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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
MARK TWAIN'S PILOT DAYS.
A Taste For Fine Clothes and Plunge
Into Languages.

Old pilots Of that day remembered
Samuel Clemens as slender, fine look
ing man, we'll dressed, even dandified,
generally wearing blue serge, with fan
cy shirts. white duck trousers and pat
ent leather shoes. A pilot could do
that, for his surroundings were speck-
less
The pilots regarded him as a great
reader-a student of history, travels
and the sciences. In the association
rooms they often saw him porting over
serious books.
He began the study Of French one
day in New Orleans when he discov-
cred school of languages where
French. German and Italian were
taught, one in each of three rooms.
The price was $25 for one language or
three for $50 The student was pro
vided with set of conversation cards
for each and was supposed to walk
from one apartment to another, chang
ing his nationality at each threshold.
The young pilot. with his usual en-
thusiasm. invested in all three Ian
guages, but after few round trips
decided that French would do. He did
not return to the school, but kept the
cards and added textbooks. He stud
led faithfully when off watch and in
port. and his old river notebook, still
preserved, contains a number Of ad-
vanced exercises neatly written out
Albert Bigelow Paine in st. Nicholas.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
EnqIand's Greatest Mine Fire.

The most serious colliery fire ever
known in Britain was undoubtedly
that which broke out in the Tawd val
ley mine, near Preston, in 1872. Thou
sands of pounds were spent in trying to
get the flames under control. but they
overcame everything and consumed
some millions of tons of coal. A wall
ten feet in thickness was built round
the affected parts, but the heat cracked
the masonry and brought it down as
fast as it was rebuilt However, in
1897 the river Tawd Overfowed its
banks and went pouring down into the
mine. No fire could withstand such an
immense volume of water hurled upon
it, and although the flames extended
for 500 yards. they were quenched
after having ragged for quarter Of a
century.--London Tit-Bits.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
Preservative Peat.

Peat possesses wonderful antiseptic
and preservative qualities owing to the
presence of tannin. iron and other sub
stances in it. Here is an instance: At
the time of the covenanters. in 1855
three men We're shot at place called
Cumnock, in Scotland. In 1926. when
monument was being erected to their
memory. the workmen came upon the
c0rUs4s rolled in their plaids The
bodies were III exactly the same state
as when they We're buried. The moss
had preserved them as if they had been
emhalmed.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
Blowing Flowers.

When amateurs speak Of flowers
blowing" they are not using mere
vulgarism. They are speaking rea
old English. In the early tongue the
verb "blowan" was used to indicate
the opening of flowers. Instead OF
"blow' being corruption Of bloom
it is the other way about. Blossom
comes from the same root
We do not grow the costard apple
nowadays, but our forefathers set
great store by the sort and bought it
eagerly in the streets from the mon
gers"
From costard monger to costermong-
er is short step. Hawthorn, too. has
it's interest. The old form of haw was
haga, which means hedge. Hawthorn
is therefore simply hedge thornton.
don Graphic.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
CHINESE PUNISHMENTS.
FIossing Is Common, and Rank Does
Not Protect an Offender.

Not Protect an Offender.
Chinese luwgivers are not troubled
with any sentimental scruples on the
subject Of logging Even a criminal
condemned to death is given prelim-
mary tllrashing instead of, as with us,
being treated with sympathy and con-
sidcration until the hour of doom. An
other feature of Chinese justice, so far
as the lash is concerned. is its strict
impartiaIity.
Highborn offenders are logged as re-
lentlessly as criminals Of the lower Or
ders. The back Of many silken robed
dignitary has been scored with the
leather thongs of the whips welded by
sturdy Chinese officials, whose duty it
has been to lay on the lash heavily, re-
CARELESS Of the rank Of the victim. on
pain Of being logged themselves.
The Chinese legal code prescribes the
lash for many offenses so trivial that in
Europe they would be quite outside the
scope Of the law. Not all Of the enact
ments are enforced nowadays, but we
may quote two Of them as quaint ex-
ampes: Fifty lashes We're ordered to
be given to any merchant or trades
man offering for sale goods not of the
quality they are represented to be,
while self glorification is discouraged
by a law that any military man who
raises a monument to himself for
deeds of heroism which he has never
performed is to receive 100 lashes.-
Pearson's Weekly.
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touring car from the WHY'S Overland
Company of Toledo, Ohio. This latest
order from His Majesty is significant
in view of the fact that only few
days elapsed between the arrival of
his first WHY'S Knight and the issuing
of instructions to duplicate the ship
ment at the earliest possible moment.
"Repeat" orders from foreign buy
ers reach the Overland factory with
almost every mail. This in itself is
not unusual as the moderate priced
Toledo product is sold in practically
every civilized city in the world. The
quantity production methods of man.
ufacture which are responsible for
this country taking the lead in the
automobile industry have enabled a
few of the larger American producers
of high grade cars to sell cars abroad,
the price of which cannot be equalled
by the small European manufacturer.
4 In fact the price feature Of Ameri-
can built cars has generally been be-
lieved to be the only reason why for
.eign buyers take them in preference
to their own home products. But
when one Of the crowned heads Of
Europe, like the King Of Spain, buys
two WHY'S Knights it is quite obvious
that the price has nothing to do with
his choice. His great wealth would
enable him to fill any number Of gar
ages with the highest priced cars in
the world if he SO desired.
Performance is what King Alfonso
looks for in car and it speaks well
for the ability of the Willys-Knight
when foreign ruler orders his second
car Of this type.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
THE WORD JEHOVAH"
Its Curious Origin Which, by the Way,
Is Comparatively Modern.

