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MRS. CORA PONTIFAX.
(Indiana Woman Who Is Noted a. Train
er Of Horses.)

not new to me; training and condition
ing horses is my business.
Fourteen years ago Mrs. Pontifax was
a dressmaker, so broken down in health
that she could not work and without
money enough to stop work and re-
cuperate. Her physician advised q
change of occupation as the only per-
manent remedy. In her dilemma she
bethought herself of her girlhood days.
Back on her fathers farm she had been
fond of horses and skillful in manag-
ing them. Colt breaking had been her
greatest delight, and she often rode
horseback in Indian fashion, bareback
and without saddle or bride. And 80.
to regain her health, she began colt
breaking as business.
Mrs. Pontifax's health steadily i'm
proved and after three years of break
ing and eating saddle horses she bought
a livery stable. at Laporte. -Four years
later she moved to Chicago and re-
NAMED there four years in business.
She then returned to Laporte and has
owned a training stable in that city for
the last two years.
At the barn Mrs. Pontifax does her
share of the work. helping to feed and
clean the horses. And everything Is
scrupulously clean. The floors look like
those of q house; the horses blankets
are spotless and the straw in the stalls
10 fresh and sweet. Frequently Mrs.
Pontifax Is left Unexpectedly without
help and is compelled to do all the work.
On one occasion when she was alone
she cared for Is head Of horses. On
Saturdays and holidays, when large
numbers of farmers come to town, she
has her barn full of teams, sometimes
feeding as many as 23O horses day.
Yet in spite of all this manual labor
Mrs. Pontifax is very feminine. Her
Office has dainty white curtains at the
windows, easy chairs about the room
and a small, rather womanfsh-looking
writing desk. Mrs. Pontifax does not
wear the dress of the new woman"
She Is fond of the little frills and tucks
and trimmings that women love. She
does not believe that jockeying is wom-
ans work. NO." she said, this horse
business is not woman's work. 1t is too
hard. Just drifted naturally into 1t
and now It is my business. I like It
yes-and I love q good horse. but there
arc many disagreeable things about the
business. Still. I suppose there are in
all kinds of work"
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HON. FRANK HANLEY.
Republican Nomination for
Governor Of Indiana.

Candidates for governor In tho good
old state of Indiana are as thick, on both
sides of the house, as flies around Q
molasses barrel. One of the latest add
lions to the list on the republican side Is
Hon. ]. Frank Hanley, Of Lafayette. .
well-known lawyer and politician. noted
for his strong religious tendencies and
for his intense earnestness in everything
he undertakes. He is 40 years old, . ma
tive of Champaign county. ILL.,, and .
thoroughly self-made man. In 1890 he
was elected state senator. In 1898 10
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AT HOME OF HAMLET
There Danes Will Erect a Monu-
ment to Shakespeare.
Movement Undertaken b. Citisens OF
Elsinore Three Centuries After
the Poet Conceived Idea Of
HIS Great Work.

A. D. 1903, the coronation year OF
King Edward VII. and the former Dan
ish princess, Queen Alexandra, COIN
cides with the three hundredth aniver-
sary of the year in which Shakespeare
wrote the greatest play in the English
language. And it is highly probable
that in the year 1903 Shakespeare. being
a practical theatrical manager, con-
ceived the idea of giving Hamlet to
the world because the Danish born
Princess Ann had just assembled the
throne of England. So the play with a
Danish hero would be sure OF royal
patronage and that of the people OF that
days fashion who sneezed when the
court took snuff.
There is an extra and peculiar appro-
priateness in the approaching dedica-
ton of the memorial statue to Shake
speare which will be unveiled at Elst-
more, on the ancient ramparts of kron-
borg castle, at date as near as possible
to the anniversary of the first produc-
ton of the play. The statue is the work
of the Danish sculptor, Louis Hassel-
briis, and the plaster model is now In
his studio in Rome, awaiting its final
perpetuation in bronze.
1t is interesting to trace the birth OF
the feeling which first prompted the
principal residents of Elsinore and the
Englishmen residing there to promote
the erection of this statue.
considering" said their first circu'
lar letter projecting the scheme, "the
great influence which the tragedy OF
Hamlet has had on the minds Of even
the greatest poets and philosophers
during three centuries, We entertain the
hope that our endeavors will be favor
ably received and find spokesman ant
subscribers far and near, among for
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EPISCOPAL PRIVATE.
Bishop Daniel Sylvester futile, Of
St. Louis, Aged &C, Now En-.
Joys This Title.

