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gave himself over to study or read
ing. In the section-house at night.
and when prevented by the weather
from work on the roadbed, he gave his
undivided attention to such books as
he was able to lay his hands on or
buy with the money he saved out Of
his earnings. Even the other section
men gradually came to realize that
this Industrious young fellow was diff
ferent from the rest of them, and their
dislike for him finally grew into toler-
alton, and then deep admiration. The
nnambitious laborers began to utilize
him as sort of bureau of useful in
formation. He was also their supreme
court. to whom all questions debated
by the gang were referred for final
decision.
He worked for the Santa Fe railroad
between Galveston and Brennan for
wear or more, and during all this time
the foreman was never compelled to
charge him for an hour of lost time.
Another thing said of him is that he
never lost or broke tool or imple-
ment of any kind and his spade was
not only always in place. but was as
bright as dollar and as sharp as it
is necessary for spade to be. While
Young Brooks was laboring on the
railroad he was constantly looking
forward to the time when he would
be financially able to enter college.
At the end of years service he had.
for in
Baylor university, which he entered.
His disposition and habits. his evident
determination to make the most of
every opportunity, attracted the atten-
tion of President +. C. Burleson, the
founder of Baylor in the days when
Texas was republic. and who re-
NAMED at the head of the school until
it had grown to be the chief sectarian
institution of learning in the south
west. He talked with the young man,
and learned of his ambitions, and an
arrangement was made by which
Brooks was enabled to get through his
second session at the school.
After graduating at Baylor univer-
sity Prof. Brooks was member OF the
faculty until TWO years dSo' "nen ~
entered Harvard to take post-gradu-
ate course.
Prof. Brooks now ranks easily
among the ripest scholars in the west.
He is a fine speaker. and has won dis
tinction as a lecturer. He speaks
rapidly. enuncates distinctly and ges-
ticulates with grace and force. He
is easy and >1ignifed, and his eloquence
at times is impassicned. There is
degree of self-forgetfulness and ear
nestness iu his style that causes his
audience 10 lose sight of the man en-
tirely and become completely absorbed
IN the presentation Of his theme.
Prof. Brooks will take charge OF
the institution at the close OF the pres
en-. term.
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RADICALS IN POWER.
New French Ministry Has Several
Strong Points.
Premier Combes Has Gathered Ad-
visers Said to Form the Most An
ti.Clerical Cabinet France
a. r.. Has Had.

The ministry, of which NJ. Emile
Combes is the chief, and which is the
forty-first that has existed in France
since the downfall of the empire on
September 4, 1871, is described as
1.-THE most radical and most anti
clerical cabinet" that has yet been
constituted. If the electioneering
posters and speeches of the individ-
ual members of the ministry be
taken into account there might be
cause for alarm lest radical or So
cialistic theories propounded at the
hastings be put into execution and
render practical economical govern
ment impossible. But responsibility
of office, and the collective common
sense of a dozen experienced. quick
witted men, now, as on many other
occasions in France, is likely to fur
nish the requisite ballast and give
stability to the new cabinet even it
this were not already guaranteed by
the retention of NJ. Delcasse at the
foreign office, and of the presence of
such a sound business man as NJ.
Rouvier at the ministry of finance.
NJ Emile Combes. who succeeds NJ.
Waldeck-Rousseau as prime minister,
is man of retiring disposition,
scarcely known outside the senate,
where he was often vice president,
and where for five years he has been
the recognized leader of the radical
group. In spite of his 81 years
"Pere Combes," as he is called at the
Luxembourg palace, is vigorous and
energetic. He is white-haired,
why man, five feet three inches in
height. His bright. sparkling eyes
are half concealed by gold eyeglasses,
and he glides about at rapid pace,
often with book or portfolio under
his arm, like little white mouse.
He was brought up in the Roman
Catholic seminary at Abb, and his
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elor in America.)
paid, about $54,O0O.000. Marcellus
Dodge received upward of $60,00O,OO0
under his grandfather's will few
months ago.
His riches have not changed his man.
ner of life. He still lives in one room
at the lower part of Madison avenue,
Just as he has done since he first began
to prepare for college. 1t is too far for
him to walk to Colum bia, but wherever
he has to go within two or three miles
of his home he walks, simply to save
car fare.
He is economical almost to the point
of penury. He dresses we'll. as BELTS
an undergraduates, but never SLOWLY.
About the only extravagances that he
has are clothes and books.
Not long ago somebody asked young
Dodge what he would do when he left
Columbia. "That will rot be until
1907 he said, when I have attained
my majority. intend, then, to get
right down to the serious problems OF
life. While not so rich as Mr.. Carnegie,
l do not intend to let worthy demands
on my charity go unheeded. shall go
into business-precisely what twill be
/ have not mined-but shall keep
out of Wall street"
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Gamblers)
the cards. The dealer must have eyes
like hawk to read them. All the ten
spots have two specks on the vertical
margin close to the corner.
The mines have two specks an eighth
of an inch from the corner, the eight
spots two specks qua;:er of an inch
from the corner; the sever spots have
three specks; the six spots have one
speck a quarter of an inch from the
corner; the fves one speck an eighth
Of an inch from the corner; the tours
one speck in the corner.
The kings have two specks in the cen
ter of the vertical margin, the queens
two specks an eighth of an inch from
the center. The aces have one speck
in the center, the deuces one speck an
eighth Of an inch from the center, and
the trays one speck quarter of an inch
from the center.
In dealing the cards the crooked
operator could work out the tiniest
edge of the cards under the top one and
read them by the specks on the mar
gin
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ORIGIN OF HIS TITLE.
How First Asslstn mt POstmnSter zen.
eral Wynnc Become Full.
Fledgcd Colonel.

