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The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11
Shattered.

3a Ascum What did that rich old uncle
OF yours leave?
Hope Nothing but q lot OF disgusted
relatives and . jubilant young widow,
whom we had never heard OF before
Philadelphia Press. q
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11
Then Look Out.

AASA A1OOA VUts
NO" said Mr.. Henpeck, ut wouldn't
be well for any man to talk against
temperance in my presence"
"Why?" asked Manley, what would
you do?"
"Id tell my wife on im."-Philadel
phia Press.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11
Quite True.

Necessity is the wheelbarrow that
you have to push. Pleasure IL a auto
mobile that runs itself. & 53.s !. as Is
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11
Recklessly Indulgent.

What discontented, dissatisfied
look Mrs. Fullerton has!' y. 81
Well, what could you expect? She
has q husband who gets her every.
thing she wants. Town Topics.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11
! None for Love,

There is q fixed rule for doing almost
anything except making love.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11
Hope Springs Eternal,

He (sighing) )Ah, may / not hope
that you will be mine forever?
s. She (softly) Yes, you may hope a
long as that IL you wish Tit Bits.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11
Usually ,tihs DOG,

a woman simply must love some
thing-be It man or dog. Chicago
News. - .---
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11
A PARDoNABLE ERROR,

DR.. Killem- What ever induced you
to spread report that was great
mimic?
Lawyer Capias-I never said that;
! merely said that you were always
taking somebody of! Baltimore Her.
aid.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11
q ~ "a Q
Spitef,,l.

Patience She's got lot Of color, to.
night?
Patrtce Fully dollars worth. ]
should say Yonkers Statesman.
The Bottineau courant., 1905-08-11

This pie Is not made like those
My mother made" he bit
A segment of and added, that
Is why I'm eating it,
1 Houston Post.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14
Atheism and To,nbstones.

A curious and, for many districts Of
Germany, characteristic struggle has
arisen between certain family living
in Gera and the authorities of that
town. 1t began fifteen years ago, when
a member of the family died, and it
was decided 20 engrave on his tomb
stone the words: I'VE shall never see
you again, yet will always remember
YOU" This was construed by the po-
lice and the ecclesiastical authorities
as an open denial of the doctrine of
the immortality OF the soul and resur-
rectlon of the body, and they gave or
ders to have the words never and
''yeto plastered over with cement. For
fifteen years the family attempted to
have the cement removed, and, failing,
took the law into their own hands,
again exposing the offending words.
Again the Town Council has plastered
over the words, and as this operation
cost 1 mark - ptenmgs, taOour Is,
Cd. they sent in the bill for the
amount. AS the family declined to
pay, they We're sued, and thus the
matter rests for the present.-London
Standard.
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49,
04 e>%0
For the
Younger
Children.

tied by peasants. Each man was given
to peasant, who did with him as he
liked.
81 had TO work from daybreak until
night. and my food was coarse brown
bread. slept in the stable among the
foul straw in the winter and In the at
tic in summer. If did not please my
master | could be logged to death.
Who cared? My place would soon be
filled. Thus / passed some time, for
this was II sort of preparation to enter
the army.
II cannot speak of the miseries we
had to endure there. We had to WELD
heavy guns and practice that which
was intolerable. Sometimes we ran
for miles, and / would throw myself
upon the ground, exhausted. What
was my life? / would not be honored
IL l did win victories. l despised the
country served. She had taken from
ME all that l loved. determined to re-
venge my wrongs, but l could not.
AT last l succeeded in escaping and
fed to this free country. Oh, you who
are yet young. take pride in this land
of freedom. If she does not require
you to die for her, then live for her
and make her gloriousr'
The sun was already declining and
silence reigned in the room.
"And your wife, your wifep we re-
minded him. For answer he handed
us a newspaper. This Is what we read:
Esther. the daughter of Rabbi Ben
Ezra, died at wilma. All feel her loss,
for she was like grandmother to the
whole community. She had lived life
of unselfishness and self-sacrifice. She
was the angel OF the sick and the poor.
May her soul rest in peace"
"And there remains one thing for mo
now," said Rabbi Joseph. II, too.
want to rest in peace. If could but
tread upon the land of my forefathePs
| should be satisfied. judah, o Judahl
How long art thou to roam?"
Then his head sank lower and lower.
as If bowed down by grief and suffer.
ing. The shadows Of darkness crept
into the room and our rabbi seemed un-
conscious Of us. We quietly arose ana
walked out of the dark room, leaving
our rabbi with his head still bent.
forgave Moses his FRANKS, and as
we walked along we sang. When we
reached our homes the street lamps
were already kindled and cool breeze
was blowing. - Mary Blenenstock, I'm
the Tribune Farmer.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14
How to Brush the Hair.

