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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1892-12-30
Hampton.

Correspondence Of the RECORD.
Dec. 26.-Christmas morning the ther
mometer registered fourteen degrees be.
low Zero and q brisk wind was blowing
from the nortbwest-j just such night a.
Santa Claus likes, and he got around all
right. Lawyers have been keeping the
roads quite warm Of late....A large
amount Of freigh,ing is beng Gone this
winter between Yates and Bismarck. 4. /.
Hampton has had an increase of four IN.
habitants-Mr. and Mrs. Hines and twin
baby boys from st. Paul. They are en-
ployed for the winter at the Badger
ranch, in the place Of y. e. Ryder and
wife. We hope they will decide to re-
main permanently IN Hampton. E. F.
sivalia and D. W. Casey are in the
freighting business this winter. Mr. I
Lyle Parks, of Alexandra, Mimi, left
that place for Emmons county as soon as
the news reached him of the dangerous
condition of his mother, Mrs. Thomas
Parks. She passed quietly away the day
before he reached Wlnona. Many hearts
besides those OF kindred will mourn the,
loss of Mrs. Parks, especially many young
men who left their eastern homes for the
northwest, and to whom she took the
place of 3 mother. >. Dec. 81: Word has
been received from Mandan that Mr.. and
Mrs. F. n. Parks have q babygirl. Mrs.
Parks ID very III. though IN no immediate.
danger. Frank says there are, 50 many
girls in this country that he wanted y;
boy for some one Of them. WHoa
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1892-12-30

A Car OF beer is 10000 gallons; so tha,
some idea Of tue consumption Of beer
may be gained from these figures.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1892-12-30

Dealers in Provisions Dry
Shoes Farm Machinery Hardware Queenswae Bugges
Lumber Ground Feed Oil Meal
paid for Eggs Hides Etc Emmons visiting
dearnp price
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1892-12-30
EMM0NS COUNTY REC ORD
By D. r. STREETER.
W1LLIAMsPORT, NORTH DAKOTA.
Pioneer Journal of the County.

TIE RECORD is entered at the IYiHiamspori
PoaoHce as second class matter.
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~ Treasurer
" "
JOHN F GEIL, sCuny,ND
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A LIFE FOR A DRINK.

A great many students Of lie as it passes
have frequently pom iered over the problem
of what q victim OF alcohol would-or,
rather, would not-do for drink when his
system craved it. OF course, they admit
that there is no crime which man crazsd
by liquor may not commit, but the question
has been to what length will man in pos
session OF his senses 60 when MS vs. appetite
hungers for stimulant. Colonel Phil Trouu-
stine, Of Colorado, told q story yesterday
which illustrates what one individual would
have done IL taste Of the ardent had not
been forthcoming.
''A,ong the latter seventies" said the col
onel, II found myself suddenly called upon
to make q trip Of about hundred miles into
southern Colorado. There was to be no stage
for three days as the regular. coach had lett
that morning, and the busnes was 30 ur.
gent that I had to start at once l looked
around for some sort Of conveyance, as had
to carry some traps that couldn't pack on
horseback yery weIl,apd struck fellow who
had a pretty comfortable wagon and two
pair of horses Well, we struck bargain and
started. It was evening and l curled up and
took a nap. Early in the morning my driver
asked me to give him drink had quart
to use in case of accident you know. but
told him hadn't drop. About three hours
later he asked me If I would drive. didn't
relish driving four horses had paid some
body else to, and asked him what the mat
ter was. He said that he would have to lie
down, because he felt that he was going to
die. He said that he had been on ten-day
spree just previously, and had only brought
half pint with him, thinking that he could
fight down his craving, but he couldn't, and
he knew he was going 70 die. took pity on
him when understood his condition and
gave him drink An hour or so afterward
he asked me for another, and when l re-
fused, seemingly accepted the inevitable.
but begged me to let him lie down for few
minutes, and did 80. Pretty soon heard
say:
Throw up your hands and give me that
bottle
Il turned my head to find myself looking
into my own gun, as had taken of my belt
and laid it in the wagon bottom.
"'You wouldn't kill me for that bottle,
would you? asked.
~ must have some liquor he replied,
and saw he was desperate. Promise me
you will give me drink wnen I ask for 1t
and will take your word and give you this
gun; but must haveitr
II promised him and he han1ei me the
weapon. He only asked for drink every
hour or two and when we reached our
destination next day asked him II he really
would have killed me II had refused him.
He looked ms squarei in the face and said:
"I would have killed my mother at that
time yesterday IL 1t had bean necessary to
get whisky and knew she had it, And
believe he would have done 1t, too."-Wash-
ington Post
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TEMPERANCE.
NOT VRoM NY BOTTLE.


