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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
LITTLE PEOPLE OF TRADE.
Mistakes and Shortcomings Of En-
p1oyes in Department Stores
Of the City.

The head Of the glove department in
one OF the great State street stores was
appealed to by displeased customer
whose request to have a glove repaired
while she waited had been refused. The
man In authority at once proceeded to
cast oil upon the troubled waters. relates
the Chicago RecOrd-Herald.
You see, madam" he said, with great
suavity-he is a relative and namesake
OF distinguished ex-governor of tho
state-"our little people do make such
foolish mistakes are limited.
these little people-they think at times
that they are more important than their
customers.
Here is your glove. madam, mended
While you wait, as it should be. Thank
you for making the complaint-it shall
be tonic to our little people,"
The little people" were small only in
the sense of being systematically dis
obllging, but under the kindly train;ns
OF their young adjuster their ideas of
discipline and business are likely to en-
large. Their head. who so lenientlv
protects them, gave further >illustra.
ton of foolish mistakes" on the part
of little people,
II was in New York last week buyins
gloves for the house, and stepped into \
wholesale place, where l encountered a
new saleswoman, who looked me over
as If hesitating about waiting on me at
all. asked for a certain style of driving
glove which is sewed with saddlers' silk.
professionally known as 'saddler-
sewed.' The young woman yawned.
looked at the clock-it was lunch hour
and took down few packages of gloves.
which were not the kind wanted. The
name of the firm serve would have com
PEELED her immediate attention. but I
wanted to see what she would do next.
She looked at me with an icy stare and
said:
I'VE don't keep the goods you wx,nt.
l think you would be likely to find item
in harness-shop. We are not saddlers
here
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
ORIGIN OF WEATHERCoCKS
Figure Of the Fowl Was Set Unon
Churches by Order of
the Pope.

Acontemplativeindividual, with some
power of observation, was asking about
weathercocks, says Success Magazine
why weathercocks?" he asked:
most vanes are in the form of arrows.
Sometimes they are hands that point
with the index finger in the direction
toward which the wind is blowing: A
running horse is quite popular as Ia
'vane; fish, trumpets, locomotives. and
many other forms are used, but L sell
dom If ever see vanes, except in pictures.
that can with any propriety be called
weathercocks." .v.>
referred the matter by note to orr
mutual friend, DR.. Detail, and received
the following reply:
'The ninth century was time of ex.
treme ignorance among all countries
which now lead in civilization. An au-
thentic account of the controversies No.
litical, social and religious. that then
occupied Europe, would make Curl
GUS and interesting list of reading. In
England, the question Of how persons
who devoted their lives to religion
should wear their hair, and at what
particular Sunday they should celebrate
Easter, became so bitter that the con.
version Of that part of the Saxon.
people who still remained pagans fell.
into neglect, and even those that had
been won from idolatry showed signs
of apostatizing. 49,. =
"At this time, by papal order, it was
enacted that the figure of a cock should
be set upon churches, in order to put
the people in mind of Peters denial OF
our Saviour and Of his unfeigned repent
ance, thus at once admonishing those
who would renounce the Saviour. AMI
offering forgiveness to- the penitent
apostle" -. ...>, ,.~
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

schtsel into the middle Of the scace
marked IKE OF, as shown at B, but not
so deep that it cannot be easily drawn
out Next set the chisel one-sixteenth
Inch back from the opening thus made
and and cut down a shaving to a still
q depth as at 9, and continue
cutting down and increasing the depth
at each successive cut until the full
depth OF the mortlse1 Is gained.
Fry out the shavings and continue
cutting down the end OF the opening
to the full depth each time, until the
end of the mortise is reached, as at D.
Reverse the front of the chisel, and
IN the same way cut the opposite end
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

