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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
HOUSE HAD FAMOUS GUESTS,
Oldest Hotel in the United States West
Of the Allegheny Noun
tains.

The Girard hotel, of Brownsville, the
OF the Allegheny mountains, and which
has been in continuous service, furnish
ing entertainment for man beast for
over 100 years. was lately sold by the
sheriff of Fayette county to satisfy a.
mortgage, reports the Pittsburg Dis
patch.
While not the first hotel built this
side of the Alleghenies, the Girard is
without doubt the oldest in point OF serv-
ice. 1t was built in 1900, and just four
years ago this summer celebrated the
centennial of its establishment. In the
more than a century that has passed
since it was first erected the hotel has
been in constant service. 1t has changed
hands frequently, but has always been
favorite place for travellers to stop.
In the old days Of the National Pike
it was famous hosiery. Brownsville
was then the head of navigation on the
Monongahela river. The only route
from Washington and Baltimore to all
the vast domain that lies west of the
Monongahela river valley was through
Brownsville. At least that was the d.
rect road, and one of the most travelled
Governors. senators, congressman and
travellers of every kind and description
journeyed that way and made the old
Girard house their stopping place. An
drew Jackson was a guest there. So
was Henry Clay. Gen. Lafayette was
entertained at the Girard, and host Of
others whose names are familiar in
American history. Jackson was fire.
quent guest at the house, and always in
sisted on having the best Monongahela
rye whiskey the valley could produce.
1t is related of him that on one of his
trips over the pike he suffered a sprained
angle and put up at the Girard for re-
pairs The Brownsville physician called
to attend him undertook to battle the
injured ankle with whisky, to which
"Old Hickory" vigorously objected. AL
though the medical man had his way.
the hero of New Orleans insisted that the
use Of the remedy internally would do
more good and save sacrilege.
Of late years the management of the
old house has been so successful, and
it may soon make way for modern i'm
provements.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
tarting out on a cruise, and 4 cruise

starting out on a cruise, and 4 cruise
with mo means anywhere. And my
opinion is, sir, that if you want to
come up with that Drained
sugar-planter, you'd better follow
Blackboard; and the best place to find
him will be on the Carolina coast;
that's his favorite hunting-ground, be-
dad, and 1 expect the sugar-planter is
with him by this time"
But will not that be dangerous,
sir?" asked Mr.. Delaplaine
"Oh, no." said the other II know
Blackboard, and we have played many
a game together. You and your fam
lily need not have anything to do with
1t. I'll board the Revenge, and you
may wager, bedad, that III bring Sir
Nightcap back to you by the ear
But there's another" said Della
PLANE; there's a young man belong
ing to my party"
"Oh, yes, l know" said the other
"the young fellow Blackboard took
away with him. Clapped a cooked hat
on him, bedad! That was good joke!
I will bring him, too. One old man
one young man-I'N fetch 'em both
Then III take you all where you want
to go. That is, as near as l can get to
it, bedad. Now, you tell your ladies
about this, and I'll have my sloop
cleaned up bit, and as soon as l can
get my water on board I'm ready to
hoist anchor"
But look you, SIR exclaimed Mr.
Delaplaine, this is very important
matter, and cannot be decided SO
quickly"
"Oh, don't mention it, don't mention
it," said Capt Ichabod; "just you tell
your ladies all about it, and I'll be
ready to sail almost any time to-mor-
row."
But, sir" cried the merchant.
VERY good,' said the pirate cap
tain, you talk it over. I'm going to
the town now and I'll row out to you
this afternoon and get your instruc-
TONS"
And with this he got over the side.
Mr. Delaplaine said nothing of this
visit, but waited on deck until the cap
tain came on board, and then many
were the questions he asked about the
pirate IchabOd.
well. Welt" the captain exclaimed,
that's just like him, he's rare one.
Ichabod is not his name, of course, and
I'm told he belongs to a good English
family-a younger son, and having
taken his inheritance, he invested it
in sloop and turned pirate. He has
had some pretty good fortune, hear,
in that line, but it hasn't prof1ted him
much, for he is terrible gambler, and
all that he makes by his prizes he
loses at cards, so he is nearly always
poor. Blackboard sometimes helps
him, so have heard-which he ought
to do, for the old pirate has won bags
of money from him-but he is known
as a good fellow, and to be trusted I
have heard of his sailing a long way
back to Belize to pay gambling debt
he owed, he having captured a mer-
chairman in the meantime"
Every honorable, indeed" remarked
Mr.. Delaplaine.
LAS pirates go, white crow" said
the other. Nov, sir, if you and your
ladies want to go to Blackboard. and
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28

