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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07

clock in town with any pretensien to
accuracy said that the time was 4:45.
The cause Of all the trouble was dis
covered the other day, and the clocks
reputation was indicated. An cleo
'trician was sent for, and when he
climbed up to the top of the tower he
found that the interior of the clock
was choked with thousands of flies,
dead and alive. = ,>% :.
Every sort Of fly, from the humble
house variety to the portly bluebottle,
was represented, and fresh regiments
and battalions were ! arriving mo-
mentarily, while: a cloud. Of hungry
wasps,S which have been a. plague in
the district for weeks past, was feast
Ing on the flies. r :<*,5:> ..:.: =:
The explanation OF it all was that
the flies had discovered that the In.
terror OF the west: face of the clock
Was@an excellen place for a sun bath.
The convex glass concentrated the
sun s rays, ss and raised the tempera:
l5ture. insi de. the clock face to lO8&de-
Igrees. The flies 81 reveled this
|Warmth and their presence MAS soon s. 81,
TdiscoVered 5by the 5Wasps, hlich at-
Itaeked#them fereely. ss.. .sS
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07

gracefully, and her little son, Lord
most expert crossword dancers in In
yerness-shire. Young Mrs. Bradley
Martin has had many lessons in the
eightsomes and Strathspey reels, but
she has not been able to attain the
proficiency of either Miss Grace OF
Mrs. Jay Phipps.
Scotch architecture has an interest
Of its own and defies classification.
! The material is gray stone, and it's
special features are narrow windows
and pointed towers tapering like
spires, with walls Of vast thickness
and an inner court, and often quaint
stairWays and secret passages. High
Cliffe Castle, the Scotch home of Mrs.
! George Cavendish Bentinck, who was
Miss Livingston, of Staatsburg, N Y,
is splendid specimen of the school
Some one has said that in London you
meet the best people, but do not see
| them at their best. In Scotland this
is not the case. In the Highlands one
| associates with the same salt OF the
| Se~A W. OuI t4C OpCl1-oli lllC cluu
| amusement bring out the best and
| brightest in character and tempera-
| ment. At High Cliffe Castle Mrs. Cav
endish Bentinck lives the life of the
| people and follows the customs of the
country roundabout. Breakfast is an
early meal and dinner often a late
| one, being put off till nine o'clock on
! account of the uncertain return of the
shooters. Late hours at night are not
the rule, as even the youngest guests
are too tired out for dancing or for
bridge.
The women enthusiastically share
the amusements of men; they wall:
with the guns, shoot straight, ride,
drive, motor, and can cast a fly with
the best, and they lunch with tbs
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Charlton Suffolk who was Miss


lodge for courtesy sake, not far from
1nverary. Dinner in a Scotch house
is always brilliant affair, but the
craze for the real Scottish dances,
with the pipers playing, is more in
vogue this year than ever before. At
Glenoich Mr.. Phipps has followed the
fashion of his native neighbors, and
reels and filings have afforded the
chief amusement for all his guests
every night after dinner. The old
pipers line up in the great hall, and
the men in kits lead out the .daugh-
tiers of the host and the other Ameri-
can girls staying there. The Hon.
Mrs. Frederick Guest, the Oldest of
the Phipps daughters, is the best
dancer of the lghtsome reel, while
Mrs. Jay Phipps has mastered the in
tricacies of the Strathspey dance bet
ter than any of her rivals for Scottish
dance honors. Always the most lis
some figure in the great BALLROOM has
been Miss Gladys Grace, the youngest
and only unmarried daughter of M. P.
Grace of Battle Abbey. She has mas
tered all the Highland jigs, reels, and
filings, and is much-sought-for part
ner in these graceful dances.
Mr.. Phipps' house parties embrace
the highest Scotch nobility, and Miss
Grace has been the constant partner
Of Lord LOvat, who is one of the best
sword dancers in all Scotland. He is
highly fastidious about his choice. of
partners, and is at no pains to conceal
that he has strong preference for
Miss Grace. AS head of the Frasers
he wears the tartan of his clan, and
he and his charming little American
partner make a most graceful appear
ance as they swing about the ballroom
in the Highland dances. Miss Grace
has only just emerged from her school
frocks, and has not yet made her
maiden curtsey at Buckingham Pal
ace. The Duchess of Roxburghe, who
was Miss May Goelet, has taken a
series of lessons from an old piper at
Dunbar, but has not yet mustered up
courage enough to attempt any of the
reels or flings in the Glenoich ball
room. Lady Craven, daughter of
Bradley Martin, dances the reels very
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07

