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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
Tho Bible and the Empire state
ExDreaa.

ThV BlD1e Nnu tHc N"V11o
Express.
A Bible student has recently been figur-
ing on how long it would have taken the
people to make the journey from Dan to
benefit in the olden times of the Empire
State Express. He figured that the train
would have made this journey in less than
three hours, although from reading Of the
account in the Bible one would thinkit was
long journey, and it was for those days with
their limited means of transportation.
Ezekiel, the Chal dean prophet, had u ms
Express when he uttered the words recorded
in the first chapter of his prophecy. Look
this up and see if you do not agree with
the idea.-From the Troy Daily Times.
The New York Central is every day add
ing to the sum of human knowledge by its
marvellous passenger train service.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
FIREFLIES FOR SALE.
Dealers i'm Japan Employ Help to
Catch the Insects for Fes-
tive Occasions.

In Japan there are established firms of
FREELY dealers, each employing GO or 70
catchers, and exporting their catch
chiefly to the large cities, where f1retlies
are an adjunct to all grades of social
festivity, from the private garden par
tea-garden. Sometimes they are kept
Gagged, sometimes released in swarms in
presence of the guests. says Youths
Companion.
The flreiy-hunter starts forth at sun.
set with long bamboo pole and a bag OF
mosQuito-netting. On reaching suit
able growth of willows near water, he
makes ready his net and strikes the
branches, twinkling with the insects.
with his pole. This jars them to the
ground, where they are easily gathered
up. But it must be done very rapidly,
before they recover themselves enough
to fly. So the skilled catcher, sparing
no time to put them at once into the
bag, uses both hands to pick them up, and
losses them lightly into his mouth,
where he holds them unframed till he
can hold no more, and only then trans
fers them to the bag.
He works thus till about two o'clock
in the morning, when the insects leave
the trees for the dewy soil. He then
changes his method. He brushes the
surface of the ground with light
broom to startle the insects into light;
then he gathers them as before. An
expert has been known to gather 5000
in night.
Besides being a business, flrefly-catch-
ing is sport. Little girls pursue it with
their fans, boys with wands to which a
wisp of yarn is fastened, and they sing
an old folk-rhyme az they follow the
glistening insects:
"Fireay. come! freely, come! with your
lantern light,
All the boys of Seiki are wanting you to-
night"
Nor do the elders disdain to Join the
sport. They also organize festival par
ties to visit certain spots, long-known
and famous, to witness the beautiful
spectacle of the flreflies swarming. Spe-
cial trains, carrying thousands of Wis
itors, are run during the season to Vii,
the most renowned, to behold the
Hotara-Kassen, or FREELY battle.
Myriads of firef1ies lowering over a
gentle river so swarm and cling together
that they appear at one time like q
luminous cloud, again like a great ball
of sparks Cloud or ball, the wonder
soon breaks, and thousands of tho fallen
insects drift with the stream, while new
swarms form, reform and sparkle con-
tinuously above the water. So marvel
GUS is the sight that a Japanese poet
wrote:
do I see only firenies drifting with the
current, or is the night itself drifting.
with all Its swarming stars?"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01

Onion Juice Beats Paste.
Paper may be securely gum1eo q
metal hy the aid of onion jUicA
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01

Inv Against Prairie Regs.
Alaw for the determination Of prairie
dogs has been paused by the Texas 4ee1s-
lAtarA
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01

One consolation about mean man is, that
assuredly he has no Observation-Disclosures
Qa.) Democrat.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
Growth.

Our esteemed contemporary, the Ashtabu-
la (O) Record-Herald, gives prominence on
its editorial page to this, important item:
putated for the third time. She is in the hos
pital and is getting along nicely" Growing
country, Ohio.-Rochester Post-Express.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
Found They Had Lost 1t.

