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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
THE ICE MACHINES PART.
AT Last There Has Been a New Fea-
ture Introduced Into Uncle
Toms Cabin.

There is new wrinkle in |'Uncle Toms
which is ransacking the state of New Jer-
ssey for audiences, has hit upon the device of
buying retrigerating machine and using
real blocks OF ice in the scene in which Eliza.
pursued by pack of barking mongrels,
crosses the river carrying in her arms a
stuffed doll.
The icemaking machine has proved an
enormous success. At the Ridgewood opera
hvuse, where the ice machine played few
evenings ago, frantic crowd fought its way
through the doors. At the first perform.
ances the ice machine was kept in the back
ground. Several cakes were manufactured
green baize river. They were carefully sand
ed on the surface, so that when Eliza made
her grand dash for liberty she would not
turn undignified somersaults. The ice ma.
chine, however, had been so largely adver
tised that yokels wanted to see it. They
sat in their places after the curtain de.
scended upon the solemn death of Little
Eva and howled for the ice machine to come
out and show itself. The stage manager
and couple Of deck hands had to carry il
down to the footlights. Then they turned
the handle and, amid uproarous applause
the machine produced cake of real ice.
Since then part has been written in the
play for the ice machine. When the river
are discovered experimenting with the
machine. They produce their ice, and not
having any immediate use for it turn it into
the river, and it sits upon the river surface
at proper intervals to accommodate Eliza's
footsteps. A colored man comes out and
sprinkles sand over the ice in full view OF
the audience.-Chicago Chronicle.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15

d HE COULDN'T BIZ BLAMED
Did Everything In His Power to Sc.
cure support hut Was Ham
H. ", dicapped.

- suppose it was q little cheeky" said
the young man to the old fellow on the
rear platform of the car, 'but what are you
gong to do in such a case?"
Yes, what are you going to do?" queried
tne oId fellow, in reply, though having no
knowledge of what was meant.
Il got up the courage to ask her hand
IN . marriage and she murmured yes.'
linen to be in good form, I had to go
and ask the old mans consent"
corr reffssctly correct, young unexpectedly
u took a, bracer and walked in on him. %
continued the young man, "and in due time
! nag stated my case. He waited decent
length of time and then said 1 could have
"Ihat was beautiful beautiful"
-, les as tar as it went. Yes that was
an right, but l wasn't through with him
yet. l: mad to ask him if he'd lend me a
hundred dollars to. get married on. Wasn't
no .. other way, you know
mo, no other way,' repeated the old
t re- as ne got a new brace for his back.
And he loaned it to you?''
!, .Heoap. Threw me down with a dull
"You don't say!"
of, and l have loved and lost. 1 don't See &c
where I'm to blame, though
mot bit of it. You loved and wanted
to to- marry ar but it takes money to get mar
F Ne n on he mad it, but wouldn't lend it.
an Mo 1 moneymno marriage; Plain as the nose
blame. Put it thar, young man. and
cheer up and get new hold with vour
toes; You had to do it-had to do ityand
anybody as says you hadn't is a liar and
moss thief and dasn't stand up before the
Undersigned for three rounds!1 Cleveland
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15

change the bedding ground frequent
ly to an entirely new "camp," and this
is most conveniently done by sheltering
their herder in movable house, as
shown in the illustration.
I used to have tent for the purpose,
but this has many Objectionable fea-
lures, mainly because it necessitated
building fence around it to keep cat
tie from tearing it. It is also impos-
sible to keep out tramps, who some
times help themselves to the herder's
provisions or blankets during his alb
sence. The size of the house is six by
ten feet and six feet from floor to caves,
and all that is necessary is to load the
"camp tricks" hitch on two horses, and
pull it to the fresh camping ground.
The herder locks it when taking the
flock out to Craze in the morning, and
l have never yet had it tempered with.
1t has been in constant use for Is years.
American Agriculturist.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
PROFIT IN SQUADS.
"A re" suggestions from Lady Who
Has Made the Breeding Of
Pigeons u Success,

