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Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
His Examination Concluded.

In the evidence before a parliamen.
tary committee concerning the opposi.
ton to railway Hodge scored a point
which accentuates u certain legal tic-
ton with reference to skilled wit
nesses.
A Scotch farmer was giving his tes-
timony in favor of the bill.
us it true" said the willy X. G. in
his most searching style. that you,
Sir. said to MIR. Guild that you were
willing to give your evidence on the
other side if they would pay you bet.
ter?"
Aye" said the pawky farmer. land
latter pause, "let Inc jist pit the
same question to ye-if We had been
offered bigger fee. wad We no hae
been on th'ither side yerser:"
1t is needless to say that the X. c.
did not cross question the witness fur
ther.-Pearson's Weekly.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
Truth In Jest,


According to historical tradition. the
conquest Of Finland was foretold in
jest that soon became earnest by its
conqueror. Peter the Great, to his Jest.
er, Balakireff
Balakireff had vexed the car by too
impudent joke and had been summa-
rily banished with the menacing in
junction never to appear on Russian
soil again. He disappeared discreetly.
but one day not long after Peter, glanc-
Ing out of window, saw his unmis-
taxable figure and quizzical counte.
nance jogging comfortably by. perch
ed in country cart. lmpulsively he
ran down to him aud demanded to
know why he had disobeyed.
II haven't disobeyed you." was the
answer. Il am not on Russian soil
now"
mot on Russian soilY"
mo. This cart load Of earth that
I'm sitting on is Swedish soil. dug it
in Finland only the other day."
Peter laughed. but he said. IF Fin.
land be Swedish soil now, it shall be
Russian soil before long" And he
made good his words.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
The Shade He Wanted.

Deacroix. the painter, was walking
out one day in Paris with a friend OF
his when he fell into brown study.
what is up with you now?" said
the friend.
II can't get certain shade of vel
low" replied the artist.
what sort of yellow?''
Just then cab drove past.
1.-THE very thing!" the painter gasped
out. stop, stop!"
Il am engaged" the cabby replied
without stopping.
Delacroix started in pursuit and at a
steep place in the Rue des Martyrs
overlook the cab. Opening the door,
he said in tones Of entreaty to the pas
senger inside:
do please tell your driver to stop.
I want your complexion for q painting
on which l am at work. There is q
color merchant close at hand. l shall
not detain you above five minutes, and
in acknowledgment Of the service you
render me l will present you with a
sketch Of my picture"
The bargain was struck. Delacroix
got his yellow. and a few months later
the fare" received sketch of his
Assassination Of the Archbishop Of
Liege"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
Eagle Valley Correspondence

From Eagle Valley correspond
ent.-Charles Calender from
Black River Falls was caller at
I. A. Leighton's Thursday.
John Vanquist and Mr.. Nichols
have gone on a hunting trip for
deer. If it will help them we
will wish them good luck.
Lee Williams has just dug a
we'll on his claim and has as fine
water as you find in the country
here. The we'll is II feet deep.
That is good for this Valley. Hope
we may all meet with the same
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
seven rules OF Lire.


Live upstairs if you wish to he in
good health! up how many flights: ''
Only one flight of seven steps. | will
describe them.
First Step.-Iat wheat. oats. corn,
fruits, beef. mutton. plainly cooked. in
moderate quantity and but two meals
a day.
Second Step.-Breathe good air day
and night.
Third Step.-Exercise freely in the
open air.
Fourth Step.-Retire early and rise
early.
Fifth Step.-Wear flannel next your
skin every day of the year and so dis
pose your dress that your limbs may
be kept warm. Battle frequently.
Sixth Step.-Live in the sunshine.
Let your bedroom be one which re-
ceives food of light and spend your
days either out in the sunlight or in a
room which is we'll lighted.
Seventh Step.--Cultivate cheerful
temper. Seek the society of jolly PEG.
pie. Absolutely refuse to worry and.
above all. don't be afraid to laugh
Live above. Sickness cannot crawl up
there. Disease prowls about in the
basement. Rarely does it get upstairs.
DIR. H. q. Butler III Chicago Journal.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
Pipes Frozen by Warm Spells,

