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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
THE LIVE STOCK.

Roots for breeding ewes are almost
necessity.
Just as likely as not the pig pen is
unclean. See to It.
A sheep is fine animal to have on
the farm; but it is best to keep on the
safe side of boom.
Frozen clover does not have any
feeding value.
Keep the ewes outside as much as
possible, but do not expose them to
rains or SHOWS.
In late spring we. feed our cow
clover hay and corn. For early pas
ture we, put them on rye and Wheat
Mrs. A. Schere, Missouri sz5s l.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
WHAT PUZZLED THE COOKS
Culinary Terms That Were a Little
q. Too High for Order Of
knowledge.

The mistress had ordered the '1eft-
overs 10 be made into a ragout and
served for luncheon. The new cook
was puzzled, but not being willing to
admit her Ignorance, she accepted the
order without question, relates Youths
Companion. A little later daugh-
ter of the house overheard the Eng
lish butler kindly enlightening her.
Them rag-outs is nothing but ASH"
he declared, condescendingly; and
cook, much relieved by the informa-
tion, was able to proceed with her
work. Hash she was acquainted with.
although ragout was a stranger.
A cook. and maid of all work still
less sophisticated, a resident of a
small village, was recently engaged in
an emergency by a city woman stay
ing in the place for the summer. The
was a treasure of neatness, and in the
simpler branches of her art entirely
competent. Her very excellence
served at first to veil her limitations,
and it was only gradually that they
were uncovered.
Toward the end of her first week
company was expected, and she was
told tina: a mayonnaise dressing was
wanted that day. Up to that time the
hostess, who preferred the plain
French dressing, had been accustomed
to prepare the salad herself at table.
Amelia looked bewildered, and then
showed that she was offended.
What's wrong with my dressing?"
she inquired, stiffly. Seems to me I'm
dressed we'll enough, and /. don't
change MY dressing jest for batch o.
town company, 'cept I'll put on an
apron, f you've got notion for 'em.
But If nayonnaise means caps, that's
a way of dressing I won't dress for
anybody. I always do my hair up
tight and respectable, SOS nobody need
complain, but there's plenty of it,
and, providence permitting, don't ex-
pect to need caps this 20 years. I've
my own feelings and my own idees,
and mayonnaise dressing amt my
STYLE"
She was soothed with hasty as
surance that mayonnaise was not tho
French for cap; and she soon learned,
moreover, to compound that famous
and familiar dressing in manner
which might have satisfied even q
Partisan epicure.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
Sham Love of Nature. :

Praising the genuine love of nature
which exists in the hearts of SO many
quiet people, who have real delight
in the silent and exquisite changes,
the influx and efflux of life which we
call the seasons, an anonymous Eng
lish writer says: '"Those who are
fortunate enough to spend their lives
in the quiet countryside have much
of this tranquil and unuttered love OF
nature; and others, again, who are
condemned by circumstances to spend
their days in toilsome towns, and yet
have the instinct, derived perhaps
from long generations of country fore
fathers, feel this beauty, in the short
weeks when they are enabled to ap-
proach it, more poignantly still. The
fact remains, however, that a love Of
nature is q part Of the panoply of cult
walton which at the present time peo-
pie above certain social standing feel
bound to assume. Very few ordinary
persons would care t. avow that they
took no interest in national politics,
in games and sports. in literature, in
appreciation of nature, or in religion.
AS a matter of fact, the vital interest
that is taken in these subjects, per-
haps in games and sports, is far below
the interest that is expressed in them.
"A person who said frankly that he
thought that any of these subjects were
uninteresting, tiresome or absurd,
would be thought stupid or affected,
even brutal. Probably most Of the
people who express deep concern for
these things believe that they are CIV
ing utterance to a sincere feeling; but,
not to. expatiate on the emotions which
they mistake for real emotion in the
other departments, there are probably
a good many people who mistake for
a love of nature the pleasure of fresh
air, physical movement, and change Of
scene. Many worthy golfers, for in
stance, who do not know that they are
talking insincerely, attribute, in con-
versation, the pleasure they feel in
pursuing their game to the agreeable
surroundings in which it is pursued;
but my secret belief is that they pay
more attention to the lie of the little
white ball, and to the character Of
bunkers, than to the pageantry of sea
and sky" @.-s ::
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

