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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
GLIMPSES OF MANY: LANDS.

In Europe $40 murders are com
mitted every year.
Less than 900 white people reside in
English West African colonies.
The Russian mercantile marine con-
sists of 745 steamers and 1928 sailing
vessels.
Organized laborers: to the number
of 1000 are employed by the diamond
dealers and jewelers. of Amsterdam.
Valletta, Malta, being midway in the
Mediterranean, between Gibraltar and
Port Said, imports more than half a
million tons of coal for the use of pass
ing vessels.
Owing to the greatnumber of crimes
committed by wandering gypsies, the
Rouma MIA minister of the interior has
drafted a providing that every tribe
must settle in the locality in which
it may happen to be on the day the
new law comes into force.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
CROSS SECTION OF HoTBED.

for in this climate the tomato seed
should be sown during the latter
part of December or the first of JAM
uary. The location of the beds should
be selected with the object in view
of affording some protection from
the cold north winds, and the south
ern side of shed or barn is an adj
mirable location.
For ordinary use a hotbed Is feet
long and 6 feet wide is sufficient, for
after the plants are nicely started
they may be transplanted to the cold
frames. A bed nine feet long and six
feet wide should terminate enough
tomato plants for an acre of ground
These beds may be constructed at
very little expense. The soil should
be excavated to depth of about
three feet, and the sides may be built
up with boards one or two inches
thick. This is not an absolute neces-
sity, but the boards check the radia-
ton of the heat from the manure
into the surrounding soil.
At the surface OF the soil plank
one foot wide and two inches thick
should extend along the northern
side. Along the southern side, at a
distance equal to the length of the
sash, which is usually six feet, an
other plank, six inches wide and two
inches thick, is run down the length
of the bed, the ends are connected
by a two-inch plank, and the bed is
ready for use. 1t is usually best to
place cross pieces of two by four ma
terial at intervals of from four to six
feet to make the whole structure Sc
cure and to hold the sash in position.
The soil that is thrown out of the
bed may be used to bank up the sides.
For this locality probably no ma
terial is cheaper or more effective for
heating purposes than cottonseed
hulls. The bed is filed up about two
feet with firmly packed hulls, which
have been made quite wet in order to
cause them to heat. Above these
hulls six or eight inches of good,
rich garden soil is applied and the
bed is ready for the seed. If the &C.
ton of the decomposing hulls is too
high in the soil, it is better to wait
until the heat has subsidized some
what before sowing the seed, or 9TH
erwise the tender roots of the plant
let's will be destroyed. This, how
ever, will seldom occur, for if the
temperature is too high ventilation
will usually prevent injury to the
plants. The hull will retain sufficient
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.

There is really no time saved by
planting large trees.
Never allow bighted leaves or Limbs
to remain on fruit trees.
The >gooseberry thrives best in a
heavy, low, but not wet, soil. H..
l. All manure for the garden should be
thoroughly rotted and fined.
D., It does not pay to keep up an old or
chard filled with worthless trees.
In q majority of cases the cause of
unfruitfulness in orchards is lack of
plant food. y
When moss is seen on fruit trees it
may be taken as evidence of lack of
thrift in the trees.
There should be several kinds of
small fruits on the farm, in order to
be sure of supply.
All things being equal, young tree,
after transplanting, will make better
growth. than an older one.
OF all the different kinds of fruit
grown on the farm none are so relia be
nor SO easily grown as the grape.
Bulbs love deeply worked, light,
rich soil, but they will grow and pros
per in almost any good garden ground.
. The ideal soil in which to Set a plant
il one that is moist, without being wa
ter-soaked, neither too dry nor too
wet. -, 49,
r. The best shape for the garden is an
oblong square. In this shape itscan be
plowed and cultivated to the best ad-
vantage. .ss - ~ % -
All newly-set young trees and all
small fruits should be carefully
mulched as soon as the ground freezes
. little hard.
The pruning Of the grape should be
done early, IN order to avoid bleeding,
which is not injurious to the vine, but
unpleasant to.see. .-
One advantage.in buying trees in the
fall and heeling them in is that they
are on hand ready to be planted out
early in the spring. i 49,
Il In pruning old, neglected grape.
vines the principal object should be
to induce young, growth to take the
place Of the old wood. s.. !.
Bulbs set out ID the fall, Or early win.
ter, should be mulched over By some
loose, well-rotted material as pro.
lection against frost.--St. Louis Re.
public s$i ss$s q 1ys :, g.
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Whywhy," lingering it gingerly, ST
b'leese it's . valentine! I am 3beat!"

