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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-01
KISS HAS MADE IkoULLE.
Trtvolity Among You're People
Fro,yned on by the Nc. mites
and s:.islleu.

It was only a Kiss, YET il Las created
a. great disturbance ant1g tie Men
monte sects. A farmers soii, just
turned IS, caught a pretty girl Of the
same age about the waist and planted a
kiss smack On her rosy cheek. 1t was
at an iEpromptu game DUN y, ;-e
butter boiling party.
Such parties are not generally given
among MenEonitcs. BY cLu1.ce 4 num-
Der OF young people gathered al a big
farmhouse at night, and while q lad anl
a lass stood at the long-haEdlcd stirrer
where the large boiler h"l, in the
great open fireplace over a blazing wood
fire in the kitchen, the others started
the old game of Copenhagen.
They formed a ring, but just as the
first kiss was given one of the elders
CHANGED to visit the firm and came
upon the scene in time to see the kiss.
Kissing games are forbidden by these
people because they are entirely too
worldly. The report'is that The elder
will surely bril-. the whole matter up
before the next meeting. The only pub
lie kissing that they tolerate is the holy
kiss at love feasts, or at the selection
Of their ministers by lot.
At the latter functions the mother or
the wife or the sisters may greet the
chosen pastor with a kiss upon his
cheek. Any brother may also do the
same. But the friendly kiss in frolic or
in public games is absolutely forbid
den. .|
There is no telling what punishment
may be melted out to the young farm
er's sen VITO was detected by the elder
His excuse to his father the next morn
ing was that they had just started q
game in fun. and that he had kissed the
girl before he knew it, or at least before
he thought. The O! ID farmer sterniy re-
piled:
"You knew it was wrong. About the
only thing you've got to do is to go and
marry her, now. Why. she'll carry that
kiss all through her life. They'll never
forget it. They'll say: Why, she's the
girl 50 and SO kissed. He had his arm
around her waist Shame on you to
forget YOURSELF"
1t is also known that the girl received
severe lecture from her parents, and
her punishment will be seclusion all
winter.-N. Y. Sun.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-01
STARTLING RAT STORY.
A London District Post ONCE Closed
and Houses Overrun by
the Rodents.

About year ago an important dis
trict post Office in London was closed
It had been opened for stamps, money
orders, post Office orders. and kilograms
till midnight. and it was in the center
Of thickly-populated district. One
day the doors were shut and a card at
fixed, stating that it was closed for re-
pairs. Weeks passed and it was not re-
opened. The postmaster general re-
eeived complaints by the score But
the weeks became months, and still the
doors remained closed. And the peo-
pie around wondered why.
The truth is at last out, and some
of the families residing near know it
to- their cost. The post office in ques-
ton had to be closed. Because it had
become the happy hunting ground of
vast hordes of rats, who consumed let
tiers by the bagful, and many postal or
ders, money order forms and other Of
fetal papers. The rats forced the post
office to be closed, and after numerous
attempts to rid the place of the rodents,
it was found possible to do so only
by putting down entirely new cement
foundations and entirely retimbering
the place. AS nearl y as possible the
post office had, but for its mere shell,
to be rebuilt That done, the troubles
of the immediate neighborhood became
accentuated. Driven from the post Of
fee the rats have journeyed to the sur
rounding houses, which are now in
Tested with them.
The correspondent from whom the
above information comes has had sew
eral cats in his place, and they have
done something to keep things down;
but, to use his words. "to go home is
to find the wife and the maids with fly
ing petticoats rushing up the stairs,
servants won't stay in the house except
for very short time, mats and pictures,
some of the latter several feet up the
walls, have been consumed, my wife
is terror-stricken, ard when l reach
home at night l often find her locked,
half starved, in an upper room afraid
to move about and too nervous even to
60 near where the food is kept until I
come in" The informant states that
his experience is similar to that of many
residing near him" -London News.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-01
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The chalk plate process is being used
with satisfaction in the various month
ly reports of the Climate and Crop Serv-
ice.
Married people mtlive the unmarried,
the temperate and Industrious live
longer than the gluttonous and idle, and
the residents Of civilized nations live
longer than those of uncivilizM. coun
tries.
Sir Robert Ball makes the statement
that of 3O,0O0,0OO suns the existence can
be proved scientifically. Around each
sun its planets revolve. The electric
flash which girGles the earth seven
times in less than second might travel
straight ahead for 1,s0o years and not
reach the farthest of these known suns.
Liquid air is so cold that mercury i'm
mersed in it turns solid, and can be en-
ployed to hammer nail. Yet. when a
glass tube containing liquid hydrogen
is immersed in liquid air the hydrogen
gently boils, and gradually turns into
vapor. like water simmering over a slow
fire. The temperature of liquid air is
DIX GeSIVeS all eluelt DelO" LSlO, DuI
that is ''hot" compared with the tenn
perature. of liquid hydrogen, which is
about 42O degrees below zero.
The st. Lawrence canals will attract
a great deal of trade when they are COM
pleted. The capacity of the canals now
nearing completion will at first be
about 100000 tons year in one direc-
ton, but by degrees as ships are built
more to the requirements of the trade.
the capacity may be doubled, and when
the power of the falls for lighting pur-
poses is fully used and the canal system
comes under the governments control
100000 tons each way may be han
died.
a shaft which has just been COM
pleted by the Bethlehem Steel company
fer the Boston Elevated railway is q
feet 10 inches long, and the Diameter
of the tlywheel fit is 81 inches; the
diameter of jouru;es. 81 inches; the
diameter of the crank disk fit 80 inches.
The shaft is hollow, the axis hole being
171s inches in diameter. The weight
is 65,41o pounds The shaft is of fluid
compressed nickel steel automatically
forged On riaaGrei, oil tempered aud
anneaieu..
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-01
An Extraordinary Legal Document.

