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The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-25
I TEXAS farm
AND
GRAZING Land
CHEAP LANDS FOR SALE.
NORTHWEST TEXAS.

The best stock farming section in the state.
with the most promising future for agriculture.
The lands. embracing nearly million acres.
were originally granted to the Houston &
Texas Central Railway Company and the
Texas & New Orleans Company. and are
situated in the counties of Lipscomb. Ochil-
tree. Hansford. Sherman. Dallam. Hartley.
Moore. Hutchinson. Roberts. and Hemphill.
Sale will be made in tracts of 100 acres I'D
to four sections. or 1850 acres. to each pur-
chaser at prices ranging from 81. 80 to $500 per
acre In the most fertile and best watered posi-
tions. ~.
The lands are Just south Of Beaver county.
Oklahoma. and tributary to the Rock Island
system and have many of the advantages and
characteristics of Oklahoma land They are
also reached by the Fort Worth and Denver
City r.. r. ~. r.... ....r
New and improved methods in cultivation
scientific knowledge of climatic conditions. and
the adaptation Of crops to soils will rapidly
increase the value Of these lands It is a great
opportunity for the homeseeker or investor.
| The title to the property acquired direct
| from the state of Texas by the railroads. and
warranty deeds are given in all cases. The
terms of sale are very liberal and the taxes
are very low. = '..- N,n..--.. =
For further information. maps booklets. ETC..
description of these lands. and passenger and
freight rates to nearest railroad point. apply to
| JOHN SEBASTIAN, -
Passenger Traffic Manager. Rock Island Sys-
! ~ tenn. Chicago. ILL.,
D. 3. keller, e..
! Vice President and Passenger Traffic Manager.
! Fl. Worth G. Denver City Ry..
/ FIT. Worth. Texas.
c. c. GIBBS,
Land Commissioner. San Antonio. Texas.
"A. M. DAVIDSON, j.
General Agent. to receive applications for land!
| in Hansford Sherman. Dallam. and Hartley
! counties Chicago office. 262 Monadnock bldg
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c. K. MARKS, The LAND MAN,
President Of the TERRITORIAL LAND, LOAN AND
INVESTMENT CO.. MUSkoGEE,
HOW TO GET A GOOD FARM FREE
From 100 to 500 per cent actual profit
made the past year In Indian territory land
by the land wise operator. Buy Territorial
Land, Loan and Investment company pre-.
fcrred treasury stock.

This stock recently
put upon the market,
guaranteed at 8 per cent,
and will make as high
hs 100 per cent per an
mum. Bought, backed,
and Endorsed by the best
business men and bank
ers Of Muskogee. Is q
safe, solid, bona f1de,
profitable land PROPOSE
ton. Preferred shares
are sold for par, s2S
each, cash or monthly
payment plan. Make all
checks payable to the
Territorial Land, Loan
& Investment Co., Mus
kogee, l. T. All money
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OKLAHOMA FOR IOc

