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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
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Principle of Selection Must Be Caro-
fully 0bes,ved. ,

Where selection is done with skill
and care the Improvement of many
kinds of cultivated plants effected by
its means is invaluable. The large
pansies, the huge hybrid gladioli, the
large lowered cannas, were all
brought from the state of small flow
ers to their present excellence in our
own day by careful observers, who,
watching every variation and keeping
an exact record of the descent of all
their plants, turn to the best account
the wonderful action of heredity.
That plants are endowed with the
power of changing to some extent IN
der altered and varying conditions
no one will deny who knows even a
little natural history. Such changes
Will occur in wild nature as we'll as
under cultivation, and by the action
of heredity will be transmitted more
or less faithfully to the next genera
lions.
But an all-important fact must be
recognized and remembered. 1t is
that in the wild state only such varia~
tons have a chance of enduring as
give the plant in which they occur
some advantage in it's life. Many var
idtions appear every year which soon
disappear, because they are a loss
not gain, to the plant. Suppose in
the wild state potato plant with
short stems and late-sprouting tubers
in mass at the base of the stem.
Such a plant would not have any
chance against rank growing and early
shooting varieties, and it would soon
perish. Still, some such characters be-
long to some of our best potatoes
This is owing to the action of man,
ance when cultivating plants which
are useful or pleasant to him, and who
gives the weakest plant, if it is for
some reason favorite with him, all
the advantage he can to make it
thrive and answer his purpose. Most
of the variations induced in our gar
den plants are not in favor of the
plant if In free light" with it's kind
in nature. All our improved roots,
as carrots, turnips, beets, make an
early and succulent growth for our
own benefit, but not at all for their
own good. IF left to their fate to
struggle with their own wild forms
they would soon have to take back
seat" and very likely soon perish. It
follows, then, that varieties improved
from mans point Of view must re-
ceive kind treatment and richer food
than wild forms of the same plant
The cultivated plant, like the domes-
ticated animal, yields in a measure its
powers of self-defense to adapt itself
to our service. Man must in return
provide for its safety and nourish-
ment In the improvement Of plants
the action of man, much like inluen-
ces which act on plants in the wild
state, only brings about slow and
gradual changes, often scarcely no.
ticeable at first.-Henri f. de Vii
MORN.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
What a Woman Did,

There is much to be said against the
New York cabby, but there are fire.
quent occasions when one is really de.
serving Of sympathy. The other day
cabby drove well-dressed and re-
fined:looking woman to a Broadway
restaurant where she, ordered an ex.
pensive lunch and then told the waiter
that she had lost her purse, but that
her cab was waiting, and if ho would
send a boy with her she would 20
home for the money. The boy en-
tered the cab with her, and she di.
rected the cabby to drive to a Sixth
avenue department store. When they
arrived she left the boy in the cab, en-.
tired the store to make an imaginary
purchase and went out at the opposite
entrance. -, In the hope of getting in.
formation about his departed faro
cabby drove back to the restaurant,
accompanied by the. brass-buttoned
boy, whom he blackguarded all tho
way for 4etting the woman" escape. The
restaurant people discharged the lad
for the same reason, and the drives
cried quits SO. ..4 s,.:..s - a.. !: :
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
AGRICULTURAL BITS.

Give plenty of water; laying fowls
require it.
Applying manure to grass lands
during the fall is good thing to do,
providing the manure is not put on
so thickly that it smothers the plants.
The manure is not small item of
profit from the poultry house. In
cleaning up the poultry house the
droppings should be put in barrels
or boxes and kept dry.
Never give fowls sulphur in damp
or wet weather, and give it cautiously
even in dry weather. If fed, and the
fowls get wet, it is said to cause rheu-
matism and weakness of the legs.
The prices of farm implements
are to be boosted this season. Why
not meet the advance by painting
and fixing up the machine on hand
now? A few gallons of paint, a new
piece of woodwork here and there,
will put the machine back in service
for two or three years.
Young poultry should not be al
lowed to go hungry, nor should they
be given more than they can eat up
clean at one time.
A patch of rye near the poultry
yard for the hens to run upon when
the ground is bare, is an egg producer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
QUICK WORK OF PACKING.
System Used by One Successful Hand.
Ter of Fruit.

