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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
NO FRAME HOUSES.
South Africa Uses a Great Deal OF
Brick and Cement in
Building.

South Africa is without peer as
customer for cement, says United
States Consul General Stowe at Cape
Town in recent communication to
the department of state, according to
the Washington Star. All the build
ings there, he says, all the ware
houses, stores and residences, are
built of brick, cemented on the out
side, and no wood or "frame" houses
are to be seen.
The bricks used in South Africa
are larger than American bricks, and
are "laid up" principally with mud -
the inferior clay found in that region,
instead of lime mortar or cement.
The cement comes into play in the
outside finish of the buildings. It is
laid over the whole surface, and the
| expert Malay masons in South Africa
/ produce very pleasing and unique ef-
fects in finishing up caps, columns
and holdings, closely initiating the
natural stone in this decorative work.
A striking effect is produced by
"spattering" some of the larger
buildings with cement, which pre-
sents a rough exterior very striking
and pleasing to the eye, and also dur.
able. , 49,: 49,
The greater part of the cement i'm
ported into South Africa last wear,
states the consul general, came from
Great Britain, and over 125,0O0,0O0
pounds into the country, all told
"When I left the United States" says
Mr.. Stowe, "our manufacturers of CO.
ment were producing an article which
was proved by tests to be as good as
the English, and that cement ought
to find large market here. While
the United States at the present time
would be +hampered on account of the
excessive steamship rates to this
country, which would prevent compe.
tition with the German and Belgian
cements, yet I am convinced with
Iequal rates the United States cement
could find a market here in large
quantities. Cement Of the desired
quality will never be manufacture
here, as the ingredients do not exist
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
)1L&dpQlSVD.' :. .6VA>
.G|K !;,;;,:|d;;{SllulSJ1&
= PENNSYLVANIA ROADS.
reedng That Permanent Highways
Are Necessary Is Growing with
Gratifying Steadlneas.

It would be useless to deny that
the people of the interior of the state
want good roads, says the Philadel-
phia Inquirer. Their newspapers are
strenuous advocates of such improve
ment, and they hold few conventions
in which that advance is not recon-
mended. They know themselves the
folly OF the system now prevailing in
a. majority of the counties. It has
been demonstrated to them in the
short lives of their horses, the re-
pairs to their wagons and in their
road tax bills for the roads which
brought about those combined costs.
Proofs of the theory that they
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
no Bees Injure Peaches2

A man in South. Haven, Mich, has
brought suit for 5000 against another
man for damage done to his peaches
by bees belonging to the man sued.
The first man claims that his neigh
Dor keeps 60 hives Of bees and that
they come into his peach orchard and
bite through his peaches, thus rem
dering them unmarketable. It is the
old question Of VIII ther. or not bees
can IA lure peaches. The question has
generally been answered IL esnega-
tive. I1fsssss:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
THE NEW YEAR.
When 1t Ought to Begin-Let Us Make
the Best of 1t as We
Find 1t.

It has been pointed out great many
times by learned men, especially as
tronomers, that the year ought not to
begin on January /. That day occurs
in the midst of winter and does not
mark any epoch of the seasons. When
the seasons change with some degree of
regularity, as in the temperate zone.
the beginning of the year in climatic
sense is clearly the beginning of spring,
which would be the 21st day of March.
AS matter of fact the year did use to
begin on that day, and there never has
been any good reason advanced for the
change to the present date.
But here it is, and here it will prob
ably remain for centuries to come. We
moderns are very queer people. We
have very little respect for the ancients
and boast of our independence and the
spirit of progress, yet we cling with ig-
norant reverence!eto some very crude
notions, to change which would be to
our advantage. See how we divide our
day into two 12~hour parts, whereas
one of "a hours is much more sensible.
Look at our clumsy system of weighing
with pounds, ounces and drains, and
our measuring with yards, feet and
inches, when the metric system is so
much superior. ,
1t is that spirit which would view
with horror any attempt to fix the be-
ginning of the year at any other date
than January 1, and therefore we shall
not attempt to disturb it. Let US take
it as we fine it and make the best of it,
and that will not be difficult.
1t is happy new year for us all if we
take advantage of our opportunities,
and remember the old adage that
Heaven helps them who help them.
selves. "-Golden Days.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
HAND BEAN THRASHER,

