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The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09

u 10 not farm products but farm profits that
puts tho farmer ahead in the world. There
hone things which point to II large cotton crop and
low prices for II this yoar~-things YOU cannot az
tord To ignore. What Ia II man proated II he
gathers sreat abundance OF cotton and spends
IL all for the cost OF making It? Wherewithal.
then. shall no buy the things needfui which he
aidnt make Don't neglect your food and feed
crops
The Southern farm gazette., 1908-05-09

Ills wife noticed nm anxious look on his face
ana asked the cause. He blamed his son for
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-21
CHAPTER 15i7.


AN ACT Fixing the Salaries OF the AS
sistant Clerks Of the Superior Court For
the Counties Of Providence and Bristol.
Other Than the Assistant Clerk Having
an Office In Bristol
PASSED April 20. l90S)
L is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
Section l. The annual salaries of the as
Istant clerks of the superior court for
he counties of Providence and Bristol.
)ther than the assistant clerk OF said
,ourt having an Office i'm Bristol. shall be-
lot exceeding two thousand dollars each.
o be fixed In amount by "A majority of
he justices of the superior court, and the
sum Of twelve hundred dollars or 50 much
hereof as may be necessary Is hereby
appropriated for carrying this act into
Eject, and the state auditor is hereby
directed TO draw his order upon the gem
,ral treasurer for said sum or so much
hereof as may be necessary.
Sec. 2. This act shall take effect upon
Is passage. and all acts and parts Of
acts inconsistent herewith are hereby re-
oealed.
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It is etacted by the General Assembly as

II is ehacted by the General Assembly as
follovs:
Section I. Section g. OF the Court and
Practice Act. passed at the January ses-
sion. A. D. 1906 is hereby amended so as
10 read as follows:
Secs 62 The clerk of the superior court
Within the county of Newport may EN-
2loy cier.cal assistance I'm his office. at
an ANNUAL expenditure Of not exceeding
six hundred dollars and for the purpose
q carrying into effect the provisions Of
flis act. the sum of three hundred dol
ars is thereby appropriated In addition To
.he sum OF three hundred dollars hereto
lore appropriated; and the state auditor
Is hereby directed TO draw his orders
ppon the general treasurer, i'm SSayment
Tor such assistance, TO such person
nid clerk Of said court shall employ. on
rouchers approved and certified by said
clerk.
Sec. 2 All acts and parts of acts ncon-
slstent. herewith are hereby repealed. and
his act shall take effect from and after
is passage.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1908-08-21
CHATTER lhia

AN ACT to Make Uniform the Law Re-
lating TO the Sale of Goods
PASSED April 80, 1867
Il Is enacted by the General Assembly as
follows:
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TRANsFRR OF PROPERTY AS BE
TWEEN SELLER AND RIfYER

Sec. i7.-INo Property Passes untf
Goods are Ascertained Where there Is o
contract 10 sell unascertained goods nc
property In the goods Is transferred &C
the buyer unless and until the goods are
ascertsined. but property In an undivided
share OF ascertained goods may he trans.
ferred as provided In section g.
Sec. B-tProperty In Specific Goods
Passes when Parties 80 1ntendl a.
Where there Is a contract. to sell specific
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-06
Gave Her Cart. Blanche to Eat.


A woman who has been a victim Of
Indigestion and is kept to a dyspeptic's
diet most Of the time was invited to a
dinner which she was anxious to at
tend.
She went to her telephone, and,
trusting to a somewhat unreliable
memory, she asked to be connected by
the ever obliging central" with tele-
phone 1894. When the connection had
been made she began her plaintive
query without any predatory, us that
you, doctorY'
II want very much to 60 to a little
dinner tomorrow night" she began
rapidly, land do you think it would
hurt me If l ate just a taste of soup
and perhaps a little fish or the least
trife Of game and a bit of salad or
ice? really think my stomach
Here she was interrupted by a voice
from the other end of the wire.
"Madam," it said softly, ''eat what
ever you choose and as much as yon
choose. The nor you eat the better
It will please HE. l am not your doc
tor, but I'm Burriam, the undertaken"
Exchange.
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Women of Ancient Egypt.

