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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
How Yeast Works.

The growth of the yeast plant is so
rapid that it's individual cells can be
seen under the miscroscope to spring
up as buds upon the parent cell and
to grow to full size, these presently to
give of buds themselves that ex-
pand in like manner. In the case Of
the yeast plant the cells remain at
tached to each other and thus form
branches of elongated cells fixed end
to end. In other cases the buds drop
off, SO that the plant never takes any
definite shape, but remains as mass
of free cells.
If new cell be formed every min
ute by each of the cells present, you
may calculate the number that will be
produced in an hour. Thus at the end
of the first minute there will be two,
in two minutes four in three minutes
eight, ard SO on. In five minutes there
will be 80; in 10 minutes the number
will have increased to 1,024 and in
Is minutes there will be 32.76S cells
The Hospital.
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Lire IN FAa.oFr OREGON.

= VI 4t $50 & INq1 III y
What Old friends Had 70 Relate
After I Long Separation.
As q reporter was walking down
Alder street yesterday . man, whom
he did not at once recognize, accost-
ed him and in few words showed
that he was an old friend who had
been absent from the city for q mum.
Der of years. AS they walked along
he asked the reporter II he remem-
bered the time Sandy Odds shot Emil
Weber. The reporter replied that no
remembered the incident.
"Well,'' said the returned friend, Il
happened along at Third and Alder
lust In time to see the shooting and
the sight got onto my nerves and
rather badly ratified me. You came
along and remarked that was look
ing pale and suggested that we go
down to the Reception and get a
drink to brace me up. We did So"
he continued, "and would like to
return the compliment now"
Il had thought that incident was
closed" was the reply. Weber was
killed by Olds' shot and Odds after
serving year in the penitentiary and
knocking about the coast as roust-
about gambler for years finally died
of consumption in Albina something
over year ago. How long is it since
that shooting occurred ?"
"Oh. twelve to fifteen years"
well, that is long time between.
drinks, but the Reception has moved
and l have quit drinking, SO we will
excuse the return Of the compliment.
Your memory of the treat, however,
goes to show that there is something
of the old saying, Cast your sbread
upon the waters, and it will some.
times return after many days,
though generally in very soaked
condition.
Many old residents will remember
the shooting of Weber by Odds, but 1t
is doubtful if many Of them have any
drink coming to them in connection
with the tragedy.-Portland Oregon
ian.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
Enoch Arden in Real Life.

euOS0 AT0Su III neal Gues
Cases of Enoch Arden in real life
are not very frequent, but one oc-
casionally appears. And the latest is
in Connecticut Five years ago
Jacob Watrous was forced by poverty
to leave home in the search Of fortune.
He found his way to the Klondike and
recently made a rich strike. Waiting
only long enough to realize large
sum of money, he returned to Meriden
to join his wife and boy. He was
driven to his former home in car
riage at night, with the intention OF
surprising his wife. Listening at the
door he heard his intimate friend Tur-
ner call young Jacob to supper. The
lad replied, yes, papa" in a filial
tone. Making inquiries, Watrous
learned that his wife, hearing OF his
death, had married his friend and was
happy. At once resolving not to inter-
fere with her happiness, Watrous left
the place with the intention OF going
back to the Klondike. He urged those
with whom he had spoken not to let
the fact of his being alive become
known to his wife, but of course, there
were some who could not refrain from
giving voice to so sensational mat
ter
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
Antediluvian Flying Machines.

AntediIuvian Flying Machines.
No animal combines all the most
favorable conditions for a flying ma
chiEe-weight, power, spread of wings,
etc. The birds with the greatest
spread are not the strongest, and the
most powerful are not those of the
longest flight
The frigate bird is, perhaps, the bro
which lives most in the air, yet its
muscles are relatively weak and it
owes its pre-eminence more to skill
than to muscle
y The albatross has maximum
weight of eight Kilograms and spead
of wing of 81 metres, but the width
Of wing is relatively small, SO that
the wing surface is not above 7-1O of q
square metre, which is much less than
that of the condor or the California
vulture.
We must go back to extinct crea
lures to discover the best-designe6
flying machine. The pterodactyls
huge flying reptiles, which lived in the
cretaceous period, had wings ITO
metres long, but small, narrow bodies
and very light bones, much lighter
than those of birds. The total weight
of their bodies has been estimated at
about IL Kilograms, so that their flight
must have been as easy as that OF
the butterfy.-New York Sun.
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GLADDEN. AND THE AeNosT,c.
Ministers Question Poser to Fresh
Youno Student

