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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
GERMAN COLONY IN BRAZIL
Twenty Per Cent. of the POpula ION
in Certain Parts of the
Republic. 1t-

Consular reports of recent date de.
scribe the German colony in southern
Brazil-in Parana, Santa Catharina and
Rio Grande do Sui, where the climate is
bracing and the conditions favorable to
the vigorous growth of Europeans
The Germans here number 100000 out
of a total population of 100000. They
do not intermarry with the other in
habitants or ''tal1e any part in national
politics, in fact, in anything emanat.
ing from the surrounding native ele.
ment." In financial and commercial
Importance the German element is
strong out of proportion to its numbers,
but it prefers to live apart.
'They, thus" says the consular re-
port. "create for themselves condition
of isolation which has often given rise
to the suspicion that they were endeav-
oring to establish political common
wealth for themselves. Nothing could
be more erroneous than this SUPPOSE
ton. The great difficulty of mastering
the Portuguese tongue. in sound and
construction so utterly different from
their own, and of assimilating with PEG.
pie of the Latin race, with whom they
have so little in common, is the cause
of their isolation, so often commented
upon. They have great difficulty in
increasing their ranks from the old
country, inasmuch as, for economic and
military reasons, the German govern
ment does not favor emigration, and
there are at present very few Germans
DESTROYS of ENGRAVING" Southern
Brazil has become large field for the
investment of German capital.-Balti-
more Sun.
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DINNER BILL SOUVENIRS.
Ocean Steamship Companies Make
Bills of Fare Suitable for Mailing,
Which Proves Taking. a

''In crossing over to Liverpool a
couple of months ago." said a guest at
one of the hotels the other evening, II
noticed that our dinner bills of fare
were printed on cards especially de-
signed for mailing. On the back were
several ruled lines for the address, a
place to affix penny stamp and the
usual inscription, stating that they
could be mailed under the present laws
of the International Postal union. It
struck me as being particularly good
idea, and one that could be advanta-
geously adopted at hotels and restau-
rants almost anywhere.
"a traveller, for instance, in passing
through New Orleans, would be glad to
send some such souvenir to his friends
at home, especially when it involved no
trouble beyond writing an address and
FASTING on a stamp. I was surprised
during a brief stay in Europe to see
how generally the postcard scheme
was being used for advertising pur-
poses. Almost every business house of
any consequence had cards containing
pictures of the store-sometime Of the
exterior and sometimes of odd hooks
and corners inside, most of them hand
somely done. They had a space in the
corner for the stamp, and were certain
ly inexpensive when printed in large
quantities.
"Such souvenirs are wrapped up with
every package, and countless thousands
of them must find their way into the
mails. In Berlin several of the larger
shops have rooms fitted up especially
for addressing and posting these cards.
They are in charge of attendants, who
have supply Of different varieties on
hand, which they furnish gratuitously
to anybody who asks. They also sell
stamps and receive the cards for mail
ing after they are addressed. Big, COM
Portable tables are equipped with pens,
ink and blotters, and I observed that
the rooms were full of people at all
hours of the day."-N. o. Times-Demo-
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
were delighted with the thorough ex-

were delighted with the thorough ex-
PLANTATION given by Manager Atkinson.
The different processes by which the
flax straw is reduced through the diff
ferent stages to fine grade of fiber
were shown.
While the commercial value of the
seed has always been known, few peo-
pie realize the immense possibilities
of the manufacture of fiber in all it's
varying forms. An interest has been
aroused in this branch of the industry
that can but result beneficially to the
farmers and business men of the
Northwest. The statements that half
of the value Of the crop is being re-
allied seem to be proven.
The following officers were elected:
President-Hon. H. U. Thomas, Bis
marck.
First Vice President-Hon. ]. A.
johnson. Fargo.
Secretary Mrs. Henrietta G. o..
berg, Albert Lea, Mimi.
Executive CommitteeSD. M. Stew
art, Sykeston, N. D., chairman; Prof.
J. H. Shepherd, Fargo; JAS Atkinson,
Ames, Ia; u. C. Chilcott, Brookings,
S. D.; Mr.. Brady, Dodge Center,
Mimi; Mrs. Edyth Wethered, Port
land, Ore.
Vice Presidents Gertrude Denny,
Portland, Ore; ]. G. Pratt, Chicago;
]. T. Hanson, Fremont, Neb.; Jas. Liv-
ingston, Yale, Mich; John Heaney,
Gridley, Cal; DR.. F. Hickman, New
York; J. Z. Reynolds, Kansas City,
Mo-; w. H. Loughridge, Lexington,
Ky; DR.. Thornton, Tacoma, WASH;
H. P. Atwater, San Antonio, Tex; w.
H. Sutherland, Sulphur Springs.
Mont; Prof. VIM. Stubs, Baton
Rouge, La; Prof. Chilcott, Brookings,
S. d.; Eugene Bosse, Green Bay, Wis;
Mr.. Nelson, Tenny & Co., of Minne-
apolis; w. +. Swengle, Washington,
ID. c.; Jas. Atkinson, Ames, Ia.
The comittee appointed to form
ulate resolutions asking congress for
further appropriations to aid the ex-
perimental STATIONS in furthering
the interests of flax fiber, did not re-
port, having been granted further
time.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
Dangerous British Oysters.

