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Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
.DETAILLE AND THE TROOPER
Great French Artist REQUIRED Two
Things Of Soldier Whose Portrait
He Painted.

M. Jules Claretie, who was friend
Of Edouard Detaille, tells charming
anecdote of the painter in the Temps.
One day a young trooper rang at his
studio and asked if M. Detaille would
mind taking his likeness.
"Who sent you to me % asked De
taille. My comrades Of the regiment.
who say that you are jolly good al
catching a likeness, and as / wanted
to send a Christmas present to my
people l thought l would have my
portrait done by you. How much will
you charge me?" "How much have
you in your pocket?" asked Detaille.
"Twenty-six frances and the trooper
pulled out the money, tied up in his
handkerchief, adding, Perhaps that
won't be enough?''
ooh, yes, lots" said Detaille; "sit
down." And he had soon painted the
soldiers portrait on small wood
panel. "There you are; hope your
people will like it," II think they
will" said the trooper; ut isn't bad
at ALL" and he united the four corners
of the handkerchief to pay Detaille his
twenty-six francs.
But Detaille stopped him. mo;
keep your money; but you must do
two things. First Of all, spend it all
In drinks to my health, and secondly,
don't send me your comrades to have
their portraits done j should be over
worked"
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
PLUMBER HAD HIS REVENGE
Nettled by the Espionage Of an Off.
cious Butler, He Plays 4
Clever Trick.

The frost had frozen some Of the
taps in gentleman's house and burst
a few pipes, so that a plumber had to
be called in. The plumber was shown
round by the coachman, but as soon
as he commenced work an oflcious
butler kept close watch over him.
He didn't like the treatment, and de-
termined to play trick on the but
Ter. In the bathroom he found a
burst pipe, and, after cutting out the
ice, he quickly popped his thumb over
the hole.
Here, mate" he said, turning to the
butler, "hold yer thumb over this hole
while I fetch my solderin' iron. Don't
shift, or therell be a food"
An hour went by, but the plumber
had not returned. Then the butler
called a servant who was passing, and
told him to fetch him up. She found
him enjoying lunch in the kitchen.
sThe butler wants to know when
you're going to release him." she said,
go an tell the fool to shift his
thumb. I turned the water off before
/ started on the job replied the
plumber, grinning.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Petrifaction!

Petrifaction, sometimes called fos.
silization, is a process of turning ia
stone by chemical appropriation or alb:
sorption of certain mineral elements
chiefly silica, a finty substance like
pulverized quartz. Just how leaves,
branches Of trees, etc, absorb and ap.8
propriate silica to such an extent as
to convert them into stone cannot be
explained, but they do. Some springs
and some streams contain SO much
silica that branches Of trees and other.
vegetable matter lying for a length Of
time in the water become SO impree.
mated with silica that they are CON
verified into stone. The petrification
of human body, shut of from con.
tact with water or earth, would be
more difficult to explain, and we doubt
II there ts an authenticated case 81
the kind. a great many vegetable
fossils or petrifactions have been
found, but we think no animal petri..
factions. 3753s
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Death Valley.

Death valley is the place where boy
heroes in the story books of ten or
twenty years ago used to do most of
their heroic deeds. It is desert val
ley on the unwatered plains of the
southwest, and its name was earned
by it's greed for human lives. Men
died Of thirst, and the bare mountains
on each hand looked down on whit
ening bones.
But now the romance is gone from
Death valley. Laborers are there, dig
ging borax out of the valley floor, and
water is hauled to them by tankfuls.
And now there is a proposal to build
an automobile road down the length
Of this desolation as part OF a road to
extend entirely across the continent.
The romance of Death valley is in.
deed gone, and there is nothing left
for western boy heroes save an air
ship and the planet Mars.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Happiness Made Up Of Little Thing,

Happiness Made Up Of Little Things.
1t is no new discovery that a
woman's happiness is often the sum
total Of little things. A. word, a look,
a gesture, goes to the making or mar
ring Of the entire day. A single buz-
zing mosquito may create a sleepless
night. A solitaray flower may bring
message of delight.
The largeness or the littleness of
spiritual things cannot be measured
with foot rule, and something of the
smallest consequence to us because
it is not our own concern may be ire
mendous to another. To bird that
builds it's nest string is as much az
g hawser to a sailor. Her doll is az
big to the comforting arms of Saman.
tina Jane upon the doorstep as
Samantha Jane herself is to the lap
of her own mother An ant tolls
bravely with an egg thrice it's size;
It is as though you or were dealing
with a piano or sideboard single.
handed. What Is little and what is
large? It is sometimes very hard to
say. Much depends upon the sizes Of
our own bodies, and still more upon
the dimensions of our souls! It is
the little things that tell, because
very often they are not so little as
we think. The man or woman who is
careful Of the little things is pretty
likely to be right on the bigger
things.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
LITTLE INTEREST IN LYING
United States Stands Lowest In Mil.
tary Aviation, Because Of Lack
OF Public Concern.

