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KIIORS COURT! RECORD
BV D. R. STREETER.
UhIm, North Dakota
PIONEER PAPER OF THE COUNTi
Th• Record 1* entered at the Linton Horn
offlce second-cUm Batter.
Tnc following Associated Press dis
patch to the metropolitan press shows
that all is not as the advertisements
or "Sunny Southern Alberta" claim it
to be:
"The dominion government |ias )c
cided to loan sufficient funds to the
farmers of the new provinces of Al
berta and Saskatchewan, whose crops
were a failure, to purchase seed grain.
The scheme will Involve about W.ooo,
000. The advances will be payable in
three years, at the usual government
rates of interest."
A mo industrial function is being
held in Bismarck this week. It was
Botten up by Commissioner Gil
breath and Governor Burke, and is
in line with similar gatherings that
have been held within the past few
months. The writer lived on the
Missouri river, about midway be
tween Kansas City and St. Joseph,
when he was a boy, and scarcely a
day passed that one of more steam
boats could not be seen passing up
or down on the Big Muddy. The
river was just as snaggy and full of
sand-bars then as now but railroads
were few, and freight and passengers
must of necessity be carried by
steamboat. The bad natural con
dition of the river caused steamboat
craffic to give way as soon as the
railroads were built. But the fact
that railroads—even those that par
allel the river—are doing th«~bulk
of the carrying trade, does not alter
the fact that water transportation is
much cheaper than railroad carriage,
where the streams are deep enough
and safe enough for boats of
fair size and for barges towed
by the boats. Even as great
an authority on railroad traffic as
James J. Hill asserts that the rail
roads are practically swamped with
business, and that the only remedy
lies in the improvement of the water
routes by the government. It may
not be many years until the great
steamboat traffic of thirty-five years
ago will again be duplicated or en
larged on the Mississippi and Mis
souri rivers. Commissioner Gilbreath
and Governor Burke deserve much
credit for the Interest they are man
ifesting in this matter of such tre
menduous moment to the people of
tlie New Northwest.
Thk Record has always believed
that the object of prohibition is to
prohibit. What we mean is that the
earnest and honest souls who have for
years been the militant force against
the evils of he use of intoxicants have
not wasted their time in advocating
the closing of licensed saloons only to
have the trade diverted to drug stores
and shipments from abroad. If. then,
prohibition is intended to prohibit the
use of intoxicants as a beverage, it
must be lifted from the slough of poli
tics and demagogy. What good does
it do, for instance, on the Missouri
Slope, 4o have Jewell, Andy Miller,
Asa Patterson, Register and other
"theoretical prohibitionists'" shout
from the housetops that this particu
lar law must be enforced, while they
continue to procure strong drink in
unlimited quantities for their own use,
and have before their very eyes an
object lesson as to the futility of at
tempting to enforce the prohibition
law while drug stores are allowed to
sell it, and while individuals are per
mitted to ship in all they can pay for
—in cash or advertising? As we have
said before, the prohibition law can
not be violated without a buyer and a
seller. It is not likely that Lawyer
Pollock or any of the others of his fol
lowers who placed the liquor inhibi
tion in the organic law had any other
object than the keeping of strong
drink from the stomachs of the peo
ple. It was not their intention, sure
ly. to place a law on the books only to
have it easily and continuously violat
ed in spirit—or "spirits"—by the very
ones charged with its enforcement.
Then, if it is really I lie intention to
prevent by law the use of intoxicants
In this state, why not pass laws that
will provide punishment for those who
buy aswell as for those whosell strong
drlnkV If we had a law on our stat
ute-books making it a crime to buy
Intoxicating liquor, or to keep it in
offices and residences to be drank by
the buyer and to be given to friends,
it is possible that the remedy for the
evils that caused the passage of the
constitutional prohibition provision
would be reached. Then, ike away
from the drug stores the right to sell
Intoxicants,^ and make it a misde
tneanor for newspapers to publish
booze advertisements, and undoubted
ly there would be much more trouble
experienced In obtaining strong drink
in this state than there is at present.