Americans who have eaten oysters in
England wonder at the fondness of the
British for the leathery NATIVE" that
tastes like copper cent, but which they
prefer to the luscious bivalve that we
eat in America. The average English
man does not care for Blue Points or
Saddle Rocks, and prefers to pay a
larger price for his coppery morsels of
shell fish. His clinging to his idols is
responsible for several cases of typhoid
fever. Nor is it strange that typhoid
should thus be spread, The medical
officer of Marylebone says that most of
the oysters come from waters tainted
with sewage, and they retain in their
soft tissues fair quantity of the wa
ter from which they have been taken.
He advises people never to eat British
oysters raw--advice which few Ameri-
cans will disregard more than once
Chicago Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
A Society. Graduation.

The lady residing in a History fat
was talking to the wife of the janitor.
''Do you know Mrs Higgins?" she
asked. (Which Mrs. Higgins ?" inquired
Mrs. Janitor. "The one who comes here
sometimes to help me with my sewing
"Oh,' and her nose perked slightly,
''her? I've met her, but don't call on
her." ''She's nice woman, isn't she 2"
II never heard anything against her.
She isn't in my set, that's ALL ''Isn't
her husband a janitor just as yours ?''
This time Mrs. Janitor was in, quite a
dudgeon. ''Of course he's not she ex-
claimed, drawing herself up disdsin-
fully, she is a janitor for building
that only has six stories, while none of
our set would engage in building of
less than ten stories, and this one, as
you know, has A." and with History
hautiness of manner quite overwhelm-
ing, she bowed herself out of the lady
partment.-Detroit Free Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
she ROSE ON HER KNEES AMI
PULLED THE LID DOWN.

PULLED THE LID DOWN.
that they quite exhausted the big gar
rets of their crooked corners, closets
and deep cubbyholes that ran under
the low caves.
ut was Aliens and Katy's turn, when
Allen. discovered that the red cedar
chest was empty. $50 N
eve can both get in," he said, lift
/, ing Katy as he spoke. LAY low; the
girls will not think of looking here, not
knowing the chest is empty"
Then he gave loud whoop and got
In himself.
"Oh, they will be sure to find us, with
the lid up" whispered Katy, hearing
the approach of feet.
And she rose on her knees and pulled
the Lid down.
It fell so heavily Allen was sure the
girls must have heard the noise, for
they were in the other garnet, hunting
rather aimlessly, for they had grown
little tired of the game.
In a few moments they heard Nan
ny call out that they were "given up
so they might as well discover them.
selves.
ooh, don't!" whispered Katy. ''We
are SO splendidly hid. Let~them hun,
just little bit longer
But presently there was sound oil
retreating footsteps.
Tse girls were evidently going down
stairs, and Alice's voice was heard call
ing out that they had ''given them up
'sWe mast give ourselves up" salt
Allen, much to Katy's disappointment
And ne raised his arms to lift tn
lid of the chest, but he found he coult
not bulge it.
They were fast hidden, sure enough
and Allen remembered that when tn
LID fell he heard a sharp click tina
ought to have reminded him that tn
chest fastened with spring-lock.
He was sturdy, active boy, and h
put out all his strength to force til
lid open, but the lock was made to pre-
~tect the contents of the chest, and
would nave taken much stronger pei
son than Allen to have forced it open.
-Oh, Allen, what will we do?-wha
Vim We do?" cried Katy, beginning t
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
The Archbishop's Hard.hip..

