davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25

One bridge. l0-foo. span. ~ feet
high. with wings feet long. en-
south line of Section 5 s.. io29-.t;.
One bridge, lo-ioot span. 10 feet
high, with wings 5 feet long. on east
line Of Section .. l22a-776.
One truss bridge. ~ feet long.
ten feet high. with wings 10 feet
long. between Sections ) ard 4, 49,
IS.
Sealed bids received for grading
roads. in response to advertisement
for same. We're opened and found to
be as follows:
Between Sections > ard H., 3 and
10. 1929.
Aug. and Dan. Fest. "a cents per
cubic yard.
Ezra Sites, 20cents per cubic yard.
L. W. Crandell, % cents per cubic
yard.
Jacob Feist. l6 ; cents per cubic
yard.
James King, between Sections ?
and IL. p cents, and between Sec
tons 3 and 10, II cents per cubic
yard.
Approach to bridge between Sec
tions = and %. 1876.
Aug. and Dan. Fest, - cents per
cubic yard.
State line, south of Section SO,
1876.
E. S. Carley, 10 cents per cubic
yard.
Anton Fest, IA cents per cubic
yard.
Aug. and Dan. Feist, % cents per
cubic yard.
On motion contracts were award
ed as follows:
For grading between Sections ?
and IL. 3 and 10, 1929. to Jacob
Feist, at 16.ls cents per cubic yard.
- =
Between Sections 81 and 2s, 1879
IS, to Aug. and Dan. Feist, Is cents
per cubic yard.
South of Section SO, 1906, to An
ton Fest. at IA cents per cubic yard.
Petition of John Wilmot and others
for road to be laid out between
Sections 81 and 80, l30-7s, was on mo-
ton referred to Commissioners Naa-
den for investigation and report.
Petition of Fred Sueltz and Others
for road to be laid out: Beginning
at the southwest corner of Section
81, 1866, thence running east ON
section lines four miles. Also, for a
bridge to be built between Sections
% and p. said township and range,
was referred to Commissioner Ham
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25
s.sslon d the L 7. U. at Minneapo

session 81 the / 7 Il at Minneapo
Is week before last
Between ] .5ts and 1900 dele
gates and visitors were at the fifty
sixth annual convention q the II
;ernationaI Typographical Union al
Minneapolis Addresses Of welcome
were made by The mayor Of the city,
! tie officers of the loca union and
a.hars. and were responded 10 hy
s'-side-. James NJ Lynch The
reports Il o-scsrs were then pre-
se-.~1 i tas convention.
TX report q: asesidea, Lynch
sas comprehensive document. re-
~ progress made by the
.-.-s.a paeraphica. Union
1s * Is G1n1sl cons sn;!or.
s TX aaes. sni touching
-'a- .a.ss II. aays become . part
- ss ana history Of the Or
Ess.ao- s-spscizl attention vas
5ssg.es 4 .ae home maintained al
-za Sa-inss 81 agea and inGi-
ssz- s-s-:srs. ard also 70 the anti
.-s,a-ea asis crusade undertaken BY
~ organization. The results Of
~.sca % "a. are reported TO be Of
-a<s gratifying character.
>=a.etary-Treasurer Hays in his
snnGsl -epo.. showed that the aver
age paving membership Of the or
gzlizztion for the year ending May
Sls- last was l7.,sss, an increa sc Of
a27 over the year 1909 and 4,l0s
oyer 1903.
The members Of the old-age pen
sion roll Of the organization received
sos. 40 during the fiscal year. Since
the establishment of burial benefits
the international has paid $50
burial benefits, amounting to 1862
915; and since 1891. when the Inter-
national began the payment of strike
benefits, there has been expended
in this direction and in special as
sistance to local unions total Of
s.. s3s, so7.o2.
San Francisco was chosen for the
1911 meeting of the l. I. Z"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25
OFFICIAL PROCEEDINGS
OF the Board OF County commission.
ers Of Emmons County.
North Dakota.
THURSDAY
Linton, n. D.. Aug. Is. 1910.

