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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30

What kind of wheat shall grow is the ques-
ton now frequently being discussed Grow the
wheat that gives the best yield and at the same
time produce the best -four.
A wheat may be a good yieder but poor flour
producer. If So then it is not to be recommended.
In the eastern part Of the state fife and bluestem
wheats are the best and comand a premium over
other wheats. Farmers should bear this in mind
and indeavor to improve these by, selecting good
seed and aid in keeping up the high standard.
In the western part Of the state the problem is
quite different. Here you have different soil and
less rainfall and the fife and bluestem fail to yield
well Experiments indicate that durum does
best; yields two or three times as well and makes
a good crop in dry year when the other would
fail. Then why should these not be grown and
used? The millers may object-but there is no de.
nying the fact that durum will make good flour and
good bread.-N. D. Farmer.
It appears that the railroads Of some service
to the farmers after all. We read in some of the
exchanges of the "duy of the railroads to provide
harvest hands, by granting special low rates" and
their further duty in maintaining bureaus to sup
ply information as to where harvest hands are
needed, what the probable rate of pay is, and 9TH
er particulars OF course it Is to the interest of
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-07-30

In 1906 North Dakota produced 72,534,000 bush
els of wheat, more than any other state in the
spring wheat belt and takes first rank as wheat
producing state and paid out more than 100000
for farm labor.
Not bad showing and yet we are to see far
greater things in the near future Every bushel
Of wheat should be converted into flour within the
State Here is a great opportunity for building
UP a great manufacturing industry. If all the
wheat bran and shorts were fed within the state
what a future North Dakota would have! Then, in
stead of 80 creameries we should have 500 supplying
the best butter to other states. w
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
NO BATHTUB FOR HER.
'New-saneled Contrivance" Emphatic
 ally Failed to Win Approval.

The French abhorrence Of the bath Ia nature is shared by many people, particularly one old woman up in an east Tennessee town. The town had just had Il water system installed and the natives were "pinting with pride" at their bathrooms and equipment where one could perform his ablutions It will without waiting and longing for Saturday night.
 This old woman was an exception to the rule. She made her home with her son, and his wife. according to the mother-ln-law. was 'allus a-hankerin' after somepiIt newfangled.
 \ neighbor, who had been in to in- spece the Improvements in the house, remarked 10 the old woman:
 Well, Mrs. X-, this will be a pleasure for you-bath any time, night or day. You will certainly enjoy it."
 That I won't" said the old woman. tartly T been a member of the church 90 year an always lived hon. est an upright. Git inter one CT them tubs Me? Why, Sary Ellen, them things ain't decent"
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
and
 Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every walk of life and arc essential to permanent success and crcditable standing. Accor- ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna is the only remedy of known value, but one of many reasons why it is the best of personal and family laxatives is the fact that it cleanses, swcetens and relieves the internal organs on which it acts without any facilitating after effects and without having to increase the quantity from time to time.
 It acts pleasantly and naturally and truly as a laxative, and its component parts are known to and approved by physicians, IS 1t is free from all objection able substances To get it's beneficial effects always purchase the genuine manufactured by the California Fig Syrup Co. only, and for sale by all leading drug gists.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
HEADS NURSE CORPS
MISS ESTHER hASsON HIGHEST
 PAID WOMAN IN NAVY.
Is Superintendent of Division Created by Last conqress-Has Had Wide Experience in Caring for
 Sick and Wounded

