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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25

Silk Worm Diet.

The fine spring has produced an
abundance of silk worms. Cultivators
are unable to find mulberry leaf to
nourish their large stock. The insects
take badly to the mixed leaf diet:
some cultivators are afraid lest the in.
sects should starve.
Garden walls are scaled and null.
berry trees stripped by night of leaves
and fruit by the more daring and less
conscientious Of the cultivators. One
wonders why those engaged in this in.
dustry do not plant extra trees. and
thus tighten the burden of leaf COL
lecting and lessen the possibility Of
badly nourished insects. Notwithstand.
ing the fears Of cultivators, cocoon
merchants are on the ground making
offers for the possible yield.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25
West Virginia Bear Hunt.

A large black bear caused quite an
excitement in this section last week.
He was first discovered near Aleck
Parks residence with an air Of bra.
very not altogether lovely.
Aleck has two fierce dogs that
chased him up against the garden
fence. and. as Is often the case. no
gun could be found loaded, and after
tossing the dogs around over the
meadow with apparent ease he
crossed over to near Harper Wolford's
on the creek and made his escape in
the jungle. hotly pursued by dozen
or more men and dogs with short
breath and fast beating hearts,
Hampshire Review.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25
PAINTED HIS OWN FENCE.
Why the WORK Might Have Been Done
Better by a Professional.

Why the WORK Might Have Been Done
Better by Professional.
Louis Weis who recently huek =
home in Virginia place, East st. Louis.
Is willing to acknowledge that there
are a Jew things a professional can
10 hetter than an amateur. One OF
them is painting a fence. The next
time Mr.. Weis has any billboard deco
rating to do he will hire man. Il
happened this way:
Last Monday night Mr. Weis had a
little spare time on his hands. The
back fence was In need of kalsOmine,
and, after purchasing can Of paint
for 81 and a brush for so cents, he
started in to do the Job. It was then
about Z o'clock. and Mr.. Weis re-
marked to his better half that he
would have the twenty-five feet Of
boarding properly dyed in about
three shakes of a sleeps TAIL" TNo
sun went down and the supper hour
passed, but Mr.. Weis went on paint
ing. It was too early for the moon
to rise. and. as it seemed necessary
to complete the job, Mrs. Weis Of
fered to hold lamp while Mr.. Weis
painted.
The neighbors, attracted by the un.
usual scene, went over to investigate.
thinking perhaps burglars were at
work. Most Of them remained to cri-
ucise, extol or offer suggestions. Mr..
Weis went on painting. At midnight
the Job was finished, and Mr.. Weis
took an inventory. He found that he
had ruined one $25 suit Of clothes and
one $40 dress belonging to Mrs. Weis,
not to mention the damage suffered
by his temper A painter would have
cost about 81 to do it right-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25
Mysterious Shower Of Pennies.

London street and Norfolk square.
Paddington, are agitated over the do
ings Of mysterious person-whether
man or woman is not known-who
every morning scatters shower of
pennies on the roadway, says the Lon.
don Evening Standard.
Shopboys and school children, natur.
ally, are delighted. Small bullets, or
swan shot, three-eighths of an inch in
diameter and Of quite a respectable
weight, have been mixed with the
money. A popularity of the mystery
is that each coin bears strange in
dentation, as though it had been hit
by a trigger. All the efforts made to
discover the person have failed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25
WEALTH FROM JUNK.
Thieves Reaplno Harvest From San
Francisco Ruins.

uolVVe0 neaPin0 0arveSt ESo" %"
Francisco Ruins.
Copper wire to the value Of $500 was
stolen from the Postal Telegraph
company's former Office about II
o'clock Wednesday night, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. A gang of i've
men carried fifteen coils of wire to a
wagon, which was driven by member
Of the gang, and before the arrival OF
q 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 q well or.
ganized band of junk thieves, who dis
eliminate 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, a.
ter selecting such pieces Of junk %
will command the highest price, cast it
into the street. It 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-
lions are piled In the courtyard In the
rear of the police headquarters at tho
Lowell high school. In the days I'M
mediately following the fire the police
conhscated quantities Of junk and
made great number Of arrests. The
men arraigned in the police courts are
fined nominal sum, which Is quickly
paid.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25
Snake That Looked Like a Loo.

