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MIR Hearsts' convention to nomi-
nate him rs governor Of New York
is expected on July A. The impress
sion now is that Mr.. Hearst consid-
ers it a waste of time to try TO cap
ton. The early birds role the better
suits him.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-03

Gormon's chair i'm the United States
senate was formerly occupied by Ste
phen a. Douglas, OF Illinois, Lincoln
great antagonist and the man who
made German. when lad OF thirteen
senate page.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-03

The natives of India often entrust
their children TO the care of an ele-
phant The big brutcs take child
up in their trunks. place it on their
heads and then amble out into the
lountry n ways Then they put the
infant down on the ground and stand
while il PLAYS.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-03

Gen. Sherman's son. Rev Thomas
sherman. is now following i'm the
footsteps of his father by passing
over the route OF the generals ia
nous march from Georgia TO the sea.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-03

You = .. T. wasted minute I'm gead
ing the amt ads. and yon ncvct in
vested q ninute more wisely t@n i'm
such environment
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-03

Being in Jerusalem. Mr. Bryan ex-
presses establishment at finding so
few Christians there
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1906-05-03
Coal and Timber Land OUR Speciality

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At in
m,nda
il o cen the invest
rnin considers
il
ana reap hg profits and feel confident pm OF
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
Games to Play

." RY the game Il ALTERATION
some day. 1t will keep your
memory ION the run" and you
will enjoy it all the more on
that account.
Choose a leader first, then all of you
PLAYERS listen to him carefully He
will give out sentence, every word
of which begins with the same letter.
Each of YOU must repeat 1t after him
Then he repeats this sentence, add
ing to it this time, however, another
sentence, the words of which all be-
Gin with another letter. You must re-
peat both sentences after him cor
rectly.
Any one making a mistake must
drop out of the game and watch for
errors in the remaining players.
AS the players become fewer in
number, they must repeat the SEN
fences after their leader more and
hesitation.
The last one left gets the prize, and
certainly deserves it.
Here are some suggested sentences
which the leader might use:
-Four fishermen fishing for fiddle
sticks"
six slippery snakes slipping slowly
southwark"
Nine nautical Norwegians nearing
neighboring Norway's narrows."
Ten tiny, toddling tots trying TO
train their tongues to trill.
The leader can make UP sentences
beginning with the omitted numerals
between one and ten, If he wishes. Or
he can have his sentences open with
eolors.
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could be regularly employed in some
kind of work They would feel much
better physically, and the number OF
deaths would be tremendously de-
creased.
Great Danes, mastiffs. st. Bernards,
Newfoundlands and one or two other
breeds could be made most useful, for
instance, to carry garden truck and
milk to customers. An English friend
writes US:
II have relatives in Holland, and 1
frequently pay visits TO a town in the
north part of that country. The house
where l stay is next door to a baker S.
This baker has a dog which takes him
round the town twice a week A drap-
er living about a stones throw further
ON has a dog which takes his travellers
regularly on long rounds from village TO
village, and he, too, has had the same
dog for some years now. But these
records are as nothing to the poStman's
two dogs. who have drawn him on alter
nate days from Assem- to Winschoten,
distance of some twenty TO twenty-five
miles returning the same afternoon, for
the last seven or eight years, or per-
haps more. There are many who would
not be able to follow their callings as
milk vendors or small market gardeners
but for the help of their dogs"
The Dutch Societies for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals have
long since got over the idea that it
Is cruel to make such dogs work. On
the other hand, they say the kindly
treated working dogs are by far hap
pier and healthier than the idle dogs
So they now get up working dog exhi-
billions, and give prizes to the owners
whose dogs give evidence of the best
treatment
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A Woman Soldier

