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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31
LIKES TALK OF AMERICANS.
English Paper, However, Not Able y
Distinguish What ls Slang.

English Paper, However, Not Able %
Distinguish What Is Slang.
Henry Arthur Jones has our support
in his eulogy of the American Ian.
guage. says the London Globe. "Amer.
lean colloquial language" he says. lis
racier than ours, has more bite and
sting and swarms with lusty young
idioms struck off red hot with vital
ity."
That is the secret of the beauty OF
American. 1t is, to employ it for the
moment, a real, live tongue, hitting
you where you live, and all wool right
through. English sounds insipid and
tame after it, though to do us justice,
we are gradually assimilatiug Ameri-
can idioms and working them into the
fabric of our speech. 1t is becoming
quite common to hear people say they
can not stand for" a thing, when a
few years back they would have said
simply stand" One hears. too, Of a
thing as being soft proposition or
a tough proposition"
It seems to us that there Is more
humor in American colloquialisms.
One somehow feels that the man who
invented them must have been a
pleasant fellow. The English COLO
quialism too often suggests the public
house. One should distinguish. how.
ever, between the colloQuialisms Of
America and it's slang. The slang may
be shade too racy even for those
who like the colloquialisms. We have
known men who liked to affect the
American idiom In their conversation
being as baffied by the works Of
George AIDE as was Andrew Lang when
reviewing that writer's Fables in
Slang"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31
|C|R[ MURDERED BY FORMER lover
Youth Carries out Threat Made Last Summer Webera
Kills Woman Who Refused to Return His Love-

his attentions upon the girl for a long
time, but she would have nothing more
to do with him, and told him SO.
Father Was Insane.
His plea will undoubtedly be insan.
ity. as his father went insane and was
confined in the asylum at Jamestown.
Miss Englrud was a bright young
woman nearly eighteen years Of age, of
prepossessing appearance. and an
orphan. She has number of near Eel.
atives in Fairdale.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31
Harvester Quiz IL On.

Washington, Jan. q. - Under the
terms of the Hansbrough resolution
the secretary of commerce and labor
announced yesterday that the bureau
Of corporations had begun an investi'
CATION of the harvester trust. The In.
uuiry will be made with great thor
Oughness.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31
GIRL sToRmeouNo A WEEK.
Keeps Warm and Well Fed in Shack,
But lt,e Monotonous,

Keeps warm ana WStI req W ohdeks
But IT'S Monotonous,
Miss Ida Crawford, who has a claim
near jamestown. started for It just be-
fore the big storm and had quite an
experience. She reached her shack,
nine miles south of Cleveland, Just be-
fore the storm broke. and the weather
was so terrific that she was unable to
leave the house for week. Forth
nately she had an ample supply OF
fuel and provisions, but the loneliness
and monotony of her situation preyed
heavily upon her mind. Finally Rep
resentative Will Sinclair, who lives
several miles away came blowing
through the huge drifts with a four
horse team to see II she was alive. and
took her away with him.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31

Bruised Finger Causes Death.
Fergus Falls. Mimi. Jan. n. Il
Stierno. a well known farmer Of tina
town Of Otto. died fren blood poison
ing, resulting from bruised finger.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31

The chapel and choir building at
tached to the Domfaioan convent Of
the Perpetual Rosary at Irvington,
Md, was burned. There were NO cas-.
uaaties.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31
Alton Has Another Fire.

Alton Has Another Fire.
Aelon, Iowa, Jan. 27.-For the sec;
ond time within fortnight Aften has
been visited by a destructive fire,
which broke out in the two-story brick
building occupied by 9. N. Creech as
a. general store. This building and its
contents were entirely destroyed. The
loss IL estimated at $4,000
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31
Burglars Get Bio Booty.

