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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
ABseNrmINoEo.
Men Of Genius Whose Thought. Wsrs
Won't 20 Wander Astray.

/ Absorption i'll their work Is often
I carrie, 10 such extremes us to make
men Of genius strangely oblivious
to what is going on around them.
Many amusing stories arc told illus
trative Of this tendency TO absent
Mlntcdness. " According to Sir
David Brewster, when Newton left
a room TO get anything he usually
returned without it.
The physicist Rouelle was noto-
riously absentminded. One day
while performing a laboratory ex-
pertinent he said to his students:
"lou see. gentlemen, this cal,lron
over the flames? Well, if | were to
cease stirring it an explosion would
At once occur that would make us
jump
As he spoke he involnntarilv
ceased stirring, and his prediction
was fulfilled. The explosion took
place with a frightful noise. every
window in the laboratory was
broken, and Rouelle's audience fed
wildly outside.
II is related of a gifted eccle-
siastie, Bishop Munster, that, re-
turning home and finding his door
placarded with the announcement.
The master of the house is out :"
he calmly remained in front Of the
door, awaiting his own return.
Buxton. the mathematical prod
ICY, during a visit TO London was
taken to see Garrick in Hing
Richard III" Afterward, being
asked how he liked the play, lie
said he really did not know what
IT had been about, as he had been
too busy counting the words spoken
by the different actors and the num-
Der of times each went in and out.
Ampere il a moment of preoc-
cupation penciled a problem on the
back of acab standing in the street
and was vastly astonished when the
starting of the cab caused his prob
lem to disappear. Lombroso SAYS
that much the same thing happened
to Cola, who, in the excitement of
composition, wrote a chapter on the
top of his bureau instead OF on
paper. Ainslee's Magazine.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
A Qualification.

Rastus was honest and indus
trious, but, in the opinion Of the
new minister, unsociable.
'sNeighborliness, my dear friend, ;"
said the dominic, SIS brotherliness.
Do You take the trouble to see much
OF your neighbors p
"Ah reckon All sees as much Of
them as dey sees Of me- Rastus re-
piled.
Perhaps said the clergyman,
but do YOU love your neighbor as
YOURSELF"
ssih reckon Al does, pahson,
Aastus replied. "but You know. sub,
All amt p'tic'larlv stuck on mahself
neither. Success Magazine.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
A Promising Lad.

Miss Ellis, descending the steps
OF Bennett s. Bucks hardware
store. met Mrs. Lane going up.
What they got?' Mrs. Lane de-
manded in tone that said, .sNoth-
ing much. l guess"
Il didn't look round," replied
Miss Ellis. II knew what l want
ed. holding out an ungainly bun
die. sand ! got it-a hand bellows
for my fireplace
Il went in, and Mary Baker,
thlrd-no: fourth-bov come right
up to ME and asked what he could
show me. ! told him hand bel
lowses. lie brought some up and
said they was a dollar.
"'ls that the best We can do?' l
asked him.
The very bcs'., he says. hut I'll.
tell yc what III do, Miss Ellis he
says You don't look a very
strengthy lady. and I'll fill it with
wind for yc.'
If You want CONCESSIONS" CON
Guided Miss Ellis. II recommend We
TO SO 10 that boy Exchange.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
Pleased With Her Prai.e.

One Of the most charming bits 81
rspartec We ever were fortunate
enough to listen to was at his
wedding N East seventy SIXTH
street
What charming teeth Mass NH.
hlcton has" II LADY exclaimed II
never saw ANYTHING So beautiful :"
"Oh. thank ye,i So much cor s.N
ing that" exclaimed the vpnns
lady escort fervcnily and SIN
ccrely.
"oh. pardon me- Ars Nop ~
husband ="
NO. my Jcar lady 1 am puly
her dsntis''' Cleveland Mann
Dealer.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
THE "NlNE DAYS WONDER"
William Kemp, the Jiossr and Jester.
Was the Original One.

