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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
THEY LIVE ON VEGETABLES.
A Food Expert Says That 10 Why the
Koreans Are INDECENT

Dr. Ugen Ishizuka, a well known die.
tartan. who recently made trip Of OBJ
servation in Korea Manchuria and 9th
er parts of China, ascribes the dOcility
and Incidence of the Koreans to their
predominantly vegetarian diet. To
make them more alert and active, he
urges, it is necessary to encourage the
use of much more animal food amOng
them.
The radish is the article Of food most
relished by Koreans. who call it the
wild ginseng and eat it raw. But the
most remarka bic thing about their love
of vegetable food is the tremendous
amount Of cayenne pepper that they
take. About one-fifth Of the vp%atA les
on sale at markets is red pepper
Instead of soy sauce, the Koreans
use the juice Of sailed fish. For pickles
they use mixture of saltc1 radish.
Chinese rape, onions. rocambole and
cayenne pepper. This preparation has
an excellent flavor and is eaten at
every meal. An average family keeps
enough Of this preparation to last a
year. .-....
An alarming number of Koreans are
suffering from parasites, chiefly due, in
Dr. Ishizuka's opinion, to the crabs
they eat in great quantity.-East and
West News.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
HEROES OF THE SEA.
They Calmly Awaited Death With a
Song Upon Their Lips.

They Calmly Awaited Death With a
Song Upon Their Lips.
The British transport Tyndareus
struck mine off southernmost Africa.
She began to settle by the head. I'm
mediately ASSEMBLY" was sounded the
men put on their lifebelts and stood at
attention till the roll was called. Then
the order "Stand easy" was given, and
they began to sing as fervently as
though marching homeward on leave
through lane Of France or Flanders.
They were perfectly sure that most
of them would find a grave in the sea
that engulfed so many Of their fellows.
They had no hope of rescue. They
stood exactly as the men of the Birk-
enhead stood when they went to their
doom and their imperishable renown
off the same coast sixty-fve years be-
fore.
But the sequel by modern miracle
was happily otherwise. Two steamers
summoned by wireless came and lowed
to port the laundering vessel, with a
display of seamanship on the part of
the crews of all three ships that has
maintained the British navy's proud
traditions.
The bravery Of those who had al
ready given up their lives as lost was
just as sublime as if that ultimate for
felt had been required. Wherever the
deed is known it will stir the pulses Of
men, this story Of heroism quite as ex-
allied as any that Homer or Plutarch
immortalized.-Phi Ledger.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
GOOD ROADS ARE COSTLY,
But Bad Roads Are Mere Expensive In
the Long Run.

Highway engineering has become a
highly developed art. and good road
making materials are plentiful. Con
sequently there Is absolutely no excuse
for modern road to ''go wrong with
In its first four or five seasons Of use
unless petty graft and local politics can
be considered as sufficient excuses.
1t is not enough that the surface OF
the road be composed Of the proper
materials. These materials must rest
on a firm foundation which extends tC
a sufficient depth below the surface to
withstand the effect of the frozen
ground on either side Furthermore
the surface must be waterproof in Or
der to prevent the entrance of rain or
separate and disintegrate the best laid
foundation. Also the road surface and
cutters must be so constructed that the
highway will automatically drain itself
Of oil water This serves the purpose
: of automatic flushing and accounts for
the continuous clean swept appearance
of the well designed and properly con-
structed roadway.
! A properly constructed highway is
expensive. but it is an asset too obvi
Gus for argument. Too often, however
the first cost represents the deciding
factor in the selection of certain type
! OF construction, and the upkeep cost is
overlooked. 1t is this attitude on the
part OF the town or county taxpayers
or road commissioners. coupled with
graft and politics on the part of the
contractor. which accounts for u large
part of the improved roads which need
to be reconstructed each year-H. w
SlausOn in Leslie's.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
How kaffrs Smoke.