ministers Question Poser to Fresh
Young Student.
The Rev. Washington GLADDEN., after
n lecture at Harvard, discussed with
"A number of students the Christian
religion. The students, as is some
times the way with young men, mani
tested q lack Of faith. They were not
ashamed of this lack, either; they
seemed, on the contrary, to be proud
of it.
IT, said lad of eighteen years, a
freshman, Il am an agnostic." He
spoke pompously, his hands in his
pockets. He regarded narrowly the
effect on Mr. GLADDEN. in his bold
words
.'You are an agnostic?' said the
clergyman.
Il am an agnostic.
what is an agnostic?" Mr.. GLADDEN.
asked. TELL me, won't you, just what
Smeaning you attribute to that word?"
The lad staggered about the room.
He still kept his hands in his pockets
An agnostic," he said, frowning,
s<why. an agnostic is-ah-a fellow
q fellow who isn't sure Of anything.
How does it happen, then" asked
4he clergyman. that you're sure
you're IN agnostic p Buffalo Courier.
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CORRECTING : eIunder.

1t is amusing to see how the best
authorities sometimes make q slip
and unintentionally make the most OF
startling blunders. says the Boston
Journal.
Carroll d. Wright. United States
Commissioner Of Labor, and one of
the best statisticians in the country, II
not in the world. gravely stated in
FaEeuil Hall Wednesday night that
the average wage of the American
workingman was $445 year. The
number of workirgmen was so great,
he continued. that an enormous in
crease would be required to bring the
average up to $4.s5 year. The audi.
cnce gasped for a moment as they
contemplated the condition of the
workingman.
Finally man in the front seat
said:
Don't you mean s445 year, Colonel
Wright"
Il think do" said Colonel Wright,
after a momentary pause, leading on
in the general laugh which followed
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
Youth. Turning to Crime.

The startling statement is made in
Minneapolis that of the fortyone pris.
oners in the Hennepin county jail.
not one is above tWenty-three years
of age. The condition that brings
about this state of affairs is worth in.
quiring into A Hennepin county
Judge commenting upon the situa.
ton says that he believes the increase
of crime among young men is due
to their being forced out of many
sources of employment by girls. The
one thing certain is the fact that
there are more young men occupying
cells in jails and penitentiaries than
there were few. years ago, and it
behooves those persons who interest
themselves in criminology to inquire
into the conditions that have brought
about this increase in the criminal
tendencies of young men.
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TIRED Acks.

lumbia avenue, Glasgow, Kentucky.
wife Of c.. B. Pare, prominent brick
manufacturer of that city, says: When
Doan's Kidney Pills were first brought
to my attention was suffering from .
complication of kidney troubles. Be-
sides the bad back which usually re-
suits from kidney complaints, l had q
great deal Of trouble with the secre-
tions, which were exceedingly vari-
able, sometimes excessive and at other
times scanty. The color was high,
and passages we're accompanied with
scalding sensation. Doan's Kidney
Pills soon regulated the kidney secre-
lions, making their color normal and
banished the Inflammation which
caused the scalding sensation. can
rest well, my back is strong and sound
and feel much better in every way.
A FREE TRIAL Of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Pare
will be mailed to any part of the
United States on application. Ad9Fess
-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For
sale by all druggists. price SO cents
per box.
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HAD REACHED THE LIMIT.
Prisoner Felt Full &c &c Of His Deg.
radiation,


The prisoner, a faded, battered
specimen of mankind, on whose bag
gard face, deeply lined with the marks
OF dissipation, there still fingered faint
reminders of better days long past,
stood dejectedly before the judge.
Where are you FROM" asked the
magistrate.
From Boston," answered the &C
cused
Indeed" said the Judge; indeed,
yours is sad fall And yet you don't
seem to thoroughly realize how low
you have, sunk
The man started as if struck. Your
honor does me an injustice" he said
bitterly. THE disgrace of arrest for
drunkenness, the modification of be-
ing thrust into a noisome dungeon, the
publicity and humiliation of trial in a
crowded and dingy courtroom | can
bear, but to be sentenced by police
magistrate who splits his infinitives-
that is indeed the last blow"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
The War Of corpuscIes.

The war between the white corpus,
cles of the blood and the microbes
Of disease was first described by the
Russian pathologist Metchnikoff.
While devoting himself to the study
of inflammations he in each case
noted the presence Of white cells in
the blood currents in abnormal mum.
bers. Inside these white cells he in.
variably found the specific microbe
of the disease under consideration
it seemed that the big corpuscles
were devouring the poisonous mi.
crobes. sometimes the number taken
up by corpuscle was too great and
it died as a result. If this overcom.
ing of the white corpuscles by the
microbes was general the patient
died.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
Rishon Potter. Po,ition.

Bishop Potter was unable to attend
the Clara Morris testimonial at the
Broadway theater last week and SO
wrote a letter saying 1t. wasn't be.
cause of his lack of appreciation OF
Miss Morris or of the calling to
which she had brought 50 much
honor, but because of pressing en-,
gagements elsewhere.
Besides" he wrote on, II half feM
that the audience might feel toward
me as once did an old maid parish.
Toner of mine whom visited in Ill.
ness. I like you in the pulpit she
said, but out of it you are simply
odious.' New York Times
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How the world Loves Sugar.

