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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
PosrmEN's WALKING FEATs.
Distance Travelled by Men Long in
British Mail Service.

Ot0taEee Travelled oy Men Long W
British Mail Service.
There must be few. even among
men of letters" who. like Joseph
Hunt. Lincolnshire postman, can
claim to have tramped a distance OF,
roughly, 100000 miles. not much less
than the equivalent Of ten journeys
around the earth, says the Westmin-
ster Gazette.
Not long ago George thompson
retired from service as postman in
the Langrick district of Yorkshire, at
ter covering on foot l25000 miles in
twenty.six years of letter carrying. a
service fourteen years shorter than
that of his Lincolnshire rival.
In thirty-four years Orme NJ. Brown
walked Ill 900 miles as postman be-
tween Cupar ond Ki,n.any and Logic
"a distance, as was stated ut the ap-
propriate presentation to him of an
easy chair, near: equal to half that
which separates the moon from the
earth.
John Simmonds of Henley-on-
Thames, retired with record of 1S1,.
900 miles of fair "heel-and-toe," the
result of forty years tramping; while
most amazing of all, Thomas Phipps,
a postman in the Chipping Norton
district, was credited with an aggre'
gate journey of 440,1.:0 miles between
the years 1840 and 1898.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
Announcements, Wants, Etc.

New Years services announced for Jan.
2nd. will be held Jan. 5th. Sunday fore
noon. Rev. Thorpe.
TAKEN Up-one bay gelding two years
old, branded on left shoulder. white strip
in face. left hind foot white.--A. o. Roof.
twp. 142, range 1o5, section 20.
For SALE-About 50 tons of good June
cut hay, one-half mile. from Beach. In
quire at this Office.
Edison Photographs and records for
sale by the Beach Drug Co.
All members are requested to be pre-
sent at regular meeting of the Masonic
Lodge, Tuesday evening, Jan. 9TH. BY
Order, w. A. Sprague, w. NJ.
The Pioneer Store wishes to announce
that no credit will be extended TO any one
longer than 80 days, and that all boot
accounts past due must be settled in full
by the 18th inst.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
whx Rabbits Tails Are White.

Rabbits have white tails" said
Ben A. Easley Of Baton Rouge, La,
$50 that the young may be able to dis
tinguish their mother in case Of pur-
suit. The color of rabbit is so like
that of the ground that this would
otherwise be difficult. if not impossi-
BILE.
When a rabbit is running you can
see nothing but the tail. 1t looms in
the distance sorter like beacon light.
And that is why rabbits have white
Tails. The young ones can see the
older folks scampering across country.
In this way they can keep an eye on
The frisky mother and father"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
The Misplaced Comma.


Some lawsuits of the highest i'm.
portance have hinged upon the right
placing of a comma said Judge F.. c.
Downing of St. Louis.
when ! first started to practice
law Missouri editor came to me in
a peck of trouble to defend him
against a threatened libel suit grow.
ing out of faulty punctuation. He had
not meant to give some innocent
young woman the slightest offense
when he wrote story about two young
men who went with their girls to at
tend a lecture and after they left, the
girls got drunk Putting that misera-
BILE little comma out of it's right n;ace
did the work, as it made the girls the
ones who became inebriated instead
Of their escorts. l managed by prop
or diplomacy and the publication OF q
neat apology to stave off the damage
suits, and afterward my editorial
friend became an expert on punctua-
tioD.''
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
Sentinel Butte

