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Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
SHE GOT THE PIANO.
BY Kennett +. Harris,

+ WE don't get it this way I
don't see how we're going to get
it at ALL" said Mrs. Bolcombe, refer
ring to the new piano.
Its quite likely" replied her hus-
band, as he bent down to lace lis
shoes. II don't quite see the necessi-
ty OF getting it at all myself"
'You don't! Why, James Bolcombe,
if you've complained about this one
times. And the last time the man
tuned it you said it was a useless ex-
pense, and that he could never make
it sound like anything again"
II deny that most positively
"1es, l suppose made that all up.
1t seems as if couldn't say anything
any more without you as much as
telling me I'm saying something that's
not true"
Il said he could never make it sound
like anything but dray load of steel
RODS rattling over a granite pave
ment."
II suppose you thought that was
smart"
"Why, not particularly. Have you
got that button sewed on my over
coat?''
''No, haven't. You will have to
get another set, guess. 1 haven't
got button in my basket that will
come anywhere near matching. But
about that piano?''
SWELL what ahOnt it 2''
'Well, you own yourself that it an
noys you to hear it played"
''That's easily fxed-don't play it."
''Thank you. I'm sure you're very
kind and very considerate. 1 ought to
have known that you were opposed to
my having any kind of amusement.
1 suppose I ought to be attending to
the housework instead of thinking
about pianos. You might just as well
say it. know you want to-
you're mind reader. Past, pres
ent and future revealed. Nothing hid
from my mysterious power. Can tell
if the one you love is true. All busi-
ness"
"Oh, hush!"
= NANA OSSAA VAS SOASOA oe1tAOAs
Well, I believe it's about time for me
to go, anyway. Was there anything
you wanted DOWNTOWN"
II wish you would sit down and talk
this matter over seriously and SEN
sibly.
what natter?"
II believe you are just trying to be
aggravating. The piano, of course.
What am I to tell the agent if he calls
to-day?'
II don't know, I'm sure. Take the
most of them and you can't tell them
anything-they know it all. Still, #
you find him willing to learn, you
might think up something or other to
tell him. What kind of a looking man
is he? Would you say he was posted
on archaeology, for instance?''
ts'He seemed to recognize the make
of our old piano, and he gave pref
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
any $40 encyclopedia if you had asked

any @9O eHcyclOpeula II you nau ASKED
me. They're in Egypt
"Good girl! Who says the higher
education is wasted on women? They
didn't tell you about the Nubian pyra-
mids at the seminary, did they, or the
Mexican pyramids? Didn't happen to
mention them? I guess little course
of home instruction wouldn't damage
you. That's the idea I had in get
ting that set. I thought a naturally
ambitious and intelligent woman like
you would be anxious to store her
mind with the knowledge and the wis
dom of the ages. expected that these
long, dark winter evenings we would
pull down the window shades and
turn on the cheerful gas CRATE, and
then we'd start in at Aaron 'Aar'
and 'Abacus' and work our way
through to 'zwei beer If there hap
pened to be anything that the ency-
clopedia didn't have the very latest
on then I'd be there to supply the
lack of information"
"Well, I'll tell him to call around
and see you at the Office"
You can DO That II you like. /
guess that would be about as good
way as any. He can explain his little
system to me, and I can understand it
so that there won't be any trouble
when the payments come due. Yes,
don't you bother your head any more
about it. Just send him around to
me-"
eyes, and then you'll say you don't
want the piano.
I'D be telling the worst kind of
lie if said I did,
"Oh!"
''Now, see here, Elizabeth, my queen,
you talk about me geeting, useless
things, and I'm free to admit that that
folding bed was against my better
Judgment"
'"That folding bed is the most useful
piece of furniture we've got in the
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
Science in Stock Breeding,

Every intelligent breeder and raiser
of stock who is a thinking man and
a reader has been astonished at the
progress made in the great industry
of stock raising and stock feeding
during the past quarter of a century.
Science has been brought into requi-
sition and the slip-shop methods have
been swept aside. Guesswork has
been superseded by weights and
measures, and instead of the scrub we
have the thoroughbred and an increase
year by year of prosperity in the hus-
bandman's domain. It is an admitted
fact that each individual farmer or
stockraiser has k4s own peculiar
methods, and these methods may diff
fer widely from those of his neigh
bors, yet the great majority are mov-
ing along with the spirit of the times
and keeping pace with the age in
which we ive.-Farmers' Review.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
SHEEP ON THE FARM.

