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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
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ATTRACTIVE SERVANTS,
.They Lend Dixnity to an Establi.n.
ment and Usually Are Loyal to
Their Mistress.

A neat, attractive looking housemaid
adds to the dignity of an establish
ment. Unless she is too far gone in
vanity she does her work better than
the discouraged homely girl. Attract
iveness is not a thing of eyes and hair
and features in general, but is an all
pervading expression of self-respect
and neatness. The slovenly girl lacks
true self-respect, and if she is willing
to open her mistress front door in
soiled apron and torn dress, it is very
evident that she has not a proper re-
spect for her mistress.
1t has been my good fortune, said an
elderly woman, to have always en-
ployed attractive servants. They are
more acaenable to discipline; they do
not have occasion to worry about their
looks, and are consequently more
cheerful. When the term "hired grip
shall have passed into disuse and the
maid of honor comes to her own; when
house service shall be relegated to its
true place in sociology and ethics;
when the duties upon which the we'll
being of ourselves and many whom we
cherish depend are elevated to the vo-
cation of the saleswoman who ''has
hours, then will there be inaugurated
a reform against barriers that are
none the less because Invisible. When
the maid of the household shall be one
of the household in a sense of mutual
sympathy and interest; when her COM
fort and welfare may not be unworthy
the eye or thought of her employer,
then will there be finer loyalty and
perchance a better service.-Chicago
Post
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
SHRINKAGE OF GRAIN.
Results of Elaborate Exnor,mon+. ..
Various Experiment Stations
Prove Instructive.

Wheat f1uctuates in weight accord.
ing to the dryness of the air. The
extent of this variation under ordi.
nary conditions does not exceed six
per cent, but where the grain is
taken from an intensely dry climate
to comparatively damp one the gain
may amount to Is per cent. Oats
stored in the fall lost in one instance
over three per cent. by the following
May, less than two per cent. in the
second instance and exactly two per
cent. in the third, and in the fourth
lost but seven pounds in 100 bushels
Corn, when the entire plant is stored
in the silo, suffers very considerable
loss in weight. AS an average of four
tests this loss amounted to S.32 per
cent. In other cases the loss varies
from 1857 to 1926 per cent. When
the entire plant is cured in the field
subsequent variations in weight are
determined by the dryness of the air.
At the Connecticut station, where
27.36 tons of corn were cut Septem-
Der into shocks, hauled to the barn
later and stored for fodder, the gross
weight was but 4.s tons. On Febru-
ary following the weight was rs
tons. In duplicate test 25.5 tons of
green corn weighed but SO tons on
November II and gained to s.5 tons
by February 8. When the corn is
husked in the field the loss of weight
suffered by the ears depends on their
condition when hauled to the crib.
Very damp corn cribbed early in o.
tober shrank in weight 80 per cent.
by the middle of February, while dry
corn cribbed October II had shrunk
by the last of January II per cent.
In another case corn very dry when
hauled shrunk by New Years less
than three per cent. At the Iowa sta
ton the loss in an entire year was 20
per cent. in one case and nine per
cent. in another. The relation be-
tween the weights of kernels and cob
does not stay constant as the ears
dry. When first husked fully Is per
cent. of the weight of the ears lies
in the cob. By spring less than 20
per cent. of the weight of the ear is
in the cob. An elaborate set of ex-
periments at Houghton farm showed
that the shelled corn lost in weight
but about 7.45 per cent. from Octo-
Der to March, while the cobs lost
fully Sc per cent.-D. C. Smith, Mich.
lgan Station, in Prairie Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
EUROPEAN ECHOES.

Germany pays $1,5oo,ooo a year for
Norwegian salt herring.
Italy exports 100000 tons OF marble
= year, valued at E42O,OOO.
A candle once extinguished may
never be relighted in an Austrian roy
al palace.
Only IL per cent. of those condemned
to death in France are eventually exc
cuted.
French people eat on an average 105
eggs a year apiece; English, IS; Ital-
ians only 4S.
Denmark's great family of brewers,
the Jacobsons, have given their coun-
trymen nearly ST., 100000 for scientific
and philanthropic purposes.
The seagoing vessels of the North
German Lloyd covered last year an ag-
gregate of 100000 nautical miles,
which is equal to 21s circuits of the
globe.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
STILL TALKING ABOUT IT.

