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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
DOMESTIC STRATEGY.
An Astute Wffe's Little scheme for
Making Sure That Her Letters
Were Nailed,

Mrs. Aiken's husband was one of the
100000 600 or 100000 men who forget
TO mail letters, concerning whom the
annals of humor contain thusands of
jokes. He was not bad case, for he
ala not always forget, and when he did,
ne remembered again within two days.
MIS-. Aiken was not bad case, either,
tor she did not scold her husband, re-
lates Youths Companion
Nhen she had an especially important
letter to mail, she either went out to
the corner herself and slipped it into
the box, or lay in wait for the postman
on MS early morning round. One day
sne was not feeling we'll, and several in
Vltatlons to dinner for the following
week were due to be mailed at once. So
she entrusted them to Mr. Aiken, who
made the usual promises. She followed
MIN 10 the dlning-rocm door, saying,
lmpresslvely: Letters! Letters! Let
tiers! Now don't forget! Letters!
Look me in the eyes and say it after me-"
If you hypnotic me I shall forget
everything. All right. Letters. Let
tiers! Letters" He kissed her,
showed the handful of envelopes into his
pocket and went out.
He did keep the letters on his mind all
the way downtown in the car. Although
TWO men stopped him before he got to
his desk. yet he kept his hand on the
Dulglng pocket. He unlocked his desk
with the other hand, and before he al
lowed himself to look at his mornings
mail he put his wifes letters into the
mail basket and called the Office boy.
There" he said to himself. those
will go to the post an hour before the Of
fee mail guess can remember few
things once in awhile"
His sense of virtue abode with him
all the morning and all the afternoon.
On his way home at night he thought of
few facetious remarks to make to a
woman who had so little confidence in
her husbands memory that she must go
through burlesQue performance after
breakfast to impress small matter on
his mind.
AS he opened the front door he saw
her coming down the stairs.
well. my dear I suppose you are 60
ing to ask me whether mailed your let
ters?"
"Oh. no, dear. know you mailed
them
Nov, there is confidence!" said Mr..
Aiken, with genial irony.
knowledge. If you had looked you
would have seen that among the letters
was a postal card addressed to myself.
1t came on the last delivery this after
noon"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Where Apples Come From.

There are now in the United States,
says an exchange, over 200, 900 900 fruit
bearing apple trees, producing annually
176,000,000 bushels of apples In good
crop years we export 100000 bushels
of apples and consume at home two
bushels annually for every adult and
child in the country. There are IL ap-
ple-groWing states which produce 49,
298, 484 bushels of apples. All the other
states together produce only 2S,1O7, 1902
bushels. New York now stands first.
with 24;111 ,257 bushels; Pennsylvania
second, with 26,O60,651 bushels; Ohio
third, with 20,617 4S0 bushels; Virginia
fourth. with 1885 1872 bushels, and Illi-
nois fifth, with 9,178.15O bushels. Cali
fornia is fifteenth in the list, with $685.
POS bushels.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
THE FARM TELEPHONE.
Dakota Experience Proves Tint 1t
Has IL Com cial as Well
Social Value.

The chief uses of the telephone in
rural neighborhCods in the east, prob
ably. are neighborhood sociability,
making appointments for meetings and
calling the doctor. Communication
with dealers in produce is also posi-
bic, and many a farmer is thus enabled
to decide just when to deliver such
merchandise to advantage at the near
est market. A North Dakota paper de-
clares that such means Of keeping
posted are especially valuable to the
wheat growers of the northwest. This
is the way in which that journal talks:
THE encroachment of modern ia
cilities on older methods of doing
business is strikingly exemplifed in
this part Of the northwest this fall
These days of private telephones and
telegraph lines to every station and
almost every big farm throughout the
state have brought the farmers into
touch with the terminal grain markets
Of Duluth and Minneapolis in such a
way as to euchre the country elevator
liAes out Of all chance OF profit by adj
| vance information. Often the changes
in quotations at either Duluth or Min
neapolis are in the hands of farmers
at their homes within ten or 20 min
utes after they have been made, and
in some cases elevator companies hav-
ing country line houses have found It
difficult to keep even with the farmer
This is especially the case with a long
continued advance or decline
"A farmer will store his grain in
the country house nearest his farm,
and as long as prices advance or re-
| main stationary he will let it stay
there, taking storage ticket, which
he leaves with friend in town or at
| the bank. Being in close touch with
the terminal markets by telephone, he
knows at once of any change in price,
and if it is decline he at once tele-
phones to the bank or his agent to sell
at the old price, and this is done so
! quickly that the sale is often made be-
fore the country elevator has received
word by wire from Duluth to make a
change in quotations. In that case the
elevator line is out the difference in
price, as it has to sell its grain On the
terminal market at once"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
UNIQUE TREE TR1PLETS.
One "a u Shell-Bnrk Hickory, the
Second a White Oak and the
Third a Sugar Tree

