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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
STORIES OF RELIEF.
Two Letters to Irs. Pioknan.

Mrs. JOIN WILLIAMS, Englishtown,
n. j., writes:
DEAR MIS-. PEKHAM:-I cannot be-
gin to tell You how I suffered before
taking your remedies Twas so weak
that could hardly walk across the foor
without falling. I had womb trouble
and such bearing-down feeling also
suffered with my back and limbs, pain
in womb, Inflammation of the bladder,
piles and indigestion Before I had
taken one bottle Of Lydia E. Pinkhan's
Vegetable Compound felt a great deal
better, and after taking two and one
half bottles and half box of your
Liver Pills was cured Hmore would
take your medicine they would not
have to suffer so much"
Mrs JOSEPH PETERSON, 513 East St.
Warren, Pa, writes:
DEAR MIS-. PEKHAM:-I have SUI
fered with womb trouble over fifteen
years. I had Inflammation, enlarge
nent and displacement of the womb
I had the backache constantly, also
headache and was so dizzy. I had
heart trouble, it seemed as though my
heart was IN my throat at times chok-
ing me- I could not walk around AID
I coc1d not lie down, for then M heart
would beat so fast I would feel as
though was saothering. I had to
sit up in bed nights in order to breathe
1 was so weak eonld not do any
thing.
81 have now taken several bot
ties of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and used three pack
ages of Sanative Wash, and can say
I am perfectly cured do not think
I could have lived long If Mrs Pink
hsm'x medicine had not helped me- ="
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
Grapes on Little Land.

It is surprising how little extent Of
earth's surface is needed to root a
grape vine If it can grow upward and
have open space enough on ore or two
sides to get plenty Of sunshine, the
area in which its roots can run is a
matter of comparatively little impor-
lance. We have seen thrifty and pro-
ductive grape vines where there was
only three feet space between house
with its cellar wall on one side and
the street sidewalk on the other. AS
the sidewalk was made Of plank, the
grape roots undoubtedly extended un-
DER it, But even with this there was
scarcely space seven by twenty-five
feet On the earth's surface, ard this
supported for years two grape vines.
each Of which ran Up treIlis as high
as the house. and bore every year fine
clusters of luscious fruit at the top
Farmers Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
Death in MIX Cam.

A case of milk poisoning in Utica, n.
T., was traced first to the dealer whose
milk cans were found to be clean Then
the health officer looked up the farmer
who supplied the dealer, and found his
cans in a most filthy condition, looking,
he said, as If they had not been cleaned
for week This is another fact to ind
cate the value of scrapulous cleanliness
in the handling Of milk Another case,
traced to the same cause, was that
which occurred at Camp Eaton, Island
Lake, Mich. where number of SOL
diers were made violently III from
drinking milk taken from cans in every
one of which decomposed milk was
found in the seams and creEices of the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
RABBITS AND NICE
How to Protect Fruit and shade
Trees Against Their Attacks,
1t Snail ExpeA1e.

The frequent injuries done by rab-
bits or mice in girdling fruit and other
trees has led to perhaps more expert
nent than the injuries done by any
fungous disease or insect pest Long
before the practice of spraying came
into vogue we find orchardists discuss
ing this Or that method of combating
these foes. or of repairing the injuries
done by them-mounds of earth or of
}tramped snow around the trees; plant
ing cabbage to serve as food for rab-
bits; wrapping the trunks with wired
,,lath. paper, tarred paper, corn-staiks,
cloth; covering the trunks with
manure-plasters, fats, axle-grease,
blood, whitewash, tar and other sub
stances supposedly obnoxious to mice
and rabbits, have all been advocated.
make-shifts, at least where the animals
are abundant, and not a few trees have
died from the effects OF one or the other
Of these protective measures.
A spring-set fruit-tree entering it's
first winter IS worth at least one dol
lar, and if il took dollar TO protect
that tree the money would be well
spent, especially Il no7-protection
meant loss # the specimen and re-
planting. But it is not necessary to
spend so much to get an efficient pro-
tector-a far better one than any
enumerated above Wire netting Of a
mesh not greater than half an inch and
IS inches wide cut across in strips at
intervals of six OF eight inches and
sprung around the trunks and the low
er ends buried an inch or so below the
surface OF the ground forms an abso-
lutte protection against these pests
without in any way inJuring the trees.
If the netting be pressed and rolled
tightly around hoe-handle or 4
broom-stick to make the strips curl
better they can be applied much easier.
and when once in place cannot be
shaken OF Dy the wind. Such protec-
tors need not cost more than three
cents when il place upon the tree. and
when once in place need no further at
tention. since being loosely applied
they adjust themselves to the tree as
1t grows.-Fa-n and Fires:de.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
Gooseberr CuIt1vntfou

