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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

Here is one thing worth considering:
Every good farmer wants and should
have suitable place to take care Of
the products Of his farm, granary
for his grain. crib for his corn and a
barn for his hay. Now. there is no
way in which SO large an amount Of
fodder can be so cheapiy stored and
safely, too. az to put the corn crop into
silo, and this for the reason that no
kind OF fodder is put in such u con.
densed form as silage Thus it fol-
lows that II one wants shelter and
protection for forage crops $500 put
into silo will store more food than
the same money put into a barn.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16
The naenaeeh,. laee,el

The hsnases's a1sssses.
oabordinate-We have capeurod the
1lsstonasy.
CA1nibal Chief-Ah. Tell I'm ] dine
- Z. ~ ! expect to go NJ Ct lia-
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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16
What's the Uss7

Why don't you try to make yourself
one Of the intellectual celebrities Of
your time!'' WHAT'S the use?' On.
swered the bright but indolent young
man; "the aYm whore patent food
have been eating would come along
and waat al the credit ."-Washingt
Star. A
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

We ate some strip recently which
was made from the sap Of the soft
maple tree, and more delicious sirup
was never produced from any source.
The sap from this tree is not quite SO
rich in sugar as that from the hard
maple. but it flows just as profusely.
and the product when boiled down is
Of lighter color. There are plenty Of
soft maple groves all over the north
west which might well be utilized in
the manner indicated. The tapping Of
the trees and the making Of the strip
will greatly interest the boys on the
farm.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16
Sweet Thins.

Madge-Physlcai culture 10 splsa.
did. I'm taking beauty exercises.
Aarj0rie-Y0u haven't been takin1
them long, have you:
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

If your cows milk brings you in sos
q year she just pays her board. II she
brings you in $50 year she is an ami
NAL we'll worth $40.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

The housekeeper who has only soft
coal for fuel in the kitchen has hard
job to keep things clean and neat.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

Mr.. and Mrs. Smith at homer
Yes. but they are engaged
For long,"
Eyes. They're having good old
scrap
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16
A Model huahand

Wife-I need little more money.
Husband-lt is only two days since
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

Trades unionsm carried to extremes
ID literally running New Zealand
Strawberries are 81 per cent water.
Thank the Lord for the other 8 per
cent!
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

If the small boys in your neghbor-
hood do not like you it is not best for
you to plant melon patch very far
from your house, for there is no way
to the small boy which seems so proper
to get even with the cross old man as
to take it out in melons.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

Where a man is able and knows
enough to work old bossy, old biddy
and good garden in happy commune
ton, he is assured of more than half
the living for himself and family
More good men should know how to do
this, for it would pay better than strik-
Ing for higher wages or joining union.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

The possession Of a cyclone cave and
4 lightning rod often does much to
steady the nerves of those who are
afraid of June winds and electric dis.
plays.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

There are some Of our insectiyorous
birds which eat their weights in in
sects every day during the nesting
season. 4 pair Of wrens engaged in
caring for brood of seven young ones
have been known to make 250 trips to
the nest between sunup and shutdown
and each trip carried good fat bug
or grub to the little family. The fact
IL when the birds are gone the agri-
cultural and horticultural interests of
the country will he at the mercy Of in
sect pests.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

The banana trade Of this country is
becoming very large, though just why
people have such a hankering for such
a tasteless fruit we could never I'M
derstand. OF the 2l.0OO,OOO punches
of bananas raised in Costa RIGA and
neighboring territory the United States,
takes 2O,OOO,OOO.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

Talk about reproduction! The cod
dsh, which deposits 100000 eggs. is not
in the game with the common house
fly, which, if unhindered. would be
the progenitor Of 2O,O0OOOO pcsky flies
during the summer season.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

Scientists tell us that our lumber
supply will be exhausted in twenty five
years, our supply of iron ore in fifty
years, but there is no need to worry
over this prospect, for American inge-
nuity will find substitute for all these
things when the time comes that it is
necessary.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1904-11-16

The biggest joke Of the season on the
United States has been that we have
been dependent on old Ireland for our
potatoes since the middle Of winter
that is, the people of eastern cities
have.
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WORDS IN THE LANGUAGE.
Authorities Differ ns to the Number
 Properly Used in Conversation.

