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The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-04-15
CANDIDATE For CoNaREss

CANDIDATE For CoNaREss
! believe in the preservation Of our country's
natural resources.
! believe in government control, Of trusts and
combinations who IRE ~monopolisnR comrnod.
itles, restraining trade or traffic. ss I
7 ! believe In q substantial reduction az III
tari1 on commodities usedby psoplsi Is general:
ifee lumber and wood pulp In csss tie rvyeu.s
ne received from tho tariff does noe ! tf,y,
running expenses Of tho governlmMsns the denci.
ency should b suppliedssby nincomafAx.
! believe h " thssapenins y orr rissrs Oh opm.
dmercs. s. .ss& SSsAg
! believe II and VII suupuost tue sconosp::s
progressiye repnSlicAn measures to hi bess 81
my ability, ssass
JAMES yOHNlsson.
Ainot. 3. DaL.
ft,R SUPERINTENDENT or Sermons
4 observation-disclosures myself as q candidate 81
repnblican ticket for nomination To- thesof.
fice 81 ccunty ssuperintendent Of schools atsthe
primary election extJans. S
JOHN u. BREKKEN
2ss S Tnrtle Lake, n. Dak
.1EE 49, ArE NEHLr+ tLSs<f E fKFs
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-04-15

The volcanic germ might be- found.
worthy OF some scientific attention.
Those smoky craters offer q fine open.
~ fer an Investigation o. this charac-.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-04-15
For CLERK OF CoURr

! hereby announce myself as q candidate on
the republican ticket for the office Of clerk 81
court OF Mclean County, N. d. subject 70 the
approval OF the voters at the primary election
next june.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1910-04-15

j. WagstrOm,
Wilton, N. D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17

Your House is Worth More
A Pennsylvania householder painted
his house with one coat of High
Standard" Paint. A few weeks
later he wrote: Before painting I
couldn't get an offer. Il have now
been offered 5o9o more than I asked"
Good paint adds far more to the value of
your house than the cost of the paint and
labor of applying. The higher its quality
the greater the value added.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17

and run on the turntable. If an engineer or
fireman stumbles when climbing into or out of
his cab, it is considered very unlucky. 1t is
also unlucky to step to the cab with the left
foot first. Even if an engineer is not super
stitious about this, there is good and practical
reason for it. An engineer always climbs
aboard on the right hand side of his locomotive.
The chances are that he has oilcan or a
wrench in his left hand, and his right instinct
lively catches hold of the grab iron on that side
to lift himself up The right foot follows as a
matter of course
Luck of the Left Hand Side
A N engineer, however, almost always gets
off by the left side of his cab, especially when
he gets down to oil or tinker with his engine
There is a practical reason for this also. The
engineer carries his tools in his left hand when
he IS climbing down the steps. Therefore the
left is the handiest side to leave by. 1t is held
to be sign of accident if an engineer hap
pens to get down by the steps on his side of the
cab. In fact about the only time he does SO is
when a wreck seems imminent, and, after re-
versing and setting the brakes, he swings him
self to the ground. That is why, in all prob
ability, this belief has become so firmly estab-
lished.
Superstitions about stumbling not con-
fined to those who ride on the engines. If any
yard or train hand stubs his toe in crossing the
track, he IS sure to turn about and step high
over the rail so as to obviate any future i'll luck.
This is specially the case when he trips over a
switch frog.
The superstitions that railroad men, es-
pecially engineers, have about the moon doubt
less have some connection with the fact that
they fear moonlight nights more than any
others; the shadows then are SO deceptive
The darker the night, the clearer the signals
shine. 1t is universal custom among en-
gineers to be careful to get their first glimpse of
the new moon over their right shoulder, no
matter where they may be. By some it is con
sidered luckier still to the new moon dead
ahead along the track. When the new moon
appears on Friday there is more than ordinary
necessity for being cautious.
There are unlucky months as well unucky
days, railroad men firmly believe September
is the unlucky month. 1t is matter of record
that there are more accidents during that
month than in any other of the year. No one
knows why.
Engineers a class carry pocket pieces
queer coins, stones, something they consider
lucky. To lose one of these talismans is such a
calamity that many engineer has skipped
run rather than go out in the face of such a
warning.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17
Moved by a Dream

