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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
The Battle Of ChaIons.

There have been so many bloody
battles it is perhaps impossible to say
with absolute certainty which of them
all was the bloodiest. but the balance
of the evidence seems to be in favor
of the battle of Chalons. France,
fought A. D. 451 between the Huns,
under Attila. and the Romans. Goths
and Franks, under the command Of
Aetius, the most renowned captain of
his day. At the head Of his 100000
savages Attila was having everything
his own way, and 1t looked as if
Aryan civilization was destined to fall
before the Tartar despotism, when
suddenly, like bolt out Of the blue.
Aetius fell upon the barbaric hordes
and Europe was saved. It Is estimat-
ed that 100000 OK the barbarians were
left dead on the field.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
Imprisonment FOR DEBT.
This Old Time Punishment Was Costly
to tho Community.

This Old Time Punishment Was Costly
to the Community.
Imprisonment for debt was abolished
by congress in the United States in
1888. though this measure was not
fully enforced until 1899.
In nearly every country until com
paratively recent times debtors hay
been subject to Imprisonment. After
the panic Of 1926 100000 writs for debt
were issued in England. In 1880 1000
persons were sent to London prisons
for debt, and on Jan. 1, 1910, LOO per-
SONS were held for debt in England and
Wales, 1000 In Ireland and less than
100 in Scotland. From time to time
notifications in the laws governing the
Imprisonment Of debtors have been
made. so that fewer debtors are i'm
prisoned for this crime each year.
In 1929 there were 5000 debtors in
prison in Massachusetts,, 10000 In New
York. 1000 in Pennsylvania. 1900 In
Maryland and a like proportion in 9TH
er states. Many of these persons were
Jailed for debts Of 81. "a
The law providing for the imprison-
ment Of men who could not pay their
debts was shown to be impracticable
by statistics taken from Philadelphia.
where in 1928 there were 1856 debtors
imprisoned for debts amounting to $25,.
O0O The expenses Of keeping these
persons in confinement was $685., 600,
which was paid by the city. and the
amount recovered by this method was
Press.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
FURNISHING 4 ROOM.
Try TO Convey the Impression Of Re-.
pose and Hominsss.

pose ana HomsnOeS.
The furniture which we select should
be designed for its livable qualities. 1t
Is not Il question of whether the room
is furnished consistently with Louis
XVI. furniture or with empire or with
something else, bu: whether the furni-
ture combines with the walls and floors
und ceiling to complete room with a
Jingle Observation-Disclosures, restful-
ness, repose.
Now, repose and restfulness depend
very largely upon color harmonies, and
it is therefore well that our furniture
harmonize in this respect. A room
which contains chair or two In wal
nut, others in mahogany and fumed
oak and a sofa in golden oak cannot
help being bad. Such room is bound
to affect the nerves of every sensitive
person who comes into the room.
For this reason a room should be
very predominantly mahogany in color,
very predominantly fumed oak or very
predominantly something else, but It
should not be mixture. With a pan
eled interior of gray, mahogany will go
very beautifully, whether it be Chip
pcndale, Sheraton or colonial or all
three mixed. = Lionel Robertson and
II. G. O'Donnell in Good Health.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
Jaggery Sugar.

Though Tmail poem .enumerates
$40 ways in which the Palmya palm
may be used, one of its most interest
ing uses is the production of sugar
called jaggery. This is the result of
boiling down the fresh juice and is
one Of the chief sugars of South India.
Four or five quarts per tree per day
is the yield for four or five months.
Once in every three years the sap
drawing process is omitted. as other
wise the tree would die. The tree be-
gins to yield at fifteen years and con-
tinues for about fifty years. The fe-
male tree yields about twice as much
sap as the male. Three quarts Of this
sap make one pound Of sugar or jag
gerry, which Is the chief sugar used by
the poor classes Of India.-Argonaut.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
IDENTIFYING CRIMINALS.
The System Devised by 6srtillon and
The Way II 10 Worked.


Any malelactor who gets into the
clutches of the law nowadays Is n
marked man for life II he runs up
against the Bertillon system, which is
Il scientific method devised by NJ. Al
phonse Bertillon for the Identification
Of criminals. Bertillon was born in
Paris in 1853. Certain measurements
are taken from every convicted per-
sou. and these physical records Of pris-
oners are kept OIL cards, any one Of
which can readily be found by an elab-
crate system Of classification.
The measurements are taken on the
left side Of the subject, as they are less
liable to alterations than are those on
the right side. The determination of
the convict's height is taken always
at the same hours, because the stature
may be as much as half an inch great
er after nights sleep than 1t is in the
evening. The color Of the iris of the
eye and the characteristic lines made
by the print of the finger are also re-
corded. p
The following measurements are
made: The length and width Of head;
the length Of the left foot and Of the
middle and little fingers Of the left
hand; the stature of the whole body,
rs well as the length OF ITS upper ana
lower portions; the span Of the out
stretched arms; the length and breadth
Of the left ear and the length Of the
left arm
The system has been used in Paris
since 1880 and is now employed by all
important police departments in this
country.-Exchange.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
FREEDOM.

