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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-04-10

Governor Hanna has a unique plan
for improving the highways of the
state. lie would tord the state for
S1,OOO.Oa0 for road building. The in.
terest and principal of these bonds
could lie net W making an annual
state license fee of IS 90, the income
fees from which would 10 100000 n
year. Thus the automobiles would
pa, the entire cost.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-04-10

This is borrowed. He who would
marry suffragette will suffer more
than he's suffered yet.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Nelohborly Hint.

People as keep ems" observed the
lady at No. II Acacia terrace. should
keep 'em at 'ome. One o. these odd
days. when your fowls come scrappin'
in our garden. youll be missin' some. "
The lady OF No. 10 shifted the air
in defiance. III you was 10 feed your
cat prop'ly, p'raps IL wouldn't 90
'untin' round for bulbs" she observed
"Then you wouldn't lay the blame on
ems what belongs to your neighbors." -"
A week later the lady OF No. II
again addressed her next-door neigh
bor
Thanks for your int about treatin'
our cat better" she said.
PLEASED you found It pay" return
ed No. 19
I'VE should never a-found out what
a wonderful cat It was II It 'adnt been
for you" smiled No. II. "Since you
spoke about 1t / made II up a couple
OF straw beds in the tool 'ouse and
sprinkled a little barley about, and
blest II that cat amt laid two nice
eggs every mornin' since"
And next day there was a wire fence
round the hen house at No. 10 that
an elephant couldn't break through.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
CHESTNUTS AS FOOD

The absence of Indian corn as an
article of diet among the poorer class
es in France is, to a certain extent
replaced by the popular chestnut
The ordinary way Of cooking them,
says a consular report, is to remove
the outside shell, blanch them; then
wet cloth is placed in an earthen pot,
which is almost filled with raw chest
nuts. They are covered With a Sec
ond wet cloth, and put on the fire to
steam. Hot steamed chestnuts are
carried around the city streets in bas-
kets or pals. The majority of the
working people, who usually have no
fire early in the morning, eat them for
their breakfast, with or without milk.
Physicians state that, as an article Of
food, chestnuts are wholesome, nutri-
tious, and fattening. These nuts are
often used as vegetable, and are ex-
ceedingly popular, being found on the
table of the well-to-do and wealthy.
They are served not only boiled, but
roasted, steamed, pureed, and as
dressings for poultry and meats.
Chestnuts are also made into bread
by the mountain peasantry.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

train began to slow down and there
appeared the irrigation ditch from
which the station took it's name. Then
the little tin-roofed shanty came into
view, and moment later a half doz-
en- men, wearing sombreros and mask
ed, with pistols stuck all around their
waist lines, leaped forward across the
tracks One jumped into the engine
cab and held his pistol to the fore
head of the engineer. The mail van
was next attacked, while two men
made their way into the foremost Of
the coaches.
Upon the platform moving picture
operator had set up his instrument
and was busily reeling off the film,
the passengers, interested in the
scene, gathered around him.
Nov, ladies', now, gentlemen" In
terposed the fashily dressed man in
tones of remonstrance, won't you
please go back into the coaches and
be robbed? You're interfering with
the operator. 1t spoils the reality Of
the pictures, your standing round
here as though nothing had happened.
People will think the pictures fake,
and it's going to be exhibited in all
the leading cities of America. Won't
you go back?"
Two or three did turn back toward
the coaches in half-hearted way, but
the rest remained obdurate, and the
flashily dressed man ran here and
there among them, demonstrating and
pleading. His requests, however, fell
on deaf ears. 1t was much pleasanter
outside In the fresh air than within,
and, besides, all wanted to see the
whole proceedings. At last, in des-
pair, the flashily dressed man threw
up his hands and disappeared inside
one of the coaches.
Almost simultaneously a pistol shot
rang out, followed by a woman's
scream for help. The heads of the
spectators turned round with a stimuli
yaneous movement and their features
betrayed an expression of sudden
fear
You told me It was fun" shrieked
womans voice Il won't give you
my rings. won't, tell you There,
take them then. And that's every
penny have In the world"
TITS Big Ike and his gang" some
body screamed. It's real enough!
My God, it's all real!"
Then the flashily dressed man came
dashing out of his coach, a smoking
pistol in his hand. He was followed
by two of the gang.
Hands up, you silly sheepl" he yell
ed. Hands up or l fire. Now, then,
back into the cars. One at a time,
please. You'll keep them above your
heads while Ike goes through you"
Sheep, he had called them, and like
sheep they obeyed. The first to do
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
RICHEST INDIAN

