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wherever we could. Many fellow was
killed before he got into the ranks
across the lines, and years after his
bones were found bleached to snowy
wilderness in the spot where his body
was thrown by those who had shot him
down. We found all that was left of 4
nephew of mine in an old house. Rats
had gnawed the flesh off his bones;
only his clothes identified him.
My first engagement, you say?
There were SO many of them couldn t
tell just now which was the first, but
I had an experience in the early part
Of the war that I will never forget. 1
was with Gen. Price at Lexington, Mo-,
when he drove Mulligan inside the for
tifcations in September, 1861. The
federals had fortified the town and it
was rumored about our camp that they
Intended to surprise and rout us. The
most strenuous picket watch was kept
day and night. I was called out of a
sound sleep shortly after I had retired
one night in September and told to go
out beyond the second picket and keep
close watch. Ny instructions were to
shoot down the first man who hove in
sight and then retreat to the second
picket. 1t was one of those hazy au-
tumn nights common to that part of the
country. There was no moon. but the
stars twinkled through the gloom, and
now and then one fell, trailing a thin
streak of light behind.
"One hundred and fifty yards from
camp alone and on a mission that in
volved the utmost vigilance wasn't the
easiest task for a youngster. Ny brain
was on fire with excitement. 1 walked
up and down slender path, from where
/ had an excellent look out over the
country, fine, timbered section, near
Lexington.
My eyes were strained out of their
sockets almost, and my ears must have
stood away from my head, so eager was
to catch the slightest sound. The
leaves rustled in the wind, and now and
then branch cracked under the
weight of LAUNDERING bird. 1 i'm
agined all sorts of things. The war was
young then, and we wern't seasoned
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22
QUAINT CURACAO.
For 100 Years an Asylum for Political
Fugitives and Home of South
American Exilcs,

curacao is Dutch colony and the
quaintest little island in the world. It
is not bigger than the District of Co.
lumbia, but has about 10000 inhab-
itants and has played an important part
in the history of America. 1t has be-
longed at different times to England,
Spain and Holland, and its coy harbor
has been the scene of many bloody
battle between the nayies of the old
world, as well as between the pirates
and buccaneers that infested the Carib-
bean sea for two centuries. 1t has been
for 100 years and still is an asylum
for political fugitives, and many of the
revolutions that rack and wreck the re-
publicso on the Spanish Main are Matched
under the shelter of the pretentious but
harmless fortresses that guard its port.
Bolivar, Santa Anna and many other
famous men in Spanish-American his
tory have lived there in exile, and until
recently there was an imposing castle
upon one of the hills, called Bolivar's
tower. There the founder of five repub-
lies lived in Punishment for several
years and waited for rescue.
The houses are built in the Dutch
style, exactly like those in Holland;
but the streets are so narrow that the
people can almost shake hands through
their windows with the neighbors
across the way, and the walls are as
thick as would be needed for fortress.
The Dutch governor lives in a solemn
looking old mansion fronting the Shat
tegat, or lagoon, that forms the har-
Dor, guarded by company of stupid
looking soldiers with a few olG-fash-
Toned cannon. The entire island is of
phosphates, and the government re-
ceives a revenue of 100000 from CON-
panies that ship them away. There is
not spring or we'll or any fresh wa
ter, and the inhabitants are entirely
dependent upon rainwater for exist
ence, or upon supplies brought in bar
rels by schooners from the Venezuelan
coast, 90 miles away, or upon distilled
sea water. AS sometimes it doesn't rain
for year or two, the natural supply
is often exhausted, and glass of i'm
ported water is worth as much as the
same amount of wine or beer.
Curacao gives it's name to celebra-
ted liquor that was formerly manufac-
tured from the peel of peculiar spe-
cies of orange growing there, but most
of the fruit trees have been DESTROYED
by the droughts, and the supply now
comes from other of the West India is
lands. The inhabitants are mostly ne
groes. A few rich merchants, repre-
senting all nationalities, are said to
have made their money by smuggling.
It is free port. No duties of any sort
are charged, and as the amount of mer-
chanddse imported annually is about
25 times as much as the inhabitants can
consume, and the harbor is constantly
filled with little schooners that seem to
be always loading and unloading, there
is good ground for the belief that con-
traband trade with the main coast is
still going on. Each steamer leaves
enough goods upon the docks at Cura-
Goa to last the population en- entire
year. What becomes of it is a question
for the customs officers of Venezuela
and Colombia to answer.-Chicago Rec
ord.
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HORSES IN DEMAND.
One Live Stock Industry Which Has
Been Vastly Stimulated by the
War with Spain.