have boys enough to grow up and shoot
the negroes. But when l found boys
who wanted to skip away from home,
+ would give them a job, and they
would have slept in the straw
with the horses, and eaten at the Sec
ond table after the negroes had been
fed, if they could only shake their
comfortable homes aid loving friends,
and join travelling circus.
Well, always gave such boys job
watering the camels, and after they
had carried water from daylight till
dark, and had seen it disappear down
a camel and the camels grumbling
because they didn't bring water fast
er, the boys would ask me how long
it took to I'LL up camel, anyway. l
would tell them that if they kept right
at work, the camels ought to be filled
up full along in the fall. The boys
would reluctantly resign. Our camels
have been the making of hundreds of
boys by their tank-like capacity to
hold water. One hoy at Richmond,
Va. got it on me by getting a section
of fire hose and hitching it to n.y.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
Pa Jumped Like a Box Car.

lions OF Osier willow cuttings. and put
in the whole winter. In the spring,
when it was time to deliver the goods,
they went into the river bottoms and
cut a whole lot of pussy willow"
cuttings, delivered them to the farm
ers, and got their money, and went
away. When the pussy willow cut
'tings died in their tracks, or grew up
just plain pussy willows that never got
high enough to hide a Jack rabbit, the
farmers of Kansas ,caded their guns
and waited for pa and the brakeman
to come back to Kansas, but they
never went back.
The brakeman became president of
great railroad. but when he has to
90 across the continent in his special
car, he lodges Kansas, and goes across
by the northern or southern route.
Pa has SO far lodged the farmers, but
money wouldn't have hired him to
stay with the circus. and meet those
farmers that they sold the willow gold
bricks to. And yet, when I bunco
anybody around the show, pa takes
me one side and tells me that hon
esty is the best policy, and to never
lie, cause my character as a man
will depend on the start I make as
boy. He don't want me to go
through life regretting the past, and
being afraid of the cars for fear some
act of my younger days will become
known, and queer me. I guess pa
knows how it is hisself.
Well, if there is one thing l am
proud of, it is that I have always
been good. When l grow up to be
man, prosperous in business, and be-
longing to church, and married, and
have children growing up around me,
/ can put on an innocent face and
bold front, and point to my past with
pride, if I should go to live among
strangers, where nobody took the pa
pers. and the people were not on to me.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

drant, and letting the water run into
trough at the camel stand in the
menagerie, and before 1 knew it the
camels had filled up until they were
swelled four times as big as they
ought to be. Then they laid down.
and couldn't march in the grand
entree. and pa sent for plumber to
have the camels fixed with faucets.
That boy was a genius, and we kept
him and put him Tito the lemonade
privilege. You can ill a camel with a
hydrant all right, but if you bring the
water in pals he will beat the game.
I remember one boy at Wilmington,
DEL, who insisted on going along
with the show, cause his mother
made him work after school, and my
heart was touched, cause I know how
a boy hates to work after school, so
l gave him a job sprinkling insect
powder on the buffaloes, that were
scratching themselves against the tent
poles so much that felt they had
something alive concealed about their
persons. That boy started in with
his can OF insect powder on a buffalo
calf, and then he filled the cows hair
full of the powder, and when he start
ed On the bull, the bull took sniff
OF the powder on the cow, and got it
up his nose, and he held his head
up kind of scared like, and turned his
upper lip wrongside out, and began to-
paw the ground. Then he made a
charge on that boy, and tossed him
through the tent, and I looked through
the hole, and saw the boy scratching
gravel towards town. If he is not
running yet, he is probably o. doing
chores for his mother both before and
after school, ~. r. = ',,5 IS
I have. discouraged most OF the boys
who wanted to run away and 60 with
the show. by giving them q curry comb,
and brush and telling them they could
have q permanent JOB currying on the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
Authors References.

