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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-04
BRIEF STATE NEWS

Is. +. Gibson OF Norwich has gone
to Oakdale, CAL, to spend the winter
A night school is being held at Will
ton for the coal miners.
Golden weddings about the state are
The Foxholm Catholic church viii
hold fair Nov. 10 to 20.
Several of the creameries of the
state have shut down because of q
lack of milk and cream.
Finley farmers will be taken or q
dairy junket thru Minnesota and Wis.
consin.
John brady, the brady merchant
secured 600 bushels of fine potatoes
from patch of less than two acres.
Threshing has been completed at
Glenburn and most of the machines
have been pulled in.
Fred Lilly, Harvey's chief of police,
was robbed of $40 when his home was
burglarized.
w. Pinkerton was arrested at Velva
with six gallons of booze in his posses
sion and was taken to Towner.
The Ryder street fair, which was
postponed on account of bad weather,
has been called off for this year.
Several Mott young women who
drank too much hard cider, were
thrown in Jail.
William Leroy Harlan was arrest
ed at Glenburn. He is wanted at Al
lerton, a., but for what he says he
can't imagine.
The Dayton & Carroll elevator at
Glenburn gave Dick Barrett q check
for 1O,154.7O for grain sold, and this
doesn't represent his entire crop
either.
A hundred crippled soldiers have
been returned to Canada from the
battle line in France and practically
all of them will be dependent for life.
The report that Jim Hill had offered
$4,000 to the person getting No. in
the Berthold drawing, has been pub
lished by some of the state papers,
but there's nothing to it.
Rev. Markley, the Granville NJ. E.
minister, who has won fame as q song
writer, has finished another produc-
ton, "When I See My Savior's Face"
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. French Of Kim
ball, MIMI, who has been visiting rel
atives and friends at Coulee and Don
nybrook, returned to their home
Thursday.
A. Walton has completed the new
school building in Iowa school district,
to the satisfaction of all concerned.
School was opened Monday. .
Mrs. H. E. Johnson, wife Of Editor
johnson Of the Donnybrook Courier,
accompanied by her mother, Mrs. s.
C. Watts, were in the city shopping
Thursday. III
A Turtle Lake farmer driving an
auto was held up at the -point-of q
gun and compelled to- haul three
strangers to Underwood; without pay.
County Comnnissi oEnteears r: e. Peter
son, Of Sargent county, managed ITO
cut of one Of his thumbs at the first
joint while monkeying with the self
starting apparatus Of his automobile.
81 Germany, is the name Of new
town Just plates, laabo about forty piles
south Of Mandan, On the Missouri riv-
II in Eniinons county.
s =" a. stfanngsear5 seanteerned the 500 depot
at Darlington recently and wired the
governor Of, Utah that Joseph Hill
strom, the man who is to be hanged in
that state for the murder Of j. G.
Morrison, a grocer, and his. son, was
innocent, and that he, VIM. Brown,
the sender 81 the message, Twas fthea
guilty party. The fellow who semitic
wire is probably q crank. qsnI fpIse
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1915-11-04
Definition Of \ Drop.

In the new British pharmac opoeia a
drop" is defined as coming from 4
tube Of which the external diameter is
exactly three millimeters. twenty such
drops Of water at Is degrees G. being
equivalent to one milliliter or cubic
centimeter.
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FOR SALE-1mproved farm, N. w.
Ia and lots 5, 6 and z, Sec. 7-153-
70. House, barn, pasture, 80 acres
under pillow, total 249 acres, only
2 IL miles from Orrin, N. D., at
$12 per acre. At least $500 cash
down, balance to suit. Address Geo.
E. Youmans, Box 100, Saskatoon,
Sask., Canada. 11-4-1-1
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That. Different.

II know her father does not like me-.
He wants me to go to work in his fac
tory"
well, why don't you prove your
worth by going? Then there will be
wedding bells and happy ending"
81 don't know about that! It's q
dynamite factory."-Louisvil1e Courier
journal.
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Nicely Favored.

Newlywed lat dinner) This lettuce
is something fierce! Did you wash 1T
Mrs. Newlywed OF course did! And
I used perfumed soap too!-Judge.
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TAKEN UP-At my home 5 70 miles
northeast Of Minot, one Hereford
COW with white stripe over back, six
years old, weight about 1900 lbs.
Owner prove property and pay
charges. Amos Brehmer, Minot, r.
D. I. 11-4-t3
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FOR QUICK SALE.

