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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
WEALTH FROM JUNK.
Thieves Reapins Harvest From San
Francisco Ruins.


Copper wire to the value of $500 was
stolen from. the Postal Telegraph
company's former office about IL
o'clock Wednesday night, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. A gang OF five
men carried fifteen coils Of wire to
wagon, which was driven by member
of the gang, and before the arrival Of
a patrol wagon loaded with policemen,
under Detective Sergeant Ed Gibson,
the thieves escaped with their booty.
Not only the Telegraph companies,
but the United Railroads and the tel
ephone company have been heavy los
ers from the depredations Of well Or
ganized band of junk thieves, who dis
criminate in favor of the more valua-
BILE junk, such as copper wire and
brass findings.
A ready market is found for this
loot, some junk dealers making no
scruples about purchasing all that is
brought them. The wire is melted into
crude ingots and sent to the Eastern
smelters.
The methods of the thieves in loot
ing the ruins in the burned district are
extremely simple. Several members
of the gang search the ruins. and, al
ter selecting such pieces OF junk 60
will command the highest price, cast 1t
into the street. 1t is an easy matter
for others to gather the junk without
attracting attention. ...
Boys have been engaged by junk
dealers to pick up bits Of copper, and
in this way have contributed largely to
making the business of the junk men
lucrative.
Great piles Of junk Of all descrip-
tons are piled in the courtyard ins the
rear Of the police headquarters at the
Lowell high school. In the days I'M
mediately following the fire the police
confiscated quantities OF junk and
made a great number Of arrests. The
men arraigned in the police courts are
fined a nominal sum, which is quickly
paid.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10

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gov. ~, M.,iu str. ~. ws';t his
tat hers boz, = on. Mut an ptnl,-
~ sack rt post !t.'!t-. an }'-,
~hnII.r. Anv iniprn1a,'un IN
To- his Whereabouts Will '-Nra1..
fully r'".-Iv-'i III p'r' : Candy
store. I, \ Huldrrman. Poop.
las Nurtt, M.iu street. MinOt
1-lOsf
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
Copperhead 1errorizes Women.

Six women vino sat together on the
front porch of the home Of Daniel
sharadius, Dock street, Schuylkill Ha-
ven, declare that they were complete
1y enthralled by monster copper
head snake which emerged from IN
der the porch and coiled itself in front
Of them to-day.
Charles Detweiler, who was passing
by, saw the women sitting as II para
iyzed, with their eyes on the reptile.
AS he looked on the snake uncoilod
and started 70 glide toward one Of he
women. Dstweiter rushed into he
yard and struck the snake WITH Q
club, killing it. Three of the wo0Sa
swooned after tho danger was Over.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
HIS REVERENCE THE TIGER.
In India, If Possible, He Is Left Very
ResnectfuIy Alone,

If one is to believe Ernest Ingersolps
recently published Life of Mammals
most of the Hindus and Malays meekly
accept the tiger as an evil to be en-
dured, and in this mood have lifted it,
with superstitious terror and rever-
ence. into a sort of malignant deity,
which must and may be pacified
You can be shown today forest
shrines and sanity tombs where the
tiger comes nightly to keep pious
guard, and you may hear in any Hindu
village of jogis to whom the cruel
beasts are as lapdogs.
One of the difficulties which British
officers have encountered in certain
parts of India, in their attempts to kill
off the cattle lifting or man eating
tigers of some dangerously infested
neighborhood, or to have sport with
them, is the opposition of the people
to their destruction.
Mr.. Ingersoll quotes an illustration
of this from one Of the earlier sports
men writer's, the scene Of the incident
being not far from Bombay:
alarmed by hearing cries Of distress
proceeding from the ]aeheerdars hut.
and on running tU ascertain the cause
we found old Kamah in a furioHs state
Of excitement, his left hand firmly
fixed in the woolly pate Of the hopeful
scion of the house, and belaboring him
with stout bamboo.
I'VE inquired what crime young
Moideen had been guilty Of to bring
upon him such storm OF parental in
dignation, and learned to our astonish-
ment that it was all owing to his hay
ing killed tiger.
"One of his fathers tame buffalos
having been killed by a tiger on the
previous day, the young savage had
watched for him during the night and
shot him from a tree when he returned
to feed upon the carcass. This most
people would have considered very
gallant and mer!torious exploit on the
part OF lad Of fifteen, but the old for
ester was Of different opinion.
ut was all very we'll for us who
lived in the open country to wage war
with tigers, but with him, who lived on
sociable terms with them, in the
jungle the case was different.
81 have no quarrel with tigers said
he. I never injured one of them, they
never injured me; and while there
was peace between US I went among
them without fear Of danger But now
that this young rascal has picked
quarrel, and commenced hOstilities,
there is no saving where the thing Will
end"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
LANGUAGE Studies

