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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
HOW TO WRITE A PLAY.
1t IL Easy Enough If You Follow This
Outline:

IL ID Easy Enough III You Follow This
Outline:
AS general thing the plays produced
at the theaters these days are enough
alike to create the impression that one
man wrote all of them. The heroine,
says the Atchison Globe, foundling,
is adopted by people who once had a
daughter who ran off and disappeared.
The villain discovers that the founding
is in reality the grandchild Of her foster
parents, and makes up his mind to
marry her toy get the old folks money.
He plots to get the hero, with whom
the heroine is in love, out of the way.
lie charges him with murder, or with
forgery (there the writer has chance
to vary his plot a little bit; he can have
forgery tonight and murder to-mor-
row night) hhd the hero is put in jail.
The. sodbrette and the funny man un-
earth 3plot, liberate the hero, accuse
the villain, who confesses all, and in
the.l last scene the old people find their
'grnndshld, the heroine and her lbver
are united, the soubrette and the funny
man agree to tie up, and the villsin
shoots himself.
Those who are ambitious to become
plaE,writers will find in these details
all The Ingredients necessary TO mix
up Tor o popular play. ....e-,.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
"A WslI.Reeommq ended Grass.

- "0AAek Aekto0O"n40Qc0 Gf00os !.
Northwestern Farmer: w. r. Guyas,
Of White Earth, 8. o, writes: "Bromis
Inermis yields over pine tons of green
grass per acre, or over four tons of per.
fectfy dry hay .:- Its~average. height, ia
about four feet, although some of the
stalks grow as high as five ard half
feet" Mrs. Mary.R. Bishop, Of Maple.
ton, N. D.. writes "We thought our
hard winters here would kill of Bromus
lnermis but this spring ltwas up and
green, foot above any other vegetation,
and at heading it stands perfect mass
four feet in height. The farmers around
here think it is the finest grass thepever
saw. All the cattle like it; and. I think
am perfectly safe in saying that it will
cut at least four tons per acre." Many
other reports from various parts of the
United States lead us to believe that it is
one of the most valuable grasses that has
ever been introduced into this country.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
Utilizing Popular Airs,

9 The Boston Post tells story OF q
young man who is forbidden to call on
or write to the girl with whom he is
deeply in, love, and by whom he is loved.
He manages to circumvent the vigilance
of her parents by whistling popular
airs, she answering on the piano. He
walks by the house, for instance, piping
"A1ice, Where Art Thou?" In good
time he hears Home. Sweet Home",
played within. After o turn around tho
block he starts on "Oh, Mamie, Wilt
Thou Gang WI Met" Perhapy the re-
turn will. be "WhereAB You, Going
TOP? A3fkMahRfs:of "Come Into tho
Ggtlen. Madd, :" convey to. her the tip
and the! Opening Of "All's Well" on tho
piano tells him everything IL under
stood.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
A ReIrc of Washington.

The house occupied by Washington
just before the battle Of Long Island,
the old Freeman place in Tlatbush, is
to be preserved as a public library. It
is a fine mansion, between $50 and 200
years old, strongly built, and has been
for century at least a part of the.
bergen estate. Six citizens of the VEN
cradle Dorp are going to buy the house,
and there will be moved into Il 5000
volumes accumulated in the course of
$50 years by the district school, and
as many owned by the Erasmus Hall
academy.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04

REPoRTs from Cuba are to the effect
that there has been some very severe
fighting in the mountains of Pinar del
Rio province. As usual, the reports are
conflicting. Gen. Weyler claims that he
defeated the patriots. On the contrary,
the patriots claim that they W hipped the
Spaniards and killed 2, 600 of them.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
For over FREY Years.

