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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
KINDNESS FOR HooDLUMs.
How tho Children Of the New York
slums Are Looked After by
Settlement Workers.

The reform of youthful hoodlums by
other means than through the club of
the policeman and the reformatory has
been undertaken by two New York or
CARNATIONS recently. TO transform
such youths into orderly young men is
the work which the West Side Neighbor-
hood house and the East Side house are
now attempting, reports the Sun of re-
cent date.
The workers in these settlements are
generally men of tact and personal pop
ularity. They investigate the gang
spirit thoroughly and learn its causes
and the means by which it can be trans
formed into something better. They
come into immediate contact with the
members Of the local gangs and study
the mental and moral possibilities of
each and in what way each member can
be Influenced.
Most of these gang youths live in tene-
ment houses of the lowest order, with
an environment not calculated to
awaken their better nature. They either
congregate on street corners, in saloons
or at some other rendezvous; their
homes, such as they are, are merely re-
garded by them as temporary lodging
places.
Ono fortunate circumstance in the
work Of retaining these wild youths is
that the gangs each have an organ1za-
ton with q recognized captain or lead
er, and by proper responsiveness and a
real kindly interest this form Of organi-
zation can be turned from one Of GRIM
inal propensities into law-abiding or
ganization, ambitious for decent devel-
opment The members of the gangs have
deep loyalty to their leaders, whose in
fluence and example, one way or an
other, pervade the whole company.
The settlement workers visit the tene-
ment houses; interest themselves with
out any patronizing airs in the personal
welfare of each member; win over the
captain first, and after him his follow
ing, and before the gangs are scarcely
aware of the fact the organizations are
converted into orderly clubs.
Rival gangs which formerly fought
fercely on the streets and assaulted one
another at the drop Ct a chance meet
ing are brought together in the settle
ment houses and are Influenced to forget
their animosities and their predatory
life and become merged in harmonious
club.
The settlements give them the use OF
evmnasiums and other beneficial and
elementary facilities. This transition Is
not being accomplished suddenly. tits
gradual process, and sometimes the
greatest difficulty is experienced, par
ticularly in effacing the spirit of rivalry
among the more vicious.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
BIG DOG ATTENDS SCHOOL.
Follows His Little Master Every Day
in Spite Of Objections Made
by His Teacher.

Whoever heard of q dog going to
Dchool?,
In PawtucKet, r. l., there is q dog
that has been attending school for q
couple Of years. His name is Prince
Turner.
He goes to one of the grammar
schools.
He is a Newfoundland dog-a big,
heavy fellow-but his manners and his
disposition are perfectly gentle.
Does he break the rules? Not as
often as his boy companions do. In
deed, his department grade is very
high.
Prince Turner belongs to little boy
whose name is Willie Turner, and
when he first began bringing Prince to
school the teacher objected.
But her objections did no good, for
Prince was determined to come with
his little master.
For little while he was as awk-
ward as a bull in a china shop; the
aisles were so narrow that sometimes
he had tight squeeze to get through.
And then in his good humor he
would switch his tail back and forth,
which sometimes gave the children .
smart slap in their faces.
After a bit, however, he learned how
to get along very nicely in the school,
room.
Princes regular place in the room is
an open space in front of the teacher
desk.
Occasionally he rises and moves quiet
ly about the room, stopping now and
then to let some boy or girl give him q
pat and hug.
At recess time in the morning and In
the afternoon he rises and marches out
with the children and takes his recrea-
ton with them, and then marches In.
One day, however, Prince had little
errand to attend to at recess time and
wandered farther away from the school
ward than he expected to. When the
bell rang at the close of recess he did
not hear it. The teacher noticed that
prince was not in line 50 she opened the
window and rang the bell second time.
This time Prince heard it and trotted
straight back to the yard and found his
place in the line.
One time his master had misbehaved
and was sent to the principal to be pun
ished. Prince somehow seemed to real
lie that his master was in trouble, so
what did he do but march into the prin-
cipals room-the door had been left
open-plant himself beside his master
and look dangerous.
The principal did not dare to punish
the boy until the dog had been removed.
Perhaps some of you boys wish you
had a dog around to protect you when
you have misbehaved and are going to
be punished.
Prince would like to 60 to Sunday
school, but the superintendent has not
yet made up his mind that it would do
to let big dog in. So the poor fellow
has to wait at the door until Sunday
school is over and Willie comes out
Chicago Inter Ocean.
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Elsie Explains Her Drawing.

