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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
The Wftchery of Women.

For one woman witches us, like a
waterfall, with the music of her bub-
bling laughter, and another entrances
US, like forest pool, with the peace of
her shadowy silence. And one en-
tangles us, like Yama, in the nectar
nooses of her hair, while another
pierces us, like Manobhawa, with the
archery of her poisoned eyes. And one
enf1ames us, like the sun, in the fever
fire of sick desire, while another
soothes US, like the moon, by the
camphor of her dewy kisses. And like
oxen we are goaded by the biting sting
of one womau's evil, and like elephants
We are tanned by the subtle spell OF an
others purity, and like birds we are
decoyed by the lure of the bower of
one girls arms, and like bees we hover
and sip around the honey of another's
lips, and like snakes we find and coil
round the slender stem of one girls
waist, and like weary travellers we long
to sleep on the living pillow of an
others bosom.-From a 'Hindoo Fairy
Tale" reviewed in London Spectator.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Telling the Sex of Chicks.

After some experience chicks can
be selected before they are two
months old. Leghorn pullets soon
show their sex on the wings. Barred
Plymouth Rock cockerels are lighter
than the pullets, and there is a differ
ence in the shape. Pullets seem to fill
out the wings sooner and take form
early. C6ckerels are straight I'D
(their heads curl over their feet).
have longer legs and necks and are
bare about the shoulders. The pullets
have rather more Of the Dorking or
duck shape, not standing up so
straight. Observation and experience
are the best guides. 1t is claimed that
If the little combs are examined with
a magnifying glass those of the cock
erels will be straight, while those of
the pullets will be inclined to lean
over
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
CHAPTER XII.

Kane went home to his solitary c.
dars and began to put his affairs in
order.
First of all he made over to Richard
Dysart the sum of $4,000 in checks
and securities, the original proceeds of
the sale Of the diamonds of which he
had been despoiled. Even this deple-
ton OF his fortune left Kane rich
man. In few hours all was done, and
he had even wired to engage passage
in the steamer for the Cape, for
thence he had determined to retire and
end his days. England would know
him no more.
But the Juggling at his heart-strings
would not let him leave the old coun-
try without word from the only wo-
man he had ever loved or ever could
love. So, in defiance of convention,
and not knowing whether her brothers
would interfere, he sent Stella line as
follows:
Il am leaving England for good. For
the sake of our united past will you say
good-by? I shall be in the church porch
at sunset"
1t was a forlorn hope! She might
come; she might not venture to trust
her strength to 60 through such an Or
deal; she might write instead; she
might not reply at all. So it was with
no very hopeful feelings that Kane
made his way to the sorrowful tryst.
Instead of Stella he found Richard
Dysart awaiting him, smoking long
cigar and Ticking the light snow from
his boots with dog-whip.
Kane halted, in doubt as to his re-
ceptiOn and of what might be coming.
1t was as he feared-he would not be
allowed to see or speak with the girl!
Rick removed his cigar from his
teeth and came forward, to Kane's sur
prise offering his hand, which the cul-
prit gripped with fierce tenacity, a
great gulp in his throat the while. In
his bruised and beaten state of mind
the cool nonchalance and semi-genial-
ity of the others manner was like q
pat on the head to a pariah dog that
has been uniformly kicked and cuffed
all around camp.
Il received your letter about the
money" said Dysart, land I'm bound
to say that you've tried to do the hand
some thing, as I told Sir Arthur.
can't quite make it out, Kane. By
rights, I suppose ought to hate you,
and all that sort of thing, don't you
know, but for the life of me I'm not
eble!" and the speaker gave dissat-
lsfied sort of chuckle. Perhaps it's the
life out yonder; one gets used to giving
and taking hard knocks and running
all sorts of risks. It's part of the
great game. I went say but what If
I'd come up with you at the Cape
there'd been q lively sort Of reckoning
between us: but somehow ] cant call
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

average man of rs, and all this with
out the dangerous practice of lifting
very heavy weights. 1t should always
be remembered that rest must be TAX
en- after each exercise.
While resting try deep breathing.
Stand erect, though not in a strained
position, and throw the chest out, and
at each breath draw the abdomen in and
throw the chest out. AS the breath is
exhaled let the chest fall inward again
and the abdomen outward. For 20
minutes to half an hour is a long enough
time to devote to jiujitsu, and this in
cludes the time spent in breathing dur
ing rests-for deep, correct breathing is
in itself one of the best exercises pos
sible. In inhaling draw the breath
through either the nostrils or the mouth,
as preferred; in exhaliug always let the
breath escape through the mouth.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Corean Cinderella,

