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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
The Weavinq.

She gazed at the weaving sadly
The warp and weft in the loom
Where the bright colored threads in the
Seemed always oershadowcd by gloom.
And ever she saw the tangles
OF threads. SO often astray,
And It grieved her heart sore that the
Used only few bright and gay.
So one day she cried in sorrow:
Oh, tell ne, Weaver, pray
Dost thou care II the threads are 80
And so many so somber and gray?
II pray thou wilt weave me, Weaver,
In warp and weft of thy loom.
Only colors like tints of the Autumn,
With never shadow OF gloom"
The Weaver. worked on, in silence,
Unseen by the eye of man.
And he lovingly fashioned the fabric
According to pattern and PLAN
At last. when the web was finished,
One late Summer evening tide,
With the hands that had guided the
weaving,
He beckoned her to his side.
And there. all complete. he showed her,
From every tanglc free.
That the web of her life had been woven
In heaven-wrought tapestry.
Valentine March In the Housekeeper.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
PROMISE WAS TO LIVE ONE.
Circumstance Raised Obstacle to Mat.
rimonial Project.


Mayor Weaver, of the awakened
city of Philadelphia, was TALKING to a
reporter about very as1ute and willy
politician.
''It is difficult" said the mayor, Ito
get this man to do anything he doesn't
want to do. Cornered, he advances
argument after argument against the
course you desire to pursue. He be-
gins with weak arguments. You think
you've got him. But just as victory
appears assured he puts forth final
argument that is insurerable. a fine
argument that floors you thoroughly.
"The fellow is like the tickle sailor
of the old romance. This sailor was
strong, handsome and gay. The girls
liked him, and he, | fear, liked the
girls. The following conversation, one
moonlight night in the tropics, passed
between him and young woman:
Then, Jack. when shall we be mar
sied?'
7safe.a But Il promised my sweets
heart, that I would never marry a. sec
ond time - ga es'''.''. z.
"The young girl, beautiful in the
fattering moonlight, muimured:
"'Would you cast me off for the
sake of promise to dead woman 2
"But she isn't. dead yet said the
tickle sailor"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
An Old Boy at the Circus.

Congressman c. B. lands of Indi.
ana is fond of the circus
The price cuts no figure" he said,
IN telling story on himself TO prove
his assertion. Il found myself one
night in country town in my state,
In which there was a onc-ring circus,
a rare attraction. After the crush was
under canvas sanntcred down to
the grounds and laid a dollar bill on
the shelf of the ticket agents wag-
on. He issued the necessary slip, and
just then the band struck up. For a
minute I was a hoy again. | made a
rush for the door After | was about
six feet away from he ticket wagon
heard the agent CALI OUT
"'Here! Come back and get your
change M
But | kept on knew the call was
meant for me, but concluded 1
wouldn't give the agent the satisfac-
iion of thinking was a sucker Then
heard him say: There's another
haysced who will come out and howl
that he was robbed
st was ten-cent show; but got
more than ninety cents worth of fun
cut of it. If it had been rotten II
never should have peeped. The SUM
day Magazine.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
A CHANGE OF MIND.
Increasing Responsibilities Evidently
Had Soured Papa.

1do Soufed Papa.
John Dalrymple of Glasgow, the ex-
pert on municipal street car owner
ship, was comparing in Cleveland the
public with the private operation of
water supplies, gas works and kindred
utilities.
these things" said Mr.. Dalrymple,
they run them beautifully at first.
The people at first are highly pleased.
But with tines passage the popular
pleasure wanes; it changes to vexa.
tion and to bitterness, ana that" said
Mr.. Dalrymple, reminds me of re-
cent happening in Glasgow.
There was man in Glasgow to
whom his wife said:
"'Donald, next Thursday is Helep's
birthday. She will be II years old.
Give me little money, please, to get
birthday present for her.
"Tke man, as he took out his purse,
said querulously:
"'How the deuce are you able 10
remember so exactly the dates of all
of our children's births?'
Easily enough the woman an
swered. Our first child was born on
Jan. II, and on that day you gave me
a necklace of diamonds and ruoies.
Our second was born on June 2, and on
that day you gave me a needlecase
worth sixpence. Our third cH:i was
born on Oct. 27 and that date is firmly
fixed in my mind through a terrific
rumpus that you made about millin.
er's BILL"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Expected Colby Student. There.

