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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-09-30

where the same fruit will grow bet
ter than it will in Emmons county.
Plant an orchard.
Lars Jepson left for Minneapolis
Saturday to have his eyes treated
by a professional oculist
Warren Mandigo returned yester-
day from st. Paul, where he had
been with carload of fat cattle
7. N. Falling. father Of Mrs. Roy
Better, arrived from Grayline.
Michigan, Friday last. and is the
guest of the latter and family.
\ deal is about to be made where
by Soren Wollenhaupt will exchange
his quarter section of land. stock
machinery. etc, west of Braddock,
with J. w. Mikesell. for 81 900. Ii
is understood that MIR. Wollenhaupt
will engage in the hotel business at
Dickinson.
Miss F.bba Melander, an eighth
grade graduate of the Braddock
school, class of 'OS. will leave Mon
day for Valley City. where she will
begin a course at the state normal.
Mr.. Melander will accompany her
to Steele. where she will take the
N. p. train.
Contractor Ed. G.. Pearson COM
menced work Tuesday on barn for
A. b. Peterson. one of the best
known farmers of the Braddock
district, that when completed will
be a credit to Emmons county. 1t
will be 36N64 feet, l4foot posts,
and will he provided with modern
conveniences.
| Work will be commenced this fall
on a palatial residence for Aug
Benz the well-known Emmons coun-
ty rancher. Contractor T.. q. Pear
son will do the work. And, by the
way, the same Ed Pearson is gain
ing the reputation of doing the best
and fastest work of any man i'm
that line i'm this entire section.
Saturday of last week L. M.
Doerschlag shipped two car loads of
fat cattle from kintyre and one
car load from Braddock, Warren
Mandigo shipping two carloads
from here. There is little question
but that Braddock ships more fat
cattle than any other town in EN-
mons county. or than any other
town on this branch of the 500.
Allan. the thirteen-year-old son of
Frank GIines, came near bleeding
to death during the first of the
week. While at school in the Baker
school house, north of town. he
pulled one of his baby" teeth with
his fingers. Blood began to flow,
and continued until Tuesday night,
when the lad was brought to Dr.
Campbell. of this city. in so weak
ened condition that he could not
stand up. Or. Campbell checked
the flow of blood. and the patient
will be able to be taken home this
evening.
4 Sunday afternoon John Tonander,
a young man who has worked in this
vicinity for several years, and who
is we'll liked by all. met with serl-
Gus accident at the old Campbell
ranch. With Harry Bill, he was
shooting ducks, when the latter's
hammerless gun was accidentally
discharged. The entire charge OF
shot struck the fleshy part of his
right hip. As DIR. Campbell had
been called out of town, Dr. Mat
thew, Of Napoleon, was phoned for
and the patient was taken to Bis
marck Monday, where il is the
opinion that he will recover.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-09-30
An old Ash Wednesday Custom.

At one time 1T was on Ash Wedncs-
day the custom 10 appoint an ciiclal
Of the English palaces 70 CROW the
hours Of the day, like a cock, as re-
minder Of the denial Of ST Peter Ihis.
practice excited the furious indisna
ton of George II. His ignorance ~
English made it very diaicult for the
courtiers to explain that the royal
cock Grower was not making fun OF
him The cock Grower was salaried
officer at the English court as late as
1923
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-09-30
BRADDOCK BREVI7IES.
CI.rnm News. sept. :..3d. ,

1 rom .sTN-. 'scDt. '!5d'5
Flax in the I3raddock district its
turning out from nine to fourteen
bushels per acre.
Sept 23d, and the trees, and with
few exceptions the gardens. of En-
mons county are still green.
Crabapples are worth nearly three
dollars a bushel on the local market;
and there is no place in the west
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
FREAK PAINTINGS.
A Tiny Work Of Art and Rosa's Trans
Termed Harpsiehord.

