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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
ALL IN BLACK AND WHITE
smartness Of the Popular Spring Com.
blnation as Exemplified by Pretty
Young Woman.

There Is no doubt about black and
white being smart The combinaticn
is rejuvenatea each spring, though e..
Iects are thought out that give an air
Of novelty to the color scheme. For
instance, costume that appeared on
Madison avenue and Sixtieth street,
New York, the other afternoon illus.
trated this. The girl was young and
svelte and blooming. Her tailored suit
was plain, dead black broadcloth as to
material and clinging as to cut Her
hair was coal black and her skin was
white, without apparent aid from tho
puff. Her hat was of rough white
straw trimmed with a rakish black
wing with an airy swoop. Her gloves
were white and her boots, of course,
were black But here was where
rather startling finish to the light and
shade effect was achieved. Her stock
ings We're of the whitest white and
flashed into view every time the wind
whipped her skirt about or when, in
her hurried walk, step was taken up
or down curb. The passersby turned
their heads In half-breathless fear
that the effect was caused by torn
ruifle or a dislodgad bit of feminine
fuffery Of some kind, but 1t is only
this seasons mode of resurrecting the
clearly beloved white and black.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
German East African Caves

A remarkable system of subter-
ranean caves in German East Africa
has been discovered and partly ex.
plored by Father Ambrosius, a Ro.
man Catholic missionary, and Herr
Thurman, German official.
The caves are situated In the Ma
tumbi mountains and natives never
ventured farther than small grotto,
the first one encountered, as they said
an evil spirit dwelt within. The two
explorers discovered hole at the
end of this grotto which led to a
great cavern $500 feet in length.
filled with deep pools in which strange
eelike fish lived. Stalacties and stalag-
mites twenty-five feet in length were
plentiful here.
Further searches resulted in the dis.
covery of other huge caves at deeper
levels. A second level lay $50 feet
deeper, third sixty feet below the
second, and a fourth ninety feet below
the third. From this the explorers
had to retreat, as thousands OF bats
attacked them, and their lanterns were
in danger of being extingu!shed BY
these creatures.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
FErEs FOR AGED COUPLES
How Honor 10 Paid the Old People
In Franco by Public
Festivals.

Rheims has just been celebrating
an interesting event. the golden wed.
ding of GO old couples, says the West.
minister Review.
The fete is as old as the Revolution,
when 1t first seems to have begun. In
the time of the directory there were
two fetes, the fete of the old people
and the fete of the golden wedding.
This seems to have been very pref.
ty affair, to Judge from the account in
the Debats. There was procession
Of oxen, with their horns crowned
with flowers, followed by children
crowned with violets. by young men
wreathed with myrtle, and old men
with garlands of olives and girls
dressed as vestal virgins.
At Paris in August, 1897, there was
a great festival in honor of the old
men, who We're all given seats at the
Opera, when "a gracious Hebe crowned
their white locks with garlands Of
roses" and the soldiers presented
arms. The idea of the fete was the
encouragement of the family circle.
The old man, who was happy grand.
father, was feted as an encourage
ment to the younger generation to tol
low in his footsteps.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
Skyscrapinu Nerve.

Way up in the air. at skyscrapins
construction work, on single steel
beam spanning space among the
clouds like an aeroplane, a workman
lost his balance or made misstep-
SO high up he was that watchers could
not make out which--and tottered,
wavering there to make your stomach
fall into your boots while your heart
thunped the top of your skull. Then
he got grip on himself. recovered
his poise, apparently looked down FOR
a moment On the army of wee human
mites so far below on earth-and went
about his work again. Good sky.
scraping nerve. Wonder did he tell
the wife and Riddles when he got
home TO supper? No. net with that
nerve.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
MAN WITHOUT A PAIN.

