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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
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Some university students ambitious
~ undertook to play Hamlet" for the
benefit of a charity. The man who was
to act the part Of Horatio was extreme
ly timid, and when the night Of the
performance came he was so overcome
by stage fright that he could hardly re-
member the lines he had so carefully
studied. During the scene where Ho-
ratio and Marcelus tell Hamlet Of the
appearance Of the spirit Of his father
and the prince asks, Stayed it long?'
while one with moderate haste might
tell hundred" Horatio managed to
stumble out, but so confusedly that
Marcellus forgot his cue and instead of
rejoining Longer, longer" stood star
ing at Horatio. The prompter, with a
view to helping out Marcellus. began to
whisper from the wings. Longer.
longer Unfortunately Horatio, hay
ing lost all control Of himself, was in
spired with the idea that the man
playing Marcellus was looking at him
because he had made an error and that
the words from the wing were ad-
dressed to him. With a great effort he
Strengthened himself up. cleared his
burning throat and said loudly, while
one with moderate haste might tell
two hundred, then"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
Twain and the Rivermen.

Mark Twain once told to party of
friends the following story on himself:
On one occasion when he started on
a trip down the Mississippi river on a
flatboat he was advised never to an
swer the questions asked by rivermen
on other boats and never to handy
words with them, as he would be sure
always to come out second best. He
followed the advice religiously for a
time, but one day he thought he saw a
chance to get the better of a riverman
who called out:
"Hey. thar, what yer loaded with?"
"Jackasses. Don't you want to come
aboard|' yelled back Twain.
''Thats whit l reckoned seem as
how they let Their biggest donkey hev
Their run of the deckv' came back.
Twain made a dive below as all the
rivermen in the neighborhood set up a
derisive laugh at his expense.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
SENDING A MAN BY MAIL.
Il Is Quite Possible Under British
Parcel Post Rules.


The parcel post has made it's useful
ness felt in many ways, unexpected rs
well as foreseen. But the English par
eel post does one surprising thing that
has not yet been introduced into our
own system.
An Englshman wished to reach a
customer living in a remote part OF
BALKAN, one of the suburbs Of London,
and it was very necessary that he find
him quickly. Knowing nothing of the
district, he called at the general post
office at st. Martins -le-Grand to con-
suit directory. On explaining his
case to a clerk he was amazed to learn
that he could be sent to the address
by parcel post by paying a fee OF
threepence q mile.
The gentleman had never heard Of
such a thing, and 1t is said that very
few persons in England know that it
can be done. He was placed in charge
Of a messenger who was familiar with
all parts of the city and was soon on
his way. The boy carried printed
ton of the parcel in charge under
the heading article Required to Be
Delivered" and before leaving the Gus
toner's house both the customer and
the gentleman had to put their sigma
lures on the paper.
The limit in weight for anything de-
uvered by parcel post in England is
generally understood to be eleven
pounds, but there is one clause that
reads, "a person may be conducted by
express messenger to any address On
payment of the mileage fee" -Youth's
Companion.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE.
Only Two Expeditions Succeeded In
Getting Through 1t.

Most attempts of European countries
to find a comparatively short passage
from the Atlantic to oriental countries
were by way of the northwest passage,
north of America. because, having first
tried the northeast passage, north Of
Europe and Asia, and in every instance
having met with dire failure, they con
centrated attention upon the northwest
passage as probably more feasible.
Practically all the arctic expeditions
from Sir John Ross to Sir John Frank
lin We're fitted out most of all to find
the northwest passage. The passage
was found during the search for the
lost party of Sir John Franklin, but
it was never traversed by ship till
Amundsen took his little boat. the
Gjoa, through it in August, 1905.
The attempts to make the northeast
passage began with the hardy Dutch
sailor Barents in 1895, whose party
was the first to spend the dark winter
night in the arctic Sin most create
cold and extreme miserie.' The only
achievement of the northeast passage
prior to Vilkitskis success in 1914-15
was by Baron a. e. Nordensjold, who
sailed from Tromsoe with his Swedish
expedition in June, 1873 triumphed
over the great obstacle of Cape Chel-
yuskin and was within 12O miles of
Bering strait when winter closed upon
him. He entered Boring strait in July,
1879, thirteen months from the time he
sailed.-Cyrus G. Adams in New York
Times
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
A Hot Weather Price.