! Specially prepared canyases and gild.
ed frames are not essential to the
making Of great paintings. This has
been demonstrated by the artists who
have painted masterpieces on scraps
Of board, shells, grains Of corn and
the walls Of rooms and prison cells.
Some Of the most valued art objects
belong to the freak class.
The smallest painting in the world
Of distinctive merit was executed on
the smooth side Of a grain OF corn by
Flemish artist On this limited sur
face the artist painted In perfect de.
tail mill, a miller with a saek OF
grain on his back, horse and cart and
group Of several peasants standing
In a road
The largest picture ever painted Is
said to be a panorama Of the Missis-
sippi river, executed by John Banyard.
an artist who died in WATERFOWL, s.
D., in 1891. The gigantic canvas was
twenty-five feet high ana nearly two
miles long. 1t gave a detailed repre-
sentation Of 1000 miles Of the Father
Of Waters.
The largest Of the old masters can
vases Is Murillo's appearance Of the
Christ Child to st. Anthony Of Pa
dua." The picture is ten feet wide and
eighteen feet high.
1t Is related that a friend called on
Salvador Rosa in Florence one day and
found him playing on an old harp
sichord. The caller asked the artist
why he kept such a worthless instru-
ment.
"Why, 1t Is not worth scudoT the
friend said.
Il viii wager" replied Rosa, 'that
it shall be worth a thousand before
you see IT again"
A bet was made. Rosa Immediately J
painted a landscape on the lid that not !
only sold for 1000 scudl, but was ac-
counted a work Of great merit.
The celebrated st. Johns Wood |
clique of artists in London executed a
series Of large frescoes in oil on the
walls Of the studio Of J. q. Hodgson,
one Of the members The paintings /
we're begun In the winter Of 1S645.
Shakespearean subjects were chosen,
ind the figures were little under life
Size.
When Hodgson moved from his stu.
Ito an unappreciative tenant covered
he walls Of the room with brown wall
PAPER, completely hiding the paintings
rhe frescoes were redlscovered by ac-
ident forty years afterward and re-
Jtored.-Kansas City Star.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

times the thickness OF an ordinary
knitting needle hardened and pointed
The actual point is bare for a quarter
to one-thifd Of au inch, then for fnlIy
an iuch the arrow is stripped TO ha!f It's
thickness, aud on this portion poison Is
placed.
''The poison is invariably decoetion
expressed from the tubers of a species
Of aconitum which grows on those
ranges at an altitude Of 5000 to 10000
feet. The poison is mixed with resin
or some vegetable gum to the consist
ency Of putty and is then smeared on
the notched point The feather Is sup
piled by strip Of bamboo leaf folded
into a triangular form and tied In a
notch at the end Of the arrow, with the
point Of the angle outward. The re-
duction In thickness Of the arrow
where the poison is placed causes the
point to break off In the body Of any
one whom 1t strikes, and, as each car
ries enough poison'to kill cart horse.
wound is invariably fatal. Free and
immediate incisiou Is the usual remedy
when wounded on a limb or deghy part
Of the body, but at Chengka the uncle
Of the Laowo chief showed us prep
aration which resembled opium dross
and which he said was an effective
antidote
with few exceptions the Lissoo
seemed to US to be arrant towards,
but the crossbow and poisoned arrow
are certainly most diabolical weapons.
An arrow from a war bow will pierce
a deal board an inch thick at seventy
or eighty yards. Some of the Tsekou
natives were SO expert that they could
hit a mark four inches In diameter re-
at sixty to eighty yards. As
no one goes anywhere without his
crossbow and his bearskin quiver full
Of poisoned arrows and as every VII. |
lage is at feud with every other vii |
lage mutual suspicion Is inevitable. |
In open fight the LissoO are usually |
careful to keep at respectful distance |
from each other and behind oxhlde |
shields which protect the whole of the |
body. But II battle Is rare, murder |
and sudden death by ambush in the
Jungle are common"
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
LAND or THE cRossBoW.
The Deadly Poisoned Arrows Of the
Lissoo sharpshootsrs.

