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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
Written for The Prison MarrOr.
REPUTATION.

Reputation is not character; it is
what other people think of us, and
their estimation may be true or false
according to their limited information
concerning our inward faith and out
ward life and their great bias and pre-
judice in the matter. 1t is largely
founded on hearsay; and hearsay tray
els about like thistle-dOwn in the air;
some people like to be out catching it,
when they would be better at other and
more profitable business. 1t is not an
unusual thing for dealer to be selling
merchandise by false weights and
measures, perhaps unintentionally, un-
til the government-appointed sealer of
weights and measures comes around
and condemns them. 1t is very COM
mon thing for mankind to be weighing
and measuring the character of his fell
lowman by false standards, short
weights and measures of goodness, and
long weights and measures of badness
and many of them will keep at it,
and proclaiming their little informa-
tion on the subject until the Divine
Sealer of spiritual weights and meas
ures comes around and weighs them in
the balance and finds them wanting.
Reputation may be like the gold
plating on brass trinket, or the mud
on gold coin picked up in the street.
The former will soon wear off, and the
latter will wash or rub off in circula-
tion, revealing their inner nature. There
has been many thing that has got a
credit that did not belong to it, until
put to the test of an acid dip, or of hard
wear. Other things have been rejected
because of external smirch, which after
awhile disappeared in social contact,
revealing true worth. Gold coin with
the government stamp, wherever found,
will pass anywhere, when the dirt that
somebody has daubed on it is rubbed
off. Counterfeit, however glittering, is
soon discovered by some sharp eye, and
nobody wants it. If mankind were to
be esteemed by their rule of internal
worth, rather than outward appear
ance-and the judges would not be so
hasty, but wait long enough to pursue
an investigation more than skin-deep-
what difference it would make in
many circles, churches, conferences and
communities. Nevertheless the foun-
dation standeth sure, having this seal:
"The Lord knoweth them that are his"
People may put the denominational
brand of approval on this one and the
mark of disapproval on that one, and
publish it far and wide, it will amount
to nothing, only some temporary credit
or damage of reputation here. The
Great Sealer and Shepherd has his one
brand on his sheep, and he will be able
to tell them from the goats at the great
separating day without any human in
tervention; and they know him-they
"hear his voice and they follow him.
What title are you travelling under,
reader? Something of human inven-
tion, of transitory nature and doubt
full utility, or that which will stand the
strain of dissolving worlds and melting
fires? 1t is best to be right with God,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19
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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1898-05-19

Composed by Rev. DIR. French, Greenfield, Mo.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
IMPROVING QUALITY.
Why Farm Butter Should Be Made
with the Same Care as the BEST
Creamery Product.

One of the problems of particular i'm
portance to the dairy interests is that of
improving the quality of butter made
on great many farms. Large quanti-
ties are made in this way and a great
portion of it is of quite inferior quality.
1t is not remunerative to those who
produce it, says the Indiana Farmer,
and it adversely affects the general
market for good butter, because it is
transformed into ladies' and process
butter" which enter into competition
with genuine butter, with much the
same results as follow oleomargarine
competition. A good deal of the butter
that is made might just as we'll, from
the standpoint of the maker, of the in
dustry and of the consumer, not be
made at all, since it does not pay any of
them. If this butter could be improved
in quality it would add largely to the
value of the dairy product of the coun-
try and would help it's makers to earn a
living. Perhaps the most serious OBJ
stacle to improving the lower grade of
dairy butter is the fact that the butter
i'll rural districts that is made on the
farm is SO largely sold at groceries and
general stores. The buyer is princi-
pally engaged in selling goods. He
must hold his trade and he purchases
farm butter as mere incident to his
business. He does not, and dare not,
conduct this branch of it on it's merits.
He is glad enough to buy good farm
butter If it comes to the store, and he
will set it aside for his own use or for
the use of good customers, but when
the maker of poor butter brings in 8
batch, he is afraid to refuse it or to
pay less for it than he did for the good
butter. He knows that he would lose
the trade of the maker if he did. One
farmers wife will make good butter,
but what inducement has she to try to
40 still better when her neighbor, who
makes poor butter, gets as much a
pound for it as she does, or what motive
has the maker of the poor butter to
make it better when she gets Just as
much for it as is paid for the better
butter made in the neighborhood >
Human nature is so constituted that
the doctrine of rewards and punish
ment cuts large figure with it. On
the average it does not take extra
trouble and pains unless it sees CORE
spending rewards for doing so. The
quality of large mass of farm butter
would be very much improved if some
way could be devised whereby every
pound that is made were sold upon it's
actual merits, the good butter-maker
receiving good price and the maker of
grease a grease price.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
A TOOTHBRUSH TALE.
An Old Story and One That Is Bran,
New.

