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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-22

To remove a troublesome corn or
bunion: First soak the corn or
bunion in warm water to soften it,
then pare it down as closely as posi-
BILE without drawing blood and apply
Chamberlain's Pain Balm twice daily;
rubbing vigorously for five minutes at
each application. A Corn plaster
should be worn for few days, to pro-
tect it from the shoe. AS a general
liniment for sprains, bruises, lameness
and rheumatism, Pain Balm is un.
equalled. For sale by Nick Doffing &
Co, Extra and A. III. Roberts, Audi
bon, druggists.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-22

Many people worry because they believe
they have heart disease. The chances are
shat their hearts are all right but their stom
achs are unable to digest food Kodo Dys
pepsia Cure digests what you eat and prevents
the formation of gas which makes the stomach
p ress against the heat. 1t will cure every
form of indigestion. W. A. Hamler.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-22

For general tonic use Ox-Blood Tablets
for thin blooded people. They strengthen the
nerves, give food to the brain, purify the
blood and build up the system. For sale st
W. A. Hamler's.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-22
Enthu.in.tic photorraph.r

Enthusiastic Photographer.
Fair Ones PATERNITY did you
bring that kodak with you?
Poor Loyer-That | might catch your
expression of establishment when l
asked you for your daughters hand
Fliegende Batter.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1900-11-22
Uses Of Olive Oil

Olive oil should be found in every
nursery and on every medicine shelf.
In time Of Group it can be given fire.
quently and will not disturb the diges-
ton. as do many medicines. 1t is often
given in place of cod liver oil and is as
effective in building up the system and
far less disagreeable. 1t is recon-
mended by many specialists both as a
food and tonic. A certain young
chemist never has cold or requires
any medicine except a spoonful OF
olive oil every night and morning,
which he takes regularly. He seldom
wears an overcoat.-New York .rrib-
une.
The Coconino sun., 1900-06-23
SCHOOL ENTERTAINMENT.

The pupils of The Nativity School, assisted by the Elite Mandolin Club, will give an entertainment at Bab- bitt's opera house next Friday even- ing, June 29, commencing at o'clock. An admission fee of 9 cents will be charged. Following is the programme: Welcome chorus s-.............................
 Pupils 2 Medley Violin G. Rickel; mandolin E. Babbitt; piano, Raymond and Bertrand Rabbit 3 Recitation n-'The Banner Betsy Made"
 Boys Under the Lindens," piano (4 hands) -Vogel
 May Hicks, Percy Morse 5 Recitation -"Reverie in Church.
 Susan McGonigle Piano Solo-"In Dreamland' '.......-.......-..
 A. Jacoby Bridal Two Step. p...........-........... Henlein
 The Elite Mandolin Club
 Girls "Grandma's Dream '........ ....................-- B. Arnolds, R. Criez, M. Arnolds l.. Jacoby, M. Bart, M Babbitt, J. Manning 10 Fun in School"
 Boys II Piano Trio -Segudilla Spanish Dance A. Jacoby, M Hicks. $. McGongle l2 Little Boys Lament ...............-.-.....--
 Minims l3 Italian Flower Dance and Song, Sweet Geraniums' pc. ............. ...............-...-
 Little Girls I4 Song-"Boys in Blue --...................-.-. I5 March"Never to Part .Siegel
 The Elite Mandolin Club l6 Tn Manila Bay '...-.-.-.-.................---
 Boys l7 Quartette lover the Hills at Break of Day ....-.....-.... -1elpie IS Waiting for the Train (Comic) ~.-.....-. Mrs. Buttermilk ......,...W. Dalton Agent .............................-G Rickel Mrs Buttermilk's children-.....
 .............. H. Babbitt and E. Criez 20 ''Tuyo Siempre" Waltz. Tocaben
 The Elite Mandolin Club The entertai Imeut given at tle Presbyt erian Church last night was novelty" and each number on the
The Coconino sun., 1900-06-23
Maintains His Proud Title.

Piano men are thicker than flies in this section. Hardly week passes but Los Angeles agent or one hailing from San Francisco or the east puts in an appearance, and all manage to make sales.
 At Williams Phoenix agent went last month and sold piano, followed by a Los Angeles man who disposed of one, also-nOw comes Redewill, of Redewill x Sons, Phoenix, and in three days sells eight pianos in that locality. He arrived in Flagstaff yes terday and has disposed of two already.
 Redewill maintains his proud title of "Piano King of Arizona" by handling only first-class instruments, suitable to the climate, and by honorable dealing.
The Coconino sun., 1900-06-23
Greenlaw Mill Burned.

