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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15
Minnesota at Yokohama.

Seattle, Feb. 13.-Word has been re.
ceived at the local offices of the North
ern Steamship Company that the Min
nesota has arrived at Yokohama. The
huge craft made the voyage in q few
hours less than nineteen days, which
is considered satisfactory for a vessel
carrying such large cargo.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15
Mar shall for Alaska,

Washington, Feb. g.. The president
has sent to the senate the nomination
OF George II. Perry TO be United States
marshal for the third judicial district
Of Alaska. Mr.. Perry il the present
marshal and was given clean bill OF
health by Judge Day In the investiga-
ton Of Alaska Affairs last summer.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15

aious water clock. which IL even now
occasionally seen in museums. The
sun dial, for marking true astronomical
time. was much In use in early days. IL
told nothing in cloudy weather and In
our latitude would not be strictly ac-
curate except on a few days In tho
year. Its accuracy at other times
would be varying quantity.
There Is no surer test Of an Industrial
civilization than the general desire to
know the time OF day. The late Henry
Drummond told Of carrying q watch to
great chief in the interior Of Africs
a. a present, thinking 1t would bs
greatly priced. To the chief 1t was
simply a mechanical toy. He cared
nothing for knowing the time Of day.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15

I knew little boy who used to per
form this trick very successfully. He
had bright young rooster. OF which he
was very fond, and which he often
brought into the house.
He would hold the rooster on his lap.
and with piece of chalk draw lines
fJom the tip OF Its bill to the back Of
its neck, pressing very lightly with the
chalk.
At first the rooster would appear
sleepy, and then would nod Its head
very drowsily. and finally to all appear
ances go fast asleep.
If put upon the floor the rooster
would remain standing, but with its
eyes fast closed. Then the little boy
would bring light near to the ROSTERS
eyes. and it would stretch its neck and
crow great many times, as II the sun
were just coming W, although It's eyes
were closed all the time.
Then this young mesmcrist would
lightly tap the ROSTERS bill and spurs
with lead pencil. The rooster would
Immediately rutfie his neck feathers.
flap his wings. thrust his spurs and go
through all the motions Of q furious
fight.
lie would keep this up until stopped
by being lifted from the floor and then
set down again.
When the little boy would give the
usual call which summoned the chick
ems to their meals the rooster would
try his best to pick holes in the floor.
thinking he was making fine meal of
corn. II few pieces Of grass were
brushed against his face and some
buttons dropped upon his toes he would
scratch away at II great rate, as II do
ing his best to destroy garden.
Doesn't 1t seem surprising that roos-
ter should have such an imas ination?
The rooster was awakened by strok-
ing the feathers on the top of his head
backward and then giving him n slight
jolt and setting him upon his feet.
1t Is curious that the more he was
mesmerized the easier 1t became and
the more things he would do. And it
did not hurt him In the least. He grew
so large and handsome that he was
finally sold for n fancy price.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15
Brand Stories as Lies.

San Juan, Porto Rico, Feb. IA
The house Of delegates has adopted a
resolution protesting against the false
accounts published in the United
States charging Porto Rico with hos
tility to the American people.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15
Poor Billy Ponyi

The pony was shedding his coat, and
when 4year-old Helen noticed 1t. she
ran into the house exclniming: ooh.
mamma. come and look at Billie. He's
all moth-eateu."
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15
Minnie WouId Pa,, Them On.

when are you going to have tho
measlesT' asked a visitor Of small
Johnny. whose little sister had them.
Just as soon as Minnie gets through
with them." was the logical reply.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15
Must Have q New Cow,

A lady frequently sent her 5-year-old
son to neighbours for milk. One day.
wanting some sour milk. she gave him
the pail and said: Charlie. go over to
Mrs. Smiths and get . pint Of sour
milk"
Charlie looked surprised. and said:
why. mamma. has Mrs. Smith got
sour COW. tooT'
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15

the horizontal lines were not OF the
same leugth but as n matter of fact
they are. 1t is only another Illustration
Of how short lines running at various
angles lead the vision astray and make
you think that what you are looking
at is different from what II actually IL.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15
To Disinfer Remains Of Paul Jone 5