|, Why-why, lingering it gingerly, -
bleeve it's . valentine! am beatl"
Derry skipped over to the little
window. "Let me see it., father! Obi"
with two wrinkles coming on her
smooth forehead. ITS q 'comic!'
Some mean boy has sent it. Why, it
isn't sealed! See!s Dick, you, can see
the picture right through the thin
old envelope! It's horrid--a hideous
old woman! Aunt Jerusha Dunlop
does not look. like that. It's q mean
shame! Look, father!" 80 :.
"Some smart Alec sent it, - I
'spose," growled the postmaster, with
as much gruffness as he possessed.
Chivalrous Dicks face had grown
very red. .+,..'' r..
>"That's Jack Stacey's writing. I
know it, He's been to the city to-
day, and mailed it from-there. I
wouldn't have thought it of Jack. 1t
shan't go any further with an i'm
pulsive movement. 49, -
| Derry caught his hand, her, eyes
sparkling. "Stop, Dick; you mustn't
tear it! Father, mayn't we rob the
mail?''
:" Dorothea Skipp!"
''Oh, Father Skipp, don't look at me
that way-just let me rise to explain.
Poor Miss Jerushy is awfully sensi-
tive, even If she is SO queer and does
keep her pet bantams in the kitchen.
And she feels so friendless and for
lorn, and-and I've heard mother say
she was real pretty once. She feels
dreadfully about her lameness and
her crooked back; and, just think,
they came from rescuing Jack Sta
| cey's own aunt from burning house!
! How can Jack be so contemplate?
OF course there are silly verses on
the old thing"
"Stop and take breath, Dorry," ad-
vised Dick, quizzically.
II don't need to when I'm so indig-
nant," responded she. "Now, I have
pretty valentine was going to send
to Jack; and, father, I want you to
let, me take out that thing and burn
it up, and put mine in instead, pleased"
The postmaster meditated. 1T
| amt regular; but-wall, eff yer ma
says so, ye>can du it. Eff"
Derry was half way up the stairs.
In few moments she came down
beaming. ''She says she thinks 'twould
be perfectly proper" was her tri-
! umphant announcement, "and-and
I'm going to put in my dollar that
Uncle John gave me. I intended to
get skates when you get yours, Dick,
but my old ones will do very well.''
"Dorry, you're a-a-I can't think
of anything good enough! IL put my
dollar in, too. My old skates are all
right for this winter-doesn't look
much like skating just at present,
anyway
Derry jumped up and squeezed his
arm rapturously and whispered some
thing that made him look very glad
and proud and pleased, and a trihe
sheepish. But it was becoming ex,
preston, and Mr.. Skipp growled to
himself: "Bless their hearts!" as
they clattered up the stairs.
When Miss Jerusha's valentine came
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
FARMER FINDS A FRIEND.

Nadeau, Mich, Feb. 3rd.-Mr. Nelson
De Roster of this place, prosperous
farmer sixty-one years of age, has suf-
fered for years with Kidney Trouble.
He has tried many medicines, but
found nothing to relieve him until he
began to use Dodd's Kidney Pills, and
he has found this remedy to be friend
indeed. He says:
II thank God that there is one medi-
cine in the world that does help weak
and sick humanity. would earnestly
advise every one who has Kidney
Trouble to use Dodd's Kidney Pills.
They have given great satisfaction in
our family"
Wherever Dodd's Kidney Pills have
been used according to directions, they
have not failed to cure all Kidney
Troubles, Bright's Disease, Dropsy,
Rheumatism, Lumbago and Backa che.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
Mixed HiafnrX.

The juvenile son Of an army officer made
a. strange mixture of the history Of George
Washington the other day. A visitor called
entertain the children and instill q lesson of,
manly honor and patriotism told them the
famous stories of the liberty bell and tho
cherry tree. The scion of the soldier was
much interested, but the details got badly
twisted in his head. When his father re-
turned home he was told of the fine story
the visitor had told about the Father of his
wonderful man, said the boy. "He smashed
the liberty bell with his little Ratchet xnd
his father whipped him with a cherry tree
for telling lie." It took paterfamilias some
time to straighten things out-Washington
Star.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
ana Trunk Secures Space at
SpOrt8men'S Show