Snake That Looked Like Log.
A snake fifteen feet two inches in
length by actual measurement was
killed yesterday near Dallastown BY
Adam Grove.
Mr.. Grove was driving in the river
hills near Crayloyville with a two,
horse team when he encountered what
he supposed vas piece Of timber in
the road. Tho wagon passed over 4
and he noticed that the supposed
piece Of wood squirmed and coilsd
like . snake, which upon investiga,
don he found It to be. He killed Il
and took It home with him.
The specimen is now the object Of
much interest in the vicinity of Dial.
lastown, as its extraordinary leagtA
q without president In this section
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25
Don't Make Butter.

But sell your cream to Whites
Ice Cream factory, where you
are guaranteed the highest
prices, and where you can have
the spot cash on delivery if you
want it. They are in a position
t. save you money.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25

the lad and had a photograph Of
it taken. Hundreds OF fish are
being caught at the dam every
day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25

The Minot cigar factory was
robbed Of 800 worth OF leaf to-,
I acco by somebodySunday night
who entered the factory by un-
locking the rear door with a
skeleton key. The factory was
was working ten persons, but be-
ing short OF tobacco was COM
PEELED to lay off a number OF en-
ployes temporarily.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1907-04-25

Bernard Balerud caught a
pickerel at the 500 dam Sunday,
which weighed 15X lbs. and was
80 inches long. Alderman Geo.
Burke bought the big fish from
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07

Bates county is complaining
of a shortage of school teachers.
There are not enough to supply
the demand there.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07
The Negro Menace

Is it good policy or good tao
tics to try to longer concea the
tact that Kansas City has With,
il its gates a negro question:?
Il is Il are day or rather night
met paS-es here without some
negro or negroes robblng or at
'empting to rob some man,
woman or girl, Accol ding to pop
ulation the negro, are In great
minority here but give the pol
icy more trouble and commit
more crime in a week than any
ten whites Kansas City Post.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07
Town Torn By Tornado

Little Rock, Arkansas, March
2 Over one hundred hou Ses
were destroyed, two persons
killed and one probably fatally
injured at Washington, he
county seat of Hemstead county
in the cyclone that struck the
town Thursday night.
The cyclone, which swept the
town in a heavy rdinstorn, list.
ed but short time, aud spent
all its fury in the south par! of
Washington All telegraph wires
between Washington and H ,pe
were torn down, and the first
news of the cyclone was rece'v-
ed here last evening.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07
Takes Poison

Palmyra, Mo March 2.-Ltte
Yesterday afternoon, Mrs Cha,
Habig, the wife of a youlg
farmer, living one. half mile east
OF this city, was attacked with
severe pains and became uncol.
ciouS before her husband cou 4
summon a doctor. Wnen she r.
covered she said she hal t,kea
paris green. She is still AIlve.
About year ago one of Her
children. Il little by, . years
old, was killed by a horse. aud
it is thought that brooding over
death has aft cled her mind.
Later, she died
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07
Slight Mistake :

Ms. Rachel Foster Avery,
the noted woman suffdge leader.
was talking in Philadelphia
about divorce.
I'LL temper is at the root OF
divorce" Mrs. Avery said Men
and women are not so vicious as
some people think Impatient
causes more divorces than i'm
morality.
when I was living in PITTS
burg 1 called one day on a GER
tain married woman &c.,.
"At dinner i'm" u,vf hostess
rang for tn m I'd Sn" said:
MARY is that MT Brow -
downstairs? | though l hedru
him just now.
Nom Mary Answered. That
wuz the dawg what wuz grow
lin ID nver New.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07

take in washing while he sat
arr und and admired her. His
love kept her in the suds all
the time Finally she got tired
of chasing underbreeches up
and down the family washboard
just for the sake of love and
she appealed to the courts tor
less suds. 1t is hard to please a
woman. anyway.-Ex
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07
even though his wife's hair is
r-auburn k. G. Post.
Roll of Honor.