Atty. keohane of Beach passed thru
town Monday.
Mrs. ]. T.. Gardner left s,he las, day Of
the year for Marietta, Msan. where she
visits her daughter.
Miss Esmond Croft, ourPrimary teacher,
was Dickinson visitor Friday.
Mabel Mabel Gilbert: ei'osr. is in '9xs enjoying her
Editor Shear says the Bdt,e hotel served
a fine dinner Christmas.
Sunday school next Lords day at 10: 80
a. M. You are welcome.
Cora Boyer and Miss Laura Brier we're
in from Rocky Butte Saturday.
Supt. !. A. Kitchen left Monday for
Grand Forks TO attend thesneeting of the
County superinsendents.
The frs, Tuesday of 19os will be an
auspicious day for the school children.
The splendid new school building will
commence its period of service. 1t is a
very fine building and everything is being
done to promote the interests of education
in our town.
Little Helen Crawford is recovering from
a severe illness.
The revival meetings will llprobably COM
mence in two weeks. Reverend Elmer Z.
Smith will be on the ground TO assist Pastor
Douglas. a season of beneficial meetings
just closed at Rocky Butte and fourteen
conversions were the result. The earnest
ness of these spiritual leaders deserves
conlmendation.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
COFFEE IN FRANCE.

Many Persons Drino Quart Day
Habit Common Among Women.
Or. Fernet. an eminent. French phys
ician, is quoted by the British Medical
Journal as authority for the statement
that the use of coffee has increased in
France to such an extent that it is
now common for the people Of that
country to drink a quart or more of
decoction of coffee daily. The habit is
especially common among labOring
women. great numbers Of whom are
received at the hospitals iac treatment
for disorders solely attributable 10 1t.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
Three double Holidays" in 1ee

Three "Double Holidays" in 1908.
Next year Washington's birthday,
Memorial day and the Fourtl, of July
all fall on Saturday. giving the public
three double holidays Ordinarily
these three do not fall on the same
day, but by the intervention of Feb. 20
aext year Washington's birthday falls
iust fourteen weeks earlier than Me-
mortal day. which regularly comes
i've weeks before the Fourth.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
BEACH, n. d.
The Wis eVirain

The old man la: down his newspa-
per.
My child" lie said to the fair girl
in sables. who had just come in, her
cheeks pink ard her eyes shining
from the frostv s:r-"My child. am
unspeakably sl:ccnrd and grieved.
Your mother informs ME that you are
engaged to five young men at,once."
But his daughter laughed and pat
ted his shoulder in reassuring fash
ion.
Dear old stupid dad. it's all right
she said. "rhey are football players,
and at the end of the season shall
wed the survivor"
"Oh, said the father, and. His brow
clearing, he resumed his reading.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
J. s. Snyder Of Sentinel Butte
was Beach visitor Monday.

j. s. Snyder of Sentinel Butte
was a Beach visitor Monday.
Merchants, buy your 1909 cal
lendars from the CHRONICLE and
you will s,vc money.
J. Madison and Billy Slerrard,
Of Webster City, Iowa, wrestled
in Dickinson Christmas Eve, Mad
ison loosiDg.
p. e. Erickson was, awarded
the large doll premium given away
by the Pioneer Christmas Shop.
Sheriff Bispham and c. G.
Moulton We're Wilmux. callerS
Saturday.
Miss Douglas who has been vi
sitting relatives in Colorado return
ed to Beach Sunday evening. :
Roy Taylor writes from Mitch
ell, S. d., that he is the happy
daddy of a daughter born on
Christmas day.
Ernest Iohnston's farm resi-
dence- and all it's contents were
destroyed by fire last Saturday
evening.
Mrs. w. +. Lehrke returned
Tuesday evening from Wisconsin
after spending a month visiting
relatives.
Jen Nichols. who spent the fall
here thr,shing and making inn
provcments on his farm, departed
Sunday for his home at Roaring
Greek, Wis, to complete arrange
ments there for immigrating here
with his family.
DIR. III. Anderson V. s.. who is
spending, the week here testing
horses for glanders, found it nec-
essary to condemn five and order
them killed; three of which be-
longed to f. w. Brock, one to +.
A. Powers and the other one to
II. o. Tangen. The loss of these
three horses is hard on MIR. Brock
as he has no others with which to
begin work next spring.
f. u. Baker and Miss Emma
Sommerficld were quietly married
on Monday evening, December
%, at the home of the brides par
ents, Rev. A. Douglas officiating.
Her sister, Miss Ida Sommerfield,
attended the bride while G. G..
Stockstill acted as best man. The
happy young couple took up house
keeping /. at once in the home
which Mr.. Baker had prepared
for them.-Pioneer.
The Masquerade Ball New
Years Eve was a success in every
particular. About sixty-five cou
pie were in attendance and many
handsome as we'll as comical cos
tunes delighted the eye of the
spectator. At 1920 the maskers
formed on for march at the close
of which prizes were awarded IL
the following manner: Geo. E.
I Baht received a gold mounted
fountain pen for being the best
costumed gentleman, Mrs. Henry
Sunders a gold signet ring as the
best costumed lady, J. w. Brin
ton as Gloomy Gus was presented
with a pair Of military brushe
for being the funniest costumee
gentleman and Mrs. Kvech re
ceived toilet sci for being tn
funniest costumed lady. Afte1
supper the dance was turned owe
to the ladies who gracefully &C
cepted the privalige of Leap Yea
and gave the gentlemen an op
portunity to rest-bctween dance
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
An Electric Bath.

