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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-18
Storm Along Coast.


New York, April 16-AH along the
coast the flood and storm was the
worst in years. At Atlantic City and
Asbury Park the severest northeaster
that has visited that part of the Jersey
coast since 1895 has been raging for
"a hours. The tide at nine O'Clock
Tuesday night was the highest that
has been known for 10 years. Huge
breakers crashed against the piing be-
meath the piers and pavilions and in
some places the board walk, with ire
mendous force. Heavy timbers from
the board walk were ripped up by the
incessant bomba rdment of the waves
and carried out to sea.
Attempted Murder and Suicide.
White Plains, N. Y, April 16.-The
coroner has been summoned to Mount
Kisco to investigate a report that Isaac
Borgstrom, stableman, had killed his
wife by cutting her throat, attempted
to kill his stepdaughter, who fed,
and then tried to commit suicide by
cutting his own throat. The man may
recover. The killing is said to have
been the result of a recent quarrel be-
tween the man and his WIFE
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-18
Pool.SellinQ Defeated.

The attempt to repeal the anti-pool-
selling law of 1894 and compel the
lease of the Minnesota state fair
grounds to an association having the
purpose of establishing running meets
with the pool-selling feature, failed
utterly. When the bill was reported
to the house recently it was recon-
mended for indefinite postponement-
This recommendation was accepted by
the house without q dissenting voice.
There was such general objection to
the bill that it was not even brought
to vote.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-04-18

James Hamilton, the 16-year-old
grandson of J. M. Broome, formerly
editor of the Beobachter at Mankato,
created CONSERVATION at the latter's
home by shooting five holes through
the house. When arrested he gave as
q reason for his act that he wanted
to see the old man jump" No one
was harmed, and Hamilton got OF
with light fine. He is member OF
the senior class of the high school
and very proficient in his studies.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
BIG GLASS BOTTLES.
Stand Six Feet High and Will Hold
. Forty-Five Gallons Each.

Stand Six Feet High and Will Hold
Forty-Five Gallons Each.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: The biggest
glass bottles ever made in the world were
turned out recently in the plant of the
Illinois Glass company at Alton.
The biggest glass vessel ever made up
10 this time was fashioned in the glass
works in Alton, and was of the type
known commercially as a "~carboy," be-
ing a glass bottle of twenty gallons ca
pacity, surrounded by a wooden box.
Some Of the most skilful Of the blowers
conceived the idea OF making a big bottle
for exhibition at the Louisiana Purchase
exposition. The ''Hock wine" type was
chosen n a large wooden mold was
built in which to blow the big bottle.
Several bottles We're made during the
first attempts, a mold being used to give
shape and the not glass being blown in
side of the mold.
Alonzo Miller made the first bottle. 9th
er glassblowrrs then strove to Guido him
ard attempted to make a big bottle with
out a mold In order to give greater size.
Valentine Reininger, Jesse Steelman and
o Metz undertook the task, and with
only a shaper to fashion the bottoms
they blew vessels capable II holding
forty-five gallons each. 1t Was a task Of
u hour to make each bottle.
Forty pounds of molten glass were
49, 1AOLi SIC ullldCc dlu shipped on
the end of a long blowpipe. In order to
accomplish the feat the glass had to be
reheated many times in the furnace as it
was being blown in a plastic state to the
size and shape desired. Many unsuccess-
full attempts to form the big bottle were
made before complete success was met.
All the air used in blowing the bottles
made, about IL, 900 cubic inches in each,
was supplied from the lungs of the blow
RS who were making them, one man
blowing a bottle alone. The chief diff
Guilty lay in keeping the neck Of the bot
tie hot and plastic, as it was cooled quick
est by the iron blowpipe. Many bottles
were made, but most Of them were spoiled
In the operation and were discarded. The
four perfect ones which have been pre-
served for exhibition stand nearly six
feet htgh and are about sixteen inches
across at the bottoms.
The making of these big bottles Is rec
ogn1Zed as a masterful feat in the glass
blowing trade. Glassblowers from all
parts OF the country have taken great In
terest IN the experiment and the makers
of the bottles have received many inoui-
rtes as to their methods. 1t Is a new line
Tor rivalry, as it was heretofore consid-
BRED impossible to make such big bottles
because of the difficulties in the way of
the blowers handling suck a large mass
Of motion glass.
Valentine Reininger, one of the Oldest
blowers in the Alton factories, is counted
one Of the most skilful in the country i'm
glass and is an artist in his trade. The
three men who succeeded best with the
big bottles-Steelman, Metz and Miller
are proficient masters of their trade.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
THE SOCIAL LADDER.
Climb 1t IN Your Head if You WouIe
Get In

