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SOUTH AMERICAN SNAKES.
acondas Are Wholly With
out Foundation.

An American traveller who has spent
many years in South America, upsets
many old notions about dangerous rep
tiles. When he first went to South Amer
lea he had the conventional pictures in
his mind of men being crushed and swal-
lowed by anacondas and boas.
Years ago." he said, II read an &C.
count written by a naturalist of these
monsters in their native state, coiling
and uncoiling themselves like lightning,
and coughing and Kissing with such a
roar as could be compared only to the
exhaust of a powerful steam engine.
What is the truth about these mys-
terious reptiles? l have asked nearly
every native / met in the. South Amer
lean countries If he had;ever seen boa
or an anaconda. Most Of them had not.
TO those who had,I put the question:
"'What do they look like?'
"And the answer was always: Their
moven.@-t is very, very slow, and they
are not ferocious.'- r~,- -,
II met an anaconda on the Uppe,
Maranon, a great black and yellow
snake, all coiled up: I drew my revolver
and fired at the coil. Instead Of the
terrible commissions Of which had read
the coil rolled over, remained station
airy a moment, then rolled back and lay
as before. I fired again. The coil sank
slowly in the water and disappeared.
'These snakes can easily be domesti-
Gated. Some men ran upon an anaconda
In the woods near the rubber camp.
They threw fish net over it and brought
It to camp, where they let it go. 1t
crawled away into the river, but came
back often and crawled around the yard
so much that they got tired Of looking
at it. So they put it in box and sent
It to 1quitos. We measured it; 1t was
Just "a feet 6 inches long.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-22
TRIED BY TIME.

Eugene E. Lario, Of ISL Twentieth
Avenue, ticket seller in tho Union Sta,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-22
LANTERNS OF ORIENT.
In China and Japan Those CarrAse
By Travellers Are indicative
r.. Of Rank or Station.

The lantern of the east Is as olo a.
civilization. Its primary object Is 10
protect the flame from suoaen
draughts. Beyond this the concentra-
ton Of light for the convenience OF q
reader, and last but not least the re-
gard for beauty. The Oldest form IL
a perforated cylinder or rectangular
box. OF this type, there are NUMBER
less varieties old and new. The an
cient ones which have been preserved
are of iron, copper and brass, nearly
all simple in construction and hnlsn'
but few richly decorated. Occasion
ally one runs across lantern made OF
silver or ivory. These come from pal
aces or temples, and in most instances
are richly carved. Not infrequently
the perforations are fitted with pieces
of colored glass. rock crystal, amethyst
and garnet.
A collector in this city, says the New
York Post, who owns several displays
them to great advantage by replacing
the candle and holder with an mean
descent bulb. Arranged in this fash
ion, his dozen mosque and temple
lanterns fill his drawing room with a
rainbow splendor altogether delight
full.
In China and Japan the travellers or
street lantern is a feature. This is a
sphere or ellipsoid ranging from six
inches to two and even three feet in d.
ameter, made Of oiled paper, cloth or
silk. In Cathay this lantern Is used
to show the rank of its owner by the
coloring or inscriptions on its ex-
terror. The humble citizen uses q
small affair in white or red; the off,
cial OF low rank sphere, a foot in
diameter, hanging in front of his sedan
chair: while the high mandarin en-
ploys a huge lantern, respondent with
his titles in colors, carried by an able
bodied coolie, who walks a yard in
advance.
It is in house lanterns that the great
est variety is found. OF these, the
general type is four, five, six, seven,
eight, or ten-sided box. whose length
is usually twice it's width. Each side Is
a pane Of glass, plain, ground, frosted,
or decorated. From the angles hang
pendants of many sorts. The frame
work is usually of teak, but ebony,
mahogany, and other woods
are employed. Often the sides Of the
lantern are alternately wood and glass.
the latter being covered with ground
designs, and the former richly carved
In relief or inset with ivory, mother
of-pearl, or silver.
Upon the pendants the artificers put
their hardest work. Some are made of
colored beads, strung and massed with
fantastic shapes and knots. Others are
strings of little bells, which ring with
every passing breeze. Lines Of gilt
tering tinted glass balls betray the
origin of favorite mode of decorating
gaudy enamel or colored porcelain, con-
nected by threads, chains. or wires.
constitute fourth and very pleasing
group. Floral festoons made of arti-
fetal flowers are popular, especially
with the fair sex.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-22

