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Willmar tribune., 1900-05-16

The official report comes from wy
oming that during the past year 10000
wolves were killed in that state. All of
which reminds us that the west is still
a trifle wild and woolly' around the
sdpes s- ...
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-16
Important Decision.

Justice Brown, of the supreme
court, has filed decision in the case
of the state VS.. Mary w. Camp, of
Minneapolis, which will set the state
auditor and every county auditor in
the state by the ears, in view of the
coming forfeited tax sale.
The decision is an affirmation OF an
order by Judge Harrison, of Mime
apolis, and is in effect that if man
buys tax title to land for taxes due
for 1895, for instance, the state cannot
sell his land for taxes due for the
prior years 1894, 1898, 1892, and so on
down the list. 1t practically gives the
purchaser of this title a clean bill.
The prior tax judgments may operate
as claim against his land, but since
the state cannot sell the land to en-
force the lien, it is of no value to
the state.
Willmar tribune., 1900-05-16
MINNESOTA NEWS.
The Lumber Interests.


IT. straight line were drawn on the
map of Minnesota in northeasterly
direction from the southeast corner of
Kanabec county to the southeast cor
ner of Lake county, thence in a wes-
terly direction clear across the state
to the northwest corner of Marshall
county, therce south to the northwest
corner of Polk county, thence south
easterly to the point of beginning,
the area thus inclosed would embrace
the present pine region of the state,
throughout which logging camps are
more or less thickly scattered during
the winter season. This area en-
braces about $1,000 square miles, or 81
per cent of the total territory of the
state, and includes all or part of the
following counties: Lake, St. Louis,
1tasca, Beltrami, Polk, Red Lake,
Hubbard, Becker, Cass, Crow Wing,
Aitkin, Carlton and kanabec.
The state labor department has for
some time been engaged in collecting
statistics concerning this industry,
and has received detailed reports from
300 of these camps, showing an army
of workers numbering 14,5OO men and
1900 horses. The logs cut by these
camps during the season just closed
is shown to have been considerably
over 1,0O0,O0O,O00 feet. Now, the
statement lone billion feet" while it
expresses the facts, fails to convey
an adequate impression of the mag
nitude of the work. A clearer idea
is obtained when it is stated that one
billion feet will supply sufficient ma
terial for sidewalk nearly eight feet
wide around the earth at, the equator.
An ANALYSIS of the report gives an
average of so men and 81 horses for
each camp. 1t also shows an aver
age cut per camp of about three and
a half million feet
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
A LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER.

know funny fellow,
With locks Of golden yellow.
Who never yet could cross or angry be;
Although he often tumbles,
He never cries or erGmbles,
But he laughs, Ha! ha' and Hoi no! hoi
He he
The very blossoms knew him;
The brooks came running to him,
And sang; I'VE love TO join You in your
gleet"
Glad birds came flying after,
To listen 10 his laughter,
With its Hal hal hal and Hol hol hoi
He! hel
"we're eomradesi" smiled the daisies;
In pleasant woodland mazes
The squirrels chirped: Hes quite as gay
as WEI
What CHEEKY sunshine made he,
In places lone and shady.
With his Hai hal hal and Ho, hol hol
Hel hei
When rain began to patter,
And timid birds TO scatter,
He laughed: THAT makes no difference to
mel
The sun will soon be shining.
MY cure for all repining
Is Ha! ha! ha and Ho! hol no, He her
When life shall lift the curtain
OF years for him, It's certain
That no cross or Grabbed nature his Will be !;
If Joy may leave us one beam,
Oh, may that be our sunbeam.
With his Ia. hal hal and Hol no! hol
He hel
George Cooper In Golden Days.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

the birds actions. Each circle that IL
made brought it closer to a patch of
wild oats in the center of the glade.
with sudden swoop and closed
wings the bird dived into the deep
grass and the next instant the bird
and spike buck were in conflict. We
crawled to within 200 yards of the
spot and saw that the deer's assailant
was large eagle. The deer plunged
down the hill, the eagle perched upon
his shoulders and with beak and tai
ons tearing at his hide and flesh. Plung-
ing into a small oak bush the buck
seraped the bird from his back, but
only for an instant. As the deer
emerged from the tangle Of branches
the eagle swooped at him again. The
buck, that had now ceased it's bleating
reared up and with its razorlike fore
hoofs struck at the winged enemy
lowering close above.
what the result of the battle might
have been is hard 10 say. We could
stand the sight no longer and opened
brisk fire with our rifles on the king
of birds. One of the bullets plowed
away hatful Of feathers, and then the
eagle scared away. We left the buck
undisturbed."
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
THE ETHICS OF GAMBLING.
she Knew That n Was Not Right "a
Make "a Bet on Ger
fnfnfy.

