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The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Realizing country,s Greatness.

Ex-Representative p. ]. Mcdonald,
who served for three years in the
House, returned the other day from a
SIX weeks trip throughout the coun-
try, in company with NJ. C. Keefe.
You really don't know what this
country is until you look it over"
says Mr.. Mcdonald.
I'VE were gone six weeks and went
through every state in the Union, COW
ering something like 1900 miles in
ali. Talk about the recent visits of
royal and other rarsonages. who make
flying trip across the country! What
can they know about it?
why, nothing or next to it. The
only way to see the country and the
people is to take things leisurely, as
we did. In some cities we would spend
tuo or three days. The two or three
days gave us an opportunity to meet
and exchange ideas.
Yes, sir, this is great country-a
wonderful country. .''-Boston Journal.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
GEN. BOOTH A VEGETARIAN.
Salvation Army Leader Will Not Eat
Meat

Few people are aware that Gen.
Booth, head and founder of the Saliva
tion Army, who recently visited this
city, is a pronounced vegetarian. In
years he has eaten neither fish. flesh
nor eggs, says the Cincinnati Com
mercial-Tribune. Even butter. milk
or vegetables cooked with fat are de-
MED. His diet is solely upon cereals,
boiled rice being largely his susten-
ance. He occasionally eats rice for
breakfast. dinner and supper, and
then enters upon the same diet the
next day.
I. A member of the army said recent
ly: Gen. Booth believes in his body.
Yet meats and strong drinks he heart
lily despises. He will not smoke, be
cause he realizes that he has a nerv-
Gus system that must be protected. He
will not drink, partly from principle
and partly because he realizes that for
every stimulation there is an equal
and consequent reaction. He is a
vegetarian not merely because he be-
lieves that primitive mankind-the
Adam and Eve of the Bible-were
vegetarians, but because after a long
practical trial, he finds himself far
younger than his years, while the NOR
tai parts of most men, who laugh at
what they call his crankiness, are like
John Browns body-"a-moulderin in
the grave"
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Love Trjumphant.

Helens lips are drifting dust;
Ilion is consumed with rust;
All the galleons of Greece
Drink the oceans dreamless peace;
Lost was Solomon's purple show
Restless centuries ago;
Empires died and left no strain
Babylon, Barbary, and Spain
Only one thing, undefaced,
Lasts, though all the worlds lie waste
And the heavens are overturned,
Dear, how long ago we learned!
There's a sight that blinds the SUM-
Sound that lives when sounds are done,
Music that rebukes the birds
Language lovelier than words.
Hue and scent that shame the rose,
Wine no earthly vineyard knows,
Ocean more divinely free
Than Pacific's drainless sea,
Silence stiller than the shore Ia
Swept by Charon's stealthy oar
Ye who live have learnt it true,
Dear. how long ago we knew!
Frederick Lawrence Knowles in Har-
per's Magazine.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Cutting Thread Inside a Bottle.

If you were asked to cut in two
thread hanging from the cork on
the inside of bottle without touch
the thread for that matter-how
would you go about it? That seems to
be pretty hard proposition. but 1t is
easy enough-when you find out how
1t is done.
Get bottle that is made of clear
glass, SO that what goes inside of it
may be readily seen; the ordinary
wine bottle is not suitable, because 1t
is made of colored glass. To the un-
derneath part of the cork. attach a
bent pin, and from the pin suspend n
piece Of common thread. black pre-
ferred, with a shoe button tied to its
lower end.
The thread must reach only to with
in an inch or two of the bottom of the
bottle, and when you have dropped it
inside and inserted the cork, the
weight of the shoe button will keep
the thread hanging taut.
Now the cutting. All you need is
a reading-glass, or sun-glass, double
convex lens, you know, and window
where the sun is shining. Hold up the
lens so as TO catch the suns direct
rays. focus them on the thread
through the side of the bottle and in
few moments the thread will be cut
through by the heat as deftly as If
pair of scissors had been used.
This little experiment may be made
from beginning to end in the presence
of spectators. or it may be turned into
feat of amateur magic. If the latter,
the bottle, the cork and the thread
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Trick With a Match.