The first assistant postmaster gem
eral is commonly addressed as Col"
Robert Wynne. He is not military
man. but, as he claims judicially
indorsed right to the title, the use
made of the same by himself and by
others is possibly legitimate. On
one occasion he was called as wit.
ness in a damage suit. The subpoena
referred to him as "Col. Robert ].
Wynne." The lawyer to whose cause
Mr.. Wynne's testimony was adverse
was disposed to be sarcastic at the
expense of the witness.
you have been summoned AS
Col Robert j. Wynne," said the law
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07
WORTH sixty MILLIONS.
Columbia Undergraduate Who 10
Considered the Richest Young
Man in the World.

Marcellus Hartley Dodge, by many
millions the richest youth in the United
States, probably attracts less attention
among those who do not know him
than any other student interested in
the commencement exercises at Column
bia university, New York, this year.
He is still under 20, tall and slender
in appearance, with dark eyes, and a
pallid complexion, that shows his devo-
ton to his books. Alfred Gwynne
Vanderbilt received under his fathers
will, after all other requests had been
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07
MARKED PLAYING CARDS.
Of Its Kind Captared In New
York City.

The paraphernalia captured in the
room in the New York fiat where Bat
Masterson and other gamblers were ar
rested included deck of marked cards,
which are marvel of their kind. The
faro box, as far as the detectives at
headquarters could discover, was
straight" though the springs seemed
to be trife weak. The marked cards
gave the dealer, providing he was
clever manipulation, an absolute advan-
tage over the player.
On the margin of each card was .
tiny speck, or two specks, or three
specks. No ordinary inspection would
reveal the presence Of these specks on
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07
INDIAN CENTENARIAN.
Dionicio Chico, = Diegano Of south.
ern California, Has Reached
the Age Of LOG.

Could the remnant bands of the ca.
huilla, Serrano and Diegano Indians
still lingering upon the foothills of the
coast range tell the complete story of
their ancestors origin and expert
ences, it would far surpass in interest
any modern romance. Some have at
tanned longevity SO remarkable tina.
they distinctly remember the times
of the desperate tribal wars, of over
whelming floods and destructive earth
quakes. Of such Dionicio Chico, be-
longing to the Dieganos, dwelling in
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u.tate tor Orphan.' Beneht.

