The Wahpeton times. [volume], November 05, 1891, Image 7

About The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919

Image provided by: State Historical Society of North Dakota

                
'WyisKv •.
f. •. v'
r'
k%\
'X
'"V
I&.
rjf
MARY HAD A PLOT OP LAND*
Mary bad a little land,'
The soil was very poor
Bnt still she kept ft on her hand,
And struggled to get more.
She held the land until the day
The people settled down
Till where a wilderness hid been
Grew up a thriving town.
Then Mary rented out her plot
(She would not sell, you know),
But waited patiently about,
For prices still to grow.
They grew as population came,
And Mary raised the rent
With common food and raiment now
She would not be content.
She built herself a mansion fine,
Had luxuries galore
But every time that prices rose,
She raised the rent some more.
"What makes the land keep Mary so?"
The common people cry:
"Why,Mary owns the land,youknow."
The knowing ones reply.
And so each one of you might be—
Wealthy, refined and wise—
If you had only owned some land,
And "waited for the rise."
—Brighton Single Tax Keview.
SERGEANT BIGORNE.
WAS just six
teen years old.
I have passed
my twenty
fourth birthday
now, but I re
member the
things of which I
am going to tell
you as if they had happened yester
day. It was in the January of 1814.
For two months the enemy had held
our little garrison in Salstjcurg, block
aded like a fox in its hole. It was a
terrible winter. It snowed incessantly.
Cold and hunger were harder to con
tend with than the enemy himself, and
the fever emptied our ranks faster
than hie bullets.
In order to warm our blood from
time to time we made little sorties,
but it was labor in vain, for we wq^e
enclosed in a circle of fire. Those who
fell suffered no more, and those who
survived continued to deceive them
selves with the hope of escape. In our
city home there remained but my
mother and me. My father was ser
geant and colour-bearer in one of the
companies which the citizens had
formed from the first moment of the
invasion.
One morning he came home, having
fought through the entire night, and
embracing my mother inquired for
Jacques. Jacques was myself--Jacques
Bigorne. My father's name was Jean.
Mjr mother replied that I was at the
military school where he had entered
me. Just then I came in with my
drum on my back and my drumsticks
thrust through my shoulder-belt,
happy to be alive in spite of the mis
ery of the time, and whistling like a
blackbird. My father fixed his eyes
on me.
"Tell me, my son, if you have not
already learned something of the art
of war."
I felt very proud, and answered, "I
believe so, my father." In fact I knew
there was no one for ten leagues
around who could teach me how to
better handle a drum.
"Let me see how you can beat your
drum," said my father. "Very well.
Now beat for a charge."
I beat my drumhead so furiously
that under the inspiring call Ifelt that
I could lead an assault on the bells of
the cathedral tower.
"Well done," said my father. "That
is first rate." Then he said nothing
more until my mother had gone to
her chamber, when he drew me closely
to him and said gently, "Listen, my
son the enemy have killed many of
our men, Lieutenant Renard among
the number, and besides a 'hundred
men at least are wounded. The drum
mer of our company—thou knowest
the drummer, Lajoie—oh, well lie has
two bullets in his breast. We must
have another. In this hour everyone
ought to be willing to do his whole
duty—wilt thou take his place?"
My heart filled my throat and
choked my answer. I do not know
that it was from pleasure, but it cer
tainly was not from fear. The day
passed. That night, while my mother
slept, my lather with his gun on his
shoulder, and I with my drum on my
back, set out for the camp. Thus I
became a soldier. For one month all
went smoothly. My drumhead pealed
only a benediction. This did not pre
vent me, however, from bringing down
with my father's gun a brigand Aus
trian who showed his head at the
corner of the woods. I had a steadier
aim than the old soldiers even, and
the man I drew 011 was a dead man.
One morning at daybreak the
captain, who had collected his men
on the parade ground near the old
gate of Saint Claude, called to my
father, who was drilling his men.
"Sergeant Bigorne," he said, "the
enemy pressed us each day more
closely if this continues, in eight days
he will be within our walls. This
must not be. To-night the command,
ant has ordered a sortie en masse in
order to endeavor to reinforce the
troops at Luneville, who hold the
country in the enemy's rear. Your
division is to be the advanced guard
sergeant. It is the question to pass
the enemy, or die in the attempt."