TON QUlVh SAIE.
Model 16F, twin, three speed, eleven
horse power, Harley Davidson motor
cycle. This machine is one of the new
models for 1916. Price $4,000. Ad-
dress Box $50, Williston, N. OAK, or
phone 1876, Williston, N. Oak. 11-4-tS+
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of gauntlet gloves at
residence of E. w. Stubbins. Own
er inquire at First State Bank, Nor
witch, N. D.
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FOR SALE-1-4 section, 2 miles
southeast of Des Laos. Good house,
good water, rural route. Adjoining
quarter can be bought or leased.
Inquire of Joseph Pirkl Burlington,
r. r. No. /. 11-4-t4*
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FOR INSURANCE on Farm and Cit,
Property see w. r. Lemmonier.
l-16-tf
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WANT ADS.
For Rent, For Sale. Lost.
Found. Taken up

FOR SALE-Fine residence lot on
north side, cheap. P. o. Box 543,
Minot, N. D. 8-19h
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FOR SALE-A buggy and harness,
cheap if taken at once. Box 191,
Burlington, N. D. 11-4-t3cg
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Commits Suicide.

ta,a =, Commits Suicide. N.Y.
James Hill, 'ex-legislator from Cass
county, aged SO years, committed sui
eide at his hoinesa Erie, N. D., by
drowning himseH ina cistern.
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Grand Duke Nikolas

AT the feast of the Preobrazhensk
Regiment in st. Petersburg, shortly
after the Russian Japanese War. Sir
Ian Hamilton was watching the great
world arrive, one after another. He
himself was present as a distinguished
British General. Both individually and
collectively the Russian Guards of.
hcers are fine lot. But he suddenly
calculated, "By Jove, who's thatq;'
lie pointed to a towering figure, at
least six feet four in height, with close
cropped black hair shot through with
gray; short, pointed Vandyke beard;
Keen eyes; extraordinary length of
limb, but lean and graceful, with ex.
eeptional ease and power of movement
"a magnificent figure of man. 1t
was the Grand Duke Nikolas Nikolaie.
witch.
The Grand Duke, now commander-in.
chief of the armies of Russia, was horn
the year after the Crimean War and
was 90 last October. But he still radi.
ates an impression of easy power and
strength. His grandfather was the son
of that Gar Nikolas |, whose physique
was famous in Europe. When a mob
gathered in the Sadovaya. in those ear.
iy days, story is still current of how
the great Car drove to the scene. got
out of his carriage, and strobe out
alone. gigantic and threatening, and
with a single mighty roar produced a
stunned silence through which he lee.
tured the huddled crowd like stern
but just father and sent them awav.
tanned His great-grandson inherits
much of his physical power. Although
the military career of the Grand Duke
Nikolas has attracted little attention
outside of Russia, largely because he
has concentrated whole -heartedly on
each phase as he met it, his present SUI
preme command is nevertheless the log
zeal result of consistent rise through
all ranks, not because, but almost in
spite of, his imperial blood. Basil
Miles, in the January /" Worlds Work. y
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SPEECH AND THE CHIN
Maybe at One Time the Tongue Proved
Mightier Than the Teeth

In man the cnin seems to project
more and more as he progresses toward
his modern civilized condition. This
must imply that Immediately the huge
lower CANNES degenerated the part
took on some other function of vital
Importance to the race and that the
need has increased with his intellectual
and social advancement.
My theory, then, is that the chin is
essentially part of the mechanism of
articulate speech
1t is tempting to theorize little fur
ther and to suggest that the human
chin perhaps bears testimony to pre-
historic change from carnal weapons to
offers which, if not exactly spiritual,
were such as appealed to the part of
us where spiritual forces work, for APP
parently long ago before the pen proved
mightier than the sword the tongue
proved mightier than the teeth.
If one could only prove this one
might show that even before the glacial
epoch parliamentary institutions (using
the term in its widest sense) began to
take the place Of lethal weapons in
settling disagreements and that the sub
stitution of arbitration for. war is not
merely doctrine of latter day moral
lists, but is part of the ordered march
Of cosmic progress as inevitable as the
other evolutionary changes which have
brought us up from among the brutes.
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HOUSEHOLD
TALKS
Henrietta D. Grauel
Foot Pads for Housekeepers

