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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
Drugs in Handy Packages

You will be we'll repaid il you buy our drugs in
tear like the old style paper bag and then each package
is plainly labeled. Whom you buy such items as Borsx
Epson Salts Cream Tartar Salt Petre, Alum, Insect
store Youl always got your moneys worth and get
package that will be serviceabe in time to come You'll
save many dime by buying those packages because
IL in our good containers.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
New Hand Bags, $1.1Q and Up

Offering all styles OF
Hand Bags purses 81 They are
claim that $l19
the would $500 for in any other
and Purses me
highest the lowest priced one We sell tor
all styles Hand Bags both Large a and small nnd
bag suit and at price at win you
cali We sell sathernd hand bags with coin
purse Tor Is and
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
Fine Envelopes
lOc Package

When you buy envelopes don't forget that at Nc
Coys you get the 15c quality for l0c This store buys
100 900 envelopes at time direct from the factory and
it enables us to sell the 15c quality for loo package
Yln'n have trouble making our envelopes stick be-
Cause they extra we'll gummed aud are made Of eS
ira quality paper You get package Of "a envelopes
1T fhis store for 1Oc
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
PICTURE MOUNTS
ALL SIZES
AII SIZES

Call and look at the new card mounts we are show
ing in tho amateur sizes. Our stock includes about
one hundred different styles and sizes that range in
price from &c to Soc dozen. In 3Ax5H and 4x5sizes
W have some new ones that are beauties. pretty
card is great help to any picture We presume that
you know oil about an instruction book going with
every Kodak That means that any body that read
can take good pictures the first day.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
EDISON PHONOGRAPHS
Sl.oo Down and $I.00 a Week

Whv not own Photograph when it's so easy to
pay for one! We sell the Edison Gem for $3.50 and
the Eson Standard for $3.50 on the terms stated
aboye-Sl!OO down and 800 week. The Edison
Standard Combination Type at $4,000 sell for g 90
down and $500 week. The Edison Home at $500
We sell for q 90 down and $500 a week. Intending
purchasers will we'll to because will save
them the freight express and will make terms that
cannot help but please
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
T aft or Bryan Records 35c, 60c and 500

Hy have
st TO ssa6
rEmtonof
m #
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
Save About One-third on Your
Medicines

Now here is something worth remembering, and 1t
is that you can always by having your pre-
scrntions filled At McCoy's. We have no fixed price
for Certain size bottles It's what the medicine costs
...sor yon nd YOU can save money by having % put
no YOUR prescriptions. We only tho best
money and experience can procure and the Work 10
done BY registered pharmacists.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
PHOTO MALERS
EVERY SHAPE

When you think of envelopes for mailing photos
just think of McCoys. We have complete stock Of
them in all sizes and shapes from the small square
ones to the long kind. They range in price
from fer SC up to for Csc. Our photo mailers
made right, too The card board goes between the
photo and the cling stamp used in the Postoce-
Remember when you m all photos and have the card
board next to the stamp, it protects the photo.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
/ new KIND OF EDISON PAoN0GRAPA And RECORD

The old style Edison Photographs play about two min
ues The new style plays four minutes The record is
longer length than the old but has twice as many
style converted play the records at cost OF
$500 for STANDARD Machines and for Home end LII
$4,000 and viii play both the old and the new style
$4,000 The New Records sell for soc each and
known Ambero Records There is Just so
present as we'll types Photographs We believe
that these four minute records and the new ne
You have carda invitation to call and hear the
new records and see the machines
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
Syrinqes and Hot Water Bottles
Guaranteed Two Years

Buy your Hot Water Bottle Fountain Syringe at Me-
Coy and get good for With every
fountain syringe hot bot tie sell give
guarantee that it will not leak break within TWO
from date of sale Remember not the
guarantee but McCoys written guarantee dated and
You'll find rubber goods the quality kind and that our
the largest complete stock to be in the town
Our purchases all made direct from the factory that we
always get brand goods and at the best possible
It's the policy of this store give customers the benefit
of close buying You'll save money by trading at
McCoys
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
GOOD TOOTH BRUSHES, Sc EACH
oN> Or o~A a. u@u,,>~

