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The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-02-24

admitted that the drinks were on him.
$50
Jim Kennedy: essay Bill Greene,
who's on the school board nowq"
Green: "Don It ask me. I'm out Of
politics now. Why!'
Kennedy: 1T hear they are going
to re-grade the schools and am not
letting any contracts get by me now
letting any contracts get away from
me.
Billy Bacon-Cando: "Why, what
do you know Kelly. You don't even
know the world is round
F. Kelly-Lakota: "Oh yes I do. l
read the Journal and that says The
World amt square.
++.%
Had the Habit.
G. w Ziebach, the Indian agent at
Fort Totten, enjoys his daily smoke
and his friends have good story on
him that they delight in telling at
evry opportunity 1t seems that Mr..
Zeibach a few weeks ago was sent on
a trip into the western part of the
state on government business. Reaching
his destination, a small town, he found
the stores closed and he was unable t.
purchase anything to smoke. Turning
back to the hotel he noticed young
ster rolling what in street parlance is
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-02-24

Alfalfa and clover hay nre rich in
the nutrients that build up muscle,
while corn is poor in them, but rich in
the fat and heat producing nutrients.
Fed together they form q balanced
food. Ten to twelve pounds Of alfalfa
with eight to ten pounds ground corn,
and whatever corn slower the animal
wants, makes good ration, and one
that can be raised on the farm. One
of the best ways to handle the corn
is in the silo, and especially for dairy
cattle. For beef cattle alfalfa and
corn fodder make good ration.
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-02-24
His Days Work.