The Grand Trunk Railway Company has
completed arrangements for an extensive
exhibition In connection with the second
annual Sportsmen's Show to be held in Chi
Gago from February until February p.
Ihe Show is being held in the Coliseum, a
large building admirably suited for the pur-
pose: Inc exposition will probably be the
tnest that has ever taken place in America,
ing last December. The Grand Trunk ex-
hibit will include the collection Of large
photographs of scenes throughout the sum
mer resort districts situated on its line.
including the Muskoka Lakes, Lake of Bays.
Magnetawan River, 10000 Islands of the
Georgian Bay, Kawartha Lakes, and Lakes
Simcoe and Couchiching, as well as views on
the Portland division, combining land and
water scapes, scenes in the White Noun
tains, and surf bathing scenes taken on the
Name sea coast.
The space to be occupied by the Grand
Trunk will be about 1900 square feet, and
will be one of the most attractive and most
interesting exhibits at the show. The Grand
Trunk has expended thousands of dollars
IN bringing before the people of the United
States and foreign countries the beauties of
the canadian districts. In the districts EN-.
braced IN what is known as 'the Highlands
OF Ontario" nearly 10000 tourists were car
req during the summer months, the ma
gorlty OF whom were from the United States.
These districts have become so popular that
each year finds the hotel accommodation in,
creaslng and modern and up-to-date struc
lures are being erected to accommodate the
into Canada.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
. FRUIT TREE SEEDLINGS.
How They Are Raised in the Big Nur-
series of the Big Eastern
t HOrttculturists.

. Here are few suggestions on the
raising Of fruit tree seedlings, made by
Joseph Meehan to readers of the Prac-
teal Farmer. He says: II will contine
myself chiefly to the apple, pear, cher
ry, plum and peach, as these are the
leading orchard fruits. There are many
nurseries which make q speciality of
fruit trees, confining their work alto
gether to the production of fruit trees,
and the plan adopted for the raising of
seedlings by these concerns is the one
/ propose to give. Starting with ap-
pies, the seeds are usually obtained
from cider mills, where bushels on
bushels are sold. These seeds are
ready about November, and hardly
without exception are held over till
spring. Some soak them, then spread
out on trays and keep them in an ice
house all winter. Others mix them
with slightly damp earth and place
them in a cool cellar. Still others do
not mix them with anything, but keep
them in cool, damp cellar, where the
seeds will absorb moisture from the
air. No matter in what way kept, one
and all endeavor to get them in the
ground the very first thing in spring,
when, if all is right, the seedlings will
show in short time. With pear, cher
'ry* and plum the, practice is much the
same as with apple. Cherry and plum
will stand more moisture, and, as
spring approaches, no shells appear
cracking, an examination should be
made by cracking open a few. If
kernels are sound and plump little
more moisture should be provided, as
these pits should be cracking open
when sound. Some nurserymen prefer
to mix these stone seeds in q heap of
soil outdoors, leaving them out all win
ter and sitting them out before sowing
them. They are more easily handled
and inspected when under cover"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12

always placed, through the courtesy
OF the owner. His heart sank: It was
gone, then; and By this time the
poor old woman had received the
cowardly insult. .5z5 ) : :. e
I He pulled himself together and ap-
preached the little mail window and
asked if there was ".anything for orr
folks Dick passed his mail out ST.
lently. If Jack hadn't been so full
Of his own trouble he must have no
ticed Dicks dignified, distant man
ner. But he did not. He walked
slowly toward the ao..r and then
turned sharply and came back. "Say,
Dick, he began, you never did a
plaguey mean thing; and I never sup
posed that would; but 1 have, and
I'm going to make clean breast of
it." And he began, but Dick stopped
him by taking two long strides and
throwing an affectionate arm across
his shoulders. Good for you, Jack!
Amt glad!" and he told, what he
and Derry had done, finishing with:
$50 it's all right! I intended to tell
you, but expected to feel different
while I was doing it. Come down, sis, -
to Derry, whom he heard at the head
of the stairs. "Jack's all right, and"
"No," said Jack; mot till I've been
and told her, and asked"
mo, no, MOI" interrupted Derry,
"never! That's what we've been try
ing to save all the time-her feelings,
you know. Mother'll agree with me.
I'll ask her to come down." ~
Mother Skipp was the confidante of
all the boys and girls in the village.
She listened thoughtfully, with her
hand on Jacks yellow hair.
'''No, Jack" she said, at last; lit
will be kindest not to tell her"
'Then all I can do is to pay Derry
and Dick their two dollars
eve shan't take it," said Derry;
and, anyway, the valentine itself
really is yours, fer I meant it for
you, till thought you were mean"
But Jack was firm. It was the only
way, he insisted, that the affair could
be made right and square" and they
had to submit. He took it out of his
bicycle money and thereby delayed
the purchase of that longed-for treas
ure a whole month; for Jacks dol
lars came slowly and in small sec
tions.
"We can't keep this money,
MOTHER" announced the twins. eve
don't feel as though it's ours, after
having the pleasure of giving it away
"Then put it in the relief bar.
rel' that the minister's wife is trying
to fill," suggested Adviser in Chief
Mother Skipp.
So they did; and Derry put a little
note in the envelope: "From two
boys and one girl-a thank offering:'
because" she explained, "Dick and
I are so thankful Jack isn't mean, anG
we know he is thankful, too.'
Jack had surprise next morning
When he was passing Miss Jerushy's
house who should appear but Miss
Jerushy herself, reckoning energetic
ally: "Jack-Jack Stacey, come here!'
Jack turned and walked up thu
path, politely but reluctantly.
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WOOD SAVING DEVICE.

