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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14
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Dorothy Dodd $3.5 shoes
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14

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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-14

Dorothy Dodd $3.5o shoes
en-. C.8 3. Highland
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
TOGO WAS YOUNG.
Example of the Japanese Admiral's
Alertness of Mind Given in
Boyhood DAYS.

A retired English naval officer. who.
when lad, was on board the training
ship Worcester, at the same time as the
future Japanese Admiral Togo, accord
ing to the Rochester Herald, tells the
following "reminiscences:
Togo was constantly the victim of all
manner OF chaff from the young British
ers on board, who called him 'One-go-
two-go-three-go.' Disliked at first,
perhaps because he was unlike his
mates, he grew in popularity on account
OF his remarkably alert mind and agile
'ody. until at length he became a gen.
eral favorite with officers and boys.
He stood all chaff with a certain
amount of bravado, unless it touched
on his resemblance to the Chinese. To
one fellow sailor who dubbed him a
Chinaman, he said, with emphasis:
When I am 1.-The" admiral, hang you
to the yardarm.'
One day Togo had his leave stopped
for some small oftense. Liberty boys
to 60 ashore was piped, and the boys
went up to him and said: Are you to go?'
No. he replied. Immediately the young
sters got around him and pinched him,
for telling lies, shouting at the same
time: You are Togo
His praenomen being rather difficult
to pronounce, Togo was told, by one of
the boys to shoot his godfather and god
mother on his return home. We do not
shoot gods in Japan was his reply"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
LIFE ON A TORPEDO BOAT.
The Mer Have to Take Their Sleep
and Food in "Catch as Catch
Can" Fashion,

A man on torpedo boat has to catch
his sleep ION the f1y,' and he becomes
exceedingly expert, being young and
adaptable, at making up the required
amount of slumber in little mosaics of
an hour now, half an hour then and ten
minutes later on. He becomes accus-
toned to drop into doze whenever a
favorable minute arrives and he is not
on duty, and, o.stay in that condition
until a sudden lurch of the boat shakes
it out of him. Never at sea does he ex-
pect to be able to turn in for full
nights sleep, says writer in the Boston
Globe.
This difficulty of sleeping on torpedo
boat at sea is one of the principal rea-
sons why the fleet of destroyers sent to
Manila had an itinerary arranged for it
which provided for 80 days spent in port
and only 70 at sea. This 80 days of rest
against 70 of active seagoing is calculat-
ed to be about the limit of endurance of
picked crew on torpedo boat A de-
stroyer, 1t must me remembered. is only
torpedo boat of larger growth, and
not SO much larger as to make any mate
rial difference in the amount of discom-
fort and strain put upon the crew, espe.
cially where the theater of action is the
open ocean.
A man who has had much service on
torpedo boat said to the writer:
1T is not only sleep with which you
have to play catch as catch can on board
torpedo boat, but you have to play tag
with your food as we'll If there was
anything like sea on, We never used to
think of sitting down to table, but took
such food as we could get in one hand
and ate it while we held on with the
other.
"A great part of the time cooking was
next to impossible, and cold canned
stuff, or what was left over of the stuff
which had been cooked in port, had to
suffice us, and we grabbed that as we
could and when we could.
"The cook always, or almost always,
used to make coffee for us, though how
| he managed it was a mystery, for:
though he used to lash the coffee pot
| to the top of the stove and toe down
the lid, the pitching and the rolling OF
the boat in a heavy seaway would spill
| large portion of the contents of the pot
out through the spout.
''Then cookey would put cork in
the mouth of the spout, and when the
boiling coffee generated steam enough
! the lid would blow off. or the cork would
fly out. Altogether, it was only by the
exercise of interchangeable energy AMI
skill of the sort which ought to have
been recognized in general orders that
finally enough coffee would be manutac-
tured to give each man cup
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
OUR NEIGHBOURS MOTIVES.
It Is Better to Risk Guessing Them
to Be Good Than Think
Them Evil.