With such laws in force, we would
soon Hnd out whether or not the peo
ple of this state really want to do
way with the use of intoxicants as a
beverage. We would then have either
prohibition hat prohibit*, or we would
have an end of the present hypocrite
making laws and a return to what
nine-tenths of the civilized world have
so far found best in dealing with the
drink evil—a license system. In this
connection we reprint below a Louis
ville dispatch sent out by the Asso
ciated Press under date of Feb. loth:
"Finding that laws only prohibit
ing the sale of alcoholic liquors fail tu
decrease the sale of this beverage, the
National Model Licence League has
started a campaign to place a penalt
on the purchase of intoxicat ing pro­
ducts, and his written an open letter
to the ministers of the United States
seeking aid in securing legislation of
this nature. After referring to the
prohibitory laws being passed through
out the country, the letter says:
'If the Anti-Saloon League will
agree to it, we will favor having an
amendment to all prohibitory laws
providinga heavy penally for the pui
chase of alcohole beverages or for hav
ing them in possession in prohibition
territory and this would mean prohi
bition.1
SCHOOL NOTES.
High School.
Wednesday beinfe l-incoin's birth
day, there will be no school.
A list of subjects for themes for
eightli-grade commencement is be
ing made out.
Our literary society will meet again
Friday, and \vc are preparing an ap
propriate program for Lincoln's and
Washington's birthdays.
We have games in sight for the
girls' basket-ball team. Efforts are
also being made to get a schedule
of games for the base-ball team.
We want some eleventh-grade pu
pils next year, in order that we may
classify as second-class. This would
mean $••!* a year more to ns than
third-class.
The basement door has been oiled
with germ-proof oil, and it is sur
prising what an improvement it
makes. The pupils use this room to
play in during intermissions.
No absences or demerits in row
this week. No demerits, absences or
tardiness in row 2. We have six
rows, each one of which is striving
lo outdo the others in deportment,
attendance and punctuality.
In physical geography, in addition
to the regular lesson each day, one
or two of the pupils have papers
prepared to read before the class,
fn this way the class gets much
more material than the course pro
vides for. We are now studying
"The Glacial Period in North Amer
ica," placing most of the emphasis
upon its effects in North Dakota.
Grammar Department.
The eighth-grade grammar class are
now committing Tennyson's Sir Gal
ahad."
The eighth-grade history class have
now completed the book, and will re
view the whole book.
Mrs. ISooks, accompanied by Miss
fouw, of Sioux City, Iowa, visited
the reading class, Friday afternoon.
Only one perfect in orthography
this week: li-.rothy Kile. Our words
are getting harder hut we should
study the harder, and tlitis keep up
our «ood lecord.
Second Intermediate Department.
Donald Paul, of the sixth grade,
received the highest marks in the
arithmetic test last month—ion.
Tin spelling contest last Friday
afternoon between the girls of the
fifth and sixth grades and the boys
of the same grades again resulted in
a victory for the girls. Score. 1-1
to I.
Pupils perfect in spelling this week
are: lerne Kaven and May Kaven,
of the sixth grade Mildred Lynn,
Glen Schlangen, Ida Fahrenwald
and Norman Daffinrud, of the fifth
grade.
l^ast month .May Kaven ranked
first in the sixth grade and Gerhard
Bunge, second averages, 1-4 and
1 2-T. In the fifth grade Mildred
Lynn ranked first, with an average
of .1-S, while Gertrude Wescott
ranked second, with an average of
!«»7-s.
The following marks were receiv
ed in last month's arithmetic test
Emerson .Martin, Edna Mohn,
Glen Schlangen. t»4 Gertrude
Wescott, !i-l Norman Daff^rud, t2
Lester Schlangen, !»2 Marc Schlan
gen. -S7 Peter Schmidt, S." and Ger
it Hooks, "c. ...
First Intermediate Department.
Pupils ranked as follows in the
month's work Fourth grade: Mabel
McCulley, first Florence Petrie and
Walter Wittmayer, second Malin
Mohn, third. Third grade: Marian
Wood, lirst John Macnider, second.
Pupils neither absent nor tardy dur
ing past month: Alberta Iiredberg,
Florence Culbertson, Clara Carley,
Malin Mohn, Florence Coon, Jennie
Meier, Mabel McCulley, Florence Pe
trie, Albin Printz, Edward Rooks, Al
bert Shier, Reinholt Wittmayer, Mar
garet Macnider, John Macnider, Ida
Cum. l'hilipena Kelsch, Marian Wood,
I) irutiiy iv trie. Lily Fahrenwald, Os
car Muhu, 101 I Mewing. Walter
Ka\en. MiUired Kaven. Joseph Bosch.
I:inal Proofs.