The will of DR.. George w. Ramsay.
who died in Washington, Pa, few
days ago, is one of the most remark
able documents of the kind ever
placed on record. A valuable landed
estate is held in trust for his grand
niece. At her death the estate re-
verts to the corporation of Washing
ton county, Pa, to be held in trust
in perpetuity for all INDECENT or
pl:ans under IA years of are who are
descended from the father OF the
testator. After 200 years all orphans
born in the county of the age named
are TO become benefciaries under
this provision, the same as hterat
descendants. The estate viii m
doubtedly be very valuable IN s1o&
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oldest Living Indian and His Friend,
Capt. Chittenden.)
the most primitive human habitation
in the valley is prob bly, its oldest in
habitant
Twenty-six years ago. says N. d.
Chittenden, in the Los Angeles Herald,
when l first rode into the old Mexican
village of Aqua Mansa, about four
miles from Cotton, on the banks of the
Santa Ana, he was nearly so years OF
age.
Possessing extraord mary strength
in his younger days, and personal cour-
age to match, he was the victor in many
combats of war and with love rivals.
In one of these furious encounters of
more than 70 years ago his antagonist,
also an Indian of great power, bit on
one of Dionicio's thumbs.
For many years during the exclusive
occupation of southern California by
the herds and f1ocks of the mission
fathers and Of the Spanish grantees Of
extensive domains, Dionicio was the
principal vaquero on the extensive
ranch of Paso Trajilla. But the oldest
American settlers of SO years ago re.
member him is then too far advanced
in years for such service, and when
compelled to retire therefrom he built
of poles, reeds and mud the rude little
hut in which he has lived ever since
Once or twice a week, carrying his IA.
ton sack, he visits his white friends
in Cotton. who furnish him with pro.
visions. For nearly ten years kind.
hearted Portuguese woman. Maria
Cunlia, has fed him t her homs when
ever he comes to town.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07
RARE PICTURE OF GRANT.
1t Was Taken During the Third Yeas
of the Generals Second Term
in the White House.

A rare and curious picture of Gen.
U. S. Grant, which is reproduced here.
with, came into the possession of tho
Washington correspondent of the
Brooklyn Eagle last week. 1t was
taken during the third year OF Gen.
Grants second term in the white house,
in the month Of August, 1876, by George
Prince, the well-known Washington
photographer, who was at that time
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07

ical department of Northwestern
university, and, after a year spent as
an inferno at the Chicago hospital,
engaged in post-gradu work at
Vienna and Paris. Returning to Chi
cago, he accepted the chair of pro-
fessor of medicine in Chicago Medical
college, resigning to accept a similar
position with Rush Medical college.
He is now the dean of the latter col.
lege and the head of its medical de.
partment. He is also attending ply.
sician to the Presbyterian and Cook
county hospitals. His contributions
to current medical literature have
given him a national reputation.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07
DIR. FRANK BILLINGS.
New President OF American Medical
AssoctatiOn 10 a Well-Knovvn
Chicago Ph ysician.

DR.. Frank Billings. who mas inst
been elected president Of the Amer
lean Medical association at the con.
vention in Saratoga, N. Y. has been
known among Chicago's medical prac.
titioners and educators nearly &c
years. He was graduated from Chi
cago Medical college, now the med
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07

official photographer for the treasury
department.
The photograph was secured for use
on the face of a medal that was issued
at one of the government minis at that
time. Mr.. Prince says that he does not
think that Gen. Grant wore his whls-
kers in the manner shown in the phi oto-
graph for more than a few weeks.
He shaved off his mustache and chin
whiskers because he was then suite rlng
from an irritation of the skin. Mrs.
Grant disliked his appearance in the
sideboards so much that the general
soon thereafter allowed his full beard
to grow again.
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New Kind of Pavement.

Compressed grass has been used
in the construction of a Philadelphia
street with, it is said, admirable re-
suits; and not long since scheme
for employing compressed paper for
. like purpose was mooted in Russia.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07
Felt Hat q Life Preserver.

It is not generally known that
when a person falls into the water
a common felt hat may be made use
Of as life preserver. and by placing
the hat upon the water, rim down,
with the arm around it, pressing it
slightly to the breast. it will bear q
man up for hours.
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yer. "What military service have
you ever done"
None whatever, but you cannot
hold me responsible for the way your
subpenas are made OUT
Where did you get that title OF
tcolonel?'"
II submit. your honor" said
Wynne, turning to the court. that
a residence of rs years in Washing
ton is enough to entitle me to that
rank"
1T certainly is" returned the
court, and from that moment Mr..
Wynne's right to adorn his name
with an inspiring prefix has never
been questioned.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07
Streets Paved with class.