OF the mortise until completed, as
shown at E. Do not try to sink the
mortise. little. at time, but at every
cut, after a full depth opening has
been made, drive the chisel to the bot
tom of the mortise. If the shavings
are not removed from time to time,
the incomplete mortise will resemble
the enlarged view shown at F.. In no
case should. chisel be used whose
edge will not reach from line to line
the full width of the mortise, as any
pairing or trimming of the sides of the
mortise should be avoided, as that will
make the width below the surface un-
even and irregular. Such trimming
will be entirely unnecessary if the
operator carefully follows directions
already given.
When the mortise is to be cut
through and through, as is often the
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two views Of q slightly different form
Of head for the pin, which may be
used in place Of the first described.
Tho radius for the upper end curve Is
#one-eighth inch, all other dimensions
being the same. s@=ss5 & 4. s s=S=. Z.
In Fig. 81 there Is shown tho same
strip, with the. beveled edges stopped
on opposite to each of the three pins.
There is a change in the position Of
the two end mortises only, and, as
will be readily seen, the stopping Oft
OF the beveled edges: will add greatly
to the appearance OF the strip. -! -
The angle at the ends of the stopped
bevel Is IS degrees. and is marked by
using the bevel Gig. 39) set to th,:t
angle. The work Of beveling must be
done by first stopping the beyels of
square, as shown at A, in Fig. 81.
Then. after having finished the bevel
TRUE and smooth, the angles are cara.
fully pared off, as indicated on one
of the corners at c..
We commend this form of hat hook
strip to the beginner as being an ex-
cellent exercise for chisel practice.
Both should first be made of pine
for practice-after which, il desired,
they may be made of CHARTERED oak
or some other of the finer grained
woods. Before inserting the pins both
strip and pins should be sandpapered
smooth.
II the wood is pine, first use No. I.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
bstituto for tho stick

y A story is told of the four-year-old
Prince Knut, son of Prince Christian
of Denmark. Recently dispute
arose between his nurse and himself,
the cause Of the dispute being whether
he should or should not take bath.
The arguments terminated in a sponge
being thrown in the nurses face AID
the royal mama being sent for in hot
haste. She decided that Knut was in
the wrong, and sent. him himself to
fetch the cane with which she must
beat him. He departed, and after some
time he came back again. Il can't
find the stick" he said politely. but
here are two stones that you can throw
at NJ. - James Gazette. 81.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
D'ri and /
By IRVING BAChELLER
Author Of Eben Holden" ''Darrel ot
the Blessed Isles" Etc. >..
CHAPTER XVIII.-CoNr1lNuEp.
iCopyrisht, 1901. by Lothrop Publishing Company

SAA<AA i IIAS <At AAA.~NON1ANVEus :
A thought came flying through my.
brain with the sting of an arrow. /.
''She must not be deceived. I have
not any noble blood in me. I am only
the son of soldier-farmer and have
my fortune to make" said I, quickly.
THAT is only a little folly" she an
swered, laughing. 'Whether you be
rich or poor, prince or peasant, she
cares not a snap Of her finger Ciel!
is she not republican, has~she not
money enough?" 49, 49,
Nevertheless. .l-Abeg you to say, in
your letter, that have nothing but my
Word and my honor
AsWe rode along noted in my book
the place and time we were to meet
the captives. The marquis joined us
at the Hermitage, where a stable-boy
watered our horses. Three servants
were still there, the others being now
in the counts service.
II any place give me days happi-
ness it is dear to me. and the where
I find love is forever sacred. I like to
stand where stood thinking of it, and
there I see that those dear moments
are as much part of me as of history
So while Therese and the marquis got
off their horses for little parley with
the gardener, I cantered up the north
trail to where sat awhile that de-
lightful summer day with Louise The
srotto had now q lattice roofing of bare
branches. Leaves, as red as her blush,
as golden as my memories, came rat
Ting through it, falling with faint
rustic. The big woods were as a
gloomy and deserted mansion, with the
lonely cry of the wind above and a
ghostly rustic within where had been
love and song and laughter and all de-
light.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
FIG. 50.

MARI the two parallel lines showing
the width Of the mortise, which In all
eases must be the exact width Of the
mortise chisel used. When mortising
the position Of the operator must al
ways be at the end-not at the side
OF the work, thus enabling him to see
that the chisel IS held perpendicular
to the surface being mortised. IT is
also the best position for prying out
the shayings cut by the chisel. q n
Clamp the piece flrmly to the bench,
and ~ With WoodsA mallet drive the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
FRUIT Al WHOLESALE
This Custom Is Steadily Growing u.
Big Cities-Keeps1tZin Cold
Storage.

