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The evening times., 1901-01-18
The senate ON Hazing.

While the country viii be gratifed to
learn that there is a disposition in the
Senate 10 enact legislation in restraint Of
the hazing habit al West Point the people
at large viii be bitterly and resentfully
disappointed if only half measures are ia
ken by Congress The amendment insert
ed yesterday in the Military Academy Az
preparation bill. Is seed as far as it goes.
but it does not so far enough. It reads
as follows:
Under the direction OF the Secretary Of War.
the Superintendent Of the United States Military
Academy shah maze and enforce such rules and
regulations as shall prevent the practice OF hlz-
ing: and any cadet found guilty OF participating
in such practice shall be expelled from the
Academy and shall not be reappointed 10 the
corps OF cadets therein, nor to the Army Of the
United States''
Such a provision might accomplish some
thing in the direction Of reform, but We
fear not much Neither principals nor ac-
cessories in cases of hazing, under present
regulations as We understand. can be COM
PEELED to testify against themselves or
their codefendanta, and fear OF ostracism
VIII generally ksoe victims silent. The
remedy proposed by the Senate is not half
drastic enough. The one way absolutely
TO put an end TO the evil. is 10 provide a
punishment for hazing SO disgraceful AMI
humiliajing that no lad in his sober
senses would think OF risking it. EYpul-
sion. plus twenty-five lashes on the bare
back. IS the specific for the disease.
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it. To any such contention We reply that
the American Executive has not plenary-
but only coordinate and strictly defined
ard confined. powers in relation to the
treaty-making power. If the independent,
personal action of Mr. Clayton, in agreeing
to the secret and nugatory article of the
Clayton -Bulwer Treaty was necessarily
null and void and of no effect-and that
is not open to doubt-then the subsequent
personal admissions or concessions Of a
falsely assumed fact in the same connec-
tion. were equally so. We may safely lay
down the broad principle that the ats Of
orr Executive cannot bind the nation. in
eontrayention of our Constitution aud
laws II foreign Powers choose to accept
such violations of duty and feaity. It is
their own lookout The United States must
not and viii not be responsible for the
ignorance. the corruption, or the treachery
Of public servants whose limitations of
power are OF notice to the whole world.
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he made an extended tour OF the Orient, returning
bv way of Siberia What he did and saw has
been recorded in one Of the most magnificent
books ever printed It has been done into Eng
Hsh and the second volume made It's appearance
= short time ago- The work Is splendidy illus
trated and altogether Is the most superb book
OF its kind IN existence
The Ontario Government received last year
S76.es7 q in fees from incorporated companies
The revenue from this source has greatly increas-
ed in late years, being SIS. .S4765 IN 1856. SO
2SG 10 in lSyI SIS go 10 IN lS9S. and S6I Sol -95
IN 1892 Last wear so c7mp5nes were iHror-
porated by letters patent. 1Sl received licenses,
and - were granted supplementary letters pat
eHt. This Is an increase q - ever 1880
A Melbourne correspondent writes that IN the
drought stricken district Of Naciay. Queensland.
preuarlaious are now active for the utilization os
artillery rs raiI-r,akcrs. Two large cannon are
being sent west from Brisbane, while the ioeal
manufacture OF mortars Is being pressed rIpidly
on So the probability is, If the experiment.
proves successful, that general bonlbardment
OF the heavens VIII he action Of tn length
and breadth of the whole continent itself
Sin William Huggfns President Of the Royai
Society. Is the recipient Of an Interesting and
aDuropriate Christmas souvenir from the Rajah
Juzsaru7y. an Indian ruler, whose leaninss age
markedly favorable TO the cutiration ot science,
t..rri.,.llrl- IN astronomy The gift has taken
the shape cf jyory plaque OF finc native work
Insnship. cut out in = iretwork pattern, the
centre being occupied by a panel on which the
Rafah has had engraved the greetings Of the
season ana reference 10 the ccHtury's close
The old-fashioned mole catcher. formerly IA
nous in English rural life : a thing OF the past
He Is rarely, If ever heard OF in these days.
When he followed his profession 10 speak. the
mole-catchcr was distinct personality, he caught
, noles and nothing else except StCat or weasel
sometimes by accident Eut he did not. IN GER
tain parts of the south OF England at any rate.
call them mules; they were always wants -
Indeed mole Is still '-1.aut'' in many dis
wren which has come down almost untouched
through ten centuries
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-10-03
HORTICULTURAL HINTS.