Get In.
Alfred Henry Lewis in E~verybodv's Mag
azine for October: People take stranre
Ways OF getting into society. Sir Thomas
Upton took his first step toward the
heights OF trade by driving two pigs
harnessed and richly Experimentation
the streets and making them haul a cart.
An ambitious young person resolved to
profit by the Upton idea. He owned no
pig to drive; but since amazement and
resultant gossip were the objects sought.
ne would as easily approach them by an
other trail. After deepest thought the
young person threw himself into the basin
of a park fountain on a wager of gloves
with a girl. In a moment the inner circle
knew his merit; it spread wide it's arms
and his status was fixed. And he showed
ms appreciation. He appeared later in the
t~horoughfares of Newport carrying a et-
gantic rag doll; and later still he gave a
dinner to a group Of lapdogs and thereby
emphasized his fame.
Then there was that other male person
who, as seemed natural enough. had for
his intimate friend a monkey from Bor-
neo's wilds. And then, too, there was that
dinner giNAl by one Of society's oueena
with the Borneo monkey as the guest Of
honor. Besides, do not folk flourish with
horseback dinners at 5000 a horse? Have
we not cotillons whereof the favors are
cats and rats. Are there not receptions at
which the unwilling animals Of the barn
yard are made to Ii gle sorrowfull with
their brethren Of the drawing rooms?
These should burn like beacons to guide
all on a hunt for social eminence.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
CODES OF The KITCHENS.
Rules That Govern Cooks Are Gener
ally Due to Superstition.

Rules That Govern Cooks Are Gener
ally Due to Superstition.
Boston Journal: Take a good lumJ
of fresh butter and roll it in flour
place it in a lined saucepan with a hal
pint of good, rich cream, stir it gentl.
over q low fire, always the same way
till 1t begins to simmer" This recip
for the making of melted butter ii
quoted from an bic fashioned cooker;
book of a century ago. but the direc
ton to stir always the same way" /
observed as religiously today as it wal
then, and probably will be for a thou
sand ears to come. All cooks of al
nations stir not only the same way, blu
also from east to west, a sure indication
h a the practice originated with III
worshipers.
Speaking Of stirring brings to min,
that in most misunderstanding ones
at least-the practice of the whole fam.
lily Joining to stir the Christmas plum
pudding is still in vogue. There arr
many peculiar, old fashioned supersti'
tians connected with cooking. For in.
stance, in Scotland, when oat cakei
are being bakeG, it is still customar!
to break off a little piece and throw 4
into the fire. AT one time, wheneve:
a baking was made-which was, per.
haps, once a month only-a cake wa:
a with nine knobs or 1t. Each O:
the company broke one off, and, throw.
ing it behind him, said: This I give
to thee; preserve thou my sheep" men.
tioning the name Of a noXious animal
fox, wolf or eagle.
A roast pheasant is usually sent VI
with the tail feathers. This practice
is n memorial of the days when {
peacock was skinned before roasting
and when cooked was sewn into IT.
plurnage again, it's beak gilded and Sc
served. Tossing the pancake is an.
other interesting food superstition
Formerly the master of the house was
always called upon to toss the Shrove
Tuesday pancake. Usually he did il
SO clumisly a the contents of the par
found their way to the floor, when 2
fine was demanded by the cook. The
custom is still kept up at Westminster
school, where a pancake is tossed owe,
the bar and scrambled for. The one
who ecure it Is rewarded with 6
guinea.
The origin of the cross on hot cross
buns is a matter of dispute. There is
little doubt hat cakes partly divided
INTO four quarters were made long be.
fore the Christian era. At one time
1t was believed hat bread baked on
Good Friday would never grow moldy,
and a piece of it grated vas kept in
every house, being supposed to be a
sovereign remedy for almost any kind
Of ailment to which man is subject. In
many parts of England it is considered
unlucky to offer a mince pie to a guest
t must be asked for.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23