An electric bath in which the pa
tient is deluged with electric sparks a
foot long is announced to work won.
ders by celebrated French scientists.
Hardening of arteries, cerebral hem
orrhage and heart LESSONS are declared
to yield to the treatment
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
R11s oflocal Hews. ;

Thursday, January 2nd, 1908.
Miss I4,Rue, teacher Of the VAL
ley school, is quite sick.
Beach Drug Co. have installed
Il new up-to-datc soda fountain.
f. l.. Holvin and family were
guests Of l.. Rainy and family
yesterday.
Eugene Almond returned from
the Dickinson hospital Saturday
evening.
.Jerolne Wolfe, of Wibaux. was
transacting business in Beach the
first Of the week.
A. II. kettner and wife are
visiting relatives in Pembina, n.
Dak.
Miss Agnes Hogan, of Carlyle,
departed Sunday to visit for an
indefinite time with home folks in
Davis, $. ID.
Beach now supports excellent
fire protection; water tower,
hose and cart, ladders. buckets.
etc.
DIR. Anderson, district vctcri-
marian, n,>and We scribe spent Satur-
day afternoon on the ranch of J.
p. Reeve II miles north of Beach,
testing his horses for glanders but
failed to find any symptoms.
States Attorney Keohanc was
prosecuting attorney in a case ut
Medora Tuesday, Atty. Crowford
of Dickinson, defended. The
state brought action against a
man for attempt of murder, men,
ton of the same appears IN She
county seat notes in another
colum. The defendant was fined
$40 and costs.
The second day Christmas pro-
gram given at the U. L. church
was very entertaining; the tree
was beautifully decorated and con-
tanned many presents. Reverend
Thorp was in attendance and de-
livered an eloquent Christmas
sermon.
A series of special meetings
will begin next Sunday morning
at IL a. M. in the school house,
and will continue during the week
at 7:30 in the eve. Rev. Z. Ellis
worth Smith of Glen Ullin willbe
the principal speaker. He comes
from a like series at Rocky Butte,
where his ministry was greatly
blessed. He is an earnest Chris
tian worker, genial in disposition;
fluent in speech. You will like
him. Don't fail to hear him.
The new law which went into
effect yesterday regulating the
subscriptions Of newspapers and
all periodicals which are allowed
access to the United States mails
at pound rates, makes it a lnisde'
lneanor for the publisher Of q
paper to misrepresent the same to
a postal inspector, if called on fol
information, and if guilty Of such
Misrepresentation, he forfeits all
rights to the use of the mails al
other than the fourth class rate
sixteen cents per pound. This
rate would be prohibitory at the
present price of newspapers, ant
as Il consequence the publishers ot
the country will be compelled tt
require their subscribers to pay
!. before the end of the year or lose
their papers, if they are residents
:. of the state, and if living in /
foreign country, the time of de
]inquency is shortened to thre'
months.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
Mougan $ Gal21o,' Shop
O. c. HAUGEN, Prop.

