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were too weakened from lack of SUI
ficient food to attempt to cross
Smith sound in the one boat left
them and reach Littleton island, as
Greedy had planned to do.
Imagine, then, if you can, what it
must have meant to these men, lying
in their sleeping bags under the
fallen tent, to hear steam whistle
on June %. Three of the strongest
Of the party, at the request of Lieut..
Greedy, crawled out of the tent and
to the top of q hill. Look as they
might, however, they could see no
trace of ship, and they returned
YEARLY with the discouraging news.
It was hard to abandon hope, how
ever. and Long, one of the three,
went to the shore to look again.
This time, to his unspeakable joy,
he saw a steam cutter coming to-
ward Cape Sabine. At once he seized
an oar to which three old rags had
been nailed and tried to raise it as
signal of distress. The wind blew it
down, but the relief party, under
Commander Schley, had seen him, and
in a short time they had landed.
Long, CHASTITY, ragged, dirty, met
them as they came on shore. Beg
ging them for food, he showed them
the tent where his companions lay,
dazed at the rescue, which, almost
despaired of, had come at last.
In the long voyage home, under the
careful attention of the rescuing par
ty, NIL gradually recovered, with the
exception of Sergt. Ellison. He had
been badly frozen, and died on July
TIA days before Commander Schley
arrived at Portsmouth, n. H., where
the secretary Of the navy, the entire
North Atlantic feet and the practice
squadron welcomed home the rem
nant of those who three years before
had ungrudgingly offered their lives
to serve their country's interest,"
Esther A. Harding, in Chicago Rec
ord.Herald.
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QUEER FRONTIER EXPERIENCE
W. : we.tern Pioneer Family HAD
to Pick Their Wheat Over,
Kernel ~ Kernel.

In narating the frontier expe-
riences of "The First White Baby
Born in the Northwest" in the
Ladies' Home Journal, w. S. HARDWOOD
tells of queer experience that befell
the family in the first year after set
Ting on farm far removed from the
settlements. "The winter had been
unusually long and severe, and their
store of provisions ran low. It was a
long distance to the nearest base of
supplies, and communication with the
outside world had been cut off. In.
dams in the neighborhood one night
broke into the granary where the
wheat was stored and stole a guam
tity. In doing this large amount OF
broken glass became mixed with the
wheat which the Indians left, so for
many days, amidst much merry story
telling and many a joke and laugh,
in spite of the serious situation, the
family gathered about large table
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-26
ENJOYED TIE FIGHT.
"Polly's" Comment ON nm Engage.
ment Between Wild Cats In
Close Quarters.

The two wildcats in box in bag.
gage-room at the Union depot had
glared at each other for couple Of
hours before the trouble began, says
the Denver Republican. AL the
afternoon they had growled, and the
supposition is that they had said
things to each other that were not
complimentary. The larger of the
two had spilled the water belonging
to the smaller one. He had switched
his tail into the Others face, and in
various ways had given the young
ster to understand that there was
apt to be trouble. Toward evening
the two sat in opposite corners and
glared at each other. The larger an
imal about eight o'clock thought it
was about time to make the interior
of the box interesting to one of the
He was successful.
No sooner had the big cat attacked
the smaller one than the latter was
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bases of supply at convenient inter-
walls, an abundance of dogs for trac-
ton and constant communication
throughout its entire length. He
proposed to travel overland, says q
London paper, to some point in Alas
ka, whence vessel designed for arc
tic waters would sail with the expe-
dition to a point already selected by
Capt. Launnette = point q far
north as it is safe to aavigate.
Thence during the short summer the
expedition would be rushed over the
border of the region of perpetual ice,
where the main base of supplies
would be established. Then the ice
men and laborers would unpack
their tools and set to work at the
tunnel road to the north pole. It was
to have an ice floor, ice walls and an
ice roof.
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Post once In Barrel.