three or four feet long will answer.
To give the saw sufficient motion,
it is necessary TO attach the short
arm of the bent iron to the rod from
the windmill crank. At the left is a
post, a, on which at b b are two
stirrups or rests for the saw, the
lower one to prevent the saw from
dropping when the stick is sawed
through, the upper one to hold up the
saw when fresh stick is to be placed
on the buck or horse.-G. L. Hamp-
ton, in Farm and Home.
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7.ll7 75S.-.. n q . =
Keeping seed Potatoes.

I do not dig my potatoes till late in
the fall when I dig them and put them
IN boxes containing 9 bushel each
These put into the cellar. Tits neces-
sary TO keep the temp ratureS III the
cellar . low as possible, and to do
.thiy I keep the cellar windows open
at night till the weat ther gets 30 cold
that there would be danger OF freezing
the potat toes. The spring, s. ! find find
q hnve any spare, send thento mar
akot. Z. Alison, - armers Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
Fighting the Cabbage Worm.

. Regarding the cabbage in our rape
fields, i would say that this pest has
given US no little trouble and annoy
:ance. The only practical method we
have so far discovered Of getting rid
OF them is to turn in the sheep and al
low them to eat the leaves Of the rape
of close to the stalk. The worms will
have nothing to work.upon and disap-
pear. We turn the sheep of the field
and allow the rape to send out new
leaves and il is surprising how quickly
the new growth will come 81. D.
Funk, in Farmers Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
The Anglo.American Alliance.

It has been suggested that the only sue
iess aS plan to avoid any further vars will
America and England, and many people
believe that the day is not far distant
when all international differences will be
peacefully settled. This news will be as JOY
fully received by everybody as the news that
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters positively cures
indigestion, dyspepsia, consultation: nerv-
BUSINESS and malaria. Don't fail to give it .
trial,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12

down again it looked very much the
same outside-but inside! Dick and
Derry smiled every time they looked
at each other, and had hard work to
keep straight faces when it was
handed over to neighbor who passed
Miss Jerushy's rickety little house on
his way home.
II shall tell that sneak what we've
done, so as not to have any more I'M
derhand work, and then I'll never
speak to him again. announced
Dick, tall with righteous indignation.
When the valentine was given into
her worn old hands Miss Jerushy was
too much astonished to speak. Such
a thing hadn't happened to her for 40
years. She stood looking at it with
an utterly ~bewildered expression till
the bearer vanished in the darkness
while the sleet beat against her thin
face and settled on: her gray hair.
She did not feel it. =
Jack Stacey was decidedly uncom-
Portable. He wasn't the sort of boy
who does ''smart" things as a rule.
Some '.friend' with defective sense
of humor had slipped the thing into
his hand that day; and, struck by a.
certain unfortunate resemblance be-
tween the caricature and Miss Je-
rushy, he had addressed it to her and
mailed it on the spur Of the moment.
As soon as it was mailed he stopped
to think. That was the trouble with
Jack. He acted first and thought aft
erward, which frequently resulted in
great gdisc ON fort and embarrassment
to himself and his friends. About
eight o'clock that evening he threw
his geography aside, and, going to
the kitchen, donned rubber boots and
coat. 81 $tg
why, Jack, not going out To-
night, Ishope!.' Exclaimed his mothers
Valentines in to-day's mail, moth
err" laughed Jack. ''Can't endure the
sanxietysany longer. BE right backl''
Well. do; don't get cold, ]" respond
ed "easy-going' Mrs. Stacey; and
Jack said:s No, mother and went
of whistling. He stopped whistling,
however, as soon as & he was out Of
hearing. s3
If a can get tina Before anyone
else does, catch me ever doing such q
mean trick again, : he soil oquized, as
he splashed along
"a Only Dick was in the Office when he
arrived. He glanced at the box where
Miss Jerushy's infreq uent mail was
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
WOOD-SAWING DEVICE.
How to Utilize Wind Power Without
the Necessity of Going to Much
Extra Expense.

