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on each side of the front, thus max
ing II in all. The seams are stitched up
by hand after which the beading and
lace are sewed around the neck, in the
armho.es and down the front. Beading
is, of course, used at the waist line, and
white double-faced satin ribbon is run
through it.
For the other corset cover-aF renchy
little affair-a half dozen skeins Of cot
ton and strip of beading for the waist
are all the trimming that is required.
The scallops about the neck, down the
front and in the armholes are done in
buttonhole stitch and the design on the
'front.' may be either featherstitched or
embroidered. The Sits through which
the shirring ribbon is drawn are about
q quarter of an inch wide-just little
wider than the ribbon. They are not
buttonholed, but are merely two finely
overcast edges. Very dainty nightgowns
are made after this same idea.
The Detroit Free Press says that this
work is not so difficult to do satisfac-
torily as might at first be imagined, for
one can get the cloth stamped in any
desired pattern, and even with the posi-
tons of the medallions and eyelets des-
ignated.
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THE HELPFUL. YOUNG WIFE.
sha Will Make Something Of Her Hus-
band, in Spite Of Financial
Obstacles. ---

We frequently hear a man crying out
that he cannot afford to marry. Some"
times he says it in the police court:
sometimes he says it to friend in de-
tense of his bachelor existence; and
sometimes he repeats it monotonously
to the woman he has asked to be his
wife.
Every sensible person knows that 1t Is
foolish to marry in haste, or without due
regard to the future. You cannot marry
on nothing, because the chances are
strongly against your happiness. But
Just how much you can marry on is
another matter.
AS a rule, the people who cry out about
their poverty are not 80 badly OIL as one
would imagine. There is something else
behind this hesitation. They are either
not in love, or are afraid; or else one is
confident but fears for the other.
Fear of poverty and hardship never
stands in the way of an engaged couple
who are honestly satisfied with each
other. The passion for each others So
ciety strengthens mind and will, and such
obstacles as lack of means and misty
prospects instantly vanish. The man
has but to think of the woman he loves
in order to be confident of accomplishing
any purpose he may set his mind to. The
woman is ready and willing to suffer any,
thing for the sake of being in her heros
company.
What are top back room, a supper OF
bread-and-ch cheese, shabby suit, and
light purse if one is supremely happy?
They can be borne with laughter, 70
lished and accepted day after day.
It is only, perhaps, with woman who
means to be the spur to her husbands
ambition that man can accepta top back
room and bread-and-cheese. II he fears
that she cannot be happy without villa
and rose trees, it is not wise to take her
into q back room, even If she is willing
to 60.
The right sort of girl will 60 anywhere
with the man she loves, and accept any
fare. For his own sake she'll push him
on to fortune, as many of our most IA
nous men have been pushed by their
wives. In the homely philosophy of Mr..
Dooley: "It's tn business iv men to
fight, an tn business iv their wives f'r
to make thin fight"
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ARE THE RAREST
They Are the Most Costly of All the
Precious Stones When Of tho
Required Size.

Among connoisseurs of precious stones
the emerald is the most highly esteemed
and most earnestly coveted. Although
this gem has been discovered in almost
every country in the world, there is not
an emerald mine being worked to-day.
The reasons for this, says an authority,
are manifold, but the principal one is
that there is only one mine in the world
that is worth the expense of operating.
This mine is tied up because of the polit-
ical disturbances in Colombia.
The best emeralds of modern times
have been taken from the mines about so
miles northwest of Bogota. These mines
were discovered in 1866 and were worked
by the Spaniards in 1858. Until recent
ly they were worked under government
concession to French syndicate.
The method Of mining is crude and
has made little progress in the past half
donzen centuries This is due largely
to the fact that the natural wealth Of the
various mines has not made 1t advisable
to introduce expensive machinery.
A good emerald is worth several times
Gen. George W. Mindell, precious stones
expert for the United States at the port
of New York, says that fewer emeralds
have come into the country during the
past year than ever before, and that
the importation of them is diminishing
yearly. Precious stones merchants say
that they are unable now to obtain good
emeralds.
Despite the want of success of late
years in finding really flawless and there
fore valuable emeralds, the search for
them continues as diligently as of yore,
the hope Of finding rare specimens being
strong enough to buoy up the diggers,
for they well know that fortune will fol-
low success, as the price of them has adj
vanced more than 100 per cent. in the
past three or four years.
London is the market center and the
tan-colored royalty of India and the ORR
ent is the source of supply for emer-
AIDS The goods purchased represent the
labor of months and oftentimes years in
the collecting Of them. AS there is none
being mined, the only way to get them
is to send out agents among the natives.
But the natives are slow to surrender
their wealth, and If the agent after
weeks of travel and living among them.
returns with Is or 80 karats, he is doing
extremely we'll.
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TO Avoid sleepless Niehts.. : ~ 4