dirt to the top of these two-by -fours
and lamp in solid.
l then fill in about one foot of small
stone. Dirt is then put in and tamped
solid to the top. The other post is
set in the ground four feet and dirt
tamped solid around it. The brace
is put in about one foot from the top
of the back post, and about the same
distance from the ground on tie
front post. Wire is then placed around
posts as seen in the cut and twisted
tight. If the posts are put in in this
way and the fence is drawn tight,
there is never any danger of the posts
pulling out or leaning, and the fence
will always be tight. In connection
with building fence conceived the
idea of using the bars of section
knives for supports for fence. OF
course it may not be easy for every
one to secure these, but l think they
can be purchased from almost any
junk dealer.
The bars with the projection where
the pitman fastens are from five and
length of cut of the mower or binder
The knives are removed, and where
the pitman fastens l put bolt or piece
of iron about one foot long through
hole l then place this in the ground
as deep as the fence will allow. (The
length of fence and length of bar de-
termining this.) Then fasten the bar
to the fence by wiring through the
holes where the knives have been re-
moved. l fasten about three places,
top, middle and bottom. This makes
an excellent and cheap support, as
hogs cannot raise the fence and go
under This may not be a new idea
to some, but have never seen it used
elsewhere-Harry j. Greer, in Ohio
Farmer.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
LAST STAND OF CUSTER.
Cool and Resolute Conduct of the Fa-
nous Fighter and His
Brave Men.

The Indians attacked at once. Riding
at full gallop along the front OF the line
on their ponies, they poured heavy fire
from their long-range rifles upon the
soldiers, to which the latter made a
brave. steady, but not very effective re-
ply with their inferior carbines, writes
Cyrus Townsend Brady, in 1.-THE Last
of Custer" in Pearson's.
The force menacing them was so great
that Custer dared not leave his position
on the hills. To retreat was hopeless, to
advance impossible. They must stand
on the defensive and pray that the al
vance of Reno's command up the valley,
which they probably hoped that Benteen
would reinforce, would compel the
withdrawal of the Indians from their
front. They fought on, therefore, coolly
and resolutely, outstanding their ammu-
milton and endeavoring to- make every
shot tell in their galloping, yelling foe
men. The Indians, in their accounts,
speak of the cool, deliberate courage Of
numbers of the officers and men, whom
they singled out for their bravery. Yet
the troopers suffered great loss as the
afternoon wore on. Their ammunition
began to run low, and the contracting,
whirling circle of Indians drove them
closer and closer together. The horses
were at last stampeded, and with them
went some of the reserve ammunition.
1t appears that at this time Custer
must have endeavored to send mes
sage to Reno, for the body Of a solitary
soldier, Sergt. Butler. was found after
the battle at a point half way between
Custer and Renos command. A little
heap of cartridge shells lay near his
body, evidencing that he had sold his
life dearly.
It was evident to all on the hill as the
afternoon drew to it's close that they
were doomed. It was hardly possible
that counter attack by Reno would
save them now, and there were no evil
dences that he was anywhere in the vi
cinity. Where, in Gods name" they
must have asked themselves in their de-
spair, could Reno be-"
One of the Crow scouts has said-al-
though his account is generally disbe-
lieved-that he went at last to Custer,
as yet unframed, and told him that he
thought he could get him away, and
that Custer refused to leave the field.
The Grow altered his appearance to look
as much like Sioux as possible, and in
the confusion of the fight got away
safely. He was the only human surviv-
or of the field. What occurred after is
a matter of conjecture, based upon the
contradictory and inadequate testimony
of the Indians themse elves.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
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SUGGESTION FROM OHIO
Durability and Usefulness of Wire
Fence Depend on the Brac-
ing of End Posts.