sportsmen on the moors or In a keep
ers lodge according to the weather.
A shooters luncheon is a luxurious
meal, with meat entrees and game,
kept warm by hot-water dishes;
sweets, ices, fruit, liquors, claret and
champagne cup. Oatmeal is much to
the fore in the form of oatcakes, as
we'll as hot porridge for breakfast,
Scotch soup, hotch-potch, and mutton
broth as, stock, duly seasoned, with
vegetables. Haggis-the national dish
lis compounded of sleeps heart,
lungs, and liver chopped up With suet,
onions, and oatmeal, we'll boiled and
strongly seasoned-a savory dish with
taste more decided than delicate.
Breakfast and five o'clock tea are both
good square meals in Scotland.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07
4 Potato Cakes.

& Six large or eight small: boiled po-
tatoes;; beat them, very smooth with
potato masher, add one onion minced
fine; piece of butter the size of an
egg; moisten well with hotHmilk, sea-
son with white pepper, and: salt, form
into. / small ~ Il round cakes bake, in a
mod eratea oven, serve ION napkin. ~:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07
Sweet Rice Balls.

Wash thoroughly one scant cupful
of rice in cold water, put in double
boiler with one pint of milk, cover and
cook until soft Add one teaspoonful
of butter, two tablespoonfuls of sugar,
salt to taste, and the well beaten yolh
of an egg. When cold mold into small
balls, pressing into the center of each
a raisin,, a candied cherry, or a little
stiff jelly: Dip in egg, roll in crumbs,
and fry in smoking hot fat: Drain and
roll in powdered sugar before serving.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07
Simple Window CLEANING.

81 A good idea, particularly in the
winter time when the washing of win
dows is always unpleasant work, is to
frequently wipe off the inside of the
glass with dry CLOTH It is surpris.
ing to find how much dust and dirt can
be removed. In washing. the windows
if a little washing soda and table.
spoonful of alcohol are added to each
pail of water the glass will be much
brighter, and, Of course, every one
knows that newspapers make the best
window polishers,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07
How to Fix Wrinkied Skirt

!. To keep dress, skirts free. from
wrinkles they should. be folded down
the center front, 7 then the doubled
skirts folded in thirds and a large
safety pin thrust through, the folds.
The safety pin, when fastened, is used
as a hanger, and in this way the skirt
hangs straight, with no strain on any
part Of the waistband.
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1t ] i Frisco & dueed Population. !?
Congressman Julius Kahn, who rep


srtessents what used Stto be- = among the
most: populou districts J in5: san Fran
cisco, writes is "a friend cling of5the
havoc "; wrought liz his bailiwick. YSby
the cart quake His district embraces
that part ofX the strric ken 81 y5in which
there used tos IS great Who'll sale and
shipping district Il, zWi It'll the World.fa-
nous Market street penetrating its
cent Two years ago the district
Cast tts TOR con ressfn total vote Of
Z35.226. Klahn' plura lfty being
/ 900. In hisS lett eedrr3 aim 9says a
canvass IN, al IRE now,=not
SotYerS 200 voters an lda ins the dis
III usual basis sc to
sthe vote this conc 81 reveals
81 { popula Of
zzthat sect onA ofTf san Franc isco alone
atasz bbe,en reduce FROM O, 900
DOC. Sss sS
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Care st the; Dining Table,

..}..|Z Care 81 the Dining liable: E. 3.
z SS Rub hard weekly with a soft liam
mel moistened \ with parafin:. OIL i and
sturpe ntine, then With@a piece Of soft
oil linen Let IT rest ! for: an hour,
and rub hard wit i, a piece ! Of cham
soisz ~ clean old linen Give It q daily
rubbing with chamois: OF linen: /. *s 5}55s:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07
DAY III: from q 'aayoung native DESTROYS Of
learning the chauffeur's trade, I = : e !:

learning the chauffeur's trade. = ? !.
This amusing letter ran as follows:
SIT ;implore myself most d 7e.
spectfully by holding MY pen j, with
sleasure to teach myself art 81 sstthe
chauffeur Gull course) beneath 7 yo q,
ucttons. I am humble to "a ctaf,itn.
late myself f1t candid ate for. al q.
prentice beneath yours: ould Sue such
kindness bestowed upon me e 1. Il neither
pains, dishones sdisobe Hence 53n,o I:
awning q a. 8 be wanting
on my side to render 81 my service
faithfully l7:l and deYote idly rustins
this VIII reveal IS your Rorr.
thy Control lershi with more 81
ton under your sway stos oblieaf-.-yI
haYeSthe homo your obed iet,n Nh
1serYa II us S. M,lyANf4 ~
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Increased Popularity of Velvet Costumes

