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The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
A Dental Treasure rrove.

Il know where could go, right here
N this country, and dig up millions
Of dollars worth of treasure" said a
dentist.
-Where would go? To our GENE
teries. To the mouths of our dead.
In the teeth Of our dead enough gold
is going to waste to enrich small
town.
"Ycu have in your teeth SO in gold.
Your sister has S.. Your father and
mother have each 81. And there are
s0.000,00O people in America.
ALLOW to each persons teeth half
dollars worth of gold. You have then
t45,000,O00 hidden in our mouths.
When we die this gold won't be ex-
tracted. It will be buried with us.
ITO take the gold from the teeth OF
the dead before burial would be Meth.
er difficult nor grewsome. 1t would
be good idea to pass law requiring
all this gold, which does no good n
the grave, to be removed after death
and distributed in charity"
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
HARDWARE and FARM MACHINERY,
uaconx=ntiona,.


"And you will wait for me. darlinST
hlspered the hero.
The heroine studied the floor for .
moment, then looked up with q glance
that conveyed the impression that she
was undecided.
''You win wait for me?" the hsrt
begged.
No, gentle reader. Don't, get all
stirred up and fancy that the hero was
of for the wars to wrest fame and
glory on the hotly contested field. or
was about to plunge head frsttfnto the
maelstrom Of business to wrench
wealth from the grasping hands Of the.
world, and then after many years
come back and lay his honors and his
fortune at the feet of this fair young
idol Of his affections. Keep cool. and
listen to her.
''I'll wait a little while, Percy" the
heroine remarked, "but if you can't
get here by o'clock I'll go on down to
the church social with pa and ma, and
you can come up there to take me
home. It's shame you have to work
after closing hours, isn't it?"
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
UNIQUE LETTER or .pEsroR.
Excuse for Nonpayment Of etil Was
Facetiousiy Worded.

Excuse for Nonpayment Of eiil Was
Facetiousiy Worded.
A prominent business house IN Bal.
dmore placed bill in the hands Of .
collector. says the Baltimore Sun.
who. in response to a request for set
Element, received the following letter.
in reply: i, s ls5 , ,s.E. u
my dear sir: Absence from the
city prevented my writing in answer
70 yours of a recent date.
1t will be utterly impossible for me
70 settle the claim you mention at
present, for the very simple, but good
season-I haven't got 1t.
Il lost every penny ! had in the
world and considerable ! had in. the
future In a theatrical ventnre lest
September. Up to the present ti,n.s
have not recovered from the shock
II think If you lay this fatt before
your clients they will not advise You
to proceed harshly against me. From
their past experience with my modes
Of procedure in days gone by. ! do not
think they can recall any suspicious
mannerisms which could lead them to
suppose am a debt dodger. s,
II have simply been initiated into
Lodge Of Sorrow, Hard Luck chapter.
Damfool division. No. 81 81. 4e.Ei
MY picture, hanging crapeladen on
the walls OF the Hall Of Fame, bears
the legend Sucker No. 33876494. .s,s4...
MY motto is briefly: I would II ]
could; but haven't, SO I cant. ".
fortune may smile. however: up
to the present writing 1t has given me
The laugh. have hopes.
Directly am In position, even
remotely suggesting opulence,I assure
you your balance will receive my very
prompt attention
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
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A we,l-cared For Flock.

