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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10
Evangelist Jones Popular.

I Evangelist Jones who has been
holding a series of NEE etings in
this city for two weeks, gave his
closing address Sunday evening
at the opera house, which was
crowded. Jones has done great
deal OF good in this city. Prob
ably no other devine has ever
drawn the crowds in Minot that
he did. Attorney LeSueur in
behalf OF the citizens and bust
ness men of Minot, thanked Mr..
Jones for what he did for us, in a
few we'll chosen words. The bust
hess men OF this city contributed
a nice sum OF money Saturday to
Mr.. jones'. The work which Mr..
Jones started will go right on.
Meetings will be held in the local
churches this week and perhaps
lOllQcI. = 81 .r7 I@s
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10
Report of Ladies Aid

At the annual meeting of the
Ladies Aid the following officers
wsre elected:
President, Mrs. l.. L. Stewart;
Vice President: Mrs. Jobe; Secre-
tary, Mrs. j. G. Moore; Assistant
Secy, Mrs. Edgar Jones; Treas
urer, Mrs. j. T. Rush; Directors,
Mrs. Jas. White, Mrs. JAS. Briggs
and Mrs. Clark.
The treasurer reported that
the sum of $513.71 had been
raised by the society the past
year, which has been one OF the
most successful years in it's his
tory. The membership is stead
lily increasing and as a whole is
characterized by loyalty and de-
VOtiOn.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10
Register of Deea's Report.

Register OF Deeds Briggs re-
ports another excellent month of
business for January, although
it is less than the month prev
ious DO nearly four hundred dol
lars-a fact which was looked
ahead to by our efficient register
OF deeds. The report follows:
Chattel mortgages, 1866, $191.-
so.
Mortgages, 31S, $443.OO.
Deeds, 166, $166.25.
Patents, 81, $51.OO.
Assignments, 53, $500.
Satisfactions. II, $500.
Miscellaneous, 81, S53.25.
Receivers receipts, l39, S69.oO.
Total $1OS5.5O.
75O chattel mortgage releases.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10
WILL EXHIBIT
ROOSEvPLT'S CABIN

The Lite I'D Log Cabts wh1eh hrsseDsN
Roosevelt Occupied whiie RaachW Near
Melsfs, n. D., NM 10 Seat y The
4srid's Fair at St. lssb.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10

car. The place proved to be a
disreputable joint and as he
stepped out utsomeone sandbagged
him. When he awoke, the money
was gone and all he had left was
q cheek for 800. This he had
cashed the following day and
gave Hyames enough money to
take him to Minot, and sent $15
to the SECOND National Bank, of
this city to be secured by Hyames
when he reached his des estination.
Hyames stated to an Independ-
ent reporter that he believed
Southland left for Michigan.
Hyames is certain that Southland
still has his money, but he says
he has no way to prove it. 1t is
possible that Hyames is mistak-
en- and we hope that heis. South
ard has always borne an excel
lent reputation, and it is possible
that he was robbed. Hyames
has placed the matter in the
hands OF a Minot attorney. He
naturally feels very blue atlosing
his money and the Independent
feels sorry for him. He is an old
man and has nothing but his
claim.
Southland claims to feel very
badly over the matter and says
he will repay the old man if he is
ever able. Hyames and Southland
have been the best of friends,
having known each other for
three years and have worked to-
gether at threshing two falls.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10
Book Is Very Popular.

The Minot City Cook Book,
edited by the ladies' of the NJ. E.
church are out, they having been
printed at the Independent office.
The ladies are selling them for
rs cents each-and they are well
worth twice that amount. The
book consists of 66 pages in
Guiding the cover, and ,abounds
with choice recipes, contributed
by the ladies' of Minot. If you
haven't bought one OF the books,
get one before they are all gone.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10
Made q Good Record.

Freeden 4 Stewart are paint
their rigs getting them in shape
tforthe spring trade. Mr.. Fredeen
has carried the mail from Minot
TOT Oscar, A2miles, twice a week
all winter, and has missed but
one trip. He dresses in Eskimo
fashion, but goes in weather
which would freeze an ordinary
man.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10
Pleasant Birthday.

A number OF friends of Mrs. A.
J. Thompson gathered at her
home Wednesday to honor the
day Of her birth. The following
spent a most enjoyable day:
Mesdames 2. z. Lee, Carl Tor
benson, Erick Ramstad, Henry
Webber and Misses Gunderson,
Olson and Iceberg. Mrs Thomp-
son was remembered with many
beautiful presents.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10
Binder Twine Cheaper.

