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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-21


the lost happiness of Us all ] cannon
saw more, but I implore you TO let ms
have my own way In this matter"
"Oh!" Littimer said, darkly. SO you
are masquerading here?" !.
1T am. I admit Il. Turn me out II
Won like: refuse to be a party TO my
scheme, You may think badly or me
now. probably you will think worse OF
me later on. But ] swear to you ma.
T am acting with the best and purest
motives, and In your interest as much
as my own"
"Then YOU are not entitled even to
the name you bear?" g.,
mo; I admit II, freely. Consider L
need not have told you anything.
Things cannot be any worse than they
are. Let me try and make them pet
ter. Will you. will you trust me?'
Chris voice q~uivered, there were
tears In her eyes. With a sudden Inn
pulse Ldttimer laid his hands upon her
shoulders and looked long and search
ingly into her eyes. -,
very WELL" he said, with a gentle
sigh. IT will trust YOU. AS a matter
of fact, I have felt that / could trust
you from the first. I won't pry into
your schemes. because II they are sue
cessful I shall benefit by them. And II
YOU like to bring a CARLOAD Of convicts
down here, pray do so. II Will only
puzzle the neighbors and drive me mad
with curiosity, and I owe that"
"And will you back me UP in all l
say and do?" Chris asked.
Certainly I will. On the whole. 1
fancy I am going to have a pleasant
evening. I don't think dear Reginald
will be pleased to see his friend at din
ner. If any of the spoons are missing
1 shall hold you responsible"
Chris went off to her room, well
pleased with the turn of events. Bril-
liant audacity had succeeded where a
timid policy might have resulted In
dismal failure. And Littimer had re-
Trained from asking any awkward
questions. From the window he could
see Bell and Merritt walking up and
down the terrace, the latter talking
volubly. and worrying at a big cigar as
a dog might nuzzle at a bone. Chris
saw Littimer join the other w pres
entity, and fall in with the converse
ton. His laugh came to the girls ear
more imam once. II was QulIS CNiNCIiN
that that eccentric nobleman was en-
joying the ex-convict's society. But
Littimer had never been fettered by
conventional rules.
The dog-cart came UP presently, and
Henson got out. He had an anxious,
worried look: there was an ugly frown
between his brows. He contrived to be
polite as Chris emerged. He wanted to
know where Littimer was.
ION the terrace, ! fancy" Chris said,
demurely. 1T guess he is having a long
chat with that parson friend OF yours
the brand plucked from the burning.
you know"
Merritt" Henson said, hoarsely.
do you mean to say that Merritt is
here? And I've been looking for-1
mean, I have been to Moreton Wells.
Why did he Gomez"
Chris opened her eyes in innocent
surprise.
why" she said, IT fetched him. I'm
deeply interested In brands Of that
kind" ....
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-21
The Pompadour Is Goinws

The pompadour has been given all
sorts of treatment. II has stood aloft
On the head, like a mound of earth, has
been pitched out over the forehead
like a shade for the eyes, has bean loos-
ened out and let go into crinkles and
waves, and now 1t is drawn into a
bunch and suspended ove the left eye.
where 1t will stay for a little while.
The big, aggressive pompadour, how
ever. has not many months before 1t.
Curls and crinkles and low chignons
are being brought to us from Paris.
We are 10th to let the pompadour go,
for II has stood by US for three long
years.-Phlladelphia Public Ledger.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-21
Some shop Talk.

