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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Women In the Field Of Labor.

If by chance woman does not be-
come homemaker, but enters busi-
ness pursuit. she meets unusual diff
Guilty. The man has been in business
for generations; the woman is new
conner. Some employments are closed
to her. either because they require the
great physical strength or endurance,
Or because conventional considerations
forbid. Americans look with disap.
proval upon women working in the
fields. as they do in foreign countries;
and yet there is much field work that
Is more interesting. more wholesome
and much more suitable than some
of the work that American women are
allowed to do-such. for example, as
they do in laundries and in factories.
Not only are women considered as
invaders in mems fields, but also they
suffer because men. invading fields
once considered strictly feminine, are
becoming dressmakers, cooks. laundry
managers and clerks. Moreover. for
the same work women received lower
pay than men.> Do not those difficult
ties constitute a compelling appeal to
give women in their schooling every
possible equipment for successe
Youths Companion.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Yeuna,te, Lacked Humor.

A pig in a crate is novel enough to
capture city attention any day in the
year. The crate stood on a pavement
in front Of an express Office. and the
black-and-white spotted porker, with
its quivery nose and cup-handled tail,
accepted his prison bars with the
philosophy Of race that spends most
Of its years doing time in a pen.
Naturally, passing people gave the
show word or giggle Of comment, and
one ragtag boy shrilled out to any one
who would listen:
"Ketch on to de c'nary In de cage!"
'That isn't a canary bird. It's q
pig"
The entirely correct diagnosis was
voiced by little chap whose neatness
showed for a mothers tenderest care.
He couldn't take a joke. but it was
equally obvious that never. never would
he take. say, q pocketbook that didn't
belong to him.
But the look Of plying scorn on the
ragtag's face and his whoop Of deri-
sion brought a round Of guffaws that
would have done credit to a Chaplin
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Art Of Egypt.

Art history, particularly in the
branch Of painting, has undergone
some radical revis,Ons in the last quar-
ter Of a century, as direct result Of
Egyptian archaeological research.
Painting, as we know it today, is at
least 5000 years old-and we have
found the originals to prove it. The
site Of ancient .Thcbcs. now represent.
"a BY the modern villages Of Karnak
and Luxor. has been one Of the richest
quarries worked by modern scholarly
excavatOrs Of Various n4tionalitieS.
Ten years ago the New York Metropolis.
tan museums expedition established ut
Thebes a special school or atelier for
the purpose of copying and recording
the brilliant-puinted scenes and inscrip.
lions uncovered in the royal tomb chap
els Of Egypt's rulers of more than
thirty centuries ago.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Welcome the Birds.

Are all the beautiful birdhouses that
were made last winter now in place
and occupied? Let US give glad
welcome to all the birds that can be
induced to live near us. Not everyone
realizes the benefit these little crea-
lures confer. The work they do in
preserving our crops and fruit from
the ravages Of insects needs to be
told again and again. Besides this
great use. the happiness they give Us
with their songs and their beauty is
not to be told or measured. Many q
heavy heart has been cheered and com.
forted by the robins friendly "cheer
up. dearie. cheer up as he fits about
q home. Robins love to be friendly,
and there are other birds which love
human society. Have you in your
yard dish Of water for them to drink
and battle in? If not. put one there,
and observe how gladly it is made use
of.-Exchange.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
GREAT DIVERSITY OF TONGUE
Over Four Thousand LANGUAGES Are
Spoken and Written by Va.
rious Peoples.