Streets paved with glass are not
by any means unknown. The famous
Rue de la Republique at Lyons is a
notable example. Here the pave.
ment is laid in glass blocks, eight
inches square, which are so SYM
metrically fitted together as to pre-.
vent the possibility Of water passing
between the interstices.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1902-08-07
Horses in Australia.

There were only 200 horses In Aus.
tralia in the year 1900; now there are
more than c.OO0, 900.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
Memorial Day at Stowe.

The Post will assemble at Grand
Army Hall, Sunday, May 25, at 10
a. m. Services will be held at the M.
E. church at 1870 a. m.
Memorial Day, May Both, at 9 a.
NJ, Sons of Veterans, headed by the
Stowe Military Band, will decorate
graves at West Branch cemetery at
10 a. M. Smith Post will decorate
graves at the village cemetery at
IL M, dinner at G. A. r. hall !; 1916
column will form on School street in
the following order Stowe Military
Band, Sons of Veterans, school chill.
aEen with flowers, Ladies' Aid So
ci9ty, Woman's Relief Corps, citizens
in carriages, FL. II. Smith Post then
the column will march to Riverbank
Cemetery. After the decoration of
graves there, the column will return
in reverse order to the foundation of
Soldiers Memorial building, when
the corner stone will be laid by the
&. A. R. After laying of the corner
stone exercises will be held at Unity
church, address will be delivered by
Hiram A. Huse of Montpelier.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
The FinestCak
Is made with Royal Bak-
ing Powder. Always light,
sweet,pure 81 wholesome.

mischance he lost his balance and fell
foremost into the pit striking on his
head. This happened Tuesday night.
He was taken directly to a hospital
and Wednesday morning his wife and
father were telegraphed for. They
went immediately but he never re-
covered consciousness enough to
recognize them and died at about 10
O'Clock Saturday. His body accom-
panied by his father, wife and four
members of the Conductors Brother
hood with several other friends
arrived here Sunday. A sad home
coming for the mother who was wait
ing in agonizing suspense for her
only child, unable, from the state of
her health to go to him, The funeral
was held at the house on Monday.
Among'the many beautiful floral OF
ferings was a brakeman's wheel with
one of the spokes broken, sent by the
trainmen from Northampton. The
bereaved parents and wife have the
heartfelt sympathy of the entire com
munity.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
NO. WOLCOTT.
Mrs. J. E. Foster is i'll.

Mrs. J. E. Foster is i'll.
Guy Camp was at home recently.
Ethel Taylor is sick with tonsiltis.
Ethel Guyer was at home over Sunday.
Willis Reed and wife were in town recently.
F. 0. Lunt was in town Thursday and Fri
day.
Francis Peek called on friends in this place
last Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs Byron Guyer visited Mrs.
Mary Camp last Sunday.
Rev. C. S. Nutter preached fine and prac.
teal sermon last Sunday.
The Wednesday evening prayer meeting is
put by this week until Friday.
The ladies will convene this week with Mrs.
II. C. Baldwin Thursday afternoon
The commissioners Of fine Il. W. Camp es-
tate met at his late home last Saturday.
Mrs. W L. Farrar and Mrs. A. l. Andrews
visited Ethel Guyer's school in Eden last FIJI
day.
The young people of this place enjoyed a
candy pull at the home of F. 2. Sheldon last
Friday night.
Charles Sheldon is quite sick with catarrh
of the stomach with fears of bilious fever.
Dr. Duston is in attendance.
Mr.. and Mrs Rollins of Newport and Samuel
last week by the death of Mr.. Stoddard.
The friends and neighbors of Mrs Arthur
Stoddard will meet next Wednesday at her
home to assist in her farm and house work.
Arthur Eaton, who formerly resided on
Town Hill but of late has been with his par
ents in Laktmont, N. Y, is in very poor
health with lung trouble and by the doctor s
advice has gone to Southern Pines N. C., for
his health. The best wishes of his friends go
with him that he may be speedily restored to
perfect health.
Arthur Stoddard died last Monday evening.
He had been sick with pneumonia and was
thought to be on the road to recovery when
brain fever set in and in a few days he died.
He leaves a wife and eight children to mourn
his loss. The funeral was held from his late
home last Wednesday afternoon, Rev. o. l..
Barnard officiating. The house was filed to
overlooking with those who came to sympa-
thise with the afflicted family. The remains
we're taken to Wolcott cemetery for interment.
The family have the deep sympathy of their
many friends in their time OF trouble
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21

P. W. Clement had a representive
in town Tuesday in consultation with
the "powers that be-" 1t may be
necessary for the Mccullough and
Proctor factions to bunch their hits
if they send delegates to convention.
The Wolcott house is enjoying a
first class patronage under the man
agement ofC. W. Preston. The rooms
have newly been papered, painted and
refurnished. F. L. Herrick, the genial
clerk, is always on deck to provide
for the comforts of the traveller.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
WOLCOTT.