shall grasp our legs firmly and you will
do the flying.
1T will be grand, magnificent" he pur-
sued. 1.-THE world will wonder, and then
praise; there will be great glory"
But who gets the glory?" asked the
atork, anxiously.
ooh! We share that" said Slangley.
But somehow the professor took all the
glory upon himself, and the poor stork
was not recognized.
What a wonderful genius that Slang
ley has" said everyone, but they said
nothing of poor Mr.. Stork. He, however,
scratched his head with his claw, and
said:
Il believe In being honest, and I'll soon
show you, Mr.. Professor, that you can't
cheat us dumb creatures So" Next day
there was to be a grand exhibition of
professor Slangley's new and approved
observation-disclosures" The course was
fly miles by land and then over the lake
by the air line. The five miles was made
In record time, the stork sitting on the
handle-bars. Then came the fly. Profess
sor Slangley grasped the legs of Mr..
Stork, who rose gracefully. 1t was a
great success. But in midlake the stork
let CO.. Professor Slangley held hard.
But Mr.. StorlS had creased his long
limbs carefully, and, hold though he
tried, the professor and his machine tum-
bled into the lake, amid bowls of derision
and laughter, Will Mr.. Stork, tapping
his wings, laZily floated off to other
CHIMES. AS he went he squawked back:
Guess your glory's kind of watered,
amt it?'
All Of which shows, Bill, that animals
are not all fools. Greene Street.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
THE FOXY sTORK.

Professor Slangley was a great inventor,
That is, he was in his own opinion, and
his opinions were thought by every ono
to be very valuable, and men paid him
big money for them. 1t occurred to Pro-
fessor Slangley that he could make a ma
chine that would both travel on earth and
fly in the air. For the earthly travel his
bicycle would do very well, but to get in
the air-ah! that was the problem.
He solved it, however, by entering into
partnership with an old stork, who was
to furnish the wing power.
What are the terms?" questioned the
stork,
These" replied the professor, when
on the earth, you are to sit on the han
dle-bars of he machine and. 1 do the
work. When in the air, you are to grasp
the handle-bars with both claws. I
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
IAN
Great Britain's seaooino Men.

London Chronicle: One in every thir
ty-six of the males over Is years OF
age in the United Kingdom is a seaman
in h mercantile marine or a fisher
a according to the report OF the
board OF trade committee, but that by
Britons who go to the sea In ships. For
the current year the total number of
officers and men, active service ratings,
provided by the estimates for the royal
navy is 127, 900, being an increase OF
1900 over he previous year. Taking
the two totals this means that one in
about every twenty is a sailor, which is
an enormously larger percentage than
that which any other nation can boast,
even with the CONSUMPTION which sup
plies the seamen of several continental
countries. :
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
EDIBLE
Salad Oil Butter and Cooking Oil Ar,
Worked Upon at the Present Time.

Cottonseed oil, corr oil and linseed
oil, there is good reason to believe,
will probably have q rival at a not
distant day in edible petroleum oil.
Recently the editor Of the National
Provisioner was asked this question::
"What is the difference in edible
oils?" The question suggests the rea-
sons for present experiments. LAS a
matter of fact" declares our contem-
porary, petroleum has been success
fully desulphurized and demineral-
lied. Certain other solids and ingre-
dents have been extracted from it.,
and the production cf 9 fairly good
edible oil has already beer produced.
The cost of this evolution, however.
has as yet been so great as to re-
move the product from the field of
competition and utility. Petroleum
stock has, it is claimed in a we'll
informed quarter, already taken it's
place as a soap grease. Why not? It
has always been a good hand and
sore wash, and it is healthful. 1t
cause a sense of nausea to think
Of petroleum salad oil, petroleum out
ter and petroleum cooking oil, but
such things are being . worked upon
right now. Their names will be
changed for ommerce. Science is
-ivisecting them"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
london's Traffic

