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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
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The man or boy who can not control
his children, horse or dog by his voice
alone, without having his hands on
them, is not a good trainer; and if he
loses his temper his influence is gone
The American Agriculturist reports
a shortage in the western hay crop,
according to canvass, of something
like 100000 tons under last years
yield. In the east the crop was on the
whole little above the average, and
it is likely that prices will be better
also.
Scarcely any other grain has shown
the adaptability of corn. A native of
the warm, moist parts of South Amer
lea, it has gradually fought it's way
into the colder and dryer regions,
until there are few sections in which
it can not be proftably grown. It's
adaptability is shown in the fact that
in the far north the plant is low and
spreading, but maturing it's ears all
the same.-Farm Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16

of my girl friend in Woodlawn Wed
nesday night. came back up town
in the morning. had about ten dol
lars when I left home-it was my
Christmas money-and l wanted to
come up town and see what was
displayed in the windows and I want
ed to buy some things for the folks.
I had good time. l thought if I
put on boys clothes nobody would
know me-"
"And was that the only reason you
left home, Dorothy?" some one in the
party asked.
The eyes of the little girl filled with
tears and she shaded her face with
her hands, refusing to answer.
Il understand that Dorothy is of a
most romantic nature and a great
reader of felton," said Mr.. Kenyon,
one of the amateur sleuths. 1T is said
that the child has a penchant for act
ing, and has expressed the intention
of going upon the stage Relatives
say that she has been in the habit of
amusing herself by DOMINIC her ia
theirs clothes and Disgusting herself
for the purpose of surprising her lit
tie friends"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
YOUNG WOMAN BATTLES
IN THE CHILLY SURF
Pretty Girl startles Promenaders at
Atlantic City by Plunge In
Icy Ocean.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Board-walk
promenaders in the vicinity of Con.
necticut avenue the other morning,
when it was frigid and there was
furry of snow, were. given the cold
shivers as they saw a pretty young
woman make a dash out of a bath.
house, dressed in bathing suit, and
make for the ocean on a run. She
plunged into the icy water and re-
manned there Is or 20 minutes.
An effort was made to ascertain
the bathers' identity. but she evidently
had expected there might be some
curious enough to want to know who
she was and therefore she had fixed"
the keeper of the bathhouse. She
was about rs years old.
The girl started off on brisk walk
down the esplanade when she emerged
from the bathhouse, and finally disap-
peared in an auction shop just below
New York avenue.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
KEEPING ACCOUNTS.
How One Farmer Figures Out the
Profit on His Cows.

The overcoming bookkeeping
bugbear brings to mind a recent in
terview with one of the largest farm
ers in the east, who is a bright man
and a large wholesale baker, Thomas
Kelley. He said: AS a business man
l have learned that the books must be
kept right if the proprietor is encour-
aged and not discouraged, and is led
to venture into the business still more
extensively. The rule applies as we'll
to farming as to other business.
In operating my four large farms, I
charge them with only the wages,
with things bought and with the other
real expenses, and never with things
the farm produces. If, for instance, I
debit the farm with it's own hay that
is used, I really charge the hay twice
because the wages paid help have pro-
duced that hay just as much as the
wages set the fence posts and do the
work
No man is right if he figures that
the hay sold is worth a stated sum
and hence milk is produced at such a
cost. If | Wronged my farms that way
in my bookkeeping I would appear to
be losing money every year and l
would soon dispose of my country
property, for to carry on a business
one is not skillful enough to conduct
proftably, is not reasonable.
This winter l shall keep 100 COWS,
feeding 800 tons of hay. If I figure
that hay at it's market value I find
that my milk costs me more than l
can buy it for in the open market, but
don't do so. Neither do I figure in the
wear and tear on the stock. l merely
charge a cows actual shrinkage in
value between the time buy her and
her selling price. This is an actual,
not an Imaginary transaction. If
hire help and am so lacking in skill
that I do not raise what hay, stalks,
grain, etc., l require and have to buy
them, must charge up the things
bought, of course, just as I credit my
milk, eggs and potatoes. I am not
satisfied with COW unless l can clear
an actual profit on her every day, even
if it is not more than five cents, and
the manure.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
YOUNG GIRL FOUND /.
i POSING AS A BOY.

