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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01
AN AMUSING CREATURE.
The Hermit Crab Establishes His
Home wherever He Can Find or
Make an Opening.

A most amusing and curious crea-
ture is the hermit crab. He belongs
to the biggest crab family that there
is. There are thousands of different
kinds of him, and hermit crabs can be
found in all waters, from the cold
north to the equator.
The hermit crab is shaped like q
prawn or lobster. His head and upper
part of the body are covered with a
shell that is harder than that of most
other varieties of crab. But his unfor-
tunate tail end is soft. And, unhap-
PLY for the hermit crab, there is no
delicacy that the other sea creatures
love quite as much as they do that
soft tail. -a ~ 1>s'sGt L. @a
Under these circumstances the hermit
crab has had to become householder.
He searches for snail shell, and when
he finds it he investigates it a moment
to make sure that there are no other
occupants, and then he backs in with
funny, threatening motions of his big
claws. g.
If the shell that he selects happens
to be occupied by the snail or other
rightful owner, the hermit crab drags
it away to some safe hiding place and
then calmly thrusts his mighty shears
into it and eats the unlucky resident.
Having thus simply cleared the prem
ises, he gets in himself.
Occasionally a hermit crab cannot
find a suitable shell in his haste. Then
he takes anything that is convenient.
AS result, hermit crabs have been
found living in all kinds of queer hab-
itations. One was discovered living
with pride and comfort in the bowl of
a tobacco pipe. Many of them live in
sponges.
The hermit crab is afflicted with an
infirm temper and constant desire to
change. Consequently it happens
often that one hermit crab, meeting
another hermit whose house he likes
better than his own, will essay to take
it by force. Then there is battle at
once. No healthy hermit crab in full
possession of its mind and faculties
ever refuses fight. Sometimes the
crabs will seize each other like bull
dogs and hang on for hours, each try
ing to pull the other out of his house.
The hermits come in all sizes. There
are many so small that they can live
in barnacle shell. Another species
loves to eat the tiny black sea snails
out of house and home, and move into
their miniature apartments. Others
are so big that the biggest whelks of
the sea have shells only just big
enough.-Cincinnati Enquirer ri
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01
THE HAPPY BUNDLE BEE.

wagon but she carries two baskets, in
which she puts her goods. These are
on her hind legs, and are made of stiff
bristles. When she comes to bios
som some of the yellow dust is
brushed off, and sticks to these hairs.
When she goes to the next flower it
takes as much of the pollen as it needs,
and gives back some of its own to fill
up the basket again. The flowers pay
the bee for this service in flower
money-the sweet juice called nectar.
If you should follow the humble bee
home after the business of the day is
over, you would perhaps be surprised
to find that she lives in hole in the
ground. She does not usually make
this herself, but searches for one that
has been abandoned by some field
mouse or other animal. This found,
she gathers a mass of pollen and puts
it in the new home. Then she lays
many eggs upon it. When the tiny
white grubs-bee babies-hatch out,
they feed upon the pollen. Soon they
are big enough to spin cocoons, and at
last come forth as full-grown bees
n. Y. Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01

A distressing case of Fibroid Tumor,
which bafAed the skill of Boston doctors.
Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, Mass, in
the following letter tells how she was
cured, after everything else failed, by
Lydia E. Pinkharn's Vegetable Compound.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01