UUUu IuuIf1 bhuShtS, u EAGh
zoe, Csc and 35c Values
Hyou buy package of any kind Of Tooth
Powder, Paste or Wash at our store we will
sell you any brush in a certain lot for SC. The
tooth brushes alone are worth the entire pur-
chase price of soc. There isn't a brush in the
lot that you could buy at a regular price for
less than zoe and the most of them would sell
for 25c and 35c in q regular way. In our stock
Of 25c Tooth preparations you'll find Rubi-
foam, Sozodont, Sanitol Tooth Powder Paste
and Liquid, Lyons Tooth Powder, Graves
Tooth Powder, Listerine Tooth Powder, Calox,
Shefield's, Enthymol, Zedenta and last and
best of all is the Famous Rexall Tooth Powder
and Wash. Ii you will try it once it's the only
one you'll ever use. We are selling hundreds
OF cans OF this fine tooth powder because it's so
good and then you get about twice as much of
it for quarter as you do of the other kinds.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1908-10-01
JEWEIENS
BLOCK
COMBS re EACH
zoe, Csc, 35c, 4oc and SOC Values

That is, providing there is any OF them left
by the time you get to the store. Weput them
in the window two days last week and sold
about 100 combs day, and they are still SELL
ing very fast, tho we took them out OF the win
dow. There is every kind of comb in the lot
Fine Combs, Pocket Combs in Cases, Barber
Combs. Small Dressing Combs and Heavy
teeth and some are all coarse. Some of our
customers thought SO we'll OF them that they
would hand the clerk l5c and refuse the change.
4 very few of these combs would sell at zoe.
A good many would be bargains at Csc. Lots
of chem would readily sell at 35c and some as
hiph as SOC each. We bought 600 OF them
which was all we could get If you use combs
at all, call and see this lot, but don't wait
very long or they will be gone
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10
Sounds LII . Bic Zoo.

From every corner OF the big
grounds came a confusion OF sounds
that would be hard TO equal except
by a well-equipped zoo. Considerable
opposition apparently reisned in the
dogs compartment, and the horses
il the adjoining tent would neigh just
when you were forgetting they were
there
Amid the excitement-which IS ap-
parently the usual condition during a
performance-along came one Of the
performers, woman who gives
musical dog act. something had gone
wrong in the ring-a pig got away IN
the wrong directiOn-and the ring
master was very much annoyed. So
was the leader OF the act and both
expressed themselves in no uncertain
tones-aH German, to be sure. but
very. very certain When the ring
master kept up he Objections 20 the
way the act went the dog trainer
went after him and they had It out.
Some Of the other performers sat stIU
and listened TO the row, but others
went right along with their makeup
as If II was an everyday occurrence.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10
Daughter Got Face Washed.

a tall. muscular FTenchwoman and
her young daughter. both of whom
participate in a horse act" had a
chattering time. The day was a little
cool and the facilities for cleaning
up" are not such as TO attract. One
must take ones own bucket. dip Up
cold water from one Of the barrels in
the corner. pour It into a big dish
pan and make that do instead OF the
nice wash basin or bath tub 10 which
one is accustomed at home.
The little French girl had not taken
kindly to the cold water and when her
mother was not looking she gave her
face "a lick and a promise and that
concluded her ablution for the after
noon. But the watchful mother. who
Is the ''rirgmastsr" in the act. spied
a suspicious division line around the
youngsters neck and without warn
ing she went at II with a rough bath
towel, chattering RH the time. She
scolded the youngster roundly In
French.
Does not the neck belong to youe'
she said, excitediy. mo? OF course
not. The neck does not Oelong .
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10
Really Live in Their Trunks.

