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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
SWELL BOOK AGENTS.
Character and Make Large
Incomes.

The really swell book agent is one
who sells books of rare and antique
character. There is fortune in this
class of books. The prices range from
$50 to $500 or more, and the persons who
buy the works are only too glad to re-
ceive visit from the agent who makes
this class of books his speciality. They
and advertise their hobby far and wide.
a rare edition they will pay almost any
money to obtain, and there is a CORE
spondingly large profit for the agent.
Works of art or classics in limited
editions are disposed of only in this
manner. They cannot be obtained
through the usual channels of trade
The sale of rare old books in England
last year amounted to more than $780,
900. There is no report of the sales of
limited editions, which are never adver-
tised, but are disposed of only through
agents. These limited editions are
printed on the richest materials and
they are works of art as to the print as
we'll as illustration, which is often in
etchings and water colors. Vignettes
are often tinted by hand, and the ar
tist'sproofs of etchings are also finished
in water color by hand. ...
1t is more easy to dispose of this class
of work than is realized by the can
vasser for ordinary books, and the
agent sometimes makes $4,000 a year
in the business.-N. Y. Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
she PREFERRED DEATH FIRST
Would Brave the Horrors of the Deep
Before She Would Make a Fright
Of Herself with Life Preserver.

She was very plump woman. There
are people who say they would like to be
just as plump, but the woman herself is al
ways thinking of ways and means by which
her appearance of diameter and circumfer-
ence may be reduced, and anything that will
apparently increase she regards with dis
like that is little short of adherence. But
# there is one thing that she dislikes more
than her comfortable plumpness, it is the
water. So, when one day, on a steamer in
fog, there was a collision, she was even
more unhappy than most people are under
such circumstances, though it was related
atterward that she behaved with great cool.
ness. There was fortunately no more seri.
GUS result from the collision than several
hours delay, but no one was quite sure in
that time what the next minute would bring
forth. The husband of the woman with the
comfortable plumpness, like the good hus-
band that he was, Immediately after the &C.
cldent found life preservers, and in mat
ter of fact way started to assist his wife to
put one on. But she recoiled with such hor-
ror that for moment he was not sure but
the shock had deprived her of her senses.
Put on one of those things" she almost
shrleked. "Never! Just look at that fat
woman over there with one of them on.
She looks perfect sight,"
And she didn't put the life preserver on,
and 1t was her good fortune that she had
no reason to regret tn. Y Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

AS rule all gratis succeed best on
trees of their own species.
No matter when transplarting is
done care must be taken to keep the
roots moist.
A little trimming every year is far
better than heavy trimming once in
three or four years.
Bonemeal and potash in some forms
are staple fertilizers for any kind of
fruit trees or plants.
Flowers may not add visible dollars
and cents to the bank account, but they
add immensely to the comforts of life.
In setting out trees dig holes large
enough to stretch the roots out full
length and but little deeper than the
tree is set in the hole.-Western Plow-
man.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
WHEN A MONKEY IS A DOG.
How auckland, the Naturalist, Got
Some Good Pointers on
Animals,

A good story of an amusing alteration
which once took place between Mr. Frank
auckland and a booking clerk is revived
The naturalist had been in France, and was
returning via Southampton with an over
coat stuffed with specimens of all sorts, dead
and alive. Among them was a monkey,
which was domiciled in a large breast pocket
AS auckland was. taking his ticket, joke
thrust up his head and attracted the atten-
ton Of the booking clerk, who Immediately
and very properly-said: "You must have
TICKET for that dog, if it's going with you
"Dog?'", said auckland, Indignantly; lit s
no dog, it's monkey"
Its dog" replied the clerk.
Its a monkey" retorted auckland, and
proceeded to show the whole animal, but
without convincing the clerk, who insisted
on tive shilings for the dog ticket to London.
Naturally nettled at this, auckland
plunged his hand into another pocket and
sill of the ticket window, said: Perhaps
you'll call that dog, too?''
The clerk inspected the tortoise. NO.
they're insects!"- Windsor Magazine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
Profit from Garden Herbs.