Bishop futile, of Missouri, having
succeeded to the office of presiding bish-
Oh of the Episcopal church in the United
states, agitation Of the subject of a
primate has come on again. Bishop
futile is vigorous in spite of his years,
and one of the most popular ecclesiastics
in his church, but often it happens that
the senior bishop is infirm, as was tho
case with the late Bishop Clark. When
Bishop Satterlee was chosen to tho
Washington see there was talk that he
might some day be made primate, 1t be-
ing regarded as appropriate that the
head of religious body should be located
economically in the capital of the nation.
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SHE TRAINS HORSES.
Mrs. Cora Pontifax, of Indiana,
Unique Among Her Sex.
Recently Drove TrotteF 1t County
Fair and. Won the Race-Has
Broken Manx Colts t. Sad
die and Harness..

Indiana, the state of geniuses, prodi-
gies and people who do extraordinary
things, has as its latest novelty wom-
an jockey. Doubtless many women.
especially in the western states, might
claim this title because Of their prof.
cheney in horsemanship, but only one
woman. Mrs. Cora Pontifax, Of Laporte.
actually breaks colts to the saddle and
harness and then trains and conditions
them for the track.
Mrs. Pontifax came into notice recent
ly when she drove Tucker, the Chicago
matinee horse formerly owned by
George B. Dryden. and won in the gen
tlemen's driving class at the Laporte
county fair. The strange spectacle OF
seeing q woman drive attracted an un-
usually large crowd to the races. AS
Mrs. Pontifax entered in q speed cart.
attired unostentatiously in q neat dark
skirt and shirt waist. the 10000 specta-
tors watching her cheered enthusiastic
ally. She drove quarter to warm up
and then the race was on. In the first
heat It looked for awhile as II she were
going to get in a pocket" but she held
dogegdly to her course and at the end
went under the wire first, In the sec
ond heat she had the lead from the quar-
ter turn. The third heat was hers from
the start. Each time as she came In the
crowd gave her an ovation and when 1t
was all over they kept on applauding
and cheering till she was out Of sight.
1T was my first race" said Mrs. Pom
tifax to correspondent for the Chicago
Chronicle, land when droye In on the
track felt so nervous that almost
wished I hadn't started. But when the
race began l forgot everything except
my horse. The experience. however, Is
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-11-19

and ambitions of French empire-found-
ers from Napoleon DOWN and thither he
went with 200 infantry, to dignity them
by that name, 40 cavalry and two old
cannon. With their aid he killed 200
Msxicans defending the town OF Her.
mosilla, sacked the place and occupied
It. But not for long; the Mexican au-
thorities, after series Of romantic
chases and discomfitures, got hold of him
and shot him in spite Of his promise to
return to Paris and no longer aspire to
empire. -
Less than 80 years after this attempt
came that of Count de Mayrena. He had
money, like Lebaudy. to such an extent
that he knew not how to spend 1t. so his
thoughts naturally turned to adventure,
thence to matchmaking and the crown
of sovereignty. He had military train
ing, for he had fought in the war Of 1870,
and he knew something Of foreign geog-
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ONE-WHEELED WAGON.
troduced on All Rural De-
livery Routes.

A marvellous vehicle, which is cross
between a sedan chair and wheelbar-
COW has been designed by an Illinois in
ventor to meet the purpose Of the rural
mail route delivery. The special Qualifi-
cation of the design is the fact that it is
calculated for service over the meanest
and toughest of roads. Having single
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=. s,,.h.de. Needed There.

The coolest inhabited country is said to
be the province Of Werchojansk, in
Oriental Siberia. TIE daily mean tenn
perature of the entire year is 2.74 degrees
below zero.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-11-19
Vaccination In France.

