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Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10
THE VERDICT OF THE PRT-
MARIES. s

. - o..
In connection with the result OF
fhe sesond primary on the senator
ship, the jamestown Alert takes the
Fiew of the Tribune, that the verdict
of the Republican voters should
stand. The Alert says:
The nomination of Hon. M. N.
Johnson as the Republican candidate
for United States senator has been
made by too great a majority to ad-
NIT of doubt as to its correctness.
His friends claim that he will have
from $500 to 5000 more votes for
the senatorship than Thomas F.
Marshall. Mr.. Johnson received the
next highest vote for the nomination
In the primary, when none of the
four candidates then before the peo-
pie were abble to get the necessary
40 per cent required by the primary
law. While Mr. Marshall had the
largest number of votes in the pri-
mary, yet at the conclusion of the
process he fell short of the number
of votes required for his final nomi-
nation sss S
Both Marshall and Johnson were
Republican candidates, both were
known as adherents of the fnsurgent
faction in the state, and it became
choice for the other faction of the
Republicans between the two. With
many it was somewhat matter of
Indifference, but the logical result
of the election is that the successful
candidate should be duly elected
United States senator by the Repub-
lican majority which will control the
next legislature. In fact, it is a.
duty which every Republican member
Is in honor bound to carry out,
whether it is his personal desire or
not, and the moral obligation to do
SO remains in full force and effect.
There never was belief that the
legal effect Of the pledge under the
primary law, was of any binding
force, as it was plainly unconstitu-
tionaI, but all voters will agree, that
the moral force of registering the
viii of the people. as expressed at
polls is the the duty OF the legislature
ture under this primary law.
5# M. N. Johnson Of Nelson county
has many qualifications that will
make him good servant Of the
people of North Dakota. He has
had experience with the wisest men,
IN the lower house or congrss, and
is yersed on details and question Of
national legislation. He has always
been consistent member OF the
Republican party and has never sulk-
ed or aided the opposition when he
went down In defeat. His vote this
fan showed him to be the strongest
Individual candidate in the field. In
fact, the strongest candidate that
has ever been before the people of
the state. He has discussed the prin-
eipIes of the party and the issues of
che campaign on the stump and has
stated his POSITION plainly and Open
" to the people of the state.
This course is admirable In any
candidate and it usually brings
its reward. The Republican party
Of North Dakota should at the first
opportunity elect Mr. Johnson to the
senate, as the man who has been
nominated to that office by the
voters of the state.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10

Attorney Skulason of Grand Forks.
who was elected to the lower house
is one of those mentioned as pos
sibIe candidate Tor the speakership,
she position to which Mr.. WoIbert
Of Bismarck aspires, and who was
FIRST to announce his candidacy for
she position.
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The Round 81 Hurnor. z,

should think you would run out
Of material" !" said the friend.
Oh, there's always something doing
as the seasons change" responded the
press humorist Last spring we took
down the stovepipe joke"
& seWell ~ II
Now we put It up again. 2
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10

Roney's Boys Concert Company to-
night at the Atheneum. The proceeds
go to the Young Mems Association
Gymnasium fund. Tickets only Is
scents at Knowles & Haney's
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vyhalf Not2

Z ''Can you," inquired the star, write.
me q play In which shall be the only
speaking character ??' e.
think, z replied the playwright,
"that by having you mention the other
characters and by the judicous use OF
shouts outside, 1t might easily be
done
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10

The Standard complains because
automobiles are allowed to run fast
er than thirty miles an hour through
fsse streets ef WesthDpe
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"A Bad Model.

'T must say I'm s'prised at our nlin-
ister," said Deacon Longface. He seq
all Christians should take pattern d
the bee as model Of industry.
''W'at's the matter o. that 2" demand.
ed his wife.
why. the bee works on the Sabbath
games any other day. The Catholic
Standard and Times. s8 sss ;ss
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quite Aareeable.

