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Pr0Cu Not Extinct on Mediterranean.
Unruy Rf5 Si11 Cause Trouble.
Wholesome Fear Of j. S. 100

ing representatives Of the Barbary sea-
robbers, whom an American fleet once
thrashed so soundly. They are at once
pirates at sea and thieves on shore.
Only few months ago the French and
Spanish ENJOYS in Tangier made a joint
demand upon Mohammed ell Torres for
an indemnity in the case of the Prosper
Corin, a small ship which had been
looted by the Riffs. 1t is rather hard
upon the Sultan of Morocco to have to
pay for the pranks of these subjects,
who are in very imperfect subsection.
1t is only few years ago that Spain
had to wage an expensive and exten-
sive war upon them, finding them an
tagonists as vexatious and elusive as
are our own Indians. Indeed, they are sad
rufflans, many shades darker of skin
than high-caste, pure-bred Moors, and
not at all such fine looking and digni-
fed men. Every one of them carries a
The herald., 1897-08-01
PIANO THIEVES AND PIANO TRACKERS,
Fierce Game OF Hide and Seek That Is
Kept Up Between Them.

quality of persons, that try to do u.s.
Women come into our place looking as
innocent and honest as nuns. They
want a piano, not for themselves, but
for their daughters or nieces, who are
taking lessons. They cannot afford to
pay cash for the instrument, but are
sure they could pay little at time.
1--WE tell them our terms. We will
either rent them piano and let the
rental go toward paying for it should
they wish to own it, or they can pay a
certain amount down and so much
monthly until it is paid for. They gen.
orally prefer this scheme, and upon our
asking for references they produce
them promptly. That, by the way, is
another pretty game they work. The
references are always genuine. They
go to some business or professional
man, tell him a story about the daugh-
ters or nieces they are educating and
the necessity of their having a piano
to practise on. They need some respon-
sible, well-known person to whom to re-
fer the dealers, and inquire timidly if
they may use their names. In most
cases they are given permission. Some
times they even use their landlords S
it's all right in order that he may not
lose what he thinks is a good tenant.
$50 they get the pianos and then our
work begins. The first month the de-
mure little woman comes around
promptly, pays her installment, and
sometimes even orders a man sent
around to tune the piano. The next pay
day comes, and with it no demure lit
10 Nha Grtr, -of+
three days, and then sends me to look
her up.
"In the vestibule of the fiat house
where she was supposed to live I gen.
orally find the tracer for an INSTALL
ment-plan furniture house, the butch
er, the baker, and the grocer They
are all on the same mission,-all look
ing for the demure little woman whom
the janitor, standing half way up the
basement stairs, calmly and coldly an
nounces has lit out
"'Did you see her when she lit out,
asks the furniture tracker.
"Of course he did; what business was
it of his to stop her?
do you know what van company
she used inquiries another creditor. If
he does know the janitor may or may
not tell, according to the difference be-
tween the tip he has received from the
woman and the one he figures on get
ting from US.
'If our bid is satisfactory he gives us
the name of the moving concern, and to
it's stand a committee of the creditors
adjourns to go through the same opera
ton. The officers will not divulge
names and addresses of their custom
ers. but oftentimes the drivers by the
same formula used on the janitor can
The herald., 1897-08-01
BIGGEST RISKS Do NOT COMMAND THE HIGHEST PRICES