The latest reports indicate no in
crease in the country's supply of
sheep. No fear of OVERRIDING the in
dustry right away.
It don't want to be forgotten
that sheep are great grubbers of
brush land; but if sheep are not there
to do it man must be.
Shortage of grass and hay on the
ranges this summer and fall is giving
western sheep men many misgivings
regarding the late winter.
The sleep industry will be popular
in proportion to it's profitableness,
and the skill and intelligence devoted
to the industry.-Rural World.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
GOOD FODDER CROP.
Hairy or Sand Vetch II Said to Be q
Hardy Plant and Adapted to
Our Climate.

The scientific name Of this plant is
Vicia villosa. A government report
says of it: This annual leguminous
plant is native of Asia. It has been
cultivated for about so years in some
parts of Europe, especially southern
Russia, Germany and France, and was
introduced into this country for the
hrst time about 1S47 under the name
Of Siberian vetch. Excellent reports as
to its drought-resisting qualities and
it's adaptability to our climate have
been received from Washington, Ne
braska, Georgia, New Mexico, South
Dakota, Minnesota, Monta and Penn.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
Gull Your Poultry Now.

The flock of poultry, no difference
how pure its blood, should be culled
every fall just before winter; no small
weaklings or late fowls should be kept
over winter, for, if they get through
successfully, they are not fit for breed
ing purposes in spring. Put all the
chickens in pen or in the hen-house
and assert them as you would potatoes,
apples or onions, rejecting for winter
keeping all that fall below standard
which the poultryman should have
liked in mind. 1t is a good idea to weigh
each fowl and determine it's vitality
and usefulness by that standard. Some
very large-appearing pullets are light
and lean and of small bodies; they are
practically all feathers. Throw all such
out. Keep the best.-Farmers' Voice.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
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The GIRLS OF, SAMOA.
They Wear ht1t5Sl&irts an Necklaces
of Sharks Teeth and Are
Born fC0quett'.s.

The girl of Samoa is born coquette.
full of romance and natural grace. Her
usual costume is a necklace of sharks
teeth, some metal earrings and short
skirt. The number of sharks teeth in
her necklace is the measure of her popu-
larity among her admirers. The more
teeth the greater the belle.
From the time she is ten years of age
she begins to make eyes from behind a
beautifully carved fan. AS usual with
coquettes, she is tickle in the extreme,
as well as romantic. Her nature is as
fierce as that of the warriors of her
country, and she is thoroughly
trained athlete as we'll. She is skillful
in the use of arms and is cruel and re-
lentless in war. She is equal in strength
to many of the Samoan warriors.
For dress occasions the older Samoan
girls wear the same costume as man.
This is kilt or piece of drapery wound
about the waist in a manner which
seems to foreigner nothing short of
miraculous. This is called lava-lava, a
sort of mat material. A mere scrap of
it wound about the waist of a child is
considered dress sufficient. Ordinarily
the children wear no garments what
ever. The drapery is of the same gen.
eral character as that worn by natives
of most of the South Sea islands and the
Indian archipelago, as well as the south
ern countries of Asia. 1t is called by
the Malays the sarong.
But the Samoan girl has been out in
the world more or less of late years.
The tourists from other countries have
visited Samoa; so the natural beauty of
the native Samoan girl is being spoiled
by her great vanity. She not only
spends a great deal of time in beautify-
ing herself, but she adopts such incon-
gruous combinations as fine mat lava
lava and ball gown waist or velvet
basque cut V necked, her hair done up
empire style and wearing, to complete
her toilet, string of ferns around her
waist and necklace of the inevitable
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
Storage OF Comb Honey.