Gooseberrles are propagated to
some extent by cutting, but generally
by layers The earth is heaped in a
mound around the bushes and the
young sprouts will strike roots They
should be planted IN rows four by four
On a rich, heavy soil. well cultivated
and heavily pruned. The fruit grows
on the buds formed on two-year-oId
wood and on spurs and buds Of older
growth Pruning should be directed
to cutting back the new growth and
occasionally cutting out extra shoots.
Some cultivate in low tree form, but
the shrub form II the more natural
10y Of growing. says the Denver Field
and Farm So ss
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
Farmer and TeIeKrams,

The man over the hills who raises
grain is scared out of days work
It he receives telegram. for he is
sure that some one is dead The man
who raises fruit may lose a days
work If he does not receive a te1e-
gram, in which case he thinks the mar
ketman has forgotten him The style
ct ones farming, with particular ref
erence to the number of crops which
he raises, has great influence upon the
man Grass farming makes grass
farmerk-Prof. + b. Bailey, IN Amer
tea4 Gardening. . f
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
A FEW GARDEN HINTS.

Every large fruit grower should
have a cold storage plant.
The apple is, all things considered,
the best fruit grown, and the winter
banana heads the list.
For small lawn there is no pref
tier or more suitable tree than Mag
nclia acuminata. It is without dis
ease and insect pests do not attack it.
There is probably no better goose
berry for this country than the Co.
lumbus- It is very prolific and is
claimed to be absolutely free from
mildew.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
PLATFORM FOR PLANTS.
4 stand Which Enables the House.
wife to Preserve Her Floral
Pets in Cold Weather.

Various are the contrivances for hous-
ing plants through the winter in coun-
try houses Some people do not like
their windows darkeued and it is often
a matter of much anxiety how and
where the house plants can be kept.
Where windows are small shelf on
level with the window sill is the most
convenient, although however faithful
~ coal fire may be kept burning
through the night, there are always
few nights through the winter when
the temperature drops so low that there
is danger of Jack Frost taking nip OF
the choicest varieties unless they are
moved out into the center of the ROOM
Stiff, brown wrapping paper slipped be-
tween the plants and window is usually
sufficient protection, but flower lover
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

By local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies Deafness Is
caused by an inhamed condition Of the mu-
this tube Gets ndaned You have aa1 rumbI inn
sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it IS
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to it's normal con-
ditlon, hearing viii be destroyed forever;
nine cases OF OF ten are caused by catarrh,
which Is nothing but an infamed condition
of the MUCOUS surfaces
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for anv
case OF Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars. free
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold BY Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
BROKEN-DOWN TREES,
An Idea That Can Be Csed Adva0-
taEeously by Those Who Wish
to Repair Them.

The snow was very deep last winter
in many parts of the country and much
damage WIS done to fruit trees in
breaking down the tops and side
branches Of the smaller sorts. A lot
OF dwarf pear trees that were left by
the snow in the shape shown in Fig.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

were treated as suggested in Fig. 2.
The main stalk was grated with a
straight bit oc branch with the promise
of thus quickly giving the little trees
handsome and symmetrical tops again.
This idea can often be used a6vaora-
geousEy with other small trees besides
dwarf pears.-Craagc Judd Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
Justly Offended.

