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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
CROP THAT PAYS WELL.
When Properly Cultivated . Few
Acres Of Onions Will Give Excel
lent Money Returns.

When good yield and quantity can
be secured, there are few crops that
give better return than onions. One
advantage with them is that they can
be marketed as soon as matured, or
they can be stored and kept to be
marketed whenever desired.
In growing onions successfully, it is
essential to have good seed, to sow
early, to have rich soil, prepared in
fine filth and to give thorough cultiva-
ton in good season. A failure in any
one of these will often so affect the
yield or quality of the crop as to deter
mine the question of profit or loss.
1t is an exceptional case to find a
soil that is naturally rich enough to
make good crop of onions without
the addition of some manure or fer
tilizer; on the other hand, it is an ex-
ception to find soil too rich. The
onion is gross feeder. A very heavy
dressing of coarse, fresh manure could
be given and Incorporated with tho
soil with profit, were it not that in
most cases this kind of fertilizer con.
tains so many weed seeds as greatly tc
increase the labor of clean cultivation.
On this account, so far as is possible,
well-rotted manure should be used,
taking care to thoroughly incorporate
it with the soil on the surface. Wood
ashes are one of the best fertilizers for
this crop, and if there is not enough of
well-rotted stable manure available,
commercial fertilizers can often be
used to a good advantage.
Onions grow so near the surface that
the manure should be applied anu
worked in the surface, and for that rea-
son top dressing after blowing will
generally be the best plan.
One advantage with onions is that
they may be grown on the same LAND
for several years without change if
liberal manuring is done, and if clean
cultivation is given the first year this
will be found quite an item.
The very first favorable opportunity
in the spring should be taken advan-
tage of to prepare the ground and SOW
the seed as earliness is an important
item. The soil should be prepared in a
tine filth.
A better termination of the seed and
more vigorous start to grow will be
secured while the cultivation can be
commenced earlier and clean cultiva.
ton be given with less labor if care is
taken to have the soil thoroughly pre-.
pared in good filth before the seed is
sown. Mark out the rows ten or twelve
| inches apart. If the drill is used it will
mark them out, sow the seed and cover
all at once. One advantage in using
| the drill is that the seed will be dis
| tributed in the drill rows more evenly
and be covered at more uniform
depth. It is best to use plenty of seed
so as to secure a good stand of plants.
1t is better to thin out than to replant.
| Give clean cultivation from the start,
keeping the soil in good filth until the
crop is matured.-St. Louis Republic.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
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HE WAS A COAcHMAN YET.

Once on a time there were two men.
Ambitious DICK and thoughtless Ben,
And both drove coaches for a boss
And played together pitch and toss.
Around the livery stable they
Spent many rough but happy day:
They laughed at one another's Jokes
And on clay pipes had chummy smokes
At last Dick left and Ben remained,
And after years had waxed and waned
There to the stable came a man
To hire handsome coach and span.
Ben was the driver, just the same,
Tough, rough and ready as his name:
The gentleman, well dressed, and proud,
Was eyed with awe by all the crowd.
But something in his face or tone
Appealed to Driver Ben alone;
He'd seen the gentleman before
But where and when? He watched him
more.
Along they rode, Ben thinking who
Could be that stylish "gent" he knew;
Then came flash of memory quick
"Why, bless my heart-he's my old Dick"
With hand held out and beaming eyes.
Ben turned around in glad SURPRISE;
''Why, Dick! Old chum! This is joy
I'm glad to see you. Shake, old boy!''
The gentleman Ben coldly eyed:
His kid gloved hand stayed at his side.
'Why, Dick! I'm Ben-Ben Hick, you
know
Your coaching partner long ago.
The passenger seemed not to share
Ben's pleasure at the meeting there;
EXCUSE me, Mr.. Hick," said he,
''But please drive on. You've stopped,
see.''
''Why, Dick! Don't you remember when
We both were coachmen," answered Ben.
EYES," said the man, but you forget
My friend, that you're coachman yet"
This little tale may show young eyes,
How with ambition men may rise,
But all the same, we think Ben Hick
Was more gentleman than Dick.
"A man too proud to condescend
To greet an old but humble friend,
May have some brains beneath his hat
But he's snob for all of that.
III. c. Dodge, in Chicago Daily Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

