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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

II can trace my descent back long
ways" said Slipy, as he rolled down
the mountain.-Yale Record.
Walter-"Did you give anything to
the fresh-air mission q William-"Yes,
Isent them draft."- Cornell Widow.
my wife, said Tangle, lis mind
reader" "Pity my lot," said Tangle;
my wife is mind speaker."-Tt-
Bits.
A Marriage Settlement--Tom-~
your father-in-law settle anything On
you at your marriage?" Benedict (de-
jectedly)-"Yes; himself and his whole
family!"-
The Important Thing.-~Do you
think it makes much difference which
planet a person is born under?" mot
bit, 80 long as he keeps on the earth. -
Brooklyn Life.
Diferent.-"Those folks next door
must have bought that house." ~What
makes you think 500" II heard her
scolding the maid for driving a picture
nail in the aster.'-Detroit Free
Press.
An Experts Opinion.-Burgin-'']
see the scientists claim that strawber-
nes are 81 per cent. water" -Ralston-
The scientists are away off. Straw
berries are 81 per cent. box bottom.''-
Chicago News.
Every WE'LL" he sobbed, in a hollow
voice I shall pass in my checks!'
She laughed a wild, eerie laugh; for
there was dark side to all this. Get
them certified" she urged, for she de-
sired to place no obstacle in the way Of
his design--Detroit Journal
UnfulflleG -'sThat man
Titherson's regular torpedo boat"
How do you make that out?'' Ever
since he was a boy at school people
have been predicting great things fol
him, but he's never done anything
worth mentioning yet."- Cleveland
Leader.
The Dramatic Aspirant.-Stage Man.
ager-"Hase you had any previous ex.
perience?" The Slavey with dramatic
aspirations)-'No; but I'm the gal what
was nearly murdered by her missus,
Stage Manager-''You'N do Don't for
get to put that on the bills, JONES'
St. Paul's-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
until it was possible to use 1t effective

until it was possible to use 1t effective
~. In the navy the tradition to shoot
low has crystalized into standing rule,
unwritten, indeed, but none the less re-
ligiouly observed, and it's wisdom has
been proved on more than one occasion
of great Importance.
The precise form of this un~.itten
naval rule is to wait for the downward
roll" This is the converse of the maxim
obtaining in the British navy that it is
best to take advantage of the upward
roll" which has been observed almost
from the beginning of naval fighting ty
the gunners on English ships.
This was rendered the more certalh
from the fact that the spherical projec-
tiles then in use would ricochet alonE
the surface of the waves if they struck
the water exactly as stone will skip
along the top of pond when properly
thrown from the hand of small boy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
Won't Talk Into a. PhOnOeranh.

Mr.. Edison has persistently refused
to register his voice upon photograph
cylinder for repetition. To some friends
who urged him to talk into one of these
machines he gave his reason: 1T would
make me sick with disgust to see
placarded on Photographs everywhere
turn: Drop nickel in the slot and
hear Edison talk. No, no; none of that
for me-" The tone of voice in which he
stated his objection made it clearly ap-
parent that he could neither be coaxed
nor dragged into granting the request,
even though he has had an offer of $1O,-
600 for fve-minutes' talk. In perfect
ing the phonograph he has, of course,
been obliged to talk into the machine
frequently, but the cylinder is always
scraped so that his voice cannot be re-
produced. To one close friend, how
ever, he reluctantly gave cylinder re-
cording a few of his words, and to a
young man who particularly interested
him he gave another on which is re-
corded his favorite story. These are
the only two in existence. - Ladies'
Home Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
A Puzzle to Scientists.

Careful measurements by govern
ment engineers have revealed the fact
that 10000 second-feet of water are lost
from the Missouri river in its course
from one point in Montana to another
some hundred miles or so down the
stream. This extraordinary leakage,
enough to make very considerable
river of itself, has been somewhat of a
puzzle to scientists; but the recent sue
cess of Dakota farmers away to the
east and south of these points ON the
Missouri in sinking artesian wells
shows where it has gone. As biologists
had declared that there would not be
any water in these Dakota lands and
the flow proves to be remarkably album
dant, it is believed that the farmers
have tapped the water which leaks from
the big hole in the Missouri river away
up IN Monta Chicago Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
MOTHER OF F1TZHUGH LEE.
She Was Once a Washington Bell>
and Is Still the Idol of Her
IIlustriOus Family.