The farmers of the state should
be happy as the prison twine
will be sold IL cents cheaper on
the pound than last year. 9,OOO,,
900 pounds of twine will be the
output. 100000 more than
last year. The best twine will
sell for II cents a pound and the
cheapest, 500 feet to the pound,
for S& cents.
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Looks Like a Depot.

4 train load Of railroad Of
ticials passed, through Minot
Wednesday afternoon, and stop
ped thefwork OF filling the Great
Northern ice house. Neil Nc
Dougall had the work wellalong,
but it is thought the officials,
knowing: that a union depot. is to
be erected on the site OF the ice
house, in the spring.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-02-10
Sells Much Water.

A. S. Blakey, our druggist, has
worked up a nice trade on the
pure water which he is selling by
the gallon. The water is pro-
nounced absolutely pure by emin-
ent chemists. 1t is claimed the
Minot water has too much alkali
to be healthful and hundreds of
people here drink none but the
best.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
Army Of Locusta.

Bombay Gndia) newspaper pub
nshes an amazing account Of a remark :
able hight Of locusts which visited Sa-
tara recently.
About o'clock in the afternoon the
locusts made their appearance going
from east to west and toward evening
nnyrlads Of them began to settle down
for the night.
Next morning there were reports.
which at first were laughed at, that
the roads were blocked by trees ling
across them, that traffic was at a
standstiH, and that all this was caused
by the locusts.
When the mass Of insects resumed
Hight next day, some idea Of Its i'm
mensity was obtained. The main body.
which was thick enough to form a sub
stantial shade, occupied about one mile
In breadth, with two wings a mile and
a half each. The insects were travelling
about seven miles an hour, and as they
TOOK eight hours to pass given place
It is computed that they occupied about
224 square miles,
During their stay mango trees, ng
and pipul trees, ten feet to twenty feet
In circumference, groaned under the
weight of the locusts, and some came
down with crash.-Detroit Tribune.
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THE WOMAN'S PART.