+ rench, German and Spanish taught
with the Edison Standard Photograph
by the international Correspondence
Schools of Scranton, Pa The l. G. S:
method enables every student to own a
language teacher, an able- efficient. tire
less one. The student rs furnished
with an Edison Standard PhoNograph
records. lessons. bound volumes. ct.
;3la per cent Introductory discount IL
all WHO nnrDIt nuw.
J.J. RUplN, Representative,
Psi,r~ Bldg.
Dcvias E,ake, \. d
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
Strange Indiana REPTILE.

While Alfred Gibson and William
NcClish Of this city were setting out
tomato plants on the farm of D. B.
Vice, half mile south of Windfal1,
they killed the largest snake that has
been seen in this vicinity for many
years. The reptile showed fight
It measured five feet six inches in
long and three inches in diameter
at the largest part. It's back and
sides we're spotted dirty black and
white and its under side was of a
yellowish color. 1t is the hrst snake
Of the kind ever seen here.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
Flioht Of Carrier Pigeons.

Max Jacobs is highly elated over the
performance of nine carrier pigeons
he sent several days ago to Madison
vile, KY, 5O2 miles southwest of this
city by air line.
Three Of the birds arrived the day
after they were liberated, and the re-
naming six came in by ones and twos
safely. The fact that all the birds ar
rived at the cote after flight Of that
distance is remarkable, says Mr.. ia
cobs, who has been pigeon fanotez
for q number of years.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
PERIL Turks IN "BRAcERs."
Headache Cures Likewise Full Of Pol
sons, Health Board Asserts.

A study of some new "nervers,"
toners" and "bracers' recently Of
fered, generally in bar rooms, for the
benefit of people who have overin'
dulged in drink has been made by the
Massachusetts state board of health.
AS reported in it's monthly bulletin,
they were found to contain much ben
zoic or salicylic acid, used as pre-
sentative, and the report adds that
zone may reasonably doubt whether
irritant substances like salicylic and
benzoic acids will tend to soothe tho
delicate lining of the stomach when
that organ, in common with the rest Of
the system, has been abused by over
indulgence in alcohol"
Several cases are given in detail
showing poisoning from acetanilid,
much used in the composition of head
ache powders, and one case quoted In
bromo settler. The symptoms are OF
steadily lowered vitality as the patient
continues using them, together with
q marked blush color of the skin. The
cases turned up in the out-patient de-
partments of hospitals and were all
cured by abandoning the use OF the
powders.
The report adds:
"The lesson is that drugs OF this
dangerous character should not be dis
pensed except on a physicians pre-
scription and their sale should be as
strictly guarded as it that of strych-
MIA or aconite. The use Of a danger
label would throw the responsibility
of an overdose wholly on the patient.
The German government limits the
character of the ingredients which
may enter a headache powder, openly
sold to the public, to harmless sub
stances like bicarbOnate Of coda ana
caffen, and it seems that IT," mas
arrived when this country do
likewise
mo class Of remedies is SUBJECT to
more abuse than me so-called head
ache cures and in no class is the eau
ton more needed, since che chief IN
crclient is almost always acetantl1d.
Il is Of interest in this connection
that q lady recently brought to the o.
Zee Of tho board 4 package CT tablets
which her children had found on the
r'rn~~t"n samples being distributed
lie hHutthi1ls from door to door The
,,,.ny:r r:1tiOn was found to be composed
+ ;.:n,}!lor, caffeine and acetanilid."
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10