For Monroe City Public School
for 9TH month.
Grade Rat Adkin,, J.wel
Drescher, John Frazer, Robert
Hord, Dee James, Aeen Orr.
Grade 2 Charlid Billiard,
Willie Evans, Lucille Fo:sythe,
Cora Ruth Hawkins. juliet
Marshall, Leila MCGEE, Mauriue
Pollock, Dorothy Patterson.
Theodore Rohn. Travis Willis,
Mary Dirigo, Pearl Walton,
Virginia Bailey, Viva Young.
Grade 3. Georgia Bailey,
Moss Jaeger, Bert Emerson.
Grade 4 Mabel Hawkins,
PIul Kern, Baxter Bond.
Grade 5. Neva Hawkins,
Earl Brownell, Harold Jayne,
Berta Nolen, Robert Sickles,
Lula Werner.
Grade 6 Berta Naegelin,
Gladys Willis.
Grade Z. Elua Boulware,
Virgie Evans, Nora Jamison.
Lucy Kern.
Grade s. Rollin Limric, Mil.
dred Buell..
CHAS B HUGLEY,
Superintendent.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07
Early Brood

Mrs. ] M. Redden who lives
near the M K & #. round house
is boasting of an early brood of
chickens OF course this is not
poultry journal but such a
fact is we'll worth recording
this early in the season.
1t is very seldom that chick
ems are had at this period of
the year, There we're twenty.
five chickens in the first brood.
Hannibal Journal of Thursday
Shoe that's nothing, the ladies
in and around Monroe had been
putting out chickens for a
month and they we're not of the
incubator variety either.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07
We'll Spoken!

indicative Of The tim s and
the Disappearance 81 all rancor~
growing out oEcivil strife of the
sixries. the leading ed,torea IL
a recent issue of The Milwau.
kee Sentinel upnn Ro pert e
Lee, SAYS.
i is no longer correct for the
South alone 10 claim Robert
e Lee the nation claims him.
Robert E Lee was of the Wash
ington type. His life in the Amer.
lean army, including his service
at West Point, from 1926 to 1861
was without spot, or blem ish.
He lovyd truth for truths sake
He was ever manly man, yet
gentle as woman, as great
men usually are: genuine, prac-
tiaal Chriatlan every day in
the week. a lover of his kind,
such a man as all parents would
have their children look up to
as an example,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07

Jefferson CITY, Feb. % 60
enor Folk at 4;45 p. m. signed
the 2 cent fare bill, which pro.
vides for 2 cent railroad fare on
all railroads in the state except
unimportaut branch lines, The
law goes into effect so days after
the Adjournment of the leRisla.
ture, which will make It early 10
June.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07

An Omaha wife has secured
a divorce because her husband
loved her too much. he was so
passionately tond Of her that
be couldn't beargto leave her.
The fsshlt was that she had to
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07

W, @, T. U. meeting at Mrs
Josephine Grfjth's next Tues,
day at 2:30
The Loyal Temperance Lee
gion will meet next Sunday af-
ternoon in the Methodist church
Immediately following the Ju
Nor League
The new manuals contain so
much of value to white ribbon.
ers that no member of the W. G.
4. Uv"can'afford to neglect their
study and Miss Anna A Gordon
writes you cannot emphasize
more urgently than we do the
need of systematic study not on
ly in the L. T. L., but in the
W. G. T. U and Y. unions and
if altogether they would MAKE
use of the temperance manuals
the results would be most help
full" The sentiment of our
union in regard TO the Loyal
Temperance Legion, should be
what we can do, we ought to
do: Wha, we ought to do by the
grace Of God, we will do.
Our Senate al Washington has
at A>t decided that Apostle
Reed Snuot is entitled to his
seal While we are deeply nu
inflated that one OF our Nj,
souri, Senators. Mr., Warner.
voted to retain him, we are
doubly proud that our other
Senator. Mr. Stone, voted
against him. Let no one think
that women Of the country will
cease their Efforts even if Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Hon G W.
Fairbanks, vice president, are 10
sympathy with the Mormous.
We shall go on until in our fed
eral constitution, there shall he
embodied an amendment which
will forever prohibit polygamy.
The following facts were Civ
en- by Rev. @. H Briggs, in St.
Louis Advocate.
THE MAIDEN TRAGEDY.
Nearly three years ago in
local option campaign, Dunklin
County went "iry" by about
thousand majority. A few
months ago a DR.. Bronnon To-
Gated distillery just outside of
Maiden in New Madrid Co. It
became, SO demoralizing that
Judge Frost issued, an injunc-
tion against it as nuisance.
Feb. l6 Bronnon walked, into
DIR. Beall's Office fred two shots
into the body of Mr. Cox and
three into the head of DR.. Beall
killing both mah. Toward mid.
night oficers;tstarted to- take
the murderer to the county seat
tor safe keeping when some uu.
known person shot and killed
the prisoner"
]. 8. Conway took in the vii. |
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07
Good Boy