The effect of abandoning the breed
ing of horses is now being felt by the
government, when the demand for
horses and mules for army purposes
is strong. Attempts to buy horses for
Chicago regiment of cavalry have de-
needed are very scarce, AID the task of
picking up 1900 horses is found to be
something more than going to the
stock yards and making the want
known. Grave fears are expressed that
it will be found almost impossible to
secure enough horses for the cavalry
branch of the army, and the whole
country is being secured to get as many
as are wanted for immediate service.
Cavalry horses must be sound and
we'll built for the purpose for which
they are required. Such horses are liza
bic to be called upon for something of
speed and much of endurance, because
the cavalry of an army must often ride
long and fast. Those for the artillery
need to be strong and enduring, but it
is not often that long trials of endur-
ance are put upon them.
War is wasteful of horsefesh, and the
number to be used up in the present
conflict is problematical, but the search
ty of good horses will be greatly felt in
the army and in civil life.
Prices will probably appreciate very
materially, and the demand to be met,
even if the war is but brief one, will
call for larger number than are i'm
mediately available. This promises
paying prices for several years to come,
and the farmer who has good mares can
at this time hardly make mistake by
breeding them to good sires.-Farmers'
Voice
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THE TIME-TRAvELER.

ssTick-tock! such a great big clock
To speak SO hoarse and low!
He stands so straight, and he looks so tall
When the freight shines on the Wainscot
Hi wall,
With wonderful things to show:
"A golden bridge and golden boat,
Golden fish in a golden moat,
Golden apples on golden boughs,
Golden folk in high gold house.
Golden birds on spangled sky,
Golden pheasants that fit and fly
Where the golden blossoms blow
And oh, I wonder and wonder Why,
II he can't speak better, or just won't try?
But nobody seems to know"
Tick-tock! such an old, old clock!
Such long, long while to go!
"A hundred years and a half again
He has watched the sun and the wind and
rain,
The glass and the winter snow;
For hundred years and half has seen
The old leaves fade and the new spring
green,
And the little children grow.
.s1ick-tock!' says the old, old clock
4 (And his voice sounds tired and Slow,
"a hundred years and anigh fourscore
Over and over, and still once more,
Oh, little child, have said my say
The dark night through, and the live
long day;
have watched your folk as they came and
went,
Small and sturdy, and big and bent,
Observation-Disclosures and men,
] watch them now as watched them then,
Many year ago.
''rhe grown folk look in my full-m DON face,
But the children peer at my painted case
With it's birds and flowers; and the grown
folk all
Listen! they say, when aloud call
Telling the hour; but the children hear
Thinking stories sweet and clear.
tell them tales of the China seas,
OF golden parrots on golden trees,
Where pig-tailed people little and great
Fish for stars by a palace gate
With their golden rods arrow.
ST never rest and never sleep,
never laugh and I never weep;
Oh, little boy, with the big blue eyes,
Who sleeps and wakens and laughs and
cries,
am very old, I am very wise;
/ never stop, and never play;
With never halt nor holiday
tell my tale and I say my say
Tick-tock!" (said the tall old clock
To the little child in the short white frock)
'.And now do you wonder so?"
--Rosamund Marriott Watson, in N. 7. In
dependent.
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Overlooking Doesn't Pay,

Too many poultry raisers feed their
hens more than is good. Poultry should
not be fed at all if they refuse to scratch
for portion Of their food, unless there
is nothing they can find to keep them
selves in good condition. The right way
is to feed them little and let them go
about and pick up all they find. This
will keep them in a healthy condition
and will stimulate egg laying. OF
course this method applies only to the
season when the hens can fi&d plenty
to eat on the ground and about the
yards.-Dakota Field and Farm,
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High Caste Widows.