Bryant, Mo-, Oct. 7th.-The case of
Mrs. M. A. Goss, continues to be the
chief topic of conversation in this
neighborhood. Mrs. Goss was cripple
for long time with Sciatica, she was
so bad she couldn't turn over in bed,
and for four months she lay on one
side.
She had tried every thing without
getting any relief, till at last she
heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills. She is
strong and we'll to-day, and has not a
single ache or pain.
Mrs. Goss says: III don't know if
Dodd's Kidney Pills will cure anything
else or not, but I do know they will
cure Sciatica for they cured me, and
there couldn't be worse case than
NINE"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
IRRIGATION IN INDIA
The System in Vogue II Crude But Ell
1ective and Adapted to Local
Conditions,

/. In India simple yet effective method
OF irrigation has long been in vogue.
but only recently has it attracted the
attention of foreigners.
The apparatus consists of a long,
clumsily fashioned balancing pole,
which is fastened at the middle to the
fork of tree. At one end of this
primitive balance, which is as stout as
an ordinary beam, is fixed another long
pole, the lower end of which is sunk
into we'll and carries a large vessel
made of baked clay. At the opposite
end of this pole are two coolies, who
are constantly in motion and thus
form living counter balance.
One after another they walk with
great strides over this narrow path.
way, passing with a mechanical yet
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16

that they thought her old and queer
in the long ago days when they were
themselves children.
Soon after the completion of the
the railroad from Des Moines to AL
bia in the autumn of 1879 the con-
tract for carrying the mails between
post office and trains at Pleasantville
was let to William R. Robertson, who
on account of poor health had given
up farming and moved into the vii
lage.
|, Almost from the beginning his wife
was obliged to carry the mails part
of the time, and soon, her husband
becoming confirmed invalid, the
task fell on her regularly. She not
only carried the mails but did her
own housework, and, until his death
about three years ago, cared for the
invalid husband. Mrs. Robertson was
born in Clarke county, Ind, in 1880,
being the youngest of Is: children,
all now dead except one brother liv-
ing in indianapolis. At her birth
she weighed only three pounds, but
grew to be a strong woman five feet
ten inches in height. Her mother
was a small woman, but her father,
Francis Hutchings, a farmer, was five
feet ten inches, and all of his IL sons
and three daughters were tall people.
Lucinda Hutchings and William r.
Robertson, who had known each 9th
er in Indiana, met again in Iowa and
were married in Davis county, that
state, IS years ago, moving to the
vicinity of PIeasantville about four
years later. Two daughters were
born to them, one still living in Des
Moines.
Mrs. Robertson has been a mother
to the people of Pleasantville for 40
years, nursing the sick, caring for the
dying, sympathizing with and COM
forting those in trouble.
She has great respect for Uncle
Sam, although he pays her only $500
q year for her faithful services. All
the property she owns is her little
home, worth less than $500. She is
getting feeble now. ''Some days."
she says, ''it seems as though I
never could drag myself and that old
wheelbarrow another STEP"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
DRAINAGE OF MARSHES,
Simple Method That Has Been Sue
ccssfully Tried ut the Wisconsin
Experiment Station,

