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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
copyright, 1903, by G. L. Kilmer. I

copyright, 1903, by G. L. Kilmer.]
~ N March %, 1868. Admiral Por-
ter's fleet of Federal ironclads
stood in vital peril of capture
by the Confederates upder cir
rumstances which all but stagger be-
lief. To speak of cavalry charging
upon fleet of Warships smacks of
>,Munchausenism until it is explained
that the vessels were blockaded in ice
on hard frozen bay. This occurred
In the waters of Holland before the
age of steam power.
Now, Porter's ironclads were not
caught in the ice or this story of their
escape would not be written, They
were hemmed in by trees felled by the
enemy in front and rear across a chan
>nel so narrow in places that the ships
aides were only a foot from the bank.
The ships were creased from stem to
stern to prevent the nimble COnfed-
crates who were after them from
>clambering aboard, and sailors armed
with pistols and cutlasses lined the up
; per decks to guard against assailants
i feap1ng down from overhanging trees
All this took place in the sluggish wa
tiers of tributaries of the Yazoo river,
an incident of Grants Vicksburg cam
pa1gn. Porter ventured into the Yazoo
Trap to succor the army. In the end
the army rescued Porter.
Porters unique experience was the
result of Grants desire to get in the
rear of Vicksburg on the north The
= Iazoo empties into the Mississippi
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
THUNDER MOUNTAIN.

Reports from the New Thunder Mountain
Gold Fields grow steadily better. There will
undoubtedly be great rush into the district
this year. Last year the news concerning
the new discoveries of free-milling ore had
only begun to leak out and before October
more than 20, 600 claims were filed.
From every quarter there will be people
going to Thunder Mountain, and all viii
want reliable information as to the best route
and how soon the trail will be OPEN Many
who cannot 20 will want to invest in a good
property there, and the time to do that is now
| when money is needed for mine equipment.
The Thunder Mountain Gold Mining and
Milling Company has splendid property of
| vein of free-milling ore 80 feet wide and run
| ming right into Rainbow Peak. Mr.. Charles
| j. Perkins, General Manager of the COMPANY.
spent all last summer in the district. he is
now at the Companys eastern Offices in New
York, where he will remain until some time
in May purchasing equipment and describing
t9e property to all who wish to buy shares.
| He also possesses full information REGARDING
the district and makes it a point to answer
al questions about it, without charge, so that
information free and at first hand.
The Company which Mr.. Perkins repre-
sents made its first public offering of stock in
January, and so many subscriptions have been
received that great deal of the equipment.
TOR the mine has been purchased and prepared
for shipment as soon as the way is opened tor
| travel
It is estimated that fully three millions of
dollars of machinery and equipment is now
on the way to Thunder Mountain for various
companies. One Of the companies sold stock
a year ago at SO cents share and now it Is
not to be bought for $500 per share. Thirty
other mines are opened and are getting into
richer ore every day.
The property which this Company owns is
second to none in the district, and the more.
one learns about it and its officers the greater
the desire becomes to own some of its stock.
tor information regarding it, price of shares.
THUNDER MOUNTAIN CONSOLIDATED 00s h
MINING AND MILLING COMPANY,
New York Lie Building, New York CIV
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
Folded Arms.

IT'S not the man with match alight
Behind the barricade
Nor he who stoops to dynamite
That makes us feel afraid,
For halter end and prison cell
Soon Quench these brief alarms,
But where are found the means to quell
The man with folded arms?
We dread the man who folds his arms
And tells the simple truth,
Whose strong, impetuous protest charms
The virgin ear Of youth,
Who scorns the vengeance that we wreal
And smiles to meet his DOOM
Who on the scaffold still can speak
And breaches from the tomb.
We kill the man with dagger drawn,
The man with loaded gun;
They never see the morning dawn
Nor hail the rising sun,
But who shall Stay the immortal man
Whom nothing mortal harms,
Who never fought and never ran,
The man with folded arms?
Ernest Crosby.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

