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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1899-07-23
IADIES, nRfSS SklRIS.

Crash Skirts. made we'll good width
were 39c, Inventory Price..............1Oc
White Duck Shirts. deep hem. were
SOC. Inventory Observation-Disclosures
COlored Duck Skirts in dark cOlorings
were 7Jc., Inventory Price.............49 400
shape were 81 o. Inventory Price...75c
one lot Of White Pique Skirts some
plain tailor-made. others with embro.d-
cry in front these skirts sold as high as
frdm handling. Inventory Hrlce ..... 81 -
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MO0nlANAR

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/ ~ 81 ..l '''.'i ID
ba-.''I stl, r.,.-
Zoe n,arf.r. pr...
Ebony Wood knif. HlN.
finished sold for to. INI.uI.
only .......... ~. ................
Ilne.lg Knife Bose. N.l
attached Sold f0r H.. luten
only ................. ..............
Iue.Ie hute Boxes. sold
Neut'ry -l.............. ..........
Shaw Cutters. sold ilr iN..
N,uIIrr -t.e ......... ..-.... ......
It.e. Nl Bosom Boards
nt.niett ~tie-..... .-.......
soIa f,r ri..a..
Olive Wood Salad SOS.
Venlor} sale ......--.......
Potato Nfsh.It Ntl
sold iYr g.. lu .N'Htt
nara Wood l.r ~ MH
Iot ''., inventory price,
Large $500. naI' I'D .
10Y T. -....-..--.
r, Eal.l-l.'l g.. '..'' H
Lars. Sc Saem m.
ironing Boards Sold
l..e ........'-,.. .........
f. ..... ... .:.. ......
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tADiI s. WASH SunS.

Linen Crash Suits. Eton Jackets. new
shane skirts. were s.. Inventory Price
oh.E -. % o"
White Pique suits of fine weave pNue,
Elton Jackets and skirts. were 81, lnven-
tory Price Observation-Disclosures. 81 30
Linen Crash Suits. Mess jacket, skirt
and jacket both braided. were $l.50, In
NtNlHIY i4ct 90 -
White PiQuo Suits. deliberately braided
tn white braid. bow knots. were S59S. In
yentOry price.................... 40
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Millinery Department.
HIS iRlMMGD TRrF.

Eighteen or twenty Trimmed Hats for
ladies. nicely trimmed with ribbons and
flowers. regular prices $3.50 and 81. Inven-
tory Price. ................ ...............SI 90
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N-NOOl Tailor Checks and Stripe, OF
good color, al right stuff, we're 2Sc, IN
Ventory Price, the ward, y -.

bsc. and SOC. Nuns Yelling ana Albatros.
sou erdys ana states. Inventory Price.
the yard Observation-Disclosures. - 3D. q
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
THREE-CENT MILK.
Under Certain Conditions 1t Can Be
Produced on the Average Farm
Mt a Profit.

Whether or not a farmer can pro-
duce milk at three cents quart, de-
ponds, first, on the sort of cows he has,
says Hoard's Dairyman. A cow that
produces 1895 quarts yields within a
fraction of 5000 pounds. A good cow
should produce 5000 pounds of 3.75 to
4 per cent. milk. At three cents quart
the cash value of 5000 pounds of milk
is SCOTS. With good farm manage
ment such cows should be kept for $40;
we have then profit above the cost of
feed of SPOTS. The labor cost should
not exceed one good man to Is cows.
There are several questions to con-
slider when farmers say they cannot
afford to produce milk at three cents
a quart. Such as the following, for in
stance: "Why can not afford it?''
els it because my cows are too poor
in quality? certainly ought not to
expect to make any profit if will
not make a practical effort to have
cows that average at least 5000 pounds
a year of four per cent. milk" "Am l
making any real intelligent effort to
keep better cows?" "Have been study
ing this question as business farmer
ought?" "Have taken pains to breed
and raise better cows or have 1 depend
ed on buying cows bred by men who
know less about breeding a good cow
than I do?''
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
RETARD1NG BERRIES
How the strawberry season May Gas.
lily De Prolonged from Three t.,
Fourteen Days.