According to Lieut.. BENJAMIN D.
Foulois, who was rated by Orville
Wright and others as one Of the most
capable aviators in any army, the
lack of public interest in aviation In
this country is deplorable. To this
lack Of public interest, Lieut.. Foulois
charges the responsibility for the fact
that the United States Is at the foot
OF the list Of great powers in the
development Of military aviation.
The public spirit that prevails
abroad Is the mighty factor In this
rapid development he said, "and it
is the lack Of this spirit in the United
States that is responsible for our be-
ing so far behind.
We can never expect to see any
great amount OF public interest dis
played in the development OF aircraft
in this country until It is proved to the
people Of the United States that 1t is
q good financial investment.
The fact that this new science is
particularly useful for military pur-
poses does not appeal to the great
majority Of our complacent money
making people,
Lieut. Foulois expressed the opin-
lon that at present skilled aviators
operating properly designed and con-
structed machines, equipped with pow
erful motors, can fly in almost any
wind. He then went on to quote
Orville Wright as having stated that
1t is now possible to construct aeroa
planes that would carry Is persons,
and which could be driven at speed
Of 100 miles an hour, if necessary.
Such machine he added, could cross
the United States with but two or
three stops.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
ATHLETICS FOR A LIFETIME
Former President Eliot of Harvard
University Gives Some Advice
to Freshmen.

With the object of preserving 8
sound mind in a sound body, look
ahead with regard to athletic sports
It may make some difference to you
in the next four years. perhaps, if you
look ahead with regard to athletic
sports. Under modern stresses ath.
letic sports are an indispensable part
of young life, and indeed, of sound
national life. One of the most seri
GUS aspects of China at the present
moment is the absence there of all
the sports we call athletic" Neither
the educated nor the uneducatetd
Chinese have athletic sports in the
open air. All their sports are of q
gambling nature. They are sedentary
or quiet games Of chance. That is a
national misfortune on an immense
scale.
By looking ahead in regard to ath.
letic sports, I mean, give preference
to those sports that last, and that you
can pursue at 80, 40, so, 60, 70 and
I am beginning to hope 80 years OF
age. You know what the lasting
sports are-walking, rowing, sailing
boat, tennis-any sport which can be
pursued by the average individual all
through life.
Lord Bacon says that riding horse.
back is the best recreation for men
who use their brains. The sports
that an individual can pursue all
through his life are the best ones to
learn in youth. The wise choice in.
wolves looking ahead.-President Eliot
to Harvard Freshmen.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Good for Adults.

Mike came to the doctor about
nine o'clock with the information that
their month-old baby would not sleep
q wink. The doctor gave Mike sleep.
ing powders for the baby. The next
day he met Mike on the street.
We'll, how did the powders work."
asked the doctor.
Them powders, doc" answered
Mike, 'sure did the trick"
Made the baby sleep, did they?"
No, that they didn't, doc. We gave
the darlint a dose, just as you told
me, but it wouldn't sleep at all, at all;
50 we just took a dose o. thin pow
ders oursils, we did, and went right
off to sleep, and niver heard the dar-
lint cry one bit any more. "-Lippinr
colts.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Find Ants Are seamstresses.

a party of German naturalists re-
Gently returned from Ceylon have re-
ported the existence of a species of
ant that has been observed in the act
of sewing two leaves together for the
purpose of forming a nest This re-
port confirms the observations of the
English naturalist, Ridley, made in
1890. They saw a row of the insects
pulling the edges Of leaves together,
then others trimming and fitting the
edges, and finally the completion of
the work by still other ants, which
fastened the edges with silky
thread yielded by larvae of the same
species the workers carried in their
mandibles. It is said that the sew.
ing ants pass the thread-giving larvae
like shuttles through holes in the
edges of the leaves
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Prehistoric Californians.

