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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
To Clean White Kid Roots.

When not very dirty, put half an
ounce of hartshorn into a saucer. Dip
a bit of clean flannel in it and rub it on
piece of white curd soap; rub the
boots with this, and take fresh piece
of flannel as each piece becomes soiled.
When the boots are really dirty the bet
ter way is to stuff them as full as posi-
BILE with old rags or common cotton
wadding, to prevent any creases. Then
mix some pipe clay with water to a
stiff paste, wash the boots with soap
and water with nail brush, using as
little water as possible, to get the dir:
off. When they appear tolerably clean,
rub the pipe clay we'll over them with a
flannel and hang them up to dry. When
dry, beat out the supertluous clay with
the hand, and rub them till they look
smooth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Pretty Floral Decorations.

When flowers are costly pretty din
ner table decoration may be had by
using smilax, laurel or asparagus vine
made into wreaths and tied with white,
scarlet or pink satin ribbon. These
wreaths may be placed at the four cor
ners of the table, inside the covers, or
laid around candelabra placed in the
center, at the corners or at each end
Or they may be used at two corners,
diagonally, with vases of suitable
flowers, daisies or carnations, in two
other corners. If violet ribbons are
used have the dishes for bonbons filled
with crystallized violets and mint
leaves. Candles with white shades are
prettier with violet and green than
those of a color, as the light through
violet or green is not becoming.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

will set better on an uneven place on
the floor or ground.
At the center of the board bore a
hole an inch or all inch and a quarter
IN diameter. Into this set standard
reaching six or seven inches above the
board. Make the lower end of the
standard fit closely and trim around
the upper end, as shown in the drawing.
Paint or oil all over, including the bot
tom.
Next make the ring shown by the
drawing. The easiest way is to take a
piece Of rope little longer than the
distance around the ring. Cut away
some of the strands at each end so that
you can overlap the ends and make the
same thickness as elsewhere. Wrap
and tie these overlapping ends with
string. Then wrap the entire ring
with strips of cloth.
In playing, throw the ring over the
standard, as horse shoes or quoits are
thrown. If two people play, use two
boards and several rings.
These soft rings make no noise and
are not apt to do harm where they hit
National Rural.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
AN. AMUSING GAME.
1t II Doubly Interesting Because the
Boys Can Make Each of Its
Various Parts.

Here is game that you can play In
the house, out Oh the porch, or on tie
ground.
Take piece of board CT plank 10 by
IL inches. Plane it on the sides and
edges and cut away the corners all
around one side, as shown in the draw
ing. Call that side the top and the
other side the bottom. See whether the
side which you choose for the bottom
is even so that the board will set well
on the floor. IF the board is warped,
turn the hollow side down, so that the
edges and not the middle will rest on
the floor. If the board seems twisted a
little, so that it will not set well, which
ever side is down, nail block to one
side of the board at each corner. This
is good way, even when the side of the
board is straight, for then the board
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
NATURAL FLY TRAP.
The Dionea, u Little Carolina Plant,
Is Far More Reliable Than
Sticky Flypaper.