Tired, aching feet are responsible
f-r many irritating actions aud sharp
words. The pity of this is that it might
all be avoided with n little thought
but the housewife gives little attention
10 her house shoes or to her floors ex-
cept to see that both are neat looking
Rubber heels should be put on all
shoes and foot pads should be placed
before. the ironing board. the stove and
work tables, or wherever you stand. If
You have an aching back or head these
simple things will give quick relief
An old comfort or quilt makes a
splendid pad. 1t should be about two
feet square and an inch and half
thick, Tack firmly and cover with bur
laps. This not only prevents one tiring
from standing but keeps the feet warm.
Serubbing, happily. has gone out of
fashion. but there are times when one
must work on bended knees and then 4
pad like the one described above is a
convenience. The knee pad may be
thicked and not so large as the foot pad
and its under side should be covered
with oil cloth.
There is another pad that one can
make at home for use when polishing
hard wood floors or waxed articles. II
is made from block of wood about the
size of Il brick, followed out so it can
be graSped at the top. 4 scrub brush
worn smooth does nicely. Cover with
many thicknesses of cloth and lastly a
thick piece of leather outside. Keep
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this dry and use only FOR polishing.
The laundry pad Is useful too. 1t is
made with square block of wood GOV.
cred with old, white cotton or linen
plentfully sprinkled with shaved par
atine between its folds. Used for
smoothing irons.
Last but far from least important is
the silver polishing pad. This protects
the hands and insures a better polish
than can be had without it, Use an
old mitten or canvas glove for the
pocket and cover the inner side with a
thickness of lambs wool or several
thieknesses of soft flannel.
DAILY MENU
Breakfast
Stewed Fruit with Cream
Zweihaek
Fried Sweet Potatoes
Thin Slices of Ham with Poaehed Eggs
Wheat Cakes Coffee
Luncheon
Hash with Peppers
Hominy
Hot Short Cakes with Preserves
Lemon Meringue
Tea
Dinner
Indian Curry Veal
Roast Stuffed Veal
Baked Onions Tomato Relish
Macaroni Potatoes
Creamed Chicken Salad
Canned Plums White Cake
After Dinner coffee
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HINDU EGG DANCE
Curious and Difficult Feat Performed
by Girl Jugglers

OF the many wonderful feats per-
formed by Hindu jugglers one of the
most remarkable is the egg dance.
Usually it is executed by girl fan
tastically dressed, She makes use of a
willow wheel. around which at equal
distances are threads, and at the end
of each thread there is moose held
open by bead.
This wheel the girl places on her
head, while she carries a basket of
eggs on her arm. When the music
strikes up she begins TO dance. and the
wheel begins 10 spin around. She then
takes an egg from the basket, places
1t in one of the thread nooses and
throws it from her with sufficient force
TO draw the knot tight. The spinning
of the wheel keeps the thread stretched
with the egg at the end of it.
She then takes another egg from the
basket, places it in another moose and
repeats this until there is an egg in
every moose. Her fantastic costume.
her perfect motion and all the eggs
swinging ON stretched threads at once
present curious sight
1t requires much art to execute the
dance, for one false step woull cause
the eggs to be dashed together and the
dancer 10 be disgraced.
After dancing for some time with all
the eggs swinging round her head she
takes them out of the moose one by
one, all the time keeping the wheel bal
anced and in motion, and again places
them in the basket on her arm.
After the performance the spectators
are allowed to examine the eggs to see
that they are real.-Loudon Ideas.
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and father will not let me,"-petu.
lantly.
The music started up and I heard
no more. Occasionally the girl glanced
at me and smiled in friendly fashion.
She was evidently an artists model; /;
and when they have hair and color
like this girls. the pay is good. |
found myself wondering why she was
bored and why Carmen had so sud
denly lost it's charms.
II was seven o'clock when pushed
aside my plate and paid my check. I
calculated that by hustling could
reach Blankshire either at ten or ten
thirty. That would be early enough
for my needs. And now to rout out a
costume. All l needed was q gray
mask. had in my apartments a
Capuchin's robe and cowl. rose,
lighting cigarette.
The girl looked up from her coffee.
Back to the dime museum ?"-ban-
teringiy.
Il have q few minutes to spare. .
said l.
BY the way. I forgot to ask you
what card you drew"
1T was the ten of hearts
The ten of hearts," Her amaze
ment was not understandable
Yes, the ten OF hearts; Cupid and
all that"
She recovered her composurs
quickly
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was none of my business. Doubtless
he knew what he was doing. I
caughed suggestively, and Friand
came slipping in my direction again.
This is what want. How much ?"
inquired. a.
Fifty cents; 1t has never been
worn
drew out my wallet ] had ar.
rived In town too late to go to the
bank, and l was carrying an uncom.
fortably large sum in god-bills. A.
I opened the wallet TO extract a small
bill, saw the stranger eying me
quietly. We'll. well, the ddllest being
brightens at the sight of money and
its representatives. drew out a
small bill and handed 1t to the pro.
prietor He took it, together with
the mask and sidled over to the cash
register The bell gave forth a muf-
fled sound, not unlike that Of fire.
bell in snowstorm. AS he was
in the act of wrapping up my pur-
chase, | observed the silent custom
er's approach. When he reached my
side, he stopped and picked up some
thing from the floor With a bow,
he presented it TO me.
Il saw it drop from your pocket"
he said; and then when he saw what
IL was, his jaw fell. and he sent me
a hot, penetrating glance
The ten of hearts!" he exclaimed.
in amazement.
l laughed easily.
THE ten of hearts," he repeated.
Yes; four hearts on one side and
four on the other, and two in the
middle, which make ten in ALL
raillery in my tones What the deuce
was the matter with everybody to-
night? Marvellous card. isn't it,"
Very strange!" he murmured. pull
ing at his lips
And in what way is 1t stranger" I
asked, rather curious to learn the
cause OF his agitation
There are several reasons, brief
ly.
"Ah!"
II have seen q mans hand pinned
to that card; therefore 1t is grew
some"
Some card sharper7''
He nodded Then again, lost .
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GIRL PRINTER WINS SO. 900
Alleges She Contracted Lead Poison
ing at Type Cases

