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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Log Cabin Sentiments.

Log Cabin Sentiments.
Charity can't never kivet all de sin.
ners what's hollerin' fer cloze.
It's bad to fall by de wayside, but
it's wuss than bad ter lay dar an
holler
Ef you don't keep rollin' wild de
worr you'll soon wake up ter de fact
dat de worI kin roll on without you.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
The Best Part Of a House.

The Best Part Of a House,.
The best part of a modern house Is
its windows. To keep these open day
and night, and to make the air inside
approach as nearly as possible the
air outside should be the first bust.
ness Of the housekeeper. Everything
else should be held subservient to the
need Of fresh air.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03

A Sargent county Russian was fir.
ing at some prairie chickens when a
deputy game warden appeared. The
Russian was a poor shot, however,
and hadn't killed any He was lectur.
Cd and not arrested.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
A Modern Critic.

A Modern Critic.
Husband (after the theater)-Well,
how do you like the piece?
Wife-Very much. There's only
one improbable thing in It. The Sec
ond act takes place two years after the
first, and they have the same servant.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
BREAKING the News.

Breaking the News.
Father, was writing done on tablets
Of stone in the old days?"
Eyes, my son." replied the dutiful
parent.
"Gee!" unused the boy. Then it
must have taken a crowbar to break
the news"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
The AItruist,

Priscilla had just asked John Alden
why he didn't speak for himself.
Because want to carry the Middle
West" he answered frankly.
Herewith she sighed for the time
when he would be free man.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Hustle in Life and Death.

The American grows quickly. works
quickly, eats quickly, makes up his
mind quickly, gets rich quickly and
dies quickly. He is even buried
quickly.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Roll On.

"Apostrophe to the Ocean?"
Critic-I think your apostrophe
should be quotation. It's stolen from
Byron.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Her Objections.

Benham-Why do you object to my
wearing q beard?
Mrs. Benham-1t isn't the beard
itself that l object to. It would be all
right If you would only raise one
which would harmonic in color with
some Of my dresses.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03

Worked Like an Umbrella.
Stella-Did you carry a paraluna?
Bella-Yes, and Of course the moon
didn't come out.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Misunderstood,

Bridget-Oi've Just been readin'
how wan kin git tn best av mosquit.
oes!
Pat-sure. who wants mosquitoes,
good or bad?
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
Surpassed.

Knicker-The horse leech has three
daughters crying "Give, Give!"
Bocker-They don't compare with
the Donkey leech.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
A Near Danger.

A Near Danger.
He-I would like to get next to
Gladys to-day.
She-You had better not.
He-Why not?
She-Because she is beside herself
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1908-09-03
A Bad Combination.

Se0
Hicks-Late hours are sure to tell
on q man.
Enthusiastically If they are &C.
eompanied by q spiced breath.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-12
LINCOLN A PROH|
1t Seems as Though He Fav-
ored Temperance by One
Of His Speeches.
INTERESTING CONTENTION.

Chicago. April 1l,-Many new and
valuable facts regarding the life of
President Lincoln have come to light
as result of the heated controversy
which is now Waging between the
friends and foes of prohibition in this
city over the rather Unessential ques-
ton of whether or not he was a drink
ing man. A host of unexpected anti
quarians and historians have taken the
field on either side and the net result
of their recriminations. while doing
little to solve the problem of prohibit
ton or license. has been a truly note
worthy contribution to the biography
OF the martyr president. Sayings and
speeches have been rescued from obliv-
ion and one or two new photographs
have come to light. Regarding the
actual point at issue, curiOuSly little
serious testimony has been offered
with the exception of one characteris-
tic quotation. in which Lincoln showed
his fearlessness in standing up for his
convictions regardless of the Opposi-
ton in some quarters which, then as
now, must have been aroused by such
plain speaking. He is reported to
have said: "PrOhibition will work great
injury to the cause Of temperance. 1t
is a species of intemperance within it.
self for it goes beyond the bounds of
reason in that it attempts to control a
mans appetite by legislation. and in
making crime out of things that are
not crimes. A prohibition lax strikes
blow at the very principles on which
our government was founded. | have
always been found laboring to protect
the weaker classes from the stronger
and | never can give my consent to
such law as you propose to enact. Tn
Ill my tongue shall be silent in death,
will continue to fight for the rights
of men"
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-12
FEAR FOR WILSON
Friends of Kentucky Governor
Think Strain Will Make
Him III.
BREAKDOWN is PREDICTED.