This can be done by simply con-
verting the perpendicular motion of
the pump rod into vertical one and
suing it to propel drag or crosscut
saw. Any good crosscut saw may be
used, or a piece of an old logging saw
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
ReAliaffc.

Grimes-What do you think of Lands
mans marine novel?
.Hqrley-It is the most perfect thing 1 ever
got hold of. It actually is surcharged with
the sea. was sick before I had read three
pages OF it.-Boston Transcript.
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Landseekers Excursion.

to Virginia, North and South Carolina
GOOD farm and stock lands cheap. No tor
n nag eso or heavy winters. For pamphlets
n n: w. P. Agt. c. & o. Ry., 234 Clark st.,
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rs Is.
I.NA': LIE. |! !!
49, 49, .'N-yG - T. @sEgsl+
< q ~ VALENTINES! Saint
s !: !:
n +" Valentine!
9NVHk55ss. A pilgrim to thy holy
r 4EssI,a 1AN shrine, IL
S AN7MzAXNV Behold come! :
NA Footsore, and very
~N ~ heavy-ladenq :, ,
~ "a Because of love fol
: one small maiden

Ny lips are dumb. -;zS..s.s> : :,
o Valentine! Saint Valentine! ~ 80 -
Thou know'st this little maid Of mine,
This dainty sweet. H. >,ygx*r = $
So pure and fair that when she passes
Our gray old world grows green with
grasses '''
Beneath her feet;
That everywhere her dear face shows
The west wind takes it for q rose ~, ,>.-a>
Just newly born. .5s..S....s.
O grant, sweet Saint, that to her know
Ing W." e$G -
But fragrance soft and bloom be showing.
Give me the thorn! .. .-.-s;r '"-,' D.:
Oh. Phyllis fair! Oh, Phyllis young!
I would mine were poets tongue
That might sue;
That I might sing in golden numbers
To wake your heart from out its slum-
My love for YOU. &
Yet-no, dear heart! The years will bring
A sweeter song than could sing;
So slumber on.
You will awaken to discover
When he shall come-that happy lover,
And I am gone.
Harriet F. Blodgett, in n. Y. Independ-
emit
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abandonment Calendar of the Season.

The Chicago, Milwaukee &; St. Paul Rail
way Co: has issued a beautiful Calendar
in six sheets l2xl4 inches, each sheet hav-
ing ten color picture of popular actress
Moran: The original paintings are owned
by and the Calendars are issued under the
Railway Company's copyright. A limited
edition will be sold at Is cents per calendar
of six sheets. Will be mailed on receipt of
price.-F:, A. Miller, General Passenger
Agent, Chicago.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-02-12
BY M,NN,E l. UPTON. -'

HE Meigs stage
was late that day.
\ dismal Febru-
airy til aw had
hro,,rhf tho roc6
The Oskaloosa herald., 1902-05-22
INSIDE FACTS.
The Real Truth About the II. & w. Inn
prOvementa

The Winfield Beacon gives the fol-
lowing inside information from head
quarters:
Yesterday, in answer to a tele-
phone message, we liked to the Mar.
row Gauge depot to meet Roadmas-
ter Jack Sceahn, and from him we
have the facts that after all the wind
about widening, for years, the time
has come and Sunday, June the first,
from 600 to 1000 men will commence
the work, which they expect to COM
plete in two days and one night.
The 20" is now luying track between
Oskaloosa and Tracy, a distance of
fourteen miles, and through stand.
ard trains with diners ana sleepers
will pass here on a through line from
Des Moines to Chicago. The Mar
row Gauge engines and cars will be
sent to a 30" branch in the Black
Hills.