An Old Story and One That Is Brand
New.
Three society girls sat in the newly dec
Grated boudoir of the blue-eyed girl. The
brown-eyed girl remarked that she wished
some one would remind her to buy tooth
brush the next time she went downtown.
Then she laughingly asked:
''Girls, what would you call a toothbrush
one of the amenities of civilization?"
II would call it a necessity" exclaimed
the blue-eyed girl |:That reminds me,
girls" she continued, "of story nv Uncle
James used to tell. I always had my doubts
about this story of Uncle James, but I will
tell you what he said.
He was going from Boston to New York
one time on one of the new Sound steam
ers, and he shared his stateroom with a
strange man. When morning came, Uncle
James got up first, dressed, and went on
deck. Presently he came back to pack his
travelling bag. He remembered that he had
left his toothbrush on the rack. On looking
tor it, ne discovered his roommate using it
vigorously. Surprising that mistake had
~ beg, your pardon, sir, but that is my
toothbrush
Indeed said the man, you must ex,
cuse me; thought it belonged to the boat u
"Oh! oh! oh!' exclaimed the gray-eyed
girl, waving her hands frantically, |'that is
the same story my Uncle Robert always
tod: It didn't, happen to either one OF
."Of course not" assented the blue-eyed
girl, laughing. eve have caught both our
uncles in fibs now, haven't we?'
The brown-eyed girl looked at her frineds
IN dlsgust.-St. Louis Republic.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
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ABOUT BARN FRAMES.
Description of One That Ia Said
to Possess Absolute Simplicity
and Very Great Strength.

Inventions change conditions. Once
any high barn was white elephant.
Next the harpoon fork running up to a
track under the roof-peak made height
an essential of the model barn. Then
came the invention of the hay-sling,
that final perfection in unloading Of
hay. With the sling came the problem
of waste of power, of time, in hosting
the draughts over the great beam or
'tie" that in all old barns connects
the tops of the posts at the upper ends.
Not only was there prodigious waste
Of energy and time in hosting these
great draughts of hay to the peak be-
fore running in, but when it was
dropped from the height, if at all green,
it might pack so solidly as to "mow-
burn at that place.
Next followed the "open CENTER
barn, and to-day there is no barn built
by up-to-date builders with tie across
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19

Mother, come here quick, there goes
Jane Albright in that everlasting calico
dress of hers. I declare, should think
she'd be tired of wearing it. This is the
fifth year if it's a day. l never did see such
a careful woman with her clothes"
1T amt the care she ia kes Of it, Mandy,
child, it's the goods. Them's William Simp-
son & Sons prints, the same as my old black
and white which IS almost as good now as
the day bought it, nigh four year ago come
Easter. l was at the store with Jane when
she bought that dress, Mandy, and so far as
can see the colors is just as bright to-day
as they was then, tho she's wore it con
slant ever since. It proves old Jones, what
says that the name of William Simpson &
Sons on the ticket to package of calikel
or prints was certain sure guarantee OF
gett tin your moneys worth, for never seen
such colors keep bright and last so long"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
Hornless Cow. Are Hest.