words. It was now six weeks since
they had set out across the "sink, !"
expecting to get the cattle off their
hands and have little time in the
city before starting back to the camp,
but the wild-eyed, sorry-looking
things seemed unpromising enough
now even for glue factory.
AS "East-Side" lay on the ground
looking up through the holes in his
hat-they stood upright and walked
no more than was absolutely neces-
sary, for that required an expendi-
ture of strength-lazily watching the
focks of birds that swooped and
poised in the air above him, he dis
covered or thought he did, that they
cast shadow against the sky-a tiny
gray shadow that he watched for the
utter lack of anything else to watch.
When the birds flew lower, the shadow
seemed to grow larger and darker
With wild whoop he sprang to his
feet, forgetting the value of harbor-
ing his strength as he grasped the
import of that shadow. It was a
cloud! Every man sprang up at that
tiny speck and went to work with
white face and unsteady hands. The
speck grew larger and the men
worked harder; every hole or trough
that led to the basin was cleared for
action so that not one precious drop
might be lost. Their words were few
but kindly as they scraped away,
with one eye on the ground and the
other on the cloud slowly but unmis-
takably growing larger and coming
their way.
During the night those sun-scorched
dreamers dreamed of moist winds,
and rain drops pattering gently until
they made a soaking downpour But
they had often dreamed that-dreamed
it when their parched tongues hung
out of their mouths and cracked for
dryness. By this time they had grown
wary; even in their sleep they were
on their guard and not to be beguiled
into believing.
When at last in the early morning
the rain did come, with the first pat
tering drops every man forgot every
thing in the world but the all-con-
Stunning passion to Stake his burning
thirst; until their hats had caught
enough to drain, they sucked their
shirt sleeves. Then, because his own
need for that last charge was no long
er imperative, the outfit boss drew a
bead on the likeliest animal in the
herd, and they Toasted royalty, JOY
ously, uproariously on steak and wa
ter. And in the exuberance of their
glee no one noticed that for con-
venience they had chosen the mound
that covered the Missourian for their
table.
After the feast every man lay down
in his trench, which was now filed
with water, and soaked, soaked
through to the marrow, rousing him
self only to drain his hat, then fall
ing back and soaking more. And
when, after "a hours of soaking, they
got up out of their trenches each wa
ter-logged man was a firm believer in
the efficacy of prayer Francisco
Argonaut.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
ROMANCE IN A COTTONWOOD.
Wisp of Lovers Hair Discovered
Where 1t Was Placed Years
Ago.

A unique and interesting remnant OF
love affair of long ago has recently
come to light at Chicago Heights, says
the Chronicle. A few days ago W. H
Drake felled large cottonwood tree
which stood on a residence lot and
commenced cutting and splitting it for
stove wood. In one small section he
found five-eighths-inch hole, into
which a beautiful lock of auburn hair
had been placed when the tree was
small and wooden peg three inches
long driven ip, completely filling the
cavity and hiding for many long years
the cherished lock. An idea of The
length of time that this treasure has
remained in it's strange rustic casket
may be gained from the fact that the
depth of the hole, three and one-half
inches, reached slightly beyond the
center of the tree.
The battered end of the pin seemed
to have projected about one-fourth of
an inch. From this it is estimated
that the diameter of the tree when The
pin was driven did not exceed five and
one-half inches. When cut down the
tree measured 30 inches in diameter
at the stump, 20 feet to the first limb
and stood IS feet high; the pin was
located five feet above the ground and
the diameter of the tree at this place
was 26 inches. Local authorities say
that cottonwoods in this section grow
about one-half inch in diameter each
year, and according to this the hair has
remained in it's hiding place Al years.
The ground on which the tree stood
was formerly farm belonging to
Jack Furze, a pioneer. Much interest
has been excited by this strange in
cident and efforts are being made to
trace the romance that must be CON
nected with the auburn ringlet
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