Chicago, Jan. 2.-Miss Mary Sheets,
printer, who alleged she contracted
lead poisoning at the type eases, yes
terday was awarded verdict of $40
600 in her suit against the Interna.
tional Harvester Company. The case
is said to be the first in which lead
poisoning in printing shops has been
proven.
Miss Sheets testified that after two
years as a type distributor in the Har.
vester Company's printing plant she be,
came i'll of lead poisoning The evidence
showed she is now partial paralytic.
More than 80 printers testified, a large
number of them saying they never
heard of lead poisoning resulting from
work in printing plant.
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CHAPTER IL.

Witt ! A-h
After half an hours wandering
about | stumbled across a curio-shop
a weird, dim and dusty. musty ole
curio-shop, with stuffed peacocks
hanging from the ceiling. and skulls
and bronzes and marbles. paintings
tarnished jewelry and ancient armor
rare books of vellum. small arms. tap
estry, pastimes, plaster masks, and
musical instruments. | recalled tc
mind the shop of the dealer in an
uquities in Balzac's La Peau de Cha
grin, and glanced about mot without
shiyerl for the fatal ass's skin. q
forgot that l was wearing it myself
that nishto | was something of a
collector of antiquities, of the mani
mate kind, and for time I became
lost In neutrality-suspicious. ra.h
er agreeable of Its kind. | liked 10
conjure up in fancy the various
scenes through which these curiosi
ties had drifted in their descent to
this demi-pawnshop: the brave men
and beautiful women, the clangor OF
tocsins, the haze of battles, the glitter
of ball rooms, epochs and ages. What
romances lay behind yon satin slip.
per: What grande dame had smiled
behind that livery fan? What meant
tnat tarnished silver mask
The old French proprietor was eyi-
IDENTITY all things from a pawn broker
10 an art collector; for most of the
jewelry was in excellent order aud
the pictures possessed value far be-
yond the iinstrinsic. He was wait.
ing upon "a customer, and the dingy
light that shone down on his bald
. head made it look for all the world
like ar ill-used billiard bail. He was
exhibiting revolvers.
From the shining metal OF the
small arms. my glance travelled to
the face OF the prospective buyer Ii
was an interesting face. clean-cut,
beardless energetic, but the mouth
impressed me as being rather hard.
Doubtless he felt the magnetism of
my scrutiny, for he suddenly looked
around, The expression on his face
was not one to induce me to throw
my arms around his neck and de-
clare should be glad to make his
acquaintance. 1t was a scowl. He
was in evening dress. and | could
see that he knew very we'll how to
wear 1t, All this was but momentary.
He took up revolver and balanced it
on his palm.
BY and by the proprietor came sid
ling along behind the cases, the slip
shod fashion of his approach inform
ing me that he wore slippers.
DO you keep cosrumes?" asked.
Anything you like, sir. from a
crusader to modern gentleman
with grim and appropriate irony.
What is 1t you are in search of
a masquerade costume?'
Only a gray mask" answered
Il am to 60 to masked ball tonight
as Gray Capuchin, and I want a
mask that will match my robe"
Your wants are simple"
From a shelf he brought down q
box, took OF the cover, and left me
TO make my selection. Soon I found
what desired, and laid 1t aside. wait
ing for M. Friard to return. Again
observed the other customer.
There Is always a mystery to be
solved and a story to be told, when
man makes the purchase of =
pistol In q pawnshop. A man who
buys pistol for the sake of pro-
lection does SO In the light of day,
and in the proper place, gun-shop.
He does not haunt the pawnbrokers
In the dusk OF evea:eg. Well. It
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Man in Mine Rescued
Wilkes-Barre. Jan. 2-Los,

