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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-17
L. e. LESTER
Funeral Director and licens-
ed Embaimer
In charge of Schnlitt & OIL
sons Undertaking Dept.
Day and Night Calls Answer
ed Promptly
Lady Assistant
Day call N. w. 1851 Night N.
w. 206W and 410J Rreck
278C


Henry Walker, wife san and
daughter of Min.f were cues! $
al the Swank home for few
days. They came through III
their auto. big six cylinder
Franklin. They drove from
Min"t - Fargo. distance of
321 miles in oac day and encouni
erred some hai roads "n"u,l'r.
They lift hero last Monday mora
ing for ST. Cloud. Alnka and the.
Twin Cities before returning tp
their HON" in Minot. Mr.. Walk.
ri! vii! be remember by most of
tn" Nahprtn'iitn>. as he was Il
resident Of he city for many
wears and during his residence
here was Il in"lu!,"r of thu city
rou9ri! and of h" Board of F.hurl
ion.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-17

Martin Scramstad of MynG-
mere was teansacting business
In Wahpeton, Monday.
Order your Watches and Jew
elry from Albert Schrieber, he
can save you money.
III you want fire, tornado or
windstorm insurance, phone or
sec Wolfe Il SCHNEIDER.
Mr.. McGonn proprietor of the
big store in Paramount was tram
sacting business at the county
seat Monday.
Miss Monirn Gerding of Fargo
is. the special nurse for Mrs. JoA
O.Brien. Mrs. O'Brien is not
improving as fast as her friends
would like.
20 per cent Discount on made
to order Trousers at Optics. We
have 100 pieces Of WooIsens,
each just enough for a pair Of
Trousers. We will make them
up at Discount Of 20 per cent.
This Is certainly a good buy. Ct
Senator Purcell and wife
spent a part of last week i'm
Morris, Mimi. The Senator was
attending to court matters. The
trip was made by auto.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lundquist of the
Variety store are transacting
business and seeing sights in the
twin cities this week. They were
accompanied by two of Mrs.
LundIuist's sisters from Argyle.
Mrn.
Mrs. Henderson of White Rock,
was visiting al the home of her
brother, Silo Miner a part of last
week. Miss Anna Bennett ac-
companied Mrs. Henderson home
aud will stay in tn" South Dakota
city for a couple of weeks.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1916-08-17
J. w. WoRNER
UNDERTAKING
Licensed EmbaImer

Always at your Service
Best parlOrs in the North
west with Chapel
wAHPET0N, N. D.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
OPPORTUNITY TO GET EVEN
Farmer Had II in His Heart to Do
Unto Others as II Had Been
Done Unto Him.

Here is a good motor story: A
farmer strolled into a motor sales
house.
What's that WORTH" he asked,
pointing to a small car.
Five hundred dollars" was the
reply.
And that?" pointing to a better
car.
Seven hundred and fifty dollars"
And that there one?" pointing to
seven-passenger with a jerk of his
thumb.
THAT one is a fine car and is
worth twelve hundred dollars
III take it," said the farmer.
THE car is cash, you know" said
the salesman.
Yes, l got the money" said the
farmer, as he pulled roll of bills out
of his pocket, peeled off twelve one
hundred-dollar bills, and paid for the
car. Now, you'll show me how to
drive the critter?"
Sure" said the salesman, that's
a part of the sale"
So they started out, and after going
three miles overlook a man in a
wagon with a mule team. The sales
man footed and honked, and footed,
but the nan with the mules refused
to heed. Finally the farmer said:
"Ttis is my car, amt it?"
1T is," said the salesman.
And paid for it?'
You did"
Then said the farmer you run
| right over that sunnavagun that's
/ the way automobile drivers always
/ done with me!"-Toronto (Kan.) Re-
publican.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05

