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::ATramp's Dream
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
Copyright. 1903. by T. c. Mcclure. !

Copyright. 1908. by T. c. McClure.1
One summers day when Farmer
Bingham was washing his hands at
the kitchen door preparatory to the
monday meal a tramp turned in from
the highway and asked for bite tc
eat. He was asked if he would work
for 1t. and after look in the direc.
tiQn of the cornfield and shake of the
head he replied:
"1'm just out of the hospital with
three broken ribs and am not strong
enough, but I'll do heap better thar
to handle hoe. l turned in here be
cause l dreamed Of this place last
night while was sleepin' in a barr
five miles away. Yes, it's the same
place-house, barn, orchard, blue pumr
in the we'll and everything else. Its
just as If my dream had been photo
graphed."
"What sort of dream?'' asked the
farmer. but without much curiosity.
Il thought l stood right there unde,
that pear tree and saw you come ul
from the barn. You had an iron bound
box on, your shoulder, and you could
hardly stagger under it. You threw
it down just where that old hen is
scratchin' and got the az and broke
it open. Gee whiz!'
'And what?'
"Well, the $40 gold pieces went fly
IN al Q01~ So
winter. 1t was the beautifulest sight
my eyes ever beheld-great big yallel
coins, and how they did chink togeth
er! It was their chinkin' that woke
me up"
But there's nothing in Dreams" sale
the farmer, although he was beginning
to turn pale around the mouth.
"Mebbe not, mebbe not, but l never
had one yet that didn't come true. Are
you willin' to let me search your BARI
and gimme half what find?''
''You sit down here and I'll bring
you out some dinner, and then well
talk further about it,
Farmer Bingham was no fool He
was young man of twenty-five and
was accounted above the average in
sharpness. but the dream hit him. He
had scarcely related it to his wife
when she exclaimed:
"You carry that tramp out the big
gest dinner he ever had and then pump
him dry and get rid of him.
After the tramp had eaten his fill he
offered to help them about the box.
They made excuses.
Ladies and gentlemen" he said, II
understand perfectly understand.
You don't want me around when the
box is found and opened. You don't
want me to hear the chink-a-chink of
them yallcr bo-s. You think I'd claim
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19
Z sheer Tor dreamin'. WAL. m move
on and let you have all the fun to your

Sneer IOr dreamln. WAL, I'll move
on and let you have oil the fun to your
selves
The tramp was watched out Of sight.
and then the couple went to the barn
and began their search. They had put
in two hours and were still at it when
Mrs. Bingham's mother arrived. The
idea was not to give her the slightest
hint about the treasure. but in the
course of half an hour she had picked
the information from her daughter.
Then she said:
"Amelia, you want to see that you
get your rights in this thing. Half that
money belongs to you. and you want
to stand up for it,
"But George will do what's right
about it. of course"
"There's no Of course about It. The
minute he gets, that box in his hands his
greed will be aroused. He won't want
to give you enough to buy an apron out
Of it."
That old barn was almost turned bot
tom side up, but no box was found.
The farmers brother came around
next morning on an errand. and when
he found George crawling out from un-
der the hogpen he wanted an explana-
ton and had to have it. AS soon as he
got it he said:
"You look out for Amelia. If ever I
saw avarice in a woman's eyes it's in
hers. She'll want at least half Of the
money to buy gimcracks with"
Before noon the wife's father and two
brothers and sisters were on hand. and
after them came the husbands father
and other brother. There were wran-
Cling and quarreling from the start.
When the dirt floor of the smokehouse
was spaded up and the spade struck
an old tomato can. there were pushing
and showing and swearing. When the
farmer prepared to drain off the wa
ters of the goose pond and refused to
pledge himself to an equal division,
there was fight, out of which grew
bloody noses and black eyes. OF
course the affair attracted the atten-
ton of the neighbors, and they came
by the dozen to mix in and help along
things. The barn was pulled almost
to pieces, the ground dug up in fifty
different places and an old we'll on the
premises cleaned out. The house and
cellar were searched, straw stacks
tipped over, and there was fever in
the veins Of the searchers. The farmer
and his wife had reached the point
where they no longer spoke to each
other, their kin were quarreling at
every possible excuse. and the county
sheriff had about concluded to take a
hand in it when the old tramp who had
dreamed was seen turning into the
gate again. A rush was made for him,
and as soon as he could get his breath
he explained:
"They call me Truthful Willie be-
cause never told a lie in my life.
When make mistake try to rectify
it as soon as possible. l find that I
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19
Moonlight and Mysticism.

