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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
THE EMPRESS DOWAGER.

absolutely no choice. regarding whom
or when she shall marry, and any ex-
preston of opinion or semblance of in
terest in a matter which so vitality con-
Germs her would be as sadly immodest
as to ruin her reputation. The mem
bers of her own family take no part
in the wedding ceremonies; usually
they are not present. She has sep
arated from them forever, and her re-
lationship is broken completely. She
is dressed by her mother and when
her toilet is completed and the ap-
pointed hour has arrived for the we'd
ding, large bag, made of red satin and
brilliantly embr oidered, is drawn down
over her head and shoulders to the
waist, where it is tied, thus complete
ly binding her and pinioning her arms
to her sides.
Meantime procession has come
from the house of the parents of her
future husband, headed by band of
music, and in which the most con-
spicuous object is a red sedan chair
the wedding chair-borne by four or
eight men. This chair is brought close
to the door of her room and she is half
led and half carried to seat in il.
The curtains Of the chair are closely
drawn so that not a ray of light can
enter. When she has been placed with.
in it the door is closed and locked by
The girls mother. Such cautions
are taken that the wedding chair shall
be tightly closed and no one given even
O. glimpse Of the inmate that, in hot
weather, at the end of the short Jour
ney a dead bride may be delivered to
the waiting groom, the poor girl hay
ing been suffocated.
The average Chinese old woman. be
she the wife of a boor or the consort
of&a prince, has one terrible weapon.
which long-continued exercise has rem
dered keener than atwo-edged sword,
and nimble~ beyond belief. In force,
volume, rapidity of action and general
nastiness it isprobably unrivaled upon
earth. Tt is her tongue. And when sll e
opens her. throttle valve, turns on a
full head of steam and allows it to play
at full speed the boldest warrior who
ever led armies to battle will, if he has
a morsel' Of discretion mixed with his
valor, take at once to his heels.;j One
able-bodied old Chinese woman would
have routed Wellington or Napoleon,
caused Grant to retreat and settled
the .Schley-Sampsoq controversy out,of
hand Hoston Transcript. =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
; CHINESE BABY BOY.
He II q Cunning Little Piece NJ I'm.
mantty and Happy a. the Day
IL Long.

isn't he cunning?'
I have an idea that that IL what
some of you will say when yo> sec
the picture of this cunning little Chi.
nese baby boy and his tiny mamma.
Did you ever see healthy, clean,
happy baby that was not cunning?
/ do not think that ever did. Thero
is something irresistibly charming
about baby, be it black or white,
yellow or red, and it is evident from
the look in her face that thu little
Chinese mother thinks that her baby
boy is ''just as sweet and cunning as
he can be-" It is to be hoped that
that is her opinion of him, for every
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24

child has the right to be loved by its
parents.
This little Chinese boy lives in
Santa Barbara, CAL, and he is an
American born boy. One will see
many more Chinese children in the
far west than in the east. There are
probably more Chinese children in
San Francisco's Chinatown than in
any eastern state; and it is very in
teresting indeed to see these little
yellow people in their own homes.
/ fancy that this little Chinese boy
and his mother are out for day, for
they evidently have on their "best
things" and they look as if they had
some pleasure in store for them. I
think that many of our American
mothers might envy this Chinese
mother her neat and comfortable
style of dress, although I am sure
that none of them would envy her
tiny feet, the smallness of which
must represent many years of SUI
fering.
Nothing in the history of the Chi
nese people represents more physical
suffering than their foolish and
wicked custom of binding the feet
of the little girls to make them small.
The boys escape this torture, and
they escape many other things that
make the lives of the little Chinese
girls very unhappy.
1t is pleasant to think that this
smiling little Chinese boy, who will
probably be reared in America, will
have happier and perhaps a better
life in our country than he would be
likely to know in the land of his IA
thers.-Detroit Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
MUSHROOM ON A TREE.
Remarkable, Especially, in That It
Grew Out from Under the Bark
of q Hard Maple.

