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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02
Dissolution Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the CO.
partnership heretofore existing between
c. A. Bryant aud f. A. Sharp, under
the firm name Of Bryant Il Sharp, has
this day been dissolved by mutual con-
sent. Il. A. Sharp will continue the
business ut the old stand ~ heretofore.
All accounts due said firm must be
settled with the undersigned at once.
G.. A. BRYANT.
f. A. SHARP.
Dated Williston, N. D.. Nov. l, 1890.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02
Price, 81 per t,l Year
A Serious Runaway.

County Commissioner r. C. Gaines a
khis plnce, and +. S. Bishop Of Great
Falls, Men. attorney and claim agent ior
the Grea, Nor hern railway COMPANY.
met with.:a serious accident last Satnday
afternoon while driving over the prairie
east Of town looking over the damages
done by prairie fire started from the
railroad. They had visited Chris. An-l
derson's and several other places dur
ing the day. and were returning by way
Of John Olson's place. when the buggy
pole slipped from the neck-yoke while
descending small hill The team be-
came unmanageable aud made 4 dash
for liberty. Mr. Bishop succeeded IN
iumping out Of the carriage. and in do
ing SO he sprained both Of his ankles,
but Mr.. Gaines was not 40 fortEnate,. !.
He remained in the carriaxe trying to
check the horses, until the pole stluck
into the ground. throwing the vehicle
and Mr. Games high in the air. Mr.
Gaines struck the ground on lis hands
aud head with grea. force, actually
paralyzinc his hands aud arms ana Sa-
juring him through the back and
shoulders Mr.. Gaines is now lying in
bed at the Great Northern hotel under
DR.. Van Dykes care, and has suffered a
great deal since the accident. though is
slowly improving. Mr.. Bishop has been
on crutches ever since, but had SO far
improved that he was able to leave for
his home at Great Fills Tuesday even
ing
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02
Card OF Thanks,

TO the Gentlemen and Ladies of Willis.
ton:
Having disposed Of my water business
| take this manner of thanking yon for
your patronage for the rast twelve
Yeas, and am in position to say my
successors will use every homes: en-
deavor to serve you as well, if not Dei.
ter than have. Yours truly,
JOHN HEFFERNAN..
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02
Certificate of Nomination.
County AUDITOR'S OFFICE.
Willistoil.

Williston, N. d., Oct. 25, 1899. J
Pursuant to section 505, Revised Codes
Of 1895, the following nomination to
office, the original Of which is on file in
my office, is hereby published for the
information Of the electors Of Williams
County, N. D.
For County Commissioner, Third Dis
trict-E. 0. Westcott, Republican, resi-
dence, Ncsson, n D.
H. V. SMITH,
Co, Auditor.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02

Misses Jackets (aged IA, l6, ls.)
Fine Royal Blue Beaver, trimmed with
Fancy Black Silk Braid, and finished
with pearl buttons, half silk lined, vel
vet collar, $3.50, 500
Good quality Castor Milton, deep
storm collar, front and back seams over
Tapped with inch satin tubular braid,
and small buttons. Price, $3.50, $500
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02

NyANTED-SEVERAL BRIGHT AND HON.
" est persons to represent us as Managers in
th1s and close by counties. Salary $500 year
ana expenses. Stra light. bona tide. no more. no
isss salary. Position permanent. Our references
any bank in any town II il mainly Office work
conducted at ;home. Reference Enclose self
addressed envelope. THE DOMINION COMPANY,
Dept. 3. Chicago.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02

Cord. Sewell, All. old acquaintance Of
ye scribe formerly at Towner. made the
Graphic Office pleasant call last Mon
day. Mr.. Sewell is now runninga stock
ranch near the mouth Of the White
Earth. and we are glad to learn that he
is prospering. His visit to Williston
was for the purpose Of buying winter
eupplies. and lie went home loaded with
goods and satisfaction.
Yesterday was gala day for Mrs.
Elizabeth Gibbs. Some seven or eight
OF her old-time friends met at the old
ladys new house as ''sewing bee" to
make up for her some new dresses and
other necessary garments. and a jolly
good time they had. The old lady kept
her guests in an uproar Of merriment by
recitations from old country plays and
by her quaint and original expressions
Of things in general. +
The case Of Charles G. Erickson against
the Great Northern Railway Company,
for personal damages for injuries ie-
ceived by being thrown fro.n work
train, was up before Judge Morgan al
the adjourned session Of the court for
this county last Monday. A jury was
impaneled, and the case proceeded un-
til the plaintiff rested, when the Judge
ordered verdict to be rendered for the
defendant. The court then discharged
the jury and adjourned.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02
Children's Jackets.

