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Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
HINTS FOR ECONOMISTS.
How to Fre.he en rul1e m How 8 =.
Over Various Other Dainty ana
Perishable Fabrics,

Some useful hints for the furnishing
OF defaced hat trimmings are given
by the Millinery Trade Review. /. Won
derfully good results can be obtained
by little effort in this direction. To
steam out crumpled Grape, pin the
pieces Hat on thickly covered board,
lay wet cloth on top and pass very
hot iron over the surface, close enough
to draw the steam from the wet cloth,
but not allowing the iron to rest the
slightest bit on the Grape. Let the
Grape remain on the board few min
utes to thoroughly dry before TAX
ing up. -.
TO steam out tulle, have, if possible,
one OF the new fan-shaped attach
ments to put in the spout of kettle;
this enables one to keep far enough
off the heating flame to avoid danger
OF ignition. Failing this, have a large
kettle or pan of water boiling, turn
the gas low, and, taking one end Of
your tulle between two hands, pass
through the steam, gently stretching
and smoothing, and rolling up as you
60. In this way you can steam yards
and yards of tulle without letting the
steamed portion drop over, and when
done you have q roll of fresh, crisp
tulle.
Mousseline de sole and chiffon can
be done the same way, but sometimes
1t gives better results by being lightly
pressed under damp rag.
Velvet must be steamed only over
a wet cloth thrown over hot iron.
DO not brush velvet while wet.
If velvet is very much marred, and
does not steam out satisfactorily, you
can "miroir'' it by laying it fiat and
smoothing the iron over it the way of
the nap. Velveteen and plush can be
done the same. Plush gets quite the
appearance of miroir antique or
'panne" velvet.
To clean white and gray wings,
shake gently in a box of cornmeal,
then brush and shake the meal out,
so as not to crumple the feathers.
.Aigrettes wash in soap lather; rinse
and shake dry in the sun or near hot
stove.
Ribbons are steamed by passing over
a wet cloth thrown over a hot iron.
To insure the steam going thoroughly
through the creases, hold wad of dry
cloth over the ribbon, with it smooth
ing out the creases. This works much
better than a brush. Use clean white
cotton cloths. Some taffeta ribbons
will not come out well by anything
but pressing, with wet cloth over.
If stiff, pull out on the bias. Treat
silks the same way.
Freshen black silk lace by sponging
with alcohol. Cream and white silk
laces, if very dirty, can be cleansed
by shaking in benzine or naphtha
(taking care there is no fire or light
near). After they are dry dampen
with alcohol and pin out to dry.
Cotton laces are cleansed by shaking
in lather made of ivory soap paste;
rinsed either in. plain or blue water;
or for ecru in weak tea or coffee, and
pinned out to dry, being lightly
pressed with cool iron on the wrong
side when dry.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
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MILK For. CITY BABES.
Beautiful and Life-Imparting Chaxi-
" Originated by New York
Jewish hPhilanthropist. =

Babies are apt to have q hard time
of it in the summer at best, but when
they are city babies and their parents
are poor, life is harder still-so hard
that many Of them die who would
have lived II they could have had the
proper food. ~ ~. -..-.' .'5%
- Some years ago q rich. man in New
York, Nathan Straus, got to think
ing about this, and decided that he
would do something which would save
the lives of these poor babies and the
heartaches of their poor mothers.
Nature was doing the best she could
for the babies, under the circum-
stances, but the circumstances were
hard. Mr.. sStraus talked to doctors
about it and found that large per-
centage of the deaths of babies in the
summer was caused by the impurities
in the cows milk which they drank.
So in one of the poorest districts of
New York, says the Little Chronicle,
he opened free milk depot where
mothers could, on the order of a phy-
sician, get milk from which the i'm
purities had been removed by the
process named after it's origina tor,
the famous French doctor, Pasteur.
Milk treated by this process is said
to be "Pasteurized." The first year
this experiment was tried more than
a thousand sick babies We're fed on
this milk and the way in which they
got we'll and thrived on it was amaz-
ing. There grew to be such demand
for this milk that other places for dis
tributing it were opened up in various
parts of the city and it is expected
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26

which is his way of chewing. When it
is all chewed he thrusts it into his
mouth and swallows it.
Some people call this old fellow the
horseshoe crab, because his shell house
that he carries on his back is shaped
just like horse shoe.
In June Mamma King Crab digs hole
in the warm sand and lays lot of eggs
in it. She doesn't sit on them or even
stay to wat tch them, but scrambles off
to enjoy herself as soon as her task is
finished.
The sun keeps them warm and the
waves keep them wet, which is all they
need. When the little Kings come out
they are only quarter of an inch long
and have no tails. AS soon as they have
grown little they throw off their o.d
clothes and new suit grows on their
backs with bit of sharp tail.
Every time they have new suits their
tails grow bigger. At last every King
baby has grown into fine young fell
low with tail as long as his papa's.-
Orange Judd Farmer.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE.
Its Members, Representing the Vari-
Gus States, Elect the President
and Vice President,

