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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-23
Cheap Canadian Lands for Sale.

l.sNU acres of good wild land, black
lo;,lM clay s,bsoil. wood. water and hay
plentiful. near live railway towns, mills.
churches. schools. etc. must be sold this
spring This is the last block of good
Wild land in Southern Manitoba which
can he got under so per acre. Terms
and lots to suit responsible purchasers
These lands will double in value in
two wears, and two average crops will
clear the purchase price if bought now.
You don't have to go out into the wilder
ness for cheap land when you can get
this right in the middle of an old. we'll
settled and prosperous community. 1t
will pay YOU to look into this now.
Manitoba lands are climbing and this
opportunity will not be long open.
Cavalier Co. people know the nature of
Southern Manitoba lands. Write or
apply at once to
;}6 II. NJ. SuTHERLAND.
Canada Customs. Killarney, Man.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1903-04-23

care of the wonderful development the
country is undergoing. One of the ex-
tensions is surveyed within two miles of
the south-cnd of my place. 1t is to run
east of Saskatoon and strikes for Il
TOWNSHIP on land owned by Park River
parties. among whom are Joe Gather
wood and Attorney Young. Both of
these stopped at my place when they
were looking over the country and dug
some potatoes had grown to show their
Walsh county friends what this soil
would produce ON new breaking. Taken
as whole am quite we'll suited With
he country
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

In the study of words we may
learn much concerning the progress
of men in attaining to the ;pprehen-
sion and expression of abstract
thought. Investigating the origin
of words and following their history
along through the years we see how
people rise from crude first princi-
pies in civilization to their present
development. Many words, now
used entirely to express an abstract
idea, a mental process, were at first
exclusively applied to an action, a
physical operation "Affront," now
used as mental fundamentally "to
treat one with designed incivility,"
once meant ssto strike one in the
face" "Insult,' now meaning "to
treat with indignity," originally
meant sto leap upon" "Succor, to
help" was derived from two words
"sub currere, to run UNDER" as to
prevent from falling. "Relent, to
become less severe" from slentus,
plant" Lenient has the same ORR
gin. "Exonerate, to relieve of a
burden"-"onus, burden" "Triv-
ial, trivialities, trihes,' refers to such
things as gossips talk of who meet
at the intersection Of three streets
,"tres vies-three ways" "Dili-
gence" was from the word meaning
"to love-" implying that one will
not attend to his work "diligently"
unless he has love in it. "Wrong'
is that which is "wrung," twisted
from the 0right, the straight" course.
ssHaft" of a knife Is that part we
shave" hold. From ashear" we
have many words-"shire," "share,"
s'shred," s'sherd," "shorn," "shore, y
etc. We may not know why many
animals have the name assigned to
them, but some are named from
some quality, appearance or charac-
teristic. One of the queerest from
this category is the squirrel" We
see him sitting on limb with his
tail spread over his back. This ac-
ton gave him his name, which is
composed of two Greek words
meaning "shade" and "tail." He
sits under the shade of his tail.
Looking into the history of these
words and observing their original
meaning their present application
becomes matter of added interest.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
government

A big undertaking is projected in
the Pan American railroad, charter
for the right to build which was in
corporated the 24th ult, at Guthrie,
Oklahoma. This railway is to be a
continental line passing through
both Americas north and south.
The capital stock is placed at $780,
100000. The line will run from
Port Nelson, Hudson's Bay, in Can
ada in southerly direction, crossing
the Canadian Pacific near Winni-
peg, Manitoba, and running through
North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne
braska, Kansas, Oklahoma and In
dian Territory, to Galveston, Texas
from Galveston through the repub-
lie of Mexico to the boundary line
of Central America, through the
istamus of Panama, thence through
the United States of Colombia to
Ecuador and finally through the re-
public of Peru and Buenos Ayres.
The estimated length of the pro-
posed road is 10000 miles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Graphite Industry Growing in
Wisconsin,.

