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Amor Vir1cit
Orrn1a * ~ ~
BY r. d. WESTON
Copyright, 1901, by Authors syndicate.)
BY r. d. WESTON

THUDDUMPS it was called. The
name fitted the place as names sell
dom fit. 1t lay at the extreme and
ragged edge of the city, and stretched
for about three squares, over rub
bish-heaped lots, into a tin-can COW
cred distance where the river drew
an unclean streak that brought the
settlement to an end.
Shanties of mixed architecture rose
at uneven intervals above the de-
bris, and goats and dirty children
browsed rapturously where the filth
was thickest. It was in the most
3oriorn of these shanties that Pierre
Nicolini lived. He was an italian
and had been a rag picker by trade,
and now in his old age be piled his
profession as near home as possible,
and made a meager income off the
''lots." With tongs and shovel he
pottcred forth daily-an old bag
slung over his back-and spent hours
Poking and sitting among the rub
bish heaps. Often he returned home
with his bag empty and surly
snarls for the lucklessness of his
fate. He had had a long spell of bad
luck and was bitterly mumbling to
himself about it one day, when some
thing bright caught his eye as he
sifted ashes. He bounced upon the
glittering thing, and after rubbing
it off on his coat sleeve and intently
studying both sides pronounced it
valuable. He took it home and
washed it and gave himself up to
considering it's worth. 1t was a
small gold coin with head family
stamped on one side. BY the charac-
tiers which surrounded this Nicolini
made out that it was Roman piece
of very early date-probably B. c.
On the other side the original let
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The Power of Forgetting.

Some things are better forgotten
than remembered. The habit of over.
looking family jars, of failing to see
the sour look, and not hearing the
harsh word, and setting aside forever
the disagreement is habit that
makes for family peace. 1t is throw
ing the stones in the path out of
ones way. Life is short at best and
we should make it a rule to grasp
only the pleasant things and count
only days of sunshine. Each one of
us has pet failing. In WEAKNESS
and at times when not on guard out
comes the impatient reply, or the
spiteful word which moment after
we feel shat we would give anything
in our possession could we but recall
it. Unforeseen and unguarded i'm
pulses may be at the root of your
neighbours peculiarities. Be patient
and forget.-Chicago Post.
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PERSONAL AND 1mpERsoNAL.

Cecil Rhodes is O man of many
fads, and in recent interview naive.
ly, or satirically, confesses to pas.
sion for collecting anything Dutch
The "Gideons" is an organization
of commercial travellers in Chicago
who neither drink, smoke nor play
cards, 1000 strong.
Baroness Burdette-Coutts, famous
for her wealth and philanthropy, was
born Just before Waterloo and is,
therefore, past Sc. Her husband,
William Ashmead Bartlett Burdett-
Coutts, is about so.
At fair in Hutchinson, Kan, there
are on exhibition three girl babies
triplets-who rejoice in the names of
Magdaline, Mandoline and Maudeline.
With them are exhibited three sill
yer cups, presented to them by Gov.
Stanley.
Gov. Stanley has withdrawn his Of
fer to give silver cups to all triplets
born in Kansas during his admins
tration. After having purchased 20
sets of cups he decided that he would
have to call halt owing to the ex-
pense of the scheme.
Judging from his present excellent
health, Lord Gwydyr is one of the
few English noblemen who will be
able to give his experiences of four
coronations. Lord Gwydyr is in his
ninety-third year, and one of his rec
objections as boy of ten is in con-
nection with the coronation OF
George w..
NJ. WALTON, senator, the father OF
the French republican constitution
and the venerab BILE perpetual secretary
of the academy, assisted by his son,
recently saved the lives of three per-
sons who were drowning in the sea
near Petits Dalles. For his cour-
ageous conduct the intrepid rescuer,
who is 80 years old, has been award
ed a first-class medal.
DR.. Joachim asserted his musical
gifts almost as baby. When only
five years old he was asked by his
mother what he would like as toy
to play with-they were ut the time
wandering through German village
where fair was being held. His
answer was: "A violin," and nothing
would make him alter his mind, so 1T
was bought for him. He was never
happy without that violin, and at
night it had to be placed inside his
little cot before he would 60 to
sleep.
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Strong Men.

