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Evening star., 1898-09-03

DO you think so," she said petulantly.
She usually had him well in hand
What did you say that mans name is?'
he asked after a moment.
Burke Melville
Suddenly she turned.
Papa, you were in California? 20
Yes; what of it?''
Did you ever hear a story like that?'
Il have heard lot of stories; California
is full of em. Read Bret Harte. AS for
your acquaintance, he was probably yarn
ing"
No. no. he wasn't"
What makes you think that?'
He isn't that kind of a man.
Nell, I think that you can take care of
yourself, but 1 don't believe you can judge
men,
''Oh. trust me for that" she said. airily;
and at the moment she was Indeed trying
to judge no less a person than her father
She had thought that she understood him.
Had she? He was fond Of her: he denied
were depths she could not fathom; and she
knew no moro of his real life, even less,
than an outsider.
But now a sudden fear possessed her.
She rushed upstairs to little room which
she used for her writing table and her
books. and eagerly she looked for a paper
in a certain English magazine, American
Millionaires, No. X. Samuel Wolverton.
Had she been mistaken? And then she
read: The beginning of this extraordinary
fortune was in '6B. in Red Gulch, Cal. Mel
Vile and Wolverton were storekeepers who
exchanged a supposedly bad debt for the
now famed Bufinch mine. Wolverton
bought out his partner"
For minute the room seemed to swim.
'Oh. IL mamma were only here!' the girl
said, moaningly.
IT'S true-true. This is all his, and not
Evening star., 1898-09-03

With that calm confidence in her eyes: the
eyes may have been rather more express
siye because this was the last day of all
and he would slip out of her life so SOON
She was fair TO look upon. clever, accom-
plshed. charming; this fence OF the sexes
was her delight; she could no more avoid
u than she could breathing. Our unsophis-
ncated young man failed to understand
ner- Later. common sense was to reach
Dut from the grim, matter-of-fact depths
of his nature, and grasp his sentimentaIi+y
until ii hurt him
oh, it's little story OF what might
have been years ago in Red Nugget GuIch
Cal My father was out there after gold
like the rest, and he fell in with man
with whom he made a partnership In a
general store. Sometimes, in exchange for
goods. they took claims. At first they made
q lot Of money. and then they lost nearly
syery penny in trying to develop a claim
that failed Well, each blamed the other
and they decided to separate. They could
decide on no other way than to cut the
cards. So they sat down one day and cut,
apd some things fell to my father and some
10 his partner And the papers were drawn
tp and the division made. A week after that
2 claim which had gone to my fathers
PARTNER began to develop. 1t proved a
tnd. My fathers partner made the begin
ling Of great fortune that way"
Wellr said the girl.
NOW the silanty that served for the store
Evening star., 1898-09-03

had fallen to my father, not the stock
which went to pay the firms debts. Three
weeks after this my father sat talking
with mining expert. who spoke of the big
find on my fathers former partners lucky
claim, and he stated boastfully to show
his value as an expert probably, that he
mad told my fathers partner-we will call
him Smith-that the claim~was extremely
valuable. This set my father to thinking
Smith had believed the claim to be valu-
able. but my ia ther could but acknowledge
that the man had given him a chance. even
If he had dishonesty hidden his notion of
the claim That day my father happened
in the abandoned store. On the table were
the two packs of dirty cards, just as they
had been left the day of the division They
had cut in the bare inner room, which
hadn't been disturbed since. My father
Evening star., 1898-09-03
FULL-BLOODED CREES.
Holy Altar and Sitting Horse Want to
Become Citizens.