There are certain kinds of vegetables
which have good sale when dried that
are far too little grown. We allude to
such herbs as sage, thyme, fennel, corr
ander and the like. More money is
often made from a sage bed than from
the same area of land planted in any,
thing else. There is always good de-
mand for it to-, use for stufhng when
pork, turkey or chicken are to be roast
ed, and if the herb has to be bought at
the grocer's or drug store, several times
what the farmer could well afford to
sell it for has to be paid. There would
be more profit in farming if farmers
paid more attention to the small items
which they now neglect, because they
seem too unimportant to be worthy of
notice.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
New Crops for the Silo.

Oats and peas can be ensilaged sue
cessfully, and the same should be true
of clover. It is probable that crops
rich in protein are more difficult to hit
right than corn. If too green, or too
wet or too dry, says Rural New York
er, the protein crop is probably more
susceptible to rot or mold than the
more carbonaceous corn crop. Iwould
not hesitate to ensilage clover but
would be careful to cut it just at full
bloom with no dew or water on it. If the
wagon could not keep up with the
moving machine the clover should be
thrown into heaps before whiting.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
HANDY GARDEN MARKER.
ated by Hand and Does Its Work
to Perfection.

A light marker for making garden
rows, to be run by hand, may be made
on the plan shown in the illustration.
The bar, a, is strip of board about
four inches wide and six feet long.
Fastened to the center is a tongue, b,
with wooden braces to keep it firmly
at right angles with a. At each end of
the strip, a, is a detachable runner.
The center runner, c, is attached to the
tongue. 1t will be explained later.
One of the runner attachmentsissh shown
more plainly at f. 1t consists of a
short, wide runner firmly fastened to
q strip of board 2A feet long. The
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
RAISING A HEIFER.
What it Costs to Keep a Calf During
the First Sixteen Months OF Its
Existence.

The lecturer of the New Hampshire
grange has been making an estimate of
how cheaply a heifer calf can be
raised until it is 16 months old, by
which time the heifer may begin to pay
her way. Assuming the calf to be
dropped the first of October, he esti-
mates the cost of feeding it on skim
milk thickened with ground faxseed
and some hay for the first five months
or 81 weeks, at 1857. The next three
months, bringing 1t to the pasturing
season, cost nearly "a cents per week,
or $s.2S. Pasture will vary with To-
cality and is reckoned extremely low,
calves being often pastured for $3.50 to
$3.50 for the season. The last three
months cost $S.4S, making a total for
16 months of $2S.s1. The lecturer adds
that if there be much increase of ex-
pensive foods, like faxseed, the cost of
growing the calf will be considerably
increased. These figures are strongly
confrmatory of the belief of many old
farmers that it does not pay to grow a
heifer calf into a COW, and that it is
cheaper to buy the cow after all these
costs and the risk of loss have been
borne by somebody else. 1t is fact,
however, that COW grown on the farm
and always used to it will be generally
a better cow than she will if sold to be
sent to some other place. The cow has
a great love for the home where she
was brought up, and instances have
been known where they have been sold
to a distance of their escaping in the
night and making their way to the
familiar barnyard where they were
reared.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
Packing Fruit for Market.

Those who ship fruit to market may
not be familiar with the methods of
handling fruit by the carrier and mer-
chant. Fruit started from the farm
may be apparently we'll and properly
packed and yet arrive in the market
in poor condition. The packing of the
fruit for market requires judgment and
experience. There is something to
learn and every grower should give
some time to securing information in
that direction. One of the most impor-
tant points is to have the fruit uniform
and of the same quality at the bottom
of the basket or box as at the top.
Buyers always make close examination.
Rural World.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
FOR TEE STAMP COLLECTORS.

Now that the Omaha stamps are oh.
solete many collectors are inquiring at
the post Office for sets at face value, and
not getting them. 80.
The current two-cent stamp of Ha-
wall ha Is been changed from brown to
pink. This, it is said, is the last stamp
of the old series that will be issued.
Italy is the home of postage stamp
counte1feiters, and the work is so clev.
erly dope that European collectors are
kept in a constant state of apprehen.
sion fo3 fear they will be swindled.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
NV Lady,a TresaQa.