'~SNN @ttNA FetiSkNStSs
On the wild frontier between China
and British Burma Is a barbarous tribe
which has no civilized supervision.
George Forrest an English traveller,
thus describes the chief weapon Of
these people: 'Tf | had to suggest
title for book on the upper Salwin |
should call 1t The Land Of the Cross
low, which is the characteristic weap-
on Of the country and the Lissoo tribe.
Every Lissoo with any pretensions to
chic possesses at least two Of these
Weapons-one for everyday use In hunt
ing, the other for war. The little chill
dren play with mlniatefe erossbows
The men never leave their huts for any
purpose whatever without their cross
bows. When they 60 to sleep the nu-
kung is hung over their heads, and
when they die IT ii hung over their
graves. The largest crossbows have a
span Of fully five feet and require a
pull Of fully thirty-fYe pounds to string
them. The bow Is made Of species of
wild mulberry Of great toughness and
aexibility. The stosk, some four feet
bong in the war bows, is usually Of
Wild plum wood. The string Is Of
plated hemp and the trigger Of bone.
The arrow, Of sixteen to eighteen
inches. Is Of split bamboo about four
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
CHAMBERLAIN
MORALLY UNFIT
CONTINUED from page u


better themselves Elect like this
represent Oregon in the United States Senae Picture sour
George shamblng into the Senate after spree can't
think Of IT, he should represent
feel that held the right Oregon,
they would feel much repugnance
person spoke welknown about ii. He said he liked
Chamberlain When told him what SEEN said
eyes he does those things" Those things
MARY JANE SMITH.
predicate enough departure
from the merely tentative tie that binds these does
enough the Of good and the dangers betng that
government have to this pardon
amp abandoning
about conscieous Legislative mind With pre-
rogav Governor Chamberlain has boered and fortified M political
ge pueu OF the Sate with he has
political Oregon wrought strongly dirty
reins where they led whom they guided long
beasts Of burden patiently and faithfully unengy
Of his inspiration and Of their tacit gratitude His arrogant employ
this exclusive privilege become the fragrant
proah his responsible administrative and
y the naly impeachment let alone the thought sending
sphere Of latitude and wider undament politically officially
% Surely the Legislature something to the people Of Oregon
well Chief Executive That he has boldly badly
highest gift the governmental craft and bind his political
hold electorate and prosed its highest faculty
indeed be any
atty prey sharp criticism for the owary the
noblest function Of civilized government
again. things sufficient qualify disparage to
oberate the Of obligation lingering the heart mind the
Legislator ued gled into unreasonng
sophiscaion wrought by this hnchmen should
enough say this has thing his as
Governor his ability III and goes
Washington this (b he whom long he
Republican senator quality force and personality
greater than this Chamberlain
perous and tarnish Of weakness that is literally
possibilities; and infinitely cleaner politically
with all the candor emphasize III
because Of the impending danger Disgrace
wavg the minds the
do the greatest Of all civic duties frankly and honestly
the doing Of the higher and imperative
vuo reference the loose and inspired tie that but ay holds
IN its feeble leash
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
TWenty-One Lives Snuffed
Out In Collision
Continued from page y

The locomotives are up on an end
locked together as if one piece Of me
eanism and pieces Of the machinery
are scattered all over the ground.
The smoker is partly derailed, while
the chair car Immediately following
was completely telescoped by the
tourist sleeper.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

superior for this purpose. It is also
most excellent for chapped hands,
sore nipples, burns and diseases Of
the skin. For sale by Frank Hart
and leading druggists.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17

Fever cores and old chronic sores
should uot be healed entirely, but
should be kept in healthy condition
This can be done by applying Cham
berIain's saIve. This saIve has no
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1909-01-17
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo Quinine
Tablets. Druggists refund money Il
it fails to cure. z. w. GROVES
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
POVERTY CAUSES EMIGRATION
Italians Leave Home for Countries
Where Wages Are Higher.

Rome. April 10.-The italian review. Ia
Critica Sociale, contains an interesting
article from a new standpoint about emf
grafton from the south Of Italy.
Emigration. 1t says, may be considered
as a strike Of laborers who. unable 10
earn a living wage IN their own country,
seek work where it Is better remuner-
ated. The result OF emigration is nat
uraIly detrimental TO landowners. who.
owing to the exodus OF laborers and the
consequent scarcity OF able-bOdied men
to work at home, have been obliged 20
increase wages. and thus the cost Of pro-
ductlon. while the prices OF their prod
ucts have remained unchanged.
Southern landowners naturally oppose
emigration. They say, among other
things, that emigration IS dep0pulating
Southern Italy. As q matter Of fact, il
is not doing so.
The difference between departures and
repatriations OF emigrants never exceed
ed 10000 persons a year. while the an
nual excess o. births over deaths IN italy
is S50.O00 so that emigration merely pre-
vents overpopulation-
Il IS true that, owing 10 emigration,
there are vast tracts Of land IN Southern
Italy which cannot be cultivated and have
had 70 be turned TO pasture. still when
these lands We're cultivated the labOrers
got starvation wages. from 12 10 il cents
a day. The BENEFITS Of emigration are
considerable, the writer finds.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
OWNING ROD LOCATES BODY.
Strange story of How Rescue Party
Was Guided.