Flytraps are we'll known in the ami
NAL kingdom to everyone who has eyes,
or, at least, who uses them.
The delicate web of the spider and
the deeply cut and broad mouth of the
swallow at once suggest themselves.
But that vegetable should have an ex-
quisitely constructed and perfect appa-
ratus of this kind is very remarkable,
when it is remembered that plants diff
fer markedly from animals in regard to
their food. For, while animals live on
organic substances is, on plants
or other neutrality-suspicious. live on in
organic substances.
It is, then, unlikely that fly could
supply plant with food, and yet a
more perfect fly trap than the leaves
of the dionea cannot be imagined.
This little plant is native of the
sandy bogs in the pine barrens of Caro-
lima. It grows to a height of from six
to twelve inches, producing loose head
of large whitish flowers, not unlike the
flower of the lady's smock.
The flower stalk rises from rosette
of yellowish green leaves, spreading on
the ground. Each leaf is divided by a
deep incision into two portions, the
lower being a broadly winged foot
stalk, and the upper the blade or true
leaf itself.
The upper portion is the fytrap-
the most curious part of the plant
and demands careful description.
1t is roundish and divided into two
equal parts by strong mid-rib. The mar
gins are fringed with a row of strong
spiny bristles, SO that it may be likened
to two upper eyelids joined at their
bases. The leaf is little hollow on
either side of the mid-rib, the upper sur
face is dotted with minute reddish
glands, and each hollow is furnished
tiveness of the leaf chiefly lies in these
bristles. If an insect alights on the leaf
and touches one OF more of them the
sides suddenly close with a force so
great as to imprison the little creature,
notwithstanding all it's efforts to es-
cape. The fringe of b1istles on the
opposite side of the leaf interlace like
the fingers of the two hands clasped to-
gether, or like the teeth of a steel trap.
The insect is not crushed or suddenly
destroyed, but is retained firmly i'm
prisoned until it ceases to move, which
would mean until it was dead, and then
the leaf suddenly expands.
The two lobes are EMBODIED at night,
but spread open in the day. When the
bristles are irritated by man, the leaf
quickly closes, remains closed for a
short time, then slowly expands, ready
to close again if newly irritated.
But if it be caused to make repeated
efforts at short intervals, it's move
ments become languid, or the sensibil-
ity is altogether exhausted and is re-
covered only by period of repose.-
Philadelphia Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

thought eyer came that she had hurt
our feelings, BE it ever SO little, how
1xnitent she was and how humble.
You could not forget how red her lips
were,. How her eyes sparkled and
danced with thousand lights, or how
her golden :tresses foated on the breeze
as she kept pace with us and our dogs
in the chases of youth.
1--WE used to compete for her smiles
and swap bets as to whose wife she
would become. But you went away,
and though missed your companion
ship, great load was lifted from my
heart for / had never known an hour
when I did not love little Pearl and
plan for our future happiness together,
and felt safe from any rival after you
were gone.
But into each life some rain must
fall, and a blow came to me which has
Slapped life of all it's meaning.
''There settled in the village grad
uate of the dentatcollege at c.. He
was handsome; dressed faultlessly, was
an accomplished musician and pos
sessed of some means.
"One day my Pearl met him. I was
the fool that introduced them. Fondly
dreaming myself safely ensconced in
her love as she was in mine I never
scented danger.
*.And, foolish in my faith, saw no
harm in his occasional calls nor in his
teaching her to ride the bicycle her in
dulgent father had given. her. But all
too soon the veil before my eyes was
torn away. Loving glances will not
be hidden, and when from suspicion !
passed to remonstrance the GOODNESS in
her answer froze the hopes within my
breast. S.~>o.gg r.. !:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Fee Strangely Earned.

It was on the night of the Jeffries- Fitz-
simmons prize fight, and man reached the
West side apartment house in which he
lived about two o,eock. A search of all his
pockets failed to Dring forth his bunch of
keys. He rang the bell repeatedly for the
janitor, but could get no response. He was
exceedingly tired, there was no hotel in the
neighborhood, and, besides, there were fam
lily reasons why it was inadvisable for him
to spend the rest of the night away from
home, The sight of physicians night bell
gave him an idea: He pushed the button
hard for 80 seconds or more. In due sea-
son the physician came to the door and
opened it.
"What is your fee for night calls?" asked
the locked-out individual
-Four dollars was the astonished reply
All right, here you are. was locked out
and couldn't get in. Sorry to trouble you,"
and he began his weary march upstairs,
happy in the thought of the evils he had es-
caped.-N. Y. Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

AHill,,1al'r'' Tribune.
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Tribune PRINTING Co.. Publishers
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THE WORLDS JUDGMENT.

He governs a thousand men.
And vast is his worldly store:
Fear enters their hearts whenever he
frowns,
They gasp when he passes. the door.
The bread they eat and their children's
= bread,
II 1t pleaseth him to but nod his head,
May gladden. their mouths no more
He governs a thousand men,
Who tremble beneath his eye;
There is mighty force in his heavy jaw,
And his brow is broad and high;
He has only to whisper a word and they
That acknowledge his rule spring forth
to obey.
Never asking "How" or "Why?'
He governs a thousand men,
But his face is pulled and red,
And oft he reels as he moves along,
And oft he keeps his bed;
Oft with a equity foot he has sat,
And oft, instead of his glossy hat,
towel is on his head.
govern no men: my brow
Is neither broad nor high:
But I am master within myself,
And I yield to no craving cry:
Yet the world knows him and it knows
not me,
And so, as the world still judges, he
Is a greater man than I.
s. E. Kiser. in Chicago Times-Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Trees and Plants Sleep.