How many persons know how many
languages there are in the world?
The average mans knowledge or abil.
ity to speak languages rarely exceeds
two besides his native tongue. The
Emperor Francis Joseph, when visit
ing Red Cross hospital, spoke with
the patients in their own languages.
1t may appear strange. but it is new
ertheless true, that there are over T.
OOO, languages spoken by mankind,
while the number of dialects exceeds
this. There are more than sixty vo-
cabularies in Brazil, and in Mexico the
Nahua is broken up into some 700 d.
alects. There are hundreds in Borpeo,
while in Australia there is no classi-
flying the complexities. Let us as
sumo that SO Dialects on an average,
belong to each language, and we have
the colossal total of a quarter Of a mill
lion linguistic abilities.
A century hence the probability is
that there will be only four languages
of importance in the world. Central
Europe may produce newer and more
straight forward German language,
English may reign alone over the
North American continent, and q more
business-like Spanish will be used in
South American states, while Russia
may take on some more rich Slavonic
dialect, which will blend the races Of
eastern Europe and central Asia into
q harmonious federation.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
HandeI,s telegraph Will.

Musicians will be keenly interested
In the fact that the famous Photograph
will Of Handel. signed by the COM
poser in full. with four signed codicils,
has been sold by auction in London.
The will contains the bequest to Mr..
Christopher Smith (Handel's amanu-
ensis) Of my large Harpischord, my
little House Organ, my Musick Books,
and five hundred pounds sterl." In
the collection are relics Of early Eng.
lish masters-Lawes. Morley, Carey,
Playford. etc. Among moderns there
Is the MS. score Of Sir Arthur Sulli.
vans anthem. "Sing Unto the Lord, u
written when the future Savoyard wa
. choirboy at the Chapel Royal.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Babies Healthier Nowad,x..

The death rate among babies in the
larger American cities has been re-
duced II per cent since 1910, accord
ing to the infant mortality survey Just
completed by the New York milk com.
mittee. This reduction has been made
among cities of 100000 population and
over.
The smaller cities have not done 80
well. The reduction in cities between
$4,000 and 100000 population is only
2 per cent, while those under $4,000
show an increase Of S per cent. The
general reduction is 9 per cent. The
survey covers $50 of the largest cities
In the United States since 1905. The
marked decrease in infant deaths did
not begin until 1910, when Organized
infant welfare work became general
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
LATEST THINGS IN LAWSUITS
Italian Officer Claimed Bullet That
Shot Him and Got lt-swiss Re.
scented Loss Of Thirst.

An italian officer who was wounded
In the Trentino has just brought m
action to obtain a decision as to the
rishtful ownership of a bullet extract.
ed from his body. Both doctor and
nurse claimcd it. but the officer con.
tended that it was legally his. The
judge gave the decision in the officers
favor by a noval line of argument.
He found that the projectile, once
discharged from the gun, ceased both
to belong to the man who fired it and
the country which intrusted it to him.
1t thus became. while on it's way to
Its billet. Il res nullus, which any find.
err is entitled to pick up and keep. The
officer found it in his body. 1t was
only brought to light by the surgeon,
assisted by the nurse. Hence the of.
ficer Was entitled to keep it. Which
sounds a good deal like much ado
about nothing.
Some weeks ago an able left
French village to take up the incum.
hency OF another. and the mayor and
his late flock lit bonfire in the road
TO speed their departing parson. max.
ing merry ut his expense and showing
Enthusiastically the JOY they felt at see.
.ng his back. Naturally the able
thought himself insulted and brought
IN action for damages, but as he could
not show any the case was dismissed.
A very stout man recently bought a
.hird-class ticket at roadside station
IN England, and found that he could
not get into third-class compartment.
So he went into first, the doors of
which are wider, refusing to pay the
excess. He was sued for the balance
md had to pay both that and the costs,
he court holding that this could not
De his first offense, and, knowing that
ne could not squeeze through the door
If a third, he ought to have booked
irst without more ado.
After telling a barber to trim his
,eard. farmer fell asleep in the chair.
He was awakened by the application
II wet towel to his face, and, looking
n the glass, was not sure whether the
barber had awakened him or some 9th.
.r fellow.
He had gone to sleep with beard
wo feet long and woke up clean
shaved. His whiskegs. of which he
vas very proud, had all gone. He sued
he barber for $1,000 and got 800.
A certain inhabitant of Switzerland
lad a most splendid thirst, which he
,lied daily with stimulants. His sister
secretly put drink cure into his po-
ations, which had the magical effect
II curing him Of his craving, and rem.
iering drink obnoxious. So angry was
he when he learned the truth that he
sued his sister for $1,000 for the loss
If his thirst!
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Argue but Don't wranole..