In Holland it is no unusual thing to
drain marshes by means of windmills.
A very large area of lowlands is in
that country kept free from water by
the incessant action of pumps worked
| by windmills. In some cases the
canals are very long and are utilized
| by the assistance of a succession of
these engines. At the end of one canal
will be a windmill, the duty of which
is to pump the water into another
canal just little higher than the first.
| That canal carries the water to an
other, also ended by dam with a
windmill. The process is continued
| till the water falls at last into canal
that takes it to the sea.
At the Wisconsin experiment sta
ton there has been a somewhat SINH
lar system in operation for num-
Der of years. A piece of land several
acres in extent was formerly covered
with water, being below the level of
Lake Mendoza. The authorities at the
station ran dixie across the part of
the swamp near the lake and dug a
ditch on the lake side as well as on
the land side. Near the middle of this
dixie "sump" was dug. A stump is
reservoir for holding drainage water.
Into this stump bitches drain the water
from the swamp. Between the stump
and dixie windmill was erected and
pumping connections placed. The plan
worked and still works to perfection.
The windmill easily keeps the water
drained out of the stump, and into the
stump the swamp drains itself nat
ura.ly.
Prof. Henry told the writer that
he was warned not to attempt the
reclamation of this land. Opponents
of the scheme argued that if the water
were once pumped out of the sump
it would quickly seep back again from
the lake-that in fact this seepage
would be so extensive along the hun
dreds of feet of dixie that it would
render his work futile. But he knew
better, having before him the example
of like operations in other countries.
The event proved the method right
There has been practically no seepage,
| and for much of the time the windmill
is idle, natural processes of evapora-
ton taking care of all surplus water.
Last week when the writer visited
the stump, the windmill was still, and
the ground was dry, while only little
distance away the waves of Lake Men
dota beat on the soil. The scheme has
in it great possibilities, and is certain
ly applicable where land is high in
price. Moreover such land is frequent
ly very rich in plant food,
In addition the irrigation of such
land in drought is simple, requiring
! only comfortable siphon from the
lake.-Farmers' Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
How Plants Absorb Water.

Water is absorbed by the roots
and undergoes a very slight change;
matter from the cells of the tree is
added (as sugar, in the maple) and
it is then denominated t'sap."~ It
passes from cell to cell upwards,
through the sap-wood, until itreaches
the leaves. The cells being separate,
and not continuous tubes, it is con
veyed from one to another through a
great number, Of partitions; in the
Eastwood, for example, where the
CELLS are very long, it passes about
1000 partitions in rising foot
Farmers Review. .2... u z@<Ss 3 sss5s
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
Plants Must Have Leaves,

Plants cannot live without leaves,
and when such pests as thistles and
sassafras abound it is only necessary
to keep them cut down to destroy
them. It is true that some farmers cut
them down frequently, and yet they
continue to grow, but they live because
they get breathing spells; that is, the
farmer allows them to grow some be-
fore he cuts them down again. They
must be cut down close to the ground
and again chopped off as soon as. they
make the least growth. They may ap-
pear vigorous and full of life, but soon
err or later they will be suffocated and
perish, as they cannot live without
leaves.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
How to Clean Fine Laces.

At the present time, when lace is
30 much in vogue, the expense of
keeping it clean is quite burden to
the girl with small means. Her bur-
den may be lightened. A simple way
of cleaning soiled lace is to spread it
out on paper, cover it with calcined
magnesia, put another paper on top
of it and press it between the leaves
of book. Leave it for a day or two
and then shake out the magnesia,
when the lace will be found looking
fresh and clean. This is mode of
cleaning which may be practiced on
the most delicate and valuable lace
without the smallest fear of injuring
it.-Chicago News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
Mysteries of the Soil.

The mysteries locked up in the soil
are only slowly, being made plain.
Year by year, decade by decade, CEN
fury by century, the work goes on.
In all civilized lands are scientists
applying themselves to the problems.
Chemists, botanists, biologists and
biologists all find in this quarter
room enough for their labors. And
the farmer has need of all this kind
of help he can get. To nearly every
cultivator of the soil to-day, as in the
past, the thing he cultivates is an un-
known factor. He knows it is sandy
or clayey, wet or dry, rich or poor,
but those things are but the begin
ming of wisdom. ~- 9
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
Intelligent Crop Rotation.

An intelligent crop rotation should
always be- selected and vigorously ad.
hered to upon every farm, but no iron
rule can be laid down that will apply
to all cases. However, some crop OF
the leguminous family should as rule
come into crop rotation once in five
or six years, as it possesses the power
OF restoring the fertility to the soil
in a degree that no other crop does.
Most leguminous crops are paying in
themselves and they aid greatly in
keeping up the nitrogen supply in the
soil, without going to tie expense Of
buying it in commercial fertilizer
Some varieties of clover, COW peas, sofa
beans, etc, will usually succeed well
enough to warrant raising.-Agricul.
9urist Epitomist @s. Il. Z
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
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FAITHFUL OLD WOMAN.
For Twenty-One Years She Has Car
ried Mail In Wheelbarrow from
Station to Town.