Women always stood IN a level with
men in ancient Egypt. unlike the Gus
tom of other eastern countries. They
were allowed to rule as queens as early
as the second dynasty. Their palaces
were Of brick adorned with gorgeously
painted walls. rich carpets. rugs Of fur,
ivory and ebony chairs and couches.
TIL the end of the eighteenth century
there was little change In feminine at
tire. which consisted Of a fine linen
garment, extending from shoulder to
ankle. supported by straps over the
shoulders. Colored robes were not fire.
quently worn. Gay plumage was left
to the men. Women contented them
selves with blackening their eyebrows,
letting their hair down and decking
themselves with innumerable rings,
chains and bracelets.
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Seeds of
jealousy.
BY COLIN S. COLLINS.
+ copyrighted. 1908, by E. c. Purcclls.


+ Copyrighted, 1908, by f. G.. Purcells. 1.
Jimmie Blatchford sprang to his feet
to greet Marcia as she entered, but the
gravity of the girls face arrested the
greeting that hung upon his lips, and
instead he gaspcd.
"What's the matter?" he cried when
he had found his voice. "Is it anything
serious-some of the family i'll"
""Thcle is no illness in the family"
said Marcia coldly.
''Then why this funeral countc-
nance:" demanded Blatchford. Here
I am, just back from the west, and
you don't even say How dye do"
Didn't you get my letters every day, or
what is the matter|
81 was induced to visit q motion pic
ture performance yesterday" began
Marcia. 81 believe that they are called
nickel theaters.'"
1--WE heard the monographs out
side." murmured Jimmie. 'If the pic
lures are as bad as the music your
look Of woe is explained. How did
you come to patronize such a place"
ut was curiosity" explained Marcia.
IL happened to meet Belle Brewster
and George Taylor and Henry Towne.
Belle is perfectly crazy over the alb
surd motion pictures, and they were
on their way to one of those places. !
foolishly let myself be persuaded to go
with them. They had a picture of you
on the SCREEN"
'"That is f1attering!" cried Jimmie
mockingly. II find you looking as if
the end of the world was near, and
you explain that you saw me in the
motion pictures. which accounts for
your state of depression"
"It was taken at the shore last sum
mer," said Marcia meaningly.
II admit that ! am not a dream of
beauty in a bathing suit" said jim
mic, with a smile, "but ! did not know
that | was almost fatal to the be-
holder"
"You were entirely dressed" inter-
rupted Marcia. You had on that gray
suit | liked so much and the tie ! gave
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-06
Beany Hendrix
Of the Big Y.
BY cLARissA MAcklE.
Copyrighted, 1908, by G. H. Sutcliffe.
!.

sISxSVT V~VS"S,S SS>>is>s
1t was while he was riding down
Little Bear trail that Beany Hendrix
saw her. She was riding up the trail.
and they met at the narrowest point,
where the steep walls of the canyon
shut out the sunlight. leaving a gloomy
tunnel through which there was bare
Nv room for two riders to pass. Hen
dirk backed his cayuse against the
rocky wall and tried to shrink his
huge form into smaller compass.
She, Edith Van Tine, looked at hin
from the level of grave, gray eyes
questioningly. She bowed politely and
then smiled. All women smiled when
they met Hendricks genial gaze. They
smiled in approval of the warm kind
Illness of his good looking face, at the
strength Of his great body and at the
good heart shining through his honest
brown eyes.
Miss Van Tines smile faded. how
ever, as she saw the narrow trail that
became almost a footpath as it wound
up the canyon. and her cheek paled.
In spite of this formidable outlook she
urged her horse forward, bravely de-
termined not to reveal her cowardice
to this big COW puncher. who sat. hat
in hand. waiting for her to pass.
you're not afraid. are you, ma'am?"
he drawled as she hesitated.
"Not in the least. thank YOU" she re-
piled crisply.
II was about to say" he continued
soberly, that If you're a stranger in
these parts this is a nasty bit of coun-
try for a lady to get about in alone"
"Thank you" she repeated. still
more coldly, "but WAS only resting
my horse"
Hendrix looked curiously solemn; in
deed, his features assumed q rigid ex-
preston. One who knew might have
said that Hendrix was suppressing a
smile. He threw one leg over the
pommel of his saddle. thus permitting
his cayuse to hug the wall more close
~, and looked amiably upon the pref
ty stranger. Pretty girls were rare in
the Bear creek district.
She flushed under his frank. admir-
ing gaze and dug her spurred heel into
her horses flank With angry impa.
thence. The animal bounded forward.
striking fire with his scattered hoofs.
There was a faint cry from the girl
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-06
Shakespeare. Wild Animals.

