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have sat for an hour at my table,
And tried to get on with my work:
There's a poem to hnish-a fable
About the unspeakable Turk.
1t ought to be pat to the minute.
A fortunate mixture of fun,
With spice of the serious in it
But can't get it done.
MY thoughts are all thronging and fighting,
I feel them at work in my brain,
But as soon as want to be writing
Them down they are vanished again;
Gone-hidden, like mites in a Stilton
Or needles in trusses of hay:
wonder if Shakespeare or Milton
Were bothered that way?
Oh, for one ray Of light to illumine
The fancy and warm it to life!
Just chat with friend, and the gloom in
My heart would be gone. AS the fife
Urges on the young soldier to battle
When he would be skulking, or worse,
SO Jones' agreeable rattle
Compels me to verse.
There's a footstep! I wonder, now, Is 1t
The postman, a client, a dun.
Or some fool come to pay me visit,
Just when had fairly begun!
IT'S my door he is humping on, drat it!
l suppose I must go. Sure as fate
Here's Jones with his gossip. Hard at it,"
Well, verses must wait!
Pail Mall Gazette
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heavy fall, followed by instant scran-

heavy fall, followed by instant scram-
BILE and rush of footballs around the
rear of camp. Lambert was out of bed
and into his boots in half minute;
but in his haste he upset the chair on
which lay the matches, and the box
went rolling to the floor. Pistol in
hand, he darted out in the night and
found it black as Erebus. Quickly he
ran to the first sergeant's tent, but
Burns was hard to waken after the
long days work. Once reused, how
ever, he was soon out, lantern in hand,
while Lambert hastily dressed, and
then together they secuted camp. A
glance at their tent showed that Riggs
and Murphy were still absent. A peep
at the watch showed that it was almost
two o'clock; a search around Lambert's
tent revealed nothing beyond the fact
that the corner peg to which the tent
fly was guyed was torn from the
ground, and the soft, sandy soil showed
that heavy boot-heels had made their
imprint. Then Burns. still lantern
bearing, went crouching low around
the back of Closes tent, while Lambert,
with straln1ng ears, stood stock still an
instant in front, then, of sudden, tore
like mad through the rousing camp,
out past the dim white canvas of the
wagons, out past the startled sentry,
up the steep pathway to the hard red
road beyond, down which he ran on
the wings of the wind till he reached
the gateway to the forbidden ground,
for a woman's agonized shrek had
rung out upon the night, and the sound
of blows, of crashing glass, of fierce
and desperate struggle, of muttered
oaths, of painting, pleading, half-stifed
cries, of wild dismay and renewed
screams for help, all came crowding on
the ear from the heart of the Walton
place.
fu1
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
MOTHER LOVE IN SNAKES.
A Marked Exhibition of 1t Witnesse,
by IL Naturalist.

Marked Exhibition of 1t Witnessed
by II Naturalist.
Even the cold-blooded and clammy
snake evinces maternal affection, and I
am fortunately able to produce evil
lence corroborative Of this statement
that is fresh in my memory. On March
20, while seated on my front porch, I
noticed one of my dogs, yearling
puppy, acting in a peculiar way in my
lawn. He was circling around small
circumscribed spot, every now and
then thrusting his nose toward the
ground and then quickly jumping
back.
On approaching the animal discov-
cred that the object of his playful as
saults was bunch or ball of snakes, a
three or four-year-old mother and her
last years brood of young. The day
was very warm, the sun shining clear
and bright and these creatures had
emerged from their den or nest in the
ground, foot or SO away from the spot
where they were lying, and were sun
ming themselves. When they observed
me they made an attempt to regain
their nest. I killed two of them, how
ever, before they could enter. I had
read somewhere that if a snakes young
were taken and their bodies dragged
along the ground the mother snake
would follow the trail and, if she found
them alive, would conduct them back to
the nest. I took the two which l had
killed, and after dragging them along
the turf. deposited them ON the pave
ment some 50 feet from the den. then
resumed my seat on the porch and
awaited developments. In a short while
the mother snake emerged from the
uest, and, after crawling about for a
second or two, struck the trail and at
once followed it to the pavement and
her dead young. Fortunately had u
witness in the person of my iceman,
who was delivering the ice at the time,
and who was dumfoCnded at behoiding
such high intelligence in creature so
low in the scale of animal life. killed
the old snake flor these snakes-garden
moccasins-become harmful after the
third year, eating young birds, etc.,,
and ten of her progeny, leaving two
pairs to carry on and perpetuate the
race.-HOme Magazine.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
cnfter the Walton grounds on any pre-
text whatever. That, of course, didnot

