, clover, tim.
cthy, etc. They are packed under til
slant of the bins, out of the way. The
middle space is used for cleaning grain,
and a good tanning mill is always in
readiness, and good platform scales
upon which everything is weighed.
The carpenter says this style of bin
is easier on the building, as most of the
pressure is on the inside, drawing the
frame together instead of pressing it
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
For a Permanent Pasture.

When practicable a permanent pas
ture is desirable. Fields that are adapt
ed to the production of titled crops that
are under~a close rotation cannot be
pastured with profit. If crop of clover
or timothy is removed in the rotation
there is nothing gained by grazing the
young grass nor the growth after the
crop is removed. The soil needs more
of this organic matter than it gets at
the best, and this aftermath is worth
more food to the soil than to stock.
The sskinning of the titled fields by
stock and the tramping when the land
is wet are responsible, for many fail
ures to get profitable crops. If less de-
sirable land can be laid down to per-
.monent grasses and stock be confined to
this land the plowed. land of the farm
hasa better chance. D. i. TX ::
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
AUSTRALIAN BEEF.
1t Is Sold in London 40 Per Cent.
Cheaper Than Our Product.

1t Is Sold in, London 40 Per Cent.
Cheaper Than Our Product.
Dressed beef shippers in Chicago are
feeling the competition of Australian
frozen beef in English markets. For
years they have had no competitor ex-
cept English meats in London, but of
late Australia has built up the frozen
beef industry to such an extent that
they are now underselling American
dressed beef in London 40 to so per
cent.
The exports of dressed beef to the
United Kingdom in January were 49,
993,S40 pounds, and for the seven
months ended January 81 they were
170, 24o GOO pounds. This shows the ex-
tent to which the American industry
has grown. The value of American
exports to the United Kingdom alone
for seven months was $13,228,0OO. That
country, however, consumes practically
all of the dressed beef we sell abroad.
P. D. Armour, discussing the export
trade, said: "Australian beef is now
affecting our trade, as they are under
selling us in London. The beef is
frozen, and the people do not like it
as we'll as the American product, but
they are taking it. The Australians
have improved their system of handling
of late, and the meat is very good. We
feel the effect of the increased ship
ments from that country. Most of the
Australian beef goes to London, but,
taking all the United Kingdom, one
third more American beef is solo,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
FARM AND GARDEN.
VALUABLE EXPERIMENTS.
Dipping, In Now Said to Preven1
~ Spread Of Texas Fever.

Dipping, IL Now Said to Prevent
A~@@ Spread Of Texas Fever. d
= Elaborate experiments on Texas fever
have been conducted during the past
year by the Missouri state authorities,
cooperating with the Texas Experiment
station. 1t is clearly demonstrated that
the Texas tick is the natural means of
communicating the disease from one
animal to another. Ticks Matched in
the laboratory when put on Missouri
short-horn cows in lots free from any
possible infection, produced fatal cases
OF Texas fever in every instance within
from ID to 1S days after the young ticks
we're placed on the animal. -
The Texas station dipped 4 carload
of Texan cattle. all of which were COW
cred with the Texas fever tick, and
shipped the dipped cattle to the Mis-
souri, Experiment station. These cattle
were dipped in Il West Virginia mineral
oil at cost of less than five cents per
head. The Missouri station confined
these dipped Texan cattle in a small lot
with a number of short-horn COWS from
the 18th of August until the LIST of No
vember, and made careful daily obser-
vations and temperature records, with
the result that no Texas fever was COM
municated. If subsequent experiments
confirm these results, the dipping proc
ess will be regarded as entirely practi-
cable and feasible. 1t can be easily and
cheaply done on a commercial scale;
and would enable the farmers of the
Mississippi valley to purchase and bring
to their farms with perfect safety at
any season of the year cheap range
cattle to eat their surplus corn and
grass.
An attempt was made to inoculate
cattle so that they would be proof
against this disease. with very promis-
ing results. These results are i'll meas
IRE confirmed by experiments that DR..
Connaway has just concluded in Mis-
sissippi, OH carload of dairy cattle
shipped there from Kansas. Twelve of
these cattle had died of Texas fever
before the animals We're injected; none
died afterward. The method is neither
expensive nor difficult, and if it proves
to be successful the entire Texas fever
district comprising dozen states) will
be opened as a market for the thorough
bred stock of the north and west, in
asmuch as these animals may then be
shipped to these states with safety
Country Gentleman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
WOMAN AND HOME.
EYES MADE LOVELY.
Various Ways to Beautify the Win
=. llOWR of the S0nI

