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HIS FIRST VOLUME.
How Young Poet Made His First Lit
eracy Capital.

How a Young Poet Made His First Lit
erary Capital.
Mr.. James rayn tells story which
he thinks is new of the manner III which
q young poet made money out of his
first volume of poetry. The anccJote
it must be said. is much like one that
is told of the late James Eusseli
Lowell; but here it is in Mr.. Pavn's
versions:
The youthful adventurer had his
doubts whether the hool; woulG pay for
itself. and when Good-natured friends
--whoH& good nature. we may be sure.
stopped on the wrong side of buving
said: You! Il be half ru;ned." he was
rather inclined to agree with them.
at last. in fear and trembling. he
wrote to the publisher to know the
worst-whicn he himself had calcu!at
ed at about eighty pounds.
Let nc know how many have gone
off, he wrote il all nnGes.y, and
what is tho balance owe you.''
The publisher wrote bac:.:
DEAR SIR: Your wh,lc edition has
gone off. leaving Il balance of twenty
pounds IN Your f;:vrr: check incloSctl.' :
The poet was in the seventh heaven,
and Yet not satisfied. He rushed to the
publishers to inquire who had bought
the lool.-fricEd,, enemies. Mudir. CT
who?
My dear sir" raid the publisher. u
think you had better not ASK
mot ask? Why not? You wrote to
say that the edition was all sold: it
must have been sold to somebody
Pardon ne. I wrote that it had
gone Off so it had, the whole of It.
There " a, I, III. ii The warehouse, AID
the contents W,s" ms, REL. "
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31

Willis L. Moore, Chief Of the Wealth
err bureau; Gen. n. W. Greedy, Chief of
the Signal Service, and Ambassador
White at Berlin, have been chosen rs
the American delegates at the Congress
ofthe International Geographical Society
at Berlin, from September % to October
t. Gen. Greedy will report on what
Americans have done in recent years in
geographical research. and Chief Moore
will demonstrate the new lines OF work
Of the meteorological service. The So
ciety has never assembled in Anne RIGA,
and the American delegates will make a
strong effort to have the next congress
meet in this country, probably at Wash
ington.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31
NOT BLOWN OFF By THE WIND.
Chicken Feathers Disappeared AS the Re-
suit OF Electricity in the Storm.

Chicken Feathers Disappeared as the Re-
suit OF Electricity in the Storm.
About a year ago the Geographic dis
patches contained an account of
windstorm in Missouri which not only
blew down houses and fences and
caused great loss of life but actual
IS stripped the feathers from rooster.
The correspondent stated that not
even the pinfeathcrs were left, and
his description of how the cock next
morning strutted forth, tapped his
naked wings and crowcd with a some
what distigurcd- but still : in-the ring
style caused considerable merriment.
II was reasoned that wind of such
force would have blown the fowl to
Jericho. and the writer was set down
as Il MunchauScn. Scientific research,
however, sust;sins the story, but
asoribes the ROSTERS condition to an
other cause. a writer in Der Stein der
Nciscn says: among the most aston
ishing effects of whirlwinds must be
rec!ioned the well-supported facts that
on their cessation birds exposed to
them have been found stripped OF their
feathers, and people with every shred
of clothing torn from them. These
effects cannot possibly be ascribed to
the wind. The force necessary would
have sutliced to transport the objects
away bodily. Numerous similar oc-
currences were observed in France in
the tornudoes which prevailed there
three years ago, and these were grad
ually brought under Investigation.
Over the whole region affected trees
We're found rent in manner which
could not possibly have resulted from
the wind. These were. FIRST, oaks split
down the center for length Of twenty
to twenty-five feet: second. poplars and
bcechcS for lengths Of six to twelve
feet were shivcred into sticks of uni
form thickness (for example. a beech
tree sixteen inches in diameter was split
into more than !iveh,nHred sticks a cen
tir,ctcr thick. two centimetcrs broad
and three and d half centimetcrS lonG):
third, fir; and other rcsinous tree, had
their stems cut clean through, leaving
almost even surfaces. These phenO!n-
emo and others OF kindred nature can
be ascribed only to electricity"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31

Hi Proceedings looking to the
disbarment Of l.. A. Simpson, states
attorney of Stark comfy, and the COM
plant in the case was served on the
defendant by Clerk Of the Supreme
Court R. D. Hoskins today (21sU. The
complaint is filed in the supreme court
by States Attorney w. Il. Dennison, of
Billings county, and the allegations COM
prise statements Of unprofessional con-
duet and that unworthy an attorney
Several cases are alleged in the COM
plant, the principal ones of which allege
that the defendant has received money
from persons engaged in the liquor
traffic at Dickinson in return for i'm
munity flom observation-disclosures
Tribune.
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Notice to Creditors.