crying for you all day." said Mr.. Van
Schaick.
= At the mention of her little SIS
ter the child ceased to struggle. Her
head sank upon the shoulder of her
captor and she gave way to hysterical
weeping. Sympathizers gathered
about her, and after awhile she be-
came calm. Telephone communica-
ton was had with her relatives, and
while awaiting the arrival of the
girls uncle efforts were made to get
the youthful truant and masquerader
to tell something about her expert
ence since she left home.
Il first cut my hair shorter myself
1T Was not long to begin with
Wednesday afternoon in a room of
the home of girl friend in Wood
lawn. do not know the number Just
now" said the girl. To-day I got a
barber to slick it up a little better.
I bought the knickerbockers, the
sweater and the cap in a State street
department store. slept at the home
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16

who has come from Alaska on q visit
to his brother. The nugget might be
hkened to q mans hand with the
palm turned upward, for.it is over six
inches long, almost four inches wide,
is an inch thick at the sthickest part,
and weighs $3.50. #a IL.
There are few men who, can dig
such chunks Of gold out OF their own
mines 81 but Clarence Berry is one of
these lucky miners. He Is one Of
the pioneers OF the gold mines OF
Alaska 'a.sl and having been one Of the
frst men TO get to the: various rich
diggings, his energy and perseyer-
ance have been rewarded with q large
amount of gold: How much no one
knows but he, and he won u tell.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
wl4ALEBoNE At $3.50 A TON.
IL Might Pay Now TO Look Up Those
Old Whalebone Ribbed Umbrellas.

see BY the papers, said Mr..
sGrinfnby, that the last quotation for
whalebone In England was e $50, or,
say. about $3.50 q ton; making whale
bone worth now somewhere In the
sneighborhood OF, $3.50 q pound
pretty costly comm dity. H II y. =sast# {.5s
sssgs 81 can remember the time when
swhale bone was cheap, very cheap;
when we used to burn whale oil in
lamps and use 5whalebone for umbrella
ribs Those old time whalebone rib.
bed umbrellas were not much like the
present steel ribbed close rollers.
No. They were Of the bulgy out
sort of gtngi ham umbrellas that you
1see now ofnetimes reproduced after q
Sfaahion on the comic stage, hut which
IRE now never actually used BY any
body. though once they were used by
Sslverybody, umbre elias with Whalebone
sribss IND that - going to say;
las this:
Eeople are ont all tho time look
ilo fh1pugh the country f1s old furnl.3
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
TAKING CARE CT TOOLS.
They Should Be Under shelter and In
r = - - Their Places.

One of the greatest needs on the
farm is for system by which the,
tools may be taken care of. l heard
a farmer the other day make the
remark that he had seed drill that
he had used for 80 years and that it
would not have lasted 10 years if it
had not been kept in the shed. That
illustrates the difference in the ways
of keeping tools. One farmer will
leave his tools out in the sun and
rain, and in 10 years an expensive
tool is ruined. Another will use the
greatest of care about his tools, and
in 80 years the same kind of tool
will be good for still more use.
l find that it is not always expen-
sive to build a tool shed if one can
not afford a tool house, writes a cor
respondent of Farmers Review. In
the building of two of my out-build-
ings, barn and shop for general
work, had them placed so that the
back of the shop made a right angle
with the back of the barn. In these
two sides no windows were needed,
and this left two sides already con-
structed for my tool shed. Then all
hau to do was to extend roof from
the shop and barn and l had good
shed for my large tools. The smaller
tools are taken care of in my work
shop.
| find that the best plan for taking
care of small tools and of parts of
large tools is to have great many
pegs and hooks on the side of the
shop. The tools are then always in
sight and if one always puts the same
tools in the same places it is not a
difficult matter to find them when
wanted A tool that cannot be -ound
when wanted is about the same as no
tool.
One of the greatest troubles on the
farm is to compel the hired men to
put the horse tools in the shed. One
farmer that l know says he never
allows a man to unhitch his horses
from a machine till it is at the door
of the shed. Then it is an easy mat
ter to put it in. This seems little
bit tyrannical, but with some men it
is about the only way of getting the
things looked after
No matter how much care is taken
| with the machinery in the way of pro-
viding shed for it, find that 1t must
have careful attention on the part of
the owner to make sure that the nuts
! are kept tight on all the wheel ma
Chimes One of the most vexatious
things about the care of farm ma
chimes is the tendencies for the bolts
to work off and get lost. The working
OF of a single nut on the end of bolt
may put the machine out of use for
hours and perhaps days. The nuts
work off because they are not looked
after. l wish some one would invent
some system of making it impossible
for nuts to work off.
There is another thing that should
be kept in mind and that is if the
bolts are permitted to be loose the
machinery will wear out rapidly, as
the play between parts is very de-
structive to the several parts. l do
not believe that any kind of tool
will last very many years unless the
| bolts and nuts are kept tight when
the machine is being used.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16

