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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13
BILL CROSS AND :
HIS PET BEAR.
By JOAQUIN MILLER.


When my father settled down at the
foot of the Oregon sierras with his lit
tie family long, long years ago, it was
40 miles from our place to the nearest
civilized settlement.
People were very scarce in those
days and bears were very plenty. We
also had wolves, wildcats, wild cattle,
wild hogs and good many long tailed
and big headed yellow California lions.
The wild cattle, brought there from
Spanish Mexico, next to the bear were
most to be feared. They had long,
sharp horns and keen, sharp hoofs. Ma
ture, had gradually >helped them out
in these weapons Of defense. They
had grown to be slim and trim Of body
and were as supple and swift as deer
They were the deadly enemies of all
wild beasts, because all wild beasts
devoured their young.
When fat and saucy, in warm sum-
mer weather, these cattle would hover
along the foothills in bands, hiding
in the holows, and would begin to
below whenever they saw a bear or
wolf or even a man or boy, if on foot,
crossing the wide valley of grass and
blue camas blossoms. Then there
would be music! They would start up,
with head and tails in the air, and
broadening out left and right they
would draw long, bent line, complete
~ shutting off their victim from all
approach to the foothills.
If the unfortunate victim were
man or boy ON foot, he generally made
escape up one of the small ash trees
that dotted the valley in groves here
and there, and the cattle would then
soon give up the chase. But If it were
a wolf or any other Wild beast that
could not get up tree the case was
different. Far away on the other side
OF the valley, where dense woods lined
the banks Of the winding Willamette
river, the wild, believing herd would
be answered. Out from the edge Of the
woods would stream right and left two
long, corresponding, surging lines, bel
lowing and plunging forward now and
then, their heads to the ground, their
tails always in the air and their eyes
afame, as If they would set FIRE to the
long gray grass. With the precision
RnH discipline Of well ordered army
they would close in upon the wild
bekst, too terrified now to either fight
or Fly. and, leaping upon him one after
another with their long hoofs, he would
1Flf salttfe time be crushed into an I'M
recognizable mass. Not bone would
be left unbroken. 1t is mistake to
10assaDuthat-they ever use their long.
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soon was lost to- sight in the great waV=

