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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
CHAPTER K.
GREENVALE.

It was a brook, or rather three
brooks, that gave birth to Greenvale.
One, the largest, known as the Mizzy
Originally Misery stream), came from,
no one knew where, up between two
ranges Of mountains and out of a Ave
mile-long morass, rightly called
Misery swamp. For many miles the
Mizzy twisted and turned between
high wooded banks, diving under
overhanging and moss-co~xred rock
walls, down through deep intervales
canopied with thick hemlock and fir,
keeping always in shadow, as If
ashamed of its origin, till at last it
leaped into freedom and sunlight over
a low ledge at the head of an oval val
ley. Here it was Joined by two smaller
streams, one called Fall Brook, laugh
ing down narrow gorge in the noun
tain, active, pure, and fearless, as be-
comes well-ordered brook; the other
known as the OK Bow, and of SINH
lar tenor, coming from the opposite
range of low mountains. between which
lies the valley now partially occupied
by Greenvale. i. .*t 5.s ..5z=z .:.s
8 At the head Of this. ever % many
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POULTRY IN THE ORCHARD
The Combination Is Good on Small
But Not on Large
Scale.

1t is frequently asserted that orchard
Ing and poultry raising go together.
This perhaps is true on a small scale,
but We can hardly conceive of a great
commercial orchard comprising hun
dreos Of acres of land being made also
a poultry range. In such a case the
combination would be overdone, as the
shade from the trees, being constant,
would initiate against the health of the
fowls. On a small scale the combination
is happy one. The bugs and worms are
eaten by the fowls and the grass forms a
handy adjunct to the feeding operations.
The grass is not wanted anyway in the
orchard and if the poultry can keep it
down so much the better. It will then
not be necessary to even run the weed
er over the ground to keep the weeds
from becoming nuisance.
The plum orchard is very good kind
of orchard in which to keep poultry, as
the limbs of the trees do not shut of too
much sun from the birds. Wahave seen
poultry yards of small size, in each one
of which was a single plum tree grow
Ing and thriving. There is no reason
why trees in such locations should not
prove to be very fruitful. They are GER
tainly sure of not becoming grass
bOund-Farmers' Review.
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| The Hermit
Y A Story Of the Wilderness
~ By CHARLES CLARK MUM II
Author Of Pocket Island" Uncle Terry"
ant" Rockhaven."
CHAPTER VIII.-CoNr1NurD.
Copyright, 1905, BY Leo and shepard.>

CHAPTER VIII.-CoNr1NuED.
Then the four men, like children, be
gan a tour of investigation, and every
tribe held interest. An axe that sadly
needed grinding, with helve of white
birch, a pail deity fashioned out of
birch bark, hoe that hung from q
Granny between the logs, and even the
vines climbing the log walls and grow
lbs green over the pole and bark
matched roof, were examined. In one
corner of the garden a long, narrow
bed was green with plants that might
bear flowers later, a row of bending and
broken-down stalks along the fence,
with broad heads picked clean OF
seeds, showed where sunflowers had
grown the previous year, and as all
this domestic and home-making evil
dence was noted, 1t seemed more GER
tain that the wearer of moccasins, with
panther's claws, was not the occupant
of this wildwood home.
But who was he?
AND as It In answer to this query,
and just as the visitors were grouped
In front OF the hut, an old man, tall,
gaunt, with tangled hair and long
beard, suddenly appeared from one side
of the cabin.
He was coatless, hatless, and bare
root; a gray shirt patched in many
places and trousers more so were his
only dress; and, as he halted, looking
first at one and then at another Of the
group with wide-open, solemn eyes, his
arms hung limp and motionless.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
EGG Crouuettes.