Recent excavations have Indicated
that the peninsula south of San Fran.
cisco once was inhabited by race Of
giant stature. Professor Harold Heath
Of the geological department Of Stan
ford university, according to a state
ment just given out, has unearthed
about two miles south of San Fran
cisco several skeletons Of men who
we're Of unusually height. A prehis-
toric village covering nearly two acres
has been the scene Of Professor
Heath's investigation. Stone ham
mers, bone avis, and ornaments found
by his party indicate that their own
ers had attained consid erable advance
ment In craftsmanship and civilization.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Natural Cold STORAGE.

A millionaire tells of a grand, deep,
dry we'll on his race horse and stock
farm down in the Blue Grass, relates
the New York Press. In the old days
the former owner used to have the
meat for his family and slaves tied
on to rope and let down into the
well with windlass. Two or three
sheep We're killed at a time and very
often a steer. The carcasses soon be.
came chilled in the dry, cool air under
ground, and it was no trouble in hot
weather to keep the meat week or
two. Every day the mutton or beef
was drawn up out Of the we'll, days
supply was cut off, and the big pieces
We're lowered again.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
GLASS PLAYGROUND FOR TOTS
Public School Building In
Portland, Ore.

Glass-covered Fairgrounds in which
the school tots can caper about, play
ball, black man. run races and do
all the other inimitable and enjoyable
things Of childhood, have been built az
part Of the new $15O,O0O Failing
schoolhouse that Is being finished
at Front and Porter streets, In Port
land, Ore.
There are two Of these, 80 by 40
feet in size one for girls and another.
for boys, and their object is to pro
vide an outdoor recreation park for
the children in Indictment weather.
The glass Is covered with flne, strong
wire mesh, which makes It . source
OF disgust to the ordinary healthy base
ball, which is used to treating glass az
no barrier.
These Fairgrounds, fitted out a.
they are with trapezes, swings,
Slides" ETC., cost $4,000 each. They
are built in one Of the indentations
of the III" shaped building.
The building is Of reinforced con-.
crete three stories high, and will cost
when completed $15O,0OO. It is alb
solutely fireproof in every detail. It ia
located on a lot $50 feet long by 200
feet wide, and has ground floor size
Of 100 by $50 feet.
A new method of ventilation and
heating is used. It is known as the
blower system and heats by means
Of hot air. It changes the air in a
room automatically every Is minutes,
and In this way insures perfect san.
itary conditions in this respesct.
The Failing school contains %
classrooms. In the basement will be
the lunch hooms, manual training
rooms and toilet. The other floors will
be given over to the teachers offices
and classrooms.
All the floors are of clear maple.
This is an unusual feature for school
buildings.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
FOOTBALL IN HOLY CITY
contending Teams Strive for Victory
In the Shadow Of the Sacred
Walls.

Recently, for the first time in the
history Of the Holy City, its people
thronged around a field, almost with.
in the shadows of it's sacred walls,
where contending football teams
strove together for victory. The vic.
torious team was composed entirely
Of American students from the Syrian
Protestant college at Beirut, and Un.
Gle Sans boys can claim to have In.
troduced the sport of football into the
Holy Land. The contests were spread
over four days. On the first after
noon the Beirut men played a team
made up of the young men of the
missions Of the London Jews society
and of the Church Mission society OF
the city; on the second afternoon
with team selected from the ranks
Christian, Moslem and Jewish-of
the Young Mems Christian associa.
ton of the city; on the third after
non with the team Of ST. Georges
college, and on the last afternoon
with team selected from all the
Jerusalem players. The third game
was a tie, but the three others were
won by the Beirut men. The teams
were made up of natives and Euro
peans, the latter being Of several re-.
ligions, including Mohammedans. A
local band of the American colony
played on the last day. There was
great enthusiasm and thousands Of
spectators, including Moslem ladies
in their sheets and wells, watched the
sport,
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
TRAPPING in MAINE PAYS
Foxes and Minks Are LIquidatIno the
Mortgages on Many Of the DIM s
Farms.

