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Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-04
SINKING SCOTTISH TOWN.
Portions Of Motherwel Subsiding and
Creating CONSERVATION Among
the Residents.

The Scottish town of Motherw we'll
was recently the scene of a subsistence
not unlike that which occurred q few
days ago at Hanley, in Staffordshire,
England. At intervals portions Of the
town have been sinking and this has
involved loss of property and danger
to the residents, reports London pa
per.
The latest collapse was at the Gale
DOMAIN railway station. A porter was
wheeling a barrow laden with milk
cans along the platform when suddenly
his footing gave way beneath him.
The man and his truck sank into a
hole several feet in diameter and five
or six feet deep. The scared porter
was rescued with difficulty, and after
a time his barrow was also got out of
the chasm.
Owing to the fact that the subsistence
was within three yards of the main
line between Glasgow and London the
incident is regarded with not little
alarm. Arrangements have been made
with the officials to make excavations
at the earliest possible moment to as
certain the cause of the occurrence and
to guard, as far as possible, against a
repetition of it.
Express trains pass over the spot at
frequent intervals, and the possibility
of a serious accident is not one that
can be contemplated with equanimity.
Motherwell presents an extraordi-
nary appearance to the newly arrived
visitor. House after house is slowly
sinking into it's foundations. Some of
them have swayed over bodily from
the perpendicular; others have fallen
apart, gable from gable, and collapsed.
The town hall is one of the most
conspicuous examples of the havoc
that is silently but irresistably being
wrought. It's square tower, 20 feet
high, looks like a veritable Tower of
Pisa. It leans so much that passersby
walk beneath it with nervous appre-
hension.
The town hall itself is in a state of
dissolution. The building is cracked
and contorted, and it's walls are
marked by gaping a2ertures.
In the southwest portion of the town
there is hardly building that remains
intact. The street curbstones present
confused variety of angles, and the
footpaths rise and fall Independently
of the contour of the streets.
Hitherto no means have been found
for determining whether any site in
that portion of the town which is af-
fected is likely to make reliable build
ing land. The place is undermined by
a regular network of disused coal
workings, which cannot be located
from the surface. The erection of new
buildings is consequently matter of
speculation in more than the ordinary
sense.
| The uncertain foundations have. a
paralyzing effect upon enterprise and
industry. It is only few weeks since
the foundation difficulty was overcome
in the case of the new power station
of the local tramway company.
1t was found impossible to set the
engines because the levels of the con-
crete on which they were erected are
constantly varying Operations were
suspended for time, but latterly spe-
cial measures have been successfully
adopted to overcome the difficulty.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-04
FUN At TARGET SHOOTING.
How Any Bright Boy Can Make IN
Outfit That Will Delight Him
and His Chums.

Figure / shows the target cut out OF
cigar box wood A circular piece ia
first cut. about one inch in diameter,
and eight small round pieces Of card.
board with the numbers one to eight on
them are mounted on toothpicks and
grouped around it at even distances;
the other ends Of the toothpicks are
then inserted in the sides Of the cir.
cular piece of wood. The target itself
is fastened to a stick of wood about
eight inches long, fastened to stand.
as shown in the picture. The gun con.
sists of a paper tube, which is made by
winding cardboard, well covered with
glue, around the stem of lead pencil.
When il is dry q piece about five inches
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-04
Rat Wears q Diamond Rinc

1S3e "e@1s u O1dmond H1ng.
A rat wearing diamond ring on its
neck was lately killed by a cat in barn
belonging to Uriah ]. Allen, at New;
Gretna, N. J. Two years ago the rina
was lost by Miss Maggie Adams, and It 10
supposed the rat, when young and
small, contrived to work its head
through the ring until it lodged on its
neck, where it remained.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-04

The Wonderful Banyan Tree.
The banyan tree Of East India il r.
markable for the fact that It's branches
droop down to the ground and take root
as separate stems.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-08-04
Eve Has Nanv Diseas-s

There are 48 different diseases Of tho
eye. No other organ of the human BODY
has So many.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
Do Not urqe Your Child.