"So be it," answered my father,
"we will go." And we went. That
was a dreadful day. The enemy had
been informed—I know not how—and
received us with a. volley of grapeshot.
However, we held out firmly until
evening, so firmly that not one of us
heard the order for retreat, and when
night fell we were encircled by theenemy
with no hope of escape. All the same,
these civic guards, bourgeois as the
were, did not know when they were
beaten, and when a comrade fell they
simply fought for two. Of our own
section only two were left. I counted
for nothing, being so slender that I
think I must have passed between
their balls. My father had received a
sabre wound in the shoulder, but I
could see him still bearing aloft the flag
above the smoke of batt le.
Our lire slackened the ammunition
bad riven out theend had come. The
word strangles me yet when I think of
it—we were forced to surrender. Two
hours later they imprisoned us in a
farmhouse that the fires of war had
spared. An Austrain field-marshal,
followed by his chief of staff, dismount
ed for a look at his prisoners. His
men showed in their eyes the pleasure
our capture gave them, but their white
uniforms, blackened with powder, and
themarks of our sabre thrusts in their
faces showed the evil we had done
them. Tho field-marshnl ordered the
wounded to be attended to, and, step*
flag. My father, whose hands were
empty, declared he did not know where
it was. The field-marshal—I see him
still with the queue of his perruque
hanging down his back—turned to the
officer ofthepost and said, "Very well,
if he does not remember by to-morrow
morning, Sergeant Bigorne shall be
shot."
When they relieved us of our arms
and placed us under guard my father,
who had watched the sentinel from
the corner of his eye, told us that he
had hidden the flag that seeing the
day was going against us he had torn
it from the standard, wrenched the
eagle from its perch, flung it into a
ditch concealed the precious silk, rid
dled with balls, on his person. My
father was a simple man, the decend
ants of peasants, a son of the soil, but
in speaking to us of these things the
man seemed to expand and become
exalted with the words he uttered.
He told us that this fragment of silk
was sacred, that the wind that
swelled its folds was the breath of the
nation, and that it moved in the
midst of us on the march as the
image of our country.
Then he thrust it into my bosom,
not wishing it to be found on him
when he should be shot the next day.
I felt suddenly that I had become a
man. In the evening the enemy sent
to Salsbourg a flag of truce asking
suspension of hostilities that each
army might bury its dead, and asked
one of our number to act a£ guide to
our lines. An old comrade, who
knew the country well, offered to
conduct the officer, when it was dis
covered that 110 one had a bandage for
the eyes of the bearer of the flag of
truce.
A sudden idea struck me. It was
running a great risk, but it was worth
the trial. "If you wish, I will band
age the eyes of the officer with my
handkerchief," I gfiid. I produced the
flag, the red and blue stripes of which
I had folded inside, leaving the white
alone visible. My father instantly
understood my ruse, and explained in
patois to theguide that he was to re
move the bandage, and while the pre
liminaries were in progress deliver it
safely into the hands of our troops.
The lantern gave but a feeble light,
and no doubt providence favored us,
for the thing passed, and the officer
mounted his horse, and with his eyes
bandaged followed the lead of the
guide. We could but accompany in
thought the enemy who carried back
himself the flag within the lines of our
own army. The time passed. We
heard in the night the cathedral clock
strike the hours. At least we heard
the sentinel's challenge. The flag of
truce had returned. I rushed to the
guide.
"The flag is saved," I cried.
"Yes, but we are lost," he answered.
In a few words he explained that the
affair had succeeded, but that the
officer had discovered too late the
ruse, and had returned furious. In
fact, he came accompanied by a
superior officer, and pointed out to
him the man who had conducted the
flag of truce.
"Order out the platoon of execu
tion," commanded the officer, "this
man shall be shot."
"It was not he, myeaptain," I said,
advancing in front of him "it was I
alone who conceived the idea of this
thing."
"Excuse me, my officer," interposed
my father. "The commander of a
detachment is responsible for the acts
of his men, is he not? I had given an
order
my
men could only obey it,"
"What is your name?" the officer
demanded.
"Sergeant Bigorne," answered my
father.
"Very well, sergeant, you will be
shot immediately."
"AH right, my captain it is war. 1
only ask the favor to be shot by my
comrades. Return them their arms,
and I will be responsible for them."
The old. officer looked at my father
with his little grey eyes a moment
then he said, "Agreed."