CCRIOUSLY enough, dreams do not figure to
any appreciabe extent among the supersti-
tons of the railroad There are few we'll anthem
ticated cases where dream has presaged dis
aster either to the individual railway man or
to the travelling public in general. One of the
dreams that came true happened to en-
gineer on the Mexican Central.
He was handling the northbound passenger
train that leaves the City of Mexico daily for
the States. His fireman was a Mexican. One
morning he went to the trainmaster's Office and
asked to be relieved from his next trip His
fireman also appeared at the same time with a
similar request. The engineer finally acknowl-
edged that his reason for demanding the layoff
was dream that his fireman had had the night
before, which was that his engine had met an
other toward the end of the run and that in the
collision many lives were lost. When a fatal
railroad accident occurs in Mexico the custom
of the authorities there IS to imprison all
surviving members of the engine and train
crews until the matter is investigated and the
responsibility fixed. This takes months some
times, and Mexican jails very unsantary.
Further than that, whoever is found to blame
is sent to the penitentiary.
Neither ridicue nor threats could move this
engineer or his fireman: two others took
their places in the cab when the train pulled
out that evening. Sure enough, the collision
happened just as the dream had foretold, and
both of them were killed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-04-17
Cross Eyed Men Unpopular

CROSS eyed men are very unpopular on rail-
- road. 1t is impossible for one of them to get
employment except in some unimportant ca
pacity. Even there the prejudice against them
is historic. One of the oldest tales of railroad
life relates to cross eyed section hand. 1t is
told by tie hampers from Manhattan to Men
docino. If the track gang is composed of
Italians, the incident is laid on one of the
Roman railroads: if they are Swedes it hap
pened in their fatherland, and so on. 1t is one
of the few superstitions that seem to have
originated within the last fifty years, and is so
thoroughly believed in that the average section
boss will tell you that he was personally ac-
quainted with everyone of the men involved.
Ten section hands were wanted in hurry
to send out on the line. Nine appeared but
the tenth sent word that he was i'll and could
not come. Just at this juncture a cross eyed
man applied to the section boss for the vacant
job Despite his instructive misgivings and the
mutterings of the men, he hired him. There
upon a cloud of evil luck settled down on the
gang and stayed there. The first day one of
the men laid out by sunstroke. The
gang lost one man each month for ten months
The cross eyed man was the last to go, the sole
survivor of the unlucky ten and the one who
reaped the fullest measure of misfortune. He
tried to cross the track in front of the pay train
and was run over and killed.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10

ed. however. in the Valentine day mail,
Either the identity of the sender ia
kept profound secret or is indicated
only by tiny initials. which are Of no
possible benefit in tracing the origin
OF the missive. Consequently there is
nothing for the dead letter officials to
do but to either destroy these dere-
licts OF the Valentine day mails, or,
II they be deemed Of sufficient value,
TO set them aside to be disposed Of at
the annual auction sale at which
Uncle Sam sells to the highest bid.
ders all the unclaimed articles found
IN the mails.
Incidentally It may be noted that It
is very seldom that any person ever
writes to the postoffice department to
inquire regarding valentines that have
gone astray. Many people make in
quiries from time to time with refer.
ence to packages which have Called to
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10

that accumulate In all OF our post
Offices nj the valentine festival In
innumerable instances youngsters
send valentines particularly the oom-
ic variety--to persons whose initials
they do not know and regarding even
the spelling of whose names they nre
In ignorance Similarly there is often
n woeful lack of detail in the ad.
dresses embodied in these hazy in
scriptions. All these Irregularities
make for difficulty in delivering the
mail on st. Valentines day. Some OF
the battling products of the instinct of
mischief the letter carriers or local
postofilce officials are able to decipher
and deliver to their proper destlna.
lions. but many of these mysterious
souvenirs must needs be cent to the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10

