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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
THE UNWRiTTEN LETTER..
rhe streets Of the city seemed filled with

The streets Of the city seemed filled with
delight
And glad with the babble Of JOY:
Gay voices Of pleasure made merry the
night
And dwelt in the thoughts Of boy.
The reefs of distress in that ocean of strife
Were hid in its sparkle and foam,
And youth found no time in the laughter
Of life
TO write to the loved ones at home.
He loved them. all yes! for he knew they
were true
And would serve him in sickness or
health,
No task but their hands would most JOY
fully do
To aid him in want or in wealth.
his name,
Though far from their paths he might
roam,
Yet found he no time in his pleasures-for
shame!-
To write to the loved ones at home.
A message-"your mother is dead"-and
she died
With the name of her boy on her tongue.
And oh, for the letter her heart was de-
nied!-
The song that can never be sung.
And all through the years he was angry at
fate.
Quite after the manner Of men,
But oh! t was forever and ever too late
To write to that mother again.
Nixon Waterman, in L. A. w. Bulletin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20

Capt. Thompson back to headq 1arten,
and left only the Tremaines, the Lees
and DR.. Wells, for Jimmy Crofton'a
fancee's father had got him away on
detached service; and this was the
commissioned society left at Catamount
when handy Merriam, borne in q litter.
de1rlous and wearing the willow for
Fanny McLane, was brought in to he
nursed and coddled back to health
again, and Tremaine made ready for
him big, airy room under his own
roof.
Not for six weeks was Randy able to
ride again, and states have been lost
and won in less. There is little need of
dwelling on the progressive stages of
the unprecedented siege. Billy Whit
taker got there comparatively early in
the game, when convalescence had lust
begun to be assured-when Florence.
shy and soft of voice, was just begin
ming the daily readings aloud to her pa
tlent-readings which, as such, began
soon to shorten, though reader and au-
dlence remained long and longer in
each others presence. BY and by the
book was but superhuity. It Law un-
opened in her lap, as she sat, with
downcast eyes and flushing cheeks, be-
side the hammock wherein her hero pa
tient lay, and the anxious mother noted
how, little by little, the girls soft, sill
very tones would become hushed-how
his voice, deep and strong again, yet
tender and subdued, would take up the
thread of some old, old story; and one
day in alarm she fled to her husbands
study, for Florence was weeping in her
room.
do not interfere by look or word -
said that wise man. "He will be well
enough to rejoin his fellows in the field
next week, and they'll soon get over it.
If they don't-they can get married.
That will put an end to it,
"But think" persisted his better half,
'it's Florence I'm troubled about. It's
she who may not soon get over it. Hers
is deep"
But here the captain arose and
amazed his wife by taking her in his
arms and speaking with choking sob
in his voice:
Don't talk Of it, Dot!" he said. I'm
the one to blame. Iilever thought of
brownie as anything but child until
three days ago. I've been praying you
wouldn't see it-that there'd be nothing
more to see, but" and here the gray
stubble about the captains mouth be-
gan to twitch and work convulsively,
Ind he had to stop.
fro BE CONTINUED
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20