Found They Had Lost 1t.
Something happened down at the
bank, Maria."
us that so, Hiram?"
Eyes, they've discovered = defalca'
tion."
Indeed! And they didn't know they
had it before?"
mo. they just found 1t this morning. -
'"They didn't know they'd lost any,
thing until they found it, eh?"
NO."
How did they come to find it.
Hiram?"
why, the cashier went away and
left It,"
Didn't the cashier know it was
there?"
"Of course he did. That's Why he
left it,"
"Oh, he thought the bank people
needed it more than he did, perhaps"
What on earth are you talking about,
anyway"
"why, the thing they found at tho
bank
Don't you understand? They've lost
lot of money"
Eyes, but they found the defalcation.
you say?"
"Oh, say! Just go and chase the
scarecrow in to supper. will your
Yonkers Statesman
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01
" y :. l. : i R S&6GS Us! rs

You can save from So to SIS yearly by
wearing w. L. Dou1lss So so or So GhoeS.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-01

VW ~ 6U EQ4e line CdNn0t % eQud7e0 at any pVIC1
Shoes BY mail, 25 cents extra. Illustrated
Cstalog free. W. L. DOUGLAS, Breckton, Mass.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
A Kentucky Breakfast.

Colonel Williams, Of the Second Kentucky
Regiment 10 universally beloved and respected
in the Middle Southern States" said A. NJ.
Taylor. amusement caterer to the Flarler hotels
in Florida. Il was on my way 10 New York
last week. when met the colonel at Cincin-
natl.
Il tell you, sah,' said the colonel, Ken
lucky Is the finest State in the Union. sab.
There YOU will find the best cattle, the noblest
and most beautiful women, and the finest eat
ing. sab, in all this broad land.
Eating? colonel said ]. TO draw the col
onel out. Now, what do you have for break
fastP
Breakfast, sah,' exclaimed the colonel.
Why. last had steak and a bottle Of whisky
and a dog, sab
q "A dog" said I; seems to me that a dog is
rather queer dish for breakfast
% You misunderstood me. sah,' replied the
colonel with hauteur. 4 procured the dog 10
eat the steak. sah.' New York sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
The Bellies.

From the lakeside come the bellies,
Charming bellies,
What a tale Of summer bliss each pretty maiden
tells.
Now 70 ball and tea they hustle
Every day and every night;
How the dress designers hustle,
Making waist. skirt. jacket, hustle,
Till the bill is out Of sight
How they soak soak. soak,
Til poor dad is nearly broke;
Little sUndries make it sleeper and the total
daily swells
For the bellies, bellies. bellies, bellies,
Bellies, bellies. bellies.
For the dainty. dashing. dimpled little belize;
See the tan upon the bellies.
Blis-ered bellies!
See their cunning little forearms. browner lar
than chestnut shells
Clad in gowns decollete,
DO they wish this tinge to stayg
Heavens. no,
Now that they've returned to town
They are busy taking of that coat Of brown
1t must 20.
soon twill disappear, they hope,
And with acid. sand, and soap,
And with various cosmetics that the willy
druggist sells
They are scrubbing, tubing. rubbing,
Busy bellies, bellies. bellies, bellies,
Bellies. bellies. bellies,
All these srnburnt, freckled, taWny little bellies.
See the flirting little bellies,
PICKLE bellies,
As the loyesick young recruit his tale Of ado
ration tells
At the lake each gay eoquette
LOnged for suitors. and you bet
Here in town
Percy smythe and Harold Browne,
Algy Whyte end Willie Smyle
Win be strung in proper style
They are neither man nor woman.
Tey are neither brute nor human
They are It's
That's right. girlies. give 'em fits
Yea, they'll rapidly grow dippy meath the
fascinating spells
OF the bellies bellies, bellies, bellies,
Bellies, bellies bellies.
OF the nifty little. shifty little beIlesl
Milwaukee Sentinel
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
Mayor will Study Polities.

When Yale University opens this fall
it Will have a Connecticut mayor as 2
student in the school of political science.
He IS Charles Henry Leeds. of Stamford,
Conn, whose friends are planning TO have
him the Democratic candidate for gov
elnor next year Mr. Leeds viii not re-
sign as mayor. but will endeavOr TO apply
the theoretical knowledge which he &C
quires in college. He will take three
year course, and if he concludes II viii
have the degree Of Phi. d.
Mr.. Leeds was graduated from Prince
ton University in 1895. Two years after
graduation he attracted widespread at
tention by issuing tract attacking the
Presbyterian confession of faith he
mailed copy to every student Of the
Princeton Theological Seminary The
next heard Of him he was in Wall Street
He bought a seat in the stock exchange
and did a brokers' business for three
years. He quit because he did not be-
Iieve a Wall Street man could make
money and be honest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
The Soft Coal Nuisance.
Soft Coal Is at the Bottom of Much
City Discomfort.