The average amount of sugar per
capita consumed by the people of the
United States in the years immediate
ly prior to 1926 was about eight
pounds. BY 1870 this average had in
creased to thirty-two pounds, and in
the year 1901 this amount had more
than doubled again, the exact figure
being 6S.4 pounds for every man, wom-
an and child in the United States. or
over eight times as much as the per
capita consumption in 1926. Nor has
this increase in sugar consumption
been confined to the United States. It
seems to have been equally rapid in
other parts of the world, judging from
the figures of total production.-Les'
lies Weekly.
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THE SECRET OF SUCCESS.
Some Plain Truths DivuIged by "seIf.
made Merchant.

made Merchant.
Boys are constantly writing me for
advice about how to succeed, and
when send them my receipt they say
that I am dealing out commonplace
generalities. OF course am, but
that's what the receipt calls for, and
If a boy will take these commonplace
generalities and knead them into his
job, the mixture1l be cake.
Once a fellows got the primary
business virtues cemented into his
character, he's safe to build on. But
when clerk crawls into the Office in
the morning like a sick setter pup,
leaps from his stool at night with the
spring of tiger, I'm afraid that If |
sent him to take charge of branch
house he wouldn't always be- around
when customers were. He's the sort
of a chap who would hold back the
sun an hour every morning and have
it gain two every afternoon If the
Lord would give him the same discre-
tionary powers that He gave Joshua.
And have noticed that he's the fellow
who invariably takes timekeeper as
an insult. He's pretty numerous in
business Offices; in fact, if the glance
OF the human eye could affect clock
face in the same way that mans
country cousins affect their city well
come, l should have to buy new
timepiece for the office every morn
ing.-From Letters From Self-made
Merchant to His Son." by George
Horace Lorimer. BY permission of
Small, Maynard e Co., Publishers,
Boston, Mass.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
A Problem for Scientists.

Prof. Reitter recently introduced
to the Society for Internal Medicine
in Vienna a woman with . musical
heart For the last four years she
has suffered from palpitation, and
about eighteen months ago she motto
ed for the first time peculiar sing
ing noise in her breast. which was
also audible to other persons, and
rose and fell in strength and pitch.
The sound Is said to be due to NAL
formation Of the heart valves, which
sets up vibration.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
THE BONDS OF THE TELEGRAPH.

All that now remains is the closing
of the gap between Honolulu and
Manila across the wide waste of
waters that fume and fret at the in
different stars or turn their heaving
breasts to the amorous kisses of a
tropical sun. When this is done any
man with the price to pay may
girdle the earth with his messengers
OF thought in Master Puck's allotted
time of forty minutes.
Last July cable communication was
opened by the British Pacific Com
pany between Victoria, B. c., and
Brisbane, Australia, by the way of
Tanning, Fiji and Norfolk islands.
From Brisbane there is an overland
wire to Adelaide. There another
cable system reaches out to Durham,
Cape Town and the Cape Verde
Islands, where connection is made
WIN third strand to the Azores,
which is the distributing point for
large volume of international mes
sages. In this way a dispatch can
now be hurtled around the world
from Victoria across the Pacific and
Indian oceans. up the west coasts of
Africa and Europe to London and
thence back to the starting point, via
New York and Montreal.
There are altogether 100000 nau-
tical miles of cable in active opera
ton to-day, representing an invest
ed capital of $275,ooO,O0O
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
Charge Can Be Proved.

Members of travelling theatrical
company have been arrested in Iowa
charged with breaking the Sabbath
by performing Romeo and Joliet on
that day. Very likely the charge Will
hold. The average touring company
which presents the works of William
Shakespeare certainly breaks Sunday
by performing en- that day and In
cites to riot by representations on
other DAYS CT the week.
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Reliable Reeins.

A case Of toadstool poisoning at
Wichita leads a correspondent to ask
for some reliable recipe whereby one
may tell the mushroom from the toad
stool" We believe that the only re-
liable test OF these plants was given
by the late Artemus Ward-"If you
eat 'em and live. they're mushrooms:
II you eat 'em and die, they're toad
stools" And this Is 30 simple and
reliable that It ought to be IN use
in every family.-Kansas City Journal.
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Wanted Bacon and Greens.