I'ollowing are tlie final pri ofs made
on I'.ininons enmity land since last re
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nesses:
Hefme WeaUieiby
John kiwlschy. sr jr t,f
YnaUM' :"Ul
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William Hamilton,
i:u-7fi. Gust av i,n
Mulsky.
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an1 Ueinliold
John Haley,
Arthur Knudtsou and
uor Knu(lt
son.
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Appertaud A. Mikals n.
Knudt T. Nordly.
75. George II. Dexter an,)
Weber.
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Thomas Rose. qr -jx. j-4
William Schwab and Charles
CHANGED OWNERS.
List of Emmons County Property
Transferred During the Week
Beginning Feb. 3d and Ending
Feb. 8th.
In the following table of real-estate
transfers, copied from the records of
the register of deeds, we have used
reference marks as follows: a Patent,
Receiver's Final Receipt, Quit
claim Deed. Special Warranty Deed
The descriptions without a reference
mark are by Warranty Deed.
United States to Peter K.
Bro. qr of !)-i.TO-74
I'nited States to George
Horning, hf of qrand
hf of qr of 8-131-77..
United States to Jacob
liuber. hf of 11 qr and
hf of qr of 2-133-74..
United States to Karl
iSuchmeier, 11 qr of 28
131-78
United States to Charles
Wetzel, qr of qr of
21-129-7S
11
hf of 11 qr
and qr of qr of 22
129-78
a United States to Edwin
Clark, qr of 2-134-",j...
a United States to Jacob
Allen, Jots 3 and -I of 31
130 74
a United States to Mary J.
Kelley. hf of qr and
hf of qr of i-13 '»-78...
a United States to Edward
Larvick, iif of qr and
hf of qr of 32-134-70.
a United Stales lo Thomas
Gray, hf of seqrof
1U-135-78 and hf of qr
of 20-135-78 ......
Asa W. Kenncy to A. X.
liaumgartner, hf of 11
130-7 $ 1150 00
Anton Goeliring and wife lo
Jacob'Brunmeier, hf of
of 29-130-76 0400 00
Andrew Wolfer and wife to
Regular German Baptist
Church, lots 7, 8, t, 10 and
11, block 18, Hunter's lirst
addition to Linton W25 00
George Horning and wife to
Jacob Sauter, hf of
qr and hf of 11 qr of 8
131-7
7 1410 00
Raymund M. Volk and wife
to Anton Heilman, qr
of 14-129-75 3000 00
Peter L. Prichard and wife
to D. J. Reynolds, hf of
27-132-7S 4000 00
Adam Nigel and wife to R.
M. Volk, 11 hfofswqrand
hf of qr of 10-131-74.. 1500 00
Katharina Schmidt and hus
band to Adam thn, lot 18.
block 5, Hague—*. 505
00
S. V. Hyde and wife to Arend
Ilasper, qr of 35-129-70. 3200 00
C. D. Edick to Jos. L. Kel
ley. qr of qr and
qr of qr of 0-135-78... 1W
Celia J. C'orll to N. L.
Shorman. 11 qr of 11 qr
and qr of qr of 4
129-7
9 1 4H
Xattian L. Shorman and
wife to C. E. Lennan. 11
qr of qr and qr of
qr of 4-129-79
1
(Hi
West Held Land Company to
Martin Winterburg, wqr
of 35-129-76 2SHI 00
Carl Grotiau and wife to
George Naeve, lots 3 and 4
and hf of 11 qr of 1-135
74 lots 2,3 and 4 of 2-135
74 all of 3-135-74: all of 27
130-74 all of 33-130-74 11
qr, 11 Iif of qr. seqr
and qr of qr of 34
.136-74: hf and qrof 35
136-74 1
00
Carl Gronau and wife to
George Naeve, qr of 35
136-74 1 00
Carl Gronau and wife to
George Naeve. lots 13 to
24 inc. of block 1: lots I to
22 inc. of block 2 lots I to
17 inc. of block 3. Kin'vre. 00
World's Finest Fruit*.
An interesting discussion in the Brit
ish Royal Horticultural society a few
years ago as to what was the finest
fruit in the world ended by giving the
palm to a certain yellow nectarine
raised from a peach by the late Fran
cis Rivers. Next to this perhaps comes
a properly ripened greengage, one of
the best varieties of the plum. The
greengage came into Europe by way
of Italy and from Italy was brought
to France early iu the sixteenth cen
tury by the wife of Francis I., in
whose honor Jt^rcceived the name of
Reine Claude, by which It Is still wide
ly known. Soon afterward It was in
troduced Into England from Italy un
der the old Italian name Verdoch and
about the same time from France.