S@z a spTdcLlce Wnicn Is steadily GROWING
in favor among town folk, not alone in
New York but in other American cities
as well, is that OF buying their fruit It .
wholesale and keeping It in cold stor-
age until needed for consumption The
cost OF such storage is now incon slider.
able; in most progressive towns space
to accommodate a package OF about the
dimensions of an ordinary -four barrel
may be rented for Is cents month, or
so cents for a season OF three OF four
months, Those persons who have
once tried the practice are enthusiastic
over it's advantages, maintaining not
only that it is much cheaper thar to
buy fruit in small quantities from day
to day in the retail market, but also
that it enables them to get the best
fruit that comes to market and to have
only the best all the time. 3
There is a valuable suggestion here
Tor the farmer and fruit grower, says
the Country Gentleman. Apples.
grapes, pears. ounces, plums, apricot7
even peaches and melons, as we'll al
bananas, oranges and grapefruit-can
be kept sound and good for surpris-
ing length of time in cold storage. AS
people come to realize this more gen.
orally, the opening for such trade be-
tween townsfolk and country growers
must increase immensely. There is
such an opening now, and the fruit
men whose warns are near enough to
the cities to permit them to carry their
fruit to the consumer have such an OPP
pOrtunity as never was known before
to market all their produce Of kind
at one time-the best time for them
and at good prices.
Large growers living at too great dis
lance from any city to carry their fruit
to market themselves would find it
both profitable and advantageous to
employ an agent in the city to handle
this trade for them, soliciting orders
from consumers for fruits in bulk at
wholesale prices and making the deliv
cries in season. It is easy enough to
find plenty of buyers for good fruits;
the fruit-eating habit has increased
enormously in the last decade or two
indeed there has been a remarkably
widespread awakening to retaliation
of the value of fruit as a staple article
of diet. The one thing needful IS to
bring the grower and the consumer to-
gether. A highly profitable trade il
bound to follow.
Having started with fruit, there IL
no reason why such direct business re-
lations between farmer and city house.
holder should Tot broaden to include
eggs, butter, vegetables and farm
produce in general. The consumer
would much prefer to deal directly
with the producer, whenever possible,
rather than with some middleman, ba
he commission merchant, wholesaler
or retailer-not alone because doing sc
would be in the long run appreciably
cheaper, but still more because il
would enable him to get the best of the
farmers goods and get them more
quickly and in fresher. better shape.
The grower who exerts himself to dis
pose of his product in this way will
soon find that he has secured good.
profitable and sure market for all tbs
produce he. can supply.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
A LESSON IN
MANUAL TRAINING
PRACTICAL. POINTS FoE BOYS
WITH AMBITION AND
8 l.. GENIUS. !: 3 .s3szz... v \
Directions ess Making Hat Hook
- tN>--,
strips--Ht>w Beveling rs Done
Mortisillg - Mortise Chise1s and
How to Use x:4en-Detailed Ex-
PLANTATION of the Various Steps III
Making Hat Hook Strips.
ny JAMES RITCHEY.

- 81. IsY JAMES RITCHEY. %.t' j
INSTRUCTOR in Woodworking and Pattern
I Making, Armour Institute Of Tech
< nology, Chicago) s@E
copyright, 1904, by Joseph B. Bowles.1
CThe interested reader is advised to clip
this article for refcrence.) <4:
It is often necessary to chamfer or
cut away the corner where two sur
faces meet, as in Fig. 49-the word
chamfer being a carpenters, term
which includes beveling. .-.... .
A chamfer may be a flat bevel, as
at A and B in Fig. 40, or it may be in
the form of z groove or curve, as at
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

strip it will be necessary to give some
instructions in mortising and in the
use of the mortise chisel shown at A
In Fig. 81. These chisels are thicker
and stronger than the f1rmer chisels,
and are made in all sizes. The .size
used must always be of the exact
width of the required mortise, this in
the case of the hat hook strip being
five-sixteenths inch. ~
When preparing for the nortise,
first mark out the length of the NOR
ttse, as shown by the cross lines for
three mortises on the piece A, Fig.
So. The mortise gauge, shown at B, in
Fig. 81, has two spurs, whose distance
apart is regulated by the screw in the
end of the gauge stem. and is used to
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
Four Nations.

