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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
Advantages OF Hay Caps.

At the present prices of cotton cloth
a set of good hay caps yard square
would sometimes pay for themselves in
a single season. when wet spell
catches the farmer with lot of hay
nearly cured enough for the barn. 1t is
both provoking and sure loss to have
a good crop of what should have been
good hay converted into bedding or
something worse than that. after one
has worked two or three days to get
it fit for the barn. Yet we have often
seen this happen. A cap yard square
will cover goodsized tumble of hay
or shock of grain. as if it does not
reach the ground it is enough to have
the top we'll covered if the heap is prop
erly made. We have heard some say
that the hay would spoil by heating
under the cap, but we never have had
it do so,-Prairie Farmer
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upon * LOAD OF HAY.

y " Va
I'm tired Of urban clang and show Of
OF all Its grievous sorrows manifold;
So to the country, boys, I've run away
And beg ride upon your load of hay.
Here's ease that witches weary hearts to
rest,
And room for poor cramped souls, too
long repressed;
No high walled streets to dim Gods sun
light fair,
NO Fashions pomp with supercilious
stare:
But winding tracks DER stones and stub
BILE brown,
And creaking, swaying hayracks, laden
down,
And plodding horses. faithful, strong and
Unknown to style, left Just as wisdom
made.
Above are stretched the heavens, vast.
aloOf-
-, strip Of blue Unframed by towering
tantalize. Can hearts to love be dead
i'd these great gifts of beauty. freely
spread?
this hard work, take honest, hearty
pride;
should Fame's sons in grand pro-
cessiOn ride
vehicles, insignia Of their birth,
e homely hayrack soon would seem OF
worth.
ay does the world forever venture so,
!th high built loads to pass through
doorways low?
proudest heads must do as we do
now
fore necessity and beams low bow.
preacher? No A farmers boy as you
m again; and see, I'll prove it, too.
pitchfork, please-I'll help you NOW
away:
those who ride, their fare must al
ways pay.
tarion Macarthur, in Ohio Farmer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
The Innuence Of Shade.

Experiments to find the influence of
shade upon garden crops show that
shade retards termination of the first
crop of lima beans, but not of the mid
summer planting. All root crops, as
turnips, carrots and potatoes, grow
larger leaf surface in shade, but small
er roots. Shade improves salad crops,
noticeably celery. With seed or fruit
producing plants, as beans, peas, egg
plants, tomatoes and cucumbers, the
time OF blooming is retarded and the
period of fruitfulness prolonged. The
foliage becomes a deeper green in the
shade with tendency to increase the
size of the blade of the leaf-Nfidland
Farmer
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
WHERE IT CAME FROM.
Our Word Dollar Is of German Origin
and Has Been in Use for
Many Centuries.

Our word dollar dates back to 1855,
when resolution was passed by con-
gress which provided that it should
be the unit of money of the United
States. Another resolution was
passed in 1855, August S, providing
that it should weigh 1854 grains Of
pure silver.
The mint was established in 1892,
and then required to coin silver dol
lars containing 371.25 grains of pure
silver. This was due to the influence
of Alexander Hamilton.
No dollars were coined until 1904,
and then irregular. They are worth
now $500 each. In 1894 the coinage
of regular dollars began.
Our coin. says Golden Days. was an
adaptation of the Spanish milled dol
lar. a coin very popular wherever the
Spaniards Travelled. The coin was
called "piastre," meaning fat piece
of metal; it is synonymous with pias-
ter. 1t is supposed that the Spaniards
took the German "thaler" and called
it by the name of plaster
The word dollar is entered in Bal
ley's English dictionary of 1745. and
was used repeatedly by Shakespeare
at the beginning of the seventeenth
century. especially in Macbeth, H.: 2,
G2: "Till she disbursed ter thousand
dollars to our general use,' and in the
Tempest" H.: 1, II.
The question where Shakespeare
found the word dollar is answered by
the fact that the Hanseatic towns
maintained great establishment
called the Steel Yard in London. The
Steel Yard merchants were mostly
North Germans, who would CALI the
German thaler as if it spelled 'dahler."
The same merchants originated the
word sterling, an Authorization of the
word ''esterling.' AS the Hanseatic
trade was particularly brisk on the
Baltic and in Russia, the standard
coins of the Hanse merchants were
called esterlings, and sterling came
to mean something genuine and de-
sirable.
The word dollar is the English for
thaler. the first of which was coined
about 14S5, and corresponds quite
closely to our present American sill
yer dollars. The word thaler means
Coming from dale or valley" the
first dollar having been coined in a
Bohemian valley called Joachimis-
thai. 1t was under Charles v. the
emperor of Germany, king of Spain
and lord of Spanish America, that the
German thaler became the coin of the
world
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
system of selling Fruit.

