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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

GUNBoATs are now building in Eng
land for transportation in sections to
Abu Ilamid, whence there is open water
to Khartoum. These gunboats are
powerful. They draw only two feet of
water. steam IA knots an hour, and are
armed with 15-pounders and Maxim
rapid-firc guns. 1t is announced that
the whole fotilla will be ready to move
south from Abu Hamid early in 1898.
It is positive, however, that Berber,
the next important point on the Nile,
may be seized before long, without
waiting for the naval reinforcements,
Serious fighting is expected.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17
perate. case, though soothed by tho
knowledge that all the row at Vernon


that is, the human cause OF 1t all
was already out of danger. Close begged
the doctor for full particulars not only
as to how they were but how they eA-
pected 'to git along through the WIN
ter" and at last said he wished to speak
to him alone, whereat Potts and Lam
bert, wondering, left the tent.
1t was long before the doctor came
forth, and when he did he called the
young officer aside, culver in his voice
and a queer moisture about his spec
tacles. "Have you no expert on the
eve and the ear in the army? he asked.
"rhe captain should have the beneht
of the best advice without delay.
Lambert said he would report the
matter at once to department. heao-
quarters, and, while they were still talk
ing. two men came riding out from
town-"old man Potts." beyond all
doubt, and with him Lamberts rail-
way friend, the conductor, and these
gentlemen, too, had come to "surreh.
der" Close could have had his MI OF
triumph and adulation that dull De-
cember evening, had he been SO minded
and the doctor more complaisant; but
that practitioner said that, while he
was not in charge of the case, he would
strenuously advise against further dis
turbance of the patient. When at last
they were all gone and Lambert could
address himself to the little packet OF
mail stacked up on the office desk, ne was
rejoicing to think how the good IN his
queer comrade was winning due recog-
milton at last Hes rough diamond,
he said to himself, "but brave as lion
and true as steel!'
And then as he opened the first letter
from department headquarters, adj
dressed to Brevet Capt. j. P. Close,
First Lieutenant, -teenth Infantry,
Lambert's face paled and his eyes dl-
lated. 1t was a brief, curt official note,
directing Capt. Close to turn over the
command of his company and post and
report in arrest to the colonel of his regi-
ment at New Orleans, for trial. "Ac-
knowledge receipt by telegraph"
What q Christmas greeting!
ITO BE CONTINUED
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

thrusting open of the shutters and the
appearance of the well-known burly
form of their captain with some
blanket-shrouded shape in his arms
The flames leaped forth from that very
easement but second after Close and
his precious burden were lowered to
the walk below.
And this was the story of brave
mans deed be heard from every lip.
said Lambert, later, as he FASTENED
back on receipt of the news; and this
was the response made by the brave
man himself, when his lieutenant bent
over his seniors scared and bandaged
face next day and rendered his soldierly
congratulations. Turning slowly over
on his side, Close pointed to the wreck
of pair Of uniform trousers, scorched
and burned in a dozen places and ir-
retrievably ruined.
Look said he, mournfully. Them
was my best pants"
Then it was found that not only had
the strange old fellow lost his hair and
beard, and not a little of the cuticle OF
his face and hands, as we'll as those
patched but precious 'best pants" but
that his eyesight was threatened. The
good old doctor who had for so many
years attended the Waltons, and who
had come at once to renew his ministra-
tions under the humble roof in town
that was their temporary refuge, lis
tened to the story of Closes heroism
with quickened pulse and kindled eve.
He and Mr.. Barton Potts, who had
FASTENED back from Quitman, came out
to camp to see and thank the p1 ostrate
soldier, Potts being ceremonious in his
expression of gratitude and admiration
and most earnest in his apology for
what he had said and thought of Close
ia the past. The doctor stayed longer
by the silent sufferers cot, carefully
studying his face as far as it could be
ceen. Professional etiquette prevented
his saying anything that might be a
reflection on the treatment and practice
of the contract surgeon" yet it was
plain to Lambert, and to Potts, too,
that he was disturbed. Close, however,
seemed to think less of his own plight
than of that of the Waltons, who, ex-
cept the little patch of fields about the
ruined homestead, had lost everything
they owned in the world, and who were
now in sore anxiety and distress. The
terrible shock and exposure had been
too much for one so fragile as the lady
ns*her. and Mrs. Walton was sinking
fast. Walton Scroggs, too, was in des-
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SIBERIA. by recent ukase. is to have
new system Of law courts. removing
the inha bitants from the arbitrary rule
of government officials. Justices Of
the peace will be appointed by the
crown: there will be superior courts at
Tomsk, Tobolsl1, Chita. Krasnoyarsk,
Irkutsk. Yakutsk, Blagovestchensk
and Vladivostock. and court Of APP
peals at Irl1utsll. The change is made,
the decree states. on account of the
development of the country and the
changes in civil life brought about by
the Siberian railroad.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17
tho end 1yas not vet. Lambert Anu hla