The Roman soldiers, who built such
wonderful roads and carried weight
of armor that would crush the average
farmland, lived on coarse brown
bread and sour wine.
They were temperate in diet and reg.
u,ar in exercise, says the Scientifi,
American. The Spanish peasant works
every day and dances half the night,
yet eats only his black bread, onion
and watermelon. The Smyrna porter
eats only little fruit and sour olives,
yet he walks off with his load of 100
pounds. The coolie, fed on rice, il
more active and can endure more than
the negro, fed on fat maer
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Driving Out Disease.

When we speak about driving a
disease out of the body we are talk
ing sheer nonsense. What we can
do, and what medicine does for us,
is to favor the body's power of re-
sistance and repair. Medicines are
given to aid these powers, while in a
few cases drugs are known which
possess actual powers of killing the
germs that beset US. Quinine acts
II malaria, for instance. because it
kills the germs that develop in the
blood, and other drugs which are
specific for certain diseases probably
owe their action to similar powers.
After all, the doctor is only the
servant of nature in that his train
ing teaches him to note. symptoms.
to weigh the probabilities of the
case, to be on the alert to assist ma
ture when occasion arises and to
favor in every way the process of
natural recovery.-Sco.sma
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PHTH1S1s ON THE DECLINE.
Old Folk Have Far Less OF Consusnp-
ton Than i'm Their Earlier
Days.

Mortality statistics collected in diff
ferent countries seem to concur In
giving evidence of steady reduction in
the number of deaths from consump-
ton during the past half century. 1t
may be plausibly suspected that the
whole of the apparent gain is not real,
and that greater exactitude OF dla g.
nosis and more precise use OF the
term "phthisis pulmonalis" may ex-
plain away some of it, says the London
Polytechnic. Still, we may thankfully
believe that large part is real. We
obtain support in that conclusion by
the general impressions formed by in
telligent old people, who, almost with
out exception, assure us they hear and
see far less of consumption" now
than they did in the days of their youth.
It is of great interest to determine the
influences which have been at work in
bringing about this result. 1t may be
said at once that attention to the now
so fashionable doctrine of contagion
has had no material share in it, since
until the last few years no sort of pre-
cautions on that score had been taken.
It is possible, but not very probable,
that the inspection of butchers meat
NAV have been influential in some
slight degree. By far the most prob
able hypothesis Is that the gain has ac-
crued from the improvement in the
general prosperity of the race which
the nineteenth century witnessed.
During it mankind were, on the whole,
prosperous, and in most civilized cOun-
tries the houses, the clothing and,
above all, the food of the community
were improved.
To speak of England alone, those
who can remember what it was GO
years ago assure us that the advance
in the condition of the working classes
has been very great. The food which
is now obtained by all is more nutri-
tious, more varied, and less exclusively
vegetable than it formerly was. The
clothes are better, and the houses are
better. In spite of the fact that the
age has witnessed the influx of popu-
lation into cities and large towns and a
palatial abandonment of the country,
the facilities for locomotion and the
cultivation by both sexes of athlethics
and outdoor pursuits have probably
secured without dimunition the ad-
vantages of fresh air. AS regards the
use of alcoholic beverages, the age has
witnessed vast improvement. While
there has been no diminution in the
quantity taken, it has been spread over
a larger number. Excess has become
disgraceful, and is far less common
than it was, while what may be called
the dietetic use has been maintained.
Thus, then, we seem to come to the
conclusion that the reduction in the
prevalence of tuberculosis has been
due to improvement in general stamina
and advancement in the arts of civil
lied life. .~F
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A WIDOWS TRIBUTE.
Mule Tragedy Carved in Granite and
Set Up In st. Charles (MO.)
Cemetery.

