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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
A SCHOOL BAG.
How You Can Make One Out Of
Strong Cord.

DO you want strong. serviceable
little school bag. Take piece OF
heavy cord 30 inches long, lap one
end to the distance of an inch over
the other and sew the two Tapped
ends firmly together; then bind them
neatly around and around with
string. Bring the two edges or SIDES
of the circle together forming two
ends V V Gig. -. Tie a strong
string on each end Gig. 1.) and fas-
ten each OF the strings to the back
of chair; you will then have
circle of heavy cord secure y suspend
ed in mid-air Cut "a lengths Cf
twine each % incnes long; double
each piece and fasten all the strands
on the circle of heavy cord in the
same way you make the fringe on the
hammock OK X, Fig. -, except that
this time the strands must be qu to
distance apart. Let all the spaces
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
A BLOUSE OF BLONDE LACE.

n pLCOOI oT b1<OINbh LASG.
formed OF coarse filet net, handsome
ly embroidered. the yoke vest and
bac-. and front and the lower part OF
the sleeves being formed Of this ma
terial.
Over this Is draped the inner lace.
with the wide armholes cut In one
with the front and back. The
shoulders are inset with medallions
of soft silk Spanish lace and these
are outlined with a pretty small leaf
design of green floss silk embroid-
cry.
The girdle is of green silk trimmed
with buttons covered with blond sat-
IN outlined with black enamel.
Frocks Of white null, lawn and
dimited patterned with delicate fiow-
er sprays and polka dots are quite
the correct thing for young misses
this year. Dresses like the illustra-
tion, trimmed principally with vslen-
ciennes insertion are not difacult to
make at home, nor are they expsn-
sive II bought ready made. Gross
colored Valenciennss u used In. tAis
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
Glove Economy.

The long cotton gloves with suede
finish," to which SO many women pin
their faith during the hot weather,
can have their durability greatly in
creased II minute piece of cotton
wool is stuffed into the tip of each
finger. Only the smallest quantity
OF wool Is required, the object being
to prevent the nails from wearing
away the fabric Of the gloves and
causing holes after short period Of
wear.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

In feeding all classes of sheep there
are general details that contribute
toward satisfactory results. Among
these may be included all those
things that are conducive to the gen.
eral health OF the sheep, such as
considerate treatment, cleanliness OF
troughs and racks, healthfulness OF
the quarters in which sheep are
kept, regularity In feeding, and the
use Of such accessories as salt, pure
water. and sulphur.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
Hints to Mothers.

Never let child sob itself to sleep.
Onions in any form are good for
children.
A hair mattress Is better than a
feather bed.
Oil OF cloves will often cure an
aching tooth.
To insure pure water for drinking
purposes boil It.
When a child refuses to eatv let
him have his own way.
A little borax in baby's bath water
Is good for Its skin.
Mustard plasters made with the
white of an egg do not blister.
Cats carry sore throats and diph-
iberia from house to house.
II child's clothes catch nss in
SANITY roll him on the noOr.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
Not New.

There was girls name and ad-
dress on one of the eggs we bought
at the grocer's yesterday. 1t was
written In pencil. and underneath
were the words. Please write.'"
Did you write?"
No"
why not?"
II was afraid the girl might have
moved"
What makes you think so?"
After l opened the egg | was
pretty sure the address was several
years old. cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

NO FAI Sc PRETENsE has marked the
career of Ely's Cream Balm. Reing
entirely harmless, it is not responsible
IKE the catarrh snuffs and powders,
Tor minds shattered by cocaine. The
great virtue of Ely's Cream Balm is
that it speedily and completely over
comes nasal catarrh and hay fever.
Back of this statement is the testimony
OF thousands and reputation Of many
years success. All druggists, Soc, or
mailed by Ely Bros, So Warren Street,
New York.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
Extremes.

For girls who know their feet are
small
We do not care fig.
They're ill-proportioned, after all =
1t makes their heads too big
Standard and Times.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
GARMENT RACK IN TRUNK.
Designed Especially for the Use OF
TrnyC.ing Statesmen.

a New Jersey man figured it out
on his many journeys that it woiid
be just as convenient to carry gar
mcnt rack along with the trunk. lie
had a special trunk made incor-
rorating his idea, which is shown in
the accompanying illustration. T..!S
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
HE WANTED TO KNOW.
His Question Was Enough to Make
the Professor Gasp.