The aim of many of our northern
orlginators is to secure very late
strawberry, and nearly every season
our attention is called TO new ones later
by small fraction than those of year
ago. This effort is put forth largely
because the southern berry now makes
its appearance in our markets long De-
fore our berries blossom.
The strawberry season may, however,
be prolonged from 3 to II days by
the following simple method which the
grower can completely control. Make
the bed upon northern slope, SO as to
lessen the influence of the direct rays
of the sun; plant the latest fruiting va
riety found to succeed in the neighbor-
hood, and treat the bed the first sea-
son in the usual manner, but in the
autumn withhold the usual winter
mulch. In February or early March
when the ground is frozen hard and as
deep as it is likely to be, apply heavy
mulch of coarse manure, and tread it
down between the rows. Manure that
falls upon the plants must be raked
off, as it will injure and may even kill
them. Then cover the crowns with
a thin coating of chaff, and top off with
six or eight inches of marsh hay, or
where this cannot be obtained, with
clean straw. This triple mulch is to re.
main undisturbed until blossoms APP
pear upon unmulched plants near by.
If the covered leaves do not turn white
the mulch may be left even later.
Enough straw Immediately over the
rows should then be raked off to eX-
pose the plants, which will flower and
fruit even two weeks after unmulched
berries of the same variety. The mulch
must not be taken from the bed, but left
between the rows until after fruiting is
over.
The advantages in this plan are that
the blossoms are protected from late
frosts that so often prove destructive
to the, crop, and the fruit comes to mar
ket after the glut and commands higher
prices.-M. G. Kains, in Farm and Fire
side.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
N1anuring A.parasu. Beds,

In the winter is the best time to
topdress the asparagus bed with sta.
BILE manure. Much of it will be washed
into the soil before spring, and as soon
as frost is out of the ground what
remains of the manure should be cult.
waited under. This will make the shoots
come up strong. The cultivation should
not go into the ground more than two
or three inches, and this will leave the
surface finely mulched, so that the all
and light can get down to the roots
Last of all some salt, or better still
salt mixed with ashes, should be strewn
over the bed. This will check the
growth of weeds without injuring that
Of the asparagus.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
WHAT MISSOURI WANTS.
Three Amendments to the COnstitu
ton to BE Proposed by Good
Roads Advocates.

At the Missouri road convention three
amendments to the state constitution
were decided on for recommendation to
the general assembly. If the legisla-
ture receives them favorably they will
be submitted to a popular vote in 1900,
and if they then receive ma ority they
can be put into effect by statutes at the
legislature of 1901.
The first amendment designs to re-
Move the present restriction that state
taxes for revenue purposes shall not ex-
coed Is cents on 500 after the taxable
valuation of the state reaches $900,000,-
600. The second one makes it possible
for the state to appropriate money for
road improvement purposes and pass 4
state aid law, and the third one removes
the present restrictions on counties as
to levying taxes for the roads. A bill
was also decided on for presentation to
the legislature to establish highway
c, mmission similar to that in Massa-
chusetts.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24

putting an iron pin in one end, insert
ing this in hole at one end of the
frame considerably larger than the pin,
taking hold of the handle at the other
end and using it as both lever and roll
ing pin Gig. p. The roller can be
round or six or eight-sided, and it is
preferred to have it diminish in size
toward the end which is furthest from
the handle.
The butter worker of this kind is
made triangular in shape, say about 20
to "a inches wide and 36 inches long,
as shown by the cut. It can be placed
on the kitchen table when in use, the
point being over one side, and the other
end raised a little so the drip will run
off at the point. But it is much better
to make strong legs for it and brace
them, as shown in the cut. In using it.,
move the lever right and left and press
down hard. 1t will take some practice
to do perfect work, but practice will in
sure results beyond all criticism
Orange Judd Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
FOUR SERIOUS DEFECTS.
Why Hundreds of Miles of Stone Roads
in This Country Are Injured by
Heavy Rains.

