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TOWNS OF SETTLEO HABITS.
london and Philadelphia Alike In This
Respect.


In her article on 1.-The Myth of the
-Four Hundred in the Cosmopolitan.
Mrs. Burton Harrison tells Of an Amer.
lean calling upon a lady in London and
finding her seated in a big chair. by the
window, engaged in some sort OF
ncedlcwork. A young man came in
and paid his respects, as it was her day
at home, and then bowed himself out.
Three years later the American was
again in London, and again he called
upon the lady. 1t was her day at
home. and there she sat in the same
chair by the same window with the
same needleworl, or some very like it,
in her hand, and, more remarkable
still, the same young man called and
made the same remarks he had made
three years before. Mrs. Harrison tells
this anecdotc to show how unchanged
things are in England, and how you
nrc pretty sure to find people just
about as you left them. The illustra.
ton is good one, but 1 can match it
with better one over here.
l have the pleasure Of knowing a
family in Philadelphia, who have lived
in the same house for forty years. AS
the children of this family grew up.
they developed a musical talent from
four or five generations Of men learned
in the law, as well as skilled with the
DOW. Every Sunday between twelve
and one o'clock, it was the custom of
the father and the Sens to play classic
music, the father being first violin, one
son viola, one second violin, the other
violoncello. They played well, and as
lived nearer Philadelphia in those
days than do to-day, often dropped
in at these rchcarsals, as they called
them. Five years ago l was in Phila-
delphia on a Sunday. l had not seen
my old friends in fifteen years, bu* I
was sure that they were living at the
old place. l walked around the house,
and, as mounted the marble steps, J
heard sounds of music. Could it be
possible that a rehearsal" was goint
on? Yes, sure enough. There sat the
father, his hair snow white, with hi:
violin tucked under his chin. and tire.
"boys"-fathcrs themselves-all play
ing away as they had been doing since
they were children. To be sure, they
were married men and did not live at
home, but they met every Sunday
morning at their fathers for the usual
music. l expect to run on to Philadel-
phia again before. long, and, though it
has been at least five years since I was
at my old friends house, l expect to
hear the music on Sunday morning, for
shall time my visit SO as to include
Sunday
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
The Tensile.

No machine has yet taken the place of
natures teasle in finishing various
grades of wooden cloths. In this coun-
try they arc grown only in Onondaga
county, in New York state, though a
few have been raised in Oregon.
Teasles require a soil of clay and lime
in certain proportions so that their tips
shall be sharper than steel. Such soil
is found in Marcellus and Skaneateles,
where they have been a staple produc-
ton for so years. Teasles are also
grown in England and France. The
American product is sitter than the
English, softer than the French. When
the foreign crop fails the American is
drawn on. This year the European crop
is small, the American large-nearly
25O,0O0, 0O0.-Baltimore Sun.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
Notice Of Contest.
Department of the Interior. Cnited States La1

Department of the Interior. United States Land
Office, Minot, n. D., September Is. 1899.
sufficient contest nilitinvit having been fled
in this Office by George f. RoWcll jr contestant,
against homestead entry No. 30. made ScI.em.
Der 18th, 1891 for the sea ne1< and ncli scli aud
So seq section ~, township 1@l, range 100, by
William q. Cooper, cOntcstee in which it is al
legged that the sal William &. Cooper died at
the Town Of Willison, N. D.. on the 18TH day of
December, 1877, leaving no widow and for more
than two Years prior to lis death had failed 10
comply with the law relative to residence upon
and cultivation of sal land. and wholly ahnn-
doncd the same: that the heirs of the said Will
liam q. Cooper, d. ceased. have never complied
with law relative to the cultivation of said land
and for more than a year last past have wholly
abandoned the same, and that said alleged ;D-
sencC from said land was not due to employ
nlelt i'll the army Or navy of the United States in
time OF war; said parties are hereby notified to
APPEAR spond and offer evidence touching said
allegation, at 10 o'clock a. m, on October q
1899, before James W. TruAx, judge Of the cOuIl-
ty court OF Williams county, n. D.. at Whilst II,
n. D., and that final hearing will be held at 10
O'Clock a. IN on October Is, 1899, before the reg
lister and receiver of the United States land ollce
i'll Min0t. N. ID.
The said contestant having in proper atti-
davt. He'd September 9TH, 1889, set forth facts
which show that after due diligence personal
service OF this notice can not be made, it is here
given by due and proper publication.
THOMAS L. DISCARD, Register
SEPT AHNEH l.. IANSCoM. Receiver
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
STRANGE WHEELS.
such Were the Bicycles of "Yo Olden
Ti;Ie.,,