Shakespeare makes use of no fewer
than twenty species of British wild
animals. OF these the badger. the otter
and the water rat are once each en-
ployed by name merely as terms of
abuse. The polecat and hedgehog are
also terms of abuse, but are so far
"described'' as to be called respective
~ "stinking'' and "thorny." The dor
mouse and ferret are each used once
as %adjectives for sleepy" and fierce"
The shrew gives its name to a play.
but is lever mentioned as an animal.
The mole is mentioned twice as being
'blind." the wildcat once as sleeping
by day." the cony as struggling in the
net" and dwelling where she is kin
died" and the squirrel as "the fairies
coachmaker" and as having already
boarded that years nuts on May day.
The rat and the mouse. being only
the NJ. domesticus. required no sob
servation" by the poet. so that the
above represents the total of Shake
speare's natural history with regard to
all but six of his British quadrupeds.
The poets only ''original' references
to the weasel are plumbers. The bat is
mentioned three times as an actual an
imal-once wrongly. as a migrant, like
the swallow. pursuing summer; once
fancifully. rs the "reremouse." out of
whose %"leathern'' wings Titania's elves
made their coats. and once. finely, "ere
the. bat hath flown his cloistered
flight as fixing the hour Of Duncan's
murder.
The fox of course affords endless op,
portunities for metaphor and smile
and Shakespeare's description Of it az
the fox of fable and tradition could
not be surpassed.-London Saturday
Review.
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S~H
CONTENTEDLY.
as she dashed away, and instantly Hen
dirk turned his mount and followed
her.
1t was impossible for him to pass her
on the narrow trail without inficting
serious injury to either one OF them.
but somehow he managed to extend
his length along his horse and grasp
the bride rein Of her terrified animal.
"Now," he said kindly. "just you let
me follow you up till you get out OF
this hole. As I said before. this is a
nasty bit of country for a lady to get
about in"
"And as I said before" she began
tartly. with eyes fixed toward the
mouth Of the canyon. "I'm not afraid"
I'VE won't quarrel about that.
ma'am," returned Hendrix calmly.
There isn't room for two to quarrel
here"
Edith smiled family. Beany Hen
dirk, riding at her horses flank. could
see the dimple in her cheek n the
curl Of her lip. and a troubled look
came into his eyes, and a deep wrinkle
found place between his brows.
As they passed out Of the canyon and
into the open she turned toward him.
The smile had fed from her face, n
there was a cold. hard look in the gray
eyes. I
'sThank you, sir, for your Kindness.
I believe l shall get along famously
now"
Hendrix removed Ills hat and passed
a bronzed hand through his shock OF
sunburnt hair. IF you will excuse
me, ma'am," he said, with his slow
drawl, I'D like to say that you better
ride home by the long trail; It's easy
riding, and it's safer than the canyon"
"But / don't know the long trail. !
have never been about here before"
she returned blankly.
II should be pleased If you VIII iet
me take you to the other trail. on. I'm
all right" he added hastily as q turn
ed a doubtful glance in his direction
-'..I'm Benny Hendrix, from the Big =
outfit"
"Beany Hendrixg she repeated. sup
pressing a smile. /,
.You never heard, of me before, !
dare say, ma'am. I'm only a co"
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Failed TO Relieve.
mighty deep.

On the mighty deep.
The surface of the sea rose and fell
with sickening monotony. The great
ocean liner rolled and pitched.
The young bride covered her pallid
countenance with her hands.
Harry" she faltered. do you still
love me?"
my darling. more than ever" vowed
her compassionate spouse.
An eloquent silence.
The surface of the sea rose and fell
with sickening monotony. The great
ocean liner rolled and pitched.
"Harry," she gasped. turning aside
her pale and CHASTITY face-"Harry, l
thought that would make me feel bet
ter, but it doesn't!"-London Answers.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-06
Harrow Etiquette.