Washington.-No appointment of re- cent years has excited more favora bls comment than that of Miss Esther V. Hasson of Washington as head of the new Woman's Nurse corps Of the navy. This corps, which was author ized by the last congress, is similar to that which did such effective work dur ing the Spanish-A American war in hos. pitals and on the Relief. and it's per manent establishment in the navy is q source of great qualification to the medical officers of that service. who realize that there are many times in peace and war when the hand of n woman, especially trained woman nurse. is indispensable to the sick and wounded
 Although Miss Hasson was notified of her appointment only d few days ago. she is already installed in new. ly created division of the bureau of medicine and surgery at the navy de. partment, and at the Naval Medical school, and has begun preparations for series of examinations of candidates for eligibility to the corps. At these examinations 20 young women will be selected to take preliminary course at the Naval Medical Hospital school. After taking the course there for six months, they will again be examined. and those who pass will be sent to
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02

one of the IS naval medical hospitals
 on the coasts of the United States.
 From time to time thereafter other ex- aminations will be held. and within a few years the corps will number about
 1o0 highly trained women nurses,
 who will be under the command of the surgeon general and prepared for any sort of duty. Several of
 these women will be sent to the
 United States naval hospitals in Yoko- hama, the Philippines and Honolulu
 while others will be stationed in the
 United States.
 Miss Hasson's selection to head the new corps is wholly due to her record of exceptional merit and almost a life time spent in the care Of the sick. Her record during the Spanish-Am can war and since that time is equaled
 by few other women in the annals of the war department
 Although Baltimorean by birth
 Miss Hasson has since her early child
 hood been only a short time in any one city, as her family for generations has been connected with the army and
 was constantly travelling. In 1895 she
 was graduated from the Connecticut
 Training School for Nurses, and until
 the outbreak of the war she was sta. toned at several hospitals in New York. For more than three years she served in the war, first in the camps | in this country ana later on the hos pital ship Relief, in Cuba and Porto Rico. After the close of the war she was sent to the Philippines, where she remained for two years at the First Reserve hospital in Manila, and at a hospital in t,uZCn. Since that time she
 has been engaged in private nursing. Her army training has made her en- thusfastic over the prospect of build ing up nurse corps for the navy. She
 is great believer in the efficiency of women as nurses. even on the field of battle, and, although she is extremely rctieent concerning her record off
 cers who served near her in the war 1 tell that many American soldiers owe their lives to her care and perseyer- anee. At present she is the highest
 paid woman in the navy department.
 her salary being $l 500 a year Before 1 her appointment she was compelled to take a rigorous examination al tho hands of a board of surgeons. and her ! high marks demonstrate that she is i fully capable of bringing the nurse
 corps to the highest state of eff | ciency.
 An unusual feature of Miss Hasson' s 1 eenealogy is the fact that relatives of
 hers have served in practically every war which has been undertaken by the 1 United States. A great grandfather on ! her mothers side was one of those who fought under Braddock in the French and Indian war, her great i grandfather on her fathers side took uB arms during the revolution. her 1 grandfather was volunteer in 1872 her father served as surgeon in the
 civil war, while she herself was on.
 gagged in the war with Spain and in the Philippine insurrectinn-
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
Sometimes Hard to Tell.

George Eliot says that the expres- sion on a womans face when she is sewing tells the story of the woman s heart. If she is happy and contented, or possibly slovenlv and indifferent she may smile and look the happi- ness she either feels or is incapable of feeling If she has many things to worry her and is possibly planning how to make ten cents do a dollars worth of good. or if she is naturally a vixen. 1t will show in her face. so aft CT all it Is not safe to predicate as to what her sewing face reveals.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
Too Rounh for the CONS.

Mrs. Rorer. of cook book fame. tells of seeing maid drop and break a beautiful platter at a dinner recent y, says Everybody's Magazine. The host did not permit n trile like this to ruffie him in the least.
 These little accidents happen most every day" he said, apologetically 'You see, she isn't trained waitress She was a dairymaid originally, but she had to abandon that occupation on account of her inability to handle the cows without breaking their aorns."
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
TESTING PAINT.