Hurrah for the man without pain;
If he is not the salt OF the earth, then
the earth must surely remain unsalt-
ed. He feels no inward burning ne
cessity of breaking into newspapers
with constant declarations as to the
badness of men and things. He is not
full of suppressed resolutions as to the
wickedness of everybody else. says the
Chicago Inter-Ocean. He has no spe-
cial yearning to ascend Chautauqua
platforms and feed full the listening
throngs with all the horrors Of exist
ence. In private life he is the citi-
zen who looks after his family, who
is regarded as q good neighbor and
who gains and deserves the respect of
all those who know him. In the bust
ness world he is the man who does his
work without lot Of noise and wasted
motion and thereby earns the graft.
tude of his associates or employers. In
public life he is the man who sees
that the business of government gets
attended to and leaves to louder states.
men the honors of big headlines and
Chautauqua lectureships. After hear.
ing or reading the studied and labori.
GUS complainings of the other variety,
the thought of him is like the murmur
of pleasant waters. 1t cools, refreshes
and strengthens the faded spirit. 1t
reminds one that everything is far
from being lost, that the worlds work
Is still being efficiently done, that the
republic is safe, and that the sun is
still shining.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
War on Ground sauirreie

Farmers have begun early this year
to wage a war Of determination On the
ground squirrels. Thousands Of them
are being killed daily with poisoned
grain, but as soon as the grass and
wheat become long enough and green
enough to furnish them with food they
they will eat but little grain, and traps
must be used. Hundreds of traps are
going out Of the Paiouse country
towns every day.
Some farmers employ man or boy
whose sole duty 1t is to look after the
traps of which there are as many as
1000 on some Of the larger farms.
These are placed at the holes and the
squirrels run into them and are
caught and held. 1t is estimated that
the traps, poison and labor to kill
squirrels in Whitman county cost
thousands of dollars annually. while
the amount of grain destroyed BY the
pests runs into tens of thousands OF
dollars each year.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
sHoPLIFTER HAS HARD LUCK
She Cannot Wear Clothes Of Latest
Design or Make Herself At
All Conspicuous.

When the confusion caused by the
arrest of q shoplifter had died down q
oystander said:
well. she wasn't my idea Of shop
litter. I had always imagined shop.
filters were dressed In up-to-date
clothes. She wasn't.
None of them are," said the store
detective. "Ultra.fashionable clothes
would ruin their business. What
chance would a woman wearing q
aarem skirt have Of getting away with
bolt Of lace or willow plume?
There would be so many pairs Of eyes
fastened on her that she couldn't even
buy a paper Of pins without being
caught in the act
1T was the same way with hobble
'kirts They got pretty common, still
here were enough people who saw
Iomething so funny about the hobble
that they had to stop and stare at
very one they they met to make 1t
dsky for shoplifter to put one on.
"Also the shoplifter cannot afford to
tye her hair pronounced color, to
wear extra big hats or high heels. All
hose things make her target for the
cubic gaze and limit her proficiency,
Every calling has its disadvantages,
and shoplifting is no exception. The
person who succeeds at that must
make sacrifices, and the first Of these
Is to forswear snowy clothes when
plying her trade"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
VISITING Cards for Docs.

A novelty in Paris is the lapdog
visiting cards. "Poms" and pugs which
go visiting with their nlistresses In
fashionable circles In Paris are to
have their own tiny pasteboards
tucked away in little pockets of their
outdoor coats. Such dogs have two
sets Of cards, which are left on other
dogs at the houses where they are
calling with their mistresses. One
card gives the dogs real name and
Its race. while the other records its
pet name Joined to the family name
of its owner. Cards are left according
to the pedigree Of the dog visited.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
Successful Soldier Of Fert..:.

Gen. "Kaid" Bolton. the young Eng
lish soldier who led $1,000 troops 10 a
victory which placed Mulai Haftc on
the throne of Morocco, is visiting this
country He won his commission at
the age of twenty one for gallantry Oh
the field during the Boer war. att.ib-
uting his success in that particular en-.
gagement to "your Yankee rapid-are
guns" He was the youngest captain
in the army at twenty-three. In 1908
he went to Morocco and cast his for.
tune with Mulai Hafid, the pretender
to the throne, who was finally success.
full.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
IL She Wlnked

set down! Set DOWN." said a cross
crabbid old man as two saucy little
urchins stood up in front Of him at an
entertainment, II can't see er wink"
Jaw, go on" cried one OF them. III
she winks We'll tell you," and re-
NAMED where they stood the rest Of
the evening.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06

That story from Pennsylvania which
tells about the hard boiled eggs found
in a nest after fire is fit compan-
ion for the story of those eggs which
Matched out on the radiator in the
health commissioners office.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06

