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Three in a burr:
One kiss for her
And two for mel"


Sometimes the youth received his reward
without a struggle, sometimes after live
ly chase around the trees, and once in q
while he did not get it at all.
But whatever his luck, all Jersey people
In the chestnut region agree that in no
poem of equal length is there finer woody
flavor, a rhythm made nearly perfect or
numerical exactness more carefully re-
tanned. A prettier sum in arithmetic
would be hard to find, and yet its solution
many a freokled faced lad found quite
difficult, except under the most suspicious
circumstances.
There was one youth who, veXed more
than once by his failure to find the solution
of the verse in keeping with his just rights
under the law of the chestnut woods, got
even one day with a quartrain quite his
own, which had later a sequence far be-
yond his expectations. Three girls and
himself made up chestnut party. 1t was
his good fortune to find number of burrs
with three chestnuts in them, but the for
feits came in slowly, and, although he
made his selection of debtors with strict
impartiality, a number of debts were long
overdue
In this emergency his wit served him
we'll Coming upon another burr with
three chestnuts in it, and remembering
previous failures, he stroned leisurely
around the tree to the group of girls on
the other side. Holding out the three
brown nuts in one of his hands and closing
his eyes, he exclaimed pathetically:
Three of a kind.
II you were blind,
For this one fad
You'd all kiss mel"
The girls were amused of course. But
one of them, who was perhaps a trifle
brighter and drawer than the other two,
quickly, but not without blush-which
was many times afterward repeated-in q
feigned voice responded:
IF you will keep
Your eyes asleep
Wen give you three:
And. what is more,
If you can guess
If Kate or Bess
Or bashful Said
These verses made,
III make it fourl''
The maker of the rhymes then went
shyly and softly up TO the youth, whose
eyes were still closed, and touched his
cheeks with her lips He Immediately
turned the other cheek, but the girl walked
around him in a wide circle in silence
twice, and kissed him on each return TO
the place of beginning. She then skipped
lightly to the other girls. The youth, who
was all honor, did not open his eyes until
she had time 10 get at Assistance. Then he
opened them, and after moment said:
Wen, on my life,
If for a wife
l were to guess.
I'd say It's Bess.
Who'll make it four7
Bess turned a crimson hue. Her eyes
even failed TO flash. She was fairly caught.
But she did not own up then. That came
later-some time later-and he and Bess
still go chestnuting together.-Cor. New
York Sun.
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Pronunciation of the Word Wound.

How do you pronounce the word
wound" Most people nowadays say
"woond," but the old dictionaries all say
''wownd," and all the poets, so far as the
Listener has ever heard, make the word
rhyme with sound" The pronunciation
"woond" is undoubtedly ar affectation;
but it has swamped the old sound. The
other day friend OF the Listener heard il
church a hymn which had this word at the
end of a line and rhymed with bound, -
but the choir, in singing it, pronounced il
"woond" in defiance OF the rhyme. This
inspired the Listeners friend to take his
hymn book and write upon a fyleaf this
stanza OF excellent doggerel, TO illustrate
the capabilities OF this word in the way OF
rhymes:
Behold, q stricken soul has swooned;
Where shall relief be found2
Where balm 20 soothe is bleeding wound.
lis horTid, gaping wound:
Modern poets, Dy the way, are practically
debarred from using the word ''woond" az
the end OF their lines by the scarcity OF
good rhymes for it. Perhaps 'harpooned'
and "ballooned" and "swooued" have :
certain relationship 10 the idea Of wound,
but neither Of them is a very practicable
word in poetry-Boston Transcript.
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Of a New YORK
city diam Oh q
house One day
he falsely stated
that he bad "plsc
ed" S0.ue worth
OF gems With Gus
toner who would
report within the
week a. % their
ability 20 handle
the costly ba1bles
7 nen lie cisap
pearsd Later q
a package deposit
ed by K Valdez
IL the AEtor House
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II you dislike games OF cards It will
greatly conduce 70 your comfort in society
70 announce that you are not able 70 play
whist Should you once yield you have de-
livered yourself up as a potential martyr,
should "a fourth" be required. Gntil death
releases you,
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UNDER THE CHESTNUT TREES.
Fun New Jersey Boys and Girls Used to
Have Playing Three in Burr"