place OF oil lamps in Illuminating the
working chamber. and the elimination
Of the sooty smoke is a great advantage
to the workmen's health. Telephone
communication can be had with the
chambers. improved methods OF venti-
lating have been devised. and the result
should be the safeguarding Of human
life.
The diver Is inclined to regard the
caisson worker much as a machinist
would look at a sewer digger. Divers
pay varies. according to depths and
the intricacy of the job. From S. to
S25 a day is wide range, but the av-
erage wage probably is IS. A diver
must be a skilled mechanic. He is not
called upon to shovel. But. besides
being brave and cool enough TO go
down in his armor. he must have the
machinist's skill to take apart and
save such Of the ships fittings as are
wanted. Still more is his mechanical
knowledge called into use II the sunken
vessel is to be raised.
DIVERS SOLITARY HOURS.
The depth to which diver can go Is
about twenty fathoms. or l20 feet. At
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by these convenient handles they will
be lifted wriggling into Paradise on the
last day, no matter how many lemon
schooners they scuttle meanwhile.
Spain is again having trouble with
the Riffs also,-perhaps on the principle
that troubles never come singly; and
Spain's troubles are more serious not
only because she has Cuba and the
Philippines like team of wild horses
on her hands, but because she has
landed possessions in Africa on which
the naughty Riffs can prey. And they
are making hostile inroads on Melilla-
for so the Spanish province in Africa is
called-in the intervals of their regular
business of robbing travellers and sail
ors.
In short, the Riffs are pretty bad
men. Consul-General Burke is, on the
other hand, good man. That is to
say, he Is trained diplomat, having
The herald., 1897-08-01
NEVER HEARD FROM.

1t is some four years now since the
last mysterious disappearance of great
ship. This was the Naronic, a freight
steamer of unusual size which sailed the
Atlantic and was lost in 1893. Pieces of
wreckage from this vessel have been
picked up, however,-which has not
been the case in all such cases. Among
the mysterious disappearances of the
past were the steamships President, City
Of Glasgow, Pacific, Ocean Monarch,
ard City of Boston, the ironclad Cap
tain and the Liberia and Barton.
Twenty-seven years have passed away
since the City of Boston was placed on
the missing list, but some are now liv-
ing who had friends and relatives on
board of her.
The herald., 1897-08-01

Poor Old "Hoss' Hoey, when he was
the light of the Parlor Match every
night, used to steal red hot kitchen
stove and with wink of triumph to the
audience disappear with it through the
wings. 1t was a ludicrously extrava-
CANT bit of stage business, but there are
just as extravagant bits being perpe-
trated in real life right in New York
city. A kitchen stove-especially when
it is red hot-is more or less of clumsy
bit of "swag" to make off with, but it
is not much more awkward or unwieldy
than grand piano and there are per-
sons in our big cities who make a liv-
ing stealing pianos.
Naturally they do not break into
music room at dead of night and make
off with a parlor grand or an upright
tucked under their arms, but their sys-
tenn is just as much theft, both moral
ly and in the eyes of the law, and if
they are caught they receive just as Sc
we're punishment. The scheme of SELL
ing pianos on the installment plan was
primarily responsible for the piano.
stealing business. AS soon as it was in
troduced that class of keen witted ras-
Gals, who are simply known as Slick"
saw magnificent opening for their tai
ents; a chance to get something for
nothing and they went right after it.
Nearly all the big piano firms were
offering their best wares to customers
on 'easy payments" The Slick" peo-
pie came, gave the best of references,
paid the first installment had the in
strument delivered to some address
which best suited their convenience
and that was the last seen of the piano.
the payments, or the Slick people,
For long time they carried on their
business without the slightest difficulty.
Nearly every dealer was made a victim
and some of the bolder rascals even vic
timized four or five different houses, all
In the same week. Finally, however
the piano men became tired of giving
away their instruments. They hired
men who were just as sharp in their
way as the crooks, and the result is that
"piano tracking" has now become a
legitimate and paying business.
Each piano house nowadays employs
from three to ten trackers, according
to the amount Of installment- plan busi-
ness it is doing.
The duties of the trackers are to keep
an eye out for all bunco games that
may be attempted on their houses; to
follow what looks like suspicious buy
er as he migrates through the fat-house
district. and to hunt down pianos that
have mysteriously disappeared. 1t keeps
the tracker busy the year around, and
he earns every cent of the thousand or
fifteen hundred dollar salary that is
paid to him. you would be surprised"
said one of the Oldest trackers in the
business the other day, mot only to
know the number Of persons. but the
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will take big chances for the sake of
getting money, but there are not so
many men skilled enough in their line
to do satisfactorily the work for which
the danger is braved.
An enterprise just started in New
York Harbor illustrates this. The first
caisson for the New York side of the
New East River Bridge is ready for the
men to work under compressed air in
the underwater chambers. These men
will receive from $1.75 to $2.75 day, the
working hours being from eight at the
start to six when a depth of over 55
feet is reached. The caissons are to be
sunk go feet on the New York side. At
rs feet the air pressure is considered
The herald., 1897-08-01
woRKMEN IN A BRIDGE cA1ssoN 90 FEET UNDER WATER