Is Comparatively Modern.
An interesting feature in "The Old
Testament In the Light Of Today by
William Frederic Babe professor of
Old Testament literature and Semitic
languages in the Pacific Theological
seminary, is the following explanation
Of the word Jehovah"
"The name Jehovah Is Of recent
origin. 1t was quite unknown in an
tiduity. As G. T. Moore has shown, 1t
occurs for the first time sporadically
In the fourteenth century. The word
arose in a peculiar way. Until some
centuries after the Christian era the
text of the Hebrew Scriptures was
written with consonants only. The
name of the deity therefore was writ
ten with the four cOnsOnants 'Jhvh.
AS Hebrew ceased to be spoken
tongue, words written consonantally
begun to present difficulties to readers.
This fact led to the invention Of sys-
TENS Of vowel points, which were writ
ten under and above the consonants.
Long before the invention Of vowel
points it had become customary, on ac-
count of dread of the name of the
deity, to read 'Adonay' Qord) wher-
ever 'Jhvh' occurred. TO indicate this
fact the vowels Of 'Adonay were con.
nected with the consonants Jhvh.' the
short "A of 'Adonay by a regular
change becoming e. when connected
with the consonant j. Persons ignor-
ant of the purpose Of the vowels be-
gan to read them with the consonants.
and thus the preposterous hybrid 'Je-
HoVaH' arose.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
The AGE Of Quickness.

The modern wife placed two plates
with knives. forks, spoons and tum.
blers on the dining room table and
took two paper napkins from a drawer,
laying one beside each plate.
Then she lighted the gas stove, open.
ed a can Of soup and placed it in a
skillet to heat. Next she opened two
cans of vegetables and a can of salmon
and heated these. She cut six slices
of bakers bread and quartered a
bakers pie. placing everything on the
table, together with butter. salt, pep
per and pitcher Of cold water.
John" she said briskly your din.
ner's eady."-Judge.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
Rock COMPOSED of Minute Fossils.

Near Reno, New, are peculiar beds of
diatoma ceous earth. This chalk white
material consists largely of fossil mi
croscopic animals called diatoms
These remains have collected here in
numbers so immense as to form depos-
its hundreds Of feet thick and in places
make up almost the entire mass Of the
rock. 1t is so light that it will almost
float on water.-Geological Survey Bull
ietin.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
Water Is High at FOxholm.

T. L. Simmons of Foxholm is in the
city today and will drive his new
Buick home. L. S. Kinney is down
and will return with him. Mr.. Sim
mons says the river in the vicinity of
Foxholm is over it's banks several feet,
the valley being one immense lake
from hill to hill. People quit driving
on the Heinen turnpike Wednesday
which was hub deep. People are still
coming to Foxholm, but they must
come in over the divide. Mr.. Kinney
reports many farmers seeding today
when he came down.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

FOR SALE-Complete Case thresh-
ing outfit, engine % by 80, separ-
ator 40-62. Cook car with full out
fit. Eight bottom plows and stub
BILE and breaker bottoms. Two
tanks, both steel. Also good 5
passenger automobile If taken
within the next twenty days will
sell for $4,000. This is the best out
for the money in the state of North
Dakota. The threshing outfit has
been in use only sixty days, and
is in first class condition. Address
E, care Independent. 4-27-t2*
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Wanted to Be Joined Riuht.