o. c. HAUGEN, Prop.
First class tailoring in all it's
misunderstanding, press
ing and repairing done on
short notice. All work
guaranteed satisfactory in
every particular. Reason
able charges.
BEACH, N, D.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02

Miss Schouboe left today for
Yates Center, Kansas, to visit rel
ativcs. She will also visit i'll
Iowa and Nebraska before return
ing.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
A. ]. Reichenecker,
House and Sign Painter
Paper Hanger & Decrator

All work first class. See his full line of
wall paper samples. Office on coroner of
Grant street and and Avenue, S. w.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02
PREM TORY SALE

Owing to the contintnd weather will hold al
CLEARANCE SALE prior to taking inventory, on
all the goods in the store.
Macinaws Sheep Lined Coats CorMoy Boys Suits, Winter
Dress Goods, Bed Blankets Etc, ALL MUST GO.
Macknaw sreguar value this sale
Corduroy $500 sales
1905
@44
O0and$1 $167 CSC
Boyswo woo oandcor orduro nfas
Beginning Monday, JAM g. this sale l
Sen We1cAanaHe
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02

DIR. Melvin went to Medora
Yesterday to attend a patient.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1908-01-02

Russ & Sunders.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-12-24
TALE OF TWO CITIES.

New York iieeces her dwellers by
ordinance, her visitors by agreement,
her transients by sandbags; Boston
sells them copper stocks and revolu-
tionary souvenirs. The New Yorker
who has escaped the alderman, the
lobster palace and the sandbagscr
gives his money to a bank receiver,
and that prudent person brings it to
Boston to escape the burglar. New
York is a financial center, Boston is
a financial refuge. People camp on
the cliffs of New York; they have
homes in Boston. Gotham is dubbed
by policemen; the Hub is policed by
clubmen. New York is way sta
ton on the road to Hades; Boston
is the gateway of Paradise.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-12-24
A FIGHTING SNAKE.

There is only one snake in the
far east-that is, Burma, India,
Siam and the Malay peninsula
that will always and at all times at
tack a man on sight. That is the
hamadryad, Justly more feared than
any other animal that crawls.
Fortunately for mankind, they are
not common except in limited dis
tricts. They are SO feared by all
that the native skirarris or hunters
will 90 miles out of their way to
avoid the locality in which they are
known to exist. The hamadryad
will stalk man as tiger stalks his
prev.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-12-24
BARGAINING WITH A BURGLAR.
uow an Old Banker Used Diplomacy
to Get Rid of an Unwelcome
Visitor.

A group Of his friends were dis
russing William Wlnslow Sherman,
the old banker, who died not long
ago.
"lIe had the coolest nerve Of any
man | know" said one. "Threc or
four wears ago, when Sherman was
an old man and partially crippled By
reason Of fall from a horse, he en-
tered his bedroom late at night to
find Il masked burglar ransacking it,
"1hc thief had Il big gun raised on
Sherman in a minnie. The banker
Just waved it aside with a tired
hand. Put that away, he said ir-
rtahlv. 'I.et us discuss this matter
like gentlemen The burglar was
50 surprised he laughed. Now, You
could hurt ne if YOU wanted to, and
might get away with some little
knick-knacks,' said Sherman. But
YOU might be caught, and there's a
slight probability that YOU could dis
pose OF my toilet articles protitably.
What would YOU consider a fair cash
proposition to go away9' They talked
it over in all peace.
"The burglar thought he ought
to have ten dollars, but Sherman,
) after inquiring into the mans
habits, said eight dollars was enough.
'Yon Soc he said, you're known
thief. II this were your first Of
fcnse Id pay YOU your price, but
now the police have your picture You
ought to be glad to accept any fair
compromise and run no risk
''Thc burglar finally agreed to
take eight dollars. Sherman pulled
out q tcn-dollar bill. Give me two
dollars change said he. And he
got it before he paid"
The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-12-24
MeI,owad by rribuiatlon.