"Woe to him that giveth his neighbor
drink. that puttest thy bottle to him and
makest him druuk."-Hab H.. Is.
1--WE must be polite" and sometimes we
must treat"
Not from my bottle, oh, mol
And some men Twill have it, whenever they
Not from my bottle, Oh, no!
The saloon may 60 on, and my vote may be
lost,
Ny influence, too. may not count with the
host,
And liquor be bought at whatever the cost
But not from my bottle-ho, no!
"But all men are free, sir. to drink if they
choose
Not from my bottle, oh. no!
"'Twill be sold on the sly and the license
we'll lose"
But not from my bottle, Oh. no!
The ladies may sip and the boys learn to
drink.
The men stagger down into hslrs awful
brink,
The rum may flow on till all Christendom
sink
Not from my bottle, no, no!
"It will always be drunk, tho few may
oppose"
Not from my bottle, oh, mol
''There is more sold thsn ever, as each sea-
son goes"
Not from my bottle, oh. mol
"'Tis useless, they say, you're fraction 50
slight"
Perhaps. But the fraction at least will be
right
And God will reward him who all through
the fight
Cried: s.Not from my bottle, oh, no."
Hattie Horner, in the Voice.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES.

There are 1000 saloons in Chicago, say
one to every 2O0inhabitants.
The unchanging decree of God is that no
drunkard shall inherit the kingdom ol
heaven.
Queen Victoria insists that man snail not
enter her employ as a piper unless he is a
teetotaler.
1t is alleged that the peculiar flavor OF
sherry wine is impaired to it, in Spain. by
hanging fresh goao skins in the termenting
vat.
In one of the great Paris hospitals, out OF
eighty-three patients who suffered from ep:-
lepsy sixty were found to be children OF
drunken parents.
Miss Borden, President of the New Mexico
Woman's Christian Temperance Union, has
been licensed to preach. She is the first
woman minister in the Territory.
Mrs. Annie Wittenmeyer, the first Presi-
dent Of the w. c. T. U. is beautiful white
haired woman, bright eyed and vigorous,
though past her seventieth year. Mrs.
Wittenmeyer has written several books.
A man might visit ten saloons day in
New York for every day in the year, and
then not make the rounds, for there are
nearly 1000 Of them. London's saloons it is
reckoned, extend ssyenty-ave miles il set
side BY side in a straight line.
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A Poor Reward for q Traitor.

Pleasant stories of Napoleon I. are ex-
ceedingly scarce, but here is one: The
French Colonel Varennes had written
several confidential letters to pretended
friend, in which he censured Napoleon
abos. some military actions. The pre-
tended friend, expecting good reward
by promotion or otherwise, sent the
letter to the Emperor. Varennes was
summoned before him. Napoleon showed
him what he had received, and asked:
care you not ashamed of these letters2"
Varennes did not lose his self-com-
mand. "No, sire,' he replied, "but I
am ashamed of the address from which
the letters last came"
Napoleon's manner frightened. he
said: "You are right. Your communl-
cations to your pretended friend were
confidential. but he has played the
traitor on you. But if in the future you
want to subject my orders to criticism
you ought to send your opinion to q
better address; that is to say, to myself.
and l hereby appoint you member Of
my Council OF War"
The pretended friend was transferred
to subordinate position far away on
the frontier of the empire. Detroit Free
Press.
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An Old jewish Custom.