Four times daily for 21 years, sum-
mer and winter, day and night, in
sun and rain, in snowstorms and
.sleet, has Mrs. Lucinda "A. Robertson
pushed her, wheelbarrow along the
Gathering: hoard walks of. !. the quiet
little farming village of Pleasant
vile, Ia, from the station to the
post Office, distance of half mile.
Young mothers sitting with their
babes under the cherry trees these
drowsy summer afternoons watch the
old mail carrier go by, remembering
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
HANDY WAGON RACK.
One Farm and Is Still Com
sidered Excellent.

The cut shows hay and grain wa gon
so years ago by my father, Thomas
Atkeson. I have never seen one like
it except on that farm which I now
use and cultivate. The lumber bill is
as follows: Two ash scantlings 4x5
inches IA feet long, 4 pieces 2%x12
So feet long, cut in curved piece, as
shown in cut, so as to be 4x2h inches,
four 1x3 Is feet long. The structure
should be put together with screw
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16

in marble for future generations.
From an art standpoint Edward is not
an inspiring model, but the selection
of Miss Beveridge for the task from
the hundreds of applicants means that
in the Judgment of the greatest art
critics of England in less than ten
years the little Chicago girl has become
the foremost woman sculptor in the
world.
Chicago ability coupled with Chicago
pluck makes a combination not easily
beaten or discouraged.
And this is not the first of Miss Bev-
eridge's triumphs. She has repeated.
ly exhibited at the Paris salon and won
countless medals.
Miss Beveridge was Robins favorite
pupil in Paris, and he always prophe-
sled that she was destined to climb
high in the art world.
Music, art, literature, whatever you
will, it seems as if one would always
find Chicago girl somewhere in the
lead.-Chicago American.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
KUEHNE BEVERIDGE.
Girl Artist Who Has Climbed from
the Very Bottom to the Very
TOP in Ten Years.

Ten years ago Kuehne Beveridge, a
young Chicago girl, started one morn
ing in San Francisco by herself and ap-
piled for admission in the clay model
ing class at the Cogswell institute. It
wasn't a very ambitious class, hardly
more than the usual kindergarten
work, rather to amuse older children
than to teach much art.
But all there was to learn this young
girl learned, and in a few weeks far
outstripped her teacher. Then she
started at home by herself and worked
ten and IL hours day in her tiny
studio.
A few weeks ago, just ten years after
her plucky San Francisco start, she
was commissioned by King Edward of
England to sculpt his pudgy features
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
AAa&asEASSNl WX\N
MRS. SADIE E. KOCH.


81 suffered for months with
troubles peculiar to women which
gradually broke down my health and
my very life. I was nearly insane
with pain at times, and no human
skill I consulted in Milwaukee could
bring me relief.
my attention was called to Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound the first bottle brought re-
lief, and the second bottle an absolute
cure. 1 could not believe it myself,
and felt sure it was only temporary,
but blessed fact, have now been well
for year, enjoy the best of health,
and cannot in words express my graf
itude. Sincerely yours, SADIE E. KOCH,
1874 10th st., Milwaukee, Wis."-s50oo
forfeit if aboue testimonial is not genuine.
Such unquestionable testimony
proves the power of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound over
diseases of women.
Women should remember that
they are privileged to consult
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
about their illness, entirely free.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
USEFUL WAGON RACK.

bolts of proper length. A little study
of the cut will enable any man handy
with tools to make it. 1t has the ad-
vantage of being level the full length
of both sides with a tendency of the
load toward the center. After many
years of use I am sure no better rack
has ever been constrlcted.-T. C. At
keson, in Orange Judd Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
His Deceiving Ear.irht.

She-I thought that Rev. Mr.. Cross
roads was expecting call to G city
church. sf ..@~ 8 !
He So he was, but after the mem-
bers of the city church heard his
trial sermon they came to the CON
clusion that he had missed his call
ing. Smart Set. =* 4s5 S.. #
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
Just ImaxinerfHs II.

- -. JUST 1md81ne II.
x First sMormon-Elder. zThompkins
should be supremely happy to be the
proud husband of three such lovely
wives. = i: :s#5s :. III =. -: -
Second Mormon :(thoughtfully)-
Ayel But I fear his is case Of too:
much mothers-in-law. Brooklyn
Eagle. p. =s$s :s :.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
The Latest Thing in Boas.