It is estimated that j, 500 foxes have
been shot and trapped for their hides
In Somerset county this season, ac-
cordihg to q Skowhegan correspon-
dent The fur dealers claim that the
foxes and mink have never been so
plentiful. The fox skins have brought
more money per skin than in several
years back. It Is estimated that the
hunters have realized from fox skins
alone in the county nearly $4,000.
One of the most unusual things in
connection with this industry, one
man alone in the county caught in
two days time a black fox and a
gray one that brought him a check for
$4,000 and in weeks time this man
trapped ten red foxes.
This is getting to be one Of the
greatest industries and many farm.
ers are me king as much money hunt.
Ing as they earn on the farm during
the rest of the season. Many have
earned enough money from catching
foxes and skunks to pay the mort.
cages on their farms. "A fox skin on
an average this year brings SIS.
One farmer this winter let his dog
sat of doors in the morning anu it
Immediately left for the woods. Along
in the middle of the forenoon the
man, while sitting in the house, heard
a noise in the entry and opened a
door and a red fox, closely followed
by the dog, rushed in.
The kitchen window was open and
before the man could stop 1t the fox
had made leap for it, but when he
did he Knocked the stick out that
held the window up and he was
caught by the window as it fell and
was then Standardization Journal.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
will PLEASE YOUNG FOLKS
u Plan to Humanize Arithmetic Sue.
ceeds Professor Stone VIII Be 5
Popular Man. s.55

II John G. Stone, head OF the depart
ment OF mathematics in the State Nor
NAL school. Montclair, N. j., gets what
he demands, he will be the most pop
ular man in the United States OF
Ameica with over 100000 small
boys and girls. .|
He wants to "humanize arithmetic :,
to cut out Of common school education
such banes Of existence to small boys
and girls as cube foot; all fractions
with denominators like elevenths,
anineteenths, twenty-thirds and the
ike all problems in taxes, customs,
insurance, stocks and bonds. foreign
exchange, technical arithmetic which
deals with bricklaying, carpet laying,
plastering, paper hanging and such
work, which Is governed by trade
rules; the measurements of the frus-
5trum Of cone, q pyramid or q sphere;
and many other awful things which
have kept little curly heads weeping
under the lamplight when they should
have been sound asleep upon the pill.
low.
q He wants child to learn arithme.
tic as it learns to spell and read; to
solve the problem by merely look
ing at it. He asserts that the arith-
metic necessary for daily life ia
enough for any child. He believes
that examinations should test judg.
ment and accuracy. and not memory;
and that a child should have the
use Of the text books while he is be.
ing examined.
Many hold Professor Stone to be
right. Interest is not computed in
banks by calculation, but by referring
to tables already prepared by ex.
perts. When army officers shoot
great cannons at a mark, which they
cannot see it is done from tables com.
puted beforehand by men who have
nothing else to do; If they had to
calculate each shot the enemy would
have them blown to pieces.
One poor little kid wept himself to
sleep because he couldn't answer this
If the hands of clock are together
at noon at what time will they be
together next?''
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Would Follow Lover ia Death.

WouIu Follow Lover IN Death.
A Spanish girl who arrived at Cal
cutta from South Africa several days
ago to marry Mr.. Fraser, cotton
mill manager, went to hospital
where he had been lying i'll, and where
she had previously visited him, and
was told that he was dead. She was
allowed to enter the room where his
body lay. and there, after looking at
his face for few minutes, she took
out her hatpin and thrust it into her
breast. inf1icting severe wound. The
pin. which penetrated four inches
into the body. narrowly missed the
Aaayt
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Modern Ethics.

We are beginning nowadays 70
study ethics with some kind Of intel
lectual honesty, and are discovering
that there is nothing essentially NOR
al or religious about any kind Of rule;
prohibition, authority or domination.
The goodness you produce BY such
negative force Is Of poor fibre.
Real Moral guidance consists IN
developing courage. love. freedom
md self-controL
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
Turkeys Taken to Europe In 1929

Turkeys Taken to Europe In 1929. n
The goose is hard to get this year.
while the turkey Is plentiful enough.
This gives us another example Of the
busting OF the native BY the alien. For
while the goose Is native to these
islands, the turkey Is comparatively q
newcomer. The turkey did not reach
Europe from the New World before
about 1890, and four years later II 70
puted to be the date Of it's introduc-
Hon Into England London Chronicle.
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
ASSETS AND LIABILITIES OF MAR.
-M SHALL COUNTY