1t is u curious fact that water pipes
under ground will often freeze during
the warm spell that follows a cold
snap. The explanation made for this
interesting phenomenon is that after IL
cold wave large quantity Of heat is
taken from the ground in the work Of
changing the frozen moisture into wa
ter. and thus. on the principle of the
ice cream freezer. the pipe is chilled.
enough heat being taken from it to
freeze it.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03

Have you selected your Christmas
presents? If not, why not begin
to do so at once, before the mer-
chants stocks are paved over
and the best taken? Yet some
people defer making their selec-
tions every year, and kick because
they have nothing to choose from.
Are you one of this class?
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03

success. Mr.. Neil is about to finish
his new house. 1t will cost about
$500. Business is going on in our
valley if we do have a blizzard
once in while.
William Teeters is building a
shack on his claim.
|, William Daily is putting a
house up on his claim and will
move his family on Saturday or
Monday.
Mrs. Vanquist was caller at T.
A. Leighton's Thursday.
Mrs. Nichols called at Mrs. Van
quist's last Thursday.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03

Farmers having beef cattle,
hogs, veal, .ssheep or poultry for
sale will find that the City Meat
Market is paying the highest
market price-C. Voller, Prop. 3-3
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
A BRIGHT Boy.

''The gentlemen who came to see
daddy said was one Of the most In.
telligent children they ever saw" said
little Jack.
Indeed" said the proud mother
ibid you recite Little Drops of Wa
ter for them?"
mo. l refused" -London Mail.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
Cause For Thanks.

"Alas!" sighed the tramp dramatical.
~. mo matter where turns. there's
a hand raised against me-"
(which shows you ought to be
thankful fer one thing" said the
farmer
whats that?"
"That 1t amt foot that's raised"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
Almost Human.

"Oh. George" tearfully exclaimed his
wife. meeting him at the door, that
parrot you brought home the other
day
What's the matter with him." ask.
ed Mr.. Ferguson.
Il don't know. He won't tell me-
When ask him what the trouble is
he just swears ully."-Exchange.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
A suaoested Improvement.

Mrs. Feedem Ito star boarder)-Couid
you suggest any improvement in my
menu? Boarder-Well. you might make
the experiment Of transferring the re-
spective qualities of the coffee and the
butter.-Baltimore American.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
liszt'S Advice.

Being asked one day what one should
do in order to become an efficient piano
player. List replied laconically. lone
must eat well and walk much"
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
Self Possessed.

Mrs. Manykids-There is one thing
about our girls-they are always self
possessed. Papa Manykids (grimly)-
Yes. they're too self possessed. wish
they'd get some one else to possess
them.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03

In trade for double store building, best location
on Main street, Valley City, N. D.; was built
out Of cement and brick two years ago, 50x7O
feet, one story high, both Easements furnished.
The two store rooms and Easements rent for
$4,000 per month or more than 10 per cent
surance. None better. Our price 100000.
Write box 467, Valley City, N. D.
Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1909-12-03
Tales Of the Town

For life insurance see Jim
Burke. 44tf
Jas. Stewart, manager Of Jas.
Frost's lunch room, is among the
number laid up by illness.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
MAN IN THE PRESENT AToNEs
FOR SINS OF PREVIOUS LIFE