Washington, Feb. l4.-President
Roosevelt has sent message to con.
gress recommending the appropriation
Of &35, 900 for the discovery and disin.
torment Of the remains of Paul Jones,
which are buried in Paris.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15
Burned Like q Fire,

Little Bessie had been burned several
times md was warned to keep away
from the stove. One day while in the
garden she CHANGED to me stung by q
bee and running to her mother ex.
claimed: 'Oh, mamma, didn't know
the bugs carried stoves with them.'
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15

Some men use all the material they
have ut hand In making fools Of them
selves.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15

All women are born equal. but some
spou II By getting married
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1905-02-15
An OntiCnl Illusion.

An Optical Illusion.
Very deceivlng Is the queer optical
Illusion which comes from scientist
in one OF the government departments
at Washington. AMI which is herewith
reproduced.
You would think Mt first glance that
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
EIectrocution.

The present failure of electrocution
IS causing considerable comment Diff
ferent convicts require a different
number of volts to produce the same
results. One convict received 1.7oc
volts and recovered, and then he re-.
ceiyed 1900 volts without fatal ef-
feet Recently condemned man re.
ceived a shock of LEO volts, which
was continued for thirty seconds,
without causing death. This number
had to be repeated four times before
he was declared dead. The explana.
ton made was that the criminal was
very thin and his body was poor
conductor, and also that his hair was
thick and oily. 1t has been suggested
by physicians who have witnessed
these executions that very many
criminals who have been electrocuted
might be restored If proper eff-,rts
were made Immediately The sure
death in any case is believed to be:
due to the post-mortem examination
which is at once made, and not to the
shock.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
The Bachelors Hard Lot.

It is hard to be bachelor in Amer
ica. The President abuses you in a
few well-chosen words. The women
Of the country hold congress and
debate upon you. Even the Senate
joins in the fray Senator Beveridge,
through the medium of Philadelphia
paper, has been telling the bachelor
what he thinks Of him. President
Roosevelt chastised the unhappy man
with whips, but the Senator takes to
scorpions. you are nobody" says
he, genially, '.if you are merely an in
dividual. Both Nature and society
have use for you only as one of a pair.
If your arm is not strong enough to
protect wife, and your shoulders not
broad enough TO carry aloft your chill
dren in a sort of grand gladness, You
are really not worth while" This
doubtless is so. And yet the fathers
whom one occasionally meets in the
street carrying aloft their children Go
not seem to be feeling a very grand
gladness. That probably is their mis-
take When Presidents and Senators
puff matrimony like this, we realize
how much valuable eNhortation We
lose by making bachelor our Pre-
mier-London Telegraph.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
Jes' Lookin' On.

Seems to me. jes' lookin' on, that things
Is travelin fast,
'Tain't half so easy livin' as in the good
old days that's past.
We Used to slow up then a while, al,
take little rest,
An git taste of things we folks az.
counted best.
Mebbe I'm a bit too slow for this new
century rush.
But long for fowery meadows and tie
woodlands gentle hush,
Away off in the valleys where the flower s
softly bloom.
Where there amt no rush an hustle al,
there's always plenty room.
Seems to me, jcs' lookin on, we are ca.
ryin too much steam;
Better hug the shores a WHILE than Sc:
cut in the stream:
It's safer in the byways than along
the crowded street.
Where you're jostled an you're hustled
by ever one you meet.
Mebbe LIES to hustle, jcs to always race
for gold.
But there's better things for nothin' tina,
can't be bought or sold:
Amt so long to lie he"e. II you goin' to
take you better give.
An seems to me, jes' lookin' on. that j
the better way to Eve.
Tommy Hawk, in New York Press.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
LOOK TO PARIS or LONDON.
American Woman Unable to Set Fash
ions in REGARD to Dress,