No wonder the colonel got mad. He was
shot IN the leg at Santiago, and on coming
by one Of these fussy old chaps who likes
to hear himself talk and who broke out
With: Why, colonel, l see that you limp.
What's the matter with your"
Fell out Of bed" roared the colonel
Don't you read the papers9"- Free
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Inc loss OF Cuba means to Spain the loss Of
aer tax ridden people are crying for bread
In the same way the loss OF your once Wig
orous appetite meals poverty and starvation
to your body. Ii any reader of this paper
wishes to be as hungry again as when child,
and wants to fully enjoy hearty meals. We
can recommend Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters- 1t cures Indigestion, dyspepsia and
constipation
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Dropsy treated free by DR.. 81. Fl. Green's
Sons, OF Atlanta, Ga. The greatest d-opsy
specialists IN the world Read their aGver-
tisement IN another column OF this paper.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

The first proc; of a mans incapacity for
anything Is his endeavqT to tx the stigma o;
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

When a fellow is feeling bad he makes Up
his mind to diet himself. and as soon as he
gets we'll he focgers all about ic.-W ASKING
ton (Ia.) Democrat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

I am entirely cured OF henorrhaee Of
lungs BY Pisos Cure for Consumption.-
Louisa Lindanac, Bethany, Mo, Jan s, 'H.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Only spra;ne You may be d cripple. St
Jacobs OIL cures, sure.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

The servant girl who doesn't know her
place shows that knowledge isn't the only
thing which Is power.-Detroir Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Professor lin medical collegel-"W What is
the first thing you do IN case Of cold:'
Bright Student-'Sneeze, sir!"-Eonkecs
Statesman
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Folks dat insists on habbin' dar own
way. said L ncle Eben, runs good deal
9 risk in not habbin' no one ter blame when
angs goes wrong ashinston Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
Are You Going to Florida

Do you want Rates, Maps, Route. Time
Cards and all other necessary information,
il so, address r. ". Sparks, 234 Clark St,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

DE trouble VIII some men dat knows
heap said Uncle Eben, is dat dey hab sech
positive way O teIlin' it dat dey makes
folks too mad to listen "-Washincton Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

A man Is known BY the company he keeps,
but woman is never herself before com
pany-Detroit Journal
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Not every boy who has his picture take
holding fiddle can play.-Washington la
Democrat
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Can't work? Stiff and sore from cold
Use St. Jacobs OI-work Tomorrow.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Surely the best thing out is St. Jacobs Oh
for rheumatism
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

4 center shot. St. Jacobs Oil strikes Sci
atlca and it Is killed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Some OF the higtest-priced stuff the apoth-
cary sells Is drug on the uarkst.-GoIden
DAYS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

Scientists now announce that whisky en.-
tains ptonai1es. In antebellun DAYS In St
Louis they were called snakes--St- Lp@
Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

A mule, a kick, man sick St. Jacobs Oil
cured the bruises
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16

