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Walter Armitage a yoIth. is employed
as a compoSitor on a Chicago newspaper.
The country being on the eve OF the clNli
war news of the bombardment OF Fort
Sumter creates much excitement. fight
between David Bronson, UnIonISt, ana
Dick Morgan, a SccesSioniSt, both COM
positorS results in VictGry Tor the forme'.
Waller whose ideas of the situation are
vet uniformed has q discussion with Bioh-
son, who sets forth loyalty the cGndi'lohS
that confront the Government.
While the two are watching the news
bulletins down town. they hear SeceS-
sionists. denizenS of Chicago'S Sums, ar
their opinions of loyal citizens and cx-
press desires that some d them VIII al
ford an opportunity for an encounter. An
ex-SerCcant of Regulars, Patrick o Aeli.
confronts them. and his waTlillc attltuce
and desire for q fight efectually qulets
the boosters.
The telegramS announce the result o.
the attack on Fort Sumter. Walter. Bron-
son. O'Neil. and German, Karl Brent
man. enlist. stirred 10 promptneSs at a
monster nnaSS-mceting. at which ReF.
Aaron Narbrett, a Methodist preacher,
was the principal speaker. Some OF the
aforementioned Secessionists. among
them one "Peory," tough, also enlist.
The regiment is ordered To Cairo, Ill,
and with others takes possession. The
regiment has its first fight and suffers its
first losses. "Peory" ard his companions
Tail TO turn up for their share OF the
lighting. 4 signal victory for Co. a by sur
prising q Confederate cavalry detachment
partly consoles the men for the losses OF a
ew nights before.
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Why are a boys chances at chuck-a-luck
III inverse ratio to the amount of hio brains
know that all my soldier readers will add
the testimony of their observations to mine,
that the nearer boy was to an idiot the
greater his success in that darling ambition
of Young soldier: - Dustin chuck -a-iuck
bank" BOYS who in four years of service
never could learn to right face" properly,
nevertheless, could burst a wealthy chuck-a-
luck bank with case and neatness in an hours
sitting, while college graduate would i'll the
same time lose, almost iniallibly, every dol
lar paid him by the Government or received
from home
This is only another illustration of the old
adage that Nature gives brains 10 one man
and to another luck. l will mention paren-
thetioally that | always lost at chuck-a-lnck.
Ebenezer Stock, our duil-minded friend,
whose inability to learn the evolntions OF the
drill was such a thorn in Serg't O'NeiFs side,
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COULD SCARCELY RAISE HIS HAND.
Yet took care OF seventy head OF stock.
The farmer who found a friend.

cured of my ornplaiut. so that was able
to take care of seventy head of stock all
through the winter which shows that the
cure was not Temporary but permanent
III. K. w. BENTLEY, Towner, y. ID
The action Of DR.. Ayers Pills on the
liver makes them invaluable for those
livingsiu malariai climates. {. r. Aston,
Quitinau, Texas, writes:
ct have found in DR., J. c. Ayers Pills an
invaluable remedy for constipation, bill
iousncss and kindred disorders, peculiar
to miasmatic localities Taken IN small
and frequent doses. these pills act well on
the liver. aiding il tn throwing of malariat
poisons, and restoring its natural powers
/ couId not dispense with the use OF Dr..
Ayers Pilis."-C. r. ALsIoS, Quitnan, Tex
Dr. Ayers Pills are a specific for all dis
eases Of the liver, stomach, and bowels,
they promote digestion, cure couStipa-
ton and its consequences, and promote
the general health of the entire system
They should always be used with Dr.. J. I.
Ayers Sarsapariiia when a eatharttc -
required. More about the pills IN Or.