American Woman Unable to Set Fash
ions in Regard to Dress.
Explain to me if you can." says the
student Of the eternal feminine, why
the American woman has not yet
made a dent on the cid world in the
matter of fashions for clothes. ..mer-
lean supremacy is an old story. but If
the American woman isn't srlrame
who or what is? Indeed. what she
has done in the way Of marrying Eu-
ropean celebrities and insti.utins
American ways in Europe is a. Fart
of our recorded supremacy. list in
colthes she is not in il. N:hvaeyer
the last touch of fineness is to lie CIV
en- to any of her garments it is de
scribed as being of Paris or London
make. We have heard, to be SIRE,
that the shirtwaist is an American
idea and that it is making its way
abroad, but when 1t comes back here
it is labeled lingerie and as created
in the old world. As for the brides
trousseau, though we have as many
brides here as anywhere, their clothes
must all bear the foreign label. The
old world still sets the styles in WON
ans dress. "-Philadelphia Record.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
A LESSON IN ECONOMY.
One Cent Wastefulness That Endan.
gcred an Engagement.

One Cent Wastefulness That Endan.
gered an Engagement.
Il have Just had a great JOLT" said
the betrothed young man, and Incl
dentally lesson in economy.
you know. they make mailing
cards nowadays that are beautiful and
have been sending daily to the OBJ
ject of my affection pretty mailing
card with few words from myself
on 1t.
'The other day got letter from
the old mani mean the young lady's
father-saying tfat he would like to
see me. When went up to call on
him found him looking very solemn
Young man. he said, I have given
my consent to your engagement to my
daughter. but shall have to With
draw it,
What's the matter asked.
you are wasteful and extrava-
CANT said the old gentleman. Look
1T that
"Ard he held up one Of my daily
postal cards. didn't see anything
until he pointed at the stamp. Then
q light broke on me. The stamp was
two-center. hadn't happened to
have any cne-cent stamps around, and
SO on all the mailing cards had sent
her l had been putting two-cent
stamps.
II had simply thrown away a cent,
and that had impressed the old man
far from pleasantly. He could afford
to spend dollars where couldn't have
spent. mills, and there wasn't mean
fiber in his body, but he hadn't accu-
mul4ted his money by wastefulness
and my carelessness worried hip
greatly.
After long wrestle with him
did finally persuade him to give me
another trial. And now I'm sending
her not one, but fonr mailing cards
daily. with not two but a oae-cent
stamp OH each. I'm showing him that
I can economize.'' r n
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
Moral Standards in Business.

From a thousand pulpits our mid
sumner moralists asure their rerspir-
ing auditors that things are bad, very
bad. in the business world Just now.
T publicists and the reformers
shake their heads Golefuily and re-
csat the pessimism. The magazinists
and the paphleteers search in vain
for some less depressing theme. Isn't
1t barely possible that the vast ma
;ority OF observers are all generalizing
TOO much? The morale of our bust
ness life Is not to be measured by the
rascals who occasionally come to the
surface in it any more than the po-
tsncy Of the Christian religion is to
be judged by the backsliders from
it.-(New York Mail.)
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
Worst Of Criminals.

Vim. Forkney, Frank Allen
ard Chas. Basset, the three
young men found in the G. N.
yards with concealed weapons,
masks ETC., plead guilty to the
charge before Judge Davis and
were sentenced to twenty and
thirty days at hard work in the
county bastile. The boys per
haps never held any one up but
had been reading yellow litera-
ture and had probably planned
on going thru some rich "duf-
fer's'' pockets. They are the
worst kind OF criminals and the
officers did 9 good thingin bring
ing them to,ipstice.
L. L. Stewaftis now conduct
ing a livery'barn at Carpio.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04