Four hard boiled eggs, three table,
spoonfuls of cream, butter the size Of
large nutmeg, heaping saltspoonful
Of salt, dash of pepper When the eggs
are very hard and perfectly cold, rub
through fine wire sieve, add the
cream, salt and pepper, beating in
gradually; melt the butter and stir
in. AS eggs sometimes vary in size, a
little thickening may be needed to give
the right consistency. Use the finest
cracker dust, adding little at a time
until the mixture can be nodded into
very soft balls. Roll in cracker dust
and drop into deep kettle of hot fat
to fry. When they are brown, drain
on wire sieve, and serve with lettuce
salad. For this purpose the croquettes
should be cold. When hot, serve with
crisp bacon.-Good Literature.
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Fig Toast.

Wash carefully and cook in boiling
water half a pound of pulled figs until
tender, add one-fourth cupful Of sugar
and the grated rind and junce of half
a lemon; cook until the syrup is we'll
reduced; cut the crust from a thick
slice of bread and saute to a golden
brown, first on one side then on the
other in two tablespoonfuls of hot
butter; drain the bread on soft paper,
then heap the figs upon it, cover with
two-thirds cupful of thick cream and
a scant fourth cupful of sugar, beaten
until stiff. Serve at once. Prunes,
apricots, peaches, pears or strawberry
preserves may be prepared in the same
manner. If preserves be used, omit
the sugar from the cream. Sponge cake
may be used in the place Of bread
Peoples Home Journal. I
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
Spill ting Stroke Of LIGHTNING.

Spill tting Stroke Of Lightning.
Parisians did not seize the scepter
of the heavens and snatch the light
nings from the heavens" but they are
commanding the lightning to come no
farther, and it comes no farther-not
when the commander uses a magnetic
blow out arrester.' It consists OF
three metal parts arranged so as to
form two diverging spark gaps. These
gaps are placed within the field of an
electromagnetic. One OF the outside
pieces is connected to the line, the other
being connected with the ground. The
central piece is connected through the
electro-magnet to that terminal which
is connected to the line. When an arc
is formed due to en- atmospheric dis
charge, the fact that it is divided into
two parts makes it easier to be extin-
guished and the tendency of the arc to
rise is increased by the field set up by
the Observation-Disclosures.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
THE VENTILATED STABLE,
It Is thu Only Eealthful Place in
Which to Keep Live Etcck-
Some Suggestions.

NO one attempts to deny the impor-
lance OF ventilation in the stable. The
removal of foul gases and a constant
supply OF fresh air are just as neces-
sary to the thrift of cattle as food;
and yet, the best means of bringing
thls about remains, to a great extent
an Cnsolved problem.
The requirements, says A. P. Ketch-
en-, in Orange Judd Farmer, of a. good
system Of ventilation are: A constant
change of air in the stable, the intro
duction and distribution Of fresh air
without drafts, the liberation of the
fresh air at the window near the heads
OF the cattle in such a manner that
they may breathe it before it is dilut-
ed with foul gases, the removal OF
foul air without condensation and
dripping.
To provide for the fresh air inlet,
the floor of the feeding alley may be
elevated II inches above the level Of
the stalls. The inlet may consist of
ten-inch tile, or a wooden box, about
ten inches square, running under the
floor the whole length of the feeding
alley. This will admit enough fresh
air for Is cattle. If more are to be
supplied, a conduit, placed ON each
side of the feeding alley, will be gen.
orally sufficient.
The main inlet is tapped opposite
each pair of cattle by the distributing
pipes. These lead into the managers,
and are placed close against the part
ing blocks, their open ends being pre-
vented from plugging with dirt by a
leather flap, or some other device.
The foul air is carried off by means
OF ventilating shafts leading from the
ceiling of the stable out through the
| roof. Most farmers now run the pur-
lin post straight from the floor to the
purlin- Beside these posts is a very
convenient place for the ventilating
f1ues, they are out of the way, and
they are not so readily chilled as
when placed against the side of the
barn. Excessive chilling Of these foul
air outlets not only reduces the con-
| nectiOn current, but condenses mois-
ture, causing it to drip
These foul air outlets should be of
good size and should extend we'll up
beyond the ridge of the barn. If they
are not carried far enough above the
roof, the current will often be in the
wrong direction, and instead of act
ing as outlets, the wind viii some
times force a strong draft of cold air
down into the backs of the cattle, just
| as chimney that is too short will
sometimes cause a stove to smoke.
BY this method the fresh air is ad-
mitted, as in furnace, below the
heating area 1t is distributed evenly
and without drafts, and is liberated at
the heads of the cattle, giving them a
| chance to use it before it has been
diluted with the poisonous gases Of
! the stable. AS it is heated by inhala-
| ton and by the heat radiating from
| the bodies of the animals, convection
currents are sent up toward the CELL
ing, and out through the foul air
shafts. This system is automatic in
| it's action; the more stock in the sta
BILE, the stronger the convection cur
! rent
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Value Of Salt,

