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TITLE LUDELLA SMITH was a

lAH OWL II was q
dressmaker's little girl. You will
think she was very lucky when I
tell you that not only her mamma, but
her Aunt Jane and her sister Lily May,
were dressmakers. How much fun she
must have had making dolls dresses
out of all those pieces! All, but now
comes the sad thing: she hadn't any
dolls.
From Monday morning to Saturday
night, especially Saturday night, mamma
and Aunt Jane and Sister Lii just
sewed and sewed to get things done.
And it didn't do a bit Of good getting
one thing done, for there were always
two or three other things that ought to
have been done long ago. So mamma
would cry, and then Aunt Jane would
say, There is no use spelling your eyes,
Sarah"
Mamma always sent back the pieces;
but the rule was, Anything smaller
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MOTHERS MOTTO.

give you motto, my little child.
To take with you everywhere
Into the play world, into the real world,
Into the world of care.
mot the things like to do.
But the things that are right to do.
Not everything that want to do.
But whatever ought to do" ->
- II &.r =.
This is the way to be good and great.
This is the way to master fate.
This IS the beautiful, blessed way
That will make you glad at the end OF the
day.
mot the things like to 40,
But the things that are right to do.
Not everything that want to do.
But whatever I ought to do
-Grace c. Littleield. in Christian Regis
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fcace, Sa y s {:
=" Doan's Kidney
Pills proved q
very efficient
remedy in my
case. I u 8 Q d
them for disor-
dered kidneys
and baclkache,
from which I
inexperienced
q great deal Of
trouble and
pain. The kid
new secretions
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-17

were very irregular, dark colored and
full of sediment. The Pills cleared it
all up and have not had an ache in
nv back since taking the last dose.
Nv health generally is improved .
great DEAL"
FOSTER-MILBURN CO., Buffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all dealers, price 80
cents per box.
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TOWERING v1RGINIANS.
West Virginia MOuntaineers who
Can Lock Down Upon the Or
binary Six-FOOter.

At the headwaters OF the Elk and
Holly rivers of West Virginia, where
the mountain farms lie $500 feet
above the level of the sea, men grow
to be giants. Tall men up there
among the clouds, the great poplars
and great oaks seem to be the rule
and not the exception, says the Chi
cago Chronicle.
"A short time since while travel
ing up Elk" said man just back
from that country, II stopped at the
most commodious house I had seen
during the morning and asked for
accommodations for myself and my
tired horse A man ripe with years,
tall-he was feet AZ inches In
height-and of commanding presence
greeted me pleasantly and with a
hearty welcome. ..,>t.' ia
II noticed that there was quite 9
crowd at his house and took 1t for
granted that a neighborhood meeting
Of some kind was being held until
told by my host, who was Clarence
Gregory, that it was merely q family
reunion and that his entire family OF
Is boys and one daughter, with their
families, made up the crowd. The
10 sons of Clarence Gregory were all
over six feet tall, some Of them six
feet six inches, and weighed over $50
pounds each. ~" 'r'
ION the day following I crossed the
top of the mountains at the head OF
Leatherwood, where reside the fam
lily of Benjamin Hamrick and his
nine remarkable sons. Benjamin
Hamrick, the father, is 6, feet 5k
inches in height and weighs 165
pounds. Arnold, the eldest son, Is 6
feet IN inches and weighs 1853;
Isaac, 6 feet 5al inches, weight 200
pounds; Adam. 6 feet 3 inches, weight
1853: William, 6 feet I inch, weight
ISL; Eli, feet inches, weight 1855;
Simpson, 6 feet III inches, weight
IFS; Felix, 6 feet 2 inches, weight
1853; Ellis, feet inches, weight
226; George, feet 3 inches, weight
$50 pounds.
There are, it is claimed, more than
100 Hamrick voters in the county and
every one of them is over six feet in
height.
yankee Bill Hamrick. one Of the
three men of Webster county who
wore the blue through the civil war,
lives at the top of Point Wilton, at
an elevation of 5000 feet above the
sea. His family consists of his wife,
II sons and daughters. all Of his
sons being over six feet in height,
while Mr.. Hamrick is feet inches.
Owing to his extraordinary likeness
to the martyred president he is fire.
quently spoken of as the Lincoln Of
the Elk River valley
"While upon the subject of big men,
the Campbells of Monroe, descend
ants of the clan of McGregor Camp
bell, are worthy of mention with the
best of them. Judge A. N. Campbell
measures feet 3 inches in height
and weighs 1923 pounds. His four
brothers are J. P. Campbell, Of Hin
ton, feet 4 inches, weight 200
pounds; l.. E. Campbell, Of Pickaway,
feet ~ inches, weight 21S; I. N.
CampDell, OF flckaWdy, 1eet D
inches, weight 208 pounds, and N. B.
Campbell, of Union, feet 21a inches,
weight 255 pounds.
"Andrew Campbell, the father Of
this family of big men, is now dead.
He was feet inches in height and
weighed $50 pounds. He thought
nothing of lifting two anvils by their
horns, one in each hand, and swing
ing them above his head"
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Double Daily Through Service to California
via Missouri Pacific Railway and Iron Noun.
tain Route Choice Of Central route through
Colorado or via tho True Southern Route
through Texas, Arizona, etc. Through
sleeper to Los Angeles. Only line operating
through sleeping cars, St. Louis to San
four days in the week. For rates and full
information address any agent Of Missouri
Pacific Railway, or Iron Mountain Route,
or H. G. TOWNSEND, General Passenger
and Ticket Agent, st. Louis.
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Love !, . ', ) ol'rI : D Vi ;.
BY HARRY WHITTIER FREES
TIE sat at his desk, staring at tn
Interchangeable evidence before lin