reach the proper destination, but up.
pnreutly the sendcrs OF valentines
either do not know that their tokens
else accept the lose philosophlcally
For the imaginative person there is
opportunity for speculation ms to how
many romnnCes have been nippod in
the early stages becauBe of the yalen-
tines that never came, Finally, one
more cause Of the straying Of vnlen-
tines in the mail Ia found in the nu.
merous attempts to send such souve-
Mrs through the mails with insufTl.
Client postage Many little folks. for
instance seem to be under the i'm
preston that valentine In sealed
envelope VIII be carried for ono cent
instead Of two cents. II the envelope
bears the address Of the sender It can
be returned for more postage. but, as
above explained such clew Is seldom
given In the case Of valentines and
when the valentine is forwarded to
its destination postage due" the per
son to whom It Is addressed perhaps
suspeCting its condensation refuses
to receive It and then, of necessity It
Is turned over to the dead letter Office.
The dead letter Office, tho final rest
ing place OF the unidentified valen.
tines. is Il very busy institution. Some
thing like seven million pieces of lost
mail are every year sent to this insti-
tuition to be examined and its experts
or blind readers" are wonderfully
skillful in deciphering the true mean.
Ing of Incorrect and mlsspelcd in.
scriptions that would prove absolutely
battling to any ordinary individual. At
the dead letter office Uncle Sam main.
tains perhaps the oldest museum ir
the world-a collection OF the queer
things that have been found in the
mails. Much money is found in the
letters that go astray. 1t totals as
much as $4,000 year in coin and
currency, to say nothing OF an aggre-
gate Of about million dollars a year
In checks. drafts and currency.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10
Which Valentines Are Comic?

We read lot Of vigorous censure Of comic" valen.
tines But why, In the name Of pigment doesn't some
arise In meeting and tell which il the comic" kind?
II Is generally understood that the hideous distortions
Of form and feature accompanied by insulting and semi
obscene doggerel are called comic. But that sort of
thing isn't comic at all Those the saddest creations
posBibe-rankly and nagrantly and Intentionally dis
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10
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sender II such Information has not
been given on the outside wrapper.
Thus when the wandering parcel final
~ reaches the dead letter Office and is
opened there, there is every chance
II its proper destination cannot be de.
termined. at least the identity Of the
sender can be learned and tho postal
orphan sent back for better address
ing No such clews are to be expect.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10


tines in America aud indeed the notable private
or public collection Of the kind In the world is the prop
erty of Mr. Frank House Baer weIlknown resident Of
the state of Ohio and prominent railroad official Mr.
Bner who has had the to indulge his unique fad
naugratcd his hunt for valentines years ago and
has covered all quarters Of the globe in his search This
premier valentine collector has more than 1000
specimens in old gallery and many OF his prizes
have cost him n pretty penny.
Ancdating all forms OF manufactured valentines we're
the valentine writers"bOuks of specially prepared
verses and sentiments designed for the use OF swans
and ualdcns OF a century and half ago. who must
needs prepare their valentines These first aids TO
the sontmeualy inclined that have been preserved IN
the Baer collection have such suggestive titles as the
Rover OF Cupid THE School of Love" The Ladies'
Polite valentine Writer" The Satirical Valentine Writ
err" and "Rhapsodies for Gentlemen Who Wish to Ad
dress Ladies in Sonncts "
The Oldest and most valuable valentines In existence
those in the Baer collection believed to be the
only ones of the kind extantnre the cut paper vaen
tnes These are carefully folded and dcicatey cut with
aawtooth edges the average love token Of this kind
being so arranged that its unfolding discIoses con
tuuous succession of penned sentiments one OF these
I'll, paper valentines bearing the date 1890 Is formed
From sheet of paper about the size OF ladys hand
tercbief folded into squares Of about four inches II
o originally sealed with the representation OF heart
Particularly quaint conces In the line or od'ume
valentines found In this collection those which rep
,eseut I'm each instance either single flower or clus
tor m cav posles fashioned from tissue paper somewhat
m the order of modern artificial hoWers. However
+bnse ancient counterfeit blooms slit into lattice
U,a meshes that the pulling OF attached thread VIII
cause each flower unfold. disclosing sentimental mes
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10