A life is composed of motives as a
sentence is composed of words. Our
neighbours life is written in a language
not exactly our own. 1t is a foreign
tongue, which we too easily flatter
ourselves we understand, and which
we too presumingly profess to inter-
pref. But every conscientious trans
lator knows the danger of free guess
ing at the meanings of strange words.
From the context, says the Sunday
School Times, he may guess rightly
four times out of five, and from the
very forms of the words themselves
he may often successfully dispense
with his dictionary. But once in a
while he will be lured into a false
guess that will warp the real meaning
or absolutely invert the authors inten-
ton. So it is with our neighbours mo-
tives 1t is easy to fancy ourselves
master of the language of his life. It
is easy to put many a correct interpre-
tation upon his deeds. But guessing
at the secret springs of soul is haz-
ardous business-when the guess is
damaging. Many a life that is strug-
Cling to do better is crushed and bro
ken by a false guess at it's meaning
If a motive must be attributed to a
problematic action, it is better to risk
guessing it to be good than guessing
it to be evil.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
It Was Wished On,

Johnny's sister has ring that Johnny
is very fond of. He is allowed to wear it
sometimes for an hour or so, when he
has been very good, or has promised to
te One day he suddenly found that he
wanted to wear that beautiful little gold
band, and so he informed his sister. She
wasn't just in the mood, so she told him,
as ME insisted, that she couldn't take it
off because it was wished on" Johnny
said little and thought much, and the
next afternoon. when sisters had callers
he rushed in and pumped down on an OF
toman in the middle of the room.
"Johnn," reminded his sister, "your
cap, dear"
"Oh," returned the boy, innocently, 81
can't take it OF, sis; it's wished on IN.
Y, Tribune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
LOTS OF FARMS LEFT VET.
Public Domain Is Not by Any Means
Exhausted. as Some Would
Have Us Believe,

The material development of the
country is quietly progressing at re-
markable rate in one direction which il
not given much popular attention.
More than 22,S24,299 acres of the pub
lie lands were turned over to private
individuals last year. This means that
an area almost equal to that of the
state of Indiana has within that time
been added to the productive regions
Oh the united States. Most of these
newly opened lands were homesteaded
by farmers, as will be seen from the
following figures: There were 81 65
patents of all classes issued within thu,
year. OF this number 47,,654 are classed
as agricultural, 1904 as Indian allot-
ments, l,le4 as mineral patents, 200 as
coal patents, l76 as private land claims,
1e7 as railroad patents and 40 as
swamp land patents The total sum
which the government got by way of
ices and CON missions for issuing these
patents was $11,O24,744. Under a re-
cent law the most of the receipts from
1ne sale OF public lands will hence
forth be set aside for retaining arid
lands by irrigation.
IN the public domain there are still
unappropriated 3S0,979,3O7 acres OF
surveyed lands and 59l ,976,16 acres Of
unsurveyed lands a total of more
than 97O,955, 600 acres A great manv
tracts in this immense area. of course.
Will always remain uncultivated and
unsettled, but it has been estimated
that when the contemplated system Of
irrigation shall be put into working
oruer so much good land will be
opened that a population as large as
the whole nations present population
coulo md room there to thrive pros
perously and contentedly.
Rapid strides are now being made IN
the developing of the public domains
Inc excitement and uproar of former
pioneer days are absent in this work.
OUT the process is marked and very ef-
1ectlve. The passenger traffic on west
ern railroads is evidence of this fact
Agreeable reflections arise in contem-
plating that the United States stin
owns SO much arabic public land. The
dangers OF an overcrowded population
py immigration or natural increase are
still remote. The census for manv
years yet to come will not show an ex-
cess OF people above what the wes*
Will need in settling I'D it's vacant
lands.-kansas City Journal
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
ALL AROUND TIE FARM.