A Milwaukee kindergarten teacher
asked her pupils to draw pictures IL
Illustrating some song with which they
were familiar. After considerable la
Tor one of the children came forward
with a sheet Of paper covered by de-
lightfully cabalistic designs. The
composition of the picture consisted
of three rude buckets, ranged in or
der; the crude representation Of a
well, and a series of dots and spots
made with the point of a pencil. What
is this?" asked the teacher, pointing
to the first pail. THAT" said the
young artist, lis the old oaken bucket.
The next is the iron bound bucket, the
last ones the moss-covered bucket
and this is the WELL" "And what are
these dots?" "Oh, you know! They're
the spots that my infancy knew"
An Immense Circular Saw.
The largest circular saw in the world
has just been made in Philadelphia. It is
seven feet four inches in diameter, and
will be used to cut pine stumps into shin
gle bolts.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
so QUEER.

It seems so very queer to mo
That when I am IN bed
I travel over all the lands
About which I have read.
] see great cities full Of men,
And strange and lovely things
Tall animals with stripes and spots
And birds with painted wings.
And oh, so fast travel, too,
can't tell how go;
In foreign countries, far apart,
I'm there before know.
Yet in the morning, when wake.
have not moved my head,
But on my pillow lie as snug
AS when went to bed!
-Zitella Cooke, in Womans Home
Companion.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
SMALLPOX
KEEP OUT.

Terrified people crossed the street to
avoid passing the house, and the nearest
neighbors barred up the windows that
overlooked the pest ridden place.
Thrice daily negro boy left BASKET
Of eatables on the deserted veranda AID
ded as If the COLLINS were after him.
Thrice daily the bulldog was seen t.
carry the basket within doors and
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11
The Baby's Bath.

The domestic ingenuity Of the man in
this story may suggest something to
economical American householders. He
entered a hardware store and asked the
rrice Of the small bathtubs in the win
dow.
1.-TWO seventy-five."
'Whew!" exclaimed the customer. 81
guess until prices come down We'll have
70 20 on washing baby in the coal
acuttIe "-London VIC.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11

II AM A TRAINED NURSE FROM At
LANTA." SHE SAID. QUIETLY.
gravely return it to the steps when emp
tied. The old doctor of the town, stand
Ing upon the ethics of his profession,
declined to go to the assistance of a we'll
TODD sick man unsummoned, so the
mysterious stranger-self quarantined
was left to his fate.
Several days passed. Within the
house, Harry Owsley, stretched his legs
lazily before cracking fire and laughed
aloud. A box of fine cigars stood at his
elbow and under his busy fingers pile
Of manuschpts-his first novel-grew
r<2idly.
"Say, Jack, cid fellow, this is great,
isn't it?' he said, chuckling as he
stroked the dogs aead laid upon his
knee. mo SCOT, electric cars or tele-
phone bells, no clamoring people, no
getting up at six in the morning, only
the twitter of spring birds and the soil
tude, and rest-blessed rest for mind and
body"
The bulldog was not SO enthusiastic
and wagged only feeble response. A
NANCY cat in the back yard had been
so far, bis only diversion, a poor ex-
change for his cushion of down in a
steam-Leated fiat.
A. evening approached . sudden
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-11

working all day IN cold, damp house
he il glad to get back to his coy
quarters in the wagon, which has a
fire, a stove, a comfortable bed and
all the comforts of home He figures
that since taking up his abode in
the movable home he has saved
enough In extra wages to pay TO.
It
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10
TEMPERANCE PARAGRAPHS