soon was lost to sight In the great WaV=
ing sea.
Two things may be here written
J down. He wouldn't ride q horse, be-
cause he couldn't, and for the same
reason he wouldn't use a gun. Again,
| let it be written down also that the rea-
son he was going away that warm au-
| tumn afternoon was that there was
some work to DO. These facts were
clear to my kind and indulgent father,
but Of course we boys never thought of
it and laid our little shoulders to the
hard work of helping father lift up the
long, heavy poles that were to complete
the corral around our pioneer log cabin,
and we really hoped and half believed
that he might bring home a little pet
bear.
This stout log corral had become an
absolute necessity. It was high and
strong and made Of poles or small logs
stood on end in trench after the fash
ion Of primitive one in front Of the
cabin door. Here it was proposed to
put up gate. We also had talked
about portfolios in the corners Of the
corral, but neither gate nor portfolios
were yet made. In fact, as said before,
the serene and indolent man Of the sea
always slowly walked away down
through the grass toward his untracked
claim whenever there was anything
said about portfolios, posts or gates.
Father and we three little boys had
only got the last post set and solidly
'tamped'' in the ground as the sun was
going down.
Suddenly we heard 9 yell, then yell
ing, then believing. This yelling was
heard in the high grass in the Camas
valley below, and the believing Of cat
tie came from the woody river banks
far beyond.
Then up on the brown hills Of the Or
egon sferrss above us came the wild
answer of the wild black cattle of the
hills, and moment later, right and
left, the long black lines began to
widen out; then down they came, like
a whirlwind, toward the black and
surging line in the grass below. W.
were now almost in the center Of whs
would in little time be complete cir
Gle and cyclone Of furious Spanish cat
tie.
And now here Is something curious
to relate. Our own cows, poor, weary,
immigrant cows of only year before,
tossed their tails in the air. paved the
ground, beloved and fairly went wild
IN the splendid excitement and tumult
One touch Of nature made the whole
COW world kin!
Father clambered up on a "buck
horse and looked out over the stock
ade, and then he shouted and shook his
hat and laughed as had never heard
him laugh before! For there, breathless,
coatless, hatless, came William Cross,
Esq, two small wolves and a very |
small black bear! They were all max |
ing good time, anywhere, any way to
escape the frantic cattle EathaE .l1Sed
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! Snarp nOrnS' IN attack. These were
used only in defense, the same as elk
J or deer, falling on che knees and re-
ceiving the enemy on their horns, much
as the Old Guard received the enemy
in the last terrible struggle at Water
loo.
Bill Cross was a "tenderfoot'' at the
time Of which write, end sailor at
that. Now, the old pilgrims who had
dared the plains in those days Of 40,
when towards did not venture and the
weak died on the way, had not the
greatest respect for the courage or en-
durance of those who had reached Ore
gon by ship. But here was this man, a
sailor by trade, settling down in the
interior Of Oregon and, strangely
enough, pretending to know more about
everything in general and bears in par
tfcular than either my father or any of
his boys.
He had taken up piece Of land
down in the pretty Camas valley,
where the grass grew long and strong
and waved IN the wind, mobile and
DeautlIul as me mobile sea.
The good natured and self compla-
cent old sailor liked to watch the wav-
ing grass. 1t reminded him Of the sea.
| reckon. He would sometimes sit on
our little porch as the sun went down
and tell US boys strange, wild sea sto-
ries. He had travelled far and seen
much, as much as any man can see on
water, and maybe was not very big
liar, for a sailor, after all. The only
thing about him that we did not like
outside of his chronic idleness was his
exalted opinion of himself and his un-
concealed contempt for everybodY's
opinion but his own. ,.....
'B.u." said my father one day, "those
black Spanish cattle will get after that
red sash and sailor Jacket of yours
some day when you go down in the val
ley to your claim, and they won't leave
a grease spot. Better 60 horseback or
at least take gun when you go down
next time"
"Pshaw! Squire, l wish I had as
many dollars as amt afeard of all the
black Spanish cattle in Oregon. Why,
if they're SO blasted dangerous how did
your missionaries ever manage to drive
them up here from Mexico, anyhow"
Still. for all that, the very next time
that he saw the old sailor setting out
at his snail pace for his ranch below,
slow and indolent as If on the deck Of
a ship, my father insisted that he
should go on horseback or at least take
. gun.
"Pooh. pooh! wouldn't he bothered
with horse or gun. Say, I'm goin to
bring your boys a pet bear some day..
And SO, cooking his little hat down
over his right eye and thrusting his Dig
hands into his deep pockets almost to
the elbows, he slowly and lazily whis-
tied himself down the gradual slope OF
the foothills, waist deep in the waving
grass and. delicicgs wild towers, and
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MUST DROP BACK
PREDICTIONS REGARDING POSI-
TON OF FRANCE AS POWER
OF FIRST RANK.
ARMY AND NAVY TOO LARGE

Spending More for Support of Her
TWO Arms of Defense Than Her Ma
tionaI Resources Warrant - PopuIa-
ton at a StandstiIl and Her Ma
tionaI Debt on the Increase-Inter.
est on Latter $2oo,ooo,ooo Yearly.
New York, July 12.-The Paris cor
respondent of The Tribune says:
The naval expenditure of France for
| 1902 is officially proposed to be $685.
| 100000, which at first sight seems to
be So, 100000 less than in 1901, but if
it is taken into account that the cost
of maintaining the marine infantry
and artillery, amounting to about
$5,400,000, has been transferred from
the navy to the ministries of war and
the colonies, it is found that the
money that France intends to spend
upon the navy during 1902 is in real
ity $3,300,000 in excess of the naval
expenses of the current year.
1t is matter of serious considera-
ton for the French whether they are
not spending upon their navy more
than their national resources warrant.
France has now piled up debt in
volving an annual charge for interest
of nearly 100000, 900, or, in other
words, every man, woman and child
in France has now to pay SIS per an
mum on the national debt. The army
costs the country $132,OO0,0O0 a year,
and the total expenditure for 1902 is
officially proposed to be $72O,000,000.
No Increase In Population.
Moreover, reflections upon the
French census cause renewed uneasi-
ness. Last March the population in
round numbers was 38,600,000, being
an increase Of only 100000 since 1896,
and even this meager result is mostly
accounted for by Paris and its sub
urbs, where the increase has been
100000, due principally to foreign i'm
migration, so that in the rest of France
the population has been augmented by
only $4,000 during the past five years.
That is to say, for military and naval |
purposes the population is almost sta
tionary, and i1 this respect France |
stands alone among the great nations !
of Europe.
Under these conditions M. Jaures,
the Socialist leader, and many ad- |
vanced thinkers among the Radicals
and Radical Socialists hold that it is
for France to have at the
same time a navy and army Of the
first rank, simply because she has not
the resources of men and money to
maintain both.
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Use of Nettleg.