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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
The BISHOP AND The BELLS.
Why the New Set Of Chimes DID No.
Rino Irue

As Illustrating how the simple
facts OF life are forgotten or over
looked hy enc who's, msNa IS oeeN-
pied with greater things New Or
leans clergyman Told IN aaets.o,s
Of the late Bishop Nswm.:a q
Washington.
Il WAS a young c.rate II Mash
ington.H SAID the Clergyman, II
the time tie Memorial ci,Hrcs MS
being built: Tie bishop. " 10 little
expense. had q se. 81 eAins5s ,,sas',,.
and il was lis hope = isAys, ,hen,
ready IN time Tor the dedication of
the church.
Wei. the bells were deliysre<.
aheaa Of time BY The makers. one 8.
the hest firms % is S.uA. Ii .ise
country. and men we're ,e.as sen.
10 hang them IS soon IL The ,pl.rs
should he ready ~. sho be>
were finished OF PLAN. and ;.
was Nc. a. ~ .ae bishops idea s..
wis. chua,h he's saes.,5 y. -
without telling any oas he called 81
local firm tina. d!a saeh work sad
had iase-irs<; Of sasa bell a Biz
heal quotation a9?ro?ria.e 10 the
chimes.
"A week o. alore i@se- tie bsltrs
was ready. TIE makers semi their
men 70 hang TIE be..s. aai Tie
bishop engaged Tor lie 6es.loa.ory
service one q; The has, chime ing
ess IN tie eo.-...y. l!e i,-eaSlg. Inn
on from Boston.
AS the time drew ness the bel
ringer TOOK lis se... AZ ,..e t~s.l
board ard 5. sssnal started 10
play Hls,. Up n IN al began tie
most avis. Gssso-l. Tie b.Slla.
dispatched messenger poSshas.e
TO order the performer - stoa. ~
il vas the bishops .Gea thai e..ils7
the lea. q something else had a.
fec.esi h-s PLAYING
*. lie close q TIE ceremony.
from which the chimes ws-s
omitted. ne t,sl.alaa vas summoned!
70 The bishops study. ana the bishop
demanded u Know hy Wis. RICH.
he called ai;.s.l: N artist. The
chime ringer became indignant ana
replied ;. was the :a.s.. Of the bells.
He had played % bells from ocean
70 os-An and II The ea.hearais .:
El-ss'e. Yet he never had seen such
things IS rAeS= II ttle be.t.ry.
Impossible. replied The bishop.
hose te-.s were bousa. from the
BIS. -s--r II TIE country. The
trouble was with the ringer, not
with the bells
The ringer would not have il 50.
HIS reputation was a. stake. 50 the
maker Q: sas hs.,s was sen. :o- ana
the circumstances related 70 him.
BE sas down 70 play them. hui II
the first stroke he saw something
was wrong Tp he fastened % ,he
belfry 10 see what it sas.
The instant he saw Tie inscrip-
tons be understood. Tie Slightest
cut or nick on a fine bel VIII ruin
its tone, and II his desire % have
them appropriate 10 their task the
bishop ha! spoiled The entire sci.
''The maker could do nothing
with them, lie said. They were good
Tor nothing but old metal. For
years they hung silent in tie beltr,
and new set substituted. New
York Times.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
A Continuous Performances.

The arpctites of healthy children
are proverhial. \ group of such
children not long since were taken
on . modest outing by an adult nd
mlrer. and luncheon was arranged
for The children partook with
far heartlnoss and every appear
ance OF enjoyment. The hostess was
eorresponainsly pleased. hut on
The way home half an hour later. to
her aslonishncnt and mill horror.
the Oldest child remarked scdatelv:
We'll. guess I'm about ready
for luncheon.
Md from all the rest camc the
eager responsive chorus:
SIN ! : Chicago Record Her
aid.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
Chinese Nom.d..

In the plains on the western Dor
d &c, OF the Chinese empire, in the
heart OF Asia, there live roaming
tribes who seldom visit towns eS-
cept for trade. They dwell in tents
made of felt and usually low, small
and conical. The wooden door
frame is no higher than half win
dow frame in English houses, but
the tent, although not equal to the
waits OF a large family, is snug and
comfortable in summer, but cold in
wlnter.-l4ondon Graphic.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
The Reason. For Enlixtinn

Two soldiers were on picket to.
gether, relates the Rams Horn.
when one of them said:
GLOW did you come to enlist.
"Well, I'll tell you how it was. :
said Tom. "You see, / didn't have
any wife, and l liked war. and SO !
went into the army. But what
made you enlist ?"
"Well, did have wife, and !
liked peace, SO ! enlisted" returned
the other.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
A Res.ful Life.