There are in India alone 100000
high caste widows under Is years old.
In that country if a girl is not married
at ten or twelve years her parents are
looked down upon. They are, conse-
quently, given away in marriage as
early as possible to men of any age. On
the death of the husband the widow
cannot marry again, and she gets little
support from her own relatives. Her
future life is one of misery and destitu-
tion.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22

A pious gentleman, who evidently pos
sesses as much audacity as piety, re-
Gently inserted this advertisement in a
German paper: "a man on the road to
religious conviction seeks for the money
necessary to undertake penitential
and prayerful journey to the Holy
Land"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22
Why She Didn't Marry.

It was all the photographers fault that
Miss Vanderdecken didn't marry. She
looked beautiful in the portrait she sent out
to India, and all the men in her brother-in-
laws. regiment were raving about her, tilt
somebody spied out at the back of the photo
what that silly camera fellow had written.
..The original is carefully preserved
Household Words
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HALF FARE.
WashinGtOn, ID. c., and Return.

On July Sd to 9th, tickets will be sold from
all points to Washington, D. c., and return
via the Chesapeake and Ohio Ry at one fare,
plus $500, on account of the meeting of the
National Educational Assn. Tickets viii
be good until July Is returning and may be
extended to August 3lst. This is the best
nous Mountain and Sea- shore resorts .ot ' Of the
East, also Old Point Comfort and Hampton
Roads, the rendezvous of the North Allan.
tic Squadron.
For particulars and sleeping car reserva-
tons apply to U. L. Truitt, Nor. West.
Pass'r Agent, 234 Clark St., Chicago, III.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22
Zinc Will Paner.

Zinc wall paper is the latest oddity.
The zinc is attached to the wall by a
cement invented for the purpose, and
is made to initiate marble. The surface
is enameled SO as to render it perma-
nent or washable. 1t is claimed for this
new departure in decorative material
that, while it is as permanent as tiles
or marble, it is much cheaper, and can
be as easily put on as ordinary wall
paper.lCincinnat Enquirer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22
Cheshire Cheese,

Cheshire cheese owes its excellence
partly to geological causes. The red
sandstone and bowlder clay, with its
immense salt deposits, of which the
country is formed, produce heritage
peculiarly suited for cheese production.
Albany Argus.
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sCRAPER FOR THE BARN.

three feet or more in length. The low
er edge should be beveled slightly to-
wards the rear. For stable use, scrap
ing manure, two feet long is enough.
1t is we'll to have one for each purpose.
Make them strong and handle and
braces firm. It takes but little time to
make one and it is a abor-saver.-Fred
o. Sibley, in Ohio Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22
A Night in Boston.

"George, George!"
swell, what is it now?"
"Did you lock the doors?"
eyes"
Sand let the dog loose?"
"Yes."
Sand put up the chain across the
back gate?"
"Ye-es."
Sand did you go down to the whaff
and look and see if there were any Span
iards in the offing?"
Ye-e-es,'-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22
Another Crime.

A hard-hearted Anglo:Spaniard when
demonstrated with and told that the Cubans
had for long been in state of worse than
serfdom, replied that it serfdom right
Moonshine.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22

Old Gotrocks (savagely)-"What's that!
You mean to tell me that you really love my
daughter for herself alone?" Young Hard
up TREMENDOUSLY by -es, sir; but 1 think /
could learn to l-love you, t-too, sir - in
t-t-time, sir."-Vanity Fair
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22
DURABLE HAY RACK.
Ohio Farmer Describes One That Has
Been in Successful Use for
Over Six Years.