In the earlier days, and not so long ago,
either, chestnut gathering was one OF the
leading autumnal pleasures of at least one
section of New Jersey. The first good
black frost was an invitation for boys and
girls to get up parties for chestnut hunt
ing and merrymaking in the woods. It
was the time when ''three in burr" was
a popular pastime. The game as it was
then known was not unlike that of the
red ear at husking bees, of which SO little
is heard in these days. Every boy was fond
of ''three in burr" and looking back
ward, unless memory is treacherous, many
of the girls were not averse to it.
The chestnuting party might be made up
OF three girls and three boys, three girls
and two boys, or any other number of boys
and girls, SO long as there were never mora
boys than girls. When boy found burr
with three chestnuts in it, provided they
were all good, he went to the girls, and
holding up his find selected one Of the girls
and exclaimed:
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Mr. Bloobumper Gn the course Of al
argument)-Yes; Pm certain Of il.
Mrs. Bloobumper-You shouldn't be too
certain. lis very dangerous.
Chow so?"
well, we read in the Bible that a GER
tain man fell. among thieves. Smith.
Gray & Co.'S Monthly.
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Behold, stricken soul has swooned;

Liquid oxygen turns ont 10 De blue
Hitherto il has been described as co.or.e
N. O.szewski. of Moscow, who made tie
discovery, suggests that the color Of me
SKY may be due to the atm ospheT!c oxygen
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ship under bis " i" L '1-'1' = -
leadership. He next managed The Osh-
kosh and Ia Crosse teams. Then he took
hold Of the Lima, Canton and Evansville
clubs successfully, and the year be cared
for its interests each club Won tie peEaaat
Of the Tristate league
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Judge-Where is the principal witness
for the defense2
Clerk-He has stepped out 10 arrange
his Ascot tie, your honor
Judge-The case IS adjourned for ths
day.-Clothier and Furaisber
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Marie-Im within ten years Of thirty
six.
Maria-Iercy' You are not forty-six, are
youf-New York Epoch.
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A Young Diamond Thies.

Young William G. Duncan IS not com.
mon thief, or for that matter a very sharp
one either. Although yet in bis teens be
was q few months ago the trusted EN- yloys
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Manager w. r.. Harrington.

One Of the well known baseball buainess
men Of the west is w. Il Harrington, WHO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-08-07

~ ". LEVY. Pros. a. " 0ftvTU. Vice Pre-.
&. A. Walker. Cashier. H. T. Kramer. Asst Cash.
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Do a General Ranking, Collecting
and brokerage business.

l. r. Powrrr. Prs-rt O. ". Thu-frK = Pfss L
4. s. fHANE Asa't Cashier
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Wichita National Bank.
PAID ~ CAPITAL. S25O.o0o
SURPLUS. 10000
DIRECTORS!

ssH. Eohn 4 ". Oliver a - Levy, z. A. Wal
ton S. ]. TItfle. y = SlelcfiAn3nF v n TacEer
ohE Davidson. J. C-Itaiah.
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Wen, on my life,
If for a wife
| were to guess,
I'd say It's Bess.
Who'll make il foUr7

Bess turned a crimson hue. Her eyes
even failed TO flash. She was fairly caught.
But she did not own up then. That came
later-some time later-and he and Bess
still go chestnuting together.-Cor. New
York Sun
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Cuticura Remedies

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will remain in Cleveland for a couple of

will remain in Cleveland for a couple OF
months.
Pacific: S. A. Peterson, Painted
Woods; David Johnson, John Satterlund,
Washburn; Aug. Anderson, Slaughter;
A. j. Carlson, Sterling.
Col. A. F. Price, U. S. marshal, came
up from Fargo yesterday and went over
to Mandan on the accommodation. He
had some papers to serve in that city.
Mrs. E. E. Morris and sister, Miss
Rltchie, have returned from their visit
to Dickinson, the Bad Lands and Glen
dive. They report a very pleasant trip.
Miss Grace Braithwaite left last even
ing for Grand Forks where she enters
the university for another year. Miss
Anna will not join her until the com
mencement Of the winter term.
Sheridan: D. w. Yorkey, Grafton;
Chas. r. Clark, Chicago; A. F. Price,
Forman; A. H. Adams, st. Paul; DR..
F. H. DeVaux and wife, Valley City;
d. S. Palmer. Fargo; Geo w. Harmon,
j. O. Sullivan, Mandan; S. B. French,
Crosby Ranch.
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Wednesdays Personals.