The bandeau style of wearing the
hair is coming in again, and parting
or at least a separation of the hair in
the center of the front threatens to
usurp the place of the pompad0ur puff.
The chignon, when worn now, is
placed on the top of the head, in Che
form of soft loops or fluffy curls. The
nape of the. neck is left uncovered:
Combs are used more than ever and
the broad she'll ones are particularly
pretty.
When the hair is worn low two tor
toise shell pins, with diamond-incrust-
ed heads inserted on either side, serve
the double purpose of security and of
adornment-Chicago Record. -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
Proper Packing Of Butter

It is well; if one can, to have one
churning large enough to fill a crock
or tub, and pack the butter at once
upon working it, but if this is not DOS
sible, do not pack at all until enough
butter is at hand to fill whatever is to
be packed; that is for shipping butter.
1t is well always to pack the butter ana
cover it as nearly air tight as possible.
but if packing in a. tub to ship, do
not put it into the shipping tub until
enough is at hand to fill it.-FarmerS
Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
THINGS sTHATlW0MEN DO.

On her wedding day San Francisco
girl Tilted her intended and eloped with
his brother. .t#.%i Il ].
A girl in Cleveland has married a
pickpocket to reform him. And shells
supposed toshave ordinary intelligence
too. ~~r -~s 49,: 49,
! A steelville (Mo.) bride, before she
would consent to being married, de-
manded that the hus band-to-be en-
brace her religion, tn erefore the rite
of baptism preceded the marriage cere'
mony. .>, ~ S. - ~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
THE cows TEETH.

years old, still one may judge near
enough for all practical purposes. If
a cows mouth presents an eight-year-
old appearance, it does not make much
difference if she is nine or ten. She
will, in all probability, last as long as
the average eight-year-old COW. Deal
ers will often insist that the ten-year-
old mouth here illustrated belongs to
the seven-year-old COW; but that is no
reason why the buyer should be de-
ceived. He can easily learn for him.
SELF. Grant Morse, in Rural New
Yorker
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
A Fire Extinguisher.

1t is well to keep a bottle of ammonia
handy at all times, as it is one of tie
very best of fire extinguishers. In case
it is not possible to get close enough to
the fire to pour it on, throw the bottle
so that it will break in the fames.-De-
troit Free Press, n,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
A Dainty Summer Bath.

For refreshing summer bath use soft
water. Make a dozen or more cheese cloth
bags. Fill them with oat meal, and finely
shaved Ivory Soap, add little powdered
orris root, mix well, and tie up securely. One
bag in tub full of warm water will make a
delightful, cleansing bath, and render the
skin soft and smooth as vel vet.
ELIZA r. PARKER
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
Puzzled.

Gosh durn those Filipiny fellers, any.
how" muttered Uncle Josh; II KANT keep
track ov EN-" "Dew tell, JOSH" "Yep;
I've got me eye on Aguinaldy an Agoncilly
all right, but who in thunder kin this Teller
Archie Pelago be?"-Philadelph Record.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
An Irritating Phrase.

"Are you seriously ill?" asked the we'll
meaning friend. Oh, no." answered the
deyspeptic,, with Earring, sarcastic laugh.
Il hurt all over and don't care whether the
sun rises to morrow or not But I'm not Sc.
ri9psly i'll. I'm loosely, lippantly and farci
toms, but don't mean one Of them. Wash.
ington Star,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
His Practice.

"Say, you knew Deacon Hardway's boy
Hen, who went up to the city to study med
icine, didn't you? ?"
"oh, yes; I knowed Hen we'll. What
"You don't say! What was the matter?
Couldn't he git no outside practice ?"-Chi.
cago Times.Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
What to say About the Babv.

The. wise bachelor who is called upon to
compliment the new heir of his welded
friend can make himself popular by declar-
ing with emphasis: well, that is baby"
There is no gainsaying that. It isn't bit
complimentary, and sounds like strong
praise Philadelphia Times.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
THE AGE OF A COW.
With the Aid of the Three Diagrams
Here Given 1t Can Easily Be
Told by the Teeth.