Practical idealism takes with the
German chiefly the form of devotion
to- duty. In the Russian it is a readi-
ness to sacrifice everything to his In
ward feeling. In the Anglo-Saxon it
is the stalking of the whole person for
a concrete, palpable and distinctly
fixed purpose. In the Frenchman it If
q general idea which carries him vwav
to great deeds. * Contemporary RI,
view. *] II :. W. :: ss.t= ~ 81 .5
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the bottom. The water may be then
turned into the larger, or main cistern,
by opening valve in connecting pipe,
c, by the rod, d. The end of this pipe, a,
is placed about one foot from the bot
tom of the receiving cistern, to prevent
drawing the sediment into the larger
one: The check, c, may be any good
gate valve to which the rod, d, is at
tached for opening and closing.
find it much easier to clean small
cistern six feet deep than a large one,
says writer in Farm and Home. This
small one may be emptied into the
main cistern at any time and cleaned,
even when the storage cistern is half
full.
To prevent possibility of checking or
cracking in the cement, allowing leaks,
In the side Of either cistern where con-
Meeting pipe goes through, walls should
be reinforced, as shown, with cement
on the inside. The small cistern can be
placed at any reasonable distance from
the main cistern. With this arrange
ment it is not necessary to allow the
roof first to wash off before turning in
the water, thus losing what is often the
greater part of the rainfall.
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)fl,9do0loOl.' :. ~.
Gjt y ,,,!|a;]{(}9@Ql]lf'EU&
A GOOD clsTERN PLAN.
Arrangement by Which the Water
Supply Il Kept Free from Dirt and
.Cistern More Easily Cleaned.
Ihave had a cistern like the one shown
in the cut for II years and have always

had an unfailing
supply Of good wa
ter. It gives ad-
yantages over the
single form OF els
tern. The smaller,
or receiving cistern,
shown at right of
cut, takes the water
from he roof
spouts. where it re-
mains until sedi-
ment has settled TO
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
In BuyinR Eggs.

In buying eggs, remember you an
buying stock at the least cost Of pro.
duction, you are entitled to thorough,
bred chick from every egg that hatch,
es, but not . prize winner.-p0aAty
Ionfnal s. 8,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
FREAK POTATOES.

weighed nearly two pounds, resembles
a baby hippopotamus; the second, .
puppy dog curled up in a natural fash
ion; the third is not much unlike seal;
and the fourth-well, what animal does
it resemble?
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
.63 9r9 44yS ku&axss9:
FIG. so.

plane iron will cut at an angle of
about As degrees, as shown by the line
Ky at E, and the plane, like the
chisel, must be given sidewise and
not 4 forward stroke. This will pre-
vent splintering at the last or out
corner of the cut. = %s=s
Before returning to the hat hook
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19

f-a'Illt
FIG. 81.

case, the cross lines shown at A, Fig.
So, are continued, using the try-square,
across the edge of the piece and
around on the opposite side, and the
mortise gauge again used on the Sec
ond side, as on the first. The mortise
is then made ,one-half way through
from each side.
In Fig. 81 we show working plan
of the hat rack strip, with all sizes
and distances marked. The mortises
will be f1ve-sixteenths inch wide, and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
FIG. ST.,

atterWard finishing with No. 0 sand
paper. Should oak or other hard wood
be used, No. 11a first, then No. 0 will
be needed.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-19
POTATO FREAKS.
Odd Specimens Of Tubers Which Bear
Strong Resemblances to Diff
ferent Animals.

The above specimens Of tubers form
an interesting group. No. !, which
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-21
BITS FROM THE WRITER'S.

The simple life does not need lentIls
or cellular clothing. 1t needs. those,
rarer things, gratitude and humility
G. x. Chesterton.
She wore far too much rouge last
night and not quite enough clothes.
That is always sign Of despair in q
woman.-"S sebastian Melmoth."
Keep your bead on your shoulders.
It's bound to rest on some one else's
occasionally. Still, keep it mostly on
your own.-"A Pagan's Love-" by Con-
stance Clyde.
II you feel that you've really got to
tell secret. 60 somewhere where it's
dark an you'll be alone. Then keep
your mouth shut The Middle WALL
by Edward Marshall.
Not that marriage Is 80 beautiful, but
it is necessary girl should find that
out for herself, so that she can turn her
mind peacefully tosother things.
Pagan's Love-" by Constance Clyde.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-21
Lumber
Hard and Soft Coal

