The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-05-22

of Colonel Roosevelt was n native oil
Bavaria. He fred as the expression,
was entering an automobile In Mil
waukee on his way to deliver a cam
paign speech on the night Of Oct. IL
1912. Booth was the only one Of the
three who could be considered as any.
where near par mentally
What 10 the correct way Of address.
ing one who has the degree Of doctor,
either the degree N. o. Or Pr. o.
Should one say Dr.. Smith Or Mr..
Smith,
DR.. Smith is the proper form Of ad-
dress.
What 10 the Stamp lansuass~-i. q,
the significance Of the pesitien Of .
postage stamp on lstters7
The 30 called language Of stamps az
we have had it interpreted to us is as
follows: A stamp placed upside down
In the left corner signifies II love you;"
left corner crosswise, MY heart Is an.
Others" straight up and down, Good.
by, sweetheart" upside down on right
corner, write no more;;" in middle at
top, yes" in middle at bottom, mo"
In right hand corner ut right angles. 81
hate you;;" top corner at right, II wish
your friendship" on line with sur
name, accept my love-" same upside
down, II am engaged" same at right
angles, "I long TO see yOu."
10 child born Of white parents. fixed
residents Of Shanghai, chiness7
Certainly not in race. Nor in civic
rights, either. for the agreement Of ma
tons presclibes that in the case of9thea
savage or semicivilized communities.
In the latter Of which China technically
lies, citizens Of the superior countries
neither acquire citizenship in the place
of such residence nor lose their natural
born citizenship. In law their position
relative to the lower state is that Of !.
What is the nationality Of AdeIina
Patti?
Adelina Patti was born at Madrid,
Spain. Feb. 10, 1s45. but both her par.
ents were Italians, so she, too, must
be considered as such.
Have the states Of North Dakota and
South Dakota received any nicknames
YETI
North Dakota has been called the
Flickertail State and South Dakota the
Singed Cat State, but the names proba-
bly, will not stick
What is the sleeping sickness? Does
Il prevail anywhere in this country?
1t is confined to Africa and is be-
l1eyed to be due to an animal parasite
which is transmitted to its victims by
a native insect. the tsetse fly. Thus i'm
planted. the disease causes mental and
physical arrangement. with an increas-
ing desire for sleep. ending invariably
in death. Although white men are not
immune, it occurs mainly among the
negroes.
What was the Tichborne trial, and
when did It occur7
It was a very celebrated case, grow
ing out of the fraudulent claim Of an
Australian adventurer named Orion to
be Roger Tichborne and heir to the
Tlchborne estate. worth $4,000 a year.
After much preliminary sparring the
trial began in May, 1871. and lasted
1O3 days. when the jury found against
the claimant. In 1874, after another
trial lasting SIX months, Orton. or, as,
he still claimed to lie, Tichborne. was
found guilty Of perjury and sentenced
to fourteen years penal servitude
After the expiration Of his term he
publicly confessed his fraud.
Has the name California any par
ticular Significance, or what 10 its ori-
sin1
1t is Spanish and was first applied to
a fictitious island in ain old Spanish ro- !;
nance Some authorities have derived
It from the Spanish words .caliente.''
hot. and "fornalia," furnace, but that
may be purely conjert,lral
What has the city of Galveston, Tex,
done to prevent repetition Of the tidal
flood disaster Of few years ago?
What was the date Of that disaster and
The estimated losses?
The disaster. consisting of tornado
and food, occurred Sept 8. 1900
About s. 1000 lives were lost. 5000 build.
ings destroyed and many millions Of
property Since tile disaster the grade
of the city has been tsinlnged at q cost
Of 81 100000. and Il seq wall has been