davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
promptly urged that Floyd go with him.

promptly urged that Floyd go with him.
Rasmus was routed out from slumber
in the barn and sent away with mes
sages to Col. Scroggs and 'tCousin Bart..,,'
and then the voice of Kate was heard,
calling for her sister. Instead of be-
ing asleep, Mrs. Walton was painfully
awake and planning a diplomatic let
ter to he sent to Capt. Close. For hours
the only refuge they could offer Esther's
husband was the cellar, for Mrs. Walton
had insisted on being up and dressed
to- meet Cousin Bart, whom now she
desired to send for and consult.
The letter which had so bewildcred
the company commander was brief
enough. It bore neither date nor
place, but went straight to business.
Mrs. Walton presents her conpli.
ments to the officer in command ofthe
federal troops here in camp and begs ia
say that she finds upon Investigation
that the two soldiers who visited her
premises last night did so at the re.
quest OF a. member of her household
who sought their aid in bringing Ger
tain supplies from town when her
servants proved too ungrateful TO be
relied upon. Mrs. Walton deeply re.
grets that. the soldiers referred to are
now in danger of further punishment,
and' while utterly disappearing the
action which led to their employment
IN violation of her express orders, she
nevertheless accepts the entire respon.
slbllity and begs that no further steps
may be taken against them, as she will
not only positively refuse to appear as
witness in the case, but will prohibit
any of her household from soappearing
SUNDAY morning."
And possibly the lady of Walton Hall
felt quite assured that her mandate
overrulcd any subpoena the federal
authority could draft. One thing is
certain, when Close read it over a sec.
ond time he handed it to Lambert, say.
ing: so far as am concerned. that
blessed old lady shan't have any trouble
on account of them two scallawass
She's got too much of her own. Unless
you want to make an example of Riggs
you can release him in the morning
Murphy ought to be let off anyhow
But when morning came it was found
that Riggs had released himself. How
he managed to cut his way out of that
guard-tent without disturbing any
body, no one could explain. He was
gone at daybreak, leaving no trace be
hind.
fon~
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11

peril. A sudden Soutcry III her garden
one day brought herSin haste to the
spot, and there; were asdrunlzen soldier
and her quadfoon maid Elinor-he de-
manding liquor and She the return Of
Il pitcher which he had evidently
snatched from her hand. Madam Wal
tons stately presence and her imperious
order that he leave the premises at once
only partially sobered him. He gave
her to understand that if she reported
him he could bring shame upon her
head-he knew more about her affairs
than she dreamed. His insolence tried
her temper, but could not alter her tone
and bearing It was not until he was
gone that Esther, trembling and in
tears, meSand begged her to lodge no
complaint against the man, as helm
decd knew more than she supposed
And then, in reply to her mothers de
rnand, Esther brolSenly admitted that
she had already heard Of Floyd's en- :
listment and desertion through this
very soldier. He had been at the house
before. What she did not tell her
mother was, that the news first reached
her through Walton Scroggs. 81 t
And then, without warning, Floyd
suddenly came home. So troubled had
he been by the condition of his mothers
health and affairs as confided in Esther's
letters (sent under cover to an old FAM
lily friend now serving as a surgeon in
the Juarez army that, having earned
a little money in Vera Cruz, he hastened
back and appeared there late at even
ing yet terrified eyes. He had ridden
miles on horseback that day, as he
feared recognition by officers or soldiers
still at Quitman if he came by rail that
way, or by federal deputies if he came
the other. Esther alone had received
him on his arrival, for she, poor girl,
was watching at the old arbor near
the south fence for the coming of her
lover-husband, that day released from
the clutches of the law. Then, after
hearing her recital of their needs and
sorrows, he had sent old Rasmus with
message into camp, while she had
gone to prepare her mother for his
coming.
Late that night, Mrs. Walton, kneel-
ing by the bedside of her sleeping boy,
became suddenly aware of scuff1e 60
ing on underneath the window, and,
noiselessly descending the stairs, un-
fastened the side door and came at once
upon the intruders, with the result al
ready known. Not until aroused by
the screams of Elinor and his sister
Kate did Floyd know anything Of the
affair. Half asleep, and bewildered, he
had jumped into boots and trousers
and rushed to the rescue. One glance
explained the whole thing, but it was
Esther who in desperation seized and
held him back when he would have
sprung to release his mother from
Riggs drunken grasp-Esther .. who,
hearing the coming rush of Lamberts
footsteps, realized that what meant in
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
Charmed BY Jennio Lind.


