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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16
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= " iCpOIe To- my pr1nc1Daly
men L was about to leave for down
the river. Carney insisted that I should
return and take up my abode al Trav-
erse des Sioux. The proposition seemed
TOO absurd to mo to be seriously enter
tanned, and I said, 81 am Destitute Of
funds, and how can lawyer subsist
Where there are no people; how can 1 get
hvlng?6 This dilemma, which seemed
! to me to be inSuperable was easily an
swered by my new found friend why"
ne said. that Is the easiest part of 1t.
we can hunt a living, and I have a
snack and bed" The proposition was
catching, having a spice of adventure In
1t, and 1 promised to consider it.
After making my report, in which 1
recommended Rock. Bend as a promis-
ing place for a great city, [ told the mar
ties who proposed to purchase Cant
Iodd's claim, that / would confirm nv
faith In the success of the enterprise by
returning and locating at the point. I
nld SO, and found myself farther west
than any. lawyer in the United States
east or the Rock mountains, unless he
was located fn-Ihe panhandle of Texas:
and now comes the singular way in which
made my first fee. If / may call it by
that name. 1t was my first financial raise
no matter what You call it,
GarXey and / had got quietly settled In
our shanty on the prairie, when one ex-
cessfyely cold night, an Indian boy about
thirteen years of age saw our light and
came to the door. giving us to under
stand that his people were encamped
about four or five miles up the river, and
that he was afraid to go any further for
fear he would freeze to death. He was
mounted on a pony, and had quite
pack Of furs with him, and asked us to
take him in for the night We of course
did so. and made him as comfortable as
we could. giving him a buffalo robe on
the floor, but we had no shelter for his
pony, and all we could do was to hitch
him on the lee side of the shanty and
strap blanket on him; but when the
morning came he vas frozen to death
We got the poor little boy safely off on
the way to his peoples camp, and decided
to utilize the carcass of the pony for a
wolf bait.
In order to present an Intelligent idea
of the situation I will say that the river
made an immense detour In front of the
future town, leaving a large extent Of
bottom land, covered with a dense chan
arrab which was the home OF thousands
OF wolves, and as soon as night came
they would start out in droves In search
of prey.
We hauled the dead pony out to tho
back OF the shanty and left 1t about two
reds distant from the back window. The
moment night would set in the wolves.
In packs. would attack the carcass. and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

nickel into the box without the bother
Of having to step UP to the front of the
car to make our deposit!
When we think OF IL, the street car
driver of those good old days was really a
genius. Such patent combina ton Of
driver, conductor: swftchman, brakeman,
collector and money changer. would be a
veritable curiosity in the present day.
And yet we feel as though we had sud-
denly dropped from an immense height
with a thud when we realize that it was
such very few years ago that this
curiosity was to be seen, in our streets
The Minneapolis company built the first
horse car of their own make In Septem-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

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at first we would Step outside and fra
INTO them with buck shot from double
barreied shotguns, but we found thew
were so wary that the mere movement
or opening the door to get out would
brighten them, and we had very limited
success for the few first nights. An
other difficulty We encountered was
shooting In the dark. 81 If you have never
tried 1t. and ever do you will find 1t ex-
ceedingiy difficult to get any kind of an
aim, and you have to fire promiscliously
at the sound, rather than the object.
We remedied. this trouble, however. by
taking. out light of glass from the
back window. land building a rest that
bore directly at the carcass, so that we
could poke our guns through the opening
and settle them on the rest and blaze
away into the gloom. We brought our
bed up to the window, so that we could
shoot without getting out of it, and while
,snugly wrapped up in our blankets After
this our luck improved, and after each
discharge we would rush out armed with
a tomahawk and dispatch the wounded
wolves and collect the dead ones until
we had slaughtered forty-two of them
We skinned them and sold the pelts to
the traders for rs cents apiece, which
money was the rest of our earnings
1t was not long before we ceased to
depend on wolf hunting for living, as
immigration soon poured in and money
became plenty. 1 remember soon after
of having s1,70O in gold buried in an oys-
ter can under the shanty.
I lived on this prairie for eleven years,
and never was happier at any period of
my life, and feel assured that L can
safely say that no other man ever en-
joyed the luxury of hunting wolves in
bed.
The pleasure of narrating such adven-
lures for the present generation is. in
this. instance marred by the reflection
that both Capt. Dodd and my old friend
Garvey were killed by the Indians In
1862 the former while CALAMITY fighting
al the battle of New Ulm, and the latter
at the Yellow Medicine agency on the
first day of the outbreak.
Charles L Flandrnu
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