The natives of South Africa are in
veterate smokers, but some Of them in
dulge in the habit in a distinctly queer
fashion. The natives Of Harrismith, in
the Orange River Colony, smoke in the
following novel manner: A pipe Is
made by thrusting two sticks into the
ground SO as to meet at an angle; when
they are withdrawn two tunnels are
left behind. A hollow reed is stuck in
one hole and the tobacco placed in the
other and lighted. Before beginning
operations the native fills his mouth
with water, drawing in the smoke with
a gurgling sound and blowing out the
water and smoke through a second
reed. 1t seems mighty poor way of
smoking to white man, says a writer
in the Wide World Magazine. but the
Kaftirs are very fond Of it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
A Comet Scare,

Joseph Jerome Lafrancais de La
lande, the popular French astronomer
of the eighteenth century, differed
from Newton's view that Providence
had so arranged matters as to make
collision Of the earth with comet i'm
possible and wrote paper to prove
that it was only very improbable. This
paper, which was to have been read
with others before the French academy
on certain day in 1878, got crowded
out, but the Partisan public. hearing of
it, made up it's mind that LaIande had
predicted the impending destruction Of
the earth. and such panic ensued that
the police had to order the publication
Of the paper to reassure the public
mind. But even then it was popularity
believed that the paper had been DELHI
erately toned down, and comet panics
ensued for quarter Of century.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Bio Noses In Iapan.

The nose plays very important
part in Japan, owing, probably, to the
fact that difference in noses consti-
tutes about the only distinction among
the japanese. The nose is the only
feature which attracts attention. AS
there are very few large noses to be
found in Japan, lady with large
nose is regarded as one specially gift
ed by nature. She is invariably a
reigning beauty and the envy Of her
less favored sisters. In all japanese
pictures in which ladies are portrayed
the artists are particularly careful to
make the nose Of liberal dimensions
London Telegraph.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
SHOTS FROM TIE SKY.
Meteors Thas lombard Us and the
Puzzle OF Their Origin.

Puzzle OF Their Origin.
Most persons have 40 comprehension
of the actual bOmbardmcmt to which
the earth is continually subjected from
the heavens. Millions Of small meteors
enter the atmosphere every twenty
four hours, and in addition to these ii
has been calculated that on the average
not less than a hundred large meteor.
ties strike the earth somewhere every
year. The small meteors are totally
consumed by the heat and friction, and
only their slowly settling dust ever
touches the carth's surface, although
any one of them if not resisted by the
air would hit with from twenty to Il
hundred times the velocity of the swift
est bullet
The big meteorites, on the contrary
which frequently consist of solid iron
often get through the airy shield with
enough of their original velocity left to
bury themselves many feet in the hard
est soil. They constitute real peril
Although the chance Of anybody being
hit by meteOritc is almost infinitely
small, yet the annals Of mankind show
that few persons have actually been
killed by these strange shots from the
sky.
Whence do they come? The small
meteOrs are apparently the debris of
those hardly less mysterious bodies,
comets, but nobody has yet suggested
a satisfactory origin for the great me-
teorites.-Garrett p Serviss in New
York Journal.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Varnish and Enamel.

Paints which dry with high luster
or gloss are called enamels. These are
made from zinc oxide ground in var
nish. Varnish is produced from fossil
resins such as copal, kauri, etc. These
resins, which originally flowed from
trees, have been deposited for centuries
in the earth. They are mined in Africa
and New Zealand and are found in big
lumps.-Popular Science Monthly.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
PALACES of 1hahas.

The palaces of old Thebes, in Egypt,
were probably the largest and most
wonderful ever erected by the hand Of
mar. One OF them was the container
Of a central hall so feet in height, 1926
feet in length and ITO feet in breadth,
the roof of which was supported by 1874
columns II feet in diameter and 76
feet in height. The cornices were of
the finest marble, inlaid with ivory
worl, and sheathed with beaten gold
From, the point of view of artistic
beauty. the Parthenon at Athens
Greece. of course. still holds the palm
and is likely always to hold it.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Gold Feet.

Persons afflicted with cold feet, in
stead Of taking hot fatiron or brick
to bed with them, as was once the Gus
tom, may now wear either "bed shoes
or "feet envelopes" Of eiderdown fan
mel. The latter are easily made. Take
a yard and a half Of eiderdown flannel,
yard wide. Fold this together en-
velope style, the fuzzy side within,
leaving eight or ten inches for the flap.
Bind it all around with ribbon to
match.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
SuppIanted.

What has become Of the old fash
toned political boss who used to sit
back and put people into Officer
"He has RETIRED" said Senator Sor-
ghum, Ito make way for the man of
dominating personality who insists on
putting himself into Office" ashing-
ton Star.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Not That Kind,

Here you are son." said the face
tious man to the messenger boy. Take
this note to No. 1415 Umpty-ump street
and see if you can't give me correct
imitation of Mercury"
"Aw, quit cher kiddin'," answered the
lad. IT amt no thermometer. "-Bir-
mingham Age-Herald.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Sacrifice Unrecounized.