Al OLD AND wElL.TRizD RzxEDY.-Mrs
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used for over
fifty years by millions of mothers for theis
children while teething, with perfect success. 1t
soothes the chtld, sohens the gums. allays all
pain, cures wind collie, and is the best rem edy
for diarrheea. lsplessant to the taste. Sold by
drugg lists iireyery part Of the world. Twenty
five cents bottle. It's value is incslculable. Be
suro; and ask for Mrs. Winslow 3 30 othing
syrup. and take no other kind. <nov37 80
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04

WON'T some good.hearted friend in
Kidder county send.us the figures Of the
vote in "poor old Kidder" on legislative
candidates--so that we can close up our
Twenty sixth district election table? 1t
must be that Br'er Wood got all the votes
up there--he's SO modest about announc-
ing the result.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
Increase Of Penalty,

The old penalty against German SOL
dier or 'sMlor of the standing army or
n.vy who left the Fatherland was fine
Of 200 marks or 40 days imprisonment.
That has. now been raised to 1000
marks fine. or imprisonment for four
months.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
Goods purchased from me
will be delivered free along
any of my mall lines.
Notice OF Timber.Culture Final
ff. Proof. g
UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE,
RIGNARCK.. N. d..

UNITED STATEs LAND OFFfoE,
BIsNARcK, N. D.,
October 26 1906
.Nor1cE Is hereby given that John Blake has
~ hled notice Of intention to make final proof
Court, at his office in -Williamsport, Emmons
county, y: D., on Saturday, the 18th day Of De
cember. 1895. on timber.cnlture application No.
the east half Of southwest quarter of section No.
"a, in township No. 138. moth. range 76 west, bth
r. NJ. .ic
he names as witnesses:
siyert A. Hagen, Of Armstrong;, N. o.
David II. Yoater, Of fWilliapaspost, N. D..
p. A. LANE, Register.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
Wheat stored.

The undersigned desires to inform the
farmers of Emmons county that he has
extensive facilities for storing grain in
the Mckenzie elevator. and that the same
will be stored vt cheaper rates than the
law allows. Come up with a4load, any
way, and learn terms. t's;
B. F. scoviL,
. Mckenzie, N. D.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
NOTICE,

Collection by distress of all tlelinqu ent
personal taxes due Emm0ns county, N
D.. will begin Dec. 1, 1895.
80 T. P. LEE,
County Treasurer.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04

Also: proprietor of Steele Williams.
port mail line. Passengers arriving at
Steele on Tuesdays. Thurdays or Satur..
days can take stage same day to Will
Transport.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
ESTRAY NOTICE COLUMN.
TAKEN UP.

By the undersigned, on section 20, township
1Sl,trange 75, q brown mare, four years old.tt
stsise sz.sndanig up up between ,hs eass; @ hs. % no
brand. The owner 10 requested to prove prop.
erty, pay expenses, and take the mare away.
ALBIN SCHNEIDER,
OmiO, N, d,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
JudIcIal.Di1trictV.sss.

The Record this week gives the official
diclal district, except Kldder and Oliver.
The majority tor Judge Winchester. out.
side of the two counties named, iis ], l6a.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04

The .'Record, "The Farm, Stock and
Home" and THE Chicago Weekly Inter
Ocean," one year, for $500.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
Timber Culture-F,nal Proof.
U. 8. LAND OFFICE,
RIaM A RcK N D. Oct 1R 1909

bIsAARCR. n. D., Oct. 10, 1876.
Notice is hereby giventhat John I. Roop has
fled notice of intention to make final proof be-
NOES county, at his Office in Williamsport, N.
p, on the ssth day Of NSvember, 1885, on tim.
ber.culture application No. 42s7, for southeast
north, range No. rs west, 9Th p. m. He names
as witnesses:
Edward 4sasn; + Res,ng, Savage, OF d, RRSop, Rn n
Henry A. Reamann. of Williamsrort, N. d.
Thomas Kelly, of Williamsport, ND.
Il. A. LAMB, Register
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1896-12-04
A Large Stack of Fresh Groceries. Dry
Goods. Boots and Shoes, Hardware, Etc,
kept constantly on hand.

goods.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15
NEWS AND VIEWS.