DR.. George w. Spencer, writing In
the American Physician on the care OF
the hair and scalp says:
Boys and men think they have to
have their scalps and hair rubbed with
soap and water and then dried by
violently rubbing with rough towel,
or submitted to most wonderfully
beneficial preparation, called a sham
boo, which leaves the scalp in tender
and congested condition favorable for
infection and sensitive atmospheric
changes.
"The cleaning of the scalp should be
very carefully and tenderly performed,
using warm water with a mild soap,
rubbing in gently and with the ends of
the fingers, then rinsing with tepid
water and drying by gently pressing
the hair and scalp with a very dry
towel. continuing until thoroughly dry;
or, better still, dry it by flaming. II
any application is necessary to bring
hair thus dried into shape, dampen
with a bichloride of mercury solution
10000.
"Ordinarily this thorough cleaning
need not be done oftener than once a
week and in the interim the hair needs
only to be brushed with soft brush
without allowing the brush to scratch
the scalp.
1.-THE stiff brush, and especially thnt
most injurious Of all brushes, the mill
tary brush, which is frequently used
for months several times daily until II
becomes filled with dirt, can only be
of great injury to the scalp, because of
the vigorous scratching, as well as
| breaking the hair"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14
THE YOUTH ABRAHAM LINCOLN.


For both work and play Abraham
had one great advantage. He was not
only tall, strong country boy, he soon
grew to be tall, strong, sinewy man.
He early reached the unusual height
of six feet four inches, and his long
arms gave him degree of power as an
axeman that few were able to rival.
He therefore usually led his fellows in
efforts Of muscle as well as of mind.
That he could outrun, outfit, ontwres-
tie his boylsh companions, that he
could chop faster, split more rails in o
day, carry heavier log at raising"
or excel the neighborhood champion in
any feat of frontier athletics, was
doubtless matter of pride with him;
but stronger than all else was his eager
craving for knowledge. He felt instin-
lively that the power of using the mind
rather than the muscles was the key
to success. He wished not only to
wrestle with the best of them, but to
be able to talk like the preacher, spell
and cipher like the schoolmaster, argue
like the lawyer and write like the edl-
tOr.-St. Nicholas.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14

As the horses trot down to the wire
in long, struggling line, race official
bangs a bell and the whole field turns
and goes back to try again. A fresh
start is necessary. But it is not only
on the race tracks that fresh starts are
essential to the achievement of results.
There are countless instances of busi-
ness firms taking fresh starts after
visitatlons of misfortune. individuals
without numbers daily turn their backs
upon discouragements of the past, and
take fresh start. The man who fails
is he who is unwilling to do battle
over again. An individual suffers ever
lasting failure If, when confronted By
obstacles, he refuses to grid up his
lolns and take fresh start. Fresh
starts are the foes Of sluggishness ana
laziness, and the guarantees OF q
brighter success than could be possible
without them.-BaltimOre Herald.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14

What have we here? / do declare,
Something is raising Peters hair!
Can it be he sees something fearful
That makes him look so far from cheerful?
Peters upset. If you'd discover
What did it, just turn Peter over.
At first it may perp,ex your mind
How anyone 30 soft and kind
As Mr.. Luvly here appears
Could so raise Peter Toddle's fears,
But though he seems so good creature,
1t happens he is Peters teacher,
And though so innocent's his look, he
Knows that Peters playing hockey.
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. \
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14

Alexander Wilkinshaw, we'll
known man of London, uses his arm
as a genealogical tree. 1t has been
tattooed with dates. In addition to
his own and his wife's birth dates,
and the record of their marriage, he
has the name and date of the birth
of each of his children.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14
DRESsMAKING.