A Wisconsin industry which is
bound to assume much greater pro-
portions in the near future, and
about which little has been heard of
outside of Portage county, is graph
lite mining. These mines are located
about a mile from the village of
Junction City at the junction of the
Wisconsin Central lines and the G.
M. & St. P. railway.
Graphite is typical form of car
bon, the same as the diamond or
charcoal, but it cannot be burned as
charcoal nor diffused like the dia-
mond under heat. 1t is non-fusible
and on-combustible, making it the
best material yet discovered for the
manufacture Of crucibles for the
melting of the refractory metals.
There are two principal forms OF
graphite, the foliate and the amor
phous. The foliate variety is dis
tinguished by the crystals always
forming the leaf shape, while the
anonymous variety has no regular
form of crystalization.
The Wisconsin graphite is an
anonymous variety of great purity
and fine texture. 1t occurs in we'll
defined fssure veins dipping on an
average of about 90 degrees. In
these veins the mineral occurs very
pure and clean, making mining very
inexpensive. An average of $I.oo
per ton will cover the cost of min
ing. The Oldest company in opera.
ton, the Wisconsin Graphite Com
pany, has this year built a large new
reduction plant at McDill neal
Stevens Point, where it secured ar
excellent water power. This com.
PAW also has manufacturing plan
in Pittsburg, Pa. 1t keeps a crew
of miners constantly employed al
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

OF all kinds executed
with neatness and dis
patch. Prices reason
able.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10
Warming.

The soliciting Of advertisements
and cash moneys in the name of or
ganized labor has in some portions
of the state assumed such shameless
proportions as to endanger the good
name of organized labor and some
of its representatives whose names,
in some cases, have been forged to
so called credentials. For these
reasons we wish to announce that
any soliciting of advertisements in
the name of the Wisconsin State
Federation of Labor should be treat
ed as a humbug and any person
presenting himself as solicitor of
advertisements in the name of the
State Federation of Labor should be
denounced as swindler.
While the organization approves
of advertisements by its official or
cans. the Social Democratic Herald
of Milwaukee and the Sheboygan
Volksblatt, these publications must
and can stand upon their own
merits.
Article Il, section II of the con-
stitution in part provides that the
officers may only in case of protract-
ed labor troubles solicit financial as
sistance in aid of such disputes.
Wisconsin State Federation OF
T.abor. FRED BRocKHAUsEN,
Sec'y-Treas.
o7S Seventh Ave., Milwaukee, Wis,
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

There are in the United States
273,Io6 Indians sustaining their trib-
al organizations, not taxed. This
is shown by the census of 1900, just
made public. The Indian Territory
has the largest number of untaxed
Indians, $4,000. Alaska has 2o,536;
Arizona, 26,4So; S. D., 2o,a25; CAL,
1871; n. NJ, 1914; Okla, H.
o45; Mont, 1888; Wash, 10000;
Mimi, o,ISo; WIS.,, S,37I; N. D.,
6,ooS; Mich. 1854; n. c., 5,6S7;
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

On the continent of Europe the
governments partake largely of alb
solutism. In all the continental ma
tons there is strong centralized
government while the separate COM
munities have small influence in
directing the national policy. But
in Great Britain the central govern
ment is built up and controlled by
the self-directed action of the COM
munities. In the continental meth
cd local independence is destroyed,
in the British it predominates. The
enlarged participation of the people
in directing the policy of the gov
eminent in England has completely
destroyed absolutism there. The
continental nations, seeing that the
people of England enjoy such a
large amount of individual freedom
and the communities so much indie
pendence, are demanding larger
freedom and more influence in the
government.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

Words That Mean Som ething.

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the mine and ships the ore to Nc.
Dill for treatment.