II your child cannot concentrate its
mind or commit to memory without
great difficulty. or II 1t seems back
ward. do not urge II 10 study. No de-
velOpment which Is forced is natural
or normal. The mind may be develop
ing unevenly. says Success. When
the brain cells are more fully devel-
oped and the nerve coils more mature
the faculties will balance and the
child will become normal. evenly de-
yeloped. But he must be encouraged
instead Of being discouraged for 9th
ervise the result may be disastrous.
1t is cruel to keep telling a child that
he Is duh or stupid. or that he is not
like other children. The discouraging
pictures thus impressed upon his plas
tic mind will cling to II and become
inielible in the brain of the main and
handicap him for life.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
MARBLE CITY" IN IRELAND.
Material Used for All Sorts Of Pur-
poses in Kilkenny.

How many people are there who
Know that there is at least one town
IN ireland whose buildings and streets
are mostly OF marble, whose shops.
houses and churches are adorned with
y Surely not many. The town of
Kilkenny in Ireland. This beautiful
town has gained the designation of the
Marble City because so plentifully
has the native black marble found in
It's vicinity been used for various pur-
poses in the town, that as matter of
iact, the very streets are paved with
IL Black marble is not the only kind
round and used, however, in the town.
mere are some splendid examples OF
what Ireland can produce In marble to
De seen in the cathedral at Kilkenny.
oreen specimens are observed even
inner than the black ones, and the
reredos itself is an excellent instance
oil what Ireland can show in this way.
The supports OF the pulpit. too, are
discovered 10 be solid pieces OF this
green marble. which is found. not
about Kilkenny so much as in the
Farther district of Connemara.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
THE Home-made wedoins.

Me fur the home-m weddin. the good
old-fa=hioned Kind.
Where love an hope. an not spiendor
are uppermoEt in the mind.
Where there's jes' the family preacher
the one We have known fur years:
Some honestly spoken God bless your." "
some smiles an perhaps some tears
Where every word Of the service has a
meaning that's deep an true.
An a promise Is made that Is strong
enough to last fur whole lie
through:
Where there amt no sneerin' envy that
smiles an mocks an pretends;
Where the flowers are the simple sort
that bloom in the sunshine OF nome
an friends.
when Mandy and me was married-the
time is years away:
Yet the memory Of It stands as clear as
II 10 was yesterday.
There wasn't no crowd In waitin to see
US as We went past.
1t was 1es' home made weddin' that
was guaranteed to last
There wasn't no pomp an glitter. The
presents was rather few.
But we spoke from our very inmost
hearts when We uttered the words
81 do"
An the skies was blue an happy. an the
light that shines in the skies
Is no more constant from year to year
than the love In 'Mandy's eyes.
Washington star
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
Had NOTHING to Say.

Prof. Simon Newcomb. in his auto
biography. tells the following story
o. Prof. Joseph Winlock, former d.
rector Of the Harvard university OBJ
seryatory: while he was attached
to the naval academy he was intro
duced one evening at reception to a
visiting lady. He looked at the lady
for a decorous length of time and she
looked at him; then they parted with
out saying a word. His introducer
watched the scene and asked him:
Why did you not talk to that LADY,?
I had no statement to make to her.
was the reply. DIR. Gould told me
this story was founded on fact. but
when after Winlock's death 1t was put
on on me with some alterations.
felt less sure"
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
The PRECAUTIONS HE TOOK.
They Were important 10 the Old Farm
er's Suit for DAMAGES.

\ farmer in Cumberland county was
driving across a railroad track when
a train killed both his horses and
knocked him about ten rods off his
course. In the resulting suit for dam
ago the plaintif was on the witness
stand, making out a good case. when
the defendants lawyer asked him:
Did you take any precautlon be-
fore driving upon the track?'
The witness seemed reluctant to
answer, but being pressed to do SO.
finally stammered out:
Wall. squire. took a Iittle-just
a couple OF swalIers. that's ALL
This started a new line of defense,
and Il turned out that the couple of
swallows were the last in pint flask
that had consoled the honest old
farmer along the road. This put a
new face on the situation.-Lewiston
Evening Journal.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
Inquisitive Birds.

