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The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1918-06-06
REFUGEES IN RICH ATTIRE
Unolish Writer Describes Grotesquo
Figures He Saw During the
Italian Retreat.

Amid all the chaos Of the italian re-
Great one kept on meeting utterly IN
congruous figures for alongside OF
Others road-worn, shabby and dirty. to
be clean and we'll dressed is to be
grotesque.
Amid this multitude'of haggard, I'M
washed, unshaven, dead beat males,
I noticed two Italian ladies treading
delicately over the rough ballast Of
the railway track. They had naturally
brought with them in that flight the
most valuable Of their possessions,
which were Of kind conveniently car.
'ried on their persons. Against this
gray background Of mud and rubbish
and disbanded army their two hg-
'ures glittered with a brilliance that
would have been conspicuous in the
Rue de la Paix.
Heavy sable furs and muffs almost
Bowed their shoulders: each finger had
two or three rings that flashed In the
light; round their necks were gold
chains hung with pendants, and yet
instead Of the air Of self-satisfied Os-
tentation that might we'll have gone
with display so lavish, they were only
two pathetically little, frightened, per-
picked faces, and an uncertain gait
that did not promise much further
progress along that ankle-wrenchins
railway line.-G. Ward Price in tho
Century Magazine.
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cavite Flashes Time Over Pacific.

Since October l the radio station at
'Cavite, cooperating with the Philip
pine bureau Of posts and the Manila
observatory, has been sending the time
ssignals of the 120th meridian east Of
Greenwich ut II Il. m. and 10 p. m.
every day, says Science.
For the purpose Of sending time sig
mails, the transmitting clock Of the Ma
mila observatory is connected with the
Gavite wireless station through the bu-
reau of posts. Manila observatory time
signals begin at 1885 a. m. and 9:55
p. m, standard time Of the 10th me-
Tidian east of Greenwich, and continue
for five minutes. During this interval
every tick of the clock is transmitted,
except the 2Sth, Goth, 54th 55th, seth,
57th. 59th and 59th Of each minute.
The situation of Manila in the Pa
cific makes this service Of the greatest
Importance to the mercantile and naval
fleets that ply upon that ocean.
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Aned Tree Is QYinu

The original navel orange tree, plant
aad a years ago. producer of the first
anavel oranges grown in the United
Estates and parent Of millions of trees
NOW growing in California, is believed
ITO be dying. Horticultural experts
ahave begun efforts to diagnose the dis
<aase that threatens It in the hope Of
sDrOIonging it's life.
This tree, the most noted in the cit
Gus industry Of California came orig
sna7iy from Bahia. Brazil. 1t was
planted in 1873 by Mrs. G. L. Tlbbetts
who obtained it from the botanical gar
45ens in Washington, D. G.
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Result of SUGAR SHORTAGE.

The sugar shortage has encouraged
Louisiana planters to broaden the use
of pure cane syrup, which is made
from cane juice, without taking out any
of its sugar. This juice is boiled to a
point just below that required to crys-
tnllize 1t into sugar, and can be used
not only for griddle cakes and candy
making, but 1t is recommended by the
planters, as sweetening for coffee
liquid form, and on basis Of 8 cents
a pound retail for granulated sugar
will yield economies Of 40 to 50 per
gent. at a price Of AZ to cents a
pound for syrup.
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George Sys Called BY Master

George, aged 10 years and 8 months
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jos. Sys, died at
the farm home nine miles northwest
Of Minot, Thursday night after an ill
ness Of three months from diabetes,
The funeral was held from the Bohem-
ian hall, two miles north Of Minot
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, an ad-
dress in Bohemian being given by Mr..
Texel and one in English by G. r.
Bierly. The remains were inferred in
the Bohemian cemtery. A very large
crowd Of friends were present to pay
their last tribute of love and respect
to the fine little lad.
George was born in Minot and re-
moved to the farm with his parents
when babe. He was an especially
fine manly lad and host Of friends
sympathize with the bereaved men,
bers Of the family.
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Electric Protection

Many of the devices conjured up for
war service under pressure Of deep
desires, will be useful for the piping
times of peace. The Canadian avia-
tor who has designed way to keep a
hier warm by equipping his suit with
electric wires may be painting the
dawn of new day for people who live
In apartments where the janitor 10
careless Montreal Star.
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Illinois Picnic June 20