CONE NOW 70 sOUTHERN OKLAH0MA
PRosPECTs THE GREAT WICHITA MoUNTAlN-REp RIVER i
COUNTY, with its famous Capita! CITY
LONGITUDE and c Attuas A9n afs
Cotton fact the fTss and grasses
SEND 10e oHLAoMA AMP dian latest s
5rice list ETC. EVERYWHERE We give spe-
railway RAMBLER touring Auto-
mobiles and Carriages. Cut this out and SEND NOW
POWERS LAND LOAN co. LAWT0N, Comanche Go. oklahoma
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Bennett. a government clerk. who was
making appraisements. 1t is an indis-
5putable evidence OF the richness of the
mineral deposits Of the Cherokee nation.
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stock is invested in land and leases by relia-
BILE men that know the business and have
demonstrated it to be enormously profitable,
60 10 THE COURTHOUSE RECORDS
ALL OVER THE NORTH, see what lands
sold for when over 80 per cent OF it was raw
land, as it is now in the Indian territory. See
what it sells for now and how much 1t pro-
duces each year and you will see that mil.
lions of acres of it have increased In value
Gas astonishing as it may seem) from SO to
100 per cent per annum, and each year pro-
duces from 100 to several hundred per cent
of its cost then. You will find that there never
has been a day in twenty-five years but that
somewhere west and southwest of Ohio more
than 100 per cent per annum was being made
on real estate investments judiciously made
and handled with rational business judgment.
Over 80 per cent of all the vast increase Ct
wealth from Ohio west in the past twenty
years has been increased value of real estate
MAKE MONEY WHERE MONEY IS
MADE. Those that bought Oklahoma land
bargains six, eight, and ten years ago have
| and the land has produced more than 100 per
cent per annum when we'll farmed.
MORE COMFORTABLE FORTUNES
| MADE FROM REAL ESTATE than all other
handled by those that know the business,
ceases to be a speculation and becomes the
! surest, safest, soundest, and most profitable
! investment on earth. This company is buy
| per cent per annum under good cultivation,
| Just as millions of acres Of Northern land is
now doing on it's raw land price. INVEST
| MENT, NOT WORK, MAKES MEN RICH.
Oklahoma alfalfa lands produce from ], COO
| to 1900 pounds Of choice pork per acre that
| sells for several times as much as better al
| falfa land on the same river can be bought for
by the Territorial Land: Loan and InvestmeRt
| thousands of acres of good, rich. productive
lands. leased on legal, binding five year leases
| tive Northern lands INVESTIGATED. and
! with money will secure hundreds Of thousands
of acres of leases and will ultimately buy much
/ of 1t at prices that will net from 30 to 200 per
| cent per annum on investment under cultiva-
! ton, aside from certain enormous increase
Of value.
| IF YOU HAVE MONEY. LITTLE OR BIG.
| AND WANT TO MAKE MONEY, send today
for particulars of SAFE sure, profitable invest
! ment plan. Man or woman REPRESENTATIVES can
| get a good TERRITORY FARM FREE.
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r TERRITORIAL LAND, LOAN & Inv. co.:

.> Send today literature explaining your safe,
profitable investment proposition and how to
get good farm free.
C. K. MARKS, the Land Man, will be at Illi-
nois State fair at Springfield. Ill See him.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-09-25

Industries That Arc Needed.
think that Industrial people engaged
in agricultural implement plants, banks,
beet sugar factories, box factories, brew
cries, brick, tile and pipe plants, broom
factories, canning factories, carriage
and wagon factories, cellulose plants,
cereal mills, cotton mills, knitting mills,
cotton congresses, cotton seed oil mills,
cotton gins, creameries and cheese fac
tories, distilleries, electric light plants,
eyaporators, -four and grist mills,
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09
AN ORDER THAT SHOCKED.
Then He Regretted That He Had Not
Taken the Beer He
Wished For.

The waiter had shown me to table, and
before had ordered he brought woman
of about 60 and placed her across from
me, relates writer In the Kansas
City Star. The car was swaying and
humping over a new piece of track, and
the old lady seemed perturbed by the
jarring and the noise. Her hair was
nearly white, and 1t was waved over
the temples. A little bonnet was held
in place by broad silk ribbons, tied very
carefully in very regular bow under
her right ear. A turn-down collar OF
white and long, thin chain holding q
pair Of glasses were the only relief from
the black silk frock. There she sat, the
primmest old lady had ever seen away
from mohair sofa. There was even
a trace of pucker to her mouth, Just
to accentuate. Most apparently on ner
way to the Missionary society's district
convention.
l had contemplated having small
bottle of ale with my roast beef, but
l ordered milk instead. While am q
believer in personal liberty, do not per-
nit my theories to inflict themselves
upon others. | ordered milk instead of
beer, and the waiter spilled much OF
1t on me and the table as the train swung
around a sharp curve. The old lady
noticed the mishap. but her face bore
not trace Of slightest interest. With
her in hearing distance would not have
risked laughing at anything. In the
cold, business-like voice of the class
leader she ordered-I could have told
what it would be before she said word
she ordered two eggs boiled medium,
dry toast and a pot Of hot tea. 1T
must be hot" she said. "And. waiter"
she called, as he turned away, before
you bring the eggs want Scotch high
ball"
That Is what she said. The car made
particularly wild lurch just then. which
helped me to hide my surprise. That
was all that saved me.
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HE FOUND A COOL PLACE.
Diligent Search Revealed the Ideal
Place for Ripening OF Green
Bananas.