is required is a cool head, good judg-
ment, care, and sound physique. The
contractor even hedges on the last es-
sential Men with not the best of lungs
have been greatly benefited, he says,
by working in caissons.
25 YEARS OF CAISSON IMPROVE
MENTS.
1t is hoped, indeed it is expected, that
no lives will be lost in sinking the East
River Bridge caissons. More than a
quarter of century has elapsed since
the Brooklyn Bridge caissons were
sunk, involving the death of several
workmen. Since then the advance in
this department of bridge building has
been marked. Electric lights take the
The herald., 1897-08-01
Skill Counts for Much More Than Courage
in the Matter OF Wages.
Interesting Facts About The Diver, the Casson Laborer
and the Steeple Climber.

high. The Brooklyn caissons must go
down 90 or 100 feet.
When these men once get into the
compressed air chambers their labor
consists merely in shoveling mud. and,
later, the concrete.
In addition to the qualifications of a
dirt digger, says the contractor. all that
The herald., 1897-08-01

quate for experienced men, Is not
enough to tempt outsiders to learn the
business.
Ironworkers on the steel skeletons of
sky-scrapers need steady nerves. There
is not the scaffolding on the twenty
fourth story for the man who bolts the
beams and girders that the painter and
the mason finds when he ascends. Yet
the ironworkers pay is the same when
laboring on the twentyfourth story as
when he is on the first floor. Three
dollars a day is considered fair wages
for him. If he isn't satisfied, there are no
end of men willing to take the same
risk that they may earn living.
Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate.
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that level the pressure is tremendous.
The average depth in and about New
York Harbor is 60 feet, though occa-
sionally 100 foot jobs in He'll Gate are
offered. Yet the divers danger is no
greater than the caisson laborers, and
the working day of the former, at a
given depth, is shorter by one-half
than that of the man in the caisson.
The caisson worker has the compan-
ionship of his fellows The diver is
alone. Strange fish poke their noses
around him, and the dead men who sunk
with the ship peer at him with CLASSY
eyes. For fear of ENHANCEMENT of the
air and signal lines, the divers go down
one at a time. The divers life is not
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long gun when he goes abroad, quite
as an Englishman carries an umbrella.
They are not particularly good Moham-
medans. and wear neither turban nor
fez unless it suits them to do SO. But
their most noticeable popularity is the
long scalp lock which hangs down
from an otherwise close-clipped crown
They cherish these braided queues as
zealously as the Chinese. believing that
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be influenced and then we learn where
the woman has flown.
mine times in ten it is to some other
apartment house in a different section
Of the city. She has changed her name
en- route, and when we get there we are
no nearer our money or wares than We
were before. All we can do then is to
take up our stand outside and wait for
her. or else resort to strategy"
Copyright 1897. by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-08-01

mere presence, without delay. Morocco
has no navy, and Tangier no modern
defences. and the Sultan thought a hint
as good as kick.
The trouble is that His Shereefian
Majesty, the Sultan of Morocco. hasn't
very much control over his own SUBJ
jects near Tangier. Many of them be-
long to the dreaded Riff tribe, pirates
from of old. They are the sole remain
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had years of experience in various Con-
sular posts in Spain, though his present
appointment is but about year or six
teen months DID, and he knows how
to combine firmness with tact. He has
the advantage over Spains representa-
tive in having no territory to protect,
and with two war ships at his disposal
can probably bring the Sultan to terms.
Copyright. 1897. by Bachelor Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-08-01

The City of Boston cleared at the port
of New York on Tuesday. January 25,
1870. She sailed for Liverpool by the
way of Halifax, with twelve cabin and
forty-f1ve steerage passengers. Since
she left Halifax no vestige of her has
ever been seen except a plank upon
which was scratched a message saying
that the ship was sinking. Her exact
fate will never be known.
The herald., 1897-08-01

