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PONGEES HARD TO MATCH.
Because Each Piece Is Made From
Ono Lot Of Raw Silk.

Because Each Piece Is Made From
One Lot Of Raw Silk.
Pongee silk is the undyed silk of
silkworms fed on the leaves Of scrub
oak chiefly. though other trees are
used In some portions Of the pongee
district. The silk Is produced almost
exclusively in Shantung province and
portions of north China Immediately
adjacent.
The real pongee cloth. made Of this
uncolored specially produced silk, is
distinct from the pongees Of COM
merce made in all colors from other
silk. Each piece Of cloth is made
from a particular lot of silk. and
therefore each piece varies from all
other pieces in exact quality. weight
and oneness and Tn a slight degree in
color and other qualities.
There are certain general grades of
cloth, certain varieties of weave. GER
tain popular weights, etc. but women
shopping In Chinese pongees find it
very difficult to match pieces. and on
the face of things it is practically i'm
possible to furnish any great number
Of pieces of a certain weight, grade
and quality such as a modern clothing
manufacturing establishment would
require to standardize a certain line of
garments from that particular CLOTH
New York Sun.
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THE CONF EDERATE SOLDIER.
An Incident That Marked His Spirit
and Independence,

anu iTQSP CuOCTCC.
In his "Glimpses Of the Confederate
Army" in the American Review Of Re
views Randolph III. McKim writes:
ut seems to me as l look back that
n Of the things which stood out
strongly in the Confederate army was
the independence and the initiative of
the individual soldier. 1t would have
been a better army in the field if it had
been welded together by q ~stricter dis
cipline, but this defect was largely
atoned for by the strong individuality
Of the units in the column. 1t was not
easy to demoralize a body composed Of
men who thought and acted in a spirit
of independence in battle.
GAS an Illustration of the spirit Of
the private soldier l recall an incident
to this effect. Major General Gordon
had organized a strong column to make
a night attack on Grants lines at Pc
tersburg. When he was ready to move
and the order to advance was given a
Big Texan stepped out Of the ranks
and said:
General Gordon. this column can't
move before l a. m. The men have a
truce with the Yanks, and it amt up
till l O'clock
"The column did not move till that
hour. The private in the ranks had
taken command. and the major general
recognized his authority"
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Grant Center
Grant Center. M av

Grant Center, May "a.
Rev. Laux preached his farewell
sermon Sunday morning.
Miss Bertha Ernst and her brother
John were the guests of Pearl Koch
Sunday.
A. r. Bohn, who left for North
Dakota last Thursday to look for
some favorable location for a home,
returned Tuesday.
Otto Heft was called to Wisconsin
last week by the sudden death Of his
brother-in-law.
Mrs. f. E. Bracht left for Sisseton
Wednesday whore she will visit with
aelatiyes.
Miss Anna Ernst Is . sewing for
Mrs Herman Itching.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Rhenke, Harry
Rhenke and Lottie Radtke visited at
the Jake Keller home Sunday.
Chas. Trapp, . member of the court
at Deadwood was called to duty last
Saturday and is now there to remain
for an unlimited time.
An explosion OF gasoline used in the
stove destroyed the residence of G.. T.
Oehler Tuesday. There is q marked
loss a All Of the contents of the
house were consumed by the flames
Monday evening we had . refresh
ING shower which seemed TO revive the
remaining crOps,lb but nevertheless the
dust has not ceased blowing. There
fore the farmers seem 70 prefer . crop
OF corn 70 that Of wheat, - many Of
them are replanting their whest folds
with corn.
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Strandburg
Str May n