Residents of nearly every large
city IN the United States and of many
small ones have had occasion to COM
plain of the soft coal nuisance. The
consumption Of this kind of fuel is
really at the bottom of many of the
discomforts of living in a city. 1t
pollutes the atmosphere and prevents
eleanliness-and pure air and clean
clothing are two luxuries which come
lear being necessarIes to the civilized
being. Man can live without either
of them, but if he is used to having
them it hurts his self-respect to be
deprived of the privilege.
There is no real reason why manu-
featuring towns should be the uncom-
Portable and unsightIy places that
some of them are; it is not necessary
even for the manufacturing districts
of city to be devoid of all beauty
and comfort. We shall not have
reached the level of true civilization
until this Is generally admitted, and
The evil remedied as far as possible.
The invasion of soft coal is one of
the things against which patriotic
1eople have right to protest.
Those who are patriotic in the true
sense Of the word do not stop with
shouting for the flag and declaring
themselves ready to fight for it; they
strive to make the particular part of
their native land in which they live
better and brighter and more suited
to human happiness for their having
lived there. And this is what we call
public spirit. Such citizens have a
right to demand hat factories puff
ing soft coal smoke into the air shall
not be built in residence districts
that hotels and other big business
houses shall not be permitted to dis
regard the law in order to save
money; they have a right to secure
pure air and cleanliness for them
selves and their families at home.
True individuahsm does not mean
that one person has right to annoy
another with impunity. The laws
against the burning of soft coal
should be enforced. No man has 2
right to do anything on his own
premises which Injuries the value of
those of his neighbor.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17

NIT to arbitration. The sentiment III
favor Of arbitration will increase all
the faster if it is not run into ex-
tremeS.
On the other hand. it should be
clearly understood that moral issues
cannot be settled by force. We have
glaring example of this in the con-
ditions following our own war be-
tween the North and the South. The
problems which that war was sup
posed to settle have not been settled
yet. There are some questions which
have TO be threshed out in council
rooms, and there are some-a very
few which have TO be threshed out
on battlefelds, and the aim of every
good citizen and good American
should be to distinguish between
these two sorts of questions, and en-
desvor to prevent the growth of that
madness Of popular feeling which
cries War; War when there Is no real
cause for war.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17

Great. aud the old keep Of Arundel Cas-
tie was the favorite country seat of King
Alfred. The castle figures at some
length in "Domesday Book" and the
place was regarded as OF considerable
Importance by william the ConqueTOT.
who gave Il to one OF HIS friends. Baron
Montgomery. with whom King William
Rufus spent Easter at Arundel Castle in
the year 1919 Afterward It was the
dover house Of King Henry rs widow,
and during that time her stepdsughter
Empress Mathilde OF Germany. made il
her headquarters while she asserted her
claim TO the British throne in oppOsi-
ticn to Stephen.
For three centuries Arundel Castle
was in the possession of the Fitzalauss
and Il was by the marriage OF the heiress
OF the latter TO the fourth Duke Of Nor
folk that Arundel Castle and the earl
com Of Aruzdel-for the two things go
together-passed into the family OF the
Hcwards.
The story OF the fourth Duke OF Nor
folk is one of the most sensational
in the annals Of his house. Like so
many other members thereof. he met
with his death on the scaffold. at the
hands of the headsman. The present
duke. 1 may mention. is the fifteenth
DUKE
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
Courts and Capitals
of the Old World
py rHE MARoUIsE pE roNrENor