the enO was not yeG. AS>AAOS- ''e'A '''~
detachment took station at Vernon
whence the negroes had fled in terror
and all warning was at an end. Such
were his orders, and he had no choice;
vet it would have been wiser counsei
to recall him and his party within ~
hours. They could have done better
service nearer home. How it happened
none could ever surely say. Among
the whites it remained for years an
article of faith that desperate and de-
termined negroes had followed Walton
Scroccs to his refuge and there wreaked
vengeance for the blood of their fellows
Among the negroes it has never been
looked on as other than direct mani
fcstation of divine wrath upon their
enemies and prosecutors. How the
house could have SO suddenly burst into
flame everyone could theorize and no
one explain; but at three o'clock in the
morning the few men remaining with
Capt. Close in camp were startled f1om
their sleep by the report of the sentrys
musket and the yell of ''Fire!' and,
springing from their tents, we're
greeted by the sound of cracking wood
work and screams for aid and the sight
of Walton Hall one glare of flame.
Some men got there quicker than
others-none were slow-but even the
foremost of the soldiers were appalled,
and bewildered by what they saw and
MISUNDERSTANDING Walton and the q"ad-
room maid Elinor wringing their hands
and imploring them to save the bed
ridden mother, while Esther was mak-
ing vain effort to drag a helpless form
through the blazing hallway. 1t was at
this iuncture that Close came laboring
up the path. He was slow, heavy, had
longer distance to run, and was pant
ing hard, but he burst through the
squad already scramblinG up the steps.
sprang through the frefashing portal.
and with the strength of an OK heaved
Walton. grooming, upon his shoulders,
tumblcd him out into the arms Of his
men, then turned on gasping Esther.
"Whcre's your mothers room?" AL
most fainting, she could only lean upon
the pillar for support and point
through the vista of smoke and flame.
Close lcaped like tiger. with Cum
ningham and Murphy at his back. An
instant, and these latter reappearcd,
blind, staggering, their faces hidden
in their hands, and burst out into the
open air. stumbling heedlessly down the
steps. \ groan went up from the men;
their captain was gone. In vain Burns
and Mcbride strove to rush in to the
rescue. Mortal man could not stand
such heat. And then, in the midst of
the wild wailing of the terrified and
helpless women, came from around the
north side of the house an exultant
cheer. Those men who had had sense
enough to strive to reach the side win
dows were rewarded by the sudden
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

A NOVEL parcel for delivery by ex-
press post was handed in at the Bi:m-
ingham post office. y workingman,
who had been out of town with his
threeyea odd child, arrived at Birm-
ingham in time to reach his place of
business, but not in sufficient time to
take the child home. He, therefore,
walked into the nearest post office and
rendered the youngster as an express
parcel The authorities. under the
rule regulating the delivery of live
animals. accepted the child, and duly
delivered it at the charge of nine
napcp
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

A RUSSIAN inventor has constructed
an apparatus which is to enable people
buried alive to communicate with the
ton consists in the main of a button on
the inside of the coffin. situated imme-
diately over the breast of the appar-
emily dead person. If the unfortunate
person comes to life and begins to
breathe. the first action of the body is
the expansion of the chest: this presses
the button upward, and an alarm bell
is set going in the Office of the superin-
tendent of the cemetery
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17
Ar BEDTIME.
lroepsn9 oar the balusters.

