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Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-23
An Incomplete Prescription.

A prominent Southern physician,
upon reaching his Office one morning,
found an old negro who had been a
servant in his family standing in the
waiting room The old negro, after
mentioning severalpainful symptoms,
related his usual hard-luck story,
and begged the doctor to prescribe.
The physician filed a small bottle
and said, Take a teaspoonful of this,
Nose, after each meal, and come back
in a day or two if you do not feel
better"
Mars John, I can't take dat
incidence answered Nose.
you will have to take it if you
want to get we'll"
"How'm l gwine take it? Whar'm
I gwine get de meals?"-Woman's
Home Companion.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-23
THE DUTIES OF MERCHANTS
TO THE HOME PAPERS.

In an address before the Corn Belt
Editorial Association, at Storm Lake,
Iowa, Mr.. A. N. Foster, a local mer-
chant delivered a thoughtful address
on the duties Of merchants to home
papers. He said many things that it
will be profitable to call to the at
tention Of the business men Of their
respective cities. Duty and advarl-
tage go together, and it is part Of the
work Of the press to educate its pat
rons as to both. He placed good will
at the first ALLEGATION Of the mer.
chants to the local press and said
If you will pardon me for a person
al illustration, this is what l mean,
partially at lest, by good will. Last
fall for the first time we devoted our
store basement exclusively to Christ
mas toys and novelties. We adver-
tised the fact generally. in the local
papers, but one day l saw one of Il
regular customers coming i'll with a
lot of toys. l asked her if she could
not find what she wanted i'll Il toy
department. "Why," she said,
"have you a toy department. Where
is it?" | asked her if she did not
see our ad. in the papers, and she
said she did not take any papers. l
said to her: "My good lady, if l
were YOU the first thing I would do
would be to go over and subscribe
for one and then read the ads. You
will save your subscription many
times over.' And the best Of it is she
subscribed.
Another duty the merchant owes
the local paper is his patronage. 1t
has been said by those who have
watched the order Of events that no
merchant can succeed without adver-
Using in one way or another, and up
to this day and age of the world no
medium has been found so satisfac-
tory as the newspaper to convey ILL
formation to the public.
And what is advertising but infor-
ming the people what you have to
sell? l say it is the duty OF the mer-
chant, and I would also include the
professional men and mechanics, who
have business Of their own, to pat
ronize the local paper not only by
their subscriptions, but by advertise
ing as we'll. If we help to build up
the papers they will help to build up
tie town and bring to us increased
trade and greater opportunities.
l firmly believe that if a place is
good enough for a man to live IL and
to make his money in it is good
enough for him to spend his money
in, be he an editor, merchant, farmer
or anybody else. Some merchants
have told me they don't believe peo-
pie read their ads, for they don't
see that they get any benefit. Well,
suppose for the sake of argument
people don't read some ads. Whose
fault is 1.-THE newspapers? Not
mach. It is the, mar behind the ad.
1t is a rare exception for the pub
lie not to read anything that is inter
esting. Perhaps we ought to dress up
our ads a little. For example, fifty
men can go down our streets on a
hot day in their shirt sleeves and you
would hardly notice them, but let
just che mar go down dressed in the
height of fashion, and I'll tell you
everybody will sit up and take notice.
Why? Because there is something
about him that attracts. That is
what we ought to do-dress up wi
ads. and make them attractive.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-23
The New Bronirtz War Motor Just
Supplied to the Russian Army.

plating, While Sthe tires have non
puncture proof bands.
The a "a seat fire persons COM
fortably, and has an average speed
of about thirty miles an hour.
Hitherto the difficulty in the use
of motors on service mas been that
they are liable to get out of order
when worked I'VE rough ground.
Here, however, they have solved the
difficulty by fixing motor engines to
both the front and back axles, and by
this means the a can more easily
extricate itself by it's own motive
power out of a ditch or any small de-
pression.-The Sphere.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-23
DEARTH OF CATCH PHRASES.
Cid Ones IiacI1ncyed AID No New
Cnes to Take Their Places.