Plant no fruit trees unless you in
tend to feed and cultivate them. Set
out first diverse supply for home
use; there is as much profit in these
as in those planted for sale.
The peach will not thrive on low
ground, preferring an elevated situa-
ton. Plums prefer stiff, damp soil.
therefore, plum stocks are often used
for an orchard of peaches where the
latter are to be planted on low ground.
According to conservative esti-
mate there will be AZ beet sugar fac
tories in operation in the United
States by the end of next autumn.
Everything indicates that the industry
is thoroughly established throughout
the country.
While weak solution of copperas
will rid the cabbage plants of worms,
if sprinkled upon them, solution of
pine tar will be found preferable.
Prepare quantity in a barrel, and
have but little care as to the proper
lions, as the water will take up just
SO much of the tar, and no more.
If an old apple orchard is composed
of trees having sound, vigorous
trunks, it is well worth caring for,
even if it bears poor kinds of fruit. 1t
does not take more than three or four
years to regraft and will then be more
profitable than a young orchard is
likely to be ten years after planting
Midland Farmer
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TEMPORARY DAM.

and set each with one end on two
horses four feet high, A in sketch,
spread out at the bottom and strongly
braced. The timbers are placed in the
stream with the long pieces up stream,
and the horses are set the required
distance apart to constitute the spans
These are made by. putting two or
three stringers on each span from one
of these horses to the other.
Plank and cover the long timbers,
driving one end of the planks into the
bottom of the stream, as at in
sketch, and fastening the other. to the
horses. Note particularly that these
planks, b in sketch, are laid lengthwise
and not crosswise in the stream. Dur
ing the construction it may be neces-
sary to weight down the long pieces,
but as soon as the water flows upon
the long slope it will hold the dam
securely in place. If the water is shall
low, a few common grain sacks filed
with dirt and laid along the foot of the
planks will seal the bottom and keep
the water from rushing out under the
DAME. j. Blanchard, in Farm and
Home.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-10-03
AN ADJUSTABLE DAM.
Temporary Structure That Can BE
Quickly Put in Place and Re.
moved ~ Quickly.

In the irrigated sections Of the west.
where bitches are supplied with water
from mountain streams and near their
sources, it is very frequently neces-
sary to build dams which can be quick
ly put in place and as quickly removed.
In the spring the melting SHOWS con-
vert the tiniest brooks into torrents
which no dam of aught save the most
solid masonry can withstand. Under
the tremendous pressure which these
torrents exert, the temporary struc-
lures would stand the strain long
enough to back up the water in the
stream for distance, and then go out
with rush. The water loosed from
restraint rushes down, carrying out
headga tes.and filling bitches with rock,
sand and refuse, and frequently caus-
ing such damage as to prevent any irri-
cation for that season.
In sections where these conditions
prevail. the following suggestion for a
temporary dam will be of value: Take
pieces of timber about eight feet long
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-10-03
HE RODE A MULE.

dered to surrender, but all except one
refused to come down.
"While they were still in consulta-
ton and wondering if Fitzpatrick was
a prisoner, and while Hampton's men
were scattering through the camp, in
tent on pillage, lieutenant of the
battery crept out to one of the guns,
loaded it with canister, and turning it
in the direction of the exulting con-
federates let drive. The effect was
tremendous. Our own men, hearing
the gun, rallied. The confederates in
range, believing that the full battery
was ready for business, got into a
sort of panic. And then came Kill
patrick, riding bareback in his night
shirt. Ny recollection is that he
rode q mule, not a horse, and this
made the picture the more grotesque.
But his men went in with bugle blasts
and shouts and soon were masters of
the situation.
'"The officers in the house came
downstairs to join in pursuit of the
fellows who had a few minutes be-
fore demanded their surrender, and
in rough and tumble fight the
camp was cleared and everything
taken by the confederates recaptured,
except Kilpatrick's favorite horses.
This fight was one of the most dra-
matte of the war, and yet it was not
regarded as of much Importance at
the time. If Fitzpatrick had not gone
into the fight in his night shirt the
men in the ranks would not have
talked 10 much about it."
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-10-03
WORK OF A CHANCE SHOT.
ticular But It Laid Low 0Ao
Of Mosby's Men.