Harrow is not strong in customs.
but ever the school OF the hill has a
few peculiar to itself.
One Of the most singular is that
which strikes every visitor-the hug
cling of the wall in the street by small
boys. whether they are in aannels or
out Of them, whether they are covered
with mud or Immediately clean and
smart, whether other and older pedes-
TRANS are elhowed into the gutter or
not.
Never do you e the younger Har-
rovians. walking in the road. Why?
Because that is "swagger." a crime of
the first magnitude.
No; custom %prescribes that the place
for any boy who is not a 'three-yearer'
is as close to the wall as he car posi-
bly, get.-London Chronicle.
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you for Easter, the one you said you
never would veal except when you
were with me-"
Sand l never did," said Jimmie
promptly. "Only the thought of being
with you would tempt me to wear that
circus necktie. What else did l have?"
IA girl" said Marcia explosively-"a
girl who looked like an actress. You
had your arm about her waist, and you
were kissing her, and the people walk
ing along the beach stopped and laugh
ed at you. and suddenly you saw them
and got up and ran away"
"And here's where I get the engage
ment ring and my letters back, and you
tell me that / have destroyed your faith
in the honor of men just because some
motion picture actor happens to look
like me-"
"It was you." insisted Marcia. "There
can be no possibility of a mistake"
"I'm from Missouri" declared jim
ME. would you mind taking me to
the place where I can be confronted
with the evidence Of my perfdy"
"Since you will not admit your guilt"
said Marcia coldly. IT do not see how
you can deny the picture when you
must recall the circumstances"
"Please," said Jimmie pleadingly, and
Marcia nodded an assent. The Nickel
odeon was but a few blocks away, and
presently they had paid an admission
and had passed into the darkened hall.
For half an hour they sat there
watching the Pickering pictures thrown
against the screen of whitewashed
wall; then Marcia turned to Jimmie.
1--WE must have seen all the pictures"
she said, with embarrassment. 'This
seems to be the place / was in yester-
day. but l recognize none of these pic
lures. I hope you do not think r.
Il think you are unfamiliar with
picture theaters," said Jimmie. with a
laugh. "Wait here a moment"
He Slipped away in the darkness, and
! Marcia closed her tired eyes to shut
out the tiresome flicker.
She felt more miserable than ever.
Jimmie's attitude had somewhat shak.
an her confidence in the Identification.
and now she had even failed to prove
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Hills and Home
BY LULU JOHNSON.
Copyrighted. 1908. by Homer sprague.