Dean Stanley actually suffered from
listening to music, and yet Jenny Lind
once told Max Muller he paid her tho
highest compliment she had&ever re-
ceived. Stanley was very fond Of Jenny
Limo, but when she stayed at his ia theirs
place at Norwich he alwaysleft the
room when she sang. One evening Jen-
ny Lind had been singing Handels Il
Know That My :Redeemer 2Liveth.' ~
Stanley, as usual, had left the room,
but he came back after the music waa
over and came. shyly up to Jenny Lind.
"You know" he said, II dislike music;
I don't know what people mean by ad-
miring it: I am very stupid, tone-deaf,
as others are color-bllnd. But, ''he said,
with some warmth, 'to-night, when
from a distance I heard you singing
that song, had an inkling Of what
people mean by music. Something
came over me which had never felt
before; Sor,, yes,~I had felt it once be-
fore in my life. Jenny Lind was all
attention. .'Some years ago." he con-
tiDued, II was at Vienna, and one even
ing there was a tattoo before the pal
ace performed by 400 drummers. felt
shaken, and tonight, while listening
to your singing, the same feeling came
over me; felt deeply moved" Dear
man." she added, II know he meant it.
and a more honest compliment never
received in all my life - Chicago
Chronicle.
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11

stant rescue for her mother meant
equally instant peril for him-Esther
who actually ordered his hurried re-
treat at Lambert's appearance. Not
until the following day did it occur
to her mother to ask how it was or
why it was she was up and dressed at
that hour of the night. At any other
time, perhaps, she would have found it
far more difficult to frame plausible
excuse, but almost anything would an
swer now.'' For. hours she, hsd been
listening for the tap upon her window
that should tell her Walton had not
been spirited away to a place Of safety
until he had come to bless and COM
fort her with his *love-words and ca
resses., To her, at least, despite the
wild oats of his earlier days, hericousin-
husband was all that was true and
tender and fond For him she had
dared her mothers wrath, her younger
sisters indignation, and Floyd alone
was her supporter in the secret mar
rage that took place during her brief
visit to the Claytons in the early spring.
's3 With the dawn Of Sunday, his sig
nal at last was heard, and she stole out
to meet him-to tell of Floyd''s return,
and to plan with him for their Joint
escape, for Floyd had told her that&it
would be folly to attempt to remain
in hiding there: Already certain ne
groes OF the neighborhood had seen
him, and it could Lot be long before the
military authorities were informed.
Walton was all helpfulness and sym
pathy. His brother, the conductor, had
planned to send his horse to the Wal
ton barn at ten that night, y and ''Waln
was to- ride cross country to: J. friends
in Barksdale county, leave the horse
there, and be at the pointwheret the rail-
way crossed the country road at Ii 80,
when the ''Owl" would stop and take
him on the baggage car-unless some
of Parmelee's spies or deputies were
aboard. There would be no trouble at
the capital, where the. Owl. often waited
am hour for the 5expreas. The engi-
neer would slow up just east of town.
Walton would drop. off in the darkness
and make his way around to the west
BIZ y brisk trampgof 7 xsouple ofmfles,
and there BE taken on again about L: 50
q. m:and jostled away to the river. Once
athsle.a asll thss |E u e 4: "a
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
GHOST FAIRIES

