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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

and basket under the 9th or, to pu,
In the wagon, the horse was gone!
Now. you know, I've had several
hard jolts in the course Of my life,
but do you know. don't think l ever
had harder one than that.
"You see, l was young, that was my
first job and my first responsibility.
and everything seemed big to Tue
then; and I'd been entrusted with the
care of horse and wagon, and now
I'd lost it. thought I'd never seen
the street look so empty; with that
horse gone 1t seemed as If everything
was gone; and just stood there in
the store door, with those things I'M
der my arms, helpless, and gazed at
where the horse ought to be, stunned
by the first hard shock that had ever
struck me.
But that same minute a man COM
ing along the sidewalk, and who saw
ME standing there and who knew
what was the matter from something
that he had just seen and from seeing
me, says. throwing his thumb back
over his shoulder:
az just saw him walking of there,
around the corner
And if somebody should come in
now some day when l was $4,000
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

lay observer would call the horror of
a surgical operation"
Here and there in the throng is a
foreign Looking face, indicating the en-
ception to the general rule of Ameri-
cans. The kimonos of the Japanese
maid covers lie frail forms of some
of the mikado's subjects, whose dark,
almond shaped eyes are aglow with in
with her is Chinese maiden in her
picturesque garb, also absorbed by the
exhibition going on below.
Next to the Chinese girl sits one
whose face bcspeaks the Pole, and 9TH
ers are German. French and Italian.
English femininity, with the beautiful
clear complexion of the island across
the sea. is there, too, and beside her
sits an American negress. Finally there
are the faces of Turkish women, Gu
bans and Filipino maidens, and scat
tered all over the seats are types of
the clear Drained. self-reliant and in
telligent American woman from all
parts of the country.
The old superstition and comic paper
jest about the woman fainting at the
sight of a mouse seems cheap and fool
ish in an atmosphere of this sort. Most
physicians say that they attended their
first clinic as medical students with
many qualms. and if they got away
without fainting they felt lucky. All
will admit, however, that the sight of
an operation is a trying one on orti-
nary nerves. so it follows that these
earnest women students possess a re-
serve force of nerve control not I'M
derstood by the person who first per-
petrated the mouse fable.
The large chinned, bespectacled
"frumpish" creature. commonly known
as the masculine type" appears to be
missing at these clinics. Instead a del
icacy of feature and sympathy es-
sentially womanly. together with high
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

short in my engagements and tell me
just where could go to get. the money
l shouldn't feel SO much relieved as
did that day when this man told me
what had become of the missing horse.
Il hadn't had much experience of
horses then, but of course I knew,
when the man told me that, that the
horse hadn't been stolen or run away;
that he'd just got tired Of standing
there in front of the store and had
started to walk back to the barn. And
there found him all right. He had
miscalculated little turning in from
the street and brought UP with one of
the front wheels of the wagon against
the fence on the side of the driveway,
but he'd halted at that, and there he
stood with nothing broken.
And what a blessed relief to. me
that was! And to be sure never left
him standing after that without tying
him.
You don't want to be timid. son,
ever; but it's foolish to take unneces.
sary risks"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Thursday.

Washington, Feb z. Political
speechmaking came to an end in the
house of representatives yesterday
and actual consideration of the Indian
appropriation bill was resumed. A
bitter fight was waged on the PROPOSE
ton to abolish non-reservation schools
and the subject was discussed. through.
out the afternoon.
A financial speech by Senator Gull
berson of Texas and the passage Of a
bill providing for government ex-
hibit at the Alaska ukon-Paci ex-
position were the chief features of in
terest in the proceedings of the senate
yesterday.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Friday.

Washington, Feb. S.-The session OF
the house of representatives yesterday
was devoted almost entirely to the con
sideration of the omnibus war claims
bill, which was passed after considera
Bile discussion. 1t carries a total ap
preparation Of $4,000. A ripple of ex
citement was caused by Mr.. Macon OF
Arkansas, who in the course of the de
bate defended the senate against what
lie said were asIersions cast upon that
body by Mr.. Payne OF New York, when
he predicted that the senate would
load the bill down with number OF
unmeritorious claims.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
BRAIN POWER
Increased By Proper Feeding.