BY looking at the teeth of COWS of
which one knows the age, he may soon
become we'll acquainted with their ap-
pearance. While it is impossible to tell
exactly the age of a cow when over five
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21

1t should be remembered to the everlast.
ing credit of the men that when a woman
becomes famous, no men claim that thew
were once engaged to her.-Atchison Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21

If one friends advice doesn't suit you,
KEEP, on asking your friends until one gives
the kind you want-Atchison Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ea.e FREE.

Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy,
n. Y, for FREE sample of Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
cures sweating, hot, swollen, cailous, ach-
ing feet. 1t makes tight shoes easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions and Ingrowing Nails. All
druggists and shoe stores sell it. 25 cents
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21

Mrs. Wall says she is interested in high
art" mo doubt. Her husband is fres.
coer. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21

Piso's Cure is a wonderful Cough medi-
G GIN v. Pickert, Van Siclen and
Blake Aves.. Brooklyn, n. Y, Oct. Is, '94.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
The United States u Pow, ar fot aood.

A distinguished historian writes, while
referring to this nations advent as COL
onizing power, that we represent the "cen-
tury's political conscience" and that our
influence for good over European spheres
will be immense. This result was just 40
inevitable az is the cure which follows the
use of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, tho
great remedy which is found in every home
and drug store throughout the country. It
cures indigestion, constipation, overworked
kidney and liver, allays nervousnesA and
tones up the whole system.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21

To Cure q Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure. Csc.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21

Pride and fashion are the taskmasters
who make bread-winning slavery.-Ram's
Horn.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
b. Y. p. u, Richmond, Va, July 49,

b. Y. p. u, Richmond, Va, July 1916,
Via Big Four and Chesapeake & Ohio Rvs.
One Fare Round Trip; tickets on sale july
l2-l3-good to return until July 3lst. Can
be extended to August 18TH For full infor-
nation and description pamphlets address
J; q. Tucker, G. N. A., 234 N Clark St.,
Chicago,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21

The Honorable Chauncey Despew.
United States Senator and ILL., D., from
his Lunnun view of American politics
sees German the Democratic candidate
and Bryan shelved. Depfew!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21

The gold market has again reached
the export mark, and the anticipated
exports have commenced. Of course,
this is independent of the millions
taken over by American nabobs like
Chauncey Despew.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-14

states. Cowpeas are, in their relation
ship and habit of growth, really beans,
and not peas, as the name indicates.
They are ANIMALS and are closely re-
lated to the lablab, lima and haricot
beans of our gardens.
arieties-Cowpeas occur in every
graduation of habit, from a compact,
stocky, upright bush having stems
foot high with very short lateral
branches to those with trailing run
ners growing as fiat upon the ground
as sweet potato or melon vines, the
PROSTATE stems Is to 20 feet in length.
The pods vary from four to six inches in
length, and the peas are of every i'm
aginable shade of white, yellow, green,
pink, gray, brown, red, purple and
black, of solid colors or variously mot
tied and speckled, and of varying sizes
and forms, from large lidney-shaped to
little round ones smaller than the gar
den pea. There is a like variation in
the length of time the different forms
require to ripen seed, some requiring
eight or nine months, few ripening in
60 days from the time of planting.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-14
FACTS ABOUT HIDES.
Classification Recently Adopted by
the Hide Dealers and Tanners
of Chicago.