A magnificent specimen of the Val.
varia Bombycina growing on one of
the trees in the yard of the Benjamin
harrison school attracted great
many people the other day.
This particular mushroom, aside
from being exceptionally large, was
remarkable in that it grew right out
from under the bark of large tree.
Had the tree been an old and decayed
one, the growth of the mushroom
would not have been so much out Of
the ordinary, but the tree is large
hard maple, and is in good condition,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
New Use for Dat Hulls.

Old as it is, the world is not too old
to produce rather more new and use.
full inventions each succeeding year
than any year before. Some of the
most commonplace waste materials,
that for years and years have lain in
disuse before the eyes of the public,
are constantly being taken up and
converted into useful products, thus
cheapening these necessities for the
public use. Now comes an inventor
with process for making paper from
oat hulls.>sThiss paper, it is claimed,
can be produced at cost of from five
to ten dollars less a ton. than that
from straw, at the same time being of
far better quality.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
Trees Have Long Lives.

! Information gathered by the Ger.
mansforestrycommision assigns to the:
pine tree 500 and ZOO years as the max
iimum, 425 years to the silver fir, 275 to
the larch, 245 years to the red beach,
.21o to the aspen, 200 to the birch, nc
to the ASH 145 to the elder, and 100 tc
the elm. The heart Of the oak begins
to rot at about the age of 800 years.
The holly oak alone escapes thisalaw,
it is said, and there is a specimen. Of
this aged 40 years in existence near
Aschaffenburg, in Germany. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
COAL FIELDS OF INDIANA.
The United States Geological SURVEY
Making Thorough InvestiEa- 81.
tiOns of Them.

The United States geological sur
vey is making some important eco
nomic studies in the region east of
the Mississippi river and particularly
in the coal field district in southwest
ern Indiana. The results of the in
vestigations will shortly appear, says
Washington report -
The area covered to date embraces
nearly 1000 square miles and in
cludes portions of Pike, Gibson, Van
derburg, Warrick, Spencer and Du-
bois counties. The survey has pre-
pared unusually accurate topographic
maps, showing not only the houses,
highways, railways, town and coun.
ty boundaries and drainage features,
but also, by means of contours, the
heights and shapes of the hills. The
geologic maps, which are being pre-
pared by M. L. Fuller and George II.
Ashley, will show the outcrop of the
"b1g" or Petersburg coal vein from
near the White river to the vicinity
of the Ohio. Its approximate eleva-
ticn above sea level will be shown
O0oAA ssAoAS9 Aoo OuoNAOP anu OOAAOc CAA
the surface, giving a basis FROM
which it's, depth below the surface
can be calculated at any point. The
locations of the mines are also
shown /. ! z%g#
The outcrop of the smaller coal
designated mo. z" by the Indiana
state survey, which occurs above the
Petersburg coal, will be shown in the
same MANNER as will also some of
the Goals beneath the latter. The
maps will be accompanied by an &C.
count Of the geologic history of the
region, by descriptions of number
of important drainage changes, and
by q detailed :. description of the
character and structure of the rocks,
especially of the coal. The maps de-
sscribed are the first sinstallmentaof q
series which will later be extended
westward into Illinois and southwark
ntossKentucky. =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
STORAGE IN CAVES.
when Properly Constructed, Apples
Will Keep Better In Them Than
in Cold Storage.

For storing fruit on the farm, moth
ing can equal a good cave. j. F. Rec
ord, one of the leading orchardists in
southwestern Iowa, built a cave seven
years ago and has found it can excel
lent place in which to store apples.
The cave was dug into a north hill
slope and the dirt removed with
spade and wheelbarrow. 1t is 16 feet
wide by so feet deep, and will hold
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24

rs the manager up-to-date?" "Up-to-
date! Why, he's just introduced game Of
plng-pong IN tie balcony scene in Romeo
and Juliet "-London Tit-Bits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
ENTRANCE TO APPLE CAVE.

two carloads of apples. The clay
walls need nothing to hold them in
place.
The roof is made of bridge plank
held in place by posts along the sides.
The plank are covered with dirt and
sodded over to turn the rain. Two
12-inch tiles at the top provide ventila-
ton. Rats have not bothered much.
A few got in, but were caught with a
wire trap. A fruit house 16 by 20 feet
is built in front of the cave. Double
doors open on the north, so that two
wagons can be backed in for unload
ing. There is an orchard and tim
Der on the south, so that hot south
winds have no chance to enter this
cave. Apples are stored in barrels,
which are kept off the ground.-Or-
ange Judd Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24