Frankfort Ky. April ll.--Friends of
Governor Wilson are uneasy, fearing
that unless he let's up on the strong
pressure under which he is working,
he will be down for a long spell of i'll
ness. probably nervous prOstratiOn. He
is losing flesh. and those who have
been intimately associated with him
for the latter part of the legislative SEES
sion and since it has adjourned, have
noticed particularly his nervous man
ner. which shows that he is asking too
much of his physical self in his efforts
to get through with the large amount
of work before him IN a limited
amount of time Physicians who have
consulted with the governor about the
State Board of Health bill told him he
must have rest soon or breakdown
will result. Worry about the Night
Rider troubles has been added to the
other nerve wrecking eXactiOns of the
executive office. until the executive is
pretty thoroughly exhausted. AS soon
as he has this business off his hands
he will go on a vacation for afOrtnight
10 recuperate and rest.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-12

tor of St. Johns parish, Poulney.
where he died.
The other clergyman is the rector OF
the St. James, Woodstock. He came
here from Lafayette. Ind, in 1907. For
several weeks friends in the West of
the Woodstock rector have been under
the impression that he had died. and
a widely read church publication re
Gently confused the two men in its
obituary columns The Rev. Charles
Smith Lewis has sent notices to the
church publications that he is still
alive.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-12
The Chauffcurs.

In the last decade of the eighteenth
century a band of French brigands
flourished in and about the forest Of
La Muette, close TO Mereville. To these
''pingres." as they called themselves,
the people gave another name. All over
France they We're known as the ''chauf-
feurs," from their use of fire, applied
to the feet of their victims who would
not tell where their money was hidden.
-Argonaut.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-12
RECTOR NOT DEAD
Woodstock. w.. Pastor Was
Obliged to Give Pub
lie Notice.
A FORMER INDIANA MAN.

Woodstock, Vt, April 1.-THE Rev.
Charles Smith Lewis, rector of the ST.
James Episcopal church. has been
obliged to give public notice that he is
not dead, as reported recently in the
church press. Until recently there
were two men named the Rev. Charles
Lewis in the Episcopal diocese of Yer
mont. One was the Rev. Charles
Trask Smith. who came to Vernon.
from Colorado In 1905 and became rec
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-12

Wife-Oh, William, why are you so
late? | have been 50 frightened!
William Cwho has been to his club
'Portant bishnish. m'dear.
Wife--Wouldn't it keep till tomor-
row?
draWn-ExchanG
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-12

BECRY:
Gold Medal Flour for mo.
LLRsH
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-04-12
Dry Goods Dept.

See the great values in our west win
dow that we will have to offer in
ladies white waists. Fine India
linen, lace and embroidered trim
med, of the very latest designs at
=. .. .....e sc, SIPS and $3.50
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02
Wild Birds Pets.