Workers in extra hazardous employ
ments, as a rule, do not receive pay
adequate to the apparent risks they
run. If the work, aside from the dan
ger. is of high grade, the men are paid
little more than is called for by the
same work under ordinary conditions
There always are plenty of men who
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

black bass, pike, etc., he will have
things his own way, and you may look
for him at any time, coming as a spec
lal, at two minute gait through the
streets of Breckenridge.
A rotary snow pillow was coming
this way to open the Great Northern
between here and Huron, but probably
thought the task was too great and
concluded to go to China instead.
The outfit left the track half a mile
east of Vienna last night and began
to settle. This morning it is reported
to have progressed several feet toward
the land of the Mongolian. There are
drifts six to ten feet deep west of here.
The bridge across the Jim river at
Huron is several feet out of line and
at several other points the road bed
is partially washed out, and too soft
to hold heavy rolling stock. This is
what let the rotary down.-Willow
Creek News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

The Osseo society will give pro-
gram at the Seminary hall, Saturday
evening, May l, consisting of dia.
logues, recitations and music. A
good time for everybody to turn out.
Admission 10 cents.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

w. w. Knight and crew are busy
moving the Bonde building from their
corner lots on Fourth street to the
premises lately purchased in the SUBJ
urbs.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

The Willmar Restaurant has made
some improvements and can now
accommodate large parties. Private
rooms for ladies and families. Fresh
oysters always on hand. Special
rates for oyster supper parties. Open
all hours. E. T. SANDBO, Prop.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27
Advertised letters.

WnLMAR,aEaii0 April Is. 1897.
Benson, Geo. Brcdbery. Mr.
Janson, Mrs. g n Johnsou Miss D.
5Mccaskey, g Nichols, Mrs. G. a..
Selnas, ]. G. Sennson. Gan,,ra..
s s33TAlssnrRRY, P.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

Solomon Porter has sold his stock
OF lumber at Raymond to the Me-
Gregor company and retired from the
business.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

The ''F'owlers' and 'Ben Hur's,"
both teams of this city, played a game
OF ball last Saturday, the score being
10 to %, in favor of the "Fowlers.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

Knight & Batterberry are in town
in the business of moving and raising
buildings. See their adv. elsewhere.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

[ have five or six of the best war;
iety of strawberry plants for sale at
81 per hundred. Liberal discount to
purchasers of 500 or over.
A. 81. SPERRY.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

A fine new high grade piano for
only $4,000 if taken this week at /.
G.. OlsOn's.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

Highest market prices will be paid
for cattle and hides at the Home Meat
Market.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

1.-The Bazaar" has an adv. in this
issue. Take advantage of this May
bargain.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

We are informed that the papers are
ready and have been for some time to
serve on the auditor as soon as the
Foot Lake road is completed and &C.
cepted, enjoining him from setting
apart the road tax of certain citizens
of Willmar for paying the same. The
parties pushing this matter claim
that there is no question about the
issue as the law under which the Foot
Lake road is built was never intended
and cannot, indeed, be applied to in.
corporated villages. The result will
be that the county will have not only.
to pay for the road in the first place
but also keep it in repair, that is If il
ever is finished, which is more than
doubtful. 80.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

Large numbers OF buffalo fish have
come up the swollen creeks from
Minnesota river and are sporting in
shallow water of the sloughs of the
southwestern portion of the county.
Many are being caught by the resi-
dents, but by far the greater number
will meet their death by the drying of
the sloughs Or eventually next winter,
when they will suffocate under the ice,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

Come and listen to the entertainment
at the Seminary, Saturday. Only 10
cents.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27

Old organs or pianos taken in trade
for new ones at I. c. OlsOns.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27
Local Brevities.
Read the New London Mill ad.

Program at Seminary hall Satur-
day, May l, 10 cents.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27
CEN'L HARDWARE.

If you want goods that you can sec the
value of. and be assured of their quality by
!. home dealer whom you can reach and get
hold of to make every guarantee good. it is
my purpose to keep them. and to sell them
at as CHEAP PRICES as the same quality
and quantity can be bought anywhere.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27
Fence Wire.
"Baker." Genuine "Glid-
den,' and Glidden Pat
tern BarbW ire, Plain
Wire, Staples and
Stretchers.
NAILS.
The Lowest Prices ever
known. Great Re-
auctions in all
sizes.