PASADENA, April 14.-TEditor Her
add: The Herald of Monday, April IL,
gives the lecture of Prof. Herring. That
gentleman says in the part entitled
"Causes of Sickness and Sin: Sin Is
the result of mesmerism Illusion. The
human thought listens to the argu-
ments of mortal mind instead or refus-
ing to believe them; hence its Ills
The writer of one of the letters found
in the Letter Box says: Man is not
created, but is the product of evolu-
tion." Evolutionist says: Gods laws
are unalterable through their perfec-
ton. The higher classes of animals
horses cows. sheep, dogs, etc. suffer
of the same illnesses as man. What is
the cause of that? Can that be there
suit of mesmerism illusion?
The writer's of the first three gospels
say that the Lord said: with what
measure you mete ii shall be measured
to YOU again." Then we read that 1t
is a mystery to use The materialists
shall say: "Oh, we know that. The liar
cannot be believed any longeE the
thief shall be summed"
The mission of the Lord was not TO
teach man such material things. The
gospels tell us also that to the man who
was brought to the Lord suffering Of
palsy. He said: "Son, thy sins be for
given thee" And above all we may not
forget that saying to him: "Not one
hair Of your head will be hurt without
the will of your heavenly father"
The people of antiquity believed that
illnesses were sent to man by the gods
to better him; and whereas the Jews
believed in the faith Of to be re-
born again (Acts xxiii:6), the above
sayings of the Master may give US the
following conclusion: That in his pres
ent life man redeems the faults COM
mitted in his last, aid that during this
lifetime he builds up his future.
The man suffering of palsy had suf-
fered long enough in the Masters eye
for his faults from these that the Mas
ter said: "Son, your sins are forgiven
thee"
Now we know what are the causes of
sickness and sin. HEDITATER,
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
IRELAND

INCE the passage of the land pur-
chase act gave the poor folks of
~ Ireland an opportunity to own
their own homes and till their own
farms, emigration from ireland has
been greatly reduced, and there is
prospect the population of the Green
Isle will be built up to its old proper
tions. People don't run away from a
country in which their right to own
soil and make living is acknowledged.
When human beings are treated like
slaves, deprived of every opportunity
to become independent, and told they
must wear a yoke and eat black bread
or starve, of course, if they are people
of spunk, they will get out, somehow.
The enthusiastic manner in which
the Irish have responded to the first
instance of square dealing in their
modern history shows it pays to be de-
cent. 1t pays to obey the Golden Rule
1t pays to be neighborly and to respect
neighbours rights. The federation OF
all the Englsh-speaking peoples in in
evitable Some day the British Islands
will have to seek the protection of the
American flag.
Some day the colonies will ask for a
ruling with regard to their relations
to other countries that use the same
language and have the same common
law When that day comes, Ireland,
instead of being a ''weakling," will be
one of the strongest and most impor-
tant elf-governing members of the
mighty federated Republic.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
CALIFORNIA

A MOTHER experienced, observanl
"a and reliable traveller who has Wis
IA, tied and lived in many different
Parts of the world has added his testi-
mony to the volume of evidence which
should teach residents of California to
think of their mercies" and realize
there is no better place on earth than
this state. DR.. Haley of Kansas City
said in an interview: 81 have Travelled
a great deal and have seen many beau
tiful places all over the world, but my
choice of all of them lies in Southern
California. l have greatly enjoyed my
visit this winter, dividing my time be-
tween Riverside, San Diego and Los
Angeles. When / first came to Cali
fSrnia in 1872 l did not come south.
There was no south then. But what a
marvellous development there has been
since that time, and more particularly
in recent years"
And DR.. Haley doubtless realizes this
development has only been begun. A
tremendous amount of work remains to
be done, but there are many willing
workers. Citizens of California can
look forward with serene expectation
and confidence to a future for the
state, and especially this section of it,
that will be greater and more glorious
than its great and glorious past.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
SAYS FAITH IN BUCKEYE
MAY PERMANENTLY CURE