'.Looky here" said Brother Dickey
to a blacksliding member of his flock
who had imbibed too freely, don't you
want to go ter heaven"
Eyes, sah-I sho' does.
well, you know dey lives on milk
en- honey up dar- plenty err milk en-
honey all de time"
The backsliding member was silent
a moment. Then he said:
"OnTy trouble bout milk and honey
never did agree wild my stom-
Atlanta Constitution.
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The boastfu promise of the elfin
would put girdle round about the
Puck to jealous Oberon Chat he
earth in forty minutes), was written
by the immortal Bard Of Avon nearly
three centuries ago. With the in
spired imagery of the true poet
Shakespeare placed the accomplish
ment of the improbable feat in pos
sible Fairyland, little dreaming that
it would one day become recorded
fact in the practical, material world
of men.
Yet that idly written prophecy of
the long ago, designed solely for the
entertainment Of royal Elizabeth and
her court, laid bare the heart of a
truth which science has since un-
earthed to faunt in the face OF time.
Puck girdled the earth with wave
of thought. Man now proposes to do
the same thing with wave of cleo
tricity, which serves as vehicle
for thought. The only difference is
in the method and not the means.
The first step taken toward the full
fillment of Shakespeare's pregnant
prophecy was the laying of the origi-
nal deep water cable across the Eng
lish channel in 1850. The last step
began with the spinning of the long
copper thread which enabled little
Hawaii to send a joyous New Year
greeting to her big busy brothers
beyond the sea.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
HeIIqoIand Is Vanishing.

Heligoland. an island which the
British government traded to Germany
a few years ago for considerable
slice of African territory, is said to
be melting away under the action OF
the waves, 80 that there will be moth.
ing left of 1t soon.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
Encroachnrent. Of the Sea.

q Careful calculations made few
years ago show that. the thirtysix
miles Of Yorkshire coast between
Marlborough and Spurn Head lost an
pually two yards and quarter. or
thirty acres year. Over one mile in
breadth has been lost since the Nor,
man conquest and two since the occu-
patton of York by the Romans. Other
parts Of the English coast also sufer
greatly from the encroachments Of saa
ocean.
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Between the Acts.

She had risen several times to let q
gentleman pass out between the acts.
I'm sorry to disturb you, madam"
he remarked alphabetically, as he went
out for the fourth time. "Oh, don't
mention it, she replied, pleasantly.
81 am most happy to oblige you. My
husband keeps the refreshment bar"
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Rival the National Treasury.

There are in New York three life
insurance institutions. two Of them
mutual associations and one an incor-
porated organization, whose financial
operations practically match those of
the United States treasury. They pos
sess resources in the way Of cash or
quick assets almost equal to those
upon which the secretary of the treas
ury may rely.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
Laundering the Baby. Clothes.

Many mothers are ignorant Of the seri-
Gus injury that may result from washing
the clothing Of an infant with strong
washing powders and impure soap. For
this reason 1t should be laundered at
home under the mothers directions and
little garments into the ordinary wash
shows great carelessnessEE. r. Parker.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-05-13
A Toast.

A toast to those who come to grace,
This day, our board.
And, with the cheer Of smiling face.
To share our board!
They are our friends and friends are
sent
o plan benign
To be the homes best ornament,
Heav'n spare me mine!
And may our larder e'er contain
OF meat and drink
Enough to forge for friendships chain
Another link!
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Useless Tip.

Useless Tip.
His Hpnor-Don't you know honesty
is the best policy?
Erastus-'Deed dom BELIEF in play.
in policy no more sab; rs done re-
formed.
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II women had the making Of the
eountry's laws they would limit the
number Of lodge meetings.
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A Bad start.

II guess" said the naturally weary
young man, II was meant to be mill
lionaire, but started on . line where
they don't give transfers"
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How He Placated Il,

How He Placated Her.
Maisfe- The diamond in this en-.
gagement ring is awfully small.
Morten-I told the jeweler 1t was
for the smallest hand in the city.-In-
dianapous Journal
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DO not believe Piso'z Cure for Consumpeioa
has nm equal for coughs - a colds.-JoRN 2
BoYBR, Trinity Springs. Inc Feb. IS. 1900
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1.-THE Klean, Kool Kitchen Kind Of stoves
keep you clean and cool. Economical and
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ere permanently eurec he ne o. nssycu.sss aftss
r. Send FREE %. 90 trial bottle and treati.iA
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Some men get out Of debt after q
long and painful struggle-then plunge
In again.
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Stops the Cough and
Works on the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. Price25c
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The phrase Single blessedness'' was
coined BY some anonymous married
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Halle catarrh Cure
Is constitutional cure. Price. 7sc.
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PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Hst
cut 10 cents per package.
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Come 70 al
u b 0 over
tax'the kid
neys.
Don't neg
lsct the
Q G b 1 ng
back.
Many dan
gerous kid
n ey trou-
bles follow
in its wake.
Mrs. g. B.
Pare NJ Co
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DR.. J. II. RiNDLAUs {speciailst).
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat.
Fargo, N. ..
Il ID Z long loan that has no return,

ing.