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The Van Buren press., 1903-03-07
TIKI ST. LOUIS NH|RLN|ND.
President Francis of the Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Co. is
Amazing Europe.
AMERICAN METHODS A REVELATION.
ENGLAND and France Aroused, and
Now He Has Gone to Spain to En-
list the Young King. and Will
Visit other Capitals During the
Week.

Paris. March 4.-President ID. Il.
Francis is amazing Europe by the ra-
pidity with which he interests its gov
ernments in the st. Louis Worlds
fair.
In a week he aroused England,
which he found in state of indit-
ference to its great Importance.
In a day and a half he has caught
the ears of the French government
and strengthened the impression al
ready held of the eXposition's impor-
lance.
After a remarkable round of re-
ceptions, luncheons, dinners, balls and
interviews, Monday, in this capital, he
departed, Tuesday noon, for Madrid
where he will spend day or more
in audiences with King Alfonso and
his ministers.
Ii is his hope TO complete the WORK
in Spain, Wednesday, so that he may
have time TO Nlslt olher Eul oPV"i
capitals before going to Berlin for his
interview with the kaiser Tuesday.
He expects to be in the German cap
ital by Monday, so that he has out
lined strenuous work for himself
in the meantime
While he would like to visit Rome
and see the Italian king, it is possible
he will not be able TO do so.
But it is quite likely he will visit
Brussels and The Hague on his way
to Berlin, giving day to each OF
them and seeing the rulers as well as
the officers of the government.
He will probably stay three days
in Berlin.
His fast work is the biggest adver-
tisement the fair has had in Europe,
and is doing more to cause it to be
generally discussed.
Europeans, who are accustomed TO
taking their time at doing things,
can not understand the remarkable
energy of the ST. Louisan.
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WIFE GUILTY OF MURDER.
Jury Fixes Punishment of Mrs. Lena
VI. Lille In Nebraska nj Life
imprisonment.

David City, Neb., March 4.-The
Jury in the Lille murder case Tues
day afternoon brought in a verdict
of guilty and fixed the punishment at
Imprisonment for life. Mrs. Lena NJ,
Lille, well-to-do, educated and a
member of prominent family, was
band, Harvey S. Lille, on the early
morning of October "a last, by shoot
ing him as he lay asleep in his bed.
1t was testified to at the trial that
Mrs. Lille was a steady patron of
bucketshops and had lost much mon
ey 1t was also shown that her hus-
bands life insurance in her favor was
$4,000.
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BUTLER MADE CLEAN SWEEP,
Nothing in the Way of Perquisite
Pickings Left for Representa-
dive Wagner.

Washington, March 4.-While James
]. Butler, of st. Louis, according to
the verdict of the house, never had a
title to his seat as representative IN
congress for the Twelfth Missouri DIS
trict, he took full advantage of his
opportunities to secure all of the
requisites that go with the position
Representative Wagner made an eff
fort, Monday, to comply with re-
quests from number of his constitu-
ents for garden seeds and different
public documents. He discovered that
Mr. Butler had swept the platter
clean and had completely exhausted
his quota of everything on the
governments lists of supplies and
publications that could be secured Tor
nothing by members of the lower
house,
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a STOWAWAY
THIS day had finished the loading

