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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
NO WEARY SHOPPERS, THESE
creduIous Man labored Under Mic.
apprehension When He Gave Up
His Seat In Car.

1t had been the credulous mans busy
day. Furthermore, his stenographer
was out with smallpox. and the credu-
lous mans own vaccination was just
beginning to "take." So when two
handsomely gowned women boarded
the car near Tenth and Baltimore, the
credulous man resolved for once to re.
nounce chivalry and keep his seat. For
some reason, however-perhaps with
that womanly intuition we hear 30
much about-the two women chose the
back Of the credulous mans seat to
cling to, and there to carry on their
lamentations against selfish masculin-
ity. Il never put in such day before
In my life," sighed the first. "Nor l."
agreed the other. "Such q crowd of
wild, wrangling women I never saw"
1t was too much for the credulous
man. whose particular weakness is for
the poor tired creatures who serve the
bargain hounds. won't you take my
seat?' he said, rising YEARLY and MAX
ing way for his seatmate, forced to do
likewise. Thanks" said the women,
shortly. Comfortably seated. one of
them opened her handbag and brought
forth two little green slips of paper.
Il guess we don't need these any
more" she said, and cast them on the
floor. The letters the credulous man
made out on the slips were: "R H 81
and "R H 4" .''Wed Matinee."-Kansas
City Star.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
FinIand's New Flag.

The Russian revolution will probably
result in frightening the list of the
worlds flags by several additions. Fin
land, which. since March, has ceased
to be a grand duchy and has declared
her independence and status as re-
public, has now decided on her national
colors. She will have three different
standards: the national flag, the flag
of the merchant service. and that of
the pilot and customs services. The
national colors are those which were
acclaimed at the time of the revolt
ton. the yellow lion Of Finland sur
rounded by nine white roses ON red
ground. The flag Of the merchant
service will have yellow perpendicu-
lar cross on q red ground and in the
top right-hand corner, nine white roses
set symmetrically in three rows. The
pilot and customs services flag will be
the same. except that it will carry the
yellow of Finland instead of the white
roses.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
pivino Water Birds,

Water birds which are ordinarily
able to float high on the water can
also sink at will by expelling the air
which is Enclosed within the film Of
feathers surrounding their bodies,
thus making them heavier than water.
This mechanical trick on the part Of
diving birds is probably familiar to all
who have watched the kingfsher at
tlose quarters, and have noted the
sudden contraction in the birds up
parent size as 1t takes the plunge.
This is more easily observed in the
case Of the startling, which sometimes
initiates the kingfsher by plunging into
water for food. The shrinkage of
the bird in apparent size is very no
ticeab,e when. after lowering above
the surface. it turns downwards to
dive.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
Paper Scarce in wartime.

During the War of the Revolution
persons engaged in the manufacture of
paper were exempted from conscrfp-
ton. AS the war advanced the sup
ply Of paper for cartridges and wad-
ding ran so low that the government
advertised for 1t. and finally ordered
the public to produce all they had,
even sending files of soldiers to search
for the Indispensable article where
there was any likelihood of finding 1t.
In the garnet Of house where Benja-
min Franklin once had his printing Of
fee were found $500 copies of SER
mon by Philadelphia divine on de
fensive War" These were seized and
used to make cartridges for the bat
tie Of Monmouth. The results Of the
battle showed conclusively that IT was
"a most striking discourse" During
the Civil war common news paper sold
for 25 cents per pound, and ten years
later it sold for 10 cents per pound.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
The Thirteenth Juror.

