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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-02-04
BRADDOcK BREvlTiEs.


L. u. Shepard returned Saturday
from a business visit at Bismarck and
Dickinson
Olof peh:Son of Tell, returned Tues
day from visit at Chicago and other
eastern points.
Mrs. A. G. Staak returned Friday
last from visit with her parents, MI
and Mrs Rush, at Bismarck.
Fritz Nickle drove to Lint OH this
morning to make application to take
out second citizen papers. Mrs. Cole
and I'D. q. II. Lcltzke accompanied
him as witnesses.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM Baxter returned
Saturday last from q two months
visit at the formers old home, Beaver
Falls, Pa 1t was MIR. Baxtcr's first
visit east In twcnty-four years.
Fred Oberg OF the Dacotah Lumber
Co, returned Yesterday from visit at
his old Illinois home, his first trip east
in nine years. The natives back there,
Fred says, look upon North Dakota
as "a land of bowling savages and bliz-
zards
Barber Geo. Semple spent the first
OF the week at Bismarck where he pur-
chased tables andother furniture with
which to equip his pool-room. lie Will
~. ~ fN1. nj elh
drinks and add an up-to-date bath
room during the early spring months.
Yesterday Sheriff Jones and Deputy
Wright drove over from lIazelton and
closed the iirst story OF Mrs. Coles 500
avenue building The action grew out
of the injunctional proceedings insti-
tuted In the fall OF 1907 when the two
Cole buildings, that on 500 avenue be-
ing occupied by IDr. Welsh At the time,
and the j. NJ. Wirth building were put
under the ban Of the injunction process.
In the Mitchell street Cole build
Ing evidence was found and the
building was promptly closed. The
three injunctions are stillinforce, and
the closing OF the Cole building yes
tsrday was the outcome Of the convlc-
ton OF A. L. Abel for selling beer In
the place last summer.
Saturday, slight misunderstanding
in which Jesse r. Albright claimed
that Willis Adams pig was kabitnally
milking a COW that belonged TO his
mother-in-law, Mrs. w. ID. Gregory,
resulted ia Adams severely beating
Albright over the head with q hay
fork. Monday Adams was sarrestcd by
Deputy Sheriff Wright and taken be
fore Justice Frank Wernli " Iiazel,on,
where he pleaded guilty TO the charge
OF assault and battery, the fine and
costs amounting to something like S23.
Both men are well-known farmer liv-
| ing a few miles north Of Braddock,
and while the News does not pretend
TO know the merits of the matter in
controversy, it knows that Jesse Al
bright Is an upright, peaceful young
man and that this Is his first trouble
since coming u the state, several
| years ago.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-02-04
FROM HAGUE.

Of the Record Jan -
Carl and John Winterberg recently
departed for Missouri TO look up new
homes.
In "A letter recently received from
Holland Mr.. A. Iollaar states that his
aged mother is very III,
Mr.. Jacob Groen, Of the Hague
country, came near losing a valuable
horse one day last week The animal
got down on the butt OF a straw-stack
in such a manner that il could not get
up, lying on its back in pit. Had the
horse not been discovered and released
from its pitiful position, IL would un-
doubtedly have died within very
short time.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-02-04
Uncle Sam Tells North Dakota Far.
mers to Plant Trees

l.. c. Miller, The well known expert
of the government forestry service, in
charge OF tree planting work for the
Rocky Mountain district, has been
sent to the State University OF North
Dakota 10 give series Of talks. Mr..
Miller begins on these lectures Tuesday
Feb. 9th. and will remain here week.
He will explain the problems Of tree
planting on the prairies. His wide
experience and close familiarity with
this subject make his lectures OF last
ing value to the community. Several
farmers are already interested in this
movement and have said they will be
present. The meetings are open TO
the public, and all interested are cor
dialy invited TO attend.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-02-04
Marriage Licenses.

The following marriage licenses
were issued by Judge Carley since last
report
Jan. 18th, Nathaniel Flegel, Of Lin
ton, and Karolina Schultz, OF Leibzi2.
y. u.
Jan. 18th, John Peterson, Of Hazel
ton, and Anna Hurlbct, Of Braddock.
Jan. 18th Henry Bloom, OF Pollock
S. d., and Louise Peterson, Of Winona.
Jan. 18th, Leroy J Gregory and Ida
NJ. Albaugh both u Hazelton,
Jan. 10Th, Addison Clark Brooks,
OF Linton, and Marie Isabel Muench,
OF Emm0nsburg
III you want JOB printing OF an,
kind in both English and German or
the same sheet, or separately In either
language, apply ct Record 0nce.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1909-02-04
Boys Band.