ion, for at Is Floy Tremaine was as
brown as Navajo, when they took
her to st. Anne's to school, where she
was promptly dubbed ''the squaw."
The first six months there, despite the
fact that her mother was near at
hand, took good deal of heart out Of
Florence and some of the prairie tan
from her face. Her big, soft brown eyes
grew even more eloquent and pathetic,
and her pretty mouth gained s.,me wist-
full lines about it's sensitive corners.
She did not take to city girls, nor did
they to her, until her father came in
on leave, and, noting the change in
his precious child, took counsel with
an old Manhattan friend, ordered a
swell riding costume forthwith, and
babe her join the class at Dickel's acad-
emy-not that she needed teaching to
ride, but the exercise and open air to
be had in the daily demure canter in
the park. One or two of the girls were
quite dashing horsewomen. and excited
the envy and admiration of their class
mates by the ease with which they took
the conventional leaps at the hurdles
and bars; and when one of them,
flushed with triumph, after receiving
the compliments of the master, refined
up beside our silent Florence, on a
rainy afternoon when their ride had to
be had within doors, and rather patron
izingly queried: "Ah, don't you do
something of this sort out on the plains,
Miss Tremaine?" Florence Redeemed a
bit and said, "The children do some
times,' which led to prompt inquiry as
to her meaning, and the explanation
that the cavalry horses and even the
Indian ponies would take such obstacles
in their stride and hardly rise to the
leap at all. Asked to illustrate, she
put her bay at the hurdles, clearing
them like bird; then, turning to Miss
De Ruyter, she said: "You noticed
even this horse hardly had to spring.
Now if Mr.. Dickel will let me have the
bar foot higher can show you where
he has to exert himself bit;" and she
did, and no other one of the girls dared
attempt it. Then she asked to have
her saddle removed and rode her horse
over the hurdles bareback, and when
he was going at an easy canter about
the ring amazed the class by leaping
lightly off and on again, her slim,
strong young hands grasping the mane
yet never dragging upon the rein. This
made her envied, but hardly enviable,
for the erstwhile champions of the
school gave it out that she had been
"child wonder" in some far-western
circus. It wasn't until Flo's second
year at St. Anne's that she began to
find either friends or appreciation there.
When she left at the close of that sec
ond year, there was one set at least
among whose members she was we'll
nigh worshiped. She had not finished
the course. She needed at least one
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
Hoods SarsaparilIa
The Adirondack Mountains.

The heart of this wonderful region OF
mountains, lakes, and streams is trayersed
by the New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad, and to more fully inform the pub
lie regarding it's beauties and easy, means OF
access the Passenger Department has issued
a book entitled "In the Adirondack Noun !;
containing also large map in colors giving
a list of hotels, camps, lakes, ETC., together
with their location; it has also issued large
folder, with map, entitled, ''The Adirondack
Mountains and How to Reach Them, CIV
ing complete information regarding stage
lines, steamers, hotels, etc.
A copy of the book will be sent to any ad-
dress on receipt of two 2-cent stamps, or the
folder for one 2-cent stamp, by GEORGE II;
DANIELS, General Passenger Agent, Grand
Central Station, New York.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20

more year, said the teachers, but 1t
couldn't be. Tremaine had listened to
the tempter, invested his scant savings
in Colorado mine that for one year
gave dividends galore, and then-gave
out There could be no separate es-
tablshment maintained on the pay Of
captain of infantry, who was keeping
up heavy life Insurance. Florence and
her mother were recalled to the Riflers,
and, to still further promote the econ
omy demanded by their misfortune,
Capt. Tremaine begged to be allowed
to go to the cantonment on the Cata-
mount, relieving with his company a
like force that had been there in exile
over a year. People at regimental head
quarters thought it absolutely heart
less in him to take Mrs. Tremaine and
dear Florence to such desert, so near
the Navajos to the north, and so ex-
posed to danger from predatory bands
of Apaches from across the Arizona line.
But neither Mrs. Tremaine nor Florence
shared their views. Floy was to have
her books, her birds, her horse; her
mother could direct her reading, and,
as for companionship, there was Mrs.
Lee, the wife of their first lieutenant;
she was barely IS, and a charming young
matron; and Jimmy Crofton, their
Junior sub, was engaged and would
soon bring his bride out to join. She
didn't doubt that they would have a
perfectly lovely time, hunting, fishing,
exploring in the mountains, and rid
ing races down the Catapount. Flor
ence's face would glow with enthusi-
asm; it would become TRANSPORTED,
radiant-yes, almost pretty, said some
OF the 1adies-so proud did she seem
to feel at sharing her fathers lot. So,
though few agreed that Florence was
a. beauty, all decreed that she was a
trump, fond and dutiful daughter, a
sweet, sunny-natured child, who would
make lovely woman and wife one of
these days. "only,' said Mrs. Hayne,
with a world of tenderness in her tone
--"only hope it may be the right man.
Girls with those big brown eyes love SO
deeply" !
The cantonment turned out to be
something Of an Eden as an army post.
!, -Four companies had once been sta
toned there, so there was lots of room,
but after the last lot of Apache ma
RAIDERS had been translated to the
shores of the Atlantic, matters aborip-
inal quieted down in Arizona and west
ern New Mexico. The cavalry were
needed elsewhere, and could not easily
BE supplied at.so isolated . post; SO the
two troops were marched back to the
valley q the Bravo, and then, soon after
Tremaine moved thither, It was decided
70 recall one of tho two infantry COM
mands maintained there; that sent
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
CHAPTER III.