It was midnight in the machine shop,
and all was silent until the rasping
voice Of the file was heard to say:
IT have rubbed UP against lots of
hard things in my life. but this Harvey
lied steel job has completely worn me
out"
Well said the lathe. sympathet-
ically, IT have lone many a hard turn
myself"
Life is a great bore" supplemented
the gimlet."
"a continual grind" put in the EN-
cry wheel, roughly.
with many a broken thread" added
the steam pipe, in hollow accents.
Calm yourselves" advised the dam
aged fly wheel. there may be a revolu-
ton SOON"
Don't mind him." said the soldering
fluid, acidly. Everyone knows he is
cracked"
And in the confusion that followed
the gas escaped.-Judge.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-21
CouId He worne.

life Is a hollow mockery!" groaned
the pessimistic person.
Not so bad as that" soothingly said
the cptimist.
But 1t is" averred the pessimist.
Gould anyone have as much bad luck
as l? Disappointed In love; failed in
business; property stolen, burned, ship
wrecked and lost; blown up by cy-
clones and burned by volcanoes, kicked
by mules and stung by mosquitoes:
thrown out Of hotels because OF my poor
garb; barred from charity hospitals
because Of my respectable appearance;
arrested for fast driving In my auto
mobile; slammed against the roadway
and telegraph poles."-Baltimore Amer
lean.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-21
"stonevaII. Jnck.op,. aan,,.u

Robert E. Lee and Thomas Jonathan
C"Stonewall") Jackson were once sta
toned at Fort Hamilton, New York
harbor, the former while IL was being
tuilt. Jackson was baptized at old ST.
Johns church. at Fort Hamilton, and
the records contain the following en-
try: ION Sunday. 2sth OF April, 1s49, I
baptized Thomas Jonathan Jackson,
major in the United States army;
sponsors. Colonies Taylor and DIM
mick, also OF the army" The baptis-
nal font used for this occasion is still
preserved.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-21
xXxvII.
Telephone Message


Henson forced a smile to his face and
a hand from his side as he approached
Merritt and the rest. It was not until
the two found themselves alone that
the mask dropped.
You internally insolent scoundrel!"
Henson said. between his teeth. How
dare you come here? You've done your
work for the present, and the sooner
you go back to your kennel, In London,
the better. II 1 imagined that you
meant any harm I'd crush you alto
gether!"
II didn't come on my own" Merritt
whined. $50 keep your air on. That
young lady came and fetched m4-reg-
ular gone on nee. she Is. And there's
to be jinks 'ere-a bazar for the bene-
fit OF pore criminals as can't get work
to do. You card what his lordship
said. And I'm goin' to make a speech,
like Is I used to gull the c~haplains.
Lor', It's funny, amt it?"
Henson failed to see the humor OF
the situation. He was uneasy and sus-
picious. Moreover, he was puzzled by
this American girl, and he hated to be
puzzled. She had social aspirations,
OF course: she cared nothing for de-
cayed or reformed criminals, and this
silly bazaar was only designed so that
the ambitious girl could fin her way
into the county set. Then she would
choose a husband. and nothing more
would be heard Of Merritt & Co. Hen
son had a vague notion that all Ameri-
can girls are on the lookout for Eng
lish husbands Of the titled order.
"Llttimer must be mad!" he NUT
tered. II can't understand Littimer.
Which reminds me that I have a crow
TO pluck with you. Why didn't you do
as I told you last night?"
did," Merritt said, CURLY. "Got the
picture and took II home with me-"
"YLu liar! The picture Is In the cor
ridor at the present time"
liar yourself! I've got the picture
on my mantel shelf In my sitting room,
rolled up as you told me to roll Il and
tied with a piece OF cotton. IT was
your own idea as the thing was to be
left about casual-like, as being less
calculated to excite suspicion. And
there II is at the present moment. and
III LdhC lily hOdIu 70 IT.
Henson fairly gasped. He had been
inside that said sitting room not two
hours before. and he had not failed Ia
notice a roll of paper on the mantle
shelf. And, obviously, Merritt was
telling the truth. And. equally obyi-
ously, the Rembrandt was hanging in
the corridor at the present moment
Henson had solved and evolved many
ingenious puzzles IN his time, but this
one was utterly beyond him.
some. trick of Or. Bells, perhaps"
Merritt suggested.
Bell suspects nothing. He is abso-
lutely friendly to me. He could not
disguise his feelings like that. Upon
my word, I was never so utterly az
sea In all my life. And, as for Litti.
mer, why. he has Just made a fresh viii
more In my favor than the old one
But I'll find out. I'll get at the bottom
Of this business IL II costs me q for.
tune"
He frowned modify az his boots; ne
turned the thing over In his mind until
his brain was dazed and muddled. TIL,
Rembrandt had been stolen, and YET
there was the Rembrandt In It's place
Was anything more amazing and pug.
cling? And nobody else seemed In the
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-21
ALPHABET on A PINHEAD.
Feat I'm Engraving Accomplished by
william l.. Mclean of GIo~versvilIe.