One of the most fascinating things
about authors is the wonderful variety
in their tastes and methods of compo-
sition. Some Of these are uncommon
ly interesting.
0. Henry, the popular humorist, does
all his work (when he can be induced
to work. between dark and daylight,
and while actually engaged in compo-
s1tton takes no nourishment except an
occasional spoonful of Worcestershire
sauce.
Edith Wharton says she does her
best work on cold buttered toast. with
a quart of water at 1880 p. m.
Richard LIE Gallienne composes his
impassioned love lyrics while riding
In railway trains, afterwards debating
them to a perfectly proper stenogra-
pher. While in the throes of versifica-
ton, Mr., LIE Caffeine nibbles on
''Hafiz Milk Chocolate" which he i'm
ports from Persia in ten-pound slabs
Hamilton Wright Mabie does all his
thinking with ;metronome at his ell
bow. If he finds that he is. thinking
too fast or too slow he moves the in
dicator on the machine up or down,
and his mind and metronome tick
rhythmically together. 49,. 80 49,
Jack London works best by day
light, with his table placed directly be.
fore. camera, which ticks automat-
ically every 40 seconds. While writ
ing Mr.. London munches raw beef
sandwiches.
Gertrude Anterior writes in Ger
many and reads her manuscript to
Poultney Bigelow, or the kaiser If Mr..
Bigelow happens to be out Of Germany.
While working she eats very little
not oftener than three times day,
and nothing more hearty than wien
er schnitZel. - >s
Authors are awfully interesting!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

This is the first time since we start
ed out with the circus in the spring
that pa and have not been two
"JoGnnies on the spot" ready for any,
thing that the managers told us to
do. Oklahoma, though, and the In
dian territory, have been too much
for pa, and they sent him on to Kan
sas City to recuperate in a hospital
for a week, while tho show does Kan
sas to a finish, and makes triumph
al entry into Missouri
wonder how the show will get
along without lis for a week. cause
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

of trouble. The cut shows a very
excellent arrangement-this being a
cross-section and readily understood.
The bottom of the sheep rack is
tight, and under this, through mar
row Stats and openings in front, the
lambs may be fed in a small trough OF
their own. They are thus out of the
way of the sheep, says the Farm Jour-
nal. and can be fed their own ration
apart from the sheep.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

SOIL PULvERIZER AND LEVELER
which consists OF three hardwood poles
six inches in diameter and eight feet
long. The poles are fastened together
about one foot apart by means Of short
pieces of chain. A board is bo,ted to
the front piece and allowed to extend
beyond the third. To this board is
fastened an old moving machine seat
which forms comfortable place for
the driver. The double-tree is at
tached to the front pole by a short
chain.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
R0rn q Kin0

There is a fact about King Alfonso
we'll worth knowing. OF all the kings
who have ever lived with the sole ex-
ception of Jean I. of France, who lived
bat few hours, he is the only one to
be king from the moment of his
first breath-a veritable 'born king"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
At the Hotel.

Guest-Didn't I telegraph for the
best room in the house?
Clerk-Yes, sir. =. - : 2.=. =. 49,. =. /.
Guest-Why didn't you save it for
me? .. s. . 81. .. 81 .:l It,. = -.
Clerk-I've already given the best
room In the house to SO people to-
night, and + thought you wouldn't like
to be crowded. Cleveland Leader.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
: : 81 ) i