Dr. Hudson opened It . few moments
later Miss Cartwright turned toward
him face whose wild appeal startled
him into an exclamation.
"Helen!"
Her fingers were on the mans
pulse. HE IL alive! he is! But it
can't be long. I know it can't. We
must rouse him. He must be con-
scious. Quick! Every moment means
SO much. You don't know"
DR.. Hudson was working and she was
helping him. steadily and capably, even
while she was speaking in that high,
tense voice.
At last the mans heavy eyelids flut-
tered feebly, settled again, then quiv-
cred once more, and lifted reluctantly,
while the bloodshot eyes rested on
Miss Cartwright's face, bent close to
his.
"Marvin!" she called, for the eyes
were closing again. Marvin, look at
me. It's Helen. You remember.
Think! Helen! Helen!" She repeat
ed the name with a ringing cadence.
as If it were talisman to call him
back from the dead. And the dull eyes
lost their sightless look; intelligence
struggled into them; the dry lips
moved; the words were almost inaudi-
BILE.
. "Yes-yes, it u.s. Where did you come
from? I thought I'd finished it this
time. meant to. wanted to see you,
though. That's why came back.
couldn't find you. I didn't mean you
should see me-"
Miss Cartwright's eyes were burn
ing. Marvin, listen. You must tell
me the truth, all the truth, quickly,
about the bank-the money. Father
killed himself-shot himself. Did you
know it? Suspicion fell on him, and
you were gone. We never knew-he
never said a word. They found him
dead. What should I believe? What
could I think? My father and my
lover! All these years-ten years.
Marvin-never to know-and l loved
you then"
The color had been creeping into
the mans face. He tried to rise on his
elbow, but fell back.
Before God, Helen, I never knew!
I've been where no news ever came.
took the money. never meant to.
And then had to go. I never thought
any one else-your father-would bear
the blame. I loved you all the time.
I wasn't so bad. God knows I've been
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-22
MOSQUITOES IN NEW JERSEY.
tinguish the Pests, But They
Multiply AID Thrive.

Science, so far as the determination
Of mosquitoes is concerned, has received
a severe blow in South Orange, N. J., a
little but very aristocratic and select
village. The home of millionaires, It
was not to be supposed that 1t would
be permitted that their comfort and re-
pose should be interfered with by so
common thing as mosquito, says the
New York Commercial Advertiser. Con-
sequently last year it was determined to
exterminate and forever prevent the
multiplication of the strenuous little
pest.
A mosquito committee was appointed,
consisting of scientists, reformers and
members of the First Presbyterian
church, the last being the original re-
ligious home of all that is good in South
Orange. The committee promptly got
to work, and. having secured the nee
essary money, they laid in a supply of
crude oil and proceeded to have all cess
pools, ponds and streams we'll deluged
Herewith. The work made the hitherto
fragrant village smell in spots very
much like a section of Bayonne or Hun
ter's Point, but the committee asserted
that the village was free from mos
quitoes last summer. On this point there
was a conflict of opinion. There is no
conflict of opinion, however, on the
question this summer. The committee
is humbled to the dust.
Never before in the memory Of the
11doc% IN oh NJ fhAro ora oavvoo
pretty aged ones in this village-were
there so many mosquitoes here as there
are this summer. Where there was one
years ago there are millions now, &C.
cording to the most veracious citizens.
Not only have they apparently been in
creased in number by the liberal sprfn-
king Of crude oil on the waters and
marshes, but they have seemingly so
thrived on the diet provided for their
determination that they have waxed fat,
grown larger in size and more brutally
voracious in their habits. Were South
Orange not a law-abiding community
it is difficult to say what might not be
the fate of the mosquito committee.
The plague is on, however, and the
only persons who are deriving any bene-
fit from it are the owners of drug stores.
The supply of joss sticks has given out
and the druggists are kept busy selling
pennyroyal, oil of tar and citronella oil
for people to annoint themselves with be-
fore retiring, so as to get some sleep. In
some stores the supply is exhausted. 1t
is impossible to sit out of doors and even
III church devout worship is almost out
of the question. The buzz of the mos
quitoes almost browns the choirs.
There is another and perhaps more
serious feature connected with the at
tempt of the committee to suppress the
mosquitoes and which may result In
someone having to pay damages for one
of the results of their good intentions.
1t seems that cows which have drunk Of
the oil-sprayed streams or ponds have
proved more vulnerable than the mos
quitoes. At least one COW has died, it Is
said, as result thereof, and the milk
of other cows is favored with the oil
and is unstable. On the whole, there
fore, the mosquito committee is coming
in for good deal of unfavorable critf-
cism and not little chaff.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-22
Sufcides in Wet Weather.