The electors, as the name implies,
elect the president and vice president,
and it is interesting to note how their
number has grown since the adoption
OF the constitution.
When the first election was held,
the electoral college numbered 81 votes,
but New York, with eight votes, had not
completed her electoral system; North
Carolina, with seven votes, and Rhode
Island, with three, had not adopted the
constitution, and there were four va
cancies, two in Maryland and two in
Virginia. This left 60 votes, which were
all cast for George Washington. The
electoral college for 1892, which again
unanimously elected Washington, had
1872 votes.
In the table given below the strength
of the electoral college is given from
17SS to the one which will meet at the
respective state capitals on the Sec
Ond Monday IF T0nnorv 1On1.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
OUR HEROES.

Here's q hand to the boy who has cour-
~. age H. 80 = - j.
z To do what he knows to be right;
When he falls In the way of temptation,
He has hard battle to fight. 9, =
WHO strives against self and his COM
Will cope with q powerful foe:
All honor to him II he conquers--
A cheer for the boy who says mo"
There's battles fought daily about US
That we can know nothing about:
There's many a brave, unknown hero
Whose valor puts legions to rout.
He who battles with wrong and Ger
comes it.
Is more Of hero, say,
Than he who leads soldiers to glory,
And conquers by arms in the fray.
Be steadfast, my boy, when you're tempted,
To do what you know to be right
Stand firm by your manhood, my hero.
And you will o'ercome in the fight.
''The Right be your battle-cry ever, ~>
AS your share in the battle of life,
And God who knows who are the heroes,
Will strengthen your arm for the strife.
-Eben E. Rexford. in Golden Days.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
ARE QUEER FELLOWS.
King Crabs Have Funny Ways and
Habits, and So Have Their Wives
and Children.

Rattle, clatter, clatter, sounds Gu
rious noise close by the rocks on the
beach. King Crab is scramibling round
in search of something good to eat.
He has many teeth on his legs, some
times as many as 15O of them, and his
mouth, instead of being in his head,
as yours and mine are, is in the midst
Of his legs. I suppose this is so as to
make it easy for him to eat.
He is very fond of soft seaworms,
and as these wise fellows know it they
hide away under the sand. King Crab
doesn't mind that at all, but goes to
work and digs down after them. N.Y.!
how the sand and mud fly when he digs
with all his ten legs! It doesn't take
him long, can tell you.
When he has grabbed his worm he
holds it with his two hind feet and
tears it in bits with his sharp teeth,
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26

that million bottles of Pasteurized
milk and what is called 'modifed'
milk will be sold and given away this
summer. For those who are able to
pay for it the milk and the prepared
food for infants is sold at one cent for
six-ounce bottle: The visiting ply
sicians of the board of health and all
physicians who are doing charitable
work among the poor have blank or
ders on the milk depots which they
fill QUITO those of their little patients
who need this food and whose parents
are unable to,pay for it.
Heretofore these milk depots, with
the exception of two which were kept
open all year, have been in places
which were rented for the summer.
This year two permanent booths have
been put up, one in Central park and
another in the park called Tompkins
square. Here milk will be sold for
one cent a glass to everyone who
wants it and in bottles for the ba-
bies. AS you can see from the pic
ture these milk houses will be pref
ty little places, and everything about
them will be as neat as new pin.
They are built of wood ON brick
foundations. Inside you see glazed
tiles, concrete floors, marble counters
and brass trimmings, which are kept
polished so bright that you can see
your face in them. In the floor is a
drain and the walls and furniture
every day get, a bath of hot water
from a hose so that the germs which
form in spilled milk are never allowed
to grow up and do anybody any harm.
All the milk distributed from these
depots comes: from farms in New
York state in s which there are
herds of healthy cows and as soon as
it gets into New York city it is taken
to sterilizing laboratory, place
where it is put through treatment
which kills or makes harmless the
germs which exist to greater or
less extent in all milk. The steriliz-
ing apparatus consists of a copper
boiler with a set of cylinders in which
the bottles stand for 30 minutes in
water heated. to the boiling point.
Then they are placed in a tank of
running cold water and cooled quick
~ to prevent them from .souring.
After this the bottles are put into ice
water and kept there until they are
sent to the depots where they are
kept in ice boxes. :..E.s,.s- 81 49,. -
@z The cost of all shis work and there
are now Is Of these booths-is borne
by the founder of the, charity, Mr..
Straus, and 1T is his intention to
leave money SO that the good work
may go on after his death. 49,;
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
KEPT THE FISHERMEN BUSY.