Herewith I give plan and specifica-
tions of a good and convenient hay
rack. I made one for myself some six
or seven years ago, and as it has been
thoroughly tried, know it will stand
the test. Mine is made of Eastwood and
it has carried over two tons of hay by
actual weight. The stills are 2xs-inch
and 16 feet long. The cross arms at
each end only run clear through; the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22
GOOD BARN SCRAPER.
"A Little Thing But One That Saves
Lots of Hard and Some times
Disayreeable Work.

The construction of this handy de-
vice is apparent from the illustration.
For scraping up chaff, etc., on barn
floor, the board or scraper should be
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MRS. LUCY GOODWIN

Suffered four years with female trou-
bles. She now writes to Mrs. Pinkham
of her complete recovery Read her
letter:
DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM:-I wish you to
publish what Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, Sanative Wash
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22
A La CuDid.

Ned-She has fascinating culver in he.
voice.
Ted-Yes, and she uses it to hold her beau.
N. Y. Journal.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22

"How did you ketch you secon' hus-
BAN, Mrs. Jaspah?"
81 done sot a bean trop at de doah oh
de chicken coop.'-Detroit Free Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22

Cycling is such healthful exercise that
a cyclist hardly ever feels run down unless
road-hog drives over him.-L. A. w. Bull
letin.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22

Soldiers are not the only ones who find
drilling an awful bore. Think of the work
man who put in the blasts.-L. A. w. Bull
letin.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22

y all-gone feelings, palpita-
ton Of the heart, bearing-down sensa-
ton and painful menstruation. 1could
not stand but few minutes at a time.
When commenced taking your med
icine could not sit up half day, but
before I had used half a bottle was
up and helped about my work.
I have taken three bottles of Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
used one package of Sanative Wash,
and am cured of all my troubles. 1 feel
like a new woman. I can do all kinds
of housework and feel stronger than I
ever did in my life. Inow weigh 1919
pounds. Before using your medicine I
weighed only 1os pounds. !
Surely it is the grandest medicine for
weak woman that ever was, and my
advice to all who are suffering from
any female trouble is to try it at once
and be well. Your medicine has
proven blessing to me, and I cannot
praise it enough.-Mrs. LucY GOODWIN,
Holly, W. Va ~
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1898-07-22

Liver Fills
have done for
me.
I suffered
\ for four years
with womb.
trouble. My
! doctor said /
had falling Of.
the womb. I
also suffered,
with nervous
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-17
SMALL TROUBLE
 BROUGHT DEATH
Suicide of Young Man Be- cause of Trivial Business
 ReVerSeS.
Ferdinand Mayer Leaves His Bride
 Widow Without Warning.

Because of business reverses Ferdinand
 Mayer cut himself off yesterday in the
 prime of his youth only twenty-sfx sum-
 mers having passed over his head. Three weeks ago Mayer stood at the altar With
 his beautiful bride of nineteen summers
 and promised to love, cherish and protect her. Yesterday his bleeding body, with
 bullet hole in the right temple, lay on a
 slab in the Morgue and the word sui eide" was inscribed against his name on
 the record.
 Mayer had been a partner of Philip
 Deller for about two years and trans acted restaurant and butcher business under the firm name of Mayer & Deller,
 at 131 and 135 Fifth street. About ten
 days. ago the partners agreed to dissolve
 the business not having been profitable.
 Deller took the restaurant at 135 Fifth
 street and Mayer took the butcher shop at 131 Fifth street, over which he resided.
 The dissolution seemed to pray on Mayors mind, but 1t was not thought by
 his wife or his friends that he contem-
 tuesday at his request his wife borrowed $500 from her uncle for the purpose Of paying off his share of the debts of the firm. Two hundred dollars of this sum
 were paid out on that day, and it was Mayors intention to pay the remaining $500 yesterday. On Tuesday night the couple retired at about 10 o'clock in good spirits.
 Early yesterday morning Mrs. Mayer | arose for the purpose of admitting John BdrQ1n, Mayer s dSSlStaHL, tO lIe UulCLSE shop Mayer called down stairs to him to order a half-gallon of milk from the
 milkman when he came. Mrs. Mayer was busying herself downstairs about her household duties. When breakfast was ready she called her husband, but there
 was no response, and she went upstairs. She was surprised to find that he was not
 in the bedroom. but on looking into the
 clothes. closet she saw him lying dead; trickling sluggishly from a bullet hole in the right temple. A revolver in the right wound had been produced.
 Mrs. Mayer was almost insane with the shock of the terrible affiiction which fell upon her without the slightest warning and she was taken in charge by her rela- tives.
 | Coroner Hawkins will hold an inquest on Saturday morning.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-17
IT IS AN OLD TIMER" Historic Bell That Warns Travellers bg
 the Ferry Steamers.