The richest American Indian in the
world has been discovered. He is Loun
c. Hill, fifty-three years old, full
blood Choctaw, and his claim to be-
ing the Rockefeller of red men is
based upon his possessions, valued at
SO, 100000.
Hill lives in Harlingen, Tex. In fact,
he owns the town, but it is only a
mite in the midst of his vast estate,
which extends to Brownsville, 25 miles
away. He has eleven motor cars to
make the run from his residence in
Harlingen to his business office in
Brownsville.
This Indian Croesus is a living tes-
timonial that members of his race
need not be wards of Uncle Sam un-
less they so choose. He started his
empire on a capital of $500, and has
never received anything from the gov
ernment. Like so many of his white
brother" captains of industry, he is a
selfmade man in every sense Of the
word. Not only is he shrewd busi-
ness man. but a clever lawyer as well,
practicing his profession in addition
to overseeing his big ranch.
Hill was one OF the chief factors in
blazing the trail for civilization
through the Rio Grande valley, but of
his early experiences he refuses to
talk, contenting himself with shrug-
ging his broad shoulders, about which
II. oI- l., to-, l. ;., 10
turesque manner.
There is one thing, however, about
which he will never hesitate to talk,
and that is the price of sugar. AS
sugar grower and refiner that is Of
much more interest to him than the
fact that he has risen so far above the
members of his own race, and even
above the great majority of the Con
quering white men,"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

so was the commercial traveller There
was look OF terror on his rod face.
and he held his arms erect as ram
rods
Only one traveller remained upon
the platform. II was the demure
young lady who had been discussing
her course Of action in the event OF a
real hold-up. Instead OF fainting she
stamped her foot violently and actual
Ply shook her fist In the 'hashily
dressed mans face
Il won't put my hands up and !
won't give you a cent And I've got
ninety dollars inside my waist and |
defy you to take It. you coward
There!"
Upon the platform the operator was
still grinding OF his films. The flash
lly dressed man approached the young
lady, took on his hat. and made her a
bow.
Madam, you are the only man
among the lot" he said Pray keep
your money as a tribute to your cour-
age!"
The passengers had all filed in
when the wheels of the train began
TO move. The Aashily dressed man
caught the young lady by the arm and
swung her aboard. Inside the travel
ers stood, huddled together, but there
Nas no bandit 10 receive their cash.
The flashily dressed man stood on
The step and leered at them.
Sorry to frighten you all ladies and
gents" he said, IT you'd obliged me
as | asked OF you to do, / wouldn't
have had TO scare you We amt ban
dts; we're Just moving picture peo-
pie; but we had TO get the picture and
as you wouldn't help us-why. we just
had to help ourselves. Goodbye"
And as the train was now In motion
he leaped TO the ground and stood
smiling at them.
When they had resumed their places
there was quite long silence. Then
the drummer spoke
81 knew II wasn't real he said III
I'd thought Il was I'd have acted diff
ferent."
He smiled at the demure young
lady. But she was reading a text
book on the Montessori method OF
teaching the young, and she never
looked up at him between Bad Water
and San Francisco.
Copyright 1913, by w G. chapman)
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
YES, HE WANTED A SHAMPOO
Under the circumstances Most Men
Would Have Felt That They Did
Really Need the Attention.

Barber-Poor Jim has been sent to
a lunatic asylum.
Victim tin chair Who's jim?
Jim Is my twin brother. sir. Jim
has long been broodin' over the hard
times. an suppose he finally got
crazy"
rs that soG"
Yes, he and me has worked side by
side for years, and we were 30 alike
we couldn't tell each other apart. We
both brooded a great deal, too. No
money In this business now"
What's the reason?"
prices too low. Unless a customer
takes shampoo II doesn't pay 70
shave OF haircut. Poor Jim, / caught
him trying to cut a customers throat
because he refused a shampoo. so |
had TO have the poor fellow locked up
Makes me sad Sometimes ! feel sor-
~ l didn't let him slash all he wanted
10. II might have saved his reason
Shampoo, sir?"
"Yes!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

