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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
coLoRFvL puELs.
aussr lnitiatery ordsal Of New Az
Students In Paris.

aussr Initiasery ordsal Of New Az
Students In Paris.
The most curious of the many
practical Jokes perpetrated by the
art students in the Latin quarter is
a kind Of initiatory ordeal which
the two newest corners of class
are sometimes compelled to UNDER
90 by their fellow students of the
Beaux Arts. 1t is painters duel,
in which neither combatant, no
matter how small his experience
nor how great his nervousness, need
fear for q fatal termination.
The reluctant dutlists are provid-
ed with tall stools and seated oppo
site each other at arms length.
They wear old clothes, and in the
hand Of each is placed a large paint
brush charged with color, the one
dipped in prussian blue, the strong
est ard most vivid of azure tints,
and the other in carmine lake,
which is fine rich crimson. The
word is given, and the two men
begin to daub. Being usually stran-
gers to one another and without the
least cause of quarrel, they COM
monty show at first great deal Of
caution and consideration, not to
say timidity, and do not make much
effort to inflict conspicuous streaks
OF to touch each others face.
Soon, however, one or the other
gets smear which he does not like
and attempts to retailiate upon his
opponent. Then the contest wakes
warm. The spectators hasten to
take sides and urge on their favor
lite with shouts, cheers and encour-
aging cries. The tall stools totter;
the wet brushes spatter; the antag-
onists daub more and more fercefy
and furiously until frequently men,
stools and all go down together in
struggling red and blue heap upon
the floor. The duelists are then as
sisted to their feet, shake hands,
laugh at each others appearance
and adjourn to the lavatory, where
they good naturedly help each other
10 remove the traces Of the conflict.
The knight Of the red brush il
found to have smeared his adver-
eary until he might pass for a hero
of the gonest field Of history, while
the victim Of the blue brush, if only
blue blood were a fact instead of a
figure, might pose for survivor Of
an equally desperate fight.
It speaks well for the temper and
good comradeship Of the students
that SO rough . kind of fun ends
where it begins, in the mock duel,
and never, it is said, leads to resent
ment or i'll will.-New York Press.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
Among a number of letters &

Among number of letters from
members of the recent session of the
North Dakota House of Representa-
tives, approving the writer's recent
write-up of the Cowan impeachment
matter from the standpoint of one
who was there and knows the facts.
is one from Representative Morritz.
of Cavalier county. who was a mem.
Der Of the committee that considered
the impeachment charges. Follow.
ing is an extract from Mr.. Morritz's
letter dated Dresden. March goth.
IL received a copy Of your paper thi.
evening. and l cannot wait to let
you know what think of YOUR ar.
ticle as to the Cowan case and
Governor Burke. You have nv idea
Of the case exactly. and you stated
everything right to the point. !
have never seen a truth better ex
planned than in your article. am
so-called Insurgent Republican INV
self; but would not condemn mar
unjustly because it was claimed h.
was q Stalwart. made un M,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
ssekino AuIun.

A city gentleman was recently in
vited down to the country for 80
day with the birds" Whatever his
powers in matters of finance, his
shooting was not remarkable for its
accuracy, to the great disgust ofsthe
man in attendance, whose tip wsi
generally regulated by the tize az
the bag.
Dear me-" at last exclaimed the
sportsman, "but the birds seem ex-
ceptionally strong on the wing this
year"
mot all Of 'em, sir" came the re
mark; you've shot at the same bird
this last dozen times. 'Es follerin'
you about, sir"
Following me abouti. Nonsense!
Why should a bird do that?"
Il dunno, sir, I'm sure" replied
the man, ''unless he's 'angin' round
for safety !"-Londun Ideas.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
A Disappointing Discovery.