IitNe.'
Archmologists via be interested to
know that the first record of a bicycle
is that of 4 stained-glass window in the
church of Stoke Pogis, near Windsor,
in England. 1t was this churchyard,
blythe way, that inspired Gray to write
his cvcrfamous clegy. The rider Of the
cycle in the picture on the window,
writes John Gillncr Speed, in Lippin-
colts, which is dated 1912, would be mis-
taken for Pan with his pipe were it
elsewhere than in a Christian church,
where pagan dcities are not made at
home. But history is silent as to the
use of any such vehicle at that time
One hundred and twenty years or SO
later there was exhibited before the
French court a 1nanumotivc carriage OF
several hundred pounds weight; but
the bicycle can scarcely have grown
from that. 1t was much nearer our
own time that the first genuine bicycle
was invented. 1t was quite the fashion
to ride such vehicle in England
in 1919: the new invention was vari-
ously called the "danAy horse" the
| ''hobby-horse," and the "vclocipc(c."
There arc many allHsicins to it in the
records of the day, and II, (. ic.ter from
John Keats in February, 1919. to his
brother in America find this mention
of it: THE nothing of the day is a ma
chine called the vclociDcde. 1t is a
wheel carriage to ride cocll-lorsc upon,
sitting astride and pushing it along
with the toes, a ruddcr wheel in hand.
They will so seven miles an hour
How it would have stimulated the
, poets imagination if, in the year he
wrote that cpistle, he had been grant
ed vision of the modern bicycle, a
thing of grace, swiftncsS, and outdoor
delight. Perhaps a really great poem
Of the wheel might have resulted. For
there is poetry as well as utility in it,
and anybody with spark of ideality
must feel this, except in those moments
when the mind is taken up with the at
tempt to escape being run down by one
Of the reckless flyers.
Think of seven miles an hour and sew
eral hundred pounds weight set against
the figures concerning the modern
"bikc!'' Verify, the world moves and
bicycles move with it. 1t would be
dangerous i'll the light of the past to
say whit the machine Of the future
may evolve into one can hardly believe
in an Improvement proportionate to
that of the last fifty years, but anyway
it furnishes another reason for wishing
to live hundred years or SO that one
might behold the wheel Of 1000 A. d.
The nothing of the day. of 1919 has
become an almost Indispensable of per-
eona] business ard pleasure 1875. 1t
must be left to some John Keats of the
present to attempt a better prophecy
than his fellow bard Of England eighty
odd years back, whose gifts were not
of the kind to give him Il hint of the
great prospects Of the 'vclocipedc."
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
WHISKY SAVED HIS LIFE,
Mississippi ST ten n. boat Man Preserved
His Anatomy Intact.

Wtsslsstppf Sten boat Man Preserved
His Anatomy Intact.
Charles Gross is a white-headed ne
gro porter on the steamboat St. Paul,
says the St. Louis Republic.
Charlie has some very pronounced
opinions, which amount to convictions.
One of these is that, while whisky costs
some men their lives, it saved his.
Seven years ago Charlie was porter
On the Mascot, a packet boat running
between St. Louis and Cape Girardeau
He had been imbibing a prodigious
amount of fire water when friend Of
his came into the saloon on the. levee
where he was enjoying himself and
said: "You mus hur' up, Charlie. Yoh
boats ringin' her bell"
What f she is?" said Charlie. iii
go on the mex trip" and he returned to
"the cam
The Mascot went on her way with
out Charlie, and when she was opposite
Neligh's Landing she blew up, killing
most of her crew. So Gross is firm in
the belief that an all-ordering Provi-
dence gave him that remarkable ca
pacity for fiery fluid in order to save
him from the fate of the sober mem
bers of the crew.
He has sworn off since at the emphatic
request of Capt. Burke, but what he has
lost in the way of accomplishments in
the line of Throwing beer into hisself''
has been the cause, OF anxiety on his
part. He is supeT'stitious about the
cup that inebriates" and fears that
some day he will be punished, as un.
grateful friends are likely to be, by the
blowing up of the St. Paul and all hel
sober crew.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
Sealed Proposals Wanted.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
proposals for the construction Of a school
house to be built in Nesson School
District No. 2, in Williams County, North
Dakota, situated on section Is, town
ship 1874, range 81, will be received at
the Office of the clerk of said Ntsson
School District up to October 9th, 1899,
at - o'clock noon. Said school house to
be frame, 20x30 feet in dimensions, and
II feet to ceiling. Specifications on file
in the District Clerks office. School
house to be completed on or before the
18th day of December, 1899. The board
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids. ]. NJ. LouGHLASD,
Clerk Of Nesson school District.
Nesson. n. d.. Sept 6, 1899. SEPT
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
.';).ncSe Navy.