/ wondered if they never grew tired
OF the awful grind, the race from city
10 city, and the absence Of everything
that could possibly suggest home. The
atrical people say they themselves live
in their trunks They do not know the
meaning Of the expression. But these
circus people--wanderer over the face
Of the earth. many OF them thousands
Of miles from their native Iand-they
are the ones who live in their trunks.
Each night they lock them and inside
IS practically everything they own.
The little space Ia the dressing tent
taken Up by their little trunks and
tourist chairs are their homes" Each
day they come back to that little
cramped space and each day they grow
more used 10 its meaning until now
the majority Of them have forgotten
all else but that and are content.
Along the middle line Of trunks were
the women acrObats. and on the side
Of the tent were the bareback riders
and wire-walkers- A trio OF German
Gcrobats talked among themselves.
AMI apparently had no interest in any
body else in the tent. There Is a very
Charming little German GIL. a little
maid Of not more than ten years. who
is doing remarkably clever work in an
acrobatic team Her name is EIoino
4elleromos, and a long time ago she
was an inmate Of a Founding asylum.
A g0Od-ncarted woman took her away
from the institution and provided her
with cir sus home" The younEs1c CT
was taught acrobatic tricks, and then
one day her foster mother died She.
e now alone except for her foster
father and her. associates in the
turn" But a happier disposition
could not be found in the whole troupe.
and the little girl, who is Just begin
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10
HONOR.

Divine abstraction. shad0wy image,
dream
More vital than substantial shapes
made strong
by an the tireIess energies OF wrong
Who should deny thy being would bias
Iheme
The power thar made thy IoveIness su-
rreme.
Lending thee accents OF auroraI song
To comfort those who unto thee be-
long
Though they go down 20 dark Coctyus
stream.
Patient as Time art thou. eternal one.
Yet who may change thy Judgments
or desrrOy2
The cCnQuerOr whom rhy Egypt won
Found with life's hcSeyed draUght = BIT
ter blenL.
And Hector. fallen By the walls Of
Troy.
Looked ~ and saw thy face. ana wa
content.
Florence Earle Coates.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10

ference. too. on this the 10th OF Nav.
1fS, which marks the change from the
early methods of the 10th of May. 1853.
and that Is on the financial side
The West is at last coming 70 its
own, and in no other way is this more
clearly seen. ThiTry-nine years ago
the idea was to build a road. Today
from the standpoint Of the rail builder
as compared TO the manipulation il is
TO build a road that will pay the big
gest dividends-that is. TO get the most
freight
From the banks OF the Missouri TO
the Pacific coast this anniversary IS
worth remembering. 1t marks the
birth of the comm erciaI empire OF the
West, the greatest Industrial king
dom ever conquered by the agencies
Of civiliza ton. TO the East 1t is OF
scarcely less Importance. for il has
given the residents Of that section
their greatest granaTy of foodstuffs.
and the greatest market for their pro-
ducts Thirty-nine years ago today
with the stroke Of the hammers on
the last spikes Of gold and silver. the
cOnquer.ng OF the West was begin.
Today the West has nearly com
pleted railroad which might be the
envy Of the East or Of Europe. With
all the ether anniversaries. little no.
tiee has been given TO the fact that
the ceremony enacted on May 10 thir-
ty-nine years ago, in the primitive
and long-forgotten little Utah town.
marked the greatest commercial stem
In the history OF the country bur this
does not alter its significance.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10

rcr." she continued In the same ex-
cited way addressing the others in the
big tent, and all the time scrubbinE
away at her young hopefurs neck as
bone.
over IN one corner or the tent sat
the LerOe Sisters. whose daring nerve
II riding the automobiles that make
The dip furnishes one Of the features
or the circus. They have nothing TO
do but that enc act, yet they are IN
the dressing rooms all the time. one
sat before her trunk sewing. another
wrote letter. and the third-therc
are three Of them alternating in The
ride-did her hair Up IN many different
ways. evidently experimenting with
pOmpadours
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10