that have preceded him from Borneo
to the new world. He is two years old,
his height is three feet and his weight
40 pounds. There is a life insurance
on him of $4,000.
When pipe is handed to him and
he is told to smoke he puts the pipe
stem where it belongs, and puffs away
with meditative, Irish look. At the
command Brush your hair" he takes
a mirror in one hand and brush in
the other and arranges his long locks.
He takes his meals like a human be-
ing, sitting at a table, drinking his
milk from cup and eating his sliced
bananas with spoon.
To great many orders the grave,
wise appearing creature gives quick
obedience, such as:
= "Peter, turn a somersault."
"Peter, lie down."
"Peter, stand up"
"Fold your hands, Peter"
"Peter, make bow
The story of his life is brief. He
was born in Borneo, and until nine
months ago he lived there, ranging
the wooded marshlands near the
coast. He and his mother had nest
in a treetop. They lived on bananas,
molested no one, and were happy. The
mother, as big as well-grown girl,
rocked her son to sleep at night in
her arms. A Bornese shot her one
day, and her child the man carried of
in sack. The young orang-outang
was gentle from the start of his cap
tivity-gentle and tractable, but lit
tie languid, little sad, as is the way
with Gagged simians. He journeyed to
Berlin, and there the wife of Jacob
Hope, of Philadelphia, bought him.
Peter was shipped to America on the
Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse. His pas
sage cost $5s. An attendant, or valet,
shared a cabin with him, and all
through the voyage Peter was seasick
and kept in his berth, grooming when
the ship lurched.
On his arrival in Philadelphia Jacob
Hope put him in large cage and APP
pointed a man to do nothing but look
after him. A physician called on him
twice week, sounded his lungs and
took note of his digestion. As soon
as he got used to his new home, a
suite of three rooms above the shop
was set apart for him. They were
sunny rooms, airy and dry; their tenn
perature never varied ten degrees. In
such healthful surroundings, with SO
much space to run about in, Peter
flourished. His milk was all boiled,
and his fare of apples; bananas and
cake was disinfected by the physician
regularly. .r,-
Albert Elser, one of Jacob Hopes
head men, was the orang-outang's
travelling companion to San Francisco.
Albert fed Peter out of huge basket,
on disinfected fruits and sterilized
milk. Most of the time he held the
animal in his arms, for Peter was too
valuable to be boxed and expressed
in the ordinary way.-N. Y. Tribune.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01
Israel Was Fed ON Pills.

In western Sunday school. the
lesson was the story of the wander
ing Israelites who were miraculous
~ fed upon mama. The young lady
who taught the class didn't know
lust what mama looked like, but she
used q little bottle of homeopathic
pills by way of illustration. She made
the story interesting, and every little
face was turned upward expectantly
as she proceeded. She told of the
cloud by day and the pillar of fire
at night, the coming of the quails.
and the fall of mama, then rapidly
reviewed the whole, asking questions
to test the attention of her audience
"And what did the Lord feed the
children of Israel upon?" she asked
''Pills!" they all shouted, without q
dissenting voice. Then for a moment
there was silence, while the teacher
bent low, to look into her reticule
after something which was not to b.
found.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01
THE HAPPY BUMBLEBEE.
and of Inestimable Valuable to
the Fruit Grower,

Who does not know the big humble
bee, with her drowsy buzz-buzz, that
sounds so terrifying if you happen to
disturb her when busy robbing the
clover of its nectar? Watch how sys-
tematically she dips down into one
flower after another. Robbing, did I
say? That is hardly true, for she is
taking only what is hers by right.
Each little clover blossom has at it's
long tube a queer little green body
that will some day be seed. But be-
fore this seed can grow it must have
some yellow dust, or pollen, from an
other. The bee acts as kind of ex-
pressman. She does not drive q
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01
~NORTH COAST LIMITED. -
Every Day I'm tho Year.

DvoEy my III SAA0 ASoSs
Tho Northern Pacific Railway take pleas
ure in announcing that their popular over.
land train, the North Coast Limited, !"
will be continued during the winter.
This broad vestibuled, steam heated,
electric lighted train, with its model OBJ
servation car, equipped with the most mod
ern conveniences, such as parlor, reading
and writing rooms, library Of choice books,
supplemented with the latest magazines
barber shop, and card rooms; with stand:
ard Pullman and tourist sleeping cars (ths
former with two berth lights in each Sec
tion), a. well as handsome day coaches,
guarantees the travelling public service b.
tween vt. Paul. Minneapolis, Duluth and
Fargo, Butte, Spokane, Seattle, Tacoma
and Portland absolutely unrivaled.
Two through trains daily between St.
Paul and Portland, supplemented by the
''Burlington's" Special, running daily BE-
tween Kansas City and Seattle, via Bill
ings, is the most complete transcontinental
passenger service now offered the travelling
public. Chas. 8. Fee, Gen'l Passenger and
Ticket Agent, st. Paul, Mimi.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01
LITTLE PETER HOPE.
He II the Only Orang-OutaAg Daby
In America and. Worth Hi
Weight In Gold.

Peter Hope, said to be the only
orang-outang in America, has just
travelled on half fare from Philadel-
phia to San Francisco. He wore a
sweater, q skirt and a heavy veil. He
looked like a little girl, and most of
the people. on the train thought that
he was little girl. The sum Of 81, 500
had just been paid for him by Thomas
Thurston, the superintendent of the
San Francisco Geological garden. If
he lives to maturity he will be worth
$4,000 or$10,000.
Peter Hope is as intelligent as any
one of the four or five orang outangs
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01
Inspirution OF a Kiss.