In picking apples in my own orch
ard and in orchards that I buy, I do
not allow an apple picked until am
there to commence barreling same
never let an apple touch the ground
that goes into barrel. In picking
use half bushel baskets and short
sacks hung over pickers shoulder,
says a correspondent Of Farm and
Home. Use long and short ladders
tireIJ, as pickers climbing in among
the limbs bruise the apples that are
in sacks and spill apples. out of the
baskets.
i I pack entirely from packing tables
that are built on slight slant, the
i wide end of the table being padded
to prevent the bruising of apples as
they are being poured onto the table
The narrow part of the table is slat-
ted with lath one inch apart, which
|; allows twigs, leaves, etc., to drop
through. At the mouth of the table
l have an apron that is tackled: to- the
under side of the table; this we lay
over the barrel allowing the apples to
run into 1t. When the apron is full
we lower it into the barrel, which pre-
vents the bruising of apples as they
are put into the barrel.
The cost of picking and packing
covers a wide range where trees are
heavily laden, the cost being not
nearly as large as when there is a
light crop. Under ordinary circum-
stances the picking and packing can
be done for Is to Is cents per barrel.
l work four men at the packing table,
one man to face, one to press, one at
mouth OF table to run the apples, and
one to sort out culls.
The packing table does away with
having Gull apples all over your Or
chard, as all the culls are thrown I'M
der the table. When the time comes
in the fall to gather your Gull and
windfalls for making cider, it is a
very easy matter to drive from pile
to pile to pick up the apples and put
them in the wagon. I have my teams
ready to haul my apples to cars,
where they are put in cold storage in
St. Louis in Is hours from the time
they were hanging on the trees.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
EXQL/IJ/7E TOILETS

sort OF frame to the face e1dlnently
becoming and attractive, aud specially
SO. to the bell-shaped hat Somehow
this bel1-shaped' hat seems to need
some such aid for its best conduct.
The bell-shaped hat makes a fur.
Their bold bid for success in beaver,
felt, velvet and silk. The latest idea
is to- line the inside brim with a con.
trasting color, white, rose-pink, and
pale blue all being used for such Dur.
poses in hats of brown or mole gray,
or purple, while for further trimming
there is a large loose crown of silk
tied at one side, or a crown covered
with a mass of feathers, or q crown
formed entirely of bows.
1t is rumored that skunk is to, be
amongst the furs of our fashionable
fancy, whilst there is some talk of fiat
boas made Of sealskin, lined with er.
mine, sharing our regard with the
sable tie.
And now a word concerning the cos
tunes displayed in the illustration at
the head of cur letter. The fist is
a dress of grace and beauty, III the
glorious shade of >cerise, it's cleverly
combined fabrics being chiffon, f1let
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23

stake was not. He simply said:
Thank Cod. I thought. that prince
of cheats, Fate, who all through life
has had his foot on the button of my
game, was the one who did the trick"
Long suffering had driven the old
gambler to the losers bible, Philoso.
ply! Cheated by mans DEVICE he
knew he had some chance of get
ting even; but Fate he could not
combat
Bob BROMLEY had thought himself
in hard luck when his eyes opened
to the fact that he had been robbed
by means of dice loaded by man, but
when Fate pressed the button he saw
that his man-made hell was but a
feeble imitation, and-was satisfied,
as whoever knows the game of life
is satisfied, because-he must be-.
Bob's strong head bowel. his iron will
bent, and meekly his soul murmured:
Thy will be DONE"
That night he married Beulah
Sands. The minister who united the
grown.pp man and the woman who
was as newborn babe saw nothing
extraordinary in the match He
murmured to NE, who acted as best
man to the groom, maid of honor to
the bride. and father and mother to
both: I'VE see strange sights, we
ministers Of the great city, Mr.. Ran
dolph. The sweet little lady appears
to be a tritle scared" My exrlana-
ton that she and Mr.. BROMLEY were
the awful survivors of the awful
tragedies of the day was sufficient.
He was satisfied. when he got no other
response to his question: do you
take this man to. be your welded hus-
band?' than sweet childish smile
as she Struggled closer to Bob
Bob and his bride went south to
his mother and sisters the next day
He left to me the settlement of his
trades. He instructed me 70 set
aside 100000 profits for HeuIah
Sands-Brownley, and insisted that I
pay from the balance the notes he had
given me few weeks before. There
remained something over $4,000, 000
for himself
The leading Wall street paper, I'm
its preaching On the penic, wound up
with:
WALL street has lived through many
black Fridays. Some of them have been
thirteenth-of-the-mo month Fridays, but no
Friday yet marked from the calendar, no
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
or Thursday yet Garnered to the store
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
sUNFloWER PHILOSOPHY.