when observed the eel had coiled him.
self round the selachian's anatomy in
an evident effort to squeeze the life out
of him, while the hammer-headed one,
by frenzied rushes back and forth
among the coral, was endeayoring to
relieve himself from the incubus who
was so pressing in his unwelcome at
tentions.
At last the shark, mortally hurt, gave
up the fight, and the eel slowly un-
wound himself from the body of his
fast-expiring antagonist.
At this juncture the two fishermen,
tempted by the prospect of unlimited
fresh meat, decided to make an effort
to capture the big conger.
Moving the canoe as near their in
tended quarry as was possible without
frightening it. one of the men delivered
a well-directed spear thrust, which
landed half pound of iron and several
inches of seasoned wood shaft right in
the vitals of the mass of squirming-
gray flesh.
The effect was magical and almost
tragical. To the great constercat ation
of the fishermen. the eel, on feeling the
prick of the spear point, made light
ning-like rush to the surface, jumped
full ten feet into the air and fell back
into the canoe, the occupants of which
were by this time thoroughly terrified
Once in the boat, which had by this.
time drifted into deep water, the infu-
rated monster kept the fishermen busy
avoiding his vicious attacks; time and
again did his brist.ing jaws close with
fearsome snap in unpleasant proximity
to their arms and legs. With eyes fash
ing angrily and name erect, emitting
the while hoarse kind of bark, the
denizen of the depths looked the incar-
nation of all that is evil and unlovely.
Just as things were looking at their
worst for the two natives help arrived
in the shape of a canoe containing an
other fisherman, who, scenting the bat
tie from afar, had taken the precaution
of arming himself with meat AK.
Arrived on the scene, he made short
work of the fighting conger, and, put
ting half the body in each canoe, tn.
party made for the shore.
The two pieces of the carcas, on b.
ing placed together, measured 27 feet.
and the circumference was in places as
great as that of grown mans thigh.
Inside the belly of the fish were dis.
covered small tin of opium, some
she.lfish and the partly digested re.
mains of large cat.
This is the largest specimen of tn.
eel genus known to have been met with
in the history of the islands.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
TERRIBLE OCEAN DUEL.
=, 8 Firht between 4 Monster Eel and
shark the Former Came
Ont Victorious.

a report comes from Waikiki, near
Honolulu, to the following effect: Early
Saturday morning two fishermen in q
native canoe were pursuing their CALI
ing in the shoal water of the coral reef
near Diamond Head. They had hshe6
long and caught nothing, and were on
the point of returning. home when a.
strange thing happened.
The water near where they were
moored suddenly became agitated-so
much so, in fact, as to cause the flsh-
ermen's craft to roll unpleasantly.
Peering into the water to ascertain
the cause of the disturbance, the two
natives saw singular sight. A huge
eel of the conger variety and ham
merhead shark, which had apparently
by some strange mischance drifted in
to the domains of the sinuous monster,
were engaged in mortal combat.
Which was the attacker and which
the attacked it is impossible to say, but
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
LATEST ENGLISH FAD.
sorts Women as Well as Chill
dren Wear Sandals.

The women of London have taken
to the Grecian and Roman sandals
this year, and at the watering places
the most fashionable danes and
misses are wearing them. 'It is chill
dren who wear them principally" a
maker of these sandals acknowledged,
"children and women. Women have
them mostly for indoor wear, but the
children's sandals are for general use,
and it is astonishing how tre-
mendously this trade has grown dur
ing the last few years. Personally, I
have an idea that sandal wearing is
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
G00d Reason.

Photographs Excuse me, sir, but
you have been sitting on your hat for
the last ten minutes. $z:53##=
Customer furious Well, why in
the thunder didn't you tell me before?
photographer wished you to look
SIR ohio State Journal
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
WaterlnelonC Cake.