Here is . simple and availShle
recipes medicinal bath for the hery-
ously worn and those who cannot alee1n
o nights. 1t was the prescription Of
an old physician. Take Of sea salt
four ounces, spirits Of ammonia two
ounces, spirits of camphor two ounces.
of pure alcohol eight ounces and suf-
6cient hot water to make q full quart
Of the liquid. Dissolve the sea salt in
the hot water and let stand until cool.
Pour into the alcohol the spirits of am
monia and camphor. Add the salt wa
ter. shake we'll and bottle for use.
With . soft sponge dipped In this mix
ture wet over the surface of the whole
body. Rub vigorously until the skin
CLOVIS. When nervous or blue" or
wskeful do not omit this bath. The
rest and refreshing that follow will
amply repay the efforts required to
prepare It
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TWO NEAT CORSET COVERS
Thew Are Not So Difficult to Make as
Might Be Supposed at the
First Glance.

To make either OF the pretty corset
covers here illustrated, q yard OF fine
nainsook is required, provided one gets
the widest kind-otherwise yard and a
quarter is necessary. For the first cor
set cover one needs also three yards OF
lace, three of beading, nine lace medal
lions and one skein Of mercerized cotton.
After cutting out the pattern the medal
lions are carefully basted in place, over
cast and the cloth underneath Is cut
away. A circle, feather-stitched in cot
ton, goes around each medallion. If de-
sired another medallion may be placed
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TO CROSS IN IRON EGG.
Norwegian Sailor Plans to Travel to
st. Louis Exposition in q
Curious Boat.

A Norwegian sailor named Brude in
tends to travel from Norway to st. Louis,
for the exposition, in a curious boat
of his own design. 1t is made Of iron,
and egg shaped, being entirely with
out an aperture, except that there is
a small turret raising from it, with
four windows, to enable the craft to be
steered.
=. The vessel is being made at the Aales-
und mechanical works. 1t will have a
sort Of center board keel, capable of be-
ing raised and lowered. 1t will &c
rugged with mast and lateen sail.
Brude is looking out for three othe,
Norsemen to go with him. He expects
the journey will take two and q halt
months
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-21

Of the Scriptures that 1T is not good for
man to live alone"
According to the statistics June holds
the palm for the union Of hearts and for
tunes. It appears that. there is some
subtle connection between the month of
roses and the poetic fancy which leads
brides to choose that time Of the year
for the happy ceremony.
May is the most unpopular month.
Candidates for marital honors seem to
have taken seriously that old saying:
Marry in May and repent for aye"
People who are matter-of- fact about all
things else pay due regard to the popular
superstition when it comes to this seri-
Gus question.
Next to June comes January as the
marriage month, and December is third.
Then come, in order, July, November
and April, while September and October
show an equal number of marriages,
leading August by one. February and
March are dull months.
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FACTS ABOUT MATRlMONY.
Taking the Average in Civilized Coun-
tries Married Life Lasts Twenty
Seven Years.