Blind and almost helpless as baby
the mother of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee live.
with her son Daniel, near Fredericks
burg, Va. Though nearly 80 years old
she is still bright and cheerful. Sur
rounded by descendants who fairly idol
ize her, she is rapidly nearing the dark
river, fearless and with childlike conf.
dence. Her grandfather, George Ma,
son, was prominent statesman in the
early days of the republic and took par1
in framing the American constitution
His third son, John, inherited consider
able property in Virginia, including An
alostan island, to which place hi
brought lovely Maryland bride, whose
family name was Munay. The young
est child of this couple was Anna Maria
who was brought up on the outskirts OF
Washington. In her youth she was
known as beautiful Mamie Mason Of
the island" At Arlington she first met
Lieut. Sydney Smith Lee, United States
navy, brother of Robert E. This meet.
ing resulted in courtship and marriage,
Gen. Joseph E. Johnston being one OF
the groomsmen- Portraits taken in
those early days show the brideto have
had lovely, piquant lace, with rosy
cheeks, brown eyes and clustering
brown curls-
The young couple resided for some
time in Washington, where Mrs. Lees
beauty, wit and vivacity made her the
admiration and center of choice so
cial circle. At their country home,
Clermont, near Alexandria. on the 10th
of November, 1885, their eldest son was
born, and named Fitzhugh, after a be.
loved friend. Mrs. Fitzhugh, of Raven.
worth. Five other sons were born tc
them, and all grew to manhood and
were gallant sailors and soldiers during
the civil war. When that struggle com.
menced Capt. Lee resigned from the
navy, and, like his famous brother, of.
fered his sword to his native state. Mrs.
Lee went with him to Richmond, leav.
ing all her property in the hands of the
enemy. Never throughout these four
years of horror and carnage did Mrs.
Lees courage give way, though her hus-
band, sons and many relatives were at
the front At the close of hostilities she
returned with her family to a country
place in Stafford county, Va, where her
husband died soon after. Mrs. Lee
spent many years in the quiet dignity OF
widowhood at old Richmond. on the
Potomac When her son, Fitzhugh, be-
came governor of Virginia she made her
home with him in Richmond, and once
more became charm in society. She
was ever keenly interested in the polit
ica1 issues of the day, but unfortunately
a severe cold settled on her eyes. After
intense suffering, borne with her usual
forttude, she submitted to a painful
operation which, however, failed to
give relief, and she became totally blind,
Chicago Chronicle
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
FIGHTING THE SCALES,
Parasites Do IN Enormous Damage
to the Trees and Fruit Crops
of the United States.

It is estimated that the scales do an
enormous damage to the trees and crops
of this country, and while the San Jose
it is not by any means the only injurious
Insect Of this class There are proba-
bly, dozen very active and pernicious
scales found in the orchards of this
country. All of them do more or less
damage, and the question of destroying
them is annually becoming mose i'm
portant one. The department of agri-
culture has made special inquiries and
investigations into the subject of
checking their ravages, and since the
German authorities made such dis
turbance about not admitting our ap-
pies because of the scales on them the
subject will assume even more prom
inenoe the coming season.
Some interesting experiments have
been made to destroy the scales, and
next summer we are likely to reap some
benefit from them Whale-oil soap has
been said to destroy them. but it must
be admitted now that this merely
checks the scales and does not destroy
them Moreover, it takes nearly as
much whale-oil to check the scales as
the crop of fruits is worth In one or
chard in Maryland 1t took 5000 worth
of whale-oil soap to hold the San Jose
scale in check
The real remedy promised is found
In hydrocynic gas, gas that is so
searching and penetrating that when
applied to the trees hardly scale es-
capes- It IS death to every form of life,
and not expensive. The method of APP
plicatton is to place tents or coverings,
double oiled, over the trees, and then
liberate the gas under them The re-
suits so far are very encouraging, for
nearly every scale was killed on the
trees so treated--W. E. Farmer, in
Wisconsin Agriculturist-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
TRAINING THE GRAPES.
scribed and Explained BY
Pref. e. G.. LOdeman.