and nail cleats on it one inch thick
and an inch apart, or take 1H-inch
board for center for handle, 2, and
nail on each side of center inch boards,
every other one an inch shorter. Have
the beans perfectly dry, put them in
a good solid barrel and very short
time pounding with this tool will
thresh them clean. Remove the hulls
and put beans in again. 1t is also good
to pound carpets when washing them.
"A. S. Forsman, in Ohio Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
Western Homes for Millions.

Homestead grants for. 10000. 900 peo-.
pie, it is said, will result if the plans
of the National Business Mems league
are successful. The league. wishes the
federal government to construct inn.
mense reservoirs for controlling the
flood waters in the arid regions Of the
western states and to determine a
practical method Of iirrigationfo for that
seonntry. To make the suggestion pos
Esihles cnngres viii be urged to give
3s5o. go yearly
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
HAND BEAN THRASHER.
An Eas1ly-Made Device Which Works
Well and Can Be Used for Other
Farm Purposes,

Every farmer has or ought to have
few beans to thresh, and this device
is just the thing to thresh them with.
1t is easily made. Take a block by
7A inches on the face or lower side,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02

along the north shore and between Dios
and San Felipe keys to deep water. On
account of the natural protection it is
claimed the spot will make an ideal
place for naval station.
MILTON B. MARKS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02

!lk&hA4u)m night; the clock
4 was on the last
stroke of nine, and
John Kimball was
on his way home. He was not hurry
ing home; indeed, he was proceeding
rather leisurely for man who had
been married only six months. But
John was meditating, and when a
man meditates and walks at the same
time he generally forces his feet to
keep pace with his thoughts.
John had just parted from crowd
of his old friends of bachelor days, such
dear old fellows-I don't mean dear
old bachelors, but dear old friends, for
John was only 25, and none of his
friends were much older than himself.
They had given him such a cordial
invitation to go with them to the
rooms of the Bachelors club; they
were such jolly good fellows, so free
and easy and so utterly devoid of
care, that they made John feel as
though he were one of them again,
and the parting from them had caused
his thoughts to meander slowly back
to the time when he was one of them.
John was thinking of those sweet
old days of bachelorhood, when he
didn't have to go home early at
night; when it didn't really matter
much whether he went home at all.
He was thinking of the wonderful
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
Got Rich Quick.

Sara Bernhardt'a long engagement
ia ia 81, "A iglo1 y at her Paris theater,!
just closed, Is said TO have averaged
ii receipts 5000 q performance.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
WON'T i 10Th / q y r., -,

live when ST, run Is and q
q me & and asbad
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02

Col. Whit man ell, Uncle Dan,
what are you to have for your New
=, dinner ECKER. OF turkey
Uncle DAM hicken, sab. Kase none
0b NAH neigh bors don raise turkeys.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-02
Inconprehen

. CobWig omen ire incempre.
hensible ~
. Merritt hat put that into our
5head
. cobWig u e spent SIS Tor !
anok jack ffor mn prsl-
els M sIa 81 yin iilr
eyeas IS sssssd 40
96mokinQ
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

are near to the time when the whole
of the hundred million dollars we used
to spend abroad for sugar will go into
the pockets of our own people This
nation consumes at least one-fourth
of the worlds total product, and of
the worlds product two thirds are
made from beets and only one-third
from cane If this counsel and the
protests of American Free-Traders
had been needed we should now not
grow a pound of sugar outside the
cane fields of Louisiana. Because the
Protectionist principle was received
and approved by the people we are
about to become independent of out
side sources for a necessity of exist
ence and to keep huge profits at home
We made the machinery for the sugar
mills from iron from our own fur
naces; we have diverted from excess
i've cereal production land and human
being to more profitable occupation,
and we have moved this nation one
huge step further toward Industrial
independence. 1t would be difficult to
frame an Indictment against the
American Free-Trade propagandists
more crushing than to quote their own
declarations and arguments against
the tin plate duties and the beet sugar
bounties.-The Manufacturer.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23
JoLLMNG THE FARMERS.