A lady writer who not only has done
good literary work, but reared Fam
lily. found in Grape-Nuts the ideal food
fer brain work and to develop healthy
children. She writes:
:! am an enthusiastic proclaimer of
G1ape-Suts as a regular diet. for
merry had 10 appetite in the morning
and for years while nursing nv four
children. had insufficient nourishment
Tor them
enable to eat breakfast felt faint
cater. and would go to the pantry and
eat cold chops. sausage, cookies,
doughnuts or anything happened to
find Being a writer, at times my
bead felt heavy and my brain asleep.
when | read of Grape.Nuts began
eating it every morning. also gave it
to the children. including my 10
months old baby, who soon grew as
fat AZ a little pig. good natured and
contented.
Il wrote evenings and feeling the
Aeed Of sustained brain power. began
eating a small saucer of Grape. Nuts
with milk. instead of my usual indi.
eestible hot pudding. pie, or cake for
Dessert at night.
grew plump. nerves strong, and
when I wrote my brain was active and
clear: indeed, the dull head pain never
returned"
POSTUM CEREAL CO., Ltd.
Battle Creek, Mich.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
TAFT SELECTS HIS MANAGER.
Frank Il. Hitchcock Will Leave Postal
Service to Boost Secretary.

SSsStSS " SSSSe SSSt OSdbys
Washington, Feb. 9.-Announcement
was made yesterday Of the approach
ing retirement from the postal service
of Frank H. Hitchcock, first assistant
postmaster general. Mr.. Hitchcock
will assume the active management of
the campaign of Secretary Taft for the
Republican nomination to the presi.
dency. The exact date of the retire.
ment has not been determined definite.
ly, but it probably will be about Feb.
Is.
Mr.. Hitchcock will be succeeded as
first assistant postmaster general by
DR.. Charles H. Grandfield, who for a
little more than two years has been
chief of the bureau over which Mr.
Hitchcock presides. DR.. Grandfield has
been actively identified with the post.
al service for about twenty years and
is widely known and highly esteemed
personally and officially.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Battlefield Loaic.

Among the men who served with
Ro0sevelts rough riders in Cuba was
a little Dutch Jew, who, according to
very incarnation Of cool. impudent
bravadO in a fight" He was a consist
ent fataliSt.
One day he observed a comrade
lodging spent bullet that had
whistled uncomfortably close to him.
Watts de use to todge dem pullets?"
sang out the little Jew "Dey'll hit
yOM shust as veil we're you are as we're
you ANTI"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Mines Are eurnino.

Grafton, w. Va, Feb. S.-The Nc
Graw Coal company mines at Simpson
this county, known as the New York
mines, caught fire from some unknown
cause two days ago and are still burn
ing. Two hundred men are at work
trying to put out the blaze.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Reversed.

The foreign visitors to C.ina had
asked to see a native execution and
the governor of the province. for a
consideration. had consented to obiisc
them
't!ave mercy. your hishness." wall.
ell the wretched criminals. as they
crfnged before the governor Have
we NJ chance?"
"None whatever" responded his
highness cheerfusly. It's 4 ccse CT
'Taels win. heads you losc''
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
PURE FOOD.
No Food Commissioner Of Any State
sias Ever Attacked the Absolute
Purity Of Grape.Nuts.

Every analysis undertaken shows
this food to be made strictly of Wheat
and Barley, treated by our processes
to partially transform the starch
parts into form of Sugar. and there.
fore much easier to digest.
Our claim that it is GOOD for
Brain and Nerve Centres is based
upon the fact that certain parts of
Wheat and Barley (Which we use) con-
tain Natures brain and nerve-building
ingredients. viz: Phosphate Of Pot.
ash. and the way we prepare the food
makes it easy to digest and assimilate.
DR.. Geo. w. Carey in his book on
'The Biochemic System of Medicine"
says.
When the medical profession fully
understands the nature and range of
the phosphate of potassium, insane
asylums will no longer be needed
THE gray matter Of the brain is
controlled entirely by the inorganic
cell-salt. potassium phosphate.
This salt unites with albumen, and
oy the addition of oxygen creates nerve.
duid. or the gray matter Of the brain.
"Of course. there is trace of other
salts and other organic matter in
nerve-fuid, but potassium phosphate
Is the chief factor, and has the power
within itself to attract, by its own law
Of affinity. all things needed to manu-.
taCture the elixir Of life. Therefore,
when nervous symptoms arise, due to
che fact that the nerve.fluid has been
exhausted from any cause, the phos.
phate OF potassium is the only true
remedy, because nothing else can
possibly supply the deficiency.
THE ills arising from too rapidly
consuming the gray matter of the
brain cannot be overestimated.
Phosphate Of Potash, is to my
mind. the most wonderful curative
agent ever discovered by man, and
the blessings it has already conferred
on the race are many. But what
shall the harvest be- when physicians
everywhere fully understand the part
this wonderful salt plays in the
processes of life? 1t will do as much
As can be done through physiology to
make heayen on earth.
Let The overworked business mar
cake It and go home good-tempered.
Let the weary wife, nerves unstrung
from attending to sick children or en-.
tertaiEing company. take it and note
how quickly the equilibrium will be
restored and calm and reason assert
her throne. No 'proyings' are required
here. We find this potassium salt
largely predoninates in nervc-fuid,
and That deficiency produces we'll
defined symptoms. The beginning and
end ot the matter is to supply the
lacking principle. and in molecular
form. exactly as nature furnishes it in
Vegetables. fruits and grain. To sup.
ply defciencics-,hi:; is the only law
Of cure"
Please observe that Phosphate of
POTASH is not properly of the drug.
shop variety but is best prepared by
Old Mc'iler Nature" and stored in
The grains ready for use by mankind.
Those who have been helped to better
tealth by the use CT Crane Nuts are
legion
There's Reason"
BRAIN POWER
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