At asst, lhe commissioner
RIfe Leake has built side walk
from the one an the street TO The
minera welt and p dcei Mat
form there that will hold a
dozen people under the shade.
not of the old apple tree, but of
the big dry water tank
Now If RATE or some other
city official will see that the
pump is kept IN first claus shape
the Lord will furnish the wind
and then, Johnnie fiji up the
nowl AGAIN" for we can all get
full.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07

Bates county is complaining
of shortage of school teachers.
There are not enough TO supply
the demand there.
A Middletown editor says
five million dollar capitol build.
ing at Jefferson City would
bring to mind Bob Ingersoll's
compa rison of a diamond stud
in dirty shirt.
During the recent zero wealth
err an automatic burglar alarm
sounded in a bank at Jamesport.
When the shivering officers ar
rived they foun that a sheet of
ice lad fallen from a cornice
next door and struck the alarm.
Fred H, Nelson OF Mlndon
says there Is nothing to beat
gasoline for a quick fire. He
used gasoline instead of coal
OH to start a fire the other
morning and the explosion blew
the door off the stove and
knocked him down. He is 60
my around now with a number
If bruises and minus eyebrows
"r eyeiashes
A man named Wiseman, near
haywood, tamped corn ia teed
mill hopper with his foot. ands
of course his foot was caught ia
the machinery. The Marion p,
vile Free Press says it is
tossup whether it would be
worse to say something bout
his grinding the cora on ms
foot" or his act belying the
came of Wisemau
When on see an item il the
Hty papers pokink fun at the
country editor for printing news
,bout John Jones n W barn, you
iced n It laugh. for the country
-dilor dnds this a great deal
moe important than two
column story in the same city
Italy describing the trimming
IN the gowns of the Duchess Of
"HeetOarrow. The latter is
very amusing to me country
-dilor. for he knows the duchess
will never see the article, while
Jnhn Jones and many Of his
neighbors take aud pay for the
paper which mentioned his new
barn. M. II. Snoderly of the
Camden Point Bee says you
need not waste your pity on the
cOuntry newspaper worker. He
will get along all right.
Giving au account of his
eighth wedding anniversary the
editor of the Bison Bee says:
Eight years ago today one OF
the greatest, gawklest, farmer
boys that ever resided in Rus h
county hitched up the old gray
horse TO his buggy aud drove to
the girls place, took her over
to Larued. where he bought a
little piece of paper, and fell
low wrote little on thar paper,
said a few words and charged
him five dollars This seemed
like rather an expensive piece /
of paper, but the lad was salts. |
fed. for he had lawfully chang !
ed his best girl 10 his wife. aud |
she was the best wife he had !
ever had. After these eight |
years of double life we are glad
to say that weiare neither gray
haaAaH NOR hald haa,tAA - |
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07

Through the courtesy of the
DEMOCRAT this space is reserv.
for the W. @. T. U. 1t is
dited by Ella L. Shearman,
District Press Superintendent
# the W. @. T. u, who is re-
sporsible for all statements
v hich appear in this column.
Our Watchwords: Organize,
Educate, Agitate.
OUR PRINCIPLES.
Total abstinence, Prohibition
of the liquor traffic, One stand
ard of morals for men and WON
en-. The education of public
sentiment for right.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07

]. s, Conway took in the vii.
lage by the bic spring FRIDAY.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07
Missouri Notes

Wishing to be right up to.date
a Hume young woman spells
her name "Karrye."
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-03-07

Miss B rdle JACKSON left for
the Future Gre4, Friday "a re-,
maia throlgh the millinery s>a-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-06

The stoci.men from al through th'
Ohio Valley the cattle show Of th'
jialf II 1904 promises sobeitss aaesa
.oisany eaF
Tile nutnbet Of EN- fies Willie gre at;
lei, and from pre sent indications me
stock put on display this geaf VIZ y i y Re
superior to thai II any previous year
There win be Ayrshires Holsteins and
.HeretordsSby the score and the judges
win have harder work this year than
ever before to- make their decisions.
The entrieswfil come from a wide ter.
ritory and men all over this country
having good stock are bringing II to
the wheeling fair.
New sheds and pawiliops have been
built for the stock this year and the
accommoda will be better than
ever before. The carpenters started
towork on the new sheds some weeks
ago, and they Willie Of the best pos,
sible construction.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-06
NOTICE TO LIEN HOLDERS.