Two days after the receipt of the an
nouncement of Fanny Hayward's en-
gagement to Mr.. McLane and few
weeks before the marriage, Randolph
Merriam had left Fort Sedgwick in com
mand Of detachment of cavalry es-
corting a government survey to the
Mescalero range. It~was not his tour.
The detail belonged to Harrison, a
younger officer, who had been saving up
all winter for q two-months' leave and
. chance to spend his savings at the
great exposition at Chicago. a relent-
less colonel would allow him no leave,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20

The lake and rail arrangements of the Bal
timore & Ohio Railroad for this year are prac.
tically the same as were in effect in 1897.
Freight for Lake Superior ports is sent by
and the Owen line is used for the Lake
Michigan ports. The trans-lake Erie ar
rangements are with the Detroit Steam Nav.
igation Company between Cleveland and
Detroit and the Ashley & Dustin Line and
between Sandusky and Detroit.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
Rams Horn Blasts.

Truth wins no easy victories.
Zeal is the dynamite of appeal.
Trials are blessings in disguise.
Spiritual hunger is heart prayer.
Adversely is Gods pruning knife.
Suspicion is the scent of cunning.
You can't bury character in the grave.
Before faith can rest, it must stand
. test. ,a> .-s@.:. 49,. -" -.
A Christian only in name is the devil'a
game. 81: . &. {. .s... \ HI
As Christ increases in our lore, SELF
decreases. ,. .s........ .5=
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
Nerves Out of Tune.

Just as the strings Of musical ; instrument
break out into ear-torturing discords when
touched, so the human nerves get out of
tune, and make everybody miserable that
comes in contact with them. Every tobacco
users nerves are out of tune more or less,
Taxed to the utmost. No-To-Bac is the tun-
ing-key which tightens the nerves, makes
them respond quickly to the emotions, re-
sulting in the. happiness of all. No-To-Bac
guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong. We advise all tobacco-users to
take No-To-Bac.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
TRACKING THIEVES.
How N1alefactOrs Are Run Down In
India.


India.
In India the great enemy of thieves is
the khoji, whose name signifies
"searcher," or "tracker," and whose
business is to track criminals by their
footprints. These crackers are trained
to their calling from youth, and become
exceedingly expert. They are an es-
pecial terror to the cattlestealers, who,
in the parts of the Pun jab adjoining the
Indus and other large rivers, where
much grazing is carried on, are very
plen tiful. They match their cunning
against that of the tracker, but they
have to be very clever to throw him eff
the scent.
One of their tricks 10 to catch a
buffalo, drive it into the river and, cling
ing to its TAIL guide it in the way they
desire to go. By this means they are
quickly carried down the current, and
leave no telltale' footprints. But the ruse
IS not always successful, for the reason
that the tracker thinks nothing of dis
lance, and is likely to come upon the
tracks fanther on, when the thief il
forced to leave the stream.
A good tracker will follow a thief.
yard by yard, for a hundred miles, and
come up with him in the end
In one instance burglar was thus
tracked until the searcher reached the
lookup of village 80 miles from the
starting-point. Inside the building was
the man The had set out to find. The
police of that place had observed evs-
picious-looking character walking
about, carrying small bundle, and had
promptly locked him up. An examina-
ton of the bundle brought to light
jewe4ry worth several hundred rupees.
One particularly good tracker was
especially useful because of his locol
knowledge. He was engaged to find 4
burglar who had carried off some
jewelry. AS soon as the tracker saw the
trail he said: 1T Is So-anduso. Go to
his house in yonder village and you will
find him." The officers went, and came
upon the thief in the act of breaking ND
the jewelry.
In one instance the crackers skill al
most condemned an innocent man. Two
sheep belonging to governm emit officia!
had been stolen, and the footprints were
found to be those of a man employed to
look after the public gardens.
The man was arrested, but when the
track was followed up it was found to
end opposite the police barracks, where
the skins of the sheep were discovered.
AS it seemed'unlikely that a thief would
deposit his booty under the very eyes
of the police, further investigation
was made, andit was even tuallly proved
that the sheep had been taken by the
police, who, to throw the crackers of
the scent, had stolen and worn the
gardeners boots.-Chambers' Journal
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
An Easy Case.