Statistics gathered in various coun-
tries of the civilized world show that
married life, on the average, lasts ~
years, or a little over one-third of
mans life, estimating the latter at three
score-and-ten. The illustration pre-
sents the idea in graphic form, for the
happiness or consolation of those inter-
ested, as the case may be.
The figures also show that, as rule,
married people live longer than the I'M
married, which carries out the dictum
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-21

ferior, one whom you do not love? Ad.
NIT you do not love him!" ..[
~ admit nothing to you. I do not rec.
ognize your right to question me in this
matter Martha turned to leave him
but he caught her arm. .f2 "
"You shall hear me-that, at least, Is
my right now: later-we shall see.
II am cold. Mr.. Craig, and am going
home" >' i.'
Every well, am going with YOU"
"Would you come uninvited"
They finished their walk in silence.
At the door of her home Martha turned
toward him appealingly. my mother
is away, and T."
II know what you would say, but I've
made up my mind and nothing can
change it." Mortimer laughed an odd
constrained little laugh.
1t had grown quite dark, but the room
was flooded with a mellow light from
the wide, old-fashioned chimney. Nor
timer stirred the embers and replenished
the fire. "No, we want no other light"
as Martha was in the act of striking q
light. I'VE will sit here" drawing up
an old-fashioned settle. For this have
waited all these long months, even
years. After all you are only woman.
Martha, and"
"Unrel:able, why don't you say it?
know you want to-"
perhaps that is the right word. Yet
intended to marry you" Mortimer
had slipped his arm around her waist
and held her close, although she strug-
gled to free herself.
"Mr. Craig have you forgotten my
troth is pligtted to another?"
81 remember only that you have been
a very foolish little girl to try to give
your hand to one man when you love
another No, you needn't try to deny
it. Your eyes, your voice, your manner
all betray you. Before we 90 any fur
Their, let me explain. own that in the
beginning did wrong in teaching you
to love me. When left Seaview I will
admit, never expected to see you again,
although loved you-you were SO Diff
ferent from the girls had known all
my life. recognized the social gulf
between us I also knew my family
would not receive you as daughter.
was dependent upon my father for every
farthing Often when you talked OF
the great and noble deeds of self-made
men-men who had risen from humble
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-21
LAW-ABIDING INDIANS.
Reds in Oklahoma Have Settled Down
to Business with Intention
of Succeeding.

II Gen. Phil Sheridan were alive to-day
be could not truthfully repeat the re-
mark he once made that There is no
good Indian but dead Indian" for the
Wichitas, residing in this territory, have
disproved the assertion, says a Guthrie
(Okla.) correspondence of the Chicago
Chronicle. For all the Indians,Which in
habit Oklahoma the Wichitas are the
most law-abiding, peaceful and indus
trious. The total population on their
former reservation was but 956, and this
included the Caddos, q remnant of the
Delawares and other tribes. All these,
however, have in a great measure &C.
copied the manner of life of the Wichitas
and are to all intents and purposes men,
bers of that tribe.
The distinctive feature about the Wich-
tia Indians is the way in which they
build their homes. Instead Of the regu-
lat1on tepee, made of framework Of
poles upon which covering Of skins or
canvas is hung, the ,Wichitas build grass
houses. q,
This is the only Indian tribe in the
United States which does this, and it in
dictates that they are less migratory than
the Others. The grass houses cannot be
taken up and moved in an hours notice.
and they require some architectural skill
to construct.
Among this band of Indians, for it is
no longer large enough to be called a
tribe, the word home seems to have a
meaning lacking among. other Indians.
This has been so since the white men
first knew them, and for years they have
led a peaceful and quiet life. Most of
them have little orchards around their
homes, in which are included peaches,
apples and pears. When these crops
are good the Indians sell them to the
white men and show considerable ability
in driving stiff bargain. Some of them,
it is true, still view bottle of whisky as
a pearl of great price, but the majority
of them cannot be induced to part with
their holdings or their proceeds for tin
sci or trinkets.
Around each of their homes there IL
also usually a small patch of corn and
vegetables and some of them have even
amassed considerable wealth, for 1ndi-
ans, from the sale Of cattle and hogs
raised on their allotments. These 1ndi-
ans were among the first to realize the
value of education, and their children
were sent in early days to the white
schools in the east. When the govern
ment Indian schools were established
the Wichitas allowed their children to
be sent to these, and many Of the men,
bers of the band are not only grounded
In the classics, but at one time, at least,
knew the difference between a logarithm
and an upright engine. They are rap
idly losing their identity as Indians,
however, and will soon be numbered
among the homogeneous population Of
Oklahoma
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PUBLIC CHARITIES IN JAPAN.
Efficient Care Is Taken Of the Adults
as Well as the Small
Children.