There are Ill saloonkeepers on the
school board in Pittsburg
The closing of Glasgow's saloons al
ten instead of II p. m. has led to an i'm
mediate reduction OF so per cent in
the police cases of drunkenness.
The prohibitory law of Potter coun-
ty, which had been in effect for 40
years. was repealed two years ago. but
Judge Olmstead ruled that the repeal
ing law was unconstitutional. On ap-
peal the superior court affirmed the
local courts ruling The matter was
then argued in the supreme court, bus
that tribunal may not hand down a de-
cision for some months Accordingly
about 40 saloons will so out of business
for awhile at least.
Prof. j. G. Jordan, of Bates college,
was recently asked to analyze some So
called beer" coniscated by a sheriff
IN Maine. His report was as follows:
II should say that it was composed of
the rinsings from sour molasses bar
Tels. the suds obtained in washing a
barroom floor and all of the moldy
grain the liquid would absorb. 1t is
only 2.75 per cent. alcohol, but a man
ought to be prosecuted for selling such
stuff"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10
DEFECTIVE CHILDREN.
Sad Legacy Which Alcohol Has Be-
slowed Upon the Country
Of Belgium

lie Bien Social has an article on de-
tective children. in which we read that
the schools for such children con-
tain 954 scholars, but the Society for
the Protection of Defective Children
has made inquiry, and found that in
Belgium there are at least 5000 such
children and the greater number are
receiving no education at ALL The ar
ticle goes on to say that i'm this sad
matter alcohol plays a preponderating
role" The teacher of a school at Ant
werp was so struck with the evil alco-
hol had caused to the children that
he renowned for life the use of ali alco-
holic drinks, liqueurs, wine and beer"
He one day said TO a friend How
can one continue to drink when one
sees In these children the terrible evils
caused by alcohol?" Our contempo-
rary then asks: do the rich distfllers
and the public empoisoners pay for the
special teaching of these children? Do
they charge themselves with the duty
OF remedying the sad consequences of
their pitiable condition? These HON
orables' content themselves with shut
ting up in their drawers and safes the
cursed money which they gain through
the misfortune and supplying OF the
people"
In another article on crimiuality I'm
Belgium, after giving details OF the
crimes committed through drink. show
Ing that as per cent. OF the criminals
are alcoholics, it says; 1T is the in
ternal commerce of the distilers and
the retail dealer In alcohol which pro-
duces all these criminals Why not
make those who deliver themselves up
to this destructive commerce pay the
considerable cost. amounting to mill
lions, which criminality entails on the
country?"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10
Girl Victor Over Rather.

Miss Julia Divers. the daughter of w
a Divers. prominent citizen of Rocky
Mount, Va. kept large rattlesnake cap
tive under her feet for ten minutes anC
came out unscathed. She and hei
father and her little brother were attend
ing picnic on Grassy hill, the foot of &
big mountain near the town. Will,
strolling with her brother Miss Diver.
stepped on the reptile. The snake was ir
coil, but unable to strike because of hei
weight She realized her danger anj
planted the other foot firmly on the rep
tile and called to her little brother. He
went nearly quarter OF mile for his
fi.ther who liked tns snake. The rep
tile measured four feet and had nine rat.
ties.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10


IRON.
Mrs. Hilder-Newly married.
Miss Wilder and Miss Freelins-Youns
ladies who have only recently graduated
from seminary.
Mrs. Hilder-You would hardly be.
heve, Mrs. Drowning, the trouble l have
had with my cook She is never up tc
time, and nine times out of ten the din
ner is late in being served. She always
seems to be in muddled condition.
Miss Freezing This everlasting
servant question again, It seems to be
Che only topic OF conversation nowadays
Mrs. BrOwning-Iti is most important
topic, let me assure you, Miss Freezing
and l have every sympathy with Mrs.
Hilder In her troubles in the kitchen
What do you think is the cause of the
cook being muddled?
Mrs. HI hardly like to say II. but
believe she drinks. She is a most excel
lent servant but there is this one fault
Miss Wilder-How horrfd! To think
OF anyone in a comfortable place givine
way to drink. Que can hardly wonder
at the poor and miserable flying to drink
In order to drown their cares. but for a
respectable woman it is simply awful
Mrs. b have found remedy foI
all that in my house. Mine was Just the
same experience. Mr.. Browning and
talked it over. and we came to the con-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10
Prohibition for Indians