Ones to Take Their Places.
Song writer's are becoming
alarmed at the continued absence of
a catch phrase" said Mr. Charles
Wilmott, the well-known musical au-
thor. Are we downhearted?" has
had a good innings, but nothing
new, I'm afraid, is likely to turn up
until the pan1omime season. New
phrases have been invented since the
holidays without striking popular
fancy. We had hoped that some of
the seaside pierrots would have de-
vised a fresh phrase. Take, for. ex-
ample, Are we downhearted?' There
are many stories as to the origin of
that phrase, the most authentic. I be-
lieve, being that it was an impromptu
wheeze from the brain of q seaside
pierrot. But the holiday season crop
has failed, and for the first time for
a good many years London is without
its catch phrase. Go to any music
hall, which you must bear in mind is
the quickest reflex of any street
phrase struggling for popularity, and
there is no effective substitute for
Now we sha'n't be long, Where did
you get hat hate Knocked 'em in
the Old Kent road or They're all
very fine and large Whether the
creators of these phrases-each of
them famous in their day-have lost
their originality, Or whether the pub
lie taste is becoming more refined, I
do not know"
The art CT winningthe public fancy
with a catch phrase depends on the
skill of the mar VINO seeks to do so.
y politician may unconsciously coin
a phrase that will cling L him for
ever, such as Mr.. B%alfour's q am q
child in these Matters" Mr.. Winston
Clurcnill's CHRONOLOGICAL inexacti-
tude," and Lord R~osebery's blowing
the lonely furrow." But with q pro
fesstonal Yorich it is different. The
way Harry Randall pcpularized Get
your hair cut at the Grand Theatre
some years ago was a masterpiece.
At his entry in every scene in the
D2ntonime the trombone played the
opening bar of the song. AS scene
followed scene his hair gradually got
shorter, till at last he was perfectly
bald, and when the trombone played
the notes again he brought down the
house with the remark, You're just
too late" Years ago, at the Stand
ard Theatre, Cyrus Bell, a well-known
comedian, leaped into fame as the
originator Of Il never expected that
"a phrase uttered by him each time
a property brick or cat greeted him
as he took the stage. The following
year he won more popularity by
twisting the phrase into That's Just
what I expected"
There is a faint hope that the open
ing words Of the song Put a little
bit away for a rainy day. may soon
be transformed into q catch phrase.
1t is very popular just now On &C
count OF its homely melody and the
catchy rendering CT the old p1overb.
It is sung by 7 OF the sisters Levy.
popular song which has met with
great success in America, where car
tconists have seized upon a certain
line in it and are booming it for all
they are worth. One of the most
popular airs in London at present is,
according to Messrs. Francis, Day
and Hunter, Whit Cunliffe's Hello,
hello; it's e different girl again.
London News.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-23

No town will become a good bust
ness center so long as its business
men rely on a few merchants to make
the effort to bring trade to town. Too
often the men in a few lines of trade
are about the only one that reach
out after custom. Other merchants
wait until these men induce the peo-
,ie to come to town and content them
selves with trade hal naturally drifts
to their place. A public spirited man
should ask himself if he is doing his
part to attract people to come to
town to trade in helping the entire
business community, and no town is
a success unless all lines are working
to extend the trade as far as possible
and trying to bring a larger terri
tory in the circles in which the town
is the business center.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-23
~ in Gan1es.

In every way golf has become more
Observation-Disclosures, clubs, balls,
caddies and lunches, especially the
two latter items. One might moral
ize to any extent on the luxury Of the
Mail.
Asphalt is found in dried-up Pc
troleum beds.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-23
MUST WORK TOGETHER.

