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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-04-01

Dandruff is disgusting, an evidence =,
lack of proper treatment of the hair Thor ~.
is way to take care of the hair and to 4 nra'
vent dandrutf; to make the hair soft a and
silky; to preserve it; to cleanse the sc rIu
and keep it always in healthy conditioap
Those who are interested should send for -
pamphlet on the subject which Joseph H.
nett Co., 81 India St., Boston, Mass. send
free upon application. 'SAO
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-04-01
just Lovely.

Mrs. Malaprop--And where did you
go?
Mr.. Whitechoker-To Paris, my dear
Mrs. Malaprop.
How charming! And didn't you just
fall in love with the parishionerr?"-
Y, Y. Press
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-04-01

The man who regulates his wife cenera,lp
has one daughter who can regulate him. iy
Chicago Record. "'''
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-04-01

You can't tell how little man knows bs
his size.-Washington Democrat.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-04-01

Cold? Stiff as poker Use St. Jacobs
Oil. Timber as whiplash. Cured.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
The Apti-Train Robbine Bill.


The railroad and express companies are
earnestly urging Congress TO enact an anti
train wrecking and anti-train robbing
law. Such a law is imperatively needed
for the protection of express packages and
travellers.
The number of train robberies which
occur each year is very large-much lars-
er than is generally supposed. The num-
Der of people killed and the amount Of
money stolen are also large In the last
eight years 21S trains have been held
up" rs people have been killed and 81 dam
gerously wounded in these hold ups"
There does not appear to be any record
of the amount of money stolen by the
train robbers within that period, but 1t is
very large.
The question has been raised as to
whether such a law as is proposed
wouldn't be unconstitutional. Surely if
Congress has authority to enact a law to
regulate interstate traffic it has
authority to enact laws for the protection
of such traffic. The question, how
ever, has been passed upon by two Fed
eral judges-Judge Grosscup of the Unit
cd States Circuit Court at Chicago and
Judge Ross of the United States Circuit
Court at Los Angeles. Both of these
judges say that Congress has constitu-
tional authority TO do whatever is neces-
sary to be done for the protection of rail-
way trains against train robbers.
Dependence is now placed upon states
and counties for the apprehension of train
robbers, and very few of them are caught
and punished, because the states and
counties have no funds which they can
use for hunting down train robbers. 1t is
not to be expected that states and coun-
ties will make extraordinary and expen-
sive efforts to catch train robbers who
have held up" trains within their respec-
tive limits. Besides not having the money
to do so, the belief is quite prevalent that
the railroad and express companies are
fully able to do their own detective work,
and hence rewards. as a general thing
are necessary to insure vigorous pursuit
of the robbers.
The good name of the country is at stake
in this matter. We condemn some of the
countries of continental Europe because
they do not suppress brigandage, and yet
we do little to put an end to condition
of affairs in our own country that is as
bad as brigandage. Travellers on our rail-
roads, particularly the western railroads
have reason to apprehend that they will
be the victims of train robbers before they
reach their destinations. Congress. there
fore. should act in this matter at once
and provide such security as it can for
the protection of travellers against train
robbers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
BRIGHT BITS.

-Resenting It.-"Cyrus Winterside,"
snapped the indignant wife. as the quar-
rel waxed fercer, you married me for
my money, and you know itr'
"'Tis false!' roared Mr.. Winterside 81
married you for your amiabe disposition,
you virago"-Chicago Tribune
"A Slight Difference. -Diggs: 1 just fin
ished reading an account of how they
burned heretics at the stake in ancient
times Such barbarism would not be toll
Grated in this enlightened age.
Biggs No, indeed The modern hereto
is let off with a roast in the religious
jourhals.-Chicago News.
There is certainly a great deal of dis
couragement attached to working for the
government remarked the fair-minded
man. Il think we would sympathize more
with employees il we could only put our
selves in their places'
''Well," replied the politician, isn't that
what were trying to rearrange this civil
service business for?"-Washingto Star.
Patient: Look here, DR.. Styx, I've
got something TO say to you. I hear you
have been treating me for liver complaint
when as a matter of fact you should have
treated me for chilblains.
DIR. Styx: Oh, well, il shan't make anv
difference to you.
Patient: Sha'n't make any difference to
me! What do you mean by that?
DR.. StyX: l charge 10 per cent. more
for liver complaint treatment than for
treatment for chilblains. But as it was
my mistake, it sha'nt cost you a cent
more.-Boston Transcript.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
Why Richard Thompson Stopped
Chewing.