On last Saturday morning the Green law mill in Clark's valley was burned. The fire was well under way when dis covered by the night watchman and its progress could not be stayed. The mill and about 5c,0O0 feet Of lumber were burned. The machinery was so badly damaged as to render it useless.
 The mill was the property of the Arizona Lumber and Timber Company and $1.000 insurance was carried. a small amount in comparison with the loss. The company will rebuild the mill, putting in band saw and the latest machinery.
 On account of the loss the mill at this place is running night and day to enable them to fill their orders.
 The origin of the fire is unknown. It started near the center of the mill, some distance away from any shafting.
 The Tusayan Development Company Monday filed in the Recorders office a transfer of all it's property in this county to Mrs Fl, N GOOde.
The Coconino sun., 1900-06-23

The entertai Iment given at tle Presbyt erian Church last night was a novelty" and each number on the programme was warmly greeted by the audience
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16
FOR SAYING LIFE UPON The SEA.
$4,000 Prize That is Tempting Inventors Make Special Efforts
Lines.

There are few branches of human in
vention IN which more progress has been
made during the past half century than
in that of the making of hfe-saving ap
pliances.
To-day the life boat service that exists
in almost every part of the civilized world
is so well known that it is difficult to
realize that there ever was time when
the coasts upon which the waves of the
oceans break were unprovided with this
useful invention. However Improbable
it may seem the fact still remains that it
was only little more than a century ago
that the first life boat was designed.
While it has often been stated that the
first appliances for life saving at sea
We're the result of the invention of Henry
Greathead, the South Shields boat
builder, this is not entirely true to fact.
Mr.. Greathead did much TO improve the
first invention, but the honor for having
made the original model belongs to
Lionel Lukin, a Dunmow, England,
coach builder 1t was he who first de-
signed and fitted boat which he called
the ''unmergible,' and for which he took
out patent in 1855. Nothing, how
ever, came of the invention, and several
years passed before the public actually
felt the need Of such a boat
This first life boat was thirty feet long
and ten feet wide. She was propelled by
from twenty to twenty-four oars. The
bow and stern We're pointed and the keel
curved. In fact, the model was an ex-
cellent one, and the craft so soon proved
its capability to accomplish much that its
inventor had claimed for it that several
other ports We're soon fitted out with
similar boats.
From that time to to-day inventors
have been busy in devising new schemes
for the saving of human life at sea, but
nothing that has inspired these efforts
has been so thoroughly tempting to the
man with the inventive turn than the
prize of $4,000 that has been offered by
the heirs of Anthony Pollok, for since
the announcement Of this contest the
patent Office has been deluged with
samples of every variety of life pre-
server that the mind of man could pos
sibly conceive.
Some of these are novel and some are
but new adaptations of old inventions;
some appear to promise usefulness, while
others appear ridiculous at the first
glance. That the prize of $4,000 will
yet succeed in bringing out the most
perfect life-saving appliance IN the world
is the devOut hope of all those who are
assisting the government in selecting the
most promising of the models for more
thorough examination at the hands of
the shipping experts.
Even at the present time, however, the
life-saying appliances that are in use
have much to recommend them. They
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16