1t was about the middle of the lasl
century that the American windmill
drove the old style Dutch mill com
pletely out of business, both in this
country as well as in all the Other
countries of the world. Now, how
ever good, the Dutch windmill has
indeed come into its own, and that
too, right here in the United States OF
America, where, hundred years ol
so ago, was invented a mill that out
rivaled every other OF its kind in ex
istence.
The giant Dutch windmill, the
largest windmill in the world, has re
Gently been completed in Golden Gate
park, San Francisco. And not ex
cepting those in Holland, the home o.
the windmill, there is not another OF
it's size anywhere. This mill cost $25,
900, and it is the gift of the leading
citizens of San Francisco. 1t standi
SO feet high, and its giant wings have
radium Of 81 feet. In a 30-mil,
breeze it will pump 10000 gallons
water an hour, through 12-inch pip,
line which carries to distance of twt
miles, being 200 feet in height
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
bad WATER HOLD-UP
II Was Only for Moving Pictures
but Passengers Thought II
Real Thing.
BY FRANK FILsoN.

The journey across the desert IL
not a distracting one, and any diver
sion is gladly welcomed, 80 that
when the fiashily dressed man stood
up at the end of the Pullman and be-
gan to address the passengers, every
body went forward and gathered
around him. laughing and clapping.
They thought he was going TO offer
something for sale.
However, he had nothing 10 sell.
He had a favor TO ask, he said, and 80
everybody became silent and listened
attentiyely.
Ladies and gentlemen" began the
Aashily dressed man, Il am going 10
repeat to you what have Just said TO
the passengers in the next coach.
When we reach Bad Water, in ten
minutes or so, a moving picture man
will be upon the platform to take
some pictures representing a hold-up.
Some Of the performers, dressed as
bandits, will attack the mail car. while
others will go through the coaches, de-
AAduuiHb gbhl lubh19 eAN NeiNeHAN''
But please do not be alarmed. The
whole proceeding will be in panto-
mime, and II you viii make a show OF
compliance, and 80 aid us, nobody will
be annoyed. / ask of you, fellow-pas-
sengers. to feign alarm. and II one or
two OF the ladies will pretend to faint
It will help things along"
Everybody began laughing and
eagerly awaited the stop at Bad Wa
ter This was the fourth day OF the
trans-continental journey, and the pas.
sengers were on very good terms with
one another They began to discuss
train robberies.
I'D never give up a cent" exclaim-
ed stout perspiring drummer, wip-
ing the alkali dust from his features.
Not for all the train robbers in Cali
fornia No, Stree. and don't mistake
me. I'd duck their pistols and hit out
once or twice and then-well there
wouldn't be any train robbers"
well, as for me, know l should
just faint" answered a demure young
lady. "And before | tainted I'd Just
hand over everything l had"
Not with me around, you wouldn't
need to-" answered the drummer gal
lantly.
The other travellers did not commit
themselves, for at that moment the
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
CURIOUS PLACES and EYENTS|
MUMMIES BY THE MILLION

It has been estimated that some
thing like 20,OOO.0OO Egyptian mum
mics have been discovered. Thou
sands of those best preserved are now
in the show cases OF the various mu;
seums of the world. In the tombs
with the mummies we're countless 9th
er objects. There we're painting on
the walls. chairs and tables, jars con
tanning the parts of the body which
were removed when the mummy was
prepared. mummy cases gaudily col,
ored with funeral scenes and hierot
glyphic inscriptions, and In the cases
along with the mummies were papyri.
Beneath each mummy's head, ike
cushion, was a little disk OF clay or
papyrus, covered with NEUROLOGICAL
pictures and with a stereotyped hymn.
The disks, found in great numbers
are nearly alike. varying only slightly
with the period from which they come.
"Hypocephall' they are called, because
they were placed beneath the head.
Like the mummies, the objects found
with them have been scattered
abroad, and in the museum at Cairo
any tourist may purchase as many OF
them as he win.
The inscriptions on the disks and
the mummy cases, Of course, could
not at first be read. nor could the
NEUROLOGICAL pictures accompanying
them be understood until the inscrip-
tions could be read. However, in 1873
the famous Rosetta Stone was discov-
cred, and Champolllon, French
decipering it's hieroglyphic inscription
with the aid of the accompanying
Greek translation. The process was
so slow that it was not till 1S4l that
grammar of the Egyptian language
appeared Then the progress In the
study of the language was rapid; the
strange hieroglyphics became as intel
ligible as an English newspaper.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
TAKES HIS JAG ALOFT