In Corea the people tell Cinderella
story that is much more ancient than
that familiar to western people. The KEY
of the latter story is the slipper, but not
so theirs. Peach Blossom, the Corean
Cinderella's name, was the family
drudge. One day as the mother was
starting off with the favorite daughter
to a picnic she said to Peach Blossom:
you must not leave until you have
hulled bagful of rice and filled the
broken crock with water" While Sit
ting there bemoaining her hard lot she
heard a twittering and a fiuttering of
wings. Looking up she saw q flock Of
sparrows pecking the hulls of the rice
Before recovering from her surprise, a.
little imp jumped out of the fireplace
and so skilfully repaired the crock that
but a few minutes of work was required
to fill it with water. Then she went to
the picnic and had a royal time.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
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QRf{K,,;:,d :Sll[3El}S
DITCH-GRADING LEVEL.
Farmers Who Learn How to Use 1t
Will Seldom Require the Serv-
ices of a Surveyor,

here give rute sketch of a
straight edge and level for grading tile
ditch, which l will try to explain.
First, the straight edge is five inches
wide by seven-eI5hths inches thick and
four feet one and a half inches long,
making one-fourth of a rod of 1872 feet.
The straight edge is leveled on the bot
tom, so that no lump of dirt or gravel
stone can get underneath to hold it OFF
from the bottom of the ditch. The two
uprights, marked a, can be any length
to suit the operator, made of one-half
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Corn Forty Years Old.

An Indiana farmer will exhibit at the
St. Louis worlds fair corn which has
been in his possession for 40 years. The
cereal, in spite of its age, is in splendid
state of preservation, and all this time
has been kept in an ordinary corn crib.
If corn improved with age, as wine does,
this collection would be very valuable
by this time. It is not often that farm
ers keep cornsvery long nowadays. The
demand for feeding purposes and the
temptation to convert it into cash at
market are too much; besides, there
would be no advantage in storing away
corn Indefinitely unless for the purpose
of ascertaining how long it would keep
Chicago Daily Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
MANS LOVE OF THE DOG.
OF All the Animals This One Alone
Has Made Alliance with
Mankind.

Man loves the dog, but how much
more ought he to love it if he consid-
cred, in the inf1exible harmony of the
laws of nature, the sole exception
which is that love of q being that sue
ceeds in piercing, in order to draw
closer to us, the partitions, everywhere
else impermeable, that separate the
species! We are alone, absolutely
alone on this chance planet; and, amid
all the forms of life that surround US,
not one, excepting the dog, has made
an alliance with us. writes Maurice
Macterlinck, in Century, A few
creatures fear US, most are unaware of
us, and not one loves us. In the world
OF plants, We have dumb and notion
less slaves; but they serve us in spite
OF themselves. They simply endure
our laws and our yoke. They are i'm
potent prisoners, victims incapable of
escaping, but silently rebellious; and,
so soon as we lose sight of them, they
hasten to betray us and return to their
former wild and mischievous liberty.
The rose and the corn. had they wings,
birds.
Among the animals, we number
few servants who have submitted only
through Indifference, cowardice, or
stupidity; the uncertain and craven
horse, who responds only to pain and
is attached to nothing: the passive and
detected ass, who stays with us only
h0
where to go, but who nevertheless,
under the cudgel and the pack-saddle,
retains the idea that turks behind his
ears; the COW and the OK, happy so
long as they are eating, and docile be-
cause for centuries they have not had
a thought of their own; the affrighted
sheep, who knows no other master
than terror; the hen. who is faithful
to the poultry yard because she finds
more maize and wheat there than in
the neighboring forest. do not speak
of the cat, to whom we are nothing
more than a too large and UNBEATABLE
prey, the ferocious cat, whose sidelong
contempt tolerates us only as encum-
bering parasites in our own homes.
She, at least. curses US in her mysteri-
GUS heart; but all the others live be-
side us, as they might live beside a
rock or tree. They do not love US, do
not know us. scarcely notice u.s. They
are unaware of our life, our death, our
departure, our return, our sadness, our
JOY, our smile. They do not even hear
the sound of our voice, as soon as it
no longer threatens them; and. when
they look at us. it is with the distrust-
full bewilde-ment of the horse, in whose
eye still hovers the infatuation of the
elk or gael that sees us for the first
time, or with the dull stupor of the
ruminants, who look upon us as mo-
mentary and useless accident of the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