Button your coat. strike match
and hold it at arms length in your
right hand and bend your left elbow,
so as to bring the wrist near yonr
face Then blow out the match cv
blowing into your left sleeve. 1t
seems impossible, doesn't it, to force
current of air strong enough to cut
out the light through your bent sleeve.
around your body under your coat
and down your right sleeve? Every
body will say you can't do it.
Well, you can't. The trick is to
make people think you do it, and this
you accomplish by holding the match
between your thumb and forefnger
and swapping your middle finger nail
against the end of the match at just
the right moment. A sharp snap Ii
put the flame out. You had better 3r.c-
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
For Good Guessers.
are a few conundrums.

Here are few conundrums.
What Is the difference between an
actress and a soldier? An actress
powders her face and a soldier faces
the powder.
Why was George Washington like a
piano? Because he was grand, up.
right and square.
Where did George Washington first
take a hack? When he took the hack
at the cherry tree.
If the women all went to China
where would the men go? To Pekin
Where did Queen Isabella take her
pills? In cider tinsider her).
When is hat not hat? When il
becomes lady.
Why is 1t that you and can't dine
together? Because U doesn't come till
after T.
Why is an old man like nail in the
wall? Because it is in firm.
What is the difference between a
postage stamp and bad boy? One
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Mice or M emf
MTce OF Meh1 ="
6eAef
" ~ wv 81
- - o-~|
Here are five mice. Turn them vp.
side down and you have five men.
An Outdoor Game.

The game is called Gathering
sticks" and is greatly enjoyed at re
cess by children of all ages.
The ground is divided into two
equal parts, with small goal mark ed
on at the rear of each part, in which
SIX sticks are placed. Each player
who reaches the enemys goal safely
may carry one stick back to his own
goal, and may not be caught while
carrying it back. II caught before
reaching the opposite goal he mnst
remain prisoner in the goal until
touched by one of his own side; neith-
er may be caught while returning. No
stick may be taken by side while
any of its men are prisoners. The
game is won by the side gaining all
OF the sticks.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
CHECKS CLEARED BY PHONE
Novel Scheme Is Practieed in the
Prosperity Belt"

Novel Scheme Is Praotieed in the
Prosperity Belt"
Down in the Prosperity belt as
we call it, we've got the whole world
beat for real progress" said a coun-
try banker who was in the city last
week. After delivering this declara-
tion he bit the end of cigar and set
tied back in a chair in lobby of one
of the big hotels.
Yes, stree. we beat the world for
genuine progress, he continued
We've got something down in central
Illinois that you won't find anywhere
else on the globe. It's telephone
clearinghouse. We call it a clear
ing-house right here in Chicago or in
New York. Now you'd think banks
phone. but, as l said before, we beat
the world for progress and have in
vented the new system.
THE whole scheme is very simple
and has proved a safeguard against
some of the bugaboos that worry
bankers-such things as overdrafts,
for instance. Every day at noon one
bank will call up another by tele-
phone. read off the amount of the
checks and the names of the drawers.
Some of these checks will BE- on the
bank at the other end of the wire and
some OF them will be drawn on an in
stitution with which that bank has
considerable business.
Now, you see. half dozen or more
banks in one county or section of the
state can arrange a certain time for
calling up some one bank, which is
the central bank. All the banks call
this one. notifying it they have checks
on it or upon any of the others.
when each bank has found out
how much it owes the other banks up
until certain hour drafts are for
warded to cover the balances. By
using the telephone clearinghouse we
expedite business, saving an entire
day in many instances It's a paying
scheme and is pretty nkely to be
adopted by other groups of country
banks wherever the telephone is in
general use. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27

my goodness gracious! you should
have seen what happened.
The whole lot of them flew up in the
air, all scrambled together. and the
boys yelled and kicked just as If tho
old gentleman was not their dear, good
teacher, who never spanked unless
they deserved it. Yes, they did; they
kicked and fought and struggled up
there in the air and acted Disgrace
fully.
Then, Of course, when they fell
down again the teacher fell first, be-
cause he was the heaviest, and all
the rest fell on top of him, and they
kept on fighting and kicking unit, 1t
is no wonder at all that the old gem
tleman needed sling for his back.
And If you could see him and how his
poor old back was bent, you would
say SO. too.
II you want to see how any one
looks when they get spraddled out
that way, you'll soon find out by max
ing two cuts with a scissors in the
teachers picture. The white line On
mis- back shows where one OF the cuts
should be made; make the other one
In any direction you please, and then
the figure will be in three pieces. Turn
the pieces around and put them to.
gether In another way. and II you have
made the cuts properly you will ses
Just how the old chap looked.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Good Game for Youno and Ola.