The Louisville Courier-Journal says
that the Protective Tariff has been
used to Jolly the farmer. That is
exactly where the Courier-Journal is
right. If the farmers of this country
have ever had occasion to feel jolly, it
is now, when, under Dingley law Pro-
lection. money has come rolling in to
pay off mortgages, to buy new equip
ment, including the latest and most
improved brands of agricultural ma
chinery, and to roll up the account at
the savings bank. Yes the farmers OF
the country, as a general thing, feel
pretty jolly just now, and it is the
Protective Tariff which is responsible
for it There is no doubt about that.
And the best of it is that the farmers
are not the only people who are feel
ing jolly, but the jolly effects of Pro-
lection prosperity have been felt by
people in all walks of life everywhere
throughout the country. As pro-
Queer of jollity the Protective Tariff
has few, if any, equals, and we are
glad to see that the Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal is at last beginning to rec
ognize the fact
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23
AN "uNHoLY ALLIANCE"

II view of the intention of Con-
gresham Babcock to force his Tariff
repeal bill through the Committee on
Ways and Means by the aid of the
Democratic minority of that commit
tee and to work for it's passage the
Kansas City Journal says:
1T may be that under existing ar
rangements this is possible, for there
are ten Republicans and seven Demo-
Gratis on the committee. A change Of
two votes, which is one in addition to
his own, would enable the Democrats
on the committee to report the bill.
Speaker Henderson will be reelected
speaker, and there will be very few
changes either in committee or en-
p1oyes, but the speaker should reduce
the number of Democrats on the Com
mittee on Ways and Means. The Dem
oc4ats cannot object to this because
they increased the Democratic mem
bership of the committees the last
time they had control of the House
If this committee had twelve Repub-
licans and five democrats it would be
more difficult to form an unholys alli-
ance.''
There is much simpler and more
direct way to prevent an "unholy alli-
ance" between the Democratic Free
Traders and wavering Republicans of
the Ways and Means Committee. That
is for the speaker of the Fifty seventh
house to reconstruct that committee
on safe Republican lines by dropping
off the waverers and filling their
places with positive men, The MAJ
jority side of the Ways and Means
Committee is no place for waverers.
Out with them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

The Boston Herald speaks APPROX
ingly of the Portland Oregonian as as
Republican newspaper that has al.
ways had sound ideas upon the tariff. :
and then goes ON to quote the Ore
gonian as saying that enough has
been done for the manufacturers and
wholesome reform would consider ths
interests of the consumers, especial,
those of the farming Glass; II viii
now be in order for the Herald t.
refer to Tom Paine as "a DISTINGUISHED
exponent of orthodox Christianity.''
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23
Helping the Masses.

When factories are prosperous, farm
ers are equally So This is what il
now so materially aiding the tillers o.
the soil in the west. and especially liz
Iowa, where a surplus is produced
The policies of the Republican party
are helping the masses--Davenpori
Qowa) republican
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

YELLOW CLOTHES ARE UNsIGHTLY.
Keep them white with Red Cross Ball Blue.
An grocsrs sell large ez- package, cents
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

We promise that should You use PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES and be dissat-
isfied from any cause whatever, to re-
fund 1Oc. for every package
MONROE DRUe Co., KNOXVILLE, Mo.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

Too not believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
has equal for coughs and colds--JoHN b
BoYER, Trinity Springs. Ind, Feb. u. 1900
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

Much that passes for philosophy is
nothing but downright impudence.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

A man never smiles when he shows
his teeth TO a dentist.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

Men work for their nvings; womer
earn them.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

Correct in yourself the traits you dis
like in others.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23
4 csusHlNe INDICTMENT.

The development of the beet sugar
industry has been SO ranid that we
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23

Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price CSC
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1901-11-23
WHY TT rs rHE BEsr

is because made by entirely different
process Defiance Starch is unlike any
other. better and one-third more for 10
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-17
A Trick Of the Trade.