In the matter Of the estate of Clinton J. C.
Iie11erich deceased.
All persons having claims against said Clinton
J. c. Hedderich, deceased, are required to ex-
hibit the same, with the necessary vouchers to
the undersigned executor of said estate, ut his
Office in Williston il the County Of Williams,
State Of North Dakota, and that six months have
been limited as the ii ne for creditors to present
claims against said estate
Gus NJ. UEDDEEIC;l,
Executor of the estate Of Clinton
J. &. HeddCrich, deceased.
Dated WillistOn, y. d., this 30th day Of March,
lSy3 lrur3l
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF THE
Board of Co. Commissioners
WILLIAMS COUNTY, N. D.
SPECIAL. SESSION.

August 25, 1899, o'clock p. m.
Board met pursuant to call Of Auditor.
Present: Com'rs Gaines and Stewart.
Absent: Com'r Loughland.
Board called 10 o,der by Chairman
Gaines.
On motion OF Com'r Gaines, seconded
by Com'r Stewart, the second payment
on the court house of 100000, was
ordered paid, and tie work OF contrsc-
tors Lease < Richards was accepted AS
far 40 gone.
On motion, the following bills were
allowed and ordered paid.
Lease 4 Richards, second pay
ment on court house, $2,C0O W
T. c. Gaines, conn., fees, 10
l. C. Stewart, eom'r foes, 3 90
r. C. Gaines, Labor with grader, IS 80
G. 4. Bryant, express and druy.
ing, ~
G. A. Bryant, work with team
on grader, w
Thos. Shea, work with team on
grader. -. 900
On motion, board adjourned sine die.
II. V. SMITH, Co. Auditor.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31
Strange Religious Service.

A queer polyglot religious service was
held at the Seamans Bethel at Douglas
on the Isle Of Man. The Gospel was read
in Gaelic, a hymn sung in Manx, prayer
offered in Welsh and the sermon deliv-
cred in English. On the previous Sun
day the Lords Prayer was said in Corn
ish, u language the last speaker of
which died in the early years of this
century.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31
Notice of Final Proof.
&. S, Land Office at MinOt, \

Us. Land Office at Mnot, N. D.,
August 2l 1899
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support Of his claim and that
said proof will be made before James W. TruaX,
Judge Of the county court, at Wiliston, n. d.
on September lG, 1899. viz:
JOHN W. SNIEER,
II. +. No 81, for the seq of section II, Town
ship Ia! Range lO1.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land, viz:
James S. Costello. George Brucgger, Emil
Lepnhnrdy, Herbert E. Ii'ld all Of Niiiston,
North Dakota. THOMAS L. DISCARD,
AuS3 Register.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31

Conrad Bros. are building big irri-
eating ditch near Dupuyer. When COM
pleted it will be ono of the biggest plants
OF the kind lin tha west. About five
miles OF the canal have been excayated,
leaving about II miles to be done. The
canal 10 twenty-five feet wide at the
bottom. will carry four feet of water,
shd will irrigate about 100000 acres of
land.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31

Glasgow Review: The new brick
depot at this point is nearly completed
and is the best building on the line of
the Great Northern west of Grand Forks,
a fact Of which the citizens of Glasgow
are justly proud and appreciate.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31
Summons,
Service by Publications.

State of North Dakota County of Williams,
In Justice Court, before Thomas Burgess
Justice OF the Peace
Leonard Brickley, Plaintiff, J
against
Harley Johnson. Defendant.
The State Of North Dakota to said Defendant.
BY this second Summons herein you are
directed to appear befure me q. my Office i'll the
Court House at Wi!listOn, of the County of Will
liams in said State, at O'Clock y. m, of tho
25th day Of August, 1899, there to anSwer the
complaint of the above named plnintiN against
you, alleging that you are justly indebted to
him for lodging furnished 10 you at your re-
quest, in the sum of ten dollars and fifty cents.
(SlO.5Ol, with interest since Ap,il LIST. 1899.
and demanding Judgment for the same with all
costs and disbursements hcrein and you are
notified that unless yon so appear and answer.
the plaintiff will take Judgment against YOU
accordingly.
Given this 9th day Of July, 1890.
THOMAS BURGESS
iuly27Wl Justice Of the Peace
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31

VIM. Rea, Jr., the st. Paul sheep buy
er, has already contracted in Montana
for $4,000 head Of two and three year
old weathers for September and October
delivery. Tho price paid was from s.
to $3.50. The sheep will be winter fed
at st. Paul. Mr.. Rea is just shipping
5000 Oregon lambs to tho Chicago mar.
ket.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31
Statistics Of Williams County.