Various Ways to Benutify the Win
- dOws of the SOul.
: Madame may change the hue and tex
ture of her hair and improve upon ma
ture in the matter of skin by a course
OF treatment. She may gradually de-
,rvelop beautiful arms or a shapely neck,
and she can call surgery to her aid if the
shape of her nose does not happen to ac-
cord with her standard of beauty. But
she has always been baftled Ivy her eyes.
There they are, green and narrow, may
be, brown and beady, perhaps, and she
has known that surgery could not
widen them or art change their hue.
But, after all, there are reforms which
may be undertaken with eyes and care
which may be given them which will at
least keep them from being hindrance
to madames charms.
The appearance of the eyes depends
largely on the lids, eyebrows and eye
lashes. Scanty eyebrows may be
gradually filled out by the application
of pure grease to them every night. The
eyebrows should not be rubbed or
brushed the wrong way. Eyebrow
brushes should be used to apply the
grease. Pure vaselinc, by the way, is
the best.
Vaseline applied to the eyelashes
with great care will increase their
growth, and stroking them upward
gives them the curly tendency, which is
charm to any eye. Children's eye
lashcs may be very slightly clipped at
the ends occasionally, and will grow
longer and better in consequences; but
grown-up person should on no ac-
count tamper in this way with the
lashes, as it only makes them grow
coarse and stubbly. Even when cut
ting children's eyelashes the very great
est care should be exercised and only
the very tips should be clipped.
Infamed eyelids may be washed in
rose water. When the eyes feel irrita-
BILE, or there is prickly sensation, they
may be bathed in elderfower water.
The following recipe makes soothing
and refreshing wash for tired eyes:
Take quart of soft water, pinch of
coarse salt, and tablespoonful of
brandy. Mix all well together and
ture. The best time for bathing the
eyes is in the evening.
Beds should always be placed so that
the daylight and suns rays do not
strike the eyes on waking. The light
should come from the side. It is also
well to have green or dark blue blinds in
bedrooms, which will effectually pre-
vent the bright light from entering the
room early in the morning.
The eyes should be closed once in
every two or three hours for five or ten
minutes. This rests them and helps
to preserve their luster. A good diges-
ton is another aid to beautiful eyes,
for a disordered stomach shows itself in
the yellowish whites of the eyes.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
SIMPLE HEALTH HINTS.
Hygiene Facts with Which Every
body Should BE Familiar,


body Should BE Familiar.
A simple hygienic fact for many peo-
pie yet to learn is, that the skin of a
fruit is no part of the fruit itself,
dietically considered. The bloom of
the peach is a luxuriant growth of mi
crobes, and unwashed grapes, eaten
skins, and all, will show 100000 mi
crobes for each fluid ounce Of stomach
fluid. These facts are proof positive
of the necessity for thoroughly washing
all raw fruit before it is eaten.
The nape of the neck, the lower part
of the back Of the head, the front of the
abdomen and the shins are the chief
regions Of the body susceptible to cold.
A chill, however, may be carried TO the
nervous system from other parts. /
The following rules for avoiding
cold cannot be too often formulated:
Never let cold air blow on the back of
the neck or head.
Keep the abdomen warmly clad.
Cover the shins when riding.
Change wet shoes and stockings with
cut delay.
Never sit OIL s. stone or on damp grass.
1t is not generally known that roasted
coffee acts as valuable disinfectant.
The best mode is to dry the raw bean,
pound it in a mortar and then roast the
powder on a moderately heated iron
plate until it is of a dark brown tint.
Sprinkle it i'll sinks, or expose it on
plate in any room to be purified
Housewife.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01

COUCH MADE OF SUGAR BARRELS.
and six feet six inches long; it is made
of matched board and fastened together
with several battens arranged across
the under side. Rails similar to those
placed along the floor are fastened to
the top of the barrels along either side.
to prevent the platform tipping on the
tops of the barrels. At one end an in.
cline is made similar to the effect shown
in the figure, and when the construc
tional part is thus far completed the
framework is ready to be upholstered.
Obtain an old hair mattress not more
than 80 inches wide-a single bed mat
tress is the right size-and tie it fast to
the top of the platform. Over this draw
the cretonne, denim or other goods for
the covering, and tack it fast all around
to the edge of the platform.
Make founce of the required length
and gather it on stout cord; allow full
ness enough and tack it fast to the
same edge over the top covering. The
edge may be trimmed with gimp and
nails. The nails should be driven quite
close together, so the drapery may not
be dragged away, as the continual ac-
ton and use would soon make it look
untidy if it were not properly fas-
tened.
With the addition of pretty couch
cover, some sofa pillows and COW
erlet that can be drawn over one
when reclining, this couch will present
a comfortable appearance, and among
the various pieces of furniture in sit
ting-room this will be one of the most
welcome.-N. Y. Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
PITH AND POINT.