When the open fire is lit,
In the evening after tea,
Then + like to come and sit
Where the fire can talk to me.
Fairy stories it can tell,
Tales of a forgotten race
or the fairy ghosts that dwell
In the ancient chimney place.
They are quite the strangest folk
Anybody ever knew,
Shapes Of shadow and of smoke
Living in the chimney flue.
7"once,," the fire said, '1ong ago,
With the wind they used to rove.
Gypsy fairies, to and fro, ,.,...-r
Camping in the field andgrove.
''Hither with the trees they,came
Hiding in the logs: and here, ,.
Hovering above the flame,
Often some OF them appear" 49,
So watch, and, sure enough.
I can see the fairies! Then,
Suddenly there comes puff j.
Whish!-and they are gone again!
Frank Dempster. Sherman, in Youth
Companion. rs54U 49, "a
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an inhamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
sound or Imperfect hearing, and when it is
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
casn of Deafness (caused by catarrh) that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
TO BE Continued
SIR THOMAS BROWNE.

He Appreciated tho Value of Fosslls and
Studied Graves.
He was physician, and while Civ
ing only his leisure to science and lit
crature, he became a leading authority
in the zoology and botany of Great
Britain. He introduced the word
"commensality," now in common use,
to express a state of many living to-
gether, as it were, at the same table.
This word is mentioned by johnson as
an example of a useful term, which,
it rejected, must be supplied by cir
cumlocution.
Browne was pioneer in the scientific
study of graves and their contents. He
appreciated the value of fossils. He was
also a comparative anatomist, and con-
stantly engaged in such topics as the
anatomy of the horse, the pigeon, the
beaver, the badger, the whale. In a
note on the autopsy of a spermaceti
whale the following passage occurs:
1T contained no less than 60 feet in
length, the head somewhat peculiar,
with a large prominence over the
mouth; teeth only in the lower jaw, re-
ceived into feshy sockets in the up
per. The weight of the largest about
two pounds; no gristly substance in
the mouth, commonly called whale
bones; only two short fins y n on
the back; the eyes but small" This is
avery good note, we think, and written
in scientific spirit.
He studied animal mechanism, es-
pecially the gaits of the quadrupeds
and the acts OF swimming and floating;
the problems of right and left handed
ness; and the erect figure of man. He
tells us that ''temperamental digno-
tons" can be detected by studying
spots on the finger nails. Physicians
even in our own day have not formu-
lated knowledge on this curious sub
ject. He discovered the animal soap
now called adipocre. 'He would have
made very extraordinary man for the
privy council," we are told by his BIZ
ographer-Popular Science Monthly.
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
OREGON WON EN-.
How They Were Coaxed Into the iast""'S
In Early Days.

How They wers Coaxed Into the TEST utssy
In Early Days.
"There are plenty of women Ill Ore'
gon now," observed prominent Ore
gon politician who is here to see tha'
that state is not forgotten III the mattes
of patronage during the next admins
tration, "but it is within the memory
of many of us when women were very
scarce there. We gave 1t out that we
wanted them for school teachers and
the like and encouraged them to come
out there, but the truth was the men
wanted them for wives. 1 remember
once we senta young man to Massa-
chusetts. where he was well acquaint-
ed, with orders to collect 100 young
women and toaescort them oacx* to
Oregon. We guaranteed every one OF
them one years employment. Ihe
active man in the matter was hne
looking young man, who afterwards
served two terms in congress from our
state. He spent two months IN select
ing the party, and started west with
them. On the trip out he courted one
of the school teachers on his&own hook
and actually got her consent to mar
riage on the arrival of the train at
Portland. The boys howled considera-
bly, about it, claiming that he had
treated them unfairly in having first
choice, but there was lot of fine mar
riageable material left. Some of these
women are today the leading ladies OF
the society of the state. More than
three-fourths of the hundred were mar
ried inside of three years, and many
! in less than one year. A few of the
lot, however, are teaching school there
today, not that they did not have Of
fers, but because they would not &C.
cept any of the fellows who offered
themselves. Now that Senator Mitchell
has about given up his contest to re-
turn as senator, he will likely be sue
ceeded by a gentleman who married
one of the party of school teachers to
which refer. He will bring his wife
here with him, and your Washington
folks can see for themselves the kind
of ladies we had out there for school
teachers. They can't be surpassed.
even if equaled, anywhere. 1 may be
an interested person, though. for it
happens that my wife was one of the
same party."-Washington Star.
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
Sha Waa Too YounR.