I have been raising squads for foul
or five years, but only recently have
ventured on larger scale. Have IFS
pairs of birds, common and mixed va.
rieties, writes Mrs. A. J. Smith.
My plan is to make each pair of birds
take certain box; for instance, if the
birds seem to prefer high box, give it
to them; if low one, choose one nearer
the floor; one can always Judge by
their actions. All the empty boxes must
be kept closed. It is surprising how
quickly they will learn their own boxes
and once settled the male bird deties
all intrusion. BY so doing you learn
all your birds by sight, and if there
are odd or strayed ones in the flock
they may be removed. At night it is best
to look them over.
1 have fed little besides corn and
wheat, with a box of oyster shells and
grit. To avoid disease, clean the boxes
from which the squads have been taken
to kill, and scrape the floors once a week
or every two weeks. Keep air-slacked
lime and carbolic acid scattered about
profusely and the disease will soon
depart. This must be done frequently
the year round, as perseverance and
constant attention are the only way
to success.-Farmers' Voice.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
FEEDING IN IDS
Birds IN Confinement Need Dinerent
Rations from Those Having ! +. 5zs
IA Free woodland Run, s.s7

Poultry in confinement must be fed
differently from those which have a
free run of grass or woodland, in which
latter they revel, hunting over all the
leaves, and scratching away, around
and under old logs for their fayorite
grubs and bugs. If you; have not made
it a business to watch your chicks and
hens carefully, you do not realize what
large amount of grass and green food
they will eat in a day when it is at hand
and when they have not been overfed
with grain or scraps Fowls need
coarse food or something that gives
bulk as we'll as nutriment. Even though
you feed the confined birds the same
Identical food they obtained for them
selves on good run it would not be
the same, as they cannot select for
themselves and they would still lack
the exercise so necessary for their
health, and, therefore, in confinement
the same food would be too much for
them. This is why successful raisers
Of poultry in confinement always throw
the grain to their fowls in straw, thus
compelling them to work for it. Exer-
else is necessary for their health, but
If the food is composed more of nj
trogenous elements and less of the car
bonaceous Especially of the oils and
fats) there would not be so MANY dis
eases to confront. There are people
who pamper their chickens, both old
and young. Corn is useful in the poul-
try business, as lard or bacon is in the
kitchen, but not as regular diet. If
you want to fatten poultry or warm
them in cold weather, or when a hen
is poor, and on that account not LAYING.
and needs richer food, corn is excel
lent, but should not be given almost
exclusively, especially when fowls are
| confined. It is not difficult to incur a
serious loss, where good number of
fowls are kept, by injudicious feeding
All kinds should have sufRciency OF
food without being overfed. If the birds
are kept in a state of semi-starvatiou
the hens lay but few eggs, and those
intended for killing become so attenu.
ated that a very considerable outlay is
necessary before they can be brought
into proper condition for the table. and
will lack tenderness and delicacy. TIC
feed too literally is wasteful, and in the
case of laying hens decidedly objection.
able; for a hen when it becomes very
fat ceases to produce up to the average
and is subject to various ailments, Full
grown fowls should have just as much
as they will readily eat and no more
Barley, either in whole or in GROUND
state, is fairly economical used eithe,
alone or in combination with othe,
food. Oats and oatmeal are of espe
cial value for fattening for the table
Pieces of bread and vegetables of al
kinds may be utilized, and scraps O,
meat chopped up rather small are O:
great value in feeding fowls shut u,
in small yards where they are unablI
to obtain worms and insects. Potatoes
boiled and mixed up with sufficien1
quantity of coarse bran, when scaldet
to form rather stiff paste, are usefu
for helping out the corn.-Farm ant
Fireside.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
REDUCED RAILWAY RATES.