Haines' bluff, and brigade and bat
terry of artillery hurried away to get in
the rear of Porter and capture his
boats. The guns of the ironclads were
far below the bank and could not be
brought to bear on the enemy. But
Porter had two mortar boats, which
bOmbarded the battery and checked it's
fire. Sherman's troops were not in
sight, and Porter decided to retreat as
soon as the Cincinnati could be freed
from the willows. The combined DOW
er of the four ironclads following the
Cincinnati at last dragged her back out
Of the snare.
Dropping down stream astern, the feet
was soon surrounded by Confederate
sharpshooters, who made it dangerous
for man to show himself on deck. The
only means of defense was the small
howitzers, which could be fired from
the upper decks. These, with mortar
shells, which sometimes tore down a
whole tree, with it's sharpshooter. kept
the enemy at distance, but the main
hope was for Sherman to come up with
his soldiers. Suddenly the banks
swarmed with sharpshooters, and the
fleet came to standstill before eight
large trees newly felled across the
channel in the rear of the boats. Por-
ter put 500 armed sailors ashore, who
took to the trees to fight off the sharp
shooters. Working below the banks
out Of the enemy's range, the sailors
sawed away the trees and removed
them with hawsers and tackles. Mean
while the mortars and howitzcrs kept
up rain of fire into the woods.
Porter prepared for last stand. The
sides of the vessels were covered with
grease to prevent the Confederates
from climbing the sides, the guns were
loaded with canister and given the
highest elevation possible. Once more
the fleet came to a standstill before
two large trees across the channel.
The Confederates rushed up to within
fifty yards, and all the working parties
or the boats were called in to defend
their vessels. But before shot was
fired rattle of musketry sprang up in
the Confederate rear, the crews began
cheering, while the Confederates, after
volley or +wo,t beat a retreat up and
down the RIVER. Sherman had heard
the first firing of the Confederate bat
terry and made a forced march through
the swamps to rescue Porter's feet. He
was In the nick Of time. and when he
rode forward to the very edge Of the
flagship the sailors greeted him with
the Widest, ovation OF. his wholescareer.
y GEORGE i. KILMER. 4.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

Woman's Sigh For Pocket. -
How dear to this heart are the old fash
f. toned dresses
When fond recollection presents them to
view!
In fancy I see the old wardrobe and
presses
Which held the loved gowns that in
girlhood 1 knew,
The wide spreading mohair. the silk that
hung by it,
The rutfled foulard, the pink orsandie nigh
it;
But, oh, for the pocket that hung in
each gown,
The old fashioned pocket, the obsolete
pocket,
The praiseworthy pocket that hung in
each gown.
The dear, roomy pocket I'd hail as q
Could but behold it in gowns of today;
I'd find it the source of an exquisite
pleasure,
But all my modistes sternly answer me
'TWould be so convenient when going out
shopping,
'Twould hold my small purchases COM
ing from town,
And always my purse or my kerchief I'm
dropping
Oh, me, for the pocket that hung in my
gown!
The old fashioned pocket, the obsolete
pocket,
The praiseworthy. pocket that hung in
my gown.
A gown with pocket, how fondly I'd
guard it!
Each day ere I'd don it I'd brush it
with care.
Not full Paris costume could make me
discard it.,
Though trimmed with the laces an en-
press might wear:
But I have no hope, for the fashion is
banished;
The tear Of regret will my fond visions
drown!
AS fancy reverts to the days that have
vanished
I sigh for the pocket that hung in my
gown
The old fashioned pocket, the obsolete
pocket,
The praiseworthy pocket that hung in
my gown.
Carolyn Wells in Christian Endeavor
World.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
Climbing Up the Hill.

Happy Go Lucky and Faint of Heart
Set off on journey with Only Try
And each was ready to do his part
While the sunny hours went merrily by
But when the shadows were growing long
And the crickets chirping their evensong
Up rose like barrier mighty strong
A rocky hillside Nigh
Said Happy Go Lucky, Suppose we wait,
And somebody passing may give US a
ride
I'VE shall break our necks If we climb so
later
Poor Faint of Heart, in a panic, cried
But Only Try, with resolute eye,
Looked up at the hill and the sunset sky
There is plenty of time,'' said Only Try,
And the moon is full BESIDES"
So Only Try, without stay or STOP
Went clambering up over rock and root
Till he stood at last the hills green
top.
In a beautiful clearing. with flowers and
fruit.
But the other two are waiting still,
For nobody lives or ever will
That can reach thestop of the smallest hill
By sitting down at the FOOT
New York News.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
Another Big Chicago Union