"When you come to think about IL.
stray bullets are mean things"
said the old soldier who had fought
under Mosby. As no one in the little
group of his comrades at the confed-
crate home had had any very recent
thoughts on the subject of stray bull
lets, he was asked wherefore of his
observation on the extreme mean
ness of this particular kind Of bullets,
relates the Louisville Confessional.
"Well, I was just thinking Of little
incident in one of our fights, that's
ALL" was the reply. "Maybe it won't
strike you as much of an incident, but
somehow or other it's the little things
we remember, after all.
"You know, Mosby's men kinder
lived at home and fought whenever
there wasn't anything else to do. As
a rule, there wasn't anything else to
do, and so we got in about six fights
and one meal day. There was a
youngster of II named Jack Waller
who went with us on most of our raids,
who suffered from a perverted sense
of humor. He was quiet, retiring
little shaver, all right enough till we
got into fight, and then he'd begin
to brighten up, crack jokes and be-
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come boisterous, but it didn't prevent
him from fighting like the mischief.
Gas we didn't have the chance to
pick our battlefields, it fell out more
than once that fellow found him
self trying to kill Yankees in his own
front yard. One morning near the
close of the war we flushed company
of northern cavalry about mile from
Jack, Walters house and ran them
lickety-split across country. There
amt many companies of any kind that
won't run when you surprise 'em and
then light into them. Well, sir, we
kept drivin' after 'em, now and then
tumblin' one out of his saddle. AS 1t
turned out, those fellows jumped the
fences of Jacks yard and made for the
big gate on the far side. We came
along right behind 'e1n, Jack in the
front, first, because he liked to be
there, and, second. because he knew
his mother and sweetheart would be
out on the front porch watching Jack.
Those union fellows hadn't fired shot
for over half mile, and we thought it
was just question as to how many
we'd have to kill before we captured
the outfit.
'But just as they reached the gate
and Jack jumped his horse over the
fence, and, hat in one hand and pistol
in the other, dashed by to show off be-
fore his mother and his sweetheart,
the last Yank turned suddenly and
fred without aiming at anything in
particular. Well, sir, you wouldn't be-
lieve it. but the ball caught the boy
square in the forehead, and he pitched
over his horses head and landed in .
bunch right at the foot of the steps.
"The fellow that fred never stopped
to see whether he had hit anything or
not, but rode on harder than before.
He didn't go much further, though, for
we caught him in quarter of mile"
"What happened to him?" put in an
old infantryman under Jackson. So
Enough to put him in one Of the
rational cemeteries" was the reply.
81 guess the other fellows felt like I
did, for we didn't leave enough Of
those fellows to make squad worth
capturing. When we rode back to the
house the boys mother and sweet
heart were trying to carry his body
up the steps and get it ready for
burial. Neither one of them was cry.
ing, because Virginia women didn't
do much of that in those days, but
my throat had got SO choked up with
dust that 1 had to go round to the well
to wash it out.
"Queer that bullet should have acted
that way, amt it?"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-10-03
PROFITABLE VISITING.
Every Farmer Can Learn Something
lsOnl His NclEhbOrs II He Keeps
His Eyes Open.