BlinksThet woman who Ii con-
ducting the spffituasistie seancea Ia
neither 80 old nor 20 fat as had
lima gfned-
Winks-No. She's just a happy me-
dunn Portland OreEonian.
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North DAKOTA NOTES

Maxbass is drilling for gas wells.
The houses of i'll repute have been.
cleaned out at Jamestown.
A clean slate of Republican county
officers were elected with the excep-
tion of shriff in Ramsey county.
Three fellows at Jamestown backed
out from voting for fear their citi-
zen ship would not stand an taffi-
davit. ss 4:
Most Of theeditors were busy on
election day. and the weekly papers
were somewhat neglected the last
issue. ,s a.,
The Aetna Panorama thinks that
most Of the candidates are convinced
now that talk is not cheap after
all. 8. ...s
One paper says the straw vote
proves many things, but that it re-
quires the Australian ballot to de-
liver the real goods.
What school land sales as have
been held over the state this fall
have been attended by large numbers
of farmers anxious to buy land.
There is lot of election after
math tlk in the last issue 70 the
weekly papesrs. Many of them at
tempt to tell how it all happened.
s Some OF the papers up in Ward
county think it would be motononous
for a while-now that county division
has been settled for at least two
years. 5s
|; Under appointment Of Governor,
Burke President Worst of the A. G..
is the official representative OF the
state at the launching Of the North
Dakota in Boston today.
The county canvassing boards are
taking a Whirl at the election returns
this week. The state canyassing
board will have its inning the first
Tuesday in December.
J. F. Haskett, former publisher
of one or two papers in Bottineau
county, did some Of the heavy editor
ial work for the Fargo Daily News
Curing the campaign.
M. A. Shirley Of Aetna, who was
elected states attorney Of Nelson
county. suffered a sinking spell dur
Iing one of his addresses before cleo
tion and could not 60 on with his
Iremarks.
The editor of the Portland Repub-
lican was sick election week. and
his wife and friend from Hatton
succeeded in getting out the paper,
SO the people could be Informed Of
the result CT the election
49,
One up-country editor says he can
strike a stenographic gait of 16O per
but that he heard a woman lee
ture the other evening, and the best
he could do was to catch about ey-
every fifth word. ~ II
The Fargo Call has learned during
the recent campaign that there is
such a thing as a paper supporting
a candidate editoria1ly and then tear
ing him down through the news coll
umns. The Call has probably rea-
lized that it Is the news columns that
count.
The Finley Beacon says that three
Ifonrths of the vote demonstrated
that the people of steels county want
ed the county seat moved from
lsherbrooke, but there were too many
towns after it. and sherbrooke had
votes enough to hold 1t. /.
The editor of the MaKbass Monitor
while at New Rockford was rung In
as a delegate to the. congressional
conference, and some OF his exchang-
es thought he was trimming his
wings for a flight to glory, but the
Monitor man thought 1t was all right
las it was his next move anyway.
t!5 ~
What Mott
Can you," inquired the star. write
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10
Big SALE OF Ia
INQUIRE Co. LANDS

STATE SELLS % ffs ACRES
HIGHEST PRICE PAID WAS $s2
AVERAGE FOR ENTIRE LOT
1890 AN ACRE $a5.os5 ADDED
10 SCHOOL AND INSTITUTION
FUNDS. q,
Q. J. Olson returned Monday from
LaMoure county, where he held q
successful sale Of state chooi lands.
He sold In all 2s.l18 acres, there be.
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a. o. U. w.

LODGE NO 100 MEETS
the first and third Fridays at Maen-
nerchor hall, at o'clock M. u.
81 Mckenzie, Nc "; Bradley G..
l. Marks, recorder.
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q. il. d.