The value of salt in fattening steers
has been studied and experimental
with. 1t appears that it is needed for
animals of this class, as in the case of
dairy cows. Only what will be under
stood as reasonable supply ought to
be given. 1t is remarked on this SUBJ
ject that ''the heavy use of salt leads
to heavy consumption of water,
thereby increasing the flow of urine
a result not desirable. An Investigator
along this line recommends one ounce
of salt per day for steer weighing
1000 pounds at the beginning of the
fattening period, and one and one-third.
of an ounce at the middle and one and
two-thirds at the close. The form of
salt, granular or rock, is a matter of
convenience with the stockman-Prai-
RE Farmer.
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Their method of treatment is given as
follows:
Immediately after threshing, the peas
were put into cotton and jute bags. AS
soon as 30 bushels of peas were threshed
they were placed in a fumigation box
for treatment. One pound of carbon BIZ
sulphide was poured out into three fiat
pans, which were placed on the top of
the peas; the cover was then put on the
box and weighted with heavy stones
After 4S hours the cover was removed
and the box ventilated. The pans had
become dry, as the liquid had changed
into gas, which, being much heavier
than air, had sunk down amongs the
peas, penetrating them and killing the
weevils.
The quantity of carbon bisulphide used
by us was larger than that usually recon-
mended as pound or pound and half
is generally considered sufficient for 100
bushels of peas but We wished to err on
the safe side. Carbon bisulphide may
be purchased in small quantities from
any druggist at about 80 cents per pound,
or 40 cents per pint. For larger guam
titles better rates can be given by the
druggist. The gas or vapor, which
comes from carbon bisulphide is not
only combnstible, but it is very explosive
when mixed with air. Great care should,
therefore be taken to treat the peas in
the daytime only, for light or flame
of any kind brought near the liquid may
cause serious explosion; and smoking
near it should be positively prohibited
Moreover, the vapor should not be in
hailed, as it is very injurious, even a small
portion causing headache, giddiness and
nausea.
The treatment with carbon bisulphide
should be made in boxes. barrels. or
"bughouses," located some distance
from the insured buildings on the farm
With the strict observance of the pre-
ceding precautions, no one should hesi-
tate to use the carbon bisulphide. AS a
matter of fact, says the Prairie Farmer,
we have never heard of any bad results
following its use in the treatment of
peas. When pure it will not injure or
stain the finest goods. The commercial
liquid has an acrid taste, and an odor
like that of rotten eggs. The vapor is
more than 2A times as heavy as air. ANY
tight box or barrel may be used for this
purpose and the principal of fumigation
may be extended to any kind of seed
grain or other articles that are attacked
by any kind of insects.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
Honoring q Regiment,

In the fighting about An-ping one of
the Japanese regiments is reported to
have lost every one of its officers. The
same misfortune of war is symbolized
in the uniform OF q British regiment.
This is the Second Somerset battalion,
whose sergeants alone amongst their
fellows in the service wear their sashes
across their left shoulders, as officers
do, instead of over the right shoulders,
a. is the rule for othe1 non-coms. At
Jellalabad the somersets lost every
commissioned officer, and being brought
through the day BY their sergeants
alone, this honor was bestowed on them
and their successors. london TIT Bits.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
WINDOW GARDEN FERNS.
Care and Interest Alone Essential
to Grow Ferns in the
House.