1t is we'll known fact that after a
rainy spell in Paris the banks of the
Seine are sometimes fairly strewn with
the bodies of suicides. 1t is usually
found that the victims are absineAe
drinkers or chronic users of some drug
Gloomy weather always sends them
into fits of melancholy, and while il
this state the impulse toward suicide
becomes uncomfortable
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-22
ONE PRAYER.

Let me work and be glad,
Oh, Lord, and ask no more;
With will to turn where the sunbeamS burn
At the sill Of my workshop door.
Aforetime prayed my prayer
For the glory and gain of earth,
But now grown wise and with opened eyes
I have seen what the prayer was worth.
Give me my work to do,
And peace Of the task we'll done; 9~
Youth of the Spring and Its poisoning,
And the light OF the moon and sun.
Pleasure Of little things I'd,
That never may pail or end.
And fast in my hold no lesser gold
Than the honest hand OF friend.
Let me forget In time
Folly of dreams that had:
Give me my share of a world most fair
Let me work and be glad.
-Theodosia Garrison. in N. Y. Independent.
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stronx Resemblance.
Interrupted.

"Then," said the first mosquito,
you were still singing when the man
endeavored to swat your"
"Oh, yes! had just finished the
recitative and begun the aria."--Puck
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-22

bad enough since. But I had to come
back. wanted to see you once-just
once-and then end it." The words
were coming in gasps, the eyes closed.
then opened again with an expression
of piteous entreaty.
"Helen, you look like an avenging
angel. I can't ask you to forgive me-,
but did love you. I've loved you-all
the-While."
Over Helen Cartwright's face flashed
a marvellous, tender pity, and the swift
tears dropped upon the forehead,
across which the grayness of death
was stealing. The mans eyes opened
and looked into hers, then closed
again; a short painting breath; shud-
der-and quiet.
Miss Cartwright sank face down up
on the edge of the bed. She was so
still that DR.. Hudson, standing by the
window, thought she had tainted, but
he did not move. The warm May sun
shine flooded the room, falling upon
the pure glory Of her hair and upon
the mans CHASTITY, world-worn face.
Sparrows on the edge of the roof twit.
tered contentedly. The shrill peal OF
a child's laughter floated up from the
street.
Suddenly, she rose and, going swift
ly to DR.. Hudson, put both her hands
In his, looking at him with luminous
eyes.
He bent his head questioningly, I'M
believingly.
moonlight, my Lady Moonlight. is it
now?".
Eyes," she scarcely breathed it, but
he heard, 1T is now"
He looked at the tremulous, red lips,
all their coldness gone; at the brown
eyes, that faltered and fell, and then
he kissed her lingeringly, reverently.
on the soft whiteness of her hair.
En- PEASANT.
Are you acquainted with Mrs. Tub
by"
Eyes, we have passing acquaint-
ance."
"Oh, as much as that?"
Eyes. We were at the same card
table once She passed and so did l."
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Strong Resemblance.
There is strong resemblance be-
tween the first president of the United
States and the present one."
What is it,"
washington was the father of his
country, and Roosevelt is the great an
tagonist of race suicide '-TOwn Topics.
Interrupted.
'Then," said the first mosquito,
you were still singing when the man
endeavored to swat you?"
"Oh, yes! I had just finished the
recitative and begun the aria "--Puck
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-22