TIE sat at his desk, staring at the
Interchangeable evidence before linn
of another's crime. 1t involved the
honor Of q trusted man and the life
long happiness of a loyal and loving
woman.
AT the close of that days business
the accountant had handed him the an
nual statement of the banks affairs
1t told of many things-the banks
prosperity, it's financial footing, and
ended with the grim awakening to con-
f1dence misplaced. The cashiers &C.
count showed shortage Of ten thou
sand dollars.
The face of the man at the desk
cleaned gray and haggard in the lamp
light. AS president of the institution
he was bound ITO protect his inter
ests. Policy alone demanded this
mans conviction and his punishment
to the limit of the law.
Such was duty.
But back of it all shone the faith
and happiness of woman-the de-
faulter's wife. That spoken word which
duty demanded as it's God-given right
would condemn her to lifelong heri'
tage.
His mind reverted back to those new.
er-to-be-forgotten days when he had
wooed this very woman-and had lost
Tearfu!ly and tenderly, with true WON
anly compassion, she had told him OF
another. With hope deadened to de-
spair he had accepted and respected hel
decision. but God pity him! that love
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Glad Caller.

Mistress-Did anyone call while I was
out, Jane?
Jane-Yis, mum. Wan gintlemin wus
afther calm, mum.
"What was his name"
'Moik O'Rafferty, mum, an he wus -
glad to foind yez out as he wus to foind
me in. Dim thinkin', mum."-Chicago
Daily News.
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The man who refuses to believe the
truth is often credulous when lie 10 told
to him-Town Topics.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-17

If you don't try to live up to your ideals
the chances are they'll come down.
Puck.
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LUDELLA AT WORK.
(''She Placed Laura Penelope at One End
of a Row Of Spools.')
thai your hand, De4ks@And Ludella
die wish her haa4*ould grow faster.
Y=t there xFe mountains of tiny bits,
and cna<ng boxful Ludella had stored
awa1Dhder her bed-silk and satin, vel
VI and Bedford cord, ladies'-cloth and
tcheviot and camel's-hair, Bingham and
nercale and Saline, chiffon and ribbon
and lace. Under the bed was another
box devoted to empty spools.
Every winter afternoon, when she
came home from school, Ludella would
say as she opened the door, amy more
spools? Any more pieces?" Then out
would come those two boxes, and dress
maker Number Four would set to work
;asAeriously as the others.
(yRidI say Luella had no dolls? What
u ~ keeps in box Number Two?
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5 900 feet, at which height the reflection
of the sun on the masses of white clouds
below was quite dazzling.
At one time it was feared they would
have to descend into the Thames, as the
wind had dropped almost to a dead calm
and the balloon hung almost continu-
ously for an hour over the river.
At eight o'clock, however, little puff
of wind took them over marshy spot
two miles on the other side of Green
hithe, and Mons. Gaudron took immedi-
ate advantage of this and opened the
valve, when the party made a safe,
though somewhat rapid, descent. These
are probably the youngest aeronauts
who have ever made a journey together
in free balloon.
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Go South, Young Man,