Charley Murray, who manages sport
ing events at Buffalo, has positive
gift for expression in kilograms. He
keeps in touch with his friends by wire
with his enemies, too, sometimes.
During midsummer hot spell he Or
ganized a boxing carnival. Being anX-
ious to secure for one Of his ring at
fractions Ted Lewis, the English
fighter, he sent the following message
to Jimmy Johnston, manager Of the
Britisher:
Hope the heat has not affected you.
Will give two-tifty for Lewis next
Tuesday night"
Johnston answered.: Feeling fine.
Want one thousand for Lewis"
To which Murray promptly wired
back:
Il see the heat has affected you."-
Saturday Evening Post.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
When ToIstoy Tried to EIy,

From earliest childhood Tolstoy was
remarkably observant of the things
that were going on in the world around
him. Thus, while still in his teens, we
find him taking an interest in the art
of flying that was too practical to suit
his devoted mother. With characteris-
tic thoroughness he invented a design
Of his own and with equally character
istic courage proceeded to put it to an
immediate test from a second story
window. But the boy who was after
ward to find food for thought for the
whole civilized world was not destined
to make his mark as an infant aero
pianist. He fell instantly to the ground.
and, though by great good fortune no
bones were actually broken, the con
cussion was so great that young Toll
stoy afterward slept for sixteen hours
on end
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
o. The -
Scrap Book
Stuck to the Ethics.

A celebrated specialist once attend
ed young medical student through a
long illness. Though the embryo doc
tor knew that, according to profession
al etiquette, physicians do not accept
fees from each other he felt that since
he was only student and had. taken
so much of the famous doctors valu-
able time he ought to request bill
for services rendered.
When he approached the matter,
however, the gruff old man spoke out
brusquely: Don't you know the Ell
quette? Dog doesn't eat dog"
Eyes, sir, I'm we'll aware Of that, re-
piled the young fellow, but, you see,
I'm not doctor. I'm only medical
student"
"Well, then, if you like it any better,
dog doesn't eat puppy
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
A Well Spent Day.

II you sit down at set of sun
And count the acts that you have done
And, counting, find
One self denying act, one word
That eased the heart Of him who heard
One glance most kind
That fell like sunshine where it went,
Then you may count that day we'll spent
But if through all the livelong day
You've cheered no heart by yea or nay,
If through it all
You've nothing done that you can trace
That brought the sunshine to one face,
No act most small
That helped some soul and nothing cost,
Then count that day as worse than lost
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
a Curious Relic.

A curious relic Of Louis XVII. is the
game Of dominos" made Of pieces Of
the Bastille which We're given to the
dauphin before he and his parents left
Versailles forever. 1t is said that
when the box containing it was
brought in the queen exclaimed to her
bedchamber woman Nine. Campan.
What a sinister plaything to give a
child"' The sinister plaything is, with
other revolutionary objects, preserved
in Paris.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
Suits Some; Death to Others.

Iron may be good for the blood of
some" remarked the worm as the an
gler threaded the hook through him
gently, ''but | fear it will be the death
of me-"
And yet the fish that swallowed the
iron little later was quite carried
away with it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
Some Do II For Nothinu.

What did you say your business
wasp
'I am a critic
you criticise people?'
you might say so. yes"
"And do you mean to tell me you get
paid for that?" Louisville Courier
Journal
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18
Unanimous.

Cricket-How is your new book? Au-
thor-W Why, think it is punk, but my
publisher thinks it is better than my
last one Cricket-Cheer up; maybe
you are both right.-Judge
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-05-18

DO not talk about disgrace from a
thing being known when the disgrace
= that the thing should exist-Fal-
coner.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
A Test That Failed.