A REMARKABLE epitaph is on a
~ tombstone in Brighton church.
yard in England. 1t reads: In
memory of Phoebe Hessel, who was
born at Stepney in the year 17l3. She
served for many years as a private
soldier in the Fifth Regiment of Foot
in different parts of Europe, and in the
year 1745 fought under the command of
the Duke of Cumberland at the battle
of ,Fontenoy, where she received a bayo-
net wound in her arm.
Her long life, which commenced liz
the time of Queen Anne, extended TO the
reign OF George ~, by whose munifi-
cence she received comfort and support
in her latter years. She died al BriSh-
ton, where she had long resided. De-
yember Il, ISL, aged los years"
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of its gloves, and if two mice, it takes
off two gloves, and if three. It takes
of three, and if four, it takes off all
four But the moment they've caught
the mice, they pop their gloves on
again, because they know we can't
love them without their gloves. For,
YOU see, gloves have, love inside
them-there' no love outside.
so all the little girls said: Please
thank Helen. and we send her 250 loves
and 1000 kisses in return for her 1000
gloves and 25G kittens:'
oh" calculated Helen, her face
frightening, Il see, Auntie Virgins
didn't read my printing right. L said I
sent two sacks full OF love, and bas-
kets full of kisses. and she thought L
said gloves and kittens! What funny
mistaken
Gcnevieve and Fen looked at one
another a little shamefacedly. Then
ishly.
It's our bad spelling. know, and she
meant all this for you and me, Gene
We've" said Ben.
Yes. I'm sure she did" assented
Gencvieve land Ben, we deserve 1t,
That's So" agreed Ben, well, it's
Auntie Virgins
'WeIl have to write another letter,
Ben. and spell properly in that one
Just then the door bell rang and an
express parcel was handed in for Gen
evieve and Ben.
What do you think it contained?
Why, a speller.
the mail box addressed to Auntie Wig
gins, and it was very different from the
first letter in one important respect
the words were all spelled right
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We've. and she opened the letter i'm
mediately-
What a lovely, long letter it was
the first one they had ever had from
Auntie Wigginsi For Auntie Virgins
had spent many years abroad, ana
they had never so much as seen her
until about two months before the
time of this story, when great big
ship had brought her over from Italy
And oh, how like a fairy goGmother
she then seemed, with gifts fo' Helen
and gifts for Ben and gifts for Mar
guerite.
Since her arrival what good times
they had had listening to her fasci-
mating stories-some of which had
been born into print, and so been
read by thousands of children VINO
had not the happiness of owning her
as their Auntie Virgins.
week before this story begins she
had gone away to Walton Hills. but the
last thing she had said was:
Now, Genevieve and Ben and Helen
don't fail to write Auntie Virgins Il
letter some time this week"
''You will answer it, Will your they
had asked.
Indeed / shall,''
So they had written a letter-Gen-
evieve the first half, Ben the second
half and little Helen the postscript.
And now here was Auntie Virgins
answer:
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A SURPRISING LETTER

Dear Genevieve, Ben and Helen:
Your letter received a warm wei
come.
But, my three deary dears, what
allied your letter? | have struggled
through Chinese puzzles, but never.
never have l had such a jumbled
letter to unjumble as this one from
you.
And when ] came to Helen's cum
ming little postscript / was most puz-
zled OF all. But ar last l made IL
out. Sac kFuL NV GLOVES AnDb
AskET full NV KItTenS-sack full
of gloves and basket full of kit
tens
THAT wasn't what / printedr' inter.
rupted Helen; Il didn't say anything
about kitties IN gloves:"
Never mind. dear,'' said Geaevieve
tits very queer and l don't understand
but let's see what AunIie Virgins says
next"
Its awfully queer,' muttered Ben
but go on, Genevieve."
Then 1 understood what Helen was
sending me. for just then Mrs. Wag-
ner came to tell me d large sack and
basket had come. There was such a
miawing in the house, as il all the
cats in Walton Hills had come to see
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HELEN is MYSTIFIED

Eat I didn't send gloves" expos
tulated Helen.
GeneVieve and Ben still looked spuz-
zled. but half-enlightened (and fool
ish) look now began to dawn on their
and see why there are four times
as many gloves as kittens and / said
aloud TO the little girls, Never mind,
my dear children. do your lessons
very nicely and don't cry any more.
and when school is over you'n find me
at the door, and you shall see what
you shall seei
$50 in the evening when they came,
with all their little kittens wrapped
up IN their frocks, there was
!, at the door, with HelenS big sack!
And, as each little girl came out,
lust popped into her hand two pairs of
glovesi And each little girl unrolled
her frock and took out an angry little
kitten, splitting and snarling, with its
claws sticking out like a hedgehog.
But it hadn't time to scratch, for, III
q moment it found all its four paws
poured into nice, soft, warm gloves,
and then the kittens got quite sweet
tempered, and gentle, and began purr-
ing again!
$50 the Iittlef girls went dancing
home again. and the next morning
they came dancing back TO school
The scratches were ali healed, and
they told me: The kittens have been
goodr And when any kitten wants
TO catch mouse, 1t Just takes OF one
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Thoroughbred Dogs Need
to Work