Burglars Get Big Booty.
Menominee, Mich, Jan. %. - The
Grand department store was entered
by burglars last night and several
hundred dollars worth of jewelry and
clothing was stolen. Two suspects
were placed under arrest after q sharp
fight.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31
1T iorth Dakota
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~ uD0lnS q 81
Bathgate has secured fifty tons of
soft coal.
Walcott reports full stocks OF coal
on hand.
Three blind piggers at Devils Lake
pleaded guilty.
George SCHNEIDER is the new city
marshal at Kuhn.
The dog poisoner has been at work
at New Rockford.
The boys Of Tagus are having great
sport walking on skis.
Sivert Fossum has been made vii.
lage marshal at Flaxton.
James Wedd of Sheyenne has pur-
chased a drug store at McHenry.
The Northwestern telephone line is
cow ready for business at Sharon.
The new depot at Devils Lake will
Sc ready for occupancy about Feb. 1.
The State Bank of Hoople has in
creased its capital from $4,000 to
$4,000.
Clay Larimore has been reelected
president Of the Elk Valley bank at
Larimore.
Wheelock has organized five hun
bred" club with a membership Of twen-
ty-four.
The school house at Crary is too
small for the number of pupils desir.
ing to attend.
People from Kramer have driven
over to Deep and secured coal to help
out the situation.
The sale of linament has increased
300 per cent in Conway since the roller
skating rink opened.
Supt. Weiland of the electric light
plant at Park River had his hand bad.
" hurt the other day.
Fred Havestrow of Rugby has been
bound over on the charge of selling
mortgaged property.
A Balfour Blind pigger was given
ninety days in Jail and 5000 fine by
Judge Kline of Towner.
Matt Well was convicted Of the il
legal sale of liquor at Lisbon and re-
ceived the usual sentence.
Four car loads of coal arrived for
Devils Lake and five for points on the
Farmers railroad recently.
The 500 line gladdened the hearts Of
the people of Braddock by bringing in
six or seven carloads of coal.
The New Rockford business men
have agreed to close their doors at =
o'clock from Jan. to April l.
Forty-nine cars Of coal have been
ordered at Granville since Oct. 1, but
not a car of coal has yet arrived.
The enrolment in the Walhalla
scho 'is for December was 162. and
The per cent Of attendance was 81.
Farmers near Tolley are hauling
coal from the mines. twenty and
thirty miles away, in order to keep
warm.
A. T. Miller, living ten miles south
west of Bantry, is heating up with
straw burner, as he has run out OF
coal.
The Towner Telephone company
won franchise in that city and the
council ask percent of the net earn
ings.
The people of Bantry can secure all
the wood they need by going to the
old Fox farm. nine miles southeast OF
that place.
Mr.. Banks had great party at his
ranch, near Stroud, the other night,
and it is reported as one of the great
events of Mckenzie county.
O. H. Larson of Bue Is secretary OF
the Farmers Insurance Company of
Nelson county, and reports that it did
a large business last year.
A new board Of directors has been
named for the Farmers Telephone
line at Barlow, and it is expected that
several new lines will be built.
The people of New Rockford found
that there were five carloads of coal
af nivido a siding ak miles north of
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31
Would Abolish Grand Jury.

Would Nootten VFSst0 July.
Springfield. ILL.,. Jan. ga bill abol
fishing the grand jury system has been
introduced by Representative John p.
McGorty and Is expected to be the
subject Of much debate among the
lawyers of the house when it comes
up fef consideration.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31