Ayers Curebook. Sent free. Address tho
!. c. aver Co, Lowell, Mass
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Serious results often follow a strain.
especially when IL affects the back. and
few people arc so liable T., strain as those
who are lifting heavy loads OF various
kinds from day to day. The tcsnstcr
rarely ever overtaxcs his strength. Pa
miiiarity with the class of wares he
handles, enables him to entirely gage the
load ne lifts so not 20 put an excessive
burden on himself. But with the farmer
1t is different. lie is lifting loads of such
varying weights and under such varying
conditions that he IS very liable to lift
little too much some day. with injurious
results Many serious affections OF the
great organs of the body originate in
strain. 1t was n the case OF H. K. W
Bentley, of Towrer. North Dakota, A
strain resulted in serious trouble with the
liver. How he recovered and was enabled
60 feed seventy head of stock during the
winter, let him tell himself:
"About wear ago, sustained an injury
IN my back and shoulders by lifting a
heavy weight. After a time, liver trouble
came on, which so weakened me that
could scarcely lift my hand to my head
While in this condition, began the use OF
Dr. T. C. Ayers pills, and finding almost
immediate benefit, continued until / was
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EDITORIAL N0TE.-Realistic and full Of
action is this story of q Union file of in
fantrymen in the civil war. Every install
ment contains interesting episodes or de-
scriptions that reflect with mirror-like truth
the life of the American soldier. Young men
OF to-day as well as veterans of the war Of
the rebellion will find entertainment in its
chapters. The next installment details how
the regiment participates in its first battle.
that of Belmont.
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pale as death and sank to the ground. The
right foot come back to place, ard Mt the
same instant the left arose with the energy
OF a falling pile-driver, and the toe broke
''Curly's" lower jaw. Mississippi paused
before coming in range of such effective
artillery. At the same moment rose the
cry"
"Scatter! Here comes the guard"
AS the guard came up on run every body
left in a hurry except Stock and the two men
who were groaning on the ground. These
were taken to the hospital, and Stock, still
clutching his money firmly. was marched of
to the guardhouse, from which he was re-
leased as soon rs the circumstances OF the
affair were explained to the Officer OF the
Day.
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ANXIOUS to Help Uncle sam.

c. r. Lewis, Co. G., >2tst Mo-, Swain,
Ark, writes: Let the old veterans Join
heart and hand as we did in 1861 10 help
our country. | am willing to give "a part
of my small pension for the purpose OF
building battleship, and leave it 10 the
editor of The National Tribune to fix the
amount that should be taken from each
pension. If he says 10 per cent,
all right. l hope all viii Join Clip
Uncle Sam, as in 1861
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CHAPTER XVII.

WAITING FOR ORDERS TO MOvE-SUM-
MER BECOMES FALL. AND FALL AL
MOST WINTER BEFORE THEY GET
THEM-AN EXPEDITION STARTS FOR
BELMONT.
The long, intensely hot Summer had
burned its way into Autumn. which in turn
was scurrying away with biting winds and
chilly rains into Winter.
The broad breast of the Mississippi had
wideued and shrunk, and widened again; it
bad eddied up to near the summit of the
levces; then fallen 40 feet below them, and
then climbed in day and night nearly to
their tops again, as the snow melting on the
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nothing done tonight; that we will lie here
until morning, and then make an advance, or
reconnaissance, or something of that kind,
against the rebels in little village called
Belmont, which is opposite Columbus"
With that they prepared little coffee, ate
a frugal supper, and spreading their blankets
on the deck, went to sleep.
Tn he ned
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Communication by cable between the
present seat of war in Cuba and Washing
ton was effected several days ago and the
time of transmission is remarkably brief
One of the main objects in landing ma
cable station. From Camp McCalla the
messages are now sent, and may reach
Washington in Is minutes. Lieut. Co.
James Allen, Signal Corps, the censor,
a I'd another officer will be in charge Oh
the station.
The messages will go under the water
to Mole ST. Nicholas, $50 miles away;
theEce to- Cape Haytien IS miles further
on; thence over the Haytien cable 70 the
station at Coney Island, and by various
stations to Washington.
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As the boys capse on board they said to
each other:
This mesn ms Columbus, of course"
aWe're oil for the Gibraltar of the West "
"Lo1k out, old Pillow We're coming
for your scalp. W<'ll teach you to dig your
bitches OH the riglfeside this time
There was many q lfbe and jest and many
a ringing cheer, answered back with shouts
from those on the lexee, as the boats, one
after another, cast their lines loose and
swung gracefully around until their bows
pointed down ths'Mississippi, whittier the
gunboats "Tylers' and Lexington" had
preceded them.
Zone of the common taunts against the
rebel Gen. Pillow at that time was that dur
ing the Mexican war he had blunderingiy
dug ditch ON the wrong side OF the fortifica-
tiOns he was ordered to erect.
