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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
FOE OF mAcApAM ROAD.
Motor Vehicle Sweeps Roadway Of
Dust Needed for Binder.

At the present time the worst foe Of
the m3cadam road is, perhaps. its
most ardent advocate-the motor We
hicle. The steel wheels of the or
binary vehicle grind of sufficient
powder from the stones to serve as a
binder. replacing the binding material
blown away by winds or washed off by
rains. 1t is usually possible when the
binder becomes deficient and the
stones in the upper course begin to
appear and the surface grows rough,
to spread little coarse sand in the
center of the macadam road. The sand
is soon spread by traffic over the great
er portion of the width of the macad-
am. It relieves the roughness and
keeps the stones from raveling. This
practice has been followed in many
sections for years. But the swiftly
moving motor car of the present day
has introduced new problem into
road maintenance. The large rubber
tires on wheels of small diameter ap-
pear to exert a suction on the binder
of the road. The vacuum caused by
the vehicle moving rapidly over the
road lifts the dust into the air in
clouds and it is blown away into the
fields.
Various substances are being ex-
perimented with for application to
road surfaces to lessen or obviate this
evil. Coal tar and oils with an as
phaltic base seem to give the best re-
suits. In France tar has been used for
several years, it is said, most salts
factOrily. 1t may be that by some
such application not only will the
roads be saved from denudation by
motor vehicles, but the ordinary sur
face repair costs will be lessened as
we'll
A properly built macadam road in
the country rarely becomes muddy
except from mud tracked upon it from
side roads built of natural soil. The
country road official is spared this
annoyance and the expense of remov-
ing the mud. That they are often
dusty can not be denied. Watering or
sprinkling is luxury that can not
often be afforded on country roads.
When properly applied, water not only
lessons the dust nuisance, but pre-.
serves the road as we'll.
No one having had experience in
such matters will contend that ma.
cadam road may generally be main.
tanned at a less cost than a gravel or
an earth road. Sometimes under Ger.
tain conditions the macadam mainten.
ance costs may be less, but this does
not occur usually. But it is true that
macadam road may at moderate
expense be kept smooth, hard and
serviceable at all times of the year
and that these requirements can no,
be met by either the earth or the
gravel road.
AUSTIN A. FLETCHER.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Winter Millinery.

A great many shades of red, espe.
cially the new wine tints, will be used
in both shapes and trimmings.
For evening wear dressy hats of
lace or maine will be worn.
A favorite trimming for handsome
hats is the uncurled ostrich feather in
boa effect. This is wound around the
crown of the hat in very graceful
fashion, and is often completed by an
ostrich feather pompon. The latter,
however, is not always used. The
boa effect can be combined with floral
trimmings or a long plume can be
substituted.
Combined with flowers, however,
marabout plumes are oftener used
than ostrich.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Frances Tavern, Restored.

roof indicating the top of the walla
and the slope and height of the roof
were found in the walls. The differ
ence in the bricks in the walls also
helped to determine what portion was
old and what modern. 1t will be oh.
served that the wall fronting on Broad
street is Of thin yellow bricks. These
are the same kind as are found in the
old Dutch church in Tarrytown. In
order to secure an additional supply
to fill up the opening on the first floor
they had to be made to order in a
yard in Holland where bricks of the
same size and kind are still made. The
bricks on the Pearl street side are red.
AS they are an inch longer and some
what thinner than the bricks made
to-day it was only by searching
through many yards, tape measure in
hand, and picking up abnormal bricks
that enough could be secured to "piece
out" the original wall. BY such means
the old building was put back into a
shape that would probably be recog.
nized by BLACK Sam" Frances II he
should appear to-day.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