THIS day had finished the loading
of the vessel for her trip across
the ocean, and now, as the sun was
sinking behind the shrouds of the
ship, to the west, the stevedores hled
in front of the officer who was check
ing off and paying for the hours they
had worked,
As they received their money the
stevedores passed across TO the wharf,
or stopped for a few minutes con-
yersation with each other or with some
of the sailors who CHANGED to be near.
One of them dropped unnouced
through hatchway and slipped back
into the hold where the freight had
been slowed. Then he made his way
among the boxes and bales until he
came to narrow space which had eNl-
IDENTIFY been left by design, for il was
long enough for man TO stretch at
full length in it, and contained water
and crackers enough to keep oil
starvation for week or ten days.
After the young steyedore had crawled
into it he drew a case in front Of the
opening to prevent discovery by a
possible prowler or inspector of the
freight.
Then le made himself as comforta-
bic as he could in the narrow space,
and chuckled at the prospect of reach
ing South America without cost. He
thought exultantly of what he would
do when he got there, and Of other
strange lands he would visit before re-
turning hGme. There was no sense
in people spending money to travel
when a little shrewdness and bold
face would answer just as we'll
He had three dollars in his pocket,
the sum paid him on deck half hour
before, but that was as much as he
usually had ahead these days. He had
given up work, except in case Of ne
cessity, and even the three dollars
would not have been earned had not
this trip to South America been
planned as part Of the gain.
For an hour ne renamed awake rs
tening TO the sounds on deck and ex-
ulting in his own shrewdness; then,
weary with the days labor his head
leaned forward and he sank into u
sound sleep,
Late the next evening the vessel was
TO begin her voyage, and during the
early part of the day his attention was
occupied by the sounds Of passengers
coming on board, and Of baggage and
the last consignmen,s Of freight being
slowed away, But at length listening
became monotonous, and even his own
thoughts, eSultant though they were,
grew wearisome, He was not nccus-
toned to being alone, or TO self-com-
muning, During the past few years,
when not asleep, he had generally been
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KNOX DRIVES A BARGAIN.
Option ouithe Panama Canal Proper
~ Extended by the Canal
COmpany's Agent.

Washington, March AT the cabl-
net meeting to-day the status of the
Panama canal negotiations was the
most important subject discussed, At
torney-General Knox reported that he
had received from Mr.. Cromwell an
acceptance of the proposition he, on
behalf of the United States, recently
had made to the Panama canal com
pany to keep alive the option held by
this government on company's prop
erty. Just prior to the meeting of
the cabinet, Mr.. Cromwell submitted
his formal answer, which is regarded
as entirely satisfactory. 1t keeps
alive the option now held by the
United States on the canal company $
property, and, as stated by the attor-
ney-general the option is now hard
and fast, and it matters not whether
the treaty pending in the senate be
ratified before the adjournment of
the present congress or afterward.
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where Germany II backward.

We have grown accus, Omcd OF lhle~
think Of Germany M u country ~
which practical science, fostcred "
careful technical education, occup'ese
very advanced position, especially ~
things based upon chemical know
edge, II Is therefore somewhat sur
prsing to learn, through Consul ueU
eral Mason ut Berlin, that hfc e.
tInguishors, 40 commonly employed W
the United States and Grent Bii'aip'
are used to n relatively lin ted extern
In Germany, Mr. Mason has discoc
cred but one form Of extingulshu
made In tha, country, and i, Is com
porntiycly inefficient, Lately, now
ever, the German posioi'Ice depart
mcnt has ordered 10000 cxiIngulshe',
Of American made, and II IL cNpec'eu
that the eyes OF the people OF 'm
fa,hcrlond viii be opened 10 the"
shor,comlng In this regard, Science
The Van Buren press., 1903-03-07