press. They have presented evidences
to show that there is scarcely nation
in the world that is so poorly equipped
for warfare, and that there are no coun-
tries in which the soldiers are so poorly
fitted for the services that they are sup
posed to be always ready to perform In
fact they have painted the most dismal
picture of China's helplessness and they
have finally persuaded the woman in
power to pay heed to their remarks. As
the result the first steps have actually
been taken and. if nothing comes for
ward to prevent the completion of the
work, it will not be many years before
China will have a military force that
will be credit to the country
Whatever may be said in relation to
the equipment of the Chinese army,
however, there is one charge that cannot
be brought against it. 1t certainly IS
most picturesque. The banners that they
are still carrying bear representations of
green dragons and other creatures of ter
rible appearance.
In the latest war it was also custo-
mary for the soldiers to carry huge um-
Drellas and many of the soldiers also had
colored pendants attached to their per-
sons. Their shields We're also painted in
the brightest colors and with pictures
of the most alarming things that man
could imagine, and, with these before
them and their umbrellas over them they
went into battle with a tremendous beat
ing of gongs and shoutings. In fact,
they seemed to think that the more noise
they made the more chance there would
be of striking terror to the heart of the
enemy.
While the equipment of the Chinese
army has been out of date SO long that
the word "antiquated'' ceases to describe
1t, the methods of warfare followed are
even more ridiculous For instance, it
was not long ago that they attempted
to bar one of their rivers with a make
believe steamer, having funnel and
smoke but no engine, and, on another
occasion, a huge fort was armed with
wooden cannon of tremendous calibre,
which could not, of course, be fired. In
other words, up to within a compare
lively short time the Chinese army has
been nothing more or less than a mediae-
val organization. For centuries match
locks, gingals, bows and arrows, spears
and lances have been its only weapons.
If this fact is remembered the Chinese
army Is almost unacceptable to-day,
Many bodies of the troops have already
been drilled and armed in European fash
ion and they have been fully. instructed
as to the use of the foreign army with
which they have been supplied
Day after day the work of drilling is
being carried on and other technical stu
dies are pursued under the instruction
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16
CHINESE TROOPS TO BE ORGANIZED.



For the first time in the history of the
empire china is to have an army. For
thousands of years men have lived and
died in the Celestial kingdom. From
time to time they have entered upon
wars and have fought battles with, other
nations and until recent times they have
been victorious. Race upon race has felt
the might of China and has succumbed
to its superior force so that, until a few
years ago, the Chinese felt that they
We're a people who could know no defeat.
Suddenly, however, they were brought
into touch with civilization and it was
then that they discovered that the world
had moved on and had left them far be-
hind. Several times they We're forced to
defend themselves and always with Sc
Tious consequences and finally the mat
ter was taken up for sober consideration.
The Chinese are a peculiar people.
They are slow in the adoption of inno-
vations, but the man who sets them
down as a nation of fools has misjudged
his people. Long before the world at
large realized that China was not in
fit condition to be pitted against the
other great nations the military leaders
of the country knew that there were
troubles upon this score that might well
be anticipated. In a measure they at
tempted to prevent these occurrences and
did everything in their power to offset
the results that they knew to be almost
inevitable
For several years, therefore, the promi-
the necessity of this move upon the En-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16

have seen good service and it is seldom
that they have failed to accomplish their
purpose.
Among the most we'll known OF these
appliances are the life buoys and life
belts. The ordinary life-buOy is the best
known. 1t consists of pieces of solid
cork sewn in stout canvas and is provided
with line. The cork-jacket is the in
ventiOn of Admiral Ward o. the English
navy, and, since it first came into use,
it has been adapted and readapted scores
of times and in various ways
BETWEEN LAND AND SEA.
Experience has shown that the most
useful appliances for saving life at sea
are those contriyances by means OF which
communication can be established be-
tween stranded vessel and the shore.
The first contrivance devised for estab-
/ fishing communication between a ship
and the shore was the invention of Can't.
| Mandy, in 1907. 1t was Familiarity
/ known as the slife mortar" and dis
charged shot fastened to a line this
| catching in the rigging of the stranded
I vessel The usual way of doing this now
IS to send a rocket to which a line is
attached directly over the ship, aud after
| the rocket has dropped, the small line
to which it has been fastened falls with
! IN reach of the men on the deck Of the
stranded craft.
ouch, then, are the three classes Of life
J saving appliances-the boat, the buoy or
/ Jacket, and the mortar or gun. Based
/ upon these rough classifications there
/ have been thousands of inventions sub
mltted during the past few months, and
IN some of them there is undoubtedly the
germ for bright idea. As it is generally
admitted, however, that the problem Of
/ iife-saving on the sea involves the ques-
/ ton of help furnished from the land. the
! guns and mortars attract more attention
/ than any other inventions Of this char
| acter
The most remarkable inventions along
! these lines is gun designed to FIRE a
boat with a man in it. The boat is. canoe
shaped, and the man. enveloped in an
/ elastic air-sack, lies down in it, with his
/ feet toward the stern. Around him is a
tarpaulin cover fastened to his waist, all
| of which tends to make him. as it were,
a part of the little craft in which he is
so snugly escOnced. Suddenly there is
an explosion. Pop. goes the gun. which
is shot off by compressed air, and the
! boat is fired far out over the ocean to-
wards the vessel in distress.
In firing 4 line from shore it is always
difficult to get it just over the ship in
distress. To obviate this trouble NJ
Delvigne, the French ship builder, has
invented a gun that fires from the ship
to the shore. In this device the lines are
attached to arrows, which are fired from
a small gun, and the line runs - 80
! checked until the arrow is stopped.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16
Army.