A certain professor of chemistry
was one day talking to his class
about the value OF oxygen.
Oxygen" said he, 'is essential to
all animal existence. There could not
be any life without It, And yet,
strange to say, 1t was discovered
only about a century ago"
At this one of the students made a
sign as If he desired to speak. and
when tho professor nodded permits
sion, the student said:
What would like to know pro-
fessor, is how animal life got along
before oxygen was discovered ?"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
He Knew.

Can any little boy" asked the
new teacher. tell me the difference
between lake and an ocean?"
II can" replied Edward, whose
wisdom had been learned from ex-
perience. Lakes are much pleas
anter to swallow when you fall in"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

ing, insertion and ribbon bows. The
neck is cut little low and finished
with a square yoke of insertion fin
ished with edging TO match.
Rufs of Chiffon or maline in
delicate shades go we'll with thin
dresses and are as much used by
growing girls as by matrons.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
Tho Odor Of Paint.

You can remove tho odor of fresh
paint from a room by leaving there a
pail OF water. into which several on
ions have been sliced
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13
Hard Hit.

MY new gown" said Mrs.
Dresser, "is just lovely. It's a good
fit because it pinches me So"
well, 1t doesn't pinch you half AS
much as 1t does my pocketbook. -
Philadelphia Press.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

instance, is very rich looking against
a background of white.
The skirt is trimmed with narrow
panels of tucked white lawn. in 1ad-
dition to the lace ana the waist has
an ample trimming of the same ma
terials.
The arniholes are very wide and
loose, showing undersleeves of the
dress materials, finished with edg-
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

The liar WAKES strong in popular
ity. but the speaker OF truth 10 With
out friends.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

II a girl would be happily married
let her marry fellow so homely that
no other girl wants him.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

Mike-So poor ovid Timothy's
dead, eh? Whin did he. die?
Pat-Faith, II he'd lived till to-
morrow. he'd bin dead just a week.
Pick Me-Up.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

If Art holds the mirror up to nature.
nature must frequently be ashamed OF
herself.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-08-13

The Youthful Customer say,
waiter, | don't think | shall want
those straws. You can take them
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
The Man He Dreaded.

Frederick the Great of Prussia
often told laugl,able story of an
experience of his own. During one
Of his campaigns in Silesia he made
it his habit to stroll through his
camp in disguise at night to come
in touch with his soldiers. One
night he was stopped by sentry,
but, giving the password, was per-
mitted to proceed. Instead of do
ing so, however, he endeavored to
tempt the sentry into accepting a
cigar, saying that smoke would
solace his long watch.
ut is against the rules" said the
soldier.
'sBut you have my permission, -
said the king.
"Your permission! Who are
your"
Il am the king"
'"The king be hanged" said the
incorruptible sentry. 'What would
my captain say?"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
ODD PoRTENrs AND SIGNS.
supsrstitions That Have Lona Been
Prevalent Among Negroes.

supsrstitions That Have Long Been
Prevalent Among Negroes.
Among the colored people of the
south every commonest event has
its accompanying sign or supersti-
ton.
Whether these all date back to
the African savage ancestors of the
race is doubtful, as very many of
them are similar to those current
among English, Scotch and Irish
peasants. 1t is probable that in &C.
quiring the English language the
newly imported negroes imbibed
the superstitions in vogue among
the white people of the south at
that time.
Signs of weather are many, as is
natural, and some of them are very
curious. If cat sneezes or if she
washes her head behind her ear it
will rain. If she rubs against OBJ
jects or is especially frisky it fore
bodies wind.
In the winter if COW lows in the
evening it will snow before morn
ing. If COW stops in walking and
shakes her foot there is bad weather
behind her. When the cattle are
driven to pasture, if the bull goes
first it will rain.
If a dog eats grass in the morning
or if he digs hole in the ground It
is sign Of bad weather. Pigs are
believed to be able to "see the
wind" If they run about and
squeal without apparent cause it is
sign of cold and stormy weather.
Money carried for three days in
a mans shoe may safely he wager
ed. 1t is sure to win.
The locust tree is especially liza
bic to stroke of lightning. Some
say Judas hanged himself on that
tree. Others suppose the crown of
thorns to have been made from it.
1t is terribly unlucky to burn for
firewood a tree which has been
struck by lightning. This is sure to
bring misfortune upon the house
hold.
Shoes have many portents con-
nected with them. If heel is lost
from the shoe it forebodes "a death
in the family 'sbeforc the year is
out If new shoes are accidentally
dropped before they are worn you
will surely step into trouble with
them on Your feet
New shoes must never be placed
on shelf higher than the owners
head, as it brings bad luck, and one
shoe should never be polished with
out the other for fear of bad ac-
cident or perhaps sudden DEATH
Baltimore Sun.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
Paying Debt. In Japan.