The latter importation, however, came
with lost labels to a family of promi
nent English amateur horticulturists
of that day named Gage, from whom
the fruit received its present name.—
London Chronicle.
Bridge Whist.
At least io per cent of tlie game of
bridge lies in the make. A pour player
loses tricks and often the game and
rublier ly his play, I111 so many hands
occur in which there is really no play
that such losses arc comparatively un
important compared with the havoc
wrought h.v an injudicious maker, for
constantly his decision is Invoked when
the safety of the game or its success
lies in his judgment of the value of
his hand. To choose between hearts
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diamonds and no trumps, to select
clubs rather than spades, to know
when a live card suit Is safe aud
when one of four cards should be
chosen, above all to keep an unrelax
Ins attention upon tho slate of the
score, with Its shifting demands—all
these are the sterling qualities of a
good maker. Once sensible that you
are lacking in any such respect you
will find your game appreciably
strengthened by attention aud study.—
"Good Bridge."
Wondrous Mirage That Came
With the Break of Day.
A SUNRISE ON THE DESERT.
Strange and Fantastic Scene* on the
Arid Wastes of th* Colorado—An
Aerial Exhibition of Most Bewilder
ing Magnificence and Variety.
Our little party of~four, two old hunt
ers and prospectors and two "tender
feet," was far out on the Colorado des
ert, near the Mexican boundary Hue.
We had pushed 011 late into the even
ing, cooked a hasty supper and, dead
tired with our hard day's inarch, bad
at once rolled ourselves in our blankets.
I nwoke some time later feeling stiff
and uncomfortable. I rolled over and
took a minute to think out the cause of
this, ending by lifting my head and
looking about me. The air was per
fectly clear, and, though no moon was
shining, tho night was quite light from
the myriad of stars that seemed on
the point of bursting out of .the sky
with the energy of their twinkling.
My eyes dropped to the desert's level,
and I looked across Its flat stretch of
sand, thinly planted with stunted cac
tus, to the jagged range of low moun
tains that reached along the eastern
horizon.
As I looked a light seemed to be
growing there, but so slowly that I had
to compare that part of the horizon
with other places to assure myself that
It vas there. Little by little It grew
and diffused itself upward and out
ward. The silhouette of the moun
tains became more distinct. The stars
on that side of tho sky began to lose
their brilliancy. A hound, sleeping
with his back against that of one of
the guides, broke the deathlike siience
with a long drawn, muffled whine.
One of the horses drew a deep sigh,
got to bis feet, shook himself and be
gan to munch at a little pile- of hay
left over from his evening's meal. This
little stir of life had to do duty for the
universal hum and whir and move
ment that mark the break of dawn In
habitable parts of the world. Over all
this fiat waste no sound or sign of ani
mation greeted the coming of another
day. The expanse laystarU and still
while the life awakening light spread
out over the sky.
As I wafclicd the pale blue tinted
glow evenly spread over the eastern
sky gradually deepened at the bottom
and took on a reddish flush. Suddenly
long white beams shot upward, their
tips almost directly above radiating
like the ribs of an open fan. These
silvery rays shimmered a few moments
and then died down as all at once a
scintillating point of dazzling light
flashed out at their base. Distant hill
and nearby cactus leaped out of their
semlobscurity and stood up bold and
clear as in the garish light of noonday.
The point grew until it was the half
of blazing disk, which suddenly melt
ed and ran along the horizon, where it
lay, a glowing lake of gold.
Then a curious thing happened to
the low range of mountains that lay
beneath and extended beyond the lake
of gold. They proceeded to conduct
themselves in a manner wholly un
heard of iu such staid and dignified
features of the topography. Mountains
have long done yeoman service in po
etry, song and elsewhere in litera
ture as type of all that is firm seated,
lasting and unyielding. These particu
lar mountains, however, set out to
make a new reputation for their kind.
First those in the shallower waters of
this lake of light detached themselves
from their firm set bases and slowly
floated upward, while their compan
ions on the dry land at the edge tot
tered aud reeled in an Intoxication of
amazement at their wonderful per
formance. The mountains then sank
slowly down again upon their bases
then tlioy jumped up and down quick
ly several times just to make sure that
they had mastered this accomplish
ment, new to the mountain family.