Taking his spree aloft Flagstaff,
an intoxicated steeplejack, Frank
Philips, attracted a large crowd in
front of the First National Bank build
ing at Jamaica, N. " on recent aft
ernoon. After climbing the pole, the
steeplejack INDUCED in boots and cat
calls at the police who tried to arrest
him. The crowd was further enter
tanned by the sight of Patrolman
Sangster, weighing 25O pounds, trying
to capture the noisy steeplejack for
the steeplejack's own good and secur-
ity. Stung by the mans taunts, Sang
ster did shinny up ten feet, boosted
by patrolman, but the pole wobbled
so that he gave it up and slid down
again. This seemed to appeal to the
steeplejack, who agreed to come down
to the roof, where he was promptly
colIared and locked up
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
RURAL TEACHERS PAY SMALL
Average Pay Is Less Than That Re-
eeiVed by Street Laborers
in Cities.

The statisticians tell US that the av-
erage salary of the teachers Of the
nation in the common schools is less
than $4OO a year, and in the rural
school districts less than $500, the
Hon. David Franklin Houston, secre-
tary Of agriculture, writes In Leslie's.
Illinois reports rural salaries ranging
from $3.50 to $4OO; Kansas. salary Of
less than $3.50; Missouri, Mississippi
and Tennessee, one of less than $3.50;
Vermont, Maine and North Carolina,
one of less than 5000 In urban COM
munities it ranges from $500 to 5000
to $1,S00 or $4,000 or more. The an.
nual compensation of rural teachers is
less than that of street laborers in cit
les, less than that of bricklayers, plas-
terers, carpenters, planters and brake
men, and the superintendent Of Ala
bama reports that in that state it is
less than the average earnings Of con-
victs.
Everywhere these teachers are
stranded in one room buildings, for
the most part unsightly, devoid of the
ordinary comforts, lacking in facili-
ties, in unattractive and insanitary
surroundings, they teach all grades
and hold 30 to 35 or 40 recitations a
day for four, five, six or seven months
a year, and do this without advice or
assistance from competent supervisors
or inspectors. Illinois reports 1O,6OC
one teacher schools, 1,150 of them hav-
ing less than Is pupils; Kansas, 1890,
425 with less than Is pupils, 300
with less than 10; North Carolina,
more than 1000 out of total of 5,400;
Indiana reports 1,0S5 schools with
less than is pupils, and 1000 with less
than 20; Missouri, 705 with less than
IL, and $500 with less than 20.
When the people know the facts and
are intelligently led they will face the
situation provide the means and will
regard the expenditure for develop
mental purposes not as burden,
but as an investment. They must
put more money into this business Of
rural education to save what they
have already put into make good
what they have undertaken. AS peo-
pie of ordinary business sense, they
must recognize the necessity of ef-
ficiency of production. A nation which
is spending $700,000,000 year on
war, past and future, $S000O0,O0O for
tobacco, and $1,5OO,OOO,OOO for whisky
cannot make the plea Of poverty and
cannot afford to say that it will stop
at an expenditure of $3.50 100000 for
schools.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
LOST PIN MYSTERY

One of the mysteries of the world Is
certainly the pin. In astounding guam
titles they pour from numerous factor
les, principally in Birmingham. One
mill alone is credited with turning out
nearly 100000 pins a day, and no
one has ever attempted the calculation
Of the worlds output. A pin is thing
which, in the ordinary way, would last
for years, and 1t is problem to ac-
count for the necessity for making
such enormous quantities.
The explanation is undoubtedly that
pins are so cheap that everyone
throws away or loses them as fast as
they use them. Thousands and thou
sands of them enter the sewers OF
our towns, and solid masses are often
found where innumerable examples OF
these tiny articles have become weld
ed together in their passage through
the sewers.
The output of pin factory includes
dozens of different sizes, from the
tiny pins used by naturalists, only
IuaA IOl VI Oil AuCH iOH6' anu o0 44N
as hair. to giant blanket pins four
inches in length, and nearly as thick
as a wire nail.
Hairpins are another example OF
useful articles made to be lost; they
follow the fate of the common pin,
and descend in a continual shower on
the paths and floors of every civil
lied country. Says the Star: "One
observant visitor calculated from care
full examination that on an ordinary day
there were over 5000 hairpins lying on
Llandudno Parade" All pins are
made by automatic machines, which
complete the transformation from
wire in a single operation.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Explalnlnu the EXCLAMATION.

