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FOX FOOLED THE WOLF.
An Animal Story with a Moral Which
Had Its Origin Among the
IrOQuOis Indians.

AS everybody knows, the wolf hates
the fox. According to the Iroquois In
dians, this is why:
One cold wintry day fox, who was
prowling about looking.to see where he
might steal his dinner, saw a wagon
coming. 1t was loaded with fish, and
was driven by some fishermen who
were taking home their days catch.
"Ah, hal" said the cunning fox.
"Here comes my dinner" and he fell
down by the sroadside and pretended to
be dead.
The fishermen, seeing him, picked
him up and threw him into the wagon
among the fish. Then the fox slyly
threw out some fish, and when the fish
ermen were not looking jumped out
himself and made off with the fish he
had thrown out.
Pretty soon afterward he met a wolf
who said: Il am hungry, and guess
l will eat you for my dinner?"
But the fox said: would you not
rather have fish for dinner?"
The wolf replied that, on the whole,
he thought he would prefer fish. Then
the cunning fox told him of the trick
by which he had just got his own din
ner, and advised him to try it. The
wolf was pleased at the idea, and SO
he ran through the woods and head
ed off the team which the fishermen
were driving, falling down in the road
in front of it and pretending 70 be
dead. But the fishermen, who had by
this time discovered the trick the fox
had played upon them, instead of TAX
ing him into the wogan, beat him with
clubs so that he barely escaped with
his life. And on hillside near by sat
the fox, who laughed and laughed.
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Bedsteads Of History,

Bedstead originally meant "the beds
place." The trucklebed was the first ad-
vance on the bench and then the tester
suspended from the roof. Then came in
the Arabian bed-a name perhaps de-
rived from the crusades. The four
poster came from Austria in the fifteenth
century. The late Queen Victoria al
ways carried her bedstead about with
her, and so did the mobiles in the middle
ages. The coverlid or counterpart,
when comes counterpart, was often
splendidly embroidered. Yet the beds
at this time were often only sacks of
straw. Feather beds came from France
in the fourteenth century, but straw was
in general use long after. Blankets of
wool were not introduced by Blanket of
Bristol, who made them, for the word,
in the sense Of coarse wooden fabric,
existed before.
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no sign of being different in structure
from that of ordinary species.
The cobra sometimes grows to
length of six feet, and often finds its
way into the walls and roofs Of houses
being fond of the rats which abound
in such places in India These snakes
go about in pairs, and they never
stray far from each other. The female
lays about IL eggs, which are nearly
as large az those of pigeon, white,
and very soft shelled.
The natives of India have what they
call SNAKE stones which are very
porous and absorbing substances, and
when these are applied to the wound
they draw up a considerable quantity
of blood. How such crude treatment
can ever effect a cure seems incred-
ible, but many instances have been re-
ported by Englishmen where deception
was out of the question. The wild
Jungle fowl are said to feed on the
young snakes, and the curious little
furry creature, the mongoose, is the
cobra's worst enemy, showing great
skill and cunning in attacking and
avoiding the fangs of the reptile. The
snake is invariably killed in these en-
counters.
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OBEYFD INSTRUCTIONS.
where He Was Told To and
There Was Trouble.

The city editor summoned the photoe-
rspher Of his staff, relates Youths Com:
panion. '.Cd. Welligans house is burning, =
he said, "and want picture of the fire.
Get out there a. quick as you can with
Of the building, from the inside Of the fence
corner"
"But," said the photographer, '' if
That's the point want it taken from
right in the corner"
But think there's
II don't care whether there's I better
point or not. You know what want. Hurry
up! You are losing time"
The photographer took his camera and
departed. K few hours later he came in
with the proof of = picture he had taken
from the desired point ofview.
''What is this" asked the city editor.
''That is a photograph of the ruins Of
Col. Welligan's house from the inside cor
ner Of the fence, near the street"
II can't see anything of the house,
II can't, either" responded the photoe-
rapher. II tried to tell you there was big
tree standing between that corner and the
house. but you wouldn't let me-"
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Mr.. Growers Case,

