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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
HINTS TO HOUSEKEEPERS.

Much coal is wasted by keeping
draught on unnecessarily. =. -.
Sterilized milk is safer for infants
than is milk simply warmed. ,..~
All cold vegetables left over should
be saved for future use in soups or
salads. F..
People of small means can live well,
if care is taken that there is no waste in
the kitchen. 49, .z., -
Wealthy people spend double as much
as is necessary from lack Of care in
domestic matters. .f.,., "
Cold water put into glasses or dishes
from which eggs have been eaten will
soften the egg and make washing
easy. E.
!. A good jelly may be made from rhu-
barb by boiling to a pulp, str aiming, and
after adding pound Of cat sugar to
each pint of juice boiling, Swimming
often, until it jellies on the skinner. &
If tinted willow furniture IS very
dusty, wash in. clear wat el.,s Using =
brush in the; crcvices and dry ii the
shade. Willow or rattan furniture in
scrubbed with 4 stiff brush, warm wa
ter and white soap. Dry in the sun and
wind. . ri - -
Often very rich cream will not whip
up readily; it should have q little milk
added to it. Cream should be very
cold to whip easily and quickly. If it
is well chilled there is not the danger
of the cream whipping to butter as
housekeepers frequently complain it
does. ~ Z p <<zsESS:5: ... r
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
Diamonds.

Professor Crookes, in his recent re-.
markable lecture on diamonds, men
toned some interesting facts concerning
that always popular subject. When in
examining diamonds under polarized
light the black cross of the polarizer re-
wolves around particular spot in the in
side Of the crystal and the point is exam
ined with high power. slight flaw aud
more rarely a minute cavity are some
times seen. This cavity is filled with gas
Mt an enormous pressure, and the strain
which is set up in the stone by the ef-
fort OF the gas to escape is not infre-
Quently removed $only by the explosion
OF the gem. 1t is not at all uncommon
for diamond to explode soon after it
reaches the surface, and some have been
known to burst in the pockets CT the
miners or when held in the warm hand.
Large crystals are more liable to burst
than smaller pieces. Valuable stones
have been destroyed in this way. and it
is whispered that cunning dealers have
often done q handsome stroke of bust
ness by allowing responsible clients to
AAoAuAo ~ carly III luelT warm pockets
large crystals fresh from the mine By
way of safeguard against explosion some
dealers embed large. diamonds in raw
potatoes to insure safe transit on the
ocean voyage. .-~.-
Professor Crookes showed that a dia-
mond could actually be too hard. From
q rich yield Of beautifully white dia-
monds in New South Wales great things
were expected. When parcel of many
hundred carats came to England, it was
found they were SO hard as to be prac:
tically unavoidable as gems, and they
were ultimately sold for rock boring
purposes The intense hardness Of the
diamond was illustrated by an expert
ment The diamond was placed on the
f1attened apex Of a conical block Of steel,
and on it was brought down q second
cone Of steel AS these cones were forced
together by hydraulic power the image
OF the diamond and the steel faces OF
thescones We're projected on the screen
with an electric lantern The stone was
seen tx. be squeezed right into the steel
blocks without being injured IN Tic
slightest degree. $5s5 n. s.5.5*:.s .t.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
/ Limbless Cotton.

An interesting sight at Opeli,xa, Ala,
- 9 patch OF & limbless ! cor ton. The
plants are from five to seven feet high
and have no limbs d branches at all.
The .bol1s form ~ on littld twig;sa two and
three. ID I. inches long, aud when in bloom
the stalk presents the appearance .of a
white oolnlnn a crol, OF about four.
bales 90 the acre is what. is expected an.
der De- fair coi,d 81 oi,s. Tins a alabama patch
&c the property Of the Rev. i i. Ep IL I
patrick presiding elder Of thu. negro i,
sMetho dist !. church, and such IS his care
Ct his unique crop and his confidence is is.
his neighbors that be watches II at.night.
with 9 dog and gun. --. Exchange.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
BASEBALL.