Some Of our greatest sacrifices bring
us little credit"
That's right" replied Senator Sor-
ghum. "When suppress my natural
inclination to arise and waste time in
speechmaking nobody ever takes me
by the hand and congratulates me-
Washington Star.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Hotel Jokes.

Man ito hotel clerk)-How much are
your rooms? Clerk-TwO dollars up to
twelve. Man-How much are they up
to half past nine?
Another Man ITO another hotel clerk
Give me room and a bath. Hotel
Clerk can give you room, but
haven't time to give you bath.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Their Quarrel.

Mrs. Dasher--No. dear, you really
must not invite the Fannings and the
Jeromes for the same evening. The
two families don't speak. Dasher-Fell
out over the children, presume. Mrs.
Dasher-No: their cooks quarreled.-
Life,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Hoped For More.

Mrs. Chestnut Who was that man
saw you with yesterday?
Mrs. Walnut-Tha was my husband.
"Oh, your last husband?'
Don't say the last. 1t sounds as If
you were trying to discourage me-
st. Louis POst-Dispatch.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Ard Now He's Fired,

What do you mean by whistling like
tnat in this Officer demanded the mer-
chant.
well, sir. | thought I'd like you to
know that I'm bearing up cheerfully
in spite of my miserable salary an
.swered the clerk.-Newark Eagle.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Remembering Errors,

Does your typewriter believe in the
smplified spelling?"
ooh, rather think not. She always
seems to spell words in the hardest
way"
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Rejected.

He-How'd you like pet dog7 She
Now, Charlie, haven't told you that
don't intend to marry ?-Buffalo Ex-
press.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Modern PIows.

The modern plOW was Dutch inven-
ton. Engishmen and Americans have
made many improvements in this i'm
plemenr, but for many years the Dutch
pillow led the world.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12

To act with common sense according
to the moment is the best wisdom
knOw.-WalpOle.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12
Very Telling.

''Your friend Mrs. Gaddy has rather
. downright manner, hasn't she?"
II must say she has some telling
ways."-Baltimore American.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12

Weeping over lost opportunities Is
mistake: the tears may prevent you
from seeing others that are coming.
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1917-07-12

Do not Judge Of the ship while it is
on the stocks-Italian Proverb.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-03-09

contra Marccio Gonzalez, SUI segLn-
do csposo alcgando que cuando sc
case con eli, 10 hizo suponiendo que
Delgado habia muerto. Pedro y ella
contrajeron matrimonio en- 1908, en-
Morclia Michoacan de donde vinieron
a Los Angeles, para vivir aqui. Hace
cinco amos. Delgado regres0 a MeNi-
co. para traer algunos miembros de
su familia: pcro estando ALA, fue
obligado a scrvir en- ell ejcrcito de
Villa. No fue sino hasta hacc POGO
cuando logr6 cscaparsc y volvi6 a es-
te pals.
Durante la ~ausencia de Su esposo,
Maria recibio vdrias noticias al efec-
10 de que 81 marido habia muerto Y
considarandosc Vida, ell 10 dc diciem
bre ultimo SC case con Gonzalez.
Apenas tenia - dias la luna lie
miCl. cuamlo Dcigado Sc aparece y
rcclama a su csposa, rcunicndose am
Dos nue,amcnte como queda dicho,
ell medic del mayer alborozo.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-03-09
F. Villa Sc hizo trasIadar al centre
d Ia sierra de Chihu hua
de un nedico alemsn, dos enferneras y tres
cieDtos hornbres e~scogidos, Sc trasado al pueblo "Dos 1
de Ab-ir' para atender a SUI enfermedad