The man OF the house brought home
the other evening five dozen bananas
which ne had seen going cheap as he
passed by the hucksters on the street.
| They were a bit green. to be sure, but
the huckster told him If he would put
them in cool, dark place they would
ripen in time and taste exactly as IL
they had that moment come from Ja-
maica, relates the Baltimore News.
When the man reached home he
looked for the cool, dark place. At first
he thought he would put the fruit on
top Of the bookcase in a dark corner
of the library, and then he felt sure
that his wife's eagle eye would de-
tect a bit of the green protruding over
the edge, and would have II out of
there instanter.
bandbox on the table attracted his
attention. 1t contained his wife's best
hat. just home from the milliner's, and
without further ado, he took the be-
feathered concoction from its nest and
placed 1t on a marble figure standing
near and dumped the bananas into the
box. Then it occurred to him that his
better half was sensitive about nothing
so much as her head wear, and so he
took out the fruit. replaced the hat and
went into the kitchen to ask the advice
of Bridget
Bridget was not on hand. She had
stepped out moment to the back gate
to talk to the vegetable man. who was
fascinating, even though married. but
the mans eye caught the gas stove. and
he felt that at last he had found the
proper place for the ripening process.
There was fire in the range. therefore
the gas stove must be out of commits
sion, and so. he opened the oven door
and popped in the bananas and went
back into the library for smoke.
1t was two hours later, and his wife
was still trying on her new hat and
making her husband stop reading every
five minutes to tell her whether he con-
sidered 1t more becoming than her green
one. and IL he didn't think It a little
Just little-tCo wiGe on the left side.
when. in the midst of this pleasing oc-
cupation. the lady stopped short, sud-
denly. and shifted suspiciously.
IF / weren't quite sure that we never
had cooked banana in this house,
should say that Bridget was baking some
at this moment" said she.
Her husband looked up with more ami
nation than he had displayed in the
matter of the hat
You don't use the gas stove now. do
your" he asked interestedly.
Certainly we do-for some things"
she replied. Are you sure you don't
think the plumes would look better
broght farther to ward the front?"
But she was speaking to empty air,
for her better half had vanished kitch-
onward. When he came back his ex-
preston was downcast
Bridget is baking some bananas for
you for little SURPRISE" said he. "She
says they are very good with sugar and
cinnamon"
And that Is all of the story, except
that that family had bananas for break
fast. luncheon and dinner for a week
thereafter, until Bridget got tired Of the
whole matter and gave the remnants to
a poor family in the alley.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09
WAS SEVENTH IN STRENGTH
Naval Rating Of Japan Previous to
the Opening Of Hostilities
with Russia.

On the eve of the war Japan's was the
smallest of the seven leading navies of
the world. The fleet Of Russia, at that
time, was Inferior only to that OF Great
Britain and of France. During 1903,
says Hosmer Whitfield, In Success Maya
zine, Russia spent on her fleet over $685.
100000, while Japan for the whole OF her
navy expended only about $11 ,000, 900.
Consequently Russia laid out In naval
equipment nearly five times as much as
Japan, whose naval fighting strength,
at the beginning of hostilities was only
half that of Italy. Alexieff said: "The
feet of the island kingdom is only an
exotic which we will cripple at the On
set" In the anxiety to Impress Asia
with her might, Russia sent ponderous-
looking men-of-war to the far east
with too few mechanical ratings, and
with seamen who, in confession made
to me by Russian officer, were only
agricultural laborers," not only un-
used to sea life, but also unversed In
even the simplest mechanical knowl-
edge. 1t was In this condition that
Japan found Its enemy when 1t opened
its attack.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09
Waste Water Power

1t Is believed that IL will not be very
long before adequate steps are taken to
harness some OF the practically unlim-
Ned tide-water power OF the Bay Of
Fundy and OF the fats and lowlands that
mark the estuaries of the streams that
Cow into the bay. On the Minas basin
. head of from 35 to 40 feet would be
available. This, sustained by the limit
less volume OF ocean water. replenish-
ing the basins every .12 hours, would
afford an aggregate power far beyond
the utmost capacity of Niagara. This is
enly one instance of the power on the
Lay OF Fundy that now goes to waste.
1t Moncton the tide rises to hight of
% feet, beginning with the famous
rushing bore" six feet In hight. This
power could be utilized and the harbor
improved. without destroying the fas-
slnations OF the "bore."-N. Y. Sun.
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Simnle Rarometers.