40 AAO~SAA WV
tailed evening coats fitting about
earning honest tips. Instead of being
permitted to climb the stairs to the
Long Room" where he babe farewell
to his officers after the close of the
revolution, he might be invited to go
up in an elevator. Passing the tap
room" on his way to the elevator, pos
sibly he would be urged to try a cigar,
best Virginia leaf" His eyes, &C.
customed to guttering candles, would
be astonished at the steady glow of
electric lights, and, doubtless, he
would want to know more about the
way in which Franklin's lightning
could be secured on a clear day for
use in lighting. His quick ear would
detect the click of the typewriter as
he stepped through the passage
toward the Long ROOM" although he
might not recognize the origin of the
peculiar noise, and he would be mysti-
fed at the spectacle of man talking
into telephone receiver.
Frances Tavern, "the oldest land
mark" in New York city, comes into
the public eye now more because on
December 4, 1907, the 124th anniver.
sary OF Washington's farewell to his
officers in the big dining room of the
old inn, the restored building was for
mally turned over by the committee
having the restoration in charge to
the owners, the Sons Of the Revolu-
ton, and two tablets were unveiled.
The reception to the guests was held
IN the hall of the Chamber of Com
merce after the tablets were unveiled.
One OF the tablets was attached to the
wall OF the famous Long ROOM" in
which Washington's historic and
touching farewell to his comrades and
assistants occurred, and the other
affixed to the exterior.
The history of the building is con.
cisely told on the tablet placed in the
Long Room" It reads:
"Fraunces' Tavern, erected 1919;
Queens Head Tavern, 1862; Chamber
of Commerce founded here, 1858;
headquarters of Committee of Cor.
respondence Of 81, 1774; this room the
scene of the farewell of Gen. Wash
ington to his officers, December 4,
1888; Sons of the Revolution reor-
3 ganized here December 4, 1888; the
property purchased by the Sons OF
the Revolution in the state of New
York, 1904; formal occupation taken
by the Sons of the Revolution, Deem
Der 4, 1907"
w. H. Mersereau, the architect who
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Aumus in the Soil.

When manure is spread on top Of
the land it rots without doing it's full
service. The only good that comes
from such applications is from the
part that is washed into the soil.
There are three things that manure
left on top of the ground does not
do. One is that it does not add vege-
table matter to the soil. Another il
that it does not give the soil the
benefit of the acid created in the pro-
cess of decay, which acts on the soil
particles. The third thing is that it
does not supply to the soil the same
amount of nitrogen because some of
it goes off into the air in the form 01
gas.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
WASHINGTON AN ATHLETE,
The "Father" Would Play Football II
on Earth az Young Man Now.

He was an athlete George Washing
ton, we mean. If he were alive to-
day he would in all probability be a
college boy, and If he went to college
there is not particle of doubt but he
would scramble for place on the
baseball and football teams.
He was fond of all athletic sports
and games, and it was very easy for
him to maintain his supremacy in
them. His natural constitution was
good, and regular habits, supple
mented by judicious training and ex-
ercising of his muscles, made him a
foe with whom even the Indians hest
tated to contend in athletic matches.
His superiority in all outof-door
sports stood often in good stead, and
when he was surveying land for Lord
Fairfax in Virginia he won many
friends among the redskins, among
whom he was then forced to live, by
taking part in all Of their games.
Ono night he reached little settle
nent of white people in the midst Of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
The Apple,

The apple is one of the oldest fruits
known. Among the ancients it was
held in great repute and limitations
were made in gold and silver. Those
that have read the Greek legends have,
of course, read of the golden apples of
the garden of the Hesperides. The fair
maiden Atalanta lost the race to her
lover because she could not resist the
temptation to stop and pick up the
three golden apples that he had intep-
tionally dropped. In those days the
growers of apples appear to have We'd
with each other in seeing who could
produce the most beautiful apples.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

These very pretty bretelles form
quite a trimming to any blouse or
bodice; they are made from wide
chine ribbon edged with border of
taffetas The taffetas may be black,
or of some dark color that will tone
with the color of the ground or flowers
on the ribbon. AS will be seen from
the illustration, the ribbon is drawn
in at the armhole back and front by a
pretty jeweled button. The bretelles
are connected by a strap across front,
and at the back are finished by sash
ends.
Materials required: About five yards
ribbon and IL yards taffetas % inches
wide on the cross.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Glad you like this column: it is in
lance to every one who needs it. If
the tin wedding is to be jolly, in
formal affair just ask your friends
verbally, send notes, or you can have
squares of tin on which to write the
message if you desire your friends to
know what the occasion is. If you will
send me self-addressed stamped en-
velope will give you the name of
book containing wedding anniversaries
in the department not very long ago.
and do not like to repeat so soon.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
DRAINING = Wet Field

