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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23
THE WRESTLING BEARS.
Their Antics Afford Lots Of Fan to
the Visitors Of New Y0rk's
Geological Garden. E>

The great park of the New York
geological gardens is offering delight
fut opportunities for study of wild
animals in practically a state of nature
now that the dens are we'll occupied.
A constant center of interest is the
great bear cave, and one particularly
attractive place is the den in which
are kept an enormous Russian bear
and common American brown bear.
These two big brutes are living the
most pleasant and sportive of lives.
They play with each other consta ntly,
and their antics are so strikingly SINH
lar to those of clumsy human beings
that the spectators cheer them on in
their games as they would fival ath-
letes.
A favorite sport of the two bears is
wrestling. There hardly is an hour
in the day when they are not at it..
They usually have their contest on the
very edge of their swimming pool,
and the great object Of each bear
is to hurl the other one into the wa
ter.
When one Of the bears feels like a
little fun of this kind he shuffles over
to where his friend is reposing and lifts
himself awkwardly to his hind feet.
He then steps on the other chap or
leases him in some other manner.
When the reclining bear accepts the
challenge he arises and then the two,
standing upright just like great men,
advance cautiously toward each other,
each trying to get the best hold, ex-
actly as human wrestlers would do.
Finally they close and hug. Then
they sway back and forth and pull
and push and heave at each other.
Sometimes one will actually try to
trip the other one and so throw him,
but the bear wrestlers are shifty and
can get around wonderfully we'll on
their big hind feet, so tricks do not
succeed very often, and as a rule the
throw must be accomplished by main
strength.
When a bear finally is thrown he
goes into the pool with such smash
that the water flies all over the cave.
The wrestling matches are always in
solemn earnest and each bear evident
" tries his level best to get the other
one down. But neither animal ever
loses his temper, and after one is
dumped into the pool he climbs out
again as good-naturedly as ever and
is ready to begin over again without
sign of malice.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23
Never Surrendered.

II did not surrender said f. +.
Bosye on being examined for member
ship in the II. A. Smith camp of Con-
sederate Veterans at Macon, Ga. This
reply called for an explanation, be-
cause it is customary for candidate
for membership to tell where he en-
listed and how he was dismissed from
the confederate service before he can
become member of a camp. Mr..
Bosye explained that he was one of
the 1000 men of the western army,
who. decided that they would 60 to
Mexico with their commander, Gen.
Shelby, rather than submit to the hui
o.;!isticn Of q surrender. The COM
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23

in plain view of every one in our line
of battle. This old turnroad was
straight and level, with no obstruction
whatever. AS the horseman left the
Yankee line, it fred volley after vol
ley at him, but he rode direct to us
at breakneck speed. When within $50
yards of us he pulled his hat from his
head, and, whipping the beautiful ami
NAL he rode with his hat, cried,
'Hurrah for Kentucky"
1.-The animal, coming at this fearful
speed, jumped the breastworks within
ten feet of my gun, and never left her
tracks. She was the very perfection
of horse flesh, and as she stood with
her nostrils expanding and contract
ing, so thin that the sun shown through
them like silk, l thought the rider and
the horse made the most beautiful pic
ture ever beheld. ~a.
He was one man in the world en-
We'd at the time. He wore a blue
Kentucky jeans suit and had buckled
about him beautiful pair of ivory
handled pistols. His name was en-
graved on the pistols, and that is
how l knew his name was Allen.
"When he landed within our lines,
he exclaimed, in loud voice: Hell
10, boys, how are you? have been
longing to join you. This was q
rather desperate feat, but took the
opportunity, and I am with you. God
bless all of you! How are you, any
| how?'
"Our boys began to crowd around
him, and in a few minutes there were
more than hundred of lis talking
! with the newcomer. One of the Of
ticers came up and ordered us to dis
perse, as we would draw the fire of
the enemy.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23
Left the Car in Disxust.