Country people have great contempt
for those who cannot tell what the
weather is going to be till they have
looked at their expensive barometers or
seen the weather indications in the
morning paper. They have so many
simple ways of finding out what they
wish to know about the weather and
are SO accustomed to doing this that
they make the observations almost me-
ehanically. Ask one of them how to do
this and he will give you long list OF
simple weather gauges. For instance,
II you are a smoker look at your cigar
tip. II 1t burns with clear, red glow
The day will be fine, but II 1t has charred
end that refuses to burn brightly take
your umbrella. II p slipper creaks 1t is
xure to be fine; II 1t Is silent 1t will be
damp. In damp weather newspapers
are easily torn, gloves contract and are
difficult to put on. matches will not light
easily, silk hats become dull. awning
cords are tight, boot laces snap and a
score of inanimate things tell to the in
itiated that there is rain to come
u. Y. Herald.
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RAResT AMERICAN BOOK.
Not a Copy Of New England Primer
First Edition, Known
to Exist,

II am often asked" said q New York
bookseller. states the Boston Post,
which Is the rarest American book.
/. ut is puzzllng question to answer.
for dozen different works might be
nnmed4-for example, the folio edition
of the Columbus letter, the only known
copy of which is in the Lenox library, on
Fifth avenue, or Bayard's Journal
New York: William Bradford, 1899.
the first book printed in this city. long
supposed to be lost, but unearthed by an
American girl in 1902 among Gov.
Fletcher's papers in the archives Of the
public record Office in London. where a
unique copy had rested in obscurity since
Il was forwarded by the New York gov
ernor 211 years ago. &
ITO my mind. the rarest American
book Is the New England Primer. the
little Bible Of New England as II has
been called, which is SO rare that the
earliest printed editions have vanished,
no one knowing indeed. when and where
the first edition was actually issued.
"A few collectors ,hinl; that the first
edition was printed in Cambridge, Mass,
in 1868. basing their belief on a state
ment made by Marnaduie johnson, a
printer in that town. who was sum-
moned beforetbe general court in Boston
In September. 1868. to give an account of
the books he had lately printed. In
Johnson's answer to the council he
stated that he had printed, the Primer
and this work may have been the long
lost first edition OF the book. No copy.
however, has ever been found.
THE late Paul Leicester Ford. who
published in 1897 an authoritative ac-
count of the New England Primer be-.
lieved that the fiji ST edition was printed
In Boston about 20 years later by Ben
jamin Harris, Protestant publisher,
who came from London TO Boston about
the year 1886. and there began to make.
and sell books.
THE value of copies bearing early
dates is wonderfully high. In 1876, when
little attention was paid to the book,
the Lenox library gave five dollars for
a copy of the edition Of 1927 the earliest
known. Two years ago firm Of rare
book dealers in this city gave $500 for
q copy Of the edition of 1875. the second
earliest known, selling It at consider
able advance on that sum to a private
collector in Brooklyn"
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Glass Workmanship.

One of the greatest artistics marvels
OF the world is to be seen in the mu-
scum at Harvard university. This Gu
riosity consists Of hundreds Of speci-
mems of flowers and plants formed of
glass, but with such exquisite fidelity
to nature that they appear to be real,
every tint and marking, every tiniest
detail, being faithfully reproduced. They
are made by a secret process, the art
lists being father and son in Germany,
who. 1t is said, may let their secret die
with them. AS an instance OF the won
derful workmanship. 1t may be men,
toned that the very hairs which ap.
pear on the stems on certain plants are
reproduced on the glass limitations.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09
The Wedding Ring Finger.

The wedding ring was placed on the
left hand, as nearest the heart, and on
the fourth finger because that finger
was supposed to have its own private
wire" Tin the shape Of delicate nerve)
to the heart. That finger. too. was
called the medicine finger, and the be-
lief was that by virtue Of the little
nerve 1t could detect q dangerous
poison II simply inserted in the liquid.
From that belief the idea that wedding
rings-the rings worn on that finger
had special curative qualities had its
rise. To this day wedding rings are
rubbed over an obstinate sty ON an
eyelid.-London Chronicle.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09
ALPINE ToBoCCANINO.
Lengthy Course Over Which Almost
a Mile Minute Has Been
Made.