My, mother buys a piece of cloth,
To make a gown for me.
She cuts it up in little bits,
Though why | cannot seel
She cuts it all in little bits,
And then with might aud main,
She sews, and sews, and sews, and sews,
And sews it up again.
Youths Companion.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14

The japanese method of, preserving
the salmon which are caught In large
numbers at Sakhahen is to salt them
down and press them into bales.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14

A new glass described by Emile
Touchet is very transparent to invis-
ible chemical rays. In simultaneous
photographs of part of the constellation
SYRIA, lens of this glass showed go
stars, while one of ordinary Jena glass
showed but 351.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14
Songs For the Nursery,

Songs For the Nursery,
Mother Goose's Melodies For Children.
Printed by 4. Fleet,
At his printing house, Pudding Lane,
l7l9.
The epitaph of this woman who has
given so much pleasure to so many mil
lions of people is as follows:
Elizabeth Foster,
Known in the literature of the Nursery as
Mother Goose"
Was born in Charlestown, Mass, 1868.
Married Isaac Goose, of Boston, 1899.
Became a member of Old South Church in
$780,
Was left a widow in l7l0.
The FIRST edition of her Melodies was
Published in l7l9.
She died in 1857,
Act. 90 years.
Washington Star.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14

About seventy specimens of the ex-
tinct great aux are now preserved in
museums A specimen recently sold in
London brought $1,000
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14
WHO MOTHER GOOSE" WAS.

Although most people believe she was
a myth, or rather that her name was n
non de plume, 1t is nevertheless true
that Mother Goose" was real per-
son. Her name was Elizabeth Foster
until an honest gander claimed her
for his own, and she became Elizabeth
Goose. She lived in Boston, and wrote
her dittes there for the editicatlon of
her grandchildren. Her son-in-law was
II printer and published them for the
benefit of other children in 1910, under
the title:
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1905-12-14

Dismal Swamp gives you an uncanny
feeling; yet its waters are the most
potable on this entire continent. They
will keep sweet in barrels on shipboard
for years. They are preserved from
stagnatng by an infusion OF juniper
berries, and sailors like its gin flavor.
There are several species of the
eucalyptus tree, one of which attains
specimens have reached diameter OF
cighty-one; but one of the chief rec
concentrations of the eucalyptus is
that, like the ailanthus. it is of rapid
growth, At Cannes, France, free
planted in 1862 had reached height
of sixty feet in 1872, and there are
specimens in Texas, raised like the
Cannes tree from seed, that attained
that height in five or six years.
In the novel method of electric weld
ing of Berlin firm, the heat applied
Is evolved by an electric arc formed
between the working piece and car
bon electrode at the place where the
weld is to be made. A relatively small
electric generator is used with a stor-
age battery connected up in parallel
and the carbon, fixed in the holder, is
readily shifted as desired. The great
heat melts both the working piece and
the metal to be welded, insuring an
intimate juncture.
1t will interest Philadelphians to
learn from report written by Lieu
tenant Godfrey L. Corden, who made
a tour of the European industrial es-
Establishments with view of securing
information to determine the relative
development of American machine in
dustries, that at Solingen, the centre or
the cutlery industry of Germany, he
found one of the oldest firms being
forced out of business by the inroads
of the products Of American saw man
ufacturers, notably those Of Philadel-
mia, r.
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ACCORDING =. TO =. CONTRACT

BOUT the county fair"
said Mr.. Payson. THE
boys must go, of course,
for Ben has a colt to enter
and Billy a pig. Your Aunt
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visit.
|being,
man
pit all
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lSSAliSi oWlltly ullly ms AIS hol ST.
Sara clutched the fence plckets, quiv-
ering all over with the sudden revul-
sion of feeling. She was overlooking
with gratitude and admiration for the
man who might have taken advantage
of their ignorance and helplessness and
had forborne to do so. Before she
could collect her scattered wits he
sprang on his horse and was off.
Then she turned and sped up the
path with winged feet. Restored self
respect makes an elastic pavement.
The kitchen was deserted. In the
front hall the other girls were watching
with Fascinated eye: tae centaur-like
figure that was flying across the
Wheeler meadows and out OF their
lives, for they never saw him again.
They scurrled back to the kitchen
just as Sara caught up the neglected
bills.
"Ten, twenty, thirty, forty dollars
ten apiecew gasped Sara, incredulously.
"What on earth shall we do with it?'
| twittered Cora, as her limp fingers
closed over the bill Sara thrust into heT
hand. 81 shan't sleep a wink for feaI
of burglars"
"Cora Payson, don't you say another
wordr commanded Sara, sternly, gath
erlng up the bills with all her old au
thority "We'l lock them up in faith
er's desk and go to bed, We're not go
ing to cross any more bridges before
| we get to them. youths COMPANION
The Globe-republican., 1905-02-16
Washinqton's levee.