In warning there Is strength.-Lew Wal.
lace
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-11-16
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. A
druggists refund money # i fails to cure .
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the road, with that mixer after her.
At the shattered fence the machine
hes;tated an instant. owing to the
tubes having stretched to their ut
most, then with snort, it seemed to
NE. the milker tore loose from the
wires and rubber Of her fasterir gs and
darted after that cow. On and on she
sped-the cow And en and On down
that country road dashed the mixer.
The speed of each was awful Suther-
land and ran across lots to head of
either the cow OF the mixer but when
we reached tie road, half mile below,
we were just in time to see the milk
CT pass on its wild chase. There, upon
little knoll, we watched it tearing
through the Dust after the cow. On
and On it ran until finally it had
crossed the last kiIoek Of the road
and then it disappeared. said moth
ing. Leaving the bathtub attachment
by the pasture fence, I went back to
the crossroads station and took the
train for Huntsville. Later I had to
pay fo- the cow, for she never re-
turned.
At this juncture the doctor ro<e
from his chair, and taking dollar
from his vest pocket offered it to the
man Thereupon each Of us gave him
a coin. He stood and bowed his thanks.
Then he put on that battered hat and
clipped down the steps Ne heard
the gravel crunch beneath his heels
The darkness OF the night swallowed
him and he disappeared.-Detrudt Frs
Press 81:
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vertisement when / would be about to
pay money to the natives pretended to
search through my clothes without
finding as much as a piece of silver.
Then I would make a few passes and
pick a coin out of the air.
1T is the same with the Phoenix IL
fusion. They believe that l actually
burn up live man, and in several IN
stances l have had hard work to con-
vince the authorities who nave
got after me that l do not really burn
up the man. They think that my trick
is in convincing them that DO not
burn the body.
1.-The Princess no doubt concluded
that a man who could produce coins
Of any denomination at will, and who
could by merely making few passes
cause the clothing of another person
to break into flames would be a Vaiua-
BILE addition to the household of the
woman who was destined to rule the
province 1 was summoned the third
time to the palace to repeat my per-
formance AS varied my tricks each
evening the Princess naturally con-
Guided that there was no limit 10 the
things could do.
1T was at the end of the third per-
Torrance that she proposed marriage.
/ replied that / was married already.
She told me that that made no differ
ence. that she would be sister to my
first wife and together they would rule
all other wives / might acquire.
my wife, who was present when the
interpreter told us this, thought it was
all a Joke and was for jumping up and
throwing her arms about her new-found
sister.
but I could see that there was very
serious side to the matter. TO refuse
the Princess was to insult the King,
and perhaps meant death, and in those
interior provinces the rulers are au-
tocrats with more power than the Car.
So long as they do not interfere with
the administration of any foreign gov
eminent they can do about as they
have a mind to and no one bothers ID
ask questions, much less to prlng tne'I.
IN an accounting There is even Way
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Ihear Present Magans to the Great American Public and
Sketch the Merits of Their Respective Stars Which Wins?