1 came to Terre Haute. says writer in
the indianapolis Journal, to have chat
with a man who saw Thomas jefferson.
who was dandled on the knees of James
Madison, whose boyish head was patted
by Monroe. who saw John Quincy Adams
when he was in the white house, and was
serving with him in Congress when he
dropped dead in the Hall of Representa-
tives, the Hon. Richard w. Thompson of
Indiana.
Il see that you use tobacco, Mr.. Thomp'
son." said I, as 1 pointed to the cigar
which he was smoking.
II think man would be a great deal bet
ter off without it, replied Col. Thompson.
Il have used it, but 1 have a strong con-
stitution, and my temperance in other
things has enabled me to withstand its
bad effects. 1 once chewed tobacco to ex-
cess, but l have not used it in that way
for fifty years.
How did you come to stop chewing, col
onel?"
There is quite story in that" was the
reply. You see, almost all young men
chewed tobacco fifty years ago. l had a
quid in my mouth almost all the time. 1
was particular as to what brand of tobec-
co used, and when friend OF mine from
Virginia presented me with a lot of very
fine plug tobacco 1 took it with me to the
in my desk. was, you know, then mem
Der of Congress. There were a lot of other
tobacco chewers sitting near me- Tom
Marshall of Kentucky was on one side
Garrett Davis was on the other, and there
were good fellows all around me. So
passed my titbit around. There was a good
lot of tobacco, and 1 supplied the party.
noted, however, that the plugs seemed to
be going faster than was right, and it
bothered me. For a short time l suspected
the page boys, and accused them of steal
ing my tobacco. They denied it, At last
one morning page came to me and said:
Mr.. Thompson, L can tell you who is
stealing your tobacco. 1t is Senator Man
gum of North Carolina. at once went to
the Senate and found Henry Clay and
Mangum sitting together both chewing
busily. L charged Mangum with the theft
He owned up to it, and told me that he
did it for my good Thereupon Henry Clay
broke in, and the two gave me a lecture
on the evil effects of tobacco chewing They
told RE that [ was chewing too much and
that l would certainly ruin my nervous
system if l did not stop. In short they
made such an impression upon me that af-
ter supper that night / did not take my
usual chew My wife noticed the omission,
but said nothing. / thought the matter over
after | went to bed that night and decided
to stop. l gave away what tobacco I had
left, and have not chewed from that day
to this"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
Onr ConsuInr service.

Much profitable trade is lostCby Ameri-
cans because of a lack of information and
ignorance of the conditions and needs OF
other nations" said President Mckinley,
in his speech to the Manufacturers As
ISOLATION In New York on Thursday night
What is the occasion of this ignorance
on the part of American manufacturers
and merchants with regard to foreign
countries? Do not the United States
maintain costly commercial agencies, IN
der the name Of consulates, in the foreign
countries, and have they not done so for
years? Of what practical benefit to the
country are the consular offices if they
do not furnish TO the manufacturers and
merchants the information desired by
them with regard TO trade and conditions
in the countries to which the consuls are
accredited?
The fact of the matter is that the con-
sular places have been used as political
patronage for years. Business ability Is
not considered in connection with the
candidacy of a man for a consular place.
The consideration is politics and the num-
Der Of votes the applicant can influence.
And then the incumbents of the consul
ships is changed with each change of add
ministration. BY the time a consul has
learned something about his work he is
replaced by another appointee, who must
begin at the beginning and learn all of
the business, just as his predecessor had
to do 1t may be an open question wheth-
er there should be competitive examina-
tons to determine whether a man is COM
petent to distribute letters or not but
there can be no doubt that the consular
service ought to be removed from poll
tics and appointments in that service
should be made upon merit only. One de-
tail of the secret of England's success in
foreign trade is the fact that she keeps
trained men in, her consular offices.
The association which President AIcI<in-
ley was addressing is In favor of taking
the consular offices out of politics. 1t Is
on record to that effect, and one of the
most vigorously applauded speeches de-
livered during it's convention was a plea
in favor of business men in and a bust
ness administration of the government s
commercial agencies in foreign countries.
Against this common-sense proposition.
however, it is certain that the politicians
will raise the old bugaboo cry of Great
ing an office-holding class"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
The Dict Decided ON Him.