At the home of a we'll known Jew
was recently seen tiny fame burn
ing in a fine goblet. Examination
showed the goblet to be half filed
with water, on the top OF which
fioated an inch of pure olive oil A
miniature float Of corks, fasten ed on
either side of a metallic ring, rested
upon the oil On the ring was placed
a wax taper, passing through a small
circle of thin wool, ~ that the lower
end of the thread dipped through the
ring into the olive oil. The upper
end of the taper was lighted as above
mentioned. The oil drawn through
tie wax.covered taper served to keep
it alive for several hours
"We burn this" said the lady OF
the house, sin memory OF one OF our
dead. When the taper burns nearly
out we substitute another, so that
the fame, like the vestal fire, never
goes out. We light the taper when
our relative dies and let it burn a
year, the last one being allowed to
burn OUT. We attend to these lights
with great care, thus keeping alive
the memory of our loved one. 1t is
an old custom of ours, and one seldom
now observed. Some burn it for
week, while others burn it for a
month. Our family adheres to the
custom in all its purity, always keep
ing the fame alive for year.
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this city of Moscow. The biggest bell
in the world lies at the foot Of this
tower, and though it Is against the laws,
took photograph Of it this morning
while the guards we're not looking. !
posed young Russian upon 1t while !
snapped my camera, and I had another
photograph taken. with myself standing
beside it. This bell was cast in the
fourteenth century, but the tower IN
which it was hung was burned again and
again, and when it fell about two hum
dred years ago it was broken into pieces.
It was cast in larger size, and It Is sal !
that the ladies Of Mocow in frenzy Of
religious enthusiasm threw their jewels
into the metal, and this rendered it 50
imperfect that when it was runga great
piece broke out of its side. It fell to
the ground during Ere which occurred
about hundred and fifty years ago, and
it has never been restored. II now stands
on granite pedestal, and it is as big as
good.sized two-story house. It Is fifty
Eve feet in circumference, is two feet
thick, and the piece Whlcn mas Deen
broken out of its side Is taller than Q
man, and you can walk into the hole
where this piece was, and you find your
self in q sort of bronze tent. The piece
lies on the ground beside the pedestal,
and though the bell itself is Of dark
green, this piece has been so polished by
the people leaning against It that ies
edges are as bright as brass breastpin.
This bell weighs more than 200 tons,
and it would take 400 good horses TO,
pull it if could be loaded on q wagon.
The biggest bell that strikes Is in thus
tower Of St. Ivan. It is only half as
large in size as the bell at the foot OF the
tower, and it Is, judge, about twenty
feet high and fifteen feet in diameter.
You could hardly put it in the average
cottage parlor, and it has tongue which
weighs hundreds upon hundreds OF
pounds. It takes about six men to make.
this tongue strike the bell, and l tried TO
push it from one side of the bell to the!
other, but I found that I was not strong
enough to move it.
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THEY DRAW FLIES.

Close observers have noticed that flies will
gather upon q half.drunkep, sleepy sot,
while dozen sober men In ths same room
are not molested by them The flies will
buzz around their subject with great de.
light, frequ entity ahghting upon his per-
spring face. OF they go and return again
and again, quaffing the alcoholic nectar Is
suing from his pores. After a while their
flight becomes uncertain and eccentric, and
sometimes they come in collision. Recsntly
a drunken man raised his hand and brushed
them into his face. Some fell to the aoor
and lay there paralyzsd.
After a while they get on their feet and
wearily t1y of, half daz,d. Perhaps they
have head on. Many animals yieI to ths
se,uction OF rum drinking, especially ele.
plants, horses, cows and swine. Poultry,
especially turkeys, will absorb tn" tempting
drink till they tumble over il leaden
sleep, lying around as II they were dead and
utterlyignorips their accustomed roofs. On
awaking they StaSger for a few moments
and soon recover, but tt is hours befc,e they
renew their cheerful cacking. -Ch;oayo ,
Herald.
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THE DRINK EVIL IN FRANCE.

1t has been frequently stated that since
the war drinking habits have increased in
France to an alarming extent. In 1859, ac-
cording to recent statistics, there were
985, SOS cabarets, or dramshops, In France,
being one for every eighty-seven inhabi-
tants. Since then, by reason Of the annexa-
ton Of Alsace-Lorraine, France has lost
1,5OO, 900 inhabitants, but the cabarets have
increased to 4l0,OOO In 1880 the consump-
ton of alcohol was $685. 600 hectoGtres OF
alcohol. or LAG litre per head Of the popula-
ton. It has now risen to l, $50, 1874 hectoli.
tres or 4.40 litres per head. The alcohol
formerly was distilled from wine: it is now
made from fruit and grain, the effects Of
which ON the human organism are deleteri-
Gus in the extreme. The increased con.
sumption Of absinthe Is specially attended
with the most deplorable results, and 1t is
more than time for the Legislature to inter-
tere in order to check the growing evil.
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and the new whistles prescribed by the
Polite Board. -

