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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24
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was in haste that
his mission should be concluded, SO that
he might get away from the quiet,
sleepy village. The very beauty Of its
fragrant spring dress saddened him.
In timid, hesitating way he had
made a few inquiries for old friends,
but the answer was ever the same. War
had scattered most of the old families.
Those alone remained who slept in the
peaceful cemetery in the dip which
formed vale at the bend in the river.
And the Ralstons?"
All were gone. OF the impetuous,
.high-spirited family, only Miss Erma
was still alive. The Ralston boys
four of them-lay in soldiers graves
beside their gallant father.
Mrs. Ralston had seen her brave boys
brought home dead one by one. But
she gave them for her country's sake,
gladly, but her heart was slowly break
ing. She did not long survive her hus-
band.
did Miss Erma still live at Iron
,vood?"
No. The old plantation was desolate
and Miss Ralston lived in little white
cottage down the road, the one almost
snothered in jasmine and roses.
The gentleman took his cane and
with brisk step which told of some
young blood still flowing in his veins
started down the street in the warm
spring sunshine. The square shoulders,
al
the soldier.
AS he came in sight of Miss Err
mas house his steady walk became
jerky and finally settled into an uncer-
tain amble. For the fraction of Sec
ond he paused at her gate, then beat a
hasty and confused retreat. Complete
ly out of breath he drew up beside the
high arched gate which opened upon
the soldiers last tenting ground.
"By Jove! It's no use. I couldn't
face her." and the old man mopped his
brow. 'Whew! how her eyes did blaze!
Facing a cannon is play to standing the
fire of Erma's angry eyes"
He leaned against the post. The
light died out of his face and he thought
of that long-away time when he and
Erma had been lovers. And then came
the war. How quickly had followed
that awful day when he went to say
farewell and she would not look at him
because he wore the hated blue. He
tried to argue, tried to persuade, but
she would not listen - = 2~..e,.
She was as.southern girl-Col. Raj
ston's daughter. If he fought the
south, he. fought her and was her dead
~ foe. Was it not cruel enough that
the dreadful war should deprive her Of
her lover, without calling him to fight
against instead of for her? },-S.- :. =
How clearly he could see her as she
stood then on the low, wide steps, q
slim, girlish figure clad in clinging
white. Her cheeks were flushed and
her mouth tremulous, but the chin was
firmly set. All through the war he had
carried in his heart the memory Of her
as she stood in the sunshine, framed by
the stately pillars Of the gallery while
he, with despair in his heart, but q
dogged determination in his eyes,
turned, when half way down the broad
avenue of live oaks, and, lifting his
union cap, murmured: God keep my
4 southern sweet heart! Z ....s ,5 Is
How often he recalled her words. He
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24
The Giving o. 1t.

Lension-The bride was given away BY
her father.
=. Platt--And it was the newspapers, be.
heve, that gave the count away.-Philadel.
phia North American.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24
Then She Felt Relieved.

IT felt sure the hero was going to be
killed." she said, in describing the serial
story to her best friend, until I happened
to think that the author was paid so much
a word, and probably would not want to
spoil good hing."-Chicago Post.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24
Helpers.

Coroner-Was the victim conscious
when you reached him?
Pat..Yis, sir, he worr. But bechune us
! don't behave he knew ut.-Philadelphia
North American.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24