So. 3-'O7.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-23

Among other treasures, the Car
keeps in G glass case in a villa in the
grounds of the palace at Peternof the
first sod OF the great Siberian rail-
way, which he turned, as CzareYitch.
about thirteen years sgo.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-23

Tommy-''Pa, what is a limited
monarchy?"
Pa-"Anything less than four
kings.,-New York Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

. We are always glad to welcome
good newspaper men to our county
and to judge from the following
clipping, from the jamestown
Capital, we must have three new
ones, but where are they? We
need two additional compositers
at this office. In the past two
weeks, the Capital has sent two
persons to establish a newspaper
in Mclean county, another went
to take charge Of a newspaper in
that same county, two others work.
ed a while and then with prosperity
went to fight with Murray in the
destruction of booze while the last
is down with typhoid fever. Still
the sun shines through the clouds
and we hope to secure additional
help soon. But six in wo-weeks
is going rapidly
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

A good many timid people are
already declaring the northwestern
crop a failure. This will be the
case from now on till the harvest.
The crop will be shown to have
suffered all sorts and kinds of
damage from late spring, frost,
cinch bugs, rust blight and the
other evils attendant upon the
raising Of grain, and then when
the harvest comes around, strange
]y enough. it will be learned that
North Dakota has raised a splen-
did crop and that the preliminary
scares were not of any great conse-
quence. The wheat crop of the
Northwest is like the Delaware
peach crop-it is destroyed several
times every year and then yields
neutrality-suspicious..
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24
Marriage Expenses.

Careful observation, extending over q
period of forty-two years and supple
mented by thousands of interviews
with storekeepers, hairdressers, mo.
distes, milllners. collectors and others,
leads us to believe that the average
cost Of a brides trousseau in this coun.
try-taking the rich with the poor-ia
the sum Of $66.3s. Equally careful Oh.
servation convinces us that the av.
erage cost Of a backgrounds sartortal
outfit is slightly less than one-third
that amount, or, to be exact, $22.O1.
Thus we have $3.50 as the cost Of the
garments worn by bride and bride.
groom at the average wedding and In
the course of the average honeymoon.
Baltimore Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24
DRIVING THE LOGS.
Skill and Activity of the Expert River
mar In Action

Skill and Activity Of the Expert River
man In Action
First and foremost youl true river
nan can ride a log. This does not NEAR
merely that he is able to stand upright
or to jump from one to another with
out splashing in, though even that is
no mean feat, as a trial will convince
you. That is the kindergarten of it
The saw log in the water is not only
his object of labor, but his means OF
transportation. Your true rive man Oh
drive seldom steps IN land except to
eat and sleep.
A journey down stream is to nim an
affair Of great simplicity. He pushes
into the current a stick of timber,
jumps lightly atop it, leans against his
peavy and floats away as graceful and
motionless as a Grecian statue. When
his unstable craft overtakes other logs
he deserts it, runs forward as far as he
can, the logs bobbing and awash be-
hind his spring. and so continues on
another timber. Jack Boyd once for q
bet rode for twelve miles down Grand
river on a log he could carry to the
streams bank across his shoulders
Fully half the time his feet were sub.
merged to the ankles.
Nor does quick water always cause
your expert riverman to disembark.
Using his peavy a a balancing pole
and treading with squirrel-like quick
ness IA his footing rolls no will RIM
rapids Of considerable force and vol,
ume. When the tail Of a drive passes
through the chute of a dam there are
always half a dozen or so Of the rear
men who out Of sheer bravado will run
through standing upright like circus
riders and yelling like fends.-stewart
Edward White in Outing Magazine.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24
PHOTOGRAPHIC STARS.