No one can say how many words there are in the English language, be- cause there are so many words of doubtful standing. The Century Die tionary contains about 225,0OO words, and the new edition of the Standard Dictionary lays claim to over 30O,OOO. Of these many are obsolete, and many others are rarely used. Science has added vast vocabulary of polysylla- bles that are scientific formulae rather than real words. They have no place In general literature. The ordinary English vocabulary may be said to con- tain from 3O,000 to 50,000 words, the latter estimate being large. No single writer of literature has used so many as the lower number named.
 Shakespeare, whose vocabulary is larger than that of any other English poet unless 1t be Browning, used about 15,OO0 words, while Milton, whose range was narrower, employed only about half that number. The vocabu- lary of the illiterate has been set as low as 300 words, but this must be exceptional. It is more likely that the ordinary workingman" uses from 2,000 to 5000 words, while of course he is familiar with several thousand more, which he recognizes in print but does not himself use.
 The common estimate of the average vocabulary of educated people is from 5,000 to 6,000, but in this case the num- Der of words which are not used is enormously increased. A wel-read col lege graduate should be familiar with perhaps 100000 words, while in the course of year he might not use 5000 of them in his writing or con- versation. Shorthand reporters find about 2,500 word signs and contrac- tions ample for representing the words which are commonly used in public speaking.-Springfield Republican.
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ORIGIN OF A PHRASE.
"Conspicuous by Their Absence" Rests
 Upon Classical Authority.

The authorship of the significant phrase, Conspicuous by his absence" which has been used Snnumbered times, is in loose dispute. The London Saturday Review gave it to Shaks- peare; the New York Times Saturday Review described it as "a clumsy adap- tation of French phrase;;" corre- spondent of the last named review, correcting both, says it was really an adaptation by Lord Brougham. l believe, of an eXpressian of Tacitus, who at the close of the third book of the Annals, describes the funeral of Junia, the sister of Brutus and wife of Cassius, who survived her husband and her brother for sixty-three years and died in the reign of Tfberius. Tewnty images of her illustrious rela- tives or connections were carried be- fore her bier, 'sed praefulgebant Cas- sius atque Brutus, GO ipso, quod eff gies eorum non visebantur.'" This writer is correct, except as to the En- glish adapter, and he and the others could have found all about it by con- sulting Bartlett's Dictionary of Fa- millar Quotations, where the phrase of Taicus is quoted from the Bohn trans lation as follows:
 "The image of twenty of the most illustrious families-.the Manlii, the Quinctii and other names of equal splendor-were carried before it. Those of Brutus and Cassius were not displayed, but for that very reason they shone with pre-eminent luster."
 And the expression conspicuous by their absence" was used by Lord John Russel, who attributed it to "one of the greatest historians of antiquity."- Springfield Republican
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He Wasn't srSsaN"

Madam! Won't you take this seut?- Inquired little wrinkled man of a large woman who had just entered a crowded street car on Indiana ave nue. He arose from his seat and tip ped his hat in humble sort of fashion,
 The woman seated herself.
 Come here, dear, and sit on my lap," she wheezed in thin voice.
 "Why, ah-ah-I-I-" The little man was embarrassed. His face red dened and he bowed and stammered.
 The woman leaned over and repeated what she had said. The little man turned and retreated to the platform. As he turned about dog about as big as a medium sized rat rushed up to the amazon and leaped into her lap.
 "There, that's a dear," she said, but the man never knew.-Chicago Inter- Ocean.
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His Letter,

When Willie Blank was at the sea- shore last summer his father wrote to him quite frequently, and in each let ter inclosed 10 cents or q quarter to add to the little lads pleasure. Willie was no letter-writer, but one day he managed to compose the following comprehensive epistle, which he sent to his father:
 "Deare Papa-I got all your letters, and you have put some mummy in each one of them. Please write oftener. Your luving son, WILLIAM." -Woman's Home Companion.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-20
The Tomato,
Ocean.

The tomato has a curious history. After the revolution of Santo Dom- lngo many French families came from there to Philadelphia, where they in- troduced their favorite ''pomme d'amour" Although introduced from South America as early as 1596 into England, it was looked upon with sus. picion and Its specific name, lycopersi. cum, derived from lykos (wolf) and persikon Ca peach), referring to tho beautiful but deceptive appearance of its fruit, intlmates pretty closely the kind of estimation in which it was held It is now, however, almost uni. versally used.
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HELPING POLLY.
Her Brother Had Rather Brutal but
 Certainly Efiicacious Way,