M WILT Ring out in theil
~ music clear,
We fall into ranks and we answer
To our names on the roll call: "Here!"
But each year are our numbers fewer,
And still as the years go by
There are fewer and fewer to honor
The graves where ou1 comrades lie.
Yet the blue May skies bend above us,
The flowers our full hands bear,
In wreath and in cross and in cluster,
Their same fresh spring beauty wear.
Time brings to them never such changes
AS fall on each comrades head
Ere he lays down his burden and hastens
To join the ranks of the dead.
The tender and clinging green grasses
Have decked all the soldiers graves,
And the flag we fought for as guidOn
In it's starry gemmed glory waves.
They have given their life for it's honor,
And therefore we come to-day
To bring them, in tender remembrance.
The laurel. the palm and the bay.
One by one shall our ranks be lessened,
One by one will our comrades pass
As they join the great silent army
In its bivouac meath the grass.
Til at last shall we all be lying
In g. dreamless and calm repose,
Beneath the summers sweet sunshine
Or the shroud of the winters SHOWS.
But the tears Of Nature above us,
In showers or in falling dew,
And the songs of the birds around us
Shall come with their tribute true.
In the heart of the great earth mother
Kept so close to her tender breast,
Till the last great reveille wakes us
We shall lie in our quiet rest.
But until the last summons calls us
We will march. at the bugle's note,
To the lowly mounds where our banners
In g. solemn remembrance float
There we pause for moment in sorrow,
AS each year, when this day draws nigh
We come with our hands full of flowers
TO the graves where our comrades lie.
MARY N. Robinson, in Good Housekeeping
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot-Ease,
a powder for the feet. 1t makes tight or New
Shoes feel Easy. Cures Corns, Bunions,
Swollen, Hot, Gallons, Sore, and Sweating
Feet All Druggists and Shoe Stores sell
it, Csc. Sample sent FREE Address,
Allen S. Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24

Take everything with grain of mod
Grafton. A little fertilizer makes the grass
grow better, but put it on foot thick and
It kills all vegetation.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24

Beauty marred by a bad complexion ma,
oe H EeStoF H by G1e 2Mt Sulphur Soap.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24

It is one thing to talk and another to say
something.- Chicago Daily News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24
Always Eimble.

There is no rest for money. Spendthrift.
keep it going. Misers keep counting tn
0. Picayune.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24

stood silent for some moments, ana
then held out her hand as she softly
said: 2l+}%&@'>E %<%%&&% I>@~.}>
1--WE Danish our anger forever r.z-s Ut
When we laurel the graves Of our dead"
---Glberte Holt, in Detroit Free Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-05-24

hoods Pills cure liver ills; the nonirritating and
only cathartic TO take with Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
The Care of Asnnroru.

Some people need hint or two to re-
mind them of what is in order 'sto do
next" Well, one thing now is to cut
down the asparagus straw, shape up the
bed and cover well with compost, in
the absence of which stable manure
from the horse barn may be used. It
will do no harm if the covering be six
inches deep. 1t is in point here also to
state that when the ground freezes up
all the asparagus for next season is
stored in the roots at that time, so that
while the soil is open and the manure
applied much of the fertilizing princi-
Pile will reach the roots this fall. 1t has
often been stated that the asparagus
plant will rise an inch or more every
year; hence, in the course Of five or six
years, the plants would be near the top
and the cutting next season might be
detrimental, so that in shaping the bed
and applying the top dressing the whole
will be kept intact.-St. Louis Republic.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
Story of n jealous Cow.

A strange piece of spite On the part
of a cow is reported from Slough, says
the British Dairy Farmer. The animal
belonged to Mr.. Johnson, farmer, and
on valuable horse being driven into
the farmyard the cow charged at it, and
inflicted such injuries that it died. A
strange feature in the case is that after
the COW had brought the horse down she
appeared to relent, and while the suf-
fering animal lay in the stable under
treatment she was constantly at the
door, and resented any attempt to drive
her off. Mr.. Johnson attributes the
cows strange conduct to jealousy, as
the horse was often patted and made
much of, and the cow was a young one
which he had reared himself.
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GUIDED BY INTUITION.
Woman Jumps at Conelusions With.
out ResOrting to Logic
and Wins.