Doctor-You are all run down. You must
travel for a few months; that's the only
thing that will save you. You need change
of scene and air.
Patient-But traveling's all I've done for
the last ten years. I'm salesman for big
eastern house and often 60 from the Atlantic
to the Pacific at jump.
"Then what you need is rest and quiet.
Three dollars, please" Chicago Evening
News
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
TRY .Allen,s FOOt.Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot, and get tired easily. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Foot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walk
ing easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet,
blisters and callous spots. Relieves corns and
bunions of all pain and gives rest and comfort.
Try it to-day. Sold by all druggists and shoe
stores for Csc. Trial package FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
A Qualified Juror.

IL V0s111NcU OU1OIs
"You look troubled" said a St. Louis
man to neighbor.
II am bothered about that boy OF
NINE"
"What's the matter with him?'
''He is so stupid he can't learn to read
and write, and doesn't seem to have
good sense. What will become of him
when he grows upf"
+ II wouldn't worry. about him. He
will be all right. He will have steady
job on juries at So day. That's more
than many a bright young man can
earn" IN. *. World. -... :
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20

Mrs. HARRY HARDY, Riverside, Iowa.
writes to Mrs. Pinkham the story Of
her struggle with serious ovarian trou-
BILE, and the benefit she received from
the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vepe.
table Compound. This is her letter:
"How thankful I am that I took
your medicine. I was troubled for
two years with Inflammation of the
womb and ovaries, womb was also verv
low. I was in constant misery. / had
heart trouble, was short of breath and
could not walk five blocks to save INV
life. Suffered very much with M
back, had headache all the time. wa.
nervous, transformations were irrepnlar
and painful, had a bad discharge ana
was troubled with bloatinR. was =
perfect wreck. Had doctored ana
taken local treatments, but still wasno.
better. was advised by one Of nv
neighbors to write to you. I have now
finished the second bottle Of Mrs PM
hams Vegetable Compound. and an
better in every way. / am able q, a. =,
Oh my own work and can walk near IL
q mile without fatigue; sometime s
had not been able to do for over to :
years. Your medicine has don. 80 80.
more good than all the Doctors,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
ParIance of the Sea.

turn, Delay me if she doesn't slip her haw-
ser and pound like donkey engine hosting
nobleman's trunk.
Watchmaker-I see. The mainspring's
broken.-Jewelers' Weekly.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
A Sealed Question.

get from the Arctic regions-things that
there has been great deal of controversy
over in recent years?
Entire Glass lin chorus)-Explorers-
Chicago Evening News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
An Army Wife,
BY CAPTAIN CHARLES KING.
Copyrighted. 1896. by F. Tennyson Neely.]
SYNOPSIS.

SYNOPSIS.
Chapter I.-Fannie McLane, a young
widow, is invited to visit the Graftons
at Fort Sedgwick. Her sister tries to dis
suade her, as Randolph Merriam (whom
she had Tilted for old McLane) and his bride
are stationed there.
Chapter II-Fannie McLane's wedding
causes family feeling. A few months later
she, while travelling with her husband,
meets Merriam, on his wedding trip. It Is
this meeting that the following chapter de-
9cribeS.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20

Nearly every man has grievance, and
you will find it out if you touch him right
Washington Qa) Democrat.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20

The outcome of baseball games and buck
wheat cakes usually depends upon the bat
ter.-Chicago Daily News
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
Used to It,

. Van Gabbler-I see the fashion h
coming IN again for ladies to wear ear
rings. ! suppose now you'll have to
have your ears bored. 3. +
5 Miss Ennui-I'm used e that.rit
Bits. ..5s &. EN-.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20

When man begins to go down hill he
finds the law of gravitation and the encour-
agement Of his friends help him along.-Chi-
cago Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20

Every. newly married couple is desircus of
going where they are not known for few
weeks, and all their friends are DESTROYS of
having them.-Atchison Globe
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
The Home Rulers.