What is there about the moon that
makes people think about love and
ghosts, eternity and infinity and other
pleasantly uncanny things?
Sometimes when l see the moon
shining across the broad river l fee
million years old. get a real
shivery sensation that have seen
that same moon with other eyes and in
other lands before the Sphinx lost bel
nose.
Now, that Is no way for twentieth
century man with a good digestive ap.
paratus to feel.
What is the connection between
moonlight and mysticism? Any one
who thinks he can explain is welcome
to try.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19
'sMike."

The wandering gardener that drifted
into my place at the beginning Of the
summer, along with the birds and the
hoboes that sift into the country as
soon as the days grow warm, has
taught me some new things In human
nature.
The only name he answers to is
Mike, but as he was born in Rhode
Island and is as much of a Yankee as
an Irlshman, cannot determine
whether the original baptismal for
mula of that abbreviation was Michael
or Misaac.
In addition to his other good works
Mike has endeared himself to the goats
by talking to them in a dialect they
understand and by carrying them
green and tender branches several
times each day. In consequence they
know even the dents in his old and
battered hat and call to him half wey
trating and mournful note that makes
the voice Of the goat nearly half hu-
man and more than half diabolic.
TO the little girl Mike tells stories
of the Mother Fairy that has her home
In the secondhand wilderness at the
upper end of the little slanting farm.
The boys he teaches to fish and set
traps and, when they think it is not
work. to pull weeds.
The love of children and of dumb
things. like charity, is sufficient
cover multitude Of sins, of which
Mike also has his inherited and &C
quired share.
There is his wanderlust that has
made him tramp most of the dry parts
of the earth and, not content with
that, has driven him to sail before the
mast over the wet parts.
There is likewise his recurrent thirst
that at the end of period Of months
takes Mike out Of the world for al
least a week.
To the Only Woman Mike one day
paid tribute to her mere unworthy
half that-well, it really does not mat
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Guess David Would.

Four-year-old Joe is very fond Of Bi.
bic stories and evidently follows the
example Of his best loved hero as to
meditation lin the night watches"
He Weakened his mother one night
after midnight with the question,
Mamma, where is David now?"
I'm heaven, guess, Joe"
"Will 60 to heaven when dep
II hope so. joe"
"Mamma"-the little voice was very
eager now-"do you s'pose when get
there David will just let me hold his
slingshot little while?''-
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Edgerton's
...Farm.
copyright, 1908, BY James A. Edgerton.
This matter must not be reprinted with
out special permission.]
An Experiment.

An Experiment.
l never heard Of transplanting pota.
toes, which of course is no indication
that it has not been done. At any rate
know it has now been done, and sue
cessfully, and that by tramp gar
Gener that fell into my place one day
when l particularly needed him. He
did not fall from heaven, however, but
from the river road. which, is very
different thing. Any one who knows
anything about river roads will appre
ciate how different
Before the advent Of the tramp gar
Lener l had man who knew every
thing-eXcept how to garden. This
mans omniscience was only equaled
by his mendacity, as is apt to be the
case. A know-it-all is nearly always O
liar. He has to be to keep up his rep
utation D.
This man planted the potatoes when
no one was looking and got two rows
where one ought to be. A man who
makes two blades Of grass grow where
one grew before may be benefactor
but man who makes two rows Of po'
tatoes grow where there is room fol-
only one should be called shorter and
ugier name. At any rate. when those
potatoes came up that is what the man
In question was called.
Later on the tramp gardener sized
up the situation. He never had heard
of transplanting potatoes either. but
that did not discourage him. He first
prepared another plot Of ground and
carefully dug holes large enough for
the hills. Then, a hill at time he
carefully took up every other row OF
the potatoes and removed them to
these new hills. This he did by insert.
ing his shovel deep under the entire
hill. lifting it so rs not to disturb the
roots. AS a result every hill kept
green, and that part of the potato
patch now looks as we'll as the other
1t remains to be seen whether 1t will
bear as well, but l see no reason why
1t should not. If it does, some weeks
of time will be saved, to say nothing
of the seed potatoes. and that tramp
gardener will be entitled to pat him.
self on the back.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19

The earliest mention of corn in Kan
sas is found in the account of Coro.
nado's expedition in 1912. Professor
Williston found charred corn in the
ruins Of prehistoric Indian pueblos
in Scott county, estimated by him to
be at least two and a half centuries
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19
Odd Lanauaoa.