From the Anaconda NIont.) Standard
Holy Altar and Sitting Horse, two Cana
dian Indians, accompanied by Harry Den
ny, the interpreter. called at the office of
the clerk of the district court and an
nrunced that it was their desire to become
citizens of the United States. Holy Altar
and Sitting Horse are full-blooded Crees
and took part in the ill-fated RieI rebellion
in Canada some years ago, since which
time they have wandered homeless and
without a country. They said they had
been in Montana continuously for nine
years, and they wanted to become citizens
in order that they might take up a ranch
and become useful men of the state. Both
men are strapping, big and husky fellows,
Hcly Altar gave his age as forty-six and
Sitting Horse as thirty-nine.
Good Indians; never drink whisky" said
Holy Altar. slapping himself on the breast
Good Indian" echoed Sitting Horse, good
Indian" They said they had picked out a
piece of land about thirteen miles from
Butte which they desired to locate as a
ranch
Interpreter Denny, who is a half-breed,
testified to the good character of his Two
friends He said they were exceptionally
good for live Indians, and both were in
dustrious and thrifty. Sitting Horse works
Ike white man at anything he can get to
90, Wiiiie Holy Altar mas TOT a long time
lived alone in a teepee as far removed from
the other Indians about Butte as he could
and has been engaged in the manufacture
of horn ornaments and articles of furni-
trre. Denny, who has also declared his i'll
tention to become citizen of this country,
gave it his opinion that Holy Altar and
Sitting Horse would make good and useful
citizens and upon these assurances they
were allowed to make their marks in the
naturalization book. and Clerk Wilkins ad-
ninistered the oath to them, which they
took with apparently a great appreciation
of the soerlnity of it, and both declared
their intentions to forever renounce their
allegiance to Victoria, queen of Great
Britain and Ireland and empress of India,
ard to obey and uphold the laws and Con-
sttution of the United States of America
They received copies of their first papers
and handled them with care and respect
that might be Que to something sacred.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
The Heaviest Thing in the World.
From the Popular Science Monthly

The heaviest thing in the world is the
metal osmium the blush white metal with
violet luster. which Mr. Smithson Tenant
discovered ninety years ago in the residue
from dissolved platinum ores. This metal
has a specific gravity of %, AT, that of gold
being 10 265, lead II 1867, iron 7.79 and lithi-
um the lightest, only 0.594. The French
chemist, Jolly, determined that osmiu-n is
likewise the most infusible of metals. 1t
could never be made to yield to the oxy-
hydrogen fame which makes platinum and
iridium run like water. But Jolly has been
sub, Getting osmium to the exclusively high
temperature of the electric arc which Mois-
san has of late employed successfully in
the manufacture of diamonds.
Under this fierce heat the rare metal, r,I-
thenium, which used to be deemed all but
infusible, readily meits. But osmium re-
mains refractory. there being apparent only
the faintest traces of fusion. On this ac-
count osmium cannot be prepared in suf-
ficient quantity to make it very useful in
the arts. But its alloy with iridium which
defies the acids, is of some value, nothing
better having been found wherewith to tip
gold pens. Being non-magnetic. its employ
ment for the bearings of the mariners CON-
pass has been advocated.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
SEPTE MBER STARS
Heavenly Bodies That Repay Careful
Study This Month.
TO LOCATE FHE CONSULTATIONS
investigating the Makeup of the
NebuIa of Andromeda.
LUMINOUS WORLDS

Written for The Evening Star
Evening star., 1898-09-03
why They Were Decorated.

From the Boston Transcript.
Herr Deutseher-"What on earth did your
government decorate the sailors of the
Bourgogne for?''
NJ Franeais-"For their heroic conduct
in not allowing the passengers to drown
Them"
Evening star., 1898-09-03

now passes at y p.
m directly over
head. In it or along
it are the constella-
tihas Scorpio, Sagit-
tarius, Ophiuchus,
the Eagle, the Del
phin, the Swan, Ce-
pheus, Cassiopeia
and Perseus.
The s orpi on,
sometimes called the
Kite, can be located
by means of its
Evening star., 1898-09-03
OLD TRINITY PARISH
New York Church One of the Richest
in the World.
ITS MANY BRANCHES And MISSIONS
g ui
s'- I # .-a
Origin of its Wealth and How It
- go Ii is Managed. '..-
--.s.- :, ..-.. ts- -..-
MILLION S FOR CHARITY
ITS MANY BRANCHES And MISSIONS
MILLIONS FOR CHARITY
Written for The Evening Star.

w ~ - -
and five years ago. in
September, 1888, the
colonial assembly,
sitting in New York,
passed an act of
which this was the
preamble:
Whereas profane-
ness and licentiouS-
ness hath of late
overSDfead t h / 8
province for the
want of a settled
ministry thrOugh-
Evening star., 1898-09-03
A welcome Change.