Detroit recently released four of it's
players. =.
Tim Donahue is the hardest loser
among the colts.
Danny Friend is pitching winning
ball for Kansas City. 49,
McJames, of Washington, doesn't
like to pitch on Sunday.
"Buck Ewing's Cutters is what the
reds are now being dubbed.
The colonies make a speciality of
double plays in their practice work.
The colts lead the league up to date
in the number of double rlays made. :
Dick Cooley is just now the boss bat
ter and base purloiner of Tic Phillies.
Frank Selee is said to Ec willing to
wager that Boston will finish one-two.
Catcher Camel is the only beam
eater who has been with the team eight
years. s..s#.%
1t looks as if Tommy fuckers days
in the big league are over. Nobody
seems to want him.
St. Paul seems to have ciEch on first
place in the western league race, for the
present at least. -. s. 5zg.z[.
Buck Ewing is said; to have the pref
test set of baseball fingers of any
player in the business.
The st. Louis bleacheries roast Won
der Abe wherever they get glimpse of
him in the stand. or on the field.
Many veteran ball player has been
relegated to the bench this season and
many a youngster has developed into
star. d u
Bar St. Louis, the Western teams have
shown themselves to Sc fully as strong
as their eastern rivals on the present
! shift around: SIS 49, II 3 81. 81 ::
! Catcher Charley Farrell is said to
have. Few trick this season. In prac-
tice he 2s,.'a-eII..tl ~. has sc-e7t difficulty
in throwing tic ball down to second,
| but when the e;,n1c starts lie nips the
first base runner who tries to steal the
bag. .i
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
ABOUT PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Gen. Cadorna, who commanded the
Italian troops when they took possess
sion of Rome in 1870, died recently at
the age of 81 years. .. 5s = .sl
DR.. Jameson, according to the Cape
Town Times, will return to-. South
Africa to carry the Rhodes transconti-
mental wire to Lake Tanganyika. "a
The duchess of York was married
July 6, 1893. June %, 1894; December14
1895, and April IS, 1897, are the dates Of
the births of her three children.
M iss Mary Isabella Potter, who was
ord aimed as an Episcopal deaconess in
Me- y Haven recently, is the first wom-
an to take orders in the dioceseof Con-
net ,ticut. Isl. =, s:s
N = movement is on foot to erecta monu-
M ent to Henri VieuxtemIs, the famous
{ b elgium violinist. The monument will
b., erected at, Verviers, the birthplace
Of the musician. g !. " =
Gov. Robert Z. Taylor, Of Tennessee,
who, it is said, will resign, achieved mo-
toriety during his cand idacy ~ playing
e. violin, while making speeches. He
now: says he.is tired Of the inRratitude
(E.of poll = ~ go SO . s:s.s.
5 Senator yelling ton, Of Maryland, IN
terests himself while the senate is in
session ia looking overnewspaps,er5 clip
pings about himself !. He: subscribes to q
neWs-clippings bureau and reads every
thing that is said about. himselt with, q
great deal of interest :s;3 Nj. sy
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
u oHNso S BOSWELL 6
The Alleged Original source or Our
knowledge Of English Literature.