William L. Mclean Of Gloversville.
has engraved on the head of an ordin-
airy brass pin the entire alphabet in
script capital letters. The work was
done with an ordinary engraving tool,
with the aid of a powerful magnifying
glass.
The alphabet is arranged in two cir
Giles around the pin. four letters which
It was impossible to include in them
being placed in the center. No part OF
one letter touches another.
In the first circles are all the letters
UP to and including NJ. A smaller cir
Gle contains the letters which follow up
to ", while in the center are the four
remaining letters.
A few years ago Mr.. Mclean en-
graved the Lords Prayer upon a silver
scent piece.-Utica IN. ~ Dispatch to
New York Sun.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-21
The Logic af the Lunatic.

The sometimes faultless logic Of the
lunatic is delightfully."- illustrated in the
following dialogue:
A visitor to an asylum saw q man
caperins along the hall astride OF =
stick "Ah, hal" said the visitor, wish
ing 70 se pleasant. II see you are hav-
ing a fine ride on your horse"
This isn't a horse,'' answered the
lunatic. contem2tuously.
Not a horse-what Is It, thenr"
It's a hobby" was the reply. TT IL
was a horse I could get of."-London
Chronicle.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1902-08-21

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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Tea seeds resemble small hazelnuts.
They are sown in beds to grow thickly
together like ca bbages.
There are eight patent medicine
firms in this country which annually
spend 100000 each in advertising.
Over 1000 sheep were brought re-
Gently from Montana to Lansing,
Mich, to be fed there on sugar beet
refuse.
A Chinese ma nuscript in the Paris
library proves that anesthetlcs Tor
surgical purposes were used in China
1,7oo years ago.
Thousands of apparatuses for maxi
ing coffee have been invented. The
patent office is packed with pots, etc.,
some of which cost $25 apiece.
Dredging rivers in gold-bearing
countries for gold has become great
industry, and dredges of wonderful
power and capa city are being built to
dredge 60 feet below the water line
and to reach 60 feet above it, along the
banks.
1t II SlAtSu tI1dA CNSAS va -NA' 'NA'A
loses a tract Of land the size OF Glib
raltar, and that on the east coast alone
the annual loss equals in territory the
island of Helig GLAND. In the last 100
years an edge Of England equal i'll area
to the county of London has been SUBJ
merged.
The enormity of our salmon output
this year has played havoc with the
British fisheries, for in Canada the law
does not permit the use of traps. In
Washington and Oregon traps are
used, so that the American fisheries
are able to furnish salmon to the Ca
madam. canneries for two and three
cents fish, where the canneries used
to pay the Canadians from ten to Is
cents.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06

DIX. WANA1As OF Lansing, Mich.
scribe the best, and as know and have
proven that there is nothing in Materia
Medica which equals Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound in
severe cases of female disorders, I
unhesitatingly prescribe it, and have
never yet been sorry. know of Moth
ing better for ovarian troubles and for
falling of the womb or alterations; it
absolutely restores the affected parts
to their normal condition quicker and
better than anything else. I have
known it to cure barrenness in wo-
men, who to-day are happy mothers Of
children, and while the medical pro-
fession looks down upon patents I
have learned, instead, to lookup to
the healing potion, by whatever name
it be known. If my fellow physicians
dared tell the truth, hundreds of them
would voice my sentiments. - DR..
WANArA, Lansing, Mich.
$4,000 forfeit il above testimonial Is not genuine
The record Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound cannot be
equalled. Accept no substitute.
Mrs. Pinkham advises sick wo-
men free. Address Lynn, Mass.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
Electric Motors.