This is the style of Washington's
levee: The guests assembled before
3 o'clock in the large parlor, and,
standing, awaited the President Pre-.
cisely on the hour the door OF the
anteroom opened and Washington ap'
peared, accompanied by his secre'
taries or other high officials, His
dress consisted Of a suit of black vel
vet, a pearl-colored waistcoat, knee
and shoe buckles Of silver, dark silk
stockings and yellow gloves, and upon
his left side he wore dress sword,
a cooked hat was under his arm, his
hair was powdered. Thus attired he
would walk solemnly about the room,
and, being introduced to each of the
company in turn, exchange few brief
words and pass on. The hand'shake
was avoided. The agony of disloca'
ton to which his later successors sub.
nit he seldom risked. After the first
formalities there was a brief thaw,
and the company had opportunity to
form q ring about him or to chat with
each other. He simply bowed his sa'
lutations. At the close Of the hour his
withdrawal to his anterO0m was an
understood signal that the function
was ended.
The Globe-republican., 1905-02-16

was that Mr.. Adams, the new presl.
dent, would be offended II his birth.
day was not also observed II they con-
tinued to keep that Of Washington.
After Washington's death in 1893.
congress by joint resolution on Dec.
30 and the president by proclamation
on Jan. Of the following year, rec.
commended the people publicly to tes'
tify to their grief" on Feb. % by suit.
uble eulogies, orations and discourses
or by public prayer" Since that time
Washington's birthday has been le'
gal holiday In every state except Colo.
RADIO, Iowa, Mississippi and the Terri.
tory Of New Mexico.
The anniversary calls to mind some
Of those patriot associates Of Wash.
ington, than whom none was more
loyal and helpful than Gov. Trumbull,
In whose home town the first obsery.
orce ~ tho d.v had boen made Az.
tor tho dofoot of tho rou coloria, mi.
ut,a not tben organiyed into an army
NV tho cerman steuhen in tbe face
Of the regulars on Long Island, Wash.
lngton from the depths of his fore.
holdings frankly informed Trumbull
a, Tho don,or,b,o condition NJ ,he
army and of its numerical, weakness.
There was not an instant's delay on
the part of the Connecticut governor.
Though 1t was midsummer and the
rlDening haryests were ungathered,
and though Gen. Washington already
had five regiments from Connecticut,
Trumbull fastened all over the com
monwealth, and soon nine more regi.
ments we're on their way to New
York. From that time Trumbull, the
only colonial governor loyal to the
American cause, became the confden.
tial friend and adviser of Washington
IN all his trying hours, and the name
Brother Jonathan" applied to him by
The Globe-republican., 1905-02-16
LEARNED LESSON TOO WELL.
Customer of Book Agent Had Read Up
on Etiquette.

Henry James, the novelist, who,
after an absence OF twenty years, has
returned to the United States, tells
of a book agent driving many miles
to a farmhouse where on previous
occasion he had sold book. He
found the daughter at home and dis
coursed fuently and impressively on
the merits Of his book. For each chap
Ter he had a word Of commendation
The pictures received detailed eSpla-
nations. When he had concluded his
argument and stated the financial
proposition, the girl opened her mouth
reluctantly and said: Papa brought
that book home with him the day be-
fore yesterday" After the agent had
exhausted his supply of polite yet en-
phatlc words and condemned the girl
for letting him discourse when his time
was so valuable, the daughter ven
tured the following explanation: "sir,
last year you sold me a book on Ell
ouette. That book says that the art
Of being agreeable consists in know
Ing how to be a good listener. | did
not wish to be discourteous."
The Globe-republican., 1905-02-16