One of the most remarkable legal
papers on file in the archives of the
world is now in the national museum
of Paris. labeled: Sentence on hog,
executed by justice, in the copvhold of
Clarmont-Avin. and strangled upon a
gibbct at that place" 1t is sealed
with red wax. kept under glass case,
bears date June Il, 1884. and reads as
follows: SIX We, the jury. in
detestation and horror of this crime.
and in order to make an example. and
to satisfy justice, have declared,
judged, sentenced, pronounced and
appointed that the said hog, now de-
tanned in the abbey as a prisoner.
shall by the esecutioner be hung and
strangled on & gibbct, near the gal
lows which is within the jurisdiction
OF the monks whose names are hereto
appended, near the copyhold of Avin.
In witness of which we have sealed
this present with our seals Follow
ing the above are the signatures of the
JURORS AID tho project Of The DC part.
ment de A1nSe.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-01
Notice of Hearing of Petition.

State of North Dakota, County Of Williams,
In County Court.
In the matter of the application of Rrownell
e. McPhec tor Druggists Lie nse to sell intoXi-
eating liquors.
Notice is hereby given that I. the undersigned,
have presented n petition to the county court of
Williams county. North Dakota asking tor a
Druggists Permit 10 sell Intoxicating liquors at
my place Of business in the Town OF Wllliston,
County of Williams State OF North Dakota. I'M
der the provision of an act entitled, "An Act to
Prescribe Penalties for the " lawful Manufac-
tule, Sale and Keeping for Sale Intoxicating
Liquors, and to R"gulnte the sale. Barter and
living Away of such Liquors for Medicinal,
Scent fc and Mechanical Purpose S" approved
December 10Th. 1889; that the judge Of said
court has set the hour of 10 O'Clock NJ, on the
9Th day of February, A, d. 1900 to hear said
petition. at which time and rlace all persons
interested are requested tn be present
jan4 L. J. MCPIEE, Applicant,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-01
Summons,
Service by PublicatiOn.)

State of<sorth Dakota, s. In Justice Court.
County Of Williams. O. Before Thus. Burgess
Justice OF the Peace
George W. Newton, Plaintiff, J
against
A. c. Russell. Defendant.
The State of North dakota to said Defendant:
BY this second summons her in YOU are
directed to appear before at my Office in the
Town ofWi!!istOn, III the County of Williams and
ulid State. of North Dakota al 2 o'clock y. m.. of
the oath day of February. 1900. there to answer
the complaint of Geo w. Newton against 'yon.
alleging that you justly indebted Ia him in
the sum of forty three dollOrs for rent of build
ing situated on lot Is, in block 49, orr ginal plat
of the town of Wiliis.on, n. D.. which was used
by you as a restaurant known as the Excelsior
Restaurant, and that by virtue of writ oi
attachment issued ou: of this court on the 23d
day of January, 1900. the size riff of said county
has levied upon and seized 4 certain bake oven
of the value of $3.50, and demanding that iudg
ment be rendered against yoa for the said sum
of foriy-thrce dollars together with the costs
and disbursements or this action, aud that the
said proper y So levied upon by be said sheriff
be sold according To law ror the satisfaction Of
plaintiffs sal claim AMI his costs ana iishnrse
ments sud tGu art uotilst thar un.EEs ron s.
appeaf sn3 aas8e- til p &ilGfsH vi s4lza 5tiag
1aent agsirsi you - ,rdfa
,fivep tbi
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-01
Only Three Canadian PeeraEcS.