No liquor is permitted the Indians
who form a large part of Cummins'
Wild West Indian Congress at the
worlds fair SO insistent is Col. Cum
minis upon strict observance Of this
rule that he employs a skilled detec-
tive to search out violators, and In
dams who offend are promptly returned
to the reservation. Prohibition is,
naturally, conducive to better discipline
among the $50 Indians who take part
In the congress- but ii may be difficult
to persuade the aborigine that what
% so harmful 20 himself is not equally
90 to his civilized brother.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10

S4uSlOn ludl lueVe was out one way OF
dealing with the matter.
Mrs. H.-Pray. what was thatf
Mrs. B.-The conclusion we came to
was to keep alcohol outside the house al
together.
Miss F.-Then you are a total abb
stainer?
Mrs. B.-Certainly. My husband and
I have been abstainers for many years.
Mrs. H.-But. my dear Mrs Browning,
don't you find il very awkward some
umes-with visitors and all that?
Mrs. B.-Not at all. Some OF our
friends are not abstainers, but they re-
cogniZe that we have the same right 10
abstain as they claim in using wine We
never admit strong drink OF any kind
into the house.
Miss W-But how awkward for the
cook! How does she manage for brandy
sauce and wine jellies and confections
Mrs. H.-You surely don't mean that
no wine Is used in the kitchen?
Mrs. B.-I certainly do; and what is
more. think that of all places II is the
least needed in the kitchen. May not its
use there in some way be responsible for
the muddled state of your cook?
Miss FL am glad to hear you take
such stand, Mrs. Browning; it is just
the position that father and mother take,
and we find il no inconvenience.
Miss W.-But realty / can't see
what harm little wine can do; and see
how it improves the dishes with its
flavor.
Mrs. B.-That is, of course, a matter
Of taste. and personally / dislike brandy
sauce and wine jellles and tha8pirit-
favored CONNECTIONS.
Miss FL agree with you: and il
seems to me that there are so many in
nocent and wholesome preparations,
that it Is pity that we should have re-
course to alcoholic liquors.
Mrs. H.-But is not this CARRYING
things little too far? think it is. You
object to wine jellies and all that sort
OF thing, but ali the time there is alcohol
In the bread
Miss W.-Of course there is. How
funny 1t is that people don't see that
They go to an extreme on one hand. and
yet use the same thing on the other hand.
Mrs. B.-Are you sure of that? 1t is
certainly new 10 me. l was talking not
long since to DR.. Walker, and he abso.
Iutely stated that alcohol is never found
IN natural foods, and very seldom, in
deed, In prepared ones, so long as those
foods are fresh and wholesome.
Mrs. H.-But that can't be so. Why. IN
making bread yeast is used, and the only
object In using = IS that gas may be
generated. and it is these bubbles of gas
that make the bread rise.
Miss Where is no Doubt bnt that
aleohoi Is formed in the dough-for !
know little chemistry, and the very
iact that the gas is produced shows that
alcohol has been formed.
Miss F.-That IS So undoubtedly But
have you not forgotten that the bread
Ids 70 De ba..-, 4ae fact that alcohol
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10

is In the dough does not prove that II Is
also i'm the bread
Mrs. HI can't see that Ifitisin the
one. surely it must be in the other.
Miss F.-That may be relier-but il
is not the TACT. What really happens is
this-that the yeast acts upon the sugar
In the dough. and splits it up into alec,
hol and carbonic acid gas. This gas
escapes and makes the dough rise. but
when the bread IS put into the oven all
the alcohol is driven of in the steam,
from the dough.
Mrs. B.-That seems to clear up that
point, and We may. therefore. once again
feel free.
Miss WI am not sure about it. ]
don't quite see what proof there is.
Mrs. H--Of course it is all very well
to say the alcohol escapes. but what
proof is there of this?
Miss F.-The proof is easy. The hea,
OF the oven is above that of the boiling
point of water, aud as alcohol boils al
40 degrees below that of water. il follows
that it must yaporize very much more
quickly, and thus be driven off in the
first quantities of steam.
Mrs. B.-That is quite a satisfactory
explanation. did not know the reason
and l am obliged to Miss Freezing fol-
explaining it.
Miss F.-The bread could, of course. be
tested after it has been baked. and be-
lieve that where this has been done no
alcohol has been found to be present.
Mrs. H.-Well, that seems to settle It
Live and learn" they say. and | have
learned something this afternoon.
Miss W.-But would not the same ar.
gument apply to other cases where wine
Is used in the kitchen?
Mrs. b think not; for in many
cases the material is neither boiled nor
baked. and consequently. the full flavor
OF strong drink is present
MISS F-i know that mother objects
To that Kind on the ground that it is not
necessary-we do not even think it nice
to the palate and there is always the
danger that some one who has con-
quered the drink habit may have the
drink habit revived.
Mrs. B-That is a very real danger
and am all the more certain. after our
talk to-day, that we are adopting the
right course in excluding strong drink
entirely from the house.
Mrs. H.-WeH. ladies. I must 90 as
still have some calls to make.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10
CAT AND DOG AS FISHERS.
Declared by Everybody Champion
Anglers of Region Surround
ing Littleton, N. 81.