Mr.. E. W. Hack, of Burke county,
Ca, who was elected at the recent CON
vention alternate electOr from the state
at large, was one of the principals of a
sensation episode in the Palmer house
lobby when stranger close by remarked
that the Georgia delegation was mongrel
that it was part democratic and part
populist. Upon hearing the remark Mr..
Hack turned quickly and replied that
the gentleman who made it was a liar.
There was no fight, for the offender
withdrew hastily at this warlike demon
stration. 1t afterward turned out that
he was the Rev. DR.. Cleveland, brother
to the president
In many counties in southern
Michigan the grange societies are petit
tioning the boards of supervisors to de-
crease the salaries of county officials.
The increase in state and county taxa
ton, together with the depressed condi.
ton of agriculture, is given as the reason
for the request. In Berrien coun-
ty the supervisors have responded by
cutting the treasurer's salary $500 and
reducing the rate for the dieting of pris-
oners in the county jail. Ii the project
is successful the plan is to be tried in
other agricultural regions where the
grange societies are a political fac.
tor.
Sometime ago Mr.. Tucker, Of
White Top, N c., had a difficulty with a
Mr. Edmiston, of Virginia, in which
Tucker shot him in the leg. Edmiston
had the ball extracted and carefully pre-
served it, declaring he would force Tuck
er to eat it. Last Sunday they met at
preaching near White Top, when Edmis-
ton, getting the "drop" on his man,
forced him to chew up and swallow the
bullet, then knocking him down with a
rock he departed to Virginia
When two Negritos, people of the
Philippine Islands, are united the
whole tribe is assembled, and the afianc-
ed pair climb two trees growing near to
each other. The elders then bend the
branches until the heads of the couple
meet When their heads come into con
tact the marriage is legally accomplish
ed and great rejoiclngs take place, fan
tastic dance completing the ceremony.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15
500 Reward 500.

Thereaders of this paper will be pleas
ed to learn that there is is at least one
dreaded disease that science has been
able to cure in all its stages, and that is
catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is the
only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being a constitu-
tional disease, requires constitutional
treatment. Halls Catarrh Cure is taken
internally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the sys-
tenn, thereby destroying the foundation
OF the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitution
and assisting nature in doing its work.
The proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer Ore
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure. Send for list of testimo-
malls. Address,
F. j. CHENEY q Co., Toledo, o.
S8-Sold by all druggists, 75c.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15
The Discovery Saved His Life.

Mr.. G. Cailouette, Druggist, Beavers I5.s
vile, H., says: "ToDr. Kings New D ,4b
covery l owe my life. Was taken VIZ" sor
la grippe and tried all the physicians ~, w.
miles about, but of no avail and was CIV Nv
en- up and told I could not live. HavlnTT
DR.. Kings New Discovery in my stoL I'd !
sent for bottle and began its use, a."
from the first dose began to get Oe' oud
and after using three bottles was up am IN
about again. Its worth its welgno %
gold. We won't keep store or h sols.
without it." Get a free trial az paw
Davis drug store.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

toao 1undlng bill: and denonno
EFFORTS OF the present Republio ,oe the
gress to enact similar measnro "n con-
AS TO PENSIONS-Recogni.;
JUST claims of deserving union IN! The
we heartily indorse the rule If -. Ilolulers'
ent commissioner of pensions .9 pres
name shall be arbitrarily dronno .I,sV no
the pension roll. and the fact Of r. o, rom
ment and service should be deemo Inst
elusive evidence against disease 90 0on'
ability before enlistment "uo dis
NEW STATES-We fave.
mission of the territories of M VIC ad'
loo, Oklahoma and Arizona im.d mex'
Union as states, and we favor the s'o IN. me
admission of all the territories bo 0atiy
the necessary population and roa cling
to entitle them to statehood. and ,~t,t
they remain territories we hold 49, "ni4e
officials appointed to administer tho o sle
eminent of any territory, togetber I soy-
the District of Columbia and A1o "l'h
should be bona fide residents Of tb oaN
ritory or district in which their ~ d. Y9f'
are to be performed. "V'0S
The Democratic party believes in boro.
rule, and that all public lands Of Po ~
United States should be appronriatoa -. ~
the establishment of free homes sY w
American citizens. 1of
We recommend that the territorr =.
Alaska be granted a delegate ~ Vi
gress, and that the general land I'LL III
timber laws Of the United States ha % or
tended to said territory. W tx
THE MONROE DOCTRINE N,
Monroe doctrine, as originally daolorauss
and as interpreted by succeedincy 49,, ''aou
dents' Is a permanent part of the for.
elgn pollcy OF the United States and
must at all times be maintainnd ""u
SYMPATHY FOR CUBA-WA ~
tend our sympathy to the people n
Cuba in her heroic struggle for iihartT
and independence.
TENURE OF OFFICE-WA aro -
posed to life tenure in the pnbIic s ny
vice. We favor appointments haSad
upon merit, fixed terms of office and SnoS
an administration of the civil sarT ICa
laws as will afford equal Opportunities
to all citizens of ascertained fitness
We declare it to be the unwrittan 1ow
of this republic, established by cnston'
and usage of 100 years and sanctioned
by the examples of the greatest and
wisest of those who founded and hsve
maintained our government, that no
man should be eligible for third term
for the presidential office.
IMPROVE WATERWAYS - The
federal government should care for and
improve the Mississippi river and other
great waterways of the republic so as to
secure for the interior states CHEAP and
easy transportation to tidewater. When
any waterway Of the republic is of sufi.
Gent Importance to need aid from the
government, such aid should be ex.
tended upon definite plan of continu.
GUS work until permanent improvement
is secured.
SUBMITTED-Oo in tho Jus.
tice of our cause and the necessity Of its
success at the polls, we submit the fore,
going declaration of principles and pur.
poses to the considerable Judgment of the
American people. We invite the sup.
port of all citizens who approve them
and who desire to have them made eff.
fective through legislation for the relief
of the people and the restoration of the
country's prosperity.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15
BUYS A wOMAN's HUSBAND.
Miss Carrie West Pays Mrs. Susan Harris
$3.50 for Her Liege Lord.