A few years ago the writer hereof
fell in with a party of skilled work.
men whose employers had formed
trust. The workmen from each fac
tory were being sent to all other
factories in the combination in or.
der to study the methods of their
former competitors, and according
to their accounts they were being
much benefited by this opportunity
for observation and inquiry. AS the
factories were widely scattered the
cost of all this must have been con-
iderable-but evidently the employ
ers thought it the right way for the
men to learn. And it is the right
way. More can be learned by OBJ
seryation than by any other way
short of experience. Try to tell
somebody about the characteristics
of the different breeds of cattle, for
instance, and then take him to
state fair and show him. Both par
ties will have higher appreciation
of the value of observation after such
an experience. Every man can learn
something from other skilled men
if he will. This includes farmers. and
they whose work is SO largely visible
can learn a great deal by observation.
There are farmers whose methods
have been very successful. Their
places should be visited whenever an
opportunity occurs and their meth
DDS studied. The experiment farms
have lessons also for their visitors
who want to learn them. We have
known progressive young farmers to
spend great deal Of time and money
inspecting the farms of noted farm
ers and breeders and have yet to
hear Of one regretting it. They got
more than their moneys worth but
they went for purpose and in the
right spirit. They didn't say OF every
new thing: "Well, that won't do for
us, though it may be all right here"
or 1T can't be done by the ordinary
farmer" etc. Go visiting, 60 with
purpose, and leave all Prejudices at
Unconstitutional StOckman.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-10-03
FARM HOUSE CELLAR.
It Should Ne Built or Repaired in
Summer When the Soil Water
IL Mt Its Lowest.

The farm house cellar is an imror-
tant factor in the management of the
farm. A poor cellar hastens the de-
terioration of the farm produce that
may be stored in it for preservation
during the winter. If any improves
ments are to be made in it, now is the
time when they must be considered;
as they should certainly be made dur
ing summer time and when the soil
water is below the bottom of the cell
lar. If q cellar is to be valuable,
dampness must be eliminated. There
is no doubt that cement floor is a
desideratum in most cellars. The ex-
ceptions are the cellars where the nat
ural texture and lay of the land are
such that the bottom of the cellar
is perfectly dry. Such cases are not,
however, numerous in the prairie
states where the ground is level. Gem
orally the moisture in the ground
works sideways enough to get under
the cellar and then works upward.
Two results come from this: the cell
lar gets wet in spots and in rainy
weather even pools form in the low
places; the walls have their support
softened and settle enough to cause
cracks to appear in the ceilings alSl
around the chimneys. The moisture
once present is with difficulty removed,
no matter how much the windows and
doors are opened. This condition Of
affairs in the fall causes considerable
Tho H.
put into the cellar and should be kept
cool. To do this the doors and vim
dows should be opened during part
of the night to let in the cool air and
should be closed during the day to
prevent the cool air being displaced by
the warm air. But in the numerous
damp or wet cellars this is not possi-
bic. The doors and windows must be
kept open during the day to assist in
drying out the water that has soaked
in during the time of the fall rains.
This, of course, renders the cellar of
very little value during the whole au-
tumnal season. just when the farm
products should be kept cool they are
repeatedly exposed to conditions OF
heat and moisture that start the life
principles into activity. Not only so,
but in the fruits and vegetables the
molds and germs that make rot multi.
ply and begin their destructive work
1t is therefore manifest1y to the in
terest of the farmer to have dry
cellar and one that can be kept cool
in the manner Indicated. The first
principle is to have cellar that will
not have to be kept open to insure
freedom from moisture. A small sum
of money spent in improving the cellar
is sure to be a paying investment, to
say nothing of the improvement in
the sanitary conditions of the farm
home.-Farmers' Review.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-10-03
IN OTHER COUNTRIES.

Cuba's customs receipts during the
six months ended June 30amounted to
$7,547,sO5.
The inhabitants of the province of
Ontario write more letters than those
of all the rest of Canada.
A memorial tablet has been placed
on the house in Lamberth where the
late Sir Arthur Sullivan was born by
the London section Of the Incorpor-
ated Society of Musicians.
Some Austrians living At Geneva
conceived the project of placing .
memorial tablet in the Quai du Le-
man, where Emperor Elizabeth was
assassinated. The authorities, how
ever, refused their permission on tho
ground that it would be improper to
commemorate the deed of . mad
man and help to preserve his name.
In place of the tablet it is now pro-
posed to erect Q chapel in honor of the
empreSa,
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PERU ma AvERTS DANGER
In That Critical Time When Girl
Becomes Woman.