Word comes from Paris that this is
to be ''velvet'' winter, which is good
news to all lovers Of beautiful effects,
for never does a pretty woman look
so we'll as when robed in rich dark
velvet in winter, which throw up the
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i. EarthlyN r.. n ! ~ u. !

|.Sl per
sain laea;rths
lsaint sWered ro e,,jI
can 81 ~
Ssnass.sS game tHsto
Sflght vesSan W..
a',at 8 81 - home lll q
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HE [e:ii1rtied E.eloi,s.;

piece 81 cot onE in5 water and
ssqueeze nealrll 4 then It;
with the Hncture0 IS zzbloo droot, bind Il
the ffelon and AZ oon:{ as dries
wet AGAIN Keep = e. cont inually
viii bring about speedy
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Lavender II
.C,r'e:!ijgilhi:tll:0''n1I:'s
!: Lovers .
CHAPTER XIX.-CoNr1NuED.
BY OLIVIA b. STROTdM
-
icopyright, 1905. by Olivia B. strohm>.

CHAPTER XIX.
After another pause she added ""He
will take up the land, he said, and he
ought to have that next to ours;
know it, too, is rich. He ought to have
it-he is a good man."
Then with a shuddering recollection,
she continued: Gle saved me, jamie;
saved me from the cruel snake. Hiss
hiss, it said, and was going to bite.
Then he came-he carried big stick
downtown, and the snake was dead
1T was dead, Jane, see? He killed IT
SO I could come home to my jamie. Do
you understand"
She had risen, and with voice and
gesture tried to make her meaning
lain.
The other listened, her awed, un-
canny gaze watching every movement,
every expression. Sue felt that she un-
derstood.
so, you see, Janey, dear, I'd like to
help him-to tell him of the land mex:
ours, SO he would be rich. He de-
serves it, but-my promise to dad, my
sworn promise to let nobody know
] ,body." She finished with a mourn
IL shake of the head, and resumed
her seat.
On James face was a mixture of
cunning and delight. Her eyes, usually
wide open in vacant stare, were con-
tracted as with q secret design in
which the doltish spirit found great
glee. She mumbled a few words to
which Sue paid no heed. Her mind
and heart we're intent upon other
things, and she sat in dreamy silence
until, tired out, she dropped asleep.
And the elfin girl kept watch beside
her until long into the night, peering
deep into the gloom of the woods.
Perhaps there she saw the little men
in green at midnight revel with the
fairies; perhaps she heard their music,
the waters run, as they danced by the
light of the FREELY lanterns.
s>*~F*
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To Burn Wood or Fuel.

Quite a number of years ago the
schoolhouse in what is called the East
district in South Coventry, Ct, had
got rather out Of repair, so they took
hold and fixed it up in good shape.
After the work was done some one
proposed to buy coal stove and heat
with coal fire instead of wood, but
that met with so much opposition that
they had to call a school meeting to
settle the question by vote of the
district
The meeting was held, accordingly,
with a full house, and Uncle Stephen
Hall was chosen chairman. Before he
put question he said: 1T seems that
we have got into little dispute about
how the schoolhouse shall be heated,
and that is the object of this meeting,
and now, gentlemen" said he, 'the
question before the house is whether
we shall burn wood or fuel
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-07

William Finn, the Pittsburg Repub-
lican leader, is suffering from a dis
ease which physicians diagnose as
"automobile heart" Mr.. Finn. who is
worth about $15,000,000, for a long
time has spent most of his leisure
hours in motoring about the city, and
doctors say his present ailment has
been produced by the constant vibra-
toms OF the machine as it passes over
cobblestones.
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ard |! q ~ 61aae,:
coaistS#of
essioinllali W.
IiIaIInokill q & piher
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#CFIAPTERE|tXi.X,I

There was dearth b sof Imuseime in1s
stlle,ss hamlet and ortunlt
fioYial recourse EeIes eagerly sought
lby gTegario neers
daysdesE
EPsna llIz
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COPPER SAFE FROM LIGHTNING.
Belief Firmly Held in Many Parts Of
the Country.