snap in. his otherwise endless drudgery
Fer the traces hung: loosely on either
side of him, and the driver was hanging
onto the brakes, in an afl-absorbing eff
fort to prevent the numbering old, car
from pushing the poor old horse down
the Hill. So, engrossed was the man in
this occupation, that he did not notice
our thpeated signals until close upon the
crosSingr Making frantic efforts to tight
en- tile brakes, he at last succeeded In
bringing his car to a standstill. about
fifteen feet beyond the proper crossing.
We now had our choice between waiting
for another car, due in the course of the
next thirty minutes, or of traversing that
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

fifteen feet of mud. such mud as only old
Wabasha street could produce in those
times
We chose to cross the fifteen feet, and
finally reached our car in safety, al
though little cross and very muddy!
How queer to think of the little old COM
partment in the. front. of the car. into
which we dropped our nickel, where the
driver carefully inspected it, and thens by
a manipulation of the machinery slumped
it down, out of sight. And how proud we
all We're when they had actually invented
little tramways to carry that precious
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16
HECTRICS AND THEIR FUTURE.
Enthusiastic Citizens Prediction What Happen
n the Next Years.

AS we settled ourselves comfortably in
a Selby ear of the very newest pattern,
and felt yourselves gliding smoothly over
the rails we fell into a reverie- embracing
past, present and future
We were carried gently back to the
good oldzdays of yere, when we started to
reach lower town from the vicinity of
the capitol building new in course of con-
struction. Reaching Wabasha street, we
behefd car" sailing merrily Gown the
street. close at the heels of.an old horse,
who trotted :demurely down grade, happy
In the knowledge that here was the soft
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

where St. Peter now stands. which had
then acquired the name Of Rock Bend,
from turn in thesrfver In front OF the
prairie with a rocky5 wall which pre-
sented fine landing for steamboats,. OF
course the valley was not terra In
cosnita when I eatersf it. but settle
ment was very sparse, and very little
was known about it5 Town site specu-
iation was rife, and any place that looked
as II 1t would cverHhe settled was being
bounced upon for future city. There
was not a railroad west of Chicago. and
every town location was. of course, gov
erned by the rivers. AS strange az 1t
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

ately after my arrival In st. Paul, &C
cepted an offer to explore the valley OF
the Minnesota river and its tributaries.
with reference to finding out the char
acter Of it's SOIL timber, steamboat land
ings and other natural features, bearing
upon the founding of city. My atten-
ton was particularly directed to the point
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

Special Excursion to California; Via
the Milwaukee.
A special Pullman tourist sleeper will
leave Minneapolis SIS a. m. and St. Paul
S:35 a. m, April 18th, to be run through to
Los Angeles via the Milwaukee's famous
Hedrick route to Kansas City, thence
Santa Fee route through Southern Cali
fornia Rate per berth In this sleeper IS.
One way and round trip tickets at ex-
curSion rates.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

earned" we trudged back to our destina-
ton, firmly resolved to let tho future
take care Of itself hereafter, and devote
little more attention to the hard facts
facing US In the everything present
Il. M
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16
r msss. BELLS TOILET REQUISITES Also ,.sf,..
HAIR TONIC

Cures dandruff and prevents any re-
turn of it; stops that maddening Itch
ing of the scalp and makes the hair
strong, soft and lustrous. 1t is espe-
cially helpful to persons whose hair
IS thin, dry and liable to fall out.
70 Price 81 a bottle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16
CAPILLA-RENovA

For restoring presnaturely gray locks
to their original color.
1t Is not dye nor stain. 1t is a .
colorless liquid that is applied to the
roots OF the hair and leaves no tell
taie signs on the, scalp or forehead.
Price $3.50 a bottle.
LAMBS WOOL SOAP
Is made from the pure oil of lamh.s
wool. It is healing and gratifying to
the skin. keeping it at all times In a
clean and healthy. state. This SOAP
Is daintily scented and is a welcome
aid to the toilets Of fastidious women :
Price 70 cents per cake. large four
ounce size.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16
VIRGIN OLIVE SOAP.

