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PASSING PERSONALS.

Miss Grace Barstow, of San Fran
cisco, Is the only woman violin-maker
in the United States, c1d probably In
the world. Moreover, she Is a fine
performer on the instruments of her
own making. She is experimenting
with native redwood as q base bar.
A famous Adirondack guide, in the
days when the mountain region was q
true wilderness, has just died at the
age OF IS. William Mclaughlin was
In the Adirondacks when there were
none but old Indian trails, and he
and st. Regis Indians cut new ones a.
the region began to be visited.
Green McCurtain, governor of the,
Choctaw nation, will take his place
among the millionaires ere long. He
settled up the affairs Of the tribe re-
Gently, involving the sale Of coal lands
worth $4o,000,o00. OF this purchase
price Gov. McCurtain will receive ten
per cent. as commission, or 100000.
Mrs. w. s. Pratt, Of Atlanta. Ca,
is sale to be the only woman south OF
Chicago In the lumber trade. When
tho firm by whom she was employed
went out Of business without losing .
day hunting 4 position she opened an
once and began operations. To-day
she is head Of q firm handling 100
cars Of lumber monthly.
Henniker Heaton, who has done 20
much for the cheapening Of postal
communication in Great Britain, urges
the formation Of a league to make tho
penny post universal. It is, he says,
absurd to charge twopence-halfpenny
for a letter to Calais or to New Yoik,
when q letter to Canada can pass
through New York for penny.
Mr.. Edison has but one speech to
his credit. He was to lecture on elcc-
tricity before q girls seminary, and
was to be assisted by friend named
Adams to work the apparatus. He
was 80 dazed when he arose that he
simply said: Ladies, Mr.. Adams will
now address you on electricity, and |
will demonstrate what he has to say
with the apparatus"
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HANDY TENT FOR BEEKEAtPERS.
and top bars are of pine of the same d.
mansions. The frame of the hinged top
and the braces are made of lighter ma
terial.
The tent is five and one-ha1f feet high,
three feet wide and four feet long. tits
hinged together at each joint. The top
frame fits inside the framework of the
tent, being fastened down on with two
hooks inside. This holds the tent open
and In position. In the cut the top is
shown thrown back. The covering is of
strong cotton cloth, except a piece Is
inches wide Of wire netting on each side,
which gives more light and air.
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Six Doctors Failed.

- South Bend, Ind, Sept. 25th Especially.
AFTER suffering from Kidney Disease for
three years; after taking treatment from
six different doctors without getting
relief: Mr.. j. o. Laudeman, of this place,
found not only relief, but a speedy and
complete cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills.
Speaking Of his cure, Mr.. Laudeman says:
eyes, I suffered from Kidney Trouble
for three years, and tried six doctors to no
GOOD: Then took just two boxes of
Dodd's Kidney Pills, and they not only
cured my kidneys, but gave me better
health in general: OF course recon-
m mel Dodd's Kidney Pills to others.
them with good results
Mr.. Laudeman's case is not an excep-
ton. Thousands give similar expert
ences. For there never yet was a case
Of Kidney Trouble from Backache to
Bright's disease that Dodd's Kidney Pills
could not cure. They are the only rem
edy that ever cured Bright's Disease.
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PITY PASSAGES.

rt doesn't pay to borrow trouble =
you have to pay for the privilege.
One Of the unsatisfactory things q
this world is sensible love letter.
1t Is good plan never to run your
self down. Others will cheerfully do Il
for you.
It takes nerve for . widow with chill
dren who are married for the second
time to be jealous Of her husband.
Many people seek their own good, and
then persuade themselves that 1t Is for
the good Of others.
Doctors hate each other rather derce-
". but when there are two brass bands
In town the people know what real en-
nifty IL.
A good woman thinks less OF herself
than of others. She thinks herself OF
small consequences. 4 man agrees with
her generally.
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Feeding the Male Bird.