Conventional tombstone design has
been knocked sideways by a bereaved
Missouri widow. The poor woman
had been deprived of her husband by
| The sudden action of one of the
famous native mules, which, resent
ing some act on the mans part, de-
l-vered an uppercut with telling ef-
feet.
This is the subject illus trated in
bcs-relief on the stone, the time i'm
mediately after the kick; and the
stone stands at the head of grave
in small town-St Charles-.not
far from St. Louis.
The stone itself is of common
form-a straight shaft of white gran
lite, resting upon base Of brown
stone, and surmounted by beveled
cap, on which stands something that
looks much like a haystack (prob-
ably it is-the man IN whose MEM
DRY it was erected having been q
farmer).
But the bas-relief is the point of in
terest. It is 1S inches in diameter.
In the background stands an lnno-
cent looking, mild appearing animal,
that might be lamb were it not for
the lack of wool and the presence of
a monstrous head and abnormally
large ears. "A rope is about the neck
of the mule; the other end of the
rope is held by maid of peculiar
architecture, who stands with one
hand grasping her apron and with
great astonis hment shown on her
face.
The cause of the astonishment,
says the New York Herald, is lying in
the foreground. 1t is man, who APP
parently is held in the air by resting
on an elbow. He wears panied ex-
preston. What is first mis- taken for
a birds nest is on close inspection
found to be hat.
From an artistic standpoint the
most remarkable thing about this
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MISS KATE GORDON.
New Corresponding Secretary Of tAs
Woman's National Suffrage
Association.

The new corresponding secretary OF
the Woman's National Suffrage asso
citation, succeeding Mrs. Rachel Foster
Avery, who held the office for is years,
is Miss Kate Gordon, a young south.
ern woman Of remarkable clevernesa
and executive ability. Miss Gordon
comes from New Orleans, where she
conducted the most unique political
campaign on record.
Under the new constitution of Louis
lana women have limited suffrage, and
tax-paying women nave right to vote
on all subjects affecting taxation. "A
year ago when the progressive ele.
ment of New Orleans decided that the
city must be severed and drained, ane
that to do that it would be necessary
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HARD WOOD FLOORS.
Work, Provided One Knows How
to Go About 1t, 49,.

Floors that have been finished in
shellac should be kept clean, says the
National Builder, by thoroughly
brushing off the dust with soft hair
or feather brush, or by wiping with
cloth of soft texture. If the cloth
is slightly moist the dust will adhere
to it more readily, but wipe with a
dry cloth afterward. If any dirt that
will not wipe off with moist cloth
should be deposited on the floor, wash
it off thoroughly with clean (not hot)
water, using soap if necessary, which
also cleanse off with water as quickly
as possible and wipe dry.
When the face of the floor begins
to look worn and shabby, after
cleansing off the dirt and wiping dry,
if water has been used, rub the sur.
face all over nicely with mixture
two-thirds turpentine and one-third
raw linseed oil. To do this saturate
q soft cloth of any kind with the
mixture, wiring it out half-dry and rub
the floor with it evenly. Do not use
the oil SO freely as to leave it stand.
ing on the surface to catch dust. To
prevent this wipe off with clean
dry cloth. After the shellac is worn
down to the surface of the wood
sandpaper it all over evenly with a
No. sandpaper and give it another
coat of shellac, after which continue
to keep as before.
Floors finished in plain oil onlv
should be kept in the same manner
as above, more soap and water being
required, and more frequent rubbing
with the mixture of turpentine and
linseed oil spoken of above.
Naxed floors can be cleansed by
washing off thoroughly with turpen.
tine and benzine, after which thew
can be rewaxed if desired.
Floors finished in 'hard oir' should
be kept like floors finished with shell.
lac.
A maple floor for a kitchen that
has not been finished in wax Or oil
is best taken care of by being
scrubbed or rubbed with any of the
securing preparations now in the
market for that purpose. ..
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tiers had been erased and in a space
encircled by wreath the words
"Amor Vincit Omnia" were engraved.
"A love TOKEN" Nicolini thought to
himself. "Whoever lost it will be
glad to get it back and willing to
pay. First I will have to find the
owner. will advertise-and then"
he shrugged his shoulders-"I will
sell for the most lean" So he put an
advertisement in the Lost and Found
columns of the morning papers. He
described the coin infinitely and
quoted the motto that was on it, and
did not forget to mention that a re-
ward would be expected. Then while
he waited for the result of this step
he specialized as to the intrinsic
value of the coin, and wondered if
the inscription on the back would
diminish it's worth from a collectors
point of view.
,Nicolini had not long to wonder,
for dcriag the very morning that the
notice appeared in the papers rare
thing happened in Thuddumps. A
carriage drove up over the rumbling
road that was worn by dump carts,
and stopped nearly opposite the
Italians shanty. A lady stepped
from it, and after being directed by
some ragged, starving children made
her way towards Nicolini's hut.
He received her with all the cour-
tesy he had at his command.
"You are Mr.. .Nicolini?" she asked,
ss she stepped inside his tiny dwell
ing. "And you put this in the paper
to-day" She drew from her pocket
book a slip of paper on which the
advertisement was printed. IF you
have still the coin may see it? ]
lost one some weeks ago which an.
swers to this description. 1t must
be the same, I think, for know only
Of the existence of one other like it.
Both bear the same motto"
As she spoke Nicolini regarded her.
He had never heard voice SO beau
tiful before. It recalled some soft,
low tones of the organ and had the
cadence of song. She was tall and
graceful, clothed entirely in black,
with veil partly hiding her features.
But from what Nicolini could see of
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s.ThE END OF THE PLAY.