A Weii-Cared For Flock.
One Of the best-cared for nocks d
hens OF which we know is owned by
Frank A. Windes, OF Winnetka. llli'
nois. Mr.. Windes had Is mems 1T the
beginning of 1904 and now has 30. His
egg returns last year were by months
as follows: January, "a; February.
80; March, 1872; April, 494, May 371;
June, 45s; July, 263: August. 26O;
September, 222; October, 90; Novem-
Der, 115; December, Is; total, 1,:Si.
During this year so far the returns
have been: January, 1874: FsbruarJ.
299; March, 654; April (nrst nins
days), 211; total, 1883. Total for both
periods. Alas
Two-thirds OF the fowls are Barred
Plymouth Rocks; these laid during the
winter. The other third consist OF
Rose Comb Black Minorcas, and these
are doing most of the laying now. Be
tween the two breeds Mr.. Windes gets
eggs most of the time. Mr. Windes
says:
When l first began to raise .,oul.
Try l had hen house that I was
keeping my hens in during 1903. On
that account | got no eggs in Novem'
Der or December Of that year. The
fowls were lousy and that is perhaps
one reason why the egg yield failed
entirely. Before the beginning OF 1904
I had my new house built, and the
fowls were receiving better care. The
result was that got "a eggs in Janu-
ary, but my flock had not then really
begun to feel the erect of the i'm
proved housing and better care. The
the egg returns for the frst three
months in 1904 with the first three
months in 1905. During that period
In 1904 total of 436 eggs was re-
ceived. During the like period this
year the number Of eggs received was
1,147. There was an increase ~ five
hens, twenty per cent. Increasing the
egg yield for the first quarter of last
year by twenty per cent we have 52l,
against 1,147 the first quarter Of this
year. It is seen that the yield is more
than double. During the first quarter
Of this year my profits were over
$1,000, and the expenses included ,
1920 bone cutter.
With one exception / have not lost
hen from any cause since began
to give them good attention. have
Of course lost some young chicks. ]
ind the bone cutter a great help in
my feeding operations, and the bone
does not Cost more than ten cents .
week. The other feed consists mostly
Of wheat, oAts and some cut clover.
which mix up with table scraps and
the Ike.
hought 200 head Of cabbaacs Last
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
Praise Of Home,y Women.

2rate not Of pretty girI to me,
OF ruby lips and dreamy eyes.
That beauty cannot cease to be
An ever fr. <h and sweet surprise:
care not tho ner face be fair,
And framed as In a wreath Of curlo.,
For pretty maids do not care: ETIf
I sing the praise Of homely girls.
sing Of her whose nose IL pug,
Though even to the side It's tipped.
Whose figures like old G;mar's jug
Which mourned the Fetrer's hand had
And yp!u; say You that she squint. . bit.
What odds? And in her speaking halts1
Nay, girls who squat possess the Wit
TO sQuint- a mar nest giaring faults.
4 dainty. slender foot, no doubt,
Is pleasing. when all's said and done.
But husbands later find 1t out
That larger feet are best to run
Their little errands, fetch their shoes
When homo they come at days dem.AA
Vor dainty feet possess no wings
B.H-footed girls are for the wise.
The pearly, peach blow cheek has feaSs
Lest cooking spoil its lovely tinv,
Cerulean eyes dare shed no tears,
or show of sympathy u hint;
The hand OF Venus smocths no brow.
Unless Il be Dukes or Earps--
And so when you would cE1ose a frau
Do not neglect the hon,siv girls.
william Wallace Wh.ie)ock In PhiIa,
4s]phIs r"eGs.
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
Bear Tries to Lit Deer from

Bear Tries to Lift Deer from Water.
/ w. NJ Kennedy, who has been in
the numbering business for number
Of years past. tells of seeing a bear
try to lift a live deer from the Ma
galloway river.
When he discovered them, the bea.
had hold Of the young bucks head
With his teeth and was hanging on
hard with the aid of his claws. The
deer swan for the shore, carrying the
weight of the bear. but he swan d.
rectly into trap in the crotch that
was made by the boom.
The bear made frantic efforts to get
onto the logs and pull the deer after
him. But the weight was too much.
The bear was dispatched by Mr.. Ken
nedy,@-Mvine Woods.
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
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The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08