Cooperative marketing OF fruits
should be encouraged. The losses that
occur to fruit men every time we have
a good crop of any kind of fruit dis
courage the fruit growers. The guam
titles of peaches that rot on the glut-
ted markets would bring pleasure to a
or-miss method of distribution that is
largely responsible for the losses. The
systemati tic distribution of fruit will be
the forerunner of better methods for
utilizing the surplus of fruit and of
keeping it until it can be used by the
people.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
FOOLED HIM TWICE.
But the Third Time the Dog Knew 1t
Was q Joke and Laughed at
HIS Master.

Shepherd dogs are noted for their
intelligence, and many instances are
given of their understanding ordinary
conversation. as we'll as the familiar
commands that are addressed directly
to them.
A story is told of shepherd who
once said to his dog, which was lying
in corner by the fire: II am think
ing. sir, the cow is in the corn"
Though he purposely laid no stress
on the words, the dog, which had APP
peared to be asleep, got quickly up,
and leaping through an open window
scrambled up the turf roof of the
house, when he could overlook the
field. But the COW was not in sight,
as the shepherd knew, and the dog.
descending. ran into the farm yard
to make sure of the animals where
abouts. Finding the COW there, he
trotted back to the house and re-
sumed his place by the fire.
After awhile the shepherd, in a
quiet tone. repeated what he had said
before. and again, with ready obedi-
ence. the dog went out to seek the
COW. When he had once more
stretched himself before the fire the
shepherd uttered the words for the
third time, but the dog then appeared
to understand the joke, for he got
up, wagged his tail, and looked at
the shepherd with CLEAN of humor
in his eyes. as if to say: "My master.
you're merry!" Nor did he offer to
20 out, but when his master and a
visitor laughed he gave a growl of
satisfaction and returned to his cor
ner.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
EVERGREEN HEDGES.
A. an Effective Windbreak and .
Real Ornament to the Farm
They Have No Equal.

In planting evergreens for wind
break, it is well to remember that the
best results are obtained when the
trees are closely branched clear to the
ground, thus giving an upward curv-
ing surface that seems to turn the wind
upward. giving protection to building
even taller than the row of trees. This
idea is shown in the cut, the dotted line
showing the direction of the wind. If
the trees are not thick at their bases
the wind will not be thus DETECTED up
ward and the chief value of the hedge
as windbreak is lost.
And right here it is to be remembered
that to secure an evergreen tree close
branched to the ground the trees must
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
THE JAPANESE FROG.
A Clever Paper Toy Which Can be
Made without Much Trouble by
Any 10y or Girl.

The little folks in Japan make some
very interesting paper toys, and none
is more interesting than the frog manu-
featured out of green paper. First cut
a piece of paper into a square much
larger than you expect the frog to be.
Draw lines from the four corners of the
square and from the middle of the
sides. First fold the paper along the
diagonal lines. then turn it over on the
other side and fold it along the lines
from the sides. 1t will then form
kind of box. which can be pressed to-
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
Old Roman Paintings Found.

At Bosco Reale. on the slope of We
suvius, near Pompeii, where the great
silver treasure was found few years
ago. recent excavations have brought
to light some of the most remarkable
paintings of the Roman period yet
discovered. In the grounds of the Del
Frisco villa a great peristyle and four
large rooms have been unearthed, the
walls of which are covered with 20
large frescoes of rich coloring and
more careful execution than any hith-
erto known. The figures are of life
size.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
Planting Tree. for Timber.

The planting of waste land to trees
for timber is receiving more attention
than formerly. Farmers who planted
trees 20 years ago now find that they
then made good investments. 1t is
claimed that cherry and hickory trees
require about 80 years before they are
valuable for timber; maple trees, 20
years. and black walnut, Is years. a
black walnut tree is said to attain
from IL to Is inches in diameter in
IS years from the seed. Nuts are also
a source Of profit with some growers
Of timber.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
PROTECTING YOUNG TREES.

from one to the other, winding the cord
about the tree as it passes. Tie piece
of burlap on the south side of the tree
as shown and the tree will be protected
from whipping by wind and from the
sun. A piece of leather or old rubber
hose should be put around the tree and
the cord tied around this to prevent
cutting in the bark and injuring or kill
ing the tree. This method will be
found very effective in preventing sun
scald.-American Agriculturist.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
And n Good One, Too.

Brown-John Spriggs was chased by
two footpads last night. They asked
him for his wallet, but he outfooted
them.
Smith-Well, he got run for his
money.-Yonkers Herald.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
CARE OF YOUNG TREES.
Simple Continuance for Guarding
Against Sun Scald and Effects
of Heavy Winds.

