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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

beautiful-beautiful, as more than one
young man thought who saw her at the
little country fairs in Breton.
But the Ponquets were poor. They
made but little money at the fairs, and
they talked often of America or of Aus
tralia, so at the end Of one season they
decided to cast their fortunes in new
world. There was a sad leave-taking
with the son, who soon was to become
a priest, and they sailed away to Austria
liza.
That year Liela was 10 years old. Her
beauty, her grace and daring attracted
attention to the grimy, sordid little tray
cling circus, and prosperity came to the
family. Ponquet began to think that
his fortune was made. He had dreams
of being the proprietor Of a great cir
Gus, with hundreds of men and wom-
en-, with great gilded wagons. At Mel
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

coming from the habit they have.
when placed on their backs, Of sud-
denly swapping themselves in such a
manner as to throw their bodies into
the air (when they in most cases can
fall on their feet). !,
There are many kinds Of snapping4
beetles in the United States, and COR
responding number of kinds of wire-
worms, their young. A few live under
the bark Of trees or in decaying wood;
most, however, live in the ground and
feed upon seeds and the roots of vari,
GUS plants, often causing much loss.
The eggs of these insects appear to
be laid in the spring, usually, and
from them the little wireworms soon
hatch and begin to feed. 1t generally
takes several years before the worms
but when this condition has been
reached, each forms a little cell in the
ground during the latter part of the
summer, and in this cell changes to-
an adult snapping-beetle, which rer
mains in the cell till the following
spring. :,
Treatment of this pest is not usu%
ally possible by means of poisonsi
though in some cases their numbers
might be reduced by such methods.
Probably the best way in which to
control wireworms is by late or early
winter blowing, repeated for two or
three years. This destroys the wire,
worms by bringing them up to the
surface of the ground, where, exposed
to the freezing and thawing of the
winter, many will perish or be de-
youred. Breaking the cells above de.
scribed appears to cause the death of
the insects which occupy them, and
thus fall blowing is useful for the de.
struction of this stage as we'll. Rota.
ton of crops is unfavorable to the in.
crease of wireworms, and should ba
practiced for this reason If for no
other
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
Girl Lives on Desert Island in the Indian
Ocean for Fifteen Months. -"
IS SHIPWRECKED BY A TERRIBLE TYPHo0N
Pet Lion Her Sole Living Companion- is Finally
Forced to Kill Animal to Save Own Lfe--At
Last Rescued by Passing Vessel
and Returned to Parents.

The story of Robinson Crusoe and
his remarkable adventures is familiar
to almost every man, woman and child.
To prove the old saying that truth ID
strangeS than fiction this interesting
tale has been enacted by q handsome
young French girl, and if anything her
experiences were more remarkable.
Cast away on an almost desert island
in the middle of the Indian ocean,
thrown on her own resources, Liela
Ponquet, "a pretty young trapeze per-
former, now about Is years of age,
lived for Is months before she was
picked up by passing vessel and
finally sent back to her home in
France.
When she arrived at Marseilles she
was reunited with her father and
mother who for nearly two years she
had believed dead, and who believed she
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
COFFIN SUIT FATAL TO TEN
Men Who Engage in Fight Over
Property Given to Undertaken
Struck Down Mysteriously.

Galveston, Tex.-Death from a
strange malady which physicians say
they have never before seen or heard
of mas overtaken ten men who were
connected with the suit over a piece
OF property given to an undertaken by
a widow in payment for her hus-
bands coffin. The belief is wide
spread in this vicinity that the deaths
are a Judgment from heaven. So terri
flying have been the manifestations of
what is believed to be divine wrath
that even the county officials refuse to
have anything more to do with the
case, which probably never will be
adjudicated, at least in the present
generation.
The case is that of George E. Smith
against John Daley. Both men died
soon after suit was brought of the
strange disease which specialists were
unable to diagnose or treat. Then
Thomas Brick, the district clerk who
filed the suit, fell a victim to the same
mysterious avenger.
Three lawyers participated in the
widows coffin suit" as it is called
Clegg Stewart, Forester Rose and Will
liam T. Austin. Within a few days all
three became ill and died of the pecul-
lar disease for which no remedy could
be found. Then Judge William H.
Stewart, who tried the case and who
but 2 few days before had rendered a
decision in the case and granted new
trial, fell victim, AMI in short time
expired.
Alexander Bartlingcock and c. A.
Sias were employed to survey the
land in preparation for the new trial.
Scarcely had they completed their
task when they fell ill and died.
J. F. Simons, the district clerk,
laughed at the fears of the supersti-
tious, and made preparations for the
new trial. A few days later he died.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
GRASS AND CLOVER.
The Most Desirable Qualities to Be
Sought Outlined by Mich
igan College.