She was q rather stylish-lookine
young lady, and attracted attention
when she entered the car. She occu-
pied the only vacant seat, beside a
rather elderly-looking gentleman.
When the conductor came for her fare.
she reached to her side, and then, her
color changing several shades. she
gasped: "Oh! I've been robbed!
There is nothing but banana skin and
an old piece Of cigar in my pocket"
Then the deep bass voice of the mar
by her side was heard: madam, woulc
you mind taking your baud out OF my
pocket?'
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23

Grant to satisfy that great officer
that we were in our stronghold and
anticipated his landing and attack.
This way was the best for him in
every respect. We thought beyond
doubt that he would make his way
around Vicksburg. 1t would. have
been easy going with us to have re-
pulsed him and driven him back had
he advanced this field against our
splendid position.
"After the return of the rider, I
suppose it was about 40 or so min
utes, the signal corps sent the mes
sage to Bruensburg, below Vicks-
burg, to make the attack from that
point. 1t was only a short time un-
til we heard the guns laundering in
that direction. Grant, instead of
making the attack and surrounding
Vicksburg by the way of Snyder's
Bluff, made his landing and advance
by way of Bruensburg.
''The next morning n any of us
were ordered to meet hi6:: We met
him and fought him all She way to
Bakers creek. or CHAMPION hills,
where we made the greatest fight,
but we were repulsed and driven
into Vicksburg, where we stood the
long and fearful siege.
Joe Willis, my comrade, who kept
the pistol of the dashing rider as
he rode off, had this pistol few
weeks ago at meeting of our old
battery at the Piazza hotel in Vicks-
burg.
''This shows what . fearless man
can do in any country where he has
the nerve and rides the right kind
of stock have often wished could
meet this man. for this is cs~~+ainly
. piece of unwritten history"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23

his canoe disappeared from the inlet,
Fang's Indian wife was missed from
the house the Chinese had built on TIL
beach, across the cove from Chekan's
hut. Tbs weather grew worse, and
sleet-laden winds swept in from the
ocean. Six months passed. 1t was :
long, lonely winter for Fang. The sea-
sons salmon pack was out of the way
and his duties were light. So were the
duties of all in the settlement, but
they Stunned him in his misfortune,
and he thought he saw sheer behind
the stolid face of every Indian .
One fair morning in May the canoe
of Joe Bear entered the inlet, coming
from the direction of Kake island, so
miles away, where other Thlingits
lived. The canoe was beached at Che
kan hut, and Joe Bear and Fang's wife
entered the shack. 1t was deserted a nd
cherries. The old chiefs body lay in
its tomb, a little way up the mountain,
and the totem pole, half finished, stood
sentinel by the grave. Within an hour
the news Of the runaways' return
spread. There was q great chatter
ing among the Cinnamon at the cam
merry, but Fang made no sign. The
spring work of the fishery begun, and
he was devoted to his work. The weeks
passed, and Joe Bear and his woman
were rarely seen. They hunted to.
gether, back in the mountains, and
when they were in the village Joe oc-
casionally visited the company's
store to barter the fresh meat of the
deer, moose, or bear, but it was plain
that he avoided Fang, and the China
man sedulous:y kept away from the
Indian. Then %ae grew restless. He
was determined to go on long trip
to the Stikine, to hunt the big moose.
But the terrible mountain trail was
not one for woman.
When Joe had been gone week,
Fang called on his wife at Chekan's
hut. He wassgentle and kind, and al
though she spoke not word to him.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23

mand marched over the line, where
they disbanded and came home. The
detachment thought they might get
shelter from the Mexicans and estab-
lish new confederacy, but the bull
fighters were too much in awe of the
United States. 1t is understood that
there are only about so or GO of the
Shelby command left. Mr.. Bosye be-
longed to company II, Fifth Missouri.
Atlanta (Ga.) Journal.
For the Good of the Service.
Clara-He gave me ar army an-navy
kiss.
Maud-What kind is that?
'Oh, rapid fre-6o . minutsl".-
Smart Set
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23
THE SLEEPY MAN.

''Nursc says the sleepy man
Is coming-let us run,
And watch him through the keyhole;
Twill be such glorious fun"
30 they softly erept to- the p4ayroom-
Little Ted and blued-eyed Nan:
And waited long and patiently
To see the sleepy man.
At last It came their bedtime,
And nurse looked all around
For Baby Nan and Little Ted,
But neither could be found.
80 then she sought their playrocm,
And 10. behind the door,
The sleepy man had caught them boil
And laid them on the floor.
Presbyterian.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23