This matter of supers:iaons is
queer thing said the mau as he care
fully avoided walking under a ladder.
for even those of Us who are skeptics
have at least one superstitious failing,
and mine is walking under ladders.
In the country this summer | met
a new one, which was firmly believed
In by several farmers, and that was
that thunder storm never passed
over a copper mine or copper vein.
The old fellow who told me about it
pointed out again and again that al
though black clouds might roll up and
lightning flash. the storm always went
around certain spot in his farm.
Such actions on the part of a thun-
der storm could mean but one thing.
he said-that there was copper vein
there. So sure was he OF it. that he
was putting by little each year to
have the spot investigated to see If
there was copper enough In 1t to
work"
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CTo BE CONTINUED
THE PLUMP AND PETITE

our country has many authors
w nose books We love to read;
IT also boasts of artists
Whose pictures are fine indeed:
But. II you'll look closely you'll notice
In every celebrity.
BE 1t an artist or author
y popularity.
We love Mr. "So-and-So's" latest hook
The heroine is so sweet;
To look at the illustrations
Is Just perfect treat;
But now II tell you the trouble
Ihdt StarcS at me always, so grim
me girl of both artist and author
Is always tall and slim
oh, what can We do, my sisters.
Who are under five feet three
or, who Gin horror | write IT'D
Are nearing obesity?
Is there no one to sing our praises
Or to call us neat and trim?
Is she always To be foremost
The girl who is tall and slim?
Yet the future must hold champion
VINO Will cry to the world: II repeat
IN" girl whom ! admire
Must always he plump and petite"
Yes. time must come, my sisters
When all the praises from him
VIII not be forever directed
TO the girl who is tall and slim
-Dorah Il. Holman in Times Democrat
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Patent Pending, -

Although Miss Hobbs had lived her
whole life in a New Hampshire VII.
lage, she saw no reason why her hOr.
lion should be narrowed or her cir.
Gle small relates Youths COMPANION
At the age of sixty she was relieved
OF the last of her family cares by
the death of a paralytic: she then
promptly Joined the Society for Dis.
polling Gloom, and began correspon-
dence with eight other members in
different parts Of the country. She
began to send orders by mail TO one
Of the Boston shops. and at last an
nounced her intention Of going to the
city for day or two
In the care Of a Boston niece. Miss
Hobbs made tour OF the shops but
she intended To- reserve her purcbas.
ing for one that had done so well
by her through the mail"
I've got a list Of things they've
advertised special" said Miss Hobbs.
ana when they reached the desired
shop She consulted the slip Of paper
held tightly in her hand: then she
looked bencvolently over her glasses
at the young man behind the counter.
Whereabouts shall wo find that
patent pending I sec advertised on
that new darning-egg your folks sent
me- she asked him IT'S such a
curious name. I'm all Of = vhew 10
see it."
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These Explanations.

Senator Foraker, at a dinner in
Washington, quoted with a laugh an
eXtravagant and incredible statement
that he had read in a magazine. When
some one attempted to explain, he
said:
The thing is preposterous. and all
the explanations in the world won't
alter its DreposterouEness. These ex.
planners. They are never at a loss,
are they? They remind me of old
James Scarlet of Rainsboro.
There was nothing which James
Scarlet of Rainsboro could not ex-
plain.
"One winter night he was reading
a volume of the Seaside Library to
his family gathered about the fire.
side. With his spectacles on his nose
he droned along like this:
Gwendolen de We're Hastings low.
cred her limpid blue eyes, and Lord
Algernon Mannering took her slim
white hands in his, and crushed her
to him in a passionate embrace.
At that moment, five minutes
past II sounded from the castle bel.
fry. and
But here young Miss Scarlet
interrupted.
" No clock could strike five minutes
past 12.' she said
Certainly it could, James snorted.
1t was five minutes slow"
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warm as soup.
CHAPTER VIII.