The farmer who mistook bottle of
carbolic acid for bottle of whisky
belongs in the same class with the
hunter who didn't know it was loaded.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06

The dancing girl who walked down
IS flights of stairs on her toes prob
ably expects to become we'll heeled as
a result of her performance.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06

When they get to pnotographing hui
man thought there will be lot of
hustling to keep out of range of the
camera.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06

"Overwork." says one of the physi.
clans, els the curse of the day." He
will have no difficulty in polling the
full hobo vote if he ever wants It,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06

What splendid thing it would be II
somebody could devise scheme for
the segregation Of the joy.riders and
the boat-rockers.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06

An Indiana youth made a bet that
be could eat 80 bananas-he ate the 80
and died. At any rate he was a dead
game sport.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06

Another strong evidence of aristoc.
racy Is to be able to live where tho
street is oiled.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1911-07-06
MELODRAMk'1C

Miss vassarward-And wasn't the
professor awfully, awfully provoked
when he caught you in the very act
Of painting his door with nasty, black
sticky tar?
Yaleton-I guess he was pretty mad
about 1t. He told me to never darken
his door again!
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1911-09-16

good grader and the overseers
on the different roads have
been vieing with each other;
as to who shall have it next
Mr.. John Wright, of Shelby, N. c.,
by whose place the convicts are
building a good road gives similar
testimony as to it's value. He writes
zone of my neighbors said
the other day that the road had
made him many dollars. He can
make two to three loads of lum-
ber to town day, where he
could not make hardly two be-
fore, and pull so cents worth
more at load. Now count one
extra load a day and SO cents on
the other two loads, and see how
long it would take him to pay
his tax. Good roads are what
We need"
R. ]. Harrison, Marietta, S. c.,
tells of two plans followed in his
county:
From the Rockhouse to the
North Carolina line the road is
a simple dirt road. But it is
never bad like some mountain
roads because it is shaped up
we'll with good gentle slope
from the center. The low places
are covered with a liberal coat
ing of sand, forming a sand
clay road. Convicts are busy
on the roads all the time. Up
to few months ago three
scrapers drawn by six big mules
were kept on the roads nearly
all the time. Nothing is better
for shaping up the roads than
these big scrapes. The county
recently purchased a $4,000
traction engine. 1t pulls all
three of the scrapes easier than
the six mules can pull one.
Some of the smaller roads
in the mountainous section are
under the supervision of over
seers who annually call out the
hands. Every able-bodied man
between 21 and 60 years of age
is required to pay 81 or work
the roads for a period of not
more than s days and not less
than 3. Practically every white
citizen pays his dollar, but
many negroes prefer to work
out their tax. The negroes usu-
ally try to see how much time
they can kill while at work. The
overseer is usually a farmer
who knows nothing about scien-
tific road making. He does not
shape the road up so that the
water will drain off, and the
roads are always worse after
being worked than BEFORE
Something like the same policy is
followed in Neshoba County, Miss.
from which Mr.. G. G. Roberts
writes us:
Every male citizen between
Fl and SO years of age is assess
ed So, and mill on his property,
per annum. These two sources
OF income create a road fund
of some $4,000. Our total
mileage is nearly 500, which
averages some $40 per mile per
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1911-09-16

if the proper precaution is used
to control the surplus water.
You can see at once that $40
per mile isn't sufficient to carry
the sand to the clay or the clay
to the sand"
Another plan is tried in Perry
County. Mr.. Ben Arthur Davis, of
Richton, says that they found the
old plan unsatisfactory there, also
scheme for using convict labor.
''The roads near the towns
were worked, but in the remote
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1911-09-16
1856 (6)
A GOOD ROADS EXPERIENCE MEETING.
of in Communities and How
ave