II begin to think there is no limit to wom-
ans intuition. 1t frequently enables her to
read character on sight, but what gets me
and strikes me as uncanny is the fact that
this same intuition projects her knowledge
into the future and makes her about as con-
versant with things to come as with things
past. :, ~,
ket was SO active put in hours every day
outlook. As the result Of a conclusion
reached by this. careful method I invested
$500, made good margins, and was finally
glad to let 60 with a loss considerably larger
than my original investment.
During period of confidence and in the
enjoyment of prospective riches I had told
my wife of my investment and of the good
things she might expect when the deal was
closed. 1t gave her the speculative fever
and she was bound to make plunge. She
.oesn't know what the word stocks means.
couldn't figure on the outlook if she had all
the data and slate and pencil. Yet she
came to me with $500 she had saved in old
teapots and stockings and told me to buy
P. Q. M. shares. / sneeringly told her that
they were dead and buried; that she might
as well invest in a dry oil we'll or sunken
ship: But her mind was made up. thought
the lesson would be cheap one for her and
I obeyed.
CHOSE shares took sudden jump to the
surprise of everyone and she cleared $4,000:
Men don't seem to have any business sense
she said,, when we compared notes. r. Q.
NJ. stands for pretty quick money, but a
stupid man would never see it,
.Heavens!" Then the Detroit broker who
had been talking dashed to the floor Is
cent cigar he had just lit.-Detroit Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
SHAPE
OF T he
KNIFE

it superior to anything else have seen.
Looking at the accompanying illustra-
ton one might suppose knife of such
shape would slip off instead of cutting.
But that is not so. In testing it one
will be surprised how nicely it will do
the cutting. 1t will slip just enough
to give the drawing motion, and thus
it will sever the hard cane from the
stub with the least outlay of strength.
The illustration represents the shape
of the knife exactly as it should be. A
good blacksmith should be able to make
one out of WORKOUT fiat file. 1t
should be inserted in an old hoe-handle,
or something of thats order, and be
keyed on as shown. A leather loop
may be nailed to the wooden handle
about halfway up to prevent the hand
from slipping on the handle, but this
is not essential.
Gathering up the old wood and the
trimmings is another unpleasant fea-
ture of berry culture. Here, also, the
right tool will facilitate the work. The
best thing know of is rake made out
of a WORKOUT wheelrake, such as en-
cumber many farm. An enterprising
farmers boy of mechanical turn will
be able to construct one without much
trouble. It should be made narrow
enough to work easily between the
rows, and the two straight handles.
should be bolted on and left sticking
out behind to guide and lift the tool by.
A ten-acre field may be gone over with
such rake in one day, leaving all the
brush at the ends of the rows. 1t is
pretty hard work to run the tool.-F.
Greiner, in Farm and Fireside.
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PERMANENT bitches.

in Fig. 1, and there will be no wash,
ing. In places where the water runs
for short distance the plan
shown in Fig. ? is excellent, small stones
forming the bottom of the ditch. A
similar result is attained by using two
boards, as shown in Fig. 3. Such open
bitches about the farmhouse and the
farm buildings keep the soil dry and
save much unpleasant walking during
wet weather. There are many situations
subject to sudden rush of water, where
across the open bitches at frequent in
tervals to check in part the swift flow
of the water that otherwise would wash
the earth seriously, even when sodded
over.-N. Y. Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
WOn,ez,
Would Sure
HTy Mrs.
PInkhan11S.
MedNcinof
They Only
Know, Says
Mrs. KIM

and received benefit from it at once.
I have taken it ever since and now
have no backache, no pain in my
side and my stomach and bowels are
perfectly well. lean honestly say that
there. is nothing like it. If 1 could only
tell every woman how much good your
medicine has done me, they would
surely tryit." martha NJ. KING, North
ATTLEBoRo, MASS.
The way women trifle with health
shows a degree of Indifference that is
misunderstanding. Happiness and use
fulness depend on physical health; so
docs a good disposition. Disease makes
women nervous, irritable and snap
pish. The very effort of ailing women
to be good-natured makes them ner-
vous. Write to Mrs. Pinkham, she will
help you to health and happiness.
Itcostsnothing toget Mrs. Pinkham's
advice. Her address is Lynn, Mass.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
HANDY PRUNING KNIFE.
Especially Adapted for Cutting Out
the Old Wood Of Strawberry and
Raspberry Plants.