whereby they can circumvent the inter
ference of foreign powers. There is a
law in Borneo that whenever war is
declared all foreign subjects, no matter
to what nation they may belong, are
subject to draft into the army All
they have to do is to inform an Amer
lean, an EngliShman, a German or any
body else that he is wanted in the army
and he has to serve.
IT asked the Princess to delay the
matter for a day or two [ privately
went to the British Consul and laid the
matter before him. He informed me
that father of the Princess had the
power at any moment to conscript me
into his army and that in such an
event he (the Consult would be power
less to help me. He advised me
inasmuch as / was a magician to get
out of the difficulty by the practice of
my own art, and left me to devise the
means and methods.
II thought the matter all over and
concluded that the best way was to
make myself a sacrifice in the Phoenix
illusion and let the Princess think that
1 had really burned myself up l sent
word to the palace that / would give
my last performance that evening, and
I also conveyed the information to the
Princess that I would also give her an
answer.
II gave them my entertainment of
magic and closed with the Phoenix IL
fusion. but instead of using my. wife as
the burned offering, as l do at the
Orpheum when it came time for the
persons to take their positions over the
pot of fire, 1 brushed my wife to one
side and jumped into the pot myself.
"As the flames began to rise round me
I waved my hand in farewell to the
Princess. who shrieked and would have
dashed into the cabinet after me had
not her servant thought that she would
really be going into caldron of fire,
and for this reason they restrained her.
''Of course my assistants were in
formed and 1 was packed closely in big
basket, as did not dare show myself
even to native after the illusion. My
wife pretended to be in great grief and
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closing in upon him rapidly.
Suddenly, with a majestic wave of his
thin hand, with his long white hair
falling like a silver sheen about his
shoulders, he seated himself upon a
rock, and, to the establishment of his
pursuers, gradually faded away into
thin air. A few seconds after the pro-
cess of dissolution began the outlines
Of the rock were seen through his form.
Thinner and more gauZe-like his inquire
became, until only It's dim, misty shape
remained-then it was waited away
upon the breeze. The priests stood
dumfounded. That it was the astral
power they we'll knew, but that 1t was
developed to a far higher degree than
aught they had heard of they also
agreed They knew the trick of leaving
the physical body and causing the
spirit body to go to distant places, but
it must return again to the earthly
form it had left. Koomra Sami, how
ever, caused his physical body to melt
away before their very eyes.
No credence could be placed upon
this odd story were it not for the fact
that it was proved true by Kellar, who
has reproduced the phenomenon in
every detail. 1t really seems like ask
ing a good deal to expect intelligent
people to believe such statement but
the sensation Kellar has created in the
East since the first presentation or this
wonderful illusion leaves no room for
doubt Stepping down to the footlights
on the stage, he narrates the story of
old Koomra Sami briefly, and declares
that the phenomena accomplished by
the old priest were simple in the ex-
treme when understood. He then seats
himself upon chair and continues ms
chat with the audience. The stage is
fully lighted; as is also the entire
theater. His face and form gradually
become indistinct; the back of the chair
upon which he sits shows through his
figure. He continues talking, in a most
entertaining manner, meanwhile Iaulng
away into a ghostly mist, which van
ishes altogether, in the bright light of
the electric lamps.
And just then. while the audience
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URING the present month we
\ may expect to see two Wellde-
fined showers of meteors, as the
earth rushes through the richly
clustering part of two meteor
sWarms-yiz., the LeonidS, so
called because they apparently radlate
from a point in the heavens in the con-
stellation Leo and the Andromedes'
which radiate from the constellation
Andromeda.
Meteor swarms pursue regular, we'll
defined paths around the sun, ana the
earth can only encounter them Wheh
they happen to interSect each other 5
paths at the same time. Therefore the
great star showers occur only rarely,
the LeonidS returning once IN ABOUT
thirty-three years, on November To-
within a day or two, and the Andro-
medes about once in thirteen years, on
the 9th or 18th of the same month.
The last great display OF the LeOnldS
took place in 1866, and occurs again i'll
1899 or 1900, so that this year We may
only expect to see the advance guard
of this celestial army, yet we are very
near the gem of the meteoric ring,
as it has been prettily, though not
scientifically, termed.
1t may be as well to call attention 10
the fact that the meteorS on this spe-
ciaI occasion must be looked for at the
Much disappointment and vexat1on OF
spirit may be spared by using the foI-
lowing directions: The November me-
teors (of this particular family radlate
from the sickIe-shaped group OF stars
In Leo and this constellation rises
somewhat to the north OF the east point
shortly before midnight. Consequently
the meteors radiating from this point
must be looked for between mldnlgnt
and dawn. 80
At the display of November 10 and Ia,
1866. many observers waited patiently
from nightfau to midnight for the
promised display of celestial fireworks,
finally retiring in disgust, weary with
waiting and angry with the astrono-
mers for setting them an apparently
useless task Now, the fact OF the mat
ter is those patient watchers mlghl JUST
as we'll have been resting peace1ully
from to IL o'clock as watching Tor
the display of November meteors. Dur
ing those hours no meteors could De
seen for the same reason which rem
dered the Spanish fleet Invisible Tor
time-"The Spanish fleet you cannot see
because it's not in sight.
From observations and discoveries
made in 1866 it was ascertained that
the November meteors travel around
the sun in orbits extending beyond the
path of the planet Uranus. In the
year 1866 the earth had passed some
what in front of the head or richest
part of the November meteor system.
In the year 1866 the earth had passed
somewhat behind the head and through
a region so rich that for six hours
meteors positively rained upon the
earth, or rather upon the shield of air
which protects it from the downfall Of
meteors.
But the enormous range of the me-
teoric orbit of this system requires
about thirty-three years for its COM
pletion. and hence we have every rea-
son to expect a fine displ this year,
a preliminary skirmish, as 1t were, Civ
ing promise of regular bombardment
by this celestial army at it's return in
1899
In 1866, when the earth rushed
through a very rich portion of the sys-