Nothing makes man quite so mad
as to be put to slep in bed that has
to have lot Of fancy coverings re-
moved before it is ready to sleep in.
When some woman makes a good
point in abusing the men all the other
women present say: "Ah, that's just
what I say"
There is nearly every kind of town
In this country except the one in
which the loyal citizens won't insist
they have the best looking girls.
How much children could accom-
plish If they could work as rapidly as
they can count hundred when play
ing hide and seek!"
The man who only half tries to do
everything else puts forth pretty
good effort when it comes to complain.
ing about the lack Of appreciation in
this world. .,....4.
~ An old doctor, being on his death
bed, was asked: What is the most
important message you can leave the
peopls?" Take plenty of salts" be
said fs ..s IS. SIS s-~ss=. :. I = r.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
Cling to Ancient Rites.

Allah's: will. The. Interpreter inter
viewed them and discovered that they
were the wives Of a Moor whom tho
new Kaid had imprisoned for tho
usual sin-the ownership of riches.
This brigand, plundered everythfns
and turned the women out to starve.
Hearing of the approach Of q Basha-
dor, friend. no doubt, of our lord the
sultan, they came TO- offer sacrifice
that he might have pity: on them.
Alas! nothing can be done, the Kaid
is all powerful, even the sultan 10
helpless. Sometimes i a u bullock is
hamstrung, on our road. Strange to
say the sacrificed animal cannot be
used for food BY the petitioners. but
our escorts profit and drag on the
carceasses with happy grins.--Na tioaal
Review. .5s d 4
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
Heat a Germ DESTROYER.

Heat is a germ destroyer Of the first
magnitude. There is nothing that
compares with it for this purpose.
Cold will kill some germs and will
render others harmless for a time,
but the frozen germs will often come
again into activity. Some kinds of
plants, insects and bacteria can stand
any amount Of freezing and not be
killed by it. But nothing in the world
can stand a large degree of heat. II
germ life is to be certainly destroyed
the use Of heat must be had. For this
reason the protection of the people
against disease germs must be secur
ed through the use of heat for the de
struction of those germs s,~~l
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23

Patterns Nos 1904 and 5907.-Well
shaped underwear is now regarded IS
a very important part of the up-to-
date wardrobe, and women of refined
taste spend much time and thought
upon these garments. The two pref
ty models here shown were designed
with regard to comfort as well as to
appearance. The corset cover is the
daintiest little garment possible to
wear under the lingerie blouse. The
square cut neck may be made as H.
Illustrated, or it could be made Of a
strip of embroidery. The French cir
cular drawers are very popular just
now, as they take the place Of an
extra underskirt, thus avoiding all
extra fullness around the waist. The
choicest materials are fine linen,
batiste, cambria and nxlnsook, and
some very dainty effects are obtained
by the use Of ribbon-run beading, lace
and embroidery. For 36inch bust
measure one and threeeighths yards
of 36-inch material will be required
for the corset cover and three and
one-fourth yards for the drawers.
Ladies' square neck corset cover, No.
1904. Sizes for 81, "a, 36, SO, 40 and
AZ inches bust measure Ladies
French drawers, No. 1907. Sizes for
20, %, "a, rs, %, 80, 90 and "a inches
waist measure.
Patterns of this illustration will be
mailed to any address on the receipt
of 10 cents for each in silver or
stamps.
This pattern will be sent TO you on
receipt of 10 cents. Address all orders
tothe Pattern Department of this paper.
Be sure to give size and number of pat
tern wanted. For convenience, write
your order on the following coupon:
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23