The annual summer Illinois picnic
will be held at Riverside Park June
20. The committee has started work
on arrangements and promises to show
the visitors good time. More par
ticulars next week.
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lVkOlO1 ~d1 :
That's everything that the ingenuity Of has
invented accustomed the BEST
point of luxury riding qualities
be You d t Ia eaT ;ae IN outward appearance IS one you ana your family can
prevailing
Upholstery is
1 to H' yu d life Ss and " the '""' looks the
Speed you power
All these in motor and at well within reach
everything,
patent
Every maker claims everything How is one to decide?
After ALL isn't difficult Just observe claim that hasn't
yourself qualities you
% lines You can feel the You determine
By riding a verify dspeove all claims spring
responsive
All these
So after ALL need word of the salesman
These reliability
being there to 1sss n ss
Since this formula selection of
Proofs that the only certain
"Clams slogan
beevng to be good business si only what we can
gasoline economy.
every minute under the r supervision Of A A. officials a2ws poTd
elabHy-the Record
ntat standard model Maxwell
That Official Worlds
Maxwell all the
eoP al sG saa zdd
20 mileage a Canadian
That also RECORD o gasoline economy.
1na sd v 5 Of 9s s sad d mo car but an
en G they driven BY 2o 1q rules specified that
invited Elm
And
short the official figures Of those long distance
also available
Then,
has
Cal aust be axwa..
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4 Nice Letter.

She re read the letter. now slowly.
Dear Cynthia It ran. -Of course
Father and Mother have written
you the proper and altogether
truthful epistIes OF welcome to our
home. have not written. although
have been thinking a lot OF and
banking on your coming TO live
with US. II ocurs TO mo to tell you
this in a letter to reach you Oh your
last evening before you leave Chi
caEo. Father tells me you are to
stay at q hotel that night Mother
thinks that most unusual ] think
II must be rather jolly. Only l sup
pose you will be blue and will feel
that you are leaving behind you all
your old friends and everything.
Dear, please don't be blue. Try
to think what good chums you and
will be. never had a sister.
fancy Mother thought II more con-
ventional and select 20 have only
one younEster. Anyway. I am the
only young person in this big house.
and do go often long for a girl,
who will belong to me. to have
good times with. / have always
wanted a sister. want you TO
make believe you are one. Won't
you? YouAwill not have a chance to
answer this letter. but please let Il
tell you all the things I am not
clever enough to say.
Come as fast as the train will
bring you. Cynthia, my dear. 1t
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The Spirit of Adventure.

\ spirit OF adventure stirred with
IN her. There were going to be
new experiences in her life; she was
going to meet new people; perhaps,
in spite OF her misKivings, she would
not be as homeslck as she had
feared
Her father had always spoke of
New York with admiration. His
wife had been a New York girl
That may have accounted for his
sentiments His child. remember
ing this. felt q growing certainty
that she might be happy in the
great city toward which she was
travelling.
She looked back at her loneliness
OF yesterday and last evening. What
had wrought this change in her
state Of mind? II must have been
the re-readinE OF Dora Llvingstone's
letter. Cynthia had slept better
last night for having received this
message. She was glad she had
stopped to ask the hotel clerk IL
there was any mail for her.
Suddenly she remembered how.
in crossing the lobby. she had
dropped the letter and a young man
had sprung forward and picked IL
up for her. She did not see where
he came from. 1t was as II he had
started UP from the floor right in
front of her. He had very blue
eyes. she had noticed. In fact. ahe
had considered him really quite
good looking.
Yet she had not thought OF the
incident from the moment of itI
occurrence until now.
To Be Continued.
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By David Cory.