What is the influence of the thir.
teenth Juror upon the other twelve
Jurors? asks Willis Barnes in Case and
Comment. Here are twelve men Sc
lected from the ordinary walks Of life,
commercial or ndustrial-rarely from
professional life. The only impressive
faculty they are supposed to have is a
sane mind capable Of a common-sense
conclusion upon facts submitted, and
that each mans mind will be brought to
q unanimous conclusion, but in the ef-
fort to accomplish this the thirteenth
Juror takes a part; he is looked upon
as one learned in the law and neces.
sarily learned in the skillful analysis of
evidence; the jury listens to this an.
alysts and the color put upon 1t by one
who knows what he is talking about
and when the twelve Jurors retire to
the consultation room they carry with
them mental influence so impressive
that 1t cannot be easily dismissed: II
enters into and necessarily becomes q
part of the evidence they are called
upon to consider.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
NO "Mayflowersn in London2

II there are in England any de.
scendants of the little band of Pilgrims
who sailed in the Mayflower 298 years
ago. they are difficult to discover. An
American woman living in London has
been trying to find them, and with that
object she inserted advertisements
asking any "Aiayfowers" now in Lon.
don to meet her at hotel at a certain
hour.
The appointed hour came, and the
American woman waited. A moving
picture photographer, several newspa.
per photographers and a dozen report.
ers arrived and were mistakenly and
enthusiastically greeted as Mayfowers.
There was an air of eager expectancy
and suppressed excitement. Every
body waited for As minutes. but not q
single Mayflower appeared. There
were signs Of disappointment.
"But there must be some Mayflow.
ers in London" said the American
woman to the reporters. II can't be
the only one" She looked again at
the door, but there was no sound of
footsteps and the meeting adjourned.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
Rebuilding German Population.

All questions relating to rebuilding
Of the shattered Germanic popula-
tons engage unceasing attention.
There has just been another German
Austro-H Hungarian medical congress
on the subject in Berlin. Eminent
physicians and surgeons pointed out
that, while there was vast deal that
their profession and the public health
authorities could do to help in the re-
population of the two states. liberal
social legislation by their govern
'ments was an equally important fac
tor. Education must be cheapened,
the cost of living, so far as rearing
children is concerned, must be re-
duced by every possible means; tax
alton must be readjusted SO that the
lower and middle classes will hence
forth bear the minimum burden;
housing reform was urgently called
for, and ways and means had to be
found for permitting more people to
share the benefits of food-producing
land.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
Bohemia's sufferinos

Bohemia went through some Of the
most barbarous Of the German re-
ligious wars in the sixteenth and sew.
enteenth centuries. Between 1917 and
1857 the Bohemian population was "A.
duced from 100000 to 10000 BY the
ravages Of execution and exile. SAYS
Richard Wilmer Rowan in Worlds
Work. The Czech language was ban.
ished from the Bohemian school room
In faver OF the German by the other
wise liberal Maria Theresa just two
years before our American declaration
Of independence. Czech riotinr sisnsI.
lied the upheavals in 1S4S that drove
Metternich and his fellow reactionaries
to q timely seclusion. Yet the Aus
gleich or Austro- Hungarian compro.
mise Of 1857 found Bohemia still re-
fused the national recognition It de-
manded.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
Determining AGE Of Planets.

A novel idea in estimating the physi-
cal condition Of planets was put forth
by NJ. Veronnet before the Academic
des Sciences at a recent meeting in
Paris. He based it upon calculation
of the quantity of water that rocks
such as granite and porphyry absorb
before becoming perfectly dry.
He said that on the moon all water
has been completely absorbed by slow
diffusion as the rocks gradually cooled.
Venus is still surrounded by thick
layer of vapor, while no water has yet
been condensed on the surface of Mer-.
curry, this planet being still in a con.
dition in which its geological life has
not begun, and consequently no clouds
have yet formed on its surface.
NJ. Veronnet calculates that the
rocks Of our earth now contain alb
sorbed water which would cover the
earth to an average depth Of about
400 metres. -
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
Taught That All Was Dream,

AS far back as the fourth and third
centuries B. c. Chuang Tzu, the bril-.
liant Chinese mystic, taught that this
life is really a dream. He said:
''Those who dream of banquet,
awake to lamentation and sorrow.
Those who dream Of lamentation and
sorrow wake to Join the hunt. While
they dream they do not know that they
dream. Some even interpret the dream
they are dreaming; and only when they
wake do they know 1t was a dream.
8y-and-by comes the great awakening,
and then we find that this life is real
b great dream.
Fools think they are awake now,
and datter themselves they know If
they are really princes. or peasants.
Confucius and you are both dream
ers; and I, who say you are dream
ers. am but dream myself"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
cHINAMEN feed THE DEAD"
Religious Ceremony Faithfully oh.
served by ceIestiais, Wherever
They May Be Living.