THE MARKETS..
THURSDAY, March ..
Grain ana Proyisions,

ST Louis Flour Patents, S.iOg3St.
other grades, S,Wa3,S, Wheat-No, req,
Oats-No. 2 mixed 36HNc, Hay-Timo-
thy 'll5oal55,o00i prairie, &"a ii@i
clover 81 ,ooul4OO Lard-ChQlce steam,
9GOc. pork-New mess, SSl5 Bacon
Clear ribs lOac Butter-Creamery goo
2S,ac; dairy, isaac, Eggs, Fresh l6e;
Wooi-Tub- washed. lSU2sc, Missouri ana
illinois medium combing, lSHU9le, other
grades, llQ2oc,
Chicago-Closing quotations Wheat 80
May, itha77he; july. 7Ssei september,
7l5Sc Corn March, t5Mc; May iIre.
July, 45isc, September, iitc. Oats
March, sac; May, SlsaShc; July, s.Sv
s?Se; septemeserl %spS;e, pork a. Is,y
Lard May sss7h; July &,s?n; scptem-
Der, 1913. Short ribs-May ES8, July,
50 Cd September, @,5om9'52h'
indianapolis 80 Wheat No, red,
T6di 76igc. No, red 13hc, Corn-No.
white Acc; No, 2 yellow, i5c. Oats No.
mixed, S6Me, Hay-Timothy, 'l2"ul4ia
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tai instruments on the table, an ekc
trio battery buzaed, The surgeon fixed
TO one Of its wires u drill, and instant
ly n burr Of steel upon the end Of the
drill began TO reyolye with the cur
rents force as fast us circular saw
He applied the drill TO the tooth. with
n hummng sound II dug its way
through the torn enamel, making itiD
a moment quite regular and smooth
The dentist cleOnsed the tooth thor
oughly with hot air blown from .
syringe, Then he took up in forcip
n morsel Of dental gold, This mOlleabH
metal he pounded tlgb, into the cavity
and added more and more to IT, mol0'
ing the gold as II grew, till finally 'h
tooth had gained It's proper size anu
shape, 1t was then filed smooth anu
polished TO n certain brilliance, abO
the operation was over,
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Hest In Arlington.

Philadelphia, March i,--Funcral
services over the body Of Maj,.Gcn,
Wm. FurrOr Smith, Z, y, A. who died
Saturday night, were held In ~,
stephens Protestant Episcopal
chdrch here Tuesday After the scr,.
lees the body was taken 90 Washing.
ton over the Pennsylvania road for
ln,crmenl in Arlington cemetery, The
pall.benrers were Gen, Isaac Wistar,
Dr. y, Weir Mitchell, Admiral Charles
y. Clark Col, H. 4, CullInun, Col, +,
j, Grizzly, Col u Il. Fleming, DR., y, A,
Drrpcr and Philip schuyler
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THREE OPERATORS ARRESTED.
Prisoners Mt Springfield. Ill, Charged
with Tapping wires for
Race Results.

Springfield ILL.,, March A. w.
Graham, William Bennett and Andrew
Swan, telegraph operators from Chi
cago, and james johnson, a saloon
keeper Of Chatham, have been arrest
ed for wire tapping. The men claimed
to have tapped wire near Chatham
for the purpose of securing the name
of Chicago commission company
sending quotations to bucketshops in
southern Illinois. The men are sus-
pected however, of having tapped the
wire for the purpose of securing the
results of races.
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GOOD ROADS CONGRESS.
Diplomatic officials Throughout the
world Advised of Meeting to
he Held In ~. Louis.

Washington, March 4.-The secre-
tary OF state has advised diplomatic
officials that national and interna-
tional good roads congress will be
held in st. Louis from April - TO
May ., 1908, under the promotion of
the Nation Good Roads association,
the Office of public road inquiries of
the department OF agriculture, the
Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co.,
state, county and city officials, com
mercia bodies and railway organiza-
tons. The chief object Of the con-
gress is 20 arouse special interest
throughout civilized countries in the
bctterment of the public highways.
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TOWN SHUT IN BY SNOW.
Two Hundred Passengers HELD at
Amarillo Awaiting the nrcnk-
Ing Of blockade,

Fort Worth Tex, March 1.-The
country around Amarillo IL wrapped
In nearly two feet Of snow, and the
town has been practically shut on
from the world for the past sin days,
liallrond traffic II completely suspend.
ed Not train has moved In week.
About two hundred passengers are
held there awaiting the breaking OF
the snow blockade.
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ARMING THE ENTIRE MILITIA.
Krnu-Jorxensens VIII lie Distrib-
utrd Throughout the Central
West from Rock Island, III.