Butchers the Finest Cattle, Sheep and
Hogs that it is possible obtain
Highest Cash Price Paid For Hides.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-21
ANIMAL ANlMus.
Ways In which Wild Drutes show
Their Contempt For Mankind.

ways In Which Wild Hrutes show
Their Contempt For Mankind.
''Wild animals have great many
ways of showing their contempt for
humankind" said an artist who has
made a speciality of modelling animals.
Every one has an idea that ele-
plants become tame and even fond Of
people, but this is altogether wrong.
They are easily trained, but are never
tanned. They are docile just SO long as
the keeper has his goad in his hand or
the memory Of a burning endures.
had proof Of this one day while model
ing one of the elephants in a big AMI
NAL show. l was sitting in his stall.
with my modelling stand. not knowing
that on certain days he was given an
extra allowance Of chain. Suddenly he
tiung his trunk around with such force
that it smashed the stand to bits and
He never forgot his failure to finish
me, and soon afterward he expressed
his dislike in a more vulgar il less dan
gerOus manner. As | worked heard
him make loud sucking noise, but
suspected nothing. At last when he
had his mouth quite full of saliva he
| blew 1t toward me.
'srhis is not only trick Of elephants,
but of other animals as well, as have
learned to my sorrow. Camels have
the same habit. and while working
near camel one day was treated to
a shower Of finely chewed cud.''
| This sculptor and other artists agree
that the cat animals have different
mode Of attack. There seems less OF
spite and more of real hate In their
method. Sculptors usually place their
modelling stands as close to the bars as
possible This same one was once
working close to. a tigers cage. with
the beast inside lying very quiet, ap.
parently asleep. Without even raising
his eyeballs the big cat struck be
tween the bars with his heavy forepaw
splintering the stand and sending the
clay In wads on the floor. The artist
warned by sixth sense developed by
those who are much about animals
had jumped back just In time to es
cape.-New York Herald.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-21
THE GRAVE OF ELLA.
Hstton'. Rnort TO Find the Tonab Of
Charles Lamb.

ChArA1n La nm y.
Hutton's Literary Landmarks Of
London was largely a labor OF love
and was the result OF years Of hard
work. MIR. Hutton gives this example
Of the difficulties that stood in his way:
..Another Sunday afternoon devoted
to a pious pilgrimage to the grave OF
Charles Lamb at Edmonton. As usual.
nobody ut Edmonton knew anything.
The churchyard ts not small one, aud
1t is entirely filled. The sexton and the
graYedigger and few persons wan
dering about could give me no lnfor-
nation. Most of. them had never heard
Of Mr. Lamb, and could not ind the,
sacred spot. Naturally applied to the.
rector, and as he left the vestry door
after service leaning on the arm Of q,
pretty young woman I approached
him. raised my hat and asked politely.
IL he could tell me where Charles and.
Mary Lamb were resting. Really he
could not say! And l, forgetting the
day. the place and his sacred Office.
cursed that rector for his criminal igT.o-
rance.
Great heavens l said, you ought
to be ashamed Of yourself! In your
care have been placed the ashes Of, one
OF the foremost men in the whole his.
tory of English letters. And you don't
know where they are! They have made
your churchyard and your parish dis
tinguished all the world over. have
come 5000 miles to visit Charles
Lambs grave. and you, the rector OF
the church, don't know where It is.
! You ought to be heartily ashamed OF
yourself And I turned upon my heel
and left him standing there speechless
and confounded,"
Half an hour after the above incident
occurred and while Hutton was Crop
ling around the graveyard In the twi-
light the rector came to him, hat In
hand, apologtzed most humbiy for his
ignorance, which he had corrected Ia
the meantime, and conducted him to
i the grave Of the immortal Ella.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-21

sIills as Dr"lnsena. wis
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1905-09-21
The Feest of Nature.

'orhe Feast Of Nature" was a grand
French revolutionary holiday, held
Aug. 10, 1893. A plaster image Of ma
ture was erected in the Place de IL
Bastille. and the chief members OF the
convention. the public committees and
all public functionaries knelt In adora.-
ton, after which came the firing of
salutes, dancing and general public re-
joieings. The holiday celebrated! the
/ Ennished constitution of the republic.