husband. W. K. D :vanderbilt. Count
Castellane is said to have cost $15..
900, 900 when the Gould family flrst
bought his title and It probably will
take as much more for them to be rid
Of their bad bargain. '' ::s. VI. =. :>,E@
The domestic wreck Of the Marlbor.
oughs was more Of a surprise to the
world. There had been rumors Of
disagreements, but these were. not
thought to be serious. The duke of
Marlborough, like the count de Cas-
tellane, was not able to understand
the character Of American girls. They
might be attracted by a title, but they
would not submit to the indiscretions
it is a mild word-of their hus-
bands. It was said at the time Miss
Consuelo Vanderbilt married the duke
that she had made the best bargain
of any American girl that ever
bought foreign lordling, but her
present unhappiness proves that the
belief was unfounded.
Among the wrecks of the year none
has caused more comment than the
"Pittsburg cases. which include the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
Nioht Work on the Farm,

Night work on the farm is not to be
tolerated. The old plan of working
from four o'clock in the morning till
nine o'clock at night was responsible
for creating disgust for farm work,
and both the boy and the girl shared
this disgust. On many farms now no
work is done after six o'clock D. M,
and this is right. There is no reason
why hours should be longer on the
farm than in the city. But on the
farm more time needs to be taken at
noon so that the morning and evening
chores" will come further apart. We
doubt, however,. if the 5.eight-hour
day. ever becomes the rule on the
farm, especially on the farm that is
devoted to some. extent to the raising
of live stock. Farm animals refuse to
adapt their needs to the eight hour
plan. - ID - x# ~ 80
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16

tragical unhappiness of the Thaws,
the .Coreys, and the Hartjes, and GER
tainly no other cases have caused
greater distress to Cupid, the deity
of all true lovers. 1t would seem that
the CLEAN of suddenly acquired mil
lions, as seen through the smoky at
mosphere of Pittsburg, is sufficient to
blind the eyes of love.
William E. Corey was ruined by Mr..
Carnegie, so Mr.. Corey's uncle is re-
ported to have said. This was be-
cause Mr.. Carnegie put Mr.. Corey in
the way of becoming rich. The head
of the great steel trust, looking for
pleasure and thrills in the byways
of life, found only unhappiness. AS
the familiar saying goes, "he couldn't
stand prosperity All the world is
familiar with the story of Mr.. Corey's
spectacular rise in the world of fl
nance and of the alleged escapades
which caused his wife to leave him.
She obtained a divorce last summer
after living in the state of Nevada
long enough to acquire citizenship
under the liberal laws of that state.
In her bill she charged her husband
with desertion, but it generally was
understood that the family happiness
was wrecked by Mr.. Corey's public at
tentions to Mabelle Gilman, an act
ress.
The Hartje case of Pittsburg made
the whole country gasp. It involved
grave charges against Mrs. Hartje
and her coachman and counter
charges on the part of the wife that
she was the victim of a conspiracy,
in which her husband-the man she
had loved and with whom she had
lived-sought to blast her reputation
by hired and perjured testimony. This
was one of the most notorious domes.
tic tragedies ever aired in any court
of any land. It was worse even than
the Tagagrt case. Alone it was enough
to make the year memorable in the
matter of divorce.
In contrast with this the trouble OF
Mrs. Charles T. Yerkes and Wilson
Miner were almost farcical. Mr.
Yerkes, the traction magnate, died
in New York in December last under
circumstances that called the .atten.
ton of the whole world to his widow.
Although they had not been living to.
gether harmoniously during the, later
years of his life, Mrs. Yerkes declared
that her husband had never ceased
to love her, and that she was devoted
to- his memory. - i.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
Effect Of Straw Flowed In

Where straw is cut up and plowed
into the soil, It materially helps the
soil. if the soil is deficient in potas.
SUM. The truth Of this has been
forced on people that have tried the
application Of straw on land OF this
character. The resultant growth of
grain, however, will be disappointing,
as the straw will give enough potas.
SUM to help out the formation Of the
stalk of the grain but not enough to
give the best results IN the way OF. q
harvest. The same result will occur
K too little .of q deficient manurial
element be applied
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
Hunt Bear: Find a Pio.

