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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
WE NEED GOOD ROADS.
The Quicker This Idea II Generally
Accepted the Better for Ns.
tlOnal Prosperity.

The work OF the League OF American
Wheelmen in behalf of good roads is re-
ceiving recognition from some of the
most influential sources in the coun-
try. The Washington Times gives the
following editorial opinions:
The question of road-building in this
country is receiving, as it should, in
creased attention from the public of
late. There is no topic on which dis
cussion is more profitable, and none
upon which it is more important that
public interest should be awakened.
The problem has been, in this coun-
try, an exceedingly difficult one, owing
to the immense extent OF territory over
which highways have to extend and
the diversified nature of it. In no other
civilized country has q single modern
government had to wrestle with the
problem of making good, solid roads
over thousands of miles of country,
some sWampy, some mountainous, and
all more or less untamed by the hand
of man. The Romans laid founda tons
of good roads all over Europe, and still
remain the champion road-builders OF
the ages. But we had no Romans in
this country to lay foundations for US,
nor had we barbarians whom we could
press into involuntary service to do the
stone-breaking, even if We had wanted
to emulate the works of Caesar.
Another thing which has complicat-
ed the matter of making turnpikes is
the rapid and phenomenally success
full development of the railroads. They
have cast their network of steel wires
all over the country and absorbed the
transportation business, so that where
they went it was not so very necessary
to have roads that would stand heavy
hauling or promote fast driving. In
Ken tucky, famous for her good roads,
travel by coach or horseback was COM
mon, and it was worth while for the
community to make it easy and swift.
Moreover, the coniguration of the
country favored bodybuilding.
Of late years the bicycle associations
have urged an improvement in the
A bicycle is less patient
animal than the horse, in some re-
spects. It will work untiringly as long
as it is humored, but it has to be hui
mored. A good horse will endure
because he must-struggling out OF
boghole which has mired him to the
depth of a foot or two, or picking his
way over siding mountain path COW
cred with rolling stones, but nobody
can get bicycle to do that. A horse
will stand the spur, whereas if a-spur
was used on the tire of a bicycle it
would calmly lie down in the road. In
short, the wheel is an eXacting crea-
ture to ride, and the bicyclist very soon
discovered that for his own comfort,
if he intended to ride that wheel at his
own sweet will, he will have to bestfr
himself and make the legislatures pro-
vide good roads for him to travel.
By whatever means the roads are
it is we'll that it should be
done. The difference between a good
road and a bad one may mean much to
the community. 1t may make or mar
the civilization of the whole region to
be more or less accessible by turnpike.
The quicker this matter of public high
ways receives proper atten ton the bet
ter off the public will be.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
The Worlds Grain Crops.

A synopsis of the estimate of the
worlds grain crops made by the Hun
garian minister of agriculture makes
the total production as follows: Wheat.
2,46s, $780, 900 to 1855, $4,000 bushels;
rye, 1866, O96, 900 to 1895, 9s6,OOO bush.
els; barley, s74,o12,ooo to sos.oe4,ooo
bushels; oats, 3,o7s,9o4,oO to 1921 AGO.
900 bushels; and maize, from arts ,1Os,-
600 to 2,s14,99s, 900 bushels. Supposing
the countries the crops of which are
included in these totals to be the same
that were covered by the Hungarian
estimate of year ago, these figures are
higher than those generally accepted.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
HELP FOR WOMEN
WHO ARE ALWAYS TIRED.

II do not feel very we'll. am 50
tired all the time. 1 do not know what
is the matter with me-"
You hear these words every day; a.
often as you meet your friends just 20
often are these words repeated. More
than likely you speak the same signif-
cant words yourself. and no doubt you
do feel far from well most of the time.
Mrs. Ella Rice, of Chelsea, Wis,
whose portrait we publish, writes that
she suffered for two years with bear
ing-down pains, headache, backache,
and had all kinds of miserable feelings,
all of which was caused by falling and
Inflammation of the womb, and after
doctoring with physicians and numer.
Gus medicines she was entirely cured By
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
Just to Go Somewhere.