''Winter is on my head and eternal
spring i'll my heart. The nearer I
approach the end the palmer I hear
around me the immortal symphonic
of the worlds which invite me. It is
marvellous, yet simple. It is fairy tale,
and it is history. For half century
I have been writing my thoughts in
prose, verse, history, philosophy, drama,
romance, satire, ode, song-I have tried
all, but I feel that T have not said a
thouandth part Of what is in me. When
/ 60 dow. to the grave can say, like so
many others: Il have finished my day g
work, but I cannot say, 4 have fin.
| isbed my life My days work will
begin the next morning." = Victor
Hugo.
When the. clock strikes eleven ask
yourself if you have lived the golden
rule. \ Your conscience will answer
if you can spare the time, listen.
+ r. +
No Means Of transportation.
Il Art Reade. who seldom has any .trop
BILE with his guests at the Sevilla hotel
narrowly escaped q ,mixup the othei
noon with stranger from ChHychl
Ferry. The man ordered soup which
was promptly brought to him by an &C
commodating waitress.
1T can't eat this soup,' he said.
The waitress took the soup ava,
without word and brought him anoth
er plate.
At this too the man gazed severely
Again he called the waitress to hi
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side.
IT can't eat this soup" he repeat
ed.
The waitress flushed angrily, and
made no reply, and quicgly removed the
soup. Once more she filed Che man IS
order, and once more it was refused
"say,." the guest repeated, IT can
not eat this SOUP
At this the waitress started furiously
away and called Art. Now it is well
known fact that Arts chef has a state
wide reputation for his soups and he
was naturally peeved.
"What's this9" he clustered, 'tWhy
can't you eat this soup9'
The man from Churchs Ferry sighed
and answered very quietly: "Because
7 have no spoon.''
"Darn these automobiles' said a
Crary farmer.
edo they bother you very much?''
asked the autoist.
ct should say they do. Every time
a fellow sees a funnel shaped cloud
coming down the road, he DOM know
whether it is Chas. Doyon going to All
Elk initiation or cyclone coming
| = X !.
! !. Puzzled Gus.
Gus. Furstneau has son who is of
a decidedly inquirng turn Of mind.
The other evening the boy said:
"Dad, / want to ask you something
Gus laid down his paper and answer
ed his son.
"What do you want to know, my
boy?'' he offered kindly.
(Which has more legs, one pig or
no pig?'
Gus frowned and picked up his paper
agan. ~ didn't know you wanted to
ask me a silly thing like that" he
said, irritably, Zone pig, of course. /"
emo, he hash IT, the youngste1
chuckled. "a pig has four legs and
no pig has six legs. See9"
And Gus laid down his paper agair
and started to puzzle it out.
X X X
What Do You Know About This?
Twas night on Kelly Avenue ant
Second Street, and all was as still a:
the graveyard near the village churcl
on circus day.
Suddenly the still night air was brok
eli by a hideous pandemoniunl. Shot
from gur crashed sound waves again
the window panes. There were sound
Of a mallet laundering against a cope
kettle. Worst of all, there arose tn,
: piping voice of child, its tongue Civ
: ing vent to profanity that would bore
S hole in a battleship.
! Windows were thrown up and tn
7 parent Of the cussing child exclaimed i
n a broken voice:
!, "My boy! Ny boy! what's eatin
d you9"
a "Back to the hay, papa DEAR there
n nothing much DOING replied the stu
Q dy lad. Jimmy has your shot gu1
8 Willie has the new wash boiler for
|. racket maker and I IN doing the cussin.
II We don't mean any of it though. W
y are just playing that we are Ben Me-
getting his automobile out Of the ga
age and getting it started 5.,
k And the neighbors withdrew the
n nightcapped heads from the windo,
= lemarking to each other: cain It tho
bids good on initationsf"
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$4,000
tight against his neck.
$,F + =
A Milwaukee cheese expert says that
odorless limburger is failure. The
other kind seems to hold is own all
right; all right.
"A New Jersey justice fined one of the
inhabitants $40 for kissing his hired
girl on the stairs. Lucky he didn Y
kiss her on the tooth.
49,
And now st. Louis man wants a
divorce because he found cigarette
in his hash. What did he expect, an
umbrella?
Ward Nelson: essay, why wouldn 7
Andrew Stade make o good man to join
the Boy scoutss"
Kent Morgan: "Why'"
Nelson: "Why, he 3 one Of the Old
Scouts and is always out with the
boys.
Don't Do It.
1t is unfair to criticise those who
take an interest in the lodge when you
do not attend the meetings.
Some one must look after the details.
Some one must do the work, and if
errors are committed, perhaps it is
because the brothers who are willing
to labor have too much to d., and find
it impossible to perform the duties that
you should perform.
The best way to remedy all evils is
for you to attend lodge, take an in
terest in the affairs and perform some
part Of the work. The exalted ruler
will cheerfully accept your services
and appreciate them in way that will
cause you to feel that your efforts have
not been in vain.
1t is easy. to criticise; very easy. But
criticism hurts when it is directed at
one who has been doing his level best
to perform all the work that is neces-
sary; and perhaps if you were to cheer
a little, perhaps if you were to pass
out few compliments even to those
who make the errors while doing their
best, it would be better for the lodge
as a whole. Try it.-Inter-St Elk.
<
Truth.
There s a truth that most people find
out sooner or later, and that is that
great duties, perhaps, only called for
once or twice in lifetime are-ever so
much easier than the little ones tina.
come every day, for the reason that
when a big thing happens there is a
certain amount IF excitement about It
it that largely helps us to carry it
through, while about every day happen.
ings there is no excitement at all. There
are SO many of us who stand idly by
waiting for some great event to change
our lives, mover troubling about the
little chances that are slipping by-ah
so fast. And perhaps the great event
never comes; and then one day we
awake to the fact that we have wasted
otlr lives neglected all the chances that
have been given to us, and are near the
cna Of the journey and have nothing
ta'show for our lives. We have neglect
our one talent because we were LOOKING
out: for and expecting the five or 81,
pa tnrver came to us.-Exchange.
X X X
When you are flea bitten don It MtAint
scratch.
When men begin to give God hell
hinstead Of advice, the world will b,
speedily saved.
Correct Again.
The order of Ellss is not a beneficial
organization, as that term is general
understood. Yet we cannot allow or
brothers or their families to want, an
in fact, no deserving appeal, come fro,
what source it may, and by whomsc
ever made, has gone UNDECIDED by tn
Elks. We believe in the practice O
charity, and that without ostentation.-
The Dakota Elk.
). \ \
The Devils Lake world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1911, 1911-02-24

The order of Elks is not a beneficial
organization, as that term is generally
understood. Yet we cannot allow or
brothers or their families to want, and
in fact, no deserving appeal, come from
what source it may and by whomso-
ever made, has gone UNDECIDED by the
Elks. We believe in the practice of
charity, and that without ostentation.-
The Dakota Elk
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
MINERS PAINFUL CLIMB.