We sent ouF reporter ont last
week 10 interview an old codger
who Was celebrating his ore lun
dred and fourth birthday.
How 90 YOU account for the
fact that vosi have been able 10 al
tam tislS remarkable aye: asked
our lsrlsai yoliis man.
To tie fact that | have never
worked 1 lex before breakfast" an
sweres3 the eonsanarian.
This - . f;set worth remember
ing. laus,ere3 the reporter. maj
Ing nota Of il.
Theirs aHosl3er thing that pa
failed 70 mention.r q son-ln-la,s
WHISPERED IN tie news paper man )
ear.
What is that:v
He negc- done lick Of work
after breakfast mother. Git that il.
,your stor, too. .cseland Plain
Dealer.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
His Treat.

Sandy had just met his girl at
the end of the street where she was
waiting for him. She was looking
into a confcctioner's window when
Sandy made his presence known by
remarl1ing:
"Weel, jamie. what are ye gaun
to have the mcht ?"
She, not inclined to ask TOO
much, replied:
:. oh, l'll just talk what you'll tax,
Sandy
oh, then. we'll bath talk a
walk said Sandy as he led her
AWAY. &.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
Matrimonial R.psr,...

They were y Nonuns couple and
talked IN lofa vot,,,s on account IL
The rattle el The elevated tram III,
was moi inn good humnr
II weMscr," she sad, "why the
allowances ot money mado e. WIVES
by husbands Hrr called 'rsp
money
Il suppose he explained eroas
". Its because il a',ska tho hua
bands !" Popular Magasne
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
MOUTHS OF INs5c
They Hold Shears. sa"s
Gets and Au-4rs

$3.50 sA''N = y JETS.
The mouths II Al;
constructed upon rsr
ical principles, and
of the animal woril
beautiful illustraf
contrivance than ii m
Jaws armed WITH
tratins, hooks for Seizf
ing active and sr
sharp and powerful
ping and dividing
vegetables; saws.
for extracting ana
harder parts ii rlaa
piercing the skin 81
siphons and sucking
billing fluid narrila
in thousand forn
in the insect worll
vide insects with inea
ing food adapted "a
and even Of con
selves cdifces of ir
,nanship.
The upper PAR
dragon hy are t@o
ful hooks placed
meath tie upper
late1 with I'm
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
Domestic Pleasantly.

whats that YOU have in vour
hand: 2" asked Mrs Gimlet Of her
husband as lie brought home a roll
of manuscript.
sBrains. madam" resorted Mr.
Girnlet pompousA Are yon sur.
prised at the fact
Not in the least she replice
II knew you didn't carry them q
your head"
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1911-10-12
Not Her Worry

My husband received a note to-
day ~ woman's handwritins.'
"Did you open it?
Il did not. And, what is more. I
, ,ei1 hum =, by himself 70 read it al his
Don't YOU worry over it?,
mo, but I think he docs. Itvss
from my dr.aamaler
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31
MAY SELL WINE TO MINORS
Kenosha Judge Rules That Druggists
Are Under Less Restriction
Than Saloonkeepers.

Kenosha.-In the circuit court
Judge E. B. Belden has handed down
decision in regard to the sale of
liquor by druggists, which holds that
druggists are not liable to prosecu-
ton for selling liquor to minors on
the same basis as saloon men. Ac-
ton was taken in the case of the
State VS.. William E. Pomeroy, who
had been arrested charged with sell
ing a bottle of wine to a schoolboy.
The court held that druggist sold
liquor under a special permit and that
as the liquor was sold not to be drunk
on the premises. it was impossible to
hold him under the same law as a
saloon man would be held for selling
to minors.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31
ADVANCE VOTES FOR WOMEN
James Bill, Providing for Vote Of
People on Equal Suffrage. Is Fa-
vored by Senate Committee.

