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Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
WAR TIME LOAN REPAID.
Twenty Dollars Borrowed in Southern
Prison Recently Returned
with Interest.

Mayor H. S. Benner, of Gettysburg.
Pa, has received $40 with simple inter-
est at six per cent. for 40 years, which
had been borrowed from him by his old
comrade, Capt. George Brown, while
they were confined together in prison at
Plymouth, N. c., after their capture in
the campaign of 1864.
The money had been borrowed by Can't.
Brown in order to buy some extra pro-
visions, for it was almost impossible for
a man to subsist on the food furnished by
their confederate jailers. Both men
were members of the One Hundred and
First regiment, Pennsylvania volunteers,
and during their term of service were
close friends. But after they escaped
from Plymouth prison they became sepa-
rated and never saw each other again
until they met here.
Brown, who was attending the annual
encampment of the state G. A. r. as
delegate from Ashland, Pa, met and rec
ognized Benner, and, reminding him of
the loan, made an offer of payment The
offer was refused by the mayor, who said
that he had no recollection of the affair.
Brown insisted, saying that he had made
a record of the loan at the time in his
passbook A settlement was effected by
Brown giving his comrade check for
$68.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
THE CENTURY, OF .UCLlNEss
Cities saad Their People Have Been
=. Destroying the Beauty Of
the World.

Ernest Crosby tells the Craftsman
that though the nineteenth century may
be known for many things in the future
1t cannot well escape one uncomfortable
name, the Century of Ugliness. The fact
Is, says Mr.. Crosby, that for over one
hundred years Christendom has been
busily at work making the world ugly
In every conceivable way, and with the
most remarkable ingenuity. Cities have
grown enormously, and their sordid SUBJ.
urDs are forever. eating into the country
side. And these cities, everlastingly at
tracing what is best in the country to
themselves-the country people, to be
bleached and enfeebled-their forests to
be scattered about the streets as waste
paper-their lakes and streams, to be
used for any purpose but publication and
cleanliness--these same cities are per-
petually belching forth in return black
smoke, cheap suburbs, Newports, Coney
Islands, cemeteries, summer boarders,
excursionists, vulgarity, false ideals and
every other unnatural monster. Our
mining regions have devastated whole
countries, condemning men to work in
endless night, piling up mountains of re-
fuse, and eventually covering counties
with sooty pail. Half the attention be-
slowed upon the invention of dynamite
and battleships might by this time have
learned how to store little of the wasted
heat of the sun. And as for the digging
of gold and silver and diamonds, we
should be much better off without them.
We have wellnigh destroyed the forests
OF the world. No man with a soul can
traverse the Adirondacks to-day with
out suffering more than he enjoys, as he
looks upon the thousands of acres of bar
rem stumps. And in Wisconsin and Mich
1gan it is worse. This is the work of
practical men," save the mark and 1,
who protest. forsooth am sentimental
list! Is it necessary to speak of the ugli-
ness of machinery, with it's noises, its
smells and its monotony, of railways and
blackened railway yards and terminals,
and trolley-Wires and gongs, and narrow
25-story buildings interspersed by build
ings Of five? The pretty costumes of the
peasant have gone, and chalet and log
cabin give place to shapeless boxes and
tenements. We have robbed the poor of
their sole wealth, the quality of being
picturesque. Not content with this work
OF uglification at home, we have ruth
lessly carried it across the sea. We have
inflicted death-wound upon the art of
India and China and Japan We are wag-
Ing war against turban and galakieh in
the name of top-hat and trousers. We
are converting graceful Orientals into
aping manikins, and the telegraph poles
of Toxic stand as witnesses of our tri-
umph
This Is the story of the nineteenth CEN
fury. There may be items to our credit
but they are not in the line of beauty.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

Ewhelmed; then collapsed, just az that
lady did but moment ago, and the
American quickly possessed himself of
his captor's arms and was master Of
the situation.
"And now, gentlemen" concluded
the story teller, I'VE will have our
game" .
As he spoke he again reached for
ward to turn the trump. There was
quickly drawn breath Of horror from
those who observed him, for the first
three fingers of his left hand were
missing.
Before he could turn the card q saw
age lurch of the boat, accompanies by
the creaking of timbers, announced the
arrival of the Rappahannock at her
New York slfp-and the trump was
never turned.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