The Michigan agricultural college
outlines some Of the most desirable
qualities to Ibe sought in a grass or
clover as follows:
1. It must seed we'll, making the
seeding Of field cost but little.
2. 1t must not crowd unduly other
forage plants with which it is mixed.
3. It must start quickly from seed,
making vigorous plant.
4. It should be a hardy perennial.
able to endure for ten years or more.
5. 1t must not be difficult to erad;-
cate in rotation of crops.
6. For meadow it should blossom
near the time when others in the field
are in blossom.
Z. For pasture, it should grow we'll
from carr spring to late tall.
8. It must be nutritious.
9. It must be palatable to cattle.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
THE FARM CHILD'S LULLABY.

Oh, the little bird is rocking in the cradle
of the wind,
And it's bye my little wee one, bye;
The harvest all is gathered and the pippins
all are binned;
Bye, my little one, bye;
The little rabbits hiding in the golden
shock of corn.
The thrifty squirrels laughing bunny's
1dleness to scorn;
You are smiling with the angels In your
slnmber, smile till morn;
So it's bye, my little wee one, bye.
There'll be plenty in the cellar, there'u b
plenty on the shelf! =
Bye, my little wee one, bye;
Therell be goodly stese OF sweetings for q
dainty little elf:
Bye, my little wee one, bye;
The snow may be a-fying Ger the meadow
and the hill,
The ice has checked the chatter of the lit
tie laughing rill,
But in your cozy cradle you are warm and
happy still;
So bye, my little wee one, bye.
Why, the Bob White thinks the snow
flake is a brother to his song;
Bye, my little wee one. bye;
And the chimney sings the sweetsr when
the wind is blowing strong;
Bye, my little wee one, bye; .
The granary's overlooking, full are cellar,
crib and bin,
The wood has paid its tribute and the a
has ceased its dine;
Tho winter may not harm you when you're
sheltered safe within:
So bye, my little wee one, bye.
Paul Laurence Dunbar, in Lippincott'a.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
THE FAD FOR
FENClNC@@
Copyright, 1906, by Joseph 3. Bowles.l
By AUBREY NEWTON


Dear Stan: There's not word Of
truth in it, as I telegraphed you, and
don't read the papers. If you could
see the headlines: "What the New
Woman's Fad for Fencing Is Leading
To- and the fencers dragged into it,
and my picture in fencing clothes
oh, don't look at a single paper until
tell you!
TO begin with, why did you leave
me? Why did you leave me in the
care of your dear little chum?"
Early Tuesday morning he sent over
from the hospital with a note asking
me to go with him to see "Sherlock
Holmes" Well, we went.
There's lots of high lights and lots
OF inky darkness in that play, and it's
play where you want to watch the
stage every minute; but right in front
of us sat Amy Wilmot. You remem-
Der she was the girl who fenced with
me in the tournament last spring; the
one who was so angry with the
fencers for something Crawford said
about foul thrust. She's gone on
the stage, and is to lead in a new
company.
She wore a black hat with three
enormous plumes, so that neither Her
bert nor could see at all, and we
couldn't change our seats, and she re-
fused to take it off.
Finally Herbert wrote on the mar
gin of his programmes: How much
longer are we going to stand it," And
wrote back: If had pair of scis-
SOUS I'd cut them off,"
Well, just then the lights were
turned down in the house and on the
stage, and 1 felt Herbert lay some
thing heavy and cold in my hand-a
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

ton she worked at the pumps, strong,
vigorous, tireless, her athletic training
standing her'in good stead. On the 18th
hope was abandoned. The storm was
abating little but the vessel was
foundering heavily and had lost its
buoyancy. At ten o'clock sea after sea
pounded upon the decks, and still the
vessel staggered on. Il: .*s.. ..4. !:
The tired vessel, worn out by. the bat
tie with the sea, gave up about noon.
The steering gear broke. 2S The little
:barkentine turned broadside wallowed
q few moments, and sank. ,.S3i. #st
The Ponquet fortunes were swept
away, and the family separat ted, ii an
Instant Tie fatherand mot her reached
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
BEE irI'ALK.
Some Important Things for Apiarise
= to Remember at This Time
.-. Of the Year.