I strove to drag my father aside I
must speak to him. Did they mean to
make me shoot my own father? But
it was impossible. My father em
braced me, and handing me my gun
pushed me back'into the ranks.
"Silence," he said. "You cannot
speak under arms. In the presence of
the enemy you are not my son. You
are only a soldier. I am your chief.
Obey."
They gave us the cat ridges taken
from our wounded. My father count
ed fifteen paces from the wall of the
farm house, and ordered us in a line.
Then in solemn voice, with, uplifted
hand,he went through the detail of the
exercise.
"Take aim!" he cried.
The gun dropped from my hands.
I rushed to my father and fell sobbing
into his arms. He tenderly whispered.
"My son, these raw recruits fire badly
they will only mangle me. Thou hast
a sure aim. I count on thee. Wilt
thou promise?"
I saw the dawn whiten behind the
city, above the roof where my mother
slept. Without doubt my father read
my thoughts, for taking my head in
his hands, and kissing me he said, "For
thy mother's sake. Then he placcd
himself against the wall, while the
foreign officers stood with bared
heads.
"Attention!" commanded my father.
Then he went through the exercise
slowly, ordering the drill as calmly as
though he were on parade. At last he
cried, "Fire!" I fired. That is all.—
From the French of Eugene Morand.
Blind Japanese Shampooers.
To this day all towns and villages
in Japan havetheir blind shampooers,
who go about after nightfall with a
strange musical cry. The less skillful
among the musicians become profes
sional story tellers. The higher official
grades, which were at onetime opened
to the blind, were eagferly sought after.
Those who held them were provided
with special marks of their office, and
during civil wars blind musicians were
frequently employed as spies. The
art of shampooing as practiced by
the Japanese blind takes nine years
to learn. The pupil for the first three
years practices on his master then.he
spends three years acquiring the art
of acupuncture, and for the remaining
three years he is on probation, hie
master recieving half his earnings.
Blind men sometimes distinguish
themselves outside their regular occu
pations. One was a famous "go"
player and it is recorded that, having
beaten a prince at the game, his anta
gonist, in a fit of jealous anger, killed
him, and was himself executed for the
crime. Another was a famous author,
and complied valuable repertory of
information in 635 "volumes. The
blind also practiced usury, and
quired
ac­
much unpopularity from the
harsh way in which they treated their
debtors.
POINTERS FOR THE FARMER
SUBJECTS OF SPECIAL INTER
EST TO THE FARMER.
Savins Seed Potatoes—Uniformity
In Cattle Ashes for Plga—
Agricultural Hints—Side
Issues of Cattle
Raising.
Saving Seed Potatoes,
There is a principle in seed saving
that applies to potatoes as well as to
other plants. This principle is selec
tion, and selection means choice in all
that relates to "a crop, no matter
what it may be. It is essential in its
relations to earliness, quality, and
productiveness. It is a well-known
fact that any vegetable grown in a
given locality will, if proper attention
is paid to the saving of seed, and by
selecting the best plants for the pur
pose, gradually improve in all points
that go to make up a choice variety.
In a few years a distinct type will be
secured that will for a long time re
main constant, even when grown un
der other conditions. The proper
time to commence this important work
is not in the early spring, but
before the crop is dug. It is the best
way to go over the field, select tho
hills with the most vigorous vines,
especially those that are growing
singly, the shorter and more" stalky
the better. Dig those before the main
crop is distributed, and save such as
are the most uniform in size and
shape, not those that yield the largest
tubers, but those that give the great
est number of good, salable potatoes,
and the least small or poor ones.
Vitality is an essential element in all
plants. Qg upon it depends productive
fieSs. When a hill is opened, it' there
is a single potato that is not perfect,
discard the whole. Each tuber should
be carefully examined as to form, col
or, shape, and, what is more impor
tant still, see that it has a clear, thick
skin.
This work, although it may be
tedious, is profitable it will take per
haps a day for a farmer to secure suf
ficient for his next year's planting,but
in return for his labor he will get bet
ter seed than he can buy for twice as
much as his crop sells for. If followed
up for a few years in any given local
ity it will secure to the grower a stock
that will be far more productive than
any grown under other conditions and
in different localities. This plan has
been followed successfully by some of
the best farmers in our country.