An unusually daring feat was per-
formed lately by Walter Tinsley, a
miner at the Horton shaft at Plains,
near Wilkesbarre, Pa, when he
climbed 600 feet up the rough and
uneven siding of the shaft to the top
in order to be in time to get his
pay from the pay car. He wanted to
be hauled up in the car of the cage,
but the signal did not work, and,
fearful that he would miss his pay
envelope he started the hazardous
climb. Half way up the cage began
working again and he was in great
peril. Each time it passed him he
pressed close against the side of the
shaft and held on with all his
strength to avoid being brushed off.
Finally, exhausted and greasy from
head to foot, he reached the top in
time to receive his pay envelope.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
MAcREADY AND THE BARON.

A scapegrace baron pawned the
coronet he had worn at the corona
ton of Queen Victoria. Having a
slight acquaintance with Macready,
he wrote to the actor offering to sell
the pawnticket, and suggested that
the redeemed item of headgear
would be an interesting theatrical
property" Macready replied with
characteristic sarcasm that if the
thing had been owned by a nobleman
of mark who had got into straitened
circumstances he would have favor
ably considered the application. But
he did not think his stock of "prop-
critics" would be improved by the add
dition of a gilded coronet that had
been worn by a uumskull and
by profigato.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
PROTECTS THE DADS RIGHTS
Ellis Parker Butler Organizes tho
Fond Fathers oop-de-6aby Asso-
oiation Of AmerIoa.

At the first sign Of an attempt to
standardize and sterilize the babies,
says Ellis Parker Butler, writing in
Success Magazine, l organized the
''Fond Fathers Oop-de-baby Asso-
citation of America" For thousands
of years fathers have been permitted
to oop-de-baby unrestrained, and
this right was one of the first rights
attacked by the advocates of the au-
tomato baby. 1 considered it a dou-
bic blow, at the baby and at the ia
ther, and resented it as such. If a
father may not oop his own baby,
what is the world coming to?
Doping the baby is a fathers
greatest pleasure. 1t is the act of
grasping the baby under the arms,
tossing the baby into the air and
catching it on its down-trip, while
the words "oop-de-baby!" are repeat
ed at each toss. This is repeated un-
til the baby is hysterical, or drops on
the floor by accident. 1t is then
handed to its mother.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
OLD CORONATION CUSTOMS.

The practice of running the foun-
tains and conduits with wine on
coronation day was abandoned after
the reign of Queen Elizabeth, but
another old custom was observed up
to the coronation of George ~. Aft
er the king and the company had de-
parted from the banquet in West
minister hall the doors were thrown
open and the people rushed in and
cleared the tables Of everything
victuals, cloths, plates, dishes, etc.,
all vanished in few minutes. And,
as Sir Walter Scott tells us, the no.
bility were not above taking away
the saltcellars and spoons. And at
the recent coronation they received
the chairs on which they sit in the
abbey.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
STRANGE ADVENTURE OF EGGS
Stolen and Swallowed by > Cobra, Re-
covered. and Hatched Out
by the Hen.

Those ought surely to have been
extraordinary chickens that we're
Matched by a certain hen in India if
we are to believe a tale that comes
from that land.
1t appears that an English officer
there had henhouse, and a hen that
was sitting. Unluckily for her hatch
ing operations a cobra got through q
chink in the henhouse. The cobra
made a fine meal Of well-warmed
eggs, but when ii essayed to retire
by the same hole through which it
had entered it found those eggs in
the way. II was much too large to
get out, 30 1t stuck in the hole, half
In the henhouse and half outside.
There it was discovered In the
morning in a surfeited condition. It
paid for its greediness with its life,
and then it paid back the eggs it had
stolen, for when the body of the
snake was opened the eggs were all
found unbroken and warm.
They were replaced under the hen,
and in due time we're Matched, none
the worse for their peculiar incuba-
ton.
The strange fact that the cobra
could swallow whole an egg much
bigger than its own head is accounted
for by the peculiar construction of
that head. The head and jaws of
the cobra are loose, and can be enor-
mously stretched and distorted
Harper's Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
A Cash Offer.