H* .FUhMERLY the face Of asheroine of
fiction grew pale, or became pala;
but now it goes pale. :Wesno longer
write, those Of us who pursue style
with lariat, 'Vivian's eyes grew
wet but s'Vivian's eyes went wet.',.
Or, Vivian's nose went blue, her ears
went scarlet: her lips went dry. ESQ,
suggestive. Of well or a cow, her
knees went shaky, her voice went
husky, her head went hot and her feet
went cold. And at last having squan-
dered her affections, on g.. worthless
lover, Vivian's heart went broke. You
can pick out real stylish author by
his use Of the word went" .~s..
Latest News from Little Already.
(From the Little Already Argus.) Il:
Inc people from this erstWhile spot.
less town are aghast at the corruption
IN high places in our midst. Follow
ing on the exposure of Ezra Joyce,
whose gross misconduct of the affairs
OF the pumping station is now under
investigation by the village board, the
hand OF suspicion is now laid heavily
upon our once honored townsman. Alb
ner Butterbaugh. The facts, as the Ar
gus learns them, are these: TO Mr..
Butterbaugh was entrusted the con-
tract to repair the bridge over Turtle
creek The job was done and the work
approved by the village fathers. Now,
1t Is charged, and up to the hour of
going to press was not denied, that
Mr.. Butterbaugh, when he put the new
planks on the bridge, appropriated the
old -planks for his own private use. 1t
is rumored that those same planks,
sawed and split, now repose in a neat
pile 1.-THE Butterbaughs' back yard.
Gods! as we have remarked before, to
what spectacle has free government
by the people been perverted! A mass
meeting has been called for Friday
night at the NJ. E. church to take ac-
ton on this latest scandal.
Hon. Lincoln Steffens, the WE'LL
known shame-finder, lectured at the
town hall Tuesday evening to a large
and enthusiastic audience. His SUBJ
ject was "The Pneumatic System in
Political and Social House Cleaning,"
and was greatly enjoyed. The Little
Already Military band furnished inspir-
ing music and male quartette rem
dered r. Ripley's "Recessional' very
sweetly. We had the pleasure of in
terviewing Mr.. Steffens after the lee
ture, and found him a most agreeable
! gentleman. To our question, "Mr.
steffens, will honesty and fair dealing
eventually prevail, or will our country
go the way of the old-world empires
which persisted miserably from vice
and crime?" he replied: "That, sir,
no man can tell; but it will be one or
| the other" Mr.. Steffens' suggestion
that Little Already form a reform or
ganization similar to that in Chicago,
| will be acted on by our citizens ct al
early day.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
IN THE KITCHEN

Mistress don't know anything Ut
the hard lot OF us cooks! If we ara
pretty the mistress doesn't like us:
it we are plain the master can't en-
dure u.s.; il we cook badly Of course
they discharge us; If we cook well
there's nothing left for us to eatl =.
Fliegende B,aetter. ..=.= 7:= 4 ;s5
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

An English periodical propounds the
query, How far may an author go in
putting himself and his works?' In
this country an author may go as far
as he likes, provided he keeps within
the law. Thus, John Kendrick Bangs,
among other devices, wears overshoes
with his name in raised letters on the
soles, and walks to his joke foundry.
Unfortunately, there has been little
snow this winter, and Mr. Bangs is
now devising an ink roller attachment
for his overshoes. Charles Dana Glib
son, as everybody knows, went so far
as to leave the country, giving out
that he intended to study art. This
stimulated the interest in himself and
his works, and prepared the way for a
series of tinted sketches in the artists
usual manner. Bangs and Gibson are
perhaps the two best advertisers, yet
they seem leagues behind that con-
summate artist in self.boost, Hall
Game. If there is a limit beyond
which an author should not go Gin
putting himself and his works." it
would be interesting to know what it
is. Perhaps the authors will tell us:
This column is open to them.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
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GOOD LAND LEvELER.
How to Arrange a Pole Drag Which
i Will Pulverize the Soil Sat-
:. isfactorily.

For many seasons have found d
pole drag, such as shown herwith, to
be very useful in leveling and puiver-
tztng the soil, writes Michigan COR
respondent of the Farm and Home.
The sketch shows the arrangement
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
Like Other Women.

The duchess was preparing for the
theater. "Ch, Reginald called she to
her ducal husband. "Wen?" lis my
coronet on straight" - Louisvil.s
Courier-JourEal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

Extra!-We stop the press to chron-
icle a rumor that the village board has
burned the ballots cast in the last cleo
ton. More anon.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

through the Stats
and stand on tho
hay the sheep are
e a t in g, soiling
the feed and
making the feed
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
CLUB NOTES.