EEE#l Red Part-O One cup red sugar, half
cup butt ter, one bird cup sweet milk,
two cups flour, whites OF four eggs, one
teaspoonful Of baking poWde and one
cup seeded raisins. s5asss=
White Part Two cups white sugar,
one Of butter, one Of sweet milk, 31la Of
duor, whites Of eight eggs, and two tea
spoonfuls baking powder. Use ascake
tin with q tube in the center. Tut the
red batter around the tube and the
white around the edge Of the tin. II
srequiree tn persons to dll the tin prop
zerly Good housekeeping,
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
HON " 10 Clean oil -Painting..

Artists sometimes use raw potato
for this purpose. Cut off the end of
the potato and rub the painting very
gently with the cut end. As fast as
the potato becomes soiled cut off a
thin slice and continue to use it until
the whole surface is clean. Another
method is to rub the soiled surface
with the finger wet in warm water.
II the dirt is very hard and old use
oil instead tof water. Let it rest for,
Q few hours SO that the dirt may be
.softened, then wash off with sponge
and tepid suds. Ladies' Home Jour
nal issss ssEs$ SSasss 81
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
BY EDGAR sMoRETrE.
CHAPTER XIV. CONTINUED.
q DETECTIVE 81 e ] SIC Dry.

Unconsciously Agnes had clung to
Sprague's hand. Now, as the sense Of
danger disappeared, she became
aware of what she was doing; and, in
sudden embarrassment, she with
drew her hand from his reassuring
clasp. " !.
The artist, recalling the object of
his visit, at once became grave and
formal. a." i
IT am sorry to intrude upon you at
this unconventional hour, Miss Muir
dock, but found this letter in my
studio to-day. 1t was evidently
dropped by you yesterday; and,
thinking it might be important, T.
"a letter? What letter?'' asked
Agnes, puzzled. I
> Sprague held out the sealed envel-
ope. The young girl tore it open and
cast a hurried glance at it's contents.
Then suddenly understanding, she
tore the paper to sshreds and threw
these angrily into the fire which
burned brightly in the large open
fireplace. < :
"Oh, that!" she exclaimed, con-
temptuously. And then after a pause:
''Do you mean to say you thought
She stopped short, seized by sud-
den shyness.
"What else could I think?'' said
Sprague, softly. to.
He was watching the fragments of
paper as they flared upon the hearth.
The fame which consumed them
seemed to shed radiant glow upon
his heart.
''Then,' he added, presently, and
still more softly, IF there is nothing
between you andHand him-perhaps-
perhaps may hope-Miss Murdock-
Agnes"
His hand sought hers and found it.
But the reaction had come at last,
and the brave girl who had been able
to control herself in the presence of
threatening madman now gave way
to fit of hysterical weeping.
Sprague, not being a medical man,
could hardly have known what rene
dies to employin an emergency of this
ing words in the young girls ear and
to kiss the tears from her eyes. But
apparently that was enough. Evident
ly for a layman he must have possessed
considerable medical intuition; for,
after sobbing awhile upon his shoul-
der, Agnes quieted down gradually and
remained contentedly nesting in his
arms, while The artist, doubtless fear
full of a relapse, continued, for per-
haps an unnecessarily long time, to ply
the treatment whose effect had pro-
duced upon his patient so marked, so
rapid, and so satisfactory result.
The attention of the medical profess
sion is respectfully called to treat
ment which, though empirical, may
possibly possess specific virtues.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
ond Monday of January, 1901:

AS the electoral vote is apportioned to
the population, this table will give
fair idea how fast our country has
grown. In several instances there was
a decrease in the number of electors,
but that was due to change in ap-
portionment and not to decrease in
population. {. So s.gs5 sgs..5 y. y4 81: :.
The electoral college which will de-
eide the coming election is composed
as follows: g5. H. -. :. 5, 80
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
HI. Economical Course.

}. Farmer skinfiint (reading sign)-
BY gosh! Mandy, in Igo an' find out
By Gosh! Mandy, in I go an find out
Sic it's1hurtin' my eyesight tew read the
paper.
Mandy--An' if it is, are yew goin' tev
squander good money on. spectacles?
Farmer Skinhint-No, stree! I'm
ggoin' teW give up the paper. Brooklyn
Life. ~ s 5Fs5s5s ss4
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
CHAPTER XVI.
THE ROENTGEN RAYS.