Go South, Young Man,
To Sunny Alabama and Mississippi, tho
Mecca of the Fruit and Truck Grower.
100000 acres of good fertile land for sale
M. Beall, A. G. P. A., Mobile & Ohio r.
r., St. Louis, for full particulars.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-17

Tess-"He proposed to me to-day, and 70
was 80 impatient. He wanted me to marry
him right away. But was not to be hur:
RED" Jcss-"So you put him of, eh?"
Tess-"Yes, indeed. I told him he'd have
to wait until Observation-Disclosures
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COLLEGE STUDENTS PAY UP.
Get Trusted for Extra Eatables and
Borrow Money, But snake
Good" in the End.

An eating house which is also a
student bank is run at the University
of Michigan. The proprietor is man
of 70, known to the students as ''Tut,"
who has built up the odd business in
his old age, says the Chicago Tribune.
To "Tuts" the students go between
meals and eat about $4,000 worth of
beefsteak, eggs, oysters and griddle
cakes in a year. The eating is done
mostly between the hours of six p.
m. and midnight. But the good
grub is not the secret of the old
mans financial success. "Tut' also
lends money and cashes checks for
students whose paper at the time of
cashing is worthless. He charges no
interest, demands no security and
lends to the men who owe him most.
On the old mans books there are
records of men who owed as much
as $50 at one time for only part of a
years eating. There is about $25 in
cash outstanding all the time in coin
lent to customers. The curious thing
about it is that ''Tut" considers the
man who owes him perhaps most
money good customer" and lends
him the potent flyers. "Tut" also has
checks, absolutely worthless, which
he has cashed for boys. Knowing
that they are worthless, he requires
only the students sworn word that
there is money coming from home"
There are no losses in this conf
Dental student banking. Five dollars
was the amou1 of 'Tut's" loss last
year. All of those voracious young
men who owed $50 paid in full, and
all the money from home came.
'Tut" applies kths principle: Treat
the. student IoJd like honest men
and>they'n be Honest" 1t is safe to
|sstay that some Eof them are more 3ede
sslfswith him than with their OF "a;
theirs.
= Eyes," said Puffy IsslR6out his
chest and LOOKING us. He
couldn't bluff nj 6ved ns< He
was sitting lnI e, all swal g 90,
but walkedl t6t II. s.. hs and fAlLf
few ~ee rs'd1 .,p., !. h.a
the few Chic Tr{t@at
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QUICK RESULTS.

w. ]. Hill, Of Concord ,
N. c., Justice of the
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-12-17

Rest After Nine O'Clock.
All piano playing in Fort Scott, Kan,
aust cease at nine o'clock p. m. The
rst woman who violated the ordi-
ance was fined SIS and costs.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-17

the rescue and explained how impos-
sible such thing was, since Dorothy's
papa was a prominent physician, and
it just couldn't happen. However,
Dorothy was at once taken home,
where more explanations were made,
and when the mother had ceased to
wonder how such a thing could have
entered the child's head, Dorothys mo-
Their raised the little tear-stained face
and asked:
What made you do such a thing,
Dorothy?"
WELL" sobbed Dorothy, "you make
me say every night, God bless papa
and keep him from catching eases,
and I don't want to go to school, and
just made out he had caught one of
the Ceases and that had to nurse
him, and smallpox was the only thing
| could think Of"
And now there is no more prompt
or regular pupil in the little class than
Washington Post.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-17

nation as simultaneous pOlygamy with
IN Utah's boundaries Until we have
ding remarriage Of divorced persons
during the life of a divorced partner
polygamy will continue to flourish
throughout the country. Statistics
have frequently shown that more than
three ourths of the divorces in the
United States are secured for immedi-
ate remarriage to another person al
ready selected. Mothers may we'll look
with dread upon the future Of their
children while morality SO lax pre-
walls outside Utah and is finding its
victims in annually increasing thou
sands in every plane Of society.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-17
Mems Tastes in Women's Hats.