10, For forty years DR.. Fowler's Extract of
Wild Strawberry has been curing summer
complaint, dysentery, diarrhoea, bloody
yet failed to do everything claimed for it.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
The sw,ay&sIt's Done.

| my wife is going to fix up our house
! HOW'LL iii the az it," tssz5S1
, Get some hard beds and cut the IA
bic down to half-rations. "-TitrBits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
FertilixinE the Orchard

@There<is reason for believing that
the orchard needs fertilizing even
more than the ordinary field crops. A
part of the fertilizing element of the
latter is returned to the soil each year.
The plant food that is taken up in the
orchard is taken away from the soil
forever. None is returned to it. Ut is
estimated that in q single season an
acre of apple trees will draw from the
soil 40 pounds of nitrogen, IS pounds
Of phosphoric acid, and ~ pounds of
potash. These must be returned or
the productiyeness of the orchard will
be lost Prairie Farmer. 'tas'",
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
CHANGE OF LIFE.
Some Sensible Advice to W0'
men by Mrs. E. Sailer.

"DEAR MRS. PNKHAM: /
passed through what is known a.
change of life,' I had two years. SUI
fering, sudden heat, and as quick
chills would pass over me my appetite
was variable and I never could tell for
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
A.. IT. !Appeared to willie

"oh,4 mammal cried the little boy
who was s1nalsi;ng his first; visit to
the country, come quick and &, see
Uncle Reuben turn the cows. faucets
on."--Jldge. ,''''<''.'> s7st
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
Precau tfOn.

Ethel-May always hurries under cover
as soon as it begins to rain.
Believes She believes, with Napoleon,
that IN order to succeed one must keep tho
powder dry.-Judge.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
Eucn1yptu. and Mosuuttoe.

The eucalyptus will not live in the
winter where the tempera tire falls
more than degree or two below the
freezing point. Malarial fevers are
prevalent at times in marshy ground,
and mosquitoes breed in marshy
places. The eucalyptus, by reason of
it's rapid growth, absorbs so much wa
ter from the soil as to actually drain
marshes of superfluous water and de-
stroy the breeding pools of the mos
quito. Any rapidly growing tree
would do the. same service, though in
a less degree than the eucalyptus,
which is a more than commonly rapid
grower, but the Carolina popla would
We a good substitute.-Meehan's.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24

10 know mankind is easy; but to com.
prehend any one man or woman is impos-
sible.-Town Topics
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24

Stops the Cough
and works off the cold. Laxative Bromo
Quinine Tablets Price 25 cents.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
Remedy forPoison WV.

Take one-half pound of Lard; put
in basin o. the stove and add what
fresh bean leaves it will cover when
melted; let it cook until the
leaves are dry (any one can tell
when the strength is extract
ed by the appearance of the leaves);
then drain off and use the ointment
to rub the parts affected. Do not keep
on the stove where it would be hot
enough to brown the lard while cook
ing. Put in wide mouthed bottle or
something that will be alright, and
it will last for years. Of course, it
has to be made in the season of bean
leaves, and all the leaves possible
should be cooked into the lard.-N. Y,
Tribune-Farmer
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24

Two million Americans suffer the tortur-
ing panSs of dyspepsia No need to- Burdock
BLOOD Bltters cures. At any drug store.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-09-24
Carnegie's Literary Gift.

Andrew Carnegie, WIZ ssbought the
famous library belonging to Lord Ac.s
{ TOD, has pre- sent ca III toE JohnsM
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27
Helping state Road Work.