Property owners should know how to prove the purity and quality of white lead, the most important paint ingredient. before paying for it. To all who write. National Lead Co. the largest manufacturers of pure white lead. send free outfit with which 10 make a simple and sure test of white lead. and also a free book about paint. Their address is Woodbridge Bldg. New York City.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
STATE or Ono CITY OF TOLEDO,
 1 ILL.AA I'm N--IN

FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he is senior partner of the nrm Of r. ]. CHENEY X O., doing business in the City Of Toledo, County and State aforesaid. and that ssd nrm win pay the of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case Q! CATARBH that cannot be cured by the of HALE CArARfss CURE.
 FRANK I. CHENEY. sworn to before me and subscribed i'll my presence. this 9th day of December. \. D.. isSb. ! SEAL >.,..,,, ,,.,, =NoiN'i ! Ahi-iA I. directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Send for testimonials. free.
 F j. CHENEY & co. 1oledo 0 Sold by all Druggists. 75e.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
Character Told by Thumb.

If the thumb be supple iointed the individual is easy-going. spendthrift, careless of time, money, energy. op- portunity and all things. If it be firm jointed he is cautious, watchful, keen, diplomatic, tireless in planning, con- fdent and sure of success, self-poised ard self-controlling
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
BUD DOelE

The greatest of all horsemen, says: "In my 40 wears experience with horses I have found SPOHN'S DISTEMPER CURE the most successful of all remedies for the horses. It IS the greatest blood purifier ]" Bottle 50c and sl00. Druggists can supply you. or manufacturers. agents wanted. Send for free Book. Spohn Medical Co.,, Spec. Contagious Diseases, Goshen, Ind.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
Rcmemher

It's not how you live, but how's your liver. If not in perfect order, make It so by using Simmons Liver Purifier, tin hoxes only. It's the surest. safest and most agreeable aid to that organ ever put up.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
Debts of the Rich and Poor.

Debts, as a general rule, are harder to be collected from the rich man than from the slave of toll, for the former builds upon his position in so- ciety to excuse him from his obliga. tions, while the latter often makes the attempt to discharge his contracts to preserve lis standing in the com. munity
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
OeNeIonment.

Remember" said the earnest in- ventcr it ain't so very many years
 That's true answered the man who has trouble with central. At first 1t caused laughter; now 1t causes pro- fanity"
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
The Entire Family,

Grand Pop used it for Rheumatism. Dad for Cuts, Sprains and Bruises. Many for Burns, Scalds and Aches Sis for Catarrh and Chilblains l use it for everything, and it never disap. points any of us. It surely yanks any old pain out by the roots.
 Hunts Lightning Oil is what I am telling you about.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02

He who hesitates much will accom- plish little-Von Moltke
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02

If you would not cease to love man kind you must not cease to do them good.-Maclaren.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02

Those Tired. Aching Feet of Yours Hffh Alien ai~t.ase. z4c al HFuggis sI a Nrile A. s. oltnsied. Le Hoy. x. Y Ter sample.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02

If you have anything 10 do, do t; don't loaf on the job.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty years Lydia k. Pink hams Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear- img-down feeling, flatulency, indiges- tion, dizziness, or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it?
 Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
if Your Eyes Bother You

reliable. most successful eye remedy made Ali druggiStsor Howard Bros Buffalo. \ |
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02

One cannot quarrel if the other will not
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
Important to Motbers.

CASTORIA a safe and sure remedy for infants and children, and see that it
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02
Majesty of the Law.

Law kept is only law; law broken is both law and execution Meandor.
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02

Mrs. N instoW's Soothing Syrup. For children teething. softens fhe gurus reduces in. tsmtHatoa. aia5 paln, cures wina coils 25c bottle
The Forrest City times., 1908-10-02

This woman says Lydia IL. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her life. Read her letter.
 Mrs. T. c. Willadsen, of Manning, Iowa, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
 = I can truly say that Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound saved my life, and 1 cannot express my gratitude to you in words. For years suffered with the worst forms of female com- plaints, continually doctoring and spending lots of money for medicine without help. I wrote you for advice, followed it as directed, and took Lydia l. Pinlham's Vegetable Compound and it has restored me to perfect health. Had it not been for you should have been in my grave to-day. wish every suffering woman would try it."
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-07