of European military men so that it is to
be expected that the force will do more
to distinguish itself on the occasion of its
next conflict.
At present the Chinese army contains
1000 infantry that are supplied with
modern equipment; 500 cavalry, armed
with light rifles, revolvers and swords;
1000 artillerymen, serving 40 field guns,
II mountain guns and Is rapid fire guns,
and 500 men connected with the engineer
ing department. There are also about
5000 camp followers, every ten soldiers
being allowed a cook and two other ser
wants, while officers are allowed a still
larger number.
One of the greatest innovations in the
Chinese army is the Red Cross flag that
now floats over the headquarters of the
ambulance corps. The army now has
fully equipped hospital, which is in
charge of four native physicians who
would be a credit to any nation. An
other thing that is surprising about this
army is that there are so few important
positions held by foreigners.
From one end of the official force to
the other there are scarcely more than
dozen foreigners who hold more than
unimportant positions. There is, for in
stance, a Portuguese bandmaster, q Bel
gian tactician, German pontoon bridge
builder; a German artillery instructor for
certain German guns; a Norwegian ca
valry drill-master and a Chinese-speaking
German, whose duties are somewhat gen
eral.
In nearly every instance the infantry
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16
THE WARS OF THE FUTURE.
Wireless TeIeoraphy Opens up q New Field Of Us

The idea of using balloons in warfare
is more than a century old, the first at
tempt made to put the project into ex-
ecution being in 1894. Napoleon or
ganized a ballooning corps for his second
campaign in Egypt, but before it could
be employed the wagons containing the
accessories fell into the hands of the
British. During the siege of Paris in
1870, balloons were extensively used, and
news was carried by that means from
the beleaguered city to the provinces.
As the result countless experiments
have been made and there is scarcely
country in Europe that has not estab-
lished its school for instruction in this
science. For instance, there is a great
military school of ballooning at Alder
shot, which is wholly responsible for the
theory and practice Of aeronauties in the
British Army, and this institution has
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16

its counterpart in many sections of Eu-
rope.
1t is the duty of such institutions not
only to test every balloon destined for
service but also to instruct those whose
business it is to use the balloons and to
facilitate the employment of balloons
generally in time of warfare.
In spite of all these efforts, however,
the nations of Europe have long been at
a practical standstill in regard to this
science. Balloons OF new shapes have
been made, it is true, and some of them
have shown improvement over their pre-
decessors. Other changes have been
made, some of them of the greatest
advantage, but, despite this, the device
that would make tie war balloon de-
structive and practical under all con-
ditions has not been discovered. In each
case something has been wanting to
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-16

and artillery drill are now under Chinese
supervision and direction and the estab-
ishment of military school at Tientsin,
the only military school in the country,
will supply the army with competent men
as they are needed. In fact, the out
look for the Chinese army is now ex-
tremely bright and the fact that the
Empress is taking a personal interest in
these reforms argues well for their sta
bility.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29
Notice.
70 Broadway, Fargo, N. D.

Sealed bids will be received at the
office of County Auditor of Williams
County, North Dakota, up to 8 Il. M,
April 9, 1900, for Il fire break to be-
plowed as follows: Eight fnrrows in
tact commencing at the Williston and
Nesson wagon road at the house Of Alex
McAskell and following tire Williston
and SprlngbrOOk wagon road north,
(as near as practiuIef to within one
mile Of Springbrook section house,
theme, in northwestern course to
where Falconer had his upper cattle
coral, keeping east Of said coral on the
east fork of the Muddy Creek, thence.
in n0rthweSte, course to point
four miles east Of the house Of Thos.
Freeman, thence north to point four
miles east of the house of F. X. Z,hl,
thence clsrl'ng arenni SAID house
of +. L. Zahl to the north, keep
ing foNr miles away :rrn said
+. Il. I,hl, and running southwest Of
the Little Muddy Creek to a point on
the Euiv,l and Winston wagon road
five miles west Of Wi,Iistom. At no place,
shall tins fire break come any closer
to the Muddy Creek than fuHr miles,
except where Ii begins and where 1t
crosses the MuuHv Greek. Sail bids to
specify the pllrr per fnrrow per mile, ALI
work to be Gone before July |, 1860.
and Sali work to e t!oun under the
supervision of the fire war,i.uS Of their
respective districts. The board Of
county commissioners reserve the right
to reject any and all bids
Rv order ef tI,e board of county COM
E1iseionels. II. v SMITH,
County Auditor.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29
CkiluIcSS Soldiers.