The Donaldsonville Chief asks
!. some astute fi4ssSncier to explain why
u IS that the b nks of New Orleans
are are. reducing tgsir interest rates on
savings from ii and 31a per cent,
while the Shreveport, Opelousas and
otner 81 Louisiana banks are increasing
ene rate from 8 to 31a and 4 per
vent. That was explained, while the
question was still being asked. Ger
"a IAN big city banks put up the bluff
uiat owing to financial conditions the
,a'e must be reduced, but certain 9th
81 city banks promptly advertised in
sefest on savings at per cent, show
ng plainly that the financial condi-
w oV's were not absolutely prohibitive
- better rate for the individual
tSsser, fave but We're most likely due to
.n ans world-old condition that "they
thd ani take who have the chance, and
ey VIII keep, who can. st. Fran
sisSlile True Democrat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
NEWS OF THE PHOTOPLAYS
Sessue Hayakawa in "lAlien Souls. -

Sessue Hayakawa in "Alien Souls"
"Alien Souls" a most interesting
Lasky production in which the famous
japanese actor, Sessue Hayakawa, is
featured, comes to the Grand We'd
aesday. The story is not only inter
esting and original, but is exceeding
ly well told and altogether calculated
to awaken both the terest and the
sympathy of the audi pee. AS in the
other great productiof "The Cheat, !"
the settings of Japanese interiors and
eNteFiors are of singular charm and
beauty.
The theme tells of the childish folly
of pretty japanese maiden, who,
though betrothed to one Of her own
race, longs for recognition from white
society. She is altogether guileless
and is easily deceived by the preten-
sions Of an impecunious adventurer
who 4akes love to her and offers to
marry her. Her japanese lover, splen-
didly impersonated by Sessue, vainly
appeals to her loyalty. The little girl
is ilA@tuated and is about to fall into
The snare prepared by the willy ad-
venturer when at the last moment her
poverty is revealed. Her white lover,
who had hoped to recoup himself with
the girls supposed great fortune,
loses all further interest in her. She
feels disgraced beyond all hope and,
acting up to the traditions Of her
country, she seeks to destroy herself.
# you believe in happy endings as
an absolute necessity you will have
no trouble in forgiving the strange
finish of the play.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
, ..son for livery Father in Triangle
Drama.

"what ar you doing for your
w That is the big question many a
fotber will ask himself after he has
asen the new Triangle feature, The
In;~idend," in (which VIM. j. Thomp-
ann p,, and Chas. PhpRay will be seen at the
Gem Theatre tnday.
'st' Frank Steel is good boy. He has
10 inclination to go wrong. he mas
n,,de good record at college, and
a' n",ne home prepared to make his IA
tber,s interests his own, and learn the
@avs % of business. But his father,
Iohn Steele, president of u gigantic
ooornoration, is simply too busy to pay
sv svn attention to Frank. He dis
n,;sses nds the lad with half contemp-
tnons NON, admonition to go and play.
Tr,,nk doesn't like dissipationG and
.fter a whirl or two he returns to
his father, and again appeals to him to
Give him something to do-somethlng
Useful. even though it be at thGivery
bottom of the ladder. Again he is re
fusad and this time, thoroughly dis
beartened, he plunges deep into the
life life Of the nightworid, and sinks into a
morass of evil from which there is no
hand to rescue him.
When his fathers corporation has
Maid its record dividend, the elder
steele receives another dividend-the
linn form of his dying son. And not
even the magnificent mission he has
built in the slums, out of the profits OF
his all-engrossing business, will COM
fort him.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
A SAFE TEST.

For those who are IN need of rem
leetly ffoarlcidney troas les and sbackache,
it is, q good plan to try Doan's Kidney
Pills. They. are strongly recommend
ed by Plaquemine people.
Mrs. L. N. Roberts, Plaquemine,
La, says: II had pains through the
small of my back, and at times my
back seemed broken. | could hardly
stand on account of pains in my kid
neys. The kidney secretions at times
passed too frequently and then again
they were scanty and contained sedi-
ment. My head ached and sharp,
shooting pains ran up my spine and
down my limbs. Doctors gave me no
relief and I began using Doan's Kid
ney Pills. The misery in my bladder
left and my kidneys again acted reg
ularly. | gained in weight and felt
better in every way
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills--the same that
Mrs. Roberts had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
"Reepie Mixes In"