LOS ANGELES. April 14-[Editor
Herald: r. N. contends that While
faith in buckeye may give temporary
relief, it does not permanently cure
There is no difference in the meaning
of these words when applied to the
body Webster says:
"Cure-To restore to health, as the
body: y to remove an evil.
"Relief-The removal in whole or IN
part of any evil that affiicts the body
or mind"
Both mean the same. The removal
may be temporary or permanent: Web
ster defines permanent as lasting. A
cure may last several years. and the
same person may take the same dis
ease again, as is often the case. II tho
removal Of disease could be made ever
lasting men would become Immortal.
There are no immortals. Their posi-
bic demonstration Is yet to come,
So a relief is a cure, and a cure is a
relief sometimes even for curatel.
ANY argument based on a supposed
difference in the meaning OF Theses
words is not founded on fact. There
fore, faith in a buckeye, potato, Iron
ring, relic or shrine may permanently
cure. as we'll as in key, book or a
woman. ASbOHl CESlL'
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
INJUSTICE

X GORGE WASHINGTON and r. l..
III Underhill are about to be re-
VI leased from the Minnesota peni-
tertiary, where they have served thir-
ty-four years for murder of which
they were innocent. The men are ne
groes. On the testimony of a witness
who now confesses he was a perjurer
they were convicted OF murder and
sentenced to life Imprisonment. So
ciety can make little reparation for a
mistake like this.
To punish the false witness would
not restore to his victims the long
years of which they have been de-
prived. Fortunate it is for citizens OF
the United States that the administra-
ton of justice is so scrupulously fail
and even-handed that mistakes like the
Minnesota blunder seldom happen-in-
deed, are almost impossible.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
RECKLESSNESS

n NE of the first duties of Chief Of
Police Dishman has been to send
" a letter to the horticultural COM
mission, asking it's members to put a
stop to the use of poison to kill insects
on strawberry plants. Many cases of
poisoning have been reported recently
None was fatal, but the victims were
most wretchedly and uncomfortably i'll.
The suggestion is made that the use
of poison to kill gophers and other
pests may be responsible for the fact
that many dogs have been poisoned.
1t seems incredible that any one
should take so much trouble to destroy
dogs as the widespread canine mortali-
ty would indicate. 1t is possible there
has been an indiscriminate and reck-
less use of poison by Japanese farmers
and others. But whether it is inten-
tional or unintentional, this dog muir
dering must be ended and human be-
ings must be protected from the ignor-
ant zeal of gardeners who use poison to
protect their plants.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
THINKS SATAN MUST BE
oRAY-HAIRED REPRoBATE

LOS ANGELES, April 1a.-lEditcr
Herald: ] am deeply interested in the
discussions of the subjects in the Letter
Box and would like to make a few re-
marks regarding the devil.
have never, to my knowledge, held a
personal conversation with him, but IN
reading from my Bible l find In the
year 1920 B. c.. according to the Book
of Job, God met Satan and held a con-
versation with him, asking where he
came from, and Satan gave him the
information.
In Matthew Christ held a conversation
with Satan.
In Luke Christ held conversation
with the devil. and as tho two conver-
sations were the one and the same told
by two different authors / come to the
conclusion that Satan and the devil Is
one and~tfTe same personality.
AS he can walk to and fro and can
talk, see and feel as he laid his hand
ON Job, / come to the conclusion that
he is a personal devil. TO say the least,
he is 1929 years old and must be q
gray-headed old reprobate.
Let us look forward to the time when
we can read his obituary in the Los
Angeles Herald, as / am sure his
funeral will be largely attended.
LINEMAN.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
BELATED JEALOUSY