Trees and plants have their regular
times for going to sleep, as well as
boys and girls. They need the same
chance to rest from the work of
growing and to repair and oil the ma
chinery of life. Some plants do all
their sleeping in the winter, when the
ground is frozen and the limbs are
bare of leaves. In hot countries, where
the snow never falls, and it is always
growing weather, the trees rest dur
ing the rainy season or during Pc
RODS of drought. They always choose
the time when they cannot work the
best for doing their sleeping, just as
mankind chooses the night, when he
cannot see to work. A Norwegian sci
enlist has made some interesting ex-
periments trying to chloroform plants,
and he has found that the fumes of this
sleep giver make the plant sleep hard
err and grow faster when it wakes up.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

EATHER is dying; come at once!
1t was this message that called
me, in the summer of '93, to the village
of my boyhood's home. After the
funeral decided to remain few days
with my mother and sister, they be-
ing left entirely alone.
During my stay l looked up some OF
my old friends and schoolmates, now
grown and settled in life. One day ]
dropped into village smithy and
slapped my old play-fellow, Tom Kelly
on the shoulder. The next moment ]
wished l had greeted him differently
for he turned upon me with the sad
dest face l have ever seen.
My heart bled, for no friends had
ever been closer than we in the sweet
dim days. Our very infirmities, for
thus we then deemed our freckles, red
hair and bashfulness, drew us away
from the other boys and cemented d
bond between us that was like ada
mant. We were dubbed the twins
by the entire village, for in face. form
and manner, each was the others
double.
In time had Ir;fted away into the
world-currents of life and he, as his
father before him had done, slipped
quietly and naturally into his little Sc
Questered pool of usefulness, the vii
1age smithy.
We had heard from each other but
seldom.
When his brown eyes, sorrow
freighted, looked into mine, something
cold as ice gripped my heart and wrung
it until I trembled.
Then as l pressed his horny hands
and waited he shook as a strong oak
does in hurricane blast. But the next
moment the storm passed and the oak
stood, frm-rooted, with only the CRATE
full rain to speak of its passing, in the
tear courses on his cheek.
This was the story he told me OF how
he had loved-and lost:
You remember little Pearl; dear,
teasing, rougish little Pearl, who was
our constant companion, and shared
our childish sports. You know how
she used to play pranks and jokes upon
IT'S and scream with laughter at our
discontinue or anger. But if the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

Honor IS Purchased
The Battle Field Route.
Ei227 :lE3:l22:lzilk

The Veterans of sixty-one and five and
their friends, who are going to attend the:
33rd G. A. r. Annual Encampment at Phlla-
delphia in September, could not select BET @
ter nor more historic route than the Big
Four, Chesapeake & Ohio, with splendid
service from Chicago, Peoria and St; Louis
apois or Cincinnati and thence over the
Picturesque Chesapeake & Ohio along the
Ohio river to Huntington, West Va, thence
through the foothills of the Alleghanies,
over the Mountains, through the famous
Springs Region of Virginia to Staunton,
Va, between which point and Washington
are many of the most prominent Battle
fields: Waynesboro, Gordonsville, Cedar
Mountain, R}sappahapnock, Kettle Run n
others nearly as prominent. Washington is
next, and thence via the Pennsy lyania Line
direct to Philadelphia. There will be three
rates in effect for this business: lst. Contin-
uous passage, with no stop-over, privileges;
End. Going and coming same route with one
stop-over in each direction; Sd. Circuitous
route, going one way and back another with
one stop-oVer in each direction. For full
information as to Routes, Rates. etc, ad.
dress j. c. Tucker, G. N. A.. 234 Clark St..
(!hioapo
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
NEAT TOY SPRINKLER.
Made from an English Walnut, Two
Hazel Nuts, Two Straws, n
Cork and a Bottle.