lVAOS OF coal.
The elevator at Buford can now re.
ceive grain.
The Balfour school board secured q
carload Of Ignite.
Crosby and Imperial are having a
whist tournament.
The Northern Pacific road is block.
ed west of Minor.
Maxbass is planning for a crack
baseball club next spring.
A heating plant will be placed in the
court house at Glendale.
Aid Paalson's new home ut Valley
City will cost about $4,000.
All the insurance has been adjusted
in consequence of the fire at Wimble.
don.
A temporary star mail route has
been established between Mylo and
Bisbee.
The GIano band boys have again
commenced practising for the coming
summer.
The Northern Pacific has agreed to
lay new cement sidewalk toNas depot
III Minor.
The pos1officc at Kelvin has been de-
stroNed by fire. This office is located
north of Dunseith.
]. H. Smith is the president of the
First National Bank of Crary and the
surplus is $1,000.
Ed T. Strommen, the mayor of
Tunbridge, gave a very pleasant stag
party the other night.
George f. Wallace has been made
superintendent of the Methodist Sun.
day school at Wahpeton.
4
The Northern Trust Company Of
Fargo secures the bonding of the coun.
ty officers of Dickey county.
The surplus account of the First Ma.
tional Bank of Hannaford has been in.
creased from $4,000 to $4,000.
The First National Bank of Minor
elected H. H. Berg president and re-
ports satisfactory business.
Charles Hollingshead of Valley City
was seriously stabbed by Sam DANES.
who was held under $4,000 bonds.
E. j. Harrington of Fargo has the
contract for the steam heating plant in
st. Mary's parsonage at Sheldon.
The farmers have subscribed $4,000
toward building an elevator at Lear
with capacity of $4,000 bushels.
The citizens of Plaza have to pay
for bringing their mail from Berthold.
as the railroads fail to get it there.
George Whiting of Omemee has &C.
copied a position with the Northwest
ern Thresher company at Aberneen.
Sykeston has a new Congregational
church costing $4,000, with a seating
capacity of 618; 1t was built of cement.
The Ransom County immigration
association has bought Of the Hag-
CERT estate section II in Watson town.
ship.
Two 8,0O0-gallon oil tanks of the
Standard Oil company are located at
Oberon, which supply the surrounding
towns.
The rural mail carriers in the vicfn
ity Of Bathgate are having a hard time
to make their trips because of the
deep snow.
The Minor National bank reelected
d. F. Vail president, declared 6 per
cent dividend and carried 1900 more
over TO surplus.
George Lowne Of Towner is claimed
to be the champion bowler in the
northern part Of the state, having
made a record of 1919.
The $4,000 accident policy On the life
of w. H. Danielson, who was killed at
Enderlin, was taken out only week
before the accident.
The president Of the commercial
club at Plaza has ordered the blind
pigs closed. This is new move for
such organizations to take.
Receiver Fox of the Minot landofhee
is receiving many applications from
settlers who want more time to estab-
lish q residence on their claim.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31
injured in Collision.

Bedford. Ind. Jan. 7.-In head-on
collision near here yesterday mum.
Ter of persons were injured.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31

Two Tralnmen Killed.
I3oufton, Me-. Jan. 2.-Two train
men were killed and one was serious.
II uttered In q head.on collision.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31

A. e. Peltier found a man in his
store the other night who said that he
had found the door unlocked, but when
the proprietor insisted by the point Of
gun that he return key which Mr..
Peltier had lost some time ago, the
article was forthcoming. and thus the
Incident ended.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31

Judge Hall of Eddy county has Is
sued license to two Indians who de
sire to get married on the American
plan. Their names were Steven Pha
xastepa and Miss Hawastewin.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-01-31

uG 9O,UOV dCNAuOAL pOAANy Oh SuO 4AAS
of w. H. Danielson, who was killed at
Enderlin, was taken out only a week
before the accident.
The president OF the commercial
club at Plaza has ordered the blind
pigs closed. This is new move for
such organizations to take.
Receiver Fox of the Minot landodiee
is receiving many applications from
settlers who want more time to estab-
lish residence on their claim
The postofices have been discontin.
ued at both Kermit and Knoff, in Will.
Jams county, and that leaves the near
est Office at Columbus. fifteen miles
away.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. M. Trip Of Center
celebrated the twenty-fifth anniversary
of their wedding recently and received
many valuable presents.
The heavy SHOWS in the northern
part of the state will make a strong de.
mand for hay, in order to keep the
stock through the winter.
The bachelors Of Wishek enjoyed .
banquet at the hotel in that city the
other night and the toasts are reported
to have been very unique.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27
SWIMMING MADE EASY.

is adapted to be carried on the back
OF the swimmer. In tbs box is "A
motor, which Is used to drive the
propeller, situated in the rear of the
box. On each side of the latter are
bags for keeping the appartus and
the swimmer afoat. The apparatus
Is made as light as possible, and
every precaution taken to insure tn ,
perfect working of the motor unde,
water. OF course the swimmer. after
the motor has started, can very
readily steer any course he desires
by means of the hands and arms,
Attachments are also provided for
regulating the speed through the
water. A good distance can be coy
cred, even by a novice, being regu-
lated by the size of the fuel tank.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27
WORKING GIRLS IN A CITY.
The Type Who VIII be Successful
And the One TO Stay At Home.