When Done With Ordinary Gamers
They Show 40 Limos, Not specks.
It is an easy matter merely to pho
tograph stars. The trouble is to pic.
ture them as points and not as streaks,
for as the earth rotates it carries the
Photographic apparatus with it, and
the light from the star makes a line,
while the astronomer wants a point.
He must therefore. devise a machine
that will counteract the movement OF
the earth and SO keep the light steadily
In the same place on the plate. Elab.
crate clockwork must turn the lens
backward to keep it on the star and at
the same rate as that at which the
earth move forward.
An astronomer at the Yerkes observ.
atory at Williams Bay, Wis, is quoted
in st. Nicholas as saying that many
Of the most important results of as
tronomy have been derived from the
use of an ordinary camera. On a clear
night point one of these toward the
north pole, and it will be found after
an exposure Of one or two hours that
the stars WHICH lie near the pole have
drawn arcs Of circles upon the plate.
This is due to the fact that the earth
is rotating upon its axis ut such a rate
as to cause every star in the sky to
appear to travel through a complete
circle once in twentX-four hours.
The mere act of p~1Qtographing is not
much more difficult than a short ex-
posture out of the window Of a moving
car. Any Il can try it.
Let the exposure be for at least five
minutes if the camera is pointed over.
head and for at least one hour If di-
rected toward the pole star. The cam
era may be left out all night if pointed
at the pole, but must be taken in just
before daylight. The longer the ex-
posture the longer the star scratches"
Develop the plate as long as possible.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

An exchange makes a comment
that might be we'll for some of our
citizens to observe, Now that
preparations are underway for a
proper observance Of Decoration
Day, it would be a good plan for
somebody to take a little interest
in the appearance of the cemetery.
A visit to the burying ground will
convince anyone that a few dollars
spent in grading and moving
would not only enhance the appear
ance of the enclosure, but would
be a sign to a stranger that the
people Of this city may not be
classed with those who sleep.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24
Long Lived Razor..

"How long have you had this razor9'
asked the barber.
IA dozen years"
"Well," said he, that is not bad,
It's no record. though. Lots Of my Gus
toners have razors that they've owned
twenty and twenty-five years and used
too. Why, one old man gets me to
hone every three months a razor he
bought over forty years ago. And it's
such a good razor yet that this old
mans son., whenever he wants avel
vet shave, goes to his dad and borrows
the veteran razor. A razor that with
good S won't last twenty-five years
is no razor at all."-New York Press.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

It soon melted before the midday
sunshine and the noise Of the
wheat bursting up through the
ground browns the music of the
frogs. Heavy snow storms at this
season are a trife unconventional,
but the moisture was worth at a
conser vative estimate thirty-fve
cents an acre.-Sheldon Progress
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

Last Saturday re wind she blew
q hurricane and on Sunday "she
blew some more,". sending clouds
of North Dakota's incompatible
soil hurting through the air and
undoing all Of the housewives
spring cleaning. But on Monday
the blessed dew began to fall from
heaven, soon turning to snow and
it showed all day and all night.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24
for June Term Of Court.

Following is the list of Jurors
which have been summoned to APP
pear before the regular june term
of the district court, which con-
venes here GU Monday, June 10th,
1907.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24
Yourself..

II you wish to be miserable o must
think about yourself, about what you
want, whatyou like, what respect people
ought to pay you, and then to you moth
Ing will be pure. You will spoil every.
thing you touch, you will make1sin and
misery for yourself out Of everything
which God sends you and you will be
as wretched as you choose.-Charles
Kingsley.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

The auditors of the state held a
very successful annual meeting in
Grand Forks last Tuesday. The
laws recently passed affecting
duties Of county auditors were
discussed.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

The Mandan Pioneer thinks
Grand Forks and Fargo might as
we'll quit scrapping as eventually
the state fair will be located at
Mandan.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

It has been announced by
General Traffic Manager Craig, Of
the Great Northern, that on July
LIST, the new passenger rates will
be inaugerated in North Dakota.
The rate will be q cents in North
Dakota and 2 cents in Minnesota.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24
Pure Love.