cnfter the Walton grounds on any pre-
text whatever. That, of course, did: not
prohibit the men from buying what the
Walton servants offered for sale outside
the fence, and if they were so straitenei
III circumstances they might be glad to
find market for their surplus produce
even among the Yankee invaders, pro-
vided Nine. Walton were kept in ignor-
ance of the traffic. She was uncom-
promising. No intercourse with, no
recognition Of, the barbarians, was her
rule to kith and kin, and the few negroes
who still hung about the crumbling old
place repeated her words with the fear
born of lon9-continued discipline under
her roof and rod in the days of theii en-
forced and unquestioning nervitude.
These and other items of information
as to his surroundings the young lieu
tenant had obtained from Sergt. Burns
in the course of their evening watch to-
gether. He had no other means of
studying the situation, and was but one
of many new and comparatively mex
perienced officers thrown upon their
own resources at isolated posts among
"the states lately in rebellion" Not yet
"a hours on duty with his company, he
had been ordered to proceed with an
armed force to the succor of officers of
law supposedly besieged by a rebellious
mob, and now, at midnight, in the heart
of a strange country and far from the
heart of its people he was commanding
officer of his company and camp, with
out definite instructions of any kind
and only his native common sense to
guide him.
Lambert has since told two women
his wife and his mother-how his
thoughts wandered back to the peace
full old homestead in the far northland,
and to the teachings of his boyhood
days. He made a sturdy fight against
the feeling of loneliness that oppressed
him. He wished the wind did not blow
so sulkily, in such spiteful, vicious
puffs. It seemed as though nature had
combined with old Lady Walton to give
him ungracious welcome to this par
ticularly shady side of the sunny south.
The wind itself was whispering sarcas-
tic and whitening remarks to him, like
those the sergeant repeated as coming
from Madam Walton to the defenseless
captain; and even Burns sense of sub
ordination could not down his impulse
to chuclle over some of them. What
would Lambert do or say if the prim
and starchy dame were to call upon
him, as she occasionally had on his su-
perior, driving him at last to the refuge
of the nethermost depths of his tent,
whence, as Burns declared, "the cap
tain couldn't be induced to come out
till the old lady was back inside her
own door?'
The last time he ''tied up Riggs
punishment much resorted to in the
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rough war days and those that closely
followed them, especially by those Off
GERS who were themselves graduated
from the ranks of the volunteers-it
was for trespass on the Walton place.
The fellow had climbed the fence and
was pilfering among the old fruit trees
when caught by Madam Walton. That
was bad enough, but he had been i'm
pudent to her, which was worse. The
men themselves would probably have
ducked him in the stream-the old,
self-respecting soldiers, that is-had the
captain not ordered his summary pun
ishment. Lambert was wondering
what steps he should take in the inter-
csts of discipline, when he finally blew
out his candle, determined, if a possible
thing, to get to sleep. 1t was just
quarter-past IL when he wound his
watch and slowed it under his rude
pillow. His revolver, the days pur-
chase, lay, with some matches, close at
hand. He had even placed his sword
and belt at the foot of his cot. The
last thing he thought of before closing
his eyes was that he would have to get
luntern on the morrow, even if he
bought it of Cohen; but it was also the
last thing he thought of when the NOR
row came.
Was it the wind again, whispering
ugly things, or the ghost of Lady Wal
ton, with her calculated tongue, that
reused him, he knew not how many
minutes or hours - later? Some
thing was whispering, surely. The
wind had been doing good deal of that
sort of thing all the night long among
the leaves, good deal of snarling and
growing at times, and there was NUT
tered snarling going on around him
now. That might be the wind; but the
wind would not trip up over tent
rope and say such blasphemous things
about it, even if it did nearly pull the
flimsy structure down. In an instant
Lambeit was wide awake.
"Who's there?" he challenged, stern
~. -. ....... -..-........ -.
No answer-not in words, at least
but there was sound as of stealthy, yet
hurried movement, more straining at
the ropes on the side nearest the cap
tain's tent, and heavy, startled breath
ing. a - = 1~', =. I'll. j.. Is :. sa@
who's there?' he repeated, reaching
for the revolver. $ Answer, or I fire. =
Then came mighty strain, q jerk, q
, stumble and plunge. the sound as 81 3
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
MONEY IN THE ASHES.
Discarded Tin Cans Rescued and
Turned Into Cash.