Madison.-Suffrage for women in
Wisconsin took a forward step when
the women's suffrage bill was report
ed out of committee with recon-
mendation for passage. The only
dissenting member of the committee
is Senator Albers. The committees
vote on the suffrage bill by Senator
David c. James of Richland Center
was 6 to 1 the Affirmative votes
being cast by Senators Donald, chair
man; Gaylord, Hoyt. Martin, Perry
and Teasdale. The James bill puts
the question of votes for women "up
to" the present voters of the state,
the intention being to have them reg
lister their opinions at the next gem
eral election. 1t is conceded gener-
lilly that the bill will pass the SEN
ate, and it is claimed by Senator
James and others that it will have a
safe margin in the assembly.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31
MURDERS SUSPECTED WIFE
Shooting Follows Quarrel Over Acc
cusation of PloVer Farmer That
He Was Being Poisoned.

Stevens Believing that she
had given him poison. August Krue-
ger, farmer, shot and killed his
wife in their home near Plover.
Kruger is now in jail
Kruger was taken violently i'll
after eating breakfast. He went
to this city and was treated. Declar-
ing that his wife had attempted to
poison him. he returned to his home
and upbraided her She called to
stepson who was in the barn but be-
fore he appeared Kruger killed the
woman, firing the contents Of dou-
BILE barreled shotgun into her breast.
Kruger was the dead woman's
fourth husband. Two of her pre-
vious husbands met tragic deaths In
Kentucky.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31
SOLONS TO HEAR ROOSEVELT
Invitation to Deliver Address Before
Wisconsin Legislature Accepted
by Former President.

Madison.-Theodore Roosevelt, on
April Is, will deliver at least one
and probably two speeches, here.
President Van Hise of the University
of Wisconsin, and Speaker Ingram
of the assembly. by means of tele-
grams, have secured the consent of
the former president to visit Madi-
son on his way to New York from
the Pacific coast.
The present plans include a speech
to the legislature in the assembly
chamber, to which only special guests
of the members viii be invited. After
the speech in the assembly the for
mer president is expected to be con-
veyed to the university gymnasium
where he will find a thousand stu
dents and townspeople to hear him.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31
CH|C's SLICK TRICK
VETERAN PITCHER SHOWS NEW
SYSTEM IN SALESMAN
SHIP.
SUDDEN DEMAND FOR PRUNES
ArtIe Hoffman as a "kidder''-Over-
all Tells of Mordecai Browns Duck
Hunting Experience - McGraw
Pays Compliment to Needham.
BY HUGH S. FULLERTON.

Chic Fraser. the veteran pitcher who
retired from the major leagues rather
under pressure, then came back last
season and pitched better ball than he
has in years, lives at Park Ridge, ILL.,
Last summer he showed the natives a
new method of craftsmanship.
1t happened that Bill Kabow, the
Park Ridge grocer, got stuck on lot
of prunes, ESQ pounds of them. He &C
cepted them and when he opened the
boxes he found about the most dried
up, shriveled. juiceless, worm-eaten,
dusty lot of prunes ever unloaded.
Even the boarding house keepers SHE'D
at them at less than cost price, and
Fraser dropped in at the grocery one
morning, sampled the cheese, ate some
crackers, fished couple of pickles out
of the barrel and drew a glass of cider
before he noticed his friend Bill was in
mourning. His inquiries brought out
the story of the prunes. Chic climbed
onto a barrel polished an apple and
said:
"Bill, how much will you give me to
sell those prunes?"
Give you half what you get" said
the respondent Bill
Tell you what to do" said Chic.
''You lend me about a dozen of those
fresh pickerel, five or six nice fresh
black bass, and a pound of those
prunes. Then don't sell any of them
until tell you, and raise the price four
cents pound"
Shortly afterward Fraser, armed
with fishpole and a package, disap-
peared toward the Des PLANES river,
and not long after that Kabow's deliv-
cry wagon driver passed and dropped
the fish. At noon Fraser appeared in
the main street of Park Ridge with a
string of beautiful bass and pickerel,
one of the bass four-pounder, and he
exhibited them all along the street be-
fore he slipped them In the back way
ut Kabow's. That afternoon every bus
lness house in Park Ridge closed and
half the men went fishing-without
catching thing. The next day Fraser
came through town with another big
string of fish, and when questioned as
to where he caught them acted so mys-
teriously that spies were set to watch
him.
Friday morning Fraser went fishing
again and slipped away from the curl
Gus followers, after dropping several
hints that it was all in the new bait
he had discovered. He fshed quietly
Tor time then stuck his pole into the
bank, crawled back into the shade of a
tree and pretended to sleep Within IF
teen minutes couple of rival anglers
crept stealthily along the bank, pulled
In Fraser's line and found all three
hooks baited with prunes. Before Sat
urday noon Kabow had sold out the
entire stock of bait prunes, and
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31
MISS EDNA FEWSON RESIGNS
Purchasing Agent of State University
Gives Up Positon-Board of Re-
gents Accepts Resignation.

