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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
"A VENTILATOR SHAFT.
Modification Of . Splendid Idea sus-
sested Not Long AGO by the Kan-
sas Experiment Station.

The experience Of some dairymen
reminds me of a story blacksmith used
to tell Of an acquaintance of his, who
said that he stabbed his horses in a
barn so open that you could throw a
cat through it anywhere, they never
had anything the matter with them;
but after awhile he felt able to build
more to his notion, and in the new
building the frost covered the inside,
and his horses always were in diff
eulties.
Well, it is the old story-so long as
the COWS are stabbed in the open shed
and are reasonably cared for, no
trouble is experienced, but when they
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
Device for Spraying Roots,

A root sprayer is one of the newest
additions to the spraying outfit. This
simple appliance is a bent tube, sharp
ened at the point and perforated. it
is used to reach in among the roots of
trees or vines, so as to force the spray
ing mixture to those parts that can
not otherwise be reached. It can
be attached to any force pump or
sprayer. The destruction of aphides,
worms, etc., that work deep in the
ground is a matter that is more i'm
portant than may, be supposed, as fire.
quently trees die when they are ap-
parently healthy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
= ITO Be Continued
Not to BE Done.

A Scotsman was walking along Ira
falger square one day, when he stopped
in front Of the national gallery Seeing
a number Of people going in, Scottis
walked in too. He was surprised te
find he had nothing to pay, it being /
free day" After passing the turn.
stiles. however, he was asked to hand
over his walking stick. Nae fear" he
replied, cautiously. 81 thought there
was some doc Cheat chen sc got II,
free! He gave q wink at the attendant
and walked out Little ChronialA ri.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27

liberate aim at a white envelope which
James had pinned against the trunk of
tree about 80 feet from where she
stood
Five reports followed ore another in
rapid succession.
Good! Wonderful" calculated the
major, ''she hit it four times out of five.
I have no iGea.' and as he said this
Gochard's tone lost part Of it's en-
thusiasm, Il have no idea where she
acquired her skill. She always laughs
mysteriously when I ask her. It was
while she lived in the west, however, I
am sure. Often she let's slip little allu-
sions to ranch life and hunting on the
plains"
Blanche made no RESPONSE; there
was confidential note in her guardi-
ans voice which strongly appealed to
her sympathy. It shocked her sensi-
tive idealistic nature to have him &C.
init that there were pages in his wife's
history which even he had not been al
lowed to read. They saw Mrs. Goddard
toss the revolver on the grass toward
the attendant and turn into the house.
A moment later she passed through
the hall and went up the stairway to
her own apartment.
There is one thing can not quite
forgive in her, dear Blanche" And the
major caught the soft tapering hand of
his ward and led her back to the fire.
"She married me. She must have been
Influenced to become my wife by the
fortune she knew possessed. She be-
trays that in a good many ways. She
was ambitious; but persons born with
craving desires are not to blame for
having them, and so try to overlook
this fault in her. Being poor milliner.
who came in contact with the rich lust
far enough to want to have means, it
must have been temptation to her to
marry man with money. I don't saw
that she does not love me. for really
think she does. should I've very mis-
cradle if she did not
my poor guardian" said Blanche,
tenderly. "You deserve so much. You
ought to have all things that belong to
good men. have been very unhappy
ever since you told me of your financial
loss. You said, 1 think, that my money
was safe?''
Perfectly. I saw to that. 1 remem-
bered your fathers Last words of CON
fidence in me and never have taken
the slightest risk with your interests.
Your fortune is as secure as if it We're
in the Bank of England, and the en-
tire amount is earning a good rate Of
interest," II =
'But I have no use for so much
money said the girl, almost pleading
~, "and Iwould be SO glad if you would
take what you need of it, r. ~ +.
The major flushed at would be a
cowardly thing to do, and it would call
forth much criticism; no, your money
is yours; your father saw that ] was
sufficiently repaid for my services, be-
sides, nothing less than your entire
fortune would give Jeanne all she
Graves. She did not sleep wink last
night. ! heard her walking constantly
from the moment she retired till dawn.
I went to her door twice and raped,
but she would not admit me. Some
times ] am afraid, and the major
touched his broad forehead signifi
5cantly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
New Use for Butter Color.