NettIes are as rural remedy highly
calculated, I should say, to make the
patient ''onaisy." Whipping with net
ties has been used in case Of lethargy,
nnmbness and palsy, with what effect
cannot say, but this l do know
handling nettles regardless Of their
sting produces numbness which de-
stroys for time further sensitiVeness
to their poison. Culpepper enumerates
no less than AZ diseases that are cured
by an application Of nettles in one form
or another, among. them leprosy, govt,
seiatica, itch, wounds and sores Of all
sorts. He also informs US that the
juice is effectual to "settle the palate
of the mouth in it's place., Has any
one experience Of the palate shifting
elsewhere? 1 have not heard Of 1t.
Curtis says that "in Arran and other
islands Of Scotland rennet Is made Of
a strong decoction Of nettles. A quart
of salt is put to three pints Of decoc%
ton and boiled. A spoonful will CO.
agulate large bowl Of milk"
Oh. that this too too solid flesh would melt,
Thaw aud resolve itself into Q devil
Little did Hamlet think when he
gave utterance to this desire that he
had only to go to the nearest ditch
where grew nettles and periwinkle to-
bring it about, and yet Gerard, quoting
from Dtoscorides (lrst century,, says
that "nettles boiled with perrywinkleS
maketh the body soluble and doth 1t hi
q kind Of cleansing quality" Few who
believed it SO would care to try the e
pertinent.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-07-13

DefauIting County Treasurer Of Min
den, Neb., Gets Five Years. u,

Defaulting County Treasurer Of Min
den, Neb., Gets Five Years.
Minden, Neb., July 12.-County
Treasurer Alfred Norlin, who con-
fessed to the embezElement of $4,000
of county funds and admitted he set
the courthouse on fire to cover his
crime, has been taken to the peniten-
tiary at Lincoln. At Norlin's request
a special session of the district county
court was held, before which the en-
bezzling treasurer entered a plea of
guilty and was sentenced to six years
imprisonment and to pay a fine of
s5,400, the amount of his shortage
after the restitution he made. The
arrest of Norlin, his trial, conviction
and sentence, all in less than "a hours,
is probably the most speedy disposi-
ton Of a criminal case in the history
of Nebraska courts.
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Colonel Richard Gruff-I under
stand my daughter is determined to
marry you. Well, ] want to say
right here that she's fool.
Jack De Will-Ah! Hereditary,
/ suppose.-Cathoic Standard and
Timea.
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DEFEATED THE REGULARS.
Chinese Villagers Fight the Imperial
Troops.

Chinese Villagers Fight the Imperial
Troops.
New York, July ia dispatch
from Picking says:
The imperial troops under General
Lu Pen Yuen have been defeated by
= the Allied Villagers society at Atchi-
chou, 40 miles southeast of Pao Ting
Flu. The magistrate Of the district has
arrived in Picking and has asked Ii
Hung Chang to despatch 1000 rein
forcements under Colonel Chang
from LIE Chen Flu, where there are
2,000 Shantung troops waiting the per-
r7i~0'0~ =. the allies to come to Pc
Ift4E:45, r. .., -. IT,. -a...
TIL ,ench, who stopped these
ftroqps atsL ochien Flu some weeks ago,
have now agreed that they can enter
any districts inetne province of Chi Ii.
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tPEAcE Rt=AAhsts ~PRoeREss9NG.
War Due to Politicians at Home and
Lack Of Soldiers at Front.

War Due to Politicians at Home and
Lack of,soFdiers at Front.
eMane1eFtsrf J9tyE The Guardian
says a rdmor is current in financial
and military circles that negotiations
for peace in South Africa are progress
ing, despite the fact THAT dispatches
unfavorable to such a movement have
3receRtly. pass gAe$Iaen 44RTeAdent
Kruger and General Botha
The paper says it is believed mat
the continuance Of the war Is due, to
the actions of the politicians at home
'aa u.s. l1sh Y6ldes5 at. ae <r aGe /: 6
Northwestern Flour Output.
Minneapolis, July 1.-THE douI out.
PIT NJ Mindsapons Hsst Hee8 adeo4d-|
inlHo The Northwest term Niller swasIE
I2aBSBO barIelA, compASds with 1kGs65I
lbaSEsls for4hk cor1asboQAiAskRkekbsl
last year. Superior spd Duluth ground
1890 barrels. With the reduced pro
duction, local mills last week ,sBeads
more than they made. There were
some that made good sales for export.
~ the atd of dScnKIs "a wheat.
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Mems Shoes.