me LdllOT Is QOOklu3S 1OT"dEQ 10 a
rich harvest. All the coats and skirts,
and these represent the style of
gown which prevails ubiquitously,
show the marks of his handiwork, and
as 7 predicted some time ago, every
coat is long and we'll below the hips,
some reaching to the knees, while 9th.
ers are even longer.
WalstcOats made separately are h1v-
ing some consideration, and these arc
not always sleeveless, az is the habit
Of w@stcoats. Every material il
used to make them, satin being of
paramount Importance in the scheme.
A dark green velvet coat and skirt
owe much to the waistcoat of water
blue velvet, and a no less successful
combination is purple cloth dress
with waistcoat of peach colored vel
vet. Some of the long straight coats
exhibit sleeves of different material,
the waistcoat being made to match
these; and coat of dark brown vel
vet looks extremely smart with satin
sleeves and vest, the indispensable
braid binding putting in it's appear
ance round armholes and hens.
This binding of braid is the rule, in
silk for the most part, and it is found
decorating alike the costume Of cloth
and the costume of velvet, which
owns its cheaper, though scarcely less
effective, rival in the costume of vel
veteeQ.
Many of the velvets have a miroir
surface, a virtu" the manufacturers
have also accorded to the velveteen,
which may boast of one decided nov.
city, stripes of equal sizes about one
third of an inch in breadth. This is
to be seen in every possible combina-
ton of dark colors, the most popular
of all the velveteens being black and
brown stripes and black and mole
gray stripes, and these make the
smartest costumes bound with silken
braid, fashioned in the simplest style,
with small sleeves reaching to the
wrists, and a step-collar and rounded
ends to the cutaway front.
Sometimes these coats are fitted
with cloth wafstcoats of some con
trasting color, buff for choice, and
under all circumstances the small v
/ left at the neck by the cutting of the
collar is filled in with a jabot cravat
Of hem-stitched lawn depending from
a collar band, and shaped higher at
the back than in the front, with a lit
tie goffered frill outlining the chin.
Frilling, by the way, is revival we
have not. welcomed for about Is
years, when no costume for morning
or afternoon wear was complete with
out a frilling round the neck and
sleeve. This, however, was wont to
be made of lisse. Before the days
when chiffon ousted it from the posi-.
ton of prime favor amongst diaphan.
Gus fabrics, the making of lisse frill.
ing was quite an important industry
and hundreds of different patterns
were at our disposal. The little rolled
frilling, such as generally associate
with the widows cap, is worn now
round the neck and sleeves of after.
noon gowns, and other Fittings show
three rows of very tiny killings very
closely stitched together.
The main attraction of this new or
der is that it compels the collarband
to be shaped accurately to the line OF
the neck, extending higher at the
back than the front. and forming q
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23

lost time. Get your hat and cloak
and we'll hurry to the church, or we
will be late"
With a laugh of Joy she followed
him to the closet where hung the
little gray turban and the pretty gray
jacket. He took them from their peg
and gave them to her.
mot word, Jim," he babe me. "In
the name of God and all our friend.
ship, not word. Beulah Sands will
be my wife as soon as l can find a
minister to marry us. It is best, best.
It is right. 1t is as God would have
it, or I am not capable of knowing
right from wrong. Anyway, it is what
will be. She has no father. no moth
er, no sister, no one to protect and
shield her. The system has robbed
her of all in life. even of herself, OF
everything, Jim, but me- l must try
to win her back to herself, or to make
her new world happy one-a happy
one for her."
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23