Chippewa Falls, Wished. by Mus
tard Hardy and Charlie vKasoureck,
mighty hunters, all the. male inhabit-
ants of Sadott and vicinity started
out to exterminate all the wolves and
bears in the neighborhood. The won.
en-, in their gayest dresses, turned out
to cheer them on. For six hours the
hunters hunted in vain. Then scouts
reported tracks. They led to clump
OF brush, into which the hunters were
about to fire, when Farmer Charles
Green rushed up, yelling: : - ~. v :
Hold on, them's my old pig Fanny,s
tracks! < = & I n: IT. =. a. s.s.e5s
Il That ended the hunt =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
in a MODERN .HAREM.
cireassian Slaves Now Wear Copies
RI ss 55 Of Paris Fashions. z 5t. :H

u Less picturesque than the descrip,
ton IN Pierre Lofts "Disenchanted''
was my reception ia the sharem 81 Bos-
ma Hanum, the wife of5a close rela-
tive of the throne, says a writer IN
the Boston Globe. 81 !.
3 s5as was assisted out Of my carriage
by a gaunt eunuch In 4 black frock
coat and red tex, who gave me the
.sh ,l as he clutc he'd my arm with,
his sable paw
"a. Inside the hall was met y
se' y OF FEM les slaves, who helped.
ms me to remove & ~ Us. they varied
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16

or desertion and tells the story to the
court in business-like way. The
uninformed stranger, ~strolling into
the courtroom, easily might think the
dispute was over a grocery bill or
ruined gown, rather than ruined
life. The law says she may have a
divorce, and she proposes to get it.
That is all. If her husband has a.
good position or bit of property, she
asks for alimony. The struggle for
some form of maintenance sometimes
becomes strenuous, showing that the
woman regrets the loss of the man
who has been her support rather more
than the loss Of the man who has
been her husband.
All this is like a comic opera, but it
makes Cupid weep: He has been tell
ing the world for thousands of years
that marriage is sacred institution,
and now he first discovers that it is
a joke.
The proportion of divorces to mar
riages in New York is one in four.
In Chicago it is one in nine; in San
Francisco it is one in four. The
further west you go the more fire.
quent are divorces. The decree sepa-
ration has hitched it's wagon to the
star of empire. Kansas City, Los An
geles, and Seattle are as bad as San
Francisco, in each of these cities there
being one divorce to every four mar
r1ages. The statistics for Sioux Falls
are kept locked up in a reporter proof
vault.
The most notable case Of the year,
perhaps, was the International tragedy
of the Castellanes. For. years the
world had witnessed the extrava-
gances and indiscretions of Count
Boni and wondered how much longer
the poor countess would endure them
for the sake of her children. Ameri-
can sympathy, almost without excep-
ton, has been with Anna Gould, for
however much Jay Gould, the rail-
road magnate, may have been dis
trusted, his daughters always were
popular. Count Castellane was RI
diculous joke to people who took life
lightly and an exaggerated villain to
those who took it seriously.
Troubles of Heiresses and Titles.
When the countess finally left her |
husband; people on both sides of the |
Atlantic said it served him right. The |
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16