There are several sorts of girls who
should not attempt to come to a
large city to earn their living.
One is the sweetly dependent girl
the girl for whom the folks at home
particularly an adoring circle of men
have always fetched and carried.
The girl who is sentimental or
tc make when she comes into the
city. Those who have positions to
offer want the best possible service
for the money they are paying. They
do not ask why you are earning
your living, nor will they express
the idea that 1t is noble of you to
support your mother.
They may find that out in time and
respect you the more for 1t, but the
great question in their mind is Can
she do the work." "Will she keep
our interests uppermost in her mind
There are hundreds of harassed,
nerveworn employers in every large
city who are willing to pay salaries
to girls who know how to spell and
punctuate, and are willing to take an
interest in the business. But they
haven't single moment for the SEN
timental, supersensitive girl.
The girl who gives as little work
as possible for the money she receives
had better not attempt to live in a
large city or she who feels that a
salary of six or eight dollars entities
her to do half-hearted work
The girl who has not plenty Of
good clothes and little sum of mo-
ney saved to tide her over the per-
iod of waiting a position had better
give up the idea of coming to
large city until she has acquired
both.
But the girl who has trade at her
finger tips who has come to realize
that in her home town she can rise
no higher If she is an expert steno-
grapher or book-keeper and can keep
the affairs of her employer locked
In her breast, who has neat clothes
and some money, If she has faith in
herself as n worker, she will make
a much better living and have better
opportunities in the large city than
would be possible in the small town.
Philadelphia Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27
Japan's Empress A Teacher.

1t was Haru-Ko who first suggested
to the emperor what is unknown ir
oriental history, "the equality of men
and women" With her own money,
she sends every year five of the
most talented woman of the land to
study in an American university, and
these ladies are officially known as
the empress's proteges. Accord
ingly to her wishes. primary and Sec
ondary schools have been established
H. all the principal towns. A col
lege has been founded which does
not exist in any other country, and
In which the empress takes the keen
est inteest, manly, a school for
noblmen's daughters. To become a
lady-in-waiting, or take any part in
court life, 1t is necessary to have
been pupil at this school, and the
curriculum comprises all the arts,
from painting and poetry to needle
and household work. Court eti-
quette in Japan is quite a science
apart. 1t must be commenced be-
tween the ages of ten and eleven,
being long and complicated.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27
They Stand Alone.

Standing out in bold relief, all alone,
and as CONSPICUOUS example of open,
frank and honest dealing with the sick
and afflicted, are DR.. Pierce's Favorte
Prescription for weak, over-worked, de-
bilitated, nervous, "run-down,n pain
racked women, and DIR, Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, the famous remedy
for weak stomach, indigestion, or dys-
pepsia, torpid liver, or biliousness, all
catarrhal affections whether of the
stomach, bowels, kidneys, bladder,
nasal passages, throat, bronchia, or
other mucous passages, also as an effec-
tive remedy for all diseases arising from
thin, watery or impure blood, as scrofu-
lous and skin affections.
Each bottle OF the above medicines
bears upon its wrapper badge of hon
esty In the full list of ingredients COM
posing it-pyinted in plain EngIiSh.
This frank and open publicity places
these medicines IN a class all 6y them
SelveS, and is strong guaranty of their
merits. They cannot be classed as
patent nor secret medicines for they
are neither-befng Of knOaOn comb0S2ton.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cure
constipation, headache and biliousness.
In yials, a convenient vest-pocket
remedy,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27