OF all the green things that conde-
cend to live with us in our furnace
heated, gas-lighted houses, perhaps
none adapt themselves more readily to
conditions far removed from nature
han ferns, says a writer in Country
Life in America. 1t is astonishing how
many seemingly "immutable laws" can
be discreetly disregarded, if the love
for growing things is sufficiently strong
to make a way" Shade, moisture.
and mild temperature the books
warn us, are essentials of sue
ess in growing ferns" As a matter of
fact, fern boxes have given satisfaction
for years under the most trying con-
ditions, and the only secret of success
is to be interested in ferns. Sooner or
later the peculiar beauty of ferns takes
hold of one. Mature made ferns for
pure leaves" said Thoreau.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
GRIST.

Farming is poor business when the
farming is poor.
The richest part of any manure is
that which water will wash out.
Much labor and expense may be
saved by planning ahead of time
BY using the drill for sowing the
depth Of covering is uniform and there
is no loss of seed.
Never let the farm work or stock
stand still or retrograde, but keep both
progressing steadily.
The value of wood ashes in the or
chard and of coal ashes on heavy wet
clay can hardly be oyerestimated.
According to the exeptrs' report on
crop valuation for the year the total
value of all crops Will exceed $685.
100000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
WOOLLESS SHEEP.
Queer Animals from the Barbados to
Be Experimental With on
Farm in South.

Sheep raising in the southern part of
the United States never has been an i'm
portant industry.
About year ago Sir Daniel Morris,
British commissioner of agriculture for
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Ing Of a jews'-harp very family: ye,
so perfect was the stiffness, even the
melody that unique player rendered
could be distinguished, and way down
upon the Suwanee river" whispered
through the forest over and over again
Then came others of the same sad re-
frain, to end at last with the saddest
Of all, "Home, Sweet Home"
In silent establishment now Ms.tsn
and the doctor sat listening until the
lowly, pttiful playing ceased, and then
looked at each other.
A new and still more unaccountable
and pathetic element of mystery had
been added to this hermit's character.
That he tanned squirrels was natural
enough; that he cared for flowers was
surprising; but to find he had soul
attuned to melody was astonishing.
And he was content to live thus
alone, buried in painless wilderness,
year after year?
1t was past all comprehension.
When morning came, Martin decided
that he alone might possibly obtain
ooAAC SoAo4ucA dIAOA AIOm ILLS queer
hermit, at least to the extent of re-
plies to a few questions, and armed
with can Of condensed milk and two
or three cans of fruit as peace Offer
ings, he made him call. How he sue
ceeded can best be told in his own
words.
Il found him on his knees" he re-
ported upon his return, "but he was
not praying-merely pulling weeds in
the garden. He looked up when babe
him good morning, and then kept on
wedding without word. asked one
or two questions, but obtained no an
swer, and then little in doubt whether
I had best throw the cans at him and
run, or try again, paused. Presently
he arose, looked at me with those moon
eyes, and asked what I wanted. Moth
ing said, except to find out whether
you are lonesome, and if you will &C
cept what I've brought
''He shook his head, turned away.
faced round again, and started for the
cabin, and followed. Here he sat
down on the bench, lowered his face
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14
STREET FIGURE SELLER.
Individual Who Vends
Statuettes in New York
Bowery.