"And you keep two servants when
you have scarcely work for one?" 20,
yes! It's the strenuous life, you know,
that is happiest."- Detroit journal.
Nora-"O, mum, if y Place, mum"
Mistress-''Now, Nora, you needn't
ask for silverbac< scrubbing brush;
we can't afford it."-Philadelphia
Press.
Jack-"I hear you lost lot of
money On Wall street while you were
drunk?" Toni wasn't drunk, but
the stocks I bought took drop too
much" -Boston journal.
Museum Manager-"You're looking
bad, old boy; what's the matter?" The
Glass Eater-s'I feel slightly cut up;
I'm afraid took a glass too much this
afternoon" Freak.
When He Lost Heart.-"Now, major,
did you never wish yourself well out
of an engagement" "Only once,
ma'am, and that was in little affair
with a widow -sydney Bulletin.
"You don't get much chance to ride
your wheel this weather." "No." II
guess you almost forget you have a
wheel, eh?" ''Oh, no! I'm still paying
the installments.' -Philadelphia Press.
Teacher-s'Master Kinnifick, what is
your fathers occupation?" Pupil
"Hah" Teacher-"Well, what does he
work at?" Pupil-'My father don't
work. He's policeman, he s.''-Bos-
ton Transcript.
'And remember, DEAR" said the ex
perienced matron to the bride, IF you
wish to preserve your husbands love
do not be jealous. Merely pretend to
be. That will give him good opinion
of himself and of your appreciation of
his destinations" -Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
THERE'S MONEY IN IT.
Most Profitable Part of the Gar
dener's Occupation.

Tomato growing is one of the most
profitable lines for the gardner and
truck farmer. The yield under ordi-
nary circumstances ranges from $50
to 500 bushels per acre. The surplus
can be used for canning, making cat
sup and wine, and the refuse may be
profitably fed to poultry.
There are many varieties, but the
best I have ever planted are the Stone
and Canada Victor. The plants may
be grown in hotbeds> cold frames or out
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO, Q.
I,uCAs COTrNrv oos

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. j. Cheney
y Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum of One Hundred Dol
cannot be cured by the use of Hall 8 Catarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D.
1886. A. w. GLEASON,
[Seal1 Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, 0.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
ARE GOOD MEDICINES.
Many Vegetables and Fruits Are
More EMcacfous Remedies Than
Drugstore Compounds.

We take the following from an ad-
dress delivered by L. H. Galloway be-
fore the Illinois Horticultural society,
as published in the National Rural.
We can vouch for many of these vege-
table remedies as being quite as eff
cacious and much more pleasant to
take than the prescription often given
by physicians, and some day we may
add others to the list here given:
Honey is wholesome, strengthening,
purifying, healing and nourishing. l
have reference to the kind made by
bees-not the glucose kind. Persons
suffering from rheumatism, nervous
diseases and nervous dyspepsia should
eat celery and turnips. Onions are al
most the best nervine known, and will
quickly relieve and tone up a WORKOUT
system and are beneficial in cases of
coughs, colds, influenza, scurvy and
liver complaints. Lettuce eaten by
those who suffer from insomnia is
beneficial. Let those who need iron
for tonic eat spinach, and let the
drug Cron) alone. Persons suffering
from gravel should eat onions and
spinach. Carrots should be eaten by
those who have asthma. Let those
who need increased perspiration to
relieve overworked kidneys and lungs
eat asparagus. Cranberries are proper
diet for those suffering from erysip-
elias. They should also be applied ex-
ternally. Lemons satisfy and cool the
thirst in fever. Blackberries are a
tonic. Blackberry cordial is the prop
er remedy for diarrhea. Persons who
are bilious, who have indigestion and
dyspepsia, conditions for which CAL
omel is usually prescribed, should let
the calomel alone and eat freely of
ripe tomatoes. Let those who have
rheumatism and need an aperient eat
pie~plant. The apple, excelling other
fruits in phosphoric acid, is an excel
lent brain food. It is aperient and
diuretic, and hence obviates indiges-
ton and dyspepsia and assists kidney
secretion and prevents gravel. It
cleans the mouth. Let persons who use
drugs classed as aperients and laxa-
tives and cathartics stop their use and
eat freely of apples, figs, bananas, pie
plant, tomatoes, onions, Strawberries,
raspberries and blackberries.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
Preparing for Dry Weather.