See that the male in the breeding pen
gets a sufficient quantity of food to
KEEP him healthy and vigorous. Occa-
s1onally a male bird is so gallant that
he viii! allow the females to consume
most of the food, If not all of 1t, and
he will go hungry. In this case it is
a gooc idea to place him in a pen by
himself at feeding tirue and see that
lie gets sufficient food, after which put
him back in the pen with the females
Unless the male bird Is kept healthy
and vigorous, good results cannot be
expected from tie mating.
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BANKS AND BANKING,

There are in England $4,000 post Of
fee savings banks.
The Bank Of The Netherlands now
holds $4,120,00o more gold than it held
year ago.
The Bank Of SPANS gold holdings
have Increased only $635.000 over
q year ago, but silver holdings are
$685.. 900 larger.
The average note circulation Of tho
Imperial Bank Of Germany In 1904
was $s22.137. 900; highest. 1888. 496 600
on December 81: lowest. 1884. 479.Ooo
on February %.
The Bank Of France has carried on
stock exchange dealings for its GUS
toners since 1895. The volume OF
such business has increased from $751;
$4,000 in 1895 to $7s,44s,ooo in 1904.
The rate of increase in the British
banking deposits Is unsatisfactory, &C.
cordine to the London Economi2-
. fact which that journal explains BY
the general extravaganza developed by
recent prosperity.
German capitalists are to open . new
bank in Sofia, Bulgaria, on October l.
The project is regarded with disfavor
by Austrian interests, who charge Ger
many with following up . system OF
economical appropriation In the east.
In savings bank deposits this coun-
try leads the world. Our deposits
amounted at the beginning Of this year
to $1,000, 1861. That sum outran
German savings by $7s6.000,000, and
the German savings outran anything
In Europe by $1,300,000. But in tho
amount of savings per inhabitant
Great Britain stands at $22.82, Ger
many at $39.9S, and the United States
at S37.38.
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EDUCATIONAL ITEMR.
The income of Oxford university u
vliehtly under $350,000 a year.

The income Of Oxford university 10
slightly under $350,00o year.
The state forester Of Massachusetts,
urges the study Of forestry in the pub
lie schools.
The opinion ia making much Roadway
in Germany that children should not be
obliged to study out Of school.
Under the auspices Of the University
Of Frieburg, Switzerland, q business
academy for women only has been
opened in that city.
Swimming is part Of the curriculum Of
the public schools Of Yarmouth, Eng
land. The boys are taken to the shore
in parties and are trained till they can
swim so yards in the sea.
The imperial decree regarding the ap-
preparation of temples for schools, says
the Shanghai North China Herald, is
being carried out in Anhul. At Luchou-
fu, four very large images. servants to
the god Of literature, have been torn
down to make room for little Chinese
boys to study English.
The arrival of many Hindoos from
India to enter as students at the I'm
perial university and schools of tech
nology at Toxic has been noted lately.
1t was intended to celebrate the festival
Of the great Indian national hero,
Sivaji, at Toxic this year for the first
time with great eclat.
In the coming autumn the schools Of
France are to experiment on an ex-
tensive scale with system of teaching
history by dolls dressed to represent
various periods and characters. A sue
cessful exhibition of the method in
Paris convinced educators that there
was merit in the plan. The puppets are
made to move, by means OF silken cords
handled from above, on a miniature
stage. The dolls represent important
scenes in the history of the country.
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CHRONIC ERYSIPELAS
Cured by Or. Williams Pink Pills,
Although Whole Body was
Affected.