In 'Reggie Mixes In," Triangle
feature starring Douglas Fairbanks
which is to be shown at the Gem to-
morrow, Reggie Morton, a wealthy
Young man, is tired Of the shallow set
in which he moves, although his
6ancee, Dorothy Fleming, is a mem
Der of it.
One day he comes upon little 1tal-
ian girl, lost, and sitting on the curb.
He takes her back to her home In the
slums, and there he finds the red
blooded people he has been looking
for. He makes the acquaintance of
Agnes Shannon, a dancer In cheap
cabraet, and determines to make her
his very own. He is prevented from
proposing to her by his obligation to
Dorothy, but to his great delight, up
ON returning home, he finds Dorothy
in the arms. of another. He breaks
the engagement, and hurrying back TO
Agnes, becomes her STEADY"
Agnes, however, has another ad-
mirer, Tony Bernard, gang leader.
Bernard sends number of henchmen
to beat up Reggie and get him out of
the way, but Reggie whips them one
by one, throwing the man with the
gun through a window at Bernard s
feet. From that time on, Bernard's
determination to get" Reggie is fixed.
Atlast he gets the young fellow in a
corner, and prepares to do his worst.
Reggie proposes that they go into an
empty room adjoining, and there have
it out, the man who survives to get
the girl. Bernard agrees. The re-
sultant battle is one of the most glori-
Gus scraps ever shown upon the
screen.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
"The Apostle of Vengeance"

VIM. S. Hart, noted Triangle star,
will be seen at the Gem next Satur
day in "The Apostle of Vengeance, a
story that is different from anything
IN which he has heretofore appeared.
''rhe Apostle of Vengeance" is a
tale of Kentucky mountain feudists
and has been handled with the real
ism characteristic of Ince pictures. Its
many tense scenes are framed in set
tlngs of unusual picturesqueness, thus
combining two of the most important
elements in photoplay production.
Hart is cast as David Hudson, a
minister who is the eldest son of a
sturdy Kentucky mountaineer. lue is
brought face to face with the problem
OF choosing between avenging the
death of his father, killed in a feud
battle, or abiding by the scriptural
teaching that "To Me belongeth ven
geance and recompense. His deci-
SION forms the big scene of the story
ana how he succeeds ultimately in re-
storing order among the warning fac
tlons is forcefully depicted through
OUT The remainder of the play.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
"The Light at Dusk"

The Grand announces as its Friday
offering "The Light at Dusk" a re-
markable Lubin production in which
Orrin Johnson is featured. One of
it's most gripping points is the bold
but not unskillful Introduction of the
supernatural element. A man stepped
in sin and selfshness is recalled to a
realization of his folly by an appari-
ton of Jesus of Nazareth. We have
heard of old legends employing such
visions, but on the modern screen at
least the idea has never been en-
bodied before. The task for both di-
rector and actor was an exceedingly
delicatasone, and it is due to them TO
say that they performed the task both
delicately and reverently.
Though the feature is nearly seven
reels inolength and though at times
there are episode digressions, it gains
a firm hold on the spectators interest,
curiosity and sympathy, and this
hold is never relinquished for mo-
ment. The compassion of the. au-
dience is often reused in wonder
fully clever way, there is never a
false move.
s"The Light at Dusk" is a big sub
iect done in big way. a
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
Dental Preparedness
that is the most Important attri

What is the most Important attri-
butte OF a soldier?
Good feet?
No.
Good eyesight?
Go; Good brefhs?
No.
What then?
Good teeth.
A soldier may haVe good feet, good
eyesight, and good brains, but if he
has bad teeth he can't eat. If he can't
eat he can't march near enough to the
enemy to see him and use his brains
to fight him.
How does soldier get good teeth
By having good teeth in childhood
How do childrenSkeep good teeth?
Through being Taught by THEN
mother how to keeN their teeth clean
and having their teeth looked after
while they are growing. This makes
good teeth for future soldiers.
It would seem then as though the
first patriotic duty of a mother was
to keep her children's teeth in good
condition.
1t is.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14

FERNANDEZ--BOWMAN.
Donaldsonville Boy Weds Charming
West Feliciana Girl.