The oleomargarine color was invent
ed to make oleomargarine look like
real b,xter, and is used to make all
sorts and conditions of butter look like
Jersey butter to make two per cent.
milk look like Jersey milk. All Of these
and other frauds on Jersey milk and
It's products we are familiar with, but
! daily newspaper from the eastsprings
i new one 1on US. It declares that by
the skillful use Of 'butter-colorn Mis-
sissippi catfish are now converted into
Columbia river salmon, cut up, canned
and seld s. such. Jersey Bulletin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
How to build Stable Floors.

Stable floors should have no space
beneath to fill up with filth. prefer
to have the walk behind the cows paved
with blocks similar to the pavement
OF city streets. 1t is not only very du
rable when put down in clay. but is
also preferable to plank, or c~:nent,
from the fact that cows never slip on
it in passing in or out of the stable,
which they very often do on floor.
made of those substances. The plat
form on which cows stand is USUALLY
made of plank, although some prefe,
having that part of it at cows forefeet
and about two-thirds of way to gutter
composed Of earth. It will usually be
better to have this platform slope
about two inches to the rear, and it
should be about six inches higher than
the walk behind. Prof. H. Snyder,
Minnesota Experiment. Station.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
BRIDGE OVER FARM BROOK

BRIDGE OVER FARM BROOK
soiled, with consequent trouble at milk
ing time. It hardly pays to build
regular modern bridge, however; it
costs too much and is not durable
enough, especially under such condi-
tions as usually exist in pasture
streams. Rather should the simple
affair be resorted to shown in the illus.
tration. Stout posts are set at an angl.
against each other, thus bracing one
another perfectly, and over these are
laid rough logs, the remaining space
being filled in with dirt. Grass will
soon grow over all, and keep the soil
from washing, and this will add to the
attractiveness as we'll as durability OF
the bridge. Such bridge can be built
strong enough to drive over with heavy
loads.-F. o. Sibley, in Ohio Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
HOw's ThiRY

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure:
F. J. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known F. j.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, O.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
HOW TO BRIDGE BROOKS.
Description of a Simple and Inexpen.
sive Plan That Answers All
Ordinary Purposes.

Many farms are cut up by one OF
more small streams, the majority od
which flow through pastures and have
to be crossed by cattle morning and
night. Unless THE necessary "fords"
are bridged, there is pretty sure to be
muddy crossing, and in that case cows
are liable to get their udders badly
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27

Diplomacy.
Father-You need expect nothing from
me when die.
Son (spendthrift)-I don't. That's why
L try to get all l can out of you while you
are alive.-Judge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27

There are always lot of people willing
20 pay little something to have their preju-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
A Strong Mans Secret.

One of the strongest men recently stated
that the secret of bis wonderful power was
perfect digestion. Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters makes digestion perfect, and cures
al complaints arising from weak stomach,
such as indigestion, biliousness and all liver
and nerve tonic it is marvellous It is recon-
mended by physicians. and sold by every
druggist in the country. Try it also for ma
laria, fever and ague.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 322 Third
Ave, n, Minneapolis, MINI, Jan. 6, 1900.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
One C0aN.

Bll-Did you ever know an amateur
fisherman to tell the truth?
,Jlll-Oh, yes; l heard one tell another
that he was iar.-What TO Eat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27

To Cure a 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, 1901-03-27

Don't whistle; it takes the attention of
the people from their own affairs in won
oerlhg what tune you are trying to hit
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27

Examine trees recently planted, and
il the wood is not plump, prune them
in closely, as shriveling proclaims the
roots unable to supply somuch top.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27

Il shouldn't work so hard" protested the
gold brick solicitor, 'if other people didn't
work SO hard!'-Detroit Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
Moro ENoo41->

Mrs Henpeck-If thought my husband
drank, would take Ratchet, and
Mrs. Asken-Smash the saloons?
Baltimore American.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-03-27
When You Buy Ink

WIFI 1Ou Duy INK
get Carriers and you will get the best every
time. Inklngs" free. Carriers Ink Co.,,
Boston.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
KEEPING THE DUCKS QUIET.
Some Flocks Wear MuzzIes to Still
Their Noisy Quackinq.