The cheering and testing subsidized rs the
boats left the Ohio and entered the sweep OF
the Mississippi, whose dark waters took
new gloom from the shadows of the leafiess
trees cast upon it by the slowly-settng sun.
"Will ever see him rise again ?" Wal
ter asked himself, as he stood with the rest
of the File on the hurricane deck of the fore
most boat. whittier they had climbed that
they might see all that was to be seen.
This, certainly, means Columbus" said
Bronson, after long silence spent in watch
ing the gunboats noisily forging ahead, and
| leaving behind long trails of thick black
smoke. There's nothing else down here to
attack. Still, can't understand what Gen.
Grants going to do with this small foIcf
against the number that is said to be a.
Columbus.
suppose we will now have a rea
battle" said Walter with q shudder he coult
not wholly repress. . / wish knew how 1
was gong to end"
"We're in the hands Of God, or Fate
whichever you choose to call it," replied
Bronson. For my part | don't want T.
know the end You know what Horatiu
Cocclus sad at the bridge:
| "'To every man upon this earth,
| Death cometh, soon or late,
and though / know mine must come som
time, don't want to know when it is, be
cause don't want to lose any pleasure fret
ting and waiting for it. What is to be will
be, and neither prayers nor tears will ava'
to change it in the least. IF it is ordaine
that / am to die tonight or tomorrow,
can't escape it. If I'd staid at home woul
have been killed by runaway horse or
boiler explosion"
That's the talk" said O'Neil, and the
hummed:
| ~ IL, - 81
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Ito be continued.
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Roosevelt on the ReEulerArmy.

Roosevelt on the Regular Army.
The New York Sun in its account of
the banquet given General Miles at
the Waldort-Astoria in New York, Fri
day. evening, Nov. II, has the following
synopsis Of speeches, with descriptions
OF scenes attending their delivery:
After a few sentences concerning
the pleasant relations between Great
sRfitain and this country, Mr.. Choate
intrOducedsC Captain Paget and as the
representative of the mother country
ross,Itha entire house rose with him
and greeted him with tremendous
cheers Captain Paget was obviously
surprised and perhaps a little confused
q the warmth of his greeting but after
9 little hesitation he got fairly under
way with his response and said:
y gives me the greatest pleasure to
be here tonight, an alien and yet
sgreetedsas q friend. The. fate Of your
nation Is now to be decided in the
nattsrsof its future policy. No pre-
csdente can check your expansion sex-
scsptfor q short time, I can say that
sthat expansion viii be heartily vel
seonedsby themothsr country. Cheers
virile and powerful race cannot
+ bcnnded or restrained within a cir
c~ntnscribed area. I am proud and glad
SOkSthe fortune that has brought me in
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from General Shafter saying that only
illness prevented him from being pre-
sent, and added:
SAT the special request of General
Miles I propose the health Of General
William r. Shafter.n
There we're shouts of sGood, good"
as the company rose and drank the
toast.
Mr.. Choate then said:
1.-THE Duke of Wellington once said
that the whole art Of war wa in know
ing what was or the other side of the
hill. We have with us tonight the
man who found out by going up the
hill" At this the diners burst into
cheers, which drowned out the speak
er's next words, but he obviously In
.troduced Colonel Roosevelt as that
gentleman amidst tremendous tumult,
got to his feet. 1t vas some time be-
fore he could make himself heard, but
finally by appealing gestures he got q
chance and said:
=ElLEg1H HEaE-AN Lat2E
Il: think we are fortunate In having
in General Miles q man in whom We
may recognize the archtype not only
Of the American volunteer, but OF the
American, regular as we'll. All honor
to the. volunteer, but let us now, in
time OF peace, remember our debt to
the men of the regular army. You
have spoken OF what General Miles did
in the civil war when General Grant
faced Lee. Now, thank Heaven, we
can be proud and glad Of the valor OF
the men who followed Grant and the
men who followed Lee. (Cheers.) Re
member that for thirty-three years
since that time the soldiers OF the
regular army have uncomplainingly,
without expectation OF praise or notice
faced discomfort, danger and death,
warning against the Indians on our
frontier and retaining new country
from the waste. In General Miles, the
hero of no civil war, do not forget
iGensrSs4 ties. the hero Or the ione
|and NSas1 campaigns saainst the
aS3ou5, tlissG ksysnnes ana the Blsck.