The Alleged Original g source u Our
KnovledEe Of Enslish, Liter tpre.
| 10 some Of MS suspect, indeed, to
Z good many Boswell represents the
original source not only d. lknoWledg
about Johnson, but Of our knowle edge e
English Literature in general. He was
orr introducer to the great anonymous
club formed BY English men Of letters
from the days when Shakespeare met
Ben Jonson to the days when Carlyle
discoursed Il, Froude. We became mem
bers Of the craft in spirit under Bos-
wells guidance, whether we have or
have not become actually identified
with it in the flesh. It therefore be-
comes next to impossible to abstract
from Boswell our later knowledge
has been more or less migrated upon
him, however far we may have travelled
from the source. Boswell gave the nu-
c1eus, and more or less consciously we
have used his world as standard inev-
itably taken into account in all later
Judgments. To suppose Boswell nonex-
istent is for such readers to suppose q
kind Of organic change in our whole es-
innate Of literary characteristics
When reading, especially about some
Of the other famous takers, Coleridge's
monologues or Sydney Smiths explo-
sions of fun, l find myself thinking how
they would have sounded at the Miter
or the Turk s Head Thanks to Boswell,
! take the Johnsonian article to be a
fixed datum like the official yard at the
Tower, and to be asked to put that out
of my head is to be invited to deprive
myself Of my only measuring rod. 1t is
exceedingly difficult, at any rate, to put
oneself outside of Boswell aud to CON
strue a portrait Of johnson simply ont
Of such other materials as are here put
together. - .=.-S'. II. an
have read Hawkins and Mrs. Piozzi
and the rest, but always with the help
of the preconceived notions. Where
they could be fitted into Boswell Ihave
accepted them as corroborations, but
when they differed l have probably re-
jected the uncongenial elements with
perhaps careless assumption that they
must be inaccurate, and yet it seems
only justice to these respectable persons
to consider whether we ought not to re-
open the point. If Nine D'Arblay saw
something of johnson which was not
revealed to Boswell, may we not discov-
or similar supplementary hints in the
other attempts at portraiture?-Leslie
Stephen in National Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
The Old, Old Story.

A farmer who had purchased an
eighty-tive dollar hill of goods from a
travelling vender was in town yester-
day with his purchase. A leading
merchant fully examined the goods
which the man had purchased and
after doing SO asserted that the whole
bill could be duplicated for $50 here
at the highest retail prices, and if the
purchase was made Of any one dealer
at one time no doubt a considerable
discount would be given from that
figure. .S5 b: ,a 5z1z .-
Yet notwiths tanding this fact the
purchase of goods from travelling
vendors goes merrily on. Misrepre-
sentation in claiming that local mer-
Oh ants are charging excessive profit,
smooth Ia TX and other like method
are inducing many honest, hard work
ing residents in the country to make
investments which they are certain to
regret thereafter if, hose who have
purchased do. not do SO alread "
Red Wing, Repnb lean. HI. SO So
d w arnings against this class of ped
oilers cannot be too strongly drawn
nor too OF ten repeated. AS the cold
weather sets In they are sure TO be
around with their boosted articles
which, even il the goods should prove
what they are represented to be, will
I'LL q house with goo de u OF very much
needed Such pedd lers are q nuisance
equal to- g the vende ,.s Of ightning rods.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
liAPPENlNG S ABROAD.

Hans Delbruek, ed tor al the Rreus-1I
sische sJahr buecher, has been apnointed
to the chair 81 history il Berlin uni
versity, held by the late Heinrich Won
Treitschke.
u Lamartine's ma Duscr:ipt Of his poems
have been handed over to the Paris
National library BY N. Emile Olivier,
as the literary exec Of Mile. Yalen-
tine de Lamartine. /.
81 Italy has q music trust, a well known
firm Of music publishers cont ling.
copyrights and theaters 30 that no
opera can be given without its consent
and no singer engaged save az its dicta-
ton. ss $4l 81 5.s
When the duke Of Connaught's term
as commander at sAldershot expires he
will be made quartermaster general.
His next step toward the commander
in chief will probabl be the adjutant
generalship. s...
Three thousand Lascars, specially i'm.
ported, are to be turned loose on Lon
don by, the Peninsular and Oriental
and other steamship lines plying with
the east as their contribution to the
picturesqueness Of the queens celebra-
ton. " ,>... s. =, s. 1.. s.
Important frescoes Of the fourteenth
and fifteenth centuries have been dis
covered under the plaster on the walls
of the Church of San Domenico at
Rete in Umbria. >Among them is "a
coronation, of st. Peter Martyr by
Pinturicchio. ~ r ..s.; >.
Guesen, the primate of Poland's see,
is celebrating the ninth centenary of
it's patron, Saint Adalbert, who was
put to death by the heather Prussians
he was trying to convert in 997. His
body lies in a solid silver shrine in
Guesen cathedral. -. -.
In Italy only half of the criminals es-
cape detection, according to- Signor
Ferriani, who has written a book on
ssClever and Fortunate Criminals" He
asserts that while 5000 crimes whose
authors were not detected were COM
mitted in France in 1925, the yearly
number of such crimes is now 10000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14