My experience in the past 16 years,
in herds of both horned and dehorned
cattle, both milk cows and fattening
cattle, leads me to the opinion that
horns are great source of trouble and
expense to the herdsman, says writer
in the Jersey Bulletin. I have found
that cattle that were of quarrelsome
disposition before the operation were
rendered as docile as lambs by being
dehorned; and in cases of milk COWS,
their product was materially increased
from the fact that they attend strictly
to business instead of chasing their
mates around the yard or pasture.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19

Twenty years ago, after years of investi.
CATION and study, Dr.. P. Harold Hayes an
nounced that he had discovered and per-
fected treatment which would cure
Asthma so that the patient should stay
cured. Up to this time the best that could
be done by the most eminent physicians was
to give mere temporary relief, and they
frankly acknowledged their inability to do
more. DR.. Hayes treatment has been ad-
v,ancing steadily ever since and now more
than forty thousand sufferers have been
under care, giving to him and his associates
a vast experience and the highest attainable
skill in dealing with this most distressing
disease. DR.. Hayes system is such that
patients are treated at their own homes,
and through a perfected plan of giving ad:
vice and directions by mail and sending med.
lclnes prepared in his own laboratory ia
suit each individual patients needs, anyone
anywhere can be successfully treated. Dr.
Hayes will mail his Thesis with Reports of
Cases and blanks for free Examination on
application to him at Buffalo, N. Y.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19

the center of it. The Shaver frame
that I have invented has no tie and
there is no tie in the modern solid
timber, pin-and-mortise frame.
The cut illustrates perhaps the most
common and generally applicable sort
of frame possessing the advantages OF
open center, simplicity and great
strength. I supposed that had in
vented this frame, did, in fact, in
vent it, yet this winter l have seen
more than one barn built on exactly
the same model and built before our
barn was planned.
I have said that the modern barn has
90 tie across it. This is true, yet not
just an accurate way of stating the
facts. The barn must of course have
a tie to hold the thrust of the rafters,
else it would spread and the roof sag
Really, the tie is at the level of the
NOW floor, at T, Fig. 1. From here the
strain is taken by the standing-brace,
r, to the short ties, C, C. With this
arrangement the building is quite as
solid as though the ties, G, C, were con-
tinuous.
Perhaps 1 should have stated that
the modern hay carrier has the faculty
of gripping the rope at any desired
height and taking the load in whenever
it is high enough to clear the NOV
floor or height of hay in the NOW. Thus
it is readily seen how convenient. it is
not to have the tie, C, cross the path
of the travelling draught of hay that
may perhaps be quite below it's level.
When we built our barn our carpen-
ter was quite anxious for fear some
thing would give way and the thing
wreck itself. I had no fears, yet l
watched it curiously when first we be-
gan to lift the hay. Our barn takes
in hay at the end, from outside, SO
that it is not tied together above at
this end. We often hauled up as much
as 1000 pounds of hay at a draught and
not the least fraction of an inch of
giving was anywhere noted, although
l watched it very closely. 1t amuses
me, however, to see how anxiously
some old gentlemen even yet advise
that l spike on some plank for collar
beams, for fear that it may "spread."-
Joseph f. Wing, in Ohio Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
He Didn't Want the Route.

"''Senator Sulloway, Of New Hampshire,
tel tels good one when he gets warmed
statesmen who came to help the Michigan
club celebrate Washington's birthday.
Somewhere in the south bright colored
boy appeared before the commission to be
examined for the position of letter carrier.
"How far is it from the earth to the
moon!' was the first question asked by
mans fitness for the place he sought
"'How fab am it from de earf to de
moon?. echoed the applicant MY Lawd,
boss, if you's gwine to put me on dat route
don't want de job
with that the young man grabbed his
hat and left as though he were chascd."-
Detroit Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
Goes to Church.

tried different doctors and many proprietary
remedies. but was not benefited
"Last March tried DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People and before had fin
lshed the first box began to feel that they
were doing me good. [ continued using
them and steadily grew better.
have used thirteen boxes of the pills
and to-day feel better than for the past if
teen years. Myappetite is good, feel bright,
cheerful and have desire to live and enjoy
society.
II have been member of the Methodist
church for many years, but for six years
was unable to attend. am able now to at
tend the church services regularly and GER
talniy appreciate that privilege. I consider
DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
wonderful medicine and am confident no
other medicine could have effected the won
derfui cure they have in my case" DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are
powerful influence in purifying and enrich.
ing the blood, thus curing many diseases.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
MRS. F. A. DIXON.