OF the birds undoubtedly the blue
Jays have the most inquisitiyeness.
And they are the most noisy in ex-
pressing It; although crows will hold a
close second place, If not fully the
equal. How the jays screeehed and
whistled and called--a confusion Of all
the sounds of jaydom-near my home
recently! More than a dozen darted
into a small evergreen tree on the
lawn. People came from several
houses in the vicinity. all curious TO
know what Is the matter with the
birds?" 1t seemed to be want to
know" on both sides. The Jays had
discovered a cat walking meekly along
by the fence in the low shrubbery
near and under the spruce tree. There
was no nest In the vicinity, and. so
far as could be ascertained. the cat
had not attacked the Jays. But what
pandemonium of jay jargon over
one meek-looking. quiet cat The
Jays outdid themselves and called out
nearly all the occupants of the many
houses on that street.-St. Nicholas.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
WHEAT FIELDS OF CANADA.
ManitobL Can Produce Twice as Much
Wheat as Russia.

Manitoba is pre- -eininently the prov
inee OF wheat Westward of Winni-
peg. when the fields are yellow and
almost ripe. you may ride for a day
and half with nothing between your
eye and the sky line but wheat--a
eoundless sea OF wheat. ripping to
the prairie wind like waves to the
run of invisible feet. says the Chautau-
GUAM. The taIl, red towers of the
elevators rise where settlements have
clustered into village, but across the
leneeless reaches is nothing but the
yellow wheat The province is only
In its infancy, Only one etenth of the
wheat lands are occupied: yet that
tenth Yields more wheat than Great
Britain. one-ffth as much as the two
Rhssias. twice rs much as Sweden,
Denmark, Holland and Belgium to
gether. third more than Austria,
a nth more than Roumania. When
all MaRltobas wheat lands are occu-
pied this province alone will be pro
duciug twice rs much as Germany.
At each little prairie station hosts
OF settlers go out from the colonist
cars of the train and look with won
defing eyes on the vast fenceless
fields that seem to begin where the
sun rises and end where the sun sets.
1t is new world-a world of promise
to them. from the stifed countries
OF Europe. a world where land hunger
is no crime and land to be had for
the taking, and success awaiting ripe
to the hand of toll. How the eyes that
have dug themselves out in an eastern
sweat-shop moisten at sight of the
boundless prairie. And the back bent
with toll for pittance that meant
slavery draws up To the straight stat
ure OF selfsupporting manhood
There is 50 mucn room! There is so
much free air, There IS such plain,
palpable. boundless opportunity for
every man,
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
The sweetes, elf, Of Love.

What shall give her-my little girl
With the soft dark eyes ana the silken
net
or tresses. with many a sun-brieht curl ?
What shall ] give hef-my love. my pet 3?
What shall give her OF beauty and bliss
To match the bright curis THAT she gives
me to kiss?
My lovei have given her that It's old
Old as her life. though her face Is
young.
have given my darling my heart TO hold.
With the sweetest songs that my heart
has sungi
There is nothing TO give her save only
this
The kiss on the eurls that she gives me
to kissl
She is climbing up to my arms-T see
The light of heaven in her lovely eyes.
over the face and the life of me
curl ON curl in its splendor lies'
Noihing TO give her save only this
The kiss on the curls that she gives me
to kissi
-FfanA A.. Stanton.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
So Kind to the Girl.

Yes, daughter is going abroad to
continue her studies in singing" In
deed?" "Yes. Everybody In our fiat
contributed to fund to send her to
Berlin. They were all SO kind. They
wanted her to go as soon as possible,
and some of them said they'd be glad
to send her still further. And when
asked them If they wouldn't miss
her voice they admitted that they
would for. a time. And then they
quickly added that, of course, this
mustn't stand in the way of her go.
ing. And old Mr.. Bascomb said in
his serious voice: What is our gain
Is Berlin's loss or course he meant
1t the other way. He's SO funny
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
Manufacture Of Dye stuffs.

One Of the principal Industries OF
Basel Is the manufacture of dye-stuffs
chiefly from coal-tar products-and
chemicals. New discoveries are con
stantly being made by the employees of
the Basel factories. The extent of
the field In which they laDor may be
Judged from the fact that there now
exist no less than $4,000 patents for
the single series of so-called azo col
ors. which theoretically are capable OF
becoming 3.159.000. The patents men
toned are all granted by foreign gov
ernments. since the Swiss 1awgiver
have up to this time refused to pater
but what can be represente.
materially-things. not processes.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
The COLLEGE Ven Has II. Use.