When yol advertise in tn, In
dependent, you get your buSln IS
before practically twenty thous-
and people each week, and they
are the people who do the buying
too. The Independents pros
poets for a big advertising pat
ronage in 1907 is better than any
previous year. The merchant
have done q larger business tn
past year than ever before, and
Of course this papot cone5 in tor
a share Of the glory.
Nh kannare Jpurunl clos -
It's piano G N test at midnight 80
Dec 81. Miss Nellie lIulNr "a
carried of Jne pi mo, while NJ uN
Anderson wears the Diamond
ring aud Marie Grund the coA'.
The Journals contest has ben
very successful. Bro. Stickley l.
enterprising and IS giving the
people OF kenmare an excellent
newspaper. They are recognlz-
ing this fact and are advertising
very literally. For instance,
Peter Rertleson, the merchant
prince, has a three page ad in the
last issue. Bertleson doesn't
wait till rustling times to adver.
tise; he advertises when times
are naturally a little quiet, when
printers ink will bring him III
some business. OF course he ad.
vertises all the time and it pays
him too.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10

There is all opening OF the new
tOwnsite of Blaisdell on the Great
Northern Railway, forty miles
west Of MinOt
FOR A PHYSICIAN,
FOR A DRUG ST RE,
FOR POOL ROOMS.
For further information in
quire of The Blaisdell-Biru Co.,
at Minot, N. D., or II. r. Bates,
Townsite Agent o. Blaisdell.
n. D. 27tf-9
For SALE-Three large stocks of hay
on swA, sec. II, Twp. l56, rye. 80. 81
miles north and mile west OF Surrey
ND. j. 1. Hidden,
12-l3tf Minot, N. ID. r. No.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
BERT'S candy STORE

BER rs CANDY STCREs
Just received II ConSig:1 ment of
Pure Sweet Apple Cider from,
Missouri, just the thing for your
Xmas dinners. also handle q
first-ciass lineoi pure homemade
Candies, Everything nice and
clean. Give me call.
E. A. HOLDERMAN, Prop.
I48 North Main St.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-01-10
Pure Soft Waler.

Cisterns filed. pure soft water hauled
for all purposes, washing and drinking
taken from the famous soft water
spring. Buy five tickets for a dollar
and save money. Satisfaction guaran-
teed or water is free. FRANK NJ. CLARK
first house north mill Will have phone
inta!led in few days.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27
ALL AFRICANS NOT BRUTAL.
Moundans Bear Farming Tools instead
or Warlfke Weapons.

That the native African is not al.
ways and invariably poor. half naked
brute has been proved by the reports
and photographs brought back to
France b., the Mol mission" an ex.
petition sent to the French Congo
about IS months ago for the purpose
of determining some unsettled boun-
Diary questions. South of Lake Chad
Commandant Mol discovered peace
full race of agricuiturists and shep-
herds, intelligent and hospitable, ripe
for civilization, living in pastoral SIM
plicity.
Everything about the Moundans Is
picturesque and interesting. They are
a vigorous and handsome race and
very brave, but, contrary to the al
most universal practice of the Afri-
cans in regions where white rule has
not been established. they never carry
arms. On the contrary. the implement
oftenest seen in their hands Is noe.
Nevertheless. they appear to nave
descended from warlike ancestors and
were probably driven southwark from
their original mountain home by some
conquering chief. "reminiscences OF
this past may be seen in their semi
military architecture, which does not
resemble that of any of the neighbor-
ing peoples. At little distance one
of their villages looks like fortified
city.
The Moundan village, Of which Lere
is an excellent type, is inclosed by q
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27
HOW TO STEW RED CABBAGE.
Alternate Leaves In Pan with Layers
Of Sliced Ham.

Having stripped OF the outer leaves
and washed the cabbage, quarter 1t,
remove all the stalk and cut it into
shreds.
Slice cold ham thin and put it into
a stewpan alternately with layers of
shredded cabbage, having first laid
some pieces of butter in the bottom
CT the pan; add about half a pint Of
boiling water.
Cover the pan closely and stew
steadily for three hours until the cab
bage is perfectly tender and the liquid
absorbed. Be careful 1t does not
scorch. If it is so dry as to be in
danger of burning add a little boiling
water.
When done press and drain 1t
through a colander and serve with the
cabbage heaped in the middle Of the
dish and the ham placed around.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27
HE ALSO WAS A COLLECTOR.
Cleveland Artist Came Back with
Counter Proposition.