The other day couple of little gisss
came to physicians office to be vac
cinated. One OF them undertook to
speak for the other, and explained:
Il: Doctor, this is my sister. She h
too young to know her left arm from
lrer right, So mnnIns asheds
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11

rs that. a good hen, Uncle JOSH" "A
good hen?" said Uncle Josh; "why, that 'a1
hen lays eggs as big as hailstuns. ."-Detroit
Free Press
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11

Any kind of bruise St. Jacobs Oil will
cure at any time-no matter how bad.
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
9sta rl<sS from: Ieody's Anvsfl.

: Afdp can be g. very busy critic.
Godis love hichever way the Wind
blows. III; E
Faith isswogtt re than shiplosd
of gold. ~
Christ on earth was a match for every
ill-death, disease and devils.
The Bible says ten times as much
against covetousness as it does agains,
drunkenness.
You can't educate yourself into
Heaven. A good many rich people will
find they cant buy themselves into
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11

When some people make fool bargain
themselves, they try to hide it by Dragging
on their shrewdness.- Washington Dem
Ocrat.
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
"StNr Tobacco

StNF TODuCCO."
As you chew tobacco for pleasure, use
Star. It is not only the best, but the most
lasting, and therefore the cheapest.
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11
His Business.

Cynicus-I heard of man to-day
who buried wife and child in the
afternoon, and went to the theater at
night.
Maude-He was brute.
CYnicus-No, undertaker,-Tit-B Bits,
Willmar tribune., 1897-05-11


sent her, with her mother, north "for
good" The next thing heard of Floyd
Walton was that he had gone to New
Orleans with discharged soldier; and,
even while grieving over her boys in
frequent letters and evident hopeless
ness and depression, Mrs. Walton re-
ceived missive one day that left her
PROSTATE. She went alone to Quitman
as soon as able to move, and came back
within 4s hours looking years older,
and both the girls soon knew that she
had parted with the diamond earrings
that were their fathers last gift to her
in the happy, prosperous days that pre-
ceded thewar. Floyd had written that,
starving, drunk or drugged, and sdes-
perate, he had beensled by his associate
before a recruiting officer, had been
sent with others as reckless as himself
to sober up;at the quarters of a cavalry
command near the city. and that, the
next thing he knew, he with squad of
seven recruits was on his way to Join d
troop stationed within few miles OF
his home, instead. as he had been as
sured would be: the case, sofsbeing sent
to the Fourth cavalry on frontier duty
against the Indians in Texas. .'.'They
broke their contract" he said, ."and
broke NINE" Heshad deserted, and, Il
captured, would Be sent to hard labor
at Baton Rouge penitentiary or.to the
Dry Tortugas. .sss =s nc. <ng.. : ..ss
Y Such stories leak out despite every
effort to conceal them, but not until
just before Lambert's coming to join
Company als did Mrs ton dream
ill:,t stlhef knew 81 wi d hui otheYs
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-27
The Lawmaking Craze.

Much has been said in criticism o.
the lawmaking craze, which no state,
county or municipality in this country
is free from, but it shows no signs OF
aba-ement. Prosperous conditions serve
to check public consideration of some
Of the more peTnicious theories about
legislating the millennium into exist
ence but cannot be expected to lessen
the efforts of those who have private
axes to grind at the expense of the law
making power or private ambitions 10
sa tisfy. Biennial sessions of the Leg
islature undoubtedly serve to check
the amount of legislating for even tn
endurance of legislature has it's linn
its ana limit Of time VIII Shut off some
of the many ventures into lawmaking.
however many fll-consielered measures
are permitted to pass through in the
attempt to do two years work in one.
Notwithstanding this, the number
of those VINO expect to change
human nature, by the manufacture
of laws, and of those who
seek woman suffrage, for illustration,
in the hope of benefiting the world by
new laws rather than by better err
fCTcement Of what we already have. Is
on the increase. Moreover, no one has
yet had the confidence to suggest the
remedy. Consequently all that remains
to be done is TO agitate the subject and
educate the people to the desira.bility
OF greater conservatism and to grouse.
their suspicion of all private schemes
seeking the aid of the peoples repre-
sentatives in the law making bodies.
To this service Governor Griggs of
New Jersey contributed a valuable pa-
per- which was read before the Ameri-
can Bar Association at Cleveland.
Thursday. He speaks with some show of
authority for owing to his Withholding
approval 80 measures, which passed
the New Jersey Legislature. failed
to become laws. He sees tina.
there has been owing to new conditions
brought about by the introduction OF
new inventions,a legitimate demand for
( new laws and heinstances the fact thai
while our ancestors had a law against
witchcraft they Rad none, nor nesle
any. against the larceny of geographic
messages by Wire tapping nor against
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-27