FTom the FIegende BIattef.
Angry Manager-''What did you mean by
smiling in that death scene?"
Ac.or-"With the salary you nay. death
seems q pleasant relief"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

WEEKS ago the editor of this paper
made certain specific charges perso nally
against h. A. Armstrong. states attorney
Of this county. We have repeated those
charges in print. and have reiterated
them. We have ut all times stood ready
to prove that II. A. Armstrong has done
things that no fair aud square man would
.do-things that show him to be wholly
unit for the position Of states attorney
or for any Office. We still stand ready to
prove them. We have offered to give
bond for the payment Of all cosisin case
he can convict us of criminal libel, il he
will do the same in case he can not %
convict. But he has seen at to ignore
our proposition to prove our charges.
He prefers to go around snd deny them
on the quiet. without giving any one a
chance to sustain thsm. We ask the
people Of Emmops county. II this is the
kind of q man they wish to furthermore
honor with ofice? Even had he been
here hundred years longer than his op.
ponent, he should not be elected. What.
ever may be the outcome, the Record ha.
done it's plain duty. II has told the alb
solule truth. We. do not believe that tht
citizens of this county expect news
paper to. remain silent where positiv.
! 3 > r. 5 q
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

THERE are three columns of names on
the official ticket. The Republican is the
first column, with the state. legislative
and county all 10 one column. Then
comes the Independent and Democratic
column, with tlre state ticket, which takes
up the upper half of the column; then in
the next column, beginning about half
way down the column, is the democratic
county ticket. A democrat who wants to
vote for the democratic state candidates
will make an X in the square under the
words "lndependent and Democrat" at
the top of the column. Then on the
right hand he will find the democratic
nominees and on the left the republican
nominees. If he wants to vote for some
candidates in each column, all he has to
do is to make an X after the name of
each man he wants to Vote for, and none
in the square at the top OF the column
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

The Valley City Times Record says:
"There is general disposition this year
10 county politics throughout the state to
drop parlisanship and vote for the best
man. There ure humorous republican
papers sbel are following this policy. In
many respects it is good party policy" :"
1t will not do to elect an unworthy man
who may happen to buy up or otherwise
cbntrol few caucuses of the majority
in, county. ...and 'hen get the party
nomination through a series of trades
in the convention, expecting election
because the party he trains with is in the
majority. Y,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
mt.,,nry Post AZ Bt..n a REX.

S 'crrtary OF War Algcr has wired SEN
ator Hanshrough that the attorney gen.
rral has forwarded the deeds for the site
nf the proposed military post at Bismarck
to this state for examination and proper
rrc"rd. md ,s soon as they are returned
pr"nrr'y o. X ID the preliminary steps for
establishing the fort will then be taken.
This is the tirstautiiorl,ive statement from
the 8. cretaiy of war on the matter, and is
hailed .:ti, delight by Bsmarckcrs and
people of tl'e state geacr,lly.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
FRANCIS c. WALKER.

The -Yeatcr-cOmbine talk
much against Stree,er But has he failed
in his duties ms an oficial2 Has cent of
the thousands of dollars that have pnssed
through his hands as school treasurer for
ten years and for filings and proofs stuck
to his fingers2 Has any one complained
as to his carrfulness in proofs and filings?
Has he not always heen here ready to
take proofs and filings to suit the con
venicncc Of settlers about going home?
Can you find any one who complains of
auy deal in a financial way2 Has he gen.
orally kept still" in his paper because
he feared loss Of patronage by doing
otherwise? Has he made any official
mistakes that have put claimants to
! extra trouble or endangered their proofs2
Has not every cent paid through him
on judgment in cases between li,ieants
been accounted for and been paid, over !
Has he not, as clerk Of court, paid for
his. own help at court terms, and done
everything possible to hurry through the
many naturalizations and to facilitate the
other business Of his of1ice? If he has
not done these things. he ought to be
criticised the same as any other candidate
or offlcc-holder. And, furthermore, IL
, any citizen has any grievance OF the
nature named against him. such criticism
will be willingly published in these col
umns. No. that isn't why they oppose
him. 1t is because. when lie knows and
Can prove candidate to be rascal. and
better man has been put. up against
such candidate, he will oppose him to
the extent Of his energy aud ability.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
frank walker writes.
W1NoNA. N. D., Oct. 10, 1898.