Below will he found statement of the
statistics of Williams county, North Da-
kots, for the year 1899. rs rendered Ivy
our county auditor, II. Y. Smith:
Number farms in county.............. G2
Total No. acres under cultivation, LOGS
Total No. acres in farms cultivated
and not cultivated. ISL
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS FOR YEAR 1898.
Wheat-Acres sown, SO; acres harvest
ed, So; bushels raised, l,237.
Osts-Acrss sown. 505!; acres harvest
ed, 505!; bushels raised, 1906.
Bsrley-Acres sown. 81; acres harvest
oil, %; bushels raised, So.
Corn-Acres planted, 6S!; bushels, 1855
Potatoss-Acres planted, 100; bus, S,4lG
Roots of other kinds, bus............. 100
Tame Hay-Acres sown, -; tons cut, y
Prairie Huy-Tons cut..................6,31 S
ACREAGE FOR 1899.
Wheat, II acres; Oats, 55S acres; Bar
ley, Z! acres; Corn, 725 acres; potatoes,
126 acres: all other roots, Si acres; Hay
(milIet and Hungurian). % acres; other
tame grasses, Is acres.
Total acrenge Of crop, including tame
grasses, 1921 acres.
No. of fruit trees bearing............ 10
VALUE OF PRODUCTS SOLD IN 1898.
Garden-Value of products. .....Sl 100 90
Poultry-Value Of poultry & eggs, so 90
Dairy Products-Vulue Of milk,... $50 90
Cheese made, 400 lbs;
Butter made, S,675 lbs
No. o: cows used, 20l.
LIVE STOCK FOR 1899.
No. sheep shsared in 1899. ........... i $50
No. lbs. of wool clipped in $780,. 2G,4l3
Horses-'Tstal No. l, 100, value, $21 ,075 90
CattIe-Total No. 1905, value, 1882 90
Sheep-Total No. 4 $3.50, value, 14,0G7 90
Hops-Total No. 90. value..... 297 co
Valueof animals sold to butchers
and for home Internationally 4 90
Value Of cattle, hogs and sheep
shipped outside Of county,. 1915 90
Value Of horses shipped outside
OF STATE. Observation-Disclosures. 500 90
Value of all kinds of stock
brought into the county..... 7GO 90
VITAL STATISTICS.
No. of males living or employed
on farms during lS93............. 20G
No. females living or employed
on farms during lS99............ 213
No. births for fiscal year ending
June 30, $780,. ....................... 5
No. deaths for fiscal year ending
June 80, 1899. ......................... 10
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31

The Illinois supreme court has decid-
ed upon an appeal that neither school
board, nor board of health, municipal
or state, can compel child to be vaccin-
ated except where it is deemed absolute
ly necessary to protect the public health.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31

The Western Liye Stock and Land
company will retire from business this
year. The capital stock, which WAS for
merly Sl3, 100000, is now bnt paltry
100000; but the company will distrib-
ute n goodly amount of cash among its
Stockholders. The company owns about
100000 acres Of land in Montana, Wy
onling and Texas.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31

Glasgow Review: Paddy Dwyer.
formerly ''tin horn" gambler who
ranged along the line of the Great
Northern in this county, shot and in.
stantly killed Bob Tornton over at Gilt
Edge in Fergus county last week Friday
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31

Modern surgery stops at nothing.
After keeping Il woman alive with her
stomach removed it now invades the re-
gion of y mans jugular vein and slashes
his pneumogastrc nerve center without
fatal results Where will it stop?
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-08-31
THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS.
To America Belongs the Honor
Prof. Druper'x Sister Sat Thirty
Minutes for Her Portrait.