The best roads are sometimes severe
ly injured by very heavy storms, but
as rule they do not suffer nearly as
much as either roads which are neg
lected or those which are worked" in
the old-fashioned way. 1t is practically
impossible to prevent all injury in case
of storms of extraordinary severity, but
proper precautions will reduce the dan
ger to minimum.
There are, however, many miles OF
stone roads in this country which are
not fitted to resist heavy rainfalls be-
cause (D the surfaces are allowed to
get rusty and to retain depressions
which will hold water; (2) they are left
fat, or very nearly so, and have insuf-
ficient crowns to shed water; (3) grass
aid weeds are allowed to grow along
their edges until water cannot run off
freely, and the side bitches are not
kept clean and open, and (4) in places
the, earth at the sides is higher than the
roadbed and turns the water upon it.
These defects are mainly due to the
impression that stone road ouce laid
needs no attention for year or two.
and after that only an annual looking
over and perhaps scraping and few
repairs. The result is that the roads
deteriorate very rapidly and are as good
as they could and should be only for a
few months when new.
This method is neither practical nor
economical; it does not keep roads in
good shape, and it costs much more in
the end. Proper road maintenance is as
important as correct construction; we
cannot do better than profit by the ex-
perence of European countries and fol-
low in principle, if not in detail, the
thorough system of constant care and
repair that has been so highly developed
in France.-L. A. w. Bulletin.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
"FiEhting Charley"

Lord Charles Beresford, who would be
hard to beat for popularity in the navy,
had favorite hobby as boy, which
was in a way prophetic of his future
calling. This hobby or pastime was
that of modelling boats, and he was ex-
ceedingly skillful in this direction.
These boats he would give as birthday
presents to those people for whom he
had some special affection. Quite a
number of them are in existence. II
would give anything to get one of them
back" he remarked one day. I offered
one old friend ESQ for little model,
which certainly was not worth five
shillings. But neither he nor any of
those who posses them will part with
them. So after all must console my
self with the thought that my little
boats are regarded by those who have
them with a certain amount of affec-
ion."-Chicago Times-Herald.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
Frozen ON Purnose.

On one occasion Lord Rosebery was
entertaining a large party, and had
among other rural guests farmer who
tasted ice cream for the first time.
Thinking that something had gone
wrong in the kitchen, and desiring to
save his fellow-guests the pain of his
own experience, he whispered to his
host that the pudding by some mis-
chance had got frozen. His lordship
listened gravely, without moving a
muscle of his face, tasted the pudding,
thanked the farmer, and then called a
servant. After some little conversa-
ton he turned to the farmer with a
relieved expression and said: cts all
right, Mr.. -; they tell me it's new
kind of pudding, and is frozen on pur-
pose." Thereafter the farmer partook
of his portion with evident relish
Scots Pictorial.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
ROYAL SPLENDOR.
The Court of King Darius Was. q
Scene of the Most Lavish
Elegance. e..

The court of the king was maintained
with extraordinary dignity and SPLEEN
dor. The person Of royalty was sur
rounded with everything capable of
giving it elevation, dignity and charm
in the eyes of the masses. Surround
ed by vast body of attendants, body
guards, servants, eunuchs and court Of
ficials, the king was removed as far as
possible from the vulgar eye. He gave
audience seated on golden throne,
over which was stretched baldachin of
purple, supported on four golden pill.
lars glittering with precious stones. In
his presence his courtiers Frustrated
themselves in the dust. Whoever stood
in his presence to address him hid his
hands in the sleeves of his mantle as
token of his abnegation of will to re-
strain or harm. He was never seen on
foot. He sometimes appeared on horse
back, more often in chariot. Guards
and scourgers went before his car to
open the way. There followed the
chariots of Mithra and Magi, carrying
the sacred fire. Around him and be.
hind him were the staff bearers and his
bodyguard. On solemn occasions the
ways were purified with frankincense
strewn with myrtle. The kings attire
was valued, Plutarch says, at Il, 900 tai.
ents (about SIT ,o00, oOo.)
Atossa, the daughter of Cyrus, ranked
as the queen of Darius. Among his
wives of second rank the first place was
held by the daughter of Gobryas, who
had borne him three sons before he
came to the throne. Below the sec.
ondary wives were concubines, who
formed a numerous body. Three hun.
dred and twenty concubines of the last
Darius (III.) were found among the cap.
tives after Alexander's victory at Issus.
The stories that passed current among
the Greeks concerning the extent of
the kings retinue and the lavishness
of their court, and which come to US
particularly through the pages of Keno.
.phon in his "Cyrus' Education and
Training" and of Plutarch in his Life
of .Artaxerxes," are the natural tribute
which the wonder of a palmer people
pays to the grandeur, luxury and cir.
cumstance of an older civilization.-
Prof. Benjamin Ide Wheeler, in Cen.
turV
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
Wood Ashes for Cows.