When the early Ohio potatoe was first
introduced, one of the most sucessful
farmers 011 Long Island, N. Y., con
vinced of the great value of this varie
ty, commenced the work of systematic
selection. Tho result was a variety
or type of far greater productiveness,
of a moreglobular shape, and in every
way a much superior potatoe. Not
only that, but lie selected with a view
to earliness with surprising results.
What this man has done others can
and ought to do, and there is no bet
ter time to commence than the pres
ent.—American agriculturist.
Uniformity In Cattle.
This point in stock raising should
never be overlooked. No matter what
the kind of stock is, a marked degree
of uniformity always enhances the
value. In horses, of course, this de
sirable quality makes the matching of
teams very much more easy, and we
all know that a well-matched team
sells, relatively, much higher on the
market.
A bunch of steers that are all about
the same size and color, catch the eye
of a dealer much more readily than if
the animals are of all sizes and colors
besides they are much more apt to
get finished at the same time, and
therefore, none need be kept pfter
they are ready for market, waiting for
the rest to catch up, nor the lot split
and shipped at different times. With
sheep and pics the very same prinei
X»les
apply.
The only way to get this uniformity
is to choose a type and stick to it.
The first cross will, of course, show
no such degree of this desirable qual
ity as will all those subsequent but a
start must be made. Do not switch
off from one breed to another, for in
so doing what has been already gained
is lost and much valuable time wast
ed. It may be said that some of the
pure breeds are not made up of ani
mals of uniform color. That is quite
true but a well bred sire is very apt
to beget animals of his own color.
For instance, among the shorthorn a
roan bull will, as a general thins, be
get roan calves, many feeders prefer
roan steers, and the only way to get
them is to use a roan bull, A few reds
will sometimes creep in, but the per
centage will be small.
Very often an animal of desirable
color is out of a dam of a color not so
popul ar, and such a sire will be very apt
to throw youngsters the color of their
grandmother. This point should be
noted in selecting a sire.
By the persistent use of the right
kind of sires, and the proper selection
of the grade females, the right kind of
uniformity may be secured, and when
it is secured it means dollars and cents
to the fortunate farmer securing it.—
Western Stockman.
Ashes for Pigs.
Theodore Louis several years ago
brought out as a result of his farm
experience the excellent effects of feed
ing pigs a daily ration of ashes and
salt mixed with the top layer of de
composed stone that covers the sound
rock of this section in Dunn county
Wisconsin. The remarkable success
oi Mr. Louis in raising pigs and the
uniform splendid appearance of his
stock brought considerable attention
from thoughtful farmers. It was evi
dent that he bad struck upon a valu
able principle in pig feeding. Profes
sor Henry then took up the question
in series of .exhausted experiments
and demonstrated the great value of
these substances, in the daily food of
the pig. Here was exact scientific
knowledge concerning the practice of
Mr. Louis. Every farmer that tried
it found the same result. They noted
the great improvement in the bright
ness and health of their hogs that is,
if they were caring for them' in a de
cent manner otherwise. The result of
Prof. Henry's experiments can be
simply stated: Three pigs were taken
at nve months of age and closely con
fined and led corn meal and hardwood
asheB for six weeks. During this time
they gained five and a half pounds
euch per week and consumed twenty*
eight and a half pounds of corn meal
per week. For thirteen weeks there
after they were fed no ashes whatever
and fell off in the consumption of corn
meal to the average of nineteen and
three-fourths pounds each per week,
and made again of only two pounds
each per week. Several other experi
ments were tried, all showing the
same
approximate results—Chicago Inter
Ocean.
Testing Commercial Fertilizers.
A writer in the Ohio Farmer urges
farmers to carefully experiment with
commercial fertilizers and not "go it
blind" in their use. This of course is
very good advice and should be heed
ed by every farmer in the land. In
making a selection he advises them to
select a brand with a high valuation
as compared with its selling price.
Farmery who are influenced orgovern
ed to any degree by the crop reports
are likely to "get left." Two years
ago the writer obtained a brand, the
commercial value of which (according
to the crop report) was a trifle over
forty-nine dollars per ton also a
brand with commercial value of but
about twenty-six dollars. The two
brands were applied side by side in
the same field, but he was never able
to see any difference in the result.
Unfertilized strips proved that each
brand did good, but the one with a
high commercial value did not beat
the other, as he supposed it would.
The same quantity of each was ap
plied. This experience convinced me
that the fertilizer report is 110 criter
erion to go by in buyingfertilizers.