The annual report of the Great Nor
thern railway shows total trackage in
the system of $3.50 miles, an increase of
2s9 miles since the last report. 1t was
estimated in the report of last year that
the reduction of wheat rates on account
of the opening of the New Fosston and
Duluth line, would reduce the revenue
about $1,o00,0C0. This years report shows
the reduction to be little over 1915, 0OO
the average reduction amounting to one
and one-third cents per bushel, which
went to the profit of the farmer. There
was a general reduction in all rates, but
the increase in business was sufficient
to carry the total earnings of the fiscal
year to nearly three millions in excess
of last year. most Of which was used in
the betterment of the line. Nothing per-
haps better illustrates the growth of the
territory traversed by the road than the
increase in the amount Of mail carried
which exceeds by so per cent the total
earnings and weight of four years ago.
About the 18th inst, the company will
open up its new line from Bonner's
Ferry, Idaho to Port Hill, on Kootenai
river, in British Columbia which will
give steamer connections at Nelson with
the line from Spokane.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
a L1TTIE NON SENSE

Still Making 4 Hit. ~ ''That lecturer
used to be pugilist.'' $50 now he is
an Observation-Disclosures Bulletin.
do you think he married her for
what she is worth?' Goodness, no!
Her face is her fortune" delphia
Bulletin.
"The fool and his money" the orac-
ular boarder began. "Are soon mar
ried," interrupted the savage bachelor.
indianapolis News.
Ida-'\Vhat kind of hair restorer is
that, Mayo" May-"It's called Tom
myhawk,' dear. Guaranteed to raise
any sort of hair."-St. Louis Republic.
Shells ne rich?" He-"No." ''Some
one told me he had more money than
brains" HE has; but he hasn't got
much money at that Yonkers States
man.
"This climate disagrees with me-"
said Mr.. Meekton's wife. And Mr..
Meekton, who was reading, Absently
exclaimed: 'How does it dare pm.
@. Times-Democrat.
II never can forget Mabel Meadows,
whom went to school with" "Was
she so studious?" "No; but she always
brought such lovely cucumber-pickles
with her luncheon. "-Chicago Record.
An Anxious Request.-"Good night"
sarcastically remarked the wife, as she
started to pull down the second-story
window. 'I'm going to bed" "But,
my DEAR" pleaded the rather befuddled
husband, 'wheresh do I come mp
Kansas City Independent.
A tourist in the highlands of Scot
land recently addressed highlander in
full uniform thus: SANDY, are you
cold with the kilt?" Sandy's shrewd
answer deserves to be recorded. 1t was
as follows: INA, mon, but I'm nigh
kilt VII the cauld. "-Answers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
Green Bones for the Hens.

A mess of green bones at least twice
week will always prove beneficial, as
they provide lime for the shells and
serve as change. Some do not believe
in feeding grain at all in the summer
season, preferring to allow the hens to
work. A pound of green bone cut with
bone cutter, twice or three times a
week, given to dozen hens at night
is better than feeding grain, as the hens
nearly always come UP with full crops
when they are on the range. When in
confinement in late fall or winter the
green bone will continue to be of val
liable assistance.-Farm and Fireside.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
A BOLD STROKE.

George Stark, late from Wahpeton, N.
D., made a daring attempt last night, at
the point of a revolver, to recover some
money he lost in a faro game in Minne-
apols. Had he not collded with a
passer-by, in Postoftice alley, his capture
would have been doubtful
Stark arrived in town a week ago from
North Dakota. where he had been work.
ing as farm hand, and Immediately
began to buck the faro game with rather
poor success. He visited the gambling
house on First avenue every day. losing
continually, until, becoming desperate by
his run of ill-luck, he determined to make
a bold strik, for his money.
He presented revolver to the dealer s
head, and taking 1926 from the drawer,
skipped out. He was arrested and the
money secured by the officers. When
arraigned Tor trial no one appeared
against him. The money was returned to
him and he was released.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
Modern StQteEy.