There 10 only one cure for
evils which newly acquired free
dom produces, and that cure =
freedom. When a prisoner first
leaves his cell he cannot bear
the light Of day; he 10 unable to
discriminate colors or recognise
faces. The remedy 10 to accus-
tom him to the rays of the sun.
The blaze Of truth and liberty
may at first puzzle and bewilder
nations which have become half
blind In the house Of bondage.
But let them gaze on and they
will soon be able to bear It. In
a few years men learn to rea-
son. The extreme violence Of
opinions subsidies. Honest The
cries correct each other. The
scattered elements Of truth cease
to contend and begin to coalesca.
And at length a system Of jus
tee and order IL educed out Of
the chaos.
Many politicians Of our time
are in the habit Of laying It
down as self evident PROPOSE
ton that no people ought to be
free till they are At to use their
freedom. The maxim Is worthy
Of the foo! in the old story who
resolved not to go into water
till he had learned to swim. II
men are to wait for liberty TIL
they become wise and good In
slavery they may indeed wait
forever. -Macaulay.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
Too Tired,

Frank lives in Eastern avenue. A
few days ago his companion George
caught his clothing on picket fence.
He was held fast, his feet foot or
two from the ground. He pleaded with
Frank to release him or run for help,
but Frank refused.
"Why don't you go and help George"
his mother inquired from the front
porch
"I'm just too tired" said Frank
Yesterday wanted him to 'shoo' my
dog out of his yard. and he wouldn't
do it cause he said he was tired. I'm
just as tired as he was."-Indianapoli
News
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
Proof Against Wasp stines.

A Scottish naturalist in paper on
the habits of wasps tells how black
bird will stand at the side Of hang
ing wasps nest and deliberately tear
it in pieces in order to get at the lar
vac. apparently undisturbed by the
swarm Of angry insects, whose vicious
stings instantly put to flight the human
curiosity seeker who ventures near to
watch the demolition.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
Only q Beginning.

"She can't be as progressive 40 you
say If she's taken up embroidering
handkerchiefs."
why not?''
Because that very seldom gets be-
yond the initial stage" e. Baltimore
American.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11

Doing well depends upon doing com.
pletely.-Persian Proverb.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
Chinese Thieves.

In China thieves who are caught
stealing are compelled to make a tour
Of the neighboring villages with q
board bearing an account Of their Of
tense clamped around their necks.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-11
THE MIND.

t"6 "bNOs
Every mind was made for
growth. for knowledge, and its
nature is sinned against when
it Is doomed to ignorance
Claiming
Nobody, l believe. will deny
that we are to form our judg-
ment Of the true nature Of the
human mind not from sloth
and stupidity Of the most degen-
crate and vilest Of men, but from
the sentiments and fervent de-
sires of the best and wisest Of
the species.-Archbishop Leigh.
! ton.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18

Napoleon As the emperor approach-. ed the capital the king called re- view of the garrison Of Paris. Only a few of the royal guards answered the royal summons on the following day, and they were drawn off to sBeauvais. On the night of the nine teenth of March the monarch with his household left the T1d1erfes and. drove to Beauvais. where, guarded by his little company or IoyaI SOL sdiera, he took post to LisIe and fled acruss the border of Flanders to Ghent
 Nap poIeon. now master of all he surveyed, rested for a day at Ton taineb1eau. and on the twentieth pro- ceeded to Paris It was in the even ing that he rode in trtuznph through the city he had conquered purely by the force of his personality, with out striking a blow. If there were. any royalists left in the capital, they remained in the background, and the great mass of the people. hundreds of thousands in number greeted the emperor with uproarfous cheers.
 When the carriage bearing Ma poIeon reached the gates of the TuiIierfes, so lately vacated by the Bourbon King, the emperor was hail. ed with deafeIling shouts of joy and borne a1oft on the shoulders of his friends, was carried upS the stairs and into the reception hall of the palace There he was greeted by the ladies of the imperial court and by multitude of his admirers. There was little. sleep for Napoleon that night. His peaceful triumph was more pleasing to him than any of his victories won with the sword, and his happiness was apparent to all.
 On the following day Napoleon set about the businesssof reorganizing the government. It was soon made plain to him that while the people welcorn- ed the man, they had little enthus- iasm for the emperor, and that re- publican principles must prevail. His choice of men for his cabinet proved that ha fully realized that the empire belonged to the dead past, and that a, new regime must be sinaugurated if success was to crown his efforts
 Marshal Davoust was made minis ter of war, Coulaincourt minister of foreign affairs, and Benjamin Con- prised the council of state. Through out France there was a return to lib eraI principles, save in the south where the royalists, were still power ful and fostered several popular risings.
 Napo1eon,s coup d'etat aroused consternation throughout the re- mainder Of Europe. The allied princes assembled in Vienna, engaged in dividing up Europe to suit their pleasure and interests, iYnmediately declared war on Napo1eon and branded him an outlaw, to be hunted down like a wild beast. The troops of the allied powers had not been dismissed, and 800, GOO armed and trained men were at their command to hur1 against ssthe enemy of Eu- rope
 Napoleon. sent envoys to Austria. but they were not received He sent en1issaries to rescue the empress and the King of Rome from Vienna. but Marie Louise refused to return to her husband. He sought to concfliate England by decree abolisflfng the slave trade, but 1t had no effect Rus sia, Prussia, Austria and Great Britain united their forces and en- tered into an agreement. similar to that now binding Great Britain,
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
MARCEL PREvosT