SOME LIGHT WITH a FEW SIDE
LIGHTS
The real spring comes i'm New
York when laundering nature has
painted the outer wilderness for au-
fumn What is called spring" jon the
city by unrefecting users Of the word
is tame insipid season yawning into
not more than half wakefulness at
best The trees in the gas poisoned
soil are slow in their greening. the
grass has but a pallid city vitality. and
the rows of gaudy tulips set out primIy
about the fountains in the squares arc
palpably forced and alien
For the sumptuOus blending and
haunt Of color the spontaneous awak-
ening Of warm. throbbing new life. and
all those Inspiring miracles of regen-
Grafton @ performed elsewhere
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RUN DOWN FROM GRIP
Or. Williams Pink Pills Havo Cure~-
This Form Of Debility i'm
Hundreds OF Cases

Four years ago." SAYS Mrs. F. Nor.
rison, of No. 1922 Carson street, South
Side, Pittsburg, Pa, II took a cold
which turned into the grip. This trouble
left me all run down. was thin, had
backacbe much of the time. had no ap-
petite, my stomach was out of order aud
felt nervous and unstrung.
while / had the grip had a doctor.
but really suffered more from the con-
dition in which the influenza left mo
than L did from the disease itself. felt
generally wretched and miserable and
the least exposure to cold would make
me worse. / couldn't seem TO get any
better until began to take DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. 1 very quickly noticed a
benefit after L began taking them and
they restored ME 20 good health and
strength. DIR. Williams Pink Pills are
wonderfully good medicine. Thanks
20 them L ain now Ill fine health aud
nave had Eoreturn of my former trouble.
recommend the pills To everyone who
is aiiing and take every opportunity to
let people know how good they are ~
DIR. Williams Pink Pills cured Mrs.
Morrison because they actually make
good, red blood. When the blood is red
and healthy there can be no debility.
The relation between the blood and
nervous system is such that the pills
have very decided action upon the
nerves and they have cured many severe
nervous disorders, such as partial pa
ralysls, locomotor ataxia and st. Vitus'
dance, that have not yielded to ordinary
treatment. Their double action. on tbe
blood and on the nerves, makes them an
ideal tonic.
All druggists sell Dr. Will1sns' Pink
Pills. or they will be sent III all post
paid, on receipt of price, 56#.>.s per
box, six boxes for 81. 80, by the DIR. Will
llams Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
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C. I've just had it put
up. I've been after that place for
years, but IL was held on a long lease
by Max, the Square Tailor-yOu know.
You probably remember the sign he
had there-'Peerless Pants Worn by
Chicago's Best Dressers,' with a man
in his shirt sleeves looking at a new
pair Well, finally, | got a chance to
buy those two back lots, and that give
me the site, and there she is, all fin
ished and up. That's partly what
come on this time 10 see about. How'd
you like the wording of that sign?"
"Fine-simple and effective" replied
Percival
That's it-simple and effective. 1t
goes right to the point and it don't
slop over beyond any. after it gets
there. We studied good deal over
that sign. The other man, the tailor,
had too many words for the board
space. My adyertisin man wanted it
TO be, first, 'Higbees Hams, That's
All But, | don't know-for so big a
space that seemed TO me kind Of
well-kind of fiippant and undignified.
Then got it down TO Eat Higbee' 5
Hama. That seemed short enough
but after studying it, | says, What's
the use of saying 'eat?' No one would
think. l says, that a ham is to paper
the walls with or to stun sofa cushions
with-so off comes eat as being SUI
perfluous, and leaving it simple and
Observation-Disclosures Hams
by the way" said Percival, when
Il,
in the day. where is Henry, now"
Higbee chuckled.
That's the other thing took me back
this time-the new sign and getting
Hank started. Henry is now working
ten hours a day out to the packing
house. After a year of that he'll be
taken into the Office and his hours will
be cut down to eight Eight hours a
day will seem like sinful idleness to
Henry by that time
PerCival whistled in amazement
Il thought you'd be surprised. But
the short of it is, Henry found himself
facing work or starvation. He didn't
want to starve little bit, and he final
ly concluded he'd rather work for his
dad than anyone else
You see Henry was doing the
Rake's Progress act there in New
York-being gilded youth and such
like. Now being a gided youth and
"a well-known man about town is
something that wants to be done in
moderation, and Henry didn't seem ia
know the meaning of the word put
up something like $1SO,OOO for Hank S
gliding last year. Not that | grudged
him the money, but it wasn't doing
him any good. He was making a mon.
key of himself with it, Henry was A
good bit of that hundred and eighty