60? .!cse Navy.
he japanese navy
AIMED Will Adams,
n seas as a pilot
...'S. and was cast
?plc Of years later.
'!:..$c noble and con-
to the tycoon. but
to return to Eng
twenty years aft
ously leaving half
i, vile and family
&c other half to bis
IL Japan. After his
-. I'D. a few years ago
his t. LAT of his japanese wife
were discovered.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
The NsiAsiasiDpi River.

An explorer says that the Mssssippi's
source is at the crest Of the Rockies,
5000 feet above sea level, just within
the boundary of Montana. The stream
is two feet wide and two inches deep,
its water coming from melted snow.
The source is 1921 miles from he Gulf
Of Mexico and 2.945 miles from its con-
fluence with the Mississippi, making
the river the longest unbrokcn current
in the wOrl1
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
10 the Pllhlic.

Go where YOU can get the hest line Of
samples of Fall and Winter Goods. I
have them, consisting Of nearly 500
styles, and in Il variety large enough to
satisfy anyone. can duplicate the
work Of l,ighclAs merchant tailors Of
the large cities, at about one half their
prices. Suits made 10 order for SIG and
upward. JOSEPH AM BIER.
sepl4 Wiliston, N D.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
For Saddles and Cowboy Outfits

Z OI 0dOU10S dIlU OUW DUY OlICll Us
call at I. G. Stewards Harness Shop. l
have now Il full line of FurSinow &
Coggshall's celebrated Stock Saddles;
also Harness Of all descriptions. Prices
reasonable. Call and see me.
|. G. STEWART,
Wiliston, n. D.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-10-26
Notice of Final Proof.

Land Office at Minot, n. d.. Oct. 20. 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed otice Of his intention
that said proof viii be made before james W.
Tr'mx, judge Of the county court of Williams
county, n. D., at Willislon y. D., on December
I'd. 1899, viz:
WILLIAM LOUGHLAND.
II. E. No. 1893, for the neH ncM, sec. %, and nwI
nwH OF Section 81. Township l5l. Range 81.
He names the following witnesses to prove his
continuous residence upon and cultivation Of,
said land, viz:
Charles. Baldwin. John Brueggcr, John lief
fcrnnn William Mckay, all of Willison N. D.
Octl9 THOMAS +. DISCARD. esstcr
, 1899-01-17

both the kind of COWS kept and the
kinds of food produced on the farm
could be changed with profit to the pro-
ducer.-Nebraska Farmer.
While Corn Cake Murphy and the
maize propaganda" are working Uncle
Sam to get a big wad for a corn cake
junket to The Paris Exposition in 1900
it would be we'll enough for some pa
triot to make a proposition for a real
American corn show at the exposition
in the form Of an exhibit of American
corn fed hogs, beef steers and butter.
The Nebraska Farmer favors spend
ing money on shows hat show.
1t is something for legislators to
think about this winter that in the
state of Iowa where by last winters
legislation all the state institutions
were put under n board of aiminis-
tration called the Board of Control, the
expenses for the first six months has
been sl25 900 less than the appropria-
ton. That is something worth while
in the face of the chronic deficiency and
deadlbroke condition of the charitable
institutions in states which permit
each institution individual manage
ment. -Nebraska Farmer.
, 1899-01-17

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, 1899-01-17
CHAPTER OF THE EASTER STAR.