Sam. or Prof" as he was more
commonly called was for several
years general utility man at Colby Col
lege, Waterville, Me. His religious
views were of very pronounced type.
and. being a firm believer in the Chris.
tian doctrine, he mad established a
pretty strong claim to any eternal her.
itage that might come to the faithful
few"
The students were aware Of Sam
attitude. and some OF them. meeting
him one day ON the college campus,
jokingly inquired what lie would do
if he should wake up some morning
and find himself in hell.
well" said the old steward, II
reckon I'd be doing just the same as
I'm doing here, waiting on the stu.
dents"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
MALE ToAco HATCH Ecse.
Reversal Of Natural Proceedings In
Some Species.

Some Species.
In The animal kingdom more than
one species divides the lahar of incu-
cation, but several species of toads
are known in which the care of the
eggs devolve upon the males.
The Chilian or Darwins, frog is one
of these, the male being provided
with large pouch covering the en-
tire under part OF the body. 1t has
two openings into the mouth and the
eggs are swallowed into this curious
receptacle, where they remain until
the tadpoles are ready to begin an
individual existence.
The female has no pouch and once
the eggs are laid takes no further
interest in her offspring, leaving the
entire care Of the family to the de-
voted father.
Another species has an equally
curious mode of caring for the egg,
the male wrapping the strjngs> of new.
laid eggs about ibis hindslegs,. ahd re-
to the: s:sec1usion of some handy
hole until the advent Of the tadpo!es
releases him from his confinement.
The Surinam toads do no: pass
through the tadrole stage. brt maize
their appearance as full-fcdget tusds.
In this case they are under their
mothers care, the male assisting her
to place the eggs one by one into the
hexagonal cells upon her back,
where they are carried safely through
incubation
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Coincidence in LAWYERS Fee.

There is criminal lawyer in an
eastern city who, rather against his
inclination, recently was called upon
to undertake the defense Of a man
accused of gross breach Of trust in
embezzling from a poor woman the
entire amount of her savings.
The lawyer called upon the prisoner
for the purpose of eliciting facts upon
which to base his side of the case.
First of all" said the advocate, "tell
me whether you really embezzled the
two thousand dollars"
ITO tell you the TRUTH" replied the
accused, "1 did"
"And of that sum how much have
you left?"
"Just one hundred and fifty dollars" I"
Whereupon the lawyer as he rose
to go, remarked: 81 shall. of course,
require that you pay me retainer"
"And how much will that be?' asked
the guilty one.
zone hundred and fifty dollars"
was the laconic reply. - The Sunday
Magazine.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
MOCHA c rrE c-',. st.
Consumers Niat iac =, ss.rci it is TIC
GCntira y Artjc,r

SoHSur1cVS '.fs' Hc r, 3s.irc1 !t IS Lie
Gcnuira Arlic,c.
There is "a - ,cSpru.,. ana dee.
seated belief thai .itlie or NO :,rru j,
Mocha coffee is brnus't to ,l:ii cou
try. AS matter of fact. however. /!
Unitr'l States is the second ;,"e
buyer Of Mocha coffee in Tic wcr. -
France being first.
The United States buys more tia,
two and a half million pounds ui
Mocha coffee annually. and it is the
real, genuine Mocha. too, coming
from the Mocha district of Arabia and
shipped from Alden. These are gov.
ernment figures, and they effectually
dispose of the popular belief that only
enough coffee is grown in the Mocha
district to supply the Grand Turk and
a few other highly placed potentates.
The authorities Of Alden are very
jealous of the name and fame OF the
coffee exported flom that port, and,
having some time ago detected some
unscrupulous merchants in bringing
coffee from other countries to the port
and exporting it as the real article in
Mocha. they have now the most strin
gent regulations designed to prevent
such wicked deception. All foreign
coffee brought to Alden has to be
placed in godown, or storehouse, the
keys Of which are kept by the city
officials, in order to prevent its being
mixed with the Mocha prepared for
export. And il this foreign coffee is
exported II has to travel under it's own
name and is not permitted to mas
querade in the manifest as Mocha
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
BILL. NYE's tlcME is SOLD.
"euek Shoals" Purchased by Carter
y Harrson's Sister.