The driest and warmest place in the
house should be chosen for storing Sec
dons of comb honey in, says the British
Bee Journal. A kitchen cupboard close
to the fire forms an ideal storing place,
and if the sections are protected from
dust, insects, mice, etc., by careful
wrapping, the honey in them will keep
liquid for over 10 months. In some
seasons, however, honey in sections will
granulate in spite Of every care. Per
sonally we have many times had sec
tions in the best. of condition after IL
or 10 months storing.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24

skirt and yet enough to hang in grace
full folds about her.
Mrs. McKinley's gowns for this win
ter are in excellent taste. She has one
OF silver-gray peau de sole, which is Il
sort of heavy ribbed silk, with hardly
any luster. The skirt has long train,
and all up the front and on both sides
are bands of beautiful steel embroidery,
with small silver spangles. The bodice
is embroidered in the same way and is
relieved at the throat by collar and
jabot of real lace. It is made surplice,
with long, tight-ftting sleeves, which
fall well over the hands.--Demorest's
Family Magazine.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
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THE MASTER.

"There Is an artist greater far 5r
Than any child Of earth;
His touch made bright the Christmas star,
And glorifies each mortals birth.
''FIe draws the deep and vital lines
On childhood's careless. face:
On brow and lips he sets his signs,
The hard-won battles lasting trace.
HE holds the throbbing heart of man
In strong and tender hands,;
He molds It as no other can
Until at last it understands.
'And all who win on earth below,
And all who losing, gain.
Must, dying, all His beauty know,
And bless the loving master Pain"
John Curtis Underwood. in Ainslee's
Magazine.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
Next Years Total EcliDse.

The. totally eclipsed sun, according
to Nature, can only be observed fo1
something like three hours in cen.
tury. It also states that the Span.
ish minister of finance has given
Instructions that all instruments
intended for observations of the
eclipse of the sun on May ~,
1900, are to be admitted free of duty.
Nature, however, seems to be uncer-
tain of the exact date Of the impor.
tant eclipse, for, in another portion
Of the same issue (september 21), it
gives the date as May 2s, 1900. This
scientific journal states that duriLa
the more recent eclipses, attempts to
extend our knowledge of-the sun have
taken the place Of the superstitious
fear with which they were formerly
regarded.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24

house. What do you suppose we'd have
done when mother was here if we
hadn't had it?''
"That's so, I didn't think of that.
Well, We'll say you made a wise play
when you got the bed, but what want
to know is what you want with pi-
ano?"
ITO play, of course"
II think you are just politely string
ing me. You've got piano in the house
now. How often do you play it, tell me
that? Once day? Twice week?
Once month? Say, have you touched
that piano half a dozen times in the last
year except when you've busted it?''
''The last time I played it you got
mad and kicked over the music rack
and I don't blame you"
''Well, I'm glad you do me justice OF
course, I know that I'm not properly
accountable for the deficiencies of your
musical education; at the same time
what I'm properly accountable for
doesn't always cut ice."
"You know perfectly we'll what I
mean. Nobody could play that old
thing and get any music out of it.
There was time when you thought
could play, James. You didn't talk
about the deficiencies of my musical
educa ton ;hen!"
"Well, I guess didn't. What do you
take me for? Did I think you We're in
viting criticism in those days? Not lit
tie Elizabeth! She wanted me to tell
her how sweet she was and how
II wish you'd talk sense. Now, look
here, James, this isn't going to cost us
so very much, and the agent says he
will allow us 500 on the old one. I'm
sure we couldn't get that for it if we
wanted to sell it,
"Will he throw in an electric blue
plush cover and an imperial expansion
stool?"
Il don't know whether he will or not.
I'll do without them if you get the
piano."
Il was going to propose getting you
the stool and the cover as a compro-
mise. Suppose we struggle along five
or six years and get this instrument
about half paid for, and then lose my
job? How about that? Do we acquire
any equity as we go along, or will they
send round van and tear it out of our
happy home the first time we fall down
on an installment? If could get uon-
contestable policy on good piano and
arrange my own terms of surrender I
might take day off and think it over.
AS ut is, and taking into consideration
the vanity of earthly hopes and the mu-
liability of jobs, must ask you if you
will kindly hunt up my gloves. I'm pret-
ty sure laid them down with the pack
ages brought in last night. Hurry,
please, my dear!"
"I'm not to have that piano, then?''
'I hardly see how we can manage it
for few years!"
''And you've been talking for the last
hour as if you meant to buy it, leading
me On to believe we were going to have
something decent at last-something
that I wouldn't be mortified to death
all the time to have our friends see
just to disappoint me at last! I think
you are just as m-m-mean as you can
b-b-be, and" ~. ....
+ '''Oh, well, if you really want the thing,
of course you can have it. Sure thing!
Well, you just bet you can have it. Let's
look over the catalogue" Chicago
Daily Record. ~ e. ~
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
Wheat Farming in NehraslLa