b-es, pues a fuerZa de tantas eXac-
clones como han siGo victimas. Sc en-
cuentran en- condolences tales que ur
grave problema representa- para elias
Su sostenimiento.
Parral es una de las poblaciones
del Estado de Chihuahua que mas
IN sufrido en- los ultimos meses pues
acknowledgements ma estado en- poGeF
de carrancistas Y villistas, los que Ia
han ocupado cast siempre despIes de
s~ostener importantes combates.
Cada vez que una facci6n ocupaba
n referida p,aZa-dijedon algunos
de los rcfugiados-los individuos que
Ia componian comedian grandes atcn
tados contra la vida y Ia propiedad,
Esos mismos refugiados trajcron otra
version acarca de Villa. Diieron que
Ia Ultima vez que ell citado jefe cntro
y Parral con una fuerza de caba-
Iberia. Sc encontraba enfermo de la
heriia Sufrida en- IN encuentro libra
do en- Guerrero y que desples de eva
Guar la ciudad Sc dirigio . Durango,
quizas para i~nternarse en- la sierra Y
atcnder a SUI salud. Los viajeros ira
iaron por ulrimo, Ia n~oticia dc que
Ia ciudad de Durango habia Sido cap
turada por los villistas. pero no pro-
porcionaron ningunos detalles pueS ii
jercn que solo Sc habia llegado a tie.
ner noticia de Ia ''captura de Du-
.ango' por gentcs llegAdas de To-
rre6n 4 Parral.
Ell CORRESPONSAL.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-03-09
S, dispcnen a seIir de Lore-
do los milici ros que que
dua en- dicha ciudad
IN GRUPO DE FILlBUSTEROS
ARROJADOS DE SALTILLO Sc
ENCUENTRA EN- LAREDO.
correspondence Especial para IA PRENss

Correspondence Especial para IL PRENSA
LAREDO. Texas. Mario Para
antc., de que termine Ia preScntc Sc
MANA, hahrin salido de Laredo las
milicianos que aun qucdan aQui. Fl
rcgjmicnto de Florida que cs cl cuer-
20 que aGn cs.a De guarnicion en- cs-
"a ciudad. cscA p~reparandose dcsdc
aye para marchar q su campo lie re-
concentration. dondc sera desmovili.
zado.
Sc arIncia la aparici0n de una
rey..ta caltura! intitulada Mimi.
Se:a 81 editor don Lazaro 4. Lozano.
maestro en- arteS graficas regiomon-
taao. que tieuc algun tempo de cstar
radicado en- esta c.udad. FL senior
Lozano GOA dc reputation por sus
t.abajos artisticos Y sc tiene por Sc
guro que Mimi" sera digna sucedora
de "Picrrot." la r~ev.ista semanaria
u cl senior Lozano cdito durante
vaIios amos en- Ia capital regiomonta-
NJ. con notable Gxito artistico Y aun
pecuniario.
Sc e~ncuentran en- eSta ciudad
todos los redactores del p~eriodico Que
costeado por ell gobernador dc Goa
hula, Gustavo ESpinOsa Mirelcs, di-
! 2igia en- Ia ciudad de Saltillo e. Fl
. libustero Gustavo So9ano. Sc COM
prende que ell jovcn ~gobernador re-
volucionario que aspira 4 Ia reelec'
ci6n "hizo limpia,' general. arrOjandc
DE- la capital cOahuilense al fihIsterc
: q los que con e. Sc ocupaban er
? "ccrtar cabczas Uesdc lejos' Y de ala
bar incesantementc a quien los ha,
bia irstalado en- una de las residen'
cias mas lujosas de Saltillo: Ia de Ia
famiiia Larralde.
Los ~filibusteros arrojadOs de Goa
hula por Espinosa Mireles andan ahc
IA en- busca de otro revolucionaric
que los acepte Y parece que va 10 har
. cncontrado en- la persona de Luis Ca,
ballero quien esta muy necesItadc
de los servicios de Ia genie de plu'
ma para que lie hagan campana er
favor De SUI reelection como gober
rador de Tamallipas.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-03-09
CREYENDCSE VIUDA, CONTRAJO
MATRIMONIO EN- SECUNDAS
NUPCIAS.
Cuando cstaba en- la luna de micl
~aparecio su primer marido y
abando al segundo.

LON ANGELES, Cal, Mario 4
Despues de haber permanecido clnco
amos en- Mexico. Pedro Delgado vol
vi6 a esta ciudad, ALA pOr Navidad,
habiendo cncontrado d 81 csposa ca
sada con otro hombre. Muy al con
trario de como 10 hiciera Ct piotago
nista de Enoch Arden. Delgado no
Sc aiejo establishments, dejando a
su esposa y a su rival en- ciega igno-
rancia de que el viva. En- lugar de
este, SC hizo prcscntc y fue recibldo
Dor ST. "sposa con los brazos ablcr-
tos, volvicndo a ella cl antigua amor
a la vista dc SUI primer esposo.
La Gobfe esposa, dc nombre Maria,
la prcscntado qucrclla dc divorclo
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-03-09
Los periodiocs suspendidos.