Archbishop Temple has his trials like
other folk. At luncheon the other
day, after some church function in his
diocese, the bland vicar asked: s.May !
give your grace a little cold chicken ?"
"No, you mayn't," said the archbishop,
wherever 1 go they give me cold chick
en- and The Church's One Foundation,
and hate 'em both."-Westminste:
Gazette.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
sweet Recollections.

Husband (off for long Journey
Do you often think of me when l am
gone?
Wife-Indeed I do; it takes me a
week to get the smell of smoke out of
tbs house.-Stray Stories.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
Took Him at III. word.

Customer-You sell cracked eggs at half
price, do you not?
Clerk-Yes'm; we always make so per
cent. reduction on cracked goods. Anything
else to-day?
eyes, you may give me dollars worth Of
cracked wheat. Here's so cents. "-Colum-
bus (O) State journal.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
The True Connoisseurs.

prsame ee D0 b Tear sood is are
acknowledged by connoisseurs to be the
best, what do you mean by connoisseurs?"
"A connoisseur, my. boy" answered the
great manufacturer, "is an eminent author
ity-an authority, in short, who admits that
our goods are the st."-Collier's Weekly.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
Extra Hazardous,

Life Insurance Agent (flling out ap-
plication) = Your general health is
good, is it not?
Applicant-Never had sick day in
my life.
''Um! You do not contemplate enter,
ing upon any hazardous undertaking,
suppose?''
''Well, yes, am afraid I do. ] an
going to get married next Wednesday. >
London Answers.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11

Nell-"Why did Maude get a divorce? I
thought she and George got along, beautii-
fully" Belle-"So they did, but the e. cook
ened to leave" Philadelphia Record.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11
That. What They Call 1t.

Papa, what is broad-mindedness?"
agreeing with headstrong people when
you know they are wrong. Chicago Times
Herald.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11

Some people demand that the world not
only be patient with their foolishness, but
that it STANDARDIZATION Globe.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-01-11

place of an absent speaker and gave
a short, but very interesting talk on
the characteristics of the flax plant
and lent life to his subject by the
use of illustrations. He spoke of the
different stages in the growth of the
plant and the effect of the weather
upon it in the respective stages. As
to the possibilities of disease the pro-
lessor stated that they were few, the
principle one being rust, and the
cause of its spreading was the fact
that the germs were often carried
from affected fields to healthy ones by
the wind. He also made an analysis
of the different parts of which the
plant is composed and relative condi-
tons of one part to another while un-
dergoing the process of extracting the
fibre.
The appointment of a committee by
Chairman Jones came next. The mem
bers appointed were President Worst
Senator Arnold, ex-senator Smith,
Professor Hoverstad and Z. D. Lee,
The object of this committee is to
uid" up ieSolutiohS anu present eAeH
to congress for the provision of ex-
periments stations to promote the in.
dustry of flax, hemp and ramie cul.
ture.
Wednesday the delegates visited the
linseed oil mills, the refineries and the
big French-Hickman Fiber Company's
plant out on the west side of Fargo
Carriages were provided for the visi
tors and the inspection enjoyed.
! Probably the greatest interest was
shown at the fiber mills. Compare
| lively few had seen such plants and
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
Cycling BY MoonliSht.

Have you ever ridden by moonlight
not, you have missed one of the most
delicious experiences that ever came
into the way of the cyclist. A weird,
poetical atmosphere seems to hang
over the countryQt night, and, with
the strange sound4ef the woods that
disturb the ain Eod might almost i'm
agine you were riding through an en-
chanted fairyland. 1 advise that, at
the earliest opportunity, you have such
jaunt. Write to an inn In some vii
lage fifty or sixty miles away, asking
them to have room ready for you on
arrival on particular morning. Start
of with companion and proceed cas-
lily and gently on your way. 1t Is
well to stop now and then by wood
sides just to appreciate the beautiful
stiffness of the night. When morning
breaks and the whole world springs
into new life, and the moon has tum-
bled towards the horizon, the sensa-
ton of whixzing along the silent lanes
Is one of the most fascinating l know.
You will probably arrive at your inn
between 5 and in the morning, and IL
you are of my temperament, you will
not be at all disposed to turn into bed,
but prefer to 60 and sit In the garden
and listen to the multitudes of birds
auivering with song. 1t will not be.
indeed, until the afternoon that you
will feel drowsy and be inclined to
turn In for few hours rest.-London
Sketch.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
How to Make Black Ink.