Nearly all the winter losses can b.
traced to starvation See that each
:Dlony has an abundance of well-sealed
stores. = :: =: = -
II the beehives are in an exposed
place, try edging-upy some boards at
their backs; or get up a few bundles
Of fodder before winter rightly sets in.
Lots of things are not attended to at
all, simply because they cannot ba
done in shipshape manner.
Do not try to winter your bees tod
warm. They need access of air FROM
the bottom. |
Liquid honey or strip should not be-
given to bees in winter for food. At this
time they are not able to evaporate the
excessive water from it. They should
have been supplied with food in the au1
tumn. But, as last resort, take a cup
full of liquid honey and work into it all
the powdered sugar it will readily alb
sorb; make he dough into the form OF
a pancake, and lay it on the brood
frames directly over the cluster of bees;
cover up warm and leave until SPRING.
Then feed, for stimulative brood-rear-
ing, liquid honey or sugar syrup.
Bees will winter better in a doubles
walled hive. north of latitude 40. A sin1
gle-walled hive will do very we'll, pro1
vided a hood, say six to eight inches
deep, is used instead of fiat cover. |
Deep hives are very much better for
the hives to winter in than are shallow,
ones; but If the hives are made too deepa
| very little surplus honey will be secured
says the Farm Journal Many beemen,
including myself, now use two bodies at
certain times of the season, removing
one just at the beginning of the MAIN
honey flow, and putting on the section
boxes. The idea is to keep the whole
working force of the colony together,
and crowd them into section boxes.
Many Of us remember the old method
of keeping bees in box hives for breed
ers, allowing them to swarm, then put
ting the swarms into other hives and
depending on them for our surplus
honey. In the fall of the year the
swarms were brimstoned and the hives
robbs d of their honey; after which they
were stored away to be used again the
next year. :
l began my beel1eeping career with
box hives, but soon discarded them for
the movable frame hive. Those who
wish to try the box-hive plan will do
well to begin on a small scale If largo
returns from them are assured it will ba
an easy matter to develop the plan. !
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

with only the members of his family to
assist him in giving performances. His
Oldest son. a promising acrobat, had
been killed at a fair in France by fall
ing from a high wire, and the other boy,
weak and sickly, never would do for an
athlete, SO he was sent to school and
then into the priesthood, and he was the
pride of his mothers heart. 49,.
But Liela, from her earliest childhood,
took to the ropes and the rings and the
bars as II by second nature, and before.
she was II years old her feats Of daring
and strength and agility won her: ap-
plause and caused her father to believe
her the most onderful acrobat ID all:
the world. 4. She was strong healthy.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
Forest Reserves

More ana more the national govern
ment is taking an interest in the mat
ter Of reserving tracts of land for for
est growths. In most cases the tracts
reserved are not valuable for agricul-
ture Of any kind. It is not perhaps
known to most Americans that the
United States, has a forest reserve in
Porto Rico. It is in the eastern part
Of the island and embraces about s., 900
acres, or. about 100 square miles. The
region Is very mountainous and at the:
present time is unsurveyed. A. great
variety Of woods are, however, found
on the reserve. I*s 81
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
Distant TARGET.

While attempting to shoot the sky
full of holes Saturday night so the
rain could fall easily, says the Wilbur
ton, L. l., Journal, Louie Goolbasin, a
Russian, was reported by. some folks
who didn't have umbrellas with them
Some say Louie's experiment cost him
about $50 besides the three days am
munition he wasted. Shootemupski
.gotenuffski!
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
t. itz.-5ss.F EE73i@E Isl 8. . :. -
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G|fyB::,,,!s :}{SSlukl{}S
alfalfa ROOTS GROW DEEP.
Investigations at Kansas Experiment
Station That They Go Far
for Water.

Many are anxious to know some
thing of the depth to which alfalfa
roots penetrate into the soil, together
with the connection, if any, between
the deep growing root and the capacity
to resist drought: Some information
in regard. to this. matter will be found
In the illustration, which shows the
results that have been obtained at the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
THE WIRE WORM.
Something About This Troublesome
Insect and How It Can Best
Be Destroyed.