the senders rather than to any inef'i'
cheney on the part Of the postal au-
thorities. Nevertheless. when one
pauscs 10 consider the characteristics
OF the extra mail that floods the postal
routes in mid.Fcbruary It does not
seem so strange that larger share
of II misses its destination than would
be the case with an equal volume of
holiday mail at other seasons of the
year.
The most common cause Of failure
IN the part of the postotlice officials
90 deliver mail is found in the pres.
ence on the pulling pieces Of mail
matter OF illegible, incorrect or insuifi.
Client addresses. Such faulty mail
matter Ia numerous enough at all
seasons Of the year and It is easy TO
understand that It reaches flood tide
along about Valentine day, In the
first place many of the persons who
send valentines wish to use every pre-"
caution to conceal from the recipient
the origin of the remembrance. To
that end they attempt 10 disguise
their handwriting and resort to other
expedents, all o! which make for
rlegible addresses At valentine time
too. many little folks patronI2e the
malls on their own initiative and
some Of these youngsters are far from
skilled in penmanship.
To this same influence-the contri-
buttons OF the juvenile portion OF the
community--is TO be attributed the un.
usual proportion of incorrectly and
tnadeuuately addressed pieces Of mail
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10

dead letter Office at Washington-th
ultimate destination Of all the waits
of the mails
Even in this final clearing house for
lost letters. the unique characteristics
OF the Valentine day mail pcove Il
handicap In Its disposition. Articles
sent through the mail at other sea.
SONG of the year usually contain some
indication as to the identity OF the
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10

which have taken place IN fashions during the past
fury and half as pertaining to the costumes OF both
men and women. The distinctive styles of the periods
or 1880 and the civil war shown. well the
Her erochs Especially significant in this regard ia
old valentine bearing date Of 1905 in which sailor lad
is shown bidding sad farewell his sweetheart The
costume Of the tar is interesting Cxomplifying the
toys worn by naval seamcn early In the history of the
republic.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10

etv Niue roeo with pink oavea-Isnt t ArtIstIcE
And you've seen those that are Just row or pehr
dantg all busly pending from twisted and tassecd
silk cord haven't you? Great On the top card, which
Is shaped like q scaloped pancake, ia painted beau
tlfu little girl with the scarlet dab that had been meant
for her lips striking her the end Of the nose or on
the chin and with golden hair that has blue high lights
on tho next pendant (Which is square and hangs
about two inches below the other) is picture Of
Oklahoma landscape with the pyramids Of Egypt and
Dutch windmill in the distance.
The one Just below is cutout figure OF Queen Maria
Teresa or the Venus de Medci Katherine dc Milo
Mrs Maybrck early Christian martyr.
stiu below hangs two.nch heart Of red with cupds
IT, and below that continues u string of lesser
when It gets right down cases, and TO the kind
OF evidence that would be accepted in n competent
court OF law where nobody was corrupted which are
the comic valentines?
Don't all speak at Strickland w Gillian
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10
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f ALL the different and
distinct classes Of mail
that pass through Uncle
Sans postal channels In
the course of the year, 1t
is probable that none
show SO large a proper
ton of loss on route as do
the valentines. That so
many valentines go astray
is. however. due almost en-.
tIrely to the negligence Of
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10
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. CLASS OF antiques Is OF
greater rarity today than the
valentines Of We olden time
Nor is this strange, for iilmy
creations of lace paper and
scrap pictures could scarcely
be expected to stand the wear
and tear of a century or more
and survive, IA does old fur
niture or pewter or brass.
Possibly because old valentines
are so comparatively few IN
number and so hard to find,
only q very limited number Of
persons have ever attempted
to gather collections Of an.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10

