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Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19

IF 1T is true that Baron Speck Won
1 Sternburg left all his fine old silver
and art treasures TO his widow and
that she prefers to convert the curios
into cash American collectors will
have rare opportunity to obtain an
tiques.
Won Sternburg spent a good part of
his big income in gathering silver, ORR
entail bronzes and tapestry. 1t is said
that he carried 100000 insurance on
his collection, and that his bronzes
and ivories surpassed many public
museum collections.
Washington gossipers say the baron
could leave his widow, who was Lii
lian Langham of Louisville, only his
private possessions, as his father is
still living and none of the ancestral
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
DEALING WITH RESTLESS CHILD.
Provide Some Employment That
Suits Natural Needs.

When boy or girl is restless. can
not sit still or leases for something
to do, it is positively cruel to insist
upon quiet for fear of punishment.
Every child that is healthy to nor
NAL degree Graves exercise When a
child is hungry we feed him and give
him water when he is thirsty If we
respect these cravings of child, why
should We not give him employment
when he has nothing to do and Graves
exercise? Romp with him for half
an hour or take him for walk or run
and then he will be content to settle
down to quieter games.
Don't have so many breakable orna-
ments about the house that the child
is afraid to move and becomes nerv-
Gus and cross from want of exercise
The child's health and well-being are
more valuable than even the most cost
ly bric-a-b brac. If it is rainy day pro-
vide some fascinating game or occu-
patton. There is nothing which chill
dren love to do more than color pic
lures.
Give a child several old magazines,
a box of water colors, and several
paint brushes, and he will be happy
and contented for an hour or more.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
American Patents Reach 900, 900 Mark

the law required that patents should
be signed by the president, and as the
first one was issued during the first
presidential administration It was
signed by President Washington. 1t
covered device for making pearl
ashes, and the document itself is said
to be now owned by Chicago collec-
tor. Mr.. Moore estimates that the
one millionth patent will be reached in
the year 1911.
AS going to show the inventive ten
dency Of the American mind, as COM
pared with other countries, Mr.. Moore
calls attention to the fact that not
withstanding this is among the newest
of nations the total OF patents issued
by the United States is not very far
below the total for all other countries
for all time. The issuance Of foreign
patents up to the date of last reports
was 1.135.000. or only 235. 900 in excess
of the total for this country.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Widow May Sell Valuable Art Treasures

wealth had come down to Speck.
From his mother, however, he received
rich salt mines in Galicia, and from
these he derived his wealth.
The state dining hall and the draw
ing rooms of the Won Sternburg home
are filled with silver sconces and
carved pieces that represent the old
est signed work of workers at Nurem-
berg and Bruges.
Certain sconces were part of the
booty obtained by the baron's ances-
tor. Gen. Baron Won Sternburg, who
took a conspicuous part in the Thirty
Years war. The sconces belonged to
an abbey near Dresden and bore NOR
tuary tablets of dead abbots. When
the sconces came to adorn Castle
Sternburg the records of the Benedic-
tines were removed and glass placed
instead.
The great swan that was conspicu-
Gus ornament on the Sternburg buffet
attracted the attention of ]. Pierpont
Morgan when he was entertained in
the embassy. This piece, 1t Is be-
lieved, will go to the Morgan collec-
ton.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
4 At the National Capital |
Gossip of People and Events s-~
II Gathered in Washington
Next Mistress of the White House

earlier day in the White House no
thought entered the head of the young
girl guest that one day she would be
mistress of the mansion.
The new cares and social duties
which Mrs. Taft will have to take on
may tax her strength to the utmost.
but 1t is probably true that there could
not be found a woman better fitted for
the place than the wife of the next
president. She has individuality,
strength of character and an inde-
pendence of belief, added to a mind
of rare cultivation, the result of years
of study and travel. She has devoted
herself to the care of her home and
children and the seconding of her hus-'
bands public career. and in the latter
capacity she has familiarized herself
with the great questions of the day.
So well equipped educationally is
Mrs. Taft that she will not only be
able to converse intelligently on sub
jects Of public interest with her own
countrymen, but being linguist, she
will be able to discourse familiarly
with foreign statesmen and diplomats
in their own tongues. 1t is said that
Mrs. Taft has devoted part of each
day for years to the study of languages
and music. and in both has attained a
proficiency reached only by the few.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Broad, Flat Bows.