"heat Farming in Nebraska.
A Nebraska paper tells of man who
bought farm there, upon which there
was mortgage of $500. He did not
make much money the first year, but he
soWed so acres of wheat the next year.
1t was poor year for wheat and tho
stand was so poor that he thought he
would not harvest it. He returned 10
his old home, and left the farm and
the mortgage to fight it out as they
pleased. The wheat ripened, fell to the
ground and seeded it well. There was
a fine crop, and as some one was kind
enough to write about it to him, he
went back, harvested it and sold it for
enough to pay the mortgage and all his
other debts. IF at first you don't sue
ceed, try, try again.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
GREAT SEASON FOR DEER.
Some Sections Of the Country Are
Reported to BE SvvarminE with
the Game.

From the far north and far south Of
our country come reports that show
that the present deer season is a good
one. Few think of the south as deer
shooting country, and yet we learn that
this year the wild swamp forest belt
between Savannah and the high lands
of Georgia is swarming with game.
Deer have been protected there for
some years now, bu. as a, fact, the ma
ture of the country is their best pro-
lection.
Imagine leaving the city of Savannah
at ten o'clock in the morning and at II
o'clock calmly surveying a splendid
buck just fallen from your bullet. That
was the experience week or two ago
of DR.. Corbin, Of Georgia's chief sea-
port. A few days after that Albert
Wylly left Savannah at $3.50 in the aft
ernoon for Bourquin's plantation, a
few miles out in the woods, and within
IL minutes after his arrival started up
four deer. He did not get any of them,
but the next day, being better pre-
pared, had better luck.
4AcS0 t"O LIS lduCeS snow WQaE Is
going on in Georgia in deer hunting
way. From the other end of the coun-
try the reports are quite as lively.
Maine has so many deer this fall that
they are appearing On the outskirts of
many large towns. The Portland Press
reports that deer dashed across coun-
try, into the city limits Of Portland the
other day, and escaped before any of
the astonished citizens could get their
guns.
Even the moose are wandering out of
their Businesses. These great animals
seeem to belong exclusively to the big
woods. For one to venture on to rail-
road track in long settled region like
the town of Bridgton was very surpris-
ing, but it is not an isolated case.
In the town of Winslow one recent
Sunday large moose was seen, and
pursued for some distance. Winslow
is the next town to the busy city of Wa
terville, and its settlement dates back
more than a century and quarter. 1t
is many miles from the game regions,
and the presence of moose there indi-
Gates that the great animals are wan
dering far and wide.-N. Y. Herald.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
The Queens Ice Chest.

The stores of ice at Windsor, Os-
borne and Balmoral castles are very
large. At Windsor there is storage
room for about 500 tons. There the
supply is obtained from the lake be-
meath the north terrace, from Frog
more and Virginia water. Ice is
not only lavishly used in the royal
kitchen, but also for reducing the
temperature of her majesty's apal t.
ments in hot weather. Then it il
packed in pretty wooden buckets and
stood in the freplaces. ..
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
To Preserve Old Letters.