1t has done me good to be some
what parched by the l.eat and drenched
by the rain If ljfe.--Longfellow.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-12-24
Learn This To-Day,

Some men who turn over new
leaf find it's just the same on the
other ."--Roston Post.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-12-24
st Him Glcre.

Don't be TOO ready /" hiaihc lhe nan
who INDUCES in sclf-praise IL may 0e
the only kind he ever gets.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-12-24
tn pisIodue Bone in Throat.

A raw egg swallowed at once after
a fishbone has stuck in the throat will
usually dislcdge 1T.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-12-24

Men Freponderate.
OF the English In India, there arS
six men TO one woman.
The Neshoba Democrat., 1908-12-24

generous.
People who have little knowledge
are always willing to scatter that IT.
tle A. far az they ran.
Evening journal., 1908-02-21
SNYDER DENIES
LEWIS TESTIMONY
By rHn JouRNAL.s speelm vic.

BY THE JOURNALS SPECIAL Wire.
HARRISBURG. Pa. Feb. 2i-Fur-
ther attempts to discredit stanford
Lewis, clerk in Architect Huston's
Office were made today in the presen-
tation OF evidence for the defense OF
Sanderson, Snyder. ShumaiSer and Mat
theus in their trial on the charges of
conspiracy in the trimming" of the
capitol. Wherever a chance was given
more blame was heaped on Huston as
well.
Kyman d. Galbraith, snyder's coun-
sci piled the witness on the stand
with further questions to riddle the
testimony OF Lewis who was the Com
monwealths most important witness.
Under the constant hammering Lewis
evidence was considerably weakened
Snyder was singled out by Lewis as
most responsible for the suspicious
transactions he counted Snyder. on
the stand. went back at his accusor.
Snyder will be give ma gruelling
cross examination The commonwealth
attorneys realize he has discredited
Lewis 20 some extent and will make a
determined effort IN return to confuse
Snyder and build up its own damaged
case.
Snyder contradiets Lewis.
Snyder went on the stand the mo-
ment the hearing was resumed He
fatty contradlcted every feature Of the
testimony given by Lewis. He declar-
ed he had tried 10 test the correctness
OF every bill presented for the capitol
trimmings and throw everv possible
guard about the payments by the state
TO Sanderson Under the guidance of
Attorney Gilbert. Snyder yorroborated
the testimony given by former Cover
nor Pennypacker that he (Snyder) had
first called the governor attention to
the enormous bills rendered by Sander
son and Congressman H. Bird Cassai
Of the Pennsylvania Construction Com
pany. This was when their bills IN
December 1905 reached S3.04S 600. Illus.
ton. Snyder testified that he had told
Pennypacker when he made his esti.
mates Of the expenses of trimming
i the capitol that the furniture would
probably cost between s500.o00 and
$500 600
II would be impossible 20 tell In ad.
vance what would be required for each
room in the huge building.
Evening journal., 1908-02-21
LAYTON HOME
DONATION DAY

The Junior Board Of the Layton
Home gave its annual dinner at the
home yesterday afternoon. Among the
Of food stuffs we're: Mrs.
Lizzie Garner. Mrs. Stansbury Murray.
Miss Mary Berry, Mrs Hattie Mason,
Mrs. Annie Mason, Mrs. Kate L. Jeffer-
son, Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Waters, Mrs.
Mollie Miller, Mrs. Rachael Lewis,
Mrs. Elizabeth America, Frank White,
Mrs. Sarah Barr Mrs. Mamie Backus,
Mrs. Jennie Waters, Mrs. Alice Foun-
tain, Mrs. Laura Anderson. Mrs. Mary
Sterling. Mrs. Sarah Henry, Mrs. Hat
tie Bond, Mrs. Fannie Frazier and Mrs.
Laura williams. Mrs. Minnie Ash,
Mrs. Sarah Kelly, Benjamin Lewis,
Edward Gumby, Henry Devino. George
Bower. Charles Potter. James Holla-
day. James Talman, Moses Lee and
Amandus Clark contributed money
Evening journal., 1908-02-21
PLOT
AGAINST CAR
By THE IouRNAL.s spoeIaI Vic.