raise the money to keep up her
% 4yn.e.lCs, and will then lose all
She his put in. Dio | tell her
that: Ii l I'D, it woul Int b I've
done any good. 1t would only
have made her certain that WAS
trying to bunco her.
We real eSC;tt, men ar hand
capped by just til vt, tn II 'hlins
Of property 50 high that it cA,-
not be bought ,r sold, VI rack
less specializing in land that is
worth not nllcn vt the u.st, and
nothing it the town gnaS down.
The prices at which pc 'ple hold
their property are ire lently.
based on what som .i,,iy- H.
mo st always som.bo ly who has
no money and no credits said
to have OF .re.l Tor the lot next
door. How many additions do
you suppose have been lald out
this year? Something like TWEEN
ty. | can tax, you to Off :eS III
this town which have the agenc>
for new additions that you ne
yer heard Of. Where Are they?
Everywhere, from swlppS near
the river to coulees in the hills.
What are they WORTH In my
humble Judgment, m my OF them
are worth very little, and, con,
Sidering TAKES, almost nothing.
Some are worth more than they
sell for; but unfortunately the
the general public will take up
the worthless lots as eagerly as
the good. Buy with Judgment
and sense, aid th,rn is still non
ey to be made in real estate; but
buy haphazard, wherever you
can get the easiest terms, an |
you might as we'll put your mon
ey in a slot machine.
OF course Minot will grow; |
think it will be the best city in
the state; but we alre IDLY have
additions enough laid out to ac-
commodate more people than we
will ever get. You know the
old story or The Old paper towns
nat spring up over the prairies,
where corner lots dropped from
$4,000 to IS, and then couldn't
,e sold at that. Ii people exer-
else common snnso thor is no
danger OF that happening in
Minot; but if they do not-and
LOOKS lusv now dis il Jney were
losing their heads-the ere will b.
more money 0st in real estate
lere in the next year or two than
las been made in the past pros
porous years.
Consider that a much larger
city than Minot is likely to be-
come in years could be housed
within our present limits, and
ask yourself what is to bacoms
Of all the vacant lots bound to
be scattered over it's already eX-
tensiye area. Prosperous Fargo
las been through the same eN-
periencA. and the farms have Ell
.roachpl on the city limits. 50
many people are buying to hold
and not To build on that lots
may soon become II drug on the
market-so MANY to b had but
too few Purchasers to 30 round.
Would NOT a big shrink in prices
follow, and in consequence much
money be lost to our psople and
city? Ga the other hand, ii Mi
not is allowed to grow in IL good
sensible, healthy way, and not
forced-if the improvements keep
pace with the eXtersions-she
will grow into mature strength
and become "A metropolis worthy
OF this great state.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
Machine was Burned.

The Scaug separator, a new
Advance machine. was burned by
some scoundrel eight miles south
OF MDlct some time tonight.
Word comes from the Butch
Hanson farm that after thresh-
ing was finished there in the
evening, the machine was pulled
to the home OF a neighbor. Dur
ing the night.some enemy poured
kerosene about the rig and
touched a match to it. Later
the fireman discovered the flames
but too late.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
REAL ESTATE MAN
GIVES BIT OF ADVICE
To Purchasers Of Minot City Property---B:-
lieves People Should Invest With Care==-
Should Turn Over Property With Reason
able Profit,

The Independent recent y in err
viewed u prominet real estate
dealer OF Minot on the real estate
situation, asking an unbiased
opinion on the present condition
Of the city and country market,
prospect for next spring, and al.
vice for buyers and settlers. The
gentleman interviewed expressed
himself freely on existing con
,ditions. and sounded u note of
warning against rash specula-
tion>. He spoke as follows:
"The present market Tor both
city and country property is
good. and should continue 50, If
nothing happens to set back the
development OF this region, and
if our people confine themselves
within conservative limits and
do not speculate madly. The
greatest danger we have to face,
in my opinion, is just that a ten
dency to speculate beyond their
means and to hold their property
long before they have paid for it
at far more than it is worth.
Property in this city is valu-
able. Men have made money on
it and can do SO still ii they will
Use sense in their purchases and
sales. | am buying property
right along, in spite of the fact
that it is far higher than it has
ever been before, but | use care
and common sense in my buying.
| do not buy anything unless the
price is: in my Judgment, less
than the conditions Justify. I
am afraid most people do not
buy that way. You can sell any
kind OF a sandpit or slough to
the average Minotman-ormore
particularly women-whether he
can afford it or not. if you will
sell for $50 down and give him
three years to pay the balance
in. By these easy terms people
who have too little money to he
able to afford to lose it are be-
ING led to buy much property
that is likely to prove unstable
at any price ii the town goes
backward. You may not be-
Iieve it, but / can sell a lot worth
$40 for $1,000 on "easy terms"
quicker than l can sell for $500
cash a lot worth $1,000.
Akin to this symptom is the
refusal OF many people. who bot
confessedly for speculation, to
take a reasonable profit on their
Investment. A few days ago a
very estimable woman came to
ss,e. She hal bought certain
asroperty for 5000, that is, she
''ad agreed to pay 5000 for it,
for she was hard working and in
moderate circumstances, and
had probably never had 5000 at
.ste time in her life. She wanted
ne to sell it for her. I toll her I
thought | could make a quick
turn and sell it for about $3.50
cash. Now. as she had held it
only about four months. this
would represent a profit e1u;t! to
- per cent interest on her mon
ey, if she had paid cash; but as
she had only pat in $25 cash it
really represented a profit equal
TO 600 per cent interest. You
would think she might have been
we'll satisfied with that. But,
Oh no, she thought the property
WAS worth $500 and would not
sell for less. Now, no sane man
would ever give $500, and the
chances are that the woman will
hold it till some Gay she cannot
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
Her Comeback.