A Frankfort produce dealer who
drives about in his wagon went to q
certain house the other day and was
selling eggs and vegetables.
"Can you spare me an extra pound
Of butter this week." asked the house.
keeper.
''Nome, can't" replied the dealer.
II could have spore you pound yes
terday, but not today
This reminded man in the crowd
Of what his little girl had said about
some candy which was given her by
an uncle and showed that the produce
dealer is not the only coiner of words.
The child's mother said to her:
Louise, go crack that stick Of candy
and bring some of it in here"
ITS already croke," replied the
youngster and by this disproved the
theory that all children speak correct.
~ if they hear correct language
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19
china. I Collection 81 Nationa.

China is not. nation in the sense
in which we ordinarily use the word.
II we picture to ourselves the coun-
tries Of Europe, with their different
languages and different customs, drawn
together into a loose confederation I'M
der the government Of q conquering
race, we shall have some small con-
ception of what this Chinese nation
really is. The peoples Of these DIFF.
ferent European countries are all Cau-
casians. The different peoples Of Chi
ma are all Mongolians These Chinese
peoples speak eighteen or twenty dis
tinct languages. each divided into al
most innumerable dialects and subilia-
lects. They are governed by Manchu,
or Tartar, conquerors who spring from
different stock, wear different cos
tunes and speak among themselves a
language wholly different from any of
the eighteen or twenty native tongues.
Samuel Merwin in Success Magazine.
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You frequently need good 1iniment,
why not use the best? DEANS KING
: CACTUS OIL sells on its merits and
the mission of this ad is to get you to boy
the first bottle; after that we leave it to you
KING CACTUS OIL is antiseptic
and penetrating. 1t heals wound from
the Bottom, preventing blood poisoning.
No other remedy is 50 successful for
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19

m0u0 one uere. come 10 think things
over, It was not here that saw the
man with the box Of gold. It was on
the next farm, and his name IS Jones',
He spells it with big ], and 1t was
9 barrel instead Of box Of gold pieces.
Ladies and gentlemen
And then he was flying for his life.
n. QUAD. +.
Queer eedsteads In Basdad.
Foreign bedsteads made their ap-
pearance in Bagdad some eighty years
ago. when British merchants first
came to enter into the commerce of
these regions. says consular report.
At that time the beds were not intro
duced to be sold. but were brought by
these pioneer traders to add to their
own comforts, Of which Bagdad could
at that time offer but few. The only
bed then known to the natives was a
queer rectangular structure, which con-
tinues to be largely used. 1t resembles
birdcage with the top off and is
very cheap, being built of the dry
branches of the date palm. 1t has an
opening on one side, into which a per-
son seats himself; then. throwing the
feet up, he turns until the body is prop
erly inside. 1t is estimated that 20 per
cent of Bagdad's population, which is
believed to be 100000 souls, employs
this style of furniture.
10 Kick Him.
The English Winston Churchill on
one occasion made a neat little joke at
the expense of a self opinionated army
officer. The incident occurred during
dinner In South Africa, and Mr..
Churchill and the officer were seated
side by side. Throughout the meal the
latter was airing his views until at
last Churchill could stand it no longer.
DO you know" he said quietly, II
met a man today who would gladly
forfeit ESQ for the pleasure of be.
Ing able to kick your ITO kick me,
sir" exclaimed the astonished soldier.
Il must ask you to tell me his name
ut oncev' "Oh," replied Winston, ''1'm
not quite sure that ought to do that"
but insist on knowing" demanded
the other angrily. "Well, then, sup.
pose ! must tell you. 1t was poor
young fellow in the hospital who has
lost both his legs by the bursting of
a shell.''
John O. Groat's,
John O. Greats, the most northerl,
point of Great Britain, was named
after John o. Groat of Groot. a Hol
lander, who is said to have settled
there about 1889. The house which
John o Groat built on Duncan's HeaC
bay was a peculiar one. 1t was OF
octagon shape, having one room, will
eight windows and eight doors, to ad
nit eight members of the family, tt
prevent their quarrels for precedence
at table. BY this contrivance each ont
came in at his own door and sat dowl
at the octagonal table. at which, o,
course. there was no head" or foot
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ter what he said becad7e be dashed b
Ill by the mournful postscript. He
don't understand such old fellows O.
me-
II l do not it II my fault and mis-
fortune.
Have been 90 eager to find thu
light for myself that I have forgotten
zone Of the least Of theseT'
Have I loved humanity 30 much IL
the mass and the abstract that have
failed to care for them in the individ.
ual and the concrete?
If so, I have missed the way. I must
find my brother man In him that fal.
tiers and stumbles.
Poor old Mike! The wanderlust At
last will be too much for him. He will
take to the open road, disappearing as
he came.
But his lesson will remain. That has
burned itself home.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19
How I Got the Don't Worry Habit