Tic HiilC anu SliIpS ltlC OlC " U4S
Dill for treatment.
In appearance Wisconsin graphite
ore resembles slate, but upon rub
bing with the finger or cutting with
a sharp instrument the difference i.
plain, graphite showing shiny
black polish like freshly blackeneo
stove. In fact graphite enters large
ly into the manufacture of stove
polish.
1t is in the lead pencil, however
that it is most commonly met with
and while one pencil contains but a
small amount, in the aggregate the
lead pencil trade uses large quanti-
ties of the mineral. In crucibles al.
SO it is very largely used, and of re.
cent years core carbons, rheostats
and various electrical appliances
have come to add to the consump-
ton of the mineral. The use Of
steel for structural work and roof
ing, sheeting, ETC., has been respon-
sible for large increase in its con-
sumption.
In 1894 the Master Railway
Painters of the United States took
up the study of graphite as a pro-
tective covering for iron and ex-
posed metal surfaces with the result
that they recommended its use TO
nearly every railway company in
America. Many of them have al
ready adopted it and its use in this
direction is being largely extended
every year. The Baltimore & Ohio
railway was perhaps one of the first
companies to become large users of
the material as a paint.
The mines at Junction City have
proven to be a most excellent varie-
ty for paint pigment, as well as for
crucible and electrical work and for
lubricants in various forms. One OF
the exclusive products of the Wis
consin mines is what is called pipe
joint paste, and is used to seal the
joints of iron piping the same as
white or red lead has heretofore
been used. 1t is claimed that with
this paste the joint is made secure
and the pipe can be taken down
after any length Of time without in
jury to the threads.
The value of graphite depends
largely upon its texture and percent
age of carbon, the best grades bring
ing as high as $3.50 per ton, while
the lowest brings from $50 up. The
Wisconsin company mentioned else
where in this article receives $Ioo
per ton for its best grade in large
lots and the very lowest price on
the poorest grade is $50 per ton.
With mining and reduction costing
around $40 per ton the profits are
certainly large.
Most of the graphite used in the
United States to-day comes from
Mexico, while the Ceylon product
is being brought into the single port
of New York at an average of
twenty-five tons daily. There are
but few mines in the United States
and among those worthy of the
name are the Joseph Dixon Crucible
Cos mines at Ticonderoga, N. Y,
which supplies small part of the
mineral the company uses; one in
South Carolina; one in L'Anse coun-
ty, Mich, which yields a very low
grade, and the Wisconsin mines.
The Pioneer Graphite Company
was recently incorporated and has
several hundred tons OF ore mined
ready for reduction near Junction
City, and expects to have its reduc'
ton plant in operation by the first
of January next.
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vatory.
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N. Y, s,257; Nevada, 5,2I6.

N. Y, 5,a57; Nevada, 5,aI6.
These Indians have large annu-
al income. The government owes
them millions, paying them the in
terest and annuities. They own
$4,000 horses; a57,81o cattle; So
365 swine; 567,94I sheep and 9o,9I3
goats. But their landed interest is
the most important part of their
wealth. Their reservations COM
prise l1S,o3a square miles-76,II6,-
7I3 acres. Since the census of 1890
the tribal Indians have decreased in
number, there being 4,I83 less by
the last census than the one next
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

Last Monday, the first Monday
in September, was Labor Day, a
legal holiday. The term is mis-
homer in one sense. The general
rule of Interpretation would make it
a day on which to work but it is in
tended that the day shall be holt
day on which people will cease to
work. The day is observed as a
holiday principally in cities.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

The tenth biennial report of the
Superintendent of the Mendoza Hos
pital FOR the Insane shows that there
are now in the institution 4I6 in
mates, 13 of which are from Pierce
county and 10 from St. Croix.
Since the hospital was established
o,6I3 people have been treated in
the institution. Since 1876 there
have been 1893 deaths of inmates.
Of the o,613 persons who have been
admitted to the hospital since its es-
Enlistment but 14o were under IS
years of age; 1860 were between 20
and 40 years old and 2,o75 were be-
tween the ages of 40 and 90. AS to
sex, 5,49I of the whole>number were
males and 4,I22 females. 1t re-
quires about 1870 people to take care
of the buildings, grounds and pa
tients and the cost of running the
hospital for the last twenty-one
months was $Io7,5oo.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

Last month was the coolest Au-
gust for many years. The mean
temperature for the month was
maximum So; minimum 81. Rain
fell on IS days, the total precipita-
ton being 81 inches-as determined
by the records at Washburn Obser-
vatOry.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

Mrs. Polly Card, IS years old, of
Joplin, Mo-, is cutting set of teeth.
She had been without teeth for 80
years until recently she began cut
ting her second-or third-set of
teeth, eight having already attained
a full growth, with prospects of a
full set.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1903-09-10

The University of Kansas has es-
tablished new branch of education,
that of journalism, and the depart
ment will be open this fall to stu
dents who desire instruction in this
science.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-08
RYAN.