Str andburg, May "A.
1t has been trying to rain for sever
al days, ane we got it good on Mon
day afternoon.
Everyone that had a vehicle left
town for some other place last Satur-
day and Sunday.
Gottfred L~undquist and family went
to Hanley Falls and then TO ST. Peter
to be present at the winding up of the
school at G. A. G. They will return
by way of Minneapolis.
Mr.. j. Green of Sphinx county, S.
D., is showing US how to turn the sod.
He has two engines of 45 h. p. each,
and to each engine is attached two
discs and a drill. When he is thru
break ing the seeding is also finished.
They tra. vel at the rate of . miles per
hour and break 60 acres daily.
Dave Holster, Ed. Amundson and
Harry Abramson are digging stone
for Norbeck q Nicholson Co., for
whom Mr.. Green is breaking at pres
ent.
Swan Nordquist was in our town
last Monday, and he as well as the
rest of us was looking pretty blue on
account OF it being SO dry, but before
he got back home he wished he had
been in Noah's Ark, when the rain be-
g an to fall-call again Swan, when it
gets dry.
The ladies of Strandburg had a
picnic in the woods southeast of town
one day last week. They were taken
there ia autos and back to town
again. The last chauffeur reported
that not a leaf was left on the trees,
they had such a loud time.
Miss Ellen Sundin and Miss Annie
Berg are to continue running the
hotel at LaBolt formerly conducted
by Mrs. Hult of Sto ckholm, and Miss
Anna Skarsten has been engaged to
assist Mrs. Sundin with her house
hold duties.
Mrs. F. o. Lindahl intends 20 visit
Chicago, where she has not been for
many years, and she will, undoubted.
ly. find the existing conditions quite
different to what they were when there.
Theodore and Hugo Holster write
from Cannon Ball, N. D., that they
have had good rains and the home
steaders are all breaking new ground
for flax. There is a feeling Of general
satisfaction.
New improvements are being added
to the Spring Grove Farm east of
town every year. This year the pas
lures aud hog yards have been recon
structed on the most modern plans
for convenience ia handling the
stock. Joe and August Ellison are
certainly hustlers.
How important to US farmers of the
northwest that the big bugs of the east
come through here telling us and re-
porting crop conditions, when the
majority of these fellows never did a
days work of manual labor, but most
~ live on fat salaries, eating out
Of the public crib.
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my wife gave me a birthday pres
ent that has a tendency to take the
conceit out Of any man who thinks he's
good looking" said the man who
shaves himself. II confess that l have
all along had a sort OF sneaking idea
that / had q little more than my share
Of manly beauty: that when it came
70 q showdown | was there with the
goods. But not any more. I'm cured.
And my wife's present did it. What
was It? Why, simply one OF those
shaving glasses that magnify three
times. The first time I used it | got q
view Of my face that rather startled
me. Every blemish, every wild hair
under the skin. every open pore, ali the
minute ugliness that isn't apparent to
Tho naked eye-these things confronted
me n all their inagniied responsiveness.
4 used the glass just once and then ac-
cidentally dropped It down the air
oha3tsto the basement below. ! don't
want a LOOK like 4 m~onoeroslty avery
tine 4 ahave mys6lf"-New York
Times
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II Depends on the Dog.

Two Broadway business men met
before q bar. They were good friends.
I'm worried a little" said n
my chauffeur ran over a dog today
and killed it."
"Oh. | wouldn't worry about a little
thing like that" said the other. "The
dog probably got in the way. These
dogs are a pest"
"But it was your dog"
"What.." came from the second.
my dog? I'm sorry. but that will
cost you 500. That chauffeur of
yours is too careless. l insist on the
hundred. understand."-New York Tel
egraph.
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Cross PURPOSES.

"Can you tell m something about
the game laws around here?" asked
the stranger in Crimson Gulch.
"Well." replied Three Fingered Sam.
II could. but my advice to you would
be II you don't know the rules OF q
game don't try to play it."-Washing.
ton Star.
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Character.

Should one tell you that a mountain
had changed its place you are at lib
erty to doubt 1t, but II any one tells
you that ! man has changed his char.
acter do not believe tt-Mohammed.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1911-05-26

HEWITT Broke Again1 Jewett-I
GAoulG ~ =. I couldn't open an ac-
eoont With ! postal savings bank
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
colorado's Farming Growth.

Denver.-while the increase In acre
age OF Colorado forms from 1900 to
1910 was less than fifty per cent. the
Census Bureau reports an increase In
the total value of all farm land alone
300 per cent: In the total "alue OF farm
land and buildings. 2S3 per cent: In the
total value Of farm buildings. 1873
per cent; In the average value per
acre OF farm land alone, 1S2
per cent; in the average value per acre
Of farm land and buildings. 10 per
cent: in the total value OF all farm i'm.
plements and machinery. l6O per
cent: In the total expenditures for la.
bor. 161 per cent: in the total expen.
ditures for fertilizers. l52 per cent:
In the total improved farm acreage.
eighty-nine per cent; In the whole
number OF farms. eighty-six per cent.
and In the total farm acreage, forty.
two per cent.
The only decrease during the decade,
among the items for which per.
centages are given. in the first section
Of the summary. occurred in the aver.
aoge acres per farm. and amounted to
twenty.four per cent.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
SPORT.