Bluejays are rather shy birds, but
once found nest of young which
were nearly ready to fly, and | did not
hesitate to carry the little fellows
home Their cage often sat by an
open window, and l soon learned that
l had never really known bluejay
when | thought the harsh note we are
so familiar with was it's only one. All
at once the whistle of a hawk would
send the hens scurrying to their hid
ing places. A firt of the tail and
saucy glance of the eye told me that
nv Jays were initiating hawk.
When the woodsawyers came | found
that the birds would mock the sound
of the saw perfectly, and then they
made life q. burden When the young
lambs appeared they would deceive
the sheep mothers themselves with
the imitation of the lambs bleating.
A young colt next claimed their atten-
ton. And so it went from one noise
to another, also running through a
list of songsters, such as the robin,
finch, etc. 1t was truly revelation 10
hear such sweet notes from the throat
of a blueiay. -Suburan Life.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02
Humane Society Goes TO Rescue
of Rats Treated Cruelty

Is a rat well watered when it IS
drowned?
A local hardware company believes
so, and has also convinced the Min
neapolis Humane society of the fact
Late yesterday afternoon an excited
female voice advised the society that
a hardware firm on Sixth street was
treating cage OF rats in most
cruel and inhumane" manner The
said rodents. according to the fair IN
formant were kept in = trap in the
window all day without drop OF wa
ter to drink and absolutely nothing o
eat AS there was no agent to send
to investigate the case and II seemed
to require Immediate attention. the
fair secretary Of the Humane society
and her fair assistant hraving the hon
ror of rats, started out 10 put a stop
to the cruelty. Reaching the shop IN
Question, they saw nothing in the vim
dow but a sign. If you can catch ms
many in a stock trap without bait
what would you expect IL you bought
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02
HOUSE AND GARDEN
ARCHITECTURAL PROBLEM AS
SOLVED IN GERMANY.
A House That Was Built on a Hillside
and a Garden Laid Out to Match
1t, with Similar Details
in Both.

New York City.-Whether the archi-
tect or the landscape gardener should
supply the plans for the garden of the
new house is one of the questions
raised during the recent revival Of in
terest in gardens. AS rule, the
formal rocco gardens are much less in
teresting to the average owner of a
country estate than the less formal
kind, since they are out of place ex-
cept in connection with elaborate
houses.
Even the smallest garden of the reg
u1ar rocco style requires also a house
of some architectural pretensions be-
longing to the same period as the gar
den. Illustrations of the incongru-
ity arising from failure to OBJ
serve this rule are seen in many coun-
try houses to which the owners with
more recklessness than taste have add
ed formal rose gardens When these
houses are plain white colonial struc-
lures the incongruity is particularly
disturbing.
When the garden is far away from
the house the case is different. 1t is
when the garden is regarded as part
of the house that uniformity between
them is most important, even essen
tial.
The view printed here exhibits a
garden which WIS regarded as so
much a part of the house with which
it was connected as to be of the nature
of paflors in the open air 1t gives
striking idea of the extent to which
architectural means may legitimately
be used in a small garden
The house is situated in the Rhine
country in Germany 1t is built on
the side of steep hill commanding
a beautiful view over the valley to the
mountains lying on the other side.
The garden terrace is on level with
the house.
It is built up from the side of the
hill and the stone garden wall is more
of necessity than garden walls usu-
ally are. The wooden wall and gate
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02
Sun Can't Hurt Tools, Temper.

The carpenter hurridly pushed the
chisel out of the white, vibrating sun
shine into the cool blue SSade.
do you want to spoil the TOOLS
temper in all that HEATH" he growled
But the older carpenter, smiling
scornfully, retorted:
I thought you were above the silly
superstition that the summer sun
could hurt the temper of our tools.
Why, man, you might triple the SUM-
heat, and still our tools could lie in
the full blaze unframed.
ITO temper chisel the steel is
heated to 400 degrees. To temper
axes and planes, heat of $40 degrees
is applied. Fine saws and augers take
$50 degrees, and hand and pit saws
take 900 degrees.
"Of course the tempered steel can :
be affected till the heat of its temper
ing is applied to it. Throw back, then
old man, your chisel into the sun.
Proof against 4S9 degrees, what can
Ito or so out there an the sand do to
it?"
From the windows of the house
the officers watched him run across
the road and climb the wall He
made his way quickly to the nearest
sufferer, raised the poor fellows
head on his arm and gave him long
draft of cool water
From one he went to another IN
til his purpose was SO plain in the
eyes of the federals that all danger
was over.
From all parts of the field came
the piteous appeals again and again
Kirkland had to return for water and
he spent an hour and half in min
istering to the needs of the wound
ed. Then he rejoined his company
unhurt
At Chickamauga Kirkland fell. His
example was one which dignified all
humanity.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02
Terrace Garden Where Only Architec-
tural Treatment Is Possible.