There are now three Canadian peer
a~cs-those of Lord M-unt -.5teI .hcn,
Lord StTathcora and }nrGncss Is!rrs-
clite, tie wide" IL late I;r |o!o.t
Macdonald. TIL .,,~ e,rs are boz
Scotzmen, who VIC Ted their way "
from the lowest rur"~ Of tie ladder.
Lord Mcr,:t -Sterhc" I'd "nf'. aris'.
school education. g Z 1"'ss Inv ".ut!l q
herd boy. IT, r.&Ssyi irc'o @r"rrry
shop in :. IN to q similar c>tah.
lisllment / ,aul's e, y. ',,a-G. =.
Con. In ~ w. :, nc 80
ferred l. 5>lf + "a, w., ere TX
made a fortune il ,~o!Cn trade.
Lord Str,thcona in his tecr;h year
entered the service of the ,udacn's Pay
company in very humble capacity
aid worked his way up to the governor
ship and The chief control of that his
toric corporation. In his beautiful
Montreal mansion there is what is FER
laps tie finest ard most valuable pri-
vato picture gallery on the American,
continent. Lord Etrathcona is 50 and
Lord NountStephcn decade younger.
Chicago Timcs-Herald.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-02-01

Justice of the Peace.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-27

Joe Lessard came down from Allyn
last week and was in Dupuyer, Friday
night. From him we learn that there is
a great deal of dissatisfaction in the
Swift Current district, On account of the
present mail facilities. 1t is reported
that a Mormon from across the line car
ried the mail during the past season, be-
ing paid by subscription, and when bids
were recently submitted for regular SER
vice, by the department, based upon
careful calculations by men who knew
what the proposed service required, ev-
erything was knocked in the head by
his action in complaining to the de-
partment that the figures named by the
bidders were too high, as he had cleared
$50 per month by carrying the mail and
depending on the charity of the settlers
ard miners. There were about $50 PEG
pie in the mining district, last summer
and the mail filed from two to three
sacks every time it was delivered The
eastern star route contractors have been
the source of a great deal of ~inconven.
fence to the people who have been com
PEELED to submit to their wretched ser
vice, based upon the price of bacon and
pumpkins back in Iowa, and now the de
partment, in it's attempt to award con
tracts to residents of the state where the
work is to be performed is misled By
such figures and thinks the compensa
ton demanded by the people who are ia
miliar with the conditions, is too high
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-27
Kidnapped.

The following telegram from John B
Clayberg, a prominent attorney of Hell
ena, dated at Kalamazoo, Mich, gives
the particulars of the attempt to abduct
his 7-year-old son, HI bart.
while Hobart was taking a walk
yesterday on the track of the Michigan
Central railroad he met two tramps who
seized him as he passed, saying: 'You are
wanted
AFTER blindfolding him they made
him walk nearly to Mattawan, about
II miles from where they seized him and
then searched him, taking all the money
they found upon him and Their disap-
peared. They took his watch which was
marked with his monogram, and one of
them said, i guess we had better not
take that
"Hobrrt then went TO the telegraph
station and wired me his whereabouts
and that he was robbed, and l drove out
there and brought him back. He was
not hurt in any way. | suppose they
intended to kidnap him and were
fri ghtened."
The Clayberg family were to hold a
family reunion at Kalamazoo and the
abducted boy had just returned from a
preparatory military school in Mary
land.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-27

DESERT LAND. FINAL PROOF.-NOTICE
FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office, Helena, Mont.
November 80, 1900.
Notice is hereby given that George E. Nc
Gill of Dupuyer, Mont. has died notice of in
tention to make proof on his desert-land claim
No, 3404, for the SEA nw4 and sw4 ne4 sec. s, tp.
IS n, r. wv, before Geo. w. Magee, u. S. Com
at Dupuyer, Mont. or the 18th day of January
1901.
He names the following witnesses to prove
the complete irrigation and reclamation of
said land:
Joseph g. McCuaig, Ernest A. Savory,
Henry Weimer, Emil Muntwiler, of Dupuyer,
Mont.
GEORGE. ID. GREENE,
Register.
First publication Dec. G, 1900.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-27