AS Counman day turning up the ground his
pow he great store of Transported with
he fell upon and thanked her for her kindness beraty
appeared and said to him. "You thank the Earth thus
N think of IT, instead finding this you had
lost it. the first you would have blamed"
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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-10-22

to severe attacks of backache, always
aggravated if I sat long at desk. II
struck me that if Doan's Kidney Pills
performed half what they promised
they might at least help. This induced
me to try the remedy. It absolutely
stopped the backache. have never
had pain or twinge since"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Lario will
be mailed to any part of the United
States on application. Address Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N Y. For sale
by all druggists, price 80 cents per box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-03

lean his gun against a tree and go and bend over the animals body. She came beside him and said in a trembling little voice:
 "I guess mamma II like that wolf's skin for mat when you tan his hide"
 "I'll tan your hide, young lady, next time you run away" replied her father, handing her what was left of her knife. The big blade was broken off close to the handle Annie did not know that that blade, pulled from the wolfs head, was in her father's pocket, nor that her fathers heart was full of pride and tenderness, but so mighty was her need of her fathers love and comfort that she slid her little hand Into his warm palm He smiled, stopped, took her up In his arms, kissed her, rubbed her cheeks for second then put her down and turned to the wolf He dragged the body over to group of cottonwoods by the brook, broke of bough and put it across between the trunks and slung the wolf up on 1t. Then he went into the thicket, Annle's hand In his, and they found the wolf's cubs.
 'I guess l will pack you, daughtie," he said, taking her up in his arms again.
 He carried Annie back to the tents, Valor following, and left her telling the story to her sisters, who were betting and anoint- ing the dog, while he went back to get the wolf's skin and the cubs. He took them over to High Landing next day to send to Laramie, but the big, beautiful skin was taken home with them in the spring wagon when they went ten days later. It made g handsome rug. Mrs. Anderson put 1t in the parlor in front of Dora's plano, and when ever company came and admired 1t, Mir. Anderson would always say:
 That came off Annie's wolf. She hxec that wolf with her penknife."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-03
Little Knnie. And Tbe Wolf.
BY MINNA c. SMITH.

"Papal Pa-pa-a-ar
 This time 1t was not In vain. She had been missed at camp, and her father was coming, his rifle on his shoulder, hoping to get a shot at game after finding his ht- tie daughter. At sounds of her cry he ran forward, shouting her name, then he stopped, astonished as he came through the thicket upon the fight, and heard his childs voice from the pine tree above
 Make him stop, papal Make him stop hurting Wall The wolf began It.
 Mir. Anderson had already picked up sev- eral stones and was hurling them at the wolf to separate him from the dog, so that he could fire. In all his hunting he had never before heard of a wolf coming out of cover to attack a shepherd dog.
 ''val wasn't doing th-i-ngl'' walled the voice above him. "Yah-ah-ahl'
 Hush up, Annie-you, up there!" MT. An derson called sternly. In that moment he was all hunter. The child was safe; that was enough It was his business now to free his dog and finish that wolf. The animal was tearing wildly at the dog, and the stones MT. Anderson threw only maddened her more.
 Then Annie, controlling herself, drew her strong little body out on the bough, leaned over and. taking aim, twirled her pocket knife by the big blade oyer and downward s+ the head of the wolf. Not all her training in mumblety-peg could have made sure of what happened It was this:
 The knife struck. point downward, in the wolf's head! With a yelp of pain the wolf bounded away from the dog, the knife erect on its big blade, handle upward.
 Then Mir. Anderson fired. The wolf fell dead.
 Annie slid down when she saw her father
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isr' she said.
 But valor knew better. He stood still and parked. Annie picked up a stick of wood and hurled 1t toward the thtcket. Then she jumped madly toward the nearest tree and began climbing up It's trunk, hand over hand.
 For out of the thicket had come wolff Annie saw 1t In the moonlight and heard It's dreadful voice. Terror knotted her throat, tears stood in her eyes as she climbed. By the time she was safe astride of high pine bough the wolf and the shepherd dog were fin the thick of a dreadful fight.
 It was a mother wolf, and she had cubs In the thicket and had come out to defend her home. Annie knew she was a wolf by pie ture in her school reader, and she screamed with fear while that strong, sharp nosed brown wolf fought and bit and tore at dear old Val who fought well. too, but with signs of losing battle.
 .Papal Pa-pa-a-a-ap' walled little Annie at the top of her lungs. "Papa-a-a-a!"
 But no one heard. The fight under the pine tree grew fercer. Annie could see bloody. wounds on poor old Valor. She felt sure the dear dog would be killed, and she would have to stay up there in the pine tree all night. Perhaps the wolf could climb trees like a bear Once a bear had come up a tree after her father. But he was big man and had a bowie knife and killed the bear. An, she had knife herself Annie stopped screaming and took out her little pocket knife and opened 1t.
 Anyhow, I can jab at the wolfs eyes with the big blade when he comes up the treer' she sobbed. Then once more she called
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-03