Regarding the Weight of Corn.
Prof. Morrow, of the Illinois experi
ment station, has tested the weight
of corn ears to determine the amount
required of various kinds to produce
shelled bushels of 50 pounds. Jle
found 70 pounds of the early, 73
pounds of the medium, and 78 of the
late maturing varieties would produce
each when fresh a bushel of air-dry
shelled corn by the end of October.
We have found quite a variation, how
ever, in seasons, and more difference
in wet seasons than in dry ones, some
times varying more than 20 per cent
in the later sorts which do not ripen
dry. The earliest varieties will of
course have a better chance to be
come hard and dry than the later and
more succulent, and there will be a
difference greater in more northern
regions than under a longer and hot
ter sun further south. Farmers who
have occasion to measure or estimate
corn in the car may easily make tests
by weighing freshly husked ears, and
again in winter and again the next
summer, and may ascertain what may
be of importance to them when deal
ing in large quantities.—Country Gen
tleman.
Side Issues of Cattle Raising.
Not only is the raising of cattle
now reduced to an exact science, but
the utilization of the various parts of
the animal which the butcher rejects
is carried to a point of the greatest
nicety. No portion of the steer is al
lowed to go to waste. The hair is
used for plaster, the hoofs are con
verted into gelatine, the horns are
steamed and rolled out for various
purposes, the tongues are canned and
the shreds of meat about the head are
scraped off and utilized. The hide is
cured, the skull is burned for bone ash,
the tail appears in oxtail soup, the
blood is used in making rare and ex
pensive dyes and chemicals, and the
waste is used for fertilizers.
Butter Pays Better Than Cheese.
A creamery can be established, and
carried on with much less cost and
with fewer cows than is neccessary to
make cheese making profitable, and
again the process of butter making is
much simpler and more easily acquir
ed than that of cheese making. The
butter made and packed is ready for
marKet, while cheese requires weeks
and months of careful handling and
management before it can be put on
the market and command a remuner
ative price. The season for cheese
making is limited, while butter can be
made during nine months of the year
in the creameries.—Rural Canadian.
Agricultural Hints.
Cottonseed meal has the highest
manurial value of any article pro
duced upon the farm.
Some asparagus plants might be set
this fall, if you have not already a
supply of that delicious vegetable in
the garden.
Dairymen should try a deep pit,
filled in with absorbents, in place of
the gutter behind the cows. Any
method that adds to cleanliness should
be adopted.
All the stook should go into winter
quarters in good condition. It is
cheaper to keep a healthy animal in
condition than to attempt to put
flesh on one that is not thrifty.
Now is a good time to begin to
think about making some provisions
for housing the farm tools. Millions
of hard-earned dollars go every year
from the farmers into the pockets of
tool manufacturers and a large pro
portion of it is because of careless
waste and indifference.
Raspberries can not be manured too
heavily. Nothing is so beneficial to
them as a heavy coating of manure
on the ground around them in winter.
It requires but a short row of rasp
berries for a small family, and the
size of the berries largely depends on
the fertility of the soil and the manure
given.
For horses timothy hay is preferred,
but clover is better for cows. Cows
will give more milk from clover and
thrive better than from any other
hay but, in order to keep them in
full flow of milk they should have a
variety, and if ensilage can be provid
edit will
be
L:
found an excellent addi­
tion to the ration.
The money buried In drains is put
where no man can steal it, and it nev
er fails to pay the biggest kind of in
terest.
A writer in the American Cultivator
advises in saving seed beans for next
year's planting that the pods next to
the ground only should be selected.
He says it will pay to pick these by
hand and select them from the most
prolific hills, and claims that the low
er pods produce seed that will ripen
earlier and make a short, heavy
growth of vine.
"August
Flower"
There is a gentle-
Dyspepsia. man at Malden-on
the- Hudson, N. Y.,
named Captain A. G. Pareis, who
has written us a letter in which it
is evident that he has made up his
mind concerning some things, and
this is what he says:
"I have used your preparation
called August Flower in my family
for seven or eight years. It is con
stantly in my house, and we consider
it the best remedy for Indigestion,
and Constipation we
Indigestion, have ever used or
known. My wife is
troubled with Dyspepsia, and at
times suffers very much after eating,
The August Flower, however, re
lieves the difficulty. My wife fre
quently says to me when I am going
to town, 'We are out'
Constipation of August Flower,
and I think you had
better get another bottle.' I am also
troubled with Indigestion, and when
ever I am, I take one or two tea
spoonfuls before eating, for a day or
two, and all trouble is removed." 1
The National Capital.