CHAPTER OF THE EASTER STAR.
Mrs. S. A. Bristol Of Casper, Grand
Worthy Matron and Mrs. E. P. Rohr-
burgh, Associate Worthy Matron, OF
Cheyenne, were in the city last Friday
interviewing the Masonic fraternity
with a view to the oganiZation OF a
Chapter of the Eastern Star in this city.
Over twenty Masons and their wives
subscribed their names. These ladies
will return soon and perfect the organ
ization.-Rock Springs Miner.
, 1899-01-17

are absorbed into the blood, and that new,
healthy tissues are built up in the breath
ing. organs. 1t prevents consumption by
curing all the abnormal conditions which,
if neglected lead up TO consumption.
Mrs. Josie Z. Clark, of Enterprise, Shelby Co,
Mo, writes: II had dcspaired of ever getting
well. l had been in bad health for twelve years
Had aches all through me. numb hands, cold
feet, and everything l ate distressed me; bowels
constipated, was very nervous, depressed and
respondent. l have taken six bottles of DR..
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and my
health is now good"
Constipation disappears while you sleep
when you take DR.. Picrcc's Pellets.
, 1899-01-17
FARM NOTES.

About the only thing not stimulated
by the numerous poultry shows is the
production of eggs.
The man who sells half fat cattle and
hogs because corn is high needs a les
soni in agricultural economy.
A lot of the bluff lands in the west
are worn thin enough to make admira-
BILE locations for seeding to clover OF
alfalfa
The CLOSED season" for game should
not inure the rabbits p%rotecuion. This
oftener this farm pest is killed the
better.
Now is the season of farmers insti-
tutes wide OPEN No farmer has to pick
the lock to get into these schools Of up
to-date agriculture.
The demand for alfalfa seed is large
enough to suggest that all the farmers
are beginning to realize that an C OF
alfalfa is worth two acres Of corn.
The holiday vacation is now laid on
the shelf, and 1t Is now time to make a
pull in the schools for educational re
suits rather than for the last day."
II roots or silage has not been pro-
vided for the milch COWS make daily
use OF the steam feed cooker. The cows
must have sufficient food to make their
owner a good profit.
Those who don't like the location and
character Of the timber grove a pioneer
planted for them should plant a better
one before indiscriminately cutting
down the one they have.
There are a lot OF cut up bottom
lends along every meandering stream
In the west which will e be put to
their best use till they are planted to
the right kind OF timber.
IL either the husband or wife must
stay at home from the farmers insti-
tute let the man do the staying. The
woman In nine cases out of ten, will
bring home twice as many valuable
ideas as a man
The corn and hog farmer above all
others should be interested in reliable
Instructions for fruit growing. He
needs an apple orchard in his pig BUSH
ness.
The farm girl is fully as important
in the business of the universe as the
farm boy who Is so much talked about,
and we don't know amy philosopher
who is trying to find a method Of keep
ing the girls on the farm.
A farm paper published In a far
away state having a different soil and
climate from that Of the reader's resi-
dence, may have a. low Subscription
price but prove to be a costly invest
ment by leading to unsuccessful farm
operations.
When forty pounds OF butter per COW
will pay all construction charges fol-
comfortable stabling. good TO last ten
or twenty years. It 10 q simple problem
IN arithmetic TO hgure out how a fazmr
er cannot afford not to keep bts Gown
waxm In winter.
The Theory that q beef COW should b
used COR DAIRY purposes in preferences
to i dairy cow. bacause tho foods pro
ducsd On he farm asc beef producana
Sooaet" d. lust stgnt Of 6he fAct thu
~ - - --
, 1899-01-17

Paul Perry, of Columbus, Ca, SUI
fered agony for thirty years, and then
cured his Piles by using DeWittc
Witch Hazel Salve. 1t heals injuries
and skin diseases like magic. Frank
II. DSglsspun, druggist.
, 1899-01-17

~
Pierce's Colder
Medical Discovery
makes a nan hun
cry, and really hun
cry men are usually
healthy. But that
isn't the whole bat
tie you may fill a
stove with fuel, and
If the crate is clog
ged with clinkers
and the chimney
with SCOT, you will
have no FIRE. The
Golden Medical
Discovery" e S
that fuel burns -
that the l~ife-giving
n1np,artc Nf GOOD
, 1899-01-17

&c. Inc WrCtCntu
prisoner who listens
to the reading of
his death warrant is
not m surely
doomed than the
man who is threat
ened with dread
consumption II d
fails to take the
right method to re-
pulse its attack.
The child that is
born with a shallow,
narrow chest Z; the
youth who daily
crouches over an
office desk; the me-
chanic who tolls in
m oYmncnha-a pf
, 1899-01-17
The Death Sentence,

dust, and the woman whose household
duties constantly restrict her to the close,
heated atmosphere of her home, all live
under the ~blighting shadow of consurnp-
ton. There is but one sure protection
against this wholesale murderer of meu-a
sound healthy body; pure, rich, red blood;
aud clean. clear breathing organs. Dr..
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-14
KILLING A PRISONER OF WAR.