foopsn1 oar the balusters.
At bedtinle's witching hour,
There comes from upper regions
Voices of magic power:
GOOD night, mamma; good night, papa;
Good night to eVerybody;
With pleasant dreams to all of you,
Good night to Md, Md, Noddy.'
But Md, Md, Noddy answers not.
Only pa and ma and Sue,
Who wait and list with beating hearts,
And know just what to 90;
The mother drops her knitting work,
And hurries up the stairs,
In time to see some little knees
Rended low for prayers.
'tSou bless mamma, papa and Joe,
Bess, May Tom, Sue and kitty;
Grandpa and grandma, ola ana gray
And nervous, more's the pity;
Our teachers and our playmates, TOO;
The cook who gives us food,
Johnny who comes from marketing
With things to eat SO good
God bless them ALL is touchingly
Breathed on the evening air,
Whose appraised eyes and folded hands
Tell of our bedtime prayer;
When down to sleep II lay me
And go to the land of Nod,
If never here come back again,
May have home with God
Clark w. Bryan, in Good Housekeeping.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

THIRTY years ago there were 70 en-
ployes of the senate on the payroll.
To-day the number is 354 The large
increase is in proportion not only to
the size of the senate, but as we'll to
the increase in public business, due to
the enormous development Of the coun-
try But the number of high priced
employees has not increased in proper
ton to the increase in the total num-
Der. Thus. two years ago, an $500
clerk in the post Office was cut off, and
two men at $500 each were added to the
carrier service. 1t was said that the
clerk was not needed, but the addition
N carriers were.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

"TIMEo DASAos" holds good for the
pilfering habits Of the Greeks, if not
for their courage. according to the ex-
perience of some Englishmen who join
ed the Garibaldian legion during the
recent war. Twenty-Five Of them left
their superhuous baggage, on going to
the front. at the Students club in
Athens, on the invitation of the club
officials. On their return they found
that the trunks and bags had been
opened and everything Of value taken
out. On complaining to the police and
the government they were offered so
cents each as compensation.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

TRIAL by jury, which has diminished
in popularity in the English courts of
Justice, is perilously near the vanish
ing point in the county courts. So
much is clear from the annual returns,
which have just been published. OF
the 693. 1877 actions determined during
the year only l,lSG were tried by juries.
On many a circuit on which over twen-
ty thousand cases were heard the num-
Der Of actions tried by juIies was less
than TWENTY
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

A NEW system Of studying foreign
language has been introduced by a
Partisan teacher. Two thousand pu-
pills of French schools have entered in
to regular correspondence with the
same number Of English pupils, each
side writing a weekly letter in the Ian
guage of the other, but submitting it
to the teacher before it is n&aled AS
a rule, boys and girls are paired for the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

WoRKMEN in a sugar house at Oak
lawn, Irish Bend. La, are puzzled to
account for several explosions that
have occurred there when some hand
has tired to enter the vacuum pan
through a manhole with a lighted lam
tern. The explosions have been SINH
lar to explosions Of fire damp and they
have blown out portions Of the roof.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17
It's Often So.

tell you it takes q burglary to
make man rich''
You mean poor, don't you?"
NO; mean rich"
I'm what way?"
well, have been reading about ths
value of the goods stolen from SinQa1s
house, and I find that he has lost 1ev
than he ever hed.-Chinaeo PIT
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17

sideration a plan to lease a tract Of
land near the city on which the une1n-
ployed of their craft may raise vegeta-
bles, fruit and other farm products
that are always in demand in the mar
kets They believe that the experiment
under good management will be sure
to succeed
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17
CAPThlN CLOSE
nv CAPTAIN CHARLES KING.
copyright, 1894, by J. B. 1ippincott Co
XIII.-CONTINUED.