Young trees need protection against
the severe heat of the sun, also protec-
tion against the whipping power of
the wind. Set stakes east and west of
the newly-set fruit tree and run cord
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
Hard on the Profession.

"John. our doctor is recommending
Welsh rabbit as breakfast DISH
'Well. you see through that. don't
you? He's getting so lazy that he
doesn't want to be called out at night
Indianapolis Journal.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
More Than She BarEained For.

Foreign Nobleman-Do you think
you can learn to love me, darling?
American Heiress-What do you
care? Isn't it enough that I have
promised to marry you? - Chicago
Evening News.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02
Purple Hair.

From Paris comes the news that pur.
pie hair will be the vogue this year.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-08-02

and was alone with the donkey.
Mr.. Limkins prefaced his remarks
with few kind soothing words to his
donkeyship, and taking a position i'm
mediately in front Of him, began his
Grafton. The donkey was standing in
the middle of the barn chewing some
scraps of straw that were scattered
about, and paid but little attention to
his visitor at first; but as Mr.. Limkins
got we'll into his subject and began
to throw in Delsarte movement here
and there, he raised his head and
seemed to take considerable interest.
He peeked his long ears forward over
his head in an inquiring way and eyed
the speaker narrowly. This inquisitive
attitude encouraged Mr.. Limkins to
still further effort and he became thor
oughly warmed up.
The donkey laid back his left ear
Mr.. Limkins was nearing his climax
the donkey was nearing his. Those
gestures became more and more famil-
lar and reminded him of other things
Mr.. Limkins closed an eloquent period
shaking his fist right in the face of the
donkey. Now, the donkey was of for
eign birth, and could not be expected
to appreciate an American speech any.
however under the most favorable
circumstances.
He laid back the other ear; sudden
ly changed ends and landed fairly on
Mr.. Limkins' seat of utterance. Mr.
Limkins sat down violently on pile
i of old tomato cans and other rubbish
| in a remote corner of the barn, silent
ly. but rapidly opening and shutting
his mouth in a vain attempt to cry
out; but for the moment he lacked the
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-02-22
DICK RODNEY:
Or. The Adventures of
An Eton Boy.
BY JAMES GRANT

An Eton Boy.
BY JAMES GRANT.

vise-and then he leveed his pistol at
the head of Ned Carlton.
For moment the latter stood irres-
olute. and then, seeing the black mug-
zie Of the revolver within foot of
MS head, he muttered a deep maledic-
tlon, stamped his foot with rage on the
deck, and said;
Mr.. Rodney, bear hand with me
to launch this murdered man-this
| poor fellow overboard"
Obey thundered Antonio.
Like one in dream | bent over the
aead man, on whose pale face, glazed
eyes and relaxed jaw the bright moon
light was shining. and in my ex-
eitement and bewlderment | nearly
slipped and fell into the pool of blood
which flowed from his death wound.
mad never touched a corpse before
and an irrepressible shudder ran
through all my veins, But, that emo
tlon once over. | could have handled
a dozen with perhaps Indifference; and
there are few who, after touching the
dead have not experienced this change
of feeling.
Ned Carlton, with a sound like a sob
III his honest breast-a sob of mingled
rage and commiseration-rais the
yet warm body; took the feet, and
through one OF the quarter boards,
which was open we launched ii into
the great deep, and as the brig flew
on, rolling before the early morning
wind, there remained no trace OF poor
VIII White. but his blood, dark pool
upon the deck, and the crew stood
staring at it and at each other with
piank irresointion, horror and dismay
expressed in all their faces.
Empty handed and defenseless as
we all were, each was afraid to sneak
or act, lest he might be the next vic
tim whom the merciless Cubano would
shoot down.
With a growl Of defiance Antonio
now turned away. and. brandishing
the revolver in token of the obedience
he meant to exact, he descended slow
ly into the cabin, where we soon heard
him smashing open the lockers, and
busy with the case bottles in the stew
ards locker, or Billy the cabin boys
pantry.
His departure seemed a relief to all
but in half minute after he was gone
below little Billy. or Boy BILL" as
he was usually termed, whose sleep
ing place was the steerage, rushed up
the cabin stair in his shirt and ran
among us, sobbing with fear and dis
may.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-02-22
CRoNJE SURROUNDED.
British Under Kitchener Beliey ell to Har
Cut or His Escape.