Miss Nellie Preston left Tuesday
morning to take course of study at
Cedar Falls.
The many friends of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Sullivan will be sorry to learn
that there is no improvement noted in
the condition of their infant child.
A lady about forty-fve years of age
who, to all appearances was badly de-
mented, arrived here last evening on
the passenger from Manchester. She
was taken in charge by City Marshal,
Uhl, given bed and promptly sent on
to Cedar Rapids in the morning, which
place we understand is her home.
The newspapers throughout the
county are having a good deal to say
about the poor roads, but in order to
see the worst they must visit Ryan and
vicinity A sheeny peddler was driv-
ing into town from the west Tuesday
when one of his horses fell in mud
hole, aud drowned before he could be
gotten out. If other parts of the county
have anything to beat this we would
like to hear from them.
The pupils in the grammar depart
ment of the Ryan schools with the as
sistance of their teacher, Miss Eliza
beth Graves, have named their room
the Columbia room and decorated it
very handsomely in red, white and blue
colors, which gives the room a pleasing
effect. There is a great desire among
teachers and pupils that parents visit
the schools more frequently and there.
by show their appreciation and interest
in the work.-Reporter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-08
Midshipman, United States
Naval Academy.
DuDuouE, Iowa, ArRIL /, 10,

DUBUQUE, IOWA, APRIL l, lSO3.
In pursuance of the act of Congress
approved March 3, 1903, providing that
Members of the Fifty seventh Congress
who will not be Members of the Fifty
eighth Congress, and in whose Districts
or States appointments have not been
made or vacancies filled in the Fifty
seventh Congress, may nominate
Mdshipman, Cadet to the United
States Naval Academy, under which
provision Mr.. ID. B. Henderson is entitl-
ed to make nomination of Midship-
man, notice is hereby given that COM
petitiye examination for Midshipman
to the United States Naval Academy
at Annapolis, for the Third Congress.
sonal District of Iowa, will be held at
Waterloo, Iowa, ON Friday, May 18th,
1903, at 2 o'clock p. m. Candidates ana
Members OF the Board will report
at the Office of Mr.. j. c. Gates, Water
loo, Iowa. The field is open to all
actual bona iide residents of said
district who will not be under 15 years
of age or over 20 years of age on the
10Th day of June, 1903
The following gentlemen have kindly
consented to act as Board of Exsm-
ination, and are hereby duly appointed
as such, namely:
II. H. RAM, Manchester, Iowa.
j. G. GATES, Waterloo, Iowa.
FREDERICK Il. BIssELL, Dubuque,
Iowa
DIR DELos N REEVE, Bristow, Iowa
EDWARD A. SAGER, Waverly, Iowa.
Further information, If desired, can
be had from any Member of the Board
d. b. HENDERSON.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-08
Iowa Beats Them All.

The Illinois Central Railway Com.
pany is, through its passenger depart
ment, making strenuous efforts to turn
the tide of emigration to the southern
states, more particularly of course,
to those tributary to its line of road.
From an able address on immigration
prepared by its assistant general passen.
ger agent, Capt. j. F. Merry, delivered
at joint convention of commercial
clubs recently held at New Orleans, in
which reference is made to the develop.
ment of Iowa, the grandest and most
prosperous state in the union, we ex-
tract the following:
"In presenting the matter of undevel-
oped territory, I have used statistics
from the four southern states with.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-08
Sewer Notice.