Washington, March i,--Gen, Cro2ier,
chief Of ordnance, has made prelimi'
nary arrangements for 0rming the
entire militia OF the United States
with the krNg.Jorgensen musket Of
the regular service, According to the
latest returns received by Adlt.-Gen.
Corbin the organized strength of the
militia Is 1870, Rock Island, H.,
win be the central distributing point
for the west,
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GEN. ROBERT FOSTER DEAD.
distinguished Actor In the Civii War
Passed Away In Indianapolis
After Long ILLNESS,

indianapolis, Ind, March 4,-Maj..
Gen. Robert Sanford Foster, died here
niter lingering Illness. lie was quar-
tcrmastcr general OF Indiana Ot the
time Of his death, aud by proclumu'
iion Of the governor this afternoon
his body viii lie In state, and business
viii be generally suspended Gen,
Foster was one Of the distinguished
generals of the civil war.
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CHESAPEAKE & OHIO WRECK.
Two Men Killed. n boy Fatally md
Several PASSENGERS slightly
Injured.

Huntington, W, Va, March PAS
senger train No. 3 on the Chesapeake
a. Ohio railroad crashed into the rear
Of freight train near Russell Tues
day Henry Davis, conductor, and
Charles Miller. brakeman, OF the
freight, were killed, and Fred Rose,
boy stealing ride, was fatally
hurt. They were in the caboose.
Several passengers were slightly in
iured.
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A MILLION DOLLAR PLANT.
The Durned Armour Plant at Sioux
city, Ia. 10 be Replaced by
New and Better One.

Sioux City, Ia, March "a million
dollar packing plant is soon to be
built on the site of the Sioux City
plant of Armour & Co., which was re-
Gently destroyed by fire, The new
plant will employ 1000 men, and will
have a killing capacity of 1000 hogs,
1,5OO cattle and 1000 sheep daily. The
work of construction is to be begun
as soon as the frost is out of the
ground
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THOUSANDS OF CATTLE DEAD.
Havoc wrought Amoes Herds an the
plains ~ storms NJ the
Last Two Weeks,

Denver Col, March T. rhousOnds
OF cattle, dead and dying, In the snow
on The plains can he seen from every
railroad throughout the range coun'
try The storms Of the last two
weeks wrought havoc among the
herds, One train crew on the Mis-
souri, Pacific robd counted more than
n thousand dead cattle between the
knnAns line and pueblo.
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FIRE STARTED BY BURGLARS.
Destruction of the Cummings Block
mt Canaan, Conn. by Fire
started by Burglars.

Canaan, Conn, March THE Cum
mngs block, containing the post of
fee, the private bank of Fuller and
Poets, and Collins jewelry store, was
burned TO the ground early Tuesday
morning. II is believed the fire was
started by burglars after they had
blown open the safes in he building,
but on account of the heat of the
ruins it.has been impossible as yet to
get at the safes to determine the
lns4
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GEN. WIN. BOOTH INJURED.
Commandcr-in-Chi Of the saliva
ton Army Makes n Misstep AZ
New York UcudUunrters,

New York, March i-aGcn, VIM.
Booth, commOndcr.in.chiet Of the Sal.
walton army made u misstcp Tues.
day, going down stairs at the Nrmys
headquarters here, and spruIncd his
knee, While The injury Ia not serious,
the general has been 20 fatIgucd by
his long trip In this country that his
departure for England will be de.
lnyed
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FRANCIS DEPARTS FOR SPAIN.
Address Delivered Nv worlds Fat,
Prcs,dcn, In Parts on Dene-
n,s of Esposittons.

Paris, March t,--Do,id u, frnncls,
president Of the ST. LOTUS Worlds
fair, lief, here for Madrid Tuesday
night before leaving he made brief
speech nj the chamber Of commerce,
saying that expeditions serve useful
purposes of binding nations together
promoting peace and advancing the
aohle'eiuebt Of general disarmament
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CHARGED WITH ROBBING MAIL,
the Theft Of n Mail Pouch, Ar
rested ut DanviIle. ny.