"Woman," remarked Mr.. Gooseling,
Of Georgetown. relates the Washington
Star. sis Heavens best gift to man, but
whether II means a married woman or
not, / am not so certain. Now, there's
my wife; I've known great many
women in my time, and ! don't think
I'd be willing TO change her for any
woman 1 ever met, saw or heard Of.
We've been married 20 years, and In all
that time we've never had cross word
that we didn't get disI osed of some
how before we had many more. It's
the only way to get along with a wom-
an. I'd rather yield dozen times day
than to eat the kind of meal my wife
can have brought on the table when
she's a mind to. I'm willing to make
as many concessions as the next man,
but really think there is limit that
any reasonable woman ought TO OBJ
serve. Not that my wife is not as rea-
sonable as any other marritd woman,
mind you. for she is. But there are
times when she makes me doubt the
strict accuracy of the timc-honored
maxim ] have quoted. Now, for in
stance, the other day / was doing some
thing or other around the house, like
man has a right to do on his own
premises, and, just as men sometimes
do, put my finger where had 30 busi-
ness 10, and hit IT lick with the ham
mer.
"'Well,' said to myself, though my
wife was sewing by the window on the
other side Of the room, IN bet I'm the
biggest darn fool in ten states
"All Of which had perfect right to
say, but my wife looks up from her
work, and says she;
William says she, don't you know
enough about the ethics Of gambling to
know that you have no right 10 bet on
certaintyY
"That's what she said, and under the
circumstances, what on earth conld
say but nothing. and that's what said.
But hit that nail a lick with the ham
mer that drove IL clear in over its head
and broke a pane Of glass that cost a
dollar TO replace"
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
THIS BOY WAS PLUCKY.
Caught Mad Dog In n Gunny Sack
and Then Drowned Him I'm
the River.

At Chester, Pa, a few days ago, a
mad dog was terrorizing the neigh.
borhood. Men and boys watched the
brute's antics from safe distance, but
boy IS years old, named Peter Brown,
took the occasion to stamp himself as
a hero by capturing the animal in a
bag. Here is what he modestly said OF
the feat little while afterward:
"You see," said he, "the dog was a
coming down splutterin' for all he
was worth, and ] knowed something
would have to be done. / was stand
ing near grocery store where they
was unloading some potatoes, and !
thought to myself here comes my OPP
portunity. It's an old trick, but only
them what's used to IL kin do It.
81 opened the bags mouth wide as |
could, just when the dog was comm
hardest. | expected every minute he'd
snatch me leg, but as luck would have
ii he didn't. He made right for the bag,
and when he got part way in ! showed
him further, and then gathered II in
at the end, and the dog was fast.
"Then the other fellers came and
wanted TO help. but j held on to the
bag. and the grocery man let me take
it away. got some string and tied up
the end, and after ] got some twine
hauled the animal down to the river.
He was still a splutterin' and growlin'
fer all he was worth. Then got big
stone and tied IL TO the bag and
throwed II over. Then the jig was up
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

being kept burning in the room where
he slept for fear he would be lonely
and afraid.
Another little girl, whose mother in.
sisted upon drowning Il superfuous
lot of kittens, urged that the water
be warmed so the little things would
die more comfortably.
A pretty story is told of the prin-
cess of Wales, who from the time she
was a little girl has loved animals and
had them about her. AT her home.
Sandringham palace, is a doye-cote,
where number of beautiful white
doves are kept. Whether these pretty
birds are preening their feathers on
their little tree or nesting in theiI
boxes, they are ever ready to welcome
their mistress, the princess, on her
frequent visits. Some are special pets
and perch on her shoulders or hover
around her for food in the prettiesi
way. The dovehouse is glass-roofed
so that even in winter its white in
| Aabitants may futter in sunshine
while protected from severe cold
National Rural.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
MOUNTAIN ENCOUNTER.
Eagle swooped Down on Spike buck
and Had the Better cf Ii when
Hunters Interfered.