s3S 1s. IA. r. s
JAMES B. MePHERSONP POST NO.
G q, Department OF North Dakota,
Grand Army of the Republic. Meets
last Thursday in each month at
" "A. r. hall. Joseph Wood, post.
commander; D. Gordner, adju-
tant. ssss3
MI. w Al. B
BISMARCK CAMP NO 1854, M. W..
A. Meets the second Tuesday ii,
each month. Z. r. Mockler, v. O.:
A. ". /. Cook, clerk.
/. 10. o.. r.
CAPITAL CITY LODGE NO. 2.5
Meets every Thursday evening at
Odd Fellows hall. Fred Roberts
s# N. g; James Savage, ". q. IA. d.
Boyce, secretary; b. AZ. Dawson.
treasurer.
& Rebekahs.
NICHOLSON LODGE NO. 40 MEETS
the first and third SATURDAYS il
q each month in Odd Fellows hall.
Elsie Mcdonald. N. G.: Mrs. Nellie
Evarts. secretary
y
Maccabees.
&. Q. T. M.MEETS EVERY FIRST
q and third Thursdays Of each month
at o'clock ps m, at /. o. %. r. hail.
Visiting members cordially invited.
S ! q Ramp, Commander; Erick
Erickson, Record Keeper.
Canton 5ssss
COURT BISMARCK, NO SS7. MEETS
every fourth q Thursday in each:
month at Odd Fellows hall. John
Yegan. g. r. VIM, Moore, II. s..
I. w. Heaiy. r.. s.
m. b. "A.
IA. b. A. MEETS FIRST AND THIRD
wednesdays Of each month at Maen-
nerchor hall. Thos. Anderson.
B president; a. r Marquet secetary.
3s Commercial Club.
C0MMERCIALsCL CLUB OF BISMARCK.
Regular meeting OF club member
ship the nrst Tuesday irl each
month; regular meeting OF hoard Of
directors the first Friday OF each
month, ct Commercial club rooms.
Third street. +. Il Conklin, presi-
dent; E. q. Young. secretary.
Labor Unions.
UNITED BROTHERHOOD or CAR-
penters and Joiners. No. 111s. Meets
s every Tuesday evening at Kuntz.s
nail All brothers cordially invited
20 meet with MS. VIM. Gorsucf.
president; Fred Westermann, re-
cording secretary. N
TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. NO. 40
Meets first Monday Id each month
az 3 O'clock p. N. Chester Jones.
Sc president Geo. Humphreys, see
retary. d S & -. SO
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Brotherhood or An,e rica 4 Yeone, 4

Brotherhood Of American Yeomerl.
A FRATERNAL LIFE AND ACCI-
dent insurance organization. Meets.
the last Tuesday in each month in
the Maennerchor hall. Henry But
& Ter, Foreman; g. a. Hess, M. A.
/ =. A Be1k, Correspo
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IPythIan Sisters.

LINCOLN TEMPLE, NO 8. MEETS
second and fourth Thursdays each
month at Il. n hall. Elizabeth
Belk, NJ. 3. .;; Mrs. Nellie Evarts,
" M. of r. & e.
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20. E. s..

BISMARCK CHAPTER, NO. liz.
meets first and third Fridays IN
@ each month at Masonic hall. Mrs. s
Agnes 7. Cochrane w. M. Hattie
Shelton, secretary.
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kniahts 81 Pythias.

ST. ELMO LODGE, NO 4. MEETS
each Wednesday evening in X p.
hall Melyen g. Hagen, C. c.
w. p. Parsons, K, r.. 8 s.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10
THE NEXT LEGISLATURE.
Complete List of Successful candi.
dates for the Legislature and
Holdover Senators.
SENATE

Dist. Name County r. @.
lsason I1NSH5s I1,;5sx Rs@sias PfRsiaa
*fJohn +. cashel. Walsh B, 4. .... Grafton
IS E. Stevens Cd. Forks .Northwood
9 James Turner. &C. Forks. Cd. Forks
1 8 xH. 4; Stron II 7 Trail Hillisboro
9 James Kennedy y. Cass Fargo
10 xE.s E, Gilbert Cass Casseltsn
II, Frank S. falcott. Cass Buffalo
1s I L1yy Johnson paasa Sargent cogsMell
10 IL. II. Wicher 81. Barnes 4.
1s xMaynars Crane Griggs. ccoperstown
ls Henry Mclean Cavalier. H Hannah
~ Ole Syvertson .RoIette I. !. Z. Overly
= 20 q Iheo.& rkoffel Benson 3, Esmond
q F; a. Baker Ramsey q. Devils Lake
IS Alfred stsef .s].assman ] :JamestoWn stsssa
~ 5xJ. 3. Sharpe. Z. aMoure 1. y. i. Kuhn
526 r. M. Walton Dickey 80. ElIendale
s6 sxAiex; Macdonald. Emmons Glencoe
2s SD. III. Macarthur Bottineau !. !. Bottinea,I
70 John Wallin Ward {5. .s...I. !. Minot
80 xFerd Leutz Me rton. ]. ..s..s Hebron
81 LA. Simpson Stark Dickinson
50 H. Bessessen Wells -. Fessendcn
"a &c. d. Rice. 4. McHenry B. 81. Towner
B5 j. E. Davis Mclean !. 7. Goodrich
g ss &c. Albright 4! Ne !, In.osh Ashley
So XIX. S. Ramsett. Barnes n ..i.s. Fingal
30 a. l.. Martin .... Billings Sentinel Butte
40 ssxC. w. tP Plain.. Cavalier 4. &. ilton
~ w b. .Oyerson. villiams 81. Willisfon
425 y. q Gronvold Z. Pierce .. 8. y. Rugby
43 II. H Steele Ward z. s. ...z. Mohall
a Martin Anderson Yard 80. Stanley
10 N Ia Nfclo Nc Henry 4. !. " Nelya
20 Y 7. Is. Neal McLean Garrison
~ S. Trimble b Bottineau Westhope
independent.
Holdover democra rs As2e
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10