citizen is to be left alone" says Fred
erick Trevor Hill. in Everybody's
Magazine. ITO crafty this desire he
is ready and willing-no matter how
honest he may personally be-to coun-
tenance anything and everything, and
to allow each man to be law unto
himself It is daily becoming more
fashionable and knowing to sheer at
the civic reformer and belittle his ef-
forts in every line. The first thing We
hear about any man who takes OF his
coat and starts in to better existing
conditions is that he is out for the
stuH' or that he won't last long, but
the usual verdict is that the reformer
is hypocrite and beside-'Well. It's
much harder to do business than 1t
formerly was That, after all, is the
objectionable sin. 1t is harder to do
business'-an unusually cautious
phrase in these days of plain speaking
and anybody or anything which
stands in the way of short cuts is
nuisance, to be eliminated at the earli-
est opportunity"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

"banger'-and she strobe along with gait like theirs
If there anything that the despises and rightly
despse is the woanish and think the mannsh goes
farther and is infinitely Man brush with the
nann In the business world he endure he has
no admiration for her. All this from leaving the
womany things OF life and invading the sphere OF
But would exclude from all which moi
ernday life has called the On the contrary things
do and still be They
place in the business world.
But there things fitting do They should
have suffrage Women lawyers the
think much DOCTORS AS preache-is
thing clearer than the express language OF Scripture orbddng
them?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20

scious laugh, land l know how it
would feel.'
"Of course, I relinQuish all claim to
her. said Kane. Il know that's hope
less after what has happened, but"
Now, look here, Kane" interrupt
ed Rick. iii undertake to square Sir
Arthur, and seeing that I'm the in
jured party fancy he won't have much
to say. Suppose Stella agrees to marry
youth view of the facts you won't
want to live in England"
The world is wide" answered Kane.
raising his head, CLEAN of hope new
born in his eyes. Il dare not ask you
to be my friend, but I do ask you to
trust me! l have had a bitter lesson,
and have paid dearly for my crime"
Like most healthy and sane English
speaking men, Richard Dysart hated
heroics or anything approaching
scene. So he simply clapped the other
on the shoulder and said bluff1y:
That's all right, old man! Good-by
and good luck! Wait here and I'll
send Stella to talk to you!' And
whistling to his dogs, who had been
nuzzling each other by the old lych-
gate, Rick strobe away into the fast
gathering dusk.
Soon Kane saw the little cloaked and
hooded figure approaching through the
private woodland path that led from
the Denecroft domain. Slowly she
came towards him, her veil down, nor
would he seem to presume or PREJUDICE
her attitude by advancing to meet her.
Bitter sorrow and vain regret had
set their seal upon his finely chiseled
features, while affection unutterable
and unspeakable cleaned in his eyes.
with an lnarticulate cry she tottered
into his arms; shaking with sobs, her
head sunk on his breast.
With self-accusing words he strove
to, soothe her, putting back the re-
bellious tendrils of hair that fringed
her temples. BY degrees he Gained
her agitation, and poured balm into
her aching heart. He told her anew
of his undying love, and that it was
because of this enrolling passion he
had schooled himself to the confession
which had raised up well-nigh i'm
passable barrier between them
If had not loved you so we'll, dear
est" he concluded, Il could not have
brought myself to face it."
And now love you all the BETTER"
she exclaimed, smiling upon him
proudly through her tears. Your
noble heart was revealed to me them"
you must forget me, Stella" he
urged, trying to put her away from
him.
"Never!" she asserted, nesting the
closer to his side.
But I leave England at once" he
insisted.
Then you must take me with you,"
she cried, for / cannot live without
you'll"
TTHE End
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Will Build Good Roads.