From Lttleton, N. H., truthful
correspondent writes that the cham
pion angler of those parts is a cat
which hangs around the establishment
of the Saranac Glove company. Her
title was disputed by mike" Corliss'
Newfoundland pup. but with the land
ing OF 14-pound trout the cat is
in the lead.
The cat has been a most persistent
angler for some time, bringing in fish.
large and small, so regularly that its
reputation got abroad. Included in her
catches in the last two weeks are a
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10
LOCKED UP M Bread BOX.
Burglar Scar Is Cceated by Boy Pris-
oner's Fsantlc Efforts TO Sc
cure E-eeC ON.

Marvin G. Foliss. Of Bloomfield ave
nue, Bloomfield. y. j.. was awakened at
an early hour in Tire morning by noise
which he believed was maze by a burglar
In the front parior OF his house He
arose, got his revol1 er. and crept quiet
ly TO the door leading 10 the room. pre-
pared to co battle with the intruder, but
could see nobody. The noise continued
all the rest Of the risht and Honiss sat
by the window. revolver IL hand
1t was daylight when man on his way
to work saw Horiss at his vigil, and
asked him what ne was doing there.
Honiss told him about the strange
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10

sounds, which at that moment were re-
peated. They we're traced to a bread
box, and Honiss Joined the man in an in
vestgation. When they opened the box,
which was in front of grocer's store. a
little boy jumped out, much to their
amazement
He said he was Johnny Johnson, nine
years old. He had gone into the bread
pox early in the evening while playing
hlde and seek, and, being tired from
playing all day, had fallen asleep. The
grocer evidently had fastened the hasp
later, and when the little fellow awoke
he found himself prisoner. The noise
Honiss heard was his kicking and pound
ing inside the box. IL it had not been
Tor a few gimlet holes in the box the boy
undoubtedly would have been suffocated.
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10 n III daily, BYRD {. Through
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mediation.
SIC m, week days, Byrd ST. Fredericks-
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S:35,a. M, daily, Byrd st. Through.
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Local stops
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500 p m week days Elba Ashland accom-
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all above trains except train arriving Rich
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Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10
Revived in Nick of Time

John CCpsicil, a miner of Hazleton,
Pa, became extremely IL. and in To-
cal hospital. a lew days later, was
pronounced dead by the doctors. Be-
Ing friendless, his body was sent TO-
dissection 70 = PhiladeIUhiq hospital
Just as the PHYSICIANS were about to
use the knife John aroused from his
trance and asked this conundrum:
''Why am undressed?"
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10
An Easy Winner.

Beautiful Ernestine was sobbing as
though her heart would break
What is il. dear?" asked her girl
friend.
'W-why." she sobbed, Il t-told Jack,
after he proposed, to go up and see
papa"
what Of that?"
'Why, they started playing cards
and now he goes up to see papa every
night;.-Ii.-64 .-
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-09-10
The Ta,nr - Of Yo-e.

MIR. Lsss -D~G. !v4 se;ne mboT.
dear, whe- your laser .otoaoe ne ,Ae
house?
Mrs. Uggy-Ies. and when mother
wouidn let ne GA, oi het s4ent Tor i
moment
Mir. Cggy-Ano | made up my mind
to so OH and d.e2
Mrs. Uggy-l es. and / scared father
nto thinKinS | was in a decline?
Both 1ogether Weren't those hap
Ply days.-Tit-Bits