Foreigners in Japan find great
opportunity to purchase curios at
the beginning Of each new year.
Every one in Japan is expected to
clear up bis books and pay his debts
by the last day Of the old year. The
hadesmen send in their yards
more often miles-of bills to "the
honorable lady Of the house." and
presents are politely exchanged all
around. Shopkeepers hold bargain
sales to enable them to pay the
wholesale houses, and if a man can
not raise sufficient money to pay
his creditors it is not an uncommon
thing for him to sell of sufficient
or even all Of his property at a sac
rifice to enable him to meet the new
year with a smiling face. The only
other honorable way out Of his diff
culties is for him to commit suicide.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
Puttinq Il concretelv.

Although Mr.. Lawton was won't
to indulge in a sort of language
which left his hearers in some doubt
as to his exact meaning, yet when
he was "put to il" he never failed
to make himself understood.
"No, I shouldn't want to live in
a house like Philander's," he an
nounced to Mrs. Lawton on the
evening of his return from visit
to nephew. ellis cellar, now
it's most desperately overfowed
whenever the weather is anyways
Damp"
"Just what do you mean by des-
perately overfowedr" asked Mrs.
Lawton.
II mean," said her husband mild
~, "that all they had to do was 10
open the door that led from the
kitchen down cellar, and the ap-
pies come floating right in on to the
kitchen floor. Is that plain to YEP
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
THE BABY'S CRIES,

Sometimes when / go to my
room,
And cannot find the things
need,
| shout in tones that echo loud.
But still wife never seems to
heed.
She says she doesn't hear me.
but
Just let the baby in his cot
Make cen the slightest sound
or cry
She's instantly upon the spot.
A collar button lost, or cuffs.
A necktie that | wish to wear:
l cannot make her hear at all
By shouting @ er the banister,
But let the baby start to cry.
And utter just one feeble
wall;
Her hearing so acutely trained
To baby's cries will never
fail.
And so l think the ears must
be
Instinctively some way a
part
And joined, perhaps, by finer
chords
Unto mothers loving heart.
For louder, harsher sounds. it
seems,
A mothers ear may oft de-
spise;
But instantly che seems to
know,
The very minute baby cries.
Detroit Free Press.
The Times, $1.OO per year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
Congregational Church Items.


Our Sabbath school will be
represented at the state con-
vention by the Superintendent,
Mr.. Frank McKcen.
The Wahpeton conference
convenes in Forman May 26
and ~. Delegates will be sent
to this conference both from
the church and the Missionary
society.
Sunday morning Maya, Miss
Myrtle NJ. Foote is lady of
wide experience in mission
work and you will want to hear
her. No offering for missions
will be asked for.
For Sunday May 10 there
will be services at the usual
hours. Sermon at 1890, "The
Saved Man" At s p. m. the
theme will be, 1.-The Sabbath
for Man, What Shall Man do
With it7"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
A W0MAN'S BACK.

\ woman's back has many
aches and pains
Most times its the kidney
fault.
Backache is really kidney ache (;
That's why Doan's Kidney
Pills cure it.
Many Wahpeton women know
this.
Read what one has to say
about it:
Mrs. Jacob Sweitzer, living
near the Public school, Wah-
peton, D. Max, says: "For the
past twenty years l have
been bothered with backache
and a disordered condition of
my kidneys. never knew
when crick would catch me
in the small of my back and
there was an almost steady
aching that made it hard for
me to bend over. Whenever
l caught the least cold it would
settle in my kidneys and at
such times 1 would suffer
severely. / was subject to
headaches, dizzy spells we're
of frequent occurrence and at
times l was so miserable l
could scarcely drag myself
around. After trying many
remedies without relief Doan's
Kidney Pills were brought to
my attention and l procured a
box at Keen's drug store.
They helped me from the first,
l continued using them and
was cured. 1 am now enjoying
good health and give Doan's
Kidney Pills the credit"
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Foster-Milburn Co,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan'e
and take no other.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
Wahpetonwill have a strong