This typical form of horizontal grape
training may be found in a number of
vineyards situated near the Hudson
river. The stem of the vine is about
Is inches high. From its upper part
cane is carried to the top Of the trellis,
and then it is bent toward ODE side and
tied to the top wire of the trellis. It
is made long in order that the plant
may be supplied with . proper num-
Der of buds. The trellis carries only
two wires, the lowest being about two
and one-half feet from the ground, the
top one about three feet above the first.
These wires are not designed to bear
directly the weight of the vines, but
Stats are fastened to them, and these
Stats support much of the weight of the
fruit and foliage: One slat, lath, is
placed on each side of the vine and
about a foot from it. The lath is
stapled so that only few inches pro-
ject below the lower vine, while about
foot extends above the upper. AS
the shoots in early summer become
long enough to allow of their being
tied to these upright Stats, they are
so fastened as to be held in practically
horizontal position. Frequently two
more Stats are used, one being placed
about - inches from each of those at
first put on; eventually the shoots are
also tied to these; such upright pieces
should be considered as forming an
integral part of the trellis. They are
firmly stapled to the wire, and remain
there until they decay or become
broken.
Notifications of this system are
found both in American and European
vineyards. In the Hudson river val
ley the vertical stats are sometimes
absent, but two or three extra wires
on the trellis answer the same pur-
pose AS the shoots from the upright
cane develop they cling to the wires
without the aid Of summer tying, or
at most but very little of this work is
done. The shoots in consequence do
not assume a perfectly horizontal
position, but they ascend at an angle
of about AS degrees The bearing
portion of the vine is renewed each
year. In several of the large vine
yards of the Midoc, near Bordeaux,
France, a system is found that is SIM
liar, in many respects, to the Hudson
system. The one essential difference is
that the upright cane is there per-
manent, and it forms a vertical arm,
or Gordon, which is spurred from each
side, the spurs being kept as short as
possible.
The shoots which annually grow
from these spurs are fastened hori-
zontally to the wires of the trells, the
number of wires varying from four to
six or more, as the vigor of the plants
may require; the distance between the
wires is from IL to IS inches. This sys-
TEN is equivalent to a vertical Gordon,
form which is commonly used on walls
and in certain greenhouses. It has also
been termed an upright stock with
alternate spurs" the description of the
system being fairly we'll included in the
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
SHOOTING AT SEA.
from 4 Ships Deck-Rule Followed
by American Navy.

Necessarily the deck of a vessel at
sea offers much less satisfactory plat
form from which to shoot than the
solid foundation provided in land fort,
since even when the ocean is calmest
the vessels must constantly roll from
side to side. Theoretically the best
time to fire would be at the moment be-
tween the rolls, when the deck of the
ship is perfectly level, and in general
way it may be said that an attempt is
made to do the shooting at that in.
slant. It IS practically impossible
however, to fire invariably when the
decks are horizontal No matter how
careful the gunner, the piece is almost
always exploded just before or just
after the proper instant, says the New
York Press.
The American practice, both in thu
army and navy, has always been tt
shoot low and always save ammunition
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
ICE CREAM CENTURIES AGO.
The delicious Summer CONNECTION
FIRST Manufactured In Italy,
How 1t Orixinrted.