S~O" wv sAA0 0OA WHY AdOAt'
have learned since lived with the
soul of things that people do not need
to he unhappy unless they desire to be.
All this is good If rightly seen and
rightly placed. God is actually run.
ming things, and running them right.
There is satisfaction in thought like
that.
l used to be disturbed about the way
the world IS being managed. I thought
God was off the job every now and
then. that things were going wrong
and that the politicians had to make
them right. Now l have come to the
conclusion that competent engineer
Is in charge. and l am not SO much
worried.
Understand me, believe that God
works through people and that we
must stand true to him. true to our
soul impulses, true to righteousness, to
liberty and to humanity. But there is
no need of losing sleep about the uni
verse going to the demnition bow
vows.
- ~ AAAC SAA0s uSCu " NdlCu
gang of men doing some gigantic work
building a railroad or erecting a
building-and every now and then I
became disturbed with the thought
that they were not doing in it the
right way. Then reasoned with N.Y.
self in this wise: The man in charge
Of that Job knows more about It than
do. He is experienced and takes
every part of the work into considera-
ton. He Is not making a mistake, and
there Is no occasion for me to bother
my head about it. It was a comfort
ing conclusion.
am part of the social machine.
and to that extent my responsibility
goes and no further. In public mat
tiers l am legltimately interested.
There owe my duty to my country
and my state. also owe my duty to
the Supreme-that l keep my heart
open and receptive to his will. But l
owe 1t to nobody to worry. I owe 1t
to nobody to interfere with his pri.
vate business or to be concerned about
1t. This is constructive world and is
going right My greatest concern is to
be constructive myself and to keep
step with God and humanity.
That is one of the lessons I have
learned from my little farm.
This is a universe of exact Justice.
Were that not true it could not exist
Injustice simply means incomplete
Justice. and no incomplete thing can
be permanent. Only that which is
whole and perfect is durable. If there
could exist one wrong not ultimately
righted. the orderly course of things
would be disturbed and the destruction
Of all would inevitably result.
The world wants things that are gen.
uine. 1t wants people who seem to be
what they are. 1t is tired of preten.
sion, of cant. of fakirism. 1t is sick
Of the goody good. 1t yearns for a
little wholesome common sense. It
needs more warm hearted, broad
minded, sincere goodness-the real
thing and not the counterfeit.
I once dreamed of perfect rule of
life that God would give to man, and
this was the form it took: "Aspire to
nothing the world can give. Aspire to
all that can give"
Death Is not a terrible thing. We
die often. Back along the years va
see the ghosts of our dead selves.
JAMES A. EDGERTON.
Cold Spring-on-the- Hudson, N. 7.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19

I once dreamed Of a perfect rule of
life that God would give to man, and
this was the form it took: aspire to
nothing the world can give. Aspire to
all that I can give"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19
Unconventional Gardening.