En- su ~cntrevista 0 el senior Pre-
sidentc de la Republica ademas dc
Zanzibar impresiones sobre cl cable
grama del Dr.. Ferrara, trat0 el Sr.
Wifredo Fernandez dc la suspension
dccretada contraa lgunos p]eriodicos.
Mostrose orIesto a Ia radical medi
ia. por cntcnrcr que era innecesaria.
A su salida del Pa;acio manifesto
el ST.. Fernandez que cl General Me
nocal lie habia ofrecido estudiar el
asunto Y buscar n formula. que
pcrmitiera la rcaparieion de algunos
DC los p~eriodicos 5uprimidos; Y no
De todos, porque a dos de los clausu
radios, por razones cspecialisimas, no
no seria possible, por ahora, levantar-
les su c%lauSura.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-03-09

"Obran cuerdamentc las madrcS-
dice IN famoso autor-al ~rcprendsr a
sus hijos cuando estos remedan a
tuerto. el COLO o ell bizco Y otros de-
fectos f~isicos, pues sobre que el tier
no cuerpo de las criaturas puede
con clio v~iciarse. no SC sabe como O.
cure uuc la casualidad sc mofa lin
damcntc dc nosotroS, castigandonos
Sc refieren muchos cases he gentes
cue cayeron cnfermas pOr fingir que
10 eStaban".
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-03-09
EN- LAREDO,
K

\ las 1850 a. m , del dia > dc los
corricntcs, failcci6 en- la ciudad de
Laredo. Texas. en- el scno de la lyle
STA Cat6Hca. Apostolica, Romano y Il
Ia cdad de Is amos. : mcses. 10 dlaS'
Ia sonora doha Beatriz Y. de ORTIZ.
Hicieronse honras funebreS a Ia eX-
+inta sonora en- la Pro-Catedral de
San A.gustin a las 8 de la manana de!
dia siguiente, Y q las $3.50 Sc etectuo
Ia inhumacion del cadaver en- el Pan
teon Catolico.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-03-09
NOTAS CURIOSAS.

FL doctor sueco Ekeberg. descubri-
dor del tantalo, do este nombre al
meal porque paso un v~erdaderO 81
plicio de Tantalo al hacer los estu-
dos de investigation. Hasta hace
muy POGO no Sc ha conseguido obte-
ner este cuerpo en- estado perfecta-
mcnte puro. Con cada libra de tan
talo, hay para $4,000 lamparas dc
% bujias.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1917-03-09
correspondence nsreeln, para Ia rREN>N
Ell PASO. Texas, Mario l.

Ell PASO. Texas, Mario t.
Francisco Villa. por disposition sIya,
Y por acue1do de un medico aleman,
que le presta u Servicios han sido
trasladado al centre de la sierra, en-
4 Estado d. Chihuahua, para que sc
e atienda debidamente. sin que pue-
dan interrumpirlo, mientras Sc en-
cucntra en- CANA. las fuerzas del go
hicrno de facto.
Esta noticia ha Sido proporcionada
y il prensa local por un individuo
u lego antenoche a Ia frontera,
~orocedenre de un rancho cercano q
San Andres. Dicho individuo, quien
lilo eScar empleado en- el rancho ain
lido. declare que Villa Sc encuentra
inferno desde que regreS0 de To
rreon al Estado De Chihuahua, Y que
,esde crtonces toda actividad de pa!
.e lie las Tuerzas rebeldes quedo nu-
.ficaGa. Al saber Villa que las fuer
zas del general Francisco Murgula
,syaban m~oviendose hacia el occiden
Q de Ia capital del Estado. en- direc-
On de donde sc hallaba ten las GER
.vnilS de San Andres,) eScoglo a los
90 hombres mas arrojados de los que
tiene = SIS 6rdcneS y dispuso que Sc
, t. asladara ell una litera a un pie
Alo llansaGo Dos dc Abril,' Situad9
~ 81 centric de Ia sierra de Chihua-
hua. Villa fue acompahado de un me
Iico aleman que trae consigo desde
lue eStuvo en- Ia ciudad de Torreon,
dos enfcrmeras que estan con {!
.aca var as meseS. un boCicario y
JOS trescientos hombres de cabalIe-
IN por e. escogidos. Dicha fucrz@ Sc
-ncargara he resguacdar i Villa
nicntras Sc e~ncuentre cnfermo. aun.
Cue tien4 Ia seguridad de qle en- el
Unto = dcnde ma lido no Scra mo!cs-
do por las fuerzas de Nurgula.