Assets
Cash in County Revenue
Fund ....$ 7,1O2.S2
Cash in Bond Fund ..... 177.1O
Cash in Incidental Fund ~. 1881
Taxes for 1912, County
Uncoliected taxes for i9ii ''''
and -prioE years. County
Funds -. 2,ooo.cv
Undistributel Taxes. County
Funds s,9os2o
Wolf Bounty due from state 247.5O
Courthouse Jail, Sheriff's
Residence, Grounds, Furni-
ture and Fixtures ........ 100, 100000
Total -. !. .$166, 900. 80
Liabilities
Refunding bond due Sept. Is,
1919 100000
Road and Bridge Fund over
Appropriations unpaid from
Road and Bridge Fund -. ,3,85O.OO
Assets over Liabilities ..... $50, $4,000
Total ........ $780,. .s166, OOO.39
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
s1e6,ooo.39
DITCH BONDS
(Secured by Special Assessment on
SAG Lands Benefitted)

5 per, cent bond due July /,
1913 20.744.o7
6 per cent bond due July /.
1913 to 1914 ............. 7,413.42
6 per cent bond due Dec. 1,
1913 to 1914 .........,.. 3,8S2.05
51a per cent bond due July 1,
1913 to 1918 ............. 100000
4 per cent bond due July l..
A Per cent b. bond due July !. !. 49,
4 per cent bond due July 1,
isl5 to 1925 49,. 100000
4 per cent bond due July L,
1915 to 1880 ............. s4,s6s.oo
S II per cent bond due July 1,
1918 to 1920 ............. 2O,s0o.0n
4 per cent bond due July, 1, a
1915 to 1880 .........,.... 100000
4 per cent bond due July 1.
1916 to 1880 ...S...:...... 100000
4 per cent bond due July 1.
1916 to 1880 ............# 100000
1915 to, 1880 ......:.... - 100000
4 per cent bond due July /,
ie1e to 1880 ............ 100000
S per cent bond due Sept. 1,
1916 to 1880 $50. {. ... 15o.o0o.o0
5 per cent bond due jan 2,
1917 to 1881 ~. soo.ooo.oo
5 u per cent bond due May /,
1e1s to 1882 ...-....:.-..... 247,ooo.vv
5 ~ per cent bond due July /,
191s to 1882 ............. 100000
Total s1,os6, 1e7. 81
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23

#10177 First National Bank.
Warren. Int. on bonds 10000
5iOlS5 First National Bank.
1os,s sMsd'ah; mt A@ on e stsss 1900.
Rank. Warren. Int. on
bonds 5000
Total .,..,... 49,. ....s 10000
COUNTY ATTORNEYS coNTINGENT5
FUND
Transferea from Revenue AZ s.
81 FUND observation-disclosures l,OOO.OO
Total $780,. ,..s... .........$ 100000
Disbursements
Warrants issued 1912 ..3.....$ SO.7S
Transferred to Revenue fund 919.ls
Total ............ .......s 100000
STATEMENT OF WARRANTS ISSUED
92S3 G. S. Wattam, profess s
sional examination Of
Anna Hoffman .......$ 500
92S4 James r. Mack, sur
1oso1 h Semas Keefe, tric t. Ss.lo
Winnipeg OF appre-
hending the burglars 1865
1l479 "A. N. EckStrOm cash n
paid to S. BoucharG HI. 1000
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. s0.7ss
MORTGAGE REGISTRY TAX
Receipts
R BAL on hand Jan 1s12s 1si$5S
Total 80. 1,O15:65
Disbursements
Distributed to various funds S 2.556.G-
Refunded to other counties. 5.26
Balance on hand Dec. 81
I9l2 4.0lS.l2
Total ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 7,o75,65
INHERITANCE TAX
Receipts @
'SN ooilect'o" lso.so
Total .......S 1905
Disbursements
i0606 w. j. Smith, State
treasurer ........S..$ lSO.S5
>. Fotal lSO.S5
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23

az The foregoing Statement prepared by
> the County Auditor, is hereby approx
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
STATEMENT OF WARRANTS ISSUED
STATE LOAN FUND

Receipts
Balance on hand Jan. 1, 1912 $ SCOOPS
Tax Collection ............. 1881
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
COUNTY BOND FUNDS
COUNTY BOND

COUNTY BOND
10011 First National Bank.
Warren, Int. on bonds s
10116 First National Bank
Warren, Int. on bonds s
y 10151 First National Bank.
Warren, Int on bonds
Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1913-01-23
STATEMENT OF WARRANTS IssUEr
PUBLIC LAND

Balance on hand Jan. 1. 1912 945.O6
Collections, Prin. and Int. 36,7S2.66