Two newsboys met on the street
One appeared somewhat glum and
disgruntled, whcreupon the other
benevolently essayed - cheer him
up.
"say, Bill, you member dat dime
I fought l lost yesterday-de one
I was goin' to treat youse wids"
"Sure," assented Bill sullenly !,
then, with growing Representatives,
of tone, Il treated youse twicet al.
ready, Jim"
"Well," went on Jim animatedly:
"wot d'youse t'ink / found JUS
now? | WIZ feelin' round in dis
pocket, an l found. right here in
dis pocket, p \ dramatically
timed pause.
ssYouse found de dime!!n exclain.
ed Bill, frightening up.
"Say, Bill, youse always in a hur-
ry. | WIZ tryln' to tell youse dat !
found de hole dat dime got
trough. "-Youth's Companion.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30

The Hazelton Republican Of last
week has the following sensible
words regarding the matter Of
'ready-prints." For two years the
Record was "all.home-print,' and it
will be that way again before many
weeks have passed. Long-winded
serial stories, dealt out in homeo-
pathic doses, with misleading Cana
dian-boom ads and hall. page screech-
es assisting the fraudulent Post. Of
Postum fame. to hoodwink the
reading public, are not the thing for
a country newspaper. In these days,
when pretty nearly everybody takes
one Of the big city weeklies. and
many. subscribe to a metropolitan
daily, the country newspapers mis-
sion is in the home field-town. coun-
try and state. Following is Editor
Thurston's article:
North Dakota for North Dako-
tans" ought to be the slogan in this
state, and not only used by the news
papers, but also by the institutions
that live off from said newspapers.
There are in the state to-day about
four hundred newspapers that are
putting forth every effort to build
up their home community by in
ducing settlement or by encourage
ing the local resident to stay. A
large percentage of these newspa-
pers patronize the Western News
paper Union at Fargo. securing the
inner or ready printed portions of
their papers from that institution.
Immagine the state of mind Of a
publisher who truthfully tells in his
home-printed columns Of North Da-
kota possibilities. such as twenty
bushel-to-the-acre yields Of wheat,
or some similar return for labor or
expense. and then. as he turns to the
ready-printed page from the paper
house, he finds glowing advertise
ment of cheap homes and fabulous
crop-yield in.some country not be-
longing to the United States. The
day Of the all-home-printed paper is
not far in the distance.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
Reversed In, Order.

A young clergyman who was of a
shy disposition was rather embar-
raised at his FIRST marriage cers-
mony and unwittingly reversed the
usual order of the service, thus
making the bridegroom promise to
love and obey his blushing bride.
The error passed unnoticed at the
time, but shortly afterward it
dawned upon the father Of the
bride that a mistake had occurred,
and he said to the clergyman: Il
believe, Mr.. Blank, you have made
John promise to love and obey my
daughter. All, we'll; he added aft
er pause and with sly look at
his better half, Il suppose it won't
matter much; it generally comes to
that in the end snyway. "-Ex-
change.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30

that the members Of the senate shall.
receive such compensation as is fixed
bv the constitution for service in a
regular legislative session. which is
the sum of IS per ay. Such officers
or assistant 5 as NAV be selected by
the court of inpeac lment by which
title the serate will be known while
trying the case may be appointed,
at salary 20 be determined by the
senate. The defendant has the
right to object in writing to the
articles of impeachment, or he may
make an oral plea Of not guilty. A
plea of not guilty puts in issue every
material al egatiol of the articles
and the sreciticat ons hereunder.
In this case there are eighty general
charges. which will require more
than l25 roll-calls Of the senate. In
voting, the yeas and nays are taken
on each individual specification un-
der each individual charge. This
course of procedure must be carried
through the entire list of articles of
impeachment. If wo-thirds of the
members elected to the senate con-
cur in favor of Impeachment on any
one SPECIFICATION, the accused must
be convicted. Otherwise, he must
be acquitted.
II the accused De convicted, the
senate must. at such time as it may
appoint, pronouce judgment in the
form Of resolution entered upon
the journal of the senate. On adop.
ton of the judgment resolution of
the two-thirds who voted on the
question Of acquittal or conviction,
it becomes the judgment of the
senate. The judgment may be that
the defendant shall be disqualified
from exercising any of the functions
of the office. or that he be removed
from office and be disqualified ia
hold any office of trust or profit in
the state. Payment of counsel for
the prosecution-the impeachment
managers-is fixed by the senate,
power to do so being vested in that
body. The state auditor must draw
warrants on the state treasurer for
such amounts as may be signed by
the presiding officer and the secre.
tary of state. Witnesses and officers
serving processes receive the same
fees as are allowed for like service:
in criminal cases.
The defendant also has the right
to ask the senate to appoint counsel
for him, and, should such action be
taken, the state must bear the ex.
pense.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
tn. Way Matches Are Arranged BY
.arriage Brokers