For strategy has in these modern
days assumed additional Importance
from the fact that even when battle
is joined it's influence is still largel-
felt. Distances in modern battle are
so great, and the minor units become so
dispersed, that the direction of the fight
is very likely to slip from the grasp
of the supreme leader. Once launched
in the attack men can rarely do more
than proceed straight to their front.
A change of direction to flank under
fire will be all but, if not quite, i'm
possible, and it will not be easy to SUBJ
sequently correct errors in direction
made at the outset. A battle will be
fought out much more closely as it was
originally planned, and there will be
little room for sudden inspirations or
brilliant strokes such as formerly made
or marred the day. Now strategy
teaches mot how to strike, but where
to strike, not to make the most of
bad situation, but to insure that the
situation will be the reverse of bad,
that before ever a shot is fired the
odds will be in your favor rather than
in that of your enemy. Not only, there
fore, is strategy as potent q factor az
ever within it's own sphere, but It has
invaded the realm where tactics alone
formerly held sway London Saturday
Review. &. FL. .:s5 1. ..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
5,MIl.ll|.N'|.NESO TA NEWS.
WEIGHING OF GRAIN.


IS s state Westminster Edward O'Brien has
prepared a report covering the crop year
ending Sept. 1. This report shows that
curing the year there were weighed
SO2, 2SS cars, and that the revenues of the
once were $34,4S5.4l. The expenditures
were $57, 44S.6S, the deficiency of $22,95S.27.
me total number of bushels of grain
weighed was 160,940OO6. OF this amount
IN, 765, 937 bushels were wheat; 1861, AGA
corn; q, 51SS13 oats; 1885,, 1893 rye; 1882, 1856
barley, and 5,496, 1913 fax.
Since the creation of the state weigh
Ing service in 1885 the fee has ranged
from 80 cents down to Is cents per car
and for the past two years or more the
latter figure has prevailed. Up to Janu-
airy, 1897, when the fee was reduced to
10 CENTS the department was self-sustain-
Ing. The 15-cent figure has been inade-
quate to meet the requirements. On
Sept. the fee was advanced to 20 cents
and on Nov. to Is cents. The result
OF this increase was a deficiency Of but
1859 for September. October will show
a surplus of about $3.50.
In the past five years the average
weight of car load of grain has in
creased from CPS bushels to an average
of about $50 bushels. One car recently
received and weighed at the Pillsbury
IA mill contained 1888 bushels.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
PUMPKINS FOR HOGS.
Estimates as to Their Value Based on
Experiments Conducted at the
Oregon Station.

We did not think pumpkins as valu-
able for feeding to hogs as we did to
cattle, but when they were plenty the
hogs had some every day, for we could
not keep them late in the winter. We
never cooked them unless to throw in a
few when boiling small potatoes or
other roots for the hogs, as we thought
them too watery when boiled, and they
seemed to be reished better when given
raw. We notice in a bulletin sent out
by the Oregon Experiment station
that they tested pumpkins for hogs
weighing 140. to 200 pounds each for
four periods of IA days each. The
pumpkins were cooked with shorts.
For the first two weeks it took 15.45
pounds of pumpkins and 2.12 pounds of
shorts to make pound of gain. The
next two weeks it took 1895 pounds
of pumpkins and 1.3 pounds of shorts.
In the third period 14.39 pounds of the
pumpkin and 1.79 pounds shorts, and
for the last two weeks 14.46 pounds of
pumpkins and 2.54 pounds of shorts.
The average gain for each hog during
the whole time was about ~ pounds
per day, and counting pumpkins at
$3.50 ton and shorts at $12 the cost
per pound of gain was 20 cents. This
may have been cheap enough, but we
think it could have been made cheaper
upon raw pumpkins, and by using lit
tie more shorts, or perhaps mixture
OF equal parts of cornmeal and shorts.
After hog weighs 200 pounds alive we
are not afraid to give him as much corn
meal as he will eat until we get him fat
enough to kill. They tried to increase
the amount of pumpkin and reduce the
amount of shorts, but the pigs object
ed, and, as will be seen above, they had
to increase the proportion of shorts.
We never tested pumpkins for sheep
feeding, but have no doubt they would
work excellently well. We never re-
moved the seeds when feeding them,
and never saw that they were doing any
injury to either cattle or hogs.-Amer-
lean Cultivator.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
Ducka Have Few Dixea.e.N