For good first class cigars, Queen Mary
and Modern Flora. Cali at the Q. & L..
saloon.
The Dupuyer acantha. [volume] (Dupuyer, Mont.) 1894-1904, 1900-12-27

A car loAl Of farm wagons at Jos
Hirshberg & Cos. 48 tt
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
(Charles A. Carver).
KILOGRAMS.

OF the American colleges.
His record follows:
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
THE WHEEL AGAIN.
Why Jimmie Michael Gave Up Rid
ina Horses.

ing Horses.
Little Jimmie Michael the idol Of
the cycle world, has decided to aban-
don horse racing forever and go back
to his first love, the wheel.
With that object in view he called
on Manager ]. c. Kennedy, of the
American Cycle Racing Association
the other day, and signed a contract
TO race for the coming season solely
under his management The little
rider is now in Waltham, Mass, pro-
curing new wheels and pacing ma
chimes, and will go at once into active
training,
81 was tempted frequently to go
back to the game last season." says
Michael, "but after 1 had started the
horses l made up my mind to give
them a good trial. believe that with
constant practice l would soon earn
brackets in the saddle, but the cycle
fever struck me so strongly this spring
that l could not resist the temptation
any longer.
Il intend to train as hard, i'm fact,
harder, than ever before, with n view
Of regaining the title of champion.
am young, strong and healthy, and
am positive I can follow the present
style Of pacing machines as fast as
any Of the record breakers of to-day
II ought to get in fairly good condi.
ton in about six weeks, and then it
will be first come first served with
me-"
The little chap spoke very enthus-
las tically Of his prospects He will
secure a first-class trainer the best
pacing machines obtanable, competent
crews, and prepare himself generally
for hard seasons campaign.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
Will Push Lenz Case.

1t is said ut the State Department
that the attempt to secure some sort
of reparation for the killing Of LEM,
the bicyclist, in Turkey, is being stead
lily prosecuted. About two years ago
the Turkish Government was address
ed on this subject, and promised to
punish the murderers. 1t appears, how
ever, that the attempt to do this was
perfunctohy, and the guilty persons,
even when arrested, were allowed to
escape and are now beyond the reach
of the Turkish Government. The atten.
ton of Mr.. Straus, our Minister to
Turkey, has been attracted to the sub.
ject, and he will make renewed repre-
sensations upon 1t to the Porte. The
League of American Whcelmen is
pushing this claim on behalf Of the
mother Of LEM, who was a member
Of the organization at the time of his
death.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
A SIDE PATH.
How One Was Built in Maine for
Bicycles.

In every section Of the country
wheelmen are showing the greatest
interest in the construction of side
paths. A lesson can be learned from
the Maine Division of the l., a. w.
Under the captaincy of Chief Consul
Small they secured the construction
Of a bicycle path from Portland toward
a very popular summer resort, place
to which thousands of wheels are rid
den I'm the course Of each week in the
riding season.
Mr. Small says: "Our efforts last
year were directed toward building a
path that would serve as an object
lesson We built too good a path to
follow It up extensively, for it cost
over $500 a mile. This year we are
going to complete that path for the
entire distance, and will put another
side path on the worst road in this vi
entity. The work spoken Of was done
by means Of an appropriation which
the united efforts of our riders secured
from the city officials. We believe
we can get larger amount this year"
The path which cost $500 per mile,
is six feet wide, and was built in the
gutter by filling and crowdng the gut
Ter that much nearer the centre of
the road. At several places the sur
face water is taken through the path
by pipes and carried off. This path
required a fill of from one to two feet
all the way. and the material cost a
tidy sum. First, gravel was put down
and rolled we'll Then coat Of Gin
ders about an inch thick was put ON,
wettcd and rolled hard. This made a
good path, Mr., Small believes, how
ever, in avoiding the use Of cinders
hereafter The cost of hauling raking
grading and rolling them makes nearly
one-third the entire cost.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
TOMMY RYAN.
He Says He viii Soon be the Oldest
Puglist In the Harness.