Philadelphia Ledger: 1t Is an odd re
lection on the sixty years development Of
fhe railway system that the road beats
the railway easily in London The street
vehicles travel twenty times as far as
the train every day, and carry more pas
sengers. It may seem incredible, but it Is
perfectly true, that the street vehicles Of
London accomplish a journey every day
equal to twenty miles round the earth. It
IS startling, in contrast with This, that
the trains cover only $4,000 miles, but the
explanation is, of course, the simple facS
that for every train there are about fifty
sther vehicles.
There are always running in London be-,
tween 4,0O0 and 5000 buses and trans.
carrying 10000 passengers every day,
and when all these are full there is room
eft for nearly 1900 cabs, for which zoe
stands are provided. "Cabby," one of
the best abused men in the metropolis
often enough deserving it-drIyes 120, 600
peoph about London every day.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
FIVE INTELLECTUAL FEET.
brary Long Enough to Furnish In

brary Long Enough to Furnish In
formation for Needs of Any Man.
According to President Charles w. Eliot
of Harvard University, there is no good
reason why the normal human being
should not have ar intellectual training
hat would meet the requirements not
only Of our advanced civilization, but be
up to the highest standard as fixed by the
learned president himself, for recently he
said: "a library that will go on a shelf
five feet long is enough to give an intel
lectual training to any human being that
ever came into the world" says the New
York Herald.
Just think of it. You can hold the five
feet Of volumes between your exte led
palms, and all you have to do is to t, MS
mute their contents into memory ellis
that can, at the will, be put into e. ion
for the production Of understanding.
Only five feet! 1 have taken the ti.uble
to put the rule on this and apply q l,ttle
mathematics. AS books in the library ay-
erage, five feet means 81 volumes; W. ich
is not an array calculated to fright,.I q
reader.
Again, an average shows that these 81
books contain 10000 pages, made up Of
j LOCO, COO words. Not SO very much ma
terial from which to imbibe intellectual
training.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
His Exasperatire Caimness.

Chicago Tribune: Laura said Mr.
Ferguson, the dinner having, progressed,
thus far without any comment on his
part, where did you get this steak?"
"At the usual place." his wife replied.
What's wrong with it?"
Nothing. It's the best we have had
for a long time. That's why I inquired.
Did you think I was finding fault with.
it?"
How was I to know?' said Mrs. Fergu-
son., slightly irritated. you always do
your grumnling and your pra:sIng In ak
actly the same tone Of voica."
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
VentiIatinq Poultry Houses.

While the following plan for ventilat-
Ing poultry houses may not accord with
the most approved methods, it is simple,
quite effective and readily applied to
houses already up which require ventila-
ton: A shaft is made by mailing together
four boards each a foot wide; this shaft
is run through the top of the house, a cap
put on it on two sides, running to a point
so that there will be openings on the
two sides. This shaft should come down
to within six or eight inches of the floor
and. of course, be open at the bottom.
Care must be taken that the roof is prop
eriy timed around the ventilator, where
1T passes through the roof SO that there
will be no leaking of the roof. This plan
Is simple and inexpensive.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
The Randolph Apple,

The Illustration, from life. shows speci-
mems Of a variety Of apple that is appar-
emily valuable but which has been over
looked by fruit growers, Its origin is
unknown, but it is supposed to have come
from Delaware; indeed, it was sent out
from that state some years ago under the
name unknown" The tree Is a vigorous
n good grower, and bears regularly. The
fruit Is Of medium size, beautiful red in
color and Of fine quality. In season it is
early and for an early apple stands hand
ling better than any variety with which
the writer is familiar. Reference to old
catalogues shows that at one time 1t was
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
1urnip Souffle.

New York Evening Post: A turnip
souffe Is a very nice Inner dish to serve
with lamb. Boil sliced turnips until ten
der and mash thoroughly. Better still.
put them through a fine c%ollander. Re-
turn them to the ire with the addition
Of q roux, made with a tablespoonful
each Of butter n flour. Season, and add
q cupful of hot milk. Stir the mixture
nntf1 it boils. Take from the fire and beat
hard, stirring into it gradually two beat
en- eggs, our into a creased porcelain
dish and bake in a quick oven. Serve at
pnce, or, like all souftea, 1t will fau.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23

y In this portion Of the structure the
grit boxes, dust boxes and the food should
be placed; here also should provision be
made for an abundance Of light during
the day. This is a modification of the
scratching shed Idea and enables one to
make the portion Of the house in which
the fowls are to roost much more cosy
than would be healthful under other con-
dittons. Try the plan with the houses for
this winters use.
three pieces have not been used in MAX
ing the door it will be necessary to put
them on before the plan as shown can
be made effective. In order that this
plan may be all that is claimed for 1t, IT
VIII be necessary to have strong hinges
and those of a proper size on the doors
Tor the trouble with many doors lies al
most entirely in the small hinges that
have been placed on them. The strap
hinge is to be preferred to any other for
barn doors. where they car be properly
placed
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-10-23
Hay Crop Reports Better.