Fourteen Chicago freight handlers
unions have formed the Shipping
Trades federation. It will control more
than 10000 men, most Of whom are
preparing to demand shorter hours and
an Increased wage. Its members are
employed by wholesale houses, rail-
roads and boat lines.
The central body will take up all
matters OF dispute between employers
and employees for adjustment. Will
Nam W.. Murray Of the railway ex.
pressmen is the president.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

close to Vicksburg, and the Confeder-
Rtes occupied the bluffs along that
stream for fifty miles. The Yazoo itself
Is formed from the Tallahatchee, Sun
dover, Yallabusha and Deer creek, all
0avigable and used for bringing Con-
1ederate supplies to the Vicksburg gar
TasOn. Grant wanted to establish Sec
0ndary base for operations far up the
Yazoo above the bluffs and cut off not
only supplies but re-enforcements COM
ing from the east to Vicksburg The
Confederates had fort at the junction
or the llahatchee and Yallabusha. By
cutting a channel from the Mississippi
to the Coldwater, a stream emptying
Into the Tallahatchee, Porter flooded
the whole system of inland channels,
and feet Of gunboats with troops aft
er tedious journey reached Fort Penn
berton, intending to reduce it.
The Fort Pemberton expedition was
in danger of disaster, and Porter de-
vised plan of relieving it with fleet
OF ironclads which he would take in
through Steele's bayou, which opens
from the Mississippi thence through
Deer creek, the Sunflower, Coldwater
and Tallahetchee to the Yazoo above
Fort Pemberton. The channels in these
streams were deeper than those fol-
lowed by the first expedition. and five
heavy draft ironclad gunboats were
chosen for the relief expedition. At
the same time Sherman set out with
force of troops to penetrate the will
aerness and cooperate with Porter.
Almost at the start Porter found his
way obstructed by a dense growth of
Overhanging bushes, and these had to
: be cut away as the boats moved ahead.
occasionally stray tree would be
found in midchannel, and this was up
rooted by charge of the ironclad at
full steam. The line of boats was bro
ken, each going it's own way, to open a
schannel, using saws and axes to re-
move the heavy trunks, In Steele's
bayou the vessels often grazed the
banks, and the channel was obstructed
by: RATS which had foated down and
caught between the trees and the
= shore. Large quantities of cotton were
stored along shore, and this the enemy
i net on fire the moment the feet ap-
Qeared, enveloping the: boats in smoke
md endangering them with flames.
"A pilot who had recommended him
self for this service proved On trial to
be q fraud, and Porter was compelled
20 make his way through an unknown
region where nothing heavier than. q
!: river scow had ever 1oated before. The
" Oonfederates were alert, and It was
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
THE GRANGE
Conducted by J. BARROW,
Press Correspondent Ne.p York Stute
GrOnCe
MRS. SARAH G. BAIRD.

Only Woman Who Ever Held Posi-
ton of Master of Any State Grange.
Mrs. Sarah G. Baird of Minnesota,
the only woman who has held the office
of master Of state grange, is one Of
the strongest women in an order that
encourages the women in every way to
take places on the level with men.
Under her leadership the grange in her
own state has prospered, and the state
shows greater activity in grange work
than for years. 1t is needless to say
that Mrs. Baird is a magnificent speak
er, fine presiding officer and a strong
worker in every way. She is in the
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
Cheap Labor In Canada.

Hordes q. Chinese We're brought into
Canada TO- complete the. ,Onde rdonk
section or the Canadian PaGife rail-
way. says q Toronto paper, VA ftegs the
railway y was built most of these, Chi
n mes stayed In the country. These
formed large re-enforcements to the
cheap labor which has always been the
curse Of British Columbia and from
which WI that province Is suffering today.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

Rhode Island Agricultural College.
The recent election Of Mr.. Kenyon l..
Butterfield Of Michigan to the presi-
dency of the Rhode Island Agricultural
college BODIES we'll for that institution.
During the past three years he has
pursued work in the University Of
Michigan His work in the university
has been Of huch high order that dur
ing this year he was appointed lecturer
in rural sociology, a new course offered
in the university. He believes in thor
ough technical training for the farmer,
and it is understood that the Rhode Is
land board will give him full latitude
to carry out his ideas in this direction.
he is withal an enthusiastic worker in
the grange.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
Practical Cooperation.