II MALLY YOU TOMORROW"
the Chinalnan persevered, and came
every evening to see her. The days
were long now, and few strangers came
from the world beyond the inlet rocks
to buy her hair seal and beaded trinket
boxes. So, at last she consented to
work at the cannery, the wages offered
by Fang being necessary to her ex-
istence. ..s..-. ....- ~ T..
Nc word came from Joe Bear. The
midsummer sun had dissipated the
mists that curtain the fir-clad noun
tains of the mild Alaskan coast, and
warm ocean currents combined with
mountain air to make perfect days and
nights in the inlet, where thousands
of fish were daily being taken for the
cannery, and Fang, the Chinese SUBJ
boss, was still the lone occupant of.
the house across the cove from the hut
of Chekan's daughter.
Whether she went up the mountain
side for walk In the evening, or by
appointment with Fang, will never be
known, but it was afterward said that
she had a few personal belongings
packed in a sack, and that the trail
she took was the same taken by Joe
Bear in the spring. She was last seen
just before nightfall, in company with
Fang, little way up the mountain.
Neither one returned. Two days aft
erward a search was made, but no
trace of them was found. On the third
day the search was resumed, further
around the mountain, to the east.
They found her body, covered with
fresh-cut fir boughs, lying between
two fallen trees. Two bullets had en-
tered her breast. Her face in death
wore a look of terror, her clothing
was torn by the dragging of her body
over the rough mountain from the
trail to the fallen tree. Her shapely
and once supple limbs had been slashed
with knife in some strange, Chinese
design .-..
Fang's boat left no trail in the dark
when it crept out of the inlet. The
search for him Jagged after the Sec
ond day, and it was two weeks later
when Joe Bear came down from the
Stikine country and descended the
mountain to the hut of the Chekan's
daughter. Within an hour he had
heard it all. He made wonderfully
quick preparation. Before the COM
pany's storekeeper knew of his arrival
Joe Bears canoe, with four armed In
dian men: passed out of the inlet, and
kept moving toward the south. Joe,
with his rifle across his knees, sat in
| the stern and steered. A month after
ward we heard from Fang. He had
given himself up to the Canadian po-
lice, and taken shelter in crude Jail,
where he was killed one dark, stormy
night, by ball from an unknown rifle,
aimed through one of the little win
| SovUs of he ~rse1~
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23
THE CAPTIVE BUBBLE.
This 10 Not Merely q Curious Trick,
Bat . Scientific Experiment
of Some Value.

Make two wire wings with handles
by bending the wire around a large
bottle and twisting the ends together.
Wet the wings with soapsuds. Ask
friend to hold them, one above the
other, and blow large bubble be-
tween them until it holds both wings.
Then you may withdraw your blowing
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23
Abbreviated Costumes.

Mrs. Gableigh-What did the ladies
wear at the banquet?
Gableigh-I can't remember, except
that their frocks would have made ad-
mirable rainy-day outfits
Mrs. Gableigh (horrified)-What!
Gableigh-If they had walked on
their hands.-BaltimoreA American.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-04-23
Query By q Jealous Soul.

Still, is it sign of real greatness,
asks the Chicago Record-Herald, to
be remembered merely because tho
anniversary of ones birth is . ma
tional holiday?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

"shooi shoos But it don't seem pos
No mistake. squar' Dawson. They
not only threw me down in the verdict.
but the Judge took occasion to say that
IT hadn Fooled away my time and let
my ambition run to weeds might have
been DeSotO. Yes, sub. he said them
very words right to my face"
Il can't skassly believe it, Colonel
.squar' Dawson. are 20 looking at
the other.
= shorely am, Colonel
Then let me ask yo' il Colonel Bunker
is a Spaniard2'i
or co'se not"
Then how could I be a De 500?
I'm blamed by these jeaIous-minded
people because I'm not as big man
as he was and yet he was dead and
buried hundred years befo' my Aneri-
can grandfather was bon into the world.
How could [ discover the Mississippi
RIVER berO I was bOn2 How could
be a great man century and a half
befc' / opened my eyes on this sinful
world Answer me that, suh-answer
me that?"
20 couldn't do it. ColoneI-yo'
couldn't possibly do it," answered the
Squire.
'shorely I couldn't. and yet the peo-
pie OF this county are throwing me
down whenever the opportunity comes.
They probably reckon that this last
turn viii drive me out. but I can tell
yo' that they viii be disappointed. I
can be thrown down, but the grass don t
hold me long. It's like fighting the wah
over again, though I do believe the Yam
KEGS gave me getteF show than I'm
getting now. I'm keeping quiet for a
day or two, but the enemy may prepare
for surprise pretty quick.
Got an idea Colonel?9
I have, Squar'. Do yo' know that
there are 2,149. 62S 49s grasshoppers in
this country? Do yo' know that ever
last hopper is on the jump for fo'teen
hours a day? DO you know that it
takes as much power for a grasshopper
TO jump as for man to raise a shovel ?
What if that power could be caught and
stored uD to run the machinery of the
country What if Colonel Bunker was
the man to do it?"
DO 70 mean it, ColoneI2" asked the
Squire in d whisper of awe.
As suah's yO'r BON, sub, and now,
being yo' have kindly asked me what
an take, I don't care if do step around
to Joe's place with yo' and wet my
mouth with whisky-jest dampen it, yo'
know, to keep the cotton OUT Copy
right, 1903, by o. B. Warner).
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13
FLEET- FOOTED DOGS.
Few People Realize of What Remark
able Speed Dogs Ara Capable.