the chiefs. Before any project is un-
dertaken these crafty gentlemen are
consulted in order to secure the favor
of the gods.
The person desiring the invocation
must make liberal presents to the
priests, who deposit them before the
shrine Of the particular deity who Is
invoked. These are left over night,
and if in the morning they have dis
appeared it is taken as sign of the
favor of the gods. The priests lay
claim to power in detecting crime, and
as every disease or misfortune is laid
to the machination Of some evil spirit
possessing a human body, 1t Is a part
Of their Office to ferrt out the person
who is so bewitched A poisoned cup
of "igga' is placed before him, which
he is obliged to drink. If by any
STRANGE good fortune he should sur
vive the ordeal his life Is spared and
search for new victim begun, until
the real culprit is discovered.
A traveller in this country is likely
ural calamities. But every event, how
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-14
Philippine Vitsdyos Who Hate Peace, and Whom
Spain Never SubdUed

ever trivial, must have an occult rea-
son for its being, and the burden OF
guilt invariably is fastened upon the
one in whom the charlatan "uklars"
see the most chance of enriching them
selves. Human sacrifice is common
among all Vitsayo tribes Those sac
rifced are usually slaves or prisoners
of war, although If the proper reli-
gious season comes around and there
is none of these available they have no
scruples in killing those of their own
kin, usually women or children, sell
dom men, as the preservation of the
latter Is necessary to the welfare of
the tribe. On the occasion of par
ticularly sacred festival as many as a
dozen are strung up by the hands and
feet and roasted to death over a fire,
around which the priests gather, while
with long nets they catch the evil
spirits as they are driven out of the
bodies by the heat, and thust them
back into the fire again, with various
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-14

potent prayers, which will cause them
to be consumed. The heads of those
sacrificed are preserved and appor-
toned to the principal chiefs, while
the bodies are usually eaten. The
Vitsayos believe that at the birth of
child witches and evil spirits congre-
gate and watch for an opportunity to
seize the soul of the infant and sup
plant it with some malevolent one.
Before the child is born the mother is
shut up in a small hut and provided
with scanty amount Of food. The
entrance is sealed, and every crevice
stopped up, that witches cannot enter,
while day and night two or more
"uklars" circle round with incanta-
tions, waving small images and fetch
boxes to frighten the evil spirits away.
Pieces of raw meat are stuck on the
top Of long poles, planted in a circle
around the dwelling and covered with
poisonous liquids, which the devils
must eat and succumb before they can
enter the circle. When the child is
born the mother beats against the side
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-14

disposed of it to hoary-headed pa
triarch, whose implicit faith in its
magic powers was so great that he i'm
mediately called together his warriors
and started off on an expedition
against a distant tribe who had dared
his authority. But alas for his faith
in it's powers! In week he returned
with a number Of his bravest warriors
killed and his hereditary foes still un-
conquered.
Their religion IS the lowest form of
paganism. There are many powerful
deities and each tribe and individual
has its own local gods and spirits.
They are represented by stone and
wooden images, which adorn the tenn
pies, or else are placed in the cleft of
a tree or on top Of some high rock in
the forest to seize upon and devour
the evil spirits wandering in space.
Fetichism plays an important part In
the Vitsayo religion. The ''uklars" or
native priests are more powerful than
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-04-14
|FRCE CANN|BAL AMERICANS OF THE ORIENT

the meantime is placed in a shallow
hole dug in the ground, and three
witch candles fastened to its head and
allowed to burn until they are almost
consumed. The child usually Is badly
burned in the process, but such mis-
fortune is needed little, SO long as the
witch is expelled. A more rigorous
ordeal has to be undergone several
years later by male children, when
they are admitted as members of thS
tribe. For several hours they are
strung up by the fingers, while the
priests beat them numerically with
sticks and slash them with sharp
knives to inure them to hardship and
tortue. Should the victim manifest
signs of pain during this trying oper-
alton he is dispatched or else dis,
owned by his parents and treated as
slave by the entire community, being
tattoed in a way denoting his degrada-
tion.
When a man dies his head Is i'm
mediately cut off and placed in a magic
bowl, which is then tightly sealed up,
that his spirit may not be seized by
the evil demons. Various prayers are
said over this grewsome relic by the
priests, after which it Is buried for
several weeks until it shall have been
visited by the gods. 1t is the dis
inferred and adorns the ridge-pole OF