Affected.
Erysipelas or St. Anthony's fire is .
most uncomfortable disease on account
of the burning, the pain and the dis
fgurement; it is also very grave dis
order, attended always by the danger Of
involving vital organs in its spread.
The case which follows viii be read
with great interest by all sufferers as it
affected the whole body, and refused to
yield to the remedies prescribed by the
physician employed. Mrs. Ida A. COL
bath, who was the victim Of tho attack,
residing at No. 10 Winter street, New
buryport, Mass, says: ~
"In June Of 1908 was taken ill with
what at first appeared to be fever. I
sent for a physician who pronounced my
disease chronic erysipelas and said it
would be long time before I got we'll.
Inflammation began on my face and
spread all over my body. My eyes were
swollen and seemed bullying ont Of their
aockets. was in . terrible plight and
suffered the most intense pain through
out my body. The doctor said my
case was = very severe one. Under
his treatment, however, tho inf1amma.
ton did not diminish aud the pains
which shot through my body increased
in severity. After being two months un-
Ter his care, without any improvement. I
dismissed him.
"Shortly after this, on the advice Of q
friend, I began to take DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, two ut dose
three times day. After the second box
had been used I was surprised to notice
that the inflammation was going down
and that the pains which used to cause
me so much agony had disappeared. A.
and around the house attending to my
household duties, as we'll as ever"
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all dealers in medicine or may be OBJ
tanned direct from the DR.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, NY.
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sAPIENT SENTENCES.

It is wonderful what civilization
hasn't done for mankind.
If good clothes made man all tailors
would be milliona1res.
Men who occupy lowly place have tho
advantage of a good running start.
Sympathy for the under dog should
not lead US to sympathize with the
wrong.
The best way to prepare for the big
tasks is to faithfully perform the little
ones.
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Too Much Corn.

One man says he has had no eggs
al winter, but his hens are fat and
he feeds them well. That Is just The
troub1e-too much corn. Il IL almost
IS hard for q hen to make eggs oui
Of corn as It is for man to coiE
gold dollars out of junk iron. Feed
eomothing With the corr.
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Unreasonable.

Expecting the hens to turn out many
and good eggs without shells and grit
Is just like asking the miller to grind
a good grist without good, sharp
stones. Keep the millwheels OF your
hens gixzards freshly sharpened.
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MOVABLE BEE HOUSE.
Handy, Light Structure Which Will
Save Much Time and Excitement
When Handling Bees.

"A handy house for beekeepers which
Will save much time and excitement in
the apiary Is shown in the cut, says
Farm and Home. It is made Of light
material and can be easily moved by
hand. Tho corner posts are Of elm one
by one and one half inches. The bottom
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SALT RHEUM ON HANDS.
Suffered Agony and Had to Wear
Bandages All tho Time-An-
other Cure by Cuticura.

Another cure by Cuticura is told of by
Mrs. Caroline Gable, of Waupaca, Wis,
in the following grateful letter: my
husband suffered agony with salt rheum
on his hands, and I had to keep them
bandaged all the time. We tried every.
thing We could get, but nothing helped
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills cured
him entirely, and his hands have been as
smooth as possible ever since. I do hope
this letter will be the means of helping
some other sufferer"
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pearance. It was in 1908 that Doan 3
Kidney Pills helped me SO quickly and
cured me of those troubles and I've
been we'll ever SINCE"
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
For sale by all druggists. Price, 50
cents per box.
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had eye trouble,
backache, catches
when lying abed
or when bending
over, was languid
and often dizzy
and had sick head
aches and bearing
down pains. The
kidney secretions
were too copious
and frequent, and
very bad in ap-
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Jumping at a Conclusion.

another one of those lobbyists ap-
preached me to-day with an insulting
Proposition" said Congressman Graphter.
you can afford to buy me that sealskin
sacque now, can't you?"-Philadelphla
LedRer.
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H. Was StinrY.