For the time being the so-called
milliners' bow is in state of eclipse,
and a bow that strongly resembles
those worn upon women's pumps has
superseded 1t, that going on hats, how
ever, being in from three to five layers
of fiat loops, each one extending about
half an inch beyond the other These
bows are never seen on any but the
tailored hats of the better class, and
often they form the sole trimming, the
ribbon being OF thick, corded quail
ity, somewhat resembling Ottoman,
and of rather extreme width. They
are also used In connection with short
wings and in nearly every instance
are apparently fastened down with a
large buckle or a pair of cabachon.
headed pins.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Getting Rid of Wrinkles.

The majority of women are more
dismayed at the sight of wrinkles
than about any other physical de-
feet. because as a rule wrinkles mean
approaching age. The forehead and
about the mouth are where the
wrinkles become the deepest. For the
most part wrinkles on the forehead
are caused by the sad and bad habit
of scowling whenever absorbed in any
thing You must break yourself of
the habit of scowling if you wish to
get rid of the wrinkles, for cosmetics
can do hardly any good alone. An ex-
celicnt way to remove wrinkles is by
the use of astringents, boracic acid
added to q simple ointment, tea
spoonful to an ounce, is a good prep
aration. Put the grease on along the
hnes of the wrinkles. rubbing across
them. of course, and seeing that the
grease is applied to the deepest part
OF them Another good way to use
boracic acid is to add it to glycerine.
level teaspoonful to an ounce of
glycerine Paint the wrinkles with a
camels hair brush or swab of
cotton
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
How Hats Are Worn,

The latest recipe for properly ad-
iusting the hat. as given by we'll
known New York milliner to n GUS
toner. is TO stand before mirror, sus-
pend the hat straight above the head,
and then set it squarely and firmly
upon the crown. allowing It to go as
far over the sides of the head as it
will. It matters not II the upper half
Of the face is entirely concealed or
that the wearer has depressed ap-
pearance of countenance. but she pos
itively must not look rakish, or she in
evitably will appear If a shape OF mann.
moth proportions, unsustained by a
bandeau. is permitted to tilt in the
slightest degree toward one side or
the other. In none of the autumn
hats are bandeaux to be found, and as
the hair is always worn fiat and
broad. the problem OF adjusting the
headgear correctly and then keeping
IL in position is one which number
of women have not as yet solved to
their complete satisfaction.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Great Problem for Country Life Body

just been mailed. Only comparative
ly few of the farmers and their fam
lilies could be reached in that way, and
hence the newspapers have been en-
listed to bring the inquiry to the at
tention of the widest circle of readers
it is possible to reach. The field COW
cred is SO broad that it touches the
interest of every one familiar with
country-life conditions. This is shown
by the list of questions which are
being asked the people of the country
Under each question an explanation
for the reason of the condition is
asked, and suggestions as to what
should be done are invited. The pith
of the whole matter is contained in
the concluding question: What, in
your judgment is the most important
single thing to be done for the gen.
eral betterment of country life?
The commission is anxious to hear
from everyone who is acquainted with
or interested in conditions surround
ing the farm, and letters will reach
their destination safely If simply ad-
dressed to the Commission on Coun-
try Life, Washington, D. C. The ques-
tions may be replied to by number, or
any special phase of the subject dis
cussed.
The rich experience of men who
have spent their lives on the farm
should prove most helpful, and out of
it should come a wide expression of
opinion and practical suggestions for
the consideration of the commission.
Never before in this country or any
other has such an opportunity been
views and their needs. and the ulti-
mate success of the inquiry will de-
pend in large measure on their CO.
operation.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19