It is doubtful whether the army Of
any country on earth could fight its
hardest were there no flags to sym
bolize their cause. no drums and
bugles to speak for It again and
again. Just SO the students of col
lege are held together, are reminded
of their duty to the institution of their
character Of students, by the fiutter-
ing OF the streamers. blue. crimson,
orange and black, olive and blue.
whichever the case may be; the toot-
ing OF the horns and the stentorian
recitation-swelled by the throat Of
each OF them-of that popularity un.
literary and unmusical composition.
the college yell.
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
FIr,t nIbbed stockInet.

Ribbed stockinet was first made b
Jedediah Strut In England in 175'
on the machine invented by VILLA,
Lee. This was not used for undel
wear In the United States until 1SS
when Z small manufacturer In Ne
York state used It for undershirte
now nearly all Of the knit underwe-
used In this country 10 ribbed. T,
ribbed stitch was made BY revers.
the stitch. The machine Is SO
ranged that every alternate row. :,
two rows alternately, are row
that both sides Of the We
Idaho Springs siftings., 1904-02-20
commerce Of United kInodor

The United Kingdom has increased
it, export trade about ~. per cent
since 1872. Its population hes in.
creased 80 per cent in the same time.
II exported to the United States and
Germany $3.50 900 900 worth Of goods
II 1874. and only e3e6. .o00. 900 In 1909.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-11-05

Little GLADYS Van DDozer had a mar
row escape from drowning last Saturday
afternoon and but for prompt assistance
would have met death While playing
near the Payette Touring mill she fell
into the mill race and was Immediately
swept out into the current Of the river.
/. l. Harader, the miller, vas apprise'i
OF the little girls peril and Immediately
jumped into the river to save her He
lad lust reached her when he was given
assistance by f. c. Pence. who hai hur-
ried to the scene from Pence * Van
Doozer's store and also iumps-i into the
river. The little girl was in a serious
condition but was revivei after little
time by prompt action on the per; d
her rescuers and others who hal arrived
at the river hank The experience was
a severe one also for Mr. Harader who
was in i'll health and vas almost ex-
hau-ted when reached in the river by
Mr. PeHee.-Payette Independent
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-11-05
MUST MARX RIGHT
The Law in Regard TO Marking
the Ballot as Changed by
Last Legislature.

For the heneit Of those Of t',e HERALD
reafer- whp are not familiar sith the
methe.l af voting in, Idaho. sni % ac-
quaint Others with the changes IN the
manner ~ marking the ballot as aiopt-
Ell by The last legislature, we prtl'sh
belos a synopsis ai the law. At the
head ~ the party tickets VIII be placed
an emblem selected by the party The
enli-m at the head Of the democratic
,isket aill ie a rooster; at the heasl %
the republican ticket, an eagle; and ar
the head OF the socialist ticket, hands
cla-g~-i around the warii The other
tickets viii have no emblem at the head.
The law 10 rrssrl TO marking she tallo.
is as follows.
..Immeiiaiely below the emblem, or
the space th-ref5r. the car tion or name
OF the political party must he printed on
one straight line and in the size OF type
not smaller than long primer. Iinmed-
lately below the middle OF such caption
or name, mus he pTintei a circle az
least three-fourths a. Of an iEch in d.
ameter, within which the voter may
place cross * and thereby be votes,
and his vote must he counted for all the
candidates named in that perpendicular
space or party ticket, except such a. he
shalt erase by drawing lines through the
names Of those candidates he doe< not
wish to vote for. - Opposite the
name Of each candidate must be printed
a circle oue-half 90 inch in diameter
within which. if the voter places x.
his vote must be counted for TIE eanii
date whose name Is thus marked; Pro
viied, That ii he has placed Cross II
the large circle At the head OF the ticket
+ his cross opposite the name Of the can
liidate in any other ticket must not b.
counted unless he has erased the nam'
Of any opposing candidate in the ticke
in which he placsi his croSs IN in th'
large circle The voser may instead a
putting a crcsS in the large circle
vote only for such candidates a he de
sircs, bv placing cross ou the right o
their NAMES in tie small circle, or b.
writing in the blank ticket the name
lof the persons he desires 20 vot, for an'
placing q cross on the right ot thei
names ~ the circle.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-11-05
idaho Heard From.