When q woman chooses a man with
q bald head, q pair Of bowlegs and a
Saturday night pay check Of $40 you
can't accuse her Of marrying for any
thing but, pure, unalloyed, uncontami-
mated, u%nquestioned and undying lore.
Lamar MOI Democrat. s
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

POST CARDs-Those having
negatives at the gallery can have
them put on post cards for loo
each. This is . snap and will not
last long
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

Va SAS SS
venes here GU Monday, June 10th
s. P. Dahl
Frank Armstrong
Barney Flynn
j. p. Heinzen
Geo. Mathison
Frank Rich
John Buchholz
John Glover
w. B. Boegler
Andrew Roseberg
Geo. Barrows
w. NJ. Paisley
j. Nj. Boots
A. A. Hill
Pert Lee
M. @. Falck
August johnson
Robert Fitzgerald
Geo. Bodru
Louis Berquist
s. j. Arnold
F. b. Maste]ler
John Hildebrand
Hans Hansen
j. j. McElwain
Hugh Solenberger
w. F.. Doepke
John b.. Oberg
M. j. Vreeland
Ell. a.. Jones
Jonathan Fliginger
Otto Eisenmann
Fred Herr
Frank Fahlgren
Chas. Griffith
Chester Richards
Emanuel Triebwasser
Arthur Force
Samuel Brewster
w. b. Brownel
Samuel Zingg @
Simon Swayze
Andrew Prince
Phillip Wentz
August Asklund.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1907-05-24

The concessions OF the weak are the
concessions Of fear.-Burke.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-05-30
SENATOR DANIEL

Our junior senator SAYS in an in
terview that he lis in DO sensea can
didate for the nomination for the
presidency. He then goes on to de-
clare frankly what his views are a.
to the nomination; that the candi-
dates should be nominated accord
ing to their merits and absolutely
without regard to the section from
which they come. He opposes gov
ernmental ownership of railroads.
but favors just and fair regulations
OF those engaged in interstate com
merce. He firmly stands on the gold
standard and opposes what is known
as free silver" He favors a sensi-
BILE, practical revision Of the tariff so
as there shall not be any disturbance
OF the present business conditions OF
the country. He says the National
Democratic platform should enunci-
ate broad, general Democratic prin-
ciples and be confined TO those
things upon which the Democrats
generally are agreed, and he thinks
from this the Democratic forces of
the United States could be united
and when united a possible victory
might be the result II a Southern
man is to be nominated, is available.
then Daniel is Yirginia's choice.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-05-30
ASSAILe0 EL0PlN6 GIRL

Albert Gay and Warwick Ratln. who
were arrested ~ the men who aSsaiist
Miss Mary Bird. of Mariinton. W. Va.
- hiie she was clipping with Milton Glad
we'll an IN jail AT Marlinton awaiting
their preliminary hearing No effort has
beeu made TO lynch them.
Driah Bird. father of the giri. = one Of
the most respected citizens of Pocabou-
tss county. He had opposed the atteu-
tious OF Glad a I'll 20 his daughter because
az her vouthfuluess. and when be heard
that she had gone driviug with Caldwell
he followed them. Ii was he who founr
his daughter Almost all of her clothing
had been stripped from her In her strug
Sl-s with her assailants She was hys-
terical almost - insanity. Shs hsd rec
ogniz j the men; although they had ~
capped into the woods. they were cap
tured the same night Late informa-
ton from Miss Bird l. that she l. recov-
rring after her terrible experiences and
her mind will not be- affected
The two m met The clipping couple in
the road. gage aud tied the man and
carried the girl in the woods
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1907-05-30
MRS. MKNLEY

The devotion OF the late President
Mckinley to his wife and her devotion
to his memory was beautiful, touch
ing and full OF pathos. Her death
will be received by all the people Of
this land with tributes of affection.
She saw her devoted husband rise
from the ranks to the presidency of
this great republic. She was with
him when he was shot down bv a
tiendish assassin at Buffalo. She
watched and waited by his bedside
until his LIES blood ebbed away. and
daily since it has been her holy task
to visit his grave and place a floral
Offering there. The world has wit
messed this affection, this devotion,
and has applauded it. She has been
called TO the great beyond after years
OF trial to the triumph OF life i'm
mortal.