British Under Kitchener Believed TO Have
Cut or Ills Escape,
A member of the British cabinet has
Elyen out the statement that General
ROME is hopelessly surrounded But
further than assurances that very good
news has been received. the war Office
will give outnothing The elementary
facts are that the Beers are treklling
| eastward toward Bloemfontein with
slow-moving baggage trains, and that
they are pursued by Lord Kitchener,
with General kelly-kenny, division
General Macdonald with the High
landers, made forced march to Koo-
doosrand ford and on Sunday pushed
twenty miles eastward General French
left Kimberley Saturday, going cast
along the Modder river
Lord Kitchener is trying to outmareh
and eutflant the Beers, thus checking
their retreat, if possible. and driving
them back into the hands of MaeDon-
aid and French
The war Office message seems to in
dicate that Lord Kitchener has either
got ahead OF the Beers or is about to
realize his plan, ard the war Office
waits to announce decisive result.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-02-22
BOERS RET REAT.
CENTRAL CRONJE FORCED OUT
OF NATAL BY ROBERTS.
attehpt TO surround and Capture the
hoers faiied-British Harrass Re-
treat and Capture supplies

changes in the South African war
situation have been rapid during the
past few days. Kim berley has been
relieved, and General Cronje is in full
retreat toward Bloemfontein. with the
British in pursuit.
Lord Roberts began his campaign by
striklng at Commandant Cronie, COW
erlng the siege of Kim berley. In a
little over three weeks he quietly
massed 5000 men, four infantry divis-
Ions and cavalry division at a point
on the Modder river where he could in
terrupt communication between the
Boer forces operating around Kimber-
ley and Ladysmith, and at the same
time getting in the rear of Cronie.
making it necessary to either accept
battle on conditions Fl vo able to the
British, or retreat.
On Thursday General Frenchs cav
airy seized the passages of the Riet
river southeast of Jacobsdal. and were
at once followed up by two infantry
divisions, The cavalry moved north
and seized the crossings of the Modder
river, and the infantry followed at
their heels. When one division of in
fantry was on the Modder and the other
close behind it between the two rivers,
the cavalry moved forward toward
Kimberley, dispersed the besiegers
from the southeastern front and opened
connection with the town.
The same day the troops from the
old camp at Modder river station
opened communication with Jacobs.
dal, which has already been taken.
Thus Lord Roberts has semi-circle
around the Boer position of the Magers-
fontein, from Kimberley on the north
to Modder river station on the south.
1t was hoped to surround Cronjie and
capture his command. but he succeeded
in eluding the blow. Considerable
quantities of supplies and stores were
captured by the British
General kelly-Kenney was last re-
ported as pursuing and engaging the
Boer rear guard. General Kitchener
Is supporting the pursuit.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-02-22
PRESIDENTS vte ws



| The New York World publishes /,
summary OF a statement mFde bv Prest
Mckinley to Henry Loom i Nelson. d,
20 the American policy toward Iii,
newly acquired islands. the article 4,
Vouched for as an authoritative inte1
pfetation of the presidents views
According 10 Mr. Nelson, ut is Mr.
Me'sinley's belief, that the Constitution
aoes not apply to any OF our new islands
that those people are not tit for SELF
government beyond that proposed "a
itawan; that our new possessions mus
not be premitted to injure any of oui
protected interests and that free tradt
with Porto Rico Is right because oal
protected interests will not be injured
thereby The president believes Con
gress has plenary power over Hawaii,
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
lie holds that Congress may pas,
one tariff law for Porto Rico, another
for Hawaii, another for the Philippines
and that all may be different from
that of the United States.
1t does not appear likely to his mind
that any question can ever arise as to
the civil rights of the people of these
places.
Mr.. Mckinley's attitude. then. to.
ward the natives is benevolent He
desires to elevate them, to educate
them, and he hopes that, in the end.
they Will become worthy of being in
trusted with local self-government. He
does not think any of these natives
worthy now, except the few in Hawaii
upon whom it is intended to bestow
the suffrage few more than pos
sessed the suffrage under the Dole gov
ernmept.
Mr., Mckinley holds that the Con-
stitution only applies to a territory
when it is set by a treaty or by legis-
lation. Upon this point there are
authorities in his favor, but lie goes
beyond the authorities and holds that
Congress is not bound by the limita-
tions of the Constitution when it
enters upon the task of legislating-
i. e., it may refuse to the natives and
to the American citizens who NAV 90
to our colonies, the right Of jury trial
the right OF free speech, the right to
bear arms, the right of peacea Die as
semblage and of petition, freedom.
from nnwarrantable arrest, freedom
from search-all those rights which
the Constitution guard jealousy
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1900-02-22
eoenr d'Alene Investigation Begun

The investigation of charges as to
the conduct of the United States mill
tary forces under Brigadier-General
Merriam during the Idaho mining
troubles last summer began Monday
before the House committee on Idaho
State Auditor Sinclair, General Mer-
riam, ex-Master Workman Sovereign
of the Knights of Labor, Z. j. Flani-
gan of the Idaho legislature and a
magistrate at Mullan, Idaho, aud a
considerable delegation of miners from
the Occur d 'Alene district were present.
The day was occupied in discussing
plans of procedure and no testimony
was taken