Mr.. G. ~. Hatten. Of Egypt, W. Va,
sends a pencil sketch of three trees
growing as if from the same root. He
saw the account Of Tie twin trees near
Philadelphia, mentioned in the New
Curiosity Shop TWO or three weeks aso.
In his letter he says:
These trees are found on the farm
Of Strother Hatten On Elijahs creek.
IL Wayne county, W. Va. There are
three distinct trees Of differen varieties
The one On the left is she'll bark hick-
DRY, that in the cente; is a white oak ard
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Big Appetites of Birds.

If man could eat as much in pro-
portion to his size as a sparrow is able
to consume. he would need a whole
sheep for dinner, a couple of dozen
fowls for breakfast, and six turkeys for
his breakfast meal. Atree sparrow has
been known to eat 700 grass seeds in a
day. Birds can and do work far harder
than human beings. A pair of house
martins when nesting will feed their
young on an average once in 20 seconds
that is, each bird, male and female,
makes 80 journeys to and fro in an
hour, or perhaps 1000 a day. 1t must
be remembered that on each journey
the bird has added work by catching
an insect. Even so tiny bird as the
wren has been counted to make 10
trips to and from it's nest within ago
minutes, and the prey it carried home
consisted of insects much larger and
heavier than were caught by swallow S.
London Tit-Bits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17

tell me. Pat your left land IN the
hreast-pockct Of your coat and take
out any papers you have there. But
don't forget that the revolver is at your
forehead all the time, and at the first
sign of disobedience or of anything like
hanky- panky-snap goes the trigger,
and bang goes your life"
did as he told me, and took from
my pocket the only paper which it con-
tanned. 1t happened to be no other
than the very document giving notice
OF the place and date of the meeting,
to attend which was then on my way.
AS the reader knows, had taken it
from the pocket Of the dead man
whom l was personating, and when I
realized what document it was, knew
that the sight of it would bring mat
tiers to a crisis.
AS yet, however, Number One had
not recognized it, for it was folded
when took it from my pocket and held
it out to him.
No, thank you, my friend" he said,
with an ugly smile. Its very kind
OF YOU to wish to take me into your
confidence in regard to your private
papers. You have no doubt over
looked the trifling fact that if took
that paper into my hand to open it,
my attention would be withdrawn from
your agreeable self. Not that you
would take any unfair advantage of
my pre-occupation, am sure. But
somehow this little bit of cold steel
with which l am cooling your heated
brow seems to have so beneficial in
f1uence upon you-seems so to stimu-
late your faculties and to render you
so willing and obliging-that I should
be sorry to deprive you of it's influence.
Perhaps you will favor me by opening
that paper and holding it out before
you, so that can read it without hay
ing to remove this little plaything
from your forehead. No. wait a mo-
ment. I think Well have bigger tar
get this time If your head were by
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
A CITY WITHOUT TAXES.
AL the Expenses of Freudenst a DIT.
Germany. Are Paid from
Property Income.