ic work, 1; ill health, s; retired. 8;
no reason assigned, 5.
Seventy-six of the women practi-
TONERS gave the monetary return from
their practice. and the average figured
out about $4,000 year. Ten reported
making less than $1,000 year: "a
made $1,000 or more, but under $4,000:
20 made between $4,000 and $4,000;
10 between s 900 and $4,000; S between
$4,000 and $4,000: 8 between $4,000
and $4,000, and between $4,000 and
$4,000,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
HIS FIRST HARD JOLT.

He Loses Horse-What That Taught
Him-Lesson Of His Experiences.
I've had a number of surprising
things happen to me in the course of
my life said man of mature years,
OF many experiences and now of great
wealth. but none that comes back to
me more wildly than the first of all,
that happened to me when l was quite
a small boy.
I'D just got my first job as boy in
a grocery, and one of the various
things I did there was to drive the
wagon delivering the goods. used to
go around to the barn where we kept
the horse and hook him up mornings
and drive him around to the store,
and when l wasn't off with him deliv-
ering something, why, there he'd stand
through the day, out in front of the
shop.
But one afternoon when l came out
Of the store with a box under one arm
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Z Do the Best & Can.

do the very best I know how-the
very best l can; and I mean to keep
doing SO until the end. If the end
brings me out all right. what is said
against me won't amount to anything.
If the end brings me out wrong, ten
angels swearing l was right would
make no Observation-Disclosures Lincoln
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Ground to Bits by Train.

New Hampton, Iowa, Feb.s.-A mar
supposed to have been Ned Randall
was run down and ground to bits by
south-bound Chicago Great Western
train.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Hard Work.

Baron-You must work very hard t.
dress your wife in the way she dresses
Egbert-Yes: Go have to wo.I
hard. Did you ever try to button on,
OF those dresses down the back
YonEcrs Statesman.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
She Was Anxious.

do you think your mother likes
ME, Manner"
II am sure she does"
What makes you sure?"
Because it was only yesterday she
asked me when you and were going
to be married, as she wanted to live
with u.s.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

So You Wouldn't Know II.
Think my hoy will amount to any,
thing. Miss Ferrule?"
We'll. he has Napo!eonic tenden-
cies.' replied the pretty teacher.
Yesterday he changed the map of Eu-
rope"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE"
That il LAXATIVE BROMO QUlNINE. Look, for
the signature of T. w. GROVE. Used the World:
over to Cure q Cold in. One Day. 25c.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Escaped Much.

Escaped Much.
King Solomon was looked upon
AS able at DEGREES.
But he held sway before the day
OF technicalities.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Speculative.

Merchant Ito drummer for the FIRM
SO they're suffering from the Sleep
iHs sickness in Africa? Wonder If we
couldn't do something in exporting
pajanas and night caps ?-Meggen-
Correr Blaetter.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
The Modern PoIonius

"My boy, IL you want to stay in the
public eye"
YES, dad"
Don't be a human cinder"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

The people who ara talked about are
the last to hear it.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