Zurich. April 1O.-The story OF how a
divining rod was used in locating the
body OF man buried by an avalanche
IN the Bernese OberlRnd is told with
wealth OF detail IN the Nachrichten or
Basel An inhabitant OF Kandergrund
vas buried In the Kander Valley by a
mass Of snow and stones from the noun
tainside. and efforts 10 find his body failed
until a diviner named Grossen offered 10
locate the spot
Armed with hazel rod, he accom-
panied a rescue party. but found no trace
until IN the evening, when the searchers
were on their way home. the rod at a
certain spot began 20 dip and point
strongly toward the ground. The party
did not consider Il possible that the vic
tim could be buried there. and went
home.
Grossen persuaded the searchers to re-
turn the next morning. when the same
signs were repeated They started dig
ging. and the body was found at the exact
spot indicated
The popular Swiss belief IN the efficacy
OF the hazey twig has been accordingly
strengthened, especially as Herr Helm, a
geOlogist OF Zurich. comes forward with
story Of a case which came under his
personal observation. A dlviner had been
asked by a Swiss commune to locate a
spring which he Indicated with great posi-
tiveness as existing sixteen feet below
the surface Helm, who knew the con-
formation OF the soil. declared Il TO be
an impossibility, but the villagers, never
theless. started digging, with the result
that an abundant water supply was found
at depth Of twenty feet.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
NOVEL CHARITY REVIVED.
Funs Left by "ReaI'' Dick whiting
ton in 1928 10 he Used.

ton in 1+2B 10 be Used.
London. April 10.-Parliament has been
called upon this session 10 regulate a
charity left by the real Dick Wilmington.
and the bin for the purpose has just
been issued.
Richard Wilmington. a mercer Of the
City Of London. became a sheriff in 1892.
was lord mayor In 1897. 1898. laS and
IG9 He seems 20 have lent King Henry
v money. and he supplied cloth Of gold
for the marriage OF the Kings daughter.
He died in 1s22. and among his many
benefactions 20 London was a charity
managed by the MERGERS Company. under
trusts confirmed by King Henry VI on
petition 20 Parliament In IsS1 The bill
now introduced in the House OF CON-
mons IS 10 apply 70 the charity under a
scheme approved by the charity commits
sioners. The schedule gives the present
gross yearly income as so. 80. derived
from various valuable pieces OF real es-
tate.
The new scheme provides Tor the pay
ment Of not more than 500 a year 20
twenty-eight aims people, poor single
women or widows over the age OF fifty
FIVE One third OF the residue OF the in
come OF the charity goes IN pensions 70
INDECENT members Of the MERGERS Com
pany and their families and the remain
ing two-thirds in pensions TO deserving
and necessitous persons. half OF whom
must have resided for two years IN the
metropolitan police area
This case OF a charity which has been
In existence FOR nearly 200 years Is rather
unusual even for England. but there are
many charities which are stil flourish
ms after so years Of existence.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
IMPROVING WINDSOR CASTLE.
Alterations Costing 10000 Pounds 90
BE Made This Year.

London, April 10.-ImprOvements and
alterations now being carried out at
windsor castle are expected to cost dur
ing the year some $50Ooo. The King
takes a great interest in the castle. and
since his accession has had many changes
made. Bathrooms have been put in. cleo
trio light installed, furniture, pictures
and art treasures OF all kinds have been
rearranged. and can now be properly
seen.
The castle has been searched. and ar
ticles Of the greatest interest and value
have been found. A new water main is
new being constructed as a further pro
lection against fire. and the gardens at
FrogmOre are being completely over
hauled and laid out
Fifty thousand dollars is a larger sum
than is usually spent in a year on the
castle. but II costs several thousands
every year 10 restore the exterior and
keep It IN repair. The most expensive of
tho royal residences to maintain IS Hamp-
ton Court Palace. which costs some $7o.-
000 a year 10 keep IN repair.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
AERIAL War SHIPS ALARM
Englishmen Now Seeks Effective
Weapon Against Them.
Seed OF Artillery to Defend Asainsi
Invasion by AIR Route Now Rec
OgniEed by Authorities.