O1io Tamura, US We VIII call our
young gentleman, IS about twenty
years old. &c is up to date Jap.
anese and has put oil all thoughts
Of matrimony until this compare
lively late date-ior Japan-in or
der to finish his university studies.
Now, however, he has finished his
training and has intinated to his
father, as a dutiful son should, that
he would like to marry. That is all
he is required TO do at present. 1t
is the business Of his parents to
take the next steps.
OMo's father presumably has
some quiet talks with his wife on
the subject and then betakes him.
self to a professional matchmaker
or go-betwecn, i discreet man of the
world, with a good deal of insight
into human nature. For the sake
Of his own reputation and future
the go-between usually docs HE
best to please all parties.
Sometimes, in the cast as in the
west. love laughs at rcstraints, and
somebody or other conveys hint
to the marriage broker that meet.
ing between Mr. \. and Miss B.
might not be unacceptable to bo,s,
in which case his tasl. is easy. Usu-
ally, however, he takes time to look
around him. and he in turn-how
indispensable the ladies arc in these
matters-consults his wife. At last,
after carefully considering the off.
cial and social position of the per.
sons and families interested, he sug-
gests that a certain Miss Chrysan-
themum would make Il most desira-
bic bride for the LEARNED SON Of
the honorable house OF Tamura."
Once moro Orios father consults
his wife and sundry other relations
and, having no fault TO lind with
the go-betwcens suggestion, in
structs the latter 10 proceed. The
marriage brokers next step is to APP
proach the parents of the young
lady he has in view and arrange
formal appointment for mutual in
spection-it is known as the slook
al, each other meeting'-between
the prospective bride and bride
groom at the house of the brides
father and in the presence of that
gentleman and the go-between HIM
self.
Ths meeting usually takes the
form of conventional tea party.
at which the prospective bride does
the honors. 1t is perhaps unneces-
sary to add that she does not wear
her oldest clothes on this occasion
Here for the first time in their lives
the young lady and Orio set eyes on
one another. Etiquette forbids
them to speak to each other, but
nevertheless they are doubtless verr
busy "taking stock" Of the Others
appearance and manners.-Wide
World Magazine.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30

Sitting as high court Of impeach-
ment to try Judge John F. Cowan.
Of the Second judicial District, the
state senate convened at , o'clock
this afternoon. The preliminary
work of organization was effected
to-day. requiring all Of the after
noon
The ceremonies incident to the
converting Of the court were unusual
and interesting. President Burdick
was first sworn in as the presiding
officer of the court. and he in turn
swore the members Of the senate as
members Of the court.
If the work Of organization can
be completed this afternoon, and
the other preliminary work disposed
of, the opening statement for the
prosecution will be made tomorrow
by Attorney George Bangs. The
statement will be quite lengthy,
covering what the state expects to
prove on each Of the eighty charges
against Cowan, under which there
is total of ninety specifications.
The fact that up to last night a
total Of 1871 subpoenas had been is
sued BY the secretary Of the senate,
through instructions from the i'm.
parchment managers, for witnesses,
gives some idea Of the magnitude
Of the case. The witnesses include
sheriffs and clerks Of court of prac.
tically every county in the Second
judicial District, as we'll as great
many residents Of those districts, to.
gether with a number of out-of-the-
district residents.
The defense will have about the
same number of witnesses present
All Of these witnesses have been
subpoenaed to appear before the
senate to-day. However, inasmuch
as no witnesses can be examined to.
day. the number of those arriving
was not very great.
In the event Of members of the
senate being excused from duty
the absence Of such members is, ir
effect. a vote for Cowan. Under
the impeachment law vote of two
thirds Of the membership of the
senate is necessary to impeach. and
that fact operates to give the i'm
peached jurist a vote in the event
that any members are absent or ex
cused from doing duty.
Senator Pierce. who has applied
for leave of absence, is at the pres
ent time in the Bermuda Islands be
caue of illness. Under the impeach
ment laws of the state it is provided
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
Cakes as Love Letters.