The comedy Captain Racket" will
be presented about the middle "
The month by the amateurs of the
city, for the benefit OF the boys
band to raise funds for the running
expenses Of the organization, VIZ; hall
rent and music.
IL you want band Ia town, help
the boys by securing tickets for Cap
tain Racket. Cast OF characters will
be found In next week 8 issue.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
HOSPITAL FOR SICK FISH.

New York has had hospitals for sick
cats and dogs and now has a private
hospital for sick fish, where are sent
finny invalids from many places. Among
the patients at present under treatment
are white and yellow perch, American
goldfish, Japanese goldfish from Toxic,
sunfsh, catfish, mirror carp, pearl roach,
American roach and sucker.
The white perch is suffering from
cancer of the tail and scales. the yellow
perch from tuberculosis. The American
goldfish's tail is turning from gold to
silver. The catfish has q broken nose,
and the mirror carp has an acute attack
Of indigestion. The pearl roach and his
American brother have collie. The
sucker has nearly all the troubles OF
the others and few of his own.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
sTUMpED THE EDITOR.

The belief that an editor knows every
thing is widespread, but one small boy
has discovered the limitations of the
editorial mind. Here is the anecdote as
we got it from contemporary:
Father" asked the small son of an
editor, ''is Jupiter inhabited?"
81 don't know, my son. was the
truthful answer.
Presently he was interrupted again.
Father, are there any sea serpents?''
Il don't know, son."
The little fellow was manifestly cast
down, but presently rallied, and again
approached the great source of informa-
ton:
Father, what does the North Pole
look like?"
But, alasl again the answer: 81 don't
know, my son"
At last, in desperation, he inquired,
with emphasis: Father, how did you
get to be an neditor?"-Ex.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
THE NAN WHO IS ALWAYS
JUST GOING TO-"

He meant to insure his house, but it
burned before he got around to it.
He was just going to pay a note when
it went to protest.
He was just going to help neighbor
when he died.
He was just going to send some
flowers to sick friend when it proved
too late.
He was just going to reduce his debt
when his creditors ''shut down" on him.
He was just going to stop drinking
and dissipating, when his health became
wrecked.
He was just going to provide proper
protection for his wife and family when
his fortune was swept away from him.
He was just going to introduce a
better system into his business when il
went to smash.
He was just going 10 call on a custo-
mer to close deal when he found his
competitor had preceded him and secured
the order.
He was just going to quit work while
and take vacation when nervous pros
tration came.
He was just going to provide his wife
with more help when she took to her
bed and required nurse, doctor and
q maid-Suocess Magazine.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
DO. YOU WATCH The
CLOCK?
Poor show for the man that drops
his work on the tick.
THE BOGEY OF OvERTlmE.


+" You'll work yourself out of job. -
/ was young clerk in the United
States pension Office at Washington,
with a record to make. says corre-
spondent Of Spare Moments. Carl
Shurz was Secretary of the Interior,
and had set in motion little civil ser
vice Of his own, a prophecy of the
splendid system which later came in
through all the government positions.
Travelling half way across the country
to attend the examinations he had di-
rected to be held, to secure twenty-five
men for the Pension Office, sat down
in the Census Bureau with about three
hundred more men and women, to face
the ordeal. / had won my clerkship
with these odds against me, and 1 de-
termined that if it lay in my power
! would hold it and not only hold it but
get to the top.
Every morning a little after eight
O'Clock was at my post in the office,
although this was an hour earlier than
business was supposed to open. Some
of the ION the tick" clerks laughed at
me, knowing that was a new man.
But kept at it. The overtime bogey
did not worry me in the least. And it
worked well. From clerkship paying
$500 year, was regularly promoted
until four years after i took my posi-
tion in the office was receiving SI40O,
with So day for personal expenses and
all railway and livery bills paid by the
government, as / had been appointed to
a position as special examiner for the
Bureau of Pensions.
But how Jared it with the '.In at the
minute men? There came a wholesale
discharge one day and swept away hosts
of men, as the wind carries out of
sight cloud of flies in the summer
time.
The man who works little longer
than the regular hour is ON the road to
better things. Don't be afraid to stay
q few minutes after time. You need
not do this for the express purpose of
winning your promotion. That is not
the best motive. Do it because you
really love your work, and want to do
the fair thing as between man and man.
Thousands Of men tonight, when the
whistle blows, will swarm out of the
shops and offices Of the country. They
have been making preparations to get
out for ten or fifteen minutes before
the hour for closing: They do not
think that while they have been clear
ing up their desks and washing up their
hands their time was really that OF
their employer and ought to have beer
used as such. What they think of i.
getting out on the tick. Printers AL
bum.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
PRICES FOR TOMATOES AND OYS
TIERS TO BE BETTER.