Elizabeth Flint Wade has an illus
trated paper on photography: Its
Marvels' in St. Nicholas. The author
says:
The first accounts of this great dis
covery are very entertaining reading
Prof. Morse, the inventor OF the tele-
graph. was in Paris when the news
was published. aid at once went to see
Ddguerre's woiuerful pictures. In
describing them a:terward. he sale
that moving Oh iccts made no impress
sion on lie plate; for picture tai zen
of a crowded boulevard showed it as if
entirely deserted, with the exception
of man having his shoes polished
The mans feet. he said were we'll de-
fined, because they were kept station.
airy; but he was without head or body:
for these were in motion.
"To America belongs the honor OF
making the first Photographic por.
trait, the artist being Prof. John
Draper, professor. and a fterward the
president, of the University Of New
York. His victim, was his sister. Miss
Catherine Draper He powdered her
face. that the likeness might be more
quickly impressed on the sensitive
plate, and fer 30 minutes Miss Draper
sat-or, at least, tried to sit-as I'M
movable as statue.
1.-THE first class in pilot biography was
formed in Boston in the spring of 1S4C
by Daguerre's agent. Gourad of Paris.
Rev. Edward Everett Hale, then a stu
dent in Harvard. became an enthusi-
astic member Of the class. In hi.
diary, under date of April I, 1910. il
this entry: On my way home l
stopped at the shop and got my
daguerreotyre Thermometer. There
seems to be a great demands: there
were three or four others there"
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Summons.

State of North Dakota, IS In District CnMrt'
Celia Ryan, Plaintiff
VS.
John RYAN, . Defcil1atnt.)
The State OF North Dakota to the above named
defendants
You are hereby summoned to answer the cam
plnnt in the above entitled action. which VIII
be filed in the Office o! the clerk of the district
court of the second judicial district, in ard for
the county Of Williams and state Of %o:th pa
kotnt and It, serve Il c':ny of yollr answer to the
said complaint on the subscriber at his office in
Willston, in said county and state within thir
ty days after the service Of this summons upon
you. excl, sive Of the day of sucn s@trl"e: and
in Csc Of your failure to appear or answer.
dgmcnt will be taken against ynu by default
for the relief demanded in the complaint.
Dated July %, 1899.
r. II. COPELAND,
aug17 Plaintiffs Attorney,
WilliSl0n. y. D.
State Of North Dakota, County of Wilinms-ss
TO John Ryan, I: e above named nrnHhlt:
You will please take notice that The complaint
in the above entitled action was filed in the Of
flee of the clerk of the district court at Wilislon
county of Williams, and state of North Dakota,
on the 2yth day of jay, 1899.
K. II. COPELAND. Plaintiffs Atty.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16
OF PRISON LIFE.

The Grst aspect Of prison life
that strikes one who enters within
the doors of its cutoffness from the
world outside, writes Mrs. BalliHg'
ton Booth in the February Ladies
Hsme Journal ''The man who has
friends who still care for him may
receive a stated number of visitors
a year, when for a few minutes he
talks with wife or mother or friend
in the guardroom, aud he is allowed
to write Que letter a month and to
receive letters twice a week. To
him there is, therefore, still this
little bridge between his cell and
the world from which he has been
baninshed, To many, however
there does not exist this hnk-no
friends have they to call on them
and the deliverer of letters passes
their cells every week for years
without stopping to hand message
through the bars to them. Stern
discipline, loneliness, long hours OF
work, a narrow little cell with just
room enough for a stool and bed,
with thick barred door through
which the light falls fanked with
shadows as a constant reminder OF
conhnement-these, IN part, make
up prison lite, The felon of weather
aud the poor prisoner from the
slums may march next each other
in the lockstep aHd occupy adjacent
cells on the gallery, for to all in
tents and purposes they are alike
now. The striped dress, close-crOp-
ped hair, the utter stripping off of
all comforts have a leveling iDfu'
ence.
"The awfulness of prison life lies
! III the memories of the past: the
dismal contrast between home and
prison cells; the longing for loved
ones whose hearts are aching away
ou. of reach; the knowledge that
the wretched compauionship OF
Of misery must be theirs, in the
weary round of prison toll from
morning till night, for the long
years ahead, which seem intermin-
able. Above and beyond all this,
prisoners have the bitter realiz-
alton of the brand that has fallen
upon them never to be removed
convicts--that they are degraded
before the public, and will be
looked upon forever as accursed,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16

And now a gigantic clothing trust
is being formed ia New York, ac-
cording to the latest dispatches
sent out from there. 1t is said the
latest consolidation scheme is a
combination of capital which aims
to control the manufacture Of
mems, boys and childreu's clothing
The movement, at present scarcely
past the stage Of development, or
igiuated in New York, and is backed
principally by New YORK money.
The enormous figures of $3.50 100000
to 5000, 900, 600 are mentioned as the
probable capitalization Of the new
trust. If this succeeds congress
should al once repeal all tariffs on
clothing, Trusts will yet over-reach
and ruin themselves. The people
will not be trodden upon.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16
For over E1rtH Years