In ordinary life friction is some
thing to be avoided. Argument that de-
serves the name is too difficult thing
for daily practice. calling as it does
for such painstaking care in the ex-
pressing exactly Of ones ideas to
avoid their being misunderstood, for
such patience to listen, to wait ones
turn, to keep ones temper.
Dependent upon all these things for
its very existence, argument simply
cannot be entered upon carelessly
without degenerating into mere
wrangling.
If you have the fatal habit Of turn.
Ing conversation into argument you
are nothing more or less than q
wrangler.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
IN AFRICAN JUNGLE
British Aviator Relates Expert.
ence Of Four Days.
Forced to Abandon Machine, He Had
to Make His Way Through Almost
ImpenetrabIe Bush, in Con.
slant Fear of Death.

Horrible experiences of a British
aviator who came down in an East
African jungle are described by him
in letter just received by relative
at London.
The aviator, Lieut.. G. Garrood, went
up to bomb Il German ambush on the
Ruff river but through engine trou-
machine landing With broken propeller
in Il bog. 1t took him four days to
make his way to place of safety.
He tells how in the dusk he was
confronted with an ugly black animal
about four feet high with vicious
tusks. He climbed Il tree and pre-
pared to put in the night there. Later
he opened his eyes and saw something
like two green electric bulbs about so
feet from the tree. They moved around
in q circle. This continued for 45 min
utes. He says:
1.-THE tension was unbearable. I
wanted to scream, shout and yell all
in one, but instead l burst out with
The Admiral's Broom and with
full-throated bass I roared out the
three verses. No applause, but re-
ward-the leopard skunk away. Why
aad 1 not thought of it before?
II went through my repertoire. I
laughed as I finished two Eyes Of
Grey 1t seemed SO ridiculous. Then
. got on to hymns, remembered four
serses Of % God, Our Help in Ages
Past and sang the Amen too. The
whole thing had its ludicrous side."
Next morningN while swimming q
liver he passed seven yards from a
.rocOdile's mouth, but just reached
The bank in time. Without food, or
irms-his only weapon of defense his
aails scissOrs-his progress through
he awful bush was about 100 yards
IN hour. His clothing was in ribbons,
md his flesh exposed to the thorns,
sword grass and flies.
He swan seven more rivers that
lay and sank down exhausted against
tree. He could hear q lion roaring
lbout 500 yards away, and, somewhat
iearer, the granting Of a hippopota-
nus. He continues:
"Being exhausted, more or less
ost consciousness for perhaps half an
TOUR or so. Nothing short of hippo
charging could have made me climb
tree. Am afraid life had little to
Ifter about that time."
It was while lying here that the
lieutenant had the annoying expert
.nce Of surveying two large babboons,
he size Of small man, quarreling
,ver his trousers, now in threads, and
lmOng the tops of 40-f0ot trees.
1t was not until he had passed an
ther horrible day and equally terrible
light in the bush that he at last was
picked up by some natives.
"Their eyes seldom left me-" he
ldds. Undoubtedly was strange
hght-my legs bare and bleeding. my
short vest sodden. dirty and torn. no
:rousers, Of course, just a dirty sun
helmet, short stick in my right hand
Ind with four days growth of beard
IN my dirty face"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
He Picked up alixino.

brated his f1ftieth anniversary Of work
in connection with the Ragged School
union, tells an amusing anecdote Of
how he once questioned London waif
whom he had befriended as to his
method Of earning q living.
The young fellows reply was typical
Of the London street arab.
SWELL, guv'nor," he said, 'it's like
this. I picks strawberries in the sum-
mer, picks ops in the autumn. In
the winter I picks pockets, and, as a
rule, I'm pickin' oakunl for the rest of
the year"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Simple and Pointed.