The smallest, simplest and best-pro-
tected post Office in the world, an Eng
fish newspaper says, is in the Straits
of Magellan, and has been there for
many years. It consists of a small
painted key, or cask, and is chained to
the rocks of the extreme cape in
manner so that it floats free opposite
TERRA del Fuego. Each passing ship
sends a boat to take. letters out and
put others in. This curious post Office
is unprovided with postmaster, and
is, therefore, under the protection Of
all the navies of the world. Never in
the history of the unique "od,ss" Aas
its privilege been abused.
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WONDERFUL FIRE HORSE.
John Iknows How 70 Tara on the
Water and Play . Stream -
. Burning House.

A wonderful horse is John, one Of
the mainstays of the Kansas City IRE
department. He is young and gray
and playful and intelligent-more in-
telligent than some men. say the at
taches Of headquarters. His personal
attendant modestly predicts that in ,
short time John will be able not only
to hitch himself to an engine and run
to fires, but will also turn on the
water and play stream on q burning
building.
This prophecy comes from . daily
performance by which John enter
tains large crowds. He gets his bath
between half-past eight and nine
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now starting on journey through
$4,000 communes, in each of which he
is to arrange for the erection of
painted board. This is to be done in
time for the tourist season, says the
arts Messenger. The notice boards
already arranged for and erected by
this agent cost him no less than
$4,000 francs a year.
The correspondent of French pa
per states that this system of adver-
Using has been carried to it's height
in Switzerland, where, on the very
summit of Mont Blanc, the first thing
to meet the Alpine climbers eye is
Q faring advertisement.
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OPEN THE DOOR.

Open the door, let IN the air;
The winds are sweet, and the flowers are
fair.
1 Joy Il abroad in the world to-day:
If our door is wide, it may come this way.
Open the door!
\ Open the door, let in the sun;
He hath smile for every one;
He hath made of the raindrops gold ana
gems;
I He may change our tears to diadems.
sSs Open the door!
Open the door Of the soul; let in
Strong. pure thoughts which shall Danish
\ sin.
divine,
And their fruit shall be sweeter than that
of the. vine.
Open the. door!
Open the door of the heart; let in
Sympathy, sweet stranger and kin,
1t will make the halls of the heart so fair
y That angels may enter unaware.
Open the door!
British Weekly.
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With him and look after his children.
Well, of course she would go; but it
was with sharp pang she made the
decision.
Presently her nails gave out, and she
rose with the intention of going after
more. But as she did so she saw the
figure of a man leaning on her gate,
and pair of keen, quizzical eyes were
looking straight into her own.
An angry flush rose to her face, but
was quickly succeeded by look of
pleased recognition.
"For the land sake, Tom Rogers!"
she cried, as she stepped forward and
gave him her hand, "who ever thought
to see you here! And with such whis-
kers. Why, I declare, scarcely knew
you! Let's see, it's ten years since
you went out west?"
twelve, Cordelia, twelve" he said,
smilingly. "'You remember it was the
year after father sold his farm. That
was in 's9-Lizzie White had lawn
party the evening before I left"
"Yes, I remember" giving him an
arch look. "You went home with
Sudie Adams, and folks did say
ooh, pshaw, Cordelia," he remon-
strated; ''you and Sudie were togeth-
er, and started to go home with both
of you, but that little Ed Purcell came
up, and you went off with him" Then,
with sudden considerations: I'll
beg your pardon. You-ain't married
to him, are your
"Not yet placidly. ''He comes by
every few months and sort O. beats
round the bush. But, you see, I've had
all could put my hands to without
thinking O such things" Then, with
. gay, ringing laugh: "But let's talk
/. sensible, Tom. I gave up marryin'
years ago. How are you gettin' on out
west? When did you come, and how
long are you goin' to stay?"
'.Just got in, and you're the first per-
son I've talked to-" he answered. II
happened to come this way, and
thought I'd stop for old-time's sake,
You've got mighty fowery place,
Cordelia."
eyes, I like it. But won't you come
in and sit ON the piazza while I make
some cool lemonade. It's pesky no,
out here"
Don't mind If I do" with alacrity
" amt in no particular hurry, ano
your piazzy looks right cool and invit
ing. And, besides, I'd like to ask lot
of questions about the boys and girls;
what they are doing, and who's mar
ried and who amt"
Two rocking chairs were placed op
posite each other on the piazza, and
while Cordelia was making the lem.
opade, Tom gazed around with boy.
ish delight. The piazza was screened
from the road by honeysuckles and
wistarias, and he could count at least
dozen butterflies sailing content.
-
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HABITS OF SCORPIONS.
They Are Ugly Creatures, Born vi.
cious, and Ready to Fight Any
thing or Anybody.