Here is toy sprinkler that any
bright boy or girl can make with the
aid of pocketknife and a gim;et; the
necessary materials are an English wal
nut, two hazelnuts, two straws, a cork
and bottle. Following is descrip-
ton of how to make the sprinkler:
Remove by the aid of small saw or
a pocketknife about one-third of a
walnut. (See illustration.) Then take
out the kernel of the remaining larger
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Death of a Noted DoR.

Sultan, Newfoundland dog, has
lust died in France. He was noted for
having arrested a thief, captured an
assassin, rescued child from drown
ing and saved a man who attempted
suicide. The Society for the Protection
of Animals presented him with col
lar. Recently he prevented castle be-
ing robbed, and was poisoned, it is sup
posed, by those who attempted the rob-
herv.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
A Fair Return.

The story is told of d country parson
who said to the village taIor: "Whcn
I want a good coat go to LONDON
tailor for it. That's the place. BY the
way, do. you ever 80 to church?''
"Oh,' yes, occasionally" Z - .
"Where do you go?' = ~.
"Well, when I want to- hear good
sermon I go to London for it. That,
the place. Bits, =. i
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the Rich
mond school, Chicago, Ill.,, writes the follow.
ing letter regarding Pe-ru-na She saws:
"Only those who have suffered as I have.
can know what blessing it is to be able ia
find relief in Pe-ru-na. This has been INV
experience. A friend in need is friend in.
deed, and every bottle of Pe-ru-na I ever
bought proved good friend to me."-Susap
Mrs. -Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North Su-
Per1or st., Racine City, Wis, writes: 'Ifeel
SO well and good and happy now that pen can.
not describe it. Pe-ru-na is everything to
me. I have taken several bottles of Peru:
ma for female complaint. I am in the
change of life and it does me good" Peru
ma has no equal in all of the irregularities ano
emergencies peculiar to women caused by
pelvic catarrh.
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus, O.. fo.
free book for women only.
Remember that cholera morbus, cholera
lntantum, summer complaint, bilious collie,
diarrhoea and dysentery are each and all
catarrh of the bowels. Catarrh is the only
correct name for these affections. Pe-ru-na
is an absolute specific for these ailments,
which are so common in summer. Dr. Hart.
man, in practice of over forty years, never
lost single case of cholera infantum, dysen.
terry, diarrhoea, or cholera morbus, and his
only remedy was Pe-ru-na. Those desiring
further particulars should send fc- free
copy of Summer Catarrh." Address DR..
Hartman, Columbus, o.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

work circles and crescents upon the
linen, letting one cross over the other.
Embroider one in red, white and blue
if you desire a national curtain, and fill
them in with small designs to suit your
fancy.
A denim curtain can be worked in
scroll design with four-leaf clovers.
The curtain when stretched out will
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

old blue linen which is very decorative,
and, being smooth, it is easily worked.
If the door curtain is to be used as a
screen, select a linen of the desired
than the opening in the door. String
the top upon a rod and run a rod
through the foot of the curtain to keep
it in place. It is, of course, easily
brushed aside. Thread your needle
with coarse embroidery cotton and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
A Sure Coffee Test.

There is no drink more delicious than
a cupful of coffee when the beverage is
made from the best seed. To test coffee
put spoonful gently on the top of a
glass of water. If the coffee is pure il
will not sink for some minutes, and
will scarcely color the water; but if
chicory is mixed with it it will sink to
the bottom Immediately, rapidly alb.
sorbing the water. and also giving 1t q
dark reddish tinge. "
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Potable ContinKenclea.

Uncle Jedediah-I'm in favor of arbi-
tration as a means of settlin' th.:se here
international disputes; but yet real
ize. that there might be some case where
our national honor would demand the
tribunal of war.
Uncle Hezekiah-VVhat kind of u case
might such be?
Uncle Jedediah-Cases where thu ar.
bitrators decided for the other sit!e.-
Judge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
FOLDING PIAZZA COUCH.
ACOnvenience for Lounginc or Sleen.
Ing in Open Air During the
Warm Weather..