Made from olives, unscented, used
and recommended by. Nine. Melba,
Olga Nethersole. Minnie Madden
F'iske, Edouard de Reszke, and hun
dreds Of others. whose letters Of rec
concentration we have. Unsurpassed
for the complexion and skin Price
20 cents, three cakes for 80 cents.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

" everywhere
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16
Carpet Cleaning.

Telephone S75, Schroeder & Dickinson.
Is East Sixth street.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
Ne,Ucnaper Troubles.

Journalism in rural Kansas certainly
has its drawbacks. Here is the way in
which the editor of the Alton Empire
airs his woes in the columns of that
bright esteemed contemporary: Our
wife was taken i'll "Wednesday evening
two weeks ago, which required our con-
tinual presence at home. On Thursday
last our sister arrived from Atchison to
help care for Mrs. Ford and the children.
and on Sunday was unfortunate enough
to fall down cellar and break her arm.
SO with sitting up night and day wait
ing on a sick wife and crippled sister
and caring for couple Of children with
temper enough to stand up for their
rights under any circumstances, we've
had what you might cali an extra edition
Of trouble" Under the circumstances
an extra run of boiler plate miscellany
might have been pardoned in the next
issue of the Empire
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
JAMES LEWIS.
Cyrano Has a Running Mate

THAT new reporter is a corker," says
a writer in the Cleveland Plain Dealer
He says he was sent out for a write-uI
down in Texas once. and gang of COW
boys took him for a horse thief. Did you
ever notice what big nose he has?''
'Of course"
well, they got q rope round his neck
and threw the loose end over tree, AND
four of them stood ready to pull him M
at the word. Just as they started to pull
up galloped squad of cavalry to rescue
him.
did they?'
'Well the rope slipped from his neck
and caught on his nose, and nearly pulled
his head off; but his life was saved
Yes, | guessed as MUCH
what do you suppose he wanted to
tell such a whopper as that for?'
That's easy. He wanted TO call your
attention to the fact that he had a won
derful nose for noose!'
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
800 Reward 500.

The readers OF rrls paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
disease that scic..ce has been able to cure in
all its stages. and that is Catarrh Halls
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease. requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally. acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system. thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease. and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature IN doing its work. The pro-
prietors have SO much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred Dol
lars for any case that it fails 10 cure. Send
for list of testimonials.
Address. r. J. CHENEY & Co.
Toledo. o.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
THEY SHAVE WITH GLASS.
Native Porto Ricans Have Plenty of
Soap and RaZors.

Native Porto Ricans Have Plenty or
Soap and Razors.
The natives of our new territory,
Porto Rico, have no need to buy soap,
for the wooded country abounds IN
plants whose leaves and bulbs supply
most fully the place of that Indispensable
article. Among the best of these is the
soaptree, SO called, though it is more a
bush than a tree. Its bulb when rubbed
on wet clothes makes q snow-white lath-
er, which has an Odor like old brown
Windsor soap. The Porto Ricans, who
are all. from the highest to the lowest,
great dandieS in their way, make soap
out of cocoanut oil and homemade lye-
and fine soap it is, smooth and fra
grant, says the Chicago Times Herald
This cocoanut oil soap is used for shay
ing. When q man wishes to have 4
shave in the morning he starts out with
his cocoanut-shell cup and his don
key-tail brush and bottle. 1t is never
any trouble to find an empty bottle in
Porto Rico. Cuba, Jamaica. or almost
any of the larger West Indian islands,
even i'll remote spots in the mountains.
people have lived there and thrown away
the bottles. The man carries no mirror,
he is too poor to own such luxury.
Not one house in twenty in Porto Rico
has even the very cheapest looking glass.
But generously rich nature provides the
mirror, as well as the soap. The man
goes to some convenient pool in the
mountain stream where the water is
quite still-there is his mirror He
breaks his bottle on a stone, and deftly
picks out a sharp piece of suitable size
Then he fathers his face profusely, and
begins to scrape away with his piece of
glass, which in his hands works as well
n @ hnSfS fn 4 or nN-n "a
slight scratch. is extremely rare as a re-
suit Of this al fresco form of shaving.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
He Meant it. Too.