In Mexico scorpions are, at certain
seasons of the year, as numerous.
almost, as flies. They are within the
cracks of the walls, between the
bricks of the tiles on the floor, hid.
ing inside garments, darting every
where with rapidity, their tails,
which hold the sting. ready to fly
up with dangerous effect upon the
slightest provocation.
Turn a corner of a rug Or table,
spread, and you disturb fourishing
colony of them. Shake your shoes
in the morning, and out they flop.
Throw your bath sponge into tho
water, and half q, dozen of them dart
out of its cool depths, into which
they had lain themselves away dur
ing the night.
The average scorpion is two or
three inches in length, but they oc-
casionally grow to five or six inches.
There is smaller variety, known al
the yellow scorpion, but ten times
more vicious and dangerous than the
mahogany-hued ones. .-..--a
IL Is d. luluudy IAdt CAc OlCc w
sting of these venomous pests IL
most feared, as the natives say it 10
then the most poisonous. The de-
serted old mines of Durango are
simply scorpion hives, they having
bred and increased there undisturbed
for centuries.
A scorpion is born vicious and
never reforms. If there is no one
else to fight, a scorpion will fight
himself. If one scorpion is passing
by another one and happens to
touch it, there's fight at once, and
two dead scorpions are the result.
Put hundred scorpions in an in
closure, and throw little stick or
piece of dirt among them, and the
scorpion that is nearest to where
the stick or dirt falls will turn and
dip his spur into his nearest neigh
Dor, and in less than two seconds the
entire hundred will be mixed up in
the fight. The way their singers
and claws and legs will fly is sight
to sec. AS long as there is one scor-
pion alive the fight goes on, for If
one happens to survive the other 80,
he will pitch in and have it out with
himself, and the first thing he knows
he is dead.
The effect of scorpions bite is
rarely fatal except to infants or very
old people. Victims of the yellow
scorpions bite have been known to
live four days in commissions, foam
ing at the mouth, and with stomach
and limbs swollen as in dropsy. 9th
ers suffer no worse consequences
than they might from an ordinary
bee sting. ,
Brandy taken to stupefaction is
the general remedy, but ammonia
taken internally is just as eficacious.
Many natives carry brass tube.
and, in case of bite from scor-
pion, 1t is pressed over the wound.
on which it acts like the cupping-
glass of the surgeon, and draws the
poisoned blood out. A hollow key
has been used successfully in the
same way.-Golden Days.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-26

in their living room and spent the
short winter days picking over the
wheat, kernel by kernel, in order to
free it from the pieces of glass. For
this wheat stood between them and
starvation, and none of its precious
kernels must be lost. Their stock of
-four had long since wasted away, as
had most of their food supplies, so
they boiled and ate the wheat with
out grinding. Relief reached them
just in time to prevent q sad ending
to the experience"
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BILL BOARDS ON MONT BLANC.
There IL No Escape for Tourists from
the Wiles of the Adj
yePtiser.

The agitation in France against the
Disagreement of country landscapes
by flaring advertisements still pro-
ceeds, but it appears with doubtful
success, owing to vested interests.
The country people whose land lies
alongside the lines of railway are
readily tempted by the offers of the
advertising contractors from whom
some of them reap quite respectable
income from displaying posters which
puff soup, chocolate, drinks, etc. It
is said that an agent of one firm is
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-26
TO REACH THE NORTH POLE.
Through the Ice a. the Best
Means.