The wlreworm is a hard, slender.
yellowish worm, not at all pleasant ia
look at or to have in the garden or
field. It attacks sprouting kernels Oh
corn, and other seed; it eats into POI
tato tubers and various other vege.
tables; in fact it does great deal of
damage whenever and wherever it gets
the chance.
Here's the reprobate's picture
placed alongside of the click-beetle
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
He Got the Job.

On December 6, 1877, young French
doctor sent in an application for a
small post under the government and
heard nothing more of the matter till
few days ago, when he was required
to fill upt a blank in order to get a
nomination for the position he had ap-
piled for nearly % years before. =.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17

that gave it life.
says the F arm
Journal.
WirewOrms are
t h e ng or
larvae of click or
swapping beetles,
the latter name
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
Don't Give Stimulants.

Never mix cayenne pepper. ginger, or
any other powerful stimulant in the
mash. These stimulants Will sooner or
.la,Ar impair the vitality Of the fowla
making them susceptible to disease
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
The Wronr ANGLE,

/. = ID the critics 81: through your
play 1.*. 81. rs: Il. .5&.:5. 81
...'' = They sat On Detroit FREQ
Press. .sES
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-17
A Case Of Cash.

Ella-On what grounds will Bella
base her: claim for divorce? .5,,,s. II .:2
3: Stella W. Income patibilityi -= & ow1
Toptcs. ii. 81: II .#.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01
Oldest Dwellings Ii Eupope.

One Of the very earliest human set.
Elements In Europe Is Roche GORDON.
on the banks Of the Loire, seven miles
above Tours, Here limestone cliffs
stretch for miles and are pigconholcd
with caves. WHICH are on different lev
els and open on to terraces. When the
rest OF the country was nothing but
forest land Roche GORDON vas q thriv.
Ing settlement inhabited by wild skin
clad predecessors Of the present cave
jewellers. These terraces ind w
Q formed by the action Of mighty
rivers, and during tie glacial period,
when the climate Of that portion Of
France was very severe, man drove
out the bears and hyenas and took ref.
uge In these natural shelters, which
faced south, and so became human set.
Elements OF a primitive sort. Near At
hand were the rivers and great forests
full OF 1sh and game.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01

A certain English ~innkeeper's family
conducted y weekly rattle. In this rafis
the prizes We're turkeys. ducks, young
pigs, baskets OF eggs and such like
rural commodities. A quantity OF
steel disks, numbered from TO IS.
were put into u black bag, and the lit,
tie daughter Of the innkeeper put her
hand In the bag and drew u disk for
each Spectator In turn, The person
whose number was the highest got the
prize,
Well, It had been noticed that the
snnkecper's wife got the prize pretty
frequently, but nothing was thought
Of this by the simple, honest rural folk.
One evening, though. the little girl,
with her hand In tho bag. paused. II
was her mothers turn, and she did not
draw forth her mothers disks In her
usual quick ana careless way. She
rummaged about. The other rafiers
looked ut u another oddly. The inn.
keeper said:
Come. come, child, hurry up"
"but, father" said the little girl. ~
can't tind the hot one"
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01

Birds. their heads being small. are
usually regarded as stupid, but an Am.
ateur naturalist has pointed out q proof
that the oriole at least Is very intelli'
gent. Take the orioles habitat In the
GUNNER, he said, and all around It you
will 1nd the decapitatcd bodies Of bees.
The oriolc Is fond Of honey. and he has
discovered somehow that the bee car
ries honey In a sac. Accordingly he
PUSHES down on the insect, snips Oh tn
head, removes its viscera and then
swallows the honey that ID now laid
bare. This shows intelligence on the
ORIOLES part, but l have not vet de.
ecribed the thing which shows the
birds reasoning power most strongly.
It Is the stingless male white headed
bees that the oriole Stays. The sting
ing bee he leaves alone wisely.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01

The stork disappears, and we look In
to the cradle and behold q male child.
After running the gauntlet Of measles,
humps and c~hickenpox be enters
school. At the age Of ten he ID the ter
ror OF the neighborhood. At twelve he
IL an apprentice in a printing office. AZ
eighteen he has acquired two cases OF
long primer type and an Army press
aud il the editor Of a country hewspa-
per. At twenty he is married. At thir-
ty be Is b~aldheaded, stoop shouldered
and lie the father Of q large family. AT
thirty-fve he il a corpse in a cheap
pine coffin. and a. 500 delinquent sub
scribers file past his bier for the last
look they are heard to say. HE was 2
good fellow, but he couldn't save hin
money."-LOckwood MOI Times.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.