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. 2i-st
Petersburg is undergoing the most
vigorous search In its history to-day
for the arrest of more Of the disturbers
Of the peace, fifty of whom we're ar
rested yesterday.
There are many fights to-day and
many arrests through the precaution
the police have taken in the way Of
secrecy acr so stringent that II Is i'm
possible to tell the number killed or
injured.
The plan the authorities are follow
ing is 20 surround suspected houses
with cordens OF gendarmes and fairly
tear the buildings to pieces in their
quest for hidden arm.
II Is whispered that the conspiracies
contemplated the assassination OF the
Czar, his family. the Grand Dukes and
many OF the high government ofil-
ciais.
The search began yesterday after
noon when a Gordon Of gendarmes sur
rounded an entire city block near the
Grand Duke Nicholas Nicalaevitch's
palace. ransaolSed 600 apartments and
seized enough explosives 20 have blown
up half st. Petersburg
Evening journal., 1908-02-21
THREE KILLED,
SEVEN HURT

BY THE JOURNALS Special Wire
WfLKEsBARRE Pa. Feb. 2i.-A mass
OF ice falling from the sides Of a shaft
on q Minis cage To-day resulted IN the
killing OF three ntehGand the serious in
juring OF seven others, two fatally. Three
Of those injured win probably die. two are
seriously hurt and two are suffering more
from shock than bodily bruises
The dead are. Evan owens, driver; An
drew Boyer and Bernard Rudder. labor
ers. The men were employed IN the STAN
ton colliery OF the Lehigh and Wilkes.
barre Coal companx and were descending
tlie HhhfC tor flsslr sdAii work. There were
Ten men on the cage and as they were
about i2 feet from the bottom OF the pi
a rumbling was heard from above. Soml
Of the miners realized that there wa'
something falling upon them and spranl
to the uprights. Tons OF ice thundered OF
the miners.
Evening journal., 1908-02-21
THOMAS CROSSLEY,
VETERAN, DEAD

Captain Thomas Crossley, 75 years
old died at his home at Chester yes
terday. after a long iliaess. Although
born in Chester, Mr.. Crossley spent
much Of his life here. He was a cap
tain in the First Delaware Regiment
during the Civil War. and after the
conflict received a sword from the
members Of the regiment. He was a
machinist by trade and was in the em-
plov Of the Robert Wetherill Com
pany until a few years ago. when he
retired. Mrs. Crossley died nineteen
years ago. Mrs. J. L. Brown. Of this
city, is one Of Mr., Crossley's surviving
children.
Evening journal., 1908-02-21
"SHOW BEEF DAY"
TO BE OBSERVED

Butchers throughout the city are en-.
gagged In decorating their places OF busi.
ness IN preparation for SHOW Beef Day
which viii be observed tomorrow and he
show OF dressed beef promises to be mote
elaborate than any that has taken place
in Wilmington IN the past decade.
Back I'm the eighties SHOW Beef Day.
was an important occasion among the
farmers living within radius Of twenty
miles OF Wilmington and was observed
generally by every dealer IN dressed
meats In the city. During this period
farmers brought to tho city beef. pork
lamb and mutton on hoof and paradod
the live stock about the streets
Cattle was gaily decorated and not
infrequently a band headed the process
sion In the old market house at Second
and Market streets. a concert was usual
~ given and the place was thronged with
persons who had gathered to inspect and
buy the meats displayed.
just how Washington's Birthday came
TO be selected as "show beef day is not
clear even IN the remembrances Of the
oldest butcher IN Wilmington. Usually
In other cities Christmas week is the time
In which this class OF beef is shown.