Try our way for draining that wet
field: Make ditch. say ten feet
wide and foot deep in the middle,
and SOW it to Kentucky blue and red.
top grass seed. A surface drain like
this will carry the water away In a
hurry, and the grass floor will prevent
all washing. Our own idea, says Farm
Journal, and it works like q charm.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Small, Children and Bad Weather;

To make bubbles that can be blown
big and will last, take piece of pure
white soap about the size of walnut
and cut it up in cupful of warm wa
ter. Then add q teaspoonful of gly-
Germ. Stir well and blow from q small
pipe. Strawberry juice will make
pink bubbles and orange juice will
make yellow observation-disclosures.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Put Away Idea Of Failure.

Learn to speak the language of sue.
cess. Think success Never talk fail
ure, because failure is nothing-sim-
ply the absence of success. The more
you know about the world and it's
people the bigger you will be because
unc0nsciously you will assume the di.
mansions Of that Of which you are q
part.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Amply Protected.

Aren't you ashamed of yourself -
asked the insistent reformer. Here
you are day in and day out in state
Of intoXicatiOn? You know what such
dissipation leads to. Already you
show the symptoms of man who is
on the verge of delirium tremens. And
/ understand that some weak girl is
foolish enough to have accepted your
proposal of matrimony. shudder for
her, and for yDu!"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
For a Tin Weddjnu.

l wish to celebrate my tenth we'd
ding anniversary. Will you please
give me few ideas in regard to the
same? l would like something novel,
but not too expensive. What kind of
invitations shall I use? I enjoy your
department in the paper very much.
JASMINE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Ditch-fiIIing PIow.

good. The illustration shows all that
there is to it. Eight-inch planks are
used. These are cut, says the CORE
spondent of Prairie Farmer, 40 inches
long and set foot apart at the rear
and three feet apart in front.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
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Mn7e. Nerri'S Suggestions for New and IN
Joyable Ef2tertaiDn0eDts-P Proper Way i'm
Which to Celebrate Tip Wedding.

meal. It is also hard to have mex.
pensive things these days, with prices
soaring high as the proverbial kite.
I'd have coffee and sandwiches or ice
cream and cake. The hostess is served
last always. Invitations must go by
mail or messenger, never handed to
the person.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
"Nev' min, Of fell" replied the hope.
less case. "The lady I'm 60 to marry
ish a shnake sharmer.'
Talking Shop.

Talking Shop.
Patience hate to hear girl talk
shop.
Patrice-She wasn't talking shop:
she was talking about her beautiful
hair.
well, it's shop hair. isn't it?"-a
Yonkers Statesman.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
WASHINGTON

" "A ~ IA ~ ~ / " ~
might recognize
the exterior of
Frances Tavern
should he ride
down Broad street,
New York, in
these days, but
once inside there
would be q mum.
Der of details
which would be
novel to him. AS
he entered the
Colonial" hall he
would see walters
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Why not have "An Old Tyne Even
ing" with songs and recitations:
nothing newer than 25 years ago.
Have every one come in costume. This
sounds like nothing new, but carried
out it is really great. A short talk
might be given on "old furniture, old
jewelry and old plate" Have q loan
collection of antiques.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

should certainly not attempt to dye
mink furs at home, but send them to
the most reliable furrier in town.
Then they, not you, are responsible.
MADAME MERRI
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Of troubles
yielded he shows himself
committing
bring the dmbers to which he did
Elgn Scotch nobleman
King Robert the Bruce born Monands
in
in
generations all over the east
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
A Hostess Asks Questions.