An eagle with an eight-foot spread
of wing tried in vain the other day to
carry off a spike buck in the Pine Hill
country. lie swooped down upon the
buck, perched upon his back, tore at
him with bealS and talons, and had
him nearly exhausted when the buck
ran under a low-hanging branch and
dislodged his tormentor. The eagle
was returning to the attack, and the
buck was making every possible effort
to kill it with his sharp-pointed hoofs,
when two hunters, Charles Lefeyre and
Joe Cunning, began firing on the eagle.
They did not kin the bird, but after
they had torn a tuft from one of its
wings it flew away. Lefevre thus tells
of the fight:
I'VE had hunted all morning with
out any luck and were returning tu
camp along the ridge, when we OBJ
served, circling high in the air above
the glades, what we thought was a
giant buzzard. We stopped and watched
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
brand New American Motto

The American soldiers in the Phil
ippines see some strange sights. Late
" a crowd of them attended church
service in their honor. and there was
much praying and singing, but the sol
5iers were chiefly interested in look
ing at the image Of saint. Above the
image was the picture of an eagle, and
cnthe banner which streamed from the
eagles bin was the following legend:
sThe Old Reliable Condensed Milk. .
The saint had been decorated in honor
Of the visiting Americans, and the art
ist had copied the eagle and accom-
panying inscription from milk can.
He afterwards explained that he
thought It was an American motto, as
1 was under the eagle.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
A Trial Hottie Free.

Rheumatism. Sciatiea and Neuralgia with.
the instant to . Drops" To enable all suf
ierers to test this wonderful remedy, we will
send free trial bottle on receipt Of two 2
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Of 300 doses 81 90, sent prepaid by mail or en-.
pfesa. % Drops is a preventive as well a.
a curative for Rheumatism, Sciatica, Neu.
raeia. Gout, dyspepsia, Baekache, Asthma,
Troubles, s'eeplessness. Nervousness. Nerv.
ous and Neuraleic Headache, Earache,
Toothache. Heart Weakness. La Grippe,
Malaria, Paralysis, Creeping Numhness, and
a louz list ei other lis. Write US in haste
and stop your suffering. Agent. wanted.
Swanson Rheumatic Cure Co., 100 Lake
Street, Chicago. III.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

They came face TO face-she had
planned it so-and her slight gesture
of surprise was perfect. "Mr. Maxwell
you? Is it possiDle?"
"How do you do, Mrs. Jernyngham.
l." He was going to say he was
pleased to meet her, but decided
not to.
II did not know you were in Dieppe.
Have you been here long?"
II have been here, with my wife,
about month";" he answered.
"With your wife? Really" She
gave a faint smile-a smile he remem-
bered very we'll $50 you are married
Am / to congratulate you?"
"Thank you," he said; 'you are very
kind. Your husband is
"He's dead; SO don't inquire about
his health. You were always making
blunders of that sort" She laughed.
II used to correct you in that fashion
long ago, didn't 1? You see, ] haven't
changed. Well, well, well, and SO
you're married? I told you you'd
marry-you didn't believe me then!"
"Ah. but you were right"
"Of course was right. Shan't we
sit down?-or won't your wife let
you? say, are you henpecked? You
used to be the sort of boy who'd be
henpecked. Perhaps you've improved
since those days.
She leaned forward, and fixed her
eyes on him in just the manner he
used to find so irresistible. Somehow
it seemed less distracting now. The
eyes had not altered perhaps. but her
face was older, and that expression
looked out of place on it. There was
even a sadness to him in beholding
the change that time had wrought in
her. The woman whose memory had
thrilled him so was gone. He had
thought about her so much, and now
she did not exist. 1t was pathetic,
and-what was more painful still
this wreck of Nora Jernynham could
not join with him in mourning for
her. He wept alone.
"You are not glad to see mel she
said.
He was not; he was sorry. His very
soul was full of regret, of sympathy.
But he could not tell her so, and he
listened for ten minutes courteously
to her distressing provocations, her
disheartening pleasantries. Then he
rose.
She would not make a conquest Of
him again, she knew it perfectly; he
had escaped from her chariot wheels
for all time
"Then I suppose this is the last time
you will be likely to see me ?" she said,
shaking hands in good-by.
81 suppose So" he answered. But
to himself he said that the last time
he had ever seen her had been nine
years ago.
Mrs Maxwell looked up inquiringly
as he returned TO her.
"Amuse yourself, dearest?' she said,
innocently.
II shall be amused tomorrow, re-
piled Maxwell. when ! Gan laugh at
myself. Tonight. somehow, cam
not"
And Mrs Maxwell. understanding.
was content Black and White.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
CHILDREN LOVE PETS.
Most Boys aud Girl. Are willing ss
share the Good Things They Get
with Their Dumb Friends.