Plants derive their substance chiefly
from the air, as all the carbohydrates
are supplied by the air, and those ele-
ments come into the plant through the
leaves and comprise many times the
bulk of that derived from the soil.
On many farms there are muck
swamps that might be made a source
of value, especially where nitrogen is
wanting in the other Soils
The COW pea is worthy of more at
tention that it has received, though
it is receiving more attention every
year.
The larger part of a decayed plant
is of no value for manure, but may
help the mechanical structure of the
SOIL
There was never a time in the his
tory of the world when agriculture
was as popular as II the present time.
The exhaustion of the humus in a
soil frequently renders it almost un-
tillabie.
The first care of the farmer should
be to maintain the fertility of his
land.
In swine raising for the beginner.
start should be made with a few ami
mails
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
How to Get Strong Chicks.

If breeder wants good, strong chicks,
he must begin at the beginning" and
see that the stock that produces the eggs
is strong and vigorous. Strongly fertil-
lied eggs come only from stock that is in
good condition, vigorous and healthy,
we'll fed and we'll cared for. The germ
in an egg from weak, diseased stock will
always be weak and will never produce
a strong chick, if it matches at all. The
breeder who failed to get his breeding
stock in the pink of condition before
the commencement of the Matching sea-
son will not get the best results.-Com-
mercial Poultry.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
ALFALFA HARVEST IN CALLFORN

at least 100 years before its 'introduc-
ton into California It is claimed that
it worked its way eastward overland,
but this may be doubted to some extent
as it is certain that it was grown in the
southern Atlantic states a generation
ago in a tentative way. But that most
of the spread has been from California
fields seems certain, the plantations fol-
lowing the lines of railway over the
mountains and through the arid deserts
OF Arizona and New Mexico. 1t has now
become the great hay crop of the semi
arid region.
Alfalfa was looked upon as a plant
adapted to the dry sunny climates only,
but it is now coming to be considered
a cosmopolitan plant of great range of
growth. 1t is certain that where it has
been grown in large quantities it has
enormously increased the productivity
OF the land and increased the number Of
live STOCK that can be carried on each
acre. The ranchmen of the west are
now using immense quantities of alfalfa
in the winter feeding of stock being
prepared for market-Farmers Review
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15

water; you can't hurt yourself, and I
shall be there. My boat will be an
chored close by, and we can easily
reach it,
Drop into the water!" said poor
Kate.
- but. ! will be. there, you know"
said Dickory.
-.She looked down upon the ledge, and
then she looked below it to the water.
which was idly Tapping against the
! side of the vessel
- Is it. the only way?" said she.
1T is the only way" he answered.
speaking very earnestly. "You must
not wait for your father; from what
I hear, fear he has been detained
against his will. BY nine o'clock it
will be dark enough. d.
"And what must I do?" she said,
feeling cold as she spoke.
Listen to every word" he answered.
This is what you must do. You know
the sound of the bell in the tower of
the new church,"
f. "Oh, yes" said she, II hear it often"
And you will not confound it with
the bell in the old church?'
"Oh, no." said she; 1T is very differ
ent, and generally they strike far
apart. I" ~-:~<%
"Yes," said he, 1.-The old one strikes
first; and when you hear it, it will be
quite dark, and you can slip over the
rail and stand on this ledge, as I am
doing; then keep fast hold of this rope
and you can slip farther down and sit
on the ledge and wait until the clock
of the new church begins to strike
nine. Then you must get off the ledge
and hang by your two hands. When
you hear the last stroke of nine, you
must let 60 and drop. shall be
there"
But if you shouldn't be there,
Dickory? Couldn't you whistle,
couldn't you call gently?"
NO." said Dickory; If did that,
their sharp ears would hear and Ian
terms would be flashed on us, and per-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
When Cutting Short Grain.

When cutting very short grain with
a harvester, considerable difficulty is
often experienced, as the short cut
grain will accumulate upon the sickle
bar in such quantity as to clog the
sickle. And it will ne found that if the
reel is lowered enough 10 prevent this,
upon the platform and scattered so
badly that it cannot be properly bound
into bundles without great loss. To
avoid this, get some very heavy can
vas, ten inches wide, and fasten 1t with
tacks the full length of the reel Stats,
and this will sweep the grain gently
Waste.-Farm Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
THE SYRIAN BARBER BOWL.
A Novelty in Tonsorial Utensils That
Is Popular with Some New
Workers..