Three vaccinations are now compul-
sorv in France. The first must be made
during the first year Of infancy, the Sec
ond in the eleventh year. and the third in
the twenty-hrst fear.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-11-19

Bishop futile was consecrated back in
1867. Were he to die the presiding bishop
would be the aged Bishop Morris, Of
OREGON, and the inconvenience of having
the head of affairs in a state so distant
Is apparent. Next after Bishop Morris,
in point of seniority, is Bishop Doane, OF
Albany, and then come Bishops Hunting
ton. of Central New York, and Whitaker.
of Pennsylvania. 1t is reckoned certain
by those In position to know that some
Younger prelate will be chosen before
MANY years have passed. There will be
cries of pope, it is predicted, but the Sc
lection is bound to come, so it is held.
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where Coral Comes From.

The red coral, which is used in jewelry,
and which is known as precious coral,
is mostly obtained in the Mediterranean.
the Barbary coast furnishing the dark
red, Sardinia the yellow or salmon color.
and the coast of Italy the rose-pink. It
IN also found In the Red sea
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-11-19
The star Of Bethlehem.

Astronomers announce that the Star
of Bethlehem, which directed the wise
men to the birthplace Of the Saviour,
viii appear once more in 1910 or 1911.
Josephus. the Hebrew historian, speaks
of this star, which is now known as Hal
ley's comet, and since his tins 1t has ap-
peared on 70 occasions.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-11-19
waite Of Bread.

DIR. Drouineau estimates that the
waste of bread in the French army
amounts to about 200 pounds pc. bat
talon per month. or IN annual waste
Of $500 tons.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-11-19
VIII Not Take a Pardon.

Among the prisoners in the jail at
Frankfort, Germany, there is barber
who has been confined in it for half q
century. He was accused of having cut
the throat of man whom he was shaw
INK. He has always protested his inno-
cence and has repeatedly refused his par
don because it was offered only on condi-
ton of his confessing his guilt.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-11-19

wheel It can be drawn through thick mud
with little effort on the part OF the motive
force, which may be one or two horses to
suit the demands, although the inventor
claims that one animal is entirely suf1i-
Gent for all purposes. The wheel Is nat
and spokeless to preclude the carrying
Of excessive quantities Of mud. The sus-
tanning frame comprises a pair OF rods,
which extend one on each side OF the
wheel and connect with the journal
thereof Th, rods are coiled to form
springs and they extend beneath the boz
or body of the vehicle, and they term1-
nate in shafts. The body has door to
admit the driver. Lugs are formed on
the lower front corners Of the body OF the
vehicle, and bolts secure sustaining rods
IA the Tugs. The sustaining rods are
ssed to hold the body upright while
hitchinx the horse or horses into shafts,
and afterward they are swung up along
aida the body entirely out Of the way.
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r.. Leaves Stain CARPETS.

Te0 LS8Vc0 SU018 OO1DeVDs
1t 10 unwise to use tea leaves for lay.
ing the dust when sweeping light-col
ored carpet, unless they have previously
been rinsed in water: otherwise the car
net may be badly stained.
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1oS Ife9OenI.J
and Porto Rico to the United States. He
was q member of the joint high commits
sion At Quebec in 1898, and in 1900 was
appointed q member OF the international
commission of arbitration under The
Hague convention. Whether he becomes
4 factor In national politics or not, rs an
eminent peacemaker his fame is secure.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-11-19

a modified shape? Mormonism consists
of simultaneous polygamy. while the law
Of divorce practically leads to successive
polygamy. Each state has on its statute
books a list of causes, or, rather. pre-
texts, which are recognized as sufficient
grounds for divorce. There are in all
q causes, most of them of very trifling
character, and in some states, as in ILL.,"
nois and in Maine, the power of grant,
ing a divorce is left to the discretion OF
the Judge.
Evidences are accommodating each
year that the cancer of divorce is rapidly
spreading over the country and poisoning
the foundations of the nation. 49,.
If persons contemplating marriage
were persuaded that once united they
were legally debarred from entering into
second wedlock they would be more cir
cumspect before marriage in the choice
of life partner, and would be more pa
tient afterward in bearing the yoke and
tolerating each others inflrmities."
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-11-19
parth Notices In Holland.