The City of Washington is an objcct of
perennial interest to all patriotic Ameri
cans. Not alone because it is the fjreat
throbbing heart o( the mightiest and graini
est Republic the earth has ever known, but
also 011 account of its material magnifi
cence. All Americans take pride in its
beautiful avenues, majestic architecture,
stately hojMQS, and well stored giiHcri* and
museums as things of grandeur and boaUty
in themselves, apart from the historic in
terest with which they are invested. It is
a hope and aspiration'of all "voim am ER
ICA,' at least, to some time or other visit
the Capital of his countrv.
The Baltimore and Ohio R. R. offers un
equalled facilities in aid oft his desire. All
its through trains between New York, Phila
delphia and Baltimore 111 the east, and
Pittsburg, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Chicago
011 the west, pass through Washington.
Its fast Express trains are vestibulerl Irom
end to end and heated with steam, l'ull
man's latest and best uroductions in the
way of sumptuous Drawing Kooni Sleep
ing cars are attached to all its through
trains. The present management ot the
It. &. O. have made va-t improvements in
the last two years, and the road is to day
ojie of the foremost passenger carrying lines
in the country. Through tickets via 1$. &
O. R. R. can be procured at all the princi
pal ticket oilices through the United States.
A crazy black man is a "raven" maniac.
JHien Baby was e!ck, we gave her Castoria,
When she was a Child, sho cried for Castoria,
When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria,
Vtaen she hod Children, she cave them Castoria,
A cyclone is like three girls walking
abreast—it don't turn out for anything.
The sugar interests in politics is very
great now. All the boys want some.
Blissfull
Is the relief afforded by the laxative action
of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in cases of
constipation. There is none of the griping
produced by it that is caused bv drastic ca
thartics. Not only does .the liitters alibrd
unspeakable relief but it tones the bowels,
the stomach and the liver. Beneficent, too,
is its action in malarial, kidney and rheu
matic disease.
A cheap cure for a fever—Try to borrow
money from a miser and you'll get a chili.
King among Liniments is Johnson's
Anodyne, because it be can taken internal
ly by everyone.
Would-be-Actor—I should like to elevate
the stage. Manager—Then you'd better
keep off of it.
Men with red noses are the lighthouses
to warn mariners when "half seas over."
ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup of Figs is taken it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys
tem effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation.' Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy ana agreeable substances, it*
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
eyrup of Figs is for sale in 50o
and $1 bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FRANGI8C0, CAL.
UmwuE.
*r.
touL
*.r.
IM
EWIS' 98 LYE
and Pirfuimd.
(PATENTED.)
Strangest and purest Lye made.
Uaket the bed perfumed Hard
Soap In SO minutes without boil,
inn. It is the brat for softening
water, cleansing waste pipe*,
disinfecting sinks, closets,wash
ing bottles, paiucs, trees, etc.
PENNA. SALT MFG. CO.,
Gen.<p></p>SHP
Agents, Phihk, Pa.
Loved and Loet.
The love between Robert Browning
and his wife was ideal, in the true sense
of that much-abused word. And her
death, after a few short years of mar
ried life, left the poet inconsolable. To
him she remained always the dearest
and most lovely of created beings,
and her gift seemed to him far greater
than his own. A writer in the Christ
ian Union gives the following pathetic
sketch of a chance interview with
him:
I was travelling in Italy. There
were few tourists in my compartment,
and all were absorbed in books or
revery, until the close of the long,
tiresome day. Then it was that the
elderly gentleman who had sat by my
side without moving his eyes lrom
the landscape, made a comment that
invited conversation.
"You are fond of poetry?" he asked,
when something in the shifting spiend
or of the Italian skies evoked irom me
a Byron couplet.
"Oh, yes/' I responded. "I love
poets and poetry."
The old gentleman grew young, and
never shall I forget the wonderful
thought and imagery that ilowed in a
cont inous stream from his lips.
"Who are your favorite poets?" he
asked abruptly.
I named them and without further
comment, quoted my favorite poem,
one of Mrs. Browning's. When I lwid
finished, my companion resumed his
post by the window, and did not deign
to notice mengnin.