His first forgery, done at the insti-
CATION of a superior, was not intend
ed to bring him any benefit, and it
did not AS the tool of another's Grim
inality he was trapped. Instead of
facing the consequences he fed, His
guilt was on his heels and he was
compelled repeatedly to jump from
city to city. A forged check each
time supplied him with the means.
In graphic fashion the sequence of
results was laid bare by the prisoner,
relieved when he was at last over
taken. What happened to him hap
pens in some form to everyone who
takes liberties with his own con-
science. The smallest deceit is cost
ly expedient, because it must be fol-
lowed up with a succession of lies in
many instances. The man who de-
parts from his own code finds that he
is being pushed on in a course Of
wrongdoing in spite of himself Part
ly through habit, partly through the
law of cause and effect, one slip ne
cessitates another and another until
disaster is complete.
The momentum of deyiltry is diff
cult force to combat.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
How Prussia Was Reforested

There was no need of celebrating
Arbor day in Prussia in the days when
Friedrich Wilhelm was king, for that
monarch had a plan all his own by
which he replenished the forests and
kept the country we'll supplied with
fruit trees.
According to Das Buch fur ALE, the
king. having observed that there was
a great dearth of fruit and oak trees in
Prussia, and not being willing to un'
dertake the tremendous expense Of re-
foresting the country himself, issued
an order to all clergymen that, after
June 81, 1920, they should refuse to
perform any marriage ceremony un'
less the groom could produce evidence
that he had just planted six fruit trees
and an equal number Of oaks. II II
was in winter, or In the middle OF
dry summer. when plants would not
grow, the groom had to produce and lay
aside a sum OF money sufficient 70
cover the cost Of the trees, ard prom
Use TO plant the required number when
fall or spring came.
The edict worked wonders. The
next generation in Prussia had no lack
of fruit and oak trees.-Youth's Com
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
PUT HEALTH IN FIRST PLACE
Present Generation of Youth in Many
Ways an Improvement over
Those cf the Past.

Our young people in their habits
and tastes cherish and crave and ad'
mire health with a devotion unpar-
alleled since the days Of the Greeks,
writes Francis Greenwood Peabody in
the Atlantic Monthly. The call OF the
fields and of the wild, the inoculation
of early childhood with the fever of
athletes, and the enormous distinc'
ton obtained by strength, agility and
pluck-even the unprecedented can.
dor of literature and conversation
concerning sex, parenthood, eugenics
and feminism-all these signs of the
time, though they may involve new
risks, unquestionably free young peo-
pie in large degree from the intro
spection, sentimentalisn, morbid con-
scientiousness, prudishness and pruri.
ence, which have afflicted earlier gen
erations. Fearless, self-contidence,
even audacity, issue from this health
mess. Nothing is too personal to be
mentioned; nothing too startling to
be welcomed; nothing too sacred to
be criticized. The most repelling OF
traits is sickness, either of body or
OF mind. Strong doctrine. naked truth
undisgulsed convictions, are marks
OF the cult of healthiness, and the re-
sultant type Of youth is one which can
not be observed without admiration
as one watches an athlete stripped
for his game and rejoicing In his
| strength.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
COLLAR BUTTON SAVED LIFE
Either Carpenter Had Remarkable
Experience or He Had More Than
Shade on Ananas.

The ancient Carpenter held a small
object between the thumb and first
finger OF his left hand and pointed at
it impressively with the index finger
Of his right hand
For this little article" he ex.
claimed, Il wouldn't take a farm"
AS the ancient Carpenter is the &C.
knowledged verisimilitude champion Of
the Curbstone club, the other mem.
bers gathered about him to hear his
latest effort.
Looks to me like a collar button"
the fat plumber observed.
And so it is"
What is so valuable about it?"
TT saved my life once"
How"
Great North woods"
Were you ever lost in the Great
North woods?"
81 should say | was; for over two
weeks, and without thing TO eat in
my knapsack"
HOW ulu you manage 10 SuDSlSt!
That's where this trinket comes
in"
Indeed"
The ancient Carpenter gazei atfec-
tionately on the little object in his
band as he replied, amidst breathless
silence:
Yes, the little bit Of bone saved
my life. For two long weeks I didn't
have a thing to eat but collar-button
soup"
The club members, as in one voice
fervently exclaimed:
Poor old Ananias!"-Youngstown
Telegram.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
PLAYING CARDS LONG IN USE
Their Origin Lost in obscurity--Have
Been Put to a Great Variety
Of Uses.