green food Tor the hens during The
winter. Since purchasing my bone
cutter. ! have been grinding up the
cabbages in the cutter. Most of the
corn the fowls get is given on the ear.
I tie an ear Of corn to string and
suspend it SO they will have to work
to get the kernels. II have some
loose corn left scatter 1t in chaff SO
the hens cannot get 1t too easily. /
do not believe in feeding corn largely
and my fowls do not get over three
bushels during the year.
Il clean out the hen house about
once in two weeks, which is often
enough under most conditions. I
bought 5O-cent kerosene spray pump,
and with it spray the roosts and
nests. l also spray the hens when
they are on the roosts, using for the
spraying liquid an emulsion of one
part of kerosene to four parts Of water
The nests are all OF earth and have
q little straw in them. These nests
slope so it will be easy to get out the
old straw and put in new. For the
nests l use clay, mixing Some lime
with 1t. use about handful Of lime
to two nests, and cover the combina-
ton with little straw
with everything arranged properly,
1t does not take much time each day
to care Tor poultry. use about ten
minutes morning and night plan
to give the fowls plenty of water,
and keep oyster shells before them all
the time in addition to grit and cut
bone. These latter are fed in a hopper
having three compartments.
II have not been able to find mite
or louise since l built my new house a
little over year ago. The roests are
all movable, and this makes it easy
to keep them in sanitary condition.
try to keep the hen house warm IN
winter and to help in doing this
used some old mesh wire, putting
straw between the uprigbts and hcld-
ing it in place by the wire. Not one
of MY hens got a frosted comb last
winter.
! ventiiate my house ny means OF
a trap door in the floor which is open
CASNPS Al tAC SolO VI WluLST.
l think the ventilation is not yet per-
feet and am planning occer improve
ments in this line.
y find that the best bone to use is
beef bone. Mutton bones silver, and
hog bones contain too much fat on
them. The best beef bones are the
sections OF the backbone, as they have
lome blood in them; the hens like
that kind best. think I will have
some trouble in keeping the bone
grinder clean In hot weather, but /
intend to use enough hot water to at
tain that nd."-Farmers' Review.
Geese and Potato Bugs.
A man that used to keep geese tells
the Farmers Review that he found
them a great help in destroying pots.
to bugs. They would walk down be-
tween the rows of potatoes picking on
the bugs on each side. They ate q
good many worms during the day, but
were not entirely thorough n thsk
work
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
Itnm,afation Proc em.

II. Metcalf, secretary of commer.A
nd labor, holds t.at the immigration
r-chien is the most serious that faces
Re country, its chief difficulty being
he question OF distribution. Recent
ly he received letter from Louisi-
ana saying that state alone can give
employment to 100000 workers in the
field, The western portion OF the
Mississippi valley stands in equal
need, but concentration in the cities
goes on steadily.
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
Wade is Insane.

y. p. Wade. an insane man,
was brought down from twelve
miles west of, Kenmare today,
and placed in the county jail.
He attempted to injure members
OF his family with q deadly weap-
on, He is single and lives with
his parents. He will likely b
taken to jamestown.
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
Experiment IN Laaor.

Five men have left England for
South Africa to demonstrate whether
white men can do the work of Chineue
in the mines. Their Journey is the
outcome of a controyersY between
two members Of Parliament
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
shovld Revere sa,aries.

ShoVTa ReVeFsc S5fdrIt8.
Yon cannot always JUICE man'a
rains by kfs saiary." said Arnold
hite, lecturing to workingmen 2n
onion recently. Togo gets fe4s q
$50 while Admiral Rojestvensky's
teiary is E11.000."
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
viii VvhoIesaIe Candy.

C. r.. Fefber has received 8 new
stove, and candy kettles for his:
candy factory: He has q big
candy trade and will soon manu-
facture candy for wholesaling
purposes. nj
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08

osy 4 eunshlns nLendeN
Accordine - the Ex1esos. 1na1eo'
had Z day Of ''blaftns sunshine" Jure
Il, which "sent the temperature up -
60 derrees."
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08
Nothinn Left b,,t the RAT

Nothing Lett but the Bark.
He belongs to one of our Oldest
families, but he Is coasumpt,ve. He
coughs dreadfully."
"Yes; he says all he ever got FROM
tAs family tree vas the bark"
The Ward County independent., 1905-11-08