Mrs. F: A. Dixon, assistant editress of the
Kansas City, Mo-, Sprig of Myrtle, had
catarrh. Being a woman actively engaged
in business it was very annoying. However,
her family remedy was Pc ru-na, and from
its use she experienced great relief Her
husband praises Pe-ru-na very highly and
says he considers it good investment to
keep it in his home.
Pe-ru-na enjoys national reputation as a
catarrh remedy. It is the only systemic
catarrh remedy yet devised. A thorough
course of Pe-ru-na eradicates catarrh from
the system. Its cures are permanent. It
thoroughly cures very old cases of chronic ca
tarrh that have resisted all other treatment.
It has cured cases of twenty five years. stand
ing. People afflicted with catarrh should
begin a course of Pe-ru-na at once. The
spring time is the best season for this Dur.
pose. The rigors Of winter have passed,
with its chilling blast and freezing gales.
The blizzard is gone and in it's place the
balmy zephyrs Of spring have come. III A
short course of treatment with Pe-ru-na
now will work wonders. Now is the best
time. No set-backs from fresh colds. no
delays from unventilated rooms. People
Of high and low station recommend Pe-ru-na.
North, South, East and West use it as The
supreme catarrh remedy of this generation.
Everybody should have copy Of Dr.. Hart
mang latest books on chronic catarrh. Sent
free by The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing
Company, Columbus, Ohio. - -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
Milk Food for Calves.

,@ How many persons know that no
bird that flies, save one, feedsits young
on anything but flesh food. There is
only: one bird that know of that does
mot feed its young on insect food, even
our own sparrow, which has the power
to partly digest grain in its crops and
gives it to the young. The young
calf must have food that its delicate
stomach can digest, and it isn't ground
feed; it is flesh in a sense, because it
IS mill he has rot a good digestive
stomach at that age.-J Jonathan Peri
an ,@a =.s. s2.5s.s .l
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
"MY :WIFE'S LIFE"
How | was the means
of saving it.

When the lungs are attacked and the
symptoms of consumption appear, then
begins the struggle between affection and
that destroying disease which slays its
thousands annually. It is a happy issue
to the struggle when disease is CONQUERED
and health restored. Such an issue does
not always end the struggle, but it did in
the case of MI. K. Morris, Memphis, Tenn.
who saw his wife wasting and weakening
and physicians helpless, and then sug-
the cure. He tells the story thus:
"scven years ago, my wife had a severe
attack OF lung trouble which the ply
cough was extremely distressing, espe-
c1ally at night, and was frequently
attended with the splitting of blood. The
doctors being unable to help her, I in
duGed her to try. DIR: Ayers Cherry Pectora1
and was surprised at the great relief it
gave. Before using one whole bottle she
was cured, so that now she is strong and
quite healthy. That this medicine Saved
my. wife's life have not the least doubt.
!! always keep Dr.. Ayers Cherry PICTORIAL
In the house. Whenever any of my family
have cold or cough we use it, and are
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
Use of the BabcOck Test.

The. use of the Baocock test to deter
mine the amount 1T butter fat i'm the
milk is not for the purpose of determin-
ing how much butter can be made from
the milk. The object is to find the
relative value of the milk. Before the
Babcock test was invented milk was
bought at so much per 100 pounds re-
CARELESS of quality. It was known that
this was not a fair way, as some cows
gave milk much richer than others, but
it was the best way they had. The
test is used to find how much fat there
is in the milk and in that way the rela-
tive value of all milk brought to the
factory is Observation-Disclosures Field
and Farm.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
HINTS FOR DAIRYMEN.