 Many eminent French men of let ters are now fighting on the battle front or serving their country in oth- CT military capacities. but perhaps the most eminent of the literary war novelist. M Provost, who is a na- five of Paris and now in his fifty third year; is a. captain of artillery, and has lately been stationed in the entrenched camp of Paris. He is one of the forty .sfmEnortaIs'- of the French Academy, having achieved that honor in 1909, when he was elected to take the place vacated by Victorian SaFdou, the dramatist. M. schools in Bordeaux and Paris and in the seminary at Orleans, and in 1882 he took a course in engineering at the Eeole Polytechnic. For several years he was employed as a civil en- gineer in the republics tobacco fac tories. He made his literary debut 3 quarter of a century ago, when he This was soon followed by Les Deni-V -Vierges," which was tine liter 'ary sensation of Paris, and was pro- duced as a drama. at the GymnaSe. Several others of M. Prevost's works have been dramatized, including La, Plus FaibIe,'' a play in four acts, which was produced at the Comedies Franchise. M. Prevost's works have been translated into many languages English. Besides M. Provost, the French Academy has several other military members, including Hubert Lyaufey, a professional soldier as well as a distinguished author, com mander of the French forces in
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
TURIxs REPAIRIEEG FORTS

Paris. March 1sThe correspon= dent of the Havas Agency in a des- patch dated March states that the naval operations of the allies at smyrna Asiatic Turkey. have been temporarily suspended and the Turks are profiting by this respite to re- pair the danage to their batteries and forts. They are pursuing the same course also at the Dardanelles and on either shore of the AarInora-
 Big Specials for F'riday.-IsoWe prices on beef.-F,rifne rib reasts 6f beef, small lean fresh shoulders choice fowl, etc. Fresh sea foed found SIS. green sliced halibuts Ha'- fish. lsfr1g rnackeraI, haTbor blues, herring. genuine Westport smeltss Y. I. steamers. green steak cod. salmon. shore haddoclzs opened long clan7s and oysters, round clans. live lob sters roe, buck and jack shads eels' frogs legs, sea escallopss salt, pi icA1led and canned fish of all kinds. FFults; large fancy grape fruit, navel or anges and Florida. oranges. Grocer bulletin: Queen quality bread Hour fine granulated sugar. Bridgeport Public Market and Branch State. Bank and East Main streete. Fhoues "A ely
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
Chester $ Lord, 65 Today. Says Sob
 Sister Is Dying

Alas. for the sob sister. She is on her last legs, if we are to believe Mr. Chester sanders Lord, for more than forty years the managing editor ana editorial writer of the New F orlk Sun. and one of the most distin guished Of
 A noerfcaa "a newspaper men MT Lord will celebrate his sixty-fffth birthday today having been born fE Romulus. N :, the son or a clergyman, March 1S 1850. He began his career as as- socfate editor of the osvFego. Adver-' User and Joined the staff of The Sun In 1872. In 1880 Charles A Dana made him managing editor of The Sun, and for seventeen years he was MT Danass right-hand man. When MT. Lord retired a couple Of years ago, to enjoy a we1I-earned leisure. he could look back upon 2 career af forty -one years with The Sun and for thfrty-two of those years he was
 managing editor. In a recent sadr
 dress MT. Lord predicted the speedy passing of the sssob sisters" of jour naHsn, and declared that the news paper readers of America no longer
 ssrhe so-caHed human interest story. so popular a few years ago; the romantic story, the pathetic, the s9n- tinnentaI-aH possess less fascination
 nalist .T4le people themselves are not so emotional or 1achrynose- Now adays nobody sheds many tears over anythings much less over literature And because we live in aa eornm ercial tsage and the people are thinking as never before Of money accumulation and business expansion and gigantic
 enterprises everywhere, I perceive a growing fascination for stories of the
 practical of how great fortunes are
 developed, of how money is made and lost, of how the poor become rich and the rich become poor. But were you to ask me to name the kind of news for which the people surge and fstrugg1e--tI1e most popular kind of news printed-I surely must reply that it is the details of contest-a fight. whether between men or dogs. or armies. I am not comp nplinenting
 public taste-I am trying to be faith ful to fact. As long ago as when I was a ten-year- boy the northern New York village in which I lived
 held it's breath to await the details Of the world championship prize fight between John c. Heenan of America and Tom Savers of London.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
THE ATTACK UPON THE HIGH SCHOOLS.