gushing Surely the truly comic val.
cntine ia the kind which exhibits a
lot Of absolutely meaningless combi'
nations Of color and shape and fiji
gree and gingerbread and which car
rlcs Il all off with conscious air OF
being Just too beautiful for anything
Who except a maker Of valentines
for the trade ever sat down and imag.
ined fuur.arched heart with silk and
cellul0d blsters on II, arranged
tastefully about fgleaiicss card
board Cupid sitting on the back OF an
nccordion-plaited tissue paper swan,
which he was guiding across n tlnRel
desert by means of ribbon snatlle
bit? Eli? | wonder what they irrt
gate their designers with before they
hand 'em the scissors and paint pot
and glue bottle and turn em loose
for that sort Of thing?
Then these blood.red pansics foot
across, with more celluloId reyers on
'cm turned back from nice empty
spot over which Is pasted, with a
hinge. n lot OF paper insertion Of the
kind they have I'm the edges Of cigar
boxes And when you lift up the
clgar.box paper tout In designs like
those mother used to cut IN the shelf
paper you read underneath. In old
English type;
think Il would be mighty fine
II you would be- my valentine
Isn't that deep and original and
thrilling?
The the lapels Of cclluloId-wha
would the valentine perpetrators dc
without celluloid Are fastened bach
nj the points each with n little string
of tnsel arranged in loop. while on
the bend OF tho lapel is painted q
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-02-10

Client Valentines as a lad or pastImo-
recent canvass Of the leading museums and
libraries in the United States disclosed the
fact that none of them possess so much as
single specimen OF the valentine of our
Observation-Disclosures period although the
British museum in London boasts the own.
ership Of a number Of early valentines,
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-22
COUNTY HIGH IN
DWELLING HOUSE
UNTIL BUILDING AT HEATH Is
COMPLETED.
Another Month May Find Structure
Ready for Occupancy Of
Pupils.
HOPE FOR LARGE ATTENDANCE.

II may be necessary that the frs
session of the county High school al
Heath will be held in a dwelling un
Ill the new building can be com.
pleted, but the High school will oper
next Monday nevertheless. Prof. L
w. Feezor. county school superin
tendent, IL intent upon the schoo
opening upon the date set, and vii
carry out the program. The con
tractors have not finished the build
ing. and it is not probable that suffi
clent space will be completed to en-
able the session of the school TO b'
held in the new building by Monday
Foreseeing this, Superintendent
Feezor has rented a dwelling near
the High school, and this will be
utilized as a school room until The
new building can be completed BY
next month II is expected that the
building will be completed for the
regular sessions of school. Arrange
ments have been made to accommo-
date SO students for the opening OF
the school.
With the completion of farm work
the enrolment of the High school is
expected to increase. and by Christ
mas the attendance may reach so II
is hoped. The new seats purchased
by the board have not arrived, but
temporary seats have been secured.
Prof. Joseph Raesdale IL principal
OF the school again this year and will
be assisted by Mrs. Ragsdale, who is
q competent teacher.
Citizens OF Heath will accommodate
the students with board at reason
able prices. Superintendent Feezor
says that he can assure all students
that they may obtain board.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1910-09-22

today. She will leave at D. m. TO-
morrow for Waterloo.
Grover Neblett, former second
clerk on the Dick Fowler. has gone
to St. Louis to locate.
The Ohio arrived at IL O'Clock this
morning from Golconda and left foi
return trip at o'clock this after
noon. she is doing good business
The Dick Fowler cleared for Cairo
on time this morning.
The Robertson will conduct her
regular excursion tonight.
The towboat Condor was in port
yesterday afternoon from Joppa and
returned last night.
A Pittsburgh special says: Owing
TO the approaching sale of the prop
erty OF the Pittsburgh and Cincinnati
Packet line, which has been in the
hands Of a receiver for more than a
year, a large number of steamboat
operators from the dOwn-river ports
are in town TO take part in the bid
ding. At this port, which is the
home Office OF the company, is lo-
Gated the wharfboat of the line, the
steamer Virginia and the harf
rights of the company. The other
boat, the Queen City, Is laid up down
the river and will be included in the
sale.