st. Moritz is one of the highest viii
lagos in the Engadine, having an alti-
tude of about 5000 feet, and is a great
center of winter sports; it is conse-
quently much frequented by English
and other nationalities who enjoy the
sports of skating, curling, tobogganing,
Skiing and handy, which can here be
obtained under the best conditions, says
the Electric Review. Good tobogganing
may be had in other places, but at ST.
Moritz 1t is carried to fine art, and
only an expert can expect to compete
successfully on the renowned "Cresta"
toboggan run, with its wonderful curves
and banks. The name Cresta is derived
from small village Of that pane near
the finish of the course.
The course is fittle over three
quarters of mile in length, with diff
terence OF elevation, from start to finish,
OF about 600 feet; the gradient varies at
different points, being most steep at the
church leap.
AS only one toboggan can occupy the
track at time, the races are all decided
by the time tai en- to complete the course.
The record time from the start to the
finish is at present G1 Clio seconds, this
entailing a speed of 60 miles an hour or
more on the fastest parts. The curves
OF frozen snow are built up with high
banks, accurately shaped, to allow the
tobogganer to 60 around them at the
greatest speed, the highest bank being
about 25 feet In height. These different
banks have well-known names, such as
the Battledore and Shuttlecock, Scylla
and Charbydis and Bulpett's Corner.
The whole track Is practically of ice,
and after passing the finish 1t has for a
short distance steep upward gradient,
the great momentum obtained carrying
the tobogganer uphill.
The toboggans used are of the ''skele-
ton" pattern, with steel runners, the
tobogganer lying in prone position and
steering with his feet. by means OF spikes
attached to the toes of his boots. The
principal race run on the Cresta is the
Grand National, which takes place al
the end Of February or beginning OF
March, and might be called the Derby
OF tobogganing, competitors coming
from Davos and other places to take part
In this contest.
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Punishment for Papa.

Mrs. Bibman-When my husband
came home last evening saw that he I'd
been drinking and gave him a good
scolding.
Mrs. Wyse-Oh, dear! what did you
do that for? When discover that my
husband has been drinking say moth
ing. but give him the baby to hold. II
Ia really pathetic to see how devoted
he Is to Bobby. My dear. you've got q
good deal to learn about the MANAGE
ment OF husbands--BoAton Transcript
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09
May.

"This," said the man with the blue
nose and the red ears. pulling his col
lar closer about his ears, lis a regular
May weather we are having. isn't it?"
May weather." asked the man with
the frosted fingers, stamping his feet
to get them warm. May weather."
Eyes. It may snow and It may not"
From that instant things grew warm
er in that neighborhood.-C Chicago
Tribune.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09
Salaries Of Pro- Consul.

! The highest figure paid for any pro-
consul by England is 100000, which is
the sum received by the viceroy OF In
dia. 1t seems large sum. but 1t never
really covers the expenses. The South
African post pays $4,000. The govern
or general Of Australia receives $4,000.
equal to the salary of the president Of
the United States. The same salary is
paid to the governor general Of Can
ada.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09

"Ho. ho-hol HIRES an arti,l, ab u
women going TO war I" horti,d l,
what Is there 30 funny alnu l -
she asked swectly.
Imagine you, fghtinpl I'D :, lik'
to see girls face powder
"Well," she said, a., ,murel}. ."I'ii
show you seine"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09

THE life Of an insurance agent"
sighed Premyums, 'is full Of ~orm.
word and gall. "
II hadn't noticed the wormwo.d. +"
gvovleA The victim.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09

Opportunity knocked at the mans
door.
But the man didn't hear It.
He was too busy inside knocking his
neighbors.
Moral-It pays to let up occasionally
on the anvil chorus.-Philadelphia Bull
letin.
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u Dosem--Weil, ~ Vn, der
.S,uyi.sour tr 'uble Will soon be cured
~ small porous plaster on thrsmaIl
OF your back.
Mrs Van der stuyl--But. doctor,
how ca" ! wear such an nnsirh'ls
thing when ] am going 10 the opera
to-niehty
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~ ,pur tiancee a woman Of lofty
io- Is and artistic impulse 2"
N "n the contrary, she l. quite
pretty"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1905-02-09

~ can't 60 to the opera, John-I
haven't single decent gown" ~alled
HTs. Blnks.
"That shouldn't bother you;"
gyowlcd her spouse. ''neither has any
cher wonan that goes q the opera
lpees slans yiolsstiy.)
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Insulting.

Jinks-That man Binks is an insult
ing pup.
Spinks--What's the trouble?
"Why I said to him: How much .
man owes to his friends!''"
"Yesf"
"And he said: 'Yes-some do II
wasn't 90 much what he said a. the
way he said It, and the way he looked
at me, confound him!-Clevel Gland
Leader.