Early June days generally see the ice
cream and soda parlors doing a stead
lily increasing business. Ice cream il
a much older sweetmeat than many
persons suppose In the beginning of
the seventeenth century goblets made
OF ice and also iced fruit-that is, fruit
frozen over - were first brought to
table The Imonadiers, or lemonade
sellers, of Paris endeavored to increase
the popularity of their wares by icing
them, and one, more enterprising than
the rest, an Italian named Procope
Couteaux, in the year 1860, conceived
the idea of converting such beverages
entirely into ice, and about 20 years
later iced liquors-that is, liquors
changed into ice-were the principal
things sold by the limonadiers- By the
end OF that century iced liquors were
quite common in Paris.
Ice cream, or iced ''butter," as it waa
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
Some Good Shots.

There is more in the way you shoot
than the gun you shoot with. One man
near Hay Lake, Me-, killed a moose with
the smallest working cartridge known
"a 22-caliber. He encountered the
moose suddenly in the woods, and, with.
in less than 80 feet, fred two shots
from his little revolver. The animal fell
dead at the second shot, which, on ex-
animation, was found to have pierced
its heart Another Maine woodsman
brought down a moose with a 22-calibe1
revolver, and out west there are stories
of grizzlies being killed by 22-calibe1
express rifles. The ordinary hunter,
however, would rather take chances
with a cannon n meeting grizzly
Forest and Stream.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

For celery caterpillar dust with white
hellabore.
If you spray trees ~when1n bloom you
will kill bees.
The tomato is greatly benefited by
transplanting.
For rose slug spray with white bella
bore or use any fine dust
The old Red Dutch currant is good
both Tor quantity and quality.
Cucumber striped beetle can be de-
stroyed by spraying with Paris green.
T. B. Terry insists that one eye of
the potato is best for planting
Celery can be grown ON sandy or clay
loan, but likes rich mucky SOIL
Western Plowman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28

ness wagon may be used, bat wagon
with springs is preferable. Make q
platform and fasten four legs securely
so the platform will stand at least IL to
Is inches above the body of the wagon.
The platform legs should fit inside the
body Of the wagon Above the plat
form corner stakes may be nailed and
strong wire stretched around. Some
prefer to nail boards rather than use
wire Small plants, such as violets,
small seedlings, cabbage, tomatoes, etc.,
can be packed under the platform, while
Towering plants In the pots set in fats
or trays can be packed on the platform.
AS the driver calls out the good farm.
er wife, the temptation to buy from the
mass of beautiful spring boomers is
hard to resist.-Albert Rising, in Farm
and Home
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28

first called, from its supposed resem-
blance to that substance, soon followed.
It was first known in Paris in 1774
Due de Charities often went at that time
to the Paris coffee-houses to drink a
glass of iced liquor, and the landlord
having one day presented him with his
farms" formed in edible ice, this kind
of s.veetmeat became the fashion. Ger
man cooks at once took up the new art
It was not long in reaching England, for
in 1776 French cook resident in Lon
don. named Clermont, wrote The
Modern Cook, in which sweet ices were
first described for the instruction OF
English cooks The ice cream OF
these days is an enormously elaborated
sweetmeat compared with that of the
olden time.
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ing its object with force equal to that

ing its object with force equal to that
of II ,230 tons falling one foot. And
yet, comparatively speaking, they are
very harmless Thus during the cne-
day bombardment Of Alexandria by the
British fleet of IL ships, lasting from
2 a. M to 1880 p. M, no less than 3,165
shells were thrown into the town. yet
not more than 800 Egyptians were
killed-that is, it took, roughly speak
ing. six shells to kill one man. 49,
Again, during: the Fianoo-German
war, the Germans threw 3o0, 900 shells
into Belfort, only killing 90 French
men, or 500 shells to kill one French
man At Strasburg, in the same war, it
took IS shells to kill every man And
at the siege Of Paris III, 600 shells only
killed 107 and wounded 200. Ito. ....o.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
Evaporation and Dryin9.

The Virginia station has reported ex-
periments on various means of utilizing
low-grade apples which. it is estimated,
constitute 40 per cent. of the annual
crop in that state. Considerable quanti-
ties OF this fruit are at present sun
dried, but it is believed that the use of
evaporating apparatus would be much
more economical The cost of manufac-
ture in either case is about three cents
per pound of finished product The
evapurated fruit as rule sells for about
six cents per pound and the dried for
only Eye cents The amount of evap-
GRATED fruit per bushel of apples was
found TO be about sc pounds.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
Make Only the Best.