WIIhts7barre, W Jan. 2.-LOst in No
shaft of the Delaware Laekawanna
and Western mine at Edwardsville since
Monday of this week, Adolph Russnock
aged - years, was found yesterday, al.
most dead from hunger. He had travel.
ed about the old and abandoned work.
ing and walked many miles in efforts to
get TO the foot of the shaft. He had
water for two days, but no food. and
when searchers found him he had fallen
from exhaustion.
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Then the comedy came to an end by
the appearance of our separate orders.
| threw aside the cards and proceeded
20 attack my dinner. for was hungry.
From time to time | caught vague
fragments Of conversation between
the girl and her uncle.
Its fool idea" mumbled the old
gentleman: you will get into some
trouble or other"
That doesn't matter. 1t will be
like vacation.--a fash OF old Rome,
where | wish I were at this very mo-
ment. | am determined"
This is what comes OF reading ro-
mantle novels, with kind of grum,
BILE.
Il admit there never was particle
OF romance on your side of the fam.
..y,' the girl retorted
Happily. There is peace in the
house where live"
DO not argue with me-"
Il am not arguing with you; l
should be only wasting my time. l
am simply warning you that you are
ABOUT TO commit a folly"
I have made up my mind"
All. In that case | have hopes"
he returned When a woman makes
up her mind to do one thing. she gen
orally does another Why can't you
put aside this fool idea and go to the
opera with me?"
I have seen Carmen In Paris,
Rome. London and New York" she
replied
Evidently Travelled young per
SON. ~
Carmen is your favorite opera, be-
Sides
Not to-nisht,"-whimsicaily.
Go, then; but please recollect that
II anything serious comes of your
folly, | did my best to prevent it. It's
scatter'brained idea, and no good
Will come OF ii, mark me"
Il can take care of myselt,"-trucu
lently.
so l have often been forced to OBJ
serve, ,'-dryly.
ii wondered what it was all about)
But, uncle dear, | am becoming so
dreadfully bored"
That sounds fnal,' sighed the old
man. helping himself to the haricots
yerts. THE girl ate positively nothing
But 1t seems odd that you can't 90
about your affairs after my own rea-
sonable manner"
Il am only twenty"
The old mans shoulders rose and
fell reslgnedly.
No man has an answer for that"
i promise to tell you everything
that happens; by telegraph"
That's small comfort Imagine re-
ceiving telegram early in the morn
Ing, when mans brain is without in
vention OF coherency OF thought! l
would that you were back home with
your father l might sleep o nights.
then"
Il have so little amusement"
You work three hours a day and
earn more in a week than your father
and l do in month. Yours is very
unhappy lot
Il hate the smell of paints; l hate
the studio
And l suppose you hate your
fame?H aeridly.
Bah! that is my card to living.
The people l meet bore me-"
Not satisfied with common folks.
eh? Must have kings and queens to
talk to?'
Il only want to live abroad. and you
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$243O,OOO FOR WELLESLEY
Rockefeller Foundation Biggest Donor
In Fourteen Months Fund

Boston, Jan. 2.-The sum of $3.50
600 was obtained for Wellesley College
in the past IA months, according to a
statement given out by Treasurer Lew
is X. Morse, after meeting of the
trustees yesterday.
OF this amount $430,00O, including
a conditional pledge of 5000, 600 from
the General Educational Board, was
raised before the fire of March 7 when
College Hall was burned, The remain.
ing S2,OOO,OOO includes 4 pledge from
the Rockefeller Foundation of $780,
600.