II think / would like to look at a
diamond ring" said the young man, as
the jeweler came forward.
Exactly. A diamond ring for a la
dy?"
Yes"
"A young lady?"
yes"
"a young lady to whom you are en-
gaged?"
What's the difference whether I'm
engaged to her or not?" asked the GUS
toner, with considerable tartness.
"A great deal, sir. You intend this
ring for a Christmas present, proba-
bly?"
II probably DO"
VERY well. We have diamond rings
for $25 and diamond rings for $50, SIS
and $1,000. If not actually engaged to
the girl, take a $25 ring, and whe.. she
brings it in here to find out the cost
We'll lie $50 worth for your benefit. If
really engaged, take one of a higher
price, and o can pawn 1t for two
thirds of it's value after marriage.
Now, then, make your selection."-
Washington Post.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-17

One of the churches in a little West
ern town is so fortunate as to have a
young woman as it's pastor. She was
called to the door of the parsonage one
day, and saw there a much-embar-
raised young former of the German
type.
"Dey said der minister lifed in dis
house." he said.
YES" replied the fair pastor.
"Vell-m-I-I want to kit merritt"
ITO get married? Very well, 1 can
marry you," said the ministries, en-
couragingly.
90! but I got a girl alretty," was the
discourteous reply.-Brooklyn Life.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-17
Safe BETTING.

A Durham farmer vas travelling to
London to consult a lawyer, when the
fear struck him that ne had left GER
tain important papers behind. He hur-
riedly searched his bag.
eff I did leave those papers," he re-
morked, I'm a fool"
The search proceeded, and a moment
later he said:
81 believe it'll urn out that I'm a
fool"
Just as he was examining the last
bundle of papers he exclaimed:
"I believe it'll turn out I'm a fool"
A man on the other side of the COM
partment lowered his newspaper for a
moment and said, slowly and deliber-
ately:
"Oblige me, sir, by laying a little
money that same way for melon
don advance.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-17
ALL LINES PROsPERED.
Farmers and StOckmen Sharers Il
BETTER Tjmes

Farmer and StOckmen Sharers I'm
Better Times.
The var 1900 was a prosperous one
for the business men of Huron and
Beadle county, and also for the farm
ers and stockmen; in fact, every line
of business and all industries show sat-
isfactory increases over the previ-
Gus year.. There was a marked i'm
provement in the lumber and hardware
trades. Many farmers erected large
n substantial barns and improved
their residences, while in Huron and
towns throughout the county building
improvements were more and better
than during the year before.
The creamery and cheese industry
has advanced many points, and patrons
of these institutions are much pleased
with their eturns. In general mer-
camille lines reports indicate an i'm
provement, and particularly in better
grades Of goods. Merchants say their
e increased and cash collections
were exceptionally good. Besides cam
ceiling old accounts, people generally
paid cash for their purchases, and a
fewer number asked credit.
Loan companies report the demand
for loans very moderate, and sums
asked for are small, scarcely ever ex-
ceeding $500; bank deposits increased
n new accounts were opened with
scores of farmers and others, who here
tofore did no banking business.
Real estate men also enjoyed a good
harvest, but are anticipating a marked
increase for the present year. Land
transfers were numerous and mostly to
actual settlers at fair prices. City
property also changed hands and at
prices in advance of those Of the pre-
vious year. There are a number OF
new buildings contemplated for the
coming season, and the outlook for
another prosperous year is decidedly
Encouraging. If it should no more than
hold the pace set in every line during
1900, the present year will be n OF
marked Improvement, but the indica-
lions are that it will be one of the
greatest in the history of the country.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-17
BOERs DRIVEN BACK.
y Make Futile Assaults ON Two
G~arrtaOna.