When An infant selects Holland o .
good country in which to begin its earth
" career, in some Of the towns 1t is Gus
tomary to announce the new arrival BY
hanging at the outside door Of the houss
a silk pincushion decorated with lace
If it's a boy, the pincushiou il rcd; Il .
girl. white.
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r.....,, a Cows Hide.

Leather In q Cows HIDE.
The hide of a cow produces about 80
mound. of leather; that OF q horse ABOUT
Is pounds
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HON. J. FRANK HANLEY.

HON. J. FRANK HANLEY.
Indiana Republican Who Seeks 0ubas
Material Nomination.)
was q candidate for United States sens
tor AGAINST Albert ]. Beveridge and In
1900 was chairman Of the republican
state convention. Some years ago hs
ran for congress against e. D. Crum-
hacker, but was defeated.
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Thi. Happened i'm Kansas.

A strange case is reported by the Eagle
IF Wichita, Kan. One Mrs. French, a
washlady, is possessed of a pair Of ossi-
fed lungs. She uses I've In her washing,
and she has inhaled the fumes Of this lye
until her lungs are coated withit. THE
crust of lye is 50 hard and thick" says
the Eagle, that the action Of these or
eans is impaired" And, seeking to find
terms with which to impress the facts
upon science and ignorance alike, the ed
itor adds: ::.Mrs. French's case may be
compared to some extent to the scale
which forms in engine boilers and pre-
vents proper heating. An effort will be
made to break up the scale into hne par
ticles and let it pass of with the breath"
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eigners and Danes-and perhaps not
least among those who with full intelli-
gence can read his works in the original
tongue" This letter is signed by Col.
C. w. Christensen, governor OF kron-
borg, and by 13 of Elsinore's men, and
since It's issue the Danish government
has empowered it's consuls the world
over to solicit subscriptions in aid OF the
project.
The statue is a finely characteristic
piece of Danish art; unaffected IN con-
ception, rugged, mastery and yet with
the stamp of exquisite imaginative in
sight in the denotement of character IN
the portraiture itself.
The rough foreground of the hewn
stone in the picture of Kronborg castle
is the ancient battlement upon which
Shakespeare laid the scene of Hamlets
meeting with his fathers ghost, and the
grave of Hamlet" and "Ophelia's
spring. have been for so many genera
lions known as such that for all any
man will ever know they actually fg-
ured in the real life story of these two
characters. If not there is no harm done
If they got their names in fiction.
There are many instances Of the erec-
ton of statues far from the birth lands
of famous men who have delighted and
enriched the world by their works
Shakespeare is already represented In
Paris, Weimar and many American cit
les, Goethe in Vienna, Linnaeus in Ant
werp and in Palermo, Thorwaldsen In
Rome and In New York, Hans Christian
Andersen in Chicago and Dante In Ber-
lin.
But this erection Of a statue of Shake
speare on the very scene of his and the
worlds greatest play is the outcome OF
as happy thought as ever inspired the
perpetuation of great mans memory.
The names of the original committee at
Elsinore comprise almost the whole lit
erary and theatrical world Of Denmark.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-01
TELEGRAPHic eREvITIES.

The Portuguese cabinet has re.
signed. The king has accepted its
resignation
The National Republican Editorial
association elected officers In Wash.
ington and adjourned.
Harvard beat Yale in the first game
OF the finals for the intercollegiate
hockey championship by score Of 6
to 2
John c. Felmore. founder Of the or.
der CT the United Commercial Travel.
ers. is dead at his home in Colum
bus, o.
The hearing before the interstate
commerce commission of the matter
In the recent advance in freight rates
on many products, has been concluded.
The great brood mare Vilette was
killed by falling in hole Thursday at
Nashville. Tenn. She was by Brown
Hal of Sweepstakes and was full sis
ter to Star Pointer.
Consular advices received at the
state department from Lapaz, Mexico,
state that great CONSERVATION has
been caused by the appearance OF the
plague at that place.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-01
WAR VESSEL LOOTED.
Venezuelan Authorities Make Serious
Charge Against Germans.