NO matter no matter! yet will hold
Ihat Woman's part in the infinite plan
is TO ADD to the worth of the human gold
Ihat giorif1es still the race Of man.
And this know and know ii well
The best that I am and the best that L
know
From my mothers lips in wisdom fell
In the twilight shades Of the long ago.
Now, God help the man, for sore his need.
When mother wisdom and mother love
Have failed through the days Of his youth
To the bright. white light all the mists
above.
We men do stumble; we faIter still:
We daily with Sin when her robe seems
fair,
But stray as we may, or roam as we win,
We never forget a mothers prayer.
And so I say. and I say it again,
That ever some woman is in our best,
And thinking of her men lift again
The burden they dropped when 1t sorely
What matter the fools Of the woman
Kind
Who barter their birthright for pottage
disdained?
Somewhere is the one whom your soul en-
shrined,
To lure you and lead to the heights at
tained.
Alfred j. Waterhouse in San Francisco
Bulletin.
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taste of blood; to break that material
IS servltude TO life, contemplate as a vice.
tnat binds us about like a chain on fra
limbs OF hopeless slaves. He showered
blows upon his chest; sitting before M.
ne battered with his fist at the side OF hIs
mead till caught his arm. we could
always sell our lives dearly, 7 said. He
would have to defend the entrance with
me. We two could hold it till It was
DlocKed with their corpses
He Jumped up with derisive shrek:
cloud Of ashes flew from under his
stumble, and he vanished In the darkness
with mad gesticulations.
Their corpses-their corpses-their
Hal ha! har'
Inc snarling sound died away: and L
understood then, what meant this ilIu-
sion Of ghostly murmurs that once or
Twice mad seemed to tremble in the mar
row row region Of gray light around the arch.
Tne sunshine of the earth, and the voices
OF men expired on the threshold OF the
eternal obscurity and Stiffness in which
we were imprisoned, as if in a grave with
mexorable death standing between lis and
the free space Of the world.
(To be Continued.)
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There was not a sound, not a CLEAN.
Seraphina bore the crushing strain of this
perfect and black stiffness in an almost
heroic lmmobility; but, as to me, it seem
ed to lie upon my limbs, to embarrass
my breathing like numbness full Of
dread; and to shake that feeling or /
jumped repeatedly to look at that lumi-
nous bead, that point of light no bigger
than pearl in the infinity of darkness
And once, just as was looking, it shut
and opened at me slowly, like the de-
hberate dropping and rising Of the lid up
on a white eyball.
Somebody had. come in
l clrcled widely in that subterranean
darkness, which, unlike the darkest night
on the surface of the earth, had no sug-
gest1on of shape, no horizon, and seemed
TO nave no more limit than the darkness
OF infinite space. Approaching from the
side, l scanned from afar the circum-
scrlbed region Of twilight about the OPEN
ing. There was man In it. I contem-
plated for a time his rounded back, his
dropping head. It was gray. The man
was Castro. He sat rocking himself sor-
rowfullya over the ashes
He started when I put my hand on his
shoulder, looked up then instead of giving
any signs of joy, dropped his head again
You managed to avoid them Castro?'
said.
"senor. behold. Here I am. ], Cas-
tro.''
He bowed till his forehead struck the
rock. Plunging his hands into the ashes
he poured fistful with inarticulate low
cries over his gray hairs; and the agita-
ton Of that obese little body on it's knees
had lamentable and grotesque inconse-
quence, as inexplicable in itself as the
sorrow of madman. Full of wonder be-
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thanked me in high-flo language;
very grave, but exaggerating the hor-
rors of his danger, as a woman
might have done for the better ex-
preston of gratitude He had been
greatly shocked. Spaniards, as a race,
have never, for all their conquests,
been on intimate terms with the sea.
Castro, lifting up his right arm,
protested that I had given proof of
very noble devotion in rushing back
for an old man into that black water.
Ough! He shuddered. He had given
that, at his age, he could not have
cared much for life; but then, drown
ing in the sea was a death abhorrent
to and old Christian. You died bru-
tally-without absolution, and un-
able, even, to think of your sins. He
had had his mouth filled with horrid,
bitter sand, too! Tfui! He gave me
a thousand thanks. But these Eng
lish were wonderful in their way.
All! Caramba! They were
Seraphina, on the other side of the
fire, made a vague gesture, and took
her chin in her hand.
Promise me one thing, JUAN" muir
/ was kneeling by the side Of her
seat.
by all that's holy" cried, 'T shall
force him to come out and fight fair
and Kill him as an English gentleman
! may"
ed me. She did not mean me to do
that 1T was what she feared. 1t
would be delivering myself into that
mans hands. Did / think what that
meant? 1t would be delivering her,
too, into that mans power. She would
not survive it. And if / desired her to
live on, must keep out of O'Brien's
clutches.
to yours, Juan, so fast that the stroke
which cuts yours, cuts mine. too. No
death can separate us. 7.
No i said
And she took my head in her hands,
and looked into my eyes.
mo more mourning. she whispered
rapidly. mo more. am too young to
have.a lovers grave in my life-and too
proud to submit.
Never" / protested ardently. THAT
couldn't be-
Therefore look to it. Juan. that you
do not sacrifice your life which is mine,
either to your love-or-or-to revenge
She bowed her head; the falling hair con-
cea1ed her face. For it would be in
vain"
Afterwards Castro and / sat murmur-
ing by the diminished fire. He had much
to say about the history of this cave.
There was a tradition that the ancient
buccaneers had held their revels In it.
The Rio Medic picaroons had used this
cavern, occasionally, up to year or so
ago. But there were always ugly af-
fairs with the people on the estate-the
vaqueros. In his younger days Don Bal
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Pleasures or 4 Roman J,,ne

June in Italy is heaven The weather
IS delicious. Life is pleasant and calm. y.
has found small American ice-c chest. the
only one in Rome; we are as proud as
peacocks; Pompilia shows 1t Off as IL IL
We're the great Kohinoor. 1t is an economy
In ice, which has only lately been intro
duced, and is fabulously dear here Nena
fetches tiny slab of artificial ice eyerv
afternoon; it is wrapped in thick felt,
put into the American ice-chest, where 1t
keeps the milk and wine COOL Green nuts
are part Of the summer bill Of fare fresh
nlberts IN their jackets. green almonds,
ana English walnuts as much nicer fresh
than dried as fresh figs are Better than
dry, or grapes than raisins.
lgnazlo, our gardener handsome, SYM
pathetic, with timid laugh hesitating
manner, real passion for his calling was
recommended to us as knowing more
about roses than any man in Rome. The
burden OF caring for our beloved flowers
mad become too great; the Improvement
since the expert took hold and properly
grated our roses is astonishing Ignazio
has to be restrained from quite running
US TO him the natural order would be to
spend the greater part of ones income
upon ones f1owers-I am not so sure he Is
not right! For weeks he had been talking
about new, rare f1oWer-just the thing
for the terrace-whose name he coIIfd NOT
remember. When asked him he took or
ms Old cap, rubbed his head in puzzled
way, and complained that the English
names We're too difficult !" | caught his en-
thusiasm and ordered the plants, though
the price was high. Today arrived six
nne specimens Of the wild American pur-
roadsides at home.
Signor Giacomo Boni, the architect In
charge Of the public buildings of ancient
Rome, has a rival terrace. we went ~ aaa
his japanese lilies the other day. Fancy.
ne had a cherry tree with ripe cherries
On on It, q peach tree with peaches, tame
starring IN cage, and quite the most
wonderful collection Of plants and flowers
ever saw, in so small space. Signor
Bonl has planted on the Palatine, in the
Eorum, and In the Baths Of Caracalla the
MOVERS and shrubs mentioned in the class
lcs as growing In those places.-Maud
Howe, IN Lippincott's Magazine for May.
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! SIX: ROMANCE :E!:. 55E:: D