This past season has shown to many
farmers who scarcely need to have
waited until now to learn the lesson,
the Importance of making preparation
each year for season when the grass
in the pasture will be short, cows
shrink in their milk, calves and young
stock grow smaller, and in both ways
loss will be occasioned that cannot
be made up by good feeding afterward.
When the price of milk and butter was
the highest they had the least to sell.
Those who had ensilage in the silo or
green fodder to cut and feed out were
fattening their pocketbooks, while the
man whose forethought did not come
until afterward was growing poorer.
It is as necessary for the farmer to
prepare for dry, hot summer as for
a cold winter, for both are sure to come
every year, even though they some
times are little delayed beyond the
scheduled time.-American Cultivator.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

way you want. By means of turn.
cock in the nozzle of the pump you
can stop the dripping Immediately,
when you stop pumping, which is very
essential where you have apump in the
kitchen, as it saves the use of jar OF
waste pipe.
When you want to draw water from
one cistern, all you have to do is to open
the brass globe valve that is on line OF
pipe leading to that cistern and close
the other one, and vice versa. We used
1A-inch galvanized iron pipe. By this
system you can locate your cisterns
anywhere you wish, then bring the
pipes underground, as shown in cut ESQ
as to be out of reach of frost) to point
under the kitchen floor, then up, and
connect to pump.-O. G. Cross, in Ohio
Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
InoculatinE Soil with Germs.

DIR. Altman describes some success
full experiments made at the Alabama
experimental station on the inocula-s
ton of the soil with nitragin, the new
gel preparation for supplying. the
soil with nitrifying organisms for fix
ing the free nitrogen of the atmos-
ph.re. Some earth was taken from
lawn which for several years previous
ly had grown luxuriant crops of COM
mon vetch, and which consequently was
ricl. in nitrogen-fixing bacteria, and of
thiI solution was made in water. In
this solution the seeds Of the hairy
vct.sh were dipped before sowing.
There were four experimental plats,
and all were cut on the same day and
tho produce weighed, with the result
that there was much greater increase
In The inoculated than in the uninocu-
l2tAd plat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
Went to Sleep Quickly.

The mother of little three-yearold had
been away from home overnight, and on her
return asked:
"And how did my little girl get to sleep
last night without mammal?
me like 'ou does an dis went to sleep wea!
twick 60 touldn't hear him."-Cincinnah
Enquirer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
HANDY CONTRIVANCE.
Draws Water and Brings 1t
Into the House.

With view to having good water
and plenty of it, the past summer, l
built two cisterns of about 12O barrels
capacity each-one for general house
use, the other for drinking alone. The
accompanying cut will explain itself.
We have used this plan for about
eight weeks and it has proved very
satisfactory. We use a good suction
pump, so constructed that you can (by
using set screw turn the handle any
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
Better Yet,

Fred Dix-When I grow up I'm go
ing to b. q pirate. ,. 4.
. Dick Hicks Put 'er there; Tn going
to be sleeping car porter.-Harlem
Life. .5. 81. ..
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
A Probable Result.