The Keio baseball club sailed from
Toxic. Japan. on the steamer Manchu.
ria for tour OF America.
The Santa Clara. Cal. baseball team
defeated the Japanese players from
Waseda university by score of 10
to l.
Harry Forbes. bantamweight cham
pion. and Jimmy Walsh OF Boston win
fight ten rounds at Kenosha, Wis
May 10.
Jim Flynn. the Pueblo fireman, and
AL Kaufman, the most hopeful an.
pearing hope" of the white race.
have agreed to fight ten rounds here
May 5th, in Kansas City.
Maud S. a trotter owned by the
late George NJ. Stearns, was shot to
death in Springfield, KY. as provided
for in Stearns' will. Maud s. was 35
years old and blind.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
Western Land Convention.

Denver.-The land convention to be
called by Governor Shafroth In accord
ance with the resolution passed by the
present Legislature may not meet un.
til October. The first meeting OF the
the convention was held In the COVER.
nor's office recently. when the Ques.
ton as to the date Of the convention
was raised.
1t was originally planned to hold i:
in August or July, but the fact that
it Is desired that all the congressman
from the Western states be in attend.
ance may lead to postponment until
September or October. 1t Is believed
by some that the extra session OF Con.
gress may not adjourn until fall.
II am sure that this convention IL
going to be a most important one"
ing the plans for the big meeting
which is to be attended by representa-.
tives from every state In which there
is more than 100000 acres Of public
domain.
"The time has arrived when tho
West must assert It's rights and fight
for fair play from the national govern.
ment. The theory that the federal gov
ernment has the right to withdraw
from entry and hold for an indefinite
length of time any considerable por.
ton of the territory of Colorado or
any other Western state is of a com.
paratively recent growth. It has been
spreading Of late, however. and a de-.
cided stand by the Western state is
needed to show the people Of the coun.
try the rank injustice of such a pro.
ceeding," said Gov. Shafroth.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
CONDENSED RECORD OF THE
PROGRESS OF EVENTS At
HOME AND ABROAD.
FROM ALL SOURCES
SAYINGS, o N q ., ACHIEVE.
MENTs, sUFFERINos. HOPES
AND FEARS OF MANKIND.
WESTERN

Col. Charles NJ O'Connor and the
Sixth cavalry. stationed at Fort Des
Moies. have left Des Moines for Arizo,
ma.
Locomotive firemen on all the west.
ern railroads are In u rev dispute
with the managers over the wages for
certain work.
a fall OF rock In slope on the 600
foot level OF the Homestake mine at
Lead. s. D.. killed Gust Z. Beckrath
and seriously injured Ben Battson.
Two troops OF cavalry at Fort Vel.
lowstone. Yellowstone park. have re-
ceived orders to be In readiness to go
to San Antonio at a moments notice
BY the will of Ernest V. Cowell.
which was filed in the Probate Court
In San Francisco. the University OF
California is given three bequests OF
n total value OF $75O.O00.
Marshall Edward Kirkpatrick. So
cialist. was elected mayor OF Granite
City. ILL.,. n city Of $4,000 people and
the next largest town to Milwaukee
to put Socialist into the chief execu.
tive chair.
The University Of Iowa rifle team
has defeated Massachusetts Agricul.
tural college by score OF 1891 to
1880. winning the national intercolle.
giate shoot with fifteen straight vic.
tories.
Engineer Harold Porter was killed
and three other persons injured. one
fatally. in n headon collision between
trains Nos. l and . on the Ma curl.
Kansas 4 Teyas railway at Cacro-
kee Junction. Kans.
The Santa Fe has solved the water
problem on its Southern Kansas divi
sion by the construction of. six enor
nous reservoirs. They really are
lakes. covering hundreds Of acres OF
land. The largest OF these reservoirs
Is at Chanutc.
The cost of living Is decreasing
Hosewives may not have noticed 1t
especially. but such Is the case. at
least as far as certain staple articles
are concerned. For example. flour Is
20 cents barrel cheaper than two
weeks ago.
While Mrs. John Norman was walk.
ing along the beach at Long Beach.
Calf. with her twenty-two-month,
old baby boy toddling by her side. !
gigantic wave suddenly swept in ani
tore the child from his mothers grasp.
The baby drowned.
Through the opening OF wide gaps
in the ground In the eastern part OF
White Pine county. Nevada. cattlemen
report losses that are gaining serious
proportions. In Jake's Valley Capt.
Moorman has already lost forty-eisht
head. The gashes in the range vary
from eight to twenty feet In width
and there is no explanation of the phc-
nomena except the fact that the coun.
try Is OF volcanic formation.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
FOREIGN.