It would be interesting to know to
what extent the summer resorts profit
by simple desire to get away from
home, without regard to the destina-
ton. The following conversation,
overheard in one of the inland lake
towns of Wisconsin, certainly demon
strates that no place is a summer re-
sort to the residents therein.
''This town has considerable of a
reputation as a summer resort, hasn't
it?" asked the stranger.
eyes, indeed" answered the native.
eve have rowing, fishing, sailing,
bathing, camping, the very best of
accommodations, and all the sports
to be found anywhere, including golf
and tennis"
"And yet see many of your finest
houses are shut up"
"Oh, yes. Most of the people who
can afford it go away for the sum-
mer.''-Chicago Post.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
UNLOADING CORN MADE EASY.

as wide as the outside of the wagon
box. Then put on short sides nailed
securely to this sloping floor, and ex-
tending forward few inches past the
sides of the box and on the outside of
it. Take out the end gate and gate
rods, put on this attachment and bore
holes to correspond with the holes in
the box and with four bolts secure it in
place. The lower CROSSE piece, c, should
extend out little beyond the wagon
bed on each side and come down
against it. the sloping floor resting on
the bottom of the bed an inch or two
from the back end. If desired this at
tachment can be fastened on with
stout hooks and staples instead of
with bolts.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
Prepare Watering TrouRhs.

One of the things that usually gets
little or no attention is the supply OF
watering troughs at convenient place,
about the stockyards; and this neglect
most frequently happens during the
winter feeding period, just when stool
need regular and full supply of water.
The old-fashioned wood trough and
tanks will do, if nothing better can be
had; but the advantages of galvanized
:roughs for hogs, sheep, calves and
poultry, and the galvanized steel tank,
for cattle and horses, are so great that
extra expense is warranted in using
them.-Prairie Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
Variety Promotes Growth.

Variety of food is essential to rapid
growth of young stock. Experiments
made in feeding pigs for four months
on potatoes alone caused ricketts,, or
softening of the bone. Other pigs,
from the same litter, fed upon po-
tatoes, oatmeal and phosphates, had
normal skeletons, but there was diff
ference, according to the phosphates
added. Those fed upon phosphate of
potash had porous bones. The pigs
that were given phosphate and car
Donate of lime (as food ingredients)
were healthy, thrifty and grew rap
idly
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
Dakota Woman Orchardist.

Mrs. Laura "A. Alderman owns the
largest orchard in South Dakota. Ac-
cording to W. N. Irwin, chief of the
division of pomology Of the department
of agriculture in Washington, she has,
near Harley, Turner county, $50 acres
in which are 5000 trees, two acres be-
ing given to plums. Besides the trees
there are 1000 currant bushes, 1000
gooseberry bushes, 500 grapevines and
three acres of strawberries.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08

Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Conn
pound.
If you are troubled with pains,
fainting spells, depression of spirits,
backache, and always tired, please re-
remedy which y viii H. relieve M you Of S your
is monumental that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound is the
greatest medicine for suffering women.
No other medicine has made the cures
that it has, and no other woman has
helped so many women by direct advice
as has Mrs. Pinkham; her experience
is greater than that of any living per-
son. If you are sick, write and get
her advice her address is Lynn, Mass
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
Secret Kept for Centuries.

Chinese porcelain was common IN
Europe for 400 years before a Ger
man potter succeeded in finding out
the process of making it. This Chi
nese pottery is scattered all over the
world, and everywhere valued, but no
where was the distribution more Gu
rious than in western Canada. Early
in the century Chinese junk was
cast away on the Pacific coast of
America just south of Vancouver is
land, and its cargo of willow pattern
plates fell into the hands of the Hud-
son Bay company's officers. Still in
the remotest trading posts of the fur
traders few specimens remain.-N.
Y. Herald.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
UNLOADING OF CORN.
Work and Adds to the Capac-
ity Of the Wagon.

A useful device can be made and at
tached to the back end of a wagon box
so that shoveling out may he begun at
once upon reaching the crib. It will
also add several bushels capacity to the
wagon box. Make sloping floor, a, a
few feet long with cross-pieces on the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
BRIEF DAIRY NOTES.