0SS'> O'SO'S W Si'eSSa Wy SeIlCI
Harrisoa's Sister.
The place to which Bill Nye, the
humorist, gave the incongruous name
of Buck Shoals. which WA l1a;.e ia
nous up to the time of his Gea.h sew.
eral years ago as his wild mountain
home, has been ':.c.i to Mrs Sophie
Harrison Eastman cf Chicago, a sis.
ter of Chicago's many t:a:a mayor,
Carter H. Harrison. says tic Atlanta
Constitution. The cunslo el alton is
not given out, but is under. TODD,
though well up in the thousands, to
have been less than it's value The
estate contains 100 acres and aGjoins
George w. VanCerbilts estate, Bilt.
more. lying ten miles south OF Ashe,
vile.
The place where Bill Nye did his
best work, wrote his funniest poetry,
and lived the best OF his life. has de.
Perforated since his death 1t has fall
en- into alien hands and its care has
not been SO great a mattee. of inter.
est to the owners since it's first owner
died ~ Naws4 haHaN N -an,
stirely renovated in every way that
money can do so, as Mrs Eastman in
tends to make 1t her summer home if
not for the entire year. She will i'm
mediately take possession of the fine
old residence as, soon as some neces-
sary changes have been made upon it..
Buck Shoals is considered one of the
finest of North Cardinals mountain
homes.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
HANGING GARDENS or BABYLON.
Long Ago One Of the Wonders of the
World

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon
were anciently reckoned one of the
wonders of the world. Their construc
tion is variously ascribed to Queen
Semiramis and to NebL bLchadnezzar
There were five of these gardens, each
with an area of nearly four acres;
they rose in terraces, supported by
masonry arches, to a height of sew.
enty-five feet. They were Irrigated
from a reservoir built at the top. to
which water was lifted from the ELL
pirates by a screw. Fountains and
throughout the numerous terraces;
groves and avenues of trees. as we'll as
parterres of flowers. diversified the
scene; whilst the view of the city and
neighborhcod were extensive and
beautiful. At what time the gardens
were destroyed is Il matter of doubt,
but Pliny says that in his day the
scene was one of desolation. Modern
explorers have discovered traces of
the Gardens.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Bars Wedding RehearsaIs.

Rev. Charles T. Gu'hrie pastor Of
Park Place Methodist Episcopal
church. Baltimore, announces that in
future he will refuse to read the mar
riage service at rehearsing parties.
Moreover, he discourages the idea of
fashionable weddings Yin churches,
which nialSea rehearsals = necessary,
holding that such affairs make too
much of the dramatic effect and dress
display and too little OF the solemnity
Of the obligation that is being as
sumed. Mr.. Guthrie believes that an
important contributing cause to the d.:
vorce evil lies in the fading out of the
religious idea regarding marriage.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Old laurels must wither and fan
Letters from Prominent Men.

In a list of unclaimed letters pub
lished by the New YORK pcstoflce a
few days ago were mis1ives addressed
to Harry Thaw, the young pittsburg.
er, whose marriage caused sensa.
tior recently; Rider Haggard, the Eng
'ish novelist; Marconi, the wireless
telegraph man, and Craig Wadsworth,
secretary Of the American embassy in
] cnGon..
Yea may have little power, but you
:, use it wisely.
TIC spending Of other peoples
:e., never seems to one like being
-,..travagant.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Philippine Political, pivi.ion..

In the Philippine archipelago there
are 13,40o barrios, or villages. with an
average population of 500 inhabitants.
The average size of the barrio varies
widely in different provinces. A num-
her of adjacent harros form a pueblo,
or municipal unit, and thus there is
practically no rural population. Three.
ff,hs Of the population live in villages
Of less than 1000 inhabitants aAd 4
per cent in towns Of over 5000.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Americans and eritors.

An Englishman in Canada writes
home in considerable excitement as
follows: "The majority Of Canadians
never read an English paper of any
kind whatever; all their literature is
American. All the booksellers shops
are filed with American books, Ameri.
can revie vs.. American papers. And
with what result? There can be only
one result-Canadians will think
'Americanly.'
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Town for College People.