In the Black Forest of Germany is the
1000 inhabitants, busy industrial
place with iron and chemical works of
some importance, says the New York
Sun.
Small as it is, Freudenstadt is a full
1ledged city with mayor, aldermen,
half dozen policemen and a fire engine
The public business is conducted on an
economical basis, and the total ex-
penses do not exceed S25, 900 in a year.
Freudenstadt has the distinction of
being the only city in Germany, and per-
haps in the world, which does not tax
penses. The yearly net revenue from
the public property covers all the outgo.
This property consists of about 5000
acres of fine forest. which, being man
aged under the best forestry methods, is
a permanent source of income One or
more trees are planted for every one
that is cut down. Nc tree is cut till it
Fan yield the maximum profit.
After deducting all the expenses of
the industry the annual profit to the
acre is about five dollars. This is ex-
ceptional even for Germany, where the
annual profit ranges from 50 to $3.50.
The question is often asked in this
country whether it will pay to keep land
under permanent forest. Unless at least
a moderate profit is possible, no one can
be expected to grow trees on land that
can be used for any other purpose.
The Rhode Island experiment station
is now giving some attention to this
question, and in bulletin just prepared
by Prof. F. w. Card some interesting
figures are presented. He cites the ex-
perience of Zachariah Allen, of Rhode
Island, who planted.a worn pasture with
trees in 1920 and kept careful financial
record till 1877, 81 years. After deduct
ing all expenses he found that his profit
was nearly seven per cent per annum
on the original investment.
There is also a record Of the returns
on 4O-acre tract of white pine in New
Hampshire for 80 years. during which
time the average annual profit was So. Is
an acre. The facts given by Prof Card
seem to show that only moderate
profit is to be expected from forests
treated as a permanent cropp. Perhaps
we cannot make as much money in this
industry as is made in Europe, where
every part of tree can be marketed at
some price. even the small branches and
>twigs being gathered into bundles and
sold for firewOOd.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
ROMANCE ON THE BEACH.
Nature Was Doing Her Very Best. But
There Was Something More
SOuI-EngrOssing.

Around the setting sun the sea rolled
like molten furnace, deepening away
from fire to crimson, from crimson to
purple, from purple to gray, and so on
to the shimmering black mirror that an
swered to the Pickering lights of the in
coming procession Of stars, very pref
tily relates a New York Times writer
stole slowly harborward, its red and
it's green light mere specks of color on
the vast surface Of the rocking water A
cool wind blew in shore and brought
with it the sound of whistles from the
outbound steamers in the dim distance
city could be seen as blur of brightness,
indistinct and specterlike, upon the
darkness of the summer sky.
To the man on the beach the scene
seemed too glorious for words, and his
soul was caught up by its beauty and
lifted far above the dross and common
ness of the wicked world. In that mo-
ment he realized as never before the vast
difference, the unspeakable gulf between
the things of Heaven and the things of
earth, and his heart swelled with love
for his fellow men.
Beside him sat his bride of a month
The moon has rarely seen woman more
beautiful. The light in her eyes seemed
born of the beauty OF the night, and he
wondered. Was she, too, drinking in it's
splendor, feasting upon its loneliness,
breathing it into her whole being? Her
gaze was r1veted upon the distant hori-
zon, where sky and sea were one. She
sighed-oh, how sweetly she sighed!-
and turned her beautiful face toward
him.
John, dear" she murmured- her
voice was like the whispering of angels
to his soul-'I can't just decide whether
to have It made with circular founcs
or with plain deep rufle. = s.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
WHILE THE TRAIN WAITED,
There Was = Commotion Mt the
Ticket Window and She Was
the Cause of 1t.

Her two friends had given her up and
up their baggage and got aboard. They
were barely out of sight when she
dashed into the station, hair flying,
cheeks flushed, a yalise swaying at one
side, handbook at the other, while box
of caramels was kept in place, some of
the time, by an elbow. She gave one
distracted glance round for her friends,
and hurried up to the ticket window. A
man was ahead of her, but she brushed
him aside with the bandbox, relates the
Indianapolis News.
Il want ticket quick" she said. "The
train is pulling out now, know it isl!
The ticket agent seemed not to hear
her.
"oh, please, must catch that
train!"
LAS soon as give this man his ticket"
said the agent, calmly.
But l can't wait for him. she
walled. 1.-THE train is going now. can
hear it, and my friends are on it. Oh,
please hurry! Do hurry"
The ticket agent was talking to the
man, explaining some details of the tick
ct, and he seemed to have forgotten the
anxious young girl entirely.
IF you won't wait on me I'll 90 with
out ticket, and I'll report you, too!
I'd like to know what you are here for,
anyway! Now I have only got half a
minute to catch my train. No. I'm half
a minute TOO late. Oh, I don't know
what I am! If you will only give me a
ticket"
The agent turned to the girl. Nov
I'm ready for you"
'Give me a ticket, just as quick as
you CAM"
Where do you want to co."
ooh. goodness! Don't you under
stand? To the same place that Helen
and Margery are going"
Il can't do a thing" replied the agent.
helplessly, until I know where you
want to go. What road is it on"
"Just give me ticket. l don't care
where it's to-
ITO Wawasee," put in clear, steady
voice. 1t was her friend Helen, who
had come back to take a last look for
her
Eyes. to Wawasee. that's It, Oh
Helen. I'm so glad it's you! I don't
know where I am" She dropped her
boxes and valise and fairly Rugged
Helen. The agent stamped the ticket
and pushed it through the window to his
fair but excited customer who snatched
it up and started off.
Here called the official where S
the money!
''Oh. charge it to papa" she called
back; and there might have been fur
Their trouble if her friend Helen had
not come to the rescue again.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Scale Bark ON Fruit Trees.