Same Results.
Hes adopted I plan of d.
ia le!iaouerts by telephone.
IN what result?
tesilt. Everybody sass, C
:, i, u n Y III : I. ~ = ss q y
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-21

The Progressive Farmer and Cotton Plant takes
pleasure in introducing to it's readers this week
Mr.. @. G. Lane, as travelling representative of
ployed as advertising manager of the Southern
Tobacconist, of Richmond, Va, and arrangements
have now been made by which he will act as joint
advertising and subscription solicitor for both
the Tobacconist and The Progressive Farmer,
with North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia
as his field.
Mr.. Lane is a young man of unusual ability
and enterprise, has had considerable newspaper ex-
perience, and is personally a most likable fellow.
He will at once enter upon his new duties. We
commend him to our patrons, and predict for
him a most successful career.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-21
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

1 look'upon the simple and childish virtues of
veracity and honesty as the root of all that is
sublime in character. Speak as you think, be
what you are. And at the top or the bottom of
all illusions, I set the cheat which still leads US to
live and work for appearances, in spite of the
conviction in all sane hours that it is what we
really are that avails with friends, with strangers,
and with fate or fortune.-From Emerson's Essay
on illusions"
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-02-21
THIS WEEKS PAPER-SoME RANDOM COM
TENT.

As we have said several times before, we must
give our cotton growing readers an unusual de-
gree of attention just now, for we are with them
heart and soul in their fight and they need help
right now. At the same time we are not setting
up a cotton monopoly, and we wish our tobacco,
truck, peanut, and grain growers to make liberal
use of our columns. Let US have a discussion of
best methods for each crop; and if any one has
questions to ask, let him follow the example of
our tobacco-growing Guilford friend whose letter
appears on page 1.
1t is indeed significant that in the three adioin-
ing States of Virginia, North Carolina and South
Carolina, splendid new agricultural buildings are
now going up at each of the A. & M. Colleges.
We have already printed a cut of the North Caro-
lima building; this week we present the Virginia
building, and the South Carolina building will fol-
low at an early date. And we hope Georgia will
soon fall in line.
That is a ringing letter from DR.. H. F. Free
man on the tenant system, which we are printing
on cage 2. By a singular and fortunate coinci-
dent we have now in hand an excellent article on
how to get tenants to take an interest in soil and
general farm improvement. This article is by
Mr.. H.. M. Daniel, and will probably appear in
our next number.
The Southern Planter quotation as to the use
of fertilizers is full of thought. And this reminds
us to say that our farmers who have dealings with
cottonseed oil mills ought to put aside our Prof.
Kilgore's editorial on page 1 of our last issue.
That article has made a decided hit, as it deserved
to do.
Prof. Hume furnishes a valuable reply to an
inquiry as to pear tree blight. We should like to
have a larger number of our fruit and truck
growing readers report experiences and send in
quiries for our columns.
An interesting batch of cotton letters appear on
page 4. Next week we shall have full reports
of the North Carolina Cotton Growers meeting at
Raleigh and the South Carolina meeting at
Columbia this week.
Among other notable articles soon to appear in
our paper is one on Telephone Line Construc-
tom by Mr.. Ellington Tart; one on alfalfa
Growing" by Mr.. I. B.. Parker; an interesting
report of fertilizer experiments with cotton by
Mr.. III. M. johnson; a further discussion of ter
racing by DR.. ii. F.. Freeman, and the article on
"Renting or Leasing Land" by Mr.. 81. M. Daniel.
All these articles will be worth waiting for.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-13
TO ABOLISH LIVE WIRES
Many Interesting Exhibits attract
.4ttention at Electrical Shoe.