Harduppe-Closefst likes nothing better
than to have some fellow ask him for .
loan.
Borrower-1s that so?
eyes; it gives him so much pleasure to
refuse. "-Philadelphia Record.
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DEATH SEEMED NEAR.
How . Chicago Woman Found Help When
Rope Was Fast Fading AWav,

Mrs. E. T. Gould, 91< w. Lake Street,
Chicago, ILL.,, says: Doan's Kidney
Pills are all that saved me from death
of Bright's Disease, that I know. I
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Made Return,

"Did he actually dare to steal a kiss
from you?"
Eyes; but made him put it back
Royal Magazine.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-10-12

One doctrine which is common to al
satirists of society is that the age they
write in is the worst of all known ages,
the lowest point of degeneration yet
reachea.-N. Y. Times.
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Tho Splendid Passenger Service Of
the Nickel Plate Road

has become popular because of the care
ance on both LIST and 2nd class passengers
Ladies travelling alone or accompanied
by children are shown special attention.
Excellent Dining and Sleeping Car Serv-
ice, and no excess fares charged on any
train. All trains depart from La Sale
Street Station, Chicago. For full in
formation regarding tickets, rates, routes,
sleeping car space, ETC., call on or address
J. Y: Callahan, General Agent, Ill Adams
St., Chicago.
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There rs Money!

in taking subscriptions to the Four
Track News, the great illustrated monthly
magazine of travel and education. A
quick seller. Very liberal terms. Large
Write George H. Daniels. Publ sher.7 East
42nd Street. New York, for full particulars.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-10-12

Many q man who thinks he il frank
is considered impudent by others.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1905-10-12

The average wage-earner who has paid
his rent, the grocer's bill, and bought
few tons of coal, needs no definition Of an
"lrreducible minimum. "-Washington Post.
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PAINFUL PERIODS.
AMERICAN WOMEN FIND RELIEF
Tho Case Of Miss Irene Crosby L. Ono
Of Thousands of Cures Made by Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.

How many women realize that men.
situation is the balance wheel of q
woman's life, and while no woman is
entirely free from periodical suffering.
It is not the plan of nature that women
ahould suffer so severely.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11
a Rnld-Headed Monarch.

Edward VII is the first English SOW
ereign to figure on the coinage as bald
headed. 1t is very possible that sew
eral of his predecessors had less of
natures crown than his majesty and
that when taken to pieces for the
night they became almost unrecogniza-
Bile instead of remaining in the ever
fhe-same condition of present-day
kings and emperors. However, their
coinage represents these bygone mon
archs in caps and crowns or volumin-
Gus wigs and wreaths or skillfully ar
ranged toupees that are very like the
genuine thing.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11

annoyed, for didn't relish the punch
had got Hush, Joe has just got
up and gone out; and ii he wasn't
asleep when he went, then ! miss my
guess. He used to do such things
when he was boy. Let us follow
him."
! sprang to my feet, and we went
softly out. A sudden thought flashed
to my mind, but l said nothing. 1t
might be that the nugget would be
found
1t was bright starlight outside, and
we saw Joe moving away toward a
cluster of oaks which stood about
forty rods off. We followed after him
as fast as we could, and got to the
trees almost as soon as he did. At
the foot of one he stopped and lent
down, and pretty soon we saw him.
draw something forth For a while he
seemed to be fondling ii, then he put
it carefully back, and turning around,
he went by us toward the camp. He
moved like one who had his eyes shut,
and both of us would have taken our
oath that he was fast asleep.
THE nugget is found" said / in a
whisper, and then we hurried to the
tree. Its trunk was hollow, and
thrusting my hand l drew out the lost
treasure.
We carried it back to the camp.
When we got there no one was stir
ring Joe was lying on his back fast
asleep, and all the rest were snoring
in concert. We carefully put the mug
ger in the place where Joe had kept
it, and then turned in ourselves.
in the morning we got Joe to show
lis the last place where he had seen
his treasure. When his eyes fell upon
the nugget more astonished man
you never saw in your life Then, to
the wondering crowd. we told the
story of how we had found it-New
York Weekly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11
Art of Picking Steel.