Wahpetonwill have strong
ball team this season.
Weak women should read nv
"Book No. 4 For Women. It
was written expressly for
women who are not we'll. The
Book No. 4 tells of DR.. Shoop's
might Cure" and just how
these soothing, he Ealing,
antiseptic suppositories can be
successfully applied. The
book, and strictly confidential
medical advice is entirely free.
Write DR.. Shoop, Racine, Wis.
The Night Cure is sold by all
dealers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07
LOCAL NEWS.
Commercial Club will NEE

Office.
Found: A ladies belt, for
particulars call at Ali Ka-
mones.
Automobile for sale in first
class order. G. w. Horton 9TH
street. If
Mrs. P. H. Stenerson enter
tanned the Jolly Mines Tues
day evening,
Before letting the contract
for your cement walk get John
Rischard's prices. If.
The Beau-Not Club we e
entertertained at Mrs. E. Hills,
Tuesday evening.
Wanted: Girl for general
house work, four in family,
Mr.. Geo. Wichman.
"Bismarck"-best wines and
liquors by bottle or gallon, all
kinds of bottle beer. If.
For sale: A lot of old win
dows and window frames,
enquire of H. D. Landes. 2w
Cupid, the black face fun
provoker, is with kidnapped
for a Million" At opera house
May !3.
To RENT-Good six room
house to rent north side, for
particulars call at city pump
ing station. 2w
r. Bohn of the hustling
village of Great Bend sends in
a couple of "plunks" this week
and tells us to push his sub
scrip,ion up a notch or two.
Mike Hafner of Mooreton
was in our city to-day and
pushed his name along year
on the big list of Times read.
ers.
Geo. Wichman won $40
prize at the Skat tournament
at St. Cloud. The boys who
attended report pleasant
time.
WANTED TEAMs.-To pillow,
drag, disc and drill $50 acres
3 miles northeast of Brecken-
ridge. Good Prices paid. S.
T. DAK1N, Breckenridge, Mimi.
We buy good fresh cream
and pay highest cash price
possible. Weights and tests
guaranteed. Give us trial
and see if we cannot satisfy
you. A. MIkscHE. Wv
COOP PAsTURE.-We will
take in cattle and horses at
pasture Sec, 34-134 ,46 Saturday
May 9th, and Monday May 18th,
or will take them out Monday
May 11th., from Lockman's
livery barn at a reasonable
charge. S. T. DAk1N, Brecken-
ridge, MINI.
The Perrys, in offering to
you, kidnapped for a Million"
means that you will get your
moneys worth. This play has
met with great success in the
west during the past season.
Clever specialties will be in
troduced. Seats on sale at
VOLTS store. Opera house, one
night only. May 10.
E. c. Estes proprietor of Wah-
peton's big furniture store was
down east last week and while
there purchased one of the
finest hearses ever brought to
the northwest. Mr.. Estes
carries a very large stock of
caskets and collins and with
the addition of his new funeral
car he has one of the most
complete undertaking estab-
lishments in the state.
1.-THE Prisoner of Zenda" will
be given by Harold Nelson and
his excellent company on their
return engagement next Mon
day night. The play tells one
e A. L@-..Lsc..N
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07