The most curious method of reach
ing the north pole ever proposed is
by tunnel, plan urged by Capt.
Louis Launnette, formerly of the
French navy. Capt. Launnette's idea
is that by building tunnel of close
ly cemented ice blocks, and lighting
it with electricity, he would estab-
IRISH a route to the pole perfectly
protected from the elements and
available for travel at ell times, with
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-26
Another MIX Ai,ult-r.r+

V1scogen is the latest milk adulter-
ant discovered by the inspectors of
the state dairy and food department.
For some time the department kept
getting samples of milk apparently
above the legal standard which, on
being tested, were found to be far
below. The cause was mystery un-
til, by "a shrewd piece of detective
work, the reason was discovered and
a sample of viscogen was obtained.
The stuff is sirup composed of
sugar, lime and water, about the
color of water, and is used chiefly to
make the milk appear richer than it
really is. When viscogen is placed
in milk or cream the Tactic acid turns
lime in the fluid into white, thick
substance, which, assimilating with
the milk, gives it the appearance and
taste of great richness. It is pos
sible through it's use to palm off upon
customers milk and cream which is
far below standard. While viscogen
is not injurious to health, it's use is
fraudulent and will be stopped by the
dairy and food department. Viscogen
is SO little known that the practice
among dairymen is very limited
Pioneer Press.
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Slatln Pasha's Eventful Career.
A most exciting career has been
that of Sir Rudolf Slatin, better known
as Slatin Pasha. He left Vienna, his
birthplace, when lad of II, to be-
come clerk in a commercial house
in Cairo, and six years later came un-
der the notice of Gordon, who APP
pointed him governor of Darfur. In
this position he became known as
''The Hammer of the Arabs,", owing
to his many victories over the tur-
bulent tribes, but in 1883 he had to
surrender to the mahdi. Then began
an imprisonment that lasted till 1895,
when, by secret aid from the author
tiles at Cairo, Slatin managed to es-
cape. The late queen had Sir Rudolf
at Windsor several times to hear him
relate his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mail.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-26

Stew your fruit and top them. Line
a basin with a light paste, strew SUI
gar over it, then put in your black
currants, add more sugar and tea
cupful of cider, or an apple or two
sliced thin; cover with a top crust,
tie cloth over it and boil for two
World, New York.
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Asphalt . scient,ac Mystery.

A writer in the Chicago Record-Her-
aid says that asphaltum is the puzzle
of scientists and the joy and pride of
roadmakers. Biologists and chemists
have placed the mysterious material in
the coal and petroleum family, yet
they do not agree on its origin. Some
of them claim volcanic parentage for
the curious stuff; others trace its fam
lily back to the vegetable tribe. But
all are of one mind in that it is one
Of the most useful and disable products
Of the earth's crust
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Her View nj It

EYES," said the girl in blue, "she
protested vigorously, and still he
kissed her"
"Now, doesn't that just show the
luck that some girls have?" asked the
zirl in white. ''I've tried it twice
and lost the kiss both times."-Chi-
age Post.
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Dance. by other N.n...

In the fashionable slang of the day
. dance is now spoken of as a
,"band." The former word must not
be mentioned, since society is still in
mourning; so it asks you to dinner
and a ''band" instead. Thus you
show your sentiment to everybody's
satisfaction, without interfering to
any great extent with your own
pleasures. Great are the uses of con-
ventionality.-Orch Leader.
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AN EXCEPTIONAL CASE.
4 Lady OF. the Mountains who II
Handsome and superior to
Her Neighb0rs.