The great objection to electric mo-
tors-that they Will not run far enough
without recharging-is said to be over
come. Recently in England circuit
of "a miles was run without recharg-
ing. 1t was done with battery of AZ
four-plate cells, with capacity of $50
ampere-hours. The carriage was a
four-wheeled dogcart, with two mo-
tors of two and half horse-powers
each. The Sc cret of the battery which
enabled it to make such record was
that in going down grade the motors
were reversed, thus making dynamos
for charging the accumulators. In this
way the current was not only saved,
but a new current actually generated,
rendering the battery stronger at the
bottom of the grade than it was at
the top.-Detroit Free Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
A GRATEFUL NAN.

Cox, Wis.,, Jan 6th.-With Kidney dis.
ease so bad that he could hardly walk
across the room for pain Frank NJ. Rus.
sell of this place was man greatly to
be pitied.
He tired out with the slightest exer.
ton and in spite of all the doctors
could do for him he was growing grad
ually worse. He had tried many med.
icines and treatments without heneiit.
but recently he read in Newspaper
about Dodd's Kidney Pills and these
helped him from the very first dose.
He took several boxes before he was
completely cured but now he is well
and strong as ever he was and feels
very grateful to Dodd's Kidney Pills
for his restoration to good health.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
Appropriate.

A Sunday school teacher in Carthage, H.,
has class of little girls, and it is his custom
to tell them each Sunday of one little in
cident that has happened in the week, and
request the children to quote a verse of
Scripture to illustrate the story. In this
way she hopes to impress the usefulness Of
Biblical knowledge upon the little ones.
One Sunday she told her class of cruel
boy who would catch cats and cut off their
tails. Now, can any little girl tell me of
an appropriate verse" she asked.
There was pause for few moments,
when one of the little girls arose and in a
solemn voice said: whatsoever God has
Joined together let no man put asunder."-
Detroit Free Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
GENERAL1T1ES OF INTEREST,

What will be the largest white lead
manufacturing plant in the world is
to be established at St. Louis; capital,
$15,O0O,O0O.
During his speech in introducing the
British army proposals of the govern
mcnt, Mr.. Broderick stated that the
families with three sons serving in
the army number no fewer than 500;
four sons, 176; five sons. 142: six sons.
u; seven sons, 20: eight sons, 2; nine
sons, 1; ten sons, 1.
The prevailing car famine on all
southern railroads threatens q salt
famine. The heaviest season for the
use of salt in the south is between
the months of November and March.
Heirs of the late Cornelius Wander.
bilt must pay 1861 ,8O3.43 into the cot.
fers of Uncle Sam. This Is the total
of the inheritance tax fined by the
federal government against the estate.
The increase of unsound teeth among
the English and Americans is attribut'
ed by DR.. Egbert to the growth OF
meat eating. The Hjndus of India,
vegetarians. are cited as race with
sound teeth.
December is the most deadly month
in the year in London, with March q
good second, but January is the most
unhealthy in France and March In Ger.
many.
A gold.weighing machine in the
Bank of England is SO sensitive that
an ordinary postage stamp, If dropped
on the scale. will turn the index on
the dial q distance Of six inches.
1t is said that in Is years on the
English turf the colors Of the prince
Of Wales, now King Edward. were in
front at the finish less than Is times
yet he is credited with having Won
100000.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
CURRENT TOPICS.