Turned Into Cash.
On every dumping ground where the
city contractors of Brooklyn place their
ashes one may see constantly Italians
working hard leveling the heaps, as
load after load is deposited, and care
fully placing the tomato cans and other
cast-of pieces of tinware in piles by
themselves. The contractors do not OBJ
iect if the householders put old cans
among the ashes, for this insures a
careful leveling by the Italians at the
dumping grounds at no expense to the
contractors.
The revenue from these cans that are
collected by the hundreds of thousands
is matter Of surprise to most persons.
A two-horse load brings from Sc to SO.
1t takes several days of hard work to
get big wagon load, but the Italians
don't seem to mind the labor of it, for
there is money Immediately in sight as
the piles Of tin cans grow. They watch
jealousy their picking grounds, and
sometimes make special arrangements
with the contractors for the privilege
Of scraping and raking the ash heaps
over.
The tin cans are sold to men with
furnaces, who place them in big call
dron and under slow fire melt the
tin and solder and run that part off for
future use and sale. Almost all the tin
and solder is saved by this process, and
is salable for use in making more cans
for preserving vegetables.
The heat is then made intense and
the iron that remains is melted and cast
into sash weights. The demand for
these old cans is said to be greater than
the supply, and one of the most valuable
of the scavenger privileges that the
Italians in large cities assume is that
ct working over an ash dump.-N. Y.
Sun. $+. 81. i j. . .. -. (.
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Mothers-in-Lawi in Now Britain.

- In the island of New Britain a man
must not speak to his mother-in-law.
Not only is speech forbidden to the rela-
tive, but she must be avoided; and if by
any chance the lady is met, the son-in-
law must hide himself. or cover his
face. Suicide Of both parties is the out;
come If the rule is broken. =. n Il :E
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
A Hard Egg.

''You don't mean to say that it was
an egg which made this scalp wound?"
said the physician who had been called
to dress the lecturers injuries. )
eyes," was the faint reply.
''Then it must have been an egg laid
by a Plymouth Rock hen."-Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
VII.

It was after ten when Capt. Close re-
turned, and barely II when he again
set firth. This time sergeant and
. ten picked men went with him, nobody
but Close knew whittier. Il may be
gone two days, lieutenant" said he, in
the laborious use of the title which
among regulars Ito the manor born"
had long been replaced by mr." and
had not Lambert asked for instructions
none probably would have been given.
OF his adventures during the day he
said not word. He brought back the
mule, and that was enough. The first
thing Lambert and Burns knew of his
return was the sound of his voice at
the wagon, informing the guard that
he wanted coffee and something to
eat. Then, paying only vague atten-
ton to Lambert's congratulations on
his safe return, he told Burns to get
detachment ready at once, then dis
appeared within the dark interior of
his tent, leaving Lambert standing in
some embarrassment and chagrin out
side. Looking to see if his strong box
is all eafe," whispered the first SER
eeant, as he came up. cts under the
boards-under his cot-and he never
lets anybody come in, not even the mar
shall"
It was full five minutes before the
captain reappeared. He struck no light
meantime, but could be heard fumbling
around in the darkness. When he came
forth he had some papers in his hands.
'"We'll go to your tent, sergeant" he
said. 'Your desk is handler. How're
you got along. lieutenant?"
1.-TWO men are out, sir; Riggs and
Murphy"
''Dam blackguards, both of EN-
Especially Riggs; almost the oldest SOL
der in the company, too," said Close,
.wrathfully, seating himself at the desk
and beginning to arrange the papers
for signature.
II had been told should find some
splendid old oaks among the rank and
file,' hazarded Lambert, after a pause,
and thinking his commander should
give some directions in the case
'Old oaks? Old soalxs. most like"
was the disdainful answer" special
~ Riggs. He come from the cavalry.
why, I've had them two fellows tied
up by the thumbs three times since
lust March; and it hain't hurt 'em no
n,ore'n if they were cast iron. Better
keep a guard over the mules while
I'm away, sergeant-or, rather, lieu
tenant; you see, I amt use to havin'
anybody but the sergeant. Oh! Now
't,out them mileage papers o yourn.
You said not to send 'em. Why not?''
8 @3,5 ''You've made out a charge of some
ssixty-fye dollars for transportation of
servant, sir; I brought no servant
with ne .=.. z.z.t 81 >s.s IS. !.
Il. .'..yVhat's the difference? The law
4 lows it. 4 Every officers entitled to q
sArvant. And If he. does his own work
she,s entitled to what the servant would
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
Not a Well Day
Did She See For Months-Can Now
Sleep Well, Eat Well, and Pains
Have Disappeared.