preached first startled and amazed
me, then captivated me-" But within
few days she discovered, she says,
that the young man did not love her.
The case was nine days joke to the
public, but it was a great shock to
Cupid, who insists that all matters
pertaining to love be taken seriously.
Four Times as Many Separations.
Among the more famous Chicago
cases of the year might be mentioned
that of Clarence Eddy, the organist.
This was musical romance, in which
the first discord was struck after near
ly 80 years of married life. The "ar-
tistic temperament" of the great or
ganist is mentioned in connection
with the domestic unhappiness. Cupid
has had trouble from time immemorial
with the artistic temperament. The
separation of the Eddys occurred in
Paris, and Mr.. Eddy first brought suit
in Chicago, but afterward dismissed
his case and secured the divorce in
South Dakota last summer.
The list of the years domestic trag-
edies might be continued almost end
lessly. 1t is no wonder that Cupid
weeps. Efforts are being made by d.
vorce congresses and reformers to
cure the evil by a national divorce
law. 1t is claimed that if the road
to separation were made more diff
cult to travel there would be fewer
divorces and perhaps less unhappi-
ness. I. *
In recent, years, while the popula-
ton was increasing 80 per cent, the
number. of divorces has risen 800 per
cent. The disproportion is increas-
ing rapidly. If it keeps on for another
generation there will be a divorce for
every marriage. ~
Meantime detected Cupid ponders
the case. He knows how to make
people fall in love and marry, but he
can find no way in which they. may
be- happy though married He doubts
much if legislation against divorce
would compel them to continue to
love one another. e. r3 &% s...
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16

in age from Is to 40; some of them
we're 'negresses, but the majority were
Circassians. ;.zfs .HzzS@ :SssT. .~&=.4. ~.s%9g.
The latter are supposed to- be the
most beautiful OF all Turkish women,
on which account the slaves of the.
sultan 4 are always selected from
among them; but IN this instance l
looked IN vain for any trace of good
looks, and, indeed, could hardly help
smiling at the comic effect they pro-
duced, dressed up to the mines in the
latest Paris fashions, executed BY To-
cal dressmakers 55$9 mi Il .5} s:s =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
FOR HANDLING MANURE.
Put Cart Body on Drag For Use on
the Snow.

To get out manure in winter, when
there is moderate amount of snow
upon the ground, try this plan, sug-
gests Farm Journal: Set the cart
body on the drag" or stone boat, as
suggested in the cut. The load can
be spread in the field with great ease,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
Cart Body on Drag.

because it is down so low; and load
ing at the barn is also easy for SIM
liar reason. If there is manure
shed to which the manure is wheeled
daily, empty the barrow into the cart.
When this is full, haul to the feldsJ
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
The Fodder Binder.

ward movement of lever is pressed
into a small compass. The band is
then readily adjusted The whole de-
vice is supported by the square piece
c, so that it may be moved from
place to place. We do not know to
what extent this will prove entirely
practical, but it is possible that it will
suggest useful idea to some of our
r ders.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
Runs Too Much to heioht.

: The. slimness of J. L. Sharpe, an en-
listed man at Fort Leavenworth, may
prevent him from obtaining commits
sion in the army. His growth seems
to have been entirely In one direction.
He is six feet four inches tall. Re-
Gently he was designated for examina-
ton for q lieutenant's commission and
the examining board found that his
chest measurement was not large
enough to meet the requirements Of
the military regulations. AS. he is
only 20 years ,old It is thought that
the necessary chest enlargement will
come later @ ..5 4 .S \. .-:5:. @:*
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
GOLD NUGGET a BEAUTY:
Alaskan Mine Has Probably the
Largest Ever Found.

3 b It is not an ncomnon thing to see
men who have enough greenbacks to
schoke an elephant, but it's not often
that one meets q man with q gold mug.
get large enough to make even q horse
sick il he had to try to eat It without
having It run through 8 quartz mill.
There IS Al man 81 LOS Ange les, Cali
however. who has the nugget. and he
IS the Klondik king, Clarence Berry.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
1. Pl''rl| & Now 4 cesslty.

Prior to 1886 the prunes consumed
IN this country came almost entirely
from 81 France and the Danub ban prov.
dnc se The consumptt ton was ssniall and
the: "a fruit was. considered 8 delicacy.;
Now more than zoo, 900, 900 pounds 81
dried sprunes are eaten yearly ~ the.
United States. and need tos ny.
the duct 80 no Ion s. IA ardSd q. 81
luxury
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
FASTING Fowls.

A commercial handler of poultry
says that all fowls should be tasted
for from "a to Sc hours before killing.
Where the birds are permitted to stun
themselves with food before the kill.
ing time. the food decomposes In the
crop and intestines. From this the
flesh frequently becomes tainted.