In a 30O-foot fall of his Farman bi.
plane Captain Edward Tarron OF the
army engineers was instantly killed in
Paris.
The city hall at Schaerbeck. a su-
burb OF Brussells. together with its
priceless works Of art. was destroyed
by fire.
Three hundred insurgent troops
have taken possession OF Concordia
which has been made the provisional
capital OF Sinaloa. The town was cap.
tured without firing a shot. The In.
surgents have demanded the imnedi.
ate surrender OF villa Union. but the
federal troops there are preparing to
defend 1t.
The most important battle of the
Mexican revolution was fought ut
Aqua Prieta between 1000 federals
under command Of Lieut.. Col. Diaz
and 1000 rebels under Balasario Gar
cia. and resulted in the repulse of the
former. Seven persons In Douglas.
Ariz., were wounded from flying bull
lets. regardless Of the warning from
the officials at Washington.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
GIBsoN's ONE GOOD POINT
In the Old oentieman's Eyes Il Out
weighed Any slight Error In
orthosraphy.

The old man had given his son .
very fair education. and had taken
him into his shop. The young fellow
was over.nice about a great many
things. but the father made no COM
ment. One day an order came in
from a customer.
II wish to goodness" exclaimed the
son. that Gibson would learn to
SPELL"
Whats the matter with IT." IN
quired the father, cheerfully.
"Why, he spells coffee with . 'k.'"
"No-does he? I never noticed It."
"Of course you never did," said the
son. pettishly. you never notice any
thing like that"
perhaps not, my son." replied the
Old man. gently: but there IL ono
thing I do notice. which you will
learn by and by. and that is that Glib
son pays cash."
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
Want OIL Law Amended.

Washington.-Upon the petition OF
nearly 200 citizens OF Denver and Colo
RADIO Springs. an effort will be made
to secure an important amendment to
the oil land act Of June rs, 1910, OF
great interest to the West. The peti
toners are those who had initiated
rights to coal lands In Routt county.
Colorado. prior to the withdrawal act
-expending from 500 to $3.50 on each
claim. They seek an amendment Of
the oil act to save to them the same
rights as extended to oil prospectors
under that measure, and such bill
will be introduced soon. The act OF
June 25. 1910. expressly recognized
the initiated rights Of oil prospectors.
whose titles were not affected by the
new law. The coal locators now plead
for the same protection. One Colo
RADIO case was taken to the secretary
OF the Interior on appeal. but met With
an adverse decision both here and at
the local land office.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
GEM ERAL.

In four Chicago has received more
than $G.OOO.0OO as its share OF the earn.
ings of the street railways.
Governor Hadley of Missouri vetoed
the bill which sought to prevent re.
duction In passenger rates In that
state.
Ninety thousand citizens OF the
United States have petitioned Congress
to withdraw the troops from the Mexi-
can border.
The New York Senate passed the
Wagner resolution ratifying the pro.
posed income tax amendment to the
federal constitution.
Robert T. Lincoln Of Chicago, pres.
ident Of the Pullman company, Is
about to retire as head OF tie $12O, ,OO0,.
900 corporation.
The Michigan Senate killed tn.
bills for a popular vote on a consti.
tutional amendment providing for the
initiative and referendum.
In ten years from 1900 to 1910 the
net revenues of the Amsrican Tele.
graph & Telephone Company we're
os ilNV, from SD,-
4SG.o5s to s26,s55.s93.
Clyde Ensley. pitcher for the wichI.
ia club Of the Western Baseball
League. died of spinal meningitis. He
was 81 years old. He was with To.
peka and Wichita n part of last
season.
Number of cigarettes consumed in
the United States in 1910, $500, ,OOO.-
600: estimated number of women
smokers. 100000: estimated number
of women in New York who smoke
$4,000: estimated number OF cigar.
cites they smoke in one year, 1868.
OOO
A trunk filled with gold watch cases.
valued at $4,000, consigned to a man.
ufacturer in Chicago from Cincinnati
was stolen from an express wagon.
Henry E. Hutting of New York.
nephew of the late Coils p. Hunting.
ton. jaid $150,0O0 for Velasquez's "Por.
trait of a Young Ecclesiastic."
Will Potter, a negro, was the cen.
trail figure in tragedy In Livermore,
| KY, when fifty citizens dragged him
upon the opera house stage and after
banging him. riddled the body with
! tullets.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28

wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for advice. In
. short time I had gained my average
weight and am now strong and we'll"
Mrs. SALLIE STEvENs, R. F. D., No.
3, Boz 81, Waurika, Okla.
Another Grateful Woman.
Huntington, AssA-"1was In ner.
vous, run down condition and for three
years could find no help.
oWo my present good health TO
Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com.
pound and Blood Purifier which ! b.
Heve saved my life.
"My doctor knows what helped No
And does not say one word against IT."
Mrs. MARI JANETTE BATEA Bog
13z, Huntington, Mass.
Becauso your case u difficult one,
doctors having done you no good, do
not continue TO suffer- without diving
Lydia E. P1nkhamb Vegetable Com
pound . trial. It surely has cured
many cases Of female ills. such - In
dammation, liberation, displacements.
fbroid tumors, Irregularities, periodic
pains. backache, that bearing down
feeling and nervous prostration.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
WASHINGTON.

