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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-24

McENIRY McENIRY-Attorneys at law
Loan money on good security; make col
lections. References, Mitchell & Lynde
bankers once, Mitchell & Lynde build
ing.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-24

WANTED-A competent girl for general
Homework. Good wages. Apply at once
to Mrs. Kautz. over Turner hall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-24

FOR RENT Two unfurDished rooms up
stairs at 1888 Fifteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-24

WE make speciality OF loaning money on
household goods, horses, wagons, etc
without removal and in a quiet way. Cal
on us for quick loans. Fidelity Loan com
pany, Room 80, Mitchell & Lynde block.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-06-24


LOST-A ladies' wrist bag, containing keys
and small change. Finer return 10 this
ONCE.
LOST-A small 3-cornered gold class pin
with black lettering r. 1. H. s. 1902. Finder
return TO this office and receive reward.
LOST-A pair of gold trimmed nose glasses.
with chain attached, between Hodges s.
BladelS store and Eleventh street on
Fourth avenue. Finder return to 1913
Fourth avenue.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19

North Dakota has 255 newspa.
pers and more coming every day.
The Edmore Herald, in the fol-
lowing comments, probes an evil
that it is understood the depart
ment at Washington is just giving
some attention." North Dakota
has 225 newspapers and a sheet is
going into every hamlet where there
is a final proof in sight. The final
proof business will soon play out,
and then there will be scores Of
newspapers for sale in the state
In the western part of the state
there are many newspapers being
run on the prairie where there is
not even store and they are liv-
ing simply on final proof notices
They hurt Legitimate newspapers,
and are not entitled to any recog.
milton at the various land Offices .
Bismarck Tribune.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19

Wealth does not bring JOY"
Give a man $1,000 and he wants
$4,000; give him $4,000 and he
wants 500, 600; give him 81 600, 600
and he wants 81, ,000,O 100000; give
him $1,000, ,O00, 900 and he wants
the earth! Fame does not satisfy.
Make man alderman and he wants
to be mayor; make him mayor and
he wants to be governor; make him
governor and he wants to be sena-
ator; make him senator and wants
to be president; make him presi-
dent and he wants to be president
the second time.-Cavalier Repub-
lican.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19
DREAM h IN Or QlFf : :.
THE PAST.
L.: ~ a Il - q ttT a.
Would Be- Materialized by
Marc quise de Mores.
To. Make Medora, the Mar
ket Place Of the Earth
Her Husbands Plan.

Is Medora, in Billings county,
N. D., to bloom again as it did in
the old days when Marquis de Mo-
res dreamed Of it as the market
place of the worldp Are the fences
that once enclosed 10000 acres and
encircled the rovings of 100000
Shorthorns to be repaired once
more? Is the de Mores chalet to
rise again on it's old foundations, to
serve as a haven to wayfarers in the
vast stretches of the Bad Lands?
The Marquise de Mores, widow
[of the gallant Frenchman whose
name less than a quarter Of Gen.
tury ago was on every American
tongue, answers all these questions
with a quaint shrug of the shoul-
ders.
"And yet, why not" she asks.
The marquise arrived in Chicago
Sep. 10th on the way to that spot
where, with her young husband
she passed the early days of welded
bliss. It is her first visit to the
United States for fifteen years.
With her are her two children
Louis, still in his teens. and Marie,
some three years younger. They
left for the west by way of st. Paul.
The former "Queen of Medora''
is much changed from. the dashing
woman whose equestrian feats as
tonished the cowboys Of the Dakota
plains. But some of the old spirit
remains.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19
GET MORE STOCK.