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Notice b hsseby given that the foalowing-naned Set
tier hiss filed notice Of his intention to make hnal
proof IL support Of his claim, and that aid proof win
b nade before The clerk Of district court, for RAM
seyS county N. D., at Devils Lake, ND on Noyen
ber q, 1855, viz: NATHAUS WALTER, n. =. No.
for the swk. Bee I, township 1s4 north,
range @ west.
he nAmes the following Witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon aud cultivation Of ssid
land, viz: John B. Vol. joseph Kneisel, John
Ieduc, John o.. Sstt1, ill 81 Ruttea, N. d.
" ]. B. KENT, Register.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1898-11-25

Yheibond Of P. H. Throdahl in the
,sumsof 5000, with Frank Fl. Prosser
and "A. ii. Creel as ~sureties, as coll
lection agent, was approved.
Z The treasurer was authorized to ac-
cept in full for all seed lisn and tax
judgments upon payment. OF the
amount Of the judgment without in.
Iterest unto January /, 1899.
The board proceeded to check the
accounts OF the treasurer, and at 6
O'clock p. m the board adjourned un-
til $50 O'clock, November l6, 1893.
NOVEMBER 16, 1898.
The board met at $40 O'Clock a. M.
Present: All the members. sA
The county auditor was directed to.
advertise for proposals for rebuilding
ten spans of the Barton bridge. also
for furnishing material for same. Bids
to be opened on Saturday, December
3, 1898.
Commissioner Van Liew was author
ized5t0 spend the sum of s75. from the
road fond in Freshwater township.
Moved that the janitor be paid q
salary OF $4,000 per month for services,
as per contract.
Moved that the treasurer be author
lied to receipt in full for taxes on lot.
", block 30 on payment of 60 per cent.
Of back taxes and interest.
Duly seconded and carried.
Moved that owing to an error insthe
assessment that the tax on $4,000 of
personal assessment against j., B.: Stoe-
ser for 1888 in cityof Devils Lake, be
abated.
Duly secondedsnd carried.
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ELIXIR OF YOUTH.

Residents Of Hancock, Wis.,, Believe
: septuagenarian HassFound Il.
Hancock. w~iss-Novembsr IA. Has
Sweat discoveredsthe Elixir Of YOUTH
That is the question that is being
passed around here. In answer Mr..
Sweat says:
Il had been troubled With severe
pains in my head and around my heart
for over two years, and at times had to
sit inGmy chair to rest nights. Ny
head ached SO that If I laid down it
was impossible to sleep. Iwonld have
to nrinate from five to ten times in a
night. I was in such shape that it was
impossible for M to do any hard work.
! saw an advertisement Of Dodd,s Kid
ney Pills, andbouRht two boxes. They
gave relief, and I got six more boxes,
and took them. I am now feeling like
anew man, and can do mora work than
most men Of my age. ! ann 70 years
old, and have good prospects OF living
30yesrs more.
Dodd's Kidney Pills assist aud rein
force Nature and cause her TO Danish
all Kidney and Urinary Diseases.
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give to the commissary department
tue actual training so much needed,
and you won't have the complaints in
time Of war which we have just exper.
fenced. Nor will you have to call upon.
the accomplishing valor of the line
officers to make good those defects of
the staff due solely to the fact that the
people would not stand by the army,
sAsdead silence had fallen over the
banquet hall. Every man was leaning
forward in his seat looking at Colonel
Roosevelt and wondering what was
coming next. It was something out Of
the usual, for q banquet, that tremend-
GUS earnestness and meaning which
the soldier WA putting into his words.
He, too, was leaning slightly forward,
and he continued with his eyes flash
ing, and his clenched fist lifted and
pounded in the word that he spoke.
"I-wish that you could realize the
bravery, devotion and endurance Of
pain and peril of the American regu-.