1t is truly marvellous how the truth
of the Word of God is being v1ndt-
Gated by modern discovery against
the attacks made upon it by interest
ed critics. Few more exciting stories
have ever been told than that which
was narrated last week at the annual
meeting of the Palestine Exploration
Fund.
At the very time wheu the earlier
parts Of the Old Testament were be-
ing dismissed with contempt as "un-
historic" the spades of ~excavators
were busy disinterring long buried
Canaanitish cities, with the result
that "high places" of idoltary have
been brought to light containing re-
mains of human sacrifices offered to
heather deities. Thus the ebomina-
tions of the Ammonites are actually
exposed to u gaze.
Even more interesting is the dis
covery of the form of the ancient
Philistine temples. Men who have
made snort of the story of Samson
pulling down the pillars of the tenn
pie upon the heads of his enemies,
become. in turn, the objects OF de-
rision. as it is now clearly shown
what the pillars" were, n now
easily a strong man could have dis.
placed them to the undoing both of
himself and of his foes. In the light
of these expert discoveries, believers
have no need to apologize for their
Bible; rather, they ought TO expect
an apology from those who have re-
lied upon imagination rather than
sound fact.-London Christian.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-07
Morals and the Stage.

The London stage has become dur
inc the last few days a storm centre
of criticism on account of certain
PLAYS in which the leper sores OF mod
ern society are openly displayed. A
we'll known dramatic critic asks, with
much pertinence, how it has come to
a S that plays of the kind are now
doomed as being great sermons.
while a decade ago they would have
been condemned. This direct hand
ling of the social problem in public
is not a healthy sign.
It attracts the crowd n there
in partly lies it's condemnation. Are
we expected seriously to believe that
the frantic rush of young men n
women to see brilliant representa-
lions of modern vices is an indiea-
ton of a new spirit that has arisen
to deal with such vices and Danish
them?
It is claimed that in the new plays
we have preaching" But of what
kind? There is but L true stand
ard of morality-that of Christ-and
the problem plays do not accept 1t.
Things are studied from the point OF
view of social convenience rather
than from the true point OF the divine
command. While this is so, nothing
hut mischief can come OF dramatic
ing the vices of the day.-London
Christian.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-07

thing about him, and then 1 think
you'll be glad to have him remem-
bered by a holiday, even if he does
keep you in the house"
Teddy was interested at once.
Tell me bout when he was a little
boy" he said.
Very WE'LL" answered grandpa,
though l didn't know him then. The
first time l ever saw him l went with
a number of friends to Washington
to consult the President about a GER
tain man for an office in our State.
But we all had to wait until the great
man had finished a picture he was
drawing for the little daughter of one
of the %laboring people about the
White House. He had started to put
her down from his knee when our
party was announced, but she begged
so hard to have him finish lust that
n doggie,' that he smilingly said
he hoped we wouldn't care, and sent
the little maiden away happy in the
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-07
1.-THE Revolt of Mother"