The Hungarian gypsics use cakes
as love letters. \ coin is baked into
the sweetmeat, which is then
thrown at the lady as she passes by,
If she eats the cake and retains the
coin all is well. but if she should
fling back the silver ii would be ia
tai to the lovers hopes. Among
the savages of the Arabian desert
the girl is approached without cere-
mony while pasturing her fochs.
She resists strenuouslg, attacking
her sutton with sticks and stones
If he succeeds IN driving her into
her fathers tent size is his, but if
che should resist lin lifelong dis
grace would be his portion
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
The Main Point.

''The successful farmer loves his
work." said the secretary Of agn-
culture. Every detail Of it inter
ests him. Thus Squire Plowlands
proved himself poor theologian,
but grand farmer, when he met
one Sunday morning his tenant
Hodge.
Where have you been, Hodge,
said the squire.
"T've been to church, SIR
Hodge replied.
What was the sermon about,
Hodge,
ut was something about Joseph
going down to Egypt to buy corn,
squire
'erhe squire frightened.
"Did the parson say what corn
Is worth down there:' he asked"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
The Fargo Forum p rints the fol

lowing biographical sketch of Judge
Cowan, the Second-Judicial-D District
Judge whose political enemies are
now trying through impeachment
proceedings-to get even at, the eN-
pense Of the state. With the man
whom they cannot defeat at the
polls:
John F. Cowan, of Devils Lake.
Judge Of the Second judicial dis
trict and former attorney general of
North Dakota, was born at Moifat.
Dumfriesshire, Scotland, on Dec.
%. 1858. His family emigrated to
America in 1862 and lived in On
tario. Can, until 1882. when they
settled in Benson county, North
Dakota. Mr.. Cowan. however. re-.
ceived all his earlier education in
Canada. first graduating from the
Goderich high-school and later from
the Ottawa normal-school. He then
matriculated for the study Of medi-
cine. but came to the United States
in 1880 and accepted position as
clerk with the Chicago & Grand
Trunk Railroad Company at Port
Huron. Mich.
After proving up on claim near
Grand Harbor. Ramsey county
during the time of his residence on
which claim he began reading law
he went to Devils Lake and entered
the law Office of John MCGEE, who
was later elected district judge of
Hennepin county. Minnesota. MI.
Cowan was admittedlto practice be.
fore the territorial district court in
1885, and the same year opened an
Office in Devils Lake, which city he
has continued to make his homc.
For some time he was associated with
Attorney P. j. McClory. He has
served as city justice Of Devils Lake.
two terms as superintendent Of
schools of Ramsey county, states
attorney for the same county, and
in 1894 was elected attorney general
of North Dakota, in which position
he served three terms. He was
elected to the district bench in 1900
to succeed Judge Morgan, who was
promoted to the state supreme
court. That year he defeated the pres.
ent governor. John Burke, for Judge
of the Second District. by majori-
ty Of las, carrying Ramsey county
in which Cowan and Burke both
resided-by vote of 1857 to $50.
Judge Cowan is a thirtysecond
degree Mason. member of the
Mystic Shrine, and also belongs to
the Elks. the knights of Pythias and
the United Workmen. He has all.
ways supported the republican
party"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
POWER OF HYpNo1lsm.
Remarkable cvrs Of q Psrssstsnt Gaze
Of hsilueiuxtjon.

Writing in the American Maya
zine Of the remarkable cures eff
fected BY four great medical experts
through the means II hypnotism,
q. Arlington Bruce describes .
case which was successfully treated
By DR.. Pierre Janet, the noted Pa
risian specialist:
'The patient suffered from per-
sistent Authorization Of seeing a
man in the room With her. Her
relatives believed that che was in
sane and wished 70 place her in an
asylum, as she occasionally mani
tested suicidal tendencies. But DR..
Janet diagnosed her case as one of
hysteria and with the aid of hypo-
tism made the interesting discovery
that the hallucinstory image which
she thought she ssw was tho figure
Of lover who had deserted her
several years before. II appeared
that every time she thought Of her
faithless sweetheart his image rose
before her.
'To janet it seemed perfectly
simple matter to suggest away the
hallucination BY impressing upon
her during hypnosis the idea that
when she awoke she would no longer
see the imaginary form. But he
found that for some reason the sug-
gestion would not take Day after
day he patiently hypnotized her, al
ways without success. Finally he
began to suspect that at bottom she
did not want TO be cured and that
the passionate desire to see her low
er, if only as phantasm, constitut-
ed too strong self suggestion to
overcome by direct attack. An
other method would have to be
tried.
every weu,' he one day said to
her while she was hypnotized, If
you want to continue seeing your
lover, you shall see him. But, re-
member, you will always see him
with the head and face Of pig
He then brought her out Of the
hypnotic sleep into her natural
state. Five minutes later she ut
tered cry and covered her eyes
with her hands.
"What is the matterY inquired
Dr.. Janet calmly.
cit is terrible! Terrible!' she
exclaimed. 4 see man standing
in the corner Of the room and his
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
BABES M THE WOODS.
Revenge and punishm.n. q . Main.
sesundrsI In 1879.