Children's Jackets.
Fine two-toned Red and Green Bouche
sailor collar, oyeraid with red broad
cloth and trimmed with fancy braid. !
Price, - $3.50, $500, $3.50
Handsome blue mixture, effectively
trimmed. Price, 80 90, $2.75
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02

The dirt taken from the bank cellar is
being used by the town for filling up
low places in the streets.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-11-02
M. BORN 4 co.

The Great Chicago Merchant
TailOrs
Have made Chicago famous as a mer-
chant tailoring center. but they do not
make all tho clothing that is sold from
Chicago. Firms have sprung up that
canvass the country with cheap trashy
stuff they call "taior made" when in
reality it is drawn from cheap ready
made stock-the product of the sweat
shop you read and hear so much about.
1t will pay you to buy Born Suits"
Bruegger Mercantile Co.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
Where His Courage Failed.

1t is the proud boast of Archie Bruce
that he is lineal descendant of the
great Scottish hero, and, as becomes a
man of his blood, he prides himself on
his courage, says the San Francisco
News Letter. For several months
there has been in his family servant
who has completely terrorized his wife,
the latter being the victim and not the
commander of her nerves. There was
a terrible row between mistress and
maid last Saturday, and on Monday
morning Mrs. Bruce said to her hus-
band:
"Archie, I cannot stand Mary Jane
any longer. Won't you please dis
charge her before you go to business
this morning? You know how afraid
of her am"
Certainly" replied Mr.. Bruce, with
suave courage, certainly. The crossest
creature that ever cracked a cup OF
cle2Aed a kettle cannot COW me-"
Che valiant Archibald sometimes
surprises himself and his friends by
floating along on stream of allitera.
ton. Procuring his hat and coat, ha
descended to the basement kitchen,
and in stentorian tones bravely adj.
dressed the servant.
MARY Jane, ahem! must hurry OF
now, but, ahem!-Mrs. Bruce asked ms
to tell you that she wants, ahem!- ito
speak to you after / have gone to tn.
ONCE"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
FRUIT STAINS
May Easily Be Removed from Linen
When Fresh.

May Easily Be Removed from Linen
When Fresh.
Fruit stains may easily be removed
from linen when fresh. Put the stained
portion over bowl in cup shape, so
the liquid will readily run through, and
pour over it boiling water until the
stain disappears. This must be done
before it has been in contact with cold
water or soap. Fresh tea stains are
removable in the same manner. Where
stains are dried make solution of one
teaspoonful of oxalic acid and one tea
cupful of soft cold water. Dip the
stain in this, rub and at once thor
oughly rinse in clear water to prevent
the rotting of the fabric. When it is
inconvenient to procure oxalic acid,
rub the fruit stain with soap, plaster
it with wet starch and hang in the
sun. Apply these again and again I'M
til the linen is bleached. Mildew is
usually removable by the same meth
cd, or by an application of lemon juice
and salt, followed by exposure to the
sun. To bleach the worst mildew it
may be needful to make thick paste
of half cupful of soft soap with pow
dered starch, half as much salt as
starch, and the juice of one lemon.
Wet both sides of the cloth with this
preparation and let it lie on the grass
over night, renewing the paste two or
three times.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
A School for Monkeys.