Some time ago, when prices for beef
were SO high as to be almost prohibit
tive, the members Of some Of the
oranges in Berkshire county, Mass,
co-operated in defying the high prices
of the meat trust and getting their own
fresh meat at low price. Some Of the
farmers raising young stock agreed to-
gether to kill off stock as it was needed
to supply meat, taking turns and dis
tributing to each other and to other
members of the grange at lower price
than meat was selling for in the mar
ket. Two important grange ideas were
thereby misunderstanding and CO.
operation.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

The grange takes hold Of the farmers
very HE and essential interests. Z.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28
"Watch the Basket"

Carnegie in his Empire Of Business
sums up the conditions of success for
the farmer as we'll as the business man.
he says: 1.-THE man who fails is the
man who scatters his capital, which
means that he has also scattered his
brains. He has investments in this,
that and the other thing. Don't put all
your eggs in one basket is all wrong.
tell you, put all your eggs in one bas-
ket and then watch that basket
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

Keep up the agitation for grange
balls to be owned BY the grange. "
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

The grange. adapts its & functions t
the tl,es e everyday work: Of its. members. :.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

The ACCESSIBILITY of organizing a ma
Honal grange life insurance company
is under consideration by a committee
appointed by the national grange to
report at its next meeting. The COM
mittee consists, of W. K. Thompson,
South Carolina; G.. S. Ladd, Massachu-
sets; N. ]. Bachelor, New Hampshire.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

The secretary of the Pennsylvania
state grange, J. T. Altman, says that in
many sections the notion still prevails
that the grange is the avowed enemy
Of the middlemen. This is not correct.
We oppose only surplus of middle
men, endeavoring to shorten as much
as possible the route from the pro-
Queer to the consumer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-28

There is possibility that. the ma
tional grange may meet at Niagara
/ Falls next, November. ~, $50; y
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-30
NOT A WOMAN Halter.
One Mans Consistency to the Dead
Wife of His Youth.

One Mans Consistency to the Dead
Wife of His Youth.
He was seated beneath one Of the
great oaks in the park. He heard his
name spoken as two men walked by
on the other side of the tree. They
were discussing bit of gossip about
him which appeared on an afternoon
paper.
It'll be denied as fake tomorrow.
The papers are always saying that he
is engaged to some woman or other,
and the truth is that he never looks at
one. His wife died when he was TWEEN
ty-six and he has been a regular wom-
an hater ever since"-and they passed
out of hearing.
The sky above was gray blue in the
deepening twilight. For moment he
fancied that he looked deep into the
eyes of the wife of his youth.
"A woman hater? A woman's lover,
dear heart!" he said-.New York
Times.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-30
As Others See Us.

Whenever there are popular disturb
ances in Europe the great American
republic is prompt in putting forward
suggestions for the better government
of the people concerned. In return
for this attention Europe is now inter-
esting itself in the internal affairs of
the United States. The decay of au-
thority in the republic is certainly
alarming to all friends Of good govern
meot. With a condition approaching
anarchy in two states and mobs every
where usurping the functions of the
courts, it is plain that the proper gov
eminent OF the United States is be-
coming a world problem. We need
not be surprised, indeed, that thou
sands Of people flock to Canada to es-
cape the dangers ct the republic
Toronto Empire.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-30
OPIUM IN DIVERSE FORMS
Devotees Of the Drug Choose Various
Ways OF Obtaining It's Effects.

Devotees Of the Drug Choose Various
Ways of Obtaining It's Effects.
Consumers of opium are not all OF
the same kind. There are slaves OF
the pipe, slaves of the syringe and
slaves of the powder that is swallowed
to give surcease of pain or of mental
worry. There are those who take the
drug in the form of medicinal prep
aration, such as laudanum, paregoric,
and the extract of laudanum; those
who smoke it and inhale the fumes
into the lungs and those who take
hypoderm:c injections of morphia. The
second class-the smokers comprise
the largest number Of victims.
Or. Jeliffe of the New York city hos
pital estimates that fully 10000 people
in that city are addicted to the opium
habit in some form. The annual sale
of opium in Vermont is equivalent,
according to the doctor, to a grain
for every adult in tho state, an amount
obviously far greater than can be &C.
counted for by its consumption for
medicinal purposes. Some slaves OF
the drug take it regularly every day;
others have periodical sprees similar
to those of the alcohol drinker.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-30
MORE SHELVES FOR SOCKS,
British Museum Is Adding to 10 Many
H. Miles Of Bookcases, 5sSqf