Here is an old game that used to be
popular even among ''grown-ups," and
it causes more fun and laughter than
you can imagine. You must have a
thimble first of all. Then all go out of
the room except one, who is left with
the thimble. Now the thimble has not
to be hidden, but put in some place
where every one can see 1t easily
without moving or touching anything
to do SO.
For instance, a good place is on a
nail, which holds up picture. or the
window ledge; stuck in the fringe of
the table cloth, put in the ornamental
part of the fender. or, in fact, any
where, where there are things around
1t to confuse one. When the "hider''
has placed the thimble he calls. the
rest of the company in, and the
search begins.
Now listen, for this is the most i'm.
portant rule of ALL Those who are
looking for the thimble, must not
touch or more anything in the room
in their search, and when one does
see lAe thimDie ne Lnust NOT cry out.
"Oh, there 1t isl" Perfect silence
should prevail, and when the boy or
girl sees it. he or she must sit down.
1t is wonderful what long time
it often takes before the whole com
pany has seen it-often two or three
children will stand actually looking
at the thimble, and yet never see it,
and this is such fun for those who
have already seen it.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27

with your hand. and you will fnc .nar
It will stick TO your hand or your
clothes. much as II 1t were glued hero
Rub a piece OF glass in the same way.
and 1t will attract to itself any 'igtt
thing. such as scrap OF cork or a
pith-ball.
1t is with an electrified drini ing
glass that thiI trick may be per-
formed.
Place chair in the middle o; the
floor. and on the back Of it balance n
walking stick, telling shc spectators
that you are going to make :he stick
fall off the chair without touching
either of them and without even blow
ing on the stick.
Having first thoroughly dried the
glass. rub it with a brush or on your
sleeve and mold 1t near one end of the
stick.
The wakened electricity in the glass
will at once attract the stick and make
1t swing in any direction that you
move the glass, SO that you may male
good your promise and draw the stick
out of equilibrium whenever yoiI
please.
You may substitute for the walking
stick, If you choose, cane fishing rod
or a bamboo feather duster handle.
All you have to do is to balance 1t
nicely on the back Of the chair. whe.s
1t will swing so easily that the sInai,
quantity of electricity il the CLAUS
will attract it.
The trick is better performed in d-y
weather, for if the air is damp tie
electrical effect is much weakened.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
|EIUffQ'
|OF THE DAY
Crusoe's Comment.

What! Is this Mr.. Crusco,, !,
quired the newly arrived shade "w.r
l declare, but I am glad to see vo,,,a
Thank you." smiled the shada .
Crusoe. Perhaps you could give -
some news Of the world you have ,a,, -
You know I once acquired the habi, .
wondering what was going on n,
never have got over It,"
"Oh. there's nothing particu,,,.
new" answered the newcomer -.
cept that a ship captain reports M,
you. old island is overrun with l.,
.sters."
"Ah." muttered Crusoe. And e
they have begun running excursio,
to my old familiar haunts at las, >
Judge.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
He Asked A-Mjss.

What's the trouble, my boy.'
queried the minister of a young mem.
ber of my flock. You look sad"
And / feel sad" replied the young
man. Il asked Miss Silverton to b.
my wife and she declined the honor
That's too bad" said the parson
But it's in accord with the Scripture.
which say. 'Ye asked and received not
because ye asked amiss.'"
Well. what would you advise me tt
do?" queried the youth.
Next time ask widow" replied
the good man with suspiciou'
twinkle in his eye.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
The Brooklynite.

Ex-Lieut. Gov. Woodruff, at the
Lincoln club, Brooklyn, was asked by
quizzing fellow-member if he knew
the reason why the inhabitants of
their borough were called Brooklyn
ties. TO be sure l do" promptly re-
piied the genial Tim" with his most
expansive smile. DEMONSTRATING
election daylight is the only time
they are ever there!"-New York
Times.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Should Women Work?