During these hot July days, when
the organ-grinder takes his vacation
and languidly sips chiante in Mulberry
street, he hends his monkey partner
to Signori Harduppi's School of Acting
and Dramatic Demeanor in Fourth
street. The ingenious instructor has
started-inaugurated, he called it in
his prospectus-a monkey school at
which the pupils are put through
complete course of instruction. The
professor shows them how to dance
and how to wheedle pennies from the
pockets of the public with Delsartean
gestures. Harduppi used to be en-
ployed at a school of acting for men,
and it was there that he conceived the
idea of the university for simians.
"The art of acting is purely initiative"
he says, land a monkey is much more
competent at it than is a human being.
A monkey is q born mimic. The
trouble is that up till now he has never
been properly instructed. I can teach
him to courtesy, do skirt dances and
act out complete drama if need be.
The Society for the Prevention of Cru
city to Animals had passed a law some
time ago under which a fine is inflicted
on any organ-grinder who escorts
monkey, dancing bear or other per-
forming animals through the streets of
New York to act as his accomplish.
But at our graduation day exercises a
place will be reserved for Gov. Roose-
welt, and he will help to put through
the legislature an act repeating the
other law. When we show him that
the monkeys are capable actors and
give thoroughly refined vaudeville
show, he will be our most enthusiastic
friend, we feel sure" The monkeys
are very much pleased with the course
of study through which they pass.
They respect the professor, who says
that they are much better behaved
than New York boys of the same age.
New York Journal.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
LOST WAGER.
OF $4,000 Because the Wife He Married

OF $4,000 Because the Wife He Married
Deserted Him.
st. Louis Globe-Democrat: E. H.
Lee, the king of tramps, who has OBJ
tanned a statewide notoriety because
of a peculiar wager which he entered
into with a Minneapolis man year
ago, has again come before the public
by alleging that it was the inconsist-
ency of woman that caused him to
loose the wager. The wager was that
Lee should walk 5000 miles, earn $500
and marry wife all within the period
of year. The last proposition present
ed the greatest difficulty, but Lee
started out blythely to accomplish the
task. After several romantic advent
ures, in which young girls showed a
strange willingness to wed the royal
hobo, Lee managed to marry a girl
from Cedar Rapids, who occupied a
fairly prominent social position. Her
parents were aghast at the proceeding
and induced her to go to Dakota where
a divorce was recently secured. Lee
tried in the short time remaining to
win another consort, but the effort was
unavailing, and the king of tramps
lost his wager, which was for $4,000.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
Prehistoric Man.

Deep researches as to the structure
OF the human body have recently fur
nished some startling facts regarding
changes which man is at present I'M
dergoing physically. 1t is believed
that man was formerly endowed with
more teeth than he possesses now.
Abundant evidence exists that, ages
and ages ago, human teeth were used
as weapons of defense. Unintention-
ally, traces of such use are often re-,
vealed by sheer. The teeth are some
times. barred, dog-like, ready, as it
were. for action. The practice of eat
ing our food cooked and the disuse Of
our teeth as weapons are said to be re-
sponsible for the degeneration that is
going on. The wisdom teeth, in fact,
are disappearing. Human jaws, found
in reputed Palaeolitic deposits, have
wisdom teeth with crowns as large as
il not larger than the remaining
molars. In ancient times a short
sighted soldier or hunter was almost
an impossibility; today whole ma
ton is afflicted with defective vision.
1t is almost certain that man once pos
sessed third eye, by means of which
he was enabled to see above his head.
The human eyes formerly regarded the
world from the two sides Of the head.
They are even now gradually shifting
to a more forward position. In the
dim past the ear-fap was of great
service in ascertaining the direction of
sounds, and operated largely in the
play of the features. But the muscles
of the ear have fallen into disuse, for
the fear of surprise by enemies no
longer exists. Again, our sense OF
smell is markedly inferior to that OF
savages. That it is still decreasing is
evidenced by observations of the olfac-
tory organ. But the nose still indi-
Gates tendency to become more prom
inent.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
POISON PROOF.
Took Enough morphine Daily to XII