and the new whistles prescribed by the
Police Board.
There is nothing extraordinary about
the whistles. They are nickel plated. .
about three inches long, with chain
attached to fasten them to the coat bus
tons of the policeman. A brass reeo
inside controls the tone, which In most
of them is not unlike those used by
cyclists.
The clubs are of greuadllla wood and
134 inches long, Il inches thick at IN o
outer end and tapering to one inch a1
the handle. .,.L
Each policeman had to Fay eighty
cents for his whistle and baton. The
majority of the bluecoats snitfed con-
temptuously at their new batons, ana q
number prophesied that some policeman
in the lower precincts would be ''done
up before they had carried the new
sticks long. ,-:u 80
The new batons and whistles will DO
carried for the first time to.day.-Ne@
York Herald.
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WALKING ON THE WATER.

The real error which Peter committed In
attempting to walk on the water lies in that
he undertook what the Lord did not require
OF him. No doubt he asked and obtained
bis permission, but even this shows how the
Lord may permit His servants to find the
bottom Of their own resolutions, ,.and In His
wise love teach them deep and useful lessons
by their own failures. Peter assayed love
to do by faith what faith was quite compe-
asked It. But, taking 1t up Of his own mo-
ton, even with the Lords permission, the
disciple threw himself into circumstances Of
danger and difficulty to which his measure
offaith proved unequal.
To aim at being for Christ, to expect to do
for Christ what Christ has neither eDjoined
nor promised, is really not faith, but
fanaticism. There is considerable resem-
blance between the two, on the surface.
The one has been agair and again mistaken
for the other. There is likeness in their
sometimes, for while, in their effects but
they are entirely different in their source,
their principle. their results. Faith arises
out Of grace. Fanaticism has Its source In
selfFaith Is ruled by the Word Of the Lord;
fanaticism by the wish, will and impulse Of
the creature. Faith results in solid fruits
and works for Christ. Fanaticism burns 1t.
self out In fruitless fervor, or dashes itself
to pieces In terrible fall. .
The dangers of our time lie. however, for
the most part, In quite another direction.
The material and the secular have, In these
days, the most powerful sway over the
1t did not exist at all. For, more frequently
than fanaticism is mistaken for faith, Is
faith ridiculed and run down as fanatical.
And, In truth, all real living and working
for Christ has In 1t an element of paradox,
which the world Is very apt to mistake for
enthusiasm. Il is aiming at results and ex-
peeting results which lie quite beyond the
channel Of ordinary, rational life.
There is no real success in the work OF
Christ's kingdom which is not to mans
judgment as impossible as to tread the
nations of Greece and Rome to the faith OF
the Crucifed Nazarcne, he went to walk on
the waters. ALI reason was against the
probability OF his success. When Luther
revived the Gospel Of free grace in the face
of the Roman hierarchy and the empire, he
went to walk on the waters. Pope, en-
peror, princes and churchmen were ready
to swallow him up. There is not true
missionary abroad or true mission worker
at home but goes to seek results above
nature. by methods that work beyond rea..
His kingdom, walk on the waves We must;
for we walk by faith, not by sight. Only
let US gather from the incident in Peters ex.
perience that we are to take up our motto
from Isaiah rather than from Peter. In.
stead OF choosing for ones self the path Of
duty, and saying, lord, bid me come" let
US put ourselves and our service always into
His hands, saying, in answer to his question.
"Who. will 20 for us?' Here aIh I; send
me-" The miracles of our Lord John
Laidlaw, d. D.
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THE BASKET OF WATER.