JAMES b. MCPHERSON POST NO
q, Department Of. North Dakota,
Grand Army of the Republic. Meets
last Thursday in each month at
" a. r. hall. Joseph Wood, post
commander; D. Gordner, adju-
q tant. sssss5
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Commercial Club.
labor llnfnna

UNITED BRoTHERHoOD or CAR
penters and Joiners. No. 11l8. Meets
~ every Tuesday evening at Kuntz.s
hall All brothers cordially invited
20 meet with us. VIM. Gorsuctl.
president: Fred Westermann. re-
q cording secretary. ,5Ssl
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10

TYPOGRAPHICAL UNION. NO. 14o.
Meets first Monday Id each month
az 3 o'clock p. n. Chester Jones.
president; Geo. Humphreys, sec-
retary. d 's, Il
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HOUSE.

| Dist. Name
i Geo. AZ McCrea !.
sWalter Wexford
1 2 Christian Ganssle
| 3 6. c. Laithwaite
Andrew N. Foss J.
Knute Bjorndahi
4 J. III. Frame I.
! Jacob Nelson
/ 5 Ferdinand Lucke
Victor S: Wisner
| Q James Collins
B. G. Skuiason :.
z C. A. Hale ....
Gullick Thompson
/ 8 w. J. Burnett -.
o. j. Sorlie .
G. "A. White
8 +. E. Dibley -
Thos. Baker !.
wv. ]. Price
| 10 Angus A. Plath !.
J. B. Akesson .
IL "A. I. Peart Z.
| j. F. Collins
II2 l. =. Rrusletten
w. T. Ward
lis Z. J. Narum
Ia John A. Aasheim
A. ]. Olson
i f15 Geo. II. Law
Frank E. Ployhas
10 Niels Hemmingsoi
S. FL. Nelson IL.
Ole Paulson
| IL Fred Lindyig
Frank oldammeI
t8 u. L. Burdick I,
| &C. C. Crawford
10 j nj. johnson ].
1 ~ James Duncan
Paul / Moen ....,
l3l J. A. Honey
isernt Anderson .
Fred j. Traynorg 4
81 A. S. Gibbins I.
J.. Pound
1 23 r. y. Kncciand
VIM Sinclair 81.
Richard Pendray
T. Atwood I. !.
Ira Al w Cunninghasf
i G. III. Shells . .
Is5 G. e. Knox
30 .G. "A. Herolx. !.
John Storey . !.
lid. Il Strcetcr. /.
ix7 4. d. Hughes
G. w. Woibert .
20 F. L. Garden 7.
i Matt Johnson =.
20 III. j. Schulz
E. @. Skinner
NJ. M. Chatheid /.
10 ]. M, Haniey /.
w. E. Martin
John c. Burns .
81 Frank NJ. Baker. .
Geo. A. Senour .
Tom Evans
| az S. Nj Putnam 3.
IS. J. Doyle
33 julius Ssutt
l Geo. Brynjolfson
fs1 j. r. Nelson
Z. F. Barnes
/ 36 F. j. Thompson
/ SO John ]. Doyle
/ John J. Geidt
| 81 z. l. Kinney /.
a r Grant -l
| 3S Merlin Thorescn
| 80 Issn McLear
John Young
40 Z, ], Moen. i. :.
| Al Geo. p Homness
Frank Poe .....
AZ Ole Nyhus
John Steen i.
43 Geo. G. Jewctt.
E. E. Davidson !,
S. Hendrici<son
la II. J. Linde
~ Ceo. kreiuer
20 John 4. Johnsosa .
Geo. W. Kinney !.
James Hill
/ nesncefsts. ell 9th
sFiei new eiertio
sfIndep psndeas rcpn
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10
q. o. o.. r.