That Great Britain's peerage is an es-
sentially popular institution and is in no
sense menaced by the rising tide OF
democracy has been once again shown
By the action of the citizens of the an
cient town OF Arundel In electing the
Duke of Norfolk. who is likewise Earl
OF Arundel. as their mayor. For over
500 years the Earls OF Arundel have
been. by virtue of their feudaI rights.
the lords of the town. And now that
these medieval prerogatives have been
abolished. the dukes fellow-citizens
elect him as their mayor to preside over
the affairs of the borough. not as their
seigneur, who claims his rights over
them and bows only to the Crown, but
as their chosen representative, who is
raised to the head OF the municipal ad-
ministration by their unanimous votes.
The duke has accepted the office and
the obligations connected Herewith. II
is just this devotion of so many Of the
members Of the peerage. especially those
who are great landowners, to the veal
of the people. their services to the well
fare of the latter, and the part which
they play in the public life of the coun-
try, that causes the nobility to be re-
garded with favor, even by advanced
liberals, as a British institution des-
tined to survive for many generations to
come
The Duke Of Norfolk is a type of his
class. Colossally rich and premier peer
of the realm. he has devoted the greater
part of his existence to hard work for
the benefit Of his fellow citizens He
has been in turn mayor OF Shemeld, post
master general. the latter being in point
of rank and prestige the least important
post OF the administration; special am
bassador to the Vatican. as earl mar
shall intrusted with the management Of
Queen Victoria's two jubilees and OF
her funeral, and of King Edwards COR
onation; a volunteer in South Africa
where he contented himself with a sub
ordinate position on the staff OF one
OF the generals at the front: county
councillor. and heaven knows what all
besides. showing himself IN each of
these positions conscientious. wholly
unaffected. and hardworking, added to
which he regards himself as responsible
for the moral and material welfare OF
all those thousand tenants on his vast
estates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
Carries Many HonoTs.

The possession Of Arundel Castle car
ries with It iDso facto a seat in the
house Of lords. and an earldom. It is
the only castle in Europe that can re-
cali which carries with it honors such
as this. and were the Duke OF Norfolk
TO obtain the consent OF his brother and
heir. Lord Edmund Talbot. and OF a few
Of his other relatives to break the en-
tail and thus be in a position 10 sell
Arundel Castle, the purchaser would
through the acquisition become ipso
facto Earl of Arundel. and entitled as
such 10 take his seat in the house of
lords.
More money is spent on Arundel Cas-
tie each year than on any other palace
or mansion in the world. One Of the
dukes ancestors who was devoted to his
beautiful Sussex home. took the pre-
caution to tie up in a trust a certain
tract of land in London. extending from
the Strand to the Thames, and includ-
ing Arundel Street and Norfolk Street
From that time until now the revenues
OF this land, which becomes each year
more valuable, has been devoted exclu-
sively to the repair and Improvement
OF Arundel Castle. and cannot be en-
ployed for any other purpose.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
Out of the Great North Woods.

Nimrod. Munchausen-Yes. sir; that deer
baGged yesterday was about the most sprishtIv
beast ] ever laid eyes on. Why. the instant
my bullet touched him, and before il had time
TO penetrate his hide. that beast was off ike a
fash. never saw two such evenly matched
things in all my life as that deer and my bull
let Fur over half mile ON they few together,
neither gaining on the other. the bullet just
managing TO keep in touch with the deer's skin
AT the end Of a mile, however. the pace began
to ten on the deer and he faltered a moment.
That moment was fatal. The bullet sped on.
through-say. do you know l really felt sorry
when I saw that poor deer keel over. He GER
tainly deserved his freedom Il ever any beast
did. He'd have got it, too, if he'd only been
able to stick it out twenty yards further. for
that's about as Far as my gun carries.-New
York sun
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
The Peoples Forum.
The Highest CATHOLIC Authority
.dltor Of Ihe Mashlngton Times:

10 the Editor of The Washington Times:
In the issue Of The Times Of the 18th instan,
appeared my communication. with your answer.
starting out with the statement that my pre-
misses arc incorrect
Ny premises were according to a dispatch in
The Times from Denver, saying that Archbishop
Faleonio the highest authority in the Catholic
Church in america. had ordered Father Cushing
70 20 forthwith TO a Trappist Monastery in
Kentucky for life
There was no inaccuracy in this. but il NAV
be that j was inaccurate in assuming that the
American cardinal (Gibbonsl was a higher au-
thorlty in the church here than an Italian
archbishop.
IL appears however, by your answer. that
cardinal Gibbons jurisdiction Is limited to his
archdiocese tPart Of Maryland, city of Balti-
more and the District Of Columba), while
Archbishop Falconio, the representative Of
the rope, has authority over the cardinal
also other archbishops, who. as prelates. are
higher or equal in rank with him.
Inc question, therefore. arises whether this
IS according TO the eternal fitness Of things
that foreign archbishop should in this coun-
Try be the ultimate and appellate authority over
the Catholic Church. the American cardinal, and
others of the priesthood. If so. the higher rank
Of Cardinal Gibbons is only a name.
You also state that Father Cushing's "confine-
ment will not be for life, but for such period
as Bishop Matz deems necessary and until
FATHER Gushing becomes penitent''
Suppose, n such a thing be possible, that
Father Gushing do not become Senitent, then
Bishop Matz will deem it necessary for the
priest to remain in confinement, which might
las. his lifetime
appreciate the information you have given
as to the relative rank of the cardinal and
the archbishop, and others, / am sure, Will
he glad to know the facts. which. | think, are
not known to the general public.
j. B. BLOSS.
Washington Sent f6
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
An Amusing Mistake.

A very useful and busy man. indeed. Is
the duke, Of whose lack of side" in
Vulnerable stories are current. In fact.
on one occasion the duke and John
Burns, the labor representative in the
house of commons, were walking arm in
arm. at the close OF some county council
meeting which they had both been at
tending. across the Horse Guards
parade. A Battersea elector. catching
sight of Burns, accosted him. and draw
ing him aside. exclaimed: Look ere,
John; dee-mocracy's all very fine; but
don't you reckernize what's doc to your
position as a member of the 'ouse?
Fancy-walkin' about harm-in harm. in
broad daylight. with a Workman"
Ssh" whispered Burns; that's the
Duke of Norfolk"
STOW it, John came the retort, 1--WE
all know that you can lay it on pretty
thick but" and then the expletives
began to flow.
On another occasion the duke. while
postmaster general, had agreed to dis
tribute the prizes on the graduation day
OF the Gumley House Convent, at Isle
worth. which is the leading school in
England for the education of the daugh-
tiers of the old Catholic aristocracy.
The great gates were flung wide open for
the arrival of the duke. and there was
quite a crowd outside waiting for the
advent of the ducal equipage. eager for
the sight OF positions. footmen with
powdered hair, and all the rest of 1T
~
insignificant looking man walked in
through the crowd around the gate and
was making his way into the convent
grounds. when he was checked by one
OF the sisters.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-09-17
More Liberty for Policemen.

To the Editor Of The Washington Times:
What has been written upon the subject Of the
Washington police is interesting in that it
shows diversity Of opinion upon this as
well as all other questions.
II you will quietly walk around to Headquar-
tiers you will find those higher in rank and re-
sponsibility in their shirt sleeves, enjoying the
cool shade and soft breezes blown by the whirl-
ing electric fans, while the two-dollar men
stand in the steaming hot streets sweating and
sweltering, with their coats closely buttoned
up to their necks, in accordance with fool
rule Of discipline
The enforcement - such a regulation, when
the mercury is high in the Dos, and the
suns broiling heat softens the very substance
Of the street he stands on, is inhuman-and if
the Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty 10
Animals would feel as much sympathetic con-
Germ for man il manifests for the lower
type Of animal nature, Il would insistently
and increasingly protest until a reform OF rules
was effected which would allow Of some slight
degree Of comfort for those men Of whom
we expect protection Of person and property,
preservation Of peace and pleasing appearance,
and also whom we refuse 10 regard as merely
perfunctory, and to be most appreciated for
purposes Of parade and impressive magnihccnce
on occasions Of display.
Let US remember, policeman may be plain.
with little polish on his manners or his Shoes
and yet possessed OF a cool head. clean hands.
and clear conscience and. as it appears from our
point Of view, obtuse faculties and uncultivated
sense Of proprieties, these 20 be the most cs-
sential requisites qualifying men TO be good
guardians Of the public veal
]. W. NIGH.
Washington, Sept. le