.of the legislature and promin ent in
commercial and financial enterpris es.s
Above all he was a man, trusting in
God feeling for his felloWmen and
making ma the world better for his hav--
ing lived ii II. His crown viii appear
brighter and brighter as the victory
draws nearer. s;;.= s:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
A YOUTHFUL ExEGETE.

His Interpretation Of tho Scriptures Wa
Not Orthodox. us.
Strange are the workings of the in
FAINT mind The little son of we'll
known naval officer stationed here has
advanced new version Of an OLD text
The wifes mother, who makes her
home with her daughter. is Of the old
school, dear creature, with puffs and
caps, who reads her Bible from prefer
ence. 1t is a custom for her to teach her
little grandson every day verse from
the Bible, and on Saturday Of last week
the verse selected was: r.
Remember the Sabbath day TO keep
it holy. 49,,
The child had unusual difficulty in
committing the verse, but. once mas
tered, it must have settled deep into
the very largest brain cell possessed by
the little fellow.
Sunday morning the youngster came,
fresh, White and starched, from his
nurses hands and was deposited on the
front porch until the family assembled
for church. Emerging at the last mo-
ment, the mother was Mortified at the
sight of her small offspring seated upon
the terrace, digging with all his might
into the moist ground.
"Baby, baby, come here this minute.
Don't you know it is naughty to play
on Sunday and get yourself all dirt?"
cried the mother.
The little fellow looked up with a
puzzled air and made answer, "Whg,
muvver, dear. is digging holes for
Sunday"
digging holes for Sunday? What
nonsense! You bad, bad little son, - re-
turned the mother, none too gently,
trying to rescue the once immaculate
suit.
1Now, muvver. dear, I did learn We
verse from grandma, and it was RE-
; member We Sabbath day to keep it
hba8: and is only digging We holes for
Sunday to make it holy, and isn't a
bad little son at all. - IT,.
There was a suspicious trembling
about the mouth, but it is needless to
relate that the little philosopher was
caught in his mothers arms and kissed
before the cry developed and that he
was given two plates Of dessert for his
Sunday dinner, all because of his orig
inal Observation-Disclosures Star. -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
.s.ssI5lKlI;ntA

ss Between So, 900 aud 900 200 kits
are made every year. The killed reei.5
n1ents of 1ilars. militia and volun.
Steers number some battal ions. Az
the military Kilt IS only provided bien-
s g this represel,ts q suppl 600
sn year 81
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
Village Council Proc edings.
.N%c~>~
sss COUNCIL Room,
+, WILLMAR, Dec. ID, 1897.

Regular meeting Of the village coun-
Gill; Present ldermen Nasset, Kari
wand, Void, Ramsett, and President
johnson. Absent Aldermen Tallman
and Nelson. - sst .r9
z The minutes of previous regular and
special meetings were read and APP
proved. ~. 4 49,. .* ~
: The following bills were read and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
NANNloN1NA11NN,N1ANA,n1
J. COLUMN.
The TEMPERANCE VERSION or
III E IA R-SPANGLED
.sss5s5 Il sS# BANNER.
. s55s-@ b q - 10 3 a
4 by j. NJ. LOGAN. n