Cinnamon still observe the religious
ceremony Of feeding the dead" The
food Is intended as propitlatory offer
Ing to the Chinese evil spirit. The
offerings vary according to the habits
and tastes Of the occupants Of the
graves.
"At the grave of one" says an eye
witness Of feast, This friend, after
digging holes in the hard ground with
his knife, stuck up two candles, and
laid out several sets of chop-sticks and
as many small cups, which he filled
With wine; then he placed on the grave
some bowls Of rice. package Of Gig
arettes, and small vessel of opium.
Afterward he made several bows and
genuflections, as n inviting his dead
friend or the other party to set to.
"a number Of fires were burning In
the vicinity, and on these were placed
pieces Of paper with squares of imita.
ton gold lenf pasted on them repre-
senting gold coin; other squares with
silver foil represented silver coin; and
smaller squares, punched full Of holes,
represented the brass cash. which has
hole in the center. Some burned
small garments made Of paper. and
thus furnished new suit to their de-
ceased friends at small cost. After
the provisions had been displayed long
enough to give the spirit enough to-
satisfy himself, they were carefully
brought back to town."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
American Shoes for Iapan.

Japanese women are not so quick
to adopt occidental styles as are Jap
anese men, but the upper-class women
do wear modern dress and footwear
at social functions where European or
American women are likely to be pres.
ent In any considerable number.
with effort few American shoes
can be sold in Japan now. and the
effort ought to be made for the good
Of the future, for the market will un.
doubtedly be inviting within the next
ten OF fifteen years." says C. e. Bos-
worth. trade commissioner of the bu.
reau of foreign and domestic com.
merce. although there are many
shops where modern footwear Is made.
there are few places where ready.to.
wear footwear is stocked. Commercial
patriotism should keep American shoes
in the market"
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
ORIGIN Of "maehjavelIian.n

A favorite epithet for centuries, the
word "Machiavellian," has seen tire.
less service since the beginning of the
present war as an adjective to be
hurled at rulers who are accused of
being treacherous and dishOnorable.
The adjective is derived from the name
of Niccolo Machiavelli of Florence,
Italy. who died in 1927.
Machiavelli. famous as an author,
wrote book, '"The Prince" in an en-.
deavor to prove that, for the estab.
lishment and maintenance of govern.
ment. any means might he resorted to.
no matter how treacherous. unlawful.
or dishonorable. The ruler would be
justified in using these forces, the au.
thor argued, because he would only
be pittfng them against similar traits
of wickedness and treachery in his
people.
Machiavelli was friend Of popular
government, and for several centuries
there were few who argued that
"The Prince" did not truly represent
his principles. but in reality was a
satire on rule by despots. The dispute
was set at rest in 1870 however by
the discovery Of letter written by
Machiavelli. The author said he wrote
the book for the private reading Of
the Medici. an italian family Of great
wealth and power, because he desired
to curry favor with them, and he had
no idea the book was to be published.
Peoples Home Journal.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
FOOLISH FEARS OF BACILLI
Quite Possible to Have Too Lively IN
Imagination, and Thus Shorten
Ones Lite.