Frederika, Ia, Dec. 2s.---Mr. A. S. Grover
10 now "a years Of age. For the last 80 years
he has suffered great deal of sickness, and,
although he is a temperate man and never
used spirits of any kind, his kidneys had
troubled him very much. He said
Il was told had Diabetes, and my symp-
young man who died of Diabetes in this
neighborhood. My feet and limbs were
bloated quite little.
II heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and at
last determined to try them. took in all
ten boxes before l was well, and now l can
truthfully say that am all right. The
bloating is gone from my feet and legs;
can sleep we'll at night, and every symptom
of my trouble is gone.
1T is some time now since I was cured,
and I have not had the slightest return Of
any symptom of the old trouble"
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The Feast Of JuxRernaut.

The temple of the Juggernaut is in
Bengal, India Every year In March
occurs what is known as the festival
of Juggernaut, when the idols are all
taken out of their temple. and on cars
or chariots are drawn to visit their
countryhouse, which is about mile
and a half from the temple. These
chariots are drawn by people, and it
is true that in former years the vo-
taries of the gods. in their transports
of religious frenzy, would throw them
selves under the cars and be crushed
to death by the moving vehicles, but
no occurrences of this kind have been
permitted during the past century or
more.
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MOST vEN0MoUs SNAKE.
Hooded Cobra Of India II the Direct
Cause Of Hundreds Of Deaths
st Every YeaF.

One Of the most interesting, as we'll
as the most deadly OF all snakes, is
the hooded cobra, of India. In that
country hundreds Of people die every
year from the venomous bite of these
reptiles. AS it lies coiled up in little
heap in its cage, it, looks inofensive
enough, and not nearly SO unpleasant
as the stub-tailed ebony moccasins. But
when excited, the cobra rears up Its
head and about one-third of its body,
and we now see the reason for the
name hooded" The ribs just back
of the head are very long and slender,
and when they are extended straight
out from the body the skin stretched
between them forms curved shield or
hood around the head. On the back
Of this hood, in the adult snake, is
most remarkable ornament, looking
like two eyes with pair of spectacles.
nosepieces and all. In no two snakes
is this ornament exactly alike. and some
individuals lack it altogether
When the snake sways back and
forth, all ready to strike, its tongue
playing like lightning. one may indeed
be glad that a thick sheet of glass Is
between him and this terrible threat OF
death. But one must remember that
this tongue has nothing to do with the
venom or bite, the poison fluid being
stored up in little sacs, and when the
snake strikes it is forced down and
out through the hollow teeth.
This is the snake which the snake
charmers of the east use in their per-
formances, and the photograph shows
a snake in one of the very baskets
which these strange people use. The
music of the flutes evidently excites
them to spread their hoods, as does the
presence of food.
When the hood is not in use, it is
closed back upon the neck and folds so
neatly between the ribs that it disap-
pears, and the neck of the snake shows
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The Philippine Islands.

The Philippine islands were discov-
cred by Magellan, the Portuguese navi-
gator, in March, 1921. They were taken
possession of by fleet from Mexico in
1865, which first stopped at the island
of Zulu and subdued it. Five years
later, in 1870, a settlement was effect
I'd at the mouth of the Manila river,
and Manila then became the capital of
the Spanish possessions in the Phil
ippineA
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BABY PAULINE'S YARN.
Proved Herself Equal to
Sudden Emergency.

Little Pauline is about five years old
and has large imagination. She makes
the widest statements with the most
demure air, and then puts her head on
one side and watches with dancing eyes
to see if you took in the joke. The room
of a family friend is regular curiosity
shop for her. She has sat and listene
by the hour to descriptions of various
odd things that are in the collection OF
curiosities. She took great interest in
a magnet used for a paper weight and
has played with it when her best beloved
doll had lost it's charms. One day sh6
walked into the room with an exceed.
ingly important air.
what do you fink?" she said.
Il don't know, I'm sure. A bear?''
was the reply.
mo, sir. sawn little girl what
had swallowed a magnet, and what do
you fink happened to her? Evewy time
she goes to eat, her spoon hops down
her troat, and the other day she was
playing wifi some nails, and the first
fing she knowed she swallowed 'em,
and her mother gived her penny to buy
some candy wifi, and she swallowed it
fore she got to the store. Amt that
drefle?" she exclaimed.
Fearful! What did they do for herr"
She paused a moment, evidently Uni.
prepared for such question, but her in.
vention was equal to the emergency
seWhy," she said, with big eyes and
bated breath, "they got great big mag
net-oh, a 'normous big one-and opened
her mouth, and all the things coined ny
azain.--N. Y. TimsA
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Not So Badly Treated.