VIZ WASHINGTON.-When Mrs. Roose-
w welt leaves Washington next
March her place as first lady of the
land" and mistress of the White House
will be taken by a woman gracious
and tactful, of broad culture and in
tellectual strength. a fit hostess for
the presidential mansion and fit help
meet for the president.
Mrs. William Howard Taft is no
stranger to the White House. During
her husbands term of secretary of
war she was frequent guest of Mrs.
'Roosevelts and almost invariably held
her place in the receiving line at the
large presidential receptions.
In her girlhood days Mrs. Taft then
Helen Heron, was the house guest for
several weeks of President and Mrs.
Hayes. This visit is said to be one
of Mrs. Taft's most highly-prized
recollections, but it may be that in the
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
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THOUSANDS of the half million farm
ers, teachers, physicians, business
men and others who were invited to
cooperate with the commission on
country life have already sent in re-
plies to the list of questions asked
them, although the ink is hardly dry
on the printed sheets rushed out to
them.
The members of the commission
which was appointed by President
Roosevelt to conduct this extensive in
quiry into the conditions of farm life
the country over, have a problem of
perhaps greater magnitude to work
out than ever came before a similar
commission Not only is the subject
of the inquiry one of great import
ance, but the breadth of its scope is
such as to require the varied condi-
tions of the whole country to be taken
into account. The amount of work
involved will hardly be realized by
the casual reader. The mere reading
of the letters which are flooding in
each day in answer to the questions
is difficult, though most interesting,
task, for the commissions incoming
mail is running from 5000 to 5000
pieces day.
And this is not ALL There is vastly
terest is by no means confined to
those who happened to be on the list
of 500, 900 to whom the questions have
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
100000
T. ''56NWoRLD'S
LSCo RD

r HE nine hundred thousandth patent
i from the United States patent Of
fee has been issued, and to it was at
tached the name OF Patent Commits
sioner Moore.
The patent was an Improvement on
travelling stairs, such as are used in
hotels and other large buildings, and
while Mr.. Moore ordinarily attaches
only his last name, with his initials.
he signalized the attainment Of the
nine hundred thousandth by using his
full name Of Edward Bruce Moore.
In the early history Of the nation
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Tho Only Use He Knew.

The head of the family" was read
ing the vivid account Of the departure
Of the Israelites from the land Of
Egypt, and the four-year-old son lis
tened with intense interest.
At length the reader came to the
passage, And Moses took the bones of
Joseph with him." when the boy,
whose limited experience had taught
him only one use for such articles.
shocked his staid relatives by crying
in excited amazement:
ITO make soup wiv?"-Harper's
Monthly
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Greed. Too. Saws Iona Coats.

This penchant for long coats is con-
Rrmed by Creed. who makes so many
of the absolutely plain tailor modes
that English women love to wear.
For them, and for the Americans
who have ordered suits early before
returning TO America, he has made
many long coats reaching almost to
the knees These have all long. close
sleeves. and sometimes directoire
cuffs at the hands.
Tor materials. Greed is using some
veIvets, braided with broad silk braid.
For the morning he employs a rather
rough English tweed suiting. And, OF
course, broadcloth and cheviot are
always favorites Of his.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Uncle Ben Liked Her.

A Kansas City girl recently married
man who lives in one of the smaller
nearby towns, and went there with
him to live. The bridegroom was
naturally eager that his relatives
should like his bride and as one, an
old farmer, voiced no complimentary
opinion in his hearing he at last
asked:
Uncle Ben, what do you think Of
my wife?"
wal, for fact, George" responded
the old fellow, you shore outmarried
yourself. City Times.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Snake in a 8eer-BarreI

A party Of foreigners tapped a keg
of beer at Lake Altoona. Pa. but
could not get the fluid through the
spigot Investigation disclosed the
fact that the bunghole was stopped up
by a snake. The reptile must have
crawled into the keg while it was ly-
ing empty on the ground. and was
drowned when the keg was filled.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Hat a. BADGE Of Slavery.

With the ancient Greeks the hat
was simply an appurtenance of the
traveller. The free citizen preferred
to go bareheaded and only put on his
broad-brimmed petasus for protection
against the sun when on long jour
ney. The uncovered head was part
of his dignity, for the slaves and work.
men wore always kind Of pointed
skull cap.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19

Pretty waist of pink crystalline
made with wide plaits.
The front and the insertion are of
silk and soutache embroidery on a
tulle foundation. Little silk tassels
ornament the front of the blouse.
The guimpe and undersleeves are OF
mousseline de sole made with fine
plaits, the former trimmed with lace
insertion, and little straps of soutache,
the latter finished at the wrists with
the embroidery and tassels.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
Cretonne Book Cover.