was apparent to every official partlci
pating in the work"
1t should. perhaps, be said here that
Cap-oin Pratt is opposed to the law in
asmuch as he remarked at this hearing
that he could not agree with any sys~
tenn that dfsfranchised the Judgment of
thos'a in positions of responsibility. Ac-
cording to his statements it does not
appear TO have done SO in the case Of
this Indian school.
Continuing Senator Galfnger says:
1T is a well known ana undfsputed
Nact that when President Clcvelan I
was elected the secret service division
was composed of precisely an equal
Eumber OF Republicans and Demo
Gratis, and when he retired from office
one solitary Republican remained.
III is safe to say that every bureau
ard Department of the government is
practically in the hands of the political
party that was defeated at the polls
last November. In many instances high
officials hesitate, and even refuse 20
call TO their desks certain of their sub
ordinates to discuss with them matters
of vital concern to the government. for
the reason that they hold entirely dir
fercnt views from their chiefs, ard in
many cases are planning and plotting
for victory OF the party to which they
belong in 1900"
Civil service reform was intended tc
exclude this class Of men who think
of nothing save partisan advantage
while occupying positions. the duties
of which should receive their time and
attention. Really Senator Gallinger
here presents a strong argument fog
the enforcement Of the law heeriticises,
but it must be admitted that he makes
apparent the existence of a need Of i'm
proVement in its application.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-27

While it may be true that Puritan
blood was less dominant in the peo-
ping of the territory now the state of
Vermont than was true of Massachu-
setts, Connecticut and New Hampshire.
nevertheless it was in the ascendancy
and those states gave those of her sci
tiers, who were among her most ag-
gressive citizens, indeed it may be said
that their influence was predominant.
Moreover those states regarded Yer
mont as a child of their; and assisted
her in repelling the aggresSions of Neg
York. And certainly the character of
the Vermont people, as a whole affords
nearly if not quite as much evidence
of the early influence of pulltanism as
can be found in most of the New Eng
land states President Mckinley was
NOT in error when he referred to Yer
mont as sharing in the Puritan her-
tage
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-27

The report from Washington to the
effect that the Dutch minister has file I
protest against what is termed the
persecution by the sugar trust of firms
engaged in selling Dutch sugars we
hope is true. 1t is said that these firms
have been prosecuted on the charge Of
having violated the pure food laws in
selling Dutch sugar, alleged to be
adulterated with uitramarine blue
Now If this allegation be correct the
consumers would like to know ii and
will thank the sugar trust for having
exposed the fact, if fact it be- On the
other hand If the charge be baeeless
and Us form OF persecution Ingenious
~ devised by the sugar trust, and
trusts have been known to devise Soma
exceedingly ingenious ard effective
forms Of persecution for competitass
then 1T will be we'll to have it made
public in as conclusive manner as
possible.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1897-08-27

Great Britain's assumption of suzer-
ainty over the Transvaal, to which
Secretary Chamberlain recently took
occasion to give expression in Parlia-
ment, has as openly and impressively
been denied by President Kruger, who
on Wednesday, while addressing the
Nolksl4ad, declared that while suzer-
ainty was referred to in the conven-
tdon of 1881 with Great Britain, it was
NOT in that of 1884 and consequent ly
does not exist. 1t may be assumed thai
Great Britain will not rest contented
until she has demonstrated that some
form of suzefainty, or paramount au-
thority, does exist.