The great artist, Benjamin West,
tells that his mother once kissed him
eagerly when he showed her like.
ness he had sketched of his baby SIS
ter, and he adds: "That kiss macs
me q painter"
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01

hmm aterial.
Congratulations, Sarah, I've
been nominated.
Sarah with delight)-Honestly?
"What difference does that make? "-De-
troit Free Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01

Willing to Leave 1t Out.--"Sweet are the
uses Of adversely" quoted the philosophical
friend: perhaps" admitted the prosaic
man, ''but I'm not hankering for that kind
Of sweetness Chicago Post.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01

NO" said the bride.to-be, II didn't &C.
cept Jack the first time he proposed: -
"How could your" replied Miss Wryvell.
"Why not?" "You weren't here."-Phl-
adelphia Press
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01

As to His Hair.-Tess-"She declares
her beau's hair is natural Is that straight"
Jess-."Straight As a dye."-Philadelphia
Press.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01
Why He IL Called a Martyr

Teacher-Jamie, can you tell me why
Lincoln is called the martyred president?
Jamie-'Cause he has to stand for all
31e LINCOLN stories. - Chicago Record
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-01-01

Mrs. Hayes First Letter Appealing Helps
DEAR Mrs under Boston doctors
ment for long time without relief They tell have brod
tumo cannot sit down without and the extends
domen swollen and flowing spells years. Ny ap-
petite not good 1cannot walk be length of
1.-THE symptoms of Fibrod Iunor given in little book
eurate describe 50 write you Mrs.
E. F. HAYES, 252 Dudley St, (oxbury) Boston, Mass.
Note the result of Mrs. Pinklam's advice-aI.
though she advised Mrs. Hayes, of Boston, to take
her medicine which she knew would help her.
her letter contained mass of additional instruc-
tions as to treatment, all of which helped to bring
about the happy result
"DEAR Mrs. Observation-Disclosures ago you
ing and asked advice You replied and followed
all your directions carefully and to day am well woman
expelled the umor and strengthened my whole system walk
Pinkhams Vegetable Compound worth dol
lars drop advise all women who afflicted with umors
E. F. HAYES 252 Dudley St, CRoxbu1y) Boston, Mass
Mountains purchase
the place the health and which Lydia
Vegetable Compound brought to Mrs. Hayes
Such testimony should be accepted by all convincing
evidence that Lydia E. Pinkhas Vegetable stands
ovarian troubles tmors nammaons; uceaon falling and dis
placements of the womb; backche Irregular suppressed painful
Surely the volume and character OF the let
tiers daily printing the leave doubt
Mrs. Hayes at her above address will gladly letters
which sick write fuller information about her illness
Her gratitude to Mrs Pnkham and E. Vegetable
Compound and heartfelt that she thinks trouble too
great for in return for her health happiness
Truly it said that it is Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound other incidence don't for
get this when druggist wants to sell something else
$4,000 5s:E*5 ; r.. ss ~.:
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13

mails were Tiny, nameless creatures hardly
larger than mice; when the great Atlantosaurus
dinosaurs browsed on the quaint heritage, and
Observation-Disclosures ravenOus. bat winged drag
ons of the air-hovered above the surface of the
earth; in this epoch may imagine a pair
OF long tailed. skinny winged creatures which
SKINNED from tree 10 tree, perhaps giving an
occasional twitch or hop-the beginning of the
marvellous flight motions. Is it not likely that
the teleosauTs who watched hungrily from the
swamps saw them disappear at last In a hol-
lowed cavity beneath rotten knothole? Here
the soft shelled turtleike eggs were laid and
When they gave forth the ugly creaturelings
did not Father Creature flop to the topmost
branch and utter gurgng cough a most I'M
pleasant grating sound. but grand in its sig
niticaacc as the opening chord in the symphony
o. the ages to fOlow-until the mockingbird and
nightingale hold us speIIbound by the wonder
of their minstrelsy.
Turning from our picture of the ancient days
we find that some of the birds OF the present
time have found the first way of nesting stin
the best II we push over this rotten stump we
Will find that the cavity near the top where
the wood is sim sound. has been used the past
summer by the downy wOodpeckcr-a front door
IKE an anger hole. ceiling OF rough hewn wood
n bed OF meaIy chips!
Inc chickadee goes q step further and shows
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13