well, madame" shouted Mr.. Jaw.
back, triumphantly, as he entered the
house with an idea Of vengeance in
his brain, 'your goose is cooked"
Good gracious, my DEAR" cried Mrs
Iawback, anxiously, II know this
weather is frightfully warm, but do
you feel so bad as that? Cooked Is q
strong expression. Shall get you Z
drink Of lemonade, or put some crack.
ed ice on your d?"-Cleveland
Leader.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
And That Lets Her Out.

It is the duty Of q wife to agree
always with her husband-of course
excepting when he Is in the wrong
Somerville Journal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04
SHOT s.!

We have the largest stock Of shoes be found Mnot
Shoes for shoes for ladies' shoes for misses shoes for boys and
e ana B shoes tor f ones Shsi maze gen. We I
and Codava OR Shoes made by the best manufacturers in
the United Sas-HamlonBr Shoe Co.. Utz & Dunn Shoe
of Us, and they do the length Of time that guarantee
them to wear, repair them free Of charge.
During the week. you will and buy your Shoes Of
us, will you between SOC and $100 less than you pay
any other store in Minot.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04

Taxidermist Ed Booth the first
of the week killed Slocum's full
grown bears and is making ell
egsnt rugs Of the hides. The
bears had become q nuisance.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1905-10-04

Miss Elvina S!atky after under
going II successful operation at
for appendicitis at the hospital,
has returned to her home.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-11
GOOD TIME FOR
GIRLS. ON OCEAN

In one of it's regular boom articles
on it's voting contest to send the most
popular girl of every district in the
State to Honolulu, the Oregon Journal
of Sunday. October 20, says:
THAT The Journal party will have
royal time on the trip is assured, for
the people of Honolulu will bend every
effort to make the visit memorable
one. In addition to the Hawaiians the
transportation companies and their Of
ficials are taking a deep interest in the
event. Captain Herman, commander
of the Oceanic Steamship company's
steamship Sonoma, is one who is in
tenSely interested in the contest, for
his ship will carry The Journals guests
to Hawaii The party will sail on Feb
ruary Is from San Francisco and Cap
tain HERMAN says that he will see
that nothing is lacking for their com
fort, pleasure and safety while they
are on his ship"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-11
P|XLEY MAY COMPOSE
AN HAWAIIAN OPERA

Frank E. Pixley, musical composer
of the tuneful Prince of Pilsen," ac-
companied by Mrs. Pixley, passed
through yesterday on the Siberia, en-
route to the Orient. Mr.. Pixley was
formerly a newspaper man in Chicago,
but in later years has been a musical
composer and is one of the stars in the
artistic armament. Mrs. Pixley resid-
ed here about a year ago.
Mr.. Pixley is firm in the belief that
the Hawaiian Islands would make an
admirable foundation for a musical
comedy or an opera. During the day
he visited various musical stores, lis
tened to Hawaiian music and famil-
iarized himself with the airs. It is said
that he intends writing an opera with
Honolulu as the location. He met Cap
tain Berger of the Hawaiian band and
discussed Hawaiian music and arrange
nent. Mr.. Pixley believes taht there
should be at least one Hawaiian song
in the opera, sung in the nativs Ian
guage.