Remember that the milk should be
cooled as promptly as possible after
it IS drawn from the COW. Cool and
aerate thoroughly, in order to prevent
the milk from retaining unpleasant
odors.
Ice water will chill and kill as we'll
as fill the cow, and the thoroughly
chilled cow cannot secrete milk free
ly. The dair5man who forces his
COWS to drink through hole in the
ice in winter should not expect a good
flow of milk from the cows.
The milk cows should have album
dant supplies of water. Milk is IS
per cent. water, and that fact shows
how necessary water is to the cows.
Moreover, the very fact that so much
water must be drunk by the COW
indicates that the water should not
be much below the temperature of
the cows body.
Artificial ponds are not liable to
contain pure water. Such ponds are
generally located in natural depres-
sions on the farm, and into such de-
pressions there is sure to be more
or less drainage of filthy water. If
the dairyman deems it necessary to
have such ponds, he should at least
fence them in, so that the stock can
not turn them into filthy wallows and
sources of disease.-Farmers' Voice.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
KEEPS WHEELS CREASED.
ing to Its Inventor, Saves Labor
and Lubricants.

The labor of oiling wagon wheels
by the usual method is somewhat
arduous, and he who can perform the
task without soiling the hands and
clothes is an exception to the general
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08
Nutritivc Ratio in Food.

Cows give trifle more milk when
receiving some succulent food, such
as roots and ensilage, but practically
the same amount of butter or other
milk solids. We select the cheapest
foods and so mix them that the COW
gets about one pound of carbohy-
drates. If we should feed a much
wider ration, that is, one that con-
tanned more carbohydrates and car
bohydrate equivalent than the
amount stated, she would gradually
lay on fat, shrink in milk, and failure
to breed would probably follow; but
when the above mentioned nutritive
ratio is maintained, no such difficult
ties are encountered.-Prof. Hacker,
in Rural World.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-11-08

But Col. Western is opposed to
u.s." :.
''He is most good natured," I re-
piled. 81 am sure he will lend us q
few
My agent sighed. He was a consci-
entious man, and had scurples as to
whether 1 was fit person for the
house of commons. IF he were only
as sensible as some of his speeches"
he said to my mother once.
Nevertheless. sent my mother over
to Col. Westerns. and she returned in
triumph with Alice, who, as it hap
pens, was radical of the most I'M
bending principles.
We used to canvass together. The
agents wife came too. Alice thought
this best. The agent expostulated at
the absurdity and waste of time in
volved in three people doing the
work of one. We pointed out how
much more thoroughly the work was
done. When we had all had a turn
at the fortunate elector he was not
in condition to refuse his vote. But
the agent would not be silenced till
Alice got his wife to stop him with
a glance.
The polling day came. Alice and my
mother, the agent and I drove from
polling booth to polling booth. To-
ward eight o'clock the agent came
to me dolefully,> and said he feared
my return was improbable. I was
very sorry for the poor man. He
had worked so hard. When I told
my mother she burst into tears. She
must also have been sorry for him.
Alice comforted her like the dear,
kind girl she Is.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

When person comes into "Gld Man"
Smiths cigar store and hands him
money in return for something pur-
chased, the old man can ascertain by a
single glance or touch whether the
money is good or counterfeit. If the
money is bad, he puts it under the to-
bacco cutter, or his money tester, as he
calls it, and sewers it in two.
One day last week Il rough looking
young man came into his store and
asked for a piece of chewing tobacco.
At the same time he laid 80 cent
piece lightly on the counter. The old
man picked up the money and looked
at it. 1t had dull color and was not
as heavy as an ordinary half dollar.
The proprietor walked over to where
the tobacco was. and, taking down a
piece of the brand the young man had
called for, he pretended to put it under
the tobacco cutter but instead he slip
ped in the counterfeit piece and cut ii
into halves. He then handed the two
pieces to the young man and command
ed him to get" which he promptly
did.-Chicago Record.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
TOLD BY THE GROCER.
His Conversation With n Deaf WOm-
an Lost Him u Customer,