1 was much discomfited. Had 1
given offence? Before reaching our
destination I ventured to say:
"I suspect, sir, that you do not like
Mrs. Browning's poetry."
.Tl'e dark eyes of the stranger turned
pitifully upon me, andhesaid," "Mad
am, that sonnet is the sweetest, and
its singer the most precious gift life
has given me. She was my wife."
A Neat Compliment.
A
gentleman in Kargo, who recently
returned from a trip in the Kast, speaks of
his trip as follows "We took in the magni
ficent day boat ride lrom New York to
Albany, and enjoyed the luxury oftlie New
ork Central Limited and other famous
trains, but I want to snv for "The North
western Line"—C. St. l'.'M. it O. Ky., that
the most elegant, convenient and absolutely
eomtortable cars we rode in was
011
To WOODWARD & COMPANY, Minx*
their
Vestibuled ia« Lighted train from St. l'aul
to Chicago, had not been on the "The
North Western Line" for a long time.
This time I started without being influenced
by the agent, and was so pleased with my
good judgment in selecting "The Nortii
Western Line," that 1 give it and the line a
free puff."
The fatuous Vestibuled Limited carrying
magnifies lit new stvle I'ullmuii and Wagner
Sleepers leaves St. l'aul at 7.HO 1'. M. daily,
and makes the trip to Chicago in Hi and
hours. The Kast daylight express leaves
St. l|aul at 7.50 A. M. daily, and makes the
trip in 13 hours and JO minutes and makes
connections with all trains Kast and South.
JIow to keep down taxes—sit on the tax
collector.
How is your cold? Use JoTinson's Ano
dyne Liniment or it may last all winter
certain fact.
How to catch a husband—Listen when
he talks in his sleep.
The Only One Ever Printed.
CAN YOU FIND THE WORD? There is a 3
inch display advertisement in this paper,
this week, which has
110
two words alike
except one word. The same is true of each
new one appearing each week, from The
Dr. Harter Medicine Co. This bouse
places a "Crescent" on everything they
make and publish. Look for it, send them
the name of the word and they will return
you
1100K,
BEAUTIFUL LlTHOGltAI'lIS or SAM­
PLES FREE.
"Money is tight!" No wonder, so much
of it goes to the saloon.
LABORING MEN!
X.OSB OF
WHEAT
eo
AND COARSE GRAIN
AGENTS
trated Circulars
SKI.LS
uml
full pi»rt
Hilars
PIANO
:m§m
Not a Lot
Disease
Becanse Catarrh affects your head, tt Is
therefore a local disease. If it did not eijs^tt.
your blood, it could not manifest Itselr In Jraar
nose. The blood now In your brain Is bdo|»
you finish reading this article, back In your heart'
again and so6n distributed to your liver, stom
acb, kidneys, and so on. Whatever impurlttsc
the blood does not carry away, cause what
call diseases, 'therefore, when you have
Catarrh 3.
a snuff or other Inhalant can at most give only
temporary relief. The only way to effect a curs
Is to attack tho diseaso in the blood, by taking*,
constitutional remedy like Hoot's Sursapariila,
which eliminates all Impurities and thns perma
nently cures Catarrh. The success of -r~
Hood's Sarsaparilla
As a remedy for Catarrh is vouched for by many
people it has cured. N. B. Be sure to get Hood's
Highly concentrated.. Dose small.
leas than oilu-terui cent a day per
cures all awosses. it you cant get ft,wesend by audi
nut-paid.
Ono paelf.&c. Kive »1-1 lb. can tljt:
cans $5. texpnw paJO. Testimonial*
free. Bendstsmnsor
cash. Farmers'l\ultijn"ulde(price 25c.)
IVORY
SOAP
DOES NOT.
GOOD NEWS
gk FOR THE MILLIONSOF C0NSUMERS0F
Tutt's Pills. 0
It gives Dr. Tutt pleasure to an-,
nounce tliat he Is now putting up a
®TINY LIVER PILL#
which is of exceedinely small size, yet
rrtalninK all the virtues of the larger S
ones. They are guaranteed purely
vegetable. Both sizes of these pills
are still issued. The exact size of W
TUTT'S T1SY LIVER PILLS A
Is shown in the border of this "ad."