4s pair Mems Working shoe, regular
price 80 Holiday price. 81 10
50 90 Satin Calf dress shoe, $1.38
2 so Box Calf and Vici, 81 SO
800 Genuine Hand Welt, S2.15
$50 Vici and Box Calf and Belour, 50 65
400 Kangaroo Lace and Congress, So IS
Felt Shoe with Leather Sole, 81 80
50 SO Plush Lined Felt Shoe So 40
Mems Fine Leather Slippers for Hol-
iday presents, STAG
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Mortgage Foreclosure Sale.

Default having been made in the payment Of
the sum OF Five Hundred Thirteen Dollars
and Seventy five cents ts5l3.75), principal and
interest, ana IN the payment OF the taxes tor
the Years 1896 97-'9s 90 ana 1900 amounting
to Ffty-three Dollars and Eight Cents CS53u-l,
all of which is claimed to be due and is duc ut
the date OF this notice. upon That certain
mortgage duly executed and delivered by
Chas. +. kreh of Frederick Md. mUrtgagur. 10
Frank K. Weber OF Duluth, MINI, mortgage,
bearing date the 9Th day Ui November lN9i
and with the pO er of sale therein contained
was daily recorded in the Office of the Register
OF Deeds in and for the Comfy Of Douglas
and State of Wisconsin on the Bird day " lcC
1894 at 900 n m, in Rock L of Nor gHges on
page 2lS. which mortgage given by the
mOrtgagor 10 the mortgage 10 secure the
balance OF the purchase price of the land de
scribed therein. Because OF said default in the
conditions of said mortgage the power Of sale
therein contained, has become opera I've, TINT
no action or proceeding has hecn commenced
to recover the debt remaining secured 10y said
mortgage or any part thereof.
Now THEREFoRE, NOTICE Is HEREBY
GIVEN. That by virtue Of the power ,f sale
contained in said mortgage " Mich has become
operative, by reason of the failure 10 pay Tie
principal and interest secured thereby. aud The
taxes above mentioned. and pursuant I" tie
statute in such case made aud provided. the
said mortgage Will be tOreClu~ed by sale 81
the premises described in and conveyed by
said mortgage, viz: the northeast quarter OF
the northeast quarter (NEl4 of NEifl Of section
thlrty-tve (35) in Township Forty-cight as
North OF Range fifteen 10 West in Douglas
'tulltEt STATE Oh WISCONSIN, containing lpl y
ti0) acres more or less. according to the |. =.
Government survey thereof, iih the heredita-
ments and appnrtenances: which sale wi. he
made by the sheriff, under sheriff or deputy
sheriff of said Douglas County al the South
door of the County Courthouse in the CITY OF
Superior in said County OF Douglas on the 25rd
day OF December, 1901. ut 10 O'Clock Il. m on that
date, at public vendue To- the highest bidder Tor
cash. to pay said debt Of Five Hundred Ihlr-
teen Dollars and Seventy five Cents l-al3.t3a
principal ana interest. and Fifty three Dollars
and Eight Cents (S53.oS), taxes on said premises
and Twenty-Five Dol ars $50 attorneys fees
AS stipu ed in and by said mortgage in case OF
foreclosure, and the costs and disbursements
allowed by law; subject 10 redemption at any
time within one year from the date OF sale Is
provided by law.
Dated Oc.. 18th, 1901.
FRANK r. WEBER.
Mortgage.
GEORGE r. HUDNALL AND
JACQUES & HUDSON,
Attorneys for Mortgage.
Nov. 2-9-l6 % 80 and Dec 18th.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1901-12-14

The Belgian royal meteorological OBJ
servatory has published the estimates
made by various mathematician and
physicists regarding the depth of the
atmosphere surrounding the earth The
calculations of the various savants up
on this subject are widely divergent
Blot estimated that the depth was only
about forty miles; Bravais. seventy
miles: Mann. eishtv-one miles; Cal
landrau. 100 nils: Schlapareli 125
miles: Marie Davy 1877 miles. while
Ritter stated that it reached TO a height
Of 216 miles. In Great Britain, during
the early part of the last century, the
depth OF the atmosphere was generally
accepted at being forty-seren miles, but
the fact that meteors became incandes-
cent at a much greater altitude incon-
trovertibiy proved that this calculation
was fallacious. Sir Robert Ball states
that meteorS have been observed at
celsltude OF more than 200 miles. and
since they only become incandescent
when they come into contact with the
air, the calculation of Ritter appears
to be the most correct-Public Opin-
ion.
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STATE OF WISCONSIN.
COUNTY COURT. DOUGLAS COUNTY

In the matter of the estate Of Edwin V.
Mundy. deceased, late of the city OF Superior,
Doug as County. Wisconsin.
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FRIEND TO PARIS HORSES.
French Woman Looks After the Aged
and Decrepit Equines.