Don't think for a minute that men
know nothing about women's hats"
said a milliner. II don't refer to men
who can describe feminine frills with
the fluency Of floorwalker. l mean
the average specimen, who doesn't
know the difference between a toque
and a Gainsborough. They are keen
judges of effects-better than their
wives. Men often come in here with
their wives-at least, | take 1T for
granted that they are their wives.
The woman begins to try on all the
hats in the shop. The man grows ner-
vous. While Madame will pirouette
before the mirror and view the crea-
ton from every side before passing
judgment, the man gives his opinion
without bit OF hesitation.
"'Take it off,! he will say. You
look like a Sioux brave with his war
bonnet on
"He doesn't know why he disap-
proves. He couldn't describe the
trimming if he tried. He doesn't know
whether it came from Paris or
sweatshop. But he does know that 1t
doesn't suit his wife. Without waiting
a second he gives his decision, and his
wife is almost in tears as she sees
him turn down some of the prettiest
models. But he doesn't care how
they look in the window or on the
head Of Mrs. Jones or Mrs. Brown
He wants something that is becoming
to his wife
Eat last she tries on the hat that
he wants. He knows it even before
she has had a chance to glance at
herself in the mirror. And I will say
that his judgment usually comedies
with ours New York Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-17
a SONG FOR THE GIRL LOVE.

A song for the girl love
God love her!
A song for the eyes of tender shine,
And the fragrant mouth that melts on
mine,
The shimmering tresSes uncontrolled
That clasp her neck with tendril gold !;
The blossom mouth and tie dainty
chin,
And the little dimple out and in
The girl love
God love her!
A song for the girl / loved
God love her!
A song of the eyes of faded light,
And the cheek whose red rose waned
to white;
The quiet brow with it's shadow and
CLEAN,
And the dark hair dropped in long,
deep dream;
The small hands crossed for their
churchyard rest,
And the lilies dead on her sweet dead
breast.
The girl I love-
God love hert
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-17
This Man Thinks
Horses Can Talk.

"Can horses converse? l am in
clined to believe that they can" said
William Marshall of Hume, Fauquier
county, Virginia, to a Washington Star
writer And in this connection l will
describe what / and others once saw
with our own eyes. 1t was in the
month of June, 1863, that my company
of Stuart's command was encamped
near Little Washington, Rappahan-
mock county, Virginia, en- route to
Gettysburg. The horses Of the troop
had been turned out to Craze on the
foothills of the Blue Ridge, while the
men Of the command were engaged in
various occupations incident to the life
of soldier.
II recall to my mind very distinctly
that l and my cousin, Jacquelin Mar
shall of Fauquier county, were watch
ing our mounts as they grazed. My
horse, Yankee, so named because he
had been captured from the federal
cavalry, was grazing on the bottoms,
while my cousins horse VISA feeding
on low foothill. Suddenly, as we
watched the proceedings, we noticed
Yankee leave his grazing ground and
walk up to his file companion. where
the pair seemed to be in close consul
tation. The actions Of the horses were
so strikingly like those Of human be-
ings when in earnest conversation that
our curiosity was aroused to see what
they would do next.
1T was very evident that Yankee
was pleading with his companion by
the motion of his head, and the atti-
tude of his companion was like that
of one almost persuaded that the
scheme was a good thing If it could
be carried out. Finally, after much
shaking of heads and an apparent con-
versatiOn in an undertOne the con-
spirators broke away, YANKEE in the
lead. We followed them with our
eyes and say Yankee and his compan-
ion make q detour of the camp. We
sneaked after them, determined to see
what they were up to. Well, sir, that
Yankee horse marched as straight as
a die to a tent in which there was a
load Of corn and without any circum-
locution or detail thrust the flaps aside
and began to pull out the ears and
lay them before his companion. When
he had deposited in front of him what
he considered to be square meal he
waited on himself.
Il fiatter myself that l am at least
a fairly intelligent man and am
convinced that my horse knew the
whereabouts of that corn; that he be-
came corn hungry and decided to
share his knowledge of the good thing
he had in prospect with his file COM
panion. The pair as they stood on the
knoll looked and acted as much like
conspirators as two human beings ever
did under like circumstances. This
is no fairy tale, but an absolute state
ment OF what L and my cousin wit
messed. From that day to this l have
had an increased respect for the in
telligence of the horse"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-17
NOT TO BE Trusted.