Thes.ittle Catholic church at Jack
son, La, was thrown open for wed
ding, Thursday morning, and taste
fully adorned with flowers in readi-
ness therefor. The contracting cou-
pie were Miss Cecile Bowman, the
charming young daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jas. P. Bowman, Jr., of West
Feliciana parish, and j. F. Fernandez,
Jr., Of Tulsa, Okla. The bride wore
an exquisite gown of white crepe de
chine with garnitures of lace and lilies
of the valley. Her sister, Miss. Sadie
Bowman, attended her as maid of
honor, while Eugene Gonstantin, Of
Tulsa, served as be. man. Mrs
Louise Kilbourne plays the process
sional and recessional narches, and
during the signing, "Ga1l Me Thine
Own"
Many friends witnessed the i'm
pressive nuptials as performed by
Rev. Father Rombouts. Besides those
in the immediate vicinity, where the
young bride has passed most of her
life, there were present from a dis
tance the bridegroom's father, moth
er, two sisters and two brothers, ths
brides grandfather, Jas. P. Bowman,
and her aunts, Mrs. W. j. Fort, Miss
Bella Bowman, and Mrs. Eugene S.
Muse from West Feliciana. Others
were Mrs. Jas. Kilbourne, Miss Ethel
Muse, Mrs. Louise Kilbourne, Mrs.
10. D. Brooks, of st. Francisville, and
Mrs. e. T. Muse Of Baton Rouge.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fernandez left on
the noon train for New Orleans,
thence to some unnamed elysium for
their honeymoon, before going on to
their home in Tulsa, where the bride
lgroom is an esteemed and prosperous
Icitizen. West Feliciana bears him no
| i'll will for capturing one of her love
Ily maidens, but rather wishes that for.
| tune ard all things good may be
showered as freely as West Felicians
sunshine upon both him and his bride
st. Francisville True-Democrat.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
lhe | Louisiana DaiAn

nn,ll, Inc New Orleans Valleygram,
paolisned 4 by the Association Of Com
etee' ;a; OF that city, describes the Lou
aa .s.aha delta as that portion of south
u o,n louisiana south of line drawn
H. ~ : map from the north shore of
ps 49, Pontchartrain through Baton
n,sss ese' 70 the north shore of Yer
alon nr;a Bay. The delta country COM
p; Uses over five million acres. or about
n,e M thousand square miles of the
AossRfertile lands known to man."
h,,n, = you buy out of town. and we
has nv cut OF town, and all our neigh
a. .s nuy out of town, what in thun-
W VIII become of our town9
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14
"The Strength of the Weak"

Her father, dying by accident, COM
mitted Pauline Darcy, country
girl just budding into womanhood, to
the keeping of an elderly man as her
protector and legal guardian. Her
brilliant mind craved education that
she might fulfill her desire to achieve
i successful literary career.
The man who was charged with her
protection made her a victim of his
own desires. This price paid, the girl
entered college, plunged into her
studies and hoped that forgetfulness
would come with the lapse of time.
During graduation exercises, when
she was leading her classmates in car
rying the "daisy chain" her eyes met
those of a handsome young man and
a pure love was instantly created.
By fate's remorseless dictum the
young man, whose love was reared to
make or mar-her.- tTTe mas 4tha4sen
Of the man who had prevailed upon
her youthful ambition, by the false
promise of craven, and dragged her
down. Too late she learned the truth.
There might have been a chance to
curb the great and good love she had
for the younger man, had she known
his parentage at the beginning.
Would she open her heart and tell
the truth to the man she loved? How
could she hide the dread secret from
the father who knew better than any
one else how grievously she had been
wronged? Just what the girl really
did viii be disclosed at the Grand
.1ext Thursday, when the great prob
lem-play, "The Strength of the
Weak" will be the attraction. Mary
Fuller will play the intensely emo
tional leading role.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14

hurts. Standing by your home town
is a question of principle and mat
ter of good faith. You may fool
yourself. and order your supplies con-
tinually from New York or Chicago,
but you can't escape the fact that
you are sand-bagging your town.
an. P. MOSS
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14

Buy Prince Albert every
rokere tobacco is sold in
toppy red baas, Sc; tidy red
fins. zoe; hnndsosse pound
and hall pound tin hunai-
aoss and-tiaat corning fine
pound cystaf- ssass hassai-
dor suieh spong -Hsoistensr
top ehaf keeps che tobacco.
d swck cleuer sriisIs nlsoaysg
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1916-10-14

The home merchants are prepared
to supply your needs. Buy from
them, and by keeping your money at
home help build up your own COM
munity.