a by u. NJ LOGAN, NJ D. z
On 81 say gnt can,t you see in the nations dark
When rumshops are licensed. with wicked
ness teeming. . 2,.i
All !, the iN dangers and woes Of Sdowntrodden
While sad. pleading faces with teard rops
are streaming. 5Et 4!5 Z. A & E. ne 4 e,
n And at satan's command ss.s
Strong men idle stand. f. ~
re Knitting King Alcohops reign in the land
Oh, say, does the star-spangled banner yet
Ger the land of the free and the home Of
&. the brave? E 'f$t%y,~ q EGst.#
On )1 the shore dimly seen, where temperance
rs. shall reign. u 49, - T. Sa :. ..1.se ~
Well anchor at last beyond Runs sea Of
is trOuble. ss*y#it'-@i<e y 3 L = -
# we work with a will Sinking not toll or
And we'll show the proud scorners our
dream Is no bubble. ~ :.+. -
s& None license shall pay,
To take mems souls, away; ...
wei, IL n work Tor just laws; where's will
yfszss .,..1 Chorus. = ,-.."'
Oh. where is that band who so vauntingly
10 make and use laws for the peoples pro.
tectiOn? - ~ -. - : =
Their pockets are FULL they remember nc
The promises made before the election <,
49, Then, arouse! To such knaves
We will never be slaves.
But stand by the'man- who, saloon fighting
braves.
IT, 49," Chorus.
Oh, tbs be it ever when daring ones stand
between their loved homes and runs desc
"a lntiOn;
BEST with victory and peace. may the hea
s:ven-rescued land :.
Praise the power that hath made and pre-
served US nation.
Then. conquer we must,
For our cause 1t is Just;
And this be our motto. I'm God is ou
trust.
Chorus:
| And the star-spangled banner in triumph
shall wave
| Ger the land of the free and the home o
the brave.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
NEAL DOW.

!. e., =: NEAL Nv. ~ :.
b: The Grand Old Man OF the Temper
ance Reform ~: died OCT. 2, IN the gath
year year. OF MS age. Whlle ne was not 't' the
hrst 70 advocate prohthltlon IN Amerl-
Ca ga, ms early and eminent services
have e also won Tor n hlm the title OF the
Father OF Prohibition. At the ear
nest request OF the vile OF a nelghbor
VINO was last gong WIN -! drink ne Wis
lt ''1 = = saloon 70 bring her nus oano
home: he was informed oy the sa-
loon e'c'' keeper that ne had q llcense 70
sell and that al i MI. DOW the mem .
young man man. wouia attend 10 ms, own
business, = would oe a PIP
NY ou have : Incense nave y ou' sWe
VII see apo - s'la y 90 nis reply
and &c .nen determined MIN - o9yo1e n1s
LIE lie g me ov over q me saioon.
9 l846 az az antl-il quorlaWWas passed
in Maine ana ~ looi, me MAINE
law, = was repe aleo = io9e' .ou,
upon the statute M'ok' DESPITE !. 81 J
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
Report 81 Board Of Audi Il.

The Board 81 Auditors Of Kandiyo-
hi. county met at the county treasur1
.er,s ONCE Dec. S. I and 9 1891, for
the purpose Of auditing the acco unite
Of " arner u. N Grin, county treasur-y
er. and hereby make the GLOWING re- 81,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14

among the man devices to assist tl,e
blind one st The best 81 q ypewriter IS
1hicli the key letter 81, d
witch pune tuates The "a per I'LL ibiaer
letterss % the dots ,atained In one sof
the blind d pllabDets
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14

s.: 81 the eyes.
S. weak sleep all that
] is
. 3 full glare 81
the q
ssesto your yes from
one side II ola Il Dove, cot from in
front
Have al abund anecs of good steady
light have on
I hand
sss Do not work iin} 4 cor ht, and nyoidE
glarinsss rduy Be as lbaSl Is.
ifttls 3 igI, q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
Is 1KfS0 = 37'1Sp1R a !. ~ x Is
Reward t az .IffAFatnra.