With black ink selling at five cents
or so bottle, it seems hardly worth
while for one to use homemade Ink,
but the trouble is that all black ink Is
not black by any means. The follow
Ing recipe. however, which, by the
why, is some 200 years old, tells you
how to make black ink that will not
fade, and which is dead black In hue.
Here is the recipe:
One quart of rainwater filtered
through a close-woven cloth, three
ounces of bruised gals, one and one
half ounces of sulphate of iron (green
copperas), two and one-half ounces OF
gum arabic. Coarsely powder the gals
and put into a bottle with the other
chemicals; stir them up and add the
water. Securely close the bottle and
place In the sunlight, letting the bot
tie stand until the gum arabic and cop
peras has dissolved, occasionally stir
ring the contents to bring this about
Shake the bottle each day for month
or six weeks, then add some twenty
drops of carbolic acid to prevent mold,
and your ink Is ready for use.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
The Work Of q False Prophet.

Risings occur In some portions OF
India on small provocation. A few
weeks ago an ordinary ryot gave out
that he was a prophet, and that on the
site of his home a city, temple and
a tank would appear, and that no cul-
tivation of the place was needed to
make all the land around there -four
ish.
Instantly hundreds of natives flock
ed to him, bringing grain to be blessed
by him, and also small huts to reside
in until these miracles came to pass.
Some police were also dispatched to
put the business down, and while dis
cussing the matter the head constable
inadvertently placed his hand on the
fence surrounding the prophets house.
and Immediately the people set on two
policemen and dubbed them to death.
Later free fight occurred, In which
eleven natives were killed, says the
Madras Mail, and no fewer than six
teen badly wounded, and sixty arrest
ed, including the prophet himself.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
Trick With Eggs.

An attractive chapter in one Of the
english magazines is: what you can
do with an egg" One curious fact
about an egg Is this:
If you cook an egg In the ordinary
way, so as to leave the yolk liquid,
while the white Is somewhat "set,"
and allow it to get quite cold, you may
boil it thereafter as much as you
please-for an hour or more-but by
no amount of boiling can you now boil
1t "hard."
1t is easy to tell a hard boiled egg
from a raw one without breaking the
shell II you take each egg by the ends
and spin 1t vigorously on a plate, or
on some smooth surface. Do this with
the hard-boiled egg and the egg will
rise and spin on its end If you spin 1t
fast enough. But raw egg, no mat
ter how fast you spin 1t, will snever
rise on end. 1t will only spin on its
side, and not much there. The liquid
In raw egg, by Its impact on the side
prevents 1t rising on end.
Here Is another plan of distinguish
Ing a hard-boiled egg from raw one.
Take each of the two eggs and tie it
across with piece of tape. Insert a
piece of string between the tape at the
end of each egg, SO that they may be
readily suspended. Now twist the
strings round and round, revolving
the egg. and let go. The hard boiled
egg will spin round, and winding the
string up again the other way, VIII,
when the impetus IL exhausted, reverse
and spin round the other way, and 20
h until Il GENES 70 : stssdst!li. Net
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
Chemistry Of q New Eagllsh Stamp.

The Lancet has made q chemical
examination Of the new halfpenny
postage stamp, and the results are of
interest. The coloring consists, 1t was
found, Of a mixture of Prussian blue
and chrome color. There is no lead
present or arsenic or any other mineral
irritant. In short, continues the writer,
we could find nothing In the colorlng
to which objection could be taken, con-
sidering how common the practice Of
licking stamps Is. The stamp gives us
part Of Its secret Of co,oring when
1t is carefully burned on piece OF
platinum foil. The ash that remains
shows perfectly the original design and
lettering, but the color Is altered to
yellowish brown, consisting of mix
ture of iron and chromium. The Dor
der yields a white ash, as il In relief.
When carefully obtained the ash Is
perfect miniature of the original de-
sign, being diminished by about one
half of the original size Of the stamp.
London Globe.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
Food for Young HOLSTERS.