A movement to colonize tract of
land three miles from the campus and
form a new town has been started by
members of the faculty of Stanford
University, at Palo Alto, Cal. Subdi-
vision and buildings are to be begun
at once and 'it is assumed that only
college people will be encouraged to
become residents"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Bribery in Germany.

Bribins employees who AZ. IS buyers
or mercantile houses or VITO as sales
nen attend to customers in retail
hops, especially in tie z.'e,t depart
aent stores, has grown IN Germany
or some years and has caused many
Complaints in business circles. 1t has
,ecome so serious ttat tie chambers
( commerce and other mercantile
,ol:es have considered Ii ra, essary to
1iscuss measures for relief.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
BOY SAVED TIE C+..cs.
Little Fellows Sharp Eye. Prevented
Serious Accident

$S''OuS f'SSiuStl.
Theodore Biedlin@rr. > years old,
whose father is in the postnfiice sery.
ice and attached TO station f. Man
haitian. prevented a serious wreck at
New Hyde Park, l.. L.
Recently some wheels for farm wag-
ons were received at the station. They
have tires nine inches wide and the
hubs. spokes and fcllocs are heavy.
An express bound east rushed past
the depot and the vibration caused one
Of the heavy wheels to roll from it's
position against the freight house and
along the platform in the wake of the
train. and then ont upon The rails,
where it fell. II lay SO hat it was
difficult to see il because OF the sta
tion platform. No one saw the mis-
hap except tho boy, who was looking
out Of the door. His mother was sit
ling in the waiting room
After the train had passed he re-
turned to his mother and told her
that one of tho big wheels had rolled
off the platform. She told him he was
mistaken. bnl he insisted and said it
was out on the track. Mrs Bedlinger
finally went out on the platform to
see what the child meant and at once
saw the danger. She first tried to
lit IT. but was unable and so called
out Station Agent Fcrrant. Less than
a minute after the wheel was removed
the second express went past.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
PerrIexes Custom ci.ics.e.

San Francisco has al: interesting
.evenue case in the courts Tho issue
ssue is whether sake, Jarau.s favor.
.e tipple, which fas been rn,,iiar:zcd
o certain extent en- this siGc of the
Gear since the war BEGAN sfall be
.lassed as wine or beer. which means
difference of thirty cents gallon in
stems duty.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Do II AGAIN.

The paper was fresh from the press
The neatest l ever have seen;
A marvel of printing, no less
All erroress. type whcie. and clean.
So heaving a sish Of relief.
s. I halted my hurrying pen;
Abrupt came the voice OF ri> Chief,
That's good. Go and do it asain!
o, daub it, orsscribble or IT'LL
Or build, as it seems to You best
And look for reward where you will
But dream rot ,fruiticn means rest;
For. sing the most gio iouS .:,:s
Or drain the most p,sticnt fen.
The Voice, e'er it ceases to pluise.
Will bid you. Go. do it again!
Old laurels must wither and fall;
Win others, and never >demm-
That, longing for manager ard SAIL
Your lot is the lash ana TIE sur.
When Gabriel blows fl ON tie skies
Awakening the ashes CT me.i.
The Worker shall hear as they RISE
H. We'll done! Do it over again!''
Arthur Guiterman, in New York Times
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Butter Buried for MANY Wars

large lump Of butter has been
found buried in an Irish bog. No one
knows how old 1t is. 1t Is thought
that it is at least 100 years old, DOS.
sibly ten centuries: The butter is
said to be in excellent condition.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Bernhardt's areakfaaf

Not the least popularity OF Nine.
Sarah Bernhardt's many fads is that of
breakfasting the moment she wakes
of a morning. No matter what the
hour may be, as soon as her slumbers
are over her maid brings to her bed.
side coffee and rolls. and sometimes an
a1p
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Blaine. Portrait.