Prof. thinner of Berlin, has been In
Vestigating the cause of insanity
among women, and has come to the
conclusion that II women are ad-
mitted into competition with men
the inevitable result will be tire.
mendous increase of insanity among
the women. He finds that the percent
age OF women teachers who become
insane is almost double that of the
men teachers.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
spoiIed. but Mot by Her.

He (chuckling over job of tea
kettle mending)-Maria, l believ'
there was good mechanic spolles
when went into the shipping busi
ness.
His wife-I don't know about that
but you spoiled good bachelor whei
you got married.-Stray Stories.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
No Need Of shoutlna.

shut the door" beloved the iratl
merchant. Where were you broughI
up. sir-in a sawmill?"
We'll, I'm not sure as to that" re-
piled the young drummer in honeyed
accents. pressing both hands to BIZ
ears. but of one thing can assurt
you, my dear sir. and that is that wal
not brought up in boiler factory
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
THE RIGHT KIND OF P.,iLAN-
THRoPY.
A Liberal Donation to Encourage
Fruaality.

On December 20, 1902. the accom-
panying letter. addressed to Mr.. Z. Nj.
Johnson, president of the Fidelity Saw
ings Association. Denver, written by a
prominentS citizen Of the same city.
was received and published in the Den
yer daily papers:
.Mr f. NJ. Johnson President the FL
deity Savings Association, Denver,
Colorado:
Dear Sir-Desiring to encourage
frugality among employees and wage
earners generally. | herewith enclose
you my check for 5000 as New Years
gift to the public to be equally dis
tributed to the first $50 employees or
members of their families opening saw
ings accounts with you, giving. 81 to
each. The conditions l make are as
follows:
THAT each of the $50 applicants
man, woman or child-shall deposit
at least SO in addition to the 81 which
| will give them free, at the time of
opening the account. which will give
them a start of So: and that each per
son taking advantage of this offer
must continue the account with you
for at least year. at the end of
which period their respective books
must show total deposit of not less
than $50.
las | make this offer to encourage
saving. the necessity for these condi
tlons is manifest.
Trusting that $50 worthy employees
or members of their families will take
advantage of this offer, remain.
Yours respectfully,
This incentive to frugality was so
highly appreciated that the $50 ac-
counts We're opened within six days.
end the amount of the liberal gift was
thus early exhausted while applica-
tions continued to pour in. each desir-
ing to open an account under the CON
ditions stated in the communication.
At special meeting of the board of
directors of the Fidelity Savings As
sociation 1t was decided to emulate the
noble example of the donor of the
$500 by contributing 5000 on the same
terms and conditions; adding. how
ever. that deposits must average 81
or more per month, but restricting the
applications to out.oftown depositors.
Three hundred of our readers are
therefore offered the same opportunity
an opportunity Of receiving So as an
absolute gift
that this liberal offer was decided
upon.
The Fidelity Savings Association is
one of Denver's most substantial in
stitutions. The growth of this asso-
citation may be judged by the follow
ing figures.
In 1890 the assets of the Fidelity
Savings Association were $9,14274 In
1902 the assets had grown to $1,437,'
10S.49.
AS the offer Is limited to 300 new
depositors throughout Colorado. Wyo-
ming and neighboring states, our citi-
zens will have to get up and hustle
to get their share of this 5000.
Banking by mail is becoming quite
feature with the Fidelity Savings
Association of Denver which pays five
per cent. on savings deposits, interest
compounded semi-annually,
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Novel Road-Makinu.

A new road for transport by auto.
mobile is being constructed in the
Congo Free State. and at present it
extends 45O kilometres. The method
pursued is simple enough. All that
Is done is to drive herd of forty
elephants three or four times over the
track marked out by surveyors. They
level down obstructions as efficiently
as steam roller.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Cane That viii obey Orders.

If you want to astonish your young
friends at your next party, here is a
way you can do it.
The success cs the trick depends on
the well-known fact that all bodies
have some electricity in them, and
that it is only necessary to wake the
electricity to make them active.
Take sheet of paper, for example,
and rub it briskly with brush or
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
jug Trap for Small Animals.