called and he generally advises a o.
GRAFTON. Perhaps he will subject the
patient to long series Of experiments
with nervines and tones. The reason
he does not often make . cure is be. 4
cause he does not recognize the trous
BILE.
In large majority Of the eases e..
tarrh of the female organs is the
cause. Peruna relieves these cases
promptly because it cures the catayrh.
Peruna is not a palliative or q sedative
or nervine or q stimulant. It il 8
specific for catarrh and cures catarrh
wherever it may Turk in the system.
This girl was lucky enough to find
Peruna at last. AS she says, the doc
tors did not seem to understand what
the trouble was and the medicine no
prescribed from time to time did not
help her. Peruna hit the mark ct
once and she is now recommending
this wonderful remedy to all the other
girls in the United States.
Thousands Of the girls who look at
her beautiful face and read her sim
cere testimonial, will be led to try
Peruna in their times of trouble and
critical periods. Peruna will not fail
them. Every one of them will be glad
and it is to be hoped that their en-
thusiasm will lead them to do as this
girl did-proclaim the fact to the
world SO that others may read it and
do likewise.
Mrs. Christopher Fliehmann. AM
sterdam, N. Y, writes:
II have been sick with catarrh Of tho
stomach and pelvic organs for about
five years, and had many doctor, but
none could helr me. Some said / would
never get over it. One day when I
read your almanac I saw those who
had been cured cy Peruna; then
thought I would try it. I did, and
found relief with the first bottle Itook,
and after two more bottles was as
we'll and strong as was before. -"
Mrs. Christopher Fliehmann.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
fsfactory results from the use of Pee
runa, write at once +o DR.. Hartman.
giving . full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis. .
Address DR.. Hartman, President OF
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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Miss Bessie kellogg, President OF the
Young Woman's Club, of Valley City,
North Dakota, writes the following
from First street, South, Valley City,
North Dakota:
ever since I nsaturedI suffered with
severe monthly pains. The doctor did
not seem to understand what the
trouble was and the medicine he pre-
scribed from time to time did not help
me. Tie finally suggested that ! have
an operation. One Of my friends who
had been cured Of q similar skXicti0n
through the use Of Peruna, advised me
to give 1t q trial first, and SO I used IL
for three weeks faithfully. My pains
diminished very soon and within two
months had none at all.
"This IS six months ago, and dur.
ing that time Ihave not had an ache
nor pain. Igive highest praise to Pc.
runa. Every woman ought to use 1t,
and feel sure that Ii would bring per.
feet health. "-BESSLE KELLOGG.
The experience of Miss Bessie Kel-
log, of North Dakota, ought to be read
by every girl in the land. It is criti-
cal period in woman's life when she
ceases to be a girl and becomes a wom-
an. Very few pass through this period
without some trouble. The doctor is
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BOTH PRAYERS ANSWERED.
Good Story of the Civil War In Which
General o. o. Howard
FlgQFed.

Gen. Joe Wheeler is good to the in
terviewer. He talks out without re-
serve, as if speaking to a friend. He is
ing, and certainly no one at first sight
would imagine that this gentle, genial,
kindly man was hero of some of the
bloodiest, grimmest battles of modern
times, says the Independent.
Gen. Q. o. Howard, who commanded
one of the wings of Sherman's army
on the famous march to the sea, and
who bore Lees first shock at Gettys-
burg, is another of precisely the same
type. No one could be simpler, kind
er or gentler. In fact, it seems to be
the rule with men as with steel that
the hardest knocks produce the best
temper. Old army officers and old
physicians are. apt to have broad.
minded charity and hopeful, sunny
love of their kind which is rare else
where. They reverse the rule OF the
witty French cynic: "The more I
know about men the better, I like
dogs"
Inc IaSG Ilme l. lulc1SlC"Cu "CAs
Howard it was on the subject of an
swers to prayer, and thought I had
him. In his famous fight with Stone
wall Jackson the union forces were
defeated, so I inquired of Gen. How
ard:
"You prayed before that battle?"
EYES," he answered.
- ''And Jackson was praying man.
He prayed also?'
eyes," he answered.
"Then how was it he gained the
victory? Did that mean that the union
cause was wrong?"
Very gently the good old generalre-
piled:
'Both our prayers were answered.
Jackson prayed for immediate victory
and / for the ultimate triumph Of our
cause. We beth got what We prayed
for"