.You could, easily, but you don't want
70, or YOU would have given me my cap
long ago."
"Oh!" and the jaunty kept went
spinning into the darkness OF the night,
and the little lady stamped in fury at
her own blunder. Take your cap, and
60"
"We~ll,'' said Lambert, with provok-
ing GOODNESS, "if I'm to follow my cap
it hasn't gone towards camp at all. 1t
seems-eNcuse me if l come back Tor
light-it seems to have dropped close to
that old arbor of yours among the rose
bushes, where you sit in the summer
moonlit evenings. Suppose we leave IT
as an excuse for me to drop around
next time you go there
But now she seized candle and went
bounding down the steps. A moments
search among the bushes, and she found
It-also him, for he calmly followed.
There's your cap,' she sald' ana
yawnduh's the gate!'
He looked up in affected pain and
establishment.
"Whv, Miss Katesie!- II supposed you
were simply acting on my suggestlon'
and we were going to have such lovely
time at the bower. That's why l fol-
lowed"
ooh, All should like to tay-uh your
tongue out. You know All hate the
very ground you stand on"
The gloom in his face gave way in
stantly to radiant JOY. "You do?--
really?' he cried. "Oh, never hoped
for that! I thought you loved every
inch of this ugly old state and that l
never could coax you to leave it. DO
you really hate it so?'
But now, fairly beside herself with
vexation, the girl had turned and fled,
her little feet seeming to fly up the
worn old steps that groaned and creaked
under any other touch. He stood gaz-
ing after her moment, the teasing,
merry smile still lowering about his
lips, then picked up the cap she had
hurled to earth, and walked blithely
away.
Not ten yards from the gate came
Corp. Cunningham on the run. Capt.
Close desired to see the lieutenant at
once. A negro stood by the campfire
in front of Closes tent, trembling from
either fear or excitement or both, his
rrotruding eyes fixed on the form OF
old Rasmus, who was eagerly jabbering
to the company commander.
"Do you know anything bout this,
lieutcnant?" asked Close. "These
darkies say there's been big row over
towards Vernon, and that Walton
9croggs is among the killed."
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17
XIV.

The first Christmas young fellow
spends in the army is one he is apt 20
7emember. What he did in years be-
Gore, or O. what nature were the festivi-
ties in those that followed, may, il:
course of time, become but vague and
shadowy pictures before the minds
eye. After something like 20 years of
service as a commissioned officer Mr..
Lambert was heard to say that never,
even when a homesick plebe at West
Point, had he passed so forlorn
Hhristmastide as that which immedi-
ately succeeded his graduation.
The rain was beating down in sullen
hhower upon the bare and dripping
woods and sodden fields; the roads
were deep in mud; camp, of which he
was once more commander, was wet
and cold and cheerless; in the adjoining
tent lay his senior officer grooming on
bed of pain, hands and face blistered
and bandaged, hair and eyebrows gone,
while over across the way pile of
scorched and blackened timbers, a
couple Of brick chimneys, and the stone
foundations, were all that were left Of
Walton Hall.
The story brought in of the big row
1t Vernon, though exaggerated, had
been sufficiently confirmed in the
course of an hour or SO that wintry
evening Of Lambert's last visit to the
homestead, to warrant his being Or
dered thither with half the company
to support the civi! authorities in re-
storing peace" Close reported the
situation by telegraph to department
headquarters, and the action taken b.
him, his dispatch reaching the genera!
commanding the next day an hour or
so after that official had been ordered
from Washington to send full particu-
lars of the disturbance in his bailiwick.
for the federal officials in the south and
the partisans of both sides of the pc
itical questions at issue had worked |
he night wires for all they were worth,
md the early morning papers were
Grid with details Of the tragic out
1reak.
It was midnight when Lambert
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1897-09-17
An Olsl-Tfnc Dictionary.

One of the most interesting of the
ola books lately unearthed is llt'l1
volume about six inches square, entltleu
the Royal Standard Dictionary pup
llshed in Boston in 1777 by William
Perry, who announced that he exhio-
ited the pronunciation of words accoro~
ing to the polite pronunciation OF Eng
iand.-Philadelphia Press.
I'll" Scheme to Reduce Gas Bi's'
ohe-Papa says that when coming u
see me you must not come in a bus any
more.
He-Really! Does he expect me 10
walk all the distance?
VI course not. He says all he ASH
is that you will come in a carriage hlreo
py the hour.'.-Odds and Ends.
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The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-07
Results.