~A" AA"vC nc" AASCaAc8s
The duck is afflicted with but few dis
eases, the most prominent being vertigo
and commissions. The first comes from
overfeeding, and can only be cured or
prevented by keeping them on a grass
diet exclusively. Commissions are
caused by dampness, poor food, filthy
coops and lice. The best remedy is to
clean out the coops, make them dry,
and feed on nourishing food. Ducks
should always have. dry quarters at
night. Lice seldom exist on ducks, and
when the quarters are very filthy the
.vermin will sometimes put in an appear
nnae.-Farm and Fireside, - 's.*5
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
WARM HOUSE ON NORTHERN SLOPE

WARM HOUSE ON NORTHERN SLOPE.
the bank and a foundation wall was
put in as shown, the top coming up to
successive levels to accommodate itself
to the rising ground. A drain is laid
along beneath the wall to carry off the
water coming down the hill. A cement
floor is laid the whole length and a
large window is inserted in the south
end. Such a building will prove very
warm in winter, even though built as
1t is upon northern slope.-Farm and
Fireside. .,ss*,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
Matter of Length.
Deafness 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 infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
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 Of of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing. but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case Of Deafness Caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
FL. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
Winterine Breeding Hogs,

The brood SOW or the male hog can
be kept very well through the winter
at small expense. They will keep fat
enough for breeding purposes on a little
bran mash with a few raw roots and a
hendfuls OF clover each day. Uusally
they are very fond Of raw beets and
turnips, and they seem to do better on
them than on cooked roots. The latter
are too watery, and need some whole
corn to, go with them, instead Of q bran
30asa Or slop. American Ccltiyator.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
How to Retain Fertile.

Is A farmer may be successful and grow
large crops, yet become poorer because
the land has lost its fertility. Every
thing sold from the farm is taken from
the land, and the supply must at some
time become exhausted. Rotation Of
crops, blowing under Of green food and
the saving Of manure will assist in re-
tanning fertility, but never heless much
leaves the farm that is never returned
unless the farmer buys something in
it's place. Fertilizers should therefore
be used on every farm in order to keep
the farm to its highest degree ot Ter.
tility.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
GOAT HERDER's HOUSE.
Just the Thing for Southwestern
FARMERS Who Are Engaged In
the AnSOra Business.

Angora goats are great browsers, eat
ing off the leaves of bushes and trees as
high from the ground as they can reach
when standing on their hind legs with
their front feet up in the trees. Such
browsing gives park-like appearance
to any area on which they are feeding
T to any extent, and that is especially true
of the vicinity of their bedding ground.
1t is therefore of great advantage to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
Its Origin.

"Hoot!" cried the owl ever and anon.
The fowls of the air and the beasts of the
field stirred uneasily in their sleep and NUT
tered maledictions.
''Why are they so angryw asked the owlet
at last.
*.They are envious, my child" replied the
owl, "of my Scotch dialect. Hoot, hoot!'-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
A MAGNIFICENT GIFT

One hundred thousand dollars in one
lump is vast sum, and with it much
good can be done. With this idea in
view Mrs. John S. Pillsbury, through
her husband, former governor of the
state of Minnesota, yesterday presented
the Home for Children and Aged Women
in Minnea polls, with that amount of
money.
While it had been understood by the
board of directors that Mrs. Pillsbury
was intending to make a present to the
home, the magnitude of the gift staggered
even the most sanguine. and after the
presentation speech had been delivered
expressions of surprise were heard on all
sides.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-15
WARM POULTRY HOUSE.
Although Built on a Northern Slope
the one Here illustrated Is Rea-
sonably Comfortable.

The cut shows an attempt at making
the best of circumstances. The poul-
try house must face the south or the
southeast, while the ground where the
house should stand slopes toward the
north. The floor was dug level into