London. April f0.-A problem at present
exercising the minds OF military and ma
val experts is that Of hnding an effective
weapon Of defense against aerial war
ships. In Germany the subject has been
under consideration for many months.
and dispatches nave already described
the new bowitzer invented by Messrs.
Krupp solely for use against an aerial
foe.
Recognizing the fact that a rapidly
moving airsh;p could easily get beyond
the range OF his gun the German authori-
ties have had designed an armored auto
mobile fitted with a special gun which can
give chase 10 a dirigible and shell II on
the wing. The possibilities OF this air
ship destroyer are 20 be tested against
the Zeppelin I at the imperial army
maneuvers IN Wurtemburg IN the au-
tumn.
The automobile Is htted with a small
quick firing gun OF long range so mounted
that il can fire at a target almost direct
" overhead. Attached 10 the gun is q
bombproof shield which revolves with
the piece. The car has a speed OF forty
miles an hour.
Following the example set by Germany.
the British military authorities viii carry
out experiments on Salisbury Plain. with
the object Of testing the power OF modern
artillery IN resisting an aerial invasion.
For this purpose they VIII use the new
1S-pounder shell against captive balloons.
Many doubts are expressed with re-
gard TO the value OF artillery fire against
an aerial war ship. When used against an
airship lowering over a position compare
lively near the earth II Is believed that T.
viii prove effective. but an airsnip speed
ing along az great height would Offer
a target so small and elusive that a hit
would be almost an impOssibility.
AerOnautical experts are of the opinion
that the best answer 20 the Zeppelin VIII
be found IN the aeroplane. II IS pointed
out that the aeroplane IS not limited IN
the height II may attain by the density
OF the air 20 the same extent as the air
ship and there would be no difficulty
in a Wright machine rising high above a
Zeppelin and destroying Il with lmpunity
and ease
Above the two cars OF the Zeppelin ]
there spreads half an acre Of gas bag
What is going on above that eXpanse
the navigatOrs IN tie cars can neithel
see nor can they defend themselves
4 against attack from that quarter
IL is estimated that 90 aeropianes can
be constructed at the cost Of one Yep
pelin.
The Washington herald., 1909-04-11
CARLYLE AMUSED QUEEN.
Blunt Manner OF ESsaytst Startled
Victoria At Dinner.

Victoria at Dinner.
London. April 10-Queen Victoria's OBJ
lection 10 Gladstone's conversational
methods when national business was
under discussion IS well known. She COM
planned that he talked to her as II she
were "a public meeting But The late
Queen could stand a talking 70 on occa-
sion
Once when Thomas Carlyle was her
guest she ventUred 70 express her opin-
ino on some topic OF the day. Carlyle's
opinion differed and the Queen was over
whelmed by a torrent OF scornful CON
demnation as the sage OF Chelsea poured
out his ideas on the matter. Certainly
the Queen had never before been 50 fatty
and entirely cOntradicted OF received
such an intellectual drubbing. But she
enjoyed II thoroughly and frequently
told OF II with gusto.
At Queen VictOria's dinner parties
conversation was never general II was
governed by the Queen. and people spoke
wher they were spoken 10 BY her But
dinner parties given by the King or al
which the King is present are a very
different affair.
Having selected the guests. there Is
no further social interference from him.
Ever one talks as he wishes or keeps
silent, and no one is expected 20 sparkle
or 20 be unnatural But il Is wen known
that any one who can amuse the King
or tell him n good story Is very much
persona grata-
PVT Edward VII can punish an IN
fringement A very wealthy man whose
money had been made out OF clothing
once remarked TO him that he did not
intend TO make one Of a certain house
party, as ''the company was so mixed"
Hang IL man. was the Kings reply.
what would you have? We can't all be
taf1ors"