First Artist-Old Moneybags wouldn't
buy my pictures-wouldn't even look
at them.
Second Artist-Never mind, old man.
He was more considerate Of your feel
ings than he was of mine.
How was that?"
''Why, he refused to buy my pictures
because he did look at them."-Town
and Country.
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RIDES A TORTOISE.
German Animal Trainer Has q 8te0t
Which, Although Slow, II
< Said to BE Sure.

No 60-mile-an-hour automobile or
wild Arabian nag for this gentleman.
He much prefers deliberate and pain
fully slow travel via tortoise-back, as
the picture shows. The rider is an ami
NAL trainer in German menagerie and
his specially is educating huge South
Sea Island tortoises for racing purposes.
Not they are designed to repeat the
proverbial competition with the hare,
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-01-28
RIDES A QUEER STEED.

but to strive with one another. His
method is to mount the shell of one OF
these huge creatures and urge it on to
a designated goal by holding before it's
expectant beak q bunch of fresh and
tempting lettuce, or other vegetable
particularly pleasing to the tortoise
palate.
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Wasting His Time.

The west Baltimore man turned un-
easily in his bed.
II think" he murmured. II think
Mere is burglar in the house."
He rolled over. again, and as he fell in
to a sound sleep he sighed:
Eyes, think there is burglar in the
house-poor fellow!"-Baltimore News.
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Getting Her Moneys Worth.

Milly-I was weighed this afternoon and
tipped the scales at 99i pounds.
BiAy-I think that it the man that
had weighed you had been real generous,
he would have thrown in three,,quarters OF
Z pound, and made it an even hundred.
$50 do I. But he was Running one OF
those You weigh for cent affairs. The
next time I'm going to try a 'nickel-in-the-
slot machine, and maybe III get more Tor
my mouey."-Detroit Free Press.
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No Use.

Travers-You have actually sent a bill
with my clothes! What insult! What
infamy!
Tailor-It vas all our new bookkeep-
er's fault, sir He got you mixed up
with those people who pay!-Stray
Storie.
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"That young man." said the visitor, be:
HAYES as if he knew more than you do"
1Sfaus1 replied Red the he. m xso1 Wns
merely his father" -Philadelphia Ledger.
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For 3Oc and This Notice

For JUG ana Thl8 NOTICE.
the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, will send free
l pkg. May lst Carrot. ...............lO c.
/ pkg. Earliest Green Eating Onion. .lOc.
/ pkg. Peep Of Day Tomato. ........ zoe.
l pkg. Salzer's Flash Light Radish. .loc'
pkg. Salzer's Long Quick, Quick Rad.
l pkg. Salzer's Queen of All Radish. :10c
and finest Of their kind, have a retail
value of zoe, but they are mailed to you
free, together with Salzer's big catalog,
we'll worth $4,000 to every. wide.awake
gardener, all upon receipt Of but SOC in
postage and this notice. X. L.
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Fruit acids will not stain goods dyed
with Putnam Fadeless Dyes.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-01-28

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump.
ton has an equal for coug MS and colds;-J
F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. ID, 1870.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-01-28

Men often make up in wrath what they
want in reason.-Alger.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-01-28

Whether a man is handsome, or wheth'
er he only thinks he is, he acts just the
same.-N. Y. Times.
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What women sigh for is long life without
old age-Chicago Daily News.
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Returns.-"Whatd do you get in return for
ycEr verses?" "Reverses. '-Detroit Free
prnSs
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Rheumatism's Killing Pain

RheumAtfsm's Killing Pain
left in quick order after taking 10 doses
of DR.. Skirvin's Rheumatic Cure, in tab
let form. Is doses for Csc, postpaid:
DIR. SKIRVIN CO., La Crosse, Wis. TX. IL
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StOnn theCOuRh

and works off the cold. Laxative Brom
Ouinine Tablets. Price IS cents
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SPECIAL NOTICE