zone day during last October" said a
representative from one of the Southern
states, according to the Washington Star,
81 had occasion to get out into the noun
tains from one of the interior county seats
where l had some law business. My mis-
sion was to secure a deposition from the
wife of a mountain farmer, and when the
work was done [ was asked to remain
to dinner. 1t was not entirely to my lik-
ing, for I knew what that kind of a din
ner meant, but l could not decline the
invitation. 1t was very homely affair."
indeed corn bread and bacon being the
leading viands. At my right sat a boy
of IS, who was rather a foxy youngster
although he had never been beyond the
limits of the county He was quite in
quisitive after he had made start, and
during the course of his inquiries became
personal.
II reckon you're useter bettern you
git here in the mountains? he said with a
nod toward the spread before US
oh, 1 don't know, 1 parried. 1T is
different in the city,
81 reckon you have white bread all
the time, don't your
oh, yes?'
No corn bread a-tall?'
only when 1 want it,
cat first there was increduilty in his
eyes, then it faded and there came ad-
mira ton and longing.
'Genmently gosh he exclaimed in a
rapture ia ruther be a congressman
than go ter heaven. shore wouldN
And he was so seriously in earnest
that l didn't dare 10 laugh"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
Personal.

There seems to be a scarcity of per-
feet models of the feminine form Mr.
Mercie, who is at work on a monument to
be erected in honor of Gounod, says that
it is next to impossible to find women
whose physical personalities and facial
expression fit them to serve as models of
Sappho, Marguerite and Juliette, by whose
efigies the composers bust is to be sur
rounded.
-Munkacsy's great picture, "Ecce
Homo" now on view in London, is in a
great measure the cause of the incurable
mental disease from which he now suf-
fers. He broke down under the strain of
the work His wife lately told a friend
that the great painter forgot everything
else in the desire to finish the picture ar1S
make 1t worthy of fame. He neglected
the simplest and the most imperative
rules of health He had no regular meals.
He almost lived in the studio, and rarely
had breath of fresh air.
Hugh Black, who was spoken of as a
possible successor to DIR. John Hail. the
famous Presbyterian preacher of New
York, is a name that is not known to
many of this country, but there are signs
which seem to indicate that ere long it
will be. Mr.. Black is the assistant at
Free st. Georges Church in Edinburgh,
Scotland of which DIR. Alexander Whyte
is pastor. OF him the editor Of the Brit
ish Weekly hesitates not to assert that he
is now probably the most popular preacher
in Scotland, that land of pulpits and pull
pit critics
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

-Four or five Washington correspondents
were telling stories of their experiences
with statesmen, local and national when
one of them from a state in the South
west swung into line with something a
little out of the ordinary says the Wash
ington Star.
Il was doing the legislature" he began,
for syndicate of newspapers, with some
free lance work on the side, and was
making a potful of money out of 1t. Dur
ing the course of my ministrations I dis
covered a case of vote selling by a rural
representative that was astonishing for
its smallness. L couldn't find out what
the member got but it couldn't have been
much, for the whole matter at issue wasn't
worth more than 81 80 or thereabouts At
ter exhausting all my sources of infor-
nation, l thought l would try the mem
Der himself, and see how guileless ne was
on a little thing like that. I didn't dare
ask him his price. but 1 did dare to talk
about it, and L went at him directly.
Say young feller,' he said, after
had talked awhile, how much do you
git for a news item like that?'
It's pretty big thing for me- I re-
piled persuasively, and IN get $25 for the
story If 1 can get it complete
How much?' he asked with an eager
air
Twenty-Five dollars, 1 repeated
Gee whizz, I'd like to have your job
Why? 1t isn't an easy one. Not so
easy as yours, anyway
Praps it amt he said, slowly, but
it pays better.
How do you mean"
why, you git $25 fer jist telling about
what 1 done fer So
The syntax mightn't have been per-
feet, perhaps" concluded the speaker
but the fact was, and that was what
wanted "
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

In Virginia church, says the Baltimore
Sun, the minister announced that a col
lection would be taken up to defray the
cost of coal for heating the church.
Everybody contributed but John -. who
gave a sly wink as the plate was pre-
sented to him, but nothing else. The
minister noticed Johns dereIiction. but
surmised that he might have left his money
at home. a similar contribution was
levied the following Sunday. AS before.
every one gave except john who looked
sly. The minister wondered, and atter
services took his parishoner to task.
Now, john" said he. why didn't Won
give something, if il was but little?"
"Ha, ha, know better" said John slylv.
Joint" cried the minister.
Eyes, Mr.. -"
what do you mean?"
oh nothing. Just that I kin see your
little game; that's ALL"
John. your words are disrespectfu and
require an explanation. What do Won
mean?
"Oh, now, a-trying to pull the wool over
my eyes, a-trying to make us believe Won
want the money TO buy coal to heat the
church, when you know it's heated by
steam"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