In the early settlement of the coun-
try, when cows had access to newly
cleared land with it's burned and
charred stumps, they used often to go
to where stumps had been burned and
lick up the charcoal. Many farmers
believe that cows thus allowed free
range were less liable to abortion than
those kept in close stables. The ashes
proba bly, satisfied some want in the
animal economy. It may have been the
phosphate they contain which is re-
quired by the bones of the growing
foetus. If cows eat too much the pot
ash in the ashes corrects the acidity of
their stomachs, which often results
where stock is highly fed in stables
where it has little exercise.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24

Fold it over and roll again, and repeat
until done. The reason this is not prac-
ticable in hand working of butter is
that more pressure is required with
butter than can be done by the unaided
hand. But one of the very best styles
of butter workers (known as the roller
butter maker) is exactly on this prin-
ciple, the roller being on sliding
frame which is pushed back and forth
over the butter, the handles being ar
ranged to give leverage Gig. u. This
style is not easy for the average farmer
to make, and for a small dairy simpler
style gives satisfaction. 1t consists in
making long and large rolling pin,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
WESTERN CANADA IS ALL
RIGHT.

Delegates representing number of
neighboring farmers in Clay county,
Mimi, who visited the Edmonton dis
trict of western Canada last summer
are evidently very well satisfied with
the result of their trip. They think so
well of the country that, in addition tc
the privilege of obtaining free home
stead of 1G0 acres of land, they have
also purchased land. In recent inter-
view on the subject, Messrs. c. E. and
A. Hughes, of GAINESVILLE, Clay county,
say:
"We are well pleased with western
Canada. 1t is far ahead of what we
expected. AS for the crops, we have
never seen anything that can compete
with them. We have lived in Mime
sofa and have farmed some of what
they count the best lands in the Red
River valley for ten years, and have
done very we'll in that part of the
country, and have farms there at pres
ent free of all encumbrance, but be-
lieve that this country (western Can
aGa) is so much better that we have
bought from the Canadian Pacific Rail-
way company one section of land
northeast of Edmonton, in the Beaver
Hill district. We have Travelled through
that part of the country, and have seen
the grain in the granaries and the
amount of land that it was taken off,
and find that they have grown as much
as so bushels and over to the acre, and
they say that this has not been good
year, and very little if any grain has
been touched by the frost. Hay seems
to be plentiful, and if you wish to put
up log buildings you can get the logs
within few miles. Coal can be had at
the mines for Is cents per ton, or you
can dig it yourself. Nearly all kinds
of garden truck can be grown in abun-
dance. We find everything that can be
grown in good demand. The farmers
tell us that they can get four and a
half live weight per hundred for hogs,
and for three-year-old steers from $50
to $50 per head, providing they are
good. We will move into that part of
the country next summer. All the peo-
pie in that part of the country seem sat-
isfed, and we do not see any reason
why they should not be So"
Messrs. Hughes also stated that they
would be very glad to afford anyone de-
string particulars about the country
they had visited the fullest informa-
ton, on receiving inquiries at Barnes
vile, Clay county, before the first of
June next, when it is understood they
propose to return to the Edmonton dis
trict
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
SUNSET ON THE NILE.