Monday.
Washington. Feb. 4.-Three Of the
giants Of the house Of representatives
had their innings yesterday. Before
the political question cropped out the
house. with but one dissenting voice
passed general widows pension bill
granting fiat pension of $12 q
month to the widows OF all honorably
discharged soldiers Of the United
States who have not heretofore re.
ceived the benefits of the pension law.
The political debate was opened by
Mr.. Townsend of Michigan, who claim.
ed for the Republican party credit for
all national legislation in the last fifty
years of vital interest to the public
In this he was vigorously disputed by
MIR. Cochran of New York, who after.
wards launched into a discussion of
the presidents message of few days
ago. The presidents utterances in
that document, he declared, were such
that neither party could ignore, for he
had named the conditions for which
both must contend.
ident's message.
Senator Piles of Washington yester.
day delivered an eloquent appeal in
the senate in favor Of an appropriation
by congress of 100000 for a govern.
ment exhibit at the Alaska Yukon-Pa.
cific exposition, to be held I'm Seattle
next year.
The day was chiefly devoted to a
consideration of bills on the calendar.
Tuesday.
Washington, Feb. 5. - President
Roosevelt's recent message to con-
gress on the relations of capital and
labor and of corporations and the pub.
lie again was the theme of discussion
in the house of representatives yester-
day. Interest In yesterdays proceed
ings centered in speech by John
Sharp Williams, the minority leader,
who, while lauding the president for
some Of his sentiments, expressed the
belief that others were dangerous.
The senate yesterday passed the
urgent deficiency bill, carrying an 3D.
preparation Of over $24,O00,O0O.
Wednesday.
Washington, Feb 6.-Senator Bev.
eridge of Indiana yesterday delivered
an appeal to the senate to adopt his
bill providing for non-partisan tariff
commission, a plan which he declared
conformed to modern and business
ideas on this subject.
Tariff revision and the presidents
recent special message to congress
again were the main topics of discus
sion in the house of representatives
yesterday. AS has been the case for
nearly a week, the Indian appropriation
bill ostensibly was before the house,
but in NO quarter was: any word
spoken in regard to it.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Tame.
The world may be a stage.
AS like as not;
But life in this dull age
Has little plot.

The very, wisest advice: take Garfield
Tea whenever laxative is indicated!
Pleasant to the taste, simple, pure, mild,
not drugs.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

Some people are never satisfied I'M
less they put two and two together and
make five.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
.ENNsYL> ANA boasts the

OulECN NS4 lIN ANA OOdSIS tile
|N~ possession of unique
NE schooI-a school where
women OF all nations are
studying to be physicians.
E---J There are other schools
like the Woman's Medical college, of
course. nut none is SO large, and there
is none in which so many races are
represented.
Scenes in the operating room of a
medical college,, with the students
crowding the rows upon rows of bench
es and the surgeons busy with the
knife and forceps, in the pit below, are
common enough. But think of u scene
like this:
woman lies upon an operating Ia
bic in the center OF the "amphitheater,"
awaiting a delic;tse and serious opera
ton. Surrounding her are half dozen
other womcn--nurses and surgeons.
Above on the tiers of seats sit throng
O! youns, and many of them pretty
women. watching eagerly the deft
strokes of tie scalpc!. and. cool and
collected. look @" the fac, OF what the
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink.
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con.
fidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case. Such letters as the fol.
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond q doubt the power of
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
Mixed Sensations,

DO you enjoy your new auton,o.
bile?"
Not much." answered the nervous
man. When it runs am apprehen-
sive. and when 1t doesn't I am an.
noyed. Washington Star.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13

Poets are born. not made"
We'll, cheer up! wasn't blaming
you."-San Antonio Gazette.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
DR.. J. H: RlNptAus, (speciaItst),
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat,
Fargo, N. D.

For every man who has his bust in
the Hall Of Fame there are a. million
busted outside.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
LYDIA e. PlNkHAM's
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r. Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
'Ever since 1 was sixteen years, Of
age had suffered from an organic de-
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence had dreadful headaches
and Vas extremely nervous. My physi-
clan said must 60 through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and I took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you I am to-
day q well woman, and I am, telling
all my friends of my experience"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-02-13
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN,

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
andhas positively cured thousandsot
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
tiOn, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1908-07-17
THIS YEAR.

There wrongs are to be righted and good
to be done
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
There are battles to wage and some fights
to be won
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
There are evils to Danish and wrongs to
de,hrone;
There are joys We may scatter where
grief sits alone,
There is light to be spread where the
sun never shOne,
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
There are trusts to be busted by stop
ping their graft
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
There are letters to weld upon greed and
and on craft
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
There are men to defeat hiding back Of
And pulling the wires that control the
machines,
And it's up to us now to IND ways and
means,
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
There are schemes to defeat if the right
shall prevail
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
And ours be the blame if our wrongs we
bewail
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight.
Wen have to strike out and keep busy
the while
We tackle the wrongs in vigorous
Style
Keep stiff upper lid till it bends in a
smile
In Nineteen Hundred and Eight.