For several months my health had
been failing, and did not have a well
day in this time. had severe pains
in my back, my limbs ached and was
restless at night. I suffered with loss
of appetite and severe nervous head
aches. A friend advised me to try
Hoods Sarsaparilla. After taking this
medicine for while l found I was
gaining in health rapidly. I now have
a good appetite, can sleep well, and the
pains with which l suffered have al
most entirely disappeared. I am gain
ing in flesh. l am still taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla and recommend it wher-
ever l CO." MISS SARAH SMITH, 311
North Park Street, Chillicothe, Ohio.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
CAPTAlN CLOSE
BY CAPTAIN CHARLES KING.
ICopyright, 1894, by J. B. Lippincott Col
VI.-CONTINUED.

Again the sound of the cheap and
despised tin. Lambert recalled it as a
necessary concomitant of the street
boy and straw rides about the Christ
mas holidays, and its summons, he
thought, was never to prayer; it called
for many lively malediction.
"Send Sergt. Watts, if you think it
advisable" said he, briefly. I'm going
up on the road moment"
Again the blast of the horn, short,
staccato, imperative, and then an i'm
patient, querulous voice at the north
end of the porch--a voice calling: "You,
Elinor! you wuthless black gadabout!
VIII ali you?"
And as Lambert scrambled up the
steep path and reached the road an
other voice, low, tremulous, eager, close
at hand, whispered: "Oh, thought
you'dnev come! Hyuh! quick! Leave
the money, shuah, and the pail,
t'maw'ow night"
And then, with rustic of feminine
garments, bending low, slender, girl
ish form shot across the beam of lamp
light falling from an east window.
Another form, also feminine, scurried
away from the hedgerow and some
thing came rolling out into the road
way, blinking against the stones. There
was sound of voluble reprimand and
Austered explanation at the north end
of the building. a quick, kitten-like pat
ter of little feet up the rickety old steps
in front and in an instant the girlish
form seemed perched on the window
sill. There second or two it lowered,
motionless, until a door slammed
around at the north side of the house.
Then in popped the slender figure, cut
went the light, and but for the sigh and
complaint of the night wind in the rus
Ting branches of the old trees about the
veranda all was silence at Walton hail.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06

Some very harsh things have been said
OF the sin of 1oafing, but no one can success
fully dispute that loafng is very pleasant
Atchison Globe
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06

Like Oil Upon Troubled Waters is Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar upon a cold.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
An Interesting item.

BY reason of its mileage and location, the
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West, through the most progressive towns,
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SesIers 10" sae at
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For handsomely illustrated book fully
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CASTOR G. MNeslier, Gen'l Pass'r & Tiki. Agt.,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06

It is little singular that passengers are
not allowed to converse with the man at the
wheel, though he is spokesman of the ship.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06

He-"Why are you so sad, darling?" She
II was just thinking, dearest, that this is
the last evening we can be together till to-
morrow."-Comic Cuts
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06
AN ABLE PRACTICAL JOKE.

ITO BE Continued
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-04-06

evidently Disguised official to go to bed
Then, after a turn around his sleeping
camp, the young fellow went to his
lonely roost ito think things ovcr'
In the first place, as he lighted his
candle, there was the tin pail which had
rolled out from the Walton hedge row,
and which, on inspection, he had found
to contain about two pounds of fresh
butter, very neatly packed in lettuce
leaves. That proved that the Waltons
still had something Of their old garden
left. Lettuce could surely be raised
only under glass at this inclement sea-
son. He had hitherto had no time for
lose*inspection of the contents. Now
as he turned over the leaves he found a
little slip of paper on which, in a girlish
and somewhat "scratchy" hand, were
penned the words: ''Please send small
currency. It's hard to get change. You
can have buttermilk Tomorrow night If
you'll bring pitcher. Due, $50. You
must pay it this time Unjust have it. -
"Now, who on earth is this young
lady's customer" thought Lambert.
"Surely not Close. He never spends a
cent on butter. Nobody else lives nearer
than Parmelee's to the north or town
to the south. Can it be that some of the
sergeants have been buying supplies
from this quarter and running up but
ter bill 2" Burns had spoken Of trouble
between the captain and the old lady
and Of all lands being forbidden to
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-08-05
=. OREGON PERSONALS.