The curious lack of heirs among the
generals concerned in the present war
is a matter worthy of note. Gen. Sy-
mons was childless. and now it comes to
light that Gen. Wauchope was the
same. Lord Roberts also has now no
son, and Gen. Butler, like Lord Wolse-
ley, but one child--a daughter. Lord
Kitchener is unmarried. Gen. Wau-
chope's estates will pass, after Mrs.
Wauchope's death, to her nephew, Mr..
de Moleyns. a son of Lord Vcntry. The
name of de Moleyns was for long line
allowed to lapse into the British-sound-
ing and unaristocratic appellation of
Mullins, but it was at length rescued
an aesthetic head of the house.
Times.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29

"ASTED-SEFERAM BRIGHT and hon
w est persons to represent us Managers in
this and close by counties. SALARY $500 II year
and expenses, Straight. bona tiGe, no more. no
less salary. Position permanent. Our references
any bank in any town. 1t is mainly office work
conducted at home. Reference. Enclssc self
addressed envelope TIVE DoMISioiS CoNpANY.
Dept 3, CHICAGO.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29
THE BkI!n HEADED NAH.

TIE: BkI:n HEADED MXH.
The sayingiST1. It's snArtness
That malaes some men bald.
But sometimes theirhair is pulled orG.
Some times IFS caused by scald:
But they're always in the front row.,
Be 1t theatre or fair.
They make us think of heaven,
Hor there j. no parting there.
-NsK1M
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29
kNt!.Cr COlN-IIlNCEcG.

OF the tactics Of infantry there is no
end, but there are some simple rules
for the individual foot soldier to re-
member when lost in the Chaos Of bat
tie. If you cannot bayonet your enemy.
shoot him; if lie goes away, aim at the
base of his spine. Tut Go nc: let your
attention be distracted from business
by the consideration that other people
are making a mark Of you. It is your
duty to Kill the highest possible num-
Der OF those opposed to YOU, not to save
your own skn.--''lIcw Soldiers Fight"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29
OFFLCIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF TIE
Beard Of Co. Commissioners
WILLIAMS COUNTY, n. D.:
{, PROCEEDINGS
SPECIAL SESSION.

SPEClAL SESSlO-S
(Conclndetl frons last weekly
+. r. Z,hl. erand :hror fees, $ % o0'
J..F. Wood%y, grand juror fees, 20 le
Jas. Hefftrnan, petit juror fees, 10
John A;ssilton, petit juror fees, 30
Sam Sm,th, witness fees in dis
tFct CDATIy /"
Prank Wild, petit Juror fees, 10 10
Axe Gu. !son, grand Juror fees, 10
Axe Carlson, witness fees in
district court S7.1O allowed
az, y ~
Pat Hogan, Witness fees III dis
trict court, 70 ~
HI. v. Smith. witness fees III
district eOHTt,. ~ IL
Chas. Baldwin,. petit juror fees, o l0
Ghas. Baldwin, grand juror fees, 10
"a. Tnomon, baililf at district
court. 1G 90
O. A. Thorson, grand juror fss", 90
H. II. LuDur, witness fees in
district court, 10
Spencer Bro, he's. petit juror
fees, $50
Gust Bjorkland. petit juror fees, 8 Sc
Jno. Hetfcrnan. grand juror fees, 10
Joe Langford, lodging Louis, 8 10
Fl. Billsmyer. petit juror fees, =. s. 20
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-29

TAKEN UP-At my ranch at Ho(.
fund, Williams county, N. d., on or
about Feb. 5tb. 1900, one red (white
faced) Hereford steer, branded = on
ribs and = on left hip, one horn broken
a
off. The steer is about or years old
totally blind. The owner is requested
to prove properly, paw charges and take
him away. We. ANDERSON.
Hofilund, N. d., Feb. 70, 1900.