among the many men LnaC SelA
things in the Streets" said the town
traveller, according to the New York
Sun, "the most tranquil and philo-
sophical is the vendor of sculptured
figures.
He never cries his wares, the
statuette seller, but trusts them in
their beauty to speak for themselves,
while he, with somewhat of the pose
and air Of an artist, a picturesque fig
ure himself, stands and waits.
II might add that I have yet to see
the statuette seller sell single figure.
I have seen him often, with his wares
arranged and he standing silent beside
them, by day, and have seen him
by night, with his figures strung along
in front of some closed and dark
store, but in a spot where the light
from next door or from a glazing
street lamp in front fell upon and
illuminated them; and I have seen
people stop to look at his figures, but
never yet saw anybody buy one.
"But still he comes, wordless and
calm, not Indifferent, but tranquil, to
stand guard over his Apollos and
Venuses, Winged Victories and Mer-
CURES, and so l know he must find
customers.
different from the silent statuette
sellers and different also from. the
vendor of busts, who appears occa-
sionally with a pushcart loaded with
busts of Goethe and Schiller and
Shakespeare and Dickens and the rest,
was another figure seller, boy, this
one, who appeared in the Bowery the
other day.
He walked along the Bowery, this
boy, carrying on his arm market
basket heaping full with things done
up in pieces OF newspaper. When he
had come to a convenient spot he
stepped down into the gutter and
stood there, and rested his basket on
the edge of the walk, and took into
his hands the topmost of the things
and stripped off it's newspaper wrap
pings revealed-a dove!
1T was a very pretty and lifelike
blue dove, which he set down upon it's
delicate, dark red feet upon the side
walk, saying, calmly, as he did so:
"'Ten cents
"Then keeping calmly but steadily
busy, he picked up another thing from
the basket and took the newspaper
wrapper from that, and set it down
on the sidewalk beside the first one
another dove. And so he kept on I'M
til the basket was empty and he had
beside him in the gutter a pile Of
wrappings and, on the sidewalk in
front of him, standing beside the bas-
ket, flock of doves; while now a
drove of sightseers was standing in q
ring around him and his basket and
exhibits.
"All that was to be gained from the
boy about the doves was their price,
ten cents, for that was the extent of
his English. He was very business
like in the manner in which he went
about his work, but all that was to be
gathered from him, by one not know
ing his tongue, was the price.
But, as the statuettes do, so the
doves spoke for themselves, and a
man who came along and stopped to
look at them, bought one. So, even
though the figure seller was only a
boy, and the figures he was selling
were not classical statuettes, but only
blue pigeons, l had at last seen a
figure seller sell figure, and that was
interesting"
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into his hands, and for five minutes
spoke not word. put the cans down
beside him, squatted on stump, anC
began calling to the squirrels. Their
he looked up and smiled, and I never
was more grateful for smile.
They won't hurt you,' he said, as
one came close to me. AS squirrels
seemed to be the only avenue to his
speech, began to talk of them, and he
Joined in, telling me how they stole
his corn, how they lived with him i,
winter, and what he fed them. HI
called them up to him with one pc.
culiar cluck and stroked them, happy
as child. They have SOULS he saio
at last, same as you and /, and In
going to be one of 'em some day."
1T was curious and yet pitiful, but
failed to find out anything about him
how long he'd lived there, or who be
was. One or two questions he an
swered sane enough, others in vague
way, as If he failed to understand
them, and some he ignored entirely
When l arose to go, he arose also, and
then some sudden impulse led me tt
offer my hand. He took it naturally
enough, and we shook with a warm
clasp.
"'Good-by,' said, and he said
'Good-by,' and stood and watched me
out of sight. He is sane, and yet he
isn't, or rather, he is almost childlike
and absolutely harmless"
He must have some sense and in.
telligence, or he'd starve here" said
the doctor, when Martin finished his
story. ''No imbecile or semi-lunatit
could secure food and keep from freez.
ing winters"
And this medical opinion, as it may
be called, fairly covered the case
though in no wise explaining tho
mystery. Neither did Martin make
further attempt to solve it. It may
have been from sense of pity 70,
this half-demented old man, whose
sole Joy was the friendship of SPUR
rels, for Martin and the doctor left
the lake that day, and the hermit tc
his solitude. as we'll.
No more queer footprints were
found, t>~ever, and the doctor grew
less nervous as they journeyed through
the wilderness. But the hermit's face
his long white beard and tangled hair
his moon eyes, his tame squirrels
and all that made him mysterious
formed the main subject discussed
around each evenings campfire
Though not a ghost, yet he followed
them even to the border of the wilder.
ness, a pathetic, mysterious, and alto.
gether fascinating memory.