Children as rule love their pets
and are wiling 10 share whatever they
may have to eat with them. The lit
tie girl in the picture. however, seems
10 be an exception.
/ suspect her dog at one time had
been very greedy and probably swal.
lowed her whole piece of cake at one
gulp, and now she is Furnishing him
by not giving him any.
One little boy | know doesn't want
to eat anything unless his dog car
share 1t with him.
All good children love animals and
want 10 be kind 10 them.
read Of a little girl who loved hei
dog so much she insisted upon a lamp
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
pssfae.. canno. ne cured

by local applications, a. they cannot reach
the diseased portion of the ear. There 10
only one way to cure Deafness and that il
by constitutional remedies. Deafness i
caused hy an infamed condition Of the mu.
eous lining of the Eustaehian Tube. When
this tube gets inlamed you have a rumbling
sound or imperfect hearing, and when ii is
entirely closed deafness IS the result, and
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
aud this tube restored 10 its normal con-
ditIon. hearing viii he destroyed forever:
nIno eases ct If ten arr caused by eatarrh,
which Is nothing but an infamed condition
Of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
oase Of Deafness fcansed by eatarrh that
cannot be cured by ilall's Catarfh Cura
Send for circulars, free.
I. J. Cheney & Co, Toledo, o.
Sold bv Druggists. &c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

"Oh, Mrs. Miggs, w..at dreadful
black eyel do hope you hase1't been
ighiing2"
"Fightin'. miss2 Ae2 Sure, 'or
could I be fghtin' wita me 'usbano
dead this two years Tit t-DIfE
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

Seldnm Fedd (perusing q scrap Of
newspaper)--I see dat old Russell Sage
says money is drug In de market
Soiled Spooner-Does he, hey2 Well,
all ! ask is to just git enough of dat
drug TO commit suicide widi--Puck.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
si,. urlned Him.

ue-A friend Of mine, Just returned from
Iapland, tells me the people there depend
largely on the reindeer.
shs-Do thew thought IL was the snow.
love A moment later she was IN lap4and.
--phiadeInhA nreas.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
An occnIt rnauenee.

AThe fortnne-teller told me that
sDme powerful influence was standing
between me and Huceess In life.
Do you susFect anyone
Il cant decile whetherit's the baby
sr the cook. Chicago Record.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

First Man (exeitedly)-Our restaur-
ant is on fire.
Second Man (ca.mly) )-Come, then.
hurry up and perhaps al last we may be
able to get something hot.-Pearson's
Weekly.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08
Hest for the bowels.

No matter what ala you, headache TO q
cancer, You will never get well until your
bowels arc put right Casearets help nature,
cure you without grippe or pain, produce
eesy natural movements, cost you just 10
Casearets Candy Cathariic, the genuine, put
up in metal boxes every tablet has G. g. g.
stamped on it. Beware Of limitations.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