CAPITAL CITY LODGE NO. q.
Meets every Thursday evening at
Odd Fellows hall Fred Roberts,
VI N. James Savage, ". O.; IS a.. d. !
Boyce. secretary; 3. A. Dawson,
treasurer. Sss 81
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10

Roney's Boys tonight Atheneum
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9M. w. a

BISMARCK CAMP NO 1854, IN. w.
A. Meets the second Tuesday in
each month. T. r. Mockler, v. c.;
q A. w. /. Cook, clerk. sssssssft
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Rehekahs|

Rebekahs
OLSON LODGE NO. 10. MEETS
the first and third Saturdays in
B each month in Odd Fellows hail.
Elsie Mcdonald, N. G.; Mrs. Nellie
Evarts, secretary.
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The editor Of the MaKbass Monitor
while at New Rockford was rung In
as delegate to the congressional
conference, and some Of his exchang-
es thought he was trimming his
wings for flight to glory, but the
Monitor man thought 1t was all right
5as it was his next move anyway.
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-11-10

m. b. "A. ats
M. b "A. MEETS FIRST AND THIRD
Wednesdays OF each month at Maan-
nerchor hall. Thos. Anderson.
president; AZ r. Marauet aecetary,
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Maccabees.
K.#O. T. MMEETS EVERY FIRST
and third Thursdays OF each month
II at o'clock ps M, at i O. %. r. hall.
Visiting members cordially invited.
NJ y @. Ramp, Commander: Erick
Il Erickson, Record Keeper.
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A RTti Y r. VAN oRN,
Architect,
2o9 Seventh Street, Bismarck N. ..
& Office Phone 305; Residence 246.
II. R. Mockler L.. Smith
g. III. Olson
& MockLER, SMITH AND OLSON
Loans on City Property.
Law, Real Estate and Loans
Bismarck and Washburn Il IN. ID.
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Canton
COURT BISMARCK, NO ss7. MEETS
h every fourth q Thursday In each
month at Odd Fellows hall. John
Yegan. g. r. VIM, Moore, n. s.
w. EIealy, n, s.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1908-02-14
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The remarkable ability of blind
boys as athletes is brought out in an
article by J. E. Baker in recent is
sue Of Outing Magazine. He says, in
part: "The most popular of all out
door events probably is the 35-yard
dash. No, nobody with or without eyes
can run straight very far unless it
be toward some mark. The sighted
Splinter has his alley to guide him
and the tape in front. So for the
blind boys a string of sleigh bells is
rung at the finish. Collisions result
ed twice only during last season. The
abandon which the boys display in
this race is revelation, and their
performances are very creditable. 1t
is the opinion of the writer that, other
conditions being equal, the sightless
boy gets faster start than his seeing
brother; the blind boy never looks
out of the tail of his eye" and his
coordination between ear and mus
Gle is closer and more nicely adjusted.
The success of blind boys in athletics.
the same as with boys who know the
light, is determined largely by the
personal equation. Some boys are
naturally graceful, others naturally
awkward. Some will learn gymnas-
tic feat almost without effort, others
only after the most faithful labor In
short, some have a well-developed
muscular sense, while others have but
the faintest traces of it. For those who
measure success by marks the records
made by sightless athletes at the
Wisconsin School for the Blind will
be interesting. These records should
not be supposed to be equal perform
ances of high school boys, because the
training was for all-round develop
ment No one specialized in any one
event.
Standing broad jump. z feet 9 inches
Standing high jump. 3 feet Z inches
Running broad jump. IT feet 8 inches
Running high Jump. 4 feet inches
Shot-put, (12-lb.) ST feet inches
DISCUS throw. 90 rect
Football punt .39 yards 1 foot
Hundred-yard dash. ..... IL seconds
Thirty-five-yard dash. 4 seconds fiat
Robert Boyd Burch of Cincinnati.
1909, has been elected captain Of the
Yale football eleven for the coming
year. Burch is 81 years old, five feet
seven inches high, and weighs 165
pounds. His opponent was Arthur Ed
ward Brides of Brockton, Mass, a medi-
cal school junior The fact that Burch
was an academic man and Brides
medical school man swung the cleo
ton over to Burch, as at no time in
the history of football at Yale has
medical school man had the honor of