A prominent salesman in Pennsylvania states that
he has spent large sums of money in order to be
cured Of chronic headaches and indigestion and
famous doctors private prescription. This Eentle-
man, who refrains from using his name, win Be
troubled as he was. Simply write, addressing e. =.
Il. BOZ l3Q Scranton, Pa. And nentioa th0s yo0
~ n FoaA6e Of this papOr.
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Are YOUR KIDNEYS WEAK Z
Thousands Have Kidney Trouble and
Never Suspect i.
To Prove What the Great Kidney Remedy, Swamp Root WIN
Do for You. Every Reader Of Our Paper May Have
aSample Bottle Sent Absolutely Free by Mail.

1t used to De CONSIDERED tnat only urinary Anu
bladder troubles were to be traced to the kid
neys, but now modern science proves that near
~ all diseases have their beginning in the dis
order Of these most important organs
Therefore, when your kidneys are weak or out
Of order, you can understand how quickly your
entire body is affected and how every organ
seems to fail to do its duty.
If you are sick or feel badly" begin taking
the great kidney remedy, DR.. kilmer's swamp,
Root, because as soon as your kidneys are well
trial will convince anyone.
4ss :s s
:ss a. Essd ss
plants BIZ o s;ii Ill., d Ss:'' Ct s: ;:
Weak and unhealthy kidneys are responsible
for many kinds of diseases and if permitted to
continue much suffering with fata' results arc
cure to folo,o Kidney trouble irritates the nerves,
makes you dizzy, restless, seepless and irritable:
Makes you pass water often during the day and
obliges you to get up many times during the
night Unhealthy kidneys cause rheumatism,
gravel, catarrh Of the bladder, pain or dull ache
ache and back ache, causes indigestion, stomach
and liver trouble, you get sallow, yellow COM
plexion, makes you feel as though you had heart
trouble; you may have plenty of ambition. but
no strength; get weak and waste away.
The cure for these troubles is DR.. kilmers
Swamp Root, the world famous kidney remedy.
In taking Swamp Root you afford natural help
to Nature, for Swamp Root is the most perfect
healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that has
ever been discovered.
If there is any doubt in your mind as to your
condition, take from your urine on rising about
four ounces, place it in glass or bottle and let
it stand twenty-four hours. If on examination
it is milky or cloudy if there is a brck-dust set
Ting or if small particles float about in it, your
kidneys are in need OF immediate attention.
Swamp Root is pleasant to take and is used
clans in their private practice, and is taken by
doctors themselves who have kidney ailments,
because they recognize in it the greatest and
most successful remedy for kidney liver and
bladder troubles.
EDITORIAL NOTE-You may have sa,
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EDITORIAL NoTEYou have samp bottle Of this this wonderful sd
remedy Swamp absolutely by mail also book telling all about
Swamp Root and containing Of the test
their its wonderful curative properties writing to Dr.
Km N " read this Offer
n this
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1904-01-28

You can purchase the reg
ular ffty-cent and one dollar
size bottles at the drug stores
everywhere. Don't make any
mistake, but remember the
name, Swamp Root, DR.. Kill,
mer's Swamp-Roo and the
address, Binghamton, N. Y,
on every bottle.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01


GERS. tenn Into the man.
agement OF the navy, is legitimate
game for cabinet fun. He is advised
to be very careful in issuing his orders
not to get railroad and maritime
terms mixed.
He has been warned that when
vessel is ordered into dry dock he is
not to issue an order running her into
the round house. Hs has also been
informed that first-class cruisers are
not equipped with air brakes and he
must govern himself accordingly in
handling then. 1t has been suggested.
also, that he must not speak of the
chief OF the navigation bureau as the
train dispatcher. When a commander
OF vessel is relieved from sea duty
he Is not to be complimented on the
run he has made. A score or more of
such goodhumored jokes have been
leveled at the new secretary, who has
met them in good spirit and retaliated
upon the humorists. He says . sue
cessful railroader can run the navy as
well as lawyer or congressman.
The new secretary has brought to
his work all his habits OF industry,
and already has mastered the details
of his Office He has been broken in
by President Roosevelt, who has In
vited him to join in one of the cele-
brated presidential cross country
walks. This happened the day after
the president returned from Oyster
Bay, and although Mr.. Morton is
somewhat of an. athlete, he has found
excuses ever since when the president
has suggested q tramp in the country.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01