E.. II. Wilson returned from Chicago
on yesterdays early train.
Western: A. Fl. Spanto, Albert Allen.
Coal Harbor; S. P. Marshall.
E. A. Van Houten came in from Fargo
on the morning train yesterday.
Mrs. E. S. and Mrs. G. F. Beardsley
left on the morning train for Helena YES
terday.
Custer: A. E. Rea, st. Paul; j. J..
Hunt, Victoria, B. c.; E. C. Campbell
Williamsport.
Public Examiner Wallace was a pas-
senger on the morning train yesterday en-
route to Medora.
Chas. Wallace is home, after spending
the summer in the northern part of the
state with a surveying outfit.
Pacific: D. W. Tyler, Mckenzie: G
H. Chadwick, Menoken; Aug. Olston,
Conger; Geo. VanSalen, Painted Woods.
Governor Burke, Superintendent o.
don and Deputy Cathro went to Valley
City last evening to attend the opening
of the normal school to-day.
Commissioner Helgesen got a telegram
rom Cavalier county yesterday, saying
grasshoppers we're doing damage in that
county. Mr.. Helgesen left on the even
ing train to look after the matter.
Sheridan: R. Kennedy, c. w. Field,
Minneapolis; S. j. Vulgar, E. Van Hou-
ter, Fargo;T. w. Calhoun, L. B. Yelland,
E. F. Angevine, 81. B. Greening, St.
Paul; Mrs. 81. Rosenberg, Mandan, VIM.
| Litzen, Chicago,
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OF Ill IN Leaven1ns Powerful. S. Govt Report, Aug. ~, 1850
Re-! Bsti1g
PURE

apolis on Sunday, returning in the even
ing. Business will keep him absent for
about two weeks.
P.B. Wickham spent Sunday night at
the Sheridan. He expects to soon form
a company which will open a gents
furnishing store in Mandan.
Pacific: Jack Burns, Lakota; Mrs,
Fairman, Falconer; H. G. Nygard and
wife, Washburn; Axel Nordstrom,
Slaughter; G.. W. johnson, Painted
Woods.
Western: A. NJ. Thompson, Virginia;
J. Il. Thies, Mandan; H. H. Roher, Coal
Harbor; P. B. Wickham, Glenullen; E.
W. Copps, Miles City; Jas. Charlesworth,
U. s. S. Josephine; VIM. Waters, Rock
Valley; Abner Gates, Sioux City E. G.
Butler, Crystal Springs; Mrs. H. I. Bis
sell, Fargo; G. Hannah, St. Paul; E.
Adams, Glascock; Walter Briscoe,
Glencoe.
Sheridan: S. H. Bell, Dana Todd,
Minneapolis; H. j. RupeI, H. E. Hollis
ton, Chicago; Lucien H. Smith, Wash
ington; John Flittie, Portland; John
Oldfeld, S. L. Peck, John Peterkin, St.
Paul; o. NJ. Glass, Creighton; Joseph L.
Crabbs, U. S. Army; P. J. Connolly,
jamestown; J. W. Bragdon, Fargo; B. l..
Udell, st. Louis; G. F. Allen, Philadel-
phia,
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Tuesdays Personals.

Mrs. E. s. Beardsley and Mrs. G. F..
B~eardsley leave to-day on a visit to Hell
ena.
Miss Lizzie Cunningham left for Ster-
ling last night where she will teach a
school.
M. j. Edgerly went to Fargo Sunday
night on business connected with the
railroad commission.
Frank Rawlings was a passenger en-
route to Helena yesterday where he ex-
poets to remain a short time.
Captain Dick Talbot left Sunday night
for Sioux City where he will have
charge Of q boat during the o palace
exhibit. d
DR.. Porter left for st. Paul last even
ing. He expects to make quite an ex-
tended trip through the south and east
before his return.
n. =. Jewell came up from Minne-
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Saturdays Personals,