The origin OF playing cards is lost
In obscurity. They are generally as
signed to the Orient, but they are
now almost universal in currency and
popularity. The backs Of old English
cards were generally plain, and thus
it was that when paper was scarce or
expensive, old cards were too useful
to be destroyed They were, on the
contrary used for various purposes.
Thus they are often found in the
bindings of old books, where they
were preserved. The old cards were
also sometimes cut up for paper dolls
They were also used as cards of in
vitation and as visiting cards. Thack-
cray refers to this in Henry
Esmond."
The earliest examples of wood cuts
were intended for playing cards They
antedate the famous St Christopher
wood cut that is sometimes credited
with being the earliest.
In the olden days playing cards, in
stead of knitting. were used by spec
tators in playhouses as an amusement
while waiting for the performance to
begin.
Such widely differing materials as
silver. leather, paper, wood, parch'
ment, cardboard, deerskin and even
buffalo hide have all been used in
making playing cards
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
FINALLY GOT HIS HEADGEAR
But Old Gentleman Had to Call on
mature" to Prove His Right
to Property.

The cloakroom man at large res
taurant fell suddenly i'll and a sub
stitute took his place. The new man
was told not to give out any coats or
hats without proper Identification
and so. when an old gentleman de.
manded his hat and explained that
he had lost his check, there was a
great to-do on the part of the substi'
tute.
But that's my hat; the shabby,
brown one" said the old gentleman.
ITS got my initials in it-F. X. G."
The substitute looked inside the hat
and, sure enough, the initials were
there.
"Humph!" he said, suspiciously,
you might have seen these initials
somehow"
But here they are on my shirt
too" said the old gentleman, unbut
toning his waistcoat. See? F. X. G. "
you might have stolen the shirt
said the substitute.
Good heavens!" shouted the old
gentleman, and he tore open his shirt
and undervest Maybe this will sat
isfy you! Hey?" And he pointed tc
the letters F. X G., tattooed on his
breast in blue.
The sub-titute stared at the tat
tooing closely; then at last he hand
ed over the hat. AS he did SO ht
said, reluctantly:
Well, since Nature wrote those
initials on your skin, | guess the!
must be yours, for a fact"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
Widows Lucky Find.

Ever put your hand in the pocket Of
a castoff garment you are about to give
the ragman and pull out 500 bill
that's been hiding from you? Those
who have know the Joy it brings.
But what must have been the feelings
of the Jersey woman who, while going
through her late husbands effects,
found a bank book showing that he
had deposited $73 in a bank in 1854
and had left 1t there undisturbed? She
may now collect from that institution
s1.620-a neat sum for a rainy spell
CT weather. Some women under the
same circumstances could almost for
give their husbands for shutting off.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
HOME MEMORIES MEAN MUCH
Duty Of Parents to Give Children
Something Which They May Re.
call With Pleasure.

Happy home memories to look back
upon is a gift which every mother
should plan as definitely to give to her
child as she plans definitely to give
him an education, sound health and
good judgment.
First of all, then, it seems to me
we owe our children memories of
beautiful home; home of simple COM
mon sense; a well-ordered home. This
would seem to me a childs very first
right.
And next, it seems to me, he has the
right to memories of beauty in the
home. Children are far more suscep-
tible to beauty than many of us real
ize, and certainly the effect of beauty
on the child's life can hardly be over
estimated.
Further. home to be a delightful
memory must have the beauty OF So
ciability. 1t must be a place where
people come to share its benefits, and
its ideals. That home can hardly be
called a home which does not open
its doors often.
Besides being a healthful place, a
beautiful place, a sociable home, II
1t is to afford us enriching memo
ries, must be an intimate and sympa'
thetic place, possessing that finer in
innate sociability which grows up be-
tween the true home and its inmates
In all right living and thinking we
are partakers OF kind of immortality
for death does not touch these things
Laura Spencer Porter in Mother
Magazine.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05

BARRIERS are good. The other day was
shaving a man who told me that man
on the fourth chair was the best bar
ber he'd ever struck. But also have
heard men say, like you, that he was
bum workman. It's the same about all
the men in this shop. l suppose we
lose a lot of trade because men go too
much on their first impressions of bar
bers. But what can do? Shall | fire
that barber who he says nearly
scraped his face off? OF course not
That's the sort I'm up against all the
time: It's because no two faces are
alike"
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
The Head Of the Firm.
AS he appears to

AS he appears TO
The Office Boy-A large fat being
whose grumble is worse than Jove's
thunder and whose commendatory nod
is worth almost any amount Of per-
sonal inconvenience.
Head Bookkeeper-A good man,
with no head for figures, who has ar
rived at his present exalted position
by a combination Of luck and pull.
The Stenographer-A pleasant old
party with singular weaknesses and a
strange capacity-rarely exercised,
however-to make one cry.
His Wife-A baby.-Life.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
No Two Faces Alike.