Farmers generally are much gratifed at
the improved reports Of the hay crop on
he final rounding up. While not equal,
as a whole, to the crop Of last year, it is
very much better than was hoped for
earlier in the season as reported in this
department. Unfortunately the quality Is
not of the best, but this Is rather due to
the carelessness of rover in letting
their meadows run out, than to climatic
conditions. With a fair hay crop n
the promise Of a corn crop that must be
largely fed on the farm to get It's value,
he farmer will feel that he can safely
sell the. bulk Of his hay. The money
crop of the season is not, therefore, Who'll
ly lost.
BY the way, why not do something to
get the meadows back to the old stand
ard? AS stated, there is too much poo.
hay harvested this year and there is room
for plenty of prime hay every year.
Meadows will yield fairly well without
manuring or re-seeding for a number of
years, Blu after awhile some of the short
lived grasses die out and others are
killed out by weeds. Look over the hay
crop and examine 1t closely as to quality.
If 1t Is not all it should be clean up the
meadow. 1t costs no more to grow! good
hay than poor hay.
A Model Barn Door.
Tho plan of constructing a barn door az
shown in the Illustration Is an old one.
but one of the best in use. Thousands of
sagging barn doors on farms all over the
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-31
apRIANoPlE BURNING.

Sofia, Aug. 3O.-Adrianople is burn
ing and the inhabitants are fleeing in
panic. The Turks are massacring
Christians. The railway station at
Ekoli and the barracks at Kenitka
have been blown up and the garrison
killed. The Albanians are pillaging
the districts OF Okrida and Kushevo,
where the population has Joined the
insurgents.
Salonica, Aug. 3O.-An trade has
been issued mobilizing 10000 troops at
Gosovo.
Washington, Aug. 30.-The Turkish
Minister. in the course of long inter-
view with the Secretary Of State, re-
quests the United States government to
be patient while the Porte is restoring
order.
Genoa, Aug. 30.-The cruisers San
Francisco and Brooklyn, sail for Bel
rout tomorrow.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-31
TURKISH SITUATION.

Washington, Aug. 3l.-There are NJ
new developments in the Turkish sit
uation. The American squadron ar
rived at Beirout Friday.
Belgrade, Aug. 31.-There was a
mass meeting here last evening In
which thousands demonstrated their
sympathy for Macedonia.
Sofia, Aug. 3i.-New risings are re-
ported in various parts OF Macedonia
Salonica, Aug. 31.-Reports continue
to come in of outrages committed b,
the insurgents.
Adrianople. Aug. 31.-The insurgents
have blown up the barracks at Ghiok.
tipe, killing sixty soldiers.
London. Aug. 3l.-The Macedonian
situation is grave. Anarchy prevails
throughout the country and famine is
feared. The number OF insurgents Is
Increasing.
Salonica. Aug. 31.-One thousand
Bulgarians have been killed in battle
at Smilovo. The Turkish loss is in.
significant.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-31
School Eyes

Nothing is more common than for de-
fective sight OF children to be regard.
ed as obstinacy, and the existence Of a
visual defect seems to be the last
thing that ever suggests itself to the
mind of teacher or parent.
An eminent educator says: II have
long since learned to look upon obsti.
macy and stupid children as mainly ar
tificial productions. There is some
thing pitiful in the manner in which
children are not unfrequently punish
ed for unavoidable but perfect rene
diable defects. l hold that these ap'
parent bad traits of character should
lead to inquiry, especially among par
ents and teachers, as to whether the
child can see perfectly"
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-31

Exposure to We, uampness and cold
Invariably results in a sudden chill,
which II not attended to Immediately
will cause cold. BY mixing a tea
spoonful OF Perry Davis PAIN-KILL-
Err In Lalf a glass OF warm water or
milk, the whole system will be heated
and the danger OF cold avoided. Avoid
substitutes, there is but one Pain-Klll-
er. Perry Davis. Price 25c. and SOC.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-08-31
SILVER SERVICE FOR Upton.

New York, Aug 30-Sir Thomas Lip
ton will be presented with silver SER
vice paid for by popular subscription