yT%I1E ESTEEMED throws light upon the
 assault upon the high school system and gives the that underle the strange attack The plot formed within the precincts of the State Board of Education The the should seems that there not money enough to the of both high and schools. z.8sz 6
 Which will remind many that the State cation the Ed Robbins association with the Haven system potential part the during it became unable dividends to it's stockholders and which it became about million dollars shy in its tax pay nnents to Connecticut
 Connecticut expected to deprive it's and girls high school opportunity at the behest of the board which has Mr. Robbins adviser that there being meet the knowledge that the New Haven which also had ebenefit of Mir Robbins views meeting little of the cost of nnaent may be overlooked. sH
 The attack the high schools to owe it's birth the considerations which produced guberna cities the of gram
 schools of for sick and ndignen and Of hospitals the state all amounting million dollars which happens to be just about the of payments which the New Haven been relieved by the state.
 Connecticut ocaldom t is always too late to learn.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
Centenary of Napoleon's "Happiest
 Day of Career

s.The supreme triumph and the happiest event of my career'-so Ma poIeen. an exile on St. Helenass bar ren rocks, described his arrival in Paris after his banishrnent to EIba~ It was just a. century ago today. on March Is, 1915, that the Corsican, at the head of the great army which had Hooked to his standard, arrived in the vicinity of Paris and gazed with eager eyes upon the city where he had ruled as master Louis XVIII, now sat upon the throne and wore the crown, but the Bourbon had no Inclination to dispute the sway of
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
Alteration Sale Attractions.
Dresses for Girls.
Stationery.

Stock up your writing desk with new and dainty correspondence paper and cards.
 Berlin Colonial Parchment in new shades, bordered or panel pressed. Was 50 cts a box.
 39 cts altered price Cranes Chartered Oak and Early Georgian, was 5U cts, 39 cts
 Gold Initial Paper and Cards, was 25 cts, for 19 cts. Read $ Linen, 2 cts.
 Main floor. Cabinet Picture Frames,
 25 and 39 cts
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
AII.. BRYAgs TEa1PERANCE woRk.

FTER THE Gar of Jennings Bryan holds L N the record temperance advocate. gave the
 pledge to f2ooo people the other which probably thanany other has given single meeting
 the American bishops of the Roman Catholic sisentdy the pledge to their
 whole the work done by the bishops probably most fectiye pledge given to confirmation makes the youthful likely to be kept But adults after taking the pledge drinking habtss
 It this sort of method which promises remedy begins with the individua personal habit the who has it. prevents those who acquired zlt from doing
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18

Morocco. Henri Bernstein. the dfa- naatist, is a gunner at Fort EIayre, and another eminent plaszFFrigllt Marquis Robert de Eslers, is serying at the front. Reyna1do Hahn en- listed as a private and was sent to tlle trenches in the Argonne. Ehsnne Key, Francis de Tessans Marcel Boulger, and a number of other French writers of wide fame are among Frances fighting men.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18
IGNORING ST. PATRICK

a BLOOM St. Parcks Day been celebrated with
 ervor than itwas in Brdgeporb yesterday The bit of green by all classes of citizens The two banquets by the Knights of St Patrick and Of St. Patrick largely attended The speakers tendency extend the function assebages beyond historical dscssion and o yesterday to throw light tendencies today Catholic its loyal members of the Irish race will stdiy oppose the eress Socialism marked opposition
 speakers exhibited to this movement of modern revolution. a5sys@s ss
 of the dinner auspices the speech of Mrs. Martha Moore Avery disciple of Marx who expressed vivid oric reasons why the institution able check the growth the Marxan movement @s ss
 presenceof Mrs. Avery innovation, which the attendance of the of the first time dinners hitherto only open but nights experiment much that certain be repeated
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-03-18

not doing we'll status five doubt Twenty period of probation. Their undetermined The seven who not doing well and the five whose doubt described all weak The tion girl away her but it does permit girls confirmed to the companionshp of those who merely of help. There is charitable institution of the neccut worthy of support than this It's kind managers should receive generous support.