thasar having whole leagues of grass
lands here, had poems from Mexico
brought over with their families-igno-
rant men, who hardly knew how to make
the sign of the cross. The quarrels had
been about the cattle, which the Luga-
renos killed for meat. The poems rode
over them, and there were many wounds
on both sides. Then, the last time Rio
Medic schooner was lying here latter
looting a ship outsidel, there was some
gambling going on (they played round
this very stone), and Manuel-Si, senor,
this same Manuel the singer-Bestia!- i'm
a dispute over the stakes, killed q peon,
striking him unexpectedly with knife
in the throat No vengeance was taken
for this, because the Lugarenos sailed
away at once; but the widow made a
great noise.
At daybreak-he explained-he would
start for the hacienda early, and return
for mules for Seraphina and myself The
buildings of the estate were nearly three
leagues away. All this tract Of the coun-
try on the side of the sea was very de-
serted, the sugar cane fields worked by
the slaves lying inland, beyond the habi-
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'tatlons. Here, near the coast, there were
only the herds of cattle ranging the sa
vannas and the poems looking after them,
but even they sometimes did not come in
sight of the sea for weeks together He
had no fear of being seen by anybody on
his journey; we, also, could start with
out fear in daylight as soon as he
brought the mules. For the rest, he
would make proper arrangements for Sc
crecy with the husband of Seraphina's S
nurse-Enrico, he called him; a silent Ga
hcian; a graybeard worthy of confidence.
CHAPTER VIII.
The first thing / noted. on opening my
eyes, was that Castro had gone already;
l was annoyed. He might have called
me. However, we had arranged every
thing the evening before. But what was
that hat doing there? Castro's hat. 1t
asserted its existence more than 1t ever
did on the head of its master; black and
rusty, like a battered cone Of iron, repos-
ing on wide fange near the ashes;
Then he was not gone. He would not
start to walk three leagues, bare headed.
He would appear presently; and ! waited,
vexed at the loss of time. But he did
not appear. Castro I cried in an un-
dertone. The leaves rustled; Seraphina
sat up.
We were pleased to be with one an
otner IN an 1neXpungapIe retreat, TO near
our voices untinged by anxiety; and, go
ing to the outer end Of the short passage,
we breathed with joy the pure air
grew nervous with anxiety at last,
and begged Seraphina to go in. She
obeyed without a word, and I remained
just within the entrance, watching. ]
had no means to tell the time, but it
seemed to me that an hour or two passed.
Staring out of the opening, in my per-
plexity, / saw, on the other side of the
ravine, the lower part Of a man from his
waist to his feet.
By crouching down at once, / brought
his head into view. This was not Castro.
He wore black sombrero. and on his
shoulders carried a gun. He turned his
back on the ravine. and began to walk
straight away, sinking from my sight till
only his hat and shoulders remained
visible. He lifted his arm then-straight
up-evidently as signal, and waited.
Joined him, and they gIided across my
line OF sight together But / had recog-
nized their bandtt-1ize aspect with inf
mite CONSERVATION. Lugarenos!
caught. Seraphina's hand At once
we abandoned the neighborhOod of the
entrance, plunging straight away into
the profound obscurity Of the cave. The
rocky ground under our feet had a gentle
slope, then dipped so sharply as to sur
prise US; and the entrance, diminishing at
our backs; shone at last no larger than
the entrance to mouse hole. We made
a few steps more, gropingiy. The bead
Of light disappeared altogether when we
sat down, and we remained there hand
in-hand and silent like two frightened
children placed at the center Of the earth.
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only, the light of a fire lit by Castro IL
Illuminated small part Of the rugged
wall. Everywhere else, pressing upon
the reflection Of the flames, the blind
darkness of the vault might have ex-
tended away for miles and miles.
Castro thought it probable. He
made me observe the incline of the
floor. 1t sloped down deep and
far. For miles, no doubt. Nobody
could tell; no one had seen the end
of 1t. This cavern had been known
Of old. This brushwood, these dead
leaves, that would make couch for
years perhaps by men who had died
long ago.
The warmth Of the fire had pene-
-trated our chilled bodies with a feel
ing Of comfort and repose. Williams
flask was empty; and this was a new
Castro, mellowed, discoursive, almost
genial. 1t was obvious to me that,
had 1t not been for him, we two, lost
and wandering in the storm, should
have died from exposure and exhaus-
tion-from some accident, perhaps
On the other hand, / had indubitably
saved his life. and he had already
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fore his abject collapse murmured:
What have you done?'
He tried to fling himself upon Sera-
phina's feet, but my hand was in his coll
lar, and after an unmerciful shaking I
sat him down by main force. He gulped
blinked the whites of his eyes, then, in a
whisper full Of rage:
Horror, shame, misery, and maledic-
tion. have betrayed you."
At once she said soothingly, Tomas, /
do not believe this.
You told them we were here?" I ask
ed, so perfectly incredulous that I was
not at all surprised to hear him protest,
by all the saints, that he never did-never
would do. Never. Never.
He had gone out to get provision Of
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29
CHAPTER VII.