Representative Shepherd OF Texas
coinage of a 2k-cent piece.
The Senate confirmed the nomina.
tion of Walter l.. Fisher of Illinois as
secretary of the interior.
Representative Hardwick OF Geor
gia introduced n bill providing for the
disfranchisement of all negroes.
Searching inquiry into the situation
In Mexico is demanded in a resolution
offered by Senator Stone OF Missouri.
The President is considering Mich.
olas Longworth OF Ohio as successor
to David Jayne Hill. as ambassador to
Germany.
a woman smuggler. conscience
stricken. has sent Secretary MacVeigh
$40 bill and suggested the treasury
invite contributions Of that sort and
relieve many restless soul.
From authoritative source It is
learned that the revision OF the wool
schedule contemplates a reduction Of
about so per cent on raw wool and
40 per cent In the manufactured ar.
ticle.
The government finances have
slipped back over the line from surplus
to deficit. April, which began with a
surplus for the first time In the fiscal
year. now shows deficit OF some S.,
100000.
President Taft's Canadian reciproci
ty agreement. supported by all but
handful OF Democrats. and opposed by
a majority Of the Republicans. passed
the House OF Representatives by
vote of 265 to SO.
Rear Admiral Richard Inch. u. s. N,
retired. died In the naval hospital at
Washington after an extended illness
For eminent and conspicuous conduct
In the battle of Manila Bay. when chic.
engineer Of the cruiser Boston. Rear
Admiral Inch received advanced rank
Most OF the criticisms OF the Cana.
dian reciprocity bill are from agricul,
tural sections and are based on the be-
lief that reciprocity with Canada un.
der the agreement would injure the
agricultural interests Of the United
States.
The diplomatic shake.up. which was
first evidenced by the resignation OF
David Jayne Hill as ambassador to
Germany, continued when II was an.
nounced that Herber b. Pierce had
resigned as minister to Norway and
that In consequence several transfers
would be made.
Positive assurances that the Mexi.
can government will adopt a "defen.
sive restrictive policy along the Dor.
der" and news that the rebel forces
have evacuated Aguo Prieta did much
to relieve the high tension under
which President Taft and his official
family have labored.
Should Representative Taylor's bill
become law each Of !he states In
which public lands are situated will
be given 25O.0O0 acres of land, the
proceeds from the sale OF which are
to be used solely for the purpose OF
constructing. improving and maintain.
Ing public highways.
Whether the government will close
some Of its mints Is a question before
treasury officials. Secretary Mac.
Veagh is ready to instruct the assay
offices and mints to begin issuing
gold certificates against gold bullion
and foreign gold coin. AS soon as this
begins. the coming OF gold practically
will stop.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
Mandamus Proceedings Begun.

Fort Collins.-M. G. Nelson. the new.
ly elected city treasurer. went into
District Court and secured writ Of
mandamus to compel the former treas
urer. w. J. Ralph. to turn over $35.
900 In cash held In the First National
Bank on certificates Of deposit.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
oroanixe Coal Company.

Boulder.-Gustav c. Bartel. James
II. Blood and Earl C. Bartel filed In
corporation papers here for the Rider
Coal Company. capitalized with $780,
900. to operate In Boulder. Fremont
Las Animas and Huerfano counties.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
Negroes Approve Emigration.

Denver.-The recent land grant by
the Liberian government to the Afri.
can Colonization Company Of Colo.
RADIO, and the effort Of the company to
induce emigration, is meeting with en-.
thusiasm among the negroes of the
city and state. The Afro-American
Minister'S union of Denver commends
the movement and expresses its graft.
fication.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28

Indianapolis.-A message received
here from Tiffin, o.. where Detective
William J. Burns. who led the raid on
the officers of the International AS
sociation Of Bridge and Structural
Iron Workers, asserted plant" of
mite was found there.
The Ordway new era., 1911-04-28
Steamer Foundered; Many Drowned

Marila.-The steamer Charles Poi
Eat. operating between Manila and
Corregidor, foundered in typhoon. 1t
is estimated that fifteen persons were
drowned. Fishermen rescued mum.
ber of the crew and passengers. One
American Is missing.