The Kentuckian has made special
clubbing rate with The Memphis
Weekly Commercial Appeal by
which we will furnish both papers
for one year for the very low sub
scription price Of 1925. The Com
mercial Appeal is one of the largest
and best papers in the South, and
we hope to receive MANY new sub
scriptions on this offer: $2.25 cash
for both papers.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
INVITED BIDS ON WARDROBE
Woman Let Out the Work to Dress-
maker Who eubmltted the
Lowest Figures.

Letting out the making Of a sum-
mer wardrobe to the lowest bidder is
a new wrinkle to one dressmaker who
was recently invited to participate
in such a contest.
81 have a number of gowns, sep
arate blouses and shirtwaists which /
wish made up by July l." wrote the
woman whoh had the contract to let.
"Will you kindly call at my house
for particulars and make an estimate
of charges?"
The dressmaker went and named
figure. When she came back she said
she never felt so important in her
life.
at was like bidding fora govern
ment job" she said, "and when l
agreed to make up SO many yards Of
foulard, dimity and linen for a GER
tain sum / felt as if ! we're signing
a contract to drape the columns Of
the library or post Office or some 9TH
er public building. That illusion
was heightened by the size of the
customer who is stately enough for
statuary and solid enough for ma
sorry. There is only a small chance
of my getting the work, for she in
vited scores of other dressmakers to
compete, some of whom are likely to
underbid me, but if ] do get it it
will be the first order l ever obtained
on those businesslike terms"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
BANKERS TAKE NO CHANCES.

1t is now 900 years since the fall
ure of bank in China. On the last
occasion when such an event hap
pened the emperor had the failure
investigated, and found it had been
due to reckless conduct on the part
Of the directors. He at once issued
an edict that, the next time a bank
failed, the heads of its president and
directors were to be cut off. This
edict, which has never been revoked,
has made China's banking institu-
tons the safest in the world.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
Homeseekers.

Excursion fares to points in Colora-
do. Idaho, Kansas. Michigan, Mis-.
our. . Montana, Nebraska. Nevada,
Utah Worth Dakota. South Dakota
Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas, Oklaho-
ma, Arkansas, Louisiana. Mexico.
New Mexico. Wyoming. The illinois
Central will sell round. trip home
seekers excursion tickets to points in
the above named states every first
and Bird Tuesday at very reasonably
reduced rates. For further irforma-
ton call on. write or phone ticket
agent Illinois Central, Cumb. 45-2
T. l.. MorrowAgent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
STAGE COACH OF THE TwENTIEo.

Mr.. Brooks Bowman commenced
running an hourly stage coach Is
tween Boston and Roxbury on March
l, 1926. He left the "town house"
on "Roxbury hill" every day in the
week, except the Sabbath, at s, 10,
10, 2, 4 and 6 o'clock, and returning
started from the "Old South church"
at 9, IL, 8, 8 and Z o'clock. The
fare was l215 cents each way.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29
GENIUS RECOGNIZED.

"Did you send me the bill ?" asked
Mr.. Cumrox.
"Yes," replied the distinguished
painter, at is for your portrait
ut runs away up into the thou
sands"
"Your wife has approved it."
swell, again / take off my hat to
art. | believe you are a better BUSH
ness man Than I am %
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1911-08-29

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M LATER YEARS.