They We're going out to dinner. and
he had gone into the house from his
limousine to get her.
''All ready?' he asked. at the foot of
the stairs.
Almost" came the response from
above.
1--WE asked friend to join US. Is
it all right?'
Yes, if it's the minister. "-Yonkers
Statesman.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

FOR SALE-A 400 acre relinuuish-
ment, near Ross, on the line of the
Great Northern, west Of Minot so
miles. A snap if taken at once. This
will be good for two farms, or one
farm Of 320 acres. Get this quick
if you want real snap. Inquire Of
the Frank w. Youngman Land Co.,
Ii LIST St. S. w., Minot, N. Oak.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
KING ALPHONSO BUYS
SECOND WILLYS-KNIGHT.

For the second time within period
of three months, King Alphono XIII
of Spain has shown his preference for
American built automobiles by pur-
chasing his second WHY'S Knight
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SIGHT Unseen.

Head Of Firm - How long do you
want to be away on your wedding
trip?
Hawkins (timidly) - Well sir--er-
what would you say? III.
How do | know? haven't seen the
life.
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Charity.

She-pm glad we went. It was an
excellent performance-and for such
charitable purpose! Her Husband
Yes, indeed! We all feel thrill Of sat
isfaction when we do something for
charity and get the worth of our
money at the same time
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Trying to Prove II.

Angry Father-Great Scott! What
are you doing, Johnny? Why, con-
found it, you've got my new watch all
to pieces! Johnny-Yes, dad. Teach
er told us today that good watch
ought to have at least ITO parts, 80
thought I'd see if yours was good
one
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27
Stood by Her.

Congratulations! hear your daugh-
ter is engaged"
Yes. 1t came as surprise"
well. now that it is really SO, /
want to tell you that there was never
moment when gave up all hope for
you.'--Judge.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

WANTED-40 acres of breaking done
at once. Will pay $500 per acre to
have the land broken, level and free
from stone. E. F. Cline, Minot, R.
D. 3, Phone 9O5-5. IL
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

FOR SALE-A splendid 1907 acre
farm 7 miles north of Surrey that is
owned by nonresident who can
use the money better at home so
will sell cheap. Come in and see US
about this piece of land. Minot Co.
Operative Realty Co., Corner of
1st Ave. and 3rd St., Minot, N.
Oak. 4-27-tf
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

FOR SALE-Fifteen head of Bates
milch-strain and Cruickshank beef
strain herd bulls, from l to 2 years
old; 2 Polled-Angus bulls, 1 yr. old
past; 6-mos. old Hereford bulls.
All thrifty fellows-a credit to any
herd. P. w. Miller, Office, Minot
Auto Co. 4-13-tf
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

FOR SALE OR TRADE-Five pas
senger touring car, two cylinder,
will sell cheap or trade for anything
/ can use. H, Box ia, Minot. N.
d. 4-27-tf
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CASH FOR YOUR REAL ESTATE
Do you want to sell your farm OF
city property for cash? Then write
us, sending a description Of same
no matter where located, we want it
Address, Minot Cooperative Realty
Co., Minot, N. Oak. 4-27-tf
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Wher. speed poe.n,t Count

where speed DOESN'T Count.
Mamma" complained little one
recently, teacher won't let me sing
any more, and I'm the fastest singer
in school too"-Boston Transcript.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

FOR SALE-Burbank seed potatoes,
in fine shape. If you want Al
seed potatoes, address M. Aakrann,
Norwich, N. D. 4-13-tf
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WANTED-Men who desire to earn
over $125.00 per month, write us
today for position as salesman;
every opportunity for advancement.
Central Petroleum Co., Cleveland,
Ohio. til
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

FOR SALE-Big type Poland China
pigs and registered Guernsey bull
one year Id. Will sell or trade.
C. J. Olstad, Drake, N. D. 4-27-tf
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FOR SALE-4-room house and lot,
$3.50. Choice apartment sites and
lots on easy payments. Frank
Eicher, 21O 3rd st. S. E., Phone
40 Blue. 4-2O-t4*
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FOR SALE-Young mares, some
matched teams. Jacob Frost, Minot,
N. D., r. D. 8, Rural Tel. 917-2.
4-2O-t3*
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WANT ADS.
For Rent, For Sale. Lost,
Found, Taken up