French Woman Looks After the Aged
and Decrepit Equines.
The aged and decrepit horses CT
Paris that are often underfed. over
worked and generally abused have
devoted friend and champion in Nine.
Conover, a philanthropist and wealthy
woman of the French capital She
has taken up the work of relieving
their distress in real earnest. and GER
tainly Ii is a work that must appeal
to every one who has ever ridden be-
hind or even looked at a Paris horse.
With a view to alleviating the suffer
ings C. tie kerses cf Paris u Nine Gen
over has been studying the methods
employed III London and Berlin. In
London they sprinkle sand on all
steep gradients to make it easier for
the horse whenever the roads are par
ticularly slippery. This is the only
feature which it is proposed to take
from London. From Berlin Nine
Conover will adopt the derricks which
they have in that city for raising a
fallen horse. This apparatus is sim
pie, consisting of three poles in the
form of a tripod. with pulley fixed
in the center. 1t can be set up in a
moment and is substantial help to
the fallen steed in regaining its feet.
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becquerel and Rosntgen Rays.

In the Berichte of the ejburg Nat
uralists. MIN ndt and Nagel give
some details regarding experiments
they have been making as to the eff
fects of Recquerel and other similar
rays upon the eyes. Griesel. it seems,
first called attention TO the fact that
an influence Of this kind existed The
present investigators, however state
that the effects are in many cases
largely due to f1uorescence of neigh
boring bodies, but that the rays appear
to directly affect the rods of the re-
tina. In pursuing the subject they
also examined the effects of Roantgen
rays and those of an incandescent
lamp on the electromotive force set
up in the eye OF frog, and found
the effects of the two kinds of rays
very similar.-Philadelph Times.
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Timber Land. Act June IS, 1879
Notice for pubIirn;Ian

NlIED STATES LAND OFFICE.
Ash 'anQ. Wis. December > 1901
Notice Is hereby given that in compliance
win the provisions of the act OF CONGRESS
or tune ). 1873. entitled An act for the sale of
uulber lands IN the states OF California. Ore
gon Nevada and Washington Territory" as
extended TO all the Public Lame STATES hy
act OF August 1, ls92, isaac Russell. of Cor
don, county OF Douglas. STATE Of Wisconsin.
mas lhis daN hled in this office his sworn
statement No 45l. for the purchase Of the Sc
= "1 NJ a or Section No 3. in Township II n
';ange No. Ii ". and will offer proof 10 show
that The land sought Is more Valud be for il
timber OF stone han for agricultural pur-
poses, and to establish his claim to said land
before the Register and Receiver of this
office al shland y is. on Saturday. tie Isl
day OF February. 1872. He names A. Wit
nesSes: Joseph lker. Dennis Crotty, Mni.
II. W haien, and Richard CunnOrs. all Of Cor
don, DOugla county. Wis.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to tile
their claims in this office on or before said
18th day OF February. 1892
AUGUST DOENITZ, Register
Dec Feb s.
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Training Ship for the Lakes.

A strong effort is being made TO have
a training ship for the United States
navy established on the great lakes.
Commander John NJ. Hawley has. taken
the matter up with Congressman Foss
and it is hoped that the next congress
will make an appropriation for the
ship and its maintenance Commander
Hawley stated that if a ship was sta
toned on the lakes it would attract a
large number Of boys. and they would
be given a brief trial on board, giving
the officers q chance TO weed out the
incompetent before transferring them
70 the coast
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Wash Goods.

10 yards Best Standard prints, black,
red, blue and fancy, worth 7 and s cents
yard; Limit 10 yds 3qr.
5000 yards Light Print, worth 5, 6, and
cents; Limit 10 yds., 39c
500 yards Cinderella Flannel in plain
colors, cream dark blue, red and royal
regular price l2Lc, Holiday price, &c
10c Outing Flannel, 7s-c
Sc Outing Flannel, &c
&c Outing Flannel sc
500 yards Domestic Flannel in white
only worth and cents, Holiday price, &c
Pieces Buffalo Flannel, all Wool
worth soc, Holiday price, SEC
HANDkERCHIEFS
handkerchief Embroidered
Handkerchief Lace trimmed
Handkerchiefs plain Linen,
Handkerchiefs, colored border.
The Largest Assortment
&c to $1.OO each