After taking thought for a moment
our gymnastic mountains proceeded to
turn handsprings, alighting sometimes
on their heads and standing there in a
most marvelous manner, considering
how top heavy they must have been
with their prodigiously big feet thus
up in the air. Their neighbors seemed
to regard this exhibition with a spurt
of envy which sometimes broke into
emulation, but this emulation proceed
ed no farther than the evolutions of a
quadrille, advancing and receding,
bowing and scraping, right hand to
your partner and all hands round.
Tiring at last of th!3 form of amuse
ment, our surprising mountains now
engaged in another—one not less aston
ishing. They became workers of mag
ic, painters, scene shifters, and I was
treated to a most wonderful display of
modern cities and mediaeval castles,
floating battleships and cathedrals of
massive and Intricate architecture,
scenes of peaceful rural life with sleep
ing lakelets and feeding herds, Indian
tepee villages and streets of Chicago
skyscrapers. It was truly an exhibi
tion of most bewildering magnificence
and variety, and I know I must ha?c
watched it with mouth agape.
But something meanwhile was hap
pening to our lake of fire. It was dry
ing up and all at once condensed Into
a huge blazing ball, hanging clear of
the horizon. Our mountains, whose
antics were thus so near to being re
vealed in the broad light of day, swift
ly sought their accustuucd places and
after a final tremble oi^wo reassumed
the severe demeanor, the unmoving at
titude and stony stare that their kind
always present to the world, except at
flaybrcak 0:1 the desert.—Ilarvey II
Kessler In Los Angeles Times.
SMITH & IRVINE
Undertaking and Embalming,
Furniture and CasKets.
Personal and prompt attention to all
telephone orders.
Linton, North Dakota
H* Approved That Plan.
It was said in the Norton family that
Uncle Hiram had no ear for music, as
he failed to appreciate the vocal ef
forts of his niece Margaret. But If
bis ears were defective his pocketbook
left nothing to be desired.
"We've been talking over Margaret's
voice," said a dauntless and tactful
relative who had' been delegated to -ap
proach Uncle Hiram 011 the subject.
"It really seems as If she ought to
take lessons and practice regularly.
Her mother talks of selling a little of
her mining stock for Margaret's sake."
Uncle Hiram's keen old face wore a
mutinous expression.
"Have to practice two, three hours
day, I suppose?" he said dully.
"Oh yes," said the venturesome rel
ative. Then she had a sndden Inspira
tion.
"It would be best of all if she could
go abroad for two or three years," she
murmured thoughtfully, "but of course
that Is out of the question, the ex
pense"—
"Never you mind about the ex
pense!" broke in Uncle Hiram joy
fully. "If she can go abroad—a good
long ways abroad—to take her lessons
and do her practicing I'll foot the ex
pense."—Youth's Companion.
French 8choo!s.
The quality of the secular Instruc
tion in the French schools seemed to
me extraordinarily high. It happened,
for example, that I was taken Into a
classroom-where a lesson In English
was being given to some French boys
of sixteen, mostly the sons of opera
tives. The exercise was conducted In
excellent English, which the pupils
seemed to speak almost as readily as
the teacher, and the point under dis
cussion when I visited the class was
one which would have puzzled Har
vard freshmen. It was the distinction
in meaning between the words priest—
a Catholic ecclesiastic clergyman—an
Anglican, and minister—a dissenter.
In American schools, or, rather, in the
results of the instruction there afford
ed, I have never come across the
teaching of any foreign language
which compared In efllclency with the
teaching of English In secondary
schools throughout France. And to all
appearances this was only one exam
ple of the thoroughness and the vitali
ty of French teaching in all Its branch
es.—Barrett Wendell in "France of To
day."
Chinese 8erca*m.
Once in awhile you meet a common
Chinaman who has some of the native
wit of his country. One such has a
laundry in Lexington avenue, not far
from Twenty-third street. The other
day I heard him yell at a recalcitrant
customer: "You no pay? Then you pa
per tiger!" I asked what he meant by
a "paper tiger," and he replied, "Oh, in
China a paper tiger Is a blackguard
who blows much, but is harmless^'
He added: "When a man is very proud
of himself, what Americans call 'stuck
up," we compare to a rat falling into
scale and weighing Itself. When a
Chinaman overdoes a thing we say he
Is a hunchback making a bow. The
rich son who quickly spends his fa
ther's money we call a rocket which
goes off at once. We say of you rich
Americans who send money to the
heathens by missionaries and neglect
their family at home, 'They hang their
lantern on a pole, which Is seen from
afar, but gives no light below.* "—New
York Press.