A student went for advice to pious old
man and said to him, Father, love much
to hear about God and spiritual things, but
all the good I hear seems to 20 in one ear
and out at the other; forget 1t 70 soon and
this grieves me-"
Then the old man said, "DIy son. take thi:
basket, and bring it to me full of water"
The student obtyed; be took the basket
and went to q wide brook and worked hard
for long time, but he could get no water to
stay in the basket; as soon as IL was full it
became empty again. Then at last he got
tired, for he saw that all bis labor was In
vain 40 he went back to the father aud told
him what had happened, and how the water
would not remain in the basket. Then tho
father said, '.Give me the basket and let me
look at it.n And when he took the basket In
his hand and had examined it, he said,
snow see, my son, you have not worked In
vain true it Is, indeed, that no water has re.
mained in the basket, but 1t has washed II
has washed 1t clean and pure: So tits, too,
with YOU, and every one who ears and reads
COTS Word with diligence and prayer; ne
NAV not retain everything, but still It purt
ties his mind, and makes him more tit to en-
ioy God now and in the glory hereafter"
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SIX SHORT RULES FOR YOUNG CHRISTIANS.
Were q star quenched on high,
For ages would its Light
Still travelling downward from the sky
Shine on our mortal sight

Still travelling downward from the sky
Shine on our mortal sight.
So when great man dies,
For years beyond our ken,
The light he leaves behind him lies
Upon the path Of men.
AS Brownlow North lay on his death.bed
he enjoyed, according to his own confession,
you are Young. in good health, and with
the prospect of rising in the army; am
dying, but if the Bible Is true, and I know 1t
is, would not change places with you foi
ali The world. Mr.. North wrote the prac-
tical counsels which follow:
l. Never neglect daily private prayer; and
when you pray. remember that God is pres.
enr. and that he hears your prayer.-Heb.
*. 6. ,
9. Never neglect daily private Bible-read.
ing; and when you read, remember that
God Is speaking to you, and that we are to
speak and act upon what he says. believe
that all hack-sliding begins with the neglect
of these two rules.-John v. 39.
3. Never let the day pass without trying
to do something for Jesus. Every night re:
fleet Oh what Jesus has done for you, and
ark yourself. What am doing for him.
Matt. V. 1916.
1. If fever you are in doubt as to thing
| eing right or wrong. go to- your room kneel
down and ask Gods blessing upon it.-Col
iii. IT. II you cannot do this, it is wrong
Romans xiv. 90.
S. Never take your Christianity from
Christians, or argue that, because such peo
pie do 80 and so, therefore you may.-[Cor:
K. p. You are to ask yourself. Chow would
Christ act in my placer and strive to follow
Him.-John K. q.
6. Never believe what you feel, if it con-
tradicts Gods word. Ask yourself, Can
What feel te true, if Gods word is truet
and if both cannot be true, believe God, and
make your own heart the iar.-Rom. Iii. 4
John v. 10, II.
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RELIGIOUS READING.
FEAR NOT.

FEAR NOT.
Why should I fear tomorrow?
The Lord directs my way.
Why should trouble borrow?
live but for today.
Whenever I am weary
In God l find my rest,
And when my past seems dreary
know it's for the best.
Why should I fear tomorrow
have a gracious friend
Who knows my every sorrow
And will my cause defend.
see Him near me smiling,
In trial and in joy,
Ny weary hours beguiling
In His own best employ.
will not trouble borrow,
There is better way,
Tor when 1t comes. tomorrow
Will be another day.
Oh give me grace. dear Saviour,
Thy constant love to see!
Today seek Thy favor,
Tomorrow leave with Thee.
New York Observer.
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BECAUSE the Viceroy of China has
seen tlt to kick and cuff few Of his
interiors, the hasty conclusion has
been reached that his mind Is totter-
ing. The truth can only bc'known
when it shall be demonstrated in
lust what degree the cuffed and
kicked deserved their castigatior.
Perhaps the Viceroy is an instance
of raging sanity.
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THERE must be something pecul-
iarly romantic about the southern
part Of Virginia. Hardly a week
passes without an elopement. The
couples go across the State line into
North Carolina, and are married
without much trouble. It Is worthy
Of note, too, that parental forgive
ness usually follows the marriages.
Are the marriage laws Of Virginia
too extensive to followp II not, what
3 the explanation?
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New Weapons Of the New York POLES.

There was procession Of blgecoats
passing in and out Of the Property
Clerks room at Police Headquarters all
day yesterday to receive their new, short
batons in place of the old, long elocusts
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SOME restaurant table-cloths are
like a country fair; they display
little of eyerything.'-Bin
Republican.
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APPALLING FIGURES.

The highest statistical authority in the
United States, David A. Wells, declares that
the yearly waste in the United States,
through drink, is at least $500 600, 90. In
forty years SIC, 600, GOO, 900 have been thus
wasted. This Is equal to the whole savings
Of the people from 1888 to 1857.