Revenge and Punishment o. Maine
sesundrsl In 1879.
In 1879 James Adams of York
became affronted with one Of his
neighbors, Henry Simpson, and de-
termined to avenge himself upon
two of Simpsons children, whose
ages were six and nine years. In
solitary place four or five miles
from the dwelling houses of the in
habitants he built of logs beside a
ledge of perpendicular rocks a pen
OF pound several feet high, with
walls inclined inward from bottom
to top. After he had built this he
decoyed the children into the woods
under q pretense Of searching for
birds nests and caused them to en-
ter within the pound, where he left
them confined to perish. The place
has since been called the DEVILS
Invention.
The children were soon missed.
and the alarmed inhabitants search
ed for them Ne, more than forty-eight
hours. The boys, when aware Of
their wretched situation, made va
rious attempts to get out. and at
length, by digging away With their
hands the surface Of the earth un.
derneath one of the bottom logs.
effected their escape. They wander
ed in the woods three days, being at
last attracted to the seashore by the
noise Of the surf, where they were
found.
The deprayed criminal was con-
demned to have thirty stripes we'll
laid on, to pay the father of the
children IS, the treasurer f1O, be-
sides fees and charges of the prison,
and remain chose prisoner during
the courts pleasure or till further
order. The same month he recog-
nized before two of the judges,
CONDITIONED to send him, within
twenty-one days, out of the iuris-
diction."
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
After He Saw Them.

Mr.. Blank, with his four-year-old
son Booth, on his way to visit
friends who kept large farm, was
asked by the boy if there were pigs
there. Being told there were, the
delighted tot said he would take
three of them home with him Soon
after their arrival at the farm moth.
ing would satisfy the boy but an
immediate inspection of the pigpen.
1t was his first sight of the unclean-
ly species, and he gazed distracted
ly at the porkegs.
"Well," asked his parent, (Which
three do You want to take home.
Booth?:"
'Daddy." the little fellow replied
very earnestly, cone will be enough,
and will you please carry it Pr
Suburbanite.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
sh. Was Busy Enous.,

"Don't you Know said the po-
liceman to tine servant as she was
dumping a pail of garbage in an
open lot, shat what you are doing
is against the law -
ooh, don't talk to me about the
law replied the girl. Its all L
can do to keep the Ten Command
ments. ladies Home journal.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30

Speaker HanIey publishes in the
democratic Grand Forks Herald q
reply to the Cowan article recently
published il the Record. Lack OF
time this week has prevented a dis
section Of the article, which touches
very few Of the points made in the
statement of the editor Of this pa
per. The matter will be taken up
in our next issue.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-03-30
tace is hike Il plg's!'
{" How absurdv said DR.. Janet.

Ni$sAAS
CATER this he left her to her
own devices, no longer hypnotizing
her. For a few days she complain
ed that everywhere she went she
saw the man with the face of pig.
Gradually the hallucinatory image
faded and at length entirely disap-
peared, leaving her restored to per-
feet health. As DR.. Janet afterward
explained, the grotesque hallucina.
ton which he had succeeded in inn
pressing upon her had brought
about profound revulsion of feel
ing. Manifestly she could not love
a man with pigs head. She no
longer wanted to see her sweetheart
OF to think of him, and in proper
ton as she ceased to think Of him
the hallucina.ion disappeared"