aaf E ARE saving for future use
~ several of the many letters re-
w ceiyed for this issue, for
which we could not find space; but
we wish right here to group a batch
of short experience notes from diff
ferent States, showing how different
communities are attacking the road
problem from different angles.
TO begin with, here is an extract
from the letter Of a MooresVille, N.
c., friend, who forgot to sign his
name. He tells how his county
commissioners bought the machinery
for building macadam roads and how,
after some opposition, his township,
in one corner of the county, secured
this machinery and began work, and
goes on
80 the machinery was un-
loaded, and with 25 or 80 coun-
ty conyicts the work began.
More than four miles were built.
A number of the good citizens
paid several hundred dollars
with which to purchase rock,
etc., and the farmers adjacent to
the road took their teams and
hauled days and weeks, making
no charge for work. Some days
more than a dozen wagons were
hauling rock from the quarries
to the crusher, and from thence
to the road.
''NoW We have about 80 miles
macadam road in the county,
and ten miles are near Moores-
vile. Has it paid?
Before the road was built, it
was no uncommon thing to see
four mules loaded with one
bale Of cotton, and the aXles
dragging in the mud. Since we
built the roads, one mule can
pull four or five bales with ease.
But this is not all. Lands that
were bringing $40 per acre are
now worth $50, some having re-
fused $780," zta1
Mr.. w. J. Bible, of White Pine,
Cllh-, ICllo hOW LII LIS COuAIy, dICGI
he main roads had been graded and
''These good roads made peo-
pie dissatisfied with their old
roads, with hills and mudholes.
So they joined together where
they had no pike, and are grad
ing and making good roads to
the pixies. In my home district
our road commission bought a
The progressive farmer and southern farm gazette., 1911-09-16

ra rural al districts they grew vo,,.
So the Board of suparr,wO worse.
sued 100000 worth of h lsors is
work the county's road Sonus to
road tax was reduced froa, Ine
SS. Two years have M aia - 70
every part of the county aDAsa, sai
oeen,,rea oeea reached; the roads are nis as
excellent condition, and t1 te. IN
are funds to maintain tho ro sasse
Tor some time yet" 'aus
referring to the oft-repeated :,
CONTINUED on page IA,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29

I didn't think you saw me. Had to
do il. It's this way. my dear: l gave
this man some money at the race
track this afternoon TO use in the
furtherance OF an idea in connection
with our society and he betrayed the
trust l placed in him
I heard Aunt Martha's start of as
constituent and then the whole gag
dawned on ME.
Uncle Peter had given Barney some
money to put on a horse and the lat
ter had held ii out, believing the
horse named would not win. That
much was plain. but just why-Uncle
Peter Was explaining further:
He lodged me, but finally caught
MN and demanded my money back
You know. my dear, our society can
not afford to throw money away like
that"
1t was all ! could 90 to keep from
shrieking outright, but bit deep into
! my handkerchief and listened while
old Munchausen hoisted the black
fiag and sailed the liars sea.
But why didn't you call a police
man and give him in charger" asked
the startled Aunt Martha. Z won,
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29

could be in making friend of this
Tad tout was more than l could
guess.
Back they came to the house, arm
in arm, and presently Uncle Peter
said he would show Barney to his
room for the night.
AS they went into the house l no
ticed that Barney's lamps were burn
ing darkly. and that every once in a
while he sized Uncle Peter up as
though figuring on the result if they'd
clinch. but nothing happened.
Peaches was busy in the library
with some letters she had to write
so sat alone on the veranda until
presently l heard Uncle Peter com
ing down the stairs again.
Aunt Martha was waiting for him
at the foot of the stairs and l heard
her say i'm startled tones. Peter, what
is all this mystery about? You've
locked your guest in his ROOM
Il did. my dear" Uncle Peter re
piled in a barky sort of a way. but
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29
| John Henry $
Rv GEORGE V. HOBART
PICNIC

Precipitation rollin' down his jowls
wit worryin' over what tn divvle's a
niblick when wan iv tn Vandergoolds
comes along.
".Askin' yer pardon says Wander
goold. but I'm goin' out TO tn Govt
Links In me mobile an a careless
servant have mislaid me lOfter an
loan iv a lofter an a brassie till to-
morry?'
~ will. Corny,' says lawn O'DOwd
risin' up an backin' in tn door; i
WILL says he. Just as soon as | can
find a niblick fer Willie Ashtorbilt,
says he Then he slams the from,
door, rushes out tn back door an
| never shtops till he rayches Cana
street an tn Buwery. Tn mkt day
! O'Dowd Exchanges his Fift' avenot
property fer soold bonds an some
stock in a fertilizer factory, an he
moves to GOwanus."
Barney was thoughtful for a mo
ment. THAT shows ye," he went OF
with a sigh. that shows We that OF
and water don't mix. and society have
more ways than wan " kapein' itsel
to itself"
Uncle Peter laughed long and lout
over the story, but when Barney 80
I'D and moved off towards the gait
the old fellow was after him like ;
shot
| couldn't size the game up at all.
Just what Uncle Peters objec
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29
CURE THAT SORE THROAT