Campaign Novelties The managers Of
ior sac the campaign are
looked upon as good angels" or easy
marks to be worked with the thou
sand and one schemes whose origin
ators believe them irresistible in pro-
noting the interests of political can
didates.
When National Chairman Cortelyou
opened up headquarters in Chicago
and in New York, he already had on
hand enough samples of campaign
novelties to furnish street fakir with
q good outfit. Secretary Dover had .
desk drawer full of these trinkets,
and Assistant Secretary Coolidge
found a bushel of them awaiting him
in New York before the committees
headquarters were opened In that city.
Chairman Taggart, of the democratic
national committee, has been inundat-
ed with specimens of buttons, badges
and other campaign devices. from 3
design embodying the celebrated Par
ker telegram to set Of teeth supposed
to represent those Of President Roose-
welt, and to be used in exploiting the
personal side Of the campaign.
The manufacturers of these souven-
IRIS might as well save themselves the
trouble Of applying to the national
committees, as those bodies are not
bothering with such minutiae. The
popular idea that the campaign funds
Of the two great parties are measured
BY the millions has inspired the ven
doris OF these trinkets with the hope OF
finding good market for their wares.
The money at the command Of the
campaign committees could undoubt-
edly be expressed in seven 1gures, but
1t will b used for more serious pur-
poses than the purchase of buttons or
the publication Of campaign songs
The latter are drug with the nation
a committees. They fail to recognize
the power OF music in the rough and
tumble contest at the polls.
The bulk OF the money used by both
PARTIES will be spent in distributing
literature and running
speakers bureau which will send ora
tors into every town and hamlet Of the
IS states.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
Rubber for Tires.

Automobile makers are beginning to
worry already over possible substi-
tute for rubber for tires. 1t is claimed
that the demand for this material has
increased rapidly the last few years,
the importations into the United States
alone the last year being 100000
over those of 1903 This means, it is
said, that rubber trees are being over
taxed and that there is danger OF their
dying out. The consumption of rubber
for vehicle tires is phenomenal in Its
magnitude.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01


Esopus. the sound Of the
word as hear it spoken by the MAJOR
ity Of people," he says. 'E-soap-us'
is not a pretty word and 10 suggestive
of soap which is not real nice con-
nected with the campaign. Then there
is the pronunciation given by MIR.
Dooley and which some of our Hiber.
nian friends rather favor when they
speak Of 'E-soOp-us.' For my part, I
think the accent should be ON the first
syllable and campaign classicists
should insists that public speakers re-
Ter to it as 'Ess-o-pus.
The name of the town, it is said, il
of Indian derivation, but the inhabi-
tants Of that section Of New York, and
Judge Parker himself, pronounce 1t
with the accent decidedly on the sec
ond syllable, bringing out the broad
co." 1t promises to become histor.
ical place and as we'll known to demo-
cratic pilgrims as was the little town
Of Canton, O., to republican enthusi.
asts in 1896 and 1900.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
Had Limitations.

On a certain building job some years
ago the contractor, who was politician
put in a hod-carrying machine and dis
charged the men who had been doing that
work. A hod carrier who had been
thrown out of employment by the
change, came around couple of days
after to see how the new apparatus
worked. He watched it for awhile In
silence. and finally exclaimed: "Ye're
all roight. Ye're a-a-l roight. but We
cant vote. "-Philadelphia Public
Ledger.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
self-Made Men.

An erroneous idea prevails among
some people that self-made man is
snccess and the college-made man is q
failure. Many men fail-sOme OF them
are college men and some are not. Itall
lies in the man and his determination to
win. This determination leads him, II
college man, to apply his learning; il
not a college man, to acquire the nee
essary knowledge by special study and
application. One thing is certain. the
unqualified man never wins Common
Sense.