'Why ia Mabel so despondenti"
"She tried 10 put on her bridal
gown today and couldn't make the
waist meet by seven ches."-Ex-
change.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

The United States battleship
Maine, which sank beneath the
water of Havana harbor in February
1898, as the result of an explosion
was blown up from the outside.
This is the announcement made by
naval board which has recently ex-
amined the wreck. This finding
confirms the report of the original
Investigators.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

The city schools close Friday for
a two weeks holiday vacation. thus
giving the teachers from a distance
a chance to spend Christmas at their
homes. Miss Frey, principle of
High School goes to Huron, Miss
Horst teacher of languages Yank-
ton, Miss Long mathematics Mt.
Vernon Ia. Miss Brown 8th grade,
Crimgas la, Miss Anderson 5th
grade Canton. and Miss lie Clere
Bird grade, southern Iowa, Prof. Van
Walker, Misses Erb, Edwards and
McVav will spend their vacation in
Miller.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28
Ground bones at the Pioneer Meat
Market. E. II. Schmeiter, Prop.

Rec Heights Reyiew-A farmer
told US recently that he and his
family were milking fifteen cows
and that his cream check amounted
to $40 a week. Before the winter
is over they expect to have ten more
fresh COWS. Guess that is some bet
ter than a wheat crop!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

Married, Dec. 18th at Milwaukee.
by the Rev. f. L. Walters. pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, Mr.
J. A. Cranston, of Odebolt. Iowa.
and Miss Carrie f. Cranston. of Hi
land tvs, Hand county. The PRESS
joins the friends of the happy couple
in congratulations.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28
New Years Dane

A dance will be given at the
Opera House Monday night Jan. LIST.
You are cordially invited.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

Now is the time to have your
winter supply of coal hauled, by
f. A. Linsley. Phone Red 81.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

| offer my residence property on
east second street for sale cheap If
taken at once.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

Keep a good resolution and buy
today that Suit or ~overcoat fer
Christmas. trizzell & Davis, Tailors.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28
Additional Local

Mrs w. H. Waters had the mis-
fortue to fall on the stairway in her
home. Saturday night and fractur-
ed her right arm at the wrist.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

fortue to fall on the stairway in her
home. Saturday night and fractur-
ed her right arm at the wrist.
"Rosalind at Redgate" Is among
the attractions soon to appear at
the opera house. This is a drama
tization of Meridith Nicholson's
famous novel.
Leave your Christmas order early
for your Christmas dinner at the
Pioneer Meat Market. Z. H.
Schmeiter, Prop.
Christmas will be observed at the
Methodist. Presbyterian and Chrit-
ian churcher with appropriate ey-
ercises and Christmas trees Satur-
day evening Dec. 23rd.
Married. Monday afternoon at
the NJ. E. Parsonage. Mr. Bert Evans
of st. Lawrence, and Miss Precious
Almond, of Miller. Rev. j. H. Kear-
ton officiating The PRESS joins
their friends in extending con-
CALCULATIONS.
Did you ever stop to think that a
suit or overcoat makes a good
Christmas present? Frizzell q
Davis, Tailors.
In u exchanges. this week. the
Highmore Herald, the Wolsey Jour
nal, the Rockham Record. and the
Centerville Journal come dressed
in brilliantly colored yuletide covers
wishing their readers a Merry
Christmas.
st. Lawrence News--Geo. Pike
and family departed Saturday
for Sycamore. Ill.,, where they will
visit relatives. From there Mr.
Pike will accompany his sister Mrs
Grant Fredricks to Texas where he
will spend some time looking after
the erection of building on MIR
Fredricks' land.
For RENT-Five roomed cottage
located north of school house. In
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

For RENT-Five roomed cottage
located north of school house. In
quire of r. S. Mead. 46t
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

"Rosalind at Redgate" Is among
the attractions soon to appear at
the opera house. This is a drama
tization of Meridith Nicholson's
famous novel.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

Leave your Christmas order early
for your Christmas dinner at the
Pioneer Meat Market. Z. II.
Schmeiter, Prop.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

Christmas will be observed at the
Methodist. Presbyterian and Chrit-
ian churcher with appropriate ey-
ercises and Christmas trees Satur-
day evening Dec. 23rd.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

Did you ever stop to think that a
suit or overcoat makes a good
Christmas present? Frizzell &
Davis, Tailors.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-12-28

F. j. Weber stiff