o''<'sU "uSSuW % Auuln0 70 ~ M0uy
H. Miles Of Bookcases. ssS
& Although the British museum al
ready contains more than three miles
OF bookcases another addition ID about
to he made to the department, Sof
printed books. The new building will
be five-story wing 800 feet long. har-
morjzing in architecture with the Gre
clan style of the museum, and will be
situated on the north side of the
present building. 1t is estimated that
the cost will be about $1,000,00O, of
which $4,000 already is in the hands
Of the trustees.
Since the completion of the perma-
nent buildings in 1S47 the trustees
have been obliged to enlarge the H.
brary space several times to keep pace
with the constantly increasing litera-
ture and the needs of the readers.
The original library, numbering $4,000
volumes, which came as a part of the
beQuest of Sir Hans Busk, the Chelsea
physician and ant;quary, has now
reached the million mark. Last year
alone u.s. new volumes were added
and 100000 newspapers and similar
publications.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-30
USE FOR HIS OLD CLOTHES.

wife Exchanged Thorn for Useful Do.
mestic Articles.
Some people are 80 deliciously frank
that they render plebeianism attrac-
tive. Admiring q Jagged lambrequin
on friends mantelpiece, was In.
formed, THAT? Oh, yes; it represents
three suits of my old clothes" While
broiling q venison steak in a hand
some chatting dish he remarked: This
is a nice dish; cost me two pairs Of
pants That coffee pot was the price
Of coat and vest" 1t was impossible
to keep from laughing. He went on:
zone day my wife got housekeeping
streak on her and found 5000 worth Of
clothes hanging up in my wardrobe.
had grown a little too stout for them,
and she proposed to sell them. She
got SIS for the lot-nearly all brand
new. raised such racket that she
now trades for culinary objects and
parlor decorations. It's all 1 can do to
keep an extra suit of clothes in the
house."
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-30
HABITS OF JAPANESE SAILORS.
Simple Characteristics Of the Mikado's
Fighting Men.

Simple Characteristics Of the Mikado's
Fighting Men.
Japanese sailors on the mikado's
warships are thus described by Arch1-
bald S. Hurd: these sailors OF the
far east take things very much as
they find them, with stoical calm.
They face danger with much the same
spirit with which they take their
pleasure; and in spite OF the rapid
strides which civilization has made IN
their country their Injuries are few
and they are contented and happy.
They are devoted to simple sports, to
fencing and to acting; no one can ever
forget the dramatic entertainments on
board Japanese men-of-war who has
been privileged to witness them. NOR
does the memory soon become dim OF
one of these ships when decked out
I'm gala dress, with chrysanthemums.
cherry blossoms and other blooms typ
ical of Japan enlivening the grim as
pect of the decks. The men are adopts
in the making of imitation paper How
ers, which 80 closely resemble the
handiwork of nature that at casual
glance one hardly notices the decep-
ton"
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-30

Three Chicago medical students
got the best of the old fellows of the
profession in St. Paul the other day
when they secretely performed an
operation on a man restoring his
speech after the old physicians had
given the job up. Those who want
to keep up with science these days
have to hustle and the old men will
be obliged to admit that the juniors
are their superiors. This case dem
onstrates that what one person may
be unable to do another may be able
to accomplish and to never give up
that for which we seek.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1903-10-30
Fall Time in GeorQia.

It's fall time in Georgia-the meadows Of
delight
The golden fields that echo the whistle
Of Bob White
The hunter in the woodland, with a rab-
bits foot for luck
The barking of the squirrel and the
bounding of the buck!
It's fall time in Georgia-the nuts are
raining down.
The heavy wagons rumble on the ringing
road to town!
A joyous band is playing along the moon
lit lane,
A hallelujah party at the grinding Of
the cane!
It's fall time in Georgia, and soon, from
far away,
You'll hear in creaking cabins hundred
fiddles play!
Though thankful for the summer, the
best time yet is fall
So, join the merry dancers and swing
your sWeethearts all!