Grafton, but ). must wear waists and
wraps that look as if made for some one
five sizes larger than the wearer. Ger
tainly the long shoulder is still with us,
remains the only proper style as yet,
but exaggerated length is not at all the
thing. Besides, it is very unbecoming;
makes thin woman look forlorn, a stout
one ridiculous.
The Directoire is the style that is en-
deavoring to push the 1880 to the wall.
but modified Directoire, and with rivals
in the form of Louis XIV. and Louis
XVI. modes. For the Directoire follow
ers is shown simple long skirt, devoid
Of trimming, but the coat made @jaunty
with fancy waistcoat and revers; the
little vest may be a jabot eect of row
upon row of narrow lace, of satin or soft
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

White Is persisted in during the fall
as long as one can wear it and not look
frozen to death, and though white has
had long day, it shows this year no
sign of decrease Of favor Old and young
wear 1t, and few find it unbecoming.
Thick duck really is more suitable to the
crisp days OF autumn than to hot summer
weather, looks more attractive. Serge
and mohair, too, now show to best adj
vantage, and though the windows are
displaying furs and heavy cloth, above
stairs the tables are strewn with what
people are buying-left-over white cos-
tunes, or separate skirts and coats. For
garden parties, and sometimes at church,
more elaborate white gowns are seen:
one of decided beauty, a white wolfe,
made with sort of surplice waist. full
skirt and elbow sleeves, some cluny lace
showing about the neck and down the
front Of the waist?
Many ladies are being tempted to in
dulge in midseason hat of white felt,
and the all-white costume, for both shoes
and hose match, makes even an elderly
person look youthful. The white felt
hats are round, rather low-crowned, and
trimmed with feathers or pompons in
military style. They look appropriate
with merely outing costume, and are
not at all out of place with fancier
gown.
In the windows the white hats are
perched side by side with light-colored
ready-to-wears. whose trimmings show
the shades that are to be fashionable
later on. These shades are at once bril-
liant and soft; emerald, orange, copper
and cockscomb, the three latter promis-
Ing to have no small vogue. AS for
millinery materials, chenille will again
be popular, shaded and plaid effects will
be worn. A beautiful imported hat of
cockscomb velvet is harmony of sew
eral tones, the under brim of plain VEL
vet, the upper showing glimpses of
taffeta Of a lighter coloring, and the bunch
of tips constituting the trimming of a
still lighter shade. Jet, steel and gold
glitter individually on the fall hats, and
embroidered bands will decorate the
ever-present picture hat. "A departure.
ssAAA % A~~Sy oAOS 40 " lave the nat Dr1m
faced with fancy ribbon that blends with
the material Of which the hat is COM
! posed; for instance, a dark blue velvet
hat is faced with MORE ribbon of hya-
cinth blue-carrying out. the color
schemes so liked this summer. =,
Fashions in neck wear change tire
somely fast, but there are two new
styles deserving mention. One is linen
stock which opens in front and is fas-
tened by Windsor tie that passes
through q buttonho1ed slit at either side
near the front. The second collar re-
ferred to is a lay-down collar made Of
three rows Of fine insertion and edged
with . frill of narrow lace; q piece Of
inch-wide velvet ribbon passes under
the collar ct the back, and fastens In
front In 2 four-in-hand. falling about
to the waist line. H.. =. - =
~ ~. ~ :. ELLEN osMoNDr.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
SAW BULL RUN BATTLES,
Mrs. Lucinda Dogan, Who Was 1iv-
ing Near Historic Spot, Still
in Fair Health. 3

Mrs. Lucinda Dogan, now 81 years old, ).
who was an eye witness of both battles
at Bull Run in the civil war, is still liv-
ing at Groveton, near the historic field.
On the morning of the first battle she
was ordered from her home by one Of
Jackson's officers, and before she had
been gone ten minutes the artillery fire,
preceding the heavy fighting, had
opened. She was seemingly fascinated
Dy the terror of the scene and never
strayed far from it. A railroad cut runs
through the farm near her house. It
was along this graded way that Jackson
formed his line for the second fight. The
line of the railroad is we'll preserved to-
day. The ''cuts" are grown up in pine
and cedar and the fills" are also over
grown, but one may walk along the road
bed from Gainesville to Sudley The par
tlcular cut" where the troops fought
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
A Horse with q History