After pointing out the marvellous en-
durance shown by little fox terriers,
who follow their masters patiently for
hours while the latter are riding on
bicycles or in carriages, says Monsieur
Rusoiier. d Franch scientist. that even
greater endurance is shown by certain
wild animals that are akin to dogs.
Thus the wolf can run between fifty
and sixty miles in one night. and an
Arctic fox can do quite as well if not
better hansen met one OF these foxes
on the ice at a point more than seventy
miles northwest of the Sanikow terri
tory. which is $50 miles from the Asiatic
coast. Eskimo and Siberian dogs can
travel f0rty-fiVe miles in the ice in five
hours. and there is one case on record
in which a team of Eskimo dogs trav-
eled six and a half miles in twenty
eight minutes According to Monsieur
Rusolier, the speed of the shepherd
dogs and those used in hunting ranges
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13
SUCH Is FAME.
Two Senators Who Found They Were
Not Well Known.

Two Senators Who Found They Were
Not Well Known.
Senator Vest of Missouri. was taught
a lesson on the nothingness of fame
few years ago, which he tells his friends
occasionally. He was called out of the
senate chamber by his colleague, Mr..
Ceckren, in order that the two senators
from Missouri might meet a delegation
from their state. Senator Cockrell was
talking to the assemblage of his constit-
uents as Senator Vest Joined him. He
introduced his colleague Mr.. Vest had
talked to all of his visitors, one of them
with whom he had conversed freely in
CURED
state are you from?
But Senator Vests experience was
more than ecualled by one of the late
Senator John Sherman Of Ohio who, on
one occasion. many years ago, was visit
ed by an amateur correspondent of a
western paper who undertook to secure
the views of senators on some public
question. When he approached Senator
Sherman, whom he had recognized as a
senator only by the fact that he was
standing in the senate lobby, he inquired
his name, and being told that asked for
his initials then his state and finally
his politics After he he'd secured this
preliminary information he called for his
views Washington Star.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13
COLONEL BUNKER.
He Would Have Been a De Soto II He
HAD Been Born Soon Enough.

He Would Have Been a De Soto If He
Had Been Born Soon Enough.
It was midafternoon. and Colonel
Bunker had just emerged from a corner
drug store, when he ran up against
Squire Dawson and exclaimed:
Deed. squar'. but / am happy to see
yo'-mo than happy, sun
Same TO yo', Colonel replied the
Squire as ne extended his hand for a
shake. "Y o. are looking so-so.
I'm about the same, SQuar about
the same. Hope none of yo'r family are
ailing2"
None. thanlzee. one of my working
nevis is off his feed. and I was going
into the stoh for powders Dldn near
something about yo'r having a case III
cote the other day2'
"Yo probably did. sub, and we might
step inside while I tell yo about It, 70
know, Squar'. that since I went out of
politics I've returned to my old profess
sion-the law2'
i've heard so. Colonel"
But I've met with nothing but envy
and jealousy ON every hand, though
the late wah. They don't want me to
build up a practice here, and they've
thrown me down whenever the Occa-
sion offered. They tried it again the
other day. sub Yes, sub, the enemy
moved down on my works again and
just reckoned TO wipe me off the face
OF the earth. This county has made up
her mind that I must so. and mebbe I'll
have to, but I'm gwine to die powerful
hard. Squar'-powerful hard
what happened this time. Colonel2'
Queried the Squire as he cut a piece off
his plug of tobacco and passed the plug
TO his friend. but carefully remembered
10 get it back again
"squar Dawson, yo' run mostly to
con and nevis and are a busy man"
Yes, colonel"
But yo' amt too busy to remember
that DeSoto discovered the Mississippi
river about a hundred and seventy
years ago Yo've read that i'm history
Yes, reckon I have. Colonel, but
didn't charge my memory with it in
particular. Name was DeSoto, was it,
Live anywhere around here?"
Not exactly. sun This county
wasn't heard of till long after his time.
He was a Spaniard, Squar' Dawson,
and he came over to this country with
a crowd behind him to make new dis
coveries, pick a fuss and run things
20 suit himself. IT was while wander
ing over the country to find something
worth stealing that he discovered the
big river"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13
THE JUDGE TOOK OCCASION TO
SAY