II tell you, Sturgis, it is a wonderful
discovery. don't know what applica-
;tions may ultimately be made of it in
other branches of science, but I am
convinced that it is bound to cause a
revolution in surgical diagnosis" said
DR.. Thurston, enthusiastically.
''Yes,' replied Sturgis, II have no
doubt that Roentgen's rays will be of
great assistance to the surgeon in the
examination of features and in the To-
cation of foreign bodies which cannot
be reached by the PROBE"
''As a proof of that, I must show you
beautiful photograph which have
just made. After leaving you on New
Years morning, + found a patient
asleep in my office. He had been wait
ing several hours. It was the usual
case of pistol in the hands of fool
friend, who did not know it was load
ed; and of course with the usual result
"a bullet wound in my patient
- Sturgis was listening in an absent
minded way while his friend spoke.
"The wound was not severe; no
bones broken. The bullet had entered
the palm of the left hand and had
passed up into the forearm
A sudden light came into the report:
er's eyes; but he maintained his list
less attitude.
"Well, sir, probe as I would, I was
unable to locate that bullet. AT. last
concluded to try the Roentgen rays,
and here is the result. It is as pretty a
shadow photograph as I have yet
seen." ,-s., -,
So saying, DR.. Thurston handed the
reporter a photograph, which the lat
ter studied carefully in silence. ,
"Notice how clearly. you can see the
peculiar shape into which the bullet
has been fattened," said the physician.
Eyes" replied Sturgis, Il was observ-
ing that. Have you duplicate of this
that you can spare?"s 5 .s@ .
g. eyes; keep that one if you wish.'
S ''Thank you; am very glad to have
it. Did you succeed in extracting the
bullet?" ,-.~. .ss.& III n
II have not tried yet. had to devel-
op the photograph first" % =
"Of course. When do you expect the
red-haired young man to return?"
''He promised to come back yester-
day, but he failed to do so," replied
DR.. Thurston. Then, suddenly: 49,
'.But who said anything about his
being young or red-haired?" ~.
Not you, certainly, old man. re-
piled Sturgis, smiling. Don't worry;
you have not voluntarily betrayed any
professional secret. But, for all that,
your patient is wanted by the police.
He was bound to fall into their hands
before long. TheSonly effect Of this
discovery will be to hasten the denoue-
ment. had traced him to your house,
and 4 knew how he was wounded; SO
fhatdI recognized him as soon as you
mentioned his case. = s
Whois hep asked Thurston. st am
ssnreI have seen him somewhere before,
hut I cannot remember where
Whereupon the reporter related the.
story Of Chatham's connection with
the Knickerbocker bank case.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
CHAPTER XVII.
TEE QUARRY. i.

Half an hour later Sturgis was walk.
ing briskly down Broadway, with his
usual air Of iabse ent-nlinded concentra-
ton. Presently he. turned into q side
street and at once slackened his pace
He now sauntered along like q lounger.
At : loss how to kill q long, idle day.
The show window of q brio c-a-brac shop
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26
wanted the Moon blown ont.

Little Clara tossed about in her.
bed, looking at the moon, which was
beaming brightly through The cur-
tainless window. Finally, being unable
to stand il any longer. she clasped
her hands il prayer and said: Please
Lord. blow out your lamp 90 7 can ..
to sleep" ~
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26

The odor Of tansy IS positive pre-.
venttveS Of moth invasion.
Willmar tribune., 1900-09-26

He stood thoughtfully considering
what pretext he could usesto gain adj
mission to the house, when suddenly
he became aware of the presence Of
a man who had approached with
noiseless steps. s.
"Ah, is that you,- Mr.. Sturgis?" said
the calm, sardonical voice of DR.. MUIR
dock. r&-ss.a N a..S (. s5sss5--2
The reporter started inwardly, but
gave no outward sign OF surprise. I
''Were you about to do me the honor
of calling ?" continued the chmeist. !,
'"Yes,' said sturgis, deliberately;
IT was about to seek IN interview
with you. Can you spare . few min
utes?v ID H 55ss III 9555
"Who is it that asks for the inter
view?i inquired Murdock, with quiet
sarcasm. rs: it Mr.. Sturgis, gentlet
man; Mr.. .sturg reporter, OF - ~ ~
3 sturgis met . cold CLEAN from Nv
docks inscrutab1e eyes. 3. 81 !
"0r sturgis, the 4. famous del
tectivc 2" continued the chemist with
an imperceptible sneer. 8, 3.=
7 represent the Tempest, = replied
the reporter, quiet
Murdoch glanced carelessly up and
down the street. There was no ono
in sight.
Oh: very vel, E he said taking out
his latchkey and leading the way TO
the house; ''come into my study and
let me hear what I can do for the
Tempest. 3
M One entering the house Murdock mo-
tened Sturgis to the door leading
from the hall into the drawing-room.z
8 If you will step into the parlof for,