r
Among the tl,laen !. Writers Of the oap-
ital there aia ore Young ,tistron whose
4 name isa Jew months
ago she 81 s short story IS ! magazine
which presented itself id al dlitried field.
BY and BY she recei wed motif icatiolnS that
the story had beer. accepted und that in
2es & 81 |Gs1ad ps'|1 sf e. sl s
The author .imme diately returned an
swer IS that the comp atio1l was not "a ]
eqnate aa'sy, =
5.. Dear. madam. y. ii. Il I'd tor wrote
as t1s 81 s6s s sSis.aip.
ton list Tor two copies each i6onth. 80.
And for fear that further correspond.
j,tnce uod1d IaA t ttbfe 8 COP
!. ies:ot the mag aziiiie she was forced Is IS
content with that. Vashing non Post O
-: t.
81 M 8. u.
s Cement pipes ire made cheaply IN
anattelti iisss llby' q French
- trench siis dug md the BOT.
tom filled with cement ~ tue. 81 tiia
:. RI, s'ss 8, ,lGIs|s 4 szsR
a1'sa n nGaII e 4 ,sg ~.
lube which III thsl, renloye,i and, l,l,etl
D again IS anoth seet g. iisHethod
Z = l|I lIllIl - 6. 81
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14
n Sir Walter SCOTS Mail Bag.

Some letters from the fair sex caused
SIR NWalt9E Scott at least as much amuse.
ment as annoyance. In his earlier years
"a mad woman from about Alnwick,
by dint Of letters and plans, first ex-
tracted rom him a guinea for charity,
then sent him the manuscript of a curl
Gus novel, which he was to publish in
his own name, and of which he was to
take half the profits. Finally, on his de-:
clining the partnership, she suggested he
should take shares in medicine for
babies, her oWp invention. Dread of
Ra4ti4 patRn in ''such Herodlike
afAEf dbye Scott to decline the honor
Of FUTURE respRndence with the lady.
On q March day in his fatal year,
1926; Sir Walter answered two modest
requests from widow ladies', One of
, tReR, Hefq4rg en former slight ac-
dhathtahde With His mother, desired
that he should impress on Peel, tten
home secretary, the merits of her second
son, whom he was to represent as fit
for any situation in+ a public Office: =
The second 99aaNsFsho Ind already pc
the Lake, en- return for suit.
able provision for her sons education,
to read all heE te3 eSfkr's other works
After dealing NtS 5Afe letters, Scott
felt himself constrained to record his
: conviction that your destitute widow,
especially if she nth q charge Of chill,
dren and q ga asst1 /: 4 4 81 patronage, is
one Of thd M = q e ena animals liy-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-12-14

A young girl of twelve became a
pledged abstainer from intoxicating
drinks. "What can a child do in
Temperance work?' Some one asked
a little scoffingly. The child could
THINK and FEEL and PRAY; and work
the work which was visible-camec
in maturer years bringing oh! such
privileged service for Christ. Oh!
why does not every Christian worker
share her privilege! While 10000
drunkards go annually to an untimely
grave, and broken hearted men and
women and starved and neglected chill
dren swell those figures to 10000
the annual number of drinks victims
who that takes Paul's standard as
his own, "Whether therefore we eat or
drink Or whatever We do, do all to the
glory Of God''-- who with THIS stan-
5dard Of life can support the drinking
customs Of our country? -rne ~
F. e, '.-2:1E =. 4
A purse-prOud man, Just getting IN
to his carriage, with his wife and
daughter Haunting in velvet and furs,
said to Il poor laborer who was shove
ling coal into his vault: Joe, if you
had not drunk gin, you now might
have been riding in a carriage for
nothing else could have prevented a
man Of your talents and education
from making money! "True
enough" was the reply OF the poor
man, land if you'had not sold gin
and induced me and others to become
drunkards, you might now have been
my driver, for gin spinning was the
only way by which you ever m4ae a
shilling in your life"