him to move out OF the district has In hts
yard On vacant lots. for blocks, each side
of Little Italy" uptown, bowling places have
been cleaned Up. Almost every italian saloon
has its alley attachment.
The game has some points OF similarity to the
common bowling game. Instead of pins, how
ever, small ball. called the mark is used
This is placed near end of the court The
players toe a line at the other end, twenty-five
feet away. The first man rolls his ball as near
the mark ball as possible. The second tries
10 come nearer the mark" to dislodge his
opponent from favorable position.
Some of the local Italian players are as skill
tul in handling the balls in pale" as are
league pitchers in the American national game
Ihey have all sorts of curves, in and out shoots
and drops. They can strike the mark or their
opponents balls at desired angles and at diff
ierent rates OF speed. Some OF the PLAYERS in
New-Hork have medals which they won at pic
nc games in Italy, and of which they are most
proud Though Italian women take great de-
hight in watching the game they seldom il ever
play il, nor is il played by other nationalities
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
BIRDS AND THEIR HOMES.
Remarkable Skill Displayed in Nest
Building.
BY C. William Beebe. Curator Of Ornithology, New
York Geological Society.

Our sense Of smell is not so keen as that Of a
dog, who can detect the tiny quail while still
invisible; nor have the piercing sight of the
eagle who spies the grouse crouching hundreds
of feet beneath his circling flight; but when We
walk through the bare December woods there
Is unfolded to our eyes evidence of the late
presence of our summers feathered friends
air castles and tree castles Of varied patterns
and delicate workmanship.
Did it ever occur to you to think what the
first nest was like-what home the first rep
uleiike scale futterers chose? Far back before
Jurassie times. millions of years ago. before the
coming of bony fishes. when the only mann
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13

1t is seldom that any dispute arises the game
is so well known and there is a certain point
OF honor about it,
There was a little garden in the rear Of
the place, typical back yard of the tenement
district, but the thrifty Italian had turned it
into a gaming place The noise of clicking balls
came from it and the Americans went out to see
half a dozen Italians engaged in what might
be called their natioIsl game. pale" or the
game OF balls
There are hundreds Of these pale" courts
scattered about New-York. They have one at
the lodging house for newly arrived immigrants
which the Italian Benevolent Society recently
opened in West Houston-st- The Italian banker
who has made enough Of a fortune to enable
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-12-13
IN WASHINGTON.

In Washington when a man comes home late
at night with black eye and torn clothes he
puts on diplomatic smile and says something
a6out having dropped into the White House.
Chicago Tribune
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-21

$i1SI 30 S655I s.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-21
A "ECNE~EID" FOR WORDS.

) .-C,.lC" 0cr.udical. the Academy,
proposes blacklist of words and
phrases that have been worn TO q
fringe by constant useage The idea
IS not a bad one. but j would be ex-
tremeiy difficult to draw the line any
where. There are words and phrases
that Should have gone to the philogo-
zeal bcneyard ages ago. but they are
still with us and Likely to continue
With Us as LONG as the poor
The Academy declares that they
ring through the paners with the
defCning iteration Of the latest popular
tune that the whistle Of the stree boy
catches from the piano organ. which
gets it from the heaven knows where. -
tut the newspapers are net altogether
responsible. We find cur old friends
IL the magazines, in short stories, in
novels as well as newspapers. The
London publication suggests a few
that Should 50 Immediately and the
papers heartily concur, but who is
to make them so, and how, and when
and where
! Says the Academy: We should
/ blacklist the 'well-eraned rest anG
( the scene q her former triumphs.
! The young lady Ct prepossessing ap
! 3earance. the ample Justice that is
done to the viands beneath which The
Tablso literally gronaad," and tn
welding presents that are numerous
and costly; but We admit their US,
in Il world where time is money nae
mos are a penny; those habitual OF
tenders might, after some years al
s11ta5.cn fr,m ink be considered t,
have pureed their ofiense."
We are s~1e the Academy has falie,
entirely to oren approximately cove
! The ground Should the luscious bl
,ai,o' c.-r5er permitted: MI
should not tie RASH oct" be put il til
index expursarons? in til same elias
is old ''friahtfu holocaust" TLJ.'
too, We 1i4d dull, s'ckenins ltu1,
fearful conlagcaGon," airing fuI
mace" Times Looping haayen&ard,
fire fend' and 50 on. Beaaly there i
TAO emu 10 the making (. this list
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-21
Cffciai Count Of State Funds.
STATE c. NEVADA,