It Is impossible for a person Of imag.
inative Temperament. to read withou,
Q tremor the announcement of the
medicine men that door knobs and the
like are teeming with bacterial life
and dripping with microbes.
AS the mind fills in the details Of
the picture. the horrors multiply. To
board q street car becomes an opera.
ton fraught with extreme peril, for
the hand that grasps the handle clasps
a handful Of germs. Consequently
Mr.. Imagination walks to work, and,
arriving late, seizes the knob Of his
Office door only to let 60 appalled, with
the thought that the bacilli upon its
shining surface are more numerous
than the inhabitants of the globe.
Brating the dangers that Turk tr
the lunch hour, he approaches the pol
tshed brass handle of the restaurant
door with shudder as he pictures 1t
swarming with enemies. like a hive
with bees. In the spies Of the inyis-
ible empire of disease that dog his
steps, poison his peace Of mind. and
scare him stiff.
Pretty soon he takes to his bed, and
after O while he finds in q nice, anu.
septic cemetery an opening for which
he Is fitted. But Mr.. Night Hawk. the
policeman, who tries the door knob Of
every store on his beat at least once
p night, and who doesn't know mi
crobe from a bathrobe, lives to q ripe
old age,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
LIKE SCENE FROM FARMLAND
correspondent's Graphic Portraituro
OF Children Leaving Petroorad
Cathedral After Services.

Twas just crossing the snowy square
In front Of st. Isaacs. returning from
the last mass before the midnight
Easter service, when suddenly-were
the gates Of Fairyland flung open?
Down the aisle of columns, out from
among the dusky pillars of the great
cathedral, in twos and threes-or
sometimes alone, voluminous
shawled and aproned nyanya in the
background-came fgures-gravely in
tent little figures, each carefully
shielding his candle with tiny. cupped
hands or twists Of white paper, the
yellow candle light faring up into
faces as cherubic as Reynolds age
q Innocence" but weighted with all
the sweet solemnity of Aiiltonic angels;
childre6 bearing home sacfed cahdl6
lighted at the altar Of their own Lares
and Pehates. Out from among the In
scrutable shadows and down the steps
Of the yast cathedral they fiickered
and doated in twos and threes; and
stu farther down the canyons Of the
dark streets. the spirit lights wavering
and cleaning like myriad will-o'.the-
wisps. phantom ships floating on q
phantom tide. 1t reminded me Of moth
Ing so much as Of that night of ances-
tor worship in the East, when lotus
lanterns burning for the dead are set
adoat on river and bay and far out to
sea.-Olive Gilbreath In Harper's
Magazine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
Titled Lady a. shoemaker.

OssOOsss~ssOss
It Is an Interesting fact that, al
though the women of the United King
dom have invaded most employments
that formerly were followed chiefly by
men, the shoemaking trade has not ex-
perienced much change In this respect.
Yet, something over q hundred years
ago. shoemaking was one Of the "em-
pigments Of high society" In London.
Lady Sarah Spencer. in letter to her
brother, written about the year 1908,
says: "In the evening we divide our
time between music and shoemaking,
which is now the staple trade Of the
family. I am today in a state Of great
vanity, for have made a pair Of shoes
there is news for you. So IL all
other trades fail shall certainly es-
tablish myself, cross-legged, at the cor
ner Of an alley to earn livelihood in
the midst Of leather, avis and ham
luers."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
alrd., Shower Bath.

Nature nrst provided shower baths
for the birds. and man Internationally
later added another variety Of shower
for "the little brothers Of the air." Ma
lures gift 10 the dew. Early in the
morning. when twigs. leaves and grass
are dripping with the rainbow-drops.
the birds dart back and forth. under
and above and all around them, caus-
ing the dew to drop on their feathers.
Then they poise in a secure limb and
fun, and preen their feathers. all the
time singing or chirping in content
ment. Mans gift is the hose. When
the water is playing over the garden.
the birds delight to hop around where
the spray will fall upon them. Or
among the drenched plants which drip
cool refreshment upon the songsters.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
FOUGHT with Owl.

An employee Of the Helena Land and
Lumber company near Perkins, short
distance north of Escanaba, Mich, had
q desperate encounter with huge owl
while walking through the woods late
at night. e.s
His first warning Of the attack was
which he was struck on the head and
his fur cap pulled of. The great claws
Of the bird next were fastened to his
skull and his face.
After desperate fight in the dark
the man succeeded in securing good
hold on the owl and killed 1t by DASH
ing its head against tree. The owl
Is on exhibition mt the camp and il
said to he the largest ever killed in that
vicinity.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
Life Prolonged by Rioid pIet.