TOOK Enough Morphine DAILY TO hlu
One Hundred and Twenty Men.
From medical standpoint the case
of Harry Friedman, recently dis
charged from the Good Samaritan hos
pital, is the most unique of it's char
acter in the history of medicine. 1t is
only necessary to briefly recapitulate
the circumstances which made Fried
man patient. 1t will be remembered
that on June 26 year ago he was shot
BY Policeman Bogart in the lumbar re-
gion of the spine while he was trying
to escape arrest. For many days he
lowered between life and death at the
city hospital, and every surgeon on the
staff declared the boy could not live.
The heavy-caliber bullet crushed the
spine terribly, and as a result of the
injury he was paralyzed from the hips.
downward, losing all control of the or
gans below it. The survival of the boy
under these circumstances is not the
most remarkable feature of the case,
but the fact that he is now practically
poison proof is most unique phase.
This result occurred through the ne
cessity of keeping him almost constant
ly under powerful narcotics to relieve
him from his terrible sufferings. The
start was made with one quarter grain
of morphine injected hypodermically,
increased daily until it reached the
enormous quantity of thirty grains per
day. After two weeks there were
added doses of choral, beginning with
five grains and ending with twenty,
and cocaine, increasing from one-eighth
to five grains daily. The computation
of the amount of poison taken by
Friedman during his stay at the city
hospital of 290 days is interesting, as
also the comparison of the number of
ordinary individuals it would have
killed unprepared by the gradual in
crease of the doses. Thus, allowing
twenty days during which he became
gradually accustomed to the drugs, he
took for 270 days thirty grains of NOR
phine, twenty grains of choral and five
grains Of cocaine daily, making a grand
total of $500 grains of morphine, 5,4OO
grains Of choral and $50 grains Of CO.
calne. The maximum dose of NOR
phine is one quarter grain, of choral
fifteen grains and cocaine two grains;
hence in one day he took enough of
morphine to kill 100, of choral one and
cocaine two men. Multiplying these
figures by the number of days in which
he took the quantity of poison, he alb
sorbed enough to kill as many men as
fell in the three days battle of Chick
amauga, namely, 1920, and this does
not include the doses of morphine,
choral and cocaine he swallowed dur
ing the twenty days in which his sys-
tenn was preparing for the immunity,
and wherein the doses varied. Fried
man was discharged from the city hos
pital on March IA as incurable, and
after few days at home was trans
ferred to the Good Samaritan, where
the drugs were cut off, and he thrived
without them. He has no craving such
as makes the morphine, choral or CO.
caine f1end a pitiable object, and, al
though his lease on life is precarious
| and he is helpless cripple, he is daily
gaining in weight.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
JUST WHY WE LAUGH
LEARNED DEDUCTIONS ON THIS
IMPORTANT SUBJECT.
Originality of Laugh Meant q Crow of
Triumph Over the Fallen Foe
savages Laugh When They See Pain
Inflicted. 3

Why we laugh is question that has
always puzzled those who are accus-
toned to think deeply. The laugh,
which is now so closely associated with
good humor and kindly feeling, orig
inally expressed the exact reverse. 1t
was the crow of triumph over fallen
foe. Such is its nature still among
savages, and its unexpected manifesto
tions are occasionally very startling.
Dancing on the body OF PROSTATE
enemy is, in fact, to them hilarious
fun.
Any new device for torment is
clever jest. The inflicting of a CHASTITY
wound as some poor wretch runs the
gantlet makes them yell with glee. The
things that shock or horrify or dis
gust the civilized man are about the
only things worth laughing at from a
savage's point. of view. With the ex-
ception, therefore, of rough practical
jokes, which may possibly wrinkle his
stolid features with momentary grin,
the barbarian has no appreciation of
civilized humor. Even the knowledge
that he himself is to be the next vic
tim does not spoil the fun of a cruel
spectacle for barbarian thorough
bred.
Some Siamese who had been engaged
in a revolt were captured redhanded
and sentenced to military execution.
A company of soldiers had been drawn
up with loaded muskets, before whom
the doomed men were led out in squads
of five or six to be shot, while those
who were waiting their turn stood by,
under guard, looking on. When the
first volley was fired the victims, torn
by the storm of bullets, leaped into
the air with violent contortions and
fell dead. And this to the poor
wretches whose turn it was to next go
through the same experience seemed
so fine show and SO overwhelmingly
funny that they were fairly convulsed
with laughter.
Such is the humor of the uncivilized,
and such doubtless were the begin
nings Of mirth the world over.
Strange as it may seem, there are
many hints of this barbarous origin
In the fun of the most highly civilized
We no longer laugh at really tragic
occurrences, it is true, for other and
more humane emotions are too strong
ly excited. But if we chance to see
ridiculous mishap which does not
quite rise to the dignity of tragedy
an accident by which some one is
greatly Inconvenience and annoyed
without being seriously injured-the
remnant of the savage breaks loose in
us, and we laugh, sometimes until the
tears come.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
The Fighting Ostrich.