STATE c. NEVADA,
County Of Orraeby, S. S.
Governor John Sparks. secretary Of
State w. G. Douglass and James G.
Sweeney, AttOrney-General, being duly
sworn, severaNy say they are mem
bers Of the Beard CT Examiners Of
the State of Nevada: trait On the o7th
DAY CT February 1903, thoy after hav-
ing ascertained from The hooks CT the
State Controller the amount Of money
which should be in the Treasury Of
Nevada. and found ths .St4e correct as
follows:
Coin .2,5.S1i e.
Paid CHiu vouchers No.
not returned to Cen
trollcr c.,t5s -
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-21
TIE PANAMA. LrNE-.

The ratification ( j.. r~>~-,,r O.
nal treaty b. ire S-2ns,. yesterday
paves t.,o wa fac eu2 Of 80 great
est CT all unGe:t7ti:.-~-. n general
terms the treaty prcf'.ea nJr the
CONSTRUCTION Ct n i-.,1rocosric canal
by the United States ti.r0u Colon
bian territory and The transfer Ct the
franchise ard ether assets Of the
FreQcl Panama Ca"ai company on the
payment q q Stipulated sum. The ca
nal is TO lie C9an 10 tAe ships Of all
nations III conditions somewhat SINH
lar 10 these gcy erning tnv Suez canal
tratt.c.
Unless something unforeseen inter
venes. the Senat's s a,s,-. means the
death CT the Nicaragua u. oiect. Com
missions which have investigated the
two routes report tHa; the Panama
linz IS much 4~Ia ,c--s.ble. beth fer
CO. .r~cticn and. operation. 1t Oh
VIA tie ncoasa IL. 6 expensive dams
anu '"tAS- Sl-~'.~-l' l...= --9'''lioe anu
the - required % '.-''0''e 'Ie Wat
er"SJ ana e'-ei7 3>'''' - o1ue 'iiah
Tx, - - q : - -'-' ~-.
'0 "'-''' 800 'i'0 ~" 0''' -
A'' o07---' q kin, '''-' '-'' - y
seen me 'lH-0 - @u'i5u % coii9'' uo'
tho canal - 7,,rI .aI.,fic ami c0n6if
LIZ o-+''-,' - '--'--''.'lo Gnu : l-l'-,
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-21

STATE SCHOOL FUND sECURi-
TIES.
Irredeemable Nevada
State School
Bond $3.50, 900 %
Nevada State
Bonds $500 90
United States
Bonds 100000 90
Total S1173GG7 81
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-21

California Fortune Oil company
has three big wells, and 10000 bar
rcls Of Oil stored viii Jay large di-
vidends socn. Write for prospectus
[. J. Gallagher, fiscal Agent, Vol
exert building, Albany, n. Y.
The International Correspondence
Schools of Scranton, Pa, have stu
dents under every faS and in every
country on earth. Have an enroll
ment Of over 100000 students.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-21

Notice to Creditors.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-21
..liiltiIiiIiti!iI!
RKExT Eii,s b. . ) q

Lost-The party who took, through
mistake, a lady'S black, kersey cloth
coat, q in. long, from the ladies dress
ing rom at the Armorv Hall on Satur
day night, the 14th. and left a short
dlack cloth jacket instead, will kindly
return it TO the Appeal Office and re
eeiye her own.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1903-03-21

In the District Court Of tie First Ju-
dicial District of the State of New
ada, in and for the County Of Orn,-
shy
In the matter CT the estate OF Jacob
Weber, deceased. Notice to credi-
tcrz.>
The undersigned having been GUY
and regularly appointed administra
trix Of the estate Of Jacob Weber, de
ceased, by an order duly made and en-
tered in the minutes cfthadistrict court
Of the First Judicial District Of the
State Of Nevada in and for the county
Of Ormsby, On Jan. %. 1903, and Lav-
ing duly qualified as such ad-
ministratrix; notice is hereby
given to the creditors of, and
all persons having claims against the
said deceased. 10 G!a them with the
proper vouchers and statutory ali
dayits attached. VITA the Clerk Of
said Court. within three months from
the date Of tie first publication OF
this notice.
LAURA b; WEBER.
Ad@inistra+riv Of the estate Of Jacoi
- -ar, ae,ezse3-