An Arab Honeymoon.
For seven days after the wedding
the Arab bride and bridegroom are
anpposed not to leave their room. The
bride may see none of her own family
and only the women folk of her hus
band's, who wait on her. She remains
In all her wedding finery and paint and
does absolutely nothing. The bride
groom generally slips out at night aft
er three days and sees a few friends
privately, but he persistently hides
from his wife's family, and should ho
by accident meet his father-in-law be
fore the seven days are over he turns
his back and draws his burnous, or
haik, over his face. This is their view
of a honeymoon, and they grow as
weary of it as any European couple do
of their enforced continental tour.—
Wide World Magazine.
Good Ink, but No Broad.
Sweynheym and Pannartz, the two
Germans who were the first to print
books in Home, used paper and types
of excellent quality. Their ink on
pages printed more than 400 years ago
can vie in blackness with the best of
the present day. Yet with all their la
bors they often lacked bread. In a pe
tition to the pope they Informed his
holiness that their house was full of
proof sheets, but that they had noth
ing to eat.—Argonaut.
To Her Credit.
Miss Dlggs—Yes, he said you didn't
•how your age
Miss Passay—The idea! The impu
dence of him—
Miss Diggs—Why, I'd call that a
compliment. It simply proves how
skillful you've been in concealing it.—
Philadelphia Press.
Important to Him.
An old lady was telling her grand
children about some trouble in Scot
land in the course of which tho chief
of her clan was beheaded. "It was nae
great thing of a head, to be sure," said
the good old lady, "but It was a sad
loss to him."
80ft
"Should a mau sha^e up or down?"
asked a youthful Mty clc-rk. and the
barber replied with a grin:
"That depends. When I shave you,
for Instance, I always shave down!"
Aiming and Hitting.
Mr. Kidder- I thiuk a woman's club
to be successful should aim at some
thing far removed from female suf
frage.
Miss Strong—i don't agree with you,
sir. That should Ije its sole object!
Mr. Kidder-Yes, but It's more likely
to bit that object if it alms at some
thing else.—Philadelphia Press.
Worse.
"At least the ,audience didn't hiss."
remarked the playwright after the un
successful first night.
"Xo," replied the manager sadly:
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A ROYAL DENTIST.
Th* Story of a Tooth Pulling by Peter
the Great.
Peter the Great particularly delight
ed In drawing teeth, and he strictly
enjoined his servants to send for hiiu
when anything of that sort was to be
done. One day his favorite valet de
chambre seemed very melancholy. The
czar asked him what was the matter.
"Oh, your majesty," said the man,
"my wife is suffering the greatest ag
ony from toothache, and she obstinate
ly refuses to have the tooth taken out."
"If that is-all," said Peter, "we will
soon cure It. Take me to her at once."
When they arrived the woman de
clared that she was not suffering at
all there was nothing the matter with
her.
"That is the way Bhe talks, yout
majesty," said the valet. "She is suf
fering tortures."
"Hold her head and hands," said the
czar. "I will have it out in a minute."
And he Instantly pulled out the Indi
cated tooth with great dexterity, amid
profuse thanks from the hnsband.
What was Peter's indignation to dis
cover a little later that his valet had
psed him as an executioner to punish
his wife, who Md never bad an un
sound tooth In her head.—Argonaut.
Not As It Read.
certain M. P., as proud and fend
as a man should lie of his beautiful
young wife, was Just about rising to
speak In a debate when a telegram was
put Into his hands. He read It, left
the house, jumped into a cab, drove to
Charing Cross and took the train to
Dover. Next day he returned home,
rushed into his wife's bedroom and,
finding her there, upbraided the aston
ished lady in no measured terms. She
protested tier ignorance of having done
anything to offend him.
"Then what did you mean by your
telegram?" he asked.
"Mean? What I said, of course!
What are you talking about?"
"Bend It for yourself," said he.
She read: "I flee with Mr. X. to Do
ver straight. Pray for me."
For the moment words would not
come. Then, after a merry fit of laugh
ter, the suspected wife quietly remark
ed:
"Ob, those dreadful telegraph people!
No wonder you are out of your mind,
dear. I telegraphed simply: 'I tea with
Mrs. X. in Dover street. Stay for
me.' "—Pearson's.