The new chintzes or cretonnes make
wonderfully good-looking book covers.
1t is quite easy to accomplish one Of
these at home. Instead of the com.
monplace fiowered fabrics the striped
and small pattern chintzes are chosen
and bound with gold galloop.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19
THE NEWEST MODE.

Susie-What does the new baby at
your house look like? Is it nice?
Sammy-Must be the latest thing in
babies. Maws as tickled over it as
If it just come from the milliner's.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19

Never part without loving words to
think of during your absence. 1t may
be that you will not meet again in life.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
or children teething, softens the gurus reduces tn
allays pain. wind collie 25c 4 bottie
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19

Use Aliens FoOt.Ease
Cures tired, aching sweating feet. 2c Trial package
free. A. 3. Olmsted, lie Roy, MY.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19

1t isn't safe to judge by appearances.
The man who acts ferocious abroad
may be as meek as a lamb at home.
Gilpin observer., 1908-11-19

There are no vacations in the school
for scandal.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-27
cANDIDxmEs'vcARD

Now that Mr.. Peterson. has broken the
ice tits quite possihletthat some of the
'other 'bashful boys who would like the
dear people to vote forl them at ,the pri-
mary election for some .ofRce, ,,Mi]l come
out of the dark and confess their de-
sires. Because this lis leap year-you
ineed not expect anyone to prqpose to
you, the voters are not women, except
in the case of the oaunty >spperintend-
ent-and he is already married.
lLater-Since writing the above we are
in receipt af the announcement of John
F.tGill wh0uike Mr.. Peterson is willing
to continue in his office if the
voters are willing that he should. AS
We said of Mir. Peterson there isn't any
reason IN the world why Mr.. Gill
shouldn't be reelected SO far as the
duties of the Office Are concerned.
While the writer doesn't hangpround the
county Offices to any great extent, yet
ne will.say that ve have newer gone into
the registers Office without finding Mr..
Gall at his desk, at his work and ready
and willing to walton the customers of
the, county who have business there.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-27

tAppeaxs to us that there is a super
abundance Of gush over the fact that a
Meet,f Of American ships have made "a
anccessful passage around South
America and arrived safely at Magda-
leaa Bag. While we ;ape glad that the
ships got there :all right, we never ex-
peceed anything else. The ships hsd no
bad weather, they were all built for ser
vice and barring accident, it twould have
been shameful for any Of then to have
failed. Some people seemed to fear the
dangers of tho Straits of Magellan, which
are really FAR less diAicult for steam navi-
cation than the lower Mississippi, and
others seemed to think that because
there were sixteen OF them, that the
danger was increased Just sixteen times.
The sea is not q dangerous thoronghfare
We believe there are more people killed
every year by runaway horses than ane
lost at sea, and the railways slaughter
thousands to the scores that go to Dayy
Jones' locker.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-27
PRoHlBarssn IN TUE SOUTH.

While the acknowledgement of prdhi-
bition in the southern states is doubtless
due almost entirely to the desire of
white people, for their ,own protection,
to keep liquor from the negroes, it is
quite possible that in nrthis they are doing
a great thing for the negroes themselves
and possibly have made a great stride
towards the inal solution of the ''negro
question: Deprived of the demoraliz-
ing influence .of low saloons and rotten
whiskey, the 'lower classes of negroes
will undoubtedly be greatly benefited,
and their moral and social status will be
correspondinsly advanced. The superior
classes of negroes in the-south ,woul! be
in far better condition socially today sif
it were not for 'the ignorance, shiftless.
ness and geoeral'laak Of Smorals of $50
many of their own race. The laws and
customs of the south have necessarily
been made for the lower and criminal
classes OF the blacks, and the better
classes have had to suffer the same
restraints and indignities.
incidentally there will be, a good many
low whites that will share in the gen.
eral uplift-and.in time tthe south viii
find that prohiMtion. jnstas "a finances
snd social mattsr,i pays big dividends.
But it is curious social evolution
when whiskey commits suicide. as it hae
in the south; f0r. there,it has certainly
cat it's own throat. 'The southern peo.
pie as whole are not prohibition in per.
sonal sentiment hut they have discov-
cred that allowing negroes to have
whisky is like lehting children play with
dynamite. 80 49,.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-27