Lar. officer and of the American regular
soldier;I wish you could have seen
the columns going forward to wrest
victory from death, knowing that il
wounded they would perhaps lie two
or three days in the jungle without
medical care, and glad to do it for the
honor and the. glory Of the flag. I
wish you could have seen the wounded:
cartedSawa in jostling mule wagons,
lying patiently waiting without COM
plaintSf for the long delayed attentions
IT the surgeons, delayed because those
surgeons we're working Increasingly
until they fell asleep.in the midst Of
capital operations from sheer inability
to stand the strain longer. And II you
had seen that you would feel that too
much cannot be done for the regular;
lCheers.l
Colonel Roosevelt paused, looking
about him for q moment, and then,
raising both hands in the air he thumb.
cred out:
g say you would feel that too much
could not be done'for the men Of the
regular army, and woe, woe to the con-
gresham and woe. to the representa-
tive who darest to seek cheap glory BY
a niggardly economy in expense that
may mean the life blood of our soldiers.
Tremendous cheers.l
Sim speaking tonight of the regu.
lar. Some other time I'll speak Of the
volunteer. He's got votes; he's got
political influence. The army man.
doesn't NEEDLE with politics, and God
forbid that he should. He has moth
ing to give in return for a fair recog-
milton of his services. That's the rea-
son I'm speaking of him tonight.
"People m speaking about, the
policy OF expansion nowadays. It may
have been lnconsiderate of Dewey and
of Miles to do their work SO thoroughly
but they did it. Now let's face the
facts like true men, and not run away
like towards. Meet the situation.
somehow and at least let us not leave
a thing half done, having set our hands
to it, which is q great deal worse than
not have begun at all. Meet these res
possibilities like true men and honest
Americans and the apparent peril will
fade away"
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CIV. Kelley, supplies !. 81 80
Albert Foster, labor. 81 so
Ever Wagness, sheriffs fees. 143 90
RUSSELL & Schultz, coal. 8 90
y. Roe, Board of poor. SO 90
Andrew Forslof, sherifs fees Z As
p. q. aThrodahl, Commissions 81 as
Ed. HOvey, labor. 90
J. w. Whitford, wood. IS 90
Stenson & Crawford, labor. - 90
jim. Soby, supplies for poor......5 90
Allan Tompkins, Electric light. "a 50
P.aDe Fiore, supplies for poor. 81 90
3. 2. Jones, supplies. ....1Q o.
"A. j, Kildahl, services as Com
missioners &. Y so
E. Day, Commissioners, u 40
Fred Baker, Commissioners. 1850
HI. u. Ugland, Commissioners 335 20
The board then adjourned until 1
O'clock p. m. Dec. 3rd, 1893
ia HENRY HALE.
lS ~ 90 8tt.1t fvnr 49,. A - H.. N
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The Kentucky with her sister boat,
the Kearsarge, was built by the New
port News Ship Building and Dry
Dock Company, at Newport News Va.
In the plans for these two ships the ex-
perts were guided by the latest and
best features of naval architecture and
marine machinery as exempli1ed in
construction at home and abroad.
While the Kentucky and her mate
will resemble in many particulars the
Iowa and the Indiana, which are the
crack battleships of Uncle Sam at
present In commission. they Will be
emInently superior To those two steel
fortresses.
Comparing the Kentucky and her
mate and the Illinois and her two sis
ters with their nearest rivals in for
eign waters. II is clearly necessary
to say that no vessels OF their tonnage
built abroad Will have an armament
80 elaborate or an armor of such re-
slsting power
The heaviest of the guns to be sup
piled to the Kentucky and the Kear-
sarge are four feet In diameter at their
thickest point. thirteen inches In d.
ameter at the aperture OF the small
end OF the barrel and forty feet In
length. The proIectile they will carry
weighs 100 pounds. and when hurled
with fun charge. say $50 pounds O
the best prismatlc brown powder, will
penetrate thirty inches OF wrought iror
or twenty-five inches of the best ar
NOR and no vessel ailoat, II IL claimed
carries armor which they could MOI
pierce at an ordinary fighting rang,
Of 600 ynrdA
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Her Golden IInIr Fell on.

Al rnith In thn onlcocv ~ liz
eoltfeut's art for restoring the ravaeas
of time on the nerson and featnraa nj
the fair sex has baen abottorod +, ths
mind Of n certoin Indv Tho ,odv in
question had reached tbot neriod ii
life when the nui-brown tresses nj
youth were literally besnrlnkled with
the silver OF advancing ape A dav ar
two opo she received nm invitation IN
tha wnddInp of a relation and no tba