The annual report of Director Dodge,
of the office of Public Road Inquiries,
Agricultural Department. says that
representatives of the office visited
nearly all the States during the year
and made scientific Investigations re.
garding local condition. road materials.
etc. Several State legislatures asked
for and obtained assistance in framing
new road laws, Farmers organiza-
tions, farmers institutes. business or
ganizations, schools. colleges, etc. petit
toned for cooperation and advice and
all of them were accommodated as far
as the resources of the office permitted.
Never before. says the report. has
there been so much interest manifest
ed in the subject of road building, ana
more actual work In that line was
done last year than ever before The
object-lesson methods of teaching
practical road building, carried on for
several years, became so valuable and
were so highly appreciated that there
We're many calls for their extension.
To meet the constantly increasing de-
ihohto ioi pitNiiNdl
vice the director suggests the organza-
tion of two or three outfits of road
building machinery. including rock
crushers, screens, rollers, road graders,
etc. TO be used in illustrating actual
road construction. The road materials
would be cheerfuny furnished by the
local authorities, who would also CON
tribute the common labor teams and
fuel. This. plan would make the ex-
pense of building experimental and
sample roads very easy to be borne,
and would enable the Government.
with small expenditure, to accom-
pllsh much practical benefit. The dl-
rector asks that the appropriation for
the purpose be increased to about
$1,000 for each State and Territory.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27

though this may cause little more
trouble In teaching 1t to drink. At first.
new milk must be given. and fed direct
from the COW. II possible: IL not, warm
the milk before feeding. as 1t must
never be given cold. Be gentle in
handling the calf. 1t can be managed
much easier. Hold it's head down to
the milk, place hand In milk and in
sert the fingers In calf's mouth until
II gets taste of the milk. and In a
day or two It will learn to drink with
out assistance.
Feed all the milk that can be spared.
and make the change from new milk
to SKINNED milk gradually. A spoon
full of oil meal added to the milk Is
beneficial, and II any symptoms of
scours occur, a spoonful of -four, or an
egg mixed In the milk maybe given.
In feeding SKINNED milk 1t Is well
to add n pinch of soda frequently, to
may be fed. In few weeks give the
calf good, clean hay. or even straw,
but corn fodder is better when one has
1t. Oats and corn. either ground or
whole, may be fed night and morn
ing. At about four months of age
water may be substituted for milk
If it refuses to drink water when it is
offered, leave the water in the pen or
yard, and when it becomes very thirsty
the calf will drink.-Ella L. Layson,
in The Epitomlst.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27
why Teachers Arc Poorly Paid.

The words of wealthy man, large
giver to educational work, are thus re-
ported in a newspaper account of one
of his recent speeches: For the teach
er cannot be slave. She must think
and act for herself. On her depends
the training of the children of a free
people. She rocks the cradle of the
State. What profession is so noble and
so sacred? All honor to the teacher!'
On the same evening he entertained
at dinner the designer of his yacht,
while the teacher of his children dined
with them, as always, in the servants
ordinary. Besides being the sole em-
ployer of one teacher for his own little
ones he is trustee of great school and
has the deciding voice on the salary OF
the women who do the chief work in
it. On his payroll are teachers at
$3.50 year, in city where hall bed
rooms and board at 81 a week is not
considered high, though 1t is luxurious
for woman who would have bal
ance OF sos for a years expenditure
for clothing, books, car fare, amuse-
ments and everything else.
This gentleman In an interview on
salaries says I'VE want the best
teachers, but we don't propose to pay
50 where 81 will do" He is not Il
monster of cruelty or selfshness. He
is a genial, gracious citizen, generous
in various directions William Mean
drew, in the Worlds Work.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27
EpwoRTH LEAGUE MEETING TOPICS
March 2-The Joy Of ServIce--Psa. exxyI.
5, 6; Matt. XIV, 1873