Askit-What will be the result of these
Kansas editors and preachers changing
places?
Tellit-The people will put pumpkins in
the contribution plates and pay subscrip-
lions in suspender buttons. - Baltimore
American
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

Some people of fair intelligence are so
stubborn that they refuse to acquire prac-
teal sense.-Atchison Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

Take the cow for better or worse.
II better, love, feed and cherish her; II
FoI1e, fstten her. -.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
Spring Hunnors
of the Blood

Come to certain percentage of all the
people. Probably Is per cent. of these
people are cured every year by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, and we hope by this adj
vertisement to get the other Is per
cent. to take Hoods Sarsaparilla. It
has made more people we'll, effected
more wonderful cures than any other
medicine in the world. It's strength
as blood purifier is demonstrated by
its marvellous cures of
ScrofuIa Salt Rheum
Scaid Head Boils, Pimpies
All kinds OF Humor Psoriasis
Blood Poisoning Rheumatism
Catarrh Malaria, Etc.
All of which are prevalent at this sea.
son.
You need Hoods Sarsaparilla now.
It will do you wonderful good.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
new use for wireless Te1esfapAy.

New Use for wireless Te1egfanAy.
Wireless teleg1aphy has had new demon.
stration for usefulness by the captain of
iightship, who used it after ordinary signals
had failed to notify the shore authorities of
danger. In like manner Hostetter's Stom-
when all other medicines fail. Its superior
ity is quickly felt in the renewal of strength.
It regulates the bowels, improves the appe-
tite, and cures Indigestion. Try it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

''This is one of the little things that
count" as the lecturer in the dime museum
remarked in introducing the mathematical
infant prodigy.-Town Topics.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

To Cure n Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure 25c
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

Each package ofPUTNAM'S FADELESS
DYES oolors more goods than any other
dye and colors them better too. Sold by all
DRUGGISTS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

You Can Get Aliens Foot-Ease 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 chilblains, sweating, damp, swollen,
aching feet. 1t makes New or tight shoes
easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bun
ions. All druggists and shoe stores sell it. Csc.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

There are some women who always use
the same kind of judgment in allowing
poor steak to be passed off on them that they
exercised years ago in selecting husband
Atchison Globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
&1S Per Week.

A salary of $l8 per week and expenses will
be paid to man with one or two-horse rig to
Introduce our Poultry Compound and Lice
Killer among Farmers. Address with
stamp, Acme Mfg. Co., Des Moines, Iowa.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

For Whooping Cough, Piso's Cure is
successful XSe Rudng N Detsr g. 4Throop
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

Cure your cough with Hale's Honey of
Horehound and Tar.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

Humanity's desire for revenge is illus
trated in making the goat butt of ridicule.
Chicago Dispatch.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28
A Perfect BIRD.

Dealer Here, sir, is a very superior bird.
It will mimic anything!
Purchaser-Polly, want cracker?
Eyes. I'm hollow mockery!"-N. Y.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-03-28

Then the light broke. The backward
cropping had brought him down to
the days of his childhood, to the
words his grandfather had been wont
to say, as with bowed heads the fam
lily, to the third and fourth genera
ton, was gathered around his table
on Thanksgiving day. So, under the
burning sun, whose only shadow was
cast by the focks of carrion birds
that circled above the remnant of the
outfit, they stood over the grave of
their dead companion, waiting for a
like fate, or death by their own hands,
to be torn by coyotes perhaps be-
fore the breath was out of their
bodies, the six gaunt men with
bowed, uncovered heads, while "East-
Side" pronounced in solemn tones:
"Oh, Lord, for what we are about
to receive make us devoutly thankful.
Amen" ...
A prayer was a prayer to east
Side" Anything that began with
Lord" in reverent terms and ended
with "amen" was a prayer. His
grandfather had been a godly man,
and he had said it, therefore it was
appropriate on this occasion, The
effect was the same upon the others,
for the words smacked Of the phrase
ology Of the wandering exhorters
they had heard. s.sS
5 After the passing Of the Missourian
there was even less to do; the men
were more taciturn with each other,
but there was noticeably less pro
family among them, possibly because
jealousy and the exertion was un-
necessary, or because their mouths
were too dry to articulate many