Linton, n. D.. Aug. Is. 1910.
/ The board met pursuant to ad-
.lournnaent of July 18th. Present:
R. n Volk chairman. Chris. Naa-
den and Andrew Hansen. commits
sioners.
On motion the following bills
were allowed:
4. D L;rderman. q o,k on road Z - 90
Henry staage, work on road 30 90
Charles =. Myers, work on road 10 -
John A-r.es. work on road go
D. 5. Weaver. WORK on road 90
J. II. reery, work on road "a 50
=. {. Longpse. work on road s 40
James Wig, work on road IL 20
John Piaff, work on road . 10 80
F. z. Simpkins, work on road & 90
Perry Simpkins, work on road . 90
Nm. Messne,, work on road -. 26 90
Frank Butler. work on road ~. 4 30
Pete. Hansen. work on road. 80 80
Il. f. Earlywine. work on road. % 80
Thomas Griffin, work on road. p 20
Al. Messner. work on road 80. GO
II. A. Taylor. work on road 80. % so
Elwood Morford. blacksmithins
and hauling planks . , %
DIV Casey repairing road pillow 20
R. Mulsay, work on road ... "a 90
/. II Harwood, work on road IL 60
Theodore Yetter. work on road. 30 10
Robert Walker, work on road. II 20
c. L. Stedman, work on road 8 90
Earl Brown, work on road $3.50. \ 90
Sid. Van Curen. work on road. a 80
Clemens Rohrich, work on road -
Alex. McCully. work on road :. 20 90
Will NcC ully. work on road 20 90
Chas. Dewitt. work on road -. 81 60
Charles De Witt, returning bal
lot boxes $500. ............ . 60
G. +. Bailey. hauling culvert =. 80
c. @. Putnam, returning ballot
boxes. ............... 80
Vim. Maxwell, returning ballot
boxes ................ ) 80
E. F. Savage, returning ballot
boxes Observation-Disclosures. a 80
w. E. Carpenter, returning ball
lot boxes \ so
III n. Hanson, superintendent of
schools, postage and box rent. . 45
n. n. Hanson. superintendent of
schools, drayage. . 30
II II. Hanson, superintendent of
schools. mileage. June. July
and August ............ 35 90
Coodridge Call Lumber Co.,
road material :. ..... 10 90
Peoenix Lumber Co, road mate
rial - .................... 1859 20
Goodridge- allLumberC Co. road
| material. ............. -. 26s 50
Tempel Bros road material 49,. 1919 IS
Goodridge Call Lumber Co.
road material. Observation-Disclosures. 3O2 81
On motion the board adjourned
until 8 a. M. August 10, 1910.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25

The world is doing honor to one of
the grandest characters of modern
times. Florence Nightingale is dead,
and the press Of Christendom is re-
counting her good deeds 1t would
be impossible for press and people
to say too much in commentator of
this noble woman, who was the pio-
neer in the movement to mitigate
the horrors Of war. She was really
the initiator of the Red Cross move
ment which later materialized along
lines pursued by her and her help
ers In the Crimean war the soldiers
of the allies were dying like flies,
and with the means at hand little
could be done to alleviate their
sufferings 1t was then that this
gentle, dainty, aristocratic English
woman arose to the occasion. BY
her power as an organizer she gath
cred thirty-odd women nurses, with
hospital supplies, and sailed for the
seat Of war. She arrived just be-
fore the bloody battle of lnkerman.
and within few months the British
nurses had ten thousand sick or
wounded soldiers under their care
The writer remembers that when he
was a boy of six years Of age every
body was talking of the war in the
Crimea, and the name of the good
Florence Nightingale was a house
hold word. No one ever lived who
did more for the alienation of
human suffering. The modern
principle that the object of battle is
to incapacitate an enemy rather than
Kill him was not yet accepted by bel
igerents in her day, and the wounds
were more deadly than they are now
especially from rife fire. In the
absence of knowledge of antiseptic
remedies. practically all wounds
supurated. and the percentage Of
deaths among the wounded was
much higher than at present. Little
could be done. for lack of we'll
organized hospital service. to nurse
the wounded back to health. and
large numbers Of the soldiers in
the absence of present advanced
methods Of surgery which would soon
have cured them died lingering
and horrible death The world has
had few characters of prominence
who were equally worthy with the
recently deceased humanitarian Of
the honors given to them.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25
sen for investigation and report at