One OF the rare things to be met
with in the mountainous regions of
Kentucky, West Virginia and the adj
Joining states is really pretty wom-
an, unless of imported stock. Indeed,
so prevalent is the tall and angular,
saffron-skinned, slabsided lady that
the traveller, wondering why that one
thing woman most Graves has been de-
MED her sex in the mountains, lays
aside his sense of beauty as something
not needed and goes about quite obliv-
ious of the fact that there are pretty
women in the world. says writer in
the New York Herald.
Under such circumstances, when he
does happen upon a handsome NOUN
taineeress his surprise and delight are
that much greater. 1t was my luck
on one occasion to meet such a woman
ct farmhouse in the valley of the
upper Cumberland. Possibly she
might not have so impressed me if l
had seen her among the beauties of
the metropolis, but out there in the
wilds she was SO unlike anything else
/ had seen that when she came out of
the house in response to my "Hello!"
and fairly burst upon my astonished
vision I actually sat on my horse and
stared at her in speechless admiration.
I fancy she must have been used to
it. for she appearedto take no notice.
II beg your PARDON" / managed to
stammer after a moment. "can you
tell me where can get something to
eat?"
"Hit's mite airly fer dinner" she
said, looking at a shadow across the
porch, "but eff you'll light an come
in you kin git bite here in half an
hour er SIGH matter"
That suited, me exactly, and didn't
care if it was two hours until dinner
time SO long as she was around, so I
"it" and went in. Naturally enough I
talked to her, and it wasn't long until
I was flattering her, just as all men
fatter pretty women.
Don't you find it rather lonesome
living so far from the main road?"
asked after few desultt:ry remarks.
The house was about half mile up the
hollow.
"Twuz at fust, but TIM used to hit
now" she responded with a philo-
sophie smile.
Haven't you any children?"
"Two, but they air at school an
don't git home till evenin'."
"Your husband is some company. I
SUPPOSED" ventured.
II hain't got no husband"
That rather startled me, and I
paused moment.
my old man." she continued, "was
killed by saw log fallin' onto him
about four yer ago. Him an me come
here from Virginny about YER afore
hit happened"
well, you are mighty handsome
woman to be widow" said, impul-
sively.
"That's whit the men folks in this
neck Nv woods is al'ays tellin' me-" she
laughed.
oh" followed, "they recognize a
super.ative when they observe it, do
they?"
Ihey know good thing she
enickered softly in affirmative as she
spread out the tablecloth.
We'll, why the mischief don't you
marry one of .them?"
II reckon I'm leetle like thew air.
mister" she explained.
"How do you mean?" 1 asked. moi
quite comprehending.
know good thing when 7 see hit
she laughed.
"oh. see,' said, "and they are''-
:" Tain't fer me to be talkin' about
my neighbors, mister" she interrupt
ca. Dinners ready; pull up yer
cheer"
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An 1ntere.ttne standard.

"What is your idea of . man OF
honor"
"a man of honor" said the French
nobleman, throwing out his chest, sis
one who will pay his wine bill and
card debts, even if he has to marry
in order to get the money."-Wash-
inpton Star.
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shopper. Good Eaters,

At Christiania, the capital Of Nor
way, there is an immense "steam kitch
en-" where good meals are furnished
for nine cents each. The fact that it
has made a hit, says the Chicago Rec
ord Herald, would seem to indicate
that it is located in the shopping dis.
triot,
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Graceful Te.timoni.l

A kind-hearted squire dismissed .
gardener who used to purloin his
fruit and vegetables. For the sake of
the mans wife and family, however.
Ae gave him q testimonial worded
thus:
81 hereby testify that A. B has
been my gardener for over two years,
and that during that time he has got
more out of my garden than any man
ever employed" -Tit-Bits.
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Snow Pudding.

Make lemon jelly with one-fourth
box or one slightly rounded table,
spoonful granulated gelatine soaked
in one-fourth cupful cold water, dis
solved in one cupful boiling water,
one cupful sugar and one-fourth cup
full lemon juice; strain and cool; beat
whites of three eggs very stiff, and
when the gelatine begins to thicken
combine the two, and beat with q
perforated wooden spoon in large
bowl to give wide sweep to each
stroke. till very light; pour into a
wet 19lBuld or into pretty glass dish.
Serve with boiled custard, poured
around II moulded, or from a pitcher
if not mdnlded.-People's Home Jour
nal,
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fumes which
between
their weeks work in tedious
the ottom thorough seasick and
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-09-26


people everywhere
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CORDELIA
By Frank II. Sweet.

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