Where there are two or more sisters
and brothers in one family will one in
vitation be sufficient or shall send
each individual an invitation? What
would you suggest in the way of a
light luncheon? Something inexpen.
sive. I expect to have 80 or more peo'
pie. AS I can only seat IL at one
table shall I, the hostess, sit at the
first table or shall wait until the last
table? Must all invitations be sent by
mail? Would it be proper for me to
hand the invitations to. those whom
meet that way? A. B. c.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19


Doenhof,
The princess found the rambling with
husband old enough
attracted by of
Without the princess husband fed
connection with embassy
his chances appealing
he
Rome German
chan
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Each member of the family must
have a separate invitation except hus-
band and wife, they are always one.
l Judge your party is to be at night
and light luncheons" are not served,
that is, under the name of "lunch-
cons" After the theater we say sup.
per-" during the evening we say ere
freshments." Luncheon is a daytime
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

EvENER FOR FIVE HORSES.
Effective Manner in Which Horses Are
Used on Gang Pillow.

Herewith I submit description of
how use five horses on gang plow,
with two of them as lead team, writes
farmer in Breeders Gazette. Make
an evener of ash or oak two by five
inches and 20 inches long from clevis
toclevis, giving the lead team the 12-inch
end and the eight-inch end for wheel
ers. Fasten an old neck-yoke ring or
something similar TO the end of the
tongue and run log chain through
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
To Dive Mink Eurs.

To Dye Mink Furs.
Will you kindly tell me if mink furs
can be dyed at home, and if so how,
and oblige
A REGULAR SUBSCRIBER.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
PLoW FOR FILLING BITCHES.
This One Is Easily Made and Does
Effective Work,

Some time ago noticed a pan for
building homemade ditch-fillins
plow. l think l have one that is very
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
TROUBLE IN INDIA

Lcrd Elgin, secretary of state of the colonies
is accused by the British press of being respon.
slble for the latest ferment in the Transvaal by
allowing the colonial legislature to treat British
Indians as criminals and send them to Jail if they
refuse to register their finger prints and other
marks of identification. Many of the proud-spirit-
ed high caste Indians have gone to Jail rather
than submit to such an indignity, and in a few
days their "martyrdom" will be known all over
India
dents of the Transvaal before the Boer war of
the powerlessness of the British there brought
on several uprisings and two rather serious wars
on the northwest frontier, SO the story of the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

Church Club Entertainment.
Will you please give me SOME new
and novel way of entertainment, some
thing appropriate for church club to
give? PIXIE.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
CHANCELLOR MAY RESIGN

Chancellor Won Buelow, finding that it re-
quires man of more than the average attain
ments to fill the shoes of the late Prince Bis
marck and to conduct the affairs of the German
empire, is said to be on the point of retiring to
private life. His micompromising attitude to-
wards the socialists, who are rapidly gaining in
strength, has been the means of blocking many of
the emperors schemes and has caused the ut
most difficulty in his getting the money he wants
for immense army. He has for himself
the hostility of some of the court favorites, be-
cause he has denounced their scandalous be.
havior and he has made enemies in the
kaiser's own household by his opposition to the
marriage of the crown prince to the beautiful
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

bunders he through both ordeas with flying coos
of the branch and the Exchange
branches
% branches minor throughout the city of New York
Nash holds
banking
Of the best private
in
ibrary
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19

make
similar outbreaks in Nicaragua The Panama
canal project dropped and Miller
obligations disposed
his
although
Miller first came into prominent notice when
Patt
pie for their Endorsement They failed
sought Miller
1o
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
IN THE PUBLIC EYE
HANDLED GOTHAM PANIC

William A. Nash president of the Corn Elk.
change bank, probably did as much as any man
in New York to put a stop to the recent panic,
J. Pierpont Morgan alone excepted. When the
furry came he made chairman of the
clearing house committee, and it fell mainly to
him to pass upon the securities offered by banks
in need of assistance, to decide which should be
aided and which suspended. He was regarded by
the other bankers as the balance wheel of the
Wall street situation. Nor is this his first ex
perience of q panic, for in 1903 he was one OF
five men who as executive committee of the
clearing house, had that panic in charge. His
sound common sense, his keen business meth
DDS and his far-sighted mental vision in each
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-02-19
Ex-SENATOR'S PLIGHT