Electric cab service in Paris has
proved very Improbable.
The Christmas tree was first heard
OF in England about 1444.
Scabbards worn by Russian officers
are made of papier-mache.
London requires 100000 cows to sup
ply it with daily products.
James Cooper. IT,. of Red Bank. N.
j., shot and killed white quail.
Russia is now opening new savings
banks at the rate of 600 a year.
The number Of railway employees Of
all classes in the United States in 1900
was 1.017,653.
AS national flags 60. the Danish one
is the Oldest in the world. 1t has been
in use since 1919.
The Bank of France can compel its
customers to receive one-fifth of mon
ey drawn in gold.
The Chinese government wants to
employ an American adviser at q sal.
airy of $4,000 year.
Cuba imported 10000 Chinese cool
les 80 years ago. Within five years
$1,000 of them were dead.
Lord Stanmore, who Is now " years
old, enjoys the distinction of being the
last peer created by Mr.. Gladstone.
The biggest average farm in the
world is in South Australia. where the
average squatter holds $4,000 acres.
Senator Hanna receives q larger
mail than any of his colleagues. It
fills a bushel basket three times day.
A heather was originally dweller
on the German heaths, the last local.
ties in Germany to accept the Chris
tian religion.
The number of eggs in cold storage
in the United States on October Is
was 720OOO,O0 in value about &c.,
100000 worth.
In the early machines electricity was
generated by turning a large glass
wheel which rubbed against silken
band or cloth.
f, Most civilized nations begin the day
at midnight; astronomers and navi
gators since the days of Ptolemy be
gin it at noon.
Until recently medical missionaries
were the only doctors in Madagascar
The capital now has school of medi
cine and hospital.
In the quantity of annual rainfall
the continents rank as follows: Soutl
America, Africa. North America. Eu
rome. Asia. Australia.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
A MIXED LOT.

In Poland it Is q penal ofYense to
speak Polish in any public resort.
Great Britain loses more than
100000, 900 wol tn of property an
nually by fire.
In 1906 William Jenncr made his inn
mortal experiments and placed them
on O working basis.
In every 1000 British men there arc
IS widowers; in 1000 British women
there are IS widows.
In Turkey red hair is counted .
great beauty, and the women dye
their hair that tint.
The amount of live stock in the
United States is worth $1,000, DOC, 600
more than five yearr ago.
It is said that raw eggs and milk
are sure remedy fer poison of any
kind taken into the stomach.
When the present prince OF Wales
was q sailor boy on the warship Britain
mia his nickname was "sprats."
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
NOT COMPLAIN.

To reach that fair and sunny land,
The very land you seek,
BY passage short'an swift and grand,
You must the tunnel take.
AS through the heart Of Mont Gents,
The shortest way We know,
We come to sunny Italy
It's thus to Heaven you go.
Mind not, my soul, the chill and dark,
OF the short passage through
The bowels of the earth that brings
A sunny Heaven to you.
Nor mind, thou Church of God Most High
The tunnels made for thee,
Meath Alpine peaks and Alpine SHOWS,
no sunny victory.
Rev. +. F. Burr. in n. T. Observes
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
The Peruna Almanac.

The druggists have already been supplied
with Peruna almanacs. There is sure to be
count of the articles on astrology which they
contain. The subject of astrology is very
attractive one to most people. The articles
on astrology in the Peruna almanac have
been furnished by very competent astro!'
ogist, and the mental characteristics of each
sign is given, constituting almost a complete
horoscope. A list of lucky and unlucky days
for each month are given. There will be a
,reat rush for these books. Ask your drug
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
Wants His Pills sugar-Coated.

An Evanston man has gone from the
Methodist to the Presbyterian church
because he couldn't have his preaching
done to order, says the Chicago Record
Herald. There's nothing like know
ing what you want and going after it
If it isn't handed to you.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06

"Alas, the cold and blast ana rain!
NV work to-day is naught -
Hush. o my soul. GO not complain
Your work to-day is thought.
"A1as. against this current strong
NV skill ard strength are weak!
Fret not. my soul. your course Is wrong
Wrong for the port you seek
"AIas. through tunnel chill and dark
take my helpless way.
Cheer up, my soul. for yonder spark
Fortells burst of Gay.
Soon out into realm of light,
The best e'er seen by sun,
Shall flash your grimy car from night
Ard 80 yeEr goal be won.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-02-06
Opportunities Wasted.

She was entertaining the assembled com.
pany with an account of their first quarrel
and how, after making it up with one an
other, her husband had planted tree in
remembrance of it.
If we had only done that" whispered
the minister's wife to her husband, what
q splendid avenue we might have had!"-
Stray Stories.