The infant son of Delbert Warren is
i'll.
ii. W. Moody is working at Pot
tersville.
Station Agent Mead is ill with ap-
pendicitis.
Julius Golden is painting the M. E.
parsonage.
Bion Griswold has moved to the P.
Smith house.
c. J. Kimball is soon to begin work
for G. E. Haskell.
Postmaster Leach is adding a coat
of paint to his residence.
Bert Goss is soon to move his
family here from Irasburg.
Jerry Golden and wife are passing
the week with friends in No. Wolcott.
Miss Edna Rublee of Morrisville
spent Sunday with Miss Gertrude
Fife.
j. W. Noble and M. G. Morse of
Hardwick were in town on business
Tuesday.
Mrs. Fl. A. Noyes and daughter of
Hyde Park are guests at the home of
DR.. Valleau.
W. l.. Tillotson and wife of Morris
vile were the guests of friends here
over Sunday.
Amos Boardman, Q. j. Putnam
and G. o. Morse were in Greensboro
fishing Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mead of Underhill
we're called here Tuesday by the i'll
ness of their son, W. T. Mead.
Memorial services at the Methodist
church next Sunday at the usual
hour, Rev. o. L. Barnard presiding.
Bertrand, the little son of R. M.
Hubbell, was accidently run over by
team Tuesday, apparently without
serious results.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1902-05-21
Memorial Day Program,

The exercises for the day, in which
all Veterans, Sons of Veterans and
members of the Woman's Relief Corps,
citizens and school children are cor
daily invited TO take part, will COM
mence by assembling at, or near,
Landon's hall at s O'Clock sharp. DI-
rected by the Marshal of the day, c.
D. Davis. The Sons of Veterans
mounted, and all who will accom-
pany them, will proceed to the ceme-
terry on the Plot. Exercises at both
Plot and Evergreen cemeteries at
$50 a. M, which consists of decora-
ton of soldiers graves by the veter-
ans assisted by the school children.
The delegation will repair to the
Foote bridge where they will meet the
Waterville band, which will lead the
procession to the village. The Sons
of Veterans, in charge of the Marshal,
will proceed to the depot and meet
the speaker and escort him to G. A,
r. hall. At 1870 the procession will
form in front of the g. A. R. hall and
march to the new cemetery, where
the &. A. R. boys will hold their ser
vice and, assisted by the school child.
rem, decorate the graves of soldiers.
The procession will reform and re-
turn to the &. A. R. hall where the
W. R. c. will serve dinner at II
o'clock to all who wish it.
At one o'clock the procession will
reform in front of the G. A. r. hall
and 60 to the old cemetery for the
usual exercises and decoration of the
soldiers graves will then return to
Town hall where the exercises will be-
gin at 2 p. m, conducted by the 5. of
V. Following is the program Call
to order, prayer, exercise by school,
song, exercise by school, song, exer-
else by school children, music by the
band, address by Hon. c. P. Hogan
of st. Adams, benediction, music by
the band.
All who can are requested to bring
flowers for decorating purposes.
They will be received at G. A. r. hall.
CARD OF THANKS We wish to express our
thanks to the kind friends and neighbors, to
our pastor, Rey E. G. French, to the young
people who sought to make the last resting
place of their former schoolmate less gloomy
by lining it with flowers, and to the B. of r.
T., No. AS, of Northampton, Mass, six of
whose members accompanied our son on the
sad journey home, for their kindness and
sympathy to us IN our great sorrow at the
death of our only child, George Jones; also
for the beautiful floral offerings, tokens of
the love and esteem cherished for him by the
friends whom he has gone before.
Mr.. and MRS. W. G. JONES.