Honestly, have hopes that people
are going to get over formal, straight
line, mechanical and unnatural gar
dening. 1t Is time.
Here l read an article from the
Washington Star actually advising
people to take spade and chop holes,
angles and curves in their straight
borders. What are we coming tot
This same article says that the Japa
nese and other orientals have us beat.
en- mile as landscape gardeners fol-
the reason that they follow nature,
have curves, joys. different levels,
rock effects and other things in line
with the way that nature and God dc
things.
This is most hopeful. If sufficient
number Of writer's will begin talking
in this strain we may do something.
The only thing needed is to put our
souls into our gardening. When we
have a spirit in doing anything we
get away from mechanical and forced
effects.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19

The world wants things that are gen.
uine. 1t wants people who seem to be
what they are. 1t is tired of preten.
sion, Of cant. of fakirism. 1t is sick
Of the goody good. 1t yearns for a
little wholesome common sense. It
needs more warm hearted, broad
minded, sincere goodness-the real
thing and not the counterfeit.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-08-19

Death IS not a terrible thing. We
die often. Back along the years We
see the ghosts of our dead selves.
JAMES A. EDGERTON.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-11
INDIAN DIES AT III.
Mrs. Julia Ruby's Long and Active
Life Is Ended.

PORTLAND, Ore, March 6.-Mrs,
Julia Ruby, an Indian woman long
famous for her great age and endur-
ance, has just died at Rainier, Ore,
at the remarkable age of Ill years.
She is believed to have been the old
est Indian in the United States. She
formerly belonged to both the Tum-
whatea and Cascade tribes of ma
tives.
She was married to a white man
in her early life and was the mother
of fourteen children. Mrs. Ruby
was remarkable for her great activ-
ity considering her years. She was
up and about as usual up to the day
she passed awas. She suffered a
broken arm only one year ago and
strange to say the bone knitted per-
fectly and the injured limb became
as we'll as ever. The funeral will
be held at Rainier and will be large
ly attended by the older settlers of
the town. who have long been on
good terms with the aged Indian
woman.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-11
Sunnyside News.

SUNNYSIDE, March s.-Messrs.
Cline & Young have just finished
moving their general store into their
new quarters in the Lee A. John
son company's new brick building.
This store has floor space of $500
feet The three departments, dry
goods, shoes and groceries, are in
separate rooms, each especially fitted
for the gods carried and in furnish
ings and appointments the store will
compare favorably with metropoli-
tan establishments.
The marriage of Miss Julia Fran
ces Burroughs to Clifford Hitler oc-
Cured last evening at the home of
the brides mother, Mrs. Frances
Burroughs. Mr.. and Mrs Hitler left
for six weeks trip in Oregon and
California. They will be at home af-
ter May l at Clarinda, Ia.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-11

seems so preposterous that the peo-
pie around the streets who heard the
story as it was passed from mouth
to mouth went home muttering
something about "liar."
Patrolman Perry is said to be the
only original goat rider. He knows
more about hitting a goat bareback
by hanging onto his goatee than any
other three policemen this side of
Chicago which is a polite way of
mentioning hot places.
Perry made the liveliest candidate
who ever drank a quart of pepper
sauce without winking. He knocked
Mat Staudacher unconscious with one
blow and made the Eagles hall look
like IA police ambulances before the
ceremonies were half under way. He
is now an Eagle. Hereafter he will
soar. In the meantime the balance
of the Eagles who attempted to give
him the degree are sore.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1908-03-11
SEWER INCOMPLETE
WASH0UT LAST SPRING
Is THE CAUSE
a Possible Legal Battle May Result
Ditch Committee Is
Holding OFF.

The street and ditch committee Of
the city council is holding off on the
settlement with the sewer contrac-
tors. Mr. Darlington, who has had
charge of the work, objects to COM
pleting the work in accordance with
the contract, claiming that his COM
pany cannot be held responsible for
the sewer that was washed out dur
ing the highwater last year. AS the
situation now stands the sewerage is
being dumped on private grounds
and the city is liable to a damage
suit unless it carries the sewerage to
the river.
Darlington has wired for his at
torney and says he will abide by his
decision. In the meantime the
sewerage continues to pile up on the
low land east of the city and the
committee refuse to accept the work.