low IN the story before this I
N left OF where the little bald
~ headed shopkeeper told Puss
how foolish he was to give the
magic blus-glsSs egg to The Old
witch. And pretty soon you shall
hear why.
Well. as soon as the Old Witch
reached nor house IN the wooSs. she
went out to the little she! where
she kept her chickens and placed
the lue-giass egg IN a nest. And
then she called to a little black hen
and told her to git on the glass egs.
Well. by and by. the little black
hen got off her nest. and there In
the hay. instead OF the blue-glass
egg, was a beautiful peacock. and in
q short time he grew larger and
larger, until he was a great big.
magnificent bird. And then he
walked over to the Old Witch's
house and looked in through the
window. And then he tapped on the
little. glass pans until the old Witch
opened tho door.
''Ha. ha, my beauty she cried IN
q high, cracked voice. for she was
very happy 10 see such a beautiful
bird. you can well imagine. what
can do for you. my ine Peacock
But the beautiful bird did not re-
ply. but dropped his wings sad
looked very sad Indeed. guess he
knew that he was in tho power OF
that wicked witch.
Go back to tho shed. said the
Old witch. and 7 will bring you
some corn and barley" So the
beautiful peacock did ns he was
told, for of course he was afraid Of
that wicked witch. rOr she might
cut of his head any time with her
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Advice to the LOvelOrn
By BEATRICE FAIRFAX

show Of authority Your mother
has a right 20 her own attitude In
the matter. but I do not happen 20
agree with her attitude What
keeps such marriages from falling
is federation, broad -mtndedness
sympsthetic understanding ~ yyn
have them you are safe 20 pro.
coed II YOU do not possess them.
you are likely TO md only unha3pi-
mess IN Vrur mHrriakx
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Puss in Boots T.

sharp ak. which she had hidden be
hind the door.
And now I suppose you are won
d"rins what has become Of Puss
Junior all this time. Well. I'll tell
YOU right away. for he's going to do
something to help that beautiful
Peacock. although he does not know
yet what happened to the little blue
glass egg
Well, as soon as the little old man
stopped speaking. Puss put on his
cap and started or for the forest.
ind by and by he came to tho old
v'ftch's hut. But. of course. she
saw him coming a long ways OF
ana that was tho reason she had
told the Peacock to go back to the
shed. And after she had locked
him In she went back to her hut
and waited for Puss.
Well, after Puss had knocked on
her door with the hilt OF hts sword
maybe half a dozen times she
opened II and said with a horrible
grin. What DO you want?
Give me back my llttIs ElaEs err
Here Ia the basket OF eggs you gave
me for it," and Fuss looked rerceIy
at her. for he wasn't arraid-nct
when he was angry. anyway.
II will not said the wicked
witch. and sne slammed the door I'm
his face. and then she gave ruch
q horrible screech that all the IittIe
birds In n" forest wero frightened
nearly TO death.
Then ! will burn down your
nut said FUSS. and he touched tho
wooden door with the flaming gold
featner on his hat. aud then he blew
on IL so that pretty soon the hamss
began 10 creep over the roof.
And n I had any more room IN
this story Ia tell You what hap
pened after that, but ! haven't.
Copyright. 1918. David Cory.
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: and TO supply her various needs.
But she was occupying a room in
her uncle's house. Would she be
In the way when the first novelty
Of her arrival had worn ONT
She realized with relief that she
had not proposed this Arrangement
1t had been her uncle's idea. Her
lawyer. Mr.. Blake, had insisted that
her father would have wished her
to agree to f. That and her lone
illness had moved her to do SO. At
any rate. the letter she had re-
ceived last night had convinced her
that her cousin joyfulIy anticipated
her arrival
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A Serial of Romance
and Mystery.