The calm had returned. The sea,
changing from the warm glitter of a
gem, and attuned to the grays and
blacks Of space, resembled a monstrous
cinder under a sky of ashes.
The sun had disappeared, smothered
in these clouds that had formed them
selves all at once and. everywhere, like
some swift corruption of the upper air.
For the best part of the afternoon the
ship and the boat remained lying at
right angles, within half a mile of each
other. The long stretch of sands and
the sails of the motionless vessel stood
out ividly pale il universal gloom.
Suddenly, mingled with a loud de-
tonation right over our heads. a burst
Of light outlined under the bellying
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-05-29

Copyright, 1904.
by Mcclure.
Phillips & Co.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-05-25
Goodrich Neus.

L. F. Morris marketed hogs in Deloit on
Tuesday.
Mr.. Marquardt drove to Schleswig on
Saturday.
Albert Whey marketed hogs at Deloit
on Monday.
Will and Emma Anderson were Deloit
callers on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Farley Spence entertained
visitors on Sunday.
Messrs. Fink and Wilkinson visited at
B. Beanan's on Sunday.
The Misses Jensen visited their sister
Mrs, Dethman, on Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Whey visited at
Arthur Winey's on Sunday.
Mrs Martha Cose visited her sister,
Mrs, Anna Morris. on Saturday.
Miss Sadie Newton was the guest of
Miss Emma Anderson on Monday.
Miss Howorth and Miss Lucy Flint Wis
tied at 3. Beaman's Monday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Marquardt and daughter
we're shopping in Denison on Thursday.
Miss Gertrude Latchaw and Mrs. lanes
McKim visited at H. Finks on Friday.
bell visited at L. Dunbar's on Sunday.
L. F. Morris and wife and Mrs. Steve
Newton were Denison shoppers Thursday.
Mrs. Otto Linche and children visited
her sister, Mrs. Voerkampel Friday after
noon
Mrs Louie Schmidt and Mrs. Mar
quardt visited at Chas. Schmidt's We'd
nesday.
Voer Hamper, Johansen. Schroeder,
Newton and Samuel Anderson we're doing
their weekly trading at Deloit Saturday.
Mrs. Anna Whey has fine new organ,
a present from her mother. 1t was purch-
ased of Mr.. Bond. the reliable music deal
er.
Farmers are about done planting corn
and feel real jolly over the shape 1t is in
The fine rains and warm weather is en-
couraging to all.
Henry Smell and family drove down
from Schaller on Friday to spend few
days with his brother Edwin and family.
Miss Cora returned home Monday in time
for her school duties.
AL. Johnson has been remodeling his al
ready fine dwelling house by placing a
stone foundation under it and add 'ng
another addition which improves the
place wonderfully.
Among those who were Denison shop
pers Saturday were Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Campbell, Mrs. Prentice, Mr. and Mrs B.
Beaman and Miss Elsie. Mrs. A. D.
Winey and Miss Lovicie Morris