"If l were going to fight for S1O,-
600 purse, do you know what weight l
would DOR says Tony Ryan, IF l
were matched for a large stake l
would do AZ pounds, and yet l have
just tipped the scales at 1GS pounds,
which is the most l ever weighed
When l fight Jack Root, which l hope
to soon, l expect to give away u
pounds. The weight is 15S pounds
at 3 o'clock, which means 1872 pounds,
anyway"
Regarding his early life Ryan says:
"My fathers name was Youngs and
he was a Frenchman, and my mother
was half English and half German.
There is neither Irish nor Jew blood
i'm me, as has been reported | ran
away from home when a small boy
and went to boxing. My folks were
against It, and so | took the name Of
Tommy Ryan, to keep them in the
dark. | selected the name Ryan be-
cause the mayor of Syracuse, n. Y,
who was a good friend of mine was
named Thomas Ryan. Last month |
celebrated my thirtieth birthday,
which makes me Is years in the ring
l won't have to fight much longer be-
fore l will be the oldest pugilst in the
harness as to point of service. As to
the number Of fights, | have had so
many that have lost all track of EN-"
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
BICYCLING FOR HEALTH.
twenty-five Miles Said to be the Limit
for Ladies'.

A well known physician writing on
the subject Of cycling for ladies, says:
"he first question that is usually put
on this topic Is the kind of cycle that
is best suited for ladies, the bicycle or
the tricycle.. At one time the answer
i'm the affirmative was with the tri.
cycle; now | think it lies decidedly
with the bicycle. Bicycles are brought
to such perfection they are so low,
they run with such little friction, they
are mounted so readily, and are so
graceful as machines, that they UNI
questionably hold the first place. A
second question related to the amount
of exercise that women can take in
cycling. Some women are more IA
tigued by 10 miles cycling than others
are by 80. The golden rule in this mat.
ter is to let sense Of fatigue govern
the amount Of work done. Altogether,
| am Of the opinion that % miles
day is a thoroughly good days ride
for even an accomplished female rider
on q moderately fair, ordinary road,
It Is good for women as 1t is for men,
to dismount occasionally and walk,
and it is always good for them to do
so when they are climbing long and
steep hills"
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
ROUTE OF BIG PATH.
Construction Of a Bicycle Highway
From New York to Chicago.

From New York to Chicago.
The League of American Wheelmen
divisions in charge Of the construction
of the trunk line side path between
New York and Chicago are working
with all possible speed on the project.
While the work of organizing the prop
or committees Is under way, the dl-
vision officers are rapidly preparing
the plans. These have so far pro.
crossed that the probable route has al
most been definitely decided upon.
As now outlined the path Starting
from the New York end will run
through Poughkeepsie, Albany, Schen'
ectady Amsterdam, Utica, Syracuse,
Rochester, Batavia, Buffalo On. ",
Erie Pa), Ashtabula, Cleveland, FL
yria, Toledo CO.,, Butler, Goshen, Elk.
hart, South Bend QndD, to Chicago
This is practically the old transconti.
mental stage-coach mail route, and is
the one generally followed by the Chi
cago-New York record breakers.
The New York division is taking the
lead in the undertaking, AID expects
to have practical results within a short
time Under the direction of Score.
tary-Treasurer Bull maps have been
prepared, showing the paths already
constructed in New York state, and
engineers are at work preparing plans
for the intervening stretches of road
When these are completed the side
path commissioners in the counties in.
terested will build the connecting
paths until there will be a complete
stretch Of them from New York city to
the western boundaries of the state.
The New York division will have sup.
eryison Of $50 miles of the path, or
more than half, as the total length
will be 96S miles.
The Ohio and Indiana sections will
not proceed so rapidly, as they have
not the advantage of paths already
built, but so enthusiastically has the
project been received i'm those states
that there is no doubt they will be
close to New York in finishing their
respective sections.
That all possible speed may be given
the construction of the big path. the
L. 4. W. urges all wheelmcn, particu-
larry those on the route, to become
members of it immediately that there
may be funds available for the pre-
paratory work.
The hatchet. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1883-19??, 1900-05-27
Bicycle "RundIe-Trundle."

The equipment of a standard type
bicycle with means for rapid dStribu-
ton of light commercial packages is
accomplished by the bicycle bundle
trundle." in the manner shown in the
accompanying illustration. The "bun-
die trundle" attachment can be readily
attached or detached from a bicycle