Madison Miss Edna Fewson, pur-
chasing agent of the University of
Wisconsin, has resigned her position,
and her resignation has been accept
ed by the executive committee of the
regents.
Miss Fewson came particularly into
public notice about year ago when
her right to hold the position as
purchasing agent was challenged by
Madison merchants with whom she
had been in controversy over the
right of the university to buy its
supplies elsewhere than in Madison
The court upheld Miss Fewson S
title to the position, but recently
her bill for attorneys fees paid in
defending her title was disallowed
by Secretary of State Frear.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31
CLEAN ELECTIONS
AIM OF NEW BILL
CORRUPT PRACTICES MEASURE
CONTAINS ORIGINAL FEA-
TURES OF IMPORTANCE.
is ENDORSED BY GOVERNOR
Pamphlet issued at State Expense,
to Set Forth Party Platforms and
History and Political Records of
Candidates Is Among Provisions.

Madison.-A new corrupt practices
bill embodying several new and inn
portant provisions has been given the
final touches by the committee on
elections, and reported to the assem-
bly,. The measure is a substitute for
the corrupt practice bills of Assem-
blymen Clark and Kay and of Sena-
tor Husting. In the conferences on
the bill the committee has had the
advice of Gov. McGovern, Lieut.. Gov.
Thomas Morris, Senator Husting and
others, and it may be taken to rep
resent the executives views on the
subject.
The present bills upon the subject
are devoid of several of the features
/ of the substitute One provision will
be the publication of a booklet for
state Office candidates only, in the
bill's present shape, but which may
be inclusive of senators, assembly,
men and congressman in the Iinal
draft.
This pamphlet, to be published at
state expense, will contain statements
about the candidates life, his per-
sonal platform, his attitude toward
public interests, etc. Furthermore,
and as marking the effectiveness of
the proposed law, it is to be provided
that such statements must be made
under oath.
Limitations as to the amount a
candidate may expend in primary and
election campaigns will be an impor-
tant feature of the act Weekly re-
ports on expenditures must be made
by the candidate, his committee or
manager.
A provision as yet untried any
where makes a candidate elected
through corrupt practices, In viola
ton of this act, subject to disquali-
dcation On petition through legal
channels, candidate so violating the
law may be brought before a circuit
court to be tried by the judge in
chambers in or out Of term, for fail
ure to abide by the law in the above
respect. This disqualification liabil-
ity is in addition to the liability to
criminal prosecution, and makes the
corrupt practices act as nearly abso-
lutely protective of the interests of
justice in elections as can well be CON
ceived.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1911-03-31
Age Adds to Tlmbers Strength.

Tests made by C. P. Buchanan and
reported by him In Engineering News
show that sound timber a quarter Of
a century old is materially stronger
than new stock. This applies only
to white pine, since that was the wood
on which Mr.. Buchanan made his ex-
periments, but the editor of the paper
Just named, in commenting on the re
suits, says that there is no reason to
suppose that oak, hard pine or any
other wood commonly used in building
would behave differently, 1t is fair to
conclude. he believes, that all wood
maintains it's strength. except as de
cay weakens 1t or fire and mechanical
abrasion destroys it. He says: 1T
may be said that engineers are al
ready using wood for permanent serv.
ice where it is kept under water. It's
permanent reliability under such con.
ditions is literally foundation fact in
engineering. For use in superstruc-
lures however. engineers are prone to
look upon wood as a perishable and
temporary material"