Green Hides-Hides just as they
come from the animals, never having
been sailed.
Part Cured Hides-Hides that have
been sailed, but not long enough in
salt to be thoroughly cured.
Green Sailed Hides-Hdes that have
been sailed long enough to be thor
oughly cured.
Creep Kip-All veal skins running
from Is to 25 pounds shall be classed
as veal kip. All long-haired and thin
skins running from eight to 25 pounds
shall be classed as runners.
Green Calf-All veal skins running
from eight to Is pounds.
Deacon Sllins-All calf skins under
eight pounds SHALL be cIassed as dea-
cons.
Dry Flint Hides-Are thoroughly
dry hides that have not been sailed.
Dry Sailed Hides-Are thoroughly
dry hides having been sailed while
green.
GrubSy Hides-Hides having one or
more grubs.
| All dry KIP anu cdll SIldll NC cldSSCo
| the same as hides. All hides shall be
free from salt, dirt, meat, dung, horns,
tail bones and sinews; and before be-
ing weighed all such substances shall
be removed, or proper deduction
made from the weight; and when the
head hangs to the hide by a narrow
strip, it shall be cut off; also when
the head is not split in the center, it
shall be made straight before being
weighed.
All bull. stag, tainted, grubby, bad
ly SCARED, cut, scored, and murrain
hides, both green and dry, shall be
classed as glue stock. Dry hides,
which are moth-eaten, sunburned or
weather beaten, shall be clasesd as
damaged. All kip and calf, both green
and dry, shall be trimmed the same
as hides, with the exception that the
tail bone may be left in calf skins.
Ali green cured hides of 60 pounds
and over shall be called heavy and al,
green cured hides under 60 pounds
shall be called light hides. All dry
hides IS pounds and over shall be
called heavy and all dry hides under
IS pounds shall be called light hides
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-14
SHEDS FOR MACHINERY.
Can BE Built in Odd Hours and Out
of Materials Otherwise Virtual-
Iy without Value.

1t is fact which cannot be denied
that farm implements will last much
longer if frequently painted and If they
are protected from wet weather and the
scalding sun as much as possible. The
machinery will not only last much long
er, but, as a rule, will do better work and
will require less repairing at busy
times, for if machine is allowed to
stand out in all kinds of weather there
IS more or less warping, shrinking and
getting out of shape, causing bolts to
more readily become rusty or drawn,
which results in a great deal of break
age and loss, besides failing to do the
work as properly as it would be done if
The machine was kept in good order.
All implements on the farm, from the
hoe and corn knife to the harvester or
header, may be housed and at very little
expense. Most eastern farmers in the
older settled communities, have large
barns where they have more floor room
than is necessary after the hay and fod-
| der are stored away, and this space may
be utilized for plows, harrows, seeders
and drills. In the west. where barns are
scarce, and smaller, it is not very eX-
pensive to build a large straw shed
which will hold all the implements and
! machinery used on the farm. A shed of
this kind may be made by setting three
or four rows of two by six posts and
| placing timbers of the same size at the
top for plates. Next cover over with
cheap lumber and brush, together with
a sufficient amount of straw to prevent
any leakage. Build up a wall of straw
at the sides, six or eight feet thick, ex-
cept at the east side, which should be
left open for the purpose of driving in
Port hay may be usedin the building
and will make it more durable. A shed
of this kind is quite inexpensive and
at the same time will adequately protect
the implements from rain, snow anG
sun. Notwithstanding the ease with
which good shelter may be obtained
there are far too many costly machines
allowed to go to wreck for want O.
proper care. This is one of the leak:
that prevents profitable farming il
many localities in the great west, or as
least, robs the farmer of much that h,
might enjoy as his own.-John f. Coul
ter, in Prairie Farmer.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1899-12-14
FACTS FOR FARMERS.

A little money invested in oil and
paint may make expensive implements
last several years longer.
You can destroy more weeds in day
by burning the seeds than you can in
the whole season by trying to destroy
the pests next summer.
Disease may Turk in that old well that
has not been cleaned out for several
years. Better attend to it before the
doctor cleans your pocketbook out.
A few days devoted entirely to the
matter of securing fuel for the winter
will relieve your mind wonderfully of
this job and keep the women in much
better humor.
A man who cannot find pleasure in
arranging and rearranging his tool
sheds, stables, graz. bins, etc, when
other work is not pressing, or dn rainy
days, has but little interest in his work.
1t will cost you nothing to find out
all about silos if there is one within
driving distance of you. Take day
off and learn all you can about them
1t may be money in your pocket some
day.
Cut and gather together burrs, Span.
ish needles, etc, on the next damp day
Pile them up and burn them as soon as
they are dry enough and you will have
done a work that will make you fee
| good for a whole year.-National Stock
| man.