The general situation in the canned
goods market has improved during the
past month, and the packers go into the
new year with feeling that the de-
mand will be more active and that the
prices will be on a higher and firmer
level than they were during the last
year. To illustrate-the demand for
tomatoes during the last four weeks
has been nearly as large as it was dur
ing the previous four months, with
strong indications of an increase in the
buying orders from all sections.
The prices will remain firm, because
it is a well-known fact that there is not
a large reserve of canned goods to be
drawn upon. The stock of canned
goods controlled by packers in this sec.
tion is known to be much lighter thar
the average at the same time in the
past six or eight years. -Thos. J.
Meehan, in Baltimore Sun.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
CONSUMPTION

Is, by no means, the dreadful
disease it is thought to be-in
the beginning.
II can always be stopped-in
the beginning. The trouble is:
you don't know you've got it;
you don't believe it; you won't
believe it-till you are forced
to. Then it is dangerous.
Don't be afraid; but attend
to it quick-you can do 1t
yourself and at home. Take
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15

Scientists have been studying for years
to ascertain the average age of differ
ent animals, and in the list thus pre-
pared it appears (says the Scotsman)
that man is about midway between
them in the point of longevity, though
physicians believe that he has in him
self the power to extend this period
rather indefinitely.
The whale leads all animals in point
of longevity, his age being placed con-
servatively at 800 to 1000 years. The
elephant, the camel, the eagle, the
wild goose and the crocodile are each
credited with 100 years and upward.
The carp is an elusive creature, its age
having been figured at from rs to $50
years. Tigers, leopards jaguars and
hyenas live some 25 years in confine-
ment, and probably much longer in the
wilderness. Swans, parrots, ravens
and tortoises live 200 years; pelicans,
40 to so years; hawks, 80 to 10; mon
keys and balloons, 16 to Is; squirrels
and rabbits years; queen bees, four
years; working bees, six months and
drones four months.
From study of such periods of long
] evity it would seem as if nature had
made sort of Chinese puzzle out of
the whole thing. There is apparently
no discoverable law that determines
the age of different animals and birds
Why the tortoise and eagle should live
10 to Is times longer than cats, dogs
or pigeons, is something that no mar
has yet fathomed.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
NIAGARA FALLS And
SURROUNDINGS.
Letter from a former LancastriOn,
Who now lives by the great
Falls.

The Falls of Niagara were first seen
by white men. when good Father Hen
nepin and his exploring party came up
from Quebec in 1878. What his impress
sions were on viewing these wonderful
scenes may be imagined. when he re-
ported the mighty cascades to be 600
#. high. Quebec was at that time only
a little frontier post, and pretty much
all the country west of that was pri-
meval forest, inhabited by Indians.
He was the discoverer of this. one of
the most wonderful spots on eartS. and
yet there is no spot of river, waterisll
or crag in all this region, bearing his
name to remind us of the man who had
the honor of first beholding the beauty
and grandner of this region, and to
which people come from the utmost
parts of the world. A feeling of awe
and solemnity seems the dominating
impression, when for the first time
these Falls are beheld. On this subject
so much has been said. and well said
by those more competent to do so, that
shall confine myself to some of the
more salient features in the physica
makeup of this beautiful and interest
ing region.
The Niagara river is formed by tn,
outflow of the surplus water of LAX,
Erie to Lake Ontario. The former i
1888 fit. higher than the latter, and th
distance from lake to lake is about 2
miles. The City of Buffalo stands jus
at the point where the water from tn,
lake enters the river. It's width ther
is somewhat less than a mile, bu
steadily narrows, until on reaching tn
Falls q miles below, it is only 500
feet.
Goat Island lies in the river opposit
the City of Niagara Falls, with it
lower end forming part of the pre-
cipice, and extends up the river abou
one-half mile and contains about z
acres. When the river reaches tn
upper end of this island its descent ha
been about Is feet. There tis divided
that part flowing on the East or Amer
can side forms the American falls, ar
that on the west side, the Horseshoe
Canadian.
From the upper end OF Goat Islar
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
IRvINGToN, VIRGINIA. FRIDAY, JANUARY Is. 1909