Caracas. Feb. 2S.-The authorities
at Puerto Cabe!lo, after receiving tie
warship Restaurador, which had been
seized by the blockading powers, have
made An ofncial report regar ling tho
transfer and the condition ot ra yes.
sci. The report reads in pa.
The Germans before delive. .ag ths
Restaurador had sacked her in a
ruinous manner. They carried on sill.
verware, covers, curtains, electric
globes. kitchen utensils and even cop
per clasps from the ships side. II
was necessary to employ mechanical
engineers for twenty-four hours in
order to place the Restaurador in
condition fit to 60 to sea. The pillage
OF the ship was scandalous."
German officers interviewed concern.
Ing this accusation declare that the
charge OF the Venezuelan authorities
is false and assert that the ship was
not robbed. On the contrary, they
said that Germany had spent $12 0OO
In repairing the Restaurador and had
left $50 tons Of coal on board Of her
without asking a cent for it.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-01
RECEIVES DIPLOMATS.
Pope Leo Aecords Them an Audience
Despite a Severe Cold.

Rome. Feb. Notwithstanding
severe cold which affected his voice.
the pope during the dag received the
diplomats. who congratulated him up
on his jubilee DR.. Lapponi was op-
posed to the pope's participation in
the ceremony. in view Of the fatigue
OF his coronation March 3, the ami
versary of that ceremony, but all the
efforts to husband the pontih's
strength were rendered difficult by his
determination to do everything posi-
bic and to see everyone.
Senior d. Antas. the Portuguese
ambassador, as dean of the corps. read
an address in French
The pope replied extemporaneousiy
in French. saying he was touched by
the manifestations he was receiving
from the whole world.
He wished to personally thank each
diDlOmAt
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-01
THE CANAL TREATY
Senator cuiIom Attempts to Obtain
Morgan's Consent for Date
for Voting.
Alabama Senator Says He Will Do His
Best to Prevent Ratification
Of Treaty.

Washington. Feb. 2S.-A determined
effort on the part of Senator Cullom to
obtain Senator Morgan's consent to
fix a time for voting on the Panama
canal treaty was made while the SEN
ate was in executive session and was
met by just as determined opposition
on the part OF the Alabama senator.
In making the request, Senator Col
lum said that the United States had
been trying for fifty years to get a
canal across the isthmus and he ap-
pealed to Senator Morgan not to
stand in the way Of the consumma-
ton OF this aspiration. He first asked
for a vote Saturday. then for vote
Monday and lastly a vote Tuesday.
but each request was refused.
Il think" said Mr.. Cullom. -the
senator is making great mistake.
The whole country recognizes his
great services of the past twenty years
In the Interest Of . Canal
connecting the two oceans. indeed he
may be called the father Of the 18TH
minian canal. but it certainly would
seem that by his present opposition TO
the Panama treaty he is strangling
his own offspring"
To this Se-..ss..or Morgan replied
with spirit. He said that his interest
in a canal is now as great as II ever
was. that il was indeed so great that
he felt he owed II to himself and the
country TO exert himself to the utmost
to prevent the ratification OF treaty
which he felt to be so full OF defects
as the pending agreement. He then
complained of the refusal Of the sen
ate TO allow him 10 discuss the treaty
in omen session The country, he said
ought to know just what ii was going
into. but it could not know so long as
the doors were closed every time the
treaty was mentioned
Most senators believe that the re-
fusal to fix a time for vote means
| that the treaty cannot be ratiflei no
fore the close Of the present cession
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-01
OF LITTLE IMPORTANCE.
Paris Police Take No Stock in Al
legged Anarchistic Plot.

Paris, Feb 2s-The prefecture of
police minimiZes the Importance of
the reported anarchistic plot against
European rulers. A high official Of
the prefecture said there was no con-
nection between the so-called an
archists of America and those OF
France and Spain The French an
archistic groups are particularly calm
at present.
The police officials gave categori-
cal denial Of the reports that they
have adopted special measures of pre-.
caution because of the arrest of an
anarchist in New York. The Paris
police officials who have special
charge Of the surveillance of anarch-
lists attach no importance to the re-
ported international movement