Extracts from Farewell
) Address OF Washington


Promote, as an object of primary
Importance, institutions for the gen
eral diffusion Of knowledge. In pro-
portion as the structure of a govern
ment gives force to public opinion, 1t
is essential that public opinion should
be enlightened,
AS a very important source OF
strength and security, cherish public
credit.
Observe good faith and justice TO-
wards all nations; cultivate peace and
harmony with all.
A passionate attachment of one ma
ton for another produces a variety OF
evils.
The great rule Of conduct for us,
in regard to foreign nations is, in ex'
tending our commercial relations, to
have with them as little political con-
nection as possible,
1t Is our true policy to steer clear
Of permanent alliances with any por
ton Of the foreign world.
Taking care always to keep our
selves, by suitable establishments, on
respectable defensive posture, we
may safely trust to temporary ALL
ances for extraordinary emergencies.
Harmony and liberal intercourse
with all nations are recommended by
policy, humanity and interest.
There can be no greater error than
to expect or calculate upon real favors
from nation to nation, 1t is an illu.
sion which experience must cure,
which Just pride ought to discard.
The Globe-republican., 1905-02-16
JOIN FOR MUTUAL DEFENSE.
6tratford Girls viii Stand No Nor.
Of Yale Flirtino.

Tired Of the frivolous attentions Of
Yale students who are "rusticated" to
their town, Stratfords young and pref
ty society girls have banded together
in an organization known as the
Bachelor Girls club.
The chief object of the club, &C.
cording to its president, Miss Dora
Rogerson, Is to repel the flirtatious
advances Of Yale students who come
to their town, In college life students
who fail to make satisfactory progress
in their studies are "rusticated' to
places outside Of New Haven.
Milford and Stafford get most of
the students who are subjected to this
form Of discipline, but instead of try
ing to catch up with their studies the
students have been trying to win the
hearts of Stratford's pretty girls.
When they return to college, however,
the students quickly forget their rural
acquaintance,
1t will now be an offense punish.
able by a fine for a member of the
Bachelor Girls club to be seen in the
company Of a Yale Matthew York
World.
The Globe-republican., 1905-02-16
Gov. TrumbulI's War Office.

In the fields about this building the
birthday Of Washington was celebrated
for the first time in 1851.
peace with England was signed. This
was on Sept. 8, 1883. By virtue o.
that treaty, what had been mere pa
per declaration Of independence 10.
more than seven years Of uncertaint.
became an actual and legal fact, AM
the anniversary of Washington's brit
day was accordingly kept with Ill
bounded enthusiasm In the followir
year, 1884. He was then called thu
savior of his country, and the motive
for keeping the day was the same as !
now Is.
After the retirement Of Washington
to private life there was discussion a
ITO whether the observance Of his birth
Eday should be continued. The feal
The Globe-republican., 1905-02-16
Danced with Washington

Sweet maiden Of the hazel eyes,
In lowered silk and powdered hair,
Pray tell us what your thoughts may BE-
Seated on your high-back chair!
Your dreamy gaze Is far away,
Beyond the setting of the sun;
And In your vision fair to see
The girl who danced with Washington
You dream sweet dreams Of him who
fought
On battlefield mid bullets fret;
And when the glorious cause was won.
Came homo to dance the mlnuet'
You envy her Of long ago,
Who everlasting honor won;
The girl who with powdered hair,
Stepped forth to dance with Washing
ton!
Dream on, sweet maid, with hazel eyes,
That look beyond the setting sun;
Thou'rt sweeter far than she Of old
The girl who danced with Washington!
The Globe-republican., 1905-02-16
Washinaton's Appointments.

Washington never appointed an un.
nown man to office. Three qualities
regarded as essential in men hold
ng high ofiice-integrity, capacity and
,onspicousness, the last scarcely less
ian the other two. 81 want men,"
would say, already Of marked EN-,
renee before the country; not only as
ore likely to be serviceable, but be.
'ause the public will more readily
ust them" Washington's tender Of
office always came from the man
imself. He dealt through no init
rates.