For the summer piazza one of the
most convenient pieces OF furniture is
folding couch that can be raised up
and fastened to the side of the house
somewhat similar to mantel folding
bed.
The illustration shows such a couch
that is attached to the weather boards
of the house at the inner side, by means
of large strap hinges, while the outer
edge is supported on legs fastened to
the under side of the woodwork.
An old hair mattress can be employed
as the topping, and it should be laid
on the platform ana held down by
means of denim, which is drawn down
all around the edges and tackeu secure
ly to the wood.
The tufted effect shown in the illus
tration is obtained by making holes in
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
4 ShoDpy Announcement.

A Kansas printer in making up the forms
one day in hurry got marriage and gro
GERS notice mixed up so they read as fol-
lows: "John Smith and Ida Quay were
will be sold by the quart or barrel. Mr..
Smith is an esteemed Goldfish at ten cents;
while the bride has nice pigs feet to dis
play."-Michigan Lyre
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
A CLOVER HINT,

look something like this. 1t should be
third wider than the door.
Plain brown muslin makes a very
artistic door hanging. Sew band of
figured creton at the top and bottom,
and if you desire to use the doorway
frequently you can drape back one of
the curtains with a cord. These are ex-
tremely simple curtain designs and can
be carried out for less than one dollar
each
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Bleaching q Nero.

Electricity in the hands of Vienna
doctor has turned the Ethiop white.
The negro went to the hospital from an
Austrian Jail and was treated with cleo
tricity for four months. At the end of
that time he was cured, and also COM
plete]y bleached. 49,.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
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I1fEs2SlzR2I1}N1g
SUMMER DOOR HANGINGS.
Three Charming Designs That Can BE
Carried Out for Less Than
One Dollar Each.

This is the season when doors are
taken off and stored in the attic. A free
draught of air is what is desired
throughout the house. Artistic door
hangings can be made of inexpensive
materials. There comes this year an
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Power of a Woman.

In five minutes a woman can clean up
mans room in such a way that it will take
him five days to find out where she put
things.-Berlin Herald.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Ont.

Caller-I have here several bills which
are long overdue and
Harduppe (desperately)-I am sorry to
say that our cashier is out to-day.
'Oh, well, it doesn't make much differ
ence; I'll call and pay them at some fu-
t1re date. Good day, sir. "-Philadelphia
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Work for All,

Thousands of men are making good wages
in the harvest fields of Minnesota, North
and South Dakota. There is room for thou
sands more. Half rates via the Great North
ern Railway from St. Paul. Write Max
Bass, 220 South Clark Street, Chicago, III.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Porous Plaster.

."What are the holes for?' asked little
Edna, looking at the porous plaster that
her mother was preparing to adjust on
| Willie's back. tits funny you don't know
that, SIS. interposed Willie. They're to
let the pain out, of course. Boston Trav-
| eler -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
To Clean Plaster Busts.

Plaster busts and statuettes may be
cleaned by dipping them into thick
liquid starch and drying. When the
starch is brushed off the dirt comes
yith it. ~. 4" -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

We have often wondered that women do
not have their kitchen dresses made as low
necked as their party dresses. It would GER
tainly be cooler in working over hot stove.
-Atchison Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
FOLDING COUCH FOR THE PIAZZA.

FOLDING COUCH FOR THE PIAZZA.
the wood and with a long pack needle
string is drawn up through the mat
tress and tied at the top through the
edge of a metal or cloth-covered but
ton.
Where the string is tied the mat
tress is depressed so the bottom is deep
seated. A valance of the denim is made
and gathered around the front and two
ends, as shown.
In rainy weather, or when more plaza
space is required, the couch can be
raised, valance tucked in and the whole
thing fastened to the weather boards
by means of strap. - Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
The Common Fate,

Like everybody else the sea waves arrive
at the shore in great style, but they go away
broke.-Philade!phi Record.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

Some girls don't seem to think of much
but wearing good clothes, and we don't
blame them.-Washington Qa) Democrat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

There are 65 steamers on the Swiss
lakes. The largest can transpor: 1900
passengers, II.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16

Never do to-day any wrong thing you can
put off till to-morrow.-L. A. w. Bulletin
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-08-16
Nv Debt to an Iron Horse
BY V. Vincent Jones.

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