one Of the most interesting Of the half a hundred
exhibits at the electrical and mechanical show in
Madison Square Garden, which opened last
night by President Roosevelt, who pressed a but
ton the White House is the trolley line lacking
both live wires and live rails. Through switch
system that works automatically, the car gets its
current from buttons that are electrified while
the car is Immediately above, but which become
dead as soon as the car has passed on.
The exhibit, which was perhaps most conspicuous
and popular last night, that of the
New-York and New-Jersey Telephone Company
This was large booth with dozens of pairs of tele
phone receivers In evidence rest, elbow high
These receivers were connected directly with three
popular theatres, and any one who wished could
listen to the plays
The housewives crowded around the cooking
exhibit where biscuits and cakes were baked and
distributed. with tea coffee, all prepared with
electricity. Near at hand an apparatus for
driving the hair after bathing In the centre of the
room was a large model of the municipal incin-
Grating plant which has been installed under the
williamsburg Bridge. for the destruction of gar
bage. Across from this the automatic switch
which is used throw off the current and to put
the air brakes the express cars of the subway
in 81 danger.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-13
NEW ALPHA DELTA PHI CLUB.
Clearing Site for Building in West 44th-st.
to Cost $260,000

The work of tearing down the houses at Nos lSO
and 13S West 44th-st.. near Long Acre Square, on
which site is to stand the new home Of the Alpha
Delta Phi Club has been begun
It is hoped that the new structure, which Will be
the most modern and the largest fraternity club
house in the country. and the national headquar-
tiers of the Alpha Delta Phi, will be ready for occu
pancy by next October.
The architects are Louis Brown of the Alpha
Delta Phi: Henry Hornbostel and George c.
Palmer
The building will he built of granite. limestone
and brick It is to have a frontage of IS feet
with facade of Colonial design, and portico
adorned with three pairs Of columns.
The ground floor will contain writing room.
billiard parlor a reception room and an ONCE
The library and main dining room will occupy the
second floor on the upper floors will be fifty living
rooms for rhe club members. The 'frats are also
70 eniov even the luxury Of roof garden.
The building is TO cost S260,oN
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-13
WILL AB4NDON CHURCH.
Z mirersaiists Cannot Support T'aoo
-WM Sell Eternal Hope.

Because the J+niversalists in New-York are too
few to Support two churches near together as
the Church the Divine Paternity. at Central
Park West and 76th-st.. and the Church of the
Eternal Hope. in West Sst-st.. the trustees of the
latter have decided sell the property and pay
off the debt. thus leaving in Manhattan only one
church of that denomination
The Church of the Eternal Hope formerly
the Orchard Street Universalist Church and was
organized in 1885. 1t fairly prosperous for
some years after moving its present location
but for time the congregation has attended
services at the Church of the Divine Paternity. as
the Church of the Eternal Hope has been without
a permanent pastor. Last year. although the
church had a membership Of only twenty-one and
a Sunday school of one hundred and sixty, it
raised Sl0,000
The money left from the sale of the Church of
the Eternal Hope property. after the payment of
TIE debts will be turned over to the convention
of the Unversalist Church 1t Is expected that it
will be about $4,000
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-12-13
SIX BURNED TO DEATH.
Parents Unable to SGrc Children
from BLaa1ng Home.
by Telegraph to The Tribune. ]


Dubois, Penn. Dec. 12-Six children We're
burned to death at Lindsey, near Punxsutaw-
ney at o'clock this morning, and William
Morgan and his wife, the parents. with their two
remaining children barely escaped with their
lives. The names of those burned are Thomas,
eleven years old; Pearl, six; Grace and Ethel,
twins three; Rachel, eighteen months, and an
infant three months old, The father and
mother were badly burned in attempting to save
their little ones from the burning home.
The mother threw two of the children from an
upstairs window thereby saving their lives. and
jumped herself as the roof fell i'll. She was
badly burned, and will probably lose one foot as
a result of her injuries. The father is also badly
burned about the hands and face, but not serl-
ously.
The fire was discovered by neghbor who
FASTENED to the burning house and aroused the
sleeping inmates.
The fire originated from stove In small
outbuilding adjoining the home of the family:
Morgan is a miner and is left destitute. Sub
scriptions have been started at Punxsutawney
and in this city to raise fund for the sur
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