While the young Holsters, says the
Boston Globe, have always been af-
fected from time to time by parasitic
animals and other diseases peculiar to
them, their refusal to eat while held
in captivity was the cause OF their
diving In countless numbers.
The matter of finding a product OF
the sea which would furnish food
for the young Holsters and be taken by
them with a relish was no easy task,
but Professor Bumpur, of Brown Uni
yersity, (who has given the matter his
special attention), was convinced that
the waters along the sound shore in
the vicinity of the fish hatchery con-
tanned the proper kind of diet. and last
wear he succeeded in finding it. The
exact nature of the food Is not known
to others than Professor Bumpus, and
those who have assisted him in the
work, but 1t is understood that it is a
marine vegetable sediment from the
bottom of the bay that the action Of
the tide stirs up.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
OUR YOUNG FOLKS.
The Land OF Anyhow,

The Land OF Anyhow.
Beyond the Isle Of Whats-the-use.
Where Slipshod Point is now,
There used to be, when I was young,
The land Of Anyhow.
Don't Care was king Of all this realm
A cruel king was he!
For those who served him with good
heart
He treated shamefullyfl
When boys and girls their task would
slight,
And cloud poor mothers brow,
He'd say, Don't care! It's good
enough!
Just do it anyhow"
But when In after life they longed
To make proud fortune bow,
He let them find that fate ne'er smiles
On work done anyhow.
For he who would the harvest reap
Must learn to use the plow,
And pitch his tent long, long way
From the land of Anyhow.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
GOOD coMRADESHlP.

Il may have been only a cheerful word,
A grasp of the hand in meeting,
But IL hope revived at the message
heard,
Or courage came from the greeting,
How fine to think of a soul waxed
strong,
OF burden lighter growing,
Because you happened to come along
When life made its dreariest showing.
For this is the true good comradeshjp
In the life we live together,
That holds to friend with a firmer
grip
The rougher the way or weather;
That sings TO gladden. the hearts of all,
Till, With the echoes blending,
The tranquil shadows of twilight fall,
And the road has reached its ending.
Ripley ID. Saunders, in st. Louis
Republic.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-09-22
A Flying Lean,

The squirrels boldness In leaping
from tree to tree is explained by Mr..
G. II. Hierhold as the result Of the
animals knowledge that fall will not
hurt him. Every species Of tree SOUR.
rel seems capable of sort Of rudimen-
tary flying, or at least of making it.
self into q parachute SO as to break a
fall.
Zone day." says Mr.. Hierhold, my
dog freed q red squirrel in tall hick-
DRY that stood on the side of steep
hill. To see what the squirrel would
do when closely pressed, l climbed the
tree. He took refuge in the topmcst
branches, and then, as approached,
boldly leaped into the air, spread HIM
self upon 1t, and with quick. tremul-
GUS motion OF his tail and legs de-
scended quite slowly, and landed upon
the ground thirty feet below me, ap-
parently none the worse for the leap,
for he ran with great speed and es-
capped up another tree"
A traveller In Mexico gives a still
more striking instance Of the power
of squirrels partially to neutralize the
effect of the force Of gravity when
leaping through the air.
Some boys had caught black squir-
rel nearly as large as a cat. 1t had
escaped from them once by leaping
sixty feet from the top Of a pine-tree,
and this had led the grandmother of
one of the boys to declare that the
creature was bewitched. To test the
matter the boys wanted to throw the
squirrel down q precipice six hundred
feet deep.
Our traveller interfered to secure fair
play for the squirrel. The prisoner
was conveyed in a pillow-case to the
edge of the cliff, and then let out, that
he might take his choice between cap
tivity and the terrible leap.
He looked down the abyss, and then
backward and sideways, his eyes glis-
tening, his form crouching. Seeing no
escape except in front, he took fly
ing leap into space, and fiuttered,
rather than fell, into the abyss below.
His legs began to work like those Of
swimming poodle dog, but faster and
faster, while his tail, slightly elevated,
spread out like feather fan.
He landed on ledge of limestone
where he could be seen squatting on
his hind legs and smoothing his ruffied
fur, after which he made for the creek
with a flourish of his tail, took a good
drink, and scampered away into the
willow thicket. He deserved his free
dom.-Youth's Companion.