the football captaincy. Brides played
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known as sweeping the girls" If a
girl is not kissed by an admirer be-
fore nine o'clock on st. Valentines
morning she is said to be dusty" Ac-
cordingly all the young men of the
neighborhood on learning that some
young woman has remained unkissed
past the fatal hour make an attack
on her house with brooms, and after
sweeping her thoroughly, each of her
callers kisses her.
the French province of Lorraine has
a custom somewhat similar, which is
called beating the ladies'" 1t dates
back to the sixteenth century. On
st. Valentines morning every mar
riageable daughter is expected to arise
at daybreak and bake heart-shaped
cake for the first young man who may
come for 1t. If she should oversleep,
however, and her lover should call to
find her all unmindful Of him and the
occasion which brought him to her
door then his rivals are privileged to
punish her in the following fashion:
Armed with wisps of hay they may in
wade her room and, compelling her to
get up, they may administer not es-
pecially ungentle thrashing.
In the county Of Norfolk, England,
there still survives a custom which
recalls the times when st. Valentines
day was observed throughout Great
Britain and the continent by the pre-
sentation of substantial gifts. In this
way not only lovers remembered their
mistresses, but parents their children.
husbands their wives, and in the mer-
ry days of Charles II. husbands gave
presents to other mems wives.
Among the young women of Devon
shire the belief still fingers that they
are able to learn who their future hus-
bands will be If they go through a
certain peculiar formula shortly after
the midnight that ushers in st. Valen-
tines day. Each maiden should go
alone to the porch of the village
church and there wait until IL: 80 a. m.
Then as the bell strikes the half hour
she should return home scattering
hempseed in her path and repeating:
'Hempseed I sow, hempseed I NOW.
He that will my true love be.
Come, rake this hempseed after me"
And If she is going to be married
in the next year she will indeed see
her lover behind her clad in wind
ing sheet and raking up the hempseed.
In many parts of Germany the chill
dren find st. Valentines day special
occasion to obtain charity from young
women, who cannot refuse them with.
out being threatened with the fate OF
becoming old maids. In certain vii
lagos of Saxony little boys and girls
go from house to house singing song
which has been translated al follows
into English rhyme:
God bless the baker.
II you'll be the giver.
I'll be the takef."
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New York city he still finds way to
mylady's heart by going to her in
dainty bit of pasteboard, tissue paper,
tinsel and paint, all tucked way in a
scented envelope. In Berlin he has re-
Gently found new means Of wound
ing his victims in the cooling postals,"
which are so constructed that when
squeezed they will initiate the plain
tive note of dove. In more prosaic
London cupid has abandoned the post
man for the telephone, and the up-to-
date London lover no longer sends his
sweetheart an ardent message by let
ter, but recites it over the wire into
her very ear Whether or not he dis
closes his identity depends on the re-
ply he gets.
Yet the most picturesque st. Valen-
tine day customs are not to be found
in the big cities, but in out-of-the-
way regions, where human nature re-
tains much of it's old-time simplicity.
In some of the rural villages of Eng
land, for example, the season is OBJ
served in much the same way as in
the time of Queen Elizabeth and many
a quaint superstition still survives.
In remote villages of Derbyshire the
custom still prevails or maidens look
ing out of their windows in the early
morn of ST. Valentines day to learn
who their lovers may be. Every girl
who wants to get married is supposed
to jump out of bed just at daybreak
and dressing hastily open wondow
facing the street. There she must
wait until some man passes by, who
tips his hat and says to her: Good
morrow, tits ST. Valentines day" In
reply she says: "Good-morrow, sir,
I'll be your valentine" Az usual
thing, however, the passerby is not a
stranger. A Derbyshire girl usually
keeps the shutters closed until through
some crevice in them she espies the
man she wants.
OF all observances, however, the
most popular in England is that best