When her father went up into the high mountains of the Medicine Bow to the tim Der claim in September Annie went along ln the spring wagon that carried the tents and provisions. Valor the big shepherd dog, trotted behind the wagon. Sue and Dora rode on horseback. The girls came to cook for their father and for the fun of camping out. Mir Anderson went to chop down pines and mark others to be felled by the men when they came up later with the teams to haul the wood down to the ranch at the Little Laramie. Annie was papa girl and knew when hds ax said Run" as well as If It had spoken.
 It was nearly dark when they camped at last in a clearing at the timber claim and the air was chili in 10000 feet of mountain altitude. The campfire that her father built was a comfort. Annie stood about feeding the flame with cracking twfgs until her sisters, who were cooking supper at the nre, begged her go away.
 Annie ran to her father. Followed by valor, the big shepherd dog, she hurried down to the brook, where her father was watering the horses.
 ..There's my girl" he said. But he was busy and did not observe her as she pur- sued her way down the brook toward thicket of aspens quarter of a mile below camp.
 Annie heard valor's footsteps behind her. and looking round saw the big shepherd dog hurrylng after her. q can't go anywhere alone" she muttered. Her pioneer Instinct was affronted. She hurried on toward the forest, then paused suddenly, for out of a thicket ahead came the sound of a wild voice. It was not a coyote. Annie had often run from coyotes when the dogs got after them at Little Laramie.
 "come along Wall Let's go see what 1t
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-05-03

In the long ago all the little chickens that walked about through the green grass or on the brown earth were as silent as silent could be. They depended upon their moth CTS to look after them and find them food, and, instead of looking where they were going, walked about with their little yellow peaks pointing upward toward the bright, beautiful sun, which warmed the air and made the insects and grain grow to be their food. As the chickens had learned, after falling many times, to step very nigh when moving about, they got along very well ana did not stumble nearly as often as mignt have been expected But one day sometnlng happened which caused great cnange III their habits.
 A certain little chicken, on bright sum mer's day, was walking through patch or grass, and as usual, instead of keeping ms eyes on the ground, was looking up Into the air, holding his beak so high, indeed. tnat any one who did not know him woulu nav, nav said that he was a very naughty httie chicken.
 Now. as chance would have 1t, lovely iit- tie fairy, a great favorite at the court or me Fairy King, had chosen that particular stretch of grass as a convenient place III which to snatch some beauty sleep Cthough if you could have seen her am sure you would agree thtat she did not need 1t In the leasN. for the Fairy King was to give great ball that night, and she wished to LOOK her very best
 And what should the chicken do, mincing