TO WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN:
Notice Is hereby given that the following
Iesoluti' n Is proposed to be adopted by the
City Council OF the City of Manchester, Iowa
BE 1t resolved by the city council of the city
oil Manchester, Iowa, that 1t is advisable and
necessary that sewer be constructed In said
city as follows:
Commencing In the center line of Franklin
Street at point directly west of the center
of the alley rs now located. between lots 81
extending eastward to said alley and along
the CT inter- line of said alley and Terminating
at The east line OF Lois So and 65 In said city.
That said sewer be constructed of first
qualify, vitriaed inch sewer tile, with suit
able man holes, flush tanks. and lateral Y
cordance with plans and specifications now
on file in the office Of the city clerk, which
plans and specifications are made part
hereof by reference thereto.
That special assessment not exceeding one
dollar per linear foot be levied against the
aid in the cost Of the construction thereof;
one half of such assessment to be levied
against the property on either side of said
sewer.
You are further notified that said resolu-
lions will be considered for Its passage and
special meeting of the city council Of Man.
chester, Iowa, to be held In the council cham
bers of said city, commencing att o'clock p.
M. at which time and place the owners of
abutting on sad proposed sewer,
and subject to assessment, and any others
to said contemplated sewer. and to passage
Of said proposed resolution.
Dated at Manchester, Iowa. this 10th day Of
March, 1908. s. STEADMAN,
Attest: Mayor
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-08
The Kind ofseeds that Yields.

AS everybody knows there are good
seeds and bad seeds, seeds that grow
and seeds that don't grow, seeds that
yield aud seeds that don't yield, and a
little thought given now to the selection
of the seed you'll need, will be found
at harvest time to have been well spent
if you select the world famed Fer
rvs Seeds--the kind that always
yields. For nearly half century Ferry's
Seeds have been known and sown
wherever good crops are grown, until
farmer and gardener alike, have learned
to depend upon their wonderfully rella-
BILE growing and yielding qualities, year
after year, to the exclusion of all others.
Unfortunately the seed business seems
to afford means for many unscrupu-
lous people, who aim to blind the I'M
wary to quality, through littleness of
price and boastful claims, who in real
ity have nothing to substantiate their
claims, no reputation at stake, no past
record as proof. 1t is better to pay
little more for the seed and be assured
of great deal more at the harvest by
sowing Ferry's Seeds. The Seed An.
nual which is sent free, postpaid, will
be found unusually interesting and in
structive. Write for it today. Address
ID. NJ. Ferry & Co., Detroit, Mich. 1w
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-08
COCOON.

Rev. j. H. Scofeld of Manchester
visited his son, DR.. A. H. ScoHeld, the
latter part of last week.
Joe Hunt has moved to Manchester
where he has been appointed section
foreman on the main line of the 1. G.
R. r.
Miss Mag Ward returned Monday
from Manchester where she had been
caring for her brother, Will, of McIn-
tire who has been in Manchester sick
with the gripp.
A. Andrews met with quite a painful
accident Saturday morning while Choir
ing about the barn. He slipped and
falling onto log with q sharp edge, cut
his leg midway between the knee and
ankle making deep and ugly wound.
A. e. Sheldon, who has been visiting
his brother for the past TWO weeks, re-
turned to his home in Hysnnis, Neb.,
last Friday. H. M. Sheldon accom-
panied him home and will remain for
some time. 1t is hoped that the trip
will be beneficial one and that he
will soon return fully restored to his
usual health and vlgor. During his
absence Mrs. Sheldon will have charge
of the business and will carry 1t on as
usual. Arrangements have been made
to furnish first class undertaken when
requested and all calls will be promptly
attended to.-Monitor.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1903-04-08
-HenKIHron.

Frank Furman of Delhi has accepted
q position with M. H. Macarthur in
the photo gallery.
F. E. Richardson came down from
Manchester Monday evening for few
days at home and to attend to some
business matters.
Mr.. and Mrs F. A. Irish arrived form
Greeley Tuesday evening and are now
in charge of the telephone exchange.
@. S. Bailey has gone to Cascade and
will have charge of the line there.
The city election Monday passed off
very quietly, there being no issues up
to create excitement among the voters.
Fifty three votes were cast. F. E.
Williamson and F. r. Tessr were elect
ed to the council without opposition,
the first receiving 46 votes and the lat
ter AZ votes. 9. H. Ricketts, was elected
treasurer to fill vacancy.
The citizens of Arlington have put
up such an effective roar for new de-
pot that the Milwaukee officials have
promised them relief and new build
ing. AS the Arlington depot is an ex-
act counterpart of the one at Hopkin.
ton in age and architecture, perhaps 9
strenuous kick would bring an improve
ment here.