Department Of the Interior, Land OF.
fee at Santa Fe, New Mexico, Jan.
uary 2, 1906.
Notice Is hereby given that tho fol.
lowing-named settler has hled notice
Of his intention to make final proof In
support Of his claim, and that said
will be made before United States
Court Court Commissioner, at Las
Vegas. New Mexico. on February s.
1906, viz. Christian Nelson, Of San
Miguel County. New Mexico. for the
8 IL, 8 e IL, s e IA, 8 w IA. Sec. ~.
N e IA, N w IA, Sec. "a T 10 N, r
Is r..
He names the following witnesses
10 prove mis- continuous residence up.
on and cultivation OF said land, viz:
Leon Nelson, Of Anton Chico. New
Mexico; Trinidad Sanchez, Of Anton
Chico, New Mexico; Crescencio Man
xanares, Of villanueva, New Mexico;
IAsaro Flores. Of villanueva, New
Mexico.
MANUEL R. orERo. Register
80
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01
The l77l.

had my heddus roll on. Aunt Storer
said It ought to be made less. Aunt Dem
ting said It ought not to be made at all.
It makes my head itch and ache and
burn like anything, mamma. This IA
nous roll IL not made wholly Of a red
COW tail, but ID q mixture Of that and
horsehair very coarse) and a little hui
man hair Of yellow hue, that, ! sup.
pose, was taken out OF the back part
Of an old wig. Nothing renders a young
person more amiable than virtue and
modesty without the help Of false hair.
red COW tall and d. Nhe barber).-
"Dlary Of Anna Green Winslow," Alice
Mono Earle, I'LL.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01
Keen Yoar Brain Busy.

DR.. Duke, the leading English brain
specialist, says the trouble With most
brains IL that they are not kept busy
enough. The brain ought rest
except during sleep. and most persons
take too much Of that. A good, healthy
circulation Of blood would be main
tanned In the brain II professional men
would relax themselves from their In
tellcctual pursuits, not In golf, but In
chess problems and scientific investiga.
tons.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01

Ncll-Its nm opal ring Mr.. Chenpsids
gave me Belle examining it--Er-do
you like Il? Nell-Yes. but there's that
old superstition, you know. Sim afraid
It will bring me bad luck. Belle-Don'e
worry. The worst this could bring you
would be an imitation Of bad luck
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01
YOUR HAT

uay - . stylish One, Bat Il Makes
TfOuh1e.
A man usually buys . hat that's w
~sv,e, but the modern hat for men mas
lote TO answer for.
B~aidheads are srowins more numsr.
ous every day. Hass !. s,t,c germs
Which SAP the life from the roots OF sne
hair. i. ..a
you scalp - full Of Dandrun y -
sure sisn that these countless germs are
6usily at work. a..
There IL but one way to overcome the
trouble and Kill the g~ernns-tnat way y
60 apply Newbro's Hsfpicide 20 .ns
Ocaip-lt Will Kill the germs ana hea''"'
mn II sure to result. :.
cold b. leading drugGists: send wc; N
stamps Tor sample to The Herp'c'os ~
oetsoit, Mich. -
&. q. MURPHY, special Agent.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01
peassies ss Golf.

Beginner-But / can't play golf well
enough to get any enjoyment out Of II
Enthusiast--Y Yes, but that Is where tho
game II 10 successful. The poorer you
play Il the more exercise you GET
Life.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01

lie (angrily)--I actually believe you
would marry the arst fool that asks
you. she calmly = Just ask me to
marry you and prove the faIlacy Of
your belief.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01

First Fair One-Eow dreadful Il n
10 have I skeleton IN he family! Sec.
ond Fair One-l know. dear. Have you
ever tstod e~xsfcieet
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01

Redmen meet In Fraternal Brother.
hall every Thursday sleep at the
eighth run. Visiting chiefs al
ways welcome to the wigwam. H.
L. Corey. sachem; F. e. Barnes. chief
of records.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1906-02-01

Eastern Star. Regular communities
ton second and fourth Thursday even.
ings of each month. All visiting broth
ers and sisters are cordially invited.
Mrs. J.. b. Reed. worthy matron;
S. r. Dearth. w. r.; Mrs. Emma
Benedict. Sec.; Mrs. A. NJ. Howell.
Treas.