Anyone having tried to cut out the
old wood Of raspberries and blackber-
ries without proper tool knows that
the job is anything but pleasant one.
Various-shaped knives are in use.
I have seen more hook-shaped and v
shaped knives than any other kind.
But such knives cut hard. The force
necessary to cut an old woody cane
is sometimes quite enough to pull up
a whole raspberry plant. 10 make cut
ting easy one should draw the knife
across the object to be cut. A slice of
beefsteak may be shaved off much
easier by a drawing cut than by pres
sure squarely against it with the knife,
however sharp it may be. If the same
principle could be applied to the old
wood of our berry plantations some
thing would be gained.
I have lately come across knife that
works well. I have tested it, and find
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-12-21
BACTERIA AND FLAVOR,
Useful and Practical Information
Placed in the Possession CT
Dairymen by Science.

Probably in no department of re-
search is a greater amount of investi-
CATION going forward and valuable data
and actual discovery being made than
in dairy science; and while some OF
the discoveries have been of little or
no value, wonderful amount of use
full and practical material has been
placed in the hands of the dairymen,
says Mark Lane Express. Among the
new things announced, since it has
been shown how nearly ferments and
Havors in butter are associated, is that
if certain acids are added to sweet
cream it is not necessary to wait for
the development Of Tactic acid bacteria
in the cream, but that it could be
churned at once, and churned quite
readily, and the true flavor secured.
Investigators have been at work on
this problem, and an announcement Of
the results has been made. The most
satisfactory result came from using
hydrochloric acid diluted in twice it's
bulk of water, and adding this in small
quantities to the sweet cream. Every
thing was satisfactory, except that the
butter had no aroma, though it was
pronounced fair and good by the
judges. The butter kept well, and had
water content of 1914 per cent; but
the low flavor was against it, though
not trace of acid was to be detected.
or found by analysis. About the most
important thing brought out was that
butter seems to be fully dependent
upon bacteria for true flavor, rather
than the food, provided that the latter
is wholesome and not of a character
to impart obnoxious favors to the
milk, which after all could not be
called butter flavor in any sense of the
word,
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Taken at His Word.

Evan P. Howell tells a good story
about southerner who brought suit
against the South Carolina railroad for
damages to his property. He lost the
case in the superior court, but insisted
upon carrying it to the supreme court,
where he represented his own cause.
He began his argument by saying,
whimsically: 'May it please the court,
there is an old French adage which
says: "A man who is his own lawyer
hath fool for CLIENT"
The next week the supreme court
pronounced it's decision, which was adj
verse to the southerner. He was in
Augusta at the time, but received the
announcement of his second and final
disappointment by means of a telegram
sent him by a prominent judge who
was an intimate friend of his. The tele-
gram read as follows: Judgment for
defendant in error. French adage af-
firmed by supreme court IN. Y. Tele-
graph.
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ROADSIDE FRUIT TREES.
An Instructive Letter from Hilary
I 8. Drunot, American Consul 1T
st. Etienne, France.