George and Martha Washington
are the distinguished names OF .
pair of ostriches on a farm in South
ern California. In wild ANNA!
Celebrities Miss Ellen Velvin tell:
a curious anecdote concerning these
birds:
On n occasion, when Martha had
laid the requisite number of eggs
she absolutely refused, for no appar
ent reason, to sit. When George saw
that his wife was not doing her duty
in the way of sitting on the nest, he
did all in his power first to persuade
then to compel her to do all thai
was required of her. He would tar
and turn over the eggs with his wide
bill, go over to her and peck her,
and then back again to the eggs;
and when Martha still refused, he
tried to drive her over to the nest.
But after a time he seemed tc
realize that it was no use: and one
day, although it was midday, to the
astonishment of the onlookers, he
deliberately sat down on the nest and
stayed there.
This is an extraordinary fact,
especially when one considers what
a tactless, unintelligent bird the os.
trich is. He sat patiently on that
nest during the ensuing forty days
and nights, kept the eggs warm, and
finally Matched out the finest brood
of chicks which had ever been
Matched on the farm.
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possession of the rude sketch. He
was never too busy, this great heart
ed man, to do a kind thing, however
small it seemed.
Even when he was a boy he was
always on the side of the under dog
as we say, and sympathized with all
suffering, for he had known so much
poor, you know, and had to work
early and late and hard for the barest
livelihood. What would you think
of living in a cabin where the wind
whistled through the chinks, rough
leather hinged boards took the place
came, which happened only a few
times in the year, raw potatoes were
pared and washed and handed around
for refreshments? The family were
too poor to afford anything else.
Lincoln himself never had any
stockings until he was nearly a man
grown. Rough cowhide boots, deer
skin leggings and coonskin cap were
the best his boyhood eve knew. For
pins he used the long thorns of the
haw and bean locust, and his coffee
was made of rye bread crusts.
But Young Abe as he was called
in those days, was as ambitious as he
was poor. He would walk miles and
miles after his hard days work was
over to borrow some book-a gram
mar or an arithmetic or a history
which he had heard of some neighbor
possessing. Then he would read and
re-read and study it, until he had
mastered every word, sitting up far
into the night to work out examples
by the light of the %pinewood fire.
Paper was too expensive in those
days for a boy as poor as Lincoln to
think of owning any, and states were
unheard of where he lived. But he
used smooth boards instead, and bits
OF charcoal for pencils, planning the
boards off when the sides were all
covered with figures.
do you think you would ever
want to learn enough to take so much
trouble?"
Teddy shook his curly head sober
,ly. He was very much interested by
this time, and one or two of the other
children, who had run in out of the
snow to get warm, had also stopped
to listen to grandpa's story.
GOTTEN, too" the old mar went on,
"they could not get their meal ground
at a mill, and Young Abe would
have to grind all the corn, ear after
ear, on a big iron crater, something
like those we use for nutmegs now.
The only bed he had in those days
was one made of big slabs hewn from
and he paid for his first suit of blue
jeans at the rate of 400 rails a
yard"
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-07
New sabbatarian Society.

With the object of bringing about
a stricter observance of the Sabbath,
prominent clergymen and church
workers from all parts of the State
met in the State Street NJ. E. Church
at Trenton and organized the New
Jersey State Sabbath Association.
Rev. Samuel D.. P. Rice, of Camden,
was chosen president, and Rev. S. H
Ham, of Camden, recording secre-
tary. The treasurer is to be elected
by the above officers and one vice
president from each county. A reso.
luton was introduced by Joseph Ha.
ven, of Camden, providing that no
pastor in the State shall receive a
clergyman who travels in any convey.
ance on Sunday. The resolution
caused considerable discussion, and
was finally turned down because it
was thought that the carrying out OF
its provisions would cause too much
inconvenience.
The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-07
Gospel Truth the Instrument of Re-
Vivai.

The great historian Lecky has, in
a noteworthy passage in his famous
History of England in the Eight
eenth Century" declared that the
secret of success of Methodism was
merely that it satisfied some OF the
strongest and most enduring wants
of our nature, which found no graft
ication in the popular theology; that
it revived a large class of religious
doctrines which had long been al
most wholly neglected. The utter de-
pravfty of human nature, the lost
condition of every man who is born
into the world, the vicarious atone
ment of Christ. the necessity to sal
walton of a new birth, of faith, of the
constant and sustaining action of the
Divine Spirit upon the believers
soul. are doctrines which in the eyes
of the modern evangelist constitute
the most vital and the most infiu-
entail portions of Christianity, but
they are doctrines which during the
greater part of the eighteenth cen
tury were seldom heard from a
Church of England pulpit.
Every student of the period knows
that the wide and simple preaching
of these doctrines of vital personal
religion developed that nobler life
which saved England from decay
London Christian.