Notice the conception of God In the
Psalms. lie Is no absentee overseer;
no king, enthroned in pomp, at an i'm
measurable distance from and beyond
his creatures. but the Good Shepherd,
the Plying Father, the Tender Nurse.
the Divine Healer. He is being OF
noble completeness; an active force,
ruling all things, knowing every link
and loop In the chain of life, so that
nothing is added unless by his per-
mission, nothing taken away unless
his eye sees It and his intelligence
knows and weighs 1t. He dries the
tears of grief. upholds the banner OF
the true, pities the erring. and in
spires the struggling.
The impartial rewards Of the king
dom. Be II one talent, or be 1t ten,
If we should truthfully say, 1--WE have
worked night and day over this busi-
ness, we have toiled our best, but 1t
seems to have come to naught," God
assures us that our heaven will be
just as sure; but he does more. He
tells us that it Is impossible for us to
do our best in the Gospel sense of the
term without our exertions ending In
honorable issues. The period of toll
and trial and weeping may seem long
and severe, but the glory will be pro-
portionately great.
Think of the apostle Paul. Through
quarter Of a century he toiled. The
Judaizers bounded him from city to
city. Now they mobbed him; now they
beat or stoned him. Often he went
hungry. scantily clothed or in great
stress of difficulties. His churches Of
ten seemed to be falling to pieces his
anxiety for them was agonizing. He
was imprisoned; he was shipwrecked,
and finally beheaded. Truly he went
forth weeping as he bore the precious
seed of the Gospel. But hear his note
after note of triumph; see how the
Gospel he preached has filed the
earth hear America, Europe. Asia, AT
rica, and the isles of the sea shout his
praises; read his burning words, and
glorify God for such life. So our
reward is sure. We may not be as
great as Paul, but the same God is
behind us, and the same principles die
tate our reward. Do your duty. trust
God. and you will surely be rejoiced
with the well done, enter into the
joy of thy Lord"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27
New Use For an Ice Breaker.

"The attempt to reach the North pole
with Russian icebreaking vessel has
been abandoned" remarked Tenter-
hook.
II didn't know that such an attempt
had been made" said Hammersmith.
That's because you don't keep up.
This happened some time ago"
"Then that's the reason. | knew of
1t at the time, doubtless, but dismissed
it from my mind. You see, Tenter-
hook" Hammersmith went on, my
mind is not like yours, n receptacle for
all sorts of unimportant information.
It's you who don't keep up, not l..
Forget a few things"
much obliged, I'm sure, for your
kind words. But it seems a pity that
vessel of great cruching power should
fail to do the work expected of it,"
"Oh, that's all right. The ship will
still be of use."
"HowY
''In winter 1t can keep the ice in one
Of the Russian harbors pounded up.
and in summer 1t can be used to break
off the final jagged syllable OF Russian
proper names. s."-Pittsburg Gazette.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1902-02-27
Shingles and shinEle Nails.

| wish to say just word on the sub
ject Of sh!ngling. Farmers and stock
men, from the nature of their occupa-
tlons, require, large, commodious
barns, sheds, pens, coops, ETC. All
these buildings must be covered with
some cheap, effective, water-tight ma
terlal, and wooden shingles, taking
the country as whole and conditions
that generally prevail, are esteemed
most practicable for the purpose The
best cedar shingles are the most eco
nomical in the end, as they can be laid
much faster and are far more certain
to make n tight roof than the cheaper
grades containing knots that are most
sure to give trouble, sooner or later.
Buy the grade marked Extras" and
do not begrudge the 'extra" cost.
Now comes very vital point, name
ly, the kind of nail to be used to fasten
the shingles. This matter has received
very sure and practical demonstration
in this section of the country. Never
use wire nail of any description. Be
sure to employ cut nail every time.
proper size; not a steel cut nail. The
wire nail will not stand the moisture
conditions which prevail on a roof. 1t
is slim. rapidly corrodes under damp
ness, and very often will drop shingles
that have been laid less than five years,
shingles that have not seen one-third
their period of usefulness. This makes
it very expensive, and know of many
losses of this kind that are to be traced
to the use of the wire nail.
The steel cut nail, while vastly better
for the purpose than the wire, is very
inferior to the iron nail Steel cor
rodeS much faster than iron. This has
been demonstrated beyond a shadow of
doubt in the case of steam boiler
tubes, as well as with roof coverings
l myself recently was working on an
old roof, removing old shingles that
had been laid thirty years, and replac-
ing them with new ones. This roof
was shingled with the oldfashioned
iron nail, and this nail was tough and
strong, necessltating much effort in
taking off the old shingles.
This matter Of shingle nails is no
notion Of mine, and l cannot empha-
size it too strongly, as have seen the
wire advocated but short time since
in certain newspaper article, where
as 1 positively know that to use a wire
nail in shingling will invariably result
in financial loss.-M. Sumner Perkins.
in the Country Gentleman.