-Spykes-"Do you have any trouble
meeting your creditors??" Spokes-
mot at all. find my trouble in dolg-
ing them" -Detroit Free Press.
Very Far. Gone.-.'Dobbs is BIZ
cycle enthusiast, isn't hep" II should
say so. That man would rather talk
wheel than ride."-Chicago Record.
lis Miss Straightlace circumspect::
asked Miss Pert "Circumspect!" cried
Miss Caustic. why. she won't accom-
pany young man on the piano without
a chaperon. "-IitBits.
-Fuddy-"So Widow Gray was at the
social last evening. It beats all. What
is she after, husband?'' Duddy-'On
the contrary. think she is after man
who is not a husband" -Boston Tran
script.
-Squildig-"I thought that baseball
was not played in England McSwilli-
gent isn't. Squildig-"Then what
is this diamond jubilee they are maxi
ing such extensive preparations for IN
London: "-Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
People are unusually anxious for
the home team to win to-day" YES"
replied Mr.. Meekton, thoughtfully;
land you can't blame them. It's bad
enough for all these men to be late for
dinner without bringing bad news
home with them. "-Washingto Star.
What would our wives say, if they
knew where we are?" said the captain
OF Liverpool clipper, feeling his way
along the banks of Newfoundland in a
thick fog. Il wouldn't mind what they
said." rejoined the mate, IF we only
knew where we are ourselves. "-House-
hold Words
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
HANDY SORTING PEN.

ates the gates d c andfe. Another man
gets into the pens and drives the hogs
out, one at time. The man at the gate
turns them into. the pasture, 6, or into
the pen, a. as desired. If the hogs are
coming in q string three feet apart,
they can be put where wanted BY simply
swinging the gates. Recently we start
ed in with a bunch of about 100 and sort
ed out IS in IS minutes without mis-
take.---Orange Judd Farmer. ; .s:s z> s..5
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
{ BARLEY Water Tor. Fever 8,

s Barley water. is very good in cases OF
fever Inflammation, etc. tt: allays5
thirst and is useful il coughs and colds.
Wash quarter pound Of barley, drain
through 8 colande put ST on in q pint
of hot water and boil for Ave minutes;
strain through q sieve, throwing the
water away. Put to the barley two
quarts Of fresh water and boil steadily
for an honr, hen strain. Many per.
SONS like the iinnest How pee 81 a
lemon boiled with 81; sWeeten s taste,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
SnearaP0tnfa.

The soul fed upon husks never gets
fat. 81 &. J 81 5 gsf
When there is a coffin ia the house
there is q welcome for the preacher. ~
$g The saddesti ignorance in this world is
not to know the pleasure that comes
from elf-saerifi fee. @ .s3 6yj j
much better thing fol; the church
than star preaching S good wholesome
personnel influence. :sss ..=sE
S5 One 81 the highest mount adna upon
which wa may stan IN this life IS 70 be
abb long HE well
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
Climbing High Attitudes.

All persons who have climbed great
heights are aware that respiration be-
comes more or less difficult, the heart
beats either very irregularly or with
great rapidity. and nausea, exhaustion
and other unpleasant sensations are ex-
perienced. just what is the highest
limit to which man can ascend and live
has frequently been questioned. A
scientist reached $4,000 feet above sea
level without great trouble. The idea
suggested itself could he not create
rarefield atmosphere by a mechanical
process? He prepared a very large pneu,
matte air chamber and rugged itwith all
the necessary appliances. He shut him
self in, then the air was rarefed to de-
gree which would probably be found at
the height of "a, 600 feet above sea level,
then he became so distressed that the
experiment had to stop. AS Mt. Everest
is mile higher than this simulated alti-
tnde, we may naturally conclude that
unless there are means provided for
assisting respiration feet will never
tread the height On this globe.N. Z.
Ledger. SIS y. s5s5.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
More Dainty Than Sachets.