INDIANAPOLIS, IND, July 8.-Miss
Carrie West, foster daughter of the late
Judge Stuart, of Delphi, has just figured
in sensational transaction, icing the
purchase from Mrs. Susan Harris, of
Hammond, of her husband, William 7,
Harris, night operator at the MonOn
railroad office.
Judge Stuart adopted Carrie West
and brought her up as his daughter. he
died twelve years ago and left cOnsidera-
BILE property, which passed to Miss West
on the death of Mrs. Stuart, three
months ago.
Harris came to Delphi two months ago
and took a room at the home of Miss
West. When the relatives of Judge
Stuart expostulated with her she frank,
ly confessed that she loved Harris and
said that their love for each other vas
of divine origin aId they intended 10
marry as soon as he could get dl-
vorce.
Harris fed sui! for divorce ard this
brought Attorney Knots, of Hammond,
TO Delphi, and through him 1t was
agreed that Miss y Test should pay TO
Mrs. Harris $3.50 and the latter should
release all claims upon her husband
The papers we're duly drawn up ana
signed by the parties and yesterday MIS-
Harris was granted a divorce IN tue
Hammond court on complaint that heE
husband had failed to provide for nef'
Miss West today paid the money to MIS- .,;
Harris attorney and she and Harris VIII
be married in few days.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

because the weather happens
to be warm. If you have a
weak throat, a slight hacking
cough, or some trouble with
the bronchial tubes, summer is
the best time to get rid of it.
If you are losing flesh there Is
all the more need of attention.
Weakness about the chest and
thinness should never 60 to-
gether. One greatly increases
the danger of the other. Heal
the throat, cure the cough, and
strengthen the whole system
now. Keep taking SCOTS
Emulsion all summer.
For sale by all druggists at soc and $roo
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15
Webster dominates in August.

On the first Monday in August tns
democrats of Webster county will nanlG
their candidates for representative anu
county officers. The nomination will %
made by a county convention composer
of five delegates from each of the DIS
tricts in the county except the Preston
district, which will have ten delegaIgSS y.
These delegates will be selected W
meetings to be held in the districts u
Saturday, August /.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

talking politics much just now, except
on Sundays and at meal times. All the
rest of their time is taken up with eff
forts to destroy army worms, which
have attacked the farms. The worms
are destroyed by digging bitches, into
which they tumble and are burned out
with straw.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

AND now they tell us that Brother
Jelks' district, just over in Alabama,
will be represented in congress by Col
onel Henry Clayton, strong free sill
yer man. The good mans goldbug seed
don't seem to sprout any better at
home than they do in the second Geor-
gia district.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