Druggist r. II. Lunn, is in Port
land. q4I-is
G. P. Bishbp, returned to Portland
To-Day. 80 r--f.-
G. H.'Burggraf, is home from New
port. u
Miss Spence, left today for Clare
mont, Pa.
Mrs. J. S. Frlzzell, is at Newport for
an cutting. ~
ia! Van Eaton, left today for
Chicago.
w. II. BeFtchart, went to Oregon
City tUduys
Geo w Davis, came over from
Lincoln county today.
H@Stapfeton and family, are at
NewpeLkfar the summer.
NIX. Klinger, was a business visitor
TO deFn-valley points today,
Mrsand Yss. S. W. Thompson, left
this inorningfor San Francisco.
WE. Leach, or Chesterheldi ILL.,, is
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Allison.
Capt and Mrs. j. Q. Barnes, re-
turned from McMinnville. last eve-
ming.
L. u. Betnett, editor Of the Stay
ton Mail, left this morning for Sioux
City, la.
Prof and Mrs. + s. Dunn, returned
today from an extended outing at
Seal Rocks.
Miss Ada Goodby, of Portland, is
visiting at the home OF Mr.. and
Mrs. j. o. Card.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. +. Kimball and
daughter Miss Hortense, are enroute
10 Columbus, o.
OJoshln DAILY, of Darew Port, Neb.,
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-08-05
THE MARKETS.

PROVISION.
Portland, Aug. 5. Wheat valley, Sac:
Flour-Portland, 4.I5C9superfne, z.a5 per
Dbl
oats-white, 3S(94oc; grey, 3793o.
Potatoes New 50 per cwt,
Hay Good, Io(dIz. 50 per ton.
Hops-IoaIILc.
Wool. Valley, IIGI3e; Eastern Oregon
7@9c.
Nillstufts. Bran, $50; shorts I55 so.
Poultry Chickens mixed z5Od3 90,
brOilers, 1905 5oy' turkeys, live Ioc
Eggs. Oregon, I2iI per doz.
HIDES. green, sailed 50 lbs 6hic; under
20 lbs SC; sheep Pelts, Io(97oc
Tzllow-2H0a3c
Onions I'25(gI.5 .5o'per sack.
Wheat Bags-Calc uttas .z5 per 100
Bean s-smai white, I1.(aI1+e lima 3a3Z
Hogs Heavy, 400
Batter. Best dairy, ,ass3O; fancy creamery
55a4Oc FER roll.
Lhe-s- NE.
Died Fruit-Apples, evaPorated, bleached
~ &c; unbleachei 3Hc(94c; sundred
Pear-5ay66c
P'ums-pitless, ,3c(d4c.
Prunes-41Ic(G6c.
Neal-Small 3(G3Ic per 10.
Mutton - Weathers zazH; dressed NUT.
ton,4Hj spring lambs 51Ic per ID.
Beet-Steers s.; COWS z.75.
dressed 495I.
Cured Meats-Hams IoIcIo94c bacon N
Lard-in pals, re.
SALEM MARKET
Wheat-7I.
Oats 32c.
Hay. .Baled, cheat, S6a7
Flour. In wholesale lots, 3.Ss; retail
4.2o; bran, bulk I2(aI3; shorts. Is. So(9I7.75;
chop feed, IS.ooG 1000.
Poultry. Chicken,6, sPnng 10.
Yeal--Dressed, 81.
Hogs. Dressed, 4.5o.
Live Cattle. z(9zL.
Sheep. Live, I.5o.
Spring lambs, sI.oo
Wool. Best, I2c.
Hops. Best, Q Ioc
Eggs. 10 in trade.
Farm Smoked Meats Bacon, 7c; hHus
Ioo; shoulders, SIC.
Potatoes 25c trade.
Dried FIui.-AApples. evaporated hleached,
7cmSc; unbleached 4cC95c.
Plums-4c.
Butter Dairy raaIscj creamery 20
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1897-08-05

useless item Of expense to the county,
but those Who are acquainted WIN
the destructive work accomplished oy
gOphers and squirrels. viii not oe-
grudEe the amount at al. The Wofk
q these animals cannot be seen 10
advantage in Oregon from the TACT
that the annual slaughter keeps the
numbers greatly reduced, bat IN q
state where no bounty i allowed on
gODhers. etc. their work i plalnl! Ih
evidence, not only in the garden out
also in the grain fields. There are
other ''gopbersr feeding OF the
county's finances that could be dis
pensed with much more prohtably to
the taxpayer than the small amount
paid for a bounty on scalps-
- The total amount paid ss bounty on
scalps for the month Of July. and the
respective amount paid daily are az
E~11r-r--