Perfumed fannels in dainty colors
come now for laying in the bottoms of
drawers, and are particularly nice. in
drawers where bedding and table linens
are kept. They have the appearance of
ordinary flannel and are sold by the yard
and cut to fit the drawers, the edges be-
ing buttonholed or bound. The flannel
emits delicate perfume, and will scent
every article in drawer where it is kept.
The perfume is said to be far more en-
during than any of the sachets COM
monty in use. u ~ =@3 $s #sssl z,eK.f H.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
Bean Straw for Sheen,

It has been well attested thats bean
straw IS a valuable food for sheep and
that they are fond Of it, The bean, like
clover, IS q guminous plant, and many
farmers say that the straw, though
coarse and harsh, has nearly as much
Jonas clover hay. It makes very
rich manure 81 ens fed: to either sheep
or cows. his is shown byssits rotting
very s fast when piled. and giving Of the
strong smell OF ammo ia, which comes
from feeding any manure rich Is. Mite
fgenous nutrition.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
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PRETTY COMBING TOWEL.

embroidery or Maltese lace will prove
very effective.
The towel is made to fasten with a
hood and eye, concealed by ribbon
bow at the neck, and little feather
stitching or drawn work will give the
finishing touch.-Edith Chester, in;
Country Gentleman. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
FOR SORTING HOGS,

n Convenience Without Which No
Stock Yard Is Complete.
A sorting pen is most convenient when
herd Of hogs is to be divided. Mine is
built alongside partition fence; a
and b represent the two compartments.
The hogs are driven from the pasture
through the gates at hand into b. To
sort them one man stands at Il and oper-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
HE HAILED PRINCE GEORGE.

An american IN n Pred1c0ment TN
Greek Waters Got Royal Help.
When Prince George of Greece was
in the United States to attend the
worlds fair his presence was hardly no.
ticed, and he was not compelled to run p
the gauntlet of Chicago interviewers.
So it came that perhaps the princes
first experience with the American
method of acquiring knowledge for dis.
semination was afforded by an Ameri-
can artist who attended the Olympic
games to illustrate an article for New
York magazine.
On the day of the swimming contests
the artist was unable to find the boat
which he, together with party of
friends, had chartered for the occasion.
The races took place on the harbor,
about three miles from the city, and the
artist, armed with camera and sketch
ing tools, wandered about on the crowd
ed shores until he bargained success
fully with two men for boat. After
padding about for time without See
ing much chance of viewing the races,
be made up his mind to board one of the
larger vessels with which the water was
crowded. He chose for his piratical
designs one of tie largest and best
appearing of all the gayly-decked craft,
and made his wishes known to his boat
men. Although he did not understand
one word of Greek, there was no mis-
understanding the fact that they forci-
bly, demonstrated, and the more he COM
nl;nnded the more emphatic became their
expostulations. He finally overruled
their objections, and induced them to
row within calling distance of the big
in French. telling him who he was and
what he wanted. The stranger answered
in very good English, and, after invit-
ing the artist aboard, he brought chair
and arranged a place from which good
view of the start and finish could be
had. Then he excused himself.
The American was very busy for
awhile. but it gradually occurred to
him that the boat he was on was re-
ceiving great deal of attention.. After
it began to move every other vessel sa-
Iuted. When the races were finished
and his host returned to the deck the
artist learned that he had been received
by Prince George of Greece. He suf-
fered little CONSERVATION at the begin
ming, but the prince did not appear to
notice it and chatted cordially, while
he showed his guest about the vessel,
finally posing before the camera. The
artist was set ashore at his own request
after little trip about the bay, in the
course of which the missing boat was
encountered, and he had the pleasure
OF nodding to his friends from the deck
of the royal yacht.
At one of the fetes following the
games, at which there were many Amer
icans-and, by the way, it was distinct
ly worth while being an American dur
ing the week of the games-one of the
young Americans regarded the prince
with some boyish awe, and gravely sa-
luted as he saw the Greeks salute. The
prince told him, tactfully, that he need
| not salute thus, because you are an
American. IN. Y. Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
song Birds and sunraxe.

Last year 500, 900 song birds were de-
stroyed il. this country that women
might wear them on their hats. On Cape
Cod A, 600 tern were killed for this pur-
pose. In Pennsy lvania the slaughter
Of bobolinks is is. said to have amounted
to ,,Oo0, 900, and in parts Of Florida the
sherons are nearly exterminate This
leads the Brook lyn Eagle to
assk: Can 50 cruel a creature as woman
ask for the right to vote ~ f.Ss \. .Ss$.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01
TOILET NECESSITY.
"A Combing Towel Which Is Pretty as
Well IA Useful

Well us Useful.
\ necessary acquisition to my lady's
toilet is a combing towel. The one
shown in the illustration is made by
folding over one end of the towel one
third its length. This end should be
slit up the center and three inches on
either side. The edges at the top should
then be folded back, making an opening
for the neck. All the cut edges should
be neatly button-holed, and ruffles of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-01

n The Snme, But DiRerent. q
\ il is love that ma lles the world go
round, 3 she said, sentiment ally
& he saif rosaical and
~ yhisk - brook yn