The. gradual thickening of bark on
trees is often objected to as an evidence
of unthriftiness. But it almost alwaYs
comes on trees when they get to b. Of
bekring age, and, except for harbo1 ing
the cocoons of the codling moth, it does
no harm. Scraping this bark of through
the winter removes the protection, and
the cocoon, exposed to snow and rain,
perishes These cocoons will be usually
found on the side opposite where the
prevailing wind blows. as this is partly
protected against beating rains. Only
the bark that readily comes off should
be removed. Scraping the trunk down
to the green bark will cause some kinds
of trees to sun scald, and is injurious.
Make the tree grow vigorously, and the
rough bark will roll off of itself or with
very little effort.-American Cultiyatox.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Leading Hay States.

According to the agricultural depart-
ment's figures New York had a greater
acreage used for producing hay, and
cut greater amount of hay, than any
other state in the union. The value of
her hay product was also greater than
that of any other state, and almost
$13,000,000 greater than the value Of
the hay crop Of the entire New Eng
land states. Second to New York,
measured by the value of the hay
crop, stands Pennsylvania, and then
come Ohio, Illinois, Missouri. Iowa,
Michigan, Wisconsin and Indiana, this
exhausting the list of states where the
hay crop OF 1903 was valued in excess
Of $2O, 100000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Plant nm Acre of Trees.

Did you ever think how valuable an
acre of ground can be made by planting
it thickly with trees, thus forming a
grove in which to feed hogs? Plant il
into trees that grow rapidly and form
plenty of shade. The most valuable
acres on some farms are handled in this
manner. Catalpa and locust are very
suitable, and when few posts are need
ed they may be cut from; besides the
hogs can be fed away from the sum-
mer's sun.-Farm. journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
New York's MIX suun,x

Few people have the least idea of
how much milk New Workers consume
in single day. Here, for instance.
are the official figures for the mouth
of September, 1903: These give a daily
average of 30,548 cans, or 1925 800
quarts, of milk, and 1909 cans of
cream and fresh condensed milk, or
ga 1850 quarts, making in all total of
1.c86.280 quarts of milk and cream
which come in by II different lines of
railroads every -Cultivator.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
SIMPLE WATER SYSTEM.
Designed by Pigeon Farmer, But
Adaptable to Every Kind of
Ordinary Farm Industry.

After carrying water three times
daily for 1000 breeding pigeons for a
time, l decided l would make it carry
itself, SO procuring about 200 feet of
secondhand 114-inch iron pipe l set
about it and after few hours work
had the pleasure of seeing the watering
done as before without the work Of
carrying about - bucketfuls of water
daily. They would not drink this
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Anxious to Help.

He latter the honeymoon)-Has your
father said anything about helping to
provide a home for us?
she-Oh, yes. indeed. He said when
we had home of our own he would buy
me cookbook and allow mother to
come and teach me how to use i. even
IL it took : year.-N. Y. Weekly. ...s.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
SOAklR&Rn.

Ernie-They say he is welded to his
art.
Ethel-But he has a wife. Would
you call her art? Z. s Xxi.
Il suppose so. She's painted. -
Chicago Daily News. -... =..-s.~=
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Cement Pf1ea.