A story is being told which serves tc
illustrate the American characteristic OF
giving slight heed to rank and place as
against efficiency and daring and supreme
achievement. The story mas to do with
Mr. Mckinley, and it relates that while
visiting one of the camps during his re-
cent Southern tour he CHANGED to be
strolling about unattended and sought tc
pass q certain line which was patrolled
by a vigilant sentinel The sentinel
promptly stopped him and demanded the
countersign. L don't know the counter
sign" said Mr.. Mckinley. Then you
don't pass" said the soldier. But, said
Mr.. Mckinley. Il am the President OF
the United States 4 don't know about
that" replied the imoerturbable sentry
but if you haven't got the countersigll
you couldn't get by here even if you were
George Dewey himself"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
MedilI's Sense Of Justice.

The strongest trait in the character of
the late Mr.. Medill Of the Chicago Trib-
une was his sense of justice. An old
man in his service had been dis
charged by the head of the department
in which he was employed. The old man
bought il stand, a few lemons and some
sugar and opened lemonade stand in
front of the elevator entrance of the
building. He had been there two days
before Mr.. Medill saw him. Mr. Medill
bought glass Of the old mans lemon
ade. and after he had tasted it, asked:
What are you doing herc?
Making lemonade" was the reply.
why are you not at work.
Il have been discharged
lyon will have to go to work again.
You can't make lemonade"
Mr.. Medill was too much of disciplin-
arian to go over the head of a depart
ment without good reason. He did not
reinstate the old employe. but gave him
work in another department, and he still
has the job.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
Sold by Druggists TIC

Another remarkable discovery Of
free-milling gold has been made north of
Hill City, in the vicinity of FRIDAYS
sulch, S. d. Ore brought to Hill City
by the owners of the claim assayed $40
to S64 ton gold and four pounds of
the ore PANIED out 800 worth of gold
The ore is very coarse and can be panned
Ike SO much placer gold.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
One of Mammals Ingenues.

Danny's father, who is a farm
er and stock grower, took several car
loads of hogs reared on his farm
to Chicago, where he sold them
to the great pork packing firm of
Armour & Co. While in Chicago Dan
ny's father received the following letter
from the little boy ''Dere Papa: Did
you see Mr.. Armour kill the big fat hog
with the black tale and didn't he think
it was a BUSTER? l was sorry to see the
hogs leave the farm and you most of all.
panion.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
Shake Into YOur Shoes

Aliens Foot Ease. a powder for the feet.
It cures pain III, swollen, smar ting nervous
feet an instantly takes the ing out of corns
and buniOns. lis the greatest comfort dis
covery of the age. Allen S Z, ot-EaSe makes
tight fitting or new shoes feel easy. 1t is a
certain cure for sweating, caliouS and hot
tired, aching feet. Try it to- dag. SO d by all
druggists and shoe stores. BY mail tor 25c
in st9mps. Trial package FREE. Address,
Allen 5. Olmsted, lie Roy, y. Y.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26

Messrs. Benedict & Morsell, solicitors
of patents, Old Insurance building, Mil
Waukee, report patents issued to Wis
consin inventors on April IL as follows
p. C. Biersach, Milwaukee, bowling alley;
Jacob Cloos, Milwaukee g patents), switch
ing apparatus (2), switching apparatus and
method of counteracting arcs; NJ. Corey
and r. +. Barker, Marinette Wis, steam
set works for sawmillS; E. f. Fitzgerald,
Milwaukee, log canter; 7. N. Gardner,
Marinette. Wis. ladder; Fred KOCH Mil
waukee, drawbridge; Paul Klumb, Sheboy
gan, Wis, feed cutter box: S. t. Leaning,
Wauwatosa, Wis, trolley: A S. Mcdonald,
Marion, Wis, potato digger and sorter; c:
L. Merkel, Milwaukee, bicycle: Edmund
Reonius, Grand Rapids, Wis, neck yoke
coupling: H. c. Swan. Oshkosh. Wis, king
bolt socket; a. II. Higgins. Clinton, Wis,
checkrein holder design; T. l.. Valerius,
Fl. Atkinson. Wis, bottle. design: W. 1.
Twelve-Hour Cough Cure QabeD: Pabst
Brewing Co. Milwaukee; Extra Mild IH and md
Hardware Mfg. Co., Milwaukee "Splen-
dorine'' QabeD; Wisconsin Butter & Cheese
Co.. Waukesha. Wis. "Neufchatel Wauke-
sha Cream Cheese QabeD.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26