What is q board of strategy papa?"
Him.; well-I never thought of it in that
light before, but it must mean your mother
md your grandmother" - Detroit Free
Press
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20
OPEN~LETTERS FROM
Jennie E. Green and Mrs. Harry
Hardy.

JENNIE E. GREEN, Denmark, Iowa.
writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
II had been sick at my monthly
periods for seven years, and tried
almost everything ever heard of, but
without any benefit. Was troubled
with backache, headache, pains in the
shoulders and dizziness. Through my
mother I was induced to try Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
it has done me so much, good. am
now sound and well.": :
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-07-20


Gus, and they took the responsibility of
telling the sergeant he must be sent
thither. They made fore-and-aft lit
ter by flashing saplings together, hitched
on couple Of. pack-mu.es, roped Ran
dy inside the thing, and made four
day march of it. Luckily, Tremaine
had a capital medical officer and Randy
a splendid constitution. The fever had
a big start, but DR.. Wells and Ire
maine's people were utterly devoted
to him, and pulled him through, but
you never saw such living skeleton.
DR.. Wells says he will mend rapidly
now, as he eats about six square meals
a day and is hungry between times.
Mrs. Tremaine nursed him like a
mother, Heaven bless her! and now
Miss Florence reads to him by the
hour
And at this point in Whittaker's in
nocent missive, Mrs. Hayne, who was
clinging to her husbands arm and
reading with him, suddenly looked up
in his face and said: ooh, Lawrence!
wouldn't that be-almost ideal p IS
"Floy'' Tremaine. as she was called
in the regiment, was an only child, born
and reared in the Riflers. Two years
of her life had been spent in the east at
school, but with that exception it had
known no companionship or association
outside the garrison that was tie TEN.
porary home Of her fathers company.
q open-air, joyous, ,healthful life. IL
fVxynN ~. -
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The Dinqley Law and Revenue.

Those enemies of a protective tariff
who have been bowling against the
Dinglcy law just because they felt it
their duty to do so, may now make
their plans for vacation. Ihelr
calamity cries and all the juggling Of
figures in which they have INDUCED
no longer blind the eyes of intelligent
people to the fact that the Dingley
law is a success. and that as revenue
raiser it is meeting the demands of the
country. The revenues are rapidly
climbing.
The customs receipts of the Dingley
tariff law have exceeded fer January
| the highest expectations of its warmest
supporters. In single month, from
December TO January, there has been a
leap of about $4,000, 600 in customs re-
ceipts alone. Also the figures for Jan
uary of this year are fun three mil
lion more than for January. 1897. under
the Wilson law. The internal revenue
receipts. moreover show gain for the
month of 81 BOG, 900
The expenditures of the government
for the month OF January have been
enormous. owing to the heavy payments
on the account of interest and pen
sions. When the Pacific Railroad re-
tbatafnr1 thnrT
is a deficit for the month of $1.90l ,4S4,
as was expected by Chairman Dingley.
But these payments would have been
as heavy under the Wilson law, and its
receipts would have been many mil
lions less than the Dngley law re-
cepts
In February. of course. as in succeed
ing months, there will not be the heavy
drafts of January on the treasury for
pensions and interest. so that we shall
see now a succession of larger receipts
than expenditures. But. Independently
of what the coming months will do, the
Dingley law has now demonstrated alb
solutely that its revenue powers are far
superior to those of the Wilson law
On the basis of natural comparison Of
revenues for corresponding months If
this year and last year it is beating the
life out of the Wilson law. 1t is doing
this. too, despite the fact that the Ding
ley tariff is not yet yielding anything
ticipatory imports during the closing
days of Wilson'S free trade measure,