 Certainly Efiicacious Way.
 AS the door closed behind Polly, Tom looked across at his mother.
 "How long has this been going on" he asked. "She used to be the jolliest little youngster in the world."
 Pollys mother shook her head at him, although her eyes were troubled. Don't be severe on her, Tom. Pol ly's growing up, and sometimes a girl takes growing up rather hard. Just now her sense of proportion is little out of focus and small troubles loom large, but she'll find herself present ly, and 1t will all come right"
 q should hope so," Tom replied, fer vently. Upon second thoughts he de- cided to say nothing to his mother of the plan he had half resolved upon, but wait his opportunity with Polly. It came in a few days, when Polly came from school fearful and indig- nant over her French mark.
 Tt isn't fairw she declared. Mar garet Judson didn't do a bit better work than I, yet Margaret had niney- six and only ninety-three. I do think have the hardest tlmesw she walled. "Yes," Tom agreed, T think you do."
 Polly looked at him in surprise. Toms attitude since he came home had not been sympathetic-that was one of her grievances.
 Tom pulled notebook from his pocket and began to read:
 Monday was horrid, dull day, and your hair wouldn't stay in curl and ev. erything went wrong-as things always do on rainy days. Tuesday you went downtown, and couldn't find any silk like Lena Andrews, and had to get a homely old thing that you never would like. Wednesday you discovered that nobody ever did understand you, any way. Thursday evening at Miss Ja- cob's, Miss Jacob acted queer and you wished you hadn't gone. Friday Bridget let the cream custard curdle when she knew 1t was your favorite dessert! Saturday."
 But Polly interrupted. "Oh, Tom, don't! I didn't know T." and then, deluge impending, she rushed tu- multuously from the room.
 "Oh, Tomw the mother remon- strated, her own eyes full of tears.
 Don't you worry" Tom answered. q know Polly. She's grit, and she'll come through all right. Pm just help 'nr her grow up."
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-20
Little Country Town.

 He sits there at the fireside, where tho mellow light is gleaming Der the columns of the little country paper that he holds, And something he has read there seems to set his fancy dreaming, While memory's panorama of forgot ten days unfolds. Its quaint and homely phrases all in- cline him to reflection. Some sweetness of enchantment as he lays the paper down, Strips tho bitter peel of sorrow from the fruit of recollection, He tastes the mellow sweetness of the little country town. He sees at eve, cottage with the lamp light dimly straying Through the window, thickly powered with the honeysuckle vine, To his ears come strains of music, there's sound of someone playing On little cottage organ, and the notes of "Auld Lang Syne." He hears the tea things chatter, sees a woman's figure fitting Here and there, belize some fairy, and the simmer of her gown, And longing leads his fancy to the place where he is sitting, Just across from her at table in the little country town. Yet he sits here alone, with all the dreamy shadows dancing, And silent save for voices that his memory may hear, The eyes that OCT the columns of the little paper glancing Like violets, dew-misted, in the pass ing of tear. From some, as he, are missing from the circle once unbroken, And one he knows lies sleeping where the autumn leaves are brown. His hair is white like silver, yet in fancy he has spoken With all those lads and lasses of the little country town. The misty eye of sorrow at the bush of dreams is seeking The rose of recollection with the frag- rance of its morn. And in the ear of memory the voice of grief is speaking, The hand that plucks the blossom knows the sharpness of the thorn. His dreams die with the embers at the fireplace-ah, the pity! The paper falls from listless hands and idly futters down. How lonely, lonely, lonely, is the sulen, smoky city,
 When the heart has come from stray. ing in the little country town. New York Times.
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FACTS ABOUT KOREA

The Country, Its Characteristics, Prod.
 ucts, Institutions and People.
 Korea has population of about l5,OOOO00.
 Korea has foreign commerce of about $12,0O0OOO, of which $7,500,000 is imports and S4,5OO,OO0 exports.
 Korea began its commercial develop ment in 1876. when two ports, Gensan and Fusan, were opened to trade with Japan.
 Korea was q vassal of China until 1894, when the victory of Japan in her war with China secured Korean independence.
 Korea gave a commercial treaty to the United States in 1882, followed by similar treaties with Germany, Great Britain, Russia, Italy, France, Austria and China.
 Korea began keeping a record of i'm ports and exports in 1884. In that year S1,27500O was its total foreign con- merce. Now 1t Is about nine times us much.
 Korea now has nine treaty ports, namely, Chemulpho, Fusan, Wonsan. Chinampho, Mokpho, Kunsan. Masam- pho, Song Chin and Wiju. Chemulpho is the most important of these, and is only twenty-five miles distant, by rail communication, from Seoul, the capital of Korea.
 Korea exports, in order of import ance as named, rice, beans, ginseng and hides.
 Korea imports in the same order, cotton goods, silk piece goods from Japan), kerosene, railway materials, mining supplies and bags and ropes for packing, clothing and haberdash- cry, provisions, matches, sake samshu, sugar, machinery and cotton wadding
 Korea had made great progress in the arts three centuries ago.
 Korea has q limited literature, con- sisting chiefly of descriptions of scen- cry and folklore.
 Korea has q robust, amiable, indus trious and pleasure-loving population, agricultural rather than commercial.
 Gorea is about the same size as the State of Kansas, and nearly twice the size of the State of New York.
 Korea has productive and we'll cultivated soil, producing rice, barley, wheat, sorghum, millet
 Korea has about 25,OOO foreigners resident within its borders, consisting of 19,00O Japanese, 5000 Chinese, 275 Americans, 40 Englishmen, 100 Frenchmen and 40 Germans. Next to Japan and China, the neighbors of Korea, America leads in the foreign contingent.
 Korea has a system of government as thoroughly rotten and corrupt as is to be found on earth.
 Korea has plentiful mineral re- sources, consisting of copper, iron, coal, gold, silver.
 Korea has mountains covered with vast virgin forests.
 Korea has one of the finest and healthiest climates in the world. Irri- gation not necessary.
 Korea has electric railway, electric light, spring water and banking com panies, all started by Americans.
 Korea has commercial prospects, which the Japanese will cultivate and foster.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-20
A Hard Question.