; In the cabin he seated Doris on .
chest and bent over her. I'D bet
ter get a drop OF water" he said
He moved to the door and as he
did so. closed H. On the outside
Doris heard the turning of a KEY.
At the sound of the key turning
In the lock. Doris Jumped Up and
ran nervously to the door. What did
II mean? She tried the door. IL
was, indeed, locked. She ran to a
window. II, too. was looked Be-
sides, II was too small to climb
through. even II she broke the glass.
She looked about in terror. Had
she merely escaped one danger TO
run into another? She sat down on
the chest again.
And as she sat there she heard n
peculiar rustling noise. II seemed
TO come frC.l the curtafnsd bunk
across from her. Slowly the curtain
moved. sAd as II parted she
screamed IA renewed terror.
There was the hideous gauntlet OF
death OF the Hidden Hand.
An instant later the Hidden Hand
bounced ON her from the bunk
above. while he called To- his men
outside.
The door opened and two OF
them entered. this time bearing q
long narrow wooden packing case
which they placed on the floor. a.
they lifted the lid. Selling Doris
by the throat. the Hidden Hand
forced her back over the side of the
case into the box where he held her.
while the others bent over, pre-
venting her from getting up.
Nail her in" ordered the Hidden
Hand as the men produced a ham
mer and nails and began nttinK on
the lid again.
BY this time the nose OF the tuR
had stuck itself up alongside Of 4
wharf on a deserted section OF tina
waterfront. As the tug came IN the
men. with others and the Hidden
Hand. seized the boz containing
Doris and bore II swiftly ashore mn
the dock and into the basement
door OF warehouse.
Ts BE CoatIaued T,-u.r
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SsLL So fateT taking Cd her hat and
coat, adjusting . footstool under
hGr feet and settling herself back
in a cushioned corner, she opened
her handing and drew forth = eou-
pie Of Magazines
AZ she ala this. the letter she had
received the night before caught her
eye. She had laid Il away in her
bag with the consciousness that she
would want to read II again some
time. That time had come now.
she needed the courage It might
give her. She was intentionally
homesick at seeing the last of the
place near which she had spent all
her life.
Il may some time marry and 70
back to Lake Forest to live" she
unused Meanwhile I must try TO
learn to Be content elsewhere
She had been to New York tvioS
With her father-oncs when she was
= child of twelve, soon after her
mothers death: the other time.
when she was sixteen. Her father
had been too busy 70 stay away
from home long. or to make many
social visitG- He had taken his
daughter with him 20 the Waldorf.
and had dined or lunchSd several
times with the LivinsstonsG Gym
thIs recalled these occasions now.
trying 10 recollect just what her
sUnt and oousip had been like. She
remembered that Dora was pretty
and yivGsiouA, and that her Aunt
Amanda Mrs LvingHtons - was
stately and rather conventional yet
Kindly.
She now wondered for the TWEEN
tisth time II che was doing right In
making her home with these relA-
tIvss. II might not be easy TO adjust
onegslf to theirwayS- Well, she would
not be a burden upon them for she
had . sufficient income from her
fAthsrS estate TO dresS herself we'll
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me all day long. Why didn't I
stop and buy that boy a pair of
gloves? 1t could have been done
in five minutes" joe
1t is only this exaggerated belief
In the immediate importance Of
what We ourselves are doing that
makes it possible for q kind-heart-
ed person to walk by without rem
dering assistance when that assist
ance lies within his or her power.
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Dracula, or The Vampire By BRAN srokER

r WRITE this whilst we wait In a
farmhouse for the horses 10 be
Il got ready. DR.. Van HeIsins is
sleeping. Poor dear, he looks
very tired and old and gray, but his
Jnouth is set as firmly as a conquer
or's; even in his sleep he is instinct
with resolution. When we have well
started l must make him rest while
p drive. shall tell him that We
have DAYS before us, and he must not
break down when most OF all his
strength will be needed. All IL
ready; Ee are off shortly.
November, morning. was sue
cessful, and We took turns driving
ell night now the day IL on US. bright
: Slough cold. There is strange
6eayiness in the air--I say heayineEs
for W-nt OF a better word: / mean
tIAt II Expresses US both. II is very
cold. and only our warm furs keep
Us comfortable.
HYPNOTIC TRANCE
REVEALS NOTHING NEW,
At dawn Van HeIsing Rypnotized
me; he says / answered darkness,
creaking wood, and roaring water"
20 the river il changing as they
ascend. ] do hope that my darling
will not run any chance of danger
more than need be; but we are in
Gods hands.
. November, Night.-AH day long
driving The country gets wilder as
've go, and the great spurs OF the
Carpsthians, which at Veresti seemed
90 far from us and so long on the
horizon, now Geem TO gather round
us and tower in front We both seem
In good spirits; I think we make an
abort each to cheer the other in tho
doing SO We cheer ourselves. DR.. Van
Helsing says that by morning we
shall reach the Borgo Pass.
The houses are very few here now,
and the professor says that the last
boTEes we got will have TO go on with
ps, as we may not be able to change.
He got two in addition to the two
we changed, so that now We have a
rude four-in-hand-
The dear horses are patient and
GOOD. end they give us no trouble
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The Hidden Hand