The chemico- physical explanation OF
the universe goes but little way
These are the tools Of the creative
process, but they are not that process,
nor it's prime cause. Start the flame
of life going, and the rest may be ex
planned in terms of chemistry; start
the human body developing, and phys.
biological processes explain its growth;
but why it becomes a man and not a
monkey-what explains that?-John
Burroughs, in the Atlantic.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
oreat WrIter unapprseIatIvs.

The Italian poet D'Annunzio IL evf
IDENTIFY not a very gracious person, but
there IL nevertheless something 70 ad-
mire IN his refusal Of the villa offered
70 him by his native town OF PezearA
But he might have couched the TO
fusal In terms a little more suave i
do not require either worldly or spirit
ual presents" he wrote. Il am per
feotly satisfied with myself. and live
where like. In houses chosen by my
self"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Lass on Rollers.

Little George, aged I've. had never
seen roller-skates or anyone skating
on them. His favorite toys we're his
engines and trains OF cars.
At the window one day he chances
70 see small Nancy OF seven, his spo-
cial playmate, skating on the asphalt
street with steel rollers
Rushing TO his mother In great en-
citement he exclaimed.
"Mudder, look! there goes Nancy ON
a train Of cars!"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
OnalitY.

Lady Godiva was by no means the
first woman to have positively moth
ing to wear. But who, in equal de-
gree, had discerned the possibilities?
1T must be what they call tempera-
ment!" remarked her ladyship, as she
mounted for the ride which was de-
stined to make her forever famous
Puck
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
EIowers From Germanv.

Germany ships 100000 or IS,
100000 "pips" or Crowns" of lilies OF
the valley to the United States every
year. When Shese "pips" are planted
iE pots they bloom and are then
thrown away German soil and the
German climate seem especially favor
able to their production.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
FISH STAMPED WHEN CAUGHT

The tarpon fishing is SO brisk tha
the government has installed a parce
post bureau on the docks at Tampa
Fla. The fishermen bait their hook
so that no fish weighing more thar
eleven pounds can be caught. AS sooi
as there is nibble the fisherman
whips the fish backward into the post
Office, where it is tagged and stamped
and sent northward to admirini
friends.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
An Extra.

Newsboy-Great mystery! Fifty
victims! Paper, mister?
Passer-by-Here, boy, I'll take one
(After reading a moment) Say, boy
there's nothing of the kind in this pa.
per. Where is It?
Newsboy-That's the mystery, guv
nor. You're the fifty-first VICTIM
Missouri oven.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
More Likely.

Nov, want canary that viii
sing right away and sing what like;
one that won't get the pip or die the
first week" you don't want can
airy, my friend, What you want ia
q music box"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
pensnds on Her Size.

IT'S very unkind to make fun Of
young wife's cooking"
Yes. And at times it's very un-
safe"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

Rev. Dr. Joseph Krauskopf says that
failures lead 10 success. Well, there
is some consolation in knowing one
is on the right road.-WashingtOn
Post.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09
Petted DARLING.

MY wife treats me like a dog"
'Humph! wish my wife would
treat me like herst"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

Delicious brown cakes made from Mrs. Aus
| tins Bag Pancake Flour. All grocers. Adv.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

But sometimes a bore talks 70 IN
about ourselves: that is different
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

But a mans obituary notice always
comes along too late to get him a
better Job.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

Fortunately, ones ambitions are noe
limited 10 the attainable.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-05-09

Touraine, the garden of France, as
It is called, is rich in historic castles.
Along the valley of the Loire stand
those of Blois, Chambord, Amboise,
Chenonceaux. Langeais and Azay-le-
Rideau. 1t was at Blois that Joan OF
Arc raised her standard in 1929. The
oldest part Of the chateau dates from
the thirteenth century and includes
the Louis XII. wing with its famous
portiere The illustration shows the
portiere.