Danvillc, KY, March -Four men
Edward Nichols, Samuel Pra'her,
William Tucker and Bud Hawkins
have been arrested here on the
charge Of stealing the mail pouch
which was lost here In November last,
It contained about $4,000, mostly
In stamps aud checks and some cash,
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LADRoNES CAPTURE A TOWN.
Municipal Police Quickly Disarmed
at Gus, Aibny Province, ana
Garrison surprised,

Manila, March i,--Lndrones cap.
urcd the town % Gus IN the province
Of Albay Tuesday, They Mt first dis.
armed the municipal police and then
surprised the constnbulory garrison,
Two of the const0bulury were killed
aud is were captured,
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Robbers Frightened Away.

Runnclls, lan March i.-liobbers
who had drilled the hufe Of the hank
Of Runnclls aud plugged II prepare
tory TO setting on u charge of dyno'
mite, were frightened away Monday
night a few hundred dollars was
taken from HE desk illl,
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ynsnown Vessel roundercd.

Paris, March a. gale which blew
with terrific force and which was nee
companicd by exceedingly heavy rain
aud hail, struck the French coOsl last
night aud did great damage, A large
unknown vessel foundcrcd oi La
Rochelle
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Vetoed by Gov. Durbiu.

indianapolis, Ind, March Gov.
Durbin has vetoed the bill placing the
statue of George Rogers Clark, con-
queror of the northwest territory, in
the vacant Indiana niche in statuary
hall at Washington
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GREAT BRITAIN ACCEPTS.
So Says Premier Baifour In the brit-
ish House OF Commons.

London, March 4,--"The govern
ment has accepted the invitation OF
the United States government to par
ticipate in the st. Louis exposition"
said Premier Balfour in the house OF
commons, Tuesday replying to
question Of Henry Norman, liberal,
regarding the steps being taken TO
insure the United Kingdom being ade-
quately represented. "rhe extent TO
which the country will participate
continued the premier, "and the eX.
net modus opcrandi are now under
consideration
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Chicago, March i,-'fhc honorary
degree Of doctor Of laws will be CON.
ferred on NJ, jean Jules jusserand,
ambassador Of the French republic
60 the United States, by the unlvcr.
sity of Chicago at the winter conyo.
cation March A.
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Uninols po.,mns,crs Confirmed.

Washington, March a,--'rhe senate
has confirmed the following hi.
nois postmosters' j, T, Cline, Joliet;
l. Ncwland, Colchester; n, Miller,
Winchester; l., b, Davis, Lincoln;
Walter Colyer, AlbIoni j, =, Williams,
Snlpm,
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President Eliot, Of Harvard, corr
plains that the graduates OF thn' W
stiiuton are not becoming Wv
fathers ~ children, This, snys wv
Chicago Record'lcrnld, seems TO "
dieotc that they are marrying ~"
the very best circles
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Crowninshicia .. iletirc.

Washington March g. Rear-Ad.
niral A. \, Crownlnshield, commUn.
ing the European station, has applied
for retirement In accordance with
the provisions Of the personnel ,sw,
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GREAT SATISFACTION FELT.
Attitude OF british Royalty Toward
the Fair Causes Satisfaction.

New York, March 4,--Therc is
great satisfaction at the American
embassy and among the representa-
,ivcs OF the ST. Louis exposition, ac.
cordng TO The frbunes London rep
r,sentati,e, over the favorable atti'
tudc of both the king and the gov
ernment toward the enterprise, The
necessity for keeping abreast with
Germany in industrial NJ well ns In
art exhibits IN now recognized In
Downing street.
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New York March b=Money ON eal
steady al 90 per cent prime mercantile
paper bnb,b per cent sterling exchange
steady, with actual buElhesH IN bankers
bills AZ ~ l25niN2 Tor demand ana at
ls3 Aibnil for 80 days posted rates, as
ana ~, commercial bills, i9Nnlsii,
Mexican dollars, S, Government bonds
steady,
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demolished by Gas Explosion.