According to the very bes.. informa-
tion obtainable, we pass this way but
once, and when we step into the valley
Of the shadow, all our earthly belongings
will be lett behind. Not COW, nor a
sheep, nor an acre of land nor a dollar
ot money, will 60 into the grave with us.
Why, then, should men race through
life in mad eight tor gold, brushing all
the better things aside, when at last it
must be unloaded at the tomb? Would
it not be better to smile little and do 4
few good deeds as we go along? Would
it not be q better plan to put flower in
the hand of some sad human be-
ing struggling ON the road of life than to
clinch an almighty dollar until cold
death forces us to relinquish it?-Ex-
change.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-27

The st. Thomas Times intimates that
this paper opposed the *tinsurgent" con-
vention or Conference at Grand Forks
some time ago when they attempted to
select state ticket for themselves. The
Times is off nm its conclusions. This
paper has never opposed the meetings OF
any factions whatever which met for the
purposes of advancing their ideas. On
the contrary we have always said it was
the only sensible-and possible thing to
do. 1t is an absolute necessity in politi-
cal matters. But that is the prime ar
,gument against the primary law, and we
called attention to the conference in
that connection.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-27

Clerk of Court, Geo. Peterson. is the
first one of the county officers who
acknowledges by public announce
ment that he'is pleased with the admin
istration of his Office in the past and
that he would be pleased to have another
'term:i it the voters are willing. Mr..
Peterson has made a courteous, faithful
and competent official and there is no
good reason why he should notbe reelect
ed except that somebody else wants the
Office and can get enough votes to win
and thatis a,auestion to be settled at
the primary election.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-27
THE THIRD TERM 'nALK

fEvery now and then theGe is;assort g
y recurring wave, of third term talk, and we
sometimes suspect that such waves are
started really in the interest of
other candidates, just to '':finah 1.-THE
fock;s' and to distract public at
tentin from other candidates, though
doubtless there ,ase many people who
are earnest in their opinion that the
place of Mr.. Roosevelt cannot he filled
except by him self.
We have always been against the sre-
,nomination of Nr. Roosevelt because
first, he himself dealared against it in
positive and unmistakable terms. We
take the. President to. be an honest man
who says what he nleans-and it seems
to lis that his truest friends should not
ask him to 60 back On himself.
!, Again, this. country is too large to be
dependent on. any one man no matter
how large he may be. As matter of
fact history proves that we. have gotten
along fairly well in the past at times
when some very weak men were in the
presidential chair. At other times there
have been sudden and unexpected
changes political, sometimes
tragical,-but the country still lived.
Roosevelt is undoubtedly nan of
marked ability, but their are many: other
men of equal ability but not SO marked.
Mr.. Roosevelt,s methods and manners
are such as brings him into distinction,
while others would perhaps do the same
things with equal success with but little
notice. This is not said as criticism
but as a fact, and is due to the .Presi-
dents personal temperament.
The government of this country de-
ponds on the people themselves, The
greatest possible human ability in
the presidential chair cannot run this
government successfully without the
aid of an intelligent public; while on the
other hand it has proved quite possible
for the Affairs Of the government to run
smoothly with q nonentity or worse as
the Chief executive.
Mr.. Roosevelt's success has been not
so much what he has done himself as in
his Ssagacity in finding out what the peo-
pie wanted him to do, and then doing it.
Some other man may not be 50 sagac-
ious, but il he fails to see what the people
want, they will not be long in bringing
it to his notice. .55-. ". & .
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1908-03-27
Political Announcement
CLERK OF COURT

l hereby announce myself as candi-
date for reelection to the Office of Clerk
of the District Court for Pembina
county, on the Republican ticket, and
solicit your support at the primaries.
If elected I will continue to give the
office my entire personal attention and
fulfil the duties of the Office as faith
fully and efficiently as it has been my
aim to do since the last election.
GEORGE PETERSON.