The greatest, development of Japan in
charity has been in the institutional care
of able bodied adults and OF dependent
children, says Charities. Progress in
the care of the former dates back to 1898,
when a commission was appointed to
consider the problem in all its bearings.
This commission recommended, first,
the erection, through funds furnished
by the state, of workshops in which the
INDECENT poor of Toxic could be put at
work and their earnings applied to their
support; second, to supplement these
workshops, or until they could be erect
ed, by the establishment of agencies for
furnishing drivers of vehicles, mowers
of lawns, etc., men with simple occupa-
lions, the employe to remain under con-
troll of the agencies and his earnings to
be applied to his support; and third. the
support under sanitary conditions of the
aged, the cripples and those incapable
Of any form of labor, and the rearing of
their children at public expense and I'M
der public oversight. AS q result of
this plan it is not unusual to find that
workshop inmates, such as the blind,
the paralytic, the infirm, the high or
middle grade idiots and persons who
have lost one or more limbs, become we'll
trained in some particular task and &C.
quire degree of skill that enables them
to earn more than is necessary for their
support.
In the children's institutions boys over
seven are placed largely in the hands
Of the older boys, more experienced and
more serious companions. Young girls
go to school carrying upon their backs
infants that have been intrusted to them
90 as to tighten the tasks Of the regular
attendants. The attendants are four
fold, those watching over the child's
clothing. the food, the cleanliness of
person and the physical training. In the
training of institutional children a
kindly demeanor is required on the part
Of the attendants, and in every way
there is encouragement of the effort to
provide a mothers tenderness and SYM
patty. Foundlings are boarded out for
three years with nurses who are paid
two or three dollars month.
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new IN THE ARCH
Most Of the Present Day knowledge
Was Derived from the
Ancients.

The old adage, There's nothing new
under the sum-" applies with as much
aptness to architecture as it does tc
many other things. 1t is we'll known
that although the. building Of great
arches of masonry dates beyond the an
cient Roman civilization the principle
that gives strength to the massive stone
bridges of to-day is the same that built
the bridges of the Roman empire, says q
builders journal.
The history Of bridge building is to q
large degree the history of the arch
whose efficiency lies in the truth of the
old Hindoo saying that "the arch neve,
sleeps. because each separate section
of which it consists, beginning at the
keystone or central section, is constantly
pushing against its immediate neighbors
until the pressure finally reaches the
firm foundation upon which the struc-
ture is erected.
To secure a perfectly Trustworthy
foundation, therefore, the bridge-buildeI
has often to penetrate far below the sur
face of the earth, and not infrequently
the part of his structure thus covered
up and concealed is greater than that
visible above ground.
It was their inability to solve the
problem of trustworthy foundation
that led the ancient Hindoos to distrust
the arch, arguing that the sleepless &C.
tivity that held it together was equally
active in tearing it to pieces.
Not only is the modern bridge-buildel
skilled in setting his structure on a firm
base, but thoroughly acquainted with
the time-honored materials for his
work, to say nothing of new materials
and an important part of his student
training in such modern schools as the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
is devoted to the methods of testing ma
terials during construction that would
have surprised and delighted even the
most accomplished of the ancient Roman
engineers.
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stations in life without either wealth or
influence; had overcome great difficult
ties to achieve success, felt very in
ferior. But was indolent. My father
had wealth enough for US all, and there
was no need for me to do aught but en-
Joy life in my own way.
Then one day there came an awak-
ening. found myself a mere puppet,
subject to the will of my family. For
the first time in my life I acted upon
my own Judgment. My father threat
ened to disinherit me unless I married
a girl they had chosen for my wife.
She had more wealth than I would ever
have, and she was willing. With your
image in my heart, I could not conscien-
tiously comply"
Martha listened shyly, and once or
twice while he was speaking she looked
up into his face.
II will not go into detail-it is enough
to say left home, and unaided, am
proud to say, not only achieved success,
but have made my family proud to own
me. am again in their favor, and, bet
ter still, independent to do as choose,
thanks to your influence"
"And you hadn't forgotten me all this
time"
Forgotten you? No, never, darling;
you have been my one thought that has
urged me on to nobler, better life
My education had not been neglected,
and l but needed something to spur me
on, and found that in you. Ineed you
all the time. Now do you understand
why l am going to marry you, and why
nothing can change my mind? Now.
will you yield gracefully, of your own
accord, or shall compel your"
"Aud Lem?" questioned Martha, with
concern.
"Oh, Lem be hanged! He can take
care of himself; besides, it won't take
much to console him: his pigs and cows
can do that" and Mortimer strained her
to his heart while their lips met in a long
lingering kiss.
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HELPFUL HINTS ON DRESS.
Colors Which Are Becoming to Bru-
nettes Very Frequently Are
Deadly to Blondes.