She lad never been more bewisch-
ing or eoquettish in their courtxhip
than she was during that evening.
Far more plainly than the man him.
self she realized that she had rival
though it might be only memory
and she put forth all her forces to
annihilate her. Beautiful, doubtless?
Jack would never have been captured
by a woman who was not good look
ing. And woman of the world also?
Jack hated schoolgirlsl "Neverthe-
less" unused Mrs. Maxwell, contem-
plating her reflection complacently in
one of the mirrors of the gaming
rooms. 'I think l ought to be capable
of holding my own against the lady,
really dol"
The wrong horse came in again, and
again, undeterred by i'll fortune, she
drew a ticket from the bowl.
As she lifted her head she felt her
husband beside her give a galvanic
start. The next instant, following
the direction of his gaze, she knew
the woman.
"Plain." she meditated; "eyidently
fallen off. Now, wonder if she has
charm of manner enough to make him
lose sight of that, or If dare venture
on heroic course?"
my darling, don't you think we've
played this idiotic game long
enough 2" said Jack in strained
voice. "Let us go into the terrace"
So he could not even trust himself
in the same room with her, couldn't
hef 1t was too bad; really, it was
humiliating.
"You go, dearest" replied Mrs.
Maxwell, sweetly. II know you hate
to be here, and / am much too in
fatuated to leave off yet myself. Go
and smoke your cigar in peace and the
fresh air, and come back for me when
you've finished it. 1 shall be perfect
ly safe, and / mean to break the
bankl'"
Jack departed obediently, and out
of the tail of her eye his wife watched
the other woman take note of it.
"Now, will she follow him or not ?"
she asked herself. Not just yet,
| suppOSe-lC WOulu De 100 marked.
Patienza!"
1t was ten minutes later when Mrs.
Jernygham sauntered carelessly from
her place at the table out through
the glass door, and Mrs. Maxwell
clasped her hands in her lap with sud-
den nervousness. After all it was a
heroic course. Had she been rash and
foolhardy? There was moonlight out
side, and the tapping of waves. Fatal
adjuncts to such matter! In the
moonlight, too, the creatures appear
ance would be softened and refined.
She had made mistake, perhaps
she had placed him in temptation she
would have avoided. Should she join
him-rescue him, while there was still
time? No! She would not, she would
stand her chance. Moonlight or no
moonlight, she would risk it.
Two francs more-and the devil take
the hindmost!
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

Aioe-she says she married him because
he was different from the other men she
knew
Maude- lie must have proposed to her.
Town Tnpies.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

Qualified Praise -Brown-"Do YOU be.
Heye IN sea bathingg" Rohinson-"Oh, yes
/ think so Many people have been known
to survive it."--Town Topics.
The Scranton chronicle. (Scranton, Miss.) 1897-19??, 1900-12-08

Don't drink too much water when cycling
Adams Tutti Frutti IL an excellent substi'
fufe
Connecticut western news., 1900-07-05
THE CHARM OF LIFE
Is Lost When the Burden is Toe
 Heavy

Life is hardly worth the living with the never-ceasing aches and pains of bad back. If you would remove the burden of backache. reach the cause.-the kid neys. Doan's Kidney Pills will cure sick kidneys, and the cure is lasting. Here is proof oft.
 Mir. Israel A. Morse. of 10 Tyng street, Newburyport, a member of the Board of Aldermen for two years, and Common Council for three years, says: My ex- perience with and opinions of Deans Kidney Pills which expressed through our newspapers in 1896. after taking a course of the treatment, have not altered. I value that preparation more highly to- day than did when first published my statement, and that is over three years ago. To my personal experience I can add that of many others in this city who one and all coincide with me iu saving that Doan's Kidney Pills set as repre- sented.'
 Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all dealers; price so cents a box. Mailed on receipt of price by Foster Milburn Co.,, Buffalo, N. Y., sole agents for the U. s. Remember the name, Doan's, and take no substitute.
Connecticut western news., 1900-07-05
Tokyo Fire Walkers.

A Yokohama correspondent of the Indianapolis Press. who witnessed the religious ceremony of fire walking in Tokyo, says: "There were present dip lomats and professors from the I'm. perial college and an Episcopal bishop. and we think there Is sufficient evi dence to prove that several Japanese women did walk through the fire. A doubting Thomas gathered up some of the salt In which they rubbed their feet, both before and after their hot walk, to take away and analyZe. Ali other suggested that the bamboo pole that was used to make the path was hollow and may have contained n sub stance that sifted out as Ii was drawn backward and forward that destroyed the heat. The little 'amak' of my friend. when asked why the feet were not burned. replied. Much pray. much pray We have stated facts. The In- depreciation must come from those versed In the occult sciences"