speaking Of war horses" said Joe
Dickinson, late adjutant general on
Gen. Hooker's staff, do any of you re-
member that magnificent white charger
that Hooker rode at Chancellorsvi1le?
Well, that horse had history. He was
discovered by one of Sickles' men in a
patch Of pines not far from Good Hope
Hill, Nd, where his master had hidden
him. And he was presented to- Dan
Sickles.. He. was. pure-bred Arabian
and the handsomest parade horse in
the army. A negro led the soldier to the
spot where the horse was concealed, and
the master Of the horse also owned the
negro. The owner of the. horse soon
discovered his. whereabouts, and, armed
with proof Of loyalty, went to Secretary
Stanton, who ordered the horse re-
turned. But the latter by this time had
disappeared. As a matter Of fact, he
had passed into Hooker's hands, and
although considerable trouble was made
for Sickles and Hooker, the Arabian re-
manned In the federal service. Amer
lean Tribune. = 5zz.s: .....' =
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
LACK" WAS A LOYALlST.
He Deserted His Confederate Master
and Joined the First Maryland
During the War.

Union Jack" or "Jack," as he was
more briefly and Familiarity called by
those who knew him, was famous dog
of the civil war. Jack" displayed mas
tiff characteristics, but that he was not
pure bred was evident by length of body,
hound-like fining away at the loins and
deer-like symmetry and slimness of
legs.
Originally he belonged to confeder-
ate jailer in Front Royal, Va, when COM
panies and of the First Maryland reg
iment were there on provost guard duty
When Jackson made an advance upon
| the place these companies fell back to
join their regiment in repelling him, and,
after severe action, were surrounded,
taken prisoners and brought back to
Front Royal.
It was while the two companies were
on provost guard duty that Jack" first
| displayed dog sympathy for the north
He made friendly overtures to the First
Maryland officers and when the compa-
MES fell back to take part in the fight
against Jackson Jack" insisted on ac-
companying them. His master protest
ed, sternly ordered him to his quarters,
coaxed, entreated, offered brides of food,
but all in vain
Jack" of sudden seemed to have
no further use for his old jail-keeping
master, and did not hesitate to lay naked
his quarry of powerful teeth whenever
an attempt was made to place restrain
Ing hand on him.
He went into the fight with the Mary
landers, tried to dig out burrowing
shells, chased after bounding round shot,
parked defiance at screaming shrapnel,
licked the faces of the wounded and
whined mournfully over the dead.
Jacks" behavior in that swift action
brazed closer and f1rmer the bond of af-
lection which had been gradually form
Ing between the officers and the dog.
Jack" returned to Front Royal a
prisoner with the captured unionists
and in spite of all attempts to wean him
back to old associations he remained
loyal to the stars and stripes. His affec.
ton for the Maryland officers was unal.
terable, and he accompanied then
through all their vicissitudes and chan.
ges of prison to Richmond.
Jacks sagacity and devotion were
amazingly human. On the road wher
the parched men were fainting of thirst
he would seek water along the way, anc
bark loudly when he discovered it
First Maryland history has it that whe1
the men were subsisting on only fivt
crackers to each man for five days this
remarkable dog would catch chickens
and bring them to the officers and sit
content to take what the famished mer
cared to share with him.
On one occasion when WORKOUT, foot.
sore, sick soldier dropped in the road
Jack remained with him severa
hours until wagon took him up to fol
low the sorrowful column on the way tt
prison.
One of the most remarkable feature:
in his character was the intense hatred
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
4 WASHABLE WAIST.

a modish outing costume for the fall
girl, who is reluctant to give up the COM
Portable fabrics of summer for. the thick
heavy cloths of winter; But in our land
of Indian summer, for many weeksyet
one can cling to thin outdoor wear, and
no time of the year do we feel more:like
following the modern Injunction. that
health demands few garments and
those unhampering. S. = 81. .A -
Crepe de chine, a washable material
of ben uty and richness, is excellently
employed in the waist shown IN the H.
lustration.t The design is simple, the
style depending on the good cut. Tho
stitching should be done in silk the
shade Of the material, and a girdle and
stock Of pannevelveto Of like shade might
be added for dressy occasions. II any
lace is desired, use It sparingiy, as the
fancy now 10 for little lace and that of
very 1dns Quality. . re-. Z. ~ :.
Ed
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
LUBEc'S ALCOHOLIC FERRY.
Thirty Maine Men Get Drinks in
Spite of Uncle Sam and
Prohibition,