A baggageman on the Santa Fe who
runs into Kansas City from out in the
western part of Kansas has lost lots OF
sleep. 1t is doubtful if he can never
catch up with it. He leaves Hutchin-
son at night and reaches Kansas City
in the morning. Nearly every night
he brings in his car two or three coops
OF live domestic ducks. During the
night when he has no baggage to de-
liver at small stations it has been his
habit and privilege to lie down IN an
improvised couch and doe. With the
advent of the ducks the doing stop
ped. The almost constant quacking
Of the ducks. who could not under
stand their strange environment,
would not permit of sleep.
For many nights as he lay awake
he planned relief. He thought of
strangling the ducks or of chloroform-
ing them. But neither expedient
seemed good. One night bright idea
came to him. After he had put it into
execution the ducks were silent.
The next night he had two coops If
unusually vociferous ducks. As soon
as it came time for sleep he wrenchej
slat from one of the coops, reached
in and pulled out duck. From his
pocket he took small rubber band,
which he slipped over the ducks hill
just back of the nostrils. The duck
tried to quack hut the rubber band,
while it stretched a little. would nor
permit the duck to open its bill far
enought to use its tongue. Only a
murmur came from it. On by one the
ducks were muzzled and the baggage
man rested comfortably.
The commission men were surprised
next morning when they received a
lot of ducks with rubber bands around
their bills and when the bands were
removed the shouts of protest fror!
the ducks were observation-disclosures
City Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
RETURN OF AN OLD FRIEND
Fish Story That Comes Arrayed in .
Familiar Setting.

about the queerest fish story !
know of, said highly truthful look-
ing man-indeed, he was clergyman
happened to me at little lake Ia
Wisconsin, where | used to summer
with my family. One day my wife
was out in our boat with party of
friends. She was letting her hand
trail in the water, without thinking
about its shrinking effect, and when
she finally took her hand in her wed
ding ring was gone. The lake was
deep at that point, and, although we
made considerable effort to recover
the ring, it was not found. Naturally
it worried her good deal and the
next year she would not go back to
the same place. Nor did we go the
following year, but the third year we
went there again, and one day was
in the woods, about a mile from the
lake, with my boy, trying to get
shot at some denizen of the forest or
other. AS we went perring arounl
among the trees to get squirrel we
had seen | noticed something shining
on twig in tree about twenty-five
feet from the ground. / sent my boy
up after it and when he came back 1
was more than astonished to find that
the shining thing was Y y wifes we'd
ding ring.
How it ever got there was mys-
terry at first, but | was not believer
in fairies and that sort of things, so
began to investigate for material
causes. The top Of the trees had
deadened, and, with suspicion in my
mind, I sent my boy up to see wha5
signs might be above the green
boughs. He called down to me pres
emily that there were remains Of
fshhawk's nest in the forks of the
tree. and, putting this and that "
gether, came TO the conclusion thsg
the hawk had caught the fish that hal
gobbled up my wife's ring in the lake
and had taken ii to the nest for the
young hawks. They didn't care fO-
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
An old.world Ruin.

Here in the stiffness and the risea
night
Tread softly. for the dead are all
around;
These aged corridors no more re.
sound
With glad thanksgiving or with revel
light.
Here kings have walked triumphant in
mems sight;
Here poets have been acclaimed and
laurelcrowned;
And here have stood, accused and
fetter-bound,
Zealot and priest, and sage and ere
mite.
Here in forgotten nights of May the.
moan
OF lovers lutes awoke the echoing
stone,
Or voices hushed in fear spoke
solemnly;
And oft behind those moulded prison
bars,
Weary and sad from her captivity,
Some queen has breathed her longing
to the stars.
--R. Llewellyn in Smart Set.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
Racing Autos.