From a letter written by j. Gunder-
man. of Dimondale, Mich, we are per-
mitted to make his extract: Il have
no hesitation in recommending DR..
Kin's New Discovery, as the results
were almost marvellous in the a OF
my wife. While / was pastor of the
Baptist church at Rives Junction she
was brought down with Pneumonia
succeeding oa Grippe. Terrible par
oxysms Of coughing would last hours
with little interruption and it seemed
as if she could not survive them. A
friend recommended DIR. Kings New
Discovery; II was quick in its work and
highly satisfactory in results" Trial
bottles free at r. r. Bellamy's drug
store. Regular size SOC and 81.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-07

Hartford, Conn.,, September 3.-To-
days programme at Charter Oak park
was too long to be finished before dark.
Two heats were necessary to bring to
al end the hard-fought 2:30 trot, seven
heats, which were trotted Wednesday.
Townlady won the first heat today in
PA. Emily took the second in 2:13R,
and won first money. Townlady got
second money, Nancy Time third and
Tacomis fourth.
The most stubbornly fought race of
the day was the 2:14 pace. Ambulator
was expected to win it, with Forrest
Herr and Quick Turn second and third
choice. Ambulator finished no heat bet
ter than third, while Forrest Herr and
Quick Turn were distanced in the Sec
Ond heat by Quadriga, who surprised
all the knowing ones by going the mile
in 2:09A. Favor then showed the way
home in the three other heats in fast
time and apparently with speed to
spare.
The Abbott Won the 2:1S trot in
straight heats. He seemed winded
when he finished the second heat and
many looked for Lucy Carr to take
the third, but she was not equal to it.
Star Pointer won from Joe Patchen
with apparent ease. 1t had beer
agreed that each horse should alternate
at the pole and the toss Of a penny de-
cided which should start in that posi-
ton. Mr.. Murphy, owner of Star
Pointer won the toss. In the second
heat when Patchen had the pole Point
er had to travel a little faster to get to
the wire first and that heat was done in
2:03A. The crowd was disappointed in
the race. In the three heats the two
horses Travelled the mile side by side,
Pointer going about half a length ahead
in the home stretch and keeping it to
the wire. The race was without any
other feature and there was a general
belief hat the horses were rot driven
as fast as they could 60. There was
disappointment at the slow time, and
there were no cheers when it was an
nounced.
The day was fine and 10000 persons
were present. Marion Mills paced a
mile without driver in 2:OSA.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1897-09-07

Rev. j. B.. Avirett to Deliver an Address at
the Corner Stone Laying-C. b. Rouss
Pays Half the Cost of the Monument.
Both Legs Cut of by q Train.
Especial to The Messenger.)

Especial to The Messenger.)
Raleigh, N. c., September 3.-Rev.
James Battle Avirett accepts the invi-
tation to deliver an address September
18th at Winchester at the laying of the
corner stone of the monument to the
497 North Carolina dead. Charles
Broadway Rouss, of New York, sends
check to pay half the cost of the mon
ument. He had already given $3.50 of
the cost of the marble headstones
which are now in place.
H. P. Holiday, of Raleigh, a South
ern railway employe at Durham, aged
20 years, was III over by a train this
afternoon. Both legs were cut off.
Judge Simonton sends a decree to the
circuit court here affirming the sale by
A. ]. Loftin to A. L. Richardson Of
lands in Greene county for $500.
G. A. Cook, L. c. Edwards and Bryan
E. Ricaud today filed in the United
States circuit our their appointment
as states attorneys in the Western
Union telegraph injunction case.
Judge Purnell appoints c.. T. Bailey
jury commissioner for the Eastern dis
trict Of North Carolina, and j. c.. War
rem, of Edenton, United States COM
missioner.