General Booth Oily, who is sixty.
two. has no grounds for disagreement
with the food controller, the London
Chronicle remarks, for he has for
many years proved the wisdom Of OBJ
serving strict dietary. At fourteen
his life was despaired Of; at seventeen
the doctors gravely announced that he
would not see twenty-one, and for
three or four years he could not even
walk upstairs without assistance. By
adopting a rigid vegetarian regimen
and resolving to keep himself alive BY
hard work. he attained healthy mid.
die gge and today, notwithstanding the
pressure of war work in which the Sal.
walton army is engaged, he maintains
extraordinary yigor. -. -.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
ssoo,ooo for Muskrat Skim.

The annual January fur auction
closed ut st. Louis with sales totalins
approximately $3,350;O00.
A lot of 10000 muskrats brought
100000. Many Of the skins brought
$3.50 each, an average price for good
pelts being IS cents. A few years ago
muskrat skins sold on the market at
low as five cents each. A collection
Of beaver brought $25 per skin and the
small lot of martin from Alaska set q
record price of $57 each.
Extraordinarily high prices paid this
year were said to be due to the high
quality of the furs.
More than $50 buyers from all parta
Of the world attended the sale.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
Ones Friends.

On an around-zero day, Rosario was
walking home from work with =
friend. They met newsboy, and Ro-
sario's friend asked Rosario to lend
him cent to buy paper with. So
Rosario took off his gloves, unbuttoneti
his overcoat. sweater and coat, and
shiveringly extracted cent from his
waistcoat pocket. The paper Was
bought. Then block or so farther
on they entered store to make pur-
chase.
And in the store Rosario's friend re-
turned the cent he had borrowed. He
explained that 1t was too cold to take
his glove, Of IF and get It when they vers
@ the street.-C1eveland Plain Dealer.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
HAWK NO MATCH FOR CROWS
Cunning Creatures, BY Clever strats.
oy, Stole Titbit From the Claws
Of Bird Of Prey.

Travellers in the Orient have muct
to say about the Indian crow, q birt
that for uncanny knowingness and
prankish audacity has perhaps ne
equal.
Corvus splendens-thus have orni
biologists labeled him; but a famous
naturalist who knows the breed al
first hand has called them "shreds Of
Satan, cinders from Tartarus." To
give these impish creatures their due
however, it should be said that life In
India is not little enlivened by their
presence. Here is a characteristic in.
cident in this relation:
A small hawk had seized q little
bird and perched on leafless branch
to devour his prey. The spectacle drew
two crows to the spot. They hoped
and tapped from branch to branch,
noisily discussing the strategy of their
intended raid.
The6 One OF them quietly slipped
away through the surrounding foliage.
At the same time his mate flew in
eAVAAS Va SAAS PCASuAh6 A0WhS 0uu IlOVs
ering steadily within a foot Of his beak
maintained a busting menace Of
snatching the titbit.
That effectively compelled the atten-
ton Of the hawk. His prey grasped
firmly beneath his feet, he angrily
Kissed and lunged at the lowering
nuisance. So lively was the skirmish
that the human onlooker forgot the
existence of the second crow. But
now that willy bird reappeared some
distance In the rear of his destined vic.
tim.
With stealthy sidlings and short.
noiseless flights he drew near. Then
he made a swift dash, seized the
hawks long, barred tail by the tip,
hung on with his full weight and
toppled the luckless hawk in a com.
plete-back s0mersault from the branch.
The released titbit was instantly
seized by the first crow, and the clever
pair bore off their booty with much
triumphant cawing.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1918-07-25
Don't Have a Double Chin.

An Investigator declares that the
double chin can be controlled and very
largely mitigated. It depends largely
upon the carriage and pose of the head.
The person who has q repeated chin,
or is threatened with one, should re-
call and practice DR.. Edward Everett
Hale's famous advice: 'Look up, not
down." The person who sits, on
stands. or walks, with IN erect body
and keeps the chin up-tilted, can defy
the crease and the fatty Ridges