1t is an old joke based on solid fact,
the man of affairs as person hardly
to be trusted in the ordinary rela-
tons of life. The English author, PETIT
Ridge, told in a recent lecture before
a London audience some new stories
of the literary man and his reputation
among plain honest folk.
A man went to the country to take
a house. He saw the farmer, and car
ried through the preliminary negotia-
tons with satisfaction on both sides.
Presently he asked, Should you like
some references"
mo, no. said the farmer, genially.
You are a gentleman. l can see
straightforwardness written across
your face. Don't bother about the ref
erences. l expect you want to get
back to your business in the city"
II have no business in the city"
"Oh, then" said the farmer, Il sup
pose you have business outside the
city"
mo- l am an author"
"Whatv' cried the farmer. "Not an
author that writes books"
Eyes"
A look Of doubt crept over the farm
er's face. "Well, WE'LL" he said, ito
turn back to the business we were
talking about, think, after all, III
have to trouble you for one or two
references"
Thus the literary prophet is without
honor in the country. He is also a
poor thing in the eyes of the serving
class Jerome X. Jerome's servant
gave notice that she intended to leave.
Her mistress demonstrated and asked
her why she was going.
81 thought" she replied, chat had
come into the house of gentleman,
and I find that master writes plays"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-17
Museum Is $500 Years Old.

A museum Of the sixth century, B.
c., has come into the possession of the
University of Pennsylvania. The mu-
scum is not big, being contained in a
large earthen jar, but the contents are
very valuable from historical point
of view.
Whether the specimens were eXca-
waited or purchased is not known, but
they undoubtedly represent collec-
ton which must have been made dur
ing the time Of BelShaZzar, since it
was found in one of the upper strata
at Nippur.
The best specimen in the jar is an
inscription containing the titles Of Sar-
gon L., who liver about $500 B. G.
There is a black stone tablet of Ur-
Cur. 27O0 B. c., which tells that this
king built the great wall around the
city of Nippur.
Then there is the terra Gotta brick
stamp of Bur-Sin, which is the first
vet found of that king. Another tab
let states that the large hall of the
temple was called Emakh. and that
there were twentyfour other shrines
to gods in the temple besidss the ones
that have been found of Bel and his
.consort. Belts.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1903-06-17
HIGH PRICES PREVAILED
In Richmond During the Closing Days
of the War.

of the War.
"When | hear a friend of mine COM
plain of prices on the bill of fare or
any heightened restaurant l tell him
he ought to have lived in the South
during the closing days of the war and
taken his meals at any first class res
tsurant, and then he would see that in
comparison with the prices of today
things to eat are almost given away"
said Mr.. T. J. Wilson Of Virginia at
the New Willard to a Washington Star
man. "Why, during tle days of ga
you had to carry basketful of money
to buy enough meats and vegetables
for a family dinner. And it was the
same way if you took your best girl
to supper after the theatre. In look
ing over some old documents the other
day I came across a price list of ar
ticles served by the old Oriental res
taurant at Richmond. The prices that
prevailed then seem worse than rob-
berry now to those not acquainted
with, the then existing conditions. For
instance, a plate of soup cost just
$3.50. Think of that! And it wasn't
green turtle soup. For an order of
turkey or chicken you were taxed
$3.50, while for roast beef vou paid
So an order. If you had an appetite
for rockfish you could get a plate OF
it for SIS. Fried oysters also COM
manded the same price. Pure coffee
was SO per cup, pure tea So and fresh
milk 81. Bread and butter was worth
$150 per order. The cheapest articles
on the list were cabbage and pota-
toes; an order of either cost 81. Ham
and eggs was a popular dish at $3.50.
A dozen on the half shell brought S..
But it was the drinkables that brought
fancy prices. A cold bottle of cham
payne or Madeira cost $780, sherry
was worth $35, port $25 and claret
500 Malt liquors were high in pro-
portion. Port and ale could not be
had under $12 per bottle; half bottles
we're sold for Sc. Whiskey and brandy
were sold by the drink. French
bra ndy was So, while rye whiskey and
apple brandy were dispensed over the
bar Or at the table for 81 drink
Havana cigars, good ones, were worth
81 apiece. And in those days we
heard nothing of a beef trust or whis
key crust. When you consider the
service given by the leading hotels oil
the country and the amount of money
invested by the companies that own
them I think the prices of today are
reasonable, and that it is not good
form to register a kick every time
the waiter hands you check for
we'll cooked meal"