transacted usiness in town,
Monday.
Atty. w. $. Lowery of Hank,
inson was Wahpeton visitor
Tuesday.
w. w. Jameson, the new
furniture man has a new ad
in this issue.
E. c. Estes is talking to you
this week see his large adver-
tisement on first page.
Mrs. Joseph Simonitsch and
her sister, Mrs. Novotny, were
Fargo passengers Tuesday.
A. C. Roberts, the Cass
county ditch man of Fargo
was in the city, Wednesday.
John Rischard with his
force of mechanics are plaster
ing the new Bohemian church
this week.
Fox SALE:-Good clean flax
seed, enquire of Albert Schri-
ber's 3 miles south of Wahpe-
ton. Nv
Mrs. Paul Meyer who has
been visiting at St. Cloud
several days, returned home,
Monday.
Mrs. Chas. Schinkel of
Staples, Mimi, is visiting her
mother Mrs. Bell for a couple
of weeks.
The Fargo College Bail Nine
came down last Monday and
cleaned up the Science School
Bunch to the tune of 10 to 8
Those who have neglected
cleaning the allies back of their
premises, will have to go some,
as the Big Police will soon call
on you, and what he will do
will be plenty.
The Methodist ladies viii!
hold sale of home baking at
the old Gazette building Satur-
day afternoon, beginning at $3.50
They will also hold their apron
sale the same afternoon and at
the same place.
] T. Kenefick of this city
fell dead while blowing in q
garden near his home in the
south part of the city Monday
afternoon. The deceased was
about sixty years old, his re-
mains were taken to Belmont.
Iowa, for burial.
Married at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. w. H. Redman, Wed
nesday evening, their daughter
Gladys t. w. T. Mattson of
Breckenridge, the contracting
parties are very popular in the
towns and further particulars
of the social function will be
given in our next issue.
Atty. W. H. Redmon of this
city has announced himself as
a candidate, on the democratic
ticket for judge of this district,
Mr.. Redmon is very conserva-
tive in his political ideas and
only through the solicitation
of many of the attorneys in the
district and the earnest request
of his many friends that he
would consent to become a
candidate, as a jurist Mr..
Redman has no superior in the
district.
Get together. Play Ball!
Quit chewing the Rag. Throw
the Knockers into the Sewer
with the other trash and let
them float north on the raging
Red and freeze to death. A
Base Ball team is what the two
towns want, and if they will
use a little common horse sense
the people of Wahpeton and
Breckenridge can get together
and have the best Ball team in
the two States. We have the
material and the finest dia-
mond in the northwest. Call
a meeting of the interested
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-05-07

The Times, $1.0o per year.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

is that the race will surpass in dis
play of speed and daring the ia
nous Grand Prix of France.
The cement PARKWAY and fine
grandstand are to be completed be-
fore the elimination trials. This
part of the course is banked at all
curves and has bridges over all
railroad crossings. 1t is the only
perfectly safe part of the course.
and the remainder of the rs miles
of twistings will make every chauf-
feur keep his eyes open.
Arrangements have been made
to have a railroad company run the
sleeping cars of the millionaire
contestants up behind the grand
stand so that they can roll right out
of bed into the parkway.
Precautions have been taken for
the safety of spectators. A woven
wire fence, so high that even
small boy would find trouble in
getting over, will run along both
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02

No mere man fuses around the
touring car Of Miss Alice Potter of
Elgin, Ill. She drives across coun-
try without chauffeur or mechanic,
and she gets where she wants to go
without lingering by the wayside to
any great extent.
Miss Potter's most recent
achievement was trip to New
York and return, a distance of
about $500 miles. She took with her
two young women friends and a
chaperon. The run was a success
in every way.
Every drop of oil and every drop
of gasoline used on the journey was
strained by the fair hands of Miss
Potter. She would take no chances
on some mans carelessness mar
ring her trip.
Miss Potter is a rather unusual
woman. She Is frail and small look
ing, except for her features, like a
girl of 16. But she is chuck full of
vital energy and determination. She
has driven that car of hers $4,000
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1908-09-02
BY DOROTHY DALE.

Extremes meet this year In hat
dom.
First, your attention to the mush.
room of 1908.
Nothing new about the mush-
room in millinery? Well you
haven't seen this one. And you
can't see anything else when it Is in
sight. But to get any adequate idea
of this monstrous oddly we must
go back to first principles.
The new hat is just like the little
French sauce mushroom with its
diameter masnified 20 to 100 times.
Think of your umbrella magnified
in the same way.
And we have said hasty things
about the poor Merry Widow.
But, high, broad and magnificent
as the new mushroom Is. there is
also chance for the woman who
has not acquired bushel of hair to
be strictly in the mode. The neat,
close fitting turban is hack and has
brought with II the small hat that
has created sensation in Paris.
This new conservative--as far as
width goes-creation is hat and
neck dress combined.
One shown Is entirely In black