A E N S I O N
TONIC BITTERS
Th« most KlttMl Blood Purtfler. Liver Isvlgorstor. Tonic u|
Appoiizer know*. Tho flrst Bitters cooulalag Iron (fir advor*
tUftltaAatric*. J.P.ALLKS.DrugsisiACfcufcUt.SlFfttl.MUas
BORE
WELLS
vith oar famotin Well
Machinery. The only
perfect self-cleaning ana
fMt-dropptngtooWin use.
L00MIS & NYU AN,
TIFFIN. OHIO.
TAKE CARE
XB COSTX.TI
ST. JACOBS OIL,
THE GREAT REMEDY FOR PAIN,
CUBES
RHEUMATISM,
Sprahit, Braises, Cuts, Wounds, Soreness,
Stiffness, Swellings. Backache, Nei«
ralgia, Sciatica, Bonis.
n.
to
All Orchestral InatramentH. Mu*i- 1 I ui ral Education Elocution. Languages.
BEST TEACHERS Tuition ^^JLv^sCJ Low.
•lerra opens. renCE A. MARSHALL, Director.
70S NICOLLET ATE.
I N N E A O I S
BOOK-KEEPING,
SHORTHAND,
English studies, etc, etc.
Send for large illustrated College Journal.
Address,
T. J. CATON.
TTo send the marvelous French
Remedy CALTHOS free, sad
less I guarantee tbst CALTHOSwill
STOP BhikutaAlaUNS,
CUBE Sp.rM«lills..V«rtlsrsl.
aad BBaTOBE Lsst V|*sn
Use it and pav»/satisfied.
Aldnw, VON MOHL CO..
TELE AURINI AFTATAJ DMTUELLI OLILSB
III CCVCD CURE0 TO STAY CURED.
MI rcicn We want the name sod ad
dressof every sufferer in the
ft ASTHMA"
5""0"""
WHEAL
J. SAWYER & CO,
MINNEAPOLIS OR DULUTH.
Highest Prices! Prompt Returns! Liberal Advances!
We aleo have the very best facilities for
placing trades for future delivery in all markets*
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.-*®
Best Cough Medicine
Cures where all elM fsils. Pleasant and agreeati
taste. Children take it without objection. By druggiats
Recommended by Physicians.
,ble to the
NOW FOR THE HOLIDAY BOOM!
Of conrKtt you want a KMst-ScllinicIlook! We have It. OverfiO®
liirtre double pasres. Nearly :soo Snlomlid Illustrations. OtTT-
EVEKVTHING. CDMIllSjilON C(1 snr Ann*
I'niparalledOmT'Teucliers, Students. Ministers,
Itright Men tini Women Wanted in every Town and County No Capitiil Required lienntitully Illim.
VKEE Address W. I. COND1T&CO.,Des Moines,Iowa*
N. W. V.
j»B«a
free without
orders or axon, J. B* JOiiNSOS ft CO., Boston, lluii
Common
Soap
Rots Clothes and
Chaps Hands.
IJ
I
1?
THt'OHlO"
WELL
DRILL
Itslsfae
FRF.K.
-fa
0U D"l uHlJl.
linM e* If .ill.,
THE NORTHWESTERN CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC»'
608 1*2 Nicollet Ave. Minneapolis, Minn.
0^0-a.jstFallCatalogue.lorSend
LITTLE
LIVER
Tjo
PILL8
DO HOT OUR I0B SICU*.
IWIM, for SICK HEAD
ACHE. Impaired difcitiou.conatl
pation,torpid Elands. The iron,
vital oifau., removs nauws. dls
sineta Act like magic on KM
neysandbladder. CODSMT
oo
Dillons nervous aia
order*. Ertabliih aat
ural DAILY ACTIOII.
Bsantlfr comploxlon
blood. ri'*iL* VMRillll.
poritjring
The doae is nicely adjusted to autl ease, as oaa pill asa
never betoomuch. Each vial contatnitt,carried in vaA
pocket. Ilka lead.pencil. Business Man's ffsst
convenience. Taken esaisr (ban eugsr. Midi
lias. All lenuuie goods bear "Cisacent"
8asdlentatsnip. You
|«a page book «itks
M. NMTH MKDieiM CO.. St iMk, I
mi LOOM
Send at once for onr Catalogue. *00 tesH
monials. C. N. Newcomb. Davenport, low*
tsai
BARLEY
AND RYi
ectpolis 05-'
A
No 4S- 'v:«