~< M1ssiSSiDpi.-Dr. David H. Reeder.
Laporte, Ind.-Dear.: Doctor: / have
been reading some of the Home Health
Club Notes and I notice where you 1ec-
Ommend the following prescription for
constipation: Prepare one pound OF flss
and cook in pure olive oil in double
boiler. When done add honey and
lemon essence to suit the TASTE
" Do you mean dried figs and IS his
mixture to be strained and kept FOR
any length OF time? Is there danger
of fermentation? How much Is dose
for adult? / will be so much Obliged
for this information. Will this remedy
do for children, also the gentian syrup?
Respectfully, Mrs. NJ. B.
The common dried ripe figs are the
kind to DE used, the small-sized ones
are the best. The mixture is not to be
strained, the figs themselves are to be
eaten. 1t ought to keep Indefinitely,
but it would be best to keep them in a
sealed fruit jar. From one to two figs
may be eaten by an adult and one ny a
child. They should be used according
to the effects which they have upon the
user. This simple home treatment cam
not do harm under any ordinary cir
cumstances.
Wisconsin.-Dr. David H. Reeder,
Laporte, lad.-Dear Sir: We are read
ers OF this paper and I would be
pleased to lave you prescribe some
thing which would rid me of the blue
ness below the eyes, The skin is some
what glossy and at times I am almost
ashamed IT the appearance. 1t has
been more noticeable below my right
eye for about six months. My eyes are
all right aud the tear ducts carry away
the moisture of the eyes all right.
have tried witch hazel and also a few
patent medicine preparations exter~
nally.
l am 20 years old and attending
school, and am bothered slightly with
kidney trouble. I might also mention
that am bothered with biackheads
and at times small red spots, which
bring out matter from deeper tissues.
Thanking YOU in advance for any adj
vice, am, respectfully, B. A.
From the description which you have
given am inclined to suspect that The
difficulty in your kidneys is more pro-
nounced than you anticipate, and I
think it would be wise for you to have
a thorough and careful analysis made
Of the urine in the near future and as
certain the true conditions. You
should then send me the report of the
analysis. The home treatment for the
cure OF pimples, blackheads, ETC., has
been frequently given in these coll
F! umns.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
FOR SHEEP AND LAMBS.
Arrangement of Feeding Racks BY
Which the Lambs Are Kept Out
of the Way of the Sheep.

The common feed arrangement for
sheep permits the lambs to pass
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
rs n
PICKS BAD ID
BOY WITH |
THE CIRCUS
By HON. GEORGE W. PECK
Author Of Peck Bad Boy Abroad" Etc.
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riohk l.vI RI loaA
Copyright by J. B. Bowles.)

Fa Is Sent to a Hospital to Recuperate
The Bad Boy Discourages Other
Boys from Running Away with the
Circus-He Makes Them Water the
Camels, Curry the Hyenas and Put
Insect Powder on the Buffaloes.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

tain point, that began to lose ITS h
fluence. The cod towel was then.
wrapped round the head. and gently.
pressed. ~ soon as it warmed, 1t was
changed. This was done for perhaps
three or four minutes, and the rubbing
then repeated. The alienation was
continued for about an hour. All pain
and uneasiness were gone and there
was no return of either This will
show what is meant by persistence in
cure. S-', =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25

All readers of this publication are at
liberty to inquire for any information
pertaining 10 the subject OF health. All
communicate ns should be addressed to
the Home Health Club, or DR.. David
H. Reeder, ana should contain name
and address in full and at least four
cents in postage.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1906-11-24
Schooner Governor Ames Has New
Signal System.
REDUCES DANGER OF COLLISION
Device With Which Original Five
master is Equipped Gives Warn.
ing CT Approach of Another Yes.
sei-Marinc Notes.

The live mastci schooner Cover.
nor Am"S. Captain King which ar
rived in polt from Boston yesterday
morning has just oecn equipped with
me new submarine signal system.
The Amcs. the pioneer OF the five
masters, is the first sailing vessel
To be thus equipped but several
other large scnooncrs are having tho
system Installed.
The signaling apparatus is located
III the vessels hull below the water.
iinc ana tells of the approach of
any floating object, giving lis OK.
act location and distance from the
Schooner. The system is considcrc; 4
To be invaluable in warning vessels
or Tie approach Of other vessels in
ioGgy weather. and is calculated to
reduce the danger III collisions 10
a minimum y large number OF
steamers have already been equip.
ped With this system.