NJ.
She had been SO shy and winning.
AS she spun her spangled moose,
Even from the plays beginning
Just az pretty maids may choose.
Buckled shoes with bows 10 faSten,
Thorn-pricked fnger-tips to mend;
Childish things to rise and mock him
When the play was at its end!
Time had been so lightly dated;
Gardens had been Eden's bowers;
Love would spring where Fancy waited,
AS the May buds after showers.
Winding ways beside the waters,
Gifts of ivy and of rose:
Memory laugh'd before his vision
When the play was at its close.
eve have had lovely season;
You have been so very good"
Had she blinded all his reason
With her matchless maidenhood?
''Love! Oh, no. My heart is given:
You were never more than friend"
Then profile with dimple,
And the play was at its end!
With the roses languid sweetness.
With each bitter autumn's strife,
Still her memory, in completeness,
Made a desert of his life.
Noble women might have loved him;
But he smil'd: 1.-THE saints defend:
Love is as gilded bauble"-
When the play was at an end.
Edith Rutter-Leatham, in Chambers
journal.
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Getting Even with Her.

"You may tell him." she said, haughtily;
"that do not care to meet people who deal
in dressed beef" i
Naturally this proud eastern aristocrat
thought she had him properly put down,
but she was in error.
You may tell her." he said by way of
reply, chat whatever I put on the market
is at least dressed"
Then he looked long and fxedly at her
decollete daughter-Chicago Post
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Wrenchcd Foot and Ankle Cured By
St, Jacobs Oil.

Gentlemen: A short time ago | severely
wrenched my foot and ankle. The injury
was very painful, and the consequent in
convenience (being obliged to keep to bust
ness) was very trying. A friend recon-
mended St. Jacobs Oil, and take great
pleasure in informing you that one appli-
cation was sufficient to effect a complete
a remedy is Invaluable, and I shall lose no
opportunity Of suggesting the use Of St.
Jacobs Oil. Yours truly, Henry J. DORIS,
Manager The Cycles Co., London, England.
St. Jacobs Oil is safe, sure and never fail
ing. Conquers Pain.
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Reflections OF a bachelor.

"Money can't buy happiness, but it can
buy trst-class imitation of it,.
Also the sins of the second and third
generations are visited on the first.
We repent so as to be able to do the
same thing over again with a clear con-
science
1t is a wise man that never praises the
beauty of another woman to his own wife.
In taking hand in straig htening out
hands off.-N. Y. Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-11-14
KILL THE DANDaUFF GERM
Or Your Hair Will Fall Out Till YOU
Become Bald.

Become Bald.
Modern science has discovered that dan
druff is caused by germ that digs up the
scalp in scales, as it burrows down to the
roots of the hair, where it destroys the
hairs vitality, causing falling hair, md, ul.
timately, badness. After Prof. Upna, of
Hamburg, Germany, discovered the dan
druff germ, all efforts to find a remedy
failed until the great laboratory discovery
was made which resulted in Newbro's
Herpicide. 1t alone of all other hair prep
arations kills the dandruf germ. Without
dandruff, hair grows luxuriantly. .'De-
stroy the cause, you remove the effect"
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Front Seats Preferred.