Warner Miller, formerly United States sena-
tor from New York and once prominent in Re-
publican politics as leader of the "Halfbreeds,'
has failed as a result of the Martinique disaster
several years ago, "bankrupted by the acts of
God and William Nelson Cromwell" as one of
his friends expressed it.
He did not own foot of land in Martinique,
nor did he have dollar invested there, yet the
terrible explosion of natural forces that blew off
the top of the mountain, wiped city from the
face of the earth, laid waste the fields and caused
much destruction among the shipping caused his
ruin years later. Deeply interested in the Mica
ragua canal project, Miller had invested much of
his money in it. The United States had virtually
The Washington herald., 1908-01-16
SLAYS WIFE WHO LEFT HIN
Cumberland Man Then Shoots Him
self with Same Revolver.
She Was Suing for Divorce-ResignS
POsitiOn-Creeps i'm Stocking Feet
Upon UnsuSpectinE Victim.

Special TO The Washington Herald.
Cumberland. Nd, Jan. 15.-His wife.
who was suing him for divorce. was shot
and killed tonight by James B. Smith,
who then attempted suicide with the same
revolver. His condition is critical
Smith. who Is forty-four years of age.
to-day resigned his position as machinist
Aiming himself with brace Of revoIvers,
he went TO the residence Of W NJ. Sin
clair. in South Cumberland. where his
wife had been employed as seamstress.
Smith removed his shoes in the back
yard and quietly walked in. He opened
fire on his wife emptying one revolver,
and putting two bullets in her body.
She ran to the door. falling on the
porch Mrs. Smith died in the ambulance
on the way to the hospital.
Smith then shot himself twice in the
abdomen and the groin. falling over on a
bed
This was the second matrimonial ven
tme for both. They were married seven
year. ago, failed TO agree. and had al
ready given testimony in divorce proceed
ings instituted by Mrs Smith
She was formerly Miss Fannie Whit
taker. of Lost CITY, W. Va. and her first
husband was Rev. Mr., Welsh
The Washington herald., 1908-01-16
BRIGHT EYES" IN SUIT.
Miss Vanderbilt Wants Fathers
Marriage AnnuIIed.

New York, Jan. 15.-On the ground that
her father was a lunatic, and, therefore
Incompetent, Miss Minerva Vanderbilt to-
day asked Justice Maddox. in the Su-
pTeme Court in Brooklyn, to annul the
marriage of her father. Edward Ward
Vanderbilt, to Mrs Mary Ann Scannel
Pepper. former spiritualist bishop of
Brooklyn. This marriage. according to
the bride, was arranged by the ghost of
Little Bright Eyes"
Miss Vanderbilt declares that her father
has been adjudged a lunatic by a sherins
jury. and, therefore. that he was not
competent to marry.
In her reply to the petition. Mrs Pep
per-Vanderbilt maintains that the sanity
of her husband is still an open question.
as the case is on appeal.
The couple were married on June I, 1907.
4 few months later Mr.. Vanderbilt's
daughter brought suit for the return of
property he made over to his bride. and
on the successful issue Of that suit she
caused the arrest of her stepmother on
charges of grand larceny. This case is
still pending
The Washington herald., 1908-01-16
LOAN A DISAPPOINTMENT

Berlin. Jan 15.-It was announced
officially to-day that the subscriptions
to the new Prussian loan amounted TO
S45.25oo o00. An indefinite amount was
asked for. but insomuch as the Prus-
sian minister of finance. explaining the
budget 30 the Diet on January s. said
the government expected to cover d
deficit of s11O.500. 600 by a loan of S63. -
600 900 the remainder Of the deficit 90
he met by additional taxes. it is
thought that the expectations Of the
government have been disappointed.
Nevertheless. the Prussian state Bank,
in making d brief announcement to-
day. refers TO the Success" Of the loan.