The cultivation of fruit trees along
the highways of Francois being extend
ed each year. The government having
first set the example, the communes in
certain departments adopted this prac-
tice as source of revenue, so that now
roadside fruit cultivation has become
all important branch of national in
dustry.
1t is not, however, only in France that
fruit trees have been planted along the
roadside; in Germany, Belgium and the
duchy of Gutenberg the system has
been greatly developed, giving salts
faction to the state as well as to local
interests. On the routes of Wurtem-
berg, for instance, the fruit harvest
from this source produced in 1878 over
100000, and last year, the return had
more than trebled. The annual revenue
derived from the national roads of Sax
ony planted with fruit trees rose from
$4,000 in 1880 to $4,000 in 1892, furnish
ing total sum of $4,000 for the 10
years. In Belgium, according to the
statistics of 1894, over 4,63O kilometers
of roads were planted with 741, 571 fruit
trees, which furnished the almost in
credible sum of $2,O00,00O. In France
the production of fruit trees is esti-
mated at $60,0O0,OO0.
In Westphalia, in the duchies of Ba-
den and SaXe-Weimar, in Alsace-Lor-
raine, Switzerland, ETC., the employees
of the administration of roads and
bridges and the road supervisors are
instructed in fruit arboriculture. In
some of the southern departments of
France the roads are bordered with
cherry trees, producing the small fruit
called merise wild cherry much APP
preciated for making wine sui generis,
preserves and even alcohol.
In the Tourain, plum trees dominate;
while in the Allier and the Limagne
the walnut trees transform the roads
into shady walks. In Auvergne the
chestnut tree fourishes; while in Nor
mandy place is naturally given to the
apple tree.
Some 20 years ago the picturesque
roads Of the northeast of France were
lined with stately poplars; but, al
though ornamental, their roots went
far and wide, rendering the adjacent
meadows sterile, and plows were con-
tinually stopped by offshoots lying al
most at the surface of the soil. The
farmers appealed in such strong terms
that the communes decided the fall of
the poplar, and soon axes and saws
were brought into requisition and the
roads cleared of these trees in favor of
the humble, but more useful, mirabelle
(small plump to the great satisfaction
of the villagers. Thousands of baskets
of this fruit are shipped to Paris daily.
Some so years ago the distillation of
the mirabelle was unknown in the
country districts; the people plucked
it as food for their swine; but to-day
they have learned to make more profit
able use of it. They distill it in large
quantities and find ready market for
it. A quart of this alcohol, slightly per-
fumed, sold five OF six years ago for only
20 or 80 cents; to-day it brings not less
than so or 60 cents, while in Paris the
best kind cannot be obtained under one
dollar.
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the LADY WITH THE SMILE.

"
Shall woman come to drive man from his
place
And toll where he is laboring to-day?
Shall he at length retire in disgrace
To scrub and cook and clear the plates
away?
All, whatever the result at last may be-
There is one who is in power all the while
Who will never cease from ruling you and
The charming little woman with the
smile.
The woman may be noble and her mind
May be mine Of lore withal who ne'er
Lets the man who gazes at her visage find
The shadow Of a shipper lurking there;
But, however good or gracious she may be.
There's another to eclipse her all the
while, @
And the one who comes it over you ard me
Is the foolish one who has the winning
smile
o the diplomats may bring us lasting
They may stop the cruel wars on land
The bloodshed and the tyranny may cease.
They may set the last benighted vassal
free;
But in spite Of all diplomacy may do,
And in spite of mans world wisdom and
his guile,
He will never cease from paying tribute to
The captivating lady with the smile.
Chicago Times-Herald.
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1t Pays to De Regular.

Regular hours for milking and feed
ing are more important than almost
any other point in successful feeding of
dairy cows. The cows will get restless
and uneasy if obliged to wait for their
food, and the fretting does almost as
much harm as the food will do good.
They lose flesh and shrink in milk pro-
duction to an extent that would scarce
ly be believed by those who have not
weighed or measured the product daily
for years, as we have, if they have to
wait an hour.-American Cr1+ivator
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A Good ROAD to Cincinnati.

The Monon Route and C. H. & D. R'y run
four trains daily from Chicago to Cincinnati.
The day trains ali leave Dearborn Station, Chi
equipped with elegant Parlor and Dining
cars. The night trains leave at $3.50 p M.
and 2:45 a. m. These trains are equipped
with elegant sleepers and compartment cars,
the sleepers on the latter train being ready
for occupancy at $3.50 p. m. Ask for tick
cts via Monon and G. II. & D. City Ticket
Office, 232 S. Clark St., Chicago.
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HOw's Thfs7

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney. for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, To-
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price 75c. per bot
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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PERMANENT bitches.
The Only Way of Carrying on Water
During a Heavy Rain or
Spring Freshet.

One must have more or less of open
drains about the farm to carry off the
sudden rush of water during heavy
shower or a spring freshet. A narrow
ditch that is not sodded is sure to be
badly washed. Make it wider and fat
ter, and have it sodded over, as shown