Y T its warning
  l have often responded to it's warning voice. a Davis  or curse bell California with the sa before the steamer   the peal forth California of  of
 
 
 
  thought of he of to
  Helen
  her had outived her usefulness 
  II
  Navigation o
 
 
 
    melowed
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-17
Lived in Abject Penury in a Lonely Hill
 side Hut.
Taken to the Poorhouse, Where He Died From Lack of
 NOuriShment.
An Estate of Two Thousand Dol lars Is Now Found to Have
 Been His.
Oakland Office San Francisco Call
 q !. 1

A report was circulated yesterday that James Selick, a hermit of Leona Heights, was missing from his cabin, where he has lived alone for years. To-day it was learned that the so-called pauper is dead and left an estate of 5000, and Public Ad- ministrator Knight has applied for letters of administration.
 It was supposed that Selick had been
 murdered, and people who had known him searched the ravines, expecting to find his body. It is now known that Selick died at the County Infirmary on March 2, and was buried as pauper.
 Toward the end Of February the man was received at the hospital, where he had gone when he became sick. He was so i'll that the Supervisors agreed to send him to the County Infirmary. He was dying for lack of nourishment and with exhaustion, and he expired few days
 For several years he resided in hut near Mullen'S ranch, about two miles south of the Redwood road. He was ex- tremely penurious and miserly. and lived in squaIor, denying himself proper food, buying stale bread and but little meat He occasionally worked at odu jobs, but after his death 1t was proved that there was no reason for his miserliness. He has was about 72 years old, having been born on Prince Edwards Island.
 Public Administrator Knight has ap- piled for letters on the old miSerS estate, having discovered that there is an estate consisting of monev and promissory notes worth about 5000. The expenses of burial will be paid out of the estate, and an eff fort will be made to find the heirs, if any are living.
 the County Infirmary died who was found 10 have been possessed of Sl2OO, part Of which was money in bank.
The San Francisco call., 1898-03-17
A KLONDIKE AT THEIR FEET. Residents in the Vicinity of Mount Olympus Excited Over an AL
 1eced Gold Discovery

Why go to the K1ondike and suffer its many dangers when mines are being dis covered nearly every day in our own Golden State? is a problem which should make future travellers to that region stop and consider.
 The latest find of what is believed to be an outcropping of the mother lode was made by Contractors Ferris and Williams while blasting at the base of Mt. Olym- pus in this city few days ago. AS soon as the discovery of the new gold field be- came known there was an outpouring of the residents of Ashbury and Clarendon Heights, re-enforced by prospective min CTS from all parts of the city. People who could not tell sulphurets from the yellow metal visited the scene yesterday armed with prospecting tools of every conceiv- able nature and fund of information which they were willing to impart gratis to willing ears. One enthusiast after ex- amining a specimen wildly stated that the ore would run from $50 to S2O0 per ton.
 When the contractors heard this they immediately went on quiet hunt for the expert in the hope of disposing of few tons of the street-filling rock to him at a less figure than his value, but he had es- capped.
 A few samples of the rock were taken to a local aSsayer for an opinion as to its value and his decision is awaited anx- iously by the contractors and the people living in the vicinity of the find. who are indulging in roseate dreams of the untold wealth lying at their feet.