It il a matter of great moment to the
dairymen as to the price he will get for
his butter. If q dairyman makes from
Is to 200 pounds of but Ter a day, loss of
two cents means great deal Itisjust
as expensive to make butter selling at %
cents as that which sells at two cents
more, and in the latter case the two
cents is clear gain. How important,
then, that every dairyman or butter
maker place on the market product
that will sell for the very highest prieel
Field and Farm. ~ SIS e.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28

Found by Grave DiggeeA
The gravedfggers who were employed
to dig Mr.. Gladstones grave in West
minister abbey came upon a leaden oof-
fin of some unknown person They also
found remains of other persons Of
whose burial there is no record, among
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28

floor TO ceiling and so occupy only a
small floor space.
When picking up potatoes in the field
place eight or ten crates on a stone
boat and haul it along between the
rows and throw in from each side, thus
saving all heavy carrying by hand.
Other uses will suggest themselves
and the longer you use them the better
you will like theme. E. Walter, in
Western Rural.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
Birds Should BE Protected.

The work of the birds about the farm
IN destroying insects entities them to
our full protection The Maine expert
ment station proposes to issue bull
letin ON the subject, and we anticipate
that what many people heretofore have
considered merely q very pretty senti-
ment will be shown to have founda-
ton in the most practical sort Of fact.
Even the common non-poisonous snakes
perform duty which shows their
hiendHness to the farmer. We are
growing more clearly to understand
that in the providence Of the Creator
there is no such thing as waste or mis-
fltn.-Farmers' Voice. *s.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
WAGON PLANT STAND.
gagged Peddling Plants, Flowers
and Early Vegetables,

In spring money is made in many Sec
tons of the country by peddling plants,
flowers and early vegetables A style
that is in common use ID Massachusetts
is double-decked wagon made as illus
trated- Any ordinary express or busi-
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= IT,. !

es. Bottom Stats should be nailed to
under side of second side Stat End
Stats are nailed on last with end flush
with outside of side Stat.
When empty place one endwise in
side of two others, then they can be
handled quicker and take up less room.
They are handy in storing potatoes in
the cellar as they can be corded from
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28

them a skull very much worn away. but
seemingly that of a young man; shout
der bones and small bones of the arm
in excellent preservation, but complete
~ Drowned through age And at a
greater depth skulls were found which,
like the Others, were only kept free
from disappearance into mold by the
dryness of the soil,
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CRATES FOR POTATOES.
Handy In Picking the Tubers in the
Field and In Storing Them in
Cellars Later On.

Potato crates are something which
every farmer needs and which he can
make for himself on rainy days
Common lath are suitable for the
Stats. The corners should be hard
wood. Three penny nails are the right
size Side Stats are 1872 inches long,
ED Stats 14h inches, corners 121h inch
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
The Waste of War.

A shell thrown from 24-ton quick
firing gun PUSHES through the air at the
velocity of 1900 feet per second, strik-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
/. Shoes in Japan.

Japan, with over 10000, o00 inhab-
.tants, has only one leather shoe fac
/ tory. Nearly all the natives still wear
! sandals Of straw or wood Albany Ar
5 guA
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28
state Lands IN Sweden

Sweden has now 12,O56,2 46 acres Of
forest lands owned by the state, an In
crease in the states oldings IN 10 years
ok 1890, o72 acreA 5. z.,z
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-06-28

Percentase OF Fatal Amputations.
.s Nine per cent. Of cases Of amputatiox
are said to be fatal. .z5s...5s
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animal
Utmost eandkndn
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EulQlfa'n Husband.

The only prince of the royal house
OF Spain who is now in active service
in Cuba In the cause of his country is
Don Antonio, infant of Spain. He is in
the prime Of life, being only just 80, and
colonel Of the "crack" regiment of hus-
sars, .El Princesa He 10 the hus-
band Of Infanta Eu1alia. - - -