He slowly rose to his t>et. could
see from his eyes and ,he shudder
that went over him as he caught sight
of the paper on the desk that he was
himself; that memory of the happen
ings of the day had not fed in his
sleep. He rose to his full height, his
head went up, and his shoulders back,
but only from habit and for an in.
slant. Then he folded Beulah Sands
to his breast and dropped his head
upon her shoulder. He sobbed like a
father with the corpse of his child.
Why, Bob, my Bob, is this the way
you treat your Beulah when she's let
you sleep so your beautiful eyes
would be pretty for the wedding? Is
this the way to act before this kind
man who has come to take us to the
church? Naughty, naughty Bob"
l looked at her, at Bob, in horror
| was beginning to realize the abso-
lutte deafness of this woman From
the first look l had known that her
mind had fed but knowledge is not
always realization. She did not even
know who I was. Her mind was dead
to all but the man she loved, the
man who through all those long days
of her suffering she had silently wor-
SHIPPED. To all but him she was new
born.
At the sound of wedding"
church." Bob's head slowly rose from
her shoulder I saw his decision the
instant l caught his eye; realized
the uselessness of opposing it, and,
sick at heart and Mortified, I listened
as he said in a voice now calm and
soothing as that of father to his
child: Yes, Beulah, my darling, I
have slept too long. Bob has been
naughty. but we will make. nm tor
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
HORTICULTURAL NOTES.

Fertilize the orchard; pillow and
spray.
Fruit crops are often so large that
the abundance of one year Offsets the
smallness of crops in other years.
Evergreens are hardy, pretty and
make excellent windbreaks. May is
the proper month to plant them.
Try some and beautify the dooryard.
Keep the bark of your trees
healthy by the application of a good
wash. A healthy tree, like a healthy
man will Withstand the attacks of
disease more easily than a weakly
one.
The man who cheerfully sets the
spade where his wife directs, and
lends himself willingly to her desires
in the flower garden, has in him the
vital elements of good citizenship
and 10 q safe man to trust.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
Why He's Called Uncle,

Want to get your overcoat out, Ell?
My but you're early" said the pawn.
broker
Then, as he unwrapped the coat
from its tar paper wrapping, he point
ed to a steel hook of antique aspect
that hung above a mirror.
That's a curio,'' he said. 1T is an
Old pawnbroker's hook, An article
used by all our craft in the seven.
teenth century. Counters. to prevent
theft, were wide then, twice as wide
es now; and what you extended over
those wide counters the broker hook.
ed In with this instrument.
THE hook, which was once as much
our badge as the three balls, gave rise
to the expression uncle as connected
with the pawnbroker. The Latin for
hook, you know, is uncus. Uncus-
uncle Seer
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
Don't PIow the Orchard Now.

One thing that should not be done
is to plow deep in the orchard in the
fall, whether the blowing operations
be for the purpose of turning under
some growing crop or for the pur-
poses of drainage or for the purposes
of cultivating the soil. Many an or
chard is given a back-set in this way.
I have known more than one man to
60 into his orchard in the fall and
give it a good blowing. Had he plow-
ed as shallow as possible little dam
age might have been done, but the
deep blowing cut of the new roots
that had developed during the sum-
mer. The fruit crop the next year
was greatly reduced by the operation.
Herman Harris.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
A Useful Hint.

If an accident happens to the table.
cloth while it is still otherwise fresh
do not think it must be consigned to
the laundry at once. Take cake of
magnesia or some corn starch and
rub over the spot and it will be ef-
fectually concealed. It is worth
while keeping one of the remedies
always in the sideboard drawer. It
is such a help in keeping q cloth
fresh looking up to the time OF chang.
Ing. : ..,. ~ s..~~
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moroccans Still Offer: Sacrifices I
..Propittate the Powerful. y.

A strange custom still exists. here,
that of sacrificing live animals to pro-
pitiate those In: power An instance
Of it occurred the other day when
three ragged women, veiied, dirty and
poverty stricken, came staggering up
the hill TO- the .hagstan which stands
In the middle OF our camp, half push:
ing, half carrying two sheep bound
and helpless. At the foot of our han
ner stan they laid the beasts down
and sticking knife into their Threats
left them there to die by slow inches.
No cries, no wailing, they huddled to-
sether and sat motionless, awaiting
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
CHAPTER VII.

An old gambler whose life had been
spent listening to the rattle of the
drop.in.bound-out little roulette ball,
was told by fellow victim, as his
last dollar went to the relentless
tigers NAV, that the keepers foot was
upon an electric button which enabled
him to make the ball drop. where his