81 have quite a number of novelties.
from my country" said the Syrian bar
Der in Washington street. relates the
New York Times, but l keep them for
my American customers. The Syrians
want the latest Yankee notions. Of
course, once in awhile an old mountain
eer happens in who longs for the ancient
customs, but he is only bird of pas
saga maker of laces or a peddler of
saddlebags-going through the metrop-
oils to some other city.
1.-THE Syrian bowl seems TO please New
Workers most A number of artists come
to my shop just to have it used on them.
Here it is. Quite ornate. isn'tit They're
not all alike, but keep this one because
my customers admire the inlaid work on
it, and while I'm shaving them enter
tain them with the story of it or the in
dustries of the villagers who produce this
kind of merchandise. The shape is the
egg-basin. The semicircular brim fits
the neck of the customer. and if he likes
ears. In Syria the lather is made right
in the bowl with the hand and applied
by the hand to the face of the customer,
but New Workers won't have that, they
like the brush dipped in. The native
brush is unique, made of soft split grass,
but only my people stand for it; the
smooth, tender skin of Yankees can't
stand it's harshness of fiber.
My people like plenty of perfume put in
the bowl, but perfumes and scented
soaps make Anglo-Saxons mad Weuse
moistened, scented clay after shaving
as a sort of powder for the face. 1t is
splendid for the skin and acts as disin-
fectant, but though import quite lot
of it from the mountain country, l have
a hard time to get rid of it among my for
eign clients. Lately some ladies have
been buying it to use in their cosmetics.
They are finding out it's medicinal quail
ties, and they don't have the prejudice
against it that the men seem to have
A society woman happened into my shop
a day or two ago and bought a Syrian
barber bowl and an ear razor for shaw
ing the inside of the ear. These razors
are fine things, and all the nobility use
them at home. l showed her how to
handle the blade and told her to be care
full and always employ the tiny ear-mir-
ror with it.
"She thanked me, but replied: "Oh,
dear me, l wouldn't use that beautiful
thing for any horrid purpose like that
l want it for an ornament; sort of book
leaf CUTTER"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
CHAPTER III.
THE TWO CLOCKS.


sat, and she sat; she
waited, and she waited; and at last she
wept, but very quietly. Her father
did not come; Ben Greenway was not
there; and even that Charter boy had
gone A man came aft to her; a mild
faced, elderly man, with further offers
of refreshment and an invitation to go
below out of the night air. But she
would have nothing; and as she sadly
waited and gently wept, it began to
grow truly dark. Presently, as she sat,
one arm leaning on the rail, she heard
a voice close to her ear, and she gave
great start
1T is only Dickory," whispered the
voice.
Then she put her head near him and
was glad enough to have put her arms
around his neck.
II have heard great deal MORE"
whispered Dickory; these men are
dreadful. They do not know what
keeps your father, although they have
suspicious which I could not make out;
but if he does not come on board by
ten o'clock they will sail without him,
and without his cash box"
And what of me?" she almost cried,
what of me?"
They will take you with them,"
said he; that's the only thing for
them to do. But don't be frightened,
don't tremble. You must leave this
vessel"
But how" she said.
ooh! 1 will attend to that" he an
swered, If you will listen to me and do
everything l tell you. We can't go I'M
til it is dark, but while it is light
enough for you to see things will
show you what you must do. Now,
look down over the side of the YES
SELL"
She leaned over and looked down.
He was apparently clinging to the side
with his head barely reaching the top
of the rail.
DO you see this bit of ledge / am
standing on?" he asked. Gould you
get out and stand on this, holding to
this piece of rope as do?"
Eyes," said she, Il could do that"
'"Then, still holding to the rope.
could you lower yourself down from
the ledge and hang to it with your
hands?"
"And drop into your boat?" said she.
Eyes, could do that"
NO." said he, mot drop into my
boat. It would kill you If you fell into
the boat. You must drop into the wa
ter" -: !. 55.t j.
She shuddered, and felt like scream
ing. -..
But It will be easy to drop into the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
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THE INTEREST IN ALFALFA
Plant Is Coming to Be Considered a
Cosmopolitan Grass of Wide
Range of Growth.