Philosopher-W is it that you women want?
 Mrs. Strongmind-All we want is jus tice.
 Philosopher-Only justice? Then why do you always patronize the photog- raphers who have the best retouchers?
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-20
Real Puzzles.

Church-1 see the new newspaper has a puzzle department.
 Gotham-Is that right?
 Church-Yes; they print the weather report from Washington, and then offer prize to the person who guesses near est what the weather '. i'll be.-Yon.. kers Statesman.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-20
Here's n Poser.

Pulaski County farmer found a ci- gar in his small sons pocket, and, after whipping the boy for having it. smoked it himself. The cigar was loaded, and it burned the farmers whiskers. The farmer then whipped the boy again. Was the boy unjustly treated ?-Cairo Bulle. tin
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Nothing Serious.

The Heiress-And I've been introduc ed to quite number of the European nobility.
 Her Friend-Thinking of marrying any of them?
 The Heiress-Oh, no. I don't intend to buy title-Tm merely shopping.-. Puck.
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Loud and Discordant.

Gracious! Look at the glarlng pink, green and blue band he's got around his straw hat"
 "Yes, that's English, very English, you know"
 Huh! It's more like German band."-Philadelphia Ledger.
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He Has It Removed.

"They say," remarked the youth, "that a wise man never stumbles over the same stone twice."
 That's right" rejoined the sage. "When he passes that way again it isn't there.'
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A Chance to Display Them.

Tess-Miss Schaip tells me she Is going to learn to play the harp.
 Jess-What nonsense! She hasn't any talent for music.
 Jess-Oh, she knows that, but she has lovely arms.-Philadelp Press
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Cruel Youth,

"He said l was tall and willowy," remarked the girl wbo likes flattery. "Do you think loGk like a willow tree?"
 "Nc; you yook like a chestnut" re- torted the savage young man in the loud vest.
Holbrook argus., 1904-08-20
Two of q Kind,

Its simply impossible for me to find bread for my family" said the loafer.
 Same here," rejoined the hustler. "I have to work for it.'
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
BIoominqdoIe.

Jacob Clapp has been sick of ty-
phoid fever for the past week.
H. A. Prentice and his hired man
were in Chicago this week and brought
home three horses for use on his farm.
Mrs. John Cleland was called to the
northern part of the state recently by
the illness of her son Bert.
Geo. w. DANES preached at the
Church of Christ, Sunday. He was
formerly pastor of that church.
Miss Lena Babcock, who has been
teaching school in Mississippi for the
past year, has just returned home.
Mrs. Lizzie Remington and M.
Virgins were called to Cleveland,
Ohio, by the death of their uncle,
John Durham.
William Adams, who has been run
ming a creamery in Illinois several
years, is sick of rheumatism at his
fathers home east of town. His fam
lily is with him.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-17
BURIED BEAUTY IN OLD PARIS.
Architectural Experts Find Much That
Has Been Covered Up.

1t has been known for some time
that the roadway in front OF the Ca
thedral of Notre Dame, in Paris, is
much higher than il originally was,
and that the view Of the entrance SUI
fers in consequence. The architecture
al expert of the Louvre Museum, M.
Redon. has discovered that the Louvre
is also buried beneath the ground TO
far greater depth than The original
plans warranted. NJ. Redon concludes
from his Investigations that, as
planned at first, the Louvre was to
have been epcompassed by moat, the
excavation of which was prevented by
the houses that surrounded 1t at the
time. Afterward, when the houses
were got rid Of, the idea OF the moat
was forgotten, and the lana rose nat
urally to its present height, hiding
over TAN feet of the building. The
Committee for the Preservation or Olo
Paris intends, under M. Redon's su
pervision, to clear away the earth anc
disclose the magnificent stonework OF
which the base is constructed.-Paris
correspondent London Telegraph.