A local newspaper artist got . let
ter one day from a man over In In
diana who said he was making col
lection of sketches. says the Cleveland
Plain Dealer. Il have drawings from
we'll known newspaper artists In near
" every state in the union" the In
diana man wrote, but ! have none
from Ohio. / have seen some Of your
work and 1 think it is good. II you
will send me some little sketch Tor my
collection shall have it framed"
The artist noticed from the letter
head that the Indiana man was con-
nected with bank In one Of the small
towns in the state of literature. That
gave him a bunch, and he wrote back
as follows:
81 am making collection OF ten
dollar bills. / haven't secured speci'
mems from every state in the union
but have several tens and few
twenties, and am particularly anx
ious to have a ten dollar bill from
Indiana. notice that you are EN-
ployed in a place where ten dolial
bills are kept, and If you send nj
one for my collection / shall be glat
70 have 1t framed"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27
Blowing Window Shades.

The annoyance caused by win
dow shade blowing in and out when
the window is lowered from the top
can be oviated by having a cord In
bottom of shade and fastened to any
movable object, as back or arm of a
chair, and chair or object moved out
sufficient distance from window to
prevent shade from touching window
frame. A free circulation OF air is
also obtained, whether the shade IL
lc wered or raised.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27
Golden Orange Cake.

Cream one-fourth cup Of butter, add
one-half cup of sugar slowly and con-
tihue beating, says writer in Good
Housekeeping. Add the yolks Of Ave
eggs, beaten until thick and lemon
colored, and one teaspoonful of orange
extract Mix and sift seven-eighths
cups of pastry -four with one and one
half teaspoons Of baking powder, and
add alternately with !one-fourth cup of
milk to the first mixture. Bake in q
buttered and Toured tin.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27

Laundry work at home would be
much more satisfactory II the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, 1t is usually neces-
sary to use 50 much starch that the
beauty and fineness Of the fabric Is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance. but also affects the wear.
ing quality Of the goods. This trou-
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as It can be applied
much more thinly because of its great
er strength than other makes.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27
or light salad, and II thoroughly rinsed
in cold water Immediately after using
and kept in cold. dry place will serve
many times.
King Edward Fond Of His Pipe.

King Edward shares with thousands
of his subjects the peculiar English
affection for the pipe. His majesty.
we are assured. although the slave OF
etiquette, is never really happy unless
he can disregard it in the intimacy of
his private apartments. He adores
the pipe, and without being entirely
willing to part with his kingdom rath-
err than lose 1t. he is very fond OF
his briar, which Is generous In size
and innocent of sculpture. King Ed
ward only smokes when he is safe
from prying eyes. And as a king
with q pipe In his mouth has never
been seen In public. when his majesty
goes out he contents himself with
cigar. But even when he 10 on off,
cial journeys his majesty takes with
him his favcrite pipe. which was made
expressly for him in the Jura country.
Manchester Chronicle.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27

Here is the latest handed out by
the Rialto. You put your hand palm
upward and with fingers and thumb
extended say to your friend as you
do the trick yourself before his eyes:
Can you do this? Bend your fingers
over slowly and altogether, like this.
until the finger tips touch the palm
of your hand without bending your
thumb?" And he says: why, sure,
/ guess l can do that" and he does
it at the first trial triumphantly. and
then you say to him: We'll. guess
you can squeeze a lemon"
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27
MRS. SADIE ABBOTT.

Women for the most part spend
their lives at home, and 1t Is these
women who are willing and ambitious
that their homes shall be kept neat
and pretty, their children we'll dressed
and tidy, who do their own cooking.
sweeping, busting and often washing,
ironing and sewing for the entire
family, who call for our sympathy.
Truly the work of such woman
il "never DONE and Is It any wonder
that she breaks down at the end of q
few years, the back begins to ache,
there Is . displacement, Inflammation
or liberation OF the abdominal organs,
q female weakness II brought on, and
the struggle Of that wife and mother
to continue her duties Is pitiful.
Lydia e. Plukham'S Vegetable
Compound, made from native roots
and herbs. is the exact medicine q
woman needs whose strength Is over
taxed. It keeps the feminine organs
in . strong and healthy condition.
In preparing for childbirth and re-
cupersting therefrom it Is most efi-
cient. 1t carries . woman safely
through the change of life and in
making her strong and well assists
her to be good wife and mother.
Mrs. Sadie Abbott, of Jeannette,
Pa. writes
Dear Nra Pinkham-
II suffered severely with pain every
month and also . pain In my left side. Ny
doctor prescribed for me but did me no
rood: q friend advised Lydia e. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and wrote you in
regard to my condition. followed your
advice and am perfectly wen woman. Tho
pains have all disappeared and I cannot
| recommend your medicine too highly.
! 10 = Uaakhansa ve9efnh1e Co
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27