Nearly every year the people Of
this section get a lesson on the un-
certainty or raising grain to sell,
and the many risks that are en-
countered in that business. There
were the brightest kind Of pros
poets in Ramsey county early in
the season, but later the dry
weather came and the crop in sight
was cut in two. Still later, rains
appeared and a comparatively good
crop Was put into the.shock, acrop
of at lemt excellent quality. Since.
then the weather was most unfa.
vorable and every rainy day de-
,creases. the quality, Of the grain
standing in the fields. y Tie lesson
to be learned from these expert
ences is that no man can control
the elements, and every man who
depends on raising grain alone
must take what nature dealaout
to him in the way Of weather, and
never has a chance to take adyant-
age of tnese condition, he cannot
help himself. Il the farmers de-.
voted more of their lands, time and
energy to growing live stock and
to dairying they would be far more
Independent of the weather condi-
tions. To be sure there would be
more days work in the year, but
there is no business that will pros
per without continuous labor.
With cattle, sheep and hogs grow
ing, the farmer can grow his own
feed. Should the food crop fail or
fall short of being enough to sup
ply the demand, part of the stock
can be sold any day in the year
and the rest kept on what feed
there is on hand and there need be
no loss. Ramsey county has been
a successful wheat growing section
successful far beyond the average
in that industry, but it must grad
ually give way to stock growing
and mixed farming.
Every farmer should prepare for
the change. It need not be made
all in one year, but by getting
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19
THE / ECONOMY
Of THRIFT.
How the Thrifty Farmers
Wife Settled for Her
Many Purchases.

Dakota Farmer: We stood in
village store, not long ago, in one
of the northern counties of North
Dakota. Two women came into
the store to trade, and as it proved,
quite extensively. Both had child
rem with them, and both showed
unmistakable signs of being the
wives of farmers who were still
struggling with the hard conditi-
ons of new country. They bought
groceries, various little things in
dry goods line, and one or two
small suits of clothes between them
and several pairs of rather coarse
shoes for the children. One little
boy, when told that his shoes with
a little patching would have to be
made to do till winter and possibly
all winter, winked back the tears
for spell and then with his moth.
er's dress wiped away few that
would not be wink ed back. He had
evidentally counted upon the new
shoes, more or less, and the sight
of the other new ones was a little
too much for the boyish, though
manly little heart. We were glad
to see he was made glad, later, by
one or two less costly things he had
apparently not reckoned on.
But what impressed us more
than anything else, was the way
the things were settled for. One
woman, after saying something
about the prospects of good crop
and thrcshing time said, "Please
put that down." after nearly every
purchase made. A few small
amounts were paid. The other
woman said nothing about pay,
whatever, and several times we
saw the merchant lean over and
say something about 1--WE will make
it so and SO, to you" When all
through the trader proceeded to
figure up; SO much for eggs today;
SO much left over, such and such
times. We were pleased to note
there was a large amount of egg
money in this, for this money we
knew from experience, had cost
little hard labor. We were still
more pleased, when after consider
able hard figuring, the merchant
was compelled to announce that
there were still nearly $500 to the
thrifty woman's credit.
As the two women passed out
loaded their purchases into the
wagons, we did some thinking, but
will leave our readers to do their
own. It is unnecessary to add that
the dear boy who cried for the new
shoes did not belong to the woman
with the eggs.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19
Brief-sttes.

Lots of fallweather this summer
Don't be in hurry to put away
the straw hat;, it might be needed
More can be done with kind words
than with an ax-but don't throw
away the ak.
Perhaps we'll get some settled
weather before winter sets in.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19

few head of the best stock, and
gradually working into it, he will
find the fertility, Of his land in
creased, and herd of cattle on the
farm whose first cost he will be
unable to find in his expense &C.
count.-Devils Lake Free Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19