That it is more difficult for . blonde
to dress becomingly than for a bru-'
nette is the dictum Of a celebrated art
list. He asses his opinion partly on the
fact that blondes nearly always at
tempt delicate blues and presume to
wear ivory white, whereas ''only
blondes with perfect compilations ought
ever to attempt pale blues" and "only
the fairest and best cared-for blondes
should risk ivory white. All others
had best cling to cream tints." 'S~~
Brunettes, it appears, have all the
warm tones to select from-red,
orange, yellow and a few Of the pur-
pies and blues. Blondes must pick
their gowns from the cool tones-the
pinks, blues, greens and violets and
black and white. Pink, which nearly
every woman over 40 seems possessed
to wear, is "a shocking telltale, reveal
Ing the ravages of time in the cruelest
way. Whenever the concealment OF
age is q consideration, it should be
avoided"
Yellow is also a deadly color II worn
near fair lair. 1t robs it completely
of its color and luster. Pink and red
are both trying when worn in juxta-
position to the face, though of the
two, 1t is preferable to wear them
above the face rather than about the
neck. Dark puppies, blues and greens
should be avoided by women who
have a tendency to be haggard, with
dark circles under the eyes and hollow
cheeks. White and black gowns, when
successfully designed, are about the
most becoming gowns q woman can
wear. this artist says in conclusion
N. Y. Tribune.
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Kerosene Lays tho Dust.

A few drops of coal oil on your
busting cloth will brighten your fur
niture, Is well as prevent dust from
flying from the cloth. One tablespoon
full added to each boilerful of water
will lessen labor, as well as whiten
your clothes when washing. A few
drops added to your boiled starch will
make ironing easier.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-21
Preparing for Work.

eyes," he said, Il studied in 4 college
of pharmacy and now am reading the
Bartender's Guide"
What's your object?"
why, expect to get job al q, drug
clerk in a prohibition district "-Chica-
go Post. 49,.
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Cause and Effect,

Mrs. Goodwin-I heard that your IA
Their was dangerously i'll.
Efie Fay-Yes, ma'am, he was.
lis he now out of danger?" >.
"Yes, ma'am, he is; the doctor has
stopped coming" HON.
Companion.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-07-21
A Timely Word Of Caution.

A floor should never be swept In q
room where there is contagious pa
tient. It should be washed with q
cloth and dipped in borax water, 30
that no dust annoys the patient and No
assortment of germs are flung up in
the air, to drift out of the window into
the hall en- route to fresh victims.
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Alcohol for Lamp Chimnevs,

313C00O1 401 3zsk111P V111A11eySs
A few drops of alcohol rubbed on
the Inside of lamp chimneys will re-
move all trace of greasy smoke when
water alone is of no avail.