In an instructive work on "The o.
trich," Mr.. S. c. c.. Schriener writes
about the great kicking power of the
bird. The kick is forward, with
downward tendency, he says, and the
long nail with which the larger toe is
armed often cuts and tears severely.
The force of the kick Is great; man
goes down before it like ninepin. II
have seen two cocks charge at each
other, the larger of the two, at the
first kick, being hurled several yards
on the broad of his back, while the
kicker recoiled into sitting posture;
and I owned a cock which kicked a
hole through a sheet of corrugated
iron, behind which man had taken
refuge. The birds can kick as high as
a mans face. I have, on horseback,
had a hole kicked through my riding
breeches above the knee, and have
known boy to be kicked out of the
saddle. Deaths from ostrich kicks are
by no means unknown. A really
vicious cock seems to fear nothing, un-
less it be dog that will attack him.
A most striking instance of the os-
trich's fearlessness was told me by
railway guard. The freight train he
was in charge OF was one day rafting
at full speed down steep grade. A
vicious ostrich cock saw 1t comirrs,
and at once got on to the line between
the rails, and advanced fearlessly to
fight the monster. AS the screeching
engine approached he rushed at it from
straight in front, Kissing angrily, and
kicked! He was cut to pieces the next
moment
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
Animals That Climb.

In New York men cheerfully go up
to the twenty-seventh story in ele-
vators and sleep on the third floor O.
nights, but 'primeval man is not
climber, nor do animals take to it
without long course of development.
African natives who have lived in one
story huts show the greatest fear of
climbing stairs, and will sometimes go
up on hands and knees. Dogs often
have to be trained to climb stairs, in,
stinctively distrusting the upper sto-
ries. 1t has been conjectured that this
Is because the dogs forelegs break
easily below the shoulder, and the
beast seems to realize this. The fox
has no such fear, and has been known
to climb a tree with plenty of small
limbs to the height of seventeen feet.
Swimming comes easier than climbing
to most animals, as we'll as to many
, races of men. Rats and guinea pigs
can swim we'll and climb not at all,
although their cousins, the squirrels,
are at home in the trees. Prairie dogs,
which live in plains and have no use
for climbing, can be taught the trick;
but when they try to jump from a
height they usually fall on their heavy,
stupid heads, and either stun them
selves or break their teeth. They lack
the inherited instinct that should teach
them what can and what cannot be
done. Australian rabbits, of the same
family of rodents, can climb very we'll,
having lived for generations in forests.
Bears can climb well if little, but the
grizzly and other large species stay
mainly on the ground A bear always
climbs down a tree stern foremost, as
does the domestic cat until she has
nearly reached the ground, when she
turns and jumps; but most wildcats
run down a trunk head first, even the
heavy leopard being more skillful
climber than the light house cat. The
tiger and lion, however, do not climb,
for no discoverable reason except that
they fear falling on account of their
weight.-New York World.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1899-08-17
Boards and Bacilll.

The beard has lately fallen under
the suspicion of being the haunt of
bacilli, according to the British Med
ical Journal. It has been limited that
surgeons who wish to keep inviolate
the aseptic faith should for conscience
sake sacrifice what PAROLES calls "val-
or's excrement." DR.. Schoull of Tunis
has long been so convinced of the dan
gers which Turk in the boards and
mustaches Of men suffering from tu-
berculosis that he has made it rule
to insist on the thorough disinfection
of these masculine adornments when
the wearer will not consent to part
with them.