"I'll tell you how l lost a good GUS
toner the other day." said the grocery
man. 81 have one customer who is eX-
tremely deaf, and to make her hear |
have to just yell at her. 1t takes about
half an hour to get her order, and by
that time my voice is pitched so high
that | can't get it down to earth again.
'The other day it happened that aft
er she left in came Mr.. Oldboy, who is
perfect crank. Was in the army once
and great stickler for bowling and
scraping and all that sort of thing
lutte and present arms and do all kinds
of things. He came in and said, Good
morning. | wish you had heard me
yell at him. My voice made the VIM
dows rattle. He looked surprised, but
went on talking to me, and | kept up
answering him in voice that could be
heard block away. He got madden
and madden, but | never knew what
was up until finally he got red in the
face and said, Mr.. Black, sir, am not
deaf, sir, and | resent your yelling at
me as if couldn't hear cannon fired
in my ear With that out he went.
"You see, | had been talking to the
deaf lady and couldn't get my voice
down again. You try 1t some time and
see If you don't yell at every one you
meet. Funny, too, but always yell at
blind people and foreigners, ana 81
ways whisper when | go In where any
ones sick."-Indlanapolls Sentinel.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
DO COWS CRY2
The Grief of an Animal Whose Calf
Had Been killed.

A correspondent writing to Dumb
Animals says: Dumb animals are said
to have "sgn" language Of their own
by which they make known the emo
lions of pleasure or pain and a limited
catalogue OF wants and sorrows. Re
Gently | had occasion to dispose of Il
5-months-old calf which was taken
away about noon and butchered a
short distance from my residence.
When the COW came home at night,
she missed her calf and although an
orphan calf was permitted to suck she
continued to call it by affcctionate
mooing and looking. The COW, how
ever. only gave about one quart of milk
instead of a gallon or more, rs former
". During the night she lowed fire.
Qucntly for her calf. and the next
morning when it did not appear she ey
hibitcd unmistakablc signs of grief.
The orphan calf was no solace to her.
She was driven to the woods with her
mate, but came back and continued
lowing until noon. She came inside
the inCloSurc but would not eat grass.
Just after dinner Il great connection
was heard in the direction Of where the
calf was butchcred. made by a number
of cattle lowing. having scented the
fresh blood The grief stricken mother
COW ran to the closed gate and looked
beseechingly toward me, as much rs to
say, please open the gate which
being done she started on Il run to
where the other cattle were lowing.
In Il short time she came slowly
walking back to the house and was
again permitted to come inside the in
closure when she deliberately took up
a position at the kitchen door wistful-
ly looking in mute despair ut each
member of the family as they happen
ed to pass her. The tears flowed copi-
ously from her eyes. and there she
stood the balance Of the afternoon,
weeping necessarily, with the same A.
parent grief that mother would for
her dead child. 1t really caused me to
shed tears Of sympathy for the poor
animal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

self looking right into the face OF big
hairy savage who wore Il tweed coat
and a bandolier full of cartridges. In
his hands he carried Il handy little
Mauser carbine.
Well Mr. Spy" said the hairy indi.
vidual, you are my prisoner
| tried to smile. but somehow the
springs in my face had got out of order
and would not work.
What did you want sneaking after
me for. you beaStly EnglishmanT
Snarled the man with the gun. Il could
have shot you last night and the night
before that If had liked, but did not
want to bring trouble on this farm.
What do you want to hunt me for?'
l found my tongue for a moment
then.
Hunt you? 1 didn't know such Il
chap existed"
lie lowered his carbinc an inch or
two. Then what the devil are you
doing in the lovers walk
What are you doing here?" l blurt-
ed.
We stared at each other like two
grass fed calves in the starlight. and |
edged Il foot or two away from the
gun. Just then l heard the pattcr of
girlish feet on the gravel behind me
and. turning my head saw one of the
plain sisters hurrying toward us. and
almost at the same second the reddish
gold head of the beauty" the head of
| the girl who had been teaching me
Dutch. passed from Il patch Of shad-
ow into the streak of starlight where
| the hairy young giant was standing
fondling his gun. saw her clasp his
arm, heard her hurriedly whisper some
! thing in Dutch which caused the giant
/ IL grin as if half his head achcd to
part company with the other half. The
beauty pointed toward me and the
! plain sister. who had come to a halt
beside me- The plain girl put her hand
kindly on my shoulder and whispered,
Don't YOU think it's too chilly out
/ hereF'
Chilly was no name for it. | was rs
cold as Klondile. The sight of that
carbine in the starlight had taken all
/ the warmth ont Of the atmosphere as
4 far as [ was concerned. | turned to
Ga, when d little hand touched mine.
/ The girl who had been teaching me
/ Dutch was Mt my side. Before YOU
( gentlemen leave" she said, q want
you both to make a promise. You
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21
A MUTUAL SURPRISE.
The Meeting Between an Ambitious
Hunter and His First Grizzly.