The picking of structural steel was
probably first done in this country In
connection with the steel flooring of the
Williamsburg bridge, in New York city.
The specifications for the twelve-inch
channels on which the paving blocks are
carried required them to be cleaned and
painted with pure linseed oil while still
hot from the rolls.
When it came time to execute the work
these specifications were changed so as
TO permit the metal to be cleaned in
picking baths, which has long been done
to a considerable extent in Europe. In
the case of the channels for the Will
liamsburg bridge the shapes We're first
boiled in a 10 per cent solution of caustic
soda to take off grease, and were then
rinsed in boiling water. Afterward they
were dipped into boiling 10 per cent.
solution of sulphurie acid until all the
oxide was removed.
After being rinsed in boiling water they
were dipped into boiling 10 per cent.
solution of carbonate of soda to free
them from any trace of acid. Finally
they were rinsed in boiling water, dried
over steam pipes and then treated by the
Sabin process of enameling. Engineer
ing Record.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11
CARNIVAL IN THE NORTH.

Arm in arm, their branches twined,
Tall naples drink the mountain wind
leach out with eagerness to seize
lagons of cool October breeze.
,}ravely decked in yellow and red,
Naples stand at the bright throng's head,
And summon the frs to give their aid
To make this forest masquerade
Summon even the solemn frs
To join the ranks Of roisterersi
Spruceland woodsmen, Pierce and Jean,
Now with your gayest songs lead on!
Join in the revel the trees make here,
For woods will be sad for half year;
Riot little-summer is spent,
And all the winter the woods keep Lent!
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11

thought you would rather have tho
pine"
met hero the other day-at least
so considered by the japanese. for he
received the coveted 'Kanzov before
the troops-a quiet, unassuming coun-
try boy, cavalryman of the immortal
Bodyguard. Why General Kuroki had
conferred this honor upon him. and
why three medals adorned his brilliant
uniform, he did not say; 1ut he did
say that he was allowed to Enap tba
russian officers oyercoat that Il,
brought with him, because he win
TWO comrades, came unexpectedly
upon twenty cossacks, and, moreover
gave them battle He simply howell
when some one asked how the officer
died, and one felt repealed; ana yet
when one looked at the little Japanese
horseshoe and the massive Russian
one-at the overcoat, which must have
been worn by a huge man. and then
at the stripling-one with American
sympathy for the under dog could NOT
help being glad the fortunes of war
were with the boy.
The skirts of the coat were slasbnd
with cuts as clean as if made with the
scissors, ana when we asked the
meaning he said that their horses and
their men were much too small to en-
able them to strike at the bodies Of
their big antagonists that they
We're Obliged to unhorse them if pos
sible by wounding them in the legs.
l had not realized at what great dis
advantage the japanese cavalry
fought.-Argonaut.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11
He Wanted That Wine.

Gen, Sir Il. Hamley is cited as the au-
thority for a good anecdote about Bis
marck. Hamley was sitting close to the
chancellor at luncheon, with the old En-.
peror William not far off.
bismarck, talking rather loudly, de-
scribed the old monarch as being gen.
erous. but very forgetful. Hamley got
nervous, as he thought the Emperor
would hear. "For instance" continued
Bismarck, AZ pleased him the other day,
and he asked me what he could do for
me. | said, Give me a dozen OF that
Tokay you have in your cellars and
he said he would; but" added Bismarck.
raising his voice still higher, "he hasn't
done it." Here Hamley hastily broke in,
IL beg your pardon, but l am really
afraid the Emperor will hear you" 81
want him to hear me-" roared Bismarck
that's just what | want" And a smile
broke over the face of his imperial mas
ter.-From Fifty Years of Fleet Street
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1905-02-11

Two Germans have discovered a
method by which they can hear plants
grow. In the apparatus the growing
plant is connected with 4 disk, having
in its center an Indicator which moves
visibly and regularly, and this on a
scale fifty times magnified denotes the
progress and growth. Both disk and
indicator are metal, and when brought
in contact with an electric hammer.
the electric current being interrupted
at each Of the divided interstices Of
the disk, the growth of the plant is
pereeptible to the ear