A small hint to the traveller is that,
other things being equal, the forward
seats in street or railway car are the
most healthful. This is explained by
the fact that the forward motion of
the car carries a current of air back
ward, carrying with it the civilizations
from the lungs Of those in front.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-11-14
EN0RM0 Gus CROPS

North Dakota has just harvested won
derful crop of wheat and fax. Reports
from the various railway points along the
$500 Line show yields of Is to 80 bushels
to the acre of wheat, and from IL to 20
bushels Of flax per acre. Flax is now
bringing s1.25 per bushel. Most Of the
crop was raised on newly broken land, so
that the first crop pays for the farm and
all the labor, and leaves handsome profit.
There is still plenty Of good free govern
ment land open for entry; also good open
ings to go into business in the new towns
along the 800" Line. For descriptive cir
culars, maps and particulars, write to d.
w. Cssseday, Land Agent, $780, Line.
Minneapolis, MINI.
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The Rirhk Nam.

Mr.. Bioomfeld-Did you hear that
Snaggs was going into amateur farm
ing?
Mr.. Bellefeld-No; but it's all right.
Snaggs can afford it.-Pittsbur8
Chronicle-Telegraph
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-11-14
vNh.-. penner Il UxefuI

A tablespoonful of black pepper put
in the. washing water is tavorite
method of some housekeepers for pre-
serving the color of buff, gray OF
khaki-colored stu6A.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1901-11-14
V;B!f3:R6o|!1!!'S|5gA'H$$
Union MADE

W For More Than q Quarter OF Century
The reputation Of. w. L. Douglas $500
and $3.50 shoes for style, comfort and
these prices. This excellent reputation has
been won by merit alone. w: L: Douglas
shoes have to give better satisfaction than
other $500 and SO so shoes because his
reputation for the best $500 and $3.50
shoes must be maintained. The STANDARD
has always been placed so high that the
in the w. L. Douglas. $500 and $3.50
shoes than he can get elsewhere.
WI Douglas sells more SO 90 and $3.50
shoes than any other two manufacturers.
w. L. Douglas 81. 90 CIT Edge Linc
cannot be e1uQkLed at am pEiCe.
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Mrs. Emma E. Felch, Treasurer Fond
du Lac, Wis, Social Economic Club, Tells
How She was Cured Of Irregular and Pain
full Menstruation by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

"DEAR Mrs. P1NKHAM:-I have used Lydia E. Pinkhams
Vegetable Compound for irregular and painful mensuatlo and
entirely cured after using bottles. truly say is
boon suffering and would recommend all suffering from
the above troubles few bottles and be cured Very thank
fully yours, EMMA E. FELCH Division St. Fond du Lac Wis.,
$4,000 FORFEIT ABOVE LETTER NOT GENUINE.
When troubled with Irregular suppressed or painful
menstruaon Weakness ucorr displacement liberation the
womb that feeling Of the ovares baekache
boang tuence general debility indigestion nervous pros
traon are beset with such symptoms
gone and feelings blues and hopeessness
they should remember there tried and true remedy yd
Compound at such troubles
buy any other medicine for you need the best
female ills in the world has received
such widespread and unqualified endorsement
Pinkham invites all sick to write her for advice.
20 Address, Lynn, Mass
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1901-06-12
CTo be continued)


How a single brain could achieve
these extraordinary works is a mys-
tory. 1t is deepened by the fact that
tbs inventor enjoyed a very few cdu-
cational advantages. Edison was a
poor boy, and at the age OF twelve be-
came a newsboy on the Grand Trunk
road running into Detroit. Yet even in
these days the terrific intellectual ac-
tiyity of his character " as faale mani
fest. At one time he had shall la
boratory in the baggage car. where he
tried chemical experiments. When he
was a telegraphic operator he devoted
all of his leisure time and many hodrs
which should have been given to sleer
to the developing of ideas which were
20 become great inventions.
After he had grown famous and opu-
lent, he did not yield to the temptation
to take life easy, but on the contrary
threw himself with greater earnest
ness into the hard labor of his calling.
He so begrudgcd the time Consumed In
eating. dressing and undressing, sleep
ing and going from his workshop 70
his HON" at Menlo Park, that he placed
a bed and dining table in his workshop,
where he could eat and steep withou;
disturbance. while engaged upon i'm.
portant eXperins hts Frank Leslie :
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