ley Make Futile Assaults on Two
GarrisOns.
Pretoria. Jan. Is. - A commando a
Pusand strong attacked Kaalfontein
Pterday morning. The garrison, num-
ing l15 men, mostly Cheshire
unted infantry, made a plucky and
fntific defense. The British main
ped a six-hour bombardment from
guns and a Martini and a Maxim
Pid-ire gun, and repulsed a deter
ned onslaught by the Boer rifemen
Fhout sustaining a casualty. The
ers lost heavily. They crept In the
g grass to within forty yards Of the
tisn trenches, but were driven back
the accurate and heavy rife fire Of
defenders. Numbers of Beers were
n 10 fall. After the attack had been
pulsed Gen. Knox, with the Second
galry, arrived in time
To Head the Beers on
IN the southwest, in which direc-
= they We're ~retreating, and he drove
m to the northeast toward Tiger
Prt, where they may fall into the
nos OF a British mounted infantry
Zee.
AIRY yesterday morning a force of
ooers alta ked Zu~urfontein, but
We're driven of and Joined those
hcking Kaalfontein. Col. ROCKFORD
lVed at Kaalfontein with an ar
req train from Pretoria in time to
the boers In full retreat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-17

Charitable and Penal Institutions
Edgerton, Lawson, Johnson (Minneha-
ha,) Few, Hall, Vance, Wilkes.
School and Public Lands-LeClaire,
varnum, Williamson. Gregory, Ben
nett, Williams, Bell.
observation-disclosures, Edgerton,
Sites, Stewart, LeCraft, Varnum, Ed
wards, Rowley, VanWoert.
Legislative Expenses-Mauch, Cahill,
Cooper, Lewis, Hall.
Highways, Bridges and Ferries
Johnson (Hamlin.) Overseth, Stoddard,
Sites, Stillwell.
Temperance-Gilmore, Leach, Edger-
ton, Englesby, Jenkins. Burke, Sweet,
Johnson (Hamlin,) Wilkes.
Northumberland, Gregory, Johns
ton. Cooper. Burke. Parks. Johnson
(Hamlin.)
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-17
REPORTS.

ondon, Jan. Is. - Gen. Kitchener
shy reports to the war office the fact
night has occurred at Kaalfon-
ne places the British casualties
TWO Killed and four wounded. He
Z tnat Beers attacked Zeerust and
repulsed. and reports skirmishes
sehekal and north of Krugersdorp.
further says that three agents OF
peace committee were captured by
p'lh burghers and taken to Gen.
ets lager. near Lindley. One of
committeeman. a British subject,
hogged and shot. and the other
VINO We're Beers, were logged by
Dewet's order.
ioHlcial Pretoria advices report
.ne Beers have cut the railway at
tliohtein and destroyed the stations
{ and at Kaalfontein.
TO Drive Out Invaders.
Town, Jan. ia flying COL
being formed in the districts
Ceeen the eastern and western lines
ailway. This column will be en-
ged In aiding the regular forces In
ring the Colony OF invaders.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-17
YOU HAVE CHILDREN.
Then, of Course, You Wish Them to
BE Well Bred-SOme Things They
Should BE Taught,


Little children should be taught not
to sit sideways or on the edges of
chairs, or to lean back in them, or to
put their elbows on h table.
They should not be permitted to play
with bread or stray silver, and should
be taught to wipe their little mouths
both before n after drinking, M not
to drink until they have swallowed
what they may be eating.
Dc not allow the little ones to turn
up their glasses or mugs to their noses
while drinking.
Show them how to break a potato
with a fork; how to carry a fork to
the mouth. Teach them to take soup
quietly from the side of the spoon.
Watch them and see that they do
not put their spoons and forks too far
into their mouths, and that they do not
crowd the mouth with food.
Little children are great mimics, and
after they have been once properly
trained in table manners, commit few
er breaches of etiquette than their eld-
ers.-Home Chat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1901-01-17
THE DUTY OF MOTHERS.

What suffering frequently results
from a mothers ignorance; or more
frequently from a mothers neglect to
properly instruct her daughter
Tradition says woman must suf-
fer" and young women are so taught.
There is a little truth and a great deal
of exaggeration in this. If a young
woman suffers severely she needs
treatment, and her mother should see
that she gets it.
Many mothers hesitate to take their
daughters to a physician for examina-
ton I; but no mother need hesitate to
write freely about her daughter or
herself to Mrs. Pinkham and secure
the most efficient advice without
charge. Mrs. Pinkham's address is
Lynn, Mass.