AN OLD AND WELL-TRIBD REMEDY
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been used for over fifty years
oy millions of mothers for their
children while teething, with per
feet success. 1t soothes the child
softens the gums, allays all pain,
cures wind colo and is the best
remedy for diarrhea. 1t is pleas
mt to the taste. Sold by druggists
in every part of the world. Twenty,
i've cents a bottle. It's value is in
calculable. Be sure and ask fol
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, ano
take no other kind. S-b-93-lY
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16

Words of cheer are words of help.
Words of gloom are words of harm
There is a bright and dark side to
every phase Of life and to eyey hour
Of time If we speak OF the bright
side, we bring the brightness into
prominence; if We speak of the dark
side, We deepen the shadows 1t is
our power to help or to hinder by a
word any and every person with
whom we have any dealings, A look
or word can help or can harm our
fellows 1t is for us to give cheer
or gloom as we pass on our way
through life; and we are according
ly responsible for the results Of our
influence. .-Ex.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16

Gen. Brooke at Havana has a
hard time of it himself. Every time
a negro dies there who happened to
have carried a machete in the Gu
ban cause and who is deemed Uor-
thy Of military burial, the bal
auce of the negroes get mad if Gen.
Brooke doesn't assign them FIRST
place in the procession.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16
For La Grippe.

Thomas Whitfield & Co., 2iO Wa
bash Ave. corner jackson ST., one
of Chicago's Oldest and most promt.
nent druggists, recommend Cham.
berIam's Cough Remedy for la
grippe, as It not only gives a prompt
and complete relief, but also coun-
teractS any tendency of Ia grippe t.
result In pneumonia, For sale by
Smith Drug GO,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16

SO II begins TO look as though the
already over-taXed and under-paid
weakljngs Of this country are to be
further robbed to support a stand
iug army Of one hundred thousand
hired murderers-to force the weak
hugs TO be subservient and continue
In their degradation as serfs for the
olIgarehy Of wealth. II the people
meekly submit to such unjust laws
they deserve no better-but oh !
what a cruel thing II is that ittaRes
all Ia les drag net--the intelligent
as weil al the .uoranS
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16

The President has made public
the report Of the war investigating
board, and it is in effect the same
thing as heretofore published. Re-
port finds that charges of General
Miles as to army beef being EN-
Odlmed, is not true and while the
BOARD does not severely critisise
Gen. Miles, it does censure Surgeon
Ddly, upon whose reports Miles first
charges were largely based,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16

The recent blizzard caused heavy
losses among stock men in the Pan.
handle country of Texas, where the
mercury went to fourteen degrees
below zero, Many, it is said, lost
half of their cattle by freezing to
death, II was the worst storm ey.
er known In that section,
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16

While at st, Paul, Mum, on the
l4th inst, Col. W. j, Bryan was iu-
vited by the legislature to address
It. When we consider that that
body is made up of nearly all repub:
licans, it is remarkable, as also the
recess that followed 1t, in order to
allow members TO meet the distu.
guished gentleman, Billie Bryanls
yet strongly In evidence every
where.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16

Washington, Feb 10. The senate
committee on military affairs has
reached 4 deadlock on the army re-
organization bill. This is due to
the absence of Senator Proctor,
who holds the balance of power on
the committee. He is in Cuba and
went away without leaving author
ity to vote on the bill. This leaves
five republican and five democratic
members on the committee.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16

Captain Philips who commanded
the battleship iu the Santiago bat
lie has just been presented with a
Bible aud sword for galantrJ at
Galveston. The sword cost 1880
and the Bible $500. The captain is
deserving Of all the bonors be-
slowed upon him.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1899-02-16
Yankee Investment in Cuba.

A syndicate Of American capital
lists has just concluded the purchase
Of large tract of land near Santi-
ago, and will open up many new
IRON mines, and inside Of ave years
Yankee enterprise will transform
the slow-golag country into a place
of business activity and push, In
much the same manner Hostetters
Stomach Bltters will transform a
run down, deblitated, thin-blooded
man into a type of health and
strength, 1t will fill his veins with
pure blood, drive away dyspepsia,
aud clear up his tired brain 1t will
make him eat and sleep well, and if
his nerves are in bad shape, the
Bitters will tone them up and re-
store their old time form. Malaria
is another disease that the Bitters
are good for.