The boss barber, who worked at the
first chair in Broadway shop in the
intervals when he wasn't punching the
cash register. stepped over to an old
customer who had just entered and
said in a low tone: Your regular bar
ber is sick today. Try that man on the
fourth chair. He's a good shaver" "
He is not" said the customer. I've
tried him. Guess I'll let 'em grow un.
til tomorrow" ITO tell the truth, "
said the boss, 81 can't tell which OF ny
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05

While other symphony orchestras
in this country have made change
after change of concert master in the
past few years. attempting to secure
the right kind OF a man, the Mime
apolis symphony Orchestra which is
to appear at the Auditorium Saturday,
Feb. u, under the local management
of Mrs Frances Henry Hill, has been
fortunate in having an artist to fill
this difficult position whose equal is
not to be found in America today.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
Excelsior Springs Route

Electric trains leave Sth and Ed.
mond half after every hour from $50
a. m. to 7:3C p. m, then $3.50 and
11;15 p. m. for Willow Brook, Dear.
born, Camden Point, Liberty, Excel.
sior Springs and Kansas City.
Limited at 1880 and 1890 a. M, 1870
and 4:30 p. m. Call Main 81 for
further information.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
CRIMINAL ALWAYS IN CHAINS
First Act Of Deceit Invariably Must Be
Followed Up by a Succession
Of Lies.

A strange Characteristic of crook
edness was brought out by the young
man who confessed to a long string
OF forgeries, committed in various cit
les. His logical story gave a strik-
ing explanation for the wrong doing
which brought him to disgrace at the
prime Of life.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05

tion for Mr.. Oberhoffer as a conductor
and his pride in the achievements of
the Minneapolis orchestra. Mr.. Ger
wonky's popularity with Minneapolis
concert-goers is further attested by
the number of his appearances with
the orchestra during the home season
he has played a variety of compost
tions seldom found in the repertoire
of any but the great solo violinists
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05

cert work alone. He has played to
date the following works, though this
is only part of his extensive rep
ertoire: Concertos by Beethoven,
Brahms, Bruch Concerto in G minor
and the scotch Fantasy"D, DAM
brosio. Lalo, Lochim, Spohr and
smaller work such as the "Fantasie
Appassionata," by Vieuztemps, Rondo,
Cappriccioso, Saint Saens, "Zigeuner-
weisen," by Sarasate, etc, etc. In ad.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
ROCKY MOUNTAIN MINERAL BATHS

Not patent medicine. but Natures
Curative. found In the Rocky Noun
tains. Put up in various forms for
Consumption, Rheumatism. Piles, Ca
tarrh, Kidney. Liver. Female. Stom-
ach and Blood trouble. Works through
the blood Guaranteed results. Sui
phur, Mineral, Tub. Steam. Electric
Baths, Messages. Gentleman and lady
attendant. Rocky Mountain Mineral
Bath House, Ninth and Felix. Phone
Main 5539. II
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
Man Unfit TO Trust.

Beware of him who fiatters you. and
commends you to your face, or to one
who he thinks will tell you OF II;
most probably he has either deceived
and abused you, or means to do So
Remember the fable OF the fox COM
mending the singing OF the crow, who
had something in her mouth which
the fox wanted.-Hale.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05

Richard Czerwonky is this man, the
artist, the violinist, and it speaks vol.
umes for the estimate placed upon
his services by the management of
the orchestra by the fact that at the
end of this, his fifth season, he has
been secured for another FIVE years
1t is also due to Mr.. Czerwonky to
say that he has persistently refused
the most ffattering offers from other
organizations because of his admira.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05
Consolation for EreckIed.