Cement is being used instead CT wood
for piles. They are made in triangular
shape, and are driven in the same man
ner as those of wood. TN NJ.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17
Home Making a Lost An
BY MRS. ALICE PELOUBET NORTON.
Instructor Home Department Of the University Of CHICAGO

He HOMES OF America 50 years behind the times Tie
home has been left where it was when our mothers and
grandnoers solved the problems of both home and educa
ton.
The American mother has gradually dropped all respon-
sbily of rearing her children except the physical art It is
time she turned her attention seriously to the study OF the
home making.
In this subject there is still enough for people to learn
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-02-17

ignorant of think domestic science
and housewives merely cooking and serving
that they do know that the yeast they
their bread product of the liquor industry.
An association of and contemplating marriage
greatly needed And going still farther all expect
should the domestic
making leaving the cooking and sewing perhaps For
studying what makes ideal home
wife to gain the highest ideals of home life
Among the different studies would>s6gge under
of "Home the development Of the home
propagation location and Defense production and transmission
wealth. intellectual and social training.
Under the heading of Maintenance of ome
family house don architecture domestic walls
nitu
Under the heading of maintenance of Hoe would suggest
line of study including subjects the cleaning
dusng plumbing heating and ventiang and the selection
ing and serving OF food
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21

of the construction of this remarkable
vessel: The main feature is boat
shaped pontoon or raft Of wood or iron
made up Of a number of water tight
compartments filed with kapok. This
kapok is what carries the boat. It. is
a vegetable product, obtained from
Java and Sumatra, and is so buoyant
that it will carry thirty five times it's
own weight in water. In addition to the
pOntOon there is q %superstructure of
wood which can be folded when slowed
away or raised in short time when re-
CURED for use, by very simple mechan-
ism. The boat can be lowered without
davits, will not overturn, and even if
badly damaged will continue to float on
account of the arrangement of. com
partments.
In comparison with the ordinary life
boat, the Engelhardt boat, 81 feet long,
will carry thirty-fve passengers, while
an ordinary lifeboat of the same size
will carry, but eighteen. When folded
four Engelhardt boats will not take any
more deck room than one lifeboat, so
that safety for 14O persons can be pro-
vided in a space hitherto provided for
only eighteen persons.
Several of these boats have been sup
piled to the United States navy and
have been given the severest tests.
They have also been supplied to the
big German steamship lines and of
course to all the Danish lines.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
HoNoRs FOR THE DEAD
Monument Raised COMMUNICATING
{ Fight at Magersf ontein.

8 A monument to the emory Of the
Scandinavian volunteers who lost their
lives at the battle of sMagersfontei on
Dec. II, 1899, vii .soon be unveiled; It
high. The design iss simple, a drapery
and the only wordssare Magersf ontein,
MDCCCXIX. ms i'm i4ation Of Runic
characters The nld 5ilne nt has been
secured by the Scandinavian colony in
South Africa. It wassthe Scandinavian
volunteers fighting on the side Of the
ish attack on the bloody field of Ma
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
ar are maintained on a starvation basis

are maintained on a starvation basis.
This is self-evident.S HENCE the chief
question which s.confronts this ma
ton is: Shall we have an industrial
country ora country ruined by the
with purple cheeks, knocking teeth and
pa lpitating hand. <t'4saThis little matter
Of right ndslefft --no nsensel They are
merely the Kilkenny cats, all over again.
They are busy about. nothing but bit
ing each other to pieces till nothing
shall be left. Meantime the country is
in the grasp Of the farmer. He has
Here the country must look to save
herself from destruction. L tell you,
while the farmer continues in his pres
ent ascendancy, weSare doomed to de-
struction!'' 'Efs5t~sss ,$
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-10-21
N0rmnmnnhelm1em
INVENTIVE DANE
! MAKES. LIFEB0AT
CRAFT rs COLLAPsIBLE AND CAR
RIEs ENORMOUS LOAD.
Several of the New Style Boats Have
Been Supplied to the United States
Navy-Swedish Press Deplores Influ-
ence Of Money Power in the Riksdag.

All the problems involved in the con-
struction of lifeboat are said to be
satisfactorily met in the Engelhardt, col
lapsible lifeboat, patented in Denmark
and to be manufactured in Denmark,
the United States, England and Ger
many. The boat combines the maximum
carrying capacity with minimum Of
weight and size, is nonsi nkable to a
A recent number of the Danish Export
Review received by A. E.. johnson &
Go. Of this city, gives a full account