A FEW weeks ago the Atlanta Jour
nal was declaring that the democratic
platform adopted at Chicago would be
its guide, and that the Chicago platform
would be the Journals platform. Now
we see the Journal "cussing'' that
platform, and withholding its support
from the nominees. The king of cuck-
COS has a very sore head.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

Now THE governor and the convict
1essees are to have wrangle over the
fines imposed for mismanagement of
conyicts. Julius Brown, one of the
lessees, says the fines are illegal and
will not be paid. He has gone to the
seaside and will let the state get the
money the best way it can.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

FLEM DUBIGNoN is prophesying all
kinds of evil to the democratic party.
The able young man should quit pout-
ing and take to himself the forcible
plea for democratic unity he made in
the court house in Dawson a short time
ago when he thought he would be the
successful candidate for a high honor
at the hands of the party.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

COLONEL PEEK seems to have recOv-
cred from that cyclone Of democratic
votes which struck him about four
years ago when he undertook to defeat
NOrthen for governor. 1t is reported
that the colonel has about consented
to be sacrificed upon the populist altar
again.
"BURN down your cities and leave
our farms, and the cities will grow up
again. But destroy our farms, and the
grass will grow in every city Of the
union. w. j. Bryan.
The Cuban war goes on and on. Y EEL
low fever is doing the greater portion
of the fighting just now, and Spain is
sending 10000 more troops to the island
for it to feed upon.
Both the leading national parties
having now unfurled their colors, the
real contest is fully on. The uncer-
tainty as to which will be victorious
gives it interest.
THE Macon News recalls that three
months ago the free silver "craze" was
being prepared for burial, and advises
against any foolish bets against
Bryan.
DAVID BENNETT HILL still sticks to
his old platform: 81 am democrat.
Exchange.
Now let David Bennett prove his
words by his works.
THE president is not worrying him.
self about the result of the convention.
The fish are biting we'll at Buzzard's
Bay.
A MAJOR HENDRIX, of Atlanta, is
going to gain distinction by running
against Lon Livingston for congress.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

The Valdosta Times and the Triton
Gazette both issued very handsome
and superbly illustrated editions last
week, setting forth the advantages of
their respective localities. They were
decidedly the handsomest country pub
locations we have seen in a long time.
This paper tenders its heartiest con-
CALCULATIONS to these brethren.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-15

TIE farmers of Maryland are not
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-02
WATSON SAID TO BE ABOUT TO
RETIRE FROM THE
RACE.
PLAYS M'KINLEY TO WIN.
QUOTED AS HAVING SAID AS MUCH
TO A FEW OF HIS
FRIENDS.
ACTION PREDICTED AT ATLANTA.
Fopuiist Nominee There Consulting
HIS Friends and Declines to- Dis J
cuss the Rumor.

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 1.-Tonn Watson
is at his room at the Kimban hotel.
surrounded by phalanx of Populist
brethren, tonight, and Is shut out from,
the rest OF the world so absolutely that
all eHorts to get from him ANYTHING
aDout MS movements or intentions have
proved unavailing. The air Of mystery
that surrounds him has, perhaps been
III measure responsible for the many
rumorS that are af1oat These have
taken definite shape In the statement
tnat ne is certainly going to withdraw
from the Populist ticket in disgust.
watson will neither affirm or deny this
runQr. He is as dumb as the prover-
plai oyster. The story goes that to the
Feople's party before long he will ex-
pIaln MS position fully, and that the
eHect or 1t will be his withdrawal. To.
oay watson spoke at Stone mountain.
ne MADE no direct allusion to witI1-
oraWlng, and left his hearers impressed
very strongly with the belief that he
proposed to stick, come what might.
Inls afternoon the Journal contained
story published over a Washington
gate line, which intimated strongly
that the Withdrawal was in sight, Il
SPOKE OF Watson's disgust at the treat.
ment ne has received at the hands OF
otner Populfst leaders. The story had
the appearance of grape vine.'' The
TACT that Watson's paper Is published
from the Journals presses gives cred
ence to the belief which Is gen.
eral nere-that the Journal has had a
tip. --N- .
Whether he comes off or not. wa+sorr
Is disgusted. He is quoted as having
said to friend that he believes Mo-
k1niey Is going to win.