In the course of an address before the
Bank Clerks Association of Baltimore the
other day Mr.. John w. Vernon said: Re
garded from commercial standpoint,
know of no investment which yields such
large returns upon the capital employed as
courtesy. 1t Iubricates the wheels of bust
ness as it does the wheels of social life.
Sand is an excellent thing, and the
bank men have need of it, but oil answers
much better purpose"
Mr.. Vernon's advocacy of an increased
use Of oil was in the right line. and the
advice is applicable to other lines of bust
ness as well as to banking, and to other
persons than the clerks. There is pos
sibly too much sand used, and in numer
Gus instances which come into individual
notice from time TO time the quality of the
sand employed would seem to Justify its
being called dirt. The grasping, Grabbed
grinding person in business, who is for
ever seeking an unfair advantage over his
fellow men, may think that he is exer-
cising that quality which is called sand
and sometimes grit, but those who come
into contact with such persons usually
call 1t by the baser name
Sand, as MIR. Vernon says, is a very
good thing, but no competent engineer
would think of running his locomotive
with sand alone. He needs sand only occa>
sionally, where there is some hard place
10 be pulled over, or where a heavy load
is to be moved from state of rest. He
does not use sand when the machine f.
running free. But at all times he pours
in the oil; uses 1t literally. It makes
things slip along smoothly, prevents hot
boxes and lengthens the life of the ma.
chine. And SO it is, or should be. in
business. Many an employee, by using
sand where oil should be poured in. loses
custom for his employer, and many an
employer by an almost constant use OF
sand and no oil at all, causes so much
friction in'his establishment that II is i'm.
possible for the various pieces of the ma.
chine to perform the best work possible.
Courtesy costs nothing; therefore n is
the cheapest lubricant in the world with
its use the rough places of business life
can be smoothed over and the incidenta,
frictions reduced to a minimum. No husi-
ness man is too exalted to make use of
the oil of courtesy, not only TO his ems
toners or clients, but TO his EMPLOYEES ana
no employe who has the interest of his
employer and of himself at heart can ar
ford 10 be otherwise than courteous To an,
with whom he mas dealings. Boorishness
never pays.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

Hon. Martin V. Calvin of Richmond
county announces his candidacy for the Of
fee of commissioner Of agriculture, subject
to the Democratic nomination. Mr.. Calvin
has been a practical farmer for quite TWEEN
ty years, and has served on the committee
Of agriculture of the House of Representa-
tives for fourteen years, which experiences
would stand him in good use in the office
for which he offers himself. Mr.. Calvin
would no doubt administer the Office with
credit to himself and to the advantage of
the state
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

Carrier pigeons are to be used for the first
time by the navy in serious business dur
ing the present evolutions of the ships in
pigeons may be sent from Cuba with mes
sages. The Maine, which is in Havana
harbor, has number of the birds with her,
and some of them may be dispatched with
messages for the department at Washing
ton, either as an experiment or for more
serious purpose.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31
Barking Up the Wrong Tree.
From the Houston Post Dem.).

The ex-monarchy and the present oil
garchy of Hawaii are both represented
now by distinguished lobbyists at Wash
ington. These strangers. however, do rot
seem to know their business-they should
be nursing j Pierpont Morgan and Mr.
Seares in New York A note to the SEN
ate from either of these gentlemen might
save time and money.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

The announcement is made that the
consulships have all been given out, and
there are no more such places to be had by
the hungry horde. The only places in the
consular service that are left are some few
agencies which pay from $3.50 10 $500 a
year, which nobody can be induced to take
except business men residing in the towns
and cities of the agencies. This viii be I'M
welcome news to the faithful who are still
unproyided for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-01-31

At Coudersport, in Pennsylvania, 1T has
been found necessary to apply the law
against the Illegal practice of medicine in
order to rid the community of a faith cure
craze. Several persons who had been I'M
der the care of a faith curist died and
several others became insane, when it
was determined hat something must be
done to save other deluded people from
the consequences of their own folly.