4Ae1o uoso OeoA yA01oo VI AoAu
spring wheat reported from differ
ent sections of the state varying
from five to fifty-two bushels per
acre and the disparity Of figures
cannot be attributed altogether to
difference in richness Of soil and
locality. It has been the emphatic
teaching of leading farmers and
agricultural experts tina: what must
be attained in North Dakota, if the
state is to retain her supremacy as
q wheat producing state, is the abil-
ity to raise much more wheat than
at presenton fewer acres; that while
diversified farming is necessary to
the continued and increasing pros
perity Of the commonwealth, and
of necessity this will reduce the
wheat acreage, it ought not to re-
suit in a decreased yield of our sta.
pie product. One farmer reports
sixty acres yielded ffty-two bushels
of frst-class hard wheat per acre
by actual measurement. The land
was in Ransom county, the soil was
rich and moisture conditions were
favorable. But land in the imme-
diate vicinity yielded much less.
The land may have been as good
the moisture precipitation the same
but it is probable the soil which
produced the large yield was titled
much more scientifically than the
other, crop rotation was different,
and the conditions of the field was
much better. There are some farm
ers who have good yields of wheat
year after year, while their neigh
bors record partial failures with re-
markable frequency. Is the differ
ence in natural conditions the
main the reason for good or poor
yields? The careful farmer wto
studies soil or climatic conditions
will prosper on the same land that
the careless tiller of the soil would
starve on. Nature is liberal and
also exacting.
Crop failures are more often prop
erly attributable to poor farming
than unfavorable soil and, climatic
conditions. How to increase the
yield of wheat per acre is a most
important one. It is not so diff
cult as it might appear. The main
essential is to give nature the best
possible opportunity to contribute
her riches. Don't blame the coun-
try nor the weather Il your crops
Fare poor ,year after year. Blame
your method of farming. Study the
soil and the climate. North Dakota
ought to produce at least twice as
much wheat as at present on the
same acreage and the same soil
with similar climatic conditions.
It lies with the tillerrsiI of TIL, soil to,
accomplish the reform, n Iii ii I methods.
Nature is always willing to do her
part better than expected Forum.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19

The total gold production from
the discovery Of America to the
year 1900 is in round numbers the
sum of So, 81, 100000.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1903-09-19
VILLAGE OFFICERS.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

Peter A, Schmidt. VIM. =. a. u1eTke
Clerk of District Ats0Lney.6 ~
0curt, Mclean Co., Not@ty 9 EuoNo
Mel EAN COUNTY ABSTRACT CO.,
Oel(elal Bonded Abstsacters for MeLeaa
County, N. Oak.
Abstracts furnished on short notice.
Iffies examined and perfected.
TNx matters attended to for nOn-resldents.
Money to Loan on Real Estate.
WAsHBURN, NORTH DAKOTA.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21
Human Sympathy.

The majority of heartbreaks and
tragedies which come to women are
due to not understanding human ma
ture The mother does not understand
the needs of her children and still less
when they are grown, especially If they
are boys. The husband does not under
stand the wife, the wife the husband.
The mistress and maid are sealed
books to each other, and the teacher
does not understand the individual
needs Of her pupils. Sympathy is a
quality too subtle to be inherited, to
judge by the women Of fine sympathies
with daughters dowerless of that
charm one sees so often. Mothers
could do much for their children from
the suggestion to the opening mind of
the child constantly Of the better side
of human nature of the ultimate pur-
pose of good behind weak Ineffective
ness. Sadly enough, the real teacher is
sorrow hand in hand with love.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21
Cnmbronne and His Needle.

The famous General Cambronne had
a talent not rare in the French army.
He knew how to use needle. | knew
an old lady who preserved with care
Brittany costume he made her for
fancy ball. She spoke of it as beauti-
full fit at the time he measured her for
it. The ornamental stitching on the
corsage and apron formed designs in
vented by the general as he stitched,
though he was Of an age when the in
ventive faculty is dull. what should
| do to prevent tedium killing me-" he
once said in the hearing of this lady,
"were it not for my needle?" He had
little book education and never had any
taste for reading. He was too sober
to seek liveliness In drink, and too good
a citizen to seek to play part as
politician He also had loom with
which he wove tapestry and furnished
some beautiful things to his relatives
Paris Cor. London News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21
A List of Equivalents.

The following ought to be copied by
every cook and housekeeper into her
cookbook or pasted up in the kitchen
where it will be always handy
1t is list of equivalents and is
vouched for as being absolutely cor.
rect:
"One-half cupful of butter, one-quar-
ter pound; two level tablespoonfuls of
-four, one ounce; sixteen tablespoonfuls
of flour, one ounce; four saltspoonfuls,
one teaspoonful four teaspoonfuls, one
tablespoonful; twelve tablespoonfuls
(dry materiaD, one cup; four cupfuls,
one pound; one cupful of granulated
sugar, one-half pound; sixty drops, one
teaspoonful; ten eggs, one pound; six
teen large tablespoonfuls, one-half
pint; common sized tumbler, one-half
pint"
Besides this list every kitchen should
be equipped with small scales and
measuring cup of tin and one of glass
Only by this means can cook have
unvarying success in all the cooking
that she undertakes.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21