at the end of the garden are also archi-
/ tectural necessities, since the ter
race ends here.
| The proximity of the garden to the
house has made it necessary for the
architect to treat it as a continuation
, of the dwelling. So the lattices for the
vines against the wall, the arbor, the
benches, all these carry out the color
scheme of the house. On the top
Of the upper terrace is the kitchen
garden.
Here the architectural treatment is
of wholly different kind from that
demanded in the rocco garden. There
are no straight paths, no evergreens
cut into the form of chickens or less
easily identified animals. The only
! solution of the problem of garden
! perched on the side of steep hill was
through it's architectural design.
| Such garden bears almost as close
relation to architecture as the house
/! itself 1t is the skill of the gardener
combined with that of the architect
that brought about so interesting
uCIdlI Dis tuC dllu pun
standing under the silver poplar tree.
| 1t is improbable that design with
! its details so closely related as are
| the details of this house and garden
should be the work of more than one
hand The situation is different in the
case of the average country house, and
| the New York architect who puts up
a country house does no more than
settle on the general plan of the
garden-what position it is to hold
| in relation to the house, what its size
should be and something about its
general character. Even his decision
on these points is likely to be in the
nature of suggestion for the land
scape gardener is the final authority.
Some New York architects have
certain gardeners who do all their
work and cooperate with them on
plans Yet in this case the architect
assumes no responsibility for the
work, allowing the practical gardener
to have all the credit as well as the
blame in case the owner is not pleased.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02

when this rate gees into effect" said
Mr.. Meyer. eff such a rush of bust
ness had attended on the Nola Chucky
'postofice, the old Nola Chucky
postmaster's ways would have escaped
notice.
Some years ago an old fellow was
appointed postmaster of the small VII
lage of Nola Chucky. A number of
weeks passed and the Nola ChucKians
and their friends began to complain
about the mails. And no wonder.
The postmaster, it seemed. had sent
out no mail since his entrance into
office.
An inspector. Investigating the
matter pointed to the hundred or
more dusty letters that the postmaster
had kept by him, and said sternly:
why on earth, sir, didn't you let
these go?'
" i was waitin'" said the old man.
till the bag got FULL"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02
Son of Lady de Clifford.

tanning his first birthday, that she in
tends to bring up her boy to be thor
ough little Irishman has touched the
Irish heart Consequently the charm
ing woman who was formerly an &C
tress finds herself right now probably
the most popular woman in Ireland.
The marriage of this important lit
tie boys parents was a great romance
for Lord de Clifford, twenty-fifth of his
line, married Miss Eva Darlington, one
of the tall and beautiful Gibson girls
in Seymour Hicks company.
Lady de Clifford is devoted to her
Irish home, Dalgan Park, Shrule
where so serious FIRE took place last
autumn. She is a splendid horse
woman, but soon after her marriage
joined the comparatively small group
of lady race horse owners. The birth
of a son and heir to the young peer
aroused great enthusiasm in the neigh
borhood of Dalgan Park.
Lord de Clifford was the fourth
member of the Irish peerage within a
brief period to take bride from the
stage. The earl of Clancarty, the
marquis of Headfort and the earl OF
Clonmel all married actresses.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02
HERoIsM OF A PRIVATE.
In Face of Death Richard Kirkland
Carried Water to Wounded Soldier.