sen for investigation and report at
next meeting of the board.
Petition Of E. H. Brant and
others for a bridge to be built
across Long Lake creek between
Sections p and %, 1858, was on
motion denied, for the reason of no
available money in bridge fund.
On motion the following bills
were allowed:
Horace keyes, work on road - II GO
Frank Sweet, work on road 10 30
Richard Campbell, work on road 9, 30
James a. Lawry. work on road IL 90
/. W. Csandell. work on road. Jag 30
Mat. Reich, Jr., work on road 80
Quincy Gates, hauling road ma
'erlai ... ........... IL 20
Frank Matson, work on road 81 80
5. G. Busby, work on road $50. ) 20
J. Il. Baumgartner. work on
road ........... -. -. 81 90
Len NcCauliff, work on rord . 30
John c. Buechler. work on road 81 90.
Andreas Fest. work on road "a 80
George Schell, work on road Is 90
i Jacob Groen, work on road 80. II go
John Mack, work on road $50. D So
Joseph Nolk, work on road Is 30
Arend Hahn, work on road 49,. IL 80
Joseph Ericsson, work on road "a 30
| Wendelin Netter, work on road 9 90
John Prison, work on road ~ 81 so
Henry Nieuwsma, work on road 10
Joachim Schell. work on road. 25
Rochus bosch. building bridge
| between Sections 30 and 81,
BID 81 90
John Scheer, work on road 49,. / 30
Jacob Huber, hauling road ma.
terial. ........... so
Valentine Materia, work on road 20
George Thompson. work on
ROAD ......s.i..,........ Il. 10
J. A Blewett, work on road 5 40
Michael Goldade. work on road. Is
Q +. Myers, work on road ~ 90
| Adam Wolf. work on road IS
/ JACOB west, work on road Al 90
Ed Ehlke, work on road 80 90
Chamberlain Road Mach. Co,
repairs for road-grader. =. ll2 0s
J. & A. Feist. grading approach
to bridge between Sections %
and 30. 1872 rs, as per contract ll5 81
John Swanson. road grading. as
per contract ........ ~. us 40
John Pounds, hauling road gra-
der from July is to Aug. II. as
per contract 49,. i. ...... 663 90
The Hennepin Bridge Co., bal
ance due on contract of Jan.
q, 1910, for two bridges. ...... $500 Os
u. b. Bidwell, assessing First
district .......... ......... 3ss 90
W. r Petrie. supplies. ........ b o.
Phoenix Lumber Co.. road ma
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25

The Valley City Times Record
booms new extract company
which has its habitat in this state.
and in its article spoils the effect
by leaving out lower-case "r,''
making the name Two Bees
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25
Wonder if the darkness last Mon
day was caused BY the tariff?
EsTRAYED COW

, Left my place. ten miles west of
Linton, about the middle Of May, a
red mllch-cow. branded with b on
left hip. Finder please notify under
signed and receive reward.
.. f. Burge, Linton. N. d.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25

To show the present scope and aim
of the printers international system
of protection we print below the
following taken froma metropolitan
newspapers condensed report Of the
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25
FRIDAY.