A large mouth in a COW is one in
dication of good digestion.
Get a good knowledge of the dairy be-
fore you look for a good herd.
Keep good clover hay, if you have
it, before the calf at two weeks old.
Calves not under six weeks old can
be raised on sour milk, with little oil
meal added. We don't approve of it,
however, if it can be avoided.
Feed has very little if any effect
upon the quality of milk, but has upon
the quantity. The COW must give the
quality.-Western Plowman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19

promptly cured."-K. MORRIS, Memphis,
Tenn.
The question: els consumption cura.
ble?" is still debated, and still debatable.
1t is easy to say that this was not case of
consumption. Yet the physicians said It
w i.ot They should should know: As a matter
wrought so many similar cures that it
seems to argue the curableness of con-
SUMPTION in its earlier stages, by the use
OF this remedy. There is no better medi-
cine tor pulmonary troubles than DR..
ayers Cherry Pectora1. 1t gives relief in
cases of Asthma, and Bronchitis, where re-
lief has been heretofore unattainable. It
promptly cures Coughs and Colds, La
Grippe, and all affections of the throat
and lungs: Heretofore, DR.. Ayers Cherry
Peetoral has been put up in full size
bottles only, at $500 per bottle. To meet
wo1ld -wide demand for smaller pack
age, the remedy is now put up in half size
bott!es, at half price--5o cents. Write for
DR.. Ayers Curebook Gree and learn more
OF the cures effected by DR.. Ayers Cherry
PICTORIAL. Address J. G. Aver Co., Lowell,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19

Years ago when our fathers were little
boys 1t was the custom of people to apply
grease of one kind or another to the head
as evidenced by the spots against the
wall paper which used to indicate where
the heads of the members of the fam
ny or their visitors had come into con.
tact with it. It was supposed in those days
that grease eradicated dandruff and would
keep the average swain's coat collar free
from the disgusting stuff, but that was mis-
take In recent years the practice of using
grease has almost entirel " disappeared.
put the heads of the people are still uncared
tor to very great extent. Nothing could
be more unwise, for unless the hair is prop
erly treated it will not grow with luxuriance,
and the presence of dandruff is always an
indication of disorder. If people would but
study the little pamphlet of Joseph Burnett
Co.,, 81 India St., Boston, Mass, which they
send free, entitled @'The Hair, It's Care and
Management, they would gain some very
valuable information on the subject. They
would learn that the hair can be made to
grow, the scalp kept clean and free from
dandrutf, by the most delightfully."- pleasant
applcatlon possible, which is nothing less
than ian a preparation called "Cocoaine.'
Those who have any hair left which thew
desire to preserve should send for this
pamphlet It will be mailed free of charge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

Det1kncSS cannot be Cured
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-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inhamed you have rumbling
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-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for anv
case of Deafness icaused by catarrh) that
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
A Remarkable Book.

A Comic History of Greece, from the Ear
lest Times to the Death of Alexander tho
phia: j. B. Lippincott Company.
The author Of this work has set himself
the task Of making truly serious set of cir
cumstances, exceedingly funny. He has
unquestionably succeeded, as he expresses
it. He wrote the book for the purpose Of
getting even with the myths and heroes Of
school days. The Comic History of Greece
is witty and humorous, without being vul-
gar. About $50 illustrations illuminate the
lines from the pencils of half dozen artists.
The book is truly tickle tonic for the mel.
anch0lv
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-04-19
Butter What sells Cheap.

There are many grades of butter on
the market, and it may be safely stated
that hundreds Of farmers wives do not
know how to make good butter. Every
one has some smethodical way OF per-
forming the work, learning nothing and
increasing the cost and labor, only to
put on the market an article to be sold
at 9 low price, because buyers will not
take it as long as they can get some
thing better. Troy IN. W Times.