Edward Emerson, Jr., in Ainslee's.-
1T is a curious thing to see a racing
automobile in full career, its chauffeur
arrayed in leather cap and jerkin, with
black goggles over his eyes, bent for
ward so as to offer the least resist
ance to the wind. While rounding
curves at top speed he may be seen
leaning far inward so as to Offset the
effect of centrifugal force. The auto
mobile, it must be remembered, is I'M
provided with any means of counter.
acting the effect of centrifugal force.
When a railway rounds a curve the
inner rail is slightly raised so as to
incline the cars within that curve
The wheels are held on the trucks by
their flanges. With automobiles run.
ming around curves without inclines
as they mostly do, the centrifugal
force tends constantly to throw the
carriage from it's true course. This
force is counteracted only bt the fric.
ton between the tires and the ground
When the centrifugal force overcomes
this friction, as is bound to happen
on slippery roads, the equilibrium is
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
IN THE WRONG OFFICE.
Woman Seeks Advice About Her
Baby's Ailments.


Yes, DOCTOR remarked the agitated
young woman in the physicians office.
the dear little thing seems to be
teething, an he r:oals and whimpers
so pitfully, and, really, l don't know
what to do"
How old?" inquired the medical
man, soothingly.
He's just three weeks and two DAYS
old, and"
My" remarked the physician.
but that's pretty young for teething
to begin."
yes" she continued, land the poor
| little things hair is coming out so
dEeadfully, and
Hair coming outp' exclaimed the
doctor. my dear madam, are you
quite certain that"
"Yes," she went on, land if you so
much as touch his little face he snaps
at you so dreadfully, and"
Extraordinary" interrupted the
physician. Snaps, you say! Why,
there must
And have given him paragoric,
but the poor little thing doesn't seem
to be able to keep the stuff on his
stomach, and"
But that is a relic of barbarism,
to serve out huge doses of paregoric
to young"
And he won't even touch the milk
I give him in his little saucer, but
Madam, you give 3-weeks-old
young one milk in saucer?"
"And he does nothing but race from
one room to another, and jumping up
on beds!"
And he's so terribly anxious to
chew things-to sharpen his poor lit
| tie toofems, | suppose-that he has
eaten up two of my hats and pair of
Jacks slippers and four palm leaf
| fans and the leather bindings off two
volumes of Macauley's History of
/, England, and"
"Oh!" exclaimed the medical man, a
great light breaking in upon him.
Madam, my time is very limited. /
am very busy. Moreover, homeopathy
has not yet advanced sufficiently far
to render its practitioners capable of
diagnosing the teething difficulties of
fox terriers! There's a dog doctor in
the next block, four doors to the
riga. Good-morning, madam, goo
d morning."
did you ever hear of anything so
horribly rude in your life?" inquired
the young woman in telling her hus-
band of it that evening.
But her husband was rushing into
the parloI to look after the fox ter
rier pup, which was gnawing holes in
the leather couch and was scattering
the excelsior stuffing impartially
around the room.-Washingto Star.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
HOW SHE WASHED WINDOWS.
Novel Proceeding of Green Sweds
Housemaid in New York.

A neighbor was telling me about an
intelligent Swede he hired in IN in
telligence Office to do general house
work by the month. The first duty
assigned was washing the windows,
and mis- good wife had to show the girl
how to raise the sash, back out into
the cold world, sit down on the sill,
lower the sash into her lap and
manipulate the wet and dry rags All
of us are well accustomed to admire
the courage of the white-aproned,
white-capped maids who thus toll out
side the windows far above the street.
Some Of them make picturesque AMI
pretty pictures. Our Swede was not
unattractive. But presently, having
finished the street side of her window,
she proceeded in her own original way
to wash the room side; that is, she
simply reversed her position, sitting
on the sill with her body in the apart
ment and her feet dangling over the
sidewalk six stories below-New York
Press.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
A sLEEP-WALkER,s FEAT.
Guided Watchful Companions Over
PerlIous Paths in Perfect Safety.