ing curtain which always hangs at the
stage entrance" is 10 the small boy
ana girl the real land Of mystery. and
many time 7 had looked at that par
ucuIar place and yearned to be just
near it.
LAST Monday afternoon when ! stood
IN that little entrance watching sew
eral sets in the bill I wondered how
many youngsters there were in that
vast throng that felt as 1 had 50
many times The thrill was all gone,
70 De sure. but in the place OF the
childhood thrills there were plenty OF
a new kind which came to me there.
one OF them sufficiently exciting to
send me scooting under the grand
stand for safety.
had been spending the greater part
OF the afternoon in the dressing rooms
and had slipped into the big tent TO
see the automobile dip. The entrance
path is narrow and circus riders are no
respecters of persons who have no
business about the place. Just when I
was thinking about them. along came
ABOUT a dozen horses refined together.
They tore through the entrance, the
bells on their lines juggling. When I
saw them bearing down on me I never
STOPPED running until 1 got clear under
the grandstand. An attendant on duty
at the stage entrance called to me that
they had gone by and II was all right
crept out, but not far. When It was
time for them to come out 1 started
for the grandstand again.
Stay out here. lady" the man said.
they won't hurt you. I sit here all
the time"
Eyes" 1 said. but they know YOU.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10
DEAF AND DUMB AMONG ANIMAL s

Are there deaf. dumb. and blind cafs
and dOgs2 Oh yes. said the veterinary
surgeon OF whom the question was
asked by a New York Times reporter
eats and dogs are thus AFFLICTED as
they are liable to be also nv various
bodily ills, just as human beings a-e.
But we are not likely 10 nee. with
blind cats and dogs for the rcaso7 thai
such animals are commonly DESTROYED
as soon a the fact Of their bIindne~- is
discovered. Breeders would destroy
deformed dogs or even dogs badly
m;lrked 10 avoid transmissi IN Of their
detects; ana blind kittens az almost
as certain to be destroyed oy those IN
whose households they may be born.
The dogs are chl0roformed and the cats
are commonly drowned
Then cats and dogs born blind that
escaped destruction when that defect
was discovered would not likely in that
state long survive the vicissitudes Of
life. Therefore we are not likely 10
meet with blind cats and dogs. though
cats. and dogs born with normal sight
might later be afflicted with ailments
Of the eyes that would impair or com
pletely obstruct their vision, as might
happen with the forming OF a cataract;
and it would not % remarkable to find
cats and dogs that were near sighted
'Nearsightedness in these animals
might never be known at all. though it
would be most likely to be discovered in
dogs. A hunter, for instance, might dis
cover that his dog was short sighted,
as great nearsightedness in other dogs
might be discovered, though IN many
cases the nearsightedness might not be-
come known 10 the dogs owner. and
it is doubtful If the dog itself would
realize it at all, and then what would
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10

lures which made the building Of the
first Pacific a wonderful romance. IN
the first twenty-five years after The
completion OF the Union Pac. fc it ac-
complished results which have irnu-
enced the whole world to a striking
degree.
When the first Pacific line was built
engineers ran their tracks around a
boulder rather than move It. and even
gave way 10 the largest trees
Today with the Western Pacific.
now nearing completion, not even
mountains can turn the engineer aside.
The boulder which obstructed the
early engineer has become as a pebble
to his successor to be s1satched out Of
the way in a moment. In the early
days it was get there somehow
Today il Is get there wisely. Perhaps
no better definition, remembering the
trees and boulders around which the
early builders constructed their line.
Of what has been accomplished in four
decades can be given than the man
date sent forth to the engineers Of the
Western Pacific: You are to ouiId a
road straight which in no ca Sc win
exceed a maximum grade Of enc per
cent. Thirty-nine years ago that
mandate would have spelled impos-
sibility; today it is an accomplished
fact,
And the Indian. The change in West
ern railroading is the change IL his
history. Only tSirty-nine years ago
he fought it AMI scalped it's builders.
Today he is a mere wielder Of the 9icI
and shovel on the newest line.
In go the West was nothing. IN Iye
il is everything. And the growth OF
the railroads have marked the growth
OF the change. There IS anather diff
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10