0PEClAL NUIlCE. !" ~:-:
HHHHHHHHHAHE
l fully prepared to meet all prices made by the
Catalogue Houses Department Stores, any other
competitors Wire, Nails and ali other goods in the
Hardware Line Why not pay your money to the home
merchants instead of sending it to strangers who help
you to pay taxes and have interest in building up
the community when they will sell you the or bet
ter goods at the prices? Is fair honest wise?
Have you considered when you send your money
great ces under the false notion which again and
again been proven false that you are saving few
dimes, that you really doing little work help
close up every store in Wimar, and how you would be
situated if there were no stores here Bring your CASH
to the Catalogue House, have been with you Is years
and believe you know I will do what say will
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-27
PAINTS AND OILS.

A new brand Of fully guaranteed MINED
PAINTS at REDUCED PRICES. WHITE
LEAD, LINSEED OIL. TURPENTINE,
OCHRES. FLOOR & CARRIAGE PAINTS,
BRUSHES, Etc.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
The True Remedy.

W. NJ. Repine, editor Tiskilwa, Ill.
Chief" says: 1--WE wont keep house
without Dr.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Ex-
perimen.ed with many others, but never
got the true remedy unit! we used DR..
Kings New Discovery. No other remedy
can take its place in our home, as in 1t
we have q certain and sure cure for
Coughs, Colds, Whooping cough, etc.
1t is idle to experiment with other
dies, even if they are urged on you MS
just as good as Dr.. Kings New Discovery.
They are not as good, because this rene
dy has a record of cures and besides is
guaranteed. 1t never fails to satisfy,
Trial bottles free at j. ID. Fitzgerald's
drug store. 3
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08

Wolf creek, running across north
ern Hand county, has been booming,
surprising all high water records.
This continues the high water con-
nection from here to the Missouri
and Mississippi rivers, and should
result in plenty of large fish coming
up the streams. We may safely hope
for some OF the most interestin"
events the coming season that have
occurred since the episode which has
Of late been occupying attention OF
the New York clergy, the hero OF
which vas one Jonah. However
great the world may doubt records
OF the dim and misty past, the flu
ture will contain no such uncertain
ty, because the ma who proposes
to spring a fish story must have "a
kodak on his fsh pole to corroborate
his measurement of hemonster that
got away.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08

The Oldest inhabitant," who has
boosted OF making a landing on the
Rec islands south west of town in
the early SOS, now slips into the
grocery, buys his plug of Climax and
sneaks home the back way-feryently
praying that nobody will mention
water to him.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08

Frank E. Green, who was raised in
Miller and learned the printing bust
ness in the PRESS office, is now run,
ming a paper of his own. the Iron
wood, Mich, Times. In an adv. the
Times says: "A happy young man
printed a ~kiss-upon the blushing
cheek OF his girl. 1t made a good
IMPRESSION: it wasaNEAT, TASTEFUL.
STYLISH JOB. The young lady liked
that kind of printing. We do that
kind OF printing" Why Frank, did
you ever get such an education here?
No Miller girls like that kind OF
printing-at least they've meyer said
SO through the local papers!
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
Blockade Raised.

The railroad washout at Wolsey
was repaired and q construction
train passed through Miller yester-
day evening, carrying workmen and
tinbers to repair bridges between
Blunt and Pierre. The north lines,
from Reddeld to Aberdeen and to
Gettysburg, are tied upby w~ashouts.
Today at 1880 the first train
from the east for thirteen days came
bringing 40 sacks of mail for Miller
and stage routes supplied through
this office. This is the longest block
AIDE OF the winter, and probably ends
the difficulty for this year.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-04-08
ALL SORTS.
NeN~Ney2@a%S@e&
no 4 Right.

Som find work where some find rest.
And so the weary world goes on.
| sometimes wOndeE which is best
The ans wer comes when life is gone
Some eyes sleep when, some eyes wake,
'And SO the dreary night hours go.
Some hearts beat where Others break,
| often wonder why tits SC,
Some will faint where some will eight;
some love the tent and some the field.
| often wonder who are right
The ones who strive or those who yield.