Dan Yorkey returned to Grafton last
evening.
j.. A. Fields went east Oh the evening
train last evening.
q. b. Fletcher returned yesterday
from his visit to his old home in the
east.
Senator Worst and wife came up from
Emmons county yesterday and expect to
return to-day.
w. S. Hay, superintendent of the
Northern Pacific Express company, was
in the city yesterday.
Custer: E. NJ. Wheeler, Billings;
John Whitaker, Painted Woods; E. G.
Campbell, Williamsport.
Pacific: Nels Paulson, Conger; J..
L. Bantillier, Hon. j. H. Worst,
Andrew Vogland, Williamsport; Adam
Swenson, Painted Woods.
A. S. Capehart left last night for Far
60, where he will spend a couple of days
before proceeding to st. Paul. He will
be absent about a week.
Joseph Stapleton, who has become
badly crippled with rheumatism, left
yesterday for the Hot Springs, Ark, in
hopes of recovering his health.
Sheridan: P. w. Cornell, Helena;
b. W. Davis, W. S. Hay, A. @. Melhan,
st. Paul; j. A. Field Apple Creek; Hugh
Campbell and wife, Glencoe; H. E.
Decolm, Mandan.
Western: A. J. Munen, Chicago; S.
K. Dixie, Grand Forks; Caleb Farr and
son, Mckenzie; F. L. Aver, Mandan;
v. M. Craven, Menoken; NJ. H. Burton,
Fort Stevenson; j. Healy, New York;
W. G. Buckley, Helena; A. Freise, Spo-
kane.
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One Mass of Scales.
AHlcted 8 Years by Dreadful Skin and
Blood Disease, with Intense
Pain and Loss of Hair.
Other Remedies Fail, Relieved In
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by the Cuticura Rem adies

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wentner ny face was one mass of scales. When
~ the e eide air to the pain was intenae;, it would
hl n orlng tears to my eyes. and my blood also
havs tried every known remedy that was recon-
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EDMUND KFRAS,
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Sundays