The captain Of the local volunteers
was explaining his system Of personal
canvass with q view Of obtaining re.
cruits. BE brief In your general ex.
PLANTATION" he said. land dwell on the
respective merits Of classes A, B and
G under the volunteer act. Will Cor
poral Jones now step forward and give
us an example Of how he would can.
vass?"
Corporal Jones, stepping forward
and saluting, said: III the order OF
the classes were reversed, the matter
would be greatly simpli6ed. All you
would have to do then would be to
See men, tell them to BE men, ant
getting their answer az .A.msn.:".
tAndnn T4t.Rita
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
First Prlnciples.

'Do you think that new recrdit will
ever learn to be soldier?" asked the
commanding officer.
"Well. he's acquiring the founda.
tions." responded the drill sergeant.
"He had not been in camp q day be-
fore he was putting up Q howl about
the food"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Too Many There,

Major general Undressing the men,
before practicing an attack behind the
lines)-I want you to understand that
there is a difference between q re-
hearsal and the real thing. There are
three essential differences. First, the
absence of the enemy. Now Cunning to
the regimental sergeant major). what
a the second di6erence3
!. Sergeant Major-The absence Of tha
general, cir:
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Won the Bet.

How did you come out on your bet,
old MANI"
"What bet?"
"Don't you remember? You said "a
you were leaving the club last night,
4 bet I'll get the dickens from nv
wife,"
sOh. I won" -: !
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
Korean Gods Under German Influence.

Koreans are great rumor mOngers.
Some stories they spread are fantas-
tically absurd. One recently prevail
ing among the country people, because
no rain fell for many days, was to the
effect that the long drought was due
to German influence with the gods, in
revenge for the part Japan has taken
in the war, says East and West News
Predictions of famine were current
heavy rainfall has not altogether re.
moved the anxiety felt among that class
Of people on the peninsula.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27
WHERE TARLET0N IS BURIED
American Tourist Discovers Tomb q
Dazzling OFFICER Who Won Fame
In Revolution.

What became of Major Tarleton aft.
er the Battle Of Yorktown? Except
for a very few people, says A. G..
Bradley in the Nation. everyone in
England has forgotten the very name
of the young cavalry leader. But many
persons in America must have Won
dered what became of the dashing SOL
der, and how it happened that in the
long years of war that shook England
and Europe his name never once ap-
peared.
When Mr.. Bradley, in a leisure hour,
entered the fine old fourteenth century
village church at Leintwardine, in
Herefordshire, he did not think that
the bare, unseated chapel promised
much of interest; indeed, he was just
turning away when in far corner and
partly concealed by ladders, buckets,
planks and other articles necessary to
the cleaning of the church. he caught
sight of lofty mural monument. The
lettering on it ran as follows:
"Near this place are deposited the
mortal remains of Sir Banustre Tarle-
ton-Baronet General in the Army
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of
the Bath, Governtr of Berwick-on-
Tweed, Colonel of the Gallant Sth
Hussars-He represented his native
town Of Liverpool for seven Sessions
and closed his distinguished career in
this place Jan. 25, 1888"
In 1893 Tarleton was sent to Portu.
gal. but was very soon recalled Mt his
own request, and with that exception
he never saw shot fired after York.
town or served anywhere abroad, al-
though England was constantly fight
ing until Waterloo. He got promoted
regularly, however, for he stood well
at court and was a member Of the
prince of Wales circle.
Tarleton belonged neither to the no
bility nor to the landed gentry. He
was the son of q Liverpool merchant,
an unusual origin at that time for a
dashing cavalry officer and the best
horseman, according to good authority,
in the British army. He had entered
Oxford and had studied to become
barrister, but gave up classics and the
law for soldering and a commission
ut twenty-one years Of age. He had a
genius for the training of men and
officers and for rapid and successful
strokes.
On returning from America, how
ever, he turned from soldering to poll
tics; he lost no time In entering the
house of commons, and sat for his
native city of Liverpool for 20 years.
He became a major general in 1874. q
lieutenant general in 1901, a full gen.
eral in 1912, a baronet in 1915 and a
g. G. B. in 1920. He also held the
full colonelcy Of several cavalry regi-
ments in succession and was for some
years governor of Berwick. He up
parently retired with his wife to
Leintwardone for the last years of
his life, lived there quietly and did not
mix with the neighboriny county fam
flies.
The seclusion of his gorgeous tomb,
behind the cobwebs of disused aisle,
gives a final touch of mystery to the
romance that early associations with
Virginia have connected with Tarle-
toms name.-Youth's Companion.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1917-09-27