Probably the mass of prison poetry
which has been written ON stools and
bedposts and scratched on prison walls
far exceeds that which has found ex-
preston on paper, and many mute,
inglorious Milton" has begun and fin
ished his poetical career with these
''lost to sight" productions.
There is in existence short poem,
said to have been scratched b. a
maniac on the wall of his cell, W .-ch
runs thus:
Could with ink the ocean fill,
Were all the world of parchment made,
Were every reed on earth a quill
And every man scribe by trade.
To write the love of God alone
Would drain that ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Though stretched from sky to sky
The authenticity of this being the
work of a maniac has often been ques-
toned because of the beauty of its ex-
preston and its sound reason, but the
story stands.-All the Year Round.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

A thin paste Of whiting and cold tea
is a splendid mixture with which to
clean mirrors.
When you mop the floors, add to
each pail of warm water two table
spoons of carbolic acid. 1t leaves the
wood in sweet and healthy condition.
To sweep away all petty frumpery
and to have a few worthy ornaments
to give a room a finished look is now
the prevailing idea in home decoration.
There is nothing equal to finely sifted
coal ashes for Frightening metals of all
kinds-brass, tin, copper and nickel.
Rub over with damp cloth dipped in
the ashes.
A good plan when hanging a picture
is to attach piece of cork on either
side of the bottom edge, as this pre-
vents the accumulation of dust by hold
ing it away from the wall
A woman who has tried it says that
the color of white silk, similar fabrics
or worsted articles is preserved just as
well by wrapping in coarse unbleached
muslin as by incasing in blue paper,
which has heretofore been considered
the most efficacious method.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21
Betting on a Certainty.

Peter Schemm, says the Philadelphia
Times, was fond of telling the story of
a German typesetter who had been
boasting of his capacity for lager.
"Youse Dutchman," he was told by
bartender, don't drink as much beer
as people says youse dor
"Of course not" Clipped in one of
the customers "And I'll bet you,
Dutchy, you can't drink a bucketful."
The German was lost in thought for
moment and then hurriedly rushed
from the saloon, while the others roar
ed with laughter. His boasting was
still the topic of conversation when he
returned five minutes later, and calm
ly said:
"Ill take that bet"
The money was posted, bar bucket
holding five quarts was filed and the
German promptly drank the beer and
took the So. Nobody questioned that
he had won fairly, but one Of the on
lockers asked:
Say, what did you leave the saloon
for that timer
"Why," he said as he winked with
the air of man who was far too smart
for his fellows, 81 yust went down to
Schmidt's and drank bucket to see If
1 would be safe in taking dot bet"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21
Saved by an Owl.

King Robert the Bruce, according to
the well known story, once owed his
safety to spider. Among the Tar
tars of central Asia there is a belief
that one of their khans or chiefs was
preserved, long years ago, by the great
horned owl. He had hidden in a
thicket to avoid capture by some enc
mics. By and by his pursuers came to
this spot.
The first thing they saw was an owl
sitting on a bush. What did this mean?
1t signif1ed in their eyes that this bird
would not rest quietly there if any man
were lying concealed close by. There
fore they argued that the khan could
not be there, and SO they hurried on
to search for him elsewhere. At night
fall the khan made his way to the
camp of his men and told them how
he had been saved from certain death.
His story caused them ever afterward
to look upon the owl with reverence
and love- They wore its feathers In
their caps as pledge of victory.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21
go &C. -
Cuhan Muafc.

Cubans show a semsavage prefer
ence for such music as is made by a
sort of band composed Of stamp mill
sort of a crank piano, pair of sugar
kettle tomtoms and man with horse
radish crater called 'giro" and fiat
file with which to scrape 1t, the COM
bined outfit producing discordant
potpourri that might easily dislocate
the teeth of any self respecting hand
saw This example of music, as the
Cubans fancy it, is even worse than the
finger drumming and wire swapping
musical murders committed in Tunisi-
an bazaars and Algerian cafes chan
tantes. The lauded but lugubrious
Cuban national hymn is best esteemed
when performed by one Of these bands
of inharmonic banditti, and the ma
tional dance, that monotonous combi-
nation of motions that suggests that
the dancer is trying to shoe a flea off
the small of his back and also go easy
on a stone bruised heel, can only be
adequately performed to the music Of
those African agitators of catgut, raw
hide and perforated tin. The truth is
the Cubans will have to learn music
all over again.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21