FRIDAY.
FORENOON SESSION.
August 10. 1910.
The board met pursuant to ad-
journment Present: Commission
ers Volk, MAIDEN and Hansen.
Commissioners MAIDEN and Hansen
having been appointed committee
to inspect and check up the grading
of approach to bridge between Sec
tions 20 and 80. 1896, by Contrac-
tors j. and A. Feiszt. report the
work complete and performed in
compliance with contract.
Bills against the county were con-
sidered.
On motion the board adjourned
until o'clock p. m.
The board met pursuant to ad-
journment. Present: Commission
ers Volk. MAIDEN and Hansen.
Jakob Hoffart requested that APP
praisers be appointed to appraise a
mare colt taken up and advertised
by him as an estray. On motion NJ.
Bruckner and Joseph Diekert were
appointed as such appraisers.
Petition of Ben Matthews and
fifty-five others for road, bridged
and worked, beginning at the south
east corner of Section 4, 1858,
thence running south on section
lines six miles to the southeast cor
ner of Section 4. 1878. was on mo-
ton referred to Commissioners
Casey and Hansen for investigation
and report at next meeting of the
board.
Sealed bids. received in response
to advertisement calling for same,
for building six wooden bridges,
were opened and found to be as fol-
lows:
C. B. Pritchard . $3.50 90
E. D. Fogle. ........... l343 90
D. D. Bidwell ...... 9s5 90
On motion the contract for build
ing the six bridges was awarded to
ID. ID. Bidwell for the sum of 1886. 90.
Bridges are located as follows:
Two bridges, s-foot span. 10 feet
high, with 6-foot wings. between
Sections 8 and 8. 1879.
One bridge. lO-foot span, 10 feet
high, with wings 10 feet long, on
Section II, 1917.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25
b, d. Z. sTpEETEe


hasr ! neer man yeas
age II ne growth n cres Ho4f
men.s y considered sinre tnf trade
un,or was minar qnan;} = "A
speia eronomv 0! Tho nHei
States ane Anans Thesi Is 3
tns beginning q the s-ea s-ai'-
unim movement q tnss ran,ifs'.
al amos anye~sa nlsAaaerSas.e
M o: ms nsasc:s sosgH as a
,ainAc s. tns n'emi4a~ssE u
unions ii .ea ~ar ans *
sioa-a,ie 'seaaNs i,sa-s M
l,esi-5o Importance Us aa
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25

,,5e-a,,,,i,e r5r Tne-s ves w,
sf,,sans aa,ar-s,es ape 1rs i,
.,ane,.-,.. -rs.as- aolncs sessis,,
oa~. ,a,ae-ar,t,... tse Ys.roT,s,! i
tn a-ss Nc country ant
ns aDa o;he- people o.
IS. N tlas vs.. ne anatha:
n qe,rarsine and sr,,e.-a rs-c .ssi.
ia ~as no; WAYS ; VI. ~
Afar I.ifsA-s e n ssa1s
ss- v- mani sa-s . -'sss :
Y - .ilausF asss As So
Hsa s's a.A- -
~ 81 Af nsse-
'aT ~ ssis2 -
~, Ss'i's-' 's'i
s' ,'sA $50 g 80 ~
Sia
'''> Is s.
~. Y 's''
*
az
Ms
Z @
~ des, o:
Esra governing
u - nun
.E@5 members o.
go .-l-.a-s societies
lsss-5 M formation Of
1lsa- D1. /, was not IN
M. he pan was consum-
us= u ST. as near as the
ss--. caa remember the Canadian
,-s--s-s i.aa.3sn5ent societies asked
-. agDs SION 70 the then national
-n TIE req was granted.
lr1e lame was changed from Ma
gaa = International Typo
grs;3tics MON. and soon thereafter
tns erst session on Canadian soil
Vas asld al Montreal.
80
T-au-;.a, y,..,s,,.l ,.n,,,laa,a
~ u c5-..,;.sa,s sx;s.;na = ,,.aa
u-s;s ;,., Ia 49,, 9
cent q the l. l 7. IN 1871. 10
STOW ne great progress that has
'5sfs'a mace IN the world movement
-9s f'e retirement OF the economic
c9lciilen q the common people we
XII gise few comparisons between
the International Union that met at
Louisville in 1877 and the powerful
d, thai recently convened in Min
reaf l9lis for weeks session. AT
The I.99is,ille session there were
at9at -itry delegates present. and of
.isltirg rrjnters from abroad less
than 4 haif-dazen The nreS;den+
chosen vas from ST. Louis. the vice
-,su;,.s,,, r,,, t,.,t.;, .L
.sr.-tyess,,rer from Rosto, and ~.
caYyes,,or.,ing sec,e,s,y fro,n ~
-orto O,e c.n saa a'hat ,as.;.a
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25
Notice of Teachers ESamin