The matter of putting in end posts
Is very important factor in the con-
struction of wire fences. = On passing
along different farms in observing
fences, as a general rule, you will see
that the anchors have been pulled up
by the drawing of the fence or are
leaning. present a plan which have
used and find it to be very satisfac-
tory. The posts that l have used have
been white oak and walnut, having Sc
cured them from the farm. Posts are
about ten inches in diameter. The
main post, as will be seen by cut, is
placed in the ground four and one
half feet and two two-by-fours spiked
across the bottom. l then fill with
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
Arsenate of Lead Solution.

Arsenate of lead, now being used as
substitute for Paris green, and which
has proved to be less destructive to
the foliage and to possess superior ad-
hesive qualities, is prepared as follows:
Dissolve II ounces of acetate of lead
(sugar Of lead) in four quarts of warm
soft water in a wooden pail, and four
ounces of arsenate of soda $50 per cent.
purity in two quarts of water in an
other wooden pail. These solutions are
sufficient for $50 gallons of water in
fighting the codling- and
Fireside.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28

a rare desire is that, l swear, you can
not do better than let Capt. Ichabod
take you. You will be safe, and am
sure of that, and there is every rea-
son to think he will find his man"
When Mr.. Delaplaine went below
with his extraordinary news, Dame
Charter turned pale and screamed.
Sail in pirate ship?" she cried
1--WE seen the men belonging to one of
them, and as to going on board and
sailing with them, I'd rather die just
where I am
To the good DANES establishment
and that of Mr.. Delaplaine, Kate spoke
up very promptly. "But you cannot
die here, Dame Charter; and if you
ever want to see your son again you
have got to go to him. Which is also
the case with me and my father
And, as there is no other way for US
to go, l say, let us accept this mans
offer if he be what my uncle thinks
he is. After all, it might be as safe
for us on board his ship as to be
on a merchantmen and be captured by
pirates, which would be likely enough
in those regions where we are obliged
to go; and so say let us see the man,
and if he don't brighten US too much
let us sail with him and get my father
and Dickory."
1T would be terrible danger, a ter
rible danger" said Mr.. Delaplaine.
But, uncle" urged Kate, "every-
thing is terrible danger in the search
we're upon; let US then choose a dan
ger that we know something about,
and which may serve our needs, rath-
er than one of which we're ignorant
and which cannot possibly be Of any
good to u.s."
It was actually the fact that the it,
tie party in the cabin had not finished
talking over this most momentous
subject before they were informed that
Capt. Ichabod was on deck. Up they
went Dame Cha rter ready to faint.
But she did not do so. When she saw
the visitor she thought it could not be
the pirate captain, but some one whom
he had sent in his place. He was more
soberly dressed than when he first
came on board. and his manners were
even milder. The mind of Kate Bon
net was so worked up by the trouble
that had come upon her that she felt
very much as she did when she hung
over the side Of her fathers vessel at
Bridgetown, ready to drop into tho
darkness and the water when the siE-
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
BESSIE PLAYED BARBER.
And When She Got Through with the
Boys They Were Perfect
Frights.

Bessie is the six-year-old daughter of
Chubbs, who owns a fine house on the
eastern side of Central park, just off
Millionaire's row, relates the New York
Press. Bobby is the four-year- old
darling of Blubbs, who lives block
away. Harry is the curly-haired gem
of Hubs. The three families are mu-
tual friends. The children are sent to
the park under the charge of one nurse
maid. This estimable person takes her
sewing with her and sits on a bench
while the three children wander of to
play.
One afternoon the nurse espied
friend. She dropped her scissors on
bench and hurried of to see her. She
was gone ten minutes, according to her
owa account. Meanwhile Bessie had
discovered the scissors
Lets play barber" she said, "and I'm
the barber"
So far as Bobby and Harry are con-
cerned Bessie is usually anything she
wants to be. When the nurse returned
she almost tainted. The six long,
golden curls that had adorned Harry's
head when he entered the park were
hanging gracefully over the back of
the bench. Bobby's own "clubbed"
haircut straight across the back, with
a bang in front-looked like a well-worn
feather duster
What shall I do?" shrieked tho
nurse, to policeman who responded to
her screams.
He was a deliberate policeman. He
calmly surveyed the wreck and then
observed:
DO? Why, take the kids home, and
be thankful We didn't bring a razor.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
MAYOR JONES' IDEAL CITY.
The Way to Get It Is to "Produce
Great Persons;" the Rest
Follows.