1t is one of the anomalies of war
that although it stirs the savage ma
ture of mankind it also calls out the
highest qualities of courage, unselfsh-
ness and devotion. Many a deed Of
martial heroism is done in the name
of mercy rather than of the god oI
battle. No description of a fierce
charge, says the Youths Companion,
records more determined valor than
does the story of Richard Kirkland
as told by General Kershaw
Kirkland was private who served
in the South Carolina volunteers dur
ing the civil war After the bloody
battle of Fredericksburg his brigade
occupied the road near the field One
hundred and fifty yards beyond the
field lay the federal troops, and be-
tween the ground was covered by
the dead and dying. All day long
the air was rent with the cries and
groans of the wounded and the pitt
full calls, Water Water!"
In the afternoon, as General Ker-
shaw sat in the upper room of his
headquarters overlooking the field,
Kirkland asked permission to speak
to him.
General said the young man, II
can't stand it."
Stand what, sergeant?"
''All night and all day I've heard
those poor people crying for water.
l came to ask permission to give
them drink"
kirkland" responded the general,
don't you know that if you step
over that wall you'll get a bullet in
your head?'
q know it, but I'm willing to
try"
Il ought not to allow you to run
such a risk" he said, ''but | cannot
refuse your request. Trusting God
will protect you, you may CO.
The sergeant's eyes lighted with
pleasure
Thank you, sir!" he said heartily,
and ran down the stairs. when he
/ reached the bottom of the flight he
hesitated. turned and ran up again.
General, can l show the white
handkerchief"
The general slowly shook his
head
mo, Kirkland, you can't do that"
"All right. I'll take the chance,
and he was off again.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02

ton of the Utica Gas and Electric
company's plant and. putting spurs to
the animal, galloped around.
The reader would not be very likely
to see anything wrong in the state
ment that "a special committee of
three was appointed to prepare a siz-
zling reply tomorrow" But it wasn't
tomorrow really; it was ito Mr..
+ Orr
One might seek in vain, though, the
justification for using large head
line to announce the fact that the
Lotus Club Dimes Monday were it
not for the circumstance that the ar
ticle itself told that it was the his
torian Morley who was dined.
Some of the most absurd effects are
achieved as has been seen, by the.
omission of single letter, but the fol-
lowing instance in an article telling
how to rase turkeys is one in which
absurdity and accuracy are by no
means inconsistent: Once past the
chick stage there is no general moral
giving and Christmas week"
All who read that Father Bedford
has tried for nearly three years to re
lieve the congregation of his church
on Sundays" probably wondered If
shorter sermons wouldn't do it. How
could they know it was not really the
but the congestion that
needed relief? And they doubtless
were amazed to learn that certain
apartment was furnished with an odd
tumble of Japanese languages and
Turkish rugs Read -hangings' for
Languages"
John D. Rockefeller, Jr, has re-
ceived a great deal of attention in the
newspapers, but probably no reported
statement of his has ever more sur
prised the people than this one: "And
let me say to you,' continued Mr..
Rockefeller, that no one here needs
funds more than he who is now speak.
ing to you.
What young Mr.. Rockefeller really
said he needed was friends, which is
not half so surprising
Once more the unlucky book review
er comes up in this collection OF err
rata. He was made to refer to the
complete political works of William
Wordsworth, whose complete works
were of course poetical.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1908-09-02
Christianity in Korea.

New York independently is al
most impossible to keep up with the
unions of denominations that are CO.
ing on in the foreign mission field.
One of the last is in Korea, where
four different Presbyterian missions,
American, North and South, Austral-
ian and Canadian, have united their
churches. They have forty Korean
ministers and elders and nearly
10000 commandments and catechu-
mems. The rapid progress of Christ
ianity in Korea is the present marvel
of missions, especially as the mission
policy there is what it was in the first
Christian century, to expect the con-
verts to pay their own church ex-
penses. The creed adopted by this
union is so simple that there is no
reason why other missions in Korea
should not join with this one to ere
ate one great united church of Korea,s
and this is the desire and aim.