4 saw not such a placid stream as makes
"a pleasant murmur through an English
plain,
Running the tranquil bosom Of the lakes.
Then speeding to the main;
4 Nor such torrent as on northern hills
Comes leaping crystal-clear from rock to
rock,
Falls Ger the lodges in thousand rills.
" Rebounding with the shock
into a thousand tiny water-jets.
That upward spring. as striving to regain
Il Their place upon the rocky parapets,
But always strive in vain.
saw a waste of waters, cold and drear
" Flow silent through region desolate.
Which the sun lighted up but could not
cheer
Il AS fathomless as fate
On either side the palm tree marked its
path
Beneath great rocks. whose ridges seemed
to swell
Like stormy pillows rising up in wrath,
3 But frozen ere they fell;
And on the banks, in lichen-covered rings.
Fragments of massive walls, now crum-
bled low,
Castles and palaces of ancient kings
Long centuries ago.
Yet from time-worn ruins may we trace
How strongly stood the bulwarks in their
* prime;
How haughtily defied with changeless face
"A ll2enemies but Time.
1, Chill grew the scene-the sun had disap-
peared-
Slowly the brightness faded all around;
A gauzy mist, that thickened as 1t neared.
Dropped down without a sound.
l.
The black-browed rocks, .the waters, and
the sky
That hid their sterner outlines from the
OF the IMPLYING day.
A tender sadness weighed upon the air,
"A silent mourning for an unknown grief,
A sorrow that all nature seemed to share,
That asked for no relief.
When. 10! a ray Of palest primrose light
Shot DER the path of the departed sun,
And with slow-deepening brightness put to
fight
The shadows one by one.
flushed lay the river in its shingly bed.
The clear-cut palms were motionless and
straight,
Like sentinels who hear far-ofr tread
And raise their heads and wait.
Then suddenly the sky above me burned
With crimson light that glorifed the
flood.
Until I almost fancied it was turned
A second time to blood.
And, ere my dazzled eyes regained their
view,
Color chased color DER the evening sky
IES radiance ever-changing, ever new,
The rainbow hues swept by;
But ever growing fainter as they passed
And shrinking. till the clouds with
threatening mien
Drove all the glory from the heavens at
last,
And night fell Ger the scene.
Jean H. Macnair, in Chambers Journal.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
TWO BUTTER WORKERS.
OF the Homemade Variety md Suit
able for Six or Eight Cow Dairy
Esta bills Inn ents.

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Spear, of Missouri, wishes
description of butter worker suit
able for dairy of six or eight cows. 1t
must be simple in operation and in con-
struction, one that the good man of the
house can make. Besides these limita-
tons given by Mrs. Spear, there are
others that must be considered to make
the butter worker desirable. 1t must
save labor and therefore be easy to use.
1t must work with pressure, not with
grinding motion. It must have suit
able provisions for the drip.
The correct method of working but
ter is by pressure precisely the same as
pie crust is rolled with rolling pin.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24
800 ReWard 800.

The readers Of this paper will be pleased
to learn that there is at least one dreaded
all its stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall &
Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure
known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system, thereby destroying the. foundation
strength by building up the Constitution and
assisting nature in doing it's work. The
proprietors have so much faith in it's cura-
tive powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure.
Send for list of testimonials.
Address +. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls FAMILY Pills are the hest.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1899-02-24

All / wonder at is that we have beer
tolerated so long, and I'll begin culti-
waiting cheerful disposition on the
spot
'.And too,'' said Jessie. 'Kittie shall
be my model"
'And Kittie shall be my wife, if she
will only say yes and Fred Atkins
Sadie's handsome brother, parted the
curtains that divided the librury from
the pretty sitting-room, and stood be-
fore the two astonished girls.
why, Fred Atkins" began Sadie.
II know it, Sadie" he interrupted,
''but didn't mean to play eavesdrop.
per. 1 came home early to-day to tell
you and mother of my good fortune.
have been taken into the firm as junior
partner"
"Fred!" and Sadie arms were around
him.
II knew you would be glad" he said,
$50 I hurried home to tell you, but
when came I found mother out, and
you girls were in your room, SO went
into the library TO write some letters.
l heard you when you came into the
room, but I kept on writing. Then
Kittie came, and l meant to come out
as soon as you were seated, but Kittie's
stories were so interesting couldn't
interrupt them, and l knew should il
I came out"
"And do you really mean to ask Kit
tie to be your wife?" asked Jessie.
Eyes; ] have been in love with her
for long time. But never knew un-
til to-day how genuine she isl
'Well, I think she loves you, too
Fred" said Jessie.
And SO it proved, for in few weeks
the engagement was announced.
Fred said, with laugh and fond
look into the brown eyes of the stately
girl beside him: 1T is Kittie's reward
for being cheerful" H..