James G. Blaine's portrait, painted
by Thorpe, is now in the committee
room of Representative McCleary at
the Capitol at Washington, and will
be hung among, the pictures Of the
FORMER speakers of the House.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
Forest Reser. : in Colo .ado.

olorado is to have another forest
). erve which will comprise 1,O14,926
res of land in the eadvile district,
I'D will bring the total number of
res devoted to forest preservation in
lat state to more than sO0O,OOO.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30

cotbaiI Players Poor Students.
anrord University is iii trouble
cause. among thirty-eight students
,ose registration in the university
% Cancelled because of deficiencies
scholarship are the best football
ers.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30

blc ladies were sold and with each
basket vent Shadow" which after
lcrward matcriaizcd and helped to
dcvour the contents Of the basket.
Everybody that attended says the
supper and the show were all that
could have been desired.
The other day Fred Caldwell, down
at Wlnolia, met d deer i'm the timber.
At Il distance OF about twenty-five
yards, the two stood and gazed at one
another L minute or two, and then
each went about his business. Fred
hadn't gun, of course. Old hunters
say that antclopas may b. tolled
within gun-shot by tying a re hand
kerchlef or other red cloth to stake
and sticking the stake in the ground.
As Fred had his hat off ut the time,
1t may be that deer are attracted by
the same color
Last summer Nils ,Jolnsun, residing
On Little Beaver creek, started down
the river by boat. Soon thereafter
somebody in skill was run over by
Steamboat somewhere down the
river, and the man drowned Il, IL re-
suit thereof was supposed To be john
son. Recently, however. the Rev.
Enney, formerly Of this county, but
now Of Mcdfurd, Oregon, wrote TO
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson, his relatives,
at Winona, saying that he had just
received Il visit fro IN MIR. johnson.
who is still "as large as life and twice
us natural"
Capt. L. +. llonstain left by Tues
days Milwaukee train lie will visit
relatives and friends in Minnesota and
then 80 to Hot Springs, Ark, where
he will make hi, home. Capt. Hons
tain came to Emmons county in 1886.
During his many years Of residence
here he has been an honorable and up
right citizen. He leaves. the county
without an enemy, and every one
VINO knows him is his well-wisber lis
old Grand Army comrades, particular
ly, hope that he may be happy and
NoulShISu Ill lllS IICW IIoInc, anu lllnU
good health may be with him to the
ld. The county can lily afford to
| lose such men as Edward u. Hons
tain
There is quite bit OF snow on the
ground-mOre than there has been
since the town was moved from the
fiat In the fall Of 1902 The wind
drifted the snow considerably, and
| there are other banks in Linton now
besides the First and the Linton
State. The drifts are packed so
[solidly that they will bear one up.
| The Milwaukee trains kept going, al
| though few hours behind time.
There has been no n. Z. train since
the storm began. There are Il num-
Der Of deep cuts on this line, and some
Of them are packed almost full Of
snow. 1t will require the services Of
a rotary plow to open the line, and
we understand that work with such Il
plow will begin at once 1t is to be
hoped that the line will not be cltscd
| all winter, us it WAS two years ago, as
all our supply Of Ignite coal and most
of The lumber comes from the north.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
petective at a apisadvantaue.

Chief-Do you mean to say that you
haven't been able to get single clew
as to the perpetrator of this crime?
Detective-Naw. Them newspaper
reporters is down on me and they
won't tell me anything.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
A Similarity.

She-"Did you ever notice that gam.
Tiers have delicate hands?"
I.e--"No, but I've noticed that some
Of them have a very delicate touch!"
-"Detroit Free Press.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30

seventy-Nine Times at Derby.
Robert Deale, an eighty-seven-year-
old tradesman at Epson, witnessed
the annual race for the Derby for the
seventy-nintll time recently.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30

cnIy American Life Guard.
MARSHALL Roberts occupies the more
7 less enviable position of being the
aly. native born American who ever
acame an ohicer in the British Life
ards.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30

Travels Far for Colony.
Rider Haggard, the English novel
ist, travelled about 1000 miles in his
tour Of this country, trying to nhd
location for colonies for his country
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
4aAn Old Habit.

: 1..sGys-f1oE dId FINN lose his Job
ost1lidn
rsnure. he stopped work
(; Tn Ec bles the first whistle.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1905-11-30
IN TOWN AND OUT
Linton Market Report.

The prices for grain and sundry
other produce at Linton yesterday
were as follows:
Wheat-No. l Northern, CSC: No. =,
63c; No. ), G2c: No. 4, 69c: Rejected, SIC.
Durlm wheat-No. :, soc: No. 3,
SOC.
tlax-No. l, S2c: No. 2, Soc.
Oats-25c.
Barley-2Sc.
Putat0es-25c.
Buttcr-l4c. Packing stock.
Cream-2lc.
Eggs-2Oc.