Sore throat is Inflammation Of the
mucous membrane of the throat, and
if this membrane happens to be at all
sensitive predisposition to sore
throat will exist.
Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic is both a
preventative and a cure for sore
throat because 1t possesses extraor-
binary cleansing. healing and germi-
cidal qualities. Just little in glass
of water. used as a gargle, will quick
" relieve all soreness and strengthen
the mucous membrane Of the throat.
and thus overcome all tendency to
sore throat
Paxtine is far superior to liquid an
tiseptics or Peroxide for all toilet and
hygienic uses.
Paxtine may be obtained at any
drug store, 25 and SOC a box. or sent
postpaid upon receipt of price by The
Paxton Toilet Co.. Boston, Mass
Send for free sample.
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29

Use feelin' mighty poly. Misteh White
Dess LAX I done been pi'lyze' In nah fee'
en- lai;,s en- back.
Yo d-ss keep on wild cussin' en- wild lowir
wha: yo' do
But I CANT wuk dis mawnin' when Is
won out ihoo en- thoo.
I'm all d. time Dc riv"i,
Strike up shy-swishy-swish.
DE willer trees dry shiyeh
LAX dey ,alkin' 1t d. fish
Hit ain no use ter drive ne. Gaze
uach'iy won he driv'-
he way Use fcclin' all dis day hits toe
rruciI wuk ter live!
Dcss want ter keep on set:in in de sun
shine. on "A chain
f:r on a empty h"SS'.t. er n box. er any
whaih,
he rivch whah hit rifles
Whispeh ..Swishy -swishy-swish
DE willer trees Gey sniffies
LAX iey cryin' fer de fish
Tm-ycssah, Misteh White Mani Yes. J
say l clean yo' yahd.
b.; somcpin come en- hit me en- cess
lam me good en- haha.
I come termo-rcr. mcbbe. en- i sholy TN
yo' walk
But ,;-ss dis rnawnin' White AN. i ain
we'll enough ter talk
What make dat rivch chuckle
Wild dat Observation-Disclosures
What make dem willers whisper
LAX dey talkin' at de fish!
The Columbus journal. (Columbus, Neb.) 1874-1911, 1911-03-29

sleep a wink tonight with that man
in the house"
Nonsense, my DEAR" sss0 Uncle
Peter, soothingly. He Is perfectly
harmless. You sec I couldn't very
we'll hand him over to q policeman.
because that would bring me lot OF
undesirable notoriety. Kindness. my
dear, kindness always wins. under
stand? shall be SO kind to
him that by tomorrow afternoon he'll
be quite willing to find my lost money.
There now, Martha, don't worry.
Kindness never yet failed to win the
day" Then in a much lower tone:
In the meantime. my dear. don't say
anything about this matter to any
body, especially John"
/ rolled quietly of the veranda and
rushed around the house to give vent
to my laughter flooded emotions.
1t was all quite plain TO me now.
Barney had made bad break by bet,
ting the money on some horse ether
than that picked by Uncle Peter. Bar
ney's selection had lost. Uncle Peter S
had won. Now the old gentleman In
tended to keep Barney company til!
the latter squared himself in work OF
otherwise. and the little Irishman was
afraid to hot foot for fear his patron
would have him pinched.
Delicious.
Just then | heard Il window being
| opened cautiously above my head and
| presently through the gloom | made
| out the form of Barney, leaning fa'
out and evidently calculating how
much personal property he would
shatter if he jumped.
spoke to him and like streak h
ducked back into the room ard tn
window went down with a bang.
I dished myself out another heart!
laugh and then | rushed on to bet
and to sleep for fear Id he tenpte'
to tell Clara ]. all about it.
| don't know how long | slept. bu
soon a mighty crash somewhere II
the house aroused me and l awoke Z
find Clara J. hunting up that Colt
revolver of hers, and saying some
thing about house-breakers.
IF that's what they are they mus
be breaking the house with batter