We need to understand that the city
is merely partnership of the people
for the pursuit of happiness; that we
do not need to organize the people as
parties or as sects or cliQues in city,
but that what we do need is to organ
the transaction of the public business
in the most orderly and businesslike
way, says Leslie's Monthly Magazine.
We shall eventually learn that only
when we work together for one COM
mon end can we produce thing of real
beauty. So we need not hope to de-
velop the ideal city by getting more
drastic laws on our statute books, but
rather as we outgrow our superstitious
reverence for man-made laws and rules
and, becoming more American, we
learn to know and be obedient to the
law of love, our cities will take on the
beauty that is latent in our character.
In reality, all that is distressing, all
that is base, ignoble and mean to look
at or think of in the life of our cities
to-day is, after all, but the reflex of
our moral baseness, and we may hope
to improve our cities esthetically,, ar
tistically and INTELLECTUALLY Just in
proportion as we-all of us-shall i'm
prove morally, for, whatever our cities
are, either governmentally or other
wise, they represent the average of the
community that composes them.
The way to get the ideal city, then.
is to follow the dictum of Walt Whit
man, the greatest poet and prophet Of
American ideals that the world has
ever known. It is stated in these
words: produce great persons: the
rest follows
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
Neglect of Milk Utensils.

1t is no wonder that some of our milk
men continually have trouble with their
milk, judging from the way the cans
and other milk holding vessels are neg
lected One item of this neglect is the
taking home from cheese factories of
whey in the same cans that brought the
milk and leaving the whey in the cans
almost to the time uhen the cans are
wanted again. Cans should not be used
carrying whey at all, but, if so used.
they should be emptied as soon as re-
ceived at the farm house and thoroughly
washed at once-Farmers' Review.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28

these parts are nailed good, strong
cleats, which should be cut shorter
and shorter as the two sides come
nearer together When the ladder
is finished it is broad at the base and
not easily overturned At the ton
it is pointed, so as to be easily thrust
among the branches of the trees in
trying to reach the fruit.-T. G. Harms.
in Epitomist.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
Bees in Court.

In Neos4o county a new courthouse
has been built to take the place of the
stone structure erected many years ago.
Some years ago swarm of bees took
possession of place under the caves Of
the building. The colony rapidly multi
piled into other colonies until the bees
are busily at work under the caves on
every side of the building, and their in
cessant buzz can be heard in the court
room when the occupants are noiseless-
~, breathlessly waiting for some final
decision from court or jury.-Chanute
(Kan.) Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28

some merit, is in use. It
is made from a stiff hick-
ory pole cut out of the
woods. First an iron band
is slipped out on the small
end of the pole, and we'll
secured. Then, beginning
at the butt, the pole is
split into two equal parts
I'm to tho hand Ao.oeo
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28

Too liberal feeding of cooked vegeta-
hlaa will produce bowel complaint
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
Always Up and Doinr.

borrower says he is always ready
TO do his best" ~...s. 49,.
"sure. He'd do his best friend."-
Brooklyn Times. =. h. i. =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28
LADDER FOR THE ORCHARD
1t Is Quite Primitive and Easily Made
at Home, But Possesses Con-
siderable Merit.

In some parts of east Tennessee q
primitive ladder, which seems to have
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28

Statisticlans ass.:. that more money
is spent in this country fa1 eggs than
-four.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28

Despite all attempts, the gamblers
cannot create a successful egg trust.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-28

The manure-coated COW is a proc.
that her owner is in the wrong business,
He should change occupations
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-05

Thanksgiving services will be
held this year Thursday, November
"A at 10 q. IN. at the Baptist church.
Following is the program:
Sermon by Mr.. Chalmers McPher.
son.
Rev. Il. A. Copass will have
charge OF the music and the collect.
ion.
Rev. J. c. Smith will offer the op.
ening prayer.
Scripture lesson by Rev. J. Il.
Putnam
Closing prayer by Rev. J. y, Ivy.
The following committee from the
different churches will take charge
Of the offering Geo. G. Sweat
Christian church; Lee Penn,
Methodist church; l.. &. Todd, Bap.
tist church; Il. II. Conually, Cum
berland Presbyterian church; 4. NJ
Sleeper, First Presbyterian church.
The public has a cordial Invitation
10 attend these services.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-05
TO COMBAT THE EVIL.
heeiiRs win Be Held In Dallas 10 Discuss
The Divorce 0ueSfi0R.