In Lubec's international alcoholic
ferry the United States customs officials
and the deputy sheriffs who are trying
to enforce Names prohibitory liquor
law confess that they are up against a
scheme that can't be beaten, says a re-
cent Bangor report to the New York Sun.
Lubec is little seacoast town away
down toward the jumping off place. as
Maine people call the easterly tip end of
the state, and directly opposite, sepa-
rated from it by narrow strait, is the
island of Campobello, a part of the prov
ince of New Brunswick.
Recently wave of liquor law enforce
ment struck Lubec, and when the town
became really dry certain enterprising
Yankees conceived the idea of establish
Ing a saloon over in Campobello and
ferrying customers across and back. It
was good scheme, and it worked.
Any man who had the price of pint,
a quart or a lone drink could get free
ferriage, and the business at once began
to boom. The traffic grew and prospered
until finally the dories and leaky SAIL
boats were superseded by smart gaso-
lene launch which could go fast and
carry good many passengers.
Competition arose, and other saloons
were established on the island, With
other ferries to carry customers to them.
"A sea voyage and a chance to buy the
best imported whisky for ten cents a
drink" were the inducements held out,
and all the thirsty men in that part of
Maine focked to Campobello for their
health.
The Lubec white ribboners became
aroused and called upon the customs
officers to put stop to it, The customs
officers Investigated, but decided that
they could do nothing Any man had the
right to take drink wherever he could
find 1t, at home or abroad, they said, and
so long as the voyagers to Campobello
brought back their liquor in them, and
not on them, they were within their
rights.
So the International alcoholic ferry
flourishes gayly, and all the prohibition
lists can do is to stand on the shore of dry
Lubec and wish that some of the wabbly
cargoes may be spilled on the way home.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
IT, $1 : q \! THUS
$1 1929 y
The LETTER FROM MOTHER.

Rip and snip and a futter and flirt-".l
The morning mail Is in;
The typewriter's rack-tack right and LET
With brusque. staccato din.
Order and tally, statement and bill,
Credit, receipt and dun;
He slaps them open with hasty hand.
Asserting them one, by one.
RESPECTED Gentlemen" ''Honored Strs,
Formal and SNUG and trtte,
Empty phrases Of business life
To start the letters right.
'Sincerely yours" and with respect.
"Obedient servant" too!
Satire tucked to rebate claim
Or angry threat to sue.
Down through the thick OF the stack HI
goes
With the business snarl on his brow
There is never smile in a postman's
bag
You'd imagine, to look at him now.
But under a letter of formal cut
And sickly commercial hue,
Here is a missive trinity plump,
With envelope honest blue.
And he opens the flap with q careful
hand.
He pushes the others by;
The faltering lines and the faded ink
He studies with softened eye.
There's truth in the words, My precious
boy"
For they're penned by a mothers hand,
And there's something else between the
lines
His heart can understand.
Forgetting the cares of the business day
And the roar from the city's throat,
His thoughts go back to the farm the
while
He reads what mother wrote:
I'VE are we'll, and your fathers smart,
He's down in the woods to-day:
Tell Joe I'm filing the wood-shed up,
He said as he went away.
ASK him if ever he's found a spot
That's quite so cozy and snug
As the corner in front of our fireplace
With his back on the braided rug?
Tell him there's plenty of birch and
beech
That's laundering now to burn,
And lots of things in the bins down.
stairs
Waiting for his return
I've had fine luck with all preserves
And all of my pickles, too.
The house is full of the smell Of spice!
Sniff hard at this paper" True!
He closed his eyes on the Office wallis.
And the perfume the letter brings
Whispers of jars on the cellar shelves
And apples In festooned strings.
He scents the SAVIOR of autumn fields
And the fragrance Of heaped-up mows.
The spicy waftines from cellar bins
And the dewy breath Of cows.
Then down at the end there's the same
sweet thrill
He found in the words above:
come when you can. precious boy.
From mother, with all her love-"
And somehow the tasks of the busy dav
Are full Of snarls and frets;
His thoughts are slow, and things move
wrong,
He blunders and he forgets.
For the call Of home is in his ears.
In his eyes the old home place:
In his heart the yearning for two old
folks
Who are longing to see his face,
And he heaps on his wondering partners
desk
The whole of the business pile.
You must run it week, old manl'' he
says;
I'm down with the folks awhile"
Holman F. Day. in Youths Compan-
ion.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
Determined to BE Polite.