In sketches of Life In the Golden
State" Colonel Albert S. Evans tells an
amusing anecdote of an ambitious
hunter who met his first grizzly bear
in procession. The incident occurred
in tho woods near the site of the pres
ent town of Monterey.
The hunter sat down to rest in the
shade of a tree and unwittingly went
to sleep When he woke, it was near
sunset, and he sat up, rubbing his eyes
and contemplating a return to his hotel
several miles distant.
Just then Il rustling and cracking
noise from Il clump of chaparral about
100 yards away attracted his attention.
Out walked grizzly bear, a monarch
of his kind. He yawned, licked his
jaws and then advanced toward the
tree where our hunter sat. but evident
ly was unconscious Of his presence.
His grizzly majesty had proceeded
about 20 PAGES when female bear fol
lowed him. and an instant later third
grizzly followed her at Il slow, sham
bling pace.
The hunter sat spellbound with ter
ror as the procession came toward him
until the forward grizzly was within
80 yards Then, scarcely realizing
what he did he sprang to his feet and
uttered freuzicd ycll-yell upon yell!
The effect was magical. The fore
most bear sprang into the air, turned
sharply about, knocked the female
down. rolled over her, gathered himself
up and bolted like 40 carloads of
rock going down a shoot" straight for
the chaparral again, the other two
bears close at his heels and never turn
ing to see what had frightened them.
The hunter. seeing the enemy re-
treating. sprang TO his feet and fled at
top speed for the hotel. leaving hat and
gun behind The truth of his wild and
startling tale was proved the next day
by the numerous bear tracks Of differ
ent sizes found in the marshy ground
near by. But the three bears had gone
off beyond pursuit.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Perhaps there is no city quite so pro-
vincial as New York, says A. Maurice
Low in The Atlantic, due to the fact
that the average New Yorker, whether
in society or business, has got into the
habit of patronizing the Inhabitants of
any other city. The New York bust,
ness man complacently feels that the
rest of the country is financed by New
York and must do as New York tells it.
The society man or woman Of New
York believes that outside Of New
York, with few exceptions. there is no
society worthy of the name, and what
society does exist is merely a bad imi
tation of its New York prototype.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

There is a lending library of human
bones in London. 1t is intended for the
use of medical students, and the bones
are lent out In exactly the same man.
ner as books from a circulating library.
The entire collection is valued at $4,000
and contains besides human bones the
skeletons of horses, dogs, cats, oxen
and sheep-all animals that the veter-
mary surgeon is likely to be called up
on to treat The present market price
Of human skeleton is from &c to f20,
according to its condition. A skull may
be worth anything from IS. to FL. For
a payment of Cd. student can borrow
any part of the skeleton that he desires
to study and may retain it for one
week. A complete skeleton can be bor-
rowed from the library for the sum of
los. down and deposit of f5.-London
Answers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1900-12-21

Talking of the Baroness Burdett-
Coutts Lord Houghton said: Miss
Coutts likes me because never propos-
ed to her. Almost all the young men Of
good family did. Those who did their
duty by their family always did. Mrs.
Browne Miss Coutts' companlon) used
to see it coming and took herself out Of
the way for ten minutes, but she only
went into the next room and left the
door open, and then the proposal took
place, and Immediately it was done
Miss Coutts coughed. and Mrs. Browne
came in again.. A@AGaztua \ " T. .
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