A few weeks ago Mr. Chalmers
Mcpherson preached a sermon IN
his pulpit on 1.-The Divorce Evil, I"
in which some surprising facts we're
stated concerning its growth among
both white aud coIored people. 1t
was Immediately suggested that
there should he more done than the
preaching Of sermon; aud steps
were then taken looking to 4 meet
ing of such persons who feel enough
intereste in the matter to come to-
gether Tor consultation as to what
may by done. A call has been pre-
pared and signed by some represen-
tative citizens of Dallas, Fort
Worth, Hllisboro ,Clebsrne, McKin-
ney and other points for a meeting
TO be held az 1880 q. m, al the !.
NJ. &. A. hall in Dallas on Monday,
November 2lst. The call will be
given TO the press for publication
and will appear in the DAILY LIGHT
Monday next, Among those inter
ested in the move are seen the
names of Bishop Garrett, Hon, An
son Rainey, Father James NJ. Hays
and pastors of all the leading
churches of Dallas; Maj. K. Nj.
VanZandt, Hon. VIM. ID. Williams,
add prominent preachers of Fort
Worth. Seventeen Waxahachie
sign stures are given, among them
Judge J. +. billiard, Judge Lee
Hawkins, Hon. J. NJ. Alderdice,
Hon. s. r. Skinner. besides attor-
neys, pastors, officials, etc. No eff
fort has been made to secure
large list at any place. There
would have been but little effort re-
quired TO secure a thousand sIgneFs.
The movement has received the
hearty and unanimous approval and
cooperation of the Pastors Asso-
citation OF Waxahachie.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-05
Buraldg Eaters ReSidehCe.

Mr.. Henderson Green was awak-
ened Sunday night at O'Clock by a
noise in the kitchen. He conld see
the outside kitchen door from his
bedroom and aided by the moonlight
saw a man standing inside the door.
He called to his father whose house
is only few rods away. This fright
ened the intruder and he fled. On in-
vestigation Mr.. Green found that the
burglar tif that was his object had
raised the screen and window sashes
and entered through the kitchen win
dow. He had then opened the door
evidently for the purpose of easy
escape. Mr.. Green is sure he was
awakened by the intruder as he en-
tered as the noise that aroused him
was the rattle of the stove shovel
which hung on the window facing,
where the burglar entered. Ferris
Wheel.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-05
BOuehi Bale of Cotton Twice.

p, NJ. Parks, manager Of the Wax
ahachie Gin Company, is shy the
sum OF $43 so as a result of buying
one bale of cotton twice yesterday
afternoon. NJ. w. Bond, young
man who had been working for A,
g. Wicker, brought a load of cotton
to the city yesterday with instruct
ions TO take it to Brady's gin. In
stead Of that, however, he drove the
cotton on the square aud sold 1t to
Mr.. Parks in his own name. After
unloading the cotton at the war
house OF the Waxahac HE Gin Com
pany he came back TO town aud
cashed his check, the amount beng
S43 50. He then took Mr.. Wicker's
wagon and team home, got together
his few personal effects aut depart
ed for other sections. Mr.. Wicker
spent the day al the Anderson
ranch and upon returning home he
made some inquiries as to the dispO-
sltIun Of the bale Of cotton. No one
at home knew anything about The
III after and he came to the citv to
make an investigation. He learned
how the cotton had been disposed Of
and when the matter was presented
toMr Parks he paid Mr. Wicker the
same amount as be paid the young
man earlier IN the day The matter
ia now IN the hands of the officers.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1904-11-05
A Physician Healed

Or. Geo. Ewing, practicing ply.
sician Of Smiths Grove, Ky, f0I
over thirty years, writes his per
sonai experience with FoIey's Kid.
ney Cnre. "For years | had been
troubled with Kidney and bladder
trouble aud enlarged prostate gland.
/ used everything known To the pro,
tession without relief, until | com
menced 90 use FOley's kidnev
Cure. After taking three bottles |
was entirely relieved and cured. |
prescribe it now daily in my prac-
tice and heartily recommend its use
to all physicians for such troubles.
| have prescribed il ia husdreds of
cases with perfect success Sold
y r., W Fearis.