" on bows and girls are used to
" thinking of dogs as idle and use
less. unless they happen TO be
good watchdogs, in which case
YOU might consider them somewhat use
full at night.
In general, however. it is true that
our dogs are mere pets. And, indeed,
we are probably all the fonder or them
because they are pets, rather than
beasts of burden.
Many people, however, are coming 20
think that If we would be really kind
to dogs we would train them to work
for us This Is especially true of finely
bred dogs, which are growing more and
more stupid and more and more delicate
Dog fanciers tell US it would be a
great blessing to priZe-dogs il they
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lage girls school. ard I said to the
head teacher:
- How many little girls are there
at school today%
&c Exactly go, madam
And have they all been good all
day2'
AS good as goldi'
so l waited outside the door with
my basket, and as each little girl
came out L just popped a soft little
kitten into her hands, oh, what joy
there was, The little girls went all
dancing home. nursing their kittens,
and the whole air was full of purr-
ing! Then, the next morning.
went to the school, before it opened,
10 ask the little girls how the kit
tens had behaved in the night.
And they all arrived sobbing and
crying. and their faces and hands
were all covered with scratches, and
they had the kittens wrapped up in
their little frocks to keep them from
scratching any more. And they
sobbed out, The kittens have been
scratching us all night
so then i said TO myself, What
a nice little girl Helen is. Now
see why she sent all those gloves -
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mel oh. just open them. please.
Mrs. Wagner said l. and count the
things in them
so in a few minutes Mrs Wagner
came and said, 800 pairs of gloves in
the sack and 250 kittens in the bas-
ket-'
1000 gloves. Four times as many
gloves as kittens! It's very kind Of
Helen, but why did she send so many
gloves? For / haven't 1000 hands. you
know, Mrs. agner.
And Mrs. Wagner said, No, in
deed, you're 99S hands short of THAR
However, he next day | made out
what to do, and / took the basket
with me and walked over TO the viii
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Flower Riddles.
l. What is a popular girl who can't
go TO a ball?
go?
D When you go to buy an alarm
clock, what do you ask for?
4. What are firecrackers?
a. What are they mostly connected
with by bad boys?
s. This is a fact which the cats are
inclined to-what2
z. Old fashioned flowers were planted
in-what?
S. When bashful young man is call
ing, conversation is likely to-what?
9. What kind of building material are
false houses on stages often built of?
TO- What do naughty little boys often
feel on their persons?
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-10-07
Prince EoNezed oFNS2SS
Experiments Of
Tom Tit

T HAVE several interesting expert
ments for you today, boys and girls
First of all, do you know how TO
set anything on fire by bringing it
in contact with cold water? This
IS the way to do it: Fill saucer with
water, and let fall into il piece Of pc
tassium, of the size of a peppercOrn
about two grains)- The potassium will
instantly become red hot, with slight
explosion, and burn wildly on the sur
face of the water. darting, at the same
time, from one side of the vessel to
the other, with great violence. in the
form of a red-hot fireball.
Here is a curious phenomenon: Make
a hole in a block of ice with a hot
poker. Pour out the water, and fill the
hole with spirits of camphor.
Then set fire TO the spirits, and you
will Immediately behold lice in flames"
"a curious sight. indeed
1 shall now tell you how to make a
flying toy. This is continuance
which you can cause to rise in the air.
In ten minutes you can make it, as fol-
lows:
Take two corks (see picture). insert
into each cork four wing feathers from
any kind of fowl, slightly inclining them
like the sails of a windmill, but in OPP
posite directions to each set.
Fix a round shaft in the upper cork.
This shaft ends in a sharp point
Fix a whalebOne bow to the top of
the lower cork with small pivot hole
in its centre, to receive the point of the
shaft, which then passes into the lower
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What Teacher Says.

mo whispering, no passing thlngs-We
must have order now, 1 think
No eating apples or popcorn, no raising
hands to get drink,
No Shuffiing feet, DO Slamming states,
no squeaking pencils any more
Or ! shall have to send you all to stand
with Johnny in the floor
Little Folks
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English Puzzles.