Professor thinner, the famous fe-
male brain specialist, declares that in
every eighty-five female patients in the
lunatic asylums of Germany, Russia,
Austria and Switzerland there is one
schoolteacher. In Prussia there is one
teacher to every $50 women of the pop
ulation. 1t seems to follow, therefore,
that mental disorders among teachers
are four times as numerous there as
they ought to be. The case Is still
worse with those young women who
are preparing to become teachers
Among them the cases of insanity are
ten times more numerous than they
ought to be. Professor thinner says:
"If telephone girls or salesgirls show
signs of mental disturbance, 1t Is not to
be wondered at, for their occupations
are hardly those a woman can call suit
able to her sex, but in teaching, which
is usually considered suitable en-
ployment for women, when the results
are so disastrous there is every reason
for serious consideration"
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21
The Great VtdOcq.

Vidocq, the great French detective,
was born in Arras in 1775. He began
life as baker and early became the
terror of his companions by his athletic
frame and violent disposition. At the
same time he was a notorious thief,
and after many disgra ceful adventures
he enlisted in the army. In 1896 he re-
turned to Paris with some money.
which, however, he soon squandered.
Next he was sentenced at Lille to eight
years hard labor for forgery, but re-
peatedly escaped, and in 1908 he be-
came connected with the Paris police
as detective.
His previous career enabled him to
render important services, and he was
appointed chief of the safety brigade,
chiefly composed of reprieved convicts,
which purged Paris of the many dan
gerous classes. In 1918 he received a
full pardon, and his connection with
this service lasted until about 1928,
when he settled at st. Mande as a pa
per manufacturer. Soon after the revo-
luton of 1880 he became political de-
tective, but with little success. In 1S4S
he was again employed under the re-
publican government, but he died pen
niless in 1857.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1903-01-21
THE DELAWARE, SUsQUKHANNA AND
i SCHUYLKILL RAILROAD.
Time table in effect May 10,

Time table in effect May 10, 1901
Trains leave ,Drifton for Jeddo, Eckley, Halle
'rook, Stockton, Beaver Meadow hoad, Roam
and Hazleton junction at 500 m, daily
except Sunday; and o. N, 3 38 p m, Sunday.
Trains leave Drifton for Harwood, Cranberry,
romhicken and Deringer at 800 q m, daily
except Sunday; and 707 a m, 23S p m, Sun
lay.
Trains leave Drifton for Oneida junction.
arwood Road, Humboldt Road, Oneida and
heppton at 90 m. daily except Sun.
ay; and 07 a N, 3s p N, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for HarwOOd,
ranberry, Tomhicken and Deringer at 8 20
a, daily except Sunday, and 68 IN, 70 m.
unday.
Trains leave Hazleton Junction for Oneids
unction, Harwood Road, Humboldt Road.
)neida and Sheppton at 30, II 10 a m, Al m.
iaily except Sunday; and 737 m, 3ll M
Trains leave Deringer for Tomhicken, Gran
berry, Han wood HaZleton Junction and Roam
It 500 p NJ, daily except Sunday; and ? 81
m, 8 OF p m, Sunday.
toad, Harwood Road, Oneida Junction, Halle
-on Junction and Roam at IL m, IL 4O. ~
m, daily except Sunday; and II m. "A
Trains leave sheppton for Beaver Meadow
TOAD, Stockton, Hazle Brook, Eckley, Jeddt
and ii a m, A p III, Sunday.
Trains leave Hazleton junction for Beaver
ieadow Road, Stockton, Halle Brook, Eckley,
Teddo and DIifton at $40 p m, daily.
All trains connect at Hazletop Junction with
lectric cars for Hazleton, Jeanesville, Auden.
led and other points on the Traction Com.
'eny's line.
Train leaving Drifton at 500 a m makes
onnection at Deringer with P. r. X. trains for
Vilkesbarre. Sunbury. Harrisburg and poiDts
west.
LUTHER G. SMITH, Superintendent.