FOR SALE-Good used Kimball pi-
ano for $125.00. $500 slightly used
Raudenbush piano for $275, H. A.
King, Waverly block, IA First Ave.
s. E, 4.2O-t2
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FOR SALE-By owner, six room
house, modern in every respect. Fifty
foot lot, excellent location on South
Hill, overlooking the city. Thos. COL
ter, Phone 542 blue, Minot 4-27-tf
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Wash and scrub yourself to beat
the band, but don't forget your stom-
ach, bowels and insides-Hollister's
Rocky Mountain Tea will clean them,
quick and slick. Try it this spring.
35c. Tea or Tablets. Mccoy Drug Co.
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WANTED-A good girl for house
work on farm; one capable of going
ahead. Inquire of T. B. Walden,
Tasker, N. D. 4-20-tf
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WANTED-To buy, Red Polled
bull, milking strain, need not be full
blood, but must be good quality.
Address ]. L., care Independent.
4-2O-t3*
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Coal at the Walker mine Mondays
and Tuesdays of each week until fur
Their notice. E. R. Walker, owner.
4-2O-t3*
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There are many religions, but there
is only one morality.-Ruskin.
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WANTED-A tenant on farm about
ten miles north of Minot. Buildings
and good water. Phone 148 or adj
dress box 1884, Minot, N. D. 4-23-t3
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Wash Goods That Will Not Fade
In New Spring Patterns and Co1ors
At12yc yd At 15c yd At 19c yd At 25c yd At &c yd

4Onch Mercersed Silk Marqusette in plain, striped
and figured effects all coors, Including white of
the popular weaves for summer. Csc yard and up.
40-nch Handkerchefs, linen and wash fabric in plain
and fances big of lowered patterns choose
from also plain coors in rose green, light blue cham
payne, yellow pink, black, navy and white 35c I'D,
36nch Fancy voles, in paids, checks stripes and
figured effects; imported and domestic weaves 45c to
CSC yard.
80 inch Faxons in stripes and Powered effects small
and large designs l9c yard
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1916-04-27

New Organdies, Batistes and Chiffon wash materials
for summer wash dresses, in stripes and plain colors
121ac, 15c, l8c, l9c, 25c to 29c.
32-inch extra fine Chiffon Ginghams in splendid
sortment Of pads checks and striped patterns very
soft and dainty for chdrens dresses also for womens
wash dresses, waists, etc 29c yard
27nch Silk TISSUE in assorted patterns and coorings
guaranteed coors. Csc yard.
32-inch Scotch Tissues; made and dyed in Old Scot
land beautiful color effects, in plaids, checks and
stripes. 35c yard.
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1916-07-06

Stickney Hill last Saturday for an all
day meeting and picnic dinner. The
next meeting will be with Mrs Rilla
Mason on Thursday. July 49,
Miss Viola Taylor who has been
teaching in Harmony the past year is
at home.
Miss Esther York of Portland is
the guest of Miss Grace Fox.
The Academy Orchestra went to No.
Cornville last Thursday evening to
furnish music for the entertainment
and social given by the NJ. f. B. So
ciety.
Mrs. Ola Brasier and daughter are
visiting at the home of her mother,
Mrs. Robinson.
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Elliott of Show
hogan were in town the first of the
week.
Miss Gala Giles and Clyde Serb
ner were married Saturday. June "a,
at the home of the brides mother,
Mrs. Hattie Giles in West Athens.
The Grange Hall is receiving a new
coat of paint, the work is being done
by F. p. McColior, Henry Hoyt and
Sumner Williams.
Robert Hayden has been having an
i'll turn but is a little improved at
this writing.
Rev. Mrs. Corson will hold meet
ing at West Athens next Sunday af-
ternoon, July 9, at o'clock.
Last Sunday. July 2. Rev. Mr..
Fletcher, acting pastor of the Baptist
Church, preached upon the subject of
baptism and after the sermon the
congregation adjourned to the river
bank where in the presence of large
number of people. two ladies' of the
village obeyed Christs command and
followed his example in baptism. II
was a beautiful day and the service
was very impressive. In the even
ing the right hand of fellowship was
extended to three, one having been
baptised years before and joining the
church by Christian Experience.
Commencement week at Somerset
Academy began with Baccalaureate
sermon in Union Church Sunday
evening June Il. Rev. Thomas B
HIATT of Bingham preached on Man
in the Making" music by student
body assisted by High and Greene 1t
with comets and Woodman Is with
]
| the regular graduating exercises oc-
Cured Music for the occasion was
very pleasing and won much ap-
plause, the Academy orchestra gave
two selections and Mrs. Marion Drake
Flanders sang two selections one OF
which was composed by Mrs. Fland-
ers and Mrs. l. y. Ellngwood. Prin-
cipal S. r. Oldham of Maine Central
| Institute delivered the Commence
ment address on the Aim of an Ed
ucation." A reception followed with
class of 1916, Principal Oldham and
Supt. H. W. Wood in the receiving
line. After the reception a social
hour was spent by the young people
up to eleven o'clock when the gradu,
ating class with friends were invited
TO lunch with the teachers in the
banquet hall. The class numbered
thirteen, FIVE girls and eight boys