series Of round towers connected by
walls from two to three meters In
height Inside. parallel to the inclos-
ing walls, is circle of cupolas, each
one pierced with single hole. These
are the granaries. the most important
buildings of the town.
They are erected on piles supported
on great stones, which places them
beyond the reach of termites and ro-
dents as well as of dampness, and the
only entrance is through the hole in
the vaulted roof. Between the outer
wall and the granaries are the homes
of the people, while the residence Of
the chief faces the entrance.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27

The extraordinary popularity Of fine
white goods this summer makes the
choice of Starch = matter of great i'm
portance. Defiance Starch. being free
from all injurious chemicals. is the
only one which is safe to use on fine
fabrics. Its great strength as stihener
makes half the usual quantity Of Starch
necessary, with the result OF perfect
finish, equal to that when the goods
were new.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27
FOR THE DESSERT
CHERRIES IN MANY FORMS NAV
BE USED.
80 Particularly Well with Zee Cream
How to Attain Perfect Icing
for the Cake-Palatable
Sweet Sauce.

CnerrleS pfeSei'Su 81
,lain ice cream. Cherry juice WIN
tried cake makes a pretty dessert
with cherries heaped in the center
and whipped cream above Candieo
cherries should be put away Tor WIN
ter. To make crystallized cherries
beat the whites of three eggs until
stiff. lay clusters of the cherries IN
the beaten egg. with the stems, or
course, outside. Drain and cover part
II them with white sugar and the,
others with red pulverized sugar. Set
aside to harden on buttered paper.
Keep in a cool. dry place.
Mock bisque soup varies ones Dill
Of fare. Here is soup that Is easy
to prepare, and, because OF the acids
in the tomatoes, most palatable: One
half can tomatoes, one and one-hail
tablespoons butter, one and one-half
tablespoons -four, one quart milk, salt
and pepper. Stew and strain toma-
toes; scald milk in double boiler and
thicken with the -four and butter;
season tomatoes well and reheat.
Take both from the fire and mix to-
gether; If tomatoes are acid add
pinch of soda. If mixed on fire soup
IL apt to curdle.
Sometimes the best cake bakers are
at q loss how to effect a good icing
This icing does not crumble, contains
no eggs and can be made a day OF
two before needed, If desired. Boil
one and one-half cups Of granulated
sugar, a pinch of cream OF tartar and
one-haIf cup of water until 1T is
soft ball when dropped in cold water
Set aside to cool and when lukewarn
add two squares Of scraped chocolate
and beat with a wooden spoon Of
paddle until creamy. then add tepit
water until it is the desired con
sistency. II any other flavoring is de
sired, simply leave out the chocolate
and add any desired favoring or frui
Juice. If covered with damp clotl
1t will keep for days. When needed
add a little more tepid water. Thi
frosting is fine, smooth and velvety
dries easily and yet retains its mois
ture.
A sweet sauce that IL much ike
by our British cousins was given t
the department by an old Englisl
cook, who vowed 1t ehould be foun
in every cookbook. Place the yolk
of four eggs in saucepan with abou
FIVE ounces of powdered sugar. an
stir with wooden spoon until tn
mixture assumes whitish tint; the
add gradually two gills OF cream
beating constantly, and, when this
finished, crate in the rind Of on
orange. Put the pan over slow fir
Y and let the mixture cook for abou
four minutes. Do not let it boil. hov
ever, and keep stirring it. to prever
It from burning. When 1t has bee
strained through sieve it is read
for use.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-07-27

lat well, and finally became crippled
md bent over with rheumatism. Doan's
Kidney Pills brought quick relief, and
n time, cured me. Though I lost 40
sounds, now weigh 200, more than
aver before"
Sold by all dealers. so cents box.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.