The car was entirely empty with the
exception OF one man, but as T entered
he rose, made me an unsteady, but
magnificent bow, and said: Madam,
pleashe be kind 'nough to assn ept
thish plashe." There was nothing else
for me to do, sol thanked him and sat
down. And for 20 blocks that idiot
hung from a strap, swaying in this
breeze, with not q soul in the car but
ourselves. Occasionally ! have been
taken for other women; but never be-
fore had any one think that L was 4
carful. San Francisco Aronant,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07

"
" G\ illustration is built Of silk
| .@A voille and trimmed with vel
&,W@- vet, the girdle of the last
~ mentioned material, the
bows and bands on the
sleeves, the straps across the front of the
bodice, of velvet ribbon. The sole wolfe
lends itself admirably to the full skirt,
the large sleeves, the costume as a
whole. The only trimming on the pic
ture hat is billow Of plumes, the toilet
as an entirety conspicuous for its soft
feminine attractiveness. The touches
OF black noticeable on the costume prom
Use to be feature of the fall and winter
styles.
Shiny fabrics are to hold prominent
place the coming season, and we are
glad to chronicle that the beautiful pop
Inns are to reign once again. Word from
Paris tells of white poplin gown
trimmed with white panne, and we can
think of nothing prettier than this COM
bination the luster of the poplin blend
ing in with the sheen of The panne. The
gown under consideration was made
touching the floor all around, front and
sides as we'll as the back sweeping q lit
tie; but no train; trains are quite gone
out.
In fact, some of the dancing frocks are
onl y Of instep length, have perceptible
rise from the ground: On very young
girls the effect is good and the style
becoming to some of the elders. Efforts
are made to have skirts full not only at
the bottom but also at the top, but SO far
the Efforts have not been successful. the
general becominness of close fit at the
hips making my lady slow to adopt full
| ness In the upper portion of the skirt,
though welcoming each additional quar-
ter-yard below the knee. To allow of
the increased fullness there, godets are
sometimes set in, and this year tn ere is
almost an exaggerated flare.
Conservative dressers can congratu-
late themselves that established fash
ions do not really change with the elect
with the rapidity reported. Life is tao
short, we all have too many interests, to
iesire novelty in dress IL times a year.
and as rule what holds good of pre-
va1l1ng summer styles holds good of
winter fashions; but just now there is
noticeable an attack on the long sloping
shoulder, the innovation Of the broad,
square shoulder. This tendency we take
no pains to decry, for, as always, extrem-
lists have begun to make beholders
aweary of the elongated slant over the
arm. When the dip belt was carried by
ultra ones down about to the knees,
good taste said,: Hold, enough, and the
fine lines Bernhard gave us were in dan
ger of disappearing through the fool
ishness of the cloud" people; now the
1880 styles are threatened, owing to the
class that never is satisfied with mod
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
CALLS FOR YARD OF MILK.
Customer qslls pairyman That Prod
uct g Sold in Siberia By
IL. a7a Linear Measure . h. u

"divesme = yard 81 milk said i ia
cetious customer. The dairyman smiled.
But q yard Of milk, all the same. q he
said, lis not the impossibility You deem
it. 3 ! have bought milk BY the yard,
though not il this climate. 1t Is pleasant
to think, with the thermometer y. s. of
the days when ! got my milk BY linear
measure s the dairy oman continued. ut
was lin Irkutsk the coolest town IS ST.
IBERIA. & spent q 5Winter there when Twas
Evaleting, and verything thats IL bought
~ the markets came sol zen solid.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
About the si.e Of 1t,

- AOV0@ SA0 oAS@ OK ACs = g. 'ssSF%
TITS mo- trouble at all; to get mar
rted, remarked the girl with the new
engagement ring. =. \. K
"of course. It isn't rejoined her
married lady friend. with sigh long
drawn out. he trouble doesn't begin
until the honeymoon ends. = Chicago
Journal. .5 S:Ss #ss .: : III .3 s<s-s=
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= Better Not to Know.

It was their first meal at a Chinese
restaurant - -
George" asked Mrs. Ferguson.
what Il chop suey made of?''
WELL. it's mixture of several
things" said Mr.. Ferguson, evasively.
isn't the ornamentation of this room
the queerest thing you ever saw?"-
Chicago Tribune.