Rochester, Pa, March 5.-The Oliver
Stove Co.'S plant was demolished,
Tuesday, by an explosion of gas
caused by leak in the main. Her.
man Goedeker, ST., an employe, was
fatally burned.
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salt Lake., Utah, March i,--Atter
the hardest and closest hph, of the
session the session has killed the inl.
tlailve and referendum bin by a t!e
vote,
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Cotton,


Quotations for middllng range ~ FOL.
lows ~ Louis y lb.i6ci New York, iO'bo,
Memphis, lh,lGc,
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Celebration of Mass.
The Papai Bencdirtion.

room for restoratiyes, prepared on
purpose every time, he goes to ST.
Peters, There, addressing Dr. Lap
POM, his private physician, the pom
tifI soidi
"iou see, that, after all your warn.
ings the ceremonies did me good,
What touching loyalty"
II was calculated thu, there were
about $4,000 people present, including
nbou, 1000 Americans in the tribunes
and the body Of the church.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-02-26
DOGS AS TRAVELLERS.
They Seem to P0asess Some Peculiar
Power Which Guides Them to
Their Destination.

In the old days of the James river
canal fine setter was taken by his
master on a packet boat which was
so crowded that the dog was put in
the captains cabin to be out of the
way. His owner reached his destina-
ton after nightfall, and had taken
so much wine by that time that he
was carried off the boat, and no one
remembered his setter.
Next morning the captain took the
dog on deck with him, but was much
afraid he would jump off to the tow
path and try to return that way, and
so handsome an animal would have
boen in danger of being stolen.
Carlo, however, lay perfectly quiet,
but with an air of listening that at
tracted notice. Toward noon he
heard the sound of the horn of u
packet coming from the opposite
way, and as the boats passed each
other he made a leap and was next
heard from as having got off at the
place where his master had stopped,
and as having gone at once to the
| house where he was a guest.
Could human intelligence have sur
passed that?
This same dog lay on his masters
grave and refused food until he died
from starvation. But I do not give
this as case in point.
A gentleman who lived 100 miles
from city moved there with all his
possessions, including bulldog
which had been raised at his fathers
home, where he had hitherto resided.
He was locked up in the car with the
furniture, and in the hustle of IN
loading he disappeared, and two days
afterWard he reached his former
home, coming by an inland route, as
was known by parties who recog-
nized him, so that he evidently
marked out his own path without
reference to the railroad on which
he had been carried away.-Christian
Endeavor World.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-02-26

size, and with good glue or cement
fasten the spools one on top of the
other, to form the upright of the book
case, gluing the shelves in between the
spools at the proper intervals. The
shelves for this small bookcase are CT
gar box covers, and the spools are
dark wood nearly the shade of the
shelves, and the whole case is var
nished over. The bookcase may be
made large enough to hold your sis
ter's little library, and the shelves may
be made of any pretty wood, such as
is especially used in fretsaw work.
The book shelves will not be strong
enough to hang from the picture
molding with books in, but should be
placed upon shelf low enough for the
little girl to reach her favorite story
books.-N. Y. Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-02-26
First Need OF q Doctor.

WI Ting Fang is fond Of relating story
about Chinese doctor who didn't satisfy
his patient. The sicker the patient grew,
the more indignant his friends became at
the unsuccessful physician. At last, when
the sick man was in final stage and death
was imminent, the relatives laid violent
ing him up to tree, started to admin
lister a smart beating. But while his assail-
ants were looking for stick with which to
beat him, the doctor freed himself, and,
jumping into the river, swan to safety.
When he reached home he found his son,
who was studying to be physician, por-
ing over book on medicine. "Put it up,
put it up, shut it up said the doctor,
grimly; "the first requisite of doctor is
to know how to swim, not to cure" San
Francisco Argouaut.