Notice of Teachers ESaminal
Teachers, please take nat
the regular August Aalgis
Of candidates for teacher
Gates will be held in the hjsa
building at Linton, FRIDAY Ar
urday, August 26 and IS
$50 a. m.
All teachers expecting
during the coming fall an! s
and not having Live C-s
are expected to attend.
This is also the annual M
ton for teachers wishing d
primary certificates.
Henry II. Eiaa-
County superlntelHa.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25

~. aaanv eenana0nn p
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25
terial

.'=-- H-.-|.
S. c. Busby, returning
w. }. Fra leigh. returning b.
boxes ..
S. F. Wright, returning
poaes
Stephen Silk, returning s
boxes ,.
Carolyn Paul, WORK il aa,i
office
Belle Lien, clerk in regis
deeds office
c. a. Broman, drayage
c. B. carley, cou..'s
postage.
H. A. Thorson. glazing VII.
Knight Printing Co blanks
w. c. Croker. report ares
- y - - =
Bismarck Tribune Co
and blanks
Emmons County Advoca-,
fishing and printing
Haggard & Maloney. auto l.s
for commissioners
Andrew Hansen, commissioae.
salary and mileage
Chris. MAIDEN. coHmisSieas
salary and mileage
r NJ. Volk, commissioners
AIRY and mileage
A number of bills were
for the reason that the
were not verified, as liz
quires. j. G.. Ri'
COUNTY \
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25
EsTRAY CATTLE.

ESTRAY CATTLE
Estrayed from Haggare; s pa
fifteen miles southwest ii Iii
between June LIST and Aug 7th
head of cattle, brande !. Oh
hip. Finder will please not..s
N. Flegel. Linton Y.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1910-08-25

Not,ce is nsreuy gwen mat 8 pehtt6h nas
been Hled with the clark Of this vtleee aof
the vacation Of the alloy IN block elSoy ~.
trustees will consider the matter aho hear
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10

Manila, p. I-"There are TO knock
ers at missionaries in the Philippines.
Thus a Manila newspaper man col
loquially diagnosed the missionary
situation in the islands. My own in
vestigations verified this opinion; the
criticism of missions and missionaries
which is so general in the port cities
of the far east is conspicuous for its
absence in Manila. The missionaries
appear to be on the best Of terms with
everybody, from the governor general
down.
One of the most popular dinner
clubs in the city is the Quill club, to
Manila belong, and which was organ.
lied by two missionaries. Not until
the recent visit of Dr. Charles Cuth.
bert Hall and Secretary Lloyd, of the
Protestant Episcopal board when they
were guests of the club. was anything
like religious topic even treated in
the after dinner speeches. This sug-
gests a notable fact about the Philip
pine missionaries. The man is not
swallowed up in the minister so far
as l met them personally, l found the
missionaries sharing the character
istics of most of the other Americans
in the islands; strong, sensible,
symmetrical men, seriously engaged
in the business of making the best ma
ton possible out of the Filipincs.
athoIic-Protestant Neighboriness.
Inasmuch as the Roman Catholic
church has been in the islands for 300
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Coasting Skates.

IS inch wide along the center line.
The front end is curved upward, and
a strap of iron or thin steel is fitted
to the fiat section and serves as a run
ner. The ends of the runner are
turned over upon the top of the base
and help by screws. No screws are
necessary in the bottom. In use the
ball of the foot rests at a point ap-
proximately midway in the length of
the skate. A stiff strap, 3, preferably
of metal and designed to fit over the
toe of the shoe, is screwed or other
wise secured to the base at this point.
This strap may be wrapped with pad
ding if desired, but if properly shaped
the padding is not necessary. A u
shaped iron as 4 is fixed to the base
as shown, so as to prevent sidewlse
movement of the heel.
1t will be appreciated that these
skates may be readily removed from
the feet after a coast down hill, and
as readily readjusted at the top Of the
hill. To facilitate the use of the
skates, a guide rope is used. The
opposite ends of this rope are secured
to eyes, one in each of the skates at
the forward end. When coasting, the
rope is grasped in one or both hands,
and held taut from the eyes.
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10