should be far gentler in our judgments
We do not know the sorrowing heart
or perhaps the silent endurance of
physical pain, that lies back of the
cold, repressed manner of our friend.
We do not see the tragedy of disap-
pointed hopes and ambitions in the
face of the man who asks for job
We do not comprehend the unspoken
pleading for love and patience in the
apparently incorrigible child whose at
titude defies US.
We do not know the shame and de-
spair of the drunkard nor the brave
fight which ne makes in his moments
of freedom, when hope springs up anew
in his breast.
We never behold the secret sorrow
of the girl who has given herself to
shame, when the purity Of her woman
hood asserts itself, and when with
buried face and bitter tears she sits in
the presence of her God.
We seldom realize the heroism of the
old man who is forced to earn his
bread in extreme age, facing in pain
and WEAKNESS daily toll. the passing
of his strength and the grim presence
of death.
We never know until we, too, have
suffered; until sorrow, pain, mortifica-
tion and defeat have claimed us for
their own.
If in the battle we some time reach
that place of divine compassion and
understanding of the heart of others,
where we would never, willingly cause
another pain and would gladly help a
fellow-being in his hour of need, let US
be thankful that it has been given us
to belong to the great brotherhood of
those who suffer.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
SOME NOTES
OF Interest to Farmers and Truckers

A cow with the best record is in New
Jersey, about IL years old. She has
given 16, 495 pounds of milk (about
eight tons), an average of about As
pounds or 22f quarts day.
The potato, which was already culti-
waited in America when the continent
was discovered, is spontaneous in Chill.
1t was introduced to Europe in 1880
and 1885 by the Spaniards, and almost
at the same time by the English, who
brought it from Virginia, where it had
appeared about 1880
A Baltimore man was badly gored by
a spiteful COW few days ago. In the
West the universal custom is to dehorn
all cattle, and it is stated that one
may see thousands of cattle but no
horns on them. The farmers state
that the dehorning makes them more
gentle and of necessity less dangerous.
The only possible objection urged is
that the age of such cattle is hard to
discover, but this is a small objection.
III. j. Sconce, of Vermilion county,
purchased quantity of seed corn in
Indiana. In the shipment was an ear
which. instead of the cob, had a core of
husk, the grains being neatly wrapped
on the soft foundation like peas in a
pod. Mr.. Sconce planted all the ker-
nails he found on the cobless ear. The
ears produced this fall were exact re-
productions of the single ear. He will
plant more of the corn next year, and
will endeavor to improve it.
Prior to the war between the States
the price of eggs ranged from to IL
cents dozen-never higher. Now the
price scars beyond the reach of con-
sumers, anywhere from 80 cents to so
cents dozen, according to time, place
and opportunity to make the consumer
stand and deliver. OF course the
American farmer is the wealthiest man
in this country today, and, measured
by the usual standard, we suppose he
is also the greatest. Petersburg Index
Appeal.
Here in Virginia we possess the here
ditary idea that a tract of land less
than hundred acres is no farm at all,
and that it is simply impossible to get
living from it. The successful farmer
to-day is the one having a few acres.
1t is shown by actual figures that five
acres of land. when properly cultivated.
will yield to man the equivalent in
come of $5 a day in the city. The
great economic question of the day is
the elimination of waste, and especially
the waste of human labor. Roanoke
Times.
Intensive farming in Virginia has
come to stay. Our farmers have fol-
years been spending too much of their
time and labor blowing and tending
too much acreage. A much smaller
acreage properly fertilized and tended
will produce much greater harvest
Commissioner Koiner is largely respon
sible for this improved condition. He
has labored faithfully and necessarily
to teach our farmers how to make more
off of less land and improve their lant
all the time. This teaching is bearing
fruit. Salem Times Register.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
POTATO FAMINE COMING.