EuSIISH Z uHAISS-
L Rip DID as he was asked.
9. L SAW the bird in the tree.
3. If / HAD COME home in time l
SHOULD HAVE GONE 10 Washington.
4. She found in the bank THIS pair
of slippers.
B. Her eyes SHONE with eagerness.
g. You must LET the slippers be.
7. They went down until they reached
the bottom OF THE SEA
g. Violets grow on the bank OF. THE
RIVULET.
9. Her mother was DISTURBED by
her absence
10. She grew tired of the water and
wanted to return (omit ''back'') home.
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cork as well, holding tight in it.
String each end of the whalebone bow
equally to the upper part of the shaft.
Now you are ready to operate your fly
ing toy. Wind up the string by turning
the bow, so that the spring OF the bow
may unwind the corks, with their an
terror edges ascending.
Then place the toy on a table, and
Eith a finger pressed on the upper cork.
press firmly enough to prevent the
string from unwinding. Then, if you
take your finger suddenly away, the in
strument will rise to the ceiling.
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blower Anagrams.

In each of these sentences, find the
name of a flower by transposing all the
letters:
1. Love it.
. Thy china.
5. Get me no tin
4. Tears.
5. List came
6. One name.
Z. In a grade.
s. One lucky she.
9. A wee pest.
10. Chantmus rhyme.
IL. Me in a rug.
l. Until Pa.
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with Apologies to Lewis carrollo

IO H. MR. PQSTIE?' called Gen en-
~ open lafticed window " Of
the breakfast room, nave
you any letter for us children
Over her shoulder peeped Bronze
Ben and little Sister Helen, their
eager faces fall of the same inquiry, o.
the postman, who was about TO rlnS
the doorbei of the house on the oP
poSite side of the street. turned dl VA
sound of GenevieVe's voice anu
glanced up their way.
Let me see he answered. wv ny
yes, l think L have letter for you;
"Oh. OH" Squealed Helen. II >
rrum Auntie Virgins. / know! -
"Oh, may we come and get II Iro"
you right away?" asked GeneXieye;
I'll run across to YOU, calico PEI,
before the Sood-Eatured poStman mao
time to so much as omen his mouth 70
say yes" Delving into his bag, ne
produced the letter just as Ben reach-
ed his side.
THANK you" said Ben, and flew
back to the house. where GeneVleVe
and Helen were impatiently waiting
to see the address and postmark OF
the letter. -
YES. it's Auntie Virgins writing!
said Genevieve-
And the postmark says walton
Hills said Ben.
Helen. who had not yet learned TO
read writing and did not understand
the meaning of poStmarks, thrust
paper cutter into GenevieVe'S hand
ooh. do open the letter, sister, she
begged.
Poor Helen! We won't keep her
waiting any longer" declared Gene
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Puzzle Verse

This puzzle verse was composed by DR..
S. Wier Mitchell. The answer is sone-
thing that is usually found on every IL
brary table:
"A simple go-between IN /, without q
thought of pride;
/ part the gathered thoughts Of men.
and literally divide.
1 set the soul of Shakespeare free,
To millions thoughts give liberty,
Bid Sidney speak with freer speech,
Let Spenser sing and Taylor preach;
Though through all learning Swift I
glide.
No wisdom doth with &c abide"
Who can guess the answer?
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SPANS State Coach.

The state coach used by the King OF
Spain is drawn by eight pure white horses
with pluines and white harness Plumes
wave from each corner of the coach.
while crown ornaments the centre.
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Puzzle verse by charles james Fox

Fox, the English statesman, made the
following puzzle verse. Three different
words compose the answer each word
resulting from beheading the preceding
word:
What is pretty and useful in various
ways,
Tho it tempts poor mortals 10 shorten
their days;
Take one letter from it. and there will
appear.
What youngsters admire every day Of
the year;
Take two letters from it. and then.
without doubt
You are what that is. If you don't hnd
IL outp'
Who can tell the answer?
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GEORGE Canning's Riddle.