Fishermen are almost unanimous
i'll their assertion that the six inch
limit is too large by an inch. They
point out that the creeks are full of
trout five and a half inches long,
and that it is no trick at all to
catch them, and that if they were
allowed to keep the five inch trout
they could have dead loads of fun.
The truth of the matter is, the law
was passed to protect the fish, not
to enable fishermen to have fun. If
the law fixed the limit at FIVE inches
instead of six, all the five inch
trout would have been caught long
ago, and there would be nothing
but the four and a half inch fellows
LETT by this time. The story about
hooked trout all dying is also effect
ually discredited by the fishermen
themselves. They all catch enor-
nous numbers of five inch trout,
and as all fishermen are law abid-
ing, they throw them all back.
Now, IT they all died as has been
asserted, the creeks would be de-
void Of fish. The situation points
plainly to the fact that at least
ninety per cent of the short fish
caught and thrown back, survive to
bite the hook of the next angler
who comes along.
To paraphrase a we'll known
couplet, we will say:
The fish that bites, and gets away
Will live to bite another day"
Our devil says that he can inir
prove Oh this, and here is his con
tributiop
The fish that bites, and off does squirm,
Will live to chaw another worm"
-DUsh0re Revie7c.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27

girls as is the Jumper blouse for
their elders and here Is an exceed
ingly charming little frock that ex-
emplifies the style peculiarly we'll.
In this case 1t Is made of plaid
French gingham and LIS trimmed with
a simple binding, but any of the
heavier weight materials can be
used, 1t Is worn over a white guimpe.
The model, however, is one of those
useful ones that can be converted
from simple morning frock to one
adapted to afternoon wear as one
material or another In chosen, the
design lending Itself to almost all
occasions.
The dress consists of the waist and
the skirt. The waist is gathered at
the lower edge and Joined to a belt
while 1t is held in place by means of
straps and is laid in backward turn
ing plaits.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27
The Child Who Contradicts.

A natural habit of every child is
to contradict, and this should be
overcome as soon as a boy or a girl
developes 1t. for of all disagreea BILE
and overbearing persons those who
aggressively contradict are among
the worst. Parents cannot be too
particular In teaching their sons and
daughters to disagree courteously
which Is not at all incompatible with
doing 1t positively. II beg your par
don, but you are mistaken" IA quite
as much Of contradiction as say
Ing 1T isn't" and It Is far better
manners. II think you are mistak-
en-" Is another way Of expressing the
opinion. A mother need not be
afraid of making her child a pris
by teaching him such little things.
They are as important to him as Q
knowledge Of how to speak gram
matically.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27
Spanish Sheen.

There are said to be 10000, 900
migratory sheep in Spain which
travel on occasions as much as 200
miles from the plains 10 the noun
tains. They are known as trans
humanates, and their march, rest
ing places and behavior are govern
ed by special regulations dating
from the fourteenth century. At GER
tain times no one may travel the
same route as the sheep, which have
the right to Craze on all open and
common land on the way.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27
LATEST AID TO SWIMMING.
A Means by Which the Timid Wo'
man May Learn to Swim.

Because a person cannot swim Is
no excuse now for not venturing into
deep water--if he uses the electric
propelling machine shown in the IL
lustration. This machine does the
work for him and can be used as u
lile-saving apparatus or an automatic
swimming machine.
The main body or case of the APP
paratus consists of light aluminium
box about twenty inches high. which
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27
bleaching Panama Hats.

sun-spoiied Panama hats which
have done duty in preceding years
can be given fresh lease OF life at
very little expense. A little Am
erican cornmeal should be procured
and made into a paste with the Juice
of lemon. This should be applied
all over the surface of the hat with
very stiff brush, and then rubbed
of, when a second application should
be made and the paste left to dry on.
If finally the hat is covered with per-
oxide OF hydrogen and bleached in
the open air the renovation should
be complete.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27
A Living Sundial.

In the grounds adjacent to Went
worth Castle, England. is to be seen
a unique sundial. which Is composed
of fine yew tree for the pin. and
closely cropped box bushes for the
Roman figures and borderlngs. It
was planted over 200 years ago, and
Is still In good state OF preserva-
ton. Its timekeeping, moreover,
compares favorably with sundials OF
more modern construction.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1907-06-27

QUICK CHANGES from hot to cold and
back again try strong constitutions and
cause, among other evils, nasal catarrh,
troublesome and offensive disease.
Sneezing and snuffling, coughing and
difficult breathing, and the drip, drip
OF me JoW discharge into the throat
all are ended by Ely's Cream Balm.
This honest and positive remedy con-
tains no cocaine, mercury, nor other
harmful ingredient. The worst cases
are cured in short time. All drug
gists, Soc, or mailed by Ely Bros 56
Warren Street, New York.