A potato famine cost Ireland nearly
half its population and madethe United
Kingdom a freetrade country. What
might it do to the United States? It's
coming, too. The Department of Agri-
culture sees it just ahead. Already the
country doesn't produce enough pota-
toes for its own need, and the situa-
ton is getting worse year by year.
The Eastern cities are going farther
each year to get their tubers. The
crop is exhausting to the soil, and as
the home supply is becoming made
quate importation has been increasing
steadily to meet the needs Of the Allan
tic coast centers of population.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
THE CALL OF THE OPEN SEA.

I'm tired of sailing my little boat
Far inside of the harbor bar;
l want to be out where the big ships
float
Out ON the deep where the great ones
arel
l can't be ever content to bide
Where only ripples come and go,
/ must mount the crests of the waves
outside,
And breathless plunge to the trough
below.
And should my frail craft prove too
slight
For storms that sweep those wide
seas Ger,
Better go down in the stirring fight
Than drown to death by the sheltered
shorel
Daisy Rhinhart.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
AN OLD SWEETHEART OF NINE.

AS one who cons at evening Ger an
album all alone,
And muses. on the faces of the friends
that he has known,
So turn the leaves of fancy till, in
shadowy design,
I find the smiling feature of an old
sweetheart of mine.
The lamplight seems to glimmer with a
flicker of surprise
AS turn it low to rest me of the dazzle
of my eyes:
And / light my pipe in silence, save a
sigh that seems to yoke
It's fate with my tobacco to vanish into
smoke.
'Tis asfragrant retrospection-for the
loving thoughts that start
Into being are like the perfumes from
the blossom of the heart;
And to dream the old dreams over is a
luxury divine
When my truant fancies wander with
that old sweetheart of mine.
Though hear, beneath my study, like
a fiuttering of wings,
The voices of my children and the
mother as she sings.
1 feel no twinge of conscience to deny
me any theme,
When care has cast her anchor in the
harbor of a dream.
In fact, to speak in earnest, believe it
adds charm
To spice the good trife with little
dust of harm,
For find an extra flavor in memory s
mellow wine
That makes me drink the deeper to that
old sweetheart of mine.
A face of lily beauty and a form of
airy grace
Floats out of my tobacco as the geni
from the vase;
And thrill beneath the glances of a
pair of azure eyes
AS glowing as the summer and as
tender as the skies
And again feel the pressure of the
slender little hand.
AS we used to talk together of the
future we had planned
When 1 should be q poet, and with
nothing else to do
But write the tender verses that she
set the music to.
When we should live together in a
cozy little cot,
Hid in a nest of roses with a fairy
garden spot,
Where the vines were ever fruited
and weather ever fine,
And the birds were ever singing for
that old sweetheart of mine.
When / should be her lover forever
and day,
And she my faithful sweetheart till
the golden hair was gray;
And we should be so happy that when
either's lips were dumb
They would not smile in heaven till
the others kiss had come.
But, ah. my dream is broken by step
upon the stair,
And the door is softly opened and my
wife is standing there!
Yet with eagerness and rapture all my
visions resign
To greet the living presence of that
old sweetheart of mine.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
KNOCKING.

A word and lift for your fellow
is better than knocking his play,
And If you can't speak of him kindly
Be square and have nothing to say.
A dollar or two to creature
Far down in the depths of despair,
Is better than knocking on morals
And preaching lot of hot air.
A hope for the glory of Heaven
Is better than doubling the plan,
Or knocking the plea of salvation
Established for God-given mani
Baltimore American.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
WE NEVER KNOW.

A man was being driven by friend
through an avenue in California city.
AS they We're admiring the rich homes
surrounded by palms and pepper trees,
luxuriant shrubbery and flowers, the
friend turned to the man and said:
Every home in that row has its trag-
edy."
We never know.
II we knew, we should not envy; we
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1909-01-15
SHOPPING FOR LADIES.

Save travelling expenses and have our
shopping done by Mrs. j. p. Meanley,
22O4 Oak St., Baltimore. She Is In
close touch with the best stores and can
save our ladies money ON their purchases
In all lines. IL costs them nothing extra.
samples sent upon request.