A charming boa is made of large
white chiffon peoples, with yellow or
black chenille centers. These are set
on white net so closely that they give
the effect OF round ruche. Another
is composed wholly of roses in differ
ent shades Of pink and is bewitching
over white OF gandie gown. -v
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
- - -. r. -.
Hia Motif.

Gladys--Percy Gurgles bores that
oil magnate's daughter to death with
his attentions. ss.s $5s.5 Z..
Ethel-Ah-boring for oil, 80. to
eak.-Judge. Il z.S.i XII u.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16

Black Threads in White,
A quaint magpie gown recently seen
showed white honiton lace, with the
stitches uniting the braidwork of black
thread instead of white-a pleasing va
ration.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
Strange but Tru;

TT seems strange remarked the
observer Of Events and Things, that
the little brook murmurs, and yet the
river, with q large mouth, never Gays
u word. - Yonkers Statesman
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16

Women In baden Factories.
y In the fac tories OF Raden, Germany:
1926 Of the workers are women and
girls over 16.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16
MILWAUKEE People
q - = :Sss:7
Could Hardly Believe #. r, A
Prominent w oman Saved From
Death by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR MRS. ,P1NKHAM II suppose q
large number of people who read Of
my remarkable cure will hardly believe
it; had I not experienced it myself, I
know that should not.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16


if
and provided drawer beneath
andh be
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-10-16

CURE SICK HEADACHE.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-02-06

unable to agree, on e Thursday The
plaintiff testified that he was severe
y bitten by Mckay S dog, and scars
on his leg were shown to sustain his
testimony. The defendant main
tanned that his dog was not a vicious
one, and on the point Of his liability
the jury eventually failed to agree.
The case will therefore have to be
tried over again.
+ The appeal Of John Clark, Jr.,
from the decision of the dam APP
praisers, was given to the jury on
Friday evening, and verdict was
rendered the following morning,
fixing the damages to Clark S farm
at $500. Witnesses for the plaintiff
testified that the proposed lake
would cut his farm in two and cut
off his communic cation with the farm
south of the Redwood, except.by a
detour OF several miles. The plain
tiff sued for So, 800, but after look
ing the premises over, the jury took
into consideration possible benefits
from the Improvements as well as
damages, and rendered their verdict
accordingly.
The suit of G. Rain was OF a SINH
lar nature, except that the plaintiff $
property is all on the sodth side OF
the river. The verdict was given
in Monday morning, for $500, and
the jury discharged.
At this writing the case OF Fred
erickson VS.. Mccormick Company
is being tried before Judge Webber,
who adjourned to the Clerks office
after the discharge of the last jury.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1901-02-06
Sheriff's Execution Sale.

FINDER AND BY VIRTUE OF AN EX.
" eCutiOn issued out of and under tht
seal of the district court of the state of Min
nesota in and for the Ninth Judicial District
County of Redwood. on January 31St. 1870!
upon judgment rendered and docketed il
wherein the Mccormick Harvesting Mac hint
Company, a corporation. was plaintiff an
William McGuinneS was defendant IN favO
of said plaintiff and against aid defendant
for the sum of three hundred and four dol
ars and seventy nine cents (S304.79). whiC
Redwood county, been duly directed an
delivered. have levied upon and will sell
p bic auction to the highest bidder for cas-
at the front door of the district court nous
in the city of Redwood Fall in the count
of Redwood and State of Minnesota, on tt
23d day of March. 1901. at 10 O'Clock in tt.
forenoon of said day. all the right. title an
interest that the above named judgmer
debtor had in or to the real estate herein
after described on the 30th day of Deem
Der, 1891. that being the date of tre rend
ton and the docketing of said judgment j.
the Office of the clerk of district cour~
in and for said Redwood county
ment &c tor has since that day al
quired, the description of the property bein
as follows: The northeast quarter of II
southwest quarter (ne14 of sw4) of sectit
twenty-three (23) in township one hundre
2 nd twelve dip, range thirty-four ga
being in the county of Redwood and Stat
of Minnesota.
Dated at Redwood Falls, Minnesota, tn
31st day of January, 1901.
ALVIN SMALL
Sheriff of Redwood county, Minnesota
JOHN A. DALzELL. {
Attorney for Assignee of Judgment Cred
itor, Morton, MINI. 26-7