b
The porter smiled cheeringly as Mirl-
am emerged from her berth and made
her way down the aisle toward the
dressing room.
"Good mawnin'," he observed as he
sprang to take her bag. "This yer's a
shore bad day. TIL dinin' cab III be on
In ba'f an hour"
He surrendered her bag at the door
Of the dressing room and returned to
his work. There We're few berths left
to make up. and Miriam had been the
last to rise.
Another woman and half a dozen
men constituted the passenger list on
the through car, SO when Miriam re-
turned to her berth it was all in order.
The car. too. was deserted, as the first
call for breakfast had summoned all
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her fellow passengers to the diner,
glad of any break in the monotony OF
travel.
Miriam followed the others, rejoic-
ing in the conductors assurance that
in the evening she would eat her sup
per on firm land, for at nightfall they
were due at Schofeld, the little station
where Miriam Bradley vas to change
for the slow stagecoach that would car
ry her to Muddy Bend and her new
field of labor.
She was glad that there remained but
ten hours of train travel. 1t had proved
q tiresome trip, though back home she
had looked forward with eagerness to
the journey.
Once she had run down from her
Vermont home to Boston, and there
had been short visits to nearby smaller
far and naturally had anticipated much
pleasure in the novelty.
But, after all. she had found the long
journey disappointing. The long. bare
stretches Of prairie were a novelty at
first to this girl brought up in the heart
of the Green mountains, but they be-
came interminable, and now her eyes
hungered for the sight of her native
hills.
Under the driving rain the sodden
plain looked more dreary than it had
the day before. She tried to fix her
thoughts OH a book, but the letters
danced before her eyes, and she caught
herself looking through the car win
dow and wondering If there were no
hills at all in this dreary expanse.
Back home there must be snow on
the ground. and the boys and girls
were doubtless enjoying the coasting,
while the evenings would call out the
big hobs, and her own crowd would
take their part in the fun. Vaguely
she wondered If these children of the
plains ever knew the delights of the
long, swift journey down the glitter.
ing white incline, and she sighed for
the little valley she had always known
as home.
Yet she thought sternly that she had
done the one possible thing. The field
In the east was already overcrowded
with teachers. and she had heard that
only in the great and growing west
did q newcomer have a chance for adj
vancement. And teaching it must be
or marriage with Jimmy Meeker.
Even now, with hundreds of miles be-
tween them, she could feel her face
flush as she recalled how he had asked
her to marry him that she might have
q home and his protection.
He had meant well. nc doubt, and
ever since they had gone to school to.
gether he had shown his manly pref
erence for her. but he had put it rawly
that evening, to say the least. With
her nerves still singing from the shock
Of discovering that her entire heritage
had gone down with the local bank, his
proposal. SO awkwardly worded, had
been the final. straw. Indignantly she
reminded him that he had not spoken
until her need Of support made his Of
fer ring with pity, and she wanted not
pity, but love, from the man she mar
ried.
It had all seemed very dignifed. al
most heroic at the time. but now, with
the vastness of the unbroken prairies
settling down upon her, like a black
shadow, her heart somehow had room
only for his answering plea that he
could not ask her to be his wife while
J he was a struggling lawyer and she the
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1908-03-06
Divers Diseases.

"What." inquired the Sunday school
teacher of her youthful pupils-'what
are divers ~diseases?"
Bashful or ignorant, the scholars
chung tenaciously to the doctrine that
little boys should be seen and not
heard.
Come" pursued the teacher, cant
any of you tell met"
Then Johnnte's arm shot up.
"Well?" asked the teacher.
please, MISS" answered Johnnie,
'water on the BRAIN"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10
Nicola the Magician.

This world famous magician will
give an entertainment at the Assem-
bly, on Saturday afternoon and even
ing of this week, the last public enter
tainments on the Assembly program.
No one can afford to miss seeing his
mystery of genuine magic. he is
known as the Prince of Magic in
America and in Europe. The Assem-
bly, management urges all to come
and see his work. There is nothing
better In the line Of magic in the
world and the people Of the Sioux Val
ley can not afford to miss such a Won
derful exhibition. He is one Of the
most remarkable performers ever seen
in America one who, both In Europe
aud America, has excited the most
unbounded enthusiasm and called
forth praise so lavish as to appear ex-
aggerated to those who have not haa
the extreme pleasure of witnessing
his observation-disclosures.
Nicola is probably the youngest sue
cessful magician before the public,
and magical science is indebted to Its
youngest artist for many Of the new
and up-to-date methods by it's expon.
ents. For years he was the assistant
of his father-the original Nicola
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-07-10

(known on both continents as "Old
Nicola"D-who sent him, while a
young mar to Paris, where the young
conjuror by his d~exterity, attracted
much attention as he depended main
ly on sleight of hand and address,
showing extraordinary skill in his
school Of magic. For twenty-five
consecutive weeks he appeared in the
Egyptian Theatre and while there
created a perfect furore. Try as they
would none could fathom the strange
power this young American was sup
posed to possess. Old French mas
tiers, who witnessed his mysteries, de-
clared them to be the most inexplic-
able conjuring effects that had ever
come within the scope of their exper-
fence. His feats are little short of
the supernatural; his work is original
and clever, presenting a series Of en-
tirely new illusions that battle all at
tempts at solution. We are told that
the poet is born not made and this is
equally true of the magician. NicO-
las whole life has been devoted to
the art of mystifying and he is fully en-
titled to be styled 1.-THE PRINCE
OF MAGIC"