can interesting case of somnam-
bulim is reported by NJ. Badaire
director of the Normal school at Blois,
France. 1t is accredited by Doctor
Dufay and printed in The Proceedings
of the Society of Physical Research"
writes DR.. R. Osgood Mason. in tine
Ladies' Home Journal. "Theophiie
Janicaud was pupil at the Normal
school, and in the month of July of
his second year he commenced to
walk in his sleep On one occasion
he got up in the night determined to
go fishing. His brother-in-law. NJ.
Simo1et, decided to accompany him.
but before starting he succeeded in
inducing him to alter his plans and go
and visit relative instead. Ac.
cordingly this was done. Janicaui
remaining fast asleep and undisturbed
by the barking dogs or the fatigue of
long walk. Finally he was ready 10
return, and on the way, coming to n
narrow and dangerous path close to
the river, his brother-in-law cautioned
him to go carefully in the darkness.
Janicaud, with some scorn, declared
that he could see the better of the
two, and to prove it asked Simonet if
he could see the match under his foot.
Simonet felt under his foot, and sure
enough there was the match. It was
a dark night, and besides Janicaud
was some thirty feet ahead of him and
had his nightcap drawn closely over
his face"
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
RUBBER HISTORY.
Man That Came With Columbus Saw
Haytans Playing Ball.

Haytians Playing Ball.
"The world was long time learn
ing the uses and value of rubber. For
two centuries after the Spaniards
saw the gum in the hands of natives
of the new world, it was little more
than a curiosity. Old Herra, who
went with Columbus on his second
voyage, make d knot OF an elastic bali
which was nodded from the gum of Il
tree. At their games the nude
Haytians made 1t bound high in the
air. The AZtecs were familiar with
the gum and called 1t ule, and from
them the Spaniards learned to smear
it on their coats to keep out the wet.
They had crossed the seas for gold,
and never dreamed of time when the
sticky milk the uncouth Indians drew
from strange trees would he worth
more than all the treasure of the
hills. ION February %, 1899, a ship
carrying a cargo of 1,167 tons Of
rubber valued at $2,210,0 sailed from
Para. for New York, leaving 200 tons
behind on the wharf) Jose, King of
Portugal, in 1855, comes down to us
as the wearer of pair of boots sent
out to Para to be covered with a
waterproof gum. Yet three hundred
years were to elapse before a Con-
necticut Yankee should make a pair
Of boots of rubber which would not
decompose. Dr. Priestly, author OF
work on Perspective now forgot
ten, recorded that caoutchouc (pro-
nounced 'kachook0 was useful in
small cubes for rubbing out pencil
marks--hence the name rubber. The
India linked with II refers TO the
savages who gathered II in the
Amazon wilderness. DR.. Priestley's
cubes were half an inch long and sold
for three shillings. or seventy-five
cents apiece. A stiff price, for the
finest rubber today is dollar pound
Its price for ten years has ranged
from sixty-two cents to $1.09. The
conversion of the gum to useful pur-
poses made but slow headway. The
first waterproof cloth in 1897 was the
work Of an Englishman. Il was tenta-
tive. and, Of course, II would not stand
heat. In 1923 Charles Macintosh. of
Glasgow. discovered naphtha, and.
dissolying rubber in ii. produced a
varnish which. when spread on cloth.
made 1t really impervious TO water
AS late as 1880 the importation of
rubber into England amounted only to
$4,000 pounds. In 1899 no less than
lo'O75,5S4 pounds were consumed in
that country, and the consumption in
the United States reached 81 sos, 1877
pounds. Most OF the rubber used in
the world still comes from equatorial
South America, and the forests where
the Indians gathered ule are as dense
today and almost as little known TO
white men as in the time OF Cortez."
H. r. Armstrong in Ainslee's.
Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1901-06-06
The Factory Whistles.

The night is rent with sudden hoar3e
alarms,
The dawn has barely tinged thu
winter skies,
And trails of smoke from grimy
chimneys rise,
Where labors bugles call world to
arms.
Through squalid streets the army
makes its way,
Childhood and age in one are blended
there.
No flush of hope the pallid faces wear,
AS bleak before them breaks the
barren day.
"They wage a weary war without
redress.
Their leaders false, they fight not for
their own.
Delight and hours of ease they have
not known.
Still to the strife their columns
slowly press"
John Curtis Underwood in Ain
slee's.