; engine. He dashed over to IL and.
after a hasty explanation. the own
er started the engine. and Ramsay
scudded away in pursuit.
But the other boat had a start
Besides. II seemed to be the speedier
of the two. Still Ramsay hung on to
to the pursuit. hopeless though 1t
seemed to be-
On down the river TO the bay the
motor boat bearing Doris a prisoner
OF the secret agent sped, until at
last II came to a tramp steamer
which was Just about to sail for
Archangei.
As they approached the steamer
deckhands. who evidently had been
expecting them. threw over a rope.
quickly the secret agents bound
Doris and with a shout to go ahead
ordered the deckhands to haul her
up to the deck over the high sides
OF the hull.
AS she was pullsd over the rail
the deckhands SEIZED her. while the
leader OF the secret agents advanced.
You are being dSported by the
order OF the Emperor" he growled
IN gruff voice.
Though Doris was frightened she
did not lose her GOODNESS. nor was
she disposed TO submit quietly. No
sooner had they started TO lead her
TO a companionwRy than she strug-
gled free. One man she tumbled
down the steep stairs. the other she
laid out with a Delaying pin.
Quickly she ran to the stern Of
the boat. along the rail. There was
q rope which she k0ottsd about the
rail As she looked out over the
water she caught sight of a tug
hanging about near the ship.
Frantically she waved TO the cap
tain In the pilot house, and, as he
caught sight Of a girl signalling. he
sweryed in toward the ship
4 am being kidnapped. Saw
me-" she called.
can you Jump" he cried. coming
alongside. just as the crew and Sc
cret agents ran W hack OF heT.
Doris did not watt to answer.
She swung herself over the side OF
the ship. clinEing to the rope and
pushing against the overhsnK OF the
side OF the chip. each time, like .
a pendulum, swinging further out
to the waiting tug which came as
close as Il dared.
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particular occasion but simply live
in a perpetual state of hustle that
gives Us small time to expend any
thing more than sympathy on the
Affairs OF other people. We are
far too busy to offer much help.
One evening during the recent
very cold spell a member of our
household said: This morning
passed a child in the streets who
had no gloves, and It has bothered
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EPISODE 9.
"Jets of Flame

Copyright. 1917. BY Star Company.
- ORIs agreed. But outside, with
cIenched hsts. Abner fumed
~ as he planned with the con-
sui means OF enforcing the depor-
tation.
Going to whitney Island uneX-
pectedly was not a simple process.
and Il was not until many hours
later that Doris and Ramsay. in a
motor boat. approached tho Whit
ney dock. As they did so her dog
Rex caught sight OF Doris and came
bounding along.
Doris leaped out Of the boat and
romped up the path with Rex.
while Ramsay turned to gather the
bags and baggage they had
brought.
I'm going on UP TO the house,
she called back. running ahead.
Suddenly there was a scream and
Ramsay Ieaped up alert. A. he
looked up the path where only
moment before he had seen Doris
there was now no trace Of her.
She was gone. with long strides be
dsrted up the path.
There, before him. was hole.
directly In the gravel. The secret
agents Of the consul. acting under
instructions. had made good use Of
the interval. They had dug pitt
fall IN tho path. covered II with
IiEht coat Of gravel. and connected
II by = narrow tunnel To the shore.
Tho moment Doris crashed down
into the pit. three Of tho secret
agents had bounced on her and now
they were bearing her. struggling
heiplessly, to a nOtorboat hidden
on the other side Of the blu1.
Ramsay Ieaped down into the pit
fall. just In time 70 see Doris drag
ged out OF the other end
Through the narrow psssaEeway
he wedEed himself In time to dis
cover that Doris vas being hustled
aboard a waiting motOrbOat. lie
ran r.. *. but as he approached,
three c. the consIi's agents laid
him low. Ths boat started: the men
leaped aboard: and In spite Of her
struggles and outcrieS. Doris was
carried away. leaving Eamssy help
less on tho shore.