The Rev. Spangberg went out west on
his circuit yesterday.
DR.. Frazer went to Steele, last night,
on a professional trip.
Governor Burke went to Fargo last
night to spend the Sabbath.
Custer: Fay Lockwood and wife; T..
W. Sanders, H. j. Myers, Glencoe.
w. S. DeGraf returned from his fall
purchasing trip in the east yesterday.
Attorney L. A. Simpson was down
from Dickinson, yesterday, returning
last night.
Pacific: J. Swan, Helena; W. A. Sim
ons and wife, Wogansport; B. D. Falk,
Apple Creek.
August johnson, a TRIBUNE employee
is spending a few weeks recreation and
hunting at Washburn.
Hon. Loren Fletcher, the Minnesota
politician and all around r~ustler, was
west bound on yesterdays No. 4.
A. A. Brundage, editor of the Dawson
Standard and a good rustler for Kidder
county, spent yesterday in the city.
Banner: John Webb, Indianola, Iowa;
Robert Gwylher, Mrs. Robert Gwylher,
Miss G. R. Gwylher, Fort Rice; Thos.
Fouler, w. ". Clark, st. Paul.
Sheridan: L. D. Bingham, J. P.
Brown, Chicago. A. S. Can
ney. T. 81. Brand, E. j. Hall,
st. Paul; VIM. Gribble, D. Dryer and
wife, Sterling; Henry E. Hollister, Chi
cago.
Western: L. D.. Bailey, G. W. Raw
lings. Sterling; A. J. Hanks, J. P. Beal,
Glencoe; Frank Paris, Burnt Creek;
l.. A. Larson, Wogansport; f. M.
Leathers, McKenzie; j. A. Bump,
Logan; L. G. Green, Glascock; F. w.
Bennett, st. Paul.
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Custer: David Richards, Mckenzie;
James Canaty, Fort Yates.
Pacific: B. D: Falk, Ed. Kirkey, APP
pie Greek; John Merry, A. S. Lambert,
Washburn.
A. G. Hinckley, formerly Of Bismarck,
now of Duluth, came in on the morning
train yesterday.
G. A. DeGraff, brother of Alderman
DeGraf, is visiting IN the city, on his
way home from the coast. Nj. DeGraff
lives at Canandaigua, N. Y.
j. X. Weatherby and his brother Hal
~ arrived from West Superior on the
morning train yesterday. They have
come up to hunt the festive duck and
wary goose.
Western: Ed. Fridley, Steele; j. G.
Melene, W. B. Hibbs, Menoken; E. M.
Bellatti, Sterling; T. B. Colston, Jack
sonville, ILL.,; w. B. Couch, Rock Glen
Farm; J. G. Perrault, Mandan.
Sheridan: J. K. Wetherby, Minneap-
oils; d. V. Wetherby, Hudson, Wis; J.
A. Bragdon, Fargo; J.. D. Thompson,
Dawson; Dugal Campbell, Armstrong;
Hugh Campbsll, Glencoe; J. B. Babbitt
Philadelphia; w. X. Pennell, New
York.
F. I. Whitney, general passenger
agent, of the Great Northern railroad,
writes A. G. Labrie, of Grand Forks, as
follows: "The samples of grain for.
warded to us through your exertions
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have been doing duty for North Dakota
at various fairs, last week in Michigan.
where our exhibit was accorded the GER
tlticate of highest merit. This week the
display will be at the Indiana state fair.
n next week at the Illinois state fair.
a Peoria. Our exhibit fills two cars
and when arranged for exhibition makes
a fine showing. I think it will do a
power OF good for the Red river v~allev"
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uPPAS0S1AAAS SOA4P 4CC1OA dAu WHO'LL uOuo
will be perfect in every particular. A
powerful wind engine is being placed in
position for watering purposes and will
relieve the men of the labor of pumping
the liquid needed for the horses.
The geese have begun to fly, but as yet
very high. Local sports are making
arrangements to hunt quite extensively.
Several parties are being formed to go
to Washburn where an early or shutdown
shoot can be had, as the feeding grounds
are only a short drive from that point.
Editor Streeter says: "In the absence
of Mr.. Ryan, it is said that the position
Of chief blind pig tail-twister in Bis
marck has fallen to q gentleman who
used to pay taxes for nonresident own
ers of Emmons county land" Now, who
used to pay those taxes? Let us know
all about it.
81. @. Nygard, for a long time driver
of the Washburn and Bismarck stage,
has purchased County Commissioner
Bettendorf's farm zeal Coal Harbor, Nc
Lean county, and moved his family from
this city Monday. Dave johnson,
brother of Mrs. L. Peterson of the Pa
cifc hotel takes the vacant place on the
stage line.
The steamer Josephine brings the news
lthatth entire upper Missouri river is
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Fridays Personals, 25th inst,

Western: @. s. Anderson, Mckenzie;
G. W. Rawlings, Sterling,
Surveyor-G General Williams is back
from his brief Fargo business trip.
Mrs. A. s. Capehart went to Fargo on
yesterdays early train. She will also
visit st. Paul before returning.
Governor Burke has returned from his
eastern trip. Mrs. Burke and the twins
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p|MPLES, .black-heads, red rough, chapped and,
im oily skin cured by Cuticura Soap.
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Glass Block,
Minneapolis, MINI.
First Publication October 2, 1891
e, Summons.

First Publication October 2, 1884,
T., .t.s~-- Summons.
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA
County of Burleigh.
District Court, Sixth Judicial District.
Isaac Huffer, plaintiff, vs.. Charlotte M. Huffer,
defendant. ,--1-
The state of North Dakota to the above named
defendant greeting: 1.-
You Charlotte NJ. Huffer are hereby summoned
and required to answer the complaint in the
above, entitled action, which will be filed with
the clerk of said court, and to serve q copy Of
your answer. to the said complaint. on the sub
scriber at bis office In the city of Bismarck, in
within thirty days after the service OF this sum
mons upon You. exclusive of the day Of such SER
vice; and If you fail to answer the said complaint
within the time aforesaid. the plaintiff IN this
action will apply to the court for the relief de-.
manded in the complaint.
Dated July 18th. A. d., 1891.
r. II. REGISTER,
Plaintiff g a attorney, Bismarck, Nd.
l hereby certify that the c9mplaintin this action
yas fled IN my office this lat. day Of
CLAREscr PaIcE CLERK.
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