Here is unique method of saving
old letters. A youthful bride has
been trying to bring herself to
burning up her love letters. They
had accumulated during the years
of her engagement to such an ex-
tent that to save them all was
out of the question, and to burn them
was out of the question, too. Instead,
she has torn them, painstakingly, into
small bits and changed them into an
embroidered covered pillow. It's a
suggestive idea, and might be util-
lied in preserving all sorts of old let
ters and manuscripts.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24

buyer, as shown in a homemade germ
inator illustrated in a circular of the
department of agriculture.
A piece of moist flannel is laid upon
a plate, and certain number of seeds
are counted out and laid upon the fan
mel, second fold of which is placed
over them. Then another plate is in
verted over the whole. The seeds are
removed and counted as fast as they
germinate. Good crimson clover will
sprout 80 to 80 per cent. of the seed
within three Cincinnati Farmer.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
IS. "a GOOD DRESSER.
Mrs. McKinley's Gowns for This VIM
ter Are. Said to Be Beautiful
and RecOmin:.
Mrs. McKinley. our Dresit

Mrs. Mckinley, our presidents wife,
is, as everyone knows, a great invalid.
and her husbands devotion to her is a
beautiful example, which will go down
in history. She has excellent taste ir
the choice of her gowns. She receives,
almost always, seated in large arm
chair, so has her dresses made that the
front effect is always good, and her
trains are so arranged that there is not
too much fullness at the top of the
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
An Appreciative Comment.

An Appfec1at1Ve COmment Z
That little boy of Binx's is a won.
derfully bright chap"
Il The one who ;recited?''
q eyes
8 One Of the brightest children ever.
met. 81. I'll bet that when he gets to be an
old as his father he'll be too smart to-
make his children get up and speak
pieces. - Washington sta:.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
CRIMSON CLOVERSEED.
How to Make n GerminatOr by Means
of Which It's Vitality In
Tested Easily.

The termination of crimson clover.
seed even when the seed is comparative
ly pure often leaves much to be de.
sired. The seed deteriorates rapidly
with age. There is, however, simple
quality test within the reach of any
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
Doe.n,t Draw the Line,

81 Miss Readum- Do you like "The Man
with the Hoe
/. Miss YellowleafO, like any man.
Baltimore American.
Willmar tribune., 1900-01-24
MRS. M'KINLEY.

(The Presidents Wife Receiving in Her
Silver Gray Peau de Soie.)
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03
LImpy's Friends.

"Here, boy, let me have Sun"
Cant, nohow, mister" sfst~s
"Why not? You've gotsfhelnE
heard you afninute ago-efy 3hem ?
enough to be heard at the city hall
"Yes, but that was; down rfr
block, We know, where Z hol iared.
What does that matter? Ce
now, no fooling; hand me or y gsr'
Pm in hurry"
"Couldn't sell you no paper prs
here block, mister, COS it b'loI 10
Limpy. He just up to the fur9Pnd
now you'll meet him. ,
"And who is Limpy, pray A. nd q
why does he have this especial th.
"tos us other kids agreed tol hlnl
have it. Ye see. it's a good on on
count of the offices all along ls
poor chap is that lame be IL Gs
around lively like the rest of 9Me
agreed that the first one caug seiltn, y,
on his beat should be lit on q ntasn' Y:
ed. See? ?" sas
have a rort of brotherho4 4anSuE l 8
yourselves y"
"Well, we're goin' to lo u.t ~, q, e
little cove what's lame, al ,;yS5ss y
betW y
"There comes Limpy ne ~ "
fortunate boy to have u :" s -
friends"
The gentleman bought papers VI
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,,,nn',.r;nn 49, civ how anv mi in business
WHY" ,',",,id 49, r. cal II wares in
order to give 'eak, hal oio'n.i
chance in clear field. ..-.s q.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-01-03
]. b. BLAKE, JR,
Treasurer.
January Q. 1900 HI ,4fs t .e...'
a.SPoyerty and Wealth.

Rovertyiis not passport to heaven,
nor IL wealth barrier there. There is
no virtue in being q Lazarus. Abra-
ham was good Dives, rich for both
werlds,-so was job. Perhaps God
has given you money.making talent
that you may carry out the law Of love.
1t has been we'll said, "the lever which
is to move the world is the lever OF
gold, and the place Archimedes could
not find on which to place it is the
Rock of Ages, President Andrews
wisley remarks "Until God makes all
peoples brains just alike there will al.
ways he the rich and the poor %Abso-
lutte equality amnung men is undesir.
able, but all Christians sh0uld ever
work and pray for a social state
rad dmittiag such relative equality in
human ebndi itionsas shall make uni.
'versal fell cling q possibility" as
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