The Tired Fisherman has a Fine
String of Fish. Yet he does not look
Happy, for he knows that when he
Gets to Town, the Fellows will ask,
"Where did you Buy them?" and he
will have to Grin Sheepishly. where
as he would like to Wallop them Fore
and Aft with his string of Finny Beau.
ties.
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-05

Sweep Drafted Army Reporting Today
"ALL OVER, Z SAID GERMAN INVITED BEFORE
PERSHING !; WE ARE LOST; \" DIDN'T BELIEVE
UNITED STATES ARMY WAS YET IN FRANCE

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Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-05
DECLARATION OF
PRINCIPLES OF
ALLIANCE GIVEN
Samuel Gotnpers Tells what
American Alliance for
Labor will Do. Il.
Will Bring to Support Of
. Government Aid of all
Workers Of Country.

Minneapolis, Sept. 5.-Samuel
Gompers, president of the American
Federation Of Labor and chairman OF
the American Alliance for Labor and
Democracy, which opened its national
conference here today, outlined the
purpose of the organization as the as
sembling for the e9support Of the gov
ernment Of "all the moral and ma
terial power of the working class OF
the nation"
"It shall be our task" he said, "to
interpret Americas democratic spirit
and purpose in this conflict to our fell
eign birth, and to combat every form
of propaganda, no matter by whom il
may be carried on, which tends to
weaken the loyalty and devotion OF
the masses, and their willingness to
strive and sacrifice for the nation and
its high purpose"
Declaration Of Principles.
The complete declaration Of princi-
pies as announced by Mr.. Gompers> is
as follows:
"As believers in the great and
splendid vision of democracy and in
ternationalism,, the fraternalism and
solidarity of all peoples, we assert al
this time our unqualified loyalty to
the republic of the United States OF
America and our determination to dc
all that lies in our power to win the
war in which it is engaged.
Loyalty to the ideals Of freedom
democracy and internationalism re-
quires loyalty to America.
''Disloyalty to America In this cri-
sis is disloyalty to the cause Of free-
dom. democracy and internationalism
No national selfishnessS impelled
Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-09-05
GREECE IS in
FIGHTING TRIM
Minister Declares Country
First is to Win Back
Stolen Territory.

Washington, Sept. 5.The Greek
| army has been lighting side by side
with the efinternational expedition In
Macedonia since January, and b the
Whole nation is now getting ready its
entire strength to prosecute the war
against the Central empires. George
Rousses, the new Greek minister to
the United States declared today.
Would Attain Wilson's Principles.
First, Greece hopes to recover the
territories Bulgaria wrested from
her, he said. Then, according to
the outcome Of the warssfto gain con-
| Isideration for the rights Of Hellenism
and to realize the principles declared
land emphasized by President Wilson,
relating to, the Will Of the people. n s,
There are many millions of Greeks
still under the Turkish yoke clamor-
! ing for liberation The basis of our
policy isethe principle OF nationality. d
Seek Freedom from Foreign Rule.
| he rights of Hellenism require
| that wherever there are Greek popu-
lations under foreign rule. such COM
posing a majority, the i territory in
habited by them ought to be Joined
Ito Greece These are o mainly in
Thrace and Asia Minor.
The interye entson OF the United
States in the war has elevated the
war to the highest moral plane, and
! the pronouncements of President w IL
son have given assurance TO the
smaller nationaiities that the day OF
thear liberation has come