Natures plain and unadulterated
freckles taste better in a kiss than
rouge and baby powder manufacture
ed in a millionaire sweat shop!-
''Zim,' in Cartoons Magazine.
The St. Joseph observer. [volume] (St. Joseph, Mo.) 1906-1932, 1916-02-05

dition to filling the position of concer
master, Mr.. Czerwonky also heads a
string quartet which bears his name
and furnishes an important chapter
in the musical life of Minneapolis. AS
soloist his services are in constant
demand though his duties in the or
chestra preclude his accepting but
very few during the winter season.
Mr.. Czerwonky will appear as soloist
with the orchestra when it visits St.
Joseph next Saturday night.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-19
BOLTS PROGRESSIVE PARTY
Colonel James lngersoll Favors Pro
hibton Rule.

St Paul July 49, This is the
greatest opportunity the Prohibition
party ever has had to make a grand
showing and ! want to be in on it.
SO said Colonel James NJ. Ingersoll
Progressive national committeeman
who arrived at the convention head
quarters with the announcement that
he has bolted the Progressives and
will line up with the Prohibitionists.
THE Progressive party is a thing OF
the past and the Prohibition party is
the coming national political factor.
said Colonel Ingersoll who is a Ciyil
war veteran.
81 was a Progressive, but always
fundamentally a ProhibitiOnist, so the
bolt is easy | stand for a business
administration with dry and a WON.
ans suffrage plank"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-19

Drive is Launched Southeast Of Thiep.
val and if Followed Up Seems Like
~ to Threaten Seriously the Ger.
man Stronghold at Pozieres.
London, July Following up their
successes near Bazentin-Le-Petit and
Longueval. where they have driven
close to the third line of German de.
fense ON the Albert plateau, the Brit
ish now have carried out a new thrust
forward north of Ovillers. making sub
stantial progress along a front of
more than half mile
The British drive was launched near
the left flank OF the line active in the
present offensive southeast of Thiep-
val, and if followed up seems likely
to threaten seriously the strongly held
German position at Pozieres. to the
east.
The Italians are making further ad-
vances, despite vigorous opposition,
according to dispatch from Rome
The expected counter attacks OF the
Germans in efforts to recapture
ground recently won by the allies in
the Somme offensive have materializ-
ed along the front occupied by the
French south OF the Somme
In an attack on the French line be-
tween La Maisonette and Biaches the
Germans succeeded in regaining terri
tory along the canal east Of Miaches.
Their assault ON La Maisonette. it.
self costly operation. was a failure.
says the Paris bulletin
In the Nerdun region there has been
further activity
The French fire broke up a German
raid en- Hill 304, west OF the Meuse,
While grenade fighting on the eastern
bank of the river resulted in advan-
tage TO he French. according to the
Paris report
According to an official message
from Berlin heavy attacks by the Brit
ish against Pozieres on the Somme
front and positions to the east were
repulsed, as were attacks by the
French at Biaches, La Maisonette,
Bar!eaux and Soyecourt
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-07-19
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
IN VOLHYNIA RAPID

Petrograd, July 19-The Germans
have retreated nearly ten miles in Vol.
hynia under the swift advance of Gen.
eral Kaledins left wing. In their
hasty retirement several thousand
more prisoners, a number of heavy
guns and large supplies of war ma
terial have fallen into the hands of
the Russians
The retreat was made necessary
when several Russian regiments broke
through the German front and threat
ened to surround a part of General
Won Linsingen's army.
The Russians have advanced their
lines to the north bank of the River
Lipa and are strengthening their new
positions on the entire front. The
advance widens the Russian salient
extending into the Austro-German
front southeast of Kovel, thus remov-
ing the danger OF crushing enemy at
tacks on both sides of the Russian
wedge.
All along the Eastern front the
czar's armies have suddenly resumed
operations. The army in Southern
Bukowina is again in operation against
the Austrian army The infantry COM
bats are becoming more frequent in
Galicia and both artillery and infantry
activity are reported on General Kuro-
patkin's front in the Dvinsk-Riga re-
eion on the north.
The Russian commanders on the
Austro-German front, however. are
compelled to share public interest with
the Grand Duke Nicholas. whose new
offensive in the Caucasus continues to
make progress