FTER more than twenty years of
IN married life, Frederick MacMon-
Ia MES, the famous sculptor is sep
arated from his talented wife. The
disruption of the MacMonnies home
has been caused by jealousy-not the
ordinary kind, but professional jeal-
ousy. Mrs. MacMonnies has great ar
tistic ability, and exhibited some of
her paintings in the Salon. This was
too much for her sculptor husband,
who said, zone celebrity in the family
is enough" and thereby started the
domestic discussion which ended in
separation.
This somewhat extraordinary instance
of marital infelicity, after many years
of welded life, calls to mind other sim
liar instances, the most notable of
which is that of the Carlyles. The wife
of the greatest historical philosopher
of the nineteenth century was woman
of extraordinary ability. Indeed, Mrs
Carlyle's relatives some of whom are
still alive, have always maintained
that, while Thomas Carlyle was q
prodigiously hard worker and student
of vast capacity, Mrs. Carlyle was q
literary genius.
This claim is borne out by her let
ters which show she was one of the
greatest prose writer's of her time;
even as the letters of her fellow-coun-
tryman, Robert Burns, show, he was
one of the best prose writer's of his
day. But Mrs. Carlyle is never re-
membered as literary genius. She
sacrificed her ambition to her hus-
bands career. Apparently Mrs. Mac
Monnies, after suffering in silence for
a couple of decades, resolved to hoist
the flag of artistic independence. That
her husband should have chosen to
treat artistic independence as if it We're
domestic insurrection, is certain to be
a subject of comment all over the
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16

much in twelve months. And yet 1t mas
nearly all come about in generation.
The civil war started steel and iron on
their triumphant career.
1t seems bard to believe, but in CO.
lonial times the shoe of protection was
on the other foot. English iron mas
tiers were demanding that they be pro-
tected against Americtn iron. Someone
has said that the first blow of the rev.
olution was struck, not by the swords
at Bunker hill, but by the fitting ham,
mers of the colonial iron mongers. Be-
fore George Washington was born
these captains of<industry had ham,
mered out an iron declaration of indie
pendence of the mother country. In
1719 the ominous news reached England
that there were six furnaces and nine
teen FORCES in operation in the colonies,
and this resulted in an unrelenting de-
mand by the British iron masters that
this dangerous industry across the Sea
be stif1ed. The result was that an act
of outlawry and confiscation was
passed against every skilled workman
in the colonies.
Up to the civil war the iron and steel
business of the United States did not
amount to great deal. Our civilization
was then of wood, and not of STEEL and
the demand was never great. Mrs.
Rebecca Lukens was one of the first
iron manufacturers after the revolu-
ton and was the first American to roll
boiler plates successfully. Her work
became so famous that her boiler
plates took the place of those OF Eng
land in the manufacture of George
Stevenson's first locomotives.
The protection that was given to iron
and steel after the revolution and up
to the war of 1912 was intended to en-
courage their production as a means OF
preparedness for war, yet such authori-
ties as Swank declare that the duties
of that period were not high enough
to amount to real protection. 1t is In
teresting to note that during that pc
Rod no one seems to have Thought
that protection on pig iron or bar iron
was necessary or advisable. But about
this time England began to substitute
coal and coke for charcoal in the max
ing of iron, and the process was very
much cheapened. Meanwhile charcoal
timber was getting scarce In the iron
producing centers here; anthracite coal
was out of the question, and bitumin-
Gus was too far away with the then
limited transportation facilities. The
result was that America began to lag
and Great Britain to go forward in the
production of iron and steel.
AS before stated the civil war was
the real making of the iron and steel
industry! The high duties then neces-
sary for revenue purposes, the high
ocean freight rates because of the war
perils of navigation, and the vast de-
mand for iron and steel products, all
served to send prices up to a point
they had never before reached. The
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-16
LABELS

CHARLES f. LUMMIS, Los Angeles
public librarian, has worked out
" the details of a plan for labelling
unreliable textbooks. The world Is
moving so fast that the life of text
book is comparatively short. This ap-
plies particularly to works on science;
but other studies. especially history,
are being modified from time to time
by discoveries that are made. Some
times an old letter or a forgotten news
paper file will put new aspect on
passage of history.
Errors are long lived and are hard
to kill, especially when they are pleas
ing to a patriotism. Few textbooks of
history do not display bias at some
point here and there. The author prob
ably intended to be fair, but human
nature" was too much for him. For
tunately, the broad facts of history are
nearly all reliable. But as to the de-
tails-well, we think Mr.. Lummis may
have to use a great many labels.