Ask your grocer today to show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place of coffee. The
children may drink it without injury as
well as the adult. All who try it, like
1t. GRAIN-O has that rich seal-brown
Of Mocha or Java. but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stom-
ach receives it without distress. Il the
price OF coffee. 15c. and - cts. per pack
age. Sold by all grocers
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
The Opening of the Ute Indian Res
epyatiOn

BY proclamation of the President. the
Ute Indian lands. comprising over Co.,
600 acres of arabic lands on the line of
the Denver q Rio Grande Railroad. in
Southern Colorado will be thrown open
for occupation by settlers at noon of May
4th. 1899. For pamphlet giving full in
formation in regard to the lands, etc,
etc, address S. X. Hooper. Gen1 Pass.
4 gent, ID. & r. @. K. r.. Denver, Col.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
SPINNING WHEEL.
HER FACE.

HER FACE.
Twas in childhood first 1 saw her
blue eyed. laughing girl,
With her sunny hair meath her bonnet's
edge
In many a Saucy curl.
And she wrought enchantment in me,
AS together we worked and played,
Till | dreamed that some sweet girl angel
From heavens gates had strayed.
Then again in youth I knew her
WinSOme, wiStful maid,
With the pretty ringlets rudey caught
In twisted. shining braid
And she blushed day as | told her
That l wished her life and mine,
Like the silken strands of her golden hair
Might lovingly INTERVENE.
Was it yesterday / laid her,
kiss on her snowy hair,
BY the side of our first and only child
In the churchyard over there?
Yet the face that comes up before me,
AS l sit by my fire alone,
Is the face of the maid l. wOoed in youth
IT'S my sweetheart who is gone.
-Mitt II. Waterman in Troy Times.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26
An Excellent Combination.

The pleasant method and beneficial
effects Of the well known remedy,
SYRUP OF FIGs, manufactured by the
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP Co., illustrate
the value Of obtaining the liquid laxa-
tive principles of plants known to be
incidentally laxative and presenting
them in the form most refreshing to the
taste and acceptable to the system. It
is the one perfect strengthening laxa-
tive, cleansing the system effectually,
dispelling colds, headaches and fevers
gently yet promptly and enabling one
to overcome habitual constipation per-
manently. It's perfect freedom from
every Objectionable quality and sub
stance, and it's acting on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, without weakening
or irritating them. make it the ideal
laxative.
In the process of manufacturing figs
are used, as they are pleasant to the
taste, but the medicinal qualities of the
remedy are obtained from SIENNA and
other aromatic plants. by method
known to the CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP
Co. only. In order to get it's beneficial
effects and to avoid limitations, please
remember the full name of the Company
printed on the front of every package.
CALIFORNIA A FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN l--.NCIsCO, CAL.
LOUISVILLE, KY. NEW YORK, Y.
For sale by all Druggists.-Price SOC. per bottle
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26

The ice in the Missouri river at
Chamberlain, $. D., moved out Oh April
10. This IS six weeks later than last
year, and the latest breakup III the past
fifty years. During the past fifteen
years the breakup has never before been
as late as April l.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26

Last year the Gold Dollar company
whose mines are located on the grea
Owyhee belt in Idaho, divided ovel
100000 among the stockholders.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1899-04-26

Some wonderfully rich silyer-lead ore
has been brought III from the south half
of the reservation, near Republic, Wash.
The man who brought it in declined to
say Just where it came from.