To all persons holding liens by judg.
ment or otherwise on the real es-
tate, or any part thereof, of George
D. Gifin, and Ida L. Giffin, his wife,
George D. Giffin, doing business I'M
der the firm name Of George D. Gift
fin and Company:
In pursuance of a decree Of the Cir
cult Court Of Marion county, made in
a cause therein pending, to subject
the real estate of said George D. Gifin,
Ida L. Gifln, George D. Giffin, doing
business as George D. Giffin and Com
pany, to the satisfaction of the liens
thereon, you are required to present
all clans held by you and each of you
against the said George D. Glfln, Ida
L. Gifln and George D. Giffin, which
are liens on their real estate, or any
part of it, for adjudication to me, at
my Office in the city OF FaIrmont in
Marion county, West Virginia, on or
before the 18th day Of August, 1907.
Given under my hand this, the 18th
day of July, 1907.
THOMAS N. PARKS,
Commissioner.
July 1s, %, 80, Aug. 6.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-06
NEWSY NOTES FROM RURAL towns

~, "a ~ sl a. II X u
ihg. was sting tamiiy Sunday:
Mis- Evelyn PIicl ~ Montana,
Vas visiting her sister; Mrs. Charles
il, Hoult, the past few days. jss
Jas b. Bowman's family had as
guests saturday and Sunday his moth.
81. Mrs. Elizabeth Bowman, Of Little
Falls, and Mr. Henry Polling and ststeF,
Miss Clara, Of opekiska.
Mr.. and Mrs. chas. R. Hall had as
guests Sunday, VIII Trippett and wife,
Of Rlyesville.
omer Bunner is circulating among
friends here.
Mr.. Sutton, the lockman, has some
guests whose names we did not learn.
Thanks, Mr.. Lone Star, for your az.
tentions or intentions as the case may
be. II we knew the particular brand
that causes you to break into such
beautiful verse, we'd buy quart and
become rival of Poe or Kiplihg. The
Lone Star once accused your CORE
spondent OF writing poetry that did not
rhyme, although a chap named Shake
speare had that fault. Lone Stars poe
try rhymes o. H. but the meter has
delrium tremens. FRITZ.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-08-06
BURGLAR GOT A
BIG SCARE
STEPPED ON A WOMAN WHILE
HUNTING FOR ROLL OF
MONEY.

WHEELING, Aug. G.-Bruglars at.
tempting to rob a foreign boarding
house on Clark street, Martins Ferry,
at an early hour Monday morning, had
their plans frustrated because one Of
the gang, in huting for a roll Of bills
containing something over 5000, step.
ped on the wife Of the proprietor Of
the boarding house, who, with her baby
had made their bed on the floor.
The proprietor Of the house, whose
name the Martins Ferry police coald
not give, with his wife and baby oc'
cupy a room on the first floor of the
building aid their bed shuts off about
two-thirds of the window, leaving a
space open about IS inches wide. In
the same room, near the bed, is a bic
box containing clothing and in this the
proprietor has been in the habit Of
keeping his money
Last night, however, he took the pre-
caution of placing the roll Of bills I'M
der his pillow. A friend was sleeping
with the proprietor over night and the
wife and baby slept on the floor. About
half past one o'clock some person en-
tered the small space in the window
left open and tried to get the money.
The lamp was burning low, but the
burglar evidently did not notice the
members of the family on the floor
for in walking about the box he step
ped on the woman.
Instantly shey raised up and said:
George, what are yoa doing?" This
frightened the burglar, for he blew Out
the lamp and dived head first through
the window. He made good his es
cape for the proprietor, VINO immedt
ately got out, could find no trace o.
Of the party.
officer Peter Reddy was notliep TINS
morning of the attempted robbery, and
in an investigation, found the burglar
had left his cap behind 1t was evident
ly the property of foreigner who
worked in the Laughlin tin house, foI
there was sawdust and other stuff IN
the folds of the cap that must have
come from the timing department
The police believe the robbers were
foreigners, friends of the boardin:
house man, who knew his habits ant
we're also aware Of the fact that he
had a large sum of money in the boz
Of clothing at might.