An old earthenware Jug. with n
small hole knocked in the upper part.
may be used as trap for small bur-
rowing animals. Bury the jug in the
earth. near the hole of the animal you
are after, then make an artificial bur
row. extending from the surface of the
ground to the hole in the broken Jug
Strew appropriate bait along the pas
sageway, and although your game
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
origin Of Monroe pos.orlnn.

Monroe had just paid his physician
$500 for curing cold. Thereupon be
laid in a supply of quinine, blankets
and whisky, thus founding the great
system of Monroe doctoring which has
made America SO healthy that the
other powers tremble.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Fair Warninu.

The voice at the telephone was
roar.
Hello, central."
"Hello!" replied the soft voice.
Give me Main 99.999. And. say
central. he's the agent of this flat In
living in. I'm going to ask him what
the reason we don't get any stear
heat. Please take your ear away fror
the phone while am talking to him.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Power of Birds.

what tremendous power an eagle
exerts when carrying away lamb
that weighs, say, sixty pounds or over!
If you take the weight of the bird nj.
together, 76 pounds. then it appears
that an eagle can develop more than
two horsepower, and must put n
strain OF over loo pounds on the
muscles of the wings.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
The jug Trap Set.

might hesitate to enter broken jug
above ground, they will have no fear
of one beneath the sod. and either
jump or fall inside, where they may
be allowed to remain some time with
no fear of their escaping. The jug
mails.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27

very hard indeed to fall around q cor
ner successfully. Perhaps II you could
have seen how you looked at that
time you would have carried your
back In sling, too; but then you
would have looked worse than ever.
But II you want to see how any one
looks when they have had a fall as
bad as that, let me direct your atten-
tion to the gentleman In black In the
picture above. He was going down
the hill pretty fast, but he went a
great deal faster after he was struck
by the bob sled full Of boys which you
see behind him. Yes, sir! They ran
slap into the old gentleman. end, oh!
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Fighting Grasshopper Pest.

tubes OF gelatine containing germs
of disease warranted to kill locusts
and grasshoppers are to be distrib.
uted to American farmers. Several
insects Will be inoculated add then
released in order to spread the dis.
ease.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27

Much Railroad Property Condemned,
Local inspectors of the Wheeling
division Of the Baltimore & Ohio rail.
road have condemned $500 box cars,
flats. etc.. as lightweight or light ca.
pacity. The condemned cars will bs
burned and the iron sold Is SCRAP.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
He Knew Her.

Mrs. Powers-Thomas, if you WEI
to live your life all over again. and
1t came to the matter of choosing
wife. do you think you would choo'
me?"
Mr.. Powers (submissively)-There
no doubt about 1t, Maria. provided "
wanted me.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
smallest American chureb.

The Rev. Louis E. Durr Is rector Of
the Episcopal church at GAINESVILLE,
Ohio, said to be the smallest church
in the United States, being twenty
four feet wide and forty-eight feet
long.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
The String Abou. to Break.

should be prepared openly, with seal
not to be removed. Then go to an
other room, where you can get the
suns rays, and having used the lens in
private, bring the bottle back with
the thread cut. 1t will be hard for the
spectators to guess how you did it.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27

you lick with the stick and the other
you stick with lick
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27
Blowing Out the Match.

tice the trick in private before SYN
pathizing friend (for you can't see the
match yourself) before you venture 10
show off, in public.
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27

VI cours,s 1t is most unusual for one
carr ones back in sling, and 1t
= Aiy done in extreme cases; the
Ind that are Just little worse than
I you felt the time you fell down stairs
In the dark and found out that 1t is
The Dolores star., 1903-02-27

Emma-Do you know how old Hid
is?
Ella-No: but do know that shd
orders her photographs from an old
proof.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1903-10-28
More About Stammen's Fire.

\ week ago John Stammen'S
fine $3.50 barn caught fire near
EoNholm and burned. The
threshers had been there that
day and it is thought some of
them accidentlv started the fire.
Mr.. Stammen was first attracted
to the fire by Il loud stamping III
his barn. He opened the door
and found the building fnll of
smoke. He released TWO, OF the
horses, but four of the best ones.
worth $500 burned He also
lost 800 bushels OF grain. 80
tons OF hay. six sets al harness
and a lot of machinery. He had
no insurance but Will rebuild at
at once.