The county board of supervisors, OF
Elmira, N. Y, appropriated $254, 900 for
the construction of good roads through
the county. The roads will be laid out
in accordance with the plans of the state
engineer and in harmony with the sug-
gestions of the New York and Chicago
Good Roads association. The roads are
intended to form a part OF a highway
running from New York to Chicago.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Earliest Map OF OREGON.

A map of Oregon published in 1859 by
S. J. Mccormick, Of Portland, probably
the first large wall map of the state ever
printed, has been. placed in possession
Of the oregon Historical society by
George ]. Brown, of The Dalles. 1t was
compiled from United States land and
coast surveys, the several military and
scientific explorations made before 1859.
and from other authentic sources by S.
A. Pownall, and autographed in New
York. Z
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
BY FREDERIC REDDAIE
CHAPTER X.-COSr1S1-En.

CHAPTER X.-CoST1xUED.
He ceased speaking and turned
away. There was silence in the room
save for the dull swapping and licke,
of the fire, while from the darkness:
came a wOman's sobs, answered bv ;
deep groan OF anguish from the bowec
form OF the man who had just signed
his own death-warrant.
Inc two men, Sir Arthur and Rich
ara, sat looking at Kane in dumb
amaze. The former was the first tc
find his tongue, although usually thu
more unready of the brothers.
This is most eXtraordnary-er-
presume you are aware of the full i'm.
port of what you have told us-and-
er-of the consequences" this last sig.
nificantly.
The culprit bowed.
Kane, old man. said Richard
I'm unfeignedly sorry! I'd rather i,
had been any man but you. I won,
say but what, since we saw old Plist
yesterday, I've had certain misgivings
but l was unprepared for this
There was-there is-there can bf
no palliation or excuse" said Kane
hitting his head. The guilty knowl.
edge became more than l could carry
after all your kindness and" The
sentence was unfinished, for his voice
broke.
presume you realize that this ends
everything, Mr.. Kane" said Sir Ar
thur. with wave of the hand to where
Stella was sitting sobbing softly.
God help me, co." was the reply
wrung from the anguished spirit. but
my punishment is greater than l can
bear.' and with these words he left
the room, and the clang of the heavy
outer door announced his departure to
those within.
Stella broke down utterly then,
and would not be comforted.
Send for Marcia!' she walled, and
knowing nothing else to do, Rick set
out across the park to beseech her to
come to the motherless girl in her ex
tremity.
1T is too dreadful, too horrible.'
said Marcia, as they drove back after
she had been made acquainted with
kanes confession. Suppose he had
killed YOU, as he meant to do, the
wretch!' she painted III never for
give hir,-never!'
"Oh, l don't know" said Richard
coolly. He came mighty near it, but
he just missed it, you see. If I'd
caught him red-handed, or even three
months ago. l expect I'd have been
pretty hard on him too; but now,
YOU see, it's different
Il don't see,' said Marcia vindict-
lively.
wait till you meet Stella" said
Rick significantly.
she ought to hate him, too" in
sisted Marcia
We'll, fancy she won't" was the
quiet reply, arguing that Master Rick
possessed rather more insight into the
workings of the feminine mind than
might have been expected.
Curiously enough, much of his own
hot anger and indignation had left
him, and he found himself looking at
the matter from the position of an out
slider or an onlooker. No doubt Stella
would readily enough admit the enor-
nifty of Kane's offense, but Rick could
see how it might appear to her as
mere episode in daring and adven-
turons mans career. Then, too, the
be" had made clean breast of it!
fever, Stella kept her room all
.ss next day, and so no one knew what
her feelings were
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
The Highest Tower.

An English weekly tells of an Amer
lean innocent abroad who was unim-
pressed by the Eiffel tower. To a proud
Frenchman he announced that in Amer
lea they had tower so high that they
had to let down the tops at night.
Vat for you let down re top?" cried
the astounded Gaul.
80 as to let the moon get BY" replied
the heir of George Washington.-N. Y.
Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
HOW TO BECOME MUSCULAR.
Example of the Japancse Is Com.
mended to Those Who Wish
to Gain Strength

Although the Japanese, as rule, are
men of small stature, they are among
the strongest in the world. Any boy
of IA or Is who will faithfully practice
their system of producing strength will
find himself at the end OF few months
able to cope in feats of power with the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Rise CT the Mannish Woman
BY DR.. Morgan Dix,
Prominent New York Clergynan.