George Canning, another famous En-
glishman, made up this riddle verse
The answer consists of two words. Can
you guess them?
There is word Of plural number,
Foe to peace and tranquil slumber-
Now, any word you chance to take,
By adding 50 you plural make;
But if you add an So to this.
How strange the metamorphosis;
Plural is plural now no more.
And sweet what bitter was before!"
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ThcAas

This diagram shows how the ships
carpenter cut his Sx9-inch board and
put the pieces together to I'LL the 6xl2-
inch hole.
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The Puzzles and
Problems
What Were Their Names:

A GIRL named met anothe
~ named and said
n MY name is like yours. il read
backwards just as well as for.
wards. Yes, said "an(
the first and last letter of your name
are the same as the second and fifth OF
inlne, aren't they, eh?" What were
their names2
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Puzzle in Rhyme.

Three cats, fifteen kittens, eighteen
mice and fifty-four baby mice-ninety
in all
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Buried Cities (Tun,
Flower Riddles

A mad rider on horseback met little
girl on donkey-back
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Mss IRIS CheMaz72
String, o/DzH6A2

publish beautiful American
beautiful on and especial
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Aunt Harriet's Age.
Ship Carpenters Puzzle.

Marse George was 81. Miss May. g..
Aunt Harriet, 81.
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Answers to Last Weeks
Puzzles

CIPHER Puzzle.
You sigh for a CIPHER.
But ] sigh for thee;
o. sigh for no cypher,
But o, sigh for me!
And. o, let my cypher
Thy CIPHER be-
And give sigh for sigh, for
sigh for thee.
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H2nce Alert IF NZIes
Mss Loa AtnSr02s
Of NlIbL2

girls. Polly Evans returns the compliment in part
|, his next younger brother, Prince Albert. and
is famous for its beautiful girls.
The Dickinson press., 1906-11-24

Farm insurance in old line companies
M. LAYERS.
The Dickinson press., 1906-11-24
New Abstract Company
The Everett Abstract Company ha.
been organized with the following off
GERS and stockholders:

The Everett Abstract Company has
been organized with the following off.
GERS and stockholders:
w. r. Everett, president.
B. F. McGregor, vice president.
W. II. Jaeger, secretary and treasurer.
The company will engage in abstract
and real estate business in Stark county
North Dakota. They have engaged the
services of Miss McNitt of Lake City,
Michigan, who is an expert in the alb.
stract and title business. For six years
she was engaged in the register of deeds
office at her former home, and for a
great part of that time had entire charge
OF the register of deeds office. Miss Nc
Nitt has been working in the office of
the register of deeds at Dickinson for
some weeks past, compiling the abstract
data from the records.
The company will put on some addi-
tlonal help and will soon have an up to.
date set of abstracts for Stark and un-
organized counties, and will be prepared
to furnish abstracts of title and look after
real estate business for its patrons.
w. R. Everett, the president of the
company, came to Dickinson early last
spring and was so impressed with the
favorable opportunities in this district
that he purchased a home and estab.
lished his residence here, and also en-.
tered into business under the name OF
The Everett Real Estate & Loan Co.
His former home was in Minnesota
where he was engaged for several years
in the -four milling line.
w. F. McGregor is cashier of the
Mapleton State bank at Mapleton, Min.
nesota, where he is we'll known as con.
servative and broad-minded business
man, having heavy interests in real
estate in that vicinity.
w. H. Jaeger is vice president of the
First National bank Of lie Sueur Center
Minnesota, and also has many private
interests in the real estate and loan line
It is probable that Mr.. Jaeger will locate
in this part of the west in the near future
The Press learns from Mr.. Everett,
that it is not in an antagonistic spirit
that the second abstracting compan,
has been organized at Dickinson. The
country is developing rapidly and tn.
Everett Abstracting Go. wilt undoubt
edly come in for its share of the new
business.