The interest in alfalfa seems always
on the increase. Ten years ago the
farmers of Kansas were discussing
whether or not they would grow this
crop, while now the same discussion is
being carried on inthe states far to the
east and north Alfalfa was first intro
duced into this country by the monks
who settled on the coast of California
in the early part of the last century.
They doubtless brought it from South
America, where it had been grown for
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
RAISING SEEDLESS FRUITS.
Some Success Achieved with Apples.
Plums and Cherries in the
Last Few Years.

A veteran nurSeryman OF Colorado
heralds the fact that after years of pa
tient experiment in grating and budding
he has secured a seedless apple Modest
ly the creator has withheld information
of his success until he has secured 40
trees of his new variety, says local in
formant. Expert pomologists have ex-
amined the new apple, and declare it to
be very handsome in appearance. De-
tails OF the methods by which this
achievement was attained have not been
divu}ged, but when it is remembered
that the milliOn-bOx crop of navel
oranges came from single shipment of
six slips the start that has already been
attained with 40 productive trees
presages an early appearance of the
seedles apple in commerce.
The department of agriculture, as we'll
as many grape growers, have been work
ing for years on the problem of a seed
less grape, and, while rumors of success
have appeared from time to time during
The past decade, the Sultana and Thomp-
son seedless varieties have during the
past year established their reputation
| among the viticulturists. The Japanese
plum, without stone, is also reported a
reality, although the seeds have not
been obviated. Cherries without stones
| are promised in the immediate future.
Seedless tomatoes are alleged to have
been perfected by an Indiana woman, be-
ing grown from the stock of the tomato
which is replanted when it is at it's full
height. Watermelons of the sameTfreak
nature are also rumored from Georgia,
but not much credence is placed in this
report. though if tomatoes have been
perfected there is no essential reason
why similar success should not be at
tanned with the watermelon.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15

an inch by two inches wide, seven feet,
three inches long. Guides from b
to play In are three feet two inches
clear. Pitman is four feet long, one
inch thick. saw is six feet; projects
four feet, two inches. Handle is set
slightly slanting The saw is boltet1
on to side of pitman. Forward two
bolts have large washers. Two boards
are halved together and nailed to
standard. They are about three AMI
one-half feet in length Saw car
rage is simply two straight logs
placed at convenient height.-Rural
New Yorker
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-06-15
CHARACTER TOLD BY BACKS
veals Something of Their
Temperament.

You can tell them by their, backs
the men who have no happy homes,
or have left them to eat in chop
houses. There are all kinds of backs
in row at lunch counter when the
rush is on and they show all kinds
of character and temperament and all
stages of the lunch counter habit, says
the Chicago Tribune.
The man whose back is a round
He drops into seat without looking
around and without any attempt to
preserve the human form divine in any
of its proper dignity. Naturally, his
head drops down near the counter, just
over the place where his plate will be.
He gives his order without any more
than a glance at the list of delicacies
hung on the wall. Ten to one he has
a favorite dish, and the waiter doesn't
need more than a murmur from him
to know what he wants.
This man never seems to be in a
hurry. He may not have much time
to spare, but he knows that he can
NV save duy lAulc ny SlttluS UOlC up
right in the chair and looking nerv-
ously at the walters after the manner
of the man who only occasionally takes
his meals in a chophouse
The man whose back is just as straight
in the chophouse chair as it is on the
street is either bubbling over with en-
ergy, or, less often, is built that way He
is generally not fat man nor inclined
to be at all stout. and it is easy to guess
why.
Next to backs. the most interesting
thing in the ordinary chophouse is the
names the walters have for the different
dishes. They are far and away a greater
mystery than the tales the backs tell.
Among them is, Side O. horse, to come
a-running." It is believed to have some
connection with a roast beef sandwich,
with horseradish. butno one has yet VOL
unteered convincing explanation.