One of the dep,orable nonstrosities OF
these degenerate days is the n1annish woman.
down to the level of mere man. They talk like
men; they smoke like men; they swear, they
gamble, they drink and do all things that men
do-even dress like men.
| saw woman in street car and she had
on mans cravat, mans overcoat, and waist
coat. She looked as much like a man as a
woman can look and wear skirt and long hair
done up in all sorts of effects. Again l met
young woman walking with four men, all in
a row, in the street. She wore short skirt,
coat and wastcoat, just like those of her male
companion. She carried a stick-a regular
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Teaching Chimpanxees.

In the New York Geological park con-
siderable attention is given to the train
ing of chimpanzees and orang-outangs.
These animals, it is said, seem to be par
ticularly susceptible to teaching, and the
methods employed with them resemble
those used with untaught children.
Coaxing and perseverance are the two
strongest and most effective aids In their
aducation.-Youth's Companion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
ISEEJL WHEEL HOE

the blacksmith punch the holes for bolts
and turn the corners. A wooden wheel
will do. The large wheel of an old sew
boy will have it built and out in the
snow with it to see if it hangs right
before you know it. On good garden
soil, free from stones, he will do as
much with it in ten minutes as you can
with a hoe in one hour-John Jack
son, in Epitomist
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Had Him Guesslns

Silas Shaken (the postmaster)- Tibet
city Teller proposed ter Mandy Hayrick
on q postal card.
Reuben Corntossel-Wal, what air
you kickin' about?
"She replied by letter en- don't
know whether she accepted him OF
ot"-Columbus Dispatch.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
SAVES LOTS OF WORK.
Wheel Hoe of Simple Construction
and Adapted Especially for
Light Garden Work.

The accompanying cut explains itself.
Use an old bucksaw, bent at right angles
for blade. eight inches is wide enough
for onions, etc; in 14-inch rows. Have
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Some Satisfaction.

"Ah, mel" sighed the poet, there
is no rhyme for silver
!. Nevertheless rejoined the pro-
sale person, 1T jingles with gold very
nicely. Cincinnati Enquirer, = s E.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Power in the Sahara

One of the sources of motor power
used in the African Sahara is sand car
1ied by the wind to elevated reservoirs.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
ssWhite COal.o

!. Electricity secured from the mountain
streams OF France is POLITICALLY referred
70 as white COAL" 49, -
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
OUR NATIONAL SELFISHNESS.
The High Average Citizen Sneers Il
the Civic Reformer-Dalks All
Progressive Efforts.

"A great pail of selfshness covers
this country from ocean to ocean, and
the one demand of the high average
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20
Unfortunate Frieudships.

O1O1SUH8SS V1AS0UDWIpDe
DE man dat keeps talkin' bout de
meanness of human nature" said Uncle
Eben, may be a philosopher. An den
agin may be he has jes' been unlucky
in choosin' his friends. Washington
Star. 60 s=::=sz..s.z. t o 38 S
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-01-20


London
pioneer harness racing wig Wag
Of
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-05-18
RAl NEW L s
sE III orr FROM POOL ROOMS.
CAUSED coNsTERNATlc, @ 55s
AMONG POOL RooaE
OWNERS. z

NEW YORK. ,Iay Robert G.
'Glowers, president OF the. Western '.:;s
Union Telegraph. Company, Issued an
order to-day shutting OF all racing
L ews to subscribers in New York, II
IS expected that tnis action ~il. close
every pool room in town. The order.
follows:
Il have on my own initiative decld-
ed to discontinue the delivery Of re-.
ports OF horse races to all classes OF
subscribers in tie city OF Mex ! or:S
and the reports have been discon-3
t:nued.
The order is signed by Robert
Clcwery, president ant genera mana.
ger of the Western Union telegraph
Company
This order caused dismay among
pool room owners and their customers.
It was uoised coout in the '-,riEiinal
Court building this afternoon ans: not
denied that District Attorney jerome
had brought John Doe proceedings to
ascertain who WIS iesponst nle for
furnishing racing reports to tbs pool
rooms 1t was announced at the dis
tYict attorneys Office later that sub.
poenaes would lie issued to-nig!-t Tor
all the directors of the Western Union
Telegraph Company