the superiority Of the Filipino to the
Asiatic-and he undoubtedly is SUI
perior to japanese, Chinese, Malay or
Indian-is duo to TIC ciVilizing influ
cncc of the Roman Catholic church
That the Urited States has been able
to do more for the islands politically
in less than ten years than Great
Britain has done for India in hun
dred year,, must largely be credited
to tho church that brought the Fill
;piEos out of sav3 ycry.
With the abuses that crept into the
church in the islands this article is
not concerned; bat it must be pointed
out that it was no. against the Ameri-
can type Of Roman Catholicism that
the FilipinOs rcVolted On all sides it
is agreed that the church in the
islands should be brought up to the
American standard. Concerning the
handful Of American priests who have
gone to the Philippines, l heard only
praise, from Nonsignor Agius down to
the civilian man Of the street" There
is q great need for more.
Failing this, the church authorities
look with most hopefulness to the
present movement for the education
Of young Filipinos to the priesthood
in the United States Lack of suit
able priests is the chief need of the
church in the islands, in order to
remedy conditions which cannot exist
in the light of the increasingly-circu-
lated newspapers of widespread pop
ular education. and Of q steadily grow
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10

ing American spirit. Next comes the
need for tho rehabilitation Of church
edifices, which are still in a ruinous
condition, as a result of the war Ap-
rarently none of the money paid by
the American government to the friars
for their lands is being used fer the
churches in the islands.
Looking Cut fer the American,
A peculiar situation was created in
Manila by the advent of so many
American men, mostly Professionals. In
behalf of these, churches have been
established in Manila by the Presby.
terians, Protestant Episcopalians
Methodists and Disciples. All of
these are centers of vigorous religious
influences. DR.. S. b. Rossiter. the
Presbyterian pastor, has won for him.
self an enviable place in the life of
Manila, and Bishop Brent, of the Epis.
ccpal church, is by all clasaes regard
ed as one Of the great men of the
islands. The Methodist pastor is a
young man and newcomer, but the
church is a popular one DIR. Homer
Stunts return TO the states because
of illness removed a forceful person.
atty from the Philippines. The Epis.
copalians have built st. Mary's and
ST Johns cathedral, the finest mod
ern ecclesiastical structure in Manila.
An adjunct of this is the Columbia
club, handsomely equipped club
house, run on liberal and geptlemanly
lines by the members, and having
about it no faint of patronage or the
eleemosynary spirit. Its members
are men from all walks in life, It diff.
fers from other high-grade clubs
chiefly in that gambling and drinking
are tabooed. Altogether it is by far
the most successful institution of the
sort l have ever seen.
Bishop Brent has Is workers asso-
slated with him, and services for
Americans are maintained in several
places. The distinctively missionary
wholly confined to the non-Christian
tribes.
For Manila's Men.
Some interesting statistics concern
ing the American men in Manila were
recently gathered by the Young Mems
Christian association. Of the 3,4S2
American young men in Manila, SO 1-3
per cent. are unmarried Of the total
number, 351 have Filipino wives or
live with Filipino women. The others
are distributed as follows: Five hun
dred and sixty-five are living in
American homes; 627 are living in
messes: S13 are rooming in Filipino
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1910-06-10
Miners in France.

Strangers are sometimes surprised
by the fear of vipers which exists in
some parts of France. These little
venomous snakes are dangerous both
to man and beast. Recently a move
ment has been made to protect the
vipers, on the ground that they render
valuable services in destroying ro-
dents, mollusks, and other small nOxi'
GUS animals, but a writer in the Jour-
nal of Practical Agriculture strenu.
ously opposes this, declaring that the
services performed by the Vipers are
of small account in comparison with
the accidents, frequently mortal,
which they cause. He instances lit
tie neighborhood in the Department
of Meurthe-et-Moselle, where the
yipers became a veritable plague, and
where, inspired by the offer of a re-
ward, two hunters destroyed 10000.