Under the above csption that Splendid
newspaper, the Spokane spokesman-Re-
view, published the following edi,orially
a few days agos
Idaho has been heard from AZ The
s.. Louis exposition, having heen
awarded Second prize for is unique and
attractive state buildinE.
The eastern part Of the Unite'i States
viii hear great deal more Of Idaho in
the next % yearS. It + a Young state oi
astonishing natural reSourres. Its rich
in agriculture. rich in mines, rich in
timber. It produces zonle Of the bes,
irui. grown anywhere in the CniSai
State. It's warm valleys yieliins all
so-ts Of choice wine and table Craps,
reaches. pears, al.pleS. berries and 9th
sr fruits. Within it, brad borders
stand the finest virgin tracts Of white
nine timbss to be found anywhere in the
United states. Its yield CT wheat and
other small grains 5 greater Pcr acre
than that Of any other state IN the
Union. Its mineral wealth i OF aston
ishing. variety ard permancy' and is
live stock industry briuss millions Of
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-11-05

han.iz. Dill il -i1nd for nothing fhenz
Did if stand for nothing aheu onr rera-
laiionsry fathers followed ii from Bgu-
ker Hill 10 Yorktown Did il stand ior
nothing when il wa heid aiofr by the
elder aud younger flsfssg Dill II stand
Tor nothing wheu when Madison held il
Or when il vac held BY Nonroe. who
has given hi. name to the Aonroe doct-
rine9 DID it stand ior nothing in the
lands II Jackson. in the hands u Lin
coin. Or Grant, Or Hayes and Gardell
and Harri-oag
''Iid it stand for nothing until il be-
came the emblem o; az empire anil be-
came the companion q the president :
big si.cks Did IT begin % stand for
something only when j; began 70 wave
over Filipino subjects bought IN e job
ios az s. - ariccez Republicans. iid
SON endorse this doctrine or HiA ygu PIT
l. aside and say that it IL mersiy The
fattery .. 90 offirchoi'ler wl'o knsels
i,ei,.rs ..-is n.rs Duiit throne and eulo-
giz,-- tl.e uan iror, whose hand b. re-
eeiye- - aaiI. tras..g
Barrett j. ir.,. an.l faithful expo
ncnt oi the l-.liry # our present l.re.i-
dent. H. -I.cass uiih brutd irankne--
Of ,he neu policy that rhe nation j. O.
pur-ue il imperialism j. inior-'-i
We must forget ali that we have ever
known oi patriotism and the principle
of government before we can thros pui
hats in the air and cheer for Roosevelt
aud his colonial I-'liey- surely ther'
must he a multitude oi republicans whs
viii refuse 70 apologize iyr century o
glorious historv,'
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1904-11-05
BARRETT GETS HIS
Bryan Says that Gentleman Has
Lifted the Covering From
Big Stick of Roosevelt

In an article recently written by John
barrett, American Minister 70 Panama.
and scattered broadcast over the land a.
republican campaign document, tie
writer contrasts 'ihe oid days xhen the
flag stool for nothing aith the present
imperial policy Of Roosevelt Comment
ing on this in speech at south Bond
Ind.. the other day. w.J.Bryan -aid.
eve have been trying % point ont to
republicans the fact that President
Roosevelt: II changing the ideals oi the
nation and substituting the his stick
for the light of liberty bat many have
rsiused 10 hclieve il. Vow an apI-,in-
tee II this administration has crfne 10
our all and declared fhi~ change 30
language 80 plain and f,rcilAe il.ai no
republican longer doubts IT, refer r.
the article written by John Barrett.
minister 10 Panama. Its a campaign
document contributed Uy the president :
appointee and spread broadcast as an
argument in favor Of Mr.. Ro.-eveIt'- z
election. call your attention to par
aeraph which reads as follows:
II they who are today stumping
the land against President Roosevelt,
could have gone to foreign parts in the
old DAYS when the flag stood for nothing.
when American merchants and travel
ers were everywhere snubbei, when our
army and navy we g the laughing stock
81 the world, when We had no influence
in the councils Of the nations. and il
-hen they could have ionrnevei around
tae world now when the flag means
more than the standard Of any Other
nation, when our merchants have ac
cs-s to all markets, when our navy Is re-
tel in every port and when our
sdvice il sought in every conclave o.
powers, they wouli in sheer sense O.
stricken conscience renounce their pres
ent attitude and pray for the succ- $ o
a PARTY which has accomplished thi
me,y change, and Of a leader Who's
name i= honored in the most remot
part oi the earth
-R-publicans, what 10 YOU think O
thi~2 What do ypu think Of the oi
days when the flag stood for nothing
Washington held that flag in hi