the scantiest representation. The last
tie was made of highly polished Cali
fornia laurel On this tie was silver
Plate bearing the inscription:
The Last Tie
Laid in the Completion Of the Pacific
Railroad
May 10. 1863.
Into this were driven four spikes. two
OF silver and two Of sold, and the
great link to the Pacific was com
pleted. Hats offr' was the message
clicked by the telegraph instruments
to the East, and then after the in
vocation by the Reverend DR.. Todd.
of Pittsfield. we nave got done pray
ing" back came the answer 1--WE I'M
derstand; all are ready in the East"
And with that simple ceremony was
completed the g-sat achievement OF
which Sidney Dillon. president Of the
Credit Mobilier, the company which
constructed the Union Pacific. said
many years afterward.
"It Is not too much TO say that the
opening OF the Pacific road. viewed
simply In fits relation TO the spread of
population. development Of resources
and actual advance OF civilization was
an event to be ranked in far-reach-
ing results with the landing of the
Pilgrims or perhaps the voyage OF Co
lumbus." In view Of this opinion one
is left TO wonder as TO what would
have been the result Of the Louisiana
Purchase. for instance. without the
binding railroad link
All this was thlrty-nine years ago
this very day. and since then things
have changed vastly and wonderfully
within almost the time of a single
generation The old West has pacti-
cally vanished and with it the fea-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-05-10
Playful as a Kitten.

Throughout the afternoon little FL
bino went about the dressing tent
as happy as a lark, playing a trick
first on this one and then on that.
She would sneak up behind some
body who was dressing and either
trip them up or pinch them. and then
slip away only % be good-naturedly
chased about the place by the object
OF her Jaunts. when I saw her out
there on the stage doing her stand
ing act" with her two associates.
each OF whom was balanced on a big
ball. / could not but feel pity for
the little mite OF a maid whose LIE
had begun So sadly md was leading
20 years IN the circus ring. deprived
Of schooling and OF the sweet com
Danionship which her youth. sunny
disposition. and loneliness in life need
ed 20 badly.
When went out 70 the circus
grounds ar noon Mr.. Namack. the
genial and accommodating press rep-
rese2tative OF the big firm, Rad taken
ne IN tow We Went over 10 the din
ing tent, and 7 had my first sxDeri-
euee OF dining with a circus troupe The
big tent was lined with long narrow
tables, each covered BY a sDotless
stretch of white oil cloth. The ring
masters. Mr- SEipp and his wife who
is one Of The star bareback riders Of
the company, were at luncheon at the
time, and we sat down at their table
Mrs Ship wore a smart gown and
very fetching fur coat, and as we sat
there and talked the same confusion
OF tongues. which later made itself
SO apparent IN the dressing tent rnads
me wish 1 had gone 10 the Berlirz
School a long time ago. I could un-
.derstand the orders OF the white
coated walters TO the chef. bu- the
chef himself was averse 10 speaking
plain English. and goodness Knows
but what he may have been objectinE
TO the stranger within the gates. At
any rate. was not thrown out. on
the contrary. was given every op-
portunity 10 enjoy the show from be-
hind"
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naturally be a handicap 20 the dog might
II some measure be onset by acuter
hearing. as IN the case OF deaf dogs the
defect OF deafness might be Offset BY
acuter sight.
Deafness IN cats and dogs IS most
likely 10 occur IN white animals OF these
kinds. and more likely among white
dogs than white cats. as. for Instance.
among white dogs IL might occur in
English bulldogs; but the percentage Of
deaf dogs IN very small. lust as IS the
percentage Of deaf persons among hu-
man beir IS And of course the degree
OF deafnss might vary from slight to
total dea fness; but, as I said. deaf dogs
re likely to have more acute sight.
And cats and dogs may be dumb. I
have known a dumb cat that could not
meow 1t al, but make only a faint
sound And 1 have known dog that
was both deaf and dumb. g cross he
tween an English bulldog and a. bull
terrier, betIFeeu ten and eleven months
old
"A dog Jha- ca bark may seem a
strange thn-- TT this dog could not
bark at al, at only make a peculiar
sound that was like the forced exhala-
ton Of breath Bur while this do -
deaf and dumb, its eyesight was rood
and It was a f.. and welI-noT,-isl,.,1
and cheerful dog.
AS cats and dogs not born blind NAV,
later become blino or suffer fr,nasr,,,s-,
OF their eyesight BY accident or d4sease
so cats and dogs not born deaf NAV he
come deaf or suffer Impairment OF fbeir
hearing through injury or disease the
dogs most likely 70 suffer in this wav
from diseases Of the ear being lone
cared dogs the long ears kecDine the
air away and i.reping il dust ana infec-