shoe. Just broke right out of the
woods and discovered her, eh2"
THAT was the way of it, Squar'.
Now them last Saturday 7 went into
cote fur Tom Jackson. Toms dawg bit
the ear off of Jim FOrbishes' yalleT
meWl, and Jim sued fur $50 damages.
I was fur the defense. I not only had
ON alibi fur the dawg, but I had seven
teen witnesses on hand to swear that ne
was too dodgasted lazy to chase and
bite anything. Besides that I had the
canine right in the cote room. that
might show the jury he had but two
teeth left and couldn't nip a babys
finger. Tt was a legal and military de-
Tense combined. sub, and it looked to
be impregnable."
And of cose yo' won. Colonel-of
co'se yo' did2" observed the Squire
did - Yo' jest wait. I stood to
win it, of co'se. and I'll leave it to the
bar of the state. but yo forget that my
enemies were in ambush and waiting
for me. They were afraid that I was
coming out on top, and the fiat went
forth that ] was to be thrown down, no
matter how strong my defense. Yo'
know what fiat is. don't yO. Squar' -
"Weu. not jest this afternoon, as I'm
not feeling any too peart, but go on
with yo'r story"
IL had the neatest. slickest case yo
ever did see, but the aforesaid fiat had
gone forth and judge and Jury had to
obey. They just knocked me out all
around and brought i'm a verdict Of $40
and costs. How was that for a con-
spiracy. SQuar %
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a
parrot has been jabbering about for the
last half hour?
The Sparrow-He has been telling that
reporter that he has nothing to say!-
Puck.
Mrs Kronnick says her new doctor
declares his treatment win leave her
without a single illness to complain Of"
Gracious. What viii she have to live
for, then? '-Philadelphia Press.
A doctor was attending a. dangerous
case where a Scotch butler was engage
ed. On calling in the forenoon he said
to Donald; 4 hope your masters tenn
perature is much lower today than it
was last night I'm no sac very sure
ABBOTT that" replied the butler, for he
deed this morning The Argonaut.
First Little Girl-My pa is going into
the legislature.
Second Little Girl-Poohi that's moth
ing: my pas going into bankruptcy
First Little Girl-WeN, I guess my
pail go there, too, if he wants tO.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
My wife found a poker chip in my
pocket, and I told her it was dyspep-
STA tablet"
"That was clever
Far from it, She swallowed the chip.
and the doctors bills cost me more than
the jackpot philadelphia Record.
Phrapper (after his tenth miss)-Oh.
hang the birdsl
Keeper-Sorry. sir, but we amt got
no string; but if you likes to let me
have the gun III shoot EN- for YOU
Glasgow Evening Times.
Attend well to your duties and you
may be a regular Morgan one of these
days" remarked the cashier.
mot for me" said the Office boy,
pocketing his three silver dollars. Them
RICHES don't see nothin' but checks and
bankbooks from one years end to an
other. AS for me. I'll take the real
coin. Buffalo Express.
First Housemaid-Only think, it's
the 9Th of the month, and I haven't
received my months wages yeti
Second Housemaid-Is it possible2
why, my mistress has already paid me
my wages and borrowed the money
+ back again -Fliegende Blaetter.
/ Judge-What is your name, prisoner?
Chinaman-Me no sabby2
Judge-Put Memo Sabby down for
thirty days What queer names these
heathens havei-Kansas City Journal.
Bjenlzs-Do you believe in the posi-
bility of the cure of diseases by sug-
gestiOn?
Bjinks-Why, certainly. I was feel
ing pretty sick last week. and my wife
suggested that L go to a doctor, and it
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-03-13

In the Probate Court of Shawnee County.
Kansas.
PaImlund. deceased
The undersigned viii. on Monday,
March % 1903. at 10 O'Clock a m. at house
No. 314 Tyler street. in Topeka. Kansas.
offer at public sale and sell to the highest
and best bidder for cash in hand the
household goods. personal effects, watches,
ieWeIry and other goods and chattels be
longing to said estate; sale to continue uf-
til all said goods and chattels are disposed
Of MRS. j. g. MORRISON.
Administrative Of Said Estate.