When D»es R*ason Dawnf
As there must be a point back along
the line of our descent where con
sciousness began—consciousness in the
animal and self consciousness in man
—so there must be a point where rea
son began. If we had all the missing
links in the chain no doubt we might
approximately at least determine the
point or the form in which it first
dawned. The higher anthropoid apes,
which are, no doubt, a lateral branch
of the stem of the great biological tree
that bore man, show occasional gleams
of It, but reason, as we ascribe it to
the lower orders, is more a kind of
symptomatic reason, a vague foreshad
owing of reason rather than the sub
stance itself. For a long time the child
la without reason or any mental con
cepts, and all its activities are reac
tions to stimuli, like those of an ani
mal. It is merely a bundle of instincts,
but by and by it begins to show some
thing higher, and we hall the dawn of
reason and Its development from the
animal plane into the human.—John
Burroughs In Outing Magazine.
Percentage! In 8hepping.
"There goes one of the 5 per cent,"
said a conversational floorwalker In a
big department store as be Indicated
a slender, active woman who was mak
ing rapidly for the street.
"You must be right, of course," re
marked his visitor, "but what do you
mean?"'
"Why, I divide women shoppers Into
four classes—first, those who do not In
tend to buy second, those who* Intend
to buy, but don't know what they
want third, those who know what
they want when they leave home, but
become absolutely confused when they
get among the goods, and, fourth,
those who know all the time what
they want, go direct and get it and
get out ns soon as possible.
"The fourth class, don't you know,
constitute only about 5 per cent of the
whole, and that woman's one of them.
They are a blessing in a way, but un
fortunately they don't turn in as much
money as classes two and three."—
New York Globe.
Attractive Show.
Here are a few selections from a
circus poster recently displayed in Am
bala, India:
"1. Some horses will make as very
much better tricks.
"2. The clown will come and talk
with that horses, therefore the audi
ence will laugh Itself very much.
"3. Boys will Jump and roll In the
mud.
"4. One man will walk on wire tight,
he doing very nicely, because he is
professor of that.
"6. Then will come the very much
better dramatic.
"Notice.—No sticks will be allowed
in the spectator, and he shall not mak
ing the smoke also we don't make It
only the fourth class.
"X. B.—The circus Is the very much
better therefore he come to see that."
The Giraffe's Neck.
Lamarck thought that the giraffe ob
tained its loug neck by transmission
of parental stretching to reach the
leaves of trees and that each new gen
eration literally "began where the last
left off.' 1 gay literally because the
young giraffe was conceived,' so to
speak, as continuing at the branches
which Its parents could Just reach
and then stretching its neck to reach
leaves Inaccessible to the parents. So
to say. It began eating where the pnr.
ents loft olT.-Pall Mall Gaaette
Safe.
Eloper (In a loud whisper)—Are vou
sure the rop(. ladder Is firmly "at
tached? Elopercss-Oh. yes. I "won't
fall. Papa and mamma are at the top
holding it.—Cleveland Leader.
It may IK* the census Idea that a
woman wlm is merely the mother of a
family has no occupation. Inn «lie job
keeps her prMty busy just "the same.-
ludlanapullx News.
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HAZELTO.N NOirril i.\KoTA.'
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r«,l*ctiully
iiiioriu the
public that 1 ail) now prepare,! t0 do
work in my line, and will earnestly en
deavor to sjitisly tUosi' lio give ma
their patronage
DR. W. C. WOLVERTON
PHYSICIAN AN1 S L" KOX
LINTON. NORTH
DAKOTA
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WELL DRILLERS
LIVONA,
NORTH I AK0TA
We Drill Deep or Shallow. Wells.
Casoline Power Used for Prilling.
WORK PROMPTLY DONE
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No 421 Twelfth
Street.
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6. Patterson, Owner uil Proprietor
FIFTH STREET
BISMARCK, N.
American Plan $1.00 to 51 .'j»i't*r Da
'Special Rates to Monthly I'-orders.
Absolutely fire-proof. Hot and
jp_.£Y«r.yI0®:oor"Vr,"•onbaths
heated
Public and private
Electric lighted and stenin
throughout. Positively the I"'-'
S,'C0R
class hotel in the state.
Mr. Patterson is also l'r"i'ru'''rl.
Hotel Northwest, which has I"''"
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Rates at the Northwest, $2 a 'i-'Y
ririd
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