To the Editor of the Record.
Dear Sir: desire to take little Of
your space to say that my letter in the
Winona Times regarding II. A. Arm
strong, in 1886, was true In every par
ticular. And now. two years later, / re.
peat that he mislcd the court (iustice of
the peace) by making what he knew to he
dishonest. lying plea. Every word in
my letter to the Times was the honest
truth and nothing else. The records of
the case show it. and any one that heard
the case knows that Armstrong made a
dishonest. lying plea Others as well as
myself know that the lie he so brazenly
told to the court cost HE poor client over
$l35. The came lie cost the under
signed between $40 and $50. ANY ono
desiring to know the particulars cun OBJ
tain them by interviewing any one of the
six jurors that ga, in the case-Pagel,
Backhaus. Jones, Cantwcll, Clark and
Carley never make statements tina,
/ cannot back by the best of proof.
Respectfully.
FRANCIS C. WALKER.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
Letter From David Lindsay.
ON BOARD STEAMER,
- - Rio de Jantiro,
Aug, 27. 1893.

Aug. n. 1898.
Dear Folks at Home: 1t has been 80
long since l wrote thatI suppose you
think that l have forgotten you. Bur
there WAS no way to mail my letters, and
l suppose it will be- u long time before
you get this. The weather has been fine
all the way over, Nearly all the boys,
however, hard spells of scasickucss
was one Of ths fortunate ones, and was
not sick, there being something about the
makeup Of my system that has kept IN
from ii.
The first week WIS uuevcntfu!, excrp'
the scasickncss Of the boys. We reached
Honolulu, where VIC went ash.re, stacked!
our guns in a park. and had the after
noon to look at the city 1t was i'm
mensc. The vegetation of tropical re.
gion was in full bloom. 'Pineapples were
rs plentiful as potatoes are at home, and
cocoanuts, pawpnws. oranges, lemons
bananas. and other tropical fruits that
you have never hear,l of, too numerous
to mention. The day we went ashore
was Sunday. Next day we had ban
quet given US by the Honolulu people.
1t .was.a grand affair; and we appreciated
it. because we had not received the best
kind of food coming over. You can
imagine the effect Of ], 200 men dressed in
pure white clothes sitting at long white
table cloths uader bower, eating as
though they had beet staryed. aud ladies
by the hundreds. clad in pure white, fit
ting around like 80 many butterflies,
smiling at one. giving q bouquet to an
other, filing soldiers drained coffee.
cup. or presenting bunch of fruit to
some one of the comrades. Here is the
bill of fare:
MEATS, ETO.
Gold Ham Cold Beef Baked Fisl.
Canned Salmon Baked Potato
tomatoes (in half)
Ie''ae' PIES. Pickles
Apple Pie Lemon Pie Mince Pie
f"'App's - CAKES. u''a'' re
Cocesnut Chocolate spoug.
Fruit Doughnut.
There w,rt. all kinds Of fruits many
you see IN the states, aud many that can.
not be exported on account of their quick
decay aud liability to damage. Besides
there were thousands of bottles of pop
and after dinner lots Of stomachacbes
On Tuesday we had shore leave again
and In the afternoon, as / was standing
on the street with some of our boys
.'peelinE" cocoanuts, lady drove up L
her cottage and told us to come back II
thesyard and get hatchet. We all went
for curiosity, more than anything else
She told her servant to peel the c0c0anutl
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

w. D. BATES. the well known editor of
the Grafton News and Times, died ut his
home in Grafton Sunday morning OF
heart failure. Mr.. Bates has been sick for
some time, but being a very energetic m III
KEEP in his office until few days of his
death. He leaves wife and three children
The remain will be taken to Sank Rapids,
Minn., for interment.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

DURING all the years that Armstrong
was deputy treasurer Of this county, the
collecuon OF taxes was farce, and all If
the trouble that we have had over delin-
qurnt taxss-and the personal taxes that
have been lost through people leaving
the ecoun'y-are mostly traceable to him.
He never made an attempt to collect
taxes If he thought it would injure him
politically. :.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

EVERY day is burying the mouthy John
Roop deeper as a candidate for assessor.
Why will any one vote for such chap Ms
Roop when q straigh' forward, debt pay
ing, truth-telling man like John Andcr-
son is running against him?
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

For positions really political-those of
a law-naking political prin-
ciples should be above men. Bnt for
county or other non political offices, men
should be selected with regard to their
fitness and not to their politics. This cry
of"the party, right or wrong" in county
affaire has put many rascal in county
Office who could not have got there
otherwise.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
EsrRAY-HoRxEs.

Rstrayed from the undersigned, about tho
last Of September. four head Of horses, ofthe
following descriptions: f.S s5s5 5s
Two dark bav mares. age about 8 years passed;
weight about 1000 Lbs.
One hay horse, with white stripe in face.
about years old: weight about 500 lbs.
One bay horse, about 3 years Old; weight 700
to 800 lbs. All the animals are branded with
o on right tigh.
a suit able reward will be paid fnr Information
leadin to their recovery. B. Il. bowNAN,
SeG: n, n. la6, R.s76.
ls&ss PostOfdce. WI iiliasuS port.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
NOTICE TO TIE PUBLIC.

We have Just received new stock Of
goods, such as Ladies' and Gents Uuder-
wear, Mitttns, Gloves. Overshocs, Ger
man Socks. .Lrdies' and Gents Felt Shoes,
FIanncls, Clothing. and in fact everything
needed for winter. Calico for quilts by
the bolt a specially. All goods sold at
way y-down prices. Come and see for your.
self. A. l.. CELL s. Co.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

w WANTED - SEVERAL TRUsTWORTHY
w persons In Tits state to manage our bus-
| ness IN their own and nearby counties 1t Is
mainly office work. conducted At home. Salary
straight $00onyear and cxpenses.-deflnite. bona
fde, no more. no less. Monthly, SIS. Refer.
ences. Inclose self ressed. stamped envel-
ope Herbert e. Hess, Prest., Dept. NJ, Chi-
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

VOTERS of Emmons coupty: Do you
want a man for sheriff who has, year
after year, shrked his share Of the pub
lie burdens of the county? And yet that
is just what Atr; Waldroff has done. The
following figures, taken from the treas.
urer's books. show the amount of taxes
owing by Mr. Waldroff. aud the years for
which thew ar. unnaid:
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
Total s118 SO

His 1895 taxes were collected by treas.
urer Allen and his 1897 taxes were placed
in the hands of the sheriff and collected
by that officer
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
n oTlCE.

The undersigned, mail.carripr between
Williamsport and Livons, desires -toSgiv6'
notice that he is prepared to transport
passengers. express and freight, promptly
and with csle. a double rig will be in:
service. ssrsS s WIN. G. PgRRY
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

The republican state central committee
estimate the majority in the state will b.
from 4, 600 to Z, 900.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
Whenever

You become dissatisfied with your present trad
ing place, give this store a trial. Come here in
as exacting mood you may see ft and two
to one can send you away
Satisfied with this Store
And it's goods and prices. We are winning new
Emmons County customers constantly, and hold
ing those we win Isn't it pretty fair evidence
that this is
A Good Place to Trade?
We make speciality of
Blankets and Underwear.
We buy these direct from manufacturers.
Fur CoIIarettes, new swell shapes, from 5
$3.50 up to 5000.
Ladies' AI-WooI Jackets, from $500
up to $3.50. ss'ss
Ladies' Capes and Childrens' Jatkets.
Send for our Catalogue. Better yet, call and SIS
Isee what we save you on these goods ss
Remember. we carry the largest stock Of
Shoes and Millinery
Ever shown in the Capital City Goods to bScl
up what we say. That's why we grow. We wtnk s
your trade and should have it. ssss ss
w. y. BEST
! West End Main Street, Bismarck. n. :.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04
he crooxedness Of an
p not wish such silence,
by their votes. VIII
eer publicly accused of
leek" tue matter down.

~, V''''!'J ""u III EUVi
l" not believe That they will
do so; but, that on the sth of this month,
Mr.. Armstrong will find that the people
have some rights--and among them the
right TO demand that . public official,
when accused in.an open and straightfor.
ward manner, shall care enough about
his reputation